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Catch of<br />

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PAGE 4<br />

New digs<br />

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Checkingout the latest milestoneinthe RDR's fishscreen installation are, from left, James Greene, Neil Brown, Matt Dellit, Andy<br />

Grant, StuartWilson, WendyReith,Jen Crawford,Richard Wilson, Vince Lobb, Kees Beentjes and Tony McCormick.<br />

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PAGE 12<br />

Mullets off<br />

for good cause<br />

TONI.WILLIAMS<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Agiant state­of­the­art<br />

fishscreen being installed<br />

near theRangitataRiver has<br />

hit asignificantmilestone,<br />

the installation of seven<br />

8.5metre­long screen<br />

sections.<br />

Looking likesomethingout<br />

of British sci­fi series<br />

Thunderbirds, the fishscreen<br />

ispart of a$17.2million<br />

projectbywatersupply<br />

company Rangitata Diversion<br />

Race(RDR)Management Ltd<br />

to protectsalmon, trout and<br />

native fish stocks in theriver.<br />

The fishscreen, made up of<br />

the sevensections installed at<br />

the Klondyke intakeof the<br />

RDR, willkeep thefishstocks<br />

out of the RDR’s canal and in<br />

the river.<br />

RDR ManagementLtd chief<br />

executiveTony McCormick<br />

saidthe mountingofall seven<br />

T­screens onthe wall was‘‘a<br />

significantmilestone’’.<br />

‘‘It’sall pretty impressive,<br />

andinteresting,’’hesaid.<br />

RDR boardmembersand<br />

staff ­includingnew RDRML<br />

engineer manager Kees<br />

Beentjes ­wereonsitelast<br />

week to view theinstallations<br />

firsthand and work was on<br />

track for its May 2022<br />

connection to the canal;the<br />

end of the irrigationseason.<br />

The company supplies<br />

water for irrigation,<br />

stockwater and<br />

hydrogeneration across Mid<br />

Canterburyand part of its<br />

conditions of water­take<br />

required the companyto<br />

prevent young fish from<br />

entering the irrigationcanal.<br />

Mostofthe substantial<br />

construction wasexpected to<br />

be completed early next year.<br />

Aseriesofpublic days ­and<br />

tours for interest groupswere<br />

beingplannedsoon<br />

after for people to seethe<br />

work themselves,Mr<br />

McCormick said.They would<br />

be advertised in due course.<br />

The seven cylindrical<br />

screens, eachmeasuring 2.1m<br />

in diameter, makeupthe<br />

mechanical screenwhich<br />

arrived fromAustralia.<br />

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Water mandate opposed<br />

MICK.JENSEN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Districtcouncillors have<br />

voicedstrong opposition to<br />

government’s decision to mandate<br />

theThreeWatersreform andwill<br />

join with other councils to continue<br />

to discuss it further.<br />

Councillors agreedlast week that<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>mayor Neil Brown<br />

shouldput his name toaletter going<br />

to all mayors askingfor aface­toface<br />

meeting with Jacinda Ardern.<br />

Theletter has been drafted by<br />

WaimakaririmayorDan Gordon and<br />

wants moretimefor consultation<br />

andmore details aroundthe reform.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> councillors havealso<br />

agreedtoexplorejoiningother<br />

councils in examiningalegal<br />

challengetothe water reform<br />

mandate throughcorrespondence<br />

with Local Government New<br />

Zealand and CanterburyMayoralty<br />

Forum.<br />

Mr Brown saidhewas ‘‘disgusted’’<br />

at how government had treatedthe<br />

Mid Canterburycommunity and<br />

werepushingthe reformthrough in<br />

an undemocratic way.<br />

‘‘Wetoldour community we would<br />

have proper consultationover the<br />

final proposal and whether to opt in<br />

or out. We can’t do thatnow.’’<br />

Council had played by the rules,<br />

opened up its books and had<br />

compiled alistofwaterreform<br />

questions, as requestedbythe<br />

government.<br />

‘‘Westillhaven’t received<br />

answers to those 17 questionsand<br />

I’m ‘disgusted’atthe waythe<br />

community has been treated.<br />

‘‘I’m upset at the lossofthe<br />

democratic process.’’<br />

Cr Rodger Lethamagreedand<br />

said the district had been treated<br />

‘‘shabbily’’.<br />

‘‘It’s all been fornothing.’’<br />

Fishscreen project success<br />

From Page1<br />

The RangitataDiversion Race<br />

fishscreen was constructed by<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> company GrantHood<br />

Contracting, under the watchof<br />

construction project manager James<br />

Greene,with ateam from Smith<br />

Crane and Construction,and was<br />

likelythe largest andmostcomplex<br />

of its kind in the world.<br />

Rangitata Diversion Race<br />

Management Ltd (RDRML) boss<br />

Sultan Oblong Extension Table &<br />

6MatzoHigh Back Chairs<br />

was $ 4,293<br />

Mayor Neil Brown<br />

Cr Stuart Wilson said there had<br />

been 68 pages of questions<br />

submitted by councilsand no<br />

answersreceived.<br />

Therewas far toolittle<br />

information available.<br />

‘‘I’mjust so scepticalthat they are<br />

able to handleit.’’<br />

Cr John Falloonsaid he hadlost<br />

confidence in theconsultation<br />

process and knew it would be<br />

mandatedafter strong opposition<br />

hadbeenvoicedbyAuckland and<br />

Christchurch councils.<br />

‘‘It’sbeensold touson<br />

misinformation andassumptions<br />

thathave not been testedproperly<br />

‘‘No­onehas done thehomework<br />

on howit’s going to work.’’<br />

Cr LizMcMillansaid she was<br />

Tony McCormickwas pleased with<br />

the work done by the crews.<br />

There were still flatpanel screens<br />

to mount and someconcrete work to<br />

finish before it was connected to the<br />

river, but once completed thescreen<br />

wouldbecovered in stainlesssteel<br />

mesh with2mm gaps andfittedwith<br />

electrical motors thatturn the drums<br />

to clean off sticksand otherdebris. It<br />

hasbeen scientificallydesignedto<br />

allow water throughbut ensure<br />

youngsalmon and other fishare<br />

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$<br />

860<br />

Baja Dining Table &<br />

6Cabo Chairs<br />

was $ 4,093<br />

Cr John Falloon<br />

‘‘gobsmacked’’bythe mandate<br />

announcement.<br />

There was aneedtopress pause<br />

on thereform processand alot of<br />

work still to be done.<br />

Cr Carolyn Cameron said the<br />

process had created an irreparable<br />

lossofgoodfaithbetween local and<br />

nationalgovernment.<br />

The Three Watersreformis<br />

aiming to transferthe deliveryof<br />

drinking water, wastewater, and<br />

stormwater fromlocal authoritiesto<br />

fourpublic entitiesacrossNew<br />

Zealand.<br />

The Water Services EntitiesBill is<br />

expected to be introduced into<br />

Parliamentinearly December, and<br />

thenew system is expected to be in<br />

operation by July 2024.<br />

sweptpastthe screen to an offtake<br />

that runsback into the river.<br />

RDRML hasconsent to takewater<br />

from the river for irrigation,<br />

stockwaterand hydrogenerationand<br />

distributes it viaa67km canal that<br />

runs acrossthe district to theRakaia<br />

River.<br />

It is alegacypiece of engineering,<br />

built 80 years agotostimulate<br />

agriculture in Depressiontimes, and<br />

remains vitaltothe district’s<br />

economy.<br />

Burnett Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> l Phone (03) 308 5269 l www.redmonds.co.nz<br />

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CBD upgrade coming to an end at last<br />

Major works around<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>'s central business<br />

districtare nearing<br />

completion.<br />

The CBD streetscape<br />

renovationisexpected to be<br />

completedby<strong>November</strong> 22.<br />

Contractors werelaying<br />

tarseal on Havelock Street<br />

earlier this week.<br />

The workstarted inJanuary<br />

2020 andhas involved avariety<br />

of council departmentsand<br />

contractors who havebuilt new<br />

roads andfootpaths, renewed<br />

underground services and<br />

installedstreet lights and<br />

addedtrees, and gardens.<br />

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

chief executiveHamish Riach<br />

said the CBD projectwas abig<br />

onefor council and the<br />

community and he encouraged<br />

everyone to check outthe<br />

progress when next in town.<br />

‘‘Streets completed so far<br />

include Cass, Moore,Tancred,<br />

Burnett and most of East.<br />

‘‘Weare planting the green<br />

belt alongEast Street at the<br />

moment and constructing a<br />

concrete padthatwillfirst<br />

accommodate thegiant<br />

Christmastree,’’ he said.<br />

The fountain on EastStreet<br />

is alsobeing worked on with<br />

contractorsre­fibreglassing<br />

thelower fountain pondsto<br />

tidy it up/refurbish and to<br />

preventleakage.<br />

‘‘Now,itisuptoustoenjoy<br />

and use thespace ­visitour<br />

excellent food andbeverage<br />

providers and buy fromlocal<br />

retailers and businesses,’’Mr<br />

Riach said.<br />

Work being carried out on the East Street fountain.<br />

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Support<br />

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The ambitiousproject aims to raise $1.14<br />

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Project team member Clare Harden said<br />

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The community have donated or pledged<br />

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‘‘We have just appliedtothe Community<br />

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Mrs Harden said abusiness plan was<br />

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Paid fire crew moving to new building<br />

Stafffrom Fireand Emergency<br />

New Zealand are set to move<br />

into astandalonebuilding in<br />

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

It will endafour year hiatus<br />

which saw them housed, on a<br />

temporary basis, at the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Fire Station, after<br />

the initial amalgamation of<br />

ruralandurbanfire service.<br />

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

Fire Station will remainatthe<br />

Burnett Street station.<br />

NewlyappointedAoraki Mid<br />

South Canterbury district<br />

manager Rob Handssaid the<br />

move into the former Burtons<br />

Electrical building on Havelock<br />

Street in <strong>Ashburton</strong> was<br />

planned for earlynext year.<br />

Among theninestaff to move<br />

into the office premises were<br />

groupmanagers Mike Johns<br />

(formerlyof Selwyn) and Paul<br />

Manson (formerly of Wellington<br />

Newly appointed Aoraki Mid South Canterbury district manager<br />

Rob Hands at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Fire Station.<br />

HQ), community risk manager<br />

Don Geddes,volunteer support<br />

officerMurray Cairnsand John<br />

Ferguson and adviser risk<br />

reduction Gavin Lack. Two<br />

other group managers andstaff<br />

would be based in Timaru.<br />

Thedistrict Aoraki Mid South<br />

Canterbury district spanned<br />

fromthe Rakaia to Waitaki<br />

riversand inland to Mt Cook.<br />

The move will essentially<br />

create an informal emergency<br />

managementprecinct with the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Police station,and<br />

oncecompleted, theCivil<br />

Defence Emergency<br />

Management bunker(located<br />

within the<strong>Ashburton</strong>District<br />

Council’s new civic centre), all<br />

within close range of each<br />

other.<br />

The move has been three and<br />

ahalf years in the planning, Mr<br />

Handssaid.<br />

It was designedtoimprove<br />

services to he community ,<br />

support volunteers within the<br />

organisation and increase<br />

community engagement with<br />

riskeducation.<br />

It was intelligenceled and<br />

would lead to stronger<br />

community engagementand<br />

help with the training­and<br />

retaining ­ofvolunteer<br />

workforces.<br />

It was also part of aplan to<br />

build aunifiednational<br />

emergency management<br />

organisationtomeetthe<br />

changingrisks communities<br />

faced in both thebuilt and<br />

natural environments.<br />

Fire and Emergency New<br />

Zealandrecently announced<br />

thecreation of 17 new districts<br />

to replace the existing24urban<br />

areas and18rural fire districts<br />

across the country.<br />

Underthe newstructure, all<br />

brigades and stations sit<br />

together under their respective<br />

district managers.<br />

There were 35 brigadesinthe<br />

Aoraki district, with 700<br />

volunteers and37career staff,<br />

Mr Hands said.<br />

Taking down the advertising for this year’s Longbeach Coastal Challenge are (from left) Bruce Kell, coastal challenge<br />

committee member Rachael Rickard and Jono Pavey from naming sponsor Ruralco.<br />

Longbeach challenge cancelled<br />

Eternals<br />

ReviewedbyRowenaHart<br />

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is centred<br />

on aseries of super hero movies produced by<br />

Marvel Studios.<br />

Thefirst movie wasIronman in 2008.<br />

This time we move into awhole new phase of<br />

Marvel movies.<br />

We meet The Eternals, a race of immortal<br />

beings with superhuman powers who have<br />

secretly lived on Earth for thousands of years.<br />

Their purpose is to keep our world safe from<br />

the evil Deviants sowewere pretty keen on<br />

them all surviving!<br />

This is the most beautiful Marvel movie. My<br />

eyes were fixed to the screen forthe whole 2½<br />

hours.<br />

It is action packed, entertaining, thought<br />

provoking and at timesfunny.<br />

Angelina Jolie wasthe stand outEternal forme<br />

but the wholeteam were prettyamazing.<br />

Iamlooking forwardtothe sequel!<br />

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Organisers have made the decision to<br />

cancelthis year’s Ruralco<br />

Longbeach CoastalChallenge<br />

because of covid uncertainty and the<br />

logistics involved in managing prize<br />

givings.<br />

The multisport event, which draws<br />

hundreds of competitorsand starts<br />

and finishes on the north side of the<br />

Hinds River on Longbeach Estate,<br />

was set for the start line on<br />

<strong>November</strong> 28.<br />

Organisers decided to pull the pin<br />

after ameeting last week.<br />

Longbeach CoastalChallenge<br />

chairman Bruce Kellsaid it had been<br />

SINCE 1934<br />

ahard call to make.<br />

‘‘We’ve been waiting and hoping<br />

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decided to cancelthe challengethis<br />

year.’’<br />

Mr Kell said that although athletes<br />

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harder to manage the two prize<br />

givings whichwere an important part<br />

of the event.<br />

‘‘We’re very much family and<br />

community orientatedand to not be<br />

able to bring everyone together at the<br />

prizegivingswould be such ashame.<br />

‘‘This was set to be our 15thannual<br />

eventand we werelookingforward to<br />

marking thatmilestone.’’<br />

Mr Kell said organisers were now<br />

looking aheadtonext year for the<br />

15th anniversary event and were<br />

grateful for the ongoing support of<br />

sponsors.<br />

The Longbeach Coastal Challenge<br />

offers run,walk and biking options<br />

across varyingdistances and funds<br />

raised are split betweenLongbeach<br />

School and HindsLions, which both<br />

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Funds needed for final fit­out costs<br />

MICK.JENSEN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

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

church on BaringSquare<br />

hasset up aGivelittle page<br />

to support final fit­out costs<br />

needed to getthe big<br />

renovation project overthe<br />

the line.<br />

Over the last12months<br />

the $3 million projecthas<br />

seenthe church<br />

strengthened, repaired and<br />

anew extension addedon<br />

the south side.<br />

The projectwas delayed<br />

by covid but was on budget<br />

before abig rain storm hit<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> at the end of May.<br />

The raindeluge revealed<br />

aleakingroofand a<br />

decisionwas madeto<br />

replace the original slate<br />

roofwith longrun colour<br />

steel.<br />

The roofand spouting is<br />

over90years old andthe<br />

unbudgeted cost of<br />

replacing it is ahefty<br />

$460,000.<br />

Project manager Hayley<br />

Groves said thankfully extra<br />

fundingfor the project had<br />

been sourced from the<br />

Methodist Church Property<br />

Committee andthe Central<br />

South Island Synod.<br />

There weredelays with<br />

sourcing theblack roofing<br />

iron, but work was expected<br />

to recommenceonthe<br />

project in mid­January.<br />

It was hoped to get the<br />

churchopen by winternext<br />

year, she said.<br />

Mrs Grovessaid there now<br />

ashortfall for thefit­outof<br />

the church,which included<br />

the sound system, seating,<br />

paintingand sundryworks.<br />

‘‘Gettingthe workdone<br />

will enable the church to<br />

functionasapublic facility<br />

and it is has always beenthe<br />

intention to open it up for<br />

community groupstouse.’’<br />

Mrs Grovessaidthe<br />

Givealittle page to support<br />

the fit­out had agoal of<br />

$60,000.<br />

The Baring Square<br />

churchwas built in 1926 and<br />

badly damaged in the 2010<br />

and 20<strong>11</strong> Christchurch<br />

earthquakes.<br />

The Methodist church on<br />

Baring Square.<br />

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The Merry Little Christmas Market usually draws in the crowds.<br />

Christmas market<br />

onatevent centre<br />

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

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runagain on <strong>November</strong>28.<br />

Theeighth annualindoor<br />

market at the event centre runs<br />

from<strong>11</strong>.30amuntil 4pm.<br />

Because of thelogistics<br />

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Stalls would be setupinthe<br />

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and there would be astrong<br />

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Christmasand wouldoffer<br />

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digital marketing insights<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council is organising a<br />

two­part workshop later this month to help<br />

share some practicalinsights andadvice<br />

about digital marketing, especially for those<br />

organising events that will draw people to<br />

Mid Canterbury.<br />

The first part of the workshop willbeon<br />

<strong>November</strong>15and looksatsocialmedia and<br />

will be facilitated by Ashleigh Rushton from<br />

Rushton Marketing.<br />

The second part is on <strong>November</strong> 22 and is<br />

about website marketing andwillbe<br />

facilitated by Sara Stephens from Pixel &<br />

Ink.<br />

The sessions run from 9.30am until<br />

<strong>11</strong>.30am on both days.<br />

The capability development workshop is<br />

funded by the Mid Canterbury Regional<br />

EventFund.<br />

Spacesare limitedand people must<br />

register byemailtoevents@adc.govt.nz or by<br />

calling 307 7770.<br />

There is acostof $100 perperson, which<br />

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Coby Snowden with the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Rifle Club centenary<br />

book.<br />

Rifleclub book<br />

readyfor 100th<br />

Ahistorybook of the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

District Rifle Clubhas been<br />

completedahead of centenary<br />

celebrations next month.<br />

The rifle club was firstknown<br />

as the<strong>Ashburton</strong>DefenceRifle<br />

Club and held its first shooton<br />

December10, 1921.<br />

The 100 yearmilestonewill be<br />

marked with adinnerevent on<br />

December 10,followed by a<br />

special shoot the next day.<br />

Organiser Coby Snowden said<br />

dinnernumbers would be a<br />

maximum of 100 and there were<br />

still placesavailable at the Hotel<br />

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

‘‘We’vegot our fingerscrossed<br />

that covid does not stop it<br />

happening,but if it does,wewill<br />

postponeand hold it at alater<br />

date.’’<br />

Mrs Snowden has researched,<br />

writtenand compiled the history<br />

book over anumber of months.<br />

The 54 page bookfeatures<br />

photos, personal stories and<br />

facts andfigures that will jolt the<br />

memories of past andpresent<br />

club members.<br />

There arestories spanning the<br />

decades from the likes of Barry<br />

Hunt,Murray Lattimore, David<br />

Luskand Don McLenaghen.<br />

Club patron John Fleming,<br />

whoisthe longest serving<br />

member andhas an association<br />

spanning 64 years, and<br />

CommonwealthGames shooter<br />

John Snowdenalso feature.<br />

Informationinthe book has<br />

beentaken from minute books,<br />

museum archives, clubrecords<br />

and interviews.<br />

Mrs Snowden said it had been<br />

alabouroflove, butshe was<br />

happywiththe finished book<br />

and it wassomething that could<br />

be addedtoinfuture years.<br />

The book costs $30 andhas<br />

beenprinted locally by DPI.<br />

Entry into the special<br />

celebratory shoot on December<br />

<strong>11</strong> will include the optionof<br />

purchasing acommemorative<br />

riflecover marking the club<br />

centenary and anumber of local<br />

business havedonated shooting<br />

prizes. For more informationon<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong>District Rifle<br />

Club’s centenary email to<br />

johncoby.snowden@gmail.com<br />

Boxing event here<br />

There are stillsome tickets<br />

available forthe FightNight<br />

South boxing event in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

on <strong>November</strong> 19.<br />

Theevent will feature<br />

corporate boxing boutsand is<br />

beinghosted by localDame<br />

Lynda Topp.<br />

Former Commonwealth<br />

cruiserweight champion and<br />

heavyweightboxerShane<br />

Cameronhas been confirmedto<br />

attend as special guest.<br />

“I’m very excited to help<br />

launch theCatalyst Performance<br />

Agronomy FightNight South<br />

event. Iknow first­hand that<br />

thereissomerealboxing talent<br />

in the regionand I’m looking<br />

forwardtomeeting the fighters<br />

during their training andtosee<br />

who shines on the night,” Shane<br />

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In order to compete, each<br />

contender is required to<br />

complete arigorous 12­week<br />

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animation character Pat.<br />

Artists explore female form<br />

MICK.JENSEN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Agroup exhibition exploring female<br />

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features large­scale sculptures,<br />

video, ceramics and embroidery.<br />

Dunedin­based artists Michele<br />

Beevors, Kiri Mitchell, Sarah Baird,<br />

Kylie Norton, Maggie Covell and<br />

Tamara Nicholson have<br />

collaboratedtoexplore feminism<br />

and feministartwork.<br />

Art lecturer Michele Beevors has<br />

produced large and colourfulpieces<br />

made from fibreglass and another<br />

from dozensofsoft toys. Her<br />

influencesinclude 1950s pin up<br />

Marilyn Monroe.<br />

Tamara Nicholson uses video to<br />

explore suburban alienation, Kylie<br />

Norton focuses on dating and<br />

anxiety and the influences of<br />

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and Sarah Baird has created100<br />

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Art lecturer KiriMitchell, an<br />

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stop motion animation film Turf<br />

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Turf tells the story of Pat, amature<br />

ladywho livesunder asmall glass<br />

domeand whosespace gets intruded<br />

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Ms Mitchellhas threeother works<br />

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model of Pat.<br />

Michele Beevors said the<br />

Configure exhibition was about<br />

works of the female experiencefrom<br />

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nce again the buyers from Wellington based<br />

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Tony Grant from the company says “This is agreat<br />

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them along for an instant<br />

appraisal”<br />

Mr Anthony (Tony)<br />

W. Grant<br />

Fellowofthe Royal Numismatic<br />

Society of NewZealand Incorporated<br />

Director and Buyer<br />

John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd<br />

Author of the John Bertrand<br />

NZ Coin &Banknote Catalogue<br />

Gold &Silver<br />

At Very High<br />

Prices<br />

D uring these<br />

uncertain times<br />

we have seen a<br />

sharp increase in<br />

the price of precious metals.<br />

The gold price in New Zealand is still at a<br />

high level so gather up all your unwanted<br />

items and take them along to the buyers.<br />

Tony Grant says“We can buy old gold items<br />

in all forms, including Jewellery (Rings,<br />

Chains, Brooches etc), Coins (Sovereigns<br />

and the like), Alluvial (River Gold), virtually<br />

anything, even GoldTeeth! We also need<br />

all Sterling Silver including Cups, Tea<br />

Services, Cutleryand OldCoins” he said.<br />

E<br />

Some BigDollars in EarlyBanknotes<br />

arly New Zealand Banknotes dated<br />

before 1932 are currently fetching<br />

big money! This is according to Mr Tony<br />

Grant, author of the John Bertrand New<br />

Zealand Coin &Banknote Catalogue. Mr<br />

Grant is in <strong>Ashburton</strong> &Geraldine next<br />

week on abuying trip for John Bertrand<br />

(Collectables) Ltd and would be very<br />

keen to see any ofthese issues. “We will<br />

pay at least $300 for any undamaged<br />

Ten Shilling or One Pound banknote<br />

T<br />

Interesting Small<br />

Collectables Wanted<br />

he buyers from John Bertrand<br />

(Collectables) Ltd, visiting <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

