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Nod for 

water 

project 

By DAVID HILL 

Adecadelongbattlefor ahuge water 

storage dam near Oxford has made it out 

of the courts. 

Waimakariri Irrigation Ltd (WIL)has 

had consentsconfirmed for the dam, but 

afinal decision on whether to buildit 

couldbesome time off. 

Chiefexecutive Brent Waltonsays the 

Environment Court’s confirmation last 

week of WIL’s six consents was abig step. 

‘‘There’savery long list of conditions, 

so we’ve got quite abit of work to do. We 

will now put together aconstruction 

contractand then go back to our 

shareholders for finalapproval. 

‘‘We willtake it at avery measured 

pace and put somethoughtinto 

managing the consent conditions.’’ 

Consents cover discharge,storagefuel, 

discharging stormwater and alanduse 

consent,aswell as dam construction. 

The judge made it clear that the dam 

project was unprecedented interms of 

design and peer review,MrWaltonsaid. 

It has been along journey for WIL, 

whichbought the land at Wrights Rd, 

near Oxford, in 2007. 

Awater storagedam will givefarmershareholders 

about 90% reliability, 

compared to 75% from the present ‘‘runoftheriver’’ 

consent, Mr Walton said. 

WIL was firstgrantedabuilding 

consent in June 2013for an 8.2 million 

cubicmetrewater storage facility on its 

120 hectares at Burnt Hill. The dam will 

augment supplies fromthe irrigation 

scheme whenrunofriver supplyis 

limited by high or low flows. 

The consentwas approved in spiteof 

objections from 115 of the 160submitters 

to the project. 

Continued Page 2 

Mary reflects on alife of adventure 

Full life ... Travel has featured strongly in the long life of Mary Ager, of Rangiora. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

Age is having ahard time 

putting the brakes on Mary 

Ager, of Rangiora. 

Mary, who turns 103 this 

month, still enjoys afulfilling 

lifestyle. 

‘‘I have avery full life. There 

is plenty to do and lots to see.’’ 

She has acalm, philosophical 

nature, which she attributes to 

her loving and kind parents. 

‘‘We did everything together 

and Inever wanted for 

anything.’’ 

Travel has played abig part in 

her life. The elegant 

centenarian spent three years 

during her 30s working as a 

nanny in New York, where a 

cousin was the New Zealand 

ConsulGeneral and trade 

commissioner, before visiting 

other areas of the United States 

and Canada. 

In New York —‘‘the city that 

never sleeps’’ —Mary was 

excited to find stylish shoes to 

fit her long feet. 

She bought seven pairs 

during her stay, including apair 

made of crocodile skin, with a 

matching handbag. 

Mary also attended many 

diplomatic functions in New 

York, where she met people 

from all over the world. 

She also travelled to Europe. 

In England, one of her 

highlights was avisit to 

Buckingham Palace for a 

garden party, where she stood 

close to the Queen, while a 

family trip to Australia in 1939 

also proved unforgettable. 

During aroad trip from New 

South Wales to Melbourne, 

where Mary’s father, Theo, was 

born, the family experienced 

the Black Friday bushfires in 

Victoria. The heat was so 

intense that Mary and her 

siblings spread ice cream on 

their faces to cool down. 

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Station’sfuture unclear 


The future of the Rangiora 

PoliceStation building is 

uncertain because of 

earthquake damage. 

The buildingat309 High 

Streetwas closed last 

September after concerns 

were raised about its safety 

duringrefurbishment 

work. Initially, repairs 

were planned but 

considerationisnow being 

given to demolishingthe 

building as amore 

economic option. 

‘‘No decision hasbeen 

made yet,’’saidInspector 

Peter Cooper,the New 

Zealand PoliceCanterbury 

Rural Area Commander. 

‘‘We’re lookingatoptions.’’ 

They include longterm 

planning for acontinued 

policepresence in the 

town. ‘‘We are not leaving 

town in any shape or form.’’ 

Rangiora police have 

Car-park building on hold 

Acarparkbuilding proposed by the 

Waimakariri District Council in 

Rangiora’s Blake Street area has been 

put on hold. 

The decisionwas made during the 

council’sannual plan discussion earlier 

this year. 

‘‘Council opted to put any decisionmaking 

about the BlakeStreetcarparking 

building on hold, and in 

conjunction with the TownCentre 

Strategy review,asked staff to develop a 

RangioraTown Centre ParkingStrategy 

which considered theshort, medium and 

longterm parkingchallenges and 

opportunities, and provided options for 

catering for the forecast growth,’’ the 

council’sbusiness and centresmanager, 

Simon Hart, said. 

‘‘The rationale for this was to ensure 

council could consider all of the potential 

parking challengesacross the town, and 

all of the options for addressingthese, 

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The aim is to get the parking strategyto 

the council in time for the upcomingLong 

Term Plan discussions,sothat 

appropriate funding for suitable projects 

can be included in the draft document, 

which will go out for public consultation 

early next year. 

The council has acquired some 

additional property next to the existing 

Blake Street car park to allow for future 

growth in parking provision at the site. 

The recently adoptedRangioraTown 

Centre Strategy signalledapotential 

parking provision increase in theorder of 

600 to 800 car parks across the Rangiora 

town centre during the next 25 to 30 years. 

‘‘The Blake Street car park is centrally 

located, and futureproofing the ability to 

expandparkingprovision in this area 

could provide for some of that additional 

capacity requirement,and would allow 

continued support of the core retailing 

area in High Street,’’ Mr Hart said. 

Dam approved, with conditions 

From Page1 

Alocalresidents group, theEyre 

Community Environmental Safety 

Society (ECESS) thenappealedtothe 

EnvironmentCourt. 

SpokeswomanCatherineBallinger 

saysher group is proud of what it has 

achieved,withexperts givingtheir time 

to ensureECESS wasable to put up the 

strongest possiblechallenge. 

‘‘ECESS managed to change alot of 

thingsand the conditions have made the 

dam proposalalot safer than it 

otherwisewould havebeen.’’ 

Improvementsincludestrengthening 

thewalldesign with ahighergrade 

Future uncertain ... The vacant Rangiora Police Station. 

been working from 

temporarypremises at 200 

King Street since moving 

out of High Street. 

However, it is not 

considered an ideal 

alternative and other 

options are being explored 

in the town while a 

decision is made aboutthe 

old building. 

Meanwhile, the public is 

encouraged to use the 

Kaiapoi station at 149 

Williams Street if avisitto 

the policeisneeded. 

lining,and warning systems have 

changed.Anevacuationplan is still 

being workedonand thisremains a 

concern for ECESS. 

‘‘Wewereneveropposed to water 

storage. Our concern wasalwaysabout 

public safety. We believe it is much 

cheaper for farmers to putintheir own 

ponds,’’ shesays. 

Aconcern for ECESS was how 

conditions would be enforced, so Ms 

Ballinger welcomed the requirement for 

acommunity liaison group. 

While she would have preferredno 

dam,MsBallingerwonders if the 

conditions will makeitunaffordable. 

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Questions 

over future 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

The futurework of the Hurunui Waiau 

Zone committeeremains up in the air. 

AspecialHurunuiDistrict Council 

meeting last week acknowledgedthe 

hard work of the committeeover 10 

years, but called for apause in 

determining away forward. 

Meanwhile,the zonecommittee will 

continuetodeliveronthe Canterbury 

WaterManagement Strategy (CWMS), 

whilecouncil officers bring apaper to 

the October meeting on future options. 

Cr LyndaMurchison called for the 

report and moved that the September 

‘‘refresh’’ of the committeebeput on 

hold untilthe pathwas clear. 

The committeehad done afine job 

over the past10years, but future water 

developments, and government 

funding being madeavailable, would 

alterthe picture. 

MayorMarie Black said 

compatibility, and the developmentof 

astrong wellconnected zone 

committee focused on local action, 

should be the outcome of any potential 

change. 

Mary saw 

the world 

From Page 1 

The rough sea voyagehome to New 

Zealand also provedunforgettable with 

many peopleonboard, including Mary’s 

mother, Grace,becoming sea sick. 

Mary was born on September 15, 1917 

in Wairoa, where her father, an 

architect, designed the Wairoa Freezing 

Worksand became manager of the 

business before the familymoved from 

Hawke’s Bay to Christchurch in 1926. 

Acoupleofyears later the family 

shifted to Rangiora, where Theo became 

manager of the Farmers Trading 

Company department store. He was also 

deputy Mayor of Rangiora for atime. 

Mary attendedRangiora High School 

and later became aboarder at St 

Margaret’s College in Christchurch, 

before eventually joining her father 

working for the Farmers, twice, for a 

totalof35years. 

She retiredat60tolook after her 

mother. 

Mary has also been an avid community 

worker throughouther life,supporting 

the North Canterbury Soroptomists, 

Probus (nowknown as Friendship New 

Zealand),the Rangiora Museum, and 

Rangiora Lions. 

She has outlived hertwo brothers and 

asister, who died suddenly of an 

unknown cause when aged just six. 

She has never married. ‘‘I was engaged 

once but my fiancé died duringthe war,’’ 

she says. 

Mary has two nieces, anephew,five 

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Covid challenges in staging show 

By DAVID HILL 

Local drama students are 

soldiering on despite the 

uncertainty of Covid19. 

The Hartley School of 

Performing Arts remains on 

track for awholeschool 

production of The Lion, The 

Witch and The Wardrobe in 

the Rangiora Town Hall 

from September 30 to 

October 3tomark its 25th 

anniversary. 

School director Dale 

HartleyBrown says she is 

determined for the 

production to go ahead for 

the benefit of students, but 

acknowledges it will be 

viable only if the region 

returns to alert level 1in 

time. 

‘‘The bottom line is we are 

due to pack into the town 

hall on September 19, but we 

won’t be able to if we are not 

going to be at level 1intime 

for the show.’’ 

The production is 

expected to cost at least 

$15,000, with around half of 

the money already spent, to 

cover the cost of materials 

for costumes, paying staff 

and the cost of hiring the 

venue. 

With acast of more than 

200, rehearsals have to be 

carefully managed scenebyscene 

because of social 

distancing, meaning afull 

dress rehearsal is 

impossible at level 2. 

Because of the 

restrictions around 

rehearsals, class items have 

Good versus evil ... Aslan, played by Sian Hassan, right, confronts the Ice Queen, played by 

Michelle O’Brien, in the Hartley School of Performing Arts production of The Lion, The Witch and 

The Wardrobe. 

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been recorded and 

uploaded online so students 

can practise at home. 

‘‘If we lose aweek we need 

to know that they can 

continue to practice,’’ Dale 

says. 

The Lion, The Witch and 

The Wardrobe was originally 

going to be the school’s 

senior production in July, 

followed by ajunior show in 

October. 

The script was written by 

former student Rebekah Au, 

while Kitty Jamison is the 

show’s director. 

Kitty was assistant 

director for last year’s 

senior production and 

played Wendy in the 2016 

production of Peter Pan. 

Carissa Brant is the 

choreographer, assisted by 

Rachael McInnes, who was 

meant to be this year’s 

junior show choreographer. 

Joshua Lees was going to 

direct the junior show, but 

will be the stage manager 

instead, while Rachel Long 

is the vocal coach. 

‘‘They’ve all been so 

supportive and loyal. They 

Mia'shair to be cut for charity 


Ashley schoolgirl Mia Commons is having her 

long golden locks shaved off to support her 

favourite teacher, who has breast cancer. 

When Mia, aged 8, heard that her Year 2 

Ashley Primary School teacher Amanda Papps, 

who now teaches at Rangiora’s Te Matauru 

School, had been diagnosed with breast 

cancer, she was saddened and wanted to do 

something to help. 

She told her mother, Natasha Commons, that 

she wanted to have her head shaved to raise 

money to support the Breast Cancer 

Foundation New Zealand. 

At first, Natasha thought Mia might cool on 

the concept but she kept insisting it was 

something she really wanted to do. 

The foundation established afundraising 

page for Mia —takeaction.org.nz/page/ 

miasheadshaveforbreastcancer —about three 

weeks ago and she has already raised more 

than $1200. 

Mia’s head will be shaved, with Amanda by 

her side, at the Ashley School, in front of all the 

pupils and teachers, at 2.30pm on Friday 

October 30, the first day of the foundation’s 

annual Pink Ribbon Street Appeal. 

Amanda said Mia’s gesture was pretty 

amazing. ‘‘She has abig heart.'' 

Mia’s locks will go to Freedom Hair Wigs and 

will be made into awig. 

The money for the hair will also go to the 

foundation. 

know the risk I’m taking and 

they’ve offered that if we 

can’t do the show, they will 

do aconcert to raise some 

funds,’’ Dale says. 

Six shows of The Lion, The 

Witch and The Wardrobe are 

scheduled, with daily 2pm 

shows from Wednesday, 

September 30, to Saturday, 

October 3, and evening 

shows from 7.30pm on the 

Thursday and Friday. 

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Jared sports new look 

By DAVID HILL 

Principal Jared Kelly accepted 

the challengeand endureda 

close shave lastThursday. 

PegasusBay School 

challenged itscommunity to 

raise $2000 for theCancer 

Societyaspartofthe annual 

Daffodil Day campaign, with 

Mr Kelly promisingthe biggest 

donor couldshavehis head 

and beardifthe target was 

reached. 

A“yellow mufti day”was 

heldonFriday, August 28, 

raisingawhopping $903and 

the donationskept pouring in. 

“Usually ourmuftiday 

fundraisers raise around $400 

to $500, so hittingour $2000 

target is an awesomeeffort,’’ 

Mr Kelly said of thefinal 

result. 

‘‘Wehave hadour fairshare 

of cancer battles withinour 

community,soIguess this one 

is particularlyclose to people’s 

hearts.’’ 

School mumand Bespoke 

Hairstyling owner Dayna Bavis 

lined up to assistthe biggest 

donor, EllaLatham, to giveMr 

Kelly hisnew look, whichwas 

cheered on by the whole 

school. 

Amidcalls to “shave offhis 

eye brows” and“give him a 

mohawk”, the newhaircut was 

completed witheyebrows 

intact. 

