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National bareback rodeo champion Adam<br />

Williams, of Rakaia,won’t be defending<br />

his title after suffering acareer ending<br />

injury.<br />

The 29­year­oldwas injured duringhis<br />

last ride at Waikato Rodeoinmid­<br />

February. But the extent of the injuryhas<br />

only recently been found.<br />

Aftercompletinganeight­second ride at<br />

Injured<br />

champ<br />

sees<br />

bright<br />

side<br />

Adam Williamsislooking to the future after acareer­endinginjury prevents him<br />

defending his national title.<br />

the rodeo,heended up in the saddle<br />

leaningheavily to his left.<br />

Whenhetried to right himself, the<br />

saddle cameloose and –with his hand<br />

roped ­twisted Adam underneath the<br />

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The trapped cowboy was struck by<br />

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He spent two days in Waikato Hospital<br />

and afteraCTscan, looking at bone not<br />

muscle, he was told it was ahematoma.<br />

Black and blue, he returned hometo<br />

Rakaia for some much needed rest and<br />

relaxation, then physiotherapy.<br />

Continued Page 3<br />

Luxton<br />

paints<br />

town red<br />

New Rangitata MP Jo Luxton<br />

has her ownpartinLabour’s<br />

historic election win and<br />

becomesthe first Labour MP to<br />

representthe town of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>inover80years.<br />

MrsLuxton ended election<br />

nightwith amajority of about<br />

3500votesoverNational’s<br />

Megan Hands. Specialvotes<br />

havenot yetbeencounted but<br />

will notlikely change the<br />

outcome. Thelast Labour MPto<br />

represent<strong>Ashburton</strong> was<br />

Horace Herringwho won in the<br />

1935 election.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>and the wider<br />

electoratehas been considered<br />

aNationalstronghold for<br />

decades butturned red on<br />

Saturdaynightaspart of the<br />

landslidewin to aLabourparty<br />

led by popular Prime Minister<br />

JacindaArdern. Ms Ardern sent<br />

aspecialmessage of<br />

congratulationstoMrs Luxton<br />

on Sunday morning.<br />

“Shesentatext<br />

congratulating me and letting<br />

me know Ishould be proud of<br />

the work Ihave done,” Mrs<br />

Luxton said. The electorate MP<br />

flew to Wellington on Monday<br />

for acaucusmeeting the<br />

following day.<br />

MrsLuxton polled 18,876<br />

votesonSaturdayandMs<br />

Hands 15,392. The electorate’s<br />

party vote went Labour’sway<br />

with 48.4 per centand National<br />

polled 32 per cent.<br />

Nationally,Labourhas 64<br />

seatsandcan govern alone.<br />

National has35 seats, ACT and<br />

the Greens 10 each and the<br />

Maori partyone seat.<br />

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Luxton excited by new role<br />

From Page 1<br />

Mrs Luxton spent the previous term<br />

as alist MP and said she was looking<br />

forward to abigger and new<br />

workload as electorate MP. She has<br />

an office in Timaru and will talk with<br />

the party about setting up an office in<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> too.<br />

“I have worked damned hard in the<br />

last three years. Ihave worked away<br />

in the background and achieved<br />

some wonderful outcomes for this<br />

electorate and this district.”<br />

She said being an electorate MP in<br />

agoverning party would give her a<br />

stronger voice in Parliament.<br />

Mrs Luxton, her team and<br />

supporters spent Saturday night in<br />

Timaru, watching as results rolled in<br />

for Labour in Rangitata and across<br />

the country.<br />

“We were looking at some of the<br />

electorates, including ours, turning<br />

red. It was amazing to see.”<br />

Mrs Luxton said the electorate’s<br />

strengths were its primary<br />

production and manufacturing<br />

industries, which had been abuffer<br />

to the worst effects of covid.<br />

“Our economy has been able to<br />

continue trucking on really well and<br />

we are not seeing the issues of other<br />

electorates.”<br />

She said her husband Matt had<br />

been arock of support in acampaign<br />

team that had worked hard with her.<br />

At Parliament this week with other<br />

Class of 2017 MPs who flipped their<br />

seats (from left) Jamie Strange, Jo<br />

Luxton, Ginny Anderson, Kieran<br />

McAnulty and Kiri Allan.<br />

“It has been areal team effort.”<br />

The Electoral Commission says<br />

2,877,117 votes were cast and voter<br />

turnout was 82.5 per cent; nearly 70<br />

per cent voted in advance. Early<br />

results for the end of life choice and<br />

cannabis referendums will be<br />

available on <strong>October</strong> 30.<br />

Rangitata results<br />

Jo Luxton18,876<br />

MeganHands 15,392<br />

Hamish Hutton1<strong>22</strong>0<br />

Lachie Ashton 968<br />

GerrieLigtenberg 629<br />

GrantKelynack 270<br />

ArohaMaru 219<br />

Brannon Favel 91<br />

JamesRae 56<br />

I’ll be back in 2023, Hands says<br />

National candidate Megan Hands<br />

says shewill be back.<br />

She wants to be part of National’s<br />

rebuildingprocessand says<strong>2020</strong> was<br />

simply not theparty’s year.<br />

National took an early hit in the<br />

Rangitata electorate when its sitting<br />

MP AndrewFalloonexitedpolitics in<br />

disgrace late July.<br />

Ms Hands emerged from the<br />

candidate selection process and got<br />

busy campaigning.<br />

Mr Falloon had held a6300<br />

majority in the 2017election but even<br />

after asmall percentage of the vote<br />

had beencounted on Saturday it was<br />

clear change wascoming.<br />

Ms Hands said she had been<br />

pleased withher whirlwind<br />

campaign, despite the<br />

circumstances. She thanked those<br />

who had supported her and saidshe<br />

would be back in 2023.<br />

“I have been part of the National<br />

party foralongtimeand as it<br />

rebuilds Ihopeto be part of the MP<br />

contest againinthefuture.Iam<br />

committed to the area. But thiswas<br />

not our year.”<br />

Ms Handssaid her<br />

fiancé Simonand son<br />

Jack hadkeptthe<br />

homefires burning<br />

andthat shewould<br />

continue to be astrong<br />

voicefor the rural<br />

community in her<br />

capacity as an<br />

Environment<br />

Canterbury councillor<br />

andinher other roles.<br />

She would turn her<br />

attention once again to<br />

localgovernment<br />

matters, including how<br />

theregional council<br />

would implement government’s<br />

national policy statementon<br />

freshwater. She predicted tough<br />

economic andregulatorytimes<br />

ahead.<br />

‘‘My message to the farming<br />

community is band together, work<br />

outhow we can moveforward, andto<br />

stick together to take care of each<br />

other.”<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> hasbeen partof various<br />

electorates over theyears but the last<br />

Megan Hands<br />

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time the town had a<br />

Labour MP was when<br />

Horace Herringwon in<br />

the 1935 elections. He<br />

narrowly lost the seat<br />

in 1938 to National’s<br />

ArthurGriggand when<br />

Grigg was killed in<br />

action in World War2<br />

his widow Mary stood<br />

in the 1942 by­election<br />

and became the<br />

country’s first woman<br />

MP.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>town has<br />

beenblueever since.<br />

Geoff Gerardwon in<br />

the1943to1963 elections, followed<br />

by RobTalbot until he retired prior<br />

to the 1987 elections.<br />

Jenny Shipley then won the1987 to<br />

1999 elections, becoming the<br />

country’sfirst woman Prime Minister<br />

in 1997 after rolling Jim Bolgerfor<br />

thetop job whenthe party was in<br />

power. Brian Connellwon the seat<br />

forNational in 2002 and2005,<br />

followedbyJo Goodhew who retired<br />

priortothe 2017election.<br />

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3<br />

Champturnstutoraftershockinjury<br />

From Page 1<br />

Adamfound out he won thechampion<br />

title due to points he had already<br />

accumulatedduring the season. But did<br />

notfind out the extentofhis injury until<br />

gearing up to traininAugustfor this<br />

season. His first event wouldhavebeen<br />

at theWinchester Rodeo thisSaturday,<br />

then Methven Rodeo on Sunday.<br />

“I triedtogofor arun,but knew<br />

something wasn’tright. Icouldn’t run.”<br />

Notonly had his leg locked up but it<br />

was painful.<br />

“That’s when Iknew something was<br />

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His GP referred him to SportsMed<br />

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ultrasound was soonfollowed by an<br />

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Hisspecialist told him it was acareerending<br />

injury,the worst he had seen in<br />

10 years. Andnow there is too much scar<br />

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If the nerve is nicked in surgery he<br />

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It was ashock diagnosis for Adam,who<br />

forthe past 10 years has strived to<br />

Former bareback rider Adam Williams in action.<br />

succeed andimmersed himself into the<br />

rodeo circuit making lifelong friends<br />

nationwideand overseas.<br />

“It’s like getting to the top and then<br />

getting the carpetripped outfrom<br />

underneath me.’’<br />

He said rodeo had also helped him get<br />

through some tough times, including the<br />

deathofaclose friend whowas also on<br />

thecircuit.<br />

Adam’s only regret was he never got to<br />

ride in theUnited States, whichhewas<br />

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In hindsight, it was ablessing in<br />

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While he will not be competing at the<br />

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weekend, he willbeatbothevents<br />

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catchingupwith those on the circuit.<br />

It will no doubtbeadifficult weekend<br />

but Adam says he wouldn’t change<br />

anything.<br />

He has hadgreat support from family<br />

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Heisplanningtostepaway from<br />

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outatacoaching clinic in Methven and<br />

is considering options, suchasroping,<br />

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“It is whatitis. There aresome that<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong>Airport is in themiddle of<br />

amakeover to reduce the gap<br />

between its incomeof$30,000 and<br />

outgoings of $150,000.<br />

The airportisowned by the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>District Council, which<br />

has putuprents and is introducing<br />

landing fees and charges forother<br />

airportusers.<br />

While users baulkedinitially at<br />

someofthe newcosts, they came<br />

aroundafter being made awareof the<br />

huge deficit theairport was<br />

operating under.<br />

Council commercial manager<br />

Colin Windlebornsaid the majority<br />

of airportlessees had also not paid<br />

rates for many years but council is<br />

expecting them to startdoing so by<br />

February nextyear.<br />

He said thenew charges and costs<br />

would be able to be worked into<br />

budgetsfor the 2021.<br />

‘‘We thoughtthat wasfair.’’<br />

Under lease reviews, six of the<br />

seven users are nowpaying 66 per<br />

centofmarket rent, up from 33 per<br />

cent. The seventh leasehas another<br />

two years beforeit expires.<br />

The Mid Canterbury Aero Club is<br />

also havingtorethinkwhenitwill<br />

movethe former<strong>Ashburton</strong> i­Site<br />

building from East Street to the<br />

airport.<br />

Council wanteditmoved by the end<br />

of the yearand retailershave asked<br />

thatitgobeforeDecember 1orinthe<br />

New Year, so it doesn’t interfere with<br />

Christmas shopping.<br />

The aero club has to demolish its<br />

existing, old clubrooms to make way<br />

for thebuilding but needs to use<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Airport is becoming abusier spot on the aviation landscape.<br />

specialist contractors because the<br />

old clubrooms hasasbestos<br />

materials.<br />

The club has already indicated<br />

delaysare likely withthe relocation<br />

of the building. Council wants it gone<br />

by early Januarysoitwill not hold up<br />

its CBDrevitalisation project.<br />

Acontainer buildingatthe airport<br />

will act as atemporary club base<br />

until the old i­Site is movedand<br />

renovated.<br />

Councillors on the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Airport Authority sub­committee<br />

alsoheard this weekabout a<br />

proposaltoestablish an aircraft<br />

maintenance facility at the airport.<br />

BrianHall is proposingtoset up the<br />

business with ahighly­skilled<br />

recently redundant Air New Zealand<br />

aircraft engineer.<br />

The engineer is currently the chief<br />

mechanicfor Mr Hall’s own<br />

collection of both propeller driven<br />

and jet aircraft. Services offeredwill<br />

be annual inspections, light aircraft<br />

maintenance and lightrepairs.<br />

Council’s planning andbuilding<br />

departmentshave both indicated<br />

supportfor theproposal, andthe<br />

business will operate out of Mr Hall’s<br />

existing 240m2 hangar.<br />

The business would deal with one<br />

aircraft at atime.<br />

Anew fuel station is also being<br />

installed and should encourage more<br />

aircraft to stop forrefuelling.<br />

The airport will hostaSouth Island<br />

aerobatic competition on November<br />

26­28, and the <strong>Ashburton</strong> AirportFlyin,<br />

involving 80 aircraft, willhappen<br />

on February5­8 nextyear.<br />

‘Worst of worst’ recyclers lose bins<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council has<br />

removed yellow recycling bins from<br />

20 households described as “the<br />

worst of the worst”.<br />

Since the start of August,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s kerbside recycling<br />

collection has accepted only plastics<br />

1, 2and 5but contamination of nonrecyclables<br />

and rubbish, including<br />

sanitary items, has continued by<br />

some households.<br />

Athree­strike rule is now in play,<br />

with persistent offenders offered<br />

education before their bins are<br />

taken.<br />

Council’s solid waste manager<br />

Craig Goodwin said the 20 who lost<br />

their bins were considered the worst<br />

of the worst. He said the contents of<br />

those bins were disgusting and<br />

included sanitary items, dead<br />

animals and lawn clippings.<br />

“They are using the yellow bin as a<br />

rubbish bin.”<br />

There have been four recycling<br />

collection cycles since the new rules<br />

began and council­contracted staff<br />

have completed 45,000 recycling bin<br />

audits and issued 6105 reminder<br />

letters (about 13 per cent of audited<br />

bins). In that time, 1827 bins were<br />

rejected and not collected.<br />

“And as of Friday, we have now<br />

removed 20 bins from properties.”<br />

Mr Goodwin told councillors staff<br />

were trying not to take ahard­handed<br />

approach and offering education to<br />

recycling offenders.<br />

Many had more than three contacts<br />

with council staff.<br />

But some had refused to change<br />

their ways. At least person one was<br />

abusive and had threatened staff.<br />

People who lose their recycling<br />

bins can seek to have them back after<br />

three months, if they complete more<br />

eco education.<br />

People can also arrange to have<br />

another red rubbish bin, for which<br />

they would pay extra.<br />

“We have reached the end of the<br />

street with those people but it is not<br />

the end of the journey.”<br />

Councils all over the country are<br />

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because markets for other<br />

recyclables have collapsed.<br />

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Emmily HarmerPhotography<br />

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voucher –Lyn Leonard for View1<br />

Robin Corbett handcraft award<br />

$500 –JenniferQuereefor Eperne<br />

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Visitors check out the artworks, includingthe premieraward work (centre top) of Min Kim.<br />

Art winners decided<br />

The winners have been chosenand an<br />

impressiveselectionofart is on display for<br />

visitors at <strong>Ashburton</strong>Art Gallery.<br />

Some230peopleattended Monday night’s<br />

awardsevening.<br />

The premieraward wenttoestablished<br />

artist Min Kimfor her oil on canvas work<br />

calledPoem of Spring.<br />

GrayLeonard’s artworkcalled Storm won<br />

the Trustpower Water and Nature Awardand<br />

Maria Quick’s Water Nymph won the $500<br />

NBSlocal meritaward.<br />

Therewere15 sponsoredawardsgiven this<br />

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Artworks were judged by painterMichael<br />

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The annual exhibition features 250<br />

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artists and runs until November13.<br />

Outgoing <strong>Ashburton</strong> Art Gallery president<br />

Derek Binnie and incoming president Fleur<br />

Mulligan at the awards evening.<br />

Mayor has fire concerns<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>mayor Neil Brown is worried<br />

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likeLakeOhau.<br />

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Forty­eighthomes in Lake OhauVillage<br />

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grass andtussock.<br />

The DepartmentofConservation has been<br />

accused of poor landmanagement to prevent<br />

suchblazesfrom burningout of control.<br />

‘‘Can we be assured that sort of thing won’t<br />

happen here,’’ Mr Brown asked councilstaff<br />

at an activitybriefingthisweek.<br />

‘‘There is alot of DOC land around that is<br />

not grazed anymore.’’<br />

The LakeClearwatersettlement is near<br />

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Mr Brownsaid it was good that small<br />

communities hademergency management<br />

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LINDA.CLARKE<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Abittern called Boomer is thestar of<br />

asmall book with abig message<br />

written by <strong>Ashburton</strong> author Angela<br />

Cushnie and illustrated by her friend<br />

and well­known painter Barbara<br />

Jaine.<br />

Boomer’s officialnameisBernard<br />

RaupoBittern III and he’s the selfappointedmayor<br />

of the Waipuna<br />

wetlands. He’sworried for his<br />

community, which includes other<br />

endangered birds,lizards, eels, frogs<br />

and mudfish.<br />

Luckily for Boomer, Jack and his<br />

humanfamilyonBoundary Farm<br />

want to help make thewetlands<br />

bigger,better andsafer.<br />

The children’s book, entitledA<br />

Change is Gonna Come, is being<br />

launched at the <strong>Ashburton</strong>Art<br />

GalleryonNovember 4.<br />

Angela said 1000 copieshad been<br />

printed initially and she hopedthe<br />

book would be givenbyparents and<br />

grandparents to their children, and<br />

find aplace in school libraries.<br />

She said talking about wetlands<br />

through the eyes of an endangered<br />

bird, especially one as fullof<br />

character as abittern, wasanideal<br />

wayfor her to shine alightonnative<br />

plantsand wildlife.<br />

“I wanted to celebrate all the good<br />

work being done around<br />

conservation while at thesametime<br />

educate andraise awareness so more<br />

people can findout whattheycan do<br />

to help in their local community.”<br />

BoomerisanAustralasianBittern<br />

and fewer than 1000 remain; they are<br />

at high riskofextinction if more is<br />

not done to help protect and restore<br />

their habitat.Abittern’s call sounds<br />

like aboomand theycamouflage<br />

themselves by adoptingafreeze<br />

stance.<br />

Angela is amember of the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Water Zone Committee,<br />

founder of theKanuka Mid<br />

Canterbury Regeneration Trust and<br />

saysindividualsand groups are<br />

working together aroundthe district<br />

to restorewetlands that had been<br />

drained for urban or rural<br />

development.<br />

“Granted changeishappening too<br />

fastfor some and not fast enough for<br />

others, which is causingagreat deal<br />

of stressand tension. For me,<br />

storytelling is arespectfulway to<br />

bring people together to work on<br />

solutions for the benefit of future<br />

generations.”<br />

Angela has used her backyard has<br />

asourceofinspirationand the<br />

characters havepersonal<br />

connectionsfor her. Bernard Raupo<br />

Bittern III has been named after<br />

Book author Angela Cushnie (right) and painter Barbara Jaine have worked<br />

together on aspecial project.<br />

BernieDavidson andthere are other<br />

links to whanau andfavourite places<br />

in the book.<br />

She said friend andfellowzone<br />

committee member PeterRamsden<br />

had also made asignificant<br />

contribution to themahi of the book.<br />

Barbara remembers coming across<br />

bitterns in heryounger years. “I saw<br />

my first bittern when Iwas about10<br />

years old. My fatherhad dugapond<br />

and planted rushes and flax around<br />

it and hecalledmedown one day to<br />

point one out.”<br />

When she marriedand lived at<br />

Eiffelton,the Parakanoi drain ran<br />

throughtheir property and her own<br />

children enjoyed the natural<br />

wildlife. “Bitterns wererare but they<br />

were around.”<br />

Barbara was hookedonthe book<br />

when she saw the script and it didn’t<br />

take long before Boomer emerged<br />

from her imagination in amixof<br />

watercolourand pen. “Itwas very<br />

different fromthe fine art Iusually<br />

do, butithas been so much fun and<br />

has givenmeafreedomtocreate<br />

charactersthat arenow personal<br />

friends.”<br />

Bookmarks featuring imagesfrom<br />

the book will be givenaway at the<br />

launch.<br />

Angela has created aFacebook<br />

page to promote the book,which<br />

costs $20, andpeoplecan also order<br />

acopy there:www.facebook.com/<br />

A­Change­is­Gonna­Come<br />

Building services flat out<br />

The building services<br />

departmentatthe <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

District Council is flat out<br />

and is currentlyprocessing<br />

36 applicationsfor building<br />

consent.<br />

Buildingservicesmanager<br />

Michael Wong said the<br />

applicationswere a<br />

combinationofcatch­ups<br />

from April and May and<br />

others wantingtobeatthe<br />

Christmasrush.<br />

“We average 12 houses a<br />

month but currently we have<br />

36 in the queue,” he told<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>District<br />

