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By Mick Jensen 

Methven hot air balloon operator 

Graeme Church reckons the views of 

the Canterbury Plains, foothills and 

mountains at 6000 feet (1829m) are 

hard to beat on agood day. 

Mr Church runsAdventure Balloons 

NZ and takesthe public on 60minute 

scenic flights that offer abird’s eye view 

of the lay of the land below. 

Flights usually take place in the early 

morning when weather conditions are 

calm and stable and that can happen 

year round. 

Mr Church hails fromnorthern 

England, but has piloted hotair 

balloons in Methvenfor the past 15 

years on andoff. 

He worked for longtime balloon 

operator George Currie for anumber 

ofyears and three years ago set up on 

his own. 

He runs four balloons, the latest an 

import from Spain whichhebrought 

over in February;itcan accommodate 

12 passengers. 

The balloon wastested acouple of 

weeks ago and is awaiting its final 

certification papers. 

Mr Church also has amedium 

balloon that can carry five passengers 

and asmalltraining balloon thatcan 

take the pilot plus two others. 

His fourth balloon is aspecial 

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Mr Church piloted balloons over the 

scenic LakeDistrict in England for 

many years, but is now considering New 

Zealand as his long term base. 

‘‘Thegreat thing about ballooning 

over Methven and the surrounding area 

is that it is protected to alarge extent by 

the Southern Alps. 

‘‘There can be light windsyear 

round, and althoughIdid more balloon 

flights this last summer, this area in the 

winter and withsnowonthe mountains 

is asight to behold.’’ 

Mr Church saidthreequarters of his 

customers wereusually from overseas, 

but that would change in the coming 

months. 

Withthe promotion of domestic 

tourism, he hopes moreKiwis will take 

flights and will jump in aballoon to 

enjoy theexhilaration and thrill of 

floating above the land. 

Like anumber of Methven 

businesses, he is asupporter of a 

campaign run by Mt Hutt skifieldthat 

promotes a‘‘kids for free’’ package. 

Youngsters aged five and upwards 

are able to go on aballoon flight with 

their parents. 

Moreinformationonballooning can 

be found on the Adventure Balloons 

NZ website. 

Hot air balloon operator Graeme Church uses four possible launch sites near Methven, depending on 

the wind, for his scenic balloon trips. (Photo: Dan McLaughlin) 

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It’s been awhirlwind few 

months for Ashburton bike 

shop owners Paul and Monique 

Brake, who are currently riding 

awave of cycling resurgence. 

The couple, who run Stoked 

Cycles on Burnett Street, began 

operating in midFebruary, but 

five weeks later were forced to 

shut up shop because of the 

Covid19 lockdown. 

The business reopened for 

contactless click and collect 

bike maintenance under level 3 

and since level 2has been flat 

out with bike servicing and 

sales. 

Extra staff have been 

employed to meet servicing 

demand and some long days 

have been put in by the Brakes. 

Paul Brake said alot of 

people had rediscovered alove 

of biking during lockdown, or 

had enjoyed the time off to get 

on their bikes. 

Families and people of all 

ages had jumped into the 

saddle to get exercise and to 

keep their sanity. 

‘‘We’re flat out right now, 

but Idoexpect things to calm 

Stoked Cycles owners Paul and Monique Brake. 

down abit soon. 

‘‘From abusiness point of 

view, it’s been great for us, but 

it’s gone from having no work 

to having more than we can 

handle at times.’’ 

He said up to 40 bikes had 

been lined up for servicing and 

repair work in recent days. 

He and his team were 

catching up with the backlog. 

Monique Brake said new 

bike sales had also been brisk. 

Electric bikes and children’s 

bikes had been big sellers 

lately. 

Mrs Brake said her husband 

had been packing in regular 

13hour days and working 

weekends to meet demand. 

The couple’s three children 

had been cared for by willing 

grandparents on anumber of 

occasions over the past few 

diesel, dust, men &machine 

by Kevin Freeman 

212 East Street,Ashburton. Phone 308 8309 

weeks. ‘‘We’re grateful for the 

support of family and friends 

and we’re also grateful to the 

customers who have been 

understanding at this very busy 

time.’’ 

The Brakes are looking 

forward to getting out on their 

bikes as afamily when things 

calm down abit, but for now, 

they’re happy with the decision 

to buy their own business. 

Ashburton show goes on, for now 

Ashburton A&P secretary 

Lucille Brown 

By Toni Williams 

Organisers of the Ashburton 

A&P Show will plough ahead, 

planning for an annual show but 

keeping the budget in mind. 

There is plenty of support for 

the twoday event to go ahead as 

usual on October 30 and 31, but 

that will centre on government 

restrictions around Covid19. 

Members confirmed their 

backing at the association’s 

annual general meeting this 

week and duly elected Peter 

Stewart to the president’s role, 

with Victor Schikker as senior 

vicepresident. 

Ray Colville continues as 

show patron. 

Association secretary Lucille 

Brown said those present were 

keen for organisers to proceed 

but keep costs low so if it was 

cancelled there would be little, 

or no financial loss. 

Aworst case scenario will see 

the show cancelled, but sections 

could be held as standalone 

events. 

“Every section of the A&P 

association has their own 

committee and their own 

meetings,” she said, and that 

could make events easier to 

manage. 

“They were all very keen.” 

The annual show attracts 

several thousand visitors. 

It’s avery enthusiastic 

committee with new members 

coming through, she said. 

“It was lovely to see.” 

There were also presentations 

to association stalwarts Lynette 

Lovett, Marion Brown and 

David Butterick. 

Mrs Lovett was awarded an 

honorary life membership, 

following numerous roles on the 

committee including as 

president and with the home 

industries pavilion. 

Mrs Brown has retired after 

many decades involvement with 

the home industries pavilion. 

And Mr Butterick was 

presented with an engraved 

silver salver for his role as 

immediate past president. 

Kevin Freeman’s Diesel,Dust,Men &Machine is awell 

researched and well written ode to the men and the 

machines “thatbuilt the earth dams,canals,lakes 

and structures forwhich we areindebted as we go 

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WI member Dianne Carter, with Ashburton Hospital maternity unit manager Julie Dockrill and WI members 

Yvonne Lister and president Mavis Wilkins holding some of the donated woollen goods. 

Winter woollies 

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Scores of baby blankets, singlets, hats 

and booties have been lovingly 

knitted by the ladies of the Women’s 

Institute for infants in the Ashburton 

Hospital maternity unit. 

Wool garments for infants are 

regularly knitted by the Mid 

Canterbury Federation of WI 

members, but this was the largest 

blanket drop with around 35 

donated. 

It was helped by members who 

picked up their knitting needles 

during lockdown. 

Ashburton Hospital maternity unit 

manager Julie Dockrill, who received 

the donation this week, welcomed 

the wool items. 

She said the babies and their 

families keep each of the donated 

items they are given, which if 

purchased could be quite costly. 

The knitted goods helped bring 

the community together and gave the 

newborns valuable wool garments 

from ladies with life experience. 

There are around 140 births at the 

unit ayear; this can swell up to 300 

babies and mothers annually if they 

return to the unit from birthing in 

Christchurch. 

She said natural products were 

always better to use than polar fleece 

to keep babies warm. 

The brightly coloured blankets 

were also ideal for cots, pepe pods 

and car seats and as it was breathable 

helped support safe sleeping. 

The WI members are keen to hear 

from people who may have excess 

wool able to be used for more knitted 

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Ms Straker works for 

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helps people in Ashburton 

in their journey to 

becoming smokefree. 

Ms Straker said 

becoming smokefree was a 

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Stopping smoking can 

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you, she said. 

The annual day is 

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31 and comes as 

government officials, just 

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make smoking in cars with 

children an offence. 

Police will be able to 

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law with onthespot fines 

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It is expected to benefit 

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Associate Minister of 

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‘‘We’re doing this 

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Aviation buffs soar again 

Letter to the editor Zealand to carry on! 

In winter frost and 

Cheers farmers. summer heat, our 

Potatoes give us chips. farmers work all day and 

Carrots give us super night, so New Zealanders 

vision. Goats give us can eat! 

cheese. Pigs give us Cheers farmers, thanks 

By Linda Clarke 

breakfast. Strawberries for all your effort during 

give us jam. Farmers give lockdown. We really 

us food! 

appreciate all the work 

Even though the you do! 

coronavirus caused 

From Archie Nijjar 

havoc, you stayed strong and Fletcher Haugh, 

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The Ashburton Aviation 

Museum is looking forward to 

welcoming visitors and members 

back now gathering numbers 

have been lifted to 100. 

The museum houses its 

collection in two hangars at the 

Ashburton Airport and pride of 

place is aHarrier jump jet used 

in the Falkland’s war. 

The museum has been shut 

since early March because of 

Covid19 and its members have 

not met for fear of catching and 

spreading the virus. 

But from tomorrow, they will 

be able to resume their 

workshop gatherings on 

Wednesdays and Saturdays, and 

the museum will be able to open 

again daily from 13pm. 

President Warren Janett said 

up to 25 members at atime 

attended the workshops, which 

were about maintaining and 

improving their collection of 

aviation items and socialising. 

Members had missed their 

regular catchups, he said. 

The museum also uses 

another hangar for restoration. 

It currently houses an English 

plane built in 1945 and which 

turned up on Kiwi shores three 

years later. 

The Chrislea Super Ace is a 

recreational plane, built to 

compete against the likes of the 

Piper Cubs. 

Ashburton Aviation Museum president Warren Janett is keen to see visitors again. 

Mr Janett said the museum 

collection included 28 planes 

and attracted up to 10 people a 

day. When bad weather closed 

Mt Hutt to skiers, many of them 

make their way down the plains 

to check out planes and aviation 

equipment of bygone eras. 

Some pay for the chance to fly 

in the museum’s flight simulator, 

which provides arealistic flight 

experience for wouldbe pilots. 

The software includes realistic 

flight scenery and the pilot and 

copilot see the world from 

above just as apilot would. 

The operator can adjust the 

flying experience to show snow 

in the winter. The simulator uses 

the controls of an ATR aircraft 

used in provincial New Zealand. 

Mr Janett said it had been very 

popular. 

The aviation museum is 

planning an open day to 

celebrate the end of Covid19 

restrictions. 

Cheers as MSA members return 


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Regulars are back enjoying a 

beer and ayarn with mates at 

the Ashburton Club and MSA. 

Bars like the MSA reopened 

last week after an eightweek 

shutdown due to Covid19. 

There was abuzz in the air 

and asteady stream of members 

heading through the door for 

postwork drinks late last Friday 

afternoon when the Ashburton 

Courier paid avisit. 

MSA president Murray 

Campbell greeted most by first 

name as they signed in and 

found atable to sit at. 

Unlike previous times, the 

bar has to provide table service 

for now and numbers are 

limited to amaximum of 100. 

Enjoying afavourite ale on a 

table of four were drinking 

mates Guildford Lane, Trevor 

Robertson, Malcolm 

McCormick and Tony Inwood. 

Collectively they share 

around 150 years of MSA 

membership. 

Catching up for ayarn and abeer at the MSA on Friday were (from left) Guildford Lane, Trevor 

Robertson, Malcolm McCormick and Tony Inwood. 

Guildford Lane said he had 

missed his regular trips to the 

MSA and the camaraderie he 

enjoyed there. 

The beer and atmosphere at 

the venue were both good and 

he had been amember for 

around 45 years. 

‘‘It took me eight years to get 

balloted in, but Iwouldn’t drink 

anywhere else.’’ 

The MSA has taken on two 

extra staff members to manage 

the current table service 

requirement. 

Avideo running on one of the 

screens shows in virtual reality 

how the venue will look after the 

current big refurbishment 

project has been completed. 

Mr Campbell said the project 

has been delayed but work is 

well under way again. He said 

the newlook MSA would 

feature three ground floor 

restaurants and combined 

seating for 200 people. 

There was also aretractable 

roofplanned and billiardsand 

conference rooms would be 

relocatedupstairs. 

Mr Campbell said it was 

great to see the venue back 

operating and goodtosee the 

smiles and hearthe banter of 

members. 

Ecan rate rise disgraceful, says councillor 

Environment Canterbury 

(ECan) hashalved its proposed 

rate rise of 9.8 per cent but Mid 

Canterbury councillor Ian 

Mackenzie said the regional 

authority should have tried 

harder to lower rates even more. 

Cr Mackenzie was one of five 

mainly rural councillors to vote 

against anew proposed rate rise 

of 4per cent. 

He believes this will be 

difficult for ratepayers as they 

struggle with the economic 

fallout of Covid19. 

He said ECan staffhad 

worked hard on a2.3 per cent 

rise option that would have seen 

no existingprogrammes cut and 

some cash reservesused. 

But after along and tense 

debate,city councillors 

(supported by one South 

Canterbury councillor and one 

from Rangiora) pushed for more 

spending on climate change 

engagement, anew coastal plan 

and atree plantingprogramme 

and public transport. 

Cr Mackenzie said the 4per 

cent rise, that will be officially 

voted on next month as part of 

the annualplan process, would 

see small decreases for urban 

people in Mid Canterbury and 

small increases for rural folk in 

the district. 

But it would mean double 

digit increases for ratepayers at 

Rangiora, Leeston and Darfield. 

He said it was adisgraceful 

decision, given the economic 

uncertainty caused by the 

pandemic and the stressmany 

people are under now. 

‘‘We argued that it didn’t 

make sense at atimeofcrisis and 

significant hardship for ECanto 

raise any more money than 

absolutely necessary.” 

Cr Mackenzie said council 

should have shown more 

empathy with their ratepayers. 

‘‘There are people who have 

lost their business or their job. 

They have come out of lockdown 

stunned and the last thing they 

need is to get the message that 

the regional council doesn’t care. 

‘‘I would have thought the 

prudent decision was to keep 

rates as low as possible and 

review our options in six months 

time.’’

New World owner/operator Jeremy Rooney and initial donations for the 

Unlock ‘n’ Restock foodbank drive. 

Food stocks pile 

in for community 


Donations of food items for the district’s 

foodbanks are steadily streaming in as 

word of the Unlock ‘n’ Restock spreads. 

Businesses, individuals and schools 

have got behind the foodbank booster 

organised by Property Brokers 

Ashburton. 

New World owner/operator Jeremy 

Rooney said donations for the Unlock 

‘n’ Restock were slow to start but 

gradually picking up. 

Some items had already been 

collected by the realtors, including New 

World’s own donation of items. 

Mr Rooney said staff at the 

supermarket had been worked through 

some nerveracking conditions in the 

past few months. 

The supermarket employs 182 staff, in 

fulltime and parttime positions, so no 

additional staff were employed over the 

lockdown. 

