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AHowl of aProtest gathers pace 

HowlofaProtest ... Farmers are being encouraged to bring their utes,tractors, anddogs, 

on July 16 to protest ‘‘unworkable environmentalregulations’’. 

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By ROBYN BRISTOW 

An idea of havingalittle get together 

for farmersinacouple of SouthIsland 

towns, to chew the fat about the 

avalancheof‘‘unworkable 

environmental regulations’’, has 

turned into anationwide monster, 

saysanorganiser. 

Hurunui’sJamie McFadden,says 

there are now 44 townstakingpart in 

Groundswell NZ’s Howl of aProtest on 

July16, although numbers could grow 

as the protest gains momentum with 

supportcoming fromKaitaia to Bluff, 

and even from cities. 

North Canterbury protests have 

beenconfirmed in Kaikoura, Cheviot, 

Culverden, Amberley,Rangiora and 

Christchurch. Groupsoforganisers 

havebeen set up in eachtown andare 

working on aformat and encouraging 

farmers to turn up in the utes, and 

tractors and to bringtheirdogs. 

Indicativenumbers showthere will 

be big numbers at Howl of aProtest 

events, and organisers are warning 

protests coulddisrupt traffic in the 

middle of the day. 

‘‘Weare not intentionallyseeking to 

causedisruption such as blocking of 

roads, or bridges.But alot of people 

are veryangry withthe Governmentat 

the moment. 

‘‘Together we stand against the 

avalancheofunworkable rules being 

thrust on rural New Zealand and the 

mental health of people in that space, 

particularlyasnow more than ever, 

these people are doing the heavy 

lifting for the New Zealand economy 

and deserve better,’’ saysMr 

McFadden. 

Farmers,growers and ute owners 

were fed up with increasing 

Governmentinterferenceintheir 

livesand businesses, unworkable 

regulations and unjustified costs. 

Mr McFadden,who heads the Rural 

Advocacy NetworkofCanterbury,says 

it has alignedwith GroundswellNZ 

because they are volunteers, share a 

passion for their environment,have 

similar,proven solutions, guidelines, 

and experience in the field of 

❛Together we stand against 

the avalanche of unworkable 

rules being thrust on rural New 

Zealand.❜ 

Jamie McFadden 

—JamieMcFadden 

SignificantNatural Areas, wetlands, 

indigenous biodiversity and more. 

‘‘Thisfits well with Groundswell’s 

expertise regarding fresh water 

through the Pomahaka Catchment 

group atemplatefor success in that 

field.’’ 

Mr McFadden sayscomments by 

Green coleader James Shaw, directed 

at himself, GroundswellNZfounder 

Bryce McKenzieand Laurie Paterson 

as leaders of Groundswell, have 

galvanised more support for Howlofa 

Protest. 

Mr Shaw referred to Groundswell as 

agroupof‘‘pakeha farmers down 

south’’ based in Southland. 

He claimed the groupwas spreading 

misinformationwhile speakingon 

radio station Ngati Hine FM on June3. 

He has not clarified what the 

misinformation is.

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Oscar’sloss leaves ahuge gap 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

OxfordBirdRescue owners Traceyand 

Scott Bowman havebeenoverwhelmedby 

an outpouring of condolences aftertheir 

littleowl Oscar died. 

``We have been humbled and 

overwhelmed by theamount of kind 

words, support and messages of 

condolences we have received,’’ Scott 

says. 

``To knowhow much Oscar's advocacy 

andeducationvisits meant to so many 

peopleistruly heartwarmingand 

reinforces howimportant thatoutreach is 

as partofour bird rescuejourney. 

‘‘However,Scott andTracey now face 

thedifficult task of finding areplacement 

bird to continue the educational work 

that Oscar pioneered. 

Theraptor, which wasblindinboth 

eyes, died on June18after surgery to 

repaireye problems. 

``He madeitthrough thesurgery 

procedure, butcrashedduringrecovery,’’ 

Scott says. 

As the rehabilitation centre’s avian 

advocateOscargenerated enormous 

interest in the world of birds viaTracey’s 

popular raptoreducation programme 

with visits to schools, retirementhomes, 

clubsand community groups duringthe 

last fourand ahalfyears. 

``He openeddoors to theworldofbirds 

formany people, young andold,’’ Scott 

says. 

``That is his legacy.'' 

Oscar arrived at Oxford Bird Rescuein 

2016 after being found abandonedina 

chickencoop as ayoung, blind owlet 

whichhad yettofledge. 

Thevet whoexamined Oscar at that 

time saidhehad been bornblind in one 

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However, from dayone Scott and 

Tracey recognised Oscar as aspecialsoul. 

``Inthe 10 years we have had the Bird 

Rescuecentre we wouldhave cared for 

thousandsofbirds but we have never 

found anotherone like Oscar,’’Scott says. 

``People werejustdrawntohim. He 

was so calm, so gentleand very trusting. 

He didn’t behavelikeanormal wildowl 

in anyway. Oscar was areal character. He 

loved peopleand they loved him.’’ 

Oscar’s death has left ahuge gap at the 

centrebecauseunlikeany of the other 

raptors in their care, he wasaresidentin 

theirhome. 

``Basically allthe otherwild birds in 

ourcare arehandled as littleaspossible 

butitwas the opposite with Oscar,being 

an advocacy bird, he lived in our lounge, 

andwas definitely abig partofour 

family.’’ 

Slow down in icy conditions 

Some driversare notgetting themessage 

to reducespeed when temperaturesare 

lowand iceislikely to bepresent on the 

roads. 

Policeand Fire andEmergency New 

Zealand have attended several crashes 

over theweekend wheredrivershavenot 

been driving to the conditions resulting in 

crashes. 

Sergeant Colin Stewart says drivers 

need to reduce their speedwhen 

temperaturesare low. 

‘‘Regardlessofwhetheryou think there 

is iceornot,the bestway to reduce the 

risk of acrashistoslow down.’’ 

While somedriversarepaying 

attentiontothe weather forecasts and 

takingextracare, othersare not andit 

puts everyoneatrisk, he says. 

WaimakaririDistrictCouncil road 

safetycoordinatorKathy Graham says 

thereisamisconception thatgritting 

roadsmakes it safetodrive at your 

normalspeed. 

Grit only improves friction by about15 

percent so youonly havearound 40% of 

dry road skidresistance. 

While contractors check roads early in 

the morning, theywillalsorespond at 

other times where required. 

Icecanformvery quicklyatany timeof 

the day, so whentemperatures arelow 

assumethe road will be slippery and 

reduce your speed,MsGraham says. 

Black icecannotbeseensoyou will not 

knowuntil youhit it. 

‘‘We allhaveaparttoplayinkeeping 

ourselves andotherssafeonthe roads. 

Those withyoungornew drivers in their 

family, pleasetalktothemabout driving 

to theconditions they aremore at risk 

when newtodrivingorinexperienced.’’ 

Reducingspeed when driving in icy 

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uphilland your lowest downhill. 

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roads.Inwinter, especially in poor 

weather, double thetwosecond rule and 

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caryou’re following. 

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Water reform concerns remain 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

The Government’s latest release on its 

3Waters Reforms have failed to water 

down concerns. 

North Canterbury Mayors continue 

to worry aboutbeing forced into the 

reforms, the costs, how they havebeen 

calculated and the hastetopush the 

reforms through. 

All three North Canterbury councils 

will be part of aSouthIsland 

organisation, apart from Nelson 

Marlborough. 

WaimakaririMayor Dan Gordon 

questions how the Government 

workedout the huge efficiencies 

available ‘‘given the proposalsays it’s 

going to increase staffing by thousands 

of people’’. 

‘‘Our own financialsand modelling 

doesn’t supporttheir underlying 

argument and we are still waitingto 

see the detailed financial modelling 

and assumptions (beyond a 

dashboard) that they’ve used,’’ he says. 

Mr Gordon says until they receive 

this, he and councillors can not have 

an honestconversationwith 

communitiesonthe proposals to make 

an informed decision. 

‘‘I remainextremely concerned 

about the pace and urgency of this 

reformand hope thisremains achoice 

for our community to make. 

‘‘Thisisapoint Istrongly made to 

the Minister of Local Government 

when we met two weeks agoand have 

reiteratedsince.’’ 

Hurunui Mayor MarieBlack saysthe 

Hurunui District Council chose to 

engagewith the Governmentonthe 

reforms to be betterinformed about 

what the futurecostsof3Waters 

Reforms mightbeinits district, in 

order for thepeople of the districtto 

be well informed aboutfuture 

decision making. 

‘‘Our decision to engage withthe 

Governmentonthis issue,was based 

on assurancesgiven by the 

Government that the people of this 

district would have the opportunityto 

make the decision about opting intoa 

new model or staying with the status 

quo. 

‘‘Forced nationalisation of the 3 

Waters assets, which belong to the 

Marie Black 

ratepayers of this district does not 

form partofour agreement with the 

Government to engage,and if this was 

to be the path takenbythe 

Government it would be strongly 

resisted by this council on behalf of 

our ratepayers,’’ saysMrs Black. 

Mr Gordonand Mrs Black are also 

critical of the 3Waters advertising 

campaign by the Government. Mr 

Gordonsays it trivialises avery 

importantmatterand doesn’t fairly 

represent the realities of water 

services and quality in New Zealand. 

‘‘We found out recently the cost of 

this campaignis$3.5 million which is 

an outrageous waste of taxpayer 

money,’’ says Mr Gordon. 

Mrs Black says the Government 

believes it has built acompelling case 

nationallyfor 3WatersReform.‘‘It has 

launched anationwide campaignto 

sway the public sentimenttosupport 

this reform.’’ 

At the sametime it released the 

analysis conducted by the Water 

InfrastructureCommission of 

Scotland (WICS)ofthe data supplied 

by localgovernmentregarding 3 

Watersassets. Adetailed look at the 

numbers suggests that for the Hurunui 

districtthe caseisnot as compelling 

as it appears. 

‘‘Theanalysis is largely based on 

extrapolation of Scottish conditions to 

New Zealand,and theapproximations 

Dan Gordon 

fromlargelyurban areas in Scotland 

do not necessarily hold true in the 

rural Hurunui district.The analysis 

alsoincludes someinteresting 

underlying assumptions that do not 

appear to be supported by our own 

information. 

‘‘Weare now working our own 

Hurunui specific data into the WICS 

modelling and this is starting to 

presentaless compelling picture than 

has been presented by the initial 

modelling,’’says Mrs Black. 

WaimakaririMPMatt Dooceysays 

while there is need for reform, there is 

areal riskthat the voiceofdistricts 

likeWaimakariri will be lost in the 

proposedmodel of four regional 

entities,’’MrDoocey says. 

‘‘How will the water assets of 

communities like Waimakaririand 

Bluff, some 600km apart, be 

practically networked and merged 

intoone entity? The result will be 

large service organisations thatwon’t 

worktogether or create any savings. 

The lastthing Cantabriansneed is 

morebloated bureaucracies. 

Waimakaririrate payers face losing 

local control of their assets that 

they’vepaidfor overgenerations, 

while being asked to footthe bill for 

poorerperforming councils but 

getting no guarantee waterstandards 

will materially improve,’’ Mr Doocey 

says. 

Innovation Waste Kaikoura wins contract 

Innovation Waste Kaikoura (IWK) has 

been confirmedasKaikoura’s waste 

contractor for the next five years. 

The Kaikoura District Council approved 

the awardingofanew contract for solid 

wasteservices (refuse, recycling, and 

otherwaste management activities) at its 

meeting on June 30. 

The decision means IWK willoversee 

the closure of the Kaikoura landfill and 

the transition to disposal of refuse outside 

of the district,which has been brought 

forward from 2024 to 2022. 

It is intended that construction of the 

transfer station required for this outofdistrict 

disposal will be funded through a 

component of user pays chargesfor refuse 

disposal. 

The council and IWK will be working 

together over the nextfew monthsto 

implement the changes to services 

required by the new contract, including 

providing the community with further 

information on these changes. 

The new contracttakeseffect on 

October1and is for aterm of fouryears 

and nine months. 

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Jobs flush in water industry 

By DAVID HILL 

Ever thought about where your waste 

water goes when you flush the toilet? 

Amid the 3Waters Reforms is a 

growing industry tasked with building 

and maintaining agrowing 

infrastructure and the Waimakariri 

District Council’s water unit is keen to 

attract young people before knowledge 

and experience is lost. 

‘‘The industry is an ageing industry, so 

we’re always looking to recruit,’’ water 

unit manager Joshua McIndoe says. 

‘‘You can get asense of pride with 

providing an essential service to the 

community. We provide the most basic 

service requirements for life providing 

water and removing waste water. 

‘‘No two days are ever the same. One 

day you could be fixing aleak in the back 

blocks of Oxford and the next day you 

could be installing anew toby in 

Kaiapoi.’’ 

The water unit is recruiting now to 

add to its water reticulation team and 

while it is looking for experienced 

personnel, the unit has approval to take 

on up to four apprentices later in the 

year. 

‘‘We have two positions open at the 

moment and while ideally we need 

people qualified and trained, we are 

always willing to train people up,’’ Mr 

McIndoe says. 

‘‘For our apprentices, our basic 

criteria is someone new to the industry 

who is keen to learn and to have ajob 

that’s got some security.’’ 

The water unit provides an essential 

service, responding to weather events 

such as the recent flood event, 

responding to service requests and 

completing contracts such as building 

infrastructure in new subdivisions. 

Mr McIndoe entered the industry 11 

years ago as an apprentice with the 

Growing industry ... Waimakariri District Council water unit manager Joshua McIndoe is 

keen to recruit young people to support agrowing industry. 

PHOTO: DAVID HILL 

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‘‘It’s not something you naturally 

aspire to when you’re at school, but it’s 

agreat opportunity and there are plenty 

of career pathways. There will be no 

shortage of work. 