Councillorsthisweek.<br />

He saidsome of the<br />

applicationshad been<br />

outsourced to other councils<br />

so theywereprocessed<br />

within the requiredtime<br />

frames.<br />

In Septembercouncil<br />

received 65 applications for<br />

building consent, (compared<br />

to 48 in September last year),<br />

and issued41; the total<br />

number of applications<br />

received sinceJuly 1is182<br />

(compared to 173 last year).<br />

Thevalueofbuilding work<br />

consented inSeptember was<br />

$12.5million. Building<br />

inspectorscarriedout 261<br />

inspections. Last monththe<br />

valueofbuilding work<br />

consentedwas $9.5m.<br />

Mr Wong saidstaff had<br />

also been under pressureto<br />

process property<br />

information requests,<br />

reflecting the numberof<br />

homes beingsold around the<br />

district.<br />

The turnaround for that<br />

information averages five<br />

working days. “In the last<br />

monthwegot to nine days,<br />

but it wasabusy month.”<br />

Strategy and compliance<br />

manager Jane Donaldson<br />

saidthe housing markethad<br />

gonemad.<br />

“They will ringupthe<br />

building teamafter finding<br />

out thepropertytheyare<br />

sellinghas nocodeof<br />

compliance certificate.”<br />

Some expectedcouncilto<br />

solve the issuethat same<br />

day.<br />

“Wehave been bending<br />

overbackwards to help<br />

peopleprocess consents.”<br />

Thevalue of building<br />

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LETTER TO EDITOR<br />

Second bridge<br />

In letters to the editor on both <strong>October</strong> 8and<br />

<strong>October</strong> 15, two folkexpressedtheir concerns<br />

withregard to the second bridge.<br />

With all due respecttotheseopponents of<br />

the secondbridge being divertedawayfrom<br />

the town, Imustexpressmydisagreementwith<br />

them.<br />

This same scenario in Timaru with regardto<br />

State Highway 1was discussed thoroughly<br />

withall residentsofTimaru many years ago.<br />

They too wereconcerned.<br />

Ask those peoplenow,including business<br />

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Mid Canterbury’s water assets have<br />

been on show to mayors andchief<br />

executivesfrom aroundthe South<br />

Island.<br />

Mayor Neil Brown and the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> DistrictCouncil hosted<br />

the local government group last<br />

Thursday andFriday andput on a<br />

tour of thedistrictthatincluded the<br />

opening of another managedaquifer<br />

recharge (MAR)site.<br />

There were plentyofmayors to<br />

choose from for theribbon­cutting<br />

ceremony butMrBrown had the<br />

honour. It wasagoodopportunity to<br />

share the success of the MARproject,<br />

which is lowering nitratelevels in<br />

shallow groundwater andboosting<br />

groundwater storage on the Hinds<br />

plains.<br />

The new site is on Timaru Track<br />

Road, on the farm of Mark Walls. Part<br />

of acanal that once delivered water<br />

for border dyke irrigation has been<br />

converted into aleakypit, where<br />

water drains downs throughthe soil<br />

and into groundwater, diluting<br />

nitrate concentrations and adding<br />

more water to aquifers.<br />

Farmers areamong those leading<br />

the project, that startedinJune 2016.<br />

An initial open basinsiteatLagmhor<br />

Hekeao Hinds Water Enhancement Trust members (from left) Craig Fleming,<br />

Rab McDowell, farmer Mark Walls, Brett Painter and Peter Lowe at anew MAR<br />

site.<br />

hasbeenexpanded to include a<br />

network of smaller sitesacross the<br />

Hindsplains, each targeting high<br />

nitrate areas.<br />

Mr Brown said while MAR was new<br />

to NewZealand, it operated<br />

successfully in other countries. The<br />

project’s water comes from an<br />

unused council stockwater take off<br />

theRangitata Diversion Race.<br />

He said the resultshad been<br />

impressivesince the Lagmhor pilot<br />

site started operating fouryears ago.<br />

Near thepilot site, nitrateswere<br />

6­7mg/L pre­MAR, butdropped to<br />

1.3­3.5mg/L with MAR. Groundwater<br />

levels also rose.<br />

The project’soverall aim is to have<br />

median nitrate levels down to less<br />

than 6.9mg/L by 2035, the equivalent<br />

of a36per cent reduction in nutrient<br />

leaching. While some areas on the<br />

Hindsplains are already there,<br />

othersare as high as24mg/L.<br />

MAR spokesman and farmer Peter<br />

Lowe said said the recharge system<br />

diluted and displaced water and was<br />

one tool being used to protect<br />

drinking water andimprovewater<br />

quality.<br />

He said high nitrateconcentrations<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> mayor Neil Brown cuts the<br />

ribbon to officially open another<br />

managed aquifer recharge site in Mid<br />

Canterbury.<br />

were alegacy of previous farming<br />

generations but being successfully<br />

addressed in Mid Canterbury.<br />

The project has many partners,<br />

including Environment Canterbury,<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong>District Council,<br />

Arowhenua, Fish and Game, MHV<br />

Water andthe Rangitata Diversion<br />

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‘not rosy’, mayor says<br />

The next Minister for the<br />

Environmentwill be among<br />

those to receive acopy of a<br />

reportdetailing the economic<br />

cost of government’snew<br />

freshwater policyonMid<br />

Canterbury.<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />

Council commissioned its new<br />

agriculturaladvisor to prepare<br />

the report, which will show the<br />

effect of targets in freshwater<br />

policythat will have big<br />

ramificationsfor the district’s<br />

farming­related businesses.<br />

‘‘Ihave seen adraftand it is<br />

not looking that good districtwide,’’<br />

mayorNeil Brown said.<br />

‘‘It is not rosy for our district.’’<br />

Mid Canterbury farmerssay<br />

the policy has unachievable<br />

targets for freshwaterand they<br />

are alreadyonacommunityagreed<br />

planthrough<br />

Environment Canterbury to<br />

reducenitrate leaching and<br />

improve waterquality.<br />

Mr Brown saidthe economic<br />

impact reportcommissionedby<br />

council was in itsfinal stages and<br />

beingpeerreviewed to make sure<br />

thenumberswerecredible.<br />

‘‘Whenthat report comes to<br />

council and when weknowwho<br />

ourMinister forthe Environment<br />

will be, we cansharethe report<br />

with people furtherupthe chain<br />

in Wellington andshowthe<br />

impact of thefreshwater policy<br />

on thisdistrict.’’<br />

The reportwould help lobbyfor<br />

changestokeepbusinesses<br />

viable as well as do betterfor the<br />

environment, he said.

Mt Somers pets out<br />

Therewas awidevariety of pets<br />

andgood visitor numbersatthe<br />

Mt Somers Springburn School<br />

petday last Friday.<br />

As wellaslambs,ponies,cats<br />

anddogs, pupils alsobrought in<br />

chickens,turtles andrabbits.<br />

Apopular lamb drinking<br />

competitiondrewgood<br />

numbers, withstudentssplitup<br />

intojunior andsenior<br />

syndicates.<br />

Specialvisitors to the pet day<br />

were Samand Anja, two<br />

purebredClydesdales belonging<br />

to JohnBoothatDayboo<br />

Clydesdale StudinHinds.<br />

Dayboo helper Ange<br />

Protheroe is aschoolbus driver<br />

at Mt Somers Springburn and<br />

hastwo children at the school.<br />

She tookchildrenonasleigh<br />

ride around apaddock next to<br />

schoolgrounds, and offered<br />

them ataste of the power and<br />

teamwork ofthe two horses.<br />

The horses madetheir debut<br />

at the biennial pet day twoyears<br />

ago.<br />

After lunch,which included a<br />

busy sausage sizzle,there was a<br />

fancy dress parade,parade of<br />

winners andpresentations.<br />

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Tick for Latino Fest<br />

Around 300 people enjoyed live<br />

music and food at the district’s<br />

first Latino Fest event.<br />

The event, held earlier this<br />

month, was at the Tinwald<br />

Memorial Hall with the Matecito<br />

Latino band from Christchurch<br />

on stage and selection of ethnic<br />

food from Chile, Argentina and<br />

Peru to tempt the tastebuds.<br />

It was co­ordinated by the<br />

Hakatere Multi Cultural Council<br />

together with the district’s<br />

Latino community and received<br />

some funding from the Office of<br />

Ethnic Communities.<br />

Hakatere Multi Cultural<br />

Council co­ordinator Adi Avnit<br />

said the evening had been abig<br />

success.<br />

The food had been popular and<br />

sold out quickly and the dance<br />

floor had been busy for much of<br />

the night.<br />

‘‘It was afirst step in<br />

establishing athriving Latino<br />

community in our district, and<br />

we'll definitely run asimilar<br />

event next year,’’ he said.<br />

Based on the last census, Mid<br />

Canterbury has aLatino<br />

community of 300 people, most<br />

from Argentina, Chile and Brazil,<br />

and other south and central<br />

American countries. Many of<br />

them work in rural settings and<br />

the dairy sector, so struggle to<br />

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BLISSETT, Tui Moana:<br />

Peacefully at Coldstream<br />

Lifecare, <strong>Ashburton</strong> on<br />

Wednesday, <strong>October</strong> 14,<br />

<strong>2020</strong>, in her 100th year.Dearly<br />

loved wife ofthe late Owen,<br />

much loved and treasured<br />

mother and mother-in-law<br />

of Roberta and Mike Gregan,<br />

the late Joe, and Simon and<br />

Bev. Loved Nana of Brent<br />

and Jacky; Ana and Ben, and<br />

Samuel, and great-Nana of<br />

Stevie; and Elijah.<br />

Special thanks to the staff of<br />

Coldstream Lifecare for their<br />

loving careoverthe years.<br />

Messages to: The Blissett<br />

Family, c/- PO Box 6035,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>7742.<br />

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DUNCAN, Patricia<br />

Kathleen (Pat) QSM. (Late<br />

of Rakaia), on <strong>October</strong> 14,<br />

<strong>2020</strong> peacefully at Radius<br />

Millstream, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. A<br />

beloved daughter, sister,<br />

sister-in-law, aunt, greataunt,<br />

great great aunt, cousin,<br />

niece and friend to many. In<br />

lieu of flowers donations to<br />

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be appreciated and may be<br />

left atthe service. ARequiem<br />

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JOHNSTON, Hugh Clive:<br />

Peacefully at Princes Court<br />

Rest Home, <strong>Ashburton</strong> on<br />

Tuesday, <strong>October</strong> 6, <strong>2020</strong>,<br />

aged 77 years.<br />

Dearly loved husband of<br />

Valda, much loved Dad of<br />

Nigel and Tracy, and Rob and<br />

Jan. Loved Pop of Joshua,<br />

Caitlin, and Mikayla; and<br />

Brendon.<br />

Messages to: The Johnston<br />

Family, 11Millichamp Street,<br />

Tinwald,<strong>Ashburton</strong>7700.<br />

At Clive’s request a private<br />

family servicehas been held.<br />

NICOLSON, Harvey Donald,<br />

on <strong>October</strong> 15, <strong>2020</strong>,<br />

peacefully at Tuarangi<br />

Home, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Aged 92<br />

years. Husband and friend<br />

of Margaret. Father of<br />

Donald, Kaye, and Debbie.<br />

Stepfather of Andre and<br />

Mark. Loved Grandad ofall<br />

his grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.<br />

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Some Netherby School pupils with new toothbrushes and toothpaste with The Big Grin’s<br />

(from left) Hannah Cox, Rachael Gregg and Joseph Petelo and Netherby School principal Phil<br />

Wheeler.<br />

Dentalsponsorfound<br />

Netherby School has sealeda<br />

relationship with local<br />

dentist The Big Grin and will<br />

receive annual oral hygiene<br />

educator and free<br />

toothbrushesand toothpaste.<br />

The school had been on the<br />

look out for adental sponsor<br />

for the last five years andwas<br />

delighted to pen an<br />

agreement, principal Phil<br />

Wheeler said.<br />

Family owned,<br />

locally owned<br />

He said orthodontist<br />

Joseph Petelo fromThe Big<br />

Grin and two staff members<br />

had visited the school and<br />

treatedsenior students to a<br />

fun presentationonhow to<br />

care for their teeth.<br />

He hadalsohanded over<br />

toothpasteand toothbrushes,<br />

sponsored by Colgate, to the<br />

entire school of 161 pupils.<br />

The newdentalsponsor<br />

<strong>22</strong> MooreStreet,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

0800 2636679<br />

<strong>22</strong>89133<br />

was supported by the New<br />

Zealand DentalAssociation.<br />

Mr Wheeler said the school<br />

was already awaterand<br />

Fonterra Milk School.<br />

He lookedforward to the<br />

annual get together with the<br />

dentists as it wouldprovide<br />

an important reminder to<br />

children about the<br />

importance of dentalcare in<br />

their youth.<br />

Trust support of $1.8m<br />

The Community Trust of Mid<br />

&South Canterbury<br />

distributed $1.8million to<br />

community groupsinthe last<br />

financial year, but in thelast<br />

monthofthe period, March<br />

<strong>2020</strong>, the affectsoftheCovid­<br />

19 lockdownwere startingto<br />

show.<br />

The funds distributed,<br />

return on investments anda<br />

summary of thefinancial<br />

year wasdetailed at the<br />

trust’s recent annual general<br />

meeting held in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

The return on investments<br />

decreased during lockdown<br />

and continued to do so for<br />

some months, trust chairman<br />

Nathan Millssaid.<br />

Those returns were now<br />

startingtolift,but some<br />

investmentsremained<br />

volatile duetocontinued<br />

uncertaintyintheeconomy.<br />

Thetrust had been<br />

privilegedtobeable to assist<br />

community groupsthat<br />

ranged from firsttime<br />

grantees receiving $1000<br />

throughtocommunity<br />

projects receiving $150,000,<br />

he said.<br />

The guest speaker at the<br />

annual meeting was<br />

FoodbankAotearoa chief<br />

executive John Milligan, who<br />

spoke about the evolution of<br />

Community Trust of Mid &South Canterbury chairman<br />

Nathan Mills, Foodbank Aotearoa chief executive John<br />

Milligan, and Community Trust of Mid &South Canterbury<br />

chief executive Liz Shea.<br />

FoodbankCanterbury, which<br />

acted as both acollector and<br />

distributor of excess foods<br />

from supermarkets and<br />

manufacturers to cupboards<br />

andpantries aroundthe<br />

region.<br />

FoodbankCanterburyhas<br />

recently startedoperating<br />

newmodels of distribution<br />

that use volunteers from<br />

serviceclubs to make­up and<br />

distribute care boxes that<br />

include foodand other<br />

staples.<br />

The Community Trust of<br />

Mid&South Canterbury has<br />

grantedFoodbank<br />

Canterbury $40,000 per<br />

annum for the next three<br />

yearstowards operating the<br />

Timaru hubthat assists in<br />

both Mid and South<br />

Canterbury.<br />

Line Road work<br />

The realignment of Line RoadatLauriston is<br />

now scheduled to be carried out in the New<br />

Year.<br />

The tender is beingpreparedand willbe<br />

advertised in November with work now<br />

expectedtostart in thenew year.<br />

The work will straighten out akink in the<br />

roadthat is aroad safety issue.