They had worked some long days, he 

said. 

“They have been amazing. I’m super 

proud of them.” 

And there is light at the end of the 

tunnel as alert levels drop and 

restrictions eased around gathering 

numbers. 

The supermarket’s stock levels were 

also back at to anormal level. 

Mr Rooney said the supermarket’s 

hours would remain 8am to 8pm until 

June 8, and then revert to 9pm closing. 

He said the entry process at the door, 

with astaff member on duty, will remain 

for now as areminder for two metre 

physical distancing in store. 

It would be reviewed as government 

gathering restrictions eased even more. 

He appreciated times were tough for 

some people in the community and was 

keen to support the foodbank drive. 

“As we’re locally owned it’s awesome 

to be able to give back to the community 

we live in,” he said. 

Asentiment echoed by the Dorie 

School community. 

Senior pupils at the school were also 

thinking of their community when they 

dropped off asizeable food donation at 

the realtors earlier this week in support 

of the food drive. 

The student council organised a 

school mufti day which called for nonperishable 

food items as the payment. 

Covid19 has impacted on many in the 

community and foodbanks, traditionally 

busy in winter, are happy for the help. 

Food donations can be dropped off at 

Property Brokers Ashburton, Tinwald 

Supervalue, Netherby Four Square and 

New World Ashburton until June 5. 

NZ needs strong farmers 

Nationwide attention postCovid19 

lockdown is now turningtoeconomic 

recovery, or at least slowing the freefall, 

says Mid Canterbury arable farmer 

David Clark. 

‘‘We need to understand what we can 

do well as anation, what we can do 

better and what we can do to extract 

more value in order to earn the foreign 

exchange that is so desperately needed 

for the economic prosperity of this 

country.’’ 

Mr Clark, whowas unchallenged for 

the role as provincial president during 

voting at Federated Farmers Mid 

Canterbury’s annual general meeting, 

said the closing of the borders to tourists 

for an extended period is the equivalent 

to foot and mouth disease. 

‘‘The ensuring (and justified in my 

view) lockdown during level 4has dealt 

acrushing blow to countless retail, 

hospitality and service sector businesses. 

‘‘We have heard of 1000 redundancies 

at Fletchers and afurther 1300 at Air 

New Zealand, this will only increase as 

the wage subsidies come to an end and 

business owners confront reality that 

their market may not returnfor some 

time,’’ he said, in his president’s report. 

‘‘More than ever, New Zealand needs 

astrong, vibrantand economically, 

environmentally and socially sustainable 

Primary Production Sector.’’ 

He said borrowing ‘‘seemingly 

limitless billions of dollars from offshore 

to recyclewithin our economy on some 

grandscale socialwelfare experiment is 

not apathway to long term sustainable 

economy’’. 

It would be betterachieved by 

producinggoods and services to sell to 

the rest of the world. 

‘‘As the agricultural sector we were 

fortunate to be able to operate our farms 

pretty much as usual with only some 

inconvenience.’’ 

He said more draconian restrictions 

could have severely limited the ability to 

harvest crops, establish new crops and 

undertake many time criticalfarm tasks. 

He was thankful for how well farmers 

were supported by our associated 

industries and service firms over the 

period. 

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Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon 

will be the spokesperson for 

biosecurity in arevamped 

National Party lineup 

announced this week by new 

leader Todd Muller. 

Mr Falloon is also the 

associate spokesperson for 

agriculture and associate 

spokesperson for transport. 

He said all three areas were 

important parts of the postcovid 

economic recovery. 

Mr Muller announced Selwyn 

MP Amy Adams had put her 

retirement from politics on hold 

to be the Covid19 recovery 

spokesperson. Nikki Kaye is the 

deputy leader. 

Mr Muller has been aregular 

visitor to Mid Canterbury to talk 

through agriculture issues with 

the district’s farming community. 

Mr Falloon, afirstterm 

Member of Parliament, said he 

was pleased the new leader had 

been confident to hand him the 

biosecurity portfolio. 

‘‘As we’ve seen in recent 

months, New Zealand’s place in 

the world affords us anumber of 

natural advantages. To maintain 

that advantage requires eternal 

vigilance to keep out invasive 

pests and threats to our 

economic and environmental 

wellbeing. 

‘‘In recent years I’ve worked 

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon and new National leader Todd 

Muller. 

with local farmers hard hit by 

Mycoplasma bovis, an issue that 

sits within the biosecurity 

portfolio.’’ 

Mr Falloon said he would 

continue to lobby government 

for the best outcomes for 

farmers and communities across 

the country. 

He said he would also work 

with National’s transport 

spokesperson Chris Bishop to 

ensure the South Island got afair 

share of infrastructure funding, 

instead of afocus on Auckland. 

‘‘Infrastructure projects are an 

important way that government 

can stimulate the economy in the 

short term, while also removing 

handbrakes to our economic 

growth in the longer term. 

‘‘Chris and Iare yet to work 

out my specific delegation, but 

naturally Ihave abig interest in 

provincial roading and coastal 

shipping. The aviation sector is 

another big one with huge 

challenges ahead of them. Air 

New Zealand is avital part of 

keeping Kiwis connected with 

the world, but that can’t come at 

the neglect of serving smaller 

centres.’’ 

Mr Falloon said the new 

leader had an excellent business 

pedigree and work ethic. 

He had known him since 

before he was an MP, when he 

worked at Fonterra. 

‘‘In times of crisis he is cool, 

calm and collected, exactly what 

we need as we move to alonger 

term recovery and look to mend 

ashattered economy.’’ 

Mr Muller says New 

Zealanders need the experience 

and management skills of his 

party to come through the worst 

economic crisis since the end of 

the World War 2. 

He will be spokesperson for 

small business and national 

security, while Ms Kaye will have 

the education and sport and 

recreation portfolios. 

Hamilton East MP David 

Bennett is the party’s agriculture 

spokesperson, aportfolio 

previous held by the new leader. 

Mrs Adams has Covid19 

recovery, while Judith Collins 

has economic development and 

regional development. Paul 

Goldsmith has finance, Gerry 

Brownlee has foreign affairs, 

Michael Woodhouse health, 

Louise Upston social 

development, Scott Simpson 

environment, Todd McClay 

trade and tourism, and Chris 

Bishop infrastructure and 

transport. 

Former deputy Paula Bennett 

is the spokesperson for drug 

reform and women. Former 

leader Simon Bridges says he will 

contest the Tauranga electorate 

at the election. 

AuthorisedbyAmy Adams 

MP,829 Main SouthRoad, 

Templeton, Christchurch. 

Ashburton 

June 11, 12, 15 &16 

July 9, 10, 13 &14 

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Work plan for dirty creek 

Noone is pointing fingers, but 

both town and rural people could 

be blamed for the poor water 

quality in Carters Creek. 

The Tinwald creek discharges 

into Lake Hood and has high 

ecoli, nutrient and sediment 

levels. Its water quality has been 

aproblem for 20 years. 

Areport to the Ashburton 

Water Zone Committee this 

week said poor water quality 

could be the result of 

contamination by household 

septic tanks, the Ashburton 

District Council’s sewage 

oxidation ponds and livestock not 

fenced from the waterway. 

The creek has now been 

proposed as arehabilitation 

project that could involve both 

town and country and help grow 

people’s knowledge of water 

issues. 

Environment Canterbury’s 

Lachie Ashton walked the stream 

in January and has been keeping 

an eye on water quality tests from 

six sites collected since August 

2018. The highest ecoli counts 

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were at Grove 

Farm Road and 

Boundary Road; 

the creek starts 

west of Tinwald 

and runs sort of 

parallel with the 

Ashburton River 

until it veers off 

and discharges 

into Lake Hood. 

The creek is 

spring fed but also 

takes stormwater. 

Water quality 

readings have 

been better since the water has 

discharged into the new lake 

extension, but lake management 

is keen for contamination to be 

cleared up the issue at its source. 

It could cause algae blooms in 

the lake. 

Expensive faecal source 

tracking at Grove Farm Road 

showed contamination was most 

likely from sheep, cows and birds. 

At Boundary Road, human 

faecal sources were detected. 

Ashburton District Council 

Lachie Ashton 

staff are helping in 

the investigation of 

contamination 

sources to see if 

wastewater oxidation 

ponds off Wilkins 

Road and sewage 

pipelines are 

contributing. 

Mr Ashton said the 

stream walk found 

stock not fenced from 

the creek, as legally 

required. Some 

lifestyle block owners 

need education. 

The potential project has 

already captured the attention of 

the Hinds Districts Lions Club, 

who are able to coordinate and 

help improve the waterway with 

fencing and riparian planting to 

prevent creek banks eroding. 

Zone committee member 

Chris Allen suggested afiveyear 

timeline allowing contamination 

sources to be identified and dealt 

with, and community groups to 

be involved with fencing and 

planting the creek. 

Staff hit the books 

ThreeAshburton DistrictCouncil 

building accreditation staffare 

goingback to schooltomeet new 

regulations that theymust now have 

adegreeordiplomatodothe job 

they have been successfully doing. 

The newruleshave been brought 

in since councilwas last audited as a 

BuildingConsent Authority in 2018 

when all threestaff members were 

compliant. 

Theymustnow study 25 hours a 

week for three years, at acost of 

$12,000 each, to achieve the 

required paperwork. 

Building services manager 

MichaelWong said it was 

disappointingthe staff were no 

longer considered compliant, 

despite their relevant trades 

experience or qualifications. 

They now needed adegree or 

diploma in construction, surveying 

or architecture, he toldcouncillors 

whenpresenting the result of the 

2020 audit. 

Failuretoaddress noncompliant 

issuesraised in the audit could result 

in council losingits accreditation. 

Mr Wong said the three staff were 

now enrolled in asuitable course, 

whichthe audit bodysaw as meeting 

compliance. 

He said the new rules wereabout 

making the industry more 

professional, but accreditation staff 

needed morethan theoretical 

knowledge. 

Lichen sprayed 

Fulton Hoganhas just started 

spraying footpaths around the 

district for lichen. ‘‘We do not 

spraylichen during summer 

whenthe pores are closed and 

lichengoes into hibernation,’’ 

said service delivery group 

manager Neil McCann. He 

said Fulton Hogan would carry 

out afull lichenspray 

programme in Ashburton, 

Tinwald, Hinds, Mayfield, 

Rakaiaand Methven. Grey 

Power has beencorresponding 

with council about footpathsit 

thinks are dangerous and 

slipperywhen wetbecause of 

the lichen. The groupsays 

lichenand loose stonechips 

are an ongoing issuefor its 

elderly members and they 

have been complainingfor 

several years about the stateof 

footpaths in town. 

No ACT yet 

The ACTparty has 

announced the namesof 

candidatesstanding in 49 of 

the 65 generalelectorates, but 

thereis no candidate for 

Rangitata yet. Aspokesperson 

at ACThead office said there 

was no announcementofa 

Rangitata candidate, but there 

couldbeinthe near future. 

Tom Corbett stood for ACTin 

Rangitata in 2011, 2014 and 

2017,polling280, 429and 262 

votesateach respective 

election. Rangitata National 

MP Andrew Falloon polled 

19,994 votesin2017, with 

Labour’s Jo Luxton second 

with 13,663. 

Fatal crash 

One persondied following a 

serious crash on Maronan 

Roadon Tuesday evening. 

The twovehicle crash between 

Kennels and Lillsroads, was 

reported at 6.10pm;diversions 

wereinplace.


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Atop walk with unbeatable views 


Canterburyhas plentyofhiking tracks 

and scenic walks,but some of the best 

scenery around can be found on the 

Peak Hillroute near Lake Coleridge. 

The Department of Conservation 

(DOC) maintained track offers 

sweeping views of the lakeand the 

majesty of the high country. 

DOC classes the track as expert, 

simplybecause the walk is exposedand 

suddenchangesofweatherare not 

uncommon. 

But on acalm,clear, balmy day the 

walk is agem and theeffort of the climb 

versusthe reward of the views make it 

areal winner. 

Peak Hillisaccessed off Algidus 

Road, which can be picked up 5km 

beforeLake Coleridge Village, or by 

going through the village and up the 

gravelroad andturning left to follow 

signs. 

From asignedparkingarea off 

Algidus Roadthere is amarked 

easement over private land and thena 

clearly markedroute to the summit. 

It’s prettymuch straight into agrunty 

climb,but the views grow witheach 

strideand after 3045 minutes walkers 

are rewarded with theimpressive sight 

of the easternend of LakeColeridge. 

From the fenceline the track 

continues to climband follows anarrow 

ridge forawhile. 

The reward of theascent comes with 

expansiveviews across the western arm 

of Lake Coleridge and out towards the 

headwaters of the Rakaia and 

Wilberforce rivers. 

The braidedriver system, steep 

mountains and splendour of the high 

country are laid bare before you. 

The top of the climb is marked with 

Mid Canterbury hiking friends Murray Thompson, Mandy Hurst and Jude O’Connor climb the steep first section of the Peak Hill track. 

astacked stone cairn and the flattish 

plateau has plentyofroom to escape 

fellow walkersand to take in the peace 

and solitude. 

I’ve done the walkonanumber of 

occasions andInever tire of the natural 

scenery. 

Sometimes there havebeen just a 

couple of otherwalkersonthe track 

and afew morethan that on other 

occasions. 

But,onthe first weekend of level2 

restrictions, my Sunday hike to the top 

withthreehiking buddies was also 

shared with an estimated80plus 

others. 

It was agloriousweather day with 

verylittle windand clearblueskies and 

everyone wantedataste of freedom 

andtheirfreshair fix. 

PeakHillisaknown gem and awalk 

enjoyedbyyoung and old. 

While somewere puffing hard, and 

others sweating off aboozy party the 

night before, agroupoffit, enthusiastic 

teenagerswere running down after a 

similarrapidscramble to the top. 

The track takesmost people 

between two andthree hours to the 

top.The descent takesalittleless time, 

but can be hard on the knees. 

Pick agood day, take acamera and 

the rightgear and tick off one of New 

Zealand’s best shortwalks from your 

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We’d love to hear aboutyour favourite 

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Topping up the food 

of our native birds 

It’s that timeofyear 

again: almostwinter 

and native birds’ food 

suppliesmay need abit 

of atopup. 

Many townand 

country gardens have 

plants thatattract 

native birds,which is 

the bestway to support 

them.Putting outfood 

suitable for their 

particulardietary 

requirementscan also 

help.Nectar feeders, 

suchassilver eyes, 

bellbirds andtuis,love 

fruitand sugar water; 

silver eyes alsolike fat. 

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as fantailsand grey 

warblersare harder to 

please –the bestway to 

ensuretheyhave 

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in winteristoavoid 

using insectidesinthe 

garden,leavingleaf 

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insectsand having 

flowering plants that 

attract insectsall year 

round. 

