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Babies, 

it’s cold 

out there 

Traps out to 

protect birds 

PAGE 4 

Nicolee joins 

newcomers 

PAGE 8 

Newborn lambs were freezing 

and parts of thecountryside 

wereonfire as spring arrived 

in aweird way this week. 

An electric fence started a 

roadside fire at Wakanui early 

Monday morning, asign of how 

dry the ground is after acouple 

of dry months. The district 

wokeonTuesday morning to 

snow. 

Lambsborn in Tuesday morning’ssnow were enjoying awarmer shed stall as they acclimatised. 

Ashburton’s snow was gonebylunchtime, Mt Hutt got about 30cm. 

Mid Canterbury firefighters 

were also among those called 

to help deal to amassive 

vegetation fire at Pukaki and 

thelast of the crews coming 

home foundthemselves 

detouring toAshburton via 

Kurow because of the spring 

snowfall. 

Ashburton fire chief Alan 

Burgess said people needed to 

be mindful of the weird 

conditions and act with care. 

Whilesnow this week was 

welcome moisture, the ground 

was still dry and spring and 

summer were on the way. 

Valetta farmerDavid Clark 

said the snow was auseful 

water source and had melted 

almost as quickly as it fell. 

Newborn lambs would have 

felt the cold. 

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Big events remain on track 

Organisers of severalbig Mid 

Canterbury events in the nextfew 

weeksare takingapragmatic and 

positive approach thattheir hard 

work will notbewastedbycontinuing 

covid restrictions on gathering 

numbers. 

Bookarama, MardiGras Mid 

Canterbury, the Rakaia salmon run 

andthe Ashburton A&P show remain 

events firmly in progress. 

MardiGras organiserCarol Johns 

said she was continuing to plan 

positivelyfor her event on September 

28.‘‘I think we will be back in alert 

level1bythen.’’ 

The mardigrasisinplace of 

Boulevard Day after organisers 

pulledthe plug back in early July. 

Mrs Johnssaid she had afull range 

of stallholderswanting to take part 

andgood support for it to proceed. 

East Streetwill be closed to traffic 

andshops open along with stalls.The 

NewZealand ArmyBand will alsobe 

performing. 

‘‘Unless the Government tells me I 

can’t do it, Iwill be doing it.’’ 

UnderAlert Level 2, gatherings are 

limited to 100people in adefined 

space. Government will review levels 

on Sunday. 

Organisers of this year’s salmon 

runmultisport eventatRakaia on 

October 17 are also continuing as 

normal. If the event has to be 

cancelled due to achange in covid 

levels,competitors willberefunded 

in full. 

It will be the sixth yearthat the 

Rakaia Lions Club have organised 

thepopular sports event. Thesalmon 

runcommittee metlast week to 

discuss ‘‘thesechangeable times’’ and 

Planning and book sorting continues for Bookarama. 

is confident the event willgoahead. 

‘‘It’s the most turbulent and 

uncertain times ever with Covid19 

levelsand regulations being 

uppermost in everyone’s minds,’’ 

spokesperson Jo Burrowssaid. ‘‘But 

they are still confident that everyone 

is getting out and trainingfor the 

various sporting goals they have and 

that peopleare trying to carry on life 

as normal as possible however 

stressful and uncertain matters 

become.’’ 

She said the committee was taking 

every precaution possible and 

protocols required at thetime would 

be closely followed. ‘‘To make it a 

little easier,all ourevents do start 

and finishat the Rakaia Domain, so 

the committee will have aQRcode 

available for scanning at the 

registrationtent andwillbeable to 

contact trace all competitors. 

Spectators and marshalls willalso be 

able to usethisQRCode. 

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‘‘Hygiene willbeobviouslyadhered 

to on all courses andthe event 

numbers entered will be carefully 

managed.’’ 

There are seven different events, 

including ahalfmarathon, a30km 

mountain bike and afourdiscipline 

event withakayakleg. 

The Ashburton RotaryClub is 

continuing to collectand sort books 

for its weeklong secondhandbook 

sale. 

Earlier this year, NewZealand 

spent 26 days in AlertLevel 2before 

movingtoAlert Level 1onJune9. 

There were no cases of community 

transmission. PrimeMinister Jacinda 

Ardernhas already said managing 

cases and clusters is part of alevel 2 

scenario. Masks are mandatory on all 

public transportfor anyone 12 years 

and over at this level. 

There is also abigger emphasison 

contract tracing using the covid 

tracer app. 

Show organisers crossfingers 

Organisers of the AshburtonA&P 

Showare keeping their fingers 

crossedastheycontinue planning for 

their October event. 

The show’s go ahead on October30 

and 31 will dependonthe national 

covid alert level. 

The showdraws thousands of 

people through the gates over its two 

days andcannot go aheadunder Alert 

Level 2, which limits thenumberof 

people gatheringto100. 

A&PAssociation president Peter 

Stewartsaid planningfor theshow, in 

its 143rd year, was progressingand 

organisers were hopefulitwould get 

the go ahead. It was themed 

Technology in Agriculture. 

‘‘Wecan’t have ashow at this level. 

It’s out of ourhands,’’hesaid. 

‘‘We arejust waitingtosee, or be 

informed whenweare at Covid19 

levelone.’’ 

There had beenasteady number of 

bookings for trade and marketsites, 

and entries were opento competitors 

in each of theannual events planned, 

he said. 

Mr Stewartwas thankful for the 

support shown by businesses, 

organisationsand individuals who 

had already booked trades,market 

and food sites, as well as show 

competitors. 

‘‘Peoplemay changetheir minds 

oncethere is some stability around 

covid and we mayget afew (extra) 

trade sites in. We arejuststill very 

keentohave ashow.’’ 

The association was on atight 

budget to prevent any losses if the 

show was unable to run. They had 

increasedtheir onlinepresence with 

printadvertising. 

‘‘Weare trying nottospend any 

money... we just haven’t got abig pool 

of funds. It’s just wait and see what 

the levels do,”hesaid. 

A&Padministrator Lucille Brown 

said afinal rush of applications had 

seen close to 90 trade andmarket 

sites requested. 

Shesaidthere wasnofinancial risk 

to anyone who entered the 

competitionsifthe show was 

cancelled.Money would be refunded. 

Thedecisiononwhetherornot the 

show would go aheadwould be made 

at the general meetingatend of the 

month. 

2310242


Tennis pro Connor Brosnahan with colleagues 

Elpida Malamou, of Greece, and Blair Scho, of 

Austria, courtside at the luxury resort Costa 

Navarino Greece. 

PHOTO SUPPLIED. 

Greek job 

hasConnor 

in asweat 

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Icy spring arrival 

From Page 1 

‘‘We’ve had areally dry winter 

so all moisture recharge is 

useful and agood dumping of 

snow in the backcountry will 

stand us in good steed going 

forward into the spring as well,’’ 

Valetta farmer David Clark 

said. 

There were few negatives to 

the spring snowfall, except to 

farmers who were lambing. 

‘‘It’s not abig event, but we 

expect snow, it’s Canterbury 

and we haven’t had one this 

winter. Generally people have 

got really good feed reserves. It 

wasn’t deep, and not 

particulary cold.’’ 

‘‘In the midplains those 

lambing at the moment will be 

impacted and the high country 

will be getting adecent wallop 

of snow but those guys are well, 

wellpractised in dealing with 

snow much bigger than this.’’ 

Some schools were closed as 

teachers and students struggled 

to make their way to class. 

Ashburton College continued 

its school exams and reminded 

students they were especially 

important if they were unable to 

sit the NCEA exams later in the 

year because of areturn to 

covid restrictions. 

Right: Argyle Park turned into 

asnowy playground for little 

LoraylaonTuesday morning. 

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Tennis pro Connor Brosnahan’s winter job has 

him coaching at aluxury resortinGreece in 

30plusdegree temperatures. 

It’s just one of the pitfalls of working in 

southern Europe while on thetrip of a 

lifetime. 

The 20yearold Ashburtonian defiedCovid 

19 and boarded aplane to Greece in late June 

for acoaching job at the Costa Navarino 

Greece. 

Connor,anAshburtonCollege alumni, has 

been coaching tennis since he was14. 

Since arriving in Greece he has beenatthe 

resort’s racket academy coaching tennis, padel 

(think doublessquash on an enclosed tennis 

court) and squash between six to eight hours a 

day, in high summer temperatures. 

‘‘It is really fun,but verytiringwork,’’ he 

said. 

‘‘We coach from 8am to noon andthenagain 

from 5pm to 9pm,inbetweenthis time Ieither 

nap or go and swimatthe amazing beaches 

here.’’ 

He said there were strict covidprevention 

measures in place for staff andguests with 

masksand/or sanitiser used around the resort 

and between lessons. There are also regular 

temperature checksfor people entering the 

resort,extended distancing limits and 

additional stafftoallow for astaff to guest 

ratio of 1:1. 

Connor is tested for covidevery 10 days and 

has ‘‘luckily’’ returned negative tests. 

‘‘We don’t have to wearmasksoncourtbut 

wedointhe office when clientsare present, 

alsowhenever we are in thebuildingswithin 

the resort we wear masks. Between each 

lesson we sanitise equipmentbeforeour next 

client.’’ 

Initially, andjustafter Greecereopened to 

tourism, mostofthe resortclientswere Greek 

or from nearby,but lastmonth there wasan 

influx of British guests. 

‘‘Once we hit August Ibelieve 80 per cent of 

the guestswere British, mostly London, 

because regulationsmean (people fromthe) 

UnitedKingdom can holiday in Greece and 

return home without having to quarantine,’’ he 

said. 

Aside from relaxingonthe beachworking at 

the resort also has its perks. Connor lives in 

staff accommodationabout afiveminute walk 

from the resort but bikes to work each day on 

an offroad track. 

There is also astaffrestaurant. ‘‘I have been 

eating alot of healthy Greek food. AndIorder 

souvlaki to my room at least once aweek.’’ 

The resort has two fivestardeluxe hotels, 

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Farmers Corner 

progresses plan 

Aconsultant planner is backing adistrict plan 

changethatwould allow Farmers Corner to 

addaccommodationand other activities to its 

touristretail shoponLongbeach Road. 

The business, owned by Peterand Lilian 

Huang, started as atearoomsinAshburton in 

1985 and moved south of Tinwaldin2004 to 

alleviate congestion caused by tourist busesin 

the town centre. 

The couple now want to grow the business 

again, adding accommodationandother 

tourist activities at the site; theyhave asked 

the Ashburton District Council to rezone the 

land from ruraltorural tourism. 

Theirplans have drawn objections from 

neighbours, who areworriedabout roadsafety 

issues,their loss of ruralquietness, landscape 

changesand the potential for zone creep. 

An independent planning commissioner will 

hearthe application, andevidencefrom both 

sides on September 8, then makea 

recommendation to council. 

Council’sconsultant planner Mary Clay has 

recommended the planchangebeaccepted 

and with afew amendments to the wording 

proposed by Farmers Corner, with 

accommodationcappedat100units. 

Regardlessof the commissioner’s 

recommendation, it will still be up to council to 

ratify anychange madeto the district plan. 

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Traps out to protect birds 

MICK.JENSEN 


Three residents from the coastal 

settlement of Hakatereare keeping 

predator numbers down and doing 

their bit to protect nesting 

endangered birdsalong astretch of 

the Ashburton River. 

For the pastfive years Kaylene 

Donaldson,her partner Dennis Gant 

and neighbour RobertMann have 

been partofatrapping programme 

aimed at protecting and boosting 

rare bird numbers. 

Trapsare usually laid in 

September and near nestinggrounds 

along the river bank favoured by 

birds like the blackbilledgull, 

bandeddotterel and black fronted 

dotterel. 

Theyare in place until March,or 

until chicks are fledged and leave the 

river bed. 

Trapsare laid on the north side 

and up from the river mouthand 

along atwo kilometre stretch to 

Croys Road. 

Some70per centofthe predators 

caughtare hedgehogs, says Ms 

Donaldson.‘‘Over this last season we 

had 30 traps out and caught 88 

hedgehogs, 42 rats,seven stoats, one 

possumand five feralcats. 

‘‘Theseason before there were105 

hedgehogs, 11 rats,two ferrets, 10 

feral cats ad two possums.’’ 

Ms Donaldson said at the start of 

each season signs were put out at all 

access points alongthe trapping area 

to warnthe public. 

The traps and bait are supplied by 

EnvironmentCanterbury (ECan), 

which supports the trapping 

programme. 

Hakatere residents Dennis Gant and Robert Mann with signs to be used when 

the newpredator controlseason starts. 

Forest &Bird and othersare 

involved in trapping on the opposite 

bank of the river mouthand other 

traps are laid furtherupstream and 

near the State Highway 1bridge. 

Mr Mann said Hakatere residents 

were behind the trapping operation 

and effort to boost bird numbers. 

The locationofthe traps were 

depended by where birds were 

nesting, he said. 

Traps wereset 100m apart, 

inspected twice weekly and also 

emptied when ‘‘people told you there 

was somethinginthem’’. 

The trapping volunteers are 

informed of monthly bird numbers 

counted in the area and share the 

facts in acommunity newsletter. 

Ms Donaldson said there was alot 

of bird life near the river mouth and 

the volunteers believed supporting 

the endangered nesting birds and 

other birds was aworthwhile thing to 

do. 

The Hakatere trio will join 

representativesfrom ECan, Forest & 

Bird, Fish &Game, DOC, the Mid 

Canterbury 4WD Club and local 

landowners at river mouth update 

and strategymeeting later this 

month. 

The meeting will be taken by 

DonnaField from ECan and will 

discuss the upcoming, managed 

predator trapping programme. 

Nostalgia is big business and it’s great tosee 

the Wyld Stallions together again. 

Although it’s tough not to see Keanu as John 

Wick these days, Iwas half expecting him to 

simply wasteDeath in ahail of bullets. 

Basic plot, Bill & Ted still haven’t 

united the world with their music and 

are essentially middle aged losers. 

It’s up to the daughter ofRufus to save the 

day, and the world. 

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Full house for cannabis reform meeting 

MICK.JENSEN 


Professor Joseph Boden spoke 

to afull room, limited to 100,on 

cannabis reform at this week’s 

Ashburton U3A meeting. 

Prof Boden is the director of 

the Christchurch Health and 

Development Study (CHDS) 

and was recentlyappointed by 

the Prime Minister’s chief 

science adviser to the expert 

panel on cannabis. 

He spoke about the history of 

cannabis in New Zealand and 

the lawsaround it, results from 

his group’s longrunning study 

and other studies, and the 

implications of the upcoming 

referendum. 

He told the gatheringthe 

referendum was not about 

whether people shoulduse 

cannabis. 

It was about legalising the 

sale, use, possession and 

production of cannabis for 

recreational use and wasnonbinding. 

Medicinal cannabis had been 

allowed in New Zealandsince 

2018and it waspossible to 

obtain it via the doctor, he said. 

It, and hemp, would not be 

affected by the outcome of the 

referendum. 

The October 17 referendum 

would provide feedback for 

Parliament and enable more 

debate and Bills to be 

introduced. 

Cannabis was the fourth most 

commonly used psychoactive 

drug used in New Zealand 

behind caffeine, alcohol and 

tobacco, saidProf Boden. 

Taking cannabis hadrisks, 

‘‘but not everything with rules 

was illegal’’. 

He said cannabis was 

popular and commonly used 

and was less toxic than other 

drugs. 

Prof Boden said noone 

would knowexactly whatwould 

happen if New Zealand 

legalised cannabis. 

It would, in effect,bea 

sociable experiment. 

Cannabis was legal in South 

Africa, Uruguay, Canada, some 

US states, ACT in Australia and 

was decriminalised in a 

numberofother countries. 

Prof Boden believed the best 

way to regulate cannabis was to 

ensure there was no ultra free 

market for it, like there was for 

alcohol. It also should not be 

available to adolescents and 

taxes paid through the supply 

and consumerchains should be 

usedtohelp fund health care. 

‘‘Any change to the legal 

status of cannabis must be 

accompanied be evaluation 

we need to be able to measure 

results and see what is 

happening.’’ 

Results from countrieslike 

Canada and US states where 

cannabis hadbeenlegalised 

over the lastcouple of years 

showed the ‘‘skywas not falling 

in’’. 

He said the referendum 

would ask ayes/no question on 

whether cannabis should be 

legalised in ahighly regulated 

market. 

He believed it should as 

consumption would movefrom 

an illicitmarket to alegal 

market overtime. 

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New build embraces oldhall 

LINDA.CLARKE 


Keepers of the district’s heritage are 

delighted historic Pioneer Hallisto 

be incorporated into the Ashburton 

DistrictCouncil’s new $51.6 million 

library andcivic building. 

The roofofthe redbrickhall, built 

in 1916, willberemoved and the 

remaining walls and trusses 

strengthened, anditwill become a 

special reading nook offthe 

children’s libraryonthe ground 

floor. 

Pioneer Hall has an important 

social history andheritage fanswere 

thrilleditwould beincluded in the 

new build,said Historic Places Mid 

Canterburychairperson Julie 

Luxton. 

The localgroup hasbeenworking 

with architects on how the old will 

blend with thenew. 

There is no similar work in New 

Zealandand Mrs Luxtonsaid the 

Ashburton projectwould win 

accolades. 

Pioneer Hall was built asabase for 

the AshburtonHospitaland 

Charitable Aid Board, then used as a 

women’srest rooms, ataxioffice then 

headquarters for Birthright. 

Mrs Luxtonsaid it was asocial hub 

for women of the district in the 1950s. 

They cametotownwiththeir 

husbands and childrenandneeded a 

space that included toilets and a 

lounge; they could also chat with 

other women. 

The architects had pickedupthat 

social history and included it into a 

modernday community hub, she 

said. 

‘‘I think it is going to be wonderful 

to remind peopleofthedistrict of our 

history. 

‘‘Young people who step inside will 

have to stop andask themselves why 

is this buildinglikethis?’’ 

Information panels on the wall 

would tell the building’s history. 

The Ashburton District Council has finalised design details for its new admin 

and library. 

Councillors signed off the final 

design of thelibrary and civic centre 

last week 

Trevor Watt, of Athfield Architects, 

said columns on the Baring Square 

face of the buildingalsopaid tribute 

to theformer Ashburton County 

Council buildingthatonce stood 

there. 

The threestorey buildingfeatures 

amodernlibrary with performance 

area and studyzones, council 

chambers and office space. 

It had been designedasthree 

separate buildings so it wouldnot 

dominate the CBD,and would link to 

thesquare. 

Incorporating Pioneer Hallhad 

been an interesting challenge, he 

said. 

The building has been designed to 

include asmallcoffee bar and 

celebrate views of the alps; design 

colours and materials have been 

inspired by the district’s rivers, farm 

land andhigh country. 

Mr Wattsaid it was asustainable 

building with flexible spacesand 

would include cablingtoenable solar 

panels in the future. It has two lifts. 

People on the upper levels of the new 

civic centre and library will be able to 

look down into Pioneer Hall, which 

will lose its roof and be remade as a 

reading nook. 

Councillors loved it. 

Tenders documents should be 

ready midOctober with construction 

startinginDecember.The jobwill 

take two years. 

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NEWS 


Athletes’ high 

country mission 

Athleteswill once again take to offroad tracks 

in theMid Canterbury highcountry for another 

MissionMtSomers event on October31. 

The event features fiverace options:afull 

marathon, half marathon, 10km run, 5km run/ 

walkand abike(28km)/run(21km) duathlon. 

The fullmarathon features mainly technical 

single track, with nearly 2000 metres of vertical 

climb. 

This yearthere will be two separate prize 

givings. 

The 5km and 10km races will be at 12pm or 

when the last competitor has finished 

whichevercomes first. 

The 21kmand 42km prize givings will be at 

approximately 2pm. 

Both prize givings will be at the Staveley 

Hall. 

More information about the events at 

enduranzevents.co.nz. 


Nicolee is new coordinator 

MidCanterbury raised 

NicoleeAyton is thenew 

MidCanterbury 

NewcomersNetworkcoordinator 

andthe first 

nonmigrant in the role for 

anumber of years. 

Aformer Mt Hutt 

Collegestudent, she has a 

healthsciences degree 

from Canterbury 

University and previously 

worked as aproperty 

manager in Christchurch. 

Ms Ayton said shewas 

looking forward to 

meetingand working with 

the district’s large migrant 

community andlocals. 

She was currently 

working withcolleague 

AdiAvnit fromthe 

Hakatere Multi Cultural 

Council and Ashburton 

council in organising an 

event called Welcoming 

Week,which would run 

latethismonth. 

The event would 

showcasethe district’s 

facilities and services to 

newcomers. 

Tours would runto 

places likeHakatere 

Marae,BASE Youth 

centre,Ashburton 

Domain,the library, art 

gallery and museum, said 

Ms Ayton. 

‘‘We’realso hoping to 

organise aLatinoFeast 

Nightevent on October 3 

thatisopen to thewhole 

Mid Canterbury Newcomers Network coordinator Nicolee Ayton with fellow migrant 

support worker Adi Avnit. 

community.’’ 

The Ashburtondistrict 

hadasizeableLatino 

group of between 200and 

300 Latinos, shesaid. 

In herrole Ms Ayton will 

also beencouragingmore 

ethnic groupstoshowcase 

andshare their heritage 

andtraditionswiththe 

community. 

TheMid Canterbury 

Newcomers Network coordinator 

roleisfunded 

for12hours perweek. 

Outside of work, Nicolee 

Aytonisakeenequestrian. 

Sheisashowjumper and 

spends early mornings 

workingwithracehorses 

trained byher mother. 

PROSTATE 

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Formoreinformation call 0800 477 678 

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Walk track around subdivision 

Asmartwalkingtrack 

around anew subdivision 

on theoutskirts of Methven 

is taking walkers offroad 

and downaroute that links 

up with the scenic 

Methven Walkway. 

Impressive metal 

artworkatthe path 

entrance tells people that 

the area usedtobepart of 

landfarmedbythe Holmes 

family from 1947 until 

2010. 

CalledSivonholm, the 

farm had sheepand grew 

wheat, barley and oats. 

Over the lastfew years 

Steve and Mary 

MacLachlan have set about 

transforming thepaddocks 

into asubdivision they are 

calling Thyme Stream. 

Appropriately astream 

runs through the 

subdivisionand the 

walking track follows the 

farm boundary. 

Extensive landscaping 

has been planted andthere 

is seating and impressive 

views to the mountains. 

Many of thesections 

• Domestic electrical services 

• New house wiring 

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maintainthewalkway over 

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Ashburtoncouncil. 