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Sport cafe promotes healthy choices<br />

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@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Making acuppa?Try standing<br />

on one leg while the jug is<br />

boiling.<br />

Building exercises thathelp<br />

your balance is one of the key<br />

messages in aBeActive<br />

programme under way by<br />

Sport Canterburyin<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>. The six­week<br />

programme encourages people<br />

to try different types of<br />

exercise and testtheir<br />

balance, which often<br />

diminishes with age.<br />

It will culminateinahealth<br />

café at EA NetworksCentre on<br />

November25, with presentationsbyadietitian<br />

and<br />

healthytreats to try. People<br />

who have been taking part in<br />

theprogramme are invitedto<br />

bring afriend that daytohelp<br />

sharethe importantmessages.<br />

SportCanterburyphysical<br />

health advisor Aimee Cosgrove<br />

said Mid Canterburyhad a<br />

higherincidence of falls and<br />

the programmewas also aimed<br />

at improving that.<br />

She said it was about<br />

encouraging people to be<br />

active in different ways.<br />

People could try an exercise<br />

circuit at homeinthe first<br />

week, followed by tai chi,<br />

croquet, aquafit and the gym.<br />

Then in the sixth week,<br />

Waitaha Primary Health and<br />

Presbyterian Support are<br />

involvedinpresenting the<br />

health café ,which would<br />

include some health eating tips<br />

and balancework.<br />

Dietitian Sarah McAvoy, who<br />

worksfromMid Canterbury<br />

Community House,and<br />

strength andbalance coach<br />

RebeccaLogan will be leading<br />

the presentations.<br />

Julie McDonald of Waitaha<br />

Primary Health said thehealth<br />

café was alsoachance for<br />

people who were not enrolled<br />

with aGPto find out where to<br />

signupwith one. Mid<br />

Canterbury has alot of<br />

newcomers not enrolled and<br />

people presenting to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Hospital were oftenfound to<br />

have no local GP.<br />

“The messages are about<br />

healthy eating and raising<br />

awareness of the link between<br />

healthy eating andwellbeing,<br />

but also around balance.<br />

People’s balancereduces with<br />

age and they are often not<br />

aware of it.”<br />

Aimee said balancepeaked<br />

whenaperson was 25 and<br />

people should include balance<br />

exercisesintheir regular<br />

exercise routine.<br />

Falls oftenhappened when<br />

the brain had trouble<br />

processing asuddenmovement<br />

or change, like tripping on an<br />

object;having good balance<br />

lessened the chanceofinjury.<br />

“Any sportwhereyou disrupt<br />

your balance, liketennis or<br />

netball can help.”<br />

Sport Canterbury has abig<br />

list of people who can help too.<br />

Sport Canterbury physical health advisor Aimee Cosgrove (left) and<br />

Katherine McDonnell work on their balance in asimple exercise.<br />

Revamp for playcentre playgrounds<br />

Kieran Bradley and Ben, 3,<br />

were amongst parents and<br />

helpers giving playground<br />

equipment at Playcentre<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> afacelift at the<br />

weekend.<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Rotary<br />

Club gave $1800 to the<br />

playcentre to spend on<br />

improvements to its building<br />

and grounds on the corner of<br />

Moore and Park streets.<br />

Richard Begbie Plumbing<br />

also helped fix adrain issue.<br />

Some 19 families and 24<br />

children attend the<br />

playcentre, which began in<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> in 1974.<br />

At the working bee on<br />

Saturday, parents and<br />

volunteers replaced decking<br />

on the fort and cut and nailed<br />

on new walls and aroof of the<br />

playhouse, and tackled<br />

gardening and other jobs.<br />

Parents said they were<br />

grateful for the funding boost<br />

from Rotary and it was put to<br />

good use to buy materials for<br />

the working bee.<br />

Pink shirts worn to beat bullying<br />

Globalbullyingprevention<br />

campaign Pink ShirtDay was<br />

in the spotlight around the<br />

district last Friday,including<br />

at afundraiserincentral<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Real Estate NewZealand<br />

hostedanawareness event<br />

on Burnett Street,withstaff<br />

standing outinpinkt­shirts,<br />

and selling sausages and<br />

lolliestoraise funds for the<br />

MentalHealth Foundation.<br />

The sale wassupported by<br />

local businessesNew World<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>and Netherby<br />

Butchers .<br />

Around 20,000 officialpink<br />

t­shirts were purchased to<br />

support this year’s campaign,<br />

which urges people to speak<br />

up, stand together andtostop<br />

bullying.<br />

“Bullying can impact<br />

people’s mental wellbeing,<br />

leadingtoanincrease in<br />

depression, anxiety and<br />

suicidal thoughts. We all<br />

need to take astand when we<br />

Selling sausages and lollies to raise funds for the Mental<br />

Health Foundation are Real Estate New Zealand staff (from<br />

left) Cindy Valentine, Debbie Jolly, Linda Cuthbertson, Jan<br />

Smith, Alexia Cannan and Kate Galbraith.<br />

see bullyinghappening,’’<br />

said MentalHealth<br />

Foundationchief executive<br />

ShaunRobinson.<br />

‘‘Being bullied often makes<br />

people feel alone, unseen<br />

and isolated, but standing<br />

beside them and showing<br />

support will help and make<br />

the person feel valued,’’ he<br />

said.<br />

Well known New<br />

Zealanders like Dame<br />

Valerie Adams, SirJohn<br />

Kirwin, Hilary Barry,<br />

Antonia Prebble and Suzy<br />

Cato also supported Pink<br />

Shirt Day.<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 30<br />

<strong>22</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />

Deputy Principal’s Message<br />

Farewelling and Celebrating<br />

Senior Students<br />

This term will mark the endofaraft of activities,<br />

including those associatedwith farewellstoour<br />

students who are leaving <strong>Ashburton</strong> College at<br />

the endof<strong>2020</strong>.<br />

We have our Blues and final Whole-College<br />

Assembly scheduled forTuesday 03 November,<br />

where students are recognised for their<br />

Sporting and Cultural achievements and the winning House for<strong>2020</strong>is<br />

announced.<br />

This will be followed by the Year 13 Graduation Ceremony on<br />

05 November and the combined Year 11 and 12 Prize-giving on<br />

10 November.<br />

AnnualChessboardChess Match<br />

Last week saw the annual Chess Match where Staff match upagainst<br />

the Student Executive ina‘water fight’ on the College chessboard. It<br />

is aspirited affair with the Staff dressing up in white and the Student<br />

Executiveinblack,all armed with waterguns and buckets of water.<br />

An historical match, drawn under supervision, is played onthe stage<br />

by astudent and traditionally astaff member who is leaving. This year<br />

Mary-Anne Evers, Teacher of English and Senior Dean, played that<br />

position before she leaves College at the end of the year, asshe heads<br />

to Palmerston North for2021. Jason Vannini wasMCand attempted to<br />

keep the staff and students under control. Iampleased to saythatthe<br />

weather wasfine and the Staff were the winners again.<br />

2021 Head StudentProcess<br />

We have had fifteen students put their name forward tobeconsidered<br />

as aHead student for 2021. The process of choosing the final four<br />

positions of Head Boy, Head Girl, Deputy Head Boy and Deputy Head<br />

Girlstarts with voting from their peers in Year 12, and from staff.<br />

The top eight candidates then speak at the assembly, tothe whole<br />

College, with another round of voting from all students and staff<br />

following this. These eight candidates then have an interview with the<br />

Principal, Head of School and aDeputy Principal before all information<br />

is collated, adecision made and the outcomes announced at the Year<br />

11/12 Prize-giving.<br />

Additional StudentLeadershipOpportunities<br />

There are many more leadership opportunities available for next year’s<br />

Year 13 students. Sixty six students have already indicated they wish<br />

to have aleadership role in 2021 and will attend the Leadership Camp<br />

at The MtHutt Retreat from 27-29 January 2021. It is here the Student<br />

Executive and House Captains are elected, after three days of teambuilding<br />

activities.<br />

AcknowledgementofHead Students<br />

Iwouldlike to acknowledge the wonderful work the <strong>2020</strong> Head Students<br />

–Poppy Kilworth, Henry Chapman, Maria Costas and Kyle Cabangun –<br />

have done this year and the legacytheir year group will leave, with the<br />

House flagpoles andflags –abrilliantvisual on the Chessboardtokeep<br />

the House spirit alive.<br />

Helen Shore-Taylor<br />

DeputyPrincipal •Tuarua<br />

Events<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College Year 9<br />

Academic Scholarships<br />

Criteria and application forms arenow available from<br />

your child’s school.<br />

TheClosing Date forapplications is<br />

Thursday05November <strong>2020</strong>, 3:30pm.<br />

Enquiriesand applications to be made to<br />

SheenaTyrrell,Management Administrator,<br />

Email: ts@ashcoll.school.nz<br />

Phone:308 4193, extension 812; 027247 8003.<br />

Transition DepartmentNews<br />

ReminderofScholarship Closing Dates<br />

Theclosing date forthe majorityofthe scholarships administered through<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College is tomorrow (Friday23<strong>October</strong>) 3:30pm.<br />

Safety in the Outdoors<br />

The Year 11 PED (Phys Ed) course students, during the last week of Term<br />

Three, completed their Achievement StandardonSafetyinthe Outdoors.<br />

Teacher Ron Carlson said that twenty four students headed to Peel Forest<br />

to complete alooparound the Fern WalktoAllans Track,thentothe Acland<br />

Falls beforereturning to the carparkand thevans.<br />

While conditions on the drive upwere windy, the track was very sheltered<br />

and mainly within the bushline, giving pleasant conditions for the type of<br />

activity.<br />

(Pictured above): Thegroup at the carparkprior to setting out.<br />

Information<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College<br />

BoardofTrustees<br />

Mid-Term Parent Election <strong>2020</strong><br />

NOMINATIONS ARE INVITED FOR THE ELECTION OF<br />

THREE PARENT REPRESENTATIVES FORATHREE YEAR TERM<br />

NOMINATION FORMS<br />

If youare on the College ElectoralRoll aNomination Form,Cover Letter<br />

and EligibilityCriteria, hasbeen emailed to you,<br />

and posted to those without email.<br />

Otherwise,forms maybeobtained from the <strong>Ashburton</strong>College Office<br />

or from the Returning Officeratthe College.<br />

NOMINATIONS CLOSE AT NOON, SUNDAY 01 NOVEMBER <strong>2020</strong>.<br />

Nomination formsmay be returned by hand delivery, email,post or fax.<br />

ELECTORALROLL<br />

Theelectoralroll is held at the College Office and can be viewed<br />

during normal school hours.<br />

CANDIDATES’NAMES<br />

Therewill also be alist of candidates’ names,asthey come to hand,<br />

forinspection at the College.<br />

Note: Anyone can stand forelection as aparentrepresentative.<br />

Acandidate does NOTneedtobeaparent<br />

or caregiver of astudentenrolled at school.<br />

Aperson on the electoralroll maynominate themselves.<br />

Aperson not on this roll must be nominatedbyaperson who is on the roll.<br />

Sheena Tyrrell,Returning Officer<br />

Phone: 027 247 8003; or (03) 308 4193, Ext812;<br />

Email: ts@ashcoll.school.nz<br />

Kōrari Programme -Online: forfutureTrustees<br />

NZSTAhosts aseries of Kōrarionline workshopsthroughout NewZealand to<br />

help people understand the role of school trustees and inspire them toget<br />

involved –either by standing forelection or voting in the mid-termelections.<br />

Formore information –contactNew Zealand School TrusteesAssociation<br />

on 0800 782 435.<br />

Red Carpet Evening –Tonight<br />

This evening showcases the amazing musical talent of<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

College students. Welookforward to sharing an evening of wonderful<br />

entertainment with family, whānau, friends and the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

community.<br />

Tickets: Available from the College Office plus sales at the door.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> College Music Department presents<br />

Red Carpet Evening<br />

7:00pm<br />

Thursday<strong>22</strong>nd <strong>October</strong><br />

Tickets -$15<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College Auditorium<br />

Thefocusfor thestudents wastodemonstrate safepractices in an outdoor<br />

activity. The track gave ample opportunity todemonstrate this with a<br />

mixture ofgentle rolling terrain, tosome fairly steep climbs, to anarrow<br />

track that was alittle slippery covered intree roots. Afew minor stumbles<br />

happened but there were noreal injuries and the group managed the<br />

complete loop in amuch quicker time than expected. This allowed them<br />

time to return toCollege with time tocomplete the write-up while the<br />

experience wasfresh in their minds.<br />

(Pictured left, lefttoright):<br />

Thequickest group around<br />

the circuit,<br />

William Makutu,<br />

BradleyVercoe,<br />

BenGlenie,<br />

Cole Aitken andBailey Hill.<br />

Prior to thisouting the class had completed acycle ride along the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

River Track, also with the intent of demonstrating safe practices, showing<br />

good communication and positiveteam work.<br />

Events<br />

Year 12 ScienceStudents to Antarctic Centre<br />

Outlined as a‘fantastic trip’this wasundertaken by Year 12 Science students<br />

whenthey visited the Antarctic Centre in Christchurch, towards the end of<br />

last term.<br />

Teacher Heena Shah said that Miranda Satterthwaite, awell-informed<br />

scientist,tookthem on the journey to learn aboutthe 'ExtremeEnvironment’<br />

that is the Antarctic. Students learnt a lot about the continent; the<br />

conditions;adaptation of animals;and implications of notlooking afterthis<br />

pristine environment.<br />

Attendingthepresentationwasdescribedasaprivilege,thoroughlyenjoyed<br />

by the students, aswere the Hägglund ride (the all-terrain amphibious<br />

Antarctic vehicle) and the 4Dmovie. With 3D glasses participants are<br />

‘wobbled’intheir seats,havemist and wind blownintheir faces, feel‘things’<br />

grabbing at their legsand see incredible sights on the screen.<br />

Theday’s learningdovetailed with students’current NCEA work. Following<br />

this visitstudents thencompletedtheir researchand reporting.<br />

(Pictured right): Little Blue<br />

Penguins (Kororā), New<br />

Zealand’s smallest penguin, in<br />

the Banks Peninsula naturalthemed<br />

environment at the<br />

Centre. Only rescue penguins<br />

are housed here, assessed by<br />

expert veterinarians as not<br />

having the ability to defend<br />

themselves in the outside<br />

world, due to injury or disability.<br />

These birds are then housed in<br />

sanctuaries.The Antarctic Centre<br />

has capacity to house up to<br />

twenty-six penguins.<br />

(Pictured left): Theclass<br />

group in theStorm Room,<br />

where an Antarctic Stormis<br />

simulated.<br />

(Pictured below):<br />

Noah ClementInthe model<br />

of the plane thatflies crew<br />

and materials to Antarctica.<br />

Earth Guardian Winner Weta Workshops Day<br />

forMoMeehan<br />

Reportedinanearlier newsletterwas College Year 10 student MoMeehan’s<br />

success in being named within the top ten competitors in the Weta<br />

Workshop Earth Guardian Competition.<br />

Thursday 08<strong>October</strong> became the day for the ten winners, with aparent/<br />

caregiver, to travel toWellington to spend time with Weta Workshop<br />

personnel. Thanks to the generosity ofWeta it was reported asthe most<br />

amazing and special dayfor all involved,and an opportunityfor students to<br />

mix with like-minded peers and adults.<br />

Paul Tobin and Rebecca Tisch (Art Directors) hosted the day, tours and<br />

workshops.<br />

One highlightofthe daywas averylong,shared lunch with the artists.Host<br />

of the lunch, Sir RichardTaylor warned students prior to the lunch that the<br />

artists were incredibly nervous at meeting them!<br />

Sir Richard was incredibly inspiring<br />

and motivating in his talk to the<br />

students, and Mo’s mother said the<br />

parents were alsomoved by whathe<br />

hadtosay!<br />

This wasamemorable dayfor alland<br />

one Mo will treasurefor along time.<br />

(Picturedright, leftand right):<br />

Sir RichardTaylor,founder of Weta<br />

Workshops,working with Mo.<br />

(Pictured left, leftand right):<br />

Mo talking about sketching<br />

with Gus Hunter, described<br />

by Sir RichardTaylor as ‘one of<br />

the world’sgreatest concept<br />

artists in the screen industry!’<br />

Mo’s winning graphic design<br />

is centre table

<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 30<br />

<strong>22</strong> <strong>October</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />

Congratulations<br />

Four BronzeMedals forSwimmer Hannah King<br />

Year 10 studentHannah King spentthe days of 06-10<strong>October</strong> giving her all<br />

at the New Zealand ShortCourse Swimming Championships in Hamilton.<br />

From this event Hannah (pictured below right) returned home with the<br />

outstanding achievement offour bronze medals, in the 14 Year Girls’age<br />

group.<br />

Hannah’s Bronze Medal results were:<br />

•1500m Freestyle –inatime of17:54.58,<br />

apersonal best time by 27.6s. This time<br />

placed Hannah 14th overall in the open<br />

age group.<br />

•200m Breaststroke –inatime of 2:44.88.<br />

Hannah qualified to swim in the Open C<br />

Final,placing 3rdwith a0.04s personal best<br />

time.<br />

•400m Individual Medley -in5:10.00, a<br />

personal best time by 0.83s. Inthis event<br />

Hannah qualified to swim inthe Open B<br />

Final,finishingin4th place.<br />

•100m Breaststroke –inatime of 1:18.46.<br />

NewZealand Powerlifting Title and<br />

CanterburyRecords forHenryChapman<br />

Competing at the New Zealand Powerlifting Championships in Christchurch<br />

on 08 <strong>October</strong>, College Head Boy Henry Chapman lifted his way to success<br />

in the Sub-Junior (Under 18 years)Section.<br />

Henry qualified for this event via his overall total gained atthe Canterbury<br />

Powerlifting Championships held in July. The Nationals qualifying mark of<br />

390kg was well surpassed by Henry’s overall total at the Canterbury event,<br />

of 470kg.<br />

Henry’sNew Zealand Event impressiveoutcomes were –<br />

The three disciplines ofSquat, Benchpress and Deadlift make up this<br />

competition and, as youcan see by the weights below, these aresignificant<br />

levels to lift!<br />

Henrylifted185kginthe Squat, 100kginthe Benchpress and 230kg in<br />

the Deadlifttogiveacombined totalof515kg and the Sub-Junior title.<br />

TwoNew CanterburyRecords<br />

201kg was the previous Canterbury Deadlift record, which Henry has now<br />

re-written by abig margin with his 230kg lift; while he raised the Squat<br />

record by 5kg,from180kg to 185kg.<br />

Looking Ahead<br />

The next competition for Henry is the Raw Cup Competition on 12 December<br />

which, as Henry said, is another opportunity to increase his totals. On his<br />

horizon is a next step of lifts sufficient to get selected into a New Zealand<br />

team tocompeteatWorldChampionships.<br />

In the meantime it’s continuing his five days aweek training programme,<br />

through <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Snap Fitness 24-7 Gym. Henry iscoached by former<br />

student SamBubb.<br />

Coming Events<br />

<strong>October</strong><br />

23 Year 11 OUE Mountain Biking,<strong>Ashburton</strong>River Track<br />

Year 9Y Innovation Class –<strong>Ashburton</strong>River Trail<br />

26 Labour DayPublic Holiday<br />

28 ACAD2 Tractors Day2,Year 12 ACAD Group 2,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Showgrounds<br />

29 Year 13 PED Golf assessment<br />

Year 11 Japanese class,Koji Japanese Restaurantvisit,<br />

Creek Road,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

30 Mustang CarClub visit –Chessboard, lunchtime<br />

Year 11 OUE Mountain Biking,<strong>Ashburton</strong>River track<br />

Year 12/13 Japanese class,Koji Japanese Restaurantvisit,<br />

Creek Road,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

November<br />

03 Final whole-College Assembly,Chessboard, 11:25am<br />

04 Year 9Attitude programme,atCollege<br />

Year 10 Attitude programme,atCollege<br />

05 Year 13 last dayofclasses<br />

Year 13 Graduation Ceremony, <strong>Ashburton</strong>TrustEvent Centre,<br />

7:30pm<br />

08 MidCanterburyCombined Cricket, Willows<br />

09-12 SADD (Students Against DestructiveDecisions) Week<br />

10 Year 11 and Year 12 last dayofclasses<br />

Year 11 and Year 12 Prize-giving,EANetworksCentre, 7:00pm<br />

13 CanterburyAnniversaryDay,Public Holiday<br />

16 Year 92021 Scholarship exams,atCollege,9:00am-11:15am<br />

16-20 Aoraki Junior Sports Week,various venues<br />

16-09 Dec NZQA Exams<br />

Term Dates2021 –<br />

Term One Thursday 04 February (Years 9and 13)<br />

Friday05February (Years10and 12)<br />

Tuesday09February (Year 11) - Friday16April<br />

Term Two Monday03May -Friday09July<br />

Term ThreeMonday26July -Friday01<strong>October</strong><br />

Term Four Monday18<strong>October</strong> - Thursday 28 <strong>October</strong> (Year 13)<br />