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feeder fullofseeds if 

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sparrows; breadisalso 

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madefrom grain. Milk 

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Nature Matters, with Mary Ralston 

Fruit and sugar water can help native birds 

survive through the winter (Photo: George 

Hobson) 

attractbeesand spread 

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pose athreat. 

Ski packages offered to 

boost Methven tourism 

By Linda Clarke 

Long weekend ski packages aimed at 

people in Wellington and other New 

Zealand cities are being promoted far 

and wide to attract domestic tourists to 

Methven. 

Experience Mid Canterbury (EMC) 

has been among the first tourism 

promoters out of the gates postcovid 

and is already pushing videos of scenic 

Methven and Mid Canterbury on You 

Tube and social media. 

Afourmonth campaign is under 

way to encourage Kiwis to shop, eat, 

stay and play in Mid Canterbury. 

EMC manager Bruce Moffat said 

one video post on Facebook had 

reached 8500 people, with 2500 people 

clicking the link to watch the video to 

the end. 

He said the domestic tourism market 

would be slow to grow as people were 

cautious about venturing too far from 

home. ‘‘People are still unsure if it is 

safe to travel around New Zealand. It 

will take time.’’ 

Even the coming Queen’s Birthday 

weekend was not expected to generate 

crowds. 

Mt Hutt skifield is due to open on 

June 12 and more people were 

expected to be travelling around 

Canterbury by then. 

‘‘As Air New Zealand lifts its 

capacity, we will start seeing people 

from Wellington in particular coming 

down to spend afew days skiing. It is 

not all glum and we are looking on the 

positive side.’’ 

Mr Moffat said EMC would 

continue to be proactive and 

Bruce Moffat. 

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money here. 

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ENGAGEMENT 

Family Notices 

DEATHS 

Pass the popcorn please! 

MOORE- THOMAS: Lyndon 

and Jo, Murray and Shirley 

along with their extended 

families are absolutely 

delighted toannounce the 

engagement of Sarah and 

Toby. 

HEWSON, Valerie Marguerite 

(nee Ranson), Sadly and 

unexpectedly passed away 

at Ashburton Hospital on 

May 24, 2020, aged 85 

years. Dearly loved wife 

of the late Alan Hewson, 

loved mother and mother 

in law ofSharon and Gary, 

Gene and Melanie, Wayne, 

and the late Phillip. Nana 

to Craig, Mitchell and his 

wife Ana, Courtenay, and 

Ethan, and a very much 

beloved sister. Messages 

to the Hewson family c/- 

P O Box 472, Ashburton 

7740. Aspecial thanks to 

Coldstream Lifecare who 

cared for Val over the past 

months. 

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will be held. 

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MacPHERSON: Ian Robert 

(Bob): After a short 

illness Bob passed away 

at Ashburton Hospital 

on Tuesday 19th May 

2020. Loving and loved 

husband of Rosalie for 

57 years dearly loved 

father and father in law of 

Margaret Macpherson and 

Chris Robertson, Pauline 

and Paul Watkin, Andrew 

and partner Christine and 

Chris and Kate. Adored 

Grandfather of Georgia, 

Andrew and Ella; Caleb 

and Caro, Jacob and 

Hannah and Rebekah; 

Beth and Shawn Beamish 

and Matthew; Rob and 

Gus and their Mum, 

Emma. Messages to the 

Macpherson family c/- 

P.O. Box 472, Ashburton. 

Bob has been privately 

cremated and laid to rest at 

AshburtonCemetery. 

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WELSH, John: Passed away 

peacefully on Sunday 24th 

May 2020 at Ashburton 

Hospital, aged 78 years. 

Dearly loved husband 

of Noelene, loved and 

respected brother in law of 

Gavin and Shona Prebble 

and Kevin and Lorraine 

Hartnett. Beloved uncle of 

all his nephews and nieces 

and their families. Messages 

to the Welsh family c/- P 

O Box 472, Ashburton 

7740. Special thanks to the 

doctors and nurses of Ward 

1 Ashburton Hospital for 

their extraordinary care of 

John. At Johns request a 

private service has been 

held. 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

HARNETT, Anthony 

Francis (Tony): Marie and 

family sincerely thank 

everyone for their kindness 

and support following the 

passing of Tony, a much 

loved husband, father 

and grandad. We are very 

grateful for the phone calls, 

visits, cards, and flowers 

that were received. Thank 

you also to those who 

attended Tony’s Requiem 

Mass. A special thanks to 

Father Denis Nolan for 

his love and care for our 

family. Special thanks to 

the staff of Tuarangi Home, 

Ashburton for their care of 

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also included all our family. 

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Kevin Stewart and Lynn Arthur 

returned to work from 

lockdown to astore full of 

murder, mayhem and romance. 

There was also some actionpacked 

fighting, comedy and a 

few musical numbers. 

It’s no real surprise, they 

work at United Video 

Ashburton’s last remaining 

video rental store. 

Kevin, who has owned the 

store for 21 years, says 

reopening was agreat chance 

to reconnect with their 

members, many of who missed 

coming instore having achat 

and selecting amovie. 

The duo was keen to see a 

return of members who may 

have taken to online streaming 

sites or television’s on demand 

platforms over lockdown. 

“We are slowly building up a 

return (of people) to dvd hire,” 

Kevin says. 

The store reopened at Alert 

Level 3after athorough clean 

including shelves, cases and 

dvds. It was like an autumn 

springclean, Kevin says. 

The postlockdown clean 

proved agood time to sort 

through surplus dvds and 

games and there is now an 

extensive range available for 

sale. 

United Video’s Lynn Arthur and Kevin Stewart are surrounded by murder, action-packed 

adventure and romantic comedy. 

Lynn says dvds and cases are 

also cleaned down as they 

return from hire. 

She has worked in the store 

for 19 years and says prior to 

lockdown some members took 

up the store’s offer to hire bulk 

movies and games to keep them 

entertained. 

It’s now time to return them, 

she says with asmile. 

Over lockdown Lynn 

watched the romantic comedy 

movie Last Christmas and 

caught up on the ending of 

Game of Thrones. 

She also took up baking 

(along with the rest of the 

country), sorted the garden and 

cleaned out her house, which 

was aprelude to the cleaning of 

the store. 

In stark contrast, Kevin took 

home afew new release movies 

but did not watch any. In an 

effort to stop going stir crazy 

inside, he took up walking the 

streets for up to an hour and a 

half each day. 

He also works ANZCO 

security, which as an essential 

service kept him busy too. 

Farmers supply mince 

to local foodbanks 


Meat the Need founders 

Siobhan O’Malley and 

Wayne Langford have 

helped supply four 

months’ worth of meat to 

37 foodbanks across the 

South Island, including 

Ashburton, in just six 

weeks. 

It’s all thanks to the 

generosity of Meat the Need 

donors and an idea which was 

put into action. 

Siobhan, who has previously 

farmed in Mid Canterbury with 

husband Chris, said Wayne 

came up with the concept and 

the two of them ironed out the 

details before calling on the 

rural community to lend ahand. 

‘‘He dropped off some meat 

to his local foodbank and found 

out how long it would last,” she 

said. 

“He worked out that if you 

could scale the supply across the 

country, this was aquantity that 

might actually be able to be 

supplied by farmers. So 

together we came up with aplan 

to make it happen.” 

The duo pitched the idea of a 

charitable nationwide supply 

chain and Silver Fern Farms got 

in behind. 

Siobhan said their 

involvement was an enormous 

boost, ‘‘as we could accept 

cattle, deer and sheep for 

donation from anywhere in NZ 

from launch, which was huge”. 

They have used arural 

network of hidden talents, 

including adairy farmer from 

Northland who did the 

branding and afarmer’s 

daughter who made the launch 

video, with support from 

industry bodies like Beef 

+LambNZ and DairyNZ, to 

spread the word. 

“The response has been 

immediate, wholehearted 

support in most cases,” she said. 

“We had farmers donating 

through our website within the 

first 24 hours of launch, which 

we were very grateful for. 

“In the first month, 

approximately 125 animals were 

donated, and we are just getting 

started.” 

She said 100 per cent of 

farmer donations went to 

foodbanks as mince, with 

sponsorship and public 

donations sought to cover lean 

running costs. 

Mince was the preferred 

choice of foodbanks as it was 

versatile for families, easier to 

store and cook, and could feed 

multiple people from one pack, 

she said. 

The duo met while on an 

industry board for dairy that 

gives feedback to Primary ITO. 

Living just an hour away from 

each other, at Tasman and 

Golden Bay respectively, 

allowed them to meet and share 

ideas on projects. 

“We both shared an interest 

in NZ farming on social media 

(he runs YOLOFarmer and I 

run Pukeko Pastures) so we had 

some good chats.” 

Siobhan would like to see 

Meat the Need grow, not only 

with ongoing donations from 

farmers supplying highly 

nutritious export quality protein 

to foodbanks for in need 

families across New Zealand, 

but also to include other 

primary sector products using a 

similar framework to red meat. 

“For instance, I'd love to talk 

to Synlait about their farmers 

donating milk and them 

supplying baby formula, or 

Westland Milk Products or 

Fonterra supplying UHT milk,” 

she said. 

Donating meat, or money, to 

Meat the Need can be done via 

the website www.meattheneed. 

org or through your Silver Fern 

Farms representative. 

Kevin says Covid19 had 

disrupted film production 

globally, which would have a 

flowon effect with new 

releases to the video market. 

In March when the country 

went to into lockdown new 

releases included movies such 

as 1917, Jumanji, Star Wars, 

The Grudge and Dr Dolittle 

which are still in now, two 

months later. 

But it’s agood time to catch 

up on some movie viewing with 

amix of new releases and real 

classics in store. 

Dementia 

support 

Adementia support group in 

Ashburton will have its first 

meeting next month. 

The support group is being 

organised by Princes Court 

manager Lorraine Bryan and is 

aimed at helping families 

dealing withdementia and 

telling them about care options 

that are available. 

The first meeting will be at 

the Grace Presbyterian Church 

Hall, opposite Princes Court, on 

Princes Street on Thursday 

June 11. It will run from 1.30pm 

until 3pm. 

Lorraine said the group 

would run on the second 

Thursday of each month. 

Princes Courthas 35 

dementia beds,but the number 

of people with dementia is 

increasing. 

She said fear of the unknown 

stopped many families affected 

by dementiafrom seeking help. 

People often waited too long. 

Some avoided asking for help 

because they feared they would 

lose their homesand their 

savings payingfor dementia 

care. 

She said lockdown had been 

tough for caregivers in the 

community, who were unable to 

access respite care. Many had 

questions that could be 

answered at the support group 

meeting. 

Those planning to attend 

should contact Princes Courton 

308 0302, for catering purposes.


Hot pools work to start 

Fullscale groundworks on the 

Methven hot pools will begin 

soon and the project is expected 

to be ready by next winter. 

The $15 million Opuke Thermal 

Pools and Spa project will be 

built on land near the Methven 

Trotting Club and will offer three 

very separate experiences; affordable 

family bathing, adult exclusive 

bathing, and high quality spa 

therapies. 

The project, which has a$7.5m 

loan from the Government’s Provincial 

Growth Fund (PGF), will 

be the first of its kind in New 

Zealand to be heated by solar 

power and produce no emissions. 

Project steering team member 

James McKenzie said a lot of 

work had taken place in recent 

weeks to lock down pricing and to 

make the detailed design features 

fit into the budget. 

The budget was tight, but the 

project retained the vision of the 

Opuke hot pools and he was 

excited to be involved with it. 

Exploratory ground works had 

begun in January and the main 

contractors were expected on site 

next month, when foundation 

work would begin. 

‘‘The building consent has now 

Labour List MP Jo Luxton, Regional Development Minister 

Shane Jones and James McKenzie in front of the Blue Pub when 

the Provincial Growth Fund loan was announced in February 

last year. 

SAVE 

come through from Ashburton 

council, so it’s full steam ahead.’’ 

Construction was expected to 

take around one year, but by 

summer the shell of the complex 

would be obvious, he said. 

Solar panels and heat pumps 

would be ordered later and landscaping 

would begin. 

Mr McKenzie said project 

investors had spoken with PGF 

staff recently and araft of conditions 

relating to the funding had 

been ticked off. 

The first tranche of PGF funds, 

around $1m, had been spent on 

the detailed design work, but the 

bulk would go on the build. 

An economic benefit study 

estimates that the project will 

create 120 jobs both directly and 

indirectly, and will add an estimated 

$162m to the local economy 

over 10 years. 

Support for migrants 

Hakatere Multi Cultural Council has beenproviding 

support for struggling migrants duringlockdown. 

Around 25 migrants have been given supermarket 

vouchersfor local shops,aswell as someheating 

supplies. 

Most of the migrants are on temporary work visas, 

whichhave strict conditions attached. 

Hakatere Multi Cultural Council coordinator Adi 

Avnitsaid somemigrantshad faced times of hardship 

over the last two months. 

Thosewho had lost theirjobs were struggling to pay 

their rent, bills and food. 

Eightofthe 25 helpedhad cometothe district to 

work in Methven, but winter jobshad been delayed. 

He said migrants on temporary work visas were not 

entitled to claim support from Winz, and theirvisas 

were job specific. 

If theylost their jobs, they needed to apply for a 

new visa to be able to secureadifferent job. 

Immigration NZ had beenclosed for aperiod 

during lockdown and for some migrants that had 

meantdelays in getting new visas,said Mr Avnit. 

The migrants receivinghelp hailedfrom adozen 

countries, includingthe UK, Czech Republic, Fiji, 

Ireland, India, Jordan,the Philippines, Nigeria and 

France. 

Mr Avnit said those receiving help had been very 

appreciative. 

Funding for the migrant support has come from the 

Covid19 Community Awareness and Preparedness 

GrantFund, which has distributed $4.8 million 

nationally. 

Dog fees rise 

Dog registration feesare 

about to be notified by the 

Ashburton District 

Council and poochownerswill 

find they have 

risen by 2.2 per cent,in 

linewith othercouncil fees 

and charges. 

Dogcontrol fees 

charged under the Dog 

Control Act must legally 

be notified amonthbefore 

theyare due to be 

collected. 

Thecost of registering a 

arural dog risesfrom $54 

to $55 while an unneutered 

urban dogwill go 

from$83 to $85; desexed 

dogsrise from $54 to $55. 

Menacing and 

dangerous dogscost more 

to register and there is a 

late feeof$42 for urban 

dogs and$28 for rural 

dogs. 

Impounded dogs will 

incuracost of $84 for the 

firstoffence and $208for 

the second, plusadaily 

sustenance fee. 

