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Selwyn Times Wednesday December 16 2020 Merry Christmas from everyone at Four Square Supermarket Fresh NZ Quality Mark Half Lamb Leg Roast Pams Fresh Jersey Benne $ 7 49 Potatoes 1.5kg Prepack Product of New Zealand pk Cadbury Favourites 365g or Roses 225g $ 14 99 kg $ 5 99 ea CENTRAL OTAGO Pams Fresh Cherries 400g Prepack Product of New Zealand $ 8 99 pk Tip Top Ice Cream 2 Litre www.foursquare.co.nz $ 5 99 ea Deutz 750ml (excludes Blanc De Blancs, Rose & Prestige) $ 20 99 ea BEER & WINE WEEK ON NOW facebook.com/FourSquareNZ Specials available South Island only from Monday 14th December until STAFFORD Sunday STREET 27th December 2020 or while stocks last. Wine and beer available at stores with an off licence. Wine and beer purchases restricted to persons aged 18 years old and over. 8 NEWS Tai Tapu School recovering from financial difficulty • By Matt Slaughter TAI TAPU School is recovering from the serious financial difficulty it was said to be in the Auditor-General’s 2019 schools audit. THe Ministry of Education says it has been committed to supporting the school through this difficulty. Principal Bernadette May said the school it is now back in the positive. “THe board of trustees and principal of the school have been working hard this year to address this and are pleased to report the working capital is now in the positive of $27,020. “THroughout this time period the financial viability of the school was not threatened nor the education outcomes for the students compromised. “THrough the efforts of the governance team, principal and wider school community we are already seeing an increased student role and continue to take further inquiries for enrolment. “We are confident that the school will finish in a financially secure position for 2020,” May said. THe school had a negative working capital of $37,000 in 2019. Said May: “This was due to a number of unprecedented demands on the school which in part • By Susan Sandys BRAZEN THEFTS from cars are occurring in Selwyn even after people lock their vehicles and put belongings out of sight. One Lincoln resident Aleisha Tweedy experienced this first-hand. Her neighbour came knocking on her door last Wednesday morning to let her know her family’s Toyota station wagon had been broken into. It was parked on the street outside their home on Roblyn Pl. The neighbour had heard the sound of smashing glass earlier, around 3am. The 24-year-old said she had been shocked to find a smashed rear window in the car, and a UE Boom speaker missing from the glove box. “There was a baby car seat in there, who breaks into a mother’s car? It’s just POSITIVE: Tai Tapu School principal Bernadette May says its finances are improving following a tough period over the last few years. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN has reduced the student roll.” Ministry of Education deputy secretary of sector enablement and support Katrina Casey said there were previously concerns the school may have difficulty paying its bills, particularly if they were to be due at the same time. When the Auditor- General has assessed that a school is in financial difficulty, the Ministry of Education is asked whether it will continue to support the school. If the ministry confirms it will provide support, schools can complete their financial statements as a ‘going concern.’ THis has been the case for Tai Tapu School. THe ministry wrote three horrible, what are they expecting to find, they found a speaker, that’s about it, is that worth a crime?” Tweedy said. Senior Sergeant Dean Harker said in the last two to three weeks there had been an increase in thieves smashing windows to break into locked vehicles throughout the district, with numbers climbing letters supporting Tai Tapu School to the Auditor- General in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Said Casey: The Auditor- General has required letters of support in 2017, 2018 and 2019. “THese letters ‘of going concern’ confirm our commitment to providing continued operational and staffing support for the foreseeable future. “We have been working with Tai Tapu school to improve its finances since 2017. At the end of 2019 the school had negative working capital of $37,000. This is an improvement of $24,000 or 39 per cent since 2017. We will continue to support the school to get back to financial health,” she said. Police follow leads after car break-ins continue into double figures. This was alongside a spate of thefts of items from unlocked vehicles, particularly at Lincoln and Rolleston, over the last couple of months. Police were following some leads and investigating a couple of potential offenders in relation to at least some of the incidents. He urged residents to report not only such crimes when they occurred, but also any suspicious vehicles they saw being driven around streets. Residents should get a description of the vehicle and registration number, although the latter may be of limited use depending on whether the licence plate was stolen. Harker said the more reports the better, as such information could help police know what areas to seek any relevant security camera footage.
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