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Spectacular lighting 

... The Rangiora 

Light and Sound 

Festival hopes to 

build on the success 

of Christchurch’s 

Botanical Delights 

extravaganza. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

Achance to see the light 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Abeacon of light will shine 

through in Rangiora nextmonth. 

ARangioraLight and Sound 

Festival is planned for Victoria 

Parkover fournights,complete 

withafairylandoftalking trees, 

disco lights, music,dancing 

lights, interactive lighting 

displays, and smokeand bubble 

machines. 

It comeshard on theheelsof 

the tough decision to cancel the 

annual Waimakariri Winter 

Festival because of Covid19. 

Spokesman KarlHorwarth 

says, with littleentertainment on 

offer, ateam of Rangiora people 

got togethertobring abit of light 

into the lives of those weariedby 

the disruption of the pandemic. 

‘‘We were gutted having to 

cancel thewinterfestival this 

year. But we havemanaged to get 

agood numberofwinter festival 

sponsors to back anew event and 

it will be fantastic. 

It willbebased on the 

successful Botanic Delights 

lighting extravaganza heldevery 

two yearsinChristchurch, 

enjoyedby30,000people each 

night. 

It will run from September 

1619,culminating in aSaturday 

night grandfinale. 

‘‘People will be able to 

experience alightand sound 

wonderland and see Victoria 

Park as they have never seenit 

before,’’ Karl says. 

Extra lights will be turned on 

for Saturday night,and there will 

be live music,foodtrucks, a 

licensed bar,market stalls and 

children’s entertainment. 

‘‘The big draw willbeafamily 

movie playingonthe big outdoor 

screen.’’ 

Spectrum will be installing the 

lights, and have come on board as 

amajor sponsoralong with New 

WorldRangiora, MainPower, 

Ray White Rangiora, Visit 

Waimakariri, Fools of Desire, 

Compass FM andthe North 

Canterbury News. 

AcoupleofHave you seenthe 

Light giveaway campaigns are 

planned,along with acolouring 

competition, and agolden ticket 

competition. 

Karl says the festival aims to 

provide an affordable event for 

all the family. It is plannedto 

charge $5 apersonor$10 a 

family, withtickets able to be 

used over multiple nights.Itwill 

run from 6pm Wednesday, 

Thursday,Friday, with 

Saturday’s finalestarting at 5pm. 

Karl says withall the 

infrastructure in place,the 

Rangiora Festival of Colour will 

fit in seamlesslyonthe Sunday, 

from 10am to 4pm. ‘‘The four days 

of festivities are allabout bringing 

people together,’’ he says. 

Ticket and booking details will 

be advertised soon. 

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The best view at the domain 

Showing initiative ... Enterprising fans with access to acherrypicker had afine view of the 

North Canterbury LuisettiSeeds rugby grand final between GlenmarkCheviot and Kaiapoi at the 

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Council cancels book sale 

Apopularbooksalehas been cancelled by 

the HurunuiDistrict Council as thecouncil 

reintroduces Covid19 level 2protocols. 

The council decided to cancelthe Friends 

of the Library’s booksaleatthelibrary, as it 

was expected to draw morethan100 people. 

Mayor Marie Black saysithas beenpostponed,untilfurthernotice, 

butwillbeback. 

She saysthe council will remaincautious 

and vigilant in itsfightagainst thevirusand 

cancelany other events expected to draw 

morethan100 people. 

“TheGovernment is taking aprecautionary 

approach andwhile some may feel 

frustration at therise in alert level,itis 

important forustoremain calm” she says. 

‘‘Weare working to reduce the risk, andwe 

haveshownthat we can unite against the 

virus before.” 

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Mrs Black saysthe council is makingsureit 

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measures to respond to any alert level. 

‘‘We have reintroducedlevel2safety 

protocols andask allvisitors to maintain 

social distancing, sanitise, and usethe Covid 

19 tracerapp,orour provided methods, to 

sign in forcontact tracing wherever 

possible.’’ 

Residents can callthe council if they are 

experiencing hardshipbecauseofthe change 

in alertlevel. 

Meanwhile, most council facilitiesremain 

open to the public, includingtransfer 

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By DAVIDHILL 

Provision of social services in 

ruralcommunities willbethe 

focusofanelection forumon 

September30. 

Social ServicesWaimakariri 

(SSW)ishosting an online 

webinar with election 

candidates next Wednesday, 

with the focus on local social 

issues. 

SSW facilitator Nicki Carter 

says the forum will follow a 

differentformat to most 

election meetings,with the 

localspeakers informing the 

politicians of localissues, 

before the candidates are 

invited to respond. 

‘‘We are goingtohear from 

speakers fromthe four main 

sectors,givingfive minutes 

each —families with children, 

youth, older persons and the 

disabilitysector. 

‘‘Andthen we will launch 

into the questions.’’ 

Candidates fromLabour, 

National,the Greens, New 

Zealand First and the New 

Conservativeswill thenbe 

invited to respondtoquestions 

around social sector funding, 

operatinginthe postCovid 

environment and service 

provisioninrural areas. 

‘‘There are particular issues 

around funding for social 

services in rural communities. 

For example, thereisno 

communitysocialworker 

basedinthe Hurunui district,’’ 

Nickisays. 

‘‘TheCovid environment has 

highlighted that we cannot 

continuetorelyon 

philanthropic funders to 

provide services which are the 

responsibilityofcentral 

government.’’ 

If there is time, candidates 

will be invited to givetheir 

viewsonthe cannabis and end 

of life referendums. 

The decision to hold the 

forumonlinewas made after 

the lockdown, and Nickisays it 

has proven to be the right one 

giventhe Covid19uncertainty. 

People can tune in to watch 

the forum liveat3pm on 

September30onYouTube at 

youtu.be/ahg70WrlGS8. It can 

be watched lateratthe same 

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Sad parkvisit... Waimakariri District Mayor DanGordon, left, with KeithHarris, of Rangiora, and ECancouncillor GrantEdge, of Fernside, during 

ameeting at the sitewhere 500 trees were recently felled in the Ashley Rakahuri RegionalPark near Rangiora. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

Councillor angered by tree felling 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

AFernsidebased councillor 

with EnvironmentCanterbury 

is angrythat the regional 

council felled500 trees in 

Rangiora’sAshleyRakahuri 

RegionalPark without 

consultation. 

The trees werefelledlast 

monthbyECan’sriver 

engineeringteam during flood 

mitigationwork, without 

consultation with the 

community, the district 

council, the RangioraAshley 

CommunityBoard,the 

WaimakaririWater Zone 

Committee, or ECan 

councillors. 

The loss of the trees sparked 

an outcry from the community. 

‘‘I want to share my absolute 

angerwith the community at 

the loss of these trees which 

haveprovided awellliked 

shaded woodlandlandscape 

and recreational facility for a 

verylong time,’’ Cr Grant Edge 

said. 

‘‘There has beenaterrible 

breakdownincommunication 

channelsbetween the regional 

counciland the districtcouncil 

and the community.’’ 

Thiswas not how the new 

democratically elected 

environment council,under 

chairwoman Jenny Hughey 

and new chief executive Dr 

Stefanie Rixecker,wanted to 

work, Cr Edge said. 

‘‘What has happenedhere is 

not following the strategic 

pathway of the new council.’’ 

He planstoseekareview of 

the procedure leadingupto 

the removal of the trees to 

ensurebetter outcomes in the 

future. 

Waimakariri District Mayor 

Dan Gordon has also 

expressed disappointment that 

the trees were felled without 

consultation. 

He wants amoratorium 

preventing further treefelling 

at the park in order‘‘to work 

through issues of concern’’. He 

also plans to meet ECan 

officials within the nexttwo 

weeks to discussthe issue, 

specifically to determine if 

opportunities exist for 

replanting, how the community 

might be involved with that, 

and how the messleft by the 

treefellingwill be cleaned up. 

‘‘We can’tstop what has 

happened to the trees but we 

must learnfrom it and do 

betterinthe future,’’ Mr 

Gordon said. 

Rangiora residentKeith 

Harris, who has written to 

Environment Minister David 

Parker about the issue, has 

called the removal of thetrees 

‘‘vandalism’’. He has also been 

invited to attend the meeting. 

Waimakariri WaterZone 

Committee chairman Michael 

Blackwell, of Kaiapoi, said he 

was ‘‘bitterly disappointed’’ 

overthe loss of the trees. 

‘‘There has been alack of 

consultation, with the end 

result thatnobody in the 

community has had an 

opportunitytoshare their 

voice. 

‘‘There has to be some kind 

of middleground, and 

consultation with the Water 

ZoneCommittee is an 

important link in that process.’’ 

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Holloway to fill council seat 

Mary Holloway has been 

elected to the Hurunui 

District Council, replacing 

Jason Fletcher, who resigned 

earlier thisyear. 

Mary, the chairwoman of 

the HanmerSprings 

Community Board,won the 

Westward seatinabyelection 

from Jeffrey Walker 

by 778 votes to 397. 

Maryishumbledbythe 

support and is mindful she 

willbeserving the whole of 

the Hurunui District. 

‘‘I am North Canterbury 

bornand bred,and aware of 

the district’s rural and 

farmingneeds,” she said. 

“I appreciate the 

opportunity to make sure our 

local voiceisheard. 

‘‘Local government remains 

astrong and important pillar 

of the New Zealand 

governance model and Ilook 

forward to standingstrongly 

for this principle.” 

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Mel’svision for Maori success 

By DAVID HILL 

ANorth Canterbury educator says there 

needs to be arethink around how to 

encourage Maori educational 

achievement. 

Maori are the youngest and fastestgrowing 

demographic. Population 

projections suggest more than one 

million New Zealanders will identify as 

Maori by 2038,and will represent more 

than afifthofthe workingage 

population, TuahiwiSchool principal 

Mel TaitePitama says. 

In contrast, New Zealand’s pakeha 

population is ageing and will represent 

the highest proportion of over65s. 

Mel has been invitedtoaddress the 

uLearnConference in Hamilton in 

October and has been published in New 

Zealand and international educational 

magazinesonthe subjectofMaori 

educationalachievement. 

‘‘In Maori culturewehave aproverb, 

‘the kumara doesn’t talkabout its own 

sweetness’, but Ithink Maori need to 

celebrate our achievements and North 

Canterbury needstocelebrate what we 

have here.’’ 

Last week, in her roleasAra Institute 

of Canterbury deputy chairwoman, Mel 

spoke to 900 academic staff at the launch 

of Ara’s new framework for Maori 

achievement. 

‘‘It’salot of pressuretodo something 

like that because you’vegot to get it right. 

If we don’twewill have aserious 

problem in this country,’’ she says. 

‘‘Maori have traditionally filled bluecollarjobs, 

but withour rapidlychanging 

technologyand automation, those jobs 

won’t exist in the future, so we have got to 

get young Maori aimingfor higherpaid 

jobs. 

‘‘Whatweneed to understandisthat 

the growth in the workforce is going to be 

predominantly young Maori, particularly 

in regions like NorthCanterbury.’’ 

Ahigh achiever herself, Mel is happy to 

been seenasarole model for young 

Maori women. 

Last yearshe won the Maori or Pasifika 

governanceleaderaward at the New 

Zealand Women in Governance Awards. 

She alsohas her own business, 

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youngest and fastestgrowing demographic in New Zealand. 

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Tuahiwi Education Ltd, and is studying 

for amasters degree in Maori and 

indigenous leadership. 

‘‘I can’t go to the supermarketwithout 

someone recognising me, but if I’m that 

Maori woman that people can relateto, I 

can live withthat. 

‘‘I have avery supportive whanau and 

Idon’thave young childrenany more, but 

Idowork long hours.’’ 

Nine Rangiora race meetings for season 

The Rangiora HarnessRacing Club has 

been allocated nineracemeetings for the 

2020/21 season. 

They will be held on Friday, November 

6—four days before the New Zealand 

TrottingCup —followedbyWednesday, 

November 18, Sunday, December 20, for 

the Christmas at the Races meeting, with 

six meetings scheduled for nextyear.The 

2021 datesare Sunday, January 3; 

Saturday,February20; Sunday, April18, 

for the Rangiora Classic; Sunday, April 

25, for the Anzac Day meeting; Sunday, 

May 9; and Sunday,May 23. 

