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Flights offered
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Ashburton Aviation Pioneers flying instructor Ron McFarlane is seeking students to fly in the ALPI Pioneer 200 ultralight aircraft.
Flying ace’slicenceto thrill
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TONI.WILLIAMS
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
Flyingace RonMcFarlane is keen to teach
the nextgeneration athing or twoabout
flying, as ahobby or thebeginning of a
flying career.
Ron is the Ashburton Aviation Pioneers’
flying instructorand seeking students
wanting to learn to fly, or those lookingto
return to flying.
He has been flying for thepast 16 years
and an instructor for the past two years,
basedout of Ashburton Airport.
Aplumber by trade, now retired, Ron
moved to Mid Canterburyfrom
Invercargill in 1973. He always had an
interest in flying but with work, thenthe
arrival of children, flying took aback seat
until thekids lefthome.
In 2004 he took up the opportunity to
learnwith members of the Ashburton
Aviation Pioneers,which has 30 members.
“I learnedtofly with these guys. Iwas
the firstabinito,”hesaid, going from a
novice learner to gaininghis full pilot’s
licence.
The group, based at the Ashburton
Airport, was initiallyformed to allow
older pilots achance to enjoy lower cost
flying withfewer medical restrictions.
Founding membersinvested in two
microlight aircraft andtook on students to
keepthose aircraft flying; they paid for
their upkeep and runningcosts.
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Local covid testing centre closes
Ashburton’s covid testing centrewill
be closedfromtomorrow,onthe back
of low numbers referred for testing.
Thecommunitybased assessment
centre wassent up on March 23 and in
its first month tested around 400
people.
ButDrSarah Clarke said testing
referralrates had been in low single
digits recently andthe last dayof
operation would be July 17.
TheMinistry of Health is
continuing to testpeople withcold or
flulike symptomsaspart of its
ongoing community testing and
surveillancefor the virus.
Dr Clarkesaid anyonewith any
symptom of covid should stillcontact
their GP or Healthlinetodiscuss
whether or notthey should be tested.
Symptoms include cough, shortness of
breath, sore throat, head cold, lossof
sense of smell plus or minus fever.
TheAshburtoncommunitybased
assessment centrewas amongseveral
setuparound Canterbury;DrClarke
and her team of cliniciansalso ran
severalmobile testing centres as the
district’s population wastested for
community transmission.
More than 430,000 covidtestshave
been conducted nationally.
DirectorGeneral of Health Dr
Ashley Bloomfield saidtesting people
with cold or flulikesymptomswas
partofthe ministry’scommunity
testing and surveillance.
People returningtoNew Zealand
would also continue to be tested,
alongwith thoseworking in managed
isolation facilities,atthe borderand
air crews.
Thosewere the three key groups
beingtested, he said.
The directorgeneralalso urged
people to download and use the NZ
Covid Tracerapp, whichwould help
tracepeople quicklyifneeded.
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New eatery for Tinwald complex
MICK.JENSEN
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Smart, new Tinwald
restaurant Alluvialhas
openedits doorsfor
business.
Owner GregKing saysthe
restaurant name aligns well
with thefertile Canterbury
Plains.
His newoffering was
about ‘‘good food, good
serviceand arelaxed
atmosphere’’.
The menu would be
seasonal and featureNew
Zealand sourced
ingredients.
Mr King said everyone
was invited to enjoy the
dining experience and a
children’s menu was also
offered.
Patrons were also invited
to drop in for adrink at the
bar andcould enjoy entrees
Greg King with restaurant manager Susan Urquhart.
with it.
The winter menu
features staples like blue
cod,dry aged ribeye,lamb
andvegetable options,
while summer options will
be lighterand in keeping
with theseason.
Mr Kingsaidthe colours
chosen forhis restaurant
were warm andinviting.
There was seating for 65
in three distinct zonesand
summerdining for 20
outside.
Mr King, who alsoowns
the Tinwald Tavern,
Tinwald motels and
bottlestore, said Alluvial
offered adifferent meal to
the tavern.
‘‘The previous Stables
restaurant had asimilar
menu to thetavern, but
whatwehavenow is abit of
astep up.’’
He and complex landlord
AshburtonTrust have
invested heavily in external
and internal upgrades in
recent months.
He had repurposed
much of theformer Stables
restaurant area into a
conferenceand function
centre that would be ready
by the end of the month.
The selfcontained area
made better useofthe
space andcatered for up to
120 people. Forty staff are
employed across his
businesses, including 10
now at Alluvial.
Alluvialisopenfrom
Tuesday to Sunday from
5pm.
Pioneer aviators keen to passon skills
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“It was so popular more than 20
students have learned to fly from start
to advanced certificate,” Ron said.
“And most have now become owners
of their own aircraft.”
The group’s youngest student,
Lachlan Kingan, was 11 when he
started learning to fly and since then
has advanced to his full pilot’s
licence.
However, pilots need to be 16 to fly
solo, Ron said.
They now run just one Alpi Pioneer
200 ultralight aircraft, and offer
lowercost flying at $120 per hour for
those who have adesire to fly.
Gaining aprivate pilot licence takes
50 hours flying instruction, he said.
It’s atotal cost of around $6000.
They also have trial flights –ata
lower rate –for anyone interested to
Left: Ashburton Aviation Pioneers
flying instructor Ron McFarlane with
keen aviator Paige Williams. Photo
Paige Williams
see if learning to fly was for them.
The twoseater aircraft has an 85
horse power engine, or 2200cc, and
cruises at 90 knots, or 170 km/hr, Ron
said.
“Although it can go abit faster.”
It can fly from Ashburton to
anywhere in the South Island within
two and ahalf hours.
Anyone interested in learning to fly
can make contact through the club’s
Facebook page, or via members at the
Ashburton Aviation Museum.
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Ashburton Courier, July 16, 2020
3
Crimestoppers seek helpers
LINDA.CLARKE
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
The crimestoppergroup
AshburtonTown Watch is
urgently seeking more
volunteers.
Numbers aresolow thegroup
can only cover Saturday nights;
the trained volunteers act as
eyes and ears for Ashburton
police and also monitor
security cameras in theCBD.
President Owen Brewster
said nine active members, men
and women from their late20s
to mid80s, were currently
rostered in threeperson shifts.
The group wasdesperatefor
more people to join.
Owen,who spent 32 years
with the police as amechanic
and retired to Ashburtoneight
years ago, says thevolunteers
patrol Ashburton’s commercial
area andother known trouble
spots. They observe potential
troublemakers andalert police
to suspicious activity.They also
phone business owners to
report open windows andgates
that could indicate abreakin.
TheTown Watch volunteers
work in pairs,from alabelled
car, anddon’t put themselves at
risk. They ignore the verbal
insults of drunks who try to
catch alift, but will stop to
administer first aid if needed.
Town Watch startedin 1985,
set up by members of the local
citizen band radio and fourwheel
drive clubs following
concern aboutanincrease in
Owen Brewster is looking for more helpers at Ashburton Town Watch.
violentoffendingand damage
to businesses andhomes.
Membersonce used their own
carstopatrol, but now have a
supplied car signwrittenand
fitted with radio and spotlights.
The vehicle is housed at the
Ashburton policestation,
where shifts begin around
10pmand finish about 3am.
Potentialnew members are
vettedbypoliceand must then
pass a10module course which
teaches observation skills,risk
management andsecurity
awareness,among other things.
They then ride along with Town
Watch members, who assess
their suitability.
‘‘Webasically areall just
people whodoitbecause we
feel aneed or obligation to give
somethingback to the
community,’’ Owen said. ‘‘We
all are all part of the
community.’’
He said that at theend of
eachshift, the TownWatch
teamwrote areport about
their observations.Ithelps
police build apictureofthe
town’snocturnal events.
Owenis hoping an influxof
new memberswill mean a
Friday night patrol is
runningagain. People
interested in joining Town
Watch can email Ashburton.
cpnz@gmail.com
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FOOTY FUNDS
Football and rugbyclubs in Methven
havebenefited in the latest funding
roundfrom New Zealand
Community Trust(NZCT).
MethvenFootballClub receives
$4000 forfloodlighting,while the
Methven RugbyFootball Club
receives $4000 foruniformsand
equipment.
Some $127,000 was allocated
aroundCanterbury in the funding
round, the first for anumber of
months because of Covid-19.
WINTER SHOW
Ashburton Society of Arts winter
showisonnow at Short Street
Studio. It features aselection of
works by local artists.The guest
exhibitor is mixedmedium artistJo
Loughnan.
The exhibitioncan be viewed on
Mondays and Wednesdays when
the signs areout and on weekends
from 11amuntil 4pm.The exhibition
runs until August 2.
U3A HISTORY
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Ashburton U3A group willhost
popularhistorianFrieda Looser on
July 28. Shewill speak about the
history of Tuahiwi. Tuahiwiis6km
northofKaiapoi. Land wasreserved
therefor Maori in the 19thCentury.
Tuahiwihas remained the main
settlement of the Ngai Tuahuririand
its district stretchestothe
Ashburton (Hakatere)River. The
talk starts at 10.15amand is at St
David’s,Allenton.Non-members
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New stop signs
Giveway signsatthe Middle Road intersection
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signs, followingaspateofvehicle accidents at
the corner.
Motorists using Middle Road will now have
to stop at the corner, where the kerbs have also
beenpainted to draw attentiontothe changed
format.
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Night shifts for CBDcrews
TruLineCivil contractors upgrading
the AshburtonCBD streetscape will
be working at night over coming
weeks, in an effort to help keep
disruptions to businesses andvisitors
as low as possible.
The contractor beganoperating two
crews for theproject on Monday (one
day time andone nighttimecrew)
whenthey startedoninstallinganew
water pipelinedown Tancred Street.
The night work will be carried out
between 6pm and 6am, meaningthe
street is inaccessible to vehicles and
pedestriansovernight.
The road and footpath will be
reopenedduring the day.
To makeroom for the work, the
parkingmeters on both sides of
Tancred Streetwillberemoved.
Over on Burnett Street, anew
concrete stormwater pipelineisset to
beinstalled on July 20 and21atthe
CassStreetend of the street. This
section of Burnett Streetwill be
closed while workisunder way,
howevertrafficwillstill haveaccess
from East Street.
Meanwhile on Cass Street, new
CBD contractors will be working at
night to reduce disruption to
Ashburton businesses.
gardens, rain gardens, tree pits and
kerbing is beingbuiltalong thestreet.
The TruLine Civil team have been
constructing the aboveground
features on one side of the road,
heading towards MooreStreet. They
will make their way back to Havelock
Streetwhen theyswap to the other
side of the road.
MooreStreet will have anew
stormwater pipe and sump installed
at the Cass Streetintersection
towards theend of July. The
intersection will remain open,
however it will be reduced to one
lane andoperate under stop/go
conditions. It is expected thework
will take 10 daystocomplete.
Further work is expected to start
on Moore StreetinAugust that will
close the Moore/Cass Street
intersection for oneweek.
Council is installing raised
intersections at theEast, Moore,
havelock and CassStreet
intersections, supporting its vision of
apedestrian andcyclefriendly CBD.
Speedlimits willalsobe reduced to
30km/h.
The first of the raised intersections
will be installed at Moore Street/Cass
Streetintersection. It will be amajor
undertaking, with the intersecting
having to closefor aweek,late
August.
East Street upgrades are
programmed to startinJanuary 2021.
Welcome bears await refugees
TONI.WILLIAMS
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
Handmade teddy bears with unique
features and personalities are ready
and waiting for their forever homes.
The bears are the work of members
of the AshBearton Teddy Bear Club
for refugee families moving to the
district.
Although the refugees’arrival has
been delayed due to Covid19, teddy
bear club members have made small
pram bearsand large floppy bears,
which are readyand waiting–
whenever it may be.
Club president Donece McEwen
said the bears were aproject started
earlierthis year as away to welcome
the refugees to Mid Canterbury.
For many club members,bearmakingeffortswere
ramped up
during lockdown. They have been
made of candlewick material, poodle
cloth and acrylics.
“They’re all the same patterns but
have their own personalities.”
Eachbearinvolvescutting and
hand stitching and can take up to four
or five hours to complete; longer for
larger bears,althoughMrs McEwen
said they were oftenmade in batches.
Club secretary/treasurerJudy
Skevington, afounding member, said
the club had been aroundfor 24 years.
AshBearton Teddy Bear Club'sDoneceMcEwen andJudy Skevingtonwith
bears handmade by clubmembers for refugee families in the district.
They meet one Saturdayamonth at
the HolySpirit Church Hall in
Tinwald.
Theyhave 16 members; the
youngestisjust 14 years old, but are
always keenfor more.
You don’t have to make teddy bears
to be in the club, you can be taught,
but you do havetolike them,Mrs
Skevington said.
