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Thursday,March 24,2022 | Issue988 | www.starnews.co.nz 

Local BMX riders race to the top 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

One of the smallest clubs at the BMX 

New Zealand championships, hosted by 

the Hamilton BMX Club at its Forest 

Lake track, made one of the biggest 

impacts. 

The North Canterbury BMX Club sent 

ateam of eight riders north earlier this 

month, with six of them making the top 

eight in New Zealand in their sections. 

To top of their success, Riley Smart 

was one of four riders selected in the 

New Zealand Mighty 11 team to travel to 

Australia next month for atest series. 

North Canterbury president Mike 

Smart says the club was avery high 

achiever on the national stage, with 

three of its riders taking out aNZ1 

place. 

‘‘It was awesome at nationals,’’ he 

says, attributing alot of the success to 

the club’s concentration on younger 

members, and also its facilities which 

hosted the 2021 South Island 

championships. 

Ahard working volunteer base at the 

North Canterbury Club in Rangiora, has 

also helped the club to achieve, with 

many rolling up their sleeves to 

maintain their track to ahigh standard, 

and doing alot of work behind the 

scenes to help out the membership. 

Riley won the New Zealand 12yearold 

boys section, Skyla Hansen the girls 

8yearold section and Tahlia Hansen 

the 25 to 29 year female section. 

North Canterbury’s two elite riders 

also came away with placings in the 

men’s under 23 men’s section. 

Liam Goodwin took the NZ3 title, and 

Blake Day NZ4. 

Logan Clark was NZ8 in the 15yearold 

boys section, Brooklyn Hansen 12th 

in the 10yearold boys, and Lucas 

Thornton 17th in the 12yearold section. 

Riley’s test selection followed him 

making acleansweep of most of the 

titles he has raced in this year. 

Mike says his son has put in alot of 

hard work attributing much of his 

success to mentor Liam Goodwin. 

‘‘Liam is an amazing mentor for the 

younger riders,’’ he says. 

Mike says Riley had travelled 

throughout the season to compete in as 

many events as he could. 

‘‘He is agood keen lad.’’ 

Mighty 11 ... Riley Smart races for NZ1 at Hamilton’s Forest Lake BMX track. 

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Asymbolic reminder of the past 


Waiau’s All Saints Church, left battered, 

brokenand forlornafter the 2016 Waiau 

earthquake, may remainfor ever as a 

reminder of that fateful November 

morning. 

Owner Scott Rutherford has no plans, at 

the moment, to return it to its former 

glory. 

But one thingremains certainitwill 

not be bulldozed. 

Mr Rutherfordbought the church, 

designed by architect Cecil Wood and 

dedicated in 1925, to ensure it did not 

becomeaheap of rubble. 

Funds are scarce to do littlemorewith 

it, otherthan make it safe,particularlythe 

bell tower. 

The Church wasn’t insured due to 

natural disasterinsurance on church 

buildings becomingprohibitively 

expensive after the 20102011 Canterbury 

earthquakes. 

For now Mr Rutherfordwill sureitup, 

and maybebuildawrought iron fence 

arounditto improve the atheistic. 

‘‘I will make it safe and tidy it up for the 

moment,’’ he says. 

Eventually it could be relocated to a 

higherplain uponthe hill overlooking 

Waiau alongside the War Memorial, or, if 

by some miracle, or with the backing of a 

richlisterwitha‘‘bunch of cash’’, it could 

be restored or rebuilt fromthe groundup, 

Mr Rutherfordwould happilydosofor the 

Waiau community. 

However, he doesn’tbelieve afull 

restoration is economic for the use the 

Churchwould get. 

Besides, the stoneworkhas little 

reinforcing, and there are cracks. 

‘‘The whole building is distorted, there 

are afew slates missing off the roof, and 

the Bell Towerisabig issue.’’ 

The baseofthe bell tower has slumped 

and cracked, and it is only sitting on three 

piles the fourth has collapsed. 

If the church was to be rebuilt, the roof 

would have to come off and the whole 

building tackledfrom the bottom up 

‘‘which is well beyond my means’’. 

Mr Rutherford says time is his biggest 

enemy in getting something done. 

So meanwhile he will mow thelawnsto 

keep it presentable, makeitsecure and 

turn his attention to the Church Hall 

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Battered ... The bell tower of Waiau’s All Saints Church leans precariously following the 

2016 Waiau earthquake. PHOTO: FILE 

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‘‘I will build acouple of apartments.It 

won’t be much different outside, but Iwill 

makeitinto quitesomethinginthe 

inside.’’ 

Mr Rutherford saysthe localcommunity 

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Mr Rutherford is encouraged by how 

many visit theChurch, and how much 

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be saved, somehow. 

‘‘It is abeautiful old iconic building.Itis 

just amazing the number of people who 

comment on it, especially people 

travelling through, and wanttoknow 

whereitis. 

‘‘However, meanwhile Iwill make it 

presentable, and keep it as an historic 

pieceinthe district’’. 

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The Covid19 experience has encouraged 

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saving seeds. 

When Food SecureNorth Canterbury 

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respondents saidthey wanted to learn 

aboutseeds, saysFSNC coordinator 

Krysten Phillips. 

FSNC is acollaborativedistrictwide 

project focused on developing food 

resilience in the communitybybringing 

together people, knowledge, and 

resources, to feed and empower North 

Canterbury. 

‘‘We sent out asurvey in December to 

help learn how to best support our 

communitytobefood resilient and almost 

250 North Canterbury residents 

responded,’’ Krystensays. 

Peoplewanted opportunities to learn 

skills suchasseedsaving,how to collect 

seeds,how to store them and everything to 

do withseeds. 

In response FSNCplanned aworkshop, 

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North Canterbury News, March 24, 2022 

Huge concern at home care cuts 

By DAVID HILL 

Cuts to home care services in North 

Canterbury are causing ‘‘ongoing 

concern’’, amid Covid19. 

Concerns were raised during last 

week’s Waimakariri District Council 

community and recreation committee 

meeting. 

Committee chairperson Cr Niki 

Mealings says ‘‘cuts to home care’’ have 

been aconcern for some time among 

groups in the community which 

represent the elderly and disabled. 

The Public Service Association (PSA) 

says it has concerns for provision of 

home and community support services 

in rural areas, as workers are not 

adequately compensated for covering 

large mileage in their own vehicles. 

Home support services in North 

Canterbury are contracted out by the 

Canterbury District Health Board 

(CDHB) to private healthcare providers. 

CDHB ECC incident controller Dr 

Helen Skinner confirms there has been 

atemporary reduction in home support 

services during the Omicron outbreak. 

She says rural areas are difficult to 

cover at the moment due to available 

workforce. 

Hurunui Mayor Marie Black says she 

has ‘‘significant concerns’’ for health 

care provision in rural communities. 

The imminent dissolution of the 

various DHBs in favour of one national 

body on July 1isadding to the 

uncertainty, she says. 

‘‘It’s fantastic that elderly are still able 

to live at home, but Iamaware that 

support workers are having to travel 

significant distances in rural 

communities. 

‘‘There’s asystemic failure and it’s 

difficult to attract people into those jobs 

because of the pay scale, having to use 

their own vehicle and the poor mileage 

payments, so we need to keep 

advocating for our people. 

‘‘Those workers are cherished in our 

community, but they’re not well 

supported.’’ 

Mrs Black wrote to one of the private 

healthcare providers operating in North 

Canterbury four weeks ago to raise 

concerns, but has yet to receive a 

response. 

Mayor Dan Gordon says he has raised 

concerns with CDHB chairperson Sir 

John Hansen and been assured there 

were no issues. 

‘‘I’ve heard those concerns around 

health care in general, and every time 

I’ve asked the question, I’ve been told 

there isn’t an issue.’’ 

But he urges residents with concerns 

about adrop in service to get in touch. 

The CDHB referred questions around 

mileage compensation to the Ministry of 

Health. 

Support workers receive 58 cents per 

kilometre, 21 cents less than the Inland 

Health care cuts ... Home service cuts are causing significant concerns for the welfare of 

the elderly, disabled, and those in rural communities in North Canterbury, amid Covid19. 

Revenue’s recommended 79c/km. 

This is despite a2015 agreement 

between the Ministry of Health, DHBs, 

private healthcare providers and 

unions, where the parties agreed to 

work towards meeting the IRD 

recommendation. 

In the wake of rising petrol prices, 

PSA assistant secretary Melissa Woolley 

says it is time for the Ministry of Health 

to make good on its commitment. 

She says home care services are not 

adequately funded, which is forcing the 

private healthcare providers into cost 

cutting, which is impacting on both 

support workers and clients. 