Mr Kelly thanked the 

children and staff fortheir 

generous contributionstosuch 

aworthy cause. 

Off it comes ... Dayna Bavis takes off the last of Jared Kelly’s hair. 

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Coffin up the cash in fundraiser 

By DAVID HILL 

The Rangiora MenzShed has 

come up with somenovel 

ways of raising cash. 

Members have been making 

coffins and park benches to 

sell,whileagiant garage sale 

and sausage sizzle willbe 

held at the Rangiora 

Showgrounds Pavilion and a 

car bootsale in the car park 

on Saturday, October 10, in a 

bid to boost its coffers. 

‘‘We don’t makealot of 

moneyout of them, but it all 

helps,’’ menz shedchairman 

SteveMackay says of the 

coffins. ‘‘We’ve just put coffins 

up on our Facebook pageand 

it’s just gone ballistic. 

‘‘We’ve got to build anew 

shed so we are goingtogofor 

funding, and we want to buy 

some moreequipment.’’ 

Coffins usuallysell for more 

than $1000, but the public can 

buy unvarnished coffins from 

the menz shed for $450and 

finish themthemselves, Steve 

says. 

The menz shediskeen to 

hear from any business or 

community groupwhich 

wantstorun astallatthe 

garage sale. 

Araffle with 500 tickets and 

15 prizes is also on sale for$5 

aticket and will be drawnby 

Fundraiser ... Rangiora Menz Shed members, from left, chairman Steve Mackay, Merv Laws and 

Peter Satterthwaite pose with one of the coffins volunteers have been making. 

PHOTO: DAVID HILL 

MayorDan Gordon on the 

day. 

The group has about40 

members and meets on 

Tuesdays,Wednesdaysand 

Thursdaysfrom9am to 12pm. 

Members work on arange 

of projects, including horse 

jumpsfor the Rangiora 

Showgrounds and other 

initiatives for local 

community organisations. 

‘‘The Northern A&P 

Association committee 

supplies the timber and we do 

the work. It’sacommunity 

thing anditworks well,’’ Steve 

says. ‘‘Wetry to do outwork 

and we prefer people to bring 

it in here.’’ 

For moreinformation, 

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ShedonFacebook.ContactJP 

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sale. 

Food drive to help families in need 

Bayleys’ Cansfor aCause, a 

fooddrive partnership with 

CommunityWellbeing North 

Canterbury Trust,ishelping 

local families strugglingwith 

the impact of Covid19. 

Hurunui Mayor Marie Black 

and membersofher 

community team lastweek 

took deliveryofacarload of 

donated food fromHurunuibased 

Bayleys’agent Julie 

Graham. 

“The Hurunui has been hit 

hard, withcumulative stresses 

of drought, earthquake and 

now Covid,” Mrs Black says. 

“More than 50 boxes of food 

are going out to local families 

every week rightnow, so we’re 

very grateful for the generous 

donations peoplehave made to 

this Bayleys North Canterbury 

food initiative.” 

Julie,who has livedin 

Cheviot for more than27years, 

Taking delivery ... From left, Bayleys agent Julie Graham, Hurunui 

council community team member Roger Hornblow, Mayor Marie 

Black, and community team leader Rhea Duffy. 


says she hates to think people 

are havingtochoosebetween 

feeding theirfamilyorpaying 

the bills. “It feels reallygood to 

be able to do something to help 

my own community.” 

Meanwhile, the Ashgrove 

Primary School in Rangiora 

heldasausage sizzletohelp 

the cause.Instead of agold 

coindonation, children were 

invited to bring acan of food to 

donate to Bayleys. 

Julie andfellow agent 

Tracey Doody came up with 

the fundraiser at the school 

where Tracey’s two children 

spent their primary years. 

Ashgrove principal 

ChristineChadwick saidthe 

school council backedthe 

initiative. Atotal of 500 cans 

weredonated on the day. 

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has been running the food 

drive since August. Donations 

of cans and nonperishable 

foodmay be left at Bayleys’ 

Rangioraand Hanmer Springs 

offices.Collection can be 

arranged by phoning (03) 311 

8020. 

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In brief 


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New home for arts group 

The NEST Arts Collective has anew 

permanent home, in The Sheds 

complex, behind Bax and Berg, on the 

main street of Amberley. ‘‘The space is 

rustic and cool —one where we don’t 

have to be afraid of dropping paint on 

the floor, where we have the freedom 

to funkify it and make it our own,’’ says 

one of the collective’s founding 

members, Belinda Osgood. ‘‘It is 

essentially alarge blank canvas and it 

is going to make agreat home for 

NEST’s various activities. We are 

really excited aboutthe new space.’’ 

Petition handed over 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon and 

RangioraAshley Community Board 

chairman Jim Gerard were presented 

with apetition last Thursday by 

Rangiora residentsopposing aquarry 

proposed for Rangiora Racecourse. 

The petition gathered more than 4000 

signatures. Jill Robinson and Marilyn 

Davison both organised the hardcopy 

part of the petition, after the online 

version was established by Tracey 

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ELECTION 2020 


Electorates home to 

diverse communities 


The Waimakaririand Kaikoura 

electorates are diverse. Both have large 

urban centres,and in the case of 

Waimakariri, two Christchurch suburban 

populations.But both are also hometo 

large farms,wineriesand vineyards, 

lifestyle blocks, ruralresidential 

properties, and smalltowns. 

Bothare held by National, and the 

National party vote in both electorates 

were well ahead of other parties in 2017. 

Waimakariri 

The Waimakariri electorate’s northern 

and southernboundaries are largely 

definedbythe Ashley/Rakahuri River in 

the north,the Waimakariri River in the 

south and the Puketeraki Range to the 

west. It spills acrossthe Waimakariri River 

to include the Christchurch Citysuburbs of 

Casebrook and Belfast. 

The main rural towns are Oxford, Cust, 

Rangiora, Woodend,Kaiapoi, the new 

community of Pegasus, and Belfast. 

The winning candidate in the 2017 

election, National’sMatt Doocey, captured 

57.6% of the 39,334 valid electorate votes 

for candidates in the seat. The seathad 

been been won in 2014byDoocey, with a 

margin of 2506. He increased his majority 

in 2017to10,766. 

The National Party also captured a 

majority (53.6%)ofparty votesin 

Waimakariri, down 3.9 percentage points 

on its partyvote share in 2014. 

Turnout(totalvotescast as aproportion 

of enrolled electors)in2017 was 83.6%. 

The Waimakariri district, which is a 

large part of the electorate, is one of New 

Zealand’s most popularplaces to live, and 

continues to grow as people seek alifestyle 

outside Christchurch,but within 

commuting distance of the city. 

It has alsoprovided asafe havenfor 

many exiting Christchurch after the 2010 

and2011 quakes. 

In June lastyear there were about 62,800 

peopleliving in Waimakariri district. It is 

oneofStatisticsNew Zealand’s top three 

projectedpopulationgrowth areas (for the 

20132043 period), thirdbehindSelwyn 

andthe Queenstown LakesDistrict. 

Candidates: 

New Conservative: Leighton Baker 

(ContestedEpsomin2017), No 1onthe list; 

ACT: JamesDavies; 

National:Matthew Doocey, sittingMP, 

31st on the partylist; 

ONE: Nikita McCausland; 

SocialCredit:Lawrence McIsaac; 

Labour: Dan Rosewarne, (Contestedthe 

electoratein2017),56th on the list. 

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Note: Nominationsinall seats remain 

open untilSeptember 19. 

Kaikoura 

The Kaikouraelectoratesprawls across 

the northeasternSouthIsland, from Cook 

Strait in the north to the Ashley/Rakahuri 

River in thesouth. 

At more than 21,000square kilometres, it 

is NewZealand’s fourthlargestgeneral 

electorate by area. 

Its main towns are Blenheim and 

Kaikoura. Other townsincludePicton, 

Havelock, Cheviot, Hanmer Springs, 

Culverden,Amberley, Sefton, and Ashley. 

The electorate boundaries werenot 

changedinany recent boundaryreviews. 

Blenheim is the largestpopulatedarea 

in boththe electorate and theMarlborough 

region.Itisthe country’s 17th main urban 

area, with 26,400 people. 

Its surroundingareaiswell known as 

the centre of New Zealand’s wineindustry 

and it enjoysone of New Zealand’s 

sunniest climates, with hot, relatively dry 

summersand cool,crisp winters. 

The electorate also takes in the Waipara 

Valley wine region, an increasingly 

popularwinegrowing areawith many 

awardwinning vintages beingproduced. 

It alsoencompasses someofNew 

Zealand’s most spectacular tourist spots, 

from the Marlborough Soundssouth to 

Hanmer Springs and Kaikoura. 

National has heldthe seat since its 

establishment in 1996. 

It is currentlyrepresented by National’s 

Stuart Smith, who won the seat with a 

margin of 10,553in2017. National also won 

the largest share of Kaikoura’s votes–53% 

to Labour’s 29%. 

Kaikoura tends to have ahigh voter 

turnoutcompared withthe restofthe 

country, with 83% of enrolled people 

voting. 

Candidates: 

NZ First: Jamie Arbuckle (Contested 

electorate in 2017); 

ACT: Richard Evans(Contested 


Labour: MattFlight,78th on the list; 

New Conservative: David Greenslade 

(Contestedelectoratein2017); 

Social Credit: John McCaskey, 

(Contestedelectoratein2017); 

Green: RichardMcCubbin, (Contested 


ONE: Don Moore; 

Outdoors:Darlene Morgan; 

National:Stuart Smith (Sitting MP) 32nd 

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Waimakariri 

Focus from Dan Gordon, Mayor 

Adistrict blooms 

Last Fridaymarked 10 years since we were 

all rudely awakened by amajor 

earthquake thatsignificantly changed 

Kaiapoi,Pines Beach and Kairaki, as well 

as the wider district, forever. 

This was adefining moment in our 

history and the impactofthis event has 

been felt eversince—and not just with 

aftershocks. 

Much has happened in those10years 

and Iamproud of the way our community 

rallied and helped to rebuild. Today,it’s 

worthreflecting on the factthat our 

recoveryistestimony to the spirit and 

strength of you all. 

The council had arole in rebuilding and 

I’m also proud to have been partofthe 

team led by David Ayers (thenmayor) and 

the chief executive Jim Palmer, who 

provided astrong direction for recovery 

that focused on peopleand put community 

first. 

They were supported by aunited 

council, which came together to identify 

and deliver solutions thatwould provide 

new facilitiesand upgrades,not onlyin 

Kaiapoi but acrossthe district. We spoke to 

the communityindepthand developed a 

plan that reflected what the community 

wanted. 

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to recover and attract investment. We’ve 

also been delivering on the outcomes in 

the Waimakariri Residential Red Zone 

Recovery Plan. 

This includes building new facilities 

such as parks and reserves,walking and 

cyclingtracks, aBMX track,dog park, 

restoringalowland forest,aswell as 

allocating mixeduse business areas and 

the infrastructurethatservicesthem all. 

If you haven’t visited the regeneration 

land in Kaiapoi recently, Iencourage you 

to do so. It’s outstanding the progress that 

has been made here. 

Work continues, with projects such as 

softball fieldsand mahinga kai areas to be 

developed, as wellasthe shovelready 

project to reduce the impact of flooding on 

urbanand rural areas of Kaiapoi,toname 

afew. 

Unfortunately, the event to mark this 

anniversary has been postponed because 

of Covid19 and will now take placeon 

Friday, September 25. 

It will be agreatcommunity eventand 

will give everyone an opportunity to see 

just how far we have come in the last 10 

years. 

I’m sure,onsuch an important 

milestone,all residents willtake amoment 

to reflectonour journey as acommunity 

and just how far we’ve come together. 

No safeguards with bill 

Dear Editor, 

In response to Dr Frank Kueppers, 

(The Case for Euthanasia, North 

Canterbury News,September3), the End 

of Life Choice Act will put many of us in 

danger. 

Nothing in thisact guarantees the 

protection required for vulnerable 

people, including the disabled, elderly, 

depressed oranxious, and those who feel 

themselves to be aburden or under 

financial pressure. 

The international evidence, contrary 

to what Dr Kueppers says, backs these 

concerns, whichexplains why so few 

countries have made any changes to the 

law around this issue. 

Does Dr Kueppers know that onethird 

of all euthanasia deaths in the Flemish 

region of Belgium aredone without 

explicit request? Many elderly people 

are fearful of going to see adoctor or 

going into rest homes. 

And, as adoctor, he would know that 

LETTER TO THE EDITOR 

diagnosis and prognosis are based on 

probability, not certainty. 

My mother, after being diagnosed with 

cancer, was given only weeks to live. She 

lived for another 3years. 

The act we are voting for relies on a 

diagnosis that aperson suffers from a 

terminal illness likelytoend his or her 

life within six months. 

This bill is flawed. There are no 

safeguards to elder abuse, coercion, 

misdiagnosis,and aslippery slope 

(Belgiumextended ‘‘assisted suicide’’ to 

children in 2002). 

Contrary to public misunderstanding, 

there is alreadyreasonable choice in that 

life support or optional treatment can be 

legally refused, and full pain relief is 

available even if it shortens life. 

Yours, 

J. Goulding 

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ELECTION 2020 


Seymour’srole as sole MP may change soon 

Act New Zealand leader David Seymour talks to Mike 

Houlahan about his party, and his hopes that he will no 

longer be his party’ssole MP in Parliament. 

Being aoneman bandin 

Parliament can haveits 

advantages —beingAct New 

Zealand’s sole MP meansDavid 

Seymour’s allottedoffice is a 

spacious room near the 

Parliamentary Library, one once 

usedbyRichard Seddon. 

On the other hand, beingalone 

MP forsix years has seenMr 

Seymourcarry aheavy workload, 

especiallywhen stewarding 

through theEnd of LifeChoice 

Act to the point where it willbe 

voted on in areferendum 

alongside the general election. 

On current polling,that heavy 

workload could bring a 

parliamentaryrewardfor Mr 

Seymour, as Actisseemingly on 

the verge of returningmore than 

asingle MP for the first timein 

nineyears. 