Club president Greg Wright says he is 

‘‘delighted to have both afull complement 

of meetings and most in the spring/ 

summer seasons’’. 

TheNovember 6meetingwill be the 

first meeting at Rangiora Raceway since 

racingstalled under Covid19 restrictions 

earlier this year, withthe club holding 

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Kanuka stand to be used in wastewater trial 


Planting pines on land bought 

by the Hurunui District Council 

in Hanmer Springs, where it 

intends to spray treated sewage 

and wastewater for irrigation, 

has some residents bristling. 

Residents say it is agreat 

opportunity for the council to 

plant natives on the 50hectare 

block at the corner of River 

Road and Leslie Pass Road. 

However, the council’s chief 

operations officer, Dan Harris, 

says the decision to plant 

radiata pines for nutrient 

management was based on 

available science when land 

options were considered 

during the resource consent 

stage. 

There were also significant 

differences in operating costs 

between exotic plantation 

forestry and other options. 

However, he says residents’ 

opposition to the pines has 

been taken on board and the 

council will use asevenhectare 

block of kanuka on the 

land as atest area to gather 

information on how natives 

perform under irrigation. 

This could lead to natives 

being planted when the pines 

are harvested. 

Mr Harris says astudy is 

needed to understand why the 

kanuka stand is thriving in the 

area, being the only stand of its 

type on that side of the Hanmer 

Springs basin. 

One resident said on alocal 

Facebook page that the block 

provided awonderful 

opportunity to plant native 

trees and create abird 

sanctuary. Deer were excluded 

because of deer fencing, while 

other pests could be trapped to 

ensure it was predatorfree. 

‘‘Unfortunately, the council 

has decided to plant pine trees. 

The large amount of water will 

ensure these trees will grow so 

fast they will need to be 

harvested every 15 years, to 

prevent toppling due to wind, 

but will be too weak to be used 

for building, and will probably 

blow over earlier. 

‘‘A qualified ecologist has 

offered his services freeofcharge 

to design aplanting and 

nutrientuptake plan, but the 

council has refused. 

‘‘Pine trees should be planted 

around the boundary as they 

would grow quickly and not 

require watering, and would 

protect the young natives 

growing inside from the wind,’’ 

the Facebook post says. 

Environmental reports 

suggest that, left unplanted and 

appropriately maintained, the 

heavily modified regrowth of 

kanuka would respond well to 

watering, Mr Harris says. 

He says the council is 

committed to not only 

undertaking restoration of the 

area, but also monitoring 

nutrient uptake by the kanuka 

using test bores to improve the 

science on native planting. 

If successful, the large scale 

trial will support future 

applications for native 

plantings in wastewater 

disposal zones, and may lead to 

expansion of native plantings 

after rotation of the exotic 

planting at the Hanmer Springs 

site, he says. 

At present, under an existing 

consent, Hanmer Springs 

sewage is treated, with the 

resulting wastewater 

discharged in the Chatterton 

River. 

Work began in 20142015 to 

move to alandbased discharge 

for the town’s treated 

wastewater. Several options 

around Hanmer Springs were 

investigated by the council and 

community board. Eventually, 

the River Rd site was bought, 

consent sought, and granted. 

‘‘It has been along journey, 

with initial investigations 

dating back to 2007, 2008, when 

we got an extension to our 

existing resource consent,’’ Mr 

Harris says. 

‘‘We are aiming to have it 

operating, all going well, by the 

end of September.’’ 

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Irrigation trial ... Akanuka stand 

similar to this will be part of atrial 

near Hanmer Springs to determine 

how natives perform under 

irrigation using wastewaster 

derived from sewage. PHOTO:FILE 

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Waimakariri 

Focus from Dan Gordon, Mayor 

District well prepared 

for Covid’scurve balls 

It’sfair to say thatit’sunwelcomenews 

that Covid19has reemerged in New 

Zealand, anddisappointing to be backat 

alert level2. 

However, the country has donethis 

before and ourdistrict is prepared. 

During times likethisitisimportantto 

be kind, accommodating,and awarethat 

your neighbours andfriends maybe 

responding differently thanyou. 

Ihavebeenimpressed by whatIhave 

seen over theweekend,how retailers 

have respondedandhow accepting and 

understanding everyoneisbeing. 

The council is makingsure that weare 

operating as safelyaspossible at this 

level, so visitors to facilities and venues 

will noticecontacttracingmeasures, 

sanitisationand distancing protocols 

areinplace. 

Mostcouncil facilitiesremainopen at 

alertlevel2,including playgrounds, 

skateparks anddog parks.Service 

centres,libraries,transferstations and 

aquatic centresalso remain open, 

although someservicesmay notbe 

availablewhere they cannotbe 

deliveredsafely (for example, where 

physical distancingcannot be 

maintained). 

Community facilitiessuch as halls and 

meeting rooms remainopen to existing 

bookings, with safetyprotocolsinplace. 

Fulldetails on whatfacilitiesand 

servicesare available, includingthe 

safety measures put in place, are 

availableatwaimakariri.govt.nz/covid19 

or phone(0800) 965468. Information 

aboutnationaland regionalchangesto 

alertlevels canbefoundat 

covid19.govt.nz.Check thesesites for the 

latest updates. 

Ashley River tree removal 

Ihavefielded many queries from 

residents aboutthe removaloftrees 

fromthe Ashley River. 

Thisarea is the responsibility of 

Environment Canterbury (ECan). 

Our councilwasn’tadvised or 

consulted on the treeremoval. 

Iamdisappointed thatnoonefrom 

theRangioraAshley Community Board 

or ourGreenspace Team wasnotified. 

We would haveexpected thereto be a 

lotmorecommunication and 

❛We would have expected 

there to be alot more 

communication and 

consultation with the 

community about such a 

substantial tree felling in this 

popular recreation area.❜ 

consultationwith thecommunityabout 

suchasubstantialtreefellinginthis 

popular recreationarea. 

If there are trees that are adangerto 

people then of courseIwouldsupport 

their removal, butnot the removal of 

healthy trees thatprovidealovely 

recreationspot for locals. 

Thiswas an area of significant natural 

beauty that Iand many otherlocals 

enjoyed. 

Isharethe community’sconcern that 

thisareaisnow goneand Idon’taccept 

thatthere was ajustifiable case put 

forward fortheir removal. 

Unfortunately, wecan’t changewhat 

has happenedwith thetrees butwhat I 

can do is discuss this matter with ECan. 

Ihavewrittento and metwith the 

chair andnew chiefexecutive of ECan, 

and bothour local ECan councillors. 

Theyhaveagreed to meetwith me 

along with concerned residents to 

discuss concerns. 

What is important is howwe learn 

fromthis and seethat protocols are put 

in placetohave better communication 

withthe community and discuss their 

plans for the area, includingreplanting, 

reinstatement ofthe fitnessequipment 

thatwas installed by the communityand 

seeking the community’s input on their 

plans. 

Ihavealsoasked for amoratoriumon 

further tree removaluntil we have this 

meeting,andthereisbetter 

communicationand consultation with 

the community on any future plans. 

Iwelcomecontact from anyonewho 

needs assistance or has an issue that 

theymay want to discuss. Emailmeat 

mayor@wmk.govt.nz or phone(021) 

906 437. 

Some cannabis views 

not based on facts 

Dear Editor, 

Everyone is entitled to their opinion 

and Istrongly believe in free speech. 

Unfortunately, people’s letters of 

personal opinions that have no facts 

about cannabis are misleading the 

public. 

The government proposes very strict 

rules with cannabis. It will not be 

permitted to be used in public places, 

parks etc, the same as alcohol —a$500 

offence. Please read the government’s 

Cannabis Legalisation and Control 

Manifesto at the referendums’ website 

for all the hard facts. 

The public needs to know some facts 

and history about the cannabis plant. 

It is amultipurpose plant — 

medicinal, fibre and seed oil for food. 

Here’s the history of cannabis in 

brief. 

It is recorded to have been used 

thousands of years ago in India and 

China as amedicine and was 

renowned for its strong, tough fibre. 

Later, when trading started, its fibre 

was used to make rope. 

Every sailing ship afloat in the 16th, 

17th and 18th centuries were rigged 

with hemp ropes, until sails were 

replaced by steam power. 

The cannabis fibre industry then 

looked for other products to make. It 

was in the 1920s that they started to 

make paper. 

Cannabis use was never an issue in 

our society until 1930 when it was 

demonised by aUnited States 

chemical company, not because it was 

bad for us, but because the cannabis 

fibre was abig threat to the wood 

papermaking industry that relied 

totally on chemicals to break down the 

wood fibre. 

Cannabis fibre doesn’t need 

chemicals to break it down. 

They did amassive demonising 

campaign against cannabis publicly 

across the US and even made an anticannabis 

propaganda movie to 

brainwash the public called Reefer 

Madness. 

Eventually, US authorities passed a 

law and made cannabis illegal. They 

pushed the rest of the Western world 

to follow, all based on alie about its 

harm. 

Since then, 90 years later, it has cost 

the world’s taxpayers hundreds of 

billions of dollars policing it. It costs 

New Zealand $200 million ayear. 

There has been the senseless 

locking up of millions of people in 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

jails, destructive police raids and 

even executions in some countries. 

How absurd is this when noone has 

ever died from using natural cannabis. 

There has been intensive research 

done in the last 20 years on the 

medicinal properties of cannabis. 

According to research, CBD oil is 

nothing but miraculous —shrinking 

brain tumours and curing melanoma 

lesions and other cancers. 

And, according to research, THC oil 

is found to be very effective in dealing 

with stress, acute pain, long term, 

insomnia and depression, without 

sideeffects. 

This referendum is not about 

personal bias about cannabis, it is 

about the overall benefits for our 

country, with the government taking 

control and making it ahealth issue 

and not crime. 

Let’s be intelligent please! 

S. Earl 

Hurunui resident 

Bank hours 

Dear Editor, 

Iwrite to you concerning the trading 

hours kept by the Westpac branch in 

Kaiapoi. 

The trading hours and trading days 

have been cut at Westpac Kaiapoi, in 

the process causing inconvenience, 

irritation and frustration. 

The trading hours have been 

shortened to 2pm from 4.30pm 

Monday, Wednesday and Friday, with 

no trading on Tuesday or Thursday. 

This causes customers to go to 

either the city or Rangiora if they 

cannot get to this branch during its 

hours and days of trade. 

This in turn creates resentment. 

What happens to elderly customers 

without access to internet banking or 

transport? 

Why have the old trading days and 

hours been removed from the branch 

window if the current trading days and 

hours are supposed to be temporary? 

Is this away to eventually use 

reduced trading hours as an excuse to 

close another Westpac branch? 

Call me cynical. We shall wait and 

see. 

Yours, 

John Moody 

McALPINES MITRE 10 MEGA RANGIORA -OCEAN WATCH 

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Hurunui Garden Festival 

29th October 

to 

1stNovember 

A bounty of gardens to admire and inspire, will 

be on showinthe Hurunuidistrict thisSpring. 

The Hurunui Garden Fesval has 17 gardens 

on offer, two self-driven tours offthe beaten 

track and garden-basedeventstoeducateand 

entertain. 

It runs from Thursday, October 29 toSunday, 

November 1. Visitors wanng to aend have 

unl September 6totake advantage of early 

bird specials. 

Launched in 2018 by agroup of keen local 

garden owners tohelp the Hurunui district 

recover from the impact ofthe devastang 

earthquake ofNovember 2016, the fesval 

has become apopular event. Many visitors 

makeitalong weekendsotheycan enjoythe 

manyaraconsthe district has on offer. 

HurunuiGardenFesval Incorporated (HGF),is 

commied to invesng back in itscommunity. 

The commiee will give astudent,graduang 

fromaHurunuisecondaryschool,ascholarship 

to the value of $2000 towards study in 

horculture at their choice of University or 

Instute ofTechnology, on the occasion of 

HGF makingareasonable profit. 

Seventeen gardens, five of them new to 

the event, feature on this year’s fesval 

programme. They are in six clusters and 

garden owners willbereadytogreet youand 

share their stories of how they have created 

their gardens. 

