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‘Farmily’ first<br />
for Millers<br />
LINDA.CLARKE<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Anew $23 million retail and food hub,to<br />
be calledRiver Crossing,isasure sign<br />
Mid Canterburyisdefinitely open for<br />
business, says Liz McMillan.<br />
The deputy mayor joined developer<br />
Tricroft, anchor tenant Kmart and other<br />
main players in the project for a<br />
ceremonial shovelling of shingle this<br />
week.<br />
River Crossingwill be builtalongside<br />
CountdownSouth, on SouthStreet, and<br />
will share abigger road entrance.<br />
Anew 300car carpark will serve two<br />
buildings; one will house Kmart and<br />
Couplands Bakery,which will relocate<br />
from East Street, and the other will house<br />
Coffee Culture and other food and<br />
beverage businesses currently in<br />
negotiation to be tenants.<br />
Work will begin early 2021,when old<br />
buildings on the site will be demolished<br />
and the ground leveled for construction.<br />
The whole complex is expected to<br />
generate 150 new jobs,70 alone in Kmart,<br />
and shouldbeopen by late 2022.<br />
The development was planned precovid<br />
and Tricroft principal Dave<br />
Williamshad no intention of letting the<br />
pandemic stop him investing in his home<br />
town.<br />
He’s not aman who likes the limelight,<br />
but he was happy to host people important<br />
to the project this week.<br />
Ahuge white shipping container has<br />
been moved onto the road frontage at the<br />
site and an artist’s impression of the<br />
development is fixed to it. It will be built<br />
by ACL and Thompson Construction.<br />
ContinuedPage 2<br />
The Tricroft Properties team (from left)<br />
Sally Carr, Dave Williams, Tony Gilbert,<br />
Nicky Thomson andKendall Spurgeon.<br />
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Brains in gear for bike track<br />
TONI.WILLIAMS<br />
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Berms, asee saw, triplejumps and a<br />
pump trackare some of the features<br />
planned forapupilled biketrack on<br />
thegrounds of Hinds School.<br />
The pupils have been fundraising<br />
forthe projectsince the start of the<br />
year.Itwill cost around $20,000and<br />
they are over halfwayintheir<br />
fundraising efforts.<br />
Year 7pupil Charlie Pickford, 12,<br />
said the rural school was mostly<br />
surrounded by 100km roading zones,<br />
so many of the pupilsdid not have<br />
safe areas to ride abike. He lives on<br />
theeast sideofHinds andcrosses<br />
State Highway 1toget to and from<br />
school, so biking to school was not<br />
ideal.<br />
The pupils were compelled to do<br />
something after having awheelsday<br />
atthe school and wanting to ride all<br />
thetime. Charlie and his school<br />
mates banded together to getaschool<br />
bike track.<br />
The seniorclass, Piwakawaka, put<br />
together acasestudy, made aclay<br />
tabletop model of their design ideas<br />
andlearned skills from school<br />
parents such as Kate Moorheadwho<br />
spoke to thechildren about<br />
approaching businessesand<br />
organisations for sponsorship.<br />
Other fundraising ideas have<br />
included iceblocks sales, sausage<br />
sizzlesand an adventure raceevent.<br />
Preloved clothing will also be sold<br />
at the school’s Country Dayevent.<br />
Once completed, the track will<br />
wind 620 metresaround an unused<br />
areas of the school grounds.<br />
Oftenused areas of the field have<br />
been built into the design and will not<br />
beaffected.<br />
The track will have weavingand log<br />
Hinds School classmates (from left) Maisie Hancox, Charlie Pickford and<br />
Morgan Harbutt show some of the planned bike track features on amodel.<br />
sections as well as bypasses around<br />
someofthe tricky spots.<br />
The projecthas had the experience<br />
of bike track engineer Cam Bisset,<br />
who helped tweakand polish the<br />
children’s original design into a3D<br />
model. The 3D model is used by the<br />
children to show prospective<br />
sponsors, with differing levels of<br />
sponsorship available in bronze,<br />
silver or gold.<br />
The childrenare also looking to<br />
have ashipping container on site to<br />
store sparebikes that children<br />
without bikes can use.<br />
The container will include asmall<br />
workshop where children, using<br />
parentsorbikeshop owners, canbe<br />
taughtbasicrepairs and<br />
maintenanceonthe bikes.<br />
So far there has been great<br />
community support including gold<br />
sponsorship from rural companies<br />
such as Rylib, Align, Rural Transport,<br />
Phillip Wareing Transport and<br />
Rangitata Dairies but the children<br />
are stillseeking more to complete the<br />
project.<br />
They arehopeful it will be done by<br />
the end of the yearsodeparting<br />
pupils can enjoy the track before they<br />
leave.<br />
New food, retail hub under way<br />
FromPage 1<br />
RiverCrossingprojectmanager<br />
RebeccaThompson said it would be a<br />
straightforward development, with<br />
known good operators seeingbeyond<br />
the immediate impact of covid.<br />
‘‘You have to planpositively for the<br />
future.People want to shopand buy<br />
food and drink. They aredoing it for<br />
the community and it will bring real<br />
benefitfor <strong>Ashburton</strong>.’’<br />
Tricroft general manager Tony<br />
Gilbertsaid it was great to startthe<br />
complex after 10 yearsinthe<br />
planning.‘‘We are veryexcited. It has<br />
beenalongtime in the making.’’<br />
He saidKmart andthe other stores<br />
would broaden the retail offering<br />
available to people of the district and<br />
stop retail leakageaspeople headed<br />
outoftownto shop. AMarket<br />
Economicsreport in March this year<br />
found nearly athird of retail spend by<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> residents wasoutside the<br />
district.<br />
Kmart’s New Zealand country<br />
Left: Kmart’s Jason Picard and Jeff<br />
Broomfield.<br />
manager Jason Picard said the brand<br />
was agoodfit for the community and<br />
the store wouldbeopenfrom8am to<br />
midnight, sevendays aweek.<br />
Recruitingfor staffwould begin<br />
three monthsaheadofopening.<br />
Kmart is also planning four more<br />
regional stores.<br />
Coffee Culture’s Mike King and<br />
MaeganAttwoodsaidthey were<br />
excited to be coming to <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />
after looking for aspotfor several<br />
years. LanceCouplandsaid<br />
Couplands would move to the new<br />
development as the buildingit<br />
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Farmerturnedartist cultivates special gifts<br />
LINDA.CLARKE<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
GeorgeCoppard’s 14<br />
grandchildrenreceive aspecial<br />
gift on their21st birthdays <br />
they are allowedtochoose a<br />
watercolour from the works he<br />
has paintedover the years.<br />
George, 92, not only paints, he<br />
framesthe artwork himself.<br />
The former Lyndhurst farmer<br />
becameinterested in painting<br />
30 years ago and his natural<br />
talent and some learnings have<br />
resulted in manysoughtafter<br />
pieces.<br />
He is openinghis second solo<br />
exhibition at the Methven<br />
Heritage Centre tomorrow and<br />
he hopesmany people will<br />
come along to view the 18<br />
paintings that are for show and<br />
sale.<br />
George paints landscapes<br />
and some of the work being<br />
shown is of iconic spots locally<br />
and further afield. There are<br />
watercoloursofErewhon<br />
Station, Mt Hutt,LakesHeron,<br />
George Coppard with his watercolour painting of the MaoriLakes, to be exhibited.<br />
Coleridge and Tekapo and also<br />
of pony club events and stock<br />
beingmoved.<br />
George has beensorting his<br />
paintings since he and wife Lyn<br />
movedtoan<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
townhouse from abigger<br />
property. He has spent less<br />
time working his magic with the<br />
brushes lately and put his<br />
energy into the exhibition.<br />
He has prepared all the<br />
informationfor the catalogue,<br />
including photos of the pieces<br />
for sale, and drovethem all to<br />
Methven.<br />
His first exhibition was in<br />
April last year and he was<br />
buoyed by its success.<br />
‘‘I have been painting<br />
watercolours only.Ideveloped<br />
alove for the changing colours<br />
of the hills and mountains in<br />
the years that Ifarmedat<br />
Lyndhurst and Iwanted to<br />
paint them.<br />
‘‘That was impossible, of<br />
course, only nature can create<br />
the coloursthey portray.’’<br />
Georgesaid paintingwith<br />
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watercolours required the<br />
discipline to not put too much<br />
detail into his work,<br />
deliberatelyallowingpeople to<br />
fill in the gapsintheir own<br />
minds.<br />
‘‘I love the transparency of<br />
the medium,the unexpected<br />
mixing of colours, happy<br />
accidents and simplicity of<br />
subjectmatter.’’<br />
He furthered his talent with a<br />
correspondence course in<br />
practical art. ‘‘I learntalot<br />
about art and also receiveda<br />
fresh appreciationfor it.’’<br />
George was inspired to take<br />
up art by an aunt, who painted<br />
with oils; an exhibition at the<br />
Tinwald Hall introduced him to<br />
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October30and George will be<br />
speaking at the opening<br />
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New housing units for elderly<br />
An agreement between the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />
and <strong>Ashburton</strong> Housing and<br />
Support Trustwill deliver up<br />
to 17 new housing units for the<br />
district's elderly residents.<br />
Council has agreed to lease<br />
land it owns on thecorner of<br />
DobsonStreet, Cass Street and<br />
Mona Square in <strong>Ashburton</strong> for<br />
anominal rent to the housing<br />
trust. The lease willallow the<br />
trust to demolish eight<br />
existing, but deteriorating<br />
elderly person housing units<br />
and build new ones.<br />
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Peter and his grandpa used tobe very close,<br />
but when Grandpa Jack moves inwith the<br />
family, Peter is forced to give up his most<br />
prized possession; his bedroom. Peterwill stop<br />
at nothing toget his room back, scheming<br />
with friends to devise aseries of pranks to<br />
drivehim out.<br />
The tricks they get up to are very inventive.<br />
We laughed out loud.<br />
The nearly final scene isJacks little sisters<br />
Christmas-themed birthday party ...amazing,<br />
like no other,totally over the top, wonderful.<br />
Andwith the feud going it’s crazy.<br />
Peter thinks Grandpa will be Santa and sets<br />
atrap for him in his Christmas chair ...!<br />
Very funny!<br />
Agreat movie to go to with your kids and<br />
grand kids!<br />
They don’t really make these kind of movies<br />
anymore!<br />
bookings ph 307 1230<br />
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Council has worked with<br />
existing tenants to find<br />
alternate councilhousing; five<br />
of the new units will be built<br />
withintwo years.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Mayor<br />
Neil Brownsaid the<br />
arrangementwas positive for<br />
the community.<br />
‘‘The unitsonMona Square<br />
are beginning to need major<br />
refurbishments. When the<br />
trust approached us lastyear<br />
lookingtogrow their housing<br />
stocks, we could see the huge<br />
benefit this would havefor our<br />
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‘‘Thisarrangement notonly<br />
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effective solution that will<br />
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Council currently provides<br />
112 elderly person housing<br />
units across the district and<br />
they aredesigned for older<br />
residentsoflimited means to<br />
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The lease is for50years and<br />
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Sallies farewell Judith<br />
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@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Salvation Army <strong>Ashburton</strong>community<br />
ministriescoordinatorJudith<br />
Beaumont has enjoyed her last dayin<br />
the job.<br />
Mrs Beaumonthas been in the paid<br />
role with the Salliesfor almost 15 years<br />
and before that was avolunteer.<br />
Shehas also worked in the role of<br />
court chaplainfor anumber of years.<br />
Theformer Methven High School<br />
student trained originally as anurse.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> SalvationArmy manager<br />
Major Mike Allwright said Mrs<br />
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performed.<br />
Shehad transformed lives and cared<br />
aboutthe welfare of others.<br />
Speaking at lastweek’s retirement<br />
farewell, LeighAnne Hydes from Work<br />
and Income New Zealand (Winz)<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> said Mrs Beaumont’s phone<br />
number had been in her phone and on<br />
speed dial over the years.<br />
Shehad beenabletooffer an arrayof<br />
practical help and assistance to Winz<br />
clients when Winz could not.<br />
Longserving Salvation Army<br />
community ministries coordinator<br />
Judith Beaumont on her final day at<br />
work.<br />
Mrs Beaumont willcontinuetodo<br />
volunteer workatthe Salvation Army.<br />
Catherine Harris,along term<br />
volunteer at the organisation,has been<br />
confirmed as thenew community<br />
ministries coordinator.<br />
8-seater chairlift for Mt Hutt<br />
Mt Hutt skifield is getting New<br />
Zealand’s first8seater chairlift –the<br />
Nor’west Express.<br />
The new chairlift will replace the<br />
current quad chair and work will start<br />
oninstalling it in late October. It is<br />
expectedtobeopenforthe start of the<br />
nextski season.<br />
Mt Hutt ski areamanager James<br />
McKenziesays it willimprove how<br />
guestsaccess the mountain.<br />
‘‘The ridetime of the Nor’west<br />
Express is onlytwo minutes and it has<br />
capacity to carryupto3000 people an<br />
hour.<br />
‘‘The Quad currently takes at least<br />
seven minutes to reach the top and can<br />
only move around1500 people an hour<br />
on agoodday, so we’re excited thatour<br />
guests will be able to enjoy more time<br />
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Organisers of the annualquiz<br />
usedanonlineformat because of<br />
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year’squizmay be acombination of<br />
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online teams. The topfive teams<br />
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Gabites Account Ants,The<br />
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FUNDING HELP<br />
VolunteeringMid and South<br />
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Costisfreetomembers of<br />
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FIREWORKS ON<br />
The Lions Club of Rakaia is once<br />
again liningup afireworksevening<br />
at the Rakaia Domain on November<br />
7, goldcoin entry. Gates openat<br />
5.30pm and thoseattendingare<br />
invited to bring apicnic tea.The<br />
eveningincludes live music, food<br />
stallsand displays and endswith<br />
fireworks.<br />
LEGOPROGRAMME<br />
House of Bricksand Plains<br />
Presbyterian are hosting afree<br />
Christian-themedlegoholiday<br />
programme at St John’s Church,<br />
Methven(cornerofSouthBelt and<br />
JacksonStreet) on <strong>September</strong> 28.<br />
The sessionrunsfrom 10am until<br />
11.30am.Itisopentoall ages, but<br />
thoseunder14mustbe<br />
accompaniedbyanadult.<br />
RIVERSPRAYING<br />
Environment Canterbury is<br />
conducting aerialand ground<br />
spraying to controlweedgrowth in<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong>Riverbed. The<br />
operationruns through until<br />
Februaryand takes in the area<br />
between State Highway 72 andthe<br />
rivermouth.The weed control<br />
programme is importantfor both<br />
floodprotectionand to protect bird<br />
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@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
The siting of <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s<br />
giant Christmas treewill be<br />
debated today by <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District Councillors.<br />
Retailers would likeit on<br />
the chequerboard this year<br />
and councillors on the town<br />
centre subcommittee were<br />
lastweek split over moving it<br />
or leavingitatBaring Square<br />
East, whereithas beensince<br />
2017.<br />
However their wishes may<br />
be trumped by practicalities<br />
of moving the tree from the<br />
square,atleast forthis year.<br />
The giant Christmas tree is<br />
officially lit up by mayorNeil<br />
Brownand plays astarring<br />
role in council’s annualLight<br />
up the Nightevent. Aspecial<br />
powerconnection in the<br />
square was installedfor that<br />
expresspurpose and the tree<br />
lights up with the street<br />
lights daily over the festive<br />
season.<br />
However, thesquare might<br />
be out of actioninChristmas<br />
2021 and 2022 while it is<br />
revamped to sit alongside<br />
council’s new library and<br />
civic building, which will be<br />
under construction this<br />
December.<br />
Councillors were told last<br />
week there was no electricity<br />
at the chequerboard to<br />
powerthe tree and staff did<br />
not know if it would even fit<br />
there.<br />
Areview could be<br />
undertaken in January with<br />
feedbackfrom staff, CBD<br />
retailers and the community<br />
for other location optionsin<br />
the future.<br />
Cr Angus McKay said a<br />
Christmas tree on the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s giant Christmas<br />
tree has been in Baring<br />
Square East since 2017.<br />
chequerboard would attract<br />
more people to East Street,<br />
the CBDingeneraland to<br />
shops.<br />
He said retailers were<br />
putting up with alot as the<br />
CBD revitalisation<br />
progressed and it would bea<br />
goodmove to relocate it this<br />
year. The town centre<br />
neededtobelivenedupto<br />
attract people, who would<br />
buy food andgoods.<br />
Cr Cameron said retailers<br />
had asked for more<br />
Christmasambience in the<br />
town centre and the<br />
chequerboard.The same<br />
request had beenmadelast<br />
year.<br />
Council did review the<br />
location of thetree earlier<br />
thisyear anddecided to<br />
leave it in Baring Square<br />
East.<br />
Cr Leen Braam said money<br />
had already been spent<br />
puttingupthe fairy lightson<br />
East Street andhewas<br />
comfortable with the<br />
Christmas tree staying in the<br />
square for this year.<br />
Cr JohnFalloon said he<br />
supportedthe tree staying in<br />
the square this yearonly<br />
because it seemed too lateto<br />
move it, but the centre of<br />
town was abetter location.<br />
Moving thetreeto anew<br />
location this year has not<br />
been budgeted for.<br />
Council eventcoordinator<br />
Verity Jackson said<br />
Christmas flags would be<br />
hunginthe town centre from<br />
November 6, taking the place<br />
of Mid Canterbury Open for<br />
Business signs.<br />
There wouldbenobanners<br />
across the road because<br />
fixings on the railway sideof<br />
East Street had been<br />
removed by EA Networks as<br />
they were ahealth andsafety<br />
hazard and there was<br />
nothingtohang the banners<br />
on that side.<br />
The Night of Lights<br />
Festival will run from<br />
November 20 until January 6<br />
and include afestive walk.<br />
Membersofthe <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Art Gallery’s artaddicts<br />
group are makingspecial<br />
wraps for treesand<br />
newcomers groups have<br />
been invitedtoadd<br />
decorations from their<br />
different cultures.<br />
The Christmas treeis<br />
scheduled to be lit up on<br />
November 27,there will be<br />
buskersatvariousspots<br />
around the CBD on thenight<br />
of December 3and afamily<br />
movie night is planned for<br />
December 11.<br />
Motorshow fundraiserfor Methven<br />
MethvenLions is lining up a<br />
big new motorshow eventas<br />
its next big fundraiserand is<br />
hopingvehicles ofall kinds<br />
will be brought out and<br />
exhibited.<br />
The Methven Motorshowis<br />
set to be held at the Methven<br />
A&P Showgroundson<br />
November 15.<br />
Anyone interested in<br />
exhibiting an interesting<br />
vehicleisencouraged to do<br />
so.<br />
Mac McElwain from<br />
Methven Lions said more<br />
details of the event would be<br />
revealed soon, but it was<br />
excitingtobeable to<br />
announce this newevent for<br />
Methven.<br />
All money raised from the<br />
motorshow wouldgothe<br />
Lions Charitable Trust for<br />
distribution within the<br />
Methven community.<br />
Mr McElwain said theclub<br />
envisaged anumberof<br />
different vehicle categories<br />
in the show, including<br />
British classic, American<br />
classic,agricultural, exotic<br />
and hot rod.<br />
‘‘We alreadyknow of many<br />
vehiclesfrom within the area<br />
and we’d expecttounearth<br />
more. We’ll addmore<br />
categoriesaswe get more<br />
entriesin.’’<br />
He said the ideawas for<br />
people toopen up their<br />
sheds andtobring along<br />
anything thathas wheels and<br />
which willbeinterestingto<br />
look at.<br />
Public admissionis$10 per<br />
head and afamily packageis<br />
being worked out.<br />
Mitre 10 gardening guru April<br />
Breading has been helping<br />
students at Longbeach School<br />
learn some growing skills.<br />
The free spring garden<br />
programme for schools involves<br />
three practical sessions and<br />
students this week planted a<br />
strawberry plant, sweet Alice<br />
flowers and seeds of sugar snap<br />