‘‘For many people you turn on the tap, 

flush the toilet, use the washing 

machine or have ashower and you don’t 

think anything more of it until 

something goes wrong. But it’s got to go 

somewhere.’’ 

The benefit of being an apprentice in 

the water industry is you learn on the 

job, while getting paid and you can work 

towards qualifications without 

incurring astudent loan. 

Apprentices with the council’s water 

unit begin working towards alevel 4 

New Zealand Certificate in 

Reticulation, which takes about 18 

months to two years to complete. 

When that is completed, there is the 

option of working towards the level 4 

New Zealand Certificate in Treatment, 

which allows you to work with both 

water and waste water. 

‘‘Once you get over the fact you’re 

working with poos you realise there’s a 

lot of science behind it,’’ Mr McIndoe 

says. 

Different equipment and clothing is 

used for reticulation and treatment 

work to ensure there is no crosscontamination, 

he says. 

At present the water unit includes 

around 25 staff, including reticulation 

and water treatment teams and 

administration staff, and it will soon be 

increasing to around 30. 

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Work hasstartedonthe plan 

following the revision and 

discussion around tsunami 

evacuation zones. 

The discussionstriggered the 

need for an overall community 

responseplan in the area, created 

alongside aworkinggroup of 

communityrepresentatives. 

Last week HurunuiDistrict 

Council’s Emergency Management 

Officer Allan Griggmet witha 

groupofLeithfield Village 

residents to helpdevelop their 

CommunityResponse Plan; aplan 

of action if anatural disaster 

occurs. 

‘‘Communities fare much better 

before, during,and after 

emergency events if theyare 

connected and have aplan,’’says 

Mr Grigg. 

The working groupintendsto 

have adraftplan outtoLeithfield 

Village residents by the end of 

August for consultation,before it is 

formally adopted by the 

community. 

‘‘These plansare much more 

effective whendeveloped with a 

community, ratherthan donefor a 

community’’ 

In recentyears, theseplans have 

been established for Waiau, 

Cheviot, Amberley Beach and 

Hanmer. ‘‘Our goalistocontinue 

to develop and review these plans 

with communities throughout the 

district,’’MrGrigg says. 

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Saturday’s event was hosted by the 

Oxford Working Men’s Club’s ploughing 

section and Sunday’s event was hosted 

by the North Canterbury Ploughing 

Match Association. 

Both events were held at Allen 

Winter’s farm in Swannanoa. 

‘‘The events were held with the help of 

along list of sponsors for which were 

very grateful,’’ he said. 

The two Clydesdale teams in the 

limelight on Saturday included this 

year’s recent Horse Ploughing 

Championship winners John and 

Sharon Chynoweth competing with their 

Clydesdales Blue and Flash. 

Their opposing team at Saturday’s 

event included John Booth, owner of the 

Dayboo Clydesdale Stud, in Ashburton, 

and Bruce Johnson, also of Ashburton, 

with Clydesdales, Sam and Anja. 

The two ploughmen chosen during the 

two days to compete at the New Zealand 

Ploughing Championships, in Blenheim, 

next May were Simon Reed, who will 

represent the Oxford Workingmen’s 

Club and Ken Readman, of 

Christchurch, who will represent the 

North Canterbury Ploughing Match 

Association. 

Ken, who is also secretary/treasurer 

for the North Canterbury Ploughing 

Match Association said the organisers of 

both events were happy that the heavy 

rain earlier in the week had stayed away 

for the weekend events and conditions 

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OPINION 


Water and local govt 

reforms under way 

The 3WatersReform that central 

government has in it’s focuscontinues to 

consume asignificant amount of time and 

energy. 

The Department of InternalAffairs, on 

behalf of thegovernment, has releasedthe 

proposed entities, with four across the 

country. 

Hurunui is part of aSouth Island entity 

excluding Nelson/Marlborough, and is 

determined by the Ngai Tahu taikawaor 

region. 

Our council entered this process in good 

faith, with the understanding thatthe 

proposal will be evaluated againstthe 

status quo.Our council and executiveteam 

need to absorbthe information received 

and carefully consider the impactfor our 

communities and district. 

We needtounderstand how the 

government arrived at the proposed cost to 

deliver water,and whatisthe logicor 

rationalbehindthem. 

Our ratepayershave invested heavily 

and proactively in water schemes over 

several generations, and it remains our 

undertakingtoensure we considerthis 

district in any decisionmaking. The 

current advertising campaign is 

misleading and an insult to the current 

status within the Hurunui District, along 

with many other districtsinNew Zealand. 

It is my understanding that the decision 

to ‘opt out’ is still on the table,however 

confidence in the integrityofthe 

government position is not 100 percent 

guaranteed. Withmany of the large metro 

councils declaring theirposition to opt out 

of the proposal early, it changes the 

aggregation model significantly. We will 

keep you informedaswereceive further 

information. 

Local Governmentreform is under way 

with aseriesofworkshops beingheld 

acrossthe country –collectively it is clear 

that thestrength of the local council is the 

ability to be responsivetocommunity 

needs,beinnovative, connected and agile. 

The opportunity exists to lead thelink 

between education,health, employment 

and job training at the localised level. 

There is agreatfuture for local 

governorsatalocal level –weneed to 

continuetobeastrongvoiceinthe future. 

Our localroads formasignificant part of 

ourcritical infrastructure and to hearthat 

Waka Kotahi (formallyNZTA) slashed our 

funding by $1million was acruelblow, as 

we all deserve safe and structurallysound 

roads to deliverour stock to market and get 

our kids safe to school.Covid19 lockdown 

in 2020 proved the advantage our district 

has of having the ability to feedthe nation. 

Our farmers will be joining the 

nationwide The Howl of aProtest in 

Amberley, Cheviotand Culverden on 

Friday, July 16 at midday. Thisisan 

opportunity for our districttocome 

together in solidarity to support our 

farmers and growers. 

Joanne Gumbrell 

Chair, Waimakariri Age-friendly 

Advisory Group 

E-scooters will be a 

hazard on footpaths 

It was boundtohappen. 

Escooters may be comingto 

Waimakariri. 

The council is lookingatwhether 

to accept aproposed trial, we were 

told by at our Agefriendly Advisory 

Groupmeetingrecently. 

This news certainly prompted a 

lively discussion. 

Escooters couldjoinother 

scooters, skateboards and cycles 

whichalready frequent the 

footpaths, including in the CBDs. 

They may be allowed to travelup 

to 10 or 15 km per hour (walking 

speedis5kmper hour). 

On the roadsthey can travel up to 

30 km per hour,but not use the cycle 

lanes. 

WaimakaririAgefriendly 

Advisory Groupalong with 

WaimakaririAccess Grouphave 

provided feedback on anumber of 

concerns for thosewerepresent. 

Iavoid going to townafter school 

when scooters and cycles are on the 

footpaths. 

Idon’t know whetherthe riders 

have seenme. 

Youngridershave no ideawhat it 

is like for older people seeing these 

vehiclesracingtowards them. I 

completely understand that. 

How can Iexpect them to; they are 

young.Grey Powerjoin me in 

opposing the proposal to trial 

escooters in the town centres. 

While I’m writing about footpaths 

in the mainstreetIwonder what 

readers think about displays on the 

footpath: advertising stands, bins of 

goods,hangingclothes, tablesand 

chairs. Our footpaths are already a 

hazarddue to the style of the 

verandas which are heldupbypoles. 

This is unavoidable as we are an 

older district and the style of 

architecture reflects that,giving us 

an attractive character. 

This leaveslittleroom for 

commuters. 

Footpaths in main streets in our 

towns need to be safe for 

pedestrians and those who need 

walking framesand mobility 

scooters. Other footpaths may be 

quite OK for cyclesand scooters, but 

not in the CBD. 

Another radical changeolder 

peoplefind scary is the change to 

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disappearanceofcheques. 

SeniorNet are holding sessions to 

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Phone Bob on 03 3128933. 

Nga mihi nui. 

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of traffic at Silverstream 

5.30thisevening(30/6). 

The puppywas obviously 

badly injured, and in real 

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Mirror reflection life-changing 


Areflection in the mirror during last 

year’s lockdown has proved alifechanging 

moment for Loburn’s Alex 

Witt. 

Alex, who was then aged 19, was 

unhappy with what he saw in the mirror 

and decided that day to do something 

about it. He began running to lose 

weight and now, fifteen months later, he 

is fit, trim and 30kg lighter. 

‘‘Looking back at what Ilooked like 

before Istarted and comparing it to now, 

it is quite cool to see and Iamreally 

stoked with what Ihave achieved,’’ he 

said. 

The weight loss has improved his 

physical and mental health, and given 

him the motivation and confidence to 

compete in ironman events and halfmarathons. 

He is also giving motivational talks in 

schools, has appeared on television, is 

planning to study sports and physical 

education at Otago University next year 

and has attracted sponsorship from The 

Sport Shop in Rangiora for his running, 

which was ahuge surprise. 

‘‘I never saw myself getting any type of 

sponsor, let alone for running,’’ Alex 

said. 

‘They have continued to help me out 

heaps and Iamstoked to be able to 

represent an awesome local shop and a 

great team of people.’’ 

The Sport Shop owner, Nigel 

Lavender, said he decided to help Alex 

because he has achieved alot in ashort 

time. 

‘‘We just want to help him achieve a 

bit more,’’. With that in mind Alex has 

recently been provided with apair of the 

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running shoes. ``They are the 

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said. 

New life ... Alex Witt, of Loburn, changed his life after losing 30kg during the Covid19 

pandemic lockdown last year. 

PHOTO:SHELLEY TOPP 

Alex found losing 30kg relatively easy 

and attributes this to his mindset of 

really wanting to make achange. 

‘‘All it took was achange in my diet 

and some regular exercise to start with. 

That progressed into racing and 

competing.’’ 

He became interested in competitive 

running to give himself additional 

motivation for his weightloss training 

and has found he really enjoys running 

half marathons because of the 

satisfaction he feels after completing 

each event and receiving the medal is a 

bonus. He has done the Cromwell, 

Queenstown, Canterbury, Christchurch 

Motorway, and Christchurch halfmarathons 

and has Tekapo, Wellington, 

and Queenstown half marathons coming 

up in the next few months. Then it will 

be back into triathlons during the 

summer. 

Show closer 

AMidsummer Night’s DreamRewritten has 

edged closer to opening, with the large cast 

and crew packingintothe Rangiora Town 

Hall last weekend. 

The HartleySchool of PerformingArts’ 

(HSPA) latest productionisscheduled to 

open in the town hall on Wednesday, July 

14. 

Last Sunday the cast of 130 intermediate 

and senior pupilsfrom the school had their 

first rehearsal for the musical on stage in 

the hall. 

‘‘We have areally wide range of people 

performinginthis show,’’ the HSPA 

founder Dale HartleyBrown says. 

‘‘Theatre is good for givingpeople the 

opportunity to be themselves and express 

themselvesonstage.’’ 

The musical version of William 

Shakespeare’s 16th century comedy, A 

Midsummer Night’s Dream,has been 

rewritten and adapted by Dale, along with 

aformer HSPA pupil, Robert Vincentand A 

Midsummer Night’s Dream Rewritten show’s 

director, Paul Johnson. 

‘‘Shakespeare can be atough sell in 

theatre at times because people thinkthey 

won’t understand the script, written in 

unfamiliarlanguage from so many years 

ago,’’ Dale says. However, the rewritehas 

transformed the famous writer’s original 

work into abright,modernfamilyfriendly 

musical with 130 costume changes and 22 

musical numbers. 

‘‘It is colourful, exciting, funny,written in 

amodern language, and includes songs 

‘‘with amessagethat you can have fun 

with,’’ Dale says. 

AMidsummer Night’s Dream Rewritten 

will be performed from WednesdayJuly 14 

untilSaturday, July 17 daily at 2pm, plus 

Thursday July 15 and Friday July 16 at 

7.30pm. The show is part of the twoweek 

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during the schoolholidays. Ticketscan be 

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Come along and see HSPA’s modern language, 

musical adaption ofShakespeare’s tale of magic 

and mayhem in the forest. Complete with Fairies, 

magic, song, dance, lots ofdrama and even 

someskateboardtricks!! 

The Story begins with four people eloping into 

the forest toescape anarranged marriage, only 

to experience the strangest nightoftheir lives! 

It’s all because Oberon, the Fairy King, &Titania, 

the Fairy Queen, are currently at odds and 

CaseyMontgomery 

Helena 

After being thrown into 

the role of Mrs Beaver 

last year, Iwas excited 

to experience more of 

the stage than just singing. 

I’m looking forward 

to the challenge of 

seeing how cute (& a 

little crazy) Ican make 

my character 

FelixHorwarth 

Demetrius 

The best thing about 

being involved in this, 

is everyone working 

together to create such 

agreat show! 

MeaStevens 

Titania’sFairy 

This is my second HSPA 

production and I love 

performing onstage. I 

made so many new 

friends last year, the 

social side isanadded 

bonus for me. I can't 

wait to put my costumes 

on and bepart 

of another exciting 

show 

Abigail Chessum 

Quince 

Participating at HSPA 

has given me many 

great opportunities to 

sing &act, while developingconfidence 

&skills 

along theway. 

Ilook forward to once 

again making great 

memories with my HSPA 

friendsinthisshow. 

Oberon has been sending his sidekick, Puck the 

naughty fairy, to play tricks on Titania. This royal 

fairy unrest causes much hilarity when the fairies 

decide toalso play some tricks on the human beings 

in the forest This includes aband of hapless 

performers who are there torehearse aplay for 

their nobleleader’sup-coming wedding. 

Misunderstandings, mistaken identities and mischief 

all have their part toplay, so come into the 

forest at Midsummer and find out if the Fairy 

King&Queen mend their ways. 

Musical Theatre entertainment for the whole 

family. 

July 14 –17 (First week of SchoolHols) 

Ticketsonly$15.Available at Town Hall Cinemas 

both over thecounter andonlineunder 

‘Live Shows’. 

