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Walk­incovidjabs popular<br />

Gates get<br />

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TONI.WILLIAMS<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Ann Cuthbertson was always going to get<br />

her covid vaccinations andwas bookedin<br />

for early October.<br />

It was not only important for New<br />

Zealanders health andtohelp reopenthe<br />

country’s borders,but she wantedto<br />

protectthe more vulnerable in her life<br />

from theill­effects of the virus.<br />

Awalk­in covid vaccination clinic at<br />

Rakaia Community Hall poppedupat<br />

short notice lastweek,and her employer,<br />

Van Zanten FlowerbulbsLtd,gave the<br />

chancefor staff working to attend.<br />

She, along with another three<br />

employees tookupthe offer andattended<br />

as walk­ins to be vaccinated.<br />

MrsCuthbertson said gettingvaccinated<br />

at thewalk­inclinic­andcancelling her<br />

October appointment­meantshe was<br />

vaccinated thesameday as her husbandwho<br />

already had abooking in place.<br />

AnotherVan Zantenemployee, Melissa<br />

Chilton, was alreadybooked in to be<br />

vaccinated at the clinic. Shewas not<br />

confident about getting the vaccine after<br />

hearing of peoplefeeling unwell<br />

Above: Sunethra Balasoorya, left, Ann Cuthbertson and Melissa Chilton after their covid<br />

vaccinations. Below: Rakaia Medical Centre’s Debbie Renga, left, with Life Pharmacy<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Simon Church and Maxine Chisnall at the Rakaia Community Hall.<br />

PHOTOS TONI WILLIAMS<br />

afterwards, buthad still bookedan<br />

appointment.<br />

The women,along with workmate<br />

Sunethra Balasoorya, seamlessly sailed<br />

throughtheir vaccinationswith staff from<br />

Life Pharmacy <strong>Ashburton</strong>, Rakaia<br />

Medical Centre andWaitaha Primary<br />

Health,spent therequired 15minutes wait<br />

afterwards and were backatwork in time<br />

for afternoonsmoko.<br />

Mrs Cuthbertson didnot even have time<br />

to open theweighty novel she was<br />

carrying.<br />

Simon Church,of<strong>Ashburton</strong>Life<br />

Pharmacy, said the majority attending<br />

were getting their first covid jabs andup<br />

to <strong>30</strong>0peoplewere expected.<br />

They had also opened up for walk­ins<br />

(people without appointmentsorthose<br />

who hadbooked but wantedtohave their<br />

vaccinations earlier).<br />

The clinic was partofapush locally to<br />

geteveryone in thecommunity accessto<br />

their first vaccination,and free up<br />

capacityonthe vaccinationschedule, he<br />

said.<br />

Life Pharmacy <strong>Ashburton</strong>was the first<br />

covidvaccinatorinMid Canterburyand,<br />

since starting in May, had completedmore<br />

than 11,000 vaccinations.<br />

Most people had prebooked, so staffhad<br />

prepared covid vaccination cards which<br />

made the process faster, Mr Churchsaid.<br />

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Domain gates good asnew<br />

MICK.JENSEN<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong>Domain gates<br />

havebeenbrought backto<br />

life andearnedalocal<br />

painter and coating<br />

specialist recognition for<br />

hiscompany’s work.<br />

Thegates, located off<br />

WestStreetnearthe<br />

domainoffice, date back<br />

to 1897 and were showing<br />

their age before<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>District<br />

Council commissioned<br />

The FinishingCompany<br />

to clean them up.<br />

Ornate columnsholding<br />

the gates up were also<br />

given amajorrefresh and<br />

werepreviously green<br />

and weather beaten.<br />

Finishing Company<br />

directorCraig Bishop<br />

saidit wasasatisfying<br />

projectfor himtobe<br />

involved with.<br />

‘‘It’s oneofthose once<br />

in alifetimeprojects<br />

where youget to keep<br />

history going.’’<br />

Thetwo metrehigh<br />

gates were made nearly<br />

125 years andhad been<br />

verywellcrafted, he said.<br />

Twobig main gates in<br />

the centre of theentrance<br />

spanned fourmeters,<br />

while gates eitherside<br />

wereeachametre wide.<br />

The project was amajor<br />

logistical exercise, Mr<br />

Bishop said.<br />

‘‘Ittook fourofustolift<br />

the big gates off.’’<br />

Thegates and columns<br />

Wool Carpet<br />

Sale<br />

The Finishing Company director Craig Bishop in front of the refurbished West Street<br />

domain gates.<br />

hadbeentouched up over<br />

the years, butnever<br />

completely restored,he<br />

said.<br />

Theproject started<br />

with onsitemoss<br />

treatment of thegatesand<br />

columns.<br />

Thegates were<br />

transferred offsite and<br />

sandblasted back to bare<br />

wroughtiron.<br />

Once in the spraybooth<br />

acoating of zincprimer<br />

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wasapplied, followedby<br />

acoatofharddrying<br />

primer and twocoats of<br />

epoxyblack gloss.<br />

The 1897 date on the<br />

centregates standsout in<br />

bright yellow.<br />

Thefour ornate<br />

columnswere rendered<br />

with construction systems<br />

plasters and afinal coat<br />

sponge finish tomatch.<br />

Theenhancement<br />

project has cost $10,000<br />

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Awards forExcellence<br />

andWorkmanship.<br />

The companywas also<br />

recognised with fourgold<br />

awards for interior and<br />

exteriorwork completed<br />

on threeproperties<br />

around thedistrict.<br />

Warning issued for EA Networks<br />

The Commerce Commission has<br />

issued electricity lines company EA<br />

Networks awarning for<br />

contravening its regulated price<br />

path by about $3.3million in the <strong>2021</strong><br />

assessment period. The commission<br />

also accepted enforceable<br />

undertakings from the <strong>Ashburton</strong>based<br />

company for contravening its<br />

regulated price path by about<br />

$52,000 in the 2020 assessment<br />

period.<br />

The electricity distribution<br />

business has around 19,900<br />

consumers and, as aregulated<br />

monopoly under the Commerce Act,<br />

is subject to price­quality regulation<br />

through adefault price­quality path.<br />

The path sets alimit on the total<br />

revenue EA Networks can earn,<br />

which affects how much consumers<br />

pay for lines charges in their<br />

electricity bills.<br />

Commissioner Elisabeth Welson<br />

said as part of its reporting<br />

obligations, EA Networks disclosed<br />

to the commission that it had<br />

contravened its price path in the<br />

2020 assessment period.<br />

Subsequently, the commission<br />

identified an error in EA Networks<br />

pricing for the <strong>2021</strong> assessment<br />

period.<br />

“The commission decided to<br />

accept enforceable undertakings<br />

from EA Networks under which it<br />

would return its overcharge to<br />

consumers in respect of the 2020<br />

price path contravention and to<br />

issue awarning in respect of the<br />

<strong>2021</strong> price path contravention” she<br />

said.<br />

Ms Welson said the commission’s<br />

investigations found EA Networks<br />

price­setting conduct in the 2020 and<br />

<strong>2021</strong> assessment periods to be<br />

careless, and the result of human<br />

error and insufficient controls.<br />

“In making our enforcement<br />

decisions, we considered that EA<br />

Networks acted quickly and in<br />

consumers’ best interests to<br />

announce arefund of approximately<br />

$3.5 million in the <strong>2021</strong> assessment<br />

period.<br />

‘‘Also, in response to the 2020<br />

contravention, EA Networks has now<br />

taken steps to prevent price­path<br />

contraventions occurring again in<br />

the future.’’<br />

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Rebuild starts at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Intermediate<br />

Brent Gray in front of theold school meeting<br />

room, the first building to be demolished in<br />

the big rebuildproject.<br />

MICK.JENSEN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Fencing is upandthe firststage of a<br />

bigrebuildproject at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Intermediate Schoolhas startedat<br />

last.<br />

Thirteen teaching spaces areset to<br />

bereplaced, includingclassroom and<br />

technology spaces, andtherewill be<br />

strengthening work on stairwells in<br />

the two­storey block.<br />

Thework is scheduledtotake 600<br />

daysand $6 millionwas allocatedfor<br />

the projectwhenfunding was<br />

announcedinFebruary2018.<br />

Intermediate Schoolprincipal<br />

Brent Graysaidtheproject was<br />

excitingfor theschool andalso<br />

overdue.<br />

He saidtemporaryprefabs had<br />

been setupatthe school in 1974<br />

whenithad first opened.<br />

Those prefabs were stillthere<br />

nearly50years later,butwere going<br />

andwouldn’tbemissed.<br />

Thefirst stageinthe rebuildisthe<br />

demolitionofBlock 7, whichwas a<br />

schoolmeetingroom,and formerly<br />

thestaff room at the <strong>Ashburton</strong>High<br />

School,which formerly occupiedthe<br />

site.<br />

Fencinghadgoneupinthatarea<br />

andaround thebasketball courtson<br />

theGreyand Cassstreets corner of<br />

theschool site.<br />

Anew buildingfeaturingeight<br />

teachingareas willbebuilt.<br />

Mr Graysaidanew technology<br />

block wouldfollow.<br />

That block wouldreplace prefab<br />

roomscurrently usedfor hard<br />

materials,fabrics, food, scienceand<br />

artand would featureasharedspace<br />

in the middle.<br />

He said earthquake workonthe<br />

stairs in the twostoryblock was<br />

included in theproject.<br />

Itwas hopedtoreplacethe<br />

buildingitselfsometimeinthe<br />

future.<br />

‘‘Wecan’t improvethe useofthe<br />

blockasitstands,but we canupgrade<br />

thingswithin it.’’<br />

MrGray saidthe Intermediate<br />

School project and arebuild at<br />

Allenton School were bothbeing<br />

managed by theLogic Groupon<br />

behalf oftheMinistryofEducation<br />

andstagedphasesaimed to minimise<br />

disruption.<br />

The buildings at Intermediate<br />

Schoolwillform aUshapewhen<br />

work is completed andnewcourts<br />

arelikelytobeaddedatalaterdate.<br />

The school hasarollof420 at<br />

present, amaximum of450 andanew<br />

enrolmentzonescheme thatis<br />

effective from Term 1nextyear.<br />

COUNCIL BRIEFS<br />

FACILITY INTEGRATION<br />

The integrationof<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s art gallery and<br />

museum is progressingsteadily.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Art Gallery andHeritage Centre<br />

director Shirin Khosraviani told councillors at an<br />

activitybriefing that integration was not goingto<br />

happen overnight.<br />

Itwas ‘‘tracking along’’, but there had beena<br />

few IT issues.<br />

Therehad been afew staff meetingsand a<br />

plan of actionwas beingfollowed, shesaid.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Art Gallery becameacouncilcontrolled<br />

organisation in June. The museum<br />

has beenacouncil managed operationsince<br />

2014.<br />

LAKECAMP TREES<br />

Morework is planned to remove pine trees at<br />

LakeCamp.<br />

The pinus contortaaround the lake areseen<br />

as posing awildingspeciesrisk.<br />

Sometreeswereremovedlast year, but more<br />

havebeen identified for removal.<br />

Availablefunding fromEnvironment<br />

Canterbury willbeused and logging will be<br />

overseenby<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council’s<br />

forester.<br />

Logs proceeds will be usedtobuy natives that<br />

will be replanted in thearea.<br />

NITRATE REPORT<br />

Afollow-upreportonfreshwater nitrates in Mid<br />

Canterburyisnearing completion.<br />

Farm systemsand budgetanalysis work has<br />

beencompleted, as well as economic analysis.<br />

Asummarypaper is being compiled and also<br />

astakeholder engagement plan.<br />

Arowhenuaand the MayoralForumwill be<br />

consulted with as part of the processtofinalise<br />

the report.<br />

COAL TAR FOUND<br />

Layersofcoaltar have been found on sections<br />

of Eastand Havelock streets during recent<br />

upgradeworkinthe <strong>Ashburton</strong> CBD.<br />

Coal tar was usedasabinding agentonroad<br />

construction until the 1970s and has sincebeen<br />

replacedbyasphalt.<br />

Itisclassified as ahazardous and its<br />

excavationand disposalhas to followstrict<br />

guidelines.<br />

Layers of tar, between 50mm and100mm<br />

thick, have been found andinsome placesand<br />

sometimes two or three layers on top of each<br />

other.<br />

The coaltar is nowbeingtakentoanECan<br />

treatment siteatTemuka whereitistreatedand<br />

disposed of.<br />

RECYCLING BINS<br />

There was somegood recycling behaviour by<br />

residents during the recentLevel4lockdown.<br />

Contaminationinthe district’s recycling bins<br />

was around 5per centand stayedatthe same<br />

levelaspre-lockdown contamination.<br />

Glasswas not collected under Level 4, but<br />

recommencedunder Level 3.<br />

Between 150 and 250 vehicles visited the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Resource Recovery Park each day in<br />

the firstweekofLevel3.<br />

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Logging income hit by wind damage<br />

MICK.JENSEN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Recent wind damage around<br />

thedistrict is settocost<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>District Council<br />

(ADC)valuable logging<br />

income.<br />

Trees needtobesalvaged<br />

from damaged plantations<br />

covering an areaof65<br />

hectares.<br />

ADCforester Terry O’Neill<br />

told councillorsatarecent<br />

briefing thatthe salvagevalue<br />

of the treeswas estimated at<br />

$327,000.<br />

The bookvalue ofthose<br />

treeswas$403,000, butthe<br />

Drone footage showing damage<br />

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valueatmaturitywas $1.042<br />

million.<br />

He said thedamage to trees<br />

acoupleofweeksagowas<br />

moresignificantthan first<br />

thought.<br />

‘‘Theeventwas significant,<br />

butwas nottothesameextent<br />

as thedamage causedeight<br />

yearsago.’’<br />

He said there wasahigher<br />

cost toextractdamaged trees<br />

andanestimated $1<strong>30</strong>,000was<br />

needed to re­establish trees.<br />

Mr O’Neillsaid adrone<br />

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detailed assessments.<br />

Most ofthetrees damaged<br />

were onmatureplantations<br />

located onreserveblocks.<br />

Cr LynetteLovett said<br />

farmingtreeswas likeanytype<br />

of farming and losses needed<br />

to be budgeted for.<br />

Cr Angus McKay said<br />

Canterbury couldget wind<br />

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goingtochange.<br />

MayorNeil Brownaskedif<br />

plantationlandcould besold<br />

toneighbouringfarms.<br />

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alotofplantationsonreserve<br />

landand hadbeentryingto<br />

dispose of freehold blocks.<br />

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sellanditcamewiththeadded<br />

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forests plantedpre 1990were<br />

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People looking for rental<br />

accommodation in <strong>Ashburton</strong> are<br />

facing an uphill battle.<br />

Acombination of covid,<br />

government introducing healthy<br />

home standards and atax hike for<br />

landlords has created aperfect<br />

storm causing investment property<br />

owners to sell up.<br />

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home buyers due to low interest<br />

rates, so the people left out in the<br />

cold are the tenants who are given 90<br />

days to move out, and often need to<br />

rely on tax funded emergency<br />

housing.<br />

Shinene Appleton, of <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />

was pregnant with her third child<br />

when her and partner Ben’s rental<br />

went on the market in March this<br />

year.<br />

The couple had the foresight to<br />

start the hunt straight away, not<br />

waiting for the house to sell and the<br />

90 day notice to be issued. It took<br />

over five months to find anew home.<br />

‘‘We looked through between 15­20<br />

houses and only got offered one, the<br />

rest were unsuccessful,’’ she said.<br />

Being pregnant added to the strain<br />

of trying to find ahome for the family<br />

as time ran out.<br />

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looking for anew rental. It got to the<br />

point where we had afew weeks left<br />

to be out and Ithought we would end<br />

up in emergency accommodation.<br />

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took it straight away.’’<br />

Property manager Jan Smith said<br />

competition in the district’s rental<br />

market was high and recommended<br />

people looking for arental acted fast,<br />

had good references and had abetter<br />

chance of securing atenancy if they<br />

did not have pets.<br />

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ahard choice.<br />

‘‘Some owners can get upset when<br />

asked if they would consider<br />

rehoming their pet, but this could be<br />

just temporary, maybe live there for<br />

six months and once you have<br />

proven yourself approach the owner<br />

about getting apet,’’ Mrs Smith said.<br />

With the increase in first home<br />

buyers there are less rental<br />

properties on the market.<br />

‘‘Previously we would have had<br />

10­15 properties available, this week<br />

there are only three.’’<br />

Shinene Appleton<br />

When the properties were listed<br />

they can get over ten inquiries in an<br />

hour, with competition so stiff she<br />

recommended tenants put their best<br />

foot forward and treat viewings like<br />

ajob interview.<br />

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now, up to 20 people can come to a<br />

viewing, it can be heartbreaking,<br />

there is only one person or family we<br />

can give apositive answer to,’’ she<br />

said.

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5<br />

Colin crafts impressive 28­wheeler<br />

Colin Smith is quietand<br />

unassuming, but he lets his<br />

hands do thetalking when its<br />

comes to woodworking<br />

projects.<br />

Hislatestcreation is a<br />

28­wheeler model truck made<br />

from six different types of wood.<br />

Theformer shepherd spent<br />

the recent lockdown working on<br />

the project in his home<br />

workshop.<br />

It’s an eye­catcher and<br />

cleverly crafted.<br />

The modelisbased on a<br />

Wilson Bulk Transport truck<br />

and abulk bin will be fitted.<br />

Colin saidhis usual approach<br />

to any project wastowork<br />

slowly andsteadily.<br />

Working with good wood was a<br />

pleasure and theprocess didn’t<br />

need to be hurried.<br />

Colin saidheenjoyed giving<br />

away some of the things he<br />

made.<br />

Hisnextproject is amodel<br />

road train, which will be a<br />

bigger and more complex<br />

challenge.<br />

Colin, whohas been active<br />

with woodworking since he<br />

retired 15 years ago, is also a<br />

dabbler with paints.<br />

He uses acrylics mostly and<br />

some of his canvases have<br />

Left: Colin Smith’s impressive 28­wheeler made of six different<br />

types of wood. Above: Colin works on making wheels on the lathe<br />

at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Menz Shed.<br />

included large sawblades.<br />

Ideasfor projectsare often<br />

inspired by talking to his mates<br />

at the <strong>Ashburton</strong>Menz Shed,<br />

where he has been amember for<br />

the last seven years.<br />

‘‘I’ve learnt alot from them<br />

over the years and if Idon’t<br />

know something, I’ll ask.’’<br />

‘‘Someone always has the<br />

know how andthey’re all good<br />

men,’’ he said.<br />

New water meters<br />

are on the way<br />

Smart waters metersare being<br />

procuredfrom overseas and will<br />

be usedfor all newinstallations<br />

and also forthe Methven water<br />

trialproject.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />

(ADC) assetsmanager Andrew<br />

Guthrietold councillorsata<br />

recent briefingthat the new<br />

meters would notbeused to<br />

replaceexisting meters, unless<br />

thosemeterswere failing.<br />

Smartmetershad beenused<br />

for sometimeaspartofthe<br />

renewalprogramme, he said.<br />

If <strong>Ashburton</strong> moved toasmart<br />

meteringsystem then<br />

technology could be<br />

investigated thatgaveamore<br />

real timefeel to data collection.<br />

CurrentlyADCstaff had to get<br />

closetometers to be able to get<br />

readings and then download<br />

information, Mr Guthriesaid.<br />

Datafrom smart meters can<br />

record daily and annual<br />

consumption and help findleaks<br />

faster and more efficiently.<br />

Upgrades likesensors and<br />

repeaters can alsobeadded.<br />

Methven was chosenfor a<br />

water meter trialinMay which<br />

will help detectleaks in its<br />

drinkingwater scheme.<br />

The data collected from the<br />

Methvenwater monitoring will<br />

influence if meters will be rolled<br />

outfor the whole of Mid<br />

Canterbury.<br />

Some918 smart meters willbe<br />

installedinthe township and<br />

thecost of the trial, estimated at<br />

$1 million, will be spread across<br />

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St John course<br />

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Funding will support<br />

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Young actorsassociated with BigLittle<br />

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‘‘I think we are in an exciting transitional<br />

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7<br />

Former NZ ski collections manager Jan Lane with some of the exhibits at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall including awooden ski from the early 1900’s.<br />

PHOTOS DANIEL TOBIN<br />

Clarity wanted for historic ski collection<br />

DANIEL.TOBIN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Anationally significant<br />

historical ski collection housed<br />

at the Mt Hutt Memorial Hall is<br />

in danger of falling into<br />

disrepair says one concerned<br />

Methven resident.<br />

TheNew Zealand Alpine &<br />

Agriculture Encounter opened<br />

in 2011 and is visited by around<br />

1<strong>30</strong> people each month,with<br />

covid levels restricting the<br />

number ofvisitors.<br />

Jan Lane, whoworked as NZ<br />

ski collections manager, saida<br />

committee of 10 people worked<br />

together to build theexhibition<br />

finding historical items<br />

nationwide.<br />

‘‘It was huge, sourcing all the<br />

things from around NZ,making<br />

sure they were catalogued and<br />

filed accurately.''<br />

Over the years the committee<br />

members moved on leaving Jan<br />

as the only person looking after<br />

the collection, until she left in<br />

2018.<br />

Theexhibition displays the<br />

two main features of Methven's<br />

heritage, arable farming and the<br />

ski industry.<br />

Exhibits include a<br />

reconstruction of ski field<br />

pioneer Willi Huber’s hut, a<br />

helicopter used for heli skiing<br />

and mannequins sporting past<br />

Olympian equipment, medals<br />

and clothing.<br />

Sir Edmund Hillary also<br />

features decked out in period<br />

wooden skis and clothing sitting<br />

on achair from the original<br />

chair liftatMtRuapehu.<br />

Vintage ski memorabilia still<br />

arrives at the museum, donated<br />

by people who want to have<br />

their itemstaken care of, but<br />

Jan is concerned the items are<br />

left untouched with no­one to<br />

catalogue them.<br />

‘‘All these treasures have<br />

been gifted to thismuseum to be<br />

held in asafe place for ever,’’<br />

Jan said.<br />

The collection is community<br />

owned, the Methven Memorial<br />

Hall is owned by the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

District Council (ADC).<br />

ADC community services<br />

group mangerSteveFabish said<br />

council has recently provided<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum staff time to<br />

assess thecollection and look at<br />

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protected, and options for<br />

display.<br />

‘‘Discussions are being held,<br />

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refreshing the display.<br />