&Geraldine next week, arehappytolook at<br />

any interesting items, for example vintage<br />

pocket and wristwatches such as Rolex,<br />

Men’s Omega, Breitling and gold watches<br />

etc. Also wanted, pre 1950’s picture<br />

postcards, Maori and Pacific artefacts, old<br />

fountain pens and other small antique or<br />

historical items.<br />

“If you have something unusual which<br />

you would like to sell, please bring it<br />

into one of our venues, we would like<br />

the chance toatleast have alook at it”<br />

said Tony Grant, buyer for the Company.<br />

“We will consider anything which may be<br />

of interest to acollector” hesaid.<br />

from a New Zealand trading bank dated<br />

1932 or before.<br />

Denominations of five pounds and<br />

higher would be worth from $700. “Any<br />

banknote dated prior to 1900 would be<br />

worth at least $1000” said Mr Grant.<br />

Also purchased are any Reserve Bank of<br />

NewZealand pre-decimal issues,especially<br />

50 Pound notes. All overseas banknotes are<br />

also wanted, especially early Pacific Island<br />

issues.<br />

C<br />

I<br />

ADVERTISEMENT<br />

Collectors Need WarMedals<br />

urrently, throughout NZ and the world there is a big<br />

demand by collectors for war medals. These cover all<br />

wars right through from the New Zealand Land Wars and the<br />

Boer War, to the First and Second World Wars and the later<br />

Korea and Vietnam conflicts. New Zealand Servicemen and<br />

Women first served overseas in the Boer WarinSouth Africa<br />

around 1900 and the war medals awarded for this service are<br />

needed by the buyers, as areany other Medalsfromearly New<br />

Zealandand the NewZealandWars.<br />

General service medals from both the First and Second<br />

World Wars will also be purchased, but ascan be imagined<br />

these were awarded in fairly large numbers. “If a group<br />

of medals has any special award for bravery such as the<br />

Military Medal, Military orFlying Cross or other medals for<br />

DistinguishedConduct or Meritorious Service, these canadd<br />

great value toagroup” stated Mr Tony Grant, buyer for John<br />

Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd. “Many families have old medals,<br />

some dating back to early Imperial days, that they arenot sure<br />

whattodowith. These arebetteroff in the handsofcollectors<br />

who will look after them. We will be happy to look at any war<br />

medalswhatsoever, just bring them in to venues”hesaid.<br />

OldCoins CanToss UpaRarity<br />

n lockdown when you sorted out your drawers and<br />

cupboards you may have come across some old coins.<br />

Youjust never knowwhat rarities may be lurking there. The<br />

advice of Tony Grant from John Bertrand (Collectables) Ltd<br />

is to bring them in to the venues and have them appraised.<br />

“Wewant to see any old foreign coin accumulations.Weare<br />

quite happy togothrough your coins on the spot and give<br />

youanidea what we can pay.You just never knowwhat can<br />

turn up. We are also particularly keen to buy pre 1946 New<br />

Zealand Silver Coins for at least 10 times their face value”<br />

he said.<br />

JOHN BERTRAND (COLLECTABLES) ARE BUYING NOW!!<br />

OLD GOLD<br />

GOLD &SILVER<br />

TOKENS<br />

WAR MEDALS ETC<br />

• Unwanted Jewellery or Broken Rings<br />

• Gold Chains<br />

• Gold Watch Cases<br />

• Alluvial (River) Gold<br />

• Dental Gold<br />

• Gold Coins<br />

• Gold Racing & Trophy Cups<br />

COINS<br />

• All Gold & Silver Coins<br />

• Gold Sovereigns<br />

• Gold Half Sovereigns<br />

• NZ Silver Coins 1946 & Before<br />

(at least 10 times face value)<br />

• Also wanted NZ & World Coins<br />

after 1946<br />

• Australian Silver Coins to 1963<br />

• English Silver Coins to 1946<br />

• NZ 1935 “Waitangi Crown”<br />

• USA Coins up to 1964<br />

• Old Collections & Accumulations of World Coins<br />

• Modern Collector’s Coins & Sets<br />

• NZ Reserve Bank Sets<br />

*No Pennies or Halfpennies Please*<br />

• Racing Cups<br />

• A&P Show Cup<br />

• Sports Cups<br />

• Presentation Keys & Trowels<br />

• Show Pieces<br />

• Sterling Silver Tea Sets<br />

• Sterling Silver Cutlery<br />

• Scrap Gold & Silver<br />

*No EPNS or Silver Plated items Please*<br />

WRIST &POCKET WATCHES<br />

• Gold & Silver Pocket Watches<br />

• Any Rolex Watches<br />

• Omega Gents Watches<br />

• Any Breitling, Jaegar Le Coultre, Vacheron &<br />

Constantin, Patek Philippe, or IWC Watches<br />

• Moon Phase Watches<br />

• Chiming or Alarm Watches (Pocket or Wrist)<br />

• Military Watches<br />

• Divers Watches<br />

• All other pre 1950s wind up watches<br />

(parts value only)<br />

*No Quartz or Battery Operated Watches Please*<br />

• NZ & Australian “Tradesmen’s” Tokens<br />

• NZ Transportation Tokens<br />

• Railway Passes<br />

• Tram Tokens (not Dunedin Tramways)<br />

• Presbyterian Church Communion Tokens<br />

• Bread Tokens<br />

• Theatre, Cafe, Discount Tokens etc<br />

• Any other tokens relating to early New Zealand<br />

COLLECTABLES<br />

• Albums & Accumulations of Pre 1920s Postcards<br />

(used or unused)<br />

• Old Fountain Pens<br />

• Maori & Pacific Artefacts<br />

• Stamps & Postal History<br />

• Vintage Film Cameras<br />

• The New Zealand Wars & Boer War Medals<br />

• 1st World War Medals<br />

• 2nd World War Medals, Stars etc<br />

• Orders and Decorations<br />

• Korea & Vietnam Medals<br />

• Antarctic or other Polar Medals<br />

• Fire Brigade Medals<br />

• Lodge Medals<br />

• Shooting Medals<br />

• Military Badges and all other<br />

Military Medals<br />

• Gold returning Fob Medals or “Tokens of Honour”<br />

from residents of small town New Zealand<br />

HISTORICAL MEDALS<br />

• A&P Show- Gold, Silver & Bronze Medals<br />

• Commemorative Medals & Medalets<br />

• Prize Medals (Gold & Silver)<br />

• Sports Medals (Gold & Silver)<br />

• Life Saving Medals<br />

• Shipwreck Medals<br />

• Coronation Medals<br />

• etc, etc, etc<br />

BANKNOTES<br />

• NZ & Australian “Trading Bank” Notes pre 1932<br />

(e.g. Bank of New South Wales, Bank of NZ etc)<br />

• Reserve Bank of NZ Pre-Decimal Notes<br />

• Any £20, £50 or £100 Notes<br />

• Hong Kong & Malayan Banknotes<br />

• Australian Pre Decimal Notes<br />

• Australian “Star” Notes<br />

• Early Fijian and Samoan Banknotes<br />

• NZ Traders Promissary Notes (1840s)<br />

• NZ Government Debentures<br />

• NZ Banknotes overprinted for<br />

use in Fiji, Cook Islands etc<br />

• Postal Notes<br />

• All other World Banknotes<br />

WE WANT<br />

TO BUY –<br />

CASH-IN<br />

NOW<br />

No item too small for<br />

our consideration<br />

JOHN BERTRAND (COLLECTABLES) LTD<br />

OUR BUYERS ARE IN YOUR AREA NEXT WEEK<br />

ASHBURTON Wed 17 Nov St Stephen’s Church Hall, 64 Park Street 9amto2pm<br />

PLEASE<br />

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ALSO AT<br />

GERALDINE Fri 19 Nov St John Ambulance Rooms, 124 Talbot Street 1pmto3pm<br />

John Bertrand The Trusted Name In Numismatics Since 1965!<br />

Despite general perception, we do not attract large crowds to our buying days, usually only a handful of people at any one time.<br />

Our staff are fully vaccinated and we will be observing applicable Covid Level 2 or Level 1 protocols for small gatherings.<br />

Please wear your mask. Thank you.<br />

NO<br />

APPOINTMENT<br />

NECESSARY<br />

Please note: If you sell<br />

anything to us, suitable ID is<br />

required. Please also bring<br />

your bank account details<br />

for the deposit of funds for<br />

larger purchases.<br />

John Bertrand (Collectables) Limited<br />

T: 04 232 9832 •E:info@bertrand.co.nz<br />

Level 1Harcourt’s Building, 215 Main Road,<br />

Tawa, Wellington 5028<br />

PO Box 323, Wellington 6140<br />

Members of the Australasian Numismatic<br />

Dealers Association and the New Zealand<br />

Numismatic Dealers Association

Family<br />

Notices<br />

Enquiries phone<br />

Mary,Jann<br />

or Karenon<br />

308 7664<br />

or<br />

call into<br />

199 Burnett Street<br />

Family Notices<br />

Deaths Deaths Deaths Deaths Acknowledgement<br />

DAVIDSON, Hayley<br />

Lorraine, suddenly on<br />

Thursday, 4th <strong>November</strong>,<br />

<strong>2021</strong>. Lovely wife ofScott<br />

and mum of Blake; and<br />

much loved step mum<br />

to Leo and Zane. Due to<br />

Covid, aprivate cremation<br />

has been held. Messages<br />

for the family may besent<br />

C/- 26 King Street, Temuka<br />

7920. Will be deeply missed,<br />

foreverand always.<br />

DAVIDSON, Hayley<br />

Lorraine (nee Brasell):<br />

On <strong>November</strong> 4, <strong>2021</strong><br />

at her home in Temuka,<br />

suddenly but peacefully,<br />

aged 30. Dearly loved and<br />

cherished daughter of<br />

Roger and Annette. Much<br />

loved sister and sisterin-law<br />

of Jonathon and<br />

Toni Brasell, Matthew and<br />

Stephanie Brasell. Itiswith<br />

broken hearts that wefind<br />

ourselves saying goodbye<br />

to our precious Hayley.<br />

Words cannot express our<br />

sorrow. May you find your<br />

wings, darling angel.<br />

DAVIDSON, Hayley<br />

Lorraine (Brasell): On<br />

<strong>November</strong> 4, <strong>2021</strong>, Much<br />

lovedgranddaughterofBob<br />

and Jennifer Brasell. Niece<br />

of Geoff and SandraIreland,<br />

cousin of Emma and Kieran,<br />

Jo and Rob, Bec and Adam.<br />

Taken toosoon.<br />

Remember youalways.<br />

DAVIDSON, Hayley<br />

Lorraine: Treasured<br />

and much loved only<br />

granddaughter ofJohn and<br />

Lorraine Newlands. Much<br />

loved niece and cousin<br />

of David, Steph, Corbin,<br />

Stirling, Grace Newlands;<br />

and Robert, Karla, Jake and<br />

Millar Newlands.<br />

Gone far too soon, but the<br />

memory ofyou will always<br />

be in our hearts.<br />

GARDE Peter Barry: It<br />

is with sadness that<br />

Peter’s journey has<br />

peacefully come to an end,<br />

surrounded by his loving<br />

family on <strong>November</strong> 2nd<br />

<strong>2021</strong> at <strong>Ashburton</strong>Hospital,<br />

aged 68 years. Treasured<br />

husband and soulmate of<br />

Annie (Annette), proud<br />

Dad,father-in-lawand Papa<br />

of Katie, Steve, Charlotte<br />

and Harry Middleton;<br />

Emma, Dave, Sophia, Toby<br />

and Annabel Maw; and<br />

Julia, Stu, Lucy and Maggie<br />

Bryson. Loved brother,<br />

brother-in-law and uncle to<br />

Jude, Richard, Alice, Laura<br />

and Sally. Many thanks<br />

go to Michelle Vaughan<br />

and the staff at St Georges<br />

Cancer Care Centre,<br />

Methven Medical Centre,<br />

District Nurses Tracey and<br />

Anna, and the staff at Ward<br />

One, <strong>Ashburton</strong> Hospital.<br />

‘Nothing beautiful in this<br />

world isever really lost. All<br />

things belovedliveoninour<br />

hearts forever’. Messages<br />

to the Garde Family, PO<br />

Box 742, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740.<br />

Due to covid restrictions<br />

a private family service<br />

for Peter will be held. For<br />

those that would like to<br />

watch the livestream of<br />

the service please email<br />

gardefamily92@gmail.com.<br />

‘Ride Free’.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

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

FDANZ<br />

03 3077433<br />

HUME, Ethel May, on<br />

<strong>November</strong> 6, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />

at Rosebank Lifecare,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, in her 95th year.<br />

Dearly loved wife of the<br />

late Trevor (Bricky). Dearly<br />

loved Mum and mother-inlaw<br />

of Errol and Michelle<br />

(Christchurch), Chris and<br />

Nicky(Auckland), and Karen<br />

and David Bishop. Greatly<br />

loved Nana of Sophie,<br />

Patrick, Millie, and Connor;<br />

Bennett, Thomas, and Sam;<br />

Erin and Logan Tasker, and<br />

James and Angela Bishop.<br />

Treasured<br />

great-Grandma<br />

of Riley, and Jack Tasker,<br />

and Oscar Bishop, and<br />

loved sister-in-law ofRoma<br />

Whittaker. Messages tothe<br />

Hume family c/- POBox472,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. Aservice<br />

to celebrate Ethel’s life<br />

will be held at our chapel,<br />

cnr East and Cox Streets,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> on Tuesday<br />

<strong>November</strong> 16, commencing<br />

at <strong>11</strong>.00am, followed bya<br />

private cremation at the<br />

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

Paterson’s<br />

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

FDANZ<br />

03 307 7433<br />

RANSON<br />

RUSH, Shirley Joan,<br />

on <strong>November</strong> 4, <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Peacefully at <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Hospital, aged 77 years.<br />

Dearly loved wife of Jim.<br />

Cherished and loved Mum<br />

and mother in law ofDave,<br />

Kellie and Gordy Kenton,<br />

and the late Graham.<br />

Adored Nana of Katie,Todd,<br />

and Annabel. Loved byher<br />

extended family and many<br />

friends. Messages to the<br />

Rush familyc/- POBox472,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. Due to<br />

Covid restrictions aprivate<br />

servicewill be held.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

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

FDANZ<br />

03 3077433<br />

0800 2MEMORY<br />

027 637 1229<br />

Michael<br />

Clarence. On Monday 25th<br />

of October <strong>2021</strong>. Michael<br />

passed away as a result of a<br />

tragic motorcycle accident.<br />

He will be dearly missed<br />

by his friends, siblings,<br />

children, grandchildren and<br />

all who knew him. A private<br />

service for Michael has<br />

already been held, with his<br />

family and many of his close<br />

friends in attendance. ‘He<br />

lived life wild and free, and<br />

died the same way.’<br />

Paterson’s<br />

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

FDANZ<br />

03 3077433<br />

WAITITI-JANSON, Harmony<br />

Aroha: Unexpectedly at<br />

home in <strong>Ashburton</strong> on<br />

Friday, <strong>November</strong> 5, <strong>2021</strong><br />

aged 17 years.<br />

Much loved and adored<br />

daughter ofAlisha Janson,<br />

and Takuta Waititi, dearly<br />

loved sister and best friend<br />

of Haiven, Hailow, Brooklyn,<br />

Akkidian, Awatea, Ariielle,<br />

and Johntee.<br />

Loved by Tammy, and<br />

Brendan. Cherished<br />

granddaughter of Delia<br />

and Tai Stirling, and Gerard<br />

Janson and Maureen Feely,<br />

and the late Karen Thomas.<br />

Dearly loved byher aunties,<br />

uncles, cousins, and many<br />

loved friends, especially<br />

Hemi.<br />

Will be greatly missed and<br />

foreverlovedbyusall.<br />

Messages to: Harmony’s<br />

Family, c/- PO Box 6035,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>7742.<br />

A service to celebrate<br />

Harmony’s life will be held<br />

at The Hakatere Marae,<br />

State Highway1,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

on Friday, <strong>November</strong> 12<br />

at 1.00pm followed by<br />

interment atthe <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Seafield Cemetery, Seafield<br />

Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Covid<br />

Restrictions apply.<br />

WATSON, Eunice Kathleen<br />

(Kathleen), on <strong>November</strong><br />

8, <strong>2021</strong>. Passed away<br />

peacefully at Terrace<br />

View Retirement Village,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged 92 years.<br />

Loved wife ofthe late Ian.<br />

Much loved mother and<br />

mother-in-law of Jennifer<br />

and Richard, Annette and<br />

Peter Jacob, Murray and<br />

Helen, and the late Geri<br />

(Perth, WA), and Heather<br />

and Bob (West Melton).<br />

Treasured Nana of Emmett<br />

and Nicole, and Kendall;<br />

Hayden, and Kimberley and<br />

Mat (Sydney); Cherokee,<br />

and Savannah; Olivia, and<br />

Esther and was soon tobe<br />

a great-Nana. Messages<br />

to the Watson family c/-<br />

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

7740. Aservice tocelebrate<br />

Kathleen’s life will be held<br />

at our chapel, cnr East and<br />

Cox Streets, <strong>Ashburton</strong> on<br />

Saturday <strong>November</strong> 13,<br />

commencing at <strong>11</strong>.00am,<br />

followed by interment at<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> New Lawn<br />

Cemetery. Due to Covid<br />

number restrictions those<br />

who would like to attend the<br />

service please phone or txt<br />

0277575559 or 03-3088043.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

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

FDANZ<br />

03 3077433<br />

Family<br />

Notices<br />

Birth, engagement,<br />

anniversary, death,<br />

acknowledgement,<br />

and in memoriam<br />

notices will be<br />

charged $18 fora<br />

maximum of 35<br />

words, thereafteron<br />

aper-line basis of<br />

$2.50 for5words.<br />

Deadline forthese<br />

notices 4pm Tuesday<br />

prior to Thursday<br />

publication date.<br />

HYLAND,Nancy(Nan)<br />

10.01.1930 –18.07.<strong>2021</strong><br />

Catherine, Lynette,<br />

Jacqueline and their<br />

families,would like to thank<br />

everyone for their kind<br />

expressions of sympathy<br />

on the sad loss of our dearly<br />

loved and treasured Mum<br />

and Nan.<br />

Your support and<br />

thoughtfulness is greatly<br />

appreciated and will always<br />

be remembered.<br />

Please accept this as a<br />

personal acknowledgement<br />

from us all.<br />

“Two of Gods greatest gifts<br />

arememories and friends”<br />

STRACHAN, Shirley<br />

Annette 4.10.1947 –<br />

2.10.<strong>2021</strong><br />

Gary, Karen, Tanya Jason<br />

and their families would<br />

sincerely like to thank<br />

everyone for the kindness<br />

and support we have<br />

received with our dear Wife,<br />

Mum, Nana and Grandma<br />

passing. Special thanks to<br />

Deirdre Grant, St John and<br />

Jo Metcalf. Please accept<br />

this acknowledgement asa<br />

personal expression of our<br />

deepest gratitude.<br />

VANDER HEIDE,John:<br />

Joyce would sincerely like<br />

to thank everyone who<br />

have sentcards and baking,<br />

phoned and messaged,<br />

and the many friends who<br />

came to visit. I will always<br />

remember the kindness.<br />

Please accept this as a<br />

personal acknowledgement.<br />

In Memoriam<br />

WELLMAN, Owen David -<br />

14/09/1940 -16/<strong>11</strong>/2020<br />

Those we love don’t go<br />

away,<br />

they walk beside us every<br />

day.<br />

Unseen, unheard, but<br />

alwaysnear.<br />

Still loved, still missed and<br />

very dear.<br />

Your ever loving family;<br />

Diana, Ian, Sharon<br />

Carlo, Cairoand Siena xxxxx<br />

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NEWS<br />

10 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

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Red Cross is well­known for the work we do<br />

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However, we are working away all the time<br />

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In Mid Canterbury we are providing the<br />

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Recently over 200 “trauma teddies” were<br />

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Good and Ready is aproject aimed at<br />

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The programme is an hour long.<br />

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Together we will have.<br />

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are better prepared for amajor disaster/<br />

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12 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

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Mullet shave for agood cause<br />

Hampstead Bowling Club<br />

members Dayle Prichard,<br />

ReganBroker,Steve Gamble,<br />

Craig Kellettand Dale<br />

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their mullets andraised<br />

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GumbootFriday.<br />

Six­year­oldHunter Gamble,<br />

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Dayle,Reganand Stevehad<br />

been growingmullets since<br />

last year’s Queenstown<br />

marathon.<br />

They intended keeping them<br />

forthisyear’sevent, butwith<br />

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Newclub member Natalia<br />

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

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 37<br />

<strong>11</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

Message From ThePrincipal<br />

‘Time Flies’<br />

There isavery old saying ‘that time flies’ and, as<br />

we age, weappreciate how true this statement<br />

seems to be. (I did have an explanation once<br />

from a Mathematician that explained why this<br />

phenomena is actually areality, but Iwon’t bore<br />

youwith thereasoning).<br />

Final Dayfor Year 13 Students<br />

Today isthe final day for our Year 13 students and<br />

their last dayoffive years at <strong>Ashburton</strong> College,orsecondaryschooling if<br />

theydidn’t startatCollege.<br />

This particular year group is one I’m fond of simply because all of us<br />

started together as ‘newbies’onthe first day of2017. They were clearly<br />

nervous and excited and, truth betold, Iheld similar feelings (even<br />

though Ihad been aPrincipal in twoother schools).<br />

This particular year group started asapproximately 270 Year 9students,<br />

with 140officially graduating from College today. Thebalancehavetaken<br />

advantage of the numerous employment opportunities on offer in our<br />

region, andare alreadyworking.<br />

To OurGraduates<br />

To our graduates today-wewish youwell.It’sbeenfantastic having you<br />

all as part ofAshColl. Wherever you gointhe future I’m confident that<br />

your time herewill have helpedtostand youingoodstead.<br />

EmploymentOpportunities<br />

Speaking of employment -there iscertainly plenty on offer here for our<br />

students. Our local employers are now coming to us and seeking their<br />

future employees,beforelooking via differentavenues. Last week there<br />

were fourteen jobs on offer to our students, advertised in the Student<br />

Daily notices. Ofthese, ten were permanent and these included six<br />

apprenticeships. Our AshColl students are extremely fortunate tohave<br />

so many opportunities.<br />

Year <strong>11</strong> and Year 12 Prize-Givings<br />

Next week we have our Year <strong>11</strong> and 12 prize-givings here atCollege in<br />

our Auditorium.<br />

Unfortunately these ceremonies could also be considered as ‘COVID<br />

Casualties’. As has beenstatedinprevious newsletters,and in information<br />

to families, to fit the Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education<br />

guidelines our prize-giving celebrations have had to be majorlyreduced.<br />

These are attended by prize-winners only (to keep the numbers under<br />

100). There will be no parents, caregivers, supporters or entertainment,<br />

and they are held in our Auditorium rather than at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust<br />