Anew tour, Mysteries of the Waipara Gorge, 

complete with iron sculptures, concreons 

and moa bones, has been introduced, while 

the Hidden Gems from the Lowry Hills tothe 

Sea,makes its return. 

If youwouldyou like to donatetothe Hurunui 

Garden Fesval scholarship fund you can do 

via atransfertoour bankaccountlistedbelow 

- Account name: Hurunui Garden Fesval 

Incorporated. 

Accountnumber:02-1278-0028459-00. 

Bank name:BNZ. 

Entryis$10 per garden,children under18free. 

Tickets for the tours are $95 per person and 

includes morning tea, lunch and aernoon 

tea. 

Tickets available now from 

hurunuigardenfesval.com

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Park rangers 

run sessions 

Two Tuhaitara Coastal Park rangers 

have been holding storytime talks at 

Waimakariri Libraries this week to 

celebrate Conservation Week. 

They provided children and families 

the chance to see one of the region’s 

rarest fish species during the talks. 

Canterbury’smudfish,the kowaro,is 

found in lowland waterways around 

Oxfordand southtothe Waitaki River. 

‘‘They wereonce widespread on the 

Canterbury Plains, in wetlands which 

are now mostly drained,’’ park general 

manager Greg Brynes says. 

The Department of Conservation 

rankedthe mudfish as nationally 

endangered in 2005. 

Their biggest threatisdamage to their 

habitat, mainly through drainage on 

privateland. 

The first storytime events were held at 

the Rangiora and Oxfordlibraries last 

Tuesday.One was alsoheld at the 

Kaiapoi Library last Wednesday, and 

another will be held at the Rangiora 

Library this morning(Thursday, August 

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By LINDSAY KERR 

Rangiora’s Matt 

Summerfield celebrated 

his 100th competitive rally 

start with acomprehensive 

victory in the recent Catlins 

Rally. 

Driving his newly 

acquired Mitsubishi AP4 

rally car, time was lost on 

the first stage after aspin, 

but he and new codriver 

Jared Christofferson 

followed it up by winning 

the remaining four stages 

to etch out a38.8 second 

advantage. 

Victory in the Catlins 

Rally had been in his sights 

twice before, last year 

being his closest attempt, 

but it ended with his 

Subaru Impreza off the 

road. 

The event, around of the 

Mainland series, drew a 

bumper field of 88 starters. 

The Catlins win was the 

second time Matt has won 

the same event as his 

father, Les, who also won in 

2002 and 2004. 

They have also shared 

victories in the Canterbury 

Rally. 

Matt will reunite with 

regular codriver, sister 

Nicole, for the remaining 

events on this season’s rally 

calendar. This includes the 

local Ashley Forest 

Rallysprint, scheduled for 

September 20 and 21. 

Rallying pair ... Matt 

Summerfield with his sister, 

Nicole, who will be his codriver 

for the rest of the 

season. 

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In action ... Matt 

Summerfield attacks the 

dipper on his way down the hill 

during the 2019 Ashley Rally. 

Unique species in wetland 

Recent mapping of awetlandonMtFyffe 

Farm,near Kaikoura,has revealed 

unique plant speciesnot seen elsewhere 

in the district. 

The manukadominant wetland hosts 

native vegetationincluding harakekeand 

purei(sedges), and swampastelia,which 

is uncommon on the eastcoast, 

Environment Canterbury says. 

The wetland borders the Ka Whata Tu 

oRakihouia Conservation Park,managed 

by the Department of Conservation. 

It was first surveyed earlierinthe year, 

before being mapped and recorded to 

capture its true areaand ecologicalvalue. 

The farm is owned by the Richardson 

family, which received ImmediateSteps 

biodiversityfunding of up to $18,000 to 

fence 1.9 hectares of wetland. 

Landowner PhilRichardson says 

fencing thearea helpsprotectits 

uniqueness.‘‘Water collects thereand 

then flows into Goldmine Creek. It’s anobrainer 

to protect it, really.” 

Planting and seeding the wetland 

edges,plus weed and predator control, 

will alsohelp create abooming 

biodiversityhotspotonthe farm. 

Phil manages the sheepand beeffarm 

with his son, Josh, and bothare keento 

protect the wetland. “With all the work 

we have done on the farm with gorse and 

old man’s beard, these latest efforts are a 

natural progression,’’Phil says. 

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Tales of Pegasus Town 

Restoration work recognised ... Afunction at the Balmoral 

Fire Lookout, held before Covid19 restrictions, marked the 

restoration of the historic lookout. 


Help appreciated 

The Hawarden Waikari 

Lions, pivotal in getting the 

Balmoralfirelookout 

renovatedand restored, will 

be recognised for its 

contribution. 

Unfortunately, plans to 

present acertificate of 

recognition to club 

representative DaveHislop 

during ConservationWeek 

have been cancelled because 

of Covid19. However, he will 

receive it during October’s 

officialopening. 

It is not the only historic 

building to benefit from 

community support. 

Dr SharonEnglish and 

Robert Birks, working 

through the New Zealand 

ConservationFund, were 

central to ensuring the Casey 

Hut in Arthurs Pass National 

Park,whichburnt down in 

2015,was rebuilt thanksto 

theirgenerous sponsorship. 

Following the cancellation 

of the officialCasey Hut 

opening on August 22, a 

virtual opening should be 

readytoview on the 

Department of Conservation 

website this Saturday. 

Without such support, 

some hutswouldnot be 

replaced. It is asimilarstory 

with the Waiau Hut in the St 

JamesConservation Area. 

Thanks to support from 

Robert, the new Waiau Hut 

was opened in February 

2018.Both Robert and 

Sharon have alifelong 

interestinNew Zealand’s 

back country and are 

committed to encouraging 

others to get outdoors. 

More on Conservation 

Week,page 12 

By DAVID HILL 

Just north of Christchurch and 

up from Woodend, 

Throw ahard right at the 

circular bend, 

On through the gateway six 

totems defend, 

And you’ll come upon Pegasus 

Town. 

And so it begins, anew book by 

proud ‘‘Pegasusian’’ Bob Nimmo, 

Songs of the Pegasus Possums: 

Tales, Taunts and Titillations 

from Pegasus Town and the 

Waimakariri District. 

The book is filled with local 

distractions, regional hot —and 

not so hot —spots, seasonal 

changes and silly tales from 

Pegasus and beyond. 

Many of the titillating tales 

involve experiences 

‘‘accidentally or intentionally 

shared’’, though names have 

been altered to ‘‘protect the 

guilty’’, Bob says. 

‘‘But should readers recognise 

themselves within these pages, 

they can rejoice in the belief that 

they are clearly very astute. 

‘‘Like dozens of little enclaves 

up and down the country, 

Pegasus has its own weird, 

whimsical and wonderful 

personalities who weave their 

own particular fabric while 

getting on with the living.’’ 

In his own whimsical way, Bob 

introduces readers to Trev, ‘‘who 

incarcerated himself in the local 

toilet’’, Pete ‘‘the disillusioned 

speedster’’, and Merv and May 

and the tale of the ‘‘troublesome 

jacuzzi’’. 

Even politics is not spared, as 

the proposed Woodend bypass 

and Covid19 get the full 

treatment in wit and song. 

Bob describes himself as a 

‘‘writer and observer of ‘hapless 

humanity’,’’ who lives in the 

heart of Pegasus and is ‘‘a loyal 

follower of the local fashion — 

whatever that is’’. 

And just remember: 

If you meet aPegasusian 

Or p’raps aPegasite, 

Don’t just gape and gawp and 

gasp 

Or run away in fright ... 

For acopy of Bob Nimmo’s 

Songs of the Pegasus Possums: 

Tales, Taunts and Titillations 

from Pegasus Town and the 

Waimakariri District,contact 

bigtreemarketingnz@gmail.com, 

move4bob@gmail.com, or phone 

(021) 231 3017. 

Kaikoura'swinter festival postponed 

Kaikoura’sfirst everwinterfestival has been 

postponed. 

The decision was madetopostpone theevent 

planned for thisweekend, because of the 

Covid19 alertlevel 2status, which bans 

gatherings of more 100 people. 

It willnow become aSpring Festival, with 

October 2to4set as the date. 

But Taranaki storytellers Erika&CoCo 

Flash will still be in towntopresent their 

children’s RainbowStorytime in the Kaikoura 

Library on Fridayat11am. 

Rainbow Storytimeisaimedatchildren from 

toddlers to intermediate age,readingbooks 

about acceptance, diversity, inclusionand 

being kind. 

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Conservation Week 15 –23August 2020 

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Aplea to observe nature through fresh eyes 

This Conservation Week people 

are being urged to look at nature 

through new eyes. 

Many things are changing in our 

world, but nature hasn’t changed. 

It is there,around us, every day. 

As we work together to defeat 

Covid19, manypeopleare looking 

at life and the world with a 

differentperspective. 

We havehad to changehow we 

live,what we valueand what we 

can do. 

Student support ... Bailey Baker, 

left,and Emma Warwick carry in 

roofing ironfor abirdwatchinghide. 

Conservation Week provides the 

perfect time for people to immerse 

themselves in nature and embrace 

whathas alwaysbeen there. Look, 

listen,breatheand feel. 

Taketime to explore your 

relationshipwith natureand its 

benefits —connecting with nature 

is crucial to ourwellbeing and 

longterm survival. 

Takesome timetoimmerse 

yourselfinnature during 

Conservation Week. 

Although thereare no facetofaceevents 

organised this year 

because of Covid precautions, 

please maketime to go for awalk 

to your specialplace and thank 

nature for still being there. 

If you can’t get out intoparks 

and reserves, explore your 

backyardand see how you can 

makeyour immediate 

environment more naturefriendly. 

Plant or provide food for native 

birds, monitor and trap predatory 

pests, or pull out some invasive 

weeds. To learn more, check out 

the Get Involved Let nature in 

pages on the Department of 

Conservation website. 

There are also some great 

nature experiences on its digital 

channels this year. Find out more 

at conservationweek.org.nz. 

Thanking helpers 

Every year, Conservation Week 

provides atimely opportunity to 

thank,acknowledgeand celebrate 

the fantastic work achieved by 

supporters, volunteersand 

partners. 

Unfortunately,facetoface 

eventshave been cancelled 

nationwide because of Covid19 

restrictions. 

This year,atthe Christchurch 

stakeholdersfunction planned for 

Te Wheke Marae,three groups 

and individuals from the North 

Canterbury District weretohave 

received specialmention and 

accolades fromConservation 

Minister Eugene Sage for their 

outstanding contribution to 

conservation. 

While the event was cancelled, 

there will be other celebrations 

later in the year. 

AshleyGorgeTrack and 

Conservation Groupleaders Dave 

Shelton and JohnBurton, the 

driving forcesbehind this 

spectacular education and 

environmental project, were to 

have received their 

acknowledgement at the event 

along with studentEmma 

Warwick,representing the many 

youth who immersedthemselves 

in the initiative. 

However, the department will 

still partner with this grouptorun 

apublic eventatAshleyGorge, 

hopefully duringthe school 

holidays, withguided walks and 

displays to see the fantastic work 

achieved by thishardworking 

group. 

Ashley projectvolunteers ... John Burton, left, and DaveShelton will 

be recognised for their efforts. 

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the ripeold age of 18. 

Belbrook Dynamic VanessaEX5, owned 

by Belbrook Holsteins at Springbank, 

nearRangiora, was the onlyHolstein 

Friesian in NewZealandtoreceivean 

EX5 classificationin2019. 

‘‘She’snot thebiggest cowinthe world, 

but shedoesher thing,’’says Robbie 

Wakelin, who farms withhis older 

brother, John. 

‘‘This cowlooks about 10 years old. She 

justkeepsploddingalongand goesalong 

withthe restofthe herd and milkstwice 

aday withthe othercows.’’ 

JohnWakelin said he waselatedatthe 

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“It’s beentwo decades since we’ve had 

acow classifyEX5.Thatwas Belbrook LD 

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20 North Canterbury News, August 20, 2020 

Trampoline club has areal spring in its step 

By DAVID HILL 

International competitions might 

be off limits, but Rangiora’s 

trampoline club has its own 

transTasman flavour. 

Ice TrampolineSportsboasts 

Australasia’s topranked jumpers 

in women’s doublemini 

trampoline, along with other 

worldclass performers. 

