North Canterbury News: October 14, 2021

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Covid-19 fails to 

dampen spirits 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

It is usually partytime in North 

Canterbury in October and early 

November for shopaholics, 

gardening enthusiasts, car 

enthusiasts and those who enjoy 

country hospitality.But this year 

Covid19 hasbeen abit of aparty 

pooper. 

However, despite the difficulties 

the Level 2Alertlevel poses, some 

eventorganisers are proving to be 

agileand resourceful, and forging 

on. 

Others, however have cancelled, 

or bumped their eventout in the 

hope the leveldrops to 1, while 

others are waiting to make acall 

closer to their chosendate. 

The Northern A&P Show in 

Rangiora at Labour Weekend has 

already fallen victim,but organisers 

are holding some animal section 

competitions which will closed to 

the public. 

The Amberley A& PAssociationis 

making acall about its October 30 

show laterthis week, whilethe 

Rock‘n’Wheels car eventatthe 

Amberley Domain is havingone last 

attempt at getting the show on the 

road on December 12. 

Aslimmeddown version of the 

WaiauPig Hunt at Labour Weekend 

will go ahead fromOctober22 to 24. 

Participants are encouraged to wear 

masks, the weighinprocess means 

contestants have to stay in their 

vehicles until it is their turn for 

weighin, and there will be driveby 

contactless spot prizeand prize 

winning collection sites. No formal 

prizegiving will be held at the 

grounds, however, the organisers are 

looking to stream this online for 

participants. 

Meanwhile two fetes planned in 

NorthCanterbury will also go ahead 

as planned, alongwith the Hurunui 

Garden Festival. 

Organisers of the Christmas 

Country Fete at Amberley House on 

Thursday, October 28, the 30th 

anniversaryofthe popular event, are 

now ‘‘full steam ahead’’ planning 

and organising the event. 

Masks are recommended, as is 

buyingtickets on line to help keep 

queuestoaminimumatthe gate. 

The Hanmer Springs Feteon 

Friday, October 29,isalso going 

ahead.Organisers have been busy 

makingchanges to the event sitein 

the historic QueenMary Hospital 

grounds,toensureeveryoneiskept 

safe and can socially distance. It will 

be mandatorytosign in, and wear 

masks.Guestshave to be seated for 

eatingand drinking. 

The Hurunui Garden Festival 

from October 28 to October31, will 

also be open for business. Covid19 

has forcedthe cancellation of a 

dinner, and put the brakes on 

gardening guru, LyndaHallinan 

attending to speak and entertain, 

due to her being Auckland based. 

Secretary Anita Todd says the 

committeewas disheartenedto 

cancelthe dinner and sad Lynda and 

some visitors from the North Island 

couldn’t make it due to Covid19 

restrictions, particularlyafter 

putting so muchtime and energy 

into the event. 

But at arecentgettogether there 

was alot of excitementthatthe 

gardens could still open, and artists 

could display their wares. 

‘‘Everyone was so positive, 

focused and prepared to deliver a 

great experiencefor visitors.’’ 

Meanwhile the Waipara 

Fireworks committee is continuing 

to planfor its annualevent at the 

Glenmark Domain on Friday, 

November5.Anorganiser Andy 

Macintosh says the committee is 

forging ahead plans inthemeantime. 

The family night out 

includes kids entertainment with 

the gates opening at 4pm. 

The USA Car Day at Woodend, 

planned for November 7, has been 

cancelled. 

Multiawardwinning cheesemakers ... Karikaas general manager Diana Hawkins, front, with her staff, 

from left, Petra Kasalova, Aimee Thorne, Jo Terris, Donna Morkane and Rachel Dunnett, in the shop 

at the company’s cheese factory in Loburn. 

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Just say cheese Kiwis 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

Karikaas,Loburn’smultiple 

awardwinning cheesemaking 

company, is lookingfor help 

from cheeseloverstobecome 

New Zealand’sfavourite 

cheesemaker. 

The company is taking part 

in the Rutherford and Meyer 

Favourite NZ Cheese Company 

competition, organisedbythe 

New Zealand Specialist 

Cheesemakers Association 

(NZSCA) and to win they need 

voting support from their 

customers. 

The competition is also being 

held to celebrate October as 

New Zealand Cheese Month 

and promote the New Zealand 

cheese industry. 

The general manager and coowner 

of Karikaas,Diana 

Hawkinssays there are alot of 

great cheesemakers in New 

Zealand so it will be atough 

competition to win. 

However, the companyhas 

won many awards over the 

years including the Ignite 

Colleges Chef’s ChoiceAward 

for their Pumahana cheese at 

the Champions of Cheese 

Awards in Hamiltonduring 

May this year. 

‘‘It was reallypleasingtowin 

the award,’’ Dianasays. 

‘‘We know we are good at 

what we do, but to have 

someoneelse recognise it in 

this way is very pleasing. It was 

great recognition for the team 

workwe all do here. 

‘‘It takes ateam to do what 

we do and Ineed every single 

one of my wonderfulstaff.’’ 

To win the favourite 

cheesemaker competition 

every company must obtain as 

many votes as possiblefrom 

the publicand every voter goes 

in the draw to win aNZCheese 

Month hamper packed with 

New Zealand specialty cheeses 

plus Rutherford and Meyer 

quince fruit paste, and oat 

crackers. 

Cheese lovers can vote for 

their favourite New Zealand 

cheese company at 

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Forest Relic ... Devon Huston with his watercolour near Cheviot, which hangs in the Back Wall Gallery in the Hurunui District Library 

in Amberley. 

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Brushstrokes with feeling 


The great outdoors helps Devon Huston to 

put feeling into his watercolour paintings. 

He says he has beensliding more and 

more intopainting on site, rather than 

from photographs he has taken. 

Paintingfrom photos is easierbecause 

you areout of the wind and the heat, but 

they lack heart, he says. 

‘‘There is somethingabout painting 

outside. You can putfeeling into it thatyou 

can’tget fromphoto.There is more of you 

in it,’’ he says. 

The outside, openair watercolourshave 

asmoothness, more contrast, and more 

detailedbrush strokes. 

Huston has an exhibition of 16 

watercolours in the Back WallGallery at 

the HurunuiDistrictLibrary in Amberley 

untilthe end of the month. 

One, ForestRelic,awatercolour fromthe 

Cheviotarea, had Hustontotally absorbed 

in the moment. Sitting on his stool, with his 

drawing boardonhis knees, holding his 

watercolour palette, and sponge an 

important part of his equipment there 

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was nearlyalot more feeling in the 

painting thatheexpected. 

As his brush strokes caughtthe light, and 

the effects of his subject,hehad afeeling 

he was beingwatched. 

Looking up he saw some curious steers 

starting to come toward him. 

Hustonquicklypackeduphis tools of 

trade,and slowly begantoretrace his 

steps.Ashemoved the steers brokeinto a 

trot and abit of agallop. 

Fortunately, he says,hemade it safelyto 

the otherside of the gate. 

Hustonisselftaught, havingnospecific, 

formaltraining in fine art. He leans 

towardwatercoloursasapreferred 

mediumand says the artistshemost 

admires are those that createquite loose 

semiimpressionisticwork in aformat 

called‘‘casual realism’’, somethinghe 

constantlyaims for in all his work. 

He leftemployment after 36 years as Art 

Director at the Christchurch Star,where 

he produced advertisement layoutsand 

designed retail promotional material 

along withcopywritingfor pressand radio, 

designing and producingadvertising 

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crackersand fruit pastes with New 

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NZSCA Chair, Catherine McNamara 

saysNew Zealand's cheesemaking 

industry is constantly evolving. ‘‘It is 

now,more than ever, vitallyimportant 

Kiwis support localcheesemakers to 

ensure their survival.Iencourage 

shoppers to lookout for and purchase 

brochures and cartooning. 

He grew the art department fromone or 

two peopleto15, before electingtotake 

redundancy,and his superannuation, and 

concentrate on becoming awatercolour 

artist. 

Initiallyhehad two years parttime 

tuition fromrenownedartist Robert 

McDowell in Christchurch. He movedon 

to Pahia in the Bay of Island and expanded 

his creation and sales of original land and 

seascapes, beforereturning to the South 

Island where he operated two studio 

galleries in Havelock and Canvastown. 

He has livedinNorth Canterbury for the 

pastfive years, finding the scenery an 

inspiration for his watercolours. 

Huston took up tutoringinboth 

watercolour and lifedrawing skills in 

workshopsthroughout the South island 

and values this as atrue ‘‘backtobasics’’ 

lesson for his own art. 

His futurecareer ambitionsinclude a 

continuation and expansion of teaching 

time, plus establishing furtheroutlets in 

galleries New Zealandwide to display and 

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Stadium busy despite challenges 

By DAVID HILL 

Rangiora’s new Mainpower Stadium 

has enjoyedabusy first couple of 

months,despite the challenges of 

Covid19. 

After opening to much fanfare on 

August 8, the Covid19 lockdown forced 

the stadium to close just ninedays later, 

resulting in the cancellationand 

postponementofseveral major events. 

But NorthCanterbury Sportand 

Recreation Trust chief executive 

MichaelSharpe and fitness centre 

managerPaul Dunnsay there have 

been plenty of positives. 

‘‘It took awee bit for peopletoget 

used to wearingafacemask and 

following the right protocols, but once 

people got arounditwewere busy,’’Mr 

Sharpe says. 

‘‘People can’t reallydowithout 

fitness.’’ 

The fitness centre opened with 200 

membersand signed up another 100 in 

the nine days beforelockdown. 

‘‘With the opening and for ninedays it 

was really pumping and then it came to 

ahalt,’’ Mr Dunn says. 

Afurther 100 new members have 

signed since the stadium reopened, 

leavingthe fitness centre on track to 

meet its targetof500 members before 

the end of the year. 

