North Canterbury News: October 01, 2020

Thursday,October 1, 2020 | Issue916 | www.starnews.co.nz 

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thwarts 

events 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Covid19has putthe brakeson 

many events in North 

Canterburyinrecent months, 

butlast weekendMother Nature 

wasthe partypooper. 

Theforecastofgale force 

nor’westers,laced with lashings 

of rain, prompted the 

cancellation of Amberley’s 10th 

anniversaryofRock’n’Wheels, 

devastating theorganisers. 

It hadalready beenpushed 

outseveralweeksasorganisers 

waitedfor Covid19 restrictions 

to drop to alert level 1. 

Theforecastalsoforced 

organiserstopostpone 

Rangiora’s ColourFestivaland 

theKaiapoi Party in thePark. 

However, Rangiora’s 

inaugural Light and Sound 

Festivaland theKaiapoi 10 

Years On celebrations didgo 

ahead,and people weariedby 

theCovid19restrictions turned 

outinforce. 

Theoverwhelming response to 

theRangiora Light and Sound 

Festivalhas ensured it will 

return next year. 

Up to 7000 peoplevisited the 

spectacular lightshow in 

VictoriaPark over four nights 

last week. 

Spokesman Karl Horwarth 

says thesupport will see the 

uniquesmalltown event return. 

‘‘It was reallywellsupported 

andpeoplegenuinely enjoyed it. 

Victoria Parkisthe ideal 

location.’’ 

Whetheritwill be held at the 

same time is up fordiscussion. 

‘‘We are trying to figureout if 

we do it at thebeginning or end 

of thedaylight savingperiods, so 

we can do it early enoughinthe 

evening.’’ 

Theaccompanying 

MainPowerNorth Canterbury 

Lights photographiccontest, 

which was well supported, will 

also continue. 

Karl says it is hoped more 

sponsorship can be attracted 

next year so the number of 

interactivelight installations 

canbeexpanded. Peoplehad 

loved this aspectofthe festival 

andhad alot of fun, particularly 

kids,hesaid. 

Some of the mostpopular 

installations werethe talking 

trees and an interactive screen. 

‘‘It was aimed at younger 

familiesand there werelots of 

kids runningaround.Atleast20 

to 30 weredragged fromthe park 

kicking and screaming because 

they didn’twanttogohome.’’ 

Karl said he initiallythought 

that,once the alertlevelfell to 1, 

therewouldbetimefor only the 

Saturday night show. 

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Changes at medical centre 


Funding cuts by the 

Canterbury District Health 

Board have forced changes to 

the Amberley Medical Centre’s 

afterhour service in the 

southern Hurunui District. 

The board will stop funding 

the service on September 30. 

Practice manager Denise 

Cope said while she was 

disappointed the board was 

cutting the funding, the 

medical centre remained 

committed to providing an 

afterhours service. It has been 

working hard to find the best 

sustainable solution for its 

community, she says. 

‘‘Although we can no longer 

provide inperson care 

overnight, we will continue to 

provide 24hour care with 

extended clinic opening 

hours.’’ 

Adoctor will always be 

available to provide phone 

advice and support, she says. 

Nurse manager Chris Long 

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anuisance 

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But when he saw the amount of work 

neededtolay the kilometres of 

cable,hedecidedtoopenon 

Wednesday night as initially 

plannedand run through to 

Saturday. And the crowds came, 

increasing each night until Saturday 

night’sfinale,when about3000 

people enjoyedafilmonthe big 

screen,bands, dancing and stalls. 

Karlsaidthe event brokeeven, 

but sadlythe ColourFestival 

planned forthe Sunday,when all 

the infrastructurewas in place, did 

not go ahead,whichwill affectthe 

bottomline.Itwillnow be held on 

Saturday, October 4. 

‘‘Weleft it as late as possible (to 

postpone) in the hopethe forecast 

would change to give festivalgoers, 

our suppliers, foodies,market stalls, 

performers,volunteers (30ofthem), 

and,ofcourse,sponsors, as mucha 

chanceaspossible to have an 

event.’’ 

Kaiapoi’s Party in the Park, a 

spring festivalevent, was also 

postponed.Itwill now be held on 

Sunday,October 25. 

Photo contest,page 36. 

Kaiapoi Lodge 

Residential Care 

Nursing Home, Hospital and 

Respite 

Person Centred Care, 

Carethat’s built 

around you 

6Cass Street,Kaiapoi 

Ph 03 327 7235 

says there is an average of four 

afterhours calls aweek, with 

65 percent of them before 8pm. 

‘‘We are therefore planning 

to extend our opening hours 

from 8am until 8pm, Monday to 

Friday, to accommodate the 

majority of those patients 

needing urgent care afterhours. 

‘‘These extended hours will 

also improve access to routine 

primary health care with aGP 

or nurse at the practice,’’ she 

says. 

Denise says the extended 

evening hours are also 

designed to support those in 

the community who may work 

fulltime or commute to work, 

as well as providing flexibility 

for families. 

At weekends and public 

holidays, urgent care walkin 

clinics, which run from 10am 

to 1pm, will remain 

unchanged. The second phase 

will see the medical centre 

extend its hours, opening for 

12 hours from 8am. 

The practice is running a 

local awareness campaign to 

encourage enrolled patients to 

make contact with the centre 

early in the evening if they 

start to feel unwell, and think 

care might be needed during 

the night. 

‘‘That way we can try to 

organise an inperson 

appointment before 8pm and 

reduce the need for any 

patient to travel to town 

(Christchurch) for care,’’ 

Denise says. 

The extended evening hours 

and overnight service will be 

specifically available to 

patients enrolled at Amberley 

Medical Centre, Cheviot 

Community Health Centre and 

visitors to the district. 

Visitors include those 

individuals travelling or 

staying within the Hurunui 

district. 

For more information about 

the practice, visit its website, 

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Approval for $2m pool revamp 


After adecade of debate and 

reports, a$2million heated, 

covered pool should open in 

Amberley late next year. 

The Hurunui District 

Council has backed the 

South Ward committee’s 

recommendation to 

refurbish the existing pool 

in Douglas Road, using its 

existing footprint, based on 

adesign from Create Ltd. 

Council community 

activator and project leader 

Roger Hornblow says the 

aim is to have the project 

‘‘shovel ready’’ by July 1. 

He told the council last 

week that it was ‘‘pretty 

exciting’’ to get the project 

over the line, with the only 

disappointment being the 

loss of an outside pool. 

He said it became clear 

money was better spent on 

meeting the wishes of the 

community to heat the pool, 

particularly with the major 

renovations needed. 

It had taken 12 months to 

analyse the needs of pool 

users and come up with pool 

designs and costings. 

Mr Hornblow said anew 

Nod for pools ... An artist’s impression of the refurbished Amberley pool. 

structure would be built for 

changing rooms, toilets and 

showers at the north end of 

the pool. Access to the pool 

for the elderly, disabled and 

mums with toddlers has 

Just like new ... The pool redevelopment will cost $2 million. 

been made easier, and 

swimming instruction would 

be improved, with the 

shallow end made slightly 

shallower and the pool floor 

gradient made safer. 

‘‘The deep end is still 

going to be the current 

depth. 

‘‘The fun factor is 

enhanced with a‘bombing 

platform’ at the deep end 

and afamily friendly 

outdoor area. 

‘‘The pool environment 

will look and feel like anew 

pool, with anew pool lining, 

new filtration system, and 

the surrounding concrete 

levelled and covered with 

an epoxy floor,’’ he said. 

There had been 

frustration and 

disappointment over the 

past decade, but he hoped 

the new design would give 

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the community something to 

be excited about. 

He said the Save our Pool 

group had played an 

invaluable part to date, and 

would continue to do so in 

the future. 

Cr Michael Ward said it 

gave him immense pleasure 

to move the adoption of the 

committee’s 

recommendation ‘‘at long 

last’’, while Cr Geoff Shier 

said it had been along 

process that had polarised 

people, but the community 

could now come together 

with the common goal of 

raising funds for the project. 

The council has 

committed $1.5 million, with 

the rest to be sought from 

funding agencies and the 

Save our Pool group, which 

already has about $100,000 

in the bank. 

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Kaiapoiartist Christine Watton thanked 

the Waimakariri DistrictCouncil for its 

post earthquake vision for the town 

during the opening of her first solo 

exhibitionatKaiapoi’s Art on the Quay 

Gallery last month. 

She said that the rebuild of Kaiapoi was 

more than just reinstating infrastructure, 

and that human connections were equally 

important. 

Theestablishment of the community 

group, You Me We Us, bringing together a 

bunchof‘‘roll up your sleeves, let’s get the 

job done’’people,was without doubt the 

best gathering of local human resources 

ever made, she said. 

You Me We Us is now knownasAll 

Together Kaiapoi. 

Christine also thankedthe Waimakariri 

Arts Trust, which manages the Kaiapoi 

Art Expo,for providingthe exhibition 

space where she developed the confidence 

to publiclydisplay her artwork. 

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Pupils enjoy cemetery project 

By DAVID HILL 

Kaiapoi High School pupils have 

been helping to identify graves at the 

local RSA cemetery. 

AYear 11 literacy class spent time 

at the Kaiapoi RSA Cemetery to 

check off the grave sites and match 

the names of old soldiers and their 

spouses against amaster list. 

The information will be used to 

develop amap and plotfinder to 

make it easier for people to find the 

final resting place of family 

members. 

Deputy principal Elizabeth 

McMeeken said the pupils completed 

an NCEA Level 2project working in 

groups, with each group allocated a 

section of the cemetery, devising a 

strategy, dividing up tasks and 

carrying them out. 

“The learning was the key thing,’’ 

she said. ‘‘They all knew what we 

were aiming for and it’s important 

that they learn the skills of working 

together, coming up with aplan and 

seeing if it works.” 

Along the way the pupils 

researched the acronyms for the 

ranks and other military terms. 

Pupils Kaleb Cahill, aged 16, and 

Tyler Young, 15, said they enjoyed 

working on the project, even though 

they had to return to school early 

after it started raining on the day. 

“It was good to do something in the 

community instead of just going to 

school,” Kaleb says. 

Mrs McMeeken said it was good to 

give her pupils the chance to do 

something positive in the community. 

‘‘These students wouldn’t normally 

get involved in these sorts of 

activities. They are teenagers, mainly 

boys, and they are into outdoor stuff.” 

In memory ... It will soon 

be easier to find old 

soldiers at the Kaiapoi RSA 

Cemetery. PHOTOS: DAVID HILL 

Class work ... Kaiapoi 

High School pupils Tyler 

Young, left, aged 15, and 

Kaleb Cahill, 16, enjoyed 

working on aschool 

project to help the Kaiapoi 

RSA. 

Looking to 

the future 

By DAVID HILL 

Canterbury mayors are looking ahead to 

2050. 

An initiative has started to develop a 

longterm visionofwhat the Greater 

Christchurch areawill looklike in 30 

years, Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon 

says. 

‘‘We haveanopportunity to work 

together alongside iwi and mana whenua 

to set astrong direction for Greater 

Christchurch and to strengthen our 

relationship withcentralgovernment,’’ 

says Mr Gordon,who is the Greater 

Christchurch Partnership deputy chair. 

‘‘We needtobethinking now about the 

future we want for our children and 

grandchildren.’’ 

Key to setting a2050 vision willbehow 

the region recovers from Covid19 by 

planningfor growth, attracting 

industries,employment and investment, 

and providingprosperityfor the next 

generation, Mr Gordon says. 

‘‘It will alsoaddress the impact of 

climate changeonour environmentand 

communities,and set out agreed actions 

as we movetowards being azerocarbon 

economy.’’ 

The Greater Christchurch Partnership 

is acollaborationbetween the 

Christchurch, Selwyn and Waimakariri 

councils, Environment Canterbury, Ngai 

Tahu,the Canterbury District Health 

Boardand government agencies. 

Mr Gordon saysheremembers being 

part of Greater Christchurch 

conversations whichbegan in 2003 and 

led to thedevelopmentofthe Urban 

Development Strategy, which set avision 

of what 2020 might look like. 

Jamie Arbuckle 

NZ First Kaikoura Candidate 

Jamie is aMarlborough District Councilor 

with over 10 years’ governance in local 

government. Jamie has worked across 

all facets of Council and as aqualified 

Hearings Commissioner, has experience 

with Environment Planning and the 

RMA. Prior to Council and still apassion 

for Jamie today, ishis involvement in 

Horticulture. He is well known from his 

time at local markets and for his family’s 

long involvement in farming and fruit 

growing in the region. Jamie completed 

his Business and Management Diploma at 

NMIT. His wife Sally, ahairdresser, and 

their four children aged 11 -20, have been 

actively involved in local markets and 

festivals. Youwill often find them at local 

sporting events and day to day schooling 

activities. 

Being ahard worker, good listener, 

communicator and an active member of 

the community -Jamie know the issues. 

There are many major infrastructure 

projects in the Kaikoura Electorate that 

need Government support including 

the Picton Ferry Terminal upgrades, 

The Whale Trail along the East coast of 

Kaikoura, Irrigation Schemes and future 

water storage proposals, road and rail. 

The Provincial Growth Fund will play 

acritical role in our Region; Hanmer 

Springs recently received $3.1m towards 

domestic tourism to improve the thermal 

pools and Kaikoura received $10.88m 

for the Wakatu Quay and South Bay 

Developments which are important for 

employment and growth. 

Covid-19 has presented major challenges 

for our local economy. There are many 

affected sectors such as hospitality, 

tourism, accommodation, retail, 

construction and the small to medium 

sized businesses within that. Primary 

sectors such as viticulture, seafood, 

aquaculture, farming and forestry will be 

critical for our recovery. Afocus must be 

on stopping business closure, job losses 

and providing support to our communities 

around mental health. Parts of the 

Kaikoura electorate are reliant on tourism 

activities and it will be vital to showcase 

our region as the gateway to the South 

Island. There are major opportunities 

with offshore aquaculture -the resilience 

and growth of primary industries can 

be ensured with favourable government 

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Since launchingin2008, the 

Writers’ Tea Partyatthe 

Amberley Memorial Library 

has becomeamuchloved 

event among New Zealand 

writers. 

This year, the teaparty 

tradition of introducing 

exciting and thoughtprovoking 

writerscontinues. 

Laura Borrowdale,a 

feminist writer and mother of 

two youngdaughters, will be a 

guest. Lauraisinterested in 

the multipleroles of women’s 

experience,and has just 

published her first collection 

of short stories, Sex,with 

Animals. 

The title is mischievous, a 

punctuation joke. The stories 

are actually about messy 

human relationships. The 

animalsare metaphors. 

Laura is also the publisher of 

Aotearotica,ahighly successful 

literary art journal. 

‘‘I don’twant people to 

misinterpretitasfrivolous,’’ 

she says. 

‘‘Whenitcomes to sex, our 

silence speaks volumesto 

young people around us.’’ 

PhilipNorman,anawardwinning 

Christchurchbased 

composer, author and highly 

skilled public speaker, will 

also visit. 

His work spans the breadth 

of the performingarts. It 

includes choralmusic, opera, 

balletssuch as Peter Pan,and 

musicals such as Footrot Flats 

and Loveoff the Shelf — 

The experience of women ... Laura Borrowdale, afeminist writer and mother of two young daughters, 

will be aguest at the annual Writers’ Tea Party. 

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collaborations with Roger 

Hall. 

He has also worked withA.K. 

Grant, Gavin Bishop and Fiona 

Farrell, amongothers. His 

biography, Douglas Lilburn:His 

Life and Music,was the winner 

of a2007 MontanaNew 

Zealand Book Award. In 2015, 

he was madeaCompanion of 

the NewZealand Orderof 

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to music theatre. 

AmericanDoc Drumheller, a 

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collections of poetry. 

He travels the world 

performing his poems in 

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Waimakariri 

Focus from Dan Gordon, Mayor 

Big voluntary effort 

behind many events 

It is greattobeatlevel 1. This past 

weekendhas seen several community 

events.Iwould like to commend the event 

organisers for putting on suchawide 

variety of activities for our communityto 

enjoy. 

The Lightand SoundFestival in Victoria 

Park was excellent. Unfortunately,the 

weather on Sunday saw both the Rangiora 

Festival of Colour and the Kaiapoi Party in 

the Park postponed. 

We are luckytohave community 

organisations that put in ahuge voluntary 

effort so thatour community can enjoy 

these events. 

Friday night saw an event in Kaiapoi 

acknowledging 10 years sincethe 

September 4earthquake. This was to have 

been celebrated on September 4, but was 

delayedbecause of Covid19. 

The event was held to commemorate this 

anniversary but, more importantly, to 

celebrate how far we have come together 

and achieved since that time. Whilethe 

earthquakes represented asignificant 

challenge, they also presented significant 

opportunities. 

Much has happened in those 10 years 

and Iamparticularly proud of the way our 

community and businessesralliedand 

helped us rebuild. 

Our recovery is testimony to the spirit 

and strength of you all. Our community is 

stronger than ever before. 

OxfordArt Galleryalso celebrated10 

years since it officially opened.Renowned 

New Zealand artist and Gallery Patron 

Philip Trusttum was present for the 

openingofhis exhibition. 

If you are in Oxford, or planning a 

journeythere,itisworth atrip to see 

Philip’s work and support the gallery. 

Personally, Ienjoy supporting the 

creativepart of our community and 

attending our galleries to see the latest 

exhibitions, or attending the various 

performingarts events. 

We are fortunateasadistrict to haveso 

much talent that we can enjoy and 

appreciate. 

Around the community there is 

consultation under way for walking and 

cycling improvements in Woodend that 

will work in with the New Zealand 

Transport Agency’s new signalised 

crossingplanned for Main North Road 

outsideWoodendSchool. 

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The tender for this crossing has been 

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Seeing this completed, alongwith the 

other signalled safetyimprovements, is 

important. It is apriority for our council 

and community. 

Iknow the Woodendcommunity will 

welcome the news. 

The council is also consulting the 

community about roading improvements 

in FlaxtonRoad that will include anew 

sharedpath for walkers and cyclists, and 

join with anew roundabout at the corner 

of Flaxton and Fernside roads. Once 

completed,this is going to make a 

significant differencetoroad safety and 

traffic flow. 