‘‘Council plan to workwith<br />

Methven historical groupsand<br />

community volunteers on the<br />

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8 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Workshops focus on re­using, swapping<br />

MICK.JENSEN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

There will be afocus on re­using,<br />

swapping and repairing at three<br />

upcoming workshops in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

The community will be encouraged<br />

and assisted to do right by the<br />

environment by re­usingold t­shirts to<br />

make bags, swap and share seedsand<br />

repair clothing that might otherwise be<br />

thrownaway.<br />

Environment educatorLesleyOttey,<br />

who is contracted to run <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

District Council’s water and waste<br />

education contract, says there is nothing<br />

more satisfyingthan diverting items<br />

from landfill and also growingyour fruit<br />

and vegetables.<br />

With the right ideas and attitude alot<br />

of goodthings can be achieved, she says.<br />

MrsOttey is keentocontinue get the<br />

wordaboutthe benefits of aseeddesk,<br />

aconcept thatencourages community<br />

groups,schools and otherstobuild up<br />

seedstocks andthen to sharethem.<br />

MrsOttey has astockofold fashioned<br />

school desks with lids that areavailable<br />

for the community to useasaseed<br />

store.<br />

‘‘We started the conceptinKaiapoi 10<br />

years ago andover theyears it’s just<br />

grown and grown.’’<br />

Aworkshop in the education centreat<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong>ResourceRecovery Park<br />

is planned at 2.<strong>30</strong>pm on October 15 to<br />

addressthe seedswapconcept.<br />

Groupsinterested are asked to call<br />

Mrs Ottey on 027 333 1314 to book a<br />

place.<br />

Sheisalso happy to go out into the<br />

community to talk seeds.<br />

Aworkshop at the <strong>Ashburton</strong>Public<br />

Library on October 4willmake bags<br />

fromt­shirts.Itrunsfrom10.<strong>30</strong>amuntil<br />

11.<strong>30</strong>am.<br />

Another workshop on October16will<br />

mark International Repair Dayand<br />

people can learn the basicsofsewing on<br />

abutton, patchingand darning.<br />

Thesession runs foranhourfrom<br />

10.<strong>30</strong>am and willbeheld at the<br />

education centre.<br />

‘‘Textilewastetolandfill is huge.<br />

‘‘It is better to buy andrepair, thanto<br />

throw away,’’ Mrs Otteysaid.<br />

Environmenteducator Lesley Otteywith<br />

seedsand atypical seed deskthatshe is<br />

keen to see used by community groups<br />

andschools.<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Flood funds, and Delta<br />

Iwanted to take this<br />

opportunity to give an<br />

updateonthe flood recovery<br />

fund. As you are aware, an<br />

additional $4 millionflood<br />

recovery fund was<br />

announced in earlyJuly.<br />

Grantsare to help clear<br />

flood debris from farm<br />

paddocks,such as shingle,<br />

boulders, trees, and silt,<br />

enabling landtobebrought<br />

back into production as<br />

quickly as possible. The<br />

fund means that MPI will<br />

contribute up to half of the<br />

clean­up cost for<br />

uninsurable works.<br />

It’s important to note that<br />

industry representative<br />

bodies(Beef +Lamb,<br />

DairyNZ, Federated<br />

Farmers and Deer Industry<br />

NZ) helped set the criteria<br />

for the fund focusing on<br />

greatest need, and how the<br />

funding could havethe<br />

greatest impact. Grant<br />

applicationsare being<br />

considered by an<br />

independent panel made up<br />

of people with knowledgeof<br />

farming and our local<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

October 14, 15,<br />

18, 19, 20<br />

communities. Sector groups<br />

and localMayors helpedto<br />

select the panel members.<br />

They’re localexpertsand<br />

community leaders who will<br />

helpensureafair and<br />

equitable distribution of<br />

funds.<br />

At thisstage, 82 farmers<br />

and growers havebeen<br />

offered agrant for clean­up<br />

costs.<br />

About 50 applications are<br />

pending, with these either<br />

withthe panel for<br />

assessment, or backwith the<br />

applicant to providefurther<br />

information. 38 applications<br />

did not meet the criteria.<br />

Fourhave come backwith<br />

additionalinformation<br />

currentlybeing considered<br />

by the panel. Once grants are<br />

GREAT<br />

RATES<br />

confirmed, these will be<br />

paid out after the work has<br />

been completed.<br />

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Family Notices<br />

Deaths Deaths<br />

Deaths Acknowledgement<br />

DALY Kevin Michael, on<br />

<strong>September</strong> 26, <strong>2021</strong> at<br />

Methven. 68 years young.<br />

With great sadness Kev passed<br />

away peacefully at home.<br />

Much loved husband of Kate,<br />

beloved Dad to Kevin, Kerri,<br />

James, Sara, Matt and Emily.<br />

Loved father-in-law to James,<br />

Nic, Roger, Bubbles and Nikki.<br />

A much adored and loved<br />

Pop toDanielle, the late Libby,<br />

Harry, Willie and Toby Lemon.<br />

Madeline and Kateline Daly.<br />

Jack, Louis, Max and Wal<br />

Daly. Gracie, Abi, Molly and<br />

Dougie Peacock. Great Pop<br />

to Hugo, Ollie and Sophie.<br />

The lollie pops were always<br />

well stocked in the truck.<br />

A cheeky fun loving brother<br />

and uncle to all his siblings,<br />

nephews and nieces. Messages<br />

to the Daly family c/- P O<br />

Box 472, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740.<br />

“For you Kev, the worries are<br />

over, lay down and rest your<br />

head,we’ll put the truck in shed”<br />

Due to COVID restrictions, a<br />

private funeral for Kevin will be<br />

held.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

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03 <strong>30</strong>77433<br />

DUDLEY, Ian Palmer, on<br />

<strong>September</strong> 24, <strong>2021</strong>, at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged 86 years.<br />

Dearly loved husband of the<br />

late Cynthia. Much loved<br />

father and father-in-law of<br />

David and Suzanne (Hamilton),<br />

Richard and Sue, Debbie and<br />

Gordon Guthrie, and Kerry<br />

Rolleston (Ahipara). Loving<br />

Pop ofSamantha and James,<br />

Jack and Kelsey, and Tomand<br />

Annabelle; Tayler and James,<br />

Alex and Sarah, and great-Pop<br />

to Lochie, Nicole, and Hugo.<br />

Messages to the Dudley family<br />

c/- P O Box 472, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

7740. Aprivate service for Ian<br />

will be held.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

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03 <strong>30</strong>77433<br />

Supporting thecommunity<br />

96 Tancred Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Phone<strong>30</strong>7 8317<br />

JONES, RobertArthur: Passed<br />

away peacefully at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Hospital on <strong>September</strong> 26,<br />

<strong>2021</strong>, surrounded by his family.<br />

Aged 85.<br />

Loved and devoted<br />

husband of the late Heather<br />

and loved father and father inlawofAndrea<br />

and Brian Hanna,<br />

Brent and Coleen, Katrina and<br />

Jos Mensen, Rachael and Nigel<br />

Barron, Leighton and Nikki.<br />

Beloved Pop of Hilary and Stu,<br />

Richard and Emily; George and<br />

Rebekah; Charlotte and Sam,<br />

Robert and Alice; Mitchell,<br />

and Jessica; Lily, and Ryan;<br />

and great Grandpop of Rosa;<br />

Henri and Max. Due toCovid<br />

restrictions aprivatefuneral will<br />

be held at his church in Carew<br />

on Friday 1 October at 1pm.<br />

Youare warmly invited to pay<br />

your respects at 2.<strong>30</strong>pm forthe<br />

intermentatCracroftCemetery.<br />

Messages to the Jones family,<br />

c/- P O Box 472, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

7740. For those wishing to<br />

view the service online go to<br />

www.patersonsfunerals.co.nz<br />

funeral notices and click on<br />

Roberts’s noticefor the link.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

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FDANZ<br />

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KEITH, Alistair: Passed away,<br />

peacefully, on18.9.21. After a<br />

long battle he is finally at peace.<br />

Much lovedhusband of Allison,<br />

loved father of Jordan, loved<br />

stepfather of Kristen, Jessi and<br />

the late Steven, loved Gramps<br />

of Ryder and Alex, loved<br />

brother of Rodney, the late<br />

Heather, Sandra and Richard,<br />

loveduncle of Glen and Narelle,<br />

Dean and Brenda, Simon and<br />

Stacey.<br />

ROWE, Mark: At Coldstream<br />

Lifecare, <strong>Ashburton</strong> on<br />

Wednesday, <strong>September</strong> 22,<br />

<strong>2021</strong>. Aged 79 years. Much<br />

lovedDad of Amanda and Paul,<br />

and Stacy. Cherished Grandad<br />

of Sean.<br />

Special thanks to the staff at<br />

Coldstream Lifecare for their<br />

careand support.<br />

Messages to:The Rowe Family,<br />

c/- 78 Barker Road,Rakaia 7710.<br />

A private family service has<br />

been held.<br />

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TWAMLEY Brent John<br />

(Twams), on <strong>September</strong> 21,<br />

<strong>2021</strong> at <strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged 54<br />

years. Itiswith great sadness<br />

that wehave tosay farewell to<br />

amuch loved amazing friend,<br />

companion, and husband to<br />

Anita and loved Dad to Katie,<br />

and Rosie. Much loved son<br />

of Marg and the late Brian,<br />

and brother of Grant, Debbie,<br />

and Nicola. Loved son-in-law<br />

of Lynette and Allan Tweed,<br />

and brother-in-law toJo, and<br />

Tweedie.<br />

A loved uncle of all<br />

his nieces and nephews and<br />

loved “Uncle Bingley” to his<br />

extended family. Messages to<br />

the Twamley family c/- POBox<br />

472, <strong>Ashburton</strong>7740.<br />

”We have so many loving<br />

memories of amischievous,fun<br />

loving Twams”Aprivateservice<br />

will be held.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

FDANZ<br />

03 <strong>30</strong>77433<br />

TWAMLEY, Brent John,<br />

on <strong>September</strong> 21, <strong>2021</strong>, at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Dearly loved<br />

second son of Margaret and<br />

the late Brian Twamley. Loved<br />

brother and brother-in-law of<br />

Grant and Pauline, Debbie and<br />

Ian, Nicola and Nathan, and<br />

loveduncle of all his nieces and<br />

nephews. “Fought abrave and<br />

courageous battle.”<br />

McKIMMIE, David William, on<br />

<strong>September</strong> 26, <strong>2021</strong>. Passed<br />

away peacefully, surrounded<br />

by his family and his music,<br />

aged 71 years. Dearest<br />

husband to Katherine. Adored<br />

father and father-in-law to<br />

Kate and Frank McWatt, Vickie<br />

and Ricky Watson, Jane and<br />

Glen Tait, Dave and Sarah<br />

McKimmie, and cherished by<br />

his 11 grandchildren. Precious<br />

son of the late Rosa and John<br />

McKimmie. Treasured brother<br />

and brother in law ofJohn and<br />

Heather McKimmie, Julie, Rod<br />

and Dawn McKimmie, Heather<br />

and Paul, Beth and David,<br />

Helen and Don, David and<br />

Patrice, and special uncle to<br />

his many nieces and nephews.<br />

Admired, respected and loved<br />

by his extended family and<br />

all who knew him, especially<br />

his life long partner in crime,<br />

Max Harrison. In honour of<br />

David donations to the NZ<br />

Brain Research Institute, by<br />

contacting (info@neurological.<br />

org.nz) would be much<br />

appreciated. Aprivate service<br />

for David will be held, with a<br />

Memorial service tocelebrate<br />

his lifeatalaterdate. Foranyone<br />

wishing to view the service<br />

go to www.patersonsfunerals.<br />

co.nz, Funeral Notices and click<br />

on David’s noticefor the link.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

FDANZ<br />

03 <strong>30</strong>77433<br />

DEVEREUX, Irene Patricia, 24-<br />

12-25 -1-09-21: The family of<br />

Irene wish to thank everyone<br />

for the support and help given<br />

us all when our Mum/Nana/<br />

Nana D passed away. Her<br />

funeral servicewas very special,<br />

under the restrictions; thanks<br />

to Father Nolan and Father<br />

Huynh. We are grateful to the<br />

nurses and carers at Millstream,<br />

and to Marie who diligently<br />

broughtCommunion to Mum–<br />

thanks to all.Weplan to have a<br />

memorial celebration of Mum’s<br />

lifenextyear.<br />

DICKSON, Alan George: Bev,<br />

Lana, Vanessa, Mark, Brent<br />

and their families, would like<br />

to thank everyone for their<br />

kindness with flowers, cards,<br />

visits and phone calls.<br />

Please accept this as apersonal<br />

thank you.<br />

MATTSON, Kelvin Gary: Irene,<br />

Jason, Angela, Shane, Craig,<br />

Tony, Gary and the wider<br />

Mattson family would like<br />

to thank everyone for their<br />

support and kindness given<br />

to us with the sudden loss of<br />

Kelvin.<br />

Sincere thanks for the flowers,<br />

cards, phone calls, and food<br />

received. Your kindness has<br />

been very much appreciated.<br />

Please accept this as apersonal<br />

acknowledgement<br />

Family<br />

Notices<br />

Enquiries phone<br />

Mary,Jann or Karen<br />

on<br />

<strong>30</strong>8 7664<br />

or call into<br />

199 Burnett Street.<br />

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Birth, engagement,<br />

anniversary, death,<br />

acknowledgement, and<br />

in memoriam notices<br />

will be charged $18<br />

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NEWS<br />

10 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Geraldine’s rhododendron dell will be part of the Geraldine Nature<br />

and Sculpture Trail.<br />

PHOTO DONNA SHAW<br />

Geraldine trailplan<br />

outfor feedback<br />

The Geraldinecommunity is<br />

being invited to offercomment<br />

andfeedback on aplanned<br />

nature and sculpture trail<br />

project.<br />

Adesignplan is now<br />

available forthe Geraldine<br />

Nature and Sculpture Trail<br />

which aims to enhance and<br />

definethe township.<br />

The vision for the trail is to<br />

take natural areas likethe<br />

Waihi River trail, Talbot Forest<br />

walks andGeraldine Domain,<br />

andalso thecommercial<br />

centre,and to create an<br />

integrated experience which<br />

spans nature, the arts, history,<br />

andculture.<br />

Both Timaru District Council<br />

andVenture Timaru have been<br />

supporters of and partners in<br />

the projectand haveprovided<br />

funds andresources to date.<br />

The landscape masterplan<br />

has been completedby<br />

landscape architects Glasson<br />

Huxtable.<br />

Following community<br />

consultation,the planwill be<br />

finalised andafundraising<br />

schedule set.<br />

Thenext stages will see<br />

applications to funders and<br />

opportunitiesfor the<br />

community to become involved,<br />

eitherthroughfinancial<br />

support or by supplying<br />

resourcessuch as labour to<br />

support the development of the<br />

trail concept.<br />

Donors for sculptureand art<br />

willalsobesought.<br />

Theproject group plans to<br />

secure anumberofpermanent<br />

pieces for the trail andto<br />

feature othertemporary<br />

sculptureswhich would be for<br />

sale. Salesfromthe everchanging<br />

trail could provide<br />

income thatsupports ongoing<br />

maintenance and<br />

development.<br />

To viewand commentonthe<br />

design plan visit the geraldine.<br />

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Feedbackonthe trail closes<br />

on October 3.<br />

Hands in charge<br />

Stalwart firefighterRob Hands<br />

has been named district<br />

managerofthe newly created<br />

Mid­South Canterbury Fire and<br />

EmergencyNew Zealand<br />

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districts nationwide.<br />

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builtand natural environments<br />

for manydecades. He knows<br />

Aoraki communities well and<br />

has strong connections from his<br />

previous role as aprincipal<br />

rural fire officer and as a<br />

volunteerfirefighter.<br />

In his new role as district<br />

managerMrHands planned to<br />

prioritiseFire and Emergency’s<br />

organisationalgoals and be<br />

there for both the urbanand<br />

rural communities across<br />

Aoraki.<br />

The newly created districts,<br />

which replacedthe historical<br />

split of 24 urban areas and 18<br />

rural fire districts nationwide,<br />

saw FENZreachasignificant<br />

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12 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

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Passion shown for ag industry<br />

Mid Canterbury’s Rhys Roberts<br />

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Theaward is touted as<br />

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badge of honour.<br />

Mr Robertswas one of eight<br />

finalists; fourinNew Zealand<br />

and four in Australia, selected<br />

for their passionfor the<br />

industry, strong leadership<br />

skills, andthe contributions<br />

they were making in the<br />

primarysector.<br />

He is chiefexecutive officer<br />

of AlignFarmsGroupinMid<br />

Canterbury, andfarms withhis<br />

wife Kiri, whoisfarm manager,<br />

at Align Clareviewat<br />

Westerfield.<br />

TheAlign Farms Group,<br />

founded by directors John<br />

Buchanan and Rob Cameron, is<br />

madeupofseven farms in Mid<br />

Canterbury, covering 1786<br />

hectares and milking 4500<br />

cows.<br />

Clareview­a296 hectare<br />

property ­was bought bythe<br />

groupin2013 and is the largest<br />

farm in the Aligngroup.<br />

They milk 1080 cowson a80<br />

bail rotary,achieving around<br />

480,000 milk solids per year<br />

supplying Westland Milk<br />

Products.<br />

And have anumberof<br />

initiativesinplace to help them<br />

along theirjourney including a<br />

roster systemapp where staff<br />

Kiri, and Rhys Roberts who has been named afinalist in the Zanda<br />

McDonald Award.<br />

PHOTO FILE<br />

choose their work days in four<br />

week periods, andafive year<br />

trial in place to collect data on<br />

regenerative dairyfarming on a<br />

commercial scale.<br />

Mr Robertshas spent more<br />

than 20 years in the industry<br />

andwas continually working to<br />

find abetter balance on farm ­<br />

environmentally andsocially<br />

where they could ‘‘work the<br />

farm, not have the farm work<br />

us’’.<br />

Award chairman Richard<br />

Rainssaid covid travel<br />

restrictions had driven the<br />

change from one award winner<br />

to two last year, buthad also<br />

created anexciting<br />

opportunity.<br />

Theincrease to eight finalists<br />

and two winners hasapositive<br />

impact on morefuture leaders<br />

in Australia and NewZealand,<br />

he said.<br />

“We’re thrilledtobeable to<br />

invest in the future of all eight<br />

finalists, and our twowinners,<br />

and help with their future<br />

careerand personal<br />

development.<br />

‘‘Our judges have again been<br />

overwhelmed with the levelof<br />

talentand capabilities of this<br />

years’ candidates, who have<br />

come from abroad range of<br />

backgrounds in the primary<br />

sector.<br />

‘‘They display adeepseeded<br />

desire tomake a<br />

difference, along with<br />

ambition, personality and<br />

drive.<br />

‘‘We can’t wait to meet the<br />

finalists face­to­facefor<br />

interviews, andprovide them<br />

withmentoring and media<br />

trainingaspartofthe<br />

process.’’<br />

The Zanda McDonald<br />

Awardrecognisesfuture<br />

youngleaders working in<br />

agriculture, and provides an<br />

impressiveprizepackage<br />

centred around atailored<br />

transtasman mentoring<br />

programme.<br />

The four New Zealand<br />

finalists are MrRoberts,34;<br />

Adam Thompson, 35, director<br />

of Restore NativePlant<br />

Nursery, beef farmer and<br />

mortgagebroker from<br />

Cambridge; Katie Vickers, 28,<br />

headofsustainability and<br />

land use for Farmlands, from<br />

Christchurch;and Olivia<br />

Weatherburn, 33, national<br />

extension programme<br />

manager for Beef +Lamb<br />

NewZealand, from Mossburn<br />

Southland.<br />

The four finalists from<br />

Australia are Charlie Perry,<br />

35; Kate McBride, 23; Gavin<br />

Rodman, 28;and Jeremy<br />

Cummins, 34.<br />

SYNLAIT CHANGES<br />

Grant Watson will take overthe<br />

helmasSynlait Milk Limited chief<br />

executive officer from earlynext<br />

year.<br />

Mr Watson,who is currentchief<br />

executive officer at Miraka dairy<br />

company,spent 10 yearsat<br />

Fonterraholdingseveralsenior<br />

roles includingdirector of global<br />

foodservice,acting director of sales<br />

FonterraBrands NewZealand,<br />

managingdirector of Tip Top, and<br />

directorofrouteand foodservice<br />

FonterraBrands NewZealand.<br />

He builthis executive career at<br />

McDonald'sNew Zealand and has<br />

heldseveral governanceand<br />

directorshiproles for privateand<br />

publiclylistedcompanies.<br />

“I have watchedthe Synlait story<br />

withinterest for many years and<br />

am excited to join theteam in<br />

2022,’’ he said.<br />

‘‘I’m apassionateNew<br />

Zealander andbelieve our country<br />

has an importantroletoplay in<br />

takingour high-qualityproducts to<br />

the world. Ilook forwardto<br />

continuingthisjourneywith the<br />

Synlait team.”<br />

Synlait chair Graeme Milne,who<br />

is retiringbyrotation from the<br />

board,will remainonasanadvisor<br />

for ayearand board appointed<br />

directorJohn Pennowill take over<br />

thechairrolewith Paul McGilvary<br />

appointed as IndependentDirector<br />

after ratification from shareholders<br />

at theannual meetingin<br />

December.<br />

RobertStowell hasbeen<br />

appointed chieffinancial officer<br />

after acting in therole for thepast<br />

five months.

