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Recycling rules to change

By Mick Jensen

Anew education campaign is being

launched by Ashburton District

Council to get the district’s recycling

back on track.

The campaign will spell out just

what can and can’t be put in the

yellow bins and the redefined

collection service will start on

August 1. New stickers will go on

yellow bins and information

pamphlets will be sent out.

The district’s recycling goes to

EcoSort in Christchurch and

changes at that plant now mean only

plastics numbered 1, 2, or 5will be

accepted.

Ashburton council’s waste

recovery manager Craig Goodwin

said the changes had happened with

very little notice and councils

around Canterbury were now faced

with passing on the information and

reeducating the public.

The new threshold for recycling

was narrower, which should make

things simpler.

He said the market for low grade

plastics, including plastic bags, had

collapsed, and soft plastics now

needed to go to landfill.

Plastics numbered 1were

typically singleuse beverage bottles

and some cooking oil bottles; those

numbered 2included milk bottles,

cleaning and washing products; and

plastics numbered 5were items like

medicine bottles, ice cream and

yoghurt containers.

All lids on recycled items,

regardless if they were plastic or tin,

needed to be removed and thrown

away because they were too small to

process and often made of a

different plastic.

It was also very important to

clean all recycled items before

putting them out, Mr Goodwin said.

High grade plastics could be

recycled 10 or 11 times and

economics drove recycling.

Mr Goodwin urged recyclers to

read and understand the new rules

around recycling, but also ‘‘to keep

at it’’.

Other items that can continue to

go in the yellow bins as usual

include flattened cardboard and egg

cartons, magazines and brochures,

metal tins and aluminium cans.

Glass bottles and jars, without

lids, should go in the green crates.

Contaminated recycling is

currently costing the district

thousands of dollars aweek and

toys, Tupperware and other

‘‘mixed’’ plastics cannot be recycled.

Council is monitoring

contamination levels.

Afivetonne load rejected in

Ashburton carried an additional

cost to the ratepayer of $1065,

which rose to $1606.45 if rejected in

Christchurch.

All kerbside recycling was sent to

landfill during lockdown and the net

additional cost to the ratepayer was

$56,570.31.

The threshold for sorting

facilities to export is just 0.5 per cent

contamination and Ashburton

council needs to get it under 5per

cent by volume.

Above -Waste recovery

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Butchers need new blood

By Mick Jensen

Netherby Meats owner Mike

Hanson is keen to take on a

couple of young apprentices and

reckons butchery is acareer

worth pursuing.

Finding apprentices has been

aproblem for Mike and other

butchery owners for anumbers

of years, but with the current

feesfree support for industry

training, he’s keener than ever to

employ new blood and to teach

people the business from the

ground up.

Feesfree applies for the first

two years of an apprenticeship

and means adecent saving for

employers.

Competenz training adviser

Rob Prins, who manages

butchery apprentices around the

South Island, said adozen new

apprentices had come on to his

books in the past few weeks.

They didn’t necessarily sign on

because of zero fees, but no fees

meant employers were currently

more willing to take on

apprentices.

Supermarkets and home kill

were considered essential

services during lockdown, and

some butchers had been flat out

and worked all the way through,

Mr Prins said.

Butchery was an

Maccas manager Ruth is lovin’ it

By Toni Williams

Ashburton’s Ruth Brokenshire has earned

her second Restaurant Manager of the Year

title across the McDonald's national

franchise.

The senior restaurant manager, now based

in the Timaru franchise, was one of 16

restaurant managers nationwide to win the

justfinalised accolade for 2019, after

reaching key performance indicators and

bettering them from the preceding year.

Ruth, 29, also earned the title in 2017.

She has been at McDonald's for 13 years,

starting with the Ashburton franchise as a

crew member when she was 17 years old and

working her way up the ranks.

She started under formerrestaurant

manager Moe Lamont and was shift manager

at aged 18.

It’s been an enjoyable, but challenging

experience, Ruth says.

“I had to grow my people skills in the role.

It’s taken five years to get it right,’’ she jokes.

She says abig part of that was learning to

tailor her management style to meet the

individual needs of staff, which includes alot

of younger crew. There is acrew of 85 in total

in Ashburton.

Netherby Meats shop assistant Sharleen Rielly and owner Mike Hanson.

‘‘outstanding’’ industry to work

in, he said.

Mr Hanson offered online

shopping and delivery through

his business during lockdown

and continues to be very busy

with online, and inshop sales,

and also with farm kill.

‘‘I know all butchers are in the

same boat and trying to attract

apprentices, but I’m hopeful a

Ruth Brokenshire has won asecond

McDonald's restaurant manager

national title.

wave of new blood is coming into

the profession. It’s agood

industry and offers variety.’’

Athree to four year

apprenticeship taught all the

skills needed to work in a

butcher’s shop. As well as

breaking down big beasts, there

was small goods preparation,

retail work, sausage making and

pork and lamb butchering.

“Everybody is different …and

(instructions) have to be tailored to people

and their needs,” she says.

Over the years Ruth has worked under

four other restaurant managers, including

Wendy McHaffie who is now operations

‘‘Just this week we’ve sent

meat raffle packs valued at

$1000 to Twizel and that side of

things is building again, so

there’s another facet of what we

do.’’

To become abutcher you need

to complete an apprenticeship

and gain aNew Zealand

Certificate in Trade Butchery

(Level 4).

manager, before taking on the role herself in

2015.

As mum to twin sevenyearold boys, Ruth

says the McDonald's familyfriendly flexible

hours, especially as the boys were younger,

allowed her to successfully combine

parenting with her professional duties.

She is not one to turn down achallenge

and likes that every day at work is different.

“It’s always changing, it’s never the same

…you think you are going to walk in to

something but walk in to something else.”

She also enjoys the social side of the

workforce and the fundraising activities done

for Ronald McDonald House. They have

included lip sync events, sausage sizzles,

movie fundraisers, raffles and netball games.

Ruth’s success in the role has recently seen

franchise owner Dave Whalley, who has the

Rolleston, Ashburton and newlyacquired

Timaru McDonald's restaurants, promote

her to asenior restaurant manager role

based in Timaru. She commutes daily.

Ruth says she has been tasked with

bringing the Timaru restaurant in to line with

the two others in the stable.

Her first call of duty, after taking on the

role, was to employ more staff; they now

have 85 on their crew too.

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Free lunch, fellowship back on at church

By ToniWilliams

Covid19 may have stretched

resources in some Mid Canterbury

homes but ahot meal and friendship

is back on the menu at Ashburton

Baptist Church.

Lunch this week under the

guidance of George Rendall, in

charge ofthe kitchen and its

14strong roster of volunteers, was

vegetable soup, spaghetti bolognaise

with carrot cake to finish.

The onceaweek, free offering

which changeseach week, was well

supported before Covid19, and

organisers are expecting there could

be more interest if people face

hardships or financial pressure in the

coming months.

But they are more than readywith

not just their community lunch, but

with pastoral support, advice or just a

listening ear.

Interim seniorpastor Bill Avenell

said the church offered arange of

Grain store

stays on

heritage list

The Environment Court

has declined an

application by Ashburton

business Redmond Retail

that would remove the

heritage listing of the

former Peter Cates Grain

Store on West Street.

Redmonds owns the

building, which lacks

structural integrity and

has been identified by the

Ashburton District

Council as earthquake

prone. It wants to

demolish the old building,

saying the cost of making

it tenantable is prohibitive

and unrealistic.

The grain store is in two

parts, with the front

curved part valued for its

history and links to the

district’s early farming

days.

Redmonds had asked

council to change its

district plan to remove the

heritage listing but that

was opposed by Heritage

NZ and local history

buffs.

The court, in adecision

released on Tuesday, said

the parties in opposition

had awealth of

knowledge about the

history of the building and

its place within the

economic history of Mid

Canterbury. This was

accompanied by astrong

desire to preserve and

protect the building, not

only because of its values

but also because it is one

of adiminishing number

of historic listings in

Ashburton.

The oldest part of the

building was constructed

in September 1878 and it

was used as agoods and

grain store, with the

ground floor converted to

office space in 1865. It has

been listed as ahistoric

building since 1981.

Peter Cates sold the

building to Redmonds in

services including apastoral care

team who were able to help peoplein

arange of needs.

They offered meals, assistedwith

clothing or household items in

emergency situations or just a

friendly face and fellowship.

‘‘We endeavour to cater to the

needs of thecommunity,’’ he said.

The familyfriendly church, able to

feed people’s bellies as well as their

souls, has an open doorpolicy and is

not just restricted to those within the

church.

They promise not to bombard

people with aBible when they walk

in but do offer arange of activities

for people to join, on top of their

regular Sunday service with

fellowship afterwards.

They include aknitting group for

any skill level, amums and bubs/

preschoolers group, youth bible

study forYear 7toYear 13 students,

home connect bible study groups and

aChristianRejoice Group especially

2015. Reports would later

say the cost of bringing

the building up to code

would be around $2.6

million.

Judge Melanie Harland

said the fact that the

heritage listing in the

district plan covered the

entire building had

caused considerable

disquiet to those deciding

the matter, as the

Heritage NZ’s listing was

amended in 2018 to relate

only to the original front

of the building.

She said there were

some reasonable uses for

the rear of the building,

but fewer for the front

because significant

changes would

compromise the heritage

values of the building

interior.

“We appreciate this

decision will be agreat

disappointment to

Redmond Retail, which

faces significant costs to

bring the building up to a

standard where it is able

to action the reasonable

uses that we have found

exist under the District

Plan provisions. We hope

that there will be a

solution reached outside

of this process that

recognises this.”