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peas into peat soil pots. The<br />
plants were carried home in<br />
recycled milk bottles.<br />
In term 4, April will be visiting<br />
St Joseph’s, Tinwald and<br />
Hampstead Schools. The<br />
programme is open to all schools.<br />
Mitre 10 supplies the plants,<br />
pots and soil, and April shares her<br />
knowledge and enthusiasm.<br />
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Powering up old rigs<br />
Vintage fire engines stillneed<br />
their sirens and lights to work<br />
even though they don’tattend<br />
fires, says Newlands<br />
automotive electrician Jason<br />
Bruce.<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong> company<br />
keepsthe ‘‘bells and whistles’’<br />
working free of charge for the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Fire Museum, which<br />
will have its doors open and<br />
engines gleaming foraspecial<br />
open day on Monday.<br />
Visitors willbeableto<br />
explore thecollection of fire<br />
service memorabilia, take a<br />
journeyonavintagerailcar and<br />
stroll around thepioneer<br />
village at the Plains Railway<br />
and HistoricalMuseum.<br />
Mr Bruce said Newlandskept<br />
the wiringand poweronthe old<br />
fire engines up to spec and<br />
somecreative thinking was<br />
occasionally required,<br />
especially if the engine had<br />
beensitting for alongtime. It<br />
was ablast for staffwhen they<br />
came into the workshop.<br />
As avolunteer firefighter, he<br />
is sometimes behind the wheel<br />
of modernengines. Newlands<br />
has aclose connectionwith the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> fire service as the<br />
company’s founder John<br />
Newlandsand family through<br />
the generations have been<br />
volunteer firefighters.<br />
ThePlains specialopenday<br />
on Monday coincides with the<br />
Mid Town Mardi Grasand the<br />
opening day of Bookaramaand<br />
is South Canterbury<br />
AnniversaryDay.The Plains<br />
Jason Bruce works on aheritage fire engine in the Newlands<br />
workshop.<br />
will be open from 10am to 4pm.<br />
One of the historic steam<br />
locomotives,whichinclude<br />
K88, Ja1260 and A64, will be<br />
fired up to haul acarriage and<br />
one purchasedticket allows the<br />
holder unlimited rides through<br />
the day.<br />
The pioneer village includes<br />
aprinting works, chemist,<br />
market, church, cottage and<br />
rural history display shed<br />
complete with vintage tractors<br />
andimplements,stationary<br />
enginesand much more.<br />
Group visits arewelcome by<br />
arrangementwith afunction<br />
roomavailablefor hire for any<br />
special event andthere is<br />
plenty of parkingavailable.<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong> FireMuseum,<br />
entry by donation,has New<br />
Zealand’s best heritage<br />
collectionoffireequipment<br />
and memorabilia, and children<br />
candressupinareal uniform<br />
and take home aunique<br />
souvenir.<br />
Coffee, cold drinks and hot<br />
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inflatable funfor the kids with<br />
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At AlertLevel 1the<br />
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Alert levels ease,<br />
mardi gras ready<br />
There was an extra spring in<br />
Carol Johns’ step this week,<br />
after Prime Minister Jacinda<br />
Ardern eased covid<br />
restrictions that will allow the<br />
new Mid Town Mardi Gras<br />
event to happen on Monday.<br />
The mardi gras takes the<br />
place of Boulevard Day this<br />
year and Mrs Johns hopes<br />
people will flock to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
to enjoy the day.<br />
East Street will be closed to<br />
traffic and 70 stallholders will<br />
have wares for sale. There<br />
will also be entertainment in<br />
the form of the New Zealand<br />
Army Band and mouthwatering<br />
food for sale.<br />
‘‘The whole day is just what<br />
we need to celebrate<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.’’<br />
Mid Canterbury, like the<br />
rest of the country outside<br />
Auckland, had been in Alert<br />
Level 2onMonday, when the<br />
prime minister announced<br />
levels would lower after the<br />
latest covid outbreak had<br />
been contained. Auckland<br />
dropped to Alert Level 2,<br />
allowing gatherings up to 100,<br />
and the rest of the country<br />
dropped to Alert Level 1,<br />
allowing for mass gatherings.<br />
Mrs Johns said the mardi<br />
gras could not have happened<br />
under Alert Level 2but she<br />
had been confident it would<br />
happen as community<br />
transmission cases waned.<br />
Under level 1, people are<br />
still advised to stay home if<br />
they are sick, practise good<br />
hygiene and keep track of<br />
where they have been.<br />
Mrs Johns said stallholders<br />
had been encouraged to<br />
display their QR codes, wipe<br />
down surfaces like eftpos<br />
machines and take other<br />
sensible precautions. People<br />
could wear masks if they were<br />
worried about being close to<br />
people they didn’t know.<br />
‘‘People have been<br />
following these precautions<br />
for so long already.’’<br />
She said the army band<br />
would be playing two sets of<br />
mardi gras music throughout<br />
the day, at this stage at 11am<br />
and 2pm, and there would be<br />
other entertainment.<br />
Bookarama will also open<br />
its weeklong second hand<br />
book fair at the sports hall on<br />
Monday, which is South<br />
Canterbury anniversary day.<br />
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An Englishoak chestdating backto<br />
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Museum and is on display.<br />
The chest is in goodcondition and<br />
is of veryhigh quality.<br />
It has beenevaluatedand<br />
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assessed as beingoriginal to the<br />
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granddaughter of one of the first<br />
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still delving deeper to find out more.<br />
The oak chest, or coffer, that was made in England in 1634.<br />
All nine Rangitata candidates<br />
set to attend election meeting<br />
Afullhouse is expectedatthe<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust Event Centrefor<br />
next week’s meet theRangitata<br />
electorate candidates meeting.<br />
Nine partieshaveputforward<br />
names of candidates for the voting<br />
district, whichrunsfromRakaia to<br />
south of Timaru.<br />
There is only one change to the<br />
candidate list since the official cutoff,<br />
with Libertarians dropping out<br />
and Advance NZ coming in.<br />
The nine candidates are: Lachie<br />
Ashton (New Conservative),<br />
Brannon Favel(SocialCredit),<br />
Megan Hands (National), Hamish<br />
Hutton(ACT),Grant Kelynack (NZ<br />
Outdoors Party),Gerrie Ligtenberg<br />
(Greens), Jo Luxton (Labour), Aroha<br />
Maru (Advance NZ),James Rae (Not<br />
aParty).<br />
The candidatesmeeting, on<br />
<strong>September</strong> 30, is being organised by<br />
the Rotary Clubof<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Each ofthe nine candidateswill<br />
have seven minutes speaking time,<br />
plus severalminutes to take<br />
questions.<br />
Thespeaking orderwill be drawn<br />
on stage on thenight.<br />
There willbeat least30minutesat<br />
theend formorequestions from the<br />
audience.<br />
Thegeneral election is on October<br />
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Other advance voting places,<br />
including the Hakatere marae, are<br />
alsoopen on specificdays.<br />
Vote.nzshows thelocation of<br />
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Preliminary results on election<br />
daywillbereleasedprogressively<br />
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Preliminary results of the endof<br />
life andcannabis referendums will<br />
be released on October 30.<br />
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Construction of alarge processingplant supporting the rural sector<br />
is under way on a2ha site off JB Cullen Drive at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Business Estate.<br />
Business park fills<br />
Workisprogressing on<br />
developing 50 sectionsfor saleat<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Business Estate.<br />
ACLwon thecontract forthe<br />
development, whichisexpected<br />
to be handed overtothe<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>District Councilatthe<br />
end of October or beginning of<br />
November.<br />
Stage 2and 3ofthe project will<br />
see 31 sectionsadjacent to the<br />
railwayofbetween 2000m2 and<br />
4500m2upfor saleand afurther<br />
18 sections of between9000m2<br />
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development in northeast<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>has expandedslowly<br />
but steadily since Stage 1started<br />
in 2010.<br />
The businessparkwas<br />
developed in response to<br />
demand forcommercial and<br />
industriallandinthe district<br />
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development planbackin2005.<br />
Stages 2and 3will include<br />
kerbs and channel construction<br />
and water, power, stormwater,<br />
phone andsewerage services<br />
being laid. Roads are expected to<br />
be sealedbetweenOctober 15<br />
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Anew fishing season opens on<br />
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Lakes are closed until the first<br />
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But there are still plentyof<br />
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districtfor fishing, saysCentral<br />
South Island Fish and Game<br />
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‘‘Lake Hood has ahigh<br />
population of perch and afew<br />
troutthat cruise theshoreline,<br />
it’s agreat spot to picnic and<br />
learntofish.’’<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong> Riveralso held<br />
somenice brown trout and the<br />
Rangitata andits tributaries<br />
provided great fishing andviews,<br />
he said.<br />
Further afield,Lake Opuha<br />
was apopulardestination on<br />
opening day and throughout the<br />
summer. Kidscould use agarden<br />
worm for bait and catch a<br />
rainboworbrown trout.<br />
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Daniel with a<br />
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caught in the<br />
Upper Ohau<br />
River this<br />
month.<br />
Tekapo, Pukaki and Ohau<br />
canals were alsogood fishing<br />
options.<br />
Mr Adamssaid theupper Ohau<br />
River near Twizelhad aspecial<br />
spring seasoninplace for<br />
<strong>September</strong> and October and<br />
some big trout, up to 14.5kg,had<br />
been reported there.<br />
He saidfishing wasagreat way<br />
to stayconnected withnature as<br />
well as providing afish for<br />
dinner.<br />
‘‘The new season’s opening<br />
falls in the school holidays and<br />
Fish and Game are encouraging<br />
experiencedanglerstomakethe<br />
time to teach ayoung person how<br />
to fish.’’<br />
Everyone fishing for trout,<br />
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losing their gear and afine up to<br />
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Quiz, dance<br />
night events<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>CadetUnit’sannual fundraiser at<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong> RSAonOctober31starts with<br />
aquiz eventand thenoffers the opportunity<br />
to stepontothe dance floorafterwards.<br />
Thenightoftwo halves has athemeof<br />
Halloween Heroesand all proceeds from the<br />
event will go to supportthe <strong>Ashburton</strong>RSA.<br />
Thequizisopen to teamsofbetweenfour<br />
and six of any age andwill be run in the<br />
Doris Linton Lounge.<br />
It willberun by RSA members and goes<br />
from 6.30pm until9pm.The teamcost is $40<br />
and the quizincludes spotprizes, raffles and<br />
winning team prizes.<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong>CadetUnit will run the<br />
dance event in the mainbar area at theRSA<br />
from 8pm.<br />
Aimed at thoseover 18, it will feature<br />
tunesfromDJDaveand dancemusicfrom<br />
the 1970's onwards.<br />
Tickets cost$15 andincludeentry,afree<br />
spin on chocolate wheel,supper and the<br />
opportunity to win spotprizes andbest<br />
dressedprizes.<br />
Those registering for boththe quizand<br />
dance party save$5.<br />
To register aquiz teamemailto<br />
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Emailtoblackpanther4@windowslive.<br />
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New date for<br />
comedy gig<br />
Acomedy gig in <strong>Ashburton</strong> featuring Paul<br />
Ego has been rescheduled to October 2.<br />
All tickets for the postponed gig will<br />
automatically roll over.<br />
Anyone with aticket and who can't make<br />
the new date, can get arefund from the place<br />
of purchase.<br />
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Junior pupils from Netherby School in costume for the production of Hats Off.<br />
Netherby juniors on stage<br />
After much heightened anticipation, junior<br />
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for their musical production of Hats Off.<br />
Around 70 to 80 pupils, aged five to eight, in<br />
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either dressed as barnyard animals like<br />
chickens, pigs, ponies, sheep, cows, ducks,<br />
goats or adog. There were also pupils as<br />
autumn leaves, snowflakes and buds/green<br />
leaves, and well as school children, farm<br />
family members and narrators.<br />
Under the direction of junior syndicate<br />
teachers Bridget Patrick, Nicky MacKenzie,<br />
Jordyn Love and Ines Toder and supported<br />
by teacher aids the pupils told the story,<br />
through narration and bursts of song, of<br />
barnyard animals, and their farming family,<br />
living life through the seasons.<br />
There was even aguest appearance from<br />
school principal Phil Wheeler who busted a<br />
few dance moves at the end.<br />
The performance was livestreamed, and<br />
recorded, for family and friends unable to<br />
attend due to Covid19 restrictions.
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Fairton plant defib remains handy<br />
Adefibrillator that once saved the<br />
life of aFairton meat worker is being<br />
donated to the community the<br />
mothballedmeat plant onceserved.<br />
Silver Fern Farmsand workers at<br />
theplant jointlybought the<br />
defibrillator, whichwas ‘‘only used<br />
once in anger’’, said personnel officer<br />
Francis Renner, whowill have his<br />
last day at theplant next Wednesday.<br />
On theoccasion thedefibrillator<br />
was used, aworker on the<br />
slaughterboard suffered aheart<br />
attack. The defibrillator was used to<br />
restart his heart and hewas airlifted<br />
to Christchurch Hospitalby<br />
helicopter.<br />
The manstill works forSilver Fern<br />
Farms, now in Hokitika.<br />
The Fairton plant was shutdown in<br />
2017 and has been sold to Talley’s.<br />
Mr Rennersaid thecompany and<br />
former workers wantedthe<br />
defibrillator, worthabout $5000,to<br />
stay in the Fairton community and<br />
considered FairtonSchoolthe best<br />
Fairton School principal Mike Hill (left) accepts the defibrillator from the<br />
plant’s last manager Dylan Marsh.<br />
spot. It was presented to the school<br />
yesterday by thelast plantmanager<br />
Dylan Marsh.<br />
Principal Mike Hill said it was<br />
great the special equipment would be<br />
available for the Fairtoncommunity.<br />
It will be sited for access, even when<br />
theschool is closed.<br />
‘‘We think it is areally goodideait<br />
staysinthe community for the benefit<br />
of the community, though you hope<br />
you never have to useit.’’<br />
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FINAL FLIGHT<br />
Twentyfive years of community<br />
services hubCommunityHouse<br />
Mid Canterbury was celebrated<br />
at an invitationonly event last<br />
week.<br />
Some 70 people,includingpast<br />
and present supporters and<br />
tenants,funders and other guests<br />
markedthe occasion with<br />
afternoon tea, speeches and the<br />
cutting of acake.<br />
Community House Mid<br />
Canterbury Trustboardchair<br />
Leandra Fitzgibbon saidmany<br />
peoplehad played their part in<br />
manywaysinthe successofthe<br />
communityservices’ hub over<br />
the years.<br />
It wasanassettothe<br />
communityand thecommunity<br />
could takeprideand satisfaction<br />
in it.<br />
Thefuture of the facility<br />
looked rosy and more could be<br />
donetofurther expand what it<br />
offered, she said.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Mayor Neil Brown<br />
said 25 yearswas amilestone<br />
worth celebrating.<br />
Community House hadshown<br />
its worthover theyearsand had<br />
beensupportedbycouncil at<br />
various times.<br />
It had been formed fromthe<br />
vision of local May Greenslade<br />
and had grownand developed.<br />
CommunityHouse Mid<br />
Canterbury manager John<br />
Driscoll, who has a15year<br />
association with the facility, said<br />
it was partofthe thefabric of the<br />
Community House Mid<br />
Canterburymanager John<br />
Driscoll speakingatthe 25 year<br />
celebrationevent.<br />
districtand throughout its<br />
history there had been<br />
consistent support fornotforprofit<br />
groups.<br />
Getting to where Community<br />
Housewas today had beenboth<br />
challenging and inspiring,and it<br />
could nothave happened<br />
without the wideranging<br />
community support.<br />
NOTICE OF HELICOPTER USE FOR<br />
VISUAL INSPECTION OF<br />
TRANSMISSION LINES IN YOUR AREA.<br />
Transpower, the owner and operator of<br />
the national grid, will be carrying out a<br />
routine visual maintenance inspection of<br />
transmission lines in your area by helicopter.<br />
We have been undertaking inspections of the<br />
structures on the Glenavy to Waitaki 110 kV<br />
line and also our Roxburgh to Islington<br />
220 kV line (as shown on the map) by alow<br />
flying helicopter over the last month.<br />
Ourfinalflyover dateis planned<br />
for Monday 12October <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
The helicopter will fly at aconstant speed of<br />
about 30 km/h, starting at Waitaki and will take<br />
approximately 4hours per session.<br />
Livingstone<br />
Geraldine<br />
79<br />
Oamaru<br />
It’s important to us that you are kept informed and updated on our activities.<br />
If you require further information, please call Myles Stichman 0274 779 693 or 03 688 2689.<br />
TPTC<strong>24</strong>981020<br />
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operating at low<br />
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highlighted zone.<br />
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inspection is weather<br />
dependent, and we<br />
would look to fly the<br />
next day if required.<br />
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Unimog built locally<br />
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Acustommade unimog, the<br />
only one of its kind in New<br />
Zealand, has been built by<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> business BT Coach<br />
Builders and delivered to its Mt<br />
Cookbased client.<br />
The allterrain vehicle will be<br />
used to take tourists offroad<br />
and to explore the splendor of<br />
the Mackenzie backcountry.<br />
It comes in with aprice tag of<br />
just under $500,000 and no<br />
expense has been spared.<br />
It has been crafted from the<br />
chassis up over anumber of<br />
months and is aspacious 14<br />
seater.<br />
Each seat has afourpoint<br />
harness system and air<br />
suspension.<br />
The stateoftheart seats are<br />
made in Sweden and needed a<br />
special exemption because<br />
they have never been seen or<br />
fitted together here before.<br />
The unimog has asplit glass<br />
roof, which enables 360 degree<br />
viewing, and an uniquely<br />
designed manual rear entry.<br />
The chassis was specially<br />
extended in the German factory<br />
and Mercedes Benz signed off<br />
on work to ensure it met their<br />
unit standards.<br />
The unimog is fitted with a<br />
GPS triggered, multilingual<br />
sound system, and the<br />
transmission although<br />
automatic, can be moved to<br />
paddle shift.<br />
Its four huge tyres that can be<br />
deflated and reinflated<br />
automatically depending on the<br />
terrain it tackles.<br />
The unimog on its waytobeing delivered to the customer at Mt<br />
Cook, and, (below) at awarrant check in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
BT Coach Builders director<br />
Jo Smith said the unimog was a<br />
special vehicle and the<br />
company was proud of the<br />
finished article.<br />
It had been ordered two years<br />
ago by tourism company client<br />
Trojan Holdings, which owns<br />
NZSki and other businesses,<br />
and its production had been<br />
hampered by the covid<br />
situation.<br />
The last six months had been<br />
tough for the coach builder,<br />
which had anumber of tourism<br />
clients.<br />
The business had lost around<br />
ayear’s worth of work due to<br />
cancelled orders, she said.<br />
The unimog has been<br />
nicknamed The Beast and was<br />
delivered to operator Tasman<br />
Valley Tours at Mt Cook last<br />
week.<br />
There was lot of research and<br />
development behind the sleek<br />
design and it would have to be<br />
the safest ATV in New Zealand,<br />
said Jo Smith.<br />
Anumber of complex<br />
compliance requirements had<br />
been ticked off and BT was<br />
grateful for the support of local<br />
businesses Canterbury Vehicle<br />
Compliance, Action Spray<br />
Painting, Windscreen Solutions<br />
and Tinwald Canvas who had<br />
all been involved in the project.<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