EventCentre.<br />

This is just another example of howadaptable schools needtobeinthese<br />

COVID times. Asadvertised,all prize-givingsare being videoedand each<br />

recipient photographed asthey receive their award. The footage and<br />

photos will be availabletoview via alink which willbesentout to families<br />

and College supporters,soyou canwatchthe ceremonyatatime to suit<br />

you, andwhānau.<br />

Staff Appointments –and DeputyPrincipal Appointment<br />

Finally it is avery busy time of year for schools as we seek toappoint<br />

for2022. Wehavethe customary retirement, promotions and departures<br />

thatyou expectwith ateachingstaff of ninety.<br />

An essential piece of the puzzle fell into place recently with the<br />

appointmentofaDeputyPrincipal to replaceRon Cresswell.<br />

We have appointed Hannibal Ikahihifo to this position. He is an<br />

experienced Deputy Principal with strengths in student pastoral care.<br />

We had fourteen applicants for this position, with at least eight of<br />

them considered before weshortlisted tofour, all of whom could have<br />

undertaken the position.<br />

We look forwardtowelcoming Hannibal andhis whānau in thenew year.<br />

Ross Preece<br />

Principal •Tumuaki<br />

Staff -Farewell<br />

Kyle Henderson<br />

Kyle Hendersoncame to <strong>Ashburton</strong>CollegeinApril of 2018, fromWellington<br />

via the West Coast,toafixed-termposition as ateacher of English.<br />

Kyle possesses apassionfor narrativeinall forms, areal interest in interactive<br />

storytelling and abelief that mutual trust and respect develops positive<br />

relationships with students.<br />

He came, also, with a wide range of previous vocational experience<br />

including work within the corporateand public sectors and military service.<br />

Outside ofthe classroom Kyle coached the well-performed College Junior<br />

Boys’Cricket Team, which he thoroughly enjoyed. This past week he also<br />

proffered his hair to the in-College ‘Shave foraCure’ fundraiser.<br />

This he may find mildly chilly asheheads south to the Winton area! We<br />

thank Kyle for his time given to College and wish him well in his future<br />

endeavours.<br />

TheAshColl<br />

Way<br />

Appreciation<br />

Donation to SupportCollege Visually<br />

Impaired Students<br />

The College’s Mainstream Learning Support Team is very grateful<br />

for the generous donation allowing for the purchase of two i-pads<br />

which will go alongwaytoassistingnot onlyour studentswith vision<br />

impairmentscurrently enrolled,but other students in thefuture.<br />

Juliet Johnstone, College’s Learning Support Co-ordinator, advises that<br />

i-pad use can assist students in the classroom by enabling them to take<br />

photographsofwritingand diagrams on whiteboards,and then being able<br />

to enlarge theworkonthe i-pad in order to see it better. Having up-to-date<br />

technologyinthe classroom is vitaltoensuring lowvision studentsare able<br />

to access the curriculumalongside their peers.<br />

There are many different apps that can be downloaded to assist<br />

vision impaired students and, additionally, vision screening tests<br />

specifically designed for i-pads that help identify students with visual<br />

processingissues andallowthem to seek further treatment.<br />

In the classroom, students can also utilise the voicecommand function, Siri,<br />

perform tasks andspeech-to-textsoftware.<br />

Presentation<br />

On Thursday 28 October Alan Hall, Vice Chairman of the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

CommunityCommittee forBlindLow Vision NewZealand, visited College<br />

to make the presentation to Juliet. These are now ready for our current<br />

students to makeuse of.<br />

Not having previously had i-pads available to low vision students, this<br />

donation was described by Juliet as ahighlight ofthe year. The i-pads<br />

remain theproperty of <strong>Ashburton</strong> College,for use with studentsinensuing<br />

years and arefor use on-site at College.<br />

Alan Hall noted their<br />

support, often of adults,<br />

but less-so within schools<br />

for students and that<br />

this prompted their<br />

investigation into what<br />

would most assist students.<br />

(Pictured right, leftand<br />

right): Alan Hallmaking<br />

the presentation to<br />

JulietJohnstone.<br />

Information<br />

Reminder: End-of-Year Datesand<br />

COVID-ImpactedChanges<br />

DuetoCovid Level2restrictions we nowadvise and<br />

confirmthe adjustments outlined below.<br />

Please notepresentation events will be recorded and available<br />

to viewonthe Collegewebsite.<br />

Details have been forwardedtofamilies.<br />

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

As advised, these are now being held on-site at College, in school<br />

time and without an audience, and with Years <strong>11</strong> and 12 prizegivingsnow<br />

split.<br />

Further details forwarded to families.<br />

• Year 12 -Monday 15 <strong>November</strong>, College Auditorium -recipients<br />

only,Period 4. Scheduled classes continue as normal,<br />

onlyprizerecipients to Auditorium.<br />

• Year <strong>11</strong> -Monday 15 <strong>November</strong>, College Auditorium -recipients<br />

only,Period 5. Scheduled classes continueas normal,<br />

only prizerecipients to Auditorium.<br />

Last dayofschool attendancefor Senior Students as follows:<br />

• Year 13 Today, Thursday<strong>11</strong><strong>November</strong><br />

• Years <strong>11</strong> and 12 Wednesday17<strong>November</strong><br />

NewEntrants’ Morning –now twoseparatedates,<br />

Information advised to families.<br />

9:00am –12noon<br />

• Friday19<strong>November</strong> <strong>Ashburton</strong>Intermediate School plus<br />

arranged additional students.<br />

• Friday26<strong>November</strong> Students from the balanceofschools.<br />

GetOut There(GOT) Day–Tuesday 07 December<br />

To proceed as scheduled.<br />

Te WhareManaaki Prize-Giving:Wednesday 08 December,<br />

To take place.<br />

<strong>11</strong>:00am-1:00pm<br />

Students and relevant staff only, with recording to be distributed to<br />

students’families.<br />

Last dayofschool attendanceand Prize-givingsfor<br />

Junior Students:<br />

These arenow to proceed in the Auditorium forrecipients only.<br />

• Year 10 Thursday09December:Period 4, College Auditorium<br />

• Year 9 Thursday09December:Period 5, College Auditorium<br />

At both levels scheduled classes continue as normal,only prizerecipients to<br />

Auditorium. This remains the final day for the year for both year levels.<br />

Year 13 Graduation Dinner -Sunday12December<br />

Regretfully cancelled.<br />

Additional College Date foryour Diaries:<br />

Thursday25<strong>November</strong><br />

Teacher Only DayatCollege.<br />

(College closed forinstruction).<br />

Information<br />

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

Scholarships for 2022<br />

Criteria and application forms arenow available from your child’s school.<br />

TheClosing Date forapplications is next<br />

Monday15<strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong>, 12 noon.<br />

Theacademic examinations will be held at <strong>Ashburton</strong>College<br />

on Monday22<strong>November</strong> from 9:00am–<strong>11</strong>:15am.<br />

Enquiries and applications to be made to Sheena Tyrrell,<br />

ManagementAdministrator,<br />

Email: ts@ashcoll.school.nz<br />

Phone: 308 4193, extension 812; 027 247 8003.<br />

Please notethatthese Scholarships areAcademic ExcellenceScholarships.<br />

Study Nights –Preparation Supportfor<br />

External Exams<br />

AStudy Night schedule is now available, where teaching staff will<br />

supportstudents in preparation forNCEAExternal Exams<br />

(22 <strong>November</strong> -14December).<br />

We thank Delia Achten Library Manager, Anne Williams Teacher Librarian,<br />

and College teaching staff members for enabling these extra preparation<br />

opportunities.<br />

Arrangements are–<br />

Venue:<br />

CollegeLibrary, from 7:00pm-9:00pm.<br />

Bookingsrequired: Studentsare to pre-book spaces, as there hastobe<br />

alimit on numbers in the space. This information has<br />

been provided to students.<br />

StudyNight Datesare –<br />

Tuesday16<strong>November</strong><br />

Theschedule starts on Tuesday<br />

Wednesday17<strong>November</strong><br />

16 <strong>November</strong>.<br />

Thursday18<strong>November</strong><br />

Monday22<strong>November</strong><br />

Tuesday23<strong>November</strong><br />

Wednesday24<strong>November</strong><br />

Monday29<strong>November</strong><br />

Tuesday30<strong>November</strong><br />

Wednesday1December<br />

Monday6December<br />

Tuesday7December<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College Netball Club<br />

Coach and Manager Registrations of Interest<br />

Applications arenow open forregistrationsofinterest for<br />

positions of Coaches andManagers forall of our<br />

Collegeteams forthe 2022 netball season.<br />

Thereisaverysupportiveand well-resourced<br />

Club andCommittee behindour<br />

Coaches,Managersand Players.<br />

Forfurtherdetails please contactour President:<br />

KarenBurroweson027 031 67194<br />

Or email your submissiontoClubSecretary<br />

angescammell@hotmail.com.<br />

Registrations of Interest close<br />

Friday19<strong>November</strong><strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Forthcoming Events<br />

Please note: datesare 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 />

<strong>November</strong><br />

12 CanterburyAnniversaryDay -public holiday<br />

15 Year 12 Prize-giving (recipients only), Auditorium<br />

12.25pm-1.20pm<br />

Year <strong>11</strong> Prize-giving (recipients only), Auditorium 2.05pm-3.05pm<br />

15-16 Year 10 Bush Survival (Group 2), Peel Forest<br />

15-19 Aoraki Junior Sports TournamentWeek,Timaru<br />

(except forSmallboreRifle Shooting)<br />

17 Year <strong>11</strong>/12 Final DayatCollege beforeexam leave<br />

18-19 Year 10 Bush Survival (Group 3), Peel Forest<br />

19 New Entrants' Morning -Day 1<br />

22 Year 9(2022) Scholarship Exam, <strong>Ashburton</strong>College<br />

22-14 Dec NCEA Exams<br />

23 Year 9/10 Matesand Dates<br />

23-24 CanterburySchools’ Junior Tennis Championships,Christchurch<br />

23-25 SISS Junior BadmintonCup,Christchurch<br />

25 Teacher Only Day (Normal classes suspended)<br />

26 New Entrants’morning –Day 2<br />

Quizco,Collegiate Clubrooms<br />

29-30 Year 10 Mountain Biking (No 1)<br />

30 Year 9/10 Matesand Dates

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

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 37<br />

<strong>11</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

Congratulations<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College Summer and Winter<br />

Sports and Cultural Colours and Blues Awards<br />

As with 2020, due to COVID restrictions,the Summer Awards Assembly was<br />

unable to be held,meaning last week’s eventincorporatedpresentations of<br />

both Summer and Winter Awards.<br />

However, as everyone is aware, we were unable to hold awhole-College<br />

Assembly due to COVID-19 Level2restrictions.<br />

This eventwas held in the College Auditorium on Thursday28October,with<br />

recipients only and the minimum level of relevant staff present. However,<br />

the occasion was recorded and individual photographs taken of each<br />

student, plus relevantgroup photos.<br />

Details on howtoaccess these photos have been forwarded to families.<br />

Colours Awards<br />

Colours Awards are presented tostudents who are either national<br />

champions or whohavebeen selected foranational sports team or are<br />

amember of national cultural group.<br />

AColours Award isrecognised asthe most prestigious of the Awards<br />

process. Students who receiveaColours Awarddonot receiveaBlues<br />

Award. Unlike the Blues Award the Colours Awards are not confined<br />

only to <strong>Ashburton</strong>College-basedactivities.<br />

Fifteen Recipients were awarded aColour for this year and, atthe<br />

assembly the following were acknowledged:<br />

Brought forwardfrom2020 -<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Cadet Unit - Marc Calzada, Maria Costas (Year 13 studentin<br />

2020 -now left College), Elizabeth Hastie, Calais Hill (Year 13 student<br />

2020 -now left College), Brodyn Gabites, Eli Orena, May Penjueli,<br />

Sebastian VanRooyen, Markus White.<br />

In 2020 the team competed at the West Melton Rifle Range against the<br />

other South Island Units for the Southern Area Trophy which they won<br />

resoundingly.<br />

Following this, it was a short turnaround to prepare for the National<br />

Competition against the two winning teams from the North Island’s<br />

Northernand Centralareas.<br />

For this competition they flew on an Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)<br />

Hercules to the RNZAF Base in Auckland,overLabour Weekend.<br />

Competing in fourteen separateactivities, thereweresix compelling wins by<br />

WarrantOfficer Class 2Maria Costas; in the Navigation Theory, Observation<br />

Skills,Weapon Safety,Shooting,Drill and the Kitcheck.<br />

Second places, with some of them extremely close, gained in another six<br />

activities ensured theteam took the win.<br />

They were ecstatic to take the NationalTitle for the first time in the history<br />

of <strong>Ashburton</strong> Cadet Unit, this being the only piece ofsilverware the unit<br />

had yettowin.<br />

(Pictured above, left to right): The team members still at College –<br />

Elizabeth Hastie,MarcCalzada, Brodyn Gabites,Eli Orena, MarkusWhite.<br />

(Absent from the photowere): MayPenjueliand Sebastian VanRooyen.<br />

<strong>2021</strong> Recipients<br />

Basketball<br />

RileySa<br />

Amember ofthe AshColl Senior ABoys’starting five, Most Valuable Player,<br />

and top scorer for the Thomson Trophy, Riley was also amember of the<br />

Canterbury Under 17 team that went ontowin Nationals. His on-court<br />

achievements have earned him atrial for the New Zealand Under 17 team<br />

this month.<br />

Hard working dedicated and talented, Riley is setting the example for<br />

younger players to aspireto.<br />

Karate<br />

Tayla Davidson<br />

Tayla competed at the Karate New Zealand Open during April with<br />

outstanding results.<br />

In the 14-15 Year Old Girls’PremierDivision Tayla gained Gold in the Kumite<br />

category, and Silver in the Kata.<br />

She also gained Silver in the Team Kumite,for 14-17 Year Old Girls.<br />

This was followed upwith further medals in both the Kumite and Kata<br />

categories at the Canterbury/Westland Championships.<br />

RugbyLeague<br />

Delta Taeauga<br />

Earlier this year Delta was selected for the New Zealand Physical Disability<br />

Rugby League Team. He travelled to Auckland in May for atraining camp<br />

followedupwith another in Christchurch in August.<br />

Not only is this ahigh achievement, but Delta is the only school-aged player<br />

in theteam.<br />

He will travel toWarrington, England in <strong>November</strong> for the Rugby League<br />

WorldCup and will compete forthe title along with England,Wales, Australia<br />

and Scotland.<br />

SmallboreRifle Shooting CharlotteMcKenzie<br />

<strong>2021</strong> has been agreat year for Charlotte. In February she competed inthe<br />

National Outdoor Championships resulting in Representative Selection to<br />

the:<br />

• New Zealand Women’s Team (against Great Britain, United States of<br />

America and South Africa)<br />

• New Zealand Junior Team (against Australia)<br />

• New Zealand Junior Women’s Team (against Australia)<br />

• South Island Open Team<br />

• South Island Women’s Team<br />

• South Island Junior Team<br />

• Mid Canterbury Open Team<br />

• Mid Canterbury Junior Team –South Island Junior Champions<br />

This was topped off with New Zealand Honours as aNew Zealand Junior<br />

(Under 21).<br />

Swimming<br />

Hannah King<br />

Hannah has had a stellar year in the pool. She was in the Top 3 in the<br />

Canterbury Long Course Championships and South Island Short Course<br />

Championships.<br />

She capped this off with a3rd placing at the Aon New Zealand Age Group<br />

Championships and placed 2nd at the Apollo Projects New Zealand Short<br />

Course SwimmingChampionships.<br />

However, it wasatNationalsthatHannah produced one of the swims of the<br />

Championship to win the 200 metreBreaststrokeFinal forher age group.<br />

Waterskiing<br />

Harriet Hill<br />

Harriet competed over the six-day New Zealand National Waterski<br />

Tournamentheld at Lake WiritoainWhanganui over Easter.<br />

Harriet, aYear 9student, was skiing as part ofthe twenty two-strong<br />

Canterburyteam andwas super-excited to win thejump forthe Junior Girls<br />

and receivethe Gold Medaland Trophy.<br />

Harriet also gained the BronzeMedal in the Overall Categoryfor the Junior<br />

Girls’Team Shield.<br />

(Pictured back row, left to right): Marc Calzada, Eli Orena, Riley Sa,<br />

Brodyn Gabites,DeltaTaeauga.<br />

(Front row, left to right): Markus White, Harriet Hill, Hannah King,<br />

Tayla Davidson, Elizabeth Hastie.<br />

(Absent): CharlotteMcKenzie,May Penjueli, Sebastian VanRooyen.<br />

<strong>2021</strong> Summer and Winter Blues Awards<br />

In establishing Award recipients, each sport has specific criteria that is<br />

used as aguide for nominators. A select committee then discusses the<br />

nominations and makes final decisions.<br />

Seventy-seven students were acknowledged across Sports and Cultural<br />

activities.<br />

In acknowledging students’ successes we recognise the impressive<br />

accomplishments of our students, and contributions of all, within<br />

and outside of the College, for their time and effort given tosomany<br />

College teams and students through cultural and sports activities. These<br />

contributions to the successes of College individuals and teams aregreatly<br />

appreciated, providingsignificantopportunities forstudents.<br />

Athletics –Summer Award Matthew Pearce,DeltaTaeauga.<br />

Basketball<br />

Cathleen (Cat)Anderson, Parker Bradford.<br />

Cricket–SummerAward Devon Flannery, Angus Jemmett,<br />

Lachlan Jemmett.<br />

Cycling -Track/Road MaddisonLowry.<br />

Dance<br />

John Magyaya.<br />

Drama Imogene Felton, Tia McCallum,<br />

Georgia Moke-Harvey, Jared Munn,<br />

Michael Munro, Kahurangi (Kahu) Ross –now<br />

leftCollege.<br />

Esports<br />

Eunsoo (Jade) Jung,Henry Wallis.<br />

Football<br />

Gemma Taylor,LaurenTaylor.<br />

Golf<br />

Sebastian (Seb)McMillan.<br />

Hockey Riley Harris, Emma Lill, Caitlin Muir,<br />

Hamish O’Reilly, Hannah O’Reilly,<br />

Harry Soal, Dante Vannini, Henry Wallis,<br />

Madison(Maddy)Wilson,Sarah Wilson.<br />

Kapa Haka<br />

Freedom-Lee Gleave, Xiah (Ngahuia) Maeva,<br />

Rangaikore Makutu,KaiwhaikiPeetitumango,<br />

Victoria-Jade (Victoria) Pupuke.<br />

Music<br />

Laura Mihailescu-Bogdan, Oliver (Ollie) Bubb,<br />

Emma (Emma-Paige) Dickson, Imogene Felton,<br />

Edward (Eddie) Galbraith, Kasey Higson,<br />

Jack Jones, Zoe Kenny, Hannah Kuipers,<br />

Ellie Lawn, Xiah (Ngahuia) Maeva,<br />

Sean McQuillan, Emma Petrie.<br />

Netball Taylah Burrowes, Millicent (Milli) Sullivan,<br />

Penina Vaaelua.<br />

Pasifika PerformingArts Shrina Afu, Easterlin Faamausili,<br />

Mark Gabriel,Tevita (Pasi) Hala, Mahina Pongia,<br />

Victoria-Jade (Victoria) Pupuke, Isileli Ula,<br />

Penina Vaaelua.<br />

Rowing –SummerAward Matthew Pearce,Gerard(Ged) Wall.<br />

Rugby Devon Flannery, Tevita (Pasi) Hala,<br />

Fononga Lisala, Rangaikore Makutu,<br />

Ben Middleton, Thomas Patterson,<br />

Madison(TC)Trusler-Clark, Isileli Ula.<br />

SmallboreRifle Shooting Madison(Madi)Tourle.<br />

Squash<br />

DevonFlannery.<br />

Tennis –SummerAward Oliver (Ollie) Bubb,Tyler Leonard.<br />

Volleyball –Summer Award Christopher Bernarte, Samantha Jerao,<br />

Otto Mareko, Thanathom (Sam) Rakthong.<br />

(Pictured above, leftand right): Two ofthe Blues Awardees, Matt Pearce and<br />

CatAnderson receiving their awards from Principal Ross Preece.<br />

(Pictured above): TheColours and Blues Awardrecipients.<br />

<strong>2021</strong> PerformanceAwardsand<br />

Principal’s Commendations<br />

Further to the Colours and Blues Awards additional recognitions<br />

were made on Wednesday 03<strong>November</strong>. Again, in accordance with<br />

COVID-19 constraints, the traditional House Assembly presentations<br />

were replaced by Senior Staff presenting the awards in Akoclasses.<br />

Eighty four of these presentations were Performance Awards over twenty<br />

three categories this year. Principal’s Commendations will be reported on<br />

in our next newsletter.<br />

PerformanceAwards<br />

Performance Awards recognise ahigh standard ofachievement in<br />

sports and cultural activities, consistent with the conditions and<br />

qualifying standards set for<strong>Ashburton</strong> College.<br />

Recipients were -<br />

Athletics –Summer Award Joshua Eketone.<br />

Badminton<br />

Zedrick Agreda, Christopher Bernarte, Michael Lin-Nguyen,<br />

Thanathom (Sam) Rakthong.<br />

Basketball<br />

Joseph (Jet) Aguila, Jacob Swan, Madison (TC) Trusler-Clark, Lily Williams.<br />

Cross Country<br />

Flynn Gooseman, Jessie Pitney.<br />

Cycling: Mountain Biking –Summer Award<br />

Riley Blundell,Kayne Johnston, MyaJohnston, Oliver (Oli) Nicholls.<br />

Esports<br />

Jordan Green, Matthew Wong.<br />

Equestrian<br />

SarahMattson, Taylah Ward.<br />

Football<br />

Emily-Jane (EJ) Elliott.<br />

Gymnastics<br />

Anna McFall.<br />

Hockey<br />

Cole Aitken, LauraCameron,Zane Cameron,<br />

Anna Gray,Sam Orr, Jessie Pitney,Tom Rosevear.<br />

Music<br />

Gianna Butler, Marc Calzada, Emma Cochrane, Pedro Collins,<br />

Maria (Paulina) Cuadrado, Jordis Double, Boaz Drye, Malachi Drye,<br />

Janelle Galos, Emily Greer, Amelia Harris, Caendal Harris, Bailey Hill<br />

(now aCollege leaver), Alice Homer, Salatielu Iakopo, Grace Johnston,<br />

Georgia(Billy) Kettley,HarrisonMcKee,CharlotteMcKenzie,Michael Munro,<br />

AaliyahPower,AnnyaRawlings,SamaSooialo,ConnerStewart,JoelleWatson,<br />

Courtney Wilding, Keziah (Gwen) Zamora.<br />

Netball<br />

PasifikaPerformingArts<br />

Rowing –Summer Award<br />

Denise Jerao.<br />

RangaikoreMakutu.<br />

Amelia (Mia) Chambers,Sophie Gibson,<br />

Charles Savage,Sienna Skilling,IsabelWall.<br />

Rugby<br />

Semisi Balenaisa, Mark Gabriel, Bailey Gleeson, Ivana Milo, Angus Stewart,<br />

Gemma Taylor,Lauren Taylor,Ripena Vaeila Umaga.<br />

Skiing<br />

SmallboreRifle Shooting<br />

Softball –Summer Award<br />

Squash<br />

Table Tennis<br />

Tennis –Summer Award<br />

Trampoline<br />

Volleyball –Summer Award<br />

KayneJohnston, MyaJohnston.<br />

Claudia Cudmore, Jack Jones,Tāne Moore.<br />

Tate Dryland.<br />

Angus Jemmett,Lachlan Jemmett.<br />

Oliver(Ollie) Bubb,Tyler Leonard.<br />

Holly (Holly-Jayne) Feutz.<br />

Marlese Schoonderbeek.<br />

TiffanyAgacer,Irish Faith David.