The judge said the

award of costs against

Redmonds was not

appropriate but council

and Heritage NZ had 15

days to apply for costs if

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Video workouts

inspire members

There have been big

numbers returning to EA

Networks Centre since

Alert Level 1was

introduced.

In the three weeks since

May 14, there had been 30

new members signing up,

centre manager Steve

Prescott told Ashburton

District councillors at a

recent activity briefing.

None had used the

centre before, but most

had been inspired by the

Les Mills workout videos

featured on television

during the early weeks of

lockdown.

‘‘They’ve been inspired

and now they’re coming

to us to do it themselves,

which is great.’’

Both the pool and

stadium numbers were

taking off again and

demand for the gym

meant an extension had

been set up on one of the

stadium courts to comply

with earlier social

distancing rules.

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The stadium had

opened to limited

activities on May 18 and

casual basketball,

pickleball, futsal and

badminton had returned.

Netball training had

also restarted and

generally things were

starting to get back to

normal, Mr Prescott said.

The large inflatable will

be brought out in the pool

area during the school

holidays and would be

available daily.

It took four hours to

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Frosty start for keen drivers

By ToniWilliams

Motoring enthusiasts lined up for aspeed

fix in the Ashburton Car Club’s grass

motorkhana.

It was the first postlockdown event and

afun day for members, and members of the

public, before the club’s annual Levels

Track Day in Timaru this Saturday.

The motorkhana was held at the club’s

grounds on Wakelins Road last Sunday.

An attempted breakin over lockdown of

the clubhouse, now being investigated by

the Police, did little to dampen members’

spirits with nearperfect conditions on the

day for members to let off steam.

Ashburton Car Club vicepresident

Daniel Tew said 19 drivers signed up on the

day, keen to get behind the wheel and show

their skills on the grass course.

They included amix of car club members

as well as members of the public, some of

whom had come especially for the event

from outside the district. ‘‘We had 19

entries ... which is pretty good.’’

The event, run out the back of the

clubrooms, was abasic car course suitable

for drivers aged 12 years and older.

It was afamilyfriendly event, but most

taking part were seasoned drivers keen to

blow off the cobwebs on their vehicles.

They included Datsun drivers Brian Taylor

in his rustorange coloured Datsun, and

Peggy Barrett in her yellow 1977 Datsun

120Y.

Mr Taylor’s vehicle is awork in progress

that’s been sitting in his garage for the past

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model was bought 11 years ago and is still

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Books on

Wheels

Ashburton Public Library staff are

delivering books on wheels to an

extra 21 clients after arecent ring

around.

Staff rang 185 people who had

not been to the library in recent

weeks, but had previously been

regular users, and found there was

new demand for the delivery

service.

Demand for delivery had

dropped prior to lockdown and now

totals around 25.

Books on Wheels began in 2002

as ajoint venture with the Altrusa

Club of Ashburton. Books are

delivered every fortnight to older

readers in the Ashburton urban

area who have access or health

issues which make it difficult for

them to come into the library.

maintenance herself.

‘‘Growing up Ihad trucks instead of

dolls,’’ she jokes. It was not her ideal car

but the 1200cc model was affordable at the

time and she has no plans to sell it just yet.

Mr Tew said all vehicles in the

motorkhana needed to be road legal.

Those taking part dated from the ‘70s

through to the latest model Subarus.

While it was afun event, it tested the

driving skill of each participant as they took

on three courses, three times each to try to

improve their time without penalties.

The event started on athicklyfrosted

ground which became more slippery and

tested skills. Drivers started on abasic zig

zag course, before advancing to skids and

donuts and then ending the day with a

minirace.

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Money in the bank for pool upgrade

By Mick Jensen

Carew Peel Forest School has money

in the bank for an upgrade and

refurbishment of its swimming pool,

a pool built by the community in

1943.

Some work on the pool started

prior to lockdown, but with winter

now here, much of the work will

continue in November.

Abig splash is expected when the

new look community asset is

unveiled in early December.

Some $20,000 for the pool project

has been given by Hinds and District

Lions, Mayfield Lions and other

local donations, while ahefty Lotteries

grant of $128,000 was recently

received.

The school pool is large at 25m

long, and also features a toddlers

pool.

It is made of concrete and was

built and paid for by the community.

Construction began in October

1941 and was completed four months

later.

Socials and dances back in the day

were the main source for funding it.

The volunteers who built it used

100 yards of Orari shingle and 14 and

ahalf tons of cement, supported by

reinforcing steel.

Fifteen centimetre thick walls have

ensured the longevity of the pool

over the years, but there are

occasional leaks, paint is peeling and

it’s time for an upgrade.

The new look pool will be tackled

in two stages.

It will be cleaned and recoated in

fibreglass in stage one, while anew,

modern filtration system will be

added in stage two. A new pump

shed is also on the cards.

Carew Peel Forest School principal

Sharon Ketter said the project

was huge for the school.

It bucked atrend of schools getting

rid of their pools and would mean a

leak proof and smart new pool for

the children and local community.

The Ministry of Education partially

funded the cost of chemicals for

the pool, and would pay to remove it,

but they didn’t fund refurbishments.

‘‘The community has the use of the

pool via apool key system for asmall

cost, which helps pay for minor

maintenance.

‘‘Our children learn to swim in it

on a daily basis over the summer

months and families also have free

use of the barbecue within the pool

area,’’ said Mrs Ketter.

Some of Carew Peel Forest School’s pupils with principal Sharon Ketter in the drained swimming pool.

Free winter coats on racks at youth centre

Withthe cold weatherstarting to

bite, Ashburton youthcentre BASE

is keentokeep local youngpeople

warm.

The centre has abig stash of

coats, glovesand beanies to pass on

to others for free through its long

runningCoatsFor Kidsproject.

The initiative has passed on

hundreds of coatsover the last 12

years.

Warmgear is available for those

agedfrom zero through to

teenagers.

The stock includes arecent

donation of new coats.

People are invited to get along to

the youth hub at 193 BurnettStreet

to check out the racks.

Coats can be swapped and more

coatdonations are welcome.

Coats can be dropped off at

BASE, AshburtonNew World and

Community HouseMid

Canterbury.

Anyone wanting acoat can visit

BASEonweekdaysbetween 2pm

and 5pm, or can call Jenny (027 265

0963) or Sheree (027296 1305) to

arrange atime.

HYPE Youth Health Centre co-ordinator Sheree Kershaw and Safer Mid Canterbury youth support worker

Jenny Rae with aselection of coats at the youth hub waiting for new owners.

Consent

concerns

Ashburton council is concerned

proposed changes to building

consent exemptions could be

problematic further down the line.

The exemption proposal will

increase the current size limitation

of certain structures, including pole

sheds and hay barns.

Council processed an average of

70 pole shed/hay barn consents

each year, with athird of them

requiring council input to comply

with the building code or District

Plan, said council’s strategy &

compliance manager Jane

Donaldson.

She said passing on advice

without aformal mechanism like a

building consent in place could be

problematic for council and have

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Refugees in limbo; students send love

Netherby School students Anya

Walker and Isabella McCully put

their kind hearts and artistic talent to

good work to design the official

poster for World Refugee Day in

Ashburton.

The Ashburton District Council’s

Welcoming Communities

programme and Safer Mid

Canterbury’s Refugee Settlement

Support Service put the call out to

creative kids last month and

Netherby School rose to the

challenge.

Anya and Isabella, both age 9, won

for their joint poster while classmate

Ryleigh Martin, 10, was runnerup.

Emily Hodzelmans, 10, of

Hampstead was also runnerup.

The winning posters were chosen

by deputy mayor Liz McMillan and

have been used as the base design for

big posters that will appear around

the district to mark World Refugee

Day on Saturday.

The winning artists received a$100

Warehouse voucher and the runnersup

$30 vouchers each.

Ms McMillan said she chose Anya

and Isabella’s poster from the 41

entered because it showed several

prominent town features, including

the town clock and an eyecatching

road sign. It was adifficult choosing

awinner from so many good posters.

Ashburton is still awaiting word on

the arrival of refugees who will make

anew home here.

Refugee settlement support team

leader Kathy HarringtonWatt said it

was likely they would come from

refugee camps in Malaysia or

Pakistan but Covid19 meant

transport routes and borders had

closed to many. ‘‘They are in limbo.’’

Ashburton was still expecting

refugees and the resettlement service

was ready to go once they received

word about when they would arrive.

She told Netherby School students

that the newcomers needed asafe

home and Ashburton could help

them.

‘‘Our responsibility as a

community is to make them feel

welcome, to become friends, to make

them feel happy.’’

World Refugee Day was achance

to think about refugees and their

situations.

She said children would be the

most welcoming to Ashburton’s

refugees when they arrived.

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Jonathan Nixon (back left),

Welcoming Communities adviser

Janice McKay and refugee

settlement support team leader

Kathy Harrington-Watt with winning

artists (front, from left) Ryleigh

Martin, Anya Walker and Isabella

McCully.

Right: The winning poster by Anya

Walker and Isabella McCully.

Left: Deputy mayor Liz McMillan

with some of the World Refugee Day

posters, that are on display in the

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Council meetings

back to normal

The Ashburton District

Council looks set to

resume its normal

schedule of meetingsafter

today, with councillors

expected to suspendthe

Covid19 response

committee, which has met

weekly since late March

when pandemic

restrictions wereimposed.

Since March 25, council

delegated all of its

decisionmaking to the

Covid19 committee.

Councillors met online via

Zoom to hear updates

about essential council

activities.

Councillors are

expected to vote to

reinstate the standing

committees and the

Methven Community

Board today.

Scheduled meetings

would resume on June 29

for the Methven board and

in July for council. The

environmental services,

community services and

infrastructure services

committees are planned to

meet on July7,with bylaw

and policy and audit, risk

and finance on July 9.

