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NEWS<br />
8 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>August</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong><strong>20</strong><br />
Farmers market<br />
set for new season<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong>District Farmers’<br />
Market is aimingtorestart their new<br />
seasonnext month if everything goes<br />
to plan.<br />
The market has operated on the<br />
West Street sitesince <strong>20</strong>07 andhas a<br />
licencetooccupy agreement with the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>District Council.<br />
Sellers at themarket are required to<br />
register their operation with council<br />
and the accompanyingfeesare<br />
reflective of foodrelated risk.<br />
Council group managerstrategyand<br />
compliance JaneDonaldson said the<br />
licencetooccupy was not ablanket<br />
registration fortraders.<br />
There has been some confusionover<br />
its conditions and councilhad decided<br />
to relax additionalregistration for this<br />
year.<br />
Traders needed to ensurethey were<br />
correctly registered for <strong>20</strong>21/22<br />
onwards, Ms Donaldsonsaid.<br />
Council staff recently attended a<br />
farmers’ market meetingtoexplain<br />
the requirements.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>District Farmers’Market<br />
secretary Judith Crozier said council<br />
had beenvery supportive of the<br />
marketsince its inception.<br />
It was located on agreat, high profile<br />
site and stallholders werelooking<br />
forward to the new season start on<br />
September 26.Among the stallholders<br />
was anew succulentseller.<br />
Mrs Croziersaid organisers were<br />
keen to promoteashared community<br />
stall at the Saturday morning market.<br />
Anyone keen to find out more about<br />
becoming astallholder can contact<br />
Mrs Crozier for moredetails on 308<br />
5678.<br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Farmers’ Market president and potato seller Andrew Brown on a<br />
market day last year.<br />
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maternity unit manager Julie<br />
Dockrill has set up the<br />
framework that has helped<br />
reducemorbidity and<br />
mortality rates in Mongolian<br />
women and children.<br />
Amidwifefor over <strong>20</strong> years<br />
and involved in healthcare<br />
for over 30 years, she has<br />
travelled to the remote<br />
country three times since<br />
<strong>20</strong>13 to setupa<br />
comprehensive childbirth<br />
education programme.<br />
Maternal deaths during<br />
childbirthinthe country are<br />
now down 5055per cent and<br />
neo natal deaths down60per<br />
cent.<br />
MrsDockrill was the guest<br />
speakeratthe recent Mid<br />
Canterbury Provincial Rural<br />
Women annual meeting and<br />
sharedher journey with<br />
delegates.<br />
She told the gathering that<br />
there had been ‘‘humps and<br />
bumpsand laughs and tears’’<br />
along the way.<br />
Her last trip to Mongolia<br />
had beenin<strong>20</strong>18 and now the<br />
focus hadshiftedto Nepal,<br />
anothercountry that was<br />
well behindwhen it came to<br />
childbirtheducation.<br />
Ascoping triptoNepal in<br />
<strong>20</strong>19 had gonewelland<br />
anotherhad been planned<br />
this year, beforeCovid19<br />
had struck.<br />
She saidboth projects<br />
involved giving health care<br />
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Julie Dockrill in ahospital in Mongolia.<br />
childbirth education.<br />
It used atrainthe trainer<br />
approach and bestpractice.<br />
‘‘The aim of theproject is<br />
to savelives, savemoney and<br />
making women, children and<br />
families stronger.’’<br />
Mrs Dockrill said<br />
education was apowerful<br />
tool, but you neededto<br />
engage both those at the top<br />
and those at the bottom to get<br />
results.<br />
Alettertothe Mongolian<br />
presidentexplainingthe<br />
project in its early phase had<br />
received apositive reply and<br />
later newpregnancy benefit<br />
legislation had been passed<br />
that now encouraged<br />
childbirth education.<br />
The childbirth manual<br />
developed has been<br />
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endorsed andadopted as the<br />
nationwide standardized<br />
trainingcurriculum for<br />
maternal and infantcare in<br />
Mongolia.<br />
Mrs Dockrillhas been part<br />
of ateam of medical<br />
professionals travellingto<br />
Mongolia through the<br />
Maternal Child Health<br />
Project, which has received<br />
support from Rotary.<br />
Some15resource<br />
education packs, each<br />
costing $2500, andcontaining<br />
resources used to help<br />
deliverchildbirth education,<br />
have been distributed.<br />
Mrs Dockrillhas arural<br />
background and has worked<br />
in thematernity unit at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Hospitalfor the<br />
last three years.<br />
Burn-off plans<br />
Highcountry<br />
farmersare being<br />
asked to talkwith<br />
Fireand Emergency<br />
New Zealand as they<br />
start making burnoff<br />
plans.<br />
Principal rural<br />
fireofficer Bruce<br />
Janes said FENZ<br />
hadthe expertise<br />
andexperience to<br />
help pick theright<br />
days to burn as well<br />
as planning where<br />
and how theyburn<br />
on their land.‘‘We<br />
canhelp ensurethe<br />
burnoff is managed<br />
effectively andsafely<br />
whichreducesthe<br />
risk of it getting out<br />
of control.’’<br />
Fireisakey tool<br />
for high country<br />
farmers with burns<br />
often happening in<br />
autumn andspring.
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