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MorganPlatt has spent most of<br />
his teaching life overseas,<br />
where he was also a<br />
professionalmusician,but he’s<br />
chosen Rakaia as the place to<br />
further his career andtobring<br />
up his family.<br />
He is thedeputy principal at<br />
Rakaia School andhas<br />
embraced schooland<br />
communitylife since starting<br />
in the rolealmost ayearago.<br />
Theexpat spent 15 years in<br />
the Londonarea as aprimary<br />
school teacher by day and a<br />
professionaldrummer at night.<br />
He spent afurther three<br />
Rakaia School deputy principal Morgan Platt (left) with principal Mark Ellis.<br />
years in Dubai,before<br />
deciding to return to his<br />
homelandwith his South<br />
Africanborn wife.<br />
He now has twochildren<br />
agedundertwo and the family<br />
is living temporarily in the<br />
Rakaia School house, astone’s<br />
throw awayfrom his<br />
workplace.<br />
Morgansaid life in Rakaia<br />
wasaworld away from his<br />
previous existenceoverseas<br />
andhewas thoroughly<br />
enjoying it both professionally<br />
andpersonally.<br />
‘‘Life in Londonwas goodat<br />
the time. Iwas teaching during<br />
Teacherfinds<br />
hisgroove<br />
the day and playingdrumson<br />
the side at night and duringthe<br />
holidays, includingatfestivals<br />
and different venues.<br />
‘‘Dubai was adifferent<br />
experience again and also<br />
enjoyable while it lasted.’’<br />
Morganlived in<br />
Christchurchinhis lateteens,<br />
so knew where Rakaia was<br />
whenheanswered ateaching<br />
job advertisement last year.<br />
He is partofthe school’s<br />
senior leadership team and, in<br />
effect,aprincipalintraining.<br />
As well as playingdrums, he<br />
is also useful on bass, guitar<br />
and keyboardand is sharing<br />
PHOTO MICK JENSEN<br />
hismusic skills and<br />
enthusiasm withpupils.<br />
Morgan’s already playeda<br />
couple of gigs with other local<br />
musicians at the Rakaia<br />
Tavern andmore are planned.<br />
‘‘Raising my family in agreat<br />
place like Rakaia is anobrainer<br />
for me.We’rebuilding<br />
ahouse in anew subdivision<br />
near the domain and couldn’t<br />
be happier being part of this<br />
community.’’<br />
Rakaia School principal<br />
MarkEllis said Morganwas<br />
proving avaluablefind,areal<br />
assettothe school andwas<br />
‘‘making adifference’’.<br />
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Speight’s Ale House <strong>Ashburton</strong> ownerTony Potts preparestoopen under Level2restrictions.<br />
PHOTODANIEL TOBIN<br />
Hospitality industry battles<br />
on through Alert Level 2<br />
DANIEL.TOBIN<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
For some in the hospitality industry<br />
there has beenastark difference<br />
between lockdown this year and<br />
lockdown 2020.<br />
Owner of Speight’s Ale House<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> TonyPotts said lockdown<br />
2020 was financially betterbecause<br />
they got alump sum for wages and<br />
knew it was goingtolast around<br />
seven weeks, so could plan ahead.<br />
‘‘Even last year after covid it wasn't<br />
abad year, we refurbished the bar<br />
amongotherthings,’’ he said.<br />
But all the profit made in 2020 has<br />
been wiped out in afew weeks of<br />
lockdown this year.<br />
‘‘This latest lockdown was<br />
financially devastating, we try to pay<br />
our 18 staff members full wage, the<br />
wage subsidy doesn't cover anything<br />
near that.<br />
‘‘At the moment, beyond this week,<br />
Ican’t see we are going to be offered<br />
anything. Hopefully we do get<br />
something because having abig<br />
restaurant and only being able to half<br />
fill it means we have half the<br />
income.’’<br />
Mr Potts has had the business for<br />
just over five years, and things were<br />
Hardfloor and<br />
wool carpet<br />
specialists<br />
Louis Redmond<br />
Kelli Aldridge<br />
going well up until the 2020<br />
lockdown.<br />
The new rules under Delta Level 2<br />
have added to the strainonthe<br />
hospitality sector.<br />
‘‘It’s ajuggling game,making sure<br />
you don't have more than 50 people,<br />
it is difficult trading.<br />
The new rules around maskshave<br />
addedanother challenge for<br />
hospitality workers.<br />
‘‘This time staff are finding it<br />
unusual thateveryone can sit in here<br />
without masks because they are<br />
eating, yet staff have to wear them,<br />
and even the kitchen staffhave to<br />
wear them, you can imagine what its<br />
like in ahot kitchen with masks on.’’<br />
Mr Potts said.<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Licensing Trust<br />
who leasethe building to Mr Potts<br />
have been supportive.<br />
‘‘The trust have been very good,<br />
they gave us adiscountfor last month<br />
because we couldn't trade at all.’’<br />
Once things come backtonormal<br />
Mr Potts hopes people will continue<br />
to support local.<br />
‘‘We really appreciate our local<br />
customers, we are not as reliant on<br />
tourists here, it is the locals in<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> who have supported us<br />
and we appreciate that.’’<br />
Burnett Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> l Phone (03) 308 5269 l www.redmonds.co.nz<br />
Hospitality New Zealand<br />
Canterbury presidentPeter<br />
Morrisonsaid the industry in the<br />
South Island was grateful to be open,<br />
but it was achallenge.<br />
‘‘It is too restrictive to operate at<br />
that level, you can’t make money<br />
doingitthat way,’’ he said.<br />
Communication from the<br />
government could havebeen better<br />
whenwemoves to Alert Level 2.<br />
‘‘The government took too long to<br />
get the publichealth order out, it<br />
took five days to let us know the exact<br />
rules. It’s all very well to put us in<br />
Level2and offerthe wagesubsidy,<br />
but it is the other costs that kill a<br />
business. Thisweek there are two<br />
moremotelsclosinginChristchurch,<br />
and acafe in Darfield.’’ Mr Morrison<br />
said.<br />
At the start of <strong>September</strong><br />
Hospitality NZ sent aletter to<br />
government ministersasking for<br />
targeted relief for the industry.<br />
‘‘They were sympatheticbut<br />
couldn't give us any more, and we<br />
may have to go back to them, they are<br />
not interested in having sector<br />
purpose subsidies.<br />
‘‘Everyone in the industryneeds to<br />
stay strong, and hopefully we get<br />
through this,’’hesaid.<br />
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Supporters giving to ice rink project<br />
Fundsare flowingintosupport<br />
acommunity projectaimed at<br />
future proofing the Staveley Ice<br />
Rink.<br />
The StaveleyHall Society is<br />
drivingforward a$1.14 million<br />
projecttoadd arefrigerated<br />
base to the rinktoensure<br />
consistent ice every year.<br />
The bushsetting has been<br />
used by skaters and the<br />
Windwhistle Curling Club since<br />
1951.<br />
Project team memberClare<br />
Harden saidaround$304,0000<br />
had beenpledged or donated<br />
since July.<br />
In addition, some17loadsof<br />
concrete, valued at around<br />
$22,000, had also been pledged.<br />
‘‘We’ve had some some<br />
generous donations and hopeto<br />
keep that momentumgoing.’’<br />
Have your say<br />
on water reform<br />
Mid Cantabrians have less than aweek to<br />
have their say on the proposed Three<br />
Waters reform.<br />
The reform would see the council’s three<br />
waters services –drinking water,<br />
wastewater, and stormwater –become part<br />
of alarge South Island entity, one of four<br />
proposed to take over the work from 67<br />
councils across the country.<br />
The company commissioned by the<br />
Government to look at the reform says<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> ratepayers would pay $<strong>16</strong>40 per<br />
serviced property for those water services<br />
in 30 years’ time if it was part of the<br />
reforms, but $8690 if it was not.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District mayor Neil Brown<br />
said council had serious reservations<br />
about how the figures were sourced, and<br />
was compiling comments, matters for<br />
clarification, and concerns as part of<br />
preliminary feedback for government.<br />
“While we are not yet at astage where<br />
we have to make adecision to opt in or out,<br />
the Government has given councils until<br />
the end of <strong>September</strong> to provide some<br />
initial feedback on the proposed reform.<br />
“Before we report back to Government,<br />
we are keen to get afeel for the mood of the<br />
district on this issue to shape our thinking<br />
on our response to the Government,” he<br />
said.<br />
Residentscan take part in a<br />
confidentialshortsurvey on council’s<br />
website or fill out ahard copy formby5pm<br />
on <strong>September</strong> 22.<br />
LETTER TO THE EDITOR<br />
Thank you to our amazing community who<br />
joined us online for DaffodilDay. We<br />
couldn’t haveour street appeal this year<br />
but thatdidn’tstop you from fundraising<br />
and donating.<br />
More than 25,000people are diagnosed<br />
withcancereach yearinNew Zealand, and<br />
at theCancer Societywe believe thatnoone<br />
should havetogothroughtheir cancer<br />
journeyalone.<br />
Whether it’s drivingsomeone to<br />
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them during theirtreatment –the Cancer<br />
Society is there foranyonewith anykind of<br />
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Yourefforts makeitpossiblefor us to<br />
continuetoprovidesupport forpeople<br />
withcancerinour community. Weare so<br />
grateful for yoursupport as thedemandfor<br />
our servicesonly increasesduring<br />
lockdown.<br />
Every dollar raised fromDaffodilDay<br />
goestowards cancer care for patients and<br />
theirwhanau,education and awareness<br />
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Wewould also liketoacknowledge our<br />
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Mrs Harden said $100,000was<br />
still neededbefore Lotto<br />
funding could be applied for.<br />
Theproject teamhoped to be<br />
in aposition to do that in<br />
February,she said.<br />
Thegeneralpublic can opt to<br />
support the project by buying a<br />
threeyear family season pass<br />
($2000), or aload of concrete for<br />
the rink base ($1300).<br />
Businessand private<br />
donators can becomebronze<br />
($5000), silver ($10,000) and gold<br />
sponsors(still to be<br />
determined).<br />
AGivealittle pagehas also<br />
beenset up for smaller<br />
donations.<br />
Contactthe Staveley IceRink<br />
through its Facebook page, or<br />
StaveleyHall Society president<br />
Rob Withers on 027303 0138.<br />
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Jan grows for community<br />
MICK.JENSEN<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’seconomy grew 4.3 percent over the<br />
yeartoJune<strong>2021</strong>accordingtoprovisional<br />
estimatesfrom Infometrics. <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s GDP in<br />
the June <strong>2021</strong> quarterwas 6.1 percenthigher than<br />
June 2019, showingthe strength of underlying<br />
growth in the economy.<br />
The district’s annual average unemployment<br />
ratewas3.2 percent in June<strong>2021</strong>,upfrom 2.7<br />
percent12 months earlier. There were 729people<br />
registered as jobseekers. TheInfometrics<br />
Quarterly Economic Review Monitor report<br />
shows building activityisstrong in <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />
with a23.8 percentincrease in newdwelling<br />
consents over the year to June<strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Nonresidential activity is alsostrong.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>’saverage housevaluehas risen<br />
17.6%overthe past year, reaching$450,868 in<br />
June.<br />
The district's dairy payout for the2020/<strong>2021</strong><br />
seasonisexpectedtobearound$1,244million, up<br />
$98million on last season.<br />
Netherlandsborn Jan De<br />
Kleijn is green fingered<br />
and has propagated<br />
thousandsofnative plants<br />
for the Rakaia community<br />
over the last six years.<br />
Hisplants aregrown<br />
from seeds and cuttings<br />
and have been used for<br />
projects likethe Rakaia<br />
Walkway,the Rakaia<br />
Domain and other<br />
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Afarmer in his former<br />
homeland,Jan has lived in<br />
Rakaia for 20 years and<br />
thesedaysisacaregiver<br />
for his wife Nonniwho<br />
suffers from dementia.<br />
He grows and propagates<br />
plants in his backyardand<br />
also grows vegetable plants<br />
and natives that are sold to<br />
raise funds for St Andrews<br />
Presbyterian Church in<br />
Rakaia.<br />
“I’ve always enjoyed<br />
growing plants.<br />
“The problem for me was<br />
that when Iarrived in New<br />
Zealand fromHolland I<br />
didn’t know anything about<br />
the natives growing here,’’<br />
Jan said.<br />
He enrolled on aplant<br />
propagation course, had<br />
steadilybuild up his<br />
knowledge and growing<br />
experience,and wasstill<br />
learning.<br />
“It’s somethingIcando<br />
and enjoy doingand it<br />
givesmeanopportunity to<br />
give backtomy community<br />
and to make new<br />
friendships.’’<br />
Janrecycles andisgiven<br />
Plant grower Jan De Kleijn (left) hands over anotherbatch of homegrown natives to<br />
Rakaia Community Associationchairman Neil Pluck.<br />
pots and answered acall<br />
for community growers put<br />
out afew year ago.<br />
Rakaia Community<br />
Association chairmanNeil<br />
Pluck said anumber of<br />
people like Jan generously<br />
suppliedplants for the<br />
benefit of the community,<br />
but he was by far the<br />
biggest single provider.<br />
The donated plants<br />
saved the community alot<br />
of money and were used on<br />
projects like the walkway,<br />
which ran fromthe scout<br />
den andalong Rakaia<br />
Terrace West for a<br />
distance of 3.5km, he said.<br />
Anew section near the<br />
scout den willbeplanted<br />
soon and Jan has been<br />
consulted on what plants<br />
he has available.<br />
He is also currently<br />
growing grasses that will<br />
be used to beautify the<br />
area around anew Rakaia<br />
dog park, where grass seed<br />
has just been sown.<br />
Pupils back after lockdown<br />
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Hereisthe storyofAretha Franklin’s life.<br />
Aretha was amusical legend growing up at a<br />
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Jennifer Hudson played Aretha and made a<br />
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I especially enjoyed the scenes where they<br />
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Thecostumes,the production designand all the<br />
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Rakaia School pupils enjoy lunch outside on<br />
the first day back at school after lockdown.<br />
Rakaia School principalMark<br />
Ellis is proud of the way pupils,<br />
staffand parentsgot through<br />
therecent lockdown at home.<br />
Online educationand<br />
communication channels were<br />
fluid after the experiences of<br />
last year andthe school<br />
community had stepped up to<br />
themark, he said.<br />
‘‘Staff andstudents are happy<br />
to be back at school and in the<br />
classroomagain, but we got<br />
through the challengesover the<br />
last few weeks.’’<br />
Mr Ellis said Google<br />
Classroomhad worked wellfor<br />
those in Years 38 and regular<br />
morning Zoom meetings had<br />
been held for juniors.<br />
Some 50 deviceshad been<br />
loaned out andnow returned,<br />
whichhad helped pupils to<br />
learnonline.<br />
Therehad been regularstaff<br />
meetingsonline and teacher<br />
aides had beenincluded in<br />
discussions and updates.<br />
‘‘Lockdownfor Rakaia School<br />
was all about ‘connection’ and<br />
‘community’,’’ Mr Ellis said.<br />
Rakaia School has<strong>16</strong>5 pupils<br />
andruns its day around a‘play,<br />
eat, learn’ schedule, which<br />
international studies have<br />
shown improve children’s<br />
ability to payattention in<br />
classrooms.<br />
Roading job<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council is afteranew<br />
roading manager and someonewho is able<br />
tomanage the budget for New Zealand's<br />
thirdlargest roading network.<br />
The senior management role is<br />
advertised as having ‘‘serious influence and<br />
scope’’ and theright candidate will be<br />
someone with civil construction<br />
qualifications, roadingexperience, and<br />
leadershipskills.<br />
The roleoverseesall aspects that sits<br />
under council’s roading umbrella and<br />
includes ensuring all programmed,<br />
operational and special project work for<br />
roading activities meetagreedservice<br />
levels, budgets and timeframes.<br />
The strategy side of the role will include<br />
providing policy andtechnical direction.<br />
Applications close on <strong>September</strong>19.
