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30 jobs on line 

By Linda Clarke 

National retailer Bunnings is 

proposing to close its Ashburton 

store, with 30 staff affected, and 

Ashburton mayor Neil Brown is 

concerned more job losses in the 

district will follow. 

Six other Bunnings stores are also 

up for closure around the country, 

with the company saying trading 

challenges had been exacerbated as a 

result of the Covid19 environment. 

The seven stores, employing a 

total of 145 staff, were no longer 

viable, said Bunnings NZ director 

Jacqui Coombes. 

The Ashburton store employs 15 

fulltime staff, plus nine parttime 

and six casual staff. 

‘‘We feel for the staff at the 

Bunnings site,’’ Mr Brown said. 

The proposed job losses will add to 

the district’s rising unemployment 

figures. Numbers on the jobseeker 

benefit have risen from 531 in March 

to 652 in April. 

Mr Brown said he hoped 

government had more support 

planned for small and mediumsized 

businesses, of which Ashburton had 

alot. More job losses would be on 

the cards when the wage subsidy ran 

out if government did not. 

‘‘I am concerned about what is 

coming in the future, because we 

don’t know. 

‘‘It is easy to plan when you have 

something to plan for, but when you 

don’t it makes it very difficult.’’ 

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Ashburton’s Bunnings store is among seven the company wants to 

close. 

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon 

said the news was awful for Bunnings 

staff who would lose their jobs 

through no fault of their own. 

‘‘With the wage subsidy coming to 

an end in about amonth there will 

unfortunately be more job losses 

unless the Government comes out 

with astrong support package in the 

Budget. 

‘‘Nobody expects that all jobs can 

be saved, but it’s vital we see some 

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‘‘Part of that needs to be 

government with infrastructure 

projects around the country, but will 

also need private sector investment 

which means reducing some of the 

barriers and costs to establishing a 

business.’’ 

Bunnings staff are being consulted 

about the proposed closure, which 

could see the Ashburton store close 

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Disposable nappies, food and 

green waste are being put in 

recycling bins, causing headaches 

for Ashburton District Council 

contractors and adding thousands 

of dollars to the district’s waste 

bill. 

Recycling audits last week 

showed 50 per cent contamination 

in collections from Hampstead, 

Tinwald and Ashburton central 

west. Recycling from Allenton 

north was 10 per cent 

contaminated. 

Contractors are reporting food, 

nappies and garden rubbish as the 

main culprits contaminating 

recycling, but had also spotted 

items like corrugated iron and a 

vacuum cleaner. 

Council’sservice delivery group 

manager Neil McCann said 

kerbside recyclingwould not be 

sent for sorting in Christchurch 

until contamination came backto 

an acceptable level. 

‘‘We are aiming to get it under 

five per cent by volume. During 

level 4, it was close to 50 per cent 

in many areas.’’ 

During Alert Level 4lockdown, 

ratepayers were allowed to mix 

recyclables and waste, as all 

kerbside collectionswent straight 

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Delay for MSA disappoints 

By Mick Jensen 

While restaurants, cafes, and 

bars able to offer meals can 

reopen under new Alert Level 2 

restrictions, chartered clubs 

like the Ashburton Club & 

MSA will not be allowed to 

open for another week. 

Ashburton MSA president 

Murray Campbell said he was 

very disappointed with the 

decision to delay reopening. 

The MSA was aprivate 

members’ club and he was 

investigating whether the same 

rules applied. 

He said there was a90per 

cent chance the bar would 

remain closed until May 21, 

which was not good for 

business. 

The MSA was ‘‘already 

bleeding and it couldn’t get the 

band aid on quick enough,’’ he 

said. 

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Building work continues at the MSA. 

‘‘It’s another week without 

revenue.’’ 

Mr Campbell said he 

expected to see anumber of 

bars around the country ‘‘turn 

themselves into restaurants’’ to 

comply with regulations. 

The Ashburton MSA had a 

membership of around 4000 

and operated 20 different 

sections and its members 

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wanted to come back. 

‘‘The companionship and 

wellbeing of our members has 

diminished over the last seven 

weeks. 

‘‘We have anumber of older 

members and for them coming 

here is an important social trip 

out.’’ 

The club used acard system 

for entry and when the bar was 

allowed to reopen maximum 

numbers of 100 could easily be 

managed, he said. 

There were plenty of seats 

and room for people to spread 

out to meet regulations. 

The bottlestore at the MSA 

opened under level 3 

restrictions and Mr Campbell 

said he expected it to be pretty 

much business as usual under 

level 2. 

He said the big rebuild and 

refurbishment at the MSA, 

including anew, relocated 

restaurant, was now anumber 

of weeks behind schedule. 

He expected the first floor 

concrete pour to start in the 

next couple of weeks. 

Restaurants and cafes can 

reopen under Alert Level 2, 

provided they follow social 

distancing rules and take group 

bookings of no more than 10 

people. 

Patience urged as facilities open 

Be patient, life in Alert Level 2 

will be slowerasretailers and 

council staffatfacilities like EA 

NetworksCentreand the public 

library learn new,safe ways of 

dealing with customers. 

That’s the message from 

Ashburton District Council chief 

executive Hamish Riach, who 

says people need to be prepared 

to give their namesfor contact 

tracing,wait in aqueueand 

accept new waysofaccessing 

businesses and services. 

‘‘Therewill be somepatience 

needed from people. The 

requirement for physical 

distancing and contact tracing 

will mean it will be alittlebit 

slower.’’ 

Council is openingits main 

office building today, as well as 

the Ashburton Museum, the 

libraryand EA Networks Centre. 

Playgrounds and open spaces 

are also open, as are public 

toilets, whichwill see more 

regularcleaning. Parking 

enforcement will return on 

Monday. 

Mr Riach said staffwere 

working hard to return council 

services in asafe way. 

Physical distancing will be a 

fact of life, meaningoperational 

changes in some facilities. 

The stadiumatEANetworks 

Centrewill notopen,but gym 

classes will operatewith smaller 

numbers to ensure participants 

werespaced out and the swim 

school will resume. 

Mr Riachsaid ensuring 

physical distancingmeant some 

people whoturned up to swim or 

use the gym might find theywere 

out of luck. 

Exit and entry points have 

beenset up in all council 

buildings and people using them 

will havetogive their namesand 

contacttelephone numbers. The 

paper registers would be 

destroyed after 30 days. 

‘‘Contact tracing is critical to 

level 2functioningproperly. 

People will not be allowedto 

Bad recyclers are costing ratepayers 

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‘‘Weexpect somelag from 

level4tocarry on into thenext 

fortnightlycycle,’’ Mr McCann 

said. 

From April 1toMay 11,council 

sent 37 loads and1875 tonnes of 

recyclingtolandfill, at an 

additional costof$39,405. 

Each load of rejected recycling 

costs about $1065 to send to 

landfill. 

Hesaidifrecyclingcompliance 

didnot improveinanothertwo 

weeks, council would push an 

educationcampaign to ratepayers. 

Cameras on recycling trucks also 

gave the abilitytotrackand deal 

with persistentoffenders. 

‘‘We are hopingand trustthat 

people willrespondand getback 

to normal. Otherwise it willcost 

them.’’ 

Ashburton’s glassisrecycled in 

Auckland. Ashburton is the only 

councilinCanterbury thatcollects 

glass separately and sends itnorth; 

thatservicecontinues. 

Mr McCann said therewas an 

influxofgreen waste at the 

resource recovery park under 

level3restrictions,though this 

come in otherwise. 

‘‘Wehave to havetotakeitall 

in the spirit we have shown in the 

lastsix or sevenweeks. If we 

want our facilities to be open, it 

is not business as usual.’’ 

Leadingalargecouncilstaff 

through alockdown andongoing 

pandemichas been challenging 

for the district’s top civil servant. 

He said it comparedtothe 

Christchurch earthquakes,when 

the city and the Crusaders rugby 

franchise that he led then 

wonderedifthey had afuture. 

‘‘Thedifference now is that 

the whole world is going through 

this, we don’t feel as if we are in 

this on our own.’’ 

had since tailed off to normal 

levels.‘‘Whenaveraged outacross 

timefrom thestart of the 

lockdown in March, thevolumes 

are aboutnormal forthis timeof 

year.’’ 

He said council’s contractor 

EnviroWaste haddone agreat job 

of respondingtothechallengesof 

collecting the district’s rubbish 

duringpandemic conditions. 

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Ben’s home, uni studies online 

Lola Bryson-Boe on Mt Hutt last season. 

Ski family ready 

for the slopes 

Warren Bryson and his 

family of skiers can’t wait 

to hit the slopes of Mt 

Hutt when the skifield 

opens. 

Mr Bryson, his wife 

Renee Boe and teenage 

children Louis, 18, and 

Lola, 14, live at Staveley 

and are all competent 

skiers. 

They enjoy active 

winters in the great 

outdoors together and 

love the challenge of allmountain 

skiing. 

The family bought this 

year’s season passes early 

and also usually get in a 

few ski days at the 

Remarkables and 

Coronet Peak, which like 

Mt Hutt are owned and 

operated by NZSki. 

‘‘They’re all great 

skifields, but we can get 

from home to the ski lift 

at Mt Hutt in an hour, 

which is great. 

‘‘Mt Hutt is busy and 

commercial, but we 

always get alot of skiing 

done.’’ 

The family usually 

made apoint of making 

the opening and closing 

days and on average skied 

20 days over the season, 

but had once notched up 

35 days. 

He loved being on the 

snow with his family, 

loved the speed of 

downhill and also the 

terrific views on the 

mountain. 

Mt Huttwas also agood 

supporteroflocal schools 

and the skifield catered for 

all levels of skiing 

competence. 

Mr Bryson said he had 

enjoyed afew ski runs in 

his early adult years, but it 

was the opportunity to go 

up Mt Hutt withaschool 

group13years ago that 

locked in his interest. 

‘‘Louis was fiveand at 

Mt Somers Schoolatthe 

time and Ivolunteered to 

go up the mountain as a 

parent help. 

‘‘It was avery enjoyable 

experience and soon my 

daughter wanted to have a 

go as well.’’ 

His wife was soon 

hooked, which meantit 

was areal family affair and 

something theyall looked 

forward each year. 

LouisBrysonBoe is 

eyeing acareer on the 

mountain and is keen to 

work in ski patrol. He has 

already volunteered in the 

role and is building up his 

knowledge and skills. 

NZSkiisexpected to 

announceanopening date 

for Mt Hutt soon. 

Back to school 

MidCanterburyschools 

andearlyeducation 

serviceswillbeableto 

open, with strict controls in 

place, on Monday. 

Under newAlertLevel 2 

restrictions therewillbe 

theneedfor measures such 

as regular handwashing, 

cleaningand some physical 

distancing, butsome 

normality will returntothe 

education system. 

Some schoolsand early 

learningcentreshave been 

open since April 29 for 

students whocould not 

learn fromhome because 

theirparents hadtoreturn 

to work, butthe uptakehas 

only been around5per 

cent of thenational total. 

Thedistrict’s biggest 

school,Ashburton College, 

whichhas arollof1200, 

will openfor Year 9and 

Year 13 students on 

Mondayand for all others 

on Tuesday. 

College principal Ross 

Preece said allstaffwere 

preparingtowelcome back 

pupils. 

Thecollege would setup 

andfollow all Covid19 

AlertLevel 2health 

guidelines, he said. 

Thedirectivefromthe 

Ministry of Education was 

that physicaldistancing 

rules didnot apply in the 

classroom under Alert 

Level2. 

Good hygienepractices 

andregular cleaning were, 

however,very important. 

Catching up withYear 

13 studentsand assessing 

theirprogressand needs 

wasapriorityfor teachers 

overthe comingdays, said 

Mr Preece. 

Allreturningstudents 

willstart with a15minute 

health and safety briefing 

duringtheirAkoclass. 

It’s not been quite the start to university life 

that Ashburton College's 2019 Dux Ben 

Holland envisioned, but he’s adapted to the 

situation and like thousands of university 

students around the country, he is currently 

learning from home. 

Ben is studying for aBachelor of 

Commerce, majoring in accounting and 

finance, at Canterbury University. 

He began his university studies in mid 

February and before lockdown was flatting 

in Christchurch. After five weeks, 

conventional lectures came to an abrupt 

end because of Covid19. 