The cost of acallout to 

attending wanderingstock 

will jump from$54 to 

$120,bringing the callout 

fee in line with other 

councils. 

Dog registration fees 

will begin to be collected 

on July 1. 

Adi Avnit with boxes of donated hygiene 

products from Waitaha Primary Health that he will 

pass on to migrants being supported. 

Mr Avnit said he still had some funds left, and if 

there was still aneed when those funds had gone,he 

would look at seekingmore support. 

Migrants in need of supportshouldcall/text 027 220 

8791 or emailtoadi.avnit@safermidcanterbury.org. 

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The caravan will be parked in the 

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5, between 10am and 2.30pm. 

The caravan, named Pinkie, was due 

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Ashburton College 

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment 

News 

Issue 15 

28 May 2020 

Message From ThePrincipal 

Appreciation 

As we emerge from the COVID-19 Level 3and 

4 restrictions there are some really important 

people Iwish to acknowledgeand thank. 

Firstly, toour parents and caregivers. Well done 

on your collective wisdom. All ofusworry about 

our children’s and grandchilden’s safety, and our 

parentbody,enmasse,hasdemonstratedsupport, 

careand awillingness to support our nation-wide 

requirements. This included adherencetothe Level3guidelines of not 

sending their childrentoschool, unlessitwas unavoidable. 

Nowthatweare at Level2the vast majority of our parents have chosen 

to send their children back to school and on the first day that all our 

students could attend,weweredelighted with ahigh overall attendance 

rate. 

DistanceLearning 

My thanks also go to our parents for doing the best job they could 

in supporting their child’s distance learning. All of us have had the 

experience of trying to help students with work when wedonot know 

the answer. I really appreciated the level of support onoffer toour 

students. 

StudentBody 

Secondly, to our student body. Thank you for doing the best job you 

could in trying circumstances. Many of you have been busy getting to 

grips with continuous online learning and have missed the ability to ask 

questions and get instant feedback. All of us are committed to ensuring 

thatwesupportyou on your academic pathwayinto the future. 

Iwould also like to acknowledge our Student Executive who did a 

brilliant job of providing an online presence tosupport our student 

body. Our student leaders, inparticular, need tobeacknowledged 

because they epitomised the notion that intough times the tough get 

going. If youhave nothad achance to view their ‘Welcome Back Under 

Level2’video thencheck it out on our Facebook page, or on the College 

website (Latest News). 

College Staff 

Thirdly,toour Collegestaff. They have doneanamazing job of keeping 

the work flowing, organising our school under the various alert levels, 

preparing for our return under Level 2,supporting our students and 

theirfamilies,aswell as their own. In manycases our staff were having 

to juggle their parental or ‘bubble’challenges whilst, atthe same time, 

carrying out their responsibilities forAshburton College. 

Going Forward 

Going forward, our priority is, firstly, our Year 13 students, particularly 

thosewho areaimingfor UniversityEntranceand/or NCEA Level3.Our 

focus is on supporting these students asthey have the least amount 

of time available to achieve their long-term goals. However, focused 

supportwill be available to all students. 

Iamsure all of us will remember the last eight weeks in many different 

ways, but also now looking to the future, and with anawareness of 

the implications of Level 4shutdown for many regarding employment 

goingforward. 

Many thanks. 

Ross Preece 

Principal •Tumuaki 

Staff Welcome 

Sophie Noreen 

Teacher of English 

Internal Appointments 

Susie Stewart 

Teacher of Science 

Porsha Coley –Porsha will be knowntofamilies and students as aLearning 

SupportAssistant. In order to take up teacher training Porsha resigned from 

this position. However, she has,this year,been appointedtoteacher release 

hours in the StudentLearning SupportUnit under her Limited Authorityto 

Teach status. 

HarmonyHodges –HarmonyisemployedasaLearning SupportAssistant 

and, inMarch, transferred tocontinue this work in the Student Learning 

SupportUnit,asopposed to working in mainstream classrooms. 

AshColl Values 

Achieve Quality ShowPride HaveRespect 

The most important thing we do is growyoung people. 

Information 

Post-COVID Information and Dates 

As the term restarts and adjustments are made to timeframes due 

to the COVID-19 Lockdown period we will be able to advise various 

arrangements and dates. 

This is the information we have to date, 

but theremay be morechanges which we will pass on 

as we receiveupdatedinformation from various Governmentagencies. 

Some currentchanges are: 

Year 13 Students –are required to remain on campus for interval, 

lunch times and study periods. They are able to study inthe Library 

(staff supervised). This process will be reviewed later in the term and, 

depending on our nationalstatus and advice, could change. 

Progress Reports-TermTwo Dates: 

These will beemailed to families by Friday 05June, Friday 19June and 

Friday 03July; and families can also access them through the parent 

portal log-on. 

No Teacher Only Day– 

The Teacher Only Day scheduled for Friday 29May is not now taking 

place. 

NCEAExamDates – 

NZQA has advised that the end-of-year examination dates have been 

pushed back bytwelve days, to allow for some additional preparation 

time. 

Therefore, NCEAExamsnow startonMonday16November 

and finish on Wednesday09December. 

Theexam timetable will be available to students via College. 

Thank You: First Mufti Dayfor 2020 –For 

Mosque Attack First Responders,raised $970 

On Monday 16March College held its first mufti day ofthe year, toraise 

awareness of and funding for the first responders (St John Ambulance, 

Canterbury) of the 15 March2019 Mosque attack. 

The theme was‘Colour Your Day’, with students wearing bright clothing to 

recognise the anniversaryofone of New Zealand’sdarkestdays. 

It wasdecided tohave donations go to St John Ambulance as it is run and 

staffed by people who arepassionate about serving their communities and 

caring for fellow New Zealanders, and Christchurch members were in the 

challenging position of beingfirst responders. 

Abig thank you goes toall who contributed, 

resultinginjust over$970 being raised for donation. 

Your supportwas appreciated. 

Phoenix Magazine 2019 

An update forthose who have ordered and 

paid forthe PhoenixMagazine. 

This time, the magazine covers Term Four of 2018 

and all of 2019. From here forward it will cover the 

full year and be delivered/available forcollection by 

familiesinTermOne of the followingyear. 

Naturally there have been some delays to this 

production. 

However–all who have paid will receivetheir copy 

–this is scheduled forthe firsthalfofTermThree. 

Familieswill be advised accordinglyrecollection or 

delivery. 

Furtherorders canstill be taken-$25 percopy 

To order:Please contactthe CollegeOffice -308 4193, 

or info@ashcoll.school.nz 

Storage Units Available forStudentDevices 

We remindstudents andparents/caregivers thatthere is device storage 

available forstudents. 

Is your electronic deviceweighingon your mind andyourbag? 

Tiredofcarrying aroundyour devicebetween classes? 

Worriedabout your devicegetting damaged during breaktimes? 

Wanting somewheresecure to store your device? 

TheCollege Libraryhas storage lockers available 

to put devices in at anytime during the day. 

TheLibraryhas padlocks which can be loaned to students, 

or students canbring their own. 

Access to storage lockers is available from before school 

until 3:30pmevery day. 

Formoreinformation:goto the Libraryand talk to the staff there. 

Events 

StudentExecutiveLeadersare Leaders Still 

When in Lockdown 

Informationprovided by Head Girl PoppyKilworth with Student Executiveinput 

During the 

isolation period 

the College’s 

fifteen-member 

Student 

Executive 

Committee was 

still working 

hard, which was 

challenging due 

to the factthat 

they couldn’t 

come together 

to organise 

events. 

TheExecutive 

worked around 

this by still 

meeting every 

Tuesdaymorning at 8:30am, but on aGoogle-meet virtual meeting.Here 

they organised futureevents, discussed current events and talked about 

whatcould be done to stayconnectedwith our school. 

These discussions ledtothe Exec coming up with 

dailycontent to post on the Instagram,including: 

Motivational Monday, TLCTuesday, Workout Wednesday, 

Tiktok Thursday and FundayFriday. 

Instagramisasocial media platformrun by Head Girl PoppyKilworth and 

Deputy Head Girl Maria Costas, and followed largely by the Ashburton 

College Studentbody. 

By posting daily on instagramthe Executivewas able to spread inspiration, 

stay involved and have some fun with students during the quarantine. 

Many students took part inthese daily posts/challenges which was super 

rewarding forthe Exec. 

At Dawn on AnzacDay 

On Anzac Daymanyofthe students walked to the end of their driveway,at 

6:00am, fortheir momentofsilenceinrespectofthe ANZACs. 

International Days of Celebration 

Alongside this, also posted were some international days of celebration 

that were felt to be appropriate. Ian Teves, Head of the Environment 

and Canteen Committee, createdsomestunning visual artworktoshow 

appreciation forInternational Nurse Day, Earth Dayand OrangeJuiceDay. 

FutureExciting Events 

Excitingeventswereplanned ahead: including sendingout baking to local 

businesses thathad to work during lockdown, and a24-hour Bike Challenge 

to raise funds forthe Salvation Army who areoncall 24/7. This is planned to 

take placelaterinthe term. 

As hard as these unprecedented times were,the Exec stayed strong 

anddid its best to stay focusedonimproving the school. 

Nonetheless theysaid: ‘weare happytosee the back of 

COVID-19 andbeback at school!’


Ashburton College 

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment 

News 

Operating theatre can also be 

used as infection control room 

Congratulations 

This is Language –NuttyTilez Winners in Oceania TopTen 

In German classes,teacher TomKitchen and students use an online learning tool called 'This is 

Language' forvocabulary, grammar and various other language learning aspects. 

As with last year our College students of German took partinthe annual‘This is Language’Nutty 

Tilez competition, wherestudents playagainst other students in real time,recalling vocabulary 

they have learned. 

Foreach correctanswer,astudentgets apointinasquareintheir colour.Students win by either 

knocking out the other players (filling the entiresquarewith their colour), or by having the most 

amountofcolour in the squareatthe end of twominutes. Studentsonly have fivelives and lose 

alifebyspelling awordwrongly. 

Thecompetition ranoverthe weekend of 06-08 Marchwith aqualifying round on Friday, where 

students had to reach acertain level aftertwentyfour hours to qualify forthe finalround which 

ranoverSaturdayand Sunday. 

Excellent Results 

College students placed extremely well with eightfinishing within the TopTen in Oceania, and 

gaining all of the topthree placings as well. 

The College students were in the Australasian competition, competing against students from 

New Zealand,Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore. 

The eight College students and their Top Ten placings were – Tamaki Nishioka (1st), 

Brendan Fleming (2nd), Riley Campbell (3rd), Mao Nishioka (5th), Angela Ciora (7th), 

Olivia Lill (8th), Marlese Schoonderbeek (9th), Aidan Soal (10th). 

Blogcomments from the topthreeplace-getters are: 

1st placed TamakiNishioka(Year 12) said: 

‘I prepared forthe NuttyTilez competition in class.The competition wasverytime-consuming 

and Ineeded focus to pass each level in time which was kind of stressful, but overall Ithink it 

wasworth it’. 

2nd placed Brendan Fleming (Year 13) said: 

‘The toughest thing was how long it took to get to the final level. Istarted when there were 

about seven or eighthours leftsoIspentabout six of the following eighthours doing it,which 

wasextremely draining’. 

3rdplaced -Riley Campbell (Year 10) said: 

‘I just saw the competition and decided Iwanted totry to win it. So-Itried, but other people 

knew moreGerman than me but Iended up getting thirdsoIam still happyabout that’. 

Anew operating theatre at 

Ashburton Hospital can be 

turned into anegativepressure 

infectioncontrol room to treat 

any Covid19patients in a 

serious condition. 

The theatre’s recovery room 

has also beenrepurposed in the 

pandemictoinvestigate and 

manage suspected Covid19 

patients, keepingthem separate 

fromthe restofthe hospital. 

The operating theatre and 

recovery rooms were built in 

2017when the Ashburton 

community gave $8.7 million for 

hospital improvements and 

construction of the new 1040 

square metre acuteassessment 

unitand day procedure theatre. 

Advance Ashburton Community 

Foundation gave$1.5m, with 

other funds from the Mackenzie 

Charitable Trust, the Lion 

Foundation, the Ashburton 

Licensing Trust and the Trevor 

Wilson CharitableTrust. 

The unit and operating 

theatrehave been well used 

since then, and now are part of 

the hospital’sresponse to Covid 

19. 

Rural health specialist and 

consultant physician at 

Ashburton Hospital Steve 

Withingtonsaid the operating 

theatrehad provedextremely 

useful in an unexpected way 

during the hospital’s pandemic 

preparedness planning. 

He said while potential for the 

virustospread could be 

prevented through the use of 

personal protectiveequipment, 

some treatments like the use of 

ventilators could make the virus 

aerosolise. Staff caring for these 

patients needed ahigher level of 

protection and contaminatedair 

couldspreadtolarge areas 

unless contained. 

The hospital’smaintenance 

team had reversed the normal 

positivepressure in the 

operatingtheatretocreate a 

negative pressure environment, 

whichkept Covid19 bugs in. 

He said thishad made the 

theatre avery suitableplace for 

control of infection and 

The acute assessment unit, below, Dr Steve Withington, 

consultant physician at Ashburton Hospital. 

minimising risk of crossinfection, 

as potentiallycontaminated 

air was not 

allowed to escapetoother parts 

of the hospital. The air was 

containedand exhaustedsafely. 

‘‘This then allows 

management of sick Covid19 

patients, whenand if they 

present, to be managed 

effectively and safely without 

increasing risk to staff and other 

patients.’’ 

The restofthe acute 

assessment unit had beenable to 

function normally and safely for 

people with noncovidproblems. 

Dr Withington said 

repurposingthe new theatre and 

unit,plus prescreeningoutside 

the facility meant patients were 

safely navigated to the right care. 

Most other rural hospitals do 

not have negative pressure 

roomsand those communities 

were worried about how to 

manage if amajor cluster arose 

in theirarea. 

‘‘We are very grateful to the 

Ashburtoncommunityfor the 

donations that enable us to 

provide the excellent standard of 

clinical care locally.’’ 

This had translated into good 

energy as staff plannedfor the 

pandemic,rather than 

frustration at what was not 

available. 

‘‘The response to Covid19 

boughttogether or hospital and 

primary care community, 

everyone from the cleaners and 

administrationteams through to 

the nursing and medical 

workforces. Collectively they 

had apowerfulresourcetowork 

with and we are all truly grateful 

for this facility, and the training 

resources that the community 

has supported us with so that we, 

the health community,may 

support you.’’ 

(Pictured above,lefttoright): Thetop three place-getters Brendan Fleming,TamakiNishiokaand 

Riley Campbell. 