Driversmasked 

Ashburton Taxis drivers had masks at the 

ready whennew rules cameinto force on 

Mondayrequiring drivers to wear masks. 

Ashburton Taxis’ GraemeBentley said 

drivers were wearing masks, butcustomers 

did not have to, although theycould if they 

preferred. 

The company, which operates 24/7, has a 

fleet of three mobility vans and five cars, 

although not all areonthe road at the same 

time. 

Drivers werealready equipped with 

masks for their useand also had sanitiser 

on board to wipedown surfaces.

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9 

Volunteer of the month, Ali Miller. 

Ali sharesfruits of 

gardenlabouring 

Ali Miller has an eye for detail, 

whether it be for cake decorating, 

growing vegetables,seeing 

something that needs doingor 

lending someone ahelping hand. 

Never one to seek praise or 

acknowledgement, Ali quietly 

goesaround doing volunteering 

actsinour community and has 

been named theVolunteering Mid 

&SouthCanterbury, and Hotel 

AshburtonVolunteerofthe 

Month. 

As oneofeightchildren 

growing up,Ali’s parents knew 

how importantitwas to grow a 

vegetable gardentoprovidefor 

the family. It sowed theseedsfor 

his love of gardening. 

In Mid Canterbury today many 

people benefit fromAli’s green 

fingers whetheritisproduce or 

flowers. 

Each yearhe grows, at hisown 

expense, kilograms of yams, 

which he washes andgives to 

different schools eachyear as 

fundraisers. 

This year, due to Covid19and 

with the help of aneighbour, he 

pickedthe yams, sold them 

himself andgave the money to a 

schooltouse however they 

choose. 

Neighbours,community 

organisations like Birthright 

Canterbury families, those 

attending Age Concern, clientsof 

St Vincent De Pauland 

Community House are also the 

lucky recipients of the produce 

from Ali’s garden. He does it 

because he loves helping people 

out. 

He is alsoknowntoquietly go 

get jobsdonewhether its sourcing 

bark and laying it for acommunity 

garden or laying concrete for a 

‘‘little library’’. 

Ali says he is inspired to do his 

gooddeeds in memory of his 

sister and those who work in the 

social service sector. He is a 

regular volunteer at Community 

House Mid Canterbury, and gets 

inspiration from the people 

working there. 

He just likestobrighten 

people’s day andsee them smile. 

Nomination formsfor volunteer 

of themonth areavailable by 

contacting Volunteering Mid & 

South Canterbury, Community 

House,44CassStreetAshburton, 

ph 3081237 ext 240 or email 

volmidcant@gmail.comorpick up 

acopy at Four Square in Rakaia. 

Freedataaccess to 

health,wellness websites 

Mental health and wellbeing is in 

the spotlight as covid restrictions 

continuetoimpact business and 

daily life. 

It’s okay to not be okay, says 

deputy director general for 

mental health Robyn Shearer, 

who saysthere is significant 

pressureinmany householdsand 

communities. 

‘‘We wantpeople to know that 

there is helpavailable ifthey 

needit–from facetoface 

support, online andbyphone and 

text. Andthat it is alright if you 

are not alright.’’ 

She said there waslot of advice 

on the Ministry of Health website 

andthere werealso links to a 

number of practical tools suchas 

apps and selfhelp tools and 

online resources (andmany of 

themhavefree data). 

Mid Canterburypeople can 

actually access13health websites 

from their devices without 

incurring mobile data charges. 

It is part of aMinistryofHealth 

andmobilenetworkoperators 

collaboration to offer free access 

toessential health information 

and digital health services. 

Datafree websites include: 

www.covid19.govt.nz, www. 

health.govt.nz, www. 

healthnavigator.org.nz.

DEATHS 

CRAMOND (nee Arnst), 

Pamela Joy (Pam): Pam 

passed peacefully in 

Nelson on 22 August 2020 

surrounded by her loving 

husband Brian, daughter’s 

Andrea and Janine, and 

son-in-law James. Loved 

daughter of Richard (Dick) 

and the late Jean, and loved 

step-daughterofRobin for53 

years. 

A service for our Pam has 

been held in Nelson and 

burial with her mother, Jean 

in AshburtonCemetery. 

Rest in PeacePam 

GORTON, Elaine Valda: 

Peacefully at Rosebank Rest 

Home, Ashburton onFriday, 

August 28, 2020. 

Dearly loved Mum of Garth, 

Tim (dec.) and Shirley, and 

Carl (dec.). 

Much loved wife ofthe late 

Harold, and the late Bob 

Harris, and loved Nana to 

Pippy and all of Harold’s 

extended family in New 

Zealand and Australia. 

Messages to: Elaine’s family, 

c/- PO Box 6035, Ashburton 

7742. 

A service for Elaine will be 

held in the Doris Linton 

Lounge at the Ashburton 

RSA, Cox Street, Ashburton 

on Saturday, September 5, at 

1.30pm. followed byprivate 

cremation. 

THOMAS, Fay Maureen: On 

August 28, 2020, peacefully 

at Ashburton Hospital with 

family by her side, 95years 

young. Dearly loved wife of 

the late Doug. Much loved 

mother and mother-in-law 

of Sharyn and Robert Tonks, 

Kyrina and Thomas Pate, 

Phillip Thomas and Michelle 

Condon. Loved Nana of all 

her grandchildren and great 

grandchildren. 

0800 2MEMORY 

027 637 1229 

Messages to 

the Thomas Family, C/- PO 

Box 472, Ashburton 7740. At 

Fay’s request aprivate family 

servicehas been held. 

Paterson’s 

Ashburton 

FDANZ 


Family Notices 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 

CRAMOND (nee Arnst), 

Pamela Joy (Pam): We wish 

to acknowledge the support 

of Pam’s old school friends 

and all the other kindness by 

friends and family. 

Thank you all for your love 

and support. 

Rest in Peace Pam, we love 

you. 

~Dad and Robin 

DAVIDSON, Thomas Lawrence 

(Laurie): John and Denise, 

Alan and Jo, Anne and Keith, 

Murray and Marg, and their 

families sincerely thank 

everyone for their kindness 

and support following the 

passing of Dad, a much 

loved father, father-in-law, 

grandfather and greatgrandfather. 

We are very 

grateful for the phone calls, 

visits, cards, floral tributes 

and baking. 

A huge thank you to the 

amazing doctors and nurses 

in Ward 1 at Ashburton 

Hospital for their respectful 

care ofDad. Also our thanks 

to the wonderful Palliative 

Care Team and to the District 

Nurses, your care was so 

much appreciated. 

We would like to thank 

Paterson’s 

Funeral 

Services for their care and 

compassion. 

Please accept this notice asa 

personal acknowledgement 

from our family. 

Birth notices listed 

by parents will 

continue to be free in 

the Family Notices 

column. The initial 

death notice lodged 

by afuneral director 

will be listed without 

charge. There will 

be asmall charge of 

$15 for subsequent 

notices related to 

the same death, up 

to a maximum of 

35 words and on a 

per-line basis after 

that. The same low 

charges apply to 

other family notices, 

such as engagements, 

acknowledgements, 

in memoriam notices 

and anniversaries. 

Family Notices 

Enquiries phone Mary,Jann or Karen 

on 308 7664 or call into 

199 Burnett Street. 

Supporting the 

community 

96 Tancred Street, Ashburton. 

LREA2008 

Phone 307 8317 

MCRE 

NEWS 


CAB taking shape at hub 

MICK.JENSEN 


There’s no opening date set yet, but 

there’splentygoing on behind the 

scenes to get the the district’s Citizens 

AdviceBureau(CAB) up andrunning. 

The Mid Canterbury CAB willbe 

based at Community House and is 

being funded initially by Ashburton 

District Council. 

The service will be provided by 

volunteers and SarahClifford has 

beenappointedasthe coordinator. 

Mrs Clifford said she hoped the 

bureaucouldbeopenbefore theend 

of the year. 

It would operate initially as a 

satellite of the nationaloffice and 

would laterbecomean incorporated 

society. 

There wasseed funding for six 

months andother fundinggiven for 

this financial year. 

Volunteers hadalready expressed 

an interest in beingpartofthe Mid 

Canterbury CAB and applications 

were welcome nowthrough 

Community House. 

Mrs Clifford said her role wasto 

train and support volunteers, who 

would typically have good 

communicationskills,enjoyresearch, 

could think on their feet andhave an 

Family owned, 

locally owned 

22 MooreStreet, 


0800 2636679 

Mid Canterbury Citizens Advice 

Bureau coordinator Sarah Clifford. 

empathy with people from all 

backgrounds. 

Two volunteers at atime would be 

on duty and, armedwith laptops, they 

wouldlisten,ask questions, research 

anddiscuss optionswith those 

seeking guidance. 

Mrs Clifford said she expected 

informationrequests from the public 

to be extremely varied. 

Spoils for vet golfers 

The Aorangi Women’s Veterans 

Tournamentwas played at the 

Ashburton Golf Clubthisweek in 

warm windy conditions. 

Jacqui Welsh (Ashburton)won the 

Clarkson Trophy with the best nett 

over the fieldof66. Daphne Campbell 

(Pleasant Point) won the EunyPeg 

Trophyfor best stableford over 70 

years(40). PaulineBell (Ashburton) 

had the best gros of 78 over the field 

and tookhomethe HedgesKennard 

Trophy. 

Other results: Class A–Nett: S. 

Hastie (Ash) 77. Class B–Nett: B. 

Davidson (Ash) 67, 1st Stab: V. 

Prendergast(Tinwald) 37, 2ndStab: 

V. Sisson (Rakaia) 37, 3rd Stab: S. 

Bensemann (Ger) 36,4th Stab: L. 

Gunatunga (Ger) 36.Class C–Nett:J. 

Stocker(Mayfield) 69,1st Stab: D. 

Sutherland (Pleasant Point) 39, 2nd 

Stab: M. Wederall (Rakaia) 39,3rd 

Stab: B. Cochrane (Tinwald) 36.Class 

D–Nett: J. Lake(May)73. 

Nearest the pins: Grade1(025) C. 

Winning golfers (from left) included 

Jacqui Welsh, Daphne Campbell and 

Pauline Bell. 

Ross (May), Grade 2(26+) E. Porter 

(Ash). Longest Putt: J. McArthur(Ash). 

Twos: M. Watson(Ash), C. Ross(May). 

2289133 

The top issues typically received 

through CAB related to citizenship 

andimmigration,conditions of 

employment, relationships, legal 

services, housing, consumer law, 

budgeting and neighbourhood 

disputes. 

MrsCliffordsaid CABhad 85 

bureaus andanextensive information 

database. 

It had auserfriendly website (cab. 

org.nz) andpeople could contact the 

service by phone, email, Facebook 

andlive chat. 

‘‘We have received fundingfrom 

COGS that will enable us to upload 

ourown CommunityDirectory to the 

CABsystem. 

‘‘We will be able to improve that 

information and make it moreuserfriendly.’’ 

MrsCliffordsaid once up and 

running the Mid CanterburyCAB 

would be agreat asset for the 

community andwould have its own 

dedicated local phone number. 

Volunteers from Ashburtoncould 

do stints in other areas of thedistrict 

andeveninlarger businesses if there 

was aneed. 

Initially, the servicewould operate 

for afew hours aweek ,but would 

expand as more volunteers came on 

board. 

Intersection open again 

The new raised paved 

intersection at the corner of 

Moore andCass Streetisopen 

for trafficagain as contractors 

progressthe CBDbeautification 

project. 

CassStreet between Moore 

and TancredStreets will be 

National 

leader on 

flying visit 

National Party leader Judith 

Collins will be in towntodaytohave 

acup of tea at TheStork Network 

and announce the party’s plans for 

supporting families. 

Mrs Collins willbeaccompanied 

by Louise Upston, who visited The 

Stork Networklastyear on a 

feedbackmission about abirthing 

bill,and National’sRangitata 

candidate Megan Hands. 

The Network’s education 

managerZalie Doyle said they were 

excited to hear about thepolicy and 

how it would meet the needs faced 

by manyfamilies. Ms Upstonwas 

last yeardeveloping policy that 

reachedthe needsoffamilies in the 

crucialearly postbirthperiod, she 

said. 

asphalted tomorrow night and 

preparationwork has continued 

on thatstretch of road all week. 

The asphalting will be done 

between 6pm and midnight 

Friday. 

The CBDwork should be 

finished at theend of next year. 

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Hakatere waterusersmerge 

LINDA.CLARKE 


TheCanterbury DistrictHealth 

Boardhas backedamove by lower 

Hakatere hutholders to source 

drinking water from the upper 

Hakatere schemeowned by the 

Ashburton District Council. 

Dr Cheryl Brunton said the lower 

terraceresidentshad acknowledged 

difficultiesinmanagingtheir 

drinking water supply, which had 

failed to achievecompliance with 

drinking water standards. 

Failure to meet the standards 

exposed their community to unsafe 

drinking water, she said. 

Mergingthe schemes would enable 

lower Hakatere hut holderstobenefit 

fromcouncil’s technical expertise. 

Aspecialgeneralmeeting of hutholders 

on August9voted in favourof 

pursuingthe connection to council’s 

supply.The vote wasunanimous. 

The upper supply caters for 57 

households and the lower about 50. 

Council assets manager Andrew 

Guthrie saiditwould cost about 

$50,000 to connect the lower residents 

to theupper supply. 

Water pressure to them would be 

regulated to the lower pressure they 

were used to to avoid pipe and 

infrastructureblowouts. 

Council would take overthe lower 

supply’s assets, which included tanks, 

treatmentequipmentand pumps. 

They will be used as council sees 

fit. 

Anew pipelinewill be createdfrom 

the upper hutswater treatment plan, 

with the pressure reducing valve. 

Additional storagemay be needed 

at the plant,with one of the lower 

tanks repurposed. 

Councillors on the infrastructure 

committee recommendedthe goaheadlast 

week for lower residentsto 

be supplied by theupper scheme. 

The hutholders would pay water 

rates of $415. 

Full council will vote on the 

recommendation later this month. 

Above: One of two water tanks that 

supplies water to the lower Hakatere 

huts. Hutholders will soon all be on 

one scheme. 

Fairy lights trial recommended 

Fairy lights on trees in the East 

Street green could spark adebate at 

thecouncil table. 

The lights, which wereturnedonin 

July,are attractinglots of positive 

comments and council is currently 

decidingifthey should onlybeonat 

certain timesofthe year,orall year 

round. 

Councillors on the community 

services committee have 

recommended they be on all year 

round for a12month trial, butnot 

everyone agreed. 

CouncillorsCarolyn Cameron, 

Diane Rawlinson, AngusMcKay and 

mayor NeilBrown votedfor the year 

round trial but Crs Lynette Lovett 

and Leen Braamdid not. The 

recommendation will now go to full 

council. 

Cr Cameron said the lights were a 

bright spot in aCBD that was 

otherwise in adire state. Contractors 

are in the middleofatwoyearCBD 

beautification project. 

‘‘I have spokentoalot of people 

and they say thatthe lights are the 

bestthingcouncil has doneand they 

wantthem on all year round.’’ 

Cr Lovett said the lights would not 

seemsospecial if they were on all the 

time.She preferredtohave them on 

for Juneand July, includingMatariki, 

and forthe ChristmasNew Year 

season. 

Communityservicesmanager Steve 

Fabish said councilwould keep an 

eye on the treestosee if they were 

affectedbythe uninterrupted light. 

Deciduoustrees in Auckland under 

streetlights had beenknown not to 

shed their leaves. 

Mr Fabish saidifthe lights 

continuedtobeahit,itwas possible 

future lights 

couldhave 

colour themes 

for special 

times, like red 

for Anzac Day. 

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no-fly zone 

Drone usersare being reminded to check the 

rulesbefore theyfly above Ashburton. 

The towniscovered by restrictedair space 

because of theAshburton airport and the 

Ashburtondomainhelipad; anew designation 

for the helipad means thesports fields leading 

to the helipad are nowanofly zoneexcept for 

medical helicopters. 

The AshburtonDistrictCouncilhas 

authorised thedomain helipad to be classed as 

an established helipad, whichbrings new 

safety rules andthe nofly zone. 

Drones operators can sign up to AirShare to 

file aflight plan if they want to fly in the 

restrictedarea. 

Council planstopromote the helipad’s new 

status and other drone operatingrulesso 

people can fly theirunmanned aerial vehicles 

legally. 

New ZealandCivil Aviationadvises drones 

should not be larger than25kg, be flown only in 

daylight and nothigher than120 metres. 

Flights in controlledair space need clearance 

via AirShare. 

Rescuehelicopteroperators say trees on 

WalnutAvenuelikely do not need to be 

trimmedtoaccommodate an instrument flying 

path from the north. 

In the yeartoJune30, some64droneflights 

werelogged as required by aviation rules,but 

officers suspectmore occurred. 

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Montessori kids go yellow for cancer 

Preschoolers at Ashburton 

Montessori Preschool showed 

their support for the annual 

CancerSociety’s daffodil day 

last week by dressing in yellow 

and raising money for the longstanding 

cause. 

They also did adaffodil day 

themedcolouringin pictureas 

wellasart and craft and yellow 

balloons to decorate their 

preschool space. 

Daffodil Dayhasbeen 

runningfor 30 years and sees 

communitiessuch as the 

preschool, come together to 

raise muchneeded funds to 

support people facing cancer. 

In 1990 there were 11,942 

peoplediagnosed with cancer 

butbythe end of this year it’s 

estimated to affect more than 

26,000 NewZealanders. 

While many New Zealanders 

have faced cancer during that 

time, many othershavecome 

togethertosupport them. 

Volunteers have collectively 

driventhousands of kilometres 

to getpeopletocancer 

treatmentand countless others 

have helped in all manner of 

ways,includingthose in the 

Cancer Society’s campaigns,to 

reducethe risk and impactof 

cancer. 

More car break-ins at beauty spot 

One of the damaged cars at Sharplin Falls car park. 


Fivecars werebrokenintoover 

the weekendatthe popular 

SharplinFallscar park. 

The car park is popular with 

hikers, anumberofwhich leave 

their car overnight to complete 

the Mt Somers Walkway track. 

Local hiker HeatherDaly 

saidthe carpark wasfull to 

capacity on Sunday morning 

when shearrived early to enjoy 

the outdoors. 

It was obvious that cars had 

beenbroken into because of the 

broken glass. 

Anumberofcars had the 

driver’s side window smashed 

and the contents of the glove 

boxonthe floor of the car,said 

Mrs Daly. 

‘‘Threegroups we spoke to 

were fromChristchurchand 

another told us they could find 


Montessori 

Preschool 

show their 

support 

dressing in 

yellow and 

raising 

money for 

Daffodil 

Day. 

PHOTO SUPPLIED 

nothing missing from the 

car,’’ shesaid. 

Another groupofmen 

spoken to had climbed 

behind the Pinnacles Hut 

buthad taken their wallets 

with them as they had seen 

glass from recentbreak ins 

on the ground. 

MrsDaly rang the Police to 

reportthe breakinsand was 

told someonehad already 

rang. 

Vehicles were brokeninto 

at the samecar park in mid 

July and also at the 

Woolshed Creek carparkat 

theother end of the Mt 

Somers Walkway. 

TheMtSomers Walkway 

Society intendsputting in a 

camera at the Sharplin Falls 

carpark. 

IN BRIEF 

DOMAIN ENTRY 

The AshburtonDomain will beoff 

limitstocars between 11pm and 

6amdaily. TheAshburtonDistrict 

Council’s community services 

committeehas recommended the 

nightclosure to helpreduce 

vandalism in the park. Council’s 

security teamwill close the park’s 

West Streetentrance at 11pm, with 

achain. 

CRASH SITE 

Mayor Neil Brown is askingfor 

someroad safetyimprovementsat 

the intersection of Actonand 

Gardiner Roads atRakaia. 

He said there hadbeenthree 

crashes at the site in three months 

and and still no signofreflective 

markers planned for the spot. ‘‘It has 

not beendoneand we needtohave 

somethingupbefore someoneis 

killedthere.’’ 

CHINESE LANGUAGE 

Dumpling Daywillbeakey part of 

Chinese languageweek later this 

month. Theevent, in its sixth year, 

celebrates the foodand drinklinks 

between Chinese and New Zealand 

cultures. ‘‘While we aren’t able to 

travel betweenNew Zealand and 

China at themoment, thereislots of 

sharedhistory andculture,’’ said 

ChineseLanguageWeek founder 

Jo Coughlan. The week runs from 

September 20-26. 

WAKANUI ENTRY 

Wakanui School will adoptanew 

cohortentrypolicy from the start of 

Term 1next year. There willbeeight 

startdatesfor newentrants who 

havehad their fifthbirthday,the first 

is on February 1. 

Ride-on electric 

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RURAL/LIFESTYLE 


13 

It mustbeelectiontime 

Ewes eating the last of winter kale this week before being setstocked for lambing. 

Thereisnothing like being cast as 

public enemy number one to make 

you feel bright and breezy and ready 

to go forth and runabusiness,a 

business that is currently 

contributing to one of NewZealand’s 

only sources of foreign earnings,the 

primary industries. 

Over the past couple of weeks,a 

group of activists has been running a 

series of meetings across the country 

withashock and awe campaign on 

winter grazing. Manyofthe photos 

are from previous years. 

The meetings are perfectly timed 

duringthe runintothe election and 

the releaseoftheFreshwater 

National Policy Statement. 

Dramatise aproblem and 

champion both the solutionand the 

saviour. 

These groups need calling out. It 

needs to be called for what itis, 

emotive BS that hides an agenda 

these groups have not got the 

backbonetofront to the public and 

declare.They secretly demand an 

end to animal agriculture and 

despise the capitalist system. 

Winter grazing, irrigation, 

nitrogen,methane, it is ameans to an 

end andaplausible argumentalong 

an incrementaljourney. 

Why do Ithink this needs calling 

out? Because SouthlandFederated 

Farmers have spent considerable 

timeengaging with thisgroup and 

winter grazing compliance and 

practices have been overall very good 

this year. It is aslap in the face to 

those who sought to positively 

engage. 

NowGreenpeace have turned up 

thenoise again on methaneand how 

thefarts from cows will hastenthe 

demise of theplanet.Science seems 

lost on them, or just inconvenient. 

Methane recycles within the 

atmosphere from CO2absorbed by 

grass in the photosynthetic process, 

expelled out from the ruminant 

animal (andusafter agood feed of 

beans) as CH4which breaksdown 

into CO2 and H20,readyfor the cycle 

to beginagain. 

So long as animal numbers are 

static, nofurtherwarming is caused. 

