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WEDNESDAY, <strong>DEC</strong>EMBER 8, 2021<br />

Connecting Your Local Community<br />

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New library<br />

a boost for<br />

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Pages 4 & 5<br />

Growing<br />

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Joy and sorrow after win<br />

Trainer Derek Jones<br />

congratulates driver Samantha<br />

Ottley moments after Lulu Le<br />

Mans’ win in the Akaroa Cup.<br />

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• By Dave Di Somma<br />

A MIXTURE of “joy and<br />

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Derek Jones describes Sunday’s<br />

Akaroa Cup win with Lulu Le<br />

Mans at Motukarara.<br />

It came just days after the<br />

death of his father Peter, a<br />

well-known farrier and figure<br />

in Canterbury harness racing<br />

circles, aged 91.<br />

“It was a funny feeling,” said<br />

Derek Jones of the win: “There<br />

was both joy and sorrow at the<br />

same time.”<br />

After getting an economical<br />

run three back the fence Lulu Le<br />

Mans was angled off the fence<br />

by Samantha Ottley, and then<br />

produced a sustained run to beat<br />

favourite Riveered by a head.<br />

“I was hoping for a win<br />

rather than expecting it,” says<br />

Jones: “And she drove her<br />

super.”<br />

The mare was 7/7 in the betting,<br />

and paid $16.60 and$4.70.<br />

It was Lulu Le Mans’<br />

ninth win in 49 starts, and<br />

her second in a row after<br />

winning at Ashburton in<br />

November. Stablemate Kiss<br />

the Girls also went a cracker<br />

of a race, finishing an unlucky<br />

sixth. • Turn to page 9<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

A BAKERY in the district has<br />

made a plea to customers not to<br />

upset staff if they don’t have a<br />

vaccine passport and as a result,<br />

are refused service.<br />

The Rustic Bakery Cafe at<br />

Lincoln posted online on Friday<br />

that they were “disappointed and<br />

disgusted in the behaviour some<br />

people have displayed this morning.”<br />

It comes as Selwyn residents<br />

voice concern over children being<br />

barred from recreational facilties<br />

due to vaccine pass requirements.<br />

The cafe said there were a<br />

number of instances of customers<br />

getting upset when they learned<br />

that only vaccinated people would<br />

be served.<br />

Natalie Jones, who works in<br />

front of house and is a barista,<br />

said they were “disrespectful.”<br />

One person called out “it’s f***ing<br />

bull***”, another screeched their<br />

car’s tyres as they raced out of the<br />

car park. The police were called<br />

after the car nearly hit another<br />

vehicle as it left.<br />

• Turn to page 7<br />

• Vaccination protests, p3<br />

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A thirsty looking chap<br />

was turned away not once<br />

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the documentation you<br />

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We did feel a tad sorry<br />

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Wednesday December 8 2021 Selwyn Times<br />

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NEWS 3<br />

School target of vaccine protest<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

ROLLESTON College became<br />

the target of a protest last week<br />

from residents losing their jobs<br />

for refusing to be vaccinated.<br />

A handful of people stood with<br />

signs outside Rolleston College<br />

on Wednesday morning last<br />

week in support of three unvaccinated<br />

teachers they believe are<br />

at risk of also losing their jobs.<br />

However, Rolleston College<br />

says it has not terminated the<br />

employment of any staff members<br />

in relation to the vaccination<br />

mandates, which deem that<br />

education and health workers<br />

must have had their first dose by<br />

November 15.<br />

In an open letter to the college,<br />

parent and protest organiser Paul<br />

Hill accused the school of having<br />

no kindness or concern for the<br />

teachers.<br />

“No aroha, they were just<br />

shunned without comment or<br />

notice.”<br />

The protest was organised to<br />

reinforce the message in the letter,<br />

signed by more than 30 people.<br />

School principal Rachel Skelton<br />

and board of trustees chairwoman<br />

Lynley Shaw said in a statement<br />

to the Selwyn Times that<br />

they felt it was “inappropriate<br />

and disrespectful” to comment<br />

on employment matters.<br />

However, the college had not<br />

SHUNNED: Protest organiser Paul Hill says vaccine mandates are unfairly pushing people<br />

out of their jobs.<br />

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />

terminated any staff member’s<br />

job. It supported its staff and<br />

learners “through what has been<br />

a very difficult year for everyone.”<br />

In spite of the small number at<br />

the protest on Springston Rolleston<br />

Rd, there was plenty of noise<br />

as passing motorists on the busy<br />

road tooted car horns.<br />

“Going by the numbers of<br />

toots, waves and yells of support,<br />

we believe there is more people<br />

questioning what they are seeing<br />

. . . and why they have to lose<br />

their job when they are healthy,”<br />

Hill said.<br />

He was able to keep his job<br />

as he was a self-employed business<br />

operator. However, he<br />

had resigned from his role as<br />

programmes manager for the<br />

Selwyn Hawks basketball club,<br />

as he would not be allowed in to<br />

the club’s district council-run<br />

venue. He had decided not to get<br />

the jab because he had not seen<br />

any evidence that it was the right<br />

approach.<br />

Fellow protestor Merv Johns,<br />

66, said he had last month lost<br />

his job of two years as a Rolleston<br />

school bus driver due to the<br />

mandate.<br />

“It’s pretty disappointing. I did<br />

like my job, and I liked my kids,”<br />

Johns said.<br />

He was not anti-vax, but was<br />

“anti this vax.”<br />

Rolleston parent Rebecca Russell<br />

expected to lose her job in<br />

the disability sector, caring for<br />

a teenage boy in her own home.<br />

The Pfizer jab was an mRNA vaccine,<br />

and she was also wary of the<br />

Astrazeneca vaccine.<br />

Terry Anderson said he had<br />

lost his job after seven years as a<br />

school caretaker in Christchurch<br />

because he would not get vaccinated.<br />

“I believe there are alternatives<br />

to the vaccine that people are not<br />

being told about,” he said.<br />

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her a high chance of an adverse<br />

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“I loved my job, it’s very sad, I<br />

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New library appeals to cross-section<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

<strong>SELWYN</strong> RESIDENTS flocked<br />

to the new $22.7 million<br />

Rolleston library and multifunctional<br />

civic centre, Te<br />

Ara Ātea, when it opened on<br />

Thursday.<br />

Retired Rolleston design engineer<br />

and avid reader Bill Thorne<br />

was among almost 1000 people<br />

who visited.<br />

He was impressed with the<br />

many books and surrounding<br />

art and cultural displays.<br />

He had borrowed from the<br />

former Rolleston Library,<br />

which closed prior to Te<br />

Ara Ātea opening, every<br />

three weeks.<br />

“It looks lovely, well<br />

laid out,” Thorne said.<br />

Te Ara Ātea has<br />

about 45,000 books,<br />

audio and DVDs,<br />

puzzles, games and<br />

tech kits, representing<br />

more than double the<br />

Rolleston Library collection<br />

size from 2017.<br />

Thorne said he generally<br />

borrowed three<br />

novels, four magazines<br />

and a non-fiction book<br />

from the library every<br />

three weeks. In addition,<br />

he reads books on his e-reader,<br />

and will sometimes finish a<br />

whole novel in one day.<br />

BOOKWORM:<br />

Bill Thorne<br />

is looking<br />

forward<br />

to an<br />

increased<br />

number<br />

of fiction<br />

titles.<br />

Among 24 titles by his favourite<br />

author Lee Child on the<br />

library’s shelves on opening day,<br />

he could not find any that he had<br />

not yet read. However, he was<br />

not worried as he planned to<br />

read some for a second time.<br />

“I usually read two books<br />

at a time, one on the e-reader<br />

and a hard cover as well.<br />

That’s my happy space, and I<br />

always like to understand how<br />

things work.”<br />

His praise of the new<br />

library and its<br />

accompanying<br />

facilities was echoed<br />

by fellow reader<br />

and Rolleston<br />

resident Liz<br />

Hoffman.<br />

She said the<br />

facility<br />

was long<br />

overdue,<br />

with<br />

the<br />

former library being small and<br />

overcrowded.<br />

“I think it’s very modern and<br />

very inclusive for all ages, for<br />

older people, children. I like that<br />

there’s art as well as books. It’s<br />

not just a library, it’s a community<br />

centre as well. I think it’s a<br />

lovely space,” Hoffman said.<br />

She was excited to see what<br />

community groups would come<br />

in to use the spaces. Alongside<br />

the library, Te Ara Ātea features<br />

a performance space, workshop,<br />

technology room, café and<br />

lounge and a wāhi tamariki for<br />

children.<br />

Philippa Ross of Rolleston<br />

was at the wāhi tamariki, or<br />

children’s area, as her two<br />

daughters – Stephine, 2, and<br />

Madeline, 3 – played in an area<br />

of colourful wooden blocks and<br />

wall pegs.<br />

“We always went to the old<br />

library, it was always crammed,”<br />

Ross said.<br />

“It’s going to be amazing, especially<br />

in winter with the kids.”<br />

Fellow mothers Julianne<br />

Seabourn and Emily Simpson,<br />

both from Lincoln,<br />

were just as impressed.<br />

“It’s quite a cool<br />

space,” Seabourn<br />

said.<br />

“It’s very versatile, it<br />

will be very interesting<br />

to see what comes to<br />

Rolleston now with the<br />

performance space, that was<br />

lacking in Rolleston,” Simpson<br />

said.<br />

The<br />

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is excited to see what<br />

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They had been exploring the<br />

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Nine-month-old Eden Seabourn<br />

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of community<br />

There are also nationally significant<br />

taonga on display, including<br />

a pounamu carving from Canterbury<br />

Museum which has come<br />

back to Selwyn for the first time<br />

since it was found at Te Waihora<br />

Lake Ellesmere in 1938.<br />

Outside Te Ara Ātea, the new<br />

Rolleston town square of the new<br />

town centre is taking shape. It<br />

will include a sensory space with<br />

outdoor instruments, a musical<br />

walk and water feature.<br />

District council libraries digital<br />

futures co-ordinator Luke Sole<br />

said it had been “really special” to<br />

see almost 1000 people of all ages<br />

visit the new facility on opening<br />

day.<br />

“The building really came alive<br />

with people exploring and getting<br />

acquainted with the spaces,” Sole<br />

said. He and fellow staff were<br />

looking forward to continuing<br />

to welcome the public over the<br />

coming days and weeks as people<br />

visited the facility for the first<br />

time.<br />

• Te Ara Ātea is open 9am<br />

to 6pm on weekdays,<br />

with extended hours on<br />

Thursdays to 8pm, and<br />

10am to 4pm on weekends.<br />

EXPLORE: Three-year-old<br />

Madeline Ross keeps herself<br />

occupied at the children’s<br />

area.<br />

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SENSORY: Julianne Seabourn, with Eden, nine-months,<br />

and Emily Simpson, with Lottie, 10-months, like the threedimensional<br />

carpet tapestry reading nook.<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

PREBBLETON residents are<br />

generally opposed to a Hamptons<br />

Rd zone change application that<br />

would allow about 820 residential<br />

homes, submissions show.<br />

The district council has released<br />

a summary of submissions<br />

for Plan Change 68 as it calls for<br />

further submissions, which close<br />

on December 15.<br />

Thirty-eight submitters made<br />

118 submission points, of which<br />

105 – or 89 per cent – were either<br />

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eight either supported or supported<br />

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Residents’ concerns included<br />

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Wednesday December 8 2021 Selwyn Times<br />

NEWS 5<br />

Residents opposed<br />

to zone change<br />

The proposed<br />

67-hectare site on<br />

Hamptons Rd.<br />

the Ministry of Education opposed<br />

the application, the latter<br />

saying the development would<br />

increase traffic congestion and<br />

the applicant had not allocated a<br />

site for a school.<br />

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport<br />

Agency neither supported nor<br />

opposed the application. But it<br />

had concerns including the 67ha<br />

was outside a projected infrastructure<br />

boundary, meaning the<br />

developer should consider the<br />

need for more roads and public<br />

transport.<br />

PC68, from Urban Holdings<br />

Ltd, Suburban Estates Ltd and<br />

Cairnbrae Developments Ltd, is<br />

the largest of three zone change<br />

applications before the district<br />

council for the Prebbleton area.<br />

The remaining two are PC72, for<br />

290 sections, and PC78, for 400<br />

sections. If all of the plan changes<br />

went ahead it would increase the<br />

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Vaccine passes required<br />

at council facilities<br />

• From page 1<br />

The district council is<br />

requiring the passes at facilities<br />

including Selwyn Sports Centre,<br />

Selwyn Aquatic Centre and<br />

Lincoln Event Centre, as well as<br />

the West Melton Community<br />

Recreation Centre, Rolleston<br />

Community Centre, Tai Tapu<br />

Community Centre, Dunsandel<br />

Community Centre, Darfield<br />

Community and Recreation<br />

Centre and at Te Ara Ātea.<br />

Children aged 12 years three<br />

months and older are covered by<br />

the vaccine pass system. And in<br />

the case of children younger than<br />

this needing to be accompanied<br />

by an adult, that adult will have to<br />

have a pass.<br />

“Could you not have made it<br />

from 16 or 18, so that children<br />

don’t get discriminated against?<br />

I think the kids in this country<br />

have had enough stress without<br />

this too,” said one woman to<br />

a post on the district council’s<br />

Facebook page.<br />

The post had attracted more<br />

than 100 comments by Friday<br />

afternoon.<br />

One mother said she had severe<br />

needle phobia and was worried<br />

about her children missing out.<br />

The district council responded<br />

to her comment and was able to<br />

confirm unvaccinated children<br />

older than 12 years and three<br />

months would not be allowed<br />

•HAVE YOUR SAY:<br />

What do you think<br />

of the district council<br />

introducing vaccine<br />

passes for some of its<br />

major venues? Email<br />

susan.sandys@starmedia.<br />

kiwi<br />

into the district council’s<br />

weekend outdoor movie in<br />

Leeston, due to it having to<br />

meet Covid-19 Protection<br />

Framework requirements for<br />

ticketed or controlled entry<br />

events.<br />

However, they would still be<br />

able to swim at Southbridge Pool,<br />

where vaccine passes were not<br />

required “at this stage.”<br />

Another commenter offered to<br />

help the mother get vaccinated,<br />

“so your children don’t have to<br />

miss out.”<br />

Group manager<br />

communication and customers<br />

Stephen Hill told the Selwyn<br />

Times the district council’s<br />

approach to vaccine pass<br />

requirements also protected<br />

children who could not be<br />

vaccinated.<br />

It ensured “that they can<br />

continue to use our services with<br />

the knowledge that they and<br />

their parents are as safe as we can<br />

make it for them,” Hill said.<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