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

13<br />

Anna’s life, the best of both worlds<br />

After growingupinMid<br />

Canterbury, Hawea<br />

woman Anna Munro has<br />

lived adiverse lifestyle<br />

from singing and<br />

shepherding to<br />

photography and<br />

physiotherapy.<br />

She talks to ruraleditor<br />

Sally Rae about her career<br />

and her desire to help tell<br />

the farming story.<br />

AnnaMunro used to thinkshe<br />

would love to endupowninga<br />

farm.<br />

Nowshe’s not so sure.After<br />

all, the Hawea womanhas the<br />

best of both worlds, dividing<br />

her timebetweenworking on<br />

Ardgour Station, near Tarras,<br />

and as aphysiotherapist in<br />

urban Wanaka. There arealso<br />

annual autumn musters at Lake<br />

HeronStation.<br />

It might seem an unusual<br />

combination but, for outdoorslovingAnna,itsuits<br />

herdown to<br />

the proverbial tee.<br />

‘‘I suppose it dependswhat<br />

you’re into. Ithink it’s perfect. I<br />

know Idefinitelystill like<br />

having the people contactbut<br />

man, Ireallylook forward to<br />

gettingout to the farm as well.<br />

Definitely at the moment, life is<br />

pretty awesome,’’ shesaid.<br />

Anna(34), nee Jaine, grew up<br />

in MidCanterbury, initially on<br />

asheepand beef farm Cren Lea<br />

at Carew ­a‘‘tiny little spot’’<br />

with achurch,school and a<br />

hall, before the family farm<br />

sold and they moved to<br />

Cravendale, a485ha property in<br />

the foothills at Mt Somers.<br />

Cren Lea was on the flats ­in<br />

an area that was nowvirtually<br />

all converted to dairying ­and a<br />

property withhills was ‘‘pretty<br />

awesome’’ to grow up on, she<br />

said.<br />

Shewas the eldest of four<br />

with two sisters, Nina and Ailie,<br />

who now lease and farm<br />

Cravendale, andbrother<br />

Robbie.<br />

Thefour all helped out on the<br />

farm wheretheirparentsmade<br />

it ‘‘really good fun’’.<br />

‘‘I’vegot really positive<br />

memories of growing up,’’ she<br />

said,quippingthat herparents<br />

musthavesecretly disguised<br />

work as fun.<br />

Nina and Ailie, in particular,<br />

were ‘‘justrightinto the farm’’<br />

Anna Munro, with dogs Gus and Rizzo, during the Lake Heron Station autumn muster.<br />

while Robbie made it clear<br />

farming was not something he<br />

saw himself doing in the future,<br />

although he loved the property.<br />

Anna was largely kept busy<br />

withmusic and other creative<br />

outlets.<br />

While enjoying the farming<br />

lifestyle, she spent much of her<br />

timeimmersed in ‘‘music­y type<br />

stuff’’.<br />

But Cravendale had always<br />

been agrounding placetogo<br />

home to.<br />

‘‘I think, at heart, Idefinitely<br />

recharge when I’malone. The<br />

farmhas always been amazing<br />

for that,lots of space,’’she said.<br />

Her parents encouraged the<br />

foursiblings to do their own<br />

thing andbroaden their<br />

horizons. Ailietrained as a<br />

nurse, Nina avet and Robbie a<br />

doctor, while Annastudied<br />

physiotherapy.<br />

But beforeshe settled on that<br />

as acareer, shetook ayearoff<br />

after leaving school and worked<br />

on farms in Ireland and<br />

Scotland. Having had enoughof<br />

school, she wantedto "work it<br />

out" for herself.<br />

She worked at an outdoor<br />

education centre in Scotland<br />

for people with special needs.<br />

There was aphysiotherapist<br />

there and she decidedthat<br />

would be a‘‘cool path to go<br />

down’’. Her mother was alsoa<br />

physiotherapist.<br />

Annaspent three yearsatthe<br />

University of OtagoinDunedin<br />

and spent her last yearin<br />

Canterbury.<br />

Sheworkedasa<br />

physiotherapist in Gisborne<br />

before returning to Canterbury,<br />

having met her nowhusband<br />

Mitch, abuilder, who grew up<br />

in Fairlie. There wasalsoa<br />

stint in Wyoming working on a<br />

ranch.<br />

Thecouple later decided to<br />

leave Christchurch, wanting to<br />

be somewhere‘‘with abit more<br />

of acommunity heart’’, and<br />

moved to Wanakain2016.<br />

Annaknewshe did not want<br />

to be doingphysiotherapy fulltime,<br />

despite it beingan<br />

‘‘awesome job’’.<br />

‘‘I lovethe people sideofit<br />

and Ilove helping people. Iwas<br />

just missingbeingout in the<br />

open so Ithought... I’ll just see<br />

if Ican go part­timefarm and<br />

PHOTO SUPPLIED<br />

physio work.’’<br />

She now spends Tuesdays<br />

andWednesdays working at the<br />

<strong>30</strong>00ha merino sheep and beef<br />

property, Ardgour Station,<br />

ownedby Bruce and Linda<br />

Jolly, and Mondays,Thursdays<br />

andFridays at CentralLakes<br />

Physio in Wanaka.Over winter,<br />

weekendswere split at the<br />

station.<br />

The station comprises<br />

extensive hill country and some<br />

irrigated landonthe terraces.<br />

The Jollys had been<br />

‘‘awesome’’ to work for, and<br />

Anna also enjoyedworking<br />

alongsidestock manager<br />

WarrenHewson, who had<br />

dubbed her two working dogs<br />

Gus and Rizzo, TownDog 1and<br />

TownDog 2, because theywere<br />

pets when she was home in<br />

Hawea.<br />

‘‘They liveaverygood life,’’<br />

she said.<br />

Anna has developed aloveof<br />

photography, ahobby which<br />

had‘‘justfallen into place in a<br />

funny way’’.<br />

Her husband had bought a<br />

camera ­heloved hunting and<br />

wanted to takeittoawapiti<br />

block in Fiordland.<br />

But he found it too heavyand<br />

she said she would take it on<br />

the Lake Heron Station’s<br />

annual autumn muster in the<br />

heart of the Canterbury high<br />

country, which theJaine sisters<br />

regularlyhelped out on.<br />

It was ‘‘just thebesttime’’,<br />

four days spent on foot,<br />

campingeach night in ahut<br />

from which they headed out<br />

every day to bring thewethers<br />

down offthe tops.<br />

Anna took photographs on the<br />

muster and quickly discovered<br />

peopleloved seeing images of<br />

the high country. Shealsotook<br />

part in Lake Heron’s one­day<br />

spring muster and that wasalso<br />

ascenic occasion.<br />

She entered theOtago<br />

Merino Association’s<br />

photography competition and<br />

later thought perhapsshe<br />

should do something with her<br />

photographs, showing people<br />

authentic rural life.<br />

Aphotographer friendof<br />

Anna’s mother encouragedher<br />

to enter this year’s New<br />

Zealand Geographic<br />

Photographerofthe Year<br />

awardsfor which public voting<br />

was now under way.<br />

She dispatchedaselection of<br />

mustering photographs butit<br />

was a‘‘random shot’’ of the<br />

Hawea Picnic RacingClub<br />

president’s lounge that was<br />

selectedasafinalist.<br />

Herphotographs can be<br />

viewed on Facebook and<br />

Instagram.<br />

She had recently also<br />

compiledacalendar of her<br />

imagesand had sold more than<br />

200 with orders from all over<br />

the world, andsome from<br />

peoplewho used to musterat<br />

Lake Heron.<br />

‘‘I’m justtrustingthat some<br />

good will comefrom it (her<br />

photography). It’s amazing how,<br />

if you trust something,pour<br />

your heartinto it, good things<br />

happenfrom it,’’ she said.<br />

Music has continued to be a<br />

passionfor Anna, who tookher<br />

guitar on this year’s autumn<br />

muster and it was discovered<br />

that there wasalot of talent<br />

among the shepherds,with<br />

some goodsing­a­longs.<br />

She recentlystarted aduo<br />

with AbbeyMackenzie and the<br />

pair will be performing at the<br />

Geraldine Summer Fete ­held<br />

at Ms Mackenzie’s family home<br />

­onNovember 4.<br />

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Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 32<br />

<strong>30</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

DeputyPrincipal Message<br />

Variety<br />

Who said ‘Variety isthe Spice of Life?’ Idon’t know,<br />

but Ihave always been infavour of avaried and<br />

exciting lifestyle andhavecertainly had my moments.<br />

It keepsthe mind active, helps stave off the effects of<br />

boredom and all that comes with it, and ‘they’ say it<br />

keepsyou young –not sureabout that!<br />

Uncertainty<br />

What Idofind atiring battleisuncertainty and alack<br />

of direction. In our current times we are all handling<br />

uncertainty inour own way, asthe goal posts around Covid 19 change,<br />

and we must alter course yetagain.<br />

It has beengood to get backtoschool,evenwith its challenges,but there<br />

is still much that wemiss and still much hesitation around events that<br />

mayormay not happen.Wehavehad to put several events on ice, largely<br />

because of group sizes.The recent move to larger numbersatgatherings<br />

has helpedalittle in thatspace.<br />

In our learning areas, things are moving along nicely, and everyone is<br />

working hardtomake up the lost ground.<br />

On the widersocial side of things,weare cautiously moving on with some<br />

events in aslightly differentformat, cautiously putting them back ‘onthe<br />

board’in the hope that we continue to keep this pandemic under control.<br />

Junior Pastoral Team –2022 NewEntrant Students<br />

The Junior Pastoral team is working tirelessly, onthe mahi that goes on<br />

behind the scenes,totransition this year’s Year 8studentstothe College<br />

at the startof2022.This is aprocess that takesseveral weeks to administer<br />

effectively. and involves great liaison between ourselves and the junior<br />

schools.The process has been somewhat compressed this year and that<br />

has thrown extra pressures on the team.This can be an anxious timefor<br />

young people and parents alike and, at AshColl,wetry andanticipate this,<br />

and prepare well tomake sure that these understandable concerns are<br />

minimisedand oftendispelled.<br />

College Values<br />

Our College Values of Quality, Pride and Respect, continue to be afocus<br />

for all, and these were chosen in away that enable all members of our<br />

College community -students, and staff -tobe good citizens. It’s really<br />

encouraging when we hearthatthey aremodelled at home by caregivers<br />

and whānau.Thatlink really helpslock them in place.<br />

MidCanterburyBoxing Academy<br />

Alongside this Ihave, of late, had the privilege of being inanother<br />

environment where ‘values are king’ and that is the Mid Canterbury<br />

Boxing Academy (MCBA). Some months ago, wewere approached by<br />

EionJohnson from theMCBAtosee if we would be keen to be partofthe<br />

Billy Graham Youth Foundation. We grabbed the opportunity with both<br />

hands.<br />

Thisisaschemethatisaimedatall young peopleand is designed to:<br />

·turn youngpeopleintohealthyyoungadults;<br />

·workonattitudes and self-control;<br />

·motivate each person to personalexcellence;<br />

·teach them to respect their family and those aroundthem;<br />

·understand and carefor their ownbodiesand increase fitness.<br />

Everythingwestrivefor at College! We currently have fiveCollege groups<br />

attending this on aweeklybasis andithasbeen brilliant!<br />

It is set up as anon-contact programme and the focus is on fitness and<br />

personalvalues.The sessions arerun by HeadCoach,Cornelius Grobler,a<br />

former New Zealandboxingchampion.<br />

This young man isone of the most motivational people Ihave had the<br />

pleasure tomeet. His ability to link with our students is phenomenal.<br />

He has theskill and understanding of youngpeople that enables him to<br />

connect immediately, and begin the transfer of life values –they line up<br />

so well with whatweare all aboutatthe College.<br />

He makes thestudents proud of who they areand wherethey come from,<br />

and Isee them modellinghis lifemessages aroundCollege.<br />

The man is alegend. For me, being there myself can be the highlight of<br />

my week.Ialways leave pleased that Ihad beenincluded.<br />

TheMid CanterburyBoxing Academyisonly one of themanyinstitutions<br />

in our district thatfoster and growgood citizens andstrengthenlifeskills.<br />

We really are fortunate tohave somuch going onand it should be our<br />

mission to belong to agroup thatisabletodeliver this into our lives.<br />

Preparation and Success<br />

As always,atthis time of theyear Iencourage our students, especially our<br />

seniors,tolook afterthemselvesasthe academicyear gallops towards a<br />

close.<br />

Preparation is the keytosuccess,and my message is<br />

‘planthe work andthen work the plan’.<br />

Very best wishes go to all our students for the upcoming exams and<br />

assessments, and sincere thanks to the College staff who have tirelessly<br />

battled to keep things close to normal. And of course, without parents<br />

and caregivers,none of this would have been possible.<br />

Cananyone remind me what normalisplease?<br />

RonCresswell<br />

Deputy Principal •TumuakiTuarua<br />

Forthcoming Public HolidayDates:<br />

Labour DayHoliday Monday25October<br />

CanterburyAnniversary Day Friday12November<br />

Additional College Date foryour Diaries:<br />

Thursday 25 November ACCORD Teacher Only Day(MoE/PPTA/NZEI)<br />

(Collegeclosed forinstruction)<br />

Staff –Welcome<br />

Ashleigh Arras<br />

Learning SupportAssistant,<br />

Te WhareManaaki.<br />

Information<br />

COVID Level2Arrangements:<br />

Reminders re College Protocols<br />

Illness –Students Must Stay at HomePlease:<br />

Level 2Guidelines are being followed. If your child has acold or is<br />

unwell theyshouldnot be attendingCollege.<br />

Where astudent comes to school sick, beadvised wewill contact you<br />

to ask youtocollectthemfromCollege.<br />

Events<br />

Murran Buller<br />

ReturnedtoCollege as a<br />

Learning Support Assistant,<br />

in Mainstream classes.<br />

Reminders:<br />

NCEA and College Internal Exams –<br />

Please Note Datesand Arrangements<br />

NCEA External Exams<br />

• End of Year external exams will now start two weeks later, commencing<br />

Monday22Novemberand running through until Tuesday14December.<br />

• External Portfolios in Art, and Design and Visual communication<br />

deadlineswill alsobe pushed out by twoweeks.<br />

Level3Visual Art; Levels 1-3 Technology andLevel 1DVC –<br />

ChangedSubmission Dates<br />

With the extendedlockdown and subsequentdisruption to learning,NZQA<br />

has extended the time availableto schools to develop and collect relevant<br />

candidate evidence requiredfor external assessmentfor subjects/standards<br />

where evidence is submitted.<br />

Thedeadline forthis is 10 November <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Donations to HospiceMid Canterbury<br />

Year 13 students Sam Holland and Jacob Bruce, as part ofthe Student<br />

Executive Community Services Committee, which Sam is leader of, are<br />

the key instigators and organisersofdonations to HospiceMid Canterbury.<br />

Operating from Monday 13 <strong>September</strong>, soon after the return toschool<br />

following lock-down, this initiativecontinues through until the end of term<br />

tomorrow.<br />

The call has gone out to the College community, via Instagram, Facebook<br />

and posters around the school for second-hand items in good, clean<br />

condition, including clothing,books andtoys.<br />

Collection boxes inthe Student Office and the Upstairs Study Room have<br />

been filling, with items delivered to Hospice Mid Canterbury atthe end of<br />

eachweek. The donations have been much appreciated.<br />

Forthcoming Events<br />

Please note: dates are as at the time of publishing. Alterations, due to<br />

COVID-level restrictions will be advised torelevant groups as soon as<br />

details areknown.<br />

October<br />

01 Aoraki SecondarySchools’ Table Tennis,Timaru<br />

Year 13 PED Golf,Lake Hood (Period 5)<br />

01-17 Term Holidaybreak<br />

End-of-Year and Senior Prize-GivingDates<br />

We remind families that, due to the startofNCEA exams being pushed<br />

back,ithas beendecided to also move back the following dates:<br />

Senior StudentPrize-giving Dates<strong>2021</strong><br />

• Year 13 -Wednesday10November,7:<strong>30</strong>pm,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>TrustEvent Centre<br />

• Year 11 and 12 -Monday15November,7:00pm,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>TrustEvent Centre<br />

Last dayofschoolattendancefor Senior Students as follows:<br />

• Year 13 last dayofschool Thursday11November<br />

• Years 11 and 12 last dayofschool Wednesday17November<br />

Last dayofschoolattendanceand Prize-givings forJunior Students:<br />

Please noteslightchanges to these dates, and achange from previous<br />

prize-giving times.<br />

• Year 9 Thursday09December:Prize-giving5:<strong>30</strong>pm,<br />

College Auditorium<br />

• Year 10 Thursday09December:Prize-giving 7:<strong>30</strong>pm,<br />

College Auditorium<br />

Events<br />

StudentWriters’Club<br />

This is an initiative operating for aspiring student writers, which<br />

operates onFriday lunchtimes inEnglish teacher and Co-ordinator of<br />

this programme Rebecca Jeffery-Jones’classroom.<br />

Working with Rebecca has been Year 13 student Harrison McKee, in a<br />

leadershiprole.<br />

Amotivating factorfor Harrison’s involvementand leadership is his passion<br />

for writing but also the fact that hewould have relished such aclub when<br />

he was ajuniorstudent.<br />

Rebecca advised,withappreciation,thatHarrisonhas alsoworked hardon<br />

further developing awebsite started by herself, aswell as preparing topics<br />

and facilitating thesewith the group. Thewebsitewillprovide avehicle for<br />

students to share and upload work, offering links for information helpful<br />

forcreativewriting and providingone/two formal writing pieces. Harrison’s<br />

plan istohave available astring<br />

of exercisesfor future use.<br />

(Pictured right): Harrison<br />

commencing the sessionon<br />

Character Writing.<br />

As advised by both Rebecca<br />

and Harrison, the club suffered<br />

something of an hiatus, due<br />

to lockdown restrictions and<br />

related interruptions, but being<br />

on-site again had enabled some<br />

revitalisation. Approximately a<br />

dozen students have accessed<br />

the Club during the year, across<br />

year groups but, latterly, mainly<br />

Year 9 students which augers<br />

well for the development of this<br />

skill.<br />

Additionally, of value, is development towardsCreativeWriting whichisan<br />

NCEA Standard in English.<br />

Writers’Group Processes<br />

Harrisonoutlined thefocusofthe groupasmainly being writingexercises,<br />

arising from various prompts which could be writing ashort story based<br />

on asentence, covering differentgenresatdifferenttimes,within atwenty<br />

minuteperiodof time.<br />

Anotherapproach is usingavisualwriting prompt by fillinginacircleand,<br />

forexample,creating afictionalcity, drawing simple shapes, applyingvalues<br />

andthen preparing aback storyfromthis information.<br />

Legacy<br />

AgoalofHarrison’s, throughthe club, hasbeen to buildupanaudienceof<br />

participants to ensure continuityof theclub afterhe leaves College, and to<br />

leavealegacyfor younger students including the skills of self-management<br />

and motivation.<br />

CharacterProfiles<br />

On Friday 17<strong>September</strong>, the day ofvisiting the Writers’ Club, Harrison<br />

was, very ably, facilitating asession onCharacter Profiles, emphasising the<br />

importanceofdevelopingatypeofcharacter, its purpose anddescriptions<br />

of. Henoted astory withoutcharacters is only but bland.<br />

Encouragement was that it is easier to compose astory if characters are<br />

already established in awriter's brain. Harrison shared techniques hehad<br />

used.<br />

Covered indiscussion were the key prompts of Purpose, Personality and<br />

Profile; andpersonalitytypes,asking what type of characterdoesan author<br />

want as the maincharacter. Aninteresting discussionwas held on types of<br />

personality and the benefits and drawbacks of certain personality types in<br />

certain situations.<br />

Covered were courage and types of; what roles might akind person be<br />

found in; whatare the pros and cons of an energetic character andcan they<br />

become afanatic; if alaid-back character –might they become lazy; what<br />

does acharacterwith ‘cool’energymean –might they become self-centred,<br />

not abletobecome‘cool’without others’input; while astubborn personality<br />

may have their own mind-set, driven by ideals without which they can’t<br />

exist; an ‘air-headed’person may befunny but also attract‘dumb’luck, can<br />

they exist without accidentally killing themselves; acautious character is<br />

likely to succeed, but slowly, asthey overly build aprotective base, can be<br />

overly prepared, always planning.<br />

Highlighted was the fact that every character inhistory exhibits the traits<br />

attachedtocertainpersonalitytypes. Ascertaining characters and knowing<br />

howthey will reactcan be the mostchallenging partofwriting.<br />

(Pictured above, left and right): Two ofthe Year 9Writers’ Club regulars –<br />

Aiden Nicolson and Lachlan Storey.