All of thisisvastly different from 

theancientcarbon being released 

into theatmosphere as the modern 

human goesabout modern life. 

Theangst is addedtobythe release 

of the newwater rules,which in my 

view are poorly written,cause 

significant unintended consequences 

and set targets unable to be reached 

by most farmers. 

We have seen the Southland 

provinceadvise Southland farmers 

nottoapply for consents that are 

unworkable. Despite the rhetoric, we 

have seenthe Government announce 

thatchanges are neededand 

Environment Southland has 

announced that“existing use” rules 

will apply for farmers growing a 

similar area of winterfeed for the 

winter of 2021. 

The protestofSouthland farmers 

regardingtheunworkability of the 

rules wasonpoint. 

These continual attacks completely 

ignore and diminish the journeyof 

environmental improvement farmers 

are on, the adoption of technology, 

newagronomy and systems are 

achieving environmental 

improvements, theinvestment in 

effluent systems hasstoppedgreen 

water discharges into streamswere 

common place 3040 years ago and 

the fencingofmore than 98 per cent 

of waterways on dairy farms. 

It completely disregards the 

process we supportinthe Canterbury 

Land and Water RegionalPlan which 

hascapped nutrientloss and set a 

timeframefor reductiontargets. 

The mood is hardening among 

farmers, we have had aguts full of 

being the whipping boy every 

election. 

Wool sector in talks to unite 

The wool industry needs to 

collaborate for better farmer returns. 

Primary Wool Cooperative and 

Wools of New Zealandare in formal 

discussions about combining 

operations. 

Bringing together twolikeminded 

grower organisations would be an 

important first stepinrejuvenating 

‘‘a relatively dire’’ currenteconomic 

situationforwool, saysWONZ 

chairmanJames Parsons, in a 

statement. 

In July, the Wool Industry Project 

Action Group,chargedwith looking 

at opportunities to improvereturns 

for the beleaguered crossbred wool 

sector, released areport saying anew 

approach wasneeded. 

The group’s recommendations 

focused on identifying opportunities 

for players in the strongwool sector 

to invest andworktogether to target 

highvalue consumers and end users, 

while simultaneously getting the 

sector‘‘match fit’’ by addressing the 

issues that had manifested duetoa 

sustained lack of investment. 

Mr Parsons said now, more than 

ever, thewoolindustrymust 

collaboratetogetbetter financial 

results for farmers. 

Collectively, the shareholdersof 

WONZand Primary Wool Cooperative, 

alongwithother farmers 

supplying PWC’sjoint venture 

Carrfields Primary Wool, produced 

more than athird of NewZealand’s 

strongwool clip. 

Primary WoolCooperative was 

formedin1974byagroup of Hawke’s 

Bayfarmers and membership had 

grown to more than 1400throughout 

New Zealand. 

Wools of NewZealand had 730 

grower shareholders representing 

about14.million kg of annualstrong 

woolproduction. 

‘‘Combining with PWC ... will mean 

we can achieve scale, reinvent the 

supply chain and improve 

efficiencies, enabledbythe 

increasedvolume, brands and 

exportingfocusWONZ brings to the 

table,’’ Mr Parsonssaid. 

PWCchairman Hamish de Lautour 

said the strongerentity must focus on 

marketing andextracting value from 

products madeofwool and not just 

trading wool as acommodity,ifwool 

was to capitalise on its ‘‘rightful place 

as the sustainable fibre of choice for 

consumers’’. 

Mr Parsons said WONZ and PWC 

envisaged alean, simple commercial 

structure that delivered the 

opportunityfor other grower groups 

andnew grower shareholderstojoin. 

While combining operations would 

take time due to thenature of the 

company structures, there wasa 

strong commitment from both that it 

was ‘‘a prize worthpursuing’’, he 

said. 

~SallyRae, ODT 

2301008 

IN BRIEF 

DAIRY KICKSTARTER FUND 

LIC hasanew fundtosupport innovations to 

positively impactNew Zealand’s dairy sector. 

The LIC AgCelerator Fundisfor individuals and 

entities hoping to develop innovations to generate 

higher yields, improve animalhealth, diagnostictools 

and improved traceability to sustainability, 

advancements in breeding techniques and 

leveraging big data for improvements to farm 

management. 

People can apply at www.lic.co.nz 

It is designed to kick-start early-stage concepts 

and launch to market. 

ARABLE FRESHWATER 

New rulesunder the Actionfor Healthy Waterways 

aim to prevent furtherloss and degradationof 

freshwater habitats. 

Notall the details around therules havebeen 

finalised,reports Foundationfor Arable Research. 

Thiswillbeaworkinprogressasregionalcouncils 

aligncurrent planswith the newnationaldirections. 

Somerulescomeinto forcetoday, but changes to 

the NationalPolicyStatement for Freshwater 

Management(NPS-FM) willbeimplemented by 

regionalcouncilsover thenextthree to five years. 

FARMERS SHAREFRESH VIEWS 

Presidents of the Federated Farmers provinces 

within Ecanboundaries (David ClarkofMid 

Canterbury, CameronHenderson ofNorth 

Canterbury,Jason Grant of South Canterbury and 

JaredRoss of North Otago) have been active on 

freshwater issues. 

The fourmeetECancouncillors at least oncea 

year, and this timeAction for Healthy Waterways 

regulationsweretop of the agenda. 

‘‘We definitely raised our concernsofthe 

implicationsthe newregulationswould have for our 

industry and all of us recognised we'll need to work 

together if we'regoingtobeeffective in raising 

issues with the government and get changes we can 

all move forward with,’’ Mr Grant said. 

PIE DAY SHOUT 

DunsandelCountry Cafeand Barisamong aselect 

few listed in the North Canterbury Rural Support 

Trust drought,calving andlambing lunch shout. 

It is aptly calledPie Day Fridayand runs from noon 

to 1.30pm on September25. 

TheRST team are encouragingworkerstotake a 

bit of time offfarm,pick up somelunchonthem and 

takehomesome RST resourcesfor arainy day. 

RuralSupport will also have somefree resourcesfor 

you to take home. 

Comeand seeusatyour localcafe/bakery for 

lunch on us.’’ 

Voucher numbers are limited and inquiries can be 

made toncrst.coordinator@gmail.com 

BEEF EXPORTS 

New post-Brexit trade deals areset to playakey role 

in determiningthe future of UK beefimports but local 

consumer preferences and non-tariff barrierswill 

heavily influencewho supplies beef to the lucrative 

market in 2021and beyond, according to anew 

report by agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank. 

In the latestBeef Quarterly report Rabobank says 

withthe UK ahigh-valuemarket,NZproducers will 

be keeping close watchondevelopments for 

potential additional export opportunities. 

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NEWS 



$4 million in bank 

for water projects 

The Ashburton District Council has $4 

million from government to advance 

projects involving drinking water, 

stormwaterand wastewater. 

It is part of anationwide Three Waters 

reform package. 

Projectslikely to be considered arethe 

$9m Ashburton Relief Sewer project and 

anew membrane treatment plant for the 

Methvenwater supply, expected to cost 

around $4m. Both projects arein 

council’s longterm plan. 

The covid money may also be spent on 

other Three Watersprojects, like pipe 

renewal in the CBD. 

Council staff are preparing areport on 

projects thatqualify for the money and 

councillors will decideattheir meeting 

on September 24 whichones will go 

ahead. The list has to be submitted to the 

Department of Internal Affairs for 

scrutinyasthe $4m. 

The Ashburtoncouncil has opted in to 

the firstround of funding, along with 

many other councilsaround the country. 

They are expected to share details of 

their drinking water, wastewater and 

stormwaterinfrastructurewith 

government. 

Asecond tranche of money could be 

availableinanother 12 months if council 

stays in the scheme, which wouldsee its 

Three Waters infrastructurebecome part 

of aregional or even South Island group. 

Mayor Neil Brownsaid council would 

makeadecision nextyear on whether it 

remained in the programme, whichis 

aimedatcommunally improving Three 

Waters services around the country. 

Theprogramme is aresult of the 

Havelock North water contamination 

incident in 2016, when5500 people 

became sick with campylobacter and 

four died. 

Mr Brown said the Ashburton council 

had agood track recordwhenitcame to 

providing those core services. 

It has longsince stopped discharging 

treated wastewater into the Ashburton 

Riverand piped it to Ocean Farm, where 

waterwent through wetlands before 

beingirrigated to pasture. 

Council had also improvedcommunity 

drinking water schemes. 

Other councils hadnot done the same 

for either political or financial reasons, 

he said. 

Ashburton councillors madethe 

decision last week to opt in to the first 

stage and said they would be silly not to 

take the ‘‘freemoney’’. 

It may be atougherdecision to opt into 

the nextstage. 

Cr AngusMcKay said some councils 

had chosen to spend money on flash town 

halls and sporting infrastructure instead 

of improving or protecting core Three 

Waters projects. 

Important water services had becomea 

political issueinstead, he said. 

The$4m must be spent on projects that 

will be finished by March2022. 

Promoting the upcoming clean up day are Litter Free Ashburton members (from 

left) Allanah Stewart, Barbara Agnew, Graeme Neale, Marion Guise, Shirley 

Falloon and Bev Skates. 

Rubbish blitz planned 

An Ashburton volunteer 

litter collection group is 

encouraging the 

community to get behind 

national Clean Up Week 

and has September 12 

lined up for abig local 

rubbish blitz. 

Litter Free Ashburton 

members meet regularly 

to collect and bag 

rubbish in and around 

Ashburton and have 

been doing so for the 

past three years. 

Group member Bev 

Sparks said collectors 

were asked to meet at 

10am at the West Street 

car park opposite 

Subway for the clean up. 

After asignin and 

briefing, collectors 

would be given gloves 

and bags and 

despatched to 

designated collection 

areas. 

‘‘We’ll be collecting 

for around three hours, 

so people can collect the 

whole time, or help out 

for an hour or so,’’ said 

Mrs Skates. 

She said there was a 

lot of rubbish from fast 

food outlets around 

town and rubbish often 

found its way into 

waterways. 


was keep to hear from 

the public about any 

litter hotspots, said Mrs 

Skates. 

She said around 80 per 

cent of rubbish bagged 

by the group was 

plastics. 

People needed to 

show pride in their 

community and do the 

right thing with rubbish. 

More information on 


can found on the group’s 

Facebook page.

NEWS 


15 

Community service hub now 25 years old 

MICK.JENSEN 


It startedsmall,and has been 

throughits upsand downs, but 

an Ashburton hubfor 

community services is going 

strong after 25 years. 

Community House Mid 

Canterbury,onceknown as the 

AshburtonResourceCentre,is 

hometo25notforprofit 

groups,including umbrella 

organisationSafer Mid 

Canterbury which operates 

around 30 different services. 

Another 20 regularcasual user 

groups alsosharethe building 

withthe longterm tenants. 

Last year25,000 visitors 

steppedthrough the doors of 

the CassStreet building. 


Canterbury Trust boardchair 

LeandraFitzgibbon said those 

visitornumbers showed the 

value and demandfor the 

resource in the community. 

Thekey objective of 

Community House was to be a 

hub forsocial services in Mid 

Canterbury by providing low 

costqualityaccommodation, 

networkingand shared 

servicesfor notforprofit 

organisations. 

Community House wasa 

significant asset forthe 

community and the trust 

managing it had been 

restructured in recent years to 

ensurethat it wasmanaged 

wellfor thebenefit of the 

community, and alsotoensure 

thatthe trust was sustainable 

going forward. 


Canterbury managerJohn 

Driscoll, who hasa15year 

association with thefacility, 

saidthroughout its history 

there had been consistent 

support for the notforprofit 

groups. 

Getting to whereCommunity 

House was today had been 

challenging, frustratingat 

times, inspiring, and 

unforgettable. 

‘‘The overriding thingthat 

has comeout of our 25year 

history is the awareness of the 

incredible community we are a 

partof,’’hesaid. 

Withoutthat wideranging 

community support the facility 

would not have been ableto 

provide the space fortenants 

to supportthe services they 

provide. 

Theidea of aresource centre 

in Ashburtonwas born after 

local May Greenslade attended 

acoordinators training day in 

Auckland in May 1992. 

She shared the ideaof a 

central resourcecentre with 

Rangitata MP Jo Goodhew officially opened Community House Mid Canterbury in April 2015. She was accompanied by the trust board 

chairman John Driscoll and then Ashburton mayor Angus McKay. Below: Community House as it is today. 

variouslocalgroups and 

individualsonher return. 

The resourcecentre was 

seen as aonestopshop to 

access information, services 

andcentralised 

administration, andfor people 

to cometoofferhelp as well as 

to requestit. 

Afeasibility studylater 

completedbyRod Beavan 

revealedthatMid Canterbury 

hadavolunteer poolof4197 

people, around 100health and 

welfare groups, 75 craft and 

cultural groups and over 200 

sports clubs, all of whom could 

potentially benefitfromthe 

proposedcentre. 

Aleasetooccupy agreement 

wassigned on abuildingat155 

Tancred Street in November 

1994 andsoon after the 

AshburtonResource Centre 

Charitable Trust was setup. 

The new resource centrewas 

officially opened by Jenny 

Shipley MP on July14, 1995. 

The original tenants were 

Barnadoes, awomen’s division 

of Federated Farmers, the 

Hearing Association and 

AshburtonCouncilofSocial 

Services. 

The centreexpandedin1998 

andfurtherdemand led to the 

appointmentofafulltime 

manager four years later. 

Afireinthe buildingin 

March 2003 causeddamage 

anddisrupted operations, but 

tenants rallied togetherto 

manage temporary space 

issues. 

At theend of 2003the centre 

was in trouble financially, with 

rent arrearsthreatening to 

closethe centre. 

AshburtonDistrictCouncil 

steppedinin2006 and 

purchased thebuildingand 

allocated funds to cover rent 

costsfor the next10years. 

In November 2010 thecentre 

was renamed Community 

House Mid Canterbury and 

upgrades were carried outthe 

following year. 

In May 2012 an earthquake 

assessment deemed the 

building ahealth andsafety 

risk and tenants weregiven 48 

hours to vacateindefinitely. A 

muchsmaller space was found 

nearby forsome tenants. 

Afterthe shooting tragedy at 

WinzAshburton’s CassStreet 

building in September 2014 

thatbuildingwas later 

identified as apotential new 

sitefor CommunityHouse. 

Agrantof$500,000 fromthe 

AshburtonDistrictCouncil and 

other fundingenabled the 

purchase and refit of the 

building. It wasofficially 

openedbyJoGoodhew MP on 

April15, 2015. 

An invitationonly afternoon 

event celebrating 25 years of 

thecommunity service hubwill 

be heldlater thismonth. 

Ascene from the 2018 Anzacin 

Action day. 

Anzac trust gives $20k to projects 

The GeraldineAnzac 

Commemorations Trusthas 

announced it will distribute 

$20,000ofsurplusfunds to two 

projects which trustchair Max 

Millar saysare significantfor 

Geraldine with farreaching 

benefits forall. 

Thetrustwas set up in 2013 

by friends Max Millar, John 

Foster, ColinJohnstone and 

Wayne O’Donnell, and later 

joined by Kerry Stevens,upon 

JohnFoster’s retirement in 

2016. 

It is giving$10,000each to the 

proposed Geraldine medical 

centre and thenew allweather 

artificialturf. 

The friends felt strongly that 

the sacrificemade by thosewho 

fought in World War1needed 

to be honouredand 

remembered, and to educate 

young people of todayabout 

those timesand the hardship 

experienced by all. 

Withthe assistance of 

committee members Malcolm 

andDaniel Crossenand Janene 

Adams, the trust organised 

three successfulAnzac in 

Action events held at Rangitata 

Island from2014to2018 to 

coincidewith the 100th 

anniversary of World War1. 

“Theywere wonderful 

events, run by our community, 

for our community, to 

commemorate the sacrifices 

madebythosewho foughtand 

thosewho supported them,” Mr 

Millar said. 

After each event, the trust 

madedonations to arange of 

community organisations 

involved in the planningand 

execution of Anzac in Action. 

Fundswere alsoaccumulated 

to cover against possible losses, 

whichfortunately did not arise. 

In 2018the trustees feltthat 

their objectiveshad been 

achievedsothey havedecided 

to rest the event. 

Mr Millarsaysthat the trust 

thendiscussedhow toreturn its 

surplusfunds tothe community 

andidentified two key projects 

thatthe trustees believed 

would providebenefits right 

across the communityand are 

of significance to theongoing 

growth anddevelopment of 

Geraldine. 

He urged other community 

groups to alsosupportthe 

projectsand noted Geraldine’s 

longhistory of being activein 

making things happen by 

supporting community 

projects.

NEWS 


Help for Tonga 

Auni student with an Ashburton connection is 

one of four UniversityofCanterbury students 

tackling Tongan water challenges 

Jack Deeley is oneoffour finalyear 

chemical and process engineering students 

designing asmallscale planttodesalinateand 

sterilise drinkingwater for aremotevillage 

with limited electricity. 

It is apaper exercise,but onethatcould 

becomereality for the remotevillage of 

Felemea. 

The ideafor the project camefrom Siale 

Faitotonu, ageomechanics laboratory 

technician in theUCCollege of Engineering. 

Alister Argyle, Paul Gooby, Jane Argyle-Reed, 

Emma Taylor and Joseph Shaw are pleased to 

announce Charles Whatman has joined them as a 

Partner of the firm. 

Charles works between the firm’s Rolleston and 

Ashburtonoffices and worksprimarily in the areas of 

property and commercial law. 

Westburn Courts,201-203 West Street,Ashburton 

Phone: 03 308 8228 

Email charles.whatman@awlegal.co.nz 

www.argylewelsh.co.nz 

2310847 


Disneythemed fun at pool 

Fairies,pirates, princesses 

and super heroes were 

amongthe characters 

taking aplungeduring EA 

Networks Centre learn to 

swim Disneythemed 

dressup week. 

There were lots of 

sequins, tutu’s, wands and 

wings among theusual 

swimwear. 

Swimschoolmanager 

Tayla McAdam said the 

week longDisneythemed 

sessionswereanovel, fun 

way to encouragesome 

covid cheer. 

It hadbeen embraced by 

swim school staffwho had 

gone above and beyondthe 

call of duty, she said. 

Swiminstructors, and 

some learners, 

accessorised or dressed in 

Disneythemedoutfitsall 

week. 

There was also a 

colouring competitionfor 

little swimmers to enter 

and the weekended with a 

pool side screening of 

Disney movie, Frozen2. 

Learn to swim instructors Bree ‘water fairy' Middleton (right) and Bev ‘Minnie Mouse’ 

Stevens with learners Jesse McFadden, William Cromie and Maja Monk during the 

Disneythemed learn to swim week. 

Mayo bike ride raises $22,000 

Ashburton cyclist Clayton Howard 

has helped raise $22,000 for Burwood 

SpinalUnit Hospital and Westpac 

Helicopter’s LifeFlightthrougha 

charity bike ride. 

The 72yearold joined 17 other 

bikersonthe Tour To Mayo.The 

South Island leg covered the 400km 

distance from Picton to Burwood 

Hospital via Kaikoura and Hurunui. 

While Claytonwas on histrusty 

mountain bike, all other cyclists were 

on road bikesand one rode an 

electric bike. 

Riders rode in two pelotons andfor 

much of the fiveday trip conditions 

were good. 

‘‘The windwas not toobad overall, 

butwehit bad weather whenwe 

headedinlandtoHurunui. 

‘‘Wehad rain, hail andsnowand it 

wasverycold, so to avoid getting 

hypothermiaweweretransported 

over a20km section.’’ 

Clayton said he was the oldest rider 

on the tour andthe leastexperienced 

on the road. 

Safety had been paramount for 

cyclists and he had enjoyed the 

experience. 

The Tour to Mayo wasorganisedto 

show support for cyclistElton Mayo, 

whohad acyclingaccident that left 

him paralysed. 

Clayton Howard 


Rotary Club 

September 28 -October 3•Sports Hall Tancred Street 

Please 

bring your 

own carry 

bag 

WANTED 

BOOKS, MAGAZINES, CD’S, VINYL RECORDS, DVD’S, 

PICTURES, JIGSAWS & GAMES 

Once again, we need your help to make this year’s Ashburton Rotary Club 

BOOKARAMA project another success story. After 40 years, we are over $1 million 

worth of sales. 

We use these funds to support many worthwhile local community projects. 

Please phone any of the following members, if you would like donated books etc. 

collected. 

David Mead (Convenor) 308 9991 or 027 471 6661 

Lindsay Holland 308 3201 or 027 452 3107 

Errol Stewart (Rakaia) 308 9938 or 027 427 2220 

Mike Smith 308 9201 or 020 444 8899 

Book Drop off / 

collection points 

• Allenton Auto Centre 

• Caltex Ashburton 

• Community House 

• Mobil Service Station 

• Frame Co Netherby 

• Z Energy Tinwald 

• New World 

• Cafe Time, Tinwald 

• RuralCo Ashburton 

• Evolution Vets (was ShopCanterbury) 

• Methven RuralCo 

• Rakaia RuralCo 

• PGG Wrightson, Methven 

Rodger Letham 

J.R.BENNETT 

CONSTRUCTION LTD 

Cnr East &Dobson Sts, Ashburton 

Phone 308 9094 

Bookarama has been running successfully for 41 Years 

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17 

Philomena McIlroy (on stage) takes qi gong practitioners through awarmup at the MSA. 

Qigongclasseshelp 

seniors staysupple 

Acenturiesold systemofcoordinated 

mind andbody 

movement is helping keep 

seniors in Ashburton relaxed 

andsupple. 

Philomena McIlroy takes 

qigong classes,tothose 

willing, three times aweek in 

the MSA main halland has 

up to 25 peopleatthe hourlongsession. 

On Tuesdays and 

Thursdays she works through 

aprogramme of gentle 

exercisesand movement. 

Sessions start with awarmup 

andthen 18 energyenhancingexercises, 

called 

Shibashi, that coordinate 

movement with breathing 

and concentration. 

Afurther 18 exercisesare 

repeated after ashort break 

and sessions finish with 

tendon strengthening 

exercises called Yi Jin Jing. 

On Wednesdays Mrs 

McIlroyrunsamainlyseated 

qi gong sessionfor seniors 

with walkersorwalking 

sticks that again involve 

gentle movements. 

Mrs McIlroysaid she 

startedlearning tai chiand 

then qi gong 14 years ago. 

The classes she gavewere 

popular and appreciated by 

the sociable and mainly over 

65s who came along. 

