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Adventures and fun key to long life 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

Amberley’s newest centenarianOlive 

Salterloves new adventures. 

Last week Olive, who was born in 

England, was in her elementenjoying a 

day of birthdaysurprises put on by the 

Amberley Rest Homeand Retirement 

Studios where she lives. 

Her day included achaffeurdriven 

ride in a1956 Bentley StoAmberley 

Schoolwith her daughterMyra Salter. 

At the school Olive was crowned 

queen for the day with acrownmade for 

her by the children,who lined up 

behindthe school’s front fence waving 

Union Jack flagsthey had made to 

celebrate her specialbirthday. 

‘‘I wasn’t expectingthat,’’ she said. 

Afterwards, ahigh tea party was held 

for Oliveatthe resthomeand she was 

presented with alarge bunch of flowers 

from the home’sowner Tracey 

DimmockRump who told Olive it was 

‘‘an honour and aprivilege to haveyou 

here as partofour family’’. 

Olive came to live in New Zealand10 

years ago after her husband died. 

She had an early start to school life at 

age three and ahalf ,because she 

wantedtostart at the same time as her 

older brother. 

After her schooling Olive's first job 

was as ananny to two young boys when 

she was only 16. 

Now she has three children,seven 

grandchildren and five great 

grandchildren of her own. 

‘‘She was still ananny whenshe met 

my Dad, and after they got marriedshe 

was in the civil defence, during the 

(Second World) war,’’ Myra said. 

‘‘She had many jobs,including being 

alollipop ladyteachingchildren road 

safety.’’ 

She was also governor for the local 

schooland became the firstwoman 

chair for the parish councilin1966. 

‘‘Mum was alsoacare workerfor the 

elderly in aresthome and in theirown 

homes for several years,’’ Myra said. 

Olive enjoyswalkingand keeping her 

mind busy. She loves knittingand 

learntthe craft when she was 10. 

‘‘I knitted for customers and now I 

Special day ... Olive Salter, of Amberley, riding in a1956 Bentley SType last Tuesday afternoon, with her daughter Myra Salter, from 

Ashley, who is crowning her queen for the day, to celebrate her 100th birthday on Thursday, November 11. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

knitfor charity,’’ she said. 

She doesn’t smoke and enjoysawee 

tipple of Baileys Irish Cream 

occasionally. 

Olive loves playing cards and 

scrabble, takes akeen interest in 

politics and enjoyedatour of the 

Beehive during atrip to Wellington 

whenshe also visited Te Papa. 

Since coming to New Zealand to live 

Olive has beenbusy taking in the sights. 

She celebrated her 90th birthday at 

Willowbank WildlifeReserve and has 

also done ascenic flight over 

Christchurch and Akaroa, and taken a 

hot air balloonflight overNorth 

Canterbury. 

Olive enjoystravelling by trainand 

has done the Rangiora to Picton 

journeyonthe CoastalPacific, and also 

the Christchurch to Greymouth trip on 

the TranzAlpine Express. 

She visited CapeReinga and 

Waitangi for the 2016 Waitangi Day 

celebrations. 

That yearshe also saw DameKiri Te 

Kanawa sing live in concert and her son 

John,who lives in Washington DC, gave 

Oliveher firstelectronic tablet and 

taught her to emailand how to Skype. 

John was not able to come to New 

Zealand for Olive’s 100th birthday 

because of Covid 19 travel restrictions. 

However,Olivetravelled to the 

United Statestosee him when she was 

93. 

‘‘I travelled on my own to America for 

Christmas and spent six weeks there. 

We had alovely time,’’ she said. 

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Agroundswell of protest in NC 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Groundswell Waimak is going to town. 

It will roll in convoy into Christchurch 

from the north, to join two other convoys 

coming from the west and the south 

during Groundswell NZ’s Mother of All 

Protests on Sunday, November 21. 

Meanwhile Amberley will host 

convoys coming in from the south, west 

and north, in the Hurunui district with 

the aim of filling the main street. 

They will park up in the vicinity of 

council chamber to listen to speakers 

and Groundswell NZ’s 1.35pm radio 

broadcast. 

Groundswell Waimak says anyone can 

join the convoy on their tractors, bikes, 

in their utes, and cars to ‘‘vent their 

frustrations’’ at unworkable 

Government regulations, with the Three 

Water Reforms being at the top of the 

agenda. ‘‘Enough is Enough’’ they say. 

The three convoys will meet at the 

Archway over State Highway One near 

the airport and roll on down the west 

end of Memorial Avenue, between 

Burnside Park and the motorway 

overbridge, and park up by 1pm in time 

to listen to abroadcast at 1.35pm from 

Groundswell NZ. 

An organiser Shelley Drummond says 

the Waimak convoy will have its origins 

at Cust starting at 10.30am. 

It will travel to Rangiora with other 

vehicles joining in, before splitting, with 

some heading to Woodend to pick up 

part of the convoy there, while others 

make their way to Tram Road, via 

Flaxton Road. 

It is expected all will converge at the 

Tram Road lights before travelling to 

Christchurch either down the motorway 

to the archway, or going via the Cranford 

Street section of the motorway and 

finding their way across town to 

Memorial Avenue. 

Organisers hope to get amap 

distributed districtwide before 

Sunday’s event. 

Jamie McFadden, chair of the Rural 

Advocacy Network (RNA), which has 

aligned with Groundswell NZ, says some 

traffic disruption can be expected as 

people roll in to Amberley’s main centre 

from 12.45pm. 

‘‘It is heartening to see mayors and 

councillors speaking out strongly 

against state theft of our community 

assets and the loss of our democracy. 

But they need our support,’’ says Mr 

McFadden. 

The three North Canterbury Mayors, 

Marie Black (Hurunui), Dan Gordon 

(Waimakariri), and Craig Mackle 

(Kaikoura), will speak. 

There will be live Facebook feeds on 

the Groundswell page, and everyone 

will be encouraged to turn on their 

radios to listen to aGroundswell 

broadcast on Newstalk ZB at 1.35pm. 

Rangiora bound ... Aconvoy of tractors headed out of Cust to Rangiora during July’s 

Howl of Protest. 

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Mr McFadden says Groundswell NZ is 

concerned the loss of democracy and 

local representation has been 

unprecedented under this current 

Government, and now there was the 

threat of community water schemes 

being taken over by government. 

‘‘These schemes were dreamed up by 

the community, built by the community 

and funded by the community. 

‘‘Despite the vast majority of councils 

being opposed to the initial voluntary 

Three Waters reform proposal, the 

government has now decided on 

mandatory takeover of control of our 

drinking water, wastewater and 

stormwater assets. 

‘‘The initial consultation process by 

the government has proven to be a 

sham,’’ says Mr McFadden. 

‘‘Councils and communities are being 

stripped of their decision making 

autonomy as one size fits all state 

control seeks to take over. Freshwater 

legislation, indigenous biodiversity/ 

Significant Natural Areas (SNAs) and 

now Three Waters reform are all 

examples where councils and 

communities have lost their decision 

making autonomy.’’ 

Mr McFadden says it is heartening to 

see mayors and councillors speaking out 

strongly against the loss of community 

assets and the loss of democracy. 

‘‘But they need our support. This 

Sunday, November 21, Groundswell is 

calling for the people of New Zealand to 

join the Mother of all Protests in 

supporting our councils against this 

unprecedented state control.’’ 

Amberley coordinators: Jack 

Burrows 027 4390633, Mark Ireland 021 

2274247 or Jamie McFadden 027 

3218747. 

Waimak Groundswell contacts: 

Shelley Drummond 027 920 1738, or 

email smdrum196504@outlook.com, or 

Mark Ireland 021 2274247. 

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Three councils take legal action 


Legal proceedings have been filed in the 

Wellington High Court by three district 

councils seeking to affirm Local 

Government’s rights and obligations as 

infrastructure asset owners. 

The Waimakariri District Council has 

joined the Timaru and Whangarei 

District Councils in the legal action, 

with aStatement of Claim filed last 

Friday. 

The action has been prompted by the 

Government’s decision to ignore 

feedback from their residents on the 

Three Waters Reform, and 

disappointment at the Government 

forging ahead with legislation that will 

make it mandatory for councils 

nationwide to transfer control of their 

three waters infrastructure. 

It also seeks adeclaration on whether 

it was unlawful for the Government’s 

public education campaign on the Three 

Waters Reforms to contain ‘‘incorrect or 

misleading information in regards to 

local council’s rights, obligations and 

duties’’. 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon says: 

“We have significant concerns that the 

Government is proceeding on the basis 

of fundamental misunderstandings of 

the democratic importance of its 

definitions of Local Government and 

asset ownership, and feel that this 

process will offer us aclear and shared 

understanding of our rights and 

obligations for future negotiations. 

‘‘These steps are our way of ensuring 

we’re continuing to advocate in our 

residents best interests,” Mr Gordon 

says. 

‘‘What we do agree on is that quality 

drinking water and better 

environmental outcomes are essential 

and support the new regulator and 

coming regulations. 

‘‘What we don’t support is the flawed, 

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and now forced four entity model, when 

there are anumber of alternatives and 

viable delivery models that would be 

supported by ratepayers across New 

Zealand. 

“We believe each asset owner has the 

right to determine how best to meet 

those requirements.’’ 

Mr Gordon is also sending aletter to 

the Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, on 

behalf of over 30 Mayors and councils 

across New Zealand, seeking ameeting 

to address the ‘‘now forced’’ water 

reforms. 

“Across the Local Government sector 

there was near consensus that the model 

now being mandated wasn’t acceptable 

to councils or our communities.” 

“We are seeking to meet with the 

Prime Minister to express this view and 

seek more viable approaches to Three 

Waters Reform. Iwill make sure to keep 

the community updated with our 

progress.” 

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FormerWaimakaririMayorDavid 

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behalfofthe WaimakaririLandmarks 

Committeeduring Kaiapoi’s Armistice 

Day commemoration service last 

Thursday. 

Christchurch stonemason William 

Trethewaywas commissioned to sculpt a 

marblestatue of aNew Zealand soldier 

and it was unveiled in 1922. 

‘‘The Kaiapoi Soldier Memorial is 

regarded as one of the finest in New 

Zealand forthis kind of memorial,’’Mr 

Ayers says. 

‘‘Withthis memorial,Tretheway set a 

benchmark for otherstofollow around 

New Zealand and it was lauded as 

embodying the Anzac spirit.’’ 

The statue is consideredtobea 

‘‘realistic’’ portrayal of adigger resting 

after adesperate charge, withawounded 

arm and tornsleeve. 

It wasmodelledonPrivateJames 

Douglas Stark or ‘‘Starkie’’ of the 1st 

Battalion,Otago Regiment. 

Starkie was known for his reckless 

courage of carrying woundedsolders back 

across‘‘no man’s land’’and for destroying 

enemy machinegun posts, but alsohis 

recklessness away from the battlefield. 

Nominated for both the Military Medal 

and the Victoria Cross, both were declined 

on account of his nine courtsmartial for 

striking officers and drunkenness. 

Although fromSouthland, he had a 

connection to Kaiapoi through his elder 

brother, Lance Corporal GeorgeSingleton 

Stark,whose address upon enlistment was 

Reflecting ... The official party reflects after the Kaiapoi War Memorial Cenotaph received 

aplaque from the Waimakariri Landmarks Committee to coincide with Armistice Day 

commemorations on Thursday. 

PHOTO: DAVID HILL 

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While GeorgeStark was killed at the 

Somme in 1916,Starkie returned home 

and is thoughttohave suffered from posttraumatic 

stressdisorder(PTSD). 

He struggled withalcohol and spent 

timeinprison for burglary, theftand 

arson, and later diedin1942 agedjust 

45years. 

After the Kaiapoi RSA’s Passchendaele 

Day commemoration service was 

cancelled due to the weather (ratherthan 

Covid19), presidentNeill Price read a 

messagefrom Belgium’s honorary consul 

to Christchurch,remindingthe small 

crowd that‘‘Belgianshave not forgotten’’. 

RuralCanterburypolicearea 

superintendent Inspector PeterCooper 

also spoke about the contributionofNew 

Zealand policetoWorld War 1. 

Police were actively discouragedfrom 

enlisting,with the Police Minister of the 

day saying ‘‘if policemenwere allowedto 

enlist in great numbers, he would not be 

responsiblefor the safety of the country’’, 

Mr Cooper says. 

Duties for police officersduring WW1 

included intelligencegathering, 

‘‘managing aliens’’ and ‘‘huntingshirkers’’. 

He says 158 police officers, or 18 

percent, did resign fromthe force to enlist. 

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Hurunui warns of threat to local democracy 


The threat to democracy was top of the 

agenda at aThree Waters Reform 

protest at Omihi in North Canterbury on 

Sunday. 

Rained failed to dampen the turnout, 

with around 150 people rolling into the 

Omihi Domain and parking up in front of 

the embankment. 

Covid19 restrictions confined most to 

their cars, so abit of adownpour had 

little effect on those gathered. 

The Hurunui District Council ensured 

everyone could hear with an impressive 

lineup of loud speakers, umbrellas for 

those speaking, and aroving 

microphone to give everyone achance to 

have asay. 