In recent years healthcare providers 

have laid off local coordinators in 

favour of call centres to handle rosters, 

client and worker queries to reduce 

costs. 

‘‘I’m hearing of wait times of 30 or 40 

minutes when staff are calling in sick or 

clients are needing to make contact,’’ Ms 

Woolley says. 

She has heard of instances where 

clients are phoned and ‘‘it’s suggested 

they don’t need acarer today’’, rather 

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in sick. 

It means the healthcare provider does 

not need to report it as ‘‘a missed care’’ 

to the DHB. 

Despite apay equity agreement 

reached with the government and 

legislation banning Zero Hours 

contracts in 2017, Ms Woolley says 

support workers continue to be under 

valued and training is not readily 

available. 

‘‘I think there’s aperception from 

employers that they don’t need ahighly 

skilled workforce,’’ she says. 

‘‘I’ve heard of incidents where a 

support worker has turned up to aclient 

to do apressure bandage and they’ve 

never done it before.’’ 

At atime when there is ashortage of 

support workers, the PSA has had to 

advocate on behalf of experienced 

workers, receiving considerably less 

work than their contracted hours, 

resulting in reduced incomes. 

Ms Woolley says the health sector 

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support workers ‘‘back inhouse’’. 

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Leaders frustrated 

By ADAM BURNS, 

LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER 

Hurunui Mayor Marie Black believes 

there are zero benefitsfor her district 

among the dozens of proposals offered 

by the ThreeWaters’ working group. 

Community leadersinNorth 

Canterbury have expressed frustration 

in response to the Representation, 

Governance and Accountability group’s 

reportwhichisset to be reviewed by the 

Government. 

Mrs Blackisdisappointed the group’s 

reportdid not amounttomuch 

significant changeand suggested its 

publicshareholding model was an 

attempt to ‘‘sugarcoat’’community 

concerns. 

The committee unveiled atotal of 47 

recommendations earlier thismonth, 

following widerangingconcernsover 

the government's controversial 

proposal to have the management of 

councilownedthree waters 

infrastructure absorbed by four 

regional bodies. 

The group, largely amix of several 

mayorsand iwi representatives, was 

taskedwith addressing concerns after 

Local Government Minister Nanaia 

Mahutaconfirmed in October the 

reforms would be mandated. 

The ministersays she willnow 

consider the suggestions put forward in 

the report. 

Akey recommendation by the group 

was aroundownership, claiming a 

publicshareholding model ‘‘clarified’’ 

who ownedwaterassets. 

It proposed the government give 

councils ashareholdinginterest in the 

four waterentitiesbasedonpopulation, 

amountingtoone share per 50,000 

people. 

‘‘A major concern we heard fromour 

communities,iwi and hapu was about 

the privatisation of New Zealand’s 

water services,’’group chair Doug 

Martin says. 

Mrs Black suggestedthe groupwas 

trying to soothe the waters. 

‘‘Perhaps that'ssugarcoatedsome of 

the initial feeling, and tried to 

acknowledge the ownership through 

shareholding,’’ she says. 

‘‘Our biggestfears are loss of that 

local voice and the opportunity froma 

democratic processtoinfluence. 

‘‘It’s interesting where it is sitting at 

this point.’’ 

WaimakaririMayor Dan Gordon,who 

serves as deputy chairofthe 

Communities4Local Democracy group, 

renewedcalls for pause on proceedings. 

‘‘I find it astounding that despite 

universal negative feedback fromthe 

sector,lack of public support, and flaws 

in the fourentity model, the report from 

the Working Group opted to onlytinker 

at the edges,’’ he says. 

‘‘Like other mayors across New 

Zealand, I’m disappointed but not 

surprised the working group haven’t 

been able to affect any real change.’’ 

Kaikoura Mayor Craig Mackle 

believes the report does not address 

widerangingconcernsand sayscouncil 

will challenge the ‘‘flawed and 

undemocratic paththe Government was 

committed to’’. 

‘‘The working group has had to do alot 

of hardwork in avery short space of 

time, and to be honest something like 

this, with awider brief, shouldhave 

been set up from day one,’’hesays. 

‘‘They have made some 

recommendations thattweak the 

existing proposals, but they werevery 

much hamstrungataddressing wider 

rangingconcerns by the limitations of 

their termsofreference. 

‘‘Whether the minister even listens to 

these tweaks is anotherquestion.’’ 

New cafe in town ... Rebecca Pearce, from Loburn, left, owner of the Purple Cow Cafe, 

with the cafe’s chef, Laura Thirlwell, from Fernside 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

Purple Cow steps in to serve 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

The closure of Rangiora’s Stonebaked 

Craft Bakery Cafe has provided Rebecca 

Pearce with aunique opportunity. 

The Good Street cafe was owned by 

Rebecca’s father Darryl Pearce and her 

late mother Leanne Miles, who died last 

year. 

But when it closed for good in 

February this year Rebecca decided to 

take over the lease. 

She opened The Purple Cow on March 

3, in abrave move during challenging 

times due to the Covid19 pandemic, and 

many hospitality businesses struggling. 

But owning her own cafe is something 

Rebecca, who is abaker like her father 

and has worked in the hospitality 

industry since leaving high school 12 

years ago, has always wanted to do. 

``I realised Icould do it and that it is 

better to work for yourself than for 

someone else,’’ she said. 

``It is adifficult time to start up a 

business but Ifeel we are starting at rock 

bottom so it can only go up from here.’’ 

Rebecca, who lives in Loburn, has 

been joined in the venture by her 

partner, Sam Rush, awelder by trade, 

who is also acheesemaker with 

managerial experience. Both are 

foodies. 

``We also have abrilliant chef in 

Laura Thirlwell,’’ Rebecca said. 

They serve Atomic coffee, a``nice rich 

blend,'' in the cafe and homebakedstyle 

comfort food made fresh in the cafe 

kitchen. Laura’s chocolate brownies, 

and her painting of apurple cow, are 

already ahit with customers. 

Opening the cafe has been emotional 

for Rebecca with the first anniversary of 

her mum’s death, on March 31, 

approaching. But she is pleased with the 

support the cafe is receiving, after aslow 

start, and is certain Leanne would be 

proud of what she has done. 

Let’sTalk 

aboutthe draft 

Annual Plan 

2022/23 

We’reseeking your feedback on severaltopicsinthisyear’sdraft 

Annual Plan.These focusoncontinuing todeliver highlevelsof 

infrastructure, community facilities as well as protectingour natural 

environment. 

Specificallythe Councilare asking forfeedback on: 

• Funding required to complete the Kaiapoi Community Hub 

• Kaiapoi Stormwater and Flooding Improvements 

• Service Level Changes toour Road Network. 

Have your say before Monday 4April 2022 

waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk

Employment disconnect 

By ADAM BURNS 

Local Democracy Reporter 

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5 

Adisconnect between employers 

and younger jobseekers in North 

Canterbury may be holding both 

groups back,despite 

unemploymentsitting at record 

lows. 

Alarge proportion of those 

unemployed in both the 

Waimakariri and Hurunui districts 

are under 25, and discussions have 

been set in motion aroundwhy this 

was the case and how to improve it. 

This comes amid multiple 

industries crying out for staff and 

record low unemployment 

throughoutthe country. 

Former Waimakariri Youth MP 

EllieTizzard —who is steering the 

project alongside Waimakariri MP 

Matt Doocey —believesboth 

businessesand youth have been 

disengaged. 

‘‘There’snoreal connection 

between the two, basicallydue to a 

lack of communication and not 

knowing what sortofprogrammes 

are out there,’’ she says. 

The annualaverage 

unemploymentrate in the 

Waimakariri was 2.7 percent in 

December 2021,down from 3.1 

percent 12 monthsearlier. 

The official unemploymentrate 

for thecountry dropped to arecord 

low 3.2 percent. 

About20percent of thoseonjob 

seeker supportinboth the 

Waimakariri and Hurunui districts 

were under 25. 

It mirrors the national picture 

wherethe unemploymentrate 

among‘‘youngKiwis’’was three 

timesthe national average, 

according to Stats NZ’snumbers. 

Fact finding ... Youth MP Ellie Tizzard discusses her youth eployment 

project with Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey. 

PHOTO: FILE 

Mr Doocey says low 

unemployment was hiding high 

youthunemployment. 

‘‘A major concern was that with 

redundancies, young peoplewould 

be competing with more 

experienced adults for jobs,’’ he 

says. 

Ms Tizzard conducted ayouth 

survey within the district which 

highlighted 90 percent of 

respondents found it difficult to 

secure employment. 