Bronwyn Dibb, aged 22, was 

the silver medallistinthe 

women’s doublemini trampoline 

at last year’sworld 

championships, whileher teammate 

Braida Thomas, 24, was the 

top equalranked Australian, 

finishing 14thinthe same event. 

‘‘She(Braida) is afriend of 

mine and came overand did a 

few training sessions with us and 

just lovedthe culture of our 

squadand the way we do 

training, so she decided to move 

here,’’ Bronwyn says. 

Bronwyn has been competing 

Forward movement ... Amelia 

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in trampoline sinceshe was 9, 

startinginChristchurchbefore 

her coaches Nigel and Vicki 

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Humphreys founded Ice 

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12 years ago. 

‘‘I just love the sport. It’s the 

thrill of flipping out and flying 

through the air and the culture of 

the sport. 

‘‘I did gymnastics whenIwas 

younger and it’s the friends I 

have made whichmakes it 

special. 

‘‘This is one of thebest clubs in 

New Zealand.’’ 

The club boastedsix members 

of the eightstrongNew Zealand 

squadwhichcompeted in last 

year’s world championships, as 

well as one Australian. 

‘‘We usually compete overseas 

twiceayearatleast,but we 

missed out altogether thisyear. 

We were meanttogotoPortugal, 

but hopefully we will be able to 

compete overseas againnext 

year,’’ Bronwyn says. 

Ice Trampoline Sports shares 

the facilitiesinRangiora’s 

Edward Street withthe Rangiora 

Gymnastics Club and the North 

Canterbury Sportand 

RecreationTrust’shead office. 

Nigelsays having someofNew 

Zealand’stop athletes was a 

majoradvantage to the club, 

whichprideditselfonhavinga 

familyfriendly atmosphere. 

‘‘Having the seniorathletes 

really inspires the young ones 

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sportand they don’t have to give 

it up at age 16. 

‘‘Ourphilosophy for the 

children is it’s got to be fun and 

we value the opportunitytoteach 

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By DAVIDHILL 

Apublicforum about 

reducing drug harm is back 

on,after beingaffected by 

Covid19 restrictions. 

Drugs survivor and 

motivational speaker Pat 

Buckleywas duetospeakin 

theWaimakariri districtin 

March,but his visit was 

cancelled as the country 

moved into lockdown. 

But with greater freedoms 

allowed, Pat will now speak 

at apublic forumnext Wednesday, 

August26, from 7pm 

in theRangioraTownHall. 

Senior pupils at Kaiapoi 

and Rangiora highschools, 

RangioraNew LifeSchool 

and Oxford Area School will 

alsoget achance to hear 

from Pat during his visit. 

The visit is sponsored by 

the Prevention of Alcohol 

and Drug Harm Waimakariri 

Steering Group. 

Waimakariri District 

Council safecommunity 

facilitator Natalie Paterson 

saysPatwilldiscuss actions 

parents cantake,what 

support is available, drug 

trends, and telltale signs. 

‘‘I’ve had anumberof 

differentconversations with 

parents and Iwould 

encourage as manyparents 

as possibletocomealong. 

‘‘Sometimesparentscan 

be blindsided when they 

2299409 

❛Parentscan be 

blindsided when 

they becomeaware 

that their teenagers 

have adrugs 

problem.❜ 

become aware that their 

teenagers have adrugs 

problem,sobylearning 

about the telltale signs, they 

willknowwhattolook for. 

‘‘Youdon’t havetobea 

parent to come to the forum. 

It is open to the general 

publicand anyone who has 

concerns or hasaninterest 

inthe issuecan attend.’’ 

Pat is aformer addictwho 

foundedAmped4life.net.nz 

tohelpcommunities fight 

drug and alcohol abuse. 

Representatives from 

local drug and alcohol 

support agencies will be at 

the forums to offersupport. 

‘‘NorthCanterbury has 

good support available for 

those strugglingwithdrug 

andalcohol addictions, 

especially for young people,’’ 

Nataliesays. ‘‘Community 

Wellbeing North Canterbury 

has drug and alcohol 

counsellors, and if aparent 

wants to make areferral they 

can do that.’’ 

NEWS 


21 

Town smog levels breached 


Air pollution standards have 

been exceeded on four nights in 

Rangiora and three nights in 

Kaiapoi so far this winter. 

These exceedances breach the 

National Environmental 

Standards for Air Quality 

(NESAQ) regulations which are 

set by the Ministry for the 

Environment under the 

Resource Management Act. 

In Canterbury, Environment 

Canterbury (ECan) does the 

monitoring. 

ECan’s air quality science team 

leader, Tim Mallet, said the 

likely source of pollution in 

Rangiora and Kaiapoi on those 

nights was home fires. 

However, the number of 

exceedances has reduced 

significantly in most airsheds in 

recent years. 

‘‘For example, in the Rangiora 

airshed in 2010 there were 13 

nights of exceedances, compared 

to 2019 when there were just two. 

‘‘The findings from our many 

years of work with the 

community has shown us that the 

majority of people are doing the 

right thing and have made the 

changes needed, such as 

upgrading noncompliant olderstyle 

wood burners to lowemission 

forms of home heating.’’ 

ECan runs an annual regionwide 

Warmer Cheaper campaign 

during the winter, focusing on 

better burning information and 

advice. The campaign’s website 

is at warmercheaper.co.nz. 

‘‘Smoke in outdoor air can 

come into homes, depending on 

Smoke... ECanmonitorsair pollution in airsheds aroundCanterbury. 

how ventilated they are,’’ Tim 

says. 

The air quality regulations are 

based on the health risks 

associated with different 

contaminants. Anational 

environmental standard of 50 

micrograms per cubic metre of 

air has been set for PM10 (very 

small particles found in dust and 

smoke) for the 24hour period 

from midnight to midnight. 

Air pollution is referred to as 

PHOTO: FILE 

‘‘high’’ when the daily 

concentration is greater than 50 

at any monitoring site within a 

defined airshed. 

This standard is usually 

exceeded each year in 

Canterbury airsheds. 

The regulations also determine 

the maximum allowable highpollution 

nights per year for each 

area. 

In Rangiora, that number is 

one while in Kaiapoi it is three. 

HOW CAN YOU DRUG PROOF 

YOUR CHILDREN? 

Pat Buckley from Amped4life presents a 

community forum that realistically and 

graphically communicates the risks of Drug 

and Alcohol use and abuse in our community. 

● CURRENT DRUG TRENDS AND DANGERS 

● HOW TO IDENTIFY THE TELL TALE SIGNS 

● WHAT ACTION TO TAKE 

● WHAT SUPPORT IS AVAILABLE 

RANGIORA 

(RANGIORA TOWN HALL) 

26TH AUGUST 2020 7PM 

Pat will be speaking to the senior students at Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Oxford and \Rangiora 

New Life schools throughout the week. 

Refreshments and light supper will follow Pat’s presentation. This is afree event. 

For more information about Pat see www.amped4life.net.nz 

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Groups discuss social recovery 

By DAVID HILL 

In brief 

Lost and found 

The willingnessof 

Waimakariri’s community 

organisationstocollaborate has 

beenreinforced in thedistrict’s 

efforts to combat Covid19. 

Morethan60people 

representing various 

community groups recently 

attended asocialrecovery 

planning workshop at the 

Woodend Community Centre. 

WaimakaririDistrict Council 

community teammanagerTessa 

Sturley saysthe attendees 

included representatives from 

the social, community, 

recreation,health, faithbased, 

education, local and central 

government, as wellasfunders, 

youth,older persons and 

migrant sectors. 

‘‘Waimakaririiswell 

recognised forthe willingness of 

local organisationsto 

collaborateand to thinkoutside 

the square to makesure people 

are well supported and 

connectedinto the lifeofthe 

community,’’ Tessa says. 

‘‘The workshopwas an 

opportunity to celebrate what’s 

alreadyhappeninginour 

community while 

acknowledgingthatthereare 

still somegaps. 

‘‘Itwas an energeticand 

creativemorning with some 

reallygooddiscussion.’’ 

The intention of the workshop 

was to inform localstakeholders 

about the progress of Covid19 

social recovery,toreview the 

evidence gatheredfrom the 

various sectorsand to identify 

Community planning ... Representatives of various community and elected leaders discuss social 

recovery at aworkshop held in Woodend. 

PHOTO:WAIMAKARIRIDISTRICT COUNCIL 

any gaps. 

Attendeesbrainstormed 

solutionsand opportunities 

which emerged from therecent 

Social ServicesWaimakariri 

surveys, including mental 

healthand wellbeing, inclusion 

in community, addiction and 

family violence, accesstosport 

and recreation, food 

deprivation andpoverty, 

unemployment and 

empowerment, andsupport for 

thearts and cultural activities. 

‘‘Peopleare reallyprepared 

to do their part to worktogether 

to make things happen andto 

step outside their comfortzone, 

andoutside theconfinesof 

business as usual for the greater 

good,’’Tessa says. 

Workshopparticipantswere 

also mindfulthatsome people’s 

circumstanceshad changed 

because of Covid19,she says. 

‘‘We wanttomakesurethat 

they are supported, encouraged 

andempowered to engageand 

that they havearealsenseof 

hope and possibility.’’ 

The following property has 

beenreported as lost to North 

Canterburypolicestations: A 

black/gray Samsung S20 Ultra 

cellphone,agold iPhone 7, a 

black leather wallet, black 

leather foldup with56 keys, an 

iPhone XR inablack 

waterproof case, awhite Apple 

iPhone 6, arose gold blue stone 

ring, ablack pouch with a 

Huawei P30 phone and Dortex 

binoculars,and agold 

engagement ring (opal 

surrounded by diamonds). 

Treefelling 

An article in the August 13 

edition of North Canterbury 

News reports Waimakariri 

Mayor Dan Gordon as accepting 

Environment Canterbury’s 

reasoningbehindthe removal 

of treesnearthe Ashley River. 

Mr Gordon says while he 

accepts ECanhas removed the 

trees, he does not agreewith the 

reasoning. ‘‘If thereare trees 

thatare adanger to people 

then, of course, Iwouldsupport 

their removal, but not the 

removal of healthy trees. This 

was an area of significant 

natural beauty that Iand lots of 

other locals enjoyed. Ishare the 

community’s concern thatthis 

areaisnow gone andIdon’t 

accept that there was a 

justifiable case for their 

removal.’’Any 

misunderstanding caused by 

thisisregretted. 

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Bike race through station revived 

The Molesworth Muster 

Mountain BikeRace will 

returninNovember after a 

10year hiatus. 

The Hawarden Waikari 

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covering more than80km 

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high country, on Saturday, 

November 14. 

Competitorswill race 

through New Zealand’s largest 

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famousstockroute used for 

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cattlefrom the station to 

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It is an adventure from start 

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Alocked gate means 

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will be taken on the day. 

Entries, which cost $120a 

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Spectacular scenery ... November’s bike race will be throughone of New Zealand’s bestknown high 

country stations. 

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Stitches on the front line 


Stitches, who rides on the 

dashboard of the Amberley St 

John ambulance, has awhole 

school of admirers. 

The teddy was named through 

acompetition run by the 

Amberley St John operational 

volunteers at Amberley School. 

Amberley station manager 

Rachel Basher says naming their 

mascot, and acolouring 

competition run at the school, 

were designed to show the 

community the special work 

done by St John volunteers. 

While Covid19 alert level 2 

took atoll on some planned 

activities, there was still ahuge 

amount of enthusiasm from 

pupils in the competition, with 

talks and displays given by St 

John volunteers. 

Activities planned for children 

included older children learning 

CPR, aparamedic relay, using 

equipment, and St John youth 

teaching bandaging and first aid. 

Social distancing put paid to 

this, but volunteers visited 

individual hubs and handed out 

the colouring competition prizes. 

Adefibrillator and response 

bag were also shown to children, 

who learnt how they worked. 

Question time followed. 

Sophie McDonald won the 

naming of the teddy, and was 

awarded the grand prize in front 

of the whole school, gathered in 

hubs on the hard courts. 

She was taken for aride in the 

ambulance around the school, 

complete with flashing lights and 

siren. 

Winning name ... Sophie McDonald won the competition to name 

Stitches. 