If you head to Christchurch you will have 

noticedalot of work underway on the 

Waimakariri Bridgepart of the motorway. 

This is preparing for the opening of the 

new Northern Corridor —aproject being 

led by the transport agency. 

It is expected that this will open mid 

December. 

There will be anew highoccupancy lane 

that will also take anew express bus 

serviceand will link with parkandride 

locations throughout the district. 

These coming changes will make areal 

difference for commuters and will be 

operational early in the new year. Keep an 

eye out for furtherinformation. 

We appreciate your understandingwith 

traffic delayswhile the finalstagesof 

construction are completed. 

Environment Canterbury undertooka 

review of the Waimakariribus network 

last year. The new bus timetabling 

commenced this week. 

For further information, visit metroinfo. 

co.nz/upcomingtimetableandroutechanges/ 

Iwelcome contactfrom anyonewho 

needsassistance or has an issue that they 

may want to discuss. Email me at 

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

906 437.I’m heretohelp. 

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Crucial steps toward 

asustainable future 

Many challenges face the current 

generation if we are to ensure a 

sustainablefuture. 

Foryou,thebiggest challenges may be 

considering the postCovid future, dealing 

withchanging climate, reducing 

greenhouse gases,orthestressesof 

everydaylife. 

Regionalcouncilsand landownersare 

nowfocusing onunderstanding and 

implementing policy directives in the 

Government’s Essential Freshwater 

package. 

The primary pieces of legislationare the 

National Policy Statement for Freshwater 

(NPSFM), National Environmental 

Standards for Freshwater (NES) and stock 

exclusion regulations. 

The NPSFM isabout improving the 

health ofall water in both urbanandrural 

areas.Awiderange of activitiesimpact 

waterquality,somay alsobeimpactedby 

thenew policy directives. 

Whilethere isaremarkablesimilarity 

betweentheoutcomessought in 

Environment Canterbury’s current 

freshwater planning framework (the Land 

and WaterRegional Plan) and much of the 

new national directives,wenow need to 

revisit our plans to incorporate these. 

Environment Canterbury was the first 

regional council to develop aplan under 

the2011NPSFM—the Hurunui Waiau 

RiverRegionalPlan,PlanChange 1of 

whichhas recently been made operative. 

Developing the current framework 

collaboratively has come at considerable 

cost to our communityand ratepayers in 

termsofbothmoney andtime. 

Engagement withmana whenua is 

fundamental to incorporating thenew 

NPSrequirementsinto ourfreshwater 

plansbefore December 2024asweare 

required to do. We must first understand 

the concept of Te Mana oteWai, putting 

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improvements and investment 

landowners, industries, 

developers and others have 

already made towards 

improving water quality.❜ 

thehealthofthe waterbefore all other 

considerations. 

We will continue to work withour 

community over the next couple of years 

on what more we need to do and where, 

and how it will be implemented. 

Earlyindicationsare that theNPSFMis 

farreaching, not only for Environment 

Canterbury in terms of resourcingand 

funding forplanning, consenting, 

compliance and science, but also in 

relation to the impacts of implementation 

on the wider community. 

Over thelast10years,recognising local 

water quality challenges, Canterbury 

communities have responded 

collaboratively and engaged with regional 

plan developmentand implementation. 

It is importanttoacknowledge the 

improvements and investment 

landowners, industries, developers and 

others have already made towards 

improving water quality. Some of these 

will take decades to become visible. 

Our commitment to improve water 

quality within ageneration will require 

collaboration, innovation, increasing use 

of new technology, and practical solutions. 

Change has never been easy. It is even 

harder when the scale of change seeks not 

only to account for 150 years ofdevelopment, 

but alsotoleave afuture legacy. 

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For Continuity 

Of Care 

At Pegasus Medical Centre we pride ourselves on our commitment to our Staff,Patientsand the Community. 

Pegasus Medical Centre is committed to its community. 

As the busy practice continues to grow, itprovides 

patients with access to avariety of clinics and specialists 

at the practice. 

Today it has seven doctors, six receptionists, five 

nurses and aclinical assistant. It has ateam of visiting 

specialists offering everything from Psychology, 

Midwifery, Dietary, gynaecology, obstetrics, cardiology, 

foot care, audiology, colorectal &General Surgery and 

Hand &Orthopaedic clinics who use the Medical Centre 

to support the wider North Canterbury community. 

Practice Manager Nicky Sloss says this ensures lengthy 

trips into the city can be avoided and patients are often 

able to access the services they require quicker. 

The practice recognises good healthcare can 

strengthen acommunity and the Doctors, Nurses and 

Administrative staff work hard to accommodate all 

patients in atimely manner. This was especially true 

during lockdown and the resulting Covid 19 levels that 

followed. 

We are absolutely committed to our community here at 

Pegasus Medical centre and on the wellbeing of both our 

patients and our Staff” she says. 

Nicky said the response to the initial lockdown in March 

by the practice was both quick and agile as they adapted 

to meet the fast changing environment. 

Owners Dr John Dehn &DrJanet Robinson 

immediately put aplan in place to ensure all staff were 

informed and supported, organising medical supplies 

including PPE together with additional resources to keep 

everyone safe. 

“Covid 19 has been challenging for us and for our 

Patients. We have worked extremely hard within the 

guidelines set out by the Ministry of Health which have 

changed sometimes on adaily basis to deliver the best 

care we can particularly for our elderly and vulnerable 

patients” says Dr Dehn. 

Morning huddles at the start of the day kept staff 

informed on the pandemic and provided an opportunity 

to discuss updates and implement any changes required 

to work within the guidelines. 

Patients were to the fore as telephone consultations 

were offered which for awhile replaced face to face 

consultations in abid to decrease risk for everyone. 

Patients requiring face to face consultations were initially 

seen in the car park if they showed any Covid like 

symptoms which often resembled awaiting room with 

cars full of patients waiting to see the Doctors or get their 

flu vaccines safely away from others. 

“All the Staff worked extremely hard to accommodate all 

requests often under very trying circumstances and are 

to be commended for their dedication and resilience at 

such adifficult and uncertain time” says Nicky. 

Dr Dehn says anew Patient portal via the website is 

now available to assist Patients to book routine online 

appointments, request repeat prescriptions and to 

access lab results. This will be agreat tool for our 

patients and we hope more of them will take advantage 

of this technology” he says. 

Dr John Dehn continues to offer skin checks and minor 

surgeries at the Practice. This year Dr George Dehn 

joined the team as aGPand has aparticular interest in 

Musculoskeletal disorders. 

KAREN Sloss 

NICKY Sloss 

Clinical nurse lead Karen Sloss has been with the 

Pegasus Medical Centre since it opened its doors in 2013. 

“The growth has been incredible.We have moved from 

the initial small complex across the road to our spacious 

purpose-built facility which is great to work in” Karen 

says. 

As lead nurse Karen says her role, outside of the daily 

general nursing duties, is to support the nursing team of 

six, liaising with the GPs and practice manager on clinical 

matters. 

“We work hard to support each other and to use our 

individual strengths to improve patient outcomes. For us, 

the patient is the main focus.” 

Karen says it is great to work in an environment with 

ateam that can offer awide range of services. “We offer ahigh level of acute care and a 

variety of planned services.” 

Karen is particularly proud of her nursing teams’ efforts during the Covid-19 lockdown 

because alot of the initial communications with patients had to be over the phone. 

This meant having to adapt to arapidly changing situation Karen says. 

“It was achallenging time for us and our patients, but the team was flexible, responsive 

and professional.” 

Nicky Sloss, the new Pegasus Medical Centre 

practice manager arrived amid the Covid 19 

crisis earlier this year. 

“It was abit of abaptism of fire to be 

honest” said Nicky but she was immediately 

struck by the willingness of all the Staff to 

do what was needed and by the unwavering 

support and leadership of both John &Janet. 

Nicky comes from aprivate surgical 

hospital background where she was initially 

responsible for scheduling surgeons 

operating list to eventually working as Patient 

Services Manager and managing Reception 

and Concierge Staff. 

She took ayear off to travel to the UK and on her return home at the end of 

October last year enjoyed ashort stint working for her friend who has aflorist 

shop in Rangiora. 

Deciding she wanted to return to the healthcare industry Nicky isenjoying 

the diversity and challenges of general practice and is feeling grateful to be 

working for apractice that values its Staff and strives for excellence in the 

delivery of community based healthcare. 

Ph 03 920 4060 

52 Pegasus Main Street, Pegasus 7612 

www.pegasusmedicalcentre.co.nz 

Monday to Thursday 8am -6pm 

Friday 8am to 5.30pm 

Saturday 9am -1pm 

By appointment 

2313657

NEWS AND OPINION 


Problem with tree removals 

started right at the top 

Dear Editor 

Regarding the article, ‘‘Trees had to go’’ 

(North Canterbury News,August 27), someone 

needs to be held accountablefor the removal of 

the trees. 

Ibelieve Environment Canterbury (ECan) 

chairwoman Jenny Hughey put her hand up 

with her comments to that effect in the story. 

The problem starts at the top, not the person 

on the chainsaw. 

If they are now preparing the area and 

replanting, is that not putting trees back in the 

same area? 

Is the replanting with natives done at acost to 

ECan and not charged to ratepayers? 

There appears to many departments, 

committees and subcommittees, and nobody 

knows what’s going on. 

What happened to the timber that was felled? 

ECan felled them and, if it’s only good as 

firewood,they should cut it up at their cost and 

offer it free to locals who use logburners.Ifused 

for other purposes, where are the funds? 

They’re going to the Waimakariri council, I 

hope. 

To the person with the tidy yard who dumped 

their grass clippings on the side of Northbrook 

Road around September 24, they should try 

using the green wastebin. Thenthey wouldn’t 

be wasting petrol as well. 

Yours, 

Alan R. 

Mother Nature 

Dear Editor, 

Once again, Mother Nature has shown her 

power. Those old enoughhave experienced far 

worse. 

As Idrovehome from Kaikoura on Friday, 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

September 18, it was as if the world had 

stopped, the fragility of relying on the 

electricity network exposed.There was no 

power from KaikouratoGreta Valley. 

Therefore, they was no eftpos, no petrol, coffee 

or wifi. It was cash only (if you had some). No 

water from pumped supplies or wells. 

That was just anorthwestgale. What happens 

when asolar flare zips down to Earth and 

knocks out all the computerreliant systems? 

Chaos,that’s what! 

We no longer have the Ministry of Works and 

the New ZealandElectricity Department that 

had people on the groundthroughout our 

communities. They could be on the job almost 

instantly and knew what switch to pull — 

provided the landline phoneswere working. 

Ionce watched Balmoral Forest burn, only to 

be flattened by agood old nor’wester about 25 

years later, in 1975, and dust blanking out the 

sun during the droughts of the 1970s. 

Northwest gales are part of North 

Canterbury life. However, they do have a 

potential upside in that they spill copious 

amounts of rainfall on thisside of the Alps 

which, so far, runs out to sea unharnessed. 

Last week, during 96 hours of flood flow, the 

34.5 million cubic metres of water generated 

could have raisedLake Sumner 2.3 metres and 

irrigated 7000 hectaresfor awhole year. We get 

these repeated gales every spring and autumn. 

We need desperately to get rid of aculture 

that protects reactive governance and go back to 

being Boy Scouts. Be Prepared.! 

Yours, 

John McCaskey, 

Waipara 

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Eventually Joey, played by 

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performing animals, SharpEdge 

Eddie the knife thrower, and 

many more. 

The final act was DJ Philip, a 

ventriloquist dummyplayed 

expertly and hilariously by 

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The production was supported 

financially by the Hurunui 

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Principal Yvonne Blairsaid it 

was an amazing show, and ‘‘we 

battledthrough to makeitto 

Level 1’’. 

This allowed larger audiences 

to enjoythe students’ talents. 

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School art expo 

makes asplash 

By DAVID HILL 

Last week’s Kaiapoi North 

School art expo was achance 

for pupils to show off their 

creativity after adisrupted 

year. 

Principal Jason Miles said 

staff had planned aschool 

production this year as part 

of its art rotation, but the 

plans were scrapped because 

of Covid19. 

‘‘We decided to swap it and 

have an art expo instead and 

it worked out well, with the 

move to level 1coming just in 

time for the event.’’ 

Art teacher Nicole 

Duxfield worked with the 

children across all year 

levels to bring out their 

creativity, he says. 

‘‘I like the way they are 

given the same brief, but they 

put their own individuality 

into it.’’ 

Mrs Duxfield says her 

proudest exhibit was the 

Bonded By Bubbles art work, 

to which all of the children 

contributed. It recognises the 

lockdown experience. 

‘‘It was such astrange time 

for all of us, so we wanted to 

acknowledge it in apositive 

way and the kids have 

captured it beautifully. 

‘‘Our community has gone 

through alot over the last 10 

years, beginning with the 

earthquakes and now with 

Covid19 and they have coped 

well.’’ 

Monster fish ... Singers perform during the Kaiapoi North School art expo last week. Adisplay of ‘‘Pinch Pot 

monster fish’’ is in the foreground. 

PHOTOS: DAVID HILL 

Bonded By Bubbles ... Kaiapoi North School pupils Kahurangi, 

left, aged 12, Summer, 12, and Thomas, 12, with Emily, front left, 

7and Madeline, 5, are proud of the art display of Bonded By 

Bubbles,towhich all the children contributed. 

Montages ... Stella, left, aged 12, Indy, 8, and Summer, 12, admire the 

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KAIAPOI 10 YEARS ON 


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Kaiapoi street party packs Raven Quay 

By DAVID HILL 

Afteranuncertain time, Kaiapoi 

partied in the street to mark 10 years 

sincethe Canterbury earthquakes. 

RavenQuay was bulging at the 

seamsasacrowd flocked to the 

Kaiapoi10Years On 

commemorations on Friday evening. 

The event,originally planned for 

Friday, September4,was postponed 

for three weeks because of Covid19. 

All TogetherKaiapoicoordinator 

LindaDunbar said she was relieved 

the event proved to be ahit withthe 

community. 

She admitted to somenerves early 

on Friday, but she neednot have 

worried as Waimakariri took full 

advantage of the return to alert 

level1. 

The event was so successful that 

several stallholdersbegan running 

out of foodwell before the8pm 

closing time. 

Speaking at the event, 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon 

reflected on the 10 yearssince the 

firstmajorquake. 

“Thiswas adefining momentin 

our history. The impact of thisevent 

has beenfelt ever since —and not 

just with aftershocks.Much has 

happenedinthose 10 years and Iam 

particularly proudofthe way our 

community and businesses rallied 

together and helpedusrebuild. 

“Our recovery is testimonytothe 

spirit and strengthofyou all.” 

Mr Gordon paid tributetoformer 

MayorDavid Ayers andWaimakariri 

District Council chief executive Jim 

Palmer, who is set to retire in March, 

“who provided strong directionfor 

recoverythat focused on people and 

put the communityfirst”. 

Clowningaround ... 

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makesballoonanimals 

and toys for children 

during the Kaiapoi 10 

YearsOn 

commemorationslast 

Friday night. PHOTOS:DAVIDHILL 

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living statue amused 

passersby. 

Highfive ... Astilt walker proves to be out of reach for 

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NEWS 


Camping issues 

discussed again 


The vexed question of freedom camping 

created alongdebate, once again, at the 

HurunuiDistrict Council. 

Central to thediscussion was the 

contentious issue of freedom campingin 

HanmerSprings. 

Officers hadbeencalled on to provide 

areport to theSeptember meeting on the 

feasibility of prohibitingfreedom 

camping at theHanmer Springs War 

Memorial carparksite and providing two 

additional freedom campingparks at the 

ChisholmPark carparksite. 

Several councillors questioned if it was 

appropriate to havecamping in the 

middle of thetown.Ross Barnessaid 

peopleshouldnot have to look outthe 

kitchenwindow and seecampers, nor 

shouldtheyhave to putupwithvans 

arrivingall hours of thenight. 

Cr Mary Holloway saidsqueezing four 

sites into an already restrictedparking 

space wasdangerous forpedestrians, 

particularlychildrenexcited about their 

holiday or visit to the town. 

Winning form ... 

Residents wanted the sites to be away 

from the centreofthe village,she said. 

Cr LindaMurchison said thecouncil 

should simply admit it had notgot it right 

and worktowardmaking changesin 

Hanmer Springs. 

The Freedom Camping Bylawcame 

into effect in September, 2018.Changes 

were madetoit in August 2019 andApril 

2020. 

She moved that thefeasibilityof 

amendingitagain should be considered 

alongside theLong Term Plan (20212031) 

process. 

This wasbecause areview was 

requiredtogothroughaspecial 

consultative procedure,which came at a 

cost if consultantsorstaffcarrieditout. 

It also tooktime,would impact on the 

planning team’s workprogramme, and a 

review didnot necessarily meanthe 

communitywouldget the outcome it 

wanted. 

The council agreed to consider shifting 

the camping areas in HanmerSpringsto 

the HanmerSports Reserve alongsidethe 

Long TermPlan deliberations. 

Matt Summerfield in action in the Spring Rally in South Canterbury. 

PHOTO: GEOFF RIDDER 

Summerfield in top form 

Asecond successive victoryfor Matt 

Summerfield in as many outingswith his 

new MitsubishiMirageAP4 rally car 

showsgood form heading intohis home 

rallyinfour weeks. 

The Rangiorabased top seed was 

fastest on all butone stageofthe Spring 

RallyinSouthCanterbury, winning by 

almost aminute. 

On the heels of victory at the Catlins 

Rally, he led a59strong fieldaway from 

Levels Raceway,Timaru, for eight 

special stagestotalling 130km. 

Apartfrom droppingafew seconds to 

youngRobbie Stokes(in aFord Fiesta 

AP4) on the opening stage, Summerfield 

won everyotherleg convincinglyto 

finish 59.2 seconds aheadofStokes, with 

Josh Marston third (in aHolden Barina 

AP4) just1.8 secondsbehind. 

