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AHowl of aProtest gathers pace<br />

HowlofaProtest ... Farmers are being encouraged to bring their utes,tractors, anddogs,<br />

on <strong>July</strong> 16 to protest ‘‘unworkable environmentalregulations’’.<br />

PHOTO:FILE<br />

By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />

An idea of havingalittle get together<br />

for farmersinacouple of SouthIsland<br />

towns, to chew the fat about the<br />

avalancheof‘‘unworkable<br />

environmental regulations’’, has<br />

turned into anationwide monster,<br />

saysanorganiser.<br />

Hurunui’sJamie McFadden,says<br />

there are now 44 townstakingpart in<br />

Groundswell NZ’s Howl of aProtest on<br />

<strong>July</strong>16, although numbers could grow<br />

as the protest gains momentum with<br />

supportcoming fromKaitaia to Bluff,<br />

and even from cities.<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> protests have<br />

beenconfirmed in Kaikoura, Cheviot,<br />

Culverden, Amberley,Rangiora and<br />

Christchurch. Groupsoforganisers<br />

havebeen set up in eachtown andare<br />

working on aformat and encouraging<br />

farmers to turn up in the utes, and<br />

tractors and to bringtheirdogs.<br />

Indicativenumbers showthere will<br />

be big numbers at Howl of aProtest<br />

events, and organisers are warning<br />

protests coulddisrupt traffic in the<br />

middle of the day.<br />

‘‘Weare not intentionallyseeking to<br />

causedisruption such as blocking of<br />

roads, or bridges.But alot of people<br />

are veryangry withthe Governmentat<br />

the moment.<br />

‘‘Together we stand against the<br />

avalancheofunworkable rules being<br />

thrust on rural New Zealand and the<br />

mental health of people in that space,<br />

particularlyasnow more than ever,<br />

these people are doing the heavy<br />

lifting for the New Zealand economy<br />

and deserve better,’’ saysMr<br />

McFadden.<br />

Farmers,growers and ute owners<br />

were fed up with increasing<br />

Governmentinterferenceintheir<br />

livesand businesses, unworkable<br />

regulations and unjustified costs.<br />

Mr McFadden,who heads the Rural<br />

Advocacy Networkof<strong>Canterbury</strong>,says<br />

it has alignedwith GroundswellNZ<br />

because they are volunteers, share a<br />

passion for their environment,have<br />

similar,proven solutions, guidelines,<br />

and experience in the field of<br />

❛Together we stand against<br />

the avalanche of unworkable<br />

rules being thrust on rural New<br />

Zealand.❜<br />

Jamie McFadden<br />

—JamieMcFadden<br />

SignificantNatural Areas, wetlands,<br />

indigenous biodiversity and more.<br />

‘‘Thisfits well with Groundswell’s<br />

expertise regarding fresh water<br />

through the Pomahaka Catchment<br />

group ­atemplatefor success in that<br />

field.’’<br />

Mr McFadden sayscomments by<br />

Green co­leader James Shaw, directed<br />

at himself, GroundswellNZfounder<br />

Bryce McKenzieand Laurie Paterson<br />

as leaders of Groundswell, have<br />

galvanised more support for Howlofa<br />

Protest.<br />

Mr Shaw referred to Groundswell as<br />

agroupof‘‘pakeha farmers down<br />

south’’ based in Southland.<br />

He claimed the groupwas spreading<br />

misinformationwhile speakingon<br />

radio station Ngati Hine FM on June3.<br />

He has not clarified what the<br />

misinformation is.


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Oscar’sloss leaves ahuge gap<br />

By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

OxfordBirdRescue owners Traceyand<br />

Scott Bowman havebeenoverwhelmedby<br />

an outpouring of condolences aftertheir<br />

littleowl Oscar died.<br />

``We have been humbled and<br />

overwhelmed by theamount of kind<br />

words, support and messages of<br />

condolences we have received,’’ Scott<br />

says.<br />

``To knowhow much Oscar's advocacy<br />

andeducationvisits meant to so many<br />

peopleistruly heartwarmingand<br />

reinforces howimportant thatoutreach is<br />

as partofour bird rescuejourney.<br />

‘‘However,Scott andTracey now face<br />

thedifficult task of finding areplacement<br />

bird to continue the educational work<br />

that Oscar pioneered.<br />

Theraptor, which wasblindinboth<br />

eyes, died on June18after surgery to<br />

repaireye problems.<br />

``He madeitthrough thesurgery<br />

procedure, butcrashedduringrecovery,’’<br />

Scott says.<br />

As the rehabilitation centre’s avian<br />

advocateOscargenerated enormous<br />

interest in the world of birds viaTracey’s<br />

popular raptoreducation programme<br />

with visits to schools, retirementhomes,<br />

clubsand community groups duringthe<br />

last fourand ahalfyears.<br />

``He openeddoors to theworldofbirds<br />

formany people, young andold,’’ Scott<br />

says.<br />

``That is his legacy.''<br />

Oscar arrived at Oxford Bird Rescuein<br />

2016 after being found abandonedina<br />

chickencoop as ayoung, blind owlet<br />

whichhad yettofledge.<br />

Thevet whoexamined Oscar at that<br />

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wireinthe coop.<br />

However, from dayone Scott and<br />

Tracey recognised Oscar as aspecialsoul.<br />

``Inthe 10 years we have had the Bird<br />

Rescuecentre we wouldhave cared for<br />

thousandsofbirds but we have never<br />

found anotherone like Oscar,’’Scott says.<br />

``People werejustdrawntohim. He<br />

was so calm, so gentleand very trusting.<br />

He didn’t behavelikeanormal wildowl<br />

in anyway. Oscar was areal character. He<br />

loved peopleand they loved him.’’<br />

Oscar’s death has left ahuge gap at the<br />

centrebecauseunlikeany of the other<br />

raptors in their care, he wasaresidentin<br />

theirhome.<br />

``Basically allthe otherwild birds in<br />

ourcare arehandled as littleaspossible<br />

butitwas the opposite with Oscar,being<br />

an advocacy bird, he lived in our lounge,<br />

andwas definitely abig partofour<br />

family.’’<br />

Slow down in icy conditions<br />

Some driversare notgetting themessage<br />

to reducespeed when temperaturesare<br />

lowand iceislikely to bepresent on the<br />

roads.<br />

Policeand Fire andEmergency New<br />

Zealand have attended several crashes<br />

over theweekend wheredrivershavenot<br />

been driving to the conditions resulting in<br />

crashes.<br />

Sergeant Colin Stewart says drivers<br />

need to reduce their speedwhen<br />

temperaturesare low.<br />

‘‘Regardlessofwhetheryou think there<br />

is iceornot,the bestway to reduce the<br />

risk of acrashistoslow down.’’<br />

While somedriversarepaying<br />

attentiontothe weather forecasts and<br />

takingextracare, othersare not andit<br />

puts everyoneatrisk, he says.<br />

WaimakaririDistrictCouncil road<br />

safetyco­ordinatorKathy Graham says<br />

thereisamisconception thatgritting<br />

roadsmakes it safetodrive at your<br />

normalspeed.<br />

Grit only improves friction by about15<br />

percent so youonly havearound 40% of<br />

dry road skidresistance.<br />

While contractors check roads early in<br />

the morning, theywillalsorespond at<br />

other times where required.<br />

Icecanformvery quicklyatany timeof<br />

the day, so whentemperatures arelow<br />

assumethe road will be slippery and<br />

reduce your speed,MsGraham says.<br />

Black icecannotbeseensoyou will not<br />

knowuntil youhit it.<br />

‘‘We allhaveaparttoplayinkeeping<br />

ourselves andotherssafeonthe roads.<br />

Those withyoungornew drivers in their<br />

family, pleasetalktothemabout driving<br />

to theconditions ­they aremore at risk<br />

when newtodrivingorinexperienced.’’<br />

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It is recommended to driveslower than<br />

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Avoid suddenbraking or turning<br />

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By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />

The Government’s latest release on its<br />

3Waters Reforms have failed to water<br />

down concerns.<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Mayors continue<br />

to worry aboutbeing forced into the<br />

reforms, the costs, how they havebeen<br />

calculated and the hastetopush the<br />

reforms through.<br />

All three <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> councils<br />

will be part of aSouthIsland<br />

organisation, apart from Nelson­<br />

Marlborough.<br />

WaimakaririMayor Dan Gordon<br />

questions how the Government<br />

workedout the huge efficiencies<br />

available ‘‘given the proposalsays it’s<br />

going to increase staffing by thousands<br />

of people’’.<br />

‘‘Our own financialsand modelling<br />

doesn’t supporttheir underlying<br />

argument and we are still waitingto<br />

see the detailed financial modelling<br />

and assumptions (beyond a<br />

dashboard) that they’ve used,’’ he says.<br />

Mr Gordon says until they receive<br />

this, he and councillors can not have<br />

an honestconversationwith<br />

communitiesonthe proposals to make<br />

an informed decision.<br />

‘‘I remainextremely concerned<br />

about the pace and urgency of this<br />

reformand hope thisremains achoice<br />

for our community to make.<br />

‘‘Thisisapoint Istrongly made to<br />

the Minister of Local Government<br />

when we met two weeks agoand have<br />

reiteratedsince.’’<br />

Hurunui Mayor MarieBlack saysthe<br />

Hurunui District Council chose to<br />

engagewith the Governmentonthe<br />

reforms to be betterinformed about<br />

what the futurecostsof3Waters<br />

Reforms mightbeinits district, in<br />

order for thepeople of the districtto<br />

be well informed aboutfuture<br />

decision making.<br />

‘‘Our decision to engage withthe<br />

Governmentonthis issue,was based<br />

on assurancesgiven by the<br />

Government that the people of this<br />

district would have the opportunityto<br />

make the decision about opting intoa<br />

new model or staying with the status<br />

quo.<br />

‘‘Forced nationalisation of the 3<br />

Waters assets, which belong to the<br />

Marie Black<br />

ratepayers of this district does not<br />

form partofour agreement with the<br />

Government to engage,and if this was<br />

to be the path takenbythe<br />

Government it would be strongly<br />

resisted by this council on behalf of<br />

our ratepayers,’’ saysMrs Black.<br />

Mr Gordonand Mrs Black are also<br />

critical of the 3Waters advertising<br />

campaign by the Government. Mr<br />

Gordonsays it trivialises avery<br />

importantmatterand doesn’t fairly<br />

represent the realities of water<br />

services and quality in New Zealand.<br />

‘‘We found out recently the cost of<br />

this campaignis$3.5 million which is<br />

an outrageous waste of taxpayer<br />

money,’’ says Mr Gordon.<br />

Mrs Black says the Government<br />

believes it has built acompelling case<br />

nationallyfor 3WatersReform.‘‘It has<br />

launched anationwide campaignto<br />

sway the public sentimenttosupport<br />

this reform.’’<br />

At the sametime it released the<br />

analysis conducted by the Water<br />

InfrastructureCommission of<br />

Scotland (WICS)ofthe data supplied<br />

by localgovernmentregarding 3<br />

Watersassets. Adetailed look at the<br />

numbers suggests that for the Hurunui<br />

districtthe caseisnot as compelling<br />

as it appears.<br />

‘‘Theanalysis is largely based on<br />

extrapolation of Scottish conditions to<br />

New Zealand,and theapproximations<br />

Dan Gordon<br />

fromlargelyurban areas in Scotland<br />

do not necessarily hold true in the<br />

rural Hurunui district.The analysis<br />

alsoincludes someinteresting<br />

underlying assumptions that do not<br />

appear to be supported by our own<br />

information.<br />

‘‘Weare now working our own<br />

Hurunui specific data into the WICS<br />

modelling and this is starting to<br />

presentaless compelling picture than<br />

has been presented by the initial<br />

modelling,’’says Mrs Black.<br />

WaimakaririMPMatt Dooceysays<br />

while there is need for reform, there is<br />

areal riskthat the voiceofdistricts<br />

likeWaimakariri will be lost in the<br />

proposedmodel of four regional<br />

entities,’’MrDoocey says.<br />

‘‘How will the water assets of<br />

communities like Waimakaririand<br />

Bluff, some 600km apart, be<br />

practically networked and merged<br />

intoone entity? The result will be<br />

large service organisations thatwon’t<br />

worktogether or create any savings.<br />

The lastthing Cantabriansneed is<br />

morebloated bureaucracies.<br />

Waimakaririrate payers face losing<br />

local control of their assets that<br />

they’vepaidfor overgenerations,<br />

while being asked to footthe bill for<br />

poorer­performing councils but<br />

getting no guarantee waterstandards<br />

will materially improve,’’ Mr Doocey<br />

says.<br />

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Innovation Waste Kaikoura (IWK) has<br />