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Softball champs<br />
in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
early next year<br />
TONI.WILLIAMS<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
At the toss of acoin Mid<br />
Canterbury has won hosting<br />
rights for the Mainland Softball<br />
southern zone U15s open club<br />
championships early next year.<br />
It’s an unexpected last<br />
minuteopportunity but one<br />
host organisers are welcoming,<br />
despitehaving less than four<br />
monthsuntil game time.<br />
Mid Canterbury Softball<br />
Association president Carl<br />
O’Neill said it was unclear yet<br />
just how many South Island<br />
teams could arrive en masse to<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>, but given it was the<br />
open club championships, not a<br />
regional event, there could be<br />
multiple teamsfrom each<br />
district.<br />
‘‘There could be four teams<br />
from <strong>Ashburton</strong>,ten teams from<br />
Christchurch, three or four<br />
from Dunedin, Central Otago,<br />
Southland, Nelson,<br />
Marlborough.’’<br />
It was also amixed event with<br />
Under 15s boys and girls teams<br />
‘‘so there is the potential to be<br />
30odd teams’’with around 12<br />
playersper team.<br />
‘‘It’s adefinite bonus for (Mid<br />
Canterbury Softball).<br />
‘‘We held the secondary<br />
schools one acouple to three<br />
years ago whichwas anew<br />
thing for us, so we are in a<br />
better position now than we<br />
were then.<br />
‘‘We knowwhat we need,<br />
what we’ve got to do and stuff<br />
like that.’’<br />
Mr O’Neill was at the helm of<br />
the association then too and<br />
said adedicated committee was<br />
now working through the finer<br />
points needed.<br />
‘‘We’re lucky we’ve got a<br />
wholebunch there are eight of<br />
us on the committee who work<br />
together really well,and we’ve<br />
already had aplenty of<br />
outsiders offer to help.’’<br />
He said the plan was to break<br />
the organising of the event in to<br />
smaller sections for completion<br />
to make it manageable.<br />
There were seven<br />
associations in the South Island<br />
but Mr O’Neill said having a<br />
central South Island location for<br />
the championships made it<br />
easier for travelling teams.<br />
‘‘It was between us and our<br />
good neighbours South<br />
Canterbury, but it came down to<br />
the flip of acoin in the end. And<br />
we happened to win that,’’ he<br />
said.<br />
The four day event, due to go<br />
ahead at Argyle Park on January<br />
13 to <strong>16</strong>, would require<br />
additional facilities which<br />
needed to be hired, such as<br />
toilets, changing facilities and a<br />
mobile office for games<br />
officials, Mr O’Neill said.<br />
Applications for funding<br />
assistance were being<br />
completed, and businesses and<br />
organisations sought for<br />
sponsorship or support such as<br />
the use of marquees for teams<br />
shelter during the event, he<br />
said.<br />
Anyone able to sponsor or<br />
support the event can contact<br />
Mid Canterbury Softball<br />
through Facebook.<br />
Joint art on show<br />
Outdoor painting friends Susie<br />
Millichampand Claire Forbes<br />
have ajointexhibition opening<br />
at theMtHutt MemorialHall<br />
art gallery fromSaturday.<br />
Manyofthe works on display<br />
and for sale havebeen painted<br />
by the pair en plein airand at<br />
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including Akaroa andinthe<br />
high country.<br />
The exhibition runsuntil<br />
October 15 andisopen daily<br />
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Visitors are backatRosebank<br />
Resthome and residents and<br />
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There was asteady stream<br />
of visitors to the Walnut<br />
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complex at thereturn to Level<br />
2lastweek.<br />
Strict rules are in place and<br />
visitor hours are between<br />
10am and 11.30am and 2pm<br />
and 4pm.<br />
Signing in via QR code and<br />
registerismandatory and<br />
masks need to be worn at all<br />
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Only onevisitor is permitted<br />
per resident andvisits have to<br />
take place in the room of the<br />
resident.<br />
People under 12 arenot<br />
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Rosebank managerSue<br />
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on the opening day of Level 2.<br />
As well as receiving visitors,<br />
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There were morechallenges<br />
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‘‘I think many of our<br />
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than we give them credit andit<br />
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more about them,’’ Mrs<br />
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For some residentsthe<br />
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worn off.<br />
Residents and staffacross<br />
all facilities except the village<br />
had now received two<br />
vaccinations, which offered<br />
each<br />
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Prowsesaid.<br />
Residents do not need to<br />
wear masksand have been<br />
coming together in the lounge.<br />
Anumber of them are<br />
nonagenarians.<br />
Mrs Prowse said staffhad<br />
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Duck family like to spend time with Cyril<br />
DANIEL.TOBIN<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Cyril Keen has beencalled alot of<br />
things in his time, but perhaps he can<br />
add the title of <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s duck<br />
whisperer.<br />
Amother duck and her family of fluffy<br />
ducklings havedecided Cyril’ssunny<br />
backyard is as goodaplace as any to<br />
spend the day.<br />
Cyrilisnot sure why they have chosen<br />
his place as they needtowaddle past<br />
five other properties to get to his house.<br />
Whenthey first turned up therewas<br />
the mother duck and 13 ducklings. Cyril<br />
wasn’tsure what to do.<br />
‘‘I walked them down to Braebrook<br />
pond which is about the length of a<br />
rugby field, got them back downinthe<br />
water.<br />
‘‘Then ahalf an hour latermywife<br />
said she’s back here again,<br />
unfortunately she had lost five<br />
ducklings in that time.<br />
‘‘So Igot the broom and droveher and<br />
the remaining ducklings back to the<br />
pond, it was funnyshe just waddled<br />
away in frontofme.’’<br />
The next day the duck family turned<br />
up again.<br />
‘‘I don't knowwhat to do, does she<br />
want to makeahome here? I'm retired<br />
and Idon't want another family,’’ he<br />
said.<br />
Cyrilisworriedbecause there are<br />
cats in the neighbourhood, his theory on<br />
the missing ducklings is the cats and<br />
eels may have got them.<br />
So he is keeping awatchful eye on the<br />
motherand her ducklings.<br />
‘‘It’s the start of spring and to have 13<br />
little ducklings and the mother turn up<br />
on your back lawn, it’s amazing.’’<br />
Cyril Keen walks the family of ducks back down to the local pond.<br />
SPCA Scientific Officer Dr Alison<br />
Vaughansaid many people welcome<br />
wildlife in their gardens but, in some<br />
cases, people maywant to deter wild<br />
ducks due to the mess theymay make.<br />
‘‘Birdsare attracted to certain areas<br />
PHOTOS DANIEL TOBIN<br />
for anumber of reasons including a<br />
suitable environment and available<br />
feed sources. Removing attractants<br />
is the most effectiveand humane<br />
way of deterringunwantedducks<br />
from visiting aproperty.’’<br />
Ducklingsrelax in Cyril’s backyard.<br />
Ducks are attracted to areas with<br />
openwater and large expanses of grass,<br />
suchasparks, golf courses, and gardens<br />
with large lawns.<br />
Ms Vaughan suggests planting native<br />
shrubs, tall grassesand other visual<br />
barriers helps to breakup large<br />
expanses of lawn, makingthe area less<br />
appealingtoducks.<br />
‘‘If you do not wantducks to stay on a<br />
property, do not feed them and remove<br />
any food which may be attracting them.<br />
‘‘Many types of ducks enjoygrazingon<br />
short grass so allowing grass to grow<br />
longer or reducingthe area of lawns,<br />
particularly aroundponds or pools, will<br />
makethe propertyless appealing.<br />
‘‘ Ducks may also be nesting at this<br />
timeofyear, so people shouldn’t move<br />
ducks that are incubating eggs, as this is<br />
likely to causewelfare issues.’’<br />
Level 1needed for Boulevard Day to happen<br />
Nearly 100stallholdersare<br />
lined up for Boulevard Dayon<br />
<strong>September</strong>27, butthe event<br />
willonly be held if the district<br />
is at Level 1.<br />
The longrunningevent was<br />
cancelledlast yearbecauseof<br />
covid concerns and this year is<br />
set to be heldin<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Domain insteadofalongEast<br />
Street duetoupgrade work in<br />
downtown <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
OrganiserBob McDonald<br />
saidhehad ‘‘hisfingers, toes<br />
and everythingcrossed’’ and<br />
hoped theeventwouldgo<br />
ahead.<br />
However it would not be<br />
heldunder currentLevel2<br />
restrictionsand wouldbe<br />
cannedifthe levels did<br />
notmovedown.<br />
‘‘We intendmaking the<br />
call at thevery last<br />
minute, probablyon<br />
<strong>September</strong>23or24,’’ he<br />
said.<br />
Alot of work had gone<br />
into organising Boulevard<br />
Day<strong>2021</strong> andmoneyhad<br />
been spent on promoting<br />
it,MrMcDonaldsaid.<br />
Thepopular shopping<br />
dayhas beenrunningfor<br />
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Art show<br />
The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Society of Arts springshow<br />
opens on <strong>September</strong> 19.<br />
The showatthe Short Street studio will<br />
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Adapting to mask wearing<br />
Staff and volunteers at the Salvation<br />
Army Family Storein<strong>Ashburton</strong> are<br />
back workingand adapting to having<br />
to wear masks in Level 2.<br />
Because of the Delta variant mask<br />
wearing is mandatory this time<br />
around for peopleworking in or<br />
visiting retail stores and indoor<br />
public venues.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Family Store team<br />
leader Sharon Breakwell said it was<br />
business as usual forstaff, but with<br />
welcoming smiles hidden beneath<br />
masks.<br />
Thefamily store had been closed<br />
during Levels 3and 4, but reopened<br />
in Level 2with strict protocols in<br />
place.<br />
Staff andcustomers were wearing<br />
masks, scanning or manually<br />
recording visits and distancing in<br />
store.<br />
Business was steady and it was nice<br />
to see regulars back in, Ms Breakwell<br />
said.<br />
Most staff found wearing amask<br />
fine when browsing andserving, but<br />
harder when they were more active.<br />
One volunteer, whowore glasses,<br />
had steamed up when wearing her<br />
mask, butasquirt of antifog on her<br />
lenses had solved the problem, Ms<br />
Breakwell said.<br />
Up to 20 customers are being<br />
allowed in the spacious store ata<br />
time and volunteer numbers have<br />
been deliberately reduced because of<br />
covid.<br />
People areasked to drop off items<br />
in store during opening hours. The<br />
family store is open weekdays from<br />
9am until 4.30pm and from 9am until<br />
4pm on Saturdays.<br />
Behind the masks at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
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Sharon Breakwell and volunteer<br />
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Tidying up and achecking out the new bridge on the loop<br />
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Riders are enjoying the<br />
Allenton mountain bike<br />
track again afterabig<br />
clean up effort by<br />
volunteers.<br />
Big sections of the<br />
track were damaged and<br />
covered in silt after a<br />
severeflood at theend of<br />
May.<br />
The 11.5km MTB loop<br />
track runs parallelwith<br />
the <strong>Ashburton</strong>Riverand<br />
from Melrose Road to<br />
TrevorsRoad.<br />
The section from the<br />
State Highway 1bridge to<br />
TrevorsRoad was<br />
cleared by volunteer<br />
labour in late June, but<br />
the bigger section in<br />
Allenton hastaken longer<br />
to clean up.<br />
Mountain Bike<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> president<br />
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work to getthe track back<br />
openfor thebiking<br />
community.<br />
Avarietyofdiggers,<br />
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Mr Reid said some<br />
sections were still alittle<br />
rougher than before the<br />
flood, butthe track was<br />
running well and feedback<br />
had been very positive.<br />
The track included a<br />
new elevated section that<br />
runs from the skills park to<br />
the Tinwald bridge, he<br />
said.<br />
‘‘We were about to open<br />
that section when the<br />
flood came, butluckily for<br />
us it escaped any<br />
damage.’’<br />
The new section now<br />
meant the bike track was<br />
totally separate from the<br />
river walkway track in<br />
Allenton, whichwas<br />
aimed at walkers, runners<br />
and dog walkers.<br />
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First female president<br />
NEWS<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
9<br />
MICK.JENSEN<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Darion Gray (pictured) is Celtic<br />
Rugby Club’s first female<br />
president in its 100year<br />
history.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>raised, she<br />
follows in the footsteps of<br />
previous president Kevin<br />
Donaldson and before him,<br />
Paul Summerfield, who was in<br />
the role for many years.<br />
Darion’s association with<br />
Celtic goes back 18 years and<br />
began when her son Cathal<br />
joined the Under 6team.<br />
She managed Celtic’s<br />
youngest team for awhile and<br />
later her daughter Eimear<br />
played for the club.<br />
She was the JAB club captain<br />
for many years.<br />
‘‘I’ve loved my involvement<br />
with the club over the years.<br />
‘‘It’s familyfriendly, very<br />
sociable and there’s alot of<br />
good people involved.’’<br />
Darion said there was plenty<br />
of knowledge and support to<br />
call upon in her role as<br />
president and generations of<br />
players and supporters at the<br />
club.<br />
Celtic, which has Marist<br />
affiliations, has around 400<br />
players across all grades.<br />
The club owns and maintains<br />
its own grounds off Keenans<br />
Road and financially it ticks<br />
over well.<br />
Regular fundraising helps<br />
pay for the likes of insurance,<br />
mowing and fertiliser expenses<br />
and maintenance.<br />
‘‘A rugby club is an expensive<br />
place to run and costs are<br />
ongoing, but alot of people get<br />
involved to support us.<br />
‘‘Club members put up their<br />
hand to help out in the bar or<br />
kitchen at home games, which<br />
is an important source of<br />
funds,’’ Darion said.<br />
The other good thing about<br />
Celtic was that it was<br />
communityfocused and funds<br />
raised over the years had<br />
supported food drives, women’s<br />
refuge and other local<br />
charities.<br />
Darion played school rugby at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College in her youth<br />
and has always had akeen<br />
interest in sport.<br />
She spent an extended 12<br />
years overseas on her OE, living<br />
in the UK and Ireland, and met<br />
her future husband, Kieron.<br />
The pair moved to New<br />
Zealand in 2001 and settled into<br />
life in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Darion works as asports coordinator<br />
at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
College, but spends adecent<br />
amount of her free time<br />
involved with Celtic.<br />
The lengthofher termas<br />
presidentisundetermined, but<br />
she is looking forward to<br />
seeing the upgrade of the<br />
women’s changing shed, which<br />
has been made possible<br />
through agrassroots rugby<br />
grant and will involveclub<br />
volunteerlabour.<br />
Looking ahead, an upgrade<br />
of the main men’s changing<br />
roomsisalso planned.<br />
Grove St park<br />
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parkinTinwald,but is<br />
worriedatechnical issueon<br />
the council'swebsite might<br />
haveaffected other<br />
submissions.<br />
Strategy andcompliance<br />
group managerJane<br />
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madeawareofaproblem<br />
affectingsomesubmitters,<br />
whose submissionswere not<br />
captured by thesystem.<br />
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problemand fixed it and<br />
expect it will notrecur in the<br />
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affected and we ask anyone<br />
whosubmitted to check that<br />
theirname appearsonthe<br />
list of submittersonour<br />
website’’<br />
If yousubmittedonthe<br />
future of Grove Streetpark<br />
and your name is not listedin<br />
the‘SubmissionsReceived'<br />
section on thecouncil's<br />
website,contact the council<br />
as soonaspossible.<br />
Council hasbeen asked to<br />
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request came from a<br />
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The initial death notice<br />
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Family Notices<br />
Deaths Deaths Deaths Deaths<br />
BAYLIS, Donald James<br />
Peacefully at Rosebank Lifecare,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> on2nd <strong>September</strong><br />
<strong>2021</strong> in his 82nd year. Due to<br />
Covid restrictions a private<br />
servicewas held.<br />
BUCKLAND, Maureen Kay<br />
(Kay): Peacefully at Rosebank<br />
Residential Home, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
on <strong>September</strong> 7, <strong>2021</strong> aged 82<br />
years. Dearly loved wife ofthe<br />
late Doug. Muchlovedmother<br />
and mother-in-law ofKaylene<br />
and the late Brian Spencer,<br />
Phylis and the late Gavin Smith,<br />
Chris and Hayley, and Shirlene<br />
and Lyall.<br />
Loved Nana and Nana Twos of<br />
her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.<br />
Special thanks to Rosebank<br />
staff fortheir careand support.<br />
Messages to: The Buckland<br />
Family,c/- <strong>16</strong>8McMurdo Street,<br />
Tinwald,<strong>Ashburton</strong>7700<br />
A private family service was<br />
held at Memory Funerals on<br />
Friday, <strong>September</strong> 10th<br />
0800 2MEMORY<br />
027 637 1229<br />
HICKMAN, Raymond (Ray) -<br />
Rakaia Volunteer Fire Brigade<br />
wish to acknowledge the<br />
passing of a much loved<br />
and respected retired Senior<br />
Fire Fighter. The members<br />
of the Brigade extend their<br />
sympathy toRay’s family and<br />
acknowledge the contribution<br />
he made to the Rakaia<br />
Volunteer Fire Brigade as a<br />
respected member and to the<br />
community.<br />
HUGGINS, Peter James Roy:<br />
Peterpassedawaypeacefully at<br />
Burwood Hospital,Christchurch<br />
on <strong>September</strong> 13, <strong>2021</strong> in his<br />
89th year. Loving and much<br />
loved husband of Patsy. Loved<br />
father and father-in-law of<br />
Keith, Gary, Paul and Christina,<br />
Helen, Steveand ClaireHuggins<br />
and his grandchildren and<br />
great-grandchildren.<br />
Loving stepfather and Grandad<br />
Huggy to Peter and Inga.<br />
Nicola, and Debbie Currey<br />
their partners, children and<br />
grandchildren.<br />
Thefamily wish to thank Radius<br />
Millstream and the Burwood B<br />
&Gward fortheir careofPeter.<br />
Messages to: The Huggins<br />
Family, c/- 11 Elmwood Grove,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>7700<br />
Due to covid restrictions a<br />
private family service and<br />
cremation will be held.<br />
0800 2MEMORY<br />
027 637 1229<br />
MATTSON, Kelvin Gary, on<br />
<strong>September</strong> 9, <strong>2021</strong> at Paringa<br />
River, West Coast.“Doing what<br />
he loved”. Loved husband<br />
of Irene and father of Jason,<br />
Angela, Shane, Craig, Tony,<br />
and Gary. Grandad to Bailey,<br />
Jared, Sarah, Melissa, Mac,<br />
Leah, and Ted. Messages to<br />
the Mattson family c/- POBox<br />
472, <strong>Ashburton</strong>7740. Aprivate<br />
family cremation has been<br />
held.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
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MATTSON, Kelvin Gary;<br />
Dearly loved father-in-law and<br />
second Dad to Brian, Angela,<br />
Anna, Peurene, and Fernando.<br />
Passed away in a place that<br />
gave him great pleasure, and<br />
will be greatly missed.<br />
Family<br />
Notices<br />
Enquiries phone<br />
Mary,JannorKaren<br />
on<br />
308 7664<br />
or call into<br />
199Burnett Street.<br />
Family owned,<br />
locally owned<br />
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0800 263 6679<br />
2413353<br />
PATERSON, Ronald William<br />
(Ron) of <strong>Ashburton</strong> (formerly<br />
of South Otago), on <strong>September</strong><br />
8th, <strong>2021</strong> in his 77th year,<br />
passed away peacefully.<br />
Loved and respected husband<br />
and best friend of Edith and<br />
proud father and father-inlaw<br />
toAdrian &Julie, Ronelle<br />
&John, Todd &Sarah, Dallas &<br />
Aimee. Pop was arole model<br />
to grandchildren Hugh, Arthur,<br />
Edgar, Morgan, Emerson,<br />
James, Sam, Will, Jake and<br />
Finn and friend to Carlijn and<br />
Harriet. Son of the late Mollie<br />
and Jim Paterson, brother<br />
and brother-in-law ofJay and<br />
Sheila, Daune and the late<br />
Mick O’Connor, the late Doug<br />
and Marilyn Paterson, Colin<br />
and Pam Paterson and the late<br />
Linsey Paterson. Respected<br />
son-in-law ofthe late Kit and<br />
Hughie Todd and brother-inlaw<br />
ofHugh Todd and avery<br />
much loved uncle to his many<br />
nieces and nephews. ”Ron<br />
demonstrated a courageous<br />
battle to thelineand dedicated<br />
a lifetime to community<br />
service.” The family wish to<br />
thank Doctor Penny Holdaway,<br />
Jane Smith and her palliative<br />
careteam, and the doctors and<br />
nurses of <strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital.<br />
Messages to the Paterson<br />
family c/- Box 472, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
7740. Aprivate family service<br />
will be held and a Memorial<br />
service will be organised to<br />
celebrate Ron’s life atadate to<br />
be advised.<br />
“A dearly lovedand inspirational<br />
man has leftthe world.”<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 3077433<br />
PRICE Dorothy Catherine<br />
(Dot), on <strong>September</strong> 11,<br />
<strong>2021</strong>. Peacefully at Rosebank<br />
Lifecare, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged 87<br />
years. Dearly loved daughter<br />
of the late Alfred and Margaret<br />
Searle, and loved sister of<br />
the late Jim, and Brian Searle.<br />
Special friend of the late Joy,<br />
and the Vessey and Lefeber<br />
families. Thankyou to thestaff<br />
at Rosebank for their care of<br />
Dot. Messages to POBox 472,<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740.<br />
In lieu of<br />
flowers donations to St John<br />
would be much appreciated.<br />
Aprivate service for Dot will<br />
be held.<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 3077433<br />
REID, Maurice Charles<br />
(Morrie), on <strong>September</strong> 11,<br />
<strong>2021</strong>. Suddenly at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Hospital, aged 82 years. Loved<br />
and cherished husband of the<br />
late Caryl. Lovedpartner of the<br />
late Diana Dellow. Dearly loved<br />
father and father-in-lawofTony<br />
and Maggie (Dunedin), Sherilee<br />
and Martin Penty (Auckland),<br />
Michelle and Neville Dasler<br />
(Dunedin), and Andrew (Papua<br />
New Guinea).<br />
Supporting thecommunity<br />
96 Tancred Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
Phone 307 8317<br />
Much loved<br />
Poppa and Grandpop of all<br />
his grandchildren and greatgrandchildren.<br />
We would like<br />
to acknowledge with thanks<br />
Malcolm, Trudi, and Maddie<br />
and the extended Dellow<br />
family for their love and<br />
supportofMorrie. Messages to<br />
the Reid family, 15Richmond<br />
Street, Forbury Dunedin 9012.<br />
At Dad’s request a private<br />
cremation has been held. “Rest<br />
In Peace”<br />
Paterson’s<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
FDANZ<br />
03 3077433<br />
TULLY, Annette Jean (nee<br />
Boucher) on 03//09/<strong>2021</strong><br />
Loved wife of the late Bill.<br />
Much lovedsister and sister-inlaw<br />
ofKen Boucher and Judy<br />
Raven, Kathleen and the late<br />
John Shea, Marion and Eldon<br />
Jackson, Claire and David<br />
Braniff, Evelyn and Tony Carr,<br />
Sylvia and Lesley Boucher. A<br />
private cremation has been<br />
held. Rest in Peace.<br />
Acknowledgement<br />
ROBERTSON – Karen Mary<br />
11.9.50 – 21.7.21: Karen’s<br />
family would like to thank<br />
everyone for the support and<br />
kindness given to us during<br />
Karen’s illness and passing,<br />
and for cards, flowers and food<br />
received.<br />
Special thank you toDrDiane<br />