‘‘Stage one was getting the rust out of 

the system, putting my ears back on and 

learningtolisten again, so Igot through 

that and didn’t look back, really,’’ 

Summerfield said at the finish. 

Heading intothe Spring Rallywith a 

new car and as the top seeds, Mattand 

his codriver, sister Nicole 

Summerfield, knew there wouldbenew 

lessons along the way. 

‘‘Good to get the win. Cominginto the 

rallyitwas unknown how the speed was 

goingtobeinthe firstnoted rally of the 

year. 

‘‘Good being out the front.Therewas 

alot of gravel on the road so we probably 

escaped alittle bit of dust,sofrom that 

pointofview it was pretty good for us. 

‘‘Andlearning aboutbeing number 

one [on the road] was quite key.Where 

to put thecar, hunting for some smooth 

lines, smooth tracks. Worked on it. It was 

good to do our own thing and get back on 

some notes.’’ 

The pair are using events thatallow 

pacenotesaspreparationfor when 

competition in the New Zealand rally 

championship returnsnext year. 

Victory in the first pacenote rally of 

the year, after an absenceofnearly 

12months between ‘‘calls’’, is agood 

start. 

‘‘It was reallyabout getting back into 

the rhythm of the notes. Today,weused 

amixture of this year’sand last year’s 

notes, and last year’s was alittle bit 

better and Ithink that’s just because 

we’d done rallies before thisone.’’ 

Results 

Spring Rally,SouthCanterbury Top 6: 

Matt Summerfield/NicoleSummerfield 

(Mitsubishi Mirage AP4)1hr 07m 35.0s 1; 

Robbie Stokes/Amy Stokes (FordFiesta 

AP4) +0:59.2s 2; Josh Marston/Andrew 

Graves (HoldenBarina AP4) +0:01.8s 3; 

ReganRoss/KatrinaRenshaw (Ford 

Fiesta R5) +0:41.7s 4.; Marcus van Klink/ 

Dave Neil(Mazda RX8) +2:40.75;Sean 

Haggarty/Sean Sands (SubaruImpreza 

WRX) +0:03.7s 6. 

MEET THE CANDIDATES WAIMAKARIRI 

Leighton Baker 

New Conservative Waimakariri candidate 

Leighton started life as ayoung buck 

up in the sunny North Island and 

graduated from St Kentigern College. 

After graduation he worked asafarm 

hand on asheep and beef farm in 

Dargaville, learning the value of along 

day’s work and how important it is to 

think practically throughout life. This 

also taught him how to understand the 

nuances of farming and has helped 

him realise today that the legislation 

being put in place is not realistic or 

workable. 

He met his wife Sue (Waimak born 

and bred) during amissions trip to 

Fiji doing Cyclone relief and they 

proceeded to get married and have 

their first two children in Auckland. 

He quickly learned (Sue may have 

given him the nudge) that the place to 

be was in North Canterbury, so they 

moved their family and had two more 

children in the South Island. Over 

the 30 years he has now been in the 

Waimakariri he has spent 6ofthose 

tutoring youth to get them educated 

around trades and into work. 

Leighton has now built up 

his multiple businesses in the 

construction industry for the last 30 

years which are focussed on creating 

low energy and sustainable homes that 

are safer and healthier for those living 

in them. He has taken his construction 

team over to Cambodia on multiple 

occasions to help the local community 

build aschool that was urgently 

needed. 

Afather of 4and agrandfather 

of 5Leighton has seen it all and 

understands how vital it is for families 

to be supported and strengthened from 

the inside out. He has been active 

in his community volunteering with 

running various kids camps, after 

school programs and visiting prisons 

to give the men hope to turn their lives 

around. 

Leighton has been avoice speaking 

out against encouraging death in the 

community, hestaunchly opposes 

the euthanasia bill as New Zealand 

already has one of the highest suicide 

rates in the world and he believes 

in encouraging life, this includes 

standing against the new abortion laws 

which allow abortion up until birth, 

and in creating systems and building 

communities that inspire hope and 

help fight loneliness to give people 

real connection. He also is opposed to 

 

 

 

 

 

 

teaching gender ideology to children, 

children need love and support and 

encouragement, they do not need to 

be confused about their gender or 

taught to take chemicals or go through 

procedures that they do not need. 

Position Statement: 

We have seen asteady decline in our 

democracy over the last few years, 

from the restriction of free speech, 

the selling off of our assets without 

democratic process, passing of laws 

without proper consultation, at one 

stage there was 15 passed in 24 hours, 

not to mention the gun buy-back which 

made out like honest licence holders 

were criminals. Yet, we still have hope. 

Here at New Conservative we still 

remember the freedom that our 

ancestors fought for and we respect 

and acknowledge the sacrifice that 

those who have gone before us have 

given up. We believe in binding 

citizens referenda, which would allow 

Kiwis to have avoice in their nation, 

you may not agree with all aparties 

policies but the majority of our nations 

voices need to be listened to and 

binding referenda allows that. 

New Conservative fights for our 

economy, farming contributes 30% our 

our GDP so we believe in supporting 

farmers and getting out of the Paris 

Accord and the ETS scheme which is 

turning our prime farmland into pine 

tree acreage that is then handed over 

to foreign interests. 

Finally, webelieve in families. 

Families need to be able to support 

each other and our income splitting 

policies allows parents that much 

needed boost in their back pocket. The 

stronger our families are the stronger 

our nation is. 

So when you go to vote remember it’s 

your nation, it needs your voice. 

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MEET THE CANDIDATES WAIMAKARIRI 


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MattDoocey 

MP forWaimakariri 

Since being elected MP of Waimakariri six years ago,Ihave enjoyed 

being ahands-on MP who has strived to be accessible and I’m always 

looking at ways to help our residents beheard onwhat they need. 

I’m committed tothe Waimakariri. Waimakariri is agreat place tobring 

up afamily. Iknow this because Ilive and work in the electorate with my 

wife, Viki, who is aswim teacher at Kaiapoi Aquatic Centre, and our two 

children, who love attending their local schools. 

Ihave fought hard for our community tomake sure wehave the 

infrastructureand resources weneed to meet the demands of arapidly 

growing community. 

I’ve fought hard for our residents bysecuring afterhours health care; 

saving the Waikukubus service; ensuring our region is resourced for 

infrastructureto bring shorter travel times for our commuters; fighting 

for the government to commit to the Belfast toPegasus motorway, 

including the Woodend Bypass; and Istood up for our Belfast residents 

against aproposal tostore 40,000 bales ofwaste near homes. 

Being aware ofthe issues on the ground brings relevance tomy role 

and it is by keeping connected to the local issues that Ihave been 

most effective. 

Ihave kept connected to our issues by making myself available to 

meet with our residents atatime and place that suits them, whether 

in my offices, communityconstituent clinics, night meetings or morning 

coffee catch-ups. Your support has shown mehow much you value 

accessibility and commitment to your area. 

Before entering politics, Iworked in mental health both in New Zealand 

and the UK. Iwent into mental health to make adifference and politics 

is away of continuing to make that difference. 

In Parliament, as National’s first Mental Health Spokesperson, Iinitiated 

New Zealand’sfirst mental health cross-party approach in Parliament 

to develop long-term solutions for New Zealanders and to break down 

the barriers toprogress inresponding to the growing demand for 

mental-health services. 

In my first term as Member of Parliament, Ibrought down Parliament’s 

Social Services Select Committee toCanterbury tohear directly from 

service providers about their response toour communities’ psychosocial 

recovery needs. Iworked to ensure there was cross-party 

representation for the visit in recognition of Parliament’s continued 

support ofour recovery. 

I’m invested inthe Waimakariri. It’s my home and yours. It is always 

been my priority tohave the voice ofthe Waimakariri heard and this 

is something Iwork hard at. Iamprivileged to represent you and Ilook 

forward tocontinue working hard for Waimakariri. 

National has always and will continue to support our farmers, as they 

are the backbone of our economy and will help us through these 

difficult times. 

MattDoocey 

Fighting hard for Waimakariri 

9 Securing after-hours health care 

9 Saving Waikuku bus service 

9 Signalised crossing at Woodend School 

9 Initiated across-party approach to 

mental health inParliament 

9 Stood up for Belfast residents againstan 

ECan consent for 40,000 bales ofwaste 

9 Fighting hard for the Government 

to commit to the Belfast toPegasus 

motorway including the Woodend Bypass 

Dan Rosewarne 

Labour Waimakariri candidate 

Dan enlisted into the NZArmy at 

the age of 18 and completed an Auto 

Heavy Engineering apprenticeship. 

After several years in this role Dan 

moved up through the ranks and 

took on various mentoring, training 

and logistics management roles. 

Dan believes that every New 

Zealander deserves the opportunity 

to reach their full potential and 

have ashare in the Kiwi Dream of 

home ownership, world class health 

care and awell-paid job. Dan is 

passionate about the trades and 

believes that apprenticeships are 

vital tobusiness and the economy. 

Dan is committed to improving 

pathways for young people to 

get into apprenticeships and for 

businesses totake on apprentices. 

With the New Zealand Defence 

Force, Dan has served on several 

operational tours, including two to 

Afghanistan. It is these experiences 

that have helped shape Dan’sviews 

on the importance ofequality, social 

justice and providing opportunities 

for everyone to get ahead. 

Some ofDan’s career highlights 

include deploying as part of the 

regional assistance mission to 

the Solomon Islands in 2008. 

and providing disaster relief 

to Christchurch after the 2011 

earthquakes. In 2016 Dan was 

involved with the planning, 

coordination and distribution of 

essential supplies into Kaikoura 

immediately after the earthquake. 

Most recently Dan has been part 

of the New Zealand Defence Force 

contribution to the COVID-19 All 

of Government response and has 

been involved with the planning, 

establishment and management 

of the Canterbury based managed 

isolation and quarantine facilities. 

Dan and his Wife Sheree have 

two young children and live in the 

Woodend region. 

“It is an absolute privilege to be 

representing Labour in my home 

region of Waimakariri. We have 

come together to fight the virus as 

acommunity. Now, our rebuild 

will be an opportunity to reset NZ 

and build equality back into the 

economy. 

This crisis has shown the 

importance of astrong social 

safety net. Many people are 

accessing assistance who never 

have had to before. Labour has a 

plan to meet the needs of the post 

COVID-19 New Zealand. 

The Labour-led government 

responded to COVID-19 with 

support to over 1.6 million kiwis 

through the wage subsidy scheme 

and with one-year interest free 

business loans to support small 

businesses who need it. Part of 

our recovery includes over $400 

million to help tourism and big 

health investments to catch up 

on operations and to keep us 

well. Our rebuild will include 

$15 billion to build and upgrade 

hospitals, roads and housing to 

keep us moving. The cornerstone 

of our rebuild is more new jobs 

–tobuild schools, roads and 

conserve our environment. 

Istarted out my working life 

in the trades and have gone 

on to have asuccessful career 

in the NZDF. With my proven 

leadership ability, and my 

experience contributing to the All 

of Government response to many 

of our recent natural disasters, 

Iwill bring real life experience 

with me to Parliament that will 

be needed to meet the needs of our 

community.” 

Authorised by Timothy Grigg, 160 Willis Street, Wellington. 

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Cycleway 

strategy 

By DAVID HILL 

Aworkinggroup has been set up 

to consider the final leg of the 

Belfast to Kaiapoi Cycleway. 

The KaiapoiTuahiwi 

Community Boardhas approved 

the setting up of aworkinggroup 

to look at residents’concerns 

over the potentialimpact on 

parking, property values and 

access for emergencyservicesif 

the cycleway was to pass 

through Perakiand Vickery 

streets. 

“Thisworking group gives us a 

chance to work directly with 

residents to find an optionthat 

benefitspeoplewho liveon 

thesestreets, as well as the 

widercommunity who will be 

usingthe cycleway,”board 

chairwoman Chris Greengrass 

says. 

“I thinkthis projecthas the 

potential to be areally positive 

improvement for the area.” 

The working group will work 

with council staff to consider 

options to address residents’ 

concerns. 

It will includepeople who live 

on the affected streets, cyclists, 

an independent trafficengineer, 

and representatives from local 

schools and emergency services. 

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Ashgrove principal retires 

By DAVID HILL 

ChristineChadwick found out theremight be 

an openingfor the principal’s roleatAshgrove 

School while visiting aschool gala. 

Thatwas 14 years ago, and at the time 

Christine was commutingfrom Rangiora to her 

jobasprincipalatBreens IntermediateSchool 

in Christchurch. 

“The gala wasareal communityeventand 

this is areal communityschool, and so I 

applied,” she says. 

In her time,she has seenthe school grow to 

apeak of 587 pupils. In the years afterthe 2010 

and 2011earthquakes, the school was bulging 

at the seams as families moved to Rangiora. 

“It was adifficult time, but it was alsoan 

interesting time wherewehad to rethinkwhat 

we were doing,” Christine says. 

“Learning and teaching was changingaswe 

reviewed our work andour teaching spaces, 

but I’ve workedwith some amazing people in 

my time.” 

Christine is thankfulfor the support of her 

fellow principals. She chaired the North 

CanterburyPrimary Principals' Association for 

4 1 ⁄2 years,until justbeforeher retirement at the 

end of term three. 

“When we needeach other for support 

there’salways someone you cantalk to. After 

the earthquakes we found it was very 

important that we looked outfor eachother, so 

our focus as agroup has beenonthe welfare of 

our principals. 

“And morerecently, with Covid19, it has 

been about making sure we’ve all got the 

resources and we share information to keep 

each other wellinformed aboutwhat’s 

happening.” 

Christine says the role of aschool principal 

is “a multifaceted job”,asaleader, project 

manager, an advocate for childreninacrisis, 

supportingthe wellbeing of staff, supporting 

fundraising efforts, and supporting the 

community. 

As amum herself, she is “verysympathetic” 

to the plightofworkingmums. 

Christine Chadwick 

“My childrenwere veryused to comingto 

schoolwith me or being dropped off at care. My 

familyhas always been abig part of it all. All 

they’ve ever knownismum beingatschool.” 

Her family was unabletoattend her final 

schoolassemblybecause of Covid19, but a 

photographer was on hand to capture the 

moment. 

Christine has already been shouldertapped 

about takingon“retirement roles”,but for now 

she is keen to take awellearned rest. 

“I started my teachingcareer in 1978and I 

only took time off to havechildren and a 

sabbatical. 

“I may do abit of contractworkdown the 

track.Idon’t think Icould leave local 

education altogether.” 

Ashgrove Schoolwill begin term four witha 

new principal,Leon Van’tVeenGibbon, who is 

returninghometoCanterbury after astint in 

Auckland. 

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Hopes high for 

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The PoyntzRoad watersupplyupgrade 

is set to receive agovernment cash 

injection. 

The rural water supply is theonly 

remaining drinking water supply in the 

Waimakariri district that does not meet 

nationalstandards. 

Planstoupgrade it havebeen included 

in the Waimakariri District Council’s 

delivery plan, which has been presented 

to centralgovernmentinordertoreceive 

an $8.02million stimulusgrant underthe 

ThreeWaters Reformplan. 

The PoyntzRoad watersource 

upgrade is expected to cost $1.03m. 

Otherprojects included in 

Waimakariri’s delivery plan include the 

Fernside sewerupgrade, the Loburn Lea 

sewerupgrade, Tuahiwi water and 

wastewater servicing,Oxford wastewater 

upgrades, the Ohoka water storage 

upgrade, WestEyretonand Summerhill 

storage upgradeand the central 

Rangiora capacity upgrade stage 5A. 

“Hopefully we can get the funding 

across the line for PoyntzRoad and the 

otherschemes,”MayorDan Gordon says. 

“$8.02 million is our allocationand the 

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Pop-up business expo draws 29 stall-holders 

By DAVID HILL 

Rangiora’s popup business 

expo has been declared a 

success. 

With 29 businesses setting up 

stalls and others casually 

visiting throughout the evening, 

Rangiora Promotions coordinator 

Belinda Topp was 

relieved the evening went 

ahead in the Rangiora RSA 

after Covid19 restrictions 

threatened to derail it. 

‘‘It’s been very hard to 

anticipate what would happen 

until we knew we were going to 

alert level 1,’’ Belinda said. 

‘‘It’s been slow going the 

whole way and then we had abig 

rush with exhibitors and RSVPs 

at the end. 

‘‘We had alot who enquired, 

but they just couldn’t commit in 

this climate, so we are really 

lucky to have this number and 

thrilled to be at level 1.’’ 

Rangiora Promotions first 

held apopup business expo in 

2017 in the Waimakariri District 

Council’s Rangiora service 

centre, with 20 businesses 

participating. 

‘‘It was well received, so we 

went on to organise abigger 

event with more than 70 

businesses exhibiting in the 

North Canterbury Business 

Expo over the last two years. 

‘‘But we realised we couldn’t 

do it again this year.’’ 

While most of the stallholders 

were from Rangiora, 

Belinda said there were a 

couple of businesses from 

Amberley and Kaiapoi. 

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Bees to benefit ... Sandra Duncan during the opening of her exhibition, Beelief,at 

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Exhibition is just 

the bee’sknees 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

Bees may benefit from Sandra Duncan’s 

latest solo exhibition, Beelief,at 

Rangiora Library’s Chamber Gallery. 

The Queenstown artist,formerlyfrom 

Rangiora, is donating the $200 purchase 

priceofone of her bee paintings to the 

New Zealand Bumble Bee Conservation 

Trust. 

Bees feature prominently in the 

exhibition, whichalso includes a 

charmingset of drawingsdone by 

Sandra during the levelfourCovid19 

lockdown. 

The drawings provided adaily feature 

on her Facebook page at that time and 

attracted apopularfollowing. 

Sandra saysdoing the drawings each 

day gave her apurposeduringthe 

unsettling lockdown. 

‘‘Words, actions and thoughts are like 

bees,’’ she says. ‘‘Somecreate honey and 

others leave asting.’’ 

Many of Sandra’s paintings and 

drawings have the word‘‘bee’’ in the 

titlesuch as Bee Kind, aGrandmother’s 

Love; Bee True To Yourself; To Bee or Not 

2b;and Queen Bee,but herwork in 

Beelief is also the storyofher life. 

