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Rock on!<br />

PAGE 3<br />

Projects set<br />

for Hampstead<br />

TONI.WILLIAMS<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Methven Primary School rock band, Herding Cats, from left, Owen Hende, Henry Guild, Huey Mee,<br />

Noah Gill andMaxColeman wonarockstar styles award for their interactive performance.<br />

PAGE 8<br />

Hockey service<br />

recognised<br />

Youngrockers fromMethven<br />

PrimarySchool have taken<br />

outsometoptierawardsin<br />

oneofthree Rockshop<br />

Bandquest Christchurch<br />

regionalcompetitions.<br />

The Ultimate Noodlers<br />

bandmadeupof Isaac<br />

Phimister (vocals,guitar),<br />

MaxMcKay(leadguitar),<br />

Kaylum Davis (bass) and<br />

Clarry Hooker (drums) took<br />

second placeintheir online<br />

regionalcompetition, and<br />

base playerKaylum Davis<br />

wonthe rock­solid bassist<br />

award.<br />

Fellowschoolrockband,<br />

HerdingCats, made up of<br />

HenryGuild (vocals),Max<br />

Coleman (guitar), Owen<br />

Hende(guitar),NoahGill<br />

(bass) andHueyMee(drums)<br />

wonthe rockstar stylesaward<br />

fortheirinteractive<br />

performance.<br />

Musicteacher Wayne<br />

Pannett,ofWayne’s Schoolof<br />

Rock,was full of praise for<br />

theyoungmusicians.<br />

‘‘All theboys are keen<br />

talented musicians with alot<br />

of energy andareapleasure<br />

to tutor,’’ he said.<br />

The regionalfinalwas won<br />

by BranchesofSteel,from<br />

Breens Intermediate.<br />

The Pentagons, of Heaton<br />

NormalIntermediate placed<br />

third.<br />

The competition,which<br />

involvedsubmittingalive<br />

performance pieceonlineunedited<br />

anduninterupted<br />

forup to six minutes ­was<br />

judgedonthe qualityof the<br />

performance,not thevideo<br />

production.<br />

Bothbands did<br />

performances which involved<br />

twosongs each:The Ultimate<br />

Noodlers performedcover<br />

pieces Inthe Summertime (by<br />

Aussie rock band Thirsty<br />

Merc)and TheHardest<br />

ButtontoButton(White<br />

Stripes). HerdingCats<br />

performedSong Two (Blur)<br />

andAbout aGirl(Nirvana).<br />

‘‘They did well,they were<br />

awesome,’’ Mr Pannettsaid.<br />

Continued Page 2<br />

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Keeping staff key for top cop<br />

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@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

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

charge of astaffof45that includes<br />

detectives, highway patrol, uniform<br />

officers, other officersand support<br />

staff.<br />

Senior sergeant Leigh Jenkinsgave<br />

apolicingupdate to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

District councillors at ameeting last<br />

week.<br />

He said he wassatisfiedwiththe<br />

level of police he had to staff the<br />

requirements of the district.<br />

‘‘I am grateful for the level of<br />

staffingIhavenow compared to when<br />

Ifirst arrived and we are managing<br />

quite well,’’ he said.<br />

Mr Jenkins saidthere was arecent<br />

spike in volumecrime and in ashort<br />

spreewerefive cars were taken and<br />

11 broken into.<br />

Two offenders, who were from out<br />

of town, wereapprehended andwere<br />

awaiting adate in court.<br />

Young musicians rock online<br />

From Page1<br />

Music teacher Wayne Pannett has<br />

taught The Ultimate Noodlers<br />

individually andasaband for thepast<br />

couple of years. The four boys are<br />

agedaroundnine or 10.<br />

And the five musicians in Herding<br />

Cats­aged about eight and nine ­for<br />

about 18 months.<br />

‘‘They are all very,very keen<br />

musicians, enthusiastic,’’ he said.<br />

‘‘They run to practice (twiceaweek)<br />

theyjustcan’t wait.’’<br />

Mr Pannett has five bands under his<br />

wingspanning primaryand secondary<br />

schoolaged, which bode well for<br />

future competitions online and, the<br />

perferred way, live in front of an<br />

audience.<br />

Bandquest organiserGlenn<br />

Common said the online video<br />

platform worked well, as it did for<br />

Smokefree Rockquest regionally in<br />

2020,and as it hadfor regionally<br />

isolated RockshopBandquest acts<br />

since 2012.<br />

‘‘Prior to lockdown, we had arecord<br />

264 entriesfor <strong>2021</strong>,’’ he said.<br />

Already more than 85 per cent of the<br />

actsfrom the upper North Island had<br />

submitted video footage for the<br />

Auckland regionals.<br />

‘‘Ideally, much of thisevent is about<br />

givingstudents experience<br />

performing to audiences on<br />

professional stages, but where that<br />

hasn’tbeen possible,video<br />

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Senior sergeant Leigh Jenkins.<br />

Currently it was business as usual,<br />

he said.<br />

Mr Jenkins said his biggest<br />

challenge was staff retention.<br />

The policewere going througha<br />

transition where older members<br />

were going into retirement andthe<br />

force was being boostedbynew<br />

recruits.<br />

‘‘The averagebirth date of apolice<br />

The Ultimate Noodlers band made up of Isaac Phimister (vocals, guitar), Max<br />

McKay (lead guitar), Kaylum Davis (bass) and Clarry Hooker (drums) got<br />

second place in the online regional competition.<br />

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submission has been aworkable<br />

alternative,’’ he said.<br />

‘‘Although it is disappointing forus<br />

to have to move away from live events,<br />

as it will be for theyoung musicians<br />

involved, we are glad that they have<br />

had the chance to grow their<br />

musicianship, performance,<br />

teamworkand communication skills<br />

already in their preparation forthe<br />

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officerinNew Zealand is 1969, andI<br />

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college. But they anticipatethatin<br />

five years time it willbe1996,’’ he<br />

said.<br />

Mr Jenkinshad new fresh<br />

graduates from police college who<br />

were aged 19 and20and more were<br />

expected.<br />

Often recruits lastedacouple of<br />

yearshere andinorder to then fulfill<br />

ambitions to be detectivesordog<br />

handlers they movedtometro areas.<br />

He estimated40to50per cent of<br />

his staff lived outside of the district<br />

andcommuted here,whichhesaid<br />

surprised him.<br />

Mr Jenkinsmade aconscience<br />

push to try to recruit staffwho were<br />

from <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Fourrecent recruits<br />

andfour more in the wings, who had<br />

been requested, were local,hesaid.<br />

Mr Jenkinstoldcouncillors that<br />

baseball caps forpolicewerenow<br />

part of the uniform and they were on<br />

the wayfor his staffnextyear.<br />

‘‘Keepingstudents, teachers,the<br />

audiences and our crew safeisof<br />

paramount importance.’’<br />

Thejudges for the Christchurch<br />

regional were Nelson based<br />

performer, Dayna Sanerivi, and<br />

Wellington based producer, Jesse<br />

Austin­Stewart.<br />

Theregional winners will now have<br />

their online videos judged by anew<br />

panel of judgesinthe national final.<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

3<br />

Projects lined up at Hampstead School<br />

MICK.JENSEN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Anew learning support<br />

resource building, on­site staff<br />

car park and new sports sheds<br />

are set to be added to the<br />

Hampstead School site from the<br />

middle of next year.<br />

The additions are being<br />

funded by the Ministry of<br />

Education, but projects will be<br />

managed by the school.<br />

School principal Peter<br />

Melrose said the projects were<br />

in various stages of planning<br />

and had been proposed two<br />

years ago.<br />

Anew fit for purpose learning<br />

support unit/resourcearea<br />

would include five breakout<br />

spaces, an office, toilet and<br />

kitchen.<br />

The 150m2 building would be<br />

built where the current sports<br />

sheds were, he said.<br />

The sports sheds, located on<br />

the site of the old school toilets,<br />

would be rebuilt elsewhere to<br />

provide more practical storage<br />

and also aworkshop for the<br />

school caretaker.<br />

Mr Melrose said the new<br />

learning support building would<br />

be used by the school’s four<br />

part­time special needs<br />

teachers, teacher aides working<br />

with children, for ESOL classes<br />

Hampstead Schoolpupils (from<br />

left) Paige Green, 9, Hannah<br />

Stephens, 10, and Zara Lawson,<br />

9, in front of thesports sheds to<br />

be replaced with anewlearning<br />

support unit.<br />

and for extension work.<br />

The special needs bus would<br />

have access right up to the new<br />

building through areconfigured<br />

entry.<br />

MrMelrose said Hampstead<br />

School had 12 special needs<br />

students.<br />

All were supported and had a<br />

variety of needs and various<br />

conditions.<br />

Anew on­site staff parking<br />

area with 40 parks will be built<br />

and accessed from Oxford<br />

Street.<br />

Mr Melrose said the car park<br />

would free up the road around<br />

school for parents dropping off<br />

and picking up children.<br />

Pupils boost supplies at Vinnies foodbank<br />

TONI.WILLIAMS<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

St Joseph’s School pupils have<br />

beenhelping to boost the<br />

diminishing supplies of theSt<br />

VincentdePaulfood bank<br />

ahead of this Monday night’s<br />

Toot for Tucker.<br />

Toot for Tucker collection<br />

starts from 6pm, but peopleare<br />

encouraged to put their bagged<br />

grocery items at the gatefrom<br />

5pm,toavoid beingmissed by<br />

volunteer collectors.<br />

Donated food from the food<br />

drive will be split between<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>'s charityfood banks,<br />

St VincentdePaul, Salvation<br />

Armyand Presbyterian<br />

Support.<br />

Young Vinnies Club members<br />

from St Joseph's School, as well<br />

as pupils from Kea 9, took<br />

grocery items to St Vincentde<br />

Paul lastweek after organising<br />

afundraiser and adisco event.<br />

St Joseph’spupils Elizaand<br />

Lulu said twogroups of 16<br />

pupils made up theYoung<br />

VinniesClub per year, each<br />

groupserving two terms.<br />

Thegirlshave been club<br />

members for thepast two terms.<br />

They are supported by Mary<br />

Kitchen, of St Vincent de Paul<br />

Society, whoco­ordinates<br />

Young Vinnies in schools.<br />

“At schoolwedomultiple<br />

fundraisers each year and for<br />

some of them we ask people to<br />

come with agold coin or food.<br />

“This timeweaskedschool<br />

students to bring somefood to<br />

fill the shelves at St Vincent De<br />

Paul in response to the fact<br />

shelves were getting emptied as<br />

demand increased.<br />

‘‘Weheldafooddrive ...<br />

asking studentstodonate an<br />

item of food. We got quite afew<br />

things like baked beans,<br />

spaghetti, rice, rice risotto,<br />

cereals andcanned fruit.<br />

“Weare really thankful for<br />

the school community andthe<br />

parents fordonating. It is<br />

greatlyappreciated andvery<br />

humbling to have that levelof<br />

generosity shown.<br />

“This termour virtueis<br />

generosity. Our big focus has<br />

also beenusing ourgifts and<br />

talents to help others.”<br />

The Young Vinnies then<br />

walkedthe food from the school<br />

to the charity shop on Victoria<br />

Street.<br />

“Thereweresomany items it<br />

took 19 peopletowalk it all<br />

there,” they said.<br />

The Kea 9pupils whoran the<br />

disco charged pupils an item of<br />

food to enter, which wasalso<br />

donated to St VincentdePaul.<br />

“We often willdoa<br />

fundraiser for St VincentDe<br />

Paulbut it is notanannual<br />

thing ­itisoften aresponse if St<br />

VincentDePauloradifferent<br />

charity needs help,” thegirls<br />

said.<br />

Their work had included<br />

fundraisers, visiting old<br />

people’s home, Meals on<br />

Wheels or volunteering for<br />

different things such as<br />

gardening at the church,<br />

visiting the fire brigade to learn<br />

about volunteering, supporting<br />

Father Huynh with his water<br />

purification mission for his<br />

homecountry, Red Heart Day,<br />

Children's Cancer Society, or<br />

Covid Respond forIndia to help<br />

raise moneytosendfor hand<br />

sanitizing equipment.<br />

The YoungVinnies next<br />

social action activity is for Loud<br />

Shirt Day on December3<br />

supportingchildren with<br />

hearing difficulties.<br />

Young Vinnies Club members of St Joseph’s School with their food<br />

donations.<br />

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Closure for busy intersection<br />

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

December 8, 9, 10,<br />

13, 14, 15, 16<br />

January 17, 18, 19<br />

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There will be a24­hour<br />

temporary closure of the<br />

Walnut Avenue and East<br />

Street intersection this<br />

weekend.<br />

It will start from from<br />

7am on Sunday and go<br />

through until 7am Monday<br />

morning.<br />

There will be no access<br />

in or out of the intersection<br />

over this time.<br />

The closure, originally<br />

scheduled for last<br />

weekend, will see crews<br />

remove the existing road<br />

and lay new asphalt.<br />

NZTA have provided<br />

nearby residents with an<br />

0800 number to discuss any<br />

specific needs such as<br />

nurse/doctor visits or<br />

Meals on Wheels deliveries<br />

etc.<br />

Over the past six weeks<br />

NZTA have constructed the<br />

northern stormwater basin,<br />

installed new light poles<br />

and relocated some<br />

existing light poles,<br />

completed most of the<br />

major trenching for<br />

services, built new kerb<br />

and channel throughout<br />

the site and commenced<br />

footpath construction<br />

adjacent to the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Domain.<br />

The work continues over<br />

the coming weeks when the<br />

excavation of the southern<br />

During the closure the existing road will be will removed new asphalt put down.<br />

PHOTO DANIEL TOBIN<br />

stormwater basin will be<br />

completed, kerb and<br />

channel construction,<br />

demolition of the old<br />

KiwiRail building and<br />

continuing construction of<br />

stormwater drainage,<br />

footpath and road.<br />

The Walnut Avenue<br />

project is part of the NZ<br />

Upgrade Programme and is<br />

expected to take 18 months<br />

and be completed in late<br />

What you need to know<br />

2022/early 2023.<br />

•A30km/h speed restriction remains in place during the<br />

project to help keep road users and road workers safe. People<br />

are urged to travel through the site with extra care.<br />

•There will mostly be two lanes of traffic available on SH1,<br />

with Stop/Go used intermittently.<br />

Falling forFigaro<br />

ReviewedbyRowenaHart<br />

Hereisthe perfect romantic comedy.<br />

This one is moving and very funny with<br />

fabulous music.<br />

Thetwo of us lovedevery minute.<br />

The best way tobreak into the opera world is<br />

throughthe SingerOfRenown competitionin<br />

London. The winner receives acontract with<br />

an opera company.<br />

So Millie travels to asmall villageinthe Scottish<br />

Highlands, where she becomes astudent ofa<br />

demanding music teacher....played by Joanna<br />

Lumley.She is the star of this film ...her antics<br />

arecrazy and overthe top, and very funny.<br />

Her other pupil is Max who serves aschef,<br />

plumber, and maintenance man for the local<br />

pub,The FilthyPig.<br />

There’s agreat group of characters in the pub<br />

who all get pulled into the story.<br />

Don’tmiss this movie ...it’sareal treat!<br />

24<strong>25</strong>766<br />

Council has options to challenge<br />

Three Waters mandate decision<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Councilhas more<br />

optionstojoinother territorial<br />

authoritiesindiscussionsand<br />

challengestogovernment’s mandated<br />

Three Waters water reform.<br />

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

Brown told councillorslast week there<br />

was alot going on behindthe scenes<br />

withmayors aroundthe country in an<br />

attempttofind amoreacceptable<br />

path.<br />

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Additional fundinghas been<br />

given to complete theextensive<br />

clean­up at the Methven<br />

Cemetery following asevere<br />

windevent in September.<br />

The event causedthe closure<br />

of the cemetery to the public<br />

because of the risk of trees<br />

continuing to topple.<br />

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

councillorsagreed council<br />

should be involved in the site<br />

clean­up and funditthrough<br />

harvested log sales andcouncil<br />

funds.<br />

There arenofirm costs yet,<br />

but the estimatedcost of site<br />

clean­up, reinstatement and<br />

worksto allow for future<br />

increased capacity at the<br />

cemetery are up to $90,000.<br />

The work will be funded from<br />

netlog sales of $20,000and up<br />

to $70,000 fromthe Methven<br />

Cemetery cost centre.<br />

The cost centrehad asurplus<br />

of $16,000in2019/20,and<br />

$29,000 in 2020/21, leaving a<br />

deficit of $<strong>25</strong>,000 to be funded<br />

from the generalrate.<br />

At last week’s council<br />

meeting councillor Stuart<br />

Wilson asked whyopenspaces<br />

wasnot funding thework<br />

through existingbudgets.<br />

Council open spaces manager<br />

Ian Soper told him the<br />

September storm was a‘‘left<br />

field event’’ and there was no<br />

budget.<br />

He said most of the costs<br />

involved were to clean up the<br />

site, including the‘‘forestry<br />

mess’’ left by the last harvesting<br />

and windrowed stumps.<br />

Grinding the stumpsrather<br />

than burning them would<br />

supply an estimated 2000m3of<br />

mulch that could be used onsite<br />

and at other locations in<br />

Methven.<br />

Cr Angus McKaysaid the<br />

cemeterycurrently looked ‘‘an<br />

absolute disgrace’’ and work on<br />

cleaning it up neededtostart.<br />

Cr Liz McMillanagreed,<br />

sayingthe piles of debris were<br />

huge and the walking path<br />

neededtobereinstatedassoon<br />

as possible.<br />

Acemetery development<br />

plan will be presented to<br />

Methven Community Boardat<br />

its meeting on Monday and will<br />

then go to council.<br />

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NEWS<br />

8 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

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workshop and othersellable items.<br />

Donations shouldnot include old<br />

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The garagesalewillbeheld January29<br />

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Mid Canterbury Hockey’s<br />

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awarded the Hockey NZ Gold<br />

Service Award at the club’s<br />

AGM on Tuesday.<br />

Recipients of the award have<br />

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of service to hockey in avariety<br />

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Mid Canterbury Hockey<br />

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contribution to hockey.<br />

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executive Anthony Crummy said<br />

‘‘We at Hockey New Zealand<br />

very much appreciate the<br />

service David has given to our<br />

sport.’’<br />

David has had over 50 years<br />

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picking up astick when he was<br />

10­years­old in Gisborne. He<br />

moved around with his family<br />

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and University in Christchurch<br />

before settling in <strong>Ashburton</strong> in<br />

1983.<br />

David has since held positions<br />

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executive, and in 1993 he took<br />

on the role of treasurer and has<br />

been in that role for 27 years.<br />

The biggest change in hockey<br />

David has witnessed over the<br />

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‘‘The turf was abig one for me,<br />

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skilful game, it’s just so quick,’’<br />

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There had been adrop in club<br />

membership because of covid,<br />

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again.<br />

To help get the sport more<br />

exposure in the community, the<br />

club is looking for anew<br />

coaching and development<br />

officer, after the previous<br />

person left around ayear ago.<br />

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are looking at getting some<br />

funding to make the position<br />

full time, and that gets the sport<br />

into the schools and helps<br />

representative coaches.’’<br />

This season the senior mens<br />

team competed in the<br />

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Deaths<br />

MARKHAM; Shiela (Cecilia)<br />

nee Tinkler: 93 years old.<br />

Died peacefully in her sleep at<br />

Blenheim.<br />

Loved sister and sister-in-law of<br />

Margaret and Ray Donaldson,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> and loved Aunty of<br />