<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 32<br />

<strong>30</strong> <strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

Events<br />

PreLockdownOpenMic Concerts<br />

Open Mic Concerts have become afeature at College during the last<br />

year or three,muchenjoyedbythe performers and the audiencealike.<br />

Again, with the support ofCollege Staff Performance Director Claire Bubb,<br />

the StudentExecutive Cultural Committee,led by Shrina Afu–with support<br />

from Year 13 studentMichael Munro-has been instrumental in advertising,<br />

organising and setting upthese events. Music teacher Michael Petrus is<br />

additionally akey part ofthe process, supporting performers, while Claire<br />

BubbisMC.<br />

These concerts are held in the College Auditorium during the lunch break<br />

on aFridaybut,due to Covid lockdown, the last of these performances was<br />

held on Friday13August.<br />

Anyone can choose to register as aperformer,while the audienceisadmitted<br />

freeofcharge,with afull Auditorium the normal response from students.<br />

In the time available during the lunch break Shrina advised thereare usually<br />

about seven performances, and sometimes volunteer performances from<br />

the audience.<br />

Performers at the latest and previous concerts included -<br />

• Imogene Felton Vocal Solo: ‘Cry Me aRiver’<br />

• Michael Munro Vocal Solo: ‘You Found Me’ by TheFray.<br />

• Gwen Zamora Vocal Solo: ‘Love on the Brain’ by Rihanna; and Band<br />

performance aspart ofthe College Band ‘Second<br />

Soul’ with Boaz Drye,Tielu Iakopo,Caendal Harrisand<br />

PedroCollins playing their original piece ‘Shiney’.<br />

• Penina Vaaelua Vocal Solo: ‘Warrior by Demi Lovato.<br />

• Bridget Hyde Vocal Solo: ‘Say Something’ by GreatBig World.<br />

• Ian Jerao HipHop Dance, to OG BobbyJohnson song.<br />

• Harrison McKee With the College Rockband Butterfly Effect,<br />

comprised of Harrison, Michael Munro,<br />

Courtney Wilding,Malachi Drye.<br />

Their performances were ‘Last Laugh‘, which was<br />

written for the Rockquest competition, and ‘Gravity’,<br />

plus ‘SpaceAge’ which was played asagroup at last<br />

year’s prize-giving.<br />

(Pictured above): Ian Jerao in<br />

dancemode.<br />

(Pictured left): Penina Vaaelua<br />

performing her vocal solo<br />

(with music teacher Michael<br />

Petrus controlling ‘tech’<br />

matters in behind!).<br />

Highest Numbers Ever forReading Mentors!<br />

Information by Reading Teacher Joanne Wakelin<br />

Have you heard about the highly successful Reading Mentor<br />

programme at <strong>Ashburton</strong> College? Read on to find out about its success<br />

in <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

The well-established and respected <strong>Ashburton</strong> College Reading Mentor<br />

programme has onceagain had awonderful year.This year sawthe largest<br />

number of students participating in the twice-weekly mentoring,sincethe<br />

inception of the programme in 2008.<br />

(Pictured above): Mentoring groups working in the library.<br />

Year 12 Mentors<br />

During <strong>2021</strong> we have had fortyYear 9students and thirty Year 12 students<br />

involved throughout the last twoterms. TheYear 12 students actasmentors,<br />

reading to Year 9students. Results from previous years show that the<br />

scheme not only has positiveacademic results,but the role-modelling and<br />

mentoring by the senior students hashad manywonderfulspin-offsfor the<br />

Year 9students. This includes aspects such as increasing their confidence,<br />

encouraging them to be on time for school and their classes, and helping<br />

with personal issues. Senior students also gain leadership skills and enjoy<br />

the mentoring opportunities.<br />

This year’smentors havebeen-<br />

Tiffany Agacer, Chris Angus, Julianna Apoldo, Ashleigh Blakemore,<br />

Jack Brown, Marc Calzada, Zane Cameron, Jayde Cook, Imogene Felton,<br />

Emma Graham, Anna Gray, Ethan Gray, Salatielu Iakopo, Felicity Johnston,<br />

Fononga Lisala, Ngahuia Maeva, Parixit Maharjan, Sarah Mattson,<br />

Caleb McNulty-Burns, Eli Orena, Aaliyah Power, Glena Prado, Jorja Roulston,<br />

Charles Savage, Ron Sildo, Ella Skinner, Mitchell Taylor, Claudia Thomas,<br />

Tc Trusler-Clark, Lucas Vainerere.<br />

Appreciation to Advance<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

The large number of students able to participate in our scheme is with<br />

thanks to the ongoing financialsupportofAdvance <strong>Ashburton</strong>and another<br />

anonymous donor.<br />

Thestudents always enjoythe food provided by our canteen and we thank<br />

Canteen Manager Kelven Hastie and his team fortheir greatworkalso.<br />

Additionally, weare grateful for the support and mahi of both our AshColl<br />

staff and students, and the wider community. This enables the continued<br />

success of another supportprogramme at <strong>Ashburton</strong>College.<br />

Congratulations<br />

Very Successful <strong>2021</strong> Season for<br />

Boys’Hockey1st XI<br />

ManagerJasonVannini outlines the seasonfor us,saying they had fivenew<br />

faces in the squad of sixteen this year,with only oneYear 13 student, but a<br />

solid group of Year 12 students andsomeverypromising Year 11 players.<br />

New coach, Ryan Hampton, who most recently captained the College<br />

team in 2014, had the team responding very well to his enthusiasm and<br />

obvious skill as acoach, and the team prepared themselves for another<br />

season playing in Christchurch on Fridaynights.<br />

Results in Christchurch SecondarySchool League,Division 1<br />

These made forimpressivereading,overtwo rounds.<br />

Round 1<br />

Christ’s College 2nd XI (1-all draw); St Bede’s College 2nd X1 (4-1); St Andrew’s<br />

College 2nd XI (2-0 ); CashmereHigh School 1st XI (3-0); Christchurch Boys’<br />

High School 2nd XI (1-2).<br />

Round 2<br />

Christ’s College 2nd XI (2-1); St Bede’s College 2nd XI (1–1). For this game<br />

College had the Senior Ball thatsame nightand were therefore without the<br />

six Year 12 and 13 students,soadrawwas agreat result.<br />

St Andrew’s College 2nd XI (2-2); Cashmere High School 1st XI (5-0). There<br />

wassomesatisfaction in beating Cashmere’s1st XI twiceinthe same year,as<br />

they normally beatCollege in Christchurch and then at Winter Tournament<br />

Week!!<br />

In the game against Christchurch Boys’High School 2nd XI the score was<br />

reversed to (2-1) from the scorefromthe first game in this,the last game of<br />

the round beforethe final.<br />

Round Robin Position –Second Placed on Table<br />

AshColl finished second on the table as aresult of having only one loss,but<br />

toomanydraws!<br />

Then lockdown intervened, with the thought that the competition may<br />

not come through to finals play-offs. However, Christchurch Hockey came<br />

through with aLevel 2date.<br />

Inter-School Sports Exchange Outcomes<br />

Against Burnside High School 1st XI<br />

Burnside playinthe Premier SecondarySchools’grade,and arealways very<br />

strong.AshColl wasat1–1 at three-quartertimeand they scored late in the<br />

last quartertogiveCollege a2–1 defeat.<br />

This was avery close game and our team really lifted toplay attheir level,<br />

so even though it resulted in aloss it wasthe closest game against them for<br />

anumber of years.<br />

Against RangioraHigh School<br />

This exchange was played in<strong>Ashburton</strong> also, with great support from<br />

parents and other teams. College started well and ended up dominating<br />

much of the matchtorecorda5–0 victory.<br />

By this stage of the season progress being made with skills and structures<br />

wasevident, makingthis averygood victory.<br />

Winfor College in the SecondarySchoolLeague,Division 1<br />

Final,against Christchurch Boys’High School 2nd XI<br />

This was always going to be aclose game with the best two teams inthe<br />

grade both having a2-1 victoryand 2-1 loss to each other in pool play.<br />

This game was played atNgā Puna Wai Turf 1and was streamed live on<br />

Youtube.<br />

Allowed were forty spectators, with College having thirty eight parents<br />

and supporters make the trip up from <strong>Ashburton</strong>. There was time for two<br />

practices beforethe match.<br />

Congratulations<br />

College startedwell and gained apenaltycorner aftertwo minutes.This was<br />

convertedwith asweet shot by Hamish O’Reilly into the back of the net for<br />

a 1–0 scoreline at the end of the first quarter.<br />

In the second quarter a great through ball from Henry Wallis found<br />

HenryThomas in spaceonthe rightwing.Heput the ball across the frontof<br />

goal and NicStringer turned it in at the back<br />

post fora2-1 lead at halftime.<br />

In the third quarter Boys’ High got agoal<br />

back halfway through, to set up for atense<br />

final quarter.<br />

Both sides had chances in the final quarter<br />

and Boys’ High had a penalty corner with<br />

three minutes left, but great defensive<br />

running from Henry Wallis kept them out.<br />

We closed out the last two minutes for a 2-1<br />

WintoCollege.<br />

(Pictured right): Captain Dante Vannini with<br />

the trophy.<br />

(Pictured below): NicStringer (Number 4) scoring College’s second goal.<br />

Team Composition<br />

The team was captained this year by Dante Vannini, our sole Year 13<br />

representative. He played at striker and also led the defensive ‘press’,<br />

where you prevent the opposition clearing the ball from their end. The<br />

commentators in the finalnoted thatour press wasthe best in thegrade.<br />

In the midfield, Harry Soal and Hamish O’Reilly held possession and<br />

stopped the opposition coming through the middle and TomRosevear<br />

defended well and put some great balls forward for the strikers. Atstriker,<br />

Cole Aitken used his speed to greateffect,and RileyHarris hadanexcellent<br />

seasonafter having his 2020 season ruined by injury.<br />

(Pictured above): Harry Soal taking ashot at goal.<br />

Henry Wallis led the backs and was ably assisted by<br />

SamOrr, who made greatstrides in his reading of the game and positioning<br />

to keep the opposing strikers at bay.<br />

Archie Glanville had another great year in goal and only conceded 12<br />

goals in 13 games, giving College agreat opportunity towin every game<br />

we played.<br />

The winning team with the trophy, after the game (pictured above,<br />

back row, left to right): Harrison Doak, Henry Wallis, Tom Rosevear,<br />

Braden Luxton, Nic Stringer, Riley Harris, Archie Glanville, Cole Aitken,<br />

Will Rollinson, SamOrr,RyanHampton (Coach), Jason Vannini (Manager).<br />

(Front row, left to right): Zane Cameron, Dante Vannini, Harry Soal,<br />

Lachie Jemmett,Hamish O’Reilly,HenryThomas.<br />

Photographs acknowledgement: Geoff SoperPhotography

NEWS<br />

16 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

$45k raised for Relay<br />

Agroup of “older”folk, who<br />

refer to themselves as ‘Dog<br />

Tucker’, have takenanovel<br />

approach to fundraising for the<br />

Cancer Society’s upcoming<br />

Relay For Life eventin<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Each team memberpaysa<br />

membership fee to join the Dog<br />

Tuckerteam as aone­off upfrontpayment<br />

and so far,<br />

togetherwith support from<br />

family and friends, the team<br />

has raisedover $45,000.<br />

There are 26 members of the<br />

team and all are either Mid<br />

Canterbury residents or<br />

individuals who have aclose<br />

associationwith the district.<br />

Dog Tucker team captain<br />

Roger Bonifantsaid the team<br />

had bondedovertheir cancer<br />

connections. “Weare agroup<br />

of friends and colleagues who<br />

all have strong cancer<br />

connections, either as cancer<br />

survivors ourselves, cancer<br />

widows and widowers, close<br />

friends and supporters,”he<br />

said.<br />

“Our aim in beingpartof<br />

Relay For Life is to celebrate<br />

cancer survivors, remember<br />

loved ones we have lost and<br />

fightback by raising awareness<br />

and funds tosupport the work<br />

of the CancerSociety.”<br />

“There will be plenty of Dog<br />

Tuckers walking the Domain<br />

OvalonSaturday 16th<br />

October,” he said.<br />

The Relay for Life is on at<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain, and<br />

runsfrom 10am to 10pm.<br />

For more information or to<br />

make adonation visit: www.<br />

midcanterbury.relayforlife.<br />

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Members of the Hospice biography team.<br />

Biographers<br />

for Hospice<br />

HospiceMid Canterbury hasa<br />

dedicated teamofbiographers<br />

trainedtorecord thelife<br />

stories of clients. Demand for<br />

the popular service hasseen<br />

hospice seekingnew<br />

volunteers to join the<br />

biographyteam.<br />

Biography service coordinatorChristine<br />

Wilson<br />

said oneofthe most precious<br />

legacies aperson could leave<br />

wasthe storyoftheir life.<br />

‘‘Biographers find it areal<br />

privilege to help clients get<br />

their memories andstories<br />

down,” she said.<br />

Over the past five years the<br />

hospice hasrecorded almost<br />

100biographies.<br />

Abiographerwillgointothe<br />

home,usually once aweek, for<br />

an hour, to record theclient’s<br />

stories and thentypethemup.<br />

Some biographies are<br />

completed in afew weeks,<br />

while others takelonger.<br />

Getting their storyrecorded<br />

allowsthe client andoftenthe<br />

caregiver to reflectonthe<br />

person’slife.<br />

The retellingofthestories<br />

hasproved to be atherapeutic<br />

element ofbiography writing<br />

and canbejust asimportant as<br />

thebiography itself.<br />

Full training was provided<br />

as well as ongoing support.<br />

Although abiographerneeded<br />

to havereasonable writing<br />

fluencyand needstobeabit<br />

tech savvy as phones were<br />

used to recordclients’ words<br />

and then the biographertypes<br />

these up.<br />

Over aperiodofafew weeks,<br />

thebiography takesshape<br />

from thestoriestold.Photos<br />

canalsobeincluded.<br />

Biographersneedtohave a<br />

genuineinterestinpeople. As<br />

oneofthe biographersoften<br />

said “I love people’s stories”.<br />

HospiceMid Canterbury is<br />

also lookingfor other<br />

volunteers,including<br />

assessors, whogenerallycome<br />

from ahealthprofessional<br />

background,and volunteersto<br />

work in the Hospice shop,<br />

including Saturdayshifts.<br />

Anyone interestedinjoining<br />

theHospiceMid Canterbury<br />

team of volunteerscan contact<br />

Belinda phone <strong>30</strong>78387 or<br />

0272278387 or email<br />

belinda@hospicemc.nz for<br />

further information.<br />

Tuarangi property sale<br />

The former Tuarangi Home<br />

property, on theoutskirts of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>,has sold to alocal<br />

family at auctionfor $1.35m.<br />

Bayleyslead agentMick<br />

Hydes saidthe property had<br />

garnered plentyofinterest with<br />

around25parties showing<br />

interest in the lead up to the<br />

liveauction last Thursday.<br />

It was heldatthe Bayleys<br />

office on DeansAvenue,in<br />

Christchurch.<br />

Six parties were interested in<br />

the 4.125 hectareproperty on<br />

the day but while ‘‘most of them<br />

sat on theirhands’’ an opening<br />

bid wasmade whichgot theball<br />

rolling.<br />

Finally after some backroom<br />

negotiation­and alastminute<br />

bidder ­the property was sold.<br />

‘‘Everyone is veryhappy with<br />

the result,’’ Mr Hydes said.<br />

‘‘The vendor,purchaser and<br />

the community should be too.<br />

(Plans) will come out but just<br />

not right now,’’hesaid.<br />

‘‘There areplans afoot.’’<br />

The site,whichisfreehold<br />

land with residential Czoning,<br />

is adjacent to the established<br />

Braebrookresidential<br />

subdivision.<br />

It hasasubstantialbrick<br />

building of about 2590sqm<br />

which wasconstructed around<br />

1901.<br />

Inits heyday,Tuarangi<br />

(named fromthe Maori word<br />

for old) was the former home to<br />

thousands of men andwomen.<br />

The buildingwas used as a<br />

men’shome(or infirmary) and<br />

thenasarest­homefacility<br />

before it closed and movedto<br />

CameronStreettoamodern<br />

hospitalwithaspecialised<br />

psychogeriatric care facility for<br />

the elderly.<br />

It wasalsoowned by the<br />

Moule/TwiggerTrust, the North<br />

Canterbury HospitalBoard and<br />

the Canterbury HospitalBoard.<br />

Atimecapsule removed from<br />

the site had been giventothe<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum.<br />

The site hasmany outhouses<br />

andfronts Tuarangi Road,<br />

widening to the back of the<br />

propertyand along the<br />

northern edge of Braebrook<br />

subdivision.<br />

Wakanui Stream, more<br />

commonly known as Mill<br />

Stream,runs through the site.

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

New fish<br />

season<br />

tomorrow<br />

The upper Ōhau River trout fishery<br />

has undergonesignificant<br />

managementreview over the past five<br />

yearsand anglers should be aware of<br />

the newregulationsintroduced for<br />

the upcoming season.<br />

As part of changes to the <strong>2021</strong>/2022<br />

season regulationsthe (upper) Ōhau<br />

Riverflowing between Lakes Ōhau<br />

and Ruataniwha, Twizel, has been<br />

designatedabackcountryfishery.<br />

To fish the upper ŌhauRiver in the<br />

new <strong>2021</strong>­22sports fishing season,<br />

anglerswill first have to purchase a<br />

whole season licence andthen,in<br />

addition, obtainabackcountry<br />

licence endorsement,free of charge<br />

from the Fish &Game NZ website at<br />

www.fishandgame.org.nz<br />

Other fishing spots closer to home<br />

include Lake Hood, which holds a<br />

high numberofperch and afew trout<br />

that cruise only the shallow edge of<br />

the lake, perch love small brightly<br />

coloured lures. Agreat spot for a<br />

school holiday outing.<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong>River can hold<br />

reasonablenumbers of brown trout<br />

near<strong>Ashburton</strong>,best fishedwhen the<br />

riverisflowing clear.<br />

It is uncertain howthe winter<br />

floods have affected the trout<br />

numbersatthis stage.<br />

The Rangitata River offer some<br />

scenic trout fishing above its gorge<br />

and the chance of catching asea run<br />

browntrout nearthe mouth.<br />

All persons fishing for trout, salmon<br />

and perch in freshwater requirea<br />

sports fishing licence.<br />

Epic<br />

effort<br />

from<br />

Bruce<br />

People andpooches were<br />

running together at the<br />

third4Paws Marathon races<br />

held at BottleLake andon<br />

the beaches of<br />

Christchurch.<br />

Observing AlertLevel2<br />

spacing rules,competitors<br />

fromall overthe South<br />

Island lined up forevents<br />

lastweekendincluding the<br />

marathon,halfmarathon,<br />

16km, 10km, 5kmanda<br />

2.4km rascals walk/runs.<br />

Therewerealsotwo virtual<br />

races.<br />

Jenny Lansdown, of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>,and her8­yearold<br />

black labrador Bruce<br />

tookpartinthe 10km runat<br />

Bottle Lake.Itwas their<br />

second4Paws runhaving<br />

takenpartinthe inaugural<br />

4Paws half­marathon two<br />

years ago.<br />

Becauseofcovid,<br />

organisers startedlines of<br />

competitors at tensecond<br />

intervals to space them<br />

apart.There werearound 50<br />

peopleinthe 10km race<br />

through the1000hectare<br />

Jenny Lansdown, of <strong>Ashburton</strong>, with Bruce ahead of the 10km<br />

race.<br />

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />

Bottle Lake Forest.<br />

Jennyand Bruce finished<br />

arespectable 21st.<br />

Jennyhas previously<br />

taken part in raceswithout<br />

herpoochbut now prefers<br />

Brucetobe at herside.<br />

‘‘I havehim tied to the<br />

front of me andhepulls me<br />

along,soI’vestopped doing<br />

other eventsand onlydo<br />

eventsIcantakethe dog<br />

on,’’ shesaid.<br />

Darryl Cotton andPip won<br />

the men’smarathonina<br />

timeof3:46:31while Holly<br />

Weston andBilly Knowler<br />

wonthe women’s marathon.<br />

NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

17<br />

OUT AND ABOUT<br />

OCTOBER2<br />

HampsteadSoftball Club is hosting<br />

aone daytournament, from<br />

9.<strong>30</strong>am, featuring five local teamsto<br />

showcase the sport. Spectators<br />

welcome. Food anddrink vendors<br />

are also on site.<br />

OCTOBER3<br />

HekeaoHindsRiver Project<br />

CommunityPlantingDay at the<br />

NearRiverrechargesite at 563<br />

MayfieldKlondyke Road, Montalto.<br />

BYO glovesand waterbottle.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Car Club grass<br />

motokhana kick starts their first<br />

event in the club’s pointscalendar,<br />

afterwet weather postponed the<br />

event lastweek. On at the club<br />

grounds47WakelinsRoad,off<br />

StateHighway77, from 10.<strong>30</strong>am.<br />

St David’s Church is hosting afair<br />

and monster garagesale at the<br />

churchonAllensRdinAllentonfrom<br />

9am to 11.<strong>30</strong>am. Baking,jams,<br />

preserves, plants, barbecue,<br />

morning tea,children’s games.<br />

The HarrisScientific Reserve<br />

planting dayruns from 9.<strong>30</strong>am until<br />

11.<strong>30</strong>am.Bringgloves,aspade,<br />

suitable footwear and own food and<br />

drink.<br />

OCTOBER 16<br />

St John garden walk fundraiserat<br />

Rakaia Gardens, Dorie.<br />

Mid Canterbury Cancer Society’s<br />

Relay for Life,<strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain<br />

oval.<br />

Got aspecial event planned, let<br />

us know. Email details to<br />

office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

WIN afree solar system for your favourite charity<br />

it’s time to<br />

let the sun in<br />

the<br />

solar for good<br />

project<br />

to celebrate the opening of our<br />

new solar hub in Christchurch<br />

we are gifting a$<strong>30</strong>k solar system<br />

to alocal organisation that you think<br />

does great things in your community.<br />

to nominate<br />

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ISSUE <strong>2021</strong> SEPTEMBER<br />