‘‘Through these works my story is told 

of my mostvulnerable moments and 

finest memories, all of which Ibelieve 

havemade me the person Iamtoday.’’ 

She believes everyone is influenced 

by the communities in which we live. 

‘‘Influencedbythe people you love, 

the peopleyou meet,oreven including 

those people you don’t want to meet, the 

community that supports andsurrounds 

you has ahuge bearingonhow you view 

life.’’ 

Her painting, Landed,depicting an 

older couple enjoying adance together, 

is areflection of the gratitude she feels 

for where her life is now. 

Beelief opened on September20and 

runs until October22. 

Trio to play concert in Rangiora 

Trio Jackson,afamilygroup that has been 

playing togetherfor more than 20 years, 

will perform in Rangiora’s Chamber 

Gallery this month. 

The trio evolved from Duo Jackson and 

features husbandandwife Miles and 

MargaritaJackson, and their daughter 

Fleur, whorejoined them after 

completingher Master's Degree in violin 

performance at the Victoria University of 

Wellington under Helena Pohl. 

DuoJackson are well known for their 

recordings andperformancesthroughout 

Australasia and Europe. 

Trio Jackson,with Miles playing the 

guitar and Margarita and Fleur both 

playingthe violin, heldasuccessfulNew 

Zealand concert tour last year. This year, 

they were invited to perform in Europe 

and Australia, but the dateswere 

cancelled because of Covid19. 

The classicallytrained ensemble hasa 

wide musical repertoire, branching out 

into an exotic array of genres to create 

something unique, playing gypsy style to 

jazz to Bach, Shostakovichand anything in 

between. 

The Trio Jackson concert is on Sunday, 

October 11, from 5pm. 

Tickets are available at the Rangiora 

Library. They are $35 for adults and $15 

for students. 

Thomas on the rails for the holidays 

Over thenextfew months,distinctive teal 

coloured buseswill begintoappearonthe 

streets as Metrointroduces anew exterior 

designtoits fleet. 

The newlivery designisinspired by the 

foodsand resources shared by earlyMāori, 

thenaturallandscape that connectedthem, 

andthe mosaic of waterwaysthatformed 

earlytravelroutes acrossour region – 

representedtoday by theMetro network. 

EnvironmentCanterburyCouncillor 

Phil Clearwater said that thenew livery 

simplifies Metro’snetwork foramore 

approachable, user friendlyexperience. 

“Wewanttomakeitclearer that this is a 

single, reliable, connectednetwork that will 

getyou anywhere youneedtogoingreater 

Christchurch acrossthe day. 

“Wefound that thenumerousbus brands 

were dilutingthe messageofMetro’s 

connectednetwork,and so we have worked 

with ourbus operators,GoBus,Red Bus 

andRitchies, during theimplementation 

of theirnew contracts to introduce asingle 

look acrossall buses. 

“Our changes aredesigned 

to help usersright across 

thenetwork,ratherthan 

only thosetravellingonthe 

MetroLines –whichmake 

up only five of Metro’s27 

routes. 

“Weare also preparing for 

afuturewhere we will, in 

time,growthe number of high 

Is your bus 

timetable 

changing? 

On the 28th of September some of our bus 

timetablesare changing. These changes arepart 

of improvements we aremaking to ourservice. 

Bus timetablesthat will be changing: 

1 

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125 

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95 Pegasus/Waikuku–City 

97 Pegasus –Rangiora (New) 

125Redwood–Westlake 

Check what your new timetable 

will be at metro.co.nz 

frequency routes. Continuingwiththe 

colour coded‘MetroLine’ approachwould 

requiremoreand more colours, adding 

complexity to thenetwork. 

“Thenew operating contracts include 

replacementofaround100 buses, or half 

ourfleet, over thenexttwo years, so with 

this many busesbeingproduced, this is the 

time to update thelivery,” he said. 

EnvironmentCanterburyisintroducing 

39 newultra-lowemissionbuses over the 

next months to servegreater Christchurch 

bususers. All of thesewill be builtlocally 

in Rolleston. These will be followed by 25 

zeroemissionelectricbuses in 2021, and 

more newbuses in 2022. 

Allbuses otherthanthe Orbiter will 

be paintedinthe newMetro teal colour 

to represent ourstronglinktowater, an 

essentiallife-sustainingforce. 

“TheOrbiter will remain in a 

recognizablegreen livery,symbolic of the 

land,” said Councillor Clearwater. 

The Metrolivery willbeintroducedtothe 

fleetoverthe comingmonths. 

Thomas and friends are back for the 

school holidays. 

Bring the children down to the North 

Canterbury Model Railway Club rooms 

in Blake Street, Rangiora, to drive 

Thomas and friends on the club’s large 

layout. 

It costs just 50 cents for afourminute 

session. 

The clubrooms are open daily from 

Monday, September 28, to Sunday, 

October 11, from 9am to 3pm. 

Phone (03) 745 9148 for more 

information.

NEWS 


Quarry plans given airing at public session 


Taggart chief executive Paul 

Taggart faced agrilling at a 

public dropin session about 

the company’s proposed quarry 

at Rangiora Racecourse. 

It was delivered by people at 

last week’s session who oppose 

the company’s proposal for a 

quarry at the racecourse. 

Mr Taggart, who lives in 

Clarkville, said he understood 

that many people in Rangiora 

were opposed to the quarry, but 

he believed those who attended 

the dropin session went away 

with a‘‘better understanding of 

what we want to do and why’’. 

However, Sue Johnson, who 

lives near the racecourse, told 

Mr Taggart she was against the 

quarry and believed it would be 

‘‘the nail in the coffin’’ for 

Rangiora. 

‘‘People won’t want to live 

here,’’ she said. ‘‘Rangiora is 

filled with alot of families and 

older people. We love living 

here. We don’t want to live near 

aquarry.’’ 

People attending were met at 

the door by Hamish Peacock, 

technical director of Pattle 

Delamore Partners, an 

engineering and environmental 

consultancy company hired by 

Taggart to outline the quarry 

proposal to the public. 

The consultancy had 

installed atrail of information 

about the quarry plan and the 

Taggart company, pinned to 

display boards in the room at 

the racecourse hosting the 

session. 

The information included a 

request for submissions on the 

proposal and an assurance that 

the consents process will be 

publicly notified. 

Waimakariri District Council 

Mayor Dan Gordon, who 

attended the session, said later 

that Taggart formally filed an 

application for the quarry with 

the council on April 9. 

‘‘The applicant lodged 

several versions of 

documentation prior to this, but 

these did not meet the 

requirements of the RMA 

(Resource Management Act) in 

terms of information and were 

formally returned,’’ he said. 

The Taggart application did 

not request public notification. 

‘‘Technically, an applicant 

cannot request nonnotification; 

they can only 

request public notification,’’ Mr 

Gordon said. 

‘‘However an applicant’s 

assessment of environmental 

effects may conclude that no 

persons will be affected by a 

proposal,’’ he said. 

Notification requirements 

for aconsent are set out in 

section 95 of the act. 

The decision on notification 

or otherwise is made by an 

officer delegated by the council 

to make adecision under this 

section, and is made after 

considering areport from a 

planning officer. 

Mr Taggart said arevised 

consent application for the 

quarry would likely be lodged 

with the district council within 

the next two weeks. 

Petition group ... Some of the 

more than 4000 people who 

signed apetition opposing a 

Rangiora Racecourse quarry 

proposed by Taggart were at the 

racecourse on Wednesday last 

week for an information session 

about the proposal. 

PHOTOS: SHELLEY TOPP 

Discussing apoint ... Taggart 

chief executive Paul Taggart, right, 

with Waimakariri District 

councillor Paul Williams, during 

the information session. 

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The journey began at an abstract art 

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inspire and instruct her. 

Her son Jamie’sinterest in photography 

also sparked Christine’s interestin 

learninghow to takephotographs, which 

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connection, this time with adulteducation 

photography tutor John Foster. It has, she 

says,had awonderful spinoff for her 

painting,inparticular in her understanding 

of light and composition. 

Although there are 23 paintingsin 

Christine’s exhibition, only sevenare for 

sale.‘‘They are still just babies,’’she says. 

‘‘When they get to theirteens Iwill let 

them go.’’ 

Although the exhibition has provided 

Christine with an opportunity to thank 

people who have helped her develop as an 

artist and photographer, Art on the Quay 

Gallery manager Jackie Watson told 

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tireless, volunteer work in the community, 

particularly in the artssector. 

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HDC in October 

The latestlocal news, viewsand announcements fromthecouncil 

Meetings 

&Events 

OCTOBER 

6th: Hurunui Tourism Board 

1.00pm, Mt Lyford. 

13th: Hurunui Youth Council 

5.00pm, Council Chambers, Amberley. 

14: Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and 

Spa Management Committee 

9.00am, Board Room, Hanmer Springs 

Thermal Pools. 

14: South Ward Committee 

7.00pm, Council Chambers, Amberley. 

15: Audit &Risk Committee 

9.30am, Council Chambers, Amberley. 

19: Hanmer Springs Community Board 

1.00pm, The Gallery, Hanmer Springs 

Library. 

19: Hurunui-Waiau Zone Committee 

3.00pm, To be confirmed. 

20: Glenmark Community Committee 

7.30pm, Motunau Community Centre. 

21: Amuri Community Committee 

7.30pm, Culverden Council Chambers. 

22: Operations Committee 


27: Cheviot Community Committee 

6.00pm, Cheviot Library/Service Centre. 

28: Hurunui Community Committee 

7.00pm, Waikari Hall. 

29: Council meeting 


MAYORAL TASKFORCE FOR JOBS 

For information, contact Chris: 

Email, 

Chris.King@hurunui.govt.nz 

Phone 03 314 

8816, 027 808 7006 

Agood bit of schoolHYPe 

The three colleges in Hurunui have been thoroughly 

enjoying their regular visits by our Youth Development 

Officer Ward Shearman. Circulating between Hurunui 

College, Amuri Area School and Cheviot Area School, he 

spends time playing ball sports, conducting skills sessions 

and talking about Hurunui Youth Council. Applications for 

2021 for HYP will be open October 16. Keep aneye on 

HYP social media Facebook and Instagram. 

Great newsfor the Amberley Pool. 

Agreat young workforce 

The Mayoral Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ) has been ahuge 

collaborative success. Hurunui District Council has 

secured up to $500,000 of funding from Central 

Government with the Ministry of Social Development, to 

build working relationships between local businesses and 

youths (aged between 18-24) who have been displaced 

from work due to COVID-19. HDC Project leader Chris 

King is very grateful to the local businesses who 

responded; local farmers, Waghorn Builders, Nor Wester 

Café, Bee Buzz Apiaries, White Lily Hairdressers, GVT 

Landlines and JP Morgan Contracting. 

Fun 

fact! 

Recognising our volunteers 

Volunteers groups have been 

celebrating those who make it all 

happen. These have included Amuri St John, Waikari Fire Brigade, 

and Cheviot St John. Pictured here is at Cheviot St John, 

dedicating their new emergency response vehicle to three 

foundation members who still live in Cheviot; Mr Tom Barnes, Mr 

Bruce Childs, and Mr Eric Page. 

Mayor Marie Black has enjoyed attending them all. “The heart of 

the volunteer isnot measured in the size, but the depth of the 

commitment tomake adifference to the lives of others.” 

The existing pool will now be heated, there will be new changing rooms, toilets and 

showers. Access into the pool for the elderly, mobility impaired, and parents will be 

made easy with apod system. The fun factor isenhanced with a‘bombing platform’ 

at the deep end and afamily friendly outdoor area. The project will be shovel ready 

July 2021. Mayor Marie Black was thrilled to see this given the green light last week. 

“This is such wonderful news for Amberley and the wider community. Water safety is 

an integral part of our society and having afantastic facility like this not only 

helps with this aspect, but also creates asafe and fun option for activity and 

social gatherings, for everyone.”. 

Aword fromyourCEO, 

Hamish Dobbie. 

"RURAL COMMUNITIES 

ARE SPECIAL FOR THAT 

REASON; EVERYONE 

CHIPS IN AND STAYS 

POSITIVE." 

Just when we thought winter was behind us, arecent cold blast 

reminded us that we live in arather changeable climate. From gale 

force Nor’ Wests to snow storms, it’s been amixed bag to keep us 

all guessing. Abig thank you to our 3Waters and Roading teams, 

who worked all hours around the clock to make sure water remained 

in our taps, our toilets flushed, and fallen trees were cleared from 

roads as quickly as possible. And an equally big thank you to 

everyone in the community for your cooperation, patience, 

information sharing, and getting out there and helping out where you 

could. Rural communities are special for that reason; everyone 

chips inand stays positive. May the storms be behind us now! 

Hurunui District has its own fossil, the Waiparaconus. First discovered by Julius von Haast in 1871. 

It is found in avertical bed of greensand rock, containing a'writhing' mass of tubular stems, each 

between 10 -15cm long; they look like tips of asparagus spears. 

Want achat? Please contactus- 

Phone: 03 314 8816 Web: hurunui.govt.nz

RANGIORA LIGHT AND SOUND FESTIVAL 


RANGIORA LIGHT AND SOUND FESTIVAL 

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Victoria Park transformed into a 

wonderland of light and sound 

Ablaze with lights ... 

Victoria Park was a 

stunning sight during the 

Rangiora Light and 

Sound Festival. 

PHOTO: COLLEEN LINNELL, RANGIORA 

PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY 

Bright spark ... Samantha Rose, of Rangiora, soaks 

up the atmosphere. 


Light fantastic ... Kim 

Falconer and her son 

Bailey enjoyed the 

‘‘awesome’’ festival. 


Eerie sight ... Atree illuminated in the darkness. 

PHOTO: DAYNA BURTON 

Entertaining ... Festivalgoers have fun with shadows and light. 


Moving shadows ... Matthew Pritchard, aged 10, and his sister Zoe, 6, chase 

alight. 


Fun with light sabres ... From left, Xavier Burton, aged 10, Colton Clark, 8, and 

Charlie Bint, 7 

PHOTO: DAYNABURTON 

Fun time ... People dance to the music. 


Glorious display ... Trees were ablaze with colour. 

PHOTO: COLLEENLINNELL 

Shining bright ... Visitors embraced the light and sound show. 


Big occasion ... The grand finale gears up on Saturday night. PHOTO:DAYNA BURTON Lighting with flair ... One of the festival’s many sights. PHOTO: COLLEENLINNELL

NEWS 


Golden Oldiesmusic 

AfternoonMelodies with Smokey & 

Lorraine,togetherwith their group 

of entertainers,will be heldatthe 

Rangiora RSA on Tuesday October 

13, at 2pm. Arelaxing hour or so of 

the oldtime songs and sounds of the 

guitar, banjo,accordion, harmonica 

and keyboard. Rob,onhis keyboard, 

will be the guest.Resthome folkare 

most welcome. Cost: $3. To learn 

more,phone Lorraine on (03) 

327 3231. 

Toot NCroon 

Thirdtime lucky! Toot NCroon,a 

ninepiece local band, returns to the 

Rangiora RSA on October 24 for a 

nightofmusic fromthe 1950s and 

60s. It startsat7.45pm.Admission: 

$10 at the door. 

Woodend movie afternoon 

Jane Eyre willscreen at the 

Woodend Methodist Church on 

Wednesday October 7, at 1pm. 

Afternoontea to follow. Entry by 

gold coin donation. PhoneRuth on 

(03) 312 2094 with any queries. All 

are welcome. 

Get to know your own car 

Free session from 1pm to 3pm on 

the first Saturday of the month at 

CWR Motorsport, 5b Cone Street, 

Rangiora, to get to know your own 

car. Learn all you need to know 

aboutkeeping your car running well 

in between mechanic visits, from 

checking oil,water and tyre 

pressures, to changing awheel, and 

everything in between. 

All welcome. 

Woodend singalong 

A1940s singalong will be held at the 

Woodend Methodist Church, 

accompaniedbyalocal pianist,on 

Sunday,October4,from 2pm. 

Afternoon tea will follow.Cost:$5. 

To learnmore,contactRuth 

Vaughan on 312 7892 or Evelyn 

Wilsonon312 7740. 

FriendlyFriday 

Friendly Friday starts again on 

October 9, from 9am to 11aminthe 

Church Linkarea at the Trinity 

Methodist Church, King Street, 

Rangiora.There will be plants, 

produce, puzzles, baking, books, and 

toysatbargain prices. Drop in for a 

chat. Free tea or coffee. 

Church garage sale 

Agarage sale willbeheld on 

Saturday, October 3, from 8.30am to 

1pm,atthe Methodist Church, 

Rangiora.Cakes,jams,sweets, 

vegetables, andplants willbeon 

sale, along with clothing, books, 

games,bedding, and furniture. 

Sharing ideas 

The Crafty Placeat22Beach Road, 

Kaikoura (opposite the Op Shop),is 

open10am to 2pmonMondays and 

Thursdays to share ideas, skills and 

meetnew people. Everyone is 

welcome to bring their knitting, 

crochet, embroidery, cardmaking, 

and othercraft projects. Tea and 

coffee is provided. For more 

information, contactMarz on (021) 

02779288 

Croquet days 

Kaikoura HaveaGoGolf Croquet 

dayswill be heldonTuesday, 

October6,at5.30pm, and Saturday, 

October10, at 1pm, at the Kaikoura 

CroquetClub(next to the fire 

station). Golf Croquet is suitable for 

all ages. It is easy to learn, and fun 

to play. It is aquick,friendly, 

uncomplicated game. All equipment 

is provided. Everyone is welcome. 

Please wear flatshoes. 

Talented... Kaiapoi Borough School pupils worked hard on theirentriesinthe Lions InternationalPeace 

Poster competition. The winner of the school’scontestwas Caprece StapyltonSmith, centre front. Second 

was AngelaTeWhaiti, left, with thirdgoingtoStefan Hillis. 

PHOTO:SHELLEY TOPP 

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KaiapoiBoroughSchoolpupilCaprece 

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peace postercompetition. 