Areport for councillors

said the response

committee had done its job

of allowing council to

function through the

pandemic alert levels 4

down to 2. Reinstating the

committees would signal

business as usual and allow

greater community

engagement and

attendance at meetings.

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Trail users watch for machines

People walking and riding on

the Ashburton River trail are

being warned to watch out for

machinery and vehicles near

Milton Road.

Contractors working for the

Ashburton District Council are

installing anew and larger

wastewater pipeline under the

river from Milton Road south

to Wilkins Road. The pipe will

connect to anew pump station

being built on Wilkins Road.

The contractors are now

more than halfway across the

river with the new pipe and

people who use the river trail

are being warned to be mindful

of more machinery and

increased traffic in the Milton

Road area.

Work on the $7 million

wastewater upgrade was halted

during lockdown, but is back on

track. Contractors Seipp

Constructions have also begun

the pump station construction.

Chair of council's

infrastructure services

committee Stuart Wilson says

the project is making good

progress and that it will help

support Ashburton's growth for

many years to come.

‘‘Significant infrastructure

upgrades like this are as

important as ever as we look to

support our community and

Pipe progress under the Ashburton River.

encourage growth in the years

ahead. The council is very

pleased to be investing in this

project for the benefit of

residents now and well into the

future.

‘‘The technical skill to install

this pipeline while also keeping

the water flowing and looking

out for the wellbeing of fish and

birds in the area is also

impressive.’’

An estimated 900 fish were

rescued from a200m stretch of

the river and relocated under

the supervision of Environment

Canterbury.

Anumber of councillors and

staff visited the construction

site recently to assess progress

and were shown the work

currently happening on the

pump station.

At the end of May,

contractors poured more than

50 cubic metres of concrete to

form the pump station base

which is 10m below ground

level. They have since begun

working on the steel

reinforcement for the walls.

To date, more than 1100m of

sheet piles have been dug into

the riverbed to help control the

flow of water and allow for the

pipeline to be installed. In some

places, the pipe is being laid up

to 6.8m underground.

Service Delivery Group

Manager Neil McCann says

managing the water is one of

the biggest ongoing challenges

for the project.

‘‘Water from the river

surface is one factor, but

controlling the water table

underground is also abig

consideration. There are five

large dewatering pumps

working to keep the water table

below the pipe installation

level.

‘‘This water is then stored in

asettling pond before being

discharged in an

environmentally friendly

manner.’’

He said that although the

Covid19 restrictions over

March and April pushed out

the construction schedule,

extra resource was being

allocated to help get the

programme back on track.

Work began on the project in

November last year and

contractors hope to have it

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Organisers of the Ruralco

Longbeach Coastal Challenge

are hoping aresurgence of

people biking over lockdown will

see entries for this year’s event

come flooding in.

The challenge is on November

29.

Organising committee chair

Matt Galbraith said the annual

event, run by Longbeach School

and Hinds and District Lions,

had been wellsupported in the

past with both groups playing

vital roles in its running.

They provide manpower

across the year and on the day,

including track readiness and

maintenance, health and safety,

registrations, marshalling,

cooking on the barbecue or

towing trailers.

Mr Galbraith said it was a

community event, run by

community people with money

raised benefitting the

community. It also had the

backing of business sponsors

from within the community.

It raised both groups $11,000

each last year.

Ruralco’s Jono Pavey, Longbeach School Board of Trustees

chair Toni Durham, Longbeach Coastal Challenge’s Matt

Galbraith and Hinds and District Lions president Malcolm

Read following the transfer of proceeds from last year’s

Ruralco Longbeach Coastal Challenge.

Longbeach School board of

trustees chair Toni Durham said

the money helped fund teacher

aides and educational support.

She said the support of the

lions and the school’s families

was a“very cool partnership”

and the school was grateful.

Hinds and District Lions

president Malcolm Read said

discussion on future projects

would be raised once the group

was able to get together again

postCovid19.

The 50strong members are

not due to formally meet until

July, but planned asocial catchup

this week.

In the past the Lions have

contributed to community

projects such as the Carew Peel

Forest School pool repair work,

but also to projects that benefit

the wider community such as

those undertaken by Maia

Health’s Christchurch Hospital

rooftop helipad campaign.

Mr Read said now they were

keen for an event to “restore the

heart in the community”.

“We’re just looking forward to

getting back together as a

group.”

Mr Galbraith said there has

been renewed interest in cycling

which he hoped would see more

people enter this year’s event.

The challenge, which includes

run, walk or bike options,

ranging from 5km up to 35km

distances, also gives people a

local event to train toward.

He said 1500 people took part

in the 10year anniversary event

and “it was busy” but the key was

knowing registration numbers

early and being prepared for the

day. Registrations open on

August 1.

More work needed at Rangitata corner

Anew intersection speed zone

on State Highway 1atRangitata

is aimed at preventing serious

crashes but locals and Rangitata

MP Andrew Falloon say more

work is needed.

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport

Agency has installed electronic

signs that detect when someone

is turning into or out of State

Highway 79 and will temporarily

reduce the speed limit on SH1

from 100km/h to 60km/h.

The electronic signs are part

of apackage of work designed to

make the intersection safer.

Barrier arms were installed in

2019, the road shoulder on SH1

has been widened and an escape

bay installed for traffic caught on

the rail line.

Geraldine and Rangitata

locals campaigned for

improvements and met with Mr

Falloon,who took their

suggestions to the national

roading agency.

They sought to have the

turning bay for southbound

traffic turning on to SH29

lengthened, better and earlier

signage advising motorist of the

turnoff,wideningthe road to

include amerging lane for

northbound traffic turning into

State Highway 1and areduction

in the speed limit throughthe

Rangitata township either side

of the intersection.

“It’s positive that anumber of

those requested changes are

under way,” Mr Falloon said.

“Lengthening the turning bayis

badly neededaspreviously it has

filled up with just one milk

tanker or two campervans, which

is entirely inadequate when you

consider the trafficvolumes that

turn right southbound.

“A lot of the tourist traffic that

turns right to go to Mt Cook and

Queenstown are following GPS

and turn very late. More and

earlier signage is needed, and

I’m hopeful NZTA will install

that as part of the upgrade.”

He said while locals had

campaigned for apermanent

reduction in speed, at least

electronic signs like those in

Burnham wouldsee traffic

slowed when the intersection is

busy.

“At present some northbound

traffic turning on to State

Highway 1does so without

stopping, which has caused

accidents there in the past.’’

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Amateur coffee connoisseur Julia

Robins was one of just over 1000 coffeeloving

customers to pick up a

complimentary flat white coffee from

Robert Harris Ashburton during their

shout the nation event.

The event was part of anationwide

offer by the coffee chain to recognise the

efforts of the community over Alert

Level 4lockdown and subsequent

restrictions to get to level 1.

Robert Harris Ashburton owner Sam

Chapman said the company was

incredibly proud of New Zealanders and

what they had achieved in the fight

against Covid19.

‘‘If everyone didn’t do the right thing

in level four and level three we would

still be closed down so it was nice that

the community got together and was

able to do that,’’ he said.

At the Ashburton cafe, four baristas

worked throughout the day to keep the

coffee machine chugging away, backed

up by ateam of 13 working flat out to

serve customers.

‘‘There were some tired feet at the

end of the day, that’s for sure,’’ Mr

Chapman said.

Afew customers did offer to pay.

‘‘Which was absolutely lovely, but from

my side it was just saying to everyone

thank you very much for doing what you

did.’’

He said for all businesses in

Ashburton, from asupport local sort of

view, it’s been nice to see people back

out supporting businesses.

Comment by Labour MP Jo Luxton

MP reflects on connections,

achievementsoffirst term

When Ifirst became a

Member of Parliament

after the 2017 General

Election, 2020 seemed a

long way off. Ijumped into

aworld of policy,

procedures and

parliamentarians,

knowing that Ihad three

years to make my stamp

and to advocate for this

region.

There are many

moments to be proud of as

amember of government led by Jacinda

Ardern. Mid Canterbury schools will

receive $3 million for infrastructure

works to build and maintain quality

learning environments for our children.

The Opuke Thermal Pools and Spa

received funding from the Provincial

Growth Fund and is set to open next

year. And of course, Ashburton College

had avisit from Jacinda Ardern to

announce more than $50 million for new

classrooms, and other renovations.

ECE teachers and teacher aides will

have their pay increased after years of

underfunding. We introduced the

Winter Energy Payment, the BestStart

payment for parents with babies,

boosted the incomes of 384,000 families

with the Families Package. We’ve built

5000 public houses.

This short list of achievements is

something to be proud of.

I’m particularly proud of our response

to the 1in100 year global pandemic

that is Covid19.

Just this past weekend, rugby resumed

all across New Zealand. Southern took

on the Harlequins in Timaru; the

Highlanders took on the Chiefs at

Forsyth Barr –life is beginning to return

to as normal as it can be in the time of

aglobal pandemic. At atime when other

countries are still reporting tens of

thousands of new cases and hundreds of

Covidrelated deaths each day, New

Zealand is relatively Covidfree and we

are able to return to cafes, to bars, to

rugby games. We are able to come

MP Jo Luxton

together without social

distancing, and have those

amazing facetoface

connections that we so

missed.

We are only able to do

this because every New

Zealander stepped up.

Going hard and early

required great sacrifice, and

tragically some lives were

lost. But now Ithink our

team of five million can

reflect on the pretty big

milestone of our achievements.

We cannot take this position for

granted, as there could still be

undetected cases in our communities,

and there are still New Zealanders

returning home from overseas. But I

think we can all be very proud of what

we’ve achieved, and rightly enjoy our

new freedoms.