13<br />
Model train swap<br />
meet at Plains<br />
Miniature trains, engines,<br />
carriages and tracks were up<br />
for grabs at the first ever<br />
Model Train swap meet.<br />
It was held at the Plains<br />
Railway and Historical<br />
Museum last Sunday and drew<br />
scores of people from around<br />
the South Island.<br />
Rob Read, one of the<br />
organisers, said it was a<br />
chance for people to sell their<br />
model train sets.<br />
He was joined by <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
model train enthusiasts Andy<br />
Munro and John McIntosh.<br />
“It’s achance for people to<br />
sell their model train items as<br />
there has been no train shows<br />
on this year at all,” Mr Read<br />
said.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Model Train<br />
Show, scheduled for July, was<br />
one of the casualties<br />
cancelled due to Covid19<br />
restrictions.<br />
Response for the swap meet<br />
had been overwhelming with<br />
interest from model<br />
enthusiasts from Invercargill,<br />
Dunedin, Central Otago and<br />
Canterbury keen to take part.<br />
Many people had travelled<br />
quite adistance for the day, he<br />
said.<br />
Tables for sellers were set<br />
up and among the wares were<br />
historical model trains<br />
through to digital sets with<br />
lighting, kit set buildings,<br />
trees, figures and tracks at<br />
varying prices were on offer.<br />
People, young and old, were<br />
delighted by the working<br />
Model train enthusiast Rob<br />
Read.<br />
layout models on display one<br />
of which was Mr Read’s<br />
American railroad model<br />
built in HO scale (1:87).<br />
Mr Read is also one of the<br />
organisers for the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Model Train Show and has<br />
been amodel train enthusiast<br />
for the past 30 years.<br />
He is amember of the<br />
Garden City Model Railroad<br />
Club, in Ferrymead,<br />
Christchurch, and also a<br />
member of the South<br />
Canterbury Model Rail Group,<br />
in Timaru.<br />
He along with wife Lisa<br />
worked together to build their<br />
model; Lisa makes alot of the<br />
scenery for the layout. The<br />
layout took around two hours<br />
to set up in time for the swap<br />
meet.<br />
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Info sign at Chinese settlement<br />
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Covid actions praised<br />
Ahuge information sign has been<br />
erected at <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Ng King<br />
Brothers Chinese market garden<br />
settlement telling people about its<br />
historical importance.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council,<br />
working with descendants of the<br />
family and Heritage New Zealand,<br />
plans to restore the old buildings<br />
and open it as acommunity<br />
reserve.<br />
The site, on Allens Road, is<br />
considered nationally significant<br />
and arare example of the Chinese<br />
market gardens that were once<br />
common across the country.<br />
LOCAL LISTENING<br />
Peter Mac l 1pm to 6pm<br />
MICK.JENSEN<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
NewZealandhad done well<br />
withits response to Covid19<br />
and was dealing with it better<br />
thanany of theOECD<br />
countries,Sir David Skegg<br />
told agathering in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
on Tuesday.<br />
The renowned<br />
epidemiologistwas aguest<br />
speaker of U3A <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
and is the Emeritus<br />
Professor of Preventive and<br />
Social Medicine at Otago<br />
University.<br />
ProfSkegg told an<br />
audience of over 100 that<br />
Asian countrieswere largely<br />
doing the best in managing<br />
Covid19 andthe likes of the<br />
USA, theUKand Western<br />
Europe were doingtheworst.<br />
‘‘Taiwan has apopulation<br />
of <strong>24</strong> millionand has<br />
recorded just 500cases and<br />
onlyseven deaths,’’hesaid.<br />
New Zealand and Scotland<br />
had similar populationsof<br />
around five million,but in<br />
NewZealandthere had been<br />
25 deaths compared with<br />
between 4000 and 5000 in<br />
Scotland.<br />
New Zealand had a<br />
number of advantages over<br />
other countries, he said.<br />
It was an island, had closed<br />
its borders early,had a<br />
smallerpopulation and<br />
people here were not reliant<br />
on public transport.<br />
Ironically, NewZealand’s<br />
lackofpreparedness to cope<br />
withapandemichad<br />
prompted it to go earlyinto<br />
lockdown, he said.<br />
New Zealand waswell<br />
downleague tables when it<br />
cametothe number of<br />
intensive carebeds and<br />
resources,and that fact had<br />
forced the government’s<br />
hand ‘‘to go early’’.<br />
Sir David Skegg with U3A <strong>Ashburton</strong> chairperson Edith Smith<br />
ahead of his talk at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust Event Centre.<br />
The government had<br />
listened to scientists,<br />
adopted an elimination<br />
strategy and had provided<br />
excellentcommunicationto<br />
the country.<br />
Therehad been buy in<br />
from the populationand New<br />
Zealand had also ‘‘been<br />
lucky’’, saidProfSkegg.<br />
That luck ran out on August<br />
11 when border restrictions<br />
were lifted and it was<br />
inevitable that there would<br />
be more cases.<br />
There had been both<br />
humanand systemic errors<br />
at the border at the<br />
beginning and three recent<br />
incursions.<br />
Prof Skegg said thecountry<br />
could not afford to be<br />
complacentand needed to be<br />
prepared for the next relapse.<br />
Thereneededtobe<br />
improved surveillance and<br />
targeted testing, enhanced<br />
contract tracing to include a<br />
bluetooth function and<br />
appropriate wearing of<br />
masks.<br />
Covid19 could evolve to be<br />
less dangerous than it was,<br />
but there were not signsof<br />
that yet.<br />
More reliable screening for<br />
travellers could be developed<br />
to enable future travel again<br />
and treatmentofthe virus<br />
was also improving.<br />
In terms of avaccination,<br />
there needed to be<br />
considerationsofhow<br />
effective it was, howlong it<br />
would last, howsafeitwas<br />
and what proportion of<br />
people would acceptit.<br />
Prof Skegg said Covid19<br />
was notthe only pandemic<br />
affecting the world. Tobacco<br />
smoking was abigger killer,<br />
and was manmade and<br />
preventable.<br />
He was also very concerned<br />
about obesity, particularly<br />
here in New Zealand.<br />
‘‘The prevalence of obesity<br />
has trebled heresince the<br />
late 1970s. New Zealand<br />
childrenand adolescents<br />
have the secondhighest<br />
prevalence of obesity<br />
worldwide at the moment,<br />
only behind the USA.’’<br />
2304059<br />
206 Club marks 30 years<br />
Members and volunteers of<br />
the 206 Club celebratedthe<br />
club’s longevitythisweek in a<br />
lowkeyaffair withfruit cake,<br />
coffee and conversation.<br />
The club was founded after<br />
membersofthe Mid<br />
Canterbury Aged Persons<br />
WelfareCouncilsoughtto<br />
start aday care centre for<br />
elderly.Itwas to providea<br />
place for members to go and<br />
be active with others. It then<br />
included keeping members<br />
active and mentally<br />
stimulated too.<br />
The 206 Club openedin<br />
<strong>September</strong> 1990 as aone day<br />
aweekprogrammefor<br />
membersofferingactivities,<br />
entertainment and<br />
companionship over atwo<br />
courselunch.<br />
206 Club volunteer Rosa<br />
Bennett has been<br />
volunteeringfor the group<br />
since itsinception andas<br />
cook for the past 28 years.<br />
It may have grown from<br />
small beginningsbut it was<br />
popular from the start, she<br />
said. Oneofthe first meetings<br />
on its inception was held at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>College’s<br />
Holyoake auditorium and<br />
was attended by people from<br />
various groups including Dr<br />
Ron Bakerand then<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>Collegeprincipal<br />
Owen McDowell.<br />
She said such was the<br />
206 Club volunteer Rosa Bennett flanked by Shirley Patterson<br />
(left) and Anne Fleming, cuts the cake to celebrate 30 years of<br />
206 Club.<br />
popularity of setting up the<br />
club that only one person<br />
from each representative<br />
organisation was able to be<br />
present.<br />
She startedcooking<br />
alongside the late Nancy<br />
Bullock and was full of praise<br />
for the 206Club,which was<br />
full of caring,considerate<br />
people and had beenan<br />
integral partofher life.<br />
‘‘If you have apassionyou<br />
will do it at the best of your<br />
ability,’’ she said.<br />
Over the years the club’s<br />
popularity has grown so<br />
much it now meetsthree<br />
times aweekatthe Senior<br />
Centre on CameronStreet.<br />
Age Concern <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
presidentJan McClelland<br />
said over theyears there had<br />
been many people in therole<br />
of director of dayservices.<br />
They includedJennifer<br />
Audeau (12 years),Sharon<br />
Ross, Leslee Clarke,Karen<br />
Bishop (six years), Mary<br />
Harrison (sevenyears)and<br />
AdairPethig,who has been<br />
director since 2017.
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RURAL/LIFESTYLE<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>24</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />
15<br />
People first in Miller ‘farmily’<br />
TONI.WILLIAMS<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Dairy farmerRebecca Miller<br />
likes to keep her finger on the<br />
pulse of thedairy industry.<br />
Keepingherself up to date<br />
with industry knowledge helps<br />
not only her farm business, but<br />
also helps others.<br />
Shehas been involved with<br />
the DairyWomen’s Network<br />
(DWN) for thepast 12 yearsas<br />
aconvenerand facilitator and<br />
is now businessgroup leader<br />
of <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Sheisalso<br />
Federated Farmers Mid<br />
Canterburysharemilker<br />
section chair and has done<br />
Good Boss campaign project<br />
work with DairyNZ as wellas<br />
other projects.<br />
Sheset up the district’s<br />
DWN while living in South<br />
Canterbury.<br />
Just four peopleturned up to<br />
the first sessionbut numbers<br />
have growntoaround50.<br />
‘‘I felt it was just whatwas<br />
needed,’’she said,ofthe<br />
connectionsthe group gave to<br />
rural women.<br />
Rebecca is the eldest of four<br />
siblings,and enjoys being an<br />
organiser, especially of events.<br />
Shesaid shehad been on<br />
some formofcouncil sinceshe<br />
was 11.<br />
Rebecca has notalways lived<br />
arural life, she was born in<br />
Aucklandand raised on farms;<br />
her parents were contract<br />
milkersfor many years and she<br />
spent time working in<br />
corporate national and<br />
international sales, marketing<br />
and analystroles.<br />
There were multiple shifts<br />
around theNorth Island from<br />
year to year as theyfollowed<br />
the dairyseason.<br />
The longesttime spent in any<br />
one place wasfiveyears.<br />
LookingbackRebecca,42,<br />
found thosemoves difficult,<br />
especially as the eldest child.<br />
There were household jobsto<br />
get donewhileMum andDad<br />
were out on the farm.<br />
Manyofthose learnings have<br />
shaped thewayshe,and<br />
husband Brent, 40, have raised<br />
their ownthree children,<br />
Blake, 15, Blair,12and<br />
Rhianna, 10, andrun their<br />
farm businesses and treated<br />
staff.<br />
Rebecca and Brenthave<br />
known each other since they<br />
were in theirlate teens and<br />
share asimilarlifephilosophy<br />
Brent and Rebecca Miller on farm.<br />
so workwelltogether.<br />
‘‘I’m extremelylucky he has<br />
my back through everything,’’<br />
she said.<br />
They are big on ‘‘farmily’’, a<br />
balance between working/<br />
living on farm and family.<br />
‘‘Everypersondeserves to be<br />
protected in aworking<br />
environment –not only their<br />
physical but psychological<br />
being as well. With farmily we<br />
wouldlove to create a<br />
movement, at all levelsof<br />
primary industry to connect,<br />
collaborate, andcommunicate.<br />
‘‘Having aconnected<br />
working environment with<br />
everyoneonboard is where the<br />
magic starts. It’s not only more<br />
productive andhealthy but<br />
profitable because your team<br />
is on board andengaged.’’<br />
The couple, under their<br />
company name MilkIQ, are<br />
sharemilkers on two farms.<br />
River TerraceDairy, is 336<br />
hectares effective on Withells<br />
Roads, Ealing, milking 1150<br />
friesian/jersey crossherd, in a<br />
60 bail rotary, and homefor six<br />
years.<br />
NearbyEalingPasturesfarm<br />
is around400 hectares from<br />
Maronan Ealingroadto<br />
Withells Road (it spans across<br />
fourroads in Ealing), milking<br />
1450 cows withsix fulltime<br />
staff. The Millers are in their<br />
second season on Ealing<br />
Pastures.<br />
Thefarms supply Fonterra<br />
and across both farmsthey<br />
have amix of newand<br />
seasoned staff, somewho had<br />
been with the couplefor many<br />
years.<br />
Rebecca says retaining staff<br />
is important, especiallythose<br />
with young families,and they<br />
had awork practice to have<br />
everyone on farmlearning all<br />
processes on farm.<br />
It meantthere were few<br />
knowledge gapswhen people<br />
weresickorneededtime away.<br />
It also helped them run asix<br />
dayson, two daysoff roster,<br />
with staffworking an average<br />
42hour week.<br />
Thekey was daily<br />
communication and nipping<br />
issuesinthe bud, shesaid.<br />
‘‘This team has been really<br />
resilient. We live wherewe<br />
workand everyone has value,’’<br />
she said.<br />
MilkIQ was away to put more<br />
intelligence into their<br />
businesses.<br />
TheMilkIQ website is<br />
constantly being updated and<br />
plansare in place for anew<br />
project, Land Events. It’s an<br />
information platform to<br />
benefitother farmers and<br />
primary industrygroups.<br />
It will focus on events being<br />
heldbygroups, organisations<br />
andpeopleworking in the<br />
PHOTO: NATWICK STUDIOS<br />
primary industriesand give<br />
people one place they can<br />
access theinformation,<br />
Rebecca says.<br />
She is hopingitwill stop<br />
doubleup events beingheld by<br />
industry members andallow<br />
more collaboration.<br />
The couple‘‘threw their hat<br />
in the ring’’ to see how they<br />
were tracking on theRiver<br />
Terrace farm(with owners<br />
Andrewand RacheleMorris)<br />
and enteredthe Dairy<br />
Business of the Year in 2019.<br />
They placedrunnerup,and<br />
won best Canterbury farm<br />
performance, best people<br />
performanceand leadership,<br />
and business resilience lowest<br />
cost of productionper kg/ms.<br />
In <strong>2020</strong>, theywon the same<br />
award categories and also won<br />
the mediuminputwith best<br />
financials.<br />
‘‘Our passion is people. We<br />
have ideas how to developand<br />
engage ateam.’’<br />
Peoplewereone of the most<br />
important aspect of their<br />
business modelusinga<br />
septuple bottomline.<br />
‘‘If everything elseis<br />
working(withyour staff), profit<br />
will happen anyway,’’ she said.<br />
They were looking, in the<br />
future,topackage their<br />
processes to others through<br />
their website and various<br />
online channels.<br />
IN BRIEF<br />
MUSTERERSRUGBY<br />
Rakaia Gorge Musterers willtake<br />
on Methven Binacharity rugby<br />
matchatthe Methven rugby<br />
grounds this Saturday. Acollection<br />
bucketwill be on site for donations<br />
and there will also be acharity<br />
auction after thegame. All proceeds<br />
raisedwill go to St John ambulance.<br />
Theannual eventhas beenrun<br />
for the past 63 years, althoughnot<br />
consecutively, andtraditionally<br />
played at the end of the autumn<br />
muster.<br />
Musterers team manager Paul<br />
Ensor said aUnder 8s and 9s<br />
curtain raiserwould begin at<br />
1.30pm with the maingamefrom<br />
2.30pm.<br />
GOODYARN<br />
WORKSHOP<br />
RuralSupport Trust is hosting afree<br />
Goodyarn WorkshoponNovember<br />
9at<strong>Ashburton</strong>Seniors Centre, on<br />
Cameron Street, from 11amto2pm.<br />
It’s designed to help people<br />
recognise and respondtofriends,<br />
family, colleagues or customers<br />
suffering fromstressormental<br />
illness. It is aimedatanyone living<br />
or working in the ruralcommunity.<br />
Anyone interested canRSVPtorst.<br />
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6488379 by November4.<br />
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Tony is aworld-leading<br />
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FARM SALES UP<br />
Datafrom theRealEstate Institute<br />
of NewZealand(REINZ) shows<br />
therewere 121 more farmsalesfor<br />
the three months ended August<br />
<strong>2020</strong>than forthe sameperiod in<br />
2019.<br />
Overall,therewere 386 farm<br />
salesinthe threemonths ended<br />
August, compared to 341for the<br />
threemonths ended July <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
The median price per hectare for<br />
all farms sold in the three months to<br />
August <strong>2020</strong> was$25,657<br />
compared to $25,346in2019.<br />
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Charlie andEsmaHill have sold their<br />
beloved boutique vineyard business,<br />
CharRees.<br />
It's abittersweet momentasthe<br />
sale was fasttracked due to Mr Hill’s<br />
ongoing health issues. He was<br />
advised to slow down andstop heavy<br />
lifting work.<br />
They have enjoyed some wonderful<br />
friendships metthrough visitors to<br />
the vineyard, and on their market<br />
travels.<br />
Meeting people arethe thing we<br />
will miss most, Mr Hill said.<br />
‘‘It's beenanexperience. We have<br />
had some very supportive clients ...<br />
and people in thewine industry,’’ he<br />
said, including horticulturist, and<br />
mentor, Jim Grierson and winemaker<br />
Kirk Bray.<br />
‘‘We are going to miss it, no two<br />
ways about it,’’ hesaid, of the<br />
vineyard.<br />
The residential lifestyle property<br />
which spans 9.5 hectaresonLaings<br />
Road, is on the outskirts of Tinwald.<br />
The vineyard was establishedin1999<br />
with 3500 pinot noir and 4000 pinot<br />
gris vines, followed by 1800 riesling in<br />
2008.<br />
The Hillshaveafewcasesofwine<br />
left for sale; mostly Riesling and<br />
bottles of their Sparkling Pearl.<br />
They areplanning aclosingdown<br />
sale on October 18,with wine anda<br />
range of household items up for sale.<br />
While they have no set plans yet, they<br />
are planning on retiring to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
and willtakeabreather from making<br />
any immediate plans.<br />
The vineyard has been sold to<br />
Victoria Johnson, of Mayfield, who<br />
plans to keep thevines and expand<br />
the venue. She takes over on<br />
November 2.<br />
Esma and Charlie Hill are celebrating<br />
the sale of their beloved vineyard<br />
CharRees and will now enjoy<br />
retirement.<br />
Drill win for brigade team<br />
Ajunior team from<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> has won the<br />
Canterbury Boys Brigade<br />
DrillCompetition and a<br />
secondteam has placedthird<br />
in the senior competition.<br />
The juniors, all Year 8<br />
students, wonatrophy and<br />
certificate for their effortsat<br />
therecent event heldat<br />
Lincoln.<br />
The samegroup came<br />
third lastyear and is led by<br />
Nathan Steer.<br />
Ittookoverall top honours<br />
in uniforminspection, drill<br />
and marching sections.<br />
The purpose of thedrill is<br />
to promote positive habits<br />
likediscipline,selfrespect,<br />
selfcontroland<br />
concentration.<br />
It also promotes positive<br />
physicalbearing, helps<br />
develop leadership and<br />
encourages pride in aunit.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong>unit<br />
practicesdrills in the<br />
The winning <strong>Ashburton</strong> Boys Brigade junior team (from left)<br />
Tristin Wills, Gideon Kuipers, Nathan Steer ,James Clark,<br />
Joshua Holland and Makai Heke.<br />
PHOTO SUPPLIED<br />
Tancred Street sports hall on<br />
Friday nights.<br />
The Boys Brigadebegan in<br />
1883and combines christian<br />
valueswithideas from the<br />
military, such as drills,<br />
outdoor education andan<br />
award system.<br />
Activity funding available<br />
Mid Canterbury clubs and<br />
groups associated with play,<br />
active recreation and sport<br />
are being encouraged to<br />
apply to anew Sport NZ fund<br />
that has been set up to help<br />
with programme or service<br />
delivery costs.<br />
CalledTuManawa<br />
Aotearoa,the fund is aimed<br />
at community based<br />
programmesand projects<br />
targeting activity for<br />
childrenand young people.<br />
Nearly $1.5 million is<br />
available in the Canterbury<br />
and West Coast regiontobe<br />
usedover the next next12<br />
months.<br />
The fundisbeing<br />
administered by Sport<br />
Canterbury.<br />
Jan Cochranefrom Sport<br />
Mid Canterbury saidthe<br />
fundoffered supportfor<br />
transport,venue and<br />
equipment hire costs,and<br />
also the costofofficials and<br />
coordinators.<br />
Mid Canterbury had ‘‘done<br />
verywell’’ from the<br />
Government’s sports<br />
resilience fundingpackages<br />
offeredearlier this year, but<br />
the new fundwas aimed at a<br />
wider group.<br />
Mrs Cochranesaid the first<br />
round of applications had<br />
justclosed and therehad<br />
beenagoodresponseand a<br />
second round opened on<br />
October12, closing on<br />
December4.<br />
She expected aquick<br />
turnaroundofapplications.<br />
Applications can be made<br />
through the sportcanterbury.<br />
org.nz website.<br />
Contact JanCochrane on<br />
027 221 8023 for more<br />
information.
