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Covid arrives in Nth Canterbury

By ADAM BURNS,

LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER

Schoolleaders at Rangiora High School

believe it is too early to tell whatthe

impactofconfirmed positive cases of

Covid19 will be on its capabilities to

remainopen.

Multiple schools in North Canterbury

have confirmed casesasthe Omicron

outbreak bears down on the wider region.

Rangiora HighSchoolprincipal Karen

Stewart confirmed atotal of 12 cases of

Covid19 at the school before going to print

earlier this week.

But the schoolwas aimingtocontinue

operating as normal, despite asignificant

portion of pupils being kepthome.

Many families had opted to err on the

side of caution.

‘‘We’ve advised families that any illness

or sickness to justkeep [pupils] at home,’’

prinicpalKaren Stewart says.

‘‘It’sreallygood that in thisclimate

peopleare takingthat advice to heart.’’

The school was managingmask use and

ventilation measures,but like other

schools, it lackedready access of rapid

antigen tests(RATs).

Kaiapoi High School principalBruce

Kearney believedthe pressure on schools

to remain open wouldbeimmense without

schools securing RAT supplies.

Ms Stewart says she was unsure if the

schoolwas facingclosurebecauseofthis

issue.

‘‘We’re verymuch at the beginning of

this and we don’t know whatitwill look

like,’’ she says.

‘‘We’re relying very heavily on the

adviceofthe education sector.’’

Kaiapoi High School and Amberley

Schoolboth confirmed one positive case

each of Covid19 on Monday.

Mr Kearney hit outatthe omission of

schools meetingacriteria to secure rapid

tests,whichwas likely to put pressure on

Kaiapoi’s teaching stocks.

‘‘It doesn't makesense,’’hesays.

‘‘A reallyeasy solutionwould be the

RATs...we needthem so badly.Ora

smaller selfisolationtime,but thatRAT

test would be evenbetter.’’

Kearney says without readyaccess,

schools would be likely to close.

School time ... Pupils arrive at Rangiora High School this week amid confirmed positive Covid19 cases.

‘‘Therealityisdoyou wantustostay

open, or not,’’hesays.Because as cases

grow, the pressure on people to stay at

school is goingtogrow immensely.’’

Amberley School principal Simon

Green confirmed the casewas afamily

member of oneofthe casesatRangiora

HighSchool.

Dozens of pupils had been keptathome

on Monday,mostly as aprecaution.

"We're just trying to keepthings as

normal as possible,"hesays.

The MinistryofBusiness, Innovation

and Employment (MBIE) say schools may

be considered critical where they

provided supportfor critical services by

supervising the children of essential

workers unable to have themathome.

‘‘The scheme is not intended to enable

the attendance of all staff and students —

schools haveplanned for delivering

hybridlearning in arange of scenarios

when teachers or students are havingto

isolate at home,’’ MBIE told RNZ last

week.

‘‘This schemeisonly for those people

who can't have their children at home.’’

Waimakariri MP Matt Dooceyalso

called for rapid antigentestingtobemade

available for schools, similar to systems

implemented across the Tasman.

He saysthe developments at Rangiora

PHOTO: ADAMBURNS

and Kaiapoi High Schools were

‘‘concerning’’and highlightedthe need for

schools to be equipped to respond.

‘‘We should be providing every school

with rapidantigen teststoallow twiceweekly

testing for all students, teachers

and staff –ifNSW andVictoriacan do it,

so can we,” he says. Mr Doocey says

classroom ventilation, and the vaccine

rolloutfor children wereotherissuesthe

Governmentneeded to urgently prioritse.

Acommunity Facebook pagefor North

Cantabrians was set up on Monday, so the

public couldremainupdatedonlocations

of interest and Covid symptoms.

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Adventure race to fill the gap

By ROBYN BRISTOW

The Amazing Race is coming to North

Canterbury.

Labelled as an ‘‘antisocial adventure

race’’, it is designed to help fill the

gaping void for those being constantly

disappointed about the cancellation of

high level sporting events due to Covid

19.

The North Canterbury Sport and

Recreation Trust (NCSRT) has stepped

up to the mark, particularly after the

cancellation of its wellestablished

Rakahuri Rage event, which exposed a

high demand for organised sporting

activities that could be run under Covid

restrictions.

The NCSRT decided to address this by

putting aspecifically designed

antisocial adventure race on the

sporting calendar on March 6, suitable

for awide range of ages and abilities,

where teams will traverse acourse by

bike and running/walking, working

together to collect points and solve

puzzles along the way.

Race Organiser Tony Kean says the

idea to run an adventure race in North

Canterbury had been on his ‘‘todo’’ list

since he competed in one with his

daughter Amber acouple of years ago.

But it took the cancellation of the

Rage and other events this year to

trigger him to finally put his plans into

action.

‘‘To me an adventure race is an ideal

option for the current situation as it

doesn’t take much to change it into a

socially distanced event.

‘‘We can easily stagger team starts and

send teams off to do different sections of

Amazing race. .. Participants at the start of

the Rakahuri Rage, which this year had to be

cancelled. Instead The Amazing Race will be

held on March 6suitable for awide range of

ages and abilities, where teams will traverse

acourse by bike and running/walking,

working together to collect points and solve

puzzles along the way.

PHOTO: FILE

the course so there is very little

interaction between teams through the

race.

‘‘And by finding different ways to do a

prerace briefing, and prize giving

afterwards, there will be no mass

gatherings as part of the event.’’

While describing the Adventure Race

as ‘‘antisocial’’, Kean says it will still be

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afun and challenging event that can be

done in agroup of family or friends.

‘‘It is an ideal family race that will suit

awide range of ages, experience and

fitness.

‘‘We’ve got short and long course

options that will see people out on the

course for anywhere between 90

minutes to 4hours, and we’re allowing

people to use Ebikes if they want.

‘‘It’s more about getting people out

being active, exercising their brains and

their bodies, and simply trying

something new, than it is about hard and

fast racing.”

Teams can register at www.rakahurirage.nz

but everything is left flexible to

allow for team member changes, and last

minute withdrawals if we have Covid in

our community at that time.

‘‘We do need teams to register so we

have an idea of who is likely to be racing,

but we’re conscious that anything can

happen between now and race day so we

want to make it stress free for teams to

make changes or pull out of the event at

any time if their situation changes.’’

Find out more about the NCSRT

Amazing Race at www.rakahurirage.nz.

The event is open to teams of 24, with

members as young as 9yearsold able to

race with adults on the short course.

It will cost $25 per team member for

the short course event, and $40 per team

member for the long course. All

proceeds from the Adventure Race will

go towards supporting the MainPower

WaiSwim Primary School Swimming

programme which is administered by

the NCSRT, and provides swimming and

water safety lessons to thousands of

North Canterbury children each year.

Covid-19 testing sites under the spotlight

From Page 1

Healthofficialsare considering the

prospect of acommunity testingfacility

in Rangiorabut aredetermining

whetheritis‘‘feasible’’.

The CanterburyDistrict Health Board

(DHB) sayithas identified asiteinthe

town, but admit resourcingmay be a

factor.

Concerns aroundtestingavailability

in North Canterbury hassparkedcalls

for an increase of community testing

facilitiesinthe wider region.

MorethanadozenpositiveCovid19

cases have been confirmedbyahandful

of schoolsinthe Waimakariri and

Hurunuidistricts this week, alongside

an Amberley gymwhich has beennoted

as alocationofinterest by the Ministry

of Health.

Waimakariri MP Matt Dooceysays

concerns had alreadybeen raised

aroundwherepeople canget tested

locally.

Healthline lists aboutadozen

practicesinNorth Canterbury, which

were offering limitedCovid19 testing,

butthere are no walkin centres

available forresidents.

‘‘We reallyneed moretestingcentres

locally,’’ Mr Dooceysays.

DHBEmergencyCoordinationCentre

incidentcontrollerTracey Maiseysays

it had identifiedasite in Rangiora, but

were considering whether acommunity

centrewas achievable.

‘‘We aredeterminingthe feasibility of

standing this up giventhe competing

demands on staff,’’ she says.

‘‘We mayundertake popuptesting

centres if alocalised outbreak of Covid

19 warrants this.’’

Twotesting centres in Christchurch

have been inundatedthisweek with

peoplereportedley waitinghourstoget

aswab.

Anothercommunity facility in

Ashburton wassimilarly swamped on

Monday.

However an additionaldrivein

testingsite openedinWigramthis week.

“It’s safe to assumethis pressure will

continue as Omicronmakes its way

across North Canterbury,and to keep up

withdemand and relieve pressure on

our alreadyfullGPclinics,’’ Mr Doocey

says.

“We also need to be mindfulthatnot

everyone has accesstoavehicle, and for

those in ruralpartsofthe district getting

intoChristchurch may notbeeasy.’’

The DHBisasking general practices

to identify,and in somecases contact‘‘at

riskorvulnerable’’ people.

‘‘Older people already receiving home

and community supportservices will

continue to havewelfare checks from

our community teams,’’ Ms Maisey says.

‘‘These teams have also identified

those who are most at risk and

vulnerable to Covid19and will be

monitoredmore frequently.’’

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Seaside hospitality on wheels

By ROBYN BRISTOW

Kicking back withatippleand

enjoying theambience of Kaikoura, is

proving popular withvisitors to Jimmy

Armers Beach in the seaside town.

Charli’s mobile bar,believed to be

one of akind in New Zealand, is

serving up wine, cider and beer, at a

seaside spot,complementingthe

Kaikoura Seafood Barbecue venue,

which has been trading at Jimmy

Armers for around two decades.

CharliRose De Zen brings 20 years

bar managing experience to thenovel

venture which is set up in aRenault

van,and says therehas been nothing

but positive feedback from her

customers.

It is caninefriendly, completewith

treats for them,and Charlihas even

had agoat and cats on leads visiting.

‘‘Itisnice they can bring their

friends,’’ she says.

It took about9monthstonegotiate

the redtape, but the Kaikoura District

Council eventually gave itstickof

approvaltothe bar whichopened

about four months ago.

Its beentoughdue to the lack of

visitors because of Covid19 border

restrictions halting the flowof

international visitors.

But Charlihas nothingbut praisefor

the locals.

‘‘I havehad great local support.

‘‘The locals have beenwonderful.

‘‘ They always are in smalltowns,’’

she says.

Charlisays she was in bar

management in Sydney for 20 years,

and then became aflorist.

She decided it was time to return

homefor family and lifestylereasons,

and sworeshe wouldnot go back into

hospitality.

But she is enjoyingbeingback

greeting customers again.

Charliworked at Kaikoura Seafood

Barbecues and was often asked if they

served any beer or wine.

‘‘Somany asked that Idecided there

mustbeamarket for it,’’she says.

Charli’s dad Brian Giles has worked

tirelessly behind the scenes to get the

mobile van operating.

He fitteditout at Charli’s direction,

and encouraged his daughterevery

step of the way.

‘‘Weboughtabig Renault van and I

did it out intoabar hopingtoget a

licence.

‘Eventually it came through,’’ he

says.

The licence has restrictionswith no

glassbeing allowed except for the

bottles,and its hoursare tied to the

next door Seafood outlet due to not

selling food themselves.

Charli says Kaikoura Seafood

Barbecue and her have agreat

relationship and friendship, and its

Seaside ... Charli Rose De Zen brings hospitality to the beach.

nice to be on board together.

But they willrevisit the licence

requirementswhen it comes up for

renewaland look at serving up food to

see if it is possible.

‘‘Bothmum and dad are key to this

venture.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

‘‘Mumfinanced it andPadid alot of

the leg work.

At present the mobilebar operates

from 11amto7pm, or in the winter

11am to dusk.

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intention of operatinginthe evenings.

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River release for Scaup after hospital stay

By SHELLEY TOPP

Four New Zealand scaup, which wereleft

coatedinoil after the Sutton Tools factory

fire last month,have beenreturned to

their naturalhabitat in the KaiapoiRiver.

They are the survivors of 23 that were

rescued.

The littleducks, which are uniqueto

New Zealandand also known as black teal,

were released into the Cam River/Kaiapoi

River confluence in Kaiapoi on last

Wednesday morning by veterinarian

Pauline Howard, from Christchurch’s

South Island Wildlife Hospital,and the

Environment Canterbury wildlife coordinator,

Tori Muir.

Twentythree oilcoatedscaup were

taken to the wildlife hospital after 3000

litresofoil fromthe factory spiltinto

nearbywaterways duringthe earlymorning

fire on January 30. Only four of

the birds survived.

The rehabilitation of the birdswas akey

aspectofEnvironment Canterbury’s

cleanup response to the oil spill and

involved coordination between ECan

staff,and other wildlife experts.

When birdsget oil on their feathers they

are unable to regulate theirtemperature.

Also if theyingest oil they can become very

sick, especially younger birds.

``While it is sad that 19 died, it was great

that we could work togethertosave four,’’

Tori said.

She thankedthe community for

reporting sightings,whichenabled ECan

staff to captureasmany oilcoatedbirds as

possible.