We said from the beginning that our

best economic response to Covid19 was

astrong health response, and the results

speak for themselves. At Alert Level 1,

New Zealand is now if not the most,

then one of the most, open economies in

the world.

None of this happened by accident.

It’s all part of the Government’s threestep

plan to guide New Zealand through

the global economic shock caused by

Covid19: respond, recover, and rebuild

better. And we will do it together.

As Isign off on my last column in the

Ashburton Courier before the election,

I’d like to say thank you. Thank you for

your continued support Mid Canterbury

–ithas truly been an honour to be a

Labour Party List MP based here in

Rangitata.

I’ve enjoyed the connections,

conversations, and the work and help

I’ve been able to provide to those that

have needed it. That is what I’m most

proud of –helping those that need it.

Because that is why IamanMP–to

help, to make changes, to be avoice. I’ve

thoroughly enjoyed it, and hope to

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Family Notices

Youth back on civic duty

DEATHS

FRANKS, Kevin:

Unexpectedly at Timaru

Hospital on Tuesday, June

9, 2020 aged 70 years.

Belovedhusband of Salmah,

and much loved father of

Adam. Respected brother

of Michael, David, John, and

Greg.

Messages to: c/- The Franks

Family, c/- PO Box 2172,

Washdyke,Timaru 7910.

A Memorial service to

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KNIGHT,Peter:

Unexpectedly but

peacefully at Ashburton

Hospital on Friday, June

12, 2020 in his 80th year.

Dearly loved friend and

husband for 56years of Val.

Awesome Dad of Tracey

and the late StuMills, proud

and beloved Grandad of

Annabel (AJ), and Tim, and

friend of PeterGallagher.

A loved brother-in-law of

Charlie and Marj, and older

brother of Roger.

In lieu of flowers donations

to Ashburton St John

Ambulance would be

appreciatedand maybeleft

at the service.

Messages to: c/- The

Knight Family, POBox 6035,

Ashburton7742.

A service to celebrate

Peter’slifehas been held.

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DEATHS

MARTIN, YvettePatricia:

Passed away peacefully

on Tuesday, June 9, 2020,

aged 57 years. Legendary

mother of Sean, Riki &

Charlotte, Leigh &William,

Kim & Tomo, and beloved

Yaya of Jack, Ava, &Eddie.

Messages to: The Martin

family, c/- PO Box 6035,

Ashburton 7742. In lieu

of flowers donations to

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In loving memory of a

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Ashburton’s global ambassadors

and the Youth Council are

resuming activities in Alert Level

Three ambassadors joined

Ashburton district councillors at

the Hakatere marae last

weekend for Matariki

celebrations and the whole

group is looking forward to a

communications training

workshop on June 27.

The young adults were

appointed this year as global

ambassadors; they support

council by attending community

events and undertake workshops

and training the aim is to gain

practical experience in

international relations.

They attended the Holi

Festival of Colours earlier this

year and acitizenship ceremony,

but Covid19 lockdown curtailed

activities.

Council’s Welcoming

Communities adviser Janice

McKay said Simon Pannett,

Mary Beatrice Bernarte and

Jasaiah ClaydonWade were

among about 100 people at the

Matariki celebrations, where

they got to meet and enjoy the

company of Labour MP Rino

Tirikatene.

The global ambassador

programme is funded by the

office of ethnic communities.

Be safe, be seen

With morning

temperatures dropping

below zero and heavy fog

on the roads, police are

reminding motorists to

deice windows on

vehicles and turn

headlights on in the

morning.

Motorists are required

to have headlights on

from 30 minutes prior to

Global ambassadors (back, from left) Mary Beatrice Bernarte, Simon Pannett, and Jasaiah

Claydon-Wade with Ashburton District Councillors (front, from left) deputy mayor Liz McMillan,

Lynette Lovett and Diane Rawlinson.

More professional

development courses are

planned for the group this year,

to repay the voluntary hours they

put into the role.

The Youth Council has also

been busy preparing for two

events. It will run the NZ

Mountain Film Festival on

sunset to 30 minutes

after sunrise.

‘‘We'd also like to

remind motorists to be

mindful that the

automatic light setting

on your car may not be

active in fog, so do not

rely on this function for

the safety of yourself and

others.’’ Drivers should

allow more time.

August 1and money raised from

that will help run its annual Bite

Nite, which will be held on

October 2this year at the EA

Networks Centre.

Bite Night is for people aged

12 to 24 years and the event will

run on the outside courts and

inside the stadium. Up to 500

people are expected and tickets

will be sold from the start of

August.

Organisers have signed local

band Wishlistt, with Nikita Hyde

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Donateddefib for

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The Ashburton Lions Club has

donated an automated external

defibrillator for use in the Hampstead

area.

The locked defib is supplied by St

John and is located near the footpath

outside of Hampstead School.

It can be accessed in an emergency

by calling 111 and the caller will be

told the combination of the lock on it.

The potentially life saving machine

was purchased with some of the

proceeds from the Lions run South

Island Motorhome Show held at the

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Lions club president Roger

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Howe guest speaker

Philip Howe will be guest

speaker at the Ashburton

Museum and Historical

Society’s meeting on

Sunday.

He will speak about his

career and the

development of the South

Canterbury Museum, plus

his overseas experiences

visiting museums. The

meeting starts 2pm, at the

Ashburton Art Gallery

and Heritage Centre.

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Our essential dairy workers stranded

Stranded overseas dairy workers

could mean ashortage of skilled

farm staffinMid Canterbury over

the coming months.

Forty members of the Ashburtonbased

organisation Filipino Dairy

Workers in New Zealand Inc were

waiting to get back into the country,

while 30 to 40 other migrant worker

families wereinthe same situation,

Ashburton council’s Welcoming

Communities adviser Janice McKay

told councillors at an activity briefing

last week.

Mayor Neil Brown asked if council

could do anything to help get the

dairy workers back to Mid

Canterbury.

He said it was just six weeks away

from the calving season and a

number of farmershad contracts in

place with workers and some would

not be here to start.

Councillor Angus McKay asked if

it was possible to get new people

trained to fill the worker shortage.

‘‘These people are essential

workers and we really need to get

theminthe country,’’ he said.

‘‘If we can get the film people in,

we should be able to get these in.’’

Council chief executive Hamish

Riach said the issue of stranded

overseas workerswas anational

problem.

Council had an advocacy role to

play, he said.

Mr Brownintends raising the issue

with other mayorsatamayoral

forum.

Minute books

Ashburton Museum is happyto

take anyunwanted, old minute

booksfrom sportclubsand other

organisations in the district. The

booksare seen as auseful

snapshot of localhistory andwill

go into the community archives.

Contact the museum directly on

3077890 for furtherinformation.

A&P potential

Raising awareness of elder abuse

Abuse of our elderly folk is hitting

closer to home than people think.

It may be hidden in our

community but Age Concern

Ashburton president Trish Small

says it is out there and this week she

is raising its profile as part of elder

abuse awareness week.

More than threequarters of

alleged abusers, according to

national figures, are adult children or

grandchildren, and are just as likely

to be female as male.

Mrs Small said abuse could

include financial, psychological or

physical abuse or even neglect.

‘‘There are different concepts of

abuse,’’ she said, and anyone

concerned about afamily member,

friend or neighbour could ring Age

Concern for help and advice.

The free phone number (0800

3266865) would put people in direct

contact with Canterbury Age

Concern who had people able to deal

trained to help.

However people could also call the

Ashburton office if they just wanted

to talk to someone about their

concerns.

Age Concern’s Elder Abuse

services nationwide received 2500

referrals of older people facing elder

abuse or neglect in the past year.

That’s 10 referrals every working

Age Concern’s Janet Olds and Trish Small set up astatic display of information on elder abuse

awareness in the Ashburton Arcade.

day; 1919 were confirmed as being

abusive or neglectful situations.

More than half of those abused

were over the age of 75, but while 40

per cent live alone, in two out of five

cases the alleged abuser lived with

the older person.

Elder abuse is an issue that is also

picked up by other agencies such as

health providers, police, lawyers,

banks, iwi and other community

groups.

The different types of abuse over

the past year saw 86 per cent involve

psychological abuse, 50 per cent

financial abuse, 18 per cent physical

abuse 15 per cent neglect and 17 per

cent selfneglect.

Getting back into the swing of things, postcovid

It's been great seeing many of

council's formerlyrestricted or

postponed activities resume as

normal these past two weeks. Our

first activity briefings since before the

lockdown was held last Thursday

with councillors and it really

illustrated just how much is going on

right across the council, from

regulatory services, infrastructure

upgrades and maintenance

programmes, right through to

community engagement and business

improvements.

As you might have seen recently,

both the Ashburton CBD

Streetscape Revitalisation and

Ashburton River Crossing and Pump

Station projects are making great

progress, despite the lockdown

pushing their work schedules out

Comment by Hamish Riach, Ashburton District Council CEO

slightly. Upgrades to the Rakaia

Salmon Site are also making

progress.

The old toilets have now finished

deconstruction, and the groundwork

on the new facilities is now well

under way. Some of the new toilet

units have arrived onsite ready to be

installed and the remaining two are

expected to arrive this month. The

new facilities will make areal

difference to Rakaia's popular park

and help to ensure there are

adequate facilities available for

everyone.

In addition to the draft Ashburton

Domain Development Plan that

remains open for feedback, we will

begin consulting on proposed

changes to our Revenue and

Financing Policy and Development

and Financial Contributions Policy

from next week.

The policies set out how council

services and activities are funded and

charged, and in relation to

development contributions, it

prescribes how these contributions

are calculated and paid.