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contractor for the next five years.<br />

The Kaikoura District Council approved<br />

the awardingofanew contract for solid<br />

wasteservices (refuse, recycling, and<br />

otherwaste management activities) at its<br />

meeting on June 30.<br />

The decision means IWK willoversee<br />

the closure of the Kaikoura landfill and<br />

the transition to disposal of refuse outside<br />

of the district,which has been brought<br />

forward from 2024 to 2022.<br />

It is intended that construction of the<br />

transfer station required for this out­ofdistrict<br />

disposal will be funded through a<br />

component of user pays chargesfor refuse<br />

disposal.<br />

The council and IWK will be working<br />

together over the nextfew monthsto<br />

implement the changes to services<br />

required by the new contract, including<br />

providing the community with further<br />

information on these changes.<br />

The new contracttakeseffect on<br />

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Jobs flush in water industry<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

Ever thought about where your waste<br />

water goes when you flush the toilet?<br />

Amid the 3Waters Reforms is a<br />

growing industry tasked with building<br />

and maintaining agrowing<br />

infrastructure and the Waimakariri<br />

District Council’s water unit is keen to<br />

attract young people before knowledge<br />

and experience is lost.<br />

‘‘The industry is an ageing industry, so<br />

we’re always looking to recruit,’’ water<br />

unit manager Joshua McIndoe says.<br />

‘‘You can get asense of pride with<br />

providing an essential service to the<br />

community. We provide the most basic<br />

service requirements for life ­providing<br />

water and removing waste water.<br />

‘‘No two days are ever the same. One<br />

day you could be fixing aleak in the back<br />

blocks of Oxford and the next day you<br />

could be installing anew toby in<br />

Kaiapoi.’’<br />

The water unit is recruiting now to<br />

add to its water reticulation team and<br />

while it is looking for experienced<br />

personnel, the unit has approval to take<br />

on up to four apprentices later in the<br />

year.<br />

‘‘We have two positions open at the<br />

moment and while ideally we need<br />

people qualified and trained, we are<br />

always willing to train people up,’’ Mr<br />

McIndoe says.<br />

‘‘For our apprentices, our basic<br />

criteria is someone new to the industry<br />

who is keen to learn and to have ajob<br />

that’s got some security.’’<br />

The water unit provides an essential<br />

service, responding to weather events<br />

such as the recent flood event,<br />

responding to service requests and<br />

completing contracts such as building<br />

infrastructure in new sub­divisions.<br />

Mr McIndoe entered the industry 11<br />

years ago as an apprentice with the<br />

Growing industry ... Waimakariri District Council water unit manager Joshua McIndoe is<br />

keen to recruit young people to support agrowing industry.<br />

PHOTO: DAVID HILL<br />

Palmerston <strong>North</strong> City Council.<br />

‘‘It’s not something you naturally<br />

aspire to when you’re at school, but it’s<br />

agreat opportunity and there are plenty<br />

of career pathways. There will be no<br />

shortage of work.<br />

‘‘For many people you turn on the tap,<br />

flush the toilet, use the washing<br />

machine or have ashower and you don’t<br />

think anything more of it until<br />

something goes wrong. But it’s got to go<br />

somewhere.’’<br />

The benefit of being an apprentice in<br />

the water industry is you learn on the<br />

job, while getting paid and you can work<br />

towards qualifications without<br />

incurring astudent loan.<br />

Apprentices with the council’s water<br />

unit begin working towards alevel 4<br />

New Zealand Certificate in<br />

Reticulation, which takes about 18<br />

months to two years to complete.<br />

When that is completed, there is the<br />

option of working towards the level 4<br />

New Zealand Certificate in Treatment,<br />

which allows you to work with both<br />

water and waste water.<br />

‘‘Once you get over the fact you’re<br />

working with poos you realise there’s a<br />

lot of science behind it,’’ Mr McIndoe<br />

says.<br />

Different equipment and clothing is<br />

used for reticulation and treatment<br />

work to ensure there is no crosscontamination,<br />

he says.<br />

At present the water unit includes<br />

around 25 staff, including reticulation<br />

and water treatment teams and<br />

administration staff, and it will soon be<br />

increasing to around 30.<br />

Plan of<br />

action<br />

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Work hasstartedonthe plan<br />

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discussion around tsunami<br />

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The discussionstriggered the<br />

need for an overall community<br />

responseplan in the area, created<br />

alongside aworkinggroup of<br />

communityrepresentatives.<br />

Last week HurunuiDistrict<br />

Council’s Emergency Management<br />

Officer Allan Griggmet witha<br />

groupofLeithfield Village<br />

residents to helpdevelop their<br />

CommunityResponse Plan; aplan<br />

of action if anatural disaster<br />

occurs.<br />

‘‘Communities fare much better<br />

before, during,and after<br />

emergency events if theyare<br />

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Mr Grigg.<br />

The working groupintendsto<br />

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Village residents by the end of<br />

August for consultation,before it is<br />

formally adopted by the<br />

community.<br />

‘‘These plansare much more<br />

effective whendeveloped with a<br />

community, ratherthan donefor a<br />

community’’<br />

In recentyears, theseplans have<br />

been established for Waiau,<br />

Cheviot, Amberley Beach and<br />

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Two Clydesdale teams were the star<br />

attractions on day one of two ploughing<br />

contests held in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> last<br />

weekend.<br />

Saturday’s event was hosted by the<br />

Oxford Working Men’s Club’s ploughing<br />

section and Sunday’s event was hosted<br />

by the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Ploughing<br />

Match Association.<br />

Both events were held at Allen<br />

Winter’s farm in Swannanoa.<br />

‘‘The events were held with the help of<br />

along list of sponsors for which were<br />

very grateful,’’ he said.<br />

The two Clydesdale teams in the<br />

limelight on Saturday included this<br />

year’s recent Horse Ploughing<br />

Championship winners John and<br />

Sharon Chynoweth competing with their<br />

Clydesdales Blue and Flash.<br />

Their opposing team at Saturday’s<br />

event included John Booth, owner of the<br />

Dayboo Clydesdale Stud, in Ashburton,<br />

and Bruce Johnson, also of Ashburton,<br />

with Clydesdales, Sam and Anja.<br />

The two ploughmen chosen during the<br />

two days to compete at the New Zealand<br />

Ploughing Championships, in Blenheim,<br />

next May were Simon Reed, who will<br />

represent the Oxford Workingmen’s<br />

Club and Ken Readman, of<br />

Christchurch, who will represent the<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Ploughing Match<br />

Association.<br />

Ken, who is also secretary/treasurer<br />

for the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Ploughing<br />

Match Association said the organisers of<br />

both events were happy that the heavy<br />

rain earlier in the week had stayed away<br />

for the weekend events and conditions<br />

for ploughing were good on both days<br />

after the heavy frosts had thawed.<br />

Working hard ... John and Sharon<br />

Chynoweth, of Oxford, ploughing with their<br />

Clydesdales Blue and Flash.<br />

Lining up ... Robert Weavers, of Geraldine, ploughing on his David Brown tractor during<br />

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6 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Water and local govt<br />