‘‘From the gym point of view, we are 

continuing to build on the community 

feel the trust has in our othersites,’’ Mr 

Dunn says. 

‘‘But Covid has hit us hardinstopping 

our momentum, with our bookings 

impacted, like the North Canterbury 

Business Awards, the sports awards and 

the deaf futsal nationals which haveall 

been postponed,’’ Mr Sharpe says. 

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the Mainland Eagles Camp run by the 

Canterbury Rams for talented 15 to 

19yearold basketballers,and several 

other regional and national 

competitions which are yet to be 

announced. 

The stadium has hosted the South 

Island Cheerleaders Competition with 

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alot of high performance sports 

interested in using our facilities,’’ Mr 

Dunn says. 

‘‘The basketballers just can’t get 

enoughofit and they’re already up 20 

percent withtheirplaying numbers,’’ 

Mr Sharpe says. 

The handball programmeisalready 

bulging at the seams, withthe 24 teams 

playing at presentset to growto38 

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Other councils have also been 

showing an interest in what 

Waimakariri has to offer. 

Hutton’sshearwater lost to crash landings 


Dozens of adultHutton’s shearwater have 

been killed after crash landing on 

Kaikoura’s Beach Roadlast week, as dark 

sky enthusiasts scrambletoreduce night 

lighting in the town. 

NickyMcArthur says the massivecrash 

landingevent was unusual at thistime of 

the year, and believesitisdirectly caused 

by nightlighting in the seaside town, 

coupled possibly with aweather event. 

Fog add to the confusion with the birds 

mistaking the sealed roadfor the ocean. 

‘‘They were totally disorientated,’’ she 

says. 

Volunteers rescued many of thebirds, 

but others were squashed by carsand 

trucks, or eatenbycats. 

The Hutton's Shearwaterisanendemic 

species that is often affected by bright 

lights. 

It lives in two coloniesinthe Kaikoura 

mountains (the Kowhai River and the Puhi 

Peaks Nature Reserve) and one on the 

peninsula, with the adult seabirds 

returning home each spring for nesting, 

then flyingout each autumn for their 

winter feeding grounds. 

Nicky says the birds beginreturningto 

the colony in Augustonwardand by 

Octoberhad pretty well made it, to mate in 

the firstweek in November. 

‘‘This year extraordinary weather, 

combined with diffusionoflight, has taken 

itstoll,’’she says. 

It could be climate change,but normally 

there werenoconcerns until the young 

fledged theirnestsand headed out to sea 

in March, she says. 

Larry Field, one of four board members 

of Kaikoura International Dark Sky (KIDS) 

says in consultationwith the council he 

wasable to get the new LED lights in the 

town dimmed to 25 percent after the first 

nightofcrash landings. He saysits difficult 

to know the effect thishad, but says bright 

nightlighting has an impact on theecology 

of an area and human health, and is ‘‘more 

serious’’ than anyoneevery thought. 

Dr Field,aretired Universityof 

Canterbury professor, an ecologist and a 

Dark Sky astronomer, says internationally 

thereisincreasing scientific evidence to 

show the enormousimpact night lighting 

is having on ecology streams and people’s 

health, particularlyonpeople working at 

night. 

He wants to seelighting prevented from 

beingcast upward into the sky at night, 

and wantstopreventpeopleworking at 

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He and KIDS are pushing for Kaikoura 

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Road safety in Woodend urgent 

By DAVID HILL 

AWoodend resident has called for 

action on promised road safety 

improvements in the town. 

David Jones says while attention has 

been placed on the proposed Woodend 

Bypass, improved road safety to address 

the increased traffic volumes due to the 

growing population needs to be the 

priority. 

‘‘While the bypass is anecessity that 

should have been dealt with along time 

ago, road safety improvements have 

become more and more urgent since the 

earthquakes caused amassive influx of 

new residents to North Canterbury,’’ he 

says. 

‘‘Even if the bypass were to be started 

tomorrow, it will be at least five years 

before it will be open to traffic. 

‘‘In the meantime traffic density is set 

to get steadily worse as Pegasus, 

Ravenswood and Two Roads become 

evermore populated.’’ 

Mr Jones wrote to Waka Kotahi New 

Zealand Transport Agency last month to 

raise his concerns and was pleased to 

get aresponse from national 

infrastructure delivery manager 

Andrew Thackwray. 

Mr Thackwray confirmed NZTA is 

working on anumber of safety 

improvements for Woodend, but 

provides no timeframe. 

The safety improvements include new 

roundabouts at Williams Street, 

Kaiapoi, and Woodend Beach Road, the 

widening of State Highway 1tothe north 

and south of Woodend and installing a 

wire rope barrier to the centreline to 

prevent head on crashes. 

Aset of traffic lights are also proposed 

for the Woodend Road /SH1 

intersection at the southern entrance to 

the town, while improvements are 

proposed for the Pegasus Roundabout to 

Safety first ... AWoodend resident, David Jones, wants improved road safety to be a 

priortiy as traffic increases in Woodend. 

PHOTO:FILE 

allow pedestrians to cross the road 

safely. 

Following an inquiry from North 

Canterbury News,NZTA senior project 

manager Chris Collins says there is 

design funding in the 2021/24 National 

Land Transport Programme for the 

safety improvements in Woodend, with 

further progress to be ‘‘communicated 

as this work develops’’. 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon and 

WoodendSefton Community Board 

chairperson Shona Powell are planning 

to meet NZTA chief executive Nicole 

Rosie early next month to discuss the 

district’s transport concerns. 

Woodend’s safety improvements are 

not progressing fast enough following 

community consultation in October 

2018, they say. 

‘‘We are committed to seeing those 

safety improvements delivered, but 

we’re still waiting on atimeframe,’’ Mr 

Gordon says. 

‘‘The safety improvements were left 

out of the 2021/24 National Land 

Transport Programme, so we’re hoping 

that it was amistake which will be 

corrected soon and that’s what we will 

be seeking from Nicole Rosie.’’ 

4WD threat. .. The red arrow indicates how 

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Ashley/Rakahuri River. 

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Wrybill threat 


Apair of wrybills nestinginthe Ashley/ 

Rakahuri River, havecome close to having 

theirnest squashed by a4WD. 

The pair are the subject of acompetition 

for school childrenbeing run by the Ashley 

Rakahuri RivercareGroup to name them. 

The 4WD drive wascaught on camera 

beingdriven down the riverbed on October 

9, despite most access ways intothe river 

beingblocked by Environment Canterbury, 

and some signswarning of the threat to 

nesting birds. 

The wrybill is nationally vulnerable,and 

at risk of extinction in the mediumterm. 

The pair are notunfamiliar to the 

dangers of nesting in the area. They have 

previouslylost anest to floods and achick 

and an egg to a4WD. 

The rivercare groupismonitoring the 

nest closely,and cameras have been 

installed to warn them about any threats to 

the nestingbirds, including rats. 

They encouragepeople to protect and 

respect the nesting habitat. Any school 

childrenwanting to enterthe competition 

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Vaccination clinic ... Kaiapoi Family Doctors staff Maureen Gamble, front and Nerita Smith 

working at the Covid 19 vaccination clinic which was held at the Kaiapoi Family Doctors 

clinic in Charles Street last Saturday. 

PHOTO:SHELLEY TOPP 

Big push for vaccinations on 

Super Saturday in Hurunui 


Hurunuiisgearing up forabig push to lift 

Covid19 vaccination rates in the 

community withfourclinicsopenfor jabs 

in the districtthis weekend. 

The pushispart of the Government’s 

Super Saturdayinitiative to driveNew 

Zealand's fully vaccinatednumbers up to 

90 percentormore. 

Prime MinisterJacindaArdern says 

highvaccinationratesinNew Zealand 

would be agamechanger for Kiwis 

becauseitwouldallowfewerlifestyle 

restrictions. 

She wants to see 90 per cent of people 

aged12and olderfully vaccinatedagainst 

Covid 19 to give Kiwis better protection 

against thevirus. 

But there is along waytogotoreach 

that figure with only 57 percentofthe 

population fullyvaccinated and 82 per 

cent having had their first dose. 

ThepracticemanageratHanmer 

Springs Health Centre, Paul Walmsley, 

says everyone hasarole to play in 

protecting ‘‘ourselves,our whanauand 

ourcommunity’’ by getting vaccinated. 

‘‘Ithas neverbeen more urgent to get 

vaccinated.Weare pulling out all the 

stops to increase ourvaccination rates,’’ 

he says. 

Everyone in Hurunui is being asked to 

contribute towards thepush for 

vaccinationthis weekend duringSuper 

Saturday(on October 16) and on Sunday 

(October 17). 

‘‘Ifyou areone of themany peoplewho 

have already had 1or2doses—Shot!But 

your job is notdone,’’ Paul says. 

‘‘Tobest protect your whanau, 

community, and therestofthe Hurunui, 

we are asking you to help us reachyour 

friends, whanau, andcolleagues whomay 

stillhavesome hesitation about being 

vaccinatedand need some helpand 

support to get it done.’’ 

On Saturday Covid19 vaccination 

clinicsinHurunui will be openat: 

Amberley Farmers Market, next to the 

HurunuiDistrict Counciloffices at 66 

Carters RoadinAmberley,from 9amuntil 

1pm; theAmuri HealthCentre, at 40 

Wilkin Street, Rotherham, from 9amuntil 

1pm; andthe HanmerSprings, at the 

HanmerSpringsSports Domain, 59 Jacks 

Pass Road, from10amuntil late. 

On Sunday aCovid19 vaccination clinic 

will be openatthe WaikariHealth Centre, 

at 100Princes Street,from10amuntil 

1pm. 

Vaccination clinicswillalso be openin 

many otherareas aroundNorth 

Canterburyatthe weekend. 

In Kaiapoi, the vaccination clinic being 

held at theKaiapoi Family Doctors 

surgery at 42 CharlesStreet,isfully 

booked forvaccinations this Saturday, but 

thevaccinationclinic administrator, Alan 

Gamble,ofRangiora, saystheycan still 

acceptpeople withoutbookings. 