People tooted, rolled down their 

windows and cheered, when Hurunui 

Mayor Marie Black and chief executive 

Hamish Dobbie, spoke on ‘‘local 

democracy being sold down the drain’’. 

There were no holds barred, the 

Government copped alot of criticism 

from those gathered, many seeing the 

Government as thumbing its nose at 

democracy —albeit in much stronger, 

and at times unprintable terms. 

There were gasps when Mr Dobbie 

said the Government was only offering 

the council 7c in the dollar for its three 

waters infrastructure, just a$10 million 

drop in the bucket for their $150m of 

assets. 

Mrs Black said the council was not 

opposed to change, but ‘‘change must 

bring betterment’’. 

‘‘We don’t see betterment in this 

reform and now the relationship with 

government has been tarnished and the 

trust has been eroded,’’ she said. 

Local authorities owned and control 

assets on behalf of their communities, 

and the assets reflected the investment 

by generations of ratepayers. 

The council didn’t accept the case for 

change for its district, did not believe 

centralisation of community assets 

without recompense was morally fair, 

and considered the convoluted 

governance and ownership system 

proposed by the Minister of Local 

Government, Nanaia Mahuta provided 

no direct local input into or control over 

the water services. 

She urged people to use the select 

committee process to have their say, 

exercise their democratic right and 

convince the government that the case 

for change is unfounded. 

Mr Dobbie assured speaker Bill 

Dowle the council had enough in its 

coffers to meet the cost and regulations 

for its Three Waters Reforms, talked of 

smoke and mirrors being used by the 

Government to promote its reform, and 

warned once Three Waters assets were 

out of council ownership they were 

vulnerable to being sold off and 

privatised. 

He said his council had agreat 

relationship with Ngai Tahu which was 

not pushing for control of Three Waters 

assets, and the Scottish model the 

Government was basing its reforms on 

were flawed in the New Zealand setting. 

‘‘It is an asset grab. Your assets are 

being stolen. Your must speak out now,’’ 

said Mr Dobbie. 

Protesting in the rain ... Hurunui Mayor 

Marie Black speaks out about the council’s 

opposition to the Government’s proposed 

Three Waters Reform. 

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The Waimakariri District Council is 

partnering with local developer William 

Hill Consulting Ltd to investigate the 

concept in the heart of the town. 

AMemorandum of Understanding has 

been signed between the developer and 

council, to explore the concept on land 

marked for regeneration afterthe 

Canterbury earthquakes. 

The 2.9 hectare site sits adjacent to the 

Kaiapoi River behind the Ruataniwha 

Kaiapoi Civic Centreopposite Countdown 

in HiltonStreet . 

The site was transferred from Crown 

ownership to the councilinJune 2018, and 

set aside for futuretown centre expansion 

and mixeduse development. 

Aprojectworking group was tasked with 

developing options for the site,and chose 

the proposal fromashortlist of two,asit 

best alignedwith the objectives in the 

Waimakariri Residential Red Zone 

Recovery Plan and the KaiapoiTown 

Centre Plan.Both documents have been 

endorsedbythe community. 

MayorDan Gordonsays council is 

excited to be sharing the proposal with the 

Kaiapoi and Waimakariri community. 

‘‘This marina proposal presents ahuge 

opportunity to continue looking at ways to 

revitalise and bring investment to 

Kaiapoi’s town centre. 

‘‘Alongside other already completed 

developments, like the marine precinct, 

Kaiapoi has an opportunity to become 

New Zealand’s mosticonic riverside 

location, and the council wants to work 

with businessesthat sharethis vision.’’ 

Mr Gordon saysalot of land in Kaiapoi 

was significantly damagedbythe 2010 

earthquakes, and redzoned due to the 

likelihood that future housebyhousesite 

Development ... Kaiapoi’s town centre could be transformed with aproposal for amarina, 

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‘‘Sincethen council has been working to 

transform the affected land,bycreating 

fantastic community spaces like the 

Honda Forest, BMX track, softball 

diamonds, and dog parks, and now this 

proposal seeks to realise opportunities for 

mixeduse business andresidential 

activities.’’ 

The development is subject to afull 

feasibilitystudy and engineering 

investigations, includingall resource 

consent processes and approvals,before 

the land is sold to ensure thatthe agreed 

concept plan can be deliveredin 

reasonable timeframes. William Hill 

Consulting's director, Jedd Pearce,says 

the proposal includes mixedusebusiness 

areas, pedestrian access to the awa (river), 

townhouses with some of the bestviews in 

Canterbury and space for events. 

‘‘We think Kaiapoi can be New 

Zealand’s best river town and this marina 

would be an integral partofit,’’ saysMr 

Pearce.This area would become areal 

centre for Kaiapoi’s townshipand attract a 

lot of new visitors and residents intothe 

towncentre.’’ 

William Hill is aconsortium of three 

businesses —PLC Group, Smith Crane& 

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Last week the Labourled Government 

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Whilethis would lower our emissions in 

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coal firedpowerstationrather than 

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We would be able to appearvirtuous, but 

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global emissions. 

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drove downour emissions, the 

Productivity Commission's research 

estimates this has led to the loss of 2 

million Quality AdjustedLife Years, or 

QALY's. In other words our life expectancy 

is projected to be shorter due to 

lockdowns. 

Unfortunately,thereisaclause in the 

Paris Accord known as the ‘‘no 

backsliding’’ provision. This means NDC 

targets can onlyget tighter.The 

Government has bound us to atargetwe 

cannotmeet without buying indulgences 

offshore.Wecan’t ever lowerthe target to 

one remotely achievable. We will either 

miss our target or have to pull out of the 

Paris Accord.The NationalPartysupports 

climate action, but we will not sacrifice our 

businesses and our way of life on the altar 

of climatechange. 

Races hobbled by Covid 

Themuch lovedHurunui Raceand 

Gala Day early nextyear has been 

cancelled. 

The committee metthis week and 

decided the financial risk in this 

Covid19 environment was toohigh for 

thevolunteergroup staging the event. 

The event, which is held every two 

years at Medbury, North Canterbury, 

hasnow been scheduled to run in 2023. 

The track is one of theoldest 

racetracks in the country. It is on 40 

hectares of recreational reserveand 

wasonce part of a1214hectareblock 

of Crown land at theforkofthe Waitohi 

andHurunui Rivers. 

It wasfirst used forracinginApril, 

1874, and in recentyears hasfeatured 

harnesshorses, gallopers,stock 

horses, clydesdales and ponies in its 

racing programme. 

Equalisator betting is used where 

youare given ahorse rather than 

picking your own. 

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KAIKŌURA VIEWS 

MAYOR CRAIG MACKLE 

Vaccinate in time for 

Christmas holidays 

Ican’thelp focusing on Covid again. 

Time is runningout for anyone to get 

fully vaccinatedintime for Christmas. 

Ican’turge you enoughplease,please 

get jabbednow. 

It’s not just about ourselves and not 

just the oldies and the vulnerable 

either–this outbreakshows it affects 

peopleofall ages. 

I’m worriedhow things will look 

when CovidmakesittoKaikoura, not 

only for businessesand jobs, but for 

each of us and our health. 

The less people we see shipped out 

to hospitals in Christchurch the better. 

Last weekIattended ameeting at the 

Medical Centre. 

Iamreally impressed with how they 

are dealing with everything and trying 

to get our community fully onboard 

with vaccinations. Let’s all do our bit 

for the communityboth young and old. 

Let’s all be preparedaswecan –get 

vaccinated now. 

This week Ihave anotherMayoral 

forum to attend. 

No doubtalot of it will be afollow up 

to the Government’s direction on 

LETTER TO THE EDITOR 

DearEditor, 

The HurunuiCouncilisurging 

residentstosupport its resistance to 

the Three Waters Reforms proposed by 

Government. 

The Council stands to loseabouta 

thirdofits operation andassociated 

revenue withthe transfer of 

responsibility for water to a 

Governmentsponsored water entity. 

The questionwhichthe council is not 

addressing,ishow thenecessary 

improvements to the3Waters 

infrastructure will be financed if the 

Council opts out. 

The sweetenertoratepayersfrom the 

Government isthatthe cost of 

improvementstowater infrastructure 

will be borne by the water entity which 

will be established to manage 

freshwater, waste water and 

stormwater. 

The down side for us, as consumers, 

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Three Waters. 

You know my views of how this was 

handled. It’s not agood sign for how 

things will unfold. 

On Sunday we had the new Aquatic 

Centre opening –the end of a5year 

journeytoreplace the Lions pool. 

Despitethe usual long list of things 

to do in the leadupitwent really, 

really well. 

Abig thank you to everyone who has 

made this possible, from the council 

and the government, which 

contributed $1 million each,through to 

all the other donors whether it was 

cash or timeorsupplies. 

And aspecialthanks to the Trustees, 

we made it! 

The focus shifts now to keepingit 

running year on year –and again I 

know the community will assist 

wherever they can. 

What stood out for me on Sunday was 

the sound of kid’slaughterechoing 

round.Itwas reminder of what this is 

all aboutand makes it all worthwhile. 

Ihope lots of you makethe most of it 

this summer. 

willbedealing with amega 

bureaucracy with alabyrinthine, 

virtually unaccountablegovernance 

structure coveringmostoftheSouth 

Island. 

Thelogicalsolution might be for the 

Government to allocate funds for 

improvement directly to localcouncils, 

but it is apparent that it does not trust 

New Zealand’s 67 local authoritiesto 

do thejob effectively. 

Hurunui has had water problems 

which it has struggled with and it is 

required to upgrade all of its water 

supply to meet health standards by 

2024. 

Thebottomlineofthis protest is 

whether defendingHurunui District 

Council’s independencewill becomea 

financial burdenonratepayers and 

howmuchofaburdenthatcould be. 

Yours, 

Roy Myers, Leithfield 

Swell 

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Armistice Day service 

Leading the service ... The Kaiapoi RSA padre, Rev Sandy Constable, leads the Armistice 

service. 

PHOTOS: DAVID HILL 

Unveiling ... Former Waimakariri Mayor David Ayers unveils aLandmark plaque for the 

Kaiapoi War Memorial, on behalf of the Waimakariri Landmarks Committee. 

Police support ... Rural Canterbury area police superintendent Inspector Peter Cooper 

addresses the crowd. 

The Widest Music Variety 

Housing surprise 

By DAVID HILL 

The WaimakaririDistrictCouncil has 

been‘‘blindsided’’ by the government’s 

proposed housingreforms, leaving 

planners scrambling to make sense of 

it. 

The proposedResource Management 

(Enabling Housing Supply andOther 

Matters) AmendmentBill,announced 

lastmonth to addressNew Zealand’s 

housingcrisis,could significantly 

changethe look of Waimakariri’sfour 

maintownsincluding Oxford andhas 

implicationsfor theproposed District 

Plan. 

Mayor Dan Gordon says he receiveda 

phone call just onehourbefore the 

proposed legislation wasannounced. 

‘‘Wehad no advancednotification. 

It’sgreattosee the Government andthe 

Oppositionworkingtogether,but it 

would havebeennice to have gota 

heads up,but it is whatitisand we 

needtodealwith it. 

‘‘Weare working withour Greater 

Christchurch partnersand we will be 

lookingtospeak to our submission.’’ 

District planning manager Trevor 

Ellis says theproposed legislation 

‘‘cameout of the blue’’. 

The legislation is expected to 

becomelaw beforeChristmas and if it 

passes in its present form it willmean 

significantchanges for ‘‘tierone’’ 

councils like Waimakariri and its 

GreaterChristchurch partners,asone 

of the major urbangrowth areas. 

Thismeans Rangiora, Kaiapoi, 

Woodend, Pegasus and even Oxford 

willbesubjecttonew medium density 

residential standards. 

‘‘Medium density housing is set to 

becomethe default position 

everywhere (in urbanareas) under this 

legislation,’’ Mr Ellissays 

Developers couldbuild threestorey 

buildings or multiple unitsonasingle 

section under the proposed changes, 

plannerCameron Woodsays. 

‘‘Fromour discussions with 

developers thepotential for having 

three small units on the one block is 

morelikely, so there willpotentially be 

alot more smaller houses,whichwill 

changethe character of ourtowns.’’ 

Medium densityhousingzones are 

normally locatedclose to town centres, 

schools,public transport and 

infrastructure,‘‘soitwill be quite a 

blunt change and we havetakena 

systematic approach’’, Mr Woodsays. 

While theproposed mediumdensity 

residential standardsprovide seven 

building standards including site 

coverage and height restrictions, the 

council is concerned rules around 

housingdesign arenot included. 

‘‘Weare getting advice around the 

implicationsofthe legislation and 

design is something we are looking at,’’ 

Mr Gordon says. 

‘‘Ifthe government doesn’t do it, we 

can lookatdoing it in avoluntary 

capacity.’’ 

The council will proceed withthe 

District Plan submission process, 

which closesnext Friday, November 

26. 

‘‘Itmakes it difficult when people are 

makingsubmissionsonour proposed 

District Plan,but we willkeepin 

contactwithsubmitters if thereare any 

changes,’’MrEllissays. 

Shouldthe legislation passinits 

present form, the councilwillbe 

required to formally withdrawaspects 

of its proposed District Planrelating to 

urban housing, and notifynew 

provisionsbyAugust 2022. 