reforms under way<br />

The 3WatersReform that central<br />

government has in it’s focuscontinues to<br />

consume asignificant amount of time and<br />

energy.<br />

The Department of InternalAffairs, on<br />

behalf of thegovernment, has releasedthe<br />

proposed entities, with four across the<br />

country.<br />

Hurunui is part of aSouth Island entity<br />

excluding Nelson/Marlborough, and is<br />

determined by the Ngai Tahu taikawaor<br />

region.<br />

Our council entered this process in good<br />

faith, with the understanding thatthe<br />

proposal will be evaluated againstthe<br />

status quo.Our council and executiveteam<br />

need to absorbthe information received<br />

and carefully consider the impactfor our<br />

communities and district.<br />

We needtounderstand how the<br />

government arrived at the proposed cost to<br />

deliver water,and whatisthe logicor<br />

rationalbehindthem.<br />

Our ratepayershave invested heavily<br />

and proactively in water schemes over<br />

several generations, and it remains our<br />

undertakingtoensure we considerthis<br />

district in any decisionmaking. The<br />

current advertising campaign is<br />

misleading and an insult to the current<br />

status within the Hurunui District, along<br />

with many other districtsinNew Zealand.<br />

It is my understanding that the decision<br />

to ‘opt out’ is still on the table,however<br />

confidence in the integrityofthe<br />

government position is not 100 percent<br />

guaranteed. Withmany of the large metro<br />

councils declaring theirposition to opt out<br />

of the proposal early, it changes the<br />

aggregation model significantly. We will<br />

keep you informedaswereceive further<br />

information.<br />

Local Governmentreform is under way<br />

with aseriesofworkshops beingheld<br />

acrossthe country –collectively it is clear<br />

that thestrength of the local council is the<br />

ability to be responsivetocommunity<br />

needs,beinnovative, connected and agile.<br />

The opportunity exists to lead thelink<br />

between education,health, employment<br />

and job training at the localised level.<br />

There is agreatfuture for local<br />

governorsatalocal level –weneed to<br />

continuetobeastrongvoiceinthe future.<br />

Our localroads formasignificant part of<br />

ourcritical infrastructure and to hearthat<br />

Waka Kotahi (formallyNZTA) slashed our<br />

funding by $1million was acruelblow, as<br />

we all deserve safe and structurallysound<br />

roads to deliverour stock to market and get<br />

our kids safe to school.Covid­19 lockdown<br />

in 2020 proved the advantage our district<br />

has of having the ability to feedthe nation.<br />

Our farmers will be joining the<br />

nationwide The Howl of aProtest in<br />

Amberley, Cheviotand Culverden on<br />

Friday, <strong>July</strong> 16 at midday. Thisisan<br />

opportunity for our districttocome<br />

together in solidarity to support our<br />

farmers and growers.<br />

Joanne Gumbrell<br />

Chair, Waimakariri Age-friendly<br />

Advisory Group<br />

E-scooters will be a<br />

hazard on footpaths<br />

It was boundtohappen.<br />

E­scooters may be comingto<br />

Waimakariri.<br />

The council is lookingatwhether<br />

to accept aproposed trial, we were<br />

told by at our Age­friendly Advisory<br />

Groupmeetingrecently.<br />

This news certainly prompted a<br />

lively discussion.<br />

E­scooters couldjoinother<br />

scooters, skateboards and cycles<br />

whichalready frequent the<br />

footpaths, including in the CBDs.<br />

They may be allowed to travelup<br />

to 10 or 15 km per hour (walking<br />

speedis5kmper hour).<br />

On the roadsthey can travel up to<br />

30 km per hour,but not use the cycle<br />

lanes.<br />

WaimakaririAge­friendly<br />

Advisory Groupalong with<br />

WaimakaririAccess Grouphave<br />

provided feedback on anumber of<br />

concerns for thosewerepresent.<br />

Iavoid going to townafter school<br />

when scooters and cycles are on the<br />

footpaths.<br />

Idon’t know whetherthe riders<br />

have seenme.<br />

Youngridershave no ideawhat it<br />

is like for older people seeing these<br />

vehiclesracingtowards them. I<br />

completely understand that.<br />

How can Iexpect them to; they are<br />

young.Grey Powerjoin me in<br />

opposing the proposal to trial<br />

e­scooters in the town centres.<br />

While I’m writing about footpaths<br />

in the mainstreetIwonder what<br />

readers think about displays on the<br />

footpath: advertising stands, bins of<br />

goods,hangingclothes, tablesand<br />

chairs. Our footpaths are already a<br />

hazarddue to the style of the<br />

verandas which are heldupbypoles.<br />

This is unavoidable as we are an<br />

older district and the style of<br />

architecture reflects that,giving us<br />

an attractive character.<br />

This leaveslittleroom for<br />

commuters.<br />

Footpaths in main streets in our<br />

towns need to be safe for<br />

pedestrians and those who need<br />

walking framesand mobility<br />

scooters. Other footpaths may be<br />

quite OK for cyclesand scooters, but<br />

not in the CBD.<br />

Another radical changeolder<br />

peoplefind scary is the change to<br />

internet banking, and the<br />

disappearanceofcheques.<br />

SeniorNet are holding sessions to<br />

help people with internet banking.<br />

Phone Bob on 03 3128933.<br />

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The puppywas obviously<br />

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8 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Mirror reflection life-changing<br />

By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

Areflection in the mirror during last<br />

year’s lockdown has proved alifechanging<br />

moment for Loburn’s Alex<br />

Witt.<br />

Alex, who was then aged 19, was<br />

unhappy with what he saw in the mirror<br />

and decided that day to do something<br />

about it. He began running to lose<br />

weight and now, fifteen months later, he<br />

is fit, trim and 30kg lighter.<br />

‘‘Looking back at what Ilooked like<br />

before Istarted and comparing it to now,<br />

it is quite cool to see and Iamreally<br />

stoked with what Ihave achieved,’’ he<br />

said.<br />

The weight loss has improved his<br />

physical and mental health, and given<br />

him the motivation and confidence to<br />

compete in ironman events and halfmarathons.<br />

He is also giving motivational talks in<br />

schools, has appeared on television, is<br />

planning to study sports and physical<br />

education at Otago University next year<br />

and has attracted sponsorship from The<br />

Sport Shop in Rangiora for his running,<br />

which was ahuge surprise.<br />

‘‘I never saw myself getting any type of<br />

sponsor, let alone for running,’’ Alex<br />

said.<br />

‘They have continued to help me out<br />

heaps and Iamstoked to be able to<br />

represent an awesome local shop and a<br />

great team of people.’’<br />

The Sport Shop owner, Nigel<br />

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because he has achieved alot in ashort<br />

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

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PHOTO:SHELLEY TOPP<br />

Alex found losing 30kg relatively easy<br />

and attributes this to his mindset of<br />

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and has Tekapo, Wellington,<br />

and Queenstown half marathons coming<br />

up in the next few months. Then it will<br />

be back into triathlons during the<br />

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open in the town hall on Wednesday, <strong>July</strong><br />

14.<br />

Last Sunday the cast of 130 intermediate<br />

and senior pupilsfrom the school had their<br />

first rehearsal for the musical on stage in<br />

the hall.<br />

‘‘We have areally wide range of people<br />

performinginthis show,’’ the HSPA<br />

founder Dale Hartley­Brown says.<br />

‘‘Theatre is good for givingpeople the<br />

opportunity to be themselves and express<br />

themselvesonstage.’’<br />

The musical version of William<br />

Shakespeare’s 16th century comedy, A<br />

Midsummer Night’s Dream,has been<br />

rewritten and adapted by Dale, along with<br />

aformer HSPA pupil, Robert Vincentand A<br />

Midsummer Night’s Dream Rewritten show’s<br />

director, Paul Johnson.<br />

‘‘Shakespeare can be atough sell in<br />

theatre at times because people thinkthey<br />

won’t understand the script, written in<br />

unfamiliarlanguage from so many years<br />

ago,’’ Dale says. However, the rewritehas<br />

transformed the famous writer’s original<br />

work into abright,modernfamily­friendly<br />

musical with 130 costume changes and 22<br />

musical numbers.<br />

‘‘It is colourful, exciting, funny,written in<br />

amodern language, and includes songs<br />

‘‘with amessagethat you can have fun<br />

with,’’ Dale says.<br />

AMidsummer Night’s Dream Rewritten<br />

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Come along and see HSPA’s modern language,<br />

musical adaption ofShakespeare’s tale of magic<br />

and mayhem in the forest. Complete with Fairies,<br />

magic, song, dance, lots ofdrama and even<br />

someskateboardtricks!!<br />

The Story begins with four people eloping into<br />

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to experience the strangest nightoftheir lives!<br />

It’s all because Oberon, the Fairy King, &Titania,<br />

the Fairy Queen, are currently at odds and<br />

CaseyMontgomery<br />

Helena<br />

After being thrown into<br />

the role of Mrs Beaver<br />

last year, Iwas excited<br />

to experience more of<br />

the stage than just singing.<br />

I’m looking forward<br />

to the challenge of<br />

seeing how cute (& a<br />

little crazy) Ican make<br />

my character<br />

FelixHorwarth<br />

Demetrius<br />

The best thing about<br />

being involved in this,<br />

is everyone working<br />

together to create such<br />

agreat show!<br />

MeaStevens<br />

Titania’sFairy<br />

This is my second HSPA<br />

production and I love<br />

performing onstage. I<br />

made so many new<br />

friends last year, the<br />

social side isanadded<br />

bonus for me. I can't<br />

wait to put my costumes<br />

on and bepart<br />

of another exciting<br />

show<br />

Abigail Chessum<br />

Quince<br />

Participating at HSPA<br />

has given me many<br />

great opportunities to<br />

sing &act, while developingconfidence<br />

&skills<br />

along theway.<br />

Ilook forward to once<br />

again making great<br />

memories with my HSPA<br />

friendsinthisshow.<br />

Oberon has been sending his sidekick, Puck the<br />

naughty fairy, to play tricks on Titania. This royal<br />

fairy unrest causes much hilarity when the fairies<br />

decide toalso play some tricks on the human beings<br />

in the forest This includes aband of hapless<br />

performers who are there torehearse aplay for<br />

their nobleleader’sup-coming wedding.<br />

Misunderstandings, mistaken identities and mischief<br />

all have their part toplay, so come into the<br />

forest at Midsummer and find out if the Fairy<br />

King&Queen mend their ways.<br />

Musical Theatre entertainment for the whole<br />

family.<br />

<strong>July</strong> 14 –17 (First week of SchoolHols)<br />

Ticketsonly$15.Available at Town Hall Cinemas<br />

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Groupdiscounts areavailable.<br />

Don’tmiss outonthisentertainingfamily show!!<br />

Thankyou to Kidsfest &our sponsors below.<br />

MaddyDouglas<br />

Cobwebthe Fairy<br />

Beingapart of HSPA<br />

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the showsamplify<br />

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Dust theFairy<br />

I’m really looking forward<br />

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Anabel &Rueben<br />

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Anabel-Wehavebeen<br />

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have enjoyedeach<br />

show,hanging outwith<br />

friendsand making new<br />

ones.<br />

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Titania’s Fairy<br />

Ihave loved rehearsing<br />

for this show and<br />

watching the seniors<br />

rehearse their roles.<br />

Ican’t wait to get back<br />

onto the stage in front<br />

of an audience!<br />

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Oberon<br />

Ilike expressing myself<br />

on stage, this production<br />

is an opportunity<br />

for people toshow off<br />

their talents. I've been<br />

practicingevery night. I<br />

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be exciting. Hope you<br />

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Flood prompts community clean up day<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

11<br />

The prospect of rubbish buildingupatthe<br />

AshleyRakahuri River estuaryfollowing<br />

the recentfloodhas prompted a<br />

community clean up.<br />

Various community groups have joined<br />

forces to plan ariver clear­up between<br />

the Okuku junctionand the estuaryon<br />

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Concernedatthe prospect of abuild up<br />

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developmentfacilitatorMartin Pugh<br />

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RotaryClub, theCombined 4­Wheel Drive<br />

Clubs,the RangioraTrampingClub,Eco<br />

Educate and theWaimakariri Youth<br />

Council.<br />

The council’s community teamand<br />

solid waste unitwillbeinvolvedin<br />

disposing of the collectedrubbishand<br />

Environment<strong>Canterbury</strong> (ECan)staff will<br />

alsobeprovidingsupport.<br />

While thefloodeventhas prompted the<br />

groups to come together forthe clean up,<br />

ARRGmember Grant Davey says<br />

dumpingofrubbish has long beena<br />

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ground and ECan is lefttodo it,but it<br />

needs morehelp.The flood has actually<br />

washed some of it away, butit’s starting to<br />

build up again.’’<br />

Mrs Milessaysshe would likethe<br />

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12 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

Rangiora crossfit gym celebrating<br />

ARangiora crossfit gym is<br />

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16 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Truffle ‘price war’ divides growers<br />

The harvest of Perigord black truffles has started and a‘‘price war’’<br />

continues as values remain athird of historical prices. Allied Press’<br />

Shawn McAvinue investigates the factors impacting the price of the<br />

‘‘black gold’’ and the state of the industry.<br />

Ablack truffle‘‘price war’’ is ragingin<br />

New Zealand.<br />

LimestoneHillsowner Gareth<br />

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Perigord blacktruffles in his truffiereof<br />

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Demandfor truffles dropped lastyear,<br />

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Bidfresh—adivision of foodwholesaler<br />

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had over several years.<br />

George’sTruffles owner and New<br />

Zealand Truffle Associationacting<br />

presidentGeorge Wilkinson,ofTasman,<br />

sold his Perigord truffles from $1 agram ­<br />

‘‘undercutting’’ the market,MrRenowden<br />

said.<br />

Many growers were‘‘ropeable’’bythe<br />

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Asteadyprice was important, as<br />

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‘‘No­one expected the pricing in the<br />

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Mr Wilkinsonsaid he grew Perigord<br />

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‘‘It’ssimple business. Idon’t see it as a<br />

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About 30 percentofBidfreshtruffle<br />

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Bidfresh was selling all its truffle at<br />

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He expectedanoversupplyoftruffle to<br />

be an ongoing issue as there were more<br />

than 250 truffieres in New Zealand<br />

producing up to 400kg of produce.<br />

‘‘The marketisnot goingtobeable to<br />

holdthat value domestically.’’<br />

Mr Renowden doubtedtruffleprices<br />

would recover to the $3 agram price but<br />

expected it to settlebetween $2 and $2.50<br />

agram if the sector beganexporting.<br />

An association member and former<br />

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Truffles had a10­day shelf­life and<br />

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believe alibrary should be.’’<br />