``We are also extremely grateful to

Pauline and the teamatthe South Island

Wildlife Hospitalwho did agreat job of

stabilising,washing and rehabilitating the

scaup despite being pushed for space in

their current facility(at the Willowbank

Wildlife Reserve).”

The release of the birdswas attended by

Walk or Wheel

to School Week

asmall groupofpeopleincluding ECan

staff and councillorGrantEdge,

DepartmentofConservationstaff,plus

Sutton Tools production and engineering

manager GlennMorgan and Carl, Huyser,

the Christchurchbranch manager of

ChemWastewhich helpedECan cleanup

the oil spill.

The company alsohelped towards the

costs of rehabilitating the birdsby

providing 1,000 litredrums to catch the

oilywaterthat washed off the birds and

arranging the safe disposal of hospital

waste whichincluded gloves, rags and

wipes used to soak up the oil.

Mr Huysersaid the company was paid

for the work they did cleaning up the spill

but theywantedtohelp with the costs of

rehabilitating thebirds because ``it felt

likethe right thingtodo.''

It was an emotional time for him

watching the four surviving birds returned

to their Kaiapoi Riverhome.``I had atear

in my eye after watching the birdsfly off,’’

he said.

The riverenvironment had made the oil

spill cleanup acomplex job requiringtwo

trucks and four staff working 49 and ahalf

hours to complete.

``You wanttoonly collect the oil, taking

as littlewater with it as you can,’’ he said.

The oil spill affected the Cam/

RuataniwhaRiver, the Kaiapoi and

Waimakariri rivers downstream from the

Williams Street bridge in Kaiapoi, the

Kaiapoi Riverand Waimakariri River

confluence and the McIntoshs Rocks area,

downstream from the confluence,and out

to the Waimakariri Rivermouth.

Remediation work was also required at

the Kaiapoi River's collegerowingboat

rampand the public boat ramp by the

swing bridge, as these sites were impacted

by residual oil.

Thatwork,which has now been

completed,involved scraping and

replacing oiledstonesand debris.

Home again ... Environment Canterbury wildlife coordinator, Tori Muir, left, with

Christchurch’s South Island Wildlife Hospital veterinarian Pauline Howard, release the four

New Zealand scaups back into the Kaiapoi River.

PHOTO: HEATHER MCCARRON, ENVIRONMENT CANTERBURY

Settling in ... Three of the four New Zealand scaups that were released back into the

Kaiapoi River.

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP

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Pressure on capital works

By ADAM BURNS,

LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER

Managers at the Waimakariri

District Council are disappointed

the deliveryofmajor capitalworks

continues to lag behind as it

contendswith an arduous

construction environment.

Anumber of projects withinits

$70 million capital works

programme remain significantly

off the paceasresourcing

constraintsand supplychain

factors continue to stretch council

thin.

Thereisconcern the programme

couldbeaslow as 66 per cent done

by the end of June, after a

quarterlyupdate was presented to

council’s audit and risk committee

last week.

‘‘Resourcing is certainlyhitting

and affecting our ability to deliver

the programme,’’council senior

engineering adviser Don Young

says.

Utilities and roading manager

Gerard Cleary says council needed

to be careful of overcommitting

when developing the annualplan,

as resourcing issues ‘‘would not be

goingaway overnight’’.

‘‘We’ve lost quite afew senior

engineers and in the consulting

industry they’re equallyas

stretched,’’ he says. ‘‘We are

disappointed with how this year’s

capital works delivery is going.’’

Mr Cleary sayscouncilhave

takenongraduatelevelstaffto

help with the workload.

‘‘It’s really hard to getsenior

engineers and that’s probably

wherewe’ve suffered the most,’’ he

says.‘‘It’s acrazymarket out

there.’’

Schedule pressure ... The Waimakariri District Council is significantly

behind schedule on capital works projects due to the labour shortage and

wider supply chain issues.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED /WAIMAKARIRI DISTRICTCOUNCIL

Adding further headacheswas

pricing issues as aresult of atight

construction market, contractor

availability and ‘‘extreme

pressure’’onthe supply chain.

‘‘Most of the recent tenders have

had one or two respondents only,

and almostall of them are

significantly overbudget,’’the

capital works quarterly report

said.

Councillor Sandra Stewartwas

unsympathethic at the meeting to

the issues and appealed for

assurancesupcoming work would

be completed on time.

‘‘I don’t meantoput the bootin...

but the refrain is very familiar,’’

she says.

‘‘Whatprocess is being put in

place that willvirtually guarantee

that youdeliver far better than

this, given the environmment out

there.’’

Deputy mayor Neville Atkinson

jumped to the defence of staff and

said many of the factors were out of

theircontrol.

‘‘There’ssome realities around

this whichwehave to accept, that

in the nextyear or two there willbe

movementand we may notget

some things donebecause of what

is out there in this environment.

‘‘No resourcing, higher pricesand

no guarantee of timelines...these

guys are managing all of it the best

they can.’’

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Fly tippers

clean up mess

By SHELLEY TOPP

Fly tippers caught illegally

dumping rubbishin

Environment Canterbury

(ECan)parks haveavoided

hefty fines by cleaning up

theirmess.

Thankstoanapp available

to the public,dumpsters

details are being passedonto

ECan. Offenders are

contactedand many are

electing to return to remove

their rubbish, rather than pay

ahefty fine.

Regional parkrangers were

warranted last year underthe

Resource Management Act

(RMA) to issue instant finesto

anyonefound dumping

rubbish in the parks.

This followed ECan staff

collectingmore than62tonnes

of rubbish in the Ashley

Rakahuri Regional Park and

the WaimakaririRiver

Regional Parkduring the

20192020 financial year,

costing ratepayers more than

$152,000 to disposeof

properly.

In addition to this, 98

vehicles were dumped in the

parks during that period at a

cost of about $40,000 to

remove. Only 15 of those

vehicles were removed from

the park by an insurance

company or the ownerofthe

vehicle.

Signs put up at both parks

last April warned visitors they

faced a$750 instant fine for

dumping rubbish. The signs

also encouraged the publicto

report rubbish dumping using

the Snap Send Solveapp on

their mobilephones.

‘‘The app has already

helped ECan to contact

dumpingperpetrators –

resulting in offenders taking

responsibility for theiractions

and returningtoremovetheir

rubbishfrom our parks,’’says

an ECan spokesperson.

‘‘We want to protect our

parks and keep them tidy for

everyone to enjoy. We hope

park signage and the Snap

Send Solve app will helpwith

this.’’

ECan parks and forests

team leader James Pagesays

the regional parks are for

everyone to enjoy and

explore.

‘‘Unfortunately,some

people are not treating these

spaces respectfully and we are

spending asignificant amount

of time and money removing

dumped rubbish including

packaging, household and

commercial waste, and

vehicles’’hesays.

‘‘It is important thatpeople

are accountable for this

behaviour and are aware that

mistreating regional parks

comes with consequences.We

recommend taking rubbish to

your local transferor

recycling station. It is alot

cheaperthan a$750 fine’’.

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the New Zealand Emissions Trading

scheme has added anew market driver

for land use change and value.

Carbon sequestration coupled with

plantation forestry is at present yielding

returns significantly greater than sheep

and beef cattle farming can provide to

farmers.

The consequences that are flowing

from these economic drivers could

fundamentallychange the makeup of

ruralcommunitiesinthe medium to long

term.

The potential to transform significant

area of sheep, beefand wool producing

farmland to production forestry and

permanent carbon forestry has

associated opportunity and risks.

The government policytoplant an

additionalbillion treesover 10 yearsis

designed to achieve anumber of

benefits, however it has also raised the

questions in regard to environmental,

fire risk, employment, rural community

resilience and tourism.

Hurunui District council is

collaborating with other predominantly

rural councils to understand the impact

of carbon only farming.

Achieving community resilience

requiresunderstanding both at amacro

and micro level,and with the raft of

reform there is aconsiderable effort

going into the Future for Local

Government–how can we strengthen

local democracy, and bring citizenship

culture to the fore.

Should we have astrengthen funded

focus on wellbeing, to overcome the

complex challenge of social inequity,

climate change, and bring authentic

relationshipswith Iwi/Maori? Should

there be strengthened and genuine

partnership between central and local

government and what might thislook

like?

These arethe very questions that are

in the minds of local government as we

reshape the future.

The overwhelming desire to keep

decision making is integral to all

conversations woven through the raft of

reform –RMA, Health,Emergency

Management.

Mayors throughout Canterbury sit in

on aweekly briefingwith the Regional

Leadership Group to be better informed

of the rapid changes and the effect of

Omicron across ourregion. The

overwhelming messageremains that

there are a“Bundle of Protection”

available for people:

1. Vaccinations/boosters,

2. Wearing awell fitted mask,

3. Hand Hygiene,

4. Physical distancing, and

5. Good ventilation.

As we cope with aseemingly

increasing presence within our district

we should consider finding aBUDDY

who will act as your supportifhome

isolation is necessary for you or your

family.

ABUDDY can deliver groceries or

medication –having asimple plan will

help you to shift your thinking from

covid caution to COVID CONFIDENCE.

Joanne Gumbrell

Chair, Waimakariri Age-friendly

Advisory Group

Social interaction

and companionship

Two of my friends, both in their

eighties, have had falls recently and

injured themselves.

One of them climbed aladder to

changethe battery in her smoke

alarm.Since then,Ihave beentold

that local firebrigades offer this

service to residents.

Unabletofind aphone number I

put amessage on Facebookwhich

was kindlyansweredbyavolunteer.

Their website www.

fireandemergency.co.nz has various

ways to contactthem as well as

information about keepingyour home

safe and the use of firealarms.

On another housing topic, Im

excited to be able to report thatthe

Abbeyfield WaimakaririSteering

Group has recentlybecome an

Incorporated Societytobeknown as

Abbyfield WaimakaririInc, and will

provide the foundationtobuild an

Abbeyfield House.

An Abbeyfield House comprisesof

12 to 14 ensuite studio units with

sharedcommunal areasofadining

room, lounge, laundryand gardens.

Ahouse keeper is employedtocook

meals,clean the shared areas and

generally offer supporttoresidents.

Residents furnish their own units.

Abbeyfield is not means tested and

someone who has only the national

superannuationand possibly the

living alone allowance to live on, can

afford to pay the rent with some left

over.

So now we have the huge job of

sourcing landand raisingmoney to

buildthe house.

Ideally therewill be land available

to rent to get the project started. It is

always easier to raisemoney if there

is somethingfor people to see.

AbbelyfieldHouses re in countries

throughout the world. There are 14 in

New Zealand, two in Christchurch

and one in Selwyn.

The Steering Group has done a

needsanalysis and thereiscertinaly

aneed for more socialhousing for

single, over 65yearolds in the area.

Housing for olderpeople is near the

top of the listthe Agefriendly

AdvisoryGroup has identifiedasa

need in Waimakariri.

Social interaction and

companionship is another one.

An Abbeyfieldhosue in

Waimakaririisjust the right thing to

fill theseneeds as wella sfreeingup

otherunits.

Nga mihi nui.

Stay safe, get vaccinated and

boostered.

Government Reforms

DearEditor,

North Canterbury Mayors have joined alargegroupofcouncil mayorsfromall overthe South Islandto

urgethe Government to work in partnership with local government to create lastingchangesfor the

delivery of theThree Waters Reform(March 17).

Aspokesperson said that thegroup ‘‘is notagainst change butit strongly opposesforcingthrough

massivereformsthat are based on questionableevidenceandanalysis.’’

But hang on that soundsfamiliar.

Farmers said the same thing when they hadawall of reformsforcedonthem—Fresh WaterReform,

Biodiversity legislation,Significant Natural Areas, Fertiliser rules,wintergrazingand puggingrules, Te

Wakasomething, CHGcalculations,changingAnimalWelfareand Environmental rules—many of which

are impractical, unworkable,counterproductiveand won't achievethe desiredoutcomes.

Goodluck to the Mayors for LocalDemocracy —farmershaven'thad much of ahearingfrom this

Government!

Yours,

Dave Martin, Ashley

McALPINES MITRE 10 MEGA RANGIORA -OCEAN WATCH

This

Week

Sun

Fishing

Guide

Moon

Wind

Good

Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Feb 24 Feb 25 Feb 26 Feb 27 Feb 28 Mar 1 Mar 2

Rise 7:00am

Set 8:22pm

Best

Times

7:16am

7:45pm

Gentle SE becoming

moderate E

Good

Rise 7:02am

Set 8:21pm

Best

Times

8:14am

8:45pm

Set 3:05pm Rise 12:19am

Set 4:19pm

Gentle SE becoming

moderate NE

Good

Rise 7:03am

Set 8:19pm

Best

Times

9:16am

9:47pm

Rise 1:08am

Set 5:27pm

Moderate NE turning

E

Rise 7:04am

Set 8:17pm

Best 10:19am

Good

Good

Times 10:50pm

Rise 2:08am

Set 6:25pm

Moderate Sturning

SE

Rise 7:06am

Set 8:16pm

Best 11:20am

Times 11:50pm

Rise 3:18am

Set 7:12pm

Gentle E

Good

Rise 7:07am

Set 8:14pm

Best 12:18pm

Times

Rise 4:34am

Set 7:50pm

Gentle E

strengthening

Classic cars

The13th monthly classicgathering of all veterans, vintage,

classic, exotic andunique vehicles, will take place on

Sunday, February 27, from 9am to about 3pm, at theBetter

Half Kitchen and Bar,atthecornerofAshworths Beach Road

and SH1, Leithfield. It is free to display and viewvehicles.