-Tuesday 02 November (Years 11/12)<br />

-Thursday09December(Year 10)<br />

-Friday10December (Year 9)<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College Smallbore Rifle Team Continue Successes<br />

Nina McKenzie, for the College team, advised that the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

College Smallbore Rifle Team of Emma Smith, Charlotte McKenzie and<br />

Shania Harrison-Lee (Captain) (pictured below, left toright) on Sunday<br />

27 September atthe start ofthe school holiday period, took on the best<br />

shooters in New Zealand. The team was competing in the New Zealand<br />

Inter-Secondary Schools’ national ‘shoulder-to-shoulder’ (meaning inperson,<br />

as opposed to apostal shoot) match.<br />

For the first year ever this was not able to be run inone location, and so<br />

wasinstead run in‘livetime’ineightvenues across New Zealand,four in the<br />

North Island and four in the South, with Mid Canterbury host for both the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College and Mt Hutt College teams.<br />

The format for the match had each shooter in the team shooting 3x10<br />

shot matches and, with one member per team shooting each round, the<br />

results aredesigned to accumulate, thus the eventgets moreexciting,with<br />

pressure, as it progresses. Target Shooting New Zealand ranswift feedback<br />

through their Website and Zoom, to keep everyone up to date, and keep<br />

the tension on!<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> College started strongly, holding aslender lead after the first<br />

full round and, atthe two-thirds mark were still in front. There was alot of<br />

nervous chatter and refreshing of internet pages, asthe announcement of<br />

the final results were pending.<br />

Results<br />

The College team finished, however, as Runner-Up Champions to<br />

Palmerston North Girls’High School, who put together aslightly stronger<br />

last round. Palmerston North’s total scorewas 877.42, 2.02 points ahead of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> College on 875.40 points. This epitomised the on-going strong<br />

team and individual competition between these two schools. <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

College was13.06 pointsclear of third-placed OnslowCollege.<br />

Shania Harrison-Lee was top-equal scorer forthe match.<br />

Although alittle disappointedtonot go one better,the College team’s score<br />

was 9points better than their 2019 score, and would have been awinning<br />

scoreinmanyother years.<br />

With twenty six schools competing from around New Zealand,the team has<br />

everyrighttobeveryproud of their outcomes.<br />

Target Shooting NewZealand –Indoor PostalCompetition<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> College students are tothe fore again having competed in this<br />

competition, representing their clubs Coronation and Phoenix respectively.<br />

This is acompetition separatetoall previous competitions reportedon, and<br />

is anational competition competed foracross all age groups and therefore<br />

representative of clubs and associations rather than secondary-school<br />

based.<br />

Shania Harrison-Lee said thatthese individual postals were shot throughout<br />

the indoor season and saw (pictured below, left toright) Jack Jones<br />

(Coronation), Shania Harrison-Lee (Phoenix), Madi Tourle (Phoenix) and<br />

CharlotteMcKenzie (Coronation) gaining medals in their grades.<br />

Results<br />

Shania Harrison-Lee competed in the Individual Master, Women’s and<br />

Junior Grades and Master Aggregate.<br />

Held in Timaru at the Trust Aoraki Tennis Centre,<br />

over the days of 04-07 <strong>October</strong>, the region’s<br />

best young tennis players competed against<br />

the crème de la crème of the country. Tennis<br />

South Canterbury Administrator Mandy Gillies<br />

said the New Zealand Tennis sanctioned Tier 2<br />

tournament attracted 150 entrants, competing<br />

in the categories of 12 years and under,14years<br />

and under and 16 years and under.<br />

South Island Secondary Schools’TeamSelection for<br />

North vSouth Competition<br />

From these results all three girls were selected into the South Island<br />

Secondary Schools’team,totake on the NorthIslandteam.<br />

After afurther 2x10 shot matches, our girls were the top three within the<br />

10-person South Islandteam. Unfortunately,the NorthIslandgot away with<br />

awin in this match, 1944.92 points to 1925.61.<br />

TopStudent<br />

ShaniaHarrison-Lee took the honours of beingTop Studentfor theSouth<br />

Islandteam (on199.13 and1.02 points behind the NorthIslandtop scorer),<br />

against some trulyimpressive secondaryshooting.<br />

NewZealand Secondary Schools’TeamSelection<br />

These combined scores were used as the selection match for the New<br />

Zealand Secondary Schools’ team.<br />

Huge accolades go to Shania Harrison-Lee (named asCaptain) and<br />

Charlotte McKenzie who were selected for the New Zealand team, with<br />

Emma Smith unfortunate tomiss selection by avery small margin. It must<br />

be noted that this is Charlotte’s first selection at this level, which is very<br />

exciting forher and forthe futureofCollege team shooting.<br />

This New Zealand Schools’ team then went on to shoot inapostal match<br />

against the Great British Schools’ team, posting top scoring results, which<br />

they can be really proud of. Shania and Charlotte both posted 199 points<br />

from the possible 200, sitting second equal onthe team’s table, with Briar<br />

Summerhays from Palmerston North Girls’High School scoring the perfect<br />

200.<br />

Certainly, throughout the season, <strong>Ashburton</strong> College’s name has been<br />

either at the top, or very near thetop,ofmost lists.<br />

(Pictured left):<br />

CharlotteMcKenzie,<br />

newlyselected to the<br />

New Zealandteam.<br />

(Pictured right): Shania Harrison-Lee,<br />

selected again to the NewZealand<br />

team,asCaptain.<br />

South CanterburyJunior Spring Open Tennis Championships<br />

Acknowledgment<br />

As Year 13 students this completes schools’shootingfor both Emma Smith<br />

and Shania Harrison-Lee. They have been excellent team members,<br />

exceptional ambassadors for the sport and their school, and very<br />

encouraging of up andcoming shooters.<br />

We also thank Team Manager, and former College staff member,<br />

Bryan Hunter for all of his hours and work with the team. We are told he<br />

wasaveryproud Manager!<br />

Shania’s placings,winning medals andbadges for all, were -<br />

• 1st Master Individual with ascore of 595.44,<br />

• 2nd Junior with ascore of 297.<strong>22</strong>,<br />

• 2nd Women’s with ascore of 297.20,<br />

• 4th Master Season Aggregate.<br />

Charlotte McKenzie, entered inthe BGrade Individual Championship,<br />

placed second with ascore of 591.37.<br />

This is described as an incredible achievement for aBGrade shooter, asit<br />

averaged to above 98 scores on each card.<br />

Jack Jones was entered in the CGrade Individual Championship and<br />

placed 1st in New Zealand, with ascore of 291.11 and his closest rival a<br />

whole 4.4 points behind him.<br />

Madi Tourle wasentered in the DGrade Individual Championships and also<br />

placed 1st with ascore of 290.9, narrowly ahead of the second place-getter<br />

on 289.7.<br />

This too was aworthy achievement asDGraders are classified atthe<br />

beginning of the season as having averages under 89.99 and, inthis<br />

Championship,Madi averaged with 96.67, six points above her grade!<br />

These <strong>Ashburton</strong> College students have had aphenomenal shooting year,<br />

competing both for <strong>Ashburton</strong> College and on aNational Graded scale<br />

representing their Association Target Shooting Mid Canterbury and we are<br />

very proud of all of their accomplishments.<br />

Special mention is given toCharlotte McKenzie for her first New Zealand<br />

Representation at the NewZealand SecondarySchools’Shooting Nationals<br />

which washeld the first weekend of the school holidays.<br />

Winners of Under 16 Doubles<br />

14 year old Year 10 College student Ollie Bubb<br />

(pictured left), with Pavle Filipovic (pictured right),his<br />

tennis partner from Christchurch.<br />

Ollie and Pavle were top seeds for this competition,<br />

and certainlyjustified this ranking.

NEWS<br />

14 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Community halls funding loss<br />

An <strong>Ashburton</strong>District<br />

Councillor says it waswrong for<br />

council nottotell all<br />

community halls in thedistrict<br />

about aspecial government<br />

fund they could apply to, even if<br />

there was only afive­day<br />

window to do so.<br />

Council appliedfor funds to<br />

repair fourmemorial halls and<br />

the town’s cenotaph and<br />

received $181,000.<br />

Those halls are owned by<br />

council.<br />

Cr Stuart Wilsonsaidother<br />

halls and community facilities,<br />

like the HindsCommunity Hall,<br />

were not alertedtothe<br />

opportunity and askedfor a<br />

please explain.<br />

Chief executive Hamish<br />

Riach said staff only had five<br />

daystoget their application in<br />

and they applied for fundsfor<br />

the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, Mt<br />

SomersWar Memorial Hall,<br />

Seafield Hall andfor the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> war memorial and<br />

cenotaph.<br />

Mt Huttfunding was for new<br />

seats for the upperlevel of the<br />

White Ribbon campaign raises<br />

awareness on domestic violence<br />

The White Ribbon campaignin<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> this yearkicksoff<br />

with aquiz nightonNovember<br />

20 andwill be followedbya<br />

workplace awareness initiative<br />

and positive messages spread<br />

by White Ribbon ambassadors.<br />

WhiteRibbon is anational<br />

campaign thataimstoend<br />

violence towardswomenby<br />

encouragingmen toleadby<br />

exampleand to talk to other<br />

men.<br />

It hasbeenheld in<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>for adozen or more<br />

years and helped raise<br />

awareness aroundthe<br />

increasing issueofdomestic<br />

violence, said co­ordinator<br />

Anna Arrowsmith.<br />

WhiteRibbon traditionally<br />

started with thefundraising<br />

quiznight, which was a<br />

popularsocialevent.<br />

Stuart Wilson<br />

hall and anew generator,Mt<br />

Somers will use themoneyon<br />

maintenance and upgrades<br />

andSeafieldwill use$21,000 to<br />

reclad thebuilding.<br />

Mr Riach saidthe facilities<br />

were allcouncil­owned while<br />

other halls were runby<br />

committees, whichmight have<br />

found the timeframetoo tight<br />

to getquotesand complete<br />

requireddocumentation.<br />

‘‘You don’t know that,’’ Cr<br />

Wilson responded.<br />

‘‘You could have sent an<br />

Anna Arrowsmith<br />

More than 20 teams had<br />

already signed up,but there<br />

wasstill room for more.<br />

On the sameday as the quiz,<br />

morning tea packs that<br />

included tea, coffee, biscuits<br />

Council­owned Mt Somers War Memorial Hall got funding for<br />

maintenance and upgrades.<br />

email to councillorstosee if<br />

anyone in their localareahad<br />

aproject that met the<br />

conditions.<br />

‘‘Itwas aclosedshop for<br />

council staff to spendhow they<br />

decidedand therestofthe<br />

and mugs, and arangeof<br />

information wouldbe<br />

distributedtomale­dominated<br />

businesses to encourage<br />

conversations andtospread<br />

positive messagesinthe<br />

workplace.<br />

‘‘Overthe years more local<br />

businesses have becomemore<br />

receptive tothisinitiative and<br />

they havereally got behindit,’’<br />

MrsArrowsmith said.<br />

Around80businesseswill<br />

receive packs this year.<br />

Thecampaign willalso<br />

feature thesupport andvoice<br />

of localWhite Ribbon<br />

ambassadorsPeter Melrose,<br />

EvansChibanguza andAndrew<br />

Shepherd.<br />

Becauseofthe uncertainty<br />

around covid there will be no<br />

visitfrom atouring groupof<br />

motorcycliststhis year.<br />

district had no idea.’’<br />

Mr Riach saidcouncil staff<br />

were trying to respond<br />

quickly to ashort deadline.<br />

‘‘But we takeyourpoint,<br />

therecould havebeensome<br />

reaching out earlier on.’’<br />

The bikersusually visit<br />

schools and othervenues<br />

duringaroadtrip to support<br />

the campaign.<br />

Another casualty of the<br />

current uncertainclimate is<br />

the White Ribbon family fun<br />

day, usually held near the<br />

paddling poolareaofthe<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Domain.<br />

Mrs Arrowsmith said both<br />

eventswould returnnext<br />

year.<br />

There was plenty<br />

information on the campaign<br />

forall family membersatthe<br />

Safe Families<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Facebook page, she said.<br />

Anyone interested in<br />

entering ateaminthe quiz<br />

night can emailto<br />

anna@saferashburton.org.<br />

nz or call Safer Mid<br />

Canterbury on 3081395.<br />

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EA Networks haslaunchedanew<br />

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swimmingprogrammefor babies<br />

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Splashers, the programme is<br />

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confidence and enjoyment, along<br />

withsensory elements to<br />

encourage more infants intothe<br />

water. Thefirstsessionhad 12<br />

attendees.<br />

CASUALHOOPS<br />

A3x3 basketball competitionto<br />

catertocasualbasketballers willbe<br />

runat theEANetworks Centre in<br />

termfour,following ariseinthe<br />

numberofcasual usersshooting<br />

hoops on the basketball courtspost<br />

lockdown. Centrestaff sayitisa<br />

keyopportunitytodirectly engage<br />

withusers and create an enjoyable<br />

environment for the sport.<br />

MOVIEMUMS<br />

TheRegent Cinemaisbringing<br />

backMumsand Bubssessions,<br />

with BabyDone thefirst movieto<br />

be screenedon<strong>October</strong>27at<br />

10am. For Mums (and Dads) and<br />

Bubs screenings, cinema lights are<br />

on low and the volume is down,<br />

making life aseasy as possibleto<br />

watchamoviewithwee ones.<br />

Tickets arealso at kids’ prices.<br />

REELLIFE<br />

The<strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum is<br />

currentlyrunningmovie footageof<br />

thelastfilm night, the last singalong<br />

and thedemolition of the Regent<br />

Theatre in 2006. The movie ispart<br />

of an exhibition called ReelLifeof<br />

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nostalgia, as anumber of wellknownidentities<br />

taking part have<br />

passed in the pastyear.There are<br />

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the Murney Room.<br />

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Performers aresought for<br />

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All Fed Up ready to serve<br />

Large or small, in ahome,<br />

marqueeorhall,All Fed Up<br />

can cater forany occasion.<br />

Owner Dan Lysaght says now<br />

is thetime to be making<br />

bookings for theapproaching<br />

end­of­yearfunctions.<br />

AllFed Up is aone­stop<br />

shopfor any catering,<br />

providing not onlythe food<br />

but all the crockery, cutlery,<br />

serving utensils and<br />

condiments.<br />

‘‘The client only hastolook<br />

afterthe drinks andwe’ll<br />

bringeverythingelse,’’ Dan<br />

says.<br />

All Fed Up will caterfor<br />

small groupsrightthrough to<br />

agatheringofaround400<br />

people.<br />

There is plentyofflexibility<br />

whenchoosing amenu,but<br />

Danfinds most functions near<br />

Christmasfavour the<br />

traditional Christmas menu<br />

of hot ham, turkey,saladsand<br />

breads.This isusually<br />

followedbyarichplum<br />

puddingand the NZ<br />

favourite, pavlova and fruit<br />

salad.<br />

Costs arereasonableand<br />

are charged on aper head<br />

basis.<br />

One of the greatestbenefits<br />

is that All FedUpcan cometo<br />

you,anywhere in the district<br />

and even further afield, and<br />

at atimetosuit whetheritbe<br />

breakfast, lunchordinner.<br />

Thevenues maychange but<br />

the quality of the food is<br />

consistently high.<br />

Give Dan acall on 03 307<br />

<strong>22</strong>78or027 432 6047 to book<br />

All FedUp’s professional<br />

caterers.<br />

Variety at <strong>Ashburton</strong> RSA<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> RSAinCox<br />

Street offers many services,<br />

not the leastofwhichisits<br />

functionroom and catering<br />

service.<br />

TheLinton Lounge ­named<br />

after former member Doris<br />

Linton ­isagreatvenuefor<br />

specialoccasions.<br />

It can seataround110<br />

people,making it aversatile<br />

venue for manyfunctions<br />

suchasweddings, birthdays,<br />

anniversaries, reunions,<br />

corporate functions,club<br />

meetings,end­of­year<br />

functions, staff functions and<br />

specialevents.<br />

The lounge, with its<br />

separateentrancefrom the<br />

mainclub area, can be a<br />

private venueatthe rearof<br />

the building, and there is<br />

ample off­streetparking<br />

available.<br />

The separate bar in the<br />

lounge is veryconvenient,<br />

and drinksare available at<br />

club barprices.<br />

Catering is always<br />

important at any function, but<br />

especially thosespecial<br />

events.<br />

The club’s restaurant,<br />

Jackson’s Bistro, also caters<br />

for functionsatthe club.<br />

Christmas choice at<br />

the Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Looking for that special<br />

place for your Christmas<br />

celebrations? Then the<br />

Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong> can spoil<br />

you with choice.<br />

With arange of venueand<br />

menu options, the Hotel<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> can host bookings<br />

of any size up to 400 people.<br />

Options include apoolside<br />

or garden barbecue, dining<br />

in theClearwater<br />

Restaurantfromana­lacartemenu<br />

or Christmas<br />

menus, enjoying aChristmas<br />

functionbuffetcreatedfor<br />

your group andofcourse,the<br />

hotel’s spectacular<br />

Christmas Day Buffet for<br />

which bookings are<br />

essential.<br />

The Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong> also<br />

While openfor lunchinthe<br />

club on Wednesdays, and<br />

meals on Thursday and<br />

Saturdayevenings, the<br />

restaurant can stilloffer great<br />

meals and service for<br />

functions.<br />

Menus can be created to<br />

suit the client’schoice or the<br />

set menu or smorgasbord can<br />

be used.<br />

Clients arewelcome to<br />

decorate the lounge for the<br />

event.<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong>RSA also<br />

operates acourtesyvan on<br />

Thursdays and Saturdays<br />

from 4pm.<br />

offers off­site catering,<br />

perfect forthat after­work<br />

celebration or gathering of<br />

friends andfamilyathome.<br />

All menus can be viewed<br />

on the Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

websiteorcalland staffwill<br />

help youmakeyour<br />

Christmas evenmore<br />

special.<br />

Phone (03) 307­8887.<br />

Mobile Catering<br />

at its bests<br />

Celebrate<br />

Call Dan and Heather Lysaght at<br />

“All Fed Up” ”todiscuss your<br />

planned event and the menu<br />

options available.<br />

at the Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Function Room availablefor weddings,birthdays,<br />