‘‘We pollfor the reasons why 

people support Act and certainly 

poorperformance by National is 

the third or fourth most popular 

reason,’’ Mr Seymour said. 

The popular reasons are 

speaking sense,partypolicies, 

and the viewitholdsother 

parties accountable. ‘‘Those are 

thethings that showup, so clearly 

someofthe support is becauseof 

National,but less than people 

might think.’’ 

Theother boost to Act’s 

fortunes has been the End of Life 

Choice debate. 

While the legislation was a 

Member’s Bill, Mr Seymour 

LEADER PROFILE 

believed his close affiliation with 

the review wouldnot distract 

votersfrom supporting his party. 

‘‘It’sthe most popular issue 

that Act has ever championed so 

I’mnot too worried about being 

associated with that, but 

certainly Iwill vigorouslydefend 

any misinformation about the 

referendum. If Iamtalking about 

that issue then Idon’t think that 

will hurt Act, but Ialso haveto 

consider Epsom.’’ 

Retaining Mr Seymour’s 

Epsomelectorate, Act’s lifeline 

into Parliament for adecade, 

means he might not be as visible 

aroundNew Zealandasother 

party leaders. 

‘‘Every vote counts,’’ he says. 

‘‘And one thing for sure is that the 

South Island is one of our best 

sources of members.’’ 

Firearmsreform has been a 

fraught issue in the South Island 

for two reasons—the fact the 

Christchurch terrorattack 

perpetrator lived in Dunedin for 

some time,and the extensive use 

of gunsinthe south, bothfor 

leisure and pest control. 

Act, aparty withits originsin 

economic policy, seems an 

unlikely advocate forgun owners’ 

rights, but Mr Seymour explains 

his recent alliance with the gun 

lobby —Nicole McKee fromthe 

Council of LicencedFirearms 

Owners is rankedthird on the 

party list —asafairness issue. 

‘‘I personally am not afirearms 

guy.Igotofirearmsclubsand I 

say ‘look,I’m not agun guy, I’m a 

latte guy from Parnell’,’’ Mr 

Seymour said. 

‘‘But what Idolikeisthe rule 

of law, due process,and treating 

people with basic respect and 

dignity ...Idon’t think those 

people were treatedwith respect 

and dignity, and Idon’tthink they 

are unreasonablepeople. 

‘‘Most of them are saltoftheearth 

people,good people,who 

are mystified. They are just as 

horrified as the next personby 

what happenedinChristchurch, 

probably moresobecausethey 

have abit of aconnectionina 

sense,and they feelthey are 

being punished for it.’’ 

Mr Seymourbelieves another 

boost to Act’s fortunes has been 

its rigorous questioning of the 

Government’s Covid19 response. 

Mr Seymour, aforensic 

questioneronthe epidemic 

response committee, continued 

that scrutiny whenParliament 

resumed after lockdown. 

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‘‘They sawAct providing a 

consistent,constructive voice, 

providing criticismwhere 

necessary and helpful advice 

where possible,’’ he said. 

‘‘Ifyou lookatthe language we 

wereusinginlate April, when we 

saidthat we should be emphasising 

safe activitiesnot essential 

activities, the Government 

actually adopted that language 

fourweeks later in its Budget. 

‘‘Now today we talk about 

public health, we talk about the 

debttrap, we talk about seizing 

the opportunityofbeing an 

island nation on apandemic 

planet, we continue tooffer that 

critique. 

‘‘We’venever gone after the 

Government and said‘you’reall 

useless’. We have acknowledged 

thatthis is adifficult situation for 

any government to face.’’ 

Unsurprisingly, Mr Seymour 

believed Covid19 —both the 

health responseand the 

economic recovery —would be 

the dominant election issue. 

‘‘Peoplefundamentally want to 

knowwhat is the planfor 

recovery. Idon’t think they have 

seenthat fromthe Government 

and they know that staying 

locked up from the rest of the 

world and borrowingmoney is 

not asustainable solution —it’s a 

comfortable solutionbut its not a 

sustainablesolution. 

‘‘I think the winner of this 

election will be the party that can 

showaclear plantorecover, 

keeppeople’s jobs,and ideally 

growout abit and ultimately pay 

for the considerableamountof 

debtthat is beingstacked up.’’ 

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Rangiora lights extravaganza set to shine 


Organisers of theRangiora 

Festival of Light andSound in 

Victoria Parkare still hoping to 

brightenuppeople’s lives and 

light up Rangiorafrom 

September16to 19. 

However, it willdepend on the 

Covid19 alert level dropping to 

1, meaning atweak to 

Wednesday’s openingnight to 

limit accessto100 visitors at a 

time. 

The remaining nights would go 

ahead as normal, but if thelevel 

is heldat2, the backup dates 

willbeSeptember23to26. 

‘‘Ifneither dateispossible, we 

willsimply reschedulethe event 

as soon as level1is announced 

—most likelywith seven days’ 

notice,’’spokesmanKarl 

Horwarthsays. 

‘‘Weare hoping that the 

currentsuccessincombating the 

virus means thatwewill be able 

to reschedule sometime in 

October. 

‘‘Webelievethat level 1isnot 

far awayand that there is ahuge 

publicappetitefor eventsas 

soon as level 1isannounced. 

‘‘Idonotwant to postpone 

unless we have to and, if we do, 

we want to reschedule as quickly 

as possible,’’Karlsays. 

Theevent is basedonthe 

popularBotanic Delights 

FestivalinChristchurch,and is 

aimedatliftingspirits for people 

wearied by the disruption of 

Covid19. 

Over four nights,Victoria Park 

will be afairyland of talking 

trees, disco lights, music, 

dancing lights, interactive 

lighting displays, andsmoke and 

bubble machines. 

It all culminates in aspecial 

Saturdaynight grand finale, with 

afamily movieonabig screen, 

light displays, musicfromlocal 

bands, and aspecial appearance 

by theRangiora Brass Band. 

There willbefood,drinks, 

attractionsand alicensed bar. 

Spectrum will be installing the 

lights,and the companyhas 

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sponsor, along withNew World 

Rangiora,MainPower, Ray 

White Rangiora,Visit 

Waimakariri, FoolsofDesire 

cafe, Compass FM and the North 

Canterbury News. 

Music,foodtrucks,and some 

additional light installations 

havebeenconfirmed, and the 

MainPower NorthCanterbury 

Lightsphoto competition has 

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The MainPower photocontest 

is open to anyonewho wouldlike 

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places in NorthCanterbury, with 

afocusonwhatmakes the region 

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“NorthCanterburyLights” as 

inspiration. 

Entriesmust be submitted via 

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There is ayouth and adult 

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Finalistswill havetheir work 

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The newspaper willhost a 

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It will run from6pm on 

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Friday, withSaturday’sfinale 

from5pm. 

‘‘Thefourdaysoffestivities 

are aboutbringing people 

together,’’ Karl says. 

With allthe infrastructurein 

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Campaigning ... National Party leader Judith Collins chats to Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey 

before speaking to party members at the Rangiora RSA last Friday. 


Campaign stop in 

Rangiora for Collins 

By DAVID HILL 

Judith Collinsvisited Rangiora on Friday, 

as the regionremembered the first of the 

Canterbury earthquakes 10 yearsago. 

The National Party leader was aCabinet 

Minister during the quake sequence which 

beganonSeptember 4, 2010. 

‘‘I well remember the senseofrelief that 

the worst was over, but actually the worst 

was stilltocome,’’she said. 

Ms Collins remembers arriving in 

Christchurch on herbirthday, February 

24, two days after the February 2011quake. 

‘‘It’s funny how we rememberthese 

things, but Ialso knowthat everything has 

grownsodifferentlyand strongly since the 

earthquakes and it’s been areally tough 

time for alot of people. 

‘‘Every Cantabrian Iknow really hates 

beingtold how resilient they are, because 

they’ve justhad to keep on going. 

‘‘So Iknow it’s had ahuge effect on 

people’s lives,theirmental health and 

physical health,and what people thought 

they would be doing 10 yearson.’’ 

But Ms Collins was impressed withhow 

much North Canterbury has grown in the 

last 10 years. 

The growthunderscored the importance 

of building infrastructure projects suchas 

the WoodendBypass, the SkewBridge 

near Silverstream and the Wheelsto 

Waipara cycleway, which will alsohelp the 

region to recoverfrom Covid19 downturn, 

she said. 

‘‘Thelevel 3lockdown that Auckland 

had for two and ahalf weeks costNew 

Zealand 400 jobs —250 in Aucklandand 

150 aroundthe restofcountry.’’ 

She acknowledged the challenge for any 

government of making decisions basedon 

conflictingadvice from epidemiologists, 

economists and otherexperts. 

‘‘If we are privileged to lead thenext 

government,wewill set up apublichealth 

meeting to bring together not onlypublic 

health experts, but also people from 

business, trade unions,iwi and small 

business in particular, so that we can get a 

proper senseofhow muchthis is costing us 

and how we can do it better.’’ 

Mental health is one of the challenges 

arising from Covid19, and Ms Collins says 

National will be announcinganew policy 

soon,inwhat is Waimakariri MP Matt 

Doocey’s portfolio. 

‘‘I’mpersonally very committed to this. 

We’veseen agrowthinmentalhealth 

issues in termsofpeople who are suffering 

alot of anxietyand otherramifications, 

and Iknow Matt has ahuge commitment to 

this area as well. 

‘‘Mental health issues can strike 

anybody at any time, and it’s really 

important that we makesure we havethe 

rightmeasures in place and the right help 

available.’’ 

Show in Rangiora canned 

Covid19 has claimed another major 

North Canterbury event. 

The Northern (Rangiora) A&P 

Association committee decided last 

week to cancel its 2020 show, 

scheduled for October 2324. 

‘‘The committee decided the 

financial risk was too great given we 

are unsure what level we will be at 

come show day,’’ secretary Julia 

Dockerill said. 

‘‘We thank everyone for the ongoing 

support of the association and the 

LOST AND FOUND 

show and we are looking forward to 

putting on afabulous show in 2021.’’ 

This decision follows the 

cancellation in May of the New 

Zealand Agricultural Show, due to be 

held in November, and several 

autumn shows earlier in the year, 

including Hawarden and Oxford. 

Entrants are encouraged to get in 

touch to arrange arefund of entry fees. 

Those who registered for atrade, craft 

or food site will be contacted. To learn 

more, email info@rangiorashow.co.nz 

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Machine proves to be aripper 


The first banded dotterel 

eggshave beenlaidonthe 

AshleyRakahuri river, and, 

after spending the winter 

aroundAuckland, wrybills 

are backsortingout their 

territories. 

Their returnsignals aplea 

fromthe AshleyRakahuri 

Rivercaregrouptostayout of 

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birds achancetoraise their 

chicks. 

All riverbedbirds nest on 

the ground,wherenestsand 

chicksare hard to see and 

can be readily disturbed,so 

measuresare taken to 

minimisedisturbance. 

The group hasalready 

beenbusy preparingfor the 

new nesting season, blocking 

off more than 30 access tracks 

withconcreteblocks last 

week. 

Group memberGrant 

Davey saysbefore thebirds 

return, alot of timeisput in 

blocking the accessways. 

‘‘Wehaveanagreement 

withthe Combined 4WDclub, 

thataccess is restricted 

during the breeding season 

(SeptembertoFebruary). 

Theyare quite happy with 

that.” 

Signs identifyingrarebird 

nesting areas are also 

deployed in abid to stop 

Helping the birds ... Lachlan Shaw alongside the undercutter/ripper developed by Cresslands 

Contracting Ltd for clearing weeds from the AshleyRakahuri riverbed. 


peoplegoing intothe 

riverbed. 

Mr Davey sayspeople 

shouldbeparticularly 

vigilant if thealarmcalls of 

birds areheard, or theyare 

showing signsofdistress. 

Thespreadofweeds, such 

as lupins, gorseand broom 

continues to be amajor 

problem, as the birdsmust 

have cleanshingle on which 

to nest. 

Groupchairman Nick 

Ledgard saysweeds are 

cleared in August frommore 

than 30 hectares,using a 

tractormounted undercutter/ 

ripper developedbylocal 

engineeringfirm, Cresslands 

Contracting Ltd. 

‘‘It is working well, and 

next year could be deployed 

on otherbraided rivers.’’ 

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17 

Funds aimed 

at Covid issues 


The Hurunui MayoralFund will be opened 

up to help people in the community 

suffering hardship because of the Covid19 

pandemic. 

Just over $35,000remainsinthe fund, 

made up of donations to help the Hurunui 

community afterthe November 2016 

earthquake. 

Atotal of $223,895 was donated, with 

$188,385allocated to date. Chieffinancial 

officer Jason Beck told the council last week 

that some donationsand grantsreceived had 

been taggedtospecific purposes, and 

allocations made reflected those intentions. 

But, recently,the need to help peoplepull 

through the effects of the earthquakes had 

reduced. 

‘‘More recently, there has been two 

allocations totalling $13,000topromote 

events to supportthe community in dealing 

with the effectsofthe Covid19 lockdown. As 

aresult, the purpose of the fund,although at 

the discretion of the mayor, perhaps needs 

to be flexible to reacttothe other events that 

the district faces,’’ he said. 

MayorMarie Black said she wouldlike to 

thinkthere could be funds made available in 

the postCovid world. 

The funds had previously been allocated 

by asmallgroup of councillors and the 

mayor, shesaid, with an emphasis on the 

wellbeing of individuals in the community. 

This willcontinue, despite reservations by 

some councillors concerned that donations 

had been made specifically to help during 

the earthquake. 

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With the new normal setting in, and 

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Staying connected is critical, says Thomas 

By DAVID HILL 

Thomas Robsonsays what makes Oxford 

‘‘sogreat’’ is the communitysupport. 

The Oxford CommunityTrust 

chairman and OxfordOhoka Community 

Board deputychairman says the town’s 

closeknit community groups are 

continuing to reachout to those in need. 

‘‘There’s definitelymore people 

requiring help and the biggestthing is 

the stigma around that,’’ Thomas says. 

