North Canterbury News: December 04, 2020
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NEWS<br />
4 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>December</strong> 3, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong><br />
Christmas Tree Festival<br />
Rangiora Town Hall<br />
Open to the public from 5 th to 18 th <strong>December</strong>,10am –6pm daily.<br />
Gold coin donation<br />
DEC<br />
SAT 5th...<br />
DEC<br />
SAT 12th...<br />
(subject to change)<br />
Raising funds for St John Ambulance<br />
and Rural Support Trust <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
KRAKKAJAK<br />
DEC<br />
SAT 19th... UNHINGED<br />
DEC 31st... NEW YEARS EVE!!<br />
DJ playing all your FAVOURITE BANGERS<br />
88 VICTORIA STREET, RANGIORA<br />
DV8<br />
Council looks beyond<br />
zone committee<br />
By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />
Acommittee focused on the Hurunui<br />
District being agreat place to live,<br />
where people have acommon goal of<br />
looking after their land and water, is<br />
destined to take over the work of the<br />
Hurunui Waiau Zone Committee.<br />
It is intended that the Hurunui Water<br />
and Land committee will be made up of<br />
people with connections to<br />
organisations, but who have talents to<br />
develop strategies rather than working<br />
for any one group.<br />
They will advocate to remove barriers,<br />
policies and rules that are not working,<br />
and enable the ‘‘doers’’ to get on and<br />
make the Hurunui District agreat place.<br />
Cr Lynda Murchison said at last week’s<br />
council meeting that there would be a<br />
continued relationship with<br />
Environment <strong>Canterbury</strong>, Ngai<br />
Tuahuriri, and ahost of other<br />
organisations.<br />
Those involved in the committee<br />
would be influencers and strategists.<br />
She said there needed to be free and<br />
frank discussion between parties so the<br />
committee did not unravel.<br />
Its purpose and function would need<br />
to be clearly defined, she said.<br />
Wellness, and other Local Government<br />
Act requirements, would be among the<br />
aims of the committee, ‘‘not resource<br />
management stuff’’, she said.<br />
‘‘We need to find away to pull people<br />
together and come up with asystem that<br />
works for the Hurunui, and we will then<br />
have the opportunity to do great things,’’<br />
she said.<br />
‘‘It will be the role of the committee to<br />
facilitate, make connections, and help<br />
the doers.’’<br />
This was an opportunity to untangle<br />
the past and consider the future,<br />
recognising the effort, time, work and<br />
energy of the previous zone committee.<br />
The council agreed in principle to a<br />
proposed terms of reference, which will<br />
form the basis for discussions with<br />
ECan, and Ngai Tuahuriri.<br />
Aworking party of Mayor Marie Black,<br />
and Crs Murchison, Fiona Harris and<br />
Vince Daly was appointed.<br />
Meantime, the zone committee will<br />
continue to operate as usual.<br />
Thomas and his friends enter<br />
into the spirit of Christmas<br />
By DAVID HILL<br />
Thomas the tank engineisonaspecial<br />
Christmas mission and he is enlisting the<br />
help of <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> children.<br />
The littleblue engine andhis friends<br />
will begin delivering presentsfrom Santa’s<br />
<strong>North</strong>Pole toy factory to the children of<br />
Sodorfrom thisSunday, <strong>December</strong> 6, at<br />
the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Model Railway<br />
Club’s rooms in Blake Street, Rangiora.<br />
The club hasbeen busysetting up a<br />
special ThomasGrotto,which president<br />
Arthur Linnellbelievesisthe firstofits<br />
kind in New Zealand.<br />
Amongthe displayswill be atree with<br />
traintracks, which Mr Linnell has been<br />
constructing.<br />
‘‘I sawapictureinanadvertisementin<br />
aUKmagazine and decided Ineeded one,<br />
but Icouldn’t find one anywhere,soI’ve<br />
made up my own version.<br />
‘‘It’s taken alot of hours to put it<br />
together, but it’s all worthit.’’<br />
The train tree gave Mr Linnellthe idea<br />
of decoratingthe clubroomsand the main<br />
displays with Christmas lights and<br />
decorations.<br />
‘‘Andthenthe actual grotto idea came.<br />
It’s amodel railway with aChristmas<br />
theme,’’ he says. ‘‘It’swhat we all want for<br />
Christmas —someone to buy us lots of<br />
trains.’’<br />
The ThomasGrotto will be open during<br />
the Rangiora SundayMarketthis weekend<br />
and will continue to be open each day until<br />
Christmas Eve.<br />
SantaClaus is expected to pop in each<br />
day fromSunday, <strong>December</strong>13, ‘‘to make<br />
sure Thomas is doing the right thing’’.<br />
‘‘It’s going to be alearningcurvefor us<br />
Traintree ... Arthur Linnellputs finishing<br />
touches to his train tree at theThomas Grotto<br />
at the club’s rooms in Rangiora. PHOTO: DAVID HILL<br />
with not doing it before, so we want<br />
people’scomments about what we can do<br />
better,’’ Mr Linnell says. ‘‘You can onlysee<br />
as far as your imagination goes, so we are<br />
keen to hear otherpeople’s ideas.’’<br />
Entry is $2 for adultsand $1 for children,<br />
with the children receiving a‘‘Merry<br />
Christmas ticket’’ from Thomas.For 50<br />
cents,young visitors also get to drive<br />
Thomasand his friends.<br />
Your Favourite Country<br />
Christmas Shop is<br />
Now Open!<br />
PATAKA<br />
Laybys welcome -Open every day 10am to 4.30pm<br />
768 Marshland Rd (<strong>North</strong> End) Ph 03 323 8915<br />
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