anniversaries etc, with catering available<br />

BISTROOPEN THURSDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS<br />

Courtesy van runs every<br />

Thursday, Friday and<br />

Saturday from 4pm<br />

12-14 Cox Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone 308 7175<br />

Members, guests and affiliates all welcome<br />

23<strong>22</strong>807<br />

2324786<br />

Weddings, 21sts, Reunions,<br />

Meetings, Birthdays<br />

&anyoccasion& -<br />

will tailor-make amenu to suit.<br />

Great Service<br />

Great Food!<br />

Phone/Fax (03) 307 <strong>22</strong>78<br />

Dan 0274 326 047<br />

Email: danlysaght747@gmail.com<br />

www.allfedup.co.nz<br />

Christmas Day Buffet Lunch<br />

Be spoilt for choice from our buffet<br />

of hot dishes, cold meats,<br />

seafood selection,<br />

carvery &decadent dessert.<br />

sert.<br />

Adults $95, Seniors $88.<br />

Children (6-12 years) $35,<br />

Children (5 & under) Free<br />

Bookings essential.<br />

Full payment required by 18th Dec<br />

to confirm table ph: (03) 307 - 8887<br />

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$25,000 boost<br />

for our St John<br />

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17<br />

The St John <strong>Ashburton</strong> garden<br />

fete, held in thesprawling,<br />

picturesque grounds of Rakaia<br />

Gardens, raised around$25,000<br />

for thedistrict’s operation.<br />

St John runs anumberof<br />

community health initiativesalong<br />

with the ambulance<br />

service in the district ­and had<br />

planned anumberof<br />

fundraising projects to boost<br />

the coffers.<br />

Thefete,with morethan70<br />

stallholders selling food,<br />

clothing, jewellery,beauty<br />

products and household goods,<br />

giftwareand plantsdrew a<br />

steady stream of people. Many<br />

from outsidethe district.<br />

St John <strong>Ashburton</strong>executive<br />

officer Elaine Vallenderwas<br />

blownaway by thesupport of<br />

the community not just those<br />

who attendedorhad stalls, but<br />

Rakaia Lions Club members<br />

who werebusy on thegate,<br />

businesseswho donated prizes<br />

for raffles and garden owners<br />

Sue and Ted Rollinson who<br />

went all outtohave the garden<br />

looking magnificent.<br />

‘‘Weare very, very pleased,’’<br />

Mrs Vallender said.<br />

Thegardenslooked<br />

wonderful and the Rollinsons<br />

even took earlymorning coffee<br />

out to the stallholders,she said.<br />

‘‘Weare thrilledwiththe<br />

support from the local Mid<br />

Canterbury community,bothin<br />

attending the fete and<br />

donations from local<br />

businesses ... we areover the<br />

moon.’’ It included a‘‘very<br />

generous donation of $5000<br />

from the Rakaia Lions’’.<br />

‘‘Weare indebted to Sue and<br />

Ted Rollinson for sharing their<br />

beautiful gardens with us and<br />

allowing us to take over,’’ she<br />

said.<br />

‘‘It was agreat team effort ...<br />

there wasgreat supportfrom<br />

many other people.’’<br />

Mrs Vallender andStJohn<br />

administratorSherry Wootton<br />

put inmanyhours as eventcoordinators<br />

at the very busy,fun<br />

and worthwhileevent.<br />

St John administrator Sherry Wootton and executive officer<br />

Elaine Vallender take abreather during the fete.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Donna Hartnett, Sue Stoddart and Kathryn Stoddart with Geraldine’s Rhonda Worner<br />

and Pam Nolan enjoying aspot of lunch during the fete at Rakaia Gardens.<br />

Heneghan siblings Abbie, 8, Conor, 12, Richie, 6and Ivan, 10,<br />

enjoying supporting stallholders and St John during the garden<br />

fete.<br />

Giant rainwater tanks filling up<br />

Contractors have been busy this week laying pipes for irrigation<br />

around the outside of EA Networks Centre. The irrigation system will<br />

use rainwater collected from the centre’s massive roof and pump it to<br />

gardens and grass around the facility. Centre manager Richard Wood<br />

is standing beside one of the two big tanks that collectively hold<br />

about 60,000 litres of rainwater already harvested. Once the irrigation<br />

system is installed, the centre will increase its holding capacity to<br />

85,000 litres.<br />

Rural water safety focus<br />

Water safetyaroundfarm ponds<br />

and races will be the subject of a<br />

specialweekofswimming<br />

lessons at EA NetworksCentre<br />

nextmonth.<br />

The ‘‘farming­themed’’ week in<br />

mid­Novemberistimed to<br />

coincidewiththe onset of<br />

warmerweather whenmore<br />

peoplewill be out andabout near<br />

irrigation pondsand races.<br />

Centre manager RichardWood<br />

said the week would focuson<br />

heavy water and equip swim<br />

school students with the skills to<br />

be safe aroundthose bodies of<br />

water.<br />

Another week towards the end<br />

of term would have aChristmas<br />

theme.<br />

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Legacy trophy in memory<br />

of group member Donald<br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

IN BRIEF<br />

PRIZEGIVINGS<br />

Onehundredcarpet tiles will be laid on the floor<br />

of the EA Networks Centre when <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Borough School and<strong>Ashburton</strong> College hold<br />

prizegivings in the stadium later this year. A<br />

combinedYear 11 and 12 prizegivingwill be<br />

held there on November10while Borough’s<br />

event will be on December14.<br />

The first recipient of a<br />

legacy trophy establishedto<br />

remember thelate Donald<br />

Gundryand to acknowledge<br />

achievement and<br />

participation has been<br />

awarded by the<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Mackenzie Community<br />

Group.<br />

The award and certificate<br />

was presented to Donald<br />

Weir on Monday at a<br />

gathering of the group at its<br />

base in the Doris Linton<br />

Lounge at the RSA.<br />

Group supervisor Lynda<br />

Tayles said themonetary<br />

legacy had been generously<br />

donated by the Gundry<br />

family andwould be<br />

presented annually to a<br />

member whohad achieved<br />

in the group setting or in<br />

their private lives.<br />

Shesaid the<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Mackenzie Community<br />

Group had been established<br />

nearly 30 years ago to teach<br />

social skills, build self<br />

esteem andtohelpits<br />

special needs members<br />

achieve.<br />

The late Donald Gundry<br />

had been amember for many<br />

years before his death five<br />

years ago.<br />

‘‘Donald was my side kick<br />

At the handing over of the first Donald Gundry legacy trophy on Monday were (from left)<br />

Tom Gundry, Margaret Gundry, RSA president Merv Brenton, Donald Weir, Mr Weir’s sister<br />

Ann Lusk and <strong>Ashburton</strong> Mackenzie Community Group president Colleen Inwood.<br />

and my right hand man for a<br />

while.<br />

‘‘Hehad asense of what<br />

needed doing and was a<br />

keen volunteerand potato<br />

helper at the Plains.’’<br />

MrsTayles said Donald<br />

Weir was aworthyrecipient<br />

of thelegacy trophy.<br />

He had been adedicated<br />

groupmember andactive<br />

participant for anumber of<br />

years.<br />

Anumber of groups<br />

support the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Mackenzie Community<br />

Group includingCOGS, the<br />

Lion Foundation, Rotary<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Lotteries<br />

Commission, <strong>Ashburton</strong> RSA<br />

and Beckley Coachlines.<br />

AUSSIE STONE<br />

Sandstonefrom Australia has been sourced for<br />

the renovation work on theflagpoles at Baring<br />

SquareWest. Some$40,000 fromthe Provincial<br />

Growth Fund has beenallocated for the work.<br />

The sandstone is being cutinAustralia and will<br />

be shipped to New Zealandand used to replace<br />

the existing stoneblocksonthe flagpole<br />

structures.The standstoneisbeingsourced<br />

from the sameplaceasthe originalstone.<br />

BINGO NIGHT<br />

The Mt Somers andStaveley Playcentreis<br />

looking to bringthe community together for a<br />

nightofbingo, comedy and fun nextmonth.<br />

Theyare hosting Etheland Bethel,the Bingo<br />

Babes, at the Mt SomersMemorialHall on<br />

November 7. Theevening includesoptional<br />

fancydress,with people encouragedtocome<br />

dressed in their best ‘‘retirement’’ clothing.<br />

Doors open at 7pm and tickets costing$25. For<br />

tickets call Bec on 027469 4894.<br />

FRIGHT NIGHT<br />

Students from BigLittle Theatre Company<br />

(BLTC)are lining up asomefrightnight fun on<br />

<strong>October</strong> 31.<br />

TheHalloweenevent will be held at the Plains<br />

Museum and the young BLTCactors willdress<br />

up as scary characters. Junior entry is $5 and<br />

the fright experience runsfrom6pm until 8.30pm<br />

for childrenonly. Adult entry is $10 and they are<br />

invited to enter the complex from8pm until 10pm<br />

and requested to bring atorch.<br />

Therewill alsobeasausage sizzleand cash<br />

only at the family-friendly event.<br />

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With the new spike and sunscreen are (from left )Cancer Society health promoter Mandy Casey,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> College sports committee members Cat Anderson and Kotiti Patea, and college sports<br />

co­ordinator Darion Gray.<br />

Staying safe in the sun<br />

Asunscreen spike, supply of<br />

cream and advice on UV has<br />

been given to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Collegebythe Mid<br />

Canterbury Cancer Society.<br />

This weekisMelanoma<br />

Awareness Week and Cancer<br />

Societyhealth promoter<br />

Mandy Casey visited the<br />

college to hand over the items<br />

to <strong>Ashburton</strong> College sports<br />

committee members Kotiti<br />

Patea and Cat Anderson.<br />

She shared afew facts on<br />

UV and melanoma with the<br />

pair andwithcollegesports<br />

co­ordinator Darion Gray.<br />

MrsCaseysaid 4000 people<br />

arediagnosedwith melanoma<br />

in New Zealand every year<br />

andmelanoma accounted for<br />

nearly 80 per cent of all skin<br />

cancer deaths.<br />

Anyonecould develop skin<br />

cancer and skin damage at a<br />

young agecould increase the<br />

riskof melanoma later in life.<br />

Mrs Casey said puttingon<br />

sunscreen helped protect the<br />

skin, as did wearing<br />

sunglasses and ahat, and<br />

seeking shade at the sunniest<br />

times of the day.<br />

The donated spike and<br />

sunscreen will be brought out<br />

forcollegeevents and will<br />

also be taken awayoncamps,<br />

excursionsand sports trips.<br />

Similarspikes have been<br />

donated by the CancerSociety<br />

to schools and groupsaround<br />

thedistrict.<br />

NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Painter strikes<br />

gold at nationals<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> painting and<br />

decorating business, The<br />

Finishing Company, has been<br />

recognised forthe quality of its<br />

work at the Master Painters <strong>2020</strong><br />

Workmanship Awards.<br />

Held in Rotorua over the<br />

weekend, the national awards<br />

acknowledged quality<br />

workmanship across anumber<br />

of categories.<br />

TheFinishing Company won a<br />

highly achieved award in<br />

residential wallpapering and<br />

gold awards for character home<br />

repainting, character homerewallpapering,<br />

new residence<br />

interiorover$25,000, new<br />

residence exteriorover $25,000.<br />

It was theoverall winner of<br />

the new residenceexteriorover<br />

$25,000category.<br />

OwnerCraig Bishop saidhe<br />

was stoked to be among the<br />

winnersatthe national<br />

competition.<br />

It was the firsttime the<br />

company had entered and<br />

winning showedhehad good<br />

staffworking for himand was<br />

doing the right things in his<br />

One year down;<br />

racing into 2021<br />

If you’ve got the feeling <strong>2020</strong> has<br />

had alead foot these last few<br />

months, you’re not alone: we<br />

seem to have entered the tailend<br />

of the year at pace.<br />

For council, this month<br />

represents one year since our<br />

new term of council was sworn<br />

in.<br />

We are asmaller team than<br />

previous ones, but from my<br />

observations we have been an<br />

effective and engaged group<br />

around the table and agreat deal<br />

has been accomplished or<br />

progressed so far.<br />

Even with the disruptions and<br />

uncertainty everyone around the<br />

country faced through the<br />

lockdowns, Iwas impressed with<br />

the way our team of elected<br />

members adapted and got on<br />

with the job at hand, and the can<br />

do response from staff to keep<br />

our core services operating for<br />

residents.<br />

Ithought that the council’s<br />

response was very much<br />

reflected in the fantastic<br />

attitude Mid Canterbury as a<br />

whole displayed and Ican’t<br />

commend our residents enough<br />

for what they did during those<br />

times.<br />

When we consider other<br />

aspects of the last 12 months,<br />

there have been anumber of<br />

projects ticked off or<br />

progressed.<br />

The revitalisation to the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> town centre<br />

streetscape got under way and<br />

while it has undoubtedly<br />

resulted in some disruptions, it<br />

really is making abig difference<br />

to the look and feel of the CBD.<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> River Crossing<br />

and Pump Station Project is not<br />

far off completion. After kicking<br />

off in November last year, the<br />

entire 500m of pipeline has been<br />

installed across the river and a<br />

further 170m has been installed<br />

to connect to the existing<br />

infrastructure.<br />

Two major roading contracts<br />

for the maintenance and<br />

resealing of our roads were<br />

27<br />

The Finishing Company owner<br />

Craig Bishop during awards at<br />

the national master painters<br />

event.<br />

business.<br />

The companywon its awards<br />

for workonanew build on<br />

RacecourseRoad, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

andacharacter villa<br />

restoration at Hororata,said Mr<br />

Bishop.<br />

The Finishing Company has a<br />

staff of 11 andhas operatedin<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> since 2001.<br />

evaluated and awarded, and<br />

these are due to start in<br />

November and December.<br />

The new <strong>Ashburton</strong> library<br />

and civic venture project took<br />

major strides forward, with<br />

detailed designs signed off in<br />

August. The procurement plan<br />

was approved earlier this month<br />

and now we are seeking tenders<br />

for the construction of the<br />

facility. After many years of<br />

consultation and planning, it is<br />

very exciting to have reached<br />

this crucial point.<br />

It has been abig year too for<br />

consultation and we’ve received<br />

great feedback from residents<br />

across the board. We have<br />

sought input from the<br />

community on everything from<br />

the draft <strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain<br />

Development Plan, Speed Limit<br />

Review, Baring Square East<br />

Rejuvenation and Revenue and<br />

Financing Policy right through<br />

to the Development and<br />

Financial Contributions Policy,<br />

Rates Remission Policy and the<br />

Our Place, Our Plan Long Term<br />

Plan survey.<br />

But <strong>2020</strong> isn’t over yet, and<br />

while our first year of the<br />

council term has been<br />

exceptionally busy especially<br />

given the complications of<br />

Covid­19, we still have plenty<br />

ahead of us. Notably, the<br />

awarding of the library and civic<br />

centre construction contract,<br />

further progress on developing<br />

the draft 2021­31 Long Term<br />

Plan and the draft Walking and<br />

Cycling Strategy.<br />

Ihope you have awonderful<br />

and refreshing long weekend,<br />

and whatever your plans, stay<br />

safe and enjoy yourself.

RURAL<br />

28 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

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Farmers sheltering NZ from covid world<br />

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GettingNewZealand focusing<br />

on apost­covid economy needs<br />

to happen soon, Federated<br />

Farmers Mid Canterbury<br />

provincial president David<br />

Clark says.<br />

Mr Clark, an arable farmer<br />

fromValetta, saidthe sizable<br />

swing to Labour this election<br />

was always going to be acovid<br />

election.<br />

People were scared of Covid­<br />

19 and being able to close<br />

borders gave us an advantageto<br />

fightit, he said.<br />

“Butitain’t over, it’s just<br />

beginning.”<br />

Mr Clark was concerned<br />

there didn’t seem to be aplan to<br />

integrateNew<br />

Zealand into the<br />

rest of theworld.<br />

Or consideration<br />

givento longterm<br />

needs such as<br />

getting enough<br />

seasonal workers<br />

in the country to<br />

pick the national<br />

fruit crop, which<br />

may be “laid to<br />

waste”asaresult. David Clark<br />

“As of now we<br />

have no tourism sector, which<br />

had been touted as New<br />

Zealand’s largest earner of<br />

foreign exchange. Arguably,”<br />

he said.<br />

“That is now gone,and isn’t<br />

likely to resume anytime soon.<br />

“At the moment we are<br />

sheltering New<br />

Zealand citizens<br />

from thebrutal<br />

reality of thepostcovid<br />

world.”<br />

He said the use<br />

of wage subsidies,<br />

business loans<br />

and other<br />

schemes of<br />

expenditure was<br />

“borrowingour<br />

grandchildren’s<br />

taxestopay<br />

today’s bills. Thatcannotgoon<br />

forever’’.<br />

“New Zealandisgoing to<br />

have to live within its means<br />

and off theincome of the goods<br />

and services we can sell to the<br />

rest of theworld,” he said.<br />

Just like any business needed<br />

to balance its budget, so did<br />

NewZealand.<br />

He was hopeful theLabour<br />

government,with its majority<br />

mandate, wasuptothe task.<br />

Andpaid tribute to new MP Jo<br />

Luxton on her electorate win<br />

andthehard work she had done<br />

to buildher profile in<br />

Rangitata,which wasnotonly a<br />

rural seat but also included<br />

urban and industrialareas of<br />

Timaru.<br />

“With the honourofbeingan<br />

electorateMPcomes the<br />

responsibility of representing<br />

all the sectors of the district<br />

andarticulating their concerns<br />

back to Wellington.<br />

“And we look forward to<br />

continuing our constructive<br />

working relationshipwith Jo on<br />

that,” he said. They had regular<br />

catchupsessions alreadyto<br />

discussissues.<br />

“Farmersare very concerned<br />

about the water regulations,<br />

they were poorly considered<br />

and excluded the farming<br />

sector fromdrawing the<br />

regulations up.<br />

“In many instances they’re<br />

unworkable, unachievablewith<br />

untenable timeframes and<br />

they’re going to have to have<br />

somechanges.<br />

“We wouldhopethe<br />

Government will engage with<br />

the primary sector on that.<br />

Those concerns remain and are<br />

very real concerns as we<br />

articulated in the meeting we<br />

held threeweeks ago in<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>.”<br />

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Entries roll in forhorse show<br />

More than 200horses and their<br />

riders are expected at the<br />

showjumping at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Showgrounds next weekend.<br />