Someofthose takingpart 

had Parkinson’s,while 

othershad strokes, heart 

problems or arthritis. 

‘‘For me it’s about helping 

people feel relaxed. Being 

more relaxed means we can 

extend every muscle and 

tendon in the body that little 

bit more.’’ 

Mrs McIlroy also works 

withIHC clientsonFriday 

mornings andruns sessions 

in resthomes. 

Wednesday and Thursday 

sessionsatthe MSAstart 

at10.45am.Tuesday classes 

start at 10am. 

Twotheories of life 

BY DAVID HYSLOP 

ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH 

Someone conducted asurvey 

asking what would people 

like toask God. Rather 

surprisinglythe answer 

cameback, “What are we 

doinghere?” and ‘‘How did 

we get here?” 

There aretwo main 

theories.They appear to be 

mutually exclusive, both 

cannot be true. 

Themost widely held 

theory is thatofevolution 

meaning the creationofnew 

species with brandnew DNA. 

This happensthrough 

mutations andnatural 

selectionending up with us 

over alongperiod of time. 

Prior to this there wasthe 

spontaneous generation of 

life formsthrough as yet 

unknown biochemistry.If 

this is truethenthe words of 

JesusChristare falseand his 

followersare wasting their 

time.Ifthe Bible is totally 

wrongabout creation then 

everythingelseinitisopen 

to question. Wecannot have 

it both ways. 

So is there credible 

scientific informationto 

CHRISTIAN COMMENT 

supportthe secondtheory 

which is that the universe 

and ourselvesare partofa 

special creation? 

TheBible says humans are 

‘‘fearfully andwonderfully 

made’’. 

Anexample is the human 

brainand related to it,the 

eye .The brainisthe size of a 

fist and yet it containsabout 

10,000 nerve cells, each of 

which putsout thousands of 

connectingfibres which 

makecontactwith other 

nerve cells. So we thinkand 

remember. There are 

billionsofconnectionsand 

so the human brain is 

considered themost complex 

networkinthe universe. 

The eyeisincredible. 

Whenababyfirst starts life 

as atiny dotthe geneticcode 

programs the baby’s body to 

begin growing optic nerves in 

the eye.Atthe same timethe 

optical section of the brain 

producesnerves which 

connectwiththose from the 

eye.Until the eye is fully 

formed it hasnovalue. How 

could step by steprandom 

mutations haveproduced 

such acomplex operation? 

How was the DNA 

controllingthisformed? 

Charles Darwinadmitted the 

eye was so complexitwas 

hardtoimagineastep by 

step processproducingit. 

So the followers of Jesus 

are not to be intimidated by 

an unproven theory with no 

direct evidence of 

observationorreplication. 

Scienceconstantly changes. 

Ahundred years agothe 

universe was considered 

eternalthenthe BigBang 

came along. Thesun was 

considered 50,000 years old 

at most before nuclear fusion 

wasunderstood. 

Iwill writeatanother time 

of how the finely balanced 

forces in the universe, the 

nature of our solar system, 

the natureofDNA and 

questions about thefirst 

spark of lifeall point to a 

creator. 

But everyonemust find 

thatone for themselves.

Ashburton College 

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment 

News 

Issue 24 

3Septembr 2020 

DeputyPrincipal’s Message 

Term Three 

Term Three has been awhirlwind of events and 

activities, across Course Confirmation Evening 

and students choosing subjects for 2021; 

Year 11, 12 and 13students with internal exams; 

Open Night; enrolment for Year 8 students 

attending College next year; and senior reports 

have been completed. 

Still to come areAko interviewsfor all students and their families; along 

with senior subjectinterviews; Lip-Sync online and Music Evening. 

Term Four 

Term 4will involve araft of activities including those associated with 

farewells to our students who areleaving AshburtonCollege at the end 

of 2020. 

We will have the Blues Assembly wherestudents arerecognisedfor their 

Sporting and Cultural achievement; the announcement ofthe winning 

House for 2020; the Chess Match where staff take on the Student 

Executiveinwhatisassisted by a‘waterfight’on the College chessboard; 

the Year 12 Prize-giving where the Head Boy, Head Girl, Deputy Head 

Boy and Deputy Head Girl for 2021 will be announced; Year 11 Prizegiving 

and the Year 13 Graduation Dinner. Further past these datesour 

Junior students will have anumber of activities and milestones which 

we will refertocloser to the time. 

Year 11 andYear 12 Prize-givings 

For the first time we are, this year, combining Year 11and 12 Prizegivings 

and holding this at the Ashburton EANetworks Centre starting 

at 7:00pm on Tuesday10November. 

We have also changed the criteria forour Application and EffortAwards. 

Students nowneed to reach the required level in fiveout of six subjects 

in Level 1and 2, and four out of five subjects in Level 3togain an 

Application and EffortAward. 

NCEAExaminations 

Allofthatoutlined above thenleavesushurtling into the real business 

part ofthe year –the final NCEA examinations which start onMonday 

16 November. 

The accumulation of credits over the course of the year means that 

students know exactly whatthey need to do to reach the ‘magic figure’ 

required to gain each LevelofNCEA. 

An NCEA study has observed that once students know (or think) that 

they have reached that figure, the motivation to keep going and to 

do really well may beaffected and this may impact on how well they 

preparefor and perform in the external examinations. 

It is not that simple! Students, especially those who are hoping to gain 

University Entrance from their course this year, must remember that 

tertiary faculties, insetting their entry criteria for courses, are looking 

at the quality ofthe credits that students are gaining –how many 

Achieved,Merit and Excellence grades they have gained. 

There has beenareduction in the number of credits requiredfor 2020 

due to COVID-19 andthe reduced time in front of ateacher. 

Forevery fivecredits students achieve through internal or external 

assessments theyare entitled to one morecredit. These arecalled 

Learning Recognition (LR) credits. 

Level1–80credits including 10 numeracyand 10 literacycredits. (Can 

receiveupto10LRcredits) 

Level 2–60credits at Level 2orabove; and 20 credits from any other 

level.(Canreceiveupto8LR credits) 

Level3–60credits atLevel 3orabove; and 20 at Level 2.(Can receive 

up to 8LRcredits) 

CertificateEndorsement –e.g.: NCEA Level1Endorsed Excellence 

Certificate Endorsed Merit –46credits at Merit or better 

Certificate Endorsed Excellence –46credits at Excellence 

Course Endorsement–e.g.:NCEA Level2Technology Endorsed Merit– 

at least3such credits from externally assessed standards and at least 3 

from internally assessed standards in asingle school year. 

Course Endorsed Merit –12credits at Merit or higher 

Course Endorsed Excellence –12credits at Excellence or higher 

UniversityEntrance – 12 credits in three approved University 

Entranceapproved subjects. 

It is clear thatstudents must aim to do their very bestatwhateverlevel 

they are studying. A consistently good, motivated attitude towards 

study,achievementinschool work and towardsperformanceinexternal 

examinations is the kind of attitude that can play apart inastudent’s 

success and futureopportunities. 

Helen Shore-Taylor 

DeputyPrincipal •TumuakiTuarua 

Staff Welcome 

Anna Schmack 

Exam Centre Manager 

Information 

Please notethatall events aresubjecttoany COVID restrictions which 

mayberelevant at the time. These implications areadvisedassoonas 

is possible. 

AkoInterviews:on-siteatCollege, 

Thursday10September, 

10:00am-8:00pm 

Next Thursday, 10 September, College will hold the second set of Ako 

Interview meetings for2020, between parents/caregivers,studentand Ako 

teacher. 

Meetings will cover progress to date during this year, arevisit of career 

and/or academic goals,and an opportunityfor communication as ateam. 

This daywill go ahead even if we areremaining at COVID Level2. 

Booking arrangements: 

Twenty minutes has been allowedfor each interview,with timeframes from 

10:00am-1:00pm; 2:00pm-5:00pm; 6:00pm-8:00pm, with the last booking 

available at 7:40pm. 

Interviews can be set up through SchoolPoint, with information now sent 

out to families. Please contactthe College Office if youhave anyqueries. 

Please note: normal College classes will not operateonthis day. 

Students areonlyrequired to be at College fortheir interviewtime. 

Parent-Teacher-StudentInterviews for 

Year 11-13 Students: Tuesday15September 

Please note: this daywill only operateifweare at COVID Level1. 

On Tuesday 15 September parent-teacher-student interviews are 

scheduled at the Hotel Ashburton, from 2:30pm-8:00pm. 

This is an opportunity tomeet with individual subject teachers and it is 

especially recommended that you catch upinany subjects which your 

child maybefinding moredifficult. 

College will close at 1:20pm on this day(no Period5classes). 

InterviewBooking arrangements: 

Interviewswill each be of fiveminutes duration, with available timeframes 

between 2:30pm-5:00pm; 5:45pm-8:00pm. 

Interviews can be set up through SchoolPoint, with information being 

sent out to families. Please contact the College Office if you have any 

queries. 

Studylink TertiaryEvening: 

Information on StudentLoans and Allowances 

Monday14September 2020, 7:00pm 

College Staffroom 

This is an evening for students and parents/caregivers tohear information 

about student loans and allowances for tertiary study next year, 

accommodation costs andvarious deadlines. 

We are very fortunate tohave staff from Studylink attend and be able to 

answer your questions first-hand. 

RSVP required: 

Information forms areavailablefromthe 

Transition Office or the College Office. 

Pleasecollect and return aformsothatweknownumbers attending. 

Transition Department–EventsUpdate 

TertiaryStudy Information 

We are atthe time ofyear where students going to tertiary study in 2021 

are gathering information, making decisions, and completing application 

processes,asfollows: 

Universityand PolytechHalls of Residence Applications 

HallsofResidenceapplications areopenonline. 

Course Planning for 2021 

University liaison staff are visiting College this term to help students plan 

theircourseofstudyfor 2021. 

Remainingdates are: 

Victoria UniversityofWellington – 09 September 

Auckland University – 09September 

Lincoln University – 09September 

Otago Polytech – 09September 

Otago University – 16September 

Remaining2020 UniversityOpenDays 

The current COVID conditions have resulted in amendments to Open Day 

information previously publicised. 

Please go to the websites forthe latest updates: 

•CanterburyUniversity 

www.canterbury.ac.nz 

•AucklandUniversity 

www.auckland.ac.nz 

•MasseyUniversity 

www.massey.ac.nz 

•AUT University 

www.aut.ac.nz 

AshColl Way 

Appreciation 

AshColl Reading Mentor Programme Future 

Guaranteed 

After aslow start this year, due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the Ashburton 

College Reading Mentor programme kicked into gear again in Term Two, 

and concluded last week. 

JoanneWakelin, ReadingTeacher,Reading Mentor ProgrammeCo-ordinator 

and Within-College Hakatere Community ofLearning (Kāhui Ako) Literacy 

Co-ordinator, said that this successful mentoring programme has run for 

manyyears andcontinues to go from strength to strength. 

Sponsorship Appreciation 

AdvanceAshburton, along with the other community organisationsAltrusa 

Club of Ashburton, Rotary Club ofAshburton and the Ashburton Plains 

RotaryClub, have been sponsors of the programme inthe past. 

On-going Commitment by AdvanceAshburton 

This year Advance Ashburton has confirmed an on-going commitment to 

ensuring the programme remains funded. 

This security iswonderful news for the College. Sandi Wood, Advance 

Ashburton Executive Officer, visited College recently, getting the 

opportunitytosee the programme in operation. Sandiwas impressed with 

the structure,whichsees specifically selectedYear 12 students volunteering 

to read to Year 9students. 

(Pictured below): AdvanceAshburtonExecutiveOfficer,Sandi Wood with the 

Year 12 Reading Mentor leaders during her visit to see the programme in 

operation. 

The scheme initially started following the research of Dr Joseph Driessen, 

arenowned academic on raising student achievement, and due to the 

encouraging results every year, the scheme has become apermanent part 

of the College programme. 

The scheme not only has positive academic results, but the role modelling 

and mentoring by the senior students has had manywonderful spin-offsfor 

the Year 9students, including things such as increasing their confidence, 

encouraging them to be on time for school and their classes, and helping 

with personal issues. Senior students also gain leadership skills and enjoy 

the mentoring opportunities. 

We thank AdvanceAshburton,along with our other anonymous donor, 

forensuringthatliteracycontinues to be apriorityatAshburtonCollege. 

This year’s Reading Mentors havebeen: 

Katelin Adcock, Ethan Annear, Taylah Burrowes, Georgie Cartney, 

Emma-Paige Dickson, Malachi Drye, Alex Eddington, Buddhika Ekanayake, 

Ian Jerao, Hannah Kuipers, John Magyaya, Tia McCallum, Ben Middleton, 

Dennis Nguyen, Tamaki Nishioka, Hannah O'Reilly, Thomas Patterson, 

Mahina Pongia, Drew Porter, Samuel Reilly-Sigel, Emma Scammell, 

Marlese Schoonderbeek,Milli Sullivan, Eliane Vinculado. 

(Pictured left): 

Year 12 Student 

Emma-Paige Dickson 

reading to her Year 9 

buddy. 

(Pictured below): TheReading Mentor programme sees students in small 

groups all around the Library.

Ashburton College 

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment 

News 

Issue 24 

3September 2020 

Events 

Successful ‘Spirit of Gold’Mufti Day 

InformationprovidedbyJestena Raj, Treasurer,StudentExecutive 

On Friday 21August the College Student Executive organised afundraiser 

mufti day for the New Zealand Paralympics, tosupport our paralympians 

as they make their way toTokyo to represent New Zealand in what will 

now be the 2021 Paralympics.These sixteenth summer Paralympic Games 

have been rescheduled from 2020,due to COVIDconstraints, to 24 August– 

05 September 2021. Thisisthesecond timeTokyo hashosted these games, 

subsequenttothe Olympic Games. The previous time wasback in 1964. 

Students were encouraged to wear somethinggold and bring alongagold 

coin to showtheirsupport. 

Fundraising Total 

College students raisedatotalof$1028.20. 

It was great to see the whole school come together to support this cause 

and go ‘all out’towear something gold to keep with the theme. We thank 

students and their families fortheir support. 

ACareer in the Outdoors 

Former student Cole Beeman, with fellow course attendee 

Jamie Toomey previously from Mt Aspiring College, spoke to a group 

of students on Wednesday26August,inthe College Auditorium. 

This year attending the TaiPoutini Polytech on the West Coast, Cole and 

Jamie outlined the opportunitiesavailable to students,with Cole sharing 

his adventures on the Outdoor Education and Ski Patrol Course. Cole 

advocates this course as aperfect pathway for acareer in the Outdoors, 

including instruction in White Water Kayaking, Rafting, Climbing, 

Mountaineering/Snow Caves,Bush Skills,Sea Kayaking and much more. 

Students were advisedon‘howtoenrol’, enrolment deadline dates, 

accommodation,course age eligibility, howtofind information and what 

career optionsanInstructor’s Certificate canenable. 

AshburtonCollege PIE’s 

(Pride,Identity, Equality) Host Bake Sale 

On Wednesday26AugustAshColl studentshosted averyfine Bake Sale on 

the Chessboard, with money raised to go towards RainbowYOUTH. 

RainbowYOUTH is acharitable organisation that was established in 1989. 

RainbowYOUTH is here to work with queer, gender diverse, takatāpui and 

intersex youth, their friends, whānau and wider communities in order to 

ensure thatNew Zealand is aplace whereall young people can thrive. 

SarahMcKerrow said,with allbaking donatedthe fundraisingwas successful, 

raisingover$200 to be forwarded to RainbowYOUTH, Christchurch Division. 

(Pictured above, left toright): Ready for the lunchtime customers are 

GemmaTaylor,Sarah McKerrow, EmmaPetrie and Lauren Taylor. 

Congratulations 

House Sports and the CovetedHouse Trophy 

As for all events this year programmes and itineraries have been started, 

changed, stopped, restarted and changed again. The normally very lively 

HouseSports competition is no exception to this necessity. 

This year House Cricket, Badminton and Unihock have had to be cancelled 

but, atthe start ofTerm Three, Volleyball was able tobeheld and, more 

recently,Basketball. 

House Netballiscurrently scheduled forWeeks 8and 9ofthis term,ondays 

between 07-18September, and we alsohaveLip Sync scheduled to run for 

House points. 

Lip Sync has been transferred from apublic event inthe Auditorium to a 

videocompetition,with entries to close on 06 September,at6:00pm. Music 

Evening, which also contributes to House Points, isstill scheduled at this 

stagetotake place on Thursday24September. 

Basketball Restarts House Sports 

Recently Basketball gained the kudos of re-igniting the competition 

between Houses, with Blue playing Green, and Orange challenging Red, 

in the play-offs. Blue House had aclean sweep of wins while last year’s 

champion House, Red, wassuccessfulinthree of theirfour games. 

Finals Results were acautious triumph to Blue House: 

•Senior Girls’BluevOrange Houses 5-0 win to Blue House. 

•JuniorGirls’Blue vRed Houses 

5-4 win to Blue House. 

•Senior Boys’Blue vRed Houses 

3-alldraw. 

•JuniorBoys’Red vBlue Houses 

8-2 win to RedHouse. 

As part oftheir power point presentation (pictured above) they showed 

life out on the course expeditions, outlining what anumber ofthese 

involved,and their ‘top moment’during this year. 

For Cole this included aweek-long kayak mission at Arahura, and for 

Jamie it was Māori week. They recommended Punakaiki’s rock climbing 

wall, and noted the 48 hour race comprised of running, biking, rafting, 

orienteering,beach running with araftonyour shoulders –and one team 

who managed it on one hour’s sleep! 

Some KeyForthcoming Dates 

November 

05 Year 13 Graduation Ceremony, AshburtonTrust EventCentre, 7:00pm 

10 Years 11 and 12 Prize-givings,EANetworksCentre, 7:00pm 

16-09 Dec NCEA Exams 

Term Dates2020 –Terms Two, Threeand startofTerm Four 

Term Three Monday20July -Friday25September 

Term Four Monday12October -Thursday 05 November (Year 13) 

-Tuesday 10 November (Years11and 12) 

-Thursday03December (Year 10) 

-Friday04December (Year 9) 

Term Dates2021 – 

Term One Year level datestba -Friday09April 

Term Two Tuesday 27 April - Friday02July 

Term Three Monday19July -Friday24September 

Term Four Monday11October -Friday10December –year levels tbc 

(Pictured above): Good custom underway. 

Congratulations 

CanterburySecondarySchools’ 

SkiChampionships Creditable Results 

This event was fortunate to be able to be held on Thursday 13 August at 

the Mt Hutt Skifield,involvingCollege 

student siblings Kayne Johnston and 

Mya Johnston (pictured right, left and 

right), with father MichaelasManager. 

Michael said that racing was held in 

‘bluebird conditions’ with atotal of 

over 180 skiers plus snow boarders 

competing. 

The ski group numbers were 

significant with sixty nine female 

skiers and ninety twomales. 

Results 

Mya skied well to finish strongly in 

14thplace in the girls’ race and Kayne 

also had a great result, finishing 

19th in afield dominated bysenior 

students. 

(Pictured left): Kayne surveying the slalom 

course from the startline. 

(Pictured below): Myainactiononthe slalom 

course. 

(Pictured above, leftand right): Riley Sa scoring from aslam dunk against the 

Orange House Junior Boys’team, in the play-off rounds. 

Currentlythe House Point competition sits at : 

Blue House 76.15 RedHouse 66.89 

Orange House 58.02 Green House 58.02 

Coming Events 

Alterations due toCOVID changes will be advised directly toeach group as 

relevant. 

September 

04 South CanterburyWinterBasketball Competition, 

SouthernTrust EventsCentre, Timaru 

Boys’1st XI Hockey,Christchurch 

05 Rugby–UC Round 12 MidCanterburyCombined v 

St Bede’s College,Ashburton 

06 NZSS Shooting Championships (Triple S) Round 4 

07 Year 10 Outdoor Education Hike,LittleMtPeel 

08 Year 10 Outdoor Education Hike,LittleMtPeel 

Year 12/Year 13 In-Zone Careers Bus visit 

Thomson/Whelan Basketball Trophy, AshburtonorChristchurch 

Junior Skiing,MtHutt 

Year 10 Hike 

AGS3 Farmbikes Day, Yr12 ACAD Group 1, AshburtonShowgrounds 

09 ACAD1 Farmbikes Day2,Year12ACADGroup 1, 

AshburtonShowgrounds 

Auckland UniversityCourse Planning 

Victoria UniversityCourse Planning 

Lincoln UniversityCourse Planning 

Otago Polytech Course Planning 

Girls’1st XI Hockey,Christchurch 

Supernet –AshburtonCollege vRangiRuru,Christchurch (Round 7) 

10 AKOinterviews(as elsewhereinthis newsletter) 

Aoraki Girls’Football vTimaru Girls’High School,Timaru 

11 Canterbury Schools’GolfMatchplay, Christchurch 

Year 11 Outdoor Education hike,MtThomas,Oxford 

Aoraki SecondarySchools’Table Tennis Championships,Timaru 

South CanterburyWinterBasketball Competition, 

SouthernTrust Events Centre, Timaru 

Boys’1st XI Hockey,Christchurch 

12 Rugby–UC Round 12 Marlborough Boys’College v 

MidCanterburyCombined (Marlborough)


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Ray’s agem in Rotary circles 

Alongserving Rotarian has 

been honoured with his third 

PaulHarrisFellowship award. 

Ashburton Plains Rotary 

Club member Ray King was 

presented with aDouble 

Sapphire Pin at arecentclub 

meeting.Hewas first awarded 

aPaulHarris Fellowship back 

in 1994. 

Theaward is named after 

thefounder of Rotaryand is 

oneofthe highest given by the 

service club. It recognises 

loyalservice to aclub or 

Rotary district. 

Mr King is aformerschool 

teacher and principal and 

joined PlainsRotary in 1976. 

He wasappointed director of 

theyouth committee in 1978 

andwas club president forthe 

198283year. 

His roles overthe years have 

included that of secretary 

(198486), newslettereditor 

(198687), coeditor (198891) 

andsergeant(198990). 

He has servedonthestudent 

exchangedistrict committee, 

vocationalcommittee and was 

thedistrict governor’s 

representative for the 199394 

year.MrKingwas district 

governor forthe 9970 District 

forthe 20022003year. 

Outside of Rotary, he has 

served on the Ashburton 

District Youth Institute since 

it was established 21 years ago 

andcontinues to organise and 

lead the institute’s annual 

Kick Start Leadership course 

aimed at Year 8students. 