Young, Kate and Jane at<br />
Palliative Care, District Nurses<br />
and the team at Rosebank.<br />
“Special caring people”.<br />
In Memoriam<br />
THOMSON, Russell Bruce<br />
(Russ) passed away <strong>16</strong>/09/20<br />
Deep in our hearts amemory<br />
is kept<br />
of averyspecial husband and<br />
Dad<br />
we lovedsomuch and will never<br />
forget.<br />
We miss youeveryday.<br />
Love, all the family.<br />
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NEWS<br />
10 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Covid safety push<br />
around district<br />
TONI.WILLIAMS<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Keeping people safe and<br />
companies openfor business<br />
hasseen many large employers<br />
across the district stepup their<br />
backingofsafety measures for<br />
staff against the Delta covid<br />
variant.<br />
Some businessesare offering<br />
incentives whethermonetary<br />
or quickeraccess for those<br />
whoget vaccinationsand<br />
others havebeenproviding<br />
additional facilities to ensure<br />
socialdistancing, aswell as<br />
limiting visitors on site.<br />
Anzco Foods general<br />
manager operations Darryl<br />
Tones said industry protocols<br />
had beenput in placeatits<br />
sites to keepits employeessafe<br />
such as additional personal<br />
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marquees were brought in to<br />
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breaks.<br />
‘‘Asalarge employer in<br />
Canterbury Anzco hasa<br />
responsibilitytokeep its<br />
employees safe,’’MrTones<br />
said.<br />
‘‘An outbreak of the highly<br />
transmissible Delta variant of<br />
Covid19 would have a<br />
significant impact on Anzco’s<br />
peopleand itsoperations.’’<br />
Asanincentivetoemployees,<br />
the companywas alsooffering<br />
a$100supermarket voucher to<br />
allemployeeswho had<br />
received one or both of their<br />
covid vaccinations. It was a<br />
voluntary offerforthose that<br />
wantedtoparticipate.<br />
‘‘Theresponse from<br />
employees is extremely<br />
positive,’’ Mr Tones said.<br />
Around thedistrictMid<br />
Cantabriansalsohave more<br />
options to get covid<br />
vaccinations.<br />
Medical centresand most<br />
pharmacies encourage people<br />
to usethe ‘BookMyVaccine’<br />
websitebookmyvaccine.<br />
covid19.health.nz (youcan<br />
also view available vaccination<br />
appointmentsthroughout the<br />
district)ormakean<br />
appointment over thephone by<br />
ringingPh0800 28 29 26.<br />
But Wises Pharmacy and<br />
TancredStreet Dispensarywill<br />
take covid vaccination<br />
bookings andpeoplecan call<br />
directly.Vaccines take place<br />
on theirrespective sites.<br />
Canterbury District Health<br />
Board has alsobeenworking<br />
with<strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Counciltoget popup<br />
vaccinationclinicsinMid<br />
Canterbury.<br />
One was heldin<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
yesterday.<br />
Under Level 2restrictions<br />
the health board hasongoing<br />
visitor restrictions at<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Maternity Ward and Tuarangi<br />
resthome.<br />
Health Board emergency coordination<br />
centre controller<br />
Helen Skinner said there were<br />
anumberofvisitorrestrictions<br />
at all of its health facilities.<br />
Visitors were requiredto<br />
scan or signinonarrival,wear<br />
amaskorfacecoveringand<br />
practice safe physical<br />
distancing. There were also<br />
limitsonthenumber of people<br />
who could visit at atime.<br />
‘‘Please don’t visitthe<br />
hospital if youdon’t needto.<br />
Visitorswho areunwell should<br />
not be entering ourfacilities,’’<br />
DrSkinner said.<br />
If you haveCovid19<br />
symptoms (atleast oneofthe<br />
following symptoms: newor<br />
worsening cough,sorethroat,<br />
shortness of breath, stuffy or<br />
runny nose,lost sense of smell<br />
–with or withoutafever) you<br />
should contact your General<br />
Practice teamorcall<br />
Healthlineon0800 3585453.<br />
‘‘Most GP teams are offering<br />
testing if you have these<br />
symptoms.<br />
‘‘If youhave symptoms and<br />
are notregistered withaGP<br />
team you canattend atesting<br />
centre (which you do not need<br />
an appointment to attend).’’<br />
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Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />
News<br />
Issue 30<br />
<strong>16</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Head of Senior School Message<br />
Welcome back<br />
It has been fantastic to see all the students and<br />
staff back on campus and resuming face-to-face<br />
lessons.<br />
Iwould like to acknowledge all our whānau and<br />
students for all their mahi over lockdown. Iknow<br />
the balance of keeping up with school work,<br />
family lifeand work commitmentsischallenging.<br />
The students have demonstrated our AshColl<br />
values by beingresponsive, self-managing and resilient.<br />
Well-being and Transitioning Back into College<br />
With the recent lockdown andreturning to campus it can be overwhelming<br />
forseniorstudents as they think ahead to finishingoffInternal Assessments,<br />
College Exams,studying and sitting NCEA exams; all while trying to enjoy<br />
the last fewmonths at school.<br />
During this period of transitioning back to school, focusing on the things<br />
thathelpmaintain well-being become increasingly important.<br />
The following are some suggestions from Sport NZ on how tosupport<br />
themental health of young people.<br />
Young people canfocus on the following six factors to helpanchor them<br />
in order to remain balancedand healthy, both physicallyand mentally:<br />
1. Controllables: Concentrate on the things that matter and the things<br />
they can control – and be attentive of their internal experiences<br />
(thoughts, feelings, sensations); take time to acknowledge and accept<br />
them,and then gently bring their attention back to the task at hand.<br />
2. Routines: Maintain consistent routines (sleep, nutrition, wake-up time,<br />
study, social time). These remind their brains that itissafe todial the<br />
stress response back, and enable themtofocus on whatishelpful.<br />
3. Connection: Stay connected totheir purpose, values and goals. Keep<br />
up regular contactwith their supportsystems.Intimes of challenge, we<br />
need toincrease support, as they might need to reach out more than<br />
usual.<br />
4. Behaviours: Do the basics of personal self-care (quality food, time<br />
withlovedones,mindfulnessetc)and ensuretheyput themselves first.<br />
Deliberately seek out people and ‘stuff’thatmakes them happy.<br />
5. Opportunities: Promote a growth mindset. Everyone is having to<br />
change plans and behaviours. Ifthey can focus on the opportunities<br />
thatthe newplan presents, they willcome throughthis in abetter place.<br />
6. Time Management: Allocate aspecific amount of time in their day to<br />
focus on Coronavirus (COVID)and Government updates, what-ifs,worry<br />
etc. This will allow their brain toengage fully when they’re required to<br />
focus on other activities.<br />
College Exams<br />
TheCollege Examsare being held from 20 <strong>September</strong>to28<strong>September</strong>. To<br />
help guide senior students through these exams the students have been<br />
giventhe samemessages fromall staff.You can supportyour tamariki for<br />
these College Examsaswell by reiterating thesame statements also.<br />
Information<br />
COVID Level2Arrangements:<br />
Reminders re College Protocols<br />
Year 13 Students/StudyPeriods:<br />
Year 13 students, during studyperiods, arerequired to be in theLibrary,<br />
Upstairs Study Space or Classroom if they are on College grounds.<br />
Otherwisethey arerequired to signout and leave thecampus.<br />
Illness –Students Must Stay at HomePlease:<br />
Level 2Guidelines are being followed. If your child has acold oris<br />
unwell they should not be attending College.<br />
NCEA External Exams<br />
• End of Year external exams will now start two weeks later,<br />
commencing Monday 22November and running through until<br />
Tuesday 14 December.<br />
• External Portfolios in Art, and Design and Visual communication<br />
deadlines willalso be pushed out by twoweeks.<br />
Internal College Examinations –PushedBack OneWeek<br />
These will now be held from Monday 20 <strong>September</strong> through to<br />
Tuesday 28 <strong>September</strong>,inclusive, forYear11, 12 and 13 students.<br />
Details have beenemailed to families.<br />
ImportanceofIn-College Exams<br />
These examinations aresignificant as not only are they able to provide<br />
students with avery accurate gauge as to their current performance, but<br />
the result may beused as evidence ofthe standard of their work should<br />
they, forsome reason, not be abletosit the NCEA examinationlater in the<br />
year andtherefore have to apply fora‘derived grade’.<br />
This year we areoffering some English classes the opportunitytocomplete<br />
their exam online. They will also have apapercopyduringthe examsand<br />
can switch between the two mediums. This hopefully will also eliminate<br />
the anxietyaround internet or batteryand powerfailure.<br />
The main points being:<br />
WhyDoWeDoCollege Exams:<br />
• These marks can be used for Derived Grades at the end of the year,<br />
should astudent not be able to sit an end-of-year external exam or<br />
exams foragenuine reason.<br />
• Teachers and students can see current gaps in understanding.<br />
• Itisgood to practise under exam conditions.<br />
Preparation tips forexams<br />
• Work out the basics: which exams you have, when the exams are on,<br />
what topics are being covered, and how much you have to learn for<br />
each one.<br />
• Createastudy timetable,giveyourself enough time to study.<br />
• Use flow charts, mind maps and diagrams; practise past exams; learn<br />
quotes and definitions; explain your answers to others; organise study<br />
groups with friends.<br />
Managing stress on exam day<br />
• Workout whatyou need to take with youonexam dayand organise this<br />
the nightbefore.<br />
• Eat agood,lightbreakfast –this will help with energy and concentration.<br />
• Ifyou feel yourself getting worried beforeyour exam -spend some time<br />
focusing on your breathing.<br />
• When you sit down to do your exam, take time to slow your breathing<br />
and relax.<br />
• Read through the exam paper carefully. Underline key words and<br />
instructions.<br />
• Workonthe questions thatyou find easiest first.<br />
• TRY YOUR BEST TO ANSWER EVERYQUESTION.<br />
NewEnd-of-Year and SeniorPrize-GivingDates<br />
We remind families that, due to the start ofNCEA exams being pushed<br />
back,ithas been decided to also move back the following dates:<br />
NewPrize-giving Dates<strong>2021</strong><br />
• Year 13 -Wednesday10November,7:30pm<br />
• Year 11 and 12 -Monday15November,7:00pm<br />
Last dayofschool attendancefor senior students as follows:<br />
• Year 13 last dayofschool Thursday11November<br />
• Years 11 and 12 last dayofschool Wednesday17November<br />
Good Wishes<br />
Iwish all students all the best for the remainder of the year, and look<br />
forwardtosupporting them to achievetheir individual excellence.<br />
‘When the storm hits,the boatsinthe harbour drop anchor.<br />
If theydon’t,theyget swept out to sea.<br />
Dropping anchor does not makethe storm go away,<br />
but instead keeps theboat steadyuntil the storm passes’.<br />
Sport NZ<br />
AbbeyBruce<br />
Head of Senior School<br />
Whereastudent comes to schoolsick,beadvisedwewill contactyou to<br />
ask youtocollect them from College.<br />
Important date changes:<br />
End-of-year and Prize-giving dates -please refer to Abbey Bruce’s<br />
article above.<br />
AshColl Way Reports – resume, for all year level students, on<br />
Wednesday22<strong>September</strong>.<br />
NCEA and College Internal Exams –Please Note Datesand Arrangements<br />
Arrangements for StudentsDuringExamWeek<br />
• Year 11, 12 and 13 classes willnot operate on exam days.<br />
• During thistime,students should study at home or at College. Students<br />
maystudy at College in the Library.<br />
• Ifstudents are inCollege during exam week, they must be on-site for a<br />
purpose:exams, study or mentoring.<br />
• When at College they must be in school uniform and observe the usual<br />
College rules.<br />
• Please note that the specific exam-related requirements and protocols<br />
have beenemailedtofamilies.<br />
Level3Visual Art; Levels 1-3 Technology andLevel 1DVC –<br />
ChangedSubmission Dates<br />
With the extended lockdown and subsequent disruption tolearning,<br />
NZQA has extended the time available to schools todevelop and collect<br />
relevant candidateevidencerequired forexternal assessmentfor subjects/<br />
standards whereevidence is submitted.<br />
Thedeadline forthisis10November <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Information<br />
College Young Farmers’/TeenAgClub<br />
Student-in-charge Claudia Thomas advises the club is currently<br />
in the process of running afundraising project.<br />
At Level2youcan nowdeliver,orhavecollected, your scrap metal.<br />
ScrapMetal Wanted<br />
• car and tractorbatteries<br />
• any type of metal you don’t require: such as copper wire, lead<br />
nails,stainless steel,etc<br />
We arethe <strong>Ashburton</strong>CollegeYoung Farmers/TeenAggroup<br />
and students studying Agriculture.<br />
We arefundraising to be abletosubsidise trips and activities<br />
to upskill our young Ag students.<br />
If youhaveany scrapmetal or batteries lying around thatyou would<br />
kindly liketodonate it would be very much appreciated.<br />
Anyscrap metalcan be dropped off at MetalCorpinTinwald<br />
(corner of Melcombeand Shearman Streets).<br />
Please let them know thatitis to go on the<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> CollegeYoung Farmers’ account.<br />
If youhaveany questions or arerequiringyour metal to be picked up:<br />
please contactustoarrange atime on -0274478898<br />
or -email one of the followingemail addresses:<br />
thoc8<strong>16</strong>1@student.ashcoll.school.nz; gars7050@student.ashcoll.school.nz;<br />
li@ashcoll.school.nz<br />
Amassivethankyou to Agri Trainingwho arecurrentclubsponsors.<br />
Agri Trainingdelivers extensiveand comprehensive<br />
trainingand development to trainees,who are<br />
both new and experiencedinNew Zealand's rural<br />
sector, by providing all practical andrelevant areas<br />
of traditionaland modern-day farming -<br />
www.agritraining.co.nz<br />
Matesand DatesHealthyRelationships<br />
Programme forYear9and 10 students<br />
ACC has developed Mates and Dates tohelp prevent dating, sexual,<br />
and relationship harm -animportant focus given that 20% of female<br />
and 9% of male secondary school students in New Zealand reported<br />
unwantedsexual contactorbeingmade to do unwanted sexualthings.<br />
Working with young people is shown as one<br />
of the most effective ways ofpreventing<br />
sexual harm, equipping them with<br />
relationship skills and behaviours they can<br />
carry andrefer to throughouttheir lives.<br />
ACC has worked with the Ministry ofEducation toensure the programme<br />
aligns with the curriculum, and has worked with an expert advisory<br />
group to develop the content, with the programme fully evaluated by an<br />
independentresearch company.<br />
The programme is taking placeinall Year 9and 10 Health classes,<br />
havingstarted thisweekand continuing until Week 10 of Term 3,<br />
andthrough Weeks 1and 2ofTerm 4, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Theprogrammeistaught by specialist SexualHarmPrevention Programme<br />
Facilitators over fivesessions.The students' Health teacher is also present in<br />
the classroom.<br />
Mates and Dates teaches students how to have healthy relationships built<br />
on respect, negotiation and consent. It will teach them how to identify<br />
inappropriate behaviour and how to get help if they, or someone they<br />
know, are in an unhealthy relationship; including how to safely intervene in<br />
situationsthatcouldleadtoharm.<br />
The topics covered are: Healthy Relationships; Skills and Consent;<br />
When Things Go Wrong; Identity, Gender and Sexuality; Keeping Safe<br />
Together.<br />
Study Nights –Supportfor Exam Preparation<br />
A Study Night Schedule is now available to support students in<br />
preparation forCollege Exams (Monday 20 –Tuesday 28 <strong>September</strong>).<br />
With particular thanks to Delia Achten Library Manager, and College<br />
teaching staff members, aquick turnaround and changes to dates has<br />
meantthe following arrangements areconfirmed -<br />
Arrangements are–<br />
Venue:<br />
College Library, from 7:00pm -9:00pm.<br />
Bookings required: Studentsare to pre-book spaces, as therehas to be<br />
alimitonnumbers in the space. This informationhas<br />
been provided to students.<br />
Remaining StudyNight Datesare – Theschedule startedlast night, on<br />
Wednesday15<strong>September</strong>.<br />
Thursday<strong>16</strong><strong>September</strong><br />
Tuesday21<strong>September</strong><br />
Thursday23<strong>September</strong><br />
Monday20<strong>September</strong><br />
Wednesday22<strong>September</strong><br />
Monday27<strong>September</strong>
<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />
Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />
News<br />
Issue 30<br />
<strong>16</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Events<br />
Tongan Language Week<br />
With someofthe information belowprovidedbyShrina Afu,<br />
Head of the Student Cultural Committee<br />
Theme<br />
This year’s national theme for Uike Kātoanga’i ‘oelea faka-Tonga/<br />
Tonga Language Week was Fakakoloa 'o Aotearoa 'aki 'a e Ako<br />
Lelei, which means enriching Aotearoa with holistic education.<br />
The theme served asaconversation starter onthe importance of<br />
holistic education, diverse forms<br />
of learning and howAotearoacan<br />
benefit from it.<br />
Due tothe COVID-19 Alert Levels<br />
across Aotearoa, Uike Kātoanga’i ‘o<br />
elea faka-Tonga, Tongan Language<br />
Week was celebrated online<br />
nationally.<br />
College Programme<br />
Following the national lead,<br />
Tongan Language Week was<br />
celebrated online at College<br />
through the AshColl Student<br />
Executive Instagram page and<br />
Facebook, with videos uploaded<br />
daily to showcase the Tongan<br />
Culture.<br />
Monday06<strong>September</strong><br />
Shrina Afu with the help of her family put together avideo, teaching the<br />
phrase‘FefeHake?’ meaning ‘Howare you?’<br />
The second video was of her family and extended family singing asong<br />
together before family prayers, avery common way toend the day ina<br />
Tongan household.<br />
Tuesday07<strong>September</strong><br />
Isileli Ula put together a videofor thephrase of the day whichwas‘Koeha<br />
me’a oku kefai?’meaning “Whatare youdoing?”.<br />
Following this video we had ashort clip showing how to make Otai, a<br />
popular Tropical Tongandrink.<br />
Otai is afruit drink which originated inTonga and isusually made as a<br />
summer time refreshment. It is ablend of water, coconut milk, and any<br />
variety ofpulped tropical fruit such as coconut, watermelon, mango, or<br />
pineapple. Although, it is almost always watermelon asitisplentiful in<br />
Tonga.<br />
Wednesday08<strong>September</strong><br />
Mahina Pongia, with the helpofher littlesister, made avideo and taught<br />
the word ‘Kataki’ meaning ‘Please’.<br />
With this post avideo of Traditional Tongan Attire and the name for each<br />
wasalso attached.<br />
Thursday09<strong>September</strong><br />
Pasi Hala put together avideofor the phrase of the day which was‘A’ikeke<br />
a’lu ki fe?’ meaning ‘Whereare yougoing’.<br />
A Tongan tiktok Tau’olunga dance clip by Shrina Afu, Sera Ula and<br />
MiaManoa followedPasi’s video.<br />
Friday10<strong>September</strong><br />
Shrina Afu, Mahina Pongia, Isileli Ula, Pasi Hala, Penina Vaaelua and<br />
Cecillia Vaaelua recorded asinging video altogether at school,for the last<br />
post forthe week.<br />
Tongan students were also encouraged to wear their Tongan attire, and<br />
the Tonganflag wasraised at school.<br />
In Tonganattirewehave (pictured above,back row, lefttoright):<br />
Shrina Afu, IsileliUla, Pasi Hala, Mahina Pongia.<br />
(Front row,lefttoright): MiaManoa, MariaHala, Sera Ula.<br />
(Pictured above): Thesame group,displaying theTongan flag.<br />
(Pictured above and below): Also in Tongan dress.<br />
(Above,leftand right): MariaHala and Makeleta Ula.<br />
(Right):<br />
Suliasi Hala’ufia.<br />
Acknowledgement<br />
College acknowledges the planning, time,and effortgiven by the students<br />
and Ange Mitchell Assistant Principal, to celebrating Tongan Language<br />
Week, during aweek where wewere mainly off-site. It was positive tobe<br />
able to celebrate Thursday’s and Friday’seventson-site.<br />
Congratulations<br />
Semi-Finalists in Spelling BeeAotearoa<br />
NewZealand<br />
Spelling Bee Aotearoa New Zealand runs a national Spelling Bee for<br />
Year 9and 10 students who love language and achallenge.<br />
As part ofthis, students learn new words and have some fun testing their<br />
orthography(the conventional spelling system of alanguage) skills against<br />
their school friends and other like-minded students around the country.<br />
HowDoesthe National SpellingBee Work?<br />
Students learn the <strong>2021</strong> Spelling Bee Aotearoa New Zealand Wordlist of<br />
100 words. After this they undertake the <strong>2021</strong> Spelling Bee Aotearoa New<br />
Zealand Test, which is awritten test of 50 words from the Wordlist and<br />
50 wordsthe students haven’tbeen giventolearn.<br />
This is able to be administered through their school or virtually through<br />
Education Perfect’s online testing platform. <strong>Ashburton</strong> College’s students<br />
undertook their test online at College.<br />
280 Semi-Finalists Nationally<br />
Results were then forwarded to the Spelling Bee Programme Director to<br />
determine the 280 semi-finalists from around New Zealand. These students<br />
arethen invited to competeatone of six Regional Spelling Bees around New<br />
Zealand.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>College ThreeStudents AchievedSemi-Final Status<br />
By reading the criteria<br />
it can be seen that<br />
three of College’s Year 9<br />
students (pictured right,<br />
leftand right)<br />
BenCiron,<br />
Lachlan Storey and<br />
PhoebeMcKenzie<br />
achieved highly to<br />
reach this level of<br />
success.<br />
We acknowledge English teacher Rebecca Jeffery-Jones’support ofthese<br />
students’preparation.<br />
Semi-Finals<br />
Abby Calder, Lachlan Storey’s mother, assisted on Tuesday 10August <strong>2021</strong><br />
with transporttoand from Christchurch, and provided us with information<br />
to use in this article.<br />
As outlinedabove, thestudents gained their placeinthe semi-finals due to<br />
achieving topYear 9280 spellers status in New Zealand this year.<br />
The event was held at the Christchurch Art Gallery and was one of only two<br />
semi-finals held for the South Island regions. The remaining four were North<br />
Island-based.<br />
Everyone had been briefed on the format forthe competition, in thatthere<br />
would be written rounds and oral rounds. However,the organisers advised<br />
that they had decided to eliminate the written round on this occasion and<br />
would only hold the oral round, due to the smaller number of competitors<br />
in this particular semi-final.<br />
Abby said that Ben, Phoebe and Lachlan handled this sudden change well<br />
and found out, onsigning in, that they had been placed in positions 1, 2<br />
and 3for the order of spellers foreach round. Being the first three spellers<br />
up to the microphone was daunting for them all, however they remained<br />
composedand each spelt their wordscorrectly formanyrounds.<br />
(Pictured right, front row,<br />
lefttoright): BenCiron,<br />
Lachlan Storeyand<br />
Phoebe McKenzie;<br />
the three College<br />
Spellers,wearing<br />
their competing order<br />
numbers.<br />
Slowly but surely<br />
competitorswere<br />
eliminatedatvarying<br />
stages,fromthe thirty<br />
four competitors who startedthe evening.<br />
Final Twelve<br />
Benand Phoebe were eliminatedprior to Lachlan, who remained until the<br />
final twelve contestants, which was avery good outcome. Lachlan was<br />
‘knocked out’byaword hehadn’t heard ofand getting acouple ofletters<br />
in the wrong order.<br />
(Pictured right): Lachlan showing the certificate<br />
received by all semi-finalists.<br />
By this stage thereweremostly girlsremaining<br />
in the competition, with the ultimate winners<br />
all being girls-twofromBurnsideHigh School<br />
andone from MiddletonGrange School.<br />
Ben, Lachlan, and Phoebe thoroughly enjoyed<br />
competing and, asAbby said, did very well to<br />
be up against some top spellers. The event<br />
wasexciting forthe spectators too, with plenty<br />
of parents and teachers supporting.<br />
Congratulations went to this year’s students<br />
and every good wish to those eligible to<br />
compete in 2022.<br />
Finals<br />
The Final is to be held in Wellington on 05-06 November, between<br />
eighteen finalists. Competing in this televised competition is aworthwhile<br />
experience, with the winner gaining the Spelling BeeTrophyand $5000.