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New timelines for<br />
Lake Hood campus<br />
Workiscontinuing behind<br />
the scenesonthe ambitious<br />
Southern Parallel Sports<br />
Campus project to be located<br />
at Lake Hood.<br />
The $50million sports<br />
campusisproposed by APT<br />
Sports Academy Ltd,<br />
supported by Aonghus NZ<br />
Ltd, WestburyInvestment<br />
Group USA, investment<br />
partners, the Allied Forces<br />
Foundation,and through<br />
alliances with New Zealand<br />
and North American<br />
universities.<br />
The fullservice campus<br />
will deliver targeted<br />
resilience training,<br />
academic and business<br />
education programmes<br />
catering specifically to high<br />
performance athletes,<br />
disabledathletes and<br />
woundedservice menand<br />
women’sphysical, mental,<br />
selfesteem and education<br />
needs.<br />
Catherine Stuart,<br />
managing partnerof<br />
Aonghus, said the project<br />
was absolutely going ahead<br />
and although it had been<br />
quietfor awhile, workwas<br />
progressing to ensure it did<br />
happen.<br />
The project had agrowing<br />
‘‘Kiwi’’ team of investors,<br />
advisers, educationalliances<br />
and service providers anda<br />
significant international<br />
support basewhose<br />
commitments wouldensure<br />
the success of the project.<br />
Aggressive project<br />
timelinesfor the project<br />
havenow been pushed back<br />
by around 12 months.<br />
Instead of the original<br />
opening date of mid 2021, the<br />
complex is now scheduled to<br />
openbyJuly 2022.<br />
Construction is earmarked<br />
to start in May nextyear and<br />
will follow on from work<br />
finalising investments,<br />
grants,plans and consents.<br />
Golf resort goes under<br />
hammer, sells for $6.6m<br />
Terrace DownsGolfResort<br />
has sold under the hammer<br />
for $6.6million followingthe<br />
deathofits former owner<br />
from Covid19.<br />
Competitionatthe CBRE<br />
auction for thegolf resort in<br />
theCanterbury highcountry<br />
was high, with the property<br />
attracting strong interest<br />
from buyers.<br />
The course was put on the<br />
market afterthe death of<br />
multimillionaire Japanese<br />
investor Hiroshi Hasegawa,<br />
who purchased it in 2012<br />
after approval from the<br />
OverseasInvestment Office.<br />
Hasegawa was 59 when he<br />
died in April.<br />
He had turned the resort<br />
into aglobally recognised<br />
luxury golf andadventure<br />
destination.<br />
Tim Rookes, managing<br />
directorofCBRE<br />
Christchurch, and Warren<br />
Hutt, seniordirectorof<br />
capital markets, CBRE<br />
Auckland, whomarketed the<br />
property on behalf of<br />
Hasegawa's estate,said the<br />
property was boughtbya<br />
private investor.<br />
“We’redelighted to get<br />
such afantastic result for<br />
this stunning property. The<br />
level of interest<br />
demonstrates that investors<br />
have ongoing appetite for<br />
highquality assets,” said Mr<br />
Rookes.<br />
“As golf courses don’tcome<br />
to the market very often, this<br />
is atrophy asset for the new<br />
ownerand we wish them all<br />
the verybest,” added Mr<br />
Hutt.<br />
TerraceDowns was<br />
The Terrace Downs Golf Resort has sold.<br />
recently ranked by New<br />
Zealand Golf magazine as<br />
one of thecountry's top five<br />
courses.<br />
The par 72 course is 6406m<br />
longand is describedas<br />
havingaScottishhighland<br />
feel. It offers achoiceoffour<br />
tees on each hole and<br />
incorporates10lakes and<br />
over 60 bunkers.<br />
It wasdesignedbythe late<br />
SidPuddicombe, a<br />
celebrated Canadian golf<br />
course architect.<br />
On the northern side of the<br />
Rakaia River,the resort<br />
features extensive<br />
landscaping, with tussock<br />
plantings, lakesand stands<br />
of woodland andbush.<br />
Along, 1.8km riverfront<br />
boundary borders the river,<br />
withterracedlawns<br />
providing excellentviews of<br />
famouswaterway.<br />
Panoramic views of Mt Hutt<br />
and surrounding mountains<br />
are astrongfeature<br />
throughoutthe property.<br />
Sealedroads provide<br />
accessto78privatelyowned<br />
residential sites; including a<br />
cluster of 52 apartments and<br />
26 freestandingchaletstyle<br />
homes scattered throughout<br />
the property.<br />
Aportionofland at the<br />
property’s southern end,<br />
known as The Peaks, was<br />
previously consentedfor<br />
subdivisioninto20large<br />
luxury home sites, however<br />
this consent haslapsed.<br />
Mr Rookes told OneRoof<br />
that therewas agenuine<br />
desire amonglocals in<br />
Canterbury to see Terrace<br />
Downs succeed.‘‘It's really<br />
heartening to see that<br />
support. There's an<br />
emotionalconnectiontothe<br />
resort in Canterbury people<br />
want to seeitcontinue.’’<br />
Trust approves grants<br />
Community Trust of Mid &<br />
South Canterbury has<br />
approved grants totalling<br />
$98,799 to 16 organisations in<br />
its latest funding round.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> district grants<br />
wenttoRakaia Memorial<br />
Hall ($9,180 to replace<br />
seating), Methven Golf Club<br />
($7,000 towards amotorised<br />
trailer), Allenton Sports Club<br />
($8,550 towards amower),<br />
Rakaia PonyClub ($10,000 for<br />
new fencing) and <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Community Alcohol &Drug<br />
Service ($2,808 for updating<br />
technology).<br />
In Geraldine, the Orari<br />
EquestrianCentre was give<br />
$1783to helpdevelop a<br />
Health &Safety Policy and a<br />
Fire Evacuation Planfor the<br />
Orari Racecourse grounds.<br />
Other funding wentto<br />
Dementia Canterbury<br />
($5000), Parkinson’s NZ Ct<br />
($10,000), CCS Disability<br />
Action ($5000), Stroke<br />
Foundation of NZ ($5000)and<br />
Hearing Dogs for Deaf<br />
People NZ ($10,000).<br />
Community Trust of Mid&<br />
South Canterbury will hold<br />
its annualmeeting at Hotel<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>at 10.30am on<br />
October 12.
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />
News<br />
Issue 27<br />
<strong>24</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Message From ThePrincipal<br />
Term Threeand Adjustments<br />
On the day that this article appears inprint we<br />
will have only two days ofTerm Three left and<br />
we,along with all communities,havefaced many<br />
challengesthis term.<br />
We were fortunatetobeabletohold our College<br />
Ball beforethe returnofCOVID-19, Level2.<br />
Additionally wemanaged to get all our major<br />
sports through their local competitions but there were noregional or<br />
nationalcompetitionstofollow.<br />
We held our College exams, but two weeks later than had been<br />
earlier scheduled. Wewere also able tohost our second round ofAko<br />
interviews.<br />
All ofthese achievements required adjustment, re-organisation and<br />
uncertainty. My thanks goes to all staff who worked around these<br />
challenges, and to all who coached and managed our various sports<br />
teams.<br />
Impacts<br />
Therewereanumber of College events thatcouldn’t go ahead this term,<br />
including the parent-teacher-studentinterviewsatthe Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />
our Lip Sync and Music Evenings and House Waiata competitions -<br />
although the Lip Sync competition washeld via video competitions.<br />
It is unfortunate thatthese events didn’t occur, but we had to followall<br />
health guidelines.<br />
It is worth noting that interruptions due to COVID will continue inthe<br />
future, with the news that the bulk of the <strong>Ashburton</strong> A&PShow won’t<br />
be happening, as scheduledatthe endofOctober.<br />
Like many secondary schools, weare planning for amajor reduction in<br />
our international student numbers next year. Ahandful ofour current<br />
students will remain with us over the summer break and bewith us for<br />
2021, however there will be no new arrivals to start the year.This does<br />
mean thatwelose our international cross-cultural flavour and inputthat<br />
students bring into our College, and there are financial implications for<br />
the College andcommunity.<br />
AttendancePatterns<br />
Another challenge caused by COVID is to have our students back into<br />
moreregular attendance patterns.<br />
In anormal term our overall attendance isatabout 85%, and this was<br />
the rate post-lockdown. However, our data for this term indicates that<br />
the level hasdropped to 76%for allstudents,with greaterconcerns for<br />
someethnicities.<br />
We believe this trend has been caused by two factors. Some of our<br />
studentshavebeen required to carefor younger siblings so that parents<br />
can take on extra work, plus some parents have been anxious about<br />
COVID and are keeping their children at home to ensure their safety,<br />
despite knowing there has been no community transmission in the<br />
South Island.<br />
TheSprintthatisTerm Four<br />
Next term is averitable sprint for our senior students. The first day of<br />
term is Monday 12October and our Year 13 Graduation Ceremony is<br />
scheduled to be held on Thursday05November,atthe <strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust<br />
EventCentre.<br />
This is followed byour Year 11/12 Prize-giving to be held on Tuesday<br />
10 November. This year we are holding acombined year level event in<br />
the EA Networks Centre. Of course, weare planning for these events<br />
on the assumption that weremain at COVID Level 1.There are various<br />
options beingconsidered if we returntorestrictions on gathering sizes.<br />
Good Wishes forthe StudentHolidayBreak<br />
Have agreat break and thanks to everyone who has supported us<br />
throughthe challengesofthis term.<br />
Many thanks<br />
Ross Preece<br />
Principal •Tumuaki<br />
Information<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>College Year 9<br />
Academic Scholarships<br />
Criteria and application forms arenow available from your child’s school.<br />
TheClosing Date forapplications is<br />
Thursday05November <strong>2020</strong>, 3:30pm.<br />
Theacademic examinations willbeheldat<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
on Monday16Novemberfrom9:00am–11:15am.<br />
Enquiriesand applications to be madetoSheenaTyrrell,<br />
ManagementAdministrator,<br />
Email: ts@ashcoll.school.nz<br />
Phone: 308 4193, extension 812; 027 <strong>24</strong>7 8003.<br />
Please notethatthese Scholarships are<br />
Academic ExcellenceScholarships.<br />
AshColl Way<br />
Information<br />
Transition DepartmentNews<br />
Scholarshipsthrough <strong>Ashburton</strong>College<br />
Information and application forms for scholarships administered through<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>College were made available to students this week.<br />
These scholarships are offered each year by local businesses and<br />
organisations, and <strong>Ashburton</strong>College.<br />
Closing dates vary (starting from early next term), so please check<br />
application formscarefully.<br />
Booklets containing the information and criteria<br />
canbecollectedfromthe Transition Office (T12).<br />
Events<br />
LibraryStudy Nights in August /<strong>September</strong><br />
an UnprecedentedSuccess<br />
Study Nights in the Library (Te Whare Pukapuka Matauranga) have been<br />
operating for agood number of years, asaway of supporting students in<br />
their preparation for practice and external exams. Teacher Librarian Anne<br />
Williams said thatthe latter years of amoreformal arrangementofaccessing<br />
teaching staff volunteers,and advertising the evenings to the studentbody<br />
has paid dividends in termsofnumbers of students attending.<br />
Thelibrarystaffare certainly<br />
acknowledged fortheir<br />
managementofthis programme.<br />
Anne said that, in the early years,<br />
it wascelebratedwhen thirty<br />
students attended –onagood<br />
night.<br />
This has changed over the years<br />
and the uptake by both staff and<br />
students this year hit an all-time<br />
high.<br />
Over the seven nights, there were 537 sign-ins by students and twenty<br />
eightstaff members supporting the students.<br />
Putting these numbers in perspective, attendance atStudy Nights leading<br />
up to external exams last year,held 394 sign-ins over tennights.<br />
On Tuesday 02October alone, 94 students signed in, with asecond room<br />
being opened up to accommodate everyone.<br />
These evenings provide an opportunity for students to ask questions of<br />
staff,learn howtorevise effectively,tocollaboratewitheach other and staff,<br />
and to adopt positiveexam preparation procedures.<br />
We acknowledge the students’commitment and mahi (work) by staff, not<br />
just for making Study Nights happen but also meeting students outside of<br />
the Study Nights to provide revision support during free periods, intervals<br />
and lunchtimes,across departments.<br />
College HospitalityCourse:<br />
Off-SiteExperiencefor Students<br />
At the end of August,eighteen Year 12 students from theCollege'sLevel 2<br />
HospitalityCourse were hosted by staff at the Hotel<strong>Ashburton</strong>, foratwohourpracticalsession.<br />
Students weregiven atour of thefacilitiesand were involved in anumber<br />
of activities including table setting, order taking and beverage service. As<br />
they were setting upfor lunch and dinner service, hygiene and accuracy<br />
were emphasised.<br />
Teacher KentSlocombe saidthatfortunately allsurvived having their drink<br />
order served to them,although not without the odd scare!<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College thanksthe Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong> Managementand Staff for<br />
their supportofthis programme.<br />
(Pictured right):<br />
Charlottedelivers<br />
the order to ‘guest’<br />
GabbyNaylor.<br />
(Pictured left):<br />
CharlotteThomas<br />
takescarewithher<br />
drink order under<br />
the close supervision<br />
of the Hotel<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’sEvent<br />
Co-ordinator<br />
Paige Lott.<br />
Events<br />
Studylink TertiaryEvening at College<br />
On Monday14<strong>September</strong>,<br />
approximately seventy<br />
Year 13 students and their<br />
parents/caregivers attended<br />
a presentation in the College Staffroom, given by Matt Heaney from<br />
Studylink. Studylink,aserviceofthe MinistryofSocialDevelopment, helps<br />
students make informedchoices about their studentfinance, howtoapply<br />
foritand manage it online.<br />
Head ofSenior School Abbey Bruce said that those attending were given<br />
information on how toapply for student loans and allowances for their<br />
tertiarystudy, accommodation costs and various deadlines.<br />
Matt gave the following threekey points:<br />
1. Fees Free Scheme: If starting tertiarystudy forthe first time,there may<br />
be eligibility to have fees paidthroughthe Fees Free scheme.<br />
Ayear'sfull-timestudy ‘fees-free’can happenifstudying at one of a:<br />
· TechnicalInstitute (Polytechnic)<br />
· University<br />
· Wānanga<br />
· PrivateTrainingEstablishment<br />
2. Student Loan: The Student Loan is to help with paying fees for study,<br />
buying course-relateditems and withday-to-day expenses/livingcosts,<br />
if notable to getaStudentAllowance.<br />
3. Student Allowance: The Student Allowance isaweekly payment not<br />
required to be paid back. However, fortertiarystudents under <strong>24</strong> years<br />
old it is generallybasedonparents/caregivers’income.<br />
College is very fortunate to have staff from Studylink attend and answer<br />
questions first-hand.<br />
Forfurther information: www.studylink.govt.nz or 0800 88 99 00<br />
Year 11 OutdoorEducation Students to<br />
Mt Thomas<br />
Mt Thomas lies in the foothills of the Southern Alps, inthe Oxford area.<br />
Made up of 10,800 hectares of nativetawhai/beech and scatteredpodocarp<br />
forests,this is an area of interest and information.<br />
On Friday11August, Phys Ed teachers RachelDonaldson and Luke Martin,<br />
with adozen Outdoor Education class students tackled this tramp upthe<br />
1023metrehigh Mt Thomas. Regardedasanadvancedtramping track,this<br />
is a4-7 hourouting!<br />
Rachel said they had agreat day, completingthe walk in avery good time<br />
and, with snow falling atthe top ofthe mountain, there were great scenic<br />
views, albeitaverycold temperature.<br />
(Picturedabove): Group membersheading up the track into thefalling<br />
snow.<br />
(Pictured above, left to right): Trying to keep warm atthe summit are<br />
Ethan Gray, William Makutu, Danny Glanville, Oakley Gairns, Jamie Larter,<br />
Guy Stanway, BaileyGleeson, GeorgiaHart, ElizabethHastie,BrodynGabites.<br />
(Pictured above): Heading downhill withthe plains’view ahead.