She saysthere was apossible 

lack of awareness around what was 

on offerfor young jobseekers. The 

agricultural sector, who continue 

to grapple with alabour shortage, 

have been engaged in discussions 

through the scheme. 

But employers had raised 

concerns aroundwork ethic which 

had made them think twice about 

taking on younger employee. 

Enterprise NorthCanterbury says 

employershad noted youth were 

cominginto the workforce lacking 

the basic skillsrequired. 

‘‘It takes alot of effort on the 

employers parttobring them up to 

standard,’’ business support 

manager Miles Dalton says. 

‘‘Theywant to knowthat the 

personthat they willtake on will 

have agood work ethic and be able 

to do the job, and whilethe 90 day 

trial is agood toolfor employers 

with fewerthan 20 staff, there is 

still alarge risk for anybusinessif 

they takeonthe wrong person, 

including youth.’’ 

Ms Tizzard saysshe believed 

there were youngpeople who were 

willing to workhard and work 

ethic was not limited to the 

younger age bracket. ‘‘People of 

our generation have acompletely 

uniqueexperienceand goinginto 

work lifewehave new skills and 

knowledge to bring.’’ 

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Around the electorate with 

STUART SMITH MP FOR KAIKOURA 

Cost of living Crisis 

SinceLabourcame into office in 2018, 

foodprices are up morethan 13 

percent, the average rentisup $140 a 

week, and it costs $45more at the 

petrol pump to fill astandard tank. 

Those wanting to buytheir first 

home arefinding it incredibly 

difficult. 

The average house price is up almost 

$400,000 under Labour. 

Rising interest rates mean interest 

costs on a$600,000 mortgage are up 

$7200inthe last 12 months, andthey’re 

only going up from here. 

Withprices rising twiceas fast as 

wages, the average Kiwi family is 

worse off than they were 12 months 

ago, but high inflation meansincome 

tax is higher. 

We’ve got the perversesituation 

wheresomeoneonthe average wage 

nowhas amarginal taxrate of 33%. 

And someone on the minimum wage 

only has to work a44hour week to face 

amarginaltax rate of 30 cents in the 

dollar. 

This is outrageous, and we need to 

do something about it. 

At the upcoming Budget in May, the 

Finance Minister should useaportion 

of his record $6 billion to adjust 

income taxthresholds to account for 

the inflation we’veseenunder Labour. 

Someoneon$55,000 ayearwould get 

$800 in tax relief this year. 

And anyone earning $88,100 or above 

wouldbebetter offbyover$1000 a 

year. 

Because NZ Super is indexed to the 

average aftertax wage, those who 

receive the pension wouldalso 

benefit. Thecouple rate for NZ Super 

wouldincrease by around $520ayear. 

These changes aren’t going to make 

anyone rich. 

But forKiwis who are suffering 

under the weight of the costofliving 

crisis, every dollar counts, so they 

wouldcome as welcome relief. 

Theywouldn’t require cuts to 

existing services like health, 

education or thepolice. 

Theywouldn’t mean austerity or a 

Budget with no new spending. 

Theywould be met from the Finance 

Ministers record $6 billion new 

spending allowance, and he wouldstill 

have threequarters of thatallowance 

left to fundnew initiatives or pay down 

debt,which would stillbearecord 

amount of new spending. 

In fact the remaining $4.3 billion 

wouldstill be the biggestevery new 

budget spending allowance. Jacinda 

Arden and Grant Robertsonbelieve 

they canspendyour money better than 

youcan, butIbelieve Kiwis deserve 

some relief from thecurrent cost of 

living crisis, and Iwill be working hard 

in Wellington to makesure of it. 

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perspective on life 

The fullmoon was juststartingto 

peakoverthe treesand throughthe 

streaky clouds. 

It was errie. 

Apossum, feeling threatened was 

growling andhissing from the nut 

tree,and thedogs, frightenedby 

distant shooting, nearlytookthe back 

out of thekennels as Iput themaway. 

Car enthusiasts joinedinthe 

cacophony. 

It was awelcomedose of reality, 

and apretty normal night in the 

countryside, in theseextremely 

weird times. 

WhileIam nolongersurewhat 

normal is, Ihad an evening out over 

the weekend, wherethingsofold 

werediscussed, and everythingfrom 

Putin’s luxurioushomeand life, to 

vegetarianism, the occasionaldose 

of politics, were chewed over,along 

with asharedmeal. 

We discussed thingsofold and the 

personalities and happeningsinmy 

profession backinthe day, thanks to 

Don the connector. 

It is easy to let yourpastslideinto 

acubby hole,alongwithall theneat 

people you once workedwith. 

And here we were withour 

partnerschewing the fat,and 

laughingabout the dayswhen we had 

readers, typewriters and people 

smoking at theirdesks to ourpresent 

day lives. 

The Ukraine, Russianwar 

inevitably came up, whichled to one 

of our party, Howard, recalling being 

huddled around apretty scratchy 

little tellyinour Rangiora office, 

watching the GulfWar unfold before 

our eyes. 

This signalled anew beginning in 

communication, which todayhas 

gonewell beyond the telly. 

In allour little gathering wasa 

welcomebreak fromour daily lives, 

whereyou need achecklist 

everytime you exit yourcar, and are 

too scared to cough in the 

supermarketfor fear of thefilthy 

looks you get. 

Hopefully in the nextfew months, 

as we slideinto winter,lifewill be a 

little less weird. More importantly I 

justliveinhope the firewood pileis 

going to last the distance. 

Head students 

DearEditor, 

Ithank the principals of OxfordArea 

School andHurunui College for their 

considered responses to my question 

about the appointment oftheirhead 

students. 

It appears that we have quite different 

ideasaboutgenderequality,balanced 

leadership, role models and, indeed, the 

existence of differences between young 

men and young women, girls and boys. 

For the record, Iwould bejust as 

alarmed to seeastudent leadership team 

comprised exclusivelyofyoungmen,as 

hasapparently happened at Hurunui. 

It may indeed takemesometime‘to 

cometotermswith this’. 

At anyrate ,Idoubt Iwill getthere 

before the Green Party of Aotearoa New 

Zealand, which, with itsconstitutional 

requirement to havemaleand femalecoleaders,clearly 

hassomething to learn 

from the schools of rural North 

Canterbury. 

McALPINES MITRE 10 MEGA RANGIORA -OCEAN WATCH 

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Yours, Ben Kingsbury 

Three Waters 

Dear Editor 

IamconcernedthatMrDoocey’srather 

emotional letteragainst The Three Waters 

Consultation that is being held between 

Government and representatives from 

councils throughout the country, including 

Māori. 

Mr Doocey has madestatements that do 

not sit comfortably with me and others. In 

my opinion, thisispurescaremongering 

whenhesayswhenthegovernment is 

assetgrabbingand forcing this on local 

communities,andthegovernmentis 

insultingtheir intelligencebyproposing 

amendments from ahandpickedworking 

group.HesaysthatWaimakariri 

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Iamalwayshappyinthisdemocratic 

countryofours that people have the right 

to have an opinion whether for or against. 

What Iwould howeverask is that opinions 

contain thecorrect facts of thematterin 

hand. 

TheFacts —Nanaia Mahuta, the 

minister overseeing the Three Waters 

issue statedon public television lastweek 

apologisingfornot gettingthe information 

outonthe threeWaters issuethatwould 

have enabledpeopletounderstand the 

issues.She said,“Itakefull responsibility 

for that.” An honest politician. 

Minister Mahuta alsosaidit is difficult 

forcouncilsasthere is misinformation, 

andsomecouncilsdonot completely 

understand the information. The Minister 

stated:Water assets will stay in the hands 

of allNewZealanders; Local priorities & 

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voices guaranteed; Ongoing consultation 

willrefinethe details; WaterServiceswill 

be publicly owned and locally managed. 

Most importantlywhentheMinister was 

askedabout the possibility of mandating 

the council’s inclusion,she replied it was 

amatter of workingwith thesectoronthe 

best pathway forward. She saidthe 

consultation grouphadproducedsome 

very good ideas on how theycould all 

moveforward towards an agreement. 

She said the whole groupwere in 

agreementthatwaterreformwasneeded. 

Therewere 40,000 boil water notices given 

in 2020. 

Thisweek thePrimeministeralso 

statedthatshe wasexcitedatthe ‘Three 

waters’consultationgroup’s ideasthat 

were forthcoming.Shewasconfidentan 

agreementwould be made between the 

parties. 