TheCafeis open allday until late. Vaccination certificates

must be presentedin theBetterHalf,and masks worn at all

times, except when drinking or eating, as per regulations.

Farmers Markets

TheKaiapoi, Oxfordand Ohoka Farmers Markets continue

under the red traffic light Covid19 setting. Kaiapoi is every

Saturday, Oxford Sundays and Ohoka Fridays.

Rise 7:08am

Set 8:12pm

Best 12:46am

Ok

Times 1:12pm

Rise 5:51am

Set 8:20pm

Gentle SE becoming

moderate E

Swell

Pegasus Bay

Tide Chart

3

2

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Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows

Waimakariri 11:43am 2.3 5:32am 0.6 12:12am 2.3 6:31am 0.6 1:10am 2.4 7:31am 0.6 2:11am 2.4 8:30am 0.5 3:11am 2.5 9:27am 0.5 4:07am 2.5 10:22am 0.4 5:01am 2.5 11:16am 0.4

Mouth

5:55pm 0.6 12:39pm 2.3 6:51pm 0.5 1:37pm 2.3 7:49pm 0.5 2:35pm 2.3 8:47pm 0.5 3:32pm 2.4 9:46pm 0.4 4:28pm 2.4 10:43pm 0.4 5:23pm 2.4 11:39pm 0.4

Amberley 11:43am 2.3 5:32am 0.6 12:12am 2.3 6:31am 0.6 1:10am 2.4 7:31am 0.6 2:11am 2.4 8:30am 0.5 3:11am 2.5 9:27am 0.5 4:07am 2.5 10:22am 0.4 5:01am 2.5 11:16am 0.4

Beach


11:52am 2.3 5:41am 0.6 12:21am 2.3 6:40am 0.6 1:19am 2.4 7:40am 0.6 2:20am 2.4 8:39am 0.5 3:20am 2.5 9:36am 0.5 4:16am 2.5 10:31am 0.4 5:10am 2.5 11:25am 0.4

Motunau



Gore Bay



Kaikoura


*Not for navigational purposes. Wind and swell are based on apoint off Gore Bay. Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa. www.ofu.co.nz www.tidespy.com Graphic supplied by OceanFun Publishing Ltd.

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Wellness

and Beauty

The ultimate way to

relax and unwind

Lockdown in 2020

provided the inspiration

for Julie Neal to open

a new business, Totally

Relaxing.

Julie, whohadnotstudied

for40years,foundherself

studyingmassage,health,

wellnessandnutrition

atAraPolytechnic,in

Christchurchafterbeing

inspiredbyfamilytogive

itago.

Julie’ssister-in-law and

brother-in-law isolated

with her in Kaiapoi

during the country’s first

lockdown, and during

their stay she discovered

her talent for massage,

helping both with their

achesandpainsthrough

massage.

‘‘Mybrother-in-law was

suffering from

a fairly serious back injury and

I wasabletohelp,while my sister had sore shoulders, and massagehelpedheralso,’’

says Julie.

‘‘TheytoldmeIwasreallygoodandshouldgoanddoacourseonmassage.’’

Totally Relaxing, grewfrom there.

Julielookedatoptionstotrain, signing up with theNew ZealandCollegeofMassage,

butsadly it closed down beforeshebegan herstudies, taking hertuition fees with them.

JulietalkedtoAra, whichwas considering acourse, butatthat stagethere wasnothing

concrete.

‘‘I kept phoning and phoning Ara,’’ says Julie.

In February 2021 shesaw a Facebook post by Ara about starting acourse inmassage.

She rang straight away, and only had eight days to apply for a student loan, go to Work

and Income New Zealand,andfindJusticesofthePeacetosignoffthepaperwork.

Juliesaysshegotinwithadaytospare,wasacceptedandbeganayearofstudyand

assignments.

‘‘I passed. I hadn’t been at school for 40 years. It was all new and I didn’t know anything

about computers. But Imanaged,’’ she says.

Julie now has a New Zealand Diploma in Wellness and Relaxation Massage (Level 5).

Totally Relaxing is nowopen in Sneyd Street, Kaiapoi, and Julieisbuildingup

clientele.

Sheislooking forward to offering relaxation massage ($65anhour), Hot Stone

massage ($130 for 90 minutes) and pregnancy massage ($75 for 60 minutes).First time

clientsget$15offtheirfirst massage.

‘‘I am reallyenjoying it,’’ says Juliewhoalso enjoyspainting.

Shejoinedanart andcraftworkshopwhile living in Adelaide for twoyears andpaint

‘‘images fromout of my head’’.

‘‘If anyone gavemeapicture to hand paint acopyof,Iwouldfind it really hard.’’

Julie’sart adornsthe wallsofhermassage studio andisfor sale.

To book an appointmentatTotallyRelaxingcall 027 580 0073 or email

totallyrelaxingnz@gmail.com.

Julie is fullyvaccinated andonlyacceptsfullyvaccinatedclients.Masksareessential.

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Totally Relaxing

Massage Therapy by Julie

Relaxing massage * $65 for 1hour |Hot Stone Massage * $130 for 90 minutes

Pregnancy Massage * $75 for 60 minutes | *using TuiBlend &Purefx Aurora Balms

Beautiful Body Lotions &hand creams for sale

Acrylic Artwork handpainted by Julie available for purchase

Fully Qualified level 5Massage Therapist, based in Kaiapoi

Fully vaccinated and only accepting fully vaccinated clients

Mask wearing essential

Phone for more information or to book an appointment 027 580 0073

totallyrelaxingnz@gmail.com

Love Your Hearing, North Canterbury

Charlotte Watson

Audiologust

MNZAS

Vera Setz

Audiologist

MNZAS

Alison Highman

Ear Nurse

RN

We’re your local hearing

and ear health experts!

ARE YOU SICK OF BEING

OVERWEIGHT AND

FEELING TIRED?

Iwas soover the feeling of being tired all the time and being overweight. Ilooked

for help and found it in aprogram called Phatt (putting health at the top)

No, it’s not magic and you actually have to get off your butt and do something

about it.

Yes, there is acost involved (so do your chippies, chocolate, coke, coffees,

wine, ice cream etc). Yes, we take supplements to support our bodies during

our weight loss.

Can Irecommend it it, hell yes Ican, I’m down 27kgs and my husband is

down 17kgs.

It’s not just about the weight loss, it’s about getting healthy inside and outside. On

this program we get so much energy and we get rid of the inflammation around

our joints which in turngives us more flexibility and awhole lot less pain.

Come on, what have you got to lose? (Oh yeah, weight).

Call me or go to my link for more information.

Ph 0275 149 863 |www.weighintome.com/pages/vickie

Vera Setz:

(03) 423 3158

Clinics in Rangiora,

Amberley, Cheviot,

Hanmer Springs

Ear Care:

020 4124 25 25

Clinics in Rangiora,

Amberley, Kaiapoi

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Dining

Escapes

Shining the light on

exceptional food

and coffee

Number Eight Café in Cheviotisthe newshining light forexceptional coffeeand

food in NorthCanterbury.

Maintainingafocus on supporting thelocal community by employinglocal staff

andusinglocallysourcedproduce when available, thecafé is awelcomehaven to

locals,and to travelerspassingbetween Christchurch andKaikoura.

Late 2020 hadseenthe closureofother cafesinCheviot,and with no previous

hospitalityexperience thechallenge to rekindle lifeintothe southend of Cheviot

wastaken -NumberEight wasborn.

Afull makeover of thesitewas undertaken, modernizingand updating the

facilities to create awelcomingatmosphere. Thisincludedcreatinganeasily

accessibleoutdoor diningareawithadog-friendlycourtyard.

Now, just over ayearlater,the café has gone aheadinleaps andbounds to ensure

it provides delicious coffee, scrumptiousfood,and exceptionalservice to its

patrons.

In thefood display cabinetfreshly bakedartisan pies, sausagerolls andsweet

treats temptthe taste buds,all prepared on site, andare complementedbyfresh

dailysalads.Thelarge seatingareaprovides aviewofthe courtyard andpassing

trafficasyou enjoythe alacarte brunch menu.

Delicious food options areonofferfor everypalatefor thoseoccasions youwant

taketimetocatch up with friends or family.

Fullylicensed, andwithatemptingand extensive dinner menu,the café is also

open Friday andSaturdaynightsfrom 5.30pmuntil late, throughtill Easter.

Watch thecafé’s Facebookpagefor specialeventsorreserve tables foryourown

function.Thereisalsoamobilecoffee vanavailablefor off-site events.

Off-street parkingisprovided. Open daily7.30am-4.00pm.

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Open daily 7.30am –4.00pm

Friday &Saturday 5.30pm –late

(until Easter)

8Hall Street, Cheviot

www.facebook.com/numbereightcafe

Newly refurbished and restyled, The Amberley Hotel combines it’s

historywith current day living by providing abroad range of amenities

to the community.

The 11 stylish, spacious and modernaccommodationrooms offer aconvenient stop between Christchurch and Hanmer

Springs or Kaikoura, with your comfortinmind. Luxurious, affordable, and private.

Just downstairs the Crown and Shepherd Bar offers space for acatch up with mates over acold beer and live sports

on the big screens, and the Cork and Crown Restaurant has awonderfully relaxed family-friendly atmosphere to enjoy

the premium quality local foods. The private courtyard garden allows extra diningspace under the stars, and the Golden

Hat Takeaways suits well if you want to take your meal to the nearby beach. Perhaps the jewel inthe crown here is the

Crown and Pantry Wine Store and Grocer, where you can pack apicnic from the locally-sourced selection ofwines,

cheeses,crackers, condiments, fresh eggs, bread and even flowers.

Fabulous food, live entertainment, and event bookings also available.

Phone 0800 023 929

Email admin@amberleyhotel.co.nz

84 Carters Road, Amberley

Wow! This Food is Amazing!

Delicious Snack Menu, Starters, Kids Meals, Light Meals,

Mains, Extras, Desserts

Come along and enjoy playing Housie and Quiz

113RavenQuay, Kaiapoi|Ph: 033277884

www.kaiapoiclub.co.nz | info@kaiapoiclub.co.nz

The Entertainment Hub of The North!

Bistro open Wednesday to Sunday

Lunch from 12noon | Dinner from 5pm

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MAINPOWER ELECTRICITY NETWORK CHARGES

MainPowerNew ZealandLimited (MainPower) provides distribution lineservices to apopulation of over 65,000people in the North Canterbury region.

We providethe networktodeliver electricity to ourregion’shomes,businesses, schools andcommunities.

MainPowerRebate

Qualifying Customers are entitled to theMainPower rebate andthis is appliedasapercentage

discountoff thefixedcharge.The rebateispassed through as adiscountonthe powerbill thatyou

receive fromyourretailer(thoughsomeretailerschoose not to show thisdiscountseparatelyontheir

invoices). Once acustomerisconnected to theMainPower network,they areaQualifyingCustomer

(thisexcludes temporarysupplies). Customers connected to theformerKaiapoi Electricitynetwork will

have adiscount appliedtotheir fixed charge equivalenttothe MainPower rebate.

Charge from 1April 2022

(ExcludingGST)

Customer PriceCategories

ResidentialCustomers

Approximate

Customer Estimate

1Feb 2022

Gross

Dollars/day

–

Rebate

Dollars/day

=

At1April 2022, the Qualifying Customer rebateand KaiapoiElectricitydiscount,paid as

apercentagediscountofthe fixed chargewillbe24.2%for residential customersand

9.9%for non–residential customers.

Fixed

Net

Dollars/day

Fixedlinecharges are

shown as dollarsper day,

regardlessofhow much

electricity you use.

+

Transmission

Dollars/day

=

Variableline charges are shown

as dollars per kWh (kilowatt

hour).This is applied to the

amount of electricity youuse.