WEST MELTON teenager Daisy<br />

Meyers is being excluded from<br />

her sporting life as she awaits a<br />

vaccine pass exemption.<br />

The 16-year-old’s father Darren<br />

Meyers was on the phone<br />

to health services for hours last<br />

week as he tried to find out when<br />

the pass would arrive.<br />

As the deadline for going to<br />

the traffic light system closed<br />

in, and the pass had still not<br />

arrived, he phoned numbers for<br />

My Vaccine Pass, which referred<br />

him to the Covid Vaccination<br />

Healthline, which referred him<br />

to the Ministry of Health. He<br />

spent one-and-a-half hours<br />

on hold at the ministry before<br />

he talked to someone, who<br />

ultimately was unable to help<br />

him.<br />

“We just want a contact<br />

number for the people dealing<br />

with the exemptions, but noone<br />

seems to know whether<br />

they exist. How does all these<br />

three health departments not<br />

know how to contact someone,”<br />

Meyers said.<br />

He could understand there<br />

could be a waiting period in light<br />

of high demand, however it was<br />

not fair to have a teenager unable<br />

to attend her sporting events.<br />

“I know there’s leeway in it, but<br />

not where you are being excluded<br />

from your own life,” he said.<br />

Daisy was diagnosed with<br />

Crohn’s disease in October. Subsequently<br />

she had myocarditis<br />

and pericarditis as a side effect of<br />

medication she was prescribed.<br />

This lead to her specialist advising<br />

not to get the Pfizer jab for<br />

six months.<br />

On November 26, the family’s<br />

GP sent in a signed form to the<br />

Ministry of Health to apply<br />

for the exemption. Meyers said<br />

at the time, the ministry was<br />

advising online it would take five<br />

working days to deliver, but this<br />

changed to 10 working days last<br />

week.<br />

Daisy had not been able to<br />

attend her commitments to<br />

coach for Selwyn Football on<br />

Friday afternoon at Selwn Sports<br />

Centre, and play in the premier<br />

women’s futsal league and referee<br />

at Ara on Sunday, due to the<br />

Wednesday December 8 2021 Selwyn Times<br />

NEWS 7<br />

Teenager’s life in limbo<br />

while waiting for My<br />

Vaccine Pass exemption<br />

EXCLUDED: Daisy Meyers<br />

can not get into sports<br />

centres requiring vaccine<br />

passes as she awaits proof<br />

of an exemption from the<br />

Ministry of Health.<br />

venues requiring vaccine passes.<br />

She had similar events planned<br />

this week.<br />

The Ministry of Health was<br />

unable to answer queries from<br />

the Selwyn Times by deadline.<br />

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Selwyn Times Wednesday December 8 2021<br />

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NEWS<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Lincoln Men’s Shed grows in stature<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

LINCOLN MEN’S Shed is<br />

doubling its shed space as more<br />

members come on board.<br />

Chairman Alastair Smithies<br />

said the group’s membership<br />

increased over the last year<br />

by more than one third,<br />

climbing to more than 60<br />

members from 45.<br />

“It’s providing a source of<br />

fellowship for older, and mostly<br />

retired, men. We try to accommodate<br />

men of all abilities,”<br />

Smithies said.<br />

“They come from all walks of<br />

life, retired farms to builders,<br />

joiners, school teachers.”<br />

Construction of a $160,000<br />

shed on its site, leased from the<br />

district council and next to the<br />

Lincoln Event Centre on Meijer<br />

Drive, is under way. At 20m x<br />

10m, it is the same size and shape<br />

as the group’s current shed. The<br />

two buildings are alongside each<br />

other, and will be joined by an<br />

annex.<br />

Smithies said half of the new<br />

shed will be workshop space. It<br />

will mean that the current engineering<br />

area, crammed into a<br />

corner of the existing workshop,<br />

would be able to be moved into<br />

its own area.<br />

This would make it easier for<br />

members to balance the two<br />

activities of woodworking and<br />

welding together.<br />

“Woodworking and welding<br />

don’t mix, you don’t want sparks<br />

from welding anywhere near<br />

wood shavings,” he said.<br />

One of a network of about 100<br />

men’s sheds throughout New<br />

Zealand, aligned with Menzshed<br />

New Zealand, Lincoln Men’s<br />

Shed has been operating for<br />

about five years. Members meet<br />

twice a week, on Monday and<br />

Tuesday afternoons, undertaking<br />

their own projects and projects<br />

for the community.<br />

Community projects recently<br />

included making fairy doors for<br />

trees at Ararira Springs Primary<br />

School, a vegetable sales barrow<br />

for Springston community<br />

garden and a trophy and toy<br />

box for Lincoln Volunteer Fire<br />

Brigade.<br />

FELLOWSHIP:<br />

Lincoln<br />

Men’s Shed<br />

chairman<br />

Alastair<br />

Smithies<br />

welcomes an<br />

increase in<br />

membership.<br />

Watch<br />

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starnews.<br />

co.nz<br />

Members were also mentoring<br />

groups of Lincoln High School<br />

students. A group of four had<br />

recently completed two picnic<br />

tables. The next group of four<br />

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Wednesday December 8 2021 Selwyn Times<br />

5 MARCH LINCOLN<br />

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EXTENSION: The new<br />

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Men’s shed currently under<br />

construction next to the<br />

existing shed.<br />

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN<br />

Half of the new shed will<br />

be an extension of the current<br />

shed’s workshop space,<br />

while the other half will be<br />

a meeting room, toilets and<br />

kitchen facilities.<br />

Currently members<br />

take along Thermos’ and<br />

coffee cups, and use the<br />

neighbouring rugby club’s<br />

outdoor toilet.<br />

Members had secured<br />

funds to get to the lock-up<br />

stage of the project, which<br />

was being undertaken by<br />

a contractor and set for<br />

completion in the new<br />

year. Members were in the<br />

process of going to three<br />

other funders for the fitout,<br />

which they planned to<br />

undertake themselves.<br />

“We have got enough<br />

building skills in our ranks<br />

that we can do the internal<br />

building work, and lining,<br />

ourselves.”<br />

BY A LONG HEAD: Lulu Le Mans wins the Akaroa Cup.<br />

PHOTO: HARNESS RACING NZ<br />

Emotional win for Derek<br />

• From page 1<br />

The Jones family are at<br />

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Derek Jones, who lives in<br />

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going to his day job as an<br />

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Fittingly Elusive Chick<br />

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Bought for just $3000<br />

she had 13 wins from 58<br />

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As well as Ottley<br />

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Selwyn Times Wednesday December 8 2021<br />

10<br />

NEWS<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

City2Surf fun run goes back to the future<br />

FUN RUN: The popular City2Surf has a coastal component<br />

for the first time since 2011.<br />

CITY2SURF veterans will<br />

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line at New Brighton beach –<br />

and now the route is a step closer<br />

to the fun run’s original<br />

concept.<br />

For the first time since the 2011<br />

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runners, corporate teams and<br />

school groups.<br />

In a tilt to history, the 2022<br />

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the tide after Ferrymead was the<br />

quake-related end point.<br />

The fun run, which is expected<br />

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debuted in 1974 and for the first<br />

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“It’s a huge deal for our team<br />

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“This will be a great<br />

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There is also a modern twist<br />

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Chip timing means everyone<br />

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Wednesday December 8 2021 Selwyn Times<br />

NEWS 13<br />

COMMITMENT: Selwyn MP Nicola Grigg has chosen Lincoln High School<br />

16-year-old Bobbie Hira for Youth MP, with Bobbie’s tenure including a<br />

trip to Wellington to take part in parliamentary debates.<br />

Bobbie is bound<br />

for the Beehive<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

ROLLESTON Brass will<br />

be taking Christmas<br />

cheer to shoppers as it<br />

winds up a successful first<br />

year.<br />

The band formed a year<br />

ago and in October competed<br />

for the first time at<br />

the Canterbury Provincial<br />

Band contest, winning all<br />

four categories to become<br />

the 2021 D Grade Champion<br />

Band.<br />

The band had its origins<br />

in the Selwyn District<br />

Youth Band. When conductor<br />

Bill Dixon retired,<br />

the committee decided<br />

that a change of direction<br />

was the best way to ensure<br />

the band’s small group of<br />

young players could take<br />

their musical passion into<br />

the future, so established<br />

Rolleston Brass.<br />

Experienced adult<br />

and youth players from<br />

PHOTO: GETTY<br />

INCOMING Lincoln<br />

High School head student<br />

Bobbie Hira has an<br />

exciting year ahead as she<br />

gets a taste of a career in<br />

politics.<br />

Selwyn MP Nicola Grigg<br />

has chosen the 16-year-old<br />

as her electorate’s 2022<br />

Youth MP.<br />

Bobbie is one of 120<br />

from around New Zealand<br />

recently chosen to represent<br />

the youth of their<br />

respective electorates for<br />

six months from March.<br />

Their tenure will include a<br />

three-day experience with<br />

their fellow Youth MPs in<br />

Wellington, taking part in<br />

parliamentary debates and<br />

select committees.<br />

“I am very thankful for<br />

this opportunity to represent<br />

the youth in Selwyn.<br />

It means a lot to represent<br />

not only Selwyn but also<br />

my whānau and my iwi<br />

(Tūhoe and Te Arawa),”<br />

Bobbie said.<br />

Bobbie is almost fluent<br />

in te reo Māori. She is one<br />

of a team of four head<br />

students to take the reigns<br />

at her high school<br />

next year.<br />

After leaving school, she<br />

plans to study a Bachelor of<br />

Arts in Māori Indigenous<br />

studies and history at<br />

Canterbury University<br />

before embarking on a<br />

political career.<br />

“Being able to support,<br />

educate and lead people<br />

as we grow as a nation is<br />

important to me. Every<br />

piece of work we do paves<br />

the way for our future<br />

generations to come. If<br />

throughout the district,<br />

and Christchurch, have<br />

since jumped on board.<br />

Some are professional<br />

musicians with the New<br />

Zealand Army Band, based<br />

in Burnham, including<br />

conductor Raynor Martin.<br />

There is now a full brass<br />

band of players, who rehearse<br />

Thursday evenings<br />

at Rolleston School.<br />

there is an opportunity<br />

for me to help, I will grab<br />

that opportunity with both<br />

hands,” she said.<br />

Grigg said Bobbie’s<br />

passion for supporting<br />

others came through<br />

loud and strong in both<br />

her application and her<br />

interview.<br />

“I was thoroughly<br />

impressed with Bobbie’s<br />

connection to young<br />

people across the district,<br />

her advocacy for youth<br />

issues, her commitment<br />

to our region, and her<br />

drive to make Selwyn as<br />

supportive and as inclusive<br />

for our rangitahi as<br />

possible,” Grigg said.<br />

“As well as that, she<br />

demonstrated to me she<br />

wants to help support local<br />

businesses, and help people<br />

into work.”<br />

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Rolleston; then December<br />

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TWO AUTHORS, alumni and former<br />

rural field cadets, whose work helped<br />

document the history of Lincoln<br />

University, have been recognised.<br />

Chancellor Bruce Gemmell presented<br />

Bill Harrington, of Christchurch, and<br />

Vince Ashworth, of Morrinsville,<br />

with Lincoln University medals for<br />

“meritorious voluntary service supporting<br />

the institution’s cultural fabric and<br />

reputation”.<br />

Harrington was selected as a rural<br />

field cadet for the 1954 intake at Lincoln<br />

and graduated with the elite Diploma in<br />

Valuation and Farm Management.<br />

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His chosen profession gave him many<br />

experiences. He became a visiting lecturer<br />

in rural valuation at Otago University,<br />

editor of the NZ Valuers’ Journal and was<br />

appointed to the land valuation division<br />

of the High Court. He was also a trustee<br />

and farming director for a large pastoral<br />

conglomerate for many years.<br />

Harrington’s Lincoln University medal<br />

citation refers to two books he has helped<br />

compile and edit. Lincoln and Beyond:<br />

Memories of Student Days, Lives We Led<br />

was published in 2013 and Herbie’s Boys:<br />

A History of the Rural Field Cadet Scheme<br />

1941-1971 was published in 2016 by the<br />

rural field cadet history group he<br />

chaired.<br />

The title Herbie’s Boys refers to top<br />

public servant Herbert Caselberg, founder<br />

of the rural field cadet scheme that seeded<br />

New Zealand’s land-based public service<br />

departments with Lincoln graduates for<br />

three decades.<br />

HONOURED: Former<br />

alumni Vince Ashworth<br />

(left) and Bill Harrington<br />

have received awards<br />

for their contribution<br />

to Lincoln University.<br />

Both are authors, with<br />

Harrington’s published<br />

work including Herbie’s<br />

Boys: A History of the<br />

Rural Field Cadet<br />

Scheme 1941-1971.<br />

Gemmell says he always keeps a copy<br />

of Herbie’s Boys close by as an essential<br />

reference work about Lincoln and a source<br />

of inspiration.<br />

Meanwhile, Ashworth’s book, A Full<br />

Life, chronicles his personal life and<br />

public career and provides an enduring<br />

autobiographical record of a notable<br />

Lincoln University alumnus, his family,<br />

friends and colleagues.<br />

The chapters on Vince’s student years at<br />

Lincoln in the 1950s, with photos from the<br />

time, are a “valuable contribution to the<br />

cultural heritage of the university”, said<br />

the chancellor.<br />

Like Harrington, Ashworth graduated<br />

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Management in 1955, and was runner-up<br />

for the gold medal (dux). In the 1960s<br />

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kind in New Zealand.<br />

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international agricultural consultancy<br />

work and in 1976 joined the permanent<br />

staff of the World Bank as a senior<br />

agriculturalist, staying for 11 years and<br />

working on projects in some 30 countries,<br />

including Afghanistan.<br />

Receiving the awards, Ashworth recalled<br />

his era at Lincoln when polished shoes,<br />

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of the day, expected by the stern director,<br />

professor Eric Hudson.<br />

Harrington said the valuation and<br />

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to have been selected for it. Sons and a<br />

grandson have followed Harrington as<br />

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Wednesday December 8 2021 Selwyn Times 15<br />