MEETING WRAP<br />

Although our meeting this<br />

month wasongoogle meets<br />

it did nothalt our planning<br />

and productivity.<br />

This meetingplayedout differently<br />

as wehad noguests, anditwas<br />

online.<br />

We beganour meeting by<br />

discussing Mental Health<br />

Awareness Week and PurpleShirt<br />

Day. Mental HealthAwareness Week<br />

runsfromthe27th of <strong>September</strong><br />

to the 3rdofOctober. Together<br />

with SelwynYouthCouncil we<br />

will be creatingspecial Instagram<br />

posts surroundingthe five waysof<br />

wellbeing.<br />

Ournextimportanttopic wasBite<br />

Nite. We had adiscussion about<br />

thepostponement date andlocal<br />

business sponsors forprizes.<br />

Next weall came up withthe<br />

personal positiveimpacts joining<br />

AYC hashad on us sothat during<br />

our chatwith Hoopswecould use<br />

these points to inspirethe youthof<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Finallywe, during general business<br />

organised who wouldtakeonwhich<br />

roleatBite Nite.<br />

MADDIE PAGE<br />

Secretary<br />

6 NOVEMBER<br />

SATURDAY<br />

5:00pm TO 8:00PM<br />

EA NETWORKS CENTRE<br />

TICKETSAVAILABLE<br />

ASHBURTONDC.GOVT.NZ/BITENITE<br />

AYC Supporting Mental Health<br />

Awareness Week<br />

Mental Health Awareness Week<br />

or MHAW is an annual campaign<br />

by the Mental Health Foundation<br />

to help Kiwis understand what<br />

boosts their wellbeing and<br />

mental health.<br />

There are Five Ways to Wellbeing that<br />

helps improve our mental health and<br />

wellbeing: Connect, Keep Learning, Be<br />

Active, Give, andTakeNotice.<br />

This year, the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Youth Council<br />

have teamed up with Selwyn Youth<br />

Council topromote this year’s Mental<br />

Health Awareness Week. At thebeginning<br />

of the year, both of the youth councils<br />

Join AYC<br />

in 2022<br />

Applications for the 2022 youth<br />

council open on 1October.<br />

If you wouldlike to be part ofagroup of<br />

young people that make decisions on<br />

youth activities inour district then you<br />

should jointhe <strong>Ashburton</strong>Youth Council.<br />

It gives you agreat deal of satisfaction<br />

being able to givebacktoyour townand<br />

being part of your community. Italso<br />

givesyou confidencetobepart ofateam<br />

andhelping to makedecisions. Youget to<br />

meetadiverserange of peopleand make<br />

newfriends.<br />

The team meets once amonth soyou<br />

only need alittle free time. Check out<br />

thewebsitefor more informationand for<br />

an application form, www.ashburtondc.<br />

govt.nz/council/governing-bodies/youthcouncil<br />

have started to brainstorm for ideas<br />

to promote MHAW and to increase the<br />

awarenessofthe youth in ourcommunity<br />

about Mental Health. We came up with<br />

the idea to create PurpleShirt Dayaiming<br />

to promote MHAW, while also inviting<br />

schools within our districts to participate<br />

such as<strong>Ashburton</strong> College.<br />

Also through multiple online meetings,<br />

both youth councils are making social<br />

media posts about the five ways to<br />

wellbeing, that will beshared in both of<br />

the youth councils social pages. There<br />

will also be apodcast from SYC that will<br />

talk about Mental Health Week that will<br />

beshared.<br />

facebook.com/AshYouthCouncil<br />

Recruiting<br />

2022<br />

Mental Health Awareness Week is on the<br />

27th of<strong>September</strong>till the 3rd of October.<br />

We, both the AYC and SYC, are inviting<br />

everyonetowearapurpleshirtonone of<br />

thedaysduringthisweektohelppromote<br />

MHAW! Remember if youneedtotalk to<br />

someone,youcan call ortext1737.<br />

JOHNMAGYAYA<br />

AYC Digital<br />

MediaCoordinator<br />

For info ortoapply visit the Council website<br />

ashburtondc.govt.nz or call 03<strong>30</strong>7 7700.<br />

Applications opens 1October and close 21December <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

MUSIC FOOD SPORT INFLATABLES<br />

DOM COTTER<br />

AYC Member<br />

PO Box94, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, NewZealand 7740 | Telephone (03) <strong>30</strong>7 7700 | Website ashburtondc.govt.nz |facebook.com/AshYouthCouncil

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

19<br />

Margaret’s netball coaching success<br />

As anetball coach Margaret<br />

Butler gets abuzz from seeing<br />

players’ confidence and skills<br />

develop. It’s why she does what<br />

she does.<br />

Shehas been coachingoff<br />

and on for the past <strong>30</strong> years, but<br />

has recently taken her netball<br />

coaching up afew notches,<br />

completing both her community<br />

coach award (CCA) levels 1and<br />

2onthe Netball NZ coaching<br />

pathway.<br />

Theawardsare aseries of<br />

online and practical modules to<br />

help coaches develop players at<br />

the community level.<br />

Attaining award level 2isa<br />

pre­requisite for the<br />

PerformanceCoach<br />

Qualification (PCQ), thenext<br />

levelonthe national coaching<br />

pathway.<br />

Margaret began hercourses<br />

in 2019 to gain more ideas for<br />

her coaching. Initially she’d<br />

planned to complete all of the<br />

courses by the end of the2020<br />

season, but covid disrupted<br />

those plans and she completed<br />

thefinaltwo coursesthisyear.<br />

The biggest highlights for her<br />

as acoach were seeingthe<br />

players youwereworkingwith<br />

develop their skills,she said.<br />

“I love seeingplayers’<br />

confidence and skills grow<br />

throughout theseason.Ialso<br />

love seeing ateam begin the<br />

season without really knowing<br />

each other, andending the<br />

season as onetight unitwho<br />

worktogether to achieve<br />

common goals.”<br />

Mid Canterbury Netball coach Margaret Butler with her community coaching awards.<br />

The Netball NZ pathway had<br />

helped her on her netball<br />

coaching journey, she said.<br />

“The pathwayhas meant that<br />

Ihavemet new people from<br />

throughout Canterbury,other<br />

coaches, and beenable to<br />

discuss coaching ideas with<br />

them.<br />

“It has also given memany<br />

resourcestodrawonfor<br />

developing my players. The<br />

resourceshave beenahuge<br />

help for skills and drills to try<br />

with my teams, as wellas<br />

recording sheets andstats.<br />

“Ithas alsobeengreat to<br />

workalongsideother coaches<br />

withinMid Canterbury, and<br />

having alocal coach developer<br />

PHOTO SUPPLIED<br />

(Claire Tappin) to support and<br />

answer anyquestionshas been<br />

awonderfulresource.”<br />

Clubs in the districtare<br />

alwaysonthe hunt for more<br />

coaches and MidCanterbury<br />

Netball provides coaching<br />

courses and resources for all<br />

coaches at FutureFerns(Year<br />

3­4 andYear 5­6) level.<br />

Anyonewanting to find out<br />

more about coaching netball,or<br />

howthey could go about<br />

obtaining coaching<br />

qualifications, canemail them<br />

directly at info@mcnetball.co.<br />

nz<br />

Margaret’s coaching journey<br />

beganasateenager living in<br />

Dunedin, working with age<br />

groupteams, andalthough she<br />

stopped coachingwhen she<br />

wenttouniversity, she<br />

continued to play and later<br />

picked up coaching again.<br />

“I began coachingagain when<br />

Istarted teaching, andcoached<br />

3­4 school teams each year as<br />

we couldn't source coaches for<br />

theschool Iwas working in.<br />

“WhenImoved to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Istopped coaching as Ihad a<br />

newbaby and wanted to focus<br />

on being amum. Igot back into<br />

coaching in <strong>Ashburton</strong>about<br />

eight or nine years ago when my<br />

daughter (Gianna)started<br />

playing netball.”<br />

She coachedGianna’s teams<br />

through the agegroups.<br />

“My goal has alwaysbeen to<br />

move into coaching apremier<br />

team, andthisyear Imoved to<br />

United in order to achieve<br />

this,” she said.<br />

Heraim was to continue<br />

coaching in premier grades,<br />

ultimately into premier 1, and<br />

pick up more representative<br />

coaching.<br />

She coachedone of Mid<br />

Canterbury’s U16 teams this<br />

year and was keen to coach<br />

more rep teamsinthe future.<br />

Lawyers<br />

WE ARE MOVING<br />

FromTuesday 5October <strong>2021</strong> WhiteFox &Jones Lawyers<br />

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Parking onsite-entrancefrom<br />

QueensDrive<br />

Phone number remains<br />

thesame-<strong>30</strong>8 8955<br />

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5BaringSquareWest, <strong>Ashburton</strong> |POBox 94, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, NewZealand 7740 | Telephone (03) <strong>30</strong>7 7700 | Website ashburtondc.govt.nz<br />

Discgolf to take off in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Alawyer and adoctor have joined<br />

forces to bring the rapidly-growing<br />

sport ofdisc golf to <strong>Ashburton</strong> and<br />

the venture isbeing supported by<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> DistrictCouncil and other<br />

funders.<br />

Disc golf is playedlikeregular golf,except<br />

thereisnoclub and ball, justadisc(think<br />

frisbee) that players throw and aim for a<br />

basket.<br />

Lawyer Polly Hill, aconvert to the sport,<br />

has driven the project over the past year<br />

anddoctorGregMarchand,anenthusiastic<br />

disc golfer who has beenworkingatMoore<br />

Street MedicalCentreonsabbatical forthe<br />

past year,has helpedfund it.<br />

Polly said the project was costing about<br />

$25,000 and contractors would begin<br />

installing the 18-hole disc golf course on<br />

the Smallbone Drivereserve,nearthe EA<br />

Networks Centre, on October 11. Discs<br />

wouldbeavailableforhirefromthecentre,<br />

or to buy.<br />

Maps of the course and rules will also be<br />

available.<br />

She plans to haveanopen day laterinthe<br />

year to help raise the profile of the new<br />

sportin<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

“It’sagreat socialsportand youcan play<br />

it with family ormates. Youcan be very<br />

competitive, or justout to enjoythe fresh<br />

air and camaraderie.<br />

“It’sasportthat’sbecoming really popular.<br />

There are severalcourses in Christchurch<br />

already,with plansfor moredevelopment<br />

aroundthe city.”<br />

Polly worked forayearin<strong>Ashburton</strong> fora<br />

locallawfirmandnowlivesinChristchurch,<br />

butwaskeentohelpspreadwordaboutthe<br />

sport. Shehas been financially supported<br />

by the <strong>Ashburton</strong> community,with several<br />

local organisations and individuals getting<br />

involved. These funders will receive<br />

recognition via permanent signage<br />

around the course, as well as amention in<br />

advertisementsfor the eventual openday.<br />

Installation of the course involves local<br />

contractor Paveco laying small concrete<br />

pads for tees and baskets. New Zealand<br />

Disc Sport Supplies has also contributed<br />

by supplying the baskets and facilitating<br />

the course design.<br />

She said the course had been designed<br />

to start near the EA Networks Centre<br />

carpark and holes were placed around<br />

the Smallbone Drive reserve. Safety was<br />

important, so thedirection of play is away<br />

from the nearbyroad.<br />

The reserve is also used by dog walkersas<br />

an exercise area.<br />

Playerscouldhireadiscforaone-offgame,<br />

or buy one and play whenevertheyliked.<br />

The course is designed forbeginnersand<br />

NeilBrown -Mayor<br />

Localpush forvaccination target<br />

While there is no official target,<br />

it certainly lookslike90per<br />

cent vaccination of the eligible<br />

population is thebestway to<br />

protectour community and help<br />

prevent future lockdowns.<br />

I’vebeen vaccinatedand Iurgeothers<br />

to do the same. There is alot of<br />

misinformationout thereand people<br />

may be anxious but the evidenceis<br />

clear -high vaccination rateswill give<br />

an extralayer of protection to family,<br />

friends and all Kiwisagainstthe most<br />

serious effects of Covid-19.<br />

The CanterburyDistrictHealthBoard<br />

and localhealth providersare offering<br />

amix of regular vaccination clinics and<br />

walk-in clinics, wherenobookingis<br />

needed.<br />

Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern is<br />

calling on Aucklanderstotry to reach<br />

Disc golf willsoon be able to be played at Smallbone Drivereserve,nearthe EA Networks Centre.<br />

90 per cent by 4October and we in<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> districtshould alsobe<br />

aiming high.<br />

The rural and remote natureofpartsof<br />

our districtmeans many wanting to be<br />

vaccinatedmusttravelsome distance<br />

to do so.Many otherswork nightshifts<br />

or early morning rosters. Thank youfor<br />

playingyourpart.<br />

Government agencies arepondering<br />

howbesttoreach thosewho don’tsee<br />

the need,orthose whoare vaccine<br />

hesitant, or need to be encouraged.<br />

Our vaccination ratesinMidCanterbury<br />

arehigh forthe over65s, but other age<br />

bands arelower.This may be because<br />

manyfaced long waitingtimes when<br />

theyoriginally booked–ifyou want to<br />

rebook to aclosertime thereisplenty<br />

of opportunitytodo so.<br />

The bookmyvaccine.nz website<br />

shows sevenregularclinicsoperating<br />

all holes are par 3,ranging from 40m to<br />

90m in length. Like golf, ithas rules and<br />

etiquette.<br />

“We have taken advantage ofthe natural<br />

lay of the par, using the elevation and tree<br />

lines to forceplayerstoplay down natural<br />

tunnels to greens.”<br />

Council Community Services Group<br />

Manager Steve Fabish said the course<br />

should be open laterinOctober.<br />

“Wesee it as anatural fit alongside the EA<br />

Networks Centre and it is something we<br />

hope will encouragepeople to getout and<br />

about and be active. It’sfun forpeople of<br />

all ages and abilities.<br />

“This is great example of the community<br />

working with council, local businesses and<br />

funders toprovide an activity toconnect<br />

and play.”<br />

in <strong>Ashburton</strong> and quiteafew have<br />

booking spaces in the next couple of<br />

weeks. Thereare clinics in Tinwald,<br />

at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Racecourse, and at<br />

severalother locations in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

town, as well as thosebeing operated<br />

in Methven and Rakaia.<br />

If booking online is notyour thing,<br />

then youcan book overthe phone by<br />

calling0800 28 29 26 –the covid-19<br />

vaccination healthline has translation<br />

services in over40languages and<br />

operatesfrom8am until8pm seven<br />

days aweek.<br />

It’snot always easy to getawayfrom<br />

work or off the farm and intotown,<br />

but everyperson who isn'tvaccinated<br />

remainsarisk and as acommunity we<br />

need to heed the Government’s call<br />

and getour vaccination rate up.<br />

It clear thatgetting the jab is our best<br />

pathtoeconomic recovery and amore<br />

Thursday,<strong>30</strong><strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong> | ISSUE 48<br />

Dog park<br />

repair,redo<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong>Dog Park,beside the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> River, should be open<br />

again by Christmasafterrenovations<br />

and improvements following May’s<br />

historic rainfall and flood.<br />

The dog park, near the State Highway 1<br />

bridge, was under water when the river<br />

peaked in the one in 200-yearevent,and<br />

fences were lost and sinkholes created.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council Community<br />

Services Group Manager Steve Fabish<br />

saidthe park wouldbebetterthan before,<br />

withanew entrancebeing createdatthe<br />

end of Cass Street, near the new Kmart<br />

redevelopment and carpark.<br />

“Staff are taking the opportunity to<br />

increase the levelofservices provided. In<br />

the future,therewill be separate areasfor<br />

large and small dogs. There arealso large<br />

trees that have become problematic and<br />

abank that has been scoured out. All of<br />

theseissueswillbeaddressedintherepair.<br />

There is significantwork to do butwehope<br />

to haveitopen againbeforeChristmas.”<br />

Council’s other dog exercise areas are<br />

open. These are designated areas where<br />

dogs can exercise off the leash, however<br />

they must beunder the direct control of<br />

their owners.<br />

Other areas include: Pioneer Park, Digby<br />

Park,Patching Street reserve,Devon Park,<br />

Smallbone Drive reserve, George Glassey<br />

Park,ArgyleParkandtheGreeninTinwald.<br />

Dog owners are also welcome to use the<br />

old landfill area atthe end of RangeStreet.<br />

normalexistence.<br />

While it’seasy to think of Covid-19as<br />

an Auckland issue right now, we know<br />

thatDeltaspreads quickly,that’swhy<br />

it remainsimportant forthe rest of us<br />

to continue to followthe rules,which<br />

include mask wearing in some indoor<br />

environmentsand scanning or signing<br />

in.<br />

“She’ll be right” is notthe approach.<br />

We need to listentothe experts,<br />

support each other and getvaccinated.<br />

1 ashburtondc.govt.nz<br />

Thursday,<strong>30</strong><strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong> |ISSUE 48

Flood damagepresentslesson in design<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> College Year 9 science<br />

students have tried their hand at<br />

bridge design, motivatedbyhistoric<br />

floodsthatdamaged the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

River StateHighway1bridgeearlier<br />

thisyear.<br />

They also invited three young professional<br />

roading engineersfrom<strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />

Council to checkout their designs andtalk<br />

about their working lives.<br />

Teacher and former engineer Bryan Bell<br />

said itwas agood opportunity to show<br />

students that engineering played an<br />

important, if often overlooked, role in<br />

society.<br />

The young Council engineers looked at<br />

six different designs and models created<br />

by thestudents, who wereasked by their<br />

teacher to design a temporary bridge<br />

structure for the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Bridge. They<br />

came up with arangeofoptions, from full<br />

bridge replacement to replacing just the<br />

damaged span.<br />

In real life, debris in the flooded river<br />

collected around one ofthe bridge piers<br />

and thewatersscoured itsbase. The pier<br />

dropped vertically, creating aslump that<br />

causedthe bridgeand main highway to be<br />

closed forseveral days;WakaKotahi NZTA<br />

is undertaking repairs.<br />

Mr Bell said the students had achance<br />

to learn from areal-life situation on their<br />

doorstep, and potentially bedrawn to<br />

engineering asaprofession.<br />

The students’ designs included a<br />

suspension bridge, similar to San<br />

Francisco’s Golden Gate bridge, several<br />

truss bridges and archbridges.<br />

The Council engineers said they were<br />

impressed by the thought and creativity of<br />

the designs, andhow theywould stand up<br />

in the local environment, which included<br />

hazards like flooding, high winds and<br />

earthquakes. Bridges needed to be able<br />

to withstand many forces,lastalong time<br />

andnot be tooexpensive.<br />

Truss bridges were favoured for their<br />

sturdiness and lower cost, while<br />

suspension bridges were more attractive<br />

butcostalotmore.<br />

Other <strong>Ashburton</strong> College students have<br />

toured the construction site ofCouncil’s<br />

newlibraryand civic centre, as part of their<br />

trades course.<br />

InfrastructureServicesGroupManagerNeil<br />

McCannsaid it wasagreatopportunity for<br />

staff toshare industry experiences with<br />

students. “Some of thoseYear9smight see<br />

apathway to becomingengineers.”<br />

Breast cancer class being trialled at EANC<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council’s EA<br />

Networks Centre is one of three<br />

recreation facilities in the South<br />

Island piloting an exercise class<br />

for people with breast cancer, to<br />

improve bonehealth and reduce the<br />

riskofosteoporosisand fractures.<br />

The 12-week pilot has just begun, with<br />

the first session devoted tonutrition and<br />

information about diet. Twelve people<br />

havesigned up,with room forthree more.<br />

Council Community Services Group<br />

Manager Steve Fabish said Breast Cancer<br />

Foundation NZ waspartneringwith ACCto<br />

develop and trialthe exercise programme,<br />

whichwasaimedatbuildingbonestrength<br />

during and after breast cancer treatment.<br />

Holidayfun<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Public Library and<br />

EA Networks Centre are among<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council facilities<br />

gearing up foradventureandfun in<br />

the October school holidays.<br />

ThelibraryhastailoreditsactivitiestoDelta<br />

Level 2and is holding aseries of online<br />

craft sessions that will be livestreamed.<br />

ThereisaRed Carpettheme to activities,<br />

starting with making photo booth props<br />

and finishing with aphoto shoot.<br />

Take home activity packs will be available<br />

andsessionswillberecordedandavailable<br />

on the library’sFacebook page.<br />

EA Networks has planned two weeks of<br />

adventure and exploration for children<br />

taking part in its school holiday care<br />

programme. Activities range from chalk<br />

drawing, to sportsand fieldtrips.<br />

Full details at eanetworkscentre.co.nz.<br />

“EA Networks Centre also runs Prosfit,<br />

which is amale-onlycancerclass, and we<br />

were recommended byanother facility<br />

to trial the Live Stronger class for people<br />

with breast cancer.Wehave anumber of<br />

classes devotedtospecificgroups that are<br />

runningsuccessfully.”<br />

Christchurch and Invercargill are also<br />

trialing the breast cancer programme. The<br />

programme isrun over 12weeks with a<br />

one-hour weekly class runbyanexercise<br />

professional, plus exercisestodoathome.<br />

Cancer treatmentslikechemotherapyand<br />

radiotherapy canleadtochangesinbone<br />

health andthis risk increases whenpeople<br />

are taking breast cancer drugs that block<br />

oestrogen; when oestrogen levels fall,<br />

more boneisbrokendownthan built.<br />

“It was evident from the first class that<br />

this is about more than exercise. It’sabout<br />

fellowshipand friendship between people<br />

on aspecial journey,”MrFabish added.<br />

He said while only three spots in the<br />

programme remained, more could be<br />

accommodatedifthe needarose.<br />

Draft <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Parking Strategy &<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Town Centre Parking Management Plan<br />