Gary, Ian and Janene, Sharon<br />

and John and families.<br />

COVILLE, Raymond William:<br />

Died peacefully on <strong>November</strong><br />

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

85 years. Loved husband of<br />

Maureen. Loved brother-inlaw<br />

of Linda, Ian and Irene,<br />

Kevin and Barbara and families.<br />

Loved uncle of Robert and<br />

Karen and loved cousin of<br />

Carolyn. Messages to the<br />

Colville family c/o PO Box 472<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. A private<br />

family cremation.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

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SMITH Robert Charles<br />

(Bob), on <strong>November</strong> 22,<br />

<strong>2021</strong>, peacefully at Rosebank<br />

Lifecare, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged 67<br />

years. Loved friend of Tina and<br />

Mickey. Messages to c/- POBox<br />

472, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. At Bob’s<br />

request aprivate cremation has<br />

been held.<br />

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anniversary, death,<br />

acknowledgement, and<br />

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Family Notices<br />

Acknowledgement<br />

DUDLEY, Ian Palmer: David<br />

and Suzanne, Richard and Sue,<br />

Debbie and Gordon, Kerry and<br />

families wish to sincerely thank<br />

everyone for their love and<br />

support following the death of<br />

our much loved father, fatherin-law,<br />

grandfather and greatgrandfather.<br />

Thank you for all the beautiful<br />

cards, flowers, baking/food,<br />

phone calls and messages and<br />

to those who attended the<br />

service, it wasmuch appreciated<br />

by us all.<br />

Grateful thanks to Linda at<br />

Paterson’s Funeral Services<br />

and Carol Gunn for making<br />

the service so memorable<br />

and such a special tribute to<br />

Ian. Many thanks to Dr Ritchie<br />

and Stephanie at the Tinwald<br />

Medical Centre and a special<br />

thank you to the staff at Radius<br />

Millstream for taking such<br />

wonderful care ofIan over the<br />

last twelve months.<br />

Please accept this as apersonal<br />

acknowledgement.<br />

PATERSON; Ron: Edith, Adrian,<br />

Ronelle, Todd and Dallas with<br />

their families, wish to sincerely<br />

thank everyone for their<br />

expressions of love andsupport<br />

throughout Ron’sillness and his<br />

passing. Thank you all for the<br />

beautiful flowers, cards, visits,<br />

baking and phone calls. The<br />

love and kindness you have<br />

shown to our family is sincerely<br />

appreciated. We are sad that<br />

as yet we have been unable<br />

to gather together in memory<br />

of Ron’s long life ofservice to<br />

others but aMemorial Service<br />

will be held once the Covid<br />

restrictions have eased. Please<br />

accept this as a personal<br />

acknowledgementfromusall.<br />

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NEWS<br />

10 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

High tea<br />

The best china wasout and there<br />

was an impressivehigh afternoon<br />

tea laid on for parishioners of St<br />

Andrew’s Church, <strong>Ashburton</strong> last<br />

week.<br />

Around40peoplecame together<br />

in theSinclair Centre to nibble on<br />

sandwiches andcake and to enjoy<br />

eachothers company overacup of<br />

tea.<br />

The treats at theposh afternoon<br />

tea werefunded by adonation from<br />

St Andrew’sChurch, Matamata,<br />

which tookupacollection to support<br />

churchpeople here caughtupinthe<br />

flooding event at the end of May.<br />

Those attending thehigh tea were<br />

entertained by musicians from the<br />

South Celtic FiddleOrchestra.<br />

Maureen Maginness (standing)<br />

delivers an elegant tiered high tea to<br />

fellow parishioners Janette Simons<br />

(left) and Alyth Melrose.<br />

The McCullough family from left rear Hilary, Aaron, Olive, Alice and Annie.<br />

Community backs campaign<br />

Geraldineisreally getting behind<br />

the Geraldine Domain<br />

Redevelopment project, Geraldine<br />

Combined Sports Association<br />

chairmanAaron McCulloughsays.<br />

The fundraising campaign is<br />

seeking to raise $100,000 before<br />

Christmas.<br />

‘‘We were thrilled to reach the<br />

$20kmilestone over the weekend<br />

and it’sjust been going fromstrength<br />

to strength since then,” he said.<br />

The projectwas re­quotedin<br />

September as preparations were<br />

made to start the work, following the<br />

successful raising of $950,000for the<br />

project.<br />

‘‘A small shortfall was identified<br />

due to cost increases since Covid­19,<br />

so thegroup has nowturned to the<br />

community for help.<br />

“Our fundraising team have done a<br />

brilliant job of raising90 percent of<br />

the $1.05m needed for the<br />

redevelopment and nowweare<br />

coming to the community to ask for<br />

everyone’s help to get the last little<br />

bit so the project can be fully<br />

completed.”<br />

The group hasset up aGivealittle<br />

page and is making direct appeals to<br />

the community via their Facebook<br />

page, as well as holdingstalls at the<br />

local Fresh Choice supermarketand<br />

weeklyfarmers market.<br />

There are alsoplans for agiant<br />

dress­up day in early December<br />

where all theschoolsand businesses<br />

in Geraldinehavebeenencouraged<br />

to dress­up in sporting attire and<br />

there are plans for atext message to<br />

be sent, as well as posters andsigns<br />

around the town.<br />

The project, which will have<br />

benefits rightacross the sporting<br />

community of Geraldine, is backed<br />

by the Timaru District Council, as<br />

well as theclubs and users of the<br />

Domain,and is set to include a<br />

floodlit all­weather multi­sport<br />

artificial turf surfaceoverlaidon<br />

four of the existing sixcourts to cater<br />

for awider range of sporting and<br />

recreational users, anetwork of lit<br />

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improved storagefacilities for key<br />

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Donations can be made<br />

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planned community supporters<br />

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12 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Rural bridge fears<br />

MICK.JENSEN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Mid Canterbury high country farmer Ross<br />

Bowmar has concerns another flood, or<br />

spellofheavy rainwill again washout the<br />

Redcliffs bridgewhichconnects hisfarm<br />

and others in theRakaia Gorge to<br />

civilisation.<br />

Mr Bowmar runsRedcliffs Station,<br />

which is located on thesouthern banksof<br />

the Rakaia River betweenthe junction<br />

with the WilberforceRiver and the Rakaia<br />

Gorge.<br />

Heavy rain at the end of May caused<br />

significantdamage to DoubleHill Run<br />

Road that left farmers isolated for awhile<br />

and forced sometousehelicopters to fly in<br />

food and supplies.<br />

Speaking to <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />

councillors recently, Mr Bowmar said his<br />

farm was outofaction for aweek after the<br />

May flood and then for four daysafter<br />

another rain event in July.<br />

He was makinggoodprogressand<br />

rebuilding his farm after raging torrents<br />

had swept through it, buthestill had flood<br />

concerns.<br />

There was adaily reminderofthe floods<br />

lasting impact when you went over the<br />

Redcliffs Bridgeand saw the shingle<br />

carrying above the sides, he said.<br />

It was more difficult to cross the bridge,<br />

both with machinery and stock, and abend<br />

in the guard rail made it more likely farm<br />

machinerycouldhit the side.<br />

Hisfarm’s hydro power was now back on<br />

after five months, butthere remained abig<br />

risk that shingle couldbackupfrom the<br />

bridge andbury the intake off thehydro<br />

again.<br />

‘‘Letting theshingle build up and digging<br />

out the bridge on aregular basisisnot a<br />

sustainable or cost affective option long<br />

Redcliffs Station owner Ross Bowmar.<br />

term. In the second flooditonly took 50mm<br />

of rain and 12 hours for thebridge to be<br />

buried again.’’<br />

Mr Bowmar said an engineer from<br />

Environment Canterbury had come out<br />

and had made suggestions and had aplan.<br />

He and hisneighbours were keen to<br />

know how they couldmoveforwardand<br />

wantedmorecertainty.<br />

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

said thebridge issue was aproblem that<br />

money could fix.<br />

‘‘The problem we have is that themoney<br />

we appliedfor from NZTA for the next<br />

three years is $5 millionshort of what we<br />

asked for to maintain thewhole district.<br />

‘‘What we are short, we need to spread<br />

thinner because we have potholesand<br />

roads that need rehabilitation everywhere<br />

in the district.<br />

‘‘They’re all important, butweneed to<br />

prioritiseand money is constrained.’’<br />

Mr Brown hasasked council staff to<br />

come back with areport outlining options<br />

and costings for theRedcliffsbridge.<br />

NATURE MATTERS<br />

BY MARY RALSTON<br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Love our lizards<br />

Most conservation effort in New<br />

Zealand is directed at the<br />

conspicuous wildlife such as our<br />

native birds and rare plants. But we<br />

should love our lizards too!<br />

New Zealand has around 80<br />

species of lizards. There are many<br />

different types of lizard in the world<br />

but New Zealand only has skinks<br />

and geckos. Skinks are the shiny<br />

brown ones, and geckos have loose<br />

baggy skin and large eyes that<br />

cannot blink. Skinks are active<br />

during the day; green geckos are<br />

active during the day and the brown<br />

geckos are nocturnal.<br />

Native lizard species are<br />

threatened by the same factors that<br />

affect our native birds –predators<br />

such as cats and stoats, and loss of<br />

habitat. Fortunately, by preserving<br />

and restoring areas to protect plants<br />

we can also protect lizards.<br />

Lizards need warm dry shelter<br />

such as piles of stones. Originally<br />

the Canterbury Plains had plenty of<br />

dry stony habitat but development<br />

has cleared many of these natural<br />

sites. The stones farmers piled up in<br />

the paddocks or along fencelines<br />

provided warm, dry shelter, and<br />

they attracted insects and other<br />

invertebrates which are food for the<br />

lizards.<br />

Intensive farming practices have<br />

reduced available habitat for<br />

lizards: many of the piles of stones<br />

have gone and irrigation means the<br />

habitat is no longer hot and dry.<br />

The southern grass skink.<br />

PHOTO HERMANN FRANK<br />

We can easily build lizard habitat<br />

in our gardens –place piles of<br />

stones in awarm dry area, making<br />

sure there are gaps of about 5–20<br />

mm for the lizards to escape into.<br />

Old concrete, roofing iron, dead<br />

wood and bricks are also perfect<br />

places for them to live (in other<br />

words, don’t be too tidy!).<br />

Reducing predator pressure will<br />

benefit both birds and lizards –<br />

trapping predators and putting bells<br />

on cats. Lizards also like the fruits<br />

of native plants such as coprosma<br />

and corokia, and reducing chemical<br />

use is agood idea so that<br />

invertebrates (such as spiders,<br />

beetles and slaters) are plentiful.<br />

Even asmall pile of stones or<br />

wood in awarm place can make a<br />

difference –make it asummer<br />

project!<br />

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14 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Workers named<br />

in alleged ring<br />

Christmas tree goes up on East Street<br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Thirty­four­year­olddairy<br />

farmer workerEsteban Blanco<br />

Gaviria,from the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

District, and 30­year­old Maria<br />

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dollars from Colombia into<br />

New Zealandhave direct links<br />

to high­poweredcartels in<br />

Medellin, it's understood.<br />

Six Colombiannationals ­five<br />

of whom wereworking as<br />

contractorsonCanterbury<br />

farms­and one Argentinian –<br />

appearedincourt lastweek.<br />

Esteban Blanco Gaviriawas<br />

named after interim name<br />

suppressionlapsedlast Friday<br />

at 9am.<br />

The34­year­old dairy farm<br />

worker from the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

District is charged with<br />

conspiring with ‘‘persons<br />

unknowninColombia’’ to<br />

import cocaine, seven charges<br />

of importing or attempting to<br />

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charges of money laundering,<br />

amounting to $605,000 and<br />

alleged to havehappenedin<br />

Auckland, Christchurch and<br />

Rolleston stretchingbackfour<br />

years.<br />

Anderson Pelaez Garcia,a<br />

28­year­old whohad been<br />

working in the Ellesmere<br />

District south of Christchurch,<br />

can alsobeidentified.<br />

He faces nine charges of<br />

importingcocainein2019and<br />

2020 and of being in an<br />

organised criminal group since<br />

around January 1, 2018.<br />

Andathird person, Maria<br />

EmiliaOtero,a30­year­old<br />

fromapropertyinRakaia, is<br />

alsonamed.<br />

She hasbeen charged with<br />

participating in an organised<br />

criminal group to import<br />

cocaine,along with attempting<br />

to import cocaine into New<br />

Zealandbetween May and<br />

September this year.<br />

Two Canterburydairy<br />

workers had earlier appeared<br />

in Christchurch District Court<br />

facing charges of importing<br />

cocaine on variousdates<br />

stretching backmore thana<br />

year.<br />

~New ZealandHerald<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s giant Christmas tree has been put up and <strong>Ashburton</strong> District mayor Neil Brown will<br />

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NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

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Cr Angus McKayagreed and said<br />

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

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 39<br />

<strong>25</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

Message From ThePrincipal<br />

Teacher Staffing<br />

With over ninety teachers on staff, this is always<br />

when the hardmahi is underway to ensurethatwe<br />

arefullystaffed forthe startofnextyear.<br />

As with each year,wehavestaff leaving foravariety<br />

of reasons, including retirement, promotion,<br />

relocation.<br />

It sounds like astraight-forward process to make<br />

appointments now sothat weare ‘good to go’on<br />

dayone in the followingyear. However, thereare some significanthurdles<br />

to beingfullystaffed.<br />

Firstly, there isachronic undersupply ofteachers in some subject areas,<br />

particularlyTechnology,Physics andTeReo.<br />

As asimple example, in<strong>2021</strong> at Dunedin and Canterbury universities,<br />

they had zero graduates training as hard material teachers. Secondly,<br />

because wehire specialist teachers, wefrequently need ‘bits’ofajob to<br />

fill atimetable.<br />

If we have the staffing for one job but, inreality, need eight hours of<br />

English, seven hours of Health and the balance required for an Art<br />

teacher,the school is stuck.<br />

We areinthe fortunate position of having manyofour retired staff willing<br />

to come back to help us out with part-time teaching, and cover. Not<br />

everyschool is so fortunate.<br />

Year 13 Graduation Ceremonyand Prize-Givings<br />

Our senior prize-givings went well although they were, asunderstood,<br />

reduced instudent performances and atmosphere. The need to abide<br />

by health guidelines had us hosting these annual events with recipients<br />

only, rather than our customary whānau and friends audience. We are<br />

hopeful that our recordings and individual student recipient photos of<br />

the events can be viewed by many whānau.<br />

Senior Students<br />

Nowthatour senior students have finished on-site, external exams aside,<br />

our campus feels alittle like the deck of the Mary Celeste. Whilst we still<br />

have approximately 550 Year 9and 10 students in-College, our school<br />

does feel empty.<br />

Of course, our seniors do come and go to meet their exam timetables.<br />

Thereisafurtherround of eveningstudy supportonofferinthe libraryto<br />

ensureour studentsare well-prepared.<br />

Re-build<br />

Thepending relocation of the Phoenix Pre-school to our netball courts is<br />

well underway, building-wise.The next step is the demolition and rebuild<br />

of the changing rooms thatserviceour gyms and Phys Ed classes.<br />

It is the Architects’aim to have the finalised College Master Plan for the<br />

entire project ready byFebruary. Once confirmed, this will be shared.<br />

Thereisnogain sharing aplan while it is still subjecttochange.<br />

Have agreat week.<br />

Ross Preece<br />

Principal •Tumuaki<br />

Information<br />

Study Nights –Preparation forExternal Exams<br />

The Study Night Schedule isnow available, where teaching staff will<br />

supportstudents in preparation forNCEA External Exams,which have<br />

nowstartedand continue through until 14 December.<br />

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

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

opportunities.<br />

Arrangements are–<br />

Venue:<br />

CollegeLibrary,from7:00pm -9:00pm.<br />

Bookings required: Students aretopre-bookspaces, as therehas to be<br />

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

been provided to students.<br />

Remaining StudyNight<br />

Datesare –<br />

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

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

Wednesday01December<br />

Monday06December<br />

Tuesday07December<br />

In OurNextNewsletters<br />

Many events and successes are sitting in the wings waiting to be<br />

reported on, and we look forwardtosharing these with youinthe<br />

next newsletter or two.<br />

These will include –TradesStudents successes; Shave foraCure; Dance<br />

Showcase; Head Students’final speeches to the school; House Trophy<br />

winners; Cultural Bite; Golf;Mountain Biking; Market Day; Chess Match;<br />

Trampolining; Cricket; Australian Maths Competition; Rowing; Aoraki<br />

Sports Awards;and Junior Sports TournamentWeek.<br />

Congratulations<br />

Year 12 Prize-Giving<br />

This was held in the College Auditorium, for recipients only and with<br />

relevant keystaff,onMonday15<strong>November</strong> from 12:<strong>25</strong>pm.<br />

However, as with the Year 13 Graduation Ceremony, both this and the<br />

Year 11 Prize-Giving were videoed by our Year 12 student Kyle Christie,<br />

and photos taken of each recipient. The links for these have been sent to<br />

families,and toour staff.<br />

Appreciation to our Community<br />

In relation to anumber of our Academic and Special Awards,manyofthese<br />

aredonatedbyindividuals and groups and we areverygrateful to our local<br />

communityfor this. Some of these arehighlightedbelow.<br />

Principal’s Address<br />

Ross Preece addressed the students, similarly to those at the Year 13<br />

Graduation Ceremony aweek prior, noting the challenges of the last two<br />

years but also commending studentleaders fortheir leadership and support<br />

of students via alternativeavenues to the traditional on-siteopportunities.<br />

Acknowledged was the country’s<br />

‘team of five million’ common goal,<br />

and the additional toughness of<br />

situations for the wider Auckland<br />

region and schools.<br />

With so many cultural and sporting<br />

events cancelled,manyopportunities<br />

were stymied, and there was the<br />

challenge of maintaining enthusiasm<br />

for learning when online. For the<br />

district, therewas the combination of<br />

COVID and the severe flooding, both<br />

creating major economic hurdles for<br />

many.<br />

Ross referred to employment<br />

opportunities, and the demand for<br />

employees with skills and values.<br />

With the majority ofYear 12students returning to College next year, Ross<br />

challenged them to set some clear goals for 2022, and he thanked all staff<br />

who have supported student progress this year and who have helped<br />

students as needed.<br />

Ross concluded by congratulating all award recipients, wishing them<br />

well for the forthcoming external exams as he did to those leaving for<br />

apprenticeships/employment.<br />

DeputyHead Girl’s Address –Easterlin Faamausili<br />

As partofour ceremonies we continued with the HeadStudentsasspeakers,<br />

foreach senior level.<br />

Easterlin welcomed all attendees and families who would be able toview<br />

the prize-giving from home, noting this wasn’t the way they imagined this<br />

year ending but she congratulated‘eachand everyone of youfor whatyou<br />

have accomplished in <strong>2021</strong>’. Whether students were returning to school<br />

or leaving, she encouraged all to keep their heads up and face whatever<br />

challengesare throwntheirway.<br />

Appreciated was the honour and<br />

privilege of beingDeputy Head Girl,<br />

aride full of laughs and memories<br />

she would forevercherish, thanking<br />

all in-College who had helped her<br />

along the way, and her parents for<br />

their encouragement and support.<br />

Easterlin urged students to be<br />

appreciative toall who have had a<br />

positiveimpactontheir lives so far.<br />

Knowing thatthe new Head Students wouldbenamed in this prize-giving,<br />

Easterlin congratulated each for having the courage to put their names<br />

forwardfor the roles. She wished the futureHead Students all the very best<br />

fortheir new journey andfor representing <strong>Ashburton</strong>Collegetothe best of<br />

their abilities.<br />

As with the other Head Students, Easterlin acknowledged this as her last<br />

timestanding beforeher peers as Deputy Head Girl, summarisingwith best<br />

wishes forthe upcoming exams and enjoymentfromfollowing successes.<br />

In conclusion Easterlin said –<br />

‘Remember that therewill always be challenges along the way.<br />

Failuresand mistakes areapart of life.<br />

‘A smooth seanever created askilful sailor’.<br />

Fa’afetai,fa’afetaitele lava.<br />

Some of the KeyAwards presented were -<br />

ANZ Bank Academic Achievement Award<br />

for the TopStudentinYear12<br />

ZoeRitchie<br />

In attaining the Year 12 Top<br />

ScholarAward Zoegainedthe<br />

following awards -<br />

• English(Mary Bovett Prizeand<br />

Murrow Cup)<br />

• Drama (JennySmith Trophy)<br />

• History<br />

• Dance<br />

• Level 2ExcellenceAward<br />

• AshColl WayAward<br />

Ngahuia Maeva<br />

• Citizenship Awardfor mentoring students in reading<br />

• Level 2Merit Award<br />

• AshColl WayAward<br />

Andadditionally-<br />

Girls’RugbyTrophy–Most Improved Forward<br />

In attaining the Year12<br />

TopMāori Student Award<br />

Ngahuia also gainedthe<br />

following awards -<br />

• Māori<br />

• Maui Award for Spirit of<br />

Tikanga Māori<br />

• Senior Speech Trophy<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Technical High School OldPupils’<br />