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Ashburton Courier, July 16, 2020
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Handcraft entries flood in for judging
Handcraftedentriesfrom
aroundthe countryhave
beenflooding in to
organisersfor the New
Zealand Federationof
Women’sInstitutesnational
competitions.
The annualevent saw267
entries received by Mid
Canterbury based national
handcraftcommittee
memberJudeVaughan.
MrsVaughan,who sitson
the nationalexecutive, said
the annual event vying for
either the Robert Young
Rosebowl or the MayMartin
Trophy (dependingonhow
manyWI’ssit withinthe
region)usually tookplace
duringthe annual general
meeting. It wasmeant to be
in Nelson earlier this year
butwas unable to go ahead
duetoCovid19.
It was decided to look at
alternativeway to run the
handcraftcompetitions,
especially as somemembers
put in considerabletimeto
enter across the 10 classes
which included knittingand
stitching. Ninemembers
fromMid Canterbury’s eight
WI’swere entered in
different classes across the
event.
Therestcamefrom
around the country
spanningfrom Whangarei,
in the north, to southern
Southland.
Silent stewards Mavis
Wilkinsand Dianne Carter
laidout entries in theSt
Johnrooms forspecialist
judgesJudyHay (craft),
Judy Skevington (knitting,
teddy bears) andBeverley
Watkins andHelen
Gallagher(embroidery)who
were called upon for
judging thisweek. The
ladies,all from Mid
Canterbury are not
members of theWI, and had
the job of painstakingly
critiquingeach entryfor the
competition.
Judging forthe
photography section was
done off site by the
Ashburton Photographic
Society and an independent
judge on the West Coast was
in chargeofthe literature
trophy callingfor haiku
about the 99 yearsofWIin
NewZealand.
Aside fromreceiving alot
of parcels tothe close of
competition,Mrs Vaughan
saidthe alternative version
had gone quite welland
could be considered again
in future.
New Zealand Federation of
Women’s Institutes national
handcraft committee
member (from left) Jude
Vaughan with specialist
embroidery judges Beverley
Watkins and Helen
Gallagher, of the Ashburton
Embroidery Guild.
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NEWS
6 Ashburton Courier, July 16, 2020
The world’s only airworthyAvroAnson
MK 1bomber and aRussianfighter Yak
3plane called Full Noise will be landing
at Ashburton Airport nextmonth and
there’sanopportunity for aonceinalifetime
spin inboth.
The aircraft are here as part of
SouthernCross Barnstormers,atouring
event that will also touch down in
Wanaka, Pukakiand Rangiora.
The Avro Anson,calledGentle Annie,
will take people on a25minute flight for
acostof$990.
The Yak 3fighter will be airborne for
The Yak 3Russian fighter was imported and lovingly restored by its Blenheim based
owner Graeme Frew and first took to the Kiwi skies in 2012. (Photo fighterflights.co.
nz)
20 minuteflightsthat cost$2300.
AshburtonAviationMuseumpresident
WarrenJanett said the aircraftwould be
here for the afternoon of August 19 and
the morning of August20.
He said the Yak 3experience would
offer ahigh energy adrenaline rush in
one of thebestfightersofWorld War 2.
The Avro flightwould offer amore
sedate ride andtaste of what it was like
Bombs
away!
to fly as crew in aWorld War 2
reconnaissance bomber.
Mr Janett said theaviationmuseum
was planningto haveaWorld War2
morning at the airfieldonAugust20.
The event was at the planning stage at
the moment.
To book aflight on the AvroAnson or
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carpet fitted
Ashburton Collegehas beenusing
some of its fundingfrom the School
InvestmentPackage(SIP)on
enhancementsand upgrades.
College fundingof $400,000was
announced by the Government late
last yearfor schoolinfrastructure
improvements.
Property manager Charlie
Kelland said carpethad been
replaced in 10 classrooms overthe
holiday break.
Therewas also arenovation
projectunder wayinthe minigym,
which would enablethe school to
make better use space.
The foyer in that building would
be incorporated intoanenlarged
weights room andaerobic fitness
area.
Thatchange wouldallow better
use of the dance room,alsolocated
inthe building.
Mr Kellandsaid the college had a
limited timeframe to use its SIP
funding and the aim was to identify
projectsthatmet thecriteria while
also ensuring thatthose projects
had afuture in the$60 million
rebuildfor the 50yearold campus
announced last year.
He said the masterplan for the
rebuildwas currently being
assessed by areview team for
feedback.
‘‘The masterplan is the big
picture view of what the campus
will look like.
‘‘Oncethis is finalised, the next
steps willlikely be detailed
planning aroundstaging, building
designand consultationwith the
community.’’
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NEWS
8 Ashburton Courier, July 16, 2020
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Rural Women’s helping hand
Kaleb Small’s educationhas
been given a$1000 boost with a
scholarship from Mid
Canterbury Provincial Rural
Women.
Kaleb,19, is studying for
BachelorofCommerce and
BachelorofScience degreesat
theUniversity of Canterbury.
He is one of three recipients
of the annual scholarship. The
others were Benjamin Wakelin
(BachelorofPerforming Arts
andScreen Production and
Management at Auckland
University of Technology), who
alsoreceived $1000,and
Kirsten Clarke(Bachelorof
Lawand Commerce at
CanterburyUniversity) who
received $500.
Kaleb,aformer Mt Hutt
College head boy, is also aNew
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representative.
He is in the second year of a
fouryear degree but is hoping
to fasttrack his educationby
doing additionalcourse work.
Theextraworkload doesn’t
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enjoysthe socialopportunities
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scholarship committee Pauline
Hewson and treasurer Marion
Small.
how thatmay look, whether it
was with abusiness or
financial institute.
Mid Canterbury Provincial
RuralWomen convener of the
scholarship committee
Pauline Hewson said 12
applications had been
received for the annual
scholarship,despite the
upheaval for studentsofthe
Covid19 pandemic. The
number was well above
expectations of the committee.
Mrs Hewson said the
applicants were all of high
calibre and had beenreceived
from Mid Canterbury students
at Lincoln, Otago, Canterbury
andAuckland universities.
They were in arangeof
degrees including education,
law,performance, commerce,
science, medicine and nursing.
Internet banking tips
The basicsofinternet bankingisthe
themeofaspecial SeniorNet meeting
on July 30, opentoboth members and
membersofthe public.
OrganiserJohn Burnsaidinternet
bankingwas often ascary prospect for
olderpeople, and they worriedabout
passwordsand losing their money to
scammers.
Thesession on July30, at the
SinclairCentre,was designed to take
someofthe mystery awayand help
people movetopaying their bills
online andmanagingtheirmoney.
He saidmanyolderpeople were
already using internet banking. A
survey of Ashburton SeniorNet
membersfoundabout twothirds were
regularusers.
Theopen sessionwillinclude
expertadvice from aWestpac banker,
ademonstration about howitall
works and how to keepyour money
safe online.
He said people had to think about
howthey would paytheir bills when
chequeswere no longer available.
Some banks willphaseout cheques by
July nextyear.
‘‘It reallyisfor people who havenot
gotinto internetbanking, and it is
coming.’’
The surveyfoundpeople whodid
notwanttoswitch to internet banking
were worriedaboutmaking mistakes.
SeniorNet helps people 50 plusget
to grips withcomputers and new
technology. The Ashburton group
meetsonTuesdays and Thursdays
most weeksatthe Sinclair Centre.
The July 30 internet banking basics
sessionwill runfrom 1.303pm. It is
free, buta$2donation helps cover the
groupscosts.
Small business support
More support is rolling out for small
and medium enterprisesfrom
government’s Covid Response and
Recovery Fund, to help themadapt
and innovate to deal with the impact
of the virus.
Afurther $40 million hasbeen
announced for the RegionalBusiness
Partners Network, on top of $15m
invested since March.
Economic developmentminister
PhilTwyford said the regional
scheme had been successful and the
new support would helpsmall
businesses keep up momentum.
“Morethan 6200 businesses have
benefittedfrom freeadvice. Another
4600haveregisteredtotakepart.
Support forfirms withupto100 staff
is delivered via vouchersfor
professional advisory servicesworth
up to $5000.’’
IN BRIEF
FILIPINO GARDEN
Ashburton District Council’s
welcoming communities groupis
working withparks staff to create a
Filipino cultural garden in
November.The work is part of
brandingefforts to attractpeople to
the district to ‘‘work, live and play’’.
MINISTRYOF
AWESOME
Council’s economic development
staffare workingwith adivision of
Ara calledthe MinistryofAwesome
to bringanentrepreneurial
programme to the district to help
with localtechnology problemsand
solvethemlocally using localtalent.
The firsteventwill be on August 10.
TRAFFIC LIGHTS
NZTAsays work to buildnew traffic
signals at the intersectionofWalnut
Avenue and State Highway 1will go
out for tenderlaterthis year. The
agency hopestoaward the contract
forconstructionbythe end of the
yearand for worktostartin2021.
The businesscase toconfirm the
scope of aseparateproject to
construct lights at Tinwaldwill start
within the next two months.
FARMSALE
A101-hectare dryland rural
property up for auction in Ashburton
last week was passed in on the day
but latersold. The propertywas
expected to be abarometer offarm
salesinthe district.Property
Brokersconsultant GregJopson
said buyers were offered the
chancetoforward conditionalor
unconditional offersfollowing the
hammer. ‘‘While we didn’tget a
result on auction day,the process
did allow buyers to gauge where the
marketwas andthen make offers
accordingly. Wehad two bidders on
the day andothers register after, to
arriveatasuccessful result for the
vendors.’’
OPENHAT SHOWS
There are three contrasting open
hat performances lined up at
Ashburton TrustEvent Centre over
the coming weeks.
Open Hatshowswere introduced
to the venue in February 2016and
meanthere is no chargefor tickets
priortothe event, instead
audiencesare encouragedtopay
whattheythinkthe performance
was worth at the end.
This Saturday circus,slapstick
and magic willcombine in the
schoolholiday show for children
calledKitchen Chaos.
The audience will help sensible
Spray and naughty Wipe bake a
very specialcake in akitchenthat
gets messier andmessier.
The ArtsOnTourNZshow The
Daylight Atheist is on August 2and
asecond show, FromScratch, will
feature on September 20.
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Plans for new path
to falls progressing
Plans foranalternate walking
route to SharplinFalls are
making slow,but steady strides
forward.
Anenvironmental effects
assessment report is well
under way and expected to be
completed in the near future.
The report will explain the
affectsofarerouted pathto
the scenic waterfall, which has
been cut offsincefalling rocks
closedthe previous track for
good in 2015.
The newtrack project is
being drivenbythe Mt Somers
WalkwaySociety, whichhas
received fundingtocomplete
theinitial study.
Society chairman Charles
Ross said the reroute was a
worthy project, but not without
itschallenges andplenty of
paperwork.
Anew routewould enable
people to once again visitan
interesting geological areaand
apopular waterfall
Warning after thefts at
popular beauty spots
There’s been arecent spate of
break ins from vehicles left at
two Mid Canterbury beauty
spots used by trampers and
other outdoor enthusiasts.
Woolshed Creek and
Sharplin Falls car parks are
located at opposite ends of the
popular Mt Somers Walkway
and are also used to access the
Mt Somers summit track and
other walks in the area.
Mt Somers Walkway
committee member Robert
Schikker said some ‘‘nasty’’
people had broken side
windows and gained entry to
vehicles left at both carparks
earlier this month.
He said the police had been
notified.
Mr Schikker, afoothills
farmer, urged visitors to be
vigilant and to report any
suspicious activity at the
locations by calling 111.
‘‘It has happened before and I
feel sorry for the people who
get back to their vehicles to find
they have been broken into.’’
The car park at Sharplin Falls.
He said hikers should aim to
leave their cars elsewhere, if at
all possible, and should not
leave any valuables in vehicles.
On the positive side, Mr
Schikker said the walkway had
seen alot of foot traffic in
recent weeks, and since
lockdown had been lifted.
‘‘It’s been busy in the huts
and it’s great to see people
enjoying the great outdoors and
this fantastic area.’’
Festive lights on for now
The sparkly festive lights on
trees along Ashburton’s East
Street will light up at night
probably until the end of July.
The lights have been turned
on and off with the street lights
since July 6and have been
drawing lots of positive
comments.
Ratepayers are making
special trips to see the
decorative lights, which have
been wound through the leafless
branches of the mature elm
trees.
The festive additions are
thanks to Four Seasons Tree
Care who went to great lengths
to install the lights and
maintain the trees at the same
time, according to the
Ashburton District Council.
Councillors said the light
display could spark other
events or displays on East
Street in the future and even
destination.
It would follow the trueright
of the river,and not theleft as
thepreviousroutehad done,
beforecrossing backover
furtherupstream.
Mr Rosssaid the
environmental effects
assessment report would be
used in the necessary resource
consent application to
Ashburton District Council.
Abridge engineer would
detail the design of two new
bridges on the new route.