Groupdiscounts areavailable. 

Don’tmiss outonthisentertainingfamily show!! 

Thankyou to Kidsfest &our sponsors below. 

MaddyDouglas 

Cobwebthe Fairy 

Beingapart of HSPA 

hasalwaysbrought me 

comfort&happiness, & 

the showsamplify 

thosefeelings,which is 

why I’msoexcited for 

this show. Ialsocan’t 

wait foreveryoneto 

see it,asthe hard work 

is definitely goingto 

payoff. 

Azaria Westeneng 

Dust theFairy 

I’m really looking forward 

to this year’s 

show. Iloved getting to 

develop my Character 

’Dust’ during rehearsals. 

I’m excited about 

performing my dance 

as there are lots of lifts. 

Anabel &Rueben 

Bester 

Fairy&Athenian 

Rueben- This year Iam 

in Drama&Gleeclasses 

so I'mlooking forward 

to lotsoftime on stage. 

Anabel-Wehavebeen 

at HSPA for6yrs. & 

have enjoyedeach 

show,hanging outwith 

friendsand making new 

ones. 

Olivia Wyatt 

Titania’s Fairy 

Ihave loved rehearsing 

for this show and 

watching the seniors 

rehearse their roles. 

Ican’t wait to get back 

onto the stage in front 

of an audience! 

Daniel Lees 

Oberon 

Ilike expressing myself 

on stage, this production 

is an opportunity 

for people toshow off 

their talents. I've been 

practicingevery night. I 

can't wait to be on 

stage again, it's gonna 

be exciting. Hope you 

guys can handle this 

adventureoffantasy! 

Currentlytakingenrolments 

forTermThree2021! 

Hannah Thompson 

Hermia 

This is my last show 

with HSPA &Ihave enjoyed 

every second of 

it! Ihave loved going to 

rehearsals every week 

&working with the talented 

cast & crew. I 

have made so many 

great memories &Iam 

so excited to perform 

with everyone !

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Flood prompts community clean up day 

By DAVID HILL 

11 

The prospect of rubbish buildingupatthe 

AshleyRakahuri River estuaryfollowing 

the recentfloodhas prompted a 

community clean up. 

Various community groups have joined 

forces to plan ariver clearup between 

the Okuku junctionand the estuaryon 

Sunday,July 25. 

Concernedatthe prospect of abuild up 

of rubbish on the beach and grass berms 

along the river banks, Ashley Rakahuri 

RivercareGroup (ARRG) secretaryJoan 

Miles visited theWaimakariri District 

Council community team to enquirewhat 

the council wasgoing to do aboutit. 

Her conversationwithcommunity 

developmentfacilitatorMartin Pugh 

quicklyexpanded to includethe Rangiora 

RotaryClub, theCombined 4Wheel Drive 

Clubs,the RangioraTrampingClub,Eco 

Educate and theWaimakariri Youth 

Council. 

The council’s community teamand 

solid waste unitwillbeinvolvedin 

disposing of the collectedrubbishand 

EnvironmentCanterbury (ECan)staff will 

alsobeprovidingsupport. 

While thefloodeventhas prompted the 

groups to come together forthe clean up, 

ARRGmember Grant Davey says 

dumpingofrubbish has long beena 

problem at theriver. 

‘‘Some of it is justlitterpeople 

throwing out KFCboxesand other 

takeaways, beer bottles, generalrubbish, 

old furniture and plastics, and youget 

hunters andlifestylers throwing awaythe 

remains of dead animals. 

‘‘People justuse the river as adumping 

ground and ECan is lefttodo it,but it 

needs morehelp.The flood has actually 

washed some of it away, butit’s starting to 

build up again.’’ 

Mrs Milessaysshe would likethe 

community to takebetter careoftheir 

Dumping ground ... Dumping of rubbish is amajor issue at the Ashley Rakahuri River. 

localrivers. 

‘‘It’s timelytoremind people that we’ve 

got this beautiful braided river and the 

OkukuRiverisbraided too. 

‘‘These rivers belong to the 

Waimakaririand we’vegot to lookafter 

them.’’ 

The cleanupwill take place on Sunday, 

July25, from 10am to 1pmand thepublic 

is encouraged to getinvolved.There will 

be threeclean up teams on theday. 

Thefirst team, led by PaulDelisfrom 

theCombined 4WheelDriveClubs, will 

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Rangiora crossfit gym celebrating 

ARangiora crossfit gym is 

celebrating the success of two 

members in anationwide competition 

held in Auckland. 

Plus64 Fitness NorthCanterbury coownerJamesLowe, 

of Swannanoa, 

says the success is an awesome result 

for the gym, whichonly opened in 

November 2019,and for Fernside 

builder,Arthur Robertson and 

Monique Rouxel, apeak performance 

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‘‘Ourhead coach, Kendall Peterson 

is super proud of them,’’ Jamessays. 

The Masters LeagueRegional Cup 

competition washeld in Auckland late 

last month(on June 26 and 27)where 

Arthur won the intermediate men’s 

gradecompetition and Monique 

finishedsecond in the women’s4044 

gradecompetition. 

Arthur says he enjoyscrossfit 

training because it develops an allroundfitness 

covering everything, 

from running, rowing, and bikingto 

weightlifting. 

He alsolikes the competitive nature 

of the sport andthe way everyone 

supports and encourageseach other. 

Monique, who hasbeen crossfit 

training for nine months, alsoenjoys 

the functionalfitness aspect and 

competitivenessofthe sport. 

She saysitwas excitingtodosowell 

in her first competition and she is 

looking forward to takingpart in more 

competition events. 

Crossfit is arelativelynew sport 

whichoriginated in the United States 

and involves exercisesthat mimic 

everydaylife movements, which can 

help improve agility, balance and 

flexibility. 

‘‘It is an ever evolving sport where 

Successful competitors ... Arthur Robertson and Monique Rouxel, members of the 64 Fitness North Canterbury Gym in Rangiora, after 

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tap into your mental and physical 

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The gym at 14 Cone Street in 

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can be contacted by emailing 

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Truffle ‘price war’ divides growers 

The harvest of Perigord black truffles has started and a‘‘price war’’ 

continues as values remain athird of historical prices. Allied Press’ 

Shawn McAvinue investigates the factors impacting the price of the 

‘‘black gold’’ and the state of the industry. 

Ablack truffle‘‘price war’’ is ragingin 

New Zealand. 

LimestoneHillsowner Gareth 

Renowden, of Waipara Valley, grows 

Perigord blacktruffles in his truffiereof 

about 220 trees in NorthCanterbury. 

The truffle species was the first type to 

be planted in New Zealand, had the most 

growers devoted to it and fetched the 

highest prices,hesaid. 

The average market price for a 

premium Perigordtruffle in New Zealand 

had been about $3 agram for the past 20 

years,hesaid. 

In the past two years, more growers in 

New Zealandhad beensupplying 

Perigord truffles to the domestic market. 

Demandfor truffles dropped lastyear, 

after restaurants closeddue to the 

financial impact of Covid19. 

Consequently, some‘‘newcomers’’tothe 

sectorbegansellingPerigord truffles fora 

‘‘ridiculously low price’’last year. 

ANorth Island truffle cooperative 

‘‘triggered the price war’’ by workingwith 

Bidfresh—adivision of foodwholesaler 

Bidfood —bymarketing truffles for $1 a 

gram. 

Bidfreshused lowprices as a‘‘weapon’’, 

ratherthan creating aclient base by 

building relationships,like truffle growers 

had over several years. 

George’sTruffles owner and New 

Zealand Truffle Associationacting 

presidentGeorge Wilkinson,ofTasman, 

sold his Perigord truffles from $1 agram 

‘‘undercutting’’ the market,MrRenowden 

said. 

Many growers were‘‘ropeable’’bythe 

price being ‘‘hammered’’ down. 

‘‘There was alot of illfeeling about how 

the markethad been devastated by these 

veryrash and illconsidered shortterm 

plans.’’ 

Asteadyprice was important, as 

growers created abusinessplan on a 

forecast financial return,sowhen the 

price dropped it had aseriousimpactona 

truffiereoperation, he said. 

As Mr Wilkinson had ‘‘ledthe price war’’ 

he was in no positiontoadvocate for the 

sectorand to get growers cooperating to 

create exportopportunities, or to make 

efforts to rebuild grower returns. 

‘‘Dumping truffleinthe market is not a 

verynice thing to do to your colleagues.’’ 

The sharpfall in pricing was an ‘‘eyeopener’’ 

for growers. 

‘‘Noone expected the pricing in the 

market to collapse quite as dramatically.’’ 

The drop had resulted in him losing ‘‘a 

few sales’’ but most of his clientsstayed 

withhim because he had built ‘‘close 

relationships’’ withthem overthe past 15 

years. 

Mr Wilkinsonsaid he grew Perigord 

truffles among the 2200 treesofhis 

commercialtruffiereinMotueka. 

He beganselling in 2016 and was now 

selling a‘‘high volume’’oftruffles 

offeringthree grades exclusively to chefs 

in New Zealand. 

The lowest grade soldfor $1 agram. 

He sold truffles at pricesheconsidered 

to be fair, ratherthanworkingtoa‘‘price 

point’’, like some other growers. 

The aim was nevertopoachclients from 

other growers but to offer aproduct at a 

price and let the chefs decide on the best 

deal. 

Truffle scuffle ... Limestone Hills owner Gareth Renowden, of Waipara Valley, smells a 

truffle in North Canterbury. 

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‘‘It’ssimple business. Idon’t see it as a 

price war.’’ 

Bidfresh Hamilton generalmanager 

Gus Tissink said he rejectedMr 

Renowden’s claim Bidfresh had triggered 

aprice warbyreducing prices. 

About 30 percentofBidfreshtruffle 

supplylast season —about 15kg —was 

offered at $1 agram to specific clients. 

The remaining 70% of truffle was 

offered to the market at the normal price 

of $2.50 agram. 

Bidfresh was selling all its truffle at 

$2.50 agram this season and the produce 

was ‘‘moving’’ at that price. 

He expectedanoversupplyoftruffle to 

be an ongoing issue as there were more 

than 250 truffieres in New Zealand 

producing up to 400kg of produce. 

‘‘The marketisnot goingtobeable to 

holdthat value domestically.’’ 

Mr Renowden doubtedtruffleprices 

would recover to the $3 agram price but 

expected it to settlebetween $2 and $2.50 

agram if the sector beganexporting. 

An association member and former 

president, Mr Renownden saidexporting 

was asolutiontothe issue of oversupply 

on the domestic market. 

Truffles had a10day shelflife and 

would need to be airfreighted to 

international markets. 

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wantmuch more than individual growers 

could supply, so the industry neededto 

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Visitor spend reveals Aussies hesitant 

Kaikoura has been revealed as the 

region with thelargest visitorspend. 

Wellington researchfirmDot Loves 

Data has delved into the eftpos and 

credit cardspendsince the opening up 

of theTranstasman bubbletounearth 

some huge changesinwhere andhow 

travellersare spendingtheir holidays. 

It foundthat almost 66 cents in every 

$1 spentcame fromvisitors. 

In the three monthssincethe return 

of quarantinefree travelwith 

Australia,spending data shows thatit 

is stilllargely New Zealandersfrom 

urban centres driving local spend 

rather thanAustralian visitors,who 

remain cautious of overseas travel. 

BetweenMarch25and June 25 the 

coastal town of Kaikoura was foundto 

have the highest proportion of visitor 

spend (65.88 percent)followed by the 

Mackenzie District (64.76%) andSouth 

Wairarapa(62.50%). 

Kaikoura's relatively small 

population of under4000means there 

is an outsizedrepresentation of visitor 

spend,but thefigures show that the 

coastal charm continues to draw 

visitors. 

On the other end of thescale, 

Gisborne andthe East Cape seejust 

6.5% of their spend fromvisitors to the 

region. 

Theremay be adouble edge to the 

strongtourismspend says DotLoves 

Data'sgovernment director Justin 

Lester. 

‘‘It shows how heavily tourism 

destinations relyonvisitors and 

businessesare not sustainablewithout 

them,’’hesays. 

Visitors from nearbyChristchurch 

made up the largestshare of spend 

(31%)followedbyneighbouring 

Visitor spend ... Eftpos spend shows Kaikoura continues to be reliant on Kiwi visitors. 

Marlborough (15%). 

Auckland makes up just undera 

tenth of Kaikoura's visitorspend, 

which is atrendthroughout muchof 

the country. 

The importanceofbeingclosetoa 

local urban hub is avitalfactor in high 

visitorspend, suchaChristchurch or 

Wellington in thecaseofSouth 

Wairarapa's vineyards. 

Whenitcomestolongdistance 

travel, it is Aucklandersnot Aussies 

which account forthe largest overall 

travellerspend. 

The local economieswhichwere 

reliant on travelprior to 2020,remain 

largely dependent on Kiwi tourists 

ratherthan overseas travellers. 

Diversificationinto other sectors is 

either slow, or notanoption. 

Thereare somepositive takeaways. 

With less disruption to this year's 

travelcomparedto2020, overallspend 

forthe periodisuponlast year. 

Australiansremain hesitant to visit 

NewZealand, andthe quarantine free 

travelisprone to disruption. 

As apartial travelcorridor resumes 

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spendingthan Australian visitors and 

is thekey market formostregional 

tourism destinations,’’ Mr Lestersays. 

Queenstownhas seen athirdofits 

visitor spendfrom Auckland (35%), 

well ahead of touristsfrom 

Christchurch (11%) andWellington 

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Area School’s Sport Tournament 

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Dunedin in 1995, thebrainchildofRon Morgan from MercuryBay. 

This year itisbeing held back inDunedin from July 18 to 21, at the 

EdgarCentre, with around 300 students expectedtoattend. 

The contributing schools are grouped into four regions: Northland, 

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With area schools, whichcater forstudents from Year 1to13, tending 

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aspecial concept for many of the students, also providing asocial 

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competitive sporting event. 