Sophie took home her very own 

teddy bear, while Stitches now 

takes prideofplace on the 

ambulance dashboard. 

The colouring competition 

winners were: 

Prep Lucah Simonetta; Year 

01 Dougal Marshall; Year 24 

Greta Graham ;Year 56 Amber 

Stanley; Year 78 Sophie 

McDonald. 

The Amberley Station is 

managed by two volunteer 

station managers, Rachel Basher 

and Sam Wilson. There are about 

adozen active volunteers at 

present, with three recruits. 

‘‘We are very lucky in 

Amberley as we are well 

supported by the wider North 

Canterbury volunteers, who 

often come and join us crewing 

Amberley 1,’’ Rachel says. 

Alot of hard work goes into 

filling its volunteer roster to 

provide the community with a 

frontline resource. 

‘‘Our roster is filled most 

evenings with volunteers who 

selflessly give up their time.’’ 

Anyone who wants to be part of 

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contact Rachel by email at 

rachel.basher@stjohns.org.nz. 

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‘‘Life has got alot more intensive.I 

probably didn’trealise that, but when 

you’re working on an online platform 

you’ve got to be really active, so it takes a 

lot of time. It’s made life prettybusy, but 

it’swhat Iwanted.’’ 

Sarah farms at The Grampians,near 

Culverden,with husband Jonoand his 

parents,Graham and AnneReed, running 

5500merino sheep and 400 head of angus 

cattle. 

The familywas already supplying 

merino wool to Norwegian company 

Devold,which is passionate about 

traceability by labelling garments to 

identify where the wool came from. 

‘‘The traceability factor is becoming 

moreimportant to consumers and 

sustainability is becoming abig factor,’’ 

Sarah says. 

‘‘You want to weargarments that are 

going to keep being made. 

‘‘Wool has such amazingpropertiesso 

we just need to keep promoting it.’’ 

Many of thegarments soldbyThe 

Grumpy Merinoare labelled to say the 

wool came from The Grampians. 

‘‘It depends on what’s available at the 

time.But it’s all made from merino wool 

from New Zealandgrowers,ifwecan.’’ 

Living on the farm is aworld awayfrom 

her career as anurse, where Sarah 

worked in pediatrics. 

Afterhavingthreechildren, the 

commute was no longer practical. 

‘‘That’s the good thing aboutthis job. It 

worksinwithfamily life and it’sflexible, 

and it’s diversifyingoff our farm business. 

‘‘It’s giving me my spot in our operation. 

All we have to do is produceour wool and 

send it off and then Iorder what Iwant. 

‘‘EssentiallyI’m the retailer for Devold 

of Norway,while finishing our supply 

chainfor our wool.’’ 

Marrying into afarming family is never 

easy,but Sarah saysruralwomen needto 

find somethingtosink their teeth into. 

‘‘It’s really hard with little kids and 

beingisolated. You kind of lose yourself, 

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31 

Final misses only one thing: Spectators 

RUGBY 

By LINDSAY KERR and 

PETER WILLIAMS 

GlenmarkCheviotmade it three 

in arow when the side took out 

the NorthCanterbury rugby 

Luisetti Seedsrugby grand final 

on Saturday,beatinglongtime 

rival Kaiapoi 3224. 

The hometeam, playing at a 

perfect but sadly largely deserted 

Omihi Domain, wentinasthe 

favourite, having comfortably 

beatenits rivals in the roundrobin 

fixture. 

However, at half time, that 

favouritismhad largelyvanished, 

with Kaiapoi holding a1710 

lead. 

Kaiapoiopened the scoring 

with aLanceTaylor penalty. 

GlenmarkCheviotimmediately 

struckback in its first 

opportunity on attack.This 

resulted in atry to captainBen 

Anderson,converted by the 

reliableBrook Retallick. 

Apart from the boot of 

Retallick,who kept Glenmark in 

contentionwithapenalty, the 

rest of the first half belongedto 

Kaiapoi. The rivertown club 

openedits tryscoringwitha 

brilliant try to midfielder Dante 

Love, who sold adummy to slip 

through the combined side’s 

Silverware ... Glenmark captain 

Ben Anderson receives the Alf 

Hunnibel Trophy from Luisetti 

Seeds representative Mark 

Frampton. 

Champions ... The victorious GlenmarkCheviot side with the season’s haul of silverware. 

defence. Taylorduly converted. 

TheKaiapoiscrum began to 

gainascendancyand the strange 

sight of aGlenmark packonthe 

backfootemerged. This 

dominance resulted in its 

skipper Jacob Hurringscoring a 

try fromthe base of the scrum 

whenKaiapoi usheredits 

opponents over the line. 

Glenmark began the last40 

minutesinpositive fashion when 

Retallick foundroom to down the 

blind side, takinghis side into an 

attacking situation. After abuildup 

involvingseveralphases, 

halfback Jordy Grayslipped 

through the Kaiapoi line to score. 

Retallick duly convertedand the 

scores were tied. 

After spendingmore time on 

attack, Retallick took Glenmark 

intothe leadwith adropped goal 

and,three minutes later, the 

hardworkingJacob Vincent 

muscled his way over theline 

and the Glenmark advantagewas 

out to 2717. 

However, the Kaiapoi dream 

wasnot finished,with Kimeon 

Reade gathering up aGlenmark 

dropped pass to run 40m to score. 

Taylor converted and the margin 

narrowed to threepoints. 

Fromthat point, and with five 

minutesremaining, Glenmark 

Cheviot held its composure and 

the ball. 

With timeuponthe clock, Gus 

Harrisonfound agap out wide to 

score in the corner. 

Glenmark’s Anderson, along 

with fellowloosieVincent, were 

largelyresponsible for upping 

the secondhalf teameffort,while 

front rowerHayden O’Donnell 

again made his presence feltwith 

ball in hand and in mauling 

situations. Retallick was avital 

pivot and his boot was, as usual, 

safe and accurate, while fullback 

Alex Robson was asafe cog on 

attackand defence. 

The Kaiapoi frontrow of Luka 

TooToo, RyanClark and Nathan 

Cassidy Richards createdasolid 

unit at scrum timeand the Smith 

brothers, Chrisand Jarod,never 

flinched from the hard work. 

Taine JacobsLawson and Dante 

Love in the centres were 

dangerous withany room 

offered. 

The result could havebeen so 

different had Kaiapoikept its 

firsthalf tempo,but clearly if the 

side maintainsthe currentsquad, 

its time will come again. A 

naturally disappointedcocoach 

Matt Newton summed up the 

feeling of his team: ‘‘They lifted 

their gameinthe secondhalf and 

Iwas surprisedthat we couldn’t 

find anything. Ourbench has 

been big for us but it didn’t 

happentoday. 

‘‘The morechanges we made 

the worse it got. Iguesswewere 

abit lucky with Kimeon’s try, 

too.’’ 

The Glenmark effortwas 

typicalofsomany of its games 

thisseason, wheresome of the 

marginshave been narrow, but 

its players know how to win. 

‘‘Weplay key guys in key 

positions and they all play for 

eachother,’’cocoach Matt 

Keane said. 

Knowing how towin was 

evident onceagain,particularly 

in the second half, with ascrum 

thathad gone backwards on 

occasion in the first spell. 

It was greattowin the 

championshipagain, Glenmark 

captain Andersonsaid.‘‘Wehad 

to shiftour thinkingathalf time 

and improve themomentum. 

‘‘Our scrum was aconcern but 

we just had to hang in. Iknew 

they (Kaiapoi)would come hard 

at us again after we got ahead.’’ 

GlenmarkCheviot’s victory 

maintained an unbeatenrun 

since May 2018. Ohokawas its 

only slip during this season. 

The team silverware for the 

seasonincludedthe Alf Hunnibel 

Trophy for winning the grand 

final and the DeansShield for 

roundrobinchallenges.Italso 

earnedthe clubits 33rdNorth 

Canterbury championship since 

thecompetition began in 1905. 

The Cameron Shieldfor the 

roundrobin contest was shared 

with Kaiapoi. 

WithCovid alert level2rules in 

place, the sight of only ahandful 

PHOTOS: LINDSAY KERR 

of spectators was astrange 

spectacle for such an occasion. 

Memories of club grand finals 

at theRangioraShow Grounds, 

in particular, boreastark 

contradiction when muchofthe 

perimeter was lined with trucks 

acting as grandstands and 

clustersofsupporterssocialising 

over barbecues. 

At Omihithisyear,there was 

the unusualsight of acherrypicker 

on aneighbouring 

property perched above the 

hedgeatthe fence line, with the 

occupants fully focused on the 

rugby. 

Scoreboard; GlenmarkCheviot 

32 (Ben Anderson, Jordy Gray, 

JacobVincent, Gus Harrison, 

tries; Brook Retallick 3 

conversions, adropped goaland 

1penalty.), Kaiapoi24(Dante 

Love,Jacob Hurring,Kimeon 

Reade, tries; LanceTaylor, 3 

conversionsand apenalty.) Karl 

Hancox referee. 

Other results 

The playoff for the plate final 

resulted in Hurunui squeezing 

outAshley3128.Ashley,in 

roundrobin playearlierinthe 

season,had been 2619 winners. 

The division 2grand final 

bought more disappointmentfor 

Kaiapoi, being outclassed by 

Kaikoura 3617.The game was 

played at Kaiapoi. 

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Close matches in weekend play 

HOCKEY 

Canterbury junior hockey 

competitions were affected 

last weekend underthe Covid 

level 2restrictions,but senior 

hockeywas abletocontinueat 

main venues. 

All junior sixaside hockey 

wascancelled because of the 

closure of several shared 

facilities, but it is hoped there 

will be enough unaffected 

venuesavailable to 

accommodate junior teams 

this weekend. 

Spectatorrestrictions were 

put in place at turfs involved 

in 11aside fixtures,but this 

didn’taffectthe quality of play 

or the support teamsenjoyed 

in great weather. 

The Rangiora HockeyClub’s 

seniorteamshad close games, 

with four drawsand two 

narrowlosses out of the nine 

games played. 

The Division 2and Division 

3women bounced backfrom 

losseslast weektosecurea 

competitionpoint each in 

draws withHornby and 

University,respectively. 

The Rangiora Hurunui midweek 

women also ended their 

match againstHSOB/Burnside 

with adraw, as did the 

Platinum Awomen. 

The Division 1men’s and 

women’s competitions have 

split into the Top5and Bottom 

4for each grade, with just over 

amonth to go in the season. 

In arepeatoflast week,the 

Rangiora Division 1women 

On the move ... Perri Stevenson, for the Rangiora Rascals Kwik Sticks girls’ team, in action against 

Harewood. 


again lost 10 to Universityin 

their Bottom 4clash. 

Meanwhile, theRangiora 

Division 1men almost upset 

Hornbyintheir Top 5match. 

RangioraAllsorts midweek 

men started well in their 

bottomofthetable game 

against Harewood, leading 

early andcreating several 

firsthalf chances, but 

struggled to maintain intensity 

in the second half, lettingin 

several unanswered goals. 

The biggestwin of the 

weekend went to the Rangiora 

Platinum Boys Ateam, which 

scored17goalsfrom 10 

different players against 

Harewood. 

At Kwik Sticks grade, the 

results were split. The girls’ 

teams,Rascals, Rubys and 

Rhinos, all lost, while the boys’ 

teams, Renegadesand 

Rampage, chalked up wins. 

Results 

Division 1: Men: Rangiora CBK 3 

(Lachlan Miller 1, Phil Kirk1,Liam 

Gray 1) losttoHornby 4. MVP: 

Lachlan Miller. 

Women: Rangiora CBK0lostto 

University of Canterbury Huns 1. 

MVP: Kate Campbell. 

Division 2: Women: Rangiora1 

(Piper Wilson1)drew withHornby 

Panthers 1. MVP: Shontay 

Simpson. 

Division3:Women:Rangiora3 

(AmeliaPlimmer 1, MadisynFoster 

2) drewwith universityAthenians 

3. MVP: Deb Baggott. 

Midweek Open: Men: Rangiora 

Allsorts1(MikeSmith 1) lostto 

HarewoodRed 6. 

Women: Rangiora Hurunui 0 

drew withHSOB/Burnside 0. MVP: 

KeighleyRobertson. 