Onehundred and thirty people 

received vaccinations at the clinic last 

Saturday, with some having their first 

dose and others having their seconddose. 

‘‘We wanttoencourage people to come 

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McALPINES MITRE 10 MEGA RANGIORA -OCEAN WATCH 

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Authorised by MattDoocey,Level1ConwayLane,188 High Street,Rangiora. 

Community spirit 

Ihope everyone’s checked theirLotto 

ticket after the half amilliondollar 

winning ticketlast week was revealed 

to have been bought from Kaiapoi’s 

Red and Black Dairy. 

Dairy owner Nilesh is probably as 

excited as thewinner. 

It was just ashortwhileago that 

Nilesh came to me for help afterbeing 

declined alicence to sell Lotto and 

scratch card tickets. 

Iorganised aLotto representative to 

fly from Auckland to meet directly 

with Nilesh. 

The representative saw how 

accessible the dairy is as ahub for 

Kaiapoi, and was impressed by 

Nilesh’s commitment to our 

community. It’s exciting that so soon 

after becomingaLotto outlet we could 

produce awinner. 

Community spirit was high at the 

opening of AdviceKiwi Menzshed 

Pegasus Woodend’s new shed at 

Gladstone Park. 

Our community got behind the 

project with volunteers rollingup 

their sleeves in allsorts of ways. 

Iwas thrilled to officially open and 

speak at the opening, andtobe able to 

acknowledge the importance of this 

valuable community facility. 

The shed is ahub for socialisation 

and the sharing of skills,which results 

in arangeofprojects that directly 

benefit our communities. Well doneto 

chairperson Sam Watt, Joel 

McLachlan and the team! 

Ienjoyed bringing National’s 

Housing Spokesperson Nicola Willis 

recently to look at Waimakariri 

solutions to housing our growing 

population. 

Nicola is doing valuable work 

addressing housing costs, playing a 

crucial role in how we reform the 

Resource Management Act. 

Our Waimakariri population 

reached almost 65,000 last year, and 

that brings both challenges and 

opportunities. 

We know decisions madein 

Wellington impact our familiesonthe 

ground, so Ilike to ensure 

Waimakariri experiences are heard in 

Wellington. 

Applicationsare pouring in from 

young people across Waimakariri to 

be my next Youth MP. 

It’s exciting to see so many wanting 

to be avoice for our youth. If youknow 

ayoungperson you think would make 

agreat WaimakaririYouth MP, please 

email imakariri@parliament.govt.nz 

for details. 

Local resident Matt Hennessey’s 

and my petition on Change.Org is 

gaining traction as we call on the 

CDHB to establish amentalhealth coresponse 

servicethat will see mentalhealth 

practitioners respond with 

police officers to mental health 

emergency calls in Canterbury. 

Aservice is currently being piloted 

by the Wellington DHB. Police told us 

20% of their call outs in Canterbury 

are for people suffering mental health 

crises. You can sign the petition at 

www.change.org/p/canterburydistricthealthboardcdhbestablishcoresponsecalloutteamtoaddressmetalhealthcrises. 

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An unveiling, an 

opening and aplea 

Despite Covid restrictions Ihave been able 

to attendand celebrate several significant 

events over the past few weeks. 

On Sunday Ihad the privilege to speak at 

the unveiling of the new “Karo” sculpture 

by the renowned artist AndrewDrummond 

which sits on the riverbank by the Kaiapoi 

marina.This event marked the launchof 

the new Waimakariri Public Arts Trust. 

The council set up this Trust with the 

purposeofpromoting art and culture and 

to encouragenew public art. Iwould like to 

acknowledge and thank Chair Jackie 

Watson and the Trusteesfor their work. 

We as acommunity are indebted to the 

Blackwell family for their donation that 

has brought about the purchase of this 

fantastic artworkand is part of celebrating 

their 150thanniversary. Giving back to 

Kaiapoiand Waimakariri is firmly 

embedded in the Blackwell family’s DNA, 

and is highlighted in this beautifulnew 

sculpture. 

From George Henry Blackwell to today’s 

generation of Andrewand Michael, we 

salute your commitment to our community 

and wish you ahappy 150th anniversary. 

PegasusMenz Shed 

Ienjoyed attending andspeakingatthe 

recent opening of the new Advice Kiwi 

PegasusMenz Shed based at Gladstone 

Park in Woodend. 

From concept to completion this was 

achieved in 20 months, which is 

remarkable and down to the commitment 

of the localcommittee and generosity and 

supportoffunders like Joel McLachlan 

from Advice Kiwi. Council has supported 

the establishment of otherMenz Sheds in 

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the districtbecause they are agreat place 

to learnnew skills, share skills,have a 

laugh and enjoy each other’s company as 

well as work on practical tasks either 

personal or as agroup tobenefit the 

community. 

If this is of interest to you Iencourage 

you to make contactwith your local Menz 

Shed –they would welcomeyour 

involvement. 

Covid Vaccinations 

Ibelieve in the Covid vaccination 

programme and encourageeveryone who 

is able to get vaccinated. 

It is our best chance to beat this virus 

and allow us to get back to normal. Ithink 

the Super Saturdaycampaign this 

weekend is agreat idea and am sure 

Waimakariri will get right behindit. The 

more people who are fully vaccinated,the 

more protection we have against Covid, 

resulting in more freedom for all New 

Zealandersand the ability to also make the 

most of the coming summer season. 

If you haven’talready booked your 

vaccineyou can do this at bookmyvaccine. 

covid19.health.nz or by phoning 

0800CANVAX (226829). 

On TuesdayIhad the honour of layinga 

wreathatthe Kaiapoicenotaph to 

commemorate the 104th anniversary of the 

Battle of Passchendaele. 846 young New 

Zealanderslost their lives, including local 

residents. We can never thank those who 

gave the supreme sacrifice during World 

War1 and conflicts since, but we can 

remember them always and not forget that 

it is due to their sacrifice that we enjoy our 

freedomtoday. Lest we forget. 

Proposed Waimakariri District Plan appointments 

Deputy Mayor NevilleAtkinson andCr 

NikiMealings have beenappointed to 

the hearingspanel for the proposed 

WaimakaririDistrict Plan. 

Both councillors are certified 

Resource ManagementAct decision 

makers. 

The Waimakariri DistrictCouncil is 

consulting on the proposed District Plan, 

aplanning document which sets rulesfor 

how people use, subdivideand develop 

land. 

The planwas notified on September 18 

and thecommunityhas untilNovember 

26 to haveasay. 

Deputy Mayor Atkinson andCr 

Mealings will join four independent 

commissioners, including an Iwi 

appointed member, yet to be appointed, 

who will hearsubmissions and make 

decisions on the proposed DistrictPlan. 

The council expects to be in aposition 

to announcethe other independent 

members in the comingweeks. 

Residents can view the proposed 

District Plan online,check for any 

changes that mightaffecttheirproperty, 

andmake asubmission during theformal 

period by visiting waimakariri.govt.nz/ 

letstalk. 

Mayor Dan Gordon says thecouncil is 

confident in its appointments to the 

panel. 

‘‘With the significance of the District 

Plan it was importantto the council that 

we had electedmember representation 

on the panel. 

‘‘We are pleased to announce the 

appointment of Deputy Mayor Atkinson 

andCrMealings to thehearingspanel for 

ourproposed DistrictPlan. 

‘‘Both Neville andNiki have 

considerable experience in district 

planning matters, and will demonstrate a 

level of integrity that reflectsthe 

significance of thedecisions being made. 

‘‘Weknow that they willdoan 

excellentjob representing our 

community in this importanttask.’’ 

Theproposed District Plan willlikely 

becomeoperative within two years 

following the hearings and appeals 

process. 

Until then, current rulesapply except 

for thosein the proposed plan with 

immediate legaleffect. 

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Spring into Spring 

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Leithfield gardens on show 

Guest artist Adrienne Pavelka 

Fri 29 OcttoSun 31Oct 

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Gardens,art and demonstrations at 

Leithfieldand beyond on October23and 

24 will help keep the pages turning at the 

LeithfieldLibrary. 

The communityowned Leithfield Public 

Library is hosting the LeithfieldGarden 

tour as afundraiser wherepeople can 

stroll through gardens,visit artistsstudios, 

indulge in localeateries and enjoy food 

put on by localorganisations, while 

discovering Leithfield’s history. 

It takes in 15 gardens of differentsizes 

and styles, and will include 

demonstrations of kokedama, livingvases 

and bonsai. 

The allweather event starts at 10am 

each day and runs until 4pm. Maps will be 

issued for visitorswhichgive the order of 

flow. 

Artists include Stargirl, offering a 

houseplant and kokedama store,with 

kokedamamakingthroughoutthe day.Jax 

Pots sells decorativeand functional 

ceramics and homewares,while Pure has 

oak winebarrel productsand artwork for 

the home and garden.Magic Moss has 

sphagnum and decorative moss for all your 

garden needs, and willgive living vase 

demonstrations and tours. 

Locally produced soaps and balms will 

be available fromShardia MacKintosh, 

whileCee Dee Design will have handmade 

jewellery, knitted brooches and plants for 

sale.Jane Handmade features merino/ 

alpaca mixed knits beanies, snoods, 

headbands and more,whileThe Barn will 

offerBlackhills naturalcoloured hand 

knittingyarns and aknitwear collection. 

Thereare historical homes, and the St 

Paul’s AnglicanChurch to viewalong the 

way, and the Leithfield Beach Fairy Forest 

to explore. 

Therewill be toursoffered at Harleston 

House, alimestone block homebuilt in 

1863 by the Ashworth family. Its gardenhas 

been lovingly reestablishedusing plants 

of the period when the home was built. 

Thereare many surprises, including a 

secret garden. 

Roses, natives, apotager garden,an 

abundance of spring flowers,and mature 

trees, and acountry garden are partofthe 

tour. 

The Sanctuary of Fourviere, agarden 

designed to tell the history of the Catholic 

Mission in the Pacific willalso be open. 

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The companyhas significantexperience 

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‘‘We can take care of allaspects of your 

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Leithfield School principal retires 


Leithfield School tumuaki, Sharon 

Marsh has retired after seven years as 

principal. 

She was given afarewell morning tea 

at the school last month, but will return 

as avisitor for the opening of the 

school’s new building in about 1218 

months time. In the meantime Sharon 

and her husband Lindsay have plans to 

rent out their home in Woodend, and 

pack up their caravan for an openended 

tiki tour around New Zealand, enjoying 

aslower lifestyle, fruit picking here and 

there and playing alot of golf. 

‘‘We don’t know when we will be 

back,’’ she says. 

The school’s board of trustees is in the 

process of selecting anew principal to 

replace Sharon and in the meantime her 

deputy, Rob Cavanagh, will takeover the 

principal’s role. Sharon says she has 

loved being principal of Leithfield 

School. 

‘‘We have an amazing community and 

having the school as afocal point for our 

community is areal strength of what we 

do here. 

‘‘We also have amazing staff who are 

absolutely committed to doing the very 

best job they can which has made my job 

of leading them, areal pleasure.’’ 

Sharon is also the lead principal for 

Puketeraki, Rangiora Community of 

Learning, which has avision to ‘‘create 

acommunity of learning in the heart of 

the wider Rangiora district’’, and she 

will remain in that role until the end of 

the current school year. 

She says there have been many 

highlights during her time at Leithfield 

School but winning one of the $10,000 

Treemendous School Makeover Awards 

in 2016 to develop anative forest and 

vegetable garden in the school grounds 

was definitely one of them. 

Farewell ... Principal Sharon Marsh (centre) with young pupils from the Leithfield School. 

Others were the development of 

Matariki celebrations at the school and 

the rebuild programme. ‘‘Three 

quarters of our school will be rebuilt in 

the next 1218 months and that will be 

great for the school,’’ she says. 

The development of the school’s kapa 

haka group and the school’s 


development as acommunity hub, 

especially during summer at the 

swimming pool has also been ahighlight 

for Sharon. 

‘‘Our swimming pool which was one of 

the first school pools to be built in our 

area, provides alovely way for our 

community to stay connected.’’ 

Notable tree 

felled in 

Kaiapoi 

One of Waimakariri’s 59 ‘‘notable 

trees'' has been felled after it was 

considered adanger to the 

community and surrounding 

buildings. 

Adecision was made to fell the 

tree near the intersection of 

Williams St and Hilton St in the 

Kaiapoi central business district 

after several large limbs split and 

fell against abuilding. The 

Waimakariri District Council 

approved the property owners 

felling the 80yearold beech tree, 

under provisions in the Resource 

Management Act (RMA). 

An aborist, who was hired to assess 

the tree’s condition, identified 

significant and extensive rot to the 

tree and recommended ‘‘immediate 

removal to prevent injury to people 

and damage to property’’. 

Council planning manager Matt 

Bacon said it was adisappointing 

decision, but necessary because of 

the tree’s condition. 

‘‘We have been working with the 

arborist and property owners to 

work through options, but sadly the 

rot and damage is extensive and if 

left, it would have posed safety 

risks.” 

The tree was felled by aqualified 

aborist on Friday last week. 

The property owners, Kaiapoi 

Crossing Body Corporate will now 

apply for aretrospective resource 

consent to remove the tree within 20 

working days, as required under the 

Resource Management Act.

Artwork for chopper 


The Canterbury West CoastAir Rescue 

Trustisset to benefit fromartworkdone by 

prisoners. 

Artwork for the Inside Art exhibition has 

been done by unnamed prisoners in 

Christchurch Women’s Prison, 

Christchurch Men’s Prison and Rolleston 

Prison andisonshow in the Oxford 

Gallery toi oWaimakariri. 

All proceeds fromthe exhibition, which 

includes several silent auctions, will be 

donated to the air rescue service. 

The prisonersmade the decision to 

donate the proceeds of theirartwork to the 

Trustbecause several of them,ortheir 

whanau, havebeen helpedbythe air 

rescue service. 

The exhibition, which closesonOctober 

31, is the first time that artists from the 

prisons have sharedapublicgallery space. 

The OxfordArts Trust chairwoman, 

AretaWilkinson says she hopesthe 

exhibition will give the community a 

glimpse at the creativityinside local 

prisons and also giveartists some support 

and encouragement to continue creating 

art. 

‘‘Artisapowerful rehabilitation toolin 

prisons where men and women learn to 

express themselves and communicate 

through widerangingopportunities in 

music, drama and the visualarts.’’ 

Department of Corrections education 

tutorElaine Drumm, says art provides an 

escape fromreality for the artist and the 

audience. 

‘‘This is especially so in aprison 

environmentwhere art enables people to 

remove themselves from the confines of 

prison, express their emotions through art 

and reconnect withwhat is happening in 

the world outside the wire.’’ 

For one of the prisoners, who created 

exhibit 1102 in the exhibition, Taneatua,a 

Ta Moko pencildrawing on acard mask, 

Taneatua ... Exhibit 1102 at the Inside Art 

exhibition of work by Canterbury prisoners, 

on show in the Oxford Gallery toi o 

Waimakariri until Sunday, October 31. 

Funds raised from the sale of the artwork will 

be donated to the Canterbury West Coast Air 

Rescue Trust. 


the workisanexpressionof‘‘longing for 

home.’’ 

Canterbury West Coast Air RescueTrust 

general manager Rachael McNutt, says the 

Trust is grateful to have beenselected as a 

charity partner for the exhibition. 

With mission numbers up 40 per cent in 

the first six months of this year, and the 

Trust needing to raise$6millionper 

annum to deliver the air rescue service, 

community funding is vital. 

‘‘We are excited to be apartofsuch a 

great initiative, whichhas tangible 

benefits for so many in the community and 

we thankeveryone who has contributed in 

some way to make this possible, 

particularlythe artists themselves.’’ 

The exhibition involves 64 works. 

Mental health 

support urged 

Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey and 

Rangiora resident Matt Hennessey have 

launched apetition to addressthe rise in 

mental health callouts. 

Mr Hennessey approached Mr Doocey 

abouthow the policecould be better 

supported to deal with emergencycallouts 

wheremental healthissues were afactor. 

Subsequent meetings withRural Area 

Commander Inspector Peter Cooper 

revealed 20 percent of Canterburypolice 

callouts are for people in mentalhealth 

crisis. 

‘‘It was staggering to hear NZ Police 

callouts for mental health rosebyalmost 

one third in justtwo years from2018 to 

2020,’’ Mr Doocey says. 

‘‘In Canterbury there is growingconcern 

that police, who are not trained in 

psychology, are being heavily reliedupon 

to provide frontlinementalhealth 

support.’’ 

Through the petition, Mr Dooceyand Mr 

Hennessey are asking the Canterbury 

District HealthBoard (CDHB) to establish a 

mental health coresponse service. 

This would see amental health 

professional joining emergency responders 

to attendtomentalhealth emergency calls. 

Currently police andthe fire serviceare 

the first responderstoall emergency 

callouts. 

‘‘Often people experiencing amental 

health crisisend up in emergency 

departments or police cells, which is not 

the best outcome for anyone,‘‘Mr 

Hennessey says. 

‘‘A coresponse team wouldprovide 

better support for people in distress,and 

ensure frontlineresponders are making 

best useofpeople, skills and resources.’’ 

To sign the petition go to www.change. 

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Full flight ... Bordeaux wins the South Bay Trotter’s Cup at apast Kaikoura Cup race 

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Cup transfers to Addington 

Covidrestrictions have prompted 

Kaikoura’s big race meeting to be 

transferred to Addington Raceway in 

Christchurch. 

The annualtwoday meeting at the scenic 

SouthBay Racecourse was scheduled to be 

run at KaikouraonSunday, October 31, and 

Monday, November1. 

However, the KaikouraTrotting Club 

committee has reluctantly madethe 

decision to transfer the meetingto 

Addington this year. 

‘‘It is one of the biggestdecisions in our 

history,’’ Kaikoura Trotting Club president 

Ben Smith says. 

‘‘We havebeen racingonthe allweather 

tracktherefor 68 years and have never had 

to consider such asituation.But we haveto 

be pragmatic.’’ 

Mr Smith says the lack of any detail from 

the Government aboutCovid19 alert levels 

in the leadup to the November meeting 

meanttheyhad littlechoice. 

‘‘Thecommittee is just asmall group of 

volunteers and we looked at every option, 

but we had too manyquestions about 

running themeetingatKaikoura at Level 2 

so the decision was made to go to 

Addington,’’ Mr Smith says. 

The club will raceonMonday, November 

1, featuringa13race programme, justeight 

days before theNew ZealandCup. 

‘‘While disappointed for the Kaikoura 

trackspecialistsweare enthusiastic about 

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Cup giventhe meeting will be two days 

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horses willlook at racing at our meeting 

instead,’’ Mr Smith says. 

‘‘We knowalot of people are going to be 

saddened by what has happened, but we 

are obviously going to do everythingwecan 

to make it ahugelysuccessfulday.’’ 

Council to consult on 

cycle ways, parking 

By DAVID HILL 

Walking and cyclingdevelopments, 

parking, urban development, three 

watersratingand flood recovery were 

among the topics discussed at last 

week’sWaimakariri District Council 

meeting. 

While disappointed not to receive 

funding fromWaka Kotahi New Zealand 

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district’s proposed walking and cycling 

initiatives, councillors decided to 

proceed with plannedconsultationof 

the Walking and Cycling Network Plan. 

‘‘A lot of workhas gone into it so we do 

want to engage with our community,’’ 

Mayor Dan Gordon says.‘‘Even though 

we don’thave the full fundingwe 

wanted, we stillfeel it’s important to 

have the conversation and you never 

know withadvocacy, what it mightlead 

to.’’ 

Consultation willbecarried out in 

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Several options can be explored, 

including spendingthe council’s 

budgeted $563,500tocomplete a 

reduced work programme, or increase 

the funding to makeupfor some or all of 

the shortfall. 

Councillors also approved adraft 

district parking strategy which will go 

out for consultation for four weeks from 

Mondayuntil November 14. 

‘‘We look forward to the feedbackfrom 

the community,’’ Mr Gordonsays. ‘‘We 

get quite afew views expressed on 

disability parking and time limits,so 

this is an opportunity for the publicto 

come back withtheirviews and tell us 

what theythink.’’ 

Disability parking is alsobeing 

considered as part of the processof 

developing adisability strategy for the 

district. 

The new northeast Rangiora 

development area is one step closer to 

becoming areality after councillors 

approved changes to the development 

contributions policyschedule, following 

public consultationand agreement from 

the developer Bellgrove Rangiora Ltd. 

An application will now be made to the 

Minister for the Environment to fast 

trackthe project. 

Anew 3Watersrating structure was 

also considered,but councillors decided 

to hold off until early next year while the 

council awaits for the outcome of the 

government’s proposed 3Waters 

Reform. 

‘‘We thought it would be confusing if 

we went out now and consulted,and 

then things changed,’’ Mr Gordon says. 

‘‘Butthere will be atime whenweneed 

to have thatconversation of whether we 

join anotherratingscheme.Weare still 

not clear whether it would be the 

council collecting the rates,should to 

proposed reformsgoahead.’’ 

Recovery managerSimon Hart 

presented his finalreport, following the 

May 31 floodevent, noting that anumber 

of lessonshad beenlearned from the 

eventand opportunities identifiedto 

improve future recovery efforts. It was 

confirmed that ongoingflood recovery 

work will continue as part of the 

council’s established work programmes. 

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Book collection ... Rangiora Rotary book sale project coordinator Bruce 

Walker(right) and ZService station staff member Daniel Smith check up on the book 

bin at Rangiora’s Zservice station. 


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New home ... The winddriven kinetic sculpture, Karo, was officially unveiled on Sunday 

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Karo,the Andrew Drummond winddriven 

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Threegenerationsofthe Blackwell 

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Kaikoura to make asplash this summer 

Kaikoura is set to have its new 

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‘‘It has been alot of work and many 

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have made this possible.’’ 

Trust member Toni Batey has been 

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Acall will be going out closer to the 

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‘‘While the build is almost complete 

we still have some work to do on the 

entrance way, setting up the 

administration building and the 

barbecue area,’’ Ms Batey says. 

Funding to build the Kaikoura 

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Kaiapoi riders triumph in Springston Trophy 

By DAVID HILL 

The KaiapoiPony Club’s 

‘‘Black’’ team was ‘‘excited’’ to 

successfullydefended the 

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weekend. 

The KaiapoiBlack teamwon 

the event in 2019, but missed the 

opportunity to go backtoback 

after last year’sevent was 

cancelled due to Covid19 

uncertainty. 

The threeday long contest 

was held at the Ryal Bush Event 

Centre under Alert Level2 

conditions, withteams sticking 

to theirteam bubbles. 

‘‘The kids were really 

pleased. We didn’tthink we 

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coaches. 

‘‘It’s really hard to get all the 

riders to do it consistently 

across the team, becausethere’s 

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‘‘The main objective is to have 

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Champion combination ... The Kaiapoi Black team celebrates after winning the Springston Trophy at the weekend. 

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Leading the way ... Georgia Rhodes (left) and Hillary Cooper lead some Lowline cattle at 

apast Rangiora Show. 

PHOTO: FILE 

Competitions in bubbles 

By DAVID HILL 

Cattlewill be back at the Rangiora 

Showgrounds next week. 

While the Rangiora Show has been 

cancelled, cattle, alpaca and donkey 

competitions will be held with no public 

present due to Covid19 AlertLevel 2 

restrictionsonSaturday,October 23. 

The cattlecompetition will also include 

the junior handling and judging 

competitions, convenor Phil Worthington 

says. 

The three sections will be separated 

into three separate bubbles, with only 

listed exhibitors,officials and supporters 

able to enter the showgrounds. 

Mr Worthington says 24 Hereford and 

lowline cattle have been entered,along 

with 14 youngpeople in the junior 

herdspersoncompetition. 

Youngcattle handlers willbetravelling 

from Ashburton, Lincoln and Oxford to 

compete againstmembers of the Rangiora 

High School cattle show team. 

They willbeput through their paces by 

judgeAmy Hoogenboom, who will provide 

atutorialfor the young handlers once 

judging has been completed. 

‘‘It’s disappointingnot to have afull 

show,but it looksasthough we will have 

to do avirtual competition at Canterbury 

and there will be no handling 

competition,’’ Mr Worthington says. 

‘‘So we are thrilled we can offer 

something for our young people.’’ 

Whilemodern technology offered new 

opportunities, it was not the same as 

beingable to judge an animal up close, he 

says. 

‘‘Technology means we can do afew 

more things, but the thing is with aphoto 

or avideothe judge can’tsee the animal 

up close, so you can’t tell if acow is pigeon 

toed. 

‘‘And the skills of handling will wane 

over time if we can’t offer opportunities 

like this for our young people.’’ 

Keeping it Scottish ... Marshall Stokes (then 15), of Oxford, leads his 4yearold 

Galloway bull at Canterbury Agricultural Park last year. 

PHOTO: FILE 

Show week to be revised 

By DAVIDHILL 

The show must go on, but without the 

public. 

Whilethe New ZealandAgricultural 

Show has officially beencancelled for 

the second year in arow, Canterbury 

A&P Association presidentChris Harris 

says individualsectioncommitteesare 

considering holding theirown 

competitions similartolastyear. 

Mr Harris says it was disappointing to 

cancel the showfor the secondyear 

running, but ‘‘itcan’t really be helped’’. 

‘‘Ourpulling out doeseffect anumber 

of businesses and we are very conscious 

of that. 

‘‘It’s an icon event and everyone wants 

it, but there’s just no way we be can 

confident of safelyrunning the show.’’ 

He says the horse section will not be 

holding acompetitionthis yeardue to 

the size of the competition and the lack of 

lead in timetorevisethe event. 

But other sections will holdamix of 

onfarm competitions and judging at 

Canterbury Agricultural Park at Wigram. 

‘‘We were lucky enoughtodoitunder 

Level 1last year, but it will be more 

challengingunder Level2toseparate 

people,’’ Mr Harrissays. 

‘‘Some of the eventswill be judgedon 

farm, so it’s alot easierwhen you know 

who’s coming.’’ 

Some of the judging will be filmed and 

available online,hesays. 

‘‘It means the show will still exist in 

some form. It’s one of thethingsthe 

sections are working out, how they will 

be able to do it.’’ 

Alert Level 2restrictions mean that 

none of the social events people looked 

forwardtowill be held and it is unlikely 

exhibitors willbetravelling fromother 

parts of the country,MrHarris says. 

‘‘Hopefully we will only have to wait 

for another year untilwecan do it again.’’ 

Depending on vaccination rates and 

government regulations,MrHarris 

suspects if the showdoes go ahead in 

2022, vaccination certificatesmay be 

required for entry to the show. 

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Kaikoura pest eradication received boost 

Determined community members are 

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Pests like rats, mice, and stoats, which 

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The Ocean Ridge Community 

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Helping hand ... Murray Hartnell, of Amberley, assists in the shearing shed at apast New 

Zealand Agricultural Show. 

PHOTO:FILE 

Call for financial aid 

The scratching of SouthIsland A&P shows 

from the spring calendar will wipe millions 

of dollarsfrom local economies. 

With the New Zealand Agricultural 

Show,Rangiora Show and SelwynSpring 

Show reducedtospectatoronly events, the 

RoyalAgriculturalSociety(RAS) is 

considering approachingthe Government 

for financial aid, as showswill have to write 

off upfront costs. 

The Canterbury A&P Association has the 

ability to draw on aloan of up to $1 million 

from the Christchurch City Council, but 

othershow committees are not so lucky. 

RAS presidentBrentSnellex, of 

Rangiora, says the cancellation of the 

showsisamajor blow. 

‘‘TheA&P shows are an amazingvehicle 

for the urban community to interact with 

the country and it givesthe rural 

community an opportunity to see each 

otherand that’shelpful fromamental 

health perspective.’’ 

They are major revenueearners and 

theircombinedlosses are likelytorun into 

tens of millions of dollars,hesays. 

Mr Snellex saysitishard to stomach, 

with no Covid19 cases in the South Island 

in the last12months. 

He says the future of other events was 

unknown. 

Australianshows have received financial 

help from the government and perhaps the 

New Zealand Government should step in, 

he says. 

Shearingorganiserswill proceed with 

the national Corriedale shearing and 

woolhandling championships, normally 

part of the Canterbury show. 

Convener DaveBrooker says the 

championships will be heldatthe 

showgrounds, without the public but 

probably livestreamed. 

The Ellesmere A&P Association has 

excluded the public fromthis weekend’s 

Selwyn Spring Show, restricting it to 

exhibitors and competitors. 

It is amajor blowafter the association’s 

150thcelebrationswere postponed last 

year.Tosoften the blow,itplansto 

livestream some events. 

Competitions are being spread over 

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the Ellesmere Showgrounds to reduce the 

risks. 

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The announcement follows theapproval 

for quarantinefree travelfor horticultural 

workersfrom Samoa,Tonga and Vanuatu 

to assistgrowers in fillinglabour shortages. 

Mr O’Connorsays whilethe 

announcementhelps to relieveworkforce 

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longtermstrategiesfor developing people. 

‘‘Immigration is one way to source 

people, but we also need to keep up the 

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land or our supply chains,and of course 

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growth in export revenuesand having great 

people will be key to our tradeled recovery 

from Covid19,’’ Mr O’Connor says. 

Dairy award entries open 

Entries are open for the revamped 2022 

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Changeshave been made to all three 

categories, the share farmer, dairy 

manager and dairy trainee of the year, after 

months of consultation, awardsgeneral 

manager Robin Congdon says. 

‘‘The share farmer, dairy manager and 

dairy trainee categorieshave been futureproofed 

to ensure the awardsprogramme 

provides the best platform for all entrants 

to learn, connect and grow. This can be 

seen in the changes to judginginthe dairy 

trainee category, with askills day providing 

an opportunity to learn and not just be 

judged.’’ 

The dairy managerentry conditions have 

changedincluding removing the minimum 

time spent on aNew Zealand farm in 

relationtovisa restrictions. 

Merit awards‘‘now reflect the evolving 

New Zealand dairy industry’’, with the 

powerplay droppedand the emerging 

talentaward replacing the encouragement 

award, Mr Congdonsays. 

Other merit awardsinclude the people 

and engagementleadership award, 

environment and sustainability award 

replacing the leadershipaward and the 

pasture and feed managementaward 

replacing the feed managementaward. 

The Share Farmer category has also 

been under the microscopewith changes 

including an easierentry process, 

lessening the work load of judges who are 

all volunteers and to ensurethe category is 

still fit for purpose. 

The national awardsdinnerwill return 

to Christchurch for the first time since 2008, 

with Te Pae, the Christchurch Convention 

Centre, hosting the event May 14, 2022. 

Entriescan be made via 

dairyindustryawards.co.nz. 

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Wins for Southbrook, Sefton 

LeestonSouthbridge gotits 

new country cricket campaign 

off to awinning start on 

Saturday after afine century 

from batter Brayden Hill. 

Southbrook and Sefton also 

notched their first wins of the 

CRV AmbreedCountry 

Premier One Day 2021/22 

competition at the weekend. 

At Leeston Park, the home 

side batted first against 

Cheviot and knocked up a 

domineering 268/4 in its 

allotted 45 overs, with opener 

Hill setting up the innings, 

and ultimately the victory, 

with his classy 104 off just 127 

balls. 

Canterbury Kings star Will 

Williams, also opening the 

batting,chipped in with afine 

65, while fellow Canterbury 

contracted player Harry 

Chamberlain slapped37off 23 

balls, andexDutch 

international Tim Gruijters 

struck 32 off 21. 

The Cheviot chase was 

anchored aroundopener 

Ryan Ellis who made a 

composed 66 runs off 118 

balls, while others played 

aggressively around him. 

AngusSidey smashed a 

quickfire 73 and Scott Burnett 

gave the Magpies late hope 

with somelustyblows before 

the teamwas all out in the 

42nd over, falling 27 runs 

short. 

Josh Simpson was chief 

destroyer,picking up afivewicket 

bag for the combined 

side. 

After atough loss to Cheviot 

lastweekend,Southbrook got 

its first win of the season, 

defending apaltry 127 runs 

awayatWeedons. 

Southbrook’sfirst innings 

never got going and it was all 

out in the 35th over. 

Canterbury leftarm wristspinnerBlake 

Coburn did the 

mostdamage, claiming four 

wickets. 

But Weedons never 

challenged the total, with 

Southbrook’sstrong bowling 

lineupripping through the 

batters. 

Pacebowlers Luan Blom 

and George Gunnknocked off 

the powerfultop order and 

Weedons never recovered to 

be all out for adisappointing 

88. 

OxfordRangiora suffered 

its secondstraight losswith a 

crushing eightwicket loss to 

Sefton at MainPowerOval. 

Batting first, the Oxford 

Rangiora Vikings wereall out 

for asubpar 126runs. 

Onlythe Waghorn brothers 

Lukeand Jake showed any 

realresistance in a 

disappointing battingeffort. 

Sefton barely brokeasweat 

in thechase, withCanterbury 

Country player Chris Warner 

making 45, and talented Seals 

recruit AmandepArora 

stroking acarefree unbeaten 

39 for an eightwicket win. 

Darfieldmade it two wins 

fromtwo gameswith asolid 

sixwicket home win against 

Ohoka. 

Ohoka was rolledfor 143 in 

36 overs, with Daniel Lyons 

topscoring with 46. 

Zak and Liam Foulkes 

snared five wickets between 

them. Zak Foulkes then 

steered Darfieldhome with a 

superb60not out to claimthe 

comfortable win and cement 

the team at the top of the 

table. 

Lincoln had the bye. 

Short scorecards: 

LeestonSouthbridge 268/4 

(B Hill 104, WWilliams 65, H 

Chamberlain 37, TGruijters 

32no; HFitzpatrick 2/52) beat 

Cheviot 241(ASidey 73, R 

Ellis 66, SBurnett 35, H 

Fitzpatrick22; JSimpson 

5/42, SChamberlain 2/39). 

Southbrook 127 (G Mowat 

23, LBlom 22, HThornley 20; 

BCoburn 4/20, SClarke 3/21) 

beatWeedons88(GGunn 

3/26, LBlom 2/23, SStewart 

2/23). 

OxfordRangiora 126 (L 

Waghorn 45, JWaghorn26; M 

Campbell4/16, MLaffey2/13, 

TWaller 2/20) losttoSefton 

128/2 (C Warner 45, AArora 

39no, MSmith22). 

Ohoka 143 (D Lyons46, W 

Hamilton24; RHughes3/14, L 

Foulkes 3/32, ZFoulkes 2/20) 

losttoDarfield 144/4 (Z 

Foulkes 60no, RHughes 29, B 

Innes 21no). 

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Charity golf for trust 

The inaugural North 

Canterbury Wine Region 

Charity Golf Day willbeheld 

on November 26 at the 

Pegasus Golf and Sports 

Club. 

The event willshowcase 

the local wine region, with 

additional exposure of Made 

North Canterbury artisan 

produce. 

The Charity Golf Day will 

aid the North Canterbury 

Rural Support Trust. 

The North Canterbury 

regionishome to more than 

90 vineyards from Banks 

Peninsula, the Christchurch 

region, to the Waipara and 

Waikari valleys. 

Most of themare 

independently owned by a 

closeknit community of 

local families. 

Concentrated and 

expressive winesare grown, 

particularly Pinot Noir, 

Chardonnayand Riesling. 

Teams willbelimited to 88 

22teams of 4playersat the 

event on Friday, November 

26. 


Wine Region willbe 

represented by personalities 

from within the wine 

industry, both fromalocal 

andnational perspective. 


Rural SupportTrust helps 

localsintough times. 

The Trust is part of a 

nationwide network 

supporting farmersand 

their families. 

It has access to networks, 

services and government 

fundingand can help people 

navigate the financial and 

personal challengespeople 

face, or assistduring 

climatic adverse eventslike 

drought, flood, or heavy 

snow. 

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throughthe Trust’s Area 

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charitabletrust that 

encompasses the five 

district councils of 

Kaikoura, Hurunui, 

Waimakariri, Selwyn and 

Christchurch, including 

Banks Peninsula. 

Harcourts Four Seasons 

has invested theirsupport 

into the event as major 

sponsor. 

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Twiss says it is great to 

supportthe golf day which 

will showcasethe North 

CanterburyWine Region 

and the ‘‘fantastic wines 

from our region’’, and to 

supportthe trust gavethe 

companygreat satisfaction. 

‘‘We recognise the vital 

work undertaken by the 

trust. 

‘‘Hopefully thiseventcan 

help with the awareness 

within our rural community 

that its OK to ask for help.’’ 

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All info onchanges to Council services and facilities can be found at waimakariri.govt.nz/covid19 

School Holidays at the Pools 

With the school holidays entering their second week 

alot of parents will be looking for something to do 

with their families. We’d love to see you visit our 

pools inKaiapoi and Rangiora. However atAlert 

Level 2here are afew things you need to know. 

• We’re strongly recommending making abooking 

to visit the poolstohelp us manage demand while 

maintaining two metre distancing requirements. 

When you book you’ll be provided with your own 

area of the pool to enjoy with your bubble 

• Weask all pool users to arrive and leave intheir 

togs so we can limit the number of people using 

the changing rooms 

• Customers will need to maintain physical 

distancing of 2m at all times 

• Please be ready to scan in when you arrive. 

• Weask all customers over the age of 12 to wear 

amask unless in the water 

• Wewon’t be running the inflatables and the 

family spa at Dudley Aquatic Centre is not 

available during level two. 

Super Saturday –Get Vaccinated! 

Want to try an E-Scooter? 

If you’ve alwayswanted totryriding an e-scooter, 

you’ll soonhavethechance at upcominge-scooter 

communitytraining sessions in Kaiapoi and Rangiora. 

From the start of November, up to 400 pink 

Flamingo e-scooters will available for hire across 

Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Woodend and Pegasus as part 

of asix-month, Council-approved trial. 

The free training sessions will be run by Flamingo 

staff and cover how to use the Flamingo App to 

unlock the scooters, how toride e-scooters safely 

and parking correctly. 

• Rangiora –Saturday 30 October, 10am-1pm 

Rangiora Service Centre Carpark 

• Kaiapoi –Sunday 31 October, 10am-1pm 

Charles Street ‘Park and Ride’ Site (next to 

New World). 

Find out more about the training sessions and the 

e-scooter trial at waimakariri.govt.nz/scooters 

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If you’re part ofthe 20% ofpeople who have not 

yet had aCovid-19 vaccination, now’s your chance! 

It’s going to be super easy to get vaccinated on our 

national day of action, Super Saturday -16October. 