The series of events, featuring<br />

young riders and junioramateurs of<br />

all ages in pony and horse grand prix,<br />

is being run by Equestrian Sports<br />

New Zealand but under the umbrella<br />

of the <strong>Ashburton</strong>A&P Association as<br />

one of their mini events.<br />

Events will be run in two<br />

showjumping rings at the<br />

showgrounds on <strong>October</strong> 31 and<br />

November1,starting each day from<br />

8.30am.<br />

Horse sectionconvenerAnnette<br />

Scott has scored acoupgetting a<br />

Equestrian SportNew Zealand<br />

HorseGrand Prix at the event, which<br />

is run under internationalrules and<br />

will see riders and their steeds<br />

jumping up to 16 obstacles with<br />

heights up to 1.6m tall.<br />

‘‘It’s the firsttime for the A&P<br />

Show,’’ she said.<br />

She also secured the backing of<br />

RainerIrrigationwho have put up<br />

sponsorship for theevent.<br />

Mrs Scott said entriesacross the<br />

showjumping had beensteadily<br />

rolling in and she expectedthere to<br />

be agood contingent across all the<br />

sections and their classes.<br />

There have been alot of riders who<br />

have shown interest in attending the<br />

horse show, especially among<br />

specialist riders who would not<br />

normally attendatraditionalA&P<br />

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said.<br />

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Mrs Winningreplaces<br />

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Shewas chosenover 19<br />

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of farmwastelike motor oil<br />

and fertiliserbags.<br />

Getting all farm waste<br />

recycled, reused or<br />

repurposed is the goalof<br />

Agrecovery’snew general<br />

managerTonyWilson.<br />

Agrecovery offers asafe<br />

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by phone on 0800247 326.<br />

Registrations close<br />

November 4.<br />

“I want all farm waste<br />

recycled, whether that’s the<br />

HDPEplastic that we<br />

already recycle, or whether<br />

it’s netting, twine andseed,<br />

feed and fertiliser bags, or<br />

wrap.Burning these on<br />

farms,leavingthem for<br />

someoneelse,throwing<br />

them in landfill, or even<br />

worse –havingthemend up<br />

inour waterways –isjust not<br />

acceptable.’’<br />

Mr Wilson said he wanted<br />

to continuetogrow recovery<br />

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NEWS<br />

30 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Kanuka trust and youth council members (from left) Maddie Page, Emma Bush, Kavan Faoagali,<br />

Jane Riach, Klara Harrison and NBS manager David Jones.<br />

The tractor by Jackson Holmes Contracting won second place at<br />

this year’s scarecrow trail.<br />

Scarecrow trail awinner<br />

Over $3500 was raised through<br />

the Methven scarecrow trail<br />

that ran during the last school<br />

holidays. The money goes to<br />

Methven Primary School and it<br />

is still to be determined where<br />

it will be spent.<br />

The most popular scarecrow<br />

as voted by those who took part<br />

in the trail was Disney’s Moana<br />

character Te Fiti made by<br />

Methven Primary School,<br />

second was atractor from the<br />

Cars movie made by Jackson<br />

Holmes and third was Dumbo<br />

made by Hannah Kidd<br />

Sculpture.<br />

The theme this year was<br />

Disney characters and there<br />

were 40 creations.<br />

Bite Nite funds donated<br />

Youngpeoplewho helped<br />

organise afun event that drew<br />

600 people have handed over a<br />

donation of $120 to the Kanuka<br />

MidCanterbury Regeneration<br />

Trust.<br />

The trust is passionate about<br />

protecting the district’s<br />

biodiversity andthose who<br />

attended the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Youth<br />

Council’s Bite Nite Reimagined<br />

gavetothe cause.<br />

Youth council leader Kavan<br />

Faoagali, aYear 13 student at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College, gave a<br />

chequefor the amount to trust<br />

member EmmaBush andsaid<br />

he hopeditwould help with one<br />

of their localprojects.<br />

Emma, on thetrust since it<br />

started two years ago, said the<br />

money wouldbeput to good<br />

use.<br />

Shesaid there was only afew<br />

remnants of the district’s<br />

originalbiodiversity on the Mid<br />

Canterburyplains.The trust<br />

encourages people to plant<br />

natives if they can.<br />

Theyouth council is<br />

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2021 council. Applications<br />

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Netball coaches more qualified<br />

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madethe most of <strong>2020</strong>, despite<br />

coviddisrupting the season.<br />

Thetwo made big strides<br />

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Theonline and practical<br />

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Shaw andSilva bothcoached<br />

College netball teamsin<strong>2020</strong>,<br />

with Silva coaching the College<br />

Year 10As to arunner­up finish<br />

in MidCanterbury Netball’s<br />

new ACL premier 3<br />

competition,and Shaw<br />

coaching the College Year 10Bs<br />

in the Saturday afternoon<br />

senior grade.<br />

Shaw said she believesa<br />

coach’srole is to provide<br />

opportunities for playersto<br />

have positive experiencesand<br />

developthemselves and their<br />

game.<br />

“My highlights are always the<br />

beginning and end of the<br />

season. Ienjoy the processof<br />

bringing playerstogether and<br />

seeing them work together<br />

towardsacommon purposeand<br />

supportingone another along<br />

the way,” Shaw said.<br />

Natalie Shaw, left, and Emma Silva have been boosting their<br />

coaching credentials.<br />

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pathway is afantastic<br />

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experiencedcoaches to<br />

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foundthat each workshop<br />

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alittle more for me and gave me<br />

practical skills that Icould use<br />

immediately with my team.”<br />

She also lovedthe<br />

collaboration thatnaturally<br />

happened with fellow coaches<br />

when given thechance to work<br />

together.<br />

“My technical andtactical<br />

knowledge has grown so much<br />

over the last two years simply<br />

fromattending these courses.I<br />

feel veryfortunatetohavebeen<br />

able to complete my CCA Award<br />

thankstothe support of Mid<br />

CanterburyNetball.”<br />

Silva started on the CCA<br />

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“A highlight forcoaching for<br />

me is watching my teamsgrow<br />

and developthroughoutthe<br />

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“It makes me so proudwhenI<br />

see the girls achievetheir<br />

goals.”<br />

She said the Netball New<br />

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SPORT<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

31<br />

Record<br />

numbers<br />

play futsal<br />

There are bignumbers<br />

playing futsal in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

this term and arecord18<br />

teams in the senior grades.<br />

With so many senior teams<br />

entered,the 10 teams<br />

playing in the competitive<br />

senior competition will now<br />

play on Monday nights,<br />

insteadofwiththe restof<br />

the futsal fraternity on<br />

Sundays.<br />

Eight seniorteams, or<br />

around60 players, will<br />

contest the social grade<br />

competition.<br />

There are around 150<br />

juniors set to kick­offthe<br />

new term this Sundayacross<br />

different agegroups.<br />

Mid Canterbury Football<br />

development officer Darren<br />

Cavill said the resurgence of<br />

futsallocally was great to<br />

see.<br />

Anumber of senior<br />

players from theoutdoor<br />

game hadelected to play<br />

futsal, while anumberof<br />

talented youth players had<br />

come in to play in the senior<br />

social competition.<br />

There was still room for<br />

juniors to sign up and he<br />

urged parents to contact him<br />

at admin@mcfootball.co.nz<br />

if they wishedtodoso.<br />

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32 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Aorangi women retain salver<br />

TONI.WILLIAMS<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Aorangi placed third in the<br />

women’s South Island<br />

Interprovincialgolf<br />

tournament at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Golf Club over the weekend.<br />

The tournamentwas won by a<br />

strong Canterbury team, with<br />

Otago second.<br />

Teams of eight from Aorangi,<br />

Canterbury, Otago and Tasman<br />

played in three roundsover<br />

Saturday and Sunday.<br />

Southland did not field ateam.<br />

The experienced Aorangi<br />

side with its strong five­women<br />

contingent from Mid<br />

Canterbury, were up against<br />

eventual tournament winners<br />

Canterbury in the first round on<br />

Saturday.<br />

The Canterbury side<br />

included many who had<br />

returned from play overseas<br />

due to Covid­19. They proved<br />

too strong for the other teams<br />

winning play in all rounds.<br />

Aorangi and Otago drew their<br />

match 4­4 and with the draw<br />

Aorangi held on to the salver<br />

which is contested between the<br />

two teamsand Southland.<br />

In the Aorangiteam were<br />

AngelaMowbray (Methven),<br />

PaulineBell, Sharon Bradford,<br />

Catherine Knight, Rachel Eder<br />

(<strong>Ashburton</strong>), Ginny Bolderson<br />

(Geraldine), Lynda Brown<br />

(Timaru) and reserves<br />

Margaret Couglan (day one)and<br />

Linda Cook (day two), all under<br />

the guideofmanager/selector<br />

Annie Seed, of Timaru. The<br />

tournament was not only a<br />

chance to get some play time<br />

underthe belt but also<br />

selection for the upcoming New<br />

Zealand Women’sGolf<br />

Interprovincial at Akarana Golf<br />

Club,inAuckland, in early<br />

December.<br />

Eight players from each<br />

regionwere to be whittled<br />

downtofive, plus reserve, to<br />

playinthe national<br />

tournament. Representing<br />

Aorangi will be Ginny<br />

Bolderston, Sharon Bradford,<br />

Rachel Eder, Margaret<br />

Couglan, PaulineBell (reserve)<br />

and Angela Mowbray<br />

(manager).<br />

Above: The Aorangi<br />

women’s teamahead of<br />

round oneplay (from left)<br />

Ginny Bolderston, Margaret<br />

Couglan, Lynda Brown,<br />

Pauline Bell(back), Catherine<br />

Knight, Annie Seed, Angela<br />

Mowbray, SharonBradford<br />

and RachelEder.<br />

Mid Canty rugby honours standouts<br />

Rugby mightover for the<br />

season,but therewere some<br />

specialachievements<br />

honouredatthe annual Mid<br />

Canterbury rugby awards.<br />

Heartlandplayerofthe year<br />

was TylerBlackburn, who took<br />

homethe Morgan Trophy, and<br />

the MidCanterbury coach of<br />

the yearwas JasonRickard,<br />

who waspresented withthe<br />

Neville Goodwin Memorial<br />

Trophy.<br />

In other premierawards,<br />

Celtic’s Darion Graywas<br />

awarded the PhilipMcDonald<br />

Cup for volunteer services;<br />

Methven was theMCRU club of<br />

the year; Liz Bell won the<br />

Dianne McGirr Memorial<br />

Trophy for women in rugby;<br />

KalifaFaalogo won the Ant<br />

McGirr Trophy as referee of<br />

the year; and PeterMcKnight<br />

was acknowledgedfor his<br />

30­year service as areferee.<br />

TheHeartlandbestteam<br />

manwas TaitChisman, the<br />

backofthe yearwas Raitube<br />

Vasurakuta, the forwardofthe<br />

yearAdam Williamson andthe<br />

playerofthe yearwas shared<br />

by Nathan McCloyand Raitube<br />

Vasurakuta.<br />

In the JAB, theMCRUcup<br />

for the under 14.5champions<br />

wenttothe Plainsteam;the<br />

Stirling Sports fair play award<br />

(selected by referees) went to<br />

Celticunder 13s and the Len<br />

Sandrey Trophy (best conduct)<br />

wenttoTinwald.<br />

Junior coachofthe year<br />

(voted by clubs) went to Johnny<br />

Galbraith and Geoffrey<br />

Chapman of Plains under14.5.<br />

The HN Edge Cup and<br />

Russell Kelly Memorial Cup<br />

for thewinner of the under16<br />

championship wasAlps; the<br />

MCRU cup for colts wentto<br />

Rakaia/Methven.<br />

The teenagecoachofthe<br />

yearwas shared byWarren<br />

Donald,Tony Kerrand Colin<br />

Baker of the Alpsunder 18s.<br />

The Bruce Beckley Cup for<br />

Senior Bs wenttoCeltic, the<br />

Michael DuffMemorialTrophy<br />

went to Methven andthe 2nd<br />

grade cup wenttoMethven.<br />

The Dave White Memorial<br />

Cupwent to the Methven<br />

seniors, the MaxGilbert<br />

Challenge Trophy went to<br />

Methven andthe Luisetti<br />

Watters Cup also wentto<br />

Methven.<br />

TheBodyCup for the best<br />

open grade captain (selected<br />

by referees) went to Celtic<br />

Senior Bcaptain Neil<br />

Thompson;the Heartland<br />

Bankpositiveplay award went<br />

to Methven seniors,the Roy<br />

SmithMemorial (bestconduct)<br />

wenttoMtSomers andthe MB<br />

Roulston Cup(most points in<br />

senior rugby) went to Andrew<br />

Letham, of Rakaia.<br />

The open grade coach of the<br />

year wassharedbySimon<br />

Fleetwood and Grant Breach,<br />

Methven seniors.<br />

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Mounted<br />

games titles<br />

up for grabs<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>sisters Ruby and<br />

ZaraStewart will be among<br />

ridersinaction at the New<br />

Zealand MountedGames<br />

championships at Leeston this<br />

weekend.<br />

Over60riders from around<br />

the country will be competing<br />

for national titles across five<br />

age groups, fromunder 12sto<br />

over35s.<br />

CanterburyMounted Games<br />

Association is hosting the<br />

event,which wasoriginally<br />

scheduled for AprilinWaikato,<br />

but postponed because of covid.<br />

Canterburypresident Sue<br />

Shanks said there wasa<br />

friendlyrivalry between the<br />

North and South Islands and a<br />

great long weekend of<br />

competition andsocialising<br />

was planned.<br />

Mountedgames is atestof<br />

fitness,stamina andskillsfor<br />

riders and ponies. Successful<br />

riders haveexcellent hand­toeye<br />

co­ordination andkeepa<br />

coolheadunder pressure.<br />

Different races involve riders<br />

vaulting on andoff ponies at<br />

speed,leaning off ponies to<br />

pick up equipment,bursting<br />

balloons with aspear and<br />

hittingtargets with ajousting<br />

pole.<br />

Spectators arewelcome over<br />

the three daysofcompetition,<br />

which willbeheld at the<br />

Ellesmere A&P showgrounds in<br />

Leeston.<br />

Bike event<br />

confirmed<br />

The Mt Hutt Bike Park has once<br />

again beenconfirmed as the<br />

venue fornext year’s South<br />

Island Schools’ MTB<br />

Championships.<br />

To be held from March12­14,<br />

the championships will feature<br />

some of thecountry’s top young<br />

riders.<br />

Bike Methven will work on<br />

the event management sideof<br />

the event.<br />

The <strong>2020</strong>event, which was<br />

due to havebeen held at the Mt<br />

Hutt Bike Park in March, and<br />

was set to be thebiggest New<br />

Zealand schools’ mountain bike<br />

event to date,was cancelled<br />

becauseofthe coronavirus<br />

outbreak.

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ASHBURTON DAHLIA CIRCLE<br />

The Dahlia Circle has welcomed two new<br />

members to the group. We do trust that both<br />

Alan and Maryann enjoy in sharing the<br />

fellowship and the dahlia blooms.<br />

The last meeting was held on September<br />

15 with amini daffodil show. There were 77<br />

entries combined in the daffodil and cut flowers.<br />

Brian took first and third prize and Jackie Ryan<br />

second place for the top entries of daffodils.<br />

Congratulations.<br />

Looking forward, we have a busy programme<br />

Tuesday <strong>October</strong> 20 with alook and<br />

learn and alucky dip. All who attended were<br />

rewarded with anew dahlia, which have been<br />

donated.<br />

Visitors and new members always most<br />

welcome.<br />

The annual tuber sales will be held on<br />

Saturday <strong>October</strong> 24 (Labour Weekend) at the<br />

Farmers Market on West Street 9am –<br />

12.30pm.<br />

By planting the tubers now they will be<br />

floweringinJanuary. Hopefully all the frosts are<br />

now behind us. There will also be aselection of<br />

plants for sale .<br />

We look forward to meeting members of the<br />

public, and always welcome those interested in<br />

joining the Dahlia Circle.<br />

Phone Joyce 02102450881 or 3083294 for<br />

further information.<br />

MSA OUTDOOR BOWLS<br />

Our green continues to play very well as the<br />

season progresses. We have hosted another<br />

round of Friday Triples sponsored by Skip 2It<br />

Flooring Xtra which saw four teams with three<br />

wins.<br />

The winners being Reg McGarry’s team<br />

John Smart’s second and Murray Anderson’s<br />

team in third place.<br />

Last week we had three teams compete at<br />

Hampstead’s Half Day Triples. Agood day for<br />

MSA with Tony Inwood, John Moffatt and first<br />

year bowler Alan Huband taking out first place<br />

and Colin Dennis, John Argyle and Charlie<br />

Cleghorn finishing inthird place.<br />

We also have two teams travelling to<br />

Methven to compete in their weekly Noel Billy<br />

Trophy competition.<br />

On Saturday we hosted the delayed singles<br />

championshipswith some very competitive and<br />

close games played congratulations to all<br />

winners.<br />

Sunday saw our club team of Linton Muir,<br />

Colin Dennis, Shane Calder and Dave Muir<br />

play and bring home the Edna Lowe Trophy<br />

well done team.<br />

Club championship fours with drawn teams<br />

are now under way with triples teams to drawn<br />

this week.<br />

Members are urged to get their names on<br />

notice board if interested in playing in the Sub<br />

Centre Interclub Competition.<br />

Good bowling.<br />

ASHBURTON MSA PET­<br />

ANQUE CLUB<br />

The fine weather continues to see good<br />

turnouts on club days, and our competitive<br />

players have done well in various tournaments.<br />

We had ateam of six take part in the Piste<br />

of Origin in Christchurch and were successful in<br />

winning this.<br />

The StephenKyle MemorialMixed Doubles<br />

was played in <strong>October</strong> after being put off in April<br />

during the lockdown.<br />

Eighteen of our members took part in this<br />

event including two players who had only joined<br />

the club very recently. This event was won by<br />

a Christchurch team. However Karen and<br />

Neville Bensdorp were runners up, and third<br />

equal were Peter Marriott and Ellen Pithie, and<br />

Kate Marriott and Richard Browne.<br />

The South Island Singles in Dunedin saw<br />

Neville Bensdorp come third in the championship,<br />

and Richard Browne third in the Plate.<br />

The South Island Doubles inDunedin was<br />

won by Neville Bensdorp and Bruno Falco from<br />

Christchurch. Runners up were Richard<br />

Browne and Erik Ross from Taieri and consolation<br />

third equal was Karen Bensdorp and Alain<br />

Carpentier, Christchurch.<br />

Six of our players took part in the Masters<br />

Games in Timaru. Third in the championship<br />

were Johnny Wright and Shelagh Field. Bowl<br />

winners Ellen Pithie and Jan Guilford. Saucer<br />

winners were Bernice Laird and Linda Millard.<br />

Avery good effort for all our players successes.<br />

This weekend we have five players taking<br />

part in the National Championship in Christchurch<br />

and we wish them well.<br />

ASHBURTON<br />

BOWLING<br />

CLUB<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Ladies Championship Triples<br />

were completed last week and was won by<br />

Diane Gutberlet’s team with Wendy Suttie and<br />

Laraine Mills. Congratulations ladies!<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> ladies continue their championship<br />

matches this week with the fours played on<br />

Tuesday and Thursday.<br />

Saturday’s Rollover Triples continued, was<br />

won by TWatson, AGibson, RKeeling, JRyk,<br />

but with areduced number attending. This was<br />

because members were supporting our <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

members playing the Champion of<br />

Champions at MSA, namely Wendy Suttie,<br />

John Kewish in Seniors and Laraine Mills and<br />

Brentton Donaldson in Juniors. They all played<br />

and competed so very well. Well done them.<br />

Good news is that Brentton Donaldson did<br />

win the Champion of Champions Centre U5 on<br />

<strong>October</strong> 10. This was last year’s CofCU5,<br />

which was unable to be played due to Covid-19.<br />

We are so proud of him in his last year at U5.<br />

Huge congratulations, Brentton. Presentations<br />

were made at the MSA after the singles which<br />

involved <strong>Ashburton</strong> members. Congratulations<br />

to them all.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Ladies have participating teams<br />

in the Murton Cup at Rakaia this Monday, and<br />

good luck to them.<br />

In House competition–Ingold Tray –will be<br />

played this Labour Weekend Saturday on<br />

<strong>October</strong> 24 at 12.30 pm. Names onthe board,<br />

please. Good bowling everyone.<br />

ALTRUSA ASHBURTON<br />

Our Magic Mums day was ahuge success<br />

-thoroughly enjoyed by the mums who took<br />

part, Altrusa members, and by the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

business people who willingly shared their time<br />

and expertise to pamper our ladies. Thank you<br />

everyone.<br />

Our foot clinic people note that we have<br />

provided this service to the community forthree<br />

years now.<br />

Members enjoyed our relaxing games night<br />

at the end of September. We will be utilising the<br />

childrens’ books from this year's Bookarama at<br />

Christmas time for local children.<br />

We are beginning to receive applications<br />

for our annual health bursary, for Mid Canterbury<br />

residents who are continuing with their<br />

health-related studies that will benefit the wider<br />

community. We have had excellent recipients<br />

in the past, and look forward to awarding this<br />

bursary for another year.<br />

MID CANTERBURY LADIES<br />

FRIENDSHIP CLUB<br />

Val Johnson presided over the <strong>October</strong><br />

meeting, after standing for the National<br />

Anthem, birthdays and anniversaries were<br />

celebrated. Members were reminded of the<br />

Christmas Meal on December 9atthe Hotel<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