Total

Dollars/day

Gross

Dollars/kWh

+

Variable

Transmission

Dollars/kWh

=

Total

Dollars/kWh

All InclusiveStandard User 17,367 1.9750 -0.4777 1.4973 0.5342 2.0315 0.0154 0.0048 0.0202

AllInclusiveLow User 12,354 0.3000 -0.0726 0.2274 0.0000 0.2274 0.0911 0.0113 0.1024

UncontrolledStandardUser 2,016 1.9750 -0.4777 1.4973 0.5342 2.0315 0.0397 0.0052 0.0449

UncontrolledLow User 885 0.3000 -0.0726 0.2274 0.0000 0.2274 0.1154 0.0117 0.1271

AllInclusivewith Night OnlyStandardUser 1,593 1.9750 -0.4777 1.4973 0.5342 2.0315 0.0154 0.0048 0.0202

Night Only Portion – – – – – – 0.0058 0.0042 0.0100

All Inclusivewith Night OnlyLow User 988 0.3000 -0.0726 0.2274 0.0000 0.2274 0.0911 0.0113 0.1024

Night Only Portion – – – – – – 0.0508 0.0113 0.0621

Other Customers

Non–Residential 5,954 2.8100 -0.2770 2.5331 0.7114 3.2444 0.0355 0.0053 0.0408

Temporary Supply 418 2.4900 0.0000 2.4900 0.5692 3.0592 0.1020 0.0052 0.1073

Irrigation (per kW connected) 1,461 0.1354 -0.0062 0.1292 0.0685 0.1977 0.0291 0.0126 0.0416

CouncilPumping 207 4.0500 -0.4172 3.6328 1.2434 4.8763 0.0228 0.0036 0.0265

Streetlighting (per fitting connected) 113 0.0910 -0.0060 0.0850 0.0180 0.1030 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Non–Residential–LargeUsers (weightedaverage) 44 29.0000 -0.5095 28.4905 46.6985 75.1890 0.0356 0.0049 0.0405

DistributedGeneration – 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Optional Additions

Right of WayLighting – – – – – – 0.0437 0.0249 0.0686

UnderVerandahLighting – – – – – – 0.0437 0.0249 0.0686

ElectricVehicle – – – – – – 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

DistributedGeneration – – – – – – 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

ChargeBefore31March 2022

(Excluding GST)

CustomerPriceCategories

ResidentialCustomers

Gross

Dollars/day

–

Rebate

Dollars/day

=

Fixed

Net

Dollars/day

+

Transmission

Dollars/day

=

Total

Dollars/day

Gross

Dollars/kWh

+

Variable

Transmission

Dollars/kWh

=

Total

Dollars/kWh

All InclusiveStandardUser 1.9160 -0.6947 1.2213 0.5792 1.8005 0.0165 0.0037 0.0202

AllInclusiveLow User 0.1500 -0.0565 0.0935 0.0000 0.0935 0.0878 0.0102 0.0980

UncontrolledStandardUser 1.9060 -0.6947 1.2113 0.5792 1.7905 0.0395 0.0037 0.0432

UncontrolledLow User 0.1500 -0.0565 0.0935 0.0000 0.0935 0.1103 0.0102 0.1205

AllInclusivewith Night Only Standard User 1.9160 -0.6947 1.2213 0.5792 1.8005 0.0165 0.0037 0.0202

Night OnlyPortion – – – – – 0.0072 0.0037 0.0109

All Inclusive with Night Only LowUser 0.1500 -0.0565 0.0935 0.0000 0.0935 0.0878 0.0102 0.0980

Night Only Portion – – – – – 0.0465 0.0102 0.0568

OtherCustomers

Non–Residential 2.6550 -0.4100 2.2451 0.7514 2.9964 0.0370 0.0057 0.0427

Temporary Supply 2.4800 0.0000 2.4800 0.5792 3.0592 0.1019 0.0037 0.1057

Irrigation (per kW connected) 0.1474 -0.0062 0.1412 0.0445 0.1857 0.0341 0.0084 0.0424

Council Pumping 4.0500 -0.5502 3.4998 1.0634 4.5633 0.0228 0.0026 0.0255

Streetlighting (per fittingconnected) 0.0910 -0.0060 0.0850 0.0180 0.1030 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Non–Residential–Large Users (weightedaverage) 29.0000 -4.0095 24.9905 50.1985 75.1890 0.0386 0.0027 0.0413

Distributed Generation 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Optional Additions

RightofWayLighting – – – – – 0.0437 0.0249 0.0686

Under VerandahLighting – – – – – 0.0437 0.0249 0.0686

Distributed Generation – – – – – 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000

Formore detailedinformation on ourpricingmethodology,which describesthe approach MainPowerhas adoptedto

determinepricesfor customers connectedtothe electricity distributionnetwork, visitmainpower.co.nz/pricing.

GOLDEN YEARS


ADRIEL RESTHOME ADVERTISING FEATURE

Home away from home ... Adriel resident keeping the gardens watered.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

Adriel hits the bigscreen

Ruby’s Choice,aground breakingfilmin

which dementia takescentre stage, due

to be released in Australia soon, has a

snippetfrom Amberley’s AdrielHouse

and Rest Home.

The film, which willbescreened in

New Zealand explores the humanising

story of agrandmotherdealingwith

dementia,and whosefamily rediscover

the value of her presence in their lives.

Adriel’sownerMischealMcCormick

saysitcan be ‘‘ tragic and tough’’ losing

afamily member to dementia, but they

are still there, andtheyhave moments of

clarity.

The filmgivespeople abetter

appreciationofpeople with memory

loss, and is neededtoimprove

communicationwiththem.

‘‘Itis(thefilm)quite educational and

moving,’’ saysMischeal.

Adriel is aSpark of LifeCentreof

Excellence, aprogramme which focuses

on thequality of the connection between

carersand residents, and theirfamilies.

It alsofosterskindness, compassion,

empathy, and respect for supportive

partners.

Mischeal says theprogramme is the

home’s point of difference fromother

facilitiesprovidingdementiacare,and

focusesonthe quality of the connection

betweencarers,residents, andtheir

families.

Someproceeds from Ruby’sChoice

willgobacktoDementiaCare

International and theSpark of Life

programme.

Mischeal urges anyonelooking for a

vocation to consider working at Adriel.

Gainingqualificationsonthe job is free,

and Mischeal is aqualifiedmoderator to

level4for those aiming to gainhealth

and wellbeing qualifications.

No industry experience isnecessary,

and peoplecan learn on thejob,she

says,whilealwaysworking alongside

anotherstaff member.

‘‘It is alot about interacting with

people.

‘‘It is noteveryone’scupoftea, butit

can be avery rewardingcareer,’’ says

Mischeal.

Alot of inhousetrainingisprovided

for staff,particularlyaround the Spark

of Life philosophy, andthe oneonone

care it promotes.

Noone ever worksalone at Adrieland

Mischealbelieveslearning and

improving skills on the job is invaluable,

with many young people, andstudents

starting out in thekitchen.

Mischeal saysbeingasmall home

more flexibility can be built intopeople

hours, andtheycan take time offfor

important chores, or to pickupchildren

from school, or in otherfamily

emergencies. Other staff cover for them.

‘‘This creates goodteam work,and

promotes goodcommunication,says

Mischeal. ‘‘Adriel is agreat supportive

placetocometowork,’’she says.

Staying safe ... Age Concern is offering arefresher course for older drivers in

Rangiora.

Support for older drivers

‘‘Staying Safe’’ is arefresher workshop

for senior road users in aclassroom

based setting which aims to maintain

and improve safe driving practices.

The workshop aims to help older

drivers refamiliarise themselves with

traffic rules and increase their

knowledge about other transport

options available to keep you mobile

for as long as possible.

Canterbury Age Concern is holding a

Turn everyday

essentials into

SuperGold

PHOTO: FILE

‘‘Staying Safe’’ course on March 9at

MainPower Oval in Rangiora from

10am to 2pm. Alight lunch is provided.

The course is open to any senior

resident who would like to learn more

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life.

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brand new retirement village in

Silverstream just before Christmas, and

village general manager Suzi Cadigan

says all 18 units from stage one will be

occupied by the end of March.

‘‘We’ve got nine units occupied so it’s

just asmall community at this point, but

they’re enjoying getting to know each

other and sharing cups of tea, sharing

craft ideas and playing board games.

‘‘They’re becoming their own little

community, like an extended family,

which is really lovely because alot of

people don’t have their extended family

around them.’’

Another 16 units are under

construction as part of stage two and are

expected to be ready in November.

‘‘We’ve had lots of interest. We are such

anew alternative to Kaiapoi which is

really exiting for the town and

Silverstream is such alovely area,’’ Ms

Cadigan says.

Lime Living Ltd was granted alanduse

consent by the Waimakariri District

Council last year to build The Sterling

Village, spread out over seven hectares

of land.

Over the next five years, the developers

plan to build 78 independent living units,

267 apartments, 48 residential care beds

and 36 memory care beds.

The Sterling Village is being

constructed alongside the growing

Silverstream development as ‘‘a village

within village’’, Ms Cadigan says.

‘‘It’s anice setting and because we are

within the Silverstream village, people

love that concept of being part of awider

community and having those wonderful

facilities nearby.

‘‘The Sterling is purposebuilt and we

Home duties ... The Sterling Village general manager Suzi Cadigan checks up on akitchen

in one of the new units.

PHOTOS: DAVID HILL

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‘‘We want the residents to be part of the

community. We don’t want it to be

closed.’’

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shops are just ashort walk away in the

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via the motorway, Ms Cadigan says.

For now The Sterling offers a

temporary clubhouse for residents to get

together socially.

In time new facilities will be added

such as lawn bowls, croquet, aputting

green, acommunity garden, apetanque

ground and achildren’s playground.

The site will also have its own cafe,

restaurant, cinema, swimming pool and

men’s shed.

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residents only, but the intention is for

them to be opened up to interact with the

wider village, Ms Cadigan says.

‘‘We hope to be able to challenge local

bowling clubs and croquet clubs to a

game.

‘‘There will be some services that will

be resident focused, but in general we

want to encourage that interaction.’’

Ms Cadigan says The Sterling Village is

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The Amberley Country Estate is setto

be launched in the middle of this year.

Construction is under wayonthe $200

million retirementvillage, withthe first

units expected to be availablebyJune

or July.

The HurunuiDistrict Council granted

aresource consent lastyear, allowing

for the development of the 16 hectare

siteover the next10years, but

developer Tim Bartellsexpects

construction to be completed in five

years.

‘‘Therewillbearound 500 people in

the village so it’snot asmall imprint,

but hopefully avery goodone. We’ve got

16haofland so this is notyourtypical

retirement village with everything

jammedin.

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gardens andlawns as afeature,rather

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together.’’

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rangingfrom 111to133 square metre

two bedroomunits up to 185square

metre three bedroom villas.

Consents for17units have been

approved so far,withmore being

processed. Thesite willalso haveresthome,

hospitaland dementiacare

onsite.

A330 square metre temporaryclub

house andresidents’facility is being

built at the entrance to thevillage to

provide acommunal space for

residents.

In time it will be replaced by astateof

the art communalarea, whichis

expected to include abowling green,

snooker,library, craft rooms,amen’s

shed,virtual golf and beyond, Mr

Bartells says.

Amberley Country Estate is located

Show home ... Some new show villas are under construction at the Amberley Country

Estate site.

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withineasywalkingdistance of the

towncentre, which willallowresidents

to connect with the wider community.

The complexwill be basedonthe

LongridgeCountryEstate,which Mr

Bartells is developinginPaeroa,

Waikato.

While he cannotsay for certain how

manyjobsthe Amberley projectwill

create, the Longridgedevelopment

providesongoingwork for around 100

contractors.

‘‘Wetry to uselocals and we spend

locally where we can,’’MrBartellssays.

‘‘Having that increase in population for

the townisgoing to be significant.

‘‘Typically whatwefindispeople

movefromout of townbecausethe units

are attractive with theirspace andnice

lawns.’’

Around 45 percent of Longridge

residents havemovedinfrom Auckland

and Mr Bartells anticipates asimilar

response fromChristchurchretirees.

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By SHELLEY TOPP

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Asecret garden,hidden in plain view in

Okuku,iswinning rave reviews from

visitors, and customers who buy the

flowers grown there.

The Birch Hill Flower Farm,owned

by Nicky Paul,isone of the gardens

featured on anew website calledSecret

Gardens, which has been established by

Banks Peninsula gardener, Jane

Mahoney and her daughter Sophie,who

lives in Auckland.

Nicky’s small flower farm was

established in September 2020 with

help from her partnerLes Summerfield

and her teenagechildren Sammie and

Gibson.

She wanted to createasustainable

local business thatprovidesfresh,

organicallygrown, cut flowers to the

Canterbury market and although she

also has afulltime job working off the

farm, she hopes to eventually be able to

work fulltime on her flower business.

Her inspiration for the flower farm

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thosefrom United States farmerflorist

and author ErinBenzakein, the

founder of Floret FlowerFarm in

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I,’’ Nicky says.

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support seasonal and organic flower

farming and also the global FieldTo

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marketinRiccarton every Thursday

morning but the public can also

purchase bouquets by messaging her on

socialmedia or by email.

‘‘I havealwaysbeen an avid gardener,

and have beendrawn towards the

Colourful landscape ... Nicky Paul in her Birch Hill Flower Farm

garden in Okuku .

PHOTOS: SHELLEY TOPP

English countrygardenstyle,’’ Nicky

says.