Local iwihad beenconsulted
and the Department of
Conservation would give final
approval.
Mr Ross said funding
applications were in atthe
momentand the project was
expectedtocostinthe region
of $300,000.
Lockdown had slowed things
down abit, buthehoped the
new track could be open some
time nextyear.
flank council’s Christmas tree,
which could be moved to the
chessboard.
They have called for areport
on the cost of running and
maintaining the fairy lights.
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DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS DEATHS
BRADLEY, Brian Patrick:
Peacefully at his home
on 13 July 2020, after a
courageous battle, aged
67 years. Dearly loved
husband of the late
Margaret. Loving father
and father-in-law ofKieran
and Melissa, Nikki and Ross,
adored grandad of Jethro
and Lincoln. Loved son of
the late Glenis and Terance,
loved son-in-law of Esmè,
and the late Keith Smith.
Loved brother and brother
in-law of Bernard and
Diane, Kevin and Marlene.
Loved uncle of Richard,
and Philip. A service to
celebrate Brian’s life is
to be held at our chapel,
cnr East and Cox Street,
Ashburton, on Saturday
18 July, commencing at
11am followed by private
cremation. In lieu of flowers
donations to St John
Ambulance and The Cancer
Society would be gratefully
accepted and may beleft
at theservice. Messages to
The Bradley Family, c/- PO
Box472, Ashburton7740.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
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BUTT, Leonard George
(Len) Sunrise 24/9/1925
- Sunset 12/07/2020,
at Radius Millstream,
Ashburton. Dearly loved
husband of Merle, loved
husband of the late Jean.
Loving father and father-inlaw
ofMarjorie &Ivan, Kate
and the late Brian, Terry
and Jean. Grandfather
of Camille and Tony, Dale,
Emma and Hayden. Great
grandfather of Mia and
Cassie. Respected friend
of Robyn Mathews and
Heather Ford. Messages to
the Butt family c/- PO Box
472, Ashburton 7740. A
Service to celebrate Len’s
lifetobeheld at our chapel,
cnr East & Cox Streets
Ashburton on Thursday
16th July, commencing at
10am. Followed byprivate
cremation at the Ashburton
Crematorium.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
CROWE, Peter: Unexpectedly
at Ashburton on Tuesday,
July 7, 2020. Adoring
father of Jolene. A dearly
loved son, brother, uncle,
and mate. InPete’s words
“Please enjoy”.
A private cremation has
been held.
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CULLEN, Fiona Jane:
Peacefully at home in
Ashburton onSunday, July
12, 2020 aged 43 years.
Dearly loved daughter of
Gene and the late Dennis,
cherished mum of Morgan,
loved sister and sister-inlaw
of Andrew and Toni,
and Brendan and Felicity,
devoted mate of Ngaru and
adearly lovedfriend.
Many thanks to the Cancer
Society, Hospice Mid
Canterbury, and the District
Nurses for their care and
support. Messages to The
Cullen family, c/- PO Box
6035, Ashburton7742.
In lieu of flowers donations
to the Cancer Society
of Ashburton would be
appreciated and may be
made at the service.
Aservice to celebrateFiona’s
life will be held at the Hotel
Ashburton, Racecourse
Road, Ashburton on
THURSDAY, July 16th, at
1.30pm. followedbyprivate
cremation.
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027 637 1229
HOLDAWAY,JohnGraham,
on 9th July 2020, at Radius
Millstream Ashburton, aged
86 years. Loved husband of
Natalie for 66years. Loving
father and father-in-law of
Chris and Christine, Kathryn
and Kevin Moseley, Michael
and Rachel, Ian and Linda.
Loved Granpa of John,
Thomas, and Stephen;
Nicola, and Julia; Jacob, and
Cushla; Libby, and Anna,
and 6great grandchildren.
Messages to The Holdaway
Family, c/- PO Box 472,
Ashburton 7740. Aservice
to celebrate John’s life has
been held.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
03 307 7433
McINTOSH, Hope Mary,
on 13 July 2020. Passed
away peacefully surrounded
by family at Terrace View,
Ashburton, in her 91st year.
Loved wife ofthe late Mac,
much loved mother and
mother-in-law of David
(Australia), Ian and Vickie
and loved grandmother
of Jack. Loved sister of
Jack, Harold, and Ida (all
deceased). Much loved
Aunty of all her nieces
and nephews. Messages
to the McIntosh Family
C/- PO Box 98, Methven
7745. Following aprivate
cremation, friends and
family are warmly invited
to the RSA, Cox Street,
AshburtononFriday17July,
commencing at 12 midday,
to share the wonderful
memories of Hope’s life.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
FDANZ
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McKAY June, on 11th July
2020, at AshburtonHospital,
aged 74 years. Much loved
wife ofIan, and cherished
mother and mother in law
of Nathan and Nikki,Belinda
and James, Victoria and
Jamie. Loved Grandmum
to Ruby; Quinn, and Leo;
Scarlett, and Lilly. Much
loved daughter ofthe late
Alex and IvyClark, and loved
sister of Alan, and Denise.
Loveddaughterinlaw of the
late Colin and Mary McKay, a
lovedsister in lawand much
lovedAunty to all her nieces
and nephews. Messages
to the McKay family c/- PO
Box472, Ashburton7740. A
service to celebrate June’s
lifewill be held at our chapel,
cnr East & Cox Streets,
Ashburton onThursday July
16, commencing at 1.30pm.
Followed by interment at
the Ashburton New Lawn
Cemetery.
Paterson’s
Ashburton
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McKAY June, on July 11,
2020. Dearly loved sisterin-law
and loved friend of
Colin and Rachel. Will be
sadly missed.Who will hide
the marshmellows now.
Rest in peacexxxxxx
McKAY June (nee Clark),
on July 11th 2020. Loved
sister-in-law of Carolyn
and Peter Fazakarley
(Queensland Australia),
Yvonne and Robin Smith
(Geraldine), Janice and Ian
Parkin (Ashburton), Chris
Clark(Ashburton), Colin and
Rachel McKay (Ashburton).
Loved by all her nieces
and nephews. Will be sadly
missed
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
READ, Betty: Kay and Allan
Breakwell, Murray and Nicki
Read, Graeme and Mary
Read and families wish to
thank everyone for the
cards, flowers, phonecalls,
baking and visits following
the sad passing of Betty.
We were very grateful
for the amazing care of
mum at Rosebank. The
managementand staffwere
outstanding. Also thanks
to Barry and the staff of
Paterson’s. Mum would
have lovedher farewell.
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personal thank you toyou
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If there is another
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in New Zealand
separate regions and
evenneighbourhoods
would be moved up
alert levels to try
containit.
The Covid19
response framework
was announced by
Prime Minister
Jacinda Ardern
yesterday.
‘‘Itisdesignedto
give the public, and
our business
community as much
certainty as we can
aroundwhat to
expectifnew cases
inside our borders
are found. Andthat is
something we all
must prepare for.’’
MsArdern said the
pandemic was
growing overseas
while placesthat had
it under controllike
Victoria,New South
Wales, Hong Kong,
Singapore and Korea
were experiencing
resurgences of the
virus.
New Zealand
needed aplan in case
the virus got out into
the community,
despite strict border
controls.
‘‘Experts tell us
thatevenwith the
bestprecautions
possible,the chances
ofthe virus passing
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contactwithsomeone
who is acarrier are
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Lemon-aid for St John
Cousins Libby DriscollFear and
Danielle Hill havespent some of
their school holidays thinking of
ways to help other people.
The duo made use of their
grandmother’s lemon treeand set
up astall and soldlemons to raise
money for St John. They raised
$20.
The girls took their hardearned
efforts into St John Ashburton and
caught up with St John Ashburton
executiveofficer Elaine
Vallender.
“Wewerethrilled to receive
their donation,” Mrs Vallender
said.
“With amassiveshortfall in
fundinglooming ahead of us for
this newfinancialyear, everybit
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“St John wasn’teligible forthe
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covid restrictions.
Mrs Vallender said Libby and
Danielle learnt not only how to
make sales but also about the
generosity of local people.
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12 Ashburton Courier, July 16, 2020
Wheat yield sets anew record
Eric Watson’s world record
wheat yield has garnered global
attention.
TheWakanui arable farmer
took out the Guinness World
Recordlast week for the
Highestwheat yield forthe
second time, beatinghis former
record by 607kilograms per
hectare.
Mr Watson, whofarms with
his wife Maxine at Wakanui,
produced an incredible 17.398
tonnes per hectare wheat crop,
beating his previousrecord
crop grown in 2017 of 16.791
tonnes per hectare.
Thestoryran on the
Ashburton CourierFacebook
pageand sawmore than 27,300
views, nearly 4000 engagements
and scores of comments from
peoplearoundtheworld. They
included peoplefromCanada,
Pakistan, Australia, Sweden
and the United States.
Mr Watson, speaking from his
homethis week, was surprised
by theglobal interest. He is not
on Facebook.
He said his phone had been
busy in the days following the
record being confirmed by
media and industry
wellwishers, but had since
quieteneddown.
On average irrigated wheat
yields in New Zealand produce
around 12 tonnesper hectare.
It’s aremarkable record and
an achievementadmired by the
wider industry, and providing
insights into innovations for
future growth.
Mr Watson was obviously
thrilled with the result, which
happened duringone of the
Wakanui farmer Eric Watson and David Weith, of Bayer, inspect the
world record wheat crop prior to harvest.
PHOTO SUPPLIED.
best growing seasons in along
time, he said.
His advicetoothersseeking
to improve their yield was to
look after the crop,sow the
optimum plants per hectare
andensuredisease and trace
elements were monitored.
It’s worth putting some
investmentinto monitoring and
technology to prevent wasting
resources,hesaid.
‘‘At the end of the day you
could save yourselfmoney by
not putting on something (the
soil) doesn’t want.’’
Qualifying for the Guinness
World Record books, involved
gettingtheland to registered
and surveyed at the start of the
season andMr Watsonwas not
rulingout trying to beat his own
recordagain.
‘‘We areveryproud to have
achievedsuch aresult. The
GuinnessWorld Recordisa
nice recognition of our hard
workand new innovations
we’ve putinplace,’’ he said.
‘‘While we were thrilledwith
the recordresult in 2017, we
saw waysin which we could
make improvements and
achieve an even higher yield.’’
‘‘Bytrying newcultivars,
switching to liquid nitrogen and
monitoring plant health
more regularly we were able
to achieve another
incredible result.
‘‘Because of the high
wheatyields we cangrow on
our farm we arepleased if
we see yields increase yearonyear
by 100200kg/ha,’’ he
said.
‘‘So to beat my lastcrop by
(just over) 600 kg/ha
exceeded even my hopes.’’
The Kerrin wheat variety
wasplanted in April 2019
and harvested this year on
February 17. It wasbred by
agricultural company KWS
andsupplied by Carrfields
Grain andSeed.
The recordattemptwas a
teampartnership with PGG
Wrightson Rural Supplies,
Yara Fertilisers, SGS, Davis
Ogilvie and Hill
Laboratories in particular,
working alongsideBayer to
helpEric achieve his
fantastic result.
The Watsons achievement
has shown NewZealand is
an importantpartofthe
globalarable market andis
leadingthe way in
developing insightsthat can
assist worldgrain
industries.
Mr Watsonworked closely
withBayer Crop Sciencefor
both of his records receiving
agronomy advice and using a
range of their crop
protection herbicides and
fungicides.
The cropwill likely be
usedfor feeding beef or
dairy stock in New Zealand.
Bird counters out at lakes for annual survey
Theannualwinter bird count
on theAshburton Lakes is on
this Saturday.
Theevent,now in its37th
year,isthe longestrunning
birdsurveyinthe country.
Armed with binoculars,
spottingscopesand cameras,
Forest and Bird members,and
others will meet at theMt
Somers Tavern at 9amand will
then disperse to the12orso
lakes to begin the count.
Theideaofthecountisthat
if all the lakes arecheckedat
the sametimethe birds won’t
be countedtwice.
There isvariability in bird
numbers from year to year,
partly due to the conditions,
but usually between3000and
5000are counted.
Bird includedinthe count
typically include crested
grebe, scaup,shags, Canada
geese, paradise ducks, grey
teal andblackswans.
Anyone keentojointhe
count should bring lunch,
warmlayersofclothing, sturdy
boots, binoculars, penand
paper.
Contact PeterHowden303
6072for moreinformation.
The Maori Lakes will be one of the areas surveyed on Saturday.
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Council
submits
on air plan
quality
Cropping farmers need
stubble burning as atool to
control pests anddisease,says
Ashburtondistrict councillor
Angus McKay.
Banning stubble burns
would meanfarmerswould
have to put on more pesticides
and herbicides to cleansethe
soil for replanting, he said.
Councilhas made a
submission to the Ministry for
the Environment’s national
air quality plan and says while
stubble burns generated
smoke and were an issue near
urban areas, stubbleburning
was still an important land
management tool.
