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NEWS 4 Ashburton Courier, February 11, 2021 From TheVine ReviewedbyRowenaHart We can’teasily traveltoItaly rightnow,sohere’s achance toimmerse yourself for two hours in Italian daily life. Quirky characters, stunning scenery andareally good people story. Based on a Kenneth C. Cancellara’s book Finding Marco, the film tells the storyofMarco Gentile, ahigh-flying executive from Toronto who abruptly up-sticks and moves to Italy to tend to his late grandfather’s derelictvineyard. All the vineyards are abandoned and the young folks have leftfor the cities. When Marco decides to revitalise and start making wineagain the whole villageget stuckin and help his dream come true. Ofcourse thereisromance as well! When you go, take agood look at the statue on the station whereMarkgets off the train ... Aperfect movie,weall cameout smiling! www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz bookings ph 307 1230 www.regentcinema.co.nz 2353260 More news online at www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz Sharing their food and culture at Bite are these women at aFijian stall. Bite hailed a Manager’s DEALS! big success Super HOTDEAL! $ 10 00 each MILTONESTATE PINOTGRIS 750ml Super HOTDEAL! $ 10 00 each MILTONESTATE PINOTROSE´ 750ml Super HOTDEAL! $ 14 00 each Super HOTDEAL! $ 10 00 each MILCREST RIESLING 750ml Super HOTDEAL! $ 20 00 each This year’s Multi Cultural Bite has been hailed as abig success, with ticketsales up 20 per cent and the new venue given the thumbs up. The day kicked off witha karakia and the singing of the national anthem, marking the significance of Waitangi Day. Some 30 food stalls representing New Zealand, the Pacific, South East Asia, Africa, South Asia,and Latin America, showcased their cuisine. More than12,000 bite tickets were sold at the four hour event, representing an increase of around 20 percent on last year’s figures, said Ashburton Multi Cultural Trust member Thelma Bell. All the food and drinks sold was homemade, andstall holders represented their country of origin ratherthan any commercialconcerns, she said. The new venue in Ashburton Domain proved to be even more popular than expectedand received plenty of positive feedback. Things hadrun smoothly on the day and organisers were grateful for the goodweather and good support within the community. The organising committee had already written to Ashburton District Council asking to book the venuefor Waitangi Day in 2022, Mrs Bell said. Throughout the event the crowdwas entertained with a rangeof music and dance that included dancers from Ecuador, the Ashburton Pipe and Silver bands, the group Pacific Tribal andCook Islands cultural group. Multi Cultural Bite was supported by Eco Educate and EnviroWaste, whoensured as much wasteaspossible was diverted from landfill. Other partners at the cultural celebration included the Red Cross, which provided free water, the CancerSociety, which provided free sun screen, and the Kidney Foundationand St John, which provided freeblood pressure checks. An armyofvolunteers helped before,during and after the eventtoensure its smooth running. More Bitephotos Page 17 PROVIDORE PINOTNOIR 750ml PROVIDORE LUMINAIRE 750ml ASHBURTON MSA www.superliquor.co.nz PROVIDORE ROSE´ 750ml PROVIDORE PINOTGRIS 750ml 266 Havelock Street,Ashburton. Ph.308 7149 HOURS Monday Tuesday-Thursday Friday&Saturday Sunday PROVIDORE PINOTNOIR 750ml 10:00am -7:00pm 10:00am -8:00pm 10:00am -9:00pm 10:00am -6:00pm Offer ends 21 February2021 *Terms and conditions apply 2355152 Motorhomeshow The South Island Motorhome and Caravan Show is on this weekend at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds. The event promotes all things to do with motorhomes and caravans and has been held locally for the last two decades. It draws alarge number of trade exhibitors and also allows private sellers to rent a site in order to selltheir caravan or motorhomeona facetoface basis. The show runs from 9am until 4pm on Saturday and 9am until 3pm on Sunday. Adult entry is $6and children enterfor free. Check out the website southislandmotorhomeshow. co.nzfor more information.