Summer is just eight weeks away and everyone is 

being encouraged to have their first vaccine now 

so they can get both doses and enjoy everything 

aclassic Kiwi summer has to offer, in time for the 

holiday season. 

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find aclinic near you. 

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ABOUT SPEED LIMITS 

IN AND AROUND OUR TOWNS 

Waimakariri District Council have reviewed 

speed limits inand around the main towns in 

the District and are proposing some changes. 

We are proposing these changes foranumber of reasons 

and are asking the community for their feedback. 

Jump online to find out where we are proposing 

changes and tell us what you think. 

Or you can pop into any service centre topick up 

information and afeedback form. Let us know 

what you think before 5pm on Monday 18 October. 

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Weavers ... Sisters Jen Sinnott and Olivia Hislop, from 

Nelson, taking part in abasket weaving workshop hosted by 

Tamar Guse in Hanmer Springs recently, and organised by 

Music and Arts Hanmer Springs. 

PHOTO: GRUM FRITH 

Hanmer arts school 

workshops popular 

Four workshops,held 

duringan‘‘arts school’’ 

weekend in Hanmer 

Springs, haveproved ahit 

with those attending. 

The workshops, which 

were heldrecently, were 

organised by Music and 

Arts Hanmer Springs’ 

owner Grum Frith. 

The aim of Grum’s 

organisation is to make 

Hanmer Springs acentre 

for excellence of musical, 

visual and related art 

forms. 

Workshops for soap 

making, basket weaving, 

upholstery and harmonica 

for beginners, were held 

during the weekend. 

Everyone who attended 

was really happy, Grum 

said. 

Opposites attract 


Two artists, who spent 12 

monthspreparing for an 

exhibition of their paintings, 

had to cancel the opening due 

to Covid19 restrictions. 

Kaiapoi’sRuby Whitty and 

Woodend’s Joanne 

McDougall have 27 paintings 

in theirexhibition, Opposites 

Attract,atthe Art on the Quay 

Gallery in the Kaiapoi 

Library. 

‘‘It was very disappointing 

not to be abletohold an 

opening for our exhibition 

but we had no option,'' Ruby 

says. 

Joannesays it was abit of a 

letdown not to be able to 

celebrate all our hard work. 

They chose the name of 

their exhibition because of 

the starkdifferenceinthe 

styleoftheir paintings. 

‘‘Ruby and Iboth have 

different styles,which 

complementeach other, so 

we decided to call the 

exhibition Opposites’ Attract,’' 

Joanne says. 

‘‘Joanne’s work is beautiful 

florals and birds.Mine is 

plumbers and pipes,’’ Ruby 

says. 

‘‘I go from one style to 

another.’’ 

Ruby has beenpainting 

sinceshe was achild and 

gainsinspiration for her work 

from many items and places, 

including nature, glass,fruit, 

flowers, landscapes, 

buildingsand historical 

landmarks. 

‘‘I am alwayswilling to try 

something new,goina 

different direction and Ihave 

recentlyproduced a 

collection of unusual abstract 

works called Industrial Chaos, 

inspired from childhood 

memoriesofmybrother’s 

profession as atool maker,’’ 

she says. 

‘‘This has led me to even 

moreabstract works, whichI 

am enjoying very much,but I 

still love to paint landscapes 

and stilllife.’’ 

This is their first joint 

exhibition. 

``Ruby and Ihave been 

paintingfor avery long time, 

and have accumulated alot of 

work,’’ Joanne says. 

‘‘Many exhibitions only 

accept new work, so once a 

work is shownlocallyit 

becomes adead painting, no 

matter how gooditis, or how 

much work has gone intoit. 

‘‘Havingaprivate 

exhibition together allowsus 

to show older workthat we 

are proud of, as well as new 

work,’’ she says. 

Opposites’ Attract willbeon 

show at the gallery until 

October 27. Examples of Ruby 

and Joanne’s artwork can also 

be seen on their websites at 

rubywhittyart.wordpress.com 

and Pegasusart.co.nz. Joanne, 

who is also achildren’s book 

author, has some of her books 

on display at the exhibition, 

including her latest 

publication, JustImagine: A 

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The appointment: Is for athree-year term. Applicants will be suitably qualified and have agood appreciation of 

the rural health environment, preferably in the health sector. 

Background: Waitaha Primary Health, (previously called the Rural Canterbury Primary Health Organisation) was 

renamed Waitaha in 2019. 

Waitaha promotes itself on its website asproviding and supporting health services in Canterbury’s rural and urban 

communities. They work closely with general practices and other community based health providers to deliver 

exceptional health outcomes for the people in the region, including those with the greatest need. 

Waitaha’s stated goal is to ensure that everyone intheir communities has the ability to enjoy their best life with 

good health and wellbeing. People, whānau and the community are at the heart of everything they do. 

Administration: Waitaha operates as acharitable company and trust. It has agovernance board of eight 

members representing various interests. Each Board member contributes according to their background and all 

report back to their representative groups on Waitaha activities. They are also available to the public as alink to 

ensure relevant health issues are brought forward to Waitaha. The Board holds monthly meetings, usually the first 

Wednesday ofeach month in Christchurch. Board members are paid $500 per meeting plus travel costs. 

To apply: Applications will be shortlisted by aHurunui District Council appointed panel, successful applicants will 

then be nominated bythe Council to Waitaha Primary Health Organisation Board for their consideration and 

appointment. 

Please write outlining your relevant experience with your CV 

Email applications to jo.retallick@hurunui.govt.nz 

For further information, go to waitaha.health.nz. 

Wanted 

HURUNUI COMMUNITY REPRESENTATIVE FOR 

WAITAHA PRIMARY HEALTH ORGANISATION BOARD 

Applications close on Sunday 24 October 2021 

+2425352 

Kaiapoi Christadelphians 

“The Key ofknowledge...” (Luke 11:52) 

THE FALLEN ANGEL MYTH 

Does the Bible teach of fallen 

sinful angels? What does it say 

of their characteristics? 

Most mainstream Christian churches teach of 

a spiritual being/beings who challenge God’s 

authority in God’s domain-the heavens. In Isaiah 45 

the Bible states that God dwells alone, with no other 

god beside him. He holds all power and authority. 

So, who is the real adversary toGod’s ways and 

authority? It is averysimpleand surprising answer, 

one that shows that God has been working through 

the ages with man, and that ALL challenges will 

come to nothing. For heisthe supreme creator, 

who is in touch with everyminute detail concerning 

his handiwork. 

ALL WELCOME 

DVD presentation -Sunday 7pm 17 th October 

Kaiapoi Community Centre -Sewell Street 

FOR INFORMATION -PHONE 03352 5453 

bibletruthandprophecy.com 

For Lease 

LAND FOR LEASE 

Kaiapoi MR 873 Sec 7D2 

Applications are invited for 

agrazing lease of 5.7230 

hectares available 

1Jan 2022 situated on 

Rangiora Woodend Road. 

Ph: 04 474 4672 or email: 

robic@tetumupaeroa.co.nz 

for information pack. 

Applications close 

22 October 2021. 

2423811 

Educational 

TUITION available. Primary 

and secondary up to 

NCEA level 3. In centre 

(Rangiora) or interactive 

online from your home. 

Each student onanindividually 

tailored programme. 

Kip McGrath Rangiora has 

been serving the local community 

for 30 +years. Give 

us acall (03 313 3638) or 

book your free assessment 

2426147 

online https://www.kipmcgrath. 

co.nz/rangiora 

MILITARYEXERCISE 

Exercise BravoRua 

21-22October2021 

Thegeneralpublic is to be advised thataNew 

Zealand Army Exercise will be conductedinthe 

Oxford Forest area over the period 21-22 Oct2021. 

Theexercise will involveupto40personnel of Bravo 

Company, 2nd/1st Battalion, RoyalNew Zealand 

InfantryRegimentfromBurnham Military Camp. 

Training will involvesoldiers conducting foot patrols 

and vehicle movementinthe vicinity of Oxford Forest. 

Blankrounds and pyrotechnics will be used from 

10am 21st Octuntil 1pm 22nd October.The exercise 

will also involvethe movementoftroops andvehicles 

by dayand night. Soldiers will be wearing uniforms, 

packs and carrying weapons. 

TheNew ZealandArmytakesfirerisk seriously and 

will ensure firemitigation is present. 

Formoreinformation pleasecontact: 

LT Joshua Royalon027 624 5757 

Farming Notices 

HUNTERS Looking for 

hunting, father & son, 

experienced hunters new to 

North Canterbury. Keen on 

anything from pigs, deer, 

goats & hares. Please ph 

027 636 3710. 

Health &Beauty 

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Health: Erectile Dysfunction, 

Premature Ejaculation; 

Warrant of Fitness: 

Full Medical for Men. — 

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EYRETON HALL 

ASSN 

AGM 

Wednesday 20 th 

October 

Cnr Mandeville and 

South Eyre Roads 

7pm 

More locals needed 

and welcomed. 

2426304 

SEFTON PUBLIC 

HALL SOCIETY INC 

Annual General Meeting 

to be held at the Hall 

Wednesday, 27October 

2021 at 7.30 p.m. 

All welcome 2426151

CLASSIFIED 


Inwards Goods /Storeperson 

• Mon –Fri up to 40 hours. 

• Mustbephysicallyfitand strong. 

• Will be required to lift and carry heavy products all day. 

• Work as part of ateam. 

• Beable to think proactively. 

• Work hard and smart. 

• Mustbecustomer focused. 

• Forkliftlicence wouldhelp. 

• Musthavea“Can do” attitude 

Situations Vacant 

SUMMER IS COMING …AND WE NEED YOUR HELP 

We have extended our retail showroom and enlarged our drive thru, and now we need you! 