Inthemeantime, Iamlooking froward 

to theincrease in National Super, andthe 

heting subsidy comingsoon.Thiswillhelp 

in these challenging times. (Abridged) 

Yours,Maevis Watson,SRN OHNQSM 

Swell 

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Gore Bay 11:12pm 2.4 4:53pm 0.5 



Kaikoura 11:04pm 1.8 4:47pm 0.4 


*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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7 

AMBERLEY 

POOL 

opening day 2 APRIL 2022 

Special honour ... Kelly Scanlon, centre manager of the Amberley Community PreSchool 

and Prep School, left, with pupils from the school, twins Reiko and Jagger Keane, aged four, 

placing awreath at the Amberley Domain service last year. 


No Amberley service 


Poppy Daywill be held in Amberley,but 

the Amberley RSA’spublic AnzacDay 

Service at the Domain has been 

cancelled. 

RSA presidentJamesDrewerysays the 

restrictions on public gatherings, dueto 

Covid19,madeittoo difficult to holdthe 

annual service in thecommunity hall. 

It is thesecond time theRSA hashad to 

cancelthe eventdue to the pandemic. 

Poppies will be for saleonApril22at 

mainoutlets in Amberley,onadaywhich 

providesvaluablefundsfor the Returned 

Services Association to support veterans. 

Mr Drewery is encouraging peopleto 

think of otherways of payingtheir 

respects to theFallen,the Serving and 

Returned servicepersonnel. 

He sayspeople could standattheir gate 

at 6amfor aminutessilence, perhaps 

“Exclusive” 

holding acandleorapoppy, in 

remembrance of theFallen. 

He says childrencouldbeencouraged 

to make asmallwreath or apoppytolay 

in a‘‘specialarea’’ at home, or lay themon 

aCenotaph in the district,orthe 

Amberley Cenotaph by thelibrary. 

During lockdown on Anzac Dayin2020 

many held family servicesintheir 

backyards,orneighbours stoodattheir 

gates at 6am in remembrance. 

Thenationalflagwas hoistedup 

flagpoles,and youngfamily members 

sported medalsonce worn proudly by a 

familymember whohad passed. 

Meanwhile, theAmberley RSA andthe 

Amberley LionsClub have runanart 

competitiontoheightenthe awarenessof 

‘‘ouryouths understandingofthe meaning 

of Anzacobservations’’. 

It wasopen to seniors and junior school 

childrenand closedlastweek. 

Youngsters feel empowered 

Hurunui youngsters who took part in a 

personal development and innovative 

thinking initative, say they feel 

‘‘empowered’’ after spending aweekend 

with The Social Experimentteam. 

The Hurunui Youth Programme received 

$10,000 funding fromthe Ministry of Youth 

Development to fund theproject, with local 

youths joined by others from the 

Waimakariri District and the Auckland 

region. 

The Social Experiment is designed to 

provoke changeinyouth through 

challengingconversations aboutpersonal 

experiences and limitations, peer support, 

team building and critical thinking around 

topical youth related issuessuch as mental 

health. 

Social Experiment facilitator Amal 

Abdullahienjoyed guiding thegroup 

through ‘‘a whirlwind48hours’’. ‘‘Moving, 

inspiring and eyeopening areafewwords 

Iwould usetodescribe last weekend.‘‘It 

was aprivilege to leadagreat groupof 

rangatahithroughsome lifechanging 

insights.’’ 

Hurunui YouthCouncils Deputy Chair 

LauraCundy says the experience was 

nervewracking at first,but she endedup 

leaving withanewfound confidence and 

determination to create changewithin 

‘‘myself and my community’’. 

Blaze King ULEB Wood Fires 

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Come along and be part of the fun with 

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celebrations will begin at 11am finishing at 2pm. 

The pool will remain open until 6pm. 

Can't make it on opening day? The pool will be 

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throughout April, including school holidays. For 

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Awar on wasps is keeping visitors safe 


Bruce Newland’s love of the outdoors is 

keeping anasty pest at bay in Glentui. 

The 74yearold Rangiora man has 

killed 64 wasp nests around the Glentui 

Nature Walk (Loop Track), in the Mt 

Thomas Forest Conservation Area this 

summer season. 

Bruce says hunting down, and 

eradicating wasps nest is ‘‘satisfying’’, 

particularly after hearing horror stories 

from school parties feeling the full mite 

of wasps. 

‘‘It keeps me fit,’’ says the bushman of 

old. 

He is one of many volunteers working 

for Wasp Wipe Out, aproject aimed at 

reducing the numbers of one of the most 

damaging insect pest in New Zealand. 

Wasps also harm native birds and 

insects, and create asignificant 

nuisance for people. 

Wasp Wipe Out targets German and 

the common wasp populations in late 

summer. 

Bruce says last summer agood hit was 

made on the wasps in the Glentui area 

with Vespex bait, in late February, early 

March. However, the surrounding 

forests were untreated and ‘‘teeming’’ 

with wasps. 

‘‘So the area was ripe for reinfestation,’’ 

he says. Added to this adry 

January this year, and the wasps were 

back with avengeance. 

‘‘A check midJanuary confirmed our 

worst fears with ahigh buildup. Aquick 

count revealed five nests,’’ he says. 

With aborrowed bee suit, Bruce was 

back in the bush afew days later and 

counted nine nests. He dusted them with 

insecticide. But as nests were removed, 

more were revealed. 

Over asix week period, and in abrand 

new bee suit his wife Jenny bought him, 

he continued to hunt out nests, with 

seven trips averaging nine nests per 

Wasp nest ... Anest revealed beside the Loop Track at Glentui, after vegetation was pulled 

from it. 

PHOTOS: BRUCE NEWLAND 

trip. 

‘This included eleven nests around 

the Glentui car park at the foot of Mt 

Richardson. 

By the end of February Bruce says he 

was starting to make an impact, with out 

of reach nests getting some special 

treatment. 

‘‘This baiting is now complete with a 

good 95 percent reduction in wasps 

numbers. 

Bruce says local beekeepers noticed a 

rapid response from the work he had 

done in lowering the numbers, with 

honeydew being left for the bees and 

native birds. 

‘‘The whine of wasps has been fully 

replaced by the buzz of bees. The wax 

eyes and and bellbirds have also chimed 

in nicely, all targeting the honey dew,’’ 

says Bruce. 

This year’s work included aline up 

the bypass track from the Glentui’s 

Loop Track. 

Waiting game ... Atom tit waits to snatch 

food from wasps crawling on the forest 

floor. 

Bruce took time out from his toil to 

watch aresident tom tit swoop and steal 

insects and grubs from wasps crawling 

on the forest floor of the boney foothills 

country. 

He urges people to keep alookout and 

destroy big wasps hibernating during 

the winter behind curtains, boards or in 

woodsheds. 

These, he says, are the young Queens 

which will eventually migrate back to 

the bush during the summer to start new 

nests.

‘Easter Egg Hunt’ 

21 March -13April 2022, Rangiora CBD 

Business No of Eggs Buesiness No of eggs 

Back Country (The Gables) 

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The Feedshack (Good Street) 

The Purple Cow (Good Street) 

Marion and Co. Jewellery 

Rangiora Showlines 

Moda Bella 

North Canterbury Books 

I’Adore (Durham Street) 

Mike Pero (Durham Street) 

Sew Proud Clothing Alterations 

Specsavers 

Whitcoulls 

Devlins Real Estate 

Wee Kiwi 

Willoughbys 

Red Cross Shop (Victoria Street) 

Caci (Victoria Street) 

Handzon (Albert Street) 

Rangiora Showcase Jewellers 

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1. Visit the businesses listed on this worksheet 

to find out how many ‘Easter Eggs’ 

they have in their show window. 

2. Write the number of eggs down on the 

sheet and drop your completed sheet into 

one of the three participating businesses 

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receive awrapped chocolate egg, 

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Participating Businesses: 

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Wee Kiwi Kids, Rangiora 

Bayleys Real Estate, Rangiora 

Bayleys Real Estate 

Unichem Pharmacy 

Lime Real Estate 

Rangiora Lotto &Gifts 

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(thank you toour Sponsor -Lime Real 

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Winners will be contacted Thursday 14 th 

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11 

Waimak Classics ... Asmall selection of what is on offer at Waimak Classics. There will 

also be plenty of classics that will roll into the Better Half Kitchen and Bar for people to enjoy 

viewing. 

PHOTO: SUPPLIED 

Aclassic vehicle day 


It willbepetrol heaven at Ashworth’s 

Corner on March 27. 

Over 100 classiccars are expected to 

park up at the Better Half Kitchenand 

Bar for the monthly classic gathering. 