We areaccepting feedback until 5pm,<br />

Wednesday 6October <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

ashburtondc.govt.nz/haveyoursay<br />

PUBLICNOTICES<br />

STOCK IMPOUNDED<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> DistrictCouncil wasdispatched<br />

to wandering sheep on State Highway 1,<br />

justsouth of Chertsey, on Sunday 19<br />

<strong>September</strong> <strong>2021</strong>. One sheep is beingkeptin<br />

atemporary stock pound; it is arising one<br />

year crossbreed lamb.<br />

If youare the owner of thisstock,please<br />

contact<strong>Ashburton</strong> DistrictCouncil<br />

regarding fees and release of this stock.<br />

Wherestock hasnot been released from the<br />

pound before thetime fixed forthe sale<br />

thereof in the noticereferred to in<br />

subsection (2) of section 46, thestock shall<br />

be sold by public auction. Stock mustbe<br />

claimedby5pm, Monday 4October <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

RICKCATCHPOWLE<br />

Environmental Monitoring Manager<br />

RAIL CLOSURE<br />

NOTIFICATION TO CLOSE RAIL<br />

CROSSING TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> DistrictCouncil with the<br />

assistanceofWakaKotahi (NZTA) will<br />

be permanentlyclosing therail crossing<br />

between StateHighway 1and<br />

HendersonsRoad to vehicular traffic.<br />

These works arepart of NZTA’s intersection<br />

improvements.<br />

Rail crossing to be closed:<br />

Longbeach Road,fromHinds Highway<br />

(SH1) to Hendersons Road Closure to<br />

commence: Saturday 9October <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

NEILMcCANN<br />

Group Manager InfrastructureServices<br />

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Youth Council,<br />

Wednesday 13 October, 4pm<br />

Methven Community Board,<br />

Monday 18 October, 10.<strong>30</strong>am,<br />

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22 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

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Roading network needs improvements<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>DistrictCouncil’s<br />

roadingnetworkiswellmanaged<br />

and generally in<br />

goodcondition,thoughthe<br />

standard of roadsidedrainage<br />

in some ruralareas is<br />

impacting asset lifecyclesand<br />

levelsofservice,according to<br />

an auditbyWaka Kotahi<br />

NZTA.<br />

An investment and technical<br />

audit is undertaken every<br />

three years by the agency into<br />

council’sland transport<br />

programmetoensureitis<br />

being wellmanaged and<br />

deliveringvalue for money.<br />

It also considers roadsafety.<br />

WakaKotahihas<br />

contributed $24,748,700to<br />

council’stransport<br />

programmeoverthe pastthree<br />

years.<br />

Assessments in thereport,<br />

which werediscussed by<br />

council’sAudit andRisk<br />

Committee last week, ranged<br />

fromeffective (best), to some<br />

improvement needed,<br />

significantimprovement<br />

needed and unsatisfactory<br />

(worst).<br />

Council’soverallrating was<br />

some improvementneeded.<br />

Thereport said network<br />

conditionand management<br />

neededsomeimprovement<br />

though general maintenance<br />

overall resultedingood ride<br />

quality on both sealedand<br />

unsealed roads.<br />

The district’s roading<br />

network is 2614km,92per cent<br />

of which is rural and 60 per<br />

centofwhich is sealed.<br />

Mostofthe predictedgrowth<br />

is in andaround <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

and Methventowns.<br />

Other assessment areas<br />

wereactivity management<br />

planning (someimprovement<br />

needed), dataquality to inform<br />

decision­making(effective)<br />

and roadsafety(some<br />

improvement needed).<br />

Council's infrastructure<br />

servicesgroupmanager Neil<br />

McCannsaidthe technical<br />

36­page technicalreport was<br />

mostly pleasing, though it also<br />

containedopportunitiesfor<br />

improvement in both<br />

processesand practices.<br />

“Theauditwas undertaken<br />

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after our bigrainevent,and it<br />

confirmed we aretracking<br />

wellwhen comparedtoother<br />

councils,though we areinthe<br />

lower quartileinterms of<br />

maintenance expenditure.”<br />

Council’s average costfor<br />

the periodwas $4125/km,<br />

withinits peergrouprange of<br />

$3345 to $11,503.<br />

The executivesummary says<br />

effective roadside draining is<br />

imperative to maximise the<br />

lifeofroadpavements and<br />

surfaces.<br />

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achieving areasonable<br />

standard of drainage across<br />

the network,however thereis<br />

an opportunity to keep our<br />

focus on troublespots andon<br />

highly­traffickedroads,” he<br />

said.<br />

Rural intersections were<br />

highlightedasthe highest<br />

roadsafetyrisk area, though<br />

council was favourably ranked<br />

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23<br />

Rating out of 10:<br />

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8, Fuel Economy; Rightcar website, not rated on road test average<br />

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This latest version has only been available<br />

here for asmallamount of time, but is making<br />

abig impression with equipment and<br />

specification enhancements across the range.<br />

Amongthem an interior upgrade headlined<br />

by Intelligent PersonalAssistant and Android<br />

Auto capability New technology and Driving<br />

Assistant Professional.<br />

The three5series offerings for our market<br />

startat$99,900 for the price leading 520i<br />

powered by a135kw 2.0litre turbopetrol,<br />

while the 185kw mid­range 5<strong>30</strong>e plug­in<br />

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The best has been saved for last, with two V8<br />

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At $25k less than the flagship model it’s<br />

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It’s agood job the car is fitted with xDrive<br />

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Considering its vast arsenal of power and<br />

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Smooth andbreathtakingly quick, the<br />

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This torque converter­equippedgearbox<br />

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It has similar gearshiftspeed as its<br />

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greater urgency off the backofits superior low<br />

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This deceptively large and spacioussedan<br />

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24 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Bikes out for opener<br />

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Athletics back on<br />

Tinwald Cycling Clubkicked<br />

off their <strong>2021</strong>/22 season<br />

contesting the DPI/<br />

EmbriodMe, Health 2000<br />

graded scratch event around<br />

the Christys Road blockon<br />

Sunday.<br />

Mixed weather conditions<br />

greeted the riders, with Aand<br />

Bgrade competing over 35km,<br />

and Cand Dgrade having a<br />

blowout over 27km.<br />

Steve Hands had the final<br />

say in Agradetotake the<br />

winnersspoils. He rode the<br />

distance in 52.57.<br />

Larry Nealand Kyle Grey<br />

put their off­season training to<br />

gooduse claiming second and<br />

thirdplaces respectively.<br />

Maddo Taylor secured<br />

victoryinBgrade takingthe<br />

win in ahard fought charge to<br />

the line. Taylor covered the<br />

coursein58.58.<br />

Mark Summerfield took<br />

second place, with Chris Reid<br />

securing thefinal podium<br />

position.<br />

Cgrade honours were<br />

decidedbythe barestof<br />

margins with Mike Pearce<br />

taking the win from Monique<br />

Brake,and HughCopland.<br />

Pearce recorded atime of<br />

46.33.<br />

Dgrade was another hotly<br />

contested event with Kayla<br />

Smithclaiming the winner’s<br />

trophy,registeringatimeof<br />

57.36.<br />

Brad O’Brientookthe<br />

second place spoils with<br />

Bridget Steed getting home<br />

Cyclists racing on the opening day of the new season.<br />

strongly to take third place.<br />

The juniors and division2<br />

contested aweather shortened<br />

distance of 9km.<br />

Ryan Gallagher startedthe<br />

season off in the best possible<br />

way, securing Agrade victory,<br />

riding the lap in 18.24.<br />

Honor Bradford stormed<br />

into secondplace with Leah<br />

Reid close behind in third.<br />

BGrade honourswent to<br />

Charlotte Neal who overcame<br />

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an early mechanical issueto<br />

take the win.She recorded a<br />

time of 23.08.<br />

TomReid got the better of<br />

his bigbrothertotakesecond<br />

place with James Reid in<br />

third.<br />

Kenny Johnstonsecured<br />

division 2honours.<br />

Next weekthe clubwill<br />

contest a32km handicap event<br />

aroundthe Wakanui Beach<br />

block.<br />

Summer is on theway and<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>AthleticsClubis<br />

preparing to startits new<br />

season.<br />

The seasonbeginson<br />

October 20 and weekly sessions<br />

on Wednesdays run from<br />

5.<strong>30</strong>pm at <strong>Ashburton</strong>Domain<br />

oval. Sessions will run over<br />

termfourand term onenext<br />

year.<br />

New andcurrentmembers<br />

areinvited to come along for<br />

funand to learn new skills.<br />

There are options to be<br />

competitive or socialathletes<br />

andtraining will qualified<br />

coachesisavailable.<br />

Over theseason <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Athletics Clubenjoys interclub<br />

days with other clubs in<br />

South Canterbury.<br />

The club is aimedatthose<br />

from fiveyears to seniors and<br />

is involved with running,<br />

throwing and jumping<br />

disciplines.<br />

For more information,<br />

including signup,check out<br />

the club’s Facebook page.<br />

Highland games off<br />

The Hororata Community Trust<br />

has madethe decision to cancel<br />

the 11th Hororata Highland<br />

Games planned on November 6.<br />

The games attracts around<br />

10,000 people annually, andcan<br />

only operate in Alert Level 1.<br />

‘‘It is not adecision we take<br />

lightly,but ourcommunity has<br />

beenthrough alot recently<br />

with floods, windand snow,<br />

and given the current<br />

uncertainty with COVID alert<br />

levels we have needed to make<br />

afirm decision now to cancel<br />

the games,’’ Hororata<br />

Community Trust chair<br />

RichardLang said.<br />

All tickets that have been<br />

sold through Eventfinda will<br />

be offered full refunds.<br />

Ticketholders will also have<br />

the option to donate their<br />

purchase to the Hororata<br />

Community Trust and in return<br />

will be offered a50% discount<br />

off tickets to the next Hororata<br />

Highland Games.<br />

Anydonations will go<br />

towards theworkthe trust does<br />

to support its rural community.<br />

Competitors and stallholders<br />

will alsoberefunded.<br />

“The support of our sponsors<br />

and patrons has again been<br />

steadfast.<br />

‘‘We thank them for being<br />

willing to support our<br />

community to hold the games<br />

butequally for their support<br />

with the decisiontocancel,’’<br />

Mr Lang said.<br />

The trust is committedtothe<br />

Hororata Highland Games and<br />

looked forwardtobringingthe<br />

festival back in 2022.<br />

“Simply Stunning”<br />

Garden Walk&Devonshire Tea<br />

raising funds forStJohn in MidCanterbury<br />

Saturday 16October<br />

Rakaia Gardens, 282 Awaroa School Road,RD11, Rakaia<br />

9.<strong>30</strong>am –12noon and 1.<strong>30</strong>pm –4pm<br />

(Guided toursled by Sue Rollinson at 11am&1.<strong>30</strong>pm)<br />

Tickets$15 ($5 children aged 5–14years)<br />

Ticketsfrom:<br />

•StJohn office (cash/EFTPOS)<br />

(241Tancred Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Ph <strong>30</strong>87132)<br />

•StJohnShop (129 Tancred Street) (cash only)<br />

•Paper Plus <strong>Ashburton</strong> (cash only)<br />

•Online via www.eveninda or through Facebook<br />

(St John <strong>Ashburton</strong>)<br />

Due to COVID restricons, numberswill be limited<br />

and no gate saleswillbeavailable.<br />

Note: this is not our Garden Fete!!<br />

Newdate forfeteisThursday17February.<br />

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25<br />

Mid Canterbury<br />

Children’s Theatre<br />

production of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust EventCentre,WillsStreet,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Friday, 8th October7pm<br />

Saturday, 9th October, 1pm &5pm<br />

Sunday, October10th, 10am &2pm<br />

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An enchanting story of love, acceptance<br />

Journey under the sea with the<br />

talented cast and crew from<br />

Mid Canterbury Children’s<br />

Theatre next week in their<br />

production of Disney’s The<br />

Little Mermaid Jnr.<br />

The story, which follows the<br />

life of beautiful mermaid Ariel<br />

(played by Molly McKenna), has<br />

just announced two extra shows<br />

after the original times, limited<br />

to 100 people each, sold out.<br />

Ariel is joined by aquatic<br />

creatures such as Flounder<br />

(Madeline Howden), Scuttle the<br />

seagull (Gus Watt), Caribbean<br />

crustacean Sebastian<br />

(Charlotte Livingstone), and<br />

her father King Triton (Dion<br />

Bayston), and has become<br />

captivated by the world upon<br />

the surface.<br />

When she falls in love with<br />

the human Prince Eric (Oliver<br />

Munro), Ariel makes adeal with<br />

villainous sea witch Ursula<br />

(Brooke Miller) to become<br />

human herself and earn his<br />

love before adeadline runs out.<br />

Ariel longs to leave her ocean<br />

home ­and her fins ­behind to<br />

live in the world above. But first<br />

she'll have to defy her father,<br />

make adeal with the evil sea<br />

witch and convince the<br />

handsome prince she is the girl<br />

for him.<br />

The story takes an enchanting<br />

look at sacrifices made for love<br />

and acceptance. It is based on<br />

the beloved story by Hans<br />

Christian Andersen and a<br />

magical underwater kingdom.<br />

Around 52 children, aged<br />

from seven to 18, have spent the<br />

past six months rehearsing,<br />

mostly at home, for the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> production with<br />

support by ahost of helpers<br />

backstage. There is an amazing<br />

production set and an array of<br />

colourful costumes.<br />

The children’s theatre group<br />

has been running for the past<br />

37 years, although took abreak<br />

from the stage last year due to<br />

covid, and now cast and crew<br />

are primed and ready for<br />

action under director Cherie<br />

Livingstone, and musical<br />

director Jo Castelow and<br />

choreographer Jessie<br />

Thomson.<br />

Some of the young<br />

performers have been part of<br />

the children’s theatre family<br />

for the past 10 years and will be<br />

appearing in their final stage<br />

production with the theatre<br />

group.<br />

The shows at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Trust Events Centre run from<br />

October 8to10. Extra shows<br />

have been added on October 9<br />

(1pm) and October 10 (10am).<br />

All tickets cost $25 (fees<br />

apply) and are available from<br />

the venue or website<br />

ateventcentre.co.nz

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust EventCentre, Wills Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Friday, 8th October7pm :: Saturday, 9th October, 1pm &5pm<br />

Sunday, October10th, 10am &2pm<br />

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Ursula<br />

Sponsoredby<br />

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Flounder<br />

Sponsoredby<br />

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Sebastian<br />

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Grimsby/Backing Vocals<br />

Sponsoredby<br />

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28 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Fish &Game council elections<br />

Over16,000 eligible Fish&<br />

Game licence holders in the<br />

Southland, Otago,Central<br />

South Island,North<br />

Canterbury, Wellington and<br />

TaranakiRegionswill be<br />

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in thecomingdays.<br />

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management agencies around<br />

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acting CEO Dianna Taylor<br />

said it was vital the enrolled<br />

licence holdersexercised<br />

their right to vote to get the<br />

people they wanted to shape<br />

the organisation’sfuture.<br />

Voters havethe choice of<br />

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e/FGNZ<strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Ms Taylor saidnow was the<br />

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those thattheywantto<br />

represent their viewsonthe<br />

management of sports fish<br />

andgame birds in their<br />

region.<br />

Voting closes at 5pmon<br />

October 8, and theresults are<br />

announced on October 12.<br />

Once elected, councillors<br />

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thestrategicdirection of their<br />

regional Fish&Game<br />

council,sothey can manage,<br />

maintain and enhance the<br />

sports fish and game bird<br />

resource in their local area.<br />

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Agood sideofthe Mayfloods is<br />

theclean riverbeds they have<br />

leftbehind.<br />

Ground­nesting birdsneed<br />

clearexpanses of shingleon<br />

which to nest, and in many<br />

years this is in short supply due<br />

to the proliferation of lupins<br />

and other weeds that colonise<br />

the gravel. But this year there<br />

is plenty of cleanriverbed so<br />

the black­billed gulls, wrybills,<br />

ternsand banded dotterels are<br />

not constrained by lack of<br />

suitable nest sites.<br />

Theblack­billed gulls are<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s specialbirds.<br />

They are therarest gullinthe<br />

world and we areprivileged<br />

indeed to have them nestingon<br />

ourlocal river. Everyyearthey<br />

gather in thedistrict, looking<br />

for the ideal spot to settle and<br />

buildtheir nests. This year<br />

about 1000 of them have been<br />

spottedfeeding at the<br />

rivermouth,but withthe river<br />

high at themoment, they<br />

haven’tstarted nesting<br />

behaviour.<br />

Smelt andwhitebait are<br />

their preferred food at the<br />

rivermouth, and they also like<br />

the worms and insects they<br />

findonpaddocks. Eventhough<br />

theriverswere well and truly<br />

scoured out by the floods, the<br />

food supply for the birdsis<br />

thought torecoverfrom floods<br />

relativelyquickly, althoughthe<br />

timetakenvaries between<br />

different types of prey.<br />

Insects (such as midges,<br />

caddis flies and mayflies) can<br />

recover rapidly followingflood<br />

disturbanceinbraidedrivers<br />

andpersist even in very floodprone<br />

streams. Mayfliesare<br />

weaker flyers that caddis flies<br />

and are slower to recolonisean<br />

area of water. TheMay floods<br />

were so severe it maytake<br />

longer than usualfor themto<br />

getbackto“normal”because<br />

theplaces they would come<br />

from to re­inhabit astream<br />

may have alsobeen flooded.<br />

Crustaceansand fish<br />

populations take longer to<br />

recover. Snails can take nine<br />

months to recover, and koura<br />

(freshwater crayfish) up to<br />

three years because they are<br />

slow toreproduce.<br />

After the gulls havefed at the<br />

rivermouth for atime, they<br />

usually headuptheriverto<br />

nest.<br />

We can expectthemtosettle<br />

down and form acolony in the<br />

next month or so.Often they<br />

nest near thebridge, butwith<br />

such clean gravels and wide<br />

riverbeds this year, theyare<br />

spoiltfor choice so it will be<br />

interesting to seewhether they<br />

choose adifferentspot.<br />

Birdwatcherswillbeout for<br />

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November to see where the<br />

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CLUB NEWS<br />

<strong>30</strong> <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> BowlingClub<br />

Towards the end of last week<br />

theweather had itssaywith<br />

some of our fixtures,but<br />

Tuesday,<strong>September</strong> 21,was<br />

certainlynot thecase. For our<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Ladies Drawn<br />

Triples,itwas abalmy,sunny<br />

dayand very good bowls were<br />

played all over. The winners<br />

were Wendy Suttie skip, Anne<br />

Gibson and Leonie Spargo.<br />

The<strong>Ashburton</strong> Ladies<br />

Championship Triples began on<br />

Thursday 23rd on anotherlovely<br />

dayand continues intothis<br />

week,onTuesday and Thursday.<br />

At theFriday Triples played<br />

at Hampstead on the 24th, the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>team of Reg McGarry,<br />

Heather Goodall and Leonie<br />

Spargo came 3rd –welldone to<br />

them!<br />

Ourfirstcombined rollover<br />

triples of the season, scheduled<br />

forSaturday 25th, waswashed<br />

outbysome very nastyweather,<br />

andthe Walls open fourstohave<br />

been played at Hampstead on<br />

Sunday, was rained off as well.<br />

However, the Sub Centre<br />

triples was able to be played at<br />

Hampstead on Saturday 25th.In<br />

theFinal, <strong>Ashburton</strong>’steam of<br />

Brentton Donaldson,Gavin<br />

Eder andWinston Leewere<br />

defeated by Allenton’steam of<br />

Sandra Keith, DanHopkins and<br />

Donalda Watson.<br />

Congratulations to Allentonand<br />

very well done to <strong>Ashburton</strong>!<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> men’s<br />

championship entriesclose on<br />

Sundaythe 3rdOctober.<br />

Entries closed on <strong>September</strong><br />

28 forthe SubCentre pairs on<br />

October 3and 9.<br />

TheMurton Cup Women’s<br />

Fours will be played at Rakaia<br />

on MondayOctober4starting at<br />

9.<strong>30</strong> am.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>CountyLions<br />

President Sue welcomed<br />

membersand twovisitors. Lion<br />

Janet then gave us abriefbut<br />

very interesting insightofher<br />

life. Past president Lynette<br />

presented LionCynthia with the<br />

club’sannual Quiet Achiever<br />

Award. The award is in<br />

recognitionofthe workdone by<br />

anon board member.President<br />

Sue presentedLionTrish (a club<br />

charter member) with flowers<br />

and certificate of appreciation<br />

forherinvolvement with the<br />

club.<br />

OurGuest speaker was Julie<br />

Dockrill (aregistered nurse and<br />

midwife) who spokeabout her<br />

voluntary work in Mongoliaand<br />

Nepalwiththe Maternal Child<br />

Health projects, whichwas<br />

about creating education<br />

programmes forante natal<br />

education that help to savelives<br />

and money and makewomen<br />

and families stronger.<br />

Between 2012 and 2018she<br />

and ateamofothers made<br />

severaltripstoMongolia and<br />

Nepaltofacilitatethese<br />

educational classes, teaching<br />

and encouraging the local<br />

medical people and patients to<br />

embracesafer practice and<br />

healthier care.<br />

In 2019 Julie went on aNepal<br />

and BeyondMaternalHealth<br />

NeedImmersiontour, which<br />

gave heragreat insight into how<br />

the lives of these peopleand<br />

their healthcare differs from<br />

our own. As part of World<br />

ServiceDay,members brought<br />

along gifts of toiletriesthatwill<br />

bedonated to the supportgroup<br />

ofGrandparents Caring for<br />

Grandchildren.OnOctober22<br />

memberswill assistwiththe<br />

Blind,LowVisionappeal. Our<br />

annual Toot for Tucker will be<br />

held Monday November 29.<br />

Several members are<br />

participatinginaSpud in a<br />

BucketCompetition. The<br />

Mid Canterbury Federation of Women’s Institutes indoor bowls<br />

representatives, from left, Dianne Carter, Barbara Burst and<br />

Adrienne Hodson.<br />

PHOTO TONI WILLIAMS<br />

winner will be revealedataclub<br />

social function in December and<br />

potatoes willbedonated to the<br />

Community Xmas Lunch. Afun<br />

social afternoon for members<br />

will be held at Lion Sheila’s on<br />

October 9. Some funtail twisting<br />

anddrawingofthe raffle<br />

broughtthe meetingtoaclose.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Horticultural<br />