Mostlibraries in New<br />

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Local schools come together for Matariki<br />

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30 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Oxford’sfuture farmers put to the test<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

ShaugnKilgour was thrilled to be named<br />

this year’sOxfordFuture Farmer<br />

competition winner.<br />

The annualOxford Area School<br />

competition, which is similartothe<br />

Young Farmer of the Year contest,<br />

returned on June 22 for the sixth edition<br />

of the event afteritwas acasualtyof<br />

Covid­19 last year.<br />

Shaugndidn’thave to look far for<br />

inspirationashis older brotherJeremy is<br />

apast winner and competed in this year’s<br />

Young Farmer of the Year Tasman<br />

regional final.<br />

The nine finalistswere put through<br />

their pacesintractor driving, building a<br />

beehive, identifying differentseeds, first<br />

aid, setting up irrigation,velvet grading,<br />

an ‘‘amazing race’’ and in the evening<br />

gave aspeech and competed in aquiz in<br />

the Oxford Town Hall.<br />

Shaugnlives on apig farmand is aiming<br />

to be an agricultural engineer.<br />

The year 13 pupiland head studentis<br />

hopingtofind an engineering<br />

apprenticeship or work for an<br />

agricultural contractorwhen he finishes<br />

schoolatthe end of this year.<br />

‘‘I’vealways beenkeen on farm<br />

machinery. We’ve got two two front­end<br />

loaders at homeand Istudied agriculture<br />

in year 11 and we went on quite afew<br />

sheep and deer farms and we got<br />

experience from that withdrenching and<br />

everything else relatedtofarming.’’<br />

In the lead up to the final Shaugn says<br />

he watched afew videos to improvehis<br />

general knowledge and to get some tips on<br />

what foods animalseat, differentseeds<br />

and the climate.<br />

Actingprincipal Sharyn Varcoe says the<br />

competition is open to year 11 to 13<br />

students at the schooland is keenly<br />

contested, with qualifying sessions held<br />

in the leaduptothe big day to choose the<br />

Shaugn Kilgour<br />

finalists.<br />

‘‘We are arural school so farming is a<br />

huge part of our community.Itgoes back<br />

to our schoolvision, whichisto‘grow<br />

together, learn together, shinetogether’<br />

and this competition embodies all of<br />

those things.’’<br />

The competition is builtaround<br />

community support, with localfarmer<br />

AndrewStokesworking alongside the<br />

school’s head of science, Joseph Burston,<br />

to run the competition.<br />

‘‘We have local businesseswho come<br />

along and providestaff, run sections and<br />

donateprizes,’’ Ms Varcoe says.<br />

‘‘It’savery authentic, future focused<br />

competition and when we get comments<br />

from localcontractorsthat ‘the quality is<br />

getting better and better every year’ and<br />

that ‘these competitors are goingtobe<br />

running theirown farms one day’, we are<br />

very proud of them.<br />

‘‘It was ahotly contested competition<br />

and very close.’’<br />

Each of the finalists wereasked to make<br />

Busy in their work ... Building abeehive was one of the challenges in the Oxford Future<br />

Farmer competition.<br />

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While Shaugn talkedabout his dream of<br />

being an agricultural engineer, others<br />

spoke about agricultural contracting,<br />

veterinary science, artificial<br />

insemination and bee keeping, Ms Varcoe<br />

says.<br />

‘‘It was great to see the variety that<br />

agriculture encompasses represented in<br />

the speeches and what it means for the<br />

community and to our country as a<br />

whole.’’<br />

Year 13 pupil Cameron Rowe placed<br />

second, whileyear 11 pupil Hillary<br />

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won the prize for besteffort on the day.<br />

While the firstsix winnershave been<br />

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32 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Waikari AgriKids best dressed in parade<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

<strong>North</strong> Island finalists<br />

dominated the FMG Young<br />

Farmer of the Year grand final<br />

in Christchurch last weekend,<br />

taking out the top three places.<br />

But it was adifferent story in<br />

the junior ranks, with Mid­<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong>’s Mount Hutt<br />

College winning the Junior<br />

Young Farmers’ final and West<br />

Otago’s Blue Mountain College<br />

taking out the AgriKids title.<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>’s teams,<br />

Karetu Kids (<strong>North</strong> Loburn<br />

School), and Kool Keas and<br />

Klassic Keas (both of Waikari<br />

School), representing the<br />

Tasman region, enjoyed their<br />

big day but were not among the<br />

major winners in the AgriKids<br />

final.<br />

The Kool Keas team of Jack<br />

Philp (11), Finn Fricker (12)<br />

and Harry Glasson (11) did<br />

manage to win best dressed for<br />

their costume in the<br />

competition’s parade on<br />

Thursday afternoon.<br />

‘‘We made them ourselves,<br />

which was pretty cool. We had a<br />

bit of an advantage because<br />

we’re locals, so we had bigger<br />

props,’’ Finn says.<br />

Jake Jarman, an ANZ<br />

relationship associate<br />

representing the Taranaki /<br />

Manawatu region, became the<br />

53rd Young Farmer of the Year<br />

winner, with East Coast’s<br />

Joseph Watts second and the<br />

<strong>North</strong>ern region’s Calvin Ball<br />

third.<br />

‘‘Feeling overwhelmed,<br />

excited and relieved that it's<br />

over,’’ was Mr Jarman’s<br />

reaction.<br />

‘‘I’m just also so incredibly<br />

thankful to so many people, far<br />

too many to name but it’s ahuge<br />

team of people to pull together<br />

this event and abig team<br />

behind me to get me here too.’’<br />

Mr Jarman also won the agribusiness,<br />

agri sports and agri<br />

knowledge challenges, while<br />

Mr Watts won the agri skills<br />

challenge and Mr Ball won the<br />

community footprint prize.<br />

Mount Hutt College’s Sophie<br />

Adkins and Eddie Millichamp<br />

were thrilled to win the Junior<br />

Young Farmer title.<br />

‘‘Getting to be here and<br />

having this experience has<br />

been awesome,’’ Sophie said.<br />

Teams from Rathkeale<br />

College (Masterton) and a<br />

composite team from St Paul’s<br />

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

Fricker (12) and Harry Glasson (11), representing Tasman, complete a<br />

module during the AgriKids competition.<br />

PHOTOS: DAVID HILL<br />

Collegiate and Hamilton Boys’<br />

High School placed third.<br />

Blue Mountain College’s<br />

West Otago Young Guns team of<br />

Ben Hartshorne, Dustin Young<br />

and Henry Chittock came out<br />

on top, out of 21 finalists from<br />

throughout the country in the<br />

AgriKids competition.<br />

‘‘We’ve just really enjoyed<br />

coming here and having agreat<br />

time, we’ve done alot of<br />

studying and learning to get<br />

here,’’ Henry said.<br />

RESULTS<br />

FMG Young Farmer of the<br />

Year:<br />

Winner: Jake Jarman,<br />

Taranaki/Manawatu Region.<br />

Runner­up: Joseph Watts,<br />

East Coast Region.<br />

Third place: Calvin Ball,<br />

<strong>North</strong>ern Region.<br />

FMG Junior Young Farmer of<br />

the Year<br />

Winners: Eddie Millichamp<br />

and Sophie Adkins from Mount<br />

Hutt College, Aorangi Region.<br />

Runner­up: Alex Wyeth and<br />

Jono Harris from Rathkeale<br />

College. East Coast Region.<br />

Third Place: Tayla Hansen<br />

and Tim Lumsden from<br />

Hamilton Boys’ High School<br />

and St Paul’s Collegiate,<br />

Waikato/Bay of Plenty Region.<br />

Exam winners: Amelia<br />

Ridgen and Erin Humm from<br />

Christchurch Girls’ High<br />

school, Tasman Region.<br />

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RURAL LIFE<br />

34 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Dry season delays truffles<br />

By DAVID HILL<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>’s dry summer has<br />

had an impact on aseasonal delicacy.<br />

Truffle growers say this season’s<br />

crop is not as abundant as previous<br />

years due to the region’s drought, but<br />

Waipara grower Gareth Renowden<br />

says consumers shouldn’t notice any<br />

difference.<br />

‘‘The season usually starts at the<br />

beginning of June and runs to the end<br />

of August. It was such ahot, dry<br />

summer the crops have been abit later.<br />

Iwas irrigating my trees all summer,<br />

but it’s not the same as the rain.<br />

‘‘There’s still amarket for truffles<br />

and the restaurants have them, so<br />

there’s still plenty to buy. There’s more<br />

people producing truffles now, so if<br />

anything there’s an over supply for the<br />

domestic market and we haven’t really<br />

established exporting yet.<br />

‘‘<strong>Canterbury</strong> growers are probably<br />

the closest to exporting, but with Covid<br />

it’s very difficult to find new markets.<br />

Hopefully when things pick up again<br />

we will be able to tap into some of the<br />

larger markets.’’<br />

The challenge with exporting<br />

truffles is that it is afresh product, so<br />

it needs to find its way on to restaurant<br />

menus within days of harvesting, he<br />

says.<br />

The annual <strong>Canterbury</strong> Truffle<br />

Festival is held throughout <strong>July</strong>, with<br />

local wineries hosting truffle events ­<br />

though must have sold out well in<br />

advance.<br />

Truffle growers usually display their<br />

wares at the region’s farmers’ markets<br />

during the festival, though it is<br />

dependent on the supplies of local<br />

growers, Mr Renowden says.<br />

‘‘There’s usually apresence at the<br />

Riccarton (Christchurch) and Ohoka<br />

farmers’ markets and Iusually go to<br />

the Amberley farmers’ market, but it<br />

depends on how much truffle I’ve got.’’<br />

Fellow Waikari truffle grower Anne<br />

Hulley says her crop is taking longer to<br />

mature due to the dry conditions and<br />

the recent rain hasn’t helped.<br />

‘‘We normally go to the farmers’<br />

Mixed season ... Waikari truffle grower<br />

Jax Lee is not expecting any record<br />

breakers, like this whopper from three<br />

years ago, after this year’s dry summer.<br />

PHOTO: FILE<br />

markets in Christchurch, but we are in<br />

that limbo phase, so we haven’t been to<br />

the farmers’ markets yet.’’<br />

Truffle grower Jax Lee, also of<br />

Waikari, produced atruffle which<br />

weighed awhopping 137­grams three<br />

years ago, but says there are no<br />

‘‘record­breakers’’ this season.<br />

‘‘The spring and the start of the<br />

summer was fantastic with afew big<br />

rainfalls, so we got off to agood start.<br />

We irrigate on our property, so the dry<br />

wasn’t too bad for us.<br />

‘‘Overall it’s been agood growing<br />

season for us and I’m enjoying these<br />

frosts, which are very important for<br />

bringing out the aroma and the taste.’’<br />

She says there is more to growing<br />

good truffles than people realise.<br />

‘‘If it was easy, everyone would be<br />

doing it. It takes abit of science and a<br />

bit of luck.’’<br />

For more information go to<br />

canterburytrufflefestival.nz/ or like<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> Truffle Festival on<br />