Just ashort distance away,car 

enthusiasts willalso be abletoenjoy a 

coveyofclassics, exotic,rare, vintage, 

antique cars and motorbikesat 

Waimak Classics Cars amuseum that 

gleams with makes and models to view, 

envy,buy or just enjoy. 

Acoupleofcar and motorcycle 

clubs, including the Holden Club, are 

also expected to turn out, withplenty 

of parking available for all. 

More than 12 months on from the 

firstClassic Car gathering, started by 

Amberley car enthusiast Trevor 

Stanley Joblin, the eventhas grown, 

and become aplace to gather, 

socialise, dine and talk all thingscars. 

Trevor sayshestarted the gathering 

because it didn’t involve alot of input 

from him,comparedtohis organising 

of classiccar tours. 

It was just aplace forpeople to take 

theirbeloved vehicle,and the 

opportunity for an outing, which are 

now few and far between. 

The Better Half Cafe and Kitchen 

offered agreat meeting place, with 

ampleparking, andhospitality to 

match. 

He saysWaimak Classics opening up 

its museum close by is an addedbonus 

for car and motorcycle lovers. 

Two nearby businessesThe 

Barrelman and MagicMoss will also 

be open to welcome anyone who wants 

to wander afew minutes fromthe cafe 

to visit them. 

The Barrelman is afamilybusiness 

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recycledbarrels, and is sitedinanold 

rustic woolshed with an outside 

display area. 

MagicMoss,which has sphagnum 

and decorative moss for gardens, has a 

retail shopand production yardon 

site. 

The businesses, whichare all 

accessible off Ashworths Road are 

becomingaNorth Canterbury 

favourite for people takingatrip out 

into the country. 

Mr StanleyJoblin saysthe monthly 

classic gatherings are gaining 

momentum,with asteadyincreasein 

the numbers of cars taking part. 

At each event avehicleischosen as 

the car of the month, with the owner 

receiving adining voucher for two, 

presented by the proprietor of the 

Better Half, HamishMoir. 

Waimak Classics, next door,offers a 

rare treat for loversofvehicles. 

Most of the vehicles, which number 

around 50, are for sale, says marketing 

manager Sally Lane. 

And the museum is easily converted 

into an interesting event centre for 

weddings, special birthday parties, 

and funerals. 

Sallysays it is North Canterbury’s 

newest event centre and is an amazing 

venuewith kitchenfacilities to match. 

The vehiclescan provide atalking 

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Spotlight on costs 

By ADAM BURNS, 

LOCAL DEMOCRACY REPORTER 

Departing council employees in the 

Hurunui, who have worked as little as 

six months, may be entitled to a 

ratepayerfunded leaving do, with 

alcohol. 

But Hurunui Mayor Marie Black has 

suggested six months may be too short a 

stint to warrant agenerous sendoff. 

Anew sensitive expenditure policy 

has been adopted after auditors called 

for areview into the Hurunui District 

Council’s internal spending procedures. 

Audit New Zealand found council’s 

existing spending policy did not align 

with the Office of the AuditorGeneral’s 

good practice guidelines. 

Council’s new expenditure policy 

focusses on expenses when travelling, 

meals, hospitality, accommodation, and 

transport. 

Under arecognition of achievement 

subheading, the new policy stipulates 

council may spend money on events to 

recognise milestones, ‘‘such as 

farewells, retirements and staff 

achievements’’. 

‘‘After six months of continuous 

service, the cost of the function, or any 

subsidy toward afunction, is to be 

charged to the respective department 

and cost centres at the discretion of the 

manager. Afunction may include 

alcohol at the discretion of the manager 

in consultation with the chief executive 

officer.’’ 

At last week’s audit and risk 

committee meeting, Mrs Black queried 

whether the six month marker for 

employment, in the policy, was 

appropriate. 

‘‘That seems like arelatively short 

time to recognise continuous service,’’ 

she says. 

Councillor Karen Armstrong agreed 

six months felt short for aleaving 

function. 

‘‘[Does] it relate to the fact that, 

perhaps, quite alot of staff these days 

are on shorterterm contracts?’’ 

An employee may invite family 

members and other guests outside the 

organisation, but this was under the 

discretion of the employee’s manager. 

Council chief financial officer Jason 

Beck says aleaving function was not 

necessarily an obligatory expectation. 

Committee chair and councillor Nicky 

Anderson hoped council managers 

would use their discretion 

appropriately. 

The policy adds expenditure on 

farewells and retirements should be 

‘‘moderate and conservative and ‘‘not be 

extravagant or inappropriate.’’ 

Audit New Zealand, in its review, also 

identified anumber of instances where 

councillor vehicle mileage claims were 

submitted ‘‘a long time’’ after the 

relevant month to which the claim 

related, including some made for the 

previous financial year. 

Council management said in the 

report it would urge councillors to 

provide mileage claims on amore 

regular basis. Graeme McGlinn, an 

independent member of the audit and 

risk committee, says other district 

councils had been guilty of high levels of 

noncompliance around sensitive 

expenditure. 

He proposed council conduct periodic 

audits and reporting of council’s 

expenditure, partiularly in areas where 

there was ‘‘reputational risk’’. 

Council chief strategy and community 

officer Judith Batchelor says only two 

council employees had left within six 

months over the past two years and 

neither received leaving functions. 

Plunket pleased 

Whānau Āwhina Plunket is pleased 

withthe outcome of its property 

ownership review, in theWaiau, 

Waikari and Culverden communities, 

and thanks the communitiesfor their 

involvement. 

The national charity, which sees 

almost 90 percent of all newborn 

babiesinNew Zealand, has reviewed 

its ownership of threeproperties 

withinthe region. 

General Manager of Finance, 

Technology and Commercial, Matthew 

Kennysays Whānau Āwhina Plunket 

has worked with the local staffand 

community members as part of this 

process, and to ensure any potential 

impacts are minimal. 

‘‘We arepleased to have reached an 

agreement with community members 

who have shown dedication to 

retaining the important services that 

are available to the Waiau, Waikari 

and Culverden communities,” says Mr 

Kenny. 

The ownership of two of the 

properties are to be transferred to 

community custodians, and the third 

Correction 

The names of the girls in the front 

page photo from Cheviot Area 

School, were incorrect. 

Amisunderstanding between the 

school and the North Canterbury 

News led to the wrong caption. 

The girls in the photo, from left 

were Ruby Maxwell, Louisa Dillion, 

Lucy Sidey, Maddie Dillon and 

Jemma Hanna. 

is planned to be released from 

Whānau Āwhina Plunket’s property 

portfolio. 

Mr Kenny says Waiau services are 

moving to Amuri Community Health 

Centre,Waikari services are moving to 

the Waikari Health Centre, and 

Culverden services are staying in the 

samebuilding. 

‘‘Thisisagreatoutcome and means 

there will be no changes to the 

Whānau Āwhina Plunket services 

operating within the wider 

community,’’ he says. 

Mr Kenny acknowledges how the 

community feels about these 

properties and appreciates the fond 

memories forged at these sites. 

‘‘However, if we are going to be here 

for another 100years supporting our 

communities across Aotearoa, we 

need to keep adapting to remain 

financially secure. 

‘‘Thiswill assist us in that mission, 

to ensure Whānau ĀwhinaPlunket’s 

entire operation is delivering 

equitable services to all pēpī and 

tamariki,” saysMrKenny. 

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Oxford A&P Show will be back 

By DAVID HILL 

Oxford A&P Show organisers plan to be 

back ‘‘bigger and better than ever’’ in 

2023. 

Planning is already under way for next 

year’s show, after this year’s event was 

cancelled due to Covid19 restrictions, 

Oxford A&P Association executive 

officer Christine Roberts says. 

It is the second time in three years the 

show has been cancelled, after the 2020 

show was canned as the country 

prepared for the first Covid19 lockdown. 

The Oxford show returned on Easter 

Saturday last year with record gatetakings. 

‘‘It was avery good show and it 

certainly helped our financials,’’ Mrs 

Roberts says. 

‘‘Our main focus now is keeping our 

volunteers safe and we’re looking 

forward to abigger and better show in 

2023 and we are putting our energy into 

that.’’ 

The Oxford A&P Association is hoping 

to hold its winter feed competition in 

May, if it is safe to do so, but everything 

else is on hold. 

‘‘With the show being cancelled, it also 

means that other events like 

woodchopping won’t happen and the 

Royal Agricultural Society has cancelled 

the junior judging competition and the 

Rural Ambassador Award contest, which 

we hosted the finals of last year,’’ Mrs 

Roberts says. 