Society<br />

President Joy welcomed 10<br />

membersand invited guest<br />

Councillor Diane Rawlinson to<br />

ourGarden Group'sAnnual<br />

General meeting.<br />

ElectionofOfficers:<br />

Patron: GrahamGunn,<br />

President: Joy Jaine,Vice<br />

President: Allan Johnstone,<br />

Secretary /Treasurer: Noella<br />

Talbot, Committee: Brian<br />

Glassey, Trevor &Anne<br />

Gamblin, John Hoogweg, Cyril<br />

Keen<br />

Annual Table Show Awards:<br />

Trophies andcertificates<br />

presentedbyDiane Rawlinson<br />

Lloyd Trophy ­most points<br />

Vegetables &Fruit<br />

BrianGlassey 42points, Cyril<br />

Keen 33 points, PatTarbotton 27<br />

points<br />

Williams Trophy–most points<br />

cut flowers<br />

Joy Jaine 182 points, Brian<br />

Glassey 136points, Graham<br />

Gunn 127points<br />

ChrysanthemumTrophy –<br />

overall points<br />

Joy Jaine 191 points, Brian<br />

Glassey 185points, Graham<br />

Gunn 161points<br />

MonthlyPremier<br />

John Hoogweg 9points, Joy<br />

Jaine 6points, Graham Gunn 6<br />

points<br />

Diane spokeonprogress with<br />

Domain Redevelopment Plan<br />

and the new entranceonWalnut<br />

Avenue to allow fortrafficlights<br />

atWalnut Avenue and progress<br />

onthe town centre.Dianespoke<br />

onthe new civic buildings,<br />

which is beingbuilt in timber as<br />

anEco building.<br />

Table show results: 8<br />

members ­73entries<br />

Brian Glassey –8firsts, 3<br />

seconds,2thirds<br />

John Hoogweg –5,6,1,<br />

Pat Tarbotton–4,1,1,<br />

Joy Jaine –3,4,2,<br />

Trevor Gamblin –2,0,1,<br />

Graham Gunn–1, 0, 1,<br />

Anne Gamblin–0,3,1,<br />

CyrilKeen –0,2,2,<br />

Equal PremierAwards: Pat<br />

Tarbotton –Class 24 ­3Floating<br />

Pansies –MajesticGiants<br />

JoyJaine –Class 32 –1branch<br />

any flowering shrub ­<br />

Rhododendron<br />

Raffle was won by Mary<br />

McCosker<br />

Next meeting on Friday 15th<br />

October @2pmattheSports<br />

Pavilion,Walnut Avenue.<br />

WIBowls<br />

TheMid Canterbury<br />

Federation of Women’s<br />

Institutesplayed host to a<br />

smaller­than­usual regional<br />

interprovincial indoor bowls<br />

playoff, due to covid.<br />

Teams from North<br />

Canterbury, Canterbury East<br />

and Mid Canterbury fronted up<br />

at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> IndoorBowls<br />

Stadiumlast week for the<br />

annual CanterburyFederation<br />

of WI’s annual regional<br />

interprovincial indoor bowls<br />

triples playoffs.<br />

Theladies, most of whomare<br />

novice players, rallied for the<br />

rollup.<br />

Thelatest covid lockdown saw<br />

three teams ­Canterbury<br />

District, South Canterbury and<br />

Waimate federationsno­shows<br />

as they were unable to hold their<br />

own playoffs to finda<br />

representative team forthe<br />

interprovincials.<br />

Mid Canterbury Federation of<br />

Women’s Institutespresident<br />

MavisWilkins said thewinning<br />

WI team ­which wasNorth<br />

Canterbury­would represent<br />

theCanterbury province at the<br />

nationals in Wellingtonearly<br />

next year.<br />

The Mid Canterbury team was<br />

madeupofDianne Carter,<br />

AdrienneHodson andBarbara<br />

Burst.<br />

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SPORT RESULTS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

31<br />

Hammer time ... The Agstaff Mid Canterbury Heartland rugby team<br />

tasted victory last weekend playing Whanganui at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Showgrounds. The Hammers won the match 24­17 without the usual<br />

backing of their supporters and spectators sideline, due to covid<br />

restrictions.<br />

PHOTO GRAHAM SHAW<br />

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If you are keen to find out more<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> Golf Club<br />

Saturday 25/9/<strong>2021</strong><br />

Club Championship<br />

Quarter ­Final Winners;<br />

Senior: Terry Kingsbury,<br />

Adrian Hopwood, Hamish<br />

Niles and Owen Miller.<br />

Intermediate: Blair<br />

Snowball, Steve McCloy, Ron<br />

Carlson, Sebastian<br />

McMillian and Brent<br />

MacGregor.<br />

Junior A: Matt Tait, Paul<br />

Clark, Al Jopson and Terry<br />

Molloy<br />

Junior B: George Brown,<br />

Jamie Stone, Stewart Dunlop<br />

and Don McQuarters.<br />

Club Championship Plate<br />

Quarter­Final Winners;<br />

Senior: Brendon Davidson,<br />

Charlie Alexander, Dylan<br />

Stoddart and Paul May.<br />

Intermediate: Neil<br />

McDonald, Tim Newton, Pete<br />

Morrison and Chris<br />

Lovelock.<br />

Junior A: Daren Peace,<br />

Robert Pawsey, Kevin Smith<br />

and Mitchell Stoddart.<br />

Junior B: Bill Hetrick<br />

Competiton: Stableford<br />

The Radius Care player of<br />

the day was: Grant Hastie<br />

38pts<br />

2nd Greig Fleming 35pts<br />

Another good score was<br />

Bryan Donaldson 34pts<br />

Twos: Steve McCloy,<br />

Hamish Niles, Terry<br />

Kingsbury, Terry Molloy and<br />

Antony White.<br />

Nearest The Pins:<br />

Hole 4# Value Plus: Pete<br />

Morrison<br />

Hole 8# 3Stoogies (Brown<br />

Bombers): Owen Miller<br />

Hole 12# Dock’s Seafood<br />

Bar and Grill: Terry<br />

Kingsbury<br />

Hole 14# South Island<br />

Seeds Processing &Storage<br />

Co. Terry Molloy<br />

Hole6# Hamish Niles<br />

Shout!!: Daren Peace<br />

Hole 9# Ton’s Thai<br />

Longest Putt: Steve McCloy<br />

Bonus Spot Prize:<br />

Alluvial Restaurant<br />

Tinwald Spot Prize: Ron<br />

Carlson<br />

Birdie Jackpot<br />

Hole: 7# Nett Eagle<br />

Jackpot<br />

Hole: 8# Saturday Golf<br />

25/9/<strong>2021</strong>:<br />

Morning report 7;<strong>30</strong>am for<br />

8:00am Tee Off<br />

Afternoon report 11:<strong>30</strong>am<br />

for 12:00pm Tee Off: (If in<br />

Club Championship adraw<br />

will be sent out and put on<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Golf Club<br />

website).<br />

9Holers report 12:15pm to<br />

12:<strong>30</strong>pm for rolling start.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> 9Holers<br />

The championship<br />

quarter­final winners last<br />

Thursday were: André van<br />

Rooyen, Tong King and<br />

Murray Lister.<br />

The winners in the Hotel<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Net Medal round<br />

were: First, on countback,<br />

Don McLeod (35), second<br />

Dick Hanson (35).<br />

Five players had ascore of<br />

36 ­Chris Anderson, Tonee<br />

Hurley, Sam Prince, Gavin<br />

Johnston and Muriel Morgan.<br />

Smith &Church Gobblers ­<br />

on 16th <strong>September</strong>, Fairlie<br />

Matsinger scored two<br />

gobblers and last week, Dick<br />

Hansen, Gordon Clinton and<br />

Val Ferrier scored agobbler<br />

each.<br />

Today the semi­finals of<br />

the 9Hole Championships<br />

will be played.<br />

Men's 9Hole<br />

Championship semi­finalists<br />

are Sam Prince vs André van<br />

Rooyen and Gavin Johnston<br />

vs Peter Woods.<br />

Women's 9Hole<br />

Championship semi­finalists<br />

are Bev Blair vs Jenny<br />

Matthews.<br />

Men's Sega golf 9Hole<br />

Championship semi­finalists<br />

are Peter Stechman vs Tong<br />

King and Murray Lister vs<br />

Dick Hansen.<br />

Women's Sega golf 9Hole<br />

Championship semi­finalists<br />

are Joy Nicholas vs Muriel<br />

Morgan and Gail Gutsell vs<br />

Elaine King.<br />

Those not in the<br />

championships will play a<br />

stroke round sponsored by<br />

Accountantz.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> MSA Petanque<br />

Club<br />

Spring Drawn Triples at<br />

Ascot 25­9­<strong>2021</strong><br />

Championship<br />

Winners:­ Colin Jones<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Janet Wilkinson,<br />

Art Vernon<br />

Runners up:­ Francie<br />

Osborn <strong>Ashburton</strong>, Ron<br />

Paterson, Peter Bray.<br />

Plate<br />

Third:­ Adair Jones<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Gladys Norrie,<br />

Bruce Cameron.<br />

Bowl<br />

Marion Harrison<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Janet Hunt, John<br />

McKay.<br />

Otago Doubles<br />

Championship<br />

Runners Up:­ Karen<br />

Bensdorp <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />

Steve Fitzgerald<br />

Plate Winners:­<br />

Neville Bensdorp<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Richard<br />

Browne <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Third:­ Nicky<br />

Foden <strong>Ashburton</strong>, Robbie<br />

Sihamau.<br />

Te Waipounnamu Doubles<br />

26­7­<strong>2021</strong><br />

Championship Winners:­<br />

Karen Bensdorp <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />

Richard Browne <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Consolation: Third =<br />

Neville Bensdorp <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />

Frances O'Connell.<br />

Bowl Runners up: Nicky<br />

Foden <strong>Ashburton</strong>, Robbie<br />

Sihamau<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Bridge Club<br />

Monday Evening–<br />

<strong>September</strong> 20th, Duplicate<br />

N/S 1st Bruce &Heather<br />

Sim, 2nd Bruce Leighton &<br />

Bernie Jopson, 3rd Ray<br />

Stevenson &Cath King<br />

E/W 1st Wendy &Eric Parr,<br />

2nd Amanda Evans &George<br />

Brown, 3rd Sue Smith &Paul<br />

Leadley<br />

Tuesday Evening –<br />

<strong>September</strong> 21st, ALadder<br />

N/S 1ST Trish &Peter<br />

Downward ,2nd Leigh<br />

Wackrow &Mike Holdaway ,<br />

3rd Derek Newton &David<br />

Wilkinson<br />

E/W 1st Sonia Gill &Mary<br />

Buckland, 2nd Rewa Kyle &<br />

Peter Wilson ,3rd Sue<br />

Rosevear &John Fechney<br />

Wednesday Afternoon­<br />

<strong>September</strong> 22nd, Valetta<br />

Trophy<br />

1st Mary Buckland &Trish<br />

Small ,2nd Janet Cuttle &<br />

Peter Wilson, 3rd Judith<br />

Moore &Johnny Wright, 4th<br />

Bev Turton &Peter<br />

Downward, 5th Beth<br />

McIlraith &Maree Moore,<br />

6th Rewa Kyle &Trish<br />

Downward<br />

Thursday Evening ­<br />

<strong>September</strong> 23rd, Eileen<br />

Willoughby Trophy<br />

Section A<br />

N/S 1st Trish &Peter<br />

Downward, 2nd Judith<br />

Edmond &Maree Moore, 3rd<br />

Jan de Jong &John Shearer<br />

E/W 1st Sue Rosevear &<br />

Anne Reid, 2nd David Sewell<br />

&Debbie Seddon­Sewell, 3rd<br />

Pat Jordan &Bill Kolkman<br />

Section B<br />

N/S 1st Trevor Coulter &<br />

Bev Macaulay, 2nd Margaret<br />

Shearer &Wendy Parr, 3rd<br />

Mike Holes &Jill Browne<br />

B/E/W 1st Carolyn King &<br />

Ann Gilbert, 2nd Heather<br />

Sim &Eric Parr, 3rd Dee<br />

Murdoch &Shirley Harris.

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Trevor Hurley<br />

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022 <strong>30</strong>8 6885<br />

Sales Consultant-Lincoln<br />

Linda Cuthbertson<br />

0274087965<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

Stephen Watson<br />

027 433 9695<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

Julie Srhoy<br />

021 354 885<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

Manoj Rana<br />

022 453 1964<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

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0210 752 180

CLASSIFIEDS<br />

36 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

OFFCUTS<br />

$140 PER CORD<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

SLABWOOD<br />

3cordgreen<br />

$3<strong>30</strong><br />

1cordgreen<br />

$110<br />

1corddry<br />

$140<br />

C.O.D. in town<br />

Adams Sawmill<br />

Malcolm McDowell Rd<br />

Phone<br />

<strong>30</strong>8-3595<br />

2414491<br />

2418364<br />

ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

HotelCalifornia–TheEaglesExperience<br />

Friday 22nd October 8pm<br />

Adult $61* /Group 6$56 each* /Child 13 &under $32*<br />

It’s time to check into the Hotel California -<br />

The Eagles Experience with this captivating<br />

live concert and stage show saluting the<br />

extraordinary talent and timeless catalogue of<br />

The Eagles. With astage full of show stopping<br />

voices and musicians this is atribute you will<br />

truly appreciate.<br />

Michael Houstoun/The Rodger FoxBig Band<br />

Sunday 24th October 2-<strong>30</strong>pm<br />

Adult $58* /Senior $48* /Student $38*<br />

Two ofNew Zealand’s best loved musicians,<br />

classical pianist Michael Houstoun and<br />

foremost jazz trombonist and big band<br />

leader Rodger Fox bring their acclaimed<br />

concert series to the South Island. Also<br />

featuring special guest supreme jazz<br />

vocalist, Erna Ferry.<br />

BOOK<br />

NOW<br />

03 <strong>30</strong>72010 211A Wills Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7700 admin@ateventcentre.co.nz<br />

For more information<br />

www.ateventcentre.co.nz<br />

Wonderland Glow Show – Little Green ManProductions<br />

Saturday 23rd October 1pm<br />

All Tickets $15.50*<br />

Join the Glow Show team with a‘Kiwified’<br />

interpretation of Alice and Wonderland. Let<br />

your imagination soar as you are transported<br />

into another world of giant scale glow-in-thedark<br />

puppetry for tamariki, educators and<br />

whanau. Come along and see the 8metre<br />

caterpillar, giant flowers and March hare on<br />

the loose!<br />

TomSainsbury–SnapchatDude Live<br />

Tue16Nov, 7-<strong>30</strong>pm. All Tickets $69*<br />

Taking his New Zillund comedy on the<br />

road, comedian, snapchat satirist and now<br />

unmasked as the dancing Alien on The Masked<br />

Singer NZ, TomSainsbury is about to add<br />

another string to his bow -comedian on the<br />

loose! So grab yourself some fush and chups,<br />

put some L&P in the chilly bin, say “yeah nah”,<br />

dress up fancy in your jandals and book your<br />

tickets today!<br />

*Service fees apply<br />

FixedTerm<br />

Sales person<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

Mitre 10MEGA <strong>Ashburton</strong> has avacancy for a<br />

sales person in their Garden department. This<br />

position is fixedtermtocover the busy season<br />

with immediate start until 28th February2022.<br />

The hours are 16hours per week Sunday<br />

8.<strong>30</strong>am –5pm and Monday9am –6pm.<br />

Skills required necessary:<br />

• Passionate about gardening<br />

• Great customer serviceskills<br />

• Reliable<br />

• Physicallyfitand able to lift<br />

• Abilitytoworkunsupervised<br />

If youthink youhave the necessaryskills for<br />

anyofthis position, please send acovering<br />

letter and c.v. to:<br />

HR.<strong>Ashburton</strong>@mitre10.co.nz<br />

Applications close on Monday 4th October<strong>2021</strong>.<br />

2422503<br />

FIREWOOD for sale. Good<br />

quality, dry, 3.6 3 m. Delivered<br />

$275. Phone 03 <strong>30</strong>3<br />

6129<br />

SAVE $100. on next winters<br />

firewood. Old Man Pine 6m 3<br />

$495.00. Limited supply.<br />

WINZ accredited. Free<br />

delivery to most of Mid-<br />

Canterbury. Phone 027 297<br />

7563.<br />

EveryHome<br />

EveryWeek-that’s<br />

2375521<br />

Phone <strong>30</strong>8 7664<br />

199 Burnett Street<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

2376123<br />

EDUCATIONAL<br />

EDUCATIONAL<br />

Do youwantyour advertising<br />

to have<br />

IMPACT?<br />

Contactone of our<br />

friendly advertising<br />

consultants to<br />

arrange display<br />

advertising that<br />

can give your<br />

business aboost!<br />

Jann Thompson<br />

Phone (03) <strong>30</strong>8 7664<br />

E: jann.thompson@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

KarenGane<br />

Phone (03) <strong>30</strong>8 7664<br />

E: karen.gane@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

L2D Driver Training<br />

CAR–<br />

Allstages. Beginner to full.<br />

Block booking discount<br />

MOTORCYCLE – Take your skills to the next level.<br />

Individual lessons on anytopic,<br />

including cornering,townriding,<br />

braking and slowriding.<br />

Dave Campion<br />

027 543 7632<br />

2420806<br />

WE’LL HELP YOUR BUSINESS STAND OUT!<br />

Over<br />

16,065<br />

copies every<br />

week<br />

Call in and see us at 199 Burnett St, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, or phone Jann or Karen<br />

on (03) <strong>30</strong>8 7664 or email: office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

2375522<br />

HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />

Forall othermedicalassistance outside of normal<br />

hoursplease phone your generalpracticeteam,24/7,<br />

to speak withahealth professional whowill giveyou<br />

free health advice on what to do or where to go if you<br />

need urgentcare.<br />

If youdon’t have aregular generalpractice, call any<br />

GP team 24/7 forfreetelephone health advice.<br />

All non-residents and visa holders please bring your<br />

passporttoyour surgeryappointment.<br />

New Zealanders’tobringsome form of ID.<br />

The<strong>Ashburton</strong> Duty Practice for...<br />

Saturday2nd October is<br />

Eastfield Health, 135 Tancred Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7.<br />

Sunday3rd October is<br />

Tinwald Medical Centre, 33 Archibald Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

To make an appointmentcall your regular GP 24/7.<br />

Methven and Rakaia: Formedical attention on the<br />

weekend and public holidays please telephone<br />

MethvenMedical Centre on 03 <strong>30</strong>2 8105<br />

or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 <strong>30</strong>3 5002.<br />

Details foraccessing the afterhoursservices will be<br />

on the answer phone.<br />

PHARMACIES<br />

Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex,<br />

East Street will be open on ...<br />

Saturday from 9.00am until 1.00pm<br />

Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm<br />

At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open<br />

normal trading hours during the week,and on<br />

Saturdaymorning from 9.<strong>30</strong>am to 12.<strong>30</strong>pm.<br />

Closed Sundays and Public Holidays<br />

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice<br />

Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116<br />

Brought<br />

toyouby<br />

CountdownComplex, East Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Phone: 03 <strong>30</strong>8 6733 Fax: 03 <strong>30</strong>8 6755<br />