‘‘It’s important that we do everything 

we can to support the community trust 

and the initiatives they are running, and 

to have thoseservices available for 

people in need.’’ 

It is, he says,important to be open and 

kind to peoplewho need those services 

and to try to reduce thatstigma. 

‘‘In terms of the community we are 

pretty resilient, but Ithinkcommunity 

groups are going to struggle and the 

council and community boardswill have 

aresponsibility to supportthese groups 

as muchaspossible.’’ 

One of the keys to gettingthrough as a 

community is for people to stay 

connected, Thomas says. 

‘‘I think there’salot to be saidfor 

people stayingpositive and staying 

engagedintheir communities and 

having an open mind.’’ 

Social isolation is aconstant 

challenge, especially among the elderly, 

and the fearand uncertaintycreated by 

Covid19 is adding to the risk. 

Loneliness can lead to depression and 

other health problems, and ‘‘that’s 

exacerbated in asmall community or a 

rural community’’, Thomassays. 

Community organisations are also 

facing the reality thatmost of the 

volunteer pool, the over60s, are the most 

vulnerable to Covid19. 

Whilemany people were losing their 

jobs,the rural sector faced labour 

shortages, particularly among 

contractors, and it was no easy fix as 

many of these jobs are highly skilled. 

‘‘In the Waimakariri we are lucky that 

we don’t rely on tourism, but we are 

facing askilled labour shortage in the 

ruralsector and alot of those jobs 

require two to three years of training, so 

it’s not something thatyou can change 

quickly,’’ Thomas says. 

He wonders if part of the problem is a 

disconnect in the education system, 

wheremany studentsare encouraged to 

go on to university instead of considering 

atrade or goinginto agriculture. 

‘‘Perhaps thereneeds to be more 

flexibility around skills training and I 

Gallery to mark 10 years 

The Arts in Oxford Gallery is 

celebrating its tenth anniversary this 

month with aweekend of activities, 

including an exhibition by Philip 

Trusttum. 

The Christchurch artist, one of New 

Zealand’s most celebrated 

contemporary painters and the Oxford 

Arts Trust’s patron, will also give atalk 

and create acollaborative artwork 

during anniversary events. 

Celebrations will begin for the public 

on Saturday, September 26, with a 

creative panel and forum to discuss the 

value of arts and culture in the North 

Canterbury region. 

Afterwards, Philip will give atalk and 

create acollaborative artwork with his 

audience to officially launch his new 

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Registrations are essential for 

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Then, on Sunday, the Arts in Oxford 

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Makers’ Day from 10am to 4pm, with all 

creatives welcome. It will be achance to 

learn, share and interact with local 

artists. 

Oxford Arts Trust chairwoman Areta 

Wilkinson says it is grateful to Creative 

New Zealand for granting funding for its 

revitalisation project, aimed at 

increasing community engagement. 

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Soft spots in Covid 

recovery forecast 

By DAVID HILL 

Covid19 recovery dominated the 

earlypart of last week’sWaimakariri 

District Council meeting. 

Business and centres manager 

SimonHart provided arecovery 

update, while councillorsbackeda 

plan to develop a‘‘foodsecure 

district’’atits meeting in the 

Ruataniwha KaiapoiCivicCentre. 

Whilethe economic outlookfor 

Waimakariri was looking positive for 

now, many economists were still 

forecasting asignificantsoftening of 

the economy, Mr Hart said. 

‘‘We are mindful that while the 

economy is tracking well, there are 

some industries thatare struggling. 

‘‘Some economists arestillsaying 

therewill be asecondwave after the 

election, and athird wave whenthe 

impacts of borrowing start to setin.’’ 

In areport to themeeting, 

community team managerTessa 

Sturley saidSatisfy Food Rescue 

had been granted$690,000from the 

Ministry of Social Development’s 

food securecommunities fund to 

develop afood security project. 

Councillorsapproved afurther 

$24,600 from the Covid19 recovery 

fund to assist withemploying a 

community development worker to 

assist withestablishing the project 

for an initialsixmonth appointment. 

Food security was identified as a 

‘‘significant gap’’ by the Food Bank 

and Budgeting Collaboration,which 

was established during the 

lockdown, and by SocialServices 

Waimakariri’s Covid19 surveys, Ms 

Sturley told councillors. 

MayorDan Gordonsays it is 

essential thatsupport be made 

available for those at risk in the 

community. 

‘‘We are in an uncertain 

environment. Retailsalesare strong, 

consentsare holding up and, 

anecdotally, thingsare really 

positive, but at the end of the day we 

are waiting to see what happens 

when the wagesubsidy runs out.’’ 

Councillors approvedaKaiapoi 

Tuahiwi Community Board 

recommendation for council staff to 

conduct further investigations into 

the proposed Kaiapoi cycleway after 

concernswere raised by Peraki 

Street residents. 

The cycleway wouldlink the town 

with Christchurch oncethe New 

Zealand Transport Agency’s new 

clipon cycle lane addedonthe 

eastern side of the State Highway1 

motorway bridge opens later this 

year. 

The council is building acycle 

connection from the bridge, running 

alongthe western side of Main North 

Road through to the Vickery Street/ 

Williams Street intersection. 

It had been proposed to continue 

the cycleway along PerakiStreet to 

access the centre of Kaiapoi, or the 

MafekingFootbridge, to connect to 

the PasschendaeleMemorial Path 

through to Rangiora. 

The additional consultation 

meansthe timeframe is now 

uncertain, but staff hope to be ableto 

completethe projectbymid next 

year. 

Age catches up with Lionesses 

By DAVID HILL 

The Rangiora District Lioness Club is set to 

call it aday after more than 30 years. 

The club plans to disband and disperse its 

funds later in the year as the realities of an 

ageing membership takes it toll. 

‘‘It was ahuge decision to disband, but we 

had alot of information so we made awellinformed 

decision,’’ president Anne Thorne 

says. 

‘‘I think some of the ladies will gravitate 

towards the (Rangiora) Lions. 

‘‘A lot of our ladies are over 80, so they’re 

feeling they want to help. 

‘‘The mind is willing, but the body’s not,’’ 

she says. 

Members may continue to meet as asocial 

group, secretary Rachel Bloomfield says. 

‘‘They still want to meet socially, which is 

Offering hope 

... Rangiora 

Lionesses 

secretary 

Rachel 

Bloomfield, 

left, and 

president 

Anne Thorne 

sort through 

offerings as 

part of the 

Handbags of 

Hope appeal at 

Compass FM 

last week. 


important at that age and we still have an 

active craft group that meets and does some 

knitting for the community.’’ 

The pair were at Compass FM last week 

sorting through offerings as part of their 

regular Handbags of Hope appeal, which 

benefits the Community Wellbeing North 

Canterbury Trust, the Oxford Community 

Trust and the Hope Community Trust. 

The Lionesses recently presented grants 

of between $2000 and $10,000 to 16 schools 

in the Rangiora and Kaiapoi areas for 

pupils from families who have suffered 

hardship because of Covid19. 

‘‘We’ve had some amazing feedback from 

the schools and it’s going towards anything 

from school breakfasts to school uniforms, 

or activities where the principal has felt 

there is aneed and they have been so 

grateful,’’ Rachel says. 

Ride-on electric 

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Bruce from Mean Green Mowers. 

Uptake of the Mean Green brand 

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Zealand, with mowers operating 

from Kerikeri to Invercargill. 

The mowers operate at less than 

half the noise levels ofpetrol 

mowers so you won’t bother the 

neighbours mowing on aSunday 

morning. “It’s very rewarding 

when clients mention how much 

they enjoy the low noise levels and 

lack of fumes,” says Bruce. 

Imported from the United States 

Mean Green Mowers are extremely 

well built, powerful and light (no 

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When considering the purchase of 

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The74Inch (1.88m) EVO 

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“Everyone’s situation is different 

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For more information contact 

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Kaikourabusinessesare 

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uncertainty. 

Encounter Kaikoura 

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Buurman says her company 

had been inundated by 

enquiries since it reopened last 

monthafter quake repairs. 

‘‘We are facing new 

challenges as it’sadifferent 

market. Swimming in the ocean 

in winter doesn’t attract 

business, so we needto 

approach it differently. 

‘‘I think the weekendsare a 

lot busier than the weekdays, 

whichisnot surprising given 

the market, but the uncertainty 

is the big thing.’’ 

Encounter Kaikoura had 

welcomed the government’s 

support package, but 

Auckland’s temporaryreturnto 

alertlevel3had ‘‘really 

knocked our confidence in the 

business community’’,she says. 

‘‘With the encouragement of 

government for people to move 

around the country,ithas been 

ahuge boost for businesses. 

But Auckland is ahuge market, 

so it has aflowon effect.’’ 

Kaikoura operatorsand 

retailersappreciated the 

support from NorthCanterbury 

and Christchurch families, she 

says. 

Mrs Buurmanispart of the 

Kaikoura Marine Development 

Governance Group overseeing 

the Wakatu Quay redevelopment, 

which received $9.88 

million from the Provincial 

GrowthFund. It is an exciting 

project for the town. 

‘‘It’sadiverse group of 

peoplewho are working really 

well together. It’s exciting to 

see thedemolition underway 

and now we are workingonthe 

concept and design. 

‘‘There is alot of history of 

commercialfishingand 

recreational fishing in the area, 

so it’s areal focalpoint.It’s 

about understanding what 

peopleexpect and how we get 

that to work together.’’ 

Kaikoura photographer and 

business owner Andrew 

Spencer sayshehas been busy 

in recentmonths as businesses 

look to refresh theirimage. 

The presentbusiness 

environment ‘‘feelslike along 

winter’’,although therewas 

some optimism after abusierthanusual 

July school break. 

‘‘People are looking forward 

to spring and it has been pretty 

positive up until now. 

Hopefullywecan get enough 

momentum from the key 

operators, which the rest of the 

businesses can feedoff. 

‘‘It does feel like along 

winter, but people seem to be 

getting through it quite well. 

But it will be from now when 

we expect to startgettingbusy 

that theimpact willbefelt.’’ 

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All hands on deck ... Volunteers at the Honda Forest planting day in Kaiapoi last Saturday morning, from 

left, Waimakariri District Council ecologist Kate Steel, council regeneration project manager Duncan 

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Forest asymbol of rebirth 


Aplanting day at Kaiapoi’s 

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town suffered extensive 

earthquake damage. 

The day was apoignant 

reminderofhow far the region 

had come,WaimakaririDistrict 

Council Greenspace manager 

GrantMacLeod said. 

‘‘Tenyearsonweare stillhere, 

and the land is healing.’’ 

It was the third plantingday 

heldthis year at the new forest, 

which is on redzoned land 

known as the Regeneration 

Kaiapoi East area. 

Seven thousandforest plants 

havealready been put in since 

the first planting day in May last 

year, with volunteers adding 649 

morelast Saturday. 

The forestisacollaboration 

between the council andthe 

Honda motorcompany, which 

has sponsoredabout 12,500 

seedlings for the forest 

development thatwill cover 3.2 

hectares surrounding the 

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Efforts to tackle velvetleaf are paying off 

Farmers are being called on to keep an 

eye out for velvetleaf as the warmer 

months approach. 

Velvetleaf is abroadleafed weed that 

grows 1m to 2.5m tall. It features butteryyellow 

flowers. 

This aggressive cropping weed is 

among the world’s worst. It competes 

with crops for nutrients, space and 

water, and its seeds can persist on farms 

for decades, even surviving digestion 

and silage. 

Crop rotation and suitable herbicide 

combinations have been identified to 

use in the fight against velvetleaf in a 

range of crops throughout New Zealand. 

Landowners and rural contractors 

should look around gateways and the 

first three or four rows of crops for signs 

of velvetleaf. 

With velvetleaf plants being found at 

only ahandful of the known South 

Island locations, the hard work of many 

in attempting to prevent it from 

becoming widespread in New Zealand 

may be paying off. 

Acollaborative effort between 

regional councils, industry groups and 

the Ministry for Primary Industries, as 

well as the assistance of many land 

owners across the country, has helped in 

removing the weed and stopping its 

further spread across the country. 

Velvetleaf plants were found on only 

three Canterbury properties during the 

2018/19 season, while none was reported 

in Otago and Southland. 

This is promising news, considering 

that about 1000 properties spread across 

Canterbury, Otago and Southland were 

put at risk of velvetleaf via 

contaminated seed planted in 2015. 

Velvetleaf is also present in the North 

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soil for up to 50 years. 

New climate modelling shows that 

velvetleaf could occur in more places 

across New Zealand then initially 

thought. 

The last three years of research have 

improved understanding on how best to 

control velvetleaf and stop it spreading. 

This research includes herbicide 

trials, experimenting with methods to 

reduce seed numbers, and other control 

methods such as crop rotation. 

The main concern in New Zealand to 

date is with maize crops, where the 

weed can be difficult to detect and 

control. 

To limit the effect of velvetleaf in 

maize crops, researchers looked at 

adding cereals and ryegrass to the 

rotation, to provide acouple of years of 

easier identification and management 

of the weed. 

AgResearch weed scientist Dr Trevor 

James suggested that acereal rotation 

harvested before Christmas, followed by 

aryegrass crop, will allow any velvetleaf 

plants that emerge over the summer to 

be easily spotted and pulled up or 

sprayed. 

AgResearch has trialled several crop 

rotations involving barley, triticale, and 

maize. 

In arecent study by AgResearch, the 

software package CLIMEX was used to 

construct a‘‘climate niche’’ model for 

velvetleaf based on the global 

occurrences of naturalised populations 

of the species. 

The model was used to map the 

potential distribution of the weed in 

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New Zealand and found that velvetleaf 

could encompass virtually the entire 

country apart from Mount Taranaki and 

Ruapehu, and the Southern Alps and 

West Coast. 

The analysis shows the importance of 

continuing the efforts to keep velvetleaf 

contained to its current locations. 

Anyone who suspects they have found 

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Robotics technology is making its mark 

By MARK ROSS, 

chief executive of Agcarm 

25 

Taking flight ... The sky is the limitfor drone 

farm technology. 

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From weeding and spraying crops to 

taking care of cattle, digital technology 

is making its mark on agriculture. 