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Hurunui GardenFestival<br />
Thursday28 th<br />
to Sunday 31 st<br />
October<strong>2021</strong><br />
A bounty of gardens to admire and inspire, will<br />
be on show in the Hurunui district this Spring.<br />
The Hurunui Garden Festival (HGF) has 22 gardens, in six<br />
clusters, onoffer, and runs from Thursday, October 28 to<br />
Sunday,October 31 from 9amto5pm each day.<br />
Some favourite gardens return, along with seven new<br />
ones.There willbemapsofeachgardentodownload and<br />
printfromthe HGF website.<br />
This year forthe first time, thereisthe opportunity to walk<br />
inside some of Hurunui’soutstanding historic homesteads.<br />
Also on offer is a showcase of local artists, their<br />
place of work and beautiful exhibits for sale.<br />
Lynda Hallinan, agardener,author, broadcaster,journalist,<br />
part-time farmer, parent and plantaholic, will join the<br />
festival for two chats —one during anafternoon tea and<br />
the other willbeadinner talk.<br />
For half her life, the former editor of New Zealand<br />
Gardener magazine has been digging up ideas and<br />
inspiration for growing food and flowers in Kiwi gardens.<br />
She lives with her family inthe foothills of the Hunua<br />
Ranges, south-east ofAuckland, and is currently splitting<br />
her time between her large country garden and asmall<br />
colonialcottagerenovation project.<br />
She is also launching anew book, The Joy ofGardening,<br />
this year.<br />
Julia Atkinson-Dunn, from the home and garden website<br />
Studiohome.co.nz and author of the beginner’s gardening<br />
book,Petal Power, will speak at three gardens on different<br />
days.<br />
With a background in writing, design and art, Julia<br />
fell firmly in love with gardening while transforming<br />
her small Christchurch patch just 4 1/2 years ago.<br />
The festivalwas launched in 2018 by agroup of keen local<br />
garden owners to help the Hurunui district recover from<br />
the impact ofthe devastating earthquake ofNovember<br />
20<strong>16</strong>.<br />
It hasbecomeapopular event, with manyvisitors making<br />
it along weekend sothey can enjoy asmany gardens as<br />
possible, along with the many attractions the district has<br />
on offer.<br />
Hurunui Garden FestivalIncorporated (HGF), is committed<br />
to investing back in its community.<br />
If it makes areasonable profit, it will give one graduating<br />
secondary school student, whose home isinthe Hurunui<br />
district, ascholarship to the value of $2000towards study<br />
in horticulture, agriculture, landscape design orarelated<br />
field, at their choice of university or instituteoftechnology.<br />
The scholarship is on offer now, and is only made when<br />
HGF makesareasonable profit fromits annual event.<br />
■ The website shop -(hurunuigardenfestival.com) -is<br />
now open for ticket sales, including an earlybird special<br />
until August 31-buy 10 and get one free. Admissions is<br />
$10 foranadult to visit each garden,payable on the dayas<br />
you enter the garden. Children 18 years ofage and under<br />
accompanied by an adultmay enterfor free.<br />
Please have cash with you, as the gardens cannot process<br />
electronic payments. Alternately you can purchase a10<br />
ticketadmission packthrough the website.<br />
Tickets available now from<br />
hurunuigardenfestival.com
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
17<br />
Groundswell continues fight for fairness<br />
The fight against unworkable<br />
regulations continues,<br />
Groundswell NZ cofounder<br />
Bryce McKenzie says.<br />
Farmers are being<br />
encouraged to submit on<br />
proposed changes to intensive<br />
winter grazing regulations.<br />
The government have opened<br />
consultation on some of the<br />
rules that were implemented as<br />
part of its National<br />
Environmental Standards for<br />
Freshwater. Consultation runs<br />
until October 7.<br />
Mr McKenzie, of West Otago,<br />
said although spring was abusy<br />
time for farmers they should<br />
make asubmission.<br />
‘‘Farmers need to be<br />
submitting on this —without a<br />
doubt,’’ he said.<br />
However, if government had<br />
taken notice of the 17,000<br />
submissions made during its<br />
initial consultation it would<br />
have realised some of the<br />
proposed rules, such as set<br />
sowing dates were not<br />
practical.<br />
‘‘Everyone knows you can<br />
only sow your paddocks when<br />
they are ready —you can’t do it<br />
if it’s raining —it’s just crazy.’’<br />
The group’s ‘‘Howl of a<br />
Protest’’(pictured in downtown<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> above) attracted<br />
tens of thousands of people<br />
across New Zealand in July.<br />
Mr McKenzie said more<br />
protest action was being<br />
planned.<br />
Arange of issues still<br />
remained including the<br />
Government’s Three Waters<br />
Reform Programme, its ‘‘ute<br />
tax’’ and changes to its proposal<br />
for low slope maps.<br />
‘‘The fight is still ongoing.’’<br />
Environment minister David<br />
Parker said government had<br />
changed its proposed approach<br />
to low slope maps.<br />
‘‘Under the proposal, farmers<br />
wanting to undertake intensive<br />
winter grazing on slopes over 10<br />
degrees can do so with a<br />
certified freshwater farm<br />
plan.’’<br />
Scientific evidence shows<br />
intensive winter grazing at 15<br />
degrees results in twice as<br />
much soil being lost than if<br />
planted at 10 degrees.<br />
Agriculture minister Damien<br />
O’Connor said under the<br />
proposed changes, farmers<br />
would be required to resow<br />
grazed paddocks as soon as<br />
conditions allowed, instead of<br />
by aset date.<br />
Specific requirements<br />
around the depth of pugging<br />
would also be removed. The<br />
introduction of intensive<br />
winter grazing practice<br />
regulations was proposed to be<br />
deferred until November next<br />
year.<br />
~ODT<br />
LETTER TO THE EDITOR<br />
District logo with meaning<br />
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18 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Garden trust has big funding request in<br />
MICK.JENSEN<br />
@ashburtoncourier<br />
The trust chargedwith raising<br />
$1.5 million to buy Trott’s<br />
Gardenhas asignificant<br />
fundingapplication pending<br />
and hopes for good news by the<br />
end of the year.<br />
The awardwinninggardens<br />
on Racecourse Road were<br />
createdbyAlan and Catherine<br />
Trott over 40 years ago and<br />
boughtin2017 by agroup of<br />
philanthropistswho wanted to<br />
preserve them for the<br />
community.<br />
Buying the gardens from the<br />
current owners will allow the<br />
trust to develop avision that<br />
will openthem up to the<br />
community and bring in more<br />
visitors and users to ensure a<br />
longterm future.<br />
Ideasdiscussed for<br />
increasing communityuse<br />
includeanenvironmental<br />
education centre, community<br />
kitchenand adding nativesand<br />
avegetablegrowing area at the<br />
venue.<br />
Spokesperson NicolaWalker<br />
said the trust was now able to<br />
apply for amajor grants<br />
because athird of the money<br />
neededfor the project had been<br />
raised.<br />
NicolaWalkerinthe garden at Trott’s.<br />
Funding from the Lion<br />
Foundation,Community Trust<br />
of Mid &South Canterbury and<br />
from anumberoflocal<br />
supporters had backed the<br />
project to date.<br />
She said exciting future<br />
developments at Trott’s were<br />
still at the planning stage and<br />
hinged on the gardens moving<br />
to full trust ownership.<br />
Those planshad agrowing<br />
number of supporters and<br />
people to drawupon to get<br />
involved.<br />
‘‘We’ve had verbal<br />
commitmentsfrom people and<br />
groups wanting to be involved<br />
and using future facilities, so<br />
the desire and needis<br />
definitely there.’’<br />
Mrs Walkersaid it had beena<br />
longprocess, but abusiness<br />
model and feasibility study<br />
made very strong casesfor the<br />
project and showed funders the<br />
Families enjoy astroll around the gardens.<br />
huge benefitthe purchase<br />
would have for the community.<br />
Both had been submitted to<br />
support the big funding<br />
application and the trustwas<br />
‘‘cautiously optimistic’’, she<br />
said.<br />
Mrs Walker attended arecent<br />
local food forest workshop and<br />
says the conceptisone that<br />
trust is very keen to consider.<br />
‘‘You plan it, plantitand it<br />
largely takes care of itself. The<br />
concepthas so many positive<br />
aspectstoit.’’<br />
The 4ha Trott’s Garden<br />
property is home to 650<br />
rhododendrons and has amain<br />
house and sheds.<br />
It also has relocated chapel<br />
that is used for for weddings<br />
and an events marquee.<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
19<br />
Softball tournament to showcase sport<br />
Hampstead Softball Club is hosting apreseason tournament to showcase the sport.<br />
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HampsteadSoftball Club is<br />
hostingapreseasonsoftball<br />
tournamentnextmonthto<br />
showcase the sporttothe<br />
community.<br />
It’sbeenmany yearssince<br />
theclub ranits own<br />
tournamentand organisersare<br />
lookingforward to theevent<br />
planned for October2and 3.<br />
HampsteadSoftball Club<br />
president Lyndall Chisnall<br />
said interest had been<br />
building, and alreadysix teams<br />
hadregistered; twofrom<br />
Hampsteadand four others<br />
from aroundMid Canterbury<br />
includingDemons,Fairfield<br />
andPanthers teams.<br />
There was even interestfrom<br />
theWestCoast, she said, but<br />
their involvement would<br />
depend on covidrestrictions.<br />
Atthisstagethe tournament,<br />
made up of mixed social teams,<br />
was limitedtoeight teams and<br />
duetobeplayed over two days,<br />
but it could be shortened<br />
depending on the finalnumber<br />
of teams entered.<br />
It could justend up being a<br />
one day event with the current<br />
six teams, she said.<br />
Theweekendwould see<br />
some quality softball action on<br />
show,and therewould also be<br />
foodand coffeestalls on the<br />
grounds for people to purchase<br />
foodand drinks.<br />
There wouldalsobeahousie<br />
fundraiser in theclubrooms on<br />
Fridaynightahead ofthe<br />
tournament.<br />
It wasopentoanyoneto<br />
attendand startedfrom 6pm.<br />
The competitionstill has<br />
space foranyone who wants to<br />
enter ateam,Mrs Chisnall<br />
said.<br />
Teams canbeenteredvia<br />
Hampstead Softball Facebook<br />
pageorbyemailing<br />
Hampsteadsoftball@gmail.<br />
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20 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
Lean on agate, talk to amate campaign<br />
TONI.WILLIAMS<br />
@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
‘Lean on agate and talk to a<br />
mate’ is the call from rural<br />
health advocate Craig Wiggins.<br />
Mr Wiggins, who farms at<br />
Dromore, near <strong>Ashburton</strong>, has<br />
put the message out as asimple<br />
mental health campaign to help<br />
farmers and others struggling.<br />
‘‘I’ve been doing afair bit of<br />
work around farmer support<br />
and helping people through<br />
some tough times, and<br />
especially through covid,’’ he<br />
said.<br />
‘‘We are really, really trying<br />
to bridge gaps and talk to<br />
people, but it’s just not getting<br />
through to some people, and I<br />
know that one of the things we<br />
can do is just keep checking on<br />
each other and talking to those<br />
people that you haven’t talked<br />
to for quite awhile.’’<br />
Mr Wiggins was still coming<br />
to terms with the death of a<br />
friend in the rural industry by<br />
suicide in the past few weeks,<br />
which had been tough.<br />
He is apublic figure working<br />
as an MC, columnist,<br />
videographer, sports<br />
commentator, horse trainer<br />
and farmer. And in his spare<br />
time he is arural health<br />
advocate and farmer wellbeing<br />
champion.<br />
He encouraged others to keep<br />
in touch with their peers and<br />
had posted avideo message at<br />
www.facebook.com/<br />
whateverwithwiggy/videos for<br />
people to share. It had more<br />
than 45,000 views, and<br />
counting.<br />
Above: Craig Wiggins is urging rural folk to reach out to others for<br />
ayarn, at right: catching up with Bruce Taylor, of Farmlands, for a<br />
yarn over the farm gate.<br />
At rural events farming folks<br />
were often seen leaning on a<br />
gate or afence as they yarned to<br />
mates, Mr Wiggins said.<br />
‘‘We’ve sort of lost that now<br />
that everyone is isolated alittle<br />
bit more and we spend alot of<br />
time in our phones and stuff<br />
like that.<br />
‘‘So whether you lean on a<br />
gate and dial amate, or<br />
whether you lean on agate and<br />
just talk to your next door<br />
neighbour, or even your staff<br />
members or even afamily<br />
member just take five minutes<br />
out of your day and ‘lean on a<br />
gate and talk to amate’.<br />
‘‘(The campaign has) really<br />
resonated with alot of people,<br />
and not just rural people but<br />
urban people as well,’’ he said.<br />
‘‘It’s going really, really well,<br />
getting alot of traction and<br />
getting alot of feedback that<br />
people are doing it and some of<br />
them are helping people they<br />
didn’t even know needed it.’’<br />
Mr Wiggins said isolation had<br />
been areal issue for people.<br />
And during covid lockdown<br />
the farm for many, became<br />
more of afortress, which<br />
increased some anxiety.<br />
‘‘You don’t know what is<br />
behind alot of (what people are<br />
going through). One thing this<br />
has taught me is this doesn’t<br />
just turn up on your doorstep<br />
there’s alot of reasons that<br />
anxiety and depression and<br />
poor thoughts and wellbeing<br />
come into your mind.<br />
‘‘It’s ajourney and there is a<br />
lot of people who know your<br />
history and if we just keep<br />
checking in on each other that<br />
can really help.’’<br />
Mr Wiggins said the racing<br />
industry were planning an<br />
evening October 6atAddington<br />
involving all three codes <br />
thoroughbred, harness and<br />
greyhound tohelp people in<br />
the racing industry, who were<br />
also often under the pump.<br />
‘‘Covid and alot of things<br />
have knocked people around.<br />
So if we can help in any way<br />
shape or form, we will do our<br />
best.’’<br />
There is alot of help out<br />
there, but staying connected<br />
with people that you trust and<br />
talk to them, he said.<br />
‘‘Just occasionally sit down<br />
with afriend,’’ he said.<br />
Mr Wiggins still runs the<br />
Whatever with Wiggy sessions<br />
over Zoom one or twice amonth<br />
keeping in touch with the rural<br />
community nationwide<br />
covering arange of topics.<br />
Those discussions gave<br />
farmers and others in the rural<br />
industry achance to vent, or<br />
just connect with others<br />
He also helped set up the<br />
Farmer First rural health<br />
caravan with Rakaia GP Dr<br />
Sue Fowlie which takes aGP<br />
to farm events and normalises<br />
regular health checks for<br />
farmers.<br />
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Text or phone 1737, anytime day<br />
or night<br />
Healthline: 0800 611 1<strong>16</strong><br />
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Ruralroads, bridgeswell overduefor repair<br />
Increased funding for road<br />
maintenance nationwide is<br />
heartening news for rural<br />
families dismayed by potholed<br />
access and dilapidated bridges,<br />
Federated Farmers vicepresident<br />
and transport<br />
spokesperson Karen Williams<br />
says.<br />
‘‘What we need now is for<br />
district councils all over New<br />
Zealand to dedicate a<br />
significant portion of this<br />
increased funding to dealing<br />
with the backlog of repairs to<br />
rural roads and bridges,’’ she<br />
said.<br />
Earlier this year, when the<br />
nation’s district and city<br />
councils were finalising Long<br />
Term Plan budgets, Waka<br />
Kotahi NZ Transport Agency<br />
warned it was $420 million<br />
short for local road subsidies.<br />
An extra $2billion was<br />
allocated for local road<br />
maintenance in the <strong>2021</strong>24<br />
National Land Transport<br />
Programme.<br />
It brought the total amount<br />
available for local road and<br />
state highway maintenance to<br />
$7billion over the next three<br />
years.<br />
‘‘Federated Farmers<br />
compliments the government<br />
for recognising that failing to do<br />
the necessary maintenance on<br />
local roads is false economy in<br />
the long run,’’Mrs Williams<br />
said.<br />
In many districts rural road<br />
users lamented slumping rural<br />
roads, crumbling asphalt and<br />
bridges with suspect decking<br />
and pools of water.<br />
There was plenty of interest<br />
to see how the extra funding<br />
was allocated, and what it<br />
would mean for rural roads and<br />
bridges in Canterbury seriously<br />
damaged by winter flooding.<br />
‘‘Urban folk can often choose<br />
public transport, or take a<br />
different route that might add<br />
five or 10 minutes to ajourney,’’<br />
Mrs Williams said.<br />
‘‘But when apoorly<br />
maintained road in amore<br />
remote rural area becomes<br />
dangerous, or is closed for<br />
repairs, it can cause total<br />
upheaval for family life,<br />
farming business and getting<br />
stock and produce out and vital<br />
supplies in. That’s disruption<br />
not just for those families and<br />
farm staff, but also bad news for<br />
apandemichit economy when<br />
we need every export dollar our<br />
primary sector earns.’’<br />
The transport programme<br />
also included $2.9 billion for<br />
road safety initiatives as part of<br />
the Road to Zero drive to<br />
eliminate fatal and serious<br />
crashes.<br />
‘‘We can’t rely on reduced<br />
speed limits as the answer to<br />
everything,’’ she said.<br />
‘‘Investing in better roads,<br />
improved intersections and<br />
new passing lanes and the like<br />
pays off not just in dollars but in<br />
human lives.’’<br />
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Flood response phase changes<br />
Flood recovery works are<br />
ongoing in Mid Canterbury as<br />
farmers and landowners deal<br />
with the impact of districtwide<br />
flooding three months ago.<br />
While the swag of volunteers<br />
and organisations involved in<br />
the initialcleanup haswound<br />
down,for many farmers and<br />
landowners andthere is still<br />
workto be done andstill a<br />
number ofpeople and<br />
organisations on hand to help<br />
thoseinneed.<br />
The floods, whichhit the<br />
district at theend of May, saw<br />
extensive damage withmajor<br />
infrastructure damaged<br />
including bridges, irrigation<br />
ponds and fences. Many had<br />
landinundated with shingle<br />
fromredirected waters which<br />
needed diggers and dozers to<br />
remove it andsome of the<br />
damage in thehillcountrycould<br />
takeyears to fix or heal.<br />
AngelaCushnie, who stepped<br />
intothe fixedterm Farmy Army<br />
floodrecovery responsecoordinator<br />
role, said it had been<br />
a‘‘very hectic three months’’.<br />
Her time in the role had now<br />
wound up, but Mrs Cushniewas<br />
mindful ofthe ongoing recovery<br />
workbeingdone by farmers in<br />
the area.<br />
‘‘Obviously your recovery<br />
journey will be ongoing, and we<br />
want you tocontinuetobe<br />
supported. We still have several<br />
offersofassistance or<br />
opportunities to engage<br />
available,’’ shesaid.<br />
Among them offers and<br />
Angela Cushnie<br />
donations of onfarm equipment<br />
andservices such as coils of<br />
high tensilewireand soil<br />