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />
News<br />
Issue 27<br />
<strong>24</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />
Congratulations<br />
Lip Sync <strong>2020</strong><br />
As advised in aprevious newsletter the changing COVID requirements<br />
necessitated achange to the customary live performance evening, which<br />
was scheduled for Tuesday 18 August. This evening was instead replaced<br />
by video entries.<br />
The Junior and Senior Sections were judged by Teacher of Drama<br />
Jack Hanrahan, and the HouseFest by our ever-versatile House Sports<br />
Co-ordinatorand Withdrawal Room Supervisor Jayne Cornelius.<br />
PerformanceDirectorand Teacher of Drama ClaireBubb said thatauditions<br />
wereheld beforeCOVID restrictions createdthe need to change to on-line,<br />
but that these were very well attended. From these auditions fourteen<br />
groups were selectedtogothrough to the finals competition.<br />
Resultsfrom the on-line competition were:<br />
Junior Competition:<br />
1st Dancing Queens – Ollie Bubb,Eddie Galbraith, Kasey Higson<br />
and Molly McKenna.<br />
2nd Sisters of the Heart<br />
Junior Competition winners<br />
(pictured right, lefttoright):<br />
Molly McKenna, Ollie Bubb,<br />
Eddie Galbraith, KaseyHigson.<br />
– Danielle Faichnie and<br />
Tasmyn Cameron-Neighbour.<br />
Senior Competition:<br />
1st SandraD –Brooke Miller,Hannah O’Reilly,Olivia Lill and<br />
Hayley Tallentire.<br />
2nd RedMash Mix – Hannah O’Reilly,Christian Juntilla, Joseph Collins,<br />
Olivia Lill,Caleb Ward, HayleyTallentire,<br />
Arnold Pantojaand Brendan Fleming.<br />
3rd Better When I’mDancing –Jessalene Eclipse.<br />
Excitement ishigh amongst the College Team Shooters with the recent<br />
announcement of the New Zealand Secondary Schools’ Shooting<br />
Competition (NZSSS) confirmed results.<br />
This competition is shot throughout the length and breadth of New<br />
Zealand and demands ahigh standard towin. With five member teams,<br />
the process really tests the depth of aschool’s talent. <strong>Ashburton</strong>College<br />
should be rightly proud to not only have won, in anew record result,but<br />
to have their Number 2team beating out other schools’first teams. The<br />
result is avery real credit to the students, totheir dedication and talent,<br />
and especially in such atrying year.<br />
This competition is a postal shoot and is run over four rounds of shooting,<br />
being 3 x 10 shot matches and a final ‘double card’ round of a 1 x 20 shot<br />
match. This makes it a significant competition throughout which, to be<br />
successful, teams have to consistently produce quality results over a long<br />
period of time.<br />
Overall the twoteams gained aremarkable set of results,with <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College having medallists in four of the fiveindividual grades. Jack Jones<br />
was perhaps the hard luck story, finishing with an excellent score, for a<br />
close4th in CGrade,just out of the medals.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>College 1Team<br />
The winning team members were: Shania Harrison-Lee (Captain),<br />
Jack Jones,Jack McIntosh, CharlotteMcKenzie and Emma Smith.<br />
Shania Harrison-Lee as Captain led from the frontand the other shooters<br />
have all met the challenge head-on, with fantastic results.<br />
More than impressively, this is the sixth consecutive year that <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College has won this title.While there isaconsistency ofteam members,<br />
there are also new shooters in the mix which speaks hugely well for the<br />
depth of talentwithin the MidCanterburycommunity.<br />
Gold Medal and Champion Team with aRecord-Winning Score<br />
Theteamgained this win with amorethanimpressiverecordscore of<br />
1954.102, which the co-ordinator ofthe event noted ‘would take some<br />
beating’inthe future. Second-placed was Palmerston North Girls’High<br />
School,on1941.81 which Manager Nina McKenzie said wasascore that, in<br />
manyother years,would have wonthe competition. Thirdwas Cambridge<br />
High School with 1919.70 points.<br />
To give some idea of how strong this final winning team score was, the<br />
team’s average across the targets wasataMasterGrade level (the highest<br />
grade of shooting in New Zealand), which is simply exceptional for<br />
secondarystudents.<br />
In the final double card round, which is generally considered to be<br />
demanding of secondary students, the <strong>Ashburton</strong> College 1 team<br />
produced an average of 196.75/200, which is phenomenal shooting on<br />
any day, let alone under pressure. This level sealed the victory for the<br />
team, afterentering the finalround with only aslimtwo pointlead!<br />
ImpressiveIndividual Results were:<br />
In amongst the College 1Team result, were also impressive individual<br />
results:<br />
Shania Harrison-Lee Gold Medal Master Grade Champion, and<br />
second Overall Individual, after a very close<br />
tussle with her Palmerston North counterpart,<br />
Stephanie McNair.<br />
Senior competition<br />
winners (pictured<br />
left, lefttoright):<br />
Brooke Miller,<br />
Hayley Tallentire,<br />
Olivia Lill.<br />
(Front):<br />
Hannah O’Reilly.<br />
House Fest Placings were:<br />
1st – Blue House; 2nd – RedHouse; 3rd–Orange House; 4th – Green House.<br />
The victorious Blue House members (pictured above, backrow,lefttoright):<br />
RileyTindall, Molly Milmine, KaseyHigson, Ella Shanks,RubyLeverton.<br />
(Middle row, lefttoright): Mikayla Roulston, Caendal Harris, Coty Cuadrado,<br />
Harriet Leverton (Blue House Co-Captain), Lily Davidson, Will Rollinson,<br />
PoppyKilworth, Mollie McKenna.<br />
(Front row, left toright): Lusungu Mbambo, Bailey Gray, Liam Sullivan<br />
(Blue House Co-Captain), NahteshiyaWatene.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>College Triple SSS Winning Team for Amazing Sixth Consecutive Year<br />
Emma Smith Bronze Medal in A Grade, and 5th Overall<br />
Individual.<br />
CharlotteMcKenzie Gold Medal B Grade Champion, and 4th<br />
Overall Individual.<br />
Jack Jones<br />
Fourth placed in C Grade and 13th Overall<br />
Individual.<br />
Jack McIntosh Tenthplaced and 22nd OverallIndividual.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>College 2Team<br />
Team members were: Brontson Cudmore, Bree Greer, Tane Moore,<br />
Sama Sooialo and Madi Tourle.<br />
Claudia Cudmorecompeted as an individual.<br />
Nina reported that the results of the <strong>Ashburton</strong> College 2 Team were<br />
excellentalso with Year 9studentMadi Tourle leading from the front.<br />
IndividualResultswere:<br />
Madi Tourle<br />
Silver Medal (Runner-up Champion) in DGrade,<br />
andanimpressive 15thOverall Individual.<br />
The balance ofthe team, plus Claudia shooting as an individual, had<br />
good individual finishes in DGrade, being: Claudia Cudmore 8th;<br />
Brontson Cudmore 11th; Sama Sooialo 25th, Bree Greer 35th, and<br />
Tane Moore41st).<br />
Very SoundTeam2Result<br />
Madi Tourle helped steer the <strong>Ashburton</strong> College 2team to 9th placing<br />
overall, impressively beating first teams of some other schools and<br />
showing exciting potential, particularly given the majority ofthe team is<br />
made up of junior students.<br />
Congratulations go also to neighbouring Mt Hutt College shooters, who<br />
finished avery creditable 8th placing overall, with their shooters being<br />
Amelia Swan, Eddie Millichamp,HunterLill, Jess Heavenand Jess Lill.<br />
BatonChanges Ahead andContribution Appreciations<br />
This will be both Shania’s andEmma’sfinal year forthis match, as they are<br />
Year 13 students this year. Their contribution to the team, in their time at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College, has been enormous. They leave <strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
in good stead though, with all three other members of the first team only<br />
being Year 10 and,together with Madi and manyothers,thereisperhaps<br />
the strongest contingentcoming through thatthe College has ever seen,<br />
which bodes well forcontinued success.<br />
Medals and Certificatesfor both the Teams matchesand Individual Grades,<br />
areontheir wayto<strong>Ashburton</strong>College forpresentation.<br />
In ayear thathas been very disrupted,this group has worked consistently<br />
hardinthe time available to them, andthoroughly deserve their successes.<br />
Girls1st XV Rugby<br />
The AshHutt Girls’ 1st XV Rugby Team plays in the South Canterbury<br />
competition, at the end of whichaTownversus Countrymatchis held,asa<br />
pre-cursor to theHananShieldteam announcement.<br />
This event took place on Sunday 13 <strong>September</strong> atAlpine Stadium,Timaru,<br />
resulting in adecisive points-win to theTownteam by 58-17.<br />
The Town team was made up of players from Craighead Diocesan,Timaru<br />
Girls’High Schooland RoncalliCollege; whilethe Countryteam wasformed<br />
from AshHutt College, Geraldine High School and Waitaki Girls’ High/<br />
St Kevin’s College players.<br />
AshColl GirlsSelectedfor the Countryteam were:<br />
TC Trusler-Clark, Nesha Thompson, Naumai Terekia, Lauren Taylor,<br />
Gemma Taylor, Steph Geeson, Emma Rollinson, Roi Makutu,<br />
Khalani Brightwell. Megan Hurley was also selected but was unable to<br />
play due to injury. Absent from the game were Roi Makutu duetoatangi;<br />
Khalani andNaumaidue to illness.<br />
Hanan Shield Team Announcement<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College students announced in this team were Steph Geeson,<br />
Emma Rollinson and TC Trusler-Clark (ViceCaptain).<br />
TheHanan Shield team is apaper team.<br />
Coming Events<br />
AshHutt players namedin<br />
CountryTeam (pictured left, back<br />
row,lefttoright):<br />
Steph Geeson, NeshaThompson,<br />
Emma Rollinson, TC Trusler-Clark,<br />
Megan Hurley.<br />
(Front row, lefttoright):<br />
Lauren Taylor, GraceBleach<br />
(Mt Hutt College),Gemma Taylor.<br />
Photocredit: Tania Trusler-Clark<br />
<strong>September</strong><br />
25 Boys’1st XI Hockey,Christchurch<br />
Final DayofTermThree<br />
26-28 National Schools’Road Cycling,Palmerston North<br />
South Island and New Zealand Clay Target Championships,<br />
Christchurch<br />
Target Shooting New Zealand Interschools’Shoot,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
October<br />
02-04 National Schools’MTB Championships,Wellington<br />
06-07 SISS Cycling Track Championships,Invercargill<br />
14 AGS2TractorsDay2,Year12ACADGroup1, <strong>Ashburton</strong>Showgrounds<br />
15 ACAD1 Tractors Day 2, Year 12 ACAD Group 1, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Showgrounds<br />
16 Staff vs StudentExecutiveChess Match<br />
Some KeyForthcoming Dates<br />
November<br />
05 Year 13 Awards Ceremony, <strong>Ashburton</strong>TrustEvent Centre, 7:00pm<br />
10 Years 11 and 12 Prize-givings,EANetworksCentre, 7:00pm<br />
16-09 Dec NCEA Exams<br />
Term Dates<strong>2020</strong> –Terms Two, Threeand startofTerm Four<br />
Term Three<br />
-Friday25<strong>September</strong><br />
Term Four Monday12October -Thursday 05 November (Year 13)<br />
-Tuesday 10 November (Years 11 and 12)<br />
-Thursday 03 December(Year 10)<br />
-Friday04December (Year 9)<br />
Term Dates2021 –<br />
Term One Thursday 04 February (Years 9and 13)<br />
Friday05February (Years10and 12)<br />
Tuesday09February (Year 11) - Friday16April<br />
Term Two Monday03May -Friday09July<br />
Term ThreeMonday26July -Friday01October<br />
Term Four Monday18October - Thursday 28 October(Year 13)<br />
-Tuesday02November (Years11/12)<br />
-Thursday09December (Year 10)<br />
-Friday10December (Year 9)<br />
(Pictured lefttoright): Jack Jones (Team 1), Shania Harrison-Lee (Team 1),<br />
Madi Tourle (Team 2) and CharlotteMcKenzie(Team 1).<br />
(Pictured above, left to right): Ready for action Charlotte McKenzie,<br />
Jack Jones,Shania Harrison-Lee and Madi Tourle.<br />
(Absent): Emma Smith, Jack McIntosh, Sama Sooialo, Bree Greer,<br />
Tane Mooreand Broston Cudmore.
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Tinwald girls<br />
nab trophy in<br />
final seconds<br />
An unlikely shotinthe final 20 seconds<br />
earned the Tinwalddivision twowomen’s<br />
team abig South CanterburyHockey trophy<br />
at the weekend.<br />
Theside of Year911 girls from <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College andMtHutt College has trekked to<br />
Timaru every Sunday andtook thetrophy<br />
with a32 win over Roncalli College’s First<br />
XI.<br />
CoachJen Muir saidTinwald hadbeen<br />
behind mostofthe game after an early goal<br />
by JessiePitney but the scores werelocked<br />
22 with timealmostup.<br />
Tinwald hadbeen defending its goal when<br />
theymanaged to snaffle possessionand<br />
Laura Walshmade abreakdown the right<br />
side.Pitney,the rightstriker,was waiting in<br />
the circle and playedareverse shot that sent<br />
the ball into the back of thegoal.<br />
Shewas immediately mobbedbyher teammates<br />
andMuir,who cocoaches with<br />
husband Skip,held their breath whilethe<br />
match went intoumpires’ time. Luckily,that<br />
was brief.<br />
Muir saiditwas afantastic finish to the<br />
season,consideringthey almost didn’t enter<br />
whenCovid19 upset early season<br />
preparations.<br />
Roncallihad been hotonattack as the<br />
finalwounddown.Tinwald had levelled the<br />
scores afteragoal from Walsh and some<br />
great workfrom goalie Caitlin Muir kept<br />
theminwith achance.<br />
Jen said the group was amix of talented<br />
and new players and theyhad gelled<br />
throughoutthe season, underthe captaincy<br />
of Piper Hood.<br />
She saidthe players hadconfidencein<br />
eachother’s ability to do their job on the<br />
pitchsowhen Walsh took thefast break, she<br />
had support.<br />
Pitney’s shothad aone in 10 chance of<br />
succeeding, and it did.<br />
Muir said the teamcame home with three<br />
cupsfrom the competition after being topon<br />
points after roundrobinplay.<br />
She saidthey grateful to the parents and<br />
supporters whohelped throughout the<br />
season and whomadethe triptoTimarufor<br />
the final.<br />
The second division grade includes<br />
Wakanui(whowon the plate final) and<br />
school teams fromaround South Canterbury.<br />
It wasagood weekend for other Mid<br />
Canterbury seniorhockeysides, the<br />
Wakanuiwomen beat Cambridge 52 to win<br />
the top women’s grade final, while the<br />
Wakanuimen lost 41 to Temuka intheir<br />
divisionone final.<br />
Covid worries<br />
stop salmon run<br />
Thisyear’s edition of theRakaia Salmon Run<br />
has become another covid casualty.<br />
The event’sorganising committee said the<br />
uncertainty of running an eventundercovid<br />
restrictions, rules andprotocols wastoo much<br />
for its small volunteer group.<br />
The decisiontocancel the event, sponsored<br />
by JacksonHolmes, came with<br />
disappointment andsadness. The event was to<br />
havebeen held on October17,now theday of<br />
the general election.<br />
Spokesperson JoBurrowssaid there had<br />
beenalot of deliberationand discussion<br />
about continuing,given the preparation and<br />
promotion already done.<br />
Astatement by the committeesaid: ‘‘It was<br />
decided thatthe health and safety, and also<br />
welfare ofour competitors, volunteers,<br />
marshalls and general community was more<br />
important than the risks involved,asmany of<br />
ourmarshalls and volunteers areelderly and<br />
are in the deemed riskcategory.<br />
‘‘Asyou will be aware the coviduncertainty<br />
atthistime has also brought with it alot more<br />
rules andprotocols to abide by, andsofor our<br />
small volunteer committee itwas too large a<br />
responsibility to run asuccessful and stress<br />
free event.’’ Theevent will be back in 2021.<br />
The winning Tinwald division two hockey team and their trophy haul from the <strong>2020</strong> season.<br />
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Cup final for U15 footballers<br />
Mid Canterbury United’s 15th grade side celebrate after the penalty shoot out.<br />
PHOTO DOUG BOVETT.<br />
MidCanterbury United’s 15th grade<br />
side will play in the Division 1cup<br />
final thisSaturday after an exciting<br />
penalty shootout victory against<br />
Cashmere Tech in the semis.<br />
Mid Canterbury were 20 down<br />
beforethey hit back with agoaljust<br />
beforehalftime.<br />
Abetter secondhalf performance<br />
sawthemlevel thescoresand force a<br />
penalty shoot out.<br />
In the tense shoot out they won 65<br />
on penalties.<br />
Mid Canterburyfinished second in<br />
the Under 15 competition over the<br />
regular season, buttable toppers<br />
Coastal Spirit were beaten 42 in the<br />
other semifinal by SelwynUnitedon<br />
Saturday.<br />
The resultsmeanMid Canterbury<br />
will host Selwyn in the cup finalin<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain.<br />
Kickoff is 9.15am and vocal home<br />
support is expected.<br />
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CLUB NEWS<br />
ASHBURTON GOLF CLUB 9HOLERS<br />
What a windy day it was last Thursday! It provided an extra<br />
challenge as we played.<br />
Winner of the round sponsored by Netherby Pharmacy was<br />
Robynne Nicoll with anett score of 31. Three players were close<br />
behind with scores of 30: Tonee Hurley, Colin Fleming and Denise<br />
O'Halloran. Tong King scored agobbler, winning aSmith and Church<br />
golf ball.<br />
Saturday's weather was so much better, with abeautiful sunny<br />
sky. Winner of the Harvey Bakehouse stableford round was Terry<br />
McMillian, 22 points, followed by Judy Shepherd, Laurence Hanrahan<br />
Snr and Gavin Johnston, 20 points.<br />
Then, Bruce Leighton, 19 points, Robynne Nicoll, 18points and<br />
Muriel Morgan, 17 points.<br />
Closest to the pin on the 14th hole was Bruce Leighton. The 9Hole<br />
Championship Finals will take place on Saturday <strong>September</strong> 26,<br />
teeing off at about 1pm. On Thursday <strong>September</strong> <strong>24</strong>, play will be<br />
sponsored by Sega Golf (putting) and Accountantz (best nett) and on<br />
October 1our sponsor will be Flowers @the Gate by Tone'e.<br />
CYCLING<br />
Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers Winter Series Training Ride<br />
No13: Tie for first place, Ross Templeton, Don Sutton and Brent<br />
Kircher 28m 48s, 4th Brian Ellis 30m 58s, 5th Brent Hudson 30m 58s,<br />
6th Ross Proctor 30m 59s, 7th Janette Hooper 31m 10s, 8th Kurt<br />
Overdevest 28m 21s, 9th Roger Wilson 28m 26s, 10th Rachel Reid<br />
28m 45s, 11th Pam Harcourt 29m 05s, 12th Tony Ward 23m 05s.F/T,<br />
13th Lucy Kirwan 29m 06s, 14th Michael Templeton 23m 08.05s 2f/t,<br />
15th Kevin Opele 23m 08.30s 3f/t, 16th Mike Hansen 26m 48s, 17th<br />
Kyle Gray <strong>24</strong>m 38s, 18th Liz Wylie 29m 11s, 19th Kerry Clough 29m<br />
12s, 20th Doug Coley 27m 02s, 21st Don Morrison 27m 07s, 22nd Rob<br />
Hooper 23m 41s 4f/t, 23rd Matt Marshall 25m 21s, <strong>24</strong>th Nick Grijns<br />
25m 21s, 25th Paul Chapman 25m 22s, 26th Ron Kennedy 30m 04s,<br />
27th Debbie Skinner 30m 18s, 28th Marty Cuttle 26m 57s, 29th Alan<br />
Johns 34m 59s, 30th Paul Wylie DNF.<br />
Mystery teams:<br />
1st 146 pts Michael Templeton, Matt Marshall, Paul Chapman,<br />
Don Morrison, Kurt Overdevest, Lucy Kirwan, Alan Johns, Pam<br />
Harcourt, Don Sutton, Brent Kircher. 2nd Team 155pts Kevin Opele,<br />
Marty Cuttle, Mike Hansen, Ross Templeton, Roger Wilson, Ron<br />