For the Revenue and Financing

Policy, the proposed changes relate

to Elderly Persons Housing,

stockwater and wastewater; while

consideration is being given on

whether or not to increase

development contributions.

We'd really like to hear from you

about what you think of these

proposed changes. You'll have a

chance to learn about the proposals

and provide feedback when

consultation opens at the end of next

week. Go to ashburtondc.govt.nz/

haveyoursay from 26 June. Feedback

will be welcome until July 26.

For dog owners around the

district, next month will be time to reregister

your dog. Renewal forms

have been mailed out to owners this

week, so keep an eye out for yours. If

you don't receive yours, you can still

(ashburtondc.govt.nz/

dogregistration) or at the council

office.

All dogs aged three months and

older must be registered each year

and you have until the end of July to

With this year’s New Zealand

Agricultural Show in

Christchurch cancelled, the

Ashburton A&Pshow will be the

biggest agriculturalshow on the

South Island, says Ashburton

mayor Neil Brown. He says a

bigger and better local show will

draw acrowd from Christchurch

and further afield, and be good for

this district. The Christchurch

show typically attracts 100,000

people each year over three days.

Seminars ahit

Some 55 people from 44

businessesattended arecent

seminar organised to support

localbusinesses and to kick start

economic recovery after

lockdown. The seminar, organised

through Ashburton District

Council, was attended by people

from constructionand contracting

businesses. Council economic

development manager Bevan

Rickerby said it had been very

well received. Feedbackgiven was

that it was very useful, especially

the human resources component.

Aseminar on Monday was run for

thoseinvolvedinhospitality and

retail.

Luxton drops

Local Labour MP Jo Luxton

has moved from 29 to 41 in the

partylist for the 2020general

election. The Mid CanterburybasedMPsaid

she was aproud

member of the Labourcaucus and

said the new list reflected the

depth of talent in candidates this

year.‘‘I am happy withmyplacing

of 41 on the list, and will continue

to keep my focusonthe people of

the Rangitataelectorate. There is

too much to do to focuson

anything else, as we follow up our

health response to Covid19 with

our economic response and

continue guiding New Zealandto

recovery.’’

Twovehicle crash

Policesay noone was injured

whentwo vehiclescollided at the

intersection of Middle and Belt

roads on Mondayevening. Fire

crews attended the crash, and

then achimney fire on Turton

Street 30 minutes later.

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0800 86 22 44

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Ashburton College

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment

News

Issue 14

18 June 2020

DeputyPrincipal Message

Moving Forward

Fortunately, New Zealand has moved toLevel

1ofCOVID-19 and things are gradually moving

towards a‘new normal’.

Life at College is looking veryfamiliar with studies

well underway and the gradual reintroduction of

other activities. The main focus continues to be

learning and we are still mindful of minimising

interruptions to that.

Challenges

We acknowledgethatmanyfamilies still facechallenging times and, as

aCollege,weare making everyeffort to ensurethatwestayconnected.

Whilst we pride ourselves on our strong links to families, many of those

links were strengthened through lockdown and we are keen to maintain

and grow those links, thus adding value and benefit to the team

approachofraising fine youngpeople.

Letting Us KnowAtCollege,Including ContactDetails

If you find that circumstances for you and your whānau have changed,

and that these changes may have aneffect on your child at College,

please let us know.

We did find during lockdown, as the delivery ofhard copy work was

taking place, thatthereweremanyinstances when contactdetails were

incorrect.

If youhavemade anychanges to an address,cell phone number or

email,pleaseget in touchwith the College Office andlet them know.

If there areany other areasthatwecan support, pleaseget in touch.

AkoClasses

Our Ako teachers work continually to help oversee the well-being of

their Akostudents,both pastorally andacademically.

We are monitoring progress ofsenior students towards NCEA and

offering guidance, support and tracking to maintain engagement and

self-confidence.

With continued focus onattendance and engagement inlearning, our

studentsshouldstill see agood rateofachievement at NCEA.

TertiaryInstitutions

The tertiary institutions with which we liaise annually are all getting

backintothe swing of things,either by visiting the College or by Zoomtype

meetings.Weare continuallygrowingthe contacts thatwehavein

these areas and are able toaccess an amazing amount ofinformation

thatisrelevant to all areas of further education.

At one time the major focus was around university study, but we see

ahuge shift in thatareaasall formsofcareer pathways aresupported.

This, coupled with the support ofour highly skilled career pathway

team,ensures thatall studentscan get thedetailthey need to map out

their future.

Progress Reports

By nowyou should have had access to twosets of Progress Reportsand

another is due beforethe term ends.

These are asnapshot, that wecapture onafrequent basis, indicating

how your child is progressing. Ifyou have any concerns about this

information, then please contact your child’s Ako teacher or class

teacher who will be able to offer clarification.

Senior Students’Ball Committee

On amore social level, the Ball Committee isinfull swing now that we

have anew date forthis annual eventinour sights.

We are hoping that itwill all happen onFriday 07August, barring any

unforeseen happenings getting in theway.Weare keentoconfirmthis

at the endofthe term.Great excitement all round!

SupportStaff

Last week, and specifically on Tuesday 09June, we celebrated the

immense work and dedication of all Support Staff at the College. The

range of duties that this stunning team perform has to be seen to be

understood.

Throughout lockdown the dedication and willingness ofthis team to

‘get the job done’ wasimpressive.

Without them the College could not operate. From front-of-house,

throughLearning SupportAssistants,maintenanceand security, student

welfare, managing and maintaining the cafeteria, administration,

technical supportand thelike,this team keeps the waka going forward.

Going Forward

We return from unprecedented times, and Iknow that wewill all have

learned something from that, whether it be about yourself, your family

or your job.

We have found alternative ways to achieve some tasks and goals and

confirmed thatfor some things, the oldway wasthe best.

Themessagefrommewould be to continue with anything that changed

in your life that enhanced, connected and strengthened your family.

Maybeitwas sharing amealtogether,taking awalkorjust having time

to enjoyeach other’s company.Grabitwith bothhands.

RonCresswell

Deputy Principal •TumuakiTuarua

AshColl Way

Information

Transition Department–EventsUpdate

Liaison visits from tertiary institutions are taking place this term,

either by visits asweare able, orvia Zoom sessions on the following

remaining twodates, during AkotimePeriod 4onWednesdays:

24 June Otago Polytech

01 July Waikato Universityand AUT University

Events

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment

OpenEvening

Thursday23July 2020

5:30pm –7:30pm

TheAshColl Way

Quality Pride Respect

Futurestudents,parents/caregivers,whānau

and communitymembers are

warmly invited to attend our OpenEvening.

Aparticular welcome,and encouragementtoattend,

is extended to students who will be in Year 9in2021,

andfamily members

Duringthe evening youwill havethe opportunityto–

• Meet and talk with the Principal, staff and students.

• Hear and see whatthe College can offer your child and family.

• View our facilities,and Innovation and Subjectdisplays.

• Meet with BYOD Retailers -College is aBYODschool

(Bring Your OwnDevice)

• Enjoy asausage sizzle,coffee, tea, juiceinthe staffroom.

To make decisions readyfor Enrolment Week (27-31 July) –

Therewill be information available on:

0 Innovation and Traditional Classes.

0 Option Subjects for2021(Year 9students).

Option subjects: nine subjects to be taken from twelve available:

– Choose at least one from TheArts: Art, Drama, Music.

– Choose at least one from Languages: German, Japanese,

Māori.

– Choose at least three from Technology: Agriculture,

Designand Visual Communication, Digital Information

Technology,Fabric Technology,Food and Nutrition,

HardMaterials Technology.

• Note: all Year 9 students take English, Mathematics,

Physical Education and Health, Science, Social Studies.

• Additionally available: English as an additional language for

students for whom English is asecond language.

Presentationsstart in the College Auditorium

at 5:30pm and6:15pm.

These arefollowedbyguidedtours of the College,

or youmay choose to self-tour by following the signs.

EVERYONE MOSTWELCOME

Congratulations

College RugbyReturns

Enjoyed byagreat crowd, last Saturday, was the excitement and play

of apre-season rugby match held at the College grounds between the

MidCanterburyCombined1st XV (Ashburton and Mt Hutt Collegeplayers)

andTimaru Boys’High School 2nd XV team.

Mid Canterbury spectators were boosted by good numbers from Timaru,

with the pleasure ofbeing able

to playsport againveryevident.

Played in good spirit, with

positive sportsmanship evident,

managementand theteam were

pleased with the performance

and the final score of33-17 to

Mid Canterbury Combined,

after they were down 17-14 athalf-time. The team did well to hold their

opposition scoreless in thesecond half.

Thegame provided avaluable outing beforethe MidCanterburyCombined

team travels to Nelson tomorrow, for the first round ofthe fourteen-team

UC Secondary Schools’ Rugby Championship, and an outing which will be

challenging against last year’s competition winners.

Events

College CoffeeLab

The Ashburton College Coffee Lab is afocused, quietly purposeful teamlearning

environment. Underthe experiencedtutelageofPauline Blunden,

Year 12 and Year 13 students are learning step-by-step Barista processes.

To the casual observer, this fine art has anumber of complexities to it, let

alonelearninghow to deliveraqualityproduct and service undertime and

customerpressure.

The course, part of the Hospitality Food and Nutrition subject range,

supports studentstodevelop skillssuited to employment in the hospitality

sector, and to evaluating what type of employment they may wish to

pursue. The two-daycourses areanoption forYear 12 and Year 13 students.

ForYear 12 students (at Level 2)the course is about equipment, the coffee

and the beans while, at Level 3(Year 13) after a‘refresher’ time it is about

groups oftwo-four students learning to run the lab independently. Both

levels undertake atheoryassessment alongsidethe practical assessment.