Coming Events 

While many external events have been cancelled or postponed, there are anumber of 

curriculum-relatedactivities still able to takeplace, plus some additional relevant dates. 

Anyalterations will be advised as soon as knowntothe relevant groups. 

June 

01 Queen’s BirthdayWeekend Public Holiday 

03 Year13 Ara Instituteliaison visit (Zoom meeting) 

04 PostponementDay,College Duathlon, AshburtonMountain Bike track 

05 AgricultureAcademy, Group 1, Farmbike Day, AshburtonShowgrounds 

08 AgricultureAcademy, Group 2, Farmbike Day, AshburtonShowgrounds 

09 Agriculture1and 2Farmbike Day, AshburtonShowgrounds 

17 Year 13 UniversityofOtago Liaison visit (Zoom meeting) 

22 Agriculture2,Farmbike Day, AshburtonShowgrounds 

30 Agriculture3,Farmbike Day, AshburtonShowgrounds 

Term Dates2020 –Terms Two, Threeand startofTerm Four 

Term Two 

- Friday 03 July 

Term Three - Monday20July -Friday25September 

Term Four - Monday12October (final days to be confirmed) 

AshColl Way 

Valuing our volunteers 

Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon 

I’m toldthis is my secondtolast 

columninthis newspaper before 

the election,and so beforeIput 

pentopaper for the final time 

aheadofSeptember 19 Idohave a 

big thank you to make. 

When Iwas first elected nearly 

threeyearsago Imade apoint of 

visitingasmany of our local 

community and voluntarygroups 

as Icould. 

Growing up in Ashburton I’d 

dealtwith anumberofthem, but it 

was only when Isat down to put a 

list together that Icould see just 

how much we rely on theminthe 

district. 

From health and welfare groups 

to A&P showcommittees,local 

sports clubs to seniors, newcomers 

groups to budgetadvisory services. 

All of which rely in some way on 

the goodwillofvolunteers or the 

generosity of our community. 

Like alot of us many of our 

community and voluntary groups 

have been impacted by Covid19. 

Demand for services has 

increased, at the same time that 

some volunteershave 

understandably become less 

available,and fundraising has 

becomemore challenging with the 

cancellation of events. 

That’saproblem. We’re so wellservedbythese 

wonderful groups 

that Iwould struggle to imaginea 

world without them. It’s no 

exaggeration to say that for some 

in our community they are the 

difference between life and death, 

the difference between ahealthy 

or painful life,the difference 

between ahot meal or noneatall. 

The good news is that as a 

community we can adapt. We’re 

small enough that innovative ideas 

by committedpeople can makea 

real difference. Last week’s 

73kilometre bike ride by Tony 

Todd on his 73rdbirthdayisa 

great example, raising around 

$10,000 that Hospice Mid 

Canterbury might otherwise 

struggletofind. 

Others likeour local Rotary 

have been continuing to meet by 

Zoom, using technologythat I’m 

sure just afew years ago would 

have presented difficulties. 

For all of them the sameistrue. 

While some may be larger than 

others, better funded, or like so 

manyrun on the smell of an oily 

rag,attheir very heart they have 

people. Any organisation is only as 

goodasthose who serve it. 

In timesofcrisis it is often our 

community groupsand volunteers 

at the frontline who bear the 

brunt, yet conversely those who 

alsosufferthe most. 

My thanks is to you.For coming 

early and staying late. For 

volunteering that extra hour, for 

going that extramile.


Todd’stally passes $10,000 

At 26, Mathew Jack decided to ‘return 

to school’. “I’d been working for 11 

years and felt the need for achange 

to challenge myself both mentally and 

physically,” he says. 

Mathew wanted to get into heavy 

automotive engineering so enrolled 

for an eight-month programme at 

Ara Institute of Canterbury’s Timaru 

campus. 

Mathew says it was a big change 

‘starting from the start’ again but he 

got greatsupport. 

“It was always enjoyable, especially 

at the most challenging of times 

when you really had to rely on what 

you’d learnt to complete atask. Ihad 

no prior experience inthis field and 

it was sometimes difficult, but very 

Tony Todd raisedmore than $10,700 for 

Hospice Mid Canterbury last week, by 

biking 73km around Ashburton onhis 

73rd birthday and donations are still 

trickling in. 

The mammoth ride included around 

25 cycling friends, biking in groups, with 

stalwarts Paul Wylie and Kenny Johnston 

and cycling newcomer John Catherwood, 

and Lions Club of Ashburton 

members. Lions members raised $1150 

for their own cycling efforts, sponsored 

by their organisation at $2 per km each 

of them rode. 

Mr Todd said a spa and a stretch 

following the ride, along with rehydration 

followed the ride. He was grateful 

for the support by the community. 

Diesel mechanic loveshis newcareer 

rewarding when Ifound the solutions.” 

Mathew’s been in the trade for four 

years now. He works at Smallbone 

in Ashburton where he’s an Isuzu 

master technician (the top level) and 

has been promoted to the role of 

foreman/manager. His sights are now 

set on testing his skills against Isuzu 

mechanics from other countries, ata 

competition in Japan. 

Mathew says the excellent training he 

received at Ara prepared him well for 

his career.“It set me up to excel inan 

exciting and demanding career, and 

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Rafting guide and seasonal chimney sweep Dan McKerrow. 

Rafting guide Dan is also 

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Dan McKerrow splits his working year 

into halves. He worksasaprofessional 

rafting guide during the warmer months 

and in autumn and winter he’sachimney 

sweep. 

Dan’s rafted on some of the world’s top 

white water, includingonrivers in the 

USA, Australia, Japan and Chile,but for 

the past11years he’s pliedhis trade on the 

Rangitata. 

He’s been afreelance guide for the past 

four yearsand loves the thrill and freedom 

that rafting brings. 

No longerfollowing the raftingseason 

around the world, he combines his passion 

with the solid and practical job of a 

seasonal chimney sweep. 

‘‘Therafting usually keepsmebusy 

from the end of October through to 

March, and thenthe chimney sweeping 

kicksinfor afew months after that. 

‘‘A rafting mate put me on to chimney 

sweeping and I’ve been doingitaround 

Mid Canterbury and Geraldine for the last 

eightyears.’’ 

Christchurch raised, Dan has beena 

rafting guide for over 20 years and also 

teaches rafting for the Greymouth 

Polytechnic. 

Outside of work he’s akeen hunter, 

snowboarder, free diverand spear 

fisherman. 

He lived in Japan for six years and 

immersed himself in the culture of that 

country. 

Whileheexpects his chimney sweeping 

business to come through the Covid19 

lockdown relativelyunscathed, he knows 

the same won’t be the casefor his rafting 

business. 

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coming from overseas,heknows therewill 

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of bush craft, camping, pestcontrol and 

rafting adventure. 

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Extra funds for insulation, heating 

An extra 9000 Kiwi homes will be 

eligible for government’sinsulation 

and heatingprogramme due to a 

$56m funding boost, says Energy 

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The Covid19 Response and 

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ensurethe additional New Zealand 

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through the programme. 

“Insulation and heating helps to 

prevent respiratory illness,and the 

WarmerKiwi Homes programme 

protects the most vulnerable 

peopleinour communities,’’she 

said. 

“Over 20,000 insulationand 

heating retrofits have alreadybeen 

delivered since Warmer Kiwi 

Homes was launched in July2018 

and (the) announcement will 

ensuremore low income people 

will get achancetohave awarmer, 

drier,healthier home.” 

“The existing programme 

already covers twothirds of the 

cost of insulationand/orheating 

retrofits, but we knowthat coming 

up with the restofthe money to get 

retrofits done, is still out of reach 

for many lowincomepeople and 

families. 

“That’s why we are increasing 

the grant proportion available for 

lowincome households from 67 

per cent to 90 per centofthe costs 

of an insulationand/or heating 

retrofit to deliveranestimated 

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“We’re alsoproud of the 

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Greens’ Housing spokesman 

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Getting through the winter season 

There are manythings 

householderscan do to help 

themselves cope withthe cold of 

the winterseason,which officially 

starts on Monday. 

If you planahead for the 

unexpectedly cold, or themost 

extremeweatherconditions,life 

may be moreendurable when 

things are at theirworst;this 

includes makingsure you have 

adequateinsurance to cover your 

property. 

Keeping informed on the 

weather forecast may be a 

nationalpasttime but it does 

help, especially if you are 

considering travel,ormakingsure 

you have the right suppliesinthe 

house. 

Heading into the colder annual 

season consider what you may 

needathome to survive the harsh 

reality of winter; woodburner/ 

electrical heating source, layering 

clothingtostay warm,food and 

water. 

But thereare also extra things 

to considersuch as ensuring the 

gas barbecue bottleisfull before 

winter forpeace of mind; it can be 

usedfor cooking. 

If snowispredicted,itmightbe 

helpful to movethe equipment 

into the garage or under a 

verandah, whereyou can get 

Layering is the best way to keep warm. 

access to it should you need to use 

the barbecue for cooking the 

familymeals. But make surethere 

is adequateventilationifusingit 

for cookinginanenclosedspace. 

Keepasnow shovel handy if 

snowispredicted to low levels;it 

may soundvery northern 

hemisphere but this simplepiece 

of equipmentmightbethe only 

means by which you canget to 

yourfirewoodsupplyorto clear 

the driveway. 

Keepingagood supply of 

batteries to fit portable radios will 

enable you to keep in touch 

through localradiobroadcasts 

and keepyou informed. 

In the eventofasevere 

snowstorm or an earthquake, civil 

emergency messages willlet you 

knowwhat is going on and what 

action, if any, you needtotake. 

But in apower outagethe 

household should haveaready 

supply of torches which should 

alsohave fresh batteries. 

Everyone should know where they 

can be found,along with the 

candles and matches. 

In these events acellphones can 

be alifeline but it needs power. So 

amobile phone carcharger is 

alwaysgood for peaceofmind. 

And if you have apay as you go 

deal, it would be agood idea to 

top up the creditwith abit extra 

overthe winterperiod. 

Something many of us take for 

granted is asupply of clean 

drinking water. There are no 

guaranteesofwater supplyinthe 

event of adisaster so make sure 

you have at least aweek’s supply 

based on three litres of water per 

personper day. 

This amount should be the 

minimum keptinstorage,whether 

in bottles with sealed lids or larger 

storage tanks. By rationingitout 

there should be enough for 

drinking purposes even if showers 

and baths have to be forfeitedfor 

the duration. 

Peoplewho relyonwell water 

for the householdwill know that 

when the powergoes off, so does 

the watersupply. 

That not only means nothing 

comingout of the taps but no 

flushing of the toilet either. 

Keeping containers of water 

storedfor loo flushing and hand 

washing is part of the preparation 

for the unexpected. 

One thing to consider is a 

generator which can be a 

lifesaver, however, there are 

guidelines that need to be 

followed. Householdersshould 

not expectageneratortorun the 

household as per normal, however 

a5kVA generator willgenerally 

supplythe basicneeds of a 

household by running different 

appliances at differenttimes. 

Curtains, blinds help keep the heat in 

Having the right curtains and blinds 

can keep your home warm and 

comfortable. 

It’s afinding from Consumer NZ 

who say installing wellfitted curtains 

and blinds will go along way towards 

keeping heat inside your home. 

Awellinsulated home can lose 

about 45 percent of heat through its 

windows. That drops to 30 percent 

for an uninsulated home (but that’s 

only because more heat disappears 

through the roof and walls). 

The right window covering will 

stop nearly twothirds of that heat 

from going out the window. 

Honeycomb blinds were the star 

performer they retained more than 

60 percent of the heat lost through a 

bare window. Air is agood insulator, 

as long as it’s not moving, and the 

honeycomb structure creates alarge, 

still air gap between the cold 

windowpane and the warm inside air. 

If you prefer curtains you are 

better to select heavy and long. 

Consumer NZ testing showed 

heavy lined curtains are better than 

the coated thermalbacked types 

and, for the best result, you should fit 

them down to the floor instead of 

stopping them at the sill. 

It’s was essential they were fitted 

properly close to the window and 

within the frame and will minimal 

gaps at the top, bottom and at the 

sides. 

Honeycomb blinds topped our 

test, but we found roman blinds and 

roller blinds were effective as well, as 

long as they were fitted correctly. 

Even venetians worked but keep 

those slats closed. 

The findings say regardless of 

personal preference or budget, any 

curtains and blinds are better than 

nothing. 

If you’ve got any uncovered 

windows, put up something. 

Consumer NZ also investigated a 

few cheap ‘hacks’ to improve your 

curtains for winter such as hanging a 

blanket behind curtains or rolling up 

atowel and placing it on top of the 

curtain rail. 

To make the best use of your 

curtains and blinds, Consumer NZ 

advises people keep them open 

during the day over winter to make 

the most of the sun. Close them as 

soon as the sun sets to trap as much 

heat as possible. You should also fix 

any draughts in the windows which 

can be detected by using alit candle.




Be energy wise around your home 

There are simple ways to avoid 

wasting energy in the home, 

according to EECA. 

EECA spokesperson Dr Marcos 

Pelenur says it’s important to stay 

warm as the weather coolsbut it’s 

also important not to spend more 

money on energy billsthan is 

needed. 

It’s about beingpreparedand 

knowing where energy costs can be 

saved throughout your home. 

Dr Pelenur says reducing 

unnecessaryuse of hot water will 

save you money and free up more 

cash for heatingover the winter. 

“For exampleuse the cold water 

wash cycle when you washclothes, 

unless you haveanespecially dirty 

load. Modern washing machines 

and detergents clean well using cold 

water. Ahot water wash can use 10 

times more electricity than acold 

wash.” 

Cutting down the long showers 

will also savemoney, Dr Pelenur 

says. 

“Reducing yourshower time just 

abit couldsave up to $900 ayear for 

afamily of four.A15minute 

shower costs about$1a5minute 

shower costs about33c.” 

If you own adishwasher, wait 

untilit’s full loaded to run it –and 

put it on ‘eco’wash settingif 

available, Mr Pelenur says. 

“And if you rinsedishes before 

loading the dishwater, use cold 

water,” Dr Pelenursays. 

Othertop saving tips include; 

Checking to see if you are still on 

the best power dealtosuit the needs 

of the peopleinyour home. 

Dry clothes outsideorina 

clothes dryer that is vented to the 

outside –avoid indoor airing racks 

or clothes dryers that ventinto your 

house. The moisture in the clothes 

will end up in your home, makingit 

damp. 

Avoidunflued gas heaters which 

release toxic fumes and make your 

housedamp. Cheap portable 

electricheaters are safer and cost 

less to run. 