The mini speaker was Trish Watson, who<br />

spoke ofher duties as aJustice of the Peace.<br />

She commenced in 1992 and had to go to a<br />

selection committee, work through a manual<br />

and some sessions, eventually being sworn in<br />

by adistrict court judge.<br />

There is now online training and modules to<br />

be completed. There are 59 Justices of the<br />

Peace in <strong>Ashburton</strong>, 32 males and 27 females,<br />

with the average age of 65 years. They are at<br />

Community House on Tuesdays and Fridays,<br />

from 12noon–2pm.<br />

Some of the duties are to certify documents,<br />

witness signatures, statutory declarations<br />

and court documents.<br />

After morning tea, editor/publisher Judy<br />

McAuliffe was guest speaker.<br />

Val closed the meeting with the thought for<br />

the month: “Others are not in this world to live<br />

up to our expectations.”<br />

ASHBURTON GOLF CLUB<br />

9­HOLERS<br />

Play was cancelled last Thursday because<br />

of cold, drizzly weather. We hope things<br />

improve this week when we are playing at<br />

Tinwald while our course will be closed for<br />

maintenance.<br />

Our sponsor will be Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong> and<br />

we'll have lunch at the hotel after our game. On<br />

the <strong>October</strong> 29 we'll be back home to play -<br />

sponsored by Sega Golf.<br />

On Saturday <strong>October</strong> 17, the winner of the<br />

Harvey Bakehouse Stableford was Dick Hansen<br />

with ascore of 29 points -great game, Dick!<br />

Second, with <strong>22</strong> points was Laurence Hanrahan<br />

Sr - another great score and third was<br />

Hughie Murchie who scored 20 points. Peter<br />

Wright, Peter Woods and Bill Hetrick all scored<br />

19 points.<br />

CLUB NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

Busy at jubilee meeting<br />

There was avery good attendance to<strong>2020</strong>’s<br />

AGM for the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Creative Fibre<br />

meeting recently. Because the members<br />

were celebrating the 50th Jubilee of the<br />

organisation, the meeting room at the Plains<br />

Museum was decorated with red and gold<br />

flowers and bunting and everyone was<br />

seated –ready for the planned programme<br />

later.<br />

Pam welcomed the members and began<br />

with reading the president’s report where,<br />

because of the covid lockdown, it was very<br />

short some months and very busy with<br />

meetings, gathering and spin ins at others.<br />

Our bus trip in March saw the members<br />

replenishing their stash with avisittothe new<br />

Spotlight –did we know what was coming?<br />

The next big item through the year was<br />

our jubilee exhibition at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Art<br />

Gallery over August and September. Over<br />

100 itemswereselected and displayed by the<br />

gallery staff and although we didn’t have an<br />

official opening itwas well received by the<br />

public – with visitors from Auckland to<br />

Invercargill and all the areas in between.<br />

As the minutes of the last meeting had<br />

been sent to members theywere accepted as<br />

read and the treasurer reported a healthy<br />

balance. The committee of<strong>2020</strong> agreed to<br />

roll overtheir positions to 2021 exceptfor the<br />

tea lady. Lynette offered to be responsible to<br />

set up morning tea and everyone would be<br />

responsible for tidying up. The Almoner<br />

reported that most members were well but<br />

age was catching up with afew.<br />

The co-chairpersons then presented a<br />

life membership to Dorothie Stapley for her<br />

many years of service to the organisation –<br />

including being Camp Mother and arranging<br />

accommodationfor stays at Hamner Springs,<br />

and with assistance from Patricia McLaren, at<br />

Staveley.<br />

The AGM was then declared closed<br />

about 2pm.<br />

Members moved around welcoming<br />

invited guests tothe jubilee high tea catered<br />

by the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Altrusa Club –bone china<br />

cups, saucers and plates, miniature butterfly<br />

cakes, cup cakes, lamingtons, pikelets and<br />

scones with raspberry jam and cream,<br />

brandy balls and sandwiches all served on<br />

tiered cake plates in the 1950’s style. The<br />

birthday cake was made and beautifully<br />

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Acollaborative work from fibre group members that was<br />

displayed at the recent jubilee exhibition.<br />

decorated by Patricia McLaren and cut by<br />

foundation members Cindy and Judy.<br />

May welcomed Richard and Elizabeth<br />

Ashford and invited Richard tospeak ofhis<br />

memories of his mothers involvement in<br />

setting up the group that became the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Spinners and Weavers and now<br />

Creative Fibre.<br />

Before Richard spoke he presented a<br />

donation to <strong>Ashburton</strong> Creative Fibre to be<br />

used to assist withexpensesincurred for new<br />

spinners and weavers toget started inthe<br />

craft -even wondering ifWool in Schools<br />

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so it didn’t takemuch to diversify into spinning<br />

wheels and looms for Joy’s friends.<br />

Richard had found photos and copied<br />

some ofJoy and friends including one where<br />

she was talkingtothe Queen duringher walk<br />

about in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain where the<br />

Queen commented on what apractical craft<br />

spinning was.<br />

Richard also remembered a trip to<br />

Greymouth for anational conference where<br />

his mother filled up the car with spinning<br />

wheels etc and there was very little room for<br />

asmall boy to fit into.<br />

Avery interesting afternoon with musical<br />

interludes played on a keyboard by Colin<br />

Crone.<br />

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ASHBURTON PAKEKE LIONS CLUB NEWS<br />

Jim Alison (left) and Derek Prebble received aMelvin Jones<br />

recognition for their services to Lions and the Community at the<br />

40th celebrations of the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Pakeke Lions Club.<br />

PHOTO NOEL LOWE<br />

Lion president Jim Martin<br />

welcomed an excellent<br />

attendance of members,<br />

invited guests and visitors to<br />

the club’s40­year anniversary<br />

meeting.<br />

Apologieswereread by Lion<br />

Arthur Pawsey. MC forthe<br />

evening Lion Ron Paterson<br />

introduced Angela Cresswell<br />

and the<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />

Phoenix Choir who opened<br />

withthe singingofthe<br />

nationalanthemfollowed by<br />

fourbeautiful newsongs from<br />

their repertoire.<br />

The choir was thanked by<br />

Lion Joe Butchard and<br />

presentedwithadonation.<br />

District Governor Ella Butson<br />

then addressed the meeting<br />

and along with PID Ron<br />

Luxton, presented Melvin<br />

Jones Awards to LionDerek<br />

Prebble andLionJim Allison<br />

fortheir long service to<br />

Pakeke Lions Club withtheir<br />

citationsreadbyLionJim<br />

Martin.<br />

LionJeanette Tarbotton<br />

said grace. Mayor Neil Brown<br />

gave his address commenting<br />

on the great servicethatthe<br />

clubgives tothistownand was<br />

thanked by LionBob Crean.A<br />

Toast toLionsInternational<br />

was given by PDG Noel Lowe<br />

with Past International<br />

Director Ron Luxtonreplying.<br />

Ron hasrecently been<br />

appointed to serve on the<br />

Lions Clubs International<br />

FoundationBoard of Trustees<br />

as ourareaseven<br />

representation.<br />

He gave averyinformative<br />

andinspiringspeechon Lions<br />

Clubs throughout the world<br />

and was thanked by MC Lion<br />

Ron Paterson. VDG Christine<br />

Stewart then spoke and gave<br />

thetoast to Pakeke Lions with<br />

LionClarrieGalway giving<br />

thanks. LionLes Briggs<br />

toasted Lions partners who<br />

areanintegral part of theclub<br />

andwas thanked by Marian<br />

Martin.<br />

The cuttingofthe<br />

anniversary cake was carried<br />

out by Ruth Willis and Edith<br />

Watson who arethe daughters<br />

of the founderPresidentand<br />

Vice­President the late<br />

George Roundtree and the<br />

late EricAyers.RuthWillis<br />

gaveashortaddress thanking<br />

the clubfor theprivilegeof<br />

attending.<br />

Abooklet covering the40<br />

yearsofPakekehistory<br />

written by Lion Barrey Bluet,<br />

helpedbyMarion Martin, was<br />

handed out with Lion Barry<br />

giving agrandoverview of the<br />

clubhistory in an<br />

impassionedspeech.Raffles<br />

were drawn and Tail­twister<br />

Robert Spencer fined alarge<br />

numberofmembers for<br />

incidentsthathas happened<br />

to them during the month.<br />

President Jimthen closed<br />

the meetingand thanked all<br />

presentfor makingthisavery<br />

memorable occasion.<br />

New Zealand Army Band members (from left) Paul Black and Jacob<br />

Mancer during rehearsal with <strong>Ashburton</strong> Air Training Corp cadets<br />

Alastair Kilgour and Neiv Sol.<br />

Cadets meet army band<br />

Cadets from the district’s air<br />

training and army corps got a<br />

sneak peek of the New Zealand<br />

Army Band at rehearsal in<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> last week, ahead of<br />

their Friday night show.<br />

Army band members, all<br />

based at Burnham, played a<br />

two­hour performance to a<br />

nearly sold out show at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust Event Centre.<br />

For Air Training Corp 24<br />

Squadron cadets like Alastair<br />

Kilgour and Neiv Sol, getting<br />

into rehearsal with around 16<br />

other cadets was achance to<br />

see an aspect of the defence<br />

force that could be acareer<br />

path in the future.<br />

Especially as both cadets had<br />

already taken steps to learn<br />

instruments; Alastair the<br />

ukulele and Neiv the guitar.<br />

Privates Jacob Mancer (tenor<br />

horn) and Paul Black<br />

(trombone) were among the 36<br />

band members playing under<br />

bandmaster, staff sergeant<br />

David Fiu.<br />

The two privates have been<br />

with the band for three years<br />

and nine months, respectively,<br />

and said they played all genre<br />

of music from brassy big band<br />

numbers to modern pop.<br />

The main role of the band is<br />

to perform at military and state<br />

occasions but it’s also the<br />

army’s foremost public<br />

relations unit and their<br />

musicianship is not just avisual<br />

but also to boost morale.<br />

An Education for Life<br />

Day and<br />

Boarding places<br />

now open to<br />

both boys and<br />

girls from years<br />

4to8<br />

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Mackenzie Highland Spring Fling<br />

Sunday 25th of <strong>October</strong><br />

Come and see us to learnmore about our<br />

special school.<br />

FairlieShowGrounds<br />

Information Evening<br />

Thursday 29th <strong>October</strong>, 6to8pm<br />

Comealongand meet Allan Short (Headmaster)<br />

and to find out more abouthow we can provide<br />

your sonsand daughterswith an education forlife.<br />

SomersetGrocer, Burnett Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Register by phoning Wendy03687 8071 or<br />

email: executive@waihi.school.nz<br />

Waihi Open Day<br />

Sunday 1st November 1.30pm<br />

611 Temuka-Orari Highway,<br />

SouthCanterbury.<br />

Formore information or to register your interest:<br />

Phone Wendy03687 8071or<br />

email: executive@waihi.school.nz<br />

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794 East Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 3 1 3 AHB<strong>22</strong>885<br />

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Peter Lynn Kites celebrating world dragon day at Lake Heron.<br />

Dragon takes to the skies<br />

A24.5m long dragon,with anine<br />

metre wide wingspan, wasseen<br />

flying in the sky at Lake Heronon<br />

Sunday.<br />

Its presence made it look likea<br />

scene fromthe middle ages.<br />

The dragon, aMaxi Peter Lynn<br />

Kite Dragon was beingflown by<br />

Peter Lynn Kites’ Craig Hansen<br />

and Trent Baker.<br />

It took to the sky as part of<br />

World DragonDay, an annual<br />

international day to celebrate<br />

dragons.<br />

PeterLynnKites crew had<br />

hoped to fly afew dragonkites at<br />

Lake Hood on the day but there<br />

was limitedwind.<br />

It was notissueatLakeHeron<br />

wherethe winds were blowing<br />

very strongly andable to lift this<br />

9kgshow kite, designed by kite<br />

makerSimon Chisnall,of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>,with ease.<br />

NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

39<br />

CHRISTIAN COMMENT<br />

Strength, resilience<br />

in our community<br />

Iwas oneofmany early<br />

voters.AsIwalked out of<br />

the pollingbooth Isaid,<br />

for something so<br />

important it feels strange<br />

that itisover so quickly.<br />

My ‘something missing’<br />

feelingmay have been<br />

caused in part by the fact<br />

thatatthatpointintimeI<br />

was the only person<br />

coming in to vote. Imissed<br />

the community gathering<br />

which expressesour sense<br />

of citizenship.<br />

However, Ihavebeen<br />

reflecting since on how<br />

inaccurate thefeeling<br />

was.<br />

Ihad spent several<br />

weeks listeningtomedia.<br />

Ihad attended with<br />

gratitude andinterest the<br />

presentations of the<br />

candidatesinour<br />

electorate provided as<br />

community serviceby<br />

Rotary.<br />

Ihad read up on the<br />

referendums and<br />

discussed them with<br />

friends.<br />

Tickingsomecircles<br />

was onlythe finalstep in a<br />

longprocess.<br />

Itwas important and I<br />

had given it timeand<br />

attention regularly over<br />

the previous weeks.<br />

Much of whatreally<br />

matters in life is a<br />

combination of regular<br />

attention,and<br />

occasionally sharp focus.<br />

Ourhealth, our<br />

relationships with friends<br />

and family, and so much<br />

more arebuiltonmany<br />

small things, such as<br />

regularmealsonthe table,<br />

consistency,weekly or<br />

daily patterns of exercise.<br />

HowsupremelygladI<br />

am of the patternsfor<br />

living my parentsgave me<br />

by their discipline,love<br />

andcarenot only of me<br />

andmysisters, but of<br />

themselves.<br />

Iwanttocelebrate all<br />

those who provide the<br />

strengthand resiliencein<br />

ourcommunity through<br />

those sameattributes of<br />

disciplinedlove and<br />

attention to family,<br />

friends, and commitments<br />

made. That regular<br />

discipline doesnot always<br />

come easily, butinthe<br />

moments of deep need, it<br />

providesthe strengthour<br />

community relies on.<br />

Thankyou all.<br />

RevJohannaWarren,<br />

minister in Hakatere<br />

Presbyterian Church<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Plains Rotary<br />

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Pre-sale tickets $25 on sale now<br />

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Tickets dated Saturday <strong>22</strong> Aug <strong>2020</strong><br />

are valid for this show.<br />

Door sales $30. Doors open at 7pm.<br />

Don't miss your chance to catch<br />

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8PM SATURDAY31OCT <strong>2020</strong><br />

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40 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

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12. Odd (9)<br />

13. Tug (4)<br />

15. Row (4)<br />

17. Rule (6)<br />

18. Exile (6)<br />

20. Open (5)<br />

21. Massage (5)<br />

23. Gem (4)<br />

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8588<br />

ACROSS<br />

1. Land and take the soldier to account (4). 7, Anyhow,<br />

who has valets to run about for one? (3,6). 8. Aheartbroken<br />

Parisian girl (4). 9. Aim to go through Lapland (4).<br />

10. Was the teacher pronouncedly tense? (4). 11. Sue’s<br />

training practices (4). 14. “Don’t worry,”the soldier repeated(5,5).<br />

16. Does it brighten up aliquorstore?(6,4).<br />

19. Conveys the fare to the intended destination (4). <strong>22</strong>.<br />

Went off, but didn’tgorightoff?(4).24. Prepare to travel<br />

withthe gang (4). 25. That’sright. Ihave got into the group<br />

(4). 26. Mind you have asearch later (4,5). 27. Say it’snot<br />

true that there’salairwith young (4).<br />

DOWN<br />

1. I’m off toFrance! (5). 2. See her swimming round in<br />

the river(5).3.Atthatage,it’slate(6). 4. Notmuch money<br />

for new clothes (6). 5. Astory for bed (4). 6. About the<br />

electricity; it’s happening again (9). 12. It’s easy toput<br />

weight on, you twit! (9). 13. No extra light (4).15. Don’t<br />

despair, miss! (4). 17. Inside information about the unloading?<br />

(3-3). 18. Old soldier whose car collided with<br />

the lady’s (6). 20. Get on and go along with (5). 21. It’s<br />

really hard being broke (5). 23. Accept with thanks and<br />

keep half (4).<br />

SUDOKU<br />

VERYEASY No. 5239<br />

1 5 3 7 2<br />

3 7 8 5 4<br />

9 4 8 7 1 5<br />

5 2 8<br />

9 1<br />

3 8 2<br />

8 5 7 4 1 6<br />

7 1 3 2 8<br />

1 2 8 7 5<br />

Solution to previous Sudoku<br />

Howto<br />

solve<br />

Sudoku!<br />

Fill the grid<br />

so thatevery<br />

rowand every<br />

3x3 square<br />

contains the<br />

digitals 1to9<br />

4 7 1 8 9 2 3 5 6<br />

2 3 9 6 7 5 4 8 1<br />

8 5 6 1 3 4 2 9 7<br />

5 9 7 2 4 8 1 6 3<br />

6 2 8 3 5 1 7 4 9<br />

1 4 3 7 6 9 5 2 8<br />

9 6 2 5 1 7 8 3 4<br />

7 8 4 9 2 3 6 1 5<br />

3 1 5 4 8 6 9 7 2<br />

Solution to previous crossword<br />

QUICK PUZZLE NO. 8587 -SOLUTIONS<br />

Across -7,Come into view. 8,Turnip. 9, Legend. 10,<br />

Ringlet. 12, Fault. 15, Snare. 16, Pageant. 18, Amulet. 20,<br />

Tedium. <strong>22</strong>, Disadvantage.<br />

Down -1,Solution. 2, Keen. 3, Snapper. 4,Mould. 5,<br />

Disgrace. 6, Swan. 11,Gormless. 13, Language. 14, Martial.<br />

17, Study.19, Made. 21, Data.<br />

CRYPTIC PUZZLE NO. 8587 -SOLUTIONS<br />

Across -7,Had agood mind. 8, S-cream. 9, Ex-tent. 10,<br />

Di-sten-d. 12, V-Ist-a. 15, A-go-ny. 16, Recla-I’m. 18,<br />

St-rife. 20, Roll up. <strong>22</strong>, Call in-to play.<br />

Down -1,M-arching. 2, B-as-e. 3, C-omm-ent. 4, Adder.<br />

5, Mistrial. 6, E-den. 11,Tangible (anag.). 13, Tri-bun-al.<br />

14, Ferrets. 17, Devil (rev.).19, Tick. 21, Lo-PE.<br />

ContactJann Thompson 03 308 7664 jann.thompson@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Tina –Simply TheBest<br />