Facebook.<br />

Apply now to MPI’s<br />

flood recovery fund<br />

Applications have opened for funds from<br />

the $4 million <strong>Canterbury</strong> flood recovery<br />

fund.<br />

The Ministry for Primary Industries<br />

(MPI) is encouraging all farmers and<br />

growers affected by flooding in<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> to apply for support from a<br />

new $4 million fund.<br />

Applications have opened week for the<br />

expanded <strong>Canterbury</strong> Flood Recovery<br />

Fund, which was set up to support the<br />

region’s recovery from aone in 200­year<br />

rainfall event.<br />

MPI’s Deputy Director­General of<br />

Agriculture and Investment Services<br />

Karen Adair says the financial support<br />

will help flood­affected farmers and<br />

growers across <strong>Canterbury</strong> to get back on<br />

their feet as quickly as possible.<br />

‘‘The clean­up task ahead of primary<br />

producers is massive, and some are<br />

facing significant costs not covered by<br />

insurance.’’<br />

Almost 100 of the worst­affected<br />

farmers have already been offered grants<br />

from the initial $350,000 fund established<br />

shortly after the flood last month.<br />

“Should those farmers require extra<br />

support, they are encouraged to submit a<br />

new application to this larger fund,” says<br />

Ms Adair.<br />

‘‘We have been working with<br />

Federated Farmers, DairyNZ, Beef +<br />

Lamb New Zealand, Deer Industry New<br />

Zealand and councils, to determine how<br />

this financial support can have the<br />

greatest impact.’’<br />

Grants will assist farmers to clear flood<br />

debris, enabling pasture and fodder<br />

crops to be resown.<br />

‘‘Our highest priority is the clean­up of<br />

debris such as shingle, boulders, trees<br />

and silt, to return paddocks to a<br />

productive state,’’ says Ms Adair.<br />

“Applications can be made<br />

retrospectively for clean­up work<br />

already undertaken. The size and<br />

allocation of grants will be determined<br />

once all the applications have been<br />

received.<br />

Grant applications will be assessed by<br />

Flood relief ... Afunding boost will help to<br />

pay for uninsurable land damage from the<br />

recent flood event.<br />

PHOTO: FILE<br />

an independent panel, selected by MPI<br />

and sector groups.<br />

‘‘The panel will consist of people with<br />

astrong understanding of farming<br />

businesses and rural communities in<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong>,’’ says Ms Adair.<br />

‘‘They will confirm that grants meet the<br />

eligibility criteria and that the allocation<br />

process is fair, consistent, and<br />

transparent. MPI will contribute up to<br />

half of the clean­up cost for uninsurable<br />

works.’’<br />

Applications close on <strong>July</strong> 30.<br />

Afull list of criteria, an application<br />

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37<br />

Seven teams chase semi-finals<br />

RUGBY<br />

By LINDSAY KERR,<br />

PETER WILLIAMS,<br />

AND DAYLE SUTHERLAND<br />

The mid tablejam in the<br />

LuisettiSeeds<strong>North</strong><br />

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championshipintensified<br />

following Saturday’sgames.<br />

With semi­final berths<br />

beckoning, only four points<br />

separate five teams who are<br />

looking to fill the final two<br />

positions behind Kaiapoi and<br />

Saracens.<br />

Leading thisgroupisOxford,<br />

whichcame from behind to beat<br />

Ashley, and Glenmark­Cheviot,<br />

which took onleadersKaiapoi.<br />

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championshiptableis:<br />

Kaiapoi 24, Saracens 22,<br />

Oxford 14, Ashley 11, Hurunui<br />

10, Glenmark­Cheviot 10,Ohoka<br />

10, Woodend1.<br />

Rising high ... Logan Telfer gains some quality lineout ball for<br />

Oxford. He came on at half­time and considerably stiffened Oxford’s<br />

performance, particularly in the set pieces.<br />

PHOTO: LINDSAYKERR<br />

Game of two halves<br />

Oxford and Ashley foughtout<br />

the classicgame of two halves.<br />

Ashley completelydominated<br />

the first half, with Korbyn Gray<br />

landingtwo penalties and<br />

converting an excellent try by<br />

LouisJames.<br />

Ashley could havehad a20<br />

pointlead at half­time,but halfback<br />

BlakeWalesby had atry<br />

ruledout as his footwas<br />

adjudged to be on the dead ball<br />

line before he grounded the<br />

ball.<br />

Oxford thencame to life,<br />

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six points at half­time with atry<br />

to Danny Brooker.<br />

Prop JoshDuckworthand<br />

five­eighth LeonHingston<br />

impressed for Ashley,<br />

especially in thisfirst half.<br />

The secondhalfwas a<br />

differentstory.<br />

Oxford madesomepersonnel<br />

changes,injectingthe fresh legs<br />

of Jesse Bowring at centre and<br />

LoganTelfer in the forwards,<br />

with both making an immediate<br />

impact.<br />

AMatt Roberts penalty closed<br />

the game rightup, but Ashley<br />

fullback Luke Goldsnaredan<br />

intercept try.<br />

From thatpoint on it was all<br />

Oxford.<br />

Roberts at half­back<br />

mastermindedplay with<br />

ruthless efficiency, putting fiveeighth<br />

Gus Mowat into agap for<br />

athe blind sidetry, before<br />

another bit of Brooker<br />

brilliance splitthe defence for a<br />

try underthe posts.<br />

Achip kick by Roberts, which<br />

regathered and drewthe last<br />

line of defence before offloading<br />

to winger, Luke<br />

Nabulagi who scoredthe try<br />

that not only sealedthis match<br />

but also earnedOxford an<br />

invaluable bonus point.<br />

Scoreboard: Oxford32<br />

(Danny Brooker2,Gus Mowat<br />

and Luke Nabulagi tries.Matt<br />

Roberts 2penalties, 3<br />

conversions) beat Ashley18<br />

(Louis James and Luke Gold<br />

tries. Korbyn Gray 2penalties, 1<br />

conversion).<br />

Hurunuifalters<br />

Hurunui had Saracens in its<br />

sights goinginto the final<br />

quarter, only to falter in the<br />

closing stages.With Saracens<br />

ahead11­7 approaching halftime,fullbackHarryMurray<br />

entered the lineand ripped<br />

through several defenders in a<br />

brilliant forty­metre dash to<br />

score.<br />

RickyAllin extended<br />

Saracens’ lead to 14 points with<br />

apenalty earlyinthe secondhalf,but<br />

Hurunui stormed back,<br />

with first­fiveDigby Heard<br />

scoring atry from 10 metersout.<br />

Heardfollowed this up 10<br />

minutes laterwith apenalty and<br />

the gap was only fourpoints.<br />

But Saracens dominatedthe<br />

finalquarter withits backs<br />

running with freedom, scoring<br />

two more tries.<br />

Murray was the standout for<br />

Saracens, withsolid<br />

performances from second five<br />

KeranJenkins and centre<br />

Hadrian Jackson.<br />

BrettHancox and Nathan<br />

Goodwin didtheir job in the<br />

loosepreventing Hurunui from<br />

gaining control in this area.<br />

Former Crusadershooker<br />

Ben Funnel and the evergreen<br />

BrianAndersonwere stand out<br />

playersinthe Hurunui pack,<br />

whileDigbyHeard often made<br />

many yards when he choseto<br />

run and kicked with accuracy.<br />

Scoreboard: Saracens 36<br />

(MattFreeman, HarryMurray,<br />

BrettHancox, Nathan Goodwin<br />

tries. Ricky Allin 2conversions,<br />

4penalties) beat Hurunui 17<br />

(Hunter Jackson, DigbyHeard<br />

tries. Heard 2conversions,1<br />

penalty).<br />

DeansShield<br />

It seemsalong time ago that<br />

Glenmark­Cheviotwas proudly<br />

defendinganunbeaten run that<br />

wentback to 2018.<br />

But thingshave changed<br />

dramatically this season. A<br />

largelynew look sidehas<br />

weatheredastorm andfought<br />

its way back.<br />

While beaten23­18athome<br />

by competition leaders Kaiapoi,<br />

the comebackwas clearly<br />

evident.<br />

Kaiapoi scored four tries to<br />

two,but the result was no<br />

certainty until the finalwhistle.<br />

Retaining the Deans Shieldat<br />

its spiritualhome was<br />

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Kaiapoi.<br />

Kaiapoi was quickout of the<br />

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scoring two tries.<br />

But it was Kaiapoi which<br />

wenttothe break ahead 18­12.<br />

Brook Retallick bought<br />

Glenmark­Cheviot level with<br />

two penalties,before Jacob<br />

Hurring scored after a<br />

sustained Kaiapoi period on<br />

attack.<br />

In the finalmoments a<br />

tigerishKaiapoi defence<br />

managed to withstand a<br />

Glenmarkonslaught.<br />

Lance Taylor, playing his 50th<br />

premier gamefor Kaiapoi, and<br />

Logan Bell wereits players of<br />

the day, while Glenmark­<br />

Cheviot lost theservices of<br />

inspirationalcaptainBen<br />

Anderson to aleg injury.<br />

Scoreboard:Kaiapoi 23 (Shak<br />

Bassi 2, Nacanieli Namati,<br />

Jacob Hurringtries. Taine<br />

Jacobs Lawson 1penalty) beat<br />

Glenmark12(Max Murray,<br />

Henry Cruickshanktries. Brook<br />

Retallick 1conversion,2<br />

penalties).<br />

Ohoka claims points<br />

Ohoka keptagutsy Woodend<br />

sidescoreless to record a45­0<br />

winatMandeville.<br />

CelebratingTobias Pulley’s<br />

100th game,Ohoka applied the<br />

early pressure and was<br />

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Allin and Cameron Brown.<br />

Woodendwas fieldingan<br />

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Woodend’sopenside Mike<br />

McCoy was ahandful at the<br />

breakdown, while five­eighth<br />

Keynan Smithused his<br />

educatedboot to claimterritory.<br />

Scoreboard:Ohoka 45 (Scott<br />

Allin, Cameron Brown,James<br />

Marr, Ryan McCullam, Ben<br />

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Ashley VGlenmark Cheviot, 02:45 PM, LobLr1. Hurunui VOhoka,<br />

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Rga mid-week hares snare division 1lead<br />