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20 Selwyn Times Wednesday December 8 2021<br />

Selwyn introduces vaccination passes<br />

at key facilities<br />

The Council has introduced vaccine pass requirements at a number of Council facilities – aiming<br />

to maintain access to Council services for as many people as possible, while protecting the health<br />

and safety of the community.<br />

Chief Executive David Ward says the health and safety of customers and staff, and the wider<br />

Selwyn community, are the key drivers behind these decisions.<br />

“Putting these measures in place not only protects our customers and our staff but means we can<br />

keep our services operating safely, with the least possible disruption,” he says.<br />

The Council is still considering whether vaccine passes will be required in the future at some other<br />

facilities, including Council libraries and service centres at Leeston, Lincoln and Darfield and at<br />

the Rolleston Council Offices.<br />

The staged process will give customers time to prepare for the new operation, and allow time for<br />

the Council to consult with staff, Mr Ward says.<br />

"We have high vaccination rates in Selwyn, with latest data showing that over 90% of the eligible<br />

population is fully vaccinated, and well over 95% have received one dose,” he says. “But we<br />

are conscious that there will be some who are exempted or choose not to be vaccinated, and<br />

therefore will not be able to access our facilities.<br />

“For these people we are looking at alternative ways of providing access to our services. Previous<br />

lockdowns have taught us a number of new ways of delivering a range of services remotely or<br />

contactless, such online gym classes and library resources, including click and collect.”<br />

“As the country shifts its approach to managing COVID-19 in our communities, we also need to<br />

adjust how we work and live.”<br />

Anyone needing help with getting their vaccine pass downloaded can contact Selwyn libraries for<br />

assistance, or other agencies which are offering assistance. The process can take time, so people<br />

are asked to be patient.<br />

The requirements to scan in and to wear a mask in public places remain.<br />

For more information on Council’s operations at Orange setting visit selwyn.govt.nz/covid19. This<br />

site will be updated as details of operations and requirements are confirmed.<br />

Vaccine pass requirements<br />

Required from 3 December Not required To be confirmed<br />

· Selwyn Aquatic Centre<br />

· Lincoln Event Centre<br />

· Selwyn Sports Centre<br />

· West Melton Community and<br />

Recreation Centre<br />

· Rolleston Community Centre<br />

· Te Ara Ātea<br />

· Pines Resource<br />

Recovery Park<br />

· Public toilets<br />

· Playgrounds<br />

· Parks (including dog parks)<br />

· Cemeteries<br />

· Campgrounds, with the<br />

· Tai Tapu Community Centre possible exception of<br />

Rakaia Huts campground<br />

· Dunsandel Community Centre<br />

· Darfield Community Centre<br />

· Darfield Pool<br />

· Any event on Council<br />

premises that is ticketed or<br />

has controlled access<br />

No pass is currently required<br />

at these facilities. This will be<br />

reviewed on an ongoing basis<br />

and the status may change.<br />

· Rolleston Council Offices<br />

· Libraries and service<br />

centres in Darfield,<br />

Leeston and Lincoln<br />

Think smart with your<br />

water use and save money.<br />

Visit selwyn.govt.nz/waterconservation<br />

for tips to save money,<br />

help your garden and ensure we all<br />

have enough water this summer.<br />

Directory available to support<br />

community initiatives<br />

A new directory has been released by the Council to help people to<br />

find out about funding available.<br />

The Council supports our community’s growth and wellbeing<br />

through providing funding which would not normally be accessible<br />

to people in our district.<br />

To do this, the Council has a range of community grants, scholarships<br />

and in-kind support for individuals and groups in our community.<br />

The new community directory provides a list of funds available and<br />

information on the aim of the fund, who is eligible and when people<br />

can apply for funding. It also contains information on accessing<br />

non-Council grants.<br />

The aim of the guide is to make people aware of the funds, and find<br />

out which grants may suit them.<br />

You can pick up a copy of the Community Funding Directory from<br />

any Selwyn Library, or download a copy at Selwyn.govt.nz/funding.<br />

Upgrade for 200 space car park<br />

at Foster Park<br />

Work has begun this week on improvements to the car park at Foster<br />

Park, upgrading the existing gravel car park off Broadlands Drive.<br />

The existing gravel car park will be replaced by a new asphalt car<br />

park with 213 car parks, a kiss-and-go area and new footpaths,<br />

along with landscaping, lighting and fencing.<br />

The car park is being sealed to provide easier and safer access to<br />

Foster Park and improve parking for users.<br />

The contractor for this work is Downer and the new car park is<br />

expected to be open in late March 2022.<br />

The gravel car park area will be closed during the construction with<br />

no pedestrian access or parking.<br />

Alternative parking is available at the Selwyn Sports Centre car park<br />

and the car park off Dynes Road.<br />

ON THE<br />

ROADS<br />

On the Roads<br />

Pre-seal repairs are taking place on Tancreds Road from<br />

Shands Road to Springs Road and Boundary Road from<br />

Weedons Road to Shands Road.<br />

Kerb and channel repairs are being carried out on North Terrace<br />

from Kimberley Road to Holmes Street and Horndon Street from<br />

Broadgate Street to Pearson Street. Pavement repairs are being<br />

carried out on Days Road from Ellesmere Junction Road to Collins<br />

Road and on Wards Road from Highfield Road to Jones Road.<br />

Burnham Road will be closed to northbound traffic north of the<br />

Burnham School Road intersection for 100m. A detour will be in place.<br />

Traffic management is in place for these works.<br />

Please take car around work sites and follow<br />

site signage.<br />

Follow the QR code with this story for a map of<br />

these works, or view our road closures map at<br />

selwyn.govt.nz/roadclosures.<br />

Council Call<br />

Selwyn District Council<br />

Norman Kirk Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ph <strong>08</strong>00 <strong>SELWYN</strong> (735 996)<br />

Te Ara Ātea<br />

56 Tennyson Street, Rolleston<br />

Ph 347 2880<br />

Darfield Library & Service Centre<br />

1 South Terrace, Darfield<br />

Ph 318 8338 or 347 2780<br />

CC<strong>08</strong>1221


Wednesday December 8 2021 Selwyn Times 21<br />

Notices<br />

ALCOHOL NOTICES<br />

Ellesmere Golf Club<br />

Incorporated has applied for<br />

the renewal of a club licence.<br />

Objections to this application<br />

are open until 20 December. For<br />

more information visit selwyn.<br />

govt.nz/alcoholnotices<br />

Meetings<br />

Public Forums: Council,<br />

Community Board and local<br />

committees meetings are open<br />

to the public. Time is available at<br />

the start of meetings for people<br />

to speak on matters of concern.<br />

Please notify Therese Davel or<br />

Bernadette Ryan if you wish to<br />

speak at the Council meeting at<br />

least five days before the meeting.<br />

Township, Hall and Reserve<br />

Committee meetings: To list or<br />

make changes to meeting details,<br />

email meeting.changes@selwyn.<br />

govt.nz or phone <strong>08</strong>00 <strong>SELWYN</strong><br />

(735 996) by 9am Wednesday the<br />

week before publication.<br />

MICROCHIPPING CLINIC<br />

Bookings are open for the<br />

Councils final free dog<br />

microchipping clinic of this<br />

year on Friday 17 December<br />

12-1pm in Rolleston. Bookings<br />

are now open at http://portal.<br />

selwyn.govt.nz/bookMCClinic/<br />

or contact us at <strong>08</strong>00 <strong>SELWYN</strong><br />

COUNCIL & COMMUNITY<br />

BOARD MEETINGS<br />

Council Meeting*<br />

Wednesday 8 December 1pm<br />

Rolleston HQ building<br />

Audit and Risk Subcommittee*<br />

to receive annual report<br />

Wednesday 22 December 10am<br />

Rolleston HQ building<br />

Extraordinary Council Meeting*<br />

to adopt Annual Report<br />

Wednesday 22 December 11am<br />

Rolleston HQ building<br />

* Livestreamed on the Council<br />

website and YouTube channel<br />

and we can make the booking<br />

for you.<br />

The location will be provided<br />

in your confirmation text/email.<br />

Please ensure that your dog is<br />

already registered before you<br />

make a booking and follow<br />

all staff instructions as per our<br />

website.<br />

DISTRICT COMMITTEE<br />

MEETINGS<br />

Dunsandel Community<br />

Committee<br />

Monday 20 December 6.30pm<br />

Dunsandel Hotel<br />

Ellesmere Reserve Board AGM<br />

Thursday 9 December 7.30pm<br />

Leeston Library<br />

Sheffield Waddington<br />

Community and Township<br />

Committee<br />

Thursday 16 December, 7.30pm<br />

Sheffield Hall<br />

Springston Committees<br />

Wednesday 8 December 7.30pm<br />

Errol Tweedy Pavilion,<br />

Springston Reserve<br />

Burnham Road lane closure for pipeline project<br />

Selwyn Events<br />

Vaccine passes required for all ticketed events for those over 12 years three months old<br />

SATURDAY<br />

11<br />

<strong>DEC</strong>EMBER<br />

SATURDAY<br />

11<br />

<strong>DEC</strong>EMBER<br />

Healing Herbs Workshop<br />

Rolleston Community Centre,<br />

1–3pm<br />

Join Treesa Green from Altar to<br />

learn about the healing properties of<br />

common garden flowers and herbs<br />

and make some luscious herbal<br />

products to take home. You’ll learn<br />

how to make nourishing body oils,<br />

blend bath teas, a gentle facial serum,<br />

and a herbal incense stick. $20 per<br />

person. Bookings required at<br />

selwyn.govt.nz/events.<br />

Social Try it Out Days<br />

Selwyn Sports Centre,<br />

10.30am–12.30pm<br />

Come with your friends and family to<br />

give a new sport a go. Sports include<br />

pickleball, badminton, floorball, korfball,<br />

table tennis, volleyball, futsal, basketball<br />

and netball! Get active and socialise<br />

with our community. Bring snacks to<br />

enjoy a picnic with us. Book online to<br />

register your interest at selwyn.govt.nz/<br />

events. $3 per person on entry.<br />

Road closed one way<br />

Road open one way<br />

Detour<br />

Thomson Road<br />

Get home safe this summer<br />

Aylesbury Road<br />

Burnham School Road<br />

Kerrs Road<br />

Two Chain Road<br />

The Darfield Kirwee wastewater pipeline is moving to a new stage this week, with work extending to<br />

Burnham Road.<br />

From Wednesday 8 December work on the pipeline will move to Burnham Road. The northbound lane<br />

of Burnham Road will be closed north of the Burnham School Road intersection for 100m. This closure<br />

will be removed from 23 December to 10 January.<br />

From 10 January to 26 April Burnham Road the one-way system will extend to State Highway 1.<br />

During this time Burnham Road will only be open to southbound traffic. A detour will be in place for<br />

northbound traffic.<br />

Around 10 kilometres of the 26.5 kilometre pipeline have been completed with the pipeline on track to<br />

be completed by August 2022. The project is part of the Council’s Long-Term Plan 2021-2031 and will<br />

allow Darfield and Kirwee to connect to the Pines Wastewater Treatment Plant.<br />

It will allow new developments in Darfield and Kirwee and businesses on the main street to begin<br />

connecting to the Pines Wastewater Treatment Plant.<br />

The Council will hold further discussions with the wider Darfield and Kirwee community about<br />

connecting to the pipeline in the future.<br />

Live updates, latest road closures and further information on the pipeline are available at<br />

selwyn.govt.nz/darfield-wastewater.<br />

The Selwyn road safety team has launched its annual anti-driving-campaign, encouraging everyone to<br />

stay safe and keep others safe.<br />

Summer, and particularly Christmas, is a time when we all enjoy catching up with friends and attending<br />

functions. Keeping everyone safe means we can all enjoy the summer, while a drink-driving conviction or<br />

causing a crash has lifelong consequences, Road Safety Education Coordinator Jessica Fairbrass says.<br />

“Summer’s a time to enjoy and celebrate. Let’s make sure everyone gets home safe this summer and can<br />

enjoy and celebrate it by planning ahead before drinking. If you’re planning on drinking, plan not to drive.”<br />