If you have aheated towelrail, 

only use it when needed. Aheated 

towelrail left on 24/7 can costyou 

$170 per year to run. You can buy 

timers for towel rails thatcome on 

automatically at certain times of the 

day. 

If you have asecond fridge you 

aren’t using, it couldcost you $200 

It’s important to stay warm but don’t spend more money on energy than you need. 

ayear to run if it’s an old, inefficient 

model. 

If you are working from home, 

you may not have the luxury of 

choosing where to siteyour work 

space, but if you can, use asmall 

space that’seasy to heat on its own. 

Moveyour desk to aposition that 

gets good naturallight. 

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To be eligible you’ll need to: 

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Preparing for your winter driving 

Many areas nationwide have 

alreadyhad ataste of winter, with 

driversfacing many challengesin 

snow, ice and rain. 

If you’renot prepared, driving in 

the wintercan be hard. 

It doesn’t need to be though and 

good vehiclepreparation, 

knowledge and driving techniques 

will help make sure you get to 

wherever it is you’re going. 

Winter is atime of extremes. 

It’s atime when any problems or 

weaknessesinyour vehicle will 

show up, usually at the worst 

possible time. Is your vehicle 

approaching the time for its next 

scheduled service? If so, don’t put 

it off. 

Book yourvehicle in for aprewinter 

check with your local MTA 

member business. 

The experts know what to look 

for oil and antifreeze levels, wiper 

blades,filtersand batterycondition 

among otherthings. By doing this 

you’ll have peace of mind in 

knowingthat your vehicleisready 

for winter. Your battery can be the 

key. If your car isn’t starting as 

easily as usual, get your battery 

checked. 

In winter we tend to use 

electrically based accessories and 

systemsalot morelights,air 

conditioners,foglamps, interior 

lights.They can all place extra 

strain on your car’s electrical 

system and if your battery is not in 

top condition, it may let you down. 

All the control you haveis 

delivered throughfour palmsized 

patchesofrubber where the tyres 

meet the road. 

Make sure yourtyres are 

properly inflated. Overinflation 

Use aproper windscreen scraper or de-icer to remove ice from your 

vehicle. 

can reduce the gripping action of 

tyresbecausethe tread will not 

meet the roadsurface as it was 

designed to do. 

If the tread depth of your tyres is 

getting low, it may be worthhaving 

them replaced, eventhoughthey 

have more than the minimum tread 

depthof1.5mm. If possible, tyres 

should be replaced before the tread 

depthdropstothe minimum. 

Checkthe manufacturerswear 

indicator mark on yourtyres to see 

if they need replacing. All tyres 

have tread wearindicators,which 

are small bars of rubber found 

between the tread blocks of the 

tyre. 

When the tread is worn flush 

with the tread wear indicators, the 

tyre has reached its wear limitand 

mustbereplaced as it no longer 

provides sufficientgrip. 

If you’re going to be driving in 

the snow, makesure you have the 

correctchains and snowtyres (if 

fitted) itisnow law that whenyou 

use snow tyres, all four must be 

snowtyres. 

Winter often means reduced 

visibility, so you need to allow 

additional time for every trip. 

Before you hit the road make 

sureyou can see out of every 

window and mirror.Use aproper 

windscreen scraper or deicer to 

remove ice from yourvehicle. 

Don’t use warm water; it may cause 

yourwindscreen to crack. 

Yourairconditioningsystem is 

yourfriend.Many people only 

associate it with staying cool during 

ECan offeringheatingsubsidy 

Environment Canterbury can financially help home 

owners replace old log burners with new, cleaner forms 

of heating, but have astrict eligibility criteria. 

They understand replacing old burners can be costly 

and urge anyone struggling to contact them on 0800 

329 276. 

There are subsidies in different areas but people 

living in Ashburton, Christchurch, Timaru, Kaiapoi 

and Rangiora can be eligible if burners needs 

replacing, are the owner/occupier of the house and 

have acurrent Community Services Care; Health 

referrals in conjunction with proof of alow income are 

also useful. 

People wanting to check their eligibility can contact 

either Community Energy Action Charitable Trust or 

EnergySmart (depending on where you live). 

They confirm eligibility, book ahome energy check 

to assess your needs, then apply for the ECan subsidy 

on your behalf, which can be up to $5000 and used for 

anew heating appliance (wood burner or aheat pump) 

and its installation toreplace your old wood burner. 

People with tenanted properties are not eligible but 

could look at other options such as Healthier Homes 

Canterbury, bank loans or interest free purchasing. 

the summer months, but it’s equally 

vital for ensuring good visibility 

duringthe colder months. Get your 

systemchecked, and allow it time 

to work properly. 

Look out for vulnerable road 

users likecyclists and runners, they 

may be especially hardtosee along 

dimly lit roads. 

Make surepeople can see you. 

Ensureyour lights are all working 

properly and are correctly 

adjusted. Get them on early and 

turn them off late; you may choose 

to keep them on at all times. 

Remember to keep them dipped 

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blasting them on to full only results 

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back at you, making visibility even 

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The sun is low in the sky for most 

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sunstrike. It’sespecially important 

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Bridgesand overpassesice over 

faster than normal roads. The 

shadowsfrom large trees, buildings 

and mountains can cause isolated 

icy spots.Black ice is often very 

difficult to detect, so be especially 

vigilant after very cold, settled 

nights. 

Don’t expect otherdrivers to be 

as well prepared, allowplenty of 

room betweenyou and your fellow 

motorists. Givethem evenmore 

when the weather is poor, double 

the two second rule and give 

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When accelerating, push the 

accelerator pedal gently. If you do 

sense wheelspin,ease back on the 

pedal immediatelyuntil you feel 

the tyres grip again. Apply the 

same principle when braking. 

Brake gentlyatfirstthen increase 

the pedal pressure progressively. 

You can brakequite hard as long as 

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vehicle is fittedwith ABS and/or a 

stability control system,make sure 

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Get experience of your vehicle’s 

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Avoiddriving in heavy snowif 

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Climbing and descending hills in 

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Duck shooters happy 

Dave Thomson with dog 

Chockie and some of the 

ducks shot over the weekend. 

Duck shootersaround the district 

enjoyed the delayed start of the new 

game bird huntingseason at the 

weekend. 

Coronavirus meant the season 

started three weeks later than usual 

and for regularshooterslike 

Ashburtonrural realestate agent 

Dave Thomson and hisretired 

school principal mate John Bockett, 

it was achance for acatchupand 

the opportunity to getafewbirds 

for dinner. 

The pairshotataLowcliffe farm 

pond and bagged 17 birdson 

Saturdayand 13 on Sunday. 

Mr Thomson said some of the 

birdshave already been eatenand 

enjoyed by familyand friends. 

The duckshooting weekend was 

asocial thingfor himasmuch as it 

was asport. 

He said more shootersonthe 

opening weekend meant morebirds 

were movingaround and were 

potential targets. 

‘‘Theyseemedtobeflying higher 

this year, but it was agrand couple 

of days all the same.’’ 

Fish and Game officers in the 

Central South Island region 

reported most hunters were 

satisfied with bags of 210mallards 

and paradise shelduck eachby 

lunchtime. 

Rangers in the Timaru district 

said theywere disappointed to 

encounter asmall numberof 

individuals huntingwithout a 

licence. 

Nationally, thousandsofhunters 

headedout beforedawn on 

Saturday to start the season. 

Fish and Game chief executive 

MartinTaylor said many regions 

benefited from ‘‘ducktourism’’ as 

hunters travelled to and supported 

regional economies. 

Sporting codes preparing for start 

Local sporting codes can now move forward with 

training and new winter competitions after the 

government’sdecision to liftthe mass gathering limit to 

100 from tomorrow. 

Football, hockey, netball, rugby and basketball 

competitionsare planning to restart, with some codes 

still workingout the finaldetailswith national and 

regional governing bodies. 

Football will kick off locally on June 13, with 

travelling teams back aweek earlier thanthat. 

Mid Canterbury Netball is still waiting for final 

confirmation from Netball New Zealand as to when 

training and playing can begin and will update clubs this 

week throughits Facebook page. 

The Mid Canterbury Hockey turf is also reopening 

this week, withgames starting on June 12. 

BasketballMid Canterbury president Wayne 

Rodgers said his sportwas still working on the logistics 

of anew season. 

Therestill needed to be meetings,discussion and 

advice from Basketball New Zealand. 

Mr Rodgers encouraged players to start practising, 

but warned rep competitions might still be someway off. 

Some tournaments had alreadybeen cancelled, he 

said,and while the basketballcommunity was raring to 

go, there were still venue issues to be worked out. 

Mid Canterbury Rugby Union chiefexecutive Ian 

Patterson said senior rugby was set to kick off on June 

20 and junior rugby soon after that. 

Clubswould resume training this week, said Mr 

Patterson,and any updates wouldbeposted on the 

union’s Facebook page. 

Competitive squashstarted up again this week 

around the district. 

Football season set 

to kick off in June 


Adelayed football 

season has now been 

given the green light to 

kick off next monthand 

Mid Canterbury United 

Football president Neil 

Simons could not be 

happier. 

Travelling teams start 

their campaign on June 

6, while local leagues 

start on June 13. 

Progress needed to 

continue to be made to 

eliminate Covid19, said 

Mr Simons, but now 

players, officials and 

supporters hadstarting 

dates to work towards. 

The return of the 

beautiful game was good 

news for footballers of 

all ages and for everyone 

involved. 

Prior to lockdown 

some170 players had 

registeredand that was 

now expected to rise 

with confirmation that 

football was goingto 

happen this season. 

Mr Simons said 

MainlandFootball had 

indicatedits season 

would now continue well 

into September, while 

local leagues would run 

for longer because of the 

delayed start. 

The fiveaside 

competitions, First Kicks 

(46 year olds) and Fun 

Kicks (78 year olds), 

would run for four weeks 

before and then four 

weeks after the July 

school holidays. The 

Super League(910 year 

olds), Championship 

(1112 year olds) and 

Premiership (1314 year 

olds)leagueswould run 

for four weeks before the 

holidays and for nine 

further weeks 

afterwards. 

Pitches will be marked 

and goal posts and nets 

will go up in Ashburton 

Domainover Queen’s 

Birthday weekend. 

Mr Simons said there 

would be apush in 

schoolsthis week to get 

morenumbers involved. 

There was alink to 

registrations on the 

revampedmcfootball.co. 

nz website and updates 

on the Mid Canterbury 

United Football Club 

Facebook page, which 

had kept footballers 

informed of the football 

situation during 

lockdown. 

Thank youfor 

your part in keeping 

our communitysafe 

Club news 

Ashburton Golf Club 

Ashburton 9holers wereback in 

action last week with 23 playersdusting 

off their clubs and playing in groups of 

four, following all the rulesunder 

Covid19 Alert Level 2. 

First overall, with anet score of 32 

was Bev Blair. Bev won aNetherby 

Pharmacy Voucher. 

Runnerup, withascore of 33, was 

MaryBuckland, winningaclub 

voucher. 

Topnet scorefor the men was 35 by 

PeterGreening, who alsowon aclub 

voucher. 

One Smithand Church gobbler 

Muriel Morgan. 

The group plays againtoday (May 

28), and the clubrooms willbeopen 

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There’sstill alot of challenges ahead of us. Local 

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community willbeleftfeeling vulnerable or isolated 

and it’s important we look out forone another. 

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O’Malleys return to dairy dream 

By ToniWilliams 

Meat the Need cofounder Siobhan 

O’Malley is a10year convert to dairy 

farming. 

She, along with husband 

Christopher, only decided to go dairy 

farming after returning from their 

Irish OE, back in 2009. 

Siobhan may have been green to 

living arural lifestyle then but has 

been afast learner, working on 

multiple farming opportunities 

Canterburywide and making some 

wonderful rural connections. 

“I grew up in Christchurch and had 

no connection to farming at all. I 

never stepped foot on to afarm until 

Imet Christopher.” 

The couple went sharemilking for 

the first time in 201112, and have 

worked on farms in Darfield, 

Oamaru, Grey Valley and Mid 

Canterbury. The past 18 months they 

have been running ahop garden and 

beef operation in Tasman. 

It’s afar cry from the Latin 

Language and Classical Studies she 

studied at university before teaching 

secondary school English. 

They have three children, Finnian, 

8, Aisling, 6, and Ruairi, 3, and this 

weekend will return to a5050 

sharemilking operation milking 400 

cows, this time near Hokitika, on the 

West Coast. 

Siobhan says they have moved 

eight times on Moving Day since 

2009, and afew times in between. 

In Mid Canterbury the couple had 

a5050 sharemilking job working for 

Graham Brooker on Thompsons 

Track in Lauriston, from 2015 to 

2018. 

Milking 500 cows for the first two 

years, the operation grew when they 

leased neighbouring land and by 

their final year they were milking 

600. 

“Our first year as 5050 

sharemilkers was (on adifferent 

farm) at Thompsons Track and that 

was the year the payout went to 

$3.90! 

“We also worked very hard to 

Meat the 

Need cofounder 

Siobhan 

O’Malley 

and her 

family 

are 

heading 

back to 

dairy 

farming. 

attract and retain good staff 

members, as that can be achallenge,” 

she said. 

But the district did give them a 

chance to be close to family in 

Christchurch and learn from those 

around them. 

“We learned so much just looking 

over the fence at arable, potatoes, 

drystock and seed operations. 

“Our son also enjoyed being at 

Lauriston School that took him 

skiing every week in the winter! 

“A great community of farmers 

around us, many of whom are still 

our friends. 

She still misses the banking team 

from ANZ who gave good advice 

during some difficult payout years 

and Ashburton’s great facilities, such 

as the EA Network Centre pool. 

Over the years Siobhan has been 

involved with Federated Farmers 

and Dairy Women’s Network 

(DWN). 

“The Mid Canterbury DWN is 

very strong and has been offering 

some great events recently that Iwish 

Icould have attended, but was abit 

far away,” she jokes. 

She says being amember of the 

organisations gives afeeling of being 

connected to other people facing 

similar challenges in their businesses 

and lives. 

“You can share ideas and solutions 

and also just have empathy from the 

people in the same boat. But abig 

aspect to organisations like Feds is 

the information that gets passed 

along about upcoming policy 

changes and the repercussions of 

those, as well as being avoice for 

farmers with the decisionmakers in 

Wellington, and Ithink this is going 

to be more and more important,” she 

says. 

The decision to take abreak from 

dairy farming and explore other 

options took them to Tasman, where 

alot of Siobhan’s extended family 

live. 

They gave growing hops atry but 

have missed dairy farming. 

As acouple, Siobhan and 

Christopher have along term goal to 

buy their own dairy farm and the 

West Coast has always been on their 

radar. 