remediation,seed and chemical<br />
support from Catalyst<br />
Performance Agronomy.<br />
Alsoevents forthose affected<br />
temporarilydelayed dueto<br />
covid were stillplanned which<br />
included information andsocial<br />
gatheringsaswellasachance to<br />
thank those involvedinthe<br />
recoveryprocess. Feed<br />
planning services were still<br />
available from DairyNZ or Beef<br />
+LambNZ(phone0800 327646),<br />
as well as Feed Coordination<br />
Services matching willing<br />
buyers with willingsellers<br />
(phone0800 327646) and Repost<br />
(affordable recycled posts) at a<br />
reduced price, clear of staples<br />
andwith point ready to go<br />
(contact Greg on 027 251 1124).<br />
‘‘Please also note that thefree<br />
GP visits, available to flood<br />
affected residents, have been<br />
extended until early next year,’’<br />
shesaid.<br />
Flooding along <strong>Ashburton</strong> Staveley Road saw many residents<br />
rescued by New Zealand Defence Force staff.<br />
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Pictorial roll of honour for lost soldiers<br />
Pilot and pictorialauthor Reon Blake<br />
has put meaning into the phrases, ‘lest<br />
we forget’, and‘we will remember them’.<br />
They arenot empty words to Reon who<br />
created apictorial roll of honour as a<br />
commitmenttoremember those who<br />
died serving New Zealand.<br />
Reon is this month’s Volunteering Mid<br />
&South Canterburyand Hotel<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> volunteer of the month.<br />
GrowingupinMayfieldheremembers<br />
seeing thenames of those on the<br />
Mayfield District’s roll of honour; men<br />
he knew nothingabout, but his dad<br />
would talkabout themand their<br />
families.<br />
Reon,aformerNew ZealandPolice<br />
officerwas on the force for<strong>16</strong>years and<br />
didthree years peace keeping service in<br />
theSolomon Islands.<br />
He decided thedistrict’s men, who<br />
had died for their country, needed to be<br />
remembered after all they hadbeen<br />
through.<br />
He set about creating apictorialroll of<br />
honour of men fromwithin the Foothills<br />
of Mid Canterburywho were called to<br />
arms in the First andWorld War 2but<br />
didnot return.<br />
There were110.<br />
Thearea covered AlfordForest,<br />
Westerfield andCarew .<br />
Reon with help from members of the<br />
community, <strong>Ashburton</strong>Museum andMid<br />
CanterburyFamilyHistory group has<br />
105photosand is missingjust five men<br />
whowereinvolved in World War 1.<br />
In total probably 800900 men from<br />
this area went to war.<br />
Theloss of 110men had adramatic<br />
effect on their families and their<br />
communities.<br />
During Anzac Day earlierthis year, a<br />
power point presentation of these 110<br />
men was played at the Mayfield service.<br />
It was avery moving presentation.<br />
Reon is now turningthe photosand<br />
the storiesofthe menintoabook.<br />
He’s not selecting just afew men, he<br />
wants to tell alltheir stories, to keep<br />
their sacrificeand memory alive for<br />
generations to come.<br />
When the last of thedistrict’s World<br />
War 2veterans passedawaythe<br />
Mayfield RSAdisbandedand the<br />
Mayfield Red Poppy Society formed. It’s<br />
agood, solid group of people who<br />
organise the local Anzac Dayservice<br />
eachyear.<br />
Reon is vicepresidentofthe society.<br />
WhenReon isn’t busy on the family<br />
farm, beingahusband andDad, he is<br />
foundhelping his community, whether<br />
it’s his involvement with Mayfield<br />
School, the<strong>Ashburton</strong>Aero Club,orthis<br />
year, thePoppyand Star Flight. Reon<br />
says “communities like Mayfield are<br />
Reon Blake<br />
small andpeopleneed to put their hand<br />
up andvolunteer to keepthe<br />
community, the schools,halls, domains<br />
etc going.”<br />
When Reon heard Poppy Flightwas<br />
raisingawareness andfundsfor the<br />
ReturnedServices Associationhe<br />
jumpedattheopportunity to be<br />
involvedasapilot for the cause.<br />
He flew the leg from Timaru to<br />
Oamaru.<br />
He said he wassurprised when he<br />
landedatOamaru,thinkinghewould<br />
just parkupand hand the bag<br />
containing the Poppy and Star banners<br />
over, but insteadhewas greeted by a<br />
large crowdof300400 people, who<br />
clapped him as he disembarked from his<br />
plane.<br />
He said he “lovedit”.<br />
Reon gets asmuch back from<br />
volunteering and he gives.<br />
He wants to help others;hecares<br />
about his community and the district<br />
and so he volunteerstomakea<br />
difference.<br />
If you areaNot for Profit organisation<br />
and have avolunteer who you would like<br />
to nominate someone forthe Volunteering<br />
Mid &South Canterbury and the Hotel<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>volunteerofthe month, email<br />
coordinatormc@vmsc.org.nz
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Flight deck display<br />
ABoeing 737 flightdeck is the<br />
latestdisplay at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Aviation Museum.<br />
The museumacquired the<br />
flightdeck from agroup in<br />
Christchurchwho build<br />
simulatorsand cockpits.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>AviationMuseum<br />
committee chairman Owen<br />
Moore said there was abit of<br />
work to get it ready for the public.<br />
Marae supporting the<br />
district’s cultural needs<br />
Hapaitia ra is thewhakatauki of<br />
Hakatere Marae;acommunity<br />
marae (or NgaMaatawaka<br />
marae) made up of whanauwho<br />
descendfrom waka all over<br />
AotearoaNew Zealand andTe<br />
Moana NuiaKiwa.<br />
The whakatauki encompasses<br />
thefounding principles of the<br />
marae; upliftingone anotherin a<br />
show of unity.<br />
Hakatere Maraewas founded<br />
on the basisthat it is aplace for<br />
thewhole of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
community(andwider Mid<br />
Canterbury).<br />
Our marae plays apivotalrole<br />
in supporting and responding to<br />
thecultural needs of the<br />
community like schools,<br />
organisationsand thelocal<br />
district council.<br />
We aimtoraiseawarenessof<br />
allour kaupapa Maori and<br />
‘‘Wewill put in aircraftseats so<br />
people can sit downand get afeel<br />
for the controlpanel.’’<br />
There will alsobewide screen<br />
TV installed above the desk with<br />
takeoff and areanavigation<br />
(RNAV) approach footage.<br />
Although some lightsand dials<br />
willwork on the desk, it is not a<br />
simulator, justamockup of the<br />
Boeing 737 flight deck.<br />
tikangaMaoriand applyitwhere<br />
appropriate to different areasof<br />
thecommunity so we canengage<br />
in aculturallyappropriate and<br />
safe environment,and<br />
appreciate Maori culture.<br />
As part of this,akeyfocus for<br />
themaraeis thesafety of whanau<br />
withinour community and<br />
ensuring there is alink back to<br />
tikanga.<br />
Themarae trustees andkomiti<br />
seesafety as aimportant<br />
kaupapa to be apart of as effects<br />
allwhanau.<br />
Themarae is currently<br />
recruiting for aproject coordinator<br />
at themarae andakey<br />
projectforthis roleis to work<br />
with other providers to lookat<br />
improving safety for whanau<br />
with afocus on tamariki<br />
(children) and kaumatua<br />
(seniors).<br />
Furthermorethe marae is<br />
planning, andlooking forward, to<br />
be involved in the safetyvillage<br />
at the<strong>Ashburton</strong> A&PShow this<br />
year.<br />
Michelle Brett<br />
Hakatere Marae<br />
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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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TheECanYouthRopu(EYR) is an initiative<br />
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Fifteen newmembers, aged1424,are<br />
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Youthonthe ropuwill be partofa<br />
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They will focus on givingadvice and support<br />
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Members must attend facetoface and<br />
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Applicationscan be foundonthe website<br />
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<strong>September</strong> 26.<br />
Working dog challenge<br />
Hakatere Stationstock<br />
manager Cam Clayton<br />
(pictured) and his header<br />
dog Pine finished in a<br />
creditable fifth place at the<br />
CobberWorking Dog<br />
Challenge.<br />
The pair competed against<br />
two other New Zealand man<br />
and dog teams and nine<br />
Australians in the three<br />
week challenge.<br />
AGPS was fitted on the<br />
collarofeach dog in order to<br />
track speed,endurance and<br />
work capacity.<br />
Mr Clayton said the<br />
challengehad helped him<br />
realise how much Pine<br />
actually works.<br />
“I fully appreciate the dogs<br />
for their hard running efforts<br />
and abilitytodothe job,but<br />
the sheer distance they cover<br />
is just astonishing.”<br />
In the secondhalf of the<br />
competition, he and fouryearold<br />
Pine sorted cattle<br />
for precalving and got ewes<br />
set for lambing.<br />
Pine stats for the<br />
competition showhecovered<br />
319.2km,atanaverage speed<br />
of 8.89km/h and worked for<br />
35 hoursand 53 minutes.<br />
The winningdog, asixyearold<br />
kelpie from<br />
Victoria, Australia called<br />
Skyblue Jack, easily won the<br />
competition and clocked up<br />
1013km, aspeed of 11.59km/h<br />
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minutes.<br />
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Thursday,<strong>16</strong><strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong> | ISSUE 46<br />
Construction amid potentialsupplychain<br />
challenges in NewZealand<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council is<br />
keeping aclose eye onits legacy<br />
Libraryand Civic Centrebuilding, as<br />
major building projects around the<br />
country face potential supply chain<br />
problems.<br />
The $56.75 million building will reach a<br />
milestone later this month when all the<br />
cross-laminatedtimber shearwalls areup.<br />
The <strong>16</strong>-metretall panels havebeen craned<br />
intoplace overthe past month.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council Mayor Neil<br />
Brownsaid aprojectcontrol group (PCG)<br />
was meeting once amonth to manage<br />
progress of the building on behalf ofthe<br />
Council. The building is planned to be<br />
finished by the end of2022, although<br />
the PCG has notes some pressure on the<br />
completion date due to the on-going level<br />
4lockdown in Auckland and international<br />
freight issues.<br />
“There are a lot of pressures on the<br />
construction sector with supply chain<br />
issuesatthe moment and we aremaking<br />
sure the new Library and Civic Centre<br />
building continues to advancewithasfew<br />
Parks, reservesstart spring<br />
flowershow<br />
The appearance of daffodils and<br />
blossom at <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Council parks and reserves signals<br />
the start of abusy spring for Open<br />
Spaces staff, who have also been<br />
giving their new fleet of mowers a<br />
big workout.<br />
Anew tractorwitha6m-side mowinghead<br />
andfournewmowershavebeenoperating<br />
flat out, staff giving the thumbs upto<br />
spring-loaded seats that are comfortable<br />
to sit on all day long.<br />
CommunityServicesGroupManagerSteve<br />
Fabish saidthe wideareafield mowerwas<br />
having ahugeimpactgetting through the<br />
mowing work and wasbeingfollowedby<br />
smaller mowers at theedges of fields and<br />
reserves.<br />
“Wewerelucky the Level4lockdown was<br />
not longer as excessive spring growth of<br />
lawns, gardens and shrubberies could<br />
haveleft Open Spacewith ahugebacklog<br />
delays as possible.”<br />
The building is being constructed by<br />
Naylor Love Canterbury and about 50<br />
different subcontractors and suppliersare<br />
contributingtothe job.<br />
Mayor Brown said the Alert Level 4<br />
lockdown and two weather events inthe<br />
districthadcausedsomehold-ups,though<br />
the heavy rain in May had resulted in an<br />
insurance claim being lodged to recover<br />
of maintenancetoget through.”<br />
Colourfulspring floraldisplays around the<br />
districtare also attractingcompliments, in<br />
both domains and on roadsides.<br />
“Spring flowering trees and shrubs are<br />
exceptional at this time of the year. Look<br />
outforavenuesofstreettrees in blossom,<br />
suchasthe pinkflowering prunus in Argyle<br />
Place,which areabsolutely stunning at the<br />
moment.”<br />
As well as mowing, Open Spaces staff<br />
are undertaking weed control inannual<br />
beds and shrubberies and around trees<br />
and fencelines around the district. In the<br />
nursery, staff have been sowing seeds<br />
in the glasshouse and getting the new<br />
season’s annuals under way.<br />
“Pricking out of seedlings will start next<br />
week and these tasks will be ongoing<br />
overthe coming month. Dahlias arebeing<br />
started, thendividedand replanted in the<br />
herbaceousborderinthe domain.”<br />
additional clean-up costs.<br />
“We know, however, that supply chain<br />
issueshavestarted to biteinthe past few<br />
monthsand thatbuilding projects around<br />
the country, including ours, are being<br />
affected.”<br />
Thecovidlockdownmeantsometechnical<br />
work on the building had been delayed<br />
but Naylor Love was working hard totry<br />
and makeuplosttime. The company had<br />
Community honoursaward<br />
recipientsannounced<br />
Four people and two organisations<br />
will be celebrated at this year’s<br />
Community Honours Awards,<br />
which recognise the contributions<br />
and achievements ofthose who go<br />
above andbeyond forour district.<br />
Trevor Croy and Patricia McLaren will<br />
each receivethe Mayor’sAward forPublic<br />
Service, while Mid Canterbury Rural<br />
Women will receive an<strong>Ashburton</strong> Medal<br />
and Neroli Cross, Jim Henderson and<br />
KidzMethven willreceiveaCivic Award.<br />
The Mayor’s Award for Public Service<br />
is given to people who have made a<br />
significant and sustained contribution to<br />
the district.<br />
Mayor Neil Brown said Mr Croy and Mrs<br />
McLaren had been special stewards of the<br />
district for along time and were people<br />
of special note, having helped numerous<br />
causes with their special skills and<br />
dedication.<br />
“It will be apleasure torecognise their<br />
voluntary work over many, many years.<br />
The districtisamuch better place fortheir<br />
contributions.”<br />
Onlyone<strong>Ashburton</strong>Medalisawardedeach<br />
yearandMidCanterburyRuralWomenhas<br />
madeabig contribution, especially to the<br />
rural community.<br />
The Civic Awards recognise substantial<br />
service, usually of avoluntarynature.<br />
MrsCrossisrecognisedforhercontribution<br />
to the district and Mr Henderson for<br />
been diligent about making sure ithad<br />
the building materials stocks needed to<br />
continue construction.<br />
Council senior staffalong with Councillors<br />
were on-sitethis week to see progress.<br />
The timber walls are part of the<br />
superstructure for the three-storey<br />
building,whichhasbeencleverlydesigned<br />
to absorb historic Pioneer Hall as part of<br />
the librarywing.<br />
the same, in particular in rugby circles.<br />
KidzMethven established the Methven<br />
Skatepark.<br />
“I wasthrilled with thehigh calibre of the<br />
nominations for this year’s awards,” Mr<br />
Brown said. “It is such apleasure tosee<br />
all of the hard work happening in our<br />
community, thanks to the selfless efforts<br />
of volunteerswho carryout their duties in<br />
avery humble manner. They are all very<br />
worth recipients.”<br />
A presentation ceremony will be<br />
scheduled when there ismore certainty<br />
around Covid alert level restrictions for<br />
public gatherings.<br />
1 Thursday,<strong>16</strong><strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong> |ISSUE 46<br />
ashburtondc.govt.nz
NeilBrown -Mayor<br />
We need your feedback on<br />
Three Waters reform<br />
We’vebeen encouraged by the<br />
number of <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
people tellingushow theyfeel<br />
about Government’s proposed<br />
Three Watersreform. Over100<br />
folks havecompletedour online<br />
surveyinthe first 48 hoursand<br />
there’s stillplenty of time to give<br />
your opinion.<br />
If the reforms go ahead, then Council’s<br />
drinking water, stormwater, and<br />
wastewaterassets will be run by one<br />
South Island entity.Wewill still ownthe<br />
assets but justnot be running them.<br />
The reform packagesofar has raised<br />
afew questions around ourCouncil<br />
table –likehow did theywork outthat<br />
if Council doesn’t optintothe reforms,<br />
our waterserviceswill be $8690 per<br />
serviced propertyin30years’time,but<br />
$<strong>16</strong>40 if we do.<br />
Another concern forusisthe<br />
governanceofthe newentity.How<br />
willour small councilhaveavoicein<br />
making surethe district’sgoodquality<br />
three waters infrastructurewill be<br />
maintained, grown, and improvedin<br />
the areaswewant it?<br />
Butthe reforms arenot adone<br />
deal yetand councils have been<br />
askedtoprovide some preliminary<br />
feedback,concerns, and questions to<br />
Government by the end of <strong>September</strong>.<br />
That’s why we havecreateda<br />
dedicatedThree Waters webpageon<br />
the Council'swebsite (ashburtondc.<br />
govt.nz) andcommissioned the survey.<br />
Spending five minutes answeringa<br />
fewquestions andmaking comments<br />
will help Councillors getafeel forwhat<br />
residentsthinkabout the reforms. The<br />
surveywill be open until 22 <strong>September</strong><br />
and responses areanonymous, though<br />
if you’dliketobekeptinformed of the<br />
processthen leaveyour name and<br />
contactdetails.<br />
TheMinisterofLocal Government<br />
Nanaia Mahutasays shewill lookat<br />
the feedback from councilsaround<br />
the countryand makeadecision by<br />
December. Thenour Council will have<br />
to decide whether to optinorout.<br />
It willbeone of the biggest decisions<br />
your Council willmakeand we want to<br />
getitright.Overthe yearswehavebuilt<br />
up our assets, which have acombined<br />
value of over$200million, andwe<br />
believe we areinagood position for<br />
thefuture.<br />
Thereisalot of good summarised<br />
information on ourwebsite, with<br />
links to more detailedand technical<br />
information. Councillorsand Council<br />
officershavebeen through it and<br />
continue to come up with questions<br />
andmatters thatneed clarification.<br />
Awaterauthority in Scotland was<br />
commissioned by Government to<br />
preparethe reform documentand we<br />
want to makesuretheir calculations<br />
andassumptionsarefit forus.<br />
Tell us whatyou think.<br />
Farmersspreadwordonnativeplanting<br />
Landowners attending a local<br />
workshop about planting natives<br />
will have the chance to see how a<br />
Methven farmer has transformed a<br />
weedy corner of hisfarm.<br />
GeorgeLilleyand his parentsrun a200ha<br />
arable farm, producing avariety of seed<br />
and grain crops, alongside lamb finishing<br />
and dairy grazing.<br />
They decided toplant an unproductive<br />
cornerofone paddock withnativeplants<br />
and discovered anephemeral waterway<br />
runningthroughitqualifiedthemforsome<br />
riparian planting funds.<br />
The Lilleys’ native planting journey over<br />
the past three years will be canvassed at<br />
aPlanting Natives 101 workshop being<br />
organised by the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />
Biodiversity Advisory Group onFriday 15<br />
October. The workshop was originally<br />