Wednesday 4th November 7pm<br />

Get the electrifying concert experience of Tina<br />

Turner with this full scale stage production<br />

brimming with hits from the 60’s, 70’s, 80’s<br />

and 90’s. Complete with backing band, brass<br />

section, backing vocalists and dancers this is<br />

adefinitive tribute and afabulous night out.<br />

Adults $71.50 / Child 12 and under $31.50 /<br />

Group of 6+ $66 (fees apply)<br />

TheWarratahs with Special Guest Jackie Bristow<br />

Friday 6th November 7-30pm<br />

From the Far North to The Bluff and all points<br />

in-between, hundreds of thousands of New<br />

Zealanders have packed pubs, theatres, barns<br />

and dance halls and have literally grown up<br />

with The Warratahs. Join the Warratahs and<br />

Jackie Bristow in an evening you won’t forget.<br />

Standard Ticket $39 /Gold Card $35 (fees apply)<br />

BOOK<br />

NOW<br />

TheTeMoanaGlowShow<strong>2020</strong><br />

Friday November 6th 10am and 11-30am<br />

This giant scale puppet show is magical with<br />

glow in the dark puppets under UV lights in a<br />

black box theatre environment. Rich in Te Reo<br />

Maori this upbeat show will have it’s audience<br />

buzzing from the onset. This masterful 45<br />

minute show has catchy music that engages<br />

the audience immediately.<br />

Tickets $12.50 (fees apply)<br />

For more information<br />

www.ateventcentre.co.nz<br />

TheMerryLittle Christmas Market<br />

Sun 29 Nov, 11-30am until 4pm<br />

This is aday where we open our venue,<br />

showcasing talent from our locals and also the<br />

wider regions. If you wish to give agold coin<br />

donation, this will get you awee something<br />

to sip onwhile you browse awide variety of<br />

stalls.<br />

If you would like astall at this great event,<br />

please email casey@ateventcentre.co.nz<br />

Gold Coin Donation<br />

03 3072010 211A Wills Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7700 admin@ateventcentre.co.nz *Service fees apply<br />

2308474<br />

Customer ServiceRepresentative<br />

This is arareopportunity foraconfident,customer focusedindividualwithacan<br />

do attitude to join our Receptionteamatthe awardwinning EA Networks Centre.<br />

We have apart-time opportunity available to be thefirst pointofcontactatthe<br />

Centreproviding patronswithinformation about the widevariety of services our<br />

facilityprovides.<br />

Applications close Tuesday,27<strong>October</strong> <strong>2020</strong>.<br />

Group Fitness Instructor<br />

Are you passionate about health and fitness and enjoy helping others to reach<br />

theirgoals?We’re looking forapart-time Group Fitness Instructortoencourage<br />

andmotivate our customerswhilst providing thehighestlevel of service.<br />

Applications close Tuesday,27<strong>October</strong> <strong>2020</strong>.<br />

Formoreinformation on this vacancy,and the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />

-see our website.<br />

HOMESITTERS REQUIRED<br />

Ad# 36214<br />

Wanted: Homesitters required<br />

over Christmas!<br />

We are looking for mature,<br />

responsible, pet loving people to<br />

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and pets. Sits vary from<br />

1-3 weeks in Christchurch<br />

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Singles/couples only please.<br />

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FIREWOOD for sale. Dry,<br />

3.6cm $255. delivered.<br />

Phone 021 102 0017<br />

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers<br />

Building Supplies<br />

Trade Sales Representative<br />

Mitre 10MEGA <strong>Ashburton</strong> has an opportunity<br />

for someone to join their existing trade sales<br />

team. This position is full time (40 hours per<br />

week) Monday -Friday and involves building a<br />

relationship with our trade clients and ensuring<br />

they receive exceptional service, product<br />

knowledge and accountmanagement.<br />

To be successful, it would be preferable<br />

for the successful applicant to have the<br />

following skills:<br />

• Abilitytoworkunsupervised<br />

• Building industryknowledge<br />

• Excellentcommunication and people skills<br />

• Full current NZ driver’s licence<br />

• Rural knowledge<br />

• Time managementskills and reliable<br />

• Able to use initiative<br />

In return the position offers:<br />

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skills and independentability<br />

• Support from the leading Home<br />

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• Rewarding remuneration, fantastic staff<br />

buying privileges and job security.<br />

We look forwardtomeeting with yousoon.<br />

If youthink youare the person forthis position,<br />

please email your C.V. and covering letter to:<br />

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SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

Calling on all team players to audition for<br />

the following roles in our upcoming major<br />

productions-<br />

Role -Casual Cleaner<br />

The Team at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust Event Centre<br />

is looking for aCasual Cleaner to help maintain<br />

all areas of the venue to ahigh standard. The<br />

hours, days and time of work will vary to suit the<br />

events on within the venue, but would mainly<br />

be morning and/or evening. This will be aroster<br />

position working closely with the other cleaners<br />

and staff. Onoccasions you will need to have<br />

the ability to work alone and be responsible for<br />

opening and securing the building at the end of<br />

your shift. Youwill need to be physically fit, able<br />

to work on stairs and have a common sense<br />

approach to carrying out the tasks.<br />

Role –Voluntary Ushers<br />

The role of the usher is critical being the firstpoint<br />

of contact on any show night. We are looking<br />

for registrations of interest from people with a<br />

bright bubbly personality, who have the ability to<br />

handle avariety of situations on any given night,<br />

including working with patrons with disabilities,<br />

wheelchairs and medical emergencies, including<br />

evacuation. Training will be provided.<br />

If you would like to be part of our nutty but<br />

amazing team of performers and would likemore<br />

information, call at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust Event<br />

Centre.<br />

Applications close 28th <strong>October</strong> <strong>2020</strong><br />

Manager<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust Event Centre<br />

Box 482<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Experienced Auto Glazier<br />

We are looking for an experienced auto glazier<br />

to work within our small team at alocally owned<br />

and operated business.<br />

We work on alarge range of vehicles –cars,<br />

trucks, agriculture, earthmoving, caravans and<br />

classics –and also have ahouse glass division.<br />

We are looking for an experiencedglazier who is<br />

ateamplayer,makes good decisions, has agreat<br />

work ethic and high quality of workmanship. Must<br />

be able to work overtime asand when required.<br />

With the latest camera recalibration equipment<br />

on site awillingness to learn isessential, as is a<br />

full and clean driver’s licence.<br />

Please email CV and references to<br />

office@wilsonwindscreens.co.nz<br />

WILSONS<br />

WINDSCREENS<br />

HOME SERVICES<br />

ROOF COATINGS: All roof<br />

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METAL, heavy etc. Free<br />

light-grade metal in-yard<br />

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FIREWOOD logs wanted. 25<br />

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Cash royalties<br />

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WANTED TO RENT<br />

URGENTLY Needed; Flat or<br />

House to rent. Preferably<br />

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0236<br />

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2326004<br />

23<strong>22</strong>375<br />

CARAVANS &TRAILERS<br />

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Well maintained. Sad<br />

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7425<br />

FOR Sale; Classic Caravan.<br />

Diplomat, 2 berth, 4m.<br />

Good Order. Phone Cliff<br />

027 262 7111<br />

HIRE<br />

SCISSORLIFTS for hire.<br />

4WD and slab lifts available<br />

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Pickup or delivery. Phone<br />

North End Engineering 308<br />

8155 for abooking.<br />

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AWESOME office space for<br />

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<strong>22</strong>89121<br />

0800 58 78 <strong>22</strong><br />

STORAGE available, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Self storage, variety<br />

of sizes. Phone Rainbow<br />

Storage 03 307 0401<br />

STORAGE:Secure self storage<br />

units available, long or<br />

short term. <strong>Ashburton</strong> Storage<br />

Facilities. Contact us<br />

on 0274 362 636 or www.<br />

ashburtonstoragefacilities.<br />

co.nz<br />

TO LET<br />

HOMESITTERS required<br />

Christchurch from 20<br />

December <strong>2020</strong>. Beautiful<br />

homes/pets. Phone Lisa<br />

021 547 262. www.<br />

townandcountryhomesit.<br />

co.nz<br />

TWO Bedroom House, only 3<br />

years old, westside near<br />

domain. Available 9<br />

November. Must be working.<br />

Phone 03 307 8851<br />

and leave a message or<br />

text 0273 481 500.<br />

MOTORCYCLES<br />

ORNSBY Motorcycle Training.<br />

CBTA licensing and<br />

training (<strong>Ashburton</strong>). Ride<br />

Forever courses in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

and Geraldine. Call<br />

0508ORNSBY(0508 676<br />

729) for more info or visit<br />

motorcycletraining.co.nz<br />

SELL<br />

LPG REFILLS<br />

9kg cylinders<br />

$27.50<br />

Askaboutour<br />

deliveryservice<br />

Anysizecylinder filled<br />

17 Grey St,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Phone 307 2707<br />

LPG<br />

REFILLS<br />

Small LPG cylinders<br />

Off Street Parking<br />

Available<br />

Arthur Cates Ltd<br />

26 McNally Street<br />

Ph 308 5397<br />

Riverside Industrial Estate<br />

2300293<br />

2316285<br />

9 Bales of Ultra ceiling pink<br />

batts. R4.6. Phone 027 280<br />

5333<br />

BARGAIN Buy. High quality,<br />

showroom kitchen for sale.<br />

Complete with top and sink.<br />

Kitchen Express, 606 East<br />

St, Phone 307 7131<br />

ALPS<br />

CONTINUOUS SPOUTING<br />

CLASSIFIEDS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>October</strong> <strong>22</strong>, <strong>2020</strong><br />

41<br />

Having problems with your internal gutter systems?<br />

Do your drains keep blocking,causing leakage into the soffits and even your house?<br />

Areyour soffits falling out due to water rot?<br />

We canconvert your internal gutters to standard external gutters.<br />

ASHBURTON SANDBLASTING<br />

LIMITED<br />

FOR: Mobile Sandblasting<br />

Painting<br />

OF: Structural Steel<br />

Trailers<br />

Farm Machinery<br />

Car Parts<br />

Shipping Containers<br />

Concrete, Brick Rendering<br />

Free quotes -Competitive rates<br />

Phone Kurt 027 332 4549 or Neil 0274 362 900<br />

ashburtoncranes2015@gmail.com<br />

ALTERATIONS. Sewing,<br />

mending and trouser hemming,<br />

curtain alterations<br />

and curtain making. Call<br />

Michelle on 027 352 7248.<br />

BUILDER - specialising in<br />

home renovations and<br />

repair work. We also do<br />

decks, fences and retaining,<br />

plastering and painting,<br />

gardening, landscaping<br />

and tree removal. Call<br />

Gavin 021 267 1979<br />

BUILDING and property<br />

solutions. For your complete<br />

alteration or renovation.<br />

We project manage<br />

the whole process. Home<br />

and small commercial.<br />

Qualified tradesmen.<br />

Phone Kiwi Building &<br />

Maintenance Ltd. Ph Cawte<br />

027 418 7955 or Gary 308<br />

4798, 027 207 1478.<br />

CARPET 2You -For all your<br />

flooring needs. Supplier<br />

and installer of carpet and<br />

vinyl, re-stretch and repair,<br />

carpet cleaning. Phone<br />

Mike Gill 0274 914 210<br />

CARPET cleaning. Powerful<br />

equipment and fast drying.<br />

Upholstery, mats and rugs.<br />

Experienced owner/operator.<br />

Phone John Cameron<br />

at Supersucker. 027 435<br />

1042 or 308 1677<br />

CARR’S Chimney Cleaning,<br />

servicing <strong>Ashburton</strong> and<br />

surrounding districts, $60<br />

per chimney. Phone<br />

Rodney on 03 324 2999<br />

and leave amessage.<br />

CHARLIE’S Blind Cleaning<br />

Service -same day service<br />

and repairs. Charlie can<br />

supply new blinds and<br />

tracks, will hang drapes. Ph<br />

03 307 1936 or 020 4169<br />

0342<br />

CHIMNEY Sweep. It’s time to<br />

start thinking about it.<br />

Camera inspection carried<br />

out and full inspection<br />

checklist is left for you. Call<br />

Allan 027 209 5026<br />

2320146<br />

<strong>22</strong>88454<br />

COMPUTER Problems? For<br />

prompt reliable computer<br />

servicing and laser engraving,<br />

contact Kelvin, KJB<br />

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot<br />

Place, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone<br />

308 8989. SuperGold discount<br />

card accepted.<br />

COMPUTER repairs, sales,<br />

training, setup wirelessnetworks,<br />

spyware<br />

cleanup. On-site day or<br />

evening. Low fees. Call<br />

Robin Johnstone, Networks<br />

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1440 or 027 768 4058<br />

CONCRETE pavers direct to<br />

you - Best prices, many<br />

sizes, textures and colours<br />

- Paveco, 13 Robinson<br />

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CONCRETE Services -<br />

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mowing edging. Decorative<br />

Concrete specialist 30<br />

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Free quotes. No job too big<br />

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152 1966.<br />

DEMOLITION Commercial,<br />

Industrial, Residential. Also<br />

country wide farm buildings<br />

and houses. No charge for<br />

farmers. Phone 027 4052<br />

391<br />

DENTURES; Dr Peter<br />

Rumping repairs existing<br />

dentures and also provides<br />

new dentures. Phone 027<br />

<strong>22</strong>0 9997<br />

ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication,<br />

farm equipment<br />

service and maintenance,<br />

WOF repairs, machining<br />

and welding. Odd jobs a<br />

speciality. Mobile workshop.<br />

Can collect. Phone<br />

Malcolm 0274 754 241<br />

FLY control and spider<br />

proofing. For all domestic<br />

and industrial pest control<br />

needs phone AJ Kerr at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Pest Control on<br />

03 308 8147 or 027 432<br />

5447.<br />

TRADE &SERVICES<br />

Allworkmanship guaranteed<br />

Ben Kruger 021 808 739 or 308 4380<br />

FURNITURE Removals. For<br />

all your household removal<br />

needs - urban, rural lifestyle,<br />

office relocations -<br />

call Nudges Furniture<br />

Removals, phone 027 <strong>22</strong>4<br />

0609<br />

GARDENING, mowing,<br />

pruning, fertilising, projects<br />

or general spruce ups? Call<br />

Andrew at Spruce Gardens<br />

to get the job done right.<br />

027 765 2899 or 03 307 1693.<br />

sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz<br />

LAWN Mowing. No job too<br />

small. Call Les Smith, From<br />

The Ground Up, for a<br />

competitve quote. Ph 027<br />

840 0201 or 03 308 1500<br />

LOCKSMITH/Door repairs.<br />

Keys/locks, sliding and bifold<br />

door roller repairs.<br />

Mobile service. Call Nigel at<br />

Doors and More. Ph 027<br />

516 7104<br />

PAINTER for all your painting<br />

needs. No job too small,<br />

inside or outside. Professional<br />

friendly service.<br />

Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or<br />

027 200 1619.<br />

FACTORY SPRAY LACQUER<br />

A NEW LOOK<br />

that lasts!<br />

Existing kitchens, doors,<br />

furniture &appliances<br />

The Finishing Company<br />

03 307 8870 2318399<br />

SUN Control Window Tinting:<br />

Privacy, UV, glare, heat<br />

control for homes, offices<br />

and cars. Phone Craig<br />

Rogers 307 6347, member<br />

Master Tinters NZ. www.<br />

windowtinter.co.nz<br />

TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV<br />

block, glare, heat control,<br />

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FARMING NOTICES<br />

MEETINGS<br />

Clearwater<br />

Aquatic Club<br />

AGM<br />

To be held at<br />

Drummond &<br />

Etheridge<br />

832 East Street,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

at 7pm on<br />

Wednesday<br />

<strong>October</strong> 28, <strong>2020</strong><br />

All welcome<br />

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TINWALD RUGBYCLUB<br />

AGM<br />

7pm<br />

Wednesday, 11th November<br />

TinwaldRugbyClubrooms<br />

(Cnr Maronan Rd &Shearman Street)<br />

All welcome<br />

Anyapologies to Ken Aitken 027 366 8603<br />

or email kenandseyad@yahoo.co.nz<br />

WANTED ...<br />

Standing Grass or Lucerne<br />

Competitiverates.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust<br />

EventCentre.<br />

Tues 27th <strong>October</strong><br />

10 am<br />

Speaker:<br />

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HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />

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The<strong>Ashburton</strong>DutyPractice for ...<br />

Saturday24th <strong>October</strong> is<br />

Eastfield Health, 135 Tancred Street.<br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

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Sunday25th <strong>October</strong> is<br />

MooreStreet Medical Centre, MooreStreet.<br />

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Monday26th<strong>October</strong> is<br />

ThreeRivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road.<br />

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To make an appointmentcallyour regular GP 24/7.<br />

Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the<br />

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Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm<br />

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