Ashburton Courier: September 23, 2021

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NEWS 16 Ashburton Courier, September 23, 2021 Ashburton Town Watch chairman John Verheul is keen to hear from volunteers keen to help make the community safer. Volunteer needs for town safety Ashburton TownWatchSociety is lookingfor more volunteers willing to help make the community safer. The society is affiliatedto Community PatrolsofNew Zealand(CPNZ) andhas operated acommunity patrolin Ashburton for 36 years. It was set up in 1985 by members of the localCBand 4wheel drive clubsfollowing concerns of an increase in violentoffences being committed,and wilful damage being done to businessesand residentialareasoftown. The goalwas to worktowards asafer community through trained volunteer support for policeand local authorities. TownWatchchairmanJohn Verheulsaid having active trained patrollers presentat night preventedcrimeand reducedharmthroughout the AshburtonDistrict. CPNZaims to provideaNew Zealandwhereeveryone feels safeand therefore our volunteers work closely with policeasextra “eyes and ears” throughintelligence and observation. It helpstoassist policeand other agencies build safer communities. ‘‘Wecater to theneedsofour local community, patrolling where and when best supports the localpolice and local community,’’John said. ‘‘Community patrols are independentfrom the policebut receiveregular policeguidance, training and tasking. Patrolsusuallybegin on weekends at around 9.00pmand continue through until approximately2am, depending on how busy thetown is and www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz PHOTO SUPPLIED what specifictaskswatchcrews areaskedtodo by police. ‘‘If there are anyunsavoury peoplelurking about, windows broken or an alarm activated, we areoften the firstonthe scene to protectproperty untilpolice or security firmarrives,’’Johnsaid. ‘‘We travelaround6000 – 8000km per yearwith an average of 90km beingtravelledper shift.’’ If youwishtojoin,please email ashburton.cpnz@gmail. com or leaveyourdetails for Town Watch at theAshburton Policestation. Mayfield garden tour date set The Mayfield Playcentre has planningunder wayfor its Homegrown Garden Tour. The biennial event willbe heldonSaturday,November 6. It will featureaselfguided touroffive impressive privategardens,whichare expected to be abundant withspringcolour and splendour. There willalso be entertainment andfood and drinksfor sale. The event is amajor fundraiser to support the runningofMayfield Playcentre, which has around 30 childrenfrom 20 families andfrom10 different cultures. Playcentrefamilies are pitchingin to organisethe garden event. Tickets costing $25are availableonlinebefore November 6. Visit thehumanitix.com website andsearch Homegrown Garden Tour. On the day tickets(cash only) cost$30. Children under 16 years freeentry. FINAL FLIGHT Fete moved, spring walk to go ahead NOTICE OF HELICOPTER USE FOR VISUAL INSPECTION OF TRANSMISSION LINES IN YOUR AREA. Transpower, the owner and operator of the national grid, will be carrying out aroutine visual maintenance inspection of transmission lines in your area by helicopter. We have been undertaking inspections of the structures on the Glenavy to Waitaki 110 kV line and also our Roxburgh to Islington 220 kV line (as shown on the map) by alow flying helicopter over the last month. Ourfinalflyoverdate is planned for Monday 11October 2021. The helicopter will fly at aconstant speed of about 30 km/h, starting at Waitaki and will take approximately 4hours per session. Aviemore Waitaki Livingstone Black Point Bells Pond Geraldine 79 Oamaru Timaru Ashburton It’s important to us that you are kept informed and updated on our activities. If you require further information, please call Myles Stichman 0274 779 693 or 03 688 2689. TPAC23971021 Helicopter will be operating at low levels inaroundthe transmission line in highlightedzone. 83 8 8 82 1 Helicopter operating area Substations Highways/Roads Other transmission lines Please note this inspection is weather dependent, and we would look to fly the next day if required. St John’s Sherry Wootton and Elaine Vallender during last year’s fete at Rakaia Gardens. PHOTO TONI WILLIAMS St John’s major fundraising garden fete may have been postponed until early next year, but the event will be replaced with apicturesque spring time garden walk around the grounds of Rakaia Gardens. Thegarden fete, which was to have been held next month has been postponed to February 17, 2022 due to uncertainty around covid restrictions. St John Ashburton executive officer Elaine Vallender said after meeting hosts Sue and Ted Rollinson thedecision wasmade to postpone the event. “We havemet with our hosts, Sue and Ted Rollinson, andhave decided that if we end up in Level 2wewillberestricted to only 100 people. We have100 stallholders so it just wouldn’t have worked.” The gardens arelooking fabulous and ready for visitors so the fete will be held in February, but St John will hold agarden walk on October 16 so the spring gardens can still be admired. “The work done by the Rollinson familyistoo great to dismiss and we wantpeople to have the opportunity to view the gardens at this time of the year,” Mrs Vallender said. “There will be twosessions, one from 9.30am until 12.30pm and theother from1.30pm until 4pm. Guided tours of thegarden by Rollinson family memberswill be at 11am and 1.30pm. Entry will be $15 and will include Devonshiretea. Tickets will be available shortly from local outletsand via the St John office.