Councillors areconcerned
any additionalconsenting
requirements for farmersto
undertake stubbing burning
will have detrimental effects
onthe viability of farming
operations.
Cr McKaysaid some farmers
lit fires in risky conditions but
there were conditions and
controls to deal with rulebreakers.
Policywriters behindtheir
desks in Wellington needed to
remember that one air plan
for the country did not fit all.
Ashburton and Tinwald are
already covered by strict air
quality rules imposed by
Environment Canterbury.
Home heatingusing wood
burners is the main
contributor to poor air quality
in the winter.
Council’s submission said
the cost of electricitymeant
people in colderregions were
reluctanttoconvert to heat
pumps because of the cost of
heating their home. Policiesto
reduce particulate matter in
the air needed to be balanced
against the basic human
health need to be warm in
winter.
‘‘Council considers the most
effectiveway to improve air
quality would be to reduce the
cost of electricity and educate
people on the efficiency of
other heating methods. Until
the cost of electricityis
reduced for households, solid
wood burnerswill continue to
be popular.’’
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Ashburton Courier, July 16, 2020
13
Winter stalls drawing the crowds
TONI.WILLIAMS
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
Ahandfulofboutique business
ownersare braving the cold
mornings and manning the
winter stalls in downtown
Ashburton.
They gather in the West
Street car park every Saturday
morning from 10am.
Among themare Monique
Smith, of Crozier’s, selling freerangeturkey
and duck products
and Allan Ramsay,ofHipi
Cheese, with arange of
boutique sheep cheeses.
But people can also buy fresh
fruitand vegetables,coffee and
freshchicken eggs.
It’s abusyspot withpeople
stopping while travelling past,
or making the stalls a
destination to pick up their
favourite, locallygrown
supplies.
Monique saystheaffect of
Covid19 on the smallbusiness
over lockdown and since, had
beenatesting time; she is
looking at returningto
hairdressing to help the
finances.
But it has also hadits
bonuses.
“I learnedhow witty my eightyearold
is,”she said, of
spending time over lockdown
with daughters Isla, 8, and
Ruby, 6.
Monique Smith, of Crozier’s, serves acustomer during the winter
stalls.
“I lovedit,” she said.
The family went walking
every day, had picnics and
spent quality timetogether.
The girls both had birthdays
duringlockdown which were
celebrated differently than
originally planned –no parties.
But husband Kyletaughtthe
girls how to shoot abow and
arrow at anovelty target and
cast afishing line all on the
front lawn, Moniquesays.
They alsobuilt abarbecue
andcooked on it.
Hipi Cheese owners Allan
andwife, Jacy, were able to
bring their production forward
and shut down operation prior
to lockdown.
“Cheese is an awesome
product.Itcan sit in acheese
room andwait. We were
thankful we were not dealing
with afresh product,” Allan
said.
Thecouple, who have a
boutique sheepmilking
operation on the edge of
Ashburton, were able to spend
quality time with children,
Hamish,11, andJayden, 18
months.
But also came up with anew
Hipi Cheese owner Allan Ramsay talks to acustomer during the
winter stalls about his boutique sheep operation.
product just launched –a
marbled cheese, perfect for
presentation on platter dishes.
Theirmicrofarmblockof
justunder twohectares has 24
mostly East Friesianmilking
ewes but in the past few seasons
has included Dairymead
genetics with adash of Awassi.
The milk is naturally A2.
The Ramsays are lookingat
doubling theirflock in the
futureto include more
Dairymead genetics and run
twomilking mobs.
However for now,the existing
24 areall in lamb.
“The scanning percentage is
reallygood in thedairy breed,”
Allan said.
They aredue in September,
just abit later than last year.
Dairy title removed
The NewZealand Dairy
Industry Awards Trust has
removed the title of 2020 Share
Farmer of the Year title from
Nick and Rosemarie Bertram.
The decision came in light of
unacceptable social media
commentsposted by Mr
Bertram prior to theawards.
The awards which were
announced last weekend also
featured Mid Canterbury dairy
farmers Fleur and Ralph
Tompsett.
TheEiffelton couple, named
the Canterbury/North Otago’s
Share Farmer of the Year, were
also vying for the national share
farmer of the yeartitle but
missed out on anational
accolade.
The awardevent, on July 4,
washeld remotely with
coverage throughSky
television’s Country TV
channel and online but hosted
by NZDIA at various locations
nationwide. Since the
ceremony, details on Mr
Bertram’s social media posts
have been thrown intothe
public domain andNZDIA
Trustannounced the titlehad
been removedfrom the
Bertrams.
An independent review of the
trust’s procedures, processes
and entry criteria would be
carried out.
NZDIA Trust acknowledges
Mr Bertram subsequently
apologisedand deletedthe
comments andthat some
people within the industry
were aware of those
comments prior to the
awards being
announced last
Saturday.
‘‘Animal welfare is of
paramount importance
to theindustry andthe
Trust is committed to
offering a2021 Awards
programme that will
showcase best practice
and allow entrants to
benchmark and improve
their own farming
practices.’’
They were also
committed to farmer
welfare and will ensure
Mr andMrs Bertram
were supported during
this difficult time.
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Tough week for Nats
LINDA.CLARKE
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
Aweek is alongtime in
politics,asUKLabour Prime
MinisterHarold Wilson once
said.Heserved twice during
one of the greatestperiods of
social and industrial change
in the twentieth century.
Former National leader
Todd Muller breezed through
town lastWednesday,
promisedNational would
build afourlaneexpressway
to Christchurchifelected and
left with apair of socks.
Seven days later, he had
resigned as leader.
There was much more to his
visit last week, thoughfew will
remember that now.
He arrived at theHotel
Ashburton midafternoonand
faced amedia scrum keento
talk aboutthe actions of
Clutha Southland MP Hamish
Walker, who leaked private
details of covid patients to
media (after they were leaked
to him).
Insidethe hotel, the party
faithful waited and Mr Muller
repeated theparty’s
commitment to afourlane
highway from Ashburton to
Christchurch, plus second
bridges over the Ashburton,
Rakaia and SelwynRivers.
It was, predictably, ahit.
Anyone who travels that
road on aregular basis can
recall idiots behind the wheel
and near misses; that’s aside
from actualfatalities and
serious smashes.
He was seriousabout the
Rangitata MP Andrew Falloon (left), former leader Todd Muller
and NZ Sock Co’s Tony Jessep.
challenges ahead, including
how the country would deal
with its massive debt after
borrowing$140billion to
survive Covid19.
Competent,disciplined
financial management would
be neededinthe future.
New Zealand was surviving
because of its agribusinesses,
he said.
Away fromthe hotelcrowd,
he caughtupwith Euan
Sparrow, whose familyown
andoperatethe NZ SockCo.
There’s plenty of science in
their socks, which aresold
around the worldtoocean
racers and mountain climbers
and peopleontough missions.
Mr Muller left with afree
pair.
Newleader Judith Collins
and deputyGerry Brownlee
were chosenfor thetop spots
Tuesdaynight as National
moved quickly to reorganise
and galvanise its troops.
Mrs Collins was
immediatelyonthe job
yesterday,conducting eight
interviews before 9.30am.Her
new team fell quickly into
line.
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Slow progress on AIS,
Allenton revamp work
Multimillion dollar classroom
and renovation projects at
AshburtonIntermediateand
Allenton schools are moving
forward, butprogress is slow.
TheGovernment announced
$6 million for the Intermediate
projectand between $4.5m and
$5m for Allenton projects in
February 2018.
Bothprojects are being
managed by Logic Group and the
second iteration of plans is
currently with the Ministryof
Education’s design review panel.
AshburtonIntermediate
principal Brent Gray said he was
hopeful that soil would be turned
early in thenew year.
He waslooking forward to
seeingold and outofdate
buildings fromthe 1970s
replacedwith modern learning
spaces,aswellasthe major
upgrade of other buildings.
Thirteenteaching spaces will
be replaced, including classroom
and technologyspaces,and there
will be strengthening work on
stairwells in the twostorey
block.
Allenton Schoolprincipal
Bruce Tilby said things were
progressing ‘‘relatively slowly’’.
Theministry’sdesign review
panel wasmeeting on July 21 to
Last chance for
policy feedback
In alittle overaweek,
consultationwill closeonthe
AshburtonDistrict Council’s
draft Revenue andFinancing
Policy as wellasthe draft
Development and Financial
Contributions Policy, and it's
criticalthatwereceive your
feedback before finaldecisions
are made.
TheRevenueand Financing
Policy sets out how residents are
charged for the services council
provides, and several changes
arebeing proposed. Most
notably, these relate to howthe
councilcharges for Elderly
PersonsHousing,stockwater
management, and wastewater.
We are also proposing rating
boundary changesfor our solid
waste collection servicewhich
would add new propertiesinto
the collection zone.
Currently, Elderly Persons
Housingispaid for through fees
and charges to the people who
live in the facilities. Looking
ahead, thismodel is no longer
goingtobesustainable as many
of the housesrequire significant
maintenance and upgrading.We
are therefore proposing to
introduceageneralrate to
supplement the rental income
received. Ageneral rate is
calculated on yourproperty
valueand is applied to all
ratepayers in the district.
Stockwater services are
criticaltoanumberofrural
residents. Presently, it is smaller
properties who relymostonthe
stockwater butwho paythe least
for it, whilelargerproperties
(whooften havetheir own
arrangements forstockwater and
don’t need council’s service)are
payingthe most. We are
therefore lookingatincreasing
the minimum chargefor
stockwatertomore evenly share
the cost between users.
Underour current policy,
separate rates are charged for
Allenton principal Bruce Tilby
consider the school’s revised
design.
‘‘Hopefully things will move
more quickly once that process is
completed.’’
MinistryofEducation funds
wouldallowthe building of a
seventeaching space block, five
to replaceexistingclassrooms
and two basedonroll growth.
Weather tightness of some
existing spaces was also
included as part of the project.
‘‘It is clear, however, that
furthernew builds will be
required to cope withincreasing
roll growth at the school,’’ said
Mr Tilby.
wastewaterservices,depending
on where youlive,which means
noteveryone is paying the same.
Theplan is to applyone single
rateacrossAshburton, Methven
andRakaia to moreevenly share
the cost. For Methven and
Rakaia, thiswouldmean an
increase in cost, andaslight
saving for Ashburton.
Sinceintroducing the wheelie
bin collection services in 2017,
ourdistrict has continued to
grow. With residential areas
expandingand new land
developed, we want to make sure
the rubbish andrecyclingservice
takes thesenew properties into
accountaswell.The draft policy
is thereforeproposing to add 162
new properties to the collection
area. If the areaisexpandedas
proposed, those additional
households willbecharged for
the service in their ratesand
there would be no option to opt
in or out.
For the draft Developmentand
Financial ContributionsPolicy,
we areproposingtoincrease the
amountdevelopers contribute
when connectingtoour
infrastructure to more fairly pay
for growth andthe cost of
upgrading our services.
So far, we've received a
combined 44 submissionson
these policies. If anyofthese
issues affectyou or you have
something to say about what the
Councilisproposing,please
make yourvoice heard by
Sunday July 26. You'll findthe
fulldetails onlineat
ashburtondc.govt.nz/
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Covid economist on breakfast menu
MidCanterburybusiness
owners and managers will have
the chance to hear fromone of
NewZealand's leading
economic commentators this
month, when Brad Olsen
arrives in Ashburton to guest
speakatthe district's CEO
Breakfast.
Council willbehosting the
eventatthe Ashburton Trust
Event CentreonThursday, July
23,and placesare strictly
limited to 100 people.
Council chief executive
Hamish Riach says theCEO
Skaters unleashed
Breakfastwill be agreat
opportunity forthe local
businesscommunitytoget
together and assesshow the
districtisplacedtorecover
from the economic impactof
Covid19.
‘‘Weare absolutely delighted
to have Brad Olsen from
Infometrics join us for this
year's event.
‘‘Brad is oneofthe country's
leading economists and I'm
sure willhave some veryuseful
insights to share aboutthe New
Zealand economy and
particularly howour own
district is positionedtorecover
in the months and yearsahead.
‘‘The coronavirus continues
to raise many questions for
local businesses, so coming
together for this event willbea
great chancetoshareideas and
take stock of the things we
should be thinking about to aid
our recovery.’’
Mr Olsen is apopular
commentator on the economic
effectsofCovid19 andthe
reimagination of the New
Zealand economy as jobs are
lost, business practices change
aanew normalemerges.
TheCEO Breakfast will begin
at 7.15am in the Bradford
Room, with breakfast to be
served at 7.30am.
Mr Olsen will speak from
8am.
Bookings areessential by
July 20. To book, email
economicdevelopment@adc.
govt.nz.
Ticketsare $25 perperson
andare to be paid on the day at
theAshburton Trust Event
Centre.