Mr King wasatrustee of the 

Midand South Canterbury 

Life Education Trust for 16 

years, chairman for nine of 

those years and wasawardeda 

life membership by the trust 

last year. 

Above: Plains Rotary president 

Steve Allen (left) presents the 

Paul Harris Double Sapphire 

pin to Ray King. 


IN BRIEF 

GIRLS’ RUGBY 

Under 11 and Under 13 girls are 

invited to arugby skills and games 

seriesstartingsoon. 

Run by Mid Canterbury Rugby’s 

women’s and schools’ development 

officer Nicole Purdom,the series 

will run from 11.30am until 1.30pm 

on September 6, 13 and 20. 

Registrationscan be made 

through the Mid Canterbury Rugby 

Unionwebsite andmore information 

is available by emailing to 

nicole@midcanterburyrugby.co.nz. 

All abilities are welcome. 

PLANTING DAY 

Aplanting daywill be heldat 

MethvenCemetery this Saturday. 

The10amgathering is organised 

by MethvenCommunityBoard and 

amix of rhododendronsand natives 

will be planted at the site. 

FIRST XV 

The Mid Canterbury Spartans host 

St Bedes in their finalhomegameof 

the UC Championship on Saturday. 

Asponsorsday hadbeen planned, 

to acknowledge the greatsupport 

the combined Ashburton College 

and Mt Hutt College teamhas had 

this season as it embarkedona 

five-yearplan to restore the district’s 

competitiveness at secondary 

school level. 

CoachShane Enright noted 19 of 

the 22 boyswho took on 

Christchurch Boys’ High School last 

weekare eligible to play again next 

yearasthe rebuilding continues.




IRRIGATION 

Farmers to check consent 

Canterbury farmers are some of 

the most efficient in the country, 

in part thanks to aconsenting 

process which ensures they are 

balancing environmental, 

economic and cultural values. 

Beginning in 2012 with the 

adoption of the Canterbury Land 

and Water Regional Plan, many 

farmers were required to apply for 

alanduse consent to farm. 

Over the years, as various plan 

changes have become operative, 

the rules have been adjusted to fit 

specific catchments and areas 

Purpose. Environment. 

Partnership.Innovation. 

Excellence. 

• DairyNZ accreditedEffluent 

Pond Design andConstruction 

• Pond Constructionand 

Irrigation Development 

• Hedgeand StumpRemoval 

• Farm Conversions 

• DairyTracks– 

Lime or Gravel 

• PumpHire 

• Wellsand Galleries 

• Bulk Earthworks 

• Subdivisions 

About 2500 Canterbury farmers 

have aFarm Environment Plan 

(FEP) as part of their landuse 

consent to farm. Ninety percent of 

consent holders achieved either 

an AorBgrade in their last FEP 

audit and are either operating at 

Good Management Practice 

(GMP), or on track to be operating 

at GMP by the time of their next 

audit. Ecan is working to ensure 

farmers in need of aconsent to 

farm have information on the 

Farmers’ Hub to guide the 

process. 

Rotaryboomirrigatorrepairs and service, 

including wirerope&splicing 

Dairyshedyardworkincluding topand backing gates 

Mainline installation and repairs 

Anyother general engineering/fabrication requirements 

Bale feeder –calffeeders Standardorcustom-made 

Phone 308 5903 weekdays l Email: agserve@xtra.co.nz 

On call 7days:Doug: 027 282 2245, Matt (Tomo): 021 518 538 

15 Malcolm McDowell Avenue, Ashburton 

• Site Works 

• Tree Shear 

• Transportation 

2310238 

2307147 

Future proofingwater 

forNew Zealand 

Irrigation New Zealand is 

seeking anational water 

strategy that guides the 

future of water management 

andinvestment across the 

country. 

It’s part of its2020Election 

Manifesto. 

IrrigationNZ represents 

most of the country’s large 

irrigation schemesand has 

3500members across800,000 

hectares of NewZealand 

contributing $5.4bn of GDP. 

IrrigationNZ chief 

executive Elizabeth Soal 

said freshwater use in New 

Zealand involved multiple 

aspects and wasintegral to 

life andIrrigationNZwanted 

to see this precious resource 

bettermanagedthroughthe 

development of awater 

strategy for Aotearoa. 

The manifesto requests 

government: have anational 

water strategy that guides 

the future of water 

managementand investment 

across AotearoaNew 

Zealand and that 

IrrigationNZ be at the table 

to contribute to this. 

“We are already seeing a 

focus on freshwater across 

various policy areas such as 

the Ministry for Primary 

Industry’s Fitfor aBetter 

World,Ministry for the 

Environment's Essential 

Freshwater policy package 

and the Department of 

Internal Affairs three waters’ 

reform andestablishment of 

the drinking water authority, 

Taumata Arowai. 

“IrrigationNZ believes all 

these issues could be aligned 

withawater strategy to guide 

and leaddecisionmaking 

and fundingallocation at the 

central, regional, and local 

levels. This could be led by a 

bipartisan, independent 

water commission. 

“As part of this, we would 

alsolike to progress afrank 

conversation withthe 

Government and 

stakeholders about water 

Elizabeth Soal 

storage and irrigation 

development which does not 

shy away from both the 

benefits and the impacts. 

“With primary industries 

the backboneofthis country 

for the foreseeable future, 

andaccess to reliable water a 

critical part of enablingthis, 

we must move forward and 

ensure theright investment 

and outcomes from best 

practice water 

management.” 

They alsowantafocuson 

water storage to ensure 

communitiesare resilientto 

climate changeand to assist 

withlanduse change to meet 

sure carbon targets 

Policies that support 

irrigation andthe 

environment, through 

monitoring, farm 

environment planning, 

innovation, and adaptation 

and asks the government 

partnerwith IrrigationNZ to 

assist because of its ‘on the 

ground’ expertise. 

Aresolutionto Maori 

rightsand interests in 

freshwater and offers 

support to iwi, hapu, and 

whanau groups aboutaccess 

to water andefficient, 

effective, environmentally 

sensitive irrigation 

development, where 

appropriate andbeneficial. 

An allocation framework 

that provides certainty and 

reliability of supply, while 

providingfor multiple uses 

and benefits for economic, 

social,cultural, and 

environmental wellbeing. 

IrrigationNZ can assist 

agencieswith this policy 

work through its expertise in 

managing complex changes 

to allocation frameworks in 

catchments with multiple 

stakeholders and water uses. 

IrrigationNZ alsostateit 

will support thesector and 

partnerwith government, 

members andstakeholdersto 

achieve the following: 

develop aclear,recognised 

and unambiguousset of 

standardsfor irrigation, 

ensureefficientand 

effective water use that 

minimisesadverse 

environmental effects, work 

to ensurewidespread 

adoption of the irrigation 

standards, increase 

understanding of the 

benefits of irrigation, 

support membersinnational 

and regional advocacy. 

IrrigationNZ is offering to 

share its knowledge, 

expertise, and data to 

support the aboveinrelation 

to: farm environment plans 

and the freshwater modules 

within them 

Benefits of irrigation: 

Irrigation unlocks value for 

the benefit of all 

communities, reduces 

variability in quality across 

production systems. 

Efficiency of landuse can 

be achievedwith irrigation. 

Responsiblymanaged 

irrigation can lead to 

improved environmental 

outcomes, water application 

can be measured, timed and 

managed to meetplant and 

croprequirements. 

Soil development and 

environmental habitat 

enhancement also result 

fromirrigation, which is a 

critical component for a 

resilient exportdependent 

nation. 

admin@rainer.co.nz • www.rainer.co.nz 

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IRRIGATION 



23 

Smartirrigation schemes 

Irrigationschemeshave been 

leading the implementation of 

catchmentbase farm environment 

strategiesand externallyaudited, 

farmlevelenvironment plans. 

They ensure farms and growers 

have access to tailored, 

professional farm environment 

advice and are accountable for 

improvingenvironmental 

outcomes overtime. Many 

irrigators are proactiveto 

improveenvironmental 

outcomes, with thelikesof 

audited FEPs and proactively 

monitorwater quality. 

Electrical Problemsor 

Maintenance? 

Efficient water management ensures the right amount of water gets put in the right place at 

the right time, which is asaving for farmers and the environment. 

Efficient management 

of water is key feature 

of agriculture systems 

Irrigation 

Farm 

Industrial 

Municipal 

2310439 

Efficient water management 

plays an important role in 

irrigated agricultural systems. 

Under conventional 

irrigation (uniform rate 

irrigation or URI), parts of an 

irrigated paddock are over or 

underirrigated due to spatial 

variability in soil waterholding 

capacity, infiltration 

rates andtopography. 

Underirrigated areas are 

subject to water stress, 

resulting in production loss, 

while overirrigated areas 

suffer from poor plant health 

and nutrient leaching. 

VariableRateIrrigation 

(VRI) systems are designed to 

address the need to better 

achieve irrigation efficiency, 

aiming forthe best conversion 

of each millimetre of 

irrigation water to plant 

growth. 

Irrigation efficiency is 

commonly referred to as 

application efficiency and 

depends on three main 

factors: 

applying the correct depth 

of water; 

auniform application; 

the application rate being 

less than the soil’s infiltration 

rate. 

Application efficiency is the 

percentage of applied water 

that is retained in the root 

zone (or target area) after an 

irrigation event. 

VRI allowsfor maximum 

application efficiency of 

centrepivot or lateralmove 

irrigators. VRIsystems 

achieve this by utilising 

nozzle and speed control, soil 

mapping technology, sitespecific 

soil moisture 

monitoring, and other 

decision support tools. 

Irrigation NewZealand has 

produced a‘‘Precision 

Irrigation Resource Book’’ to 

help irrigators understand 

VRI systems. 

SOILMOISTURE 

MONITORING 

Theincreased investment 

in precision irrigation, 

coupled with aneed for 

irrigators to be more 

accountable for their water 

use, is resulting in increased 

adoption of soil moisture 

monitoring. 

However, irrigators must 

choose the rightmonitoring 

equipment for their soil, land 

use activities andirrigation 

system type, and then locate, 

install andcalibrate it 

correctly. 

Accessing, managing and 

understanding the data is also 

important. Irrigation New 

Zealand’s soilmoisture 

monitoring guide has been 

developed to help irrigators 

be successful when installing 

and using soil moisture 

sensors. 

It has been divided into 

three parts. The firstcovers 

thetechnology options 

available for soil moisture 

monitoring including their 

benefits and limitations. It 

also liststhe common sensors 

available in New Zealand. 

The second part covers 

considerations for installing 

soil moisture sensors, 

selecting how many are 

required, their location, when 

calibration is necessary, and 

capturing and understanding 

theinformation they produce. 

The third part provides a 

list of simple questions for 

irrigators to work through to 

successfully choose, install 

anduse soil moisture sensors. 

SOIL WATER 

Understanding soilis 

critical to irrigation 

scheduling. Irrigation New 

Zealand has avariety of 

resources available through 

its website to help growers 

understandtheir soil typeand 

howmuch water it holds. 

Soil water budgets are a 

simple, lowcost method to 

schedule irrigation. Inputs 

(rainfall and irrigation) and 

outputs (plant water use and 

anydrainage fromover 

irrigation)are recordedasa 

daily water budget in 

millimetres. 

The soil’s waterholding 

characteristics define the 

maximum amount of water 

that can be stored, again in 

millimetres. 

Courses to improve skills 

Irrigation NewZealandhas onedayonline 

training courses aimedatmanagers and 

operators of irrigationsystems. Its focusisto 

help irrigatorsachieve good practice 

irrigation through amix of classroom 

learning and practicalapplication. 

Topics include regulationscovering theuse 

of irrigation; information on soils, water, and 

climate to help with decisions on when to run 

your irrigator;and developingoperation and 

maintenance procedures specifictoyour 

farm with yourown manual. Acomprehensive 

set of resources is provided for reference and 

further learning. 

For further information contact the 

IrrigationNZevents coordinator 03 341 2225, 

03 974 1425oremailevents@irrigationnz.co. 

nz 

Electrical installation, maintenanceand a 

breakdown servicesecond to none 

Irrigation Pump 

Sheds 

These sheds are made to 

be easy to install with the 

middle piece of roof iron 

having been left offfor easy 

hiab onto your concrete 

pad. 

A50mm overhang has been 

allowed to fit over your 

concrete pad so that you 

have no leaks. 

Thereishex birdnetting over the ventilation gap across the front. 

Made from quality 90x45 framing timber and finished with either 

duralume or your choice ofcoloursteel. Sheds can be made standard 

or to your requirements. 

ALL SHEDS ARE MADE TO ORDER &INDIVIDUALLYPRICED 

Adams Sawmilling Co Ltd 

Malcolm McDowell Road 

PO BOX506 Ashburton 

Ph: 03 308 3595 Fax: 03 308 5649 

adamssawmill@xtra.co.nz 

2310851

NEWS 


Waireka playing days 

The Waireka Croquet Club hasset 

its playing days for the season. 

Tuesdaymorning is handicap 

singlesand every second Tuesday 

in themonthwill be handicap 

singles, 19 hoop.Draw9.45am. 

Tuesdayafternoonissingles 

handicap, range6 to 8and 916. 

Draw1.15pm. 

Wednesday is 30minute 

doubles games.The first 

Wednesdayofeach month 

handicap. Afternoon tea at the 

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rw.ashburton.co.nz l 96 Tancred Street,Ashburton 

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end of play. Draw 1.15pm. 

Saturdayisdoubles, with 

afternoon tea at the end of play. 

Draw 1.15pm. 

Sunday is casual doubles. Draw 

1.15pm. 

Association croquet is every 

second Monday, reciprocalgames 

with Allentonand Methven, 

starting October. 

Thursdaymorning is coaching 

for players interested in playing 

association croquet. 

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2304063 

CLUB NEWS 

Ashburton 9holers 

Thirtyfourmembers 

playedonAugust 28, 

including eight men who 

qualified to play for the club 

championships.The players 

in Round 1wereSam Prince 

and Eric Weir, Antony White 

and Gavin Johnston, Stewart 

Bennett and TerryO'Reilly 

and Peter Woods and Murray 

Lister. 

After someclose contests, 

the winnerswere: Sam 

Prince,Antony White, 

StewartBennett and Peter 

Woods. They play round two 

on September 10. 

The rest played astroke 

round sponsored by 

Accountantz. Thewinners, 

with the best nett scores 

were: women, Tonee Hurley 

and men, Bruce Leighton. 

They both won on countback 

from the runnersup Bev 

Blair and DickHansen. 

Tonee and Bev both scored 

34 and Bruce andDick both 

scored 36. Also scoring 36 

were: Robynne Nicoll, Janice 

Dunlop, Judith Stoddart and 

Anne Fleming. 

Congratulations to all of you. 

We've introduceda 

vouchersystemtopay for 

play on Thursdays.Vouchers 

will be on sale in packs of 10 

this Thursday. Pay by cash or 

Internet banking. 

On Thursday September 3 

we'll playastableford 

sponsored by Flowers @the 

Gate by Tone'e and on 

September 10, astroke round 

sponsored by Accountantz as 

well as Round 2ofthe Men's 

Championship and round 1of 

the Women's Championship 

and the Men's andWomen's 

Sega Cup. 

Allenton WinterBowls 

The finals for all 

disciplines are over, bringing 

to an end avery tricky, Covid 

19 and weather affected 

season, yet still successful 

and enjoyable to allwho 

playedinthese tournaments. 

Kiddey Cup Pairs. 

On the day winners were 

W. Watsonand B. Holdom, 

2nd M. Quinn and R. Davies, 

3rd C. McFarlane andD. 

Watson. Aggregate winners 

were M. Quinn and R. Davies. 

Bishop Plate; 2Bowl 

Triples: 1st B. Clarke, L. 

Kearns T. Clarke, 2nd N. 

Sharplin, B. Molloy,P. 

Gibson,3rd W.Lloyd,M. 

Buchanan, GHarrison. 

Aggregate winnersR.Tonks, 

PWhinham,B.Osborne. 

The HuntTrophy,(Friday 

Triples) wasplayedona 

beautiful sunny Wednesday 

afternoon, (to getitfinished 

and not to play three days 

consecutively). While the 

scores were being processed 

we weresurprisedtobe 

entertained by Bill Clarke 

playing amedleyofScottish 

tunes on thebagpipes.This 

was greatly appreciated by 

all, especially Maureen 

Knox, with everyone 

clappingand toe tapping 

along. ThanksBill we would 

love to have that happen 

again. We hope the whitebait 

are runningwell. 

Winnersonthe daywere; 

1st N. Aitkenson,M.Foggo,D 

McEvedy, 2nd S. Holdom, R. 

Holdom, LKearns, 3rdR. 

Bennett, G. Clarke,J.May. 

Cup winners Rosemary 

Bennett, GraemeClarke and 

Jill May. 

2x4x2 Pairs, played 

Saturdays, winners were; 1st 

R. Tonks, J. O’Connor, 2nd J. 

Ryk, H. Goodall, 3rd R 

Bennett, RHoldom. 


Wooden vessels crafted by Ashburton Woodworkers. 

Aggregate RTonks, W. Lloyd. 

On Sunday Allenton hosted 

afundraising tournamentfor 

the sub centre anda 

memorial to avery liked and 

respected bowler in Ian 

Kaye, amemberofthe 

Rakaia Club.Abeautiful cup 

was donatedbyMrs Heather 

Kaye andthe family, which 

was presented to thewinning 

fours team of N. Aitkenson, 

H. Goodall, D. Jones and 

Marg Tonks. Thiswas the 

highlightofaverysuccessful 

day. Our thanks to all the 

clubs for their generous 

support. 

Opening day Saturday 5, 

1pm start. Whites to be worn. 

Aplate for afternoontea 

wouldbeappreciated. Thisis 

an opening/closing day, 

presentationstobemade. A 

great start to anew year, 

comeand getready for 

another fantastic year at our 

club. 

Ashburton U3A 

The firstofthree 

presentationsinthe 

AshburtonU3A’shealth 

series was given by Jeanine 

Doherty, adoctorof 

audiology who has owned her 

own clinic for 30 years. 

Her topic was ‘Health 

professionals andthe ethical 

dilemma of delivering 

patientcare versus employer 

pressure to sell goods and 

was both eyeopening and 

challenging to some of our 

preconceived notionsthat 

healthcareisprimarily 

concerned about the 

patient’s best interests and 

therefore deserving of our 

trust. 

Audiology, dentistry, 

pharmacyand optometryall 

cameunder fire for their 

cleverly disguised effortsto 

convince people that they 

have the patient’s best 

interests at heart byoffering 

‘‘free this and thats’’ and 

fostering the idea that 

‘‘dearermust be better’’. 

Jeanine also discussed the 

dilemma many young 

professionals in these 

medical disciplines find 

themselves in whenthe 

companies that ownthe 

services that employ them 

are manipulating and 

pressurizing them into sales 

roles which compromise 

healthethics and give the lie 

“Patient is paramount”. 

Dr Doherty urged people 

seeking helpineachofthese 

professions to; question the 

claims presented; put on 

your cynicalhat when 

‘freebies’ are mentioned; 

investigate ownership of the 

company; askwhere 

products come from; don’tbe 

pressured into quick 

decision making. 

Checkout ‘Behavioural 

Economics’ andyou will 

discover the science behind 

exacting the dollar. 

Ashburton Woodworkers 

Dave Strong welcomed 19 

members to theAugust 

meeting,where he 

mentioned the upcoming 

A&PShow, encouraging 

members to enter in the 

woodturning sectionand that 

they plan to have alathe in 

action during theeventand 

plan to raffle of an outdoor 

table and chairs. Welcomed 

Life Member Brian Ching. 

Show and Tell Dave 

Strong: cherry lidded box. 

Paul Trott: cherry bowl. John 

Millichamp: large NZ beech 

burr bowls. Geoff Brown:ash, 

totara, beech platter. John 

Smart:two identical 

macrocarpa vases, walnut 

bowl&vase. Merv Peck: two 

impressive segmentedvases. 

Wim Melchers: beechburr 

bowl,laburnum bowl. 

BruceFerrimanthen 

introducedRoger Paterson 

whobeganhis working 

career as an apprentice 

cabinetmaker, in those days 

working withsolid wood, 

becoming askilled 

craftsman. 

Hisuse of native and exotic 

timbers to create all types of 

furniture. He learnt how to 

designand assist clientsin 

creating theideal pieceof 

furniture, exactly as they 

requested. Work on cabin 

cruisersgavehim anautical 

interest. 

Then came an opportunity 

to buildcasketswhich he 

continued formany years 

along withhis funeral 

parlour.Roger did mention 

the big difference working 

with proper woodcompared 

to this artificial fibrewesee 

so much of these days. His 

preferenceisstill with solid 

wood but cost dictates 

otherwise. Roger recited 

several interesting yarns and 

incidents that have occurred 

in his professional 

businesses. 

Ashburton Writers’ Group 

Ameetingwas held 

recently, in the new timeof 

7.30pm. Julie read a 

quotation: “The first rule of 

kindness is to be kind to 

yourself.” 

Arrangements arebeing 

madefor ameetingfor 

interested people,tobetalks 

on self publishing and how to 

sell your books.Ideas to be 

broughttothe next meeting. 

The assignment forthe 

meeting was to writealetter 

to my younger self. Someof 

the topics were endofworld, 

school teacher, notdress 

rehearsal, 40yearold, true 

peace,nightmares, the 

sixties and chicken pox. 

The instant exercise by 

Rae was “Sitting at my desk”. 

The September assignment is 

“And that’s how the fight 

started”. 

Visitors are welcome, 

contact Rae on 3088927.

Supporting the community 

96 Tancred Street,Ashburton. 

Phone 3078317 

LREA2008 

MCRE 

OH BABY! 

Keeping well to help your baby 

Being anew parentislike nothing else you’ll ever do. 

Whether you’re a new mum, a new dad about to 

experienceyour first Father’s Day, or an old hand with a 

fewyears extraknowledge being aparentislike nothing 

else you’ll ever do. 

It brings joy and surprise as you get to know your new 

baby, along with many sleepless nights, mostly from a 

crying babytrying to communicate. 

Crying can mean hunger or adirty or wetnappy, or they 

mayjust need acuddle,asong,awalk or aride to soothe 

them. 

Your babywill crytotell youwhatthey need; as youget 

to know them better you will learn what each cry and 

sound means. 

How you respond to baby’s crying will make baby feel 

secureand safe. 

One of the hardest times can be when your baby keeps 

on crying and youcan’t work out why. If youfind yourself 

getting upset,it’sOKtoput your babydowngently in a 

safeplace, walk away and take abreak. 