Ben elected to come back to Ashburton 

to be with his family rather than stay in 

Christchurch. 

After afourweek break, Term 2started 

online two weeks ago. Ben has been 

learning through online tutorials, prerecorded 

lectures and Zoom meetings. 

‘‘I think I’ve adapted pretty well.’’ 

Lectures were set to continue online 

until midJune, he said, before things were 

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Classes of 30 at Ashburton College had 

been replaced with lectures for between 

100 and 200 people at university. 

He had signed on to play for auniversity 

under 19 football team and had made new 

friends and was getting stuck into new 

subjects and things he really enjoyed 

learning about. 

Ben said he hoped to study to be a 

chartered accountant after completing his 

threeyear degree. 

Unfortunately Covid19 has forced the 

cancellation of the Top Scholar Award 

ceremony he was due to attend in 

Wellington this month. 

The ceremony would have seen him 

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Sparrows prepsfor future 

Richard Wilson and the team at 

Sparrows have wisely spent part of 

their time in lockdown preparing for 

anew future that includes online 

shopping. 

Owner Richard said preparations 

had included stocktaking the store’s 

entire range of clothing and staff 

learning computer skills to match the 

new online purchase part of their 

website. 

They plan to hit the first day of 

Alert Level 2with abig winter 

clothing sale instore, and will have 

their online store up as soon as their 

tech wizards allow. 

Richard said Sparrows’ winter 

stock had arrived in the days before 

lockdown and it had been frustrating 

not to be able to share it with 

customers in the usual way. 

In level 3, he and two other staff 

members have been in the store 

fielding telephone calls, selling and 

delivering goods. 

Richard said staff had been 

delivering clothes on appro, and sales 

had ranged from shirts to items 

intended as gifts. 

The most popular item in 

lockdown had been lightweight 

facemasks made locally by the NZ 

Sock Company. He estimates he has 

sold around 200 so far. 

Richard said the 130yearold 

business was keen to see customers’ 

faces again, though it was embracing 

online sales as apermanent part of 

doing business in the future. 

‘‘Those four weeks in lockdown, 

we spent working on our business 

rather than in our business. We’ve 

spent it getting ready.‘‘ 

He said the instore experience of 

‘‘look, touch, feel and try’’ was still 

important and aspecial part of 

Sparrows’ service. ‘‘But things are 

changing and we are going positively 

into the future. We may be in for a 

scary time, but we hope locals will 

support locals.’’ 

Richard said the store was 

receiving some rent relief, which had 

helped finances, and he was working 

with his bank to keep trading. 

This week’s big sale is about 

generating cashflow and Sparrows, 

Richard Wilson and Sparrows staff are taking new steps in retail. 

like other businesses all around the 

district, is keen to see people back on 

the main street. 

He’s missed his customers and 

having abeer with the boys on a 

Friday night, but counts himself 

lucky to have shared some special 

family time in his bubble. 

Ill health forces sale of vineyard 

By Toni Williams 

Charlie and Esma Hill have put 

their Mid Canterbury boutique 

vineyard CharRees on the 

market. 

It’s areluctant sale, fasttracked 

due to Mr Hill’s 

ongoing health issues. He has 

been advised to slow down and 

stop heavy lifting work. 

‘‘We don’t really want to sell, 

it’s just starting to reap the 

rewards of our efforts, but my 

health has just dropped. I’m not 

100 per cent,’’ he said. 

The couple, both 67, will 

reopen their cellar door from 

today and are hopeful people 

will buy some of their awardwinning 

wines over the next few 

weeks. 

The residential lifestyle 

property spans 9.5 hectares on 

Laings Road, on the outskirts 

of Tinwald. 

It was established in 1999 

Charlie Hill and wife Esma are selling their vineyard. 

with 3500 pinot noir and 4000 

pinot gris vines, followed by 

1800 riesling in 2008. 

Mr Hill said the vineyard was 

initially put on the market 10 

days before Covid19 lockdown 

but subsequently put on hold 

over the lockdown period. 

It comes with two houses; a 

fourbedroom family home and 

asecond three or fourbedroom 

dwelling/function 

area, as well as service 

buildings, three and four bay 

pole sheds and asix loose box 

stable/storage shed. 

Realtor Paul Cunneen, of 

Property Brokers, said the 

Hills’ passion for the property 

was evident, as well as their 

reluctance to sell. 

But there was further 

economic potential in the site 

for new owners with aconsent 

for functions and events, and 

another four hectares of land 

available to upscale production 

or for development. 

Both parties were hopeful 

for plenty of interest and a 

chance to open abottle or two 

in celebration of acompleted 

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Advisory group kicks off 

No timeisbeingwasted by 

Ashburton’s newlyestablished 

Covid19 Economic Recovery 

Advisory Group,with its first 

meeting held yesterday. 

Thegroup has 12 members, plus 

Ashburton mayor NeilBrownwho 

will be chairman. 

Its aim is to help and support 

Mid Canterbury’s key business 

sectors and agencies recoverfrom 

the pandemic and transition back 

to full employment. 

Group members named so far 

include JamesUrquhart(NZ Ski), 

Greg Donaldson (contracting), 

Roger Sutton (EA Networks), 

AaronChudleigh (manufacturing), 

Bob McDonald (retail), Simon 

Wareing (transport), AndreaLee 

(construction),Nicky Milmine 

(hospitality), David Clark 

(farming),Karl Jackson (iwi 

representative), and council chief 

executive Hamish Riachand 

economic development manager 

BevanRickerby. 

Arepresentativeofthe 

agricultural business sector was 

also expected to jointhe group. 

Independentadvicewill be 

provided by the Employers 

Chamber of Commerce. 

The group will report to council 

and its purpose is to coordinate 

and supportawider economic 

recovery, and work in partnership 

with council, key business sectors 

and agencies. 

Members are expected to share 

information,communicate and 

consult with one another in a 

flexible and open way, maintaining 

confidentiality where appropriate. 

Council has also been 

considering how it could or should 

play arole in Mid Canterbury’s 

social and wellbeing recovery. A 

separate report will be discussed 

this week. 

Safer MidCanterbury andSafe 

Communities, whichalready 

receive an operational grant from 

council, and its 27 membergroups 

couldbecalled on to help. 

Mr Riachsaid there was much 

debate nationally aboutthe role of 

local authoritiesinthe social 

wellbeing of their communities 

over the nextseveral years, 

separate to theirresponsetothe 

lockdownand pandemic 

emergency. 

Cr Stuart Wilsonsaid the State, 

not ratepayers, shouldfoot the bill 

for social services. 

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MP’s office open 

Rangitata MP Andrew 

Falloon is opening his 

Ashburton office under 

Alert Level 2today, albeit 

only for appointments. 

“Between me and my 

two staff in Ashburton and 

Timaru, we’ve managed to 

deal with several thousand 

inquiries and in most cases 

get apositive result. It’s 

been achallengingtime for 

everyone so it’s no surprise 

we’ve had more than 

usual. It’ll be good to get 

back into the office under 

level 2, and I’m sure that’ll 

be the case for alot of 

workplaces aroundtown.” 

Screens will be in place 

in the reception area, with 

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Saturday8am -6pm 

Sunday&Public Holidays 8am -5pm


Meeting choice 

for councillors 

at Alert Level 2 

Moving to Alert Level 

2will change the way 

the Ashburton District 

Council holds its 

meetings. 

Electedmembers 

havebeen meeting 

onlinebyZoomas 

partofaweekly 

Covid19response 

committee. 

Regular committee 

meetings andactivity 

reportswere 

suspended while the 

countrywas in 

lockdown. 

The response 

committeemeets 

again today (possibly 

for thelasttime) but, 

as chief executive 

HamishRiach pointed 

out to councillors last 

week, the committee 

would only existuntil 

councildisbandedit. 

‘‘The lifeofthe 

Covid19 committee is 

completelyin 

council’s hands,’’he 

said. 

Councillorscould 

resolve its purpose 

had been served and 

return to normal 

meetings and council 

structures. 

Mr Riach hadasked 

fortoday’smeetingto 

remain onlineas 

council staff werebusy 

trying to establish 

work routines forstaff 

undernew Alertlevel 

2guidelines. 

PM JacindaArdern 

announced on 

Monday level 2would 

begin today, 

Thursday. 

At level 2, 

councillorswillhave 

individual choice 

about how they 

participate in council 

business. 

‘‘Will somechoose 

to continue to work 

fromhomeasachoice 

around theirown 

operationorsome will 

comein,’’hesaid. 

Council staff 

needed timeto 

preparefor the 

differentmeeting 

scenarios. 

Immediately prior 

to lockdown,some 

councillors attended 

meetings via Zoom. 

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Medical centre move delayed 


Sealy Street Medical Centre has been 

delayed moving to new premises in the 

Eastfield precinct because of Covid19. 

Work had been progressing on the 

Eastfield Health building and the practice 

had been planning to move in by now, but 

contractors were unable to finish the job 

under Alert Level 4restrictions. 

The medical centre’s business manager 

Tony Dann said work restarted after Anzac 

Day when the country moved to Alert Level 

3and amovein date was now around the 

start of July. 

‘‘We are at the end stage of the build which 

means that there are alot of contractors 

working onsite, so it makes it alittle more 

difficult for the project manager to coordinate.’’ 

Mr Dann said it had been an intense past 

six weeks while the doctors and other 

medical staff operated under pandemic 

conditions. ‘‘But we are now settling into a 

rhythm of how to best look after our patients 

safely.’’ 

The pandemic had brought forward some 

operationalchanges,like more phone and 

video consultations. 

‘‘An important shift in primaryhealthis 

thinking about how we can make consults 

more convenient for our people by offering 

phone and video consults so they don’talways 

have to come into the practice, which is much 

betterfor people who live out of town. 

‘‘Because we have gone primarily to phone 

consults due to the pandemic this has forced 

both us and our patients to get used to phone 

consults muchfaster than anticipated.’’ 

The practicewas alsoplanning to improve 

the flow of people using the new building to 

Staff meet patients during adrivethrough 

flu vaccination clinic at 

Ashburton ITM. 

decrease the number of people in the waiting 

roomatany given time. 

New doctor Maria Barrosohas alsoarrived 

fromSpain, touchingdown in New Zealand 

justbeforethe borders closed but staying in 

isolation until movingsouth. 

Her trip from Europe was stressful and 

includedachanged,then cancelled flight, 

thenalastminuteseat to Auckland via 

Dubai. 

‘‘Needless to say Maria is very happy to be 

herenow and to be useful. She was feeling like 

she wantedtobedoing something to help 

whilebeing stuck in lockdown.She has been 

spending some time training up on the New 

Zealand health system and she is really 

looking forward to meetingour patients.’’ 

New doctor Maria Barroso. 

The practice has been busy with flu 

vaccines, withadrivethrough clinicfor over 

65s at AshburtonITM and car park clinicsfor 

other groups. 

‘‘The supply of vaccines has been patchy 

becausetherehas been unprecedented 

demand for flu vaccines nationally so we have 

had to be flexible in our planning for flu 

clinics.’’ 

Childhood vaccinations are continuingas 

usual. 

‘‘The otherreally important thing is that 

people don’t sit on any healthconcerns. Our 

GPs, nurse practitioner and nursingteam 

have got plenty of capacitytoprovide advice 

and guidance,and if peopledelay getting 

help, their conditions can often get much 

worse thanthey need to,’’ he said. 

‘‘Peopleare much better off talking to us 

about their health needs sooner rather than 

later.’’ 

Skydive rush to support Red Cross 

Ross Allott is stepping outside of his comfort 

zone and will jump out of aplane next month 

to support the New Zealand Red Cross. His 

tandem skydive, which is subject to 

government restrictions, will take place on 

June 7atAshburton Airport and is with 

Skydiving Kiwis. 

He is one of 18 people from Canterbury 

lined up to jump and will take part in the 

initiative dubbed Jump! in June. The former 

Borough School and Ashburton College 

student is aiming to raise at least $500 and if 

he reaches $1000 he will also receive a 

skydive photo package to help him 

remember the experience. 

‘‘I'm inspired by the work of New Zealand 

Red Cross and want to support them by 

raising as much Ican,’’ Mr Allott said. 

In this district, Red Cross had three 

branches and ran two charity shops, he said. 