“We started talking about missing 

dairying before Christmas (in 2019), 

but thought we should do another 

year at hops just to really give it a 

good go and see two full annual 

cycles to harvest through. 

“But when we both went to the 

West Coast to be judges for New 

Zealand Dairy Industry Awards in 

February …weboth came home 

fizzing, and realised that we love 

dairy farming so why wait to go back 

to it. The kids are also thrilled to be 

headed back to dairy,” she said. 

“We decided if we were going back 

dairy farming at all we should head to 

where we want to be long term and 

join the community. 

“As it happens, Kokatahi (in 

Westland) is where Christopher’s 

grandfather got afarm in the ballot 

after WWII. 

‘‘Christopher grew up visiting the 

area alot and his uncle's family still 

farm there.” 

They are looking forward to 

learning how to farm successfully 

where the irrigation falls out of the 

sky and is measured in metres! 

“It will be different from our 

farming systems in Mid Canterbury, 

so we need to go and learn from the 

neighbours and the high performing 

farmers in the district. 

Siobhan said it was abit like 

starting out again. 

Pandemic overtakes freshwater concerns 

Arable farmer David Clark 

Two new faces have been elected to 

Federated Farmers Mid Canterbury 

provincial team. 

Dairy farmers Rebecca Miller 

and Nick Giera have taken on the 

roles of sharemilkers section chair 

and dairy vicechair respectively. 

The duo will join existing section 

leaders, including David Clark 

(provincial president), Chris Ford 

(dairy chair), Joanne Burke (arable) 

and David Acland (vicepresident 

and meat and wool chair) 

representing farmers in the district. 

The positions were confirmed at 

the organisation’s annual general 

meeting carried out online via 

Zoom last week. 

Mr Clark, reelected unopposed, 

said in his president’s report that 

when he came into the role 12 

months ago Mycoplasma Bovis 

(Mbovis), freshwater regulations 

and climate change were topics of 

the day and carried imminent 

threats or impositions upon 

agriculture. ‘‘As aresult of aglobal 

pandemic of coronavirus, it seems 

events have overtaken themselves 

and the issues of ayear ago appear 

almost irrelevant. 

He praised the PGF funding of 

nearly $1 million for the Hekeao 

Hinds Water Enhancement Trust’s 

managed aquifer recharge, but had 

ongoing concerns around Overseer 

and potentially tight levels of feed 

reserves that would need careful 

planning and feed budgeting. 

He also spoke of Federated 

Farmers’ continued involvement in 

the Ashburton District Mbovis 

Advisory Group, keeping up to date 

with information from key industry 

members on the progress of the 

response, and sharing details of 

cases where process was thought to 

be failing. 

‘‘I acknowledge that while the 

overall goal might be beneficial in 

the long term for the greater 

industry, the stress, disruption and 

financial toll on individual families 

and businesses is significant.’’ 

He said submissions on the 

Essential Freshwater Regulations 

caused alot of concern within 

Federated Farmers, among the 

farming community and out in the 

business sector once the impact of 

the proposed regulations became 

apparent. 

Five hundred people attended a 

public meeting in Ashburton to 

show support for Federated 

Farmers. 

‘‘Such astrong show of 

endorsement from our farming 

community was immensely 

powerful.’’ 

Mr Clark also took part in the 

Winter Grazing Strategy Group 

which had anational and regional 

focus and aimed to help farmers 

struggling to formulate grazing 

plans in risk catchments. 

Covid challenges for coop 

Fonterra hasreported asharp lift 

in its earningsfor the firstnine 

months of its financial year and has 

set amilk price for the coming year 

of $5.40$6.90per kg of milksolids. 

The coop said it will contribute 

about$11 billion to the New 

Zealand economy through milk 

price for the year. Its advancerate 

schedule has been set off the midpointof$6.15/kg. 

The forecast for the current 

season is at the lower end of a 

previously advisedrange, at 

$7.10$7.30/kg. 

ChiefexecutiveMiles Hurrell 

said thatdespite Covid19 

challenges, the cooperative's total 

groupnormalisedearnings before 

interest andtax (EBIT)for the nine 

months to April 30 was 

$815million,anincrease of $301m 

on this time last year. 

The coop's earnings forecast for 

the current yeartoJuly has 

remained at 1525cents ashareand 

Hurrell said he was confidentthe 

result would be at the upper end of 

the range. 

However,the impacts of the 

Covid19 pandemic would be 

keenly felt over thefourthquarter. 

Fonterra has been reorganising 

its operations sincereporting a 

$605mloss in the pastfinancial 

year. 

‘‘Thework doneover the last 

year to strengthen our balance 

sheet, and the coop'sability to 

respond quickly hashelpedus 

manage the Covid19 situation over 

the last few months,’’ Mr Hurrell 

said. 

The coop was drawingonits 

global supply chain and diverse 

product and customerbase to 

minimise disruptions for our 

customers and our business. 

‘‘Covid19has affected virtually 

everycountry, marketand 

industry.’’



Outdoor pantry set up at Community House 

An outdoor pantry has been set up at 

Community House Mid Canterbury to pass on 

surplus fruit and vegetables to people who 

need it. 

Timber donated by Bunnings Ashburton has 

been crafted in heavy duty pantry shelving by 

volunteers from the MenzShed. 

The pantry is already receiving food 

donations. 

Community House Mid Canterbury 

manager John Driscoll said people wanting to 

drop off surplus items could do so day or night, 

and those needing them could take them away 

and use them. 

The pantry was bolted to the wall and its 

operation would be selfregulating, he said. 

The pantry is located to the right of the main 

entrance to Community House, which is at 44 

Cass Street. 

Photo: At the opening of the outdoor pantry 

are Mary Banks from Bunnings Ashburton, 

Ashburton MenzShed member Jim 

Armstrong, Community House Mid 

Canterbury manager John Driscoll and 

SEEDS (sharing everyday experiences and 

drawing on skills) programme coordinator 

Marie McAnulty. 

Scootertrack proving awinner 

An extended scooter track at 

Hampstead School is proving 

abig hit with students. 

The track features rolling 

humps and abank. 

Ramps can be brought out 

to further test scooter and bike 

skills. 

Work on the track was 

completed under level 3 

restrictions and the project has 

been funded the school board 

of trustees. 

School principal Peter 

Melrose said the track was 

already awinner with students 

of all ages. 

Students used their own 

scooter and bikes and also 

borrowed from asupply store 

at school that had been 

donated or purchased by the 

PTA. 

The new track had been 

‘‘flat out’’ since opening and 

complimented other outdoors 

areas at the school. 

It kept students active and 

helped with both balance and 

coordination, he said. 

On the new scooter track extension are (from left) Alex 

Cojocaru, Ella Rose Blampied and Emily Hodzelmans. 

Youth conference positives 

AshburtonChristian School student Gianna 

Butler has takenplenty of positives away from 

the recentAotearoa Youth Declaration 

conference she attended online. 

At the twoweekconference the Year10 

studenthelped developayouth perspective 

on publicpolicy. 

‘‘I learned lots about how to correctly 

debateand theneedtoback up opinionswith 

facts they were the most valuable things that 

Iwill takeawayfromthe conference.’’ 

She hasalsobroadenedher knowledgeon 

how areas of government and parliament 

function andparticularly enjoyed thedaily 

crisisworkshop, whendecisions needed to be 

madeand participants hadtothink outsideof 

the box. 

Gianna alsolearnedhow to write 

statementsand format themfor the best 

result. 

Students worked in targetedgroups to 

createpolicysolutions on abroadrangeof 

problems, witheach teamworking towards its 

own final declarationtopic. 

‘‘Our final statementfor rights and 

freedomshad threesections gun rights, 

freedom of speech andprivacy rights. 

‘‘I wasput in charge of the gunrights 

section andwediscussedthe safety 

precautions and whether there should be 

Gianna Butler. 

more. 

‘‘We alsodiscussed the current agelimitof 

owning agun and what couldchange.’’ 

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3 1 2 

10 Argyle Pl (W698) 

•Magnificent home in 

sought afterlocation 

•Large formal lounge, 

open planlivingareas 

•Master with ensuite 

•Threedouble 

bedroomsplusoffice 

•1294m² section 

$PBN BIR 

$550,000 -$580,000 

Open Sat30May, 

1.00 -1.30pm 

NEWLISTING 

From 10% Deposit $280pw (Conditions apply) 

Trevor Hurley Real Estate Ltd LREA 2008 -MREINZ 

76 Thomson St (T303) 

Warm permanent 

material 3bedroom 

home with log burner 

&heatpump. 

Compliantwith the 

current residential 

tenancyact and 

tenants who want 

to staysoperfect for 

your next investment 

option, or 1st home 

buyers. 

Allovers considered by 

2pm 10th June 2020 

Offers Over $299 ,000 

3 1 1 

PerfectInvestment 

(T302) 

•Great property fora 

firsthomebuyeror 

investor 

•Open plan living. 

•Private entertainers 

deck 

•Easy caresection 

•Situated on the 

WestsideofTinwald 

inaquiet street 

PriceByNegotiation 

4 2 2 

54 CridlandSt, Rakaia 

(R067) 

•Wellmaintainedbrick 

homeoneasy care 

section 

•Close to all amenities 

•Easycommuteto 

Christchurch and 


•Vendorsayssell!!! 

OffersOver$299,000 

OpenSat 30 May, 

10.30 -11.00am 

2 1 1 

121 PagesRd (W697) 

•Large 270m² home 

in agreat Westside 

location 

•Recently paintedand 

re-carpeted 

•Spacious living areas 

•Bigger than average 

conservatory 

•EnsuiteplusJack &Jill 

bathroom 

Offers Over $495,000 


11.00 -11.30am 

4 2 2 

101Trevors Rd (E668) 

•Lovely threebedroom 

brick home with 

pleasantrural outlook 

•Sunnyliving area with 

outdoor living 

•Spacious family sized 

section 

•Ampleparking with 

garage and carport 

•Bonus of buying 

double glazed 



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Evenduring lockdown we were busy with sales! 

Thanks to all our vendors &purchasers for 

being so patient! 

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We have buyers looking forproperties in all areas. 

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Investment 

Opportunity (W694) 

•Four units situated 

on theWestside 

•All properties up 

to current rental 

compliance. 

•Weekly market 

rent $860 perweek 

combined 

•Large 1359m² 

section mayhave 

future potential. 

•Inspectionwelcome 


4 4 0 

Sun Drenched! (E696) 

•Open plan kitchen/ 

dining,perfect for 

entertaining 

•Heatpump to keep 

youwarminwinter& 

cool in summer 

•Double glazed 

•Securefencing 

forchildren, low 

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•Threegarden sheds 


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Trevor Hurley 

0275 435 799 

Tracey Henderson 

027 405 8064 

Manu Otene 

022 308 6885 

Linda Cuthbertson 

0274087965 

Stephen Watson 

027 433 9695 

Julie Srhoy 

021 354 885 

Deborah Roberts 

0210752180

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SATURDAY 30TH MAY 

98 Pages Road, Ashburton 10:00-10:30am 4 2 2 AHB22698 

14 Williamson Place, Ashburton 10:00-10:30am 2 1 1 AHB22711 

6Reddecliffe Crescent, Ashburton 10:30-11:00am 3 1 1 AHB22757 

7Beach Road, Ashburton 10:30-11:00am 4 1 2 AHB22696 

46 Catherine Street, Tinwald 10:45-11:15am 2 1 1 AHB22711 

95 Cameron Street, Ashburton 11:00-11:30am 5 2 2 AHB22716 

8Ascot Place, Ashburton 11:15-11:45am 3 1 1 AHB22712 

119 William Street,Ashburton 11:15-11:45am 2 1 1 AHB22709 

119a Racecourse Road, Ashburton 11:30-12:00pm 4 2 2 AHB22588 

2Mackie Street, Methven 11:30-12:00pm 3 2 2 AHB22730 

19 Whiteoak Grove,Tinwald 11:30-12:00pm 4 2 2 AHB22718 

109 Walnut Avenue, Ashburton 12:00-12:30pm 6 2 3 AHB22659 

18B Aitken Street,Ashburton 12:00-12:30pm 3 1 2 AHB22750 

11 Charlesworth Dve, Ashburton 12:30-1:00pm 4 3 3 AHB22611 

12 Charles Street,Ashburton 1:15-1:45pm 4 1 1 AHB22540 

157 Wilkins Road, Tinwald 1:30-2:30pm 4 2 6 AHB22748 

SUNDAY31STMAY 

NO OPEN HOMES TODAY 

12 Charles Street, Ashburton 

Where else can you get afourbedroom home in 

Allenton forthis price, the vendors have lowered their 

price expectations and this property is set tosell !! 

This lovely permanent material four bedroom home 

proudly sits in the sought afterAllenton area ona 

927sqm section. If your looking foragreat family or 

first home inagreat location, then this is amust see. 

With possible subdivision potential, this property 

also makes agreat investment option with plenty of 

opportunity to add value. 

ForSale 

Offers over $335,000 

View 

Saturday1:15pm -1:45pm 

4 1 1 

Mark Totty 

021 664 113 

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22540 

Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA2008) 

Open Home 

98 Pages Road, Ashburton 

Seeking afamily wanting space, and easy care living. Room 

for the toys and motorhome and afriendly neighbourhood 

that you can turn the key and go away without worry.This 

home is not just abeautiful property, but ahome that is 

everlasting forafamily or downsizing from the country. 


Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited LICENSED (REAA 2008) 

ForSale 

$570,000 

View 

Saturday10:00- 10:30am 

4 2 2 

Lynne Bridge 

027 410 6216 

4 

Open Home 

7McElrea Place, Ashburton 

3 1 2 

46 Catherine Street, Tinwald 

3 1 2 

*Privateviewings ONLY -Saturday&Sundayatthis point 

*3bedrooms plus conservatory 

*Open plan kitchen, dining, sunken lounge 

*Separate laundry, toilet &family sized bathroom 

*Single internal access garage 

ForSale 

$372,000 

View 

by private appointment 

Kim Miller 

027 236 8627 

An outstanding opportunitywith oodles of value for 

this family sized home. Functional layout with open plan 

Kitchen, dining, family room and asecond generously proportioned 

sun-room which could be amedia room/office if 

you’reworking from home orafourth bedroom ifneeded. 

ForSale 

$339,000 

View 

Saturday10:45 -11:15am 

ChrissyMilne 

027 290 6606 





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Manager 

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RichardQuaid 

Sales Consultant 

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rwashburton.co.nz 

36 McMillan Street,Methven 03 303 3032


Country on track to 

eradicate Mbovis 

New Zealand’s worldfirst plan to 

eradicate the cattle disease 

Mycoplasma bovis is on track 

according to latest technical data, says 

Agriculture and Biosecurity Minister 

Damien O’Connor. 