We are seeking applications from outgoing, friendly and enthusiastic people to join our team and havethe following 

SeasonalFixed Term positions available: 

Retail Sales and Retail Sales Support 

Team Members 

• Weekend work required 

• Upto40hours 

• Mustbecustomer focused 

• Working inside and outside 

• Mustbephysicallyfitand strong 

• Will be required to climb ladders and use lifting 

equipment 

• Will be required to pick, carry,assemble and deliver 

heavy products 

• Work as part of ateam 

• Beable to think proactively 

• Work hard and smart 

Garden Products Team Member 

• Weekend work required 

• Upto40hours 

• Mustbecustomer focused 

• Working inside and outside 

• Mustbephysicallyfitand strong 

• Will be required to climb ladders and use lifting 

equipment 

• Work as part of ateam 

• Beable to think proactively 

• Work hard and smart 

Customer Service Checkout Team 

• Weekend work required. 

• Upto40hours. 

• Mustbecustomer focused. 

• Mustbephysicallyfitand strong. 

• Will be required to collect trolleys. 

• Will be required to assist customers with purchases to 

their vehicles. 

• Work as part of ateam. 

• Beable to think proactively. 

• Work hard and smart. 

• Able to take aturnonany ofthe various roles in these 

positions 

• Confident to act as our “greeter” 

McAlpines have an active drug &alcohol policyinplace, apre-employment drug test and medical will be required 

If any of these positions sound like you, send your application and CV to: 

Seasonal Fixed Term Roles 

McAlpines Mitre 10 Mega 

PO Box 1003 

Rangiora 7440 

or email applications@mcalpines.co.nz 

PLEASE SPECIFY WHICHPOSITION YOU ARE APPLYING FOR 

SITUATIONS VACANT 

RECEPTIONIST(Full Time) 

An opportunity has arisen for aFull Time 

Receptionist / Administration role at our 

AccountancyPractice in Rangiora. 

The role is a full-time position with the 

standard hours being 8.30am to 5.00pm 

Monday to Friday. Ideally the applicant will 

live locallyand be part of thelocal Community. 

The successful applicant will have experience 

in a reception type role that has included 

dealingwiththe public andtyping. In addition 

to this some tax administration and orsome 

basic accounting experience would be of 

considerablebenefit. 

We are looking for aperson with anoutgoing 

and friendly attitude that works well aspart 

of ateam and is prepared tolend ahand 

were ever needed alongside their core role as 

receptionist. 

If this sounds of interest to you, please send 

your CV to: 

GeoffWhite 

Prosser Quirke Limited 

PO Box4 

RANGIORA 7440 

Email: geoff@prosser-quirke.co.nz 

Applications closeon29thOctober 2021 

if therolehas notbeenfilled prior. 

For Sale 

6 X 200 LITRE steel 

drums. Ideal for incinerators, 

$15 each. Phone 027 

440 1230. 

TRULUX glasshouse, 

new, 1800x1200. Please 

phone 03 310 7638. 

Livestock 

2425366 

FRIESIAN Hereford 

Cross Calves for sale. Well 

bred calves with nice 

markings, 10 days old. 

Mid-Canterbury. Please 

phone 027 507 7030 or 027 

431 0053. 

HOMEKILL & Wild 

Game meat processing. Ph 

313 0022. www.meat2u.nz. 

2425365 


2421767 

CASUAL TEMP LEGAL 

SECRETARY POSITION 

We areseeking acasualtemptocover leavefor 

ourlegalsecretaries andreceptionistinour 

office in Rangiora. 

The role requires competency in Dictaphone 

typingwithaccuracyand speed.Italso 

requires confidence andprofessionalism in 

answering thephonesand liaisingwithclients. 

Previous legalexperience wouldbepreferred 

andthe abilitytobecalled in on short notice 

is essential. 

Please emailyourCVto 

jane@helmores-law.co.nz 

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BUYING estate type old 

china, crystal, collectables, 

vases. Ph 027 350 3963, or 

313 1878. 

$$$ 

Amalgamated Scrap Metal 

Ltd. Specialists in farm 

machineryand farm clean 

ups, old vehicles etc. 

100% locally owned. 

Ph 0800 030 712 or 

027 695 0480. 

2312759 

Gardening 

A+ GARDEN hedges cut 

to perfection. Tree &arbor 

work. Also spraying. Free 

quotes. Ph 021 111 4322. 

Garage Sales 

RANGIORA Golding 

Ave, Saturday 16th October, 

8am. Combined 

houselots, furniture, junior 

Meccano, small appliances, 

baby gear and clothes, kids 

bikes and kitchenware. 

Trade&Services 

A PAINTER WITH 

PASSION! Local painter 

with 30 years of quality and 

integrity in all aspects of 

painting. Phone Mike on 

021 0903 8546. 

ABEL &Prestige Chimney 

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned 

& operated. Covering all 

areas from Waimak to Hanmer. 

Professional, guaranteed, 

service. Firebox 

repairs, carry most parts. Ph 

0800 661 244. 

Local Democracy 

Reporter 

-NorthCanterbury 

Jobtype: Fixed term–24months 

Location: Rangiora 

Closingdate:October29, 2021 

Are you an outstanding reporter looking for anew challenge and wanting 

to serve your community? 

Allied Press, with the supportofRNZ and NZ On Air’s PublicInterest 

Journalism Fund,ishiring ajournalisttojoin Local Democracy Reportingin 

2022 and2023 from the North CanterburyNews office in Rangiora. 

Youwillbecoveringlocal authoritiesand otherpublicly-funded 

organisations, but also going out and talking to thepeopleaffected by 

theseorganisations’decisions, sharing their stories, andcomingupwith 

your own stories on similar topics. 

Your focuswill be providinggreat publicinterestjournalism coveragedaily 

throughoutthe NorthCanterbury region including Waimakariri, Hurunui 

and Kaikōura. This is amulti-media role so experienceinvideo,audio and 

photography would be an advantage. 

Youwillreport to Allied Press’North Canterbury bureau chief. Youwill 

receive extra training and support from RNZ, and your work will be made 

available at the same time to all of the programme’smedia partners, 

including RNZ. 

This could be ajunior,intermediate or senior role dependingonthe 

successful candidate.Weare looking for someone with as many of the 

following qualitiesaspossible.You don’t need allofthese to apply,but you 

do needtohave at leasttwo years’reporting experience (although in some 

caseswemay also consider exceptionalapplicants with only one year’s 

experience). 

•Able to spotastrongstory and makeitcome alive for your audience 

•Able to meet the highest standards of accuracy,fairness and balance 

•UnderstandingofTeTiritioWaitangi 

•Someknowledge of local government 

•Excellent writing skills 

Thisisafull-timerole for afixedterm(throughto31December2023). 

Assistance withrelocation costs may be considered. 

Applications close October29, 2021. 

Please submit your CV along withyour cover letter and worksamplesto 

recruitment@alliedpress.co.nz 

Visit RNZ’swebsite for more 

informationabout the LDR service: 

Thursday,August2,2018 | Issue 808 | www.ncnews.co.nz 

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr 

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Latest rotary brush technology. 

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DRESSMAKING Bev’s 

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your alterations, repairs, 

dressmaking, curtains. 

Phone 327 5535. 

Trade &Services 

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free quote! Spouting repairs 

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Pellet Fires 

Heat Pumps 

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265 5428 or 03 314 6908. 

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PAINT & wallpaper 

services. Wayne Bryant, 

exterior, interior. Qualified 

tradesman. Free quotes. Ph 

313 5337 or 027 654 4568. 

PAINTER. Qualified local 

professional, Int / Ext, 

roofs, wallpaper. Call or 

text Corban 027 846 5035. 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 40 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph 389 9230. 

RANGIORA Rubbish 

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Wheelie bins any frequency 

and skips from 1.5 cube to 

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greenwaste, building sites 

or just cleanups. Give us a 

phone call 313 6957 or for 

skips 021 313 255. 

SCREEN PRINTING. 

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polos, Overalls, Caps etc. 

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313 0261 or email heather. 

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horse, all types of animals. 

Fences, yards, sheds, arenas, 

shelters, runs. 

30+ years contract fencing. 

Steve is available to help with 

your design &planning. 

Ph office03312 4747 

SEPTIC TANK 

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Bill’s Liquid 

Waste 

Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

Pride &Quality Painting 

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20 yrs exp, fast and friendly 

service. For all your painting 

needs, phone: Martin 310 

6187 or 021 128 9867 

027 216 0000 

PAINTERS 

Reg Tradesman 

Interior,exterior. 

North Canterbury Painters 

specialising in decorating for 

over 65 at adiscount rate. 

Free quotes. 

Covering Nth Canty,Oxford, 

Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Amberley. 

Rob 03 327 7899 

or 027 432 3520 2227597 

Paving 

Patio &Pathways 

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Free Quotes 

–Competitive Pricing 

Blair Gibson 

027 699 5815 03 313 7933 

REMOVALISTS 

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Kaiapoi based. 

Call Gerard 

027 668 3636 

movemen.co.nz 

VALUATION - 

Specialising in North Canterbury. 

Contact Geoff at 

Maxwell Valuation. Phone 

03 310 8541 or email 

geoff@maxval.co.nz. 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

2091848 

SHEARER. Hap’s Farm & 

Lifestyle Services. Shearing, 

crutching, drenching, 

tailing, feet trimming & 

health check. — Ph. 03- 

423-3713 or 021-267-4025. 

2362002 

2401953 

You dump it... 

Blair pumps it... 

LANDSCAPES 

2225862 

2253902

Trusted Trades & 

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

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Butchery 

Chiropractic Services 

Construction &Concrete 

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2332343v2 

OxfordButchery 

Shane and Leanne Frahm 

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FourGenerations of Frahms 

since 1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 

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old-fashioned bacon 

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A/H 312 4709 

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2227889v2 

Dr Jess Ross 

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Monday &Thursday |03313 0350 

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Libi McKinnon Physiotherapy 

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027 868 2574 

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027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

2273277 

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For all your electrical needs. Residential &Commercial 

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027 432 1534 

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