Kennedy, Liz Wylie, Janette Hooper, Brent Hudson, Paul Wylie. 3rd<br />
Team 161 pts Tony Ward, Rob Hooper, Kyle Gray, Doug Coley, Nick<br />
Grijns, Rachel Reid, Kerry Clough, Debbie Skinner, Ross Proctor,<br />
Brian Ellis.<br />
<strong>2020</strong> Points for the Winter Series: Madge Peach Ladies Trophy<br />
Kristine Marriott 96, Emma Hudson 68, Monique Brake 56, Michelle<br />
Knight 52, Liz Wylie 47, Marcel Smithers 36, Debbie Skinner 32,<br />
Rachel Reid 32, Shona McGrath 30, Lucy Kirwan 22, Janette Hooper<br />
18, Pam Harcourt 11, Zoe Nicholls 6.<br />
Jim Tate Under 40 yrs Steven Hands 75, Larry Neal 62, Matt<br />
Marshall 50, Mark Summerfield 42, Brad Hudson 41, Kyle Gray 35,<br />
Wayne Clement 22, Michael Templeton 22, Jelle Hendriksen 21,<br />
Gerrard Morrison 21, Sam Barltrop 21, Andrew Shepherd 18, Simon<br />
Chapman 6.<br />
Sandy MacKenzie Over 40 yrs Ross Templeton 117, Don Sutton<br />
87, Rob Hooper 80, Michael Gallagher 76, Tony Ward 73, Doug Coley<br />
65, Kevin Opele 46, Andy Skinner 43, Roger Wilson 41, Brian Ellis 38,<br />
Rob Redmond 32, John Uden 30, Mike Hansen 29, Kerry Clough 28,<br />
Marty Cuttle 13. Dave Knight 12. Paul Brake 9. Richard Kirwan 9.<br />
"MCSW Cup" over 60s. Don Morrison 104. Nick Grijns 62. Brent<br />
Hudson 44. Ross Proctor 37. Alan Johns 35. Colin Teahan 29. Ron<br />
Kennedy 15, Dave Shurrock 9, Nigel Leary 7, Kenny Johnston 6.<br />
Bruce Arnst Trophy under 15 yrs Zoe Nicholls 6.<br />
MCSW Trophy Overall Points Ross Templeton 117.<br />
Special Prizes Most Starts, 12 out of 12 Don Morrison and Nick<br />
Grijns.<br />
ASHBURTON BOWLING CLUB<br />
On March <strong>24</strong>, <strong>Ashburton</strong> Bowling Club, along with the rest of the<br />
country, closed for business for the foreseeable future.<br />
But, as from this past Saturday <strong>September</strong> 19, we are up and<br />
running again! We may have only one green available to us until<br />
November 27 (because of remedial work on the other green), but<br />
necessary tweaking of fixtureshas ensured that everything is covered.<br />
And, of course, our future is secure also!<br />
Our mayor, Neil Brown, joined executives and members of the<br />
club for our opening day on Saturday. It was aglorious day, sunshine,<br />
little wind, and those who played (we were restricted to six rinks) had<br />
agreat day.<br />
We were started off by our mayor (having made a short but<br />
eloquent speech) bowling the first bowl of the season and it was areal<br />
cracker! Thank you, Mayor Brown, for all your efforts on our behalf.<br />
There was apresentation of the club’s 2019/<strong>2020</strong> competition<br />
winners post afternoon tea, among them the championship winners,<br />
Ladies– Junior Singles –LMills; Championship Singles –WSuttie;<br />
Championship Pairs –DGutberlet (s), LMills: Championship Triples<br />
– D Gutberlet (s), W Suttie, B Ewan; Championship Fours – D<br />
Gutberlet (s), DKing, SMaw, AGibbs.<br />
Men’s– Junior Singles –BDonaldson; Championship Singles –J<br />
Kewish; Championship Pairs –MHill (s), AMcKenzie; Championship<br />
Triples –MAnderson (s), DKinvig, JKewish; Championship Fours –<br />
MAnderson (s), MHill, AMacKenzie, JKewish.<br />
Today, <strong>September</strong> <strong>24</strong>, we will be playing the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Ladies<br />
Drawn Triples, 9.30 am, and on Saturday 26 we will have the first of<br />
our Saturday Combined Rollover Triples, start 1.15 pm. There will be<br />
no “home” Friday Triples until November 27.<br />
Have awonderful season everyone, and very good bowling!<br />
WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB<br />
Pat Burgess Tray Golf Croquet competition results -handicap -6<br />
to 4<br />
Bill Allnutt 7vsPat Alston 5; Sue Lamb 5vsBill Allnutt 7; Rod<br />
Webb 7vsBill Allnutt 4; Janice Murta 7vsBill Allnutt 6; Brian Goodwin<br />
7vsBill Allnutt 5; Bev Blair 4vsBill Allnutt 7; Pat Alston 6vsSue Lamb<br />
7; Rod Webb 6vsPat Alston 7; Janice Murta 7vsPat Alston 6; Brian<br />
Goodwin 7vsSue Lamb 6; Bev Blair 3vsPat Alston 7; Pat Alston 3<br />
vs Brian Goodwin 7; Sue Lamb 7vsRod Webb 4; Sue Lamb 7vs<br />
Janice Murta 4; Sue Lamb 7vsBev Blair 6; Rod Webb 3vs Janice<br />
Murta 7; Rod Webb 2vsBrian Goodwin 7; Rod Webb 3vsBev Blair<br />
7;<br />
Winner -6 t0 4handicap Pat Burgess Tray: Sue Lamb; Runner-up<br />
Janice Murta;<br />
South Canterbury Croquet Association results of the Canterbury<br />
vs South Canterbury Association croquet tournament held at Waireka<br />
Croquet Club Sunday 20september.<br />
Round 1<br />
Campbell &Jones 10 vs King &RMcCorkindale 10; Parkinson &<br />
Turner 13 vs Dollan and Fordyce 14; Couch &Clegg 17 vs Field and<br />
Merrick 12; Rogers and Johnston 9vsLMcCorkindale &Young 20;<br />
Winter &Jones 17 vs Alexander &Maxwell 3; Evans &Costigan 11<br />
vs McGlinchy &Santy 19; Kidd &Turner 6vsSimpson &Pluck 20;<br />
Results Round 1;Canterbury 83 vs South Canterbury 98;<br />
Round 2<br />
Couch &Clegg 29 vs Dollan &Fordyce 6; Winter &Jones 17 vs<br />
Simpson &Pluck 10; Evans &Costigan 16 vs Field &Merrick 4; Kidd<br />
&Turner 7vsAlexander &Maxwell 14; Rogers&Johnston15vsKing<br />
&RMcCorkindale 19; Rogers &Johnston 15 vs LMcCorkindale &<br />
Young 13; Campbell &Jones 4vsMcGlinchy &Santy 14; Results<br />
Round 2; Canterbury 94vsSouth Canterbury 80<br />
Round 3<br />
Kidd &Turner 17 vs Field &Merrick 6; Evans &Costigan 8vs<br />
Alexander &Maxwell 5; Campbell &Jones 17 vs Dollan &Fordyce 8;<br />
Parkinson &Turner 5vsLMcCorkindale &Young 14; Couch &Clegg<br />
16 vs McGlinchy &Pluck 8; Rogers &Johnston 16 vs King &R<br />
McCorkindale 26; Results Round 3; Canterbury 92 vs South<br />
Canterbury 74;<br />
Winner of the Tournament: Canterbury 269 vs South Canterbury<br />
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bees which arekey to our<br />
community health and<br />
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It’s no secret thatbees hold<br />
ourecosystem together<br />
through the crosspollination<br />
of plantssothey can fruit and<br />
provide food forinsects,<br />
animalsand humans –sothis<br />
<strong>September</strong> is the time to<br />
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playinthe wellbeing of the<br />
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Akura Nursery assistant<br />
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“There’s arange of native<br />
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Mowing lawns less frequently can help bees thrive.<br />
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Also,exotics species such as<br />
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eucalypts can give an<br />
excellent year round bounty<br />
for the bees.”<br />
Carolyn has worked at the<br />
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years and says<strong>2020</strong> is by far<br />
the biggest year in sales for<br />
plantsthat help bee survival,<br />
which might be duetothe<br />
raising awareness of their<br />
influence on our ecosystem<br />
and humanhealth.<br />
“People need to getinquick<br />
to buy fromtheir local<br />
nurseries andget planting<br />
before it’s too late, because<br />
the planting season is coming<br />
to an end.”<br />
There are further<br />
opportunities for the hapori<br />
whanui(wider community) to<br />
support bee health in line<br />
with sustainable farming<br />
practices that are available<br />
through various programmes.<br />
Greater Wellington<br />
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Ongoing garden<br />
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The Great Kereru Count is on<br />
BY MARY RALSTON<br />
Here’s another greatcitizen<br />
science projecttoget involved<br />
in: the GreatKereru Count.<br />
This annualcensus of these<br />
magnificent birds runsuntil<br />
<strong>September</strong> 27. Whetheryou<br />
see any kereru or not, sharing<br />
your observations will help<br />
buildupaclearerpicture of<br />
where kereru live,how many<br />
thereare andwhatthey are<br />
feeding on.<br />
Kereru,New Zealand<br />
pigeon, are alsoknownas<br />
kukuorkukupa. The Great<br />
Kereru Countisone of New<br />
Zealand’s biggestcitizen<br />
science projects, andthe more<br />
people whoparticipate,the<br />
better the understanding of the<br />
birds’ abundanceand<br />
distribution.<br />
It has beenrunningfor four<br />
yearsalready, andthe planis<br />
for another threeyearsof<br />
records.<br />
Kereru playacrucial role in<br />
dispersing the large fruitsof<br />
native trees suchastawa,<br />
taraire andmatai. No other<br />
mainland bird is large enough<br />
NATURE MATTERS<br />
Kowhaiare afavoured food of kereru,sowhere there are kowhai,<br />
there maybekereru –recordyour observations duringthe Great<br />
KereruCount<br />
to fulfil this role, making them<br />
essential for forest<br />
regeneration.<br />
In our district, kereru are<br />
occasionallyseen in patches of<br />
native bushorforest,suchas<br />
the foothills forestsand along<br />
the rivers. Buttheycould be<br />
finding foodintowntoo –<br />
anywherethereisagoodfood<br />
supply,kereru may show up, so<br />
keepalookout whenyou’re<br />
out walkingorbiking.<br />
They are reallybig birds for<br />
NewZealand –itwould be<br />
unlikely that youwould<br />
mistakean“ordinary” pigeon<br />
for kereru –and they alsomake<br />
adistinctive “whoosh”noise as<br />
theyfly overhead throughthe<br />
forest.<br />
Favourite foodsare fruit<br />
from native foresttreesbut<br />
alsoinclude kowhai, flaxand<br />
fuchsia for nectar and<br />
wineberry, karamu and nikau<br />
for fruit.<br />
Why getinvolved?Kereru<br />
are protectedbirds and<br />
endemic to New Zealand.<br />
Kererunumbers today are<br />
much lower than the flocks<br />
reported50100 years ago but<br />
theydonot have formal<br />
threatened status: the Great<br />
Kereru Count isthe only<br />
centraliseddata gatheredto<br />
monitor theoverall national<br />
trendsofthissignificantbird.<br />
So, when you’re out and<br />
about this weekend,keepan<br />
eyeout for kereru andthengo<br />
to the website<br />
greatkererucount.nztorecord<br />
your observations.Thanks for<br />
helping!<br />
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Sprucing up for spring<br />
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Some quick, cheap spring<br />
spruce up and homedecor<br />
ideas are easierwhen the<br />
sun finally beginstoshine<br />
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It’s hard nottoget the itch<br />
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Rearrangethe furniture<br />
Whether the room is called<br />
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room, it’sthe one roomofthe<br />
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For aquick,cheap spring<br />
spruce up of theliving room,<br />
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Declutter<br />
Cluttermakes aspace<br />
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Sprucing up your home just takes abit of work and<br />
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Try some colour<br />
Change the decor on the<br />
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Fresh coat of paint<br />
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asample on asquareof<br />
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Wellington Search and Rescue<br />
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Taunton saidSearch and Rescue<br />
teamsfrom Kapiti and UpperHutt<br />
recently completed their first<br />
operation of the season after two<br />
women becamelost while walking<br />
the Titi Circular Track in<br />
AkatarawaForest.<br />
The pair textfamily after losing<br />
their way and Policewere notified<br />
ashort time later.<br />
“The women did lots of things<br />
right, they were well prepared for<br />
aday walk with warmclothing,<br />
food and emergency fire lighting<br />
equipment, but the overnight<br />
temperaturefor nearby Upper<br />
Huttwas expected to be 3degC,”<br />
he said.<br />
“They weresafeand well and<br />
extremely happy to be reunited<br />
with their loved ones about 9pm.<br />
We urgeanyonegoingintothe<br />
bush for any lengthoftimetohope<br />
for the best butalways prepare for<br />
the worst. Thatmeans planning<br />
your route, checkingthe weather,<br />
seeking local knowledge if you’re<br />
unfamiliar with the terrain, and<br />
telling someone where you’re<br />
goingand when you’reback.’’<br />
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Farm visit showcases wetland<br />
New Zealand Landcare Trust<br />
have led the charge and got<br />
people talking about the<br />
benefits of wetlandsasfarm<br />
assets.<br />
It’s part of athree year<br />
project looking towork with<br />
farmers and the wider<br />
community to provide advice<br />
on managing wetlands, to share<br />
knowledge and show the<br />
benefits natural, or constructed<br />
wetlands, offer.<br />
As part of theproject staff<br />
from the trust, with speakers<br />
from Environment Canterbury<br />
(ECan), hosted afieldday this<br />
week at two MidCanterbury<br />
demonstration sites; the<br />
property of Ian and Sue<br />
Thornton, at Ealing, and the<br />
property of Angus andGemma<br />
McKenzie, at Lowcliffe.<br />
Theday was attended by 60<br />
people, including farmers,<br />
members of industry<br />
organisations, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Water Zone Committee<br />
members and <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
District mayor, Neil Brown.<br />
New Zealand Landcare<br />
Trust’s Jo Buckner andJanet<br />
Gregory were there as well<br />
ECan’s Jason Butt, awetland<br />
plant specialist,and councillor<br />
Ian MacKenzie.<br />
Mr MacKenzie is chair of the<br />
project.<br />
Wetlands andtheir habitats<br />
are at most threat of<br />
disappearing especially with<br />
farming systems and we want to<br />
help farmers and landowners<br />
realise they are an asset rather<br />
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Coming up at the <strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust Event Centre<br />
The Shows Must Go On<br />
Environment Canterbury’s wetland plant specialist Jason Butt speaks in the wetland area of Ealing<br />
Dairies, owned by Ian and Sue Thornton.<br />
than aliability, Mr MacKenzie<br />
said.<br />
He said theproject team had<br />
been swamped by landowner<br />
interest, requeststoview and<br />
help develop their wetlands.<br />
Ms Buckner saidnoone size<br />
fitsall,it’s differentfor<br />
everyone with stages to go<br />
through beginning aproject.<br />
Mr Butt said actions for<br />
wetland development included<br />
understanding the site, its<br />
water retention, bird life, its<br />
biggest weeds and other threats<br />
such as wildlife or rodents.<br />
Despiteboth wetland farms<br />
being in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> district,<br />
the Thornton and McKenzie<br />
properties were examples of<br />
being very different.<br />
TheThornton’s have aQEII<br />
covenant on their braided river<br />
wetland which sits alongside<br />
the Rangitata River.<br />
They have gained agreat<br />
deal of knowledge since<br />
starting they startedrestoring<br />
thesitewithweed control,<br />
ecosystemsand hydrology to<br />
mahinga kai,predatorscontrol<br />
and native plantings.<br />
The McKenzie’s wetland is a<br />
living example of the<br />
CanterburyPlains dongas/dry<br />
gullies, with an eroded<br />
headland and ahapua/rivermouth<br />
lagoonbutting up<br />
against beach gravels.<br />
While fenced off many years<br />
ago, the wetlandshows the<br />
coastal squeeze on wetlands<br />
along the Canterbury Bight.<br />
The wetland management<br />
plan helps the couple address<br />
challenges around willow<br />
control, native planting and<br />
protecting coastal habitat.<br />
Yippee ...Level 1–And the shows will go on!<br />
Rock NPop <strong>2020</strong> –Solid Gold<br />
Twilight<br />
tennis<br />
Mid Canterbury Tennis is<br />
seekingentries in its popular<br />
Twilight competitionheldon<br />
Wednesday evenings from<br />
OctoberthroughtoMarch.<br />
The social competition is<br />
ideal for familygroups, friends<br />
and businessassociates.<br />
Run in twogrades,the<br />
competitionisalso suitable for<br />
introducing newtennis players<br />
or reintroducing players who<br />
haven’t picked up aracquetfor<br />
awhile.<br />
You can enterasateam oran<br />
individualand organisersare<br />
happy to place individualsinto<br />
asuitableteam.<br />
Entriesclose on October4<br />
and the first games aretobe<br />
played on October 14.<br />
Furtherdetails on the Mid<br />
CanterburyTennis website.<br />
HOCKEY DRAW<br />
Draw <strong>September</strong> 25 to 27 <strong>September</strong><br />
Friday 25 <strong>September</strong>Just Hockey SSL Div<br />
1Boys Nga Puna Wai 27.20 pm St Bede's<br />
College 2nd XI v<strong>Ashburton</strong> College 1st XI<br />
(Umpires supplied)<br />
Small Sticks<br />
Saturday 26 <strong>September</strong> Fun Sticks 11.00<br />
am Draws made on the day (Coaches)<br />
Sunday 27 <strong>September</strong> 1st Grade Men<br />
4.00 pm Allenton vTinwald Orange (Tinwald<br />
Black, Hampstead Lowcliffe) 5.25 pm<br />
Wakanui v Hampstead/Wakanui (Allenton,<br />
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Tuesday 29th <strong>September</strong>, 7:30pm<br />
Tickets from $79.90<br />
With astellar NZ cast, where some have returned<br />
from performing on the great stages of the Westend<br />
and Broadway, The Show’s Must Go On is a<br />
glittering concert of musical theatre showstoppers.<br />
This blockbusting two-hour show features favourite<br />
songs from the world’s greatest musicals in concert<br />
including The Phantom of the Opera, Chicago, The Sound of Music, Mamma Mia, The Lion<br />
King, Wicked, Dear Evan Hansen, The Book of Mormon ,The Greatest Showman and more,<br />
along of course with New Zealand’s favourite musical Les Misérables.<br />
The amazing pleasure to your ears will only be matched with the feast for your eyes, with<br />
spectacular backdrops coupled with exquisite lighting that portrays the emotion and beauty<br />
of each piece.<br />
The Abba Show<br />
Red Carpet event<br />
Friday 9th and 10th October 7-30pm<br />
Tickets from $27 (fees apply)<br />
Featuring songs from legendarysong writers likeElton John, Billy<br />
Joel,The Beatles,Queen, Pink,Totoand Cold Play,and performed<br />
by acastof70performers,RocknPop is atributetothe talent<br />
within our community, in supportofour performing arts venue.<br />
Under the direction of Producer and Musical Director, Jo Castelow,<br />
DirectorRoger Farr and Choreographer Jessie Thompson, RocknPop will be the perfect night<br />
out listening to sound dripping harmonyinafull stage production that will shakeoffthe post<br />
lockdown blues.<br />
Funds raised will go towardsanupgrade of the technical infrastructure, that will benefit the<br />
communityinthe future.<br />
Hopetoun Brown –Arts On Tour<br />
Sunday 6th December 8pm<br />
Adults $71.15, Child 12 &under $31.85 &<br />
Groups of 10+ $66.15<br />
Direct from Australia, the world’s premier live ABBA<br />
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Far from being ‘just another cover band” The ABBA<br />
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The ABBA Show gives fans of all ages achance to re-live the ABBA concert experience,<br />
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Thursday 22nd October 7-30pm<br />