It is amulti-code event which includes rugby, netball, basketball, 

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Before the tournament, each of the four regions has aregional 

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Waimak library fines have been erased 

Anyonewith asecretstash of 

overdue library books can 

breathe asigh of relief, with 

Waimakariri Libraries 

permanentlyremovinglate 

finesfor all members. 

All outstanding fines for 

returned books have alsobeen 

wipedfrom library cards. 

District librarian Paula 

Eskett says by erasing 

overdue fines, library staff 

hope to welcomeback many 

hibernating librarymembers. 

‘‘Research shows thatthese 

charges thatare designed to 

help manage overdue items 

are actually deterring people 

from using libraries,’’she 

says. 

‘‘As librarians, our valueis 

providing great service and 

opportunities for our 

communitytoconnect, not 

chasing andprocessing 

fines.’’ 

Paulasays that messagewas 

driven homeduring the Covid 

19 lockdown, whenstaff 

discovered that morethan 

1000 children under the age of 

16 wereunabletoaccessthe 

library'sresources due to 

overdue fees. 

‘‘Often the bookshad 

already been returned and 

relatively smallfines were 

blocking the library cardfrom 

beingused in the library and 

online. 

‘‘It was heartbreaking that 

kids under lockdowncouldn’t 

access our resourcesand it 

went against everything we 

Changing times ... Today’s libraries have avariety of uses. PHOTOS:FILE Open for business ... Library staff, including Waimakariri Libraries 

manager Paula Eskett (left), Richard Shepherd, Jeanette Busch, Amy 

Hallmark and Sally O’Connell were hard at work during last year’s 

lockdown to ensure people had access to the library’s services. 

believe alibrary should be.’’ 

Mostlibraries in New 

Zealand have dropped late 

fines for under18s. 

WaimakaririLibraries has 

morethan 13,500 active users, 

which is justunder 22% of the 

district’s residents. 

Thatfigurecompares well 

withsimilarsized districts in 

New Zealand, but Paula hopes 

to see membershipgrow. 

She says going fines free 

gives Waimakariri Libraries a 

chance to showcase new 

servicesthat people may not 

knowabout such as online 

motor manuals, computer 

learning classes and Kanopy, 

aNetflixstyledfree movie 

service for libraries. 

‘‘We have games for grownups, 

movie mornings, Lego 

and craft groups and an ever 

changing menuofauthortalks 

and night events. 

‘‘Librariesare alot 

different from what you 

experienced 5to10years ago. 

Books mayline our walls,but 

peoplefill our spaces.’’ 

Paula saysthe total value of 

the outstanding charges was 

significant,but given the 

historical nature of the fines 

it was unlikelythat many 

would have everbeen paid. 

‘‘When we looked at the staff 

time taken to process charges 

we found that in alot of cases, 

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was actuallyworth.’’ 

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Council commits to 

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Kaikoura’s Long Term Plan is on trackto 

be signed off at the end of the month. 

Councillorsmet last weektoconsider 

273 matters raised in submissions from 

71 people, whichwere received during 

consultation on the 2021/31Long Term 

Plan (LTP), with 21 people speaking on 

theirsubmissions. 

The council was due to meet again 

yesterday to finalise the draft LTP, which 

will be sent to Audit New Zealand before 

beingadopted on July 28. 

Five keyproposals were consulted on 

as partofthe LTP,including an 

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footpaths, areview of the outdated 

District Plan, afortnightlyurban rubbish 

collection and tourism/business support 

for Destination Kaikoura. 

The majority of the submissions 

agreed with the proposals, ranging from 

64 percent support for tourism/business 

support through to 73% supportfor 

urbanrubbishcollection. 

‘‘It’s great to see that allofthe 

proposed options werewell supported. It 

showsweare on tracktodeliverchanges 

and improvementsinline withwhat the 

majority of the community want,’’ Mayor 

CraigMacklesays. 

The council did not receive the full 

amount requestedfromWaka Kotahi 

New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA) 

to help fund the roading programme, 

resulting in ashortfallof$2,293,000 over 

the threeyearperiod from 2021 to 2023. 

Rather than postponingthe work, the 

council has resolved to reduce the 

operatingprogramme budget to 90%, and 

to fund the shortfall of NZTA subsidy for 

operations through the roadingrate and 

continue with the capitalprogramme as 

originally proposed with the capital 

works subsidy shortfall loanfundedover 

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contributing significantly to total annual 

costs,’’MrMacklesays. 

‘‘Wehave decided we needtodothe 

worknow, as any delays to the roading 

programme could result in much greater 

costs in the future.’’ 

The footpath subsidy from NZTAwas 

alsoconsiderably less than expected. 

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overanumber of years about the state of 

our footpaths,’’ Mr Macklesays. 

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withthe original proposal to maintain 

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By DAVID HILL 

Localchildrengathered in 

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Oxford’sfuture farmers put to the test 

By DAVID HILL 

ShaugnKilgour was thrilled to be named 

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The annualOxford Area School 

competition, which is similartothe 

Young Farmer of the Year contest, 

returned on June 22 for the sixth edition 

of the event afteritwas acasualtyof 

Covid19 last year. 

Shaugndidn’thave to look far for 

inspirationashis older brotherJeremy is 

apast winner and competed in this year’s 

Young Farmer of the Year Tasman 

regional final. 

The nine finalistswere put through 

their pacesintractor driving, building a 

beehive, identifying differentseeds, first 

aid, setting up irrigation,velvet grading, 

an ‘‘amazing race’’ and in the evening 

gave aspeech and competed in aquiz in 

the Oxford Town Hall. 

Shaugnlives on apig farmand is aiming 

to be an agricultural engineer. 

The year 13 pupiland head studentis 

hopingtofind an engineering 

apprenticeship or work for an 

agricultural contractorwhen he finishes 

schoolatthe end of this year. 

‘‘I’vealways beenkeen on farm 

machinery. We’ve got two two frontend 

loaders at homeand Istudied agriculture 

in year 11 and we went on quite afew 

sheep and deer farms and we got 

experience from that withdrenching and 

everything else relatedtofarming.’’ 

In the lead up to the final Shaugn says 

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general knowledge and to get some tips on 

what foods animalseat, differentseeds 

and the climate. 

Actingprincipal Sharyn Varcoe says the 

competition is open to year 11 to 13 

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Shaugn Kilgour 

finalists. 

‘‘We are arural school so farming is a 

huge part of our community.Itgoes back 

to our schoolvision, whichisto‘grow 

together, learn together, shinetogether’ 

and this competition embodies all of 

those things.’’ 

The competition is builtaround 

community support, with localfarmer 

AndrewStokesworking alongside the 

school’s head of science, Joseph Burston, 

to run the competition. 

‘‘We have local businesseswho come 

along and providestaff, run sections and 

donateprizes,’’ Ms Varcoe says. 

‘‘It’savery authentic, future focused 

competition and when we get comments 

from localcontractorsthat ‘the quality is 

getting better and better every year’ and 

that ‘these competitors are goingtobe 

running theirown farms one day’, we are 

very proud of them. 

‘‘It was ahotly contested competition 

and very close.’’ 

Each of the finalists wereasked to make 

Busy in their work ... Building abeehive was one of the challenges in the Oxford Future 

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aspeech on ‘‘wherecan agriculturetake 

me?’’ 

While Shaugn talkedabout his dream of 

being an agricultural engineer, others 

spoke about agricultural contracting, 

veterinary science, artificial 

insemination and bee keeping, Ms Varcoe 

says. 

‘‘It was great to see the variety that 

agriculture encompasses represented in 

the speeches and what it means for the 

community and to our country as a 

whole.’’ 

Year 13 pupil Cameron Rowe placed 

second, whileyear 11 pupil Hillary 

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won the prize for besteffort on the day. 

While the firstsix winnershave been 

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final it may not be longbeforethe girls 

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Waikari AgriKids best dressed in parade 

By DAVID HILL 

North Island finalists 

dominated the FMG Young 

Farmer of the Year grand final 

in Christchurch last weekend, 

taking out the top three places. 

But it was adifferent story in 

the junior ranks, with Mid 

Canterbury’s Mount Hutt 

College winning the Junior 

Young Farmers’ final and West 

Otago’s Blue Mountain College 

taking out the AgriKids title. 

North Canterbury’s teams, 

Karetu Kids (North Loburn 

School), and Kool Keas and 

Klassic Keas (both of Waikari 

School), representing the 

Tasman region, enjoyed their 

big day but were not among the 

major winners in the AgriKids 

final. 

The Kool Keas team of Jack 

Philp (11), Finn Fricker (12) 

and Harry Glasson (11) did 

manage to win best dressed for 

their costume in the 

competition’s parade on 

Thursday afternoon. 

‘‘We made them ourselves, 

which was pretty cool. We had a 

bit of an advantage because 

we’re locals, so we had bigger 

props,’’ Finn says. 

Jake Jarman, an ANZ 

relationship associate 

representing the Taranaki / 

Manawatu region, became the 

53rd Young Farmer of the Year 

winner, with East Coast’s 

Joseph Watts second and the 

Northern region’s Calvin Ball 

third. 

‘‘Feeling overwhelmed, 

excited and relieved that it's 

over,’’ was Mr Jarman’s 

reaction. 

‘‘I’m just also so incredibly 

thankful to so many people, far 

too many to name but it’s ahuge 

team of people to pull together 

this event and abig team 

behind me to get me here too.’’ 

Mr Jarman also won the agribusiness, 

agri sports and agri 

knowledge challenges, while 

Mr Watts won the agri skills 

challenge and Mr Ball won the 

community footprint prize. 

Mount Hutt College’s Sophie 

Adkins and Eddie Millichamp 

were thrilled to win the Junior 

Young Farmer title. 

‘‘Getting to be here and 

having this experience has 

been awesome,’’ Sophie said. 

Teams from Rathkeale 

College (Masterton) and a 

composite team from St Paul’s 

Kool Keas .. . One of Waikari School’s teams, Jack Philp (11, left), Finn 

Fricker (12) and Harry Glasson (11), representing Tasman, complete a 

module during the AgriKids competition. 

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Collegiate and Hamilton Boys’ 

High School placed third. 

Blue Mountain College’s 

West Otago Young Guns team of 

Ben Hartshorne, Dustin Young 

and Henry Chittock came out 

on top, out of 21 finalists from 

throughout the country in the 

AgriKids competition. 

‘‘We’ve just really enjoyed 

coming here and having agreat 

time, we’ve done alot of 

studying and learning to get 

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RESULTS 

FMG Young Farmer of the 

Year: 

Winner: Jake Jarman, 

Taranaki/Manawatu Region. 

Runnerup: Joseph Watts, 

East Coast Region. 

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Northern Region. 

FMG Junior Young Farmer of 

the Year 

Winners: Eddie Millichamp 

and Sophie Adkins from Mount 

Hutt College, Aorangi Region. 

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Jono Harris from Rathkeale 

College. East Coast Region. 

Third Place: Tayla Hansen 

and Tim Lumsden from 

Hamilton Boys’ High School 

and St Paul’s Collegiate, 

Waikato/Bay of Plenty Region. 

Exam winners: Amelia 

Ridgen and Erin Humm from 

Christchurch Girls’ High 

school, Tasman Region. 

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Hounds, Baxter Twist, Chalkie 

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Taylor and Felicity Olney. 

‘‘Ewe go girl!’’ ... Supporters of 

home town finalist Roshean 

Woods, representing Tasman, 

were visible and vocal in their 

support. 

Karetu Kids ... North Loburn School’s Regan Herlihy (12, left), Cate 

Ambury (13) and John Lundy (12), representing Tasman, lineup in an 

AgriKids raceoff. 

Welding along ... Tasman region finalist Roshean Woods tries her 

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By DAVID HILL 

North Canterbury’s dry summer has 

had an impact on aseasonal delicacy. 

Truffle growers say this season’s 

crop is not as abundant as previous 

years due to the region’s drought, but 

Waipara grower Gareth Renowden 

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difference. 

‘‘The season usually starts at the 

beginning of June and runs to the end 

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summer the crops have been abit later. 

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but it’s not the same as the rain. 

‘‘There’s still amarket for truffles 

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people producing truffles now, so if 

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domestic market and we haven’t really 

established exporting yet. 

‘‘Canterbury growers are probably 

the closest to exporting, but with Covid 

it’s very difficult to find new markets. 

Hopefully when things pick up again 

we will be able to tap into some of the 

larger markets.’’ 

The challenge with exporting 

truffles is that it is afresh product, so 

it needs to find its way on to restaurant 

menus within days of harvesting, he 

says. 

The annual Canterbury Truffle 

Festival is held throughout July, with 

local wineries hosting truffle events 

though must have sold out well in 

advance. 

Truffle growers usually display their 

wares at the region’s farmers’ markets 

during the festival, though it is 

dependent on the supplies of local 

growers, Mr Renowden says. 

‘‘There’s usually apresence at the 

Riccarton (Christchurch) and Ohoka 

farmers’ markets and Iusually go to 

the Amberley farmers’ market, but it 

depends on how much truffle I’ve got.’’ 

Fellow Waikari truffle grower Anne 

Hulley says her crop is taking longer to 

mature due to the dry conditions and 

the recent rain hasn’t helped. 

‘‘We normally go to the farmers’ 

Mixed season ... Waikari truffle grower 

Jax Lee is not expecting any record 

breakers, like this whopper from three 

years ago, after this year’s dry summer. 

PHOTO: FILE 

markets in Christchurch, but we are in 

that limbo phase, so we haven’t been to 

the farmers’ markets yet.’’ 

Truffle grower Jax Lee, also of 

Waikari, produced atruffle which 

weighed awhopping 137grams three 

years ago, but says there are no 

‘‘recordbreakers’’ this season. 

‘‘The spring and the start of the 

summer was fantastic with afew big 

rainfalls, so we got off to agood start. 

We irrigate on our property, so the dry 

wasn’t too bad for us. 