Your baby ismore likely to calm down when you are 

feeling calm and in control. 

And tolook after your baby well you need to look after 

yourself too which means eating well, getting enough 

sleep,being activeand asking forhelp when needed or 

if it all becomes toomuch. 

What youeat and drink will have abig effectonhow you 

feel during the dayand howwell yousleep. 

Sleep is one of the most importantparts of looking after 

yourself and your baby. 

Try tosleep or rest when your baby does. And try to 

accept thatbroken sleep and tiredness arepartofbeing 

aparent, especially at the beginning but it does get 

better. 

A Happy Father’s Day shout-out to all dads this 

weekend. 

Rosellinda (Roselle) and Jhon Ruel (JR) 

Fuaso welcome our weebundle of joy, 

AliyaTrace Nicodemus Fuaso 

She decided to see this lovely worldearlier 

than expected, bornhealthyand happy 

at 2,910grams (6.42lbs) via emergency 

caesarean section at Christchurch Women’s 

Hospital on Tuesday, 25 August 2020 

at 10:23am. 

Definitely worthall the wait. 

Asilver lining in this pandemic. 

Babyboy Rayn Sharma wasbornonJuly 5, 

2020 to Richa Sharma and Sandeep Kumar, 

weighing 2490 grams . 

Play is work 

and work is fun 

Where Children Learn 

At Tiddlywinks Preschool 

children areencouraged to 

exploreand develop asense 

of wonder through natural 

resourcesand experiences. 

In our new purpose built facility 

teachers areable to “stepback” 

and empowerchildren to make 

their owndecisions and take 

responsibilityfor collaborative 

playbut still be theretoguide 

and supportwhen needed. 

We have separate under two’s 

andovertwo’s with ashared 

kaiareawhich fosters the 

relationships between the older 

and younger children as well as 

the teachers which in turnmakes 

the transition process relaxing 

foreveryone. Our outdoor area 

provides mud,water, sand,grass, 

loose parts,hidey holes,rocks, 

logs and nativetrees and plants 

which allowthe children to gain 

confidenceinthemselves,create, 

exploreand assess their ownrisk. 

We provide wetweather gear 

forthe children so they can be 

outside in all types of weather 

and enjoyrainy days as much as 

sunnydays. 

Contactuson 

307 0420 or visit our website 

www.tiddlywinks.co.nz 

ENROL NOW -2YEAR OLDS WELCOME 

Contact: Kindergarten 

Association Manager 

Ph: 308 3779 

Email: association@ashkindy.co.nz 

www.ashburtonkindergarten.org.nz 

Asmall homely centre, 

with anature based philosophy. 

Stephanie Hansen Amanda Moore 

Centre Directors 

7Roxburgh Place Tinwald Ashburton 

phone 03 307 0420 twpreschool@gmail.com 

2309056 

2309066

SPORT 


Bowlers roll out at tourney 

Thesearch for the districtstop 

indoor bowls team was on last 

week for members of the Mid 

Canterbury Federationof 

Women’s Institutes. 

Theladies, most of whom are 

novice players, ralliedfor their 

annual triples indoor bowls rollup 

at the Ashburton Indoor 

Bowls Stadium. 

They were searching for a 

championteam to represent the 

district in the Canterbury 

Federation of WI’s annual 

regional interprovincial indoor 

bowls playoffs, which has been 

played for the past 10 years. 

It will be held in Ashburton 

laterthis month. 

Mid CanterburyFederation of 

WI’s president Mavis Wilkins 

wasthankful to the members for 

playing and ‘‘being goodsports. We 

all had fun which was important.’’ 

She said five teamsrepresenting 

three of thedistricts eight WI’s 

took part at the AshburtonIndoor 

Bowls Stadium;Hinds(two teams), 

Netherby (twoteams) and a 

Wakanui team of Beanice Laird, 

Ruth Logan andDianne Carter, 

who won. 

Amongthe other teamswere 

indoor bowls novices Adrienne 

Pegler, Adrienne Hodson and 

Barbara Burst who were playing 

for Netherby WI. 

The ladies were keen to 

represent their branchand were 

playing together for thefirst time. 

They admitted they were more 

usedtoatennis court than abowls 

mat buthad happily come away 

with onewin and one loss by noon. 

Netherby WI bowlers Adrienne Pegler, 

Adrienne Hodson and Barbara Burst at the Mid 

Canterbury Federation of WIs indoor bowls 

playoff. 


SPORTS DRAWS 

HOCKEY 

Mid Canterbury Hockey 

Association draw September 

4-9: 

Mid Canterbury Hockey 

NBS Turf is currently operating 

under Level 2Covid-19 restrictions 

-please ensure you are 

familiar with and comply with 

the guidelines as currently 

advertised on the Mid Canterbury 

Hockey website: www. 

mchockey.co.nz/Covid-19. 

Small Sticks Duty club: 

Wakanui. 

Friday 4September, Kiwi 

Sticks (Yr 5) 3.45 pm Rakaia 

Yr 5vTinwald (Turf a) GMuir, 

H Kidd. Allenton Yr 5 v 

Wakanui Blue (Turf b) S 

Greeson, R Kidd. 4.30 pm 

MethvenvWakanui Black Turf 

(Turf b) S Greeson, H Kidd. 

Tinwald Foothills (Bye) Kiwi 

Sticks (Yr 6) 4.30 pm Rakaia 

Yr 6 v Wakanui (Turf a) L 

Marshall/M Marshall, GMuir. 

5.15 pm Collegians D&Ev 

Tinwald (Turf a) LMarshall, J 

Ellis. Allenton Yr6vMethven 

White (Turf b) MMarshall, L 

Lansdown. 6.00 pm Methven 

Black vTinwald Foothills (Turf 

a) JLansdown, JEllis. 

1st Grade Women, 6.50 

pm Hampstead Blue vMethven 

(Wakanui, Hampstead). 

8.00 pm Hampstead v 

Wakanui (Methven, Hampstead 

Blue). 

Just Hockey SSL Div 1 

Boys, Nga Puna Wai 15.00 

pm Ashburton College 1st XI v 

Christ's College 2nd XI 

(Umpires supplied) 

Small Sticks Duty club: 

Wakanui. 

Saturday 5 September, 

Mini Sticks 10.15 am Methven 

Yr 3vHampstead (Coaches). 

Wakanui Blue v Wakanui 

Black (Coaches). Tinwald 

Foothills vTinwald (Coaches). 

Allenton vMethven Yr 4(Coaches). 

Fun Sticks, 11.00 am 

Draws made on the day (Coaches). 

Senior Women, NBS Ash 

1.00 pm Wakanui v Cambridge 

(C Watson, HYoung). 

Senior Men, Tim TA 2.30 

pm Temuka v Wakanui 

(Umpires supplied). 

Sunday 6September, 2nd 

Grade Girls, Ash NBS 1.00 pm 

Tinwald v Cambridge 

(Wakanui Snr Women, J 

Gray). Ash NBS 2.40 pm 

Wakanui v Roncalli 1st XI 

(Wakanui Snr Men, SMuir). 

1st Grade Men, 4.00 pm 

Hampstead Lowcliffe v 

Wakanui (Tinwald Black, Tinwald 

Orange). 5.25 pm Hampstead 

Wakanui v Allenton 

(Hampstead Lowcliffe, 

Wakanui). 6.50 pm Tinwald 

Black vTinwald Orange (Hampstead 

Wakanui, Allenton). 

Monday 7September, 2nd 

Grade Boys: Draw unknown. 

Tuesday 8 September, 

Kwik Sticks (Yrs 7&8) 4.00 

pm Allenton vMethven(LEllis, 

B Greer). 5.15 pm Wakanui 

Blue/Collegians v Tinwald 

Orange (M Wilson, GOates). 

6.30 pm Tinwald Foothills v 

Wakanui Black (A Mitchell, M 

Amos). 

Wednesday 9 Sept Just 

Hockey SSL Div 2Girls, Nunweek 

Park 2, 6.10 pm Burnside 

High School 2nd XI v 

Ashburton College 1st XI 

(Umpires supplied). 

Connetics SSP Boys, Ash 

NBS, 6.45 pm Timaru Boys 

High School 1st XI v Christchurch 

Boys High School 1st 

XI (Umpires supplied). 

RUGBY 

Some games are scheduled 

to play on Friday night. 

September 5: 

Heartland: South Canterbury 

vAgstaff Mid Canterbury 

–Away. 

Colts: Methven/Rakaia v 

CHCH High School Old Boys 

Methven1, 1:30pm. 

1st XV UC Championship: 

MC Combined v St Bedes 

College, Ashburton College, 

12:00pm. 

Under 14.5: West Melton v 

MCRU Plains, 12:00pm West 

Melton 2. Bye MCRU Alps. 

Under 16 MCRU Final, 

Tuesday Night -8September: 

MCRU Plains vMCRU Alps, 

Celtic1, 6:30pm. 

Under 18 Combined: 

Oxford RFC v MCRU Alps, 

Oxford Oval, 13.30 pm 

Under 13 Friday 4 September: 

Allenton Smallbones v 

Collegiate Ross Leadley Building, 

Hampstead, 6:00pm. 

Methven v Southern/Tinwald 

Howden Ag, Methven, 

6:30pm. Bye Celtic. 

Under 11.5: Celtic Green v 

Hampstead, Celtic2A, 

1:00pm. Methven Black vCeltic 

White, Methven2A, 

12:00pm. Methven White v 

Collegiate Cates Grain & 

Seed, Methven2B, 12:00pm. 

Southern Coleman Ag v 

Rakaia, Hinds2A, 6:30pm, 

Friday 4September. 

Under 10: Celtic White v 

Hampstead, Celtic2B, 

1:00pm. Methven Black vCeltic 

Green, Methven2A, 

1:15pm. Methven Red vTinwald 

Ace Automotive, Methven2B, 

1:15pm. Methven 

White v Allenton Trembath 

Construction, Methven4, 

12:00pm. Southern Four 

Seasons Treecare v Rakaia, 

Hinds2B, 6:30pm, Friday 4 

September. 

Under 9: Collegiate/Hampstead 

Regent Cinema vTinwald 

Moore Mechanical, Collegiate2, 

1:00pm. Methven v 

Allenton Engineering Solutions, 

Methven5, 12:00pm. 

Southern Hayden McKenzie 

Contracting vRakaia, Hinds4, 

6:30pm, Friday 4September. 

Bye Celtic. 

Under 8: Methven vCeltic 

White, Methven3A, 1:15pm. 

Methven/Mt Somers vCollegiate/Hampstead, 

Mt Somers1, 

1:00pm. Rakaia v Allenton 

Alpine View, Rakaia4, 1:00pm. 

Southern Busch Joinery v 

Celtic Green, Hinds4, 1:00pm. 

Bye Tinwald Gluyas Nissan. 

Under 7: Allenton Gold 

Young Electrical v Tinwald 

Orange Skip 2 it Flooring, 

Allenton2, 1:00pm. Allenton 

Auto Maroon vRakaia, Allenton3, 

1:00pm. Celtic vTinwald 

Black NZ Livestock’s, Celtic4, 

1:00pm. Southern Blue James 

Doyle Contracting vCollegiate 

Ashburton Crane Hire, Hinds 

2A, 1:00pm. Southern White 

Riverlea Ag vMethven, Hinds 

2B, 1:00pm. Bye Methven/Mt 

Somers. 

Under 6: Allenton Maroon 

Sparrow Family v Tinwald 

Canvas Orange, Allenton1A, 

1:00pm. Methven Black vCollegiate 

Cranfield Glass, Methven4, 

1:15pm. Methven White 

v Celtic Green, Methven5, 

1:15pm. Mt Somers vHampstead, 

Mt Somers2, 1:00pm. 

Rakaia v Tinwald Cranfield 

Glass Blue, Rakaia2A, 

1:00pm. Southern Blue Matt 

Wakelin contracting v Celtic 

White, Hinds2A, 12:00pm. 

Southern Red Harcourts Ashburton 

v Tinwald Alluvial 

Black, Hinds2B, 12:00pm. 

Southern White Agspread v 

Allenton Gold Ashburton 

Plumbing Services, Hinds4, 

12:00pm. 

Seniors tennis on 

2307813 

Organisers of the Mid 

Canterburyseniors 

tennis 

championships,at 

the tenniscentre, are 

hoping for good 

weatherfor the 

opening seasonevent 

thisweekend. Men, 

womenand mixed 

doubles draws are 

planned,witha 

special grade for 

doublespartners 

with acombined age 

of 120years or more. 

Seniors tennis is for 

players over 35 years, 

playing only doubles. 

The aimistohave 

funand socialise 

withother players.

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trades &services 

To book your spaceinthis guide,phone KarenGane 308 7664 or email karen.gane@ashburtoncourier.co.nz 

JukeBox Hire 

Weddings,21st, 

PrivateFunctions 

Sound Systems &Lighting Hire 

Phone DJ Dave 


027 251 0015 

www.soundmanagement.co.nz 

2305407 

Lubes WOF 

Allmechanical repairs 

TRIANGLE 

GARAGE LTD 

Victoria Street, 

TheTriangle,Ashburton 

Phone: (03) 308 6772 

2291183 

GODSELL 

BRICKLAYING 

•Houses 

•Feature Walls 

•Fences 

•Blocklaying 

Chris Godsell 

027 274 2533 

AH 308 7117 

godsell@xtra.co.nz 

2291204 

RESIDENTIAL & 

COMMERCIAL SPECIALISTS 

Phone Quentin andPhil on 

027 282 8908 or 027 2828909 

Interior and Exterior Painting 

Interior Plastering 

Wallpapering 

2291026 

2266285 

PROFESSIONAL 

PORTRAIT AND 

COMMERCIAL 

PHOTOGRAPHER 

PICTURE FRAMING 

GALLERY &STUDIO NOWOPEN 

179WEST STREET 

027310 6521 

emmily@emmilyharmer.co.nz 

www.emmilyharmer.co.nz 

2291084 

2289510 

FREE LEGAL HELP 

Helpinperson by appointment 

Thursday9.15am -1.45pm 

Ph 0508 CANLAW 

(0508 226 529) to makean 

appointment. 

Helpbyphone Infoline 

03 371 3819 or 0508 226 529 

215 Tancred Street,Ashburton 

2291052 

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Restoration 

Modifications Repairs 

2287935 

16 Cass Street,Ashburton l 03 308 0387 

johnsons.panelpaint@gmail.com 

“we clean to a 

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• regular full house cleans 

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2300233 

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PC Repairs, Set-up and Tutoring 

Icome to youday or evening! 

NewPCs 

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Shane James Contracting 

•FIREWOOD 

TREES WANTED 

•Hedgerow removal 

•Rootraking 

•Conversions 

•Money backonmillablelogs 

PHONE SHANE 027611 3334 

2306712 

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•PCRepairs/Sales •Networks/Servers 

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NETWORKS FIREWALLS AND PCS LTD 

Robin Johnstone 67 Aitken Street, Ashburton 

P: 03 308 1440 C: 027 768 4058 

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2291109 

115 Archibald Street,Tinwald,Ashburton 

Phone /Fax: (03) 307 2354 

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2293200 

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To book your spaceinthis guide,phone KarenGane 308 7664 or email karen.gane@ashburtoncourier.co.nz 

We offer the following: 

• Gutter and DownpipeCleaning • Weed Spraying 

• Moss,Mould andLichen Spraying • Spider Proofing 

• Gorse and BroomSpraying • FenceLineSpraying 

• Chimney/Flue Cleaning $75 • Heat Pump Service$90 

MENTION THIS AD WHEN BOOKING FOR A10% DISCOUNT 

ON GUTTER AND DOWNPIPE CLEANING 

Call Allan on 027 209 5026 an let us know howwecan help 

2290907 

We service and repair all makes and models 

of sewing machines and overlockers 

Your local Bernina 

service team 

John Robbie Rachel 

OPEN 7DAYS9.30am -4.30pm 

Main South Road, Tinwald Ashburton | Phone 307 6277 

www.anniesquilts.co.nz 

2293205 

Solar powerwhenyou need it most 

We are experts at installing solar 

power systems for motorhomes. 

• SOLAR PANELS • BATTERIES • DC MANAGEMENT 

• CAMERAS • TV SATELLITE • PUMPS • REFRIGERATION 

AAA 

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4McGregorLaneAshburton 

03 307 4777 -027 4423103 

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2290923 

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•Paving •Irrigation •Lawns 

•Planting •Fences •Pergolas 

•Water features •Outdoor fires 

•Raised planters •Decks 

•Stonework•Brick &blockwork 

•Artificialgrass and more... 

Email –Aaron@theoutdoorspace.co.nz 

Phone0800 688 365 /021 542 402 

www.theoutdoorspace.co.nz 

2299882 

2291153 

2297507 

• 

• 

• 

•New builds •Renovations 

•All types of engineering 

•Small or large projects 

Rob021 124 4268 l Sam022 5428927 

email: robsue@hotmail.co.nz 

ALL THINGS CANVAS &PVC 

*Awnings/Shade sails/Dropblinds*Auto seat covers &repairs 

*Hay&bin covers *PVC covers &repairs 

*Ute tonneau covers *Furnitureupholsteryrepairs 

*Commercial 

PHONE TRAVIS HOWDEN 027 922 4544 

2291092 

PETER TAYLOR 

B 

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UILDER 

LTD 

FOR ALL YOUR BUILDING REQUIREMENTS 

• New homes • Alterations • Light commercial • Farm buildings 

• General maintenance • Paths • Tiling 

Fully qualified licensed building practitioner 

No job toosmall! Phone Peteron: 

308 7133 or 027 220 8257 

taylorbuilt@xtra.co.nz 

2291139 

ashburtoncranes2015@gmail.com 

Forall your tyre requirements, 

see the localexperts 

•Wheel alignments 

•Wheel balancing 

4WD Diesel &ElectricScissorlifts 

Rough terrain and electric lifts available 

On site collection or deliveryavailable 

2291143 

2291014 

197 Wills Street,Ashburton l www.neumannstyres.co.nz 

Phone 03 308 6737 (24 hrs –after hours call out applies) 

2306405 

Nowat6Range 403 West Street St,Riverside 

PO Box 60, Ashburton 7740 

Phone: 03 308 8155 

Mobile: 0273 529909 

Email:sales@nee.kiwi.nz 

VISIT OUR STORE AND GET A 

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Always in stock: 

• Birdaccessories,food &treats 

• Rabbit and guinea pig food,bedding &treats 

• Cat accessories,collars&treats 

• Dog collars,leads,toys, accessories &treats 

• Aquarian accessories &food 

• Dog crates &cat crates 

• Raw,fresh &frozenpet food 

• All sorts of dried products 

SPECIAL 

3kg DogRolls 

2for $12 

HAVE CASH FOR PETFOOD COWS AND UNWANTED STOCK 

“Come andsee our friendlystaffin-store today” 

Phone (03) 307 8996 

027 312 5756 l 99 Archibald Street,Tinwald 

2293215 

Diamond Painters and 

Decorators Ltd 

Qualityinterior and exterior 

painting and decorating 

• Wall papering • Airless spraying 

• Waterblasting • Residential and small commercial 

• Roof painting • Freenoobligation quotes 

Gutterguardinstallation and gutter cleaning 

Phone Duncan 027 370 2453 l Jeanette 027 318 5055 

email: diamondpaintersdecorators@gmail.com 

NEATGARDENS 

Does your garden need monthly 

maintenancetokeep it tidy and 

looking good through the seasons? 

Or perhaps just need aone off tidy 

or pruning completed? 

We can help! 

Allgarden wasteremoved 

ContactCAROLYN Phone: 027 2675403 or 3082333 

Email: cccolt@xtra.co.nz 

2309399 

2291098 

Your Digital 

TV Experts 

• Aerial/Dish installations and repairs 

• Prewirefor TV/Audio and controlsystems 

• TV wall mounting • Cell phone aerials 

• Home theatreinstallation 

• Authorised SkyTVtechnician 

Servicing 

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Methven Rakaia 

andeverywhereinbetween 

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PH 308 7332 /027 277 1062 

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115 Smithfield Rd,Ashburton 10:00-10:30am Section AHB22690 

10 Princes Street,Ashburton 10:00-10:30am 3 1 1 AHB22843 

34 Brucefield Avenue, Ashburton 10:15-10:45am 2 1 2 AHB22858 

19 Whiteoak Grove,Tinwald 10:30-11:00am 4 2 3 AHB22718 

5PratleyCrescent, Ashburton 10:30-11:00am 3 1 2 AHB22838 

118 Belt Road, Ashburton 11:00-11:30am 3 1 2 AHB22890 

15 Reighton Drive,Ashburton 11:00-11:30am 4 2 2 AHB22763 

794 East Street,Ashburton 11:00-11:30am 3 1 3 AHB22885 

17 Millibrook Place, Tinwald 11:15-11:45am 3 2 6 AHB22888 

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

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

73 McMurdo Street,Tinwald 11:45-12:15pm 4 2 6 AHB22748 

4Oxford Street, Methven 12:00-12:30pm 3 1 2 AHB22864 

55 Short Street,Ashburton 12:00-12:30pm 3 1 2 AHB22837 

46 Mackie Street, Rakaia 2:00-2:30pm 3 1 2 AHB22865 

Open Home 

SUNDAY 6THSEPTEMBER 

794 East Street, Ashburton 

3 1 3 

98 Pages Road, Ashburton 11:15-11:45am 4 2 2 AHB22698 

Great First Home or Rental 

*3bedrooms 

*Compliant log fire and heat pump 

*HRVsystem and heat transfer 

*New double garage plus asingle garage 

*Secure back yard forchildren and pets 

*Separate lounge 

This property is amust see for first home buyers and 

investors looking foraplacewhere most of the work 

has been done. 