Everyone’s perception of how much they can drink and stay safe is<br />

different, however the law is precise.<br />

If you’re over 20 years of age the legal blood alcohol limit for<br />

driving is no more than 50 milligrams of alcohol for every 100 mls<br />

of blood. There is a zero alcohol limit if you are under 20. That<br />

means if you drive after consuming even one drink, you can be<br />

charged with drink-driving.<br />

Burnham Road<br />

Main South Road – State Highway 1<br />

Walkers Road<br />

Dunns Crossing Road<br />

N<br />

SATURDAY<br />

11<br />

<strong>DEC</strong>EMBER<br />

SATURDAY<br />

11<br />

<strong>DEC</strong>EMBER<br />

SUNDAY<br />

12<br />

<strong>DEC</strong>EMBER<br />

FRIDAY<br />

17<br />

<strong>DEC</strong>EMBER<br />

Storytimes<br />

Leeston Library, 11–11.30am<br />

Enjoy the magic of stories, activities<br />

and songs with our preschool<br />

Storytimes sessions. Aimed at<br />

3–5 years. This programme is<br />

continuing with social distancing and<br />

mask wearing in place. Bookings<br />

essential (one booking per family<br />

bubble please). Book or find more<br />

session times for our libraries at<br />

selwynlibraries.co.nz/events.<br />

Bookbinding Workshop<br />

Darfield Library, 12–3pm<br />

Join Sandy from the Association of<br />

Book Crafts to learn how to make<br />

your own professionally bound<br />

books from scratch. You will discover<br />

how to make two different styles<br />

of books: Eco Books and Alabama<br />

Concertinas. Add your own flair to<br />

your creations and take home a<br />

finished product to use! Suitable for<br />

14+ years. Free. Bookings essential<br />

at selwynlibraries.co.nz/events.<br />

Lincoln Navigational<br />

Rampage<br />

Lincoln Wetlands, 12.30–2.30pm<br />

Race around following map<br />

checkpoints at the Lincoln Wetlands<br />

rogaine. Suitable for all ages and<br />

fitness levels – no navigation<br />

experience required. Bookings<br />

required at selwyn.govt.nz/events.<br />

BOOST Movie Night:<br />

Shazam!<br />

The Green, Lincoln, 6–9pm<br />

Grab your DC comics, cos-play, dress<br />

up and join us to watch Shazam! (PG<br />

13). A prize for the best dressed will<br />

be awarded on the night. 13+ years.<br />

Bookings required for COVID-19<br />

purposes, bookings required at<br />

selwyn.govt.nz/events. This event<br />

is organised by the Selwyn Youth<br />

Council Events Team.<br />

For information on listing a community event visit<br />

selwyn.govt.nz/councilcall.<br />

Leeston Library & Service Centre<br />

19 Messines Street, Leeston<br />

Ph 347 2871<br />

Lincoln Library & Service Centre<br />

Gerald Street, Lincoln<br />

Ph 347 2876<br />

<strong>08</strong>00 <strong>SELWYN</strong><br />

www.selwyn.govt.nz<br />

SelwynDistrictCouncil


Selwyn Times Wednesday December 8 2021<br />

22<br />

NEWS<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

Convicted sex worker killer wants<br />

$7500 for religious rights ‘breach’<br />

• By Kurt Bayer<br />

CONVICTED sex worker<br />

killer Sainey Marong is suing<br />

Corrections and a prison over<br />

access to the Koran on compact<br />

disc.<br />

Marong, 36, a practising<br />

Muslim, is serving a life sentence<br />

with a minimum non-parole<br />

period of 18 years after being<br />

found guilty of murdering Renee<br />

Duckmanton in May 2016.<br />

The Gambian butcher was<br />

subject to a deportation order<br />

when he picked up Duckmanton<br />

from the city’s red light district,<br />

strangled her to death, and set<br />

her body on fire on Main Rakaia<br />

Rd, north of the Rakaia River.<br />

He was found guilty after a<br />

High Court trial in Christchurch<br />

in February 2018.<br />

But this week he was back in<br />

court, seeking $7500 in damages<br />

after claiming that his religious<br />

rights had been breached.<br />

Although he got a copy of the<br />

Koran more than five years ago,<br />

in April this year while he was<br />

at Christchurch Men’s Prison,<br />

he requested the religious text<br />

via compact disc (CD) audio<br />

recording.<br />

Given its length, however, the<br />

full Koran spanned 17 CDs.<br />

Prison rules stated that prisoners<br />

were allowed just 12 in their<br />

cells at any given time.<br />

However, when prison bosses<br />

allowed the move some five<br />

weeks later, Marong had been<br />

transferred to nearby Rolleston<br />

Prison.<br />

Crown Solicitor Mark Zarifeh<br />

told Justice Jan-Marie Doogue<br />

it appeared “unfortunately that<br />

information was not passed on”.<br />

The new prison bosses told<br />

Marong he was only allowed 12<br />

CDs at a time – although he was<br />

told he could swap them out for<br />

others whenever he wanted to.<br />

By the time the “mistake” was<br />

corrected, and Marong was given<br />

all 17 CDs that made up the Koran,<br />

he had filed legal action.<br />

He claims that he is entitled to<br />

damages because his religious<br />

rights have been breached or<br />

impeded.<br />

Marong, appearing from<br />

prison via audio visual link to<br />

represent himself, told Justice<br />

Doogue while the case might<br />

appear to be “just about CDs”, it<br />

raised important religious issues.<br />

He said there was<br />

significant public interest<br />

in the proceeding.<br />

He raised the March 15,<br />

2019 terror attacks and<br />

also cited the New Zealand<br />

Bill of Rights Act<br />

and Corrections Act.<br />

He says he sought<br />

$7500 in damages and<br />

was arguing not just for<br />

himself but “all prisoners<br />

whose religious rights are<br />

being ignored” by Corrections.<br />

Zarifeh denied that Marong’s<br />

religious rights, nor his right to<br />

practise his religion, have been<br />

impeded.<br />

Justice Doogue reserved her<br />

decision.<br />

After he was convicted,<br />

Marong lodged an appeal to the<br />

Court of Appeal.<br />

But his appeal bid failed before<br />

he tried his luck at the Supreme<br />

Court, claiming a miscarriage of<br />

justice, but again failed.<br />

During the harrowing twoweek<br />

trial, Marong admitted<br />

strangling Duckmanton after<br />

picking her up and setting her<br />

body on fire.<br />

But he denied that he<br />

meant to kill her, and<br />

had no murderous intent,<br />

claiming he was insane<br />

at the time, suffering<br />

mental impairment and<br />

delusional psychotic<br />

thoughts which began<br />

after voluntarily stopping<br />

Renee his insulin medication<br />

Duckmanton early in 2016.<br />

The jury, however,<br />

sided with Crown and its<br />

“overwhelming” evidence,<br />

dismissing Marong’s claims that<br />

he had been “disconnected from<br />

reality” at the time he killed<br />

Duckmanton, and that from<br />

May 6-17, he was poisoned by<br />

kidney failure that resulted in<br />

urine “travelling in my brain”.<br />

A psychiatrist and a<br />

psychologist, who both assessed<br />

Marong before he stood trial,<br />

concluded that he did not meet<br />

the criteria for a defence of<br />

insanity. — NZ Herald<br />

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GIFT GUIDE<br />

Oak Armrest<br />

Where practically meets style. The arm chair<br />

rest is designed to cater for all vessels for any<br />

occasion from Friday night wine to Monday<br />

morning coffee. Available in natural and black.<br />

Priced at $44.99<br />

Introducing our range of<br />

luxury handmade ‘Living Light’<br />

scented candles and home<br />

fragrances made in Golden Bay.<br />

Call in to see our full range of<br />

9 fragrances.<br />

Quality Mens sheepskin slippers made in<br />

Rolleston by Possum Pam NZ LTD.<br />

Different colours available. Sizes 5 to 12 NZ Mens.<br />

Also many other styles available with pet mats,<br />

belts and possum accessories.<br />

Any Excuse<br />

3/4 Eastfield Drive, Lincoln<br />

www.anyexcuse.co.nz<br />

The Dainty Leaf Necklace is so versatile...<br />

Can be worn with a plain tee or an elegant dress.<br />

Available in Black, Gold, Silver, Pink and Blue.<br />

RRP $25<br />

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Shop 1 - 4 Eastfield Dr, Lincoln<br />

Ph: 03 9259353<br />

Lisa Sarah Steel Art<br />

Looking for some fabulous art for your walls? Original<br />

indoor & outdoor premium quality steel artwork from<br />

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Lisa is a NZ creator of eco-friendly steel artwork for<br />

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strong clean lines, combined with the quality of 100%<br />

recyclable steel, it’s easy to see why Lisa’s work is<br />

making quite an impression internationally.<br />

Rolleston Florist & Gifts<br />

Shop 35 Rolleston Sq.<br />

Ph 3471 068<br />

Huski<br />

a New Zealand company, all about<br />

delivering a better drinking experience and<br />

making award-winning thermal drinkware.<br />

They make top quality wine tumblers,<br />

short tumblers, beer coolers and wine<br />

coolers - all available at Industria<br />

www.industria.co.nz<br />

Industria Design & Gifts<br />

Shop 15, 9 Masefield Dr, Rolleston<br />

Phone: 03 420 0996<br />

Stocking Fillers<br />

Exquisite range of handcrafted NZ and European<br />

chocolates and other gourmet artisan goodies for the<br />

perfect stocking filler or Secret Santa.<br />

Gift vouchers and gorgeous gift hampers make the art<br />

of giving easy. Be sure to allow time to savour some<br />

delicious treats and a Supreme coffee.<br />

www.possumpam.com<br />

Possum Pam Outlet Shop<br />

823 Jones Road, Rolleston<br />

Open weekdays until 4.30 & Saturday 9.00am till Midday<br />

Luxury Chocolate<br />

Christmas House<br />

The luxury chocolate<br />

Christmas house from<br />

Remarkable Chocolate<br />

makes a perfect Secret<br />

Santa gift.<br />

Contains milk chocolate<br />

scorched almonds &<br />

marshmallow/coconut/<br />

raspberry bark.<br />

Priced<br />

$24.99<br />

Any Excuse<br />

3/4 Eastfield Drive, Lincoln<br />

www.anyexcuse.co.nz<br />

www.industria.co.nz<br />

Industria Design & Gifts<br />

Shop 15, 9 Masefield Dr, Rolleston<br />

Phone: 03 420 0996<br />

www.thelincolnpantry.co.nz<br />

The Lincoln Pantry<br />

4 Eastfield Drive, Lincoln<br />

Phone: 03 325 7717<br />

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A NEW partnership between Ellesmere<br />

College and a farmer collective is<br />

encouraging students into careers in<br />

agriculture.<br />

Six Ellesmere College students have<br />

this year completed Gateway and Rural<br />

Trades Academy training with help<br />

from Ellesmere Sustainable Agriculture.<br />

ESAI education coordinator<br />

Jo Benny said<br />

the partnership between<br />

the collective and the college<br />

had been so successful<br />

that ESAI had already<br />

committed to funding 10<br />

Jo Benny<br />

more students next year.<br />

“There has been a growing interest in<br />

the vocational courses, but the limited<br />

funding from the Ministry of Education<br />

was stopping many students from<br />

exploring those pathways, so we are<br />

pleased ESAI was able to support many<br />

students who would have missed out,”<br />

Benny said.<br />

ESAI had already been working<br />

closely with the Southbridge and<br />

Leeston primary schools on planting<br />

initiatives before the new college partnership,<br />

which was in line with ESAI’s<br />

goal of fostering a love of farming and<br />

BACKYARD CRITTERS<br />

Mike Bowie is an ecologist<br />

who specialises in<br />

entomology (insects and<br />

other invertebrates). Each<br />

week he introduces a<br />

new species found in his<br />

backyard at Lincoln. His<br />

column aims to raise public awareness<br />

of biodiversity, the variety of living things<br />

around us. Check out the full list of<br />

invertebrates found at www.inaturalist.<br />

org/projects/backyard-biodiversity-bugsin-my-lincoln-section<br />

Colourful<br />

moth a pest<br />

SUMMER IS<br />

upon us and just<br />

as the garden<br />

starts to flourish,<br />

so do the insect<br />

pests.<br />

One pest I’ve<br />

seen several specimens<br />

of recently is the currant clearwing.<br />

Known scientifically as Synanthedon<br />

tipuliformis, this day-flying moth is about<br />

12mm long and has a wingspan of 16-<br />

20mm. It was accidentally introduced into<br />

New Zealand from Europe and is also<br />

found in Southern Australia and parts of<br />

the United States.<br />

You would be forgiven for not picking<br />

this as a moth, as it looks nothing like<br />

one unless you check the darker wingtips<br />

under a microscope for the tell-tale scales.<br />

The confusion is due to it looking, sounding<br />

and behaving like a wasp, which helps<br />

protect it from predators.<br />

Its mostly membranous wings, yellow<br />

and black stripes, fan-like tail and buzz<br />

when flying are distinguishing characteristics<br />

of this species. Four yellow bands on<br />

males and only three on the females help to<br />

distinguish the sexes.<br />

Around December, adult females lay an<br />

average of 100 eggs on buds, leaf scars and<br />

pruning cuts on blackcurrants, redcurrants<br />

or gooseberries. After two weeks<br />

larvae emerge from eggs and burrow into<br />

the pith, hollowing out and weakening the<br />

canes and causing a reduction in sap flow<br />

and yields.<br />

No significant predators for this pest are<br />

known in New Zealand.<br />

the environment.<br />

Students include Jackson Laffey, who<br />

recently received an ESAI award at the<br />

school prize-giving after working parttime<br />

on a dairy farm.<br />

“I like to be outdoors and to get my<br />

hands dirty. ESAI has helped me a lot to<br />

do this course,” Jackson said.<br />

Another was Angelina Millar, who is<br />

hoping to work in agricultural science<br />

or as a helicopter pilot.<br />

“I am really passionate about farming.<br />

I enjoy working with livestock and<br />

horticulture, but I definitely want to<br />

either work in the labs with genetics or<br />

be an agricultural pilot,” Angelina said.<br />

Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />

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Setting students up for a career in agriculture<br />

Ellesmere College students Jackson Laffey (left) and Hamish Chatterton receive<br />

ESAI awards with Gateway co-ordinator Zodie Bonnett. Right – Angelina Millar<br />

works on the Gateway scheme at a Rakaia Island planting project.