‘‘I love long boarders and mixes of

bothperennials and annuals,

particularlythe way theyare planned

and planted.’’

She is hoping to eventuallydevelop a

couple of her own longboarders on the

farm to show visitors what it is possible

to achieve by incorporatingthe flowers

she grows into their own gardens.

Nicky growsthe majorityofher

flowers fromseed, with her goal to have

an even mix of annuals, perennials and

woody shrub foliageinthe garden.She

has aspecial interest in heirloom

varieties and focuses on growing small

quantities of manydifferent flowers,

including ranunculi, honeywort and

mignonette snap dragons, zinnias, Bells

of Ireland and dahlias.

Her favourite time of year is the

Cuddle time. .. Birch Hill Flower Farm owner Nicky Paul, playing

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Maisie and Gus.,

height of summer wheneverything is in

fullbloom. She holdsregular

workshops at the farm and has also had

a‘‘steadystream’’ of garden tours

through the gardensince it opened.

Establishing the flower farm has been

alot of hard work but wellworth the

effort.

‘‘Itfeels like Iamchasing daylight

mostofthe time,but it is just so

rewarding.’’

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By SHELLEY TOPP

Work has begun on an arboretum

planned for Rangiora’s Millton

Memorial Park.

The arboretum is part of the

Waimakariri District Council’s new

development plan for the River Road

park approved by the RangioraAshley

Community Board last July.

Anumber of existing pine trees, which

were considered unsafe, have been

removed from the arboretum site.

The remaining trees will be pruned

and the site tidied in preparation for

planting the first new trees this coming

winter.

The development also includes an

extension to the Rangiora Dog Park for

anew dog agility area, apublic toilet, an

area earmarked for the relocation of the

North Canterbury Model Railway Club,

and apath network.

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who is the council’s parks and

recreation design and planning team

leader, says there is currently $135,000

allocated in council's Long Term Plan

and an additional $35,000 allocated from

the RangioraAshley Community

Board’s general landscaping budget, for

the project.

‘‘The Board allocated their

contribution to enhance the aesthetic of

this main entrance into Rangiora as part

of their overall view of enhancing their

town entrances’’’ he says.

‘‘This project will also add benefit to

the community and anumber of

community groups who use it.’’

The arboretum will provide an

opportunity for large specimen trees to

be planted and displayed which is often

difficult in urban environments.

‘‘It will also have apositive

environmental impact, help enhance

connectivity to the wider Ashley

Rakahuri Regional Park trails and also

offer knowledge and insight to visitors

about the species which grow in our

district and the wider world,’’ Grant

says.

‘‘The Rangiora Dog Park is already

renowned as alocation across

Canterbury for walking dogs and the

agility area will add to that public

profile and cater for avast number of

users.’’

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In his element making robots for 45 years

By DAVID HILL

ARangioraman’s robotsare settogoon

permanent display.

EricCummins (91) has beendesigning

and buildingmechanicalrobots as ahobby

for around 45 years and nowhis inventions

havebeendonatedtothe New Zealand

Museum of Toys andCollectibles in

Christchurch and to theOxford Museum.

He began his hobbywhenhis then

7yearold sonasked himtomake hima

robot.

‘‘DrWho andBuck Rogers were all the

rageonTVatthe time,’’his wife,Jayne

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After servingasanapprentice tool

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‘‘Heisbasically an inventorand was in

ajob he loved, as ascience technician at

the Department of Science and Industrial

Research (DSIR).

‘‘One desire he hadwas to makelegsso

thataparaplegic personcould standand

walkagain. He talkedtothem at work

(DSIR) aboutthisand wasgiven six

monthstocreatesome, whichhedid.’’

After working alongsideascientist,he

was makinggood progress, so theDSIR

asked Burwoodhospitaltocontribute

Home workshop ... Eric Cummins and some of his mechanical friends.

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Local schools dominate AgriKidsNZ contest

By DAVID HILL

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North Canterbury school

childrenhave once againshown

thatthe future of the rural sector

is in safe hands.

Oxford Area School and North

Loburn School teams placed first

and second in the Tasmanregion

AgriKidsNZ competition at

Springston on Saturday.

Known as the ‘‘Dudes and

Dudettes’’,Oxford AreaSchool’s

teamofWilliamGlassford (12),

WilliamShore(12) and Elizabeth

Cooper (11) cameout on top after

aseries of modules and thena

raceoff featuring the top seven

teams.

Teamsupervisor Michelle

Maginness says the childrenare

overthe moon at the result.

‘‘They reckon it'sthe best day of

their lives,’’ she laughed.

‘‘They're prettystoked, they're

absolutely pumped.

‘‘They've competedinthe

competition afew times and they

really enjoy it so to get

somewhere is just the icing on

top of the cake.’’

All threechildren are from

dairy farms and Ms Maginness

described them as ‘‘realfarm

kids’’ who love being outside and

out on the farm.

While OxfordArea Schooljust

enteredone AgriKidsNZteam,

North Loburn School entered

fourteams with ‘‘Tasman Tykes’’

and ‘‘Tihiraki Trio’’both making

the final raceoff.

The Tasman Tykes put up a

strong showingand crossed the

linefirst in the finalraceoff,

Second place ... North Loburn’s Tasman Tykes team of PJ

Mackintosh (12, left), Melanie Philpott (11) and Hamish Webb (11) were

pleased with 2nd place in the AgriKidsNZ contest.

before being placed second

overall.

In the raceoff teamsfaced a

series of challenges includingan

egg and spoon race,lassoing a

‘‘horse’’ and then putting on a

bridle, relayhammering anail,

gumboot throwing, awater

challengeand afourlegged race

to finish.

Ward School’s ‘‘Boundary

Riders’’placed third to join the

two North Canterbury teams in a

trip to the finalinWhangarei in

July.

Amongthe other schools

competing was Seddon School in

Marlborough,which sent eight

teams down for the competition,

with three qualifying for the final

raceoff.

OxfordArea Schoolwas also

represented in theFMG Junior

Young Farmer of the Year

contest by brothers Nicholas (15)

and Connor (13)Slemint. The

pair enjoyed their day of

competing.

Rangiora High School’s Sam

Grigg (17) and CharlotteRhodes

(17) qualifiedfor the fiveteam

final ‘‘faceoff’’ quiz, placed third

overall.

Just two placesinthe Junior

Young Farmer of the Year final

were up for grabs, withJack

Winners ... Oxford Area School’s Dudes and Dudette team of William

Glassford (12, left), Elizabeth Cooper (11) and William Shore (12) were

excited to win the AgriKidsNZ contest.

PHOTOS: DAVID HILL

DennehyColesand FinnO’Kane,

of St Bede's College, placing first

and Amelia Ridgenand Erin

Humm, of Christchurch Girls'

High School, second.

St Bede's College agriculture

teacher and team supervisor

John McPhailsays his boys had a

relatively short leadintime to

preparefor the competition.

‘‘I heardthey were up quite

late last night reading through

different notes and cramminga

bit of study,’’ he said.‘‘Itwas a

tight turn aroundthis year

becausewe'd only beenbackat

school for two weeks before

entrieswere due.

‘‘They were alast minute entry

on theday before so it was good I

managed to convince them and

get them in there.’’

Jackand Finn are both in Year

12 and are boarders, withJack

fromadairyfarm on the West

Coast and Finnfrom adairy farm

in SouthCanterbury.

Under the red lightsystem,

eacheventonSaturday was run

separatelywith the AgriKidsNZ

and junior young farmer contests

capped at 35 teams to comply

withthe 100 personcapacity

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Animal sacrifice recognised

By SHELLEY TOPP

Theresa Rosanowski is hoping people

will remember the wartime service of

animals today.

The Okuku woman is an avid supporter

of Purple Poppy Day, which is recognised

internationally on February 24 every

year, and she has been alongtime

campaigner to get the wartime service of

animals more widely recognised in New

Zealand.

Theresa was one of the organisers of a

commemorative plaque, recognising the

wartime service of animals which was

unveiled at the Rangiora War Memorial

Cenotaph last November.

One of the other organisers of the

plaque, Clare Hammond, says New

Zealand is probably one of the later

nations to recognise animals for their

war service.

‘‘There are many very dedicated

animal lovers in New Zealand who have

been working to make the general public

aware of the cost of animals lives from

wars and conflicts.

‘‘But as Theresa and Iwere

researching plaque designs we found so

much has already been done around the

world, in Europe, the United Kingdom,

the United States and Australia. There

are many memorials, very large ones too

in places around the world,’’ she says.

‘‘Our plaque is possibly the first on a

town/city public cenotaph in the world,

definitely the first in New Zealand.’’

However in Hamilton’s Memorial Park

there is alifesize, 300kg, bronze horse

statue Gunner, the War Horse, dedicated

to all the horses who lost their lives at

war, including many thousands of New

Zealand horses sent to battlegrounds but

never returned home.

Clare says Nigel Allsopp, aNew

Zealander now living in Australia, who

founded the Australian War Animal

Memorial Organisation (AWAMO) has

Lest we forget ... Remembering animals

which paid the ultimate sacrifice. PHOTO: FILE

done ‘‘a massive amount of work’’

helping to create memorials in New

Zealand, Australia and around the world,

including the poignant Animals in War

Memorial located outside London’s Hyde

Park, in England.

It is estimated that more than 16

million animals, including horses,

donkeys, mules, camels, dogs, cats and

pigeons served during World War 1and

more than eight million died, but many

other animals have also died in service

during other wartime conflicts around

the world.

The Royal New Zealand Returned

Services Association national women’s

president, Diane Wilson, says there is no

street appeal for Purple Poppy Day.

‘‘We see this as an ongoing project for

our RSA (Returned Services Association)

women’s sections to embrace, along with

their communities, to raise funds and

awareness as well as honouring our fourlegged

veterans.’’

The purple poppy was created in 2006

by aUnited Kingdom charity ‘‘Animal Ai’’

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Rugby for all players in North Canterbury

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By ROBYN BRISTOW

NorthCanterbury Rugby is working to

ensure everyone who wants to play rugby

at JABlevelthis seasongets the

opportunity.

NorthCanterbury Rugby Manager Craig

Mullan says the JAB competitionwill kick

off on May 7.

However, there willbesome changes

due to theCovid19 Red TrafficLight

settingsfor coaches, managers, team

members andsupporters to negotiate.

The structureofthe competition may

also look alittle differentfrom previous

yearstoaccommodate thosewho have

vaccinationpasses,and those who have

not.

Mr Mullan says several options are

underconsideration, however, to play

15aside rugby, players 12 years3months,

need to have amandated vaccine pass.

This not only helps ensureplayer safety,

but also helps control numbers attending

matches which has to be under 100

including includes players, managers,

coaches and spectators.

It also helps other Covid19 protocols to

be met safely.

But if thereisdemand,the association is

looking to offermodified competitions for

7aside or 10aside games for allother

players.

Mr Mullan is urgingplayerstoregister

withtheir clubssothey can get an idea of

whatthe competition structure may need

to be.

Registration is lowerthan normal for

thistime of the year, and it is hoped this

picks up soonsodemand for alternative

competitions can be gauged,and

structures sorted.

‘‘Pleasecomplete the registration

process so that each club has good clarity

on their position.’’

Someclubs are offering on line

registration, while other are holding

registration days.

New Zealand Rugby has issued updated

rules to support clubs and schools to

continue to play under the Covid 19 traffic

light settings. While match day guidelines

are stillbeing finalised, there is guidance

in place for training and changingrooms

on the New Zealand Rugby website at

nzrugby.co.nz.

Rallying the troops ... Coach Andre

Barrett rallies the Ashley Under 6rugby

team.

PHOTO:FILE

Oxford RFC JAB registration

Wednesday 16 th February -3pm to 5pm

Sunday 27 th February -10am to12pm

New players, coaches and managers welcome.

Fees: (eftpos available at clubrooms)

Un6 -Un10: $70

Un11 -Un18: $90

Family sub: $190

Sub includes free team photo, socks and mouthguard

Registration also available online at:

https//www.sporty.co.nz/oxfordrugby /orfcjab@gmail.com

On the run ... Last season’s Kaiapoi under13 fullback Blake Tull on the burst in amatch

against the Renegades.

PHOTO: FILE

Senior Div1, 2, Colts and Un18

Pre-season training starts 7pm on 8th February at home.

All new players welcome. SEEYOU THERE!!!

AnyJAB trophiesmustbereturned oneitherofthese

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• MrWhippy,

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Our muster events in April are achance to

meet coaches/managers and teams.

We have aTown vs Country pre season fixture

against Linwood Rugby Club in early May

at Mandeville.

Junior Grades we offer atthe club:

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found on our website http://www.ashleyrugby.co.nz/ Click on senior registrations.

For junior registrations, these are open and registrations are being taken however due to

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President without ashow

By DAVID HILL

Frank Macfarlane is apresident without

ashow.

The Rotherham farmer and his wife

Ginny were gearing up to preside over

the Amuri A&P Show at the Rotherham

Showgrounds on Saturday, March 5, until

Omicron got in the way.

‘‘It’s an excellent community and the

Amuri show is the main event for the

whole area, so it’s gutting to cancel.

‘‘We weren’t going to call it off. We

waited until we had no choice.’’

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1000, it is unlikely the show committee

PHOTO:FILE

will get any reprieve this year.

‘‘We would like to thank our committee

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Amuri’s A&P show secretary plans to

stick around for another year, after the

show was cancelled due to Covid19 for

the second year in arow.

Kim Balcombe was ‘‘thrown in the

deep end’’ for the 2020 show, but the

success of that show convinced her to do

another year.

Two years on, Kim is yet to experience

the buzz of asecond show as secretary.

‘‘That first year, Ithought ‘what the

hell have Idone, Idon’t want to do it

again’,’’ she recalls.

‘‘I remember my first show, we got to

the Thursday before the show and Isaw

it all coming together and thought ‘this is

really neat’.

‘‘So I’m hanging on in the hope that I

will get to experience that feeling again.’’

While that first show took alot of work,

Kim says she put some processes in place

to make the job alittle easier next time.

She says juggling aday job with being

show secretary is not easy.

‘‘Having aday job means I’m spending

my evenings doing work on it and Idevote

one day each weekend to show work.

‘‘But Ienjoy it.’’

Kim is also trying to convince

presidential couple Frank and Ginny

Macfarlane to hang in there for another

year so they can get ashow under their

belt.

She says the decision to cancel the

show was not an easy one.

‘‘It’s the one thing in the area, the one

communitybased event that everybody

Barrel racing ... Rodeo has been apopular

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goes to, so it’s areal shame not to have

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Last year’s show was replaced by a

community fun day, held the day after the

scheduled show when the region

returned to Alert Level 1.

But the red traffic light settings mean

no event is being planned to replace this

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Waiau schoolhas enjoyedabusy start to

the new schoolyear.

Megan Walker has taken over as the

new principaland like her counterparts

has had to formalise plans of how

learning will take place under the

different stagesofCovid19.

‘‘The staff have been instrumentalin

formulating theseplans as they know the

studentsand families and we are building

on previoussuccesses for distance

learning at Waiau School,’’ she says.

‘‘The 36 studentshave settledinto their

new schoolroutines and maskwearing

seems to be second naturefor our senior

room.’’

She says staff have beenpleased with

the way pupils and whanau have adapted

to ‘‘our new normal’’ and the year has

started off well.

Withthe school’sannual swimming

sports fast approaching,students have

beenenjoying daily swimming lessons

fromWaiSwiminstructorsJess and Sam.

In the afternoonsswimming and water

safety lessons are also offered withlocal

swimcoach Caroline Eastmond, Ms

Walker says.

‘‘Caroline voluntarily works with the

staff to help preparestudents for the

annual school swimming sports.

‘‘There is fierce competition for a

number of swimming trophies, such as the

O’Malley cup.’’

The keenly contested O’Malley cup is a

Waiau Schooltradition and has been part

of the school’s swimmingsports since

1942.

Judges will be looking at stroke

techniques and lifesavingskills.

Pam Murdoch will be takingthe senior

roomstudentsfor CPR skills and thiswill

be an important factor in making the final

decision on who will be the recipient for

the O’Malley Cup in 2022.

Lastweek the school enjoyed avisit

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Greetings ... Megan Walker greets junior room bus pupils Samantha, Millie, Monte and

Harper at Waiau School.

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Education educator Lauren.

‘‘Wewere learning about our brains and

growth mindset,’’MsWalker says.

‘‘The students enjoyed the lessons and

willfurther develop their knowledge

about brains and the importanceof

having agrowth mindset over the next few

weeks through aseriesofinteractive

lessonsand experiences.’’

‘‘Responding in an emergency’’ lessons

willalso be offered by Paula from St John

overthe next few weeks.

Withthe cancellationofthe Amuri A&P

Show, where the school’syoung artists

displaytheirtalents, Ms Walker says the

staff have been‘‘thinkingoutside of the

box’’ to create amini show at school.

But parents will have to view it online,

justlike the swimming sports, she says.

Ms Walker says she has been enjoying

getting to knowparents at the school gate

Sweetcorn going on sale

Rotherham School’ssweetcorn fundraiser

is settoreturn.

The schoolisonceagainplanningits

annualsweetcorn sale, withthe proceeds

going towards employing an extrateacher.

Anticipation is buildingasthe

‘‘delicious andspray free’’corn cobsbegin

to ripen.

Normally thesale of thesweetcorn

would coincide with theannual Amuri

A&P Show, whichhas been cancelled due

to Covid19.

To complywith the red traffic light

settings, the schoolisencouragingpreorders

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Rotherham Schoolhas hadabusy start

to the newschoolyearand is planning to

go ahead with theschool swimmingsports.

Being asmall school,contacttracingand

keepingtothe 100person restriction is

relatively simple,aschoolspokesperson

says.

Sweet sales ... Rotherham School children

celebrate asuccessful sweetcorn fundraiser

last year.

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But theschool is missing theopportunity

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Trying out skills all part of the contest fun

AshleighFoleyenjoyed trying out some

new skillsinthe Tasman FMG Young

Farmerofthe Year regional final on

Saturday.

The Waimakariri Young Farmers’

Club(YFC) member was the sole North

Canterbury representative in the

prestigiouscompetition held at Springston.

Operating adigger, setting trapsfor pests,

using achainsaw and quad bike safety were

just some of the challenges contestants

faced duringthe day.

Ms Foleytook homethe trophy formost

pointsfor afemalecompetitor and says she

is thrilled with her resultasafirst time

finalist.

DunsandelYFC member Jonny Brown

took out the title on his fourth attempt to

qualify for his first grandfinal.

Mr Brownmanages adairyfarm for

Dairy HoldingsLtd, milking 1300 cows.

Lincoln UniversityYFC members

AndrewAllan and Archie Woodhouse

placedsecond and third respectively.

New Zealand Young Farmerschief

executive Lynda Coppersmith saysthe

stakesfor 2022are high, being the third

contest season impactedbythe global

pandemic.

‘‘Entries for FMG YoungFarmer of the

Year were up 30 percent thisyear despite

the uncertainty of Covid, whichisacredit

to all our amazing volunteers, members,

sponsors and staff who put this contest

together,’’ shesaid.

‘‘My gratitude for everyone's efforts

extends beyondwords and Iamreally

proud to see how everyone has worked

together to deliver another season, to pivot

and adapt to new challenges including the

red light framework.

‘‘The calibre of competitors at each

regional final is the highest Ihave seenit

and is an extraordinary showcase of the

skillsand knowledge needed to be involved

in the primaryindustriesinthis day and

age.’’

Full results:

Jonny Brown,Dunsandel Young

Farmers, 1; Andrew Allan,Lincoln

University Young Farmers, 2; Archie

Woodhouse, Lincoln University Young

Farmers 3.

Top points agriskills: Jonny Brown.Top

Rain creates headaches

By DAVID HILL

The wet season is creating afew

headaches for contractors as theyrush to

complete the harvest whilethe sun

shines.

Contractors spokentobyNorth

CanterburyNews say the latestseason has

been agood one for local farmers, after

last year’sdrought,but not so good for

contractors.

BA Murray Ltd owner Steve Murray

says the wet weather is holdingupthe

harvest of grainand hay, as contractors

scramble to get the workdone between

rainy days.

‘‘Novemberwas good, then December

was average, and Januarywas challenging

and now Februaryiseven worse.

‘‘Withall those rainydays, it doesn’t

give us too many windows of opportunity

to get in and get the work done.’’

Therehas been plenty of silagecut, but

Mr Murray says farmers wanting to

harvest some hay may be disappointedas

six to seven days of fine weather are

normally needed to get agood cut.

Whileplenty of wheat and barley crops

are getting harvested,MrMurray suspects

some of those cropswill need to go

through the dryer before going into

storage.

‘‘We are still trying to achievewhat we

set out to achieve, but it’s about getting

the quality of the grain in. You get maybe

one or two fine daysand then it rains

again.’’

As the pressurecomes on to get the

harvesting done,MrMurray says he has

heard there is ashortage of machinery

available for hire, as contractors appear

to be acquiringevery available machine

to speed up the harvest.

Fletcher Farms owner NigelFletcher

says he has been focusing on gettingthe

grain harvestingdone on the lighter

groundfirst, in the hopethe heavier soils

will dry out soon.

‘‘The heavier grounddoesn’t take the

machines at the moment and we can’tget

the trucksincloseenough. But you can’t

do much about nature. You’ve justgot to

get in and do the best you can.’’

As afarm owner, Mr Fletchersays

despite the harvestingchallenges, this

seasonhas beenagood one afterlast

year’sdry autumn.

The labour shortageisanother

headache for contractors and Mr Murray

says he has struggled to find enough

experienced operators this season.

‘‘We’ve had areasonablenumber of

applicants, but we are abit fussy whenit

comes to whatpeople we want.

‘‘When you’vegot $300,000 tractors and

$1 millioncombineharvesters, you want

good peoplewith experience to drive your

machines.’’

Mr Murray says he did take on one keen,

young workerthis season who has done a

good job.

But Mr Fletchersays he has been able

to get enough staff this season. He did

have one injuredworker, but was able to

find auniversitystudenttofill in.

‘‘We generally don’tuse overseas

workers, but Iunderstandit’s been hard

for other contractors.’’

Digger work ... Ashleigh Foley tries her

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points agrisports: George Dodson. Top

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Brothers in arms ... Oxford Area School’s junior young

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Egg and spoon race ... Hamish Webb (11), of North

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Betting turnover up despite closed Rga meeting

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Betting turnover at the Rangiora

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Saturdayincreased by 20 percent on

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Thisisdespite the meeting being

closed to the public due to the Covid19

red traffic light protection framework.

Clubpresident GregWright said it

was disappointing havingtorun a

closed meeting,but the betting

increase was pleasing and reflects the

public’senthusiasmfor quality New

Zealand harness racing.

The clubran two ‘‘bubbles’’ on

course, one for horse trainers,drivers

and officials, and one for owners and

clubmembers.

Complimentary tea, coffee and finger

foodwas providedbythe club for both

bubbles.

‘‘Therewere no bar or betting

facilities on course, as was the case for

our two meetingsinNovember last

year, withattendeesusing their online

accounts to makebets,’’MrWright said.

The racing was held on the grass

track with one of the features beingthe

TeamTeal Challenge InvitedDrivers

Pacefor female drivers.

Thisrace was won by Taurus and

driven by Ineka Lee.

All of the drivers in the race wore

tealcoloured trousers to raise

awarenessand fundsfor ovarian

SPORTS RESULTS

Rangiora Golf Club

Nine Hole Competition: Stroke /

LGU: Women: Ruth Crawford 36,

ColeenWhite 37 c/b, Pat Roberts 37,

Ann Martin 38 c/b.

Men: John Gardner 37,Denis Brook

38, Ross Gillespie 39 c/b,Stephen

Bell39.

Rangiora Bridge Club

ThomasPairs: North/South: Judy

Bruerton/Joyce Gray 1, Colleen

Adam/DawnsSimpson 2, Sue

McIlroy/Beverley Brain 3. East/West:

WMargaretPickering/Janice

Pickering 1, Lyn Edwards/Judith

Driver 2, Heather Waldron/Bunty

Marshall 3.

Rimu Pairs: N/S:Irene Carson/Helen

Thornburgh 1, JanRoose/Judith

Driver 2, HeatherWaldron/Veronica

Hall 3. E/W: Richard Luisetti/Ken

Johns 1, Moody Shokry/David Rainey

2, ShirleySymns/Marion Lomax 3.

Junior Evening: N/S: Jan Cameron/

Brian 1, AnnetteCaldwell/Gail

Dunlop 2, Kerryn Lange/Karen

Manson3.

E/W: Gerard McRae/Michael

D’Oliveira 1, Margriet Dykstra/

JudithRobinson 2, Fons Sanders/

At the start ... Secondplace getter Let’s

Go Ringo (9), lines up at the start of race five,

the Ashley Hotel Pace, at the Rangiora

Harness Racing Club’s meeting at Rangiora

Racecourse last Saturday afternoon.

Prettyboycoby (7), which finished third, is

next alongside Seapris (5) and All Too Well

(3) with the rest obscured. PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP

cancer research.

The racewas partofthe WomenCan

TeamTeal campaignwhichisrun in

partnershipwith theNew Zealand and

Australian harness racing industry.

The campaign is run annually across

six weeks during February and March.

Ellis Sanders3.

PremierPairs: Judith Calder/Janelle

Crawley 1, Lynda Cameron/Barry

Smart 2, Gaynor Hurford/Dawn

Simpson3.

Waimakariri Gorge Women's Club

18 Holes: FNimmo beat MRobertson

4up, SGillespie beatJDeans 3up; L

Anderson beat KBush 3up; S

Macdonald beat RPilbrown 1up; N

Weavers and LBeetsHuchshortall

square;JBlatch and SFarraall

square;KBattersby and SKing all

square.

9Holes: JSmith beat JJenkins3up;

CMacDonald beat BThompson3up;

JAllenbeat TCraig 2up.

Amberley Golf

Feb 19:Men:NRhynd 42, RWilshire

39, GFitzgerald 38, DVan Turnout

38, TFleet 37, RMcPhail 37, G

McGettee 37.

Ladies:JCumming 37, LRobinson

36, KPercy 36, SPratt 36.

Excel Design Longest Putt:KPercy.

Mid WeekMen Feb16: KKennedy 38,

DSmith 36, MBruner 36,RKeith 35,

MCarson 35.

Twos: BYates, BBalderstone, K

Rayner.

Nine holers: Feb16: DSmith nett 34,

LEdwards Nett 37.

Hidden holes: Garry Reid;combined

11 stroke.

CANCELLED FOR 2022

Don’t stop moving though, as all entries purchased will

roll over to next year’s event, set for 19 March, 2023.

For more information or to get in touchvisit www.city2surf.co.nz

We would liketoacknowledge and thank thesponsors of our 2022 event

Thank youtoour event partners

Call Aaronfor

genuine, friendly

service from amultiple

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What’s happening in your

community…

All Redinfo traffic onchanges light restrictions to Council are services in placeand -visit facilities waimakariri.govt.nz can be found atfor waimakariri.govt.nz/covid19

further info.

Active Covid Cases in Waimakariri

We now know that we have active cases in the

Waimakariri District and, as Omicron is avery

transmissible virus, itislikely that this number

will grow.

It is important that we continue to follow

guidance –this means getting vaccinated,

wearing amask, scanning, practicing physical

distancing, using good hygiene practices and if

you feel unwell, getting tested.

The most important thing people can do is get

vaccinated and boosted and, whether vaccinated

or unvaccinated, you should prepare for what you

need to do if you get Covid-19 and are required to

self-isolate.

For most people who are vaccinated, Omicron will

be amild illness.

We encourage neighbours and communities to

pull together to support people who are unwell.

Rural communities are particularly good at this.

Keep in touch with neighbours and especially

those in our communities who are elderly,

isolated or health vulnerable.

Across the Canterbury DHB, 99 percent of

people have had their first doses, and 98 percent

have had their second. There is agreat deal of

information available for people, including on the

Council website, and we encourage people to visit

the Covid-19 website which has all the information

available that people may need.

We as aCouncil will continue to follow the

government’s guidance and as the Covid-19

situation evolves, the Council has been adapting

and changing as required to keep our staff and

communities safe.

Under the Red level of the traffic light system,

Council services and facilities remain open, with

physical distancing, masks and additional hygiene

measures in place. Vaccine passes are required in

our busiest public facilities.

Have you signed up for

the Waimakariri District

Council Newsletter?

To join visit:

waimakariri.govt.nz/subscribe

The Waimakariri

Event Funds

Enterprise North Canterbury is inviting

organisers of Waimakariri events to

apply for one of two event funds.

The funds offer between $500 and $10,000

towards events held in the Waimakariri District.

The current funding round is open from

1March until 31 March 2022.

Check out the criteria for the Waimakariri

Regional Events Fund and apply online at

www.northcanterbury.co.nz/regional-events-fund

Check out the criteria for the Waimakariri

Event Fund and apply online at

www.visitwaimakariri.co.nz/events/organisers/

Or contact events@visitwaimakariri.co.nz for

more information.

The Waimakariri Regional Events Fund isMinistry of

Business, Innovation and Employment funding and the

Waimakariri Event Fund is Waimakariri District Council

funding. Both are administered by ENC.

This FREE classroom based course will

rules and safe driving practices. It will

also increase your knowledge about other

transport options.

Wednesday 9March 2022, 10am-2pm

MainPower Oval, 216 Eastbelt Rangiora

RSVP to Age Concern Canterbury on

03 331 7808 by Wednesday 2March 2022.

NORTHERN PEGASUS BAYBYLAW

KNOW THE RULES

Enjoy Our Beaches Safely

Before heading out to enjoy the

Districts beautiful beaches, here

are afew rules for vehicles.

• Recreational driving, or driving

for pleasure isn’t allowed

• Ifyou’re on the beach for an

approved purpose like launching

aboat, stay under 30km/h

• Slow right down to10km/h

around people oranimals

• Always drive below the last high

tide mark, never inthe dunes

• There are no-go areas –know

before you go.

Find out more at waimakariri.govt.nz/beaches

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plastic to hold

liquid or food so

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green oryellow bin.

Use abucketofsoapy water

and aspongetoclean your

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howweuse water duringsummer.

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ROOM AVAILABLE for

mature person. Own bathroom

and garage space. In

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Pets

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for smaller dogs. We look

after your dog in our home.

"No kennels". Phone today

03 314 6110.

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Old /Injured or Unwanted

(Cattle &Horses)

MEAT2U.NZ

313 0022

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Livestock

HOMEKILL & Wild

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313 0022. www.meat2u.nz.

Gardening

LAWN MOWING, Waimakariri

area. Please ph

027 933 6523.

Firewood

SPILT old man pine, 3.7

$260. Ph 021 993 497.

Cars Wanted

ANY old cars, anything pre

1990, unfinished Hot Rods,

Classic Cars. Please call

027 258 8366.

CASH 4CARS

and 4WD'S

Phone

Automotive

Parts

03 313 7216

CARS, vans, 4WD’s

wanted for dismantling or

repair. Phone 027 258

8366.

FALCONS &

COMMODORES

WANTED

Suitable for

dismantling or repairs

Ph 313 7216

2412522

Motorcycles

WOF your motorcycle or

light trailer at South Pacific

Motorcycle Services, Mandeville.

Ph 03 312 0066

office@motorbiketours.co.nz.

Home Services

EXPERIENCED vaccinated

caring lady, offering

care for older people, refs

available. Phone Debbie

021 074 9883.

Wanted To Buy

WANTED

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and good quality

second hand furniture

Happytotravel

Phone Rick 021 376883

or email photo to:

hall.coffey@xtra.co.nz

$$$

Amalgamated Scrap Metal

Ltd. Specialists in farm

machineryand farm clean

ups, old vehicles etc.

100% locally owned.

Ph 0800 030 712 or

027 695 0480.

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For Sale

MATCHBOX MODELS,

old Moko Lesney boxes

1-75 $125ea, gift sets 1&3

$650 ea. Ring 03 423 3936

Rangiora between 10am

and 4pm Mon to Fri. Cash

only.

Educational

TUITION available. Primary

and secondary up to

NCEA level 3. In centre

(Rangiora) or interactive

online from your home.

Each student onanindividually

tailored programme.

Kip McGrath Rangiora has

been serving the local community

for 30 +years. Give

us acall (03 313 3638) or

book your free assessment

online https://www.kipmcgrath.

co.nz/rangiora

Automotive Services

CARAVANS &

MOTORHOMES.

Interior &exterior repairs,

maintenance & upgrades,

based in North Canterbury.

Solar, satellite, awning

installations. Sheetmetal,

light engineering &welding

services. Professional

coach builder specializing

in the RV industry 25 years.

Call Darryl @ Advanced

Auto Homes 027 220 6566.

Situations Vacant

Reporter–AshburtonCourier

We arecurrently looking foraversatile reportertojoin our team at the

AshburtonCourier.Allied Press Limited employs over 450 people on

apermanentbasis across our 15 sites in the South Island. Weoperate

across multiple media platforms (print, online,digital) delivering news,

information and entertainmentthrough our various regional and city

publications including the AshburtonCourier,The Star (Christchurch) and

the Otago Daily Times.

Thesuccessful candidate will have:

• Excellentwriting ability

• Ahigh degreeofinitiative

• The abilitytoworkautonomously,juggle multiple tasks and meet regular

deadlines

• Afull NZ driver’s licence

KAIAPOI CLUB

INDOOR BOWLS

SEASON

OPENING

28 th February

at 7pm

Upstairs at

Kaiapoi Club

113 Raven Quay,

Kaiapoi

New Members

Most Welcome

Further information

please ring Terry

027 360 4939

OR MARY 327 8561

2459043

NORTH CANTERBURY

Ploughing Match Association

AGM. To be held in

the Ohoka Hall, March 9th

at 7.30pm. All welcome.

Bill Ward, Chairman.

Phone 03 313 4395.

AGM for the No88 (District

of Waimakariri -

Squadron )Air Cadets will

be held on Thursday 7th

April at 7pm at the Canterbury

Recreational Aero

Club, Rangiora Airfield.

All welcome to join us.

Personal

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To meet, please call

and Quote code 59.

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• Photography, video and websiteskills aredesirable.

• Relevantjournalism qualification (or equivalentexperience) would be a

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• Agreatteam environmentand an opportunitytogrowyour

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• Enjoybeing partofasmall,dedicatedteam.

• Employeewellbeing benefits including medical insuranceand EAP

Acopyofthe full position description can be found at

alliedpress.co.nz/employment.

If youthink this role is foryou,please apply to:

Daniel Tobin (Editor) daniel.tobin@ashburtoncourier.co.nz

with your covering letter and CV by Friday4March2022,

or post to 199 Burnett Street,Ashburton,7700.

Public Notices

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other agencies

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Supported by:

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Commercial Properties

COMMERCIAL INVESTMENT

PROPERTY

Long term tenant (14years).

$60k per annumrent.FutureEQ

upgrade will be factored intoprice.

Would consider exchangefor

rental propertyorland.

Phone Chris 021 757 358

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Driver -Truck and Trailer

Canterbury Waste Services provides resource

recovery, waste transport and waste disposal

services in Canterbury.

We currently have an opportunity for an experienced

class 5driver to join our friendly team based in

Christchurch. Inthis role, you will ensure the safe

and efficient operation of ahook-lift truck and trailer

unit (hook-lift training will beprovided). Wehaul

waste from anumber of Refuse Transfer Stations

from around the region, to the Kate Valley Landfill,

in North Canterbury.

We operate afleetoflatemodel trucks,fully equipped

with modern technology, and take great pride in

delivering an essential service to the residents and

businesses of Canterbury.

We are offering aposition on our dedicated team

of professional drivers, where safety and full

compliance with road transport standards and

driving rules, are paramount.

We offer ongoing training and development, with

opportunities to grow and expand your driving

career.

If you are an experienced multi-skilled driver, then

we wouldlike to hear from you.

Youwill need the following attributes:

• A valid class 5licence with relevant driving

experience.

• Relevant transport industry knowledge and

experience.

• You willneed to be physically fit .

• Have the ability to work both autonomously

and as part of ateam.

• Bereliable andtrustworthy.

• Haveawillingness to learn.

• Apositive, friendly attitude and outlook.

The closing date for applications is Saturday 26

February 2022.

Apply online www.wastemanagement.co.nz or to

obtain an application form and job description,

please contact:

CanterburyWasteServices

PO Box 142, Amberley7441

Attention: Linda Chandler

or email: lindac@cws.co.nz or telephone

03 3591800

At Waste Management, the health and safety of our people

is our highest priority. For this reason, we have introduced

a policy requiring all employees and visitors to be fully

vaccinated for COVID-19 within our offices and sites, unless

an official medical exemption applies. We have chosen to

share this information early in our hiring process, so that

candidates can make an informed choice. Onthis basis, as

part ofthe application process you will be asked to confirm

your vaccination status with us.

Canterbury Waste Services has aZero Tolerance to drugs and

alcohol in the workplaceand undertakespre employment and

random testing.

2457577

Situations Vacant

Landfill -Operator/Driver

Canterbury Waste Services provides resource

recovery, waste transport and waste disposal

services in Canterbury.

Canterbury Waste Services is seeking afit, versatile

team player, preferably with heavy plant operating

experience, willing to learn all aspects of waste

disposal and civil construction works at the Kate

Valley Landfill in North Canterbury. The position is

part ofadedicated team involved in the operational

aspects of earthworks construction and waste

disposal, in a safe and environmentally secure

manner.

If you are an experienced multi-skilled operator,

driver or relatively new to the construction industry,

then we would like to hear from you. Alternatively,

if you have any machine operating experience, or a

mechanical aptitude, and are keen to advance in this

industry, we’d also be keen to hearfrom you.

Youwill need the following attributes:

• Possessappropriate licences to operate heavy

machinery–Classes 1&4.

• Ideally have experience in the operation of

heavy earth moving machinery.

• Bephysically fit.

• Bereliableand trustworthy.

• Haveawillingness to learn.

• Enjoy working as partofaproductive team.

• The ability and willingness to work within

the variable timeframes required by the CWS

operation.

• A positive, friendly attitude and outlook.

The closing date for applications is 5.00pm on

Monday 28 February2022.