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz NEWS Ashburton Courier, February 11, 2021 5 Plaque marks banking history MICK.JENSEN @ashburtoncourier.co.nz Ahandsome Ashburton buildingwith astrongbanking history is the latest to be recognised with ablue plaque by Historic Places Mid Canterbury. Theformer Bank of New SouthWales building on the corner of Cass andBurnett streets was openedin1898and since 2006hasbeenthe Speight’sAle House. The brick and Oamaru stone building at 245 Burnett Street wasbuilt to housethe bank and its manager. Thebankingchamber was on theground floor, while the second floor featuredalarge living space, including five bedrooms, forthe bank official. It was the34thbranch of the BankofNew South Wales to open in NewZealand. Thebanklater joined forces withthe Commercial Bank of Australia to become Westpac. TheWestpacBank operated in the building into the late 1990s andlaterAgricomused it in the early 2000s. Ashburton Trust purchased thebuilding in 2006 and it opened laterthat year as Speight’sAle House. Trust chairman Chris Robertsonsaid the former bankbuilding had grace and longevity. The trust waspleased to own it and haveSpeight’s in it. In 2015/16the building had been strengthenedand its integrity andfacade preserved. He saidthe building was a community assetand had links to the past, present andfuture. Ashburton Trust chairman Chris Robertson (left) and Ashburton mayor Neil Brown reveal the blue plaque on the the Speight’s Ale House building. District-wide water meters on way Infrastructure manager Neil McCann. Some $5 millionhas been setaside by the Ashburton District Council to ensure every property connectedtoacouncil water scheme willhaveawater meterin the nextthree years. Most of the planning and preparation will be donein202122, with the bulk of meters installed over thefollowing two years. Thereare no planstocharge for excess water usebut theinformation collected by meterscould pinpoint leaks or unusual high usage. Council’s infrastructure group manager NeilMcCann said all properties, including private households, would have awatermeter. Theonlyexception is the Montalto scheme, where it is impractical because properties have multiplepoints of connection. Council would monitor themeters periodically, to seeconsumption trends, water balances and directly identify privatepropertyleakage. Aschemewater balanceallows for the accurate determination of ‘‘unaccounted for’’ water. ‘‘Some of the unaccounted for water may be legitimate usage,but much of it will be leakageonthe public network.’’ Information from the meters will help council bettermanage its water assets and may also be sharedwithhouseholders to allowthemtounderstand their ownwater use trends. Some properties already havemeters. Meters are installed on allnonresidential properties, on all new water connections and connectionsinstalled aspart of a subdivision. Mayfield andMt Somersconnections are metered andcouncil will also install metersinsome residential Dareas.‘‘We are also preparing to install meters on all connections in Hinds, Chertsey and Dromore.’’ Hot weather at the end of January saw water use spike over manyschemes and Ashburtonneareditconsented daily maximum on January 26. ‘‘There is certainly room forresidents to be more efficient users. If council can better manage demand andthe resource, it is better for the ratepayer in the longer term because areduction in water demandthrough behaviour change and or reduction in privateand public leakage may reducethe scale of, or needfor, expensive capitalupgrades.’’ IN BRIEF OSTOMYSUPPORT The AshburtonOstomy Support Group is offering support to people livingwith apouch or ostomybag. Spokesperson Dennis Blincoesaid the small group of volunteers understood ostomy issues and had experiencedthe samefearsand problems. ‘‘Weare happytoshare informationand advice. Help is only aphone call away.’’ Dennis can be contacted on308-3741 NIGEL LATTA NigelLatta hasbeen confirmed for the youth and careers exchangein May.The eventisthe firstina sequence of events run by the Ashburton District Council aimed at increasing the information exchangedbetween youth, parents and employers. Fundingof$9000 from the Ministry of Education will support the event. PIPE BAND FESTIVAL The Ashburton PipeBand will host its annualfestival of pipe band music on Sunday. The event starts nearAshburtonHospital on Elizabeth Street with astreet parade at 12.30pmand continues insidethe Ashburton Domain groundswith competitionevents. The festival has beenrunning for morethan 40 years andspectators are welcome. OFFICIALLYHOT Ashburton’s high of 39.3 degrees Celsius on January 26 was the highest temperatureofall the country in January, according to NIWA. It was New Zealand’s second hottest January temperature on record, surpassed by a40degree reading at Timaru on January 22, 1908. MOWERS BUSY Ashburton DistrictCouncil’s parks andreservesstaff havebeenflat out mowing to keep on top of agreat grassgrowing season. They have also beendealingwith trees damaged by wind and vandals. A largenumber of young streettrees on the median strip along Walnut Avenue wereeither destroyed or damaged by four-wheel drive vehicles.Vandals also destroyed the vehicle gate at the top end of the Ashburton Domaincar park. CAR CORRECTION The captionunder aphotograph (in last week’s edition) of ayellowcar at arecentAshburtonVintage Car Clubrally incorrectly identified it as an Oldsmobile, It wasaChrysler New Yorker. HUGE SAVINGS ON CARPET&HARD FLOORING 500days Interest free* *Onin-store only purchases $999and over. 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