These three multi instrumentalists travel with aboot<br />
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Thanks for having a<br />
say on our future<br />
One of the great things about<br />
our local democracy is the<br />
ability, and right, of<br />
residents to have their say on<br />
the proposals and decisions<br />
that will govern them.<br />
It’s aduty that the council<br />
takes very seriously, so when<br />
we went out with ashort<br />
survey to ask what residents<br />
thought the council should<br />
focus on for our future, it was<br />
incredibly pleasing to see so<br />
many people exercising their<br />
right to be heard.<br />
The Our Place, Our Plan<br />
survey was an opportunity<br />
for residents to rank what<br />
issues and topics they<br />
thought were most important<br />
for the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District.<br />
It was based off the results<br />
council received three years<br />
ago when the first survey was<br />
carried out, and was open to<br />
everyone.<br />
The purpose of Our Place,<br />
Our Plan was to get our<br />
community’s ideas in front of<br />
the council before we start to<br />
draft the 202131 Long Term<br />
Plan.<br />
The survey officially<br />
closed on <strong>September</strong> 18.<br />
I’m very happy to report<br />
that 1120 people took the<br />
time in this last month to<br />
complete the survey and tell<br />
council what they believe is<br />
most important for our<br />
district moving forward.<br />
This is afantastic outcome,<br />
and I’d like to take this<br />
opportunity to thank each<br />
and every person who took<br />
part.<br />
Completing ashort survey<br />
may seem like asmall<br />
contribution but in reality, it<br />
has the power to build<br />
compelling evidence and<br />
present perspectives that<br />
can shape decisions.<br />
Just as importantly, it also<br />
gave participants achance to<br />
let council know how they<br />
and their families are coping<br />
with the impacts of Covid19.<br />
Thank you for sharing<br />
these experiences with us. I<br />
am sure these responses will<br />
prove invaluable to our<br />
understanding of exactly<br />
how the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District is<br />
faring and how the council<br />
should proceed over the<br />
coming months and years.<br />
With the survey now<br />
closed, council staff are now<br />
busy working through the<br />
responses ready to present<br />
the results to councillors in<br />
November.<br />
The results will also be<br />
shared with you.<br />
Those answers will then<br />
help council to determine<br />
what projects, activities or<br />
issues it should focus on over<br />
the next 10 years as part of<br />
the draft Long Term Plan.<br />
When the draft plan is then<br />
ready, it too will go out for<br />
community consultation<br />
before the plan is finalised<br />
and adopted next year.<br />
This means there is<br />
another opportunity coming<br />
up to have your say on our<br />
district’s future.<br />
We will continue to keep<br />
you posted on the progress of<br />
the draft Long Term Plan, so<br />
keep an eye out over the<br />
coming months.<br />
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Knitted wool hats, gloves given<br />
Wool hats and fingerless<br />
gloves knittedwith rural<br />
communitiesinmind have<br />
been handed over to<br />
PresbyterianSupport.<br />
The woollen items were<br />
knittedbymembers of Rural<br />
Women New Zealand (RWNZ).<br />
Initially startedasaRegion<br />
2projectitwas embraced by<br />
Mid Canterbury provincial<br />
members whothisweek got to<br />
distribute their creations.<br />
Mid Canterbury provincial<br />
president MargVerrall said<br />
around 60 hats in varying sizes<br />
andgloves were giventothe<br />
Presbyterian Support to give<br />
to its rural community,<br />
includingthosewithin the<br />
Mana Akeservicewhich<br />
reaches into school<br />
communities.<br />
Each completed hat hasa<br />
Rural Women New Zealand<br />
label stitched on to it.<br />
“We hope to make a<br />
differencealongthe way,<br />
wherever it’s needed,” Mrs<br />
Verrall said.<br />
Presbyterian Support’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> area manager Suz<br />
Hutchinsonand Family Works<br />
socialworker Kelsi Thompson<br />
gratefully accepted theitems<br />
andcommended the RWNZ<br />
members for their insight to<br />
the need of others –and the<br />
quality of the knitting.<br />
The charitable organisation<br />
offers anumberof social<br />
RWNZ’s region 2committee member Sandra Curd and Mid Canterbury provincial president Marg<br />
Verrall with Presbyterian Support’s <strong>Ashburton</strong> area manager Suz Hutchinson and Family Works<br />
social worker Kelsi Thompson with the hats and gloves knitted with rural communities in mind.<br />
services under its umbrella to<br />
build strong familiesand help<br />
people struggling with age,<br />
disability or injury to enjoy<br />
betterquality of life.<br />
It has connectionswith<br />
people from all corners of Mid<br />
Canterbury, in urban and<br />
rural communities whether<br />
they are older people, people<br />
withdisability,families at<br />
risk, children and young<br />
people.<br />
Sometimes support includes<br />
awraparound service with<br />
multiple services able to help<br />
empower childrenand their<br />
families.<br />
RWNZ alsoplan to<br />
distribute woollen wearto<br />
Rural Support Trust in Mid<br />
Canterbury and South<br />
Canterbury,and St Vincentde<br />
Paul.<br />
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Funding for<br />
construction<br />
apprentices<br />
VentureTimaru Limited will<br />
receive $4 million to initiate and<br />
manage 100new construction<br />
industry apprenticeships in Mid<br />
Canterbury,South Canterbury and<br />
North Otago.<br />
The funding is part of a$14m<br />
packagefor regional New Zealand<br />
announced last Friday and will<br />
offerapathwaytotrades training<br />
through an investment in<br />
apprenticeships.<br />
The apprenticeships are partof<br />
the $40 million Regional<br />
Apprenticeship Initiative (RAI)<br />
announced in June by Regional<br />
Economic Development Minister<br />
Shane Jones.<br />
Venture Timaru Limited will<br />
work with employersin<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
and wider Mid Canterbury,<br />
Timaru, Oamaruand wider North<br />
Otago to identifyapprenticeship<br />
opportunities in small and<br />
mediumsized businesses.<br />
It willmanage and administer<br />
the funds, facilitatefullpastoral<br />
careand ensureapprentices have<br />
the equipment they need.<br />
The focus of the programme is<br />
primarily the constructiontrades<br />
including building,plumbing,<br />
electrical, painting and plastering,<br />
but will also look at<br />
apprenticeships in othersectors<br />
likeprimary, engineeringand<br />
manufacturing sectors.<br />
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17 Orchard Grove, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Awell designed quality home sitting on acorner section<br />
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• Large open plan living plus separate lounge<br />
• 3 Double bedrooms, master with ensuite and generous<br />
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• Office cuddy in living room<br />
• Peaceful cul-de-sac living with ample parking<br />
• Double garagewith the security of internal access<br />
This stylish fiveyear old home is set tomaximise all day<br />
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Agreat starter or rental, this home is wonderfully warm and<br />
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SetDate of Sale<br />
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This near newhouse built 2years ago isnow ready for<br />
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Real Estate Mid Canterbury Property Limited Licensed (REAA 2008)<br />
SetDate of Sale<br />
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Sales Consultant<br />
027 220 1528<br />
Denise McPherson<br />
Sales Consultant<br />
027 <strong>24</strong>2 7677<br />
Janene McDowell<br />
PropertyManager<br />
027 287 3388<br />
Armand vander Eik<br />
Sales Consultant<br />
021 597 527<br />
Lynne Bridge<br />
Sales Consultant<br />
027 410 6216<br />
Mike Grant ncre<br />
Sales Consultant<br />
021 272 0202<br />
Mark Totty<br />
Sales Consultant<br />
021 664 113<br />
BruceMcPherson<br />
Sales Consultant<br />
027 438 4250<br />
JustinWaddell<br />
Sales Consultant<br />
027 437 1111<br />
Jarrod Ross<br />
Sales Consultant<br />
027 259 4644<br />
Carey VonLubke<br />
PropertyManager<br />
027 697 6948<br />
96 TancredStreet, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 03 307 8317 Main Road,Tinwald 03 307 8317<br />
rwashburton.co.nz<br />
36 McMillan Street,Methven 03 303 3032
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Kevin’s a<br />
good sort<br />
SELL<br />
LPG<br />
REFILLS<br />
Small LPG cylinders<br />
Off Street Parking<br />
Available<br />
Arthur Cates Ltd<br />
26 McNally Street<br />
Ph 308 5397<br />
Riverside Industrial Estate<br />
2300187<br />
TRADE &SERVICES<br />
CLASSIFIEDS<br />
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Having problems with your internal gutter systems?<br />
Do your drains keep blocking,causing leakage into the soffits and even your house?<br />
Areyour soffits falling out due to water rot?<br />
We canconvert your internal gutters to standard external gutters.<br />
LPG REFILLS<br />
9kg cylinders<br />
$27.50<br />
Askaboutour<br />
deliveryservice<br />
Anysizecylinder filled<br />
ALPS<br />
CONTINUOUS SPOUTING<br />
Allworkmanship guaranteed<br />
Ben Kruger 021 808 739 or 308 4380<br />
232 BoundaryRoad,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
www.alpscontinuousspouting.co.nz<br />
E; benkruger@xtra.co.nz<br />
2309492<br />
Mike Hanham presenting Kevin O’Brien the<br />
‘Wider Community Good Sort Award’.<br />
Retired farmerKevin O’Brienwas<br />
awarded the recently reactivatedthe<br />
‘Wider Community Good Sort Award’ at<br />
thismonth’s meetingofthe Lions Club of<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Kevin was introduced and giventhe<br />
award by club spokesman MikeHanham<br />
who described Kevin as being ‘small in<br />
staturebut bigofheart’. Kevinhas given<br />
outstandingservice to people of all<br />
denominations,muchofitunderthe St<br />
VincentdePaul banner.Itwas apopular<br />
presentation.<br />
Club President RogerPaterson<br />
welcomedagoodattendance of members,<br />
partners and guests to themeeting held at<br />
the Hotel<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
UnderCovid19 Restrictions, the three<br />
course meal wasserved to the wellspaced<br />
out tables and appeared to be well<br />
received.<br />
Anew member David Robertson, who<br />
has returned from livingin Blenheim,was<br />
inducted to the club by Garth Bateup and<br />
sponsored by George Brown.<br />
Max Cawte introduced guest Jim<br />
Douglas from Amberley.Jim was aLion at<br />
Amberley and is considering joining Lions<br />
here in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Our guest speakersfor theeveningDon<br />
and Allison Shearer gave amost<br />
interesting and jovial account of their<br />
walking tour of the Lakes District which<br />
included in walking from the West Coast of<br />
England to the EastCoast. Many<br />
anecdotes, tales andhumorous<br />
happenings wereshare.Amost intriguing<br />
story includedthe inventionofanew style<br />
of walking shoefeaturing the use of wire!<br />
Shearer Beer was alsomentionedand<br />
someoftheir party may have sampled a<br />
droportwo!<br />
Upcoming club events andcirculation of<br />
lists, subject to Covid19 conditions,<br />
includes the October7quizclubmeeting<br />
and the Golf Tournament andRichard<br />
Hadlee Breakfast on October 8.<br />
GARDEN SUPPLIES<br />
MUSHROOM COMPOST<br />
Nowisthe time to dig in our topqualitymushroom<br />
compost to your vegetable garden. Ideal to replenish nutrients<br />
used by previous crops and improvethe soil structure.<br />
It also adds beneficial micro-organisms to thetired soil.<br />
$50 per cubic metreor$10 bag.<br />
Freedelivery within town boundary.<br />
Open 6daysaweek at our Tinwald yard,<br />
208 Maronan Road. Phone 021 129 8936 or 03 308 3331<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Plains Rotary<br />
DELIVERED<br />
$<br />
6.00<br />
per bale<br />
LINSEED STRAW<br />
Small bales<br />
Phone or txt Ian 027 432 0438;<br />
Alisdair 027 410 6882;<br />
Owen 027 434 4797.<br />
2316729<br />
2299919<br />
17 Grey St,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Phone 307 2707<br />
2300293<br />
BARGAIN Buy. High quality,<br />
showroom kitchen for sale.<br />
Complete with top and sink.<br />
Kitchen Express, 606 East<br />
St, Phone 307 7131<br />
CARPET<br />
Fits 3bedroom, hall,<br />
lounge areas.<br />
Reasonable quality.<br />
Suit townhouse,<br />
flat, bach.<br />
View laidonfloor.<br />
Ph 027609 7282 or<br />
027 6871522<br />
2315894<br />
WANTED TO BUY<br />
METAL, heavy etc. Free<br />
light-grade metal in-yard<br />
dumping 9am-5pm weekdays<br />
&9.30-11.30am Saturdays.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Scrap<br />
Metal Recyclers, 117 Alford<br />
Forest Rd, (behind<br />
PlaceMakers). Phone 03<br />
308 8033 or 027 <strong>24</strong>9 6625.<br />
FIREWOOD<br />
SCREENED SLAB<br />
FIREWOOD<br />
FIREWOOD<br />
SLABWOOD<br />
3cordgreen<br />
$330<br />
1cordgreen<br />
$110<br />
1cordscreened<br />
$140 cord<br />
OFFCUTS<br />
$140 cord<br />
C.O.D.intown<br />
Adams Sawmill<br />
Malcolm McDowell Rd<br />
Phone<br />
308-3595<br />
2302580<br />
DRY old man pine. 6 m 3<br />
$550. Delivered to most of<br />
Mid Canterbury. WINZ<br />
accredited. Phone Rob 027<br />
297 7563<br />
GARDEN SUPPLIES<br />
GARDENERS specials.<br />
Sheep manure $6 bag. Pea<br />
straw $5 bale. Medium<br />
square Linseed Straw $35<br />
bale. Call Ian 027 286 3697<br />
or Alan 027 496 7136 with<br />
your order. AHinds Lion’s<br />
project.<br />
ashburtoncranes2015@gmail.com<br />
Shssssssh ...it’s<br />
CLASSIFIED<br />
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ASHBURTON SANDBLASTING<br />
LIMITED<br />
FOR: Mobile Sandblasting<br />
Painting<br />
OF: Structural Steel<br />
Trailers<br />
Farm Machinery<br />
Car Parts<br />
Shipping Containers<br />
Concrete, Brick Rendering<br />
Free quotes -Competitive rates<br />
Phone Kurt 027 332 4549 or Neil 0274 362 900<br />
Ourclassified advertising Really works,<br />
and it WON’T cost youanarm and aleg.<br />
Usethe form in our paper or call into<br />
199 Burnett St, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. <strong>24</strong> wordsfor $8.<br />
That’sabargain!<br />
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www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
TRADE &SERVICES<br />
ALTERATIONS. Sewing,<br />
mending and trouser hemming,<br />
curtain alterations<br />
and curtain making. Call<br />
Michelle on 027 352 7<strong>24</strong>8.<br />
BUILDING and property<br />
solutions. For your complete<br />
alteration or renovation.<br />
We project manage<br />
the whole process. Home<br />
and small commercial.<br />
Qualified tradesmen.<br />
Phone Kiwi Building &<br />
Maintenance Ltd. Ph Cawte<br />
027 418 7955 or Gary 308<br />
4798, 027 207 1478.<br />
BUILDER - specialising in<br />
home renovations and<br />
repair work. We also do<br />
decks, fences and retaining,<br />
plastering and painting,<br />
gardening, landscaping<br />
and tree removal. Call<br />
Gavin 021 267 1979<br />
CARPET 2You -For all your<br />
flooring needs. Supplier<br />
and installer of carpet and<br />
vinyl, re-stretch and repair,<br />
carpet cleaning. Phone<br />
Mike Gill 0274 914 210<br />
CARPET cleaning. Powerful<br />
equipment and fast drying.<br />
Upholstery, mats and rugs.<br />
Experienced owner/operator.<br />
Phone John Cameron<br />
at Supersucker. 027 435<br />
1042 or 308 1677.<br />
CHIMNEY Sweep. It’s time to<br />
start thinking about it.<br />
Camera inspection carried<br />
out and full inspection<br />
checklist is left for you. Call<br />
Allan 027 209 5026<br />
COMPUTER Problems? For<br />
prompt reliable computer<br />
servicing and laser engraving,<br />
contact Kelvin, KJB<br />
Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot<br />
Place, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone<br />
308 8989. SuperGold discount<br />
card accepted.<br />
COMPUTER repairs, sales,<br />
training, set up -wireless -<br />
networks, spyware clean<br />
up. On-site day or evening.<br />
Great rates. Call Robin<br />
Johnstone, Networks<br />
Firewalls & PC’s Ltd, 308<br />
1440 or 027 768 4058.<br />
CONCRETE pavers direct to<br />
you - Best prices, many<br />
sizes, textures and colours<br />
- Paveco, 13 Robinson<br />
Street, Industrial Estate.<br />
CONCRETE Services -<br />
Driveways, paths, patios,<br />
mowing edging. Decorative<br />
Concrete specialist 30<br />
years servicing Canterbury.<br />
Free quotes. No job too big<br />
or small. Phone Paul 021<br />
152 1966<br />
DEMOLITION Commercial,<br />
Industrial, Residential. Also<br />
country wide farm buildings<br />
and houses. No charge for<br />
farmers. Phone 027 4052<br />
391<br />
DENTURES; Dr Peter<br />
Rumping repairs existing<br />
dentures and also provides<br />
new dentures. Phone 027<br />
220 9997<br />
ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication,<br />
farm equipment<br />
service and maintenance,<br />
WOF repairs, machining<br />
and welding. Odd jobs a<br />
speciality. Mobile workshop.<br />
Can collect. Phone<br />
Malcolm 0274 754 <strong>24</strong>1<br />
GARDENING, mowing,<br />
pruning, fertilising, projects<br />
or general spruce ups? Call<br />
Andrew at Spruce Gardens<br />
to get the job done right.<br />
027 765 2899 or 03 307 1693.<br />
sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz<br />
FLY control and spider<br />
proofing. For all domestic<br />
and industrial pest control<br />
needs phone AJ Kerr at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Pest Control on<br />
03 308 8147 or 027 432<br />
5447.<br />
FURNITURE Removals. For<br />
all your household removal<br />
needs - urban, rural lifestyle,<br />
office relocations -<br />
call Nudges Furniture<br />
Removals, phone 027 2<strong>24</strong><br />
0609<br />
LAWN Mowing. No job too<br />
small. Call Les Smith, From<br />
The Ground Up, for a<br />
competitve quote. Ph 027<br />
840 0201 or 03 308 1500<br />
Technical Support<br />
Officer-Roading<br />
This role provides task diversity and requires strong organisation skills. You<br />
willberesponsible forperforming onsiteinspections, whilealso efficiently and<br />
accurately managing customer applications or information requests.<br />
To find out more about these vacancies<br />
and what the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />
has to offer you-gotoour website.<br />
Applications close<br />
Sunday,27<strong>September</strong> <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers<br />
NANNY required over the<br />
artificial breeding season to<br />
take children to school in<br />
the mornings. Start date<br />
approximately October 12,<br />
<strong>2020</strong>. Contact 021 027<br />
40165<br />
CARS WANTED<br />
MARKIII Zephyr Zodiac<br />
wanted by Private Cash<br />
Buyer. Phone 027 303<br />