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Leeston-Southbridge win tight tussle<br />

LEESTON-Southbridge edged<br />

closer to the top of country<br />

cricket’s standings at the weekend<br />

after a fighting win over Oxford-<br />

Rangiora.<br />

There were also big wins for<br />

Sefton and Ohoka in round nine<br />

of the CRV Ambreed Country<br />

Premier One Day 2021/22 competition<br />

on Saturday.<br />

Back home at Pearson Park, in<br />

what was Oxford club stalwart<br />

Luke Waghorn’s 200th senior<br />

match, Oxford-Rangiora won the<br />

toss and batted first.<br />

But the Vikings were soon<br />

in trouble, losing early wickets<br />

including Waghorn cheaply, and<br />

were teetering at 50/4.<br />

As he so often does, David Fulton<br />

(35 runs off 68 balls) helped<br />

steady the ship, along with Mitch<br />

Power (32 off 61).<br />

The home XI scrambled<br />

through to 143/9 in their 45<br />

overs, with Tim Gruijter’s quality<br />

off-spin the pick of the Leeston-<br />

Southbridge bowlers, taking 3/19<br />

off his nine overs.<br />

Leeston-Southbridge also<br />

struggled to form partnerships in<br />

their chase, with Canterbury batsman<br />

Harry Chamberlain nicking<br />

off second ball to Sam Fleming<br />

who would end up with three<br />

wickets.<br />

At 124/8 the match hung in the<br />

balance but it was New Zealand<br />

Army captain Dougald Munro<br />

who guided them home, with a<br />

composed 22 not out of 27 balls.<br />

Sefton thumped Lincoln by<br />

71 runs at Lincoln Domain after<br />

another fine knock by Amandep<br />

Arora.<br />

Arora made 85 before he was<br />

run out, helping Sefton to post<br />

221/9.<br />

Canterbury Plunket Shield<br />

seamer Fraser Sheat took the<br />

new ball for Sefton and showed<br />

his quality, bagging five wickets,<br />

but doing most of his damage in<br />

ALL-ROUNDER:<br />

Leeston-<br />

Southbridge’s<br />

Tim Gruijters,<br />

seen here batting<br />

in a previous<br />

game, took 3/19<br />

off his nine overs<br />

with the ball.<br />

PHOTO: KAREN<br />

CASEY<br />

mopping up the tail.<br />

Lincoln opener Taylor Holland<br />

batted nicely for his aggressive 48<br />

at the top of the order.<br />

But after being 121/3 in the<br />

26th over, and looking likely to<br />

chase down the target, Lincoln<br />

shuffled spectacularly, losing their<br />

final seven wickets for just 29<br />

runs.<br />

Southbrook suffered a humiliating<br />

nine-wicket defeat at home<br />

to Ohoka.<br />

On a difficult batting pitch,<br />

Austin Hamilton and George<br />

Mauger ripped through the<br />

Brook’s top order before Hamish<br />

Williams and Rhys Mariu finished<br />

them off, rolling them for<br />

just 62.<br />

Ohoha knocked off the meagre<br />

total in 12.3 overs for the loss of<br />

just Daniel Lyons.<br />

Darfield had the bye, and in<br />

their final fixture Cheviot met<br />

Weedons.<br />

Short scorecards:<br />

Oxford-Rangiora 143/9 (D Fulton<br />

35, M Power 32; T Gruijters<br />

3/19, S Chamberlain 2/19)<br />

Lost to Leeston-Southbridge<br />

144/8 (T Gruijters 31, D Munro<br />

22no; S Fleming 3/38, J Sail 2/27,<br />

J Waghorn 2/28).<br />

Sefton 221/9 (A Arora 85, B<br />

Fleming 29, M Smith 21; A Gulati<br />

2/29, E Paterson 2/50)<br />

Beat Lincoln 150 (T Holland<br />

48, L Robinson 23, J Suzana 21;<br />

F Sheat 5/33, T Waller 2/33, C<br />

Warner 2/36).<br />

Southbrook 62 (L Blom 20;<br />

G Mauger 3/10, R Mariu 2/5, A<br />

Hamilton 2/12, H Williams 2/13)<br />

Lost to Ohoka 64/1 (R Mariu<br />

34no).<br />

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SPORT<br />

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More US track testing for teen racer<br />

LINCOLN’S JACOB Douglas<br />

has headed off to the United<br />

States for the second time this<br />

year for more single seater<br />

testing with a view to competing<br />

there next year.<br />

Having already tested over<br />

the New Zealand winter in<br />

both formula 3 and 4, as well as<br />

competing in a formula 4 race at<br />

Laguna Seca,<br />

California,<br />

where he<br />

finished<br />

twice on the<br />

podium in<br />

his first ever<br />

formula 4<br />

Jacob Douglas<br />

events, the<br />

16-year-old<br />

will now take part in several tests<br />

in the USF2000 category.<br />

“I can’t wait,” Jacob said.<br />

“I’ve heard the difference<br />

between the USF2000 car and<br />

what I have already driven there<br />

in formula 4 is speed. They are a<br />

lot faster with similar downforce.<br />

“I’ve been spending a lot<br />

of time on the race simulator<br />

preparing for a couple of<br />

different tracks that we will test<br />

on. All seem to have quite a lot of<br />

elevation, are very fast and very<br />

American in style with quite<br />

a lot of camber in the corners,<br />

quite a bit wider and different<br />

than here in New Zealand.”<br />

TESTING: Jacob Douglas is learning how to drive on United States tracks that have<br />

elevation and camber.<br />

Jacob will test with Exclusive<br />

Autosport, a team that currently<br />

competes in both the USF2000,<br />

the Indy Pro 2000 and has<br />

recently announced it will also<br />

join the Indy Lights grid in 2022.<br />

“I’m really looking forward<br />

to getting to know the team.<br />

I’ve heard a lot of good about<br />

them. The aim is to get as many<br />

laps in as possible to learn the<br />

car.”<br />

This is the second trip to<br />

the US for Jacob, having spent<br />

three-months on the road with<br />

Kiwi Motorsport, run by New<br />

Zealanders’ Garry Orton and<br />

Teena Larson, where he tested<br />

at Buttonwillow Raceway<br />

in Southern California and<br />

competed in a formula 4 races at<br />

Laguna Seca, finishing second<br />

and third.<br />

“That was a great insight<br />

into the US motorsport scene<br />

and what their tracks are like,<br />

especially at Laguna Seca. There<br />

was heaps to learn about car setup,<br />

cornering speed, use of brake<br />

pressure and giving feedback to<br />

the engineers.<br />

“We did two races there<br />

in which I only had a 10min<br />

practice session to quickly learn<br />

the track before qualifying. I was<br />

able to get comfortable both with<br />

the car and track and ended up<br />

finishing the two races in second<br />

and third.”<br />

Jacob arrived in Indianapolis<br />

late last month to meet the team,<br />

take part in pre-season testing<br />

and start negotiations towards<br />

racing in 2022.<br />

“We are really committed to<br />

racing in the US in 2022,” Jacob<br />

said.<br />

“There is still a lot of work<br />

to do to put this altogether so I<br />

want to thank all those involved<br />

so far.”<br />

At this stage, it is unlikely<br />

that he will return home before<br />

Christmas due to current Covid<br />

requirements and the MIQ status<br />

in New Zealand.


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rolleston business hub<br />

Jones Road and Industrial Zone<br />

“Merry Christmas<br />

to everyone and<br />

drive safely on<br />

the roads these<br />

holidays”, says Dan<br />

from MTF Finance<br />

Rolleston.<br />

If you’ve got a new vehicle on your<br />

Christmas wish list, MTF can provide you<br />

with an easy, affordable loan. Visit Dan at<br />

817 Jones Road, Rolleston or phone<br />

03 347 0932. MTF Finance Rolleston will<br />

be closed from 25th December to 28th<br />

December and from 1st January to 4th<br />

January.<br />

The team at Laser<br />

Electrical Rolleston<br />

wish to thank their<br />

clients for their<br />

business and wish<br />

everyone a happy<br />

and safe Christmas<br />

and New Year.<br />

Located at 831 Jones Road, Rolleston,<br />

Laser Electrical will be available for<br />

emergencies, call outs and all your<br />

electrical requirements over the<br />

holidays. Feel free to give them a call on<br />

<strong>08</strong>00 527 3748 anytime.<br />

“Take your time<br />

and enjoy the view;<br />

don’t be in a rush<br />

to get anywhere,”<br />

suggests Simon<br />

from Rolleston<br />

Diesels & Petrols.<br />

Simon and the team wish everyone a<br />

safe and happy Christmas and New Year.<br />

For all your mechanical servicing and<br />

repairs, Rolleston Diesel & Petrols, based<br />

at 839 Jones Road, Rolleston (phone<br />

03 347 7110), will take a break from 22nd<br />

December 2021 and reopen on 10th<br />

January 2022.<br />

Diesel Fix has a few<br />

last-minute pre-<br />

Christmas bookings<br />

available if you need<br />

your vehicle serviced<br />

or checked before the<br />

holidays.<br />

Phil, Kylie, Wayne and Kane would like<br />

to take this opportunity to thank you all<br />

for your support through 2021. We wish<br />

you all a very Merry Xmas and a happy<br />

and safe holiday period. We look forward<br />

to seeing you in the New Year. Diesel Fix<br />

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Manufacturers of<br />

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Closing noon Friday 24 December 2021<br />

Reopening Thursday 6 January 2022<br />

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Toot 4 Tucker<br />

Today, 6-7.30pm<br />

Help those less fortunate during<br />

the holiday period. Rolleston<br />

Lions and Rotary and Selwyn<br />

Lions members are taking to the<br />

streets at Rolleston to replenish<br />

food supplies for three local<br />

foodbanks. Vehicles will travel<br />

all Rolleston streets sounding<br />

car horns and some emergency<br />

service sirens. When you hear<br />

these, please take out donations<br />

of non-perishable and sealed<br />

food and toiletry items.<br />

Rolleston<br />

The Members’ Show 2021<br />

Today<br />

This cash and carry exhibition<br />

of work from members of Down<br />

By The Liffey Gallery runs to<br />

January 16. Go along to see an<br />

eclectic mix of different media<br />

and styles. Open Wednesday and<br />

Thursday 11.30am-2.30pm. Friday<br />

to Sunday 10am-4pm. The<br />

gallery will be closed December<br />

25 to January 2.<br />

Down By The Liffey Gallery<br />

Te Ara Ᾱtea Orientation Tour<br />

Today, 11am, 2pm, 5.15pm<br />

Tours are being held today and<br />

throughout the week at the new<br />

Rolleston library and multifunctional<br />

civic centre. Go along to<br />

see how to find all your favourite<br />

Email susan.sandys@starmedia.kiwi<br />

by 5pm each Wednesday<br />

books, and share in the art and<br />

heritage exhibitions. Free, bookings<br />

required.<br />

Te Ara Ātea, 59 Tennyson St<br />

Mini Gym Christmas<br />

Party<br />

Today and Thursday,<br />

10–11.30am<br />

Calling all pre-schoolers to<br />

join our Mini Gym Christmas<br />

celebration, Lincoln today and<br />

West Melton tomorrow. Go<br />

along for plenty of fun – Christmas<br />

activities, games, a bouncy<br />

castle, face painting and spot<br />

prizes up for grabs. Cost is $5<br />

per child, caregivers required.<br />

selwyn.govt.nz/events<br />

Lincoln Event Centre and West<br />

Melton Community and Recreation<br />

Centre<br />

Healing Herbs Workshop<br />

Saturday, 1–3pm<br />

Join Treesa Green from Altar<br />

to learn about the healing properties<br />

of common garden flowers<br />

and herbs, and make some<br />

luscious herbal products to take<br />

home. You’ll learn how to infuse<br />

herbs to make nourishing body<br />

oils, blend bath teas and a gentle<br />

facial serum, and craft a herbal<br />

incense stick. Bookings required,<br />

$20 per person. selwyn.govt.nz/<br />

events<br />

Rolleston Community Centre<br />

Bookbinding workshop<br />

Saturday, noon-3pm<br />

Join Sandy from the Association<br />

of Book Crafts to learn how<br />

to make your own professionally<br />

bound books from scratch. You<br />

will discover how to make two<br />

different styles of books – Eco<br />

Books and Alabama Concertinas.<br />

Add your own flair to your<br />

creations and take home a finished<br />

product. Suitable for 14+<br />

years. Free, bookings essential.<br />

Darfield Library<br />

Social Try It Out Days<br />

Saturday 10.30am–12.30pm<br />

Go along with your friends<br />

and family to give a new sport a<br />

go in the first of a series of Saturdays<br />

at Selwyn Sports Centre.<br />

Sports include pickleball, badminton,<br />

floorball, korfball, table<br />

tennis, volleyball, futsal, basketball<br />

and netball. A great way to<br />

be active and socialise with your<br />

community. Take snacks to enjoy<br />

a picnic. Book online selwyn.<br />

govt.nz/events to register your<br />

interest, $3 per person on entry.<br />

Selwyn Sports Centre<br />

Hear me, see me –<br />

Whakarongo mai, titiro mai<br />

(Art Exhibition)<br />

Saturday to Monday<br />

Navigational Rampage,<br />

Sunday, 12.30-2.30pm.<br />

Race around following map<br />

checkpoints at the Lincoln<br />

Wetlands rogaine. A second<br />

event will be at Darfield<br />

Domain on March 6, where<br />

participants will decipher<br />

clues to discover hidden<br />

check points. Suitable for<br />

all ages and fitness levels,<br />

no navigation experience<br />

required. Free, bookings<br />

required selwyn.govt.nz/<br />

events Lincoln Wetlands<br />

Te Puna Wai o Tuhinapo,<br />

youth justice residence at<br />

Burnham, aims to provide a<br />

safe, secure and supportive<br />

environment where young<br />

people can get their lives back<br />

on track and improve their<br />

prospects for the future. This<br />

free weekend exhibition will<br />

showcase their artistic talent<br />

through written, visual, and<br />

audio art forms. Join in at the<br />

conclusion of the exhibition<br />

on Monday, 3.30-5pm, for<br />

speeches from young people<br />

and their influencers, bookings<br />

required. Free.<br />

Te Ara Ātea<br />

Looking to buy a new<br />

vehicle for Christmas<br />

or in the new year?<br />

Check out the<br />

Drive South<br />

Best Motor Buys<br />

Christmas Issue!<br />

Published 17 th December


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GARDENING<br />

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Get your garden ready for Christmas<br />