‘‘So it’s not just the show that’s 

impacted as there’s all these other 

events, but for us it’s about keeping the 

momentum.’’ 

She says Oxford is fortunate in having 

amix of ages on the committee, with 

president Letitia Schroeder, senior vicepresident 

Steve Macaulay and 

immediate past president Marie 

Fitzpatrick all under the age of 40. 

‘‘Young people have got new ideas and 

they will try new things. They may not 

always work, but it’s important that they 

try them. 

‘‘It’s like abreath of fresh air.’’ 

The Oxford show committee has had 

good support from its sponsors in the 

wake of the cancellation, Mrs Roberts 

says. 

‘‘The trade sites haven’t asked for any 

refunds and as for donations, people 

have said to carry it over to next year or 

‘just hang on to it’ which makes things a 

bit easier.’’ 

Next year’s show is due to be held on 

Saturday, April 1. 

‘‘We’ve done it before on April Fools’ 

Day and it has worked out, so we are 

looking forward to it,’’ Mrs Roberts says. 

In the meantime, the Oxford 

Showgrounds will continue to be made 

available to the community free of charge 

to sports clubs and other groups like the 

Oxford Lions, she says. 

‘‘We still have to carry the costs of 

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Young leaders ... Last year’s Oxford A&P Show presidential team of Steve McCauley (left), 

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Taking astroll .. Take awalk on the Ashley Gorge Loop Track. 

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Plenty to offer in Oxford 

Oxford has long been apopular spot for 

Sunday drives with its many attractions. 

The town has it all, from boutique 

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conservation areas and acountry vibe. 

The popular Oxford Farmers’ Market 

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Mount Thomas Conservation area. 

Looking for adventure in whatever 

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Adventures for water sports, jumping off 

stuff and flying through the air, or call in 

at Kowhai Horse Riding, which is 10 

minutes drive from Oxford. 

Take aswing at the Waimakariri Gorge 

Golf Course, with an 18 hole course at the 

foothills of the Southern Alps. 


For aslice of history, call in at the 

Oxford Museum where displays are 

constantly evolving and reflect the area’s 

saw milling and farming history, and 

general homelife of early settlers. 

The museum is open on weekends and 

public holidays. 

The Oxford Gallery is located on Main 

Street and hosts exhibitions by local, 

national and overseas artists. 

The gallery is taking abreak, but will 

be open again soon. 

Foodies can check out the eateries, 

including the Oxford Club, Black Beech 

Wine Bar, Cruisy Days Diner, the World 

Famous Sheffield Pies, Cafe 51 and 

Indian Hut. 

If you’re wanting to stay the night, 

there are plenty of choices, including 

Ashley Gorge Holiday Park, Glentui 

Lodge, Oxford Camping Ground, Oxford 

Holiday Cottage, Oxford Queenette 

Backpackers, Oxford Village Motels, 

Oxford Tiny House, Ribblesdale Gardens 

Accommodation, the Rustic Country 1878 

Hotel and the Wooded Gully Campsite. 

Charge stations confirmed 

Electric vehicle charging stations, 

funding for the Oxford Arts Trust and 

the OxfordOhoka Community Plan have 

been on the agenda at the OxfordOhoka 

Community Board’s first two meetings 

of the year. 

Board members confirmed the details 

for the installation of EV fast charging 

stations in the Pearson Park car park at 

its February meeting. 

The dualsocketed 22 kilowatt AC 

charging stations can deliver up to 

120km of travel per hour of charging, 

depending on the vehicle make and 

model. 

This type of charger is typically 

installed at locations where drivers will 

be parked for longer durations such as 

cafes, libraries, community facilities 

and retail areas. 

In October last year, the board 

signalled its approval for the 

installation of one charger, but has now 

extended the proposal to three 

carparks. 

Board chairperson Doug Nicholl says 

members are conscious of ensuring the 

Acrylic on canvas ... Philip Trusttum’s Way 

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Covid closes 

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Oxford Gallery has temporarily closed its 

doors as Omicron continues to spread. 

Gallery staff hope to be back up and 

running by Easter, but will review the 

opening date closer to the time. 

‘‘Closing the gallery doors to the public 

will give our volunteer team time to take 

care of families and themselves over the 

Omicron peak,’’ agallery spokesperson 

says. 

‘‘We see this ‘pause’ as apositive 

opportunity to changeup the gallery and 

welcome Katie Hallam, our new parttime 

public programmes and 

communications coordinator.’’ 

Behind the scenes, gallery staff are 

plotting anew community engagement 

plan for more creative connectivity and 

activity at Oxford Gallery. 

During this time Oxford Gallery and 

contents will continue to be warmed by 

administration staff, who will be 

working. 

To stay in touch, follow Oxford Gallery 

on Facebook. Donations are gratefully 

received to help the gallery get through. 

popular Oxford Farmers’ Market will 

not be impacted. 

‘‘We understand that there is support 

from market organisers for EV parking 

and charging,’’ he says. 

‘‘This project would mean 

repurposing three of the 14 available 

carparks, however the full car park will 

still be exclusively available for use of 

the farmers market on Sundays.’’ 

At this month’s meeting, the board 

approved agrant of $500 to the Oxford 

Arts Trust from its discretionary grant 

fund to go towards the purchase of an 

air purifier. 

With an air purifier the trust can 

continue to host community art classes 

at red and orange Covid levels in asafer 

environment. 

The updated OxfordOhoka 

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year so the board can assess how it is 

progressing with its objectives and any 

feedback from the community. 

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Church welcomes minister 

By DAVID HILL 

Oxford’s new Methodist minister is 

enjoying getting to know her new town. 

JuliadeGroot has movedher family out 

from Christchurch to embrace their new 

community. 

‘‘It’s been really interesting to get to know 

everyone because it’sthe first parish I’ve 

been in, and I’vebeen keen to get to know 

as many people as soon as possible so they 

feel comfortabletalkingtomeifthey need 

support. 

‘‘I’mvery keenoncommunity and being 

thereinthe community and reaching out to 

people. 

‘‘My husband and Ihave consideredit 

really important to be basedinthe 

communityofthe church we servein.’’ 

It means husband Yuriiscommuting 

back into Christchurch,where he works as 

an electrician for social housingtenants. 

Juliaisaprobationer minister, with the 

Oxford DistrictUnion Parish being her first 

parish appointment. 

She first received asense of calling to 

ministry around20years ago. 

As ayoung mumshe tookuplay 

preaching,with the support of the 

CrosswayCommunity Church in Shirley, 

Christchurch, and the Methodist Church’s 

Central South Island Synod,which helped 

fund her theology studies, before 

candidating for ministry. 

All going well, she will comeupfor 

ordinationintwo years time. 

The couple has three children, Marijke 

(13),Esther (11) and Yoshua (8), who are 

attending Rangiora New LifeSchool. 

Juliahopes having her own children at 

church will lead to morefamilies getting 

involvedinthe parish. 

‘‘Thecongregation is very keenonthat 

and we are very keen for that, too.I 

understand they havehad grandchildren 

come, but theyhaven’thad young families 

in the congregation for awhile. 

‘‘The first thing I’ve done is I’vebrought 

Welcome ... Julia de Groot addresses the 

congregation during her recent induction 

service at the Oxford District Union Parish. 

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in achildren’stalk into my services and I 

find that the older ones enjoy getting 

involved. They love it.’’ 

Juliaisalso keen to offer pastoral care 

and to offer outreach to familiesinthe 

community. 

Sincebeing inducted on February1, 

Juliahas joined in with several community 

initiatives run by the parishincluding a 

weekly computer club and the women’s 

fellowship, andpopped intothe op shop . 

WhileJulia is new to Oxford, Yurihas a 

family connectiontothe town as his mother 

was once ateacheratOxford Area School. 

‘‘So it’sbeen quiteinterestingfor him.It 

was along time ago, but he’s enjoying 

reconnecting with people. 

‘‘I’menjoying the peace and quiet of 

Oxford compared to Christchurch. It’s 

growing on me and Ilike the friendliness 

and the sense of community.’’ 

OXFORD SCHOOLS 



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Stargazers seek clear skies 

By DAVID HILL 

Oxford’s window to the universe is set 

to open nextmonth, if the weather 

allows. 

VolunteersattheOxford Area 

School Observatory are hopingfor 

better luckthis year, after lockdowns, 

Covid19 restrictions and cloudy 

nights havelimitedviewingover the 

last two years, says volunteer Raul 

EliasDrago. 

‘‘I think it’s going to be agreat year. 

We have 10 open nightsplanned, each 

with two sessions,from April to 

August,’’ he says. 