SetDateofSale 

closing 10 September2020, 

at 4:00pm (unless sold prior) 

View 

Saturday11:00 -11:30am 

BruceMcPherson 

027 438 4250 

Denise McPherson 

027 242 7677 

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22885 

Mid CanterburyReal Estate Limited Licensed (REAA2008) 

View our listings online at: rwashashburton.co.nz 

Open Home 

17 Millibrook Place,Tinwald 

*Amazing 6Car Garaging 

*3Bedrooms 

*2Bathrooms 

*Double Glazed 

*Large North facing deck 

*Large 1027sqm +/- section 


Mid Canterbury Real Estate Limited Licensed (REAA 2008) 

SetDate of Sale 

closing 21 September2020, 

at 3:00pm(unless sold prior) 

View 


3 2 6 

Armand vander Eik 

021 597 527 

Open Home 

86a Grey Street, Ashburton 

3 1 2 

118 Belt Road, Ashburton 

3 1 2 

*3double bedrooms (master with walk in robe &ensuite) 

*Open plan entertainers kitchen with spacious living 

*double internal access garage 

*Stylish throughout, with careful consideration given to 

functionality. *EXCLUDES: Blinds, curtains, drapes 



ForSale 

$591,000 

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Jarrod Ross 

027 259 4644 

Kim Miller 

027 236 8627 

*Tidy 3bedroom home set ona693sqm section 

*Fully insulatedwith compliant log burner and heat pump 

*Updated bathroom plus separate toilet and laundry 

*Tandem double garagewith automatic door opener 

*Well kept section with entertaining area and vege garden 

*Sought after location in the heart of Allenton 



SetDate of Sale 

closing 12 September 2020, 

at 4:00pm (unless sold prior) 

View 


Mark Totty 

021 664 113 

Kim Miller 

Sales Consultant 

027 236 8627 

Denise Russell 


0274 329 717 

ChrissyMilne 


027 236 8627 

Cheryl Fowler 


027 461 2614 

Margaret Feiss 


021 751 009 

ShirleyFitzgerald 


027 220 1528 

Denise McPherson 


027 242 7677 

Janene McDowell 

PropertyManager 

027 287 3388 

Armand vander Eik 


021 597 527 

Lynne Bridge 


027 410 6216 

Mike Grant ncre 


021 272 0202 

Mark Totty 


021 664 113 

BruceMcPherson 


027 438 4250 

JustinWaddell 


027 437 1111 

Jarrod Ross 


027 259 4644 

Carey VonLubke 

PropertyManager 

027 697 6948 

96 TancredStreet, Ashburton 03 307 8317 Main Road,Tinwald 03 307 8317 

rwashburton.co.nz 

36 McMillan Street,Methven 03 303 3032


ALTERATIONS. Sewing, 

mending and trouser hemming, 

curtain alterations 

and curtain making. Call 

Michelle on 027 352 7248. 

BUILDER - specialising in 

home renovations and 

repair work. We also do 

decks, fences and retaining, 

plastering and painting, 

gardening, landscaping 

and tree removal. Call 

Gavin 021 267 1979 

BUILDING and property 

solutions. For your complete 

alteration or renovation. 

We project manage 

the whole process. Home 

and small commercial. 

Qualified tradesmen. 

Phone Kiwi Building & 

Maintenance Ltd. Ph Cawte 

027 418 7955 or Gary 308 

4798, 027 207 1478. 

CARPET cleaning. Powerful 

equipment and fast drying. 

Upholstery, mats and rugs. 

Experienced owner/operator. 

Phone John Cameron 

at Supersucker. 027 435 

1042 or 308 1677. 

COMPUTER Problems? For 

prompt reliable computer 

servicing and laser engraving, 

contact Kelvin, KJB 

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot 

Place, Ashburton. Phone 

308 8989. SuperGold discount 

card accepted. 

COMPUTER repairs, sales, 

training, set up -wireless - 

networks, spyware clean 

up. On-site day or evening. 

Great rates. Call Robin 

Johnstone, Networks 

Firewalls & PC’s Ltd, 308 

1440 or 027 768 4058. 

TRADE &SERVICES 

CONCRETE pavers direct to 

you - Best prices, many 

sizes, textures and colours 

- Paveco, 13 Robinson 

Street, Industrial Estate. 

CONCRETE Services - 

Driveways, paths, patios, 

mowing edging. Decorative 

Concrete specialist 30 

years servicing Canterbury. 

Free quotes. No job too big 

or small. Phone Paul 021 

152 1966 

DEMOLITION Commercial, 

Industrial, Residential. Also 

country wide farm buildings 

and houses. No charge for 

farmers. Phone 027 4052 

391 

DENTURES; Dr Peter 

Rumping repairs existing 

dentures and also provides 

new dentures. Phone 027 

220 9997 

FLY control and spider 

proofing. For all domestic 

and industrial pest control 

needs phone AJ Kerr at 

Ashburton Pest Control on 

03 308 8147 or 027 432 

5447. 

LAWN Mowing. No job too 

small. Call Les Smith, From 

The Ground Up, for a 

competitve quote. Ph 027 

840 0201 or 03 308 1500 

FURNITURE Removals. For 

all your household removal 

needs - urban, rural lifestyle, 

office relocations - 

call Nudges Furniture 

Removals, phone 027 224 

0609 

GARDENING, mowing, 

pruning, fertilising, projects 

or general spruce ups? Call 

Andrew at Spruce Gardens 

to get the job done right. 

027 765 2899 or 03 307 1693. 

sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz 

Business owners 

GUTTER cleaning. Book in a 

clean now and tell me when 

you want the job done. You 

may have trees around. 

Call Allan 027 209 5026 

LEGAL work -Phone Peter 

Ragg (Ashburton Law) for 

house sales, purchases 

and refinances. Will call at 

home evenings for wills, 

enduring powers of 

attorney. Phone 308 0327. 

LOCKSMITH/Door repairs. 

Keys/locks, sliding and bifold 

door roller repairs. 

Mobile service. Call Nigel at 

Doors and More. Ph 027 

516 7104 

PAINTER for all your painting 

needs. No job too small, 

inside or outside. Professional 

friendly service. 

Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or 

027 200 1619. 

PLASTERING 

&COATINGS 

Rockcote. Waterproofing. 

Texture/Specialist 

Coatings. 

The Finishing Company 

03 307 8870 2291355 

SUN Control Window Tinting: 

Privacy, UV, glare, heat 

control for homes, offices 

and cars. Phone Craig 

Rogers 307 6347, member 

Master Tinters NZ. www. 

windowtinter.co.nz 

TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV 

block, glare, heat control, 

safety, security, privacy, 

frosting films, solar protective 

window films. Free 

quotes, 20 years local service. 

Phone 0800 368 468 

now, Bill Breukelaar, www. 

tintawindow.co.nz 

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PANEL BEATER/COACH BUILDER 

Afull time position has become available in our 

Panel and Paint shop for apanel beater orcoach 

builder. 

Theposition requires 

• Good work ethics 

• Have ahigh standardindetail and finish 

• Tobereliable 

• The abilitytoworkunsupervised 

• Toworkinateam and meet production deadlines 

• NZresidencyorvalid NZ work visa 

Please send resume and coverletter to 

TheGeneral Manager 

Bus and Truck Body Work Ltd 

PO Box51, Ashburton7740 

Phone Keith on 0274 274 007 or 307 0378 

Email busandtruckbodywork@xtra.co.nz 

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES 

QualityEuropean 

Vehicle Servicing 

•Advanced 

Diagnostics 

•Experienced 

Technicians 

•Collection/Delivery 

‘Free of Charge’ 

in Ashburton 

Bruce McIlroy Limited 

309MethvenHighway, Ashburton 7776 

Tel: 03 3087282 •E:bruce.mcilroy@xtra.co.nz 

MOTORCYCLES 

ORNSBY Motorcycle Training. 

CBTA licensing and 

training (Ashburton). Ride 

Forever courses in Ashburton 

and Geraldine. Call 

0508ORNSBY(0508 676 

729) for more info or visit 

motorcycletraining.co.nz 

MTAAPPROVED 

GARDEN SUPPLIES 

Call us for a 

FREE 

QUOTE 

2298220 

2300979 

CARAVANS &TRAILERS 

CARAVAN wanted. NZ 

made, family size. Anything 

considered. Also wanted 

drumset and snare drum. 

Please Ph 03 308 5193 or 

027 204 9709 

MUSHROOM COMPOST 

Nowisthe time to dig in our topqualitymushroom 

compost to your vegetable garden. Ideal to replenish nutrients 

used by previous crops and improvethe soil structure. 

It also adds beneficial micro-organisms to thetired soil. 

$50 per cubic metreor$10 bag. 

Freedelivery within town boundary. 

Open 6daysaweek at our Tinwald yard, 

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

FOR Sale; Variety of potted 

box hedging. Several different 

sizes. Ph 021 135 6155 

FIREWOOD 

SCREENED SLAB 

FIREWOOD 

FIREWOOD 

SLABWOOD 

3cordgreen 

$330 

1cordgreen 

$110 

1cordscreened 

$140 cord 

OFFCUTS 

$140 cord 

C.O.D.intown 

Adams Sawmill 

Malcolm McDowell Rd 

Phone 

308-3595 

2302580 

2299919 

GARDENERS specials. 

Sheep manure $6 bag. Pea 

straw $5 bale. Medium 

square Linseed Straw $35 

bale. Call Alan 027 496 

7136 or Ian 027 286 3697 

with your order. A Hinds 

Lion’s project. 

FIREWOOD 

DRY old man pine. 6 m 3 

$550. Delivered to most of 

Mid Canterbury. WINZ 

accredited. Phone Rob 027 

297 7563 

DRYPINE 

FOR SALE 

$300per cord 

delivered 

within the town 

boundaryand 

Mayfield/MtSomers 

Phone Sue 

021 162 4102 

2305693 

TREES wanted for logging/ 

firewood. 20 tonne digger 

for clean-up. Phone Shane 

James 027 611 3334 

SELL 

SITUATIONS VACANT 

LADIES clearance clothing; 

Blackpepper, Givani, 

Slade, Bayroad. Selection 

now at Frameco, Netherby 

Shopping Centre. Final 

mark down. 

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SPRAY PAINTER/PREPPER 

Afull time position has become available in our 

Panel and Paintshop foraQualified Spray Painter. 

Theposition requires 

• Good work ethics 

• Have ahigh standardindetail and finish 

• Tobereliable 

• The abilitytoworkunsupervised 

• Toworkinateam and meet production deadlines 

• NZresidencyorvalid NZ work visa 

Please send resume and coverletter to 

TheGeneral Manager 

Bus and Truck Body Work Ltd 

PO Box51, Ashburton7740 

Phone Keith on 0274 274 007 or 307 0378 

Email busandtruckbodywork@xtra.co.nz 

NightCarer 

MethvenHouse 

We arelookingfor an experienced NightShiftCare 

Giver to join our dedicatedteam at MethvenHouse. 

This is aunique opportunityinwhich youwill be 

solely responsible in providing personalised careto 

our residents and performing domestic duties. 

Youwill be working alone so experiencein 

caregiving is preferential. 

4nightshifts per week. 

MethvenHouse takes greatpride in providing 

ahigh level of caretoour residents whilst 

maintaining ahome-like environment. Therest 

home is licensed for14residents and we have 4 

rental flats on site. 

Foranapplication form please email 

officeadmin@methvenhouse.co.nz 

If youhave anyquestions please contact 

Sue Bell or Debbie Jessep on 03 302 8528 

Closing date:Friday11th September 2020 for 

applications (including acover letter and your CV) 

to MethvenHouse. 

2308869 

2311081 

Rainer Irrigation is aproud family owned company 

based in the heartofnew Zealand’s agricultural 

hub -Mid Canterbury.Rainer has been providing 

irrigation and effluentsolutions to farmers forover 

30 years and have apassion forthe industryand 

our clients. 

With an innovativeand well-resourcedteam 

we offer turnkey solutions forall on-farmwater 

reticulation requirements including power, pumps, 

pipe and pivots. 

We arelooking to fillthe following positions: 

•ApprenticeElectrician 

•Irrigation Labourer 

Applicants must have afull driver’s licence, strong 

work ethic and be physically fit. 

Sound like you? 

Apply nowatadmin@rainer.co.nz or phone the 

officeon(03) 307 9049. 

2309518 

LPG 

REFILLS 

Small LPG cylinders 

Off Street Parking 

Available 

Arthur Cates Ltd 

26 McNally Street 

Ph 308 5397 

Riverside Industrial Estate 

MOBILITY Scooter. In working 

order, ideal for parts. 

Batteries only 8months old. 

Please phone 307 8978. 

Price on enquiry. 

SELL 

2300187 

LPG REFILLS 

9kg cylinders 

$27.50 

Askaboutour 

deliveryservice 

Anysizecylinder filled 

17 Grey St,Ashburton 

Phone 307 2707 

2300293 

CAMPERVAN, 1985 L300 

Mitsubishi. In tidy Condition. 

Ph 307 2273

CLASSIFIEDS 



Senior Hair Stylist,Full 

or Part-time 

We are looking toadd to our amazingly talented 

team. We are looking for anenergetic team player 

that ishighly professional, competent inall salon 

services and is happy to assist with all aspects of 

maintaining acohesive and busy salon including 

receptionifrequired. 

In return, we offer apositive environment and fun 

workplace, professional staff who have expansive 

knowledge in the industry, asupportive team and 

generous employmentconditions. 

Necessaryskills youexhibit: 

• Self-motivation and a‘cando’ attitude 

• Willingness to learn 

• Excellent customer serviceskills 

• Abilitytoworkunsupervised 

• Great communication skills with the ability to 

relate to people of all ages 

• Outstanding health &safetystandards 

• Well-presented 

• Availabile to work late nights and Saturdays 

• Flexible working hours available by negotiation 

Please send your CV and cover letter to 

hairbycapelli@gmail.com. Applications close 14th 

and all applications will be kept confidential. 

2307803 

Part Time Care Giver 

MethvenHouse 


We areseeking apart-time Care Giver to join our 

team working in averyrewarding environment, 

with our elderly residents. 

Theposition consists of varied duties and will 

include some weekend work. 

Having experienceasaCaregiverwith NZ 

Certificate in Health and Wellbeing Level2or3, 

is an advantage,but full orientation and ongoing 

training is available. 

We arelooking forsomeone thatisreliable,kind, 

and patient. 

MethvenHouse is our Communityowned local 

Rest home.Wehave14beds in the house with 4 

self-contained flats onsite. Ourresidents enjoya 

homely environment, with dedicatedstaff caring 

fortheir everyneed 

If this sounds like youplease email officeadmin@ 

methvenhouse.co.nz foranapplication form. 

If youhave anyquestions please contact- 

Sue Bell or Debbie Jessep 

Phone -03302 8528 

Closing date: Friday23rdSeptember 2020 for 

applications (including acover letter and CV) 

to MethvenHouse 

2311083 

Chef /CaféCook 

We currently have aposition available for aChef/ 

Café Cook.The right applicant will need to be able 

to work in between both of our two Ashburton 

Cafesand showaprofessional manner at both cafés. 

Aproven track record of having worked in fastpaced 

kitchens would be our ideal however not 

essential. You must have excellent communication 

skills,strong leadership skills,and consistency. 

• Caféexperienceispreferred but not essential. 

• Experience with cabinet food preparation, 

presentation and baking. 

• Experienceinhot line and shortorder cooking. 

• Maintaining a clean and hygienic work 

environment 

• Natural abilitytomulti-task. 

• High standards of work-attention to detail and 

qualitycontrol. 

• You arepassionate about ensuring thateverything 

that goes out of your kitchen is to the highest 

standard. 

• Flexible in availability asour cafés both operates 

7-days aweek,soyour shifts will involveweekends 

and public holidays. 

• Applicants for this position should have NZ 

residencyoravalidNZworkvisa. 

Applications to manager@somersetgrocer.co.nz 

2310868 

★★★ 

GARDENING a person interested 

in gardening required on a 

casual basis for alarge park-like 

garden with trees &bushes and 

lawn to care for trees &bushes, 

location in Ashburton borough 

021 0772788 

FOR LEASE 

AWESOME office space for 

lease, rent or hire. Parklike 

setting. Indoor and outdoor 

areas. North West 

town boundary. Must view. 

Phone 0274 754 241 

RENT ME! 

Ideal as an extra 

bedroomoroffice. 

Fully insulatedand 

double glazed forwarmth. 

Threeconvenientsizes: 

Standard3.6m x2.4m, 

Large 4.2m x2.4m 

Xtra-large 4.8m x2.4m. 

Visit our displaycabin 

418WestStreet or callfor a 

freebrochure. 

www.justcabins.co.nz 

2289121 

0800 58 78 22 

Neighbourhood SupportCoordinator 

Neighbourhood Support is acommunity initiative 

working to: 

•Createsafer more caring communities 

•Reduce the incidences and effects of criminal 

offending 

•Strengtheningcommunities’networks 

•Improvequalityoflife 

Duetoour current coordinatorretiring Ashburton 

District Neighbourhood Support islooking for an 

individual to continue to grow Neighbourhood 

Support across the Ashburton District. Although 

we currently have a good base to work from 

we are looking to further grow membership of 

Neighbourhood Support, particularlyin ruralareas 

of our district. Assuch we require someone with 

a proven track record in building relationships 

withindividuals from awide arrayof backgrounds 

and partnerships with various groups. The ideal 

candidate will be able to answer yes to the 

followingquestions: 

Are you passionate about community safety 

and wellbeing? 

Are you askilled communicator with excellent 

relationship management? 

Do youhave excellentorganisational andtime 

managementskills? 

Do you have the ability to work in aflexible 

manner? 

Your role would be to maintain, grow, promote 

and coordinate Neighbourhood Support across 

the Ashburton District maintaining existing 

partnerships and seeking new opportunities 

to support this work. Part ofthe role is to also 

maintain our “Gets Ready” database (full training 

given). 

This positionisfor 22 hours perweek. 

Foranapplicationpack please visitthe careers 

sectionofour website 

www.safermidcanterbury.org.nz 

please followall instructions 

on theapplication form. 

Applications and inquiresto 

mary@safermidcanterbury.org.nz 308 1395 ext225 

Applications close Thursday17th September 2020 

CROPPING&CULTIVATION 

SUPERVISOR 

We are looking for atalented individual to join 

our team as aCropping and Cultivation 

Supervisor atthe Talley's Fairfield Farm. Talley's 

Farming is anew division of Talley's Limited 

based 10 minutes North of Ashburton, across the 

road from our existing Ashburton site. 

Reporting to the General Manager and working 

alongside our farming team youwill primarilybe 

responsiblefor the daytoday operation of the 

cropping and cultivation on our farm. This role will 

also involvereporting on new methods, 

growing conditions, and processes to improve 

production of our crops as well as ensuring all 

machinery and equipment is maintained to ahigh 

standard. 

The successful candidatewill have: 

• A can-do attitude 

• Attention to detail and take pride incompleting 

tasks toahigh standard 

• Tractor driving experience, including cultivation, 

drilling, and trailer work 

• Spraying, fertiliser spreading and crop harvesting 

experience 

• Knowledge of plant diseases, insects and fungi 

• A tertiary qualification inAgriculture, 

Horticulture or Agronomy (preferable but not 

essential) 

• Excellent leadership skills 

• Strong organisational, listening and 

communication skills 

• Initiative and the ability to operate independently 

• The ability tomulti-task and adapt to 

ever-changing priorities 

• Excellent problem-solving skills 

In return we can offer: 

• A challenging but rewarding work environment 

• Opportunity for individual growth 

• Competitive starting remuneration rates 

depending onexperience 

Applicants will need to be legally entitled to work 

permanently in New Zealand. If this sounds like 

the opportunity you have been looking for, please 

apply online now at https://www.talleys.co.nz/ 

job-openings/cropping-cultivation-supervisor and 

include acover letter and acopy ofyour CV. 

EXECUTIVE ASSISTANT/ 

RECEPTIONIST 

We are looking for ahighly motivated Executive 

Assistant/Receptionist to join our team atthe 

Talley's Fairfield Site. Talley's Fairfield isanew 

site ofTalley's Limited based 10 minutes North of 

Ashburton, just down the road from our existing 

Ashburton site. 

Youwill primarilyberesponsiblefor providing 

high leveladministrativesupport to the General 

Manager and looking afterreception. No two day's 

will be the same whileweare developing our new 

siteand youwill playacritical role in ensuring the 

most effectiveand efficient use of the 

General Manager's time. 

The successful candidatewill have: 

• Strong organisational, listening, and 

communication skills with great attention to 

detail 

• Initiative and the ability to operate independently 

• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite of 

Products 

• Excellent time management and organisational 

skills 

• The ability tomulti-task and adapt toeverchanging 

priorities 

• Proven experience supporting senior 

management 

• Excellent problem-solving skills 

• Absolute discretion and asense of confidentiality 

• Exceptional customer service skills and 

professional presentation 

• Experience in reception duties 

In return we can offer: 

• A challenging but rewarding work environment 

• Opportunity for individual growth 

• Competitive starting remuneration rates 

depending onexperience 

Applicants will need to be legally entitled to work 

permanently in New Zealand. If this sounds like 

the opportunity you have been looking for, please 

apply online now at https://www.talleys.co.nz/ 

job-openings/receptionist-executive-assistant and 

include acover letter and acopy ofyour CV. 

ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication, 

farm equipment 

service and maintenance, 

WOF repairs, machining 

and welding. Odd jobs a 

speciality. Mobile workshop. 

Can collect. Phone 

Malcolm 0274 754 241 

STORAGE and space leasing 

for vehicles, motorbikes, 

bicycles, boats, 

motorhomes, caravans, 

tractors, trucks, trailers and 

containers. Indoor, outdoor 

or under cover. Call Peter 

027 333 3626. 

STORAGE available, Ashburton. 

Self storage, variety 

of sizes. Phone Rainbow 

Storage 03 307 0401 

STORAGE:Secure self storage 

units available, long or 

short term. Ashburton Storage 

Facilities. Contact us 

on 0274 362 636 or www. 

ashburtonstoragefacilities. 

co.nz 

WANTED TO RENT 

WANTING to rent. Two bedroom 

flat, reasonable rent. 

Phone 307 0236 or 022 104 

8229 

FRUIT &PRODUCE 

POTATOES Nadine, Red 

King and Agria. $1.00 per 

kilo, 10kg bag $10.00. 

Seed potatoes $2.50 per 

kilo. Phone 308 3195 or 

027 531 9103. 81 Elizabeth 

Street. 

PHOTOGRAPHS 

FOR SALE 

Have youhad your photo 

taken by our reporters? 

Order aPhotoToday! 

¼Page* 

$6 

*approx 6x4 

A5 

$8.50 

A4 

$16 

2310885 

Ph: 308 7664 

199 Burnett St,Ashburton 

2279678



Parking Officer- 

Part-time 

We are seeking aconfident, customer focused individual to maintain the 

accessibility of our CBD by monitoring parking and administering relevant 

legislation and by-laws in afair and equitable manner. This position is 20 hours 

per week,working alternateshiftsonaweekly basisbetween morning (9am- 

1pm)and afternoon (1pm -5pm). 

To find out moreabout this vacancy and 

what the Ashburton District Council 

has to offer you-visit our website. 

Applications close 

Sunday,13September 2020. 