Platinum Men: RangioraA17 

(BrodieSimpson 3, Bradley Turner 

3, Sam Firth 2, Loock Odendall2, 

Ricco PepperEdwards 2, Byron 

Turner 1, Giles Witt1,Caleb 

Orchard 1, HughSmith 1, Theovan 

Dorp 1) beatHarewood 0. MVP: 

Bradley Turner. 

Women: Rangiora A1(Kaylee 

McDonald1)drewwith Avon 1. 

MVP: KaraCairns.RangioraB1 

(Anna Withers 1) lost to Marist 

Black 3. MVP: CassidyNew GK. 

Kwik Sticks Girls: Rangiora 

Rascals 0losttoHarewoodRed 1. 

MVP: OliviaLander. Rangiora 

Rubys 0lost to Hornby Wildcats 2. 

MVP:Tilda Webster. 

Rangiora Rhinos 0lost to Marist 

Black 5. MVP: IsabelleGalbraith. 

Kwik Sticks Boys: Rangiora 

Renegades 4(OllieTaylor3, Allan 

Jenkins 1) beat Medbury School 

Black0.MVP:Luke Cherry. 

Rangiora Rampage 3beat 

Harewood Blue 0. 

SPORTS RESULTS 

Rangiora Bridge 

Saturday,individual: N/S:FrancesMcDowall/ 

Judith Calder1,Laura Anderson/SueMcIlroy 

2, Jeanette Chatterton/Veronica Hall3. 

E/W:Margaret Pickering/Janice Pickering1, 

RonaMaslowski/TomRose 2, JohnMcKenzie/ 

Janine Tyler 3. 

Monday Rata Pairs: N/S:Heather Waldron/ 

Robin Hassall 1, Jeanette Chatterton/Gaynor 

Hurford 2, Sue Solomons/JanRoose 3. E/W: 

Nancy Harris/Linda Joyce1,David Rainey/Liz 

Duke2,Jenny Hassall/Linda Hanham 3. 

Monday Evening:N/S:GavinDunnett/Noel 

Langdonand Shary Davis/MurrayDavisequal 

1, OmVan Der Mespel/William Van Der 

Mespel 3. E/W:GerrardMcRae/Kate 

Whitehead1,MarilynElliet/AlisonHowie2, 

Lindsay Sigglekow/LizCalder3. 

AmberleyGolf 

Ladies (Stableford): KatePercy 40 points,1; 

Adele Wilshire 39pts2. 

SeniorMen (Stableford): Roger Hornblow 

38pts 1, Roger Hack 37pts2,GwynWilliams 

and Dave vanTurnhout36pts,equal3. 

Junior Men (Stableford): Dennis George 40pts 

1, Bruce Mills 36pts 2, BrianFitzgerald and 

PaulWylie, 35pts, equal 3. 

9HoleLadies Stroke: ValCrooks 54 15 39, 1; 

HeatherKemp601941, 2. 

Men’s Stroke: John Evans 48 14 34,1;Dave 

Edwards 51 16 35,2. 

Mid WeekMen (Stableford)BrianGill 40 1, 

Kevin Kennedy,Murray Carson39pts equal2. 

RangioraGolf 

Midweek Men(Stableford): Peter Stuart481, 

Des McKenzie 42 2, Jacobvan Petegem 42 (c/b) 

3. 

Fridayopen tournament(Stableford): John 

Winsloe 40 1, Petervan Haut 40 2, Tony 

Stephenson393. 

Weekend Men (Stroke): Division 1: Chris 

Peters711,Alisdair Reid722,Rocky 

Marchioni723.Division 2: RaySoutham 66 1, 

JohnBrocherie662,Mark Savill 67 3. 

AmberleySmallbore Rifle 

MQuigley 99.7,KQuigley 98.4,RHarper 96.1, 

DQuigley95.4,IFrazer95.3,OMitchell93.2, 

CRhodes 93.1, MParker 89.2, WParker 89.1, 

Shoot, August 17: CRhodes 99.7,KBrown 99.6, 

MParker 92.2,WParker 92.2, BParker 91.2, O 

Mitchell 88.0, IFrazer 87.0. 

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What’s happening in your 

community… 

All info onchanges to Council services and facilities can be found at waimakariri.govt.nz/covid19 

Council Open for Business at Level 2 

The majority of Council facilities remain open to 

the public at Alert Level 2-including playgrounds, 

skateparks and dog parks. 

Service centres, libraries, transfer stations and 

aquatic centres also remain open -although some 

services may not resume where they cannot be 

delivered safely (e.g. where physical distancing 

cannot be maintained). 

Community facilities like halls and meeting rooms 

remain open to existing bookings –with safety 

protocols inplace. 

Full details on what facilities and services are 

open, including the safety measures in place, are 

available at waimakariri.govt.nz/covid19. 

The Council is making sure that we are operating 

as safely as possible at this alert level so visitors 

to facilities and venues will notice contact tracing 

measures, sanitisation and distancing protocols 

will be in place. 

Ashley River Tree Removal 

The Council share the community’s dismay over the 

removal of the trees at the picturesque spot along 

our riverbank. This awell used recreational area 

by walkers, runners and cyclists and the removal 

of this number of trees has changed the 

environment considerably. 

On behalf of the community, Mayor Dan Gordon 

has written to Environment Canterbury reiterating 

these concerns and has asked for ameeting with 

concerned residents. While it won’tchange what 

has happened it is an opportunity to learn from 

the experience. 

We would like more information about the future 

development of the affected area including 

replanting aswell as restoration of the tracks and 

the fitness equipment. 

Conservation Week 

Since the COVID-19 lockdown, many of us slowed 

down and looked at our lives and the world 

differently. The Department of Conservation are 

inviting you toenjoy afresh perspective onour 

natural spaces and unique wildlife, and boost your 

wellbeing by immersing yourself in nature. 

Engage online, atactivities orevents, or by 

exploring your own backyard to embrace what’s 

always been there; look, listen, breathe and feel. 

You can join in here doc.govt.nz/news/events/ 

conservation-week/ 

This year library staff will be joined by rangers 

from the Te Kōhaka oTūhaitara Trust, who 

provide environmental education to many of 

North Canterbury and Christchurch’s primary and 

secondary schools. Find out more at libraries. 

waimakariri.govt.nz or search Waimakariri 

Libraries on Facebook. 

Community Service 

Awards 2020 

Nominations are Open 

These awards are to recognise 

our community volunteers 

that go above and beyond. 

Full criteria, details and nomination 

forms are available now. 

Youcan pick upanomination form from 

one of Council’s Service Centres and 

Libraries at Rangiora, Kaiapoi and Oxford 

and isalso onour website waimakariri.govt. 

nz 

Criteria 

• Anyone who has carried out significant 

voluntary services in the Waimakariri 

District to: the arts, culture, education, 

health, recreation, sport, welfare or youth. 

• Must be nominated by two people of the 

Waimakariri District. 

This year’s Community Service Awards 

ceremony will be held in November. 

Nominations close 5pm, 

Friday 18 September 2020 

Road Closure 

Event: 

Kaiapoi 10 Year Earthquake Celebrations 

Organisers: 

All Together Kaiapoi (Linda Dunbar) 

Date: Friday 4September 2020 

Time: 3pm –9pm 

Roads involved: RavenQuay,Kaiapoi from 

William StreettoBlack Street (approx.) 

Traffic Management Company: 

Wilsons Traffic Management 

Detours: nil 

HAS YOUR 

EMPLOYMENT SITUATION 

BEEN AFFECTED 

BY COVID 19? 

Come along to one ofour workshops 

for information, support and advice 

Oxford Jaycee Rooms 

Thursday 27 August 

Kaiapoi 

Workingmen’s Club: 

Thursday 3September 

Find out more &register: 

waimakariri.govt.nz/workshops 

Stay home 

if you are sick 

Wash &dry or 

sanitise your hands 

Rangiora RSA: 

Thursday 17 September 

All from 9am to 12.30pm 

MORNING TEA 

PROVIDED 

Keep a1-metre 

distance from others 

Cough or sneeze 

into your elbow 

Help keep our 

community safe

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Taranaki Reserve 

Planting Day 

Celebration ... Tuahiwi School pupils perform ahaka during last year’sNorth Canterbury Kapa Haka Festival. 

PHOTO: FILE 

Kapa haka festival to return 

Help us plant 300 native seedlings 

Where: Stop-bank off Kings Ave, WaikukuBeach 

When: Saturday 22 August2020 

9am –12pm 

What: 

Planting 300nativeseedlings 

Please bringclothingfor all weathers, 

hat, gloves, sturdyfootwear, spade and 

water bottle. 

By DAVID HILL 

North Canterbury’s popular kapa 

haka festival is set to return in 

November. 

Tuahiwi School principal Mel 

TaitePitama says she is pleased 

with the response from local 

schools, with the annual North 

Canterbury Kapa Haka Festival 

rescheduled for November 30 

and December 1—two months 

later than normal because of 

Covid19. 

‘‘Coming back after the 

lockdown, we realised the 

schools wouldn’t have enough 

time to train and coming back 

after Covid, haka wasn’t a 

priority,’’ she said. 

While term four is busy, 

especially for high school 

students with exams, Mel is 

confident the event will be a 

success. ‘‘We know this 

celebration is very important in 

North Canterbury ...and all of 

the schools came back and said 

‘please don’t cancel’. 

‘‘It gives people some hope and 

some sense of normality, and it 

gives children something to be 

proud of. 

‘‘And for some of them, as 

whanau, it’s the first time they’ve 

seen their children on stage and 

for others it’s the last time,’’ she 

said. 

The Christchurch Kapa Haka 

Festival has been cancelled, so 

there has been plenty of interest 

from city schools to participate. 

The local festival was first held 

about 15 years ago and is thought 

to be one of the largest education 

events in North Canterbury, with 

several of the more than 30 

schools each having more than 

100 pupils taking part. 

All of Tuahiwi School’s 165 

pupils will be involved. 

‘‘Kapa haka is something to be 

celebrated and the good thing is 

it’s something that can be 

celebrated by adiverse group of 

people and not just Maori,’’ Mel 

said. 

Once again, the event will be 

held at the Ohoka Community 

Centre, but anew venue may 

need to be explored next year 

because of the event’s growing 

popularity. 

Have you signed up for 

the Waimakariri District 

Council Newsletter? 

To join visit waimakariri.govt.nz 

and scroll down until you see the 

sign up button. 

Regional park users being surveyed 

Environment Canterbury’s parks and forest team 

has set up aparks user survey. 

It aims to help the team manage ECan’s large 

areas of developed regional parks, mainly along 

the banks of the Waimakariri and the Ashley/ 

Rakahuri rivers. 

‘‘As recreation is akey use of these areas, our 

goal is to obtain information on how many 

visitors we are getting into the parks, who is 

using our parks, what activities they are engaging 

in, what they like/dislike about the park, and 

what they would like to see in the parks with 

regards to recreation and leisure activities,’’ 

parks and forests team leader James Page says. 

This research was being done in two stages, in 

June and August this year and in December and 

January, to gauge any differences in user groups 

during the summer and winter. 

‘‘The survey can be completed up until January 

31, 2021 and we encourage as many people as 

possible to respond,’’ James says. 

It can be found online at surveymonkey.com/ 

r/ecanparks. 

Information gathered will be used to form longterm 

development plans for regional parks, with 

the aim of providing ausable space 

accommodating awide range of visitors and 

pursuits. 

Workshops planned for jobseekers 

Scan the QR code to take 

you straight to sign up. 

By DAVID HILL 

Help is at hand for thosefacing 

redundancyoracareer change 

because of Covid19. 

The Waimakariri District 

Council has joined with the 

Ministry of Social Development 

(MSD)toorganise three 

workshops focusing on providing 

information on reemployment 

options, financial assistanceand 

trainingopportunities. 

Council community team 

manager Tessa Sturleysays the 

workshops are an opportunity to 

demystifythe employment 

supportsectorand to empower 

people to getthrough what in 

many cases is asignificant change 

in circumstances. 

“We are really happytopartner 

with MSD to support these 

workshops. 

‘‘PostCovid is achallenging 

time for our community and these 

workshops will hopefully help 

localbusinesses and affected 

workers by providingsupport and 

information.” 