HOCKEY<br />

Astring of good results has seen the<br />

Rangiora Hurunui Haresclimbtheir way<br />

back to the top of the mid­week open<br />

women's division1table.<br />

Awin overUCPersians last week along<br />

with an upset lossbytheir nearest rivals<br />

HSOB/Burnside has giventhe Hares a<br />

small bit of breathing room headinginto<br />

the last month of roundrobin<br />

competition.<br />

The Rangiora Hurunui Hawkschalked<br />

up their third win of the season in the<br />

mid­week open division 3competition,<br />

movingthem up to 5th place and within<br />

striking distance of the top 4.<br />

In other match ups both Rangiora<br />

HockeyClub's division 1teams were<br />

soundly beatenbyCarlton­Redcliffs,<br />

while the Rangiora Oddfellows pulled off<br />

amuch neededwin overthe Hornby<br />

Vampires.<br />

Rangiora Korimako and Piwakawaka<br />

clashed for the first time this season after<br />

the former was demoted to the Sunday<br />

championship competition, and as<br />

expected the younger team was too fast<br />

for the more experienced side.<br />

The mid­week open men's teams<br />

achieved oppositeresults, with the Aside<br />

too strong from Marist Mooses,whilethe<br />

Allsorts will be disappointed with their<br />

loss to Harewood.<br />

Anumber of new playershave joined<br />

the Allsortsinrecentweeks as<br />

replacement for injuries and absences,<br />

but the team will need to gel again quickly<br />

if they are to keep their hopes alive for a<br />

top four finishindivision 2.<br />

Rangiora's platinum women’sAteam<br />

had its firstwin of the season, being the<br />

SPORTS RESULTS<br />

Rangiora GolfClub<br />

9Hole Competition: Stroke /Putting:<br />

Ladies:ColeenWhite 14 c/b,DianeSinclair<br />

14 c/b, Rita Moore 14, Annie Cameron15<br />

c/b. Men: John Gregan14, Howard Thomas<br />

15 c/b, Robert Madden 15 c/b.<br />

Rangiora Bridge Club<br />

OxfordPairs:<strong>North</strong>/South: Jeanette<br />

Chatterton/Gaynor Hurford 1, Rosa<br />

Crighton/Sarah Waldron2,David Rainey/<br />

Liz Duke 3. East/West: Pat Green/Selwyn<br />

Green1,Margaret Fraser/David McRae 2,<br />

LynneStephenson/Janelle Crawley 3.<br />

Presidents: N/S: Robyn Dawson/Jenny<br />

Shore 1, Lindsay Sigglekow/Derek Wilson<br />

2. E/W NoelineGoodgame/Noreen<br />

Thompson 1, LynneJohn/HilaryLakeman<br />

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

Southern United at Dudley Park.<br />

PHOTO:SUPPLIED<br />

only platinum team from the club to earn<br />

competition pointsthrough the weekend.<br />

Results<br />

Division 1: Men ­Rangiora CBK 3<br />

(LoganBenson2,Tom Flavell 1) lost to<br />

Carlton­Redcliffs 6. Women­Rangiora<br />

CBK 0lost to Carlton­Redcliffs 5. MVP:<br />

Mikayla Goodman.<br />

SundaySuper League Championship:<br />

Men ­Rangiora Oddfellows 2(Rik Roberts<br />

1, Mike Roberts 1) beat Hornby Vampires<br />

1. MVP: Graeme Ferreira.Women ­<br />

Rangiora Korimako 9beat Rangiora<br />

2,Peter Whitehead/Richard Luisetti3.<br />

Junior: N/S:MarkApperley/Stuart<br />

Atkinson 1, KK/Lynne John 2, Lorraine<br />

Barnett/Wayne Hutchings 3. E/W: Kerryn<br />

Lange/KarenManson 1, DesleySimpson/<br />

Judith Robinson 2, LindseySigglekow/Liz<br />

Calder 3.<br />

Premier Pairs: N/S: BarrySmart/Lynda<br />

Cameron 1, Lynda Grierson/Joy Hayward 2,<br />

Om VanDer Mespel/William Van Der<br />

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

ColinDick/ElizabethAlabaster 2, Alison<br />

Price/Derek Wilson 3.<br />

Waimakariri Gorge Women’s Golf<br />

1st Championship Qualifying: 18 holes:<br />

Silver: NWeavers, 88,1.Intermediate:J<br />

Blatch92, 1; LPatton 96, 2; LSmith 97, 3,<br />

LSteele 100, WMehrtens100 equal 4.<br />

Junior: SMardon 105, 1; SGillespie1<strong>08</strong>,2;<br />

IBeets­Huchshorn 110, 3; MRobertson111,<br />

4;KBush 113, 5.<br />

9Holes:RRoy56, 1.<br />

Piwakawaka 0. MVP: Hannah Nelson<br />

(Korimako), Jackie Plimmer<br />

(Piwakawaka).<br />

Mid­Week Open: Men ­Rangiora A7<br />

beat Marist Mooses2.Rangiora Allsorts2<br />

(JasonHigham 1, Marty Woods1)lost to<br />

HarewoodRed 6. Women ­Rangiora<br />

Hurunui Hares 2(Anna Armstrong 1,<br />

Rachelle Crause 1) beat University<br />

Persians 0. MVP: Emma Kelley, Cassidy<br />

New. Rangiora Hurunui Hawks 3(Anneke<br />

Cameron1,Maddi Plimmer 1, Laura<br />

Forbes1)defeated Marist 0. MVP: Laura<br />

Forbes.<br />

Platinum Grades: Men ­Rangiora A0<br />

Amberley Golf Club<br />

Men :M.Grover68, GSmith 72,R<br />

Hornblow 72, PCumming 72, GWilliams<br />

72,TNatapu73. Women: LSchwaiger 71, L<br />

Robertson 72,KRowell 73,BPettigrew76.<br />

Twos:GSmith,SThomas,RMcPail, M<br />

Grover, IHolding, WVan Zuylen.Excel<br />

Design LongestPutt: RClifton.<br />

AmberleySmallbore Rifle Club<br />

DQuigley100.8,KQuigley99.8, KBrown<br />

98.6,CKelland 96.2,CRhodes95.4, A<br />

Roxburgh 91.3, GHeaven 90.1, IFrazer<br />

88.1,AMcLean 85.1,WParker79.0, B<br />

Parker 78.1, ARoxburgh78.0,GJennings<br />

51.0.<br />

Wrestlingresults<br />

ResultsfromUnified Championship<br />

Wrestling’s‘‘Livin’ TheDream’’, held at the<br />

Kaiapoiclublast month:<br />

Rhys Gibson defeated ‘‘Stuart the<br />

Druid’’.Bryant and‘‘Grace Lightning’’<br />

defeatedthe ‘‘Eccentric’’ ElliotSamuels in<br />

lost to Avon Blue 7. MVP: Mica Wilson.<br />

Rangiora B1(Matt Corey 1) lost to Hornby<br />

Dragons 2. MVP: Liam Robinson. Women<br />

­Rangiora A3(MaddiFoster1,Brooke<br />

Cooper1,Amelia Green 1) beat Avon 1.<br />

MVP: Pema Woods. Rangiora B0lost to<br />

HSOB/Burnside 7.<br />

Kwik Sticks 11­a­side: Girls ­Rangiora<br />

Rascals 2defeatedHarewood White 0.<br />

Kwik Sticks 7­a­side: Boys ­Rangiora<br />

Rampage 1lost to Southern United Sand<br />

Lizards 5. Rangiora Rangers 5(Seth<br />

Anders2,Jamie Ryan2,Bram Vermeulen<br />

1) beat Hornby Vipers3.MVP: Ruby<br />

Wilson. Girls ­RangioraRebels0lost to St<br />

Margaret’s College 1. MVP: Sienna<br />

Watson. Rangiora Rainbows 3(Ruby<br />

Taylor1,Brooklin Glass 1, Angie Mones­<br />

Cazon 1) drew withHSOB/Burnside 3.<br />

MVP: Jessica Bowler. Rangiora Rubies 1<br />

(Imogen Abernethy1)lost to Harewood<br />

Cobras4.MVP: Katie Lunn.<br />

Kiwi Sticks: Boys ­Rangiora Rogues1<br />

(Hunter Tapp 1) lost to Marist7.MVP:<br />

HunterTapp. Girls ­Rangiora Rabbits 9<br />

(Catherine McKellow 5, Emma McKellow<br />

3, Ashlee Harkess1)beat Southern<br />

United0.MVP: Erika Zwick. Rangiora<br />

Raiders 5(EliseJackson 2, Zara<br />

Cartwright 1, Lily George 1, Ana White 1)<br />

beat Southern United Stingrays 2. MVP:<br />

Cassidy Wilson. RangioraRoad Runners<br />

7beat Southern United Seahorses 0.<br />

Mini Sticks:Boys ­Rangiora Roadsters<br />

6(AidanFerguson3,HarryPullar 2,<br />

XanderMoore 1) drew with Medbury<br />

School6.MVP: FergusWebb.Girls ­<br />

Rangiora Rockets 11 (Aimee Dunlop 4,<br />

Adele Ferguson 4, ShayleeEastmond 1,<br />

Ruby Hutchison 1, Hazel O'Steen 1) beat<br />

Harewood Chasers 1. MVP: Aimee<br />

Dunlop. Rangiora RockStars won by<br />

default over Hinemoa Kaiapoi.<br />

amixed tagmatch. DamianKnightand<br />

RayGunn fought to ano­contest against<br />

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The ‘‘Superhero’’ Jay Marshall defeated<br />

Corey Cutter to retainthe‘‘Aftershock’’<br />

championship. ‘‘K9’’ defeatedMarc<br />

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Unifiedworldheavyweightchampion<br />

KawaKupa defeated‘‘K9’’ and ‘‘T­Rex’’.<br />

Kawa Kupathen lost Robbo the ‘‘Aussie<br />

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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

43<br />

The Waimakariri UnitedFootball Club<br />

celebratedsignificant milestones<br />

achievedbyfive of its players with abig<br />

win in front of alarge crowdatKendall<br />

ParkinKaiapoi on June 26.<br />

It has been abig seasonfor Brad<br />

Stewart and Kane Fraser, withboth<br />

players notchinguptheir 200th gamefor<br />

the club, while MitchellQuigley,Luke<br />

Fraser and LucasClark have all played<br />

their100th game.<br />

The club’s senior men’s firstteam,<br />

playing in MainlandFootball's<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> ChampionshipLeague<br />

competition honoured their achievement<br />

last Saturdaybywinning their game<br />

against ParklandsUnited 6­0,with all<br />

goalsscored by DannyLoney.<br />

At arecognition ceremony after<br />

Saturday’s gamethe club’sgeneral<br />

manager, AmyPawson,said the game<br />

was acelebration match for the five<br />

players.<br />

‘‘Congratulations to Brad and Kane for<br />

reachingtheir 200th milestone and<br />

Mitchell, Luke and Lucasonreaching<br />

their100th milestone,’’ she said.<br />

‘‘Thesenior men's first team played a<br />

fantastic gameinfrontofalarge home<br />

crowdatKendall Park.<br />

‘‘They haveput in atremendous effort<br />

this season to get themselves to where<br />

they arenow,sitting at the top of the<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> Championshipleaguetable.<br />

We are extremely proudofthe whole<br />

team and wish them all the best for the<br />

rest of the season.’’<br />

Clubvice­chairperson Sabrina Ilett<br />

thanked the players for providing great<br />

role models for youngerclub members.<br />

‘‘ Thisisnot just about talent but<br />

creating aclub culturethatjuniorand<br />

youthplayers are proud and passionate<br />

about playing forour senior teams, both<br />

at social and competitive level,’’ she said.<br />

Bradjoined the clubasateenager,<br />

after his familyemigratedfrom the<br />

United Kingdomand by the age of 15 he<br />

wasplaying seniorfootball.<br />

He played for manyseasonsbefore<br />

taking asix­yearbreak and rejoined the<br />

teamthis season.<br />

He canplay in midfield and defence,<br />

hasahigh workrate andhas been agreat<br />

voice of experience for the squad this<br />

year.<br />

Kanebeganplaying football as afouryear­oldwith<br />

RangioraAFC,beforethe<br />

mergerofthe formerthreeWaimakariri<br />

football clubs to formthe Waimakariri<br />

United Football Club in 20<strong>08</strong>.<br />

Apart frombriefstints away, Kane has<br />

playedseniorfootball for the clubsince<br />

he was 15 and is awell respectedsenior<br />

player.<br />

Mitchell alsobeganhis football career<br />

withRangiora AFC, and apart fromone<br />

season off,hehas only everplayed for the<br />

Waimakariri UnitedFootball Club.<br />

He is ano­nonsense defender, with<br />

tremendous aerialability.<br />

Lucasisanother one­clubman,having<br />

started with Rangiora AFC,before the<br />

merger.<br />

He is ahard running left­sidedefender<br />

whohas developed hisattacking game<br />

during recent seasonsand has scored<br />

somespectacular goals.<br />

Lukebeganplaying football with<br />

Kaiapoi TownAFC at age four.<br />

Apart from ashort stintinthe<br />

Mainland PremierLeague with FC<br />

Twenty, Luke has played senior football<br />

for theWaimakariri United Football<br />

Clubsincehewas 16. He is an attacking<br />

midfielder.<br />

Splash for Cash champion<br />

Raewyn Bishop, of Total Realty<br />

Rangiora, has been named the ‘‘Splash<br />

for Cash’’ champion trophy winner from<br />

the Charles Upham Rangiora Big Splash<br />

held last month.<br />

She raised awhopping $3,502 for the<br />

Rangiora Stroke Club for the Big Splash<br />

held at the Rangiora RSA.<br />

‘‘Raewyn took fundraising to the next<br />

level and blew us away with her<br />

fundraising ideas and the amount she<br />

raised for the Rangiora Stroke Club,’’<br />

Rangiora Promotions says.<br />

For her efforts, a$250 donation will be<br />

made to Raewyn’s chosen charity,<br />

Conductive Education <strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />

In second place in the ‘‘Splash for<br />

Cash’’ was Scott Murray, of ANZ, who<br />

raised $3,214. Adonation will be made to<br />

his chosen charity, Learning Needs<br />

Library Inc. (aka Christchurch Special<br />

Needs Library).<br />

Marea McLennan, of Unichem Medical<br />

Corner Pharmacy Rangiora, raised $2100<br />

to take third place, with adonation to be<br />

Splash for Cash ... Raewyn Bishop (left) is<br />

presented with the ‘‘Splash for Cash’’<br />

champion trophy by Rangiora Promotions<br />

business liaison officer Karen Dugdale.<br />

PHOTO: RANGIORA PROMOTIONS<br />

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What’s happening in your<br />