Only half staffed?<br />

ASituations Vacant<br />

advertisementwill<br />

reach out to over<br />

16,065 homes!<br />

Phone <strong>30</strong>8 7664<br />

Email: office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

20391192376128<br />

EveningWorkers Wanted<br />

We arelooking forconscientious,hardworking<br />

individuals to join our producepacking crew.<br />

This is anightshiftcommencing at 4pm through<br />

to midnight.<br />

Some weekend and public holidayworkmay be<br />

required.<br />

We areanessential servicebusiness so therefore<br />

work through all Covid 19 levels.<br />

If youare interested please come into the office<br />

at 51 Chapman Street,Rakaia and fill in ashort<br />

application form.<br />

Must be 16 years old and above and able to liftup<br />

to 20kg.<br />

Forfurther information<br />

please contactBrianon029 453 2320<br />

SELL<br />

FOR SALE<br />

RURAL MAIL<br />

RUN BUSINESS<br />

RD7 is in the Wakanui/Pendarves<br />

area. Serviced by<br />

two vehicles not included in<br />

sale price. If you love driving<br />

around the countryside,<br />

then this may be just what<br />

you are looking for. Lockdown<br />

has certainly<br />

increased the income and<br />

still rising.<br />

For further information<br />

please contact us with<br />

your details to<br />

susan.hop@hotmail.co.nz<br />

LPG<br />

REFILLS<br />

Small LPG cylinders<br />

Off Street Parking<br />

Available<br />

Arthur Cates Ltd<br />

26 McNally Street<br />

Ph <strong>30</strong>8 5397<br />

Riverside Industrial Estate<br />

LPG REFILLS<br />

9kg cylinders<br />

$27.50<br />

Askaboutour<br />

deliveryservice<br />

Anysizecylinder filled<br />

17 Grey St,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Phone <strong>30</strong>7 2707<br />

2379296<br />

2379<strong>30</strong>0<br />

2420858<br />

FOR LEASE<br />

RENT ME!<br />

Ideal as an extra<br />

bedroomoroffice.<br />

Fully insulatedand<br />

double glazed forwarmth.<br />

Threeconvenientsizes:<br />

Standard3.6m x2.4m,<br />

Large 4.2m x2.4m<br />

Xtra-large 4.8m x2.4m.<br />

Visit our displaycabin<br />

418WestStreet or callfor a<br />

freebrochure.<br />

www.justcabins.co.nz<br />

2379729<br />

0800 58 78 22<br />

AWESOME OFFICE space<br />

for lease, rent or hire. Park<br />

like setting. Indoor and outdoor<br />

areas. North West<br />

town boundary. Must view.<br />

Phone 0274 754 241<br />

STORAGE available, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Self storage, variety<br />

of sizes. Phone Rainbow<br />

Storage 03 <strong>30</strong>7 0401 or<br />

phone/text 021 554 570<br />

STORAGE: Secure self storage<br />

units available, long or<br />

short term. <strong>Ashburton</strong> Storage<br />

Facilities. Contact us<br />

on 0274 362 636 or www.<br />

ashburtonstoragefacilities.<br />

co.nz

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

Geraldine High School<br />

Personal Assistantand BoardSecretary<br />

Geraldine High School is avibrant co-educational<br />

school with aroll of around 600 students. Weare<br />

seeking a highly motivated Personal Assistant<br />

and Board Secretary with asound knowledge of<br />

administrativeprocesses to join our team.<br />

This permanent role is to provide high quality<br />

administrative support to the Principal and the<br />

Senior Leadership Team as well as the Board of<br />

Trustees.Thisroleworksclosely with the Executive<br />

Officerand the wider administration team.<br />

Strategic thinking and problem solving combined<br />

with attention to detail are essential for this role.<br />

It is imperative for this person to be approachable<br />

and collaborative.<br />

This varied role includes:<br />

•Executivesupporttothe Senior Leadership Team<br />

•Business administration, diary management,<br />

travel arrangements<br />

•Policyreviewsand implementation<br />

•Preparing agendas, board packs, plus minute<br />

taking at meetings<br />

•Developing and implementing various reporting<br />

and surveytemplates<br />

Ideally youwill be:<br />

•Broadly skilled across business administration<br />

and managementsupport<br />

•Professional, approachable, diplomatic, and<br />

confidential<br />

•Anexcellent communicator both verbally and<br />

written<br />

•Adept at minutetaking<br />

Some flexibility is required for attendance of<br />

evening meetings. Ifthis sounds like you please<br />

send us your CV or contactusfor more information.<br />

Start time for this position is as negotiated. The<br />

hours per week will be <strong>30</strong>-35 with additional<br />

evening hours to fulfill the Board Secretary role.<br />

This role with follow the school term structure, in<br />

total being 46 week per year worked<br />

Applications close on 08 October at 4pm.<br />

Please email your CV to:hr@geraldinehs.school.nz.<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 cover letter 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 <strong>30</strong>7 0378<br />

Email busandtruckbodywork@xtra.co.nz<br />

FARM VACANCIES<br />

★★★<br />

FIXED TERM PART TIME<br />

IRRIGATION Seeking an experienced<br />

person to shift roto-rainer<br />

irrigation for approx. 4hrs/day -7<br />

weeks Oct -Dec. Hours, pay and<br />

days of work negotiable. Drive in<br />

position 10 mins to <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Please contact Henry, 027 319<br />

9948<br />

LIVESTOCK<br />

MIXED aged, crossbred<br />

ewes, with 8week old tailed<br />

and drenched twin lambs.<br />

$250 aset. Ph 03 <strong>30</strong>2 7272<br />

2420612<br />

2413350<br />

HANDYPERSON<br />

Wanted<br />

forgeneral property<br />

maintenance.<br />

New and renovation work.<br />

Good painting skills<br />

an advantage.<br />

Good payand conditions.<br />

Could be ongoing for<br />

the rightperson.<br />

Please txt027 6331111<br />

Allreplies answered<br />

2422465<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT SITUATIONS VACANT SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

Horticultural<br />

Opportunities<br />

Our OpenSpaces teamproudly manageand maintain 86 parksand reserves<br />

through our district. While their work is physically demanding, the results<br />

of their effort goonshow for the entire community tosee providing much<br />

satisfaction.<br />

Performing arangeofamenity horticulturetasks, we arelookingfor someone<br />

who is physically fit to join ourteam.<br />

Our standardworking week is Monday to Friday,eight hourseach daystarting<br />

at 7.<strong>30</strong>am.<br />

To find out more about this vacancy<br />

and what the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />

Council has to offer you -gotoour<br />

website.<br />

Applications close<br />

Wednesday,6October <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers<br />

Front Of House –Job Vacancies<br />

Areyou passionate about people and providinggreat customer service?<br />

We arehiring! Full and part me posions available<br />

forexperienced staff to join ourteam.<br />

If you<br />

want to work in agreat team environment<br />

have alovefor greatfood and coffee<br />

canwork under pressure<br />

have akeen eyefor detail<br />

take prideinyour presentaon<br />

areavailable weekends<br />

we want to hear from you.<br />

Coffee making experience isn’t essenal but is agreat bonus.<br />

Applicants forthese posions should have<br />

NZ residency or avalidNZworkvisa<br />

To applyorfor moreinformaon<br />

manager@somersetgrocer.co.nz<br />

or to Nicky 027 544 9524<br />

2422721<br />

IndependentDirector<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Contracting Ltd<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Contracting Limited (ACL) has an established reputation as aleading civil<br />

contracting business working across Mid-Canterbury and surrounding areas.The ACL<br />

Board has afocus on sustainable growth, innovation, strategy and maintaining high<br />

levels of health, safety, qualityand environmental management. Forfurther information<br />

on ACLpleaserefer to theirwebsite,www.ashcon.co.nz<br />

We are seeking adirector with experience within the civil contracting or analigned<br />

sector and ideally with knowledge of heavy vehicle workshop operations or fleet<br />

management.<br />

Forfurther informationortoapply visit www.eqiglobal.com<br />

Expressionsofinterest closeonWednesday, 20 October <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Email: search@eqiglobal.com Website: www.eqiglobal.com<br />

Phone +64 3377 7793 Christchurch New Zealand<br />

CLASSIFIEDS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

FRUIT &PRODUCE<br />

EGGS. Local, fresh and freerange.<br />

Weekly deliveries<br />

direct to your door around<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Regular or<br />

occasional orders, you<br />

choose. Dolma Eggs,<br />

0211160252, or email d.<br />

raisbeck@xtra.co.nz<br />

POTATOES; Nadine, Red<br />

Rascall and Agria $1.25kg,<br />

or pre-ordered 10kg bags<br />

$10. Phone 03 <strong>30</strong>8 3195 or<br />

027 531 9103. 81 Elizabeth<br />

Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

WANTED TO BUY<br />

ASHBURTON Scrap Metal<br />

Recyclers buy heavy metal<br />

etc. Free light-grade metal<br />

in-yard dumping 9am-5pm<br />

weekdays &9.<strong>30</strong>-11.<strong>30</strong>am<br />

Saturdays. 117 Alford Forest<br />

Rd, (behind<br />

PlaceMakers). Phone 03<br />

<strong>30</strong>8 8033 or 027 249 6625.<br />

TRADE &SERVICES<br />

ALTERATIONS; Sewing,<br />

mending and trouser hemming,<br />

curtain alterations<br />

and curtain making. Call<br />

Michelle on 027 352 7248.<br />

BUILD work to do? Contact<br />

Kiwi Building and Maintenance<br />

Ltd. Alterations,<br />

Renovations, New builds.<br />

Qualified Tradesmen.<br />

Phone Cawte 027 418<br />

7955.<br />

CARPET 2YOU -for all your<br />

flooring needs. Supplier<br />

and installer of carpet and<br />

vinyl, re-stretch and repair,<br />

carpet cleaning. Phone<br />

Mike Gill 027 491 4210.<br />

CARPET Cleaning. Powerful<br />

equipment and fast drying.<br />

Upholstery, mats and rugs.<br />

GARDENING, mowing,<br />

pruning, fertilising, projects<br />

or general spruce ups? Call<br />

owner/oper-<br />

Andrew at Spruce Gardens<br />

to get the job done right.<br />

027 765 2899 or 03 <strong>30</strong>7<br />

1693.<br />

sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz<br />

Experienced<br />

ator. Phone John Cameron<br />

at Supersucker. 027 435<br />

1042 or <strong>30</strong>8 1677<br />

CARR’S Chimney Cleaning,<br />

servicing <strong>Ashburton</strong> and<br />

surrounding districts, $60<br />

per chimney. Phone<br />

Rodney on 03 324 2999<br />

and leave amessage.<br />

CHIMNEY<br />

Includes full firebox inspection<br />

and internal flue<br />

camera inspection. An<br />

inspection report can be<br />

issued on completion. Call<br />

Allan on 027 209 5026<br />

COMPUTER Problems? For<br />

prompt reliable computer<br />

servicing and laser engraving,<br />

contact Kelvin, KJB<br />

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot<br />

Place, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone<br />

<strong>30</strong>8 8989. SuperGold discount<br />

card accepted.<br />

COMPUTER repairs, sales,<br />

training, setup wirelessnetworks,<br />

spyware<br />

cleanup. On-site day or<br />

evening. Low fees. Call<br />

Robin Johnstone, Networks<br />

Firewalls and PC’s Ltd, <strong>30</strong>8<br />

1440 or 027 768 4058<br />

CONCRETE Services -<br />

Driveways, paths, patios,<br />

mowing edging. Decorative<br />

Concrete Specialist operating<br />

locally with <strong>30</strong> years<br />

experience. No job too big<br />

or small. Contactless service<br />

offered. Phone Paul<br />

021 152 1966.<br />

DENTURES; Dr Peter<br />

Rumping repairs existing<br />

dentures and also provides<br />

new dentures. Phone 027<br />

220 9997.<br />

LAWN Mowing. No job too<br />

small. Call Les Smith, From<br />

The Ground Up, for acompetitive<br />

quote. Ph 027 840<br />

0201 or 03 <strong>30</strong>8 1500.<br />

37<br />

GARAGE SALES<br />

RELAY For Life Fundraiser,<br />

Netherby WI. Saturday 2<br />

October, 1a Creek Rd,<br />

9am-1pm. Masks on<br />

please. Donations of saleable<br />

items, please drop to<br />

1a Creek Rd or <strong>30</strong> Cross<br />

St, or Ph <strong>30</strong>8 1176 or 745<br />

4105.<br />

SEALY Street. Saturday 2<br />

October. Something for<br />

everyone. Come and get a<br />

bargin. Signs out from<br />

8.<strong>30</strong>am.<br />

TRADE &SERVICES<br />

DRIVEWAYS, Patios and<br />

Paths, Plain Concrete, Coloured<br />

Concrete or Exposed<br />

Agregate Concrete.<br />

Paveco, 13 Robinson<br />

Street. 100% local. Phone<br />

<strong>30</strong>7 6466 for aquote.<br />

ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication,<br />

farm equipment<br />

service and maintenance,<br />

WOF repairs, machining<br />

and welding. Odd jobs a<br />

speciality. Mobile workshop.<br />

Can collect. Phone<br />

Malcolm 0274 754 241.<br />

FLY control and spider<br />

proofing. For all your<br />

domestic and industrial<br />

pest control needs phone<br />

AJ Kerr at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Pest<br />

Control on 03 <strong>30</strong>8 8147 or<br />

027 432 5447<br />

FURNITURE Removals. For<br />

all your household removal<br />

needs - urban, rural lifestyle,<br />

office relocations -<br />

call Nudges Furniture<br />

Removals, phone 027 224<br />

0609.<br />

LOCKSMITH/Door repairs.<br />

Keys/locks, sliding and bifold<br />

door roller repairs.<br />

Mobile service. Call Nigel at<br />

Doors and More. Ph 027<br />

Sweeping. 516 7104<br />

NETTLETON Decorators,<br />

qualified tradesman, is<br />

available for interior and<br />

exterior painting, plus plastering,<br />

stopping, skimming<br />

and wallpapering. Phone<br />

James on 0274 865 283.<br />

PAINTER for all your painting<br />

needs. No job too small,<br />

inside or outside. Professional<br />

friendly service.<br />

Phone Pete 03 <strong>30</strong>8 1672 or<br />

027 200 1619.<br />

PLASTERING<br />

&COATINGS<br />

Rockcote. Waterproofing.<br />

Texture/Specialist<br />

Coatings.<br />

The Finishing Company<br />

03 <strong>30</strong>7 8870 2416189<br />

SUN Control Window Tinting:<br />

Privacy, UV, glare, heat<br />

control for homes, offices<br />

and cars. Phone Craig<br />

Rogers <strong>30</strong>7 6347, member<br />

Master Tinters NZ. www.<br />

windowtinter.co.nz<br />

TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV<br />

block, glare, heat control,<br />

safety, security, privacy,<br />

frosting films, solar protective<br />

window films. Free<br />

quotes, 20 years local service.<br />

Phone 0800 368 468<br />

now, Bill Breukelaar, www.<br />

tintawindow.co.nz<br />

ashburtoncranes2015@gmail.com<br />

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CLASSIFIEDS<br />

38 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

St David’s Church<br />

Fair &Monster Garage Sale<br />

AllensRd, Allenton.<br />

Saturday 9 th October 9-11.<strong>30</strong>am<br />

Baking,Jams,Preserves, Plants,<br />

BBQ, MorningTea<br />

Children’s Games<br />

Plus muchmore<br />

E- info@talbotsecurity.co.nz 519 East Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

P-(03) <strong>30</strong>7 2409 Anytime 24/7<br />

-Alarm Response and Patrols<br />

-Alarm Monitoring<br />

-Alarm and CCTV Installation<br />

-Alarm and CCTV Servicing<br />

-Data and Networking<br />

- Fire Extinguishers<br />

- Key Cutting<br />

- Locksmithing<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’sonly100%locally owned and operatedsecuritycompany<br />

ASHBURTON Society of<br />

Arts Early Spring Show,<br />

Short St Studio. Local<br />

members exhibiting. Guest<br />

-Sarah Beal. On now until<br />

17th October. Weekends<br />

11am - 4pm. Other days<br />

when signs out. Enquiries<br />

<strong>30</strong>8 4533. Masks please.<br />

MEETINGS<br />

GARDEN SUPPLIES<br />

MEETINGS<br />

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING<br />

This will be held on Thursday14October<br />

at 7.<strong>30</strong>pm in the VarietyTheatreRooms,<br />

212 Wills Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

GARDEN SUPPLIES<br />

2418784<br />

2404590<br />

MUSHROOM COMPOST<br />

Nowisthe time to dig in our topqualitymushroom<br />

compost to your vegetable garden. Ideal to replenish nutrients<br />

used by previous crops and improvethe soil structure.<br />

It also adds beneficial micro-organisms to thetired soil.<br />

$50 per cubic metreor$10 bag.<br />

Freedelivery within town boundary.<br />

Open 6daysaweek at our Tinwald yard,<br />

208 Maronan Road. Phone 021 129 8936 or 03 <strong>30</strong>8 3331<br />

GARDENERS Specials.<br />

Sheep or Cow manure<br />

$8/bag. Medium-square linseed<br />

straw $50. Mediumsquare<br />

pea straw $60.<br />

Phone Alan 027 496 7136,<br />

Ian 027 286 3697. AHinds<br />

Lions Project.<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

HOSPICE Mid-Canterbury -<br />

Here when you need us. If<br />

you or someone you care<br />

about has a life limiting<br />

illness, phone <strong>30</strong>7 8387 or<br />

027 227 8387<br />

2422493<br />

2404460<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

Peter Blacklow<br />

PETE’S<br />

PICK<br />

Full range of engineering supplies and accessories forall your repairs<br />

&maintenance. Kerrick hot &cold waterblasters &industrial vacuumcleaners.<br />

Esseti welders &accessories. Stockists and distributors of Trailer Equipment.<br />

Locally owned &operated family business for 68 years<br />

ASHBURTON<br />

South Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> PHONE (03) <strong>30</strong>8-3147<br />

Email office@blacklows.co.nz FREEPHONE 0800 452 522<br />

CentralSouth Island Region<br />

Call in atalk to the people who know...<br />

Attention<br />

trout, salmon,<br />

perch and<br />

tench anglers!<br />

The <strong>2021</strong>/2022 sportsfishing season openson1October <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Licences can be purchased at local licenceagents<br />

or online at www.fishandgame.org.nz<br />

Major regulation changes apply forthe <strong>2021</strong>/22 season. Getyour regulation<br />

guides instore at licenceagents or go to www.fishandgame.org.nz.<br />

Formoreinformation contactCentral South IslandFish &Gameon036158400<br />

2022 Health Studies Bursary<br />

Altrusa International of <strong>Ashburton</strong>Inc.<br />

Applications areinvited forthis bursary<br />

valued at $1,000<br />

Forfull criteria and an application form<br />

please email<br />

secretary.ashburton@altrusa.org.nz<br />

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CHAOS AUTOMATIC<br />

WELDING HELMET<br />

Unique Kiwiana graphics.<br />

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Expert<br />

musculoskeletal care for your pain<br />

Consulting Osteopath, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Appointments/contactthrough web site<br />

021 0222 6378<br />

www.countrypractice.nz<br />

ASHBURTON A&PSHOWCLOSE OF ENTRIES<br />

Theclose of entries to have been held on the <strong>30</strong>th<br />

<strong>September</strong> and 1st October<br />

at the showgrounds have been postponed until<br />

final closing date of<br />

FRIDAY 8th October10.00am till 3.<strong>30</strong>pm<br />

under the grandstand at the A&PShowgrounds<br />

Anyenquiries to <strong>30</strong>8 7908 2420366<br />

2386391<br />

Thurs <strong>30</strong>th<br />

10.00 Queen Bees<br />

10.00 Respect<br />

11.50 Shang-Chi and the TenRings<br />

12.<strong>30</strong> TheIce Road<br />

2.10 TheMole Agent<br />

2.<strong>30</strong> Candyman<br />

3.45 TheBoss Baby 2<br />

4.10 Ainbo Amazon Princess<br />

5.40 Respect<br />

5.50 Free Guy<br />

8.00 Shang-Chi and the TenRings<br />

8.15 TheIce Road<br />

Friday 1st<br />

Respect<br />

10.45<br />

1.<strong>30</strong><br />

2.55<br />

3.20<br />

4.<strong>30</strong><br />

6.00<br />

6.10<br />

8.00<br />

8.10<br />

Queen Bees<br />

TheMole Agent<br />

Respect<br />

Ainbo Amazon Princess<br />

TheIce Road<br />

Candyman<br />

Shang-Chi and the TenRings<br />

Free Guy<br />

Sat2nd &Sun 3rd<br />

10.00<br />

10.00<br />

11.45<br />

11.50<br />

1.40<br />

2.00<br />

3.15<br />

4.00<br />

5.40<br />

5.50<br />

8.00<br />

8.15<br />

Mon4th<br />

10.00<br />

10.00<br />

11.45<br />

12.10<br />

1.<strong>30</strong><br />

2.00<br />

3.50<br />

4.10<br />

5.40<br />

6.15<br />

8.00<br />

8.15<br />

Tues 5th<br />

10.00<br />

10.00<br />

11.45<br />

12.10<br />

1.<strong>30</strong><br />

2.00<br />

3.50<br />

4.10<br />

5.40<br />

6.15<br />

8.00<br />

8.15<br />

Wed6th<br />

10.00<br />

11.00<br />

12.10<br />

1.<strong>30</strong><br />

2.00<br />

3.50<br />

4.10<br />

5.40<br />

6.15<br />

8.00<br />

8.15<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

PawPatrolthe Movie<br />

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Rhododendrons from $15.<br />

91 Pye Road The Downs<br />

Geraldine. Wednesday to<br />

Saturday 10am to 4pm or<br />

by arrangement. phone 03<br />

6938332 or 0274311815<br />

PAUL’S Garden Nursery,<br />

101 Harrison St, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Tomato, vegetable and<br />

flower plants,14 varieties of<br />

seed potatoes, seed yams<br />

and farm fresh, free range<br />

eggs available. Enquiries to<br />

Paul 027 278 1354. Open 7<br />

days.<br />

HOME SERVICES<br />

ROOF COATINGS: All roof<br />

types, specializing in<br />

Decramastic and Long Run<br />

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep<br />

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Would a<br />

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Advance <strong>Ashburton</strong> Community<br />

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29 OCTOBER<br />

<strong>2021</strong><br />

33rd ANNUAL<br />

PUBLIC MEETING<br />

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Monday 11th<br />

October 10am<br />

To obtain the Zoom link and<br />

viewour financialreports visit<br />

www.comtrust.org.nz<br />

or phone us on<br />

0800 672 287<br />

2418794<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Fanciers<br />

Society<br />

POULTRY AUCTION<br />

Sunday October 10,<br />

Sports Hall<br />

Tancred Street West<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

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Start 12.<strong>30</strong>pm<br />

Poultry, Bantams,<br />

Ducks,Cavies<br />

Something for<br />

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2422185<br />

BOTANICAL EXPO and<br />

Rare Plant Fair. Broadfields<br />

NZ Landscape Garden,<br />

250 Selwyn Road, Rolleston,<br />

7678. Saturday 9October<br />

10am - 4.<strong>30</strong>pm,<br />

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Specialist Growers,<br />

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