‘‘Last year we managedjust one 

planned open night,aswehad some 

really bad luck withthe weather.’’ 

The firstopen night will be heldon 

Friday, April22, with sessions 

available at 7.30pmand 8.30pm. 

Bookings are essentialand vaccine 

passes are required. 

As the open nights are on Friday 

evenings, people cancome to Oxford 

and make an evening of it, by 

supportingthe local eateries and 

otherbusinesses. 

The volunteersare busy with 

training, maintenance and getting 

new members up to speedwith the 

12inch telescope, whichwas 

purchased in 2020but has had very 

little public use. 

Maintenance has also been carried 

out on the observatoryreadyfor the 

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‘‘This yearwewill be focusing on 

deepsky targets as the planets won’t 

be visible untillater in the year, with 

Saturn becoming visible in lateJuly 

and in August,’’ Raulsays. 

‘‘We will be looking at stars closeto 

the sun,and we expect to lookatan 

opencluster, aglobular cluster and a 

nebular remnant, so it will be quite a 

fullprogramme. 

‘‘And we will try afew targets we 

haven’tbeen able to view in the past. 

We may not succeed,but we will 

certainly try.’’ 

Aspecialevent to coincidewiththe 

150th jubilee of education on the 

Oxford AreaSchool siteatLabour 

weekend is also being planned. 

By then all fourgas giants, Jupiter, 

Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, willbe 

visible. 

‘‘Itwill be fun trying to capture 

Uranus and Neptune, because with 

the old10inch telescope we couldn’t 

do that,’’Raul says. 

In the meantime, volunteerErik 

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astronomy courses, which are now 

being offeredvia Zoom and have 

‘‘quicklyfilled up’’, Raul says. 

Astrophotography willalso be 

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Copper theft irks police 

There hasbeen ahuge upsurge 

in the theftofcopper from 

building sites,and subdivisions 

in North Canterbury. 

Police are askingpeopleto 

be vigilantand reportany 

suspicious behaviour, record 

number plates,and call111 if 

they seeany suspiciousactivity 

on building sitesand at 

subdivisions. 

Police are also appealing to 

people to planahead,and not 

to drink and drive. 

Lastweek,four people were 

processed fordriving with 

excess breathalcohol. 

Weekly happenings reported to 

theNorth Canterbury police: 

Tuesday,March8:Apetrol 

container was stolen from an 

address on Cosgrove Road in 

Kaiapoi. GoodCCTV was 

provided, and policeare 

followingastrongline of 

enquiry. 

Wednesday, March9:A 

burglary occurredata 

commercialyard in Rangiora 

where somewheelswerestolen 

from atrailer. 

Abright blue vase was stolen 

from an address in Collingwood 

Place, Rangiora. 

Thursday, March10: Alarge 

amount of plywood was stolen 

from abuilding site in 

McCahon Drive,Rangiora. 

Thursday/Friday, March10/11: 

Ablue Ford Courier wasstolen 

from Charles UphamDrive, 

Rangiora. 

Friday,March11: An attempt 

was made to enter avehicle in 

Townend Street,inWaipara. 

Saturday, March 12: Anumber 

platewas stolen fromatrailer 

in Kaiapoi. 

Agrey Toyota Landcruiser was 

stolenfrom Kay Ave in The 

PinesBeach. It waslocated 

abandonednearby in Kaiapoi. 

Monday, March14: Ablue 

Nissan Xtrail wasstolen from 

arural Eyrewelladdress. 

Avacantdwelling was entered 

in Sneyd Street, Kaiapoi. 

Copper wasstolen. 

Adrone wasseen flying over a 

property in Mt Thomas Road, 

Rangiora. It is illegal to fly 

drones overprivate property 

and is abreachofthe CAA 

rules. 

Wednesday,March16: A 

Kaiapoi male wasarrested for 

breach of bail. 

An Oxfordmale was arrested 

on drugsand firearms charges 

following asearch warrant. 

Aburglary occurred to ahouse 

in TramRoad.Copper and 

otherfittings were removed. 

The offender wasdisturbed by 

the victim and fled. Policeare 

followingastrongline of 

enquiry. 

ARangiorawoman was 

chargedwiththreatening 

behaviour. 

Thursday, March 17: A 

Christchurch male was 

arrestedfor assault, excess 

breath alcohol, and drug 

offences in Waikari. 

Anumberplatewas stolen from 

avehicle in OakwoodDrive, 

Rangiora. 

Thursday/Friday,March 17/18: 

Therewas aburglary at a 

commercialpremises in 

Woodend.Awindow was 

smashedtogainentry. 

An empty house was burgled in 

SouthBelt, Rangiora. 

Friday/Saturday, March18/19: 

Ablack and silver ToyotaHilux 

was stolen from an Ohoka Road 

address in Kaiapoi. 

Avehicle was broken into in a 

DOC car parkinLewis Pass. 

Theseisolated car parks are 

veryvulnerabletothefts and 

people are encouraged to 

remove any valuables from 

vehicles before leavingthem 

for extended periods of time. 

Saturday /Sunday,March 

19/20:Aburglary occurred to a 

vacant farmhouse inAmberley. 

Shedswereentered andcopper 

was stolen from the house. 

Sunday,March 20:The 

AmberleyGolf clubhousewas 

entered. Nothing appearsto 

have been stolen. Avehicle that 

had run out of fuelonSouth 

Eyre Road wasentered and 

property was stolen. 

Sunday /Monday,March 20/21: 

Ahouse in ShrimptonAvenue, 

Woodend,was entered. 

Property wasloadedinto abag 

by the offender but theywere 

possibly disturbed. This event 

is believed to be related to a 

Queenstownmale who was 

arrested for breachofbail 

nearby on Tuesday morning. 

Tuesday,March11: Avehicle 

parkedupalongdriveway in 

Williams Street,Kaiapoi,was 

entered and propertywas 

stolen. Cards fromthe wallet 

stolenwere subsequently used. 

Importance of art 

Kaiapoi North School has 

been recognising the 

importance of art to get its 

pupils through an uncertain 

time. 

While school trips are 

problematic under the 

present red traffic light 

setting, the school’s junior 

team has enjoying visits 

Christchurch Art Gallery art 

educator Bianca van Leeuwen 

to give them some art tips. 

‘‘She has been delivering a 

programme called ‘junior map 

makers’ where the children 

create apictorial map of their 

own identity using different 

media,’’ junior team leader 

Mel Poynter says. 

‘‘Having this opportunity is 

important to staff at Kaiapoi 

North School as we place 

great value in our arts 

curriculum.’’ 

She says the school is 

fortunate to have aspecialist 

visual arts teacher, Nicole 

Elsie Langdon 

Duxfield, who supports staff 

and pupils to develop skills 

and an appreciation of the 

visual arts. 

‘‘Ensuring our children 

have opportunities to think 

and express themselves 

creatively is one of our values 

at Kaiapoi North School.’’ 

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21 

Afield of sunflowers, thenational 

flowerinwartorn Ukraine, is attracting 

attentionalongFernside’s Lehmans Rd. 

Sunflowers areasymbol of peace in 

Ukraineand havebecome asymbol of 

resistance as wellsince February 24, the 

first day of Russia’sinvasion,when a 

Ukrainian woman confrontedarmed 

Russiansoldiers in the city of 

Henichesk. 

The woman told thesoldiers they 

wereunwelcome facists. 

‘‘Take these seeds so sunflowersgrow 

whenyou die here. Puttheseseedsinto 

yourpockets,you will die here with 

them,’’ she said. 

Sheendedthe confrontation by telling 

thesoldierstheywere enemy occupiers 

‘‘and from nowonyou are cursed’’. 

Theconfrontation wasfilmed and 

went viral on YouTube withmillions of 

peoplearound theworld viewingit. 

Sunflowers have nowbecome aglobal 

symbol of solidarity with theUkrainian 

peoplefightingtodefend theircountry 

against thebrutalRussian military 

invasion. 

In London fresh sunflowershavebeen 

placed on afence outsidethe Russian 

Embassybymembersofthe Sunflower 

of Peace charitycallingfor peace in 

Ukraine. 

Themakeshift securityfencestands in 

frontofthe embassy's brick wallwhere 

many antiwarmessages,including: 

‘‘Get out,stay out,gohome Putin,’’ 

have been written. 

Sea of sunshine yellow ... AFernside 

field of sunflowers, Ukraine’s national 

flower, has been attracting alot of 

attention from people travelling along 

Lehmans Road, with many stopping to 

photograph the field. 


Moving on ... The HawardenWaikari Play Group celebrated its last day at the Medbury 

Hall at the end of last year. 