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Ashburton Courier, July 16, 2020
Economist Brad Olsen
15
Three longserving Justices of the Peace were acknowledged at aspecial dinner for Mid
Canterbury JPs recently. At the special awards were (from left) John Rooney marking 30 years,
Bruce Day 30 years, JPs president Ian Moore, Noel Lowe marking 40 years and Rangitata MP
Andrew Falloon. Photo Noel Lowe
Tilly Johnson (above) was the
first scooterrider on the new
Methven skatepark at the
weekend. Scooter riders and
skateboarders flocked to the
opening of new facility on the
corner of Bank andMcMillan
streets when it wasformally
unveiled by project leader Kidz
Methven.
Special guests atthe opening
included Rangitata MP Andrew
Falloon and Ashburton Mayor
Neil Brown, whocut the ribbon
to proclaim the venue open.
Skateboarder Hugo Fischer
was the first down thetrack,
followedbyscooter riderTilly
Johnson. The pairwere given the
honour after nominations were
requested locally via Facebook.
Priortothe opening a
memorial tree wasplanted and
stone plaqueunveiled by Flora
Lowe, the widow of KenLowe,
whowas instrumental in the
project in its early stages more
than adecade ago.
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Judy resigns from the frontline
TONI.WILLIAMS
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
Judy Skevington,the friendly
voice at the end of Rural
Support Trust Mid
Canterbury’s hotline,has
resigned from the position.
It is areluctantresignation in
which she cites irreconcilable
differenceswith the Rural
Support Trust Board.
She is on leaveuntil she
officially finishesonJuly 31.
Mrs Skevington has been
manager for the trust for the
past three and ahalf years.
In that time she has manned
the trust’s 0800 number 24/7
only getting abreak when
travelling overseas.
She has received countless
telephone calls from people in
need of help.
Those calls can range from
quick five minutedirectorytype
requests to talking to
peopleindire need for over an
hour, she said.
Priortoher resignation, the
Longlocks
off to charity
phonehad been constantly with
her for the past ninemonths
straight.
The loss of Mrs Skevington
from the role may comeasa
surprise to many.
She is wellknown, and
respected, in the farming
community.
She farms in a50/50 cropping/
lamb fatteningpartnership
with her son Michael, just south
of Lake Hood.
Michael is afourth
generation farmer on the 205
hectare farm.
The duo stick to the basics of
cropping growingwheat,
barley, grass,orpeas, and can
have up to 3000 lambs on farm.
Since tendering her
resignation Mrs Skevington has
been inundated with messages
of support and wellwishes for
the future, including from high
profile mental wellness
advocatesLance Burdett and
Doug Avery and many people in
the district’s farming
community.
Twelveyearold Alex Carr has bravely lost her
locks and to date has raised close to $3300 for
Leukaemia and Blood Cancer New Zealand
initiative Shave for aCure.
The Wakanui School student donated 14
separate 30cm lengths of hair to Hair Collect NZ,
which will use the hair to make wigs.
Alex then went astage further and had asmart,
buzz cut courtesy of Capelli stylist Sinead McNab.
The head shave was done in memory of her nana
Marie Lockyer, her cousin Ann Richmond and
friends and family.
Alex said she hoped her fundraising efforts
would help with research to help find acure for
all the different types of blood disease.
‘‘I cannot donate blood yet, because I’m too
young, so this has been away for me to
contribute.’’
Alex said she now looked like her dad Dean,
who was permanently bald.
Her parents Dean and Kylie said they were very
proud of their daughter’s efforts.
You can still support Alex’s effort by visiting
shaveforacure.everydayhero.com/nz/alexsshavejuly2020
Right: Alex Carr with the hair that will be donated
to make wigs for cancer patients.
Judy Skevington
Outside of Rural Support
Trust, she has been involved
with Red Cross for more than 40
years but is also along term
volunteer with Civil Defence,
Victim Support,
NeighbourhoodSupport,
Restorative Justiceand in the
pastSafeCare, a24hour crisis
line for victims of rape and
sexual assault, and with a
community policestation.
Mrs Skevington is still coming
to terms withher resignation
and will enjoy abreak overthe
next few weeks before deciding
her next move,however it will
likely see her do abit more with
Civil Defence.
Rural SupportTrust Mid
Canterbury chairman Peter
Reverleysaid Mrs Skevington
had decidedshe needed to
break from the role and he was
covering the role until a
replacementwas found.
He did however praise her
work with the trust, helping
those in the familycommunity,
and beyond, during the past
three and ahalf years.
She has done ‘‘a great job ... a
fabulousjob,’’ he said.
‘‘It’s abit of atough job, you
carry the phone 24/7 and get
some reasonably tricky calls.’’
The role, likely to be ajobshare
position in the future,
was due to be advertised this
week.
Hypnotist
here to help
Hypnotherapist Owen
Pattersonisbringing his
weightloss and stop smoking
programmes to Ashburtonon
July29.
He will be working fromthe
AshburtonTrust Event
Centre’s Bradford Roomand
willrun stop smokingsessions
at 11amand 6.30pm,and a
weightloss sessionat1.30pm.
The weightloss sessions
includevirtual gastric bands.
Mr Patterson said his
hypnotherapy wasnot astage
show.
‘‘What Ipresentis
hypnotherapy,asopposedtoa
hypnosis for entertainment.’’
He said the firsthalf of the
seminarwas abouthow the
programmeand hypnosis
worked and thesecond half
was agroupsession,inwhich
he usedasimple methodto
makepeople relaxedand
calm.
Mr Patterson said hypnosis
alsohelped withthe anxiety
thataccompanied trying to
stopsmokingorlosingweight.
Helipad
rules in
spotlight
Rescuehelicopterslanding
at Ashburton Hospital’s
helipad may soon be able to
fly by instrumentsincloudy
or poorconditions to ferry
critically ill patients.
But the paperwork
requiredfor an instrument
flight approachmay mean
some trees on the Walnut
Avenuesideofthe
Ashburton Domainneed a
haircut.
Garden City Helicopters,
who have up to 80 air
ambulance jobsayearto
Ashburton,are in talks with
the Ashburton District
Councilabout designating
the helipad only for rescue
chopper use. Pilots
currentlyfly by sight or with
night goggle vision during
darkness.
Up to 20 per cent of jobs
are cancelledby bad
weather,but being able to
flyusing instruments would
allow manyofthose to go
ahead.
Designating thehelipad
only for rescue choppers
would mean commercial
drone operators in a4km
radius would need to file a
flight path. Recreational
drones would be able to fly
providedthey obeyed
existing shielded
operational rulesondrone
limits.
Most of the town is
already covered because it
is within 4km of the
Ashburton Airport.
Matthew Boulcott, of GCH
Aviation, saidtrees on
Walnut Avenue were
consideredahazard
becausethe instrument
flight path wasprescribed
for fixed wing aircraft. ‘‘We
are hoping wedonot have to
trim the trees.Itwill not be
all of them, but afew are
quite tall. Once we do a
drone survey we willknow
what is needed.’’
Councilstaff are
preparing extra
information on how the new
helipad designation will
affectdrone users and kiteflyers.
The matter was
referredto full council fora
final decision.
What are the
referendum
questions?
Know before youvote
Authorisedbythe Secretary forJustice
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Gareth Cadogan with toddler Willow and (from left) Jackson 7, Riley 10, Piper 4, and wife Jamie
in their new coffee house One Ninety Nine.
New spot for caffeine fix
Anew coffee spotassprungup
off BurnettStreet.
Owners Gareth andJamie
Cadogan spendSaturday
nights runningthe Print
Roomnightclub andhave
added adaytimecafe nextto
theirhospitality business.
Thenew cafe usesAtomic
coffee beans and will sell
cabinet foodpreparedbythe
couple,who operated acafe in
Oamaru before moving north
just before lockdown.
Theyhavefour children and
haveorganisedtheir new
cafe,One Ninety Nine,with
nearbyoffice workersand
parents in mind. The cafe is
accessed off the alley by
StokedCycles and the MSA. It
sells takeawaycoffees and
has sitdown tablesand a
quiet roomfor mumstofeed
their babies or for children to
play.
Gareth said they were
pleased their hospitality
businessesand home were
now in the one town and they
were able to puttheir skills to
best use after lots of lockdown
planning. Gareth is abarista
and cook, while Jamieisa
qualified chef.
He saidthe food would
caterfor keto, nondairy and
gluten freeappetitesand
there wouldbenoextra
charge for almond or soy milk
in coffees.
The couple hopetoalso hire
the cafeout for special events,
like birthdaysand parties, or
for cocktails. They are
adapting to customers’needs.
One Ninety Nineopenson
Mondayfrom 6.30am until
11am, thenfrom 6.30am3pm
Tuesdays to Fridaysand 7am
to 2pm on Saturdays.
A range of courses at Ara Institute
of Canterbury are fees-free from 1
July, thanks to the government’s new
Targeted Training and Apprenticeships
Fund (TTAF).
Launched to aid New Zealand’s
economic recovery following the
Covid-19 pandemic, theTTAFprovides
$320M of funding for training and
apprenticeships in keyareas.
At Ara, eligible courses include
certificates and diplomas inhealth and
wellbeing, engineering, architectural
technology, quantity surveying,
construction management, commercial
road transport andconstruction-related
trades.
The funding is available for courses
started and completed between 1July
2020 and31December2022 andapplies
to both full-time and part-time study.
NEWS
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17
Fees-freecourses nowavailableatAra
study. Students can save between $2500
and$6500.
Accessing TTAFfees-free study is easy:
applicants simply enrol for aneligible
course anddon’t payany fees.
Dennis Taylor, Head of Trades at Ara
says theinstitute welcomesany initiative
or funding that promotes and advances
trades as asound career pathway.
“Solid pre-employment programmes
and a partnership approach to fully
supported on-the-job training will help
ensure asecure future across the trades
we teach.”
He adds: “People still need to choose
a pathway of interest though – one
that will see them succeed, enjoy their
work and effectively contribute totheir
industry of choice.”
To find out more about Ara’s fees-free
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Speed limit signs to be installed outside schools
LINDA.CLARKE
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
Specialspeedlimit signsare to
be installed outside Ashburton
district schools, costing
somewhere between$1.4
million and$230,000.
Activevariable signs
controlledbyschools at peak
times arethe mostexpensive
option whilestatic variable
signsare the cheapest.
Ashburton District Council
staff are abouttoauditall
schools in the district to see
which signssuitbest. It maybe
thatactive signs are on country
andopen roads, while static
signs are for schools in
populated areas.
Thesigns are part of aspeed
limit reviewconducted this
year by council.Several schools
lobbiedfor reduced speeds at
their gates, including
Longbeach, Lagmhor,
Ashburton Christian and Mount
Somers Springburn.
Speed limits willchangein
manypartsofthe district, with
somesubdivisions to go to
40km/h.
Thelimits have changedon
roadsonthe outskirts of
populatedareas,reflectingthe
growth of urbanareas.
Infrastructure Services
Committee chairman Stuart
Wilson saidcouncil had
received 257 submissions as
part of the review,heardin
person frommany people, and
thenspent halfaday discussing
outcomes.
Theyset schoolzone speed
limits of 60km/h outsiderural
schools and 40km/h outside
urban schools. Thevariable
signs can be turned on by
schools at drop off and pick up
times, withthe speed limit
returningtonormal outside
school hours.
Active illuminated signs will
flash duringcritical periods.
Roading engineerMartinLo
said it was possible forschools
to have amix of static, variable
and flashing signs, with the
priceinbetweenthe highest
and lowest options.
The speedlimitchangeswill
go to afull council meeting for
approval thentoLand
InformationNew Zealand to be
gazetted; the newlimits then
become legaland new signs
costing around$120,000will be
installed around the district.
LIONSCLUBOF
ASHBURTON
Our firstmeeting,postCovid,
coincided withthe much
anticipated changeover night.
The evening meeting,atHotel
Ashburton, waspresided over
by Roger Paterson andwas a
great success.
There were over 90 attendees
with ahost of visitors from
otherLions clubs as wellas
District Governor EllenButson,
who addressed the meetingand
spoke about the achievements,
of recentprojects run by the
LionsClubofAshburton. She
also mentioned the strength of
the Lions Clubs within the Mid
Canterbury zone.
Our new member, Stuart
Geddes, sponsored by David
Stewart, and inductedbyGarth
Bateup, was warmly welcomed.
Stuart is thenew managerof
the MSA.
Thepresentation of awardsto
LionsGarth Madden and Jeff
King featured next.Garth
Madden was awarded the Lloyd
Roger Paterson.
Morgan Honorary Awardfor
longstanding service to the
Lions ClubofAshburton. Jeff
King was the recipient of the Ed
Von TunzelmannAward for his
huge contribution to club
projects.
StewartDunlop reportedon
Meals on Wheels being full
steam ahead. Bruce Ferriman
reported on thisyear’s club
Charity Golf Tournament which
will be held on Thursday,
October 8.