community…<br />

Mayoral Update -<br />

Three Waters Reform Proposals<br />

The release of new information from the<br />

Government about Three Waters Reform proposals<br />

means we now have anidea of the shape and<br />

ownership models of the proposed entities.<br />

There are alot of broad statements being made<br />

and questions that need to be answered. I’m<br />

concerned the information provided only paints<br />

part of the picture.<br />

Like all Councils we recognise the need to invest<br />

more in Three Waters. This isn’t anything new.<br />

We take great pride in providing our communities<br />

with safe and reliable drinking water.<br />

Over the last 20 years we’ve invested over $100m<br />

in water infrastructure which is high quality and<br />

have aplanned programme to ensure it stays this<br />

way. Wehave a100 year strategy to fund these<br />

assets for our community.<br />

The advertising campaign the Government are<br />

using trivialises avery important matter and<br />

doesn’t fairly represent the realities ofwater<br />

services and quality in New Zealand. We recently<br />

found out the cost of this campaign is$3.5m<br />

which is an outrageous waste of taxpayer money.<br />

Iquestion how they’ve worked out the huge<br />

efficiencies available given the proposal says it’s<br />

going to increase staffing by thousands of people.<br />

Ourown financials andmodelling doesn’tsupport<br />

their underlying argumentand we are still waiting to<br />

seethedetailedfinancial modelling andassumptions<br />

(beyondadashboard) that they’veused.<br />

Until we receivethis, myself and Councillors can’thave<br />

an honest conversation with ourcommunitiesonthese<br />

proposals so they canmake an informed decision.<br />

Iremain extremely concerned aboutthe paceand<br />

urgency of thisreformand hope this remains achoice<br />

forour community to make. This is apointIstrongly<br />

madetothe Minister of LocalGovernment when we<br />

met twoweeks ago and havereiterated since.<br />

-Mayor Dan Gordon<br />

Icy Roads Catching Drivers Out<br />

Some drivers are not getting the message to<br />

reduce speed when temperatures are low and ice<br />

is likely to be present on the roads.<br />

Police and Fire and Emergency New Zealand have<br />

attended several crashes over the weekend where<br />

drivers have not been driving to the conditions<br />

resulting incrashes.<br />

Sergeant Colin Stewart says drivers need to<br />

reduce their speed when temperatures are low.<br />

“Regardless of whether you think there is ice or<br />

not, the best way to reduce the risk of acrash is to<br />

slow down,” he says.<br />

It’s clear that while some drivers are paying<br />

attention tothe weather forecasts and taking extra<br />

care, others aren’t and it puts everyone at risk.<br />

Road Safety Co-ordinator Kathy Graham says<br />

there is amisconception that gritting roads makes<br />

it safe todrive atyour normal speed. However, grit<br />

only improves friction by about 15% so you only<br />

have around 40% of dry road skid resistance.<br />

While contractors check roads very early in the<br />

morning they will also respond at other times<br />

where required. Ice can form very quickly atany<br />

time of the day however, so when temperatures<br />

are low assume the road will be slippery and<br />

reduce your speed. Black ice can’t be seen so you<br />

won’tknow until you hit it.<br />

Reducing speed when driving in icy conditions<br />

doesn’t mean you won’t slide off the road, but at a<br />

slower speed the impact will be less.<br />

Applications Open Soon for $4m<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> Flood Recovery Fund<br />

TheMinistry forPrimary Industries is encouraging<br />

all farmers and growers affected by flooding in<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> to applyfor support from anew $4m fund.<br />

The expanded <strong>Canterbury</strong> Flood Recovery Fund<br />

was set up to support the region's recovery from a<br />

one in 200-year rainfall event.<br />

Applications can be made retrospectively for<br />

clean-up work already undertaken. The size and<br />

distribution ofgrants will be determined once all<br />

the applications have been received.<br />

Applications for the fund open on 9<strong>July</strong> <strong>2021</strong> and<br />

close on 30 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2021</strong>. Forms will be available on<br />

www.mpi.govt.nz from 9<strong>July</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Your chance to<br />

talk to the Mayor<br />

1.30– 4pm<br />

Thursday 8<strong>July</strong><br />

Woodend Community Centre<br />

Massive BookSaleat<br />

Waimakariri Libraries<br />

Stock up on your winter reading<br />

material with greatbooks at<br />

special prices foreveryone!<br />

KaiapoiLibrary<br />

176Williams Street, Kaiapoi<br />

› Saturday10<strong>July</strong> <strong>2021</strong>•10am to 2pm<br />

› Sunday11<strong>July</strong><strong>2021</strong>•1pm to 4pm<br />

Find out more<br />

libraries.waimakariri.govt.nz<br />

03 311 8901<br />

The Great<br />

At Kaiapoi Domainand<br />

Pearson Park, Oxford<br />

For more information go to:<br />

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

*Facepainting subject to weather.<br />

Check the Beyond The Faerie Tree<br />

Facebook page for updates.<br />

Saturday 10 <strong>July</strong> -<br />

Sunday 25 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

Free<br />

Face Pa inting<br />

Free<br />

Face Pa inting<br />

with Snowdrop at<br />

the Kaiapoi Domain<br />

Friday 16 <strong>July</strong><br />

11.00 am -1.00 pm<br />

Friday 23 <strong>July</strong><br />

11.00 am -1.00 pm


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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

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Give usyour<br />

feedback<br />

ABOUT AN<br />

AQUA PLAY PARK<br />

Should the Council support aproposal to<br />

install anAqua Play Park inKaiapoi?<br />

The WHoW Trust are proposing to createa<br />

temporary water park on the lake within<br />

NCF Reserve.<br />

It wouldinclude floatingbouncy castles, pontoons<br />

and supporting facilities and would operateduring<br />

peak summer months.<br />

Before adecision ismade, we’d like to know<br />

what you think. Share your feedback before<br />

5pm on Wednesday 14 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Have your say waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk<br />

NEED FUNDING FOR A<br />

LOCAL ARTS PROJECT?<br />

Assistance is available for groups and<br />

individuals who are keen to provide arts<br />

and cultural activities in the Waimakariri<br />

District from the Creative Communities<br />

New Zealand Scheme.<br />

The next CreativeCommunities round will close<br />

Monday23August <strong>2021</strong>,foreventsoractivities<br />

thattakeplace between1October<strong>2021</strong> and<br />

1October2022.<br />

The Application Form and Guide for Applicants is<br />

available from Council Service Centres and Libraries or<br />

from the Council website at waimakariri.govt.nz<br />

If youhaveany questionsplease contact<br />

the administrator,Ben Eldridge<br />

Phone03311 8901or<strong>08</strong>00965 468<br />

Email ben.eldridge@wmk.govt.nz<br />

Community Op Shop<br />

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

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

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

offers.<br />

Rangiora Community Patrol<br />

Afundraisingsausage sizzle willbeheld for the patrol, who are the eyes an dears for the Police,<br />

on Saturday ,<strong>July</strong> 17, 10amto2pm outside PAK’nSAVE, Southbrook.<br />

Patrolmilestone<br />

The Rangiora CommunityPatrol will celebrate 25, plus one yearonSunday,<strong>July</strong> 25 at 2pm at<br />

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

to an afternoontea to celebrateour anniversary. RSVP to Anne Palmer0274258317.<br />

annepalmer52@gmail.com. Be quick­limit100.<br />

PsychologicalFirst Aid<br />

Two pyschological first aid courses willbeheld at the John Knox Centreatthe corner of King and<br />

High Streets,RangioraonFriday, <strong>July</strong> 23, and Saturday,August 14. The Loburn branch of Red Cross<br />

invites people of the Waimakaririand beyond to take partinthe courses which includebecoming<br />

familiar withdistress reactions. The coursesare afull, sevenhour day. To registeremail<br />

wellbeing@redcross.org.nz.<br />

Rangiora Players<br />

How does yourGarden Grow will be stagedbythe Rangiora Players from <strong>July</strong> 10 to <strong>July</strong>24. This play<br />

is nothing aboutgardens, or how they grow. Nathan Pond: Once a<br />

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

in rehab, but on the comeback trail. Tickets $25 per person.<br />

Fire &Ice festival<br />

The BlackwellDepartment Storecarparkwill hostthe free day on <strong>July</strong> 24, which will kickoff with<br />

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

festive fun beginswith hot food, mulled wine,live music and market stalls.<br />

Kaiapoi Art Expo<br />

The Kaiapoi Art expo will be held on <strong>July</strong>24and 25, 10amto5pm, in the Kaiapoi Club, Raven Quay,<br />

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

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

gold coin.<br />

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Public Notices<br />

Kaiapoi Christadelphians<br />

“The Key of knowledge...” (Luke 11:52)<br />

THE BIBLE’S<br />

SOLUTION TO FEAR<br />

If we have looked about us and observed the World’s<br />

events, we could understandably be perplexed and<br />

fearful, thinking where is it all going to end? There<br />

are amultitude ofsuggestions, but all from ahuman<br />

viewpoint. There is only one place where the answers<br />

to all the troubles in the world can be found. THE<br />

BIBLE. The Bible (the only place of true wisdom) gives<br />

hope and direction for todayand the future.All it takes<br />

is for us to make amove to seek the answers. There<br />

is no need for despair and fear. God is going tobring<br />

anew world, where evil will be restrained, and peace<br />

and equity will prevail under arighteous ruler.<br />

All welcome. DVD presentation<br />

Sunday 11th <strong>July</strong>,7.30pm<br />

Kaiapoi Community Centre, Sewell Street<br />

Forinformation phone 03 352 5453<br />

website -bibletruthandprophecy<br />

HANMER SPRINGS FLYRIDE<br />

Publicly Notified Resource Consent<br />

Application: RC210098<br />

Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools &Spa (the applicant)<br />

has made changes to the resourceconsent application<br />

(RC210029)to installand operateaflyride at:<br />

Conical Hill Reserve –ConicalHill Road and54Lucas<br />

Lane,Hanmer Springs.<br />

The changes are outlined inan addendum and are<br />

considered tobe outofscope of the original application.<br />

Therefore, the resource consent application must be<br />

notifiedand processedasanew application.<br />

Submissions onthis resource consent application<br />

close: 5pm Thursday5August<strong>2021</strong><br />

Available online: The full application including the<br />

addendum,public notice and information on how to<br />

make asubmission are available online at:<br />

www.hurunui.govt.nz/flyride<br />

If youhaveany questions, please contact<br />

KelseyBewley,03314 0048 or<br />

kelsey.bewley@hurunui.govt.nz<br />

2398383<br />

2397991


CLASSIFIED<br />

46 <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 8, <strong>2021</strong><br />