Trades Scholarship<br />

Kyle Christie<br />

AdditionallyKyle attained-<br />

• Harmony Masonic Lodge<br />

Trophyfor the TopStudentin<br />

the TradesExperience Course<br />

• GrowMid CanterburyTrophy<br />

for Most Consistent Level<br />

of Application in the Trades<br />

Course<br />

• AshColl WayAward<br />

Heartland Technology Prize<br />

Hamish Lyth<br />

Attainedfor –<br />

• Digital Information<br />

Technology<br />

Hamish also gainedan-<br />

• AshColl WayAward<br />

Meet our Head Students Electfor 2022<br />

Student leadership aspirations continue amongst the current Year<br />

12 group, with eleven students putting their names forward for<br />

consideration as Head Students.<br />

The appointment process is rigorous: involving self-nomination, voting<br />

by staff and students for the initial short-listing; candidate speeches,<br />

further voting by staff and students, and interviews bythe College’s<br />

Principal Ross Preece, Deputy Principal Helen Shore-Taylor, Head of<br />

SeniorSchool Abbey Bruceand Neil Brown, <strong>Ashburton</strong> DistrictMayor.<br />

Announced at the Year 12 Prize-giving were –<br />

Millar Newlands (DeputyHeadBoy), Jack Brown(Head Boy),<br />

Jorja Roulston (HeadGirl)and TC Trusler-Clark (DeputyHead Girl).<br />

(pictured below, lefttoright)<br />

The students advise that, for 2022, their response and over-arching<br />

goals are, saying –<br />

Following the announcement atthe Year 12 prize-giving, weare all<br />

feeling incredibly grateful and excited to have been given the privilege<br />

of representing <strong>Ashburton</strong>College as the Head Student team for2022.<br />

This is an amazing,‘onceinalifetime’opportunityand we areeager to set<br />

our ideas into play, andlearnand grow together as leaders.Wehope that<br />

we make youall proud!<br />

We arelooking forwardtoseeingour future Year 13 students fill roles on<br />

the StudentExecutiveand in other leadership positions,and we cannot<br />

wait to watchour <strong>Ashburton</strong>Collegeleadership team grow,and to work<br />

alongside them to tackle the challenges of the upcoming year.<br />

We areanxiously waiting to see the amazing opportunities that2022will<br />

bring.Weare excited to see whatthe students of <strong>Ashburton</strong>College will<br />

achieveduringthe year,and we hope thatthe students aretoo.<br />

We have the ambition of building an all-inclusive school environment,<br />

expressiveofcultureand individuality. We arestriving forunityamongst<br />

allstudents and an increase in school spirit during the forthcoming year.<br />

Mā iti, mā rahi, ra rapa te whai<br />

Working together,wewill achieve.


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

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 39<br />

<strong>25</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

Congratulations<br />

Year 11 Prize-Giving<br />

This was held inthe College Auditorium, for recipients only and with<br />

relevant keystaff,onMonday 15 <strong>November</strong>from2:05pm.<br />

Deputy Principal Ron Cresswell welcomed all, invited the Principal forward<br />

forhis address,and closed theevent with concluding words.<br />

DeputyHead Boy’sAddress –AlexRielly<br />

Alex welcomed students and staff and those who would be watching the<br />

prize-giving online. Heacknowledged the year hadgiven all their‘fair share<br />

of shock,confusion,and stress’, butalso much to be proud of.<br />

With Year 11 students nearthe end of their first year of NCEA, he suggested<br />

they mayhave discovered theletters N, C, Eand Atobe the least enjoyable<br />

in the alphabet!<br />

However, he<br />

suggested,despite<br />

that, all should be<br />

proud of keeping<br />

their feet on the<br />

ground andpushing<br />

through theyear,<br />

despitethe multiple<br />

obstaclesthrown<br />

their way.<br />

Looking ahead<br />

Alex encouraged<br />

students to step<br />

forwardand take opportunitieswhichcometheir way, noting someofthe<br />

leadership opportunities which would be available, confirming thatthe<br />

experiencesandmemories that come with taking opportunities is what<br />

makes school lifemoreenjoyable.<br />

He too acknowledged asadness atstanding in front ofayear group as<br />

DeputyHeadBoy forthe last time, citing it as an experiencehehas enjoyed<br />

so much, learned somuch from, making it the best year of school he had<br />

experienced, sayinghewas so grateful to have spent this past year as one of<br />

the College’s Head Students. Heacknowledged his appreciation to support<br />

and teaching staff, and the students who had all played apart inwhat has<br />

mostly been an amazing year.<br />

With good wishes for 2022 and beyond, headvised students that all that<br />

wasleftwas to tackle whatisleftof<strong>2021</strong>and do their best in the exams.<br />

In conclusion, Alex’s wordswere-<br />

‘Nowbefore Ifinish,Iwanttomakesure youremember<br />

my main message in this speech.<br />

Take all the opportunities thatcome your way, because -<br />

alife spent making mistakes is not onlymore honourable,<br />

but more useful thanalife spent doing nothing.<br />

Four KeyYear11Awards presented were –<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>High School Centennial Trust<br />

TopScholar Awardfor Year 11<br />

Ollie Bubb<br />

In attaining the Year 11<br />

TopScholarAward Ollie<br />

also gained-<br />

• Level 1ExcellenceAward<br />

• AshColl WayAward<br />

Rakiroa Trophyfor the TopPerforming Year 11 Māori Student<br />

Isabel Wall<br />

TheAshColl<br />

Way<br />

In attaining the Year 11<br />

TopPerforming Māori<br />

Student AwardIsabel<br />

also gainedthe following<br />

awards -<br />

• Economics<br />

• Level 1Excellence Award<br />

• AshColl WayAward<br />

Thistle Masonic Lodge Citizenship Award<br />

This is awarded toastudentwho is an excellentmember<br />

of the community, whodisplays the values of beingagood citizen,<br />

and who exemplifies the AshColl Waythrough theiractions<br />

in avarietyofareas.<br />

This year’s recipient has been involved in numerous cultural and sporting<br />

activities, both within <strong>Ashburton</strong> College and the wider community,<br />

and whose approach has exemplified the characteristics of what agood<br />

citizen is.<br />

Winner of the Award was:<br />

Molly McKenna<br />

Mollywas also awarded–<br />

• Designand Visual<br />

Communication<br />

(Herbert Watts Cup)<br />

• Level 1Excellence Award<br />

• AshColl WayAward<br />

Heartland Technology Prize<br />

Daniel Redelinghuysand Joelle Watson<br />

In attaining this Award:<br />

Daniel gained–<br />

• DigitalInformation Practical (Heartland TechnologyPrize)<br />

• AshColl WayAward<br />

Joelle gained-<br />

• DigitalInformation Technology (Rosalie Begg Memorial Awardand<br />

Heartland TechnologyPrize)<br />

• ExcellenceinLevel 1Digital TechnologyOnline<br />

• Level 1Excellence Award<br />

• AshColl Way Award<br />

BoardofTrustees Newly Elected<br />

StudentRepresentative<br />

Additional to previously advised student leadership roles, students are<br />

also nominated for the position ofStudent Representative to the Board of<br />

Trustees. The process to this follows national legislativeprocedures.<br />

Following video link nominee<br />

speeches, College students voted<br />

electronically, Wednesday-Friday<br />

27-29 October, for this one-year<br />

position.The new representative<br />

commences at the Board’s 01<br />

December meeting.<br />

This year four students were<br />

nominees for the role, which is<br />

avery pleasing level of interest<br />

shown in what isaresponsible<br />

position.<br />

Thesuccessful candidate<br />

this year is<br />

Chinatsu Hunt<br />

Appreciation –Previous BoardStudent Representative,<br />

Gemma Taylor<br />

Sincereappreciation is giventoGemmaTaylor,BoardStudent Representative<br />

from <strong>November</strong> 2020 –October <strong>2021</strong>. Gemma broughtavalued perspective<br />

to the Boardtable,being awilling contributor to matters under discussion.<br />

Gemma was aperson who thought beyond the immediate discussion to<br />

suggesting outcomes or areas to investigate further. Gemma’s written<br />

reports raised various points of interest in relation to the student body,<br />

showing valuable insights into the individual and collective thinking of<br />

the Student Executive and Committees. Significant again, this year, was<br />

the impressiveabilityofthe students to adapt to thevariances wroughtby<br />

COVID-19.<br />

Inclusivitywas akey featureofGemma’s time at College, with this evidentin<br />

discussions at Boardlevel.<br />

Gemma is thanked for her time, effort and thought given towhat isa<br />

reasonably time-demanding position, and wished well for her postsecondaryschool<br />

years.<br />

Events<br />

AfterThe Tampa Author to Speak,<br />

Monday06December<br />

Diwali Day<br />

Head of the College’s Student Cultural Committee Shrina Afu tells us<br />

that Diwali Daywas observedatCollege on Friday05<strong>November</strong>.<br />

During the day Deputy Head Girl Easterlin Faamausili read out an<br />

information piece over the school speakers, aswritten by teacher Heena<br />

Shah, who is from India.<br />

Read out was: ‘Namaste (greetings to you). Today isDiwali Day, which is<br />

the celebration of good over evil in Hinduism. The school community was<br />

advised thatYash Pateland SunnyRana, both of Indian ethnicity, had raised<br />

the Indian Flag to acknowledge the day. Diwali Dayiscelebratedwith‘heaps<br />

of’lights,known as the FestivalofLights.Dhaanyavaad’(thank you).<br />

(Pictured right, leftand right):<br />

Year 11 studentSunnyRanaand<br />

Year 13 studentYash Patelraising<br />

the Indian flag to celebrate<br />

Diwali Day.<br />

From Afghanistan to New Zealand,<br />

from aChild Refugee to aFullbrightScholar.<br />

Abbas Nazariwill be speaking at the<br />

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

on Monday06December.<br />

There aretwo time slots:<br />

6:30pm-7:30 and 7:30pm–8:30pm.<br />

Abbas will also have signed copies of<br />

his book forsale.<br />

Everyone welcome.<br />

Reservations areessential<br />

and aretobemade with the <strong>Ashburton</strong>Library,<br />

Phone 308-7192 or email library@adc.govt.nz<br />

Forthcoming Events<br />

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

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

details areknown.<br />

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

26 New Entrants’morning –Day 2<br />

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

30 Year 9/10 Matesand Dates<br />

December<br />

01 BOTmeeting, Turret Room, Menorlue,6:15pm<br />

01-02 Year 10 Mountain biking (No 2)<br />

07 GetOutThere(GOTDay), various venues.Toproceed as scheduled.<br />

08 Te WhareManaaki Prize-giving<br />

09 Year 10 Prize-giving (recipients only), Auditorium<br />

12:<strong>25</strong>pm-1:20pm<br />

Year 9Prize-giving (recipients only), Auditorium, 2:05pm-3:05pm<br />

12 CANCELLED –Year 13 Graduation Dinner,Hotel <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

14 NCEA exams finish<br />

15 eSports Tournament<br />

16-18 NZ SecondarySchools’Track,Field and Road Championships,<br />

Taranaki<br />

End-of-Year Datesand COVID-<br />

ImpactedChanges<br />

Please notepresentation events arebeing recorded and<br />

areavailable to viewonthe College web-site.<br />

Details will be forwarded to families.<br />

Te WhareManaakiPrize-giving –<br />

Wednesday08December, 11:00am-1:00pm<br />

To takeplace,withstudents and relevant staff only,withrecording to be<br />

distributed to students’families.<br />

Last dayofschoolattendance and Prize-givings for<br />

Junior Students:<br />

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

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

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

At both levels scheduled classes continue as normal, only prize recipients<br />

to Auditorium.<br />

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

Year 13 GraduationDinner -Sunday12December<br />

Regretfully cancelled.


FEATURE<br />

18 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

New Isuzu D­Max has plenty of Xfactor<br />

BY BOB NETTLETON<br />

There’s neverbeen an Isuzu ute that’s<br />

generatedthe sort of fuss and fanfare of<br />

the new X­Terrain, amodel that spear<br />

headedthe launch of the company’s new<br />

D­Max around the globe 12 months ago.<br />

The X­Terrainhas plenty of X­Factor<br />

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price tag leaves aslightly sour after<br />

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With alonger wheelbase and lean<br />

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Aspacious cab that packs plenty of<br />

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ute there’s adriver’s knee and driver’s<br />

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FEATURE<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

19<br />

Solterra EV revealed<br />

Subaru Corporation Japan has<br />

announced the global reveal of the<br />

new electric, All­Wheel Drive (AWD)<br />

Subaru Solterra SUV this month.<br />

The Subaru Solterra ­named by<br />

combining the Latin words for ‘sun’<br />

and ‘earth’­ is built on the e­Subaru<br />

Global Platform, which is anew AWD,<br />

all­electric vehicle architecture. The<br />

Solterra EV brings the Subaru brand’s<br />

trusted reliability, state­of­the­art<br />

safety technology, and legendary<br />

AWD engineering to an<br />

environmentally responsible allelectric<br />

SUV.<br />

Subaru Corporation has made a<br />

commitment to apply electrification<br />

technologies to all Subaru vehicles<br />

sold worldwide by the first half of the<br />

2030s. The company has announced<br />

its plans to continually develop and<br />

deliver products that meet societal<br />

needs and contribute to and protect<br />

the global environment through<br />

advanced technologies.<br />

Subaru of New Zealand managing<br />

director Wallis Dumper says: “The Solterra<br />

signals anew era for the Subaru brand as we<br />

continue our journey towards amore<br />

sustainable future here in New Zealand. The<br />

global reveal will no doubt stir great<br />

anticipation and excitement in our Kiwi<br />

Subaru drivers. The Solterra will enable<br />

them to explore the places they would rather<br />

be in their own back yard, while taking care<br />

of it at the same time, as we see the next<br />

expression of Subaru Corporation’s<br />

commitment to electrification.”<br />

“It is important to us that we remain true to<br />

our 100% All­Wheel Drive strategy in New<br />

Zealand and we will introduce the Solterra<br />

knowing it can handle Subaru Country. We<br />

look forward to working with Subaru<br />

Corporation to bring an All­Wheel Drive<br />

electric vehicle to the New Zealand market,<br />

with the same DNA that is shared by the rest<br />

of our Subaru line­up.”<br />

New Zealand has some unique challenges<br />

imposed by our government to force achange<br />

to electric vehicles ahead of global<br />

timelines.<br />

Mr Dumper acknowledges that the Subaru<br />

of New Zealand team, (as proactive members<br />

of the New Zealand Motor Industry<br />

Association) are committed to helping<br />

transform the future of the automotive<br />

industry to achieve lower emissions.<br />

“With models like the Subaru Solterra<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

Togsthroughthe ages<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Museum is getting people in themood for<br />

summer swimming with its latest display featuring<br />

historic swimwear andwater recreationphotos.<br />

The Summer Swimmin' exhibition is found in the<br />

costumes area and will complement an upcoming<br />

summer exhibition at themuseum.<br />

As well as displays of his andhers swimwear from<br />

past decades, the display features information<br />

about how designs and materials have evolved over<br />

the last 120 years.<br />

Another information board details early<br />

swimming spots in the district andexplainshow<br />

rivers and lakeswereused before the advent of<br />

swimming pools.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s first public swimming pool opened in<br />

the domainin1890. Strict Victorian values were<br />

observed and men and women swam separately.<br />

21<br />

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

Thomas Bennett with the homemadecard given to him by afriend<br />

for his 103rdbirthday this week.<br />

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Thomas marks<br />

103rd milestone<br />

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Thomas Bennettcelebrated<br />

his103rdbirthday this week<br />

with residents and staff at<br />

Radius Millstream.<br />

The formerWakanuifarmer,<br />

born and raised inthe coastal<br />

Mid Canterbury area,was born<br />

on <strong>November</strong>21, 1918.<br />

He attributeshis long lifeto<br />

good old­fashioned hard work.<br />

He was the eldest of seven<br />

children, although the only<br />

surviving sibling, and still<br />

workingonthe family sheep<br />

farm at Wakanuiaged 84.<br />

He was in the army in 1943<br />

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New Caledonia.<br />

Mr Bennett never smoked<br />

and onlyenjoyed an<br />

occasional beer, butdid enjoy<br />

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birthday celebration,which<br />

also featured carrotcake and<br />

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three children, Graeme<br />

(Wakanui), Jillian(Auckland)<br />

and the late­Tony,aswell as<br />

many grandchildren and great<br />

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Mr Bennetthas been at the<br />

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14 monthsand enjoys the<br />

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He has uppedhis bowls game<br />

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His life­long love of horses<br />

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Cowboy couple off to Masters Games<br />

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With cowboy hats on their heads<br />

and six shooters strapped to<br />

their hips Bobby Steele (Robert<br />

Lavery) and Miss Kitty Russell<br />

(Jane Lavery) are all set to<br />

compete in the Cowboy Action<br />

Shooting competition at the<br />

Masters Games next year.<br />

This is the second year<br />

Cowboy Action Shooting has<br />

been held at the games and the<br />

sharp shooting couple are<br />

excited to go back and compete.<br />

Cowboy Action Shooting is a<br />

competitive shooting sport that<br />

originated in California, USA, in<br />

the early 1980s.<br />

The competitors are required<br />

to wear period dress and use old<br />

west era firearms; two revolvers<br />

alever action rifle and either a<br />

pump action shotgun or side by<br />

side shotgun.<br />

‘‘On the range we will set up a<br />

scenario with acertain amount<br />

of pistol, rifle and shotgun<br />

targets,’’ Robert said.<br />

The shooter then loads up<br />

their guns at the load table<br />

before being called up, the<br />

timer beeps and the shooting<br />

starts.<br />

‘‘If you make amistake or miss<br />

you get apenalty, so it is all<br />

about time.<br />

‘‘There are some incredibly<br />

quick people out there, and<br />

some real slow people who are<br />

just having agreat time.’’<br />

Jane said the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Pistol Club has agreat<br />

atmosphere.<br />

‘‘One of the good things about<br />

Cowboy Action Shooting is it<br />

doesn't matter what your level of<br />

fitness is or your ability,<br />

everyone is there to have good<br />

fun, there's no judging,’’ she<br />

said.<br />

The couple has competed in<br />

the End of Trails cowboy<br />

shooting 2014, 2016 world<br />

champs in New Mexico, with<br />

Jane coming sixth in the Wild<br />

Bunch competition.<br />

Robert and Jane live in the<br />

Rakaia Gorge and try to get to<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Pistol Club every<br />

weekend to train.<br />

‘‘It’snot like cycling, you don't<br />

need to get match fit, afew<br />

people go out and really<br />

practice hard, Ijust like to turn<br />

up and do it,’’ Robert said.<br />

The New Zealand Masters<br />

Games will be held in Dunedin<br />

February 5­13 next year.<br />

Jane Lavery (AKA Miss Kitty<br />

Russell)and Robert Lavery<br />

(AKA Bobby Steele) will<br />

compete in the Cowboy Action<br />

Shooting competition at the<br />

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CBDrevitalisation project wrapsup<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s giant Christmas tree<br />

has added some seasonal bling to<br />

the CBD, as contractors wrap up a<br />

two-year, $18 million rejuvenation<br />

project in the town’s retail centre.<br />

The new streetscape features wider<br />

footpaths and roads, landscaping and<br />

outdoor furniture, and a new slower<br />

centre, where the speed limit is now<br />

30km/h forvehicles.<br />

Chief executive officer Hamish Riach said<br />

the end of the project this week was a<br />

milestone event for the CBD and would<br />

helpbreathe newlifeintothe commercial<br />

centre.<br />

“We began work on this project back in<br />

2017with the intention of reinforcingthe<br />

CBD’s importance, reclaimingretail spend<br />

and attracting more businesses there.<br />

To achieve that, the space needed to be<br />

vibrant and viable.<br />

“We’re pleased with the result and the<br />

work of the main contractor Tru-Line Civil.<br />

We’vefuture-proofed theCBD foryears to<br />

come by ensuringalot of the underground<br />

infrastructure has been renewed. We’ve<br />

also relocated fibre cables and power<br />

lines.”<br />

Mr Riach said that the project had also<br />

beencompletedtoitsoriginalprogramme,<br />

despitesome of the challenging work and<br />

the impacts of Covid-19, which struck just<br />

months after the work began.<br />

Contractors started on Cass Street then<br />

spread street-by-street through the CBD,<br />

workingonMooreStreet, Havelock Street,<br />

East Street, Tancred and Burnett Street.<br />

Big changes have included Tancred and<br />

Burnett Street becoming one-way, with<br />

angle parking, and lowering the speed<br />

limit in the CBDto30km/h.<br />

MayorNeilBrownsaidthenewstreetscape<br />

had been a major project affecting<br />

infrastructure and activities and Council<br />

would be monitoring how the space was<br />

used.<br />

“Wewill be doing aparking study as soon<br />

as the parking sensors are installed in<br />

the new year and that will tell us about<br />

patterns ofuse. Council’s new parking<br />

strategy and management plan also has<br />

The Christmas tree has pride of placeonEastStreetthis year.<br />

Street furniture,likethis seat on BurnettStreet, andplay equipment<br />

arenew features.<br />

provisionfor anew public carparkonWest<br />

Street oppositeBaringSquareEast.<br />

“We know the work has been disruptive<br />

to local businesses andwethank them for<br />

their patience. We havecreatedfor thema<br />

modern, pedestrian-friendly precinctthat<br />

will be apleasure for customers tomove<br />

around in.”<br />

He said there would also bealot more<br />

foot trafficinthe CBD whenCouncil’snew<br />

libraryand civicbuilding wascompletedat<br />

the endofnext year.<br />

Thursday,<strong>25</strong><strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong> | ISSUE 56<br />

Wider, pavedfootpaths areafeatureofEastStreet.<br />

Rain gardens havebeen specially designed to absorb and filter<br />

stormwaterand road run-off.<br />

“Wehopelocal peoplewill buylocal. This<br />

Christmas isachance tosee what we’ve<br />

achieved inthe CBD andtosupportlocal<br />

businesses.”<br />

NeilBrown -Mayor<br />

Welcome to <strong>Ashburton</strong>'snew CBD<br />

It’sashame there will be<br />

no ribbon-cutting and<br />

official celebrationtomark<br />

thecompletion of the CBD<br />

revitalisation project,asthe<br />

work is hugely important forour<br />

district.<br />

Ahealthy centralbusiness districtisvital<br />

forthe town and ouraim has been to<br />

create an environment whereavariety<br />

of businesses could trade alongside<br />

each other,and wherepedestrians and<br />

cyclists canfeelmorecomfortable.<br />

We want people to lingerinour CBD. To<br />

shop, to eat,tosit and watchthe world<br />

go by.<br />

Ahealthy CBD is apartnership between<br />

Council, landowners, business people<br />

and residents–landownersneed<br />

infrastructurelikeroads andfootpaths,<br />

business peopleneed safeand<br />

attractivebuildings, and customers<br />

needtohaveapositiveexperience<br />

whentheyvisit.<br />

Council’snew Libraryand Civic Centre<br />

buildingwithin CBDisalso part of our<br />

plan to keep the inner town vital and<br />

we see this asleading by example.Itis<br />

great to hear of other landowners’ plans<br />

to revitalisetheir ownpatchand we<br />

look forwardtofurther development in<br />

comingyears.<br />

While Covid-19 hasthrownaspanner<br />

in the works of some businesses, it has<br />

also allowedotherstopivot,change<br />

howtheyoperate andeventhrive.<br />

The CBDproject has also been<br />

deliveredlargely to itsoriginal<br />

schedule, thankstothe efforts of many<br />

to catchupfor time lostinlockdownsor<br />

changes to the programmetomakeit<br />

kinder on retailers and businesses.<br />

Apubliccelebration would havebeen<br />

fitting, but that’s notpossible given<br />

covid gathering restrictions.<br />

If it'sbeen awhile sinceyou've visited,<br />

shopped, or had amealin<strong>Ashburton</strong>'s<br />

CBD, please visit andhavealook at the<br />

majorupgrades andimprovements<br />

we'vemade.<br />

1 Thursday,<strong>25</strong><strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong> |ISSUE 56<br />

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Retailersaskedtoalign footpathsigns<br />

Retailers and businesses in the CBD<br />

are being encouraged to put their<br />

free-standing footpath signs on the<br />

grey pavers right next to their shops,<br />

notonthe roadside.<br />

Strategy and Compliance Group Manager<br />

Jane Donaldson said wider footpaths<br />

throughout the CBD were great for<br />

businesses and shoppers, but freestanding<br />

signs or sandwich boards had<br />

the potential to create clutter and become<br />

hazards for the visually impaired or less<br />

mobile.<br />

“We’ve done alot ofwork to create an<br />

inviting, people-friendly space and the<br />

wider footpaths are part of that. We’re<br />

asking retailers toput their signs onthe<br />

grey pavers right next to their storefronts,<br />

notonthe roadside wherecarspark.<br />

“The strip of grey paving stoneshas been<br />

specifically designed forfootpathsignsor<br />

sandwich boards, and with allthe signs on<br />

thesame sideofthe footpath, it makes it<br />

easierfor peoplewith disabilities, such as<br />

visual impairment or those on mobility<br />

scooters,tomove about.<br />

“Italsomakesiteasierforpeopletogetinto<br />

andoutofthe passenger sideofvehicles,<br />

especially those with mobility needs.<br />

Signs on the roadside of thefootpathare<br />

an obstaclefor these people.”<br />

Night work, lockdowns challenged crews<br />

Tru-Line Civil project and site<br />

engineer Conor Redmond has a<br />

smile on his face, and it’s not just<br />

because Ireland beat the All Blacks<br />

twoweeks ago.<br />

The Irishman has been carefully coordinating<br />

work crews around the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> CBD for nearly two years,<br />

making sure they got the job done while<br />

ensuring people still had access to shops<br />

and workplaces. It was a tall order,<br />

complicatedbycovid.<br />

“We’re in the snag or handover section<br />

of the project now, looking for little<br />

unfinished jobs.<br />

“It has been really rewarding seeing<br />

peoplecoming intothe CBDand enjoying<br />

the newpedestrianareas,especiallyalong<br />

the East Street shopsareas.”<br />

The two-year project has progressed as<br />

per the original programme, without any<br />

extension of timeresulting from the covid<br />

lockdowns.<br />

LowerCBD speedzone comes intoeffect<br />

The speed limit of <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s CBD<br />

will officially changeto30km/hfrom<br />

Friday 3 December, to provide a<br />

saferstreetenvironment forpeople<br />

to moveabout.<br />

Lowering the speed limitfrom50km/hto<br />

30km/h is part of the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />

Council’s revitalisation project for the<br />

inner town centre.<br />

The lower speed limit applies in the area<br />

bounded byEast Street, Moore Street,<br />

Cass Street and Havelock Street,including<br />

Burnett Street and Tancred Street and<br />

Baring Square East infront of council’s<br />

newcivicand librarybuilding.<br />

Burnett Street and Tancred Street<br />

became one-way ayearago as part of the<br />

revitalisation project and now also have<br />

angle parking. The narrow paved areas<br />

of these roadsshared by pedestrians and<br />

vehicles has aspeed limitof10km/h.<br />

Infrastructure Services Group Manager<br />

Neil McCann said the lower speed zone<br />

hadbeenpartoftheplanandmanydrivers<br />

were already observing the new limit,<br />

which becomes enforceable on Friday 3<br />

December.<br />

“Other drivers will have toadjust to the<br />

newlowerlimit.<br />

“I’mpersonally quiteproud of the efforts<br />

of all the workers that have given their<br />

timeand skills to it.”<br />

While Tru-Line Civil was the main<br />

contractor, others involved in the project<br />

include Outerspace Landscaping, Kreisel<br />

New<br />

speed<br />

limit<br />

Speed limit change<br />

3 rd December <strong>2021</strong><br />

“Business people have reported that<br />

some people arenot doing30kilometres<br />

an hour, which is aconcern whenwewill<br />

havemorepeople walkingand cycling in<br />

the CBD.<br />

“Police have said they are happy to help<br />

educate and enforce, if necessary,the new<br />

speed limit.”<br />

Senior Sergeant Leigh Jenkins told<br />

Contracting, Spraymarks, Tarbottons and<br />

Personnel Placement.<br />

Conor said he had also enjoyed working<br />

withCouncil and local stakeholders.<br />

“It has been quite achallenge ofearly<br />

starts, night shiftsand creativescheduling<br />

of workstoachievethe projectfinish date.<br />

“Thebiggestchallenge on theprojectwas<br />

the number of crewsworkingon-siteand<br />

creatingthe spacefor up to eight separate<br />

work crews. These crews had tohave<br />

achievable goals and work spaces while<br />

keeping access ways and doorways open<br />

where possible to stakeholders.<br />

“Crews also had the difficult task of<br />

working under strict new covid protocols<br />

on-site while maintaining separate work<br />

bubbles.”<br />

Conorsaid thecrewswerelooking forward<br />

to getting back home to enjoy their<br />

summers. “It’s possibleabeer or twowill<br />

be had.”<br />

MOOREST<br />

EASTST<br />

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councillors lastweek thathand-held laser<br />

gunscouldbeusedtomonitorthespeedof<br />

vehicles in the CBD. The first step would be<br />

education around the newslowercentre,<br />

but fines might be needed toultimately<br />

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Amap showing the area is also available<br />

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pastureirrigatedwithtreated wastewater<br />

from 1March 2022to1March 2023.<br />

Documents areavailabletobe<br />

downloadedfromTenderlink: www.<br />

tenderlink.com/ashburtondc. Hard Copy<br />

of the Tender Document canalsobe<br />

arrangedand secured from Council. All<br />

enquiriesshould be directed to William<br />

McCormick; Phone: (03) 307 7752 or<br />

william.mccormick@adc.govt.nz.<br />

Tendersclose withthe ChiefExecutive,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> DistrictCouncil, 5Baring<br />

SquareWest, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, at 4.30pm on<br />

Tuesday 21 December <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

The highestorany tender may not<br />

necessarilyaccepted.<br />

NMcCann<br />

Group Manager Infrastructure Services<br />

CLEANINGCONTRACT:<br />

EA NETWORKSCENTRE<br />

Tenderfor CleaningServices at EA<br />

NetworksCentre<br />

Council is seekingtenders from suitably<br />

qualified persons/companiestoprovide<br />

cleaning servicesatthe EA Networks<br />

Centre,20River Terrace, <strong>Ashburton</strong>for a<br />

five-year period.<br />

All documentationisavailable at: www.<br />

tenderlink.com/ashburtondc<br />

Tendersclose on Monday 13 December<br />

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

ANIMAL CONTROL<br />

SERVICES CONTRACT<br />

Tenderfor Dog Control,Dog Pound<br />

Management&Stock Control Services<br />

for1February 2022 to 31 January20<strong>25</strong><br />

Council is seeking tendersfromsuitably<br />

qualified persons/companiestoprovide<br />

Dog Control, DogPound Management<br />

andStock ControlServices across the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> districtfor a3year period.<br />

Alldocumentation is available at: www.<br />

tenderlink.com/ashburtondc<br />

Tendersclose on Monday 13 December<br />

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

CBD RUBBISH, RECYCLING<br />

Retailersand businesses inthe CBD are<br />

asked to put outbothyellowand red<br />

wheelie bins on Tuesday 30 <strong>November</strong> so<br />

thatauditorscan assess thecondition of<br />

binsand re-labelthem. Some bins have<br />

beenmisplaced or relocatedduring the<br />

revitalisationproject.<br />

Bins mustbeout by 7.30am.<br />

LOVENZ<br />

Waste<br />

Landfill<br />

COUNCIL OFFICE<br />

5Baring Square West<br />

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

Thursday 9am -5pm<br />

ASHBURTONPUBLIC LIBRARY<br />

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

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

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

EA NETWORKSCENTRE<br />

20 River Terrace<br />

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

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

ASHBURTONART GALLERY &<br />

ASHBURTONMUSEUM<br />

327 WestStreet<br />

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

ashburtondc.govt.nz Thursday, <strong>25</strong> <strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong> |ISSUE 56<br />

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RURAL<br />

26 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Support for<br />

rural protest<br />

NewZealand flags were flying<br />

andvehicles of all shapes and<br />

sizes tootingashundreds of<br />

people turned out in <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

to support theMother of All<br />

Protests.<br />

It waspart of thenationwide<br />

co­ordinated protest organised<br />

by Groundswell NZ on Sunday<br />

in response to abarrage of<br />

government imposed<br />

regulations on New Zealand’s<br />

farming community.<br />

In <strong>Ashburton</strong> the convoy ­<br />

scoresofvehicles long ­wove its<br />

way around the western side of<br />

town, holding up trafficand<br />

drawing residents and<br />

supporters, youngand oldalike,<br />

to the roadside to wave and<br />

encourage.<br />

It wasaunited stand as<br />

tradies and urban sympathisers<br />

joined farmers and contractors<br />

to protest against compounding,<br />

unworkableregulations being<br />

forced on the rural sector.<br />

Banners which included<br />

‘UnitedWeStandAgainst<br />

Unworkable Regulations’,<br />

‘FarmersloveNZNofarmers<br />

No food', ‘Enough is Enough’<br />

and‘No Three Waters’were met<br />

with cheers andwaves from<br />

people on the street. Some also<br />

holding their own signs such as<br />

Farmers AreUs.<br />

VinceReveley, of Mt Somers,<br />

(pictured above) madethe hourlonground<br />

trip to show his<br />

support.<br />

Agrazier of 15 years, Mr<br />

Reveley hadconcern for<br />

ongoing regulations whichwere<br />

weighing heavily on many in the<br />

sector, himself included.<br />

He wasconcerned about<br />

grazing rules which limited land<br />

he coulduse,which affected his<br />

income. Butthere were also<br />

fertiliser restrictions, rulesfor<br />

forestry andpre­1990s blocks,<br />

and forthose with Significant<br />

Natural Areas who openly<br />

completed surveys about the<br />

areas on their land.<br />

“... now that informationis<br />

being used against us,” Mr<br />

Reveley said.<br />

NewZealand farmers were<br />

considered world leaders in<br />

agricultural practice butwith<br />

never­ending regulations, it<br />

seemedasiftherest of the<br />

world could carry on as usual, as<br />

Kiwi farmerswere penalised,<br />

he said.<br />

The Mother of All Protests<br />

was the successor to July’s<br />

‘‘Howl of aProtest’’, which saw<br />

large gatherings in most centres<br />

nationwide opposing what was<br />

seen as overregulation of the<br />

rural sector by government.<br />

The keypoints included<br />

Three Waters reform, the<br />

national policyonfreshwater,<br />

significant natural areas, the<br />

national policyonindigenous<br />

biodiversity, shortages of<br />

seasonalrural workers, climate<br />

change policy, the Crown<br />

Pastoral Land Reform Bill and<br />

the clean car package.<br />

Tractors, combines, trucks,<br />

cars and utes slowed down<br />

traffic along West Street,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s main artery route<br />

through town, before turning<br />

left on to Racecourse Road,<br />

then left into Belt Road along<br />

Oak Grove past the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Hospital and left on to Alford<br />

Forest Road to Moore Street<br />

and back on to WestStreet at the<br />

McDonald’s corner.<br />

In astatement on Newstalk<br />

ZB timed for during the protest,<br />

the Groundswell organisation<br />

said unworkable regulations<br />

were adding to people's worries<br />

and frustrations.<br />

Thegroup were planning<br />

another protest in Wellingtonin<br />

February next year if there<br />

concerns werenot addressed.<br />

More photos online at<br />

ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Regenerative farm system trial goes on show<br />

Clare Buchanan, pictured, is<br />

leading acase study trial at Mid<br />

Canterbury’s Align Farms as it<br />

moves towards aregenerative<br />

farm system.<br />

She is head of environment &<br />

innovation, and responsible for<br />

data collection and<br />

presentation, as well as<br />

assessing and implementing<br />

innovation on farm in the move<br />

to diversify the system.<br />

Align Group will next week<br />

present the findings of their<br />

trial in an online video<br />

presentation and then alive<br />

question and answer session on<br />

December 1, at 11 am. They are<br />

also planning Align Regen<br />

Farm Tours on December 7and<br />

9. Free tickets can be booked<br />

via eventbrite.<br />

Ms Buchanan is no stranger<br />

to helping farmers improve<br />

their environmental footprints.<br />

Born and bred in Canada, but<br />

the daughter of aNew Zealand<br />

farmer, she studied<br />

environmental science before<br />

moving to Canterbury seven<br />

years ago to help out on the<br />

family farming business, Align<br />

Farms in Mid Canterbury.<br />

She helped with the<br />

environmental compliance on<br />

the family farm and then went<br />

to work for Ravensdown<br />

Environmental.<br />

She believes Canada and<br />

New Zealand are pretty<br />

comparable and had to learn a<br />

lot about New Zealand<br />

agriculture when she arrived,<br />

but alot of her learnings had<br />

translated well.<br />

‘‘I think with farming, we are<br />

doing quite well compared to<br />

other countries. It’s abalance<br />

between the economy and the<br />

environment, but we are taking<br />

steps in the right direction.’’<br />

In 2019 she was seconded to<br />

be demonstrations manager at<br />

the Lincoln University Dairy<br />

Farm, working on outreach,<br />

connecting with farmers and<br />

partners, engaging with social<br />

media and assisting with the<br />

weekly farm walks and<br />

quarterly focus days.<br />

It gave her an opportunity to<br />

expand her skill set and gave<br />

exposure to cutting­edge dairy<br />

science.<br />

In Ms Buchanan new role she<br />

is looking after Align Farms<br />

environmental compliance and<br />

overseeing the regenerative<br />

agriculture conversion case<br />

study. Her passion for<br />

biodiversity and water quality<br />

in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District saw<br />

her this year take up aseat with<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Water Zone<br />

Committee. It was away to<br />

positively contribute, she said.<br />

AlignFarms,owned by John<br />

Buchananand Rob Cameron, is<br />

made up of six dairyand dairy<br />

support farms near Hinds and<br />

Mt Somers.<br />

The trialwas about findinga<br />

way to improve the<br />

environmentalfootprint.<br />

‘‘We operate as aclosed<br />

system and we have already<br />

planted some diverseseed<br />

mixes, with 15 differentgrass<br />

seeds, as well as diverse winter<br />

feed mixes with kale, fodder<br />

beet and winter­active grasses.’’<br />

Ms Buchanan is collecting and<br />

collating the data, with input<br />

from the science advisoryboard<br />

formed to supportthe project,<br />

with the intention of publishing<br />

the results.<br />

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Ag worker shortage hits district<br />

FederatedFarmers concerns of a<br />

shortage of experienced agricultural<br />

machinery operators is proving<br />

justified as the summer season<br />

approaches.<br />

It is being feltacross rural New<br />

Zealand, andpressure was building<br />

for farmers andrural contractors.<br />

FederatedFarmers Mid<br />

Canterbury provincialpresident<br />

David Clark said the shortage had<br />

beeninthe pipeline for the past<br />

year.<br />

While manyinternational workers<br />

had stayed in NewZealand rather<br />

than return to their homelands when<br />

the covid pandemic firsthit, they had<br />

sincereturnedand people who had<br />

beenmade redundantbut workedin<br />

agriculture sector last year had<br />

foundotherwork, he said.<br />

‘‘Those peoplehave disappeared<br />

out of the mix and all sectors of<br />

society are short of staff but<br />

particularlythe agricultural<br />

contractors thatoffer seasonal<br />

positions for skilled operators.<br />

New Zealand harvest season had<br />

traditionally fit in well forworkers<br />

from thenorthern hemisphere, and<br />

alsofor young Kiwistravellingto<br />

Australia, the US and the UK for<br />

their summer season work.<br />

‘‘Because these businesses rely on<br />

seasonal staffit’s veryhard to get<br />

someonetowork for them, if they<br />

can’t offeryearround work,’’ he said.<br />

There was work available for<br />

motivatedpeopleand Mr Clark<br />

urged anyone lookingfor work, or a<br />

changeinopportunities,tomake<br />

contactwith any of the big<br />

agricultural contractors in the<br />

district.<br />

Fedsimmigration and<br />

employmentspokesperson Chris<br />

Lewissaid Federated Farmers had<br />

repeatedly explainedthe<br />

implications of havingno<br />

international seasonal rural workers<br />

for seasonaland weatherdependent<br />

workloads to immigration, primary<br />

industries and workplace relations<br />

andsafety ministers, the Primary<br />

Production SelectCommittee and<br />

WorkSafe hierarchy.<br />

An experiencedteam of operators<br />

is needed to ensure that arable and<br />

forage crops can be plantedand<br />

harvested at the required times.<br />

‘‘Without enough operatorsthe<br />

industry is facing aloss of production<br />

and contractors are facing health<br />

andsafety risks,boththrough long<br />

hours worked by the staff available<br />

and being forcedtoput<br />

inexperienced operators in chargeof<br />

machinery,’’ he said.<br />

Stress alsoimpactedonfor<br />

farmers relyingoncontractors to<br />

prepare supplementary animal feed<br />

for whengrass is short, Mr Lewis<br />

said.<br />

‘‘This is not going to be an ordinary<br />

season on the farm,’’ he said.


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ISSUE <strong>2021</strong> NOVEMBER<br />

MEETING WRAP<br />

This week the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Youth Council had our last<br />

formal meeting and we were<br />

joined by Navid Bashir and<br />

Reza Hussaini.<br />

Navid Bashir is on the refugee<br />

supportteamand is acultural<br />

navigator. Thisrole is to help and<br />

supportrefugeesandhelps with<br />

language barriers. We nowhave<br />

four Afghanistanfamilies.<br />

Familiessometimes go to bordering<br />

countries likeMalaysia or Iran<br />

andthento othersafecountries.<br />

Afghanishaveaveryrichculture.<br />

Discrimination beganover200<br />

yearsago and and this began wars<br />

manypeople havecalled New<br />

Zealandparadise.<br />

Afghanistan has big political wars<br />

andfearbroughtonbythe Taliban.<br />

Hazara is anethnicgroupand they<br />

arebadly affected becausethey are<br />

slightly different to other Afghani<br />

people.Refugees don't oftenhave a<br />

destinationinmind.<br />

NewZealand is partofthe<br />

International Community<br />

organisation. Weare ahost<br />

countrytorefugees.Reza livedin<br />

Afghanistanuntilhewas 12and<br />

then livedinMalaysiafor 4years.<br />

Navid said Afghanistanisavery<br />

beautiful placeand used to be<br />

touristrichuntil about 30years ago.<br />

Both Reza andNavid would, if given<br />

theopportunity,love to returnto<br />

Afghanistan,describing it similar to<br />

Aoraki/Mount Cook.<br />

We then went ontogeneral<br />

business wherethediscussion<br />

topics were2022 planning including<br />

Bite Nite andrecruitment, ourend<br />

of year celebrationand asalways<br />

whoiswritingthismonth'sarticles.<br />

These exciting plans took us<br />

through to the end of our final<br />

formal meetingand we look<br />

forward to2022.<br />

MADDIE PAGE<br />

Secretary<br />

Let'sget<br />

social<br />

Keep up with the latest<br />

Youth Councilnewsby<br />

following us on social media!<br />

AYC's 2022 Plans<br />

This is why you should join the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Youth Council, we<br />

have some amazing events and<br />

activities coming up in 2022;<br />

COMING<br />

UP IN<br />

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The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Youth Council has<br />

alwaysbeen aplatform formeto<br />

sharemyideasandtomeetdriven<br />

and passionate young people<br />

who have aheart for positive<br />

changeinthe community.<br />

I've been amember of AYC for the past<br />

two years and have learned many<br />

valuable lessonsalong theway.<br />

My favourite part of the experience<br />

is definitely the monthly meetings. I<br />

have had the opportunity to meet so<br />

many people who take key roles inour<br />

community, often behind the scenes.<br />

This is something Inever would have<br />

picturedmyself doing outsideofAYC.The<br />

stories and ideas mentors have shared<br />

have broadened my outlook on current<br />

issues especially. Aswell as that Ihave<br />

been able to build connections withother<br />

members in thattimewho have inspired<br />

my thinking.<br />

Something Ireallyvalueatyouth council<br />

is that I’m heard. Itamazes me when<br />

important organisations or places truly<br />

listen to the opinions of young people,<br />

and that issomething, Ifeel, isgreatly<br />

valued at AYC. Weare allowed to think<br />

At AYC next year wewill run apink shirt<br />

day event, this means speak up, stand<br />

together, stop bullying! Celebrated<br />

annually around the globe, pink shirt<br />

day began inCanada in2007 when two<br />

studentstoo astandagainst homophobic<br />

bullying after a peer was bullied for<br />

wearingapinkshirt.<br />

For Mental Health Awareness Week we<br />

would like to have guest speakers at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Collegeand MtHuttCollege.<br />

What does AYC mean to me?<br />

for ourselves and are provided with the<br />

resourcestoputourthinking into action.<br />

Noideaiseverdismissed,nomatterhow<br />

radical.<br />

The area Ihave been privileged to grow<br />

in at AYC,isdefinitely my confidence and<br />

relational skills. Different speakers and<br />

guests at our meetings have taught me<br />

the importance oflearning in apractical<br />

way which encourages growth. Through<br />

myexperiences as amember, Ihavebeen<br />

able to speak at events, assist inwriting<br />

submissions to the council and meet<br />

amazing people.<br />

AYC has taught me qualities like;<br />

open mindedness, leadership skills,<br />

facebook.com/AshYouthCouncil<br />

We will also be participating in Keep NZ<br />

Beautiful Weekandwillbepromotingall<br />

the various language weeks throughout<br />

theyear.<br />

DOM COTTER<br />

AYC Member<br />

perceptiveness/broader thinking,<br />

responsibility and teamwork. Being a<br />

member of the youth council means<br />

a great deal to me because of the<br />

opportunitiesprovidedfor me to meet a<br />

wide range ofpeople inour community<br />

and also because of the things Ihave<br />

been taught. Ilook forward towhat's to<br />

come!<br />

OLIVIA FOX<br />

Youth Councillor<br />

PO Box94, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, NewZealand 7740 | Telephone (03) 307 7700 | Website ashburtondc.govt.nz |facebook.com/AshYouthCouncil


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Iknow that the past few months<br />

have been challenging for many<br />

in Mid Canterbury. Delta is<br />

here in New Zealand –sowe<br />

need to change our strategy to<br />

minimise its impact. We’re<br />

entering anew chapter of our<br />

covid response which will bring<br />

more opportunities, fewer<br />

lockdowns, and greater safer<br />

and certainty to everyone in<br />

Rangitata.<br />

Our approach so far has<br />

served us well. We’re entering<br />

this new phase better placed<br />

than many other countries, with<br />

high vaccination rates, astrong<br />

economy, and fewer<br />

hospitalisations and deaths.<br />

Many countries that recently<br />

removed restrictions are now<br />

putting them back in place as<br />

they face asurge in fourth and<br />

fifth waves. Meanwhile, our<br />

decisive action in August<br />

slowed the spread and bought<br />

us time to drive up vaccination<br />

rates.<br />

We’re on track to reach 90%<br />

fully vaccinated next month,<br />

one of the highest rates in the<br />

world. With Delta starting to<br />

emerge in communities outside<br />

of Auckland, we need to be<br />

pragmatic. The new Covid­19<br />

Protection Framework, with its<br />

vaccination requirements and<br />

safeguards to prevent the worst<br />

impacts of the virus, has been<br />

designed to carry us safely<br />

through the next stage. It will<br />

ensure people are protected<br />

while we continue lifting our<br />

vaccination rates and carefully<br />

reopen.<br />

Cabinet has confirmed that<br />

the first day of the framework is<br />

December 3. From then, you’ll<br />

need proof of vaccination to do<br />

many of the things you love –<br />

like going to concerts and music<br />

festivals, nights out at bars and<br />

restaurants, and going to the<br />

gym and sports events. Idon’t<br />

want anyone in Mid Canterbury<br />

to miss out, so Istrongly<br />

encourage those of you who<br />

haven’t yet been vaccinated to<br />

take that step now.<br />

I’ve been impressed with<br />

vaccination uptake in Mid<br />

Canterbury –assoon as the<br />

vaccine was readily available,<br />

you came out in droves to do<br />

your bit to protect yourselves,<br />

your families and your<br />

communities. Ithank you for<br />

that.<br />

Once you’re fully vaccinated,<br />

you’ll need to visit<br />

mycovidrecord.health.nz or call<br />

0800 222 478 to request your<br />

Vaccine Pass.<br />

The pass, which has aQR<br />

code that can be scanned when<br />

you arrive at avenue, will<br />

become part of our daily<br />

routine –like carrying adrivers<br />

licence and wearing amask.<br />

You can either download your<br />

pass on to your phone or print it<br />

out and carry ahard copy.<br />

If you’re vaccinated,<br />

whatever traffic light setting<br />

we’re in, you’ll be able to do<br />

more of the awesome things our<br />

community has to offer. We’ll<br />

need to keep scanning in and<br />

wearing masks in certain<br />

spaces, but venues that require<br />

vaccination passes will be able<br />

to stay open.<br />

This will give businesses<br />

more certainty, and ensure an<br />

extra layer of protection for<br />

vaccinated Kiwis and those<br />

who can’t be vaccinated, like<br />

young children.<br />

This is asignificant shift for<br />

our community, but we have a<br />

plan, and as we move to safely<br />

open up, we have huge<br />

opportunities ahead of us. I<br />

hope you’re all looking forward<br />

to doing the things you love and<br />

connecting with loved ones<br />

over summer, as we transition<br />

into anew way of managing<br />

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potholes and we are already<br />

workinghard to fix alotof<br />

potholes caused by theMay<br />

flood event,without having<br />

extra damage causedby<br />

irrigators.<br />

“Water from irrigatorsisalso<br />

aroadsafety issue, as an<br />

unexpected spray of water<br />

would surprisedrivers and<br />

motorcyclists, andthesudden<br />

wet surfacecan be adangerous<br />

hazard .”<br />

Warningswill be given to<br />

propertyowners where<br />

irrigationisreported on roads<br />

and repeatoffenders can be<br />

fined $500.<br />

Thecostofrepairsto<br />

damaged roads canalsobe<br />

passed on to offenders.<br />

Clarification on pits story<br />

The headline on the story<br />

published in The <strong>Courier</strong> last<br />

week regarding the link<br />

between infilled pits and<br />

potential soil contamination<br />

was not an accurate statement.<br />

Environment Canterbury<br />

would like to clarify that<br />

infilled pits ‘may’ lead to<br />

contamination.<br />

The research project<br />

identified features in the<br />

Ministry for Environment’s<br />

Hazardous Activities &<br />

Industries List (HAIL)<br />

descriptions that may have led<br />

to contamination. ECan did not<br />

state that the land is<br />

contaminated, merely that such<br />

activity may have led to it.


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MOUNT HUTT COLLEGE SENIOR PRIZEGIVING<br />