planned for <strong>September</strong> but postponed<br />
becauseofCovid-19alertlevelrestrictions.<br />
The workshop starts with an information<br />
session at the Mt Hutt MemorialHall then<br />
continues at the Lilleys’farm foraplanting<br />
demonstration.<br />
GeorgeLilleysaid they havebeen inspired<br />
to plant natives by visiting another<br />
farmer who had done so. Hesaid the<br />
unproductive corner had previously not<br />
able tobecultivated and ended upjust<br />
growing weeds.<br />
“Like most farms inthe area we pulled<br />
down numerous shelterbelts in order to<br />
put on pivot irrigators in the preceding<br />
yearsand we were keen to replacesome<br />
trees. After visiting afarmer upthe road<br />
who had done some extensive native<br />
planting we decided we would plant the<br />
area in natives.”<br />
The area has an ephemeral waterway<br />
running through it so the work was<br />
considered riparian planting and the<br />
Lilleys were able to obtain some funding<br />
from ECantoassistwith thecosts.<br />
Afterdoingsomeresearchintowhatplants<br />
originally grew in their area, the Lilleys<br />
ordered 600 plants and roped in some<br />
friends to put them in the ground.<br />
The work was completed in <strong>September</strong><br />
2018 (three yearsago)and the plantswere<br />
planted with fertiliser tablets and plant<br />
guards.<br />
“We have had quite agood survival rate,<br />
more than 90 per cent, mainly due to a<br />
number of hours spent spraying and line<br />
trimming around plants. The plants are<br />
now atastage where they will hopefully<br />
notrequiremuch moremaintenance.”<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Councillor Lynette<br />
Lovett,who chairsthe Biodiversity Group,<br />
said the workshop was an excellent<br />
opportunity for people thinking about<br />
planting natives to access a range of<br />
helpful information and the on-farm<br />
demonstration would inspire them.<br />
“This workshop addresses the benefits<br />
of native plants for shelter, mahinga kai<br />
and biodiversity and attendees will learn<br />
which natives to plant, site preparation<br />
and maintenanceand funding andrecordkeeping,”she<br />
said.<br />
Planting Natives 101 willbeheld on Friday<br />
15 October.The morning session will be at<br />
the Mt HuttMemorial Hallfrom10amuntil<br />
12 pm. The on-farm session at the Lilley<br />
farm will run from 1.30pmuntil3pm.<br />
People wanting to book<br />
aspotcan registerat<br />
ashburtondc.govt.nz/planting101.<br />
PUBLICNOTICES<br />
PROPOSED CLOSURE<br />
Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular<br />
Traffic Road Closure) Regulations1965,<br />
notice is hereby giventhat<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
DistrictCouncil, forthe purpose of<br />
allowing Light Up theNight to be held,<br />
proposes to close the following road to<br />
ordinaryvehicular traffic forthe period<br />
indicated.<br />
Roadproposedtobeclosed:<br />
• EAST STREET,between Havelock<br />
Street and Tancred Street<br />
• BURNETT STREET,fromEastStreet<br />
to Cass Street<br />
PeriodofClosure: From 11am until<br />
10pm on Saturday,27November<br />
<strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Any person objecting to the proposal<br />
is called upontolodgenoticeoftheir<br />
objectionand grounds thereof in writing<br />
or emailtoCouncil by 4pmon Friday,<br />
29 October<strong>2021</strong>.<br />
NEIL McCANN<br />
Group Manager InfrastructureServices<br />
COMMUNITYNOTICEBOARD<br />
UPCOMINGMEETINGS<br />
Meetings areheld in the Council<br />
Chambers,137 HavelockStreet,<br />
(unless otherwiseadvised).<br />
Methven CommunityBoard<br />
Monday20<strong>September</strong>,10.30am in the<br />
Mt HuttMemorial Hall.<br />
Council ActivityBriefings<br />
Wednesday 22 <strong>September</strong>, 9.30am.<br />
Audit &Risk Committee<br />
Wednesday 22 <strong>September</strong>, 1.30pm.<br />
(live-streamed)<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> WaterZone<br />
CommitteeMeeting<br />
Tuesday28<strong>September</strong>,1.00pm<br />
Council Meeting-Extraordinary<br />
Wednesday,29<strong>September</strong>,1.00pm<br />
Resource Consent hearing<br />
for30Queens Drive<br />
4October,9.00am<br />
BiteNite<br />
postponed<br />
Bite Nite Culture Fest, planned<br />
for Saturday 25 <strong>September</strong>, has<br />
been postponed due to Covid-19<br />
restrictions.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Youth Council organises the<br />
annual event and was hoping to attract<br />
more than 1000 people to have fun and<br />
food, and trytheir handatnew sports.<br />
Youth Council ChairMichael Baker said it<br />
wasdisappointingtopostpone the event.<br />
"We hope to still deliver this popular event<br />
laterinthe year,subjecttothe availability<br />
of thoseproviding entertainment."<br />
Anew date is expected to be announced<br />
soon.<br />
PrimeMinisterJacinda Ardernannounced<br />
on Monday that Auckland would stay<br />
in Alert Level 4until at least Tuesday 21<br />
<strong>September</strong> and the rest ofthe country<br />
would stay atDelta Level 2. The settings<br />
will be reviewednextMonday.<br />
COUNCIL OFFICE<br />
5Baring Square West<br />
Mon, Tue, Wed &Fri 8.30am -5pm, Thursday 9am -5pm<br />
ASHBURTON PUBLIC LIBRARY<br />
180 Havelock Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7700<br />
Mon -Fri 9am -8pm, Sat10am -1pm, Sun 1pm -4pm<br />
EA NETWORKSCENTRE<br />
20 River Terrace<br />
Mon -Fri 6am -9pm, Sat&Sun 7am -7pm<br />
ASHBURTON MUSEUM<br />
327 WestStreet<br />
10am -4pm daily. Closed Public Holidays.<br />
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SPORT<br />
26 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
CLUB NEWS<br />
WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB<br />
We had our Open Day on Saturday with<br />
Audrey Leath raising the Waireka Flag, Opening<br />
the season followed by Raylene Phillips<br />
running the first hoop to begin the <strong>2021</strong>-2022<br />
season.<br />
This Sunday (<strong>September</strong> 19) Waireka are<br />
hosting the AC Interprovincial v Canterbury<br />
matches. 20 members have been entered from<br />
Canterburythe largest number for some years.<br />
Games commence from 9.30am -4.00pm.<br />
ASHBURTON MSA PET<br />
ANQUE CLUB<br />
The members are happy to be back<br />
playing petanque again and numbers have<br />
been high on our club days. On Sunday we<br />
held the Club Mixed Singles for which <strong>16</strong><br />
players contested, the most we’ve ever had.<br />
Neville Bensdorp won the trophy,<br />
Jonathan Crum was second, and Peter<br />
Marriott was third.<br />
Most games were very close and the<br />
winner was not known until the last round, of<br />
which there were five. The top woman scorer<br />
was Nicky Foden.<br />
Today we have Round 3ofthe Interclub at<br />
Christchurch, and the following week we host<br />
Round 4.<br />
On 10 October, we take part in the Piste of<br />
Origin in Christchurch, so named as players<br />
can only enter in ateam that was the one they<br />
joined when they first played petanque, eg if<br />
they first joined and played for Invercargill<br />
then they can’t enter as part of the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
team. We won this trophy last year.<br />
Later in October we have the Canterbury<br />
Singles and Doubles Tournaments, so plenty<br />
to keep us on our toes.<br />
We welcome you to watch any of our<br />
tournaments, and to attend or join our friendly<br />
club games every Tuesday and Thursday,<br />
starting at 1.30 atour venue at 115 Racecourse<br />
Road.<br />
Boules are available for you to play and to learn<br />
about the game.<br />
ASHBURTON BOWLING CLUB<br />
This is avery short, but re-assuring report stating<br />
that <strong>Ashburton</strong> Bowling Club will open its <strong>2021</strong>/2022<br />
season this Saturday, <strong>September</strong> 18 at 1.15 pm.<br />
Members are asked to put their names on the board on<br />
arrival.<br />
The opening will take place regardless of the<br />
weather. But if the weather is kind we will be play<br />
according toprotocols set out by Bowls Canterbury for<br />
playing under the constraints for Level 2.<br />
Members are asked, kindly, to bring aplate. And<br />
they must wear amask, use the code or sign in before<br />
entering the club house (no more than 50 at one time).<br />
We are allowed to have 100 outside.<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> MSA Petanque Club singles<br />
winner Neville Bensdorp.<br />
PHOTO SUPPLIED<br />
Members will also be advised by club circulation if<br />
there is any change tothe above, ie going down to<br />
Level 1before the end of the week. What joythat would<br />
bring.<br />
There will also be Friday Triples at the club<br />
tomorrow at 12.30pm as the MSA will be using our club<br />
greens for their home matches whilst reparation work<br />
takes place on their green. (We were in a similar<br />
position last season.)<br />
Congratulations to the team of Jo Ryk, Heather<br />
Goodall, Judie Ryk who won the Hunt Trophy as part of<br />
Allenton’s winter bowling programme. Well done.<br />
A more detailed report will be forthcoming next<br />
week, but fingers crossed for lots more freedom by the<br />
weekend!<br />
Looking ahead positively, have awonderful season<br />
everyone, and very good bowling.<br />
RESULTS<br />
GOLF<br />
Last week (<strong>September</strong>9)the winners of the Sega Golf<br />
Stableford were Wendy Smith and Joy Nicholas, 20<br />
stableford points each. Followed by Gail Gustell, Bev<br />
Blair, Paul Baird and Tonee Hurley with 19 stableford<br />
points each. Gail Gutsell also scored aSmith &Church<br />
gobbler. Next week, <strong>16</strong>th <strong>September</strong> -Netherby Pharmacy<br />
Putting and the following week the quarter finals of<br />
our 9Hole Club Championships.<br />
Please insert the following information in the Results<br />
section.<br />
Any question please ring Matt on 0272123931 or<br />
email Matt at segagolf01@gmail.com<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> Golf Club<br />
Saturday 11/9/<strong>2021</strong><br />
President’s vs Club Captain’s (Matchplay)<br />
There were 86 players with 43 players ineach team.<br />
In the morning the score was 8.5pts to Club Captain’s<br />
and 8.5pts to President’s.<br />
In the afternoon the score was 13.5 to Club Captain’s<br />
and 12.5 to President’s. Final Result: Club Captain’s win<br />
Twos: Al Jopson, Gary Hildyard, Vince Carr, Paul<br />
Greer, Robbie Bell, John Power and Greig Sparrow.<br />
Eagle: Dylan Stoddart (Hole6#)<br />
Nearest The Pins: Hole 4# Dock’s SeafoodBar &Grill:<br />
Al Jopson, Hole 8# 3Stooges (Brown Bombers): Robbie<br />
Bell, Hole 12# Value Plus: Richard McKernan, Hole 14#<br />
South Island Seed Processing &Storage Co. Hamish<br />
Niles, Hole6# Hamish Niles Shout!!: Paul Morrison, Hole<br />
9# Ton’s Thai Longest Putt: Tim Newton<br />
Nine Hole Results<br />
Stableford:<br />
The Harvey Bakehouse player of the day was Murray<br />
Lister 21pts, 2nd Elaine King 20pts, 3rd Gavin Johnston<br />
18pts, 4th Robynne Nicoll 18pts.<br />
Two’s: Gavin Johnston.<br />
RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON<br />
Gilbert Walk and Albert McIntosh Run held Saturday<br />
11th <strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong> at Argyle Park, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />
3km sealed handicap Gilbert Walk:<br />
Stacey Hooper 20:23 (Fastest Woman); Noel Batty<br />
20:28 (Fastest Man); Paul Severins 21:00; Dave Strong<br />
21:09; Marie Batty 22:25; Peter Larkin 22:41; Chrissie<br />
Stratford 23:08; Lori Rusbatch 23:44; Bill Hood 26:22;<br />
Colin Phillips 26:24; Nicky MacKenzie 26:38 (Winner on<br />
handicap); Karen Hodgson 26:48; Robert Moffitt 27:44;<br />
David Wilkinson 35:07.<br />
3km sealed handicap Albert McIntosh Run:<br />
Shaun Clark 11:07 (Fastest Man) Jeremy Hayes<br />
12:08; Ian Broadbelt 13:18; Gabby Simpson 13:52<br />
(Fastest Woman); Tam Grant 13:58; Gary Whiting 14:36;<br />
Jack Hooper 15:54; Eamon Hooper 15:58 (Winner on<br />
handicap); Carina Lupse <strong>16</strong>:27; Alison Conway 18:13;<br />
Mike O’Callaghan 24:25.<br />
1km sealed handicap Children: Gus Simpson 5:07<br />
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />
(Fastest time and winner on handicap); Paterson Beaver<br />
5:45; Molly Beaver 5:53; Jamie Hooper 6:00; Zara Grant<br />
6:12.<br />
Thank you to our time keepers Viv Strong, Steve<br />
Skilling, Lynda Bayne and Toresa Hooper.<br />
PETANQUE<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong> MSA petanque club<br />
Club Mixed Singles<br />
Winner: Neville Bensdorp<br />
Runner up: Jonathan Crum<br />
Third: Peter Marriott<br />
Fourth: Nicky Foden<br />
CYCLING<br />
Mid-Canterbury Social Wheelers.<br />
11th Sept 21. 24 riders. 1st. Don Morrison 27m 04s.<br />
2nd. Flynn Beeman 25m 25s. 3rd. Mark Summerfield 24m<br />
25s. 4th. Chris reid 24m 26s. 5th. Paul Summerfield 25m<br />
26s. 6th. Nick Grijns 25m 27s. 7th. Kristine Marriott 24m<br />
27s. 8th. Don Sutton 25m.27s. 9th. Charlotte Cox 25m<br />
27s. 10th. Pam Harcourt 27m 28s. 11th. Larry Neasl 23m<br />
13s F/T. 12th. Tony Ward 23m 123s. 2f/t. 13th. Michael<br />
Gallagher 23m 14s. 3f/t. 14th Rob Hooper 23m 14s. 4f/t.<br />
15th. Matt Marshall 29m 10s. <strong>16</strong>th. Liz Wylie 31m 41s.<br />
17th. Ron Kennedy 31m 41s. 18th. Kenny Johnstone 30m<br />
50s. 19th. Rachel Reid 30m 50s. 20th. Andy Skinner 32m<br />
<strong>16</strong>s. 21st. Debbie Skinner 31m 35s. 22nd. Janette Hooper<br />
31m 35s. 23rd. Doug Coley 27m 51s. 24th. Roger Wilson.<br />
Mystery Teams. 1st. 59pts. Michael Gallagher, Mark<br />
Summerfield , Charlotte Cox, Paul Summerfield, Pam<br />
Harcourt, Rachel Reid, 2nd. 76pts. Larry Neal ,Doug<br />
Coley, Nick Grijns, Flynn Beeman, Kenny Johnstone, Liz<br />
Wylie, .3rd. 77pts. Tony Ward, Chris Reid, Don Sutton,<br />
Matt Marshall, Debbie Skinner, Ron Kennedy,. 4th.88pts.<br />
Rob Hooper, Kristine Marriott, Roger Wilson, Don<br />
Morrison, Janette Hooper, Andy Skinner.<br />
Tinwald Cycling U17 Development .<br />
12th Sept 21. Fords Road. Open Handicap, 4.2km.<br />
1st. Charlotte Neal 9m01s. 2nd. Cody Rollinson 8m52s.<br />
3rd. Eliza McKenzie 8m 24s. 4th. Ryan Gallagher 8m 19s<br />
F/T. 5th. Katie Rollinson 11m41s. Grade Results. A. 1st.<br />
Ryan Gallagher. 2nd. Eliza McKenzie, B. Grade. 1st.<br />
Cody Rollinson ,C.Grade 1st Charlotte Neal, D. Grade<br />
Katie Rollinson , Open 1km Time Trial. 1st. Ryan<br />
Gallagher 2m 00s. 2nd. Eliza McKenzie 2m 06s. 3rd.<br />
Cody Rollinson 2m 12s. 4th. Charlotte Neal 2m 15s. 5th.<br />
Katie Rollinson 2m 30s. Grade Results. A. 1st. Ryan<br />
Gallagher, 2nd. Eliza McKenzie ,B.1st. Cody Rollinson<br />
,C.1st. Charlotte Neal, D. 1st. Katie Rollinson.Last races<br />
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The appeal of renovating your home<br />
Renovating can be costly and<br />
inconvenient, but can also<br />
increase the value and<br />
enjoyment of your home.<br />
There are two main reasons<br />
people renovate: to add to the<br />
comfort, use and value of the<br />
home and to tidy it up to sell.<br />
Renovating can be acostly<br />
and inconvenient business.<br />
Before you launch into<br />
renovations, take time to<br />
consider whether the expense<br />
and disruption is justified.<br />
If you intend staying in the<br />
home you may want to add extra<br />
space to accommodate an<br />
expanding family, or simply to<br />
add asense of spaciousness.<br />
You may also want to add<br />
rooms for special purposes,<br />
such as an office or games<br />
room, change the configuration<br />
of the house for better flow, or<br />
update and remodel to give the<br />
house afresher, more modern<br />
look.<br />
Other home owners may also<br />
be looking to restore their<br />
house to its original style, or<br />
look to add value to increase<br />
their investment.<br />
If you are renovating to sell, it<br />
is likely that you’ll want to give<br />
Renovating can increase the value of your home, and the enjoyment of living there.<br />
the house an inexpensive<br />
makeover to freshen it up and<br />
Buyers and Sellers of Recycled and<br />
New Building Materials and Joinery<br />
make it more attractive to<br />
buyers. For example,<br />
repainting, repapering, or<br />
changing dated or<br />
damaged fixtures, such as<br />
acracked basin in the<br />
bathroom.<br />
You need to consider<br />
the tastes of potential<br />
buyers, which really<br />
means keeping<br />
everything fairly neutral<br />
to appeal to awider range<br />
of people. Not everyone<br />
warms to bright feature<br />
walls or pink bathtubs.<br />
Renovations that will<br />
increase the appeal of<br />
your home may include<br />
painting the kitchen and<br />
bathroom, or putting in some<br />
decking to give an indoor/<br />
outdoor flow and an increased<br />
sense of space or some<br />
landscaping.<br />
Don’t spend money that you<br />
won’t get back in the sale price.<br />
Ask areal estate agent for ideas<br />
to increase the house’s appeal,<br />
and how much you should<br />
spend without overcapitalising.<br />
Take care to renovate to the<br />
existing style of the house and<br />
neighbourhood. People search<br />
in particular neighbourhoods<br />
because they like the age and<br />
style of houses found there.<br />
Giving your older villa style<br />
house avery modern aspect,<br />
which is inconsistent with the<br />
other houses in the street, will<br />
lessen the range of potential<br />
purchasers.<br />
If you don’t intend selling, the<br />
money you spend on renovating<br />
will be an investment in the<br />
comfort and enjoyment of the<br />
house. Whether you increase<br />
the value of the home may not<br />
be an important factor in how<br />
much you decide to spend. If<br />
your house needs agreat deal<br />
of work decide whether you<br />
want to go to all the trouble or if<br />
it would be better to sell and<br />
buy something more suited to<br />
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build buy &renovate<br />
<strong>2021</strong><br />
Kiwis optimism high in housing survey<br />
Kiwis optimism in New<br />
Zealand’s housingmarket is<br />
proving hard to dent,with net<br />
58 percent still expecting house<br />
prices to increase in thecoming<br />
12 months, despite widespread<br />
predictionsofarapid slowdownorprice<br />
drop, according<br />
to the latest ASB Housing<br />
Confidencesurvey.<br />
ASB economists are now<br />
forecasting annual house price<br />
growth to drop to just two<br />
percent next year, flatlining<br />
compared withthe doubledigit<br />
growth we’ve seenover thepast<br />
year.<br />
ASB chief economistNick<br />
Tuffley said he was not<br />
surprisedKiwis were doubtful<br />
of aslowdown,particularly<br />
with housing demand still<br />
outstripping supply.<br />
“Given the recent<br />
government changes and new<br />
regulationshavesofar only<br />
slightlyimpactedthe market,<br />
it’s understandablethat Kiwis<br />
are sceptical about aslowdown,<br />
particularlyasannual<br />
house price growth has most<br />
recently hit 30 percent.<br />
‘‘For many watching the<br />
runaway housing market, it may<br />
be hard to imagine ever seeing<br />
adecline. Despite this, there<br />
are anumber of factors which<br />
are increasingly likely to put<br />
the brakeson.”<br />
Kiwis are still expecting house prices to increase in the coming year.<br />
“This yearthe RBNZ has<br />
reintroduced its LoantoValue<br />
Ratio(LVR) restrictions, the<br />
Government hit property<br />
investors with atax hammer,<br />
and there has been some<br />
upwardcreep in mortgage<br />
rates,’’ he said.<br />
‘‘Behind the scenes, inbound<br />