The need for suchworkshops 

was identified through the 

development of the council’s 

Covid19 recovery plan and the 

success of workshopsheld by the 

ministry earlierinthe year. 

The workshops willinclude a 

paneldiscussion and tipson 

reframingfinances, selfemployment, 

retraining and 

volunteering as astepping stone 

for employment. 

“We don’t have to define 

ourselves by the paidwork we do,’’ 

Tessasays of volunteering, which 

can be astepping stone to ajob. 

To find outmore and to register 

for the workshops, which willbe 

held in Oxford, Kaiapoi and 

Rangiora, go to waimakariri.govt. 

nz/workshops. 

Alongsidethis, Waimakariri 

libraries are alsooffering 

workshops to help people write 

CVs and preparefor job 

interviews. See the library 

website for details.

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BUSINESS? 

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in North Canterbury and 

Kaikoura regions than any 

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a story 

you’d like 

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district? 

Shareit 

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and let 

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what’s 

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Public Notices 

Plan Change 2: 

Mt Lyford Village 

At its meeting on 25 

June 2020, the Council 

resolved to adopt Plan 

Change 2tothe Hurunui 

District Plan following 

the completion of the 

statutoryprocesses. 

Plan change 2 relates 

to the Mt Lyford Village 

area and introduces a 

new slope assessment 

area; updates the fault 

mapping; amends the 

design standards for the 

Village and updates the 

relevant objective and 

policies. 

This plan change will 

become operative on 27 

August 2020. 

The updated Hurunui 

District Plan and 

background information 

can be viewed at 

www.hurunui.govt.nz/PC2 

Educational 

2306512 

TUITION available. Primary 

and secondary to 

NCEA level 3. Math, Literacy 

and Science (NCEA). 

Each student on an individually, 

tailoured programme. 

Kip McGrath 

Rangiora has been serving 

the local community for 30 

years. Give us a call or 

book your free assessment 

online 03 313 3638 https:/ 

/www.kipmcgrath.co.nz/rangiora. 


West Ward By-Election 

DECLARATION OF RESULT 

The finalresult forthe by-election that closed at middayonFriday14 August 2020 is: 

West Ward (1 vacancy) 

VotesReceived 

HOLLOWAY,Mary 778 

WALKER, Jeffrey Alan 397 

INFORMALorBLANK VOTING PAPERS 3 

MaryHOLLOWAYisdeclared elected. 

The voterreturn was37.41%, being 1178 votes. 

AnthonyMorton 

Electoral Officer 

PO Box3138, Christchurch 8140 

www.hurunui.govt.nz 0800666 928 

iro@electionz.com 

FRIENDS OF RANGIORA HOSPITAL INC. 

A. G. M. 

The Annual General Meeting of the above society will 

be held at the Health Hub 

on Monday 31 August at 7.00pm. 

This will be followed by the normal bi-monthly meeting. 

All welcome 

2302667 

KAIAPOI CHRISTADELPHIANS 

“The Key of Knowledge ..“(Luke 11:52) 

“GOOD NEWS” 

What the Bible says about Jerusalem: 

“And His (Christ’s) feet shall stand in that day 

upon the Mount of Olives, which is before 

Jerusalem on the east...” Zechariah 14:4 

Travel &Tours 

DayTrips 

TwopassesArthurs /Lewis 

Saturday5th September $45pp 

Pickup /Dropoff-Kaiapoi, Amberley, Woodend, 

Rangiora, Oxford 

Mt Cook DayTripSaturday12th September $55pp 

Tours 

HokiangaCape Reinga BayofIslands 8Days 

includesflightshome pick up $2250pptwin share. 

Central South Island Pukaki DownsStation Morven 

Hills Mt Aspiring8Days $1795 pp twin share 

Xmas Tour 4Days 

Call Reid Tours 0800446 886 

Email:reidtours@xtra.co.nz www.reidtours.com 

2305207 

TimeBank Waimakariri 

AGM 

7pm Monday 31 st August 

Rangiora WarMemorial 

Hall 

followed byaGuest 

Speakeron Economical 

and Sustainable Living! 

Supper and Spot Prize. 

Members and Public 

all welcome! 

See our FB page for more 

info/ upcoming events. 

2304258 

THE DARNLEY 

CLUB 

KAIAPOIDAYCENTRE 

FORSENIOR’S INC 

Day Care Centre 

For The Elderly 

AGM 

FRIDAY 

AUGUST 28, 2020 

1.30PM 

Darnley Room, 

Kaiapoi Community 

Centre, 

24 Sewell St Kaiapoi 

ALL WELCOME 

2301624 

Swannanoa Hall 

AGM 

Tuesday 1 st 

September 

7.30pm in the hall 

All interested persons 

welcome to attend 

2306517 


PUBLIC NOTICE OF 

APPLICATION FOR 

ON-LICENCE 

SECTION 101, SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

Karfa Moroccan Cuisine 

Limited has made 

application to the District 

Licensing Committee at 

Rangiora for the renewal of 

an On Licence in respect 

of the premises situated at 

124A High Street, Rangiora 

known as Karfa Moroccan 

Grill and Bar. 

The general nature of the 

business conducted (or to be 

conducted) under the licence 

is Restaurant. 

The days on which and the 

hours during which alcohol 

is (or is intended to be) 

sold under the licence are 

Monday -Sunday Lunch time 

11.30am - 2.30pm, Dinner 

time 4.30pm -9.00pm. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office 

of the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 215 

High Street, Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of the 

licence may, not later than 

15 working days after the 

date of the publication of this 

notice, file anotice in writing 

of the objection with the 

Secretary of the Waimakariri 

District Licensing Committee 

at Private Bag 1005, 

Rangiora. 

No objection to the renewal 

of alicence may be made 

in relation to amatter other 

than a matter specified in 

section 131 of the sale and 

supply of Alcohol Act 2012. 

This is the second publication 

of this notice. This notice 

was first published on 13 

August 2020. 

2302323v2 

Cars Wanted 

CASH 4CARS 

and 4WD'S 

Phone 

Automotive 

Parts 

03 313 7216 

CARS, vans, 4WD’s 

wanted for dismantling or 

repair. Phone 027 258 

8366. 

CARS WANTED under 

$5000. Tim Koller Motor 

Company, 380 Ferry Road. 

Phone 03 390 1717. 

CASH /CASH ! for any 

unwanted vehicles, ph 03 

347 9354 or 027 476 2404. 

To Let 

BRAND new house in 

Oakfields, Amberley, 3 

bdrms, double garage, 2 

bathrooms. Close to all 

services. Ph 027 348 6267. 

Wanted To Rent 

RETIRED gentlebloke 

seeking single bedroom 

cottage in quiet country 

location within 30-40 mins 

from Christchurch. Very 

good references. Please 

phone 020 4077 7307. 

Pets 

BICHON HOMESTAY 

for smaller dogs. We look 

after your dog in our home. 

"No kennels". Phone today 

03 314 6110. 

Poultry 

BROWN SHAVER P.O.L 

pullets, order now, ready 

late Sept. Pick up 

Clarkville, $30 ph/text. 

Phone 027 433 7720. 

Livestock 

HOMEKILL 

Butchery & 

meat processing 

313 0022 

MEAT2U.NZ 

2276971 

Gardening 

GARDEN hedges cut to 

perfection. Tree & arbor 

work. Also spraying. Free 

quotes. Ph 03 312 0668 or 

021 111 4322. 

LAWNS & GARDENS 

Time to plan for Spring. 

Lawns, gardening, section 

tidys, hedges trimmed, 

roses pruned. Call or text 

Megan 021 337 489. 

Firewood 

BLUEGUM firewood 

3m3, been split for 4 

months, $250. Also some 

Old Man Pine $220. Rangiora 

and close surrounding 

districts. Ph 027 453 9553. 

Wanted To Buy 

CARAVAN WANTED. 

4-5 berth, UK type, don’t 

mind repairs. Please phone 

027 367 9737. 

CARAVAN WANTED. 

UK type. Ph 027 249 5571. 

MATERIALS to deck out 

a mancave from Memorabilia, 

retro things of any 

kind including furniture or 

just cool things of interest. 

Ph or txt 021 861 732. 

Personal 

JUST ret single indep man 

seeks a spunky zippy 

50s-60s lady for company, 

benefits outings etc. Pegasus 

or surrounding area. Ph 

027 659 4425. 

Wanted To Buy 

Vinyl Records Wanted 

by collector/seller 

• 7&12inch LP’s, 

happy to appraise. 

• Also old guitars or amps 

-working, broken. 

• Retro toys, 60’s 70’s 80’s 

&hot wheels & 

matchbox as well. 

Call Paul 022-694-5445 

Garage Sales 

Trade&Services 

ABEL &Prestige Chimney 

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned 

& operated. Covering all 

areas from Waimak to Hanmer. 

Professional, guaranteed, 

service. Firebox 

repairs, carry most parts. Ph 

0800 661 244. 

AFFORDABLE concrete 

cutting with quality and 

removal work. Free quotes. 

No job too small. Ph 027 

442 2219, Fax 03 359 6052 

or A/H 03 359 4605. 

BRIAN’S Tree Services. 

Tree felling, topping, 

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish 

removed, stump grinding, 

branch chipping. 

Affordable rates. Phone 03 

327 5505 or 021 124 4894. 

BRICK &blocklaying. All 

types of work undertaken, 

repairs. Phone Hamish 

0272 386 003 or 313 5678. 

BUILDERS father &son 

team. Amac Builders are 

available to help you with 

your building needs. High 

standards, low overheads. 

No job too small. Check us 

out on fb. Amac Builders 

Ltd. Ph 027 318 4400. 

BUILDER available, 

licensed, experienced, 

looking for labour only 

work in North Canterbury. 

Phone 027 294 1423. 

DIRTY TILES &Grout? 

Professional tile cleaning, 

tiled shower restorations, 

mouldy silicone, shower 

glass & we can even 

recolour your old grout! 

For all your tile and grout 

issues call Grout Pro for a 

free, no obligation quote. 

Ph Darryl 0800 882 772. 

2305625 

KAIAPOI 1Ashby Grove, 

Sat / Sun 22nd & 23rd 

August, 8am. Near new 

typewriter, camper gas 

stove, good selection of 

ladies clothing sizes 10-14, 

tops, slacks, pullovers, t 

shirts, blouses, many shoes, 

some mens clothing, linen 

&bedding and many more 

items. 

GEORGE St, King St end. 

Rangiora. Garage-garden & 

household goods. Signs out 

9am -12.30 this Saturday 

22nd August. 

For Sale 

CARAVAN... We can sell 

your caravan on your 

behalf in our busy yard at 

512 Blenheim Road. 

Affordable Caravans, 

phone 03 348 6614. 

200 LITRE steel drums, 

$10 each. Ph 027 440 1230. 

58,000 people live within our 

circulation area. Just one ad in the 

North Canterbury News will be read 

by 46,000 of them every week! 

Phone 

03 314 8335 

Source 2018 Nielsen Readership research all people 10+ NCN Circulation area


CARPENTER / Painter 

specialising in alterations & 

renovations, repairs & 

maintenance, 35 plus years, 

experienced licenced 

builder. Telephone Trevor 

313 5013 or 027 431 1864. 

METAL WORX. Flashing, 

Sheetmetal Fabrication, 

Wrought Iron, 

Welding, Custom Trailers, 

General Metalwork. No job 

too big or too small. Ph 021 

265 5428 or 03 314 6908. 

Find us on facebook/ 

Glenmark Metal Worx. 

glenmarkmetalworx.ltd@gmail.com. 

PAINT & wallpaper 

services. Wayne Bryant. 

Exterior, interior. Qualified 

tradesman. Free quotes. Ph 

313 5337 or 027 654 4568. 

PAINTER & Decorator. 

25 + years experience. 

Interior /exterior, roofs & 

waterblasting. For a free 

quote, please ph Steve 03 

314 4620 or 027 477 1930. 

PAINTER, qualified, local 

professional. Int / Ext, 

roofs, wallpaper. Call or 

text Corban 027 846 5035. 

PLASTIC WELDING 

North Canterbury Specialist. 

All plastic &fibreglass 

repairs. Telephone James 

021 180 5103. 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 40 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph389 9230. 

RANGIORA Rubbish 

Removal and RRR skips. 