Ninepupilsfrom Kaitlin Laing’sYear7and 

Year8classes took partinthe Kaiapoi 

Borough School competition,sponsored by 

the Lions ClubofPegasus Town. 

Angela Te Whaiti, 13, wassecond and Stefan 

Hillis, 13, wasthird. 

Caprece’sposterwill now be entered into 

the nextstageofthe competition to choose the 

Lions District 202E winner. 

Then, from districtwinners, anational 

winner willbechosen to represent New 

Zealandinthe international sectionofthe 

competitiontobejudged in Chicago. 

The Lions ClubofPegasusTown eventcoordinator, 

Brian Attenborough,said the 

judges for theKaiapoi Borough School entries 

hadadifficult jobchoosingawinnerbecause 

of thehighstandard. 

Lionsclubs worldwide have sponsoredthe 

competitionfor nearlythree decades, with 

each club supporting young artists from a 

schoolorayouth group in theirareafor the 

initial partofthe competition. 

This year, more than450,000students 

entered the competition,for students whowill 

be 11, 12, or 13 by November15. 

Each contestant hadtocreate apeace 

posterwhichdemonstrates theirvisionof 

peace and inspires theworldthrough artand 

creativity. 

TheLionsClub of Pegasus Town is always 

lookingfor new members or volunteers. 

Contact either Amanda Smith on (0274) 

222648)orBrianAttenborough on (027) 

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Field day on pest control 

Biodiversity experts and local 

volunteers will hold afield day at the 

Port Robinson Reserve later this 

month. 

It will focus on controlling invasive 

plants and animals that threaten 

native flora and fauna. 

Anyone interested in pest control on 

farms, lifestyle blocks, urban sections, 

or who wants to set up or join a 

community initiative, are welcome to 

attend on Monday, October 19, at 1pm 

to 4.30pm. 

Abarbecue, organised by the 

Hurunui Biodiversity Trust, will 

follow. 

For more information and 

directions, contact 

hurunuibiodiversity@gmail.com or 

call (03) 314 8293. 

Those attending are asked to 

respond by October 16. 

Transport Manager -Bulk 

GVT is based in Waipara, North Canterbury. Weoperate asuccessful, well established rural transport 

company with 21 trucks (4 bulk, IHiab, 3spreaders and 13livestock trucks). An opportunity has arisen 

to join our team, due to the impending retirement of along serving Manager. 

The Bulk TransportManager looksafter the day to day operations of the bulk fleet, hiab and the consignment 

fertiliser store. The role reports directlytothe Managing Director and hasplenty of scope to grow 

Key Tasks &Responsibilities: 

• Schedule dayswork for the department 

• ManageBallanceConsignment Store 

• Monitorstaff performanceagainstcompany 

standardsand performance criteria andensure 

an appropriatelevel of training which is 

regularly assessed 

• Coverall Bulk after hours related inquiries 

• Liaisewith key contacts; agents, reps and 

customers,toincrease the profile and 

profitability of GVT. 

• Ensure your department is working together 

with otherdepartments, in particular maximising 

use of our labour force. 

• Maintain and enforcethe companystandards / 

rules and regulations. 

• Maintain health andsafetystandards. 

• Ensure the fleet iswell maintained by 

scheduling maintenancefor entirefleetweekly 

and liaising with workshops, drivers andother 

departments 

• To promote self and GVT to ensure growth of 

the business. 

Key Skills and Experience: 

• Greatcommunicationskills with staff and 

customers 

• Computer literate 

• Ability drive atruck from time to time 

• Ideally asimilar position in acurrent or previous 

role 

• Ability to train drivers 

• To lead by example and maintaincompany 

standards. 

Position Requirements: 

• Class5licence for aconsiderable length of 

time andbemedically fit 

• Must be able to work flexiblehours and cover 

after hoursenquirers 

• Ability to lead by example. 

• To model and maintainstaff standards of 

communication. 

• Rural transport experience 

Remuneration: 

• GVToffers competitive remuneration andthe 

use of acompany vehicle for workand personal 

use. 

GVT is an established rural transport operator we are committed tohealth and safety which includes a 

comprehensivedrugand alcohol policy.Weaim to provide asafe workingenvironment 

We are readvertising this job as we have not found that person with agood blend ofrural transport 

experience andthe ambition to progress their career. 

If you have the experience, skills and desire to join our team please apply with your 

CV and acovering letter to the Managing director marco@landline.co.nz. or call 

Marco on 027 496 5850. 

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Advocacy ... Labour justice spokesman Andrew Little, left, listens to Canterbury 

Community Law solicitor Katrina Hope at the Kaiapoi Community Support office last week. 

Labour’s Waimakariri candidate, Dan Rosewarne, is at right. 

PHOTO: DAVID HILL 

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By DAVID HILL 

Employment and family issueshave kept 

Canterbury CommunityLaw busy in the 

wake of Covid19. 

Labour justice spokesman AndrewLittle 

and Waimakariri candidate Dan 

Rosewarnevisited Kaiapoi Community 

Support last weektohear from local 

community law advocates. 

The governmenthas provided an extra 

$3.5 millioninfundingtohelp Community 

Law Centresaround the country with their 

extraworkload related to Covid19. 

‘‘We knowthat it’s caused disruptionto 

all sortsofpeople for all sorts of reasons. 

We knowpeople’s employment has been at 

risk and people have been losing jobs and 

strugglingwiththeir pay,’’MrLittle said. 

‘‘Theconsequence of Covid19 is going to 

take some time to wash through. Therewill 

be employment issues,there will be family 

issues, there will be all sorts of issues and 

it’s goingtotake some timetowork 

through them. 

‘‘We haveagrowingproblem in New 

Zealand with access to justice.The cost of 

it is getting so great that unless you have a 

claimthat’s worth tens of thousands of 

dollars,the easything is to say ‘I can’tdo 

this’.’’ 

Mr Little said CommunityLaw Centres 

played avital role in making legal advice 

and advocacy affordable, and he would 

like to see funding set aside to allow for 

free legal advicefor people whendealing 

with ACC or tenancy issues. 

‘‘Having represented people with their 

ACC issues before, Iknow thatit’s an area 

of law where if you don’t deal withthe 

problemearly on, it can costeverybody. 

‘‘I think there’s real valueinproperly 

supporting the Community Law Centres 

network rightacross the countryand I 

thinkit’s somethingACC shouldbedoing. 

‘‘It’s in their best interests and Ithink it 

wouldbenefit everybodyand it’scertainly 

something Iwill be pursuing.’’ 

Labour was committed to supporting 

NorthCanterbury’s Covid19 recovery, 

both in terms of providingjobs and 

supporting the community, Mr Littlesaid. 

The Waimakariri district has received 

$9m from the government’s ‘‘shovel ready’’ 

fund for flood protection workinKaiapoi. 

‘‘That’s going to go along way to providing 

jobs as well as providingbenefittothe 

localcommunity,’’ Mr Rosewarnesaid. 

Akeen cyclist, Mr Rosewarne saidhe 

wouldbeasupporter should anotherlocal 

‘‘shovel ready’’project, The Wheelsto 

Waipara cycleway, get the goahead. 

CanterburyCommunity Law solicitor 

Katrina Hope said she encouraged people 

to seek adviceinuncertaintimes. 

‘‘Look for options, be aware of what your 

rights are and seek legal advice,even preliminaryadvice, 

to see where you stand.’’ 

Domesticviolence, careofchildren 

matters, relationshipproperty, employment 

issues, redundanciesand debt issues 

have been themost commonissues this 

year because of Covid19. 

‘‘I feelthatalot more will slowlytrickle 

in the longer this goes on for, which may be 

quitesome time,’’ Ms Hopesaid. 

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Canterbury breeders, wasin 

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level 1means it can go ahead this 

week at CanterburyAgricultural 

Park. David Hill reports. 

Kaiapoi alpaca breeder Kit Johnson is 

relieved the National Alpaca Expo is 

going ahead tomorrow (Friday). 

Alpaca breeders from all over New 

Zealand are set to converge on 

Canterbury Agricultural Park for the 

national show, which runs until Sunday. 

The Alpacas Association of New 

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is thrilled with the entries of 

250 animals and 200 fleeces after Covid 

19 had placed the event in doubt. 

“It’s agood number considering 

Covid19,’’ Kit says. 

‘‘The whole thing was in jeopardy for 

awhile because one of the judges is 

based in Auckland and we didn’t know if 

he would get down. 

“Considering everything that has gone 

on in the world this year, we are 

delighted to have 10 breeders coming 

down from the North Island and others 

who couldn’t make it have sent fleeces.” 

The move to alert level 1also means 

the public is welcome to attend the 

show, which will be held on the National 

Bank Lawn at the park. 

“We haven’t done alot to promote the 

show because of Covid19, but it’s agood 

public spectacle to see all the different 

colours and hear the judges’ comments, 

and there will be time to talk to 

breeders,” Kit says. 

The fleeces have 

already been 

judged, with the 

results announced 

this week. 

The alpacas will 

be housed in the 

cattle pens for the 

duration of the 

show, with judging 

to take place inside amarquee. 

There are 22 different colours across 

the two alpaca breeds —suri and 

huacaya. 

Over the years, North Canterbury 

breeders have dominated the huacaya 

classes, and around seven or eight local 

breeders are lining up this weekend to 

vie for honours. 

There are about 40,000 alpacas in New 

Zealand and nearly three million 

worldwide, with around 10 percent suri 

and the rest huacaya. 

Huacaya alpacas are like “an 

elongated sheep”, while the suri is 

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known for its “dreadlock” fleece. 

The low numbers and the diversity of 

colours makes it difficult to establish an 

alpaca industry in New Zealand, Kit 

says. 

Lower quality fibre makes about $15 a 

kilogram and is used as aliner for 

duvets, while top quality fleeces fetch 

about $60 akilogram, with white the 

dominant colour. 

New Zealand breeders were known 

for the quality of their animals, with top 

alpacas in demand in Europe and Asia. 

They are selling for $20,000 to $25,000. 

An alpaca male 

—Kit Johnson 

from Silverstream 

Alpaca Stud, run by 

Kit and his wife, 

Sheryl, sold to a 

British breeder for 

$120,000 in 2007 

after beating the 

sheep and cattle to 

win supreme 

champion animal at 

the Canterbury A&P Show. 

But Kit says the competition is even 

tougher these days and he will be 

content to win afew classes and agegroup 

competitions. He has 25 animals 

and 30 fleeces entered. 

“You need to benchmark your animals 

and if you don’t have these shows, it’s 

very hard to compare. 

“We’ve only had one show prior to the 

nationals so it’s hard to know how our 

animals will go, and different judges 

look for different things; and the climate 

on the day can have an effect the 

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Planning is on track for the 70th 

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Covid19 is creating some 

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Christchurch, is the perfect 

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“It was sad thatthe 

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lockdown.” 

The event is renowned for its 

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says committee member 

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the smaller equipment 

exhibitors.’’ 

He sees the event as an 

opportunity for farmersand 

contractors to engage in all sorts 

of commerce over acouple of 

days, as wellasaplace for them 

to get offfarm and enjoy time 

with their mates.” 

Around10hectares of 

irrigated landhas beenset 

aside to grow amix of barley 

stubble, green feed oats,grass 

and lucerne, to offer arange of 

exhibitors the chance to 

showcase their new equipment, 

Andrewsays. “We will have 

ploughs, large onepass 

cultivators,drills,mowers, 

rakes, tedders, balers, forage 

harvesters,sprayers and all 

sorts of equipment on display. 

‘‘Because it’s over three days 

as well, it meanspotential 

buyerscan take their time and 

make any decisions without 

feeling rushed.” 

Entries are openfor 

exhibitors.Should it be 

cancelledbecause of Covid 19, 

the organising committee 

undertakes to provide afull 

refundofsite fees. To book a 

site, visit siafd.co.nz. 

Many farmers still have slow internet -survey 

Most urbanNew Zealanders 

can get on the information 

superhighway at speed, but the 

latest connectivity survey by 

Federated Farmers shows too 

many rural families and 

businessesremain stuck in 

second gearonapotholed 

backroad. 

Its president and telecommunications 

spokesman 

Andrew Hoggardsaid there 

were nearly 900 responses 

from members from every farm 

type and geographical spread, 

but abitter ironywas that 

several more couldn’t 

completethe online questions 

because their internetaccess 

was too poor. 

About68percent of 

respondents had download 

speeds of 20Mbpsorless, and 

nearly 24% wereenduring 

speeds of just 05Mbps. 

‘‘While around athird are on 

unlimited downloadmonthly 

plans, many of thoseoncapped 

planscomplain they’d liketo 

go unlimited buttheir ISP — 

oftentheironly choice of ISP 

—doesn’tprovide thatoption. 

‘‘It’s interestingthat a 

number of respondents told us 

thatduring the level4lockdownsome 

providers 

extended unlimited downloads 

to them.This wouldseem to 

indicate it’s not technical 

issues gettinginthe way of 

offering unlimited plans to 

these rural clients,’’ he says. 

Mobile coverage remainsa 

concern, with around one in 

three farms indicating onlyup 

to 50% of their farmgets a 

connection.Not farshort of a 

quarter get 25% of farm 

coverage or less. 

‘‘And yet 92% of these 

farmers had asmartphone, and 

around75% told us they use 

smartphoneapps to support 

the farmbusiness.’’ 

While improvements were 

noted since the organisation’s 

2019survey,itwas usually only 

by apercent or two. 

‘‘The task ahead is less oneof 

pushing broadband intoever 

moreisolated and remote 

locations and more one of 

addressingthe gaps in 

coverage andconstraintson 

capacity of earlier builds,’’ he 

says. ‘‘More targeted investmenttowards 

bespoke builds 

would go along way towards 

addressingconnection speed 

and reliability concerns.’’ 

Competition is aconcern, 

withmany membersfinding 

theyhave only one provider 

and have to take it or leave it as 

regards price and service. 

‘‘We’ve got to achieve faster 

improvementsinthis space.’’ 

Manynew technologies 

employedonfarms,whether 

cloud softwareorsmartphone 

applications, require good 

connectivity. 

Farmersare also 

increasingly expected to 

engage electronically with 

business servicesand 

government agencies,such as 

banks,IRD and local councils. 

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Rugby powerhouses ... Harris McRobbie, left, and James Mullan have been selected for the New 

Zealand Rugby Barbarians Under 18 squad for 2020. 


Rangiora pair selected 

for Barbarians squad 

The recent success and 

development of the Rangiora 

High School rugby 

programme has seen James 

Mullan and Harris McRobbie 

selected for the New Zealand 

Rugby Barbarians Under 18 

squad for 2020. 

Both have been in the 

Rangiora High School 1st XV 

for three years and both have 

50 caps for the team, 

including playing in two UC 

Championship semifinals 

and the National Coed final 

in 2018. 

James, the team’s hooker 

and this year’s captain, and 

Harris, aprop, are part of a 

dominant forward pack for 

the school this season, which 

is no surprise given that 

head coach Craig Mullan is 

an admirer and clever 

technician of the ‘‘dark art’’ 

of frontrow play. 

Both players are dedicated 

leaders with astrong 

ambition to go further with 

their rugby after they finish 

school. 

The pair worked hard in 

the off season, as well as 

through the disruptive 

lockdown, to ensure they got 

the most out of this restricted 

season. 

Both are big contributors 

to the team on and off the 

field. 

It is the 10th year the 1st 

XV has played in the top 

Crusader School’s 1st XV 

competition (UC 

Championship), and while 

other coeducational schools 

have had to combine to stay 

competitive, Rangiora High 

School has flourished, with 

strong coaching and 

management of the local 

talent pool. 

James and Harris will 

assemble in Hamilton 

following the regional Junior 

Crusaders Camp in 

Christchurch. 

They will play in aoneoff 

fixture involving the Andy 

Haden XV and Alan Whetton 

XV on Friday, October 9. 

Rangiora High School 

teammates Tamatoa 

Nicholas and Charlee 

Barrett were also selected, 

along with James and Harris, 

for the Junior Crusaders 

Camp. 

This success follows on 

from old boys Fletcher 

Newell who is currently 

playing for Canterbury in the 

Mitre 10 cup, Jermaine Pepe, 

who played for the New 

Zealand Under 18 

Barbarians in 2019, and 

George Prain, who toured 

Australia with the New 

Zealand Secondary Schools’ 

team in 2018. 

Sadly, James and Harris 

will not get this opportunity 

because of Covid19 border 

restrictions. 

Percival St, Rangiora 

(03) 313-8186 

www.rangiora.toyota.co.nz 

Proudly supportingsport 

in North Canterbury 

Tennis weekend planned 

Liam Adams, aformer Fernside 

tennis player, who as ajunior 

represented New Zealand, starts 

his coaching career with his old 

club this season. 

Liam will be coaching 

alongside longterm coach and 

patron Marty Searle. 

A Love Tennis weekend will be 

held at the club on Saturday, 

October 10, and Sunday, October 

11, from 1pm to 4pm each day, 

where people can try their hand 

at tennis for free in afun 

environment. 

Tennis equipment will be 

supplied, and there will be games, 

prizes, vouchers, afree sausage 

sizzle, lolly scramble, raffle and a 

guessthenumberoftennisballs 

competition. 

Aregistration area for the 

2020/2021 season will also be 

available, along with auniform 

sale, and asecondhand tennis 

gear and racquet sale. 

Acoffee cart, and aspeed radar 

to record your serve, will also add 

to the enjoyment. 

The club is on Oxford Road, and 

is part of the Fernside School 

complex. It enjoys aclose 

association with the school and 

SPORTS RESULTS 

Rangiora Bridge 

Pocock Pairs: N/S: Judith Calder/Sue 

McIlroy 1, Margaret Pickering/Jeanette 

Chatterton 2, Lesley Shipley/Norm 

Shipley 3. E/W: Helen Paterson/Denise 

Lang 1, Robin Hassall/Gaynor Hurford 

2, Dawn Simpson/Linda Hanham 3. 