migration has ground to ahalt<br />
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House price expectations<br />
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however,interest rate risesare<br />
increasingly beingviewedas<br />
inevitable,with net54percent<br />
of those surveyed expecting<br />
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thenet 13 percentthat<br />
expected adropinthe first<br />
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“The latest lockdown gave an<br />
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executionbut inflation<br />
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‘‘Atthis point the RBNZstill<br />
looks likely to move very<br />
shortly,and we arepredicting<br />
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‘‘The longerthe lockdownin<br />
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more likelyitwill continueto<br />
pause to assesshow the longerterm<br />
picture has been changed<br />
(ornot),” Mr Tuffleysaid.<br />
Unsurprisingly,perceptions<br />
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32 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>16</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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build buy &renovate<br />
<strong>2021</strong><br />
Building your own slice of paradise<br />
Renovatingorbuilding new<br />
depends on your circumstances<br />
and those circumstances willbe<br />
very different fromyour<br />
neighbours.<br />
Building occasionally gets<br />
bad presswith the hassles of a<br />
few taggedtobuilding<br />
generally.<br />
But if you have agood builder<br />
and there are plenty in Mid<br />
and South Canterbury and you<br />
plan well, it should be plain<br />
sailing.<br />
If youare going to build,you<br />
havetohave somewhere to<br />
build.<br />
It might be that you are<br />
interested in aland and home<br />
package, in whichcasethe<br />
‘‘where’’ will be taken care of.<br />
Builders or buildingfirms<br />
sometimes buy blocks of land<br />
for development.<br />
One of thebenefits of that is<br />
that not only do youget anew<br />
home, but youknow your<br />
neighbours will have anew<br />
home.<br />
Manycompanies, these days,<br />
offer turnkeyhouse andland<br />
packages, and the prices are<br />
competitive.<br />
If these interestyou,the<br />
companiesalmostalways have<br />
ashow home or homes.<br />
Take thetime to explore. The<br />
more homes you see, the<br />
clearer the ideayou willget of<br />
what is available for whatprice.<br />
Some designs will fascinate<br />
you, others willnot. In any<br />
event andevenifyou see<br />
nothing you like you will be<br />
much better informed.<br />
Such companies have many<br />
design options, so take your<br />
time.<br />
It might be that you want to<br />
design your ownhome, or at<br />
least pass on somefirmideas to<br />
abuilder, and that’s fine. You<br />
are going to livethere, andpay<br />
the bills.<br />
If youhavefirm ideas,or<br />
noneatall, you may wantto<br />
employanarchitect.Inthe end,<br />
they may saveyou money<br />
through clever design.<br />
An architect will be<br />
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Building your own house, with the right plan, should be plain sailing.<br />
special site, or even adifficult<br />
site. Theyare trained to design<br />
buildings forall situations.<br />
And if youhaveonly abasic<br />
idea of the style of home you<br />
want, an architect can bring<br />
those ‘‘basic’’ ideas to life.<br />
Perhaps youhave seen a<br />
home, or visitedone, that really<br />
takes your eye.<br />
It might be that it was<br />
designed by an architect, and<br />
highly likely that theowners<br />
will be happy to pass on the<br />
name of thedesigner.<br />
The work of such<br />
professionals is often passed by<br />
word of mouth, so check<br />
around.<br />
If you have the design you<br />
want, you will need abuilder<br />
andthey areoften<br />
recommended by friends or<br />
acquaintances.<br />
Also to consider when you are<br />
building are the optionsto<br />
make your home more noiseproof<br />
especially with Kiwis are<br />
diningout less in favour of<br />
socialising with friends and<br />
familyathome.<br />
The trend is reflected in the<br />
home renovations and<br />
maintenance marketwhere<br />
spendingisgoing the way of<br />
biggerkitchens and new<br />
entertainment areas–but noise<br />
is aproblem.<br />
Maintain to Profit managing<br />
director Mark Trafford said<br />
Kiwi homeowners had<br />
discoveredthe joys of home<br />
cooking andhangingout,which<br />
meant finding waystobeless<br />
disruptive after 10pm.<br />
Kitchenmakeovers,bar<br />
areas,swimming pools and new<br />
entertainment rooms –<br />
complete with pool table –are<br />
the trend at themoment, along<br />
withhomegyms.<br />
‘‘WhileCovid19may be<br />
turning Kiwis intohomebodies,<br />
most of us seem to have decided<br />
to make the mostofitby<br />
transforming our homes into<br />
placeswhere we can live, work,<br />
play andexercise,’’ he said.<br />
‘‘Unfortunately,thesekinds<br />
of activities generate noise, and<br />
if homeownerswanttoget the<br />
bestout of their homes, they<br />
need to take into consideration<br />
the needs of their neighbours.’’<br />
There are essentially two<br />
kinds of noise,airborne noise<br />
and impactnoise, and both can<br />
disrupt the neighbours and<br />
other people in the house,he<br />
said.<br />
‘‘You need to be strategic<br />
aboutthe usageofthe room and<br />
thekind of noise youneed to<br />
dampen.<br />
‘‘Fortunately, there are alot<br />
of good quality choices, and<br />
you'll want expertadviceto<br />
make sure you are informed of<br />
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Tips include:<br />
1. Soundproofing<br />
Increasingly homeowners are<br />
lookingtosoundproof parts of<br />
thehouse, like thegym and<br />
entertainment areas, Mr<br />
Trafford said.<br />
‘‘A practicalidea wouldbeto<br />
have adedicated<br />
entertainment room lined with<br />
noise controlplasterboardthat<br />
is purpose made to dampen<br />
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‘‘The same goes for the home<br />
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Systems,climate control,<br />
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2. Weatherstripping for<br />
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‘‘You may alsowant to think<br />
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your exterior facingand<br />
interior doors, particularly<br />
those that open and close on<br />
your entertainment area.<br />
‘‘A door sweep willalsohelp,<br />
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thequalityofthe materials and<br />
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Floors also conducted noise,<br />
mainly if they are hard<br />
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‘‘Interlocking floor mats for<br />
thegym, carpet padding or<br />
soundproof flooringare some of<br />
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build buy &renovate<br />
Budget for extra costs<br />
Signingup for your first house is<br />
exciting. It’s aplace to call your<br />
own, decorate toyourown taste<br />
and kickback andenjoydoing the<br />
things you want. But costs can<br />
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The deposit isjust one of the<br />
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It paystobudgetfor first home<br />
We have it covered<br />
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expenses and keep money aside<br />
for things like: moving expenses,<br />
connectionfees forphone, power<br />
and internet, renovationsand<br />
decorating if needed.<br />
But thereare also legal<br />
expenses and builder’s reports.<br />
Not to mention ongoing<br />
insurance, utility costs and<br />
council rates.<br />
First home planning<br />
You’ve saved enough money for your first<br />
house deposit. It’s taken some careful<br />
planning and some serious budgeting but you<br />
set agoal achieved it and have been to the<br />
bank/mortgage broker and got yourself the<br />
financial backing to buy ahome.<br />
Your first home may not be your dream<br />
home. But it could be an affordable first step<br />
on the ‘property ladder’.<br />
There’s no point owning your own home if<br />
you can’t keep up with the mortgage<br />
repayments. Sometimes ‘the worst house in<br />
the best street’ is the way to go, especially if<br />
you are good at DIY.<br />
Real estate websites are agood place to<br />
find out how much properties are worth in<br />
different areas. If you want to buy an<br />
apartment or townhouse, check your bank<br />
will lend on these types of properties not all<br />
will.<br />
If you’re buying aproperty as an<br />
investment, as well as aplace to live, it’s<br />
important to think about resale or rental<br />
potential.<br />
Rental property is considered ahigher risk<br />
by the banks and they may not lend as much<br />
as they would for aproperty you are going to<br />
live in. Consider things like public transport<br />
routes, shops and schools and whether a<br />
suburb has astrong rental market.<br />
Your first mortgage, or home loan, will<br />
probably be the biggest financial<br />
commitment you’ll ever make. You’ll<br />
probably look at dozens of places before you<br />
find the home you want to buy.<br />
It’s agood idea to be just as careful when<br />
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repayments could add up to alot more than<br />
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Perfect house, wrong location; relocate<br />
When you are movingahouse,whether<br />
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considerations. If you’re thinkingof<br />
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need to know aboutthe process.<br />
The cost of buying an old house for<br />
removal can range from afew thousand<br />
dollars for atwo room bach to more<br />
than $100,000for alargehome.<br />
The housemoving company will<br />
generally be responsiblefor the moving<br />
permits, thatis, the costs of movingthe<br />
house overpublic roads.However,the<br />
homeowner is often responsible for<br />
building and resourceconsents. Talk it<br />
over with your mover. The costof<br />
placing the house on the new site, the<br />
foundations, connections to services,<br />
repairs, alterations and renovations<br />
will be alarge part of your total budget.<br />
Talk with the removal companyand<br />
consider the following:<br />
What is needed to get the house off<br />
the existing section —trees and other<br />
structures may have to be removed.<br />
If you haven’t alreadydone so, have<br />
the building structurally assessed<br />
before it is moved to ensure it can be<br />
safely transported.<br />
Anoverdimension permit will be<br />
needed to move the house by road.<br />
These are issuedbythe New Zealand<br />
Transport Agency.The permit will<br />
normallybetakencare of by the<br />
building removal company,but make<br />
surethis has been done. For more<br />
information, contact the New Zealand<br />
Transport Agency or visit its website.<br />
Some of the issuesassociated with<br />
older housesthat will comeupwhen<br />
they are to be transported include:<br />
The bearers are often undersized<br />
and inconsistentfor floor layout,<br />
usually becauseolder homes have had<br />
many alterations done overthe years<br />
without any attention giventothe<br />
bearers.<br />
Brick claddings will have to be<br />
removed for relocation and new<br />
claddingsinstalled; thisisan<br />
opportunity to install insulation.<br />
Foundationsdon’t always matchup<br />
withwhat’s on the plan.<br />
Plumbingand wiring willoften<br />
require replacement.<br />
Consents required<br />
Whenyou relocate ahouse, thereare<br />
building consents to apply for including<br />
uplifting and reestablishing it<br />
elsewhere.<br />
It’simportant to talktocouncil before<br />
you start, and ask for details of its<br />
application requirements.<br />
It is best to apply for the building and<br />
resource consents at the same timeso<br />
thatbuilding and environmental<br />
factors can be consideredtogether.<br />
If the place of origin and the new site<br />
are in different local council areas, you<br />
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35<br />
<strong>2021</strong><br />
Investment potential<br />
If you want to buyan<br />
apartment or townhouse,<br />
check your bank will lend on<br />
thesetypes of properties as not<br />
all will.<br />
If you’re buying aproperty as<br />
an investment, as well as a<br />
placetolive, it’s important to<br />
thinkabout resale or rental<br />
potential.<br />
Arental property is<br />
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muchasthey would for a<br />
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in. Consider things like: Isthe<br />
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routes?Are there shops and<br />
schools withinwalking<br />
distance?Does the suburb<br />
have astrongrental market?<br />
There are many types of<br />
mortgages,each with its own<br />
interest rate, fees anddegree<br />
of flexibility.<br />
Allthese things affect how<br />
muchthe loan costs youand<br />
when it willbepaid off. Before<br />
signing any sale agreement or<br />
mortgage paperwork you’ll<br />
need to get it lookedover by a<br />
lawyer. You will also need a<br />
lawyer to handle the<br />
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your house. Fees vary so shop<br />
around. Abuilder’s report can<br />
identify any possible problems<br />
with the house you’re looking<br />
at buying. An experienced<br />
builder will findthings that the<br />
untrained eye will miss, and<br />
may save you thousands. A<br />
Land Information<br />
Memorandum<br />
(LIM) identifies any issues<br />
withthe landthe house is built<br />
on. It will identify issues like<br />
drainage and landslip risks.<br />
You can orderaLIMthrough<br />
your local council, or your<br />
lawyer will do it for you.<br />
The deposit is just one of the<br />
costs you willface when you<br />
buy your home. You willneed<br />
to keepmoney aside for things<br />
like:<br />
Moving services, or truck<br />
hire if you’re doingityourself.<br />
Connectionfees for phone,<br />
power and internet. Any<br />
renovations or decorating you<br />
need to do straight away. <br />
Advertising for flatmates or<br />
tenants. Legal expenses and<br />
builder’s reports.<br />
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and other ongoing costs into<br />
your calculations.<br />
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DIY know-how<br />
Anyone is capable of carrying<br />
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<strong>2021</strong><br />
Building materials for future generations<br />
Biodegradable plastics are<br />
supposed to be good for the<br />
environment but, rather<br />
paradoxically, because they are<br />
designed to degrade quickly,<br />
they can’t be recycled.<br />
However New Zealand<br />
researchers have found<br />
compostable plastic can be<br />
turned into afoam which<br />
functions as building insulation<br />
as away of recycling the<br />
material.<br />
UniversityofCanterbury(UC)<br />
chemical and process<br />
engineering academicDrHeon<br />
Park, whoworks in the<br />
Biomolecular Interaction<br />
Centre, along with coauthors<br />
PhD student Lilian Lin, andBE<br />
(Hons) graduate YoungLee,<br />
have developed amethod to<br />
convert singleuse plastic, such<br />
as knives, spoonsand forks,<br />
made from polylactic acid (PLA)<br />
into afoam that can be turned<br />
into insulationfor walls or<br />
flotation devices.<br />
PLA is aplastic made of<br />
fermented starch from corn or<br />
sugar cane. It is designed to<br />
break downharmlessly, but<br />
requires industrial composting,<br />
which isn’tavailable<br />
everywhere. If PLAenters into<br />
the environment, it often won’t<br />
break down. Because of this, it<br />
Researchers have come up with away to recycle plastic into foam for building insulation.<br />
is classed as compostable rather<br />
than biodegradable.<br />
Dr Park studies<br />
biodegradable foams and the<br />
synthesis andprocessing of<br />
biodegradable plastics among<br />
his many fields of research.<br />
Theresearchers placed the<br />
cutlery, which was previously<br />
thought to be “nonfoamable”<br />
plastic, into achamber filled<br />
with carbon dioxide. As<br />
pressure increased, the gas<br />
dissolved intothe plastic. When<br />
they suddenly released the<br />
pressure in thechamber, the<br />
carbon dioxide expanded<br />
within the plastic, creating<br />
foaming.<br />
The process was likeopening<br />
acan of soda and releasing the<br />
carbonation, Dr Parksaid.<br />
“By tweaking the temperature<br />
and pressure, there is awindow<br />
where we can make good<br />
foams,” he said.<br />
“It’s not that every<br />
temperatureorevery pressure<br />
works. We found what<br />
temperatureorwhatpressure is<br />
the besttomake those nonfoamable<br />
plastics into foams.”<br />
Each time plastic is recycled,<br />
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many applications.<br />
The ideal structure of afoam<br />
depended on its final use.<br />
Bulky foams, which have large<br />
or plentiful airpockets, are<br />
good forbuoys.The researchers<br />
found lowerchamber pressures<br />
led to bulky foams.<br />
Making biodegradable<br />
plastics recyclable could<br />
alleviate some of the global<br />
pollution issue.<br />
“We can expand foaming<br />
applications to alot of plastics,<br />
not just this plastic,” Dr Park<br />
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Remembrance time<br />
The death of alovedone is<br />
unwelcome but certain to come<br />
at somepoint in our life,former<br />
<strong>Ashburton</strong>ian Trish<br />
Summerfield says.<br />
It’s atopic people often do not<br />
like to talk aboutand may even<br />
avoid so whenwethey find<br />
themselves in such asituation, it<br />
can make them feel illequipped<br />
to move through it.<br />
Ms Summerfield is aformer<br />
Canterbury teacherwho has<br />
spent thepast 23 yearsliving in<br />
Saigon,Vietnam. She is a<br />
volunteer trainer for an Inner<br />
Space Centre teaching selfempowermentskills<br />
and<br />
meditation.<br />
Shehas volunteeredina<br />
programme to strengthen selfesteem<br />
and empowerment for<br />
young people in recovery from<br />
drugs,and workedintelevision<br />
and also wrote aseries of over<br />
200 programmes on life skills<br />
and values educationfor youth<br />
and parents.<br />
‘‘Understanding(death) and<br />
understanding how we can make<br />
it the best that it can be,<br />
enormouslyhelps us, our<br />
children, our family, the<br />
atmosphere in the family and<br />
also the one that has passed on<br />
themselves,’’ she said.<br />
While many people may have<br />
their ownwisdom on how bestto<br />
respond, Ms Summerfield said<br />
physical events impact on the<br />
mindandbody and can cause<br />
health issues.<br />
‘‘When we hear very difficult<br />
news, we can tendhold the<br />
emotions we feel at that timein<br />
our body. It is importantto<br />
becomeaware of this, release<br />
theseemotionsand relax our<br />
muscles so that it does notbuild<br />
up into painand longterm<br />
muscleknotting along with other<br />
negative health consequences,’’<br />
she said.<br />
Acknowledgingadeath,<br />
accepting the losshowever<br />
painful, and honouringthe life<br />
lost were amongsomeofthe<br />
processes to undertake.<br />
Although thepassing is an<br />
unwanted event, Ms<br />
Summerfield encouragedpeople<br />
to take afew minutes to sit, take<br />