Wheeliebins any frequency 

and skips from 1.5 cube to 

9cube. Skips and wheelie 

bins for any use, rubbish, 

greenwaste, building sites 

or just cleanups. Give us a 

phone call 313 6957 or for 

skips 021 313 255. 

2089195v2-4/4-S 

Butchery 

OxfordButchery 

Shane and Leanne Frahm 

We cankill&process yourstock 

FourGenerations of Frahms 

since 1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 


ROOFER All roof repairs, 

roof painting, water blasting, 

moss treatment, 

repointing, gutter cleans & 

snow straps. And more. 

Free quotes. Phone Nathan 

027 516 6609. 

SCREEN PRINTING. 

For all your printing 

requirements. T-shirts, 

Hoodies, Hi-Vis vests and 

polos, Overalls, Caps etc. 

Please phone Heather 03 

313 0261 or email 

heather.norstar@gmail.com. 

SHEARER. Hap’s Farm & 

Lifestyle Services. Shearing, 

crutching, drenching, 

tailing, feet trimming & 

health check. Trailer, generator 

&mobile handpiece 

available. Experienced, 

reliable and honest. Ph 03 

312 1214 or 021 267 4025. 

Log Fires 

Pellet Fires 

Heat Pumps 

Sales 

Service 

Installations 

Free Quotes 

03 343 1651 

472 Blenheim Rd 

www.heatstore.co.nz 

1680439 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 312 4709 

CLASSIFIEDS, TRUSTED TRADES &PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 



STONEMASON, Brick 

and Blocklayer. Earthquake 

repairs, grind out and 

repoint, River/Oamaru 

stone, Schist, Volcanic 

rock, paving, all alterations 

- new and old. Quality 

workmanship. Visit www. 

featureworks.co.nz or ph 

027 601 3145. 

SUMMERFIELD 

FENCING 

IN YOUR AREA NOW. 

Lifestyle or farm, sheep, cattle, 

horse, all types of animals. 

Fences, yards, sheds, arenas, 

shelters, runs. 

30+ years contract fencing. 

Steve is available to help with 

your design &planning. 

Ph office03312 4747 


WINDOW TINTING 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

YOU 

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HERE 

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your business 

in our Trades 

and Services 

Phone 

Amanda Keys 

on 

03 313 2840 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 


VALUATION - 

Specialising in North Canterbury. 

Contact Geoff at 

Maxwell Valuation. Phone 

03 310 8541 or email 

geoff@maxval.co.nz. 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’s Liquid 

Waste 

You dump it... 

Blair pumps it... 

Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

2225862 


REMOVALISTS 

2Men &agood 

sized truck. 

From $157 per hour 

(incl gst).Kaiapoibased. 

Call Gerard 

027 668 3636 

2225244 

ANTHONY SYMONDS 

Forall your painting & 

plastering requirements 

Local with 30 years 

experience 

All workmanship 

Guaranteed. 

Phone 021 344 023 

2220615 

Electrician 

Domestic Commercial Industrial 

Heatpumps and servicing 

Contact Jeremy your local electrician 

Ph: 027 385 4606 |E:info@conciseelectrical.co.nz 

2302105 

Chiropractic Services 

Dr Carissa McGregor Chiropractor 

Injury, accidents and maintenance 

ACC Registered and Accredited 

Monday-Thursday | 03 313 0350 

Libi McKinnon Physiotherapy 

privatephysio@xtra.co.nz 

027 868 2574 

ACC Registered Provider | Tuesday&Friday 

Select Health 

LOCKSMITH 


Pride &Quality Painting 

&Decorating Services 

20 yrs exp, fast and friendly 

service. For all your painting 

needs, phone: Martin 310 

6187 or 021 128 9867 

LANDSCAPES 

Paving 

Patio &Pathways 

-New or Existing 

Free Quotes 

–Competitive Pricing 

Blair Gibson 

027 699 5815 03 313 7933 

Mobile Locksmith 

•Residential/Commercial 

•KeysCut, Locks Rekeys 

•Lock Installs & Repairs 

•DigitalLocks & Padlocks 

•Ranch Slider Deadlock & Bolts 

•WindowCatches & Locks 

•GarageDoor Locks 

•House Alarms & Monitoring 

•Rental Property Specialists 

•Winz &Insurance Quotes 

GOLD CARD OR CASH DISCOUNT 

Further discount for Pensioners, no GST charged 

10%OFF with mention of this ad 

Phone: Marc03382 2501 

Mob:027 2222220 

www.keystonelocks.co.nz 

51 Ashley Street, Rangiora 

2227883 

2253902 

Electrician 

39 

Debra Jowsey &Karla Kilner 

Ph 03314 9480 

We help with all Taxreturns for the 

salary &wage earner,self employed, rental, 

business, farm,GST,pay dayfiling, rental returns 

Construction &Concrete 

All Construction & Concrete Work 

•Driveways, patios &paths 

•Bridges and Culverts 

•Floors, foundations 

•Sheds and buildings 

•Dairy Sheds, Herd homes 

•Silage pits, effluent ponds 

•Excavation and cartage 

•Precast concrete 

•Insulated panels 

Accountant 

Appliance Repairs 

•REGISTERED TECHNICIAN 

•AUTHORISED LOCAL SERVICE 

F&P, Bosch, Smeg, 

ASKO, Ariston, LG,Classique, 

Haier, Samsung and more.... 

Daryl Power 

027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

AARON HARRIS 

ELECTRICAL LTD 

NEW HOUSES • ALTERATIONS 

ELECTRICAL INSPECTIONS • SMART WIRING 

SYSTEMS AND MORE... 

M: 0275 543 958 E: aaron@ahel.co.nz 

2287949 

“For best resultsbesuretouseauthorised service” 

NORTHCANTERBURY APPLIANCE SERVICES 

Rangiora: 03 313 4420 Kaiapoi: 03 327 3810 

Builder 

1913020 

2273277 

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2269236 

Motorcycle Service &Repair 

2305591 

▶ Service ▶ Repairs ▶ Tyres ▶ Rental 

▶ WOF arranged ▶ Quality work 

▶ Affordable rates 

South Pacific Motorcycle Services 

- your LOCAL motorcycle service centre 

Ph: 03 312 0066 |www.motorbiketours.co.nz 

office@motorbiketours.co.nz 

SERVICES 

Engineering 

For your Engineering needs 

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821 

toppeng@xtra.co.nz 

Scaffolding 

•Edge protection 

•Working platform 

Phone 

0274 366 901 

Plans for pricing 

jas.rangiorascaffolding@xtra.co.nz 

North Canterbury wide 

1783878 

Landscaping 

STEWART CONTRACTING 

Landscaping -Fencing 

& Earthworks 

ENJOYABLE STRESS FREE LANDSCAPING 

03 313 9375 •027 369 3974 

www.stewartcontracting.co.nz 

contact@stewartcontracting.co.nz 

Scrap Metal 

CASH PAID FOR SCRAP 

•Car Bodies •Scrap Steel•Specialists in Farm 

Machinery•All non Ferrous 

MAINLAND 

METALS LTD 

Ph (03)338 7000 

Mike0274 818544 •Robbie0274818 027 

Locally owned and operated 

1902273 

2136148 

CAP 65 

CAP 40 

CAP 20 

Shingle 

SHINGLE SUPPLIES 

Quarry Prices 

DRAINAGE CHIP 

from $40 per cube 




all +gst 

Plus all excavation and truck hire 

house excavations, driveways, subdivisions 

CONTRACTING 

Ph: KEN 027 201 3302 

Email: stress@xtra.co.nz 

2009594

RangioraToyota 

2015Yaris SX 

•1.5LPetrolAuto, Alloys 

•ReverseCameras 

•Only 38,900kms 

$ 

14,995 

2010 Toyota Ractis 

•1.5LPetrolAuto 

•Climate Air, 

•KeylessEntry &Start/Stop 

$ 

10,995 

2010 Toyota Wish 

•1.8L Petrol, 7-seater 

•Alloys 

•Climate air 

$ 

11,995 

2010 Toyota Prius S 

•1.8L Hybrid Petrol Auto 

•Keyless,ClimateControl 

•Only 78,100km 

WAS$17,995 

NOW $ 

14,995 

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Ex-Demo 2019 CorollaSXSedan 2013Toyota Prius S 

•1.8L Hybrid Petrol, 

•1.8L Hybrid Petrol Auto 

•Satnav,TSS 

$ •Keyless 

33,995 

•Only 150kms 

•5-door Hatch 

$ 

17,995 

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2016 Corolla GX Sedan 

•1.8L PetrolAuto, Bluetooth 

•ReverseCamera 

•Done 63,500kms 

$ 

17,995 

2007 Toyota CamryGL 


•FM/AM &CDPlayer 

•NZnew 

$ 

6,995 

2013Toyota Aqua 

•1.5LHybrid PetrolAuto 

•ParkingSensors 

•Bluetooth 

WAS$15,995 

NOW $ 

14,995 

2008 Corolla Blade 


•Alloyswheels 

•Keyless Entry&Start 

$ 

8,995 

2017 Corolla GLX 

•1.8L PetrolAuto, Alloys 

•ReverseCamera NOW 

•Done 46,750km 

WAS$20,995 

$ 

19,995 


•1.8L PetrolAuto, Bluetooth 

•Done24,900km,Alloys NOW 


WAS$22,995 

$ 

20,995 

2018 Corolla GX 

•2.0L PetrolAuto 

•Satnav,Bluetooth 

•Alloys, only 44,350kms 

$ 

21,995 , 

2018CorollaGX 


•ReverseCam,CruiseControl 


$ 

21,490 


•1.8L PetrolAuto, Alloys 

•TintedWindows 

•Fog Lights 

$ 

17,740 

2015HondaJazzRS 

•1.5LPetrolAuto, Satnav 

•Alloys, ReverseCamera 

• Only 30,300km 

$ 

16,995 

2018 Corolla GX 


•Satnav,Bluetooth 

•Alloys, only 49,000kms 

$ 

21,995 

2018 Yaris G 

•1.3LPetrolAuto, reverseCamera 

•Bluetooth 


$ 

15,995 

2015CamryAtara S 

•2.5LPetrolAuto, Alloys 

•Bluetooth, ReverseCamera 

•Done29,100km 

$ 

22,995 

2019 Toyota CHRLimited 

•1.2LTurboPetrolAuto 

•Alloys, Satnav,TSS,Camera 


$ 

34,995 

2019 RAV4 AWDGXL 


•Toyota Safety Sense 

•Satnav,only 17,350kms 

$ 

37,995 

2013RAV4 GX 

•2.0L PetrolAuto, 2WD 

•CruiseControl 

•Bluetooth 

$ 

19,995 

2015LandCruiser PradoVX 

•3.0L turbo diesel, 

•7-seater, leather 

•360° camera 

$ 

47,995 

2018 LandCruiser PradoGX 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel Auto 

•7-seater, 4WD 


$ 

51,995 

2009 LandCruiser 200 Series 

•4.5LTurbo-Diesel, V8 

•8-seater, Satnav 

•Climate Air 

WAS$51,995 

NOW $ 

45,995 

2012LandCruiser VX200 Series 

•4.5LTwinTurbo Diesel Auto 

•Leather,Satnav 

•Done 95,900km 

$ 

77,995 

2017 HighlanderLimited 

•3.5LV6Petrol, Leather 

•Sunroof,GPS 


$ 

47,995 

2017 Jeep Wrangler Sport 

•3.6L Petrol Auto,ChangeableRoof 



2019 FortunerGXL 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel Auto4WD 

•Satnav,ReverseCamera 

•Only 23,600 

2019 Hiace ZR 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel 6-SpeedManual 

2015Hilux4x4 Single Cab 

2015Ford Ranger XLT 

•3.0L TurboDiesel Manual 

$ 

•5-Door,Satnav 

•3.2LTurbo Diesel Auto 

$ •Roof Racking 

48,995 •ReverseCamera,only250kms $ $ •Canopy &Liner 

48,995 

41,995 

•Only58,650km 

33,995 

$ 

•Done 73,200km 

36,995 

Percival Street,Rangiora • Ph (03) 313-8186 any time • www.rangiora.toyota.co.nz 

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North Canterbury News: August 20, 2020

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