Selfdriven vehicles are picking and 

grading fruit as well as detecting and 

pollinating flowers. Now, the latest 

technology involves detecting and 

managing disease —helping farmers to 

become more productive and 

sustainable. 

Modern agricultural machines take 

away some of the more timeconsuming 

tasks and help to protect crops from 

disease, with exact doses and targeted 

applications of products. 

In the past decade, there has been an 

unprecedented growth in precision 

farming, with about 80% of new farm 

equipment using it. This advanced 

digital precision technology can help 

farmers to use land efficiently and 

maximise harvests, while reducing costs 

and workloads. 

Robotic technology makes it possible 

to detect the precise location of weeds 

or disease and spray only the affected 

area. That means lower costs, lower 

environmental impact and amore 

abundant harvest. 

Farmers using advanced digital 

precision technology report reducing 

herbicide use by 10% and diesel by 20%. 

Thanks to digital connectivity, smart 

farm equipment can provide farmers 

with fieldspecific information from 

cloudbased farm management 

software. Sensors collect data from a 

distance to evaluate soil and crop health 

and identify the presence of pests or 

diseases. 

Agricultural drone technology has 

been improving in recent years. Drones 

allow farmers to constantly monitor 

crop and livestock conditions —often 

more reliably than manual inspections. 

Drones mainly capture images and 

provide data, but they also monitor 

crops from planting to harvest, helping 

farmers to react faster to threats such as 

weeds, insects and fungi. 

This data is processed and translated 

into information on plant health and 

pest infestations. Data can then be 

entered into smart machinery to adjust 

the amount of pesticide used for afield. 

This saves time and improves the 

application of variable input rates in 

real time. 

Drones can also be used to apply 

pesticides. Aerial spraying in Japan and 

China is done by drones. In Europe, they 

are used to distribute biological agents 

such as wasp eggs. 

The potential for drones is skyhigh. 

Waterresistant drones can monitor any 

type of crop, in any geographical area, in 

any weather. 

They can also get higherquality and 

more precise images in real time as they 

fly below the clouds and have high photo 

resolution —far superior to satellites, 

which take pictures only once aweek or 

month and don’t work well when it’s 

cloudy. 

The use of agricultural drones will 

grow significantly in the coming years as 

they offer awide range of applications 

that improve precision farming. 

Certification options for sprayers 

Growsafe, which aims for safe, 

responsible, and effective use of 

agrichemicals, recommends that all staff 

using agrichemicals attend aGrowsafe 

basic course, and at least one person 

from each workplace hold aGrowsafe 

standard certificate. 

Agrichemical users 

There are requirements for training 

and/or certification. The ‘‘decision tree’’ 

for agrichemical users on Growsafe’s 

website will help identify the 

appropriate Growsafe certificate for you 

and the staff at your workplace. 

Contractors 

If you are spraying for hire or reward, 

there are additional requirements for 

training and certification. The Growsafe 

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Regional plans 

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Community gets behind A&P association 

By DAVID HILL 

The Canterbury A&P Association’s 

future is looking more secure thanks to 

generous support from the community. 

Nearly $100,000 has been raised by the 

association’s Show Saviour campaign, 

launched after the committee made the 

Covid19related decision to cancel the 

2020 New Zealand Agricultural Show. 

“We were overwhelmed by the 

support and encouragement shown for 

the campaign,’’ event director Geoff 

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“I know for many it was hard to 

comprehend why adecision had to be 

taken so early, but for an association 

with such afragile history, progressing 

was arisk we just could not take. 

“The love shown by our community 

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Rock’n’Wheels 

Rock’n’Wheels may go 

ahead on Sunday, 

September 27, depending 

on the Covid19 alertlevel 

announcement next week. 

Organisers hope it will be 

third time lucky for all 

those keen to attend the 

10th anniversary of the 

event at the Amberley 

Domain, from 8am to 4pm. 

Memorable music 

An afternoon of musical 

moments at St 

Bartholomew’s Church on 

September 27 will include 

an organ recital from the 

Chaperone Trio —six hands 

at the piano —and Sharon 

Russell, acountry and 

western exponent. The 

entertainment starts at 3pm 

at 23 Cass Street. Cost: $10 

an adult, $25 for afamily of 

two adults and up to three 

children. Tickets include 

afternoon tea. They are 

available from the Kaiapoi 

ISite (cash only) or online 

from trybooking.com until 

the end of September 24. 

Admission is by ticket only. 

It is an Anglican Parish of 

Kaiapoi event supported by 

Waimakariri District and 

Creative Communities NZ. 

Book fair 

Abook fair will be held at 

the St Bartholomew’s 

Church Hall, 23 Cass Street, 

Kaiapoi, on Friday, 

September 25 and 

Saturday, September 26, 

from 9am to 6pm. Books are 

$2 each or six for $10. Tea 

and coffee available. 

Donations of good quality 

books, CDs, DVDs and 

jigsaws are most welcome. 

Please, no tapes. Donated 

goods can be left at the 

church hall. Contact 

Norman Clark on 327 5552 

or Ray Maw on 327 6404. 

Funds raised will go toward 

maintenance of St Bartholomew’s 

Church and hall. 

Creative Junk 

Christchurch’s popular 

group Creative Junk will 

run akids’ workshop at the 

TimeBank Hurunui 

Repurpose &Repair Expo 

on Saturday, September 26, 

12.30pm to 4.30pm, at the 

Amberley Domain. 

Participants will make a 

colourful rainstick (a sound 

instrument) out of recycled 

materials. The expo will 

bring people together to 

share skills and ideas about 

how to look after, and 

transform objects and 

materials, to save 

resources and reduce 

waste. Helpers at arepair 

hub will offer basic repair, 

sharpening and mending 

services, for tools, 

machinery, bikes, clothes, 

jewellery etc. Entry: $5 per 

person; kids free. 

Refreshments included. (A 

small gift for the workshop 

appreciated). Facebook: 

TimeBank Hurunui. 

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Support ... NPD is backing the Amberley Rugby Club. Theclub’s 

under12 sideispictured. 


NPD backs rugby club 

Fuel retailer NPD has 

signed atwoyear 

sponsorship deal withthe 

Amberley Rugby Club to 

support its 130 players. 

The firm recently opened 

its Amberleysite at 155 

Carters Road,pledgingits 

support to thecommunity. 

SarahEsler, whose three 

childrenplay for the club, 

says thisyear’s sponsorship 

is beingused to buy 100 

hoodies for players 13 years 

and under.Itwill also help 

reduce subscription prices. 

‘‘What we want to do is be 

able to providethe kidswith 

everythingsothat they’re 

readytoplay without the 

cost of having to pay for a 

uniform. We’re asmall club 

so NPD’s support is really 

amazing for us andmakesa 

tangible difference to what 

we can do to help our 

players.’’ 

NPD chief executive 

BarrySheridan said 

sponsoring the club was a 

way the company couldgive 

back. 

Strong showing by Rangiora 

Rangiora High School lost 

1520 to Christchurch Boys’ 

High School last Saturday in 

atense and physical rugby 

encounter at Rangiora. 

The early stages belonged 

to Rangiora, with the second 

half abrutal battle up front, 

coupled with enterprising 

back play by both sides. 

Trailing by 5near the end, 

Rangiora put up asuperb 

fight, nearly scoring atry on 

fulltime. 

Waimakariri Gorge Women’s Golf 

Third championship QualifyingRound: 

18 Holes:Silver:BThompson 95,N 

Weavers 95. BronzeI:LSteele 98, LScott 

99. Bronze II: PRivers 107, MRobertson 

108, Ida BeetsHuchshorn 110, JDeans 

111. 

9Holes:TCraig53, FNimmo 58, SKing 

58, HChamberlain 64. 

AmberleyClub Championship 

qualifying round2 

Ladies: Senior: Lyn Robertson; 

Intermediate: Judy Brown; Junior:Jan 

Morgan. 

Best nett: SharonMarsh 73, 1; Barbara 

Scott 75, 2. 

Men’s Senior: DeanWilliams; 

Intermediate: SteveHartley; Junior: 

Robin Denby; Presidents:Bruce Mills. 

Best Nett: Darryl Smith67, 1; David 

Rowell68, 2; GrantDunlop and Brian 

Fitzgerald 70, 4th equal; Ash Genet71, 5. 

9Hole Stroke Ladies:Val Crooks 38 nett, 

1; Men:MikeCarpenter35, 1; Owen 

Patchett 36, 2. 

Mid Week Men’s Stableford: NeilRhynd 

39pts 1; JohnWigley 38,2;RogerKeith, 

and Bruce Mills 36, equal 3. 

Mid Week Ladies LGU:Judy Brown 66 

nett, 1; Jan Bishop, KatePercy70, equal2, 

71. 

Rangiora Golf 

LadiesLGU: Div 1: Gross: Jo Kent 82 nett 

1, BiddyBowring 68, 2; Bev Craigie 72, 3. 

Div 2: Gross:Rhonda Warwick 94 nett, 1; 

Sonia Reed 72, 2; Mary Harris73, 3, Gaye 

Edwards 74, 4. 

Div 3: Gross:Belinda Walkyier 100 Nett, 

1; Lynley Earl 68, 2; Sandy Hood703; 

Debra Ambler 71, 4. 

Midweek Men,stroke: Derek Dunn 69, 1; 

DennisBennett 70, 2; Tony Burgess 70 

(c/b),3. 

Fridaymixed open, stableford: Mel 

Bonner45, 1; Roger Dunn40, 2; Harry 

Osborne 40, 3. 

Weekend Men, stroke: Ron Chisnall66, 1; 

TrevorNewble68, 2; Anthony Cox 69, 3. 

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Teams in hunt for finals spots 

HOCKEY 

With only one or two weeksleft 

in the regular season,Rangiora 

HockeyClub teams will be 

hunting for more wins to 

propelthem into finals 

contention. 

The RangioraCBK Division 

1men’s team has astrong 

chancetoclaim thirdonthe 

table,but hasn’t beenhelped 

by acoupleofweekendsoff 

because of tournaments and 

bye rounds. 

The Division 1womenwill 

be looking to avoidthe wooden 

spoon this season as the side 

roundsout the bottomfour 

playoffs, withgames against 

the top andbottom teams in 

their pool.The Division 2 

women come off abye, with a 

chanceofleapfroggingupthe 

table from fifth to third if they 

can win againstSouthern 

Unitedthis weekend. 

The Division 3men will wrap 

up poolplay in secondspot but 

will playtopofthetable 

SouthernUnitedside this 

weekend in what shouldbea 

prelude to the final laterinthe 

month. 

The Division 3womenplay a 

doubleheader thisweekend to 

catch up on deferred games. 

However withthesegames 

being againstthe two leading 

teams in the competition, the 

side will need to workhard to 

claim any points fromthem in 

order to secure fourthplace. 

The midweek Men’sand 

Women’s teams have 

contrastingfortunes. Astringof 

good resultssees the Rangiora 

Hurunuiwomen'steam climb 

to secondonthe Division 2 

ladder, with acomfortable run 

to the finals. However, the 

Allsorts midweek men will be 

playing to avoid the wooden 

spoon in Division 2after 

comingupagainst strong 

University teams in their final 

two gamesofpool play. 

All of Rangiora's Platinum 

teamsare in good shape 

heading intothe finals with the 

girls’teams vying for third and 

fourthspotsand the boys’ 

teams sitting in second and 

third place in the Platinum 

Division 2grade. 

On the ball ... Kaitlyn Pullar, in green, from the Rangiora Rockets Ministicks Girls team in action 

against the Harewood Lizards. 


In the juniorcompetition, 

the RangioraRenegades Kwik 

Sticks boys’ team played its 

best game of the season against 

secondplacedHSOB/ 

Burnside, claiming adeserved 

53 win. 

The RangioraRocketswere 

31 down late in the second 

half, beforeaquickfirethree 

goals in the last three minutes 

turneddefeat into victory 

against ateam to which it 

narrowly lost just weeks ago. 

Results 

Division 1Men: Rangiora 

CBK, bye. 

Women: Rangiora CBK 3 

(Macy Neale2,Sue Shearer 1) 

lost to Marist 4. MVP: Claudia 

Petrie. 

Division 2Women: 

Rangiora, bye. 

Division 3Men: Rangiora 5 

(Mike Roberts3,Rik Roberts 1, 

Stephen Kutyn1)beat 

UniversityofCanterbury 

Apache 1. 

Women: Rangiora, bye. 

Mid Week Open Men: 

Rangiora Allsorts0lost to 

UniversityofCanterbury 

Wizards 2. 

Women: Rangiora Hurunui4 

(Keighley Robertson 2, Viki 

Holland 1, LouMonesCazon 1) 

beat SouthernUnited1.MVP: 

AnnaArmstrong. 

PlatinumMen: Rangiora A7 

(Brodie Simpson 3, Patrick 

Green 1, Ricco Pepper 

Edwards 1, Caleb Orchard 1, 

Loock Odendall 1) beat 

Rangiora B1.MVP: Loock 

Odendall. 

RangioraB1(James Clark 1) 

losttoRangiora A7. 

PlatinumWomen: Rangiora 

A0lost to SouthernUnited 2. 

MVP:Katelyn Winn. 

RangioraB4(Meg Habgood 

2, CaitlynDanko 1, Brooke 

Cooper 1) beatHinemoa 

Kaiapoi Tawa 0. MVP: Sasha 

Smith. 

Kwik Sticks Girls: Rangiora 

Rascals 0lost to Southern 

United 1. MVP:Sophia George. 

Rangiora Rubys 3(Sophie 

McDonald 1, PJ MacIntosh 1, 

Samara Van Wyk 1) beat 

Malvern KwikSticks 1. MVP: 

PJ MacIntosh. 

Rangiora Rhinos 0drew with 

St Margaret’sCollege Green 0. 

MVP: LillieWilson. 

Kwik Sticks Boys: Rangiora 

Renegades 5(Harrison Forbes 

3, Thomas Hutchison1,Ollie 

Taylor 1) beat HSOB/Burnside 

Rangers 3. MVP: Cody Harkess. 