(Pictured right, left and right):

Ayana Kageyama and Amy Kleber

undertaking theorycomponentwork.

From this, the progression is

preparation for student and

staff customers at intervals and

lunchtimes, Mondays through to

Thursdays, offering coffee ofchoice

or hot chocolate for sale. Year 13

students are required to undertake a

minimum of thirty hours ofcustomer

experience and work in order to

achieve their Level 3 Barista Unit

Standard.

(Pictured left):

Steph Geeson

checking

instructions as she

worksatthe coffee

machine,while

(pictured below)

John Radanand

Evangeline Radan

dispense coffees.

The work, however, is not all about Long Blacks, Flat Whites, Espressos or

Lattes. Inherent in success is their responsibilityfor keepingthe work space

and machines cleanand hygienic,readyfor thenextroundofcustomers.

Aside from growing knowledge, the abilitytoworkeffectively and efficiently

as a team, show self-responsibility, initiative, and being responsive to

customer needsare all an integralpartofthis learning.

The initiative for setting upthe Coffee Lab came from Food and Nutrition

teacher Bev Neutze who, with Scott Haines Deputy Principal atthat time,

prepared the submission to the Board ofTrustees for its establishment

ten-plus years ago. Ithas been operating successfully sincethat time.

Team members on Saturday were – Michael Hennings (Captain),

Alex Barnaby, AidanBennett,Charlie Brown, TaulangiDaniel,Joshua Dunlea,

Benjamin Fakataha, Mark Gabriel, Richmiracle Fuluasou, Shaun Fuluasou,

Pasi Hala, Fononga Lisala, Otto Mareko, Ben Middleton, Thomas Patterson,

Tim Poasa, Alex Roderick, Samuel Ree, Liam Sullivan, Christian Thompson,

Toetu Touli, Isileli Ula.

Coaches are Shane Enright, Jason Rickard, James Roderick; and Manager

NickiWoods.

(Pictured above): Theteams at the end of the game.

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Ashburton College

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment

News

Issue 14

18 June 2020

Congratulations

College Students,Staff and Coaches FeatureAmongst 2020 MidCanterburySportsAwards

Mid Canterbury sporting excellence was again recognised this year, but

online,and congratulations go to the organisers forkeeping this momentum

going and ensuring recognition wasmaintained.

A number from our College community were nominees and award

recipients over the days each sectorwas acknowledged.

As always, weacknowledge the hard work, commitment and focus which

takes students to high levels of success in their chosen fields. The awards

also highlight the national and international capabilities of asignificant

number of MidCantabrians,qualitycoaching and the supportoffamilies.

College Student CategoryWinners

Outstanding JuniorAll-Rounder Athlete

Taylah Burrowes –Karate (pictured below, right):

Having astand-out twelve

months Taylah produced

strong results on the netball

court and, particularly,

in her specialist sport of

Karate. Taylah currently

holds the Australian and

New Zealand National

Secondary Schools’ titles

for Kumite Cadets (under

sixteen), and is the New

Zealand Open Champion.

Despite her busy Karate

schedule Taylah still found time to compete inother sports, and provide

supportbyinstructing other athletes.

Outstanding Junior Official,Referee,Umpire

Jacob Gray – HockeyReferee

(Pictured left):

Hockey official

Jacob Gray was

recognised for his

capabilities when

appointedto

refereethe final at

the National Under

15 Premier Hockey

Tournament, the

Johnson Cup at

SecondarySchool

level,and the

National Under 18

Women’s Hockey

Tournament.

Outstanding Junior Team

AshburtonCollege SmallboreRifleShooting Team –

Shania Harrison-Lee,Jacob Kilworth (2019 College student),

CharlotteMcKenzie,Emma Smith, Samuel Smith.

A dominant twelve-month period saw this team deliver outstanding

results, including claiming the New Zealand Secondary Schools’Shooting

Championship title, from twenty-five other competing schools. Within

this event the team also produced two individual place-getters in the

competition, and three individual grade champions.

Runners-Up: AshburtonCollege ANetball Team

Members were: Grace Adams, Taylah Burrowes, Samantha Holden,

Poppy Kilworth, Dani McArthur, Ella Pearson, Mia Pearson, Faith Scott,

Emma Stagg, Jasmin Strawbridge, Billie Surridge, Hayley Tallentire. The

teamwas winner of the MidCanterburyPremier Netball competition, fourth

placed finishers at the SouthIslandSecondarySchools’Championships and

thereforequalifying forthe New Zealand SecondarySchools’Championships

(15th placed) and performed with distinction in the Christchurch Supernet

Competition.

2020‘MomentinSport’Winner

Angus Jemmett -Cricket

As aYear 11 student Angus (pictured below, batting) was selected into the

Mid CanterburySeniorHawke Cupcricket side,marking thatoccasion with

a more than impressive debut, where hescored acentury. Angus was a

member of the MidCanterburyUnder 17 team and the AshburtonCollege

1st XI team in which he wasthe leading run scorer and leading wicket taker.

Outstanding Junior Sportsperson

Diego Quispe-Kim –Tennis

14-year-old Diego (pictured right), is

enhancing MidCanterburytennis,with his

No 1Age Group New Zealand ranking. A

New Zealand team representative atthe

World Junior Teams’ Event in Malaysia,

Diego was also named in the Canterbury

Under 17 side, capping off an impressive

twelvemonths on the court.

Runners-Up:

Sophie Adams (Basketball)

and Shania Harrison-Lee

(SmallboreRifle-Shooting)

Sophie was a member of the National Under 17 Oceania Basketball Team;

a member of the Canterbury Wildcats Women’s team, the Waitara Under 19

and the Senior Mid Canterbury Basketball team. Additionally she has had

athletic successes,particularly in Shot Put.

Shania competed overseas at the Oceania Championships, gaining Gold

and Bronze Medals and two new Oceania records, bringing her recordbreaking

total forthe year to four. Shania’s trophygains totalled twenty four

for the twelve-month period, she was amember of eleven different New

Zealand teams and is currently ranked at number twoinNew Zealand. Her

record is impeccable, ranking astop individual in Australia, New Zealand

and the United Kingdom.

Outstanding Volunteer Awards

EvaKelly –Basketball

As aYear 9student, despite abusy playing schedule, Eva has also given

back significantly to both netball and basketball off the court. Evacoached

weekly at the MidCanterburyBasketball Academyand wasalso selectedas

Coach and AssistantCoach to MidCanterburyRepresentativesides.

Tessa Thompson –Basketball

2019 Year 13 College student, Tessa had abusy schedule officiating across

the Canterburyregion developing her ownrefereeing,but also encouraged

participation and developmentofplayers through coaching.

Mindy Morrison (former staff member) –Basketball

Mindy was appointed Manager of the Canterbury Wildcats for the 2019-

2020 season, and dedicatedher time to delivering the best supportpossible

for the team, including budgets, uniforms, and travel arrangements. As

Organiser and Floor Manager forMid CanterburyBasketball she is valued as

akey coginkeeping the sportoperating locally and further afield.

Outstanding Senior Sports Team

Luke Martin, College Physical Education and Outdoor Education

teacher, was amember of the trophy-winning Mid Canterbury United

Senior Football team. This team repeated their previous year’s winning

performance by again winning the Mainland Football Division One

Competition, collecting the Division One Cup. Theside,impressively,scored

95 goals and conceded only 18 during the season.

College Student,Staffand Coach Nominees

All with significant portfolios and successes to their names, nominees

additional to those outlined above, were –

Outstanding Junior Official,Referee,Umpire Section

CatAnderson (Basketball Refereeing).

Outstanding Junior Sportsperson Section

Kyle Cabangun (Karate); Maddi Lowry (Cycling); Kotiti Patea (Softball);

Mia Pearson, 2019 student (Netball); Riley Sa (Basketball); Hayley Tallentire

(Netball).

Outstanding Senior Sportsperson Section

BrittanyFowler (Equestrian), Logan McCorkindale (Croquet).

Outstanding Coach Section

Kaye Kennedy (College Netball ATeam).

Outstanding Senior Sportsperson

Kimberley Bird(Equestrian); BrittanyFowler (Equestrian).

FormerCollege Student Success

Outstanding Senior Sportsperson

MatthewClough –Multisport

Despite his year being interrupted by abroken leg, Matthew achieved

highly again. Matthew won the World Under 20 Cross Tri Championships,

placing well ahead of his rivals; he placed third inthe New Zealand Men’s

Under 25 Xterra Championships and,coming back from injury, placed third

in the two-day Coast-to-Coast Open Men’sDivision.

Term Dates2020 –TermsTwo,Three and startofTerm Four

Term Two

Term Three - Monday20July

- Friday03July

-Friday25September

Term Four - Monday12October -Thursday05November (Year 13)

-Tuesday10November

(Years 11 and 12)

-Thursday03December (Year 10)

-Friday04December (Year 9)

Note: Years 11, 12 and 13 Prize-givings have been re-scheduled to

one week laterthan previously advertised.

Computer Earning Scheme -BYOD

There are numerous opportunities available through Ashburton College,

one of which isascheme whereby students can earn money to purchase

theirown electronic device.

Ashburton College is a BYOD (Bring Your Own Device) School which

encourages all students tohave their own device touse for their school

work. Given the COVID situation we all found ourselves in recently, the

increased value of havingadevicewas highlighted.

Staff member Liz Carrick,AssistantHead of Senior School, Senior Dean and

Teacher-in-Charge of Foundation Studies is instrumental in managing this

programme.

First four successfulfundraisers this year:

(Pictured above, left to right): Proud owners of a computer through

the College fundraising scheme are Christine Tomokino, Alex Gabriel,

TiffanyAgacer and Julianna Apoldo.

Shown are the students busy preparing and ready to sell food to local

Housie players.

The students have just received their laptops from baking they did in

Term One of this year.

Howtobeinvolvedinthe scheme

The scheme involves students baking and selling food at the Hampstead

Rugby and All Sports Club Housie nights, weekly. All Health and Safety

aspects are in place and this opportunity will continue for the remainder

of this year.

Thereare nowopeningsfor morestudents to join this programme.

Thecommitmentincludesmaking sandwiches andbaking forapproximately

twohours onTuesdays afterschool,although othertimescan be negotiated.

Threeweeks of work cangain astudent their ownChrome Book with aOne

Year Warranty,or four weeks total to earnaLaptop. Liz has said thatCollege

should be able to support twenty to thirty students to purchase their own

laptops during this year.

Forfurther information

Interested students -see Ms Carrick at College,oremail ce@ashcoll.school.nz,

and make an appointmenttotalk through the process.

Staff Support

In order to maximise the fundraising monies, by purchasing minimal

ingredients, anumber of staff also support this scheme by providing

groceries required forthe sandwiches and baking.

Coming Events

While manyexternal events have been cancelled or postponed,there

are anumber of curriculum-related activities still able to take place,

plus some additional relevant dates.

Any alterations will be advised to relevant groups, assoon asthese

areknown.

June

19 Year 11 Outdoor Education, Woolshed Creek Tramp

StudentProgress Reports issued by today, to families.

20 Rugby–UC Championship Round 1,

MidCanterburyCombined vNelson College, Nelson

22 AGS2, Year 12 Academy Group 1, Farmbike Day,

AshburtonShowgrounds

26 Summer Blues Assemblies,Auditorium –Year 12 at 12 noon;

Year 13 at 1:00pm.

Recipients and families only –invitations will be sentout.

27 Rugby–UC Championship Round 2, MidCanterburyCombined v

Waimea College, Ashburton

30 AGS3, Year 12 AcademyGroup 1, Farmbike Day,

AshburtonShowgrounds

July

01 Year 12 Physics and Year 12 ScienceRadioactivityDay,

CanterburyUniversity

02 Lip Sync (tobeconfirmed)

03 Last dayofTerm 2

04 Rugby–UC Championship Round 3, MidCanterburyCombined v

Christ’s College (Christchurch)

04-19 Studenttermbreak.

20 StartofTerm 3

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Altrusa delays

fabric bazaar

Altrusa International of

Ashburton is

postponing this year’s

Fabric and Craft Bazaar

because of the possible

affects it may have on

local retailers returning

to trade after weeks of

lockdown.

Event convener

Helen Hooper said the

service club was mindful

of how the forced

shutdown had affected

some businesses and the

decision had been made

to hold the bazaaron

April 10 next year.

The bazaar had run

since 2014 and was very

well supported by the

community.

It was the club’s main

fundraiser, last year

netting around $10,000.

Those profits

supported anumber of

projects and initiatives

locally, but would not be

available now.

Mrs Hooper said the

bazaar was usually held

at the end of June and

people had been asking

about it.

‘‘We are very happy

to take donations of

quality fabric, wool and

craft supplies now and

we can store things away

until nextyear.’’

Donations can be

picked up or dropped

off by contacting Helen

(308 6088) or Joan (308

7568).

Friendship club catches up

By Mick Jensen

It’s been along time between

cups of tea and fellowship, but

members of Mid Canterbury

Ladies Friendship Club are

meeting again.

The club’s committee of 11

met facetoface last week and

for the first time since February

26.

After tea and cake and plenty

of informal banter, the group

talked about the resumption of

regular meetings and possible

future activities and outings.

Adate of July 8has been set

for the group’s first full postcovid

gathering.

Mid Canterbury Ladies

Friendship Club president Avis

Kingsland said members had

missed not being able to get

together during lockdown.

They had kept in touch via

telephone, and did hold any

Zoom meetings, but were now

delighted to be able to meet

again.

‘‘It’s been great to share a

yarn with the committee and to

be able plan things again. I’m

looking forward to seeing our 80

members next month at our

Enjoying acatch-up and cup of tea at the recent Mid Canterbury Ladies Friendship Club

committee meeting were (from left) Ann McKay, Joy Smith, Avis Kingsland and Val Johnson.

usual venue, the Doris Linton

Lounge at the RSA.’’

The club meets at 9.45am on

the second Wednesday of the

month for fun, fellowship and

friendship, and was not about

fundraising.

The first meeting was likely to

include aslot that discussed

experiences during lockdown.

New members were very

much welcome to attend, Mrs

Kingsland said.

Mid Canterbury has five

friendship clubs, two for men

and three for women.

Previously, clubs had the word

Probus in their names.

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Hundreds of kilometres cycled

by the Ashburton College senior

student executive resulted in

donations of cash and food

worth $2000 at the weekend.

Fifteen members of the

student exec rode, in rotation,

two stationary cycles for 24

hours. They were aiming to raise

the profile of essential workers

during Covid19 lockdown and

collect donations for the

Salvation Army’s foodbank.

Deputy head boy Kyle

Cabangun said the group

received plenty of

encouragement from shoppers

when they cycled outside

Countdown North’s store on

East Street. With afew hours to

go, students who had been

awake for nearly the entire time

were starting to flag.

But guest cyclists, including

English teacher Michael Clark

and Rangitata MP Andrew

Falloon, provided timely boosts.

Spinning their wheels were (from left) Kyle Cabangun, Henry Chapman, Jonty Small, Maria

Costas, Penny Stilgoe and Michael Clark.

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Tamara keeps cleaning for library

Twelveyearold Tamara

McGrath is volunteering on a

regular basis after enjoying a

tasteofcommunityservice when

working towards agirl guides

badge.

The Year 8Ashburton

IntermediateSchool student

cleans toys at Ashburton Toy

Library once amonth for afew

hours.

She is steadily working her way

through alarge selection offered

through the library.

Tamara doesn’t mind getting

her hands dirty.

Some items are cleaned with a

toothbrush and soapy water,

while others are wiped down.

Cleaned items are marked off a

long inventorylist of toys and

dated.

‘‘I enjoyed helping out when I

was doing my guides community

hours, so Ithought why not

continue helping.’’

Tamara said she enjoyed

seeing mums and their children

come in and then walking out

with borrowed bags of toys and

games.

She was now aranger in the

guides and said it felt good to give

back to acommunity group.

Left: Tamara McGrath at work cleaning at Ashburton Toy

Library.

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June

2020

Volunteering to help others

JanetOlds volunteers to help others and

helpsorganisations helping others.

But it also lifts her spirits and keeps her

active.

She has been volunteering for five

years.

It's something she started after retiring;

she had acareer as anursefor 24 years

and before thatwas ateacheraide/

clerical assistantather nowadult

childrensschool.

She'salways had jobs helpingpeople.

When sheretired from work, in her late

60s, Janettook sometime to readjustto

nonworking life, thenwent looking for

something to do to help others.

Volunteering fit her personal needsso

was adoubleblessing.

‘‘Itgives you afeeling of selfsatisfaction,

knowing that you’re helping

withothers wellbeing.’’

Now days she can be found

volunteeringat206 Club either helping in

the kitchenorinthe hall.

Or helping at St David'sChurch or at

Age Concernwhere she is also a

committeemember.

Janet is also an advocatefor resthome

residents and theirfamilies, helps with

Altrusa footclinicsand is amemberof

the Friendship Club.

Photo: JanetOlds volunteers to help

others but gets alot in return.

Make aheart to show support

Mid Cantabrians are being urged

to make heart art to show

support for the districts

volunteers.

It is part of national volunteer

week which runs from June 21 to

27.

Volunteering Mid &South

Canterbury coordinatorDellwyn

Moylansaid the communitywas

fortunate to havesomany

amazing volunteers and they

neededtoknow just how much

they were valued.

‘‘We are asking everyone in

Mid Canterbury to make aheart

or fourormore, placethem in

your windows inyour house,

shop or car, place them on your

fence,atree,your letterbox, your

office door or desk, your

classroom walls, draw them on

your fence or footpath,

anywhere,’’ she said.

‘‘Let'ssmother Mid

Canterbury withhearts thanking

all the wonderful volunteers in

our community.’’

She said the hearts could also

havemessagesofthanks written

on them to volunteers in any area

including youth,elderly,children,

cultural, emergency services,

heritage,sports, arts, safety,

events, health, socialservices,

environment and animals.

‘‘Ourcommunity is fortunate

to have so many amazing

volunteerssolets show our

heartfelt appreciation to them.’’

Miss Moylan saidthe

organisation would enjoy seeing

photographs of completed heart

art, which can be emailedto

volmidcant@gmail.com

Anyone wanting aheart

outline can make contact with

VolunteeringMid &South

Canterbury volmidcant@gmail.

com or ph 3081237ext 240.

Stronger when working together

National Volunteer Week 2020

themeistehua otemahi tahi/

the benefit of workingtogether.

It runs from June 2127.

The Mid Canterbury office of

Volunteering Mid &South

Canterburywanttocelebrate

how communities are stronger

when working together.

Theyhaveseveralways to

show this during National

Volunteer Week2020 and are

usingaheartastheir symbolthis

year because volunteersare the

heartofour community.

New Zealandhas aformal

volunteeringworkforce of 21.5

per cent estimated at $4 billion

per annum, based on 159 million

hours of formal volunteer work.

That’s not includinginformal

voluntary work done by

communitymembers.

‘‘We aresofortunate to live in

suchagreat,caring, supportive

andgiving community.