Yr 11 Merit Awards<br />

Charlie Chilton, Merit in Technology<br />

(BCATS); Cooper Cudmore, Merit in Primary<br />

Industry Academy; Kate Costello, Merit in<br />

Agriculture/Horticulture; Erica Gumanay, Merit<br />

in English; Connor Galbraith, Merit in English;<br />

Esme Heffernan, Merit in English; Caleb<br />

Jones, Merit in Mathematics; Charlie<br />

McDonald, Merit in Technology (BCATS);<br />

Xavier Parris, Merit in Te Reo Maori; Jack<br />

Pulley, Merit in Digital Technology; Rebecca<br />

Rutter, Merit in Agriculture/Horticulture;<br />

Amelia Swan, Merit in Mathematics; Sam Van<br />

Den Heuvel,Merit in Outdoor Education; Holly<br />

Askew, Merit in Art and English; Kimberley<br />

Foster, Merit in Agriculture/ Horticulture,<br />

Mathematics and Science; Xyla Teriaki, Merit<br />

in Art, English and Outdoor Education.<br />

NEWS<br />

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Yr 12 Merit Awards<br />

Emma Begg, Merit in English; Andrew<br />

Ermio, Merit in Technology; Jayden Etheridge,<br />

Merit in Digital Technology; Daniel Jones,<br />

Merit in Music; Andrew Knight, Merit in Real<br />

World Skills; Jack McKenzie, Merit in History;<br />

Carina Spengler, Merit in Tourism; Johan<br />

Struwig, Merit in Digital Technology; Lockie<br />

Atkinson, Merit in Economics, English and<br />

Physics.<br />

Yr 13 Merit Awards<br />

Samuel Cuttle, Merit in Physical Education;<br />

Chloe Keijzer, Merit in Mathematics with<br />

Calculus; Edward Millichamp, Merit in Statistics;<br />

Megan Rutter, Merit in History; Jessica<br />

Hydes, Merit inEnglish and Physics; Jessica<br />

Smith, Merit in Agriculture, Biology and<br />

Statistics.<br />

Yr 11 Excellence Awards<br />

Riley Green, Excellence in Outdoor Education;<br />

Hunter Lill, Excellence in Technology<br />

(BCATS); Floyd Lister, Excellence in Primary<br />

Industry Academy; Mitch Veix, Excellence in<br />

Outdoor Education; Eddie Bessai, Excellence<br />

in Digital Technology, Merit in Science;<br />

Gabriella Lilley, Excellence in Music, Merit in<br />

Mathematics; Christel Castil, Excellence in<br />

Science, Merit in English and History; Lili<br />

Kearvell, Excellence in Art and Design and<br />

Visual Communication; Madison Holgate,<br />

Excellence in Economics and Te Reo Maori,<br />

Merit in Mathematics and Physical Education;<br />

Victoria Talbot, Excellence in Agriculture/<br />

Horticulture and Physical Education, Merit in<br />

Geography, Mathematics and Science;<br />

Morgan Lamb,Excellence in Art, Mathematics<br />

and Music, Merit in Science; Leah Johnson,<br />

Excellence in Food, Nutrition and Health,<br />

Mathematics and Science, Merit in English<br />

and Physical Education; Naomi Taylor, Excellence<br />

in English, Food Nutrition and Health<br />

and Mathematics, Merit in Physical Education<br />

and Science; Juliet Campbell, Excellence in<br />

English, Geography, History and Physical<br />

Education, Merit in Mathematics and Science;<br />

Paige Humm, ExcellenceinDesign and Visual<br />

Communication, English, Food Nutrition and<br />

Health and Physical Education, Merit in<br />

Mathematics and Science; Emma Papworth,<br />

Excellence in Design and Visual Communication,<br />

English, Mathematics and Music, Merit in<br />

Economics and Science; Andy Armour, Excellence<br />

in Design and Visual Communications,<br />

English, Mathematics, Science and Technology<br />

(BCATS); Emily Watson, Excellence in<br />

English, Geography, History, Mathematics<br />

and Science.<br />

The Mt Hutt Ski Area Prize for Top<br />

Academic Achievement in Year11, Abigail<br />

Cavanagh, Excellence in English, Food<br />

Nutrition and Health, History, Physical Education<br />

and Science, Merit in Mathematics;<br />

Maddison Foster, Excellence in Economics,<br />

English, Food Nutrition and Health, Mathematics<br />

and Physical Education, Merit in Science.<br />

Yr 12 Excellence Awards<br />

Meghan Foster, Excellence in Physical<br />

Education; Colt Hill, Excellence in Technology;<br />

Molly Rudge,Excellence in Tourism; Zoe<br />

Clulee, Excellence inTourism, Merit in Food<br />

Nutrition and Health; Sophie Monk, Excellence<br />

in English, Merit in Mathematics; George<br />

Mount Hutt College dux Jacob Ermio.<br />

Wingfield-Clements, Excellence in Physics,<br />

Merit in Mathematics; Reuben Brown, Excellence<br />

in Mathematics and Physics, Merit in<br />

Chemistry; Mabelle Davidson, Excellence in<br />

Classical Studies (Distance Learning) and<br />

English, Merit in Art and History; Shan<br />

Ancheta, Excellence in Design and Visual<br />

Communication, Economics and Mathematics,<br />

Merit in Physics; Jessica Bleach, Excellence<br />

in Chemistry, English and Music, Merit in<br />

Economics and Mathematics; Ella<br />

McSweeney, Excellence in English, Food<br />

Nutrition and Health and Mathematics, Meritin<br />

Biology, Chemistry and Physical Education;<br />

Georgia Blundell, Excellence in Design and<br />

Visual Communication, English, History and<br />

Mathematics.<br />

The Brinkley Resort Prize with the ANZ<br />

Bank Cup for Top Academic Achievement for<br />

Year 12, Janre Lim, Excellence in Biology,<br />

Chemistry, Design and Visual Communication,<br />

English and Psychology, Merit in Mathematics.<br />

Yr 13 Excellence Awards<br />

Bianca Birchler-Stockdill, Excellence in<br />

Biology; Justine Caranay, Excellence in Tourism;<br />

Hayden Dove, Excellence in Outdoor<br />

Education; Thomas Luff, Excellence in Food<br />

Nutrition and Health; Jessica Barron, Excellence<br />

in Economics, Merit in Physics; Kitty<br />

Bloomfield, Excellence in Physical Education,<br />

Merit in Food Nutrition and Health; Gus<br />

Casey-Solly, Excellence in Physics, Merit in<br />

Chemistry; Adam Shears, Excellence inStatistics,<br />

Merit in Agriculture; Penny Nell, Excellence<br />

in Design and Visual Communication<br />

and English; Jacob Ermio, Excellence in<br />

Chemistry and Mathematics with Calculus,<br />

Merit in Economics; Sammie Mackle, Excellence<br />

in Design and Visual Communication<br />

and Statistics, Merit in Biology; Georgia<br />

Williams-Freeman, Excellence in History and<br />

Music, Merit in Art and English.<br />

PHOTOS SUPPLIED<br />

Extra Curricular Awards<br />

Boyd Keepa – Big Buddy Award and<br />

Trophy, Thornton Taylor; Cricket – Contribution<br />

to School Cricket, Adam Shears, Angus<br />

Spittal; Football –Most positive contribution<br />

and sportsmanship, Jacob Ermio; Opuke<br />

Trophy –Girls Football, Megan Rutter; Rugby<br />

-Edmund Body Trophy for Sportsmanship in<br />

Senior Rugby, Colt Hill; Skiing - Nicol Duff<br />

Memorial Trophy - Most Meritorious, Chloe<br />

Keijzer; Snowboarding –Big Al’s Snowboarding<br />

Trophy, Lear Otaki; Basketball - PTA<br />

Shield most supportive player, Gus Casey -<br />

Solly; Written and Spoken Communication -<br />

The Diana Limbrick Family Cup for Excellence,<br />

-Jessica Bleach; Vocal Music –The<br />

Rhys Smith Trophy, -Jessica Bleach; Music -<br />

The Holmes Family Cup for Most Improved<br />

NCEA Music Student, Daniel Jones; Music –<br />

The Talbot Family Cup for effort in class room<br />

music, Georgia Williams-Freeman; Arts –The<br />

Shirley Body Trophy -This award is for the<br />

senior student who best exemplifies commitment<br />

and high participation inthe Arts, and<br />

whose contribution to the Visual Arts of the<br />

school has been outstanding, Penny Nell; Mid<br />

Canterbury Choir Scholarship, Penny Nell;<br />

Netball – Methven Netball Club Trophy for<br />

best all rounder in Anetball, Georgia Blundel;<br />

Mountain Biking–The Big Al’s Trophy, Patrick<br />

Duff; Music –Christine McArtney Cup for Most<br />

Improved Itinerant Student, Emma Papworth;<br />

Netball –Most Improved Player in ANetball<br />

Team, Juliet Campbell; Girls Soccer –Opuke<br />

Trophy, Maddison Foster; Shooting – The<br />

McLaren Trophy, Amelia Swan; Tennis –Girls’<br />

Senior Champion, Victoria Talbot; Brian<br />

Blackwell Sports All Rounder Trophy -for the<br />

senior student with all round achievement,<br />

contribution and participation in school sport<br />

this year, Maddison Foster; Cochrane Trophy<br />

for Highest Achievement - Outstanding<br />

achievement to the highest level in asport for<br />

the year, Maddison Foster.<br />

The Mount Hutt College Year 12 top academic achievement award<br />

went to Janre Lim.<br />

Academic Prizes<br />

Agriculture -The South Pacific Seeds(NZ)<br />

Ltd Prize, Edward Millichamp; Agriculture -<br />

The South Pacific Seeds (NZ) Ltd Award for<br />

Interest in Agriculture. (Awarded to the student<br />

who irrespective of scholastic ability or academic<br />

attainment through qualities of diligence,<br />

tenacity of purpose and enthusiasm for<br />

rural life gives evidence of being most likely to<br />

become a successful farmer), Edward Millichamp;<br />

Agriculture -Primary Industries Prize<br />

for the Top Student in Year 12 in Primary<br />

Industries Academy, Piper Hood; Agriculture -<br />

Primary Industries Prize for the Top Student in<br />

Year 11 in Primary Industries Academy, Alex<br />

Coldicott; Art –The Peter Beaven Architect<br />

Memorial & Spruce Gardens Prize, Jessica<br />

Barron, Penny Nell; Biology –The Jackson<br />

Holmes Contracting Prize, Adam Shears;<br />

Chemistry - The Methven Autoservices Ltd<br />

Prize and the Holdaway Family Cup, Jessica<br />

Hydes; Design and Visual Communication –<br />

The Heartland Ricoh and Methven Travel<br />

Prize, Jessica Barron, Jacob Ermio; Digital<br />

Technology – The Photolife Prize and the<br />

McLaughlin Cup for Computer Skills, Lockie<br />

Atkinson; Economics –The Paddock Vets Ltd<br />

Prize, Sammie Mackle; English –The Methven<br />

Seed Cleaning Prize, Sammie Mackle;<br />

Amanda Vaughan Trophy – Diligence in<br />

Digital Technology, Friso Warmerdam; Food,<br />

Nutrition and Health -The Alpine Grind Prize<br />

and the Edna Low Trophy for Home Economics<br />

with recipe book from the Mid Canterbury<br />

Federation of Women’s Institute, Megan<br />

Rutter; Gateway - The Tertiary Education<br />

Commission Prize for Excellence in the<br />

Gateway Programme, Ella Docherty; Gateway<br />

–The Tertiary Education Commission Prize -<br />

For achievement in Pathway Learning and<br />

practical application, Jayden Etheridge; Geography<br />

–The Clear Ear Health Nurse Prize<br />

with the ‘BD’ Trophy and book award, Sophie<br />

Monk; History - The Super Liquor Methven<br />

Prize for History with the Irene Dalton<br />

Memorial Trophy, Angus Spittal; Mathematics<br />

with Calculus – The Flow Pool and Studio<br />

Prize, Jessica Hydes; Mathematics with Statistics<br />

–The Methven Medical Centre Prize,<br />

Jasmine Thomas; Music – The R & R<br />

Spreading Ltd Prize with the Rita Mangin<br />

Trophy for General Excellence in Music,<br />

Penny Nell; Outdoor Education –The Currie<br />

Family Trophy for contribution, perseverance<br />

and achievement in Outdoor Education,<br />

Edward Millichamp; Physical Education -The<br />

Alpine Sports Prize with the Collins Cup,<br />

Megan Rutter; Physics –The Humm Engineering<br />

Prize, Jacob Ermio; Technology (Hard<br />

Materials) – The Hammer Hardware Prize,<br />

Charlie Brown; Tourism – The Methven<br />

Trucking Company Prize, Ella Docherty;<br />

Vocational Pathways -The Wrights Drycleaners<br />

Prize for a student who through their<br />

diligence, enthusiasm and development of<br />

workplace skills is well prepared for employment,<br />

Piper Hood.<br />

Special Awards<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council Prize and<br />

the Fitzgerald Family Cup, Recognition of<br />

Service of the Deputy Head Students, Jacob<br />

Ermio, Sammie Mackle; The Principal’s Award<br />

for Head Girl, Jessica Smith; The Principal’s<br />

Award for Head Boy, Adam Shears; Everyday<br />

Hero Award &The Arabica Prize, This award<br />

is for aschool leaver who,every day, faces life<br />

with courage, determination and dignity, Ella<br />

Docherty.<br />

Major Awards<br />

The Matt Wallace Memorial Award &<br />

Dubliner Prize, Best All Round Year 11 Boy,<br />

Andy Armour; The Matt Wallace Memorial<br />

Award &Dubliner Prize, Best All Round Year<br />

11 Girl, Madison Holgate; The Ken Lowe<br />

Memorial Prize with the Limbrick Memorial<br />

Cup for Diligence and Involvement in School<br />

Activities, Jessie Eaton; The Argyle<br />

Schoolwear &Ballantynes Cup For Innovation<br />

and Excellence, Jessica Hydes; Rotary Club<br />

of <strong>Ashburton</strong> Awards to students with high<br />

achievement and significant contribution to<br />

school activities over their school career at<br />

Mount Hutt College, Chloe Keijzer, Bianca<br />

Birchler-Stockdill; The Guardian Community<br />

Leadership Award, Penny Nell; The Methven<br />

Lions Club Tertiary Prize, (to aschool leaver<br />

with academic success and contribution to<br />

school life), Sammie Mackle; The Prime<br />

Minister’s Vocational Excellence Award, Erin<br />

Watson; Methven Masonic Lodge Good Citizenship<br />

Awards, Megan Rutter, Adam Shears;<br />

EA Networks Jubilee Scholarship, Ben Papworth,<br />

JacobErmio; Board of Trustees’ Award<br />

for Best All-Round Boy, Edward Millichamp;<br />

Board of Trustees’ Award for Best All-Round<br />

Girl, Jessica Smith; Proxime Accessit, The R<br />

OMcDowell Crystal Globeand The <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

High School and Rotary Club of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Prizes, Jessica Barron; <strong>2021</strong> Dux, Rotary Club<br />

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Jacob Ermio.<br />

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Environment CanterburyRegional Council<br />

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On-farmvisitsproving asuccess<br />

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BillyisagraduateofLinoln University,where he gained<br />

aBachelor of Environment Management, majoring in<br />

freshwater management.Hehas plenty of experience<br />

of the farming sector.<br />

“I grew up on avariety of sheep and beef farms across<br />

theisland. Coming from afarming background it helps<br />

me to see thebigger picture when tackling tricky<br />

environmental issues,”hesaid.<br />

Billyand Maria arebased in our <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

depot and there’s also alargerteamofland<br />

management andbiodiversity officers in Timaru.<br />

As asouthernteam, theyvisit farms as far south<br />

as Duntroonand Kurowinthe Lower Waitaki<br />

catchment and up to theRakaia River,including<br />

all of South Canterbury and the UpperWaitaki<br />

and the Mackenzie Basin area as well.<br />

Contact the team by calling 0800 324 636<br />

“Successful events likethese highlightthe importance<br />

of working with community groupstofight serious<br />

biosecurity threats in our region,”hesaid.<br />

Environment Canterburyplayedaroleinsetting up<br />

Wilding Free Mackenzie in 2015and continues working<br />

collaborativelytodeliverthe wilding conifer control<br />

programme in the Mackenzie Basin.<br />

If youwanttodoyour bit to help<br />

control wilding conifers find out moreat<br />

www.mackenziewildingtrust.org<br />

Flood recovery<br />

river worksmap<br />

Want to knowmoreabout our flood repair work?<br />

PESTWATCH<br />

Pretty butpesty!<br />

Yellow waterlilymay look pretty but can quickly<br />

wreakhavoc onfreshwaterecosystems!<br />

It’s easiest to recognise during December when<br />

its yellow stalked flowersand large heart-shaped,<br />

waxy leaves areonfulldisplay.<br />

Yellow waterlilylikemanyother aquatic pests is<br />

easilyspreadbyboats, fishing gear or machinery<br />

so remember to Check,Clean, Dry when moving<br />

between waterways.For more information on<br />

Check,Clean Dry visit mpi.govt.nz<br />

Report potential sightingsofyellow waterlily<br />

through the Find-A-Pest app or by<br />

emailing biosecurity@ecan.govt.<br />

Comework forus!<br />

Current vacancies in<br />

South Canterbury and <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

•Zone Facilitator(South Canterbury),<br />

based in Timaru or Christchurch<br />

CLOSING DATE 3DECEMBER<br />

•Consent Planner,based in Timaru<br />

CLOSING DATE 5DECEMBER<br />

Visit ecan.govt.nz/about/careersfor<br />

details andtofind out how to apply.<br />

Volunteers clearing wilding conifers near Tekapo/Takapō<br />

After the region-wide flooding of 31 May–2June<strong>2021</strong><br />

we assessed all damaged flood infrastructureand<br />

started aplanfor repair work.<br />

Youcan view these flood recovery repairsonan<br />

interactiveonlinemap showing the location of each<br />

flood repair job,colour coded by priority.<br />

canterburymaps.govt.nz/FloodRecovery<br />

Need your environmental<br />

practicessorted?<br />

Ourlocal teamscan help you–call 0800324 636<br />

andask to talk to your localland management<br />

advisorfor free advice.<br />

More information forfarmerscan be<br />

foundatecan.govt.nz/farming<br />

@EnvironmentCanterbury<br />

www.ecan.govt.nz<br />

0800 324 686<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> office: 4McNallySt,7700<br />

Timaru office: 75 Church St,7910<br />

Taking action togethertoshape athrivingand<br />

resilient Canterbury,now andfor future generations.<br />

Toitūtemarae oTāne, toitū te maraeoTangaroa,toitūteiwi.


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38 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

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Talent shines at female rugby league<br />

TONI.WILLIAMS<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s newly formed<br />

Hakatere Vaine Toa rugby<br />

league side hosted the Otepoti<br />

(Dunedin)rugby league side in a<br />

best of three, ninesformat last<br />

Saturday at theHampstead<br />

Rugby Club grounds.<br />

It was an inauguralevent to<br />

promote femalerugby league in<br />

thenines format andwithplenty<br />

of young talent comingthrough<br />

organiserswere keen to see it<br />

succeed.<br />

Team manager Marie Maeva<br />

said HakatereVaine Toawas the<br />

first girls league squad in the<br />

district and alreadymaking huge<br />

stridesonthe Canterbury league<br />

scene.<br />

The side is coached by DJ<br />

Tupaea andMana Thompson.<br />

Althoughthe scoreboard went<br />

Dunedin’s way in all three<br />

gameslast weekend,the young<br />

Hakatere sideimproved each<br />

game led by co­captains Gemma<br />

Taylor, 18, and RipenaUmaga,<br />

14 .<br />

Mrs Maevawas appreciative of<br />

the sponsorship received from<br />

businesses and individuals<br />

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

and Hampstead All Sports<br />

Complex whichhad enabled the<br />

players to be kitted out with<br />

uniforms andgear.<br />

Supportershoodies were also<br />

available.<br />

In <strong>Ashburton</strong> the teams played<br />

three fast­pacedgames, and,<br />

along with spectators, took part<br />

in some fun, friendly activities<br />

between games. They included<br />

tug of war battlesand kicking for<br />

goal competitions.<br />

Theday ended with aHakari<br />

(feast).<br />

By the thirdgame Hakatere<br />

Vainea Toaplayers were scoring<br />

runaway tries, Mrs Maevasaid.<br />

“They played so well.”<br />

Hakatere Vaine Toa cocaptain<br />

Ripena Umaga also took<br />

out the best offensiveplayer in<br />

one of three tournament awards.<br />

The most valuable player and<br />

best defensive player awards<br />

went to Dunedin players.<br />

The squad, classed as an<br />

Under 18s side although most<br />

players were Under 16, formed<br />

to play in thePacific Series<br />

weekend tournament in Hoon<br />

Hay, Christchurch over<br />

Canterbury Anniversary<br />

Weekend, butitwas cancelled<br />

duetocovid.<br />

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rugby background, so had made<br />

theswitch to the league format<br />

easily.<br />

The squadwasdue totake a<br />

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next nines tournament in<br />

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43<br />

CLUB NEWS<br />

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

Recently several of our<br />

members travelled to Alexandra<br />

for the South Island Triples<br />

Championship. KarenBensdorp<br />

and Nicky Foden were part of the<br />

Women’s Championshiprunner<br />

up team,<br />

Chris Taylor wasinthe team to<br />

get 3rd equal; Jan Guilford and<br />

Mavis Thompson were in the team<br />

to get second in the Plate. In the<br />

Men’s NevilleBensdorpwas part<br />

of the 3rd placed Championship<br />

team.<br />

Last weekend we hosted the<br />

South Island Senior Doubles<br />

Tournament over the two days.<br />

Teams from Dunedin and<br />

Christchurch tookout the top<br />

three placings, with Chris Taylor<br />

and her Dunedin partner 4th,<br />

Shelagh Field and Mavis<br />

Thompson 7th, and Jan Guilford<br />

and her Christchurch partner 8th.<br />

Sunday finished with prize<br />

presentations, raffles and<br />

afternoon tea.<br />

Tristar is being held in<br />

Wellington this weekend with<br />

someofour members taking part.<br />

We are hosting alocal firm for<br />

part of their Christmas break up<br />

this Saturday, so we arelooking<br />

forwardtosharingour knowledge<br />

of our game with them before<br />

enjoying nibbles and drinks.<br />

The Club enjoys gathering on<br />

Tuesday and Thursday afternoons<br />

at 1pm and you are most welcome<br />

to joinustolearn the game, at 115<br />

Racecourse Road.<br />

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

Society<br />

President Joy welcomed 9<br />

members &1new member to our<br />

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

meeting, this was our final<br />

meeting for the year.Westarted<br />

the afternoon withanenjoyable<br />

Pot Luck Lunch, always<br />

interesting the varietyoffood at a<br />

Pot Luck Lunch.<br />

Table showresults. Great Table<br />

show with 43 entries from 5<br />

members<br />

Brian Glassey –7firsts, 4<br />

seconds, 1third<br />

Joy Jaine –6,2,2<br />

John Hoogweg –6,1,1<br />

Anne Gamblin –3,0,1<br />

Trevor Gamblin –0,3,0<br />

Premier Award: Brian Glassey –<br />

Class 31, 3stems blue iris<br />

Raffle was won by John<br />

Hoogweg, Mary McCosker, Allan<br />

Johnstone<br />

Next meeting willbeonFriday<br />

21st January 2022 at 2pmat<br />

Domain Pavilion, Walnut Ave,<br />

with Guest Speaker –Lesley Ottey,<br />

ADCEnvironmentEducator. New<br />

members welcome<br />

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

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

Championship has reached the<br />

Final stage. At adate to be<br />

decided the contestwillbe<br />

between Diana King’steam and<br />

Heather Goodall’steam.<br />

Congratulations to all those<br />

ladies.<br />

The Ladies PairsChampionship<br />

matches began in earnest on<br />

Thursday and will continue into<br />

this week.<br />

Ahuge thank you to all those<br />

involved in the preparationsfor<br />

the Bowman Cup, sponsored by<br />

Property Brokers, which is on<br />

Monday 22nd. Much work has<br />

been done in advance of this<br />

ladies’ prestigious competition<br />

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

takes greatpride instaging.<br />

On Thursday <strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Tony<br />

and Annette Blain and Doug<br />

Kinvig got 4th in the 1 ⁄2 day triples<br />

at Rakaia.<br />

On Friday at the Charene<br />

Trophy LadiesFours held at<br />

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

Diane Gutberlet, Shirley Taylor,<br />

Alison Gibbs and Shirley Maw<br />

came2nd with3wins.<br />

Congratulations ladies!<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Men won10 to 3<br />

(<strong>Ashburton</strong> 2games, ChCh 1game)<br />

againstChCh on Saturdayinthe<br />

Centre Men’s Interclub 3/4’s.<br />

Congratulationsgentlemen!<br />

Becauseof conflictingmatches,<br />

only asmall attendance at the<br />

Club’sRollover Tripleson<br />

Saturday saw CLeech, GSparks, A<br />

Gibbs, win.<br />

At the Pairsand Fours,<br />

sponsoredbyNBS, on Sunday, a<br />

day enjoyed by all,the placings<br />

were:<br />

1st BMayson, BHarper, B<br />

Redmond,DBenson<br />

2nd WSuttie,AGibbs,RSuttie,<br />

GSparks<br />

3rd MHill,JKewish, HGoodall,<br />

LSpargo<br />

4th RGutberlet, MQuinn, P<br />

McElwain, DGutberlet.<br />

Areminder to members of our<br />

inhouseQuaich Trophy,<br />

sponsoredbyRobbies Undercars<br />

Specialists, will commence at 1.15<br />

pm on the 27th.Nofee, aplate<br />

please,names on the whiteboard,<br />

thank you.<br />

The Club’s Christmas Dinner<br />

willbeheld in the Club rooms on<br />

Saturday,18th December,5for 6<br />

pm.<br />

Good bowlingeveryone,take<br />

care and don’t forget yourmask!<br />

Lions Club of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Pakeke<br />

Our <strong>November</strong> tea meetingwas<br />

held lastMonday, 22 <strong>November</strong>.<br />

PresidentRobert Spencer<br />

welcomed everyone, especially<br />

District Governor Christine<br />

Stewartand guest speaker John<br />

Ferguson.<br />

Apologiesfor eight Lions was<br />

read by pastpresident, Jim<br />

Martin. Five social ladies were<br />

present.<br />

Our annual Charity Market is<br />

scheduled to be held on Saturday<br />

morning29January and again on<br />

Sunday morning 30 January2022,<br />

from9am until1pm on both days.<br />

Planningiswelladvanced for this<br />

event, but we really need acovid<br />

“green light” for this event to go<br />

ahead. We have started collecting<br />

goodsfrom donors aroundthe<br />

town with pickups occurring on a<br />

Thursdayafternoon.<br />

Ourcar trial happened last<br />

Sunday.<br />

Our guest speaker,John<br />

Ferguson, aseasoned firefighter<br />

withFENZ, attended wild fires in<br />

NZ, the US and Australia. He<br />

spoke aboutthe way the different<br />

countries approachextinguishing<br />

these massive wild fires. The<br />

largest fireJohn ever attended<br />

burnt overamillionacres in West<br />

CoastUSA.Very hard to imagine<br />

the scope and destruction such<br />

fires cause.<br />

Lion Bob Rogers and Judy<br />

Chisholmdid the tailtwisting,<br />

extracting fines from members.<br />

President Robertclosed the<br />

evening.<br />

OUT AND ABOUT<br />

NOVEMBER<br />

26­28<br />

TritonHearingwill be<br />

outside the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Mitre10Megastoreand<br />

is offeringfreehearing<br />

checks. Theservice is<br />

offeredbetween 9amand<br />

5pm.<br />

NOVEMBER 28<br />

MerryLittle Christmas<br />

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

TrustEvent Centre.The<br />

event runsfrom11.30am<br />

until4pm Gold Coin<br />

Donation.<br />

CelebratingSt<br />

Andrew's Day at the<br />

SinclairCentre. 10am<br />

morning worship includes<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> County<br />