Rangiora Rampage4(Matt 

Corey2,Henry Webb 2) lost to 

Hornby Vipers 6. MVP: Matt 

Corey. 

Kiwi Sticks Girls:Rangiora 

Raiders 4(Imogen, Amelia, 

Laura)lost to Harewood 7. 

MVP: Imogen. 

Rangiora Rainbows 9(Ruby 

Taylor4,Kayleigh Sweeney 2, 

Tallulah KennetDitfort 2, 

SophieCartwright 1) beat 

HSOB/BurnsideMonkeys 0. 

MVP: Tallulah KennetDitfort. 

RangioraRebels6beat 

HinemoaKaiapoi Pohutakawa 

(friendlygame acrossgrades). 

MVP: Rose West. 

Rangiora RoadRunners 1 

drew withWaikirikiri kakis 1. 

Kiwi Sticks Boys: Rangiora 

Rogueswon by default over 

MaristRebels. 

Rangiora Rangers 1lost to 

MaristInvaders 2. 

Mini Sticks Girls: Rangiora 

Rabbits 9(Catherine McKellow 

4, AdeleFerguson 2, Emma 

McKellow 2, AimeeDunlop1) 

defeatedCarlton Redcliffs 

Dolphins 0.MVP: Emma 

McKellow. 

Rangiora Rockets 4(Arlette 

Newman, Shaylee Eastmond, 

Kaitlyn Pullar)beat Harewood 

Lizards 3. MVP:EmmaDyndul 

and ShayleeEastmond. 

Mini Sticks Boys: Rangiora 

Roadsters 0lost to Harewood 

Heros 11. MVP: TJ Iona. 

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RUGBY SUB UNION DRAW 

12 th September 2020 

UoC Championship 

2.45pm Rangiora HS 1st XV vLincoln Combined. 

ChchMetroU18 -Section 2 

1.00pm RHS2nd XV. 

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ChchMetroU18 -Section 3 

1.00pm Kaiapoi U18 vCBHS,Kai Oval. 

Ellesmere/NorthCant/Mid CantCombined U18 

1.00pm WaihoravOxford,Tai Tapu 1. 

Metro U16Girls 

vKaiapoi.See www.sporty.co.nz/drawsresultsstandings 

Metro U14-Section 1 

11.00amKaiapoi U15vRHS U15 Gold,Kai Oval. 

Metro U14-Section 3 

vAshleyU14. 

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MikeGreer Homes NorthCanterburyLtd U11 

11.00am Ashley Green vSaracens Blue, Lob Jnr 3. 

11.00am Ashley Blue vKaiapoi, Lob Jnr 6. 10.00am 

Oxford RedvWoodend, Ox Jnr5. 

GameofThree Halves 

9.30am Ohoka vSaracens Red, Mand Jnr4. 

10.15amOxford Black vSaracensRed, Mand Jnr4. 

11.00amOhoka vOxfordBlack, MandJnr 4. 

MikeGreer Homes NorthCanterburyLtd U10 

12.15pm Kaiapoi vAshley Green, Kai Jnr 3. 12.30pm 

Ohoka Red vSaracens Red, Mand 2a. 12.15pm Ashley 

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SaracensBlue,Mand 3a. 

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10.00am Ohoka RedvSaracensBlue, Mand 2a. 11.00am 

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9.30am Ashley Green v Saracens Red, Lob Jnr 6. 

9.30amAshleyBluevOxford Black, Lob Jnr 3. 10.00am 

Ohoka Black vKaiapoi, Mand 1a. 11.30am Ohoka Red v 

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MikeGreer HomesNorth CanterburyLtd U7 

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Ohoka Green vWoodend, Mand Jnr 6.11.20am Ohoka 

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Games of ThreeHalves 

11.15am Ashley Blue vOhoka Red, LobJnr 2b. 

11.45am OhokaRed vSaracensBlue,Lob Jnr2a. 

12.15pm Ashley Blue vSaracensBlue, LobJnr 2b. 

Mike Greer HomesNorth CanterburyLtd U6 

9.30am Ohoka Black vWoodend Green, Mand Jnr 6. 

9.30amAshley GreenvKaiapoi,Lob 4a. 10.00am Ohoka 

RedvWoodendBlack,Mand Jnr 7. 9.30amAshley Gold v 

Saracens Red, Lob 5a.10.30am Ashley White vSaracens 

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10.15amOhoka GreenvOxfordBlack,Lob Jnr 2b. 

10.45am Ashley Blue vOhoka Green, LobJnr 2a. 

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PROPERTY 

Over 60’s unit -simply delightful 

8/26 Victoria Street, Rangiora 

Lovely 2 bedroom unit that has been designed with the over 60’s in mind. 

Everything in the kitchen is at your fingertips and is open plan to the sunny and 

spacious. 

The wonderful compact garden is easily accessed from the lounge. The master 

bedroom is spacious with a good wardrobe, and the bathroom has a heated 

non-slip floor and large walk in shower. A separate laundry and single attached 

garage rounds off this wonderful property. 

Don’t miss it, come and have alook. 

Deadline Sale -The vendors are asking for offers over $340,000. 

Deadline Sale 

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Only eleven years old, this property has an excellent kitchen, openplan 

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and Contessa log-burner with wetback. Separate double garage with 

an attached office, giving four car garaging. Free draining soil, private 

with established shelter on four sides. 

Kaiapoi 7Cosgrove Road 

3 2 2 4 

For Sale $720,000 

View Sun 13 Sep 11.30 -12.15pm 

Web pb.co.nz/RL76076 

Maurice Newell 

M 027 240 1718 

Hamish Anderson 

M 027 678 8888 

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Twodwellings and workshop 

This beautifully designed three bedroom, two bathroom home is near 

new. One wing contains themaster bedroom with an ensuite and walk 

in wardrobe. Another wing has two bedrooms and the main bathroom. 

There are two living area's with an open plan kitchen living and a 

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pump as well. ABelling stove and AEGdishwasher are typical of the 

quality of the chattels and fit out. The garage is alargesingle with an 

adjoining separate laundry and mudroom. Extra accommodation is 

available in theone bedroom flat adjoining the shed. 

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Repainted and with new carpet throughout, this two bedroomhome 

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Making 

connections ... 

Ministry of Social 

Development senior 

work broker 

MichelleBecks, left, 

and Enterprise 

NorthCanterbury 

general manager 

Heather Warwick 

have joined forces 

to helpkeep North 

Canterbury working. 

PHOTO: DAVIDHILL 

Akeen focus on jobs 

By DAVID HILL 

Localbusinesses are encouraged to 

connect with Enterprise North 

Canterbury (ENC)before considering 

redundancies. 

ENC joined forces with the Ministry of 

Social Development(MSD)inJuneto 

help keep NorthCanterbury working, 

with senior work broker Michelle Becks 

now working from ENC’s Kaiapoi base. 

‘‘In the past we’vehad crisesinNorth 

Canterbury with the earthquakes and 

we partnered with MSD to get through 

thoseevents,soweapproachedMSD to 

partner withthem again,’’ ENC chief 

executive Heather Warwick said. 

‘‘We wanted to be able to support our 

businesses aroundredundancies and 

thoselooking to employ staff. We want to 

be the ambulanceatthe top of the cliff 

rather than at the bottom.’’ 

Michelle lives in Kaiapoi and has 

been with the ministry for 15 years, the 

last fivebased in Rangiora. 

MSD’sfocus in the Covid19 era is on 

recruitment, redundancysupportand 

redeployment, she says. 

Michelle is available to talkdirectly to 

NorthCanterbury businesses considering 

their options or looking to recruit. 

‘‘We are asking before they make any 

decisions that they givemeacall,’’ 

Michelle says. ‘‘I’mhappytogoout and 

have achat with them,and we can offer 

assistancewith recruitment. 

‘‘Priority number one is to retainstaff 

and we can discusswhat options are 

available.’’ 

Whilemany businessesare facing 

uncertain times, otherbusinessesare 

growing and there are good numbers of 

low skilled and high skilled vacancies, 

Michelle says. 

ENC’swebsite has information 

available for job seekers and employers 

at northcanterbury.co.nz/covid 

19/employmentopportunities/. 

Fundraiser in 

fourth year 

Volunteer first respondersinOxford 

willbenefitfrom amarketday plant 

salenext month. 

The Oxford Farmers Market is 

holding its annualplant sale on 

Sunday, October 11, and is seeking 

donationsofplantsfrom plant 

nurseriesand individuals. 

Lastyear it raised $1300 for 

volunteer first respondersatthe local 

St Johnand the Volunteer Fire 

Brigade. 

It is the fourth year the salehas been 

held. 

Donations from the public will be 

gratefully received on the day, which 

willrun from 9am to 12.30pm. 

NEWS 


Pegasus Fields! “Gateway to Fine Living” 

7outstanding 4hectare (10 acre) lifestyle bare 

land blocks. Perfectly located close to the beach, 

2kms above state highway and easy commute to 

Rangiora, Christchurch and Christchurch Airport. 

Well fenced and beautifully presented range of 

excellent building sites on versatile Wakanui silt 

loam soils and commanding exquisite rural views 

to Mt Grey. 

158 Ashbys Road, Sefton, Waimakariri 

Open home Saturday &Sunday 1-2pm 

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Support appreciated ... St John first 

responderMel Brooker, right, receivesfunds 

raised at lastyear’splant sale frommarket 

manager Kathi Knowler. 


$289,000 (GST inclusive) 

Russell Clifford 

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Mark Parry 

027 433 0350 

Dean Pugh 

027 335 6303 

Mark Pringle 

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Evan Marshall 

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Mike Preston 

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Peter Foley 

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Georgie Robson 

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Hamish Lane 

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Jack Pringle 

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Simon Sharpin 

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What’s happening in your 

community… 

Night Detours on SH1 Southbound 

The Christchurch Northern Corridor Team are 

installing large overheard support structures for 

new road signage during the night onSH1 near the 

Waimakariri Bridge. 

This involves lane and full road closures between 

10pm and 5am through toTuesday 6October, 

affecting Tram Road traffic. Find the full night 

work schedule and project update atnzta.govt.nz/ 

projects/christchurch-motorways 

Thieves Target Gardens 

Council were disappointed to learn of the the of 

plants from the garden beds constructed onOxford 

Road. This is the second time that these beds have 

been targeted and plants stolen. 

Grant MacLeod, Greenspace Manager says, “The 

idea behind installing these beds is to beautify the 

entrance to Rangiora and to have plants stolen is 

incredibly frustrating and costly to ratepayers.” 

The new garden beds are between Westpark 

Boulevard and Charles Upham Drive and were 

designed toenhance the area around the new 

footpath and kerb and channel on Oxford Road. 

While we know that local residents may be 

disappointed, we don’t think that this will be planted 

out again due to increased costs. 

The Council note that from time to time we do get 

thes like this and would encourage the public to 

report any suspicious behaviour. 

Repairs to Skew Bridge complete 

Thanks to everyone for your patience as we repaired 

Skew Bridge. We’re pleased to say repairs are now 

complete and the bridge is open again totwo-lane 

traffic. 

Rangiora Service Centre Repairs 

Underway 

Repair work at the Rangiora Service Centre building 

has started and this will see anumber of staff move 

to temporary locations around the town centre 

while work is completed. 

Earlier this year, the Council received information 

which suggested parts of the upper floor area of 

the building was susceptible to earthquake damage 

due to the type of flooring used during the 1990s 

building extension. 

While repairs are underway the public still have full 

access toCustomer Services. 

The project will be completed infour stages and the 

first was completed at the weekend. Contractors 

installed abeam in the Council Chambers to 

strengthen this space so that staff can use this as 

temporary offices. 

Other staff will be housed inleased and will rotate 

through these spaces for the length ofthe project, 

which is due to be completed by May. 

The scope of this project has been significantly 

reduced with only the necessary repairs and 

upgrades being completed. The budget reflects this 

with the project costs now ataround $2.5m down 

from $4.3m previously estimated. 

Twoproperties have been leased for upto12 

months and one more permanently to allow for 

planned growth. 

Have you signed up for 

the Waimakariri District 

Council Newsletter? 

To join visit waimakariri.govt.nz and scroll 

down until you see the sign up button. 

Community Service 

Awards 2020 

Nominations are Open 

These awards are torecognise 

our community volunteers 

that goabove and beyond. 

Full criteria, details and nomination 

forms are available now. 

Youcan pick upanomination form from 

one of Council’s Service Centres and 

Libraries at Rangiora, Kaiapoi and 

Oxford and isalso on our website 

waimakariri.govt.nz 

Criteria 

• Anyone who has carried out significant 

voluntary services in the Waimakariri 

District to: the arts, culture, education, 

health, recreation, sport, welfare or youth. 

• Must be nominated by two people of the 

Waimakariri District. 

This year’s Community Service Awards 

ceremony will be held in November. 

Nominations close 5pm, 

Friday 18 September 2020 

Checking in 

on your bin… 

We’re doing 

recycling bin checks 

across the District to 

make sure they have 

the right items going 

into them. 

Check your letterbox for 

an information pack about 

your bin check and how to 

recyclethe right way. 

FRI 

25 

SEP 

5–8pm 

Raven Quay 

Kaiapoi 


FREE 

FESTIVAL 

To Acknowledge 10 Years from The Earthquakes 

Join us for Fun, Food &Fireworks 

Food &Market Stalls + 

Roving Entertainers + 

Outdoor Screen Slide show 

reflecting on 10yrs + 

LIVE BAND 

THE ALLIN DRIVE BAND 

PROUDLY SPONSORED BY 

AllTogetherKaiapoi acknowledgeand thank 

those thathavesupportedthis event... 

Visit Waimakariri, Waimakariri Creative Communities NZ, Harcourts, 

Misco Joinery, Blackwell’s Kaiapoi, Silverstream, Smith Crane &Construction, 

Waimakariri Arts Trust, Waimakariri District Council, Kaiapoi Club, 

Wilsons Traffic Management, Kaiapoi -Tuahiwi Community Board, Larsen 

Sign Studio, Acropolis, Wentworth Carrying, Paper Plus, Corcoran French 

For more information visit: 

AllTogetherKaiapoi

Give usyour 

feedback 

Roadside Spraying 

Public Notice 

Chemical contol 

of vegetation 

Residents of the Waimakariri District 

are advised that our vegetation control 

contractor (Sicon Ltd) is to commence 

roadside spraying in all areas in 

September 2020. The chemical used 

is aglyphosate base (Roundup). This 

operation will continue intermittently 

when required and weather permitting, 

through to April 2021. 