Graham Smithadded that the
proceeds would be going to the
ChrisRuthCentreTrust
supporting thedisabled andthe
Mountain Bike Park Ashburton
project.
Graham also stated that
proceedsfromthisyear’s
PlayhouseRaffle would go to
Riding for the Disabled.
RodGreen outlined the
support for Tony Todd’sBike
Riding Hospice Fund Raiser
and the surprising amount of
money raised. Having our Lions
Clubparticipate was the icing
on the cake fromTony’s pointof
view.
Roger Paterson, whohas
done an outstandingjob in this
role, will continue as president
for the next12months. Roger
presented averyfull and
detailed report to themeeting.
Thenew board for the coming
year was introduced to the
meeting as part of the
changeover proceedings.
Ournext meetingwill be on
Wednesday August5atHotel
Ashburtonstartingat6.30pm.
ASHBURTON GOLF
CLUB 9HOLERS
After several weeks of cold,
rainy mornings, the weather
finally cooperated andwe
enjoyed playing on Thursday
July 9. We had only been able to
play once in thepreviousfive
weeks.
Three different trophies
were combined as we try to
catch up not only after
lockdown, but also afterlosing
four weeks due to the rain.
Marion Marshall Trophy (Net),
Jean Drummond(Putting) and
Heather Smith (Stableford).
Winner of an Accountantnz
Voucher for best net(35) and
stableford (19) was Peter
Stechman.Winner of aclub
voucher for putting (on
countback)was Maryanne
Urquhart (14).
Runnersupwere Oliver
Prince and Helen Argyle net
(36)and stableford(18) and
Michael Smith,putting (14) on
countback.
On July 16 weather
permittingDick Hansen is
organising astableford round
with hiddenholes, sponsored
by NetherbyPharmacy.OnJuly
23,Match Play sponsored by
Accountantnz.
ASHBURTON MSA
PETANQUECLUB
ClubMixed Drawn Doubles
Winners: Johnny Wrightand
Neville Bensdorp.Second:
Bernice Lairdand Richard
Browne. Third: Karen
Bensdorp andJonathan Crum.
Club Under 70sDrawn
Doubles
Winners: Christine Carr and
Jonathan Crum. Second: Adair
Jones and Bernice Laird.
Third: Nicky Fodenand
ShelaghField.
Club 70 andOver Drawn
Doubles
Winners: Betty King, Johnny
Wright. Second: Mavis
Thompson, Colin Jones.Third:
MickLittle, PeterMarriott.
CYCLING RESULTS
Andrew Falloon
MP for Rangitata
I’m availablethrough
my offices:
AshburtonOffice
81 Harrison Street, Ashburton
03 3087510
rangitatamp@parliament.govt.nz
Timaru Office
139Stafford Street, Timaru
03 6831386
rangitatamp@parliament.govt.nz
Youcan also contactmedirecton:
andrew.falloon@parliament.govt.nz
Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers - July 11,
number 4training ride.
First home Don Sutton 26m 43s, 2nd
Michelle Knight 26m 44s, 3rd Don Morrison
26m 44s, 4th Emma Hudson 26m 45s, 5th
Ross Templeton 26m 45s, 6th Andrew Shepherd
26m 46s, 7th Lucy Kirwan 27m 26s 8th,
Brian Ellis 27m 27s, 9th Richard Kirwan 25m
59s, 10th Nick Grijns 26m 00s, 11th Matt
Marshall 26m 01s, 12th Doug Coley 26m 09s,
13th Colin Teahan 28m 56s, 14th Brent
Hudson 28m 16s, 15th Ross Proctor 28m 57s,
16th Liz Wylie 28m57s, 17th Steven Hands
22m 19s F/T, 18th Rob Hooper 24m 51s, 19th.
Kristine Marriott 24m 51s, 20th Wayne Clement
22m 22s 2f/t, 21st Tony Ward 22m 22s, 3f/t
Stay fit &earn $$$
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22nd, Brad Hudson 22m 22s 4f/t, 23rd Michael
Gallagher 24m 53s, 24th Gerrard Morrison 24m
53s, 25th Andy Skinner 30m 27s, 26th Debbie
Skinner 30m 27s, 27th Allan Johns 30m 28s, 28th
Kevin Opele 23m 49s 5f/t, 29th Nigel Leary DNF.
Phone Mary todayon308 7664
to get startedoremail
mary.summerfield@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
Authorised by Andrew Falloon MP,
139 Stafford St,Timaru.
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Back on home turf
MICK.JENSEN
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
HockeyNZhigh performance
network coach Aaron Ford was
back on home turf this week
taking premiergrade’s best
playersthrough their paces at a
trainingsession.
The former Ashburton
Collegealumnitook up his new
role in February, arole
designed to be aconnector
between the community and
high performance for players,
coaches and umpires. His patch
covers the South Island.
Ford broughttalented
playersdown to NBS Ashburton
HockeyTurf Monday from their
usual training base in
Christchurch to showcase and
share the workdone in training.
Coachesand officials from
the Mid Canterbury Hockey
fraternity were invited to get up
close and to watch and learn.
Men trained for an hourand
were followed on the turf by
elite female players.
Among those at the training
were BlackSticksgoalkeeper
GeorgeEnersen,striker Jessie
Anderson and anumber of NZ
development squadplayers.
Ford grew up in ahockey
playingfamily in Ashburton.
His family was associated
with the Collegians Hockey
Club, with dad Ross alocal
player and older brother Mark
also aCanterbury rep player.
Ford himself playedfor
Hockey highperformance network coach Aaron Ford (left) with
Black Sticksgoalkeeper George Enersen at the NBS Ashburton
Hockey Turf.
Canterbury Under 18 and
Under21teams, and in his last
year at collegestarted playing
club hockey for Harewood.
Three ACL ruptures cut short
his playing career at the age of
29 and he made the move into
coaching.
His first coaching job was at
Christchurch Girls’ and he has
since progressedtomen’s,
women’s and age groupteams
at both regionaland national
level.
The 39yearold, afather of
two, said he was full time with
hockey these days and enjoying
the opportunities that came
with it.
‘‘I love working with the
players and preparing and
playing in tournaments.’’
Ford said he had been
backtothe Ashburton turf a
number of times since his
early playing days.
‘‘I only actually playedon
the turf for the first six
months after it was built.
‘‘It’s anice turf, agreat
facility for Ashburton, and a
lot more shelteredthan the
new turf at Nga PunaWai in
Christchurch.’’
Football Fern Annalie Longo with budding footballers (from left)
Libby Brockhurst, 6, Hayley Hoare, 9, Indiana Bennett, 7, Ella
Raharuhi, 6, and Molly Farquhar, 8, at last week’s femaleonly
training session.
Girls enjoy footy training
Young footballers enjoyed a
femaleonly training day last
week with Football Fern
Annalie Longo and Canterbury
Pride head coach Alana Gunn.
Agood turnout of 35 girls,
aged from six to 15, were taken
through their paces on
Ashburton Domain pitches.
Players practised drills and
skills and enjoyed mini games
in junior and senior groups.
Annalie Longo, who is also
Mainland Football’s women’s
development officer, said the
training day was about building
skills and knowledge of the
game and having fun.
In the smaller regions girls
often played in mixed teams,
but it was important to have a
girlsonly environment, both in
terms of playing and on asocial
level.
The 29yearold midfielder
said she was looking forward to
the 2023 Women’s World Cup,
which would be jointly hosted
by New Zealand and Australia
and boost the female game.
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SPORT
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21
Locals dominant at pickleball tourney
Ashburton players have proved
adominant force at the South
Island’s first everpickleball
tournament, picking up eight
golds, sixsilversand five
bronze medals.
Karen Bishop teamed up with
husbandDavidto win the
mixedsuper competitionand
then with Adrienne Mitchell to
win thewomen's superdoubles.
Fellowlocals Donald
Shearerand John Roy won the
men's super doubles, Tessa
McCann wonthe women’s
singles andAdam Bisley the
men’s singles.
McCann teamed up with her
father Neil to winsilver in the
mixed open competition.
Therewerealsosilver
medals for David Bishopand
Shyamal Ram in the men’s open
doubles, forNeil McCanninthe
men’s singles and Jane
Brosnahan in thewomen’s
singles.
Other medals went to players
from PickleballHawkes Bay
(six golds and fivesilvers),
Pickleball AucklandCentral
(six bronzes), Pickleball
Kerikeri (twosilvers and three
bronzes) and Snells Beach (one
silver).
Tournament organiser
Ruben Garcia said theMid
Canterbury Winter Classic was
abig success.
All competitors commented
on how the inaugural South
Island tournament had raised
the bar and wasnow the best
tournamentinNew Zealand, he
said.
‘‘Fromour use of technology,
Karen and David Bishop teamed up to win the mixed super
competition.
to streamlining gameresults
and making them immediately
available online for everyoneto
follow, throughto ourschedule
format and tournamentdinner,
thethree day event was
spectacular.’’
Ashburton made astrong
statement and thetournament
had put the town on themap as
theplacetogotofor
competitive pickleball.’’
Thetournamentfeaturedthe
finals on Sunday,followed by
medalpresentations and
sponsored cash prizes.
TheMid CanterburyWinter
Classic will return to EA
Networks Centre next year and
will runfrom July 1618.
Talented tennis player Tessa
McCann won the women’s
pickleball singles competition.
John Roy and Donald Shearer were the men's super doubles
winners.
Men’s singles winner Adam Bisley.
SPORTS DRAW
RUGBY
The draw for Saturday -
Seniors – Luisetti Seeds Watters Cup:
Celtic Darryl Phillips Motor v Southern Stu
Tarbotton, Celt1, 2:30pm HGrant, JO’Connor,
N Forbes. Methven v Rakaia, Methv1,
2:30pm K Faalogo, S Bennett, M Southby.
Hampstead bye
Senior B–Michael Duff Memorial Trophy:
Celtic Kellys Café &Barr vSouthern Wholesale
Seeds, Celt1, 12:45pm J O’Connor.
Collegiate v Mt Somers, Coll1, 2:30pm C
Kelland. Methven vRakaia, Methv1, 12:45pm
SBennett.
Senior Women: Kaiapoi RFC vAshburton
Celtic RFC TBC.
Combined Colts: Celtic/SouthernEuroAgri/NPD
v BDI, Celt2, 12:45pm N
Forbes. Waihora vMethven/Rakaia, Rhodes
Park Tai Tapu3, 1:00pm.
1st XV UC Championship: Lincoln vMC
Combined, Lincoln 1:00pm.
Under 18 Combined: Prebbleton vMCRU
Alps, Prebl2 12:30pm.
Under 16 Combined: MCRU Alps v
Waihora, Methven2, 1:00pm P Everest.
MCRU Plains vRolleston, Coll1, 1:15pm G
Jopson.
Under 14.5 Combined: West Melton v
MCRU Plains, West Melton2, 11:00am.
MCRU Alps vLincoln, Methven3, 1:15pm G
Barr.
Under 13: Celtic v Southern/Tinwald,
Celtic3, 1:00pm Club Referee. Collegiate v
AllentonSmallbones, Coll1, 12:00pmJRobinson.
Methven v Celtic/Rakaia, Methven3,
12:00pm MTuilaepa.
Under 11.5: Celtic White v Southern,
Celtic3A, 12:00pm. Collegiate Cates Grain &
Seeds vCeltic Green, Coll2, 12:00pm. Methven
Black vRakaia, Methven2A, 12:00pm C
Marshall. Methven White vHampstead, Methven2B,
12:00pm LBell.
Under 10: Celtic Green v Allenton
Trembath Construction, Celtic4, 12:00pm.
Celtic White v Southern, Celtic4, 1:00pm.
Methven Black v Hampstead, Methven4,
12:15pm. Methven Red vRakaia, Methven4,
1:15pm. Methven White vTinwald Ace Automotive,
Methven5, 12:15pm.
Under 9: Celtic v Southern, Celtic3B,
12:00pm. Methven v Rakaia, Methven5,
1:15pm.Tinwald Moore Mechanical vAllenton
Engineering Solutions, Tinwald3, 1:00pm.
Collegiate/Hampstead Regent Cinema bye.
Under 8: Celtic White v Southern, Celtic2A,
11:45am. Collegiate/Hampstead v
Methven/Mt Somers, Coll2, 1:00pm. Methven
v Rakaia, Methven4, 11:30am. Tinwald NZ
Farmers Livestock v Allenton Alpine View,
Tinwald4, 1:15pm. Celtic Green bye.
Under 7: Celtic v Southern White, Celtic2B,
11:45am. Collegiate Ashburton Crane
Hire vMethven/Mt Somers, Coll3, 12:30pm.
Methven vRakaia, Methven5, 11:30am. Tinwald
B NZ Livestock v Allenton Maroon
Allenton Auto, Tinwald4, 12:30pm. Tinwald O
Skip 2 It Flooring Xtra v Southern Blue,
Tinwald1A, 12:30pm. Allenton Gold Young
Electrical bye.