Jabba Waka in the Hurunui 

All registered patientsatHurunui’s five 

health centres, whoare fully vaccinated 

against Covid 19, will get the opportunity to 

win amajor prize. 

The five healthcentres—Amberley, 

CheviotCommunity,Waikari, Hanmer 

Springs and Amuri Community Health 

Centre, together with the Waitaha Primary 

Health Organisation and Hurunui Mayor 

MarieBlack, have been collaborating to 

get their communities to 90 per centfully 

vaccinated. 

Now they wanttorewardthosewho have 

had both jabs. 

‘‘We are excited to announce thatweare 

well on our way to reachingthis figure,’’ 

Hanmer Springs Health Centre practice 

manager, Paul Walmsley says. 

‘‘So,all registered patients at the five 

practices who are fullyvaccinated by 

November 30 willbeentered in a 

competition to win aHurunuiwide prize.’’ 

Details of the prizewill be announcednext 

week. 

The Jabba Waka mobile vaccination 

clinichad agood response in Leithfield 

last Friday and Cheviot last Tuesday.. 

This Friday, November 19, it will be on 

SH7 in Waikari from11am, Hurunui 

College at 12.30pm and Four Square 

Hawarden at 1.45pm.Itwill be at the 

HanmerSprings pavilion car parkfrom 

10am Saturday,the WaiauVillage Green 

from 12.15pm and outside the Rotherham 

Hotel,at2pm. 

On Sunday the Jabba Waka willbeinthe 

car park on Culverden’smain street from 

10am and the Hurunui HotelonSH7 from 

1pm. 

On Monday it will movetothe Hanmer 

Springs Thermal Pools and Spa from 

2.30pm, and will visit some of the Hanmer 

Springs Health Centrepatientsathome, 

who can’tget to the clinic for vaccinations. 

Friday 6pm & replayed at 12pm Sunday 

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Hunger relief efforts recognised 

By DAVID HILL 

The effortsoflocal Lions club members to 

relieve hunger has been beenrecognised. 

The Oxford and DistrictsLionsClub’s 

project to grow potatoes and other 

vegetables, whichare supplied to Satisfy 

Food Rescue to distribute to North 

Canterburyfood banks,has beennamed 

this year’s best New Zealand Lions 

hunger relief project. 

‘‘It’s importantthat activities that the 

Oxford and Districts Lions Clubare 

involvedinare meaningfuland 

deserving,’’ secretary Lindsay Fletcher 

says. 

‘‘We identified the need within North 

Canterbury and through collaboration 

with SatisfyFood Rescue and leave the 

deserving component to them as subject 

matterexperts. 

‘‘The Oxford Lions enjoy workingwith 

organisations and clubs,assistingthem to 

get their projects or initiatives to a 

successful conclusion usingahand up not 

ahand out approach.’’ 

Because of Covid19restrictions, the 

OxfordLionswere unable to receive the 

award in person. 

But the pandemic has not stoppedthe 

reliefefforts, whichhave grownenough 

food for more than31,000mealssince the 

project beganinMay last year. 

‘‘We scoped this year’srequirements 

during Covid Level 2, and formedasmall 

bubble to commence groundpreparation 

for the current growingseason,’’ Mr 

Fletcher says. ‘‘The intention this season 

is to overdeliver on our promisetoSatisfy 

Food Rescue, thatisatarget of 20,000kg of 

freshvegetables.’’ 

The Lions havebeen growing 

pumpkins, beetroot,rhubarb and beans. 

More than1000kg of pumpkins have been 

donated to date. 

Picking spuds ... Volunteers gather potatoes as part of the Oxford and Districts Lions 

Club’s efforts to relieve hunger. 

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Potato field ... The Oxford and Districts Lions Club has been supplying Satisfy Food 

Rescue with potatoes and other vegetables since May last year. 

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Oxford’s Main Street couldbeset for a 

reduced speed limit to 40kph. 

The OxfordOhoka Community Board 

has recommended the adoption of speed 

limit changes to 17 roads in Oxford and 

Ohoka, including Main Street. 

The Waimakariri District Councilwill 

now vote on whether to implement 

proposed new speed limitsatits 

December meeting,after 297 

submissionswere received duringa 

consultation on adistrictwide review of 

speed limits. 

The majority of respondents in the 

OxfordOhoka ward areafavoured the 

proposed speed limit reductions. 

But evenifthe council votes in favour 

of the new limits,Main Street’sspeed 

limit will remainat50kph untilnew 

traffic calming infrastructure can be 

installed. 

Council staff estimate the necessary 

infrastructure will cost around $450,000 

and this will be consideredaspart of 

next year’s annual plan process. 

Board chairperson Doug Nicholl says 

the safetyofthe area’s evergrowing 

population was keyinthe board’s 

feedback. 

‘‘Theincreaseinhousing density in 

Ohoka,caused by subdivision 

developments, has meant thatthe 70kph 

rural townspeedlimit is now 

inappropriate for the numberof 

vehicles and people in the area. 

‘‘Similarly, Oxford continues to grow 

with the town extendingfurther 

outwards meaning greater numbers of 

vehicles and people,coupled with an 

increaseinintersections and access 

ways. 

‘‘Therisk of severe crashesis 

becoming greaterand the high speeds 

currently in place are no longersafe or 

appropriate.’’



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No Oxford welcome for Santa 

By DAVID HILL 

Covid19has scuppered the efforts of the 

Oxford and Districts Lions to bringa 

little Christmas cheer to the community. 

The Oxford Lions had hoped to 

officiallywelcome SantaClaustotown 

in the usual mannernext month, 

alongside acommunity fun day at the 

Oxford Showgrounds. 

But Covid19 restrictions have made 

the eventimpossible,with the proposed 

traffic lights system requiring the 

checking of vaccination certificates, 

presidentPhil Bay says. 

The cancellationalso means the 

Christmas Wonderland, organised by 

the Oxford Community Trust is unable 

to go ahead. 

Oxford’sChristmas Eve Carolsinthe 

Park has also been cancelled. 

In the meantime, the Oxford Lions are 

turning their attentiontofundraising to 

buy anew Lions caravan for selling hot 

dogs,hot chips, candyfloss and other 

goodies at local events. 

‘‘Ourcaravanis26yearsold and these 

days you need to haveeftpos, so we need 

to have an extra persononboardand 

there’s just not enough room,’’hesays. 

Two cattlebeasts have beendonated 

as prizesbylocal farmers, with the meat 

beingraffled off along with other prizes 

provided by local businesses. 

The Lions are planning to have abusy 

2022,beginning withthe second annual 

Wingsand Wheels duringthe last 

weekend in January. 

The event,hostedatDave 

McPherson’sCooper’s Creek property, 

proved to be asuccesslast yearwith a 

display of smallplanes and vintage cars. 

No Santa parade ... Covid19 restrictions mean Father Christmas will not be officially 

welcomed to Oxford this year. 

PHOTO: FILE 

The Lions Caravanwill be out in force 

at various eventsnext yearincluding the 

Coast to Coast, while agolf parade is 

also planned in March. 

Last year’s golf paraderaised $15,000 

with corporate teams travelling from as 

far afieldasAmberley and Ashburton. 

After asuccessful mental health 

awareness evening organisedbythe 

Lions in 2019, with Richard Loe and 

Doug Avery, Mr Bay says the committee 

is hopingtorun asimilar eventnext 

autumn. 

‘‘We’vemissed out on abit of stuff this 

year with Covid, but we’re hoping to 

have some moreevents for the 

community next year,’’ Mr Bay says. 

The Oxford Lionsare continue to grow 

potatoes, pumpkins, corn and zucchini, 

which are harvested and donated to 

Satisfy Food Rescuetodistribute to 

local food banks. Around 23 tonnes of 

firewoodwere donated to people in 

need during the winter. 

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Prizegiving amid Covid 

Oxford Area School has 

recognisedits top student 

achieversfor 2021. 

The schoolovercame the 

challenges of Covid19 and a 

disrupted schoolyear to celebrate 

the achievementsofits Year11to 

13 pupils with the annual senior 

prizegiving heldearlier this 

month. 

Principal Mike Hart says 

creativity fromstaffand students 

meant the school could pull off a 

celebration event, albeit in ‘‘a 

slightly varied format’’. 

The evening was filmed and will 

be edited to share withparents 

and families who were unable to 

attend due to Covid19 

restrictions, he says. 

‘‘A special mention mustgoto 

Sharyn Varcoe andStephanie 

Arthur,’’ Mr Hart says. 

‘‘Wechucked themboth a 

couple of curveballs thisyear with 

backtobackprizegivingevents 

withvery new formats. 

‘‘Both managed this well in 

organisingthese wonderful 

celebrations.’’ 

Major prizewinners: 

Dux AlexanderSillars. 

ProximeAccessit(Runner up to 

the Dux) Ethan Wells. 

Sportspersonofthe Year 

Ashley Riley. 

Student Leaders for2022 Amy 

Riach (headstudent), Cailey 

Hollard (deputy headstudent), 

Ashleigh Lawlerand ZaraFrahm. 

OxfordArea School’s annual 

Agricultural Club Day was held 

recentlywith 28 pupils involved in 

presenting their animals to 

judges. 

Dux ... Alexander Sillars (left) receives the Dux award from Oxford Area 

School principal Mike Hart. 

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Rochelle Welchsigned off after 

running the Agricultural Club for 

over adecade. 

‘‘Rochelle has developed an 

excellent model connecting our 

students with the skills of the 

community and giving these 

students an opportunity to shine,’’ 

Mr Hart says. 

The baton has now passed to 

Jodi Glassford, who will take over 

the Agricultural Club in 2022. 

Runnerup ... Ethan Wells (left) 

receives the Proxime Accessit 

(runnerup to the Dux) award from 

Oxford Area School principal Mike 

Hart. 


The North Canterbury News, November 18, 2021 17 

Students do their bit 

to protect mudfish 

It was all hands on spades as 

tamariki from View Hill 

School and helpers planted 

350 native seedlings in an 

effort to enhance an 

endangered Canterbury 

mudfish /kowaro habitat. 

The planting day was held at 

Kowhai Farm with owner 

Chris Thomas joined by 64 

children, teachers and parent 

helpers and community 

groups. 

Canterbury mudfish are 

classified by the Department 

of Conservation as the second 

most endangered native fish 

in New Zealand. 

In 2020 kowaro were found 

living in the creek running 

through the farm. 

Kowaro live in wetlands and 

slowmoving water ways and 

when streams dry out, they 

can burrow into damp mud 

and survive for several months 

until water returns. 

Since European settlement, 

alot of their habitat has been 

drained. 

Mr Thomas was keen to see 

the area enhanced and a 

partnership was formed with 

the Working Waters Trust and 

View Hill School to carry out a 

restoration project for the 

endangered fish. 

‘‘A highlight of the day was 

that everyone got to see the 

local kowaro in their natural 

habitat, reinforcing the 

significance of the work to 

protect the habitat,’’ Cr Niki 

Mealings says. 

The property owners 

Protection ... Endangered 

Canterbury mudfish are set to 

benefit from arecent planting 

day. 

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worked closely with the 

Working Waters Trust to 

develop aplan for their 

project. 

The Working Waters Trust is 

acharitable organisation 

which focus on biodiversity 

restoration projects in 

Canterbury, Otago and 

Southland, as well as 

educational and advocacy. 

‘‘It was so great to see 

everyone working together to 

create what will be in afew 

years, an amazing habitat 

again for these precious 

Canterbury kowaro,’’ says 

Jenny Bond, from the Working 

Waters Trust.

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18 The North Canterbury News, November 18, 2021 

Reforms an asset grab 

OPINION 

WAIMAKARIRI MP MATT DOOCEY 

After failing to getlocal councils 

on boardtosupport theThree 

Waters plan, the government’s 

pushtogoahead with legislating 

the asset grabofcommunities’ 

water assets has left Waimakariri 

residents furious. 

I’vebeeninundated withcalls 

and emailssince thegovernment’s 

announcement. It was 

encouragingtosee theThree 

Waters protestinHurunui last 

week, we shouldseriously 

considerasimilarprotesthere. 

Let me know your thoughts. 

Havingseen and heardthe 

response loud and clear from 

ratepayers acrossthe district,its 

reallyimportant to me to take 

those voicesand views to 

Wellington. 

Ihave recentlybeen appointed 

as oneofNational’s 

representatives on the select 

committee thatwill hear thisBill 

onceitisintroducedinto 

Parliament,whereIwill be able to 

bring the voicesand viewsof 

Waimakariri and Canterbury to 

the discussion anddebate, around 

the table. 

WhatIamhearingnow is the 

Billwillbeintroducedinearly 

December whichmeansthe 

submissionprocess is likelyto 

playout overthe holidayperiod. 

Thisisparticularly concerning 

given the amount of public 

interest, and opposition,inthe 

ThreeWaters asset grab. Butit 

comesasnosurprisethatthe 

governmentistrying to hidethe 

process fromratepayersgiventhe 

waythey have forcedthis 

undemocratically on communities 

thus far. 

Earlier this year Icalledonour 

local counciltospeak up on this 

issuefor our ratepayers. I 

cautionedthatcouncils wouldlose 

theircontroloftheir waterassets 

if further councilsopted outofthe 

plan andIforesaw arisk theLocal 

GovernmentMinisterwouldforce 

compulsoryparticipation. 