If any resident has any legitimate concern 

with this operation, they should contact 

the Waimakariri District Council customer 

services team. 

Carl Grabowski 

Roading Operations Team Leader 

Place used 

masks and gloves 

in the rubbish. 

Single-use masks and gloves 

unfortunately can’t be recycled. 

Cut the mask ties and make sure 

they go in arubbish bin instead. 


Teams head south 

Kaiapoi North School’s senior 

basketball teams are heading 

to aSouth Island tournament 

after adisrupted season. 

The school’s Year 7/8 boys’ 

and girls’ teams were to 

compete at the AIMS Games in 

Tauranga next month, but they 

were cancelled over Covid19. 

Instead, the teams will go to 

Oamaru during the 

September/October school 

holidays for the South Island 

tournament, normally held in 

July. 

Principal Jason Miles says it 

is disappointing to miss the 

AIMS Games, with the school 

only sending teams every two 

years. 

But the school has had a 

dominant season, with both 

Year 7/8 teams and the Year 

5/6 girls’ team winning their 

YOU 

COULD 

BE 

HERE 

$$$ 

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Ltd. Specialists in farm 

machineryand farm clean 

ups, old vehicles etc. 

100% locally owned. 

Ph 0800 030 712 or 

027 695 0480. 

2312759 

Advertise 

your business 

in our Trades 

and Services 

Phone 

Amanda Keys 

on 

03 313 2840 

Cars Wanted 

CASH 4CARS 

and 4WD'S 

Phone 

Automotive 

Parts 

03 313 7216 

CARS, vans, 4WD’s 

wanted for dismantling or 

repair. Phone 027 258 

8366. 

CASH /CASH ! for any 

unwanted vehicles, ph 03 

347 9354 or 027 476 2404. 

Wanted To Buy 

OLDER style tractor with 

afront end loader bucket. 

Phone 03 319 5756 Peter 

Kerr. 

BUYING estate type old 

china, crystal, collectables, 

vases. Ph 027 350 3963, or 

313 1878. 

GOOSE EGGS for craft 

purposes. Please phone 

Helen 03 313 1557. 

Pets 

For Sale 

200 LITRE steel drums, 

$10 each. Ph 027 440 1230. 

CANON Ink Jet printer and 

flat bed scanner $50. Phone 

313 7563. 

HONEY 4kg bucket 

cooking honey, $30 special. 

Available at Gracebrook, 

Amberley. Telephone 03 

314 7076. 

Situations Vacant 

RELIABLE PERSON 

REQUIRED 

If you are adog-loving person who 

can turn your hand to everything from 

dog caregiving /kennel management 

to office work, with apositive &cheery 

attitude we may be interested in you. 

Part-time. Some additional weekend 

work may be required. 

Written references. Clean driving 

licence & helpful attitude essential, 

initiative and experience managing 

multiple dogs helpful. 

Email your application to 

R.DeBoyer@xtra.co.nz 

NEWS AND CLASSIFIEDS 


local competitions, and the 

Year 5/6 boys finishing fourth. 

The Year 7/8 competitions 

were dominated by North 

Canterbury teams, with 

Ashgrove School finishing 

second in the girls’ 

competition, and the Loburn 

School boys’ also runnersup. 

‘‘The school has had astrong 

basketball programme for 

many years due to the 

leadership and organisation 

of teacher Megan Gilmore.’’ 

Mr Miles says it is rewarding 

to see so many former pupils 

continuing to enjoy basketball 

after they leave the school. 

‘‘Many current and former 

students represent North 

Canterbury, and former 

students have also gone as far 

as gaining scholarships at 

American universities.’’ 

Rotary ClubofRangiora 

Charitable Trust 

ALEX MURRAY 

EDUCATION AWARD 2020 

The Rotary Club of Rangiora awards agrant each 

year inmemory of aformer member, Alex Murray, 

to assist ayoung person about to leave school to 

undertake further training at an education centre, 

polytechnic or university. 

The grant, to a value of $5000, will be awarded 

to ayoung person living in either the Waimakariri 

or Hurunui Districts. The grant is to assist with 

course costs and/or study materials (excluding 

accommodation costs) over the first two years of 

tertiarystudy. 

We are calling for applications for this grant for study 

to becommenced in 2021. 

The application form may be obtained by emailing 

ayers.david@xtra.co.nz. 

Applications will close on Thursday 8th October 

2020. 

2312601 

Wanted To Rent 

BICHON HOMESTAY RETIRED gentlebloke 

for smaller dogs. We look seeking single bedroom 

after your dog in our home. cottage in quiet country 

"No kennels". Phone today location up to 40 mins 

03 314 6110. 

away from Christchurch. 

Very good references. 

Telephone 020 4077 7307. 

Gardening 

WANTED! Are you 

having agarden clean up? 

Looking for small tussocks 

and flax’s for North Canterbury 

BMX Club in Rangiora 

to beautify our track 

and grounds. Please phone 

Kerryn 021 288 4848 to 

organise collection. Please 

do not drop any at the track. 

2311260 

Public Notices 

Situations Vacant 

MEET the Electoral 

Candidates at Balcairn 

Hall, Tuesday 15th September 

2020 - 7pm. We 

have invited the following 

four candidates who represent 

their incumbent party 

to meet the good people 

here at the southern boundary 

of our electoral area:- 

Greens Richard McCubbin, 

Labour Matt Flight, 

National Stuart Smith, NZ 

First Jamie Arbuckle. This 

is your chance to ask your 

questions and raise any 

concerns. Written questions 

for the candidates can be 

submitted at the meeting 

but we would prefer written 

submissions ahead of time 

emailed to the Society’s 

Secretary 

via 

balcairnpublichall@gmail.com. 

During the light supper 

there will be an opportunity 

to mingle and talk to the 

candidates. Gold coin 

donation would be appreciated. 

Please monitor our 

Facebook page/email for 

advice of the need for swift 

cancellation. 

37 

VINEYARD &OLIVE GROVE WORKER 

We have a fixed-term position available 

through to April 2021, for an energetic, 

physically fit worker on our family, organic 

vineyard &olive grove in the Waipara Valley. 

The successful applicant will need proven 

ability in working outdoors in challenging 

conditions. This will be a 32 hour/week 

position. Experience would be an advantage 

but not essential. 

Please apply with CV &covering letter to: 

info@terraceedge.co.nz 

2312425 

OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR 

Our wonderful office lady is 

retiring after 12 years. 

We are abusy Kaiapoi garage 

looking for ateam player with 

acan do attitude. This is afull 

time position. 

In the first instance please 

contact Brigitte on 027 249 1703 

2312536 

Experienced Restaurant Manager 

for Indian Restaurant in Kaiapoi 

Full Time 30-35 hours per week 

Must have Duty Manager Certificate 

At least 2years experience as Restaurant 

Manager 

Please apply with your CV to 

eat@tikkatalk.nz 

Applications close Thursday 24 th September 2020 

Delta Utility Services is seeking an 

Environmental Construction Worker to join 

our team in Kaikoura. 

The role involves a variety of grounds 

maintenance, weedspray operations, and 

mowing for our main customers in the area. 

The successful applicant will have experience, 

understand health and safety best practice, 

enjoy working outdoors in all weather, and 

have aclean class 1license. All equipment 

provided. 

Apply now! 

Applications close 21 September, 2020. 

Email your CV to careers@thinkdelta.co.nz. 


MEMORABLE 

MUSICAL MOMENTS 

Concert3,3pm 

27 September 

St Bartholomew’s 

Church, 23 Cass St, 

Kaiapoi 

with an organ recital, 

Chaperone Trio, six 

hands at one piano 

&Sharon Russell, 

country&western. 

Adult $10, Family $25 (2 

adults, up to 3children). 

Includes afternoon tea. 

Tickets from 

Kaiapoi I-Site (cash only) 

or online from 

www.trybooking.com 

until end 24 September. 

Admission by ticket only. 

2311190 

An Anglican Parish of 

Kaiapoi event. 

2312432 

2311581

CLASSIFIEDS 



Notification of Weight and Speed Limits on Bridges 

HeavyMotor Vehicle Regulations 1974, Regulation 11 

NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to regulation 11(3) of the Heavy Motor Vehicle Regulations 1974, the Hurunui 

District Council has fixed the following maximum weight and speed limits for heavy motor vehicles and combinations 

including aheavy motor vehicle on the bridges describedhereunder: 

Limits 

Name of Road Name of Bridge Maximum Gross Weight Maximum Speed 

weight onany (maximum sum Limit km/hr 

one axle of axle weights) 

Tekoa Rd Island Hills 3500kg Gross. 10km/hr 

One vehicle at a 

time on bridge 

Tekoa Rd Mandamus 20km/hr 

LowryPeaks Rd Palmside 10km/hr 

Woodbank Rd Woodbank (Rogerson) 90% Class 1 30km/hr 

InlandRd Conway 44000kg Gross. 

One heavy vehicle 

at atime on bridge 

Tophouse Rd St James 1500kg 2500kg 

Mendip Rd Mendip Hills 90% Class 1 10km/hr 

Blythe Rd Lower Hurunui Swing One heavy vehicle 

at atime on bridge 

Cat Hill Rd Hydes 44000kg Gross 

Mount Palm Track Mt Palm 10km/hr 

Nonoti Rd Nonoti Overbridge 10km/hr 

Brodies Rd Grey Burn 50% Class1 10km/hr 

Holleth Hills Rd Holleth Hills 10km/hr 

Berriedale Rd Morris 10km/hr 

Cotswold Rd Cotswold 10km/hr 

MacDonald Downs Rd MacDonald Downs 10km/hr 

Megowans Rd Megowans 80% Class 1 

Kilmarnock Rd Deans Bridge Closed 

Stonyhurst Rd Meehans 10km/hr 

Stag and Spey Rd Herds 10km/hr 

Balmoral Station Rd Davidsons 70% Class 1 

Attention is drawn to the applicable penalties and infringement fees set out in Schedule 1A or Part 3ofSchedule 1B of 

the Land Transport(Offences and Penalties) Regulations 1999, which apply to infringements of these limits. 

September 2020 

Dan Harris 

Chief Operations Officer 

Hurunui District Council 


North Canterbury Dive Club 

2020 AGM 

Proposed Temporary Road Closure 

2020 Lone Star Canterbury Rally 

Stages 2, 3, 4, 5&6 

The Hurunui District Council has received an application 

from Autosport Car Club Inc. requesting the temporary 

closure of various roads across the Hurunui District. 

This closure is requested to safely runthe 2020 Lone Star 

CanterburyRally forone dayonSunday 20 October 2020. 

Roads affected are listed below. Partial or full closure of 

these roads may occur for short periods, please refer to 

our website for full details. www.hurunui.govt.nz 

RamPaddock Rd 

Sinclair Rd 

MacDonald Downs Rd 

Blythe Rd 

Broxton Rd 

StonyhurstRd 

Kaiwara Rd 

Onepunga Rd 

Eggleston Rd 

Berriedale Rd 

Leamington Rd 

BrodiesRd 

Kaiwara West Rd 

Happy Valley Rd 

Objections to all or partofthe proposed closures will need 

to be lodged with council by 

Mid-day,Wednesday 16 September 2020 

email: 

post: 

to be held at 

at Mandeville Tavern, 

99 Raven Quay, Kaiapoi on the 

28 th September at 7.30pm 

All existing and new members welcome. 

Enquiries 027 560 6902 

2312410 

info@hurunui.govt.nz 

Hurunui District Council, 

PO Box 13 

Amberley 7441 

This closure is proposed under paragraph 11(e) of the Tenth 

Schedule of the Local Government Act 1974. The proposed 

closure will apply to all vehicular traffic with the exception of 

emergency services vehicles. 

2312551 

THE ROTARY 

BOOK FAIR 

FRIDAY 2ND & 

SATURDAY 3RD 

OCTOBER 2020 

PHONE 

RANGIORA BOROUGH 

SCHOOL HALL 

HELP USTODOTHIS AGAIN BY 

DONATING BOOKS, MAGAZINES, 

DVDS, CDS, PUZZLES, RECORDS. 

IF YOU HAVE BOOKS 

ETC TO DONATE WECAN 

COLLECT THEM. 

027 472 4439 

DROP BOXES ARE AVAILABLE 

AT: Z RANGIORA 

RANGIORA NEW WORLD. 

Rangiora Charitable Trust 

Personal 

Ladies 40+ 

Read Sammyjo’s story 

privatearrangements.co.nz 



PUBLIC NOTICE OF 

APPLICATION FOR ON 

LICENCE 

SECTION 101, SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT2012 

Holco Holdings Ltd has 

made application to the 

District Licensing Committee 

at Rangiora for the issue of 

an On Licence in respect of 

the premises situated at 37 

High Street, Rangiora or the 

Tavern Sports Bar known as 

Mainstreet Sports Bar. 

The general nature of the 

business conducted (or to 

be conducted) under the 

licence is Tavern. 

The days on which and the 

hours during which alcohol 

is (or is intended to be) 

sold under the licence are 

Monday to Thursday 8am 

-11pm, Friday &Saturday 

8am -1am, Sunday 8am - 

11pm. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office 

of the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 215 

High Street, Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of 

the licence may, not later 

than 15working days after 

the date of the publication 

of this notice, file anotice 

in writing of the objection 

with the Secretary of 


Licensing Committee at 

Private Bag 1005, Rangiora. 

No objection to the renewal 

of alicence may bemade 

in relation to amatter other 

than amatter specified in 

section 131 ofthe Sale and 

Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. 

This is the second 

publication of this notice. 