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz RURAL Ashburton Courier, September 23, 2021 17 Wheat sown for popular rally TONI.WILLIAMS ashburtoncourier.co.nz Grain farmer Anthony Hampton has timed the final sowing of wheat on his Lauriston farm to perfection. Seven hectares of Viceroy wheat, used for milling, went in the ground last week and will be ready to harvest as part of a display event during the Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club’s Wheat and Wheels rally in early April. Mr Hampton is hosting the rally, on April 2and 3, at his farm along Lauriston Barrhill Road, at the northern side of Mid Canterbury. He was especially keen to host it as it was timed to celebrated the 175th anniversary of Massey. Mr Hampton, athird generation farmer, is ahuge Massey fan and has an impressive collection of Massey machinery and vintage tractors. His particular affliction is MasseyHarris tractors. But he’s not averse to the odd AllisChalmers, or even aCase. His Massey collection, which he has been collecting and restoring for more than 40 years, will be joined by others owned by club members and not just Massey, there will be hundreds of machinery entries on show ranging from vintage classics to ultramodern, as well as some of New Zealand’s largest tractors and combines. There will be working demonstrations and static displays. The Wheat and Wheels rally has been years in the planning with crop rotations onfarm managed so wheat was ready as part of aharvest display. As well as allowing other paddocks to be available for use as acentre ring for parades, another display area, food and craft stalls and car parking. The event will see everything from traction engines, military display to vintage and classic tractors, cars and trucks on display. Mr Hampton runs acropping operation with wife Julie, on their 570 hectare farm. He was the first generation on the farm, which he bought more than 40 years ago; has two sons and adaughter, and has been involved in cropping all Massey collector AnthonyHampton has beensowing Viceroy wheat onfarm in preparation for the upcomingWheat and Wheels Rally. PHOTOS TONI WILLIAMS his life. Before irrigation was available on the farm, he also had acrop and sheep operation, now there were more crops and up to 6500 store lambs. The wheat field will be used by members who want to run their headers at the rally. Some of the new headers had bigger capacity to harvest, he said. Mr Hampton said Massey Harrises were his tractor of choice, in part because Massey Fergusons were used on the farm. They also provide excellent service, he said, of the dealers. The last time the club ran the event was at Wakanui in 2016 and it drew in more than 6000 people over its two days and more than 800 entries of avast range of machinery. There was also asizable donation made to Ronald McDonald House. This time rally profits will go to Westpac Rescue Helicopter Trust. Mid Canterbury VintageMachinery Club’sJohnHall, left, and Anthony Hamptonatthe Hamptonfarmduring the final stages of wheat sowing. IN BRIEF RURAL JABS The MethvenMedical Centrewill be running covid vaccination clinicsfor farmers in the district at the Methven Rugby Club. They welcomeanyone farming in the Ashburtondistrictto get themselvesand staff booked in, evenifnot patients at the medical centre. Employerscan email desk@methvenmedical.co.nz with alist of staff names andthey will replywith appointment times. Medical centre staff are aware it’s a busy timeon-farm so will do what they can to space outthe appointments. There is no cost. RURAL CAREERS RabobankNew Zealandhas a graduate programme to support the development of talentedyoung people into successful careers within Rabobank and the wider the food andagribusiness sector. The 18 month-long programme will provide 10 graduates from around the country with employment experience andcareer development support across variousdivisions of the bank includingoperations, country banking, risk,productsand deposits and human resources. Applications via -www.rabobank.co.nz -close on October 8with the firstintakeof graduates settostart in early2022. BOVIS CASE Three South Islandpropertieshave active confirmedcasesof Mycoplasmabovis, includingone new active confirmedpropertylast week. It is abeefpropertyinthe Ashburton District, withlinks to the recent cluster of infectedproperties in Canterbury.Twenty seven properties are underanotice of directionand 130 are active surveillance properties.Thereare currently 266Cleared Confirmed Properties and $210.3million has been paid outincompensation. BEEFRIENDLY Apiculture NewZealand, the national bodyrepresenting beekeepers andhoney producers, is askingKiwis to Feed the Beesby planting bee-friendly trees and plants this spring. It provides nutrition for the bee population ensuring they can be resilient. Somebee-friendly treesare citrus and pip fruit trees, or nativeplants like harakeke or rewarewa, which offerbeesexcellent,ongoing sources of nutritionand wellnourished bees are better ableto withstandthreats like varroa, habitat loss,climate change anddiseases. Nitrate lag times Excessnutrients can be reflected in water quality improvements in our rivers withinfive years, on average, according to new research from Our Land and Water. The research was published in the nature journalScientific Reports last month and fundedbythe Our Land and Water National Science Challengeand MBIE. It looked at the ‘lag time’ between farm managementdecisions to reduce nitrogen loss, and the resulting improvement in riverhealth. The average time for nitrate loads in rivers to reflect onfarm changes was four and ahalf years, calculated using data for 77 catchments from 1990 to 2018. Lag times varied from one year to over 12 years as water in larger rivers and more steeply sloped catchments took longer to reflect upstream land management changes. Professor Richard McDowell, lead author of the paper and chief scientist at Our Land and Water, said farmers couldbeconfident actions on land werereflected in the rivers but nitrate loads in somecatchments may reflect pastfarm inputs for some years. “If people who farmwork as ateam, hold their nerve, and continue to take strong action to improveour rivers,water quality will reflect these efforts within five years in many catchments,” he said. “Peopleinindustry bodies, catchment groups, and farmer cooperatives can help by ensuring that people who are workingto improve water quality have realistic expectations for the time frame in which we’ll see improvements,sothey don’t get discouraged by lag times.” The researchalso suggested that because small catchments and subcatchments had shorter lag times, actionbypeopleinregional councils to expand and improve monitoring networks could enable earlier detection of improvement. Surfacepathways could have ashorter lag time; research was ongoing to see if this was the case. • DairyNZ accredited EffluentPondDesign andConstruction • Pond Constructionand Irrigation Development • Hedgeand Stump Removal • Farm Conversions • DairyTracks– Lime or Gravel • PumpHire • Wellsand Galleries • Bulk Earthworks • Subdivisions • Site Works • Tree Shear • Transportation 2390166
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