“Two years ago the Government, 

DairyNZ and Beef+Lamb New 

Zealand and industry partners made a 

bold decision to go hard and commit 

to a10year, $880 million programme 

to eradicate Mbovis to protect our 

most important sector and the 

economy. 

“Recent events have shown what an 

important moment this decision was 

for our economy. 

Labour MP Jo Luxton praised the 

efforts around eradication as the 

decision made two years ago to take 

the eradication route was not taken 

lightly. 

‘‘It is through the combined efforts 

of farmers, MPI, the industry and the 

Minister that we are getting closer to 

eliminating the disease,” Mrs Luxton 

said. 

“Many Mid Canterbury farmers 

were affected greatly by Mbovis and 

the mental health of our farmers due 

to the culling of animals they had 

raised was agreat concern for me. 

‘‘I know that groups such as the 

Rural Support Trust have played a 

huge role in helping our farming 

families locally. There are currently 

nine active cases of Mbovis in 

Canterbury, we know that the fight 

against this disease is not yet over. 

However we are on the right track,” 

she said. 

Mr O’Connor said had government 

thrown up their hands and said ‘it’s 

too hard’ and left this disease to run 

rampant, he was not sure the dairy 

and beef sectors would have been 

able to weather the economic storm 

of Covid19 and the challenges of 

drought conditions as well as they 

have. 

“Beef and dairy export prices have 

held up. In fact, there was record 

demand for our meat. In March total 

red meat monthly exports topped $1 

billion for the first time. This shows 

that these sectors are wellplaced to 

lead us out of this economic crisis,’’ he 

said. 

“As we have with our response to 

Covid19, this government showed 

leadership, made atough decision 

Damien O’Connor. 

and have managed this eradication 

effort with discipline and focus, 

because we knew we were doing it for 

the economic and social good of the 

country. 

“We’ve also shown, again, that 

we’re able to do what others countries 

have not in terms of disease 

eradication efforts. That’s something 

our farming community should be 

really proud of. I’m certainly very 

proud of them. 

“One key measure of success, the 

Estimated Dissemination Rate 

(EDR), shows strongly that we have 

Mbovis firmly in our sights. If the 

EDR is greater than one, then the 

disease is growing. If it’s below one, 

we’re shrinking the disease. 

“The EDR is now at 0.4, which is 

down from over two at the start of the 

outbreak, so we are looking harder to 

find fewer infected animals. This tells 

us that Mbovis is not endemic in our 

national herd. 

“We currently have 17 active 

properties and 232 that have been 

cleared of the disease. We’ve culled 

154,788 cattle.’’ 

Mr O’Connor said the priority over 

the next 1218 months continues to be 

finding and eliminating the disease. 

“This ‘delimiting’ phase is expected 

to end in 2021. After that, 

background surveillance testing will 

continue for around seven years. 

“We will get another technical 

advisory group report in the coming 

months, but two years into a10year 

effort, I’m pleased by the progress 

made.” 

Lamb shank voted 

favourite lamb cut 

The humble lamb shank was voted 

New Zealand’s favourite lamb cut in 

celebration of national lamb day. 

Lamb shanks beat out lamb legs in a 

special poll to mark the occasion, 

which commemorates the day in 1882 

when the first shipment of frozen sheep 

meat arrived in the UK aboard the 

Dunedin. 

The ship left Port Chalmers with 

5000 carcasses on February 15 that 

year itwas the start of what is amultibillion 

dollar industry. 

Beef+Lamb New Zealand CEO 

Rod Slater, abutcher by trade, said the 

lamb shank hasn’t always been held in 

such high regard. 

“In my day, the shank was given 

away as dog tucker but over the years 

its popularity has grown so much that it 

is now New Zealand’s favourite lamb 

cut. It’s quite the turn around.” 

The rise in popularity of the shank 

can be attributed to chefs and 

restaurants who have profiled the cut 

on their menus. 

Lamb shanks have been voted as 

New Zealand’s favourite lamb cut. 

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For all your regular or one off lawns and 

edges, weed whacking, gardening, 

pruning, spouting clean, 

waterblasting and rubbish removal. 

Call Kenny or Marc on 027 2060 503 

ALTERATIONS. Sewing, 

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TRADE &SERVICES 

2275940 

CARPET cleaning -Powerful 

equipment & fast drying. 

Upholstery, mats and rugs. 

Experienced owner/operator. 

Phone John Cameron 

at Supersucker 027 435 

1042 or 308 1677. 

No.5221 

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FACTORY SPRAY LACQUER 

A NEW LOOK 

that lasts! 

Existing kitchens, doors, 

furniture &appliances 

The Finishing Company 

03 307 8870 2275858 

BUILDING and property 

solutions. For your complete 

alteration or renovation. 

We project manage 

the whole process. Home 

and small commercial. 

Qualified tradesmen. 

Phone Kiwi Building & 

Maintenance Ltd. Gary 308 

4798, 027 207 1478 or 

Cawte 027 418 7955. 

CHARLIE’S Blind Cleaning 

Service -same day service 

and repairs. Charlie can 

supply new blinds and 

tracks, will hang drapes. 

Phone 03 307 1936 or 020 

4169 0342. 

CHIMNEY sweep - For a 

professional service call 

Dan McKerrow Chimney 

Sweep and Repairs on 021 

118 7580. 

COMPUTER problems? For 

prompt reliable computer 

servicing and laser engraving 

contact Kelvin, KJB 

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot 

Place, Ashburton. Phone 

308 8989. SuperGold discount 

card accepted. 

COMPUTER repairs, sales, 

training, setup -wireless - 

networks, spyware cleanup. 

On-site day or evening. 

LOW FEES. Call Robin 

Johnstone, Networks 

Firewalls & PC’s Ltd, 308 

1440 or 027 768 4058. 

CONCRETE Services – 

Driveways, paths, patios, 

mowing edging. Decorative 

Concrete specialist 30 

years servicing Canterbury. 

Free quotes. No job too big 

or small. Phone Paul 021 

152 1966.

TRADE &SERVICES 

CONCRETE pavers direct to 

you - Best prices, many 

sizes, textures and colours 

- Paveco, 13 Robinson 

Street, Industrial Estate. 

ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication, 

farm equipment 

service and maintenance, 

WOF repairs, machining 

and welding. Odd jobs a 

speciality. Mobile workshop. 

Can collect. Phone 

Malcolm 027 475 4241 

FLY control and spider 

proofing. For all domestic 

and industrial pest control 

needs phone AJ Kerr at 

Ashburton Pest Control on 

03 308 8147 or 027 432 

5447. 

FURNITURE removals -For 

all your household removal 

needs, call Nudges Furniture 

Removals. Phone 027 

224 0609. 

GARDENING, mowing, 

pruning, fertilising, projects 

or general spruce ups? Call 

Andrew at Spruce Gardens 

to get the job done right. 

027 765 2899 or 03 307 1693. 

sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz 

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. 

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 

7582. 

TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV 

block, glare, heat control, 

safety, security, privacy, 

frosting films, solar protective 

window films. Free 

quotes, 20 years local service. 

Phone 0800 368 468 

now, Bill Breukelaar, www. 

tintawindow.co.nz 

TV Reception Specialists for 

all your digital freeview 

installations and repairs, 

TV wall mounting, Smart 

TV set-up, home theatre 

installation. Call John at 

Ashburton TV &Audio Ltd 

03 308 7332 or 027 277 

1062. 

WINDSCREENS and house 

glass. Qualified flat glass 

glazier now in-house. Anything 

glass, give us acall. 

Your place or ours. Wilson 

Windscreens, 152 Wills 

Street, Ashburton. Phone 

03 308 8485. 

GARDEN SUPPLIES 

PEASTRAW, small bales. 

Delivered Ashburton. $5.50 

each; ex paddock $4.50 

each. Phone/text 027 434 

0442. 


Plains Rotary 

GARDEN SUPPLIES 

PEASTRAW FOR SALE 

$3.00 per bale or 

$60 per 21 bales 

(bound as one big bale) 

Clean of weeds,but 

have afew peas 

in them. 

Pick up Winchmore 

Saturday30May 

10am-12pm 

ContactMandy 

027 221 3889 

MUSHROOM COMPOST 

Nowisthe time to dig in our topqualitymushroom 

compost to your vegetable garden. Ideal to replenish nutrients 

used by previous crops and improvethe soil structure. 

It also adds beneficial micro-organisms to thetired soil. 

$50 per cubic metreor$10 bag. 

Freedelivery within town boundary. 

Open 6daysaweek at our Tinwald yard, 

208 Maronan Road. Phone 021 129 8936 or 03 308 3331 

DELIVERED 

$ 

6.00 

per bale 

PEASTRAW 

and LINSEED STRAW 

Small bales 

Phone or txt Alisdair 027 410 6882 

Ian 027 432 0438; Murray 307 0353 

2272994 

PROPERTIES FOR SALE 

6WATERFORDPLACE,$579,000 

BRAND NEWHOME 

3 2 2 2 811m 2 

OPENHOME 

Sat&Sun –11.00am-11.45am 

RAFFLE RESULTS 

Allenton 

CroquetClub 

1st Wilson 

2nd Lily Wills 

3rd Lois Kirkwood 

Apologies forthe delay 

in the drawing 

of this raffle as aresult 

of Covid 19. 

Thank youall for 

your support 

PETS 

Mobile 

groomer now 

servicing 


Call nowtobooka 

pamper foryour pooch 

Ph 0800454 654 


2275884 

2278621 

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SELL 

2278862 

LPG REFILLS 

9kg cylinders 

$27.50 

Askabout our 

deliveryservice 

Anysizecylinderfilled 

17 Grey St,Ashburton 

Phone 307 2707 

LPG 

REFILLS 

Small LPG cylinders 

Off Street Parking 

Available 

Arthur Cates Ltd 

26 McNally Street 

Ph 308 5397 

Riverside Industrial Estate 

2274771 

2274731 

ALUMINIUM windows, 

second hand house lot, any 

interest? 027 587 1754. 

LAWNMOWER, Husqvarna 

LT125 ride-on, 6speed, 42 

inch cut. Phone 027 434 

0442. 

METAL, heavy etc. Free 

light-grade metal in-yard 

dumping 9am-5pm weekdays. 

Ashburton Scrap 

Metal Recyclers, 117 Alford 

Forest Road (behind 

Placemakers). Phone 03 

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ThreePositions 

OneFulltime &Two Part-time 

Checkout Supervisor -Fulltime 

This Checkout Supervisor position is full-time, 

40 hours per week with aTuesday–Saturday 

roster acombination of early and late shifts. 

Thesuccessful applicantwill requirethe 

following skills: 

• Must be customer focused 

• Abilitytomanage staff and lead by example 

• Motivatedand positiveattitude 

• Previous experiencewould be preferred. 

Checkout Operator–PermanentPart-time 

This position is for8.5 hours on aSaturday 

9am –6pm. 



• Customer focused 

• Reliable 

• Positive attitude 

Cleaner –PermanentPart-time 

This position is for2hours 8am–10amona 

Sunday; Mondayand Friday 6hours 

(9am –3pm). 



• Cleaning needs to be ahigh standardand 

experiencepreferred 

• Reliable 

• Must be physically fit 

If youthink youare the person we arelooking 

forplease email your covering letter and C.V. 

stating which position youare applying forto: 

HR.Ashburton@mitre10.co.nz 

Applications close on 

Wednesday 3rdJune 2020. 

ASHBURTON COLLEGE 

‘Individual ExcellenceinaSupportive 

Learning Environment’ 

Examination Centre Manager 

We areseeking an Examination Centre Managerto 

run the NCEA andNZScholarship 

examinations in 2020. 

Thesmooth and successful running of an exam 

centre is important for all students participating 

in these examinations. 

Theposition requires youtocompleteanonline 

training programme and attend aone-day training 

session with NZQA in August. Therewill be an 

additional training dayinSeptemberfor managing 

digital exams. The position requires youto 

completeanumber of administrativetasks to plan 

and preparefor theexams. You must be available 

to work forthe entireexam period (Monday16 

November to Wednesday9December 2020). 

Ahigh leveloforganisational skills with great 

attention to detail,strength in following processes 

precisely, confidenceleading people of all ages 

and proficiencyinusing acomputer areessential 

qualities forthis role. 

Remuneration is set by NZQA. 

Applicationsclose noon,Friday12June 2020 

Information package enquiries andapplications 

please contact 

Jodee Ross,Principal’s Secretary 

Phone (03) 308 4193 ext809 

Email: rj@ashcoll.school.nz 

Exciting opportunity 

in newDispensary 

DispensaryTechnician (or currently training) 

required in anew Dispensarytobelocated 

within the Eastfield Health Building which is 

nearing completion on Tancred Street. 

This is afull time position. 

Please send aone page CV to 

smwise@xtra.co.nz by 5th June 2020. 

Confidentialityisassured. 

Tancred Street Dispensary 

SteveWise 

CommunityPharmacist 





Operations Co-ordinator 

Our small privately owned trade-basedbuilding 

supplies storeislooking foranoperations coordinator. 

The successful candidate will be someone 

who has the driveand passiontodeliver great 

customerservice whilstgetting the job done. 

This role will include co-ordinating stock control, 

organising ordersfor deliveryand collection, coordinating 

our yard and store staff to achieve set 

targets, all whilstjumping in to lendahand in a 

variety of other roles as needed. 

Anyprior experience in arole similar to this 

would be an advantage,aswouldacurrentforklift 

licence and somebuilding industryknowledge. 

Please submit applications, including acurrentCV, 

by Friday 5th June to sally@buildlinkselwyn.co.nz 

HEALTH &BEAUTY 

URGENT CARE CLINIC 

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS 

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111 

Forall other medicalassistanceoutsideofnormal 

hours please phone your generalpracticeteam, 24/7, 

to speak with ahealth professionalwho will giveyou 

free healthadviceonwhattodoorwheretogoifyou 

need urgentcare. 

If youdon’t have aregular general practice, call any 

GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice. 

All non-residents and visa holders please bring your 

passporttoyour surgeryappointment. 

New Zealanders’tobring some form of ID. 

TheAshburtonDutyPractice for ... 

Saturday30th May is 

Sealey Street Medical Practice, Sealy Street. 

Consultations will be by appointmentonly. 

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7. 

Sunday31st May is 

MooreStreet Medical Centre, MooreStreet 



Monday1st June is 

Tinwald Medical Centre,33Archibald Street. 



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 

Broughttoyouby 

CountdownComplex, East Street, Ashburton 

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755 

DebraCurtin 

Chiropractor 

03 308 9516 

www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz 

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