This notice was first 

published on 3rd September 

2020. 2310757v2 



APPLICATION FOR 

ON-LICENCE 


AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

Demir Ltd has made 

application to the District 


Rangiora for the renewal 

of an On Licence in 

respect of the premises 

situated at 220 High 

Street, Rangiora or the 

Restaurant known as The 

Ottoman. 


business conducted (or 

to be conducted) under 

the licence is Turkish 

Restaurant. 

The days on which and 

the hours during which 

alcohol is (or is intended to 

be) sold under the licence 

are Monday to Sunday 

10.30am to 9.30pm. 






215 High Street, Rangiora. 



to object to the issue of 

the licence may, not later 

than 15 working days after 

the date of the publication 

of this notice, file anotice 

in writing of the objection 

with the Secretary of 


Licensing Committee 

at Private Bag 1005, 

Rangiora. 

No objection to the 

renewal of alicence may 

be made in relation to a 

matter other than amatter 

specified in section 131 

of the Sale and Supply of 

Alcohol Act 2012.This is 

the first publication of this 

notice. 

2311582v1 

Kaiapoi Christadelphians 

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

REPENTANCE AND 

BAPTISM ARE ESSENTIAL 

FOR SALVATION 

The Bible presents hope for afuture life. But firstly, 

there are steps to lead us to God and anew way 

of life. An understanding of God’s will, achange 

in our way of life, leading to baptism are critical to 

be saved. The book of Mark 16:16 states ‘He that 

believes and is baptized shall be saved, and he that 

believes not shall be condemned’ 

Today is the day to choose where we stand. 

All welcome - 

Sunday 13th September,7.00pm 

Kaiapoi Community Centre, Sewell Street 

Contact phone 03 352 5453 

Website: bibletruthandprophecy 

Entertainment 

TRADITIONAL Dutch 

Music Concert, at the 

Balcairn Hall, 4 Ashby 

Road, Balcairn, Sunday 

27th September 2pm, tickets 

$10 adult, $5 student 

from Blackwells Kaiapoi, 

Artisan Rangiora, Sally 

Macs Amberley. Limited 

door sales / Dutch afternoon 

tea. Internet bookings, 

updates and enquiries to 

deb.vink406@gmail.com. 

Educational 

2312417 

TUITION available. Primary 

and secondary to 

NCEA level 3. Math, Literacy 

and Science (NCEA). 

Each student on an individually, 

tailoured programme. 

Kip McGrath 

Rangiora has been serving 

the local community for 30 

years. Give us a call or 

book your free assessment 

online 03 313 3638 https:/ 

/www.kipmcgrath.co.nz/rangiora. 



APPLICATION FOR 

ON-LICENCE 


AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

JCapers Limited has made 

application to the District 


Rangiora for the renewal of 

an On Licence in respect of 

the premises situated at 56 

Fletchers Road, Loburn or 

the Restaurant known as 

Lemongrass. 


business conducted (or to 

be conducted) under the 

licence is Restaurant /Cafe. 

The days on which and the 

hours during which alcohol 

is (or is intended to be) sold 

under the licence are 1 st 

May -31 st August Mon -Wed 

9am -8pm, Thurs -Sun 9am 

-10pm then 1 st September to 

30 th April 9am -10pm. 





Licensing Committee at 215 

High Street, Rangiora. 



to object to the issue of the 

licence may, not later than 

15 working days after the 

date of the publication of this 

notice, file anotice in writing 

of the objection with the 

Secretary of the Waimakariri 

District Licensing Committee 

at Private Bag 1005, 

Rangiora. 

No objection to the renewal 

of alicence may be made 

in relation to amatter other 

than a matter specified in 

section 131 of the Sale and 

Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. 

This is the second publication 

of this notice. This notice 

was first published on 3rd 

September 2020. 

2309629v2 

Trade&Services 

ABEL &Prestige Chimney 

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned 

& operated. Covering all 

areas from Waimak to Hanmer. 

Professional, guaranteed, 

service. Firebox 

repairs, carry most parts. Ph 

0800 661 244. 

AFFORDABLE 

cutting with quality and 

removal work. Free quotes. 

No job too small. Ph 027 

442 2219, Fax 03 359 6052 

or A/H 03 359 4605. 

BRIAN’S Tree Services. 

Tree felling, topping, 

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish 

removed, stump grinding, 

branch chipping. 

Affordable rates. Phone 03 

327 5505 or 021 124 4894. 

BRICK &blocklaying. All 

types of work undertaken, 

repairs. Phone Hamish 

0272 386 003 or 313 5678. 

BUILDERS father &son 

team. Amac Builders are 

available to help you with 

your building needs. High 

standards, low overheads. 

No job too small. Check us 

out on fb. Amac Builders 

Ltd. Ph 027 318 4400. 

CARPENTER / Painter 

specialising in alterations & 

renovations, repairs & 

maintenance, 35 plus years, 

experienced 

builder. Telephone Trevor 

313 5013 or 027 431 1864. 

DIRTY TILES &Grout? 

Professional tile cleaning, 

tiled shower restorations, 

mouldy silicone, shower 

glass & we can even 

recolour your old grout! 

For all your tile and grout 

issues call Grout Pro for a 

free, no obligation quote. 

Ph Darryl 0800 882 772. 

Livestock 

HOMEKILL 

&Wild Game 

Meat Processing 

313 0022 

2309602MEAT2U.NZ 

WANTED 

CULL COWS 

Injured –ok 

0272-63-28-28 



DRESSMAKING Bev’s 

Sew Good Services. For all 

your alterations, repairs, 

dressmaking, curtains. 

Phone 327 5535. 

DECORATORS 

Lilybrook Decorators. Now 

semi-retired looking for 

those odd jobs. Phone 

Gordon 027 430 2938. 

METAL WORX. Flashing, 

Sheetmetal Fabrication, 

Wrought Iron, 

Welding, Custom Trailers, 

General Metalwork. No job 

too big or too small. Ph 021 

265 5428 or 03 314 6908. 

Find us on facebook/ 

Glenmark Metal Worx. 

glenmarkmetalworx.ltd@gmail.com. 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 40 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph 389 9230. 

PAINTER, qualified, local 

professional. Int / Ext, 

roofs, wallpaper. Call or 

text Corban 027 846 5035. 

PAINTER & Decorator. 

25 + years experience. 

Interior /exterior, roofs & 

waterblasting. For a free 

quote, please ph Steve 03 

314 4620 or 027 477 1930. 

PAINT & wallpaper 

services. Wayne Bryant. 

Exterior, interior. Qualified 

tradesman. Free quotes. Ph 

313 5337 or 027 654 4568. 

PLASTIC WELDING 

North Canterbury Specialist. 

All plastic &fibreglass 

repairs. Telephone James 

021 180 5103. 

RANGIORA Rubbish 

Removal and RRR skips. 

Wheelie bins any frequency 

and skips from 1.5 cube to 

9cube. Skips and wheelie 

concrete bins for any use, rubbish, 

greenwaste, building sites 

or just cleanups. Give us a 

phone call 313 6957 or for 

skips 021 313 255. 

ROOFER All roof repairs, 

roof painting, water blasting, 

moss treatment, 

repointing, gutter cleans & 

snow straps. And more. 

Free quotes. Phone Nathan 

027 516 6609. 

SHEEP SHEARING - 

mobile. Fast, friendly, professional 

service. 25 years 

exp. Shearing, drenching, 

hoof trimming etc. Call 

Shaun 021 204 1274. 

SHEEP SHEARING, 

drenching, feet trimming. 

For Lifestyle blocks. Call 

Stu 027 315 6916. 

SCREEN PRINTING. 

For all your printing 

requirements. T-shirts, 

Hoodies, Hi-Vis vests and 

polos, Overalls, Caps etc. 

licenced Please phone Heather 03 

313 0261 or email 

heather.norstar@gmail.com. 

STONEMASON, Brick 

and Blocklayer. Earthquake 

repairs, grind out and 

repoint, River/Oamaru 

stone, Schist, Volcanic 

rock, paving, all alterations 

- new and old. Quality 

workmanship. Visit www. 

featureworks.co.nz or ph 

027 601 3145.


SHEARER. Hap’sFarm & 

Lifestyle Services. Shearing, 

crutching, drenching, 

tailing, feet trimming & 

health check. Trailer, generator 

&mobile handpiece 

available. Experienced, 

reliable and honest. Ph 03 

312 1214 or 021 267 4025. 

PAINTERS 

Reg Tradesman 

Interior,exterior. 

North Canterbury Painters 

specialising in decorating for 

over 65 at adiscount rate. 

Free quotes. 

Covering Nth Canty,Oxford, 

Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Amberley. 

Rob 03 327 7899 

or 027 432 3520 2227597 

ANTHONY SYMONDS 

Forall your painting & 

plastering requirements 

Local with 30 years 

experience 

All workmanship 

Guaranteed. 

Phone 021 344 023 

2220615 


VALUATION - 

Specialising in North Canterbury. 

Contact Geoff at 

Maxwell Valuation. Phone 

03 310 8541 or email 

geoff@maxval.co.nz. 

SUMMERFIELD 

FENCING 

IN YOUR AREA NOW. 

Lifestyle or farm, sheep, cattle, 

horse, all types of animals. 

Fences, yards, sheds, arenas, 

shelters, runs. 

30+ years contract fencing. 

Steve is available to help with 

your design &planning. 

Ph office03312 4747 

Automotive &Recovery 

2091848 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’s Liquid 

Waste 

You dump it... 

Blair pumps it... 

Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

2225862 

CLASSIFIEDS, TRUSTED TRADES &PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 



Pride &Quality Painting 

&Decorating Services 

20 yrs exp, fast and friendly 

service. For all your painting 

needs, phone: Martin 310 

6187 or 021 128 9867 

REMOVALISTS 

2Men &agood 

sized truck. 

From $157 per hour 

(incl gst).Kaiapoibased. 

Call Gerard 

027 668 3636 

2225244 

LANDSCAPES 

Paving 

Patio &Pathways 

-New or Existing 

Free Quotes 

–Competitive Pricing 

Blair Gibson 

027 699 5815 03 313 7933 

2253902 

Builder 


Log Fires 

Pellet Fires 

Heat Pumps 

Sales 

Service 

Installations 

Free Quotes 

03 343 1651 

472 Blenheim Rd 

www.heatstore.co.nz 

Trade &Services 

WINDOW TINTING 

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advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

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Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

Builder 

Accountant 

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39 

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Ph 03314 9480 

We help with all Taxreturns for the 

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• WOF Cars &Trailers 

• Vehicle Servicing & 

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• Tyres &Punctures 

• Jump Starts 

• 

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• Courtesy Car Available 

Ph Aaron Rowlands 

0272 588 366 

13 Stone Eyre Place, 

Swannanoa 

Eftpos available Mon –Fri 8am –5pm, Sat 9am –1pm 

Contact Jamie for 

your free quote: 

027 2754099 

info@jgbuild.co.nz 

North Canterbury 

owned &operated 

Renovation specialists 

New homes, alterations 

&farm buildings 

2309608 

RANGIORA 

DENTURE CLINIC 

Garry WMechen 

Registered Clinical DentalTechncian 

Phone (03) 313-9192 

Butchery 

OxfordButchery 

Shane and Leanne Frahm 

We cankill&process yourstock 

FourGenerations of Frahms 

since 1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 

1680439 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 312 4709 

Computer Repairs 

Bruce Evans 

131 Ohoka Road 

Kaiapoi 

03 327 3111 

021 293 6331 

compucare@xtra.co.nz 

www.compucare.co.nz 

Computer Repairs &upgrades 

Prompt professional services 

2276525v2 

Virus &malware removal 

New &UsedPC’s4Sale 

Construction &Concrete 

All Construction & Concrete Work 

•Driveways, patios &paths 

•Bridges and Culverts 

•Floors, foundations 

•Sheds and buildings 

•Dairy Sheds, Herd homes 

•Silage pits, effluent ponds 

•Excavation and cartage 

•Precast concrete 

•Insulated panels 

Daryl Power 

027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

2273277 

38a Ashley Street, Rangiora 

NEW N W DENTURES D ES 

*RELINE * *REPAIRS 

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HOURS 

8.30am -12noon 

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AND ADVICE 

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For a/h repairs 

phone (03) 310-3044 

Electrician 

Electrician 

Scaffolding 

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Electrician 

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ELECTRICAL LTD 

NEW HOUSES • ALTERATIONS 

ELECTRICAL INSPECTIONS • SMART WIRING 

SYSTEMS AND MORE... 

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

Scrap Metal 

CASH PAID FOR SCRAP 

•Car Bodies •Scrap Steel•Specialists in Farm 

Machinery•All non Ferrous 

MAINLAND 

METALS LTD 

Ph (03)338 7000 

Mike0274 818544 •Robbie 0274 818 027 

Locally owned and operated 

1902273 

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Allan Pethig 

For all your electrical needs. Residential &Commercial 

Phone 03 313 7144 

027 432 1534 

Fax 03 313 2144 

rgrantelectrical@gmail.com 

PO Box 69, Rangiora 

Motorcycle Service &Repair 

2305591 

▶ Service ▶ Repairs ▶ Tyres ▶ Rental 

▶ WOF arranged ▶ Quality work 

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South Pacific Motorcycle Services 

- your LOCAL motorcycle service centre 

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

office@motorbiketours.co.nz 

SERVICES 

Domestic Commercial Industrial 

Heatpumps and servicing 

Contact Jeremy your local electrician 

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


Plumbing 

For all 

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aspects of 

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Discounts for over 

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Fast friendly service 

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Certifying Plumber 

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A/H 03 310 2137 

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Water Blasting 

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jas.rangiorascaffolding@xtra.co.nz 

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Windows & Doors 

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• New & Used 

• Timber & Aluminium 

• Windows & Doors 

8am-5pm Weekdays 

8am-2pm Saturday 

215 Waltham Rd, Sydenham 

Ph (03) 379 6159 info@windowmarket.co.nz 

Fax (03) 962 1012 www.windowmarket.co.nz 

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TRUST YOUR 

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“Enquire for a FREE on-site 

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Email: northcanterbury@totalspan.co.nz 

0800TOTALSPAN TOTALSPAN.CO.NZ

North Canterbury News: September 10, 2020

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