IT’S TIME to have the home<br />

garden looking its best for<br />

Christmas visitors, and to<br />

harvest fresh vegetables for the<br />

Christmas meal.<br />

Hot, dry months lie ahead so<br />

start preparing your garden.<br />

Houseplants<br />

As daytime temperatures<br />

increase, think about repositioning<br />

your houseplants - some may<br />

need to be moved away from<br />

windows on the north side of<br />

your home. If you haven’t fertilised<br />

your houseplants yet, feed<br />

them now. Increase the amount<br />

and regularity of watering over<br />

warmer months, remembering<br />

that different houseplants have<br />

differing water requirements. A<br />

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way of keeping houseplant<br />

leaves healthy over the summer<br />

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Vegetable garden<br />

New season’s potatoes can be<br />

dug up for the Christmas meal.<br />

Other vegetables to harvest<br />

include beans, beetroot, cabbage,<br />

courgettes, lettuce, radish, and<br />

silverbeet. Regularly plant quick<br />

maturing vegetables such as<br />

dwarf beans, lettuce, and radish.<br />

Apply side dressings of vegetable<br />

fertiliser to slow-maturing summer<br />

vegetables such as sweet<br />

corn and tomatoes.<br />

CARE NEEDED: Houseplants prefer to grow in relatively<br />

high humidity, so it is important to mist their leaves<br />

regularly with lukewarm water.<br />

Berries<br />

Usually, there will be a substantial<br />

crop of raspberries in<br />

December as they grow very<br />

quickly. Remove excess canes<br />

that can appear at this time of<br />

the year. The best part about<br />

growing your own raspberries is<br />

that there will be a second crop<br />

early in the new year.<br />

Ripe strawberries should be in<br />

abundance throughout December.<br />

Birds adore strawberries so<br />

cover plants with bird netting.<br />

Renew the pea straw or crushed<br />

bark around the plants to provide<br />

a clean bed for the ripening<br />

strawberries. You can never have<br />

too many strawberries so consider<br />

expanding the strawberry<br />

patch next year.<br />

Fruit trees<br />

As we near the end of the<br />

month, the first plums, such as<br />

wilson’s early begin to ripen.<br />

All fruit trees will be in active<br />

growth, though some will<br />

require a light summer pruning<br />

where branches become excessively<br />

crowded. Water and mulch<br />

young specimens that were<br />

planted this winter.<br />

Flowering annuals<br />

Those planted in spring should<br />

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alyssum, ageratum, cornflower,<br />

cosmos, marigolds, petunias,<br />

portulacas, salvias, strawflowers,<br />

and zinnias. Brighten up decks<br />

or patios with mass plantings of<br />

flowers in tubs and containers.<br />

Keep deadheading (the removal<br />

of dead flowers) to encourage<br />

continuous flowering.<br />

Herbs<br />

Herbs thrive in the heat of<br />

summer and production from<br />

the herb garden should be<br />

bountiful! Remove any flowers<br />

that appear early on your herb<br />

plants. Trim plants regularly as<br />

this promotes fresh and new<br />

growth. The most flavoursome of<br />

all herbs, ‘pinch out’ the growing<br />

tips of basil plants to encourage a<br />

bushy habit.<br />

Roses<br />

Apply fertiliser early in the<br />

month, recommencing again in<br />

mid-March. Continue deadheading<br />

as this promotes repeat flowering.<br />

Inspect rose bushes for<br />

early signs of fungal diseases and<br />

aphid attacks. Mulch with compost<br />

or other organic materials<br />

to retain moisture in the soil.<br />

Lawns<br />

The last application of fertiliser<br />

can be made early in the month.<br />

Where water supply allows, irrigate<br />

the lawn or parts of the lawn<br />

that appear to be drying out.<br />

Container gardens<br />

An ideal way to cultivate flowers,<br />

herbs, and salad vegetables,<br />

especially in smaller properties<br />

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If you are heading away this<br />

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Time to plant favourite salad vegetables<br />

Tidy up<br />

Start trimming your hedges,<br />

small trees, shrubs and lawn<br />

hedges. Deadhead your flowers<br />

and mulch around your plants.<br />

Popular edibles<br />

It’s a great time to plant favourites<br />

like cucumbers, tomatoes,<br />

chillies, watermelons, rock melons,<br />

sweet corn and passionfruit.<br />

Tomato support<br />

Stake your tomatoes within a<br />

month after planting them or before<br />

they reach a height of about<br />

25 to 30cm.<br />

Tomatoes are easy to grow but<br />

their growing stems are quite soft<br />

and sensitive to damage. Plus,<br />

they yield heavy crops so it’s good<br />

to give them early support.<br />

Blossom end rot<br />

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A common misconception<br />

might be that blossom end rot is a<br />

fungal plant disease.<br />

Actually, one of the causes<br />

of blossom end rot is calcium<br />

deficiency and this can happen in<br />

tomatoes, eggplants, melons for<br />

example. Calcium is a vital nutrient<br />

in vegetable plants because it<br />

strengthens the cellular structure<br />

in the fruit.<br />

Aside from nutrient-deficiency,<br />

another possible cause of blossom<br />

end rot is over fertilisation<br />

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With too much nitrogen, the<br />

plant tends to not absorb its required<br />

levels of calcium. Inconsistency<br />

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In order to give your plants the<br />

best chances against blossom end<br />

rot, give your plant calcium-rich<br />

fertilisers. Keep your plants wellwatered.<br />

Add mulch to keep the<br />

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Summer is the<br />

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I’m pleased to report I’m not<br />

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Toyota claims a 4.3-litre per<br />

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Other relevant figures include<br />

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The acceleration figures may<br />

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36 Selwyn Times Wednesday December 8 2021<br />

Your guide to all things Real Estate<br />

in the Selwyn District<br />

Create impact with<br />

Hallmark Homes’<br />

If one of the prerequisites for your new home is to<br />

create drama look no further than Hallmark Homes’<br />

Lincoln home in Te Whariki.<br />

As soon as you walk in the door, the raked ceiling<br />

with down-lighting invites you in to this one-of-akind<br />

home with so many options for entertaining and<br />

living well. The most surprising room is the completely<br />

enclosed outdoor lounge perfect for any time of the year<br />

its outdoor kitchen, running water, bar fridge and range<br />

hood for insulation. The full-length stackable doors<br />

on both sides can be easily opened during the warmer<br />

months.<br />

In every room of this Hallmark Home there is<br />

something a bit different that creates an impact whether<br />

it’s built-in floating shelves, a study<br />

nook, the free-standing bath set<br />

against a wall of Italian porcelain tiles<br />

or twin Bosch ovens.<br />

Velux windows with rain<br />

sensors provide plenty of natural<br />

light throughout the home while<br />

other features include ducted air<br />

conditioning, gas hot water, extra<br />

insulation in the garage - and a Google<br />

Nest smart phone system.<br />

Hallmark Homes owners Mike and<br />

Esther Bonne pride themselves on<br />

their customer service and their team’s<br />

ability to put their customers first.<br />

“Experience has taught us how to<br />

listen to our customers and build a<br />

superior quality home that matches<br />

their expectations and budgets,” says<br />

Mike.<br />

Having a Homestar Rating<br />

Certificate for your new home means<br />

that some banks offer lower interest<br />

rates. All Hallmark’s consultants are<br />

Homestar practitioners offering advice<br />

of how to make your home warmer,<br />

cooler, drying, smarter and healthier.<br />

“They can also provide ways to<br />

future proof your home and all that<br />

that entails whether it’s using recycled<br />

and reclaimed materials or ways to<br />

ensure that your home is flexible in<br />

terms of future needs, for example,<br />

elderly parents moving in.”<br />

It can be daunting building your<br />

own home but talking to the Hallmark<br />

team and taking advantage of their<br />

guaranteed pricing is a great place to<br />

start.<br />

Be quick as Hallmark’s Lincoln show home is due<br />

to close to the public and be handed over to the new<br />

owners in early 2022. The show home is currently open<br />

from 12pm to 4pm, Thurs - Sun until 12 Dec, or by<br />

appointment, at 162 Southfield Drive.<br />

SALE SALE SALE<br />

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Head to www.katanainteriors.co.nz


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Wednesday December 8 2021 Selwyn Times 39<br />

Classifieds Contact us today Phone our local team 03 379 1100<br />

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Wednesday December 8 2021 Selwyn Times 41<br />

Issue 5 - Summer 2021<br />

Kia ora<br />

I take my hat off to the people of Waikirikiri<br />

Selwyn – as advised by the DHB over 95%<br />

of our eligible people have had their first<br />

vaccination and by the end of November<br />

we are over 90 per cent double jabbed. Our<br />

Council have been supporting our district<br />

health board in setting up drop-in clinics,<br />

preparing for the new traffic light system<br />

and working out how vaccine certificates<br />

will play a part in our council facilities.<br />

Community case numbers are projected<br />

to increase into the New Year and the best<br />

protection for our whanau and communities<br />

is to get vaccinated. There’s still time to<br />

get two shots before Christmas and enjoy<br />

an awesome summer in Selwyn. You can<br />

catch up with all of Selwyn’s events on our<br />

website, or for the very latest news or to get<br />

in touch go to facebook.com/samforselwyn.<br />

Mayor Sam<br />

Cycling across Selwyn<br />

Crossing the Waimakariri River<br />

Chatting with Clem in Glentunnel<br />

Taking the time to slow down and cycle across Selwyn is a great way to really experience the variety of<br />

natural landscapes in our district. In November I set off from Arthur’s Pass on a three-day charity ride<br />

that finished by touching the Pacific Ocean at Taumutu; a ride that took in a number of townships and<br />

other significant spots on the way. It also provided plenty of opportunities to stop and talk with others out<br />

exploring our wonderful environment along the way. Day one took us through the upper Waimakariri basin<br />

and past the family friendly Bealy Spur walking track and the 600m underground river walk at Cave Stream<br />

before a stopover at Castle Hill village. The next two days were spent zig zagging through the Lyndon Road,<br />

Windwhistle, Glentunnel, Darfield, Charing Cross Rolleston and Coes Ford, to Taumutu. I was riding in<br />

support of Movember to raise money and awareness about wellbeing and health issues that affect men. In<br />

Glentunnel I had a memorable chat with Clem from Greenpark who had taken up cycling in his senior years<br />

to keep on top of health challenges. It was great to meet people face to face, see our awesome landscape<br />

in slow time and reconnect with our environment that I too often only see through a car windscreen. If you<br />

want to explore our district jump online to our ‘Selwyn from the Land’ website which has plenty of local<br />

suggestions for you and your whanau to enjoy.<br />

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42 Selwyn Times Wednesday December 8 2021<br />

SICON<br />

infrastructure<br />

built on trust<br />

Did you know that your Council has over $175<br />

million worth of investments? And that the returns<br />

from these investments subsidise our rates bills.<br />

Mark Dillon, owner of of Aroha Drinks<br />

Part of this portfolio of investments is SICON, a<br />

very successful infrastructure and maintenance<br />

company providing services across the South<br />

Island. SICON runs Selwyn’s drinking water<br />

and wastewater infrastructure, our parks and<br />

reserves, and the resource recovery park. They<br />

also provide solutions to other private companies<br />

and South Island councils. Last year their annual<br />

turnover was $62 million, with $2 million returned<br />

to subsidise rates. As a locally-based company,<br />

SICON understands how important it is that our<br />

community plans are delivered in a cost-effective<br />

way and that our district is maintained at high<br />

standards. The SICON whanau spend time in the<br />

parks and reserves they maintain, and they drink<br />

the same water and rely on the same services as<br />

you and I. They’re an awesome team looking out<br />

for all of us, so next time you see a SICON vehicle<br />

give them a wave – they are working for you.<br />

Mark’s bottling line<br />

Matt and Tracey Jones of Sheep Milk NZ<br />

A taste of Selwyn<br />

I recently had the privilege of visiting some<br />

of our district’s business gems and meeting<br />

owners who incorporate their passion for local<br />

excellence into the success of their ventures. I<br />

met people from our amazing townships eateries<br />

and businesses that represent the very best of<br />

Selwyn’s entrepreneurial spirit. Kirwee farmers,<br />

Matt and Tracey Jones, have over 600 milking<br />

sheep on their farm and are rapidly establishing<br />

a reputation for delicious sheep milk and cheese<br />

products. They’ve also developed an extensive<br />

range of sheep milk skin and body care products.<br />

At Coes Ford I met Mark Dillon at his Aroha<br />

drinks production line. Inspired by a recipe<br />

for elderflower cordial in an old family recipe<br />

book, Mark has developed a delicious range<br />

of sparkling juices with flavors from rhubarb to<br />

quince and lime.<br />

Waikirikiri Selwyn has always been renowned for<br />

its produce, and our people have gathered and<br />

farmed the land for hundreds of years. There<br />

are plenty more amazing producers across<br />

Selwyn, including several wineries and a buffalo<br />

dairy farm in Coalgate. To find out more about our<br />

great producers and places to eat, jump online<br />

to selwyn.nz.<br />

SICON water engineers Jesse and Kelly<br />

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Wednesday December 8 2021 Selwyn Times 43<br />

Te Ara Ātea open<br />

On the 1 December Te Ara Ātea opened its doors<br />

to the public. The name means ‘the unobstructed<br />

trail to the world and beyond’ and is a perfect<br />

description for a place designed for learning,<br />

gathering, connecting, exploring and celebrating<br />

our district’s heritage and people. The facility<br />

is the culmination of many years of community<br />

input, planning and collaboration with Te Taumutu<br />

Rūnanga and Ngāi Te Ruahikihiki ki Taumutu to<br />

tell stories and allow us to all explore our rich<br />

heritage. It’s been designed with sustainability<br />

at its core, wherever possible locally sourced<br />

materials have been used and all the timber<br />

sustainably sourced. Careful design and smart<br />

technology reduces energy use and natural<br />

conditions are harvested for efficient heating<br />

and cooling. Te Ara Ātea will be surrounded by<br />

a sensory space and gardens with pergolas and<br />

raised beds. This mirrors the internal brief to have<br />

accessibility baked into the design. The place<br />

offers community meeting spaces, performance<br />

areas, a studio and workshop space, exhibition<br />

areas as well as an extensive library. We now look<br />

forward to welcoming you to come and relax and<br />

enjoy the space or get involved in our jam packed<br />

series of events planned for Te Ara Ātea – enjoy!<br />

Selwyn<br />

Stats<br />

62,000 Selwyn<br />

curbside bins registered<br />

for collection<br />

73,600 Selwyn’s<br />

population at the<br />

last count<br />

45,000 books, audio<br />

DVDs, puzzles, games<br />

and tech kits at Te<br />

Ara Ātea<br />

500 km of roads and<br />

14 bridges repaired<br />

since the May floods<br />

L–R Corban Te Aika, Denise Sheat, Liz Brown, Mayor Sam Broughton at the opening ceremony.<br />

$4.2m for two new<br />

artificial sports fields<br />

underway at Foster Park<br />

12 Selwyn<br />

Youth Councillors<br />

Alex and Stephanie find their space on opening day<br />

A local business employing local and loyal<br />

people, helping keep your rates bill down.<br />

sicon.co.nz<br />

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44 Selwyn Times Wednesday December 8 2021<br />

from the Selwyn Youth<br />

Councillors<br />

News in Brief<br />

Inaki Cepeda Rios<br />

It has been my absolute<br />

delight to have been a<br />

part of the Selwyn Youth<br />

Council for the past two<br />

executive years. Being<br />

part of this initiative has taught me useful<br />

life skills such as teamwork, resilience and<br />

determination. I was extremely fortunate to<br />

have been elected as this year’s Chairman.<br />

This leadership role allowed me to take on<br />

additional responsibilities and I have been<br />

able to further strengthen the relationships<br />

I’ve made with my peers in the Council. I’ve<br />

made lots of new friends and I recommend all<br />

youth from the ages of 12 to 24 to take part<br />

in this awesome group!<br />

It’s been my privilege to ‘virtually’ award several of the eight<br />

$3000 high school scholarships for year 12–13 students to<br />

help further their education.<br />

To help combat the decline of native species, our Selwyn<br />

Natural Environment Fund has allocated $160,000 to assist<br />

landowners and our community with activities that benefit the<br />

natural environment and protect indigenous biodiversity.<br />

The Selwyn Youth Project Fund administered by the Youth<br />

Council has supported four organisations this year for activities<br />

that contribute to the strengthening of youth wellbeing across<br />

Selwyn, including Matariki and triathlon events.<br />

Scarlet Shannon<br />

On the SYC I have been<br />

a voice for youth with<br />

disabilities and that<br />

means I have been trying<br />

to make things in Selwyn<br />

better for youth/people with disabilities in the<br />

community and get them more involved in<br />

what is going on in Selwyn.<br />

This year I have been on the events team. I<br />

have learned so much about how health and<br />

safety plans work, and how to run events<br />

and do surveys.<br />

I think the Selwyn Youth Council is an<br />

awesome opportunity to be a part of the<br />

community and be the voice for youth.<br />

Our Council strongly opposes the Government mandating us<br />

to become a member of their proposed Three Waters entity.<br />

See our letter of protest on our website, local newspapers or<br />

Facebook page.<br />

As we steadily reduce the time to process building consents<br />

towards our 20-day target, the International Accreditation NZ<br />

has assessed our building consent team as one of the topperforming<br />

consent authorities in the country.<br />

Our Council has set up an interim fund to protect the district’s<br />

history while it works with mana whenua and those who are part<br />

of Selwyn Community History Committee heritage groups to<br />

administer the development of a strategic heritage plan.<br />

We are currently looking for new youth<br />

councillors representing Ellesmere and<br />

Malvern wards. For more information<br />

visit www.selwyn.govt.nz/youthcouncil.<br />

Applications close on 20 December.<br />

If you have any questions or feedback please contact me at<br />

sam.broughton@selwyn.govt.nz or on Facebook at facebook.com/selwynforselwyn.<br />

You can also view the latest issue online at selwyn.govt.nz/mayor.<br />

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the BeSt PRoPeRtieS AcRoSS<br />

the SeLWYn DiStRict<br />

INSIDE<br />

PUBLiSheD eVeRY WeDneSDAY<br />

Week commencing WeDneSDAY, 8th DecemBeR, 2021<br />

Architectural Excellence!<br />

Immaculately presented and incredibly stylish, this fabulous<br />

contemporary home is architecturally designed by Threefold<br />

Architecture. Thoughtfully designed with the utmost attention<br />

to detail and built to an exceptionally high standard, this stunning<br />

property has ultimate street appeal... but that’s just the beginning.<br />

The expansive open plan kitchen/living/dining offers a fantastic,<br />

free-flowing space for everyday life to unfold. Boasting<br />

contemporary decor, surround sound home theatre, raised<br />

ceilings and bundles of natural light, over-height glass sliding<br />

doors lead out onto the private Garapa deck creating an effortless<br />

indoor/outdoor flow. The incredible designer kitchen, complete<br />

with a scullery and breakfast bar, also boasts premium fixtures.<br />

The interconnecting separate lounge continues to impress with<br />

large retractable sliding doors which hide effortlessly in the<br />

walls, making it easy to create a comfortable alternative space<br />

for adults. The 275m 2 home encompasses four bedrooms, two<br />

bathrooms, a study, separate laundry and stunning living spaces.<br />

With attention to detail throughout, there is also central in-slab<br />

heating and a gas fire to ensure your comfort.<br />

Beautifully landscaped, the private gardens create an urban<br />

sanctuary with a sizable deck and an electronic louvre system and<br />

peaceful courtyard.<br />

Due to its superb style and fantastic location, we advise<br />

prospective purchasers to act quickly as this won’t last long!<br />

20 Dollar Place, Prebbleton<br />

Deadline Sale:<br />

All offers to be presented at 4pm, Thursday<br />

16th December 2021 (unless sold prior)<br />

rwtownandlifestyle.co.nz<br />

Listing ID: RLL30353<br />

Town & Lifestyle Real Estate Ltd<br />

Licensed (REAA 20<strong>08</strong>) - Rolleston<br />

Emma Langton-George<br />

Contact:<br />

Mobile: 027 555 0568<br />

Kate Cameron<br />

Contact:<br />

Mobile: 027 688 8057<br />

Open Home: Thurs 5.30-6.00pm & Sun 1.00-1.30pm<br />

Get the power<br />

of three offices<br />

working for you<br />

Ray White Rolleston,<br />

Lincoln & West Melton<br />

Sales - Property Management - Loan Market<br />

Residential - Lifestyle - Commercial<br />

Lincoln - 03 325 7299<br />

Rolleston - 03 347 9988<br />

West Melton - 03 347 9933<br />

Town & Lifestyle Real Estate Ltd<br />

Licensed (REAA 20<strong>08</strong>)


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Harcourts Four Seasons Office (Belfast, Kaiapoi, Hanmer Springs, Hornby, Lincoln, Rangiora, Rolleston or The Palms) before 11.00am Friday<br />

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THIS WEEK’S<br />

Auctions<br />

WED<br />

8 <strong>DEC</strong>EMBER 2:00 PM<br />

RUSSLEY GOLF CLUB<br />

428 MEMORIAL AVENUE, CHRISTCHURCH.<br />

(Unless sold prior)<br />

AUCTION<br />

Hanmer Springs 4 Bristol Street<br />

Harcourts ID: HS9722<br />

AUCTION<br />

South New Brighton 2/113 Estuary Road<br />

Harcourts ID: RL2570<br />

Harley Manion<br />

021 149 8050<br />

Katie Harrison<br />

021 135 <strong>08</strong>87<br />

AUCTION<br />

Halswell 13a Halswell Junction Road<br />

Harcourts ID: RL2573<br />

AUCTION<br />

Kaiapoi 63a Fairweather Crescent<br />

Harcourts ID: KI9282<br />

Katie Harrison<br />

021 135 <strong>08</strong>87<br />

Amanda Newson<br />

027 848 8488<br />

AUCTION<br />

Cust 135 Davis Road<br />

Harcourts ID: BF36635<br />

Rhiannon Moss<br />

0274 404 449<br />

AUCTION<br />

Rolleston 28 Thornborough Drive<br />

Harcourts ID: LN3474<br />

Jan Green & Ross Mitchell<br />

027 222 8736 | 027 222 9495<br />

Sold<br />

PRIOR<br />

AUCTION<br />

Avonhead 6 Elwyn Place<br />

Harcourts ID: HR5873<br />

AUCTION<br />

Rolleston 23 Lanner Drive<br />

Harcourts ID: LN3480<br />

Scott MacDonald<br />

027 273 9044<br />

Jan Green & Ross Mitchell<br />

027 222 8736 | 027 222 9495<br />

AUCTION<br />

Rangiora 9 Pearson Lane<br />

Harcourts ID: KI9284<br />

AUCTION<br />

Spreydon 26 Glynne Crescent<br />

Harcourts ID: RL2578<br />

Jayne Martin<br />

027 517 7937<br />

Shona Robb<br />

027 229 3657<br />

AUCTION<br />

Aranui 37 St Heliers Crescent<br />

Harcourts ID: RL2577<br />

AUCTION<br />

Somerfield 93 Stanbury Avenue<br />

Harcourts ID: RL2580<br />

Stu Jones<br />

027 385 4321<br />

Richard Tait<br />

027 777 8<strong>08</strong>0<br />

AUCTION<br />

Hanmer Springs 128 Hanmer Springs Road<br />

Harcourts ID: HS9724<br />

AUCTION<br />

Rolleston 48 Dryden Avenue<br />

Harcourts ID: LN3560<br />

Harley & June Manion<br />

021 149 8050 | 021 823 824<br />

Jan Green & Ross Mitchell<br />

027 222 8736 | 027 222 9495<br />

LAST WEEK’S<br />

Sold<br />

AUCTIONS<br />

Clarkville 14 Orchard Place French Farm 104 French Farm Valley Leithfield Beach 34 Kowai Street Southbridge 153 High street Hanmer Springs 14 Harrogate Street Merivale 64b Merivale Lane Prebbleton 276 Trices Road<br />

Lincoln 38 Makybe Terrace Woolston 59 Kotuku Crescent Rangiora 26 Goldie Drive Rangiora 5 Page Place Halswell 7 O’Halloran Drive<br />

Lincoln 94 Oaks Drive<br />

Your home for local property<br />

Four Seasons Realty 2017 Ltd Licensed Agent REAA 20<strong>08</strong><br />

Four Seasons Realty


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UNDER CONTRACT<br />

NEW LISTING<br />

Darfield 13 Longden Street<br />

Leeston 27 High Street<br />

Just what you’ve been<br />

longing for<br />

This 150sqm (more or less) sun-soaked home boasts<br />

three double bedrooms, a family bathroom, and an<br />

open plan kitchen/dining area. Natural light bathes the<br />

north-facing lounge with a log burner and heat pump.<br />

A sunny conservatory space flows from the living area.<br />

The 1,012sqm (more or less) fully-fenced section has<br />

been lovingly looked after. The gardens are<br />

immaculate, while the leafy shrubs offer unbeatable<br />

privacy. Completing the appeal is a separate, double<br />

garage and various out-buildings.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5517<strong>08</strong>3<br />

3 1 1 2<br />

Price by Negotiation<br />

Jo McIntosh 027 384 4279<br />

jo.mcintosh@bayleys.co.nz<br />

Adrienne Goodeve 021 977 877<br />

adrienne.goodeve@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA 20<strong>08</strong><br />

Live the Leeston lifestyle<br />

Situated in the heart of Leeston township, this cute<br />

and classical styled three bedroom wooden bungalow<br />

sits on a spacious 1,341sqm (approximately) section<br />

with established planting and glorious outdoor living<br />

spaces. The kitchen has been remodeled and<br />

redecorated and presents with modern styling, a<br />

breakfast bar and ample bench space for the home<br />

chef to work their magic. Open plan design links this<br />

space with the dining and living areas, as well as an<br />

additional separate living area.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5517210<br />

3 2 1 4<br />

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior)<br />

1pm, Mon 13 Dec 2021<br />

Phone for viewing times<br />

Suzy McPherson 027 695 0519<br />

suzy.mcpherson@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA 20<strong>08</strong><br />

Lincoln 64 Eastfield Drive<br />

1,350sqm of family fun<br />

Located in the lovely Rosemerryn subdivision this gorgeous single level home is positioned to maximise all-day sun.<br />

Built in 2018, this family home consists of four bedrooms plus a study which could be utilised as a fifth bedroom if<br />

desired. The master bedroom has a spacious ensuite with sliding doors leading onto a private deck. The other<br />

bedrooms are supported by a family bathroom. The well designed open plan kitchen/dining and living area<br />

provides a relaxing family environment for everyday living. Decked outdoor areas are perfect for entertaining this<br />

Summer and flow seamlessly from the living areas. The rarity of a 1,350sqm secure section with plenty of concreted<br />

off-street parking for extra cars, trailer, boat or campervan is sure to appeal. To the rear of the section are raised<br />

vegetables gardens along with fruit trees and plenty of room for pets and children to enjoy.<br />

4 2 2 2<br />

Auction (unless sold prior) 12pm, Thu 16 Dec 2021<br />

3 Deans Avenue, Chch<br />

View Wed/Sun 2-2.30pm or by appointment<br />

Lewis Donaldson 0275 348 965<br />

lewis.donaldson@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 20<strong>08</strong><br />

bayleys.co.nz/5517000<br />

bayleys.co.nz


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NEW LISTING<br />

Rolleston 17 Rothwell Drive<br />

A premium property in a privileged location<br />

Only eight months new and located in an established new subdivision, a fabulous 2<strong>08</strong>sqm (approx.) family home<br />

designed and constructed to the highest of standards by double Gold Award-winning Clark Bros. Well-positioned<br />

and beautifully-designed, this superior home displays quality fixtures and fittings at every turn. Four generous<br />

double bedrooms (master with stunning ensuite/WIR) supported by a family bathroom, separate toilet and walkthrough<br />

laundry with fabulous storage. As you would expect in a home of this calibre, the kitchen is a real highlight<br />

with walk-in pantry, breakfast bar and modern appliances. Bathed in natural light, the living areas include open plan<br />

dining/living, separate lounge and private patio. Two heat pumps provide year-round comfort. Double, internal<br />

access garage with roof storage. Landscaped 615sqm (approx.) section with sealed driveway.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5517181<br />

4 2 2 2<br />

Auction (unless sold prior) 12pm, Thu 16 Dec 2021<br />

3 Deans Avenue, Chch<br />

Phone for viewing times<br />

Adrienne Goodeve 021 977 877<br />

adrienne.goodeve@bayleys.co.nz<br />

Jo McIntosh 027 384 4279<br />

jo.mcintosh@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 20<strong>08</strong><br />

Rolleston 17 Merlin Terrace<br />

Brand new with Reserve outlook<br />

The 190sqm floor plan is designed to offer generously proportioned rooms throughout with features you will love.<br />

The smart white kitchen has a contrasting black granite bench top, a plumbed double fridge space, a 90cm oven<br />

with gas hobs and a walk-in pantry. You will also appreciate the easy indoor/outdoor flow from the kitchen to the<br />

large Kwila deck, accessed through stacker sliders and here, you can enjoy an open aspect to the Reserve that<br />

borders the section. A formal lounge provides that much sought-after second living space, allowing the family to<br />

spread out. The primary bedroom has a luxurious ensuite with a wall- to-wall tiled shower and under-tile heating,<br />

and there is a wardrobe system in the walk-in robe. The two further double bedrooms are serviced by an equally<br />

plush family bathroom. This home is ready and waiting for you to move in before Christmas, so don’t delay.<br />

3 2 2 2<br />

Auction (unless sold prior)<br />

12pm, Thu 9 Dec 2021<br />

3 Deans Avenue, Chch<br />

View by appointment<br />

Sarah Booth 0275 278 258<br />

sarah.booth@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 20<strong>08</strong><br />

bayleys.co.nz/5516135<br />

bayleys.co.nz


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Rolleston 33 Tiny Hill Drive<br />

The perfect Summer escape<br />

A quiet street, an established setting and an abundance of outdoor space combine to undoubtedly create the<br />

perfect place for Summer. Contrasting light and dark tones create an air of sophistication in the kitchen, which<br />

further benefits from quality appliances, a double fridge space and a walk-in pantry. Ease of entertaining is assured<br />

with a seamless flow from the kitchen to the expansive open-plan living area and separate lounge, with stacker<br />

sliding doors leading to the spacious kwila deck. The master bedroom is well-appointed with a walk-through robe<br />

and ensuite; whilst a central family bathroom with a stylish freestanding bath allows convenience and functionality<br />

for the two additional bedrooms. A generously-proportioned study beside the front door also provides the ideal<br />

opportunity for a home office or hobby room. Be quick as this is not one you want to miss out on!<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5517<strong>08</strong>5<br />

3 2 2 2<br />

Auction (unless sold prior)<br />

12pm, Thu 16 Dec 2021<br />

3 Deans Avenue, Chch<br />

View 5.30-6pm Wed 8 Dec<br />

& 12.45-1.15pm Sun 12 Dec<br />

Nick Booth 027 306 3186<br />

nick.booth@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 20<strong>08</strong><br />

NEW LISTING<br />

Rolleston 56 Granite Drive<br />

Light, bright and lots to love<br />

Set upon an easy-care section and with a cleverly-designed floor plan to maximise useable space, this immaculatelypresented,<br />

three bedroom home is sure to be popular! The light and bright, North-facing living space bathes in allday<br />

sun and is complemented by warm wood flooring and a feature boxed ceiling. Crisp white tones create a<br />

contemporary yet sophisticated feel in the kitchen, with a plumbed double fridge space, freestanding 90cm gas<br />

stove and walk-in pantry. Ease of entertaining is assured, with a sliding door from the living area allowing easy<br />

access to the patio and fully-fenced rear garden; an ideal place to sit back and relax whilst the kids play. The master<br />

bedroom offers an ensuite with a spacious tiled shower, and the two additional bedrooms are well-catered for with<br />

a central family bathroom. Fantastic and sought-after off-street parking is also assured with a gated parking space.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5517154<br />

3 1 2 2<br />

Auction (unless sold prior) 12pm, Thu 16 Dec 2021<br />

3 Deans Avenue, Chch<br />

View 11.45am-12.15pm Sun 12 Dec<br />

Nick Booth 027 306 3186<br />

nick.booth@bayleys.co.nz<br />

Sarah Booth 0275 278 258<br />

sarah.booth@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 20<strong>08</strong><br />

bayleys.co.nz


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NEW LISTING<br />

Rolleston 12 Talon Drive<br />

All the trimmings plus triple car garaging<br />

Newly completed, this 250sqm super chic home offers all the elements for superior family living. Situated on a<br />

generous 833sqm section that provides off-street parking for your boat or caravan and great outdoor entertaining<br />

space. The high-quality specs will appeal to the most discerning buyer, starting with the up-to-the-minute kitchen<br />

that incorporates a 90cm oven with gas hobs, a plumbed double fridge space, a granite bench top, butler's pantry,<br />

Bluetooth speakers and conveniently positioned sliding doors that lead out on to a large Kwila deck. The formal<br />

lounge and main living room feature coffered ceilings to further enhance the home's feeling of spaciousness. The<br />

bathrooms are luxurious, with the ensuite having under-tile heating and an over-sized tiled shower and the family<br />

bathroom featuring a deep freestanding bath. This cracker could be yours for Christmas if you act now!<br />

4 2 2 3<br />

Auction (unless sold prior)<br />

12pm, Thu 16 Dec 2021<br />

3 Deans Avenue, Chch<br />

View 1-1.30pm Sun 12 Dec<br />

Sarah Booth 0275 278 258<br />

sarah.booth@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 20<strong>08</strong><br />

bayleys.co.nz/5516144<br />

NEW LISTING<br />

Rakaia Lots 1-4 89 Elizabeth Avenue<br />

Southbridge 61 High Street<br />

Rare Rakaia opportunity<br />

A High Street wonder<br />

3 2 1 2<br />

With section prices escalading and the dream to build<br />

getting out of reach for many, here is a limited time<br />

opportunity to purchase a section, without breaking<br />

the bank. Just a 25 minute drive from Rolleston and<br />

only 20 minutes from Ashburton. Make your offer on<br />

or before the deadline date, secure a section, then<br />

enjoy planning your new home. Titles due March 2022.<br />

• Lot 1 - 457sqm<br />

• Lot 2 - 492sqm<br />

• Lot 3 - 482sqm<br />

• Lot 4 - 466sqm (with shed)<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5517077<br />

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior)<br />

4pm, Tue 14 Dec 2021<br />

Sarah Booth 0275 278 258<br />

sarah.booth@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA 20<strong>08</strong><br />

Prepare to be impressed by this three bedroom<br />

weatherboard bungalow in the heart of Southbridge.<br />

The classical exterior gives way to a modern aesthetic<br />

inside with a light, bright colour scheme and views out<br />

to the lovingly maintained section. The central open<br />

plan kitchen with breakfast bar flows through to the<br />

dining area and also allows direct access to the living<br />

room. These rooms can be configured in different<br />

ways to suit your family's lifestyle while maintaining<br />

invaluable separation of spaces.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5517191<br />

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior)<br />

1pm, Tue 14 Dec 2021<br />

Phone for viewing times<br />

Suzy McPherson 027 695 0519<br />

suzy.mcpherson@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA 20<strong>08</strong><br />

bayleys.co.nz


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16<br />

Springston 30 Everest Way<br />

STUNNING SPRINGSTON<br />

If you are looking for Privacy-Space-and Style you have arrived at the right destination!!!<br />

This 240m2 home on a 1095m2 section is quite simply excellent Real Estate.<br />

The entranceway to the home gives you an instant impression of what lies ahead as you get a stunning look through<br />

the sliding doors to the beautiful garden that awaits outside. The main living space is extremely well laid out and<br />

functional. At one end is a media room that flows seamlessly to the formal dining area with an open plan kitchen then<br />

onto a second lounge with a built-in study nook. With 4 bedrooms-2 bathrooms and its own designated washing and<br />

laundry area, the property makes modern living a breeze. Space for 5 cars to park on the driveway and a 2-car garage<br />

that has an entrance and exit door everything about 30 Everest Way is well-thought-out. There is the courtyard<br />

outside the garage and then the garden -oh that garden !!. Indoor-outdoor flow creates the right space for Happy<br />

Days.<br />

4 2 2-3 2<br />

Auction 2.00pm, Thu 9th Dec, 2021, (unless sold prior)<br />

View By appointment<br />

Web pb.co.nz/ROU99890<br />

Justin Le Lievre<br />

M 022 628 1306<br />

E justinl@pb.co.nz<br />

Property Brokers Ltd Licensed REAA 20<strong>08</strong> | pb.co.nz<br />

Proud to be here


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Rolleston 8 Keyes Mews<br />

Gorgeous Outlook, Great Location!<br />

Situated so handy to town and with lovely garden views this is a property that will appeal to both the young and the young at<br />

heart! A property that's oh so private and immaculately maintained you'll enjoy:<br />

• 3 double bedrooms plus single 4th bedroom or office<br />

• Serene master suite with updated ensuite & WIR<br />

• 3rd bedroom with its own snug living space, perfect for a teen retreat or guest room<br />

• Beautiful kitchen with granite tops and gas cooking<br />

• Fully tiled bathrooms especially designed for maximum privacy<br />

• Free-standing log burner & heat pump<br />

• Lovely open living spaces with near new carpets and calming decor<br />

• Brilliant outdoor entertaining options; sheltered paved area and separate BBQ area<br />

4 2 1 2<br />

Deadline Sale closes Thursday 16th December, 2021 at 12.00pm,<br />

(unless sold prior)<br />

View Wed 8 Dec 5.00 - 5.30pm<br />

Sun 12 Dec 12.30 - 1.00pm<br />

Web pb.co.nz/ROU98588<br />

Sarah Yeates<br />

M 027 447 2719<br />

E sarahy@pb.co.nz<br />

Leeston 934 Leeston Dunsandel Road<br />

Rolleston 12 Alpha Way<br />

Private Country Lifestyle Close To Leeston<br />

Country lifestyle awaits with this 11.28 HA property midway between<br />

Leeston and Dunsandel. Very private and fully fenced the farm let has<br />

a 180m2 3-bedroom brick home with a pressed tile roof profile.<br />

Currently, the property is utilized as a Lowline beef stud. In fact, it is<br />

the 3rd eldest Lowline Stud in NZ. The consented well to 2033 easily<br />

irrigates the land which is divided up into 8 main paddocks. The K-Line<br />

irrigation runs through the middle of the property with hydrants at<br />

regular intervals. The block is well fenced and the ability to easily shut<br />

off paddocks with electric fence breakers makes the area very easy to<br />

manage.<br />

3 2 2 2<br />

Deadline Sale closes Thursday 16th<br />

December, 2021 at 11.00am, (unless<br />

sold prior)<br />

View Sat 11 Dec 11.00 - 12.00pm<br />

Web pb.co.nz/ROL100462<br />

Justin Le Lievre<br />

M 022 628 1306<br />

Central location, Great layout!<br />

Tucked away with good off-street parking and fabulous privacy, is this<br />

4 bedroom home which has been well design to cater for the modern<br />

family. The practical layout including a generous walk in pantry, the<br />

open plan kitchen dining living, with hard floors makes for easy<br />

cleaning and outdoor flow to the sun drenched patio will make<br />

summer living a breeze. The separate lounge is a great space for kids<br />

or the whole family to relax in at the end of a busy day. All the<br />

bedrooms have built in double robes, the master boasting a walk-in<br />

robe and practical ensuite, plus outdoor flow through the ranch slider<br />

to the patio area.<br />

4 2 2 2<br />

Deadline Sale closes Friday 17th<br />

December, 2021 at 5.00pm, (unless<br />

sold prior)<br />

View Sun 12 Dec 1.00 - 1.30pm<br />

Web pb.co.nz/ROU87992<br />

Angela Hunt<br />

M 021 548 777<br />

Holly Siddons<br />

M 020 4153 5251<br />

Property Brokers Ltd Licensed REAA 20<strong>08</strong> | pb.co.nz<br />

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Dressing your property<br />

up for sale<br />

Your house is on the market and you hope to get a<br />

good price. While market performance will largely<br />

influence this, presenting your home at its best will<br />

help.<br />

First impressions count from the moment<br />

potential buyers view a property from the street to<br />

the moment they walk through the front door.<br />

Weed the garden, cut back unruly shrubs and<br />

prune trees where needed. Kill off weeds in the lawn,<br />

sprinkle grass seed over bald patches and fertilise the<br />

lawn.<br />

Indoors, tidy up. Get rid of excess or bulky<br />

furniture, toys, books, hobby items or fitness<br />

equipment and if too many photos on the wall pack<br />

these away so the home looks roomy.<br />

If there is a gap or a room needs enhancing, look at<br />

what you have. A piece of furniture might be painted<br />

up or an old leather bound book popped on the<br />

coffee table. Shelves will also add depth to a narrow<br />

space while mirrors may give the illusion of a larger<br />

space. In entryways, add an easy chair, small table,<br />

bookcase or large vase.<br />

Awkward spaces such as coved ceilings in attics<br />

or upstairs rooms might be converted into storage<br />

shelving and the room given a purpose as an office,<br />

playroom or extra bedroom so viewers can see how<br />

the room might be used.<br />

Stow possessions neatly in containers, shelving<br />

or tidily in cupboards; highlighting the storage<br />

potential within the home, ensuring it is clean and<br />

tidy for viewing at any time.<br />

Move the pets outside as not all buyers will be pet<br />

lovers while some may suffer pet allergies putting<br />

them off a house if they see a pet inside.<br />

If parts of the house look tired, consider<br />

renovating by painting walls, replacing worn carpet,<br />

or modernising the kitchen, bathroom and toilet;<br />

rooms that should sparkle. Replace tired cabinetry,<br />

or the benches and cupboard/drawer fronts then<br />

update old toilets, showers or kitchen appliances.<br />

Modernising these rooms can lift the final selling<br />

price.<br />

Use consistent and light paint colours throughout<br />

for balance and seamlessness, making the house<br />

appear more spacious. An effect that is increased<br />

when walls and curtains share the same or a similar<br />

colour.<br />

Consider the personality and purpose of a room.<br />

Bright colours lift living areas especially if large and<br />

open. However, bedrooms are suited to calmer softer<br />

colours with just a touch of bold. Layer bedding or<br />

use throws for effect along with cushions or a stuffed<br />

toy in a children’s room.<br />

With curtaining, smaller patterns or plain fabrics<br />

are the rule for smaller rooms whereas larger<br />

patterns make spacious areas cosier. If blinds or<br />

drapes are past their best, replace these even if it is<br />

only with neutral cotton curtains. The effect will be<br />

worth it.<br />

Eco-friendly features will also add value for some<br />

buyers though not universally, however earthy<br />

natural colours and features are popular. Consider<br />

who your target buyers are likely to be and what will<br />

appeal to them.<br />

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WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 20<strong>08</strong><br />

NEW LISTING<br />

Boundary lines are indicative only<br />

West Melton 314 West Melton Road<br />

Secure your future before Christmas<br />

This meticulously cared for home and lifestyle property represents an outstanding opportunity to live well and<br />

invest in your future. At 10.1104 hectares, the land is divided into two separate titles, available to purchase together<br />

or separately. The attractive homestead-style home is perfectly positioned for sun and shelter and offers a warm,<br />

secure, and safe environment for young families with double-glazing throughout. The spacious living areas spill out<br />

onto the covered veranda where you can soak up the sun and the views of the mature gardens. The light, bright and<br />

modern kitchen creates a welcoming space for casual family dining or entertaining friends and family. Wellequipped<br />

for stock management, the property has excellent cattle-handling facilities and well-maintained shelter<br />

throughout. Ample storage for tools and toys plus space for repairs and projects is provided by the garages.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5515757<br />

4 2 2 3<br />

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior)<br />

12pm, Thu 16 Dec 2021<br />

3 Deans Avenue, Chch<br />

Phone for viewing times<br />

Craig Blackburn 027 489 7225<br />

craig.blackburn@bayleys.co.nz<br />

Ben Turner 027 530 1400<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 20<strong>08</strong><br />

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