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Bygone Christmas exhibition<br />

The latest exhibition at<br />

Methven Museum offers an<br />

insight into Christmas of days<br />

goneby.<br />

Old toys, games and books<br />

have been dustedoff and are on<br />

displayinthe museum on Main<br />

Street.<br />

Receiving just an orange, a<br />

penny bag of sweets, somenuts<br />

or asmall toy was notunusual<br />

for many previous generations.<br />

There is an area in the<br />

museum for children to play<br />

with someofthe sturdierold<br />

toys enjoyed by children<br />

decades ago.<br />

Children are invitedtomake<br />

evergreen decorations,<br />

Christmas cardsand to tackle a<br />

festive quiz.<br />

Admissionisfreetothe<br />

exhibition,but children must<br />

be accompanied by an adult to<br />

enter theexhibition and a<br />

donation is appreciated.<br />

Themuseum building is<br />

sharedwith MethvenLibrary<br />

and is open Tuesday andFriday<br />

between 2pm and 4pm.<br />

Part of the nostalgic festive display at Methven Museum.<br />

Methven website refresh<br />

There’s beenarefresh andupgrade of awebsite<br />

promoting Methven and the wider area.<br />

Themethvennz.co.nz website promotes the<br />

township as the ‘Gateway to ... the real New<br />

Zealand’.<br />

Informationislaid out under ‘Live’, ‘Work’ and<br />

‘Play’ categories thatfeature text, photosand<br />

videos.<br />

Therefresh of the events calendar and some<br />

other areas havebeenfunded by the Methven<br />

Community Board (MCB), but most of the new<br />

look work has beendone for free by Methvenbasedmarketing<br />

andstrategygroup LLAMA.<br />

MCB chairman Dan McLaughlin said the<br />

website waslooking good andafew more bits<br />

were still to be added over the next few months.<br />

Thewebsiteand brand identity had needed<br />

updatingand was seen as atool to promote<br />

economic development, including tourism,for<br />

Methven and thefoothills towns,MrMcLaughlin<br />

said.<br />

Library has Hoopla Digital<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Public Library has added the content<br />

streaming service Hoopla Digital to its services,<br />

so patrons can read eBooks, watch movies and<br />

hit TV series plus listen to audiobooks and music<br />

for free by using their library card.<br />

Patrons can access more than 750,000 titles by<br />

downloading Hoopla Digital's mobile app from<br />

their app store, or online at www.hoopladigital.<br />

co.nz.<br />

Titles can be borrowed to enjoy immediately<br />

on your computer, tablet, phone and television,<br />

or downloaded for offline enjoyment later.<br />

The hoopla digital collection includes fan<br />

favourite movies, newly released albums, New<br />

York Times bestselling titles, and exclusive<br />

STEAM educational content.<br />

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

services group manager Steve Fabish said<br />

PHOTO SUPPLIED<br />

The main photo on the new look methvennz.co.<br />

nz website.<br />

library staff were excited about adding Hoopla to<br />

their services and could help patrons get up and<br />

running with it.<br />

“They can show people how it works and what<br />

they need to do on their devices. It really<br />

complements the library’s collection strategy<br />

and enhances its reputation as athoroughly<br />

modern library.”<br />

CLUB NEWS<br />

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

Club<br />

We are planning to do<br />

something different monthly on<br />

aThursday, so recently we had<br />

aShooting andPointing<br />

Competition which the<br />

members enjoyed. Such events<br />

will help in building<br />

confidence to try these in<br />

tournaments.<br />

Acoupleofevents have been<br />

cancelled recently due to Covid<br />

but coming up at Canterbury<br />

Show Weekend is the Women’s<br />

and Men’s Triples at<br />

Alexandra, to which afew of<br />

our players aregoing.<br />

On 20 and 21 <strong>November</strong> the<br />

South Island Senior Doubles<br />

are being held here,agood<br />

chance to see other top players<br />

perform among <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

teams.<br />

The following weekend we<br />

are hosting alocal firm for the<br />

first part oftheir Christmas<br />

party, which will involve afew<br />

ends of petanque with drinks<br />

and nibbles. Something<br />

different for our members to be<br />

part of and to raise afew funds.<br />

We recently produced name<br />

tags for ourplayers to wear,<br />

especially when competing<br />

against out of towners, most of<br />

whomwear one.<br />

If you are apast member,<br />

keep 27 March 2022 free to<br />

celebrate our 10 year<br />

anniversary.<br />

It is pleasing to see new<br />

members who havejoined our<br />

club recently and are<br />

partnered with more<br />

experienced players for on<br />

hands training and<br />

encouragement. Players are<br />

welcome to join us any Tuesday<br />

and Thursday, just after 1pm,<br />

at <strong>11</strong>5 Racecourse Road.<br />

Mid Canterbury Rural<br />

Women<br />

How difficult it must have<br />

been forthose to make the<br />

decision to have avery limited<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Show. For those<br />

who entered, congratulations,<br />

for the <strong>Ashburton</strong> A&P Show is<br />

part of <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s yearly<br />

calendar,just as Winter goes<br />

into Spring.<br />

And what alovely time of<br />

year, asthe days lengthen and<br />

warm up, the trees sprout new<br />

leaves and very colourful<br />

blooms appear. All this amid<br />

the intense work load of the<br />

farming regime, as the spring<br />

commitments on farm are<br />

endured with many hours of<br />

hard work.<br />

With public events<br />

rescheduled, postponed or<br />

cancelled, it was not surprising<br />

the RuralWomen national<br />

conference and AGM have<br />

been cancelled due to the<br />

Covid situation. Planned to be<br />

held in Christchurch, hostedby<br />

our Region 2team, the AGM<br />

component will now be held by<br />

zoom,from Wellington, for<br />

members to register and<br />

partake in, for the two and a<br />

half hour event.<br />

Members can look forward to<br />

the next Express magazine for<br />

information regarding the<br />

AGM.Apre AGMinformation<br />

webinar is planned for<br />

Thursday <strong>11</strong> <strong>November</strong> at<br />

10am. As this is the<br />

rescheduled day for our next<br />

monthly meeting (because of<br />

Canterbury Anniversary Day)<br />

our meeting will start at 9.30am<br />

at the Sinclair Centre and we<br />

will link into this national<br />

office meetingtohear about<br />

proposals for the AGM. More<br />

information from Marg (302<br />

4717) or Sandra (3024754).<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Bowling Club<br />

Life at<strong>Ashburton</strong> Bowling<br />

Club has been of amore<br />

orderly fashion this past week<br />

after the staging of the Ladies<br />

CharteredClubs Tournament.<br />

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

Championshipfours have<br />

progressed to the final stage.<br />

The finalisbetween Diane<br />

Gurberlet’s team, with Shirley<br />

Taylor, Alison Gibbs, Shirley<br />

Maw and Margaret Eder’s<br />

team, withAnnette Blain,<br />

Heather Gray, AnneGibson. It<br />

was scheduled to be played on<br />

Tuesdaymorning and the<br />

results will be forthcoming.<br />

In the meantime the<br />

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

Championship singles 1st<br />

round matches were also<br />

scheduled to commence on<br />

Tuesdaymorning and<br />

afternoon.Thoseresults, of<br />

course,will be at alater date.<br />

Teamsof<strong>Ashburton</strong> Ladies<br />

travelled to Rakaia on Monday<br />

morning to take partinthe rearranged<br />

Murton Cupfours<br />

tournament. Results will be<br />

forthcoming.<br />

At the recent Papanui Club<br />

Ladies Triples held in<br />

Christchurch, the team of<br />

Wendy Suttie, Pat McElwain,<br />

Diane Gutberlet came 1st<br />

overall. Well done,ladies!<br />

We staged our in­house<br />

Ingold Tray competition,<br />

sponsored by Netherby Meats,<br />

on Saturdayafternoon.<br />

Everyonejoined in the<br />

atmosphere, not least of all<br />

when our past president,<br />

Murray Anderson, did a‘down<br />

trou’ on the green after aloss to<br />

nil! The results of the day were:<br />

1st –JKewish, ABlain, L<br />

Mills with 2 1 ⁄2 wins, 13 ends, 25<br />

points.<br />

2nd –HGoodall, RDaker,G<br />

Sparkswith 2 1 ⁄2 wins, 10 ends,<br />

13 points.<br />

3rd –AHill, GTaylor, H<br />

Kemp with 2wins,14ends,17<br />

points.<br />

Judie Ryk thanks all<br />

contributors to our salestable,<br />

which to date has raised $400!<br />

On Sunday at theWalls Cup<br />

2­4­2atHampstead,in2nd<br />

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Hypocrisy of<br />

climate politics<br />

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Ihave watched with disdain the<br />

circus of the climate<br />

conference COP26 recently<br />

held in Glasgow. All manner of<br />

world leaders and elites made<br />

their way to Glasgow to<br />

collectively agonise over the<br />

Climate Emergency and the<br />

urgent need for us all to change<br />

our ways.<br />

Well, what they actually<br />

mean is us change our ways, not<br />

them.<br />

President Biden arrived in a<br />

747 with asecond 747 as adecoy<br />

and afleet of Globemaster<br />

heavy transport planes carrying<br />

the 80 odd vehicles and<br />

helicopters that make up his<br />

motorcade.<br />

Jeff Bezos of Amazon arrived<br />

by private jet, as did many of<br />

the other elites. Prince Charles<br />

even made an appearance,<br />

because keeping up<br />

appearances at things like<br />

climate conferences are everso<br />

important.They all spoke of<br />

the urgent need to reduce our<br />

impact. No argument from me<br />

on that at all.<br />

What Ididn’t see was any<br />

Ford Festivas, Ididn’t see any<br />

of them sitting down the back in<br />

cattle class like the rest of us<br />

when we occasionally fly. Even<br />

our very own James Shaw was<br />

in on the act, just unfortunately<br />

he turned up with his<br />

entourage aweek late, but<br />

schedules can be such fiddly<br />

things to get right.<br />

The thing that gets me is this,<br />

if we are faced with aclimate<br />

emergency, and let’s not debate<br />

that here, and if it is as dire as<br />

predicted, then action is<br />

required from all of us.<br />

The lifestyle we know will<br />

and must change.<br />

Therewill be no flitting up to<br />

Christchurch for the weekend,<br />

our clothes will need to go back<br />

to being natural fibres and worn<br />

for years, or passed down<br />

families likewhen we were kids<br />

so will need to be made of a<br />

durable quality to last.<br />

Consumer goods,cars, TVs<br />

will need to become luxury<br />

items purchased sparingly and<br />

expected to last.<br />

Our borders may needto<br />

remainclosedtoall but the most<br />

essentialbusiness travel. Our<br />

generation will be the last of the<br />

great travellers.<br />

That is of course if we are<br />

serious.<br />

Let’s be honest, buying an<br />

electric car and thinking your<br />

contributionisdone, is utterly<br />

meaningless if our additional<br />

electricity is being generated by<br />

importing 1.4mtonnesofcoal<br />

from Indonesia annually to burn<br />

in power stations.<br />

Any political proclamations<br />

claiming these new EVs are<br />

virtuous is just fairy dust.<br />

If we are serious about EVs,<br />

then we need to be building<br />

hydrogeneration, windfarms<br />

and solar generation capacity<br />

with haste.But we are not, are<br />

we?<br />

If we are serious, we would be<br />

ensuring our manufactured<br />

goods are being made with<br />

renewable energy sources, but if<br />

we are just moving our<br />

manufacturing capacity or<br />

outsourcing our goods to<br />

countries that have not pledged<br />

to reduce emissions, we are just<br />

being NIMBYsonacountry<br />

wide scale. (Not In Our Back<br />

Yard).<br />

If we are serious, we wouldn’t<br />

just be creating amoney­goround.<br />

We willnot make any progress<br />

until we reduce the amount of<br />

fossilfuel burnttopower the<br />

modernhumanlifestyle.<br />

New Zealandfarmers are<br />

working on aplan to accelerate<br />

the reduction of methane from<br />

our livestock, called He Waka<br />

Eke Noa, the primarysector<br />

climate partnership;and<br />

through technologies as they<br />

becomeavailable. In fact, we<br />

are the only sector of New<br />

Zealandsocietyworkingona<br />

plan for actual reductions<br />

ratherthan offsets.<br />

As for the elites, Joe, Jeff,<br />

James,Charles,etal, comesit<br />

down the back in cattle withme<br />

beforeyou start lecturing me on<br />

my impact.<br />

Attendees listen to apresentation during apast FAR event at Chertsey.<br />

Arable event with atwist<br />

Nitrogen use in ryegrass seed<br />

crops, and technology for<br />

managing bird damage are<br />

among the topics being covered<br />

at FAR’s annual field day at<br />

Chertsey.<br />

TheArable Research In<br />

Action event, to run on<br />

<strong>November</strong> 24,has been scaledback<br />

duetocovidtoahalf­day<br />

format with six speakers,<br />

instead of theusual 12.<br />

Organiser Anna Heslop said<br />

FAR staff were determined to<br />

proceed under Level 2<br />

restrictions and had worked<br />

out acolour coded ‘bubble<br />

zone’ to allow up to 300 people<br />

on site.<br />

‘‘We havehad to reduce the<br />

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number of talks from 12 down<br />

to six, and instead of attendees<br />

picking and choosing which<br />

presentations they wish to<br />

hear, they’ll be escorted, in<br />

their bubble groups, from talk<br />

site to talk site,’’ she said.<br />

All attendeeswillhear all six<br />

talks and have opportunity to<br />

see all trials as theymoved<br />

around thesite.<br />

“It will be abit different,but<br />

we’reall getting used to doing<br />

things differentlynow; the<br />

recent, very well­run Ellesmere<br />

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Anew grassroots dairy graduate management programme will help university graduates be fast­tracked into on­farm positions.<br />

Learning management on farm<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>dairy farmersJosh<br />

McAtamney, Will Grayling,<br />

Campbell Tait andMatt Ward<br />

are among theemployers due<br />

to host university graduates<br />

seeking advancement through<br />

anew Grassroots Dairy<br />

Graduate Management<br />

Programme.<br />

The programme, being<br />

launched by agroup of<br />

Canterbury­baseddairy<br />

farmers in February, sought to<br />

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Management Programme<br />

liaison officerKim Grayling<br />

saidthe group had seen agapin<br />

the industry of young people<br />

coming through from university<br />

and intomanagement positions,<br />

which they hopedtochange.<br />

‘‘We believe these peopleare<br />

essential to ensuring our<br />

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are proposingtorun agraduate<br />

programme from February to<br />

<strong>November</strong>2022, in whichthe<br />

recent graduates willbe<br />

employedbyone of ourvetted<br />

network farmers full­time on a<br />

fixedterm basis.’’<br />

It included acompetitive<br />

salary with excellent working<br />

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their employment the graduate<br />

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fullyready to take on an entry<br />

level management role either<br />

on theircurrent farm or another<br />

in our network,Mrs Grayling<br />

said.<br />

Other employersselectedto<br />

hostare Tony Coltman<br />

(Dunsandel), and Tony<br />

Dodunski (Lincoln).<br />

Applicationscan be made at<br />

www.dairygrads.co.nz<br />

Farmers to<br />

next level<br />

MidCanterburyyoung farmers<br />

Peter O'Connor, Hugh Jackson<br />

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andJess Cunliffe (both<br />

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AorangiNorth representatives<br />

forthe AorangiFMGYoung<br />

Farmer of theYear regional<br />

final.<br />

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young farmers TomAdkins,<br />

James Hurst, Daniel Durdleand<br />

Alice Perryin ahead­to­head at<br />

theregional final in Fairlie on<br />

February26.<br />

The preliminary stages ofthe<br />

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person will winAorangi FMG<br />

Young Farmer of theYear and<br />

qualify forthe grand final in<br />

WhangareinextJuly.<br />

NewZealand Young Farmers<br />

chief executive officer Lynda<br />

Coppersmith said every year the<br />

competition improveddespite<br />

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Farmers still recovering fromMay<br />

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19<br />

Funding to support tourism events<br />

AMethven and foothills<br />

walking festival, an aviation<br />

and military extravaganzaand<br />

the South Island Motorhome<br />

Show are amongnineeventsin<br />

Mid Canterbury to secure<br />

regional tourism funding.<br />

Acollective $38,175was<br />

allocated to the nine events,all<br />

of which will encourage visitors<br />

to come and stayinthe<br />

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

Other events includedan<br />

Irish celebration called the<br />

Opuke Gathering, twobig golf<br />

tournaments and abasketball<br />

tournament.<br />

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

mayorLiz McMillan is<br />

chairperson of the seven<br />

member panel that decidedthe<br />

funding applications.<br />

“It was greattosee that in<br />

these uncertain times people<br />

arelooking ahead and still<br />

planning positively for events<br />

that bring people together, in a<br />

safe way.<br />

“These eventswillall bring<br />

peopletoourdistrict and our<br />

businesses can share in the<br />

wider economic windfall. Mid<br />

Canterbury is definitely open<br />

forbusiness.”<br />

TheMethvenand Foothills<br />

Walking Festival is aproposed<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> deputy mayor Liz<br />

McMillan<br />

week­long eventfeaturing 10<br />

walks in the April school<br />

holidays next year and is<br />

modelled on the town’s<br />

successful walkingfestivals of<br />

the early 2000s.<br />

The organiserssay an<br />

increase in walking trails<br />

around Methven, andpeople<br />

looking for alternative<br />

activities within NewZealand<br />

was addedinspiration to reignitethe<br />

festival.<br />

It could grow over the years to<br />

include walks around the rest<br />

of the district.<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong>Aviation<br />

The South Island Motorhome Show got regional tourism funding.<br />

Museum received fundstohelp<br />

stageits Militaria and Aviation<br />

Extravaganza on February 5<br />

and 6next year.<br />

Themuseum is raisingfunds<br />

for anew display hangar and<br />

hopes the extravaganzawill<br />

become an event held everytwo<br />

years andencouragevisitors<br />

from all overthe country.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> played a<br />

significantpart during World<br />

War Two in thetrainingand<br />

preparationofpilots for the<br />

RNZAF.<br />

That aviationhistory will be<br />

on show,alongside military<br />

displays.<br />

Organiserssay the eventis<br />

notjust aboutplanes and guns,<br />

but it will also be educational<br />

and informative.<br />

Tourism fundingrecipients<br />

include:<br />

South IslandAGSummit,<br />

agricultural conferencein<br />

Methven on 27 and 28 May 2022.<br />

Lions District 202J<br />

Convention, aLions convention<br />

in Methven in April 2022.<br />

The Opuke Gathering, a<br />

celebrationoftraditional Irish<br />

music and culture in Methven<br />

on 8and 9April, 2022.<br />

South Island Golf<br />

Tournament (<strong>Ashburton</strong> RSA),a<br />

charteredclubsmixed pairs golf<br />

tournament at the Tinwald<br />

course on 4and 5June2022.<br />

NZ Men's Inter Provincial<br />

Golf Tournament (<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Golf Club), being held 30<br />

<strong>November</strong> to 4December.<br />

South Island U13 Basketball<br />

Championships,anevent with<br />

teams from all over the South<br />

Island at the EA Networks<br />

Centre andthe South Island<br />

MotorhomeShow, in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

12 and 13 February.<br />

The ninefundingapplications<br />

sought about $60,000, but only<br />

$38,175 was available.The<br />

selection panel alsoincluded<br />

Jan Cochrane (Sport<br />

Canterbury), Roger Farr<br />

(<strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust Event Centre),<br />

Bruce Moffat (Christchurch NZ),<br />

SimonWorthington (<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

District Council), Andrea Lee<br />

(Covid­19 Economic Advisory<br />

Panel), Jen Parkes (Mid<br />

Canterbury Tourism Advisory<br />

Group).<br />

Rakaia water order queried<br />

New Zealand Freshwater<br />

Anglers president Dr Peter<br />

Trolove is questioningthe<br />

enforcement of water consents.<br />

He believesTrustpower has<br />

allegedlybeen selling water to<br />

irrigators outsidelimits laid<br />

downbythe 2013 amended<br />

Rakaia Water Conservation<br />

Order (WCO).<br />

“In additionevidence<br />

strongly points to other<br />

downstream consent holders<br />

abstracting Rakaia River flows<br />

beyond their consent limits,” he<br />

said.<br />

An incomplete Environment<br />

Canterbury (ECan)report<br />

recorded how Trustpower<br />

elected to ‘‘store’’ waterwithin<br />

the inaccessiblepart of Lake<br />

Coleridge for latersale to<br />

contracted irrigation schemes,<br />

he said.<br />

“Trustpowerallegedly<br />

adoptedthis method of water<br />

budgeting unlawfully and<br />

Dr Peter Trolove<br />

without consent.<br />

‘‘Theyclearly did not follow<br />

the water harvesting formula<br />

proscribed in theamended<br />

RWCO.”<br />

DrTrolove said aNational<br />

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the riverequivalent of a<br />

national park requiring<br />

Parliamenttomake changes or<br />

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consenting process forthe Lake<br />

Coleridge project and theother<br />

consents to abstract water from<br />

ariver with aNational Water<br />

ConservationOrder has been<br />

either negligent, incompetent,<br />

complicit, or simply derelict in<br />

its duty as legislated in the<br />

RMA1991.”<br />

After the Rakaia Water<br />

ConservationOrder was<br />

amended there hadbeen<br />

evidencerecreational<br />

fisheries, native fisheries,<br />

outstanding landscapes and jet<br />

boatinghave all suffered major<br />

or criticalenvironmental<br />

effects.<br />

Inquiries to the Minister for<br />

theEnvironmenthad resulted<br />

in no supportfor rectifying the<br />

situation, Dr Trolove said.<br />

Festival backing<br />

New financial support will<br />

give organisers of large<br />

summerfestivals greater<br />

certainty to proceed, with the<br />

government looking to<br />

shoulder the lion’s share of<br />

risk duringplanningstages.<br />

Economic andregional<br />

development minister Stuart<br />

Nashthisweek announced an<br />

Events TransitionSupport<br />

Schemedesigned to give<br />

festival organisers greater<br />

confidence to plan and incur<br />

costs, in the faceofpublic<br />

health risksfromcovid.<br />

“Organisers of large­scale<br />

summer festivals have to<br />

makedecisions now about<br />

whethertoproceed as their<br />

risk window is closing. There<br />

aren’t insurance options in<br />

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atypeofunderwriter,”he<br />

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Thursday,<strong>11</strong><strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong> | ISSUE 54<br />

TLCfor Three Riverswaterfeature<br />

The East Street water feature has<br />

been receiving some love, with<br />

contractors Technosol on site<br />

this week to clear and repair the<br />

fibreglass moulds and concrete<br />

base.<br />

Electricians will then install LED lighting<br />

andthe upper part of the fountain will be<br />

replanted before itisrefilled with water<br />

andfully operationalagain.<br />

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

Services GroupManager SteveFabish said<br />

thework will be finished at the sametime<br />

as the CBDstreetscape is completedby22<br />

<strong>November</strong>.<br />

"The EastStreetwatersculpture has been<br />

afeatureofthe main street formorethan<br />

25 yearssowe're pleased to be able to give<br />

it apolish andget the waterflowingagain."<br />

The water feature isknown as Virbela<br />

Flowforms and the design is based on the<br />

three major rivers that are in our District,<br />

hencethe title to thesculpturebeingThree<br />

Rivers.<br />

Flowforms were first designed byworldrenownedEnglish<br />

sculptor JohnWilkes in<br />

the1970s wherethe left and right-handed<br />

vorticesare converted intoarhythmically<br />

swinging figure ofeight movements. The<br />

movement is asynthesis betweenartistic<br />

beautyand ecological function.<br />

Liz McMillan-Deputy Mayor<br />

Hotpoolsboostfortourism<br />

There’sabuzz aboutMethven this<br />

long weekend with the opening<br />

of thenew Opuke Thermal Pools<br />

and Spa.<br />

The complex,right next to the Methven<br />

race course, is anothergreat asset<br />

forthe town and thewholeofMid<br />

Canterbury,and those involved can’t<br />

wait to officially open the doors.<br />

The two-year projecthas been<br />

impactedand delayedbyCovid-19 but<br />

judging from commentsall around<br />

town,therewill be no shortageof<br />

localsand visitorsalikewanting to<br />

soak or pamperawaytheirstress.<br />

Bookingsare essential in thesetimes<br />

of covid restrictions.<br />

The $17 million hotpoolshas created<br />

jobsfor the districtand is expected<br />

to add an estimated $162m to our<br />

economy overthe next decade.<br />

While internationaltourists havebeen<br />

absent from Methven, the town has<br />

rallied aroundits business community<br />

andtherehas been plenty of work<br />

done on events thatwill bring people<br />

to the districtnextyear.<br />

It’shardplanningwhencovid<br />

restrictions have continued to impact<br />

andevencancelevents, but with<br />

vaccinationlevelscontinuing to rise<br />

aroundthe countrywecan all look<br />

forwardtoamorenormal existence<br />

soon.<br />

Methven is looking withsome certainty<br />

to next year andthereare already<br />

some big events planned. There’san<br />

ag summit in May and in April there’s<br />

abig Lionsconvention and an Irish<br />

gathering.<br />

Thereare also plans to reinvent the<br />

popular Methven walking festival of<br />

yearsgoneby, with aweek-long event<br />

taking in some of our local tracks and<br />

trails.<br />

Theseeventsare importantfor<br />

Methven andfor the widerdistrict,and<br />

we hope peoplevisitingstaythe night<br />

Virbela Flowforms canhelp to improve the<br />

micro-climate byregulating temperature,<br />

givingoffmoisture,dampeningsound and<br />

playfully reflecting light.<br />

They havebeen used aroundthe world in<br />

avariety of places such as urban plazas,<br />

internal foyers, children’s playgrounds, in<br />

parksand gardenswith ponds and as part<br />

of wastewatertreatment systems.<br />

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

cast by Iain Trousdell (sculptor) of Design<br />

for Life. They were installed in late 1994<br />

at acost of$45,000. This total does not<br />

include pumps,rocks and construction of<br />

the featurearea.<br />

and see more of our special places.<br />

Thereisalwaysplenty to see and do in<br />

and around Methven on any weekend<br />

though,fromthrills on the Mt Hutt bike<br />

park,totricksatthe town’s skatepark<br />

and food treatsatour fabulous cafes<br />

and eateries. If you’venot driven 30<br />

minutesupthe road from <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

recently,then Iencourageyou to check<br />

Methven out, it’s onyourback door<br />

step and totally worthit.<br />

You’ll find our local art and craft<br />

operators arealso gettingready for<br />

Christmas, which is actually justsix<br />

weeks away.With thatinmind,let’s<br />

support local this festiveseason.<br />

Youth council<br />

recruitsnew<br />

members<br />

Through covid and coming tothe<br />

aidofawoman in asubmergedcar,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Youth Council leader<br />

MichaelBaker has hadaninteresting<br />

year.<br />

Michael found himself on national<br />

televisionafterthefloodrescueatKaikoura<br />

-hehad beenonhis waytoayoung leaders<br />

conferenceinWellington. Any good person<br />

would havedone the same thing, he said.<br />

At home in <strong>Ashburton</strong>, he and the Youth<br />

Council spent hours helping to organise<br />

the annualBiteNiteCulture Fest,only for<br />

the Delta covid outbreak toeventually<br />

forceits cancellation.<br />

With its highs and lows, the past year<br />

also presented opportunities for the<br />

young council to have its say on arange<br />

of <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council policies –<br />

including encouraging the Council to have<br />

widerfootpaths and safer roads as part of<br />

itsWalkingand Cycling Strategy.<br />

Michael says community leaders are<br />

realisingthe positive connection between<br />

involving youth incommunity activities<br />

and engagement.<br />

“We bring energy and ideas, often with<br />

our own perspective about how totackle<br />

challenges and opportunities.”<br />

The Youth Council is currently recruiting<br />

fornew membersand Michael saysyoung<br />

people between the ages of 12 and 24<br />

should think about joining,asmembership<br />

bought plenty of opportunities to<br />

contribute, grow and learn.<br />

Current members represent different<br />

communities within the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />

and meetinaformal council setting oncea<br />

month to do business, but also have fun.<br />

Cr Lynette Lovett is one of two elected<br />

councillors who sit onthe Youth Council<br />

and she said the young people provided<br />

valuable feedback.<br />

“They often move on to other groups,<br />

where they continue giving and learning.<br />

Theyare our partners at Council and these<br />

young people helpincrease ourawareness<br />

of youth issues and services and tell us<br />

whattheythink young people need.<br />

“It’salsoagreatwaytokick-startleadership<br />

ambitions and is apositiveaddition to any<br />

CV.”<br />

Young peoplewantingtojoin the Council<br />

canapplytodosobefore21December.The<br />

application form is on Council'swebsite.<br />

Youth Council members must live inthe<br />

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

PUBLICNOTICES<br />

ANNIVERSARYDAY<br />

RUBBISH AND RECYCLING<br />

Therewill be no change to kerbside<br />

collections on Canterbury AnniversaryDay,<br />

Friday 12 <strong>November</strong>. The <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Resource Recovery Park will remain open<br />

but the Rakaia Resource Recovery Park<br />

will be closed.<br />

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Putting ahealthy focus on newmums<br />

EA NetworksCentreisspreading the<br />

word about aspecial servicetohelp<br />

womenexercisesafelyafterhavinga<br />

baby.<br />

Oneoftheir personal trainersisamember<br />

ofMumSafe,whichhasamissionto deliver<br />

safe and effective exercise for women at<br />

every stage of motherhood. As amother<br />

of three herself,she knows that exercise is<br />

good forthe mindand body.<br />

EA NetworksCentremanagerKate Fowler<br />

said MumSafewas part of asuiteofhealthspecific<br />

services runningfromthe centre’s<br />

gym.<br />

“We have aspecial focus on mums and<br />

it’s not all about getting your pre-baby<br />

body back. She focuses on building<br />

strength from the inside out, making<br />

sure women have access to awomen’s<br />

healthphysiotherapistfor pelvic floor and<br />

abdominal wall assessment.<br />

“There’sno settimefor women to recover<br />

and rebuild after pregnancy, so it’s a<br />

unique journey.<br />

“Importantly, MumSafe only connects<br />

women with accredited trainers. Not all<br />

personal trainersinthe wider industryare<br />

equipped with the knowledge needed in<br />

this specialistfield so we arevery pleased<br />

to be offering this serviceand making sure<br />

womenhaveaccess to quality information<br />

and quality guidance tostay safe intheir<br />

exercise choices.”<br />

Ms Fowler said new mums sometimes<br />

exercised too hard for their post-partum<br />

bodies.<br />

THURS<br />

18 NOV<br />

12.15pm<br />

On Baring Square West<br />

JOIN US FOR A<br />

FREE OUTDOOR CLASS<br />

Julie Williamsfromthe EA<br />

NetworksCentre willberunninga<br />

free BodyBalance class.<br />

Limited exercise mats will be<br />

available so if youhave your own,<br />

make sureyou bringitalong.<br />

“Many women are driven by aesthetics or<br />

performance-basedgoals and they aren’t<br />

given proper or safe return to exercise<br />

guidance. Research suggests that half of<br />

womenwho’vegiven birth willexperience<br />

a pelvic organ prolapse and follow-on<br />

conditions like incontinence can really<br />

take atoll.<br />

“As fitness professionals, we want to<br />

ensure all women are looked after safely<br />

andeffectively throughout motherhood.”<br />

Ms Fowler said talking about common<br />

issues like incontinence and pelvic floor<br />

prolapse helped women understand that<br />

they didn’t have to put up with symptoms<br />

andthathelp wasavailable.<br />

“Mums face many challenges returning<br />

to exercise, including sleep deprivation,<br />

and our personal trainer’s passion is<br />

encouraging themto be confident with the<br />

size theyare and appreciatetheir body has<br />

hadababy andithaschanged.<br />

“Rather than focusing ongetting back<br />

to pre-pregnancy weight, size orfitness,<br />

she wants to empower women to move<br />

forwards andevolveintostrong mums.”<br />

EA Networks Centre's personal trainer<br />

has been working in the fitness industry<br />

with new mums for the past five years.<br />

MumSafe was previously known as Body<br />

Beyond Baby.<br />

Graduatesrecognised at<br />

training awards<br />

Around 250 graduates who have<br />

completed study while working<br />

to improve or gain new skills were<br />

last week recognised for their<br />

accomplishments atthe <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

District Industry Training Awards.<br />

The awards, supported through<br />

New Zealand Industry Training<br />

Organisations, local businesses, the<br />

Mayor's Task Force for Jobs Initiative<br />

and the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council, are<br />

designed to support employees through<br />

training that benefits local organisations<br />

and improves the district's skilled<br />

workforce.<br />

This year's graduates gained certificates<br />

across a range of industries including<br />

health and wellbeing, health care, alpine<br />

resort operations, entertainment and<br />

event operations, retail, distribution,<br />

water treatment, electricity supply and<br />

agriculture.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Councillor Angus<br />

McKay, who led the ceremony at the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Trust Event Centre, said this<br />

year's graduates should bevery proud of<br />

their achievements.<br />

"It gave me great to pleasure to<br />

congratulate <strong>Ashburton</strong> District's new<br />

IndustryTraining Graduates.<br />

"Becoming a graduate brings positive<br />

contributions to manylocal organisations.<br />

Although itisnot easy to put inhours<br />

of study ontop of afull-time job, inthe<br />

long run it can bevery rewarding and<br />

worthwhileonanumberofdifferentlevels.<br />

Congratulations to all the graduates."<br />

Councillor McKay also thanked the many<br />

sponsorsand employers who encouraged<br />

their staff tocontinue their training and<br />

development.<br />

"Through this process, you are enabling<br />

pathways for people to achieve great<br />

things, which provides long-term<br />

economic success in our district,"hesaid.<br />

Movies and<br />

morein<br />

library'snew<br />

digital move<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> PublicLibrary has added<br />

the content streaming service<br />

hoopla digital to its services, so<br />

patrons can read eBooks, watch<br />

movies and hit TV series plus listen<br />

to audiobooksand music forfree by<br />

using their librarycard.<br />

Patrons can access more than 750,000<br />

titles by downloading hoopla digital's<br />

mobile appfromtheir app store, or online<br />

at www.hoopladigital.co.nz.<br />

Titles can be borrowed to enjoy<br />

immediately on your computer, tablet,<br />

phone and television, or downloaded for<br />

offline enjoyment later.<br />

The hoopla digital collection includesfan<br />

favourite movies,newly releasedalbums,<br />

New York Times bestselling titles, and<br />

exclusiveSTEAMeducational content.<br />

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

Services Group Manager SteveFabish said<br />

library staff were excited about adding<br />

hoopla to their services and could help<br />

patrons getupand running with it.<br />

“They canshowpeoplehow it works and<br />

what they need todoontheir devices. It<br />

reallycomplementsthe library’scollection<br />

strategy and enhancesits reputationas a<br />

thoroughly modern library.”<br />

About hoopladigital<br />

hoopla digital is a category-creating<br />

service that partners with public libraries<br />

across North America, Australia and New<br />

Zealand to provide online and mobile<br />

access to thousands of Movies, TV Shows,<br />

Music, eBooks, Audiobooks and Comics.<br />

With hoopla digital, patrons can borrow,<br />

instantly stream and download dynamic<br />

contentwithavalidlibrarycard.Allcontent<br />

is accessible via hoopla digital’s mobile<br />

app and online at www.hoopladigital.<br />

co.nz.<br />

COMMUNITYNOTICEBOARD<br />

UPCOMING MEETINGS<br />

Meetings areheld in the Council<br />

Chambers, 137 Havelock Street,<br />

(unlessotherwise advised).<br />

Council Meeting<br />

Wednesday 17 <strong>November</strong>, 1.00pm<br />

(live-streamed)<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>WaterZone Committee<br />

Tuesday 23 <strong>November</strong>, 1.00pm<br />

COUNCIL OFFICE<br />

5Baring Square West<br />

Mon, Tue, Wed &Fri 8.30am -5pm<br />

Thursday 9am -5pm<br />

ASHBURTONPUBLIC LIBRARY<br />

180 Havelock Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7700<br />

Mon -Fri 9.00am -8.00pm<br />

Sat10am-1pm | Sun 1pm -4pm<br />

EA NETWORKSCENTRE<br />

20 River Terrace<br />

Mon -Fri 6.00am -9.00pm<br />

Sat&Sun 7.00am -7.00pm<br />

ASHBURTONART GALLERY &<br />

ASHBURTONMUSEUM<br />

327 WestStreet<br />

10am -4pm daily.Closed Public Holidays.<br />

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NEWS<br />

22 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

OUT AND ABOUT<br />

NOVEMBER 14<br />

There is an openday at the<br />

StaveleyIce Rink between 10am<br />

and 3pm.Bring apicnic and hear<br />

about plans to refrigerate the rink.<br />

Goldcoin donation.<br />

The Plains railway precinctat<br />

Tinwald willbeopenfrom <strong>11</strong>am-<br />

4pm.Steamhauled trainrides with<br />

K88,the <strong>Ashburton</strong>Fire Museum,<br />

Lynn Museum and <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Woodworkerswillbeopenfor<br />

viewing,along withthe the museum<br />

village. Pop-up playground will have<br />

inflatable funfor the kids.<br />

Creative ceramics on show<br />

DANIEL.TOBIN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Colourful clayand ceramic<br />

works of all shapes and sizes<br />

areonshowthisweekatthe<br />

HakatereCeramicsand Pottery<br />

clubs annualexhibition.<br />

The exhibition showcases<br />

178pieces ranging from<br />

practicalcoffeemugs to<br />

detailed artworksthatcanbe<br />

purchased by thepublic.<br />

Club president MickHydes<br />

saidthis is the sixth annual<br />

exhibition heldbythe club<br />

which has amembership of<br />

around 55 people.<br />

Pottery andceramicshas had<br />

aresurgenceofinterest<br />

recentlywith peoplekeen to<br />

learn thecraft.<br />

Theclubruns afive week<br />

course for newpotters.<br />

‘‘We have alargelist of<br />

peoplewho arekeentotake<br />

Hakatere Ceramics<br />

president Mick Hydes with<br />

some of the worksinthe<br />

annual exhibition.<br />

lessons, and we do havequitea<br />

few novices in the exhibition<br />

thisyear.’’<br />

Alltheworksinthe exhibit<br />

have been completed in thelast<br />

year.<br />

Theclubsstudio is equipped<br />

with two good sized kilnsand<br />

basic glazes.<br />

‘‘When you getintoitinyour<br />

own style you buy or make your<br />

own glazes that you like.’’<br />

Theclub has astockpile of<br />

clayand members can buy a<br />

bag as they needit,’’MrHydes<br />

said.<br />

Theclub welcomes anyone<br />

who is keentohave ago at<br />

creating apottery piece.<br />

‘‘We’ve got amember in her<br />

90’s and the youngest is 23 years<br />

old,all producing quality<br />

work.’’<br />

Theexhibition is atthe<br />

Masonic Centre, <strong>11</strong>1Havelock<br />

Street until <strong>November</strong> 14.<br />

NOVEMBER 26­28<br />

Tritonhearingwill be outside the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Mitre 10 Mega store and<br />

is offering free hearingchecks.The<br />

service will be availablebetween<br />

9am and 5pm.<br />

NOVEMBER 27<br />

The exhibition and fete at Methven<br />

Racecourse,Methven. Aday out for<br />

all the familywithclassic and<br />

vintage car competitions, military<br />

collectors displays, best dressed<br />

pageants, pluslive entertainment<br />

and food vendors.Runs from 10am<br />

to 4pm. Tickets costaround $17,on<br />

sale at Eventfinda.co.nz<br />

NOVEMBER 28<br />

Merry Little Christmas market at the<br />

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

event will run rain, hailorshine in<br />

our indoor venueand willbefull of<br />

unique gifts for everyone. <strong>11</strong>.30am<br />

until4pm Gold Coin Donation.<br />

Let’skeep safe–Theft/BurglaryPrevention Campaign<br />

Safety Packs<br />

Safety Marking Kit<br />

Following on from the previous article<br />

on keeping safeinyour home wehave<br />

nowpurchased some safetyhomepacks.<br />

These consist of amarker pen and torch<br />

alongwith instructions on howand what<br />

to use on your personalbelongings.<br />

Police strivetoremindresidents on how<br />

importantmarking valuable items are<br />

and in away thatcan be traced back to<br />

their owner. The safetypackwill offer<br />

valuable adviceonwhattodoand how<br />

to mark items.Thesewill be distributed<br />

to street coordinators who will pass them<br />

on to the people in their area.<br />

Thesortofthings burglars will look<br />

forare cash or small valuable items<br />

thatcan quicklyconvert to cash e.g.<br />

jewellery, electronic and portable digital<br />

equipment. Thesortofthingsthey might<br />

do is knockonyour door tosee if you<br />

areathome and make an excuse e.g. I<br />

am looking for mydog,orask wherea<br />

nearby street is or they mayask you to<br />

go and get something e.g.aphone book<br />

while they sneak in. Sometimes they may<br />

hide their takings nearby untilitissafeto<br />

returnsocheck under nearby hedges and<br />

shrubs.<br />

Burglars do not like houseswith alarms or<br />

securitylights/cameras,neighbours who<br />

mightbewatching, dogs,houseswith<br />

securelocksonentry points, lights that<br />

areon, people who take time to mark<br />

their property.<br />

We have alimited supply of safetypacks.<br />

Anyone wishing to sponsor one and<br />

increaseneighbour safetyplease contact<br />

the coordinatorSue Abel 0272961006.<br />

2427219

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Kindness and support<br />

Withthe weather getting<br />

warmer,manypeople in<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>willalready be<br />

counting down to summer<br />

and barbecues at thelakes or<br />

downthe river.<br />

Thisyear, the key to asafe<br />

summerissimple: ensuring<br />

as manypeople as possible<br />

havehad theirtwo shots,so<br />

we can all do moreofwhatwe<br />

enjoy.<br />

It’sbeenfantastic to seeso<br />

manypeople herein<br />

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

vaccinated.<br />

People in the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

District have worked hard<br />

and it is so goodtosee that<br />

morethan90% of eligible Mid<br />

Cantabrianshavehad their<br />

first vaccination, withmore<br />

than75% double dosed,but<br />

we still have away to go if we<br />

wanttomakethe mostofthe<br />

upcoming summer.<br />

Recently,government set<br />

out thenew Covid­19<br />

ProtectionFramework.<br />

Under theframework,if<br />

you’renot fully vaccinated,<br />

therewillbeeveryday things<br />

you will missout on. If you<br />

arevaccinated, you willbe<br />

able to visit barsand<br />

restaurants,reconnect with<br />

family andfriends,and do the<br />

things you lovewithgreater<br />

certainty. That’swhy if you<br />

want to make sure you can do<br />

more of the things you love<br />

this summer, it’sreally<br />

important you get vaccinated<br />

now.<br />

Foralmosttwo years now,<br />

protecting lives and<br />

livelihoods in theface of<br />

Covid­19has been the<br />

number onefocusofour<br />

government.<br />

Thanks to our strong<br />

response and to thehard<br />

work of the teamoffive<br />

million,we’ve seenfewer<br />

cases, fewerhospitalisations<br />

and fewer deathsthan any<br />

othercountry in the OECD.<br />

However,aswe’vetaken on<br />

the challenges of covid, we<br />

haven’t ignoredthe other big<br />

issues our governmentwas<br />

elected to address.<br />

Despite facing theworst<br />

health and economic<br />

challengeofour lifetimes, we<br />

havenot stopped our workon<br />

issues likethe housingcrisis,<br />

waterquality,climate<br />

change, or childpoverty ­<br />

because covidhasn’t made<br />

any of theseexisting<br />

challenges go away.<br />

In fact, it has made some of<br />

them worse.<br />

We know child poverty in<br />

particular is an issuethat has<br />

beenmade even worse as a<br />

result of covid.<br />

Lockdowns hiteveryone,<br />

but especially those who have<br />

the least.<br />

Thisiswhy ensuring<br />

families aren’tleft behind<br />

has beencriticaltoour<br />

response so far.Werecently<br />

announced an increase<br />

through Workingfor<br />

Familieswhich willsee more<br />

than 300,000families better<br />

off by an average of $20 per<br />

weekfromAprilnextyear.<br />

The FamilyTax Credit and<br />

BestStartwere due to be<br />

inflationadjusted,but to<br />

recognise theimpact of covid<br />

on familiesand theincreased<br />

costofliving,we’vemadean<br />

additional investment to<br />

increase the rates by a<br />

further $5 perweek, on topof<br />

the inflation adjustment.<br />

We havealso madechanges<br />

to the abatementrate, lifting<br />

thisfrom25% to 27%,toreach<br />

those who needitmost. This<br />

additional investmentis<br />

expected to lift an extra 6000<br />

children outofpoverty.<br />

There’s still moretodo, but<br />

I’m really proud to be partof<br />

agovernment that has put<br />

kindness and support for<br />

eachother at theheartofits<br />

covid response.Thislatest<br />

boost for families is justthe<br />

nextstep in our workto<br />

secure astrong recovery for<br />

everyone.<br />

Music scholarship given<br />

Emma Johnson has been<br />

awarded <strong>Ashburton</strong> Musical<br />

Club’s annual scholarship.<br />

The scholarship is worth<br />

$700 and was awarded at the<br />

club’s recent final concert of<br />

theyear.<br />

Emmaisfrom Leeston<br />

and regularly travels to<br />

perform at the musical club.<br />

She plays piano,<br />

euphonium,flute, tenor<br />

horn andFrenchhorn.<br />

Emmaisworking towards<br />

her music teaching diploma<br />

(ATCL) withthe aimof<br />

teachinglater.<br />

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Farmers urged to<br />

recycle soft plastics<br />

Rural recycling programme<br />

Agrecovery is turning up the<br />

dial on sustainability and<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> farmer and<br />

Federated Farmers waste<br />

management spokesmanChris<br />

Allenisurging theagri sector to<br />

get behind therecycling of low<br />

densitypolyethylene (LDPE)<br />

plastic.<br />

Recyclingof LDPE plastic is<br />

now under way in Marlborough<br />

and Hawke’s Bay andwill be<br />

rolled out nationally after<br />

successfultrials last year.<br />

Mr Allensaid previously<br />

farmers hadlittle optionbut to<br />

stockpile, re­purpose or bin the<br />

soft plastics.<br />

‘‘I'm sure many farmers will<br />

be with me in wanting those<br />

bags gone to anew home before<br />

they are destroyed by pests or<br />

sunlight.<br />

“I’ll be encouraging Feds<br />

members to participate in the<br />

scheme,”MrAllen said.<br />

This initiative is part of a<br />

broader plan that Agrecovery is<br />

developingwith the<br />

government andindustry to set<br />

up product stewardship<br />

schemes for the sector.<br />

“Wewant to raise the game to<br />

achievebetterenvironmental<br />

outcomes for rural<br />

communities by removing<br />

plastic from farms. Thisis<br />

something that farmers have<br />

beenasking us to do foryears,<br />

so we're excitedtobeproviding<br />

Federated Farmers waste<br />

management spokesman Chris<br />

Allen.<br />

sustainable options for more<br />

plastic types.<br />

“It will be successful because<br />

everyoneiscommitted to<br />

making it work–from the<br />

manufacturer to thegrowers<br />

and farmers. It will be<br />

successful at meetingfarmer<br />

andgrower sustainability<br />

requirements,” Agrecovery<br />

chiefexecutive TonyWilson<br />

said.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Musical Club<br />

scholarship winner<br />

Emma Johnson.<br />

DO YOUNEEDAN<br />

INSECTSCREEN OR<br />

SECURITYSOLUTION?<br />

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Thursday 18 th <strong>November</strong>.<br />

Please contactthe officetobook afree<br />

measureand quotefor theseorforany<br />

otherproductsinthe HomePlusrange.<br />

For info ortoapply visit the<br />

Council website<br />

ashburtondc.govt.nz or<br />

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NEWS<br />

24 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> County Lions, from left, Lilian Wakelin and Jill Stephen with Property Brokers' Karen<br />

McRae and recyclable Toot for Tucker bags being used in this month's foodbank drive.<br />

Food drive ready to roll<br />

Toot for Tucker organisers are<br />

gearing up foranother<br />

successful event to boost the<br />

coffers of foodbanks in the<br />

district.<br />

Theannual event, organised<br />

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

with support of Property<br />

Brokers <strong>Ashburton</strong>, is set to go<br />

ahead on <strong>November</strong> 29.<br />

Drivers, vehicles and<br />

runners will be used to collect<br />

andsort non perishable<br />

household grocery items to<br />

help make theevent a<br />

community success.<br />

Collectors will be out and<br />

aboutbetween 6pm and<br />

7.30pm tooting to let you know<br />

they are in your area. Although<br />

people are urged to put their<br />

goodsatthe letterbox from<br />

5pm, to avoid being missed.<br />

If you canspare an hour to<br />

help, volunteers are still<br />

needed and can meet at the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Racecourse from<br />

5.30pm foranevent briefing.<br />

The collection startsat6pm.<br />

Collection bags will<br />

delivered in the<strong>November</strong> 18<br />

edition of The<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

<strong>Courier</strong> newspaper. Donations<br />

can also be dropped off to<br />

Property Brokers <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

on West Street.<br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Spud growers warning<br />

SeafieldgrandmotherAnnette<br />

Tindalliswarning potato<br />

growers ofthedevastation<br />

caused by TomatoPotato Psyllid<br />

(TPP).<br />

Shelostawholepatch of<br />

potatoesinhergardenearlier<br />

this yeartothesap­sucking<br />

insect whichalsofeeds on other<br />

produce such astomatoes,<br />

eggplantand sweetpotato.<br />

Thefive­metre by four­metre<br />

cropwasa‘‘lovelycropcoming<br />

on’’,butonce attacked by the<br />

psyllid insect it was completely<br />

ruined, shesaid.<br />

Theinsect wasnotconfinedto<br />

coastal MidCanterbury;her<br />

sisterin<strong>Ashburton</strong> also had it in<br />

herowncrop.<br />

‘‘Welost so many last<br />

(season),’’she said.<br />

It wasthefirst timethe<br />

Tindall’s patch hadbeen<br />

infected and Mrs Tindallwas not<br />

prepared to loseanypotatoes<br />

again.<br />

Afterseeking some<br />

professionaladvice from potato<br />

growers inthe area, MrsTindall<br />

said theinsect wasknown to<br />

hybernate in bushes<br />

surroundingthe patch.<br />

Butitwas when theystarted<br />

flying, between <strong>November</strong> and<br />

February,that theybecame a<br />

problem.<br />

Theinsect,found in New<br />

Zealandmore than15years ago,<br />

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cropyield andspreadaserious<br />

plantdisease known as ‘zebra<br />

chip'inpotato, which is caused<br />

by theCandidatusLiberibacter<br />

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Mrs Tindall hasnowcovered<br />

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preventthe insecttogetting to<br />

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Shewas keentohear if anyone<br />

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One preventive wasto<br />

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‘‘It’s aterrible thing,’’she said,<br />

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Sherecently bought a5kg bag<br />

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NEWS<br />

26 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Loss spurs motorbike campaign<br />

SUSAN.SANDYS<br />

@starmedia.kiwi<br />

Nigel Ransonhas one verygood<br />

reason why people should take<br />

note of motorcycle safety<br />

messagessuch as those raised<br />

in anew Selwyn District<br />

Council campaign.<br />

His brother Mike, 52,was<br />

killedinahead­on crashonthe<br />

Rakaia bridge on Labour Day.<br />

Nigel is amongfamily<br />

members left behind who are<br />

dealing withthe tragic death of<br />

their much loved brother,<br />

father,grandfatherand uncle.<br />

“Hewasagood fella, he<br />

would do anythingfor<br />

anybody,” he said.<br />

Nigel said safety messages,<br />

such as those promoted in the<br />

district council’s Motorcycle<br />

Campaign <strong>2021</strong> video series<br />

launched lastweek were “very<br />

important.” Both motorists and<br />

motorcyclistsneeded to be<br />

more careful on the road, he<br />

said.<br />

There have been66crashes<br />

involving motorcycles in the<br />

district since 2017, withfive of<br />

thosebeing fatal and23serious.<br />

Mikewas one of afamily of<br />

keen motorcyclists, and would<br />

often ride with Nigel andson<br />

Devon and their other brother<br />

David.<br />

Theaccident on the bridge<br />

that took Mike’slife,which<br />

occurred about 10am, involved<br />

Nigel Ranson (left) is reeling from the loss of his brother Mike.<br />

PHOTO SUPPLIED<br />

Mike overtaking acar as he was<br />

travelling south to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

from his homeinChristchurch,<br />

andcolliding with atruck,<br />

Nigelsaid.<br />

“The truck driver had<br />

nowhere to go, and Mike had<br />

nowhere to go either.’’<br />

He said safetymessages for<br />

both motorists and<br />

motorcyclists were important to<br />

reduce theroad toll for<br />

motorcyclists.One important<br />

message for motorcyclists was<br />

to alwaysmake sure it was clear<br />

for at least 100m in front before<br />

overtakingvehicles.<br />

Mikewas aself­employed<br />

handyman, dad of fourand<br />

grandfather of three.<br />

His death was three days<br />

after that of Mongols gang<br />

associate SteveSmith, who<br />

crashed at Burnham on State<br />

Boosting mental health needs<br />

Anew mental health outpatient facility<br />

for children and young people in<br />

Canterbury is set to benefit from the<br />

latest funding push of Māia Health<br />

Foundation.<br />

Māia is hoping to raise $300,000 in the<br />

next six weeks, as part of their Shine A<br />

Light appeal launched this week.<br />

The appeal has a$6million target and<br />

runs until December 24.<br />

All funds raised will go toward anew<br />

mentalhealthoutpatient facility for<br />

children andyoungpeople in Canterbury.<br />

RainbowChildren’s Trust,along with<br />

two other generous donors, has agreed to<br />

dollar­match any donation made to the<br />

Shine ALight appeal, uptothe value of<br />

$150,000.<br />

Māia Health Foundation general<br />

manager fundraising andmarketing Anna<br />

Galvan saideverydonation,nomatter the<br />

size, can be doubled –‘‘meaningthattheir<br />

lightwill shinetwice as brightfor the<br />

children andyoungpeople so desperately<br />

needing our support,”<br />

Since January2018there hadbeena140<br />

percentincreaseindemandfor child and<br />

youthmentalhealthservices,and last<br />

year4614new young people were<br />

referred to Canterbury District Health<br />

Board’s (DHB) Child, Adolescent and<br />

Family (CAF) service,ontop of the<br />

service’s existing caseload.<br />

Māia was working alongside the DHB<br />

to create amodern,fit­for­ purpose<br />

mentalhealth outpatient facility for<br />

children andyoung peoplein<br />

Canterbury.<br />

Māia Health Foundation trustee<br />

Janine Morrell­Gunn said the new<br />

facility could not comesoon enough.<br />

“Ouryoung people have faced adecade<br />

of extraordinarychallenges andurgently<br />

need our help.<br />

‘‘We have incredible, passionate<br />

mentalhealth staffwho arehamstrung<br />

everyday by the dark,broken buildings<br />

they must bring our most vulnerable and<br />

at­risk young people into for treatment.”<br />

Detaileddesign work is under way for<br />

Highway 1about 10pm on<br />

Friday.<br />

Both deaths coincidedwith<br />

Motorcycle Awareness Month<br />

in October.<br />

Senior Sergeant Stephen<br />

McDaniel said both crashes<br />

appearedtobethe fault of the<br />

motorcyclists. However,itwas<br />

too early to say this definitively<br />

as theywerestill being<br />

investigated.<br />

The crashes highlighted the<br />

importance of motorcyclists<br />

driving to theconditionsand<br />

withinthe limits of their own<br />

ability and the abilityoftheir<br />

machines, he said.<br />

Meanwhile, SelwynDistrict<br />

Council asset manager<br />

transportation Andrew Mazey<br />

saidthe annual motorcycle<br />

campaign thisyear involved the<br />

addition of avideo series that<br />

featured three Ride Forever<br />

trainers andthepolice. Ride<br />

Forever is an ACC initiative,<br />

giving riders information and<br />

access to training.<br />

The campaign involved a<br />

roadsideevent for<br />

motorcyclists which was<br />

planned for last month at the<br />

Glentunnel Community Centre,<br />

but will now be next year<br />

following covid alertlevel<br />

uncertainty.<br />

The districtcouncil also has<br />

freehigh­vis motorcycle safety<br />

strapsatits librariesand<br />

service centres.<br />

thenew CAF outpatient facility, to be<br />

located at the former Canterbury Linen<br />

Services building, on the outskirts of the<br />

Hillmorton campus.<br />

The purpose­designed facility will<br />

bring together thework of the mental<br />

health teams currently based at The<br />

Princess MargaretHospitaland<br />

Hillmorton sites.<br />

DHB’s Child, Adolescent and Family<br />

service manager Deborah Selwood said<br />

there weretreatmentsand therapies the<br />

service would love to offer, butwhich the<br />

facilities did noteasily support.<br />

‘‘While it’s areal challenge working in<br />

an environment that’s not fit for purpose,<br />

we keepdoing it becauseweknowwe are<br />

making adifference.”<br />

“We havenodoubt thathavingwarm,<br />

welcoming,fit­for­purpose spaces will<br />

result in better outcomes for ourpeople<br />

andour patients.<br />

It will be game­changing.”<br />

Anyone wantingtodonate to the Shine<br />

ALight can do so at www.shinealight.nz<br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Growers<br />

support<br />

industry<br />

merger<br />

Wools of NewZealand<br />

(WNZ) and PrimaryWool<br />

Co­operative(PWC)<br />

shareholders have<br />

overwhelmingly voted in<br />

favour of aproposed merger<br />

of operations betweenWNZ<br />

and Primary Wool Cooperative­owned<br />

CP Wool<br />

(CPW).<br />

More than 99.7 per cent of<br />

WNZ shareholders and 100<br />

per cent of PWC<br />

shareholders who voted<br />

supported the merger,<br />

which will see both<br />

companies become partners<br />

in anew entity calledWools<br />

of New ZealandLP. It will<br />

combinethe trading and<br />

operating businesses of<br />

WNZ and CPW.<br />

WNZchair JamesParsons<br />

said growers had spoken<br />

and backed thevision to<br />

build oneorganisation with<br />

strength and scale to makea<br />

real difference to New<br />

Zealand’s strugglingwool<br />

industry.<br />

“We are very pleased with<br />

this positiveresult, which<br />

validates our strategy to<br />

consolidate the sector and<br />

better link the supply chain<br />

from the grower throughto<br />

the consumer.<br />

‘‘Bycombining<br />

operations, we can provide<br />

the scale, focus and shared<br />

vision to achieve better<br />

outcomes for our growers.<br />

Richard Young, chair of<br />

PWC and chair of CPW,<br />

whichis100 per cent owned<br />

by PWC, said the result laid<br />

the foundations to deliver<br />

improvedfortunes forthe<br />

wool sector.<br />

“This single growerownedentity<br />

willhelp drive<br />

our shift from wool as araw<br />

commodity to grower­owned<br />

and brandedconsumerwool<br />

products. Ultimately, the<br />

development of an<br />

integrated supplychain<br />

aims to improve returnsfor<br />

our growers.’’<br />

The transactionwas due<br />

to be complete by <strong>November</strong><br />

30.<br />

The new entitywill be<br />

called Wools of New<br />

Zealand LP andtransact<br />

approximatelyone third of<br />

NZ’s wool clip.

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Reserve board assets transferred<br />

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

appointed the Hinds Reserve Board to<br />

undertake all the functions of the former<br />

Lynnford Reserve Board.<br />

All of the Lynnford Reserve Board<br />

assets, including administration of land,<br />

will go to the Hinds Reserves Board<br />

once all current liabilities have been<br />

settled, with any deficit (currently<br />

$2085.62) funded by council.<br />

Aplaque will be put up on the<br />

Lynnford Hall site to recognise the<br />

former reserve board and the<br />

contribution of the families in the area.<br />

The costs of the plague will be met by<br />

council from the property reserve<br />

account.<br />

The hall closed in 2019 and the final<br />

meeting of the reserve board was in<br />

April that year.<br />

The Lynnford Hall.<br />

NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

27<br />

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GeraldineLicensing Trust<br />

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Revenue for the yearwas $553,378<br />

compared with$349,015the year<br />

before.<br />

Trust sponsorship totalled<br />

$356,801, of which $300,000went to<br />

the Geraldine DistrictFoundation,<br />

which has beenworkingonthe<br />

Geraldine Medical Centreproject<br />

at 190 TalbotStreet.<br />

The trust’sinvestmentportfolio,<br />

managed by Craig’sInvestment<br />

Partners,was valuedat$981,242,<br />

and thetrustalsoheld28,000 shares<br />

in DB South Island Brewery valued<br />

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CLUB NEWS<br />

28 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

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

Themonthlyprogramme<br />

meeting in October was<br />

highlighted withavisit from<br />

ShayneCockburn,ofStJohn,<br />

talking to us about CPR.<br />

We havecelebrated the<br />

fourth year of our footclinic.<br />

Our health bursary is<br />

continuing to attract<br />

applications.<br />

All tickets for the raffle to<br />

support Daysfor Girls have<br />

been sold. Tins contributed for<br />

World Food Day have been<br />

given to St VincentdePaul.<br />

We decided how best to<br />

monetarilysupport new<br />

refugeefamilies in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

We delivered 448Meals on<br />

Wheels in October. Ourannual<br />

Carers Day outingatthe<br />

weekend visited South<br />

Canterbury, includingthe<br />

Woodbury Store. TheSpring<br />

Garden raffle continues to be<br />

sold in <strong>Ashburton</strong>. As we near<br />

the end of another interrupted<br />

year,weappreciate being able<br />

to consider ourChristmas plans<br />

such as the Christmas Tree of<br />

Remembrance in the arcade,<br />

books for children, and<br />

assisting Rotary with their new<br />

potato sales.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Bowling Club<br />

Ourweek started on acold<br />

Monday morning with atrip for<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> ladiesto Rakaiafor<br />

the MurtonCup Fours. Success<br />

is to be reported as ateamof<br />

three <strong>Ashburton</strong>ladies –H<br />

Goodall (skip), RPrendergast,<br />

BSkilling, and DTodd won the<br />

Murton Cup! Congratulations<br />

and well playedtoall four<br />

ladies!<br />

On Tuesday morning –again<br />

an even colder daywithdrizzle<br />

–the Final of <strong>Ashburton</strong>Ladies<br />

Fourschampionshipwas<br />

played. Avery close gameitwas<br />

too, withMargaret Eder’steam<br />

(Heather Gray, Annette Blain,<br />

Anne Gibson) edgingahead<br />

towards thepenultimate ends<br />

to beat Diane Gutberlet’s team<br />

(Shirley Maw, Alison Gibbs,<br />

Shirley Taylor).But<br />

congratulationstoall eight<br />

ladies, it reallywas avery<br />

unpleasantmorningfor playing<br />

bowls!And abig thank youto<br />

our supporters for comingout<br />

to watch.<br />

The<strong>Ashburton</strong> ladies singles<br />

championshipmatches arewell<br />

under waynow,asare the<br />

men’svarious championship<br />

matches.Soprogress continues<br />

all round.<br />

Our first Fridayfor hosting<br />

the Triples competition,<br />

sponsoredbyToyota andSkipto­it,<br />

was wellattended and my<br />

word, what adifference in the<br />

weather! Perfect for playing<br />

bowls which showed in the<br />

general mood and standard of<br />

play. Theresults are thus:<br />

1st –GEder, WLee,Judy Ryk,<br />

3wins, 19 ends, 31 points<br />

2nd–LMuir, DMuir,SMuir<br />

–3wins,18ends,31points<br />

3rd–BHopwood, F<br />

McKnight, MKnox, 3wins, 15<br />

ends, 34 points<br />

4th–MReid,AReid, D<br />

Watson, 2wins,1draw, 14 ends,<br />

27 points<br />

5th–GTaylor, RKeeling, H<br />

Kemp, 2wins, 1draw, 14 ends,<br />

25 points<br />

6th–BMayson, BHarper, M<br />

Foggo,2wins, 15 ends, 35<br />

points.<br />

Saturday Rollover triples was<br />

poorly attended duetomorning<br />

and afternoonmatches<br />

elsewhere. The winnerswith 2<br />

wins, 8ends,16 pointswereA<br />

Blain, TWatson, BWilson and<br />

the runners were GBody, R<br />

Keeling, CCross.<br />

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

The<strong>Ashburton</strong> Toastmasters<br />

club will be celebrating its 50th<br />

anniversaryonDecember 1.<br />

If youare aprevious member,<br />

acurrentmember or just<br />

interested in what<br />

Toastmasters does­youare<br />

cordially invitedto joinusin<br />

our celebration of 50 years.<br />

It will beheld at the Doris<br />

Linton LoungeattheRSA and<br />

Netherby Women's Institute's Adrienne Hodson and Catherine<br />

Thomas, at right, and other members during apicnic this week at<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain gardens. The WI members took to the<br />

outside for their monthly meeting playing petanque, and fun<br />

games during their social session.<br />

PHOTO TONI WILLIAMS<br />

starts at 7.30pm andends at 9:30<br />

pm.<br />

For Covid­19 social<br />

distancing purposes, please<br />

register your interest by email<br />

to adi.toastmasters@gmail.com<br />

by 25 <strong>November</strong>.<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong>Toastmasters<br />

club was established in 1971<br />

andhas been operatingever<br />

since. Theclub'satmosphere is<br />

informal and supportive,and at<br />

the momentwehave adiverse<br />

membership. Currently we<br />

have 18 members, ranging from<br />

people who have been with the<br />

club for 25 years and members<br />

who havejoined this year.<br />

Many peoplestruggle with<br />

speaking in front of an<br />

audience. Some may even<br />

experiencefear of public<br />

speaking that is so intense that<br />

it’s considered aphobia. This<br />

true phobia of public speaking<br />

is called glossophobia. As a<br />

result of fear andphysical<br />

symptoms of stress, they either<br />

avoid all forms of public<br />

speaking or endure it with<br />

significant distress.<br />

ToastmastersInternational is<br />

anonprofit educational<br />

organization that teaches<br />

public speakingand leadership<br />

skills through aworldwide<br />

network of clubs. The<br />

organization's membership<br />

exceeds 300,000in more than<br />

15,800 clubs in 149 countries.<br />

Since1924, Toastmasters<br />

Internationalhas helped<br />

people from diverse<br />

backgroundsbecomemore<br />

confident speakers,<br />

communicators, and leaders.<br />

In NewZealand there are 265<br />

clubs with 4,700members.<br />

Toastmasters provide a<br />

supportive environment to<br />

practice andimprove in public<br />

speaking and leadership roles.<br />

Deliveringprepared<br />

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Come and share your ideas,<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> Writers’ Group<br />

Acting President Stacey<br />

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Coby had sent aquotation –<br />

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Tinwald CyclingClub<br />

Sam Barltrop is makinghis<br />

come back season oneto<br />

remembersecuringhis second<br />

victory of the season when<br />

taking outthe Peach Family<br />

Cup in Tinwald CyclingClubs,<br />

46km handicap event around<br />

the roads of Methven on<br />

Sunday.<br />

Barltrop and his co­markers<br />

steadily made there way<br />

throughthefield finding the<br />

front inside the final 5km.<br />

Barltrop was the first to jump<br />

in the sprint to the lineand<br />

held on strongly to seal thewin.<br />

Mike Pearce continued his<br />

great form to secure the second<br />

place spoils.<br />

Sam Letham produced a<br />

strongridetostep on to the<br />

final podium spot.<br />

Rob Hooper, Cole Harris, and<br />

Mike Gallagher where in the<br />

thick of the finish, to roundout<br />

the top six.<br />

Scratchmarker LarryNeal<br />

rode thecourse in 65.30tolift<br />

fastesttimehonours, seeing of<br />

the challenges of co­markers<br />

Tony Ward andKyle Graywho<br />

claimed second and third times<br />

respectively.<br />

Agoodfield of juniors and<br />

division2riders contest a15km<br />

handicap event.<br />

Charlotte Neal riding of the<br />

front mark produced herbest<br />

ride of the season to claim the<br />

victory.<br />

Ryan Gallagher laid down<br />

anotherstrong effort to take the<br />

secondplacespoils, with Honor<br />

Bradford charging into third<br />

place.<br />

Back marker Mitch<br />

Brookland made his way<br />

throughthefield to take fourth<br />

place and in doingsorecorded<br />

the fastesttime, ridingthe<br />

distancein23.17.<br />

IsabellaInglis and Zac<br />

Brookland filled the tophalf<br />

dozen.<br />

MervGrewar saw off all<br />

challengers to take division 2<br />

honours from Andy and Debbie<br />

Skinner.<br />

Next weekthe Clubwill<br />

contest a48km handicap event<br />

around theWakanui Beach<br />

block.<br />

Golf<br />

Geraldinetakeout Weekend<br />

Pennant final<br />

TheAorangi Women's<br />

Weekend Pennant Final was<br />

played at TemukaonSunday<br />

7th <strong>November</strong> in warm and<br />

sunny conditions. In aclose<br />

fought match,that was decided<br />

on the 18th hole, Geraldine beat<br />

Tinwald/Mayfieldby6pointsto<br />

4.<br />

Results as follows:<br />

Singles<br />

Avrill Burrowshalved with<br />

Christine Ross. SharonWatson<br />

halved with Jenny Harrex.<br />

Michelle Amos lost to Sue<br />

Graham1down. PenelopeMuff<br />

beat Dinielle King 5/3.<br />

Fourball.Burrowsand Watson<br />

beatRoss and Harrex 4/3.Amos<br />

and Muff beat Graham andKing<br />

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DCLCup Round2<br />

TheRadius Careplayer of the<br />

day Josh Cochrane 83­19­64<br />

2ndHayden McMillian 64<br />

Nett<br />

Other good scoreswere Al<br />

Jopson 67, Sebastian McMillian<br />

67, James McFarlane 67, Brian<br />

Nuttell 68, Robert Pawsey68,<br />

Noel Sutton 68, George Brown<br />

68, Dylan Stoddart 68,Pete<br />

Aorangi women’s Geraldine weekend pennant winners Michelle<br />

Amos (left), Avrill Burrows, Sharon Watson and Penelope Muff.<br />

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Morrison 69, Barry Jury 69,<br />