‘‘Overall it’s been agood growing 

season for us and I’m enjoying these 

frosts, which are very important for 

bringing out the aroma and the taste.’’ 

She says there is more to growing 

good truffles than people realise. 

‘‘If it was easy, everyone would be 

doing it. It takes abit of science and a 

bit of luck.’’ 

For more information go to 

canterburytrufflefestival.nz/ or like 

Canterbury Truffle Festival on 

Facebook. 

Apply now to MPI’s 

flood recovery fund 

Applications have opened for funds from 

the $4 million Canterbury flood recovery 

fund. 

The Ministry for Primary Industries 

(MPI) is encouraging all farmers and 

growers affected by flooding in 

Canterbury to apply for support from a 

new $4 million fund. 

Applications have opened week for the 

expanded Canterbury Flood Recovery 

Fund, which was set up to support the 

region’s recovery from aone in 200year 

rainfall event. 

MPI’s Deputy DirectorGeneral of 

Agriculture and Investment Services 

Karen Adair says the financial support 

will help floodaffected farmers and 

growers across Canterbury to get back on 

their feet as quickly as possible. 

‘‘The cleanup task ahead of primary 

producers is massive, and some are 

facing significant costs not covered by 

insurance.’’ 

Almost 100 of the worstaffected 

farmers have already been offered grants 

from the initial $350,000 fund established 

shortly after the flood last month. 

“Should those farmers require extra 

support, they are encouraged to submit a 

new application to this larger fund,” says 

Ms Adair. 

‘‘We have been working with 

Federated Farmers, DairyNZ, Beef + 

Lamb New Zealand, Deer Industry New 

Zealand and councils, to determine how 

this financial support can have the 

greatest impact.’’ 

Grants will assist farmers to clear flood 

debris, enabling pasture and fodder 

crops to be resown. 

‘‘Our highest priority is the cleanup of 

debris such as shingle, boulders, trees 

and silt, to return paddocks to a 

productive state,’’ says Ms Adair. 

“Applications can be made 

retrospectively for cleanup work 

already undertaken. The size and 

allocation of grants will be determined 

once all the applications have been 

received. 

Grant applications will be assessed by 

Flood relief ... Afunding boost will help to 

pay for uninsurable land damage from the 

recent flood event. 

PHOTO: FILE 

an independent panel, selected by MPI 

and sector groups. 

‘‘The panel will consist of people with 

astrong understanding of farming 

businesses and rural communities in 

Canterbury,’’ says Ms Adair. 

‘‘They will confirm that grants meet the 

eligibility criteria and that the allocation 

process is fair, consistent, and 

transparent. MPI will contribute up to 

half of the cleanup cost for uninsurable 

works.’’ 

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Afull list of criteria, an application 

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Seven teams chase semi-finals 

RUGBY 

By LINDSAY KERR, 

PETER WILLIAMS, 

AND DAYLE SUTHERLAND 

The mid tablejam in the 

LuisettiSeedsNorth 

Canterbury division one rugby 

championshipintensified 

following Saturday’sgames. 

With semifinal berths 

beckoning, only four points 

separate five teams who are 

looking to fill the final two 

positions behind Kaiapoi and 

Saracens. 

Leading thisgroupisOxford, 

whichcame from behind to beat 

Ashley, and GlenmarkCheviot, 

which took onleadersKaiapoi. 

Afterfive rounds, the 

championshiptableis: 

Kaiapoi 24, Saracens 22, 

Oxford 14, Ashley 11, Hurunui 

10, GlenmarkCheviot 10,Ohoka 

10, Woodend1. 

Rising high ... Logan Telfer gains some quality lineout ball for 

Oxford. He came on at halftime and considerably stiffened Oxford’s 

performance, particularly in the set pieces. 

PHOTO: LINDSAYKERR 

Game of two halves 

Oxford and Ashley foughtout 

the classicgame of two halves. 

Ashley completelydominated 

the first half, with Korbyn Gray 

landingtwo penalties and 

converting an excellent try by 

LouisJames. 

Ashley could havehad a20 

pointlead at halftime,but halfback 

BlakeWalesby had atry 

ruledout as his footwas 

adjudged to be on the dead ball 

line before he grounded the 

ball. 

Oxford thencame to life, 

reducing Ashley’s leadtojust 

six points at halftime with atry 

to Danny Brooker. 

Prop JoshDuckworthand 

fiveeighth LeonHingston 

impressed for Ashley, 

especially in thisfirst half. 

The secondhalfwas a 

differentstory. 

Oxford madesomepersonnel 

changes,injectingthe fresh legs 

of Jesse Bowring at centre and 

LoganTelfer in the forwards, 

with both making an immediate 

impact. 

AMatt Roberts penalty closed 

the game rightup, but Ashley 

fullback Luke Goldsnaredan 

intercept try. 

From thatpoint on it was all 

Oxford. 

Roberts at halfback 

mastermindedplay with 

ruthless efficiency, putting fiveeighth 

Gus Mowat into agap for 

athe blind sidetry, before 

another bit of Brooker 

brilliance splitthe defence for a 

try underthe posts. 

Achip kick by Roberts, which 

regathered and drewthe last 

line of defence before offloading 

to winger, Luke 

Nabulagi who scoredthe try 

that not only sealedthis match 

but also earnedOxford an 

invaluable bonus point. 

Scoreboard: Oxford32 

(Danny Brooker2,Gus Mowat 

and Luke Nabulagi tries.Matt 

Roberts 2penalties, 3 

conversions) beat Ashley18 

(Louis James and Luke Gold 

tries. Korbyn Gray 2penalties, 1 

conversion). 

Hurunuifalters 

Hurunui had Saracens in its 

sights goinginto the final 

quarter, only to falter in the 

closing stages.With Saracens 

ahead117 approaching halftime,fullbackHarryMurray 

entered the lineand ripped 

through several defenders in a 

brilliant fortymetre dash to 

score. 

RickyAllin extended 

Saracens’ lead to 14 points with 

apenalty earlyinthe secondhalf,but 

Hurunui stormed back, 

with firstfiveDigby Heard 

scoring atry from 10 metersout. 

Heardfollowed this up 10 

minutes laterwith apenalty and 

the gap was only fourpoints. 

But Saracens dominatedthe 

finalquarter withits backs 

running with freedom, scoring 

two more tries. 

Murray was the standout for 

Saracens, withsolid 

performances from second five 

KeranJenkins and centre 

Hadrian Jackson. 

BrettHancox and Nathan 

Goodwin didtheir job in the 

loosepreventing Hurunui from 

gaining control in this area. 

Former Crusadershooker 

Ben Funnel and the evergreen 

BrianAndersonwere stand out 

playersinthe Hurunui pack, 

whileDigbyHeard often made 

many yards when he choseto 

run and kicked with accuracy. 

Scoreboard: Saracens 36 

(MattFreeman, HarryMurray, 

BrettHancox, Nathan Goodwin 

tries. Ricky Allin 2conversions, 

4penalties) beat Hurunui 17 

(Hunter Jackson, DigbyHeard 

tries. Heard 2conversions,1 

penalty). 

DeansShield 

It seemsalong time ago that 

GlenmarkCheviotwas proudly 

defendinganunbeaten run that 

wentback to 2018. 

But thingshave changed 

dramatically this season. A 

largelynew look sidehas 

weatheredastorm andfought 

its way back. 

While beaten2318athome 

by competition leaders Kaiapoi, 

the comebackwas clearly 

evident. 

Kaiapoi scored four tries to 

two,but the result was no 

certainty until the finalwhistle. 

Retaining the Deans Shieldat 

its spiritualhome was 

especially satisfying for 

Kaiapoi. 

Kaiapoi was quickout of the 

blocks, scoring its first try 

before the hometeam rallied 

scoring two tries. 

But it was Kaiapoi which 

wenttothe break ahead 1812. 

Brook Retallick bought 

GlenmarkCheviot level with 

two penalties,before Jacob 

Hurring scored after a 

sustained Kaiapoi period on 

attack. 

In the finalmoments a 

tigerishKaiapoi defence 

managed to withstand a 

Glenmarkonslaught. 

Lance Taylor, playing his 50th 

premier gamefor Kaiapoi, and 

Logan Bell wereits players of 

the day, while Glenmark 

Cheviot lost theservices of 

inspirationalcaptainBen 

Anderson to aleg injury. 

Scoreboard:Kaiapoi 23 (Shak 

Bassi 2, Nacanieli Namati, 

Jacob Hurringtries. Taine 

Jacobs Lawson 1penalty) beat 

Glenmark12(Max Murray, 

Henry Cruickshanktries. Brook 

Retallick 1conversion,2 

penalties). 

Ohoka claims points 

Ohoka keptagutsy Woodend 

sidescoreless to record a450 

winatMandeville. 

CelebratingTobias Pulley’s 

100th game,Ohoka applied the 

early pressure and was 

rewarded with tries to Scott 

Allin and Cameron Brown. 

Woodendwas fieldingan 

understrengthside, but showed 

plenty of grit in defence and was 

unlucky not to score midway 

through the firsthalf. 

Woodend’sopenside Mike 

McCoy was ahandful at the 

breakdown, while fiveeighth 

Keynan Smithused his 

educatedboot to claimterritory. 

Scoreboard:Ohoka 45 (Scott 

Allin, Cameron Brown,James 

Marr, Ryan McCullam, Ben 

Gold, Sam Grundytries.Scott 

Allin 1penalty, 6conversions) 

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10 th July 2021 

Luisetti SeedsCombined Div 1 

Ashley VGlenmark Cheviot, 02:45 PM, LobLr1. Hurunui VOhoka, 

02:45 PM,Cul 1. Oxford VWoodend,02:45PM, OxOval. Kaiapoi V 

Saracens Div 1, 02:45PM, KaiOv. 

Ellesmere &North CanterburyDiv 2(Section A) 

Hurunui VSaracens, 01:00PM, Cul 1. Kaiapoi GOLDS VGlenmark 

Cheviot, 01:00 PM, KaiOv. KaikouraBYE. 

Ellesmere &North CanterburyDiv 2(Section B) 

Ashley VWoodend, 01:00 PM, Lob 4.Ohoka VAmberley Seniors, 

02:00 PM, Mand 1. OxfordBYE. 

Combined Colts(SectionA) 

West Melton VGlenmark Cheviot, 01:00 PM, Wmelt 1.Ashley V 

Methven, 01:00 PM, LobLr1. 

Canstaff Womens 2nd round 

Kaiapoi VLincoln UniversityHoggets, 02:45 PM, Kai 1. 

1st XV Round Robin 

RHS 1st XV VStBede’s 1st XV,02:45PM, RHS1. 

Under 18 

09/07/2021 Prebbleton VHurunui,07:00 PM, Prebb 1. 10/07/2021 

Kaiapoi VSouthbridge/ Dunsandel Combined, 01:00 PM, Kai 1. 

Hornby Vikings VOxford, 01:00PM, Dent F1. Waihora VRHS 2nd 

XV,01:30 PM,TT3. 

Under 17 Girls 

HSOB/Marist Albion White VKaiapoi,09:45AM, BobDe3 

Under 16 

West Melton V RHS Green, 12:30 PM, RolCol. RHS Gold V 

Rolleston, 01:00 PM,RHS 2. 

Under 15 

RHS Green VOxford,11:15 AM, RHS 2. Hurunui VRHS Gold, 12:15 

PM, Cul2.Woodend PegasusBay BYE. 

U12 -U13 -North Canterbury Only 

SectionA 

Amberley Black VAshley, 11:00 AM, Amb 1. Glenmark Cheviot V 

Saracens, 11:00AM, Omi 1. Hurunui Blue VOxford,11:00 AM, Cul 

1. WoodendVKaiapoi Gold,11:00AM, Wood 2. Kaikoura Blue BYE. 

SectionB 

09/07/2021 Oxford VAshley,06:30 PM, Ox 2. 10/07/2021 Hurunui 

Black VOhoka Black, 11:00AM, Cul 2. WoodendVSaracens, 11:00 

AM, Wood 3. KaiapoiBlue BYE. 

Under 11 

Woodend VGlenmark Cheviot, Team1 Default Win. Ohoka Black 

VSaracens Blue, 10:55 AM, Mand 2a. Hurunui Black VOhoka 

Red, 11:00 AM, Cul3b. Ashley GreenVOxford,11:00 AM, Lob 4a. 

Ashley Blue VAmberley Black, 11:00AM, Lob 4b.Saracens RedV 

KaikouraA,11:05 AM, SBJnr7. KaiapoiBYE. 

Under 10 

08/07/2021 Amberley Black VOhoka Red, 06:10 PM, Amb 1a. 

10/07/2021 Kaiapoi VAshley, 12:10 PM, Kai 3. Hurunui Black V 

Glenmark Cheviot, 12:10 PM, Cul4a. Ohoka Black VWoodend, 

12:10 PM, Mandj6. Saracens Blue VOxford, 12:10 PM, SBJnr7. 

Saracens RedBYE. 

Under 9 

Kaiapoi GOLD VOxford, 10:00 AM, Kai 2a. Hurunui Black V 

Woodend, 10:00 AM, Cul3c. Amberley Black VGlenmark Cheviot, 

10:00AM, Amb 3a. OhokaBlack VKaikoura, 10:00AM, Mandj5a. 

Ashley Green VAshley Blue, 10:00 AM, Lob 5a. Saracens Blue V 

Kaiapoi BLUE, 10:00AM, SBJnr7. Ohoka RedBYE. 

Under 8 

Hurunui Black VAshley Green, 10:55 AM, Cul4a. Kaikoura V 

Saracens Red, 11:05 AM, Kaik1a. Amberley Black VOhoka Red, 

11:05 AM, Amb 2b. Ohoka Black VAshley Blue, 11:05 AM, 

Mandj4a. Oxford VKaiapoi, 11:05 AM, Oxjn5a. Saracens Blue V 

GlenmarkCheviot,11:05 AM, SBJnr6. WoodendBYE. 