Under 6:Celtic Green vSouthern Red,
Celtic1A, 12:00pm. Celtic White vSouthern
White, Celtic1B, 12:00pm. Collegiate Cranefield
Glass v Mt Somers, Coll3, 1:15pm.
Methven Black v Hampstead, Methven1A,
12:00pm. Methven White v Rakaia, Methven1B,
12:00pm. Tinwald Alluvial Black v
Allenton Gold Ashburton Plumbing Services,
Tinwald1A, 1:15pm. Tinwald Cranfield Glass
B v Allenton Maroon Sparrow Family, Tinwald1B,
1:15pm. Tinwald Canvas Orange v
Southern Blue, Tinwald1B, 12:30pm.
HOCKEY
The draw for July 17 to July 22 -
Friday 17 July
Kiwi Sticks (Yr 5and 6) no play.
1st Grade Women, 6pm Wakanui v
Hampstead Blue (Hampstead, Methven). 7.15
pm Hampstead vMethven (Wakanui, Hampstead
Blue).
Just Hockey SSL Div 1Boys, Marist Park
@StBedes, 7.10 pm Ashburton College 1st
XI v Christ's College 2nd XI (Umpires
supplied).
Saturday 18 July
Mini Sticks No play
Senior Women, Ash NBS 1.00 pm
Wakanui vTGHS 1st XI (J Gray ,tbc).
Senior Men, Ash NBS 2.40 pm Wakanui v
Northern Hearts (tbc, MMarshall).
Sunday 19July
2nd Grade Girls, Ash NBS 1.40 pm
Tinwald vCraighead Wakanui Snr Women,
Wakanui (bye).
1st Grade Men, 4.00 pm Tinwald Black v
Hampstead Lowcliffe (Allenton, Tinwald
Orange). 5.25 pm Wakanui v Hampstead/
Wakanui (Tinwald Black, Hampstead Lowcliffe).
6.50 pm Allenton v Tinwald Orange
(Wakanui, Hampstead/Wakanui).
Monday 20 July
2nd Grade Boys, draw unknown.
Tuesday 21 July
Kwik Sticks (Yrs 7&8) 4.00 pm Methven
v Tinwald Foothills (tbc). 5.15 pm Wakanui
Blue/Collegians v Allenton (tbc). 6.30 pm
Wakanui Black vTinwald Orange (tbc).
Wednesday 22 July
Just Hockey SSL Div 2 Girls Nunweek
Park 26.10 pm Ashburton College 1st XI vSt
Margaret's College White (Umpires supplied).
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townhouse
•Extra spacious living
•Indoor outdoor living
paramount
•Qualitydesign&
privacy
SetSale:7July 2020 @
2PMUnless Sold Prior
$PBN BIR
$719,000 -$739,000
View By Appointment
$PBN BIR
$469,000 -$499,000
View By Appointment
First Home Buyers From 10% Deposit $201pw (Conditions apply)
4 3 2
98 George St (T302)
•Great property fora
firsthome buyer or
investor
•Open plan living.
•Private entertainers
deck
•Easy caresection
•Situatedonthe
Westside of Tinwald
in aquiet street
Offers Over $239,000
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3 1 0 First Home Buyers From 10% Deposit $293pw (Conditions apply)
4 1 2
Proud supporters of the HeartFoundation of NewZealand! Wedonatefromevery property sold!
3 2 2
4AndrewSt (W695)
•Modernised open
plan kitchen/dining,
largeliving area
•French doors into
spacious lounge
•Modern bathroom
with walkin shower
•Large bedrooms,
with French doors &
patios. Spa pool
$PBN BIR
$349,000 -$379,000
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Manager/Sales Consultant
Trevor Hurley
0275 435 799
Sales Consultant
Manu Otene
022 308 6885
Sales Consultant
Linda Cuthbertson
0274087965
Sales Consultant
Coming Soon!
Sales Consultant
Stephen Watson
027 433 9695
Sales Consultant
Julie Srhoy
021 354 885
Sales Consultant
Deborah Roberts
0210752180
SATURDAY 18TH JULY
147 McMurdo Street, Tinwald 10:00-10:30am 4 1 2 AHB22766
366A Burnett Street, Ashburton 10:00-10:30am 3 2 2 AHB22818
38 Cox Street, Ashburton 10:00-10:30am 3 1 1 AHB22809
70 Melcombe Street,Tinwald 10:45-11:15am 3 1 2 AHB22811
75 Bridge Street,Ashburton 10:45-11:15am 2 1 2 AHB22813
5Miller Avenue, Ashburton 11:00-11:30am 3 1 1 AHB22840
100 Princes Street,Ashburton 11:00-11:30am 4 1 3 AHB22836
15 Cameron Street, Methven 11:00-11:30am 3 1 1 AHB22485
15 Millichamp Street, Ashburton 11:15-11:45am 2 1 2 AHB22767
98 Pages Road, Ashburton 11:15-11:45am 4 2 2 AHB22698
119a Racecourse Road, Ashburton 11:30-12:00pm 4 2 2 AHB22588
86a Grey Street,Ashburton 12:00-12:30pm 3 1 1 AHB22839
157 Wilkins Road, Ashburton 12:00-12:30pm 4 2 6 AHB22748
8Ascot Place, Ashburton 12:00-12:30pm 3 1 1 AHB22712
59 Middle Road, Ashburton 12:45-1:15pm 2 1 2 AHB22842
17 GrayStreet, Hinds 1:00-1:30pm 2 1 2 AHB22728
7McElrea Place, Ashburton 3:00-3:30pm 3 1 1 AHB22732
Open Home
86a Grey Street, Ashburton
3 2 2
SUNDAY 19TH JULY
NO OPEN HOMES TODAY
*Awaiting clear title (settlement will be 10 working days
after issue of clear title)
*3double bedrooms (master with walk in robe &ensuite)
*Open plan entertainers kitchen with spacious living
*double internal access garage
*Stylish throughout, with careful consideration given to
functionality
*EXCLUDES: Blinds, curtains, drapes
SetDate of Sale
closing 21 July 2020, at
4:00pm (unless sold prior)
View
Saturday12:00 -12:30pm
Kim Miller
027 236 8627
Jarrod Ross
027 259 4644
Amust viewtotake inall on offer at this impressive home
rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22839
Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited Licensed (REAA2008)
View our listings online at: rwashashburton.co.nz
Open Home
5Miller Avenue, Ashburton
3good sized bedrooms. Spacious open plan living area, with
compliant log fire. Great sized section, well fenced.On anice
quiet street on the west side of Town.
Currently tenanted at $365 per week (Fixed term tenancy
until 31 March 2021)
rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22840
Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited Licensed (REAA 2008)
SetDateofSale
closing 24 July 2020, at
4:00pm (unless sold prior)
View
Saturday11:00 -11:30am
4 1 2
Jarrod Ross
027 259 4644
Open Home
7McElrea Place, Ashburton
3 1 2
100 Princes Street, Ashburton
4 1 3
*Private viewings ONLY-Saturday&Sundayatthis point
*3bedrooms plus conservatory
*Open plan kitchen, dining, sunken lounge
*Separate laundry, toilet &family sized bathroom
*Single internal access garage
rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22732
Mid CanterburyReal Estate Limited Licensed (REAA 2008)
ForSale
$372,000
View
Saturday3:00 -3:30pm
Kim Miller
027 236 8627
*4 bedroom family home
*Open plan kitchen/dining through double sliders tothe
lounge
*Double garage plus separate single garagewithworkshop
and woodshed. Compliant log burner installed 2018.
rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22836
Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited Licensed (REAA 2008)
SetDate Of Sale
closing 22 July 2020, at
4:00pm (unless sold prior)
View
Saturday11:00 -11:30am
BruceMcPherson
027 438 4250
Denise McPherson
027 242 7677
Jill Quaid
Manager
027 437 6755
RichardQuaid
Sales Consultant
027 454 4745
Kim Miller
Sales Consultant
027 236 8627
ChrissyMilne
Sales Consultant
027 290 6606
Margaret Feiss
Sales Consultant
021 751 009
ShirleyFitzgerald
Sales Consultant
027 220 1528
Denise McPherson
Sales Consultant
027 242 7677
Cheryl Fowler
Sales Consultant
027 461 2614
Armand vander Eik
Sales Consultant
021 597 527
Lynne Bridge
Sales Consultant
027 410 6216
Mike Grant ncre
Sales Consultant
021 272 0202
Mark Totty
Sales Consultant
021 664 113
BruceMcPherson
Sales Consultant
027 438 4250
Justin Waddell
Sales Consultant
027 437 1111
JarrodRoss
Sales Consultant
027 259 4644
RogerBurdett
Sales Consultant
021 224 4214
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24 Ashburton Courier, July 16, 2020
Water reforms cost
The Ashburton District Council
is hoping to see more
informationabout the
Government's plansonwater
reform, afterthe Prime Minister
announcedthat$761million
would be invested to help
upgrade the country's three
waters infrastructure.
AshburtonDistrictMayor Neil
Brown said with tighter
regulations coming into place for
the country'sdrinking, waste and
stormwaster services, many
councils and their communities
werefacing increased costs.
‘‘The Government's funding
announcement recognisesthe
financialchallenges councils are
increasingly dealing withasthey
maintain and in manycases,
upgrade their threewaters
infrastructure.For many
TRADE &SERVICES
ashburtoncranes2015@gmail.com
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books, butwedid!
Let’shaveachatovercoffee andsee howIcan help
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Trailers
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Car Parts
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Concrete, Brick Rendering
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Phone Kurt 027 332 4549 or Neil 0274 362 900
councils, particularlyinsmaller
rural areas, this fundingwill be a
tremendous boost.
‘‘Weare quite fortunateinthe
Ashburton District that the
council has been so proactiveat
upgrading ourinfrastructure.’’
The Prime Minister said
councilswouldneed to sign up to
the Government's widerwater
reformsbefore theycouldaccess
the $761million.
‘‘I'm looking forward to seeing
further details aboutwhat the
Government's plans are forwater
reform and what that might mean
for ourdistrict,’’ Mr Brownsaid.
‘‘Safe drinking water and
effective waste and storm water
servicesare vital to our quality of
life, no matter whereyou live,so
thisissomething we will
continuetofollow very closely.’’
House fire info wanted
Haveyou hadanaccidental
house fireinthe pastfive years?
Researchers from the injury
prevention research unitatthe
University of Otago are
conducting astudytoinvestigate
the behaviours and experiences
of peoplewho havebeen involved
in an accidentalhousefire.
Both in NewZealandand
internationally there has been
very littleresearch investigating
how andwhy people behavein
response to house fires. This is
despitethe factthathousefires
are the leading cause of firerelated
injuries andfatalities.
Theresearchersare
particularlyinterestedintalking
to anyone whosustained an
injury because of ahousefire.
However,they are also
interestedintalking to people
whohavehad experiencewith
anysort of house fire,ranging
fromsmall stovetop firestothose
thatresultedinextensive
structuraldamage.
In addition,they wouldlike to
hear frompeople whocontacted
Fireand Emergency services
aboutthe fire as wellasthose
whodid not.
Allinformation collectedfor
thisstudy will be keptcompletely
confidential to the researchers
andwill be securely stored in a
deidentified manner.
If you wouldlike to take partin
the study or would liketoknow
more,please contact Dr Amy
Richardson:amy.
richardson@otago.ac.nz,
0212790734.
2292938
2288454
2281993
BUILDER – specialising in
home renovations and
repair work. We also do
decks, fences and retaining,
plastering and painting,
gardening, landscaping
and tree removal. Call
Gavin 021 267 1979.
BUILDING and property
solutions. For your complete
alteration or renovation.
We project manage
the whole process. Home
and small commercial.
Qualified tradesmen.
Phone Kiwi Building &
Maintenance Ltd. Gary 308
4798, 027 207 1478 or
Cawte 027 418 7955.
CARPET 2You -For all your
flooring needs. Supplier
and installer of carpet and
vinyl, re-stretch and repair,
carpet cleaning. Phone
Mike Gill 0274 914 210
CARPET cleaning. Powerful
equipment and fast drying.
Upholstery, mats and rugs.
Experienced owner/operator.
Phone John Cameron
at Supersucker. 027 435
1042 or 308 1677.
CARR’S Chimney Cleaning,
servicing Ashburton and
surrounding districts, $60
per chimney. Phone
Rodney on 03 324 2999
and leave amessage.
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and they’ll tell you, they get
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QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8574 -SOLUTIONS
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ContactJann Thompson 03 308 7664 jann.thompson@ashburtoncourier.co.nz
CHIMNEY sweep - For a
professional service call
Dan McKerrow Chimney
Sweep and Repairs on 021
118 7580.
CHIMNEY Sweep. It’s time to
start thinking about it.