2309559 

NewZealand Army Band Live–UNCLASSIFIED 

Friday 18th September 7-30pm 

Join the New Zealand Army Band in Concert 

for amemorable evening of music. This variety 

concert will feature world class vocal and 

instrumental soloists and include Big Band, 

Classical and Brass Band music for all ages. 

Adults $25 /Senior $20 /Child under 18 $10 

Family 2Adults &2Children $60 (fees apply) 

Rock nPop 2020 –Solid Gold 

Friday 9th +Saturday 10th October 7:30pm 

With acast of over 70 local artists, songs from 

the 60s to the 90’s, Jo Castelow as Musical 

Director, Jessie Thomson as Choreographer 

and our very own Roger Farr Directing the 

team this will be an outstanding show. Funds 

raised will go towards anupgrade of the 

technical infrastructure, which will benefit the 

community in the future. 

Tickets from $27.00 (fees apply) 

ENTERTAINMENT 

CLASSIFIEDS 


BOOK 

NOW 

From Scratch 

Sunday 20th September 2pm 

With their DIY invented instruments including 

PVC slaptubes, From Scratch guide their 

audience through amagical journey. Their 

performances have been described “as among 

the greatest in any art form to come out of 

this country”. ANew Zealand group not to be 

missed. 

OpenHat 

33 

For more information 

www.ateventcentre.co.nz 

Hopetoun Brown–ArtsOnTour 

Thursday 22nd October 7-30pm 

These three multi instrumentalists travel with 

aboot load of exotic instruments. Bass, 

clarinets, tubas and trombones are swapped 

for trumpets, saxophones and an assortment 

of keyboard instruments. If you are looking for 

ajazz journey that starts in New Orleans and 

ends at your back door, this is your night. 

Open Hat 

03 307 2010 211A WillsStreet, Ashburton 7700 admin@ateventcentre.co.nz *Service fees apply 

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers 

Methven Area 

Caretaker 

An autonomous role perfect forafit person with previous gardening, cleaning 

and handy person skills. 

In this full-time position you will take responsibility for ensuring our public 

conveniences, reservesand gardens in the Methven and Inland Scenic Route 

areasare of ahighstandardfor our residents and visitors alike. 

To find out more about this vacancy 

and what the Ashburton District 

Council has to offer you -visit our 

website. 

Applications close 

Wednesday,9September 2020. 

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers 

EDUCATIONAL 

Would a scholarship help 

your studies in 2021? 

Scholarships areavailable for 

Tertiarystudy,Trade Training and 

Personal Development 

Formoreinformation and an application 

form visit www.advanceashburton.org.nz 

Forkliftand Dangerous GoodsCourses 

NZTAApproved Course Provider,MITO&Competenz Assessor 

Classes 2&4,Endorsements F&D 

ForkliftF&OSH, Saturdays and other days as requested 

Dangerous Goods Course,½day Mondaymornings 

CommunityHouse,Ashburtonoryour work place 

Forfurther information 

Phone Christine 027 245 2563 

2291237 

APPLICATIONS 

CLOSE 

14 OCTOBER 

2020 

2305408 

CJ’S Driving School - 

Classes 1, 2 & 4, 

Endorsements F & D, 

Forklift, F&OSH, Dangerous 

Goods. NZTA 

approved course provider. 

MITO & Competenz 

Assessor. Locally owned. 

Phone Christine 027 245 

2563 

HOME SERVICES 

ROOF COATINGS: All roof 

types, specializing in 

Decramastic and Long Run 

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep 

roofs not a problem. — 

Spraymaster 027-433-7780. 

BUSINESS OWNERS 

Build customers,sales and 

profits,with us ... 

Over 16,065 copies delivered everyThursday 

PRINT, ONLINE ANDMOBILE 24/7 

CROSSWORD 

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8582 

ACROSS 

1. Team (4) 

7. Juicy (9) 

8. Relative (4) 

9. Run away (4) 

10. Skin (4) 

11. Moist (4) 

14. Overawe (10) 

16. Reinforce (10) 

19. Incline (4) 

22. Region (4) 

24. Shape (4) 

25. Overwhelm (4) 

26. Deadlock (9) 

27. Secure (4) 

DOWN 

1. Sedate (5) 

2. Cloth (5) 

3. Fowl (6) 

4. Yell (6) 

5. Error (4) 

6. Amuse (9) 

12. Severity (9) 

13. Tree (4) 

15. Depression (4) 

17. Dark (6) 

18. Fireplace (6) 

20. More (5) 

21. Blockhead (5) 

23. Friend (4) 

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8582 

ACROSS 

1. Take therole of, for fun (4). 7, Didn’tlet thegood turn 

go unrewarded (9). 8. One continued to hold itback (4). 

9. Aim to carry anumber in the vessel (4). 10. It’s tothe 

point, in thatcase(4). 11.Art is offthe day before, darn it! 

(4). 14. Young person at aparty: aboy with little money 

(10).16. Apacket that comesbyair?(6-4).19. Convinced 

it’sinevitable (4). 22. Mark, the son, has transport (4). 24. 

Forget love gets aman on the rebound (4). 25. No dab 

whe it comes tosinging? (4). 26. Decide for awhile I 

need to wander about (9). 27. Fit the shaft(4). 

DOWN 

1. Strike for money (5). 2. It was in Guyana the fellowleft 

her(5). 3. The god is given aheadwithahaloonit(6).4. 

Shoot offtohave alook (6). 5. Fool of adog? (4). 6. Behaviour 

of the foolishly enamoured (9). 12. Thought to 

have been thrown back (9). 13. Carrying achopper half 

the time in the vehicle (4). 15. The sections ofmeat that 

have the reductions? (4). 17. Inside the igloo, mygoodness 

it’s dark! (6). 18. Make sure you know where you 

stand! (6). 20. Takes time forustoovercome the habit (5). 

21. The rest of the painters (5). 23. Grass upsets certain 

animals (4). 

SUDOKU 

VERY EASY No. 5233 

2 5 9 4 3 7 

8 4 7 9 

1 3 9 8 

5 7 1 6 

4 3 

6 7 1 8 

7 8 2 4 

2 4 9 1 

5 8 1 3 7 6 

Solution to previous Sudoku 

Howto 

solve 

Sudoku! 

Fill the grid 

so thatevery 

rowand every 

3x3 square 

contains the 

digitals 1to9 

.5 6 9 3 7 1 2 8 4 

3 8 2 9 4 5 1 7 6 

7 1 4 6 8 2 3 5 9 

2 9 8 4 5 3 6 1 7 

4 3 6 7 1 9 5 2 8 

1 5 7 8 2 6 4 9 3 

9 7 1 5 3 4 8 6 2 

8 4 5 2 6 7 9 3 1 

6 2 3 1 9 8 7 4 5 

Solution to previous crossword 

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8581 -SOLUTIONS 

Across -7,Flame-thrower. 8,Butter. 9,Plenty. 10, Disable. 

12, Sprig. 15, Shape. 16, Towards. 18, Choose. 20, 

Pebble. 22, Recalcitrant. 

Down -1,Flourish. 2,Emit. 3, Sterile. 4, Grape. 5, 

Sweetpea. 6, Fret. 11, Approach. 13, Indolent. 14, Dolphin. 

17, Cello. 19, Hurl. 21, Bare. 

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8581 -SOLUTIONS 

Across -7,Drinking song. 8, S-p-lash. 9, Nipper. 10, 

Sighted(anag.). 12, Us-her.15, Stews.16, Can-do-(ho)ur. 

18, Anchor.20, No-odl-e. 22, Perfect tense. 

Down -1,Trappist (anag.). 2, (Adri)An-na(ttering). 3, 

Lighter.4,A-gent. 5, Composed. 6, Ogre (rev.). 11,Hawthorn. 

13, Equalise. 14, Wal-nuts. 17, Tried. 19, N-ap-S. 

21, Over. 

ContactJann Thompson 03 308 7664 jann.thompson@ashburtoncourier.co.nz 

2307667

CLASSIFIEDS 



PUBLIC NOTICE 

Mount Hutt College 

Vision 2021 

Community 

Workshops 

We are running two community workshops as 

part of awider community consultation aswe 

review our vision and direction for 2021 and 

beyond. 

When: 

Tuesday 8September, 6:30pm- 8:30pm and 

Thursday 10September, 6:30pm- 8:30pm 

Venue: 

Samuels Bar 

Blue Pub, Methven 

Finger food will be provided to support the 

workshops. 

Come and have your say on the future of 

our awesome school! 

HEALTH &BEAUTY 

URGENT CARE CLINIC 

2309514 

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS 

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111 

Forall othermedicalassistance outside of normal 

hoursplease phone your generalpracticeteam,24/7, 

to speak withahealth professional whowill giveyou 

free health advice on what to do or where to go if you 

need urgentcare. 

If youdon’t have aregular generalpractice, call any 

GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice. 

All non-residents and visa holders please bring your 

passporttoyour surgeryappointment. 

New Zealanders’tobringsome form of ID. 

TheAshburtonDutyPractice for ... 

Saturday5th September is 

Tinwald Medical Centre,33Archibald Street. 

Consultations will be by appointmentonly. 

To make an appointmentcallyour regular GP 24/7. 

Sunday6th September is 

MooreStreet Medical Centre, MooreStreet. 

Consultations will be by appointmentonly. 

To make an appointmentcallyour regular GP 24/7. 

Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the 

weekend and public holidays please telephone 

MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105 

or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002. 

Details foraccessing the afterhoursservices will be 

on the answer phone. 

PHARMACIES 

Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex, 

East Street will be open on ... 

Saturday from 9.00am until 1.00pm 

Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm 

At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open 

normal trading hours during the week,and on 

Saturdaymorning from 9.30am to 12.30pm. 

Closed Sundays and Public Holidays 

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice 

Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116 

Brought 

toyouby 

CountdownComplex, East Street, Ashburton 

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755 

DebraCurtin 

Chiropractor 


www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz 

PERSONAL 

Ladies 40+ 

Read Sammyjo’s story 

privatearrangements.co.nz 

2300234 

2310689 

Annual Show 

Entries forthis year’s showare nowopen. 

Showschedules forour annual showtobeheld 

on 30th and 31stOctober 2020 arenow available. 

Thereisnoprinted schedule being sentout this 

year with your Courier. 

Schedules can be found at thedisplayinthe 

AshburtonPublicLibrary, on our website 

ashburtonshow.co.nz along with entryformsor 

by making contactwith our administrator, email 

ashburtonshow@gmail.com or phoning 3087908 

Entries can be made electronically at 

showdayonline.co.nz or forwarding to 

the administrator. 

Enrolment 

Scheme 

2310792 

Wakanui School is likely to have 12 places forOut 

of Zone enrolments in 2021. 

Application enquiries can be made by emailing the 

school officeatoffice@wakanui.school.nz whereby 

youwill be forwarded the appropriate documents 

to be returned by the 21 September 2020 deadline. 

AllInZone applications should also be made by 

this date to assist in determining the exactnumber 

of OutofZone places. 

If OutofZone applications exceed the number of 

places,aballot will be required.This will take place 

on Wednesday23September. 

CohortEntry 

Wakanui School has adopted aCohortEntry Policy 

beginning Term 1, 2021. Therewill be 8entry 

points fornew entrants who have had their 5th 

birthday: 

1February 15March 3May 

8June 26 July 30 August 

18 October 22 November 

Forenquiries regarding either the Enrolment 

Scheme or CohortEntry,please contactthe school 

officePh3023899. 

Corwar 

Gatekeeper’s Lodge Barrhill 

AGM 

Wednesday, 23th September 

7.30pm 

at Corwar 

Allinterested most welcome 

MEETINGS 

2310564 

HEALTH &BEAUTY 

2309293 

Connecting 

MidCanterbury 

Charitable Trust 

AGM 

September 8th 

5.30pm 

at CommunityHouse. 

All welcome. 

2306338 

Feminine Health &Wellness Coach 

• Reiki 

• Massage 

• Nutritionals 

• Skin and Body Care 

• Self Hypnosis 

FOCUS Optometry - good 

honest eye care, support 

local. Phone 307 8988. 

www.nzfocusoptometry.co. 

nz, 65 Tancred Street, Ashburton. 

MENTORING. For emotional 

support, guidance, optimism, 

goal setting, resilience. 

Professional supervision, 

call Pete Young, 307 

7582/027 280 0889; email 

plyoung@xtra.co.nz; web: 

peteyoung.co.nz. 

• Weight Management 

Phoneortext 027 282 1585 

Annie 

2293733 

TO LET 

FOR Rent -Tidy, warm two 

bedroom flat. References 

required. $250 per week. 

Ph 0274 155 120 

HIRE 

SCISSORLIFTS for hire. 

4WD and slab lifts available 

for daily or weekly hire. 

Pickup or delivery. Phone 

North End Engineering 308 

8155 for abooking. 

Thurs 3rd&Fri 4th 

10.00 23 Walks 

10.00 Where’dYou Go Bernadette 

12.00 Bill and TedFacethe Music 

12.00 This Town 

1.40 TheNew Mutants 

1.45 Tenet 

3.30 TheSecret -DaretoDream 

4.20 Radioactive 

5.40 Tenet 



8.20 Bill and TedFacethe Music 

Sat5th 

M 

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PG 

M 

M 

M 

PG 

M 

M 

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M 

PG 

10.00 Trolls WorldTour G 

10.00 RedShoes &the 7Dwarfs G 

11.45 TheNew Mutants M 

11.45 Bill and TedFacethe Music PG 

1.30 23 Walks 

MMMMMM 

1.30 Tenet 

3.30 Where’dYou Go Bernadette 

4.15 MilitaryWives 

5.40 Tenet 




Sun 6th 

10.00 Trolls WorldTour G 

10.00 RedShoes &the 7Dwarfs G 



1.30 23 Walks 

MMMMM 

1.30 Tenet 

4.00 Rams 

4.30 MilitaryWives 



7.50 Tenet 

MM 


Mon7th,Tues 8th 

&Wed 9th 

10.00 23 Walks 

M 

10.00 Where’dYou Go Bernadette M 



MMM 


1.45 Radioactive 

3.30 TheSecret -DaretoDream PG 

3.50 Tenet 

M 

5.40 MilitaryWives M 

6.30 Billand TedFacethe Music PG 

7.45 

8.15 

Tenet 

TheNew Mutants 

M 

M 

NO COMPS 

Bill and TedFacethe Music, 

TheNew Mutants,Rams,Tenet 

GARAGE SALES 

GARAGE Sale. Saturday 5 

September, 22 Magnolia 

Drive, Braebrook, from 

8am. Household items, 

cheap prices. Everything 

must go. 

MASSIVE combined Garage 

Sale. 175 Company Road, 

Saturday 5September, not 

before 9am; tools, furniture, 

kitchenware, jewellery, 

linen, clothing, collectables, 

plants, books, puzzles, 

tent, exercise equipment, 

pet accessories and much 

more. 

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Dealing 

with alife 

limiting 

illness? 

We can help with: 

•Sittingand companionship 

•Counselling and bereavement 

support 

•Biographywriting 

•Massage,reiki and reflexology 

•Activityand support 

programmes 

Phone 307 8387 or 027 227 8387 

email manager@hospicemc.nz www.hospicemc.nz 

WILSONS 

WINDSCREENS 

Allservices 

arefree 

BURNETTSTRANSPORTCATCH UP 

Calling all former Burnetts workers, 

partners &clients 

Remembering thedaysatthe old Burnetts yards 

Saturday5September2020 –2pm onwards 

Ashburton Racecourse 

$5 perperson 

Bank: JMNaish38-9015-0134176-09 

(useyour first and last name as reference) 

or paydirectly to namesbelow 

Jane Naish –033082272orText0275265808 

tonyjanenaish@gmail.com 

Maurice Wotton –027 484 1115 

BYODrinks 

Postponed until January.DateTBA. 

Kindly sponsored by Wilsons Windscreens 

(formerly SPCA) 

Fluffyblack 

and whitecat 

ready now– 

very friendly 

Food donations areneeded and 

aregreatly appreciated. 

Kindly sponsored by 

Adrienne Patterson 

Ph308 4432 

2309178 

180216 

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We have everything for your home 

Verve 

Carpet Sale 

Was$239 

NOW$180 * 

Moods of Monet II 

Was$258 

NOW$230 * 

Asteria 

Was$542 

NOW$388 * 

*Price per broadloom metre 

Louis Redmond 

Kelli Aldridge 

Chairs 

Seddon 

Zoe 

Cambridge 

Anycolour,any fabric,any style 

PLUS 

We offer 12 months interest free everyday 

Burnett Street,Ashburton l Phone (03) 308 5269 l www.redmonds.co.nz 

2294124

QUALITY USED VEHICLES 

@AFFORDABLE PRICES 

WARRANTIESAA APPRAISEDFINANCEBIGGEST YARDBEST SELECTIONTRADE-INS 

 

EASY ACCESS 

2007 HONDA CR-V ZX 

ABS,air con, sun roof, 

auto,2400cc 

$11,995 

2008 TOYOTA BLADE 

2400 cc,6air bags, 

ABS, Auto,118,000 kms 

$7,995 

2014 TOYOTA RACTIS X 

1500 cc,ABS, air con, 

climate control, cam chain, hatchback, 

push start, AA appraised, 

67,000 kms 

$12,995 

2009 TOYOTA RACTIS 

1500 cc,ABS, auto, 

easyaccess,air con 

$6,495 

2011 MAZDAAXELASPORT20S 

2000 cc,ABS, aircon, auto 

Stop,62,000kms 

$12,995 

HONDA NISSAN TOYOTA 

2006 HONDAINSPIRE AVANZARE, 3000 cc,4door,abs,air con, 

cruise control, climate control57,500kms........................ $9,995 

2013 HONDACR-V24G, auto5door,ABS, cruise control, 

alloys,tow bar, 66,000 kms, 2400cc........................................... SOLD 

2007 HONDASTEPWAGON G, 5door,8seater, ABS, air con, rear 

spoiler,95,000 kms, 2000cc.......................................................... SOLD 

2007 HONDACR-V 4WDZX, 2400 cc,ABS, air con, climate control, 

sun roof,auto.............................................................................$11,995 

MITSUBISHI 

2016 MITSIBUSHIPAJEROSPORT VRX,2400cc, cruise control, 

reverse sensors,tow bar,fully loaded ...............................$34,995 

SUBARU 

2011 SUBARU FORRESTER,2000 cc,4WD,ABS, twin air bags, 

97,000 kms....................................................................................... SOLD 

2015 SUBARU IMPREZA, 1.6i, 1600 cc,sport wagon, ABS, cam 

chain, air con................................................................................... SOLD 

2015 SUBARUIMPREZA, 1.6i, 1600 cc station wagon, ABS, air con, 

rear spoiler,5000kms ..............................................................$12,995 

SUZUKI 

2013 SUZUKI SWIFT XG,ABS, air con, climate control, hatchback, 

34,000 kms.....................................................................................$10,995 

2006 NISSANCUBE 15M, 5door,petrol,air con, ABS, CD changer, 

42,300 kms, 1500cc.......................................................................... SOLD 

2014 NISSANLATIO B, auto, idlingstop, twin air bags,ABS,4door, 

petrol,air con, 31,100kms.......................................................... $9,995 

2001 NISSANCUBE, 1300 cc,5door,auto, 136,000 kms............ SOLD 

2007 NISSANSKYLINE 350 GT,3500cc, auto, paddle shift, 18in 

alloys,76,000 kms.......................................................................$11,995 

2013 NISSANBLUEBIRD, twin air bags,ABS, air con, 46,000 kms ..... 

$11,995 

2013 NISSANSYLPHYX,1800cc, air con, ABS, push start, auto, 

46,000 kms .................................................................. $11,995 

2006 NISSAN BLUEBIRD SYLPHY20S, 2000cc,ABS, air con, climate 

control, 11,800kms ....................................................................... $9,995 

MAZDA 

2012 MAZDADEMIO 13 1300cc, ABS, air con, rear spoiler,cam 

chain, 57,000 kms........................................................................$10,995 

2011 MAZDAAXELA SPORT 20S, 2000cc, ABS, air con, autostop, 62,000 

kms...............................................................................................................$12,995 

TRADE-INSPECIALS 

1992 FORD COURIER UTE, diesel flatdeck................................. $3,995 

2004 FORD FOCUS, 5door,5speed............................................. $2,995 

1995 NISSAN PULSAR, auto, hatchback..................................... $2,495 

2007 TOYOTA PRIUSSTOURING, hybrid,alloys,reverse camera, 

air con, rear spoiler,ABS, 1500cc, 36,000 kms................$10,995 

2007 TOYOTA BLADE G, 5door, ABS,air con, bodykit,rearspoiler, 

push buttonstart, 70,500 kms, 2400cc...............................$10,995 

2009 TOYOTA ESTIMA HYBRID X4WD, 5door,8seater, ABS,air 

con, auto, rear spoiler, cruise control, 133,450 kms, 2400cc, 

alloys................................................................................................$14,995 

2013 TOYOTA PRIUS L, 5door,ABS, air con, petrol,parking sensors, 

rear spoiler, auto, 71,810 kms, 1800cc.................................$16,995 

1999 TOYOTA RAV4,3door,petrol, ABS,air con, rear spoiler, 

1800cc ............................................................................................... $7,995 

2006 TOYOTA RUSH G, 5door,petrol, ABS,air con, climatecontrol, 

rear spoiler, 59,500 kms, 1500cc............................................$11,995 

2008 TOYOTA WISH XLIMITED, 5door,petrol, ABS,air con, auto, 

climate control, 72,500kms,1800cc ...................................... $9,995 

2012 TOYOTA VITZF,1300cc, hatchback,air con, ABS,climate 

control..........................................................................................$11,995 

2013 TOYOTA AQUA G, 1500cc, ABS, Aircontrol,twin air bags, 

cam chain......................................................................................... SOLD 

2014 TOYOTA RACTIS X,1500 cc,ABS, air con, cam chain, push 

start..............................................................................................................$12,995 

2008 TOYOTA BLADE, 2400cc, 6air bags,ABS, auto, 118,000 kms..$7,995 

2009 TOYOTA RACTIS, 1500cc, ABS, auto, easy access,air con......... $6,495 

Ph: 308 1396 

Selling nice cars to nice people! 

ENQUIRE NOW 

-about our range of rental vehicles 

AUTOSLTD &RENTALS 

470 West Street, 


A/H Keith Drummond 

0274 367 646 

Family,Sports, School or Social Trips 

We have 8, 10 &12seaterminivansavailable. 

Cars and3trucksforsmall or bigloads alsoavailable. 

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Ashburton Courier: September 03, 2020

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