Under 7 

Ohoka RedVSaracensRed, 10:45AM, Mand3a. Glenmark Cheviot 

Blue VAshley Green, 10:50 AM, Omi2a. Saracens Blue VOhoka 

Black, 10:50 AM, Sbk3a. Saracens Orange VKaiapoi, 10:50 AM, 

Sbk3b. WoodendBlack VOxford, 10:50AM, WoodJ4a. Ashley Blue 

VGlenmark CheviotBlack, 10:50 AM, LOB: Jnr2.Hurunui Black V 

AmberleyBlack, 11:00 AM, Cul3d. 

Under6 

SectionA 

Glenmark Cheviot Black VAmberley Black, 10:00 AM, Omi 1a. 

Woodend Black VWoodend Green, 10:00 AM, Wood 2b. Hurunui 

BlackVWoodend White,10:00 AM, Cul3a. Kaiapoi GOLDVKaiapoi 

BLUE, 10:00 AM, KaiOva. Hurunui Blue VGlenmark Cheviot Blue, 

10:00AM, Cul5. 

SectionB 

Saracens Red VAshley Blue, 10:00 AM, Sbk3a. Saracens Blue V 

Ashley Gold, 10:00 AM,Sbk3b.AshleyGreen VOhokaBlack,10:00 

AM, Lob 4a. Oxford RedVKaiapoi WHITE,10:00 AM,Ox4a. Ohoka 

GreenVSaracens Orange,10:00 AM, Mandj6. Ohoka RedVAshley 

White, 10:00AM, Mandj7. 

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Rga mid-week hares snare division 1lead 

HOCKEY 

Astring of good results has seen the 

Rangiora Hurunui Haresclimbtheir way 

back to the top of the midweek open 

women's division1table. 

Awin overUCPersians last week along 

with an upset lossbytheir nearest rivals 

HSOB/Burnside has giventhe Hares a 

small bit of breathing room headinginto 

the last month of roundrobin 

competition. 

The Rangiora Hurunui Hawkschalked 

up their third win of the season in the 

midweek open division 3competition, 

movingthem up to 5th place and within 

striking distance of the top 4. 

In other match ups both Rangiora 

HockeyClub's division 1teams were 

soundly beatenbyCarltonRedcliffs, 

while the Rangiora Oddfellows pulled off 

amuch neededwin overthe Hornby 

Vampires. 

Rangiora Korimako and Piwakawaka 

clashed for the first time this season after 

the former was demoted to the Sunday 

championship competition, and as 

expected the younger team was too fast 

for the more experienced side. 

The midweek open men's teams 

achieved oppositeresults, with the Aside 

too strong from Marist Mooses,whilethe 

Allsorts will be disappointed with their 

loss to Harewood. 

Anumber of new playershave joined 

the Allsortsinrecentweeks as 

replacement for injuries and absences, 

but the team will need to gel again quickly 

if they are to keep their hopes alive for a 

top four finishindivision 2. 

Rangiora's platinum women’sAteam 

had its firstwin of the season, being the 

SPORTS RESULTS 

Rangiora GolfClub 

9Hole Competition: Stroke /Putting: 

Ladies:ColeenWhite 14 c/b,DianeSinclair 

14 c/b, Rita Moore 14, Annie Cameron15 

c/b. Men: John Gregan14, Howard Thomas 

15 c/b, Robert Madden 15 c/b. 

Rangiora Bridge Club 

OxfordPairs:North/South: Jeanette 

Chatterton/Gaynor Hurford 1, Rosa 

Crighton/Sarah Waldron2,David Rainey/ 

Liz Duke 3. East/West: Pat Green/Selwyn 

Green1,Margaret Fraser/David McRae 2, 

LynneStephenson/Janelle Crawley 3. 

Presidents: N/S: Robyn Dawson/Jenny 

Shore 1, Lindsay Sigglekow/Derek Wilson 

2. E/W NoelineGoodgame/Noreen 

Thompson 1, LynneJohn/HilaryLakeman 

On attack ... Petra Lamont in action for the Rangiora Raiders Kiwi Sticks Girls team against 

Southern United at Dudley Park. 

PHOTO:SUPPLIED 

only platinum team from the club to earn 

competition pointsthrough the weekend. 

Results 

Division 1: Men Rangiora CBK 3 

(LoganBenson2,Tom Flavell 1) lost to 

CarltonRedcliffs 6. WomenRangiora 

CBK 0lost to CarltonRedcliffs 5. MVP: 

Mikayla Goodman. 

SundaySuper League Championship: 

Men Rangiora Oddfellows 2(Rik Roberts 

1, Mike Roberts 1) beat Hornby Vampires 

1. MVP: Graeme Ferreira.Women 

Rangiora Korimako 9beat Rangiora 

2,Peter Whitehead/Richard Luisetti3. 

Junior: N/S:MarkApperley/Stuart 

Atkinson 1, KK/Lynne John 2, Lorraine 

Barnett/Wayne Hutchings 3. E/W: Kerryn 

Lange/KarenManson 1, DesleySimpson/ 

Judith Robinson 2, LindseySigglekow/Liz 

Calder 3. 

Premier Pairs: N/S: BarrySmart/Lynda 

Cameron 1, Lynda Grierson/Joy Hayward 2, 

Om VanDer Mespel/William Van Der 

Mespel 3. E/W: Ken Johns/Jack Lyon 1, 

ColinDick/ElizabethAlabaster 2, Alison 

Price/Derek Wilson 3. 

Waimakariri Gorge Women’s Golf 

1st Championship Qualifying: 18 holes: 

Silver: NWeavers, 88,1.Intermediate:J 

Blatch92, 1; LPatton 96, 2; LSmith 97, 3, 

LSteele 100, WMehrtens100 equal 4. 

Junior: SMardon 105, 1; SGillespie108,2; 

IBeetsHuchshorn 110, 3; MRobertson111, 

4;KBush 113, 5. 

9Holes:RRoy56, 1. 

Piwakawaka 0. MVP: Hannah Nelson 

(Korimako), Jackie Plimmer 

(Piwakawaka). 

MidWeek Open: Men Rangiora A7 

beat Marist Mooses2.Rangiora Allsorts2 

(JasonHigham 1, Marty Woods1)lost to 

HarewoodRed 6. Women Rangiora 

Hurunui Hares 2(Anna Armstrong 1, 

Rachelle Crause 1) beat University 

Persians 0. MVP: Emma Kelley, Cassidy 

New. Rangiora Hurunui Hawks 3(Anneke 

Cameron1,Maddi Plimmer 1, Laura 

Forbes1)defeated Marist 0. MVP: Laura 

Forbes. 

Platinum Grades: Men Rangiora A0 

Amberley Golf Club 

Men :M.Grover68, GSmith 72,R 

Hornblow 72, PCumming 72, GWilliams 

72,TNatapu73. Women: LSchwaiger 71, L 

Robertson 72,KRowell 73,BPettigrew76. 

Twos:GSmith,SThomas,RMcPail, M 

Grover, IHolding, WVan Zuylen.Excel 

Design LongestPutt: RClifton. 

AmberleySmallbore Rifle Club 

DQuigley100.8,KQuigley99.8, KBrown 

98.6,CKelland 96.2,CRhodes95.4, A 

Roxburgh 91.3, GHeaven 90.1, IFrazer 

88.1,AMcLean 85.1,WParker79.0, B 

Parker 78.1, ARoxburgh78.0,GJennings 

51.0. 

Wrestlingresults 

ResultsfromUnified Championship 

Wrestling’s‘‘Livin’ TheDream’’, held at the 

Kaiapoiclublast month: 

Rhys Gibson defeated ‘‘Stuart the 

Druid’’.Bryant and‘‘Grace Lightning’’ 

defeatedthe ‘‘Eccentric’’ ElliotSamuels in 

lost to Avon Blue 7. MVP: Mica Wilson. 

Rangiora B1(Matt Corey 1) lost to Hornby 

Dragons 2. MVP: Liam Robinson. Women 

Rangiora A3(MaddiFoster1,Brooke 

Cooper1,Amelia Green 1) beat Avon 1. 

MVP: Pema Woods. Rangiora B0lost to 

HSOB/Burnside 7. 

Kwik Sticks 11aside: Girls Rangiora 

Rascals 2defeatedHarewood White 0. 

Kwik Sticks 7aside: Boys Rangiora 

Rampage 1lost to Southern United Sand 

Lizards 5. Rangiora Rangers 5(Seth 

Anders2,Jamie Ryan2,Bram Vermeulen 

1) beat Hornby Vipers3.MVP: Ruby 

Wilson. Girls RangioraRebels0lost to St 

Margaret’s College 1. MVP: Sienna 

Watson. Rangiora Rainbows 3(Ruby 

Taylor1,Brooklin Glass 1, Angie Mones 

Cazon 1) drew withHSOB/Burnside 3. 

MVP: Jessica Bowler. Rangiora Rubies 1 

(Imogen Abernethy1)lost to Harewood 

Cobras4.MVP: Katie Lunn. 

Kiwi Sticks: Boys Rangiora Rogues1 

(Hunter Tapp 1) lost to Marist7.MVP: 

HunterTapp. Girls Rangiora Rabbits 9 

(Catherine McKellow 5, Emma McKellow 

3, Ashlee Harkess1)beat Southern 

United0.MVP: Erika Zwick. Rangiora 

Raiders 5(EliseJackson 2, Zara 

Cartwright 1, Lily George 1, Ana White 1) 

beat Southern United Stingrays 2. MVP: 

Cassidy Wilson. RangioraRoad Runners 

7beat Southern United Seahorses 0. 

Mini Sticks:Boys Rangiora Roadsters 

6(AidanFerguson3,HarryPullar 2, 

XanderMoore 1) drew with Medbury 

School6.MVP: FergusWebb.Girls 

Rangiora Rockets 11 (Aimee Dunlop 4, 

Adele Ferguson 4, ShayleeEastmond 1, 

Ruby Hutchison 1, Hazel O'Steen 1) beat 

Harewood Chasers 1. MVP: Aimee 

Dunlop. Rangiora RockStars won by 

default over Hinemoa Kaiapoi. 

amixed tagmatch. DamianKnightand 

RayGunn fought to anocontest against 

‘‘Dirty Deeds’’ after bothteamswere 

countedout. 

The ‘‘Superhero’’ Jay Marshall defeated 

Corey Cutter to retainthe‘‘Aftershock’’ 

championship. ‘‘K9’’ defeatedMarc 

Moralestoqualifyfor theUnifiedworld 

heavyweightchampionship match. 

Unifiedworldheavyweightchampion 

KawaKupa defeated‘‘K9’’ and ‘‘TRex’’. 

Kawa Kupathen lost Robbo the ‘‘Aussie 

Dreamboat’’inarecord 11 seconds. John 

Henry retained hisUnifiedworld light 

heavyweighttitleagainst‘‘WaterHazard’’. 

‘‘The MegaPowers’’ retainedthe 

Unifiedworldtag team championships 

against[REDACTED], ‘‘InThe Zone’’and 

‘‘Circus of Tragedy’’. 

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Club marks milestones 

NEWS 


43 

The Waimakariri UnitedFootball Club 

celebratedsignificant milestones 

achievedbyfive of its players with abig 

win in front of alarge crowdatKendall 

ParkinKaiapoi on June 26. 

It has been abig seasonfor Brad 

Stewart and Kane Fraser, withboth 

players notchinguptheir 200th gamefor 

the club, while MitchellQuigley,Luke 

Fraser and LucasClark have all played 

their100th game. 

The club’s senior men’s firstteam, 

playing in MainlandFootball's 

Canterbury ChampionshipLeague 

competition honoured their achievement 

last Saturdaybywinning their game 

against ParklandsUnited 60,with all 

goalsscored by DannyLoney. 

At arecognition ceremony after 

Saturday’s gamethe club’sgeneral 

manager, AmyPawson,said the game 

was acelebration match for the five 

players. 

‘‘Congratulations to Brad and Kane for 

reachingtheir 200th milestone and 

Mitchell, Luke and Lucasonreaching 

their100th milestone,’’ she said. 

‘‘Thesenior men's first team played a 

fantastic gameinfrontofalarge home 

crowdatKendall Park. 

‘‘They haveput in atremendous effort 

this season to get themselves to where 

they arenow,sitting at the top of the 

Canterbury Championshipleaguetable. 

We are extremely proudofthe whole 

team and wish them all the best for the 

rest of the season.’’ 

Clubvicechairperson Sabrina Ilett 

thanked the players for providing great 

role models for youngerclub members. 

‘‘ Thisisnot just about talent but 

creating aclub culturethatjuniorand 

youthplayers are proud and passionate 

about playing forour senior teams, both 

at social and competitive level,’’ she said. 

Bradjoined the clubasateenager, 

after his familyemigratedfrom the 

United Kingdomand by the age of 15 he 

wasplaying seniorfootball. 

He played for manyseasonsbefore 

taking asixyearbreak and rejoined the 

teamthis season. 

He canplay in midfield and defence, 

hasahigh workrate andhas been agreat 

voice of experience for the squad this 

year. 

Kanebeganplaying football as afouryearoldwith 

RangioraAFC,beforethe 

mergerofthe formerthreeWaimakariri 

football clubs to formthe Waimakariri 

United Football Club in 2008. 

Apart frombriefstints away, Kane has 

playedseniorfootball for the clubsince 

he was 15 and is awell respectedsenior 

player. 

Mitchell alsobeganhis football career 

withRangiora AFC, and apart fromone 

season off,hehas only everplayed for the 

Waimakariri UnitedFootball Club. 

He is anononsense defender, with 

tremendous aerialability. 

Lucasisanother oneclubman,having 

started with Rangiora AFC,before the 

merger. 

He is ahard running leftsidedefender 

whohas developed hisattacking game 

during recent seasonsand has scored 

somespectacular goals. 

Lukebeganplaying football with 

Kaiapoi TownAFC at age four. 

Apart from ashort stintinthe 

Mainland PremierLeague with FC 

Twenty, Luke has played senior football 

for theWaimakariri United Football 

Clubsincehewas 16. He is an attacking 

midfielder. 

Splash for Cash champion 

Raewyn Bishop, of Total Realty 

Rangiora, has been named the ‘‘Splash 

for Cash’’ champion trophy winner from 

the Charles Upham Rangiora Big Splash 

held last month. 

She raised awhopping $3,502 for the 

Rangiora Stroke Club for the Big Splash 

held at the Rangiora RSA. 

‘‘Raewyn took fundraising to the next 

level and blew us away with her 

fundraising ideas and the amount she 

raised for the Rangiora Stroke Club,’’ 

Rangiora Promotions says. 

For her efforts, a$250 donation will be 

made to Raewyn’s chosen charity, 

Conductive Education Canterbury. 

In second place in the ‘‘Splash for 

Cash’’ was Scott Murray, of ANZ, who 

raised $3,214. Adonation will be made to 

his chosen charity, Learning Needs 

Library Inc. (aka Christchurch Special 

Needs Library). 

Marea McLennan, of Unichem Medical 

Corner Pharmacy Rangiora, raised $2100 

to take third place, with adonation to be 

Splash for Cash ... Raewyn Bishop (left) is 

presented with the ‘‘Splash for Cash’’ 

champion trophy by Rangiora Promotions 

business liaison officer Karen Dugdale. 

PHOTO: RANGIORA PROMOTIONS 

made to her chosen charity, St John 

Rangiora. 

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Mayoral Update - 

Three Waters Reform Proposals 

The release of new information from the 

Government about Three Waters Reform proposals 

means we now have anidea of the shape and 

ownership models of the proposed entities. 

There are alot of broad statements being made 

and questions that need to be answered. I’m 

concerned the information provided only paints 

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Like all Councils we recognise the need to invest 

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We take great pride in providing our communities 

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Over the last 20 years we’ve invested over $100m 

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using trivialises avery important matter and 

doesn’t fairly represent the realities ofwater 

services and quality in New Zealand. We recently 

found out the cost of this campaign is$3.5m 

which is an outrageous waste of taxpayer money. 

Iquestion how they’ve worked out the huge 

efficiencies available given the proposal says it’s 

going to increase staffing by thousands of people. 

Ourown financials andmodelling doesn’tsupport 

their underlying argumentand we are still waiting to 

seethedetailedfinancial modelling andassumptions 

(beyondadashboard) that they’veused. 

Until we receivethis, myself and Councillors can’thave 

an honest conversation with ourcommunitiesonthese 

proposals so they canmake an informed decision. 

Iremain extremely concerned aboutthe paceand 

urgency of thisreformand hope this remains achoice 

forour community to make. This is apointIstrongly 

madetothe Minister of LocalGovernment when we 

met twoweeks ago and havereiterated since. 

-Mayor Dan Gordon 

Icy Roads Catching Drivers Out 

Some drivers are not getting the message to 

reduce speed when temperatures are low and ice 

is likely to be present on the roads. 

Police and Fire and Emergency New Zealand have 

attended several crashes over the weekend where 

drivers have not been driving to the conditions 

resulting incrashes. 

Sergeant Colin Stewart says drivers need to 

reduce their speed when temperatures are low. 

“Regardless of whether you think there is ice or 

not, the best way to reduce the risk of acrash is to 

slow down,” he says. 

It’s clear that while some drivers are paying 

attention tothe weather forecasts and taking extra 

care, others aren’t and it puts everyone at risk. 

Road Safety Co-ordinator Kathy Graham says 

there is amisconception that gritting roads makes 

it safe todrive atyour normal speed. However, grit 

only improves friction by about 15% so you only 

have around 40% of dry road skid resistance. 

While contractors check roads very early in the 

morning they will also respond at other times 

where required. Ice can form very quickly atany 

time of the day however, so when temperatures 

are low assume the road will be slippery and 

reduce your speed. Black ice can’t be seen so you 

won’tknow until you hit it. 

Reducing speed when driving in icy conditions 

doesn’t mean you won’t slide off the road, but at a 

slower speed the impact will be less. 

Applications Open Soon for $4m 

Canterbury Flood Recovery Fund 

TheMinistry forPrimary Industries is encouraging 

all farmers and growers affected by flooding in 

Canterbury to applyfor support from anew $4m fund. 

The expanded Canterbury Flood Recovery Fund 

was set up to support the region's recovery from a 

one in 200-year rainfall event. 

Applications can be made retrospectively for 

clean-up work already undertaken. The size and 

distribution ofgrants will be determined once all 

the applications have been received. 

Applications for the fund open on 9July 2021 and 

close on 30 July 2021. Forms will be available on 

www.mpi.govt.nz from 9July 2021. 

Your chance to 

talk to the Mayor 

1.30– 4pm 

Thursday 8July 

Woodend Community Centre 

Massive BookSaleat 

Waimakariri Libraries 

Stock up on your winter reading 

material with greatbooks at 

special prices foreveryone! 

KaiapoiLibrary 

176Williams Street, Kaiapoi 

› Saturday10July 2021•10am to 2pm 

› Sunday11July2021•1pm to 4pm 

Find out more 

libraries.waimakariri.govt.nz 

03 311 8901 

The Great 

At Kaiapoi Domainand 

Pearson Park, Oxford 

For more information go to: 

www.kidsfest.co.nz/event/the-great-fairy-huntnt/the 

*Facepainting subject to weather. 

Check the Beyond The Faerie Tree 

Facebook page for updates. 

Saturday 10 July - 

Sunday 25 July 2021 

Free 

Face Pa inting 

Free 

Face Pa inting 

with Snowdrop at 

the Kaiapoi Domain 

Friday 16 July 

11.00 am -1.00 pm 

Friday 23 July 

11.00 am -1.00 pm

NEWS &CLASSIFIED 


45 

Give usyour 

feedback 

ABOUT AN 

AQUA PLAY PARK 

Should the Council support aproposal to 

install anAqua Play Park inKaiapoi? 

The WHoW Trust are proposing to createa 

temporary water park on the lake within 

NCF Reserve. 

It wouldinclude floatingbouncy castles, pontoons 

and supporting facilities and would operateduring 

peak summer months. 

Before adecision ismade, we’d like to know 

what you think. Share your feedback before 

5pm on Wednesday 14 July 2021. 

Have your say waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk 

NEED FUNDING FOR A 

LOCAL ARTS PROJECT? 

Assistance is available for groups and 

individuals who are keen to provide arts 

and cultural activities in the Waimakariri 

District from the Creative Communities 

New Zealand Scheme. 

The next CreativeCommunities round will close 

Monday23August 2021,foreventsoractivities 

thattakeplace between1October2021 and 

1October2022. 

The Application Form and Guide for Applicants is 

available from Council Service Centres and Libraries or 

from the Council website at waimakariri.govt.nz 

If youhaveany questionsplease contact 

the administrator,Ben Eldridge 

Phone03311 8901or0800965 468 

Email ben.eldridge@wmk.govt.nz 

Community Op Shop 

The new Op shop opens in the WaikariChurchHall at 10am, Monday,July 5. Come and Bishop Peter 

and HurunuiMayor Marie Black. You are most welcome to stay and join us for acuppa and please 

bring aplate of food to sharefor morning tea.Afirewood request has beenmet. Thank you for your 

offers. 

Rangiora Community Patrol 

Afundraisingsausage sizzle willbeheld for the patrol, who are the eyes an dears for the Police, 

on Saturday ,July 17, 10amto2pm outside PAK’nSAVE, Southbrook. 

Patrolmilestone 

The Rangiora CommunityPatrol will celebrate 25, plus one yearonSunday,July 25 at 2pm at 

MainPower Oval, Coldstream Road.Anyonefrom the Patrol (car or cameras) since 1995 is invited 

to an afternoontea to celebrateour anniversary. RSVP to Anne Palmer0274258317. 

annepalmer52@gmail.com. Be quicklimit100. 

PsychologicalFirst Aid 

Two pyschological first aid courses willbeheld at the John Knox Centreatthe corner of King and 

High Streets,RangioraonFriday, July 23, and Saturday,August 14. The Loburn branch of Red Cross 

invites people of the Waimakaririand beyond to take partinthe courses which includebecoming 

familiar withdistress reactions. The coursesare afull, sevenhour day. To registeremail 

wellbeing@redcross.org.nz. 

Rangiora Players 

How does yourGarden Grow will be stagedbythe Rangiora Players from July 10 to July24. This play 

is nothing aboutgardens, or how they grow. Nathan Pond: Once a 

mega rockstar, now ashadow of his former self, (mostly) off the drugsand boozeafter (several) spells 

in rehab, but on the comeback trail. Tickets $25 per person. 

Fire &Ice festival 

The BlackwellDepartment Storecarparkwill hostthe free day on July 24, which will kickoff with 

ice artist Victor Cagayat fromAuckland sculptingice surprises from 12.30pmto3.30pm. At 5pm the 

festive fun beginswith hot food, mulled wine,live music and market stalls. 

Kaiapoi Art Expo 

The Kaiapoi Art expo will be held on July24and 25, 10amto5pm, in the Kaiapoi Club, Raven Quay, 

Kaiapoi. Check out over 800 artworks,from 125 artists, all underone roof including painting, 

photography,ceramics, woodwork and more. Take part in the ‘have agoday’ on Saturday. Entryby 

gold coin. 

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Public Notices 

Kaiapoi Christadelphians 

“The Key of knowledge...” (Luke 11:52) 

THE BIBLE’S 

SOLUTION TO FEAR 

If we have looked about us and observed the World’s 

events, we could understandably be perplexed and 

fearful, thinking where is it all going to end? There 

are amultitude ofsuggestions, but all from ahuman 

viewpoint. There is only one place where the answers 

to all the troubles in the world can be found. THE 

BIBLE. The Bible (the only place of true wisdom) gives 

hope and direction for todayand the future.All it takes 

is for us to make amove to seek the answers. There 

is no need for despair and fear. God is going tobring 

anew world, where evil will be restrained, and peace 

and equity will prevail under arighteous ruler. 

All welcome. DVD presentation 

Sunday 11th July,7.30pm 

Kaiapoi Community Centre, Sewell Street 

Forinformation phone 03 352 5453 

website -bibletruthandprophecy 

HANMER SPRINGS FLYRIDE 

Publicly Notified Resource Consent 

Application: RC210098 

Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools &Spa (the applicant) 

has made changes to the resourceconsent application 

(RC210029)to installand operateaflyride at: 

Conical Hill Reserve –ConicalHill Road and54Lucas 

Lane,Hanmer Springs. 

The changes are outlined inan addendum and are 

considered tobe outofscope of the original application. 

Therefore, the resource consent application must be 

notifiedand processedasanew application. 

Submissions onthis resource consent application 

close: 5pm Thursday5August2021 

Available online: The full application including the 

addendum,public notice and information on how to 

make asubmission are available online at: 

www.hurunui.govt.nz/flyride 

If youhaveany questions, please contact 

KelseyBewley,03314 0048 or 

kelsey.bewley@hurunui.govt.nz 

2398383 

2397991

CLASSIFIED 


PUBLIC NOTICE OF 

APPLICATION FOR 

OFF LICENCE 

SECTION 101, SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

Daniel Stapleforth of 

Forthluck Ltd, 201 Davis Rd, 

Cust has made application 

to the District Licensing 

Committee at Rangiora for 

the issue of an Off Licence 

in respect of the premises 

situated at 201 Davis Road, 

Cust known as Forthluck 

Ltd. 

The general nature of the 

business conducted (or to 

be conducted) under the 

licence is Remote Sales of 

Alcohol -Online Sales. 

The days on which and the 

hours during which alcohol 

is (or is intended to be) 

sold under the licence are 

7am to 11pm, Monday to 

Sunday. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office 

of the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 215 

High Street, Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of 

the licence may, not later 

than 15 working days after 

the date of the publication 

of this notice, file anotice 

in writing of the objection 

with the Secretary of 

the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 

Private Bag 1005, Rangiora. 

No objection to the issue 

of alicence may be made 

in relation to amatter other 

than amatter specified is 

section 105 (1) of the Sale 

and Supply of Alcohol Act 

2012. 

This is the second 

publication of this notice. 

This notice was first 

published on 1July 2021. 

2394993v2 

Cars Wanted 

ANY old cars, anything pre 

1990, unfinished Hot Rods, 

Classic Cars. Please call 

027 258 8366. 

CASH 4CARS 

and 4WD'S 

Phone 

Automotive 

Parts 

03 313 7216 

For Sale 

HONEY 4kg bucket 

cooking honey, $30 special. 

Available at Gracebrook, 

Amberley. Telephone 03 

314 7076. 

Gardening 

A+ GARDEN hedges cut 

to perfection. Tree &arbor 

work. Also spraying. Free 

quotes. Ph 03 312 0668 or 

021 111 4322. 

Public Notices Situations Vacant Trade &Services 

Wanted To Rent 

PUBLICNOTICEOF 

APPLICATION FOR ON 

AND OFF-LICENCES 

SECTION 101,SALE 

ANDSUPPLYOF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

Scott Management 

Services Ltd t/as New 

World Kaiapoi has made 

application to the District 

Licensing Committee 

at Rangiora for the 

renewal of an On and Off 

Licence in respect of the 

premises situated at 52 

Charles St, Kaiapoi or the 

Supermarket known as 

New World Kaiapoi. 

The general nature of the 

business conducted (or to 

be conducted) under the 

licence is Supermarket. 

The days on which and 

the hours during which 

alcohol is (or is intended to 

be) sold under the licence 

are 7am to 10pm, 7days 

aweek. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office 

of the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 

215 High Street, Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of 

the licence may, not later 

than 15 working days after 

the date of the publication 

of this notice, file anotice 

in writing ofthe objection 

with the Secretary of 

the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee 

at Private Bag 1005, 

Rangiora. 