PUBLIC NOTICE OF<br />

APPLICATION FOR<br />

OFF LICENCE<br />

SECTION 101, SALE<br />

AND SUPPLY OF<br />

ALCOHOL ACT 2012<br />

Daniel Stapleforth of<br />

Forthluck Ltd, 201 Davis Rd,<br />

Cust has made application<br />

to the District Licensing<br />

Committee at Rangiora for<br />

the issue of an Off Licence<br />

in respect of the premises<br />

situated at 201 Davis Road,<br />

Cust known as Forthluck<br />

Ltd.<br />

The general nature of the<br />

business conducted (or to<br />

be conducted) under the<br />

licence is Remote Sales of<br />

Alcohol -Online Sales.<br />

The days on which and the<br />

hours during which alcohol<br />

is (or is intended to be)<br />

sold under the licence are<br />

7am to 11pm, Monday to<br />

Sunday.<br />

The application may be<br />

inspected during ordinary<br />

office hours at the office<br />

of the Waimakariri District<br />

Licensing Committee at 215<br />

High Street, Rangiora.<br />

Any person who is entitled<br />

to object and who wishes<br />

to object to the issue of<br />

the licence may, not later<br />

than 15 working days after<br />

the date of the publication<br />

of this notice, file anotice<br />

in writing of the objection<br />

with the Secretary of<br />

the Waimakariri District<br />

Licensing Committee at<br />

Private Bag 1005, Rangiora.<br />

No objection to the issue<br />

of alicence may be made<br />

in relation to amatter other<br />

than amatter specified is<br />

section 105 (1) of the Sale<br />

and Supply of Alcohol Act<br />

2012.<br />

This is the second<br />

publication of this notice.<br />

This notice was first<br />

published on 1<strong>July</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

2394993v2<br />

Cars Wanted<br />

ANY old cars, anything pre<br />

1990, unfinished Hot Rods,<br />

Classic Cars. Please call<br />

027 258 8366.<br />

CASH 4CARS<br />

and 4WD'S<br />

Phone<br />

Automotive<br />

Parts<br />

03 313 7216<br />

For Sale<br />

HONEY 4kg bucket<br />

cooking honey, $30 special.<br />

Available at Gracebrook,<br />

Amberley. Telephone 03<br />

314 7076.<br />

Gardening<br />

A+ GARDEN hedges cut<br />

to perfection. Tree &arbor<br />

work. Also spraying. Free<br />

quotes. Ph 03 312 0668 or<br />

021 111 4322.<br />

Public Notices Situations Vacant Trade &Services<br />

Wanted To Rent<br />

PUBLICNOTICEOF<br />

APPLICATION FOR ON<br />

AND OFF-LICENCES<br />

SECTION 101,SALE<br />

ANDSUPPLYOF<br />

ALCOHOL ACT 2012<br />

Scott Management<br />

Services Ltd t/as New<br />

World Kaiapoi has made<br />

application to the District<br />

Licensing Committee<br />

at Rangiora for the<br />

renewal of an On and Off<br />

Licence in respect of the<br />

premises situated at 52<br />

Charles St, Kaiapoi or the<br />

Supermarket known as<br />

New World Kaiapoi.<br />

The general nature of the<br />

business conducted (or to<br />

be conducted) under the<br />

licence is Supermarket.<br />

The days on which and<br />

the hours during which<br />

alcohol is (or is intended to<br />

be) sold under the licence<br />

are 7am to 10pm, 7days<br />

aweek.<br />

The application may be<br />

inspected during ordinary<br />

office hours at the office<br />

of the Waimakariri District<br />

Licensing Committee at<br />

215 High Street, Rangiora.<br />

Any person who is entitled<br />

to object and who wishes<br />

to object to the issue of<br />

the licence may, not later<br />

than 15 working days after<br />

the date of the publication<br />

of this notice, file anotice<br />

in writing ofthe objection<br />

with the Secretary of<br />

the Waimakariri District<br />

Licensing Committee<br />

at Private Bag 1005,<br />

Rangiora.<br />

No objection to the renewal<br />

of alicence may be made<br />

in relation to amatter other<br />

than amatter specified in<br />

section 131 of the Sale and<br />

Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.<br />

This is the first publication<br />

of this notice.<br />

2397237v1<br />

Cars Wanted<br />

CARS, vans, 4WD’s<br />

wanted for dismantling or<br />

repair. Phone 027 258<br />

8366.<br />

WANTED to buy Ford,<br />

Holden, Chrysler or<br />

Chev’s, Classic cars. Any<br />

other types considered, any<br />

condition. Please phone<br />

Tony 027 313 5000.<br />

Firewood<br />

SPLIT Old Man Pine 3.7m<br />

@$260, Split Hardwood<br />

Mix 3.7m @$360. Mobile<br />

021 993 497 Paul.<br />

DRY WATTLE two years<br />

old, $700 6m2. Dry old<br />

man pine, $550 6m2. Phone<br />

03 312 8726 Rangiora.<br />

FIREWOOD logged ready<br />

to saw up, 7km from Rangiora,<br />

$10m3. Please text 027<br />

435 4023.<br />

FREE firewood from trees<br />

that are felled in Rangiora<br />

area. Suit retired men with<br />

chainsaw. Ph 021 358 593.<br />

URGENTLY REQUIRED<br />

Farm cottage or similar,<br />

2-3 bedroom, by responsible,<br />

mature, professional female<br />

with clean, tidy habits.<br />

Long term and not prepared to<br />

share. Also require 3-4 acres<br />

for grazing sensible horses.<br />

Ph 027 472 6391.<br />

2395366<br />

rural reporter<br />

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Areyou ajournalist with apassionfor ruralnews?<br />

Central Rural Lifehas an excitingopportunityfor a<br />

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knowledgeand journalism skills.<br />

CentralRural LifeisanAllied Press Ltdcommunity<br />

newspaper deliveredfortnightlytomorethan<br />

17,500rural addresses between <strong>North</strong>Otago, <strong>North</strong><br />

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The role will requireyou to cover localrural issues,<br />

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featureworkmay also be required.<br />

The successful candidate willbeaself-starter,ableto<br />

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Strong photography skillsare required andvideoand<br />

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If youthinkthis is for you, pleasesendyour CV<br />

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Applications forthe role close on Friday 16 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Please noteyou musthavethe right to workin<br />

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Disclaimer:Allied Pressdoesnot acceptunsolicited<br />

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Motorcycles<br />

SouthPacific Motorcycle<br />

Services (Mandeville)<br />

Repairs, service, tyres etc<br />

for all motorcycles.<br />

Greatservice -great rates!<br />

03 312 0066<br />

office@motorbiketours.co.nz<br />

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Wanted To Buy<br />

BUYING estate type old<br />

china, crystal, collectables,<br />

vases. Phone 027 350 3963,<br />

or 313 1878.<br />

$$$<br />

Amalgamated Scrap Metal<br />

Ltd. Specialists in farm<br />

machineryand farm clean<br />

ups, old vehicles etc.<br />

100% locally owned.<br />

Ph <strong>08</strong>00 030 712 or<br />

027 695 0480.<br />

2312759<br />

Property Wanted<br />

WANTED TO BUY: lifestyle<br />

block, any size house,<br />

anywhere considered, privacy<br />

is key, preferably won’t<br />

have to sell akidney for.<br />

Text/leave amessage with<br />

details to 027 787 9648 and<br />

will call back.<br />

Educational<br />

TUITION available. Primary<br />

and secondary up to<br />

NCEA level 3. In centre<br />

(Rangiora) or interactive<br />

online from your home.<br />

Each student on an individually<br />

tailored programme.<br />

Kip McGrath Rangiora has<br />

been serving the local community<br />

for 30 +years. Give<br />

us acall (03 313 3638) or<br />

book your free assessment<br />

online https://www.kipmcgrath.<br />

co.nz/rangiora<br />

2378<strong>08</strong>8v2<br />

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Being aCAB volunteer is challenging and rewarding.<br />

If you’re:<br />

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• willing to learn<br />

• confident using acomputer<br />

• happy to research client enquiries<br />

then you are apotential CAB volunteer<br />

We provide our volunteers with extensive and<br />

ongoing training, and amentorship programme.<br />

Formore information phone us on 03 313 8822,<br />

email northcanterbury@cab.org.nz or visit our<br />

website www.cab.nz/location/cab-north-canterbury<br />

Applications close on 26 <strong>July</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

Positions Available<br />

Dry Stock Assistant<br />

•Feeding of livestock<br />

•Administering Animal health<br />

•Assisting rearing Beef and Dairycalves<br />

Machinery Operator<br />

•Full cultivation and direct drilling set up<br />

•Baling and harvesting of grains<br />

•H4licence for cartage between both<br />

properties<br />

Both positions are based in Waikari and can be<br />

full time or part time for key seasonal tasks, to<br />

enquire further phone Ben 027 699 6660<br />

2398837<br />

2398062<br />

ACCOUNTING SUPER-<br />

STAR Intermediate<br />

Chartered Accountant must<br />

have at least 3years experience.<br />

Contact Donna 03<br />

310 7285 or 027 636 6960.<br />

Send your CV to<br />

info@elevatetalent.co.nz.<br />

Elevate Recruitment, 113A<br />

High Street, Rangiora.<br />

JOBS JOBS JOBS. Want<br />

local work? We service all<br />

industries, Administration,<br />

Construction, Manufacturing,<br />

Labouring Roles and<br />

more. Register with us.<br />

Phone Tina 03 310 7285.<br />

Elevate Recruitment, 113A<br />

High Street, Rangiora.<br />

Pets<br />

BICHON HOMESTAY<br />

for smaller dogs. We look<br />

after your dog in our home.<br />

"No kennels". Phone today<br />

03 314 6110.<br />

Personal<br />

ALL TREE SERVICES,<br />

arbour work, pruning, tree<br />

removal. Affordable &<br />

friendly service. Telephone<br />

021 111 4322.<br />

ARBORIST<br />

Copper Beech Tree<br />

Services. Tree removal,<br />

pruning, height reduction,<br />

hedge trimming, shaping,<br />

tree planting, firewood.<br />

Free quotes. Contact Angus<br />

Edwards 027 259 6741<br />

copperbeechtreeservices@gmail.com<br />

BRIAN’S Tree Services.<br />

Tree felling, topping,<br />

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish<br />

removed, stump grinding,<br />

branch chipping.<br />

Affordable rates. Phone 03<br />

327 5505 or 021 124 4894.<br />

DRESSMAKING Bev’s<br />

Sew Good Services. For all<br />

your alterations, repairs,<br />

dressmaking, curtains.<br />

Phone 327 5535.<br />

Log Fires<br />

Pellet Fires<br />

Heat Pumps<br />

Sales<br />

Service<br />

Installations<br />

Free Quotes<br />

03 343 1651<br />

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2362002<br />

2343272<br />

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