Rimu Pairs: N/S: Dave Tocker/Sue 

McIlroy 1, Derek Wilson/Judy Hayton 2, 

Helen Dunn/Janice Pickering 3. E/W: 

Ken Johns/Jack Lyon 1, Jenny Hassall/ 

Shirley Ward 2, Lynda Grierson/Gaynor 

Hurford 3. 

Evening: N/S: Denis Milne/Gerrard 

McRea 1, Fons Sanders/Ellis Sanders 2, 

Mark Apperley/Janet Apperley 3. E/W: 

Noel Langdon/Gavin Dunnett 1, Murray 

Davis/Sharyn Davis 2, Marilyn Elliet/ 

Alison Howe 3. 

Premier Pairs: N/S: Lynda Cameron/ 

Barry Smart 1, Shirley Symns/Darcy 

Preston 2, Ken Johns/Jack Lyon 3. EW: 

Owen Evans/Tony Biddington 1, Dawn 

Simpson/Gaynor Hurford 2, Liz 

Partridge/Jeanette Joyce 3. 

Rangiora Golf 

Nine holes, stroke less putting: Men: 

John Gardner 14, 1; Ross Gillespie 15, 

2; Mike Henry 15 (c/b), 3. 

Ladies: Jan Moffatt 16, 1; Hilary 

Lakemen 16, 2; Ann Cameron 16 (c/b), 3. 

Ladies stableford: Division 1: Liz 

Sinnott 38, 1. Division 2: Anne Perkins 

41, 1; Gaye Edwards 37, 2; Kathy 

Sutherland 35, 3. Division 3: Barbara 

Trying tennis ... Fernside players, 

from left, Tayla and Maddi Smart, 

Jordan Silcock and Coach Marty 

Searle, front, who last week gave 

every Fernside School student a 

chance to try tennis at school. 

the Fernside Netball Club. 

All ages are catered for, from 

five to 70plus. 

Development of assistant and 

junior coaches is astrong part of 

the club’s programme. 

For more information, visit the 

club’s Facebook page. 

MillerDavies 40, 1; Sandy Hood 40, 2. 

Midweek men, par: John Tavita +6, 1; 

Brian Clegg +5, 2; Roger Dunn +5, 3. 

Weekend men, stableford: Division 1: 

Scott Daniels 38, 1; Martin Ashton 37, 2; 

Lance Scott 37, 3. Division 2: John 

Tavita 37, 1; Peter Furlong 37, 2; Brent 

Nesbit 36, 3. 

Amberley Golf 

Ladies Par: Sandy Widdowson plus 2, 

1; Ann Little all square, 2. 

Men’s Par: Gordon McGeddie plus 1, 

1; Willie van Zuylen all square, 2; Ray 

Wilshire minus 1, 3; Brian Gill, Bill 

Balderstone minus 2 

Nine holes, ladies: Val Crooks, Lyn 

Edwards 14 pts, equal 1. Men: John 

Evans, Owen Patchett 20 pts, equal 1. 

Men's Midweek Keith Duns Trophy 

winner: Neil Rhynd. 

Stableford: Kevin Gussette 39, 1; Ian 

Rouse, Brian Gill, 38, equal 2. 

Ladies Midweek 4BBB: Margaret 

Cottier and Julie Lucas 64 nett, 1; Tina 

Esler and Pauline Mander 66, 2; Jan 

Morgan and Judy Brown 67 ,3. 

Waimakariri Women’s Golf Club 

competition 

Jenny Esson Trophy stableford, 18 

holes: JPottinger 41, RPilbrow 40, W 

Mehrtens 38, LScott 38, IBeets 

Huchshorn 38, MRobertson 37, KBush 

36, MWatsonBrown 35, JBlatch 35. 

Nine holes: JFrahm 22, KRedwood 

22, SFarrar 20, TCraig 20. 

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PROPERTY 

Be On Holiday Every Single Day 

27 Penfold Square, Leithfield Beach 

With views out over the village green it’s not hard not to fall in love with this fabulous beach house. An ideal 

first home, investment or holiday retreat and one thing is for sure you’ll never be aslave to the garden. A 

super easy care home with aggregate patios facing north to enjoy all day sun, in all seasons. Just ashort 

stroll to the beach or simply enjoy agame ofcricket on the reserve across the road. You’ll certainly never tire 

from the sounds of the sea and the call of the bellbirds. 

Amodern kitchen offers everything you’ll need to prepare and enjoy meals for family and friends and when 

you step outside from the dining area you can feel the warmth of the outdoor fire whilst enjoying aspa in the 

private and secluded patio courtyard. Generous open plan livingwithheatpump and aseparate formal lounge 

enjoying the warmth and cosy feel of an open fire. 

To complement this great property is adouble garage and studio, the perfect place to potter around in. 

This family holiday retreat is very rarely used now and our owner has decided it is time to say good bye and 

allow anew owner the opportunity to enjoy the benefits they have had in this great family friendly beach 

house. 

SOLD is the sound we all want to hear, loud and clear on auction day. 

Auction 

on site 24th October 2020 

at 3pm (unless sold prior) 

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Saturday 12.00 -12.30pm 

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North Canterbury 

Hanmer Springs 4/900 Woodbank Road 

Auction 

Paradise Found 

Discreetly hidden up aquietyet sunny valley only ashort drive from the idyllic thermal resort village of Hanmer Springs, you 

find this amazing and unique 20halifestyle block. Nothing compares! It offers medium to steep hill with native bush, 

extensive manuka, andnaturalwetlands. Watersupply is aspring fed pond, enjoy your water justasnatureintended. Approx 

aquarter of the property hasbeen cleared, grassed, fertilisedand fenced (new electric topped post and netting) suitable for 

sheep, cattle or horses. It is divided into 5paddocks, with aset of sheep yards. There is astunning elevatedbuildingsite just 

below thespring,offering aNorth facing sunnyaspect, and the most amazing views over theHanmer Valley. Whatever your 

purpose, be ityour dream home in apristine bush setting, aunique ecolodge, or just ahideawayfrom the realworld, this 

property is one in amillion. Direct access into crown land for hunting. 

Auction 1.00pm, Sat10th Oct, 2020, Rangiora Town Hall 

View Sat 3Oct 1.00 -2.30pm 

Web pb.co.nz/HSU77712 

Janice Clyma 

M 027 434 7090 

E janice.clyma@pb.co.nz 

Hanmer Springs 28 Caverhill Close 

Auction 

Central village rare opportunity 

We are delighted to offer you thisquirky andinteresting double glazed 3brm plus attic home located on aprivate central site. 

Ideally suited as afamily holidayhome, the kidswilllove the attic as aplay area. Lovely north facing living and deck ideal for 

those evening BBQs. Logfire plusaceramicinfra redheater.Architecturally designed andbuilt in 1990's as aholiday home, 

however would equally suit as apermanenthome or weekend retreat. Two bedrooms are generousqueen size, master has two 

largewardrobes. The third bedroom is offthe lounge and ismore of astudy/office area butlarge enough foraset of bunks. 

Single garage withinternal access. Separate entry area with coat space, and alarge separate laundry with lots of bigstorage 

cupboards. Thesection is surrounded by mature native trees including recentlyplanted fruit trees. Well fenced and suitable for 

pets and children. Location is an easystroll on formed public tracks to the forest walks. 

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Auction 1.00pm, Sat 10th Oct, 2020, Rangiora Town Hall 

View Sat 3Oct 11.00 -12.00pm 

Web pb.co.nz/HSU77892 

Janice Clyma 

M 027 434 7090 

E janice.clyma@pb.co.nz 

Property Brokers Ltd Licensed REAA 2008 |pb.co.nz 

Proudtobehere


Rangiora 11 Gerard Place 

Auction 

Contemporary classic, going, going, gone 

Our subject property is an expansive,contemporary home on aquiet, family-friendly cul-de-sac. Designed andconstructed 

with painstaking care and attention to detail, it's sure to exceed theexpectations of even the most discerning purchasers. 

From themoment one sets foot inside the impressive entrancewaythe care andattention to detail that went into the 

construction of this superlative homeisimmediately clear. Ample accommodation is provided by four good-sizedbedrooms, 

while twoluxuriousbathrooms (including an ensuiteoff themaster) andanappropriately lavish kitchen with walk-in pantry 

enhancefunctionality. Theopen-plan dining/living area is complementedbyaseparate formal lounge,with aheatpump 

promising year-round comfort and effortless indoor/outdoorflow offering easy access outside. Outside,the immaculate 

groundscreate an idyllic setting, while double internal-access garaging -complete withrear accessfor the boatortrailer - 

completesthe appeal. 

4 2 2 2 


View Sun 4Oct 11.30 -12.15pm 

Web pb.co.nz/RU77827 

Aaron Clark 

M 027 873 5121 

E aaronc@pb.co.nz 

Ohoka 693 TramRoad 

Auction 

Vendors havepurchased 

Lookingfor a4ha lifestyle property with ahighly convenient location, privacyand avery well presented232 sqm four 

bedroom home? Thentake alookat693 Tram Road. There is anewly completed92sqm addition withfloor to ceiling double 

glazed glass doors,opening to astunning Kwila deck. This area has been built to ahigh standardand includes main living, 

master bedroom and ensuite and asecondbedroom. This area has oak flooring and no expense hasbeen spared on the 

plumbing,which includes aVailantcombi boiler which runs four radiators as well as the hot water. Clad in Stria witha 

Colorsteel roof and internal gutters it is ultra modern. Theland is subdivided into ninepaddocks, with cattle-yards and afour 

bay barn,including one enclosed bay. With its ownwell,thereisplenty of water available for thegardenaswell as the house. 

With themotorway only 7kmaway and the well regarded decile 10 Ohoka school nearby it is anideal location. 

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View Thu 1Oct 6.00 -7.00pm 

Sun4Oct 2.15 -3.15pm 

Web pb.co.nz/RL77927 

Maurice Newell 

M 027 240 1718 

E mauricen@pb.co.nz 

Hamish Anderson 

M 027 678 8888 

E hamisha@pb.co.nz 


Proudtobehere


Oxford 497 Steffens Road 

Auction 

Job transfer dictates sale 

This 398sqmhome, set inapicturesque park-like setting, consists of three separate accommodation areas. Currently -main 

dwelling, "parents wing" and guestwing -providingfor atruly multi-generational living scenario. In the main dwelling, step 

into abeautifulhome with character features, modern conveniences, open plankitchen/dining with generous walk-in pantry, 

family lounge and large formal lounge, two very generous double bedrooms, family bathroom and walk-inlinen/storage room, 

complimented by two fabulous outdoorentertaining areas. The tworemaining wingsare self-contained with their own 

bathroom, bedrooms and living areas. Allwings have their own separate entry and inter-connect with the main dwelling. The 

4ha of landissubdivided intofive paddocks ,withgoodqualityTempleton and Eyre-Paparua soils, (according to soil maps) 

and you have your own well. Buildings and features outside consistof100sqm Totalspan garage/workshop, hayshed,tool 

shed, wood shed. 

5-6 3 4 2+ 

Auction 1.00pm, Sat 10th Oct, 2020,Rangiora Town Hall 




M 027 240 1718 


M 027 678 8888 



Sefton 107 Harleston Road 

Auction 

We're out, you're in 

Our vendors are retiringand leaving their magnificent home that theylovingly built. Nowisyour opportunity.This versatile 

rammed earth home has seven bedrooms, with awest wing of 180m2 comprisinglargeopen planlivingwith twobedrooms 

plus an office, cool store room and bathroomdownstairs, as well as three bedrooms upstairs, with another bathroom and 

kitchenette/living area. The east wing has two living areas, twobedrooms andashared bathroom.There is a100m2 shared 

garageand off the garages, separate toilets andseparate laundries. Energyefficiency is afeature of this homewith thethick 

rammed earth walls providing aheat sink for winter and keeping the interior cool in summer. In the west wing there is a 

Warmington open fire as well as aRayburn withawetback which also provides underfloorheating through pipes which pass 

beneathconcrete floor pavers. Thekitchen alsohas awalk-in pantry and abutlers sink. Theeast winghas awood-burner. 

8 3 3 4 



Web pb.co.nz/RR72756 


M 027 678 8888 



M 027 240 1718 



Proudtobehere


Rotherham 74 Topps Road 

Auction 

Call to action, call to auction 

Our vendor is retiringafteralifetime of farming, thisproductive property is nowyour opportunity. Property Brokers are proud 

to present this attractive and productive 83ha farm. The soils on the flat are predominately Ayreburn Deep Clay, with the 

balance Waipara Moderately Deep SiltyLoam. Currentlythe flats are being irrigated with hard hose irrigatorsfrom hydrants 

down the central lane.There are 45 Amuri Irrigation Company shares, which provide 27 litres/sec. The home is athree 

bedroom wooden bungalow of approximately 186sqm with aseparate twocar garage, with power. There are alarge number 

of support buildings including a9mx13.5m three bay shed,awoolshedofapproximately 120sqm,with additional storage 

underneath, afour bay shed measuringapproximately 8m x16m, the red shed approximately 12mx10m, the fully lockable 

shed, which is approximately 12mx9m, as well as an old dairyand piggery. There is apumpshed on the flatwhich is used for 

irrigation. 

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View By appointment 

Web pb.co.nz/RR74876 


M 027 678 8888 


M 027 240 1718 



Eyrewell Forest 599 Downs Road 

Auction 

Vendors downsizing 

Our vendors havebuiltinRangiora and need to sell this beautifully designedthreebedroom, two bathroom home. Onewing 

contains the master bedroom with an ensuite and walk in wardrobe.Another winghas two bedroomsand the main bathroom. 

There are two living area's with an open plan kitchen living andaseparatelounge.The log-burner has awetback and there is 

aheat pump as well.ABelling stove and AEG dishwasher are typical of the quality of the chattels and fit out. The garage is a 

largesingle withanadjoining separate laundry and mudroom.Extra accommodation is available in the one bedroomflat 

adjoiningthe shed, which has akitchen/living area andagood bathroom and is approximately 45m2.The sheditselfis 

approximately 150m2 with acommercial roller door and clear span, highstud steeltrusses. It has three phase power and 

excellent lighting.The 24m2 studio is transportable, so could be sold separately if not wanted. 

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Auction 1.00pm, Sat 10th Oct, 2020 




M 027 240 1718 



M 027 678 8888 



Proudtobehere


West Eyreton 1661 North Eyre Road 

Timeless Elegance 

Nestled in beautifully mature landscaped gardens down atree lined driveway, thislovingly maintained original villa which 

boastsoriginal features throughout is simply stunning. Theelegantkitchen/dining room hasawonderful sunny aspectwith 

double doors openingout on to one of the verandas which is aperfect place to sit and enjoy theestablished gardens.There 

are two living areas,four bedrooms including masterwith en-suite, familybathroom with separate toiletwhich are situated off 

the spacious wood panelled hallway. The property also offersaseparatedwelling withhuge potential to use ahomeoffice, a 

teenagers retreat or extended family members.The soil is Mayfield Moderately Deep SiltyLoam,whichwould be excellentfor 

vegetable growing, there is alarge four bay barn, woodshed and double garage withplenty of parking. 

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Deadline Sale closes Wednesday 21st October, 2020 at 2.00pm, 

(unless sold prior) 

View Sun 4Oct 11.00 -11.30am 


Carol Thompson 

M 027 914 2341 

E carolt@pb.co.nz 

Katy Biggs 

M 022 0687 415 

E katyb@pb.co.nz 

Oxford 7A Bay Road 

Attractive Townhouse AMust View 

This immaculatelypresentedthree-bedroom homeisthe idealstart forfirst home buyers, small families and retirees looking 

for alowmaintenance property in beautiful surrounds. Located afew minutes fromOxfordsbustling amenities, tucked away 

in aprivate setting this attractive Oamarustonehomewith established gardens, patio, BBQ area andasingle internalgarage 

provides all the essentials for comfortable living. With North facing livingareas, the kitchen, diningand lounge receivethe full 

benefitofthe sun keeping these spaceswarm and cosy.The bedrooms all have double wardrobes and an attractive updated 

bathroomgives you abeautiful space to feel pampered in. Alight filled kitchen looks out onto the attractive gardens and 

indoor/outdoor access from the dining and lounge areas make it easy to enjoy alfresco meals and outdoor living. Thehome 

has gas hot water, and aheat pump for thecoolermonths. 

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For Sale By Negotiation 



Di Moreira 

M 027 848 8020 

E di@pb.co.nz 


Proudtobehere


Rangiora 8/26 Victoria Street 

Eyrewell Forest 805 Downs Road 

Over 60's unit -Simply delightful 

Lovelytwo bedroom unit that has beendesignedwiththe over 60's in 

mind.Everything in thekitchen is at your fingertipsand is openplan to 

be sunny and spacious. The wonderful compact garden is easily 

accessed from the lounge.The masterbedroomisspacious with a 

good wardrobe, and the bathroom hasaheated non-slip floor and 

large walk in shower. Aseparate laundry andsingle attached garage 

roundsoff this wonderfulproperty. Don't miss it, come and havea 

look. Vendors askingfor offersover$340,000. 

Kaiapoi 148 Butchers Road 

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Deadline Sale closes Wednesday 30th 

September, 2020 at 4.00pm, (unless 

sold prior) 



Bev Wright 

M 027 434 2486 

Forest Field Opportunity 

Arare opportunity to purchase aproperty with access to arguably one 

of the bestprivate airfields in the country.Situatedjust minutes by air 

from Christchurch International Airport, it has three runwayscatering 

for every wind direction.Our vendorismoving and wants it sold. The 

hangar is approximately 16m X13.5m with avery high stud and 4m 

high opening doors and there is athree bay barn, one of which is 

enclosed with two roller doors, as well as tie down points forvisiting 

planes. Thetemporary accommodationisapproximately 12m x7m 

and has an insulated lunch roomand shower. 

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On top ... The Rangiora Division 3men’s champions with the 2020 Trophy. 

PHOTOS: SUPPLIED 

Division 3men in a 

fairytale comeback 

HOCKEY 

From wooden spooners just acouple of 

years ago, Rangiora Hockey Club’s 

Division 3men’s team has triumphed in 

its grade. It won the Canterbury Hockey 

Division 3competition last weekend 

with a21 win over top qualifiers 

Southern United. 

The team has been steadily building 

over previous winter competitions and 

was able to field aconsistent and quality 

lineup that lost just four games through 

the Covidshortened season. 

It is hoped that with the increasing 

depth in the men’s side of the club, 

Rangiora Hockey will be able to field 

Division 1, 2and 3men’s teams next year 

to match the women’s lineup. 

Meanwhile, the Platinum Boys Ateam 

achieved ameasure of redemption by 

winning the Platinum Division 2title in 

ashootout with Avon. 

The team, which had alimited preseason 

because of the Covid19 

lockdown, was relegated earlier in the 

season after astring of hefty losses. 

However, the team dominated 

Division 2, scoring 89 goals and 

conceding only four in 10 games leading 

up to the final. 

Against Avon in the final, the teams 

were locked 3all at the end of regular 

time, with apenalty shootout deciding 

the division winner. Rangiora’s goalkeeper 

Joshua Ball was able to keep out 

acouple of Avon’s shootout attempts, 

while his teammates missed only one of 

their goal shots to give the side the win 

and the division title. Rangiora’s 

Platinum Bteams finished 4th in 

Division 2. 

The Hurunui Rangiora Mid Week 

women play HSOB/Burnside in the 

finals of their Division 2competition 

this week (after publication deadline). 

After finishing the roundrobin in third, 

the team put on astrong showing against 

Southern in the semifinal, with its 31 

win booking the side aplace against 

HSOB —ateam it met three times 

through the season for one win, one loss 

and adraw. 

Meanwhile, the Rangiora Allsorts mid 

week men’s team again struggled to 

convert dominance into goals against 

Southern United in its battle to avoid the 

Division 2wooden spoon. Fortunately, 

the side found the net later in the game 

to record acomfortable but frustrating 

51 win. 

Results 

Division 1Men: Abye, finished 5th in 

division. Women: RangioraCBK 0lost to 

University Huns 1. MVP: Sue Shearer. 

Finished 8th in Division. 

Division 2Women: Rangiora 1(Shontay 

Simpson 1) lost to HSOB/Burnside Devils 2. 

MVP: Sarah Hinchley GK. Finished 6th in 

division. 

Division 3Men: Rangiora 2(Tim Smit 2) 

beat SouthernUnited 1. Finished1st in 

Eyes on the ball ... PJ Macintosh, left, in 

action for the Roadrunners Kiwi Sticks team. 

division. Women:Abye, finished5th in 

division. 

MidWeek Open Men:Rangiora Allsorts 5 

(Jon Green 2, Johnny King 2, Sam Terry 1) 

beat Southern United 1. Finished 7th in 

Division2. 

Women Rangiora Hurunui 3(Lou Mones 

Cazon 1, Lucy Murray 1, Keighley Robertson 

1) beat Southern United 1. MVP: Lucy Murray 

and Natasha O’Laughlin. Playing for 1st in 

Division2. 

Platinum Men: Rangiora A3(Ryan Bassett, 

Luke Waldin) drew with Avon 3. Shootout won 

by Rangiora42. MVP:JoshuaBall GK. 

Finished 1st in Division 2. Rangiora B0lost to 

HSOB/Burnside 1. MVP: Sandro Marty. 

Finished 4thinDivision 2. 

PlatinumWomen: Rangiora A0lostto 

Southern United2.Finished 4th in Division 2. 

Rangiora B3(Brooke Cooper, Meg Habgood) 

beat HSOB/Burnside Red 0. MVP: Caitlyn 

Danko.Finished 3rd in Division 3. 

Kwik SticksGirls: Rangiora Rascals5 

(Rosie MonesCazon2,Emily Leech 1, Tasi 

Syddall1,Perri Stevenson 1) beat Hornby 

Tigers 0. MVP: Sophia George. Rangiora 

Rubys 2(Tilda Webster1,Sarah Walsh 1) lost 

to Malvern3.MVP: Sarah Walsh. Rangiora 

Rhinos1(Eliza Smith 1) beat HSOB/Burnside 

Red 0. MVP:Eliza Smith. 

Kwik SticksBoys: RangioraRenegades 1 

(Rubin Carter 1) drew with Southern United 

1. MVP: Michael Hayes. Rangiora Rampage 2 

(Henry Webb1,Joshua Metzger 1) drewwith 

HornbyVipers2.MVP: Joshua Metzger and 

Benjamin Lumsden. 

Kiwi Sticks Girls: Rangiora Raiders 3 

(AmeliaHutchison 3) lost to Southern United 

Blue 4. MVP: AmeliaHutchison. Rangiora 

Rainbows 3(Ruby Taylor 2, Sophie 

Cartwright 1) beat Marist2.MVP: Brooklin 

Glass. Rangiora Rebels 3drew with 

Harewood Jets 3. RangioraRoad Runners8 

(PJ Macintosh, Katie Lunn, Jess Bowler, Meg 

Dunn) beat Harewood Dodgers 3. MVP: Meg 

Dunn &Megan Green. 

Kiwi Sticks Boys: Rangiora Rangers1 

(CooperPayton 1) lost to SouthernUnited 

Red 7. 

Mini SticksGirls:Rangiora Rabbits 6 

(CatherineMcKellow 3, Emma McKellow 1, 

QuinceyHawes 1, Erika Zwick1)beat 

Waikirikiri Kakas 1. MVP: Athena Vernall. 

Rangiora Rockets 2(Shaylee Eastmond1, 

Arlette Newman 1) beat HSOB/Burnside 

Ducklings 1. MVP: Shaylee Eastmond. 

Mini SticksBoys: RangioraRoadsters 0lost 

to Marist Kiwis 10. MVP: Pearse Cooper.

What’s happening in your 

community… 

Changes to Bus Routes and Timetables 

Changes to Metro bus routes and timetables 

are being rolled out this week, which will see the 

1Rangiora -Cashmere (Blue Line) and the 95 

Pegasus/Waikuku -City use different routes. Anew 

97 Rangiora -Pegasus service also started from 

Monday 28 September. 

The Blue Line bus route changes mean that some 

bus stops will be permanently moved, and bus users 

are advised to take alook at the new routes and 

timetables before they head out tocatch the bus. 

Akey change for the 1Rangiora –Cashmere (Blue 

Line) is that the service will travel via Williams 

Street and Lineside Road. InRangiora, the service 

will now use West Belt and Kingsbury Avenue to 

access King Street rather than Enverton Drive. It 

will continue touse the existing terminus on Ashley 

Street in Rangiora. The service will continue to 

operate at its current frequencies. 

The 95 Pegasus/Waikuku –City service will travel 

via Silverstream to Pegasus, operating half-hourly 

at peak times on weekdays and hourly at all other 

times. The service includes one trip on weekday 

mornings and aernoons, diverting to Kaiapoi High 

School so students can continue to access the 

school. There will be one trip in the morning from 

Waikuku, and two back in the aernoon/evening. 

Temporary signage is in place until our contractors 

complete the permanent installations, which 

should be by early October. Bear with us as we 

work to have all permanent signage in place by 

early October. 

The changes are aresult of the Waimakariri 

Service Review, which was carried out by 

Environment Canterbury in May and July last year. 

The review looked at how the existing bus service 

could be tailored to cover abigger area in our 

Rangiora and Kaiapoi towns, and to provide better 

connections between townships across the District. 

Help Shape How Council Engages 

The Council isupdating its Significance and 

Engagement Policy –the document which details 

how the organisation engages with the community. 

We want to ensure the decisions made reflect 

the aspirations of tangata whenua, residents, 

ratepayers, community groups and business. 

To help us to make the best decisions, Council 

engages with our communities every day in a 

number ofdifferent ways. Sometimes, this is us 

providing information, and other times wedirectly 

seek input into the decision-making processes. 

Our Significance and Engagement Policy helps us 

by doing two main things: 

1. It outlines for the Council and the community 

how wedecide what issues, proposals, decisions, 

assets and activities are significant 

2. Sets out how and when communities can expect 

to input into council decision-making processes. 

The primary update to the policy is to include 

additional methods of engagement. The 

consultation is open until 26October and you can 

have your say at waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk 

To keep up to date with Council news, 

follow usonFacebook or check out 

waimakariri.govt.nz 

Sunday18October 2020 

9.30am–1.30pm 

CanterburyAgricultural Park 

Curletts Road, Christchurch 

Find outmore: facebook.com/kickstartcanterbury 

WOODEND WALKING 

AND CYCLING 

IMPROVEMENTS 

Have you signed up for 

the Waimakariri District 

Council Newsletter? 

To join visit: 

waimakariri.govt.nz/subscribe 

New Inflatable 

Become anultimate ninja warrior 

these school holidays... 

Our new inflatable obstacle course has arrived 

at Dudley Aquatic Centre, can you make it to 

the end? 

Available every day of the holidays from 

1pm-3pm. 

All facilities including the children’s leisure 

pool, lazy river and family spa are open under 

Level 1. 

We’re extending the Rangiora Woodend 

Path to connect to Woodend School. 

We’d like your feedback on options for what the 

path could look like in the wider area between 

78 Rangiora Woodend Road and School Road. 

Come along to talk more about the project in the 

Sports Hall at the Woodend Community Centre on: 

Thursday 8October from 7.30am until 9am 

Thursday 8October from 4.30pm until 6pm 

Let us know what you think before 

Thursday 22 October 2020. 

waimakariri.govt.nz/aquatics 

Find out more at waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk

Upcoming Council 

meetings 

The following meetings will 

be held inOctober 2020. All 

meetings will be held in the 

Function Room, (upstairs) 

Rangiora Town Hall, 303 

High Street, Rangiora, unless 

otherwise stated. 

• Waimakariri Zone Committee 

Monday5October commencingat3.30pm. 

• Council 

Tuesday6October at1pm. 

• Oxford-Ohoka Community Board 

Wednesday 7October at7pmatthe 

OhokaCommunityHall, Mill Road,Ohoka. 

(The Public Forumsection of theagenda 

will occur from7pmto7.25pm.) 

• Land and Water Committee 

Thursday 8October at 9:30am. 

• Council (Extraordinary to adopt 

Annual Report) 

Tuesday13October at 11am. 

• Woodend-Seon Community Board 

Tuesday 13 October at7pm at the Seon 

Hall, Upper Seon Road. 

• Rangiora-Ashley Community Board 

Wednesday 14October at 7pm. 

• Kaiapoi-Tuahiwi Community Board 

Monday 19October at 5pm atthe 

Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre, 176 

Williams Street, Kaiapoi. 

• Mahi Tahi Joint Development 

Committee 

Tuesday 20 October at9:30am. 

• District Planning and Regulation 

Committee 

Tuesday 20 October at1pm. 

• Community and Recreation Committee 

Tuesday 20 October at4pm. 

• Multi-Sports Facility (Stadium 

Waimakariri) Steering Group 

Thursday 22 October at10.30am. 

• District Licensing Committee 

Friday 30 October at9am. 

All meetings are open tothe public. 

Agendas are available two working days 

prior to meeting. 

Agendas and minutes for the meeting 

can be found onthe Council’s website: 

waimakariri.govt.nz 

Retrospective show 

just aweek away 


NorthCanterbury Musicals is giving 

away two freetickets to its new 

show, Retrospective: ADecadeof 

Favourites. 

The theatre company is also 

supplying the winners with the free 

hire of two swanky outfits from its 

costume hire shop to dressupfor 

the night. 

The show opens in the Rangiora 

Town Hall on Friday, October 9, at 

7pm and will feature music from 

many of North Canterbury Musicals’ 

most popular shows, including The 

SoundofMusic, Chicago, Aida and 

many more. 

Therewill be another evening 

performance, also at 7pm, on 

Saturday October 10, withthe final 

show,amatinee, on Sunday, 

October 11, from 2pm. Warwick 

Shillitto will be master of 

ceremonies. He will also be performing 

in them with Jane Godfrey. 

They will be reprising one of the 

songsthey did together in The 

SoundofMusic in 2017. 

NorthCanterbury Muscials’ 

executive committee secretary 

Angela Peverill says the theatre 

company is ‘‘packinginand having 

dressrehearsalsthis week and are 

very excited to be goinginto the 

theatre’’. 

People wantingtoenterthe 

Showtime ... Jane Godfrey and 

Warwick Shillitto will be reprising a 

number they did in the North 

Canterbury Musicals production of 

The Sound of Music in 2017 for the 

theatre group’s latest production. 

PHOTO:ANGELA PEVERILL 

competition for the ticketsand 

costume hire can do so online at 

ncms.co.nz. Otherwise, tickets can 

be booked through iTICKET. They 

are $25. 

Brass concert planned 

Brassand swing music will 

once againjoin forces in 

Rangiora this month. 

Rangiora Brass and the 

Sideline Swing Big Band from 

Christchurch willagain 

perform the Brass MeetsSwing 

fundraising concertinthe 

Rangiora Town Hall on Saturday, 

October 31, from 2pm. 

The concert was planned 

for April, but was postponed 

because of Covid19. 

‘‘Thebands willproducea 

big sound of music from 

throughoutthe years,’’ 

Rangiora Brass chairman 

SteveDitmer says. 

‘‘Rangiora Brass will be led 

by Dwayne Bloomfield, who 

has recently joined the band 

afterhaving been the band 

master for the New Zealand 

Army Band. 

‘‘Weare veryprivileged to 

haveDwayne, who is also a 

music composer,and he 

promises agreat,varied 

programme.’’ 

Sideline Swing is led by 

North Canterbury musician 

Butch Greene, who is also a 

former New Zealand Army 

Bandplayer. 

‘‘Butch also has agreat 

swing programme planned. 

The bandswill thenjoin 

togetherfor apowerful, fun 

bracket to endthe concert,’’ 

Steve says. 

Tickets cost $12 fromthe 

RangioraTown Hall or online 

at townhallcinemas.co.nz/ 

liveshows. 

Anyone who still holds 

tickets to thepostponed 

concert canswap them for the 

new showatthe townhall. 

Passchendaele service 

Kaiapoi will host Canterbury’s 

Passchendaele Day 

commemorative service on 

Monday, October 12. 

This year is the Kaiapoi 

RSA’s turn to host the official 

North Canterbury service. 

When president Neill Price 

realised there were no other 

regional events to remember 

the day, he decided to invite 

other Canterbury RSAs, too. 

The service will be held at 

Raven Quay from 10am. 

This year’s keynote address 

will be given by New Zealand 

RSA president BJ Clark, and 

the Royal New Zealand Army 

Band will perform. 

The New Zealand Defence 

Force will send Canterbury 

representatives. 

Raven Quay will be closed 

from Black Street to Williams 

Street, with the public invited 

to attend and to lay flowers in 

remembrance of their family 

members who were involved 

in World War 1. 

Aparade will assemble 

outside the Mandeville 

Tavern and will leave at 10am 

for aflag raising ceremony 

and then aservice at the 

Kaiapoi Cenotaph. 

The Kaiapoi Club will be 

opening especially for 

Passchendaele Day from 

10am to 3pm. 

The Kaiapoi RSA is also 

hosting the annual Seafarers 

Service at St Bartholomew’s 

Anglican Church on Sunday 

from 9.45am, with the Kaiapoi 

Brass Band scheduled to 

perform. 

NEWS 


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or collect from our office in the Rangiora Library, 

141 Percival Street, Rangiora. Tel: 03 313 8822. 

Applications close on Friday,16October 2020. 

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The KaikouraSpring into 

SummerFestival 

promises to put aspring 

in your step. 

The inaugural festival 

this weekendisset to 

transform thecentre of 

Kaikoura with bouncy 

castles, an obstacle 

course, games for the 

kids, candy floss, a 

parade,live music, an 

outdoor movieand 

market stalls. 

The event, on October 

2, 3and 4, is thecreation 

of the KaikouraDistrict 

Council’scommunity 

development and events 

arm. 

The festival is led by 

Joanna York, who says it 

will be agreat way to 

bring everyone together. 

‘‘I felt that Kaikoura 

had beenthrough so 

much,and nowweneed 

to be able to have some 

fun and celebrate 

together,’’ she says. 

Ms York says it is 

expected the eventwill 

start out relativelysmall, 

but will build eachyear. 

More detailsand the 

schedule canbefound at 

kaikoura.govt.nz andon 

the council’s Facebook 

page. 

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Sefton School 

School Board ofTrustees Election 

Nominations are open for the election of two parent 

representativestothe board of trustees. 

All eligible voters will receive anomination form and a 

notice calling for nominations –you can use this form 

to nominate yourself or someoneinyour community. 

If you need more nomination forms, contactthe school 

office. 

Nominations close at noon on Sunday the 1st of 

November 2020. Youmay provide asigned candidate 

statementand photograph with your nomination. 

The voting roll is held at the schooland can be viewed 

during normal school hours. 

As nominations are received, there will be alist of 

candidates’ names kept at the school upuntil election 

day, whichyou can view. 

Voting closes at 4pm on Friday the 4th of December. 

Signed 

Katie Cooper 

Returning Officer 

Sefton School 2318712 

Situations Vacant 

COOK 

PARTIME/CASUAL POSITION 

We are looking for the right person to join our 

kitchen team. 

Must demonstrate acaring disposition, flexibility 

to work over arange of days includingweekends, 

&willingness to comply with food safety /menu 

requirements. 

Expressions of interest &CVtoLyn Black, 

Nurse Manager,Bloomfield Court, Woodend 

nmbloomfield17@gmail.com 

2319173 

CUST SCHOOL 

TEACHER –0.6 FTTE -YEAR 4Job Share 

Position –Fixed term 2021 

We arelooking for an amazing teaching professional who is 

collaborative, collegial, hard-working and who understands 

the special nature of working in asmall school. 

This is ajob share position, likely to be at Year 4level - 

three days per week –most likely to be Monday, Tuesday 

andWednesday. 

Must have astrong curriculum knowledge particularly in 

literacy and numeracy.Strengths in working collaboratively, 

commitment to your own professional growth and strong 

and positive classroom management skills are required. 

Our school has apassionate and supportive staff culture. 

We look forward to hearing from you. 