Volunteers helped deliver Meals on Wheels 

for the CDHB, assisted the evening district 

nurse, and had donated 1600 fingerless 

mittens to new entrant school children over 

the past five years. The organisation also 

provided life saving defibrillators at a 

Ross Allott (centre) at Ashburton Airport with Skydiving Kiwis staff Ben Luxton 

(left) and Oliver Schoenfeld. 

number of prominent locations here. Jump! 

in June would raise funds for aworthy charity 

that could not fundraise facetoface because 

of the lockdown, he said. The 24yearold 

volunteers regularly in the community, 

including at the community Christmas lunch, 

and also at FearNZ events, which fundraise 

for charities. ‘‘I’m missing the adrenaline I 

get from scaring people at horror events for 

their entertainment, and my own, due to the 

lockdown, so this will be my adrenaline fix.’’ 

You can support him and the Red Cross by 

going to the everydayhero.com/nz/ website 

and searching for him under Jump In June. 

Clients supported 

Clients of community 

services provider Safer 

Mid Canterbury are being 

supported through phone 

calls, texts and online 

video like Zoom during 

the lockdown. Safer Mid 

Canterbury manager 

Kevin Clifford said most 

of the agency’s work 

required working directly 

with people and was 

activitybased, or in 

homes. That wasn’t 

possible under the current 

Covid19 restrictionsand 

staff had to make thebest 

of the resources available 

to them. ‘‘For the most 

part our clients are coping 

quite well, but we have 

seen some extra need 

financially where peoples’ 

incomes have been 

effected,’’ he said. ‘‘We do 

deliver someessential 

services around youth 

justice,however, this has 

been relatively quiet. 

Therehas been alittle bit 

goingon, but we have seen 

no spike, nor increasein 

our work.’’ He saidalot of 

work came through the 

courtsystem, which at the 

momentwas notfully 

operationallylocally. 

He anticipated arun on 

referrals from court work 

and for supportservices 

when the country moves 

down alert levels.


Blast from the past for Max 


Agraduation photograph taken 

nearly 50 years ago has sparked some 

happy Ashburton memories for Max 

Alexander. 

Ayoung Max was snapped in his 

graduation gown on May 6, 1975, 

having completed aBachelor of 

Science at the University of 

Canterbury. The image is among 

thousands being held by the 

Canterbury Museum after 

Christchurch photographers 

Standish and Preece donated their 

negatives in 1992. Museum staff have 

recently put the photos online to try 

to find out more about the people in 

them. The images have captured 125 

years of social history, including 

many Ashburton subjects. 

Max said he did not have acopy of 

the graduation day image and was 

amused to see it. He did another year 

of study postgrad and became a 

secondary school teacher. 

He grew up in Mt Somers and 

went to primary school there until 

1966. He enrolled at Ashburton 

College the next year, spending three 

hours aday on the Greenstreet bus 

run. 

He moved to Ashburton with his 

widowed mother later in 1967 and 

became atownie. 

Teenage years were memorable 

and enjoyable, with swimming at the 

Borough School pool and 

Hampstead pool and rugby, cricket 

and tennis. He later took up hunting 

and tramping. 

Max, and school friends, had afterschool 

and holiday jobs in shops, 

offices, dairies, service stations and 

delivering milk and newspaper. 

Max Alexander in his graduation regalia for aphotograph taken by 

Standish and Preece in 1975. Photo Canterbury Museum 2019.0.725 

‘‘Barbers were another source of 

employment after school, late nights 

on Friday nights, and school 

holidays. Iworked for Noel Whiting 

in the Triangle in his barber and 

tobacconist shop, sweeping the floor 

and serving in the shop.’’ 

He was also an offsider on stock 

trucks but once he had adriver’s 

licence, Max worked for agrocery 

store in Tinwald delivering goods in 

aCommer van and picking up stock. 

At university, he spent his holidays 

carting hay for contractors such as 

Trevor Scott, who operated on 

payment per bale. 

‘‘The first season Iwas paid at one 

cent per bale, but after achieving my 

truck licence and being put in charge 

of the truck, that rose to 1.5 cents per 

bale for all that responsibility. As 

part of ateam of four, one thousand 

bales in aday was the target, 

sometimes met, sometimes 

exceeded, but when the gear broke 

down, sometimes we were woefully 

short. And wet days were stay at 

home, no pay days. We all usually 

managed to accumulate $1000 or so 

over the holiday period, depending 

on outgoings during that time.’’ 

Max said he was lucky to make 

great friends through those school 

days, many of whom remained as 

valued friends today. 

‘‘There’s agenuineness about 

Mid Canterbury people that seems 

to endure throughout life. 

‘‘Perhaps it’s because when you 

meet them, you immediately have 

your roots in common, but Ialso 

think it goes beyond that and comes 

from the wonderful fabric of Mid 

Canterbury society and its values.’’ 

Max taught in Greymouth for 

three years and then returned to 

Ashburton, where he worked 

alongside the late Bill Upton and his 

cousin, the late Jim Alexander in 

Upton’s Motor Accessories in 

Tancred Street. He bought the 

business off Bill in 1979. 

He owned it until the end of 1994, 

when he sold it and moved to 

Nelson. 

Max said he worked alongside 

some great staff and enjoyed valued 

loyalty from town and rural 

customers. He was an active 

member of the Ashburton Jaycee 

Chapter. 

‘‘That group of younger business 

people and others made a 

significant contribution to the town 

through avariety of community 

projects and leadership training, 

and many of them continue to do so 

through their community service 

and business leadership skills.’’ 

Max has lived in Christchurch for 

the past 22 years and though retired, 

he still does some business advisory 

work. 

He said he kept an interest in all 

things Mid Canterbury and social 

media had made it easier to keep in 

touch with old contacts. 

ComHouse 

doors open 

Community House Mid 

Canterbury will open its doors 

today after being closed for the 

past seven weeks. 

The communityfocused facility 

on Cass Street is home to over 20 

permanent tenants and last year 

received 25,500visitors. 

Around 40 people work in the 

building, half of those for 

community and social service 

provider Safer Mid Canterbury. 

Community House Mid 

Canterbury manager John Driscoll 

said the reopen was awelcome 

boost for tenants and the 

community. It had been hard for 

all tenants during lockdown and 

most had worked from home. 

‘‘It will take some time to get 

back to where we were, but it’s 

great to be opening again.’’ 

Mr Driscoll said the first few 

days of opening would be ‘‘a bit of 

trial and error’’ of the systems in 

place. 

Those systems included main 

entrance entry only and 

computerised signing in. 

Visitors would need to adhere 

to physical distancing rules and 

tenants would be rung to come 

reception to meet visitors. 

The buildinghad anumber of 

separate offices, so these made 

sticking to the rules easier. 

Mr Driscoll said meetings bigger 

than 10 would have to be scaled 

down under level 2restrictions. 

He looked forward to returning 

to work and believed reopening 

was another step towards lifting 

community morale. 

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Tackling covid, keeping big picture in mind 

By Pup Chamberlain 

Many, many years ago I 

was the captain of my 

school’s First XV rugby 

team in Gore. Iwas a 

front row prop and like 

many lads Iwas very 

passionate about 

rugby. 

The fact is, Iwas a 

good rugby player but I 

was not agood captain. 

The reason why Iwas 

not agood captain was 

because Iwas too busy dealing with 

my immediate problem, Iwas 

focused on trying to cope with 

opposition that seemed to be getting 

Pup Chamberlain 

bigger and tougher 

than Iwas and it took 

all my concentration 

and effort to deal with 

this. 

Fortunately for me 

and the team, Ihad a 

very competent, vocal 

vicecaptain (it was 

Jamie Mackay of Radio 

Hokonui’s farming 

show fame) who was 

capable of seeing the 

bigger picture, largely 

because he was based at 

fullback and therefore aware of 

things that were beyond my scope. 

Covid19, going through the stages 

has been an interesting time, full of 

anxiety, fear, uncertainty, grief and 

many other emotions. 

Much of this is brought about 

through what we don’t know. 

Just like me on the rugby field, 

sometimes we get so tied up with our 

own immediate challenges that it is 

hard to see away out. 

This is when we can make poor 

decisions based on anarrow 

perspective, tainted by our own 

limited vision and viewpoint. 

Many people in our community 

are facing, and will face, uncertain 

times with financial struggles and 

associated pressures this will bring. 

Now is the time for us all to act as a 

team and look after the interests of 

each other. 

If you are the prop tied up in the 

middle of adark scrum, more than 

ever you need eyes and ears that have 

adifferent, and sometimes better, 

perspective than your immediate 

situation may offer. Life will go on 

after Covid19 is long gone and the 

things that really matter will still 

matter. 

If you are feeling trapped in the 

“scrum” ask for adifferent view, this 

may be from aneighbour, afriend or 

someone you respect. 

It might be afinancial coach, 

government department, or other 

specialist. 

If you are feeling down, contact 

your GP or call the helplines such as 

1737. 

Lives Worth Living’s Connie 

Quigley and Ihave produced aseries 

of Facebook Videos which may be of 

help at this time. These can be found 

on the Safer Mid Canterbury 

Facebook site under Lives Worth 

Living. 

Let’s stay safe be kind and look 

after each other. If you need help, 

ask; this is not aweakness, it is part 

of being asuccessful team. 

Contact details: Paul (Pup) 

Chamberlain, Lives Worth Living coordinator, 

paul. 

chamberlain@safermidcanterbury. 

org.nz, phone 0273826501 and 

Connie Quigley, connie. 

quigley@safermidcanterbury.org.nz, 

phone 0274500742. 

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Timebankers unite 


Mid Canterbury timebankers have 

been connecting, learning and 

supporting others during lockdown. 

Arecent quiz night via Zoom 

attracted 52 locals and others from 

further afield. 

Online gardening conversations 

have also been popular and arecent 

zero waste education session featured 

aquestion and answer format with 

waste minimisation advocates from 

the Rubbish Trip. 

Other Zoom sessions have focused 

on travel in Israel/Palestine and the 

lowdown on what timebanking is 

about. 

Crafternoons on Fridays, from 2pm 

until 3pm, have included advice on 

areas such as sewing, knitting and 

scrapbooking at home. 

Mid Canterbury TimeBank coordinator 

Kate White said members 

had been supporting each other and 

their neighbours during lockdown 

with regular phone calls. 

They had helped with grocery 

shopping and deliveries, and during 

Alert Level 3had helped make meals 

and baking for afamily who have just 

had ababy. 

Two upcoming sessions under the 

Teaching Tuesdays programme could 

be of interest to anumber of people, 

she said. 

On May 19 aZoom panel 

discussion will focus on living with a 

health condition or adisability. 

‘‘Hearing from those with lived 

experience will help us all better 

understand how disability and health 

conditions can affect people's lives 

and how we can be more supportive 

of friends, family members and 

colleagues.’’ 

On May 26 there is another panel 

discussion with migrants and 

newcomers to Mid Canterbury, who 

Knitters and sewers on Zoom 

show what they’ve been making at 

arecent Crafternoon session. 

would share their experiences of 

settling here. Both sessions run from 

7pm until 8pm. 

Mrs White said the panel 

discussions, like all other sessions run 

during lockdown, were free and open 

to the wider community. 

TimeBanking continued to bring 

the community together and actioned 

the Mental Health Foundation’s five 

ways to wellbeing connecting, being 

active, taking notice, keeping learning 

and giving, Mrs White said. 

The TimeBank concept trades time 

rather than money and works on the 

premise that everyone in the 

community has something to offer 

and every person is equally valued. 

The Learning Exchange runs 

alongside TimeBank and encourages 

people to share their skills, 

knowledge and passion in the delivery 

of informative workshops. 

More information on Mid 

Canterbury TimeBank on its 

Facebook page or by emailing to 

coordinator@mctimebank.nz. 

My officesinAshburtonand Timaru 

arecloseddue to COVID-19. 

For any assistance you can still contact me 

by ringing 03 308 7510 or email me directly at: 

andrew.falloon@parliament.govt.nz 

Anyone with symptoms of COVID-19 should phone 

their doctor or Healthline on 0800 3585453 

Authorised by Andrew Falloon MP, 

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Andrew Falloon, 

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BE INTO 

Baker Matt Harvey with son Thomas restaining the fence at home. 

BakerMatt enjoys time 

away frombakehouse 


Lockdown has given baker Matt 

Harvey anew lease on life. 

Unlike the rest of the country, 

Matt, who owns Harvey’s Bakehouse 

in Ashburton and Rakaia, did not 

take up baking during lockdown. 

Instead he chose to spend quality 

time with partner and business 

colleague Emma Halliday and 

children, Kaitlyn, 9and Thomas 2, 

doing anything but baking. 

He also stained the front fence, has 

sown anew back lawn and watched a 

lot of movies ranging from comedy to 

action and everything in between. 

It’s atime he has enjoyed over 

lockdown, into Alert Level 3and it’s 

rekindled ayearning for more work/ 

life balance. 

As aresult Matt, who has been 

donning his baker’s hat for more than 

20 years, has decided not to open 

either of his Harvey’s Bakehouse 

bakeries on Saturdays. 

The decision has come as arelief 

for the couple who have been working 

six days aweek, working from 1am 

(baking) through to 5pm (bakery) 

closing. 

“You realise how much you missed 

out on working six days aweek,” he 

says. 

“I’m going to appreciate having 

more time together as afamily at the 

weekends.” 

And it means his staff of 10 will not 

Sport travel funds given 

Twelvesporting teams and 

organisationswho spendalot of money 

travelling to games and competitions 

outsidethe district have been given 

$13,000 fromthe Sport NZ Rural travel 

Fund. 

The fund is administered by the 

Ashburton DistrictCouncil and the 

moneyhelps coverthe costsofaway 

games. Many sportspeople must travel 

to access competitions for their relevant 

age and ability that are not provided in 

the district. 

Celtic Rugby was granted $1785 and 

Ashburton CollegeBasketball $1925, 

have to work any weekends too, he 

says. 

While spending time at home Matt 

has missed his customers and playing 

golf. He admits to not being agreat 

golfer but enjoys it. 

He has avoided heading into the 

bakery for many weeks but now both 

bakeries are ready for reopening 

today under Alert Level 2having 

been cleaned and stocked up. 

He says orders had also been 

placed for hand sanitiser and plans 

put in place for staff movements, 

keeping them and customers 

protected. 

Under Alert Level 2hewill “hope 

for the best and to get back to normal 

as soon as possible.” 

Thomas has given the family plenty 

of light hearted moments over 

lockdown but it’s Matt’s daughter 

Kaitlyn’s goal to own the bakery in the 

future but not work the hours which 

probably is quite telling. 

She doesn’t want to follow in Dad’s 

footsteps and be baking from one in 

the morning. 

whilethe Methven Hockey Club will 

receive $1800 and Mid Canterbury 

Hockey $1325 for Allenton, Tinwald 

and Wakanui teams. 

Other grants weremade to: 

Ashburton College Cricket$830, 

Ashburton College boys’ first XI 

hockey $570, AshburtonCollege 

netball teams $850, Ashcoll/Mt Hutt 

combined girls rugby $945, AshHutt 

boys’under 15 rugby$465,Mid 

Canterbury Combined first XV rugby 

$920,MountHutt Collegebasketball 

and rippa rugby $900 and Rakaia 

Hockey $685. 

Dry April in Ashburton 

There was just one significant rainday 

in Ashburton in April andthe rainfall 

total for the month was less than 19mm. 

The only wet day in an otherwisedry 

April monthwas on April 18 when 

12.2mmfell. 

Two other dayssaw 1.6mmfall each 

day. 

Figures from the MetService show 

the highesttemperature for the month 

was 25.3 degrees Celcius recorded on 

April 30 and the lowest achilly 0.4 

degrees four daysearlier. 

Both the high and low temperatures 

for the monthwere on par with 

historicalaverages,while the rainfall 

was far less than the historical average 

for April of 61.1mm. 

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DIAMOND WEDDING 

CLARKE, 

Rob and Cathie 

Married in Ashburton 

on May14, 1960. 

Congratulations and best 

wishes to youbothon 

60 years of marriage. 

With love from all your 

family and friends. 

DEATHS 

BLUETT Rosalin (Rose) 

(née Crawford): Passed 

away peacefully at the 

Ashburton Hospital on 

Friday, 8th May 2020. 

Aged 81 years. Dearly 

loved wife ofBarry for 59 

years. Loving mum and 

mother-in-law of Craig 

and Wendy (Blenheim) 

and Julie (Ashburton), 

treasured Granny Rose 

of Timothy and Marcel, 

Andrew, Daniel and Kurt, 

sister and sister-in-law of 

Peter and Judy Crawford 

(Greymouth) and John 

(deceased) and Anne 

Crawford (Granity), sisterin-law 

of Jill and Ken 

Gillespie (Christchurch). A 

great friend to Tony and 

Nigel, aunt to Carol and 

Paul, and Kristen, John 

and Barry. Messages of 

condolence should be 

sent tothe Bluett family, 

5 Belt Road, Ashburton 

7700. Thefamily would like 

to take this opportunityto 

thank the staff of both the 

SealyStreetMedicalCentre 

and the Ashburton Public 

Hospitalfor the thoughtful 

and compassionate care 

given to Rose over the 

last 6years. Likewise our 

thanks also to the clergy 

from St Stephen’s Anglican 

Parish who provided much 

appreciated spiritual 

care for Rose over the 

same period. Lastly a 

very special thank you to 

Jeanette and Joy for their 

kindness that insomany 

ways helped Rose cope 

with her ongoing illness. 

‘A real battler nowatrest’. 

Aprivate family servicefor 

Rose will be held at alater 

date. 

Paterson’s 

Ashburton 

FDANZ 

03 307 7433 

Family Notices 

DEATHS 

HARVEY, John (GJC): 

Passed away on 

WednesdayMay 62020. In 

his 92nd year. Much loved 

husband of Denise for 61 

years. Loved father and 

father-in-law of Kristen 

and Michael Gerard, 

Simon and Lynda Harvey, 

Penelope and Simon 

Brown, Fleur and Brent 

Schmack. Grandfather 

of William, Jaquetta and 

Patrick; Thomas, Henry 

and Edward; Benjamin, 

Victoria and Samantha; 

Jessica and Hamish. 

Great grandfather of 

Annabelle and Johnny. 

John has lived along and 

wonderful life and has 

left behind a wonderful 

legacy. He will be very 

much missed by all his 

family. Sincere thanks to 

the staff of Wairau Hospital 

andHospiceMarlborough. 

There will be a private 

service followed by 

interment atthe Manaroa 

Cemetery. 

Respectfully cared forby 

GEOFFREY TSOWMAN 

BLENHEIM FDANZ 

Tel03578 4719 

www.sowmans.co.nz 

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DEATHS 

LOW, Melva Elizabeth: 

(nee Briden): Passed away 

peacefully on Saturday 

May 9, 2020 at Tuarangi 

Home Ashburton, aged 

97 years. Loved wife of 

the late Alan. Much loved 

mother and mother-inlaw 

of Robin (deceased) 

and Jen (Melbourne), 

David (deceased), Glenda 

Ryan and Mick (Methven). 

Loved nana of Kim and 

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her three sons. Loving 

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of Murray, Russell 

and Kristine, and Wilbur 

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and Kelvin, Tui, William 

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Tony’s 73km ride 

for Hospice MC 

Tony Todd has taken aleaf out of the 

book of Captain Tom Moore, the UK 

war veteran who completed 100 laps of 

his garden before his 100th birthday and 

raised millions of pounds in the process. 

Tony, retired retailer and ambassador 

for Hospice Mid Canterbury, is planning 

to bike 73km on his 73rd birthday to 

raise money for the hospice. 

He said the Covid19 pandemic had 

made fundraising difficult for the 

hospice group so he was doing a 

sponsored ride to help raise money. 

Hospice Mid Canterbury runs services 

in the district for people with terminal 

and lifelimiting illnesses. 

Tony’s ride on Wednesday, May 20 

will begin at the hospice base on Park 

Street at 10am. He will ride a10km loop 

and pass the hospice base seven times. 

He said people were welcome to join 

him on all or part of the ride. 

He is seeking lump sum donations to 

hospice, or sponsorship per kilometre. 

Tony is no stranger to biking and has 

cycled up to 40km during lockdown. He 

has cycled the Otago Rail Trail and 

pedalled parts of Europe. 

His bike is no ebike, so he is hoping 

for fine weather and few headwinds next 

week as he heads up Alford Forest Road 

to Farm Road, loops around Argyle 

Park then out to Racecourse Road and 

back to hospice base via Belt Road, Oak 

Grove, Philip, Wills and Park Streets. 

Tony said he thought the ride might 

Tony Todd is pedalling for agood 

cause next week. 

take up to five hours and he was looking 

for lots of encouragement and 

sponsorship. 

Friends and family have already come 

to the party with donations and he is 

hoping more will follow in the leadup to 

bike day and there will be apot of money 

for agood cause. 

To pledge support, you can email 

manager@hospicemc.nz or phone 

Christine or Lorraine on 3078387 or 

0272278387 to say how much per 

kilometre, you would be prepared to 

sponsor. Contributions $5 and over are 

tax deductible. 

Students on Youth Ropu 

Twotertiarystudents from Mid 

Canterbury arepart of the newnine 

strong2020 Youth Ropu runthrough 

Environment Canterbury (ECan). 

CharlotteMuir and Maria Mendoza 

Nieto willadd their voices on 

environmentmattersand develop 

leaderships skills in thevoluntary group 

over thecomingmonths. 

Charlotte, 19, is astudentatthe 

University of Canterburyand describes 

hervalues as ‘‘compassion, 

sustainabilityand openmindedness’’. 

‘‘I’dlike to be abletoput my own 

effortsofbeingaguardian intomore 

tangibleand activework, especially 

within alikeminded groupthat shares 

my passion forthe environment.Iwant 

to grow as aleader through working 

with otheryouth,and see our 

communities andenvironment prosper 

as aresult.’’ 

Maria,18, is studyingengineering at 

theUniversity of Canterbury and the 

three words thatdescribe hervalues are 

‘‘kindnessisstrength’’. 

‘‘I've been incredibly passionate 

aboutthe environment and doing my 

part to lookafteritfor along time. I've 

seen thepowerofgroupsthatgoout 

andrun events,cleanupand are part of 

educatingothers, butI've also seenhow 

Charlotte Muir. 

Maria Mendoza Nieto. 

formalgroups that dealwithlegislation, 

policiesand thebureaucracycan also 

make ahugedifference.’’ 

Age Concern freephone 

Age Concern New Zealand has 

launched anew freephone number that 

anyone can call to get advice and 

support. 

Chief executive Stephanie Clare said 

older people needed information as the 

country moved to level 2. 

“Many older people have spoken to 

me about their need to reconnect with 

friends and family and we are happy that 

this resocialisation can now start to 

happen. 

‘‘Older peopleare as able as anyone 

to make decisions about their own safety 

and we are here to help provide 

information and support so they can do 

just that,’’ she said. 

The freephone number is 0800 

652105. 

‘‘We know not everyone has adevice 

or access to the internet in their homes 

so this is one way we can make it easier 

for older people and their friends and 

family to get in touch with us and 

connect to our services, become a 

volunteer or just for achat. 

‘‘Our new freephone line is the easiest 

way to get connected to your nearest 

Age Concern branch. Theyare here to 

help or put you in touch with people who 

can, depending on what you need.’’ 

If you have questions, concerns or 

want to help out at your local Age 

Concern please freephone 0800 652105.


Rural&Lifestyle 

Ruralco Instore Days 

to go online this year 

Covid19 has changed how the farmer coop 

will run its popular instore days, afeature on 

the rural calendar for the past 25 years with 

big discounts for members. 

Ruralco staff worked hard over the 

lockdown period to set up the virtual 

equivalent of the instore days. Through 

Ruralco’s website platform, all the deals in 

this year’s instore days will be online from 

July 28 to farmers all over the country. 

“We have combined the best of both 

worlds in this year’s instore days celebrations,’’ 

said CEO Rob Sharkie. ‘‘The 

digital format sits alongside our traditional 

catalogue so our team can take orders by 

phone, email or online through the Ruralco 

website.’’ 

Purchases can be delivered or collected, 

subject to Covid19 distancing protocol at 

stores. 

From June 1toJuly 8, every $250 spent 

with Ruralco Instore Days participating 

suppliers enables members to enter adraw 

to win anew Ford Mustang. 

Those members who purchase their 

Meridian electricity, Ballance Fertiliser, 

Allied Petroleum Bulk Fuel or pay for their 

fuel at the pump through Ruralco will also 

be able to enter the draw with every $250 

spent. 

Any purchase made using the Ruralco 

Card at any of the 90 participating Instore 

Ruralco CEO Rob Sharkie. 

Days suppliers throughout the country will 

also qualify for the draw. The $65,900 

Mustang is part of a$100,000 prize pool. 

“For Ruralco the silver lining in the 

Covid19 cloud has been the opportunity to 

really turn our instore days into something 

even bigger and more accessible. At this 

tough time, they can now benefit an even 

wider number of our valued members who 

appreciate Ruralco’s focus on getting the 

best deal possible for their farming business,” 

Mr Sharkie said. 

Janet’s surplus vegetables, 

eggssoldtosupportcause 


Yoga teacher and Mayfield 

resident Janet Cross has sold 

surplus home grown vegetables 

and eggs during lockdown to 

support acause close to her heart. 

Over 10 days she’s raised $200 

from community sales and will 

give the proceeds to Outward 

Bound, anonprofit organisation 

which helps show people their full 

potential through outdoor 

challenge and adventure. 

Mrs Cross is aregular supporter 

of Outward Bound, which has a 

mission ‘‘to help create better 

people, better communities, and a 

better world’’. 

Now was atime when the 

organisation needed support, and 

also when some people needed to 

get involved in aprogramme that 

could help them deal better with 

issues of anxiety, confidence and 

that could strengthen their 

resolve, she said. 

Mrs Cross said she had been 

impressed by the support of the 

Mayfield community in buying her 

surplus vegetables and eggs. 

Shehad posted anoticeonthe 

community Facebook page 

telling people thattomatoes, 

cucumbers, peppers andother 

home grown vegetables were 

available throughanhonesty box 

system at her gate, andshe had 

received immediate and positive 

responses. 

‘‘It’s beengreat to seehow 

generous peoplecan be.’’ 

Making thesurplus items 

available had also enabled her to 

connect with her communityata 

Janet Cross with some of her home-grown goodies. 

difficulttime. 

Overanumber of years the 

55yearold hassoldher eggsat 

thrice weekly yogaclasses she 

hosts in the TinwaldCatholic 

Church Hall. 

The money raised has 

supported causes such as St 

John, Women’sRefuge andthe 

Cancer Society. 

Mrs Crossisgiving yoga 

sessions onlineatthe moment 

and can’t waittoget back to face 

to face classes. 

Moreinformation on the 

Outward Bound cause she 

supports canbefound at the 

websiteofthe samename. 

Duck season starts May 23 

May 23 will be the opening 

day of the game bird season 

and duck hunters will be able 

to travel and use their boats 

under Alert Level 2rules that 

came into force this week. 

Mallard ducks and paradise 

ducks are the most targeted 

game birds during the season 

and the Ashburton district has 

healthy populations. 

On the Rakaia and 

Rangitata Rivers, mallard 

numbers are slightly above 

average this year, while 

paradise shelduck numbers 

are some of the highest 

recorded on the Canterbury 

Plains since annual surveys 

began in 2007. 

Central South Island Fish 

and Game officer Rhys 

Adams said the numbers were 

encouraging news for 

Ashburton hunters and those 

they shared their duck dinners 

with. 

There will be no extension 

to the season for the central 

South Island, despite the 

delayed start. The main 

season finishes on the last 

Sunday in July, July 26. 

Mr Adams is reminding 

hunters that alicence is 

required to hunt game birds 

and that each hunter should 

be familiar with the 2020 

Dean Rattray in action at aMitcham pond in aprevious 

hunting season. Photo Richie Cosgrove 

season regulations. 

Fish and Game say the 

game bird season is an 

important national tradition; 

opening day is usually early 

May but was deferred because 

of Covid19 restrictions. 

The organisation said 

hunters now had time to equip 

themselves, prepare their mai 

mais and travel to their 

hunting grounds. 

Alert Level 2conditions 

were more practical for 

hunters. 

They could travel interregionally, 

stay overnight with 

friends and family and use 

their boats. 

Hunters can now also visit 

outdoor retailers to buy 

instore. 

Limping to season end 

By David Hill 

The Lincoln University Dairy Farm is 

“limping” tothe end of the season, after 

apromising start. 

With the farm in lockdown, Ashburton 

based farm adviser Jeremy Savage 

has been connecting with staffvia phone 

and Zoom meetings, as the seasonwinds 

down. 

“We had good systems inplace when 

we went into lockdown. We’ve been 

running separate teams, who have formed 

bubbles to reduce the risks, and 

we’ve put the cows on once a day 

milking, which is helping with staff 

separation. 

“Butit’s been avery slow autumn. We 

are limping through to the end of the 

season.” 

Mr Savage said the farm had agood 

start to the season and was on track to 

produce 280,000 kilograms of milk 

solids, or 505kgMS per cow from the 

555cow herd, which was ahead of last 

year’s 275,000kgMS. 

But he said a dry and colderthanusual 

autumn meant growth had been 

slow, while athreeweek delayingetting 

culled cows off to the freezingworks had 

put extra pressure on feed supplies. 

“The supplement use has been abit 

disappointing, aswe’ve had touse more 

supplements than we would have liked.” 

It meant the farm had to revise its 

budget from its expected costs of $3.60 

per kgMS, but Mr Savage expected it 

would end up at $3.80/kgMS, which 

would still ensure afavourable payday 

with Fonterra’s farmgate milk price 

sitting at more than $7/kgMS. 

Mr Savage said the staff were in good 

health, with one vacancy to fill for the 

new season. 

“We’ve had alot of interest in the job 

andthere’s been agood numberofKiwis 

applying, some with previous experience 

who are wanting to come back into the 

industry, which is very pleasing.” 

While no focus days were able to be 

held in the near future, due to the 

Covid19 restrictions, Mr Savage saidhe 

was planning to hold monthly online 

updates. 

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Mainline installation and repairs 

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Health workers busy hunting Covid19 

Angela Leadley unwinds at home 

with family pet, Herb. 


Angela Leadley, of Ashburton, is one 

of six health team leaders working on 

the front line of Canterbury’s Covid 

19 response. 

It’s meant some long, 14hour 

work days, working up to six days a 

week. 

Angela's usual working week 

involves two days based in Timaru 

but she has been travelling to 

Christchurch. “It’s been massive, 

really busy,” Angela says. 

One saving grace during lockdown 

saw husband Ross, aselfemployed 

builder, home from work and take on 

the home schooling of sons Brady, 8 

and Lachie, 7. Angela says he’s done 

agreat job. 

She works for the public health 

unit of Community and Public 

Health, abig team working across 

three district health boards from 

Kaikoura to South Canterbury and 

across to the West Coast. 

Angela says there are between 40 

and 50 staff working different roles in 

the Covid19 response. Some are 

working with border control at 

Christchurch International Airport 

and the ports of Lyttelton and 

Timaru greeting flights and ships and 

advising on public health concerns. 

Others are investigating cases, 

contact tracing and daily monitoring 

people who have Covid19 and their 

household contacts in isolation. 

At peak she says team members 

were making more than 400 calls a 

day, checking on how people in 

quarantine or isolation were doing, 

monitoring their symptoms remotely 

and supporting them. 

It’s included solving problems such 

as finding alternative homes to 

isolate in, medical help or getting 

food deliveries or help through other 

agencies such as CDHB welfare 

teams or Civil Defence. 

It has dropped to around 50 calls a 

day now. 

Angela runs up to 10km aday as a 

stress reliever. She says family time in 

lockdown has included watching 

movies and going for bike rides. 

The boys also celebrated their 

birthdays on April 7and 4 

respectively. On both occasions the 

family ‘‘dressed up and went out for 

dinner’’ having evening meals 

around aspecially set up dining 

table, usually covered in school 

material. 

Angela and Ross have kept their 

bubble small, even as the alert levels 

have lowered; Angela's younger 

sister Debbie, and partner Cawte, 

gave birth to their first child aboy 

named Oliver three weeks ago. It's 

put connecting with family on hold, 

for now. 

But Angela says there have been a 

lot of Zoom calls and plenty of 

birthday cakes shared online; two 

nieces have celebrated their fifth and 

first birthdays. 

Angela is proud of the work being 

done by the public health team, and 

says they are well supported by 

management and medical officers of 

health. It’s been achallenging time 

but the goal of eliminating the virus 

continues to provide motivation. 

Astep toward normality, but surgical backlog to clear 

Amove from level 3tolevel2 

represents amajor shiftinhow our 

country is dealing withCovid19. 

Manyshopswill reopen, restaurants 

can again serve guests, and schools 

and early childhood centres will go 

back on Monday. 

For someitwillfeel like astep into 

the unknown.Arisk thatweare 

exposing ourselves to, with afear of 

numbers growingonceagain. It’s a 

valid concern, but we’re better 

placed than most to avoid it. 

As an island nationwehave strong 

borders,particularly with the 

mandatory quarantiningwe 

eventuallysaw introducedfor Kiwis 

returning home. 

While for afew people oneofthe 

mostpressingissues might be getting 

Comment by Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon 

ahaircut, for others the move from 

level 3to2isfar moresignificant. 

No precisedata hasbeen released, 

but the Association of Salaried 

Medical Specialists estimate that 

between 20,000and 30,000elective 

surgeries were cancelled, with a 

further 60,000 specialist 

appointments alsoparked. 

Althoughsome havebeen carried 

out underlevel3,level 2allowsfor a 

wider range of patients to be 

operated on. 

Unfortunately there is quitea 

backlog. Somedistricthealth boards 

estimate it could be ayear or more 

beforethey’ve caught up. 

Thecost of thatcould be severe, 

not just financial, but more 

importantly on the lives and 

wellbeing of the people the lockdown 

protected. 

For others the end of the 

lockdown represents achance to 

escape. 

In recent days Police haveagain 

repeated their concerns over family 

violence and harm. Even in the best 

of times it’s not as easy as some might 

expectfor victimstoreporttheir 

abuser. 

Withlockdown measuresinplace 

for weeksonend that task became 

even harder. 

Family violence can be hiding in 

places we might never expect, our 

neighbours, ourfriends, ourown 

extended families. It’s vital we all 

remain vigilant, call out violence 

when we see it, and as we move to 

level 2, continue to give as much 

supporttovictims as we can. 

We’ve done atremendous job to 

get to this point. Together, by staying 

apart, we’ve flattened the curve and 

strangled the spread of the virus. It 

was the right thing to do, but we must 

also acknowledge the socialcost of 

the lockdown. 

For many it wasn’t easy, and their 

relationships, their health,and their 

mentalwellbeing may have suffered. 

Flattening that curve shouldnow be 

oneofour priorities. 

Andrew Falloon


Video posts entertain in lockdown 


People around the district have 

stepped up during Covid19 

restrictions, entertaining captive 

audiences with the wide reach of 

the internet. 

Businesses, individuals and 

organisations have taken to social 

media to keep in touch with their 

respective communities in 

entertaining ways. 

Among them were Ashburton 

District mayor Neil Brown, Rakaia 

School principal Mark Ellis and EA 

Network Centre’s Tayla McAdam, 

who between them have clocked up 

thousands of views from their mini 

video posts. 

Mayor Brown, not usually one 

for cooking, took over the kitchen 

with daughter Mikayla to make 

beer bread, lemon slice and carrot 

patties. 

Then he posted his success, with 

videos, on Facebook. 

His beer bread clocked up 2000 

views, but his mini video chats with 

council chief executive officer 

Hamish Riach, discussing arange of 

district issues, have clocked up 

more than 12,000 views. 

“Being safe inside has opened up 

new worlds for the Brown family,” 

he posted. 

“I've taken over afew times in 

Judy's kitchen to try my hand in 

baking afew experiments. 

‘‘You've seen my beer bread, 

which went down atreat, here my 

daughter Mikayla and Ihave made 

afew things on the weekend carrot 

patties and lemon slice. 

“Hope everyone is keeping 

themselves safe and sane by trying 

new things and looking after your 

mental health with positive actions 

Rakaia School principal Mark Ellis. 

and fresh air when you get it,” he 

said. 

“Keep connected with friends 

and family safely, and feel free to 

share pics of the fun and tasty 

experiments in the kitchen. 

‘‘Would love to see what the 

other blokes in the district are 

whipping up for their families.” 

Principal Mark Ellis has been in 

constant contact with his school 

community on Facebook. 

He not only unveiled his very 

short home haircut to them, but 

took on awhole new personna to 

entertain in one video as 

international soccer star Patrick 

Quentin Rafferty. It’s been viewed 

hundreds of times. 

Mr Ellis’s alter ego gained his 

status from being in the Irish Under 

13 team. 

He said the children had worked 

“very hard but it was really, really 

important to get out (side) as well”. 

With soccer ball at the ready, he 

showed some football techniques 

on how to kick aball properly with 

the inside and outside of the foot. 

“Inside and outside and outside 

and inside, practise that at home,” 

he said, showing his ball skills. 

EA Networks Centre’s Tayla 

McAdam used music and madness 

in her entertaining posts for pupils 

of the swim school. 

It’s been away to reinforce their 

water skills and for her to keep in 

contact with members. 

Ms McAdam showed swim 

strokes techniques for pupils to 

practise out of the water and 

donned her own swimming suit to 

sit in the bath and sing children’s 

songs to teach younger members 

water confidence. 

It too has been viewed thousands 

of times. 

Thomas, the family cat, became 

an accidental star by video bombing 

her post but he just added to the 

entertainment and was likely drawn 

in by songs such as Tiny Tim and 

Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes. 

Mayor Neil Brown took to the kitchen to entertain his family, and the 

community, through social media during lockdown.

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Local news at www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz Ashburton's The Courier, Thursday 14 May 2020, Page 15 

LIONSCLUBINTERNATIONAL 

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What areLionsClubs? 

Lions Club of Ashburton 

Lions Club of Methven 

Lions Club Mayfield &Districts 

Lions is atruly global organisation comprising of over 47,000 Lions clubs in 200 

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Lions arededicatedtohelping their communities.Giving time and energy to othersis 

afantastic waytohelp the community, yet, it also provides agreat feeling foryou that 

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When youbecome aLion, youbecome partofaglobal network of volunteers working 

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The Lions Club of 

Ashburton was Chartered 

in September 1963 

initially with 32 members. 

Membership has grown 

and remained strong over 

the 57 years that the Club 

has been in existence and 

currently stands at 64 

members. Initially a male 

only Club,membershipwas 

opened to women in 2012. 

The Club has undertaken 

many major projects with the aim of returning monies raised to the Ashburton Community 

along with Lions National and International humanitarian purposes.Members regularly deliver 

Meals on Wheels and also supportarange of other communityservices. 

Major events run by the Club include the Playhouse Raffle, Annual Charity GolfTournament, 

South Island Motorhome Show, Vintage CarClub Swap meet catering and gatekeeping,the Big 

Smoke versus Rural Folk Team Challenge and Auction along with gatekeeping duties, selling 

garden manureand revenue from the use and hireofitsFood Trailer. 

We are able to support community causes such as Ronald McDonald House, MSA Men’s and 

Phoenix Rising Choirs, health and social services including provision of defibrillators, the toy 

library, children’s learntoswimprogrammes,adventurecamps performing arts such as music 

and theatre, junior rowing, basketball, athletics and netball, Ashburton Aviation Museum, 

Foodbanks, Camp Quality for young cancer sufferers, suicide prevention programmes, 

AshburtonCancer Support, Mid/South CanterburyLifeEducation Trust,Birthright, Ashburton 

Pipe Band, Ashburton StJohn Cadets, Mid Canterbury Rural Support Trust, Child Cancer, 

Hospice Mid-Canterbury, Christchurch Cancer Society Shuttle,Trott’s Garden Charitable Trust, 

Berwick Outdoor Experience. 

TheClub holds several social events forits membersand partners throughout the year. 

The Club meets on the first Wednesday ofeach month (except January) from 5.45pm at the 

Hotel Ashburton. 

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TheLions Club 

of Methvenwas 

charteredin1967 

and has been 

activefor 53 years, 

with 76 members 

from diverse 

backgrounds. 

Thereisawealth 

of skills and 

enthusiasm 

available to 

raise funds for 

communityneeds 

and provide 

manpowertomake 

thingshappen. 

Major fundraising projects include the Discover Mt Hutt Summer Open Day (late February), 

Golf Tournament (May), and the Methven Mud and Steel Winch Challenge (October). Other 

projects include battery recycling, equipment hire, spectator logistics atthe Methven Rodeo, 

and Christmas trees. 

Theclubalso organises Methven’sAnzac Daycelebrations. Social events additional to monthly 

dinners are organised through the year. The club organises an array ofsocial events for 

members throughout the year,including bus trips and four wheel driveexcursions. 

All ofthe funds raised are distributed to various charitable causes. Local community groups 

and schools arethe main recipients.Some funds go to Lions International,which targets several 

national and global causes. 

Dinner meetings,cateredbyadifferentcommunitygroup each month, areheldatthe United 

Clubrooms in the MethvenDomain at 6pm on the 4th Wednesdayofeach month. 

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Sponsored by 

MethvenLions, the 

Mayfield and Districts 

club waschartered 

in1978. 

Theclub represents 

the areas of Mayfield, 

Mt Somers,Valetta, 

Lismore, Carew, 

Ruapuna, Anama 

and Montaltoand 

currently has 64 

members 

We have amonthly 

teameeting,held 

at the Mayfield Golf 

Club on the second Tuesdayofthe month at 6pm. Various organisations within the district 

fundraise through catering these meals.The monthly teameetings areagreatopportunityfor 

members to catchupoverameal and listen to an interesting speaker. 

The club elects aboard each year which is charged with running the club.This board meets 

everythird Tuesdayofthe month. 

The clubs major fund raising events include the Mt Somers Mountain Bike Challenge, Annual 

CharityGolfMatch, Wood Chops,Used batterycollections,Mayfield ShowChocolate Wheel and 

swede and onion sales.Ronald McDonald House has been amajor benefactorfromproceeds 

from the Mountain Bike Challenge over anumber of years. 

Services include hosting the IHC for aBBQ lunch and entertainment, senior citizens outing, 

meals on wheels and manning collections forvarious organisations. 

While serving the community isthe clubs driver, itisdone while having fun, with the club 

having agreat team spirit cultivated byanumber ofsocial activities throughout the year. A 

night atthe races, winter curling match, partners tea meeting and working bees to name a 

few. The club isalways actively looking for enthusiastic new members and would welcome 

enquiries. 

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Lions Club of AshburtonCounty 

Lions Club of AshburtonPakeke 

Lions Club of Hinds &Districts 

Lions Club of Rakaia 

Ashburton County Lions 

originated in June 1987 

as a Lioness Club with 

25 women attending a 

meeting to explore the 

possibility ofestablishing 

a club, a President and 

board of Directors were 

appointed, sponsored by 

the Ashburton Lions Club. 

Five years later in May 

1992 the club chartered 

as a Lions Club with 32 

members. Ten of those 

members arestill members of the club today. Ourclubisanall female club with 56 members. 

We have adinner meeting onthe 4th Wednesday ofeach month at the Hotel Ashburton at 

6.30pm. 

Alarge part ofwhat the club does is focused on service inthe community. Members assist 

with Meals on Wheels,drive forDay Careonaweekly basis,and help with street appeals.The 

club has made up gift baskets or donatedtoiletries forPresbyterian Support, Birthright“Seeds”, 

Hospiceand Women’s Refuge. 

Moneyisdonatedeach year from araffle to Camp QualitySouth. TheClub most years sponsors 

acandidate over the age of 18 to Berwick Outdoor Experience, its objectiveistobroaden ones 

experiences in lifebyusing teamwork to improveindividual confidenceand selfesteem on this 

eightday course. 

The Clubs biggest local community service isthe annual Toot for Tucker, growing each year 

thanks to community support, in donated non perishable foods for the local food banks, it 

hasbecome ahuge undertaking forthe club and all those groups thatsupportitonthe night, 

over 400 banana boxes offood divided up between St Vincent dePaul, Salvation Army and 

Presbyterian Support. 


Pakeke Lions 

celebrate their 

40th birthday 

this year having 

been Chartered 

in September 

1980. 

We areamixed 

gender club with 

37 members. 

Non-member 

wives and 

partners are 

welcome at our 

monthly tea 

meetings and 

oftenassist us 

with our manyprojects throughout the year. 

We meet at the Hotel AshburtonFunction Room 4th Mondayofeach month at 5.30pm, where 

we enjoyatwocourse meal with entertainmentand aguest speaker. 

Our very first project was providing funding for the Allenton Scout Den. Two ofour notable 

projects wasplanting daffodils on East St green and building abridgeinthe Domain. We also 

do gate keeping and street collections supporting other charitable organizations. 

For our Lions Centennial project weare refurbishing the Sextons Building at the Ashburton 

Cemetery. 

Our main fundraiser is the Annual Charity Market and Garage Sale held at the Ashburton 

Racecourse which involves all our club members with our wives and partners helping. 

Throughout the year the club organises manysocialoutings and functions formembers. 

TheHinds club is 

36 years old,being 

established in 1984 

and sponsored by 

the Mayfield Lions 

club. 

We areanall 

male club,with a 

membership of 49. 

Hinds Lions meet 

on the third 

Tuesdayofeach 

month at the 

Hinds Community 

centre.The usual 

programme 

includes asocial 

hour beforeameal at around 7:00pm, and oftenthereare interesting speakers invited along. 

Meals areprovided by groups and organisations from around the area, providing auseful flow 

of funds to supportthem. 

Activities centre around the sale of straw and manure (big hit with gardeners), as well as 

running the Longbeach Coastal Challenge in conjunction with Longbeach School. Other 

activities include arangeofservices such as delivering Meals on Wheels,organising the ANZAC 

serviceaswell as helping with the running of local events. 

Social activities include bike trips,the occasional bus trip and sometimes extend to four-wheel 

driveexcursions. 

Contributions are made tothe Global Lions effort, and financial support goes to the Maia 

Foundation, St Johns,Westpac Trust and Cancer and Stroke support. 

Abig focus for our club is providing assistance, both financial and manpower, for local youth 

activities. 

Agroup of 

communityminded 

menformed The 

Lion’s Club of Rakaia 

44 years ago in 1976. 

Sincethattimethey 

have been holding 

meetings at various 

venueswithin our 

districtonthe 2nd 

Wednesdayofeach 

month at 6:30 pm. 

Members partners are 

also invited along to 

usually four meetings 

each year as they can 

also be involved with whateverprojects,activityorsocial eventasmuch as they like. 

Currently we have 47 members which is equal to the most we have ever had. Five ofthose 

members areladies and ahusband and wifecouple areboth members. Wewouldwelcome the 

opportunitytohavenew members join our club. 

Selling swedes on the roadside trailer has been the most long running projectundertaken for 

fundraising but selling lily and freesia bulbs has been the most financial. 

Rakaia Lions most notable project was the erection of our landmark“Salmon”and currently 

instigated byLions, the Salmon site isgetting redeveloped to cater for the increased number 

of tourists thatstop. 

We support many community groups and we like to focus on charities that assist the less 

fortunate members of our community. 

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Winter is fast approachingand gardener 

Leanne Smith is flatout pruning, tidying 

and bedding down Trott’s Garden. 

She’s been back on deck since level3 

restrictionswere introduced and is working 

solo. 

‘‘Itisvery quiet here at the moment and 

I’m missing the many volunteers who 

usually help out in the garden.’’ 

She said volunteershelped her with 

mowing duties and generalgardening and 

wereasociablecrowd, but they wouldnot be 

returning untilgiven the goahead. 

Now was abusy time for her and all about 

tidying up the garden for winter. 

Her biggestjob was cutting back the 110 

metres of perennial borders. 

The bordersare various shades of brown 

at the moment and quite differentfrom 

their summer colours. 

The border work was likely to take a 

couple of months, on and off, and all the 

waste would be composted. 

‘‘The compost I’m puttingonthis year 

camefrom the cuttings from lastyear, so it’s 

all about recycling.’’ 

The sizeable compost heap at Trott's will 

growbigger overthe coming weeks. 

Joining the pile will be large piles of 

leaves collected from around the 4ha 

garden, and other garden waste. 

Arideon mower is usedtoclear up the 

bulkofthe leaves. 

Leanne said Trott’s was afour season 

garden and atranquil spot with plenty of 

birdlife. 

Her favourite seasonwas summer, when 

she also enjoyed taking visitors on formal 

garden tours. 

Trott’s also features ared border area, 

woodland areas developed around curves 

and Englishinspiredformal gardens. 

There are around 50 speciesofmagnolia, 

70 kinds of maples and varieties of 

dogwood,azaleas, and over500 

rhododendrons, all underplantedwith 

woodland plants and groundcover. 

Summer is the busiest month for visitor 

numbers, helped by the fact that Trott's 

Garden is recognised as aGarden of 

InternationalSignificance and has been 

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Trott’s Garden tour guide and gardener 

Leanne Smith at work, and, right, an 

impressive autumn vista. 

awarded six stars by the New Zealand 

Gardens Trust. 

International visitorsusually accounted 

for between20and 30 per cent of summer 

gardentour numbers, and adollar value 

that was higher again,said Trott’s Garden 

marketing and administrator Nicola 

Walker. 

She said international numberswere 

expected to drop sharply because of the 

impactofCovid19. 

The charitable trust that ownedthe 

gardens would look at and plan the next 

seasontosee how the dropoff in overseas 

tourists could be filled, she said. 

The garden would reopen in September 

for garden tours and walk up garden 

visitors, but venue bookings and inquiries 

can be made year round. 

Still time to sow your broad beans 

Traditionally,broad beans are sown from March 

until midMay,tostand through the winterand bear 

crops in early summer. 

Renowned for their hardiness, broadbeans are a 

favourite vegetable with many gardeners, as not 

only do seeds germinate in cold groundbut the 

plantsprefer heavier soils. 

The soil for broadbeans should be welldrained 

and enriched with plenty of compost. 

Phosphates, supplied by adding bone dustor 

superphosphate,will encourage healthy growth. 

Applying lime at the rate of 50g per sqmsome time 

beforesowing sweetenssour, acidsoils. 

Tall broad bean plantsneed to be supported, and 

can provideexcellent windbreaks for tender spring 

crops.Site the rows where they will be useful shelter 

for the likesoflettuce, outdoortomatoes and 

Frenchbeans. 

Sow broad beansindouble rows, about 20cm 

apart,with theseeds placed about10cm apartand 

5cm deep. Sow afew extra seeds at the end of rows 

to transplant into any gaps. 

If you are growing redflowered or other heritage 

broad beans and wanttosave seeds, be aware they 

Broad beans, renowned for their hardiness, are a 

favourite vegetable with many gardeners. 

will crosspollinate with other broadbeans within 

beeflying distance and may not breed true. 

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Good numbers at 

foothills reunion 

Close to 100 people 

attended an informal 

reunion of people who 

went to Springburn 

Schoolorlived in the 

Springburn/Staveley area 

in the 1950s,‘60s and ‘70s. 

The reunion was 

organised by former 

resident Barry Burgess 

and held at the Staveley 

Hall before the Covid19 

lockdown kickedin. 

Mr Burgesssaid it was a 

‘‘magic day’’ for him and a 

numberofothers. 

The Staveley Hall had 

been the gathering point 

for the community for 

decades and memoriesof 

country dances, local 

bands and jovialitywere 

recounted, along with the 

moviesthat were shown 

on Friday nights. 

Although he had left 

the foothills area in 1971, 

he had still managed to 

recognise anumber of 

peopleatthe reunion and 

many he hadn’t seen in 

more thanfour decades. 

There were 

representatives fromthe 

Pawsey, Smith, Syme, 

Stewart, Lamb,McRae, 

Mehrtens, Wightman, Lill 

and Totty families, as well 

as from the Gray,Lister, 

Hewit,Greenslade, Hydes 

and Burgess families. 

‘‘Lois Moody was 

probably the most senior, 

not that you would think it 

Jenny Wightman and Alf Wightman were among 

those at the March reunion. 

The 1955 class at Springburn School. 

to see her.’’ 

There weresome great 

chin wags and stories 

sharedand the road near 

the Staveley Hall was 

packedwith cars on the 

day. 

‘‘The carswere modern 

and the people abit older, 

but it really brought back 

to me what agreat little 

community Igrew up in.’’ 

House prices up in March 

Median house prices across New 

Zealand increased by 13.7% in March to 

anew record medianprice of $665,000, 

up from $585,000 in March 2019. 

Data from the Real EstateInstitute of 

New Zealand shows eight regions 

recording new high median prices in the 

month. 

The median price for houses sold in 

the Ashburton District in Marchwas 

$375,000, compared to $350,000 in 

February and $360,000 in March 2019. 

Some 58 homes were sold in the 

district in March compared to 43 the 

previous month. 

In the Canterbury region there was a 

6.8% increase in the median price of 

homes soldinMarch ($490,000) 

compared with the same month in 2019 

($459,000). 

Agroup from Timaru tackles beading at aCanBead workshop. 

Trust wants surplus 

beads, fishing gear 

The CanInspireCharitableTrust is after any 

surplus beading or fishing itemsthat it can reuse 

to run workshops for people affectedbyillness, 

traumaorpersonal loss. 

The trustisinvitingpeople to have aCovid19 

clean out. 

It works with agencies suchasthe Cancer 

Society, the Brain Injury Trust and othersto 

provide awelcomedistraction and connection to 

othersexperiencing similar situations. 

Through CanBead, the trust offers beading and 

jewellery workshops. 

Bead stocks are comprised mostly of 

deconstructed broken or unwanted jewellery 

donated to us by the public. Volunteerswash, 

dismantle and put together bead packs for use at 

workshops. 

CanTackle workshops teach participants how 

to fly fishand uses atutor to work through areas 

such as tying your own fly, to castingarod and 

what to do onceyou make thatmagic catch. 

Anyone with unwanted rods or fly tying kits 

and feathers is encouraged to donate themfor 

thebenefit of others. 

TheCanInspire Charitable Trusthas gone 

from strengthtostrengthsince it was set up in 

2010. It has seven regional offices and has 

reached hundreds of people. 

Donated items can be droppedoff at 

Community House Mid Canterbury(44 Cass 

Street)when it reopens, or can be collectedon 

request. 

More information on the caninspire.org.nz 

website. 

Ashburton A&P meeting on soon 

TheAshburton A&P Show 

committeewillholdits annual 

general meetingatthe end ofthe 

month, wherethe new incoming 

president will be confirmedand 

thereisexpected to be alot of 

discussion on theupcoming show, 

duetorun on October 30and31. 

AssociationsecretaryLucille 

Brownsaysthe committee was 

remainingvery positive about 

holding the showatthe end of the 

year, however it will depend on 

numbersallowedbygovernmentdue 

to Covid19. 

Theshowhasanumberofevents 

such as equestrian anddog trials 

whichare used as qualifying events 

fortheir grandfinals so could leave 

theshow in abetterposition to go 

ahead, even in small sections. 

UnliketheNew Zealand 

AgriculturalShow, which announced 

thecancellation of theirNovember 

show last week,the Ashburton A&P 

Show didnot needtomakeafinal 

decision untillater in the year. 

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Gianna debating, sharing 

views at youth conference 

Ashburton Christian School student 

GiannaButler is mid way through the 

twoweekAotearoa Youth Declaration 

conference, acivic educationproject 

aimed at developingayouth perspective 

on public policy. 

TheYear10studentshould havebeen 

attending afive day event in Auckland, 

butbecause of Covid19 is joining others 

through Zoommeetingsand Flack chat 

rooms. 

Theconference hours run mostly 

between 6pm and 9pm,and feature input 

from 180 students from around the 

country. 

Agedbetween 1318, the studentsare 

workingintargetedgroups to create 

policy solutions on abroadrange of 

problems. 

Theywill discuss and debate issues 

and alsohear fromguest speakers. 

Eachgroupexamines one or two issues 

relevant to Aotearoa, including as access 

to voting,education,justice, the 

environment, child povertyand Te Reo 

in schools. 

Gianna is looking at rights and 

freedoms and working with 13 other 

students and being directedbytwo 

leaders. 

Gianna Butler is mid way through the 

two week Aotearoa Youth Declaration 

conference. 

‘‘At schoolwehave studied topicsthat 

lookedatjustice and rights and I’m keen 

to sharemyknowledge and opinion.’’ 

Areaslooked at so far had included 

the rights of immigrants, the debate 

around gun lawsand the freedom of 

speech. 

‘‘We are discussing just what rightsare 

and how they differfrom say privileges,’’ 

said Gianna. 

Each groups was working towards its 

own declaration and would contribute a 

solution to their topic. 

The combinationofthe solutions 

wouldmake up theAotearoa Youth 

Declaration document which would then 

be passed on to the decisionmakers that 

included MPs, local councils, boards, 

and otherinfluential people. 

Gianna said she waslearning valuable 

skills at the conference such as effective 

communication, and teamwork, and 

enjoying the experience. 

‘‘I’mmixing withlikeminded people 

and discussing topicsI’m passionate 

about.’’ 

The onlineconference wrapsupon 

May 22. 

Gianna Butler is eyeing up apossible 

future career as apaediatric oncologist, 

but has alsobeen told she would make a 

good lawyer. 

Nine groups get 

creative funding 

Nine local community 

groups are set to benefit 

from almost $21,000 of 

fundingfor their upcoming 

projects andevents, after 

beingawarded money 

from thesecond round of 

the2019/20 Creative 

CommunitiesScheme 

grant. 

The Ashburton District 

Council has awarded 

$20,880tothe groups, 

courtesy of CreativeNew 

Zealand's Creative 

CommunitiesScheme. 

Thesuccessful recipients 

areAshburton Civic Music 

Council, Ashburton 

CreativeFibre, Ashburton 

Indian Multicultural 

Charitable Trust, 

Ashburton MusicalClub, 

Ashburton Writers' Group, 

Bike Methven/Hannah 

Kidd, CanInspire Trust, 

Hakatere Ceramics& 

Pottery Ashburton, and 

TheBig LittleTheatre 

Company. 

Chairofthe Creative 

Communities Ashburton 

District Assessment 

Committee, Sarah 

Davidson, saysthe funding 

willhelpsupport thelocal 

arts. 

Projects the grantwill 

support includethe 

Festival of Lights,music 

concerts, free Canbead 

workshops forpeople 

experiencingillness, 

traumaorloss,community 

group exhibitions at the 

AshburtonArtGallery, a 

designcompetition for a 

new Mt Hutt Bike Park 

sign, andatravelling 

theatre showaround the 

district's halls and 

community venues. 

Creative NewZealand 

provides funding to local 

councils around the 

countrytodistributein 

their community, and 

AshburtonDistrictMayor 

Neil Brownsaidcouncil 

wasdelighted to allocate 

the funds to enhance the 

district. 

Thenextroundof 

CreativeCommunities 

Scheme funding will open 

in August 2020. 

Information on the grant is 

availableonthe council 

website ashburtondc.govt. 

nz/grants. 

Eyes in focus at Focus 

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Covid-19 has impactedusall in someways.There 

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When you come to see us, wemay be wearing 

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CROSSWORD 

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8566 

ACROSS 

1. Imprisonment (13) 

8. Change (5) 

9. Fruit (7) 

10. Rich (6) 

11. Look (6) 

12. Speed (5) 

14. Absolute (5) 

18. Ditch (6) 

20. Small (6) 

23. Castle (7) 

24. Start (5) 

25. Touchy (4-9) 

DOWN 

1. Affront (6) 

2. Country (5) 

3. Refuge (7) 

4. Cheese (4) 

5. Month (5) 

6. Annoy (7) 

7. Lower(6) 

13. Mean (7) 

15. Capital city (7) 

16. Plaster (6) 

17. Insect (6) 

19. Board game (5) 

21. Italian composer 

(5) 

22. Revolve (4) 

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8566 

ACROSS 

1. In that way you’ll meet alot of people (7,6). 8. The two 

men were taken back and charged (5). 9.What gave the 

mother’sdearinItaly the blackeye? (7). 10.Joins up with 

the Latin senor wandering about (6). 11. Household in 

which only the woman remain young? (6). 12. Whisper 

“It’s the Ateam” (5). 14. Like the female to be pale (5). 

18. Digest, in addition, the rice pudding (6). 20. Mean the 

fellow has an excuse (6). 23. Be ago-getter! (7). 24. Business 

brought the two men back together (5). 25. One in 

which you keep stepping on your partner’s toes? (6-2,5). 

DOWN 

1. Does he speak your name and waken you up? (6). 2. In 

sequence, say what you want (5). 3. What the many that 

fished did with the bait? (7). 4. Not saying anything stupid 

(4). 5. In abad state, try (5). 6. Come out and call up 

“Tea is prepared” (7). 7. Found to have been copied (6). 

13. Will the lady call back for the varnish? (7). 15. Began 

with the leading man (7). 16. Astrange chap: East Indian 

(6). 17. Bring the old girl round inaddition (6). 19. 

ThoughtsIhadwhen the sea got really rough (5). 21. The 

artist’s model was haggard(5). 22.Not back at sea! (4). 

SUDOKU 

MEDIUM No. 5219 

9 4 

2 1 5 9 

7 6 1 

3 6 8 

7 6 3 9 

4 3 6 

3 1 5 

7 1 3 6 

4 2 

Solution to previous Sudoku 

Howto 

solve 

Sudoku! 

Fill the grid 

so thatevery 

rowand every 

3x3 square 

contains the 

digitals 1to9 

4 5 3 2 8 9 1 6 7 

9 6 8 5 1 7 2 4 3 

1 7 2 6 3 4 8 5 9 

8 4 1 7 9 6 5 3 2 

7 3 5 1 2 8 6 9 4 

6 2 9 3 4 5 7 8 1 

2 1 4 8 5 3 9 7 6 

5 9 7 4 6 1 3 2 8 

3 8 6 9 7 2 4 1 5 

Solution to previous crossword 

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8565 -SOLUTIONS 

Across -1,Cautious. 6, List.8,Taxi. 9,Allusion. 10, Revel. 

11,Trophy. 13, Canter. 15, Report. 17, Estate. 19, Snipe. 

22, Anarchic. 23, Heap. 24, Acre. 25, Saturate. 

Down -2,Abate. 3, Trident. 4, Opal. 5, Solitary.6,Lasso. 

7, Smother. 12, Breeches. 14, Arsenic. 16, Panther. 18, 

Agree. 20, Plait. 21, Scut. 

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8565 -SOLUTIONS 

Across -1,Takes off. 6, Blew. 8,Peep. 9, C-ont-ents. 10, 

Steak (anag.). 11,I’s-sued.13, Banner (headlines).15, Heate-r. 

17, C-edric. 19, Stops (rev.). 22, Viennese (anag.). 

23, M-I-en. 24, He-re. 25, She-athed. 

Down -2,Avert (anag.). 3,Ex-plain .4,On-c-e. 5, Fanlight. 

6, Brews (bruise). 7, Ex-t-RE-me. 12, Crackers. 14, 

Adelin-E. 16, At-tempt. 18, Range. 20, Piece (peace). 21, 

P-eke. 

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BUILDING and property 

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We project manage 

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Qualified tradesmen. 

Phone Kiwi Building & 

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CARPET cleaning -Powerful 

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Upholstery, mats and rugs. 

Experienced owner/operator. 

Phone John Cameron 

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1042 or 308 1677. 

CHIMNEY sweep - For a 

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Dan McKerrow Chimney 

Sweep and Repairs on 021 

118 7580. 

COMPUTER problems? For 

prompt reliable computer 

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contact Kelvin, KJB 

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot 

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308 8989. SuperGold discount 

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COMPUTER repairs, sales, 

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LOW FEES. Call Robin 

Johnstone, Networks 

Firewalls & PC’s Ltd, 308 

1440 or 027 768 4058. 

CONCRETE pavers direct to 

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- Paveco, 13 Robinson 

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ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication, 

farm equipment 

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Can collect. Phone 

Malcolm 027 475 4241 

FURNITURE removals -For 

all your household removal 

needs, call Nudges Furniture 

Removals. Phone 027 

224 0609. 

TRADE &SERVICES 

2275940 

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. 

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 

GUTTER cleaning. Book in a 

clean now and tell me when 

you want the job done. You 

may have trees around. 

Call Allan 027 209 5026. 

INTERIOR 

PLASTERING 

New or existing, 

level 4finish, full skim 

plaster or repairs 

The Finishing Company 

03 307 8870 2275820 

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. 

PLUMBER. Repair or 

replace. Taps, shower 

mixers, hot water cylinders, 

basins, tubs, toilets, vanity 

units, leaking pipes. Call 

Pete Young, experienced 

plumber 027 280 0889/307 

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SUN Control Window Tinting: 

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control for homes -offices - 

and cars. Phone Craig 

Rogers 307 6347, member 

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TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV 

block, glare, heat control, 

safety, security, privacy, 

frosting films, solar protective 

window films. Free 

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Phone 0800 368 468 

now, Bill Breukelaar, www. 

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TV Reception Specialists for 

all your digital freeview 

installations and repairs, 

TV wall mounting, Smart 

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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 

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03 308 8485. 

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SELL 

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HEN house, 2.4m long, 1.2m 

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LAWNMOWER Husqvarna 

LT125 ride-on, 6speed, 42 

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0442. 

LPG 

REFILLS 

Small LPG cylinders 

Off Street Parking 

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Arthur Cates Ltd 

26 McNally Street 

Ph 308 5397 

Riverside Industrial Estate 

LPG REFILLS 

9kg cylinders 

$27.50 

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Anysizecylinderfilled 

17 Grey St,Ashburton 

Phone 307 2707 

PETS 

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HEALTH &BEAUTY 

URGENT CARE CLINIC 

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS 

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111 

Forall other medicalassistance outside of normal 

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If youdon’t have aregular general practice, call any 

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All non-residents and visa holders please bring your 

passporttoyour surgeryappointment. 

New Zealanders’tobring some form of ID. 

TheAshburtonDutyPractice for ... 

Saturday16th May is 

Tinwald Medical Centre,33ArchibaldStreet. 

Consultations will be by appointmentonly. 

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7. 

Sunday17th May is 

MooreStreet Medical Centre, MooreStreet. 

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 foraccessing the 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 

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CountdownComplex, East Street, Ashburton 

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755 

DebraCurtin 

Chiropractor 

Re-openingatLevel 2. 

Book your appointmentnow. 

03 308 9516 

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2276098 

GARDEN SUPPLIES 

PEASTRAW small bales. 

Delivered Ashburton. $5.50 

each; ex paddock $4.50 

each. Phone/text 027 434 

0442. 

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2006 NISSAN BLUEBIRD SYLPHY 

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2009 MAZDADEMIO SPORT 

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2006 NISSAN CUBE 

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1999 DAIHATSUTERIOS SUV, manual,petrol,4x4, 5door,central locking, 

rear spoiler,1300cc, 159,788 kms...........................................................$3,995 

HONDA 

2006 HONDAINSPIRE,alloys,cruise control, reverse camera, 2wheel 

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2013 HONDACR-V 24G, auto5door,ABS, cruise control, alloys,tow bar, 

66,000 kms, 2400cc...................................................................................$22,995 

2004 HONDACR-V ZX, auto, petrol,5door,SUV,ABS, rear spoiler,78,100 

kms, 2400cc.....................................................................................................$9,995 

2007 HONDAELYSION PRESTAGESZ, auto, petrol,8seater, 5door,ABS, 

foglights,105,000 kms, 3500cc........................................................... $11,995 

2007 HONDASTEPWAGON G, 5door,8seater, ABS, air con, rear spoiler, 

95,000 kms, 2000cc......................................................................................$7,995 

MITSUBISHI 

2010 MITSUBISHI GALLANT FORTIS SPORT,5door,ABS, air con, CD 

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MAZDA 

2009 MAZDADEMIO SPORT, 1500cc, ABS, air con, climate control, rear 

spoiler,70,500kms.....................................................................................$10,995 

2008 MAZDAAXELA15C, ABS, body kit, spoiler,air con, 34,600 kms, 

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2008 MAZDADEMIO SPORT, 5door,ABS, climate control, air con, body kit, 

19,800 kms, 1500cc.................................................................................. $11,495 

2014 NISSAN LATIO B 

AUTO,31,000KMS, 

TWIN AIR BAGS,ABS, 

4DOOR SEDAN 

NISSAN 

2006 NISSANBLUEBIRDSYLPHY20S, 4door,ABS, air con, climate control, 

11,800 kms, 2000cc......................................................................................$9,995 

2006 NISSANCUBE15M, 5door,petrol,air con, ABS, CD changer,42,300 

kms, 1500cc.....................................................................................................$7,495 

2008 NISSANNOTE15X, auto, 5door,air con, climate control, petrol,14,800 

kms, 1500cc, ready to go............................................................................$8,995 

2012 NISSAN SYLPHY, 4door,auto, petrol,ABS, air con, 29,200 kms, 

1800cc................................................................................................................. SOLD 

2005 NISSAN TIIDA18G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,60,500 

kms, 1800cc....................................................................................................... SOLD 

2014 NISSAN LATIO B, auto, idling stop,twin air bags,ABS, 4door,petrol, 

air con, 31,100kms........................................................................................$9,995 

2006 NISSAN BLUEBIRD SYLPHY, 2L, sedan, wine red, twin air bags, 

ABS, 60,000kms ........................................................................................... $9,995 

2001 NISSAN CUBE, 1300 cc,5door,auto, 136,000 kms........................$3,495 

2007 NISSAN SKYLINE 350 GT,3500 cc,auto, paddle shift, 18in alloys, 

76,000 kms...................................................................................................$11,995 

SUBARU 

2008 SUBARUIMPREZA15S, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler, ......... 

78,200 kms, 1500cc......................................................................................$8,995 

2005 SUBARULEGACY OUTBACK, petrol,6air bags,ABS, air con, cruise 

control, foglights,rearspoiler,3000 cc .................................................. SOLD 

2005 SUBARUFORESTER 2.0X, 5door,4x4, ABS, air con, petrol,82,500 kms, 

2000cc...............................................................................................................$8,995 

2007 SUZUKISWIFT 1.5 XS 

AUTO, 

BODYKIT,AIR CON, 

REARSPOILER, 1500 CC, 

49,500KMS 

SUZUKI 

2007 SUZUKI SWIFT 1.5 XS, Auto,body kit, air con, 1500cc, 

49,500 kms.................................................................................................. $9,995 

2007 SUZUKISWIFT 1.5 XS, 5door,6air bags,ABS, air con, body kit, rear 

spoiler,49,500 kms, 1500cc......................................................................... SOLD 

2007 SUZUKISX4 XG, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, climate control, rear 

spoiler,roof rails,alloys,97,200 kms, 1500 cc.....................................$8,495 

2007 SUZUKISWIFT 1.5XS,1500cc, white, auto, body kit, air con, 68,000 

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2007 TOYOTA PRIUS STOURING, hybrid,alloys,reverse camera, air con, 

rear spoiler,ABS, 1500cc,36,000 kms................................................ $9,995 

2006 TOYOTA RACTIS GL, 1500cc, ABS, cruise control, air con, rear spoiler, 

63,400kms ......................................................................................................... SOLD 

2007 TOYOTA BLADEG,5door,ABS, air con, body kit, rear spoiler,push 

button start, 70,500 kms, 2400cc.........................................................$10,995 

2009 TOYOTA ESTIMA HYBRID X4WD, 5door,8seater, Abs, air con, auto, 

rear spoiler,cruise control, 133,450 kms, 2400cc...........................$14,995 

2013 TOYOTA PRIUSL,5door,ABS, air con, petrol,parking sensors,rear 

spoiler,auto, 71,810 kms, 1800cc.........................................................$16,995 

2012 TOYOTA RACTIS G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler,cruise 

control, 45,400 kms, 1500cc...................................................................$11,995 

1999 TOYOTA RAV4,3door,petrol,ABS, air con, rear spoiler, 

1800cc...............................................................................................................$7,995 

2006 TOYOTA RUSH G, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, climate control, rear 

spoiler,59,500 kms, 1500cc....................................................................$11,995 

2008 TOYOTA WISHXLIMITED, 5door,petrol,ABS, air con, auto, climate 

control, 72,500 kms, 1800cc......................................................................$9,995 

2004 TOYOTA FUNCARGO,1300cc, auto, air con, rear spoiler, 

148,000 kms...................................................................................................... SOLD 

2008 NISSAN NOTE 

1500CC,AUTO, TWIN 

AIR BAGS,ABS,EASY 

ACCESS,14,000KM, 

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Ashburton Courier: May 14, 2020

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