Scottish Society Pipe<br />

Band.<br />

NOVEMBER 29<br />

Tootfor Tucker foodbank<br />

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

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

County Lions. Help<br />

replenish the district’s<br />

foodbanks by leaving<br />

non-perishable grocery<br />

itemsatthe mailbox for<br />

collection by Toot for<br />

Tuckervolunteers.<br />

Collectionstartsat6pm,<br />

and will be heraldedby<br />

the tooting of carhorns.<br />

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soils which position this property for all land use options.<br />

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Tender closes 12.00pm, Fri 10th Dec,<br />

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M 027 447 4382<br />

Huntingdon -Strategic LeaseOption<br />

Agolden opportunity is offered with the lease of this well presented<br />

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This lease is available either on its own or in tandem with the sale of<br />

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M 027 447 4382


44 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS<br />

SPORTS RESULTS<br />

TinwaldCycling Club<br />

Gareth Lewis secured victoryinTinwald<br />

CyclingClub’s,Jims Test andTag,46km<br />

handicap event on the lowlandsofMt<br />

SomersonSunday.<br />

Lewis made abold effortonthe run<br />

home, breaking free of his bunchand<br />

finding the front with the finish line in<br />

sighttotake thehardearned win.<br />

Nigel Chatterton produceatoughrideto<br />

securethe second place spoils.<br />

Don Morrisonled in athreeupbunch<br />

sprint to claim thefinalpodiumspot.<br />

Matt Marshal, Brian Ellis, andDoreen<br />

Lembke filled the top half dozen placings.<br />

HamishMcDonald build on lastweeks<br />

goodeffort to claim fastest timehonours,<br />

riding thedistance in 65.38.<br />

TonyWard andLarryNeal tooksecond<br />

and thirdtimerespectively.<br />

The juniorsand division2contesteda<br />

16kmhandicap event.<br />

Cooper Spillane had agreat battlewith<br />

his co­markers, gettinghome thestrongest<br />

to takethe win.<br />

PennyMarriott havingher firsthit out<br />

for the seasonproduced atop ride to take<br />

secondplace.<br />

IsabelWall continuedher good form<br />

withawell­earnedthird place.<br />

Fourth placegetterConner Toomey<br />

claimedfastest time, riding the course in<br />

29.22.<br />

ZoeSpillane and LucyReeve rounded<br />

outthe topsix.<br />

Merv Grewar secured braggingrides<br />

withvictory in division 2.<br />

Nextweekthe Clubwill contest a48km<br />

handicap event around the Grahams Road<br />

block.<br />

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers<br />

Wed 17th Nov.19riders.1st. Jelle<br />

Hendricksen 26m20s.2nd. CharlotteCox<br />

26m 20s. 3rd Simon Holland26m 20s. 4th.<br />

Nicole Hands 30m53s.5th.Nigel<br />

Chatterton 29m 40s 6th.Ryan Gallagher<br />

29m41s. 7th.Anna Holland 29m 44s. 8th.<br />

Brent Hudson 31m 50s.9th. Tony Ward 23m<br />

20s F/T.10th.MichaelGallagher 23m22s<br />

2f/t.11th. Ged Wall <strong>25</strong>m33s.12th.Mark<br />

Summerfield 23m24s 3f/t. 13th. Paul<br />

Chapman <strong>25</strong>m 34s. 14th. Nick Grijns <strong>25</strong>m<br />

35s.15th.Roger Wilson <strong>25</strong>m 57s 16th. Paul<br />

Hands 32m 54s. 17th. Chris Reid 24m26s<br />

4f/t.18th. James Kaye26m 46s.19th.Isabell<br />

Wall35m 18s.<br />

Allenton Bowling Club<br />

Saturday 6th <strong>November</strong> Combined Club<br />

DayRoll up washeld andresults were<br />

First: AlanLeis,DenysMcEvedey, Bruce<br />

Henderson 2wins1draw<br />

Second: BarryMolloy, John Bruce,Neil<br />

Sharplin 1win 1Draw<br />

Friday12th <strong>November</strong>: Allenton hosted<br />

the FridayShowDay Open with agood<br />

numberofteams followed by aBBQ Lunch<br />

and thanks to all whoprovided morning tea<br />

and lunch.<br />

Results were as follows:<br />

First: JO’Connor, KO’Connor,RTonks 3<br />

wins20ends48Points<br />

Second: WHyndham, SHyndman, Edlin<br />

3wins19ends 34 points<br />

Third: MAnderson, JKewish,AMillar3<br />

wins18ends41points<br />

Fourth: CHarrison, GClarke, AHarrison<br />

3wins17ends 33 points<br />

Friday19th <strong>November</strong> Ladies Charene<br />

4’s Tournamentwas held:<br />

Thank youtoall the members who<br />

helped make theLadies Charene<br />

tournamentsuch afantastic day,itisour<br />

major fund­raising tournament and whata<br />

success it was.<br />

Saturday 20th <strong>November</strong> Combined Club<br />

DayRoll up wasHeldand results were:<br />

First: Bruce Henderson,Barry Molloy<br />

Kelvyn O’Connor 2wins14ends<br />

Second: JockO’Connor Hayden Cowan 2<br />

Wins 12 ends<br />

Events coming up for thenext period:<br />

Rickard Cup is today. Names on the<br />

board inclubhouse please, 12.30start.<br />

Mufti dress.<br />

Friday 26thHampstead Triples12.30pm<br />

Start<br />

Saturday 27thCentre Interclub Round 4,<br />

9.00am Start<br />

Sunday28th HampsteadAnstissCup<br />

Open 4’s9.00am Start<br />

Sunday28th Centre pairssection play.<br />

;<br />

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ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT ENTERTAINMENT<br />

TheMerryLittle<br />

Christmas Market<br />

28th <strong>November</strong> 11-30am until 4pm<br />

Gold Coin Donation<br />

Join us forthe MerryLittle Christmas<br />

Market this <strong>November</strong>.Agreat<br />

eventtopurchase unique Christmas<br />

presents with awide arrayofstalls.<br />

DuetoCovid restrictions,weask that<br />

youpre-registeronour websiteorat<br />

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Family of 4$35*<br />

At ATEC, all we want forChristmas is<br />

the opportunitytocelebrate this very<br />

special time of the year and bring<br />

some cheer and goodwill to the town.<br />

We have teamed up with some of Mid<br />

Canterbury’sleading performers to<br />

bring song and dancetothe stage in a<br />

two-hour concert.<br />

Whynot give them an<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Trust Event<br />

Centre gift voucher<br />

so they can come and<br />

see the showoftheir<br />

choicewhen they<br />

want?<br />

With our fantastic<br />

selection of 2022<br />

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TRADE &SERVICES<br />

BUILD work to do? Contact<br />

Kiwi Building and Maintenance<br />

Ltd. Alterations,<br />

Renovations, New builds.<br />

Qualified Tradesmen.<br />

Phone Cawte 027 418<br />

7955.<br />

CARPET 2YOU -for all your<br />

flooring needs. Supplier<br />

and installer of carpet and<br />

vinyl, re-stretch and repair,<br />

carpet cleaning. Phone<br />

Mike Gill 027 491 4210.<br />

CARPET Cleaning. Powerful<br />

equipment and fast drying.<br />

Upholstery, mats and rugs.<br />

Experienced owner/operator.<br />

Phone John Cameron<br />

at Supersucker. 027 435<br />

1042 or 308 1677<br />

CARR’S Chimney Cleaning,<br />

servicing <strong>Ashburton</strong> and<br />

surrounding districts, $60<br />

per chimney. Phone<br />

Rodney on 03 324 2999<br />

and leave amessage.<br />

COMPUTER repairs, sales,<br />

training, setup wirelessnetworks,<br />

spyware<br />

cleanup. On-site day or<br />

evening. Low fees. Call<br />

Robin Johnstone, Networks<br />

Firewalls and PC’s Ltd, 308<br />

1440 or 027 768 4058<br />

CONCRETE Services -<br />

Driveways, paths, patios,<br />

mowing edging. Decorative<br />

Concrete Specialist operating<br />

locally with 30 years<br />

experience. No job too big<br />

or small. Contactless service<br />

offered. Phone Paul<br />

021 152 1966.<br />

ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication,<br />

farm equipment<br />

service and maintenance,<br />

WOF repairs, machining<br />

and welding. Odd jobs a<br />

speciality. Mobile workshop.<br />

Can collect. Phone<br />

Malcolm 0274 754 241.<br />

FARM Services: Repairs and<br />

irrigation maintenance.<br />

Weekly pasture measuring<br />

service. Effluent irrigator<br />

repairs and maintenance.<br />

Farm welding and repairs.<br />

Center pivot maintenance.<br />

Wire rope splicing. Trailer<br />

repairs and maintenance.<br />

Phone Adam Stevens 027<br />

352 6007<br />

FIRE Extinquisher sales and<br />

servicing. On farm/<br />

contractors - trucks/tractors/balers/combines/cars/<br />

boats/caravans etc. Phone<br />

Mack at Doors and More on<br />

027 396 0361<br />

FLY control and spider<br />

proofing. For all your<br />

domestic and industrial<br />

pest control needs phone<br />

AJ Kerr at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Pest<br />

Control on 03 308 8147 or<br />

027 432 5447<br />

FURNITURE Removals. For<br />

all your household removal<br />

needs - urban, rural lifestyle,<br />

office relocations -<br />

call Nudges Furniture<br />

Removals, phone 027 224<br />

0609.<br />

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Phone 308 7664<br />

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

LOST &FOUND<br />

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SUNGLASSES LOST. Prescription<br />

Polarised in a<br />

brown hardcase. Outside<br />

East St public toilets. Midday,<br />

Sunday, 14 <strong>November</strong>.<br />

Please phone 021 033<br />

4674.<br />

TRADE &SERVICES<br />

GARDENING, mowing,<br />

pruning, fertilising, projects<br />

or general spruce ups? Call<br />

Andrew at Spruce Gardens<br />

to get the job done right.<br />

027 765 2899 or 03 307<br />

1693.<br />

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LAWN Mowing. No job too<br />

small. Call Les Smith, From<br />

The Ground Up, for acompetitive<br />

quote. Ph 027 840<br />

0201 or 03 308 1500.<br />

INTERIOR<br />

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New or existing,<br />

level 4finish, full skim<br />

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LOCKSMITH/Door repairs.<br />

Keys/locks, sliding and bifold<br />

door roller repairs.<br />

Mobile service. Call Nigel at<br />

Doors and More. Ph 027<br />

516 7104<br />

NETTLETON Decorators,<br />

qualified tradesman, is<br />

available for interior and<br />

exterior painting, plus plastering,<br />

stopping, skimming<br />

and wallpapering. Phone<br />

James on 0274 865 283.<br />

PAINTER for all your painting<br />

needs. No job too small,<br />

inside or outside. Professional<br />

friendly service.<br />

Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or<br />

027 200 1619.<br />

SPIDER and fly treatment.<br />

Inside or out. Moss, mould<br />

or lichen treatment. For<br />

either service, call Allan at<br />

AA Performance Services<br />

on 027 209 5026<br />

SUN Control Window Tinting:<br />

Privacy, UV, glare, heat<br />

control for homes, offices<br />

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window films. Free<br />

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SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

No experienceneeded,<br />

just agoodattitude!<br />

We’ve gotanumber<br />

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The ideal person will need to be physically fitand<br />

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following instructions (please don’t apply if you<br />

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If this soundslikeyou,flickmesome details<br />

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CLASSIFIEDS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

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SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

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SITUATIONS VACANT SITUATIONS VACANT SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

Head Caretaker<br />

An exciting and unique opportunityhas come<br />

up to join our team at MountHutt College and<br />

supportusinrealising our aspiration to develop<br />

and maintain state-of-the-artfacilities in our<br />

fantastic school in the heartofMid Canterbury.<br />

Thesuccessful applicantwill be aself-motivated<br />

and skilled tradie with acan-do attitude,who will<br />

enjoyworking as partofawider team at Mount<br />

Hutt College.<br />

Remuneration is by negotiation but will reflectthe<br />

unique skills the successful applicantwill bring<br />

to the position. Athree-bedroom schoolhouse is<br />

included in the remuneration package.<br />

Formoreinformation on the role or remuneration,<br />

please email the Principal’s Secretary,<br />

Sheree McKay, college@mthutt.school.nz.<br />

Applications close on<br />

Friday 26th <strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

Position:<br />

Location:<br />

Hours of Work:<br />

Date Issued:<br />

2435115<br />

We requireaphysically fit person to undertake light<br />

maintenanceduties at our Supermarket premises.<br />

Clean and tidy presentation, good communication<br />

skills and reliable work habits areessential.<br />

This position will involve10to12hours per week<br />

and maysuit asemi-retired tradesperson. Days of<br />

work arenegotiable.<br />

If youenjoy workingaspartofafriendly team<br />

and think this role maysuityou,please apply<br />

-including acover letter and currentCVto:<br />

donalda.hartley@newworld-si.co.nz<br />

Casual Worker Wanted<br />

Sheep and Beef<br />

Up to 8to10hours aweek<br />

Mainly moving<br />

Irrigation and Stock.<br />

Phone<br />

Steve027 695 0397<br />

SELL<br />

LPG<br />

REFILLS<br />

Small LPG cylinders<br />

Off Street Parking<br />

Available<br />

Arthur Cates Ltd<br />

26 McNally Street<br />

Ph 308 5397<br />

Riverside Industrial Estate<br />

LPG REFILLS<br />

9kg cylinders<br />

$27.50<br />

Askaboutour<br />

deliveryservice<br />

Anysizecylinder filled<br />

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

Phone 307 2707<br />

WANTED TO BUY<br />

Maintenance<br />

Person<br />

Part Time<br />

24373<strong>25</strong><br />

2422683<br />

2422689<br />

STEEL Gutter Cleaner.<br />

Brand new, worth $80. will<br />

sell for $60. Genuine<br />

reason for selling. Phone<br />

03 308 5845.<br />

ASHBURTON Scrap Metal<br />

Recyclers buy heavy metal<br />

etc. Free light-grade metal<br />

in-yard dumping 9am-5pm<br />

weekdays &9.30-11.30am<br />

Saturdays. 117 Alford Forest<br />

Rd, (behind<br />

PlaceMakers). Phone 03<br />

308 8033 or 027 249 66<strong>25</strong>.<br />

2439411<br />

MAKE money selling your<br />

unwanted items. Up to 24<br />

words for only $8. Can’t get<br />

better than that. The <strong>Courier</strong>.<br />

Job Vacancy<br />

RefugeeSettlementSupportFamilyCaseworker<br />

SaferMid CanterburyOffices, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

26hours perweek<br />

October<strong>2021</strong><br />

The Refugee Settlement Support Service, Safer Mid Canterbury <strong>Ashburton</strong>, is<br />

looking for anew team member. Weare seeking someone who is looking for a<br />

challenging and rewarding role as aSettlement Support Family Caseworker.<br />

The Refugee Settlement Support Service iscontracted byMBIE to assist former<br />

refugees to participate fully and integrate socially and economically into their<br />

new community during their first 12 months inNew Zealand. Ifyou like a<br />

challenge, enjoy engaging with people from diverse cultures, like working in an<br />

environment where noday is the same, and are ateam player, then this could<br />

be the perfect job foryou.Asfamily caseworkeryou will be the primarysupport<br />

person for newly arriving families, overseeing their settlement process for the<br />

first twelve months. Our service iscurrently assisting in the settlement offormer<br />

refugeesfromAfghanistan.<br />

Theperson applying forthisjob musthaverelevant experience and/or trainingin<br />

afield thatfurnishesthemwith the skills and experienceneeded forapositionof<br />

this type.Weare looking forcandidateswith thefollowingkey attributes:<br />

• Abilitytorelate withand supportpeople from different cultural backgrounds.<br />

• Agood understanding of relevantsocial servicesand agencies.<br />

• Understanding of confidentialityand privacy actpractices.<br />

• Knowledge and experience working with children,youth and families.<br />

• Computerskills, including Exceland Word<br />

• Excellenttimemanagementandorganisational skills<br />

• Hold acurrent motor vehicle driver’s licence and willing to travel tofulfil job<br />

requirements<br />

• Liveand work in the <strong>Ashburton</strong> region<br />

• Empathywith humanitariancauses<br />

• Enthusiasm andcommitmenttoworkasateam member<br />

• High degreeofcultural competency<br />

To read the job description and download an application form go to:<br />

www.safermidcanterbury.org.nz careers page.<br />

ApplicationscloseFriday3rd of December<strong>2021</strong>.<br />

ASHBURTON COLLEGE<br />

‘Individual ExcellenceinaSupportive<br />

Learning Environment’<br />

Teacher of Reading<br />

This is a part-time (0.4 FTE, extra hours<br />

potentially negotiable), permanent position for<br />

commencement atthe start ofthe 2022 school<br />

year.<br />

We are seeking apassionate and future focused<br />

teacher to join our staff. This role would suit an<br />

educatorwith PrimaryorSecondarybackground.<br />

The successful applicant will be tasked with the<br />

implementation of the reading development<br />

programme which includes working:<br />

• with students in avariety ofcontexts –whole<br />

class,small groups and individuals; and<br />

• inclass with avariety ofteachers to promote<br />

wide reading.<br />

Thenecessaryskills include:<br />

• anunderstanding of how toteach literacy skills<br />

to teenagers;<br />

• knowledge and passion forchildren’s literature;<br />

• working collaboratively with other teachers;<br />

• enthusiasm, flexibilityand adaptability; and<br />

• a familiarity with the Literacy Learning Matrix<br />

would be an advantage.<br />

Applications close noon, Monday6December <strong>2021</strong><br />

Information package enquiries andapplications<br />

please contact<br />

Jodee Ross,Principal’s Secretary<br />

Phone (03) 308 4193 ext809<br />

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

Application Reference: 1HARRh<br />

Phone 308 7664<br />

office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

For further question’s please contactAni Koperu on 03 308 1395.<br />

2438542<br />

2438246<br />

General Maintenance<br />

-Horticulturalist<br />

Maintain our open spaces facilities, playgrounds,equipmentand machinery,<br />

and assist with mowing duties on some of the 86parks and reserves in the<br />

district.<br />

We arelooking forahandy person,whocanturn their handto most jobs,but<br />

alsoknows when it is timetocall in the tradies.<br />

For more information or to apply<br />

for this role, visit our website<br />

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz<br />

Applications close on<br />

Sunday,5December <strong>2021</strong>.<br />

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers<br />

ArtGallery Education &<br />

Programmes Coordinator<br />

Fixed-term role, 12 months’ duration.<br />

Working with schools,groupsand our growing community,you will expand the<br />

reach of our exhibitionsthrough hands-on learning and creative experiences<br />

forall.<br />

To find out more about this vacancy<br />

and what the <strong>Ashburton</strong> District<br />

Council has tooffer you -gotoour<br />

website.<br />

Applications close on<br />

Sunday,28<strong>November</strong><strong>2021</strong>.<br />

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers<br />

RakaiaCleaner<br />

Keep our publicfacilitiesand toilets in the Rakaia Township clean and tidy for<br />

our visitorsand localsalike.<br />

Expressions of interest are now open for this cleaning role. The successful<br />

applicant will be responsible for ensuring a consistently high level of<br />

cleanliness in theRakaiaPublic and Domain conveniences each week.<br />

If youare reliable,abletoperform these duties forfourhours on adaily basis<br />

without supervisionand pride yourself on completing taskstoahigh standard,<br />

we want to hear from you.<br />

Please note that this role is forfour hoursper day,seven days aweek,onaone<br />

week on and one week off roster.<br />

Formoreinformation about this role,<br />

or to apply online visit our website<br />

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz<br />

Applications close on<br />

Sunday,5December<strong>2021</strong>.<br />

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers


CLASSIFIEDS<br />

46 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>November</strong> <strong>25</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />

FIREWOOD<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

OFFCUTS<br />

$140 PER CORD<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

SLABWOOD<br />

3cordgreen<br />

$330<br />

1cordgreen<br />

$110<br />

1corddry<br />

$140<br />

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

Adams Sawmill<br />

Malcolm McDowell Rd<br />

Phone<br />

308-3595<br />

LIVESTOCK<br />

WANTED TO RENT<br />

FOR LEASE<br />

2428887<br />

SAVE $100 on next winters<br />

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

$495. Limited supply. WINZ<br />

accredited. Free delivery to<br />

most of Mid-Canterbury.<br />

Phone 027 297 7563<br />

HOME SERVICES<br />

ROOF COATINGS: All roof<br />

types, specializing in<br />

Decramastic and Long Run<br />

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep<br />

roofs not a problem. —<br />

Spraymaster 027-433-7780.<br />

SPACE available for next<br />

weeks <strong>Courier</strong> -bequick!<br />

Talk to us about your advertising<br />

requirements. Phone<br />

308 7664 or call into our<br />

office at 199 Burnett Street,<br />

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

AWESOME OFFICE space<br />

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

like setting. Indoor and outdoor<br />

areas. North West<br />

town boundary. Must view.<br />

Phone 0274 754 241<br />

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

Self storage, variety<br />

of sizes. Phone Rainbow<br />

Storage 03 307 0401 or<br />

phone/text 021 554 570<br />

STORAGE: Secure self storage<br />

units available, long or<br />

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

Facilities. Contact us<br />

on 0274 362 636 or www.<br />

ashburtonstoragefacilities.<br />

co.nz<br />

FOR LEASE<br />

RENT ME!<br />

Ideal as an extra<br />

bedroomoroffice.<br />

Fully insulatedand<br />

double glazed forwarmth.<br />

Threeconvenientsizes:<br />

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

Large 4.2m x2.4m<br />

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

Visit our displaycabin<br />

418WestStreet or callfor a<br />

freebrochure.<br />

www.justcabins.co.nz<br />

2422687<br />

WANTED TO RENT<br />

Wantedrental property!<br />

An excellenttenant lookingfor a2/3 bedroom<br />

housetorentin<strong>Ashburton</strong>.Weare ayoungfamily<br />

of 3(acoupleand our littlebaby). Ihave my own<br />

house in Christchurch andmovingmyfamily to<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> forafull time position.<br />

Referencewill be provided from employer.<br />

Pleasecontactmeon0224059563orvia email<br />

to mbashir.n1@gmail.com<br />

2437418<br />

SELF-CONTAINED Granny<br />

Flat or Sleep-out for professional<br />

male. Wanted from<br />

January 2022. Phone<br />

Daniel 022 406 6075<br />

LIVESTOCK<br />

LIFESTYLEFARMERS<br />

Need your sheep shorn?<br />

Small mobs and pets.<br />

Experienced,fast,promptservice.<br />

Phone Jarrod on 027 <strong>25</strong>9 4644<br />

POULTRY<br />

GUINEA Fowl Keets (2 week<br />

old) also fertile Guinea<br />

Fowl eggs for sale. Phone<br />

027 408 7008<br />

GARAGE SALES<br />

HOSPICE Mid-Canterbury<br />

Garage Sale, this Saturday<br />

at Hospice Base, 70 Havelock<br />

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

9am -12pm. Wide range of<br />

products.<br />

RAKAIA COMMUNITY<br />

Garage Sales, Saturday<br />

27th <strong>November</strong>. Head<br />

along to: 17 Tancred St<br />

(Sawmill), 63 Tancred St,<br />

121 Elizabeth Ave, 35<br />

Elizabeth Ave (Church),<br />

126 Bowen St, 91 Fergusson<br />

St, 111 Wolseley Rd.<br />

From 9am.<br />

SATURDAY 27th <strong>November</strong>.<br />

Walshs Road, Sign out<br />

8.30am. Household and<br />

shed items, toys, clothes.<br />

Some free items.<br />

SATURDAY 27th <strong>November</strong>,<br />

9am -12mid-day. 93 Oak<br />

Grove, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, (back<br />

section). BBQ, bathroom<br />

vanity, used bricks, tools,<br />

household items, plus<br />

much more.<br />

SATURDAY 27th <strong>November</strong><br />

at 2/268 Moore St, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

From 8.30am.<br />

SATURDAY 8am -11.30am,<br />

11B Cross St, Allenton,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Quality goods,<br />

household, tools etc.<br />

SATURDAY 9.00am -<br />

1.00pm, SUNDAY 10.00am<br />

- 12.00 mid-day. Heavy<br />

Duty Mechanical Combine<br />

tools, Covered Tandem<br />

Trailer $4,500. ono, Children's<br />

clothes(new). 18<br />

Rapley Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

THE <strong>Courier</strong> is the best way<br />

to advertise in Mid Canterbury.<br />

Ask anyone who<br />

regularly advertises with us<br />

and they’ll tell you, they get<br />

results.<br />

FRUIT &PRODUCE<br />

POTATOES; Nadine, Red<br />

Rascall and Agria $1.<strong>25</strong>kg,<br />

or pre-ordered 10kg bags<br />

$10. Phone 03 308 3195 or<br />

027 531 9103. 81 Elizabeth<br />

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

0800 58 78 22<br />

2438533<br />

HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

URGENT CARE CLINIC<br />

WEEKEND DUTYDOCTORS<br />

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />

Forall othermedicalassistance outside of normal<br />

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

to speak withahealth professional whowill giveyou<br />

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

need urgentcare.<br />

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

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

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

passporttoyour surgeryappointment.<br />

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

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

Saturday27th <strong>November</strong> is<br />

ThreeRivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

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

Sunday28th <strong>November</strong> is<br />

ThreeRivers Health, 7-11 Allens Road,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Consultations will be by appointmentonly.<br />

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

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

weekend and public holidays please telephone<br />

MethvenMedical Centre on 03 302 8105<br />

or Rakaia Medical Centre on 03 303 5002.<br />

Details foraccessing the afterhours services will be<br />

on the answer phone.<br />

PHARMACIES<br />

Wises Pharmacy,CountdownComplex,<br />

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

Saturday from 9.00am until 1.00pm<br />

Sunday from 10.00am until 1.00pm<br />

At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open<br />

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

Saturdaymorning from 9.30am to 12.30pm.<br />

Closed Sundays and Public Holidays<br />

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice<br />

Phone the healthline on 0800 611 116<br />

Brought<br />

toyouby<br />

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

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755<br />

LASER HAIRREMOVAL AND REJUVENATION<br />

Expert and painless hair<br />

removal using the latest<br />

laser technology<br />

Facial rejuvenation<br />

and body contouring<br />

with Ulfit<br />

0270<br />

550 8088 www.lightroom.co.nz<br />

TheConsortium,<br />

Unit 2, TheMall, Methven<br />

GARDEN SUPPLIES<br />

GARDENERS Specials.<br />

Sheep or Cow manure<br />

$8/bag. Medium-square linseed<br />

straw $50. Mediumsquare<br />

pea straw $60.<br />

Phone Alan 027 496 7136,<br />

Ian 027 286 3697. AHinds<br />

Lions Project.<br />

JORDANS NURSERY<br />

Rhododendrons from $15.<br />

91 Pye Road, The Downs,<br />

Geraldine. Wednesday to<br />

Saturday 10am to 4pm or<br />

by arrangement. Phone 03<br />

6938332 or 0274311815<br />

PROPERTY WANTED<br />

MEETINGS<br />

2433393<br />

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

Squash Club<br />

ANNUAL GENERAL<br />

MEETING<br />

Tuesday,<br />

30 <strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

7:30pm at the Club,<br />

26 Harrison Street.<br />

All welcome.<br />

PROPERTY WANTED<br />

wanted<br />

•A“character”house<br />

•2–3bedrooms<br />

•600-800m²section size<br />

•Permanent materials preferable<br />

•Sunny livingareas<br />

•Open plan living preferable<br />

•Wellheatedand insulated<br />

•Good garaging<br />

•Hampstead or Netherby location<br />

Please phone Mike 0277 81 87 80<br />

2439<strong>25</strong>8<br />

2436839<br />

2433111<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

THE JACKSON’SBISTRO<br />

Thursdayand Saturday5.30pm -8pm<br />

Wednesdaylunch from 12pm<br />

OpenTuesdaytoSunday<br />

ThursdayHappyHour<br />

4.30pm -6pm<br />

Membership Draw &Raffles<br />

LintonLounge available to hirefor<br />

Christmas and privatefunctions.<br />

Ourclub andbistro operates responsibly<br />

under the Covid Level2restrictions<br />

Courtesy vanruns every<br />

Thursday, Friday&Saturdayfrom4pm.<br />

Join the RSA (the friendly Club)<br />

12-14 Cox Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong>. Phone 308 7175<br />

Members, guests and affiliates all welcome<br />

E- info@talbotsecurity.co.nz 519 East Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

P-(03) 307 2409 Anytime 24/7<br />

-Alarm Response and Patrols<br />

-Alarm Monitoring<br />

-Alarm and CCTV Installation<br />

-Alarm and CCTV Servicing<br />

-Data and Networking<br />

- Fire Extinguishers<br />

- Key Cutting<br />

- Locksmithing<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’sonly100%locally owned and operatedsecuritycompany<br />

2433620<br />

MidCanterburyCommunityVehicleTrust<br />

AGM<br />

Tuesday23<strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />

10.30am<br />

Rakaia Room, CommunityHouse,<br />

44 Cass Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

DuetoCovid 19 numbers willbelimited<br />

Please RSVP:<br />

Email: Lesley.symington@safermidcanterbury.org.nz<br />

EDUCATIONAL<br />

EDUCATIONAL<br />

L2D Driver Training<br />

CAR–<br />

Allstages. Beginner to full.<br />

Block booking discount<br />

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

Individual lessons on anytopic,<br />

including cornering,townriding,<br />

braking and slowriding.<br />

PERSONAL<br />

Dave Campion<br />

027 543 7632<br />

2420806<br />

PERSONAL<br />

CountryRomance!<br />

Adowntoearth lady with ahappy, caring and<br />

bubbly personality.<br />

Shestandsat5’5 with aslimfigure,<br />

blonde hair &blueeyes. She loves<br />

theoutdoors,tramping,fishing,cooking,<br />

swimmingand agoodconversation.<br />

To meet,Pleasecall<br />

0800 446 332<br />

andquotecode 53<br />

2438423<br />

2438363<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

Thurs <strong>25</strong>th<br />

10.00 Juniper<br />

10.00 Falling forFigaro<br />

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11.50 Venom LetThereBeCarnage M<br />

1.30 TheManySaints of Newark R16<br />

1.40<br />

3.50<br />

4.00<br />

5.20<br />

5.50<br />

7.45<br />

8.20<br />

ThePower of the Dog<br />

PawPatrolthe Movie<br />

ABoy Called Christmas<br />

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3.50<br />

5.30<br />

5.30<br />

7.30<br />

8.20<br />

Sat27th<br />

12.20<br />

12.30<br />

2.00<br />

2.30<br />

4.00<br />

5.30<br />

5.50<br />

7.45<br />

8.20<br />

Sun 28th<br />

10.00<br />

10.20<br />

11.40<br />

12.30<br />

1.45<br />

2.30<br />

3.35<br />

5.30<br />

5.30<br />

7.45<br />

8.20<br />

10.00<br />

11.00<br />

11.45<br />

1.00<br />

2.00<br />

3.45<br />

3.50<br />

5.30<br />

5.40<br />

7.40<br />

8.20<br />

Falling forFigaro<br />

ThePowerofthe Dog<br />

No Time to Die<br />

Falling forFigaro<br />

Last NightinSoho<br />

Venom LetThereBeCarnage<br />

TheEternals<br />

ABoy Called Christmas<br />

AntimThe Final Truth<br />

Venom LetThereBeCarnage<br />

PawPatrolthe Movie<br />

ABoy Called Christmas<br />

Rons Gone Wrong<br />

No Time to Die<br />

Venom LetThereBeCarnage<br />

TheEternals<br />

Falling forFigaro<br />

AntimThe Final Truth<br />

Venom LetThereBeCarnage<br />

PawPatrolthe Movie<br />

ABoy Called Christmas<br />

Rons Gone Wrong<br />

ABoy Called Christmas<br />

Venom LetThereBeCarnage<br />

No Time to Die<br />

Falling forFigaro<br />

TheEternals<br />

TheManySaints of Newark<br />

AntimThe Final Truth<br />

Venom LetThereBeCarnage<br />

Mon29th, Tues 30th<br />

&Wed 1st<br />

ABoy Called Christmas<br />

Falling forFigaro<br />

ThePowerofthe Dog<br />

No Time to Die<br />

Falling forFigaro<br />

ABoy Called Christmas<br />

Venom LetThereBeCarnage<br />

TheEternals<br />

Last NightinSoho<br />

AntimThe Final Truth<br />

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Antim the Final Truth,<br />

ABoy Called Christmas,<br />

Falling forFigaro,<br />

Venom LetThereBeCarnage<br />

Mr Kool icecreams is<br />

available forbirthday<br />

and Christmas parties,<br />

school fairs,corporate<br />

and social events.<br />

Will also be carrying out<br />

street sales,solisten<br />

out forthe bells!<br />

Pleasetextmeon<br />

0210 467 467.<br />

2423723<br />

ASHBURTON Society of<br />

Arts Christmas Show. On<br />

now at Short Street Studio.<br />

Paintings and crafts. Weekends<br />

11am -4pm, Monday<br />

and Wednesday 10am-<br />

1pm if signs out.<br />

COLLECTING NOW for <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Pakeke Lions Charity<br />

Market, January 2022.<br />

Quality second-hand furniture,<br />

household, garden<br />

and workshop items. No<br />

TV’s or computers. Phone<br />

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4349 or Clarrie 308 9629.<br />

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you or someone you care<br />

about has a life limiting<br />

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HD 10X42 Binos<br />

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Caddy<br />

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$<br />

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Was<br />

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$<br />

69.99<br />

Was<br />

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NOW<br />

$<br />

399.99<br />

Normally<br />

$529.99<br />

Garmin Tactix Delta<br />

GPS Watch<br />

Only<br />

2in<br />

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Cuisine Meal Deal!<br />

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Was<br />

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Okuma Vibe Kids Fishing Sets<br />

Blue,Orange and Pink options<br />

IN-STORE<br />

MANAGER’S<br />

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Offer applies to Regular 2serve meals<br />

DirtyDog Sunglasses<br />

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Colour<br />

Exclusiveto<br />

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all StoneyCreek in-store<br />

NOW<br />

$<br />

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Was<br />

$44.99<br />

NOW<br />

$<br />

69.99<br />

Save up<br />

to $60<br />

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2413589


QUALITY USED VEHICLES<br />

WARRANTIES AA APPRAISED FINANCE BIGGEST YARD BEST SELECTION TRADE-INS<br />

2008 TOYOTA<br />

BLADEMASTERS<br />

• 3000ccpetrol<br />

• ABS<br />

• Reverse camera<br />

• Body kit<br />

• Auto<br />

• 82,247kms<br />

3½ stars<br />

2015 NISSAN<br />

SYLPHYX<br />

• 1800cc, petrol<br />

• 2wheel drive<br />

• Cam chain<br />

• Pushbutton start<br />

• Economical<br />

• 18,984kms<br />

<br />

$11,995<br />

NISSAN<br />

2013 NISSAN SYLPHY, 1800cc,petrol sedan, cam chain, ABS, 18,984kms ...........$11,995<br />

2013 NISSAN SYLPHY, 1800cc,4door sedan, auto, ABS, air con, 48,000kms......$10,995<br />

2012 NISSAN BLUEBIRD –1800cc, ABS,cam chain, 43,000 kms................................ SOLD<br />

2015 NISSAN NOTE XDIG-S, 1200cc, auto, ABS, air con, 58,000kms..................... $11,995<br />

2012 NISSAN NOTE, 1200cc, hatchback,ABS, cam chain, 69,000kms .................. $10,995<br />

2006 NISSAN BLUEBIRD, 63,000kms,ABS, cam chain......................................................SOLD<br />

2014 NISSAN TIIDA, 1200cc, ABS, cam chain,31,168kms.............................................$9,995<br />

MAZDA<br />

2010 MAZDAPREMACY, 2000cc, 7seats,auto, timing chain, 126,000kms............$9,995<br />

2007 MAZDACX7, 2300cc, SUV,tiptronic,reverse camera, ABS, 67,000kms.............SOLD<br />

2010 MAZDAAXELA, 2000cc, ABS, cam chain, AA Appraised,69,000kms........... $11,995<br />

2004 MAZDAAXELA, 5doorauto..........................................................................................$5,495<br />

2008 MAZDADEMIO, 1500cc,ABS,air con, body kit, 130,053km...............................$7,995<br />

SUBARU<br />

2012 SUBARU LEGACY,<strong>25</strong>00cc,auto, cruise control, ABS, 96,000kms................$11,995<br />

2013 SUBARUOUTBACK, <strong>25</strong>00cc, 4X4, reverse camera, ABS, 91,000km.............$13,995<br />

SUZUKI<br />

2012 TOYOTA<br />

AQUAG<br />

• 1500cc, hybrid<br />

• Auto<br />

• Cam chain<br />

• ABS<br />

• Pushbutton start<br />

• 76,000kms<br />

6 stars<br />

2010 MAZDA<br />

AXELA 20E<br />

• 2000cc, petrol<br />

• ABS<br />

• Cam chain<br />

• Auto<br />

• AAAppraised<br />

• 68,266kms<br />

$11,995<br />

$11,995<br />

$11,995<br />

2006 SUZUKI SWIFT, auto, 5door, one owner,54,116kms.......................................... $4,995<br />

2015 SUZUKI SWIFT XG-DGE, 1200cc, auto, ABS, cam chain, 61,000kms ...........$11,995<br />

MITSUBISHI<br />

2008 MISUBISHI DELICAD5, 2400cc, 8seatercoach, cam chain, 81,000kms... $10,995<br />

2001 MITSUBISHI DION, 1500cc, ABS, 7seats,hatchback,auto, air con................$4,995<br />

TOYOTA<br />

2012 TOYOTA AQUA,1500cc, hybrid,auto, cam chain, ABS, 76,000 kms.............. $11,995<br />

2013 TOYOTA SPADE, 1500cc, ABS, air con, cam chain, 53,100 kms....................... $10,995<br />

2008 TOYOTA MARK X, 2400cc, 7seater, ABS, air con, S/W,89,000kms....................$9,995<br />

2013 TOYOTA COROLLAAXIO, 1500cc, hybrid,cam chain,52,000kms................... $12,995<br />

2008 TOYOTA BLADE MASTERS, 3000cc, auto, 6air bags,bodykit,82,000kms $11,995<br />

2013 TOYOTA PRIUS L.....................................................................................................................SOLD<br />

HONDA<br />

2008 HONDAFIT RS, 1500cc, auto, hatchback,alloys,53,000kms............................. $10,995<br />

2007 HONDAINSPIRE, 3500cc, auto, cruise control, ABS, 56,000kms ....................... $10,995<br />

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2016 SUZUKI SWIFT, auto, 47,000kms<br />

2008 NISSAN XTRAIL, <strong>25</strong>00c,auto, 4X4<br />

2005 TOYOTA RAV4, 2400cc, 4X4, auto<br />

2006 HONDACRV, auto, 37,000kms<br />

2013 MAZDADEMIO, hatchback,35,000kms<br />

<br />

3081396<br />

AUTOSLTD<br />

&RENTALS<br />

470 West Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

A/H Keith Drummond 0274 367 646<br />

www.atob.co.nz<br />

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