7290<br />
MOTORCYCLES<br />
ORNSBY Motorcycle Training.<br />
CBTA licensing and<br />
training (<strong>Ashburton</strong>). Ride<br />
Forever courses in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
and Geraldine. Call<br />
0508ORNSBY(0508 676<br />
729) for more info or visit<br />
motorcycletraining.co.nz<br />
TRADE &SERVICES<br />
Drier. Cleaner. Healthier.<br />
<strong>24</strong>/7 mobile service for<br />
all your carpetcleaning,<br />
upholstery cleaningand<br />
flood restoraon needs.<br />
Timaru 03684 6102<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> 03 308 8932<br />
LOCKSMITH/Door repairs.<br />
Keys/locks, sliding and bifold<br />
door roller repairs.<br />
Mobile service. Call Nigel at<br />
Doors and More. Ph 027<br />
516 7104<br />
PAINTER for all your painting<br />
needs. No job too small,<br />
inside or outside. Professional<br />
friendly service.<br />
Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or<br />
027 200 1619.<br />
PLASTERING<br />
&COATINGS<br />
Rockcote. Waterproofing.<br />
Texture/Specialist<br />
Coatings.<br />
The Finishing Company<br />
03 307 8870 2291355<br />
SUN Control Window Tinting:<br />
Privacy, UV, glare, heat<br />
control for homes, offices<br />
and cars. Phone Craig<br />
Rogers 307 6347, member<br />
Master Tinters NZ. www.<br />
windowtinter.co.nz<br />
TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV<br />
block, glare, heat control,<br />
safety, security, privacy,<br />
frosting films, solar protective<br />
window films. Free<br />
quotes, 20 years local service.<br />
Phone 0800 368 468<br />
now, Bill Breukelaar, www.<br />
tintawindow.co.nz<br />
2301183<br />
ExportManufacturing<br />
Opportunity<br />
Ashford Handicrafts is the world leading<br />
manufacturer of textile craftequipment.<br />
Over the last 85 years we have sold in excess of<br />
850,000 spinning wheels &weaving looms to over<br />
40 countries.<br />
Our reputation is based on delivering high quality,<br />
dependable and innovativeproducts.<br />
We operate in a continuous improvement<br />
environment, use the latest woodworking<br />
technology including aCNC 4-sider,lathe,optimiser<br />
and 7routers and have ateam of 40 friendly and<br />
committed staff.<br />
If you enjoy working with machines or assembling<br />
products and want to be part ofahigh performing<br />
team, this is the job foryou.<br />
Youwill need to have excellent attention todetail,<br />
be quality-conscious, dexterous, flexible, motivated<br />
and hardworking.<br />
We are offering a permanent full time position<br />
with competitive wages and are currently working<br />
overtime.<br />
Manufacturing and CNC experiencepreferred but all<br />
training provided.<br />
Applicants forthis position shouldhave NZ residency<br />
or avalid NZ work visa.<br />
Please submit your CV with references to:<br />
KerrinForster<br />
AshfordHandicraftsLtd<br />
PO Box474<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
accounts@ashford.co.nz<br />
Busy Barber Shop<br />
REQUIRES EXPERIENCED CUTTER/BARBER<br />
Twopositions available:<br />
•Full time<br />
•Parttime casual<br />
Must be friendly quick and efficient<br />
Call 021 1488 9421, leave abrief message and<br />
which position youwould like to apply for.<br />
Permanent/Casual Bar<br />
Person required<br />
at the <strong>Ashburton</strong>RSA<br />
Duty manager’s licencepreferred.<br />
Must be able to work nights and weekend shifts.<br />
If youare interested,please email<br />
rsaoffice@xtra.co.nz<br />
Applications close Saturday 3rdOctober <strong>2020</strong>.<br />
SITUATIONS VACANT<br />
2317031<br />
2317289<br />
2315939<br />
Sales Representative<br />
Pluck’s Engineering Ltd are anestablished agricultural engineering business<br />
in Rakaia, mid-Canterbury. We design, manufacture, install and service alarge<br />
range of products,specializingindairyeffluent systems andfarmmachinery.<br />
We are expanding our sales team and require an experienced sales specialist<br />
to promote and sell our products. This is to be done both directly to regional<br />
customers and nationally through our distributor network. Key aspects of the<br />
role include;<br />
• Visiting customersonfarmworksites<br />
• Processing salesenquiriesand submitting proposals<br />
• Conducting product demonstrationsand exhibitingattrade shows<br />
• Supporting and developing our nationaldistributor network<br />
• Engaging the market through advertising,websiteand social media<br />
This is acritical frontline role within the sales team with the key purpose of<br />
growing oursales.Ours is ahighly competitivetechnical market so it is essential<br />
forthis role thatyou;<br />
• have previous working experience in technical sales, preferably in the<br />
agricultural/engineering industry.<br />
• possess sound engineering understandingtoquicklylearnthe technicalities<br />
of our products and their applications.<br />
• are strongly sales/customer focused and driven toactively seek out and<br />
pursue opportunities andsecurethe sale<br />
• beanexcellentcommunicatorwith superbrelational skills to engage across<br />
people types andbusiness levels.<br />
• are creative inyour thinking when it comes toadvertising and promotions,<br />
andconfidentininteracting on social media.<br />
• becomputerliterateand skilled in usingMSExcel/Wordtoprepare costings<br />
andquotations<br />
• have afull driver’s licence and are flexible to travel regularly with overnight<br />
stays.<br />
Forthe rightcandidate we offer stableemploymentonacompetitivepackage,<br />
and the opportunityfor ongoing training and personal development.<br />
To apply for this position, please email your CV with covering letter to<br />
jobs@plucks.co.nz or contact the General Manager on 03-302 7031 for further<br />
information.<br />
Applicants must have NZ residencyorvalid work visa<br />
Customer Service Officer<br />
About the Location<br />
Based in <strong>Ashburton</strong>, about an hour south of Christchurch NZ, CM Trailer<br />
Parts (an AL-KO Company) is aleading importer and wholesaler of<br />
components for the light trailer, caravan and RV markets.<br />
About the Role<br />
We have an exciting opportunity for an outstanding customer service<br />
professional tojoin our team of customer service officers and support our<br />
order picker/packers.<br />
Reporting tothe Customer Service Manager, this role will involve daily<br />
interactions with customer accounts, internal and external queries, data<br />
entry and processing in afast paced high volume environment.<br />
Duties include:<br />
• Respond efficiently and effectively to all customer enquiries.<br />
• Ensure orders are correctly entered and priced in accordance with<br />
company policies<br />
• Ensure credit policy is applied and adhered to<br />
• Work closely with field sales teams and despatch teams to exceed<br />
customer expectations<br />
• Build customer relationships to best leverage new opportunities.<br />
• Collaborate with other employees to provide an exceptional experience<br />
for the customer at each interaction within a“safety first” culture<br />
About You:<br />
• Minimum 3years previous customer service/sales administration<br />
experience in anational distribution business<br />
• Technical/mechanical aptitude orexposure to technical/industrial sales<br />
environment<br />
• Mechanical aptitude and problem solving ability<br />
• Experience with inventory and distribution management systems<br />
• Excellent attention to detail and organisational skills<br />
• High degree of energy, drive and passion for building relationships<br />
• Able to multi-task<br />
If this sounds like your next challenge, please apply today!<br />
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. Candidates must pass apreemployment<br />
medical including drug screen, prior to aformal offer being<br />
made for this role. Interviews and site tours may be conducted via video<br />
conference during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
Email your application including cover letter and current resume to<br />
Nicky Dryland nicky@cm.net.nz. Applications will be treated in the<br />
strictest confidence.<br />
2317466<br />
2316569
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
SITUATIONS VACANT<br />
PEA HARVESTER &<br />
TRUCK DRIVERS<br />
We are looking for motivated Pea Harvester and Truck<br />
Drivers that are athome behind the wheel to join our<br />
harvest team for the <strong>2020</strong>/2021 Pea Season.<br />
These positions will be based at our Fairton Plant,located<br />
10 minutes drivefrom<strong>Ashburton</strong> and majority of your<br />
time will be spent at the farms of our local growers<br />
throughout Mid Canterbury<br />
PeaHarvester Drivers<br />
Reporting to the FieldOperations Manager and working<br />
alongside our fieldteam youwill primarilyberesponsible<br />
for the harvesting of our fresh from the fieldpeas.<br />
The successful candidatewill have:<br />
• A minimum ofaclass 2and heavy wheels endorsement<br />
on your licence (we can assist successful candidates<br />
with obtaining their wheels endorsement)<br />
• Experience would beanadvantage although not<br />
essential<br />
• A can-do attitude and be agreat team player<br />
• Attention to detail and take pride in completing tasks<br />
to ahigh standard<br />
• A focus on Health and Safety<br />
In return we can offer:<br />
• Modern Harvest Equipment<br />
• A challenging but rewarding work environment<br />
• Competitive remuneration rates depending on<br />
experience<br />
• 12hour shifts on a6on1off roster<br />
• Fixed day ornight shift<br />
Truck Drivers<br />
Reporting to the FieldOperationsManager and working<br />
alongside our fieldteamyou will primarilyberesponsiblefor<br />
the transporting of our fresh from the fieldlocallygrown peas<br />
to our Factory.<br />
The successful candidatewill have:<br />
• A minimum ofaclass 2or4licence<br />
• Experience would beanadvantage although not<br />
essential<br />
• A can-do attitude and be agreat team player<br />
• Attention to detail and take pride in completing tasks to<br />
ahigh standard<br />
• A focus on Health and Safety<br />
In return we can offer:<br />
• Modern Harvest Equipment<br />
• A challenging but rewarding work environment<br />
• Competitive remuneration rates depending on<br />
experience<br />
• 12hour shifts ona6on1off roster<br />
• Fixed day ornight shift<br />
Talleysoperate adrugfreeenvironment.All candidates will<br />
be required to under-gopre-employment and random drug<br />
screening. Applicants will need to be legallyentitled to work<br />
permanentlyinNew Zealand<br />
Please applyonlinenow at https://www.talleys.co.nz/<br />
job-openings. We areonlyaccepting online applications,<br />
please do not visit our sitetocompleteanapplication form.<br />
HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />
URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />
WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />
IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />
Forall othermedicalassistance outside of normal<br />
hoursplease phone your generalpracticeteam,<strong>24</strong>/7,<br />
to speak withahealth professional whowill giveyou<br />
free health advice on what to do or wheretogoifyou<br />
need urgentcare.<br />
If youdon’t have aregular generalpractice, call any<br />
GP team <strong>24</strong>/7 forfreetelephone health advice.<br />
All non-residents and visa holders please bring your<br />
passporttoyour surgeryappointment.<br />
New Zealanders’tobringsome form of ID.<br />
The<strong>Ashburton</strong>DutyPractice for ...<br />
Saturday26th <strong>September</strong> is<br />
MooreStreet Medical Centre, MooreStreet<br />
Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />
To make an appointmentcall your regular GP <strong>24</strong>/7.<br />
Sunday27th <strong>September</strong> is<br />
Eastfield Health, 135 Tancred Street.<br />
Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />
To make an appointmentcallyour regular GP <strong>24</strong>/7.<br />
Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the<br />
weekend and public holidays please telephone<br />
MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105<br />
or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002.<br />
Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be<br />
on the answer phone.<br />
PHARMACIES<br />
Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex,<br />
East Street will be open on ...<br />
Saturday from 9.00am until 1.00pm<br />
Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm<br />
At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open<br />
normal trading hours during the week,and on<br />
Saturdaymorning from 9.30am to 12.30pm.<br />
Closed Sundays and Public Holidays<br />
Forfree<strong>24</strong>hour Telephone Health Advice<br />
Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116<br />
Brought<br />
toyouby<br />
CountdownComplex, East Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755<br />
FOCUS Optometry - good<br />
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www.nzfocusoptometry.co.<br />
nz, 65 Tancred Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
GARAGE SALES<br />
BULLOCK Street, Saturday<br />
26 <strong>September</strong> 9am to 3pm.<br />
Huge amounts of<br />
Tupperware and household<br />
items. Everything must go.<br />
VERY CHEAP<br />
AndreGrob<br />
Chiropractor<br />
Tues 9am-5pm<br />
03 308 9516<br />
www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz<br />
2300235<br />
FEMININE Health & Wellness<br />
Coach. Relax, unwind<br />
with massage or Reiki.<br />
Empower with tools for selfhypnosis,<br />
weight management,<br />
anxiety, meditation.<br />
Phone/text 027 282 1585.<br />
GARAGE SALES<br />
SUNDAY 27 <strong>September</strong>,<br />
Bullock Street. Fabric,<br />
patchwork, crafts, sewing<br />
and haberdashery. 11am to<br />
3pm. PLEASE don’t come<br />
early.<br />
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SCAFFOLDERS<br />
We are looking for reliable, enthusiastic and hard-working<br />
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• Due to OH&S requirements you must pass pre employment<br />
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• HTLicenceisanadvantage but not essential.<br />
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work visa.<br />
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2317431<br />
SITUATIONS VACANT<br />
Daily Harvest Operators<br />
Foralargescale vegetableprocessing business,we<br />
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operationsfromOctober to May. Tasks will include:<br />
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• Packing • Tractor Driving • Quality Control<br />
Thesuccessfulapplicantswill possess thefollowing<br />
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• Self-motivatedwith apositiveattitude<br />
• Physicallycapable<br />
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2317228<br />
HOME SERVICES<br />
ROOF COATINGS: All roof<br />
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MITO & Competenz<br />
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Phone Christine 027 <strong>24</strong>5<br />
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www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
TANCREDSTREET<br />
DISPENSARY<br />
NOWOPEN<br />
Eastfield Health Building,135 TancredStreet<br />
•Dispensing of PrescriptionMedicines<br />
•Healthcareand Advice<br />
•Monday–Thursday8.30 am –6.00 pm<br />
•Friday8.30am–5.30pm<br />
SteveWise<br />
Community Pharmacist<br />
Phone307 9<strong>24</strong>4. Fax307 9<strong>24</strong>3<br />
Enquiries to admin@tsd.healthcare<br />
FOR LEASE<br />
AWESOME office space for<br />
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Phone 0274 754 <strong>24</strong>1<br />
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STORAGE and space leasing<br />
for vehicles, motorbikes,<br />
bicycles, boats,<br />
motorhomes, caravans,<br />
tractors, trucks, trailers and<br />
containers. Indoor, outdoor<br />
or under cover. Call Peter<br />
027 333 3626.<br />
STORAGE available, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Self storage, variety<br />
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POULTRY<br />
PULLETS for Sale. Brown<br />
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2826<br />
FRUIT &PRODUCE<br />
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order 2kg. Ph 302<br />
7272<br />
POTATOES Nadine, Red<br />
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kilo. Phone 308 3195 or<br />
027 531 9103. 81 Elizabeth<br />
Street.<br />
Every Home<br />
EveryWeek -that’s<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong>CraftMarket<br />
9am–12pm<br />
Gifts, plants andwoodwork –<br />
somethingfor everyone.<br />
EverySaturday–WestStreetCarpark<br />
MEETINGS<br />
The Annual GeneralMeetingsof<br />
IHC<strong>Ashburton</strong> Associationand<br />
Community Properties <strong>Ashburton</strong>Inc.<br />
willbeheldonThursday 15 October <strong>2020</strong><br />
at Idea Services, 21ArchibaldStreet,<br />
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SCISSORLIFTS for hire.<br />
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8155 for abooking.<br />
2310689<br />
LIVESTOCK<br />
CROSS Bred Ewes, texel<br />
lambs at foot. Have tailed<br />
and vac. 16 ewes with<br />
lambs, 6ewes with lambs.<br />
$100+gst per head. Ph<br />
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SPRING SPECIALS<br />
30% off all Skincare<br />
20% off Toys<br />
20% off Alpaca Knitwear<br />
Great specials on Jackets<br />
Geraldine Alpaca Centre<br />
76D Talbot Street, Geraldine.<br />
LET’S GETAWAY<br />
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15 October -StJohn Garden Fete<br />
18 October -Christchurch Rebuild<br />
25 October -SimonO’Neill,Jackie Clark&TimBeveridge<br />
26 November -RiverstoneCastle<br />
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Artist<br />
Ngaio McKee Exhibition<br />
“80 Plus”<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Society of Arts<br />
Short Street Studio<br />
DOORS OPEN<br />
1pm Saturday, 26<strong>September</strong><br />
Continuing daily until 4October<br />
11am -4pm<br />
LOOKING FOR ASPECIAL GIFT<br />
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Exhibition of water colour paintings by<br />
George Coppard<br />
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Methven HeritageCentre, Methven<br />
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with nibbles and coffee.<br />
Then open Monday to Friday 9am-5pm and<br />
Saturday and Sunday 10am-3pm.<br />
Exhibition runs until 30 October.<br />
2317334<br />
2317068
ASHBURTON<br />
Once again Hunting &Fishing New Zealand have teamed up with the guys from Manic<br />
Tackle Project to bring you our Learn to Fly Fish evenings for <strong>2020</strong>. We’ll cover off these<br />
five essential topics in one night to make sure you hit the water informed and ready to<br />
catch fish:<br />
GEAR:<br />
FLIES:<br />
CASTING:<br />
TACTICS:<br />
WHERE:<br />
Abasic outline of rods and reels and how to set them up<br />
An outline of dry flies, nymphs and streamers and what to fish when<br />
An understanding of the mechanics of aflycast<br />
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Monday, 5th October6:30pm<br />
at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Hunting &Fishing Store<br />
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