Unfortunately,thishas proved 

true. 

Thevastmajority of 

Waimakariri residents opposed 

ThreeWaters because theydon’t 

want to losecontrolofcommunity 

waterassets that have beenpaid 

forbylocalratepayers over the 

years.Our residents havebeen 

outspokenthey do notwant to lose 

theirsay on how water services 

areprovided. 

This is akickinthe guts forour 

district’s ratepayers, whohave 

throughtheirrates invested 

heavily in our water 

infrastructuretoachieve great 

outcomes andanenviablemodel 

formany councilsaround the 

country. 

To think that all thisinvestment 

couldbeundermined by the 

government’sfour entityproposal 

is gutting,but more than that,its 

undemocratic. Forcing something 

on local councils against theirwill 

goes against everythingelected 

representation stands for. 

TheMinister has constantly 

referred to ‘‘alternatives’’ thatshe 

considered, but they werenever 

properlyraised with councils.The 

broken fourentity model wasthe 

only option put on thetable, and 

presented as the onlyanswer. 

National believesthere are plenty 

of othersolutions worthexploring. 

We will workinaproper spirit 

of partnershipwith councils to 

identifythe solutions that work 

best for them. 

That could be incentivising 

collaboration between agroupof 

neighbouring councilsthatcould 

pool their resourcesand 

capabilities,orcontract one 

another so thathighperforming 

councils withgoodwater 

management practice could 

support their neighbours who 

mightbefacingchallenges.SubregionalCCOs,orcouncilcontrolled 

organisations, could be 

bigenough to save money and 

achieve economies of scale, but 

small enough to remainlocaland 

connected,and unlike the 

Government’sfour entities, CCOs 

wouldreport directlytoelected 

councillors, so theywouldbe 

vastlymore accountableto 

ratepayers. 

Whilethere are some 

alternativestothe Government’s 

proposal,one thing is clear—we 

need to continuetoopposethis 

with everythingwe’vegot. 

No going back ... Jason Clements, aka Oxford poet Doc 

Drumheller, being shaved by Tom Weddell, owner of Tom’s Chop 

Shop in Rangiora. Gabrielle O’Connell is collecting his hair for awig. 

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Jason’smop chopped 


The mop has beenchopped 

and the longhair collectedasa 

fundraiserfor CancerSociety 

NorthCanterbury. 

Waimakariri Libraries 

learningconnections coordinator 

JasonClements, also 

knownasOxford poet Doc 

Drumheller,had been growing 

his long hair forabout 10 years 

and his beard for afew months 

but he now has anew look after 

he decided earlierthis year to 

get them both shaved off to 

raisefunds for the society. The 

Chop The Mop fundraiserwas 

held in Rangiora’s Victoria 

Park on Thursday eveninglast 

week withRangiorabarber 

Tom Weddell, owner of Good 

St’s Tom’sChop Shop, on hand 

to shave Jason’sbeard and 

head.Cancer Society North 

Canterbury Area coordinator 

Gabrielle O’Connell collected 

Jason’s hairwhich will be sold 

to Freedom Wigs in Dunedin. 

Chop The Mop was part of 

the Word Christchurch Festival 

and featured guestpoetry 

readings from some of New 

Zealand’sleading poets, 

including Amberley’s 

BernadetteHall.Hall received 

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NEWS 

North Canterbury News, November 18, 2021 

19 

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Books galore ... Rangiora Rotary President Marilyn Ayers and event organiser Bruce 

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Booksgalore are beingdonatedfor the 

Rangiora RotaryAnnual Book Fair,with 

organiser Bruce Walker saying this year’s 

annual salecould be the biggest yet. 

‘‘They’re coming in fromall overthe 

district and we havebeen clearing the 

book dropoff points at the Rangiora New 

Worldand ZServicestations everyfew 

hours,’’ he says. 

The RotaryBook Fair has beengoing for 

36 yearsand this year will haveanew 

venueatthe Northern A&PShowgrounds, 

Ashley Street,onFriday ,November 26, 

and Saturday,November 27. 

The fair starts at 8.30am and runs 

through to 7pm each day. 

One of the biggest jobs is sortingthe 

donationsofbooks,CDs, records and 

puzzles. Bruce sayssortingiscarried out 

by adedicated team who do agreat job. 

This year the sorting venue has moved to 

new premises thankstothe donationof 

space by Rangiora businessman, Daniel 

Smith. 

Rangiora Rotary president Marilyn 

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overwhelmingand very much appreciated. 

“Therehas beenamazing support and the 

incomefrom sales will go to our 

community,” she says. 

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The projectwas born out of the 7.8 

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‘‘It’s asnapshot of history andwhat was 

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The photosquickly gained afollowing on 

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‘‘He gave me abit of ahurry up, and so I 

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Toot for Tucker to bring Christmas cheer 

By DAVID HILL 

Toot for Tucker is back in spiteof 

Covid19. 

Volunteers will be out in force 

on Tuesday, December7,tooting 

as partofthe annual food drive in 

Kaiapoi,Rangiora, Woodend, 

Cust,Oxfordand Amberley. 

‘‘We havetobemindful of 

Covidthis year,sowehave had to 

put afew extra plansinplace, but 

it won’t stop us collecting so 

please give generously and listen 

for those toots,’’organiser Bev 

Wright says. 

Next month’sfooddrivemarks 

11 yearssince the event was first 

held in Rangiora in the wake of 

the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes. 

Once againthe aim is to 

restock food banks in the lead up 

to Christmas. 

‘‘Covid has affectedmany small 

businessesand many folk have 

had theirhours reduced,’’Bev 

says. 

‘‘Theruralcommunity has 

experienced very bad wind 

storms and flooding duringthe 

year and as usual the onlything 

in ahousehold budgetthat is able 

to be reduced, is the amount of 

moneyspent on food. 

‘‘We still needtopay the 

mortgageorrent,insuranceand 

petrol, so when it gets hard, our 

community food banks /pantries 

come into their own.’’ 

Last year’scollection saw 

Kaiapoi gatherarecordhaul to 

restock Kaiapoi Community 

Support’s community pantry. 

Rangiora, Woodend, Custand 

Oxford alsorecorded big hauls, 

while Amberley reporteda 

strongreturnfrom its firsttime 

participating. 

In the last two years the 

Rangiora SalvationArmy food 

bank has received awhopping 

1500 bags fromcollections in 

Rangiora and Woodend. 

The Oxford and Cust 

collections will go to support the 

OxfordCommunity Trust’s food 

bank, while the Amberley 

collectionwill stock up the town’s 

local food bank. 

‘‘I continue to be humbled by 

the generosity of thecommunity 

in their giving,’’Bev says. 

‘‘Every year we get more and 

more donations, but pleaseknow 

that every little bit helps, it stays 

local and it’syour friends, 

neighbours and community 

members thatwill benefit. 

‘‘And Imean it’s there for 

everyone, so don’t be too proud to 

ask for abit of ahand. 

‘‘I am told very few people are 

regular receivers of foodparcels, 

they may needone or twototie 

them over, or some casesabit 

more help,but it’s genuine 

reasons anditisvery much 

appreciated.’’ 

Once again peopleare asked to 

supplytheirown bags, so please 

do not wait for yourbag to arrive, 

Bev says.‘‘Perhaps start now 

putting asideafew items each 

week readyfor December 7.’’ 

Bev is grateful for the support 

of local community groups, sports 

clubs,Fire andEmergency New 

Zealand, local newsmediaand 

the manyvolunteerswho make 

this happen. 

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Show Day returns without acrowd 

Shearing action ... Troy Pyper, of Waikari, competes during the New 

Zealand Corriedale Shearing Championship. 

Sizing up the competition ... 

New Zealander Sheep Breeders 

Association president Tom 

Burrows (left), of Horrelville near 

Oxford, and James Hoban, of 

Waikari, chat during judging in the 

Corriedale classes during the 

sheep competition at Canterbury 

Agricultural Park on Show Day, 

Friday. 

PHOTOS: DAVID HILL 

Father and son ... Andrew Sidey, of Hawarden, and his son Harry (11) 

enjoyed success in the sheep competition, placing second to the 

premier Corriedale ram hogget in aclass of 15. 

Supreme champion ... West 

Melton couple Lindsay and Sheryl 

Riddle claimed supreme 

champion suri alpaca with Sherlin 

Albion. 

In the ring ... Sheryl Johnson, of Kaiapoi, leads Silverstream Upstart 

in the ring during judging of the white huacaya alpaca junior male class. 

Lining up ... Martin Bennett, of Loburn, waits to enter the ring with 

Oak Ridge Crossfire in the brown huacaya alpaca junior male class. 

Empty pens ... Sheep returned to Canterbury Agricultural Park for Show Day, Friday, but without the usual 

hive of activity.

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Christmas Euchre 

The OxfordVolunteer Fire 

Brigade will holds is 

Christmas Euchre annual 

fundraising event on 

Thursday,December2,at the 

Oxford Working Men’s Club. 

The evening startsat7.30pm. 

For further information 

contact Brian Thompsonon 

(03) 3124534. 

Amberley District Christmas 

Party 

The annualChristmas party 

for over65s willbeheld at the 

Amberley Domain’s Tin Shed 

on Saturday, December 11, 

from 2pm to 4pm.Admission 

is free and all are welcome. 

Entertainment will be 

provided by the Rangiora 

brassband,and apiper, and 

therewill be raffles, 

afternoon tea and much 

more.Come along to afun 

afternoon. To assist with 

cateringwewould appreciate 

an indicationofnumbers.You 

may contact Paton(03) 314 

7777 or 0210371406 to leavea 

message. 

Christmas Cakes 

The Woodend Pegasus Lions 

Club has Christmas cakes for 

sale,made exclusivelyfor 

Lionsfrom an ErnestAdams 

recipe and produced by 

Goodman Fielder. The cakes 

make ideal gifts, or to help fill 

hampers for family,friends, 

work colleagues or clients,or 

just for homeand visitors. 

Cakescost $22.Proceeds will 

go to variouscommunity 

groups. Phone(03) 313 6124or 

email 

BrianAnneAtt59@gmail.com. 

Amuri Area School Trailride 

The CraigPickering 

MemorialTrailride is this 

Sunday, November 21,at828 

Tekoa Road, Culverden. 

Registration from 8am and 

track open9am to 3.30pm. 

HeldatSandford Downs, 

Korari Downsand Island 

Hills, signposted from 

Culverden and Balmoral 

StationRoad at the Hurunui 

bridge. There is amain loop 

track and apeewee circuit for 

youngsters. Suitable for two 

and fourwheel bikes. Entry 

$70 for adults ($60preentry) 

and $30 for 16yearsand 

under. Go to Amuri Area 

School Craig Pickering 

MemorialTrailride page on 

Facebook. Covid19 social 

distancing rules apply. 

Riding gearmust be clean 

due to Mycoplasma bovis. 

Helmet, bootsand spark 

arrestormuffler compulsory. 

ContactFiona 0272602027 or 

Simon 0223198900. 

Local author 

Local authorTom McLaren 

has written his humorous 

autobiography, The Life and 

Times of aRangiora Kid.His 

talkatthe Waimakariri 

Libraryhas been postponed 

until Alert Level 1. The book 

costs $40 andtellsstories of 

local identities andevents 

during Tom’s Rangiora life 

from1936. Contact Normaor 

Tom (03) 3137451ormclaren. 

norma585@gmail.com. 

Xmas tree festival returns 

Waimakaririresidentswill be 

able to enjoy somefestivecheer 

after all. 

TheNorth Canterbury News 

Christmas Tree Festival is going 

ahead. 

Organised by the North 

Canterbury Soroptomists, the 

festivalreturnstothe 

WaimakaririDistrictCouncil’s 

RangioraServiceCentre foyer 

this year. 

Entries are alreadyflooding in 

from groups,schoolsand 

organisationstodecorate atree, 

promising asparkling and 

eclectic display. 

TheFestivalrunsfrom 

Monday, December 6, to Friday, 

December17, andisopen from 

9amto4.30pm daily for people to 

visit, voteand enjoy. 

SPORTS RESULTS 

Rangiora Golf Club 

9Hole Competition: Stroke /LGU/Jingles. Ladies: 

Diane Sinclair 22,Pam Holland18c/b, Jan Moffatt 

18. Men: John Gregan 30, John Gardner 27, Hudson 

Deane 25,Bruce Pugh 22,Richard Luisetti 21. 

Rangiora Bridge Club 

Grey Pairs: North/South: Judy Bruerton/Sue 

Solomons 1, Margaret Pickering/Jeanette Chatterton 

2, Sam Gurney/Tony Quinlivan3.East/West:Fern 

McRae/David McRae 1, Gaynor Hurford/Helen 

Paterson2,Janice Pickering/Heather Waldron 3. 

Rimu Pairs: N/S: Irene Carson/HelenThornburgh 1, 

Shirley Symns/Marion Lomax 2, Judith Driver/Jan 

Roose 3. E/W: Pauline Miller/Stephanie Galbraith 1, 

Jenny Shore/Liz Duke 2, Gaynor Hurford/Lynda 

Grierson 3. 