Camera inspection carried
out and full inspection
checklist is left for you. Call
Allan 027 209 5026
COMPUTER repairs, sales,
training, set up -wireless -
networks, spyware clean
up. On-site day or evening.
Low fees. Call Robin Johnstone,
Networks Firewalls
& PC’s Ltd, 308 1440 or
027 768 4058.
CONCRETE pavers direct to
you - Best prices, many
sizes, textures and colours
- Paveco, 13 Robinson
Street, Industrial Estate.
DENTURES; Dr Peter
Rumping repairs existing
dentures and also provides
new dentures. Phone 027
220 9997.
ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication,
farm equipment
service and maintenance,
WOF repairs, machining
and welding. Odd jobs a
speciality. Mobile workshop.
Can collect. Phone
Malcolm 0274 754 241
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 - urban, rural lifestyle,
office relocations -
call Nudges Furniture
Removals, phone 027 224
0609
TRADE &SERVICES
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
INTERIOR
PLASTERING
New or existing,
level 4finish, full skim
plaster or repairs
The Finishing Company
03 307 8870 2291359
LEGAL work -Phone Peter
Ragg (Ashburton Law) for
house sales, purchases
and refinances. Will call at
home evenings for wills,
enduring powers of
attorney. Phone 308 0327.
LOCKSMITH/Door repairs.
Keys/locks, sliding and bifold
door roller repairs.
Mobile service. Call Doors
and More. Ph 027 516 7104
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.
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.
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.
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TractorDriver Required
B&WLoweContracting Ltd arecurrently seeking
experienced machinery operators forthe 2020-2021
silageseason.
Applicants must:
•Behonest,reliable and conscientious
•Haverelevantmachineryexperience
•Becapable of working unsupervised
SITUATIONS VACANT
CASUAL STORE PERSON
Ashburton
Luisetti Seeds is asignificant provider of grain and
seedboth nationallyand internationally.
Opportunityhas arisenforaCasualStore Person at
ourAshburtonsite.
Keyresponsibilitieswill include:
• Assistingwith theintake anddispatchfunctions
includinggeneralyardduties
• Operating modern seed cleaning, treating and
mixing plants
• Opportunity to progress into a peramanent
position forthe rightapplicant
You will have aproven history of: reliability and
punctuality, efficient time management skills,
working solo and inateam environment, being a
self-starter, able towork toadeadline, attention
to detail, working well under pressure and an
enthusiastic manner.
A willingness to work extended hours when
required and a friendly customer focused
personality would be desirable. Seed cleaning
experience, knowledge of agriculture and forklift
licencewould be an advantage butisnot essential.
On sitetrainingwill be provided.
Remuneration to reflect the applicants experience
and ability.
Applications should detail recent relevant
experience, qualifications and references.
Applications will be treated and viewed in
confidence. Please apply to:
Luisetti Seeds Ltd
PO Box77
Rangiora7440
Attention: KarenVan Staden
or admin@luisettiseeds.co.nz
Mid-CanterburyRural Support
Trust Wellness Co-ordinator
(Permanent Contract Role)
We are looking for aperson to fulfil the role of first
contact with the Mid Canterbury Rural Support
Trust.
Our organisation provides aservice tothe rural
community for support whether the problem is
farming, financial, family, employment or adverse
event.
The role:
• Answering and manningthe RST 0800 helpline
• Ensuring requests/enquires areresponded to and
escalatedasrequired
• Maintain and develop communication channels/
networks/relationships with key groups
• Organise seminars/workshops/meetings/training
as required
This position requires a person with a high
sensitivityand respectfor confidentialityalong with
knowledge and experienceoffarming and the rural
community
Theposition is for40hours per month and maysuit
ajob sharesituation.
Forajob description, moreinformation, or to apply
please email cover letter and CV to
rst.treasurer.midcanterbury@gmail.com
by 31 July 2020
Please email us foranapplication form:
williamlowe@farmside.co.nz
2293021
2295275
2295666
CATERER
TheAshburtonGolf
Club invites interested
persons to apply for
the position of selfemployedcaterer.
This includes catering
formen’s and women’s
club days,course
bookings and the option
of catering forlarge
tournaments.
Forfurther information
please contactthe club
on 03-308-6371 or
email your
CV to admin@
ashburtongolf.co.nz.
2293665
HOME SERVICES
ROOF COATINGS: All roof
types, specializing in
Decramastic and Long Run
Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep
roofs not a problem. —
Spraymaster 027-433-7780.
SELL
HOUSE Lot, second hand
aluminium windows.
Includes abay window. Any
interest? Ph 027 587 1754
LPG
REFILLS
Small LPG cylinders
Off Street Parking
Available
Arthur Cates Ltd
26 McNally Street
Ph 308 5397
Riverside Industrial Estate
LPG REFILLS
9kg cylinders
$27.50
Askabout our
deliveryservice
Anysizecylinderfilled
17 Grey St,Ashburton
Phone 307 2707
2281802
2281955
GARDEN SUPPLIES
BRIDGE Street Nursery has
moved. Now trading as
Paul’s Garden Nursery at
101 Harrison Street,
Allenton, Ashburton.
Entrance on Clark Street.
13 varieties of seed
potatoes and fresh free
range eggs available.
Phone Paul 0272 781 354.
Open 7days.
GARDENERS specials.
Sheep manure $5 bag. Pea
Straw $5 bale. Medium
square Linseed Straw $35
bale. Call Alan 027 496
7136 or Ian 027 286 3697
with your order. A Hinds
Lion’s project.
PEA STRAW Medium straw
bales for sale $50 per bale.
Linseed medium squares
$50 per bale. ph
02040233792
POULTRY
PULLETS Laying. Sell; black
buff, blue orpingtons, silver
laced wyandottes, speckled
sussex, beautiful, purebred,
quiet birds. Phone 03
308 1614
HIRE
SCISSORLIFTS for hire.
4WD and slab lifts available
for daily or weekly hire.
Pickup or delivery. Phone
North End Engineering 308
8155 for abooking.
MEETINGS
Hampstead Softball Club
AGM
Tuesday 21st July, 6.30 pm
Devon Tavern
Current &new members very welcome
Any enquiries
Dave Waaka 027 351 9769
Mid Canterbury Independent Irrigators Inc.
Wednesday 22 July 2020
7pm
Federated Farmers Boardroom (upstairs)
163 West Street, Ashburton.
Speakers -Sarah Richard and Ben Howden
from Irricon.
Topics -developments in ECan irrigation
consenting process
-nutrient budget updates and pitfalls
Grey PowerAshburton
Monthly Meeting
Monday, July20 th
2pm
at the Seniors Centre
Speaker:
Lorraine -Manager
Princes Court
All welcome
Advertising
that works!
Talk to Jann or
Karentodayabout
ways youcan reach
potential customers
or advertising with
thatspecial difference
-professional service
with asmile.
Phone:308 7664
199 Burnett St,Ashburton
2295332
FRUIT &PRODUCE
POTATOES Nadine and
Agria. $1.50 per kilo. Phone
308 3195 or 027 531 9103.
81 Elizabeth Street.
FIREWOOD
DRY old man pine. 3or6m 3 ,
delivered to most of Mid
Canterbury. WINZ accredited.
Phone Rob 027 297
7563
WANTED TO BUY
METAL, heavy etc. Free
light-grade metal in-yard
dumping 9am-5pm weekdays
&9.30-11.30am Saturdays.
Ashburton Scrap
Metal Recyclers, 117 Alford
Forest Rd, (behind
PlaceMakers). Phone 03
308 8033 or 027 249 6625.
GARAGE SALES
GREY Street, Saturday 18
July 9am - 12noon. Our
junk, your treasure. Abargain
for everyone.
2294353
2295497
AshburtonDemons
Softball Club
AGM
Weds,July 29th, 2020, 7pm,
AshburtonClub &MSA,
Main Hall.
Nominations can be sent
to ashdemons@gmail.com
Everyone welcome
2290568
FOR LEASE
AWESOME office space for
lease, rent or hire. Parklike
setting. Indoor and outdoor
areas. North West
town boundary. Must view.
Phone 0274 754 241
RENT ME!
Ideal as an extra
bedroomoroffice.
Fully insulatedand
double glazed forwarmth.
Threeconvenientsizes:
Standard3.6m x2.4m,
Large 4.2m x2.4m
Xtra-large 4.8m x2.4m.
Visit our displaycabin
418WestStreet or callfor a
freebrochure.
www.justcabins.co.nz
2289121
0800 58 78 22
STORAGE and space leasing
for vehicles, motorbikes,
bicycles, boats,
motorhomes, caravans,
tractors, trucks, trailers and
containers. Indoor, outdoor
or under cover. Call Peter
027 333 3626.
STORAGE available, Ashburton.
Self storage, variety
of sizes. Phone Rainbow
Storage 03 307 0401.
STORAGE:Secure self storage
units available, long or
short term. Ashburton Storage
Facilities. Contact us
on 0274 362 636 or www.
ashburtonstoragefacilities.
co.nz
MID CANTERBURY
Realty
2279656
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Ashburton Courier, July 16, 2020
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URGENT CARE CLINIC
WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111
Forall othermedicalassistance outside of normal
hoursplease phone your generalpracticeteam,24/7,
to speak withahealth professional whowill giveyou
free health advice on what to do or wheretogoifyou
need urgentcare.
If youdon’t have aregular generalpractice, call any
GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice.
All non-residents and visa holders please bring your
passporttoyour surgeryappointment.
New Zealanders’tobringsome form of ID.
TheAshburtonDutyPractice for ...
Saturday18th July is
ThreeRivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road.
Consultations will be by appointmentonly.
To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7.
Sunday19th July is
ThreeRivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road.
Consultations will be by appointmentonly.
To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7.
Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the
weekend and public holidays please telephone
MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105
or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002.
Details 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
Brought
toyouby
CountdownComplex, East Street, Ashburton
Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755
FEMININE Health & Wellness
Coach. Relax, unwind
with massage or Reiki.
Empower with tools for selfhypnosis,
weight management,
anxiety, meditation.
Phone/text 027 282 1585.
FOCUS Optometry - good
honest eye care, support
local. Phone 307 898 865.
Tancred Street, Ashburton.
www.nzfocusoptometry.co.
nz
MENTORING. For emotional
support, guidance, optimism,
goal setting, resilience.
Professional supervision,
call Pete Young, 307
7582/027 280 0889; email
plyoung@xtra.co.nz; web:
peteyoung.co.nz.
SOAPS, body butters, shampoo
bars. All natural, locally
made. Free delivery in Ashburton
township. Check out
Instagram or Facebook
lambellsoap or phone/text
Lara 021 046 1611
TAI CHI beginners class.
Wednesday 22 July at St
John’s (opposite Briscoes)
9.10am. All welcome, just
turn up. Ph 0274 987 225
HEALTH &BEAUTY
AndreGrob
Chiropractor
Tues 9am-5pm
03 308 9516
www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz
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CARAVANS &TRAILERS
1995 Daihatsu 4 berth
campervan. Self contained.
Towbar, 2 awnings, metal
boot box, near new batteries,
tyres and califont, 3
way fridge, microwave, TV
plays DVD’s and can use
sky card. Plenty of storage.
New warrant and registration.
Well maintained. Sad
to sell but can no longer
use! $18,000 negotiable.
Ph 027 250 7425
PROPERTIES FOR SALE
PRIVATE Sale. New home,
warm, spacious open plan
living, 3bedrooms, 1bathroom,
2toilets, sunny NW
facing deck. Fully fenced.
Wheelchair suitable.
Allenton. Ph 022 150 0996
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Celebrating 30 years of Daffodil Day
on Friday28August
TheCancer Societyisselling beautiful
bunches of fresh daffodils
Please call our MidCanterburyCentretoorder
either abunch of 30 daffodils for$35 or 50
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Phone307 7691
(formerly SPCA)
Please returnany
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We areaccepting
kittens and cats.
Food donations
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Kindly sponsored by
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FARMING NOTICES
FOR Sale -Two and ahalf
month old, black, white and
tan eye dog pup. Parents
are natural workers. $150.
Ph 03 303 6134 or 027 470
1068
EDUCATIONAL
CJ’S Driving School -
Classes 1, 2 & 4,
Endorsements F & D,
Forklift, F&OSH, Dangerous
Goods. NZTA
approved course provider.
MITO & Competenz
Assessor. Locally owned.
Phone Christine 027 245
2563
PUBLIC NOTICE
RELIGIOUS NOTICES
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING
TheRakaia Anglican vestrycalls aspecial meeting
to discuss the future of the leasedproperty at the
address 21 SycamoreAvenueBarrhill.
To be held 23 July 2020, 7.30 pm
St.Johns Anglican Church Barrhill
Allinterested parties welcome.
Treasurer Rakaia AnglicanParish,BruceJohnston
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guest Jo Loughnan, and 16
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