Shannon Perry 69, andMitchell<br />

Stoddart 70.<br />

Twos:Robert Pawsey, Pete<br />

Morrison,JamesMcFarlane,<br />

RoyceJamieson,Sebastian<br />

McMillian,Noel Sutton, George<br />

Brown, GuildfordLane,<br />

Richard McKernan, Al Jopson<br />

andSean Strange<br />

NearestThe Pins:<br />

Hole 4# Dock’s Seafood Bar<br />

&Grill: SebastianMcMillian.<br />

Hole 8# ThreeStogie’s:Brown<br />

Bombers: Phil Kerr. Hole 12#<br />

Value Plus: Ben Niles. Hole<br />

14# South Island Seeds<br />

Processing&StorageCo: Brian<br />

Nuttell. Hole6#Hamish Niles<br />

Shout!!:Jason Overend<br />

Hole9#Ton’s Thai Longest<br />

Putt: Brent Clarke. BonusSpot<br />

Prize: AlluvialRestaurant<br />

Tinwald Spot Prize: Chris<br />

Lovelock. Birdie Jackpot Hole:<br />

4# NettEagleJackpotHole: 7#<br />

Saturday 9HoleCompetition<br />

Stableford<br />

HarveyBakehouse Winner of<br />

the day: Muriel Morgan 21pts.<br />

2nd Robynne Nicoll 21pts. 3rd<br />

Elaine King 21pts. 4th Clarrie<br />

Galway 19pts. By alot from<br />

Gavin Johnston19pts.<br />

NextSaturday 13th<br />

<strong>November</strong> (DCL CUPRound<br />

3#)7:30am for 8:00amTee Off<br />

12:00pm for 12:30pm Tee Off’<br />

(9 Holers)1:00pm for1:30pm<br />

Tee Off.<br />

9Holers Golf<br />

Lastweek 19 members played<br />

at Tinwald while the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Coursewas closedfor<br />

maintenance. With thebest nett<br />

score of 32, Peter Woods won<br />

the Flowers@the Gate voucher.<br />

Second, with anett score of 35<br />

wasMuriel Morgan, and equal<br />

third, with 36 eachwere Tong<br />

Kingand Bev Blair. This week<br />

we willplay our first ever<br />

Laurence JHanrahan Trophy<br />

match.Itwill be 4BBB,mixed<br />

play. The following week, 18th<br />

<strong>November</strong>, we'll playat<br />

Tinwald and our closing dayis<br />

25th <strong>November</strong>.<br />

Mid­Canterbury Social<br />

Wheelers.<br />

3rd Nov 25 riders. 16km. 1st.<br />

GedWall26m 37s. 2nd.<br />

Charlotte Cox 26m 45s. 3rd.<br />

Michelle Davidson 27m 15s.4th.<br />

Chris Reid24m 28s F/T.5th.<br />

Mark Summerfield 24m 28s 2f/t.<br />

6th. Monique Brake 25m30s<br />

7th. John McIntosh 24m 30s 3f/t.<br />

8th. Paul Summerfield25m 31s.<br />

9th. Nick Grijns 25m 31s.10th<br />

DonSummerfield25m 33s.<br />

<strong>11</strong>th. Doug Coley 25m 21s. 12th.<br />

TonyWard 24m 53s. 4f/t.13th.<br />

MichaelGallagher 24m 53s 5f/t.<br />

14th. Brent Hudson 34m 01s.<br />

15th. Isabella Wall 34m16s.<br />

16th. Honour Bradford 34m17s.<br />

17th. Marty Cuttle 27m 21s. 18th.<br />

James Kay 27m 46s. 19th. Brad<br />

O'Brien 27m50s. 20th Roger<br />

Wilson 27m59s. 21st.Andy<br />

Skinner32m 36s. 22nd. Debbie<br />

Skinner32m 37s. 23rd. Bridget<br />

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32m 47s.25th. NigelChatterton<br />

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021 597 527<br />

Bruce McPherson<br />

027 438 4250<br />

Denise McPherson<br />

027 242 7677<br />

List andSell<br />

with us!<br />

Cheryl Fowler<br />

027 461 2614<br />

Denise Russell<br />

027 432 9717<br />

1st October-31 December<strong>2021</strong><br />

EVERYSOLDLISTING<br />

Thevendor will receive a<br />

2minute grocery dash and grab*<br />

at <strong>Ashburton</strong> NewWorld.<br />

Call todaytosecure your<br />

free no obligation appraisal.<br />

ChrissyMilne<br />

027 290 6606<br />

Kim Miller<br />

027 236 8627<br />

Lynne Bridge<br />

027 410 6216<br />

03 307 8317<br />

*T &C’s Apply<br />

Mark Totty<br />

021 664 <strong>11</strong>3<br />

Big Mike<br />

021 272 0202<br />

Margaret Feiss<br />

021 751 009<br />

ShirleyFitzgerald<br />

027 220 1528<br />

Here’s yourchanceto<br />

grab free groceries!<br />

RayWhiteMid Canterbury<br />

03 307 8317 96Tancred Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7700<br />

rwashburton.co.nz<br />

Real Estate Mid Canterbury Property Limited Licensed (REAA2008)

SATURDAY 13 NOVEMBER<br />

103 Grove Street,Tinwald 10:00am -10:30am 3 1 0 AHB30<strong>11</strong>7<br />

33 Dolma Street, Methven <strong>11</strong>:00am -<strong>11</strong>:30am 4 2 2 MVN300<strong>11</strong><br />

40a Spaxton Street, Methven <strong>11</strong>:00am -<strong>11</strong>:30am 3 1 1 MVN30005<br />

13 Chapman Street, Methven 1:00pm -1:30pm 3 1 3 MVN30009<br />

347 Darts Road, Methven 1:30pm -2:30pm 4 2 2 MVN30007<br />

282 Back Track, Methven 2:00pm -2:45pm 3 1 1 MVN30003<br />

SATURDAY 14 NOVEMBER<br />

NO OPEN HOMES TODAY<br />

326 Burnett Street <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Cental CBD.<br />

Available forimmediate occupation, the tenancy on offer is<br />

138 sqm of prime office space inthe Tavendale &Partners<br />

Centre, corner of Cass &Burnett streets<strong>Ashburton</strong>. The<br />

tenancyhas been fitted out toavery high standard by the<br />

exiting tenant, sothis is your opportunity to move to<br />

premium premises in apremium location. Includes two car<br />

parks at the rear of the building fortenants vehicles.<br />

ForLease<br />

Price onapplication<br />

View<br />

by appointment only<br />

BruceMcPherson<br />

027 438 4250<br />

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB30<strong>11</strong>5<br />

Real Estate Mid Canterbury Property Limited Licensed (REAA2008)<br />

30 Thomson Street, Tinwald<br />

4 3 2<br />

*Kitchen with granite bench, great storage and pantry,<br />

*Open plan living and dining area<br />

*Amazing covered outdoorentertaining and BBQ area<br />

*Master Bedroom with En-suite<br />

*Double internal carpeted garage with laundry<br />

ForSale<br />

$779,000<br />

View<br />

by appointment<br />

Armand vander Eik<br />

021 597 527<br />

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB22883<br />

Real Estate Mid Canterbury Property Limited Licensed (REAA 2008)<br />

33 Manchester Street, Tinwald<br />

2 1 5<br />

AshburyGrove, Tinwald<br />

Sumptuous 2bedroom flat requires an investor to purchase<br />

it, with the ease of asitting tenant fora12 month fixed<br />

term paying $320 per week. Having been double glazed &<br />

fitted with solar power panels this is avery efficient home.<br />

Being arear unit you benefit from privacyfrom the road.<br />

ForSale<br />

POA<br />

View<br />

by appointment only<br />

Armand vander Eik<br />

021 597 527<br />

After steady sales of stages of One, Two, Three &Four, we<br />

are thrilled to be marketing Ashbury Grove -Stage 5.<br />

<strong>11</strong> Sections are available, ranging in size from 715m2.<br />

Titles anticipated in late 2022.<br />

Full Information pack is available upon request.<br />

ForSale<br />

POA<br />

View<br />

by appointment only<br />

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

03 307 8317<br />

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB30095<br />

Real Estate Mid CanterburyProperty Limited Licensed (REAA 2008)<br />

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB30076<br />

Real Estate Mid Canterbury Property Limited Licensed (REAA 2008)<br />

Kim Miller<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

027 236 8627<br />

Denise Russell<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

027 432 9717<br />

ChrissyMilne<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

027 290 6606<br />

Cheryl Fowler<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

027 461 2614<br />

Margaret Feiss<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

021 751 009<br />

ShirleyFitzgerald<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

027 220 1528<br />

Denise McPherson<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

027 242 7677<br />

Armandvan der Eik<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

021 597 527<br />

Lynne Bridge<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

027 410 6216<br />

Mike Grant ncre<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

021 272 0202<br />

Mark Totty<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

021 664 <strong>11</strong>3<br />

BruceMcPherson<br />

Sales Consultant<br />

027 438 4250<br />

Carey VonLubke<br />

Property Manager<br />

027 697 6948<br />

Janene McDowell<br />

Property Manager<br />

027 287 3388<br />

96 TancredStreet, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 03 307 8317 Main Road,Tinwald 03 307 8317<br />

rwashburton.co.nz<br />

36 McMillanStreet, Methven 03 303 3032

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Plan to breed kelpie dogs<br />

TONI.WILLIAMS<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Dog triallistWayne Miller<br />

is keen to import new<br />

kelpie bloodlines into New<br />

Zealand,showcasetheir<br />

skills and bolsterhis<br />

successinthe sport.<br />

He hasaneight­weekold<br />

bitch due in thecoming<br />

months, which he plans to<br />

breed with his three­yearold<br />

kelpie, Steel.<br />

Arelative newcomer to<br />

dog trialling, Mr Miller, 54,<br />

joined the Maitland Sheep<br />

Dog Trial Club ayearago<br />

and has not looked back.<br />

Thescanning and<br />

crutching contractor has<br />

had awhirlwind first<br />

season with Steel. Thepair<br />

won amaiden event, two<br />

intermediate events and<br />

placed in an open final.<br />

Kelpie dogs were<br />

versatile, backing and<br />

barking, plus Steel was<br />

used to being around<br />

sheep in the yards, Mr<br />

Miller said, as they worked<br />

together.<br />

He wasalso training<br />

Steel’s 14­month­old<br />

daughter, Luna, and<br />

planned to have both dogs<br />

run at the next event in<br />

Southland.<br />

Mr Miller, aformer<br />

Southland rugby<br />

representative, took to the<br />

field in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> A&P<br />

Show Tux dog trialslast<br />

month butthis time<br />

successwas out of reach.<br />

Heand Steel recorded an<br />

incomplete run on day two<br />

of the trials.<br />

Up to four carloads of<br />

trialists fromthe deep<br />

southmade the journey<br />

northto<strong>Ashburton</strong>for the<br />

event,whichhad arecord<br />

168runs, over two full<br />

days.<br />

Mr Miller was looking to<br />

theSouthlandsheep dog<br />

trialsatMandeville, near<br />

Gore(<strong>November</strong>17and 18)<br />

to qualify forthe South<br />

Islandsemi finalsat<br />

Tapanui (<strong>November</strong> 19 and<br />

20).<br />

Wayne Miller with threeyear­old<br />

kelpie Steel at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> A&P Show dog<br />

trials.<br />

PHOTOS TONI WILLIAMS<br />

CLASSIFIEDS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

AUTOMOTIVE SERVICES<br />

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Vehicle Servicing<br />

•Advanced<br />

Diagnostics<br />

•Experienced<br />

Technicians<br />

35<br />

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

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309MethvenHighway, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7776<br />

Tel: 03 3087282 •E:bruce.mcilroy@xtra.co.nz<br />

SELL<br />

LPG REFILLS<br />

9kg cylinders<br />

$27.50<br />

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Small LPG cylinders<br />

Off Street Parking<br />

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36 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

2428880<br />

ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT<br />

Stuck foraChristmas<br />

giftidea?<br />

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With our fantastic selection of 2022<br />

events,there’s<br />

suretobea<br />

showthat<br />

appeals to<br />

everyone!<br />

FightNightSouth<br />

Friday 19th <strong>November</strong> 6pm<br />

Adult Final Release Tickets $99*<br />

Theevent will featurecorporateboxing<br />

bouts and is being hosted by local Dame<br />

Lynda Topp.<br />

Former Commonwealth cruiserweight<br />

champion and heavyweightboxerShane<br />

Cameron has been confirmed to attend<br />

again as specialguest.Come along and<br />

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Home DeliveryContractor<br />

The ChristchurchPressislooking forasuitable<br />

persontodeliver our newspapers inthe<br />

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

Youwill also be deliveringThe <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Guardian three times aweek.<br />

We arelooking forsomeonethatenjoys early<br />

morning work,are reliable, hasacurrentdriver’s<br />

licence, capable of keeping accurate recordsana<br />

customer focussed attitude.<br />

This positionissix days aweek, Mondayto<br />

Saturday, andwould suit someone living in the<br />

local area. Deliveries aretobe<br />

completedby6.30am.<br />

If youthink thismightbefor youand yourequire<br />

moreinformation please contact<br />

distribution@stuff.co.nz<br />

WarrenRiley<br />

DistributionTeam Leader-SouthernRegion<br />

distribution@stuff.co.nz, (021)944 865<br />

For more information<br />

NOW www.ateventcentre.co.nz<br />

TheMerryLittle<br />

Christmas Market<br />

28th <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>-30am until 4pm<br />

Gold Coin Donation<br />

Join us forthe MerryLittleChristmas<br />

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to purchase unique Christmas presents<br />

with awide arrayofstalls.Due to Covid<br />

restrictions we ask thatyou register to<br />

attendthis eventatour boxofficeor<br />

online through our website,<br />

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Sunday 19th 2pm<br />

Adult $15* /Senior &Child $10*<br />

Family of 4$35*<br />

At ATEC, all we want forChristmasis<br />

the opportunitytocelebratethisvery<br />

specialtime of the year and bring<br />

some cheer and goodwill to the town.<br />

We have teamed up with some of Mid<br />

Canterbury’sleading performers to<br />

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two-hour concert.<br />

03 307 2010 2<strong>11</strong>A Wills Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7700 admin@ateventcentre.co.nz<br />

2434994<br />

*Servicefees apply<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

SAVE $100 on next winters<br />

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

$495. Limited supply. WINZ<br />

accredited. Free delivery to<br />

most of Mid-Canterbury.<br />

Phone 027 297 7563<br />

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Large 4.2m x2.4m<br />

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Visit our displaycabin<br />

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2422687<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 03 307 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<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

OFFCUTS<br />

$140 PER CORD<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

SLABWOOD<br />

3cordgreen<br />

$330<br />

1cordgreen<br />

$<strong>11</strong>0<br />

1corddry<br />

$140<br />

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

Adams Sawmill<br />

Malcolm McDowell Rd<br />

Phone<br />

308-3595<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

SPRAY PAINTER/PREPPER<br />

Afull time position has become available in our<br />

Panel and Paintshop foraQualified Spray Painter.<br />

Theposition requires<br />

• Good work ethics<br />

• Have ahigh standardindetail and finish<br />

• Tobereliable<br />

• The abilitytoworkunsupervised<br />

• Toworkinateam and meet production deadlines<br />

• NZresidencyorvalid NZ work visa<br />

Please send resume and coverletter to<br />

TheGeneral Manager<br />

Bus and Truck Body Work Ltd<br />

PO Box51, <strong>Ashburton</strong>7740<br />

Phone Keith on 0274 274 007 or 307 0378<br />

Email busandtruckbodywork@xtra.co.nz<br />

2428887<br />

2432766<br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT SITUATIONS VACANT SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

JobOpportunities<br />

SystemsOfficer-AnimalControl<br />

This full-time position willallow you to intertwine your proven administration<br />

skills with your love foranimals.<br />

Your days and duties will vary,You’llberesponsible foranswering customer<br />

enquiries, maintaining the National Dog Database, and liaising with our<br />

Animal Control Contractor, becoming the expert on the Councils Animal<br />

Control Procedures.<br />

Thisrole also provides coverfor our otheradministration staff in our Strategy<br />

and ComplianceGroup.<br />

Applications close Wednesday,17<strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Town Caretaker<br />

TakeresponsibilityforensuringthepublicconveniencesinourrevitalisedCBD<br />

areofahigh standardfor our residents and visitorsalike in this permanent,<br />

part-timeroleoffering three, eighthour daysper week.<br />

We arelooking foraproactive andgood natured personwho takespridein<br />

their work and our town. Ideally, you’ll have previous cleaning experience<br />

however attitude is keyasitisthe oneattributewecan’t teach!<br />

If this soundslikeyour ideal role we wouldlove to hear from you!<br />

Applications close Wednesday,17<strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

To find out more about these vacancies<br />

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

has to offer you, gotoour website.<br />

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers<br />

Head Caretaker<br />

An exciting and unique opportunityhas come<br />

up to join our team at MountHutt College and<br />

supportusinrealising our aspiration to develop<br />

and maintain state-of-the-artfacilities in our<br />

fantastic school in the heartofMid Canterbury.<br />

Thesuccessful applicantwill be aself-motivated<br />

and skilled tradie with acan-do attitude,who will<br />

enjoyworking as partofawider team at Mount<br />

Hutt College.<br />

Remuneration is by negotiation but will reflectthe<br />

unique skills the successful applicantwill bring<br />

to the position. Athree-bedroom schoolhouse is<br />

included in the remuneration package.<br />

Formoreinformation on the role or remuneration,<br />

please email the Principal’s Secretary,<br />

Sheree McKay, college@mthutt.school.nz.<br />

Advertising<br />

that works!<br />

Talk to Jann or<br />

Karentodayabout<br />

ways youcan reach<br />

potential customers<br />

or advertising with<br />

thatspecial difference<br />

-professional service<br />

with asmile.<br />

Phone: 308 7664<br />

199 Burnett St,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Applications close on<br />

Friday 26th <strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

2376<strong>11</strong>9<br />

GARDEN SUPPLIES<br />

2435<strong>11</strong>5<br />

No experienceneeded,<br />

just agoodattitude!<br />

We’ve gotanumber<br />

of jobs availablefor<br />

agriculturallabourers.<br />

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hours available<br />

Short-term roleswith<br />

opportunity to longtermworkonoffer<br />

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Great fit for semi<br />

retired,day workers, or<br />

working around school<br />

hours<br />

Email us your CV<br />

jobs@agstaff.co.nz<br />

or call us on<br />

0800<strong>11</strong>22<strong>11</strong><br />

to startASAP.<br />

GARDEN SUPPLIES<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 03 308 3331<br />

GARDENERS Specials.<br />

Sheep or Cow manure JORDANS’S NURSERY<br />

$8/bag. Medium-square linseed<br />

straw $50. Mediumsquare<br />

Rhododendrons from $15.<br />

91 Pye Road The Downs<br />

pea straw $60. Geraldine. Wednesday to<br />

Phone Alan 027 496 7136,<br />

Ian 027 286 3697. AHinds<br />

Lions Project.<br />

Saturday 10am to 4pm or<br />

by arrangement. phone 03<br />

6938332 or 02743<strong>11</strong>815<br />

2417586<br />

2365805

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT SITUATIONS VACANT SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

Position:<br />

Location:<br />

Hours of Work:<br />

Date Issued:<br />

Job Vacancy<br />

RefugeeSettlementSupportFamilyCaseworker<br />

SaferMid CanterburyOffices, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

6hoursper week<br />

October<strong>2021</strong><br />

The Refugee Settlement Support Service, Safer Mid Canterbury <strong>Ashburton</strong>, is<br />

looking for anew team member. Weare seeking someone who islooking for a<br />

challenging and rewarding role as aSettlement Support Family Caseworker.<br />

The Refugee Settlement Support Service iscontracted byMBIE to assist former<br />

refugees to participate fully and integrate socially and economically into their<br />

new community during their first 12 months in New Zealand. Ifyou like a<br />

challenge, enjoy engaging with people from diverse cultures, like working in an<br />

environment where noday is the same, and are ateam player, then this could<br />

be the perfect job foryou.Asfamily caseworker youwillbethe primary support<br />

person for newly arriving families, overseeing their settlement process for the<br />

first twelvemonths. Our service iscurrently assisting in the settlement offormer<br />

refugeesfromAfghanistan.<br />

Theperson applying forthis jobmusthaverelevant experience and/or training in<br />

afieldthatfurnishes them with the skills andexperienceneeded foraposition of<br />

this type.Weare looking forcandidateswith the following key attributes:<br />

• Abilitytorelate with andsupportpeople from differentcultural backgrounds.<br />

• Agood understanding ofrelevantsocial services andagencies.<br />

• Understanding of confidentialityand privacyact practices.<br />

• Knowledge and experienceworking withchildren, youth and families.<br />

• Computer skills,including Exceland Word<br />

• Excellenttime managementand organisational skills<br />

• Hold acurrent motor vehicle driver’s licence and willing to travel tofulfil job<br />

requirements<br />

• Liveand work in the <strong>Ashburton</strong>region<br />

• Empathywith humanitariancauses<br />

• Enthusiasm and commitmenttowork as ateam member<br />

• High degreeofcultural competency<br />

To read the job description and download an application form go to:<br />

www.safermidcanterbury.org.nz careers page.<br />

ApplicationscloseFriday3rd of December <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Forfurther question’s please contactAni Koperu on 03 3081395.<br />