‘‘We have again seen this

during Covid19 how people just

look out for others and do

things for others.’’

National Volunteer Week

honours the collective energies

and mana of allvolunteersin

Aotearoa.

‘‘They growour people,open

minds, open heartsand create

joy.

‘‘Andnomore so than during

their essential contributionto

communitiesbefore, during

Covid19when our country’s

volunteersrallied to keep

communities connected,tohelp

themget well, staywell,and to

answerthe call to uniteand be

kind.’’

Volunteering Mid&South

Canterbury arecalling for

peopletomake heart art and,

thanks to theAshburton District

Council, will light up the

Ashburton town clocklit up in

redlightingduring the week.

Theyare alsokeentoshare

storiesinthe media and on

socialmediaoforganisations

working together forthe benefit

of our peopleand our

community.

AndpostCovid19are keen

to resume theirVolunteering

Mid &South Canterburyand

HotelAshburtonvolunteer of

themonthseries featured in the

AshburtonCourier, so are

encouraging people and

organisations to get their

nominations in now.

THANKYOU TO ALL OUR

VOLUNTEERSAND DONORS

FORYOURCONTINUED HELP

If youwould liketohelp,

phone Suz Hutchinson 03 2616907

Ashburton

Community House Mid Canterbury

are pleased to support National

Volunteer Week and welcome

enquiries from people wishing to join

the volunteer bank

Phone 308 1237

44 Cass Street

Thanks to all our wonderful

volunteers who are

involved in our many

SaferMid Canterbury

projects

Your continued support

helps change lives

44 Cass Street,Ashburton

If interested in learning about our volunteer

opportunities,please contactuson:

Phone 308 1395

or email info@safermidcanterbury.org.nz

www.safermidcanterbury.org.nz

2286963

2286797

2286783

MID CANTERBURY GROUP

RIDING FOR THE DISABLED

Thank you to

all our valued

volunteers.

New volunteers

always welcome.

Further

enquiries to:

mcriding@outlook.com

2287033

Providing

therapeutic riding

rehabilitation and

horse related

activities for

those who may

benefit in the

Mid Canterbury

area. Trained

instructors and

volunteers hold

sessions on

Tuesday and

Thursday,

8:15am -2:30pm

Ashburton

Learning Centre

Ashburton

Learning Centre

Would liketothank all our volunteers

Without your continued support, our centre could not operate

Ourhomely centre givesstudents awarm, friendly,non-judgemental

and confidential environment.

We requireadults to become volunteer literacyand

numeracytutors.Full training is provided.

FIND OUT MORE BY CONTACTING

CnrPark&Havelock Streets,Ashburton

Phone: 308 5322 Email: adult.literacy@xtra.co.nz

2286874

At the Cancer Society, we know acancer

diagnosis can affectevery aspectofyour

lifeand we areheretohelp youthrough.

If youorsomeone youcareabout has

cancer or if youare interested in

volunteering please contactAnnie.

Cancer Society, MidCanterburyCentre

122 KermodeStreet,Ashburton

Phone 03 307 7691

2287059

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Money for youth

centre project

Pictured with some of the new life jackets are (from left) Ashburton Lions Club president Roger

Paterson, Allenton school pupil Zoe Collis, 7, EA Networks Centre assistant manager Richard

Wood, Ashburton Lions playhouse raffle convener Jeff King, and swim school manager Tayla

McAdam with swim demonstrator dummy Timothy.

Swim schoolsupport

Ashburton youthcentre

BASEwill use a

donation of $800 to

kickstartacourtyard

enhancement

programme at its

Burnett Street location.

The donation comes

fromBallance Agri

Nutrients and has been

given after arecent

clean health and safety

record in the cooperative’s

upper South

Island region.

The Ashburton

service centre

nominated BASE for

the funds and has

supported other local

causes with similar

donations over the

years.

BASEcoordinator

Jenny Rae saidthe

youth centre was

grateful for the

donation.

It wouldbeused to

makethe back courtyard

areaatBASE more

appealing.

Further fundraising

was needed, but the

upgrade project would

now be able to add

planter boxes, ashade

Denise Scrivener (left) from Ballance Agri

Nutrients Ashburton hands over acheque for

$800 to BASE co-ordinator Jenny Rae.

sail and other

enhancements to the

courtyard.

Vegetablesgrown in

the planter boxes would

be givenback to the

community, Mrs Rae

said.

She said youth

attending BASEwould

get involved with awall

art project to brighten

the walls in the

courtyard as well.

Proceeds from alongrunning playhouse raffle run

by Ashburton Lions Club have funded 14 lifejackets

and five new iPods for the aquatic centre at EA

Networks Centre.

The new equipment will be used to support the

Learn To Swim programme and water safety

education run through the centre.

Learn To Swim is abusy school age programme

with seven levels and classes of up to six children.

Swimmers start by gaining confidence in the

water and progress through to afocus on fitness and

refining their technique.

Skiers and snowboarders on Mt Hutt at the weekend.

Big numbers on Mt Hutt

Mt Hutt skifield has enjoyed arecord

opening weekend, with over 7000

people on the mountain between the

opening day Friday and Sunday.

“It was arollercoaster of aride to

get to opening day. We weren’t

expecting the crowds but were

delighted to see everyone out enjoying

the slopes again,’’ said Mt Hutt skifield

manager James Mackenzie.

‘‘We know we had guests travel from

around New Zealand especially, a

couple from the Coromandel came

down and agood crowd from the lower

South Island including Queenstown

and Wanaka.”

Mt Hutt is open five days aweek in

June and then daily from July 1.

LIM reports bounce back

2284073

Land Information Memorandum (LIM)

reports issued by Ashburton District

Council in April tell the story of the

Covid19 lockdown.

Just 14 LIMs were produced in April,

down from 85 in the same month in

2019.

Some 78 LIMs were produced in

March and 62 in February.

Numbers have bouncedback abit in

May and 50 were issued.

LIMs give you information about

stormwater or sewage drains, Historic

Places Trust protection, special land

features such as erosion or flooding, any

rates owing on the land and permits,

building consents and other certificates

previously issued by the local council.

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Coming back

to lifeinour

water zone

The start of winter is usually atime

when we hunker down and while

there’s always work to be done, for

many farmers and outdoor types it’s

arelatively quiet season.

But after enduring an unforeseen

but necessary nationwide lockdown

over autumn, things are beginning

to pick up again for the Ashburton

Water Zone Committee.

After two months of discussions

held by email, late last month our

May meeting was held over Zoom,

with thanks to the people at the

Ashburton District Council who

helped bring us together through

technology.

It was achance for us to hear

about progress toward protecting

and enhancing the waterways which

are the lifeblood of the Ashburton

region.

Flowing through the heart of our

town is the Hakatere/ Ashburton

River, and the river’s water take

consent review process is ongoing.

Some 90 consents to take water

either directly or indirectly from

the river are affected.

We recognise that implementing

aminimum flow regime in the river

will impact some water users more

than others, and while we

empathise with their situation, we

believe it is necessary to ensure

there is areliable source of water

for the environment, community

By Bill Thomas,

Chair of Ashburton

Water Zone Committee

and consent holders. Environment

Canterbury staff continue to help

those affected work through their

options.

It was also exciting to hear aplan

for Carters Creek. This waterway

originates just upstream of

Tinwald, flowing through the town

and farmland downstream before

reaching Lake Hood.

Testing has shown that

contamination in the water of

Carters Creek is from both urban

and rural sources, so acommunity

effort to rehabilitate this waterway

is agreat opportunity for town and

country to work together.

Our action plan for Carters

Creek includes working with

landowners on stock water access

issues; continuing to identify

contamination sources; and liaising

with ADC, community groups and

individuals on enhancement

projects that meet the biodiversity

objectives.

The Government recently

announced its Action for Healthy

Waterways policy. Implications for

the Ashburton district are not clear

yet, but this topic will be discussed

at our next zone meeting.

Above: The confluence of the

north and south branches of the

Ashburton River, near Melrose

Road.

Right: Ashburton Water Zone

Committee chair Bill Thomas

The Ashburton Water Zone

Committee typically meets on the

fourth Tuesday of the month at the

Ashburton District Council

Chambers.Our next meeting is

scheduled for June 23 and Covid

19 restrictions permitting itwill be

open to the public. We encourage

members of the public to attend.

Ashburton Golf Club 9-holers

What abeautiful morning last Thursday

was 35players gathered, with some of

us in top form as we made our way

around the course. Val Ferrier was

unbeatable, just days after celebrating

her 80th birthday, and Don McLeod's

putting was superb.

The weeks of lockdown and

restrictions disrupted our programme.

(The revised programme is on the club's

website.) Added to this issue, rain on

June 4stopped play that day. Therefore,

last week we played three competitions

in one.

The winners of the round three

matches for Marion Marshall (Net),

Jean Drummond (Putting) and Heather

Smith (Stableford) Trophies were: Val

Ferrier women's best net, 32, and

stableford, 22. Voucher from Flowers

@the Gate by Tone'e. Gavin Johnston

Purpose. Environment.

Partnership.Innovation.

Excellence.

men's Best Net, 34 and stableford, 20.

Voucher from Accountantz.

Men's best putting, Don McLeod (11)

and Women's best putting, Chris

Anderson (13) both won Club

Vouchers.

Runners up, winning club vouchers,

were Helen Argyle and Colin Fleming

(net &stableford), and Peter Woods

and Allison Glossop (putting).

Gobblers: Golf balls from Smith &

Church go to Denise O'Halloran, Don

McLeod, Chris Anderson and Alli

Glossop.

Today we'll play round 4ofthe

Marion Marshall Trophy (net) and Jean

Drummond Trophy (Putting),

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