How to apply 

Please send CV plus covering letter and names and contact 

details of 2referees and for more information /direct 

enquiries to: 

RobertSchuyt, Principal 

PO Box 28 

Cust 7444 

robert.schuyt@cust.school.nz 

027 843 8814 

Applications close Friday 23 October. 

2319329 

Public Notices 

PUBLIC NOTICE OF 

APPLICATION FOR 

ON-LICENCE 

SECTION 101, SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

Ryman Healthcare Limited 

has made an application 

to the District Licensing 

Committee for the Renewal 

of the On Licence in 

respect of the premises 

situated at 24 Charles 

Upham Drive Rangiora 

known as Charles Upham 

Retirement Village. 

The general nature of the 

business to be conducted 

under the licence is a 

Retirement Village. The 

days on which alcohol is (or 

intended to be) sold under 

the licence are Monday to 

Sunday 12pm to 10pm. 

The application may 

be inspected during 

ordinary office hours of 

the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 

215 High Street, Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of 

the licence may, not later 

than 15 working days 

after the first publication of 

this notice, file anotice in 

writing of the objection with 

the secretary of the District 

Licensing Committee 

at Private Bag 1005, 

Rangiora. 

No objection to the issue 

of arenewal licence may 

be made in relation to a 

matter other than amatter 

specified in section 131 

of the Sale and Supply of 

Alcohol ACT 2012. 

This is the second 

publication of this notice. 

This notice was first 

published on 24 September 

2020. 2314943v2 

TAI CHI AND 

QIGONG 

CLASSES 

There has never been a 

better time to relax, be 

healthy and stay balanced. 

Find out about 

classes by visiting the 

website. Don't miss the 

Hanmer retreat. 

www.taichiwell.co.nz 

SENIOR 

COACHES 

WANTED 

Applications of interest are invited, for 

2021 Rugby Season, for our Division 

One and Division Two teams. 

Expressions of interest to be sent to: 

woodendrfc@gmail.com 

Closing date Wednesday 18 th November 2020 

PUBLIC NOTICE –NOTIFICATION OF PLAN 

CHANGE 4TOTHE HURUNUI DISTRICT PLAN 

Plan Change 4 relates to managing intensive primary 

production activities (e.g. intensive poultry and pig farms) 

and effluent activities as well as the relationship between 

these activities and sensitive activities (e.g. residential 

activities, visitor accommodation, community services, 

healthcare facilities). 

All information on the plan change can be found at 

hurunui.govt.nz/report/consultations, including how to 

make asubmission. 

Submissions close5pm on 2November 2020. 

For further information, please contact Kelsey Bewley on 

03 314 0048 or kelsey.bewley@hurunui.govt.nz. 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

2319272 

Wednesday,28 th October2020 

4.30pm–5pm 

Rangiora WarMemorialHall 

Cnr High Street &AlbertStreet, 

Rangiora 

All Welcome 

RSVP BY: Friday,23 rd October 2020 

TO: admin.assist@wellbeingnc.org.nz 

KAIAPOI CHRISTADELPHIANS 

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

“GOOD NEWS” 

What the Bible says about Jerusalem: 

“Come ye let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to 

the house of the GOD of Jacob, and HE will teach us of 

HIS ways, and we will walk in HIS paths: for out of Zion 

shall go forth the Law, and the word of the LORD from 

Jerusalem”. Isaiah 2:3. 

MILITARYEXERCISE 

Soldiers Exercising 

02 –30October 2020 

Thegeneral public is to be advised thataNew 

Zealand Army Exercise will be conductedaround 

the Oxford, West Melton, Burnham areas and the 

Waimakariri, Ashley andSelwyn riversystems over the 

period 02 -30October2020. 

Theexercisewill involveupto80personnel of Delta 

Company, 2/1 Battalion from Burnham MilitaryCamp. 

Training will involvesoldiers carrying individual 

weapons systems whilst moving around the area, 

blank ammunition will also be fired during this period. 

AllBlankfiring activities will be limited to the defence 

property and conservation area. Therewill be limit 

use of blank ammunition and pyrotechnics.The 

exercise will also involvethe movementoftroopsand 

vehicles by dayand night. 

Formoreinformationplease contact: 

Mike Davis on 021 243 7405 

2315107 

2318053 

75 TH ANNIVERSARY 

CELEBRATION DINNER 

SATURDAY 21 

NOVEMBER 2020 

Tickets $15 each 

Registration and tickets 

from Dave Woodcock 

woodcockdesignltd 

@gmail.comor 

027 738 7708 

Payment by 

7th November2020 

Doors Open 6pm 

Rangiora RSA 

82 Victoria St, Rangiora 

2318056 

Members and 

Ex-members welcome 

Rangiora Harness 

Racing Club 

Members of the Club are 

advised that the AGM 

will be held at 7.30pm 

on Wednesday 21st 

October 2020 in the Cafe, 

Rangiora Race Course 

Business 

•Minutes 2019 AGM 

•Annual Reportand 

Financial A/cs 2020 

•Appointment of 

Committee 

•Guest Speaker 

Trade&Services 

ABEL &Prestige Chimney 

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned 

& operated. Covering all 

areas from Waimak to Hanmer. 

Professional, guaranteed, 

service. Firebox 

repairs, carry most parts. Ph 

0800 661 244. 

AFFORDABLE concrete 

cutting with quality and 

removal work. Free quotes. 

No job too small. Ph 027 

442 2219, Fax 03 359 6052 

or A/H 03 359 4605. 

ARBORIST qualified. 

Copper Beech Tree 

Services. Tree removal, 

pruning, height reduction, 

hedge trimming, shaping, 

tree planting, firewood. 

Free quote. Contact Angus 

Edwards 027 259 6741 

copperbeechtreeservices@gmail.com 

BRIAN’S Tree Services. 

Tree felling, topping, 

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish 

removed, stump grinding, 

branch chipping. 

Affordable rates. Phone 03 

327 5505 or 021 124 4894. 

BRICK &blocklaying. All 

types of work undertaken, 

repairs. Phone Hamish 

0272 386 003 or 313 5678. 

CHIMNEY SWEEP... 

Time to service your fire. 

From $80 + gst single 

storey. 0800 SWEEP ME 

or 021 0277 1927. 

CARPENTER / Painter 

specialising in alterations & 

renovations, repairs & 

maintenance, 35 plus years, 

experienced licenced 

builder. Telephone Trevor 

313 5013 or 027 431 1864. 

2318060 

Ashburton Fanciers 

Society 

POULTRY AUCTION 

Sunday,October 11 

Sports Hall, 

Tancred Street West, 

Ashburton 

Viewing 11am 

Start 12.30pm 

Poultry,Bantams, 

Ducks, Cavies 

Fertile eggs for hatching. 

Featuring two long time 

fanciers dispersal of 

birds. 

2319046 

DIRTY TILES &Grout? 

Professional tile cleaning, 

tiled shower restorations, 

mouldy silicone, shower 

glass & we can even 

recolour your old grout! 

For all your tile and grout 

issues call Grout Pro for a 

free, no obligation quote. 

Ph Darryl 0800 882 772. 

PAINT & wallpaper 

services. Wayne Bryant, 

exterior, interior. Qualified 

tradesman. Free quotes. Ph 

313 5337 or 027 654 4568. 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 40 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph 389 9230. 

PAINTER, qualified, local 

professional. Int / Ext, 

roofs, wallpaper. Call or 

text Corban 027 846 5035. 

PAINTER & Decorator. 

25 + years experience. 

Interior /exterior, roofs & 

waterblasting. For a free 

quote, please ph Steve 03 

314 4620 or 027 477 1930. 

METAL WORX. Flashing, 

Sheetmetal Fabrication, 

Wrought Iron, 

Welding, Custom Trailers, 

General Metalwork. No job 

too big or too small. Ph 021 

265 5428 or 03 314 6908. 

Find us on facebook/ 

Glenmark Metal Worx. 

glenmarkmetalworx.ltd@gmail.com. 

SUMMERFIELD 

FENCING 

IN YOUR AREA NOW. 

Lifestyle or farm, sheep, cattle, 

horse, all types of animals. 

Fences, yards, sheds, arenas, 

shelters, runs. 

30+ years contract fencing. 

Steve is available to help with 

your design &planning. 

Ph office03312 4747 

2091848 

ANTHONY SYMONDS 

Forall your painting & 

plastering requirements 

Local with 30 years 

experience 

All workmanship 

Guaranteed. 

Phone 021 344 023 

2220615 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’s Liquid 

Waste 

You dump it... 

Blair pumps it... 

Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

2286701 

Trade &Services 

PLASTIC 

North Canterbury Specialist. 

All plastic &fibreglass 

repairs. Telephone James 

021 180 5103. 

2225862 

ROOFER. All roof repairs, 

roof painting, water blasting, 

moss treatment, 

repointing, gutter cleans & 

snow straps. And more. 

Free quotes. Phone Nathan 

027 516 6609. 

RANGIORA Rubbish 

Removal and RRR skips. 

Wheelie bins any frequency 

and skips from 1.5 cube to 

9cube. Skips and wheelie 

bins for any use, rubbish, 

greenwaste, building sites 

or just cleanups. Give us a 

phone call 313 6957 or for 

skips 021 313 255. 

STONEMASON, Brick 

and Blocklayer. Earthquake 

repairs, grind out and 

repoint, River/Oamaru 

stone, Schist, Volcanic 

rock, paving, all alterations 

- new and old. Quality 

workmanship. Visit www. 

featureworks.co.nz or ph 

027 601 3145. 

SHEEP SHEARING, 

drenching, feet trimming. 

For Lifestyle blocks. Call 

Stu 027 315 6916. 

SCREEN PRINTING. 

WELDING For all your printing 

requirements. T-shirts, 

Hoodies, Hi-Vis vests and 

polos, Overalls, Caps etc. 

Please phone Heather 03 

313 0261 or email 

heather.norstar@gmail.com. 

SHEARER. Hap’s Farm & 

Lifestyle Services. Shearing, 

crutching, drenching, 

tailing, feet trimming & 

health check. Trailer, generator 

&mobile handpiece 

available. Experienced, 

reliable and honest. Ph 03 

312 1214 or 021 267 4025. 

VALUATION - 

Specialising in North Canterbury. 

Contact Geoff at 

Maxwell Valuation. Phone 

03 310 8541 or email 

geoff@maxval.co.nz. 

Pride &Quality Painting 

&Decorating Services 

20 yrs exp, fast and friendly 

service. For all your painting 

needs, phone: Martin 310 

6187 or 021 128 9867 

Paving 

Patio &Pathways 

-New or Existing 

Free Quotes 

–Competitive Pricing 

Blair Gibson 

027 699 5815 03 313 7933 

REMOVALISTS 

Movemen Ltd 

2Men &agood sized 

truck. From $157 per hour 

(incl gst). Kaiapoi based. 

Call Gerard 

027 668 3636 

2316549 

LANDSCAPES 

Reliable new business based in and 

servicing the North Canterbury area. 

Here for all your garage door needs! 

•Repairs •Servicing 

•Installation 

Give usacall/email today to discuss 

any garage door issues with our 

friendly and professional team. 

Dean Sangster 

027 225 7445 |03319 8549 

dean@summitgaragedoors.co.nz 

www.summitgaragedoors.co.nz 

2253902

Trade &Services 

WINDOW TINTING 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

Builder 

CLASSIFIEDS, TRUSTED TRADES &PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 


Entertainment 

RANGIORA Country 

Music Club night is on the 

7th October at the RSA 

Victora St, Rangiora. Start 

time is 7pm. All welcome. 

Enquiries ph 027 928 1730. 

Health &Beauty 

TRADITIONAL Indian 

Ayurvedic herbal massage 

& treatment clinic. Phone 

022 135 0177. 

Educational 

TUITION available. Primary 

and secondary to 

NCEA level 3. Math, Literacy 

and Science (NCEA). 

Each student on an individually, 

tailoured programme. 

Kip McGrath 

Rangiora has been serving 

the local community for 30 

years. Give us a call or 

book your free assessment 

online 03 313 3638 https:/ 

/www.kipmcgrath.co.nz/rangiora. 

Butchery 

Cars Wanted 

CASH 4CARS 

and 4WD'S 

Phone 

Automotive 

Parts 

03 313 7216 

CASH/CASH 

for anyunwanted 

vehicles,phone 

3479354 or 

027 476 2404 

CARS, vans, 4WD’s 

wanted for dismantling or 

repair. Phone 027 258 

8366. 

Garage Sales 

RANGIORA Saturday 3rd 

October, combined street 

garage sale, Ebert Place, 

starts 9am. 

For Sale 

WOODEN PALLETS 

1.2m by 1m, excellent condition, 

$8 each. Please 

phone 027 440 1230. 

ASPARAGUS, freshly 

picked $10 for 1kilo, 304 

Racecourse Road, Broomfield. 

Open Sunday to 

Friday. 

FREE RANGE eggs, hens 

run on grass, $5 dozen, can 

deliver Rangiora district. 

Phone 027 460 2228. 

Gardening 

A+ GARDEN hedges cut 

to perfection. Tree &arbor 

work. Also spraying. Free 

quotes. Ph 03 312 0668 or 

021 111 4322. 

PEASTRAW. 

quality peastraw for sale. 

Ideal for garden. $8.00 / 

small bale ex - farm 

Bennetts -Oxford. Ph 027 

312 4009 or 03 312 4460. 

Wanted To Buy 

BUYING estate type old 

china, crystal, collectables, 

vases. Ph 027 350 3963, or 

313 1878. 

VINYL RECORDS 

wanted by collector /seller. 

7&12 inch LP’S, happy to 

appraise. Also old guitars 

or amps -working, broken. 

Retro toys, 60’s, 70’s, 80’s 

&hot wheels &matchbox 

as well. Please call Paul 

022 694 5445. 

$$$ 

Amalgamated Scrap Metal 

Ltd. Specialists in farm 

machineryand farm clean 

ups, old vehicles etc. 

100% locally owned. 

Ph 0800 030 712 or 

027 695 0480. 

Chiropractic Services 

2312759 

Pets 

Excellent BICHON HOMESTAY 

for smaller dogs. We look 

after your dog in our home. 

"No kennels". Phone today 

03 314 6110. 

Accountant 

55 

Debra Jowsey &Karla Kilner 

Ph 03314 9480 

We help with all Taxreturns for the 

salary &wage earner,self employed, rental, 

business, farm,GST,pay dayfiling, rental returns 

Appliance Repairs 

•REGISTERED TECHNICIAN 

•AUTHORISED LOCAL SERVICE 

F&P, Bosch, Smeg, 

ASKO, Ariston, LG,Classique, 

Haier, Samsung and more.... 

2287949 

“For best resultsbesuretouseauthorised service” 

NORTHCANTERBURY APPLIANCE SERVICES 

Rangiora: 03 313 4420 Kaiapoi: 03 327 3810 

Computer Repairs 

1913020 

OxfordButchery 

Shane and Leanne Frahm 

We cankill&process yourstock 

FourGenerations of Frahms 

since 1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 

1680439 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 312 4709 

Dr Carissa McGregor Chiropractor 

Injury, accidents and maintenance 

ACC Registered and Accredited 

Monday-Thursday | 03 313 0350 

Libi McKinnon Physiotherapy 

privatephysio@xtra.co.nz 

027 868 2574 

ACC Registered Provider | Tuesday&Friday 

Select Health 

51 Ashley Street, Rangiora 

2227883 

For all your computer repairs, parts, servicing, sales &more.. 

Come and see us for friendly &supportive service 

2208126 

Construction &Concrete 

All Construction & Concrete Work 

•Driveways, patios &paths 

•Bridges and Culverts 

•Floors, foundations 

•Sheds and buildings 

•Dairy Sheds, Herd homes 

•Silage pits, effluent ponds 

•Excavation and cartage 

•Precast concrete 

•Insulated panels 

Daryl Power 

027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

2273277 

Doctors For Men 

MenzMedical 

The Doctors For Men 

Vasectomy 

No Scalpel Technique 

Denture Clinic 

AFFORDABLE DENTURE 

CLINIC 

(Formerly Riccarton Denture Clinic) 

1843944 

New Dentures 

Relines 

Repairs 

BRYCE JWARD NZCDT 

Kaiapoi 

Ph (03)327-0077 

Gold Card 

Discount 

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123 WILLIAMS STREET 

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Ph: 03 981 8181 or 0800 4Males (0800 462 537) 

www.vasectomy.nz 

Electrician 

AARON HARRIS 

ELECTRICAL LTD 

NEW HOUSES • ALTERATIONS 

ELECTRICAL INSPECTIONS • SMART WIRING 

SYSTEMS AND MORE... 

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

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your business 

in our Trades 

and Services 

Phone 

Amanda Keys 

on 

03 313 2840 

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Engineering 

For your Engineering needs 

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821 

toppeng@xtra.co.nz 

Repiling /Relevelling 

House re-piling &re-levelling 

Foundation lifting &stabilizing 

Free no obligation quotes 

20 years 

experience 


based 

Phone Brett Kennedy 021 117 8531 or 

03 312 9000 |Email bowhill1@hotmail.com 

2314123 

Scaffolding 

•Edge protection 

•Working platform 

Phone 

0274 366 901 

Plans for pricing 

jas.rangiorascaffolding@xtra.co.nz 

North Canterbury wide 

1783878 

Motorcycle Service &Repair 

South Pacific Motorcycle Services 

“we’re your LOCAL motorcycle guys” 

• Service • Repairs • Tyres 

• Motorcycle Rental 

•Fully Equipped Workshop •Quality Work •Affordable Rates! 

Ph: 03 312 0066 |office@motorbiketours.co.nz 

www.motorbiketours.co.nz 

2313195 

SERVICES 

Scrap Metal 

CASH PAID FOR SCRAP 

•Car Bodies •Scrap Steel•Specialists in Farm 

Machinery•All non Ferrous 

MAINLAND 

METALS LTD 

Ph (03)338 7000 

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Locally owned and operated 

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CAP 40 

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Shingle 

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DRAINAGE CHIP 

from $40 per cube 




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house excavations, driveways, subdivisions 

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