North Canterbury News: December 23, 2021
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NEWS<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>December</strong> 21, <strong>2021</strong><br />
<strong>23</strong><br />
Reading for the holiday break<br />
Harry Turbott: NZ’s first landscape architect, by Garth<br />
Falconer<br />
Landscape architect, teacher and environmentalist Harry<br />
Turbott (1930 2016) was at the forefront of the first wave<br />
of environmental design. From the early 1960s after<br />
returning from completing an MLA at Harvard, he played<br />
akey role in introducing these concepts to New Zealand<br />
Labour Saving, by M.J Cullen<br />
In this clever, witty and detailed memoir, Hon Sir Michael<br />
Cullen (1945 –<strong>2021</strong>) describes his<br />
lengthy political career, including<br />
his major economic policies.<br />
Elizabeth and Margaret, by Andrew<br />
Morton<br />
From their cloistered early life, through their wartime<br />
lives, into the divergent paths they took following their<br />
father's death and Elizabeth's ascension to the throne, this<br />
book explores their relationship over the years. This<br />
biography offers unique insight<br />
into these two drastically different<br />
sisters and the lasting impact they<br />
have had on the Crown.<br />
Apples Never Fall, by Liane<br />
Moriarty<br />
From the outside, the Delaneys appear to be an enviably<br />
contented family. Even after all these years, former<br />
tennis coaches Joy and Stan are still winning<br />
tournaments, sold the family business, and learning to<br />
relax. Their four adult children are busy living their own<br />
lives. But Joy Delaney disappears and her children are<br />
reexamining their parents' marriage and their family<br />
history with fresh, frightened eyes.<br />
The Coffin Confessor: Some Last Wishes Don’t Go<br />
Quietly to the Grave, Bill Edgar<br />
Imagine you are dying with asecret. Something you've<br />
never had the courage to tell your friends and family. Or alast wish atask you<br />
need carried out before you can rest in peace. Now imagine there's aman who<br />
can take care of all that, who has no respect for the living,<br />
who will do anything for the dead. Bill Edgar is the Coffin<br />
Confessor, aman on amission to make good last requests<br />
on behalf of his soontobedeceased clients. This is the<br />
extraordinary story of how he became that man.<br />
Empathy: The Human Side of Leadership, by Harold<br />
Hillman<br />
Empathy is no longer optional for leaders who strive for<br />
adeeper understanding and connection with their staff.<br />
Empathy is the ability to connect with another person<br />
based on your willingness to understand their perspective<br />
without judgement. This book demystifies empathy,<br />
breaking it down and making it real for leaders who<br />
appreciate the value of human connection.<br />
The Forager’s Treasury, by Johanna Knox<br />
In New Zealand's urban and rural wildernesses, there is an abundance of food<br />
just waiting to be discovered, if only you know what to look for. Foraged food<br />
is healthy, economical and sustainable, but the best part about it is the fun you<br />
will have finding wild food.<br />
Rita Angus, by Jill Trevelyan<br />
Jill Trevelyan won the Non Fiction Award at the Montana<br />
New Zealand Book Awards in 2009 for this magnificent<br />
biography. Now back in print, this revised edition brings<br />
the book up to date with new assessments of Angus.<br />
Use it all, by Alex ElliottHowery<br />
Buy less, buy whole, use it all This practical handbook is<br />
an invitation to reduce food waste while eating<br />
generously.<br />
These titles are available in both Waimakariri and<br />
Hurunui libraries. Find out more about recent additions<br />
to the library collection by going to the library catalogue<br />
at waimakariri.kotui.org.nz or hurunui.kotui.org.nz or<br />
contact your local library.<br />
Kaikoura Community Market<br />
The Kaikoura Community Market is<br />
back at anew location the Kaikoura<br />
Memorial Hall at 32 Esplanade. The<br />
first market was held on Saturday<br />
(<strong>December</strong> 18) and it will held on New<br />
Year’s Day, Saturday, January 1, and<br />
then weekly from Saturday, January<br />
15, from 10am until 12.30pm or 1pm.<br />
Masks are mandatory, but vaccines<br />
pass are not required. Please scan QR<br />
code or sign in on entry.<br />
Early Records Society<br />
The Rangiora Museum, at 29 Good<br />
Street, will be closed Boxing Day,<br />
<strong>December</strong> 26, but will open on Sunday,<br />
January 2. from 1.30pm to 4pm.<br />
Vaccine passports required for entry.<br />
Come and have abrowse. Merry<br />
Christmas to all!<br />
Christmas cake fundraiser<br />
The popular Woodend Pegasus Lions<br />
Club’s Christmas cakes have sold out<br />
but the club secretary Anne<br />
Attenborough says people can still get<br />
acake and help raise funds for the<br />
Rangiora High School Leo Club, by<br />
purchasing their Christmas cakes at<br />
Rangiora’s Fools of Desire Cafe in<br />
Conway Lane.<br />
THIS<br />
WEEK’S<br />
SPECIALS<br />
SUMMER KAIONTHE FLY<br />
FARMLAND HAMPDEN<br />
NZ HAM COOKED ON<br />
THE BONE<br />
OYSTER BAY<br />
750ml (excludes Pinot<br />
Noir &Sparkling)<br />
15 99 ea<br />
APRICOTS, PEACHES OR<br />
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Loose Product of New Zealand<br />
13 29 kg<br />
7 99 kg<br />
PAMS FRESH CHERRIES 400g<br />
Prepack Product of New Zealand<br />
PAMS FRESH JERSEY<br />
BENNE POTATOES 1.5kg<br />
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2FOR<br />
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Specials availableSouth Island onlyfromMonday20th <strong>December</strong><br />
<strong>2021</strong>until Sunday9th January 2022 or whilestockslast. Wine<br />
andbeeravailable at storeswith an off licence. Wine and beer<br />
purchasesrestricted to persons aged 18 yearsold andover.
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