BUILDING STAFF REQUIRED<br />

Canterbury Based<br />

As partofour continued investment in the building<br />

industryBradfordsare looking to employ additional<br />

building staff to work within our <strong>Ashburton</strong> or<br />

Christchurch based teams. We require:<br />

• Leading Hands<br />

• Tradesmen<br />

• Apprentices<br />

Bradfords have adiverse range of projects across<br />

the construction sector from building maintenance<br />

and residential construction tolarge commercial<br />

and industrial projects. We offer varied work<br />

throughout Canterbury and an opportunity to<br />

grow within our team.<br />

If you are interested and have the required skill<br />

level contact usbye-mail attaching your CV to<br />

building@bradfords.co.nz or call in to our office at<br />

70 Bremners Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> for an application<br />

form.<br />

2435105<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 />

Andrew at Spruce Gardens<br />

to get the job done right.<br />

027 765 2899 or 03 307<br />

1693.<br />

owner/oper-<br />

sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz<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 03 308 1500.<br />

Experienced<br />

ator. Phone John Cameron<br />

at Supersucker. 027 435<br />

1042 or 308 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 />

TRADE &SERVICES<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 03 308 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 />

COMPUTER repairs, sales, Doors and More. Ph 027<br />

training, setup wirelessnetworks,<br />

spyware NETTLETON Decorators,<br />

516 7104<br />

cleanup. On-site day or qualified tradesman, is<br />

evening. Low fees. Call available for interior and<br />

Robin Johnstone, Networks exterior painting, plus plastering,<br />

stopping, skimming<br />

Firewalls and PC’s Ltd, 308<br />

1440 or 027 768 4058 and wallpapering. Phone<br />

CONCRETE Services - James on 0274 865 283.<br />

Driveways, paths, patios, PAINTER for all your painting<br />

mowing edging. Decorative needs. No job too small,<br />

Concrete Specialist operating<br />

locally with 30 years sional friendly service.<br />

inside or outside. Profes-<br />

experience. No job too big Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or<br />

or small. Contactless service<br />

offered. Phone Paul<br />

027 200 1619.<br />

021 152 1966.<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 />

FARM Services: Repairs and<br />

irrigation maintenance.<br />

Weekly pasture measuring<br />

service. Effluent irrigator<br />

repairs and maintenance.<br />

Farm welding and repairs.<br />

Center pivot maintenance.<br />

Wire rope splicing. Trailer<br />

repairs and maintenance.<br />

Phone Adam Stevens 027<br />

352 6007<br />

FENCE Staining; do you<br />

need your fence stained or<br />

painted? Make your house<br />

asummer stunner. Call 027<br />

929 0304<br />

FIRE Extinquisher sales and<br />

servicing. On farm/<br />

contractors - trucks/tractors/balers/combines/cars/<br />

boats/caravans etc. Phone<br />

Mack at Doors and More on<br />

027 396 0361<br />

PLASTERING<br />

&COATINGS<br />

Rockcote. Waterproofing.<br />

Texture/Specialist<br />

Coatings.<br />

The Finishing Company<br />

03 307 8870 2433658<br />

SPIDER and fly treatment.<br />

Inside or out. Moss, mould<br />

or lichen treatment. For<br />

either service, call Allan at<br />

AA Performance Services<br />

on 027 209 5026<br />

SUN Control Window Tinting:<br />

Privacy, UV, glare, heat<br />

control for homes, offices<br />

and cars. Phone Craig<br />

Rogers 307 6347, www.<br />

windowtinter.co.nz, member<br />

of Master Tinters 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 />

2413265<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

37<br />

HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE <strong>11</strong>1<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 wheretogoifyou<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 />

Friday12th <strong>November</strong> (CanterburyAnniversary) is<br />

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

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

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

Saturday13th <strong>November</strong> is<br />

Tinwald Medical Centre,33Archibald Street, Tinwald.<br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

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

Sunday14th<strong>November</strong> is<br />

MooreStreetMedical Centre, MooreStreet, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

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

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

weekend and public holidays please telephone<br />

MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105<br />

or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002.<br />

Details foraccessing the afterhours services 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 9.30am to 12.30pm.<br />

Closed Sundays and Public Holidays<br />

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice<br />

Phone the healthline on 0800 6<strong>11</strong> <strong>11</strong>6<br />

Brought<br />

toyouby<br />

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

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755<br />

EDUCATIONAL<br />

EDUCATIONAL<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 />

Having problems with your internal gutter systems?<br />

Do your drains keep blocking,causing leakage into the soffits and even your house?<br />

Areyour soffits falling out due to water rot?<br />

We canconvert your internal gutters to standard external gutters.<br />

2420806<br />

Allworkmanship guaranteed<br />

www.bradfords.co.nz<br />

2434303<br />

ALPS<br />

CONTINUOUS SPOUTING<br />

Ben Kruger 021 808 739 or 308 4380<br />

232 BoundaryRoad,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

www.alpscontinuousspouting.co.nz<br />

E; benkruger@xtra.co.nz<br />

2425604

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38 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

MEETINGS<br />

MT SOMERS RFC<br />

AGM<br />

Wednesday24th<br />

<strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

in the Clubrooms<br />

@7pm<br />

Anyinquiries and<br />

apologies to Secretary,<br />

CStanley 027 497 5868<br />

All welcome.<br />

TINWALD CUBS<br />

AND SCOUTS<br />

AGM<br />

Tuesday16th<br />

<strong>November</strong> 7:30pm<br />

Tinwald Scout Den<br />

Laghmor Road<br />

ALL WELCOME.<br />

2433755<br />

Enquiries (027)3120174<br />

2433775<br />

Grey Power<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Christmas Party<br />

Monday, 15th <strong>November</strong><br />

2pm<br />

at the Seniors Centre<br />

Financial members<br />

welcome.<br />

Please bring along a<br />

non perishable item<br />

forthe food bank.<br />

Collegiate Rugby<br />

FootballClub<br />

AGM<br />

Wednesday,<br />

<strong>November</strong> 17th<br />

7pm<br />

at Smithfield Road<br />

Clubrooms<br />

Southern<br />

RugbyClub<br />

AGM<br />

Wednesday<br />

17 <strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

Hinds Clubrooms<br />

starting at 7:30pm<br />

Allwelcome<br />

Anyenquiries to<br />

Phil Cushnie<br />

027 439 9555<br />

HOME SERVICES<br />

2434678<br />

2432855<br />

ROOF COATINGS: All roof<br />

types, specializing in<br />

Decramastic and Long Run<br />

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep<br />

roofs not a problem. —<br />

Spraymaster 027-433-7780.<br />

FRUIT &PRODUCE<br />

POTATOES; Nadine, Red<br />

Rascall and Agria $1.25kg,<br />

or pre-ordered 10kg bags<br />

$10. Phone 03 308 3195 or<br />

027 531 9103. 81 Elizabeth<br />

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

2422039<br />

MEETINGS<br />

TINWALD<br />

GOLF CLUB INC<br />

Annual General Meeting<br />

Tuesday16th <strong>November</strong><br />

8pm at the Clubrooms<br />

Minutesfromthe<br />

2020 AGM<br />

Presidents Reports<br />

FinancialReport<br />

Election of Officers<br />

GeneralBusiness<br />

2433<strong>11</strong>1<br />

Andrew Barrie<br />

Secretary<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

MEETINGS<br />

TheGeraldine RugbyFootball Club<br />

Annual General Meeting will take<br />

placeonSunday21<strong>November</strong>,<br />

3pm at the Geraldine Rugby<br />

Clubrooms on George Street.<br />

2432560<br />

Hinds Community<br />

Centre AGM<br />

Monday15<strong>November</strong><br />

7.30pm<br />

Hinds Community<br />

Centre<br />

All welcome<br />

Enquiries to<br />

hindscommunitycentre<br />

@gmail.com 2434704<br />

-Alarm Response and Patrols<br />

-Alarm Monitoring<br />

-Alarm and CCTV Installation<br />

-Alarm and CCTV Servicing<br />

CavendishClub<br />

CHRISTMAS<br />

LUNCH<br />

AGM<br />

2434501<br />

Friday26<strong>November</strong><br />

12 noon<br />

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

All members welcome<br />

Hinds Squash<br />

Rackets Club<br />

AGM<br />

Tuesday30<br />

<strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

7:30pm<br />

HindsSquash Club,<br />

Rogers St, Hinds<br />

All welcome<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<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 />

Applications close 25 <strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

THE JACKSON’SBISTRO<br />

Thursdayand Saturday5.30pm -8pm<br />

Wednesdaylunch from 12pm<br />

OpenTuesdaytoSunday<br />

ThursdayHappyHour<br />

4.30pm -6pm<br />

Membership Draw &Raffles<br />

LintonLounge available to hirefor<br />

Christmas and privatefunctions.<br />

Ourclub andbistro operates responsibly<br />

under the Covid Level2restrictions<br />

Courtesy vanruns every<br />

Thursday, Friday&Saturdayfrom4pm.<br />

2435150<br />

Join the RSA (the friendly Club)<br />

12-14 Cox Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone 308 7175<br />

Members, guests and affiliates all welcome<br />

E- info@talbotsecurity.co.nz 519 East Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

P-(03) 307 2409 Anytime 24/7<br />

-Data and Networking<br />

- Fire Extinguishers<br />

- Key Cutting<br />

- Locksmithing<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’sonly100%locally owned and operatedsecuritycompany<br />

2434702<br />

2434682<br />

2433620<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

Scholarship<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Plains Rotary Club iscurrently awarding<br />

$1,000 Tertiary Education scholarships for students in the<br />

Mid Canterbury area. You must be under 25 and be<br />

completing your second year oftertiary education in <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

For further information and to apply goto<br />

www.plainsrotary.org.nz/tertiary-scholarship<br />

Thank You<br />

The<strong>Ashburton</strong> A&PAssociation wishes to sincerely thankall ourgeneroussponsorswho supportedour Show<br />

Sheep Section<br />

CarrfieldsLivestock<br />

ANZBank<br />

PGG Wrightson<br />

ANZCO<br />

EssentialNutrition<br />

HazlettLimited<br />

Neumanns Tyres<br />

Rabobank<br />

SilverFern Farms<br />

Mainland Minerals<br />

Ryal Bush Transport<br />

BoehringerIngelheim<br />

WoolSection<br />

ANZBank<br />

Mainland Wool Ltd<br />

Shearing<br />

Bayleys RealEstate<br />

Mainland Wool Ltd<br />

Proshear<br />

TinwaldTavern<br />

RuralcoNZLtd<br />

HazlettLtd<br />

Palmer Resources<br />

TuxNZDog Trials<br />

Property Brokers <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

TuxNZLtd<br />

HazlettLtd<br />

Palmer ResourcesLtd<br />

Equestrian<br />

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

Bayleys RealEstate<br />

Mainland Coachwork Ltd<br />

Electraserve<br />

Bella Vista Motels<br />

Ribbons &RosettesNZLtd<br />

Wrights Drycleaners<br />

BenhavenStud<br />

Livamol<br />

Supreme Equine Horsefeeds<br />

NZ RidingPonySociety<br />

PonyBreedersSociety<br />

HollybankStud<br />

Morrison Saddlery<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Trotting Club<br />

TheStandard Bred Society<br />

RuralcoNZLtd<br />

Wilson Bulk Transport<br />

BraywinMules<br />

DuncreeShetland Pony Stud<br />

Skibbereen Pony Stud<br />

Tickettyboo Stud/CRoberts<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Pony Club<br />

Showjumping<br />

Pearson’s CoachLines<br />

Lysaghts Horsecoaches<br />

NeatGardens<br />

CatalystPerformance<br />

Agronomy<br />

Bayleys RealEstate<br />

B&NProperties<br />

Dunstan Horsefeed<br />

Mainland Coach Work<br />

Palmer Resources<br />

CountyTV<br />

RainerIrrigation<br />

Home Industries<br />

IDLRefrigeratedTransport<br />

CWilliamson<br />

Columbus Cafe<br />

Harvey’s Bakehouse<br />

Health 2000<br />

Netherby Pharmacy<br />

Lake House<br />

Armadillos<br />

Netherby Four Square<br />

Sim’s Bakery<br />

Allenton Fresh<br />

TinwaldSupervalue<br />

Champion Flour<br />

Mauri ANZ<br />

Speights AleHouse<br />

Formosa<br />

NZ Biograins<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>New World<br />

Café Time<br />

Redmond’sFurnishings<br />

Subway<br />

Southern Quilting<br />

Plains Patchworkers<br />

ThePin Tin<br />

Annie’sCountry Quilt Store<br />

Cleavers Corner<br />

AshfordCraft Shop<br />

Lushingtons GardenGift&<br />

Café<br />

FushionGallery<br />

My Pick This Week<br />

Open Home: Sat, <strong>November</strong> 13th, <strong>11</strong>am -<strong>11</strong>:30am<br />

43 Manchester Street, Tinwald Offers over<br />

$580,000<br />

* Modern interior *Hugesun drenched<br />

* 3double bedrooms picture window<br />

* No lawns to mow! *Double garage<br />

Helena Ratten Mobile 027 457 7998<br />

We put you first<br />

SBWDevelopmentsLtd<br />

Licensed AgentREAA 2008<br />

2434525<br />

Mill houseKitchen<br />

Robillards Showcase Jewellers<br />

EmbellishItTimaru<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Teddy Bear Club<br />

Skevington Bears<br />

Maittlin Nursery<br />

Tina Hayman<br />

MidCanterburyBlack &<br />

ColouredSheep BreedersAssn<br />

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

CLBegg<br />

Shona Schofield Felt&Fibre<br />

AdaraFarmAlpaca<br />

Mainland WoolsLtd<br />

Judy Willetts<br />

AshfordCraft Shop<br />

Crafty Cow<br />

RoseJohnson<br />

Lynne BridgeRay White<br />

Mrs MMiles<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Club and MSA<br />

Frameco<br />

TheFinishing Company<br />

DPIDesign&Print<br />

Paul’s GardenNursery<br />

Harvey Norman <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

PaperPlus<br />

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

Society<br />

WinchmoreGardens<br />

KakarikiFlowers<br />

Lily Fields –MtSomers<br />

Flowersand Balloons of<br />

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

Samantha Rose Flowers<br />

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

MColville<br />

TinwaldGarden Club<br />

ConistonGardens<br />

Mitre 10 Mega<br />

MidCanterbury Rural Women<br />

Greenscene Propagation<br />

2431824<br />

2434009<br />

Thurs <strong>11</strong>th<br />

10.00 No Time to Die<br />

10.40 Rons Gone Wrong<br />

12.45 ThePower of the Dog<br />

12.50 Last NightinSoho<br />

3.00 No Time to Die<br />

3.05 TheEternals<br />

5.50 ThePower of the Dog<br />

6.00 Juniper<br />

7.45 TheEternals<br />

8.15 Last NightinSoho<br />

Fri12th, Sat13th,<br />

Sun 14th<br />

10.00<br />

10.00<br />

<strong>11</strong>.45<br />

12.00<br />

2.00<br />

2.00<br />

4.00<br />

5.00<br />

5.50<br />

8.00<br />

8.15<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

ABoy Called Christmas<br />

PawPatrolthe Movie<br />

Rons Gone Wrong<br />

TheBoss Baby2<br />

TheEternals<br />

ABoy Called Christmas<br />

Juniper<br />

No Time to Die<br />

ThePowerofthe Dog<br />

TheEternals<br />

Last NightinSoho<br />

Mon15th, Tues 16th,<br />

Wed17th<br />

10.00 Last NightinSoho<br />

10.00 Juniper<br />

<strong>11</strong>.45 ThePowerofthe Dog<br />

12.10 TheEternals<br />

2.00 No Time to Die<br />

3.20 Rons Gone Wrong<br />

5.10 No Time to Die<br />

5.40 Last NightinSoho<br />

8.00 TheEternals<br />

8.15 ThePowerofthe Dog<br />

NO COMPS<br />

ABoy Called Christmas,<br />

TheEternals,<br />

LastNight in Soho,<br />

ThePower of the Dog<br />

MidCanterburyCommunityVehicleTrust<br />

AGM<br />

Tuesday23<strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

10.30am<br />

Rakaia Room, CommunityHouse,<br />

44 Cass Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

DuetoCovid 19 numbers willbelimited<br />

Please RSVP:<br />

Email: Lesley.symington@safermidcanterbury.org.nz<br />

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Mr Kool icecreams is<br />

available forbirthday<br />

and Christmas parties,<br />

school fairs,corporate<br />

and social events.<br />

Will also be carrying out<br />

street sales,solisten<br />

out forthe bells!<br />

Pleasetextmeon<br />

0210 467 467.<br />

2423723<br />

HOSPICE Mid-Canterbury.<br />

Dealing with alife limiting<br />

illness? Contact us to see<br />

how we can support you.<br />

Phone 307 8387 or 027 227<br />

8387<br />

EveryHome<br />

EveryWeek-that’s<br />

Phone 308 7664<br />

199 Burnett Street<br />

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

2376123<br />

2432866

The place where farmers get their quality agricultural<br />

replacement parts and equipment<br />

Arable<br />

Plough Parts<br />

Shares to suit<br />

Vogel &Noot<br />

Parts tosuit<br />

Overum<br />

Dale Shares<br />

Wings to suit Simba<br />

Cultivation<br />

Parts<br />

Points to suit<br />

Sunflower &<br />

Salford<br />

Points to suit<br />

Vibroflex<br />

Cast Points<br />

Points to suit<br />

Overum<br />

Points to suit<br />

Kverneland<br />

Reversable Points<br />

to suit Lemken<br />

Knife Coulter to<br />

suit Lemken<br />

Shares to suit<br />

Dowdeswell<br />

Points to suit<br />

Clough<br />

Slipdown Points<br />

Pan Buster Points<br />

Legs to suit<br />

Vibroflex<br />

Legs to suit<br />

Vibroflex<br />

STines<br />

Coil Tines<br />

Rexius Point to suit<br />

Vaderstad<br />

Shares to suit<br />

Lemken<br />

Trashboard to suit<br />

Kverneland<br />

Shares to suit<br />

Kuhn<br />

Points to suit<br />

Gregoire Besson<br />

Landside wear plates<br />

to suit Kverneland<br />

Points to suit<br />

Goliath<br />

Yeoman Clamp<br />

Coil Tine Clamp<br />

50 mm<br />

Topdown Points<br />

Points to suit<br />

Vogel &Noot<br />

Points to suit<br />

Kuhn<br />

Shares to suit<br />

Kverneland<br />

Plough Share<br />

Rebuilds<br />

Plough discs<br />

Springs to suit<br />

Goliath<br />

Points to suit<br />

Maxitill<br />

Springs to suit<br />

Vibroflex<br />

Point to suit<br />

Berends<br />

Bossweld ST-181X MIG/Stick/<br />

TIG Inverter<br />

Bossweld X-Series MST188X<br />

MIG/Stick/TIG Inverter Welder<br />

Bossweld X-Series MST248X<br />

MIG/Stick/TIG Inverter Welder<br />

Weldco 40 AMPPlasma Cutter<br />

$435 $920 $1339<br />

$499<br />

34 Robinson Street,Riverside Industrial Park,<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone 308 6509<br />

34 Robinson Street,Riverside Industrial Park,<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone 308 6509<br />

2413571

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<br />

WARRANTIES AA APPRAISED FINANCE BIGGEST YARD BEST SELECTION TRADE-INS<br />

2012 TOYOTA AQUA,1500cc, hybrid,auto, cam chain, ABS, 76,000 kms.............. $<strong>11</strong>,995<br />

2013 TOYOTA SPADE, 1500cc, ABS, air con, cam chain, 53,100 kms....................... $10,995<br />

2008 TOYOTA MARK X, 2400cc, 7seater, ABS, air con, S/W,89,000kms....................$9,995<br />

2013 TOYOTA RACTIS,1500cc, hatchback,ABS, air con, cam chain, 67,000 kms.....SOLD<br />

2013 TOYOTA COROLLAAXIO, 1500cc, hybrid,reverse camera, cam chain,<br />

52,000kms............................................................................................................................ $12,995<br />

2010 TOYOTA PRIUS, 1800cc, auto, ABS, keyless entry, 10,995kms.......................... $10,995<br />

2008 TOYOTA BLADE MASTERS, 3000cc, auto, 6air bags,bodykit,82,000kms $<strong>11</strong>,995<br />

2013 TOYOTA<br />

PRIUS L<br />

• 1800ccpetrol<br />

• Cam chain<br />

• Keylessentry<br />

• ABS<br />

• 64,000kms<br />

$10,995<br />

5½ stars<br />

2008 HONDAFIT RS, 1500cc, auto, hatchback,alloys,53,000kms............................. $10,995<br />

2007 HONDAINSPIRE, 3500cc, auto, cruise control, ABS, 56,000kms ....................... $10,995<br />

2008 HONDA<br />

FIT RS<br />

• 1500cc, petrol<br />

• Auto<br />

• Cam chain<br />

• Alloys<br />

• 53,000kms<br />

2013 NISSAN SYLPHY, 1800cc, petrol sedan, cam chain, ABS, 18,984kms ...........$<strong>11</strong>,995<br />

2013 NISSAN SYLPHY, 1800cc, 4doorsedan, auto, ABS, air con, 48,000kms......$10,995<br />

2012 NISSAN BLUEBIRD –1800cc, AA appraised,ABS,cam chain,<br />

43,000 kms........................................................................................................................ $10,995<br />

2015 NISSAN NOTE XDIG-S, 1200cc, auto, ABS, air con, 58,000kms..................... $<strong>11</strong>,995<br />

2012 NISSAN NOTE, 1200cc, hatchback,ABS,cam chain, 69,000kms .................. $10,995<br />

2006 NISSAN SYLPHY, 79,000kms............................................................................................SOLD<br />

2010 MAZDAPREMACY, 2000cc, 7seats,auto, timing chain, 126,000kms............$9,995<br />

2009 MAZDAAXELA SPORT20S,2000cc, auto, ABS, body kit, 81,000kms...............SOLD<br />

2007 MAZDACX7, 2300cc, SUV,tiptronic,reverse camera, ABS, 67,000kms....... $12,995<br />

2010 MAZDAAXELA, 2000cc, ABS, cam chain, AA Appraised,69,000kms........... $<strong>11</strong>,995<br />

2004 MAZDAAXELA, 5doorauto..........................................................................................$5,495<br />

2012 SUBARULEGACY,2500cc,auto, cruise control, ABS, 96,000kms................$<strong>11</strong>,995<br />

2013 SUBARUOUTBACK, 2500cc, 4X4, cruise control, reverse camera,<br />

91,000km............................................................................................................................$13,995<br />

$10,995<br />

2015 NISSAN<br />

NOTE XDIG-S<br />

• 1200cc, petrol<br />

• Auto<br />

• 5door<br />

• Cam chain<br />

• 58,000kms<br />

$<strong>11</strong>,995<br />

2008 MAZDA<br />

DEMIO SPORT<br />

• 1500ccpetrol<br />

• Cam chain<br />

• Bodykit<br />

• Rearspoiler<br />

• Auto<br />

$7,995<br />

2012 SUBARU<br />

OUTBACK 2.5i<br />

• 2500ccpetrol<br />

• 5door sports wagon<br />

• AWD<br />

• Cam chain<br />

• Reverse camera<br />

• 58,000kms<br />

5 stars<br />

5½ stars<br />

5stars<br />

2001 MITSUBISHIDION, 1500cc, hatchback,auto, ABS, air con.... $4,995<br />

DUE<br />

$13,995<br />

2008 MITSUBISHI DELICA, 5door, coach<br />

2015 SUZUKI SWIFT, auto, 5door<br />

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A/H Keith Drummond 0274 367 646<br />

www.atob.co.nz<br />

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