No objection to the renewal 

of alicence may be made 

in relation to amatter other 

than amatter specified in 

section 131 of the Sale and 

Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. 

This is the first publication 

of this notice. 

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Cars Wanted 

CARS, vans, 4WD’s 

wanted for dismantling or 

repair. Phone 027 258 

8366. 

WANTED to buy Ford, 

Holden, Chrysler or 

Chev’s, Classic cars. Any 

other types considered, any 

condition. Please phone 

Tony 027 313 5000. 

Firewood 

SPLIT Old Man Pine 3.7m 

@$260, Split Hardwood 

Mix 3.7m @$360. Mobile 

021 993 497 Paul. 

DRY WATTLE two years 

old, $700 6m2. Dry old 

man pine, $550 6m2. Phone 

03 312 8726 Rangiora. 

FIREWOOD logged ready 

to saw up, 7km from Rangiora, 

$10m3. Please text 027 

435 4023. 

FREE firewood from trees 

that are felled in Rangiora 

area. Suit retired men with 

chainsaw. Ph 021 358 593. 

URGENTLY REQUIRED 

Farm cottage or similar, 

2-3 bedroom, by responsible, 

mature, professional female 

with clean, tidy habits. 

Long term and not prepared to 

share. Also require 3-4 acres 

for grazing sensible horses. 

Ph 027 472 6391. 

2395366 

rural reporter 

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Canterbury(flexiblelocation) 

Do you know your Herefords fromyour Holsteins? 

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Central Rural Lifehas an excitingopportunityfor a 

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in Canterbury.The ideal applicant willhavesoundrural 

knowledgeand journalism skills. 

CentralRural LifeisanAllied Press Ltdcommunity 

newspaper deliveredfortnightlytomorethan 

17,500rural addresses between NorthOtago, North 

Canterburyand the West Coast. 

The role will requireyou to cover localrural issues, 

eventsand human intereststories. Some advertising 

featureworkmay also be required. 

The successful candidate willbeaself-starter,ableto 

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for theruralsector. 

Strong photography skillsare required andvideoand 

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If youthinkthis is for you, pleasesendyour CV 

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AlliedPress Rural Editor(sally.rae@alliedpress.co.nz, 

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Applications forthe role close on Friday 16 July 2021. 

Please noteyou musthavethe right to workin 

New Zealand to applyfor this role. 

Disclaimer:Allied Pressdoesnot acceptunsolicited 

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Motorcycles 

SouthPacific Motorcycle 

Services (Mandeville) 

Repairs, service, tyres etc 

for all motorcycles. 

Greatservice -great rates! 

03 312 0066 

office@motorbiketours.co.nz 

www.motorbiketours.co.nz 

Wanted To Buy 

BUYING estate type old 

china, crystal, collectables, 

vases. Phone 027 350 3963, 

or 313 1878. 

$$$ 

Amalgamated Scrap Metal 

Ltd. Specialists in farm 

machineryand farm clean 

ups, old vehicles etc. 

100% locally owned. 

Ph 0800 030 712 or 

027 695 0480. 

2312759 

Property Wanted 

WANTED TO BUY: lifestyle 

block, any size house, 

anywhere considered, privacy 

is key, preferably won’t 

have to sell akidney for. 

Text/leave amessage with 

details to 027 787 9648 and 

will call back. 

Educational 

TUITION available. Primary 

and secondary up to 

NCEA level 3. In centre 

(Rangiora) or interactive 

online from your home. 

Each student on an individually 

tailored programme. 

Kip McGrath Rangiora has 

been serving the local community 

for 30 +years. Give 

us acall (03 313 3638) or 

book your free assessment 

online https://www.kipmcgrath. 

co.nz/rangiora 


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Being aCAB volunteer is challenging and rewarding. 

If you’re: 

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• willing to learn 

• confident using acomputer 

• happy to research client enquiries 

then you are apotential CAB volunteer 

We provide our volunteers with extensive and 

ongoing training, and amentorship programme. 

Formore information phone us on 03 313 8822, 

email northcanterbury@cab.org.nz or visit our 

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Applications close on 26 July 2021 


Positions Available 

Dry Stock Assistant 

•Feeding of livestock 

•Administering Animal health 

•Assisting rearing Beef and Dairycalves 

Machinery Operator 

•Full cultivation and direct drilling set up 

•Baling and harvesting of grains 

•H4licence for cartage between both 

properties 

Both positions are based in Waikari and can be 

full time or part time for key seasonal tasks, to 

enquire further phone Ben 027 699 6660 

2398837 

2398062 

ACCOUNTING SUPER- 

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have at least 3years experience. 

Contact Donna 03 

310 7285 or 027 636 6960. 

Send your CV to 

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Pets 

BICHON HOMESTAY 

for smaller dogs. We look 

after your dog in our home. 

"No kennels". Phone today 

03 314 6110. 

Personal 

ALL TREE SERVICES, 

arbour work, pruning, tree 

removal. Affordable & 

friendly service. Telephone 

021 111 4322. 

ARBORIST 

Copper Beech Tree 

Services. Tree removal, 

pruning, height reduction, 

hedge trimming, shaping, 

tree planting, firewood. 

Free quotes. Contact Angus 

Edwards 027 259 6741 

copperbeechtreeservices@gmail.com 

BRIAN’S Tree Services. 

Tree felling, topping, 

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish 

removed, stump grinding, 

branch chipping. 

Affordable rates. Phone 03 

327 5505 or 021 124 4894. 

DRESSMAKING Bev’s 

Sew Good Services. For all 

your alterations, repairs, 

dressmaking, curtains. 

Phone 327 5535. 

Log Fires 

Pellet Fires 

Heat Pumps 

Sales 

Service 

Installations 

Free Quotes 

03 343 1651 

472 Blenheim Rd 

www.heatstore.co.nz 

BUILDERS Father &Son 

team. Amac Builders are 

available to help you with 

your building needs. High 

standards, low overheads. 

No job too small. Check us 

out on fb. Amac Builders 

Ltd. Ph 027 318 4400. 

DIRTY TILES &Grout? 

Professional tile cleaning, 

tiled shower restoration, 

mouldy silcone, shower 

glass & we can even 

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For all your tile and grout 

issues call Grout Pro for a 

free, no obligation quote. 

Ph Darryl 0800 882 772. 

METAL WORX. Flashing, 

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Wrought Iron, 

Welding, Custom Trailers, 

General Metalwork. No job 

too big or too small. Ph 021 

265 5428 or 03 314 6908. 

Find us on facebook/ 

Glenmark Metal Worx. 

glenmarkmetalworx.ltd@gmail.com. 

PAINT & wallpaper 

services. Wayne Bryant, 

SEMI RETIRED kind, exterior, interior. Qualified 

caring man looking for a tradesman. Free quotes. Ph 

loving relationship. 313 5337 or 027 654 4568. 

Seeking agenuine, caring 

woman in her 70’s, light PAINTER. Qualified local 

drinker. Ph 020 4129 5331. professional, Int / Ext, 

roofs, wallpaper. Call or 

Livestock 

text Corban 027 846 5035. 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 40 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

HOMEKILL 

&Wild Game Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph 389 9230. 

Meat Processing 

RANGIORA Rubbish 

Removal and RRR skips. 

313 0022 Wheelie bins any frequency 

and skips from 1.5 cube to 

2309602MEAT2U.NZ 9cube. Skips and wheelie 

bins for any use, rubbish, 

Trade&Services 

greenwaste, building sites 

or just cleanups. Give us a 

phone call 313 6957 or for 

ABEL &Prestige Chimney skips 021 313 255. 

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned 

& operated. Covering all 

areas from Waimak to Hanmer. 

ROOFER. All roof repairs, 

roof painting, water blastteed, 

Professional, guaraning, 

moss treatment, 

service. Firebox repointing, gutter cleans & 

repairs, carry most parts. Ph snow straps. And more. 

0800 661 244. 

AFFORDABLE concrete 

Free quotes. Phone Nathan 

027 516 6609. 

cutting with quality and SCREEN PRINTING. 

removal work. Free quotes. For all your printing 

No job too small. Ph 027 requirements. T-shirts, 

442 2219, Fax 03 359 6052 

or A/H 03 359 4605. 

Hoodies, Hi-Vis vests and 

polos, Overalls, Caps etc. 

Please phone Heather 03 

313 0261 or email heather. 

norstar@gmail.com. 

STONEMASON, Brick 

and Blocklayer. Earthquake 

qualified. 

repairs, 

repoint, 

grind out and 

River/Oamaru 

stone, Schist, Volcanic 

Rock, paving, all alterations 

new and old. Quality 

workmanship. Visit 

featureworks.co.nz or ph 

027 601 3145. 

WINDOW TINTING 

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advanced film solutions 

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fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

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SUMMERFIELD 

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IN YOUR AREA NOW. 

Lifestyle or farm, sheep, cattle, 

horse, all types of animals. 

Fences, yards, sheds, arenas, 

shelters, runs. 

30+ years contract fencing. 

Steve is available to help with 

your design &planning. 

Ph office03312 4747 

ANTHONY SYMONDS 

Forall your painting & 

plastering requirements 

Local with 30 years 

experience 

All workmanship 

Guaranteed. 

Phone 021 344 023 

Pride &Quality Painting 

&Decorating Services 

20 yrs exp, fast and friendly 

service. For all your painting 

needs, phone: Martin 310 

6187 or 021 128 9867 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’s Liquid 

Waste 

Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

REMOVALISTS 

Movemen Ltd 

2Men &agood sized truck. 

From $150 plus GST per 

hour.Kaiapoi based. 

Call Gerard 

027 668 3636 

VALUATION - 

Specialising in North Canterbury. 

Contact Geoff at 

Maxwell Valuation. Phone 

03 310 8541 or email 

geoff@maxval.co.nz. 

•Interiorand exterior 

painting 

•Small-medium size/ 

repaints 

•Minorplasterrepairs 

•Timberwindowrepairs 

Ph: 0800 462 758 Ph/txt: 021314 319 Mark Taylor 

Email: jackiemarktaylor@yahoo.co.nz 

Long established local company 

www.taylorbuildingmaintenance.co.nz 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

2091848 

SHEARER. Hap’s Farm & 

Lifestyle Services. Shearing, 

crutching, drenching, 

tailing, feet trimming & 

health check. — Ph. 03- 

423-3713 or 021-267-4025. 

2220615 

2362002 

2343272 

You dump it... 

Blair pumps it... 

027 216 0000 

2225862

Trusted Trades & 

Professional Services 

Guide 

To book your spaceinthis guide,phoneAmanda Keys 313 2840 or email amanda.keys@ncnews.co.nz 

Appliance Repairs 

Builder Builder Butchery 

•REGISTERED TECHNICIAN 

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F&P, Bosch, Smeg, 

ASKO,Ariston, LG,Classique, 

Haier, Samsung and more.... 

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NORTHCANTERBURY APPLIANCE SERVICES 

Rangiora: 03 313 4420 Kaiapoi: 03 327 3810 

1913020 

• New Builds 

• Light Commercial /Re-strengthening 

• Renovations 

• Bathrooms 

• Farm Buildings 

• House Lifting Re-piling 

• Shop Fit Outs 

2397995 

40+ years experience 

027 222 5078 

markw.hills@xtra.co.nz 

OxfordButchery 

Shane and Leanne Frahm 

We cankill&process yourstock 

FourGenerations of Frahms 

since 1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 

1680439 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 312 4709 

Chiropractic Services 

Construction &Concrete 

Digger Hire and Construction 

Dr Jess Ross 

ACC RegisteredDrChiropractic 

Monday &Thursday |03313 0350 

Injury, accidents and maintenance 

Libi McKinnon Physiotherapy 

privatephysio@xtra.co.nz 

027 868 2574 

ACC Registered Provider | Tuesday &Friday 

Select Health 

Phone 03 313 7144 

027 432 1534 

Fax 03 313 2144 

rgrantelectrical@gmail.com 

PO Box 69, Rangiora 

51 Ashley Street, Rangiora 

Electrician 

Allan Pethig 

For all your electrical needs. Residential &Commercial 


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•Driveways, patios &paths 

•Bridges and Culverts 

•Floors, foundations 

•Sheds and buildings 

•Dairy Sheds, Herd homes 

•Silage pits, effluent ponds 

•Excavation and cartage 

•Precast concrete 

•Insulated panels 

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027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

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2384249 

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2269236 

Engineering 

For your Engineering needs 

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821 

toppeng@xtra.co.nz 

Glass &Windscreens 

Scrap Metal 

CASH PAID FOR SCRAP 

•Car Bodies •Scrap Steel•Specialists in Farm 

Machinery•All non Ferrous 

MAINLAND 

METALS LTD 

Ph (03)338 7000 

Mike0274 818544 •Robbie 0274 818 027 

Locally owned and operated 

1902273 

If it stands still 

long enough we 

will paint it 

•17metre spray 

booth 

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in our Trades 

and Services 

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•Fullcoachbuilding service, fabricating 

doors,lockers, windows, tanks 

•Painting Motorhomes, Caravans, Boats, 

Trucks,Tractors&Cars 

Now moved to 8Seven Mile Drive, Belfast 

Phone (03) 323 4115 

www.autobodyrepairs.co.nz 

2354024 

2364105 

Heating 

Air to Water Heat Pump for Heating and Cooling 

Wood Fired Central Heating 

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All Landscaping, Retaining Walls (Engineered and 

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and more...Lifestyle Block, Rural and Residential. 

Phone Jeremy 021 169 9394 

www.blackhill.co.nz 

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CAP 40 

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Shingle 

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Quarry Prices 

DRAINAGE CHIP 

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house excavations, driveways, subdivisions 

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Email: stress@xtra.co.nz 

2009594 

To book your spaceinthis guide,phone Amanda Keys 313 2840 or email amanda.keys@ncnews.co.nz

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