Apply online www.wastemanagement.co.nz or to

obtain an application form and job description,

please contact:

CanterburyWasteServices

PO Box 142, Amberley 7441

Attention: Linda Chandler

or email: lindac@cws.co.nz or telephone

03 359 1800

At Waste Management, the health and safety of our people is

our highestpriority.For this reason, we have introduced apolicy

requiring all employees and visitors to be fully vaccinated for

COVID-19 within our offices and sites, unless an officialmedical

exemption applies. Wehave chosen toshare this information

early in our hiring process, sothat candidates can make an

informed choice. On this basis, as part of the application

process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status

with us.

Canterbury Waste Services has aZero Tolerance to drugs and

alcohol in the workplace and undertakes pre employment and

random testing.

2457466

FACTORY, Poultry, Traffic

Control, Sawmill. Short

and long term roles available,

immediate starts Contact

Daphne or PJ at Superior

Personnel. 03 313 6180.

For other roles see our

website

www.superiorpersonnel.co.nz

Trade&Services

A PAINTER WITH

PASSION! Local painter

with 30 years of quality and

integrity in all aspects of

painting. Phone Mike on

021 0903 8546.

ABEL &Prestige Chimney

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned

& operated. Covering all

areas from Waimak to Hanmer.

Professional, guaranteed,

service. Firebox

repairs, carry most parts. Ph

0800 661 244.

ARBORIST qualified.

Copper Beech Tree

Services. Tree removal,

pruning, height reduction,

hedge trimming, shaping,

tree planting, firewood.

Free quotes. Contact Angus

Edwards 027 259 6741

copperbeechtreeservices@gmail.com

BRIAN’S Tree Services.

Tree felling, topping,

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish

removed, stump grinding,

branch chipping.

Affordable rates. Phone 03

327 5505 or 021 124 4894.

BUILDER available

licensed. Decks, fences,

alterations, property maintenance,

LBP. Please phone

027 294 1423.

BUILDERS Father &son

team. Amac Builders are

available to help you with

your building needs. High

standards, low overheads,

no job too small. Check us

out on fb. Amac Builders

Ltd. Phone 027 318 4400.

CHIMNEY SWEEPS.

Time to service your fire.

Accumulation of soot seriously

affects performance.

Latest rotary brush technology.

Free moisture check

on wood. Safety inspection.

All work insured and guaranteed.

From $80 single

story. 0800 SWEEPME or

www.sweepnz.co.nz.

DIRTY TILES &Grout?

Professional tile cleaning,

tiled shower restoration,

mouldy silcone, shower

glass & we can even

recolour your old grout!

For all your tile and grout

issues call Grout Pro for a

free, no obligation quote.

Ph Darryl 0800 882 772.

FIRE GUARDS Custom

made with safety latch.

Phone 021 169 9066. E:

pjfabricators123@gmail.com.

GENERATORS Honda /

Rato /Diesel, plus parts &

accessories 027 262 2266

www.BLAX.nz.

Log Fires

Pellet Fires

Heat Pumps

Sales

Service

Installations

Free Quotes

03 343 1651

472 Blenheim Rd

www.heatstore.co.nz

LOGSPLITTERS Honda

or Rato powered, plus parts

& accessories. Telephone

027 262 2266 www.BLAX.nz

METAL WORX. Flashing,

Sheetmetal Fabrication,

Wrought Iron,

Welding, Custom Trailers,

General Metalwork. No job

too big or too small. Ph 021

265 5428 or 03 314 6908.

Find us on facebook/

Glenmark Metal Worx.

glenmarkmetalworx.ltd@gmail.com.

PAINT & wallpaper

services. Wayne Bryant,

exterior, interior. Qualified

tradesman. Free quotes. Ph

313 5337 or 027 654 4568.

PAINTER & Decorator.

25 + years experience.

Interior /exterior, roofs &

waterblasting. For a free

quote, please ph Steve 03

314 4620 or 027 477 1930.

PAINTER. Qualified local

professional, Int / Ext,

roofs, wallpaper. Call or

text Corban 027 846 5035.

PAINTERS

Reg Tradesman

Interior,exterior.

North Canterbury Painters

specialising in decorating for

over 65 at adiscount rate.

Free quotes.

Covering Nth Canty,Oxford,

Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Amberley.

Rob 03 327 7899

or 027 432 3520 2227597

POWER TOOLS repairs,

parts &sales for over 40

years. All main brands serviced.

Grossman Trade

Tools, 23 Watts Road,

Christchurch. Ph 389 9230.

Pride &Quality Painting

&Decorating Services

20 yrs exp, fast and friendly

service. For all your painting

needs, phone: Martin 310

6187 or 021 128 9867

Trade &Services

ANTHONY SYMONDS

Forall your painting &

plastering requirements

Local with 30 years

experience

All workmanship

Guaranteed.

Phone 021 344 023

RANGIORA Rubbish

Removal and RRR skips.

Wheelie bins any frequency

and skips from 1.5 cube to

9cube. Skips and wheelie

bins for any use, rubbish,

greenwaste, building sites

or just cleanups. Give us a

phone call 313 6957 or for

skips 021 313 255.

REMOVALISTS

Movemen Ltd

2Men &agood sized truck.

From $150 plus GST per hour.

Kaiapoi based.

Call Gerard

027 668 3636

movemen.co.nz

ROOFER. All roof repairs,

roof painting, water blasting,

moss treatment,

repointing, gutter cleans &

snow straps, and more. Free

quotes. Please ph Nathan

027 516 6609.

SCREEN PRINTING.

For all your printing

requirements. T-shirts,

Hoodies, Hi-Vis vests and

polos, Overalls, Caps etc.

Please phone Heather 03

313 0261 or email heather.

norstar@gmail.com.

SHEARER. Hap’s Farm &

Lifestyle Services. Shearing,

crutching, drenching,

tailing, feet trimming &

health check. — Ph. 03-

423-3713 or 021-267-4025.

SHEEP SHEARING,

drenching, feet trimming.

For Lifestyle blocks. Call

Stu 027 315 6916.

WINDOW TINTING

tintawindow

advanced film solutions

99% uv block

fade protection

heat control

reduce glare

25 Years Experience

privacy films

frosting designs

non-darkening films

Workmanship Guaranteed

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films

UV

block

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts

03 365 3653 0800 368 468

Trusted Trades &

Professional Services

2220615

2401953

SEPTIC TANK

CLEANING

Bill’s Liquid

Waste

Blair Tavendale

Ph 03 314 9371

0275 379-694

2362002

You dump it...

Blair pumps it...

027 216 0000

STUMP GRINDING:

Stumpclear is here for

stump grinding at your

home or lifestyle block in the

Waimakariri District. —Ph.

027-242-3522.

CRAIGS Trees

(03) 327-4190

TREE REMOVALS

THINNING &PRUNING

STUMPGRINDING

FELLING &TOPPING

FULLYINSURED

QUALIFIED ARBORIST

Free Quotes

027 2299 454

craigstrees@xtra.co.nz

VALUATION -

Specialising in North Canterbury.

Contact Geoff at

Maxwell Valuation. Phone

03 310 8541 or email

geoff@maxval.co.nz.

WATERPUMPS Trash,

clean water, Honda or Rato,

parts &accessories. Telephone

027 262 2266

www.BLAX.nz.

Guide

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office or remotely.

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Tree felling, cutting and

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2070788

• WOF Cars &Trailers

• Vehicle Servicing &

Repairs

• Tyres &Punctures

• Jump Starts

•

Towing &Salvage

• Courtesy Car Available

Ph Aaron Rowlands

0272 588 366

13 Stone Eyre Place,

Swannanoa

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

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

Trusted Trades &

Professional Services

Guide

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

Builder

Butchery

Cattle Problems

Computer Repairs

• New Builds &Renovations

• Light Commercial /Re-strengthening

• Project Management

• Bathrooms

• Farm Buildings

• House Lifting Re-piling

• Shop Fit Outs

2408831

40+ years experience

027 222 5078

markw.hills@xtra.co.nz

OxfordButchery

Shane and Leanne Frahm

We cankill&process yourstock

FourGenerations of Frahms

since 1957

Ph 312 4205

Oxford

Number one

old-fashioned bacon

&ham curing.

A/H 312 4709

WE ARE OPEN, WEARE AESSENTIAL SERVICE

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• Live Humane Capture

• Trucking

• Tagging

• Testing

• Sale of unruly, difficult, pesky

cattle

Profit share 50-50

Craig Flintoft 03 312 9432

craigflintoft@gmail.com

2459888

Bruce Evans

131 Ohoka Road

Kaiapoi

03 327 3111

021 293 6331

compucare@xtra.co.nz

www.compucare.co.nz

Computer Repairs &upgrades

Prompt professional services

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Virus &malware removal

New &UsedPC’s4Sale

Construction &Concrete

DENTURE CLINIC

Ear Health

Engineering

All Construction & Concrete Work

•Driveways, patios &paths

•Bridges and Culverts

•Floors, foundations

•Sheds and buildings

•Dairy Sheds, Herd homes

•Silage pits, effluent ponds

•Excavation and cartage

•Precast concrete

•Insulated panels

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Scrap Metal

Daryl Power

027 230 9401

concretepower@scorch.co.nz

www.concretepower.co.nz

▪ Painting ▪ Gardening

▪ Fencing ▪ Lawn mowing

▪ All General Maintenance

Performed to the highest

standard by a straight up,

honest, Handy Guy

No job too small!

Flat hourly rate, no hidden surprises!

THE

HANDY

GUY!

Handyman

Call Guy “The Handy Guy” Now

0275 040 658

CASH PAID FOR SCRAP

•Car Bodies •Scrap Steel•Specialists in Farm

Machinery•All non Ferrous

MAINLAND

METALS LTD

Ph (03)338 7000

Mike0274 818544 •Robbie 0274 818 027

Locally owned and operated

1902273

2273277

AMPLIFY YOUR

BUSINESS

AND BE THE

NAME THEY

REMEMBER

FIRST

RANGIORA

DENTURE CLINIC

Garry WMechen

Registered Clinical DentalTechncian

Phone (03) 313-9192

38a Ashley Street, Rangiora

NEW N W DENTURES D ES

*RELINE * *REPAIRS

* I S

HOURS

8.30am -12noon

- Monday to Friday

FREE E CONSULTATION O

AND ADVICE

A V C

For a/h repairs

phone (03) 310-3044

Advertise with

us and get

noticed

today!

Phone us today on 03 314 8335 or email

sales@ncnews.co.nz to find out how we can help!

Plumbing

For all

general

aspects of

plumbing

Discounts for over

65 years old

Fast friendly service

All work guaranteed

Aaron McCartney

Certifying Plumber

Cell 027 366 9091

A/H 03 310 2137

Free Call:

0508 44EVER

EMAIL:

plumber_27@yahoo.com

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• Ear Health checks.

• Wax removal using Microsuction

• Removal of foreign bodies

• Basic hearing aid care

• ACC provider

• WarVeteran provider

• No medical referral

required

Clinics in Rangiora, Amberley and Kaiapoi

Rest homes/retirement villages, booking by prior arrangement.

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

Email alison@earcare.nz | Ear Care Canterbury

2324849

HAVE YOU HAD

THE SNIP YET?

❖ Tree Topping ❖ Hedge/Shelter belt cutting

❖ Gorse Hedge &Under Pivot cutting

❖ Vegetation mulching

TAKING BOOKINGS NOW

Call Craig

027 222 1632

or 0800 SNIP IT

Email

craig@treesnip.co.nz

2MACHINES OPERATING CANTERBURY WIDE

2452097

Hedge Cutting /Tree Topping

www.treesnip.co.nz

Painter /Plasterer

HURUNUI Painting

• Qualified tradesmen, quick,neat and friendly.

• Reasonable rates. • Interior /exterior painting.

• Interior plastering &wallpapering.

• Spray painting &water blasting.

P: Rod Hermes 027 414 0830 or 03 314 2391

E: r.hermes@xtra.co.nz

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Tools &Equipment

SALES

PARTS

SERVICE

ACCESSORIES

ON-FARM VISITS

Water Blasters, Log Splitters, Generators,

Air Compressors, Water Pumps, Air Tools, Spray

Equipment, Replacement Ag Seats, Small Motors.

Free local machinerydelivery.

Richard Black www.BLAX.nz

North Canterburyowned &operated

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2269236

For your Engineering needs

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821

toppeng@xtra.co.nz

Landscaping

For all your landscaping needs

All Landscaping, Retaining Walls (Engineered and

Non-Engineered), Timber Fences, Landscape Structures

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

Phone Jeremy 021 169 9394

www.blackhill.co.nz

www.facebook.com/blackhillltd

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Seamless Spouting

Seamless Spouting

Supply and Install

of Seamless Gutters

10 year no leaks

guarantee

• Continuous spouting made on site,

large colour range available

• High grade and thicker material used

• Repair or replace any type of gutter

• Undertake all insurance work

• Independently owned and operated

• Competitive pricing

Servicing North CanterburyDistricts

Call Danie 021 875 462

Thursday,August 2, 2018 | Issue808 | www.ncnews.co.nz

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OUR WEBSITE LATELY?

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Visit now toview the paper online &more!

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

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