someslow deep measured<br />
breaths,and acknowledge that<br />
the passing of aloved one is<br />
incredibly challenging timeand<br />
can cause the bottling or holding<br />
of emotions.<br />
‘‘Acceptance doesnot mean<br />
that Iagreewith what has<br />
happened. No, Ideeply wishthis<br />
person was still with me<br />
Trish Summerfield<br />
physically,yet acceptance<br />
meansthat Iacknowledgethe<br />
realitythat they havepassed on,<br />
and not to spend energy and<br />
thoughts in fighting whathas<br />
alreadyhappened andwhat is<br />
beyond my control,’’ she said.<br />
‘‘Acceptance allows me to use<br />
my energyconstructively to<br />
make thevery bestofthis<br />
difficult time.’’<br />
Honouringalife andthe<br />
contribution made to ones life<br />
can take many forms, Ms<br />
Summerfield said.<br />
‘‘Somemonths before my<br />
father passedon, Iwrote to him<br />
on the occasionof“Father’s<br />
Day” and shared many storiesof<br />
things he haddonewhile Iwas<br />
growingupand howIlearnedso<br />
many positive lessons fromhis<br />
generosity, courage,<br />
determination etc. that Ihave<br />
carriedforward into my life.<br />
‘‘Ittouchedhim deeply. My<br />
siblings at that timewere also<br />
touched by the letter.After he<br />
passed on severalof themwrote<br />
touching cards and others<br />
sharedbeautifulstories of how<br />
he had inspiredthem and so his<br />
life wastrulyhonoured in a<br />
beautiful way.’’<br />
Thethoughts of people were<br />
amazing things, not limited to<br />
space or time, shesaid.<br />
‘‘We have all had the<br />
experienceofthinking about<br />
someoneclose to us whowas far<br />
away physically and then that<br />
person callingus or writing to us<br />
ashorttime later.And,webegin<br />
the conversation by saying,“I<br />
was just thinking of you!”<br />
‘‘Thisisthe power of our<br />
thoughts andtheir vibrations to<br />
connect withthose close to us.<br />
Understandingand knowing the<br />
power of thoughts, especially<br />
those withlove and<br />
appreciation, will reach them<br />
and help ease theirjourney and<br />
as aremembrancedealing with<br />
grief.’’<br />
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1946 Arnold ValleyRoad,<br />
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5 3 2<br />
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particular which are top class.<br />
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Armand vander Eik<br />
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8Charles Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
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103 ChalmersAvenue, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
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SetDate of Sale<br />
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73 Belt Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
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Armand vander Eik<br />
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Information Management Officer<br />
This isasupport role within our Information Management activity. Your<br />
excellent communication skills will enable you to ensure that services<br />
aredelivered acrossphysical,digital andEDRMS environments to thehighest<br />
level.<br />
Working across the organisation your ability to build effective working<br />
relationships will be of advantageinensuringthe success andcomplianceof<br />
thisimportant activity.<br />
Applications close Sunday,26<strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
DepartmentalSupport Officer<br />
Fixed-term,12months duration.<br />
In this intermediate level administration opportunity you’ll use your<br />
computer and organisational skills to assist the Strategy and Compliance<br />
Group with arange of officetasks,whilst alsoproviding personal assistance<br />
to oneofour Group Managers.<br />
Applications close Wednesday,22<strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
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Job Vacancies<br />
Position: Bilingual Health Navigator, Refugee Settlement<br />
SupportService<strong>Ashburton</strong>–2positions<br />
Bilingual: Hazaragi, Dari/Farsi and English<br />
Location: Refugee SettlementSupportService, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Hours of Work: 40hrs full time.<br />
Bilingual Health NavigatorRole<br />
TheRefugee SettlementSupportServicein<strong>Ashburton</strong>islooking fortwo<br />
Bilingual Health Navigators to join our team. TheBilingual Health Navigatorwill<br />
supportnewly arrivedformer refugees to access healthrelatedservices.Akey<br />
componentofthis role will be to actasaninterpreterfor clients when they are<br />
accessing health services.You will receiveongoing professional developmentin<br />
your role as interpreteraswell as relevanttrainingthatwill assist youwith the<br />
skills and experienceneeded forthis position.<br />
Forculturally appropriate servicedelivery we areseeking 1maleand 1female<br />
Bilingual Navigator. We welcome individual applications or jointapplications<br />
from members of the samefamily.<br />
TheCurrent Ethnic Refugee SettlementCommunity in <strong>Ashburton</strong>: Afghan<br />
(Hazara,Tajik)<br />
Bilingual Health NavigatorSkills:<br />
We arelooking forcandidateswho have the followingkey attributes:<br />
•You will have relevantworkorlived experienceinthe refugee field,aseither a<br />
former refugee and/or have extensiveknowledge of Afghan culture.<br />
•Have ahigh level of Hazaragi, Dari/ Farsi and English language skills<br />
•Have ahigh level of cultural safetyand the abilitytoworkwith respectand<br />
empathy withpeople from differentcultural backgrounds.<br />
•Have aworking level of computer skills,email,Word.<br />
•Have excellenttime managementskills.<br />
•Have good communication skills.<br />
•Hold acurrent motor vehicle driver’s license and willing to travel to fulfil job<br />
requirements<br />
•Empathy with humanitarian causes<br />
•Enthusiasm and commitmenttoworkaspartofateam<br />
•Thereisanexpectationthatthe person is based in <strong>Ashburton</strong>-Safer Mid<br />
Canterburywill supportand contributetowards relocation costs.<br />
To read job description and download application form go to:<br />
www.safermidcanterbury.org.nz careers webpage.<br />
Applications close Friday1st October<br />
Forfurther questions,please contact AniKoperu on: 033081395<br />
24<strong>16</strong>330<br />
Labourer<br />
EA Networkshas astrongfocusonpeople, culture and acommitmenttoleading<br />
edgetechnology.Weown and operate our region’selectricity distribuon<br />
network and fibreopccommunicaons network and arethetrusted<br />
infrastructure plaorm thatdelivers electrical energyto everyhome and business<br />
in our region.<br />
Aboutthe role<br />
We arelookingfor an energecperson to join our FieldServices Team as a<br />
Labourer.This posion will involvebeingout in thefield and in the workshopwith<br />
the main responsibilitybeingto assist the Earth Rig Operators.<br />
Ideally youwill have the following aributes:<br />
• Holdacurrent driver’slicence withclasses 1,2,3,4&5<br />
• WTR and FEndorsements or theabilitytoobtain<br />
• Mechanically minded<br />
• Not afraid of demanding physical work in therural environment<br />
• Above averageproblem-solvingskills<br />
• Excavator, Forkli and Hiab experience<br />
• Ability to sck weld<br />
Join Us<br />
Acompevehourly rate is on offer,asisthe opportunity to develop your career<br />
with astable, trustedorganisaon.<br />
To apply,please visit our company careers pageandcompleteanEmployment<br />
Applicaon viaour career’s portal, in confidence.<br />
Applicaonsclose Friday 1October <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
Formoreinformaon aboutthe role and EA Networksplease visit<br />
www.eanetworks.co.nz<br />
PleasenoteEANetworksiscommied to asafeand healthywork environment.<br />
Successful candidatesmustbelegally entledto work in NZ andpreparedto<br />
undergoapre-employment medical, whichincludes adrug and alcohol test and a<br />
Ministry of Juscecheck.<br />
2418504
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Admin Position<br />
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SITUATIONS VACANT<br />
Do youhave greatcommunication, administration,<br />
time managementand customer serviceskills?<br />
We need an enthusiastic,brightand bubbly person<br />
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need forattention to detail with customer service<br />
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and respectedlocal business.<br />
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softwareprogrammes and processes.<br />
We areseeking someone special,and agenerous<br />
remuneration package will be offered to the<br />
rightperson forthis full-time position. If this role<br />
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Finance Administrator<br />
12 Months FixedTerm<br />
An exciting vacancyhas arisen within our trusted<br />
FinanceTeam, we arelooking foraFinance<br />
Administrator to support our team for aperiod<br />
of 12 months while we embark on akey project.<br />
Working within our card division, this role will<br />
administer all supplier transactions whilst also<br />
supporting the wider team.<br />
Do you have the following attributes:<br />
• Technologically Savvy<br />
• Anexperienced finance administrator<br />
• Confident in engaging with suppliers and<br />
customers<br />
• Open and accepting of change<br />
If you enjoy working as part of aclose-knit team<br />
and would like to know more about the role you<br />
may call Finance Manager Brodie McPherson<br />
for aconfidential chat on 027 221 5598 or to<br />
apply please submit your CV and covering<br />
letter to HR.Manager@ruralco.co.nz<br />
All applicants must have the legal right to work<br />
in New Zealand<br />
Closing Date: Friday 24th <strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
SPRAY PAINTER/PREPPER<br />
Afull time position has become available in our<br />
Panel and Paintshop foraQualified Spray Painter.<br />
Theposition requires<br />
• Good work ethics<br />
• Have ahigh standardindetail and finish<br />
• Tobereliable<br />
• The abilitytoworkunsupervised<br />
• Toworkinateam and meet production deadlines<br />
• NZresidencyorvalid NZ work visa<br />
Please send resume and coverletter to<br />
TheGeneral Manager<br />
Bus and Truck Body Work Ltd<br />
PO Box51, <strong>Ashburton</strong>7740<br />
Phone Keith on 0274 274 007 or 307 0378<br />
Email busandtruckbodywork@xtra.co.nz<br />
2417805<br />
2413350<br />
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Charge Nurse,VincentWard<br />
Dunstan Hospital, Clyde<br />
Come andlive the dream in CentralOtago!<br />
Permanentfull-time position(1.0FTE)<br />
MondaytoFriday,8am to 4.30pm<br />
We have an exciting opportunity for aregistered nurse<br />
with Charge Nurse or Associate Charge Nurse experience,<br />
interested inthis key leadership position for our Vincent<br />
Ward at Dunstan Hospital.This is afantasticopportunity to<br />
secure arole immersed in the rural environment and show<br />
youcan makeadifference and meetthe unique challenges<br />
thatrural healthcare provides.<br />
Specifically, the Charge Nurse is responsible for the<br />
management ofthe ward including clinical leadership &<br />
coordination, operational functions, quality and financial<br />
performance, human resource management, quality and<br />
risk management, clinical pathway development and other<br />
service delivery improvements within the ward.<br />
Formoreinformation on this role andtoapply,please visit<br />
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ChargeNurse, DistrictNursing<br />
DunstanHospital,Clyde<br />
Anawesomeopportunitytolivein<br />
CentralOtago<br />
Permanent full-timeposition (1.0 FTE)<br />
We have agreat opportunity for aregistered nurse with<br />
leadership and/or district nursing experience interested in<br />
this keyleadership position within our District Nurseteam<br />
at Dunstan Hospital.This is afantastic opportunity tosecure<br />
aroleimmersed in therural environmentand show youcan<br />
make adifferenceand meetthe unique challengesthat rural<br />
healthcare provides.<br />
The Charge Nurse District provides strong clinical<br />
leadership to ourdistrictnursingteam, ensuring we provide<br />
aconsistently high standard ofclinical care to patientsand<br />
their families/whanau, whilstacting as apositiverolemodel<br />
acrossthe organisation. The successful applicant will work<br />
closelywith themedical teamand allmembers of the wider<br />
multidisciplinary team.<br />
Formore information on thisroleand to apply,please visit<br />
ourwebsite: www.cohsl.co.nz/joinourteam<br />
RegisteredNurses<br />
Dunstan Hospital<br />
Come and live the dream in CentralOtago!<br />
Various fixed term, part-timeand permanent<br />
roles available<br />
Dunstan Hospital is arural trust hospital based in<br />
Clyde, Central Otago. We have excitingopportunities<br />
for registered nurses to secure arole on our highly<br />
impressivewardwhere youwill receivethe best rural<br />
healthcare experience ever.<br />
We areofferingopportunities forregisterednurses to<br />
join our wonderfulnursingteam in the acuteinpatient<br />
area. Our ward comprises 24 beds, including a3bed<br />
High Dependency Unit. Weprovide acute medical<br />
care, trauma/emergencymedical care(no walk in ED)<br />
rehabilitation and palliative care throughout the age<br />
spectrum.<br />
For more information or to apply, please visit our<br />
website: www.cohsl.co.nz/joinourteam<br />
FARM VACANCIES<br />
FENCING<br />
POSITIONS<br />
AVAILABLE<br />
Contractor has employment<br />
opportunity available on<br />
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WANTED Caregiving/homemanagement.<br />
Fully qualified<br />
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cars and 4 wheel drives.<br />
Have my own car and<br />
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Nursing Director and<br />
Quality Manager (Fulltime)<br />
Central OtagoHealth ServicesLtd<br />
(DunstanHospital) CentralOtago<br />
This new fulltime position will be based at Dunstan<br />
Hospital inClyde, Central Otago. Situated 2.5 hours<br />
away from the base hospital in Dunedin, we are<br />
passionateabout ruralhealthcare and serving our rural<br />
communities.<br />
This role combines strategic, nursing leadership from<br />
a professional perspective with providing leadership<br />
and oversight of COHSL’s Quality Assurance and<br />
Improvement Programme. The role will provide<br />
professional advice to the CEO, Clinical Services<br />
Manager and others in the clinician management<br />
partnership on mattersrelatingtoNursing Practice and<br />
will foster astrong quality improvement culture across<br />
theorganisation.<br />
Formoreinformation on this roleand to apply,please<br />
visitourwebsite: www.cohsl.co.nz/joinourteam<br />
Head Caretaker<br />
An exciting opportunityhas come up to<br />
join our team at MountHutt College.<br />
We seek aself-motivated and skilled tradie to join<br />
our Property Team. This role is permanent and is<br />
covered under the School Caretakers’, Cleaners’<br />
and Canteen Staff CollectiveAgreement.<br />
Hourly rate by negotiation. Hours and days of<br />
work could also be negotiable for the successful<br />
applicant.<br />
To applyforthisposition(orforfurtherinformation)<br />
pleaseemailthePrincipal’sSecretary,ShereeMcKay,<br />
college@mthutt.school.nz<br />
Alternatively, applications can be dropped off at<br />
MountHutt College’s main reception.<br />
Applications close on<br />
Friday 24th <strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />
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PART TIME/FLEXI HOURS ARABLE FARMER<br />
We’relooking forsomeone with farming experience<br />
to join this family farmteam.<br />
Maysuit asemi retired farmer.<br />
Applicantmustbeable to do the jobs listed below<br />
with confidenceand able to work unsupervised.<br />
-Fencingand maintenance<br />
-Tractor driving<br />
-Stock handling<br />
-General farm practises<br />
-Shifting Rotorainers<br />
-Helping with harvest<br />
-Class 5licencewould be handy but not essential<br />
Thefarmislocated3kmsout of Tinwald.<br />
Modernmachinery. Ifthis sounds like youthen<br />
please contactTim on 0274399156<br />
2375514<br />
HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />
HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />
AndreGrob<br />
Chiropractor<br />
Tues 9am-5pm<br />
03 308 95<strong>16</strong><br />
2418212<br />
www.ashburtonchiropractic.co.nz<br />
2395599<br />
FOR LEASE<br />
AWESOME OFFICE space<br />
for lease, rent or hire. Park<br />
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areas. North West<br />
town boundary. Must view.<br />
Phone 0274 754 241<br />
RENT ME!<br />
Ideal as an extra<br />
bedroomoroffice.<br />
Fully insulatedand<br />
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Threeconvenientsizes:<br />
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Large 4.2m x2.4m<br />
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Saturday18th <strong>September</strong> is<br />
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Sunday19th <strong>September</strong> is<br />
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PHARMACIES<br />
Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex,<br />
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Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm<br />
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TheLittle Mermaid Jr –Mid CanterburyChildren’s Theatre<br />
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Sunday 24th October 2-30pm<br />
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Two ofNew Zealand’s best loved musicians,<br />
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foremost jazz trombonist and big band<br />
leader Rodger Fox bring their acclaimed<br />
concert series to the South Island. Also<br />
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ASHBURTON SANDBLASTING<br />
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Painting<br />
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Trailers<br />
Farm Machinery<br />
Car Parts<br />
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Concrete, Brick Rendering<br />
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220 9997.<br />
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307 6466 for aquote.<br />
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service and maintenance,<br />
WOF repairs, machining<br />
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speciality. Mobile workshop.<br />
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Malcolm 0274 754 241.<br />
FLY control and spider<br />
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domestic and industrial<br />
pest control needs phone<br />
AJ Kerr at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Pest<br />
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027 432 5447<br />
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office relocations -<br />
call Nudges Furniture<br />
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0609.<br />
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to get the job done right.<br />
027 765 2899 or 03 307<br />
<strong>16</strong>93.<br />
sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz<br />
Join us for the Merry Little Christmas Market this November.<br />
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Phone Cawte 027 418<br />
7955.<br />
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Phone John Cameron<br />
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CARR’S Chimney Cleaning,<br />
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Rodney on 03 324 2999<br />
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