Play group finds new home 

By DAVID HILL 

The HawardenWaikari Play Group is 

looking to the future, after relocating to a 

new venue. 

The group, which was established 22 

years ago, ended 2021 with aspecial 

celebration to mark its last day at 

Medbury Hall. It has begun the new year 

meeting in the scout hall at the Waikari 

Domain in Princes Street. 

Play group coordinator Kate Boyd says 

the group plans to make its mark on its 

new location by installing some fairy 

doors during the April school holidays. 

She says Covid19 restrictions have 

posed some challenges for the group, 

with some families unable to attend. 

But they are still seeing 18 children 

aged 5years and under attending the 

weekly Thursday sessions, which are 

held between 10am and 12.30pm during 

term time. 

‘‘It’s arelaxed setting and it’s anice for 

kids to get together and for parents and 

caregivers to meet up with other 

parents,’’ Kate says. ‘‘It’s important for 

kids to build social skills and to get the 

chance to get alittle bit messier than they 

would at home.’’ 

The play group covers alarge area, 

with families travelling from The Lakes, 

Culverden and Scargill Valley, as well as 

Hawarden and Waikari. 

‘‘For some it would be their one outing 

for the week, so it’s important to keep 

some normality because the children 

don’t understand what lockdown and 

isolation mean,’’ Kate says. ‘‘They just 

see it as missing out on playing with their 

friends.’’ 

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By DAVID HILL 

Surfing just the tonic for young mums 

Surfing lessons have proventobea 

‘‘transformative space’’ for Karanga 

Mai students, school director Ruth 

Robertson says. 

Ms Robertson thoughtafew surfing 

lessons would be ‘‘really cool’’ for her 

students, but one year on it has 

‘‘morphed into amajorpart of our 

programme’’. 

‘‘Youdon’t realise untilyou start 

doingithow valuablebeing out in the 

oceanis. There are benefits for 

wellbeingand we’rereallyusingitnow 

as atransformativespace and the 

studentslove it. 

‘‘It’s not somethingthat we’veever 

done before. Iwas thinking it would be 

aboutphysical skillsinthe ocean, but 

it’s become so muchmore.’’ 

The youngmums at KarangaMai 

YoungParents’ College havebeen 

visitingWaikuku Beachon 

Wednesdays with Tammi Martin and 

Averil PhillipsChurch from local 

surfing school, Surfwise, since Julylast 

year. 

Ms Martin, who taught Ms Robertson 

when she was training to be aphysical 

education teacher, has abackgroundin 

health and physical education. 

‘‘Themore we discussed it we 

realised there was so much more we 

couldoffer,’’ Ms Robertson says. 

‘‘Thewhole aimisthat even if you 

can’taccessthe oceanreadily, the 

skills you useinthe water you can use 

in every day life.’’ 

She saysasyoung mums her students 

are at avulnerable stage in their lives 

and ‘‘the constant chatter around 

Covid’’ only adds to their stress. 

‘‘Themain thing is you feel better 

when you leave the ocean, than when 

you wentin.’’ 

The surf lessonshavebeen geared 

around the health and PE curriculum 

and the youngmums have alsobeen 

learning about the safetyoftamariki 

around the water. 

Ms Martintakesaholistic approach 

‘‘to encounter the ocean’’, recognising 

the importance of physical,emotional, 

social, mentaland spiritual wellbeing. 

Each session begins withakarakia 

‘‘to honourthe environment we are 

stepping into’’, before participants 

walk barefoot to the beach to connect 

with the earth. 

‘‘Thebest thingwith Karanga Mai is 

all four staff are in the water with the 

youngwomen and they love it.’’ 

During the wintermonths the group 

had use of the Waikuku Beach Surf Life 

Saving Club’s clubrooms,learning 

aboutsand sculptures, how to play the 

ukulele and writing lyrics about the 

ocean. 

But the colddidn’t stopthe young 

mums from taking aplunge. 

‘‘You’renever too old to be silly. 

Sometimesthese young people don’t 

realise it’s OK to stillplay and frolic,’’ 

Ms Martinsays. 

Surf’s up ... Hikatia Watson gets out on the surf at Waikuku Beach. 

Life’s abeach ... Karanga Mai students have enjoyed aweekly visit to Waikuku Beach. 

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New residents welcomed 

By DAVID HILL 

An initiative to welcome new residents in 

Pegasus following the 2010 and 2011 

earthquakes has been given anew lease 

of life. 

The Waimakariri District Council’s 

community team has joined forces with 

local Lions groups, community residents’ 

groups and local real estate agents to 

reinvigorate the welcome bags and to 

distribute them in avariety of ways to 

ensure new residents feel welcome. 

The welcome bags initiative was first 

established after the earthquakes, when 

there were large numbers of people 

moving into the district from 

Christchurch ‘‘who weren’t connected 

with our local communities’’, 

Waimakariri District Council community 

development facilitator Martin Pugh 

says. 

‘‘A collaborative group of local 

community stakeholders came up with 

the idea of welcoming these new 

residents by providing local resources 

and afriendly interaction with alocal 

community member to enhance people’s 

sense of connection to their new home,’’ 

he says. 

‘‘These welcome bags, as they were 

aptly named, have been astalwart in 

many of our communities for welcoming 

new residents to the district since this 

time.’’ 

Since then various community groups, 

schools, businesses and local leaders 

have given out welcome bags to people 

who move into the district. 

Arecent change in the process and 

funding for the bags provided achance 

for the welcome bag distributors and 

users to sit down with the community 

development team ‘‘and talk about how 

Buckets of welcome ... Welcome buckets 

from the Pegasus Residents Group are 

available at the Pegasus Community Centre. 


these could continue to be used to 

welcome new residents to our district’’, 

Martin says. 

‘‘What became apparent is that each 

community present had their own 

thoughts on how they could welcome 

their new residents. 

‘‘This meant that specific communities 

could customise the welcoming of their 

new neighbours based on their 

community.’’ 

The Pegasus Residents Group, for 

example, has adopted awelcome bucket. 

If you are keen to welcome new 

residents to your neighbourhood or be 

involved in the welcome bag project for 

your neighbourhood contact Martin Pugh 

on 021567544. 

Plenty to offer at Woodend 

Woodendmay not seem like adestination, 

but it is familiartomotorists as State 

Highway1passes throughthe middle of 

town. 

It has two distinct areas, the township and 

the beach settlement and it is handyto 

beaches at Waikuku and Pegasus. 

If you are lookingfor achange of scenery, 

why not pop out for astroll on the wide, 

open sandy beach,where you can take adip 

or haveasurf. The Owen Stalker playground 

is popularwith children and you can stop off 

there for afamily picnic. 

Whileintown there are plentyofwalking 

and cyclingtracks to explore, and if you’re 

really keen, you could cycle out from 

Rangiora via the RangioraWoodend cycle 

trail. 

Once you’ve worked up an appetite, check 

out the range of earteriesinthe town, 

includingWoodend Bakery, which is 

popular for its deliciouspies, fresh 

sandwiches, cakes and savouries. 

Foodiesare spoilt for choice, with the 

Grub Hub Cafe, 79 Impresso Cafe, which is 

pet friendly, the Three Llamas Gourmet 

Coffee House and Jax Kitchen at Woodend 

Tavern. 

If you need to stay the night, there is the 

Pegasus GatewayMotel, Wayside Motels 

and Woodend Beach Holiday Park. 

Just up the road is Ravenswood New 

World, Pegasus township and Waikuku. 

Enjoy astroll or ride aroundPegasus 

Lake, Te Kohanga Wetlands or head out to 

the beach and then hit the driving range or 

have around at the Pegasus Golf Course. 

If you are looking to dine out in Pegasus 

there are plenty of offerings, including The 

Good HomePegasus restaurant,the Flat 

White Cafe and Bar and the Bunker Bar 

and Cafe. 

Waikuku offers boutique shopping, an 

idyllic sandy coastlineand it is where the 

braided Ashley Rakahuri River meets the 

Pacific Ocean, with the least modified 

estuary in Canterbury. 

Dine out at the Brick Mill Cafe, the Office 

Cafe and the Waikuku Beach GeneralStore. 

Waikuku also offers surfinglessons, the arts 

and you can stay at the Waikuku Beach 

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24 North Canterbury News, March 24, 2022 

Rangiora High School Leo wins award 

RangioraHigh School’sHollyPricketthas 

won the Leo of the Year Award for District 

202E, which covers the tophalf of the 

South Island. 

Holly was afoundation member of the 

RangioraHigh School Leos Club,starting 

in outYear 9and hