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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

ongoing support for industries worst

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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

its doors by June 30.

Staff are being offered redundancy

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Bad recyclers

cost ratepayers

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

to landfill. Under level3,they

weretold to revert to prelockdownhabits,

separating

recyclables, glass and waste for

separate collection.

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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

From page 1

‘‘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

sanitiser available. Extra

cleaning precautions are

being taken regularly.

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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

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Medical centre move delayed

By Linda Clarke

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

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Blast from the past for Max

By Linda Clarke

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

By Mick Jensen

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

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BE INTO

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

BakerMatt enjoys time

away frombakehouse

By Toni Williams

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

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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.

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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

Graeme Mills, Susan and

Geoff Soal. Great nana of

Jack and Harry Soal,Baxter

and Floyd Mills. Daughter

of the late John and Violet

Briden. Loving sister of

Frank Briden, Ray Briden,

Hilda Mullaney, Ruby

Bench, Lorna Davey, Linda

Vincent, Edgar Briden,

Alan Briden (all deceased).

Messages to the Low

Family C/- P O Box 472

Ashburton 7740. A huge

special thanks to all the

wonderful staff atTuarangi

Home Ashburton. You

treatedMum with respect,

dignity, and special care

while enjoying her sense

of humour. A private

cremation has been held,

with aMemorial serviceto

be held at alaterdate.

Paterson’s

Ashburton

FDANZ

03 3077433

LANE, Charles Thomas

Richard (Dick): On May

10, 2020. Passed away

peacefully at Ashburton,

aged 72 years. Dearly

loved partner of the late

Mary, and loved father

and father in law ofJamie

and Michelle. Messages

to the Lane family c/- PO

Box 472, Ashburton 7740.

Aprivate service for Dick

will be held at alater date.

Paterson’s

Ashburton

FDANZ

03 307 7433

Family Notices

DEATHS

WOODS Janet Estelle

(nee Manson): Peacefully

sleeping, on Wednesday,

May 6th, 2020, aged 95

years.She has gone to join

her dearly loved husband,

Walter John (Wally) and

her three sons. Loving

mother and mother-inlaw

of Murray, Russell

and Kristine, and Wilbur

(Keith) and Vicki. Also

adored grandmother

and great-grandmother

of Darren, Sue and

Hannah, Kimberlee,

Jason, Kade and Jake

and Kelvin, Tui, William

and Griffin. Messages

to the Woods family c/o

PO Box 472, Ashburton,

7740. A memorial

service will be held for

Janet –details to follow.

Rest in peaceand love xx

Paterson’s

Ashburton

FDANZ

03 307 7433

IN MEMORIAM

MCDOWELL: Maureen

Ruth: 6-9-1934 -15-5-2017:

Remembering a loving,

caring, delightful lady,

wifeand mother.

Always lovedand

remembered each day.

No longer in our lives,but

in our hearts to stay.

Love Norman, Rodney

and Alison, Brenda, grand

children and great grand

children.

Aperfect venue for

Functions,

Funerals

and

Weddings.

Trott’s Garden

371RacecourseRoad, Ashburton

www.trotts.co.nz |Email: info@trotts.co.nz

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locally owned

22 MooreStreet,

Ashburton

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Local news at www.starnews.co.nz

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

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