Junior Evening: N/S: JanCameron/Paul Williams 1, 

Ian Rouse/Isabel Goodhew 2, Anne Bagrie/Denis 

There willberaffles, aWishing 

Tree, and aRemembrance Tree. 

Covid19 protocols willbein 

place with peoplebeing asked to 

scanin, socially distance and 

followall otherAlert Level 2 

requirements. 

Lastyear’s festivalsaw 32 

trees entered and 723votescast, 

withSwannanoa School taking 

out the schooland preschool 

section, whileJennaMcKenzie 

School of Dance won the 

business section. 

Tree triumph ... Molly Hogan (left), 

Stella Brown (at rear), Alex Cole and 

Alyssa O’Donnell, of Swannanoa 

School, with the winning tree in the 

school’s section at last year’s North 

Canterbury News Christmas Tree 

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Milne 3. E/W: Wayne Hutchings/Stuart Atkinson 1, 

Lindsey Sigglekow/Liz Calder 2,Desley Simpson/ 

Judith Robinson3. 

Premier Pairs: N/S: RobinHassall/Jenny Hassall 1, 

Noreen Thompson/Janelle Crawley Bunty Marshall/ 

Pauline Miller equal 2. E/W:RonaMaslowski/Tom 

Rose 1, Sarah Waldron/ShirleySymns 2, Alan 

Blackie/Mike Cornwall 3. 

Amberley Golf Results 

Kotlowski Trophy: GSmith and LRobertson. Men: B 

Rayner 39,DVan Turnhout 35. Two: GSmith. Excel 

Design Longest Putt: LRobertson.MidWeek Men: S 

Milne 40, BFitzgerald 40, MBruner 39, RWilshire 

38, IRouse 37, DFlewellen. Two: NRhynd. Nine 

holers putting competition: RKemp 12 putts, J 

Douglas 13,PMander 14.Paris Bakery Longest Putt: 

HKemp. 

Waimakariri Gorge Women’sGolf 

Stableford: 18 Holes: SMardon 39, 1; JPottinger and 

JPatton, 35, equal 2; SKing, KBattersby equal 4; N 

Weavers, MWatsonBrown equal 6. 9Holes: SFarrar 

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Show continues behind closed doors 

By DAVID HILL 

Livestock competitions returned to 

Canterbury Agricultural Park last week, 

but without the usual fanfare. 

New Zealand Agricultural Show 

general manager Tracy Ahern said 

organisers had hoped for aShow Day 

crowd of more than 60,000 people, but 

had to settle for 350 after the event was 

cancelled. 

In its place was aweek of livestock 

competitions behind closed doors and a 

City Farmyard put on for local schools 

last Thursday. 

This year’s show was meant to 

celebrate the New Zealand Sheep 

Breeders’ Association’s 125th 

anniversary, but president Tom Burrows 

says the association opted to postpone 

until next year. 

Organisers said there were more than 

300 sheep entered in the Show Day 

competition, around the half the usual 

number. 

Corriedale sheep breeders were well 

represented, with several North 

Canterbury farmers among them. 

Hawarden farmer Andrew Sidey 

enjoyed agood day, placing second to the 

premier Corriedale ram hogget, in aclass 

of 15. 

Mr Sidey is hoping for abetter season, 

after last summer’s drought was followed 

by awet winter and early spring. 

‘‘Our winter crops failed and we had a 

cold, wet winter and early spring, so it 

was tough going,’’ he says. 

‘‘But the pasture has bounced back 

quickly and it’s looking quite good, so we 

will get abit of hay for next year.’’ 

Mr Sidey runs 3000 ewes, including 250 

Corriedale stud ewes, on his farm at 

Mason’s Flat, near Hawarden. 

The sheep were joined by alpacas, pigs 

and shearing and woolhandling for Show 

Day competitions, including the New 

Zealand Corriedale Shearing 

Presidential rounds ... Canterbury A&P Association president Chris Harris (left) chats to 

North Canterbury sheep farmers Murray Sidey, Mark ‘‘Chief’’ Sidey and Ian Stevenson, 

while doing the rounds at Canterbury Agricultural Park on Friday. 

PHOTO: DAVID HILL 

Championship. 

Boer and dairy goat, and sheep dog 

trial events were also held during Show 

Week. 

Canterbury A&P Association president 

Chris Harris could be set to have the 

longest stint in the show’s top job. 

Mr Harris was meant to be last year’s 

show president and says he may try for 

third time lucky next year. 

‘‘I’m starting to think Imight be the 

jinx, actually, but Iwon’t try to take all 

the blame. Covid certainly hasn’t helped. 

‘‘There’s talk of it. Ithink Iprobably 

might deserve areal show, Ihope so. 

‘‘It’s not the right way to be the longest 

serving president, but we’ll see.’’ 

The former New Zealand show 

jumping representative was unable to 

compete for the first time, with no 

equestrian event held this year. 

Mr Harris says the association will 

need to draw down on aloan from 

Christchurch City Council to cover its 

losses from this year. 

‘‘We will be relying on avery good show 

for the next couple of years to get back in 

the black. 

‘‘Any which way we can get people 

through the gate, we will be happy.’’ 

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With moremembersseekingtangible 

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‘‘Providing adirect link with Federated 

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‘‘As an apolitical organisation, NZYF 

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encouraged our members to have their 

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‘‘Now, we can provide apathway to 

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our members more opportunities on top of 

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‘‘ManyFederated Farmers’ members 

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Twentysixyoung, genomically selected 

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predictedbygenomics was validatedby 

herd testingdata fromtheirfirst crop of 

daughters now being milked on farms 

aroundthe country. 

‘‘The record numberofyoung bulls 

graduating into our PremierSires teams 

this year demonstrates the accuracy and 

value in using genomicselectioninour 

breeding scheme,’’ LIC livestock selection 

manager Simon Worth says. 

‘‘Based on thesebulls’ DNA andancestry 

we predictedthey wouldproduce 

phenomenal dairy cows, and that haswell 

and truly shown itself to be true as their 

daughters are now beingmilked with great 

results.’’ 

Mr Worthsays this year’sspring bull 

graduates are now some the most 

genetically superior sires for AB thatNew 

Zealand has to offer. 

The bulls took out six of the top seven 

spotsinthe industry’s Ranking of Active 

Sires(RAS) list,whichranks bulls from all 

breedingcompanies according to their 

Breeding Worth. 

Two of the bulls, KiwiCrossWerders 

Premonition and HolsteinFriesian 

Waimata SB RansomET, have also 

secured the numberone position for their 

respectivebreed on the RAS list. 

Mr Worth says he can’tremember a 

graduation rateashigh as this in the 18 

yearshehas been with LIC. 

‘‘This is really gratifying for us withthe 

work we do, from the contractmating 

through to bull team selection,and 

ultimately great news for New Zealand 

dairyfarmers.’’ 

Call for budding farmers 

Buddy young farmers are being 

encouragedtotest theirskillsnextyear. 

Entries are open the2022AgriKidsNZ 

andFMG JuniorYoungFarmerofthe 

Year contests,which will be runalongside 

theFMG YoungFarmer of theYear 

regional finals acrossthe country. 

Primary school childrenaged 8to 

13years are eligibletoenter in teamsof 

threeforAgriKidsNZ competition, while 

thejunior youngfarmercompetition is 

open to highschool students who compete 

in pairs. 

NewZealand YoungFarmers chief 

executive LyndaCoppersmith saysthe 

best part is thatcompetitorsdon’t even 

need tobefromafarmtoenter. 

‘‘Most of thechallenges in both 

AgriKidsNZ andJunior YoungFarmer of 

theYearare agriculturallybasedto 

introduce our youthtothe sector, where 

theirfood comes from andtoalsoget them 

excited about allofthe different 

opportunities in the primaryindustries,’’ 

shesays. 

Across bothevents,teams competein 

eightdifferentmodules before moving on 

to thefinal roundsofthe day –the raceoff 

forAgriKidsNZ andabuzzerroundfor the 

junior youngfarmers. 

Thetop threeAgriKidsNZ teams from 

each region willbeinvitedtocompete in 

thenational final, which coincideswith 

theYoungFarmerofthe Yeargrandfinal 

being held in Whangarei next July. 

Two junioryoung farmer teams from 

each region willalsobeinvitedtogrand 

finalweek. 

‘‘Wesee thewhole contest series as a 

pathway to excellence,with many 

competitors comingthroughfrom 

AgriKidsNZ, to JuniorYoungFarmerof 

theYear and thenontothe Young Farmer 

of theYear contest,’’ Ms Coppersmith says. 

‘‘Atthe end oftheday,it’sabout our 

tamariki learning to work together, 

develop lifelong skills, make new friends, 

learn something newand most importantly 

walk away withasmile ontheir face.’’ 

North Canterburyhas beenwell 

representedinthe AgriKidsNZ 

competition overthe years,with North 

LoburnSchooland twoWaikari School 

teamsrepresentedtheTasman region in 

last year’s national final. 

Former Rangiora High Schoolpupils 

CaitlinRhodesandLuci Grigg enjoyed 

successinwinning the208 Tasman region 

JuniorYoungFarmers of the Year contest. 

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Resort Style Living &Lifestyle! 

Welcome to 234 Giles Road, where resort-style 

living meets lifestyle. Set onfour hectares, this 

property certainly has family in mind. Within 

beautifully landscaped gardens, sits aspacious 

five bedroom property, with three living areas, 

two bathrooms, double garage, and amodern 

kitchen. This propertyhas awonderful family vibe 

theminuteyou step inside. 

Acottage 20 metres from the main house with 

a separate driveway offers opportunities for 

extended family to live or as arental property 

providing asteadyincomestream. 

Location issuperb with full services including 

café, bar and restaurant, medical centre, mini 

supermarket and aregularbus service to the city 

andairport all withinashort walk. Atwo minute 

drive will take you tothe Northern Corridor and 

tenminutes intothe Cityand to the Christchurch 

InternationalAirport. 

Being on the cusp of urban living this is aunique 

opportunity to holiday athome, with anindoor 

heated swimming pool separate tothe dwelling, 

spapooland tennis court. 

JustimagineChristmasatthisproperty,poolparty, 

relaxing with acocktail in the spa, or exploring 

the many options that come with the beautifully 

landscaped surrounds and eight paddocks 

currentlyused forgrazing horses. 

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Home: 5 2 3 2 

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Auction: Wednesday 8 th December,RussleyGolf Club 

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Hanmer Springs dress circle 

This very wellpresented,sunny,3bedroom,fullyfurnished holidayrental is hugely popular, due to location andthe easy 

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an easyshortwalk to the shops andpools,and Conical Hilltrack. Denby Place has alwaysbeenasought-after address for 

holiday homes, and thislittle beauty will tick the boxes on most buyers wish-list.Recent painting, new carpets, and 

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AMBERLEY 6a &b,8a, b, c&dRopley Street 

Class act ... Sundees Son, driven by John Dunn, parades after smashing his New Zealand 

record for 3200m winning his second consecutive Dominion Trotting Handicap at 

Addington Raceway on Show Day last Friday. 

PHOTO:RACE IMAGES 

‘Dream horse’ wins again 

TROTTING 


‘‘Wedream of gettinghorses like him,’’ 

driver John Dunn said afterchampion 

trotter Sundees Son wonhis second 

consecutive Dominion Handicap. 

Moments earlier thechampion trotter 

hadcaused asensationatAddington 

Raceway by smashing his own New 

Zealandrecordfor 3200m, trotting 3:56.6to 

win the$315,750GroupOne Show Day 

feature last week. Stablemate, Mataderos 

finishedsecondalength back with the rest 

of the field strugglingintheir waketen 

lengths away. 

The timeset anew benchmark for 

squaregaiters in New Zealandand was 

fasterthanthe elitepacersrecorded inthis 

year’s NewZealand Trotting CupwithCopy 

That’swinningtimefor the3200m,3:58.8. 

Sundees Sonistrained at Woodend 

Beach by John’swife, Jenna Dunn and his 

father, Robert,who is based in Auckland, 

training their Pukekohe team, and was 

unable to attendthe meetingbecauseof 

Auckland’s Covid 19 lockdown restrictions. 

Mostofthe workwith Sundees Sonis 

donebyJenna’s fatherCraigEdmonds, a 

talented trainer in his own right who is a 

stablehand in theDunn team andalso 

shoes the gelding. 

Sundees Son was bred by Colin Hair and 

is owned by Colin andhis wifeNancy,of 

Kaiapoi. 

Colin saiditwas ‘‘verydifficult to 

comprehend and come to gripswiththe 

magnitude’’ of SundeesSon’s bigwin. 

‘‘It has beenanemotionaljourney and 

verydraining.’’ 

He is not sure what is nextfor Sundees 

Sonbut thegelding is closing in on an 

impressivemilestone of $1 million in prize 

money andthatmight be hisnext target. 

‘‘Not many trottershave donethatsothat 

is onegoalwewillprobably look at,’’he 

said. 

‘‘We willsit downwith Robert, John, 

Jenna and Craig whenRobert canescape 

his (AucklandCovid lockdown) prison up 

there and get backdown here.’' 

That discussionislikely to include 

whethertotarget overseas racingfor 

Sundees Son. 

Colin saidSundees Son’s success wasthe 

resultofahuge team effortatthe Dunn’s 

Woodendbeachstable. 

‘‘Theyall put alot into him.Hedoesn’t 

work on thetrackheonlyworks on the 

beach.Itissuchaspecial environmentand 

Iamsure thathas alot to do with his 

success,’’ Colin said. 

‘‘Sunnyissuchaspecialhorsebut he has 

no real presence. If you saw himinastall 

you would think he wasjustanother horse 

really.’’ 

Unlikehis dam Stardon, who wonthree 

races fromonly 21 starts. She has always 

beenanunforgettable,stroppymareto 

handle and evennow at 23 sheisa 

challenge to catch. 

Brilliant Investment Opportunity!!! 

This is aunique opportunity to secure three adjoining properties over three 

separate titles. 

•6flats,3blocks of2,consist of 2x3bedrooms flats =18bedrooms 

•Three separate freehold titles 

•700m 2 ,700m 2 &679m 2 on Residential 1A zonedland. 

•Six internal access single garage, plus plenty of off-street parking 

•Goodholding income 

•Great landbank for future redevelopment 

Located in Amberley township, off the main highway road, yet close to local 

shops, restaurants, supermarket, Chamberlain Park and Amberley Domain. 

These properties would make an excellent addition to add to your property 

investors portfolio. 

To be sold together as one package or sold asthree separate titles. 

2430807 

Deadline Sale: All offers to be 

presented 24 th November at 4pm 

(unless sold prior). 

Neil McLaughlin 

&Rebecca Manawatu 

027 432 4290 or 021 570 156 

or 377 7122 

neil@braziers.co.nz 

rebecca@braziers.co.nz 

Braziers Limited 

Licence REA 2008 

www.braziers.co.nz ID: S2108 

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Public Notices 

BOOK FAIR 

WE NEED 

YOUR BOOKS 

DROP BOXES ARE AVAILABLE 

AT: ZSERVICE STATION & 

RANGIORA NEW WORLD. 

Help us to do this again by donating books, 

magazines, dvds, cds, puzzles &records. 

Rangiora Charitable Trust 

Rangiora A&P 

Showgrounds Pavilion 

156 Ashley St, Rangiora 

If you want us to collect 

your books, call: 

Book Fair 

26th &27th 

November 2021 

027 472 4439

What’s happening in your 

community… 

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

Kaiapoi’s Rivertown Identity Enhanced by 

New Marina Concept 

Waimakariri District Council will partner with local 

developer William Hill Consulting Ltd to investigate 

amarina concept for Kaiapoi. 

AMemorandum of Understanding has been 

signed between the developer and Council, 

which will explore the possibility of amarina, as 

well as business, event and residential space 

built onland marked for regeneration aer the 

Canterbury earthquakes. 

The 2.9ha site sits adjacent to the Kaiapoi River at 

the heart of the Town Centre. It was transferred 

from Crown ownership to the Council in June 2018, 

and set aside for future town centre expansion and 

mixed-use development. 

Aproject working group was tasked with 

developing options for the site, ultimately 

choosing the proposal from ashortlist of two 

as it best aligned with the objectives in the 

Waimakariri Residential Red Zone Recovery 

Plan and the Kaiapoi Town Centre Plan –both 

documents having had their vision endorsed by 

the community. 

Mayor Dan Gordon says Council is excited to 

be sharing the proposal with the Kaiapoi and 

Waimakariri community. 

“This marina proposal presents ahuge opportunity 

to continue looking at ways to revitalise and bring 

investment to Kaiapoi’s town centre. 

“Alongside other already completed developments 

like the marine precinct, Kaiapoi has an 

opportunity to become New Zealand’s most iconic 

riverside location, and the Council want to work 

with businesses that share this vision. 

“A lot of land in Kaiapoi was significantly damaged 

by the 2010 earthquakes and ‘red-zoned’ due to 

the likelihood that future house-by-house site 

remediation wouldn’t be aviable option. 

“Since then Council have been working to transform 

the affected land by creating fantastic community 

spaces like the Honda Forest, BMX track, soball 

diamonds, and dog park, and now this proposal 

seeks to realise opportunities for mixed-use 

business and residential activities.” 

The development is subject to afull feasibility 

study and engineering investigations, including all 

resource consent processes and approvals, before 

the land is sold to ensure that the agreed concept 

plan can be delivered in reasonable timeframes. 

William Hill Consulting’s Director Jedd Pearce says 

their proposal has space for 24berths, mixed 

use business areas, pedestrian access to the awa 

(river), townhouses that will have some of the best 

views in Canterbury and space for events. 

“We think Kaiapoi can be New Zealand’s best river 

town and this marina would be an integral part of 

it,” says Mr Pearce. 

“This area would become areal centre for Kaiapoi’s 

township and attract alot of new visitors and 

residents into the town centre.” 

Get Your Second Covid-19 Vaccination 

Over eighty eight percent of Waimakariri has 

received their first Covid-19 vaccine. There are a 

number ofbookable and walk-in clinics available 

over the coming weeks to finalise your vaccination. 

Visit bookmyvaccine.covid19.health.nz to find a 

clinic near you. 

Have you signed up for the Waimakariri 

District Council Newsletter? 

To joinvisit waimakariri.govt.nz/subscribe 

2021/22 Rates 

Instalment Due 

We’d like to remind you that the 

second instalment of the 2021/22 

rates is due on 20 November 2021. 

Please note that a10% penalty will be added to 

any part of the second instalment that remains 

unpaid aer 27 November 2021. 

If you are having dificulty paying your rates, we 

encourage you toget in touch with us at 

rates@wmk.govt.nz to talk through payment options. 

Online 

Go to waimakariri.govt.nz/services/online-services 

(credit card payments incur aconvenience fee). 

Internet Banking 

Account number: 01-0877-0129222-00 

Use the valuation number on your rates invoice 

as reference. Ifyou are paying rates on more 

than one property, email details of payment to 

finance@wmk.govt.nz 

In Person 

Epos and cash payments are welcome at any 

Council service centre. 

Keep the kids entertained over the summer 

holidays with fun challenges and stickers to 

collect every time you visit the Library! 

Launching Soon 

libraries.waimakariri.govt.nz/space 

Does Your Pool 

Fence Comply? 

Summer is here and it’s important pool barriers 

and fencing comply with the Building Act. 

From November to Marcheach year we’ll be visiting 

properties to checkifapool is still present, the type 

and if the pool fence complies. 

We’ll leave anotice inthe letterbox aer the check, and 

note any items that may need to be addressed. 

Why we’re doing this: 

The Building Act requires us to inspect pool barriers 

regularly for compliance to the Building Code. 

Call us on 03 311 8906 if you have any questions 

Register your pool at waimakariri.govt.nz - 

keyword search Swimming Pool Registration.

Public Notices 

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HURUNUI DISTRICT COUNCIL 

LOCAL DEMOCRACY 

SOLD DOWN THE DRAIN 

HAVE YOUR SAY 

Mayor Marie Black and CEO Hamish 

Dobbie will speak at7pm, then it’s 

up to you to have your say. Formal 

consultation submission forms will 

be there for you to fill in. 

Public Meeting 

When: Monday 22 November, 7-8pm 

Where: Amuri Area School Hall, School Road, 

Culverden. 

Bring your facemasks and please abide bysocial 

distancing rules 

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ACT 1991 

WAIMAKARIRI DISTRICT PLAN 

DECISION ON PRIVATE PLAN CHANGE 

PRIVATE PLAN CHANGE 30 

RAVENSWOOD DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED 

NORTH WOODEND 

In accordance with Clause 10 of Part 1 of the First 

Schedule of the Resource Management Act 1991, 

Waimakariri District Council gives notice that the decision 

on submissions to Private Plan Change 30 to the 

Waimakariri District Plan is now available. 

Full copies of the Commissioner’s decision on 

submissions can be inspected at any of the following 

Council offices: 

•Rangiora Service Centre -215 High Street, Rangiora 

•Rangiora Library-141 Percival Street, Rangiora 

•Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre -125 Raven Quay, 

Kaiapoi 

•Oxford Service Centre/Library-34Main Street, 

Oxford 

Acopy of the decision on submissions can also be 

viewed online on the Council’s website 

www.waimakariri.govt.nz. 

Any person who has made a submission on the 

plan change may appeal the Council’s decision to 

the Environment Court. Such appeals must be in the 

prescribed form and lodged with the Environment Court 

within 30 working days of receiving the notice of decision 

in accordance with Clause 14 of the First Schedule to the 

Resource Management Act 1991. 

Please note any appeal must be received 5pm Friday 14 th 

January2022. 

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THREE WATERS FORMAL CONSULATION 2021 

NOTICE OF DRAIN SPRAYING 

The Waimakakariri District Council will be carrying out 

weed spraying of drains and water races commencing 

November 2021 –April 2022 inclusive. 

Drains or areas of drains will be sprayed according to 

need and not all public drains will necessarily be sprayed. 

Council will minimise spraying aquatic vegetation such 

as watercress and monkey musk, preferring to use 

mechanical methods to manage excess weed growth. 

Spraying of dry drain inverts and adjacent woody weed 

pest species will continue. 

The active chemicals that may be used in this programme 

are: 

•Glyphosate for vegetation 

•Triclopyr for gorse and broom 

The majority of drains to be sprayed will be dry and 

where watercress is to be sprayed, appropriate warning 

signs will be erected. 

All spraying will be completed by 30 April 2022. 

Enquiries to Dan Lewis, Land Drainage Engineer, 

phone: 0800 965 468 

Kalley Simpson 

3WatersManager 

RANGIORA ART 

Society Exhibition 2021. 

The RAS Committee 

thanks you for your support. 

2021 RAS Raffle 

winners: 025, 064, 103, 

538, 556, 665, 714, 722. All 

prizes have been collected. 

Educational 

2435241 

TUITION available. Primary 

and secondary up to 

NCEA level 3. In centre 

(Rangiora) or interactive 

online from your home. 

Each student onanindividually 

tailored programme. 

Kip McGrath Rangiora has 

been serving the local community 

for 30 +years. Give 

us acall (03 313 3638) or 

book your free assessment 

online https://www.kipmcgrath. 

co.nz/rangiora 

Entertainment 

ANDREW LONDON DUO 

plus FIONA PEARS 

Performing at BalcairnHall, Saturday 20 November 

2021 at 7.30pm.$25.00 online /email ordered 

tickets only -book; www.balcairnhall.com 

or email balcairnpublichall@gmail.com. 

Tickets limited /cancellation policy applies. 

2434613 

Kaiapoi Christadelphians 

“The Key of knowledge...” (Luke 11:52) 

GOD WILL FULFILL HIS 

PROMISES - 

BUT WHAT ARE THEY? 

God has been active from the creation, revealing 

those things that will come to pass on the Earth. 

He has given promises, to reassure mankind, 

that the planet and all upon it are not destined to 

destruction. He always intended that his creation 

would be to reflect who he is, and be abeautiful 

jewel in the Universe. To learn ofthose promises, 

we must go to the source-the Bible. Only here is 

there true direction as to what God has promised, 

and how it will be brought to pass. ‘But as truly as I 

live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory ofthe 

LORD’ Numbers 14:21 

DVD presentation 

Sunday 21 st November 7.00pm 

Kaiapoi CommunityCentre -Sewell Street 

For information -phone 03 352 5453 

2426147 

PUBLIC NOTICE OF 

APPLICATION FOR 

ON-LICENCE 

SECTION 101, SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

Mackenzie Holdings 20201 

Ltd has made application 

to the District Licensing 

Committee at Rangiora for 

the issue of an On Licence 

in respect of the premises 

situated at 468 Mandeville 

Road known as The Platform 

Bar,Restaurant &Cafe. 

The general nature of the 

business conducted (or to be 

conducted) under the licence 

is Restaurant. 

The days on which and the 

hours during which alcohol 

is (or is intended to be) 

sold under the licence are: 

Sunday to Thursday 8am 

to 11pm, Friday &Saturday 

8am to 12am. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office 

of the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 215 

High Street, Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of the 

licence may,not later than 15 

working days after the date of 

the publication of this notice, 

file anotice inwriting of the 

objection with the Secretary 

of the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 

Private Bag 1005, Rangiora. 

No objection to the issue 

of alicence may be made 

in relation to amatter other 

than a matter specified in 

section 105(1) of the Sale 

and Supply of Alcohol Act 

2012. 

This is the first publication of 

this notice. 

2436935v1 

Situations Vacant 

Training Advisor 

About us 

At PrimaryITO we provide meaningful, high-quality learning 

experiencestogrowthe capability of people in the primary industry. 

We understand thatpeople are the key toensuringaprosperous and 

sustainable New Zealand. 

About therole 

We are looking for aTrainingAdviser with knowledge indairy 

farming to lead and motivate the next generation of industryworkers 

passionate about the Dairysector by facilitating programme training 

and assessments. This role would work across the Northern Canterbury 

region and would preferably be based inKaikōura orinthe Hurunui 

area.Regional travel is required for this position, in whichacompany 

vehicle will be provided. 

We are looking for someone with: 

• Atertiaryqualification NCEA level 4orabove, orequivalent industry 

experience 

• Arural professional with salesexperience 

• Computingskills including the use ofMicrosoft Suite and Customer 

DatabaseManagementSystems 

• Excellent time managementand organisation skills 

• Anabilitytorelate topeople from all walks oflife and deliver 

impeccable customer service. 

About thebenefits 

We offer acompetitive salary,acompany car, health insurance, a 

wellness subsidy, generous leave, full training, and the mentorship of a 

seniorand experienced staff member. 

To apply or view thejob description pleasevisit 

primaryito.careercentre.net.nz 

Applications close onTuesday, 23November 2021. 

www.primaryitocareers.ac.nz

CLASSIFIED 


LANDSCAPING POSITION AVAILABLE 

Experienced in Hard Landscaping or a 

construction background for aNorth Canterbury 

Landscaping Business. 

Applicant must be reliable, physically fit, hard 

working &must have acurrent &clean drivers 

licence. 

2435545 

Please email your CV to: 

contact@stewartcontracting.co.nz 

Rangiora High School 

Curriculum Leader 

Maungatere Alternative 

Education Centre 

We are seeking aperson toassist the Director of 

the Maungatere Alternative Education Centre in 

Rangiora. 

This is apart-time permanent position working 30 

hours per week in term time. This is aschool support 

staffpositioninvolving: 

1. Developing an in-depth understanding of students 

learning needs and capabilities in order to develop 

Independent Learning Programmes (IEPs). 

2. Developing programmes of learning. 

3. Assisting Learning Assistants to deliver 

programmes of teaching and learning that are 

accessible to all students. 

This position requires initiative and an affinity with 

young people. 

Please visit the Join Us /Employment page on our 

website for an application pack - 

www.rangiorahigh.school.nz 

Applications close on at 9.00am on 24 November 

2021. 

Situations Vacant 

SUMMER SEASON POSITIONS 

AVAILABLE NOW 

TAKE THEPLUNGEINTO AN EXCITING ROLE THIS SUMMER AS 

WE GEAR UP FOR THE OPENING OF OURNEW FACILITY! 

F u ll time, part time and temporary positions - Aged 16+ years 

Bring your go-getter attitude, excellent communication skills and strong 

team approach. You will need to be confident in the water, friendly, 

enthusiastic, honest and enjoy a bit of fun. Fantastic customer service 

skills are a must! You will play a key part in ensuring that all customers 

not only have a fantastic experience, but a safe one. Experience 

working in an aquatic environment and the ability to follow systems and 

procedures would be advantageous. 

Lifeguard duties include lifeguard watch, pool testing, H&S and 

ensuring the facility is kept clean and tidy at all times. Ideally you will 

hold relevant lifeguarding qualifications and a current first aid 

certificate, however, training will be provided for those wanting to enter 

this exciting industry. 

Hours will be on a rostered basis so flexibility, reliability and 

commitment to working early, late and weekend shifts is crucial. The 

season runs until April 2022. 

What are you waiting for? If you’re ready to dive in and use your 

valuable skills in the aquatic and recreation industry, apply now! 

www.hurunui.govt.nz/council/jobs 

If you have any questions, please contact 

naomi.woodham@hurunui.govt.nz or 029 770 9151 

2435538 

CAREGIVER companion, 

Rangiora for semi invalid 

lady, some afternoon and 

evenings, pay rates to be 

agreed. Phone 310 7232 

evenings. 

HOMESITTERS REQUIRED 

Ad# 39020 

We are looking for mature, 

dog loving homesitters for over 

the Christmas/New Year 

period. From December 20 

onwards. All lovely homes 

and pets. 

Search postanote.co.nz 

for more details. 

Cars Wanted 

WANTED to buy Ford, 

Holden, Chrysler or 

Chev’s, Classic cars. Any 

other types considered, any 

condition. Please phone 

Tony 027 313 5000. 

ANY old cars, anything pre 

1990, unfinished Hot Rods, 

Classic Cars. Please call 

027 258 8366. 

CASH 4CARS 

and 4WD'S 

Phone 

Automotive 

Parts 

03 313 7216 

CARS, vans, 4WD’s 

wanted for dismantling or 

repair. Phone 027 258 

8366. 

Cars Wanted 

FALCONS & 

COMMODORES 

WANTED 

Suitable for 

dismantling or repairs 

Ph 313 7216 

2412522 

Gardening 

A+ GARDEN hedges cut 

to perfection. Tree &arbor 

work. For aquote. Phone 

021 111 4322. 

Wanted To Buy 

BUYING estate type old 

china, crystal, collectables, 

vases. Ph 027 350 3963, or 

313 1878. 

Wanted To Buy 

$$$ 

Amalgamated Scrap Metal 

Ltd. Specialists in farm 

machineryand farm clean 

ups, old vehicles etc. 

100% locally owned. 

Ph 0800 030 712 or 

027 695 0480. 

WANTED TO RENT OR LEASE 

3-5 acres with a2-3a brm cottage, 

verylong term. 

Within 20 minutes of Rangiora. 

Mature, professionalfemale. female. 

Clean tidy habits,reliable. 

Knowledgeable, capable, self-sufficient. 

Enjoys well-presentedhome and 

garden.Nodogs dogs or children -has cat 

andhorses. Ownfencing, sensible 

horses. Preferindependence, 

not willing to share space. 

Ph 027 472 6391 

2312759 

SATURDAY 20TH LOG SPLITTERS Honda 

November. 8.30am -noon. 

177 Oxford Rd, Rangiora. 

Deceased estate and retro. 

or Rato powered, parts & 

accessories. 027 262 2266 

www.BLAX.nz. 

For Sale 

PAINT & wallpaper 

services. Wayne Bryant, 

exterior, interior. Qualified 

RC model boats, scow tradesman. Free quotes. Ph 

yacht, radio gear, all going, 313 5337 or 027 654 4568. 

offers, cheap. Please phone 

027 650 4665. 

PAINTER. Qualified local 

professional, Int / Ext, 

roofs, wallpaper. Call or 

Trade&Services 

text Corban 027 846 5035. 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

A PAINTER WITH 

parts &sales for over 40 

PASSION! Local painter 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

with 30 years of quality and 

integrity in all aspects of 

Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

painting. Phone Mike on 

Christchurch. Ph 389 9230. 

021 0903 8546. 

RANGIORA Rubbish 

ABEL &Prestige Chimney Removal and RRR skips. 

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned Wheelie bins any frequency 

& operated. Covering all and skips from 1.5 cube to 

areas from Waimak to Hanmer. 

Professional, guaran- 

bins for any use, rubbish, 

9cube. Skips and wheelie 

teed, service. Firebox greenwaste, building sites 

repairs, carry most parts. Ph or just cleanups. Give us a 

0800 661 244. 

phone call 313 6957 or for 

AFFORDABLE concrete skips 021 313 255. 

cutting with quality and ROOFER All roof repairs, 

removal work. Free quotes. roof painting, water blasting, 

moss treatment, 

No job too small. Ph 027 

442 2219, Fax 03 359 6052 repointing, gutter cleans & 

or A/H 03 359 4605. snow straps, and more. Free 

quotes. Please ph Nathan 

ALL TREE SERVICES, 

027 516 6609. 

arbour work, pruning, tree 

removal. Affordable & SCREEN PRINTING. 

friendly service. Telephone For all your printing 

021 111 4322. 

requirements. T-shirts, 

Hoodies, Hi-Vis vests and 

ARBORIST qualified. polos, Overalls, Caps etc. 

Copper Beech Tree Please phone Heather 03 

Services. Tree removal, 313 0261 or email heather. 

pruning, height reduction, norstar@gmail.com. 

hedge trimming, shaping, 

tree planting, firewood. SHEARER. Hap’s Farm & 

Free quotes. Contact Angus Lifestyle Services. Shearing, 

crutching, drenching, 

Edwards 027 259 6741 

copperbeechtreeservices@gmail.com tailing, feet trimming & 

health check. — Ph. 03- 

BLAX TOOLS &equipment, 

North Canterbury 

423-3713 or 021-267-4025. 

based. Free local delivery SHEEP SHEARING, 

on all machines. Ph 027 drenching, feet trimming. 

262 2266. www.BLAX.nz. For Lifestyle blocks. Call 

Stu 027 315 6916. 

BRIAN’S Tree Services. 

Tree felling, topping, SMALL MOTORS Parts 

HOMESTAY 

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish 

removed, stump grind- 

Phone 027 262 2266. 

& replacement engines. 

ing, branch chipping. www.SMALLMOTORS.nz. 

Affordable rates. Phone 03 SPRAY EQUIPMENT 

327 5505 or 021 124 4894. 12v, Honda or Rato, parts 

& accessories. Please ph 

027 262 2266 www.BLAX.nz. 

Property Wanted 

PRIVATE BUYER, 24 

year old wanting to buy 

first home. Please phone 

021 111 4322. 

To Let 

HOUSE FOR RENT in 

Amberley. Brand new 

house, 4bedroom, 2bathroom, 

double garage. Close 

to all services. Phone 027 

348 6267. 

RENT/LEASE, 2 kms 

from Amberley, building 

45m x 14m, Clear span 

walls 4mtrs, Apex of roof 

5.5mtrs, concrete floor, 

raised wooden floor at end 

9m x14m includes 6m x 

3m lockup, 3phase power, 

attached office/tea room, 

area 9m x5.5m and 5m x 

2.7m could be rented separately. 

Please phone 027 391 

3284. 

SELF CONTAINED flat 

to rent, 3kms from Oxford. 

$350 per week including 

power, sky, heating and 

wifi. Phone 027 485 8012. 

Grazing 

HORSE GRAZING, half 

acre paddock, permanent. 

Waikuku area. Phone 03 

313 7100. 

Pets 

BICHON 

for smaller dogs. We look 

after your dog in our home. 

"No kennels". Phone today 

03 314 6110. 

½PRICE 

DOG FOOD 

MEAT2U.NZ 

313 0022 

2424357 

Motorcycles 

SOUTH PACIFIC Motorcycle 

services, local family 

business based in Mandeville. 

Repairs, servicing, 

WOF etc for all road bikes, 

classic bikes, farm bikes & 

more. Collection service 

available. Ph 03 312 0066 

office@motorbiketours.co.nz 

www.motorbiketours.co.nz 

Livestock 

HOMEKILL & Wild 

Game meat processing. Ph 

313 0022. www.meat2u.nz. 

2433278 

Garage Sales 

BUILDERS Father &son 

team. Amac Builders are 

available to help you with 

your building needs. High 

standards, low overheads. 

No job too small. Check us 

out on fb. Amac Builders 

Ltd. Phone 027 318 4400. 

CHIMNEY SWEEPS 

Time to service your fire. 

Accumulation of soot seriously 

affects performance. 

Latest rotary brush technology. 

Free moisture check 

on wood. Safety inspection. 

All work insured and guaranteed. 

From $70 single 

story. 0800 SWEEPME or 

021 0277 1927. Visit 

www.sweepnz.co.nz. 

COMPRESSORS Honda/ 

Rato/240v/3PH, parts & 

accessories 027 262 2266 

www.BLAX.nz. 

DIRTY TILES &Grout? 

Professional tile cleaning, 

tiled shower restoration, 

mouldy silcone, shower 

glass & we can even 

recolour your old grout! 

For all your tile and grout 

issues call Grout Pro for a 

free, no obligation quote. 

Ph Darryl 0800 882 772. 

GENERATORS Honda/ 

Rato/Diesel, parts &accessories 

027 262 2266 

www.BLAX.nz. 

GUTTER CLEANING - 

SUMMER SPECIAL - 

Total gutter / spouting 

cleaning and repairs. For 

Fast and friendly Service 

call Canterbury Spouting 

Services on 0508 

SPOUTING or 022 375 

8506. FREE QUOTES. 

METAL WORX. Flashing, 

Sheetmetal Fabrication, 

Wrought Iron, 

Welding, Custom Trailers, 

General Metalwork. No job 

too big or too small. Ph 021 

265 5428 or 03 314 6908. 

Find us on facebook/ 

Glenmark Metal Worx. 

glenmarkmetalworx.ltd@gmail.com. 

TOOLS Quality tools & 

workshop equipment. Ph 

027 262 2266 www.BLAX.nz. 

TRACTOR & Lawnmower 

seats. Forklift yellow, 

black, blue. Phone 027 

262 2266 www.BLAX.nz. 

SUMMERFIELD 

FENCING 

IN YOUR AREA NOW. 

Lifestyle or farm, sheep, cattle, 

horse, all types of animals. 

Fences, yards, sheds, arenas, 

shelters, runs. 

30+ years contract fencing. 

Steve is available to help with 

your design &planning. 

Ph office03312 4747 

2091848 

Pride &Quality Painting 

&Decorating Services 

20 yrs exp, fast and friendly 

service. For all your painting 

needs, phone: Martin 310 

6187 or 021 128 9867 

ANTHONY SYMONDS 

Forall your painting & 

plastering requirements 

Local with 30 years 

experience 

All workmanship 

Guaranteed. 

Phone 021 344 023 

2220615 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’s Liquid 

Waste 

2362002 

REMOVALISTS 

Movemen Ltd 

2Men &agood sized truck. 

From $150 plus GST per hour. 

Kaiapoi based. 

Call Gerard 

027 668 3636 

movemen.co.nz 

2401953 

HAY MAKING 

Rounds or 

conventional with 

mower /conditioner. 

Ph Gary 

2431786 

You dump it... 

Blair pumps it... 

Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

027 216 0000 

027 478 2925 

or 313 7939 

CRAIGS Trees 

(03) 327-4190 

TREE REMOVALS 

THINNING &PRUNING 

STUMPGRINDING 

FELLING &TOPPING 

FULLYINSURED 

QUALIFIED ARBORIST 

Free Quotes 

027 2299 454 

craigstrees@xtra.co.nz 

TRUCK WASH Mobile 

touchless foam wash, products 

& solutions. Telephone 

027 262 2266. 

wwwCLEANFLEET.nz. 

VACUUM CLEANERS 

Industrial, made in Italy 

027 262 2266 www.BLAX.nz. 

VALUATION - 

Specialising in North Canterbury. 

Contact Geoff at 

Maxwell Valuation. Phone 

03 310 8541 or email 

geoff@maxval.co.nz. 

WATER BLASTERS 

Honda/Rato/Electric, hot/ 

cold, parts & accessories 

027 262 2266 www.BLAX.nz 

WATER PUMPS Trash, 

semi trash, clean water, 

Honda or Rato, parts & 

accessories 027 262 2266 

www.BLAX.nz. 

WINDOW TINTING 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

Trade &Services 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

2225862 

2434390

Trusted Trades & 

Professional Services 

Guide 

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

Arborist 

Air Conditioning 

Automotive &Recovery 

Builder 

2435705 

North Canterbury Tree Services 

Tree felling, cutting and 

clearing service, including 

stump grinding 

Insured qualified and 

certified arborists 

0274 537 834 

northcantytrees378@gmail.com 

2434425 

Stay cool this summer 

Call us now for your free quote 

03 310 6087 

18 Albert Street, Rangiora 

Design |Installation |Servicing 

2070788 

• WOF Cars &Trailers 

• Vehicle Servicing & 

Repairs 

• Tyres &Punctures 

• Jump Starts 

• 

Towing &Salvage 

• Courtesy Car Available 

Ph Aaron Rowlands 

0272 588 366 

13 Stone Eyre Place, 

Swannanoa 

Eftpos available Mon –Fri 8am –5pm, Sat 9am –1pm 

• New Builds &Renovations 

• Light Commercial /Re-strengthening 

• Project Management 

• Bathrooms 

• Farm Buildings 

• House Lifting Re-piling 

• Shop Fit Outs 

2408831 

40+ years experience 

027 222 5078 

markw.hills@xtra.co.nz 


RANGIORA 


Garry WMechen 

Registered Clinical DentalTechncian 

Phone (03) 313-9192 

38a Ashley Street, Rangiora 

NEW N W DENTURES D ES 

*RELINE * *REPAIRS 

* I S 

HOURS 

8.30am -12noon 

- Monday to Friday 

FREE E CONSULTATION O 

AND ADVICE 

A V C 

For a/h repairs 

phone (03) 310-3044 

Ear Health 

• Ear Health checks. 

• Wax removal using Microsuction 

• Removal of foreign bodies 

• Basic hearing aid care 

• ACC provider 

• WarVeteran provider 

• No medical referral 

required 

Clinics in Rangiora, Amberley and Kaiapoi 

Rest homes/retirement villages, booking by prior arrangement. 

Bookings: Online www.earcare.nz |Phone 020 4124 25 25 

Email alison@earcare.nz | Ear Care Canterbury 

2324849 

Butchery 

OxfordButchery 

Shane and Leanne Frahm 

We cankill&process yourstock 

FourGenerations of Frahms 

since 1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 312 4709 

WE ARE OPEN, WEARE AESSENTIAL SERVICE 

2227889v2 

2269236 

Computer Repairs 

Bruce Evans 

131 Ohoka Road 

Kaiapoi 

Engineering 

03 327 3111 

021 293 6331 

compucare@xtra.co.nz 

www.compucare.co.nz 

Computer Repairs &upgrades 

Prompt professional services 

For your Engineering needs 

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821 

toppeng@xtra.co.nz 

2276525v2 

Virus &malware removal 

New &UsedPC’s4Sale 

2420841 

Construction &Concrete 

All Construction & Concrete Work 

•Driveways, patios &paths 

•Bridges and Culverts 

•Floors, foundations 

•Sheds and buildings 

•Dairy Sheds, Herd homes 

•Silage pits, effluent ponds 

•Excavation and cartage 

•Precast concrete 

•Insulated panels 

▪ Painting ▪ Gardening 

▪ Fencing ▪ Lawn mowing 

▪ All General Maintenance 

Performed to the highest 

standard by a straight up, 

honest, Handy Guy 

No job too small! 

Flat hourly rate, no hidden surprises! 

THE 

HANDY 

GUY! 

Handyman 

Daryl Power 

027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

Call Guy “The Handy Guy” Now 

0275 040 658 

2273277 

Landscaping 

For all your landscaping needs 

All Landscaping, Retaining Walls (Engineered and 

Non-Engineered), Timber Fences, Landscape Structures 

and more...Lifestyle Block, Rural and Residential. 

Phone Jeremy 021 169 9394 

www.blackhill.co.nz 

www.facebook.com/blackhillltd 

2372616v2 

Scrap Metal 

CASH PAID FOR SCRAP 

•Car Bodies •Scrap Steel•Specialists in Farm 

Machinery•All non Ferrous 

MAINLAND 

METALS LTD 

Ph (03)338 7000 

Mike0274 818544 •Robbie 0274 818 027 

Locally owned and operated 

1902273 

Plumbing 

For all 

general 

aspects of 

plumbing 

Discounts for over 

65 years old 

Fast friendly service 

All work guaranteed 

Aaron McCartney 

Certifying Plumber 

Cell 027 366 9091 

A/H 03 310 2137 

Free Call: 

0508 44EVER 

EMAIL: 

plumber_27@yahoo.com 

2172994 

YOU 

COULD 

BE 

HERE 

Advertise 

your business 

in our Trades 

and Services 

Phone 

Amanda Keys 

on 

03 313 2840 

Painter /Plasterer 

HURUNUI Painting 

• Qualified tradesmen, quick,neat and friendly. 

• Reasonable rates. • Interior /exterior painting. 

• Interior plastering &wallpapering. 

• Spray painting &water blasting. 

P: Rod Hermes 027 414 0830 or 03 314 2391 

E: r.hermes@xtra.co.nz 

2394026v2 

Seamless Spouting 

Seamless Spouting 

Supply and Install 

of Seamless Gutters 

10 year no leaks 

guarantee 

• Continuous spouting made on site, 

large colour range available 

• High grade and thicker material used 

• Repair or replace any type of gutter 

• Undertake all insurance work 

• Independently owned and operated 

• Competitive pricing 

Servicing North CanterburyDistricts 

Call Danie 021 875 462 

2359362 

Skip Hire 

Tools &Equipment 

Windows & Doors 

100% locally owned and operated 

Hardfill |Green Waste |General Waste |BuilderSkips 

Various sizes to suit all needs 

Commercial placement at competitive rates 

Call us directly on 021 280 1132 

wastecontrolskips@gmail.com 

www.wastecontrolskips.co.nz 

Get 5% off your first skip order, use code WASTE5 

2431576 

SALES 

PARTS 

SERVICE 

ACCESSORIES 

ON-FARM VISITS 

Water Blasters, Log Splitters, Generators, 

Air Compressors, Water Pumps, Air Tools, Spray 

Equipment, Replacement Ag Seats, Small Motors. 

Free local machinerydelivery. 

Richard Black info@blax.nz 

North Canterburyowned &operated 

2435547 

WINDOW MARKET PLACE 

• New & Used 

• Timber & Aluminium 

• Windows & Doors 

8am-5pm Weekdays 

8am-2pm Saturday 

215 Waltham Rd, Sydenham 

Ph (03) 379 6159 info@windowmarket.co.nz 

Fax (03) 962 1012 www.windowmarket.co.nz 

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HAVE YOU BEEN TO 

OUR WEBSITE LATELY? 

www.ncnews.co.nz 

Visit now toview the paper online &more! 

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

RangioraToyota 

Signature 

CLASS 

2017 Corolla GX Hatch 

•1.8L PetrolAuto 

•Bluetooth, Camera 

•Cruise Control, 37,100km 

$ 

22,995 

2019 Toyota Yaris GX 

•1.3LPetrolAuto 

•NZNew,Camera 

•Bluetooth, Only13,550km 

2015Yaris GX Hatch 

•1.3LPetrol5-speed manual 

$ •Camera, Bluetooh 

20,995 $ 

10,995 

•NZ-new 

2018 Corolla Hybrid Hatch 

•1.8L PetrolHybrid 

•Alloys, NZ New,Keyless 

•Camera, only30,000km 

$ 

26,995 

2009 CorollaGXSedan 


•NZ-New,FM/AM &CDPlayer 

•Towbar 

$ 

8,995 

2015Toyota Ractis 

•1.3LPetrolAuto, 45,550km 

•CD/AUX/USB 

Connectivity 

WAS$15,995 

NOW $ 14,995 

2014 Toyota Spade 

•1.5Lpetrolauto, 

•4-door/left side door 

•Climate,5-seater 

$ 

13,995 

2016 Corolla GX Sedan 

•1.8L PetrolAuto, Bluetooth 

•ReverseCamera&Sensors 

•60,000kms 

$ 

19,995 

2017 Toyota C-HR 

•1.2LTurbo PetrolAWD 

•Camera, Satnav, 5-door 

• NZ-new, 44,7000km 

$ 

29,995 

2015Corolla GX Hatch 

•1.8L PetrolAuto, 

•Rear Camera &Sensors 

•62,000km 

$ 

18,995 

2015BMW320iM-Performance 

•2.0L TurboPetrol, PerformanceBrakes 

•Exhaust, NZ New 

•Only 59,200kms 

$ 

31,995 

2017 Corolla GLXHatch 

•1.8L Petrol, Auto, Alloys 

•Camera, Bluetooth 

•5-Star Safety, only47,700km 

$ 

23,995 

2014 CamryGLSedan 


•Cruise Control, Bluetooth 

•7Airbags 

$ 

12,995 

2019 CorollaGXHatch 

•2.0L PetrolAuto, 5-Star Safety 

•Satnav,Alloys 

•25,250kms 

$ 

26,995 



•Satnav ,Radar Cruise 

•Only 16,500km 

$ 

36,995 27,995 

2011 Toyota Avensis Wagon 

•2.0L PetrolAuto, 

•Alloys, Camera 

•Bluetooth, Keyless 

$ 

14,995 


•2.0L Petrol, Auto 

•Camera, Bluetooth 

•5-Star Safety,only 25,300km 

$ 

26,995 

2017 Toyota HighlanderGX 

•3.5LPetrol8-Speed Auto 

•7-Seater,Camera 

•Towbar,Only 42,900km 

$ 

47,995 

2011 Toyota Wish Z 

•1.8L PetrolAuto, 6-Seater 

•Sunroof,Alloys, Camera 

• 82,300kms 

WAS$15,995 

$ NOW 

14,995 

2016 Rav4 GXL 

•2.5LPetrolAWD,Camera 

•Keyless,Towbar,Bluetooh 

• 88,900km 

$ 

31,995 

2009 Toyota Wish Z 

•2.0L PetrolAuto, 6-seater 

•Alloys, Keyless 

•88,500km 

WAS$14,995 

NOW $ 13,995 

2010 Mitsubishi Lancer VRX 


•Alloys, Leather 

•80,750kms 

WAS$12,995 

$ NOW 11,995 

2016 HiluxSR5 4x4 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel Auto 

•Sat Nav 

•Cruise Control 

WAS$46,995 

NOW $ 45,995 

2016 Ford Ranger XLT4WD 

•3.2LTurbo Diesel, Camera 

• Satnav, Load Lid 

•Bluetooth 

$ 

39,995 

2019 Nissan Navara ST 

Double Cab 

•2.3LTurbo Diesel 6-Speed 

•Manual, Camera $ 

•Satnav 45,800kms 45,995 

2016 Holden Trailblazer 

Colorado 7 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel 4WD 

•Leather,7-seater 

•63,800km 

$ 

44,995 

2019 Ford Ranger Wildtrak 

•3.2LTurboDiesel4X4,Alloys 

•Satnav,Camera 

•Only39,150kms 

$ 

62,995 

2013Toyota AlphardSC 

•2.4LPetrolAuto, 7-Seater 

•DualElectricDoors 

•25,250kms 

WAS$36,995 

2016 Hilux SR5 Limited 2WD 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel, Leather 

•18”Alloys 

•SportsBar &Tonneau. 

2020 Nissan Navara ST-X 4WD 

•2.3LTurbo Diesel, Half Leather 

•Keyless,Satnav 

•360 Camera, 14,700kms 

2018 HiluxSR5 Cruiser 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel, leather 

•18” alloys,Tonneau 

•Only 37,250km 

2009 HiluxSR5 4WD 

•3.0L TurboDiesel Auto 

•CanopyTowbar 

•Snorkel, Bluetooth 

$ $ 

42,995 

$ 

59,495 

$ $ 

NOW 34,995 

60,995 

31,995 

Percival Street,Rangiora • Ph (03) 313-8186any time • www.rangiora.toyota.co.nz 

Signature 

CLASS 

2430574 

FINANCE &INSURANCE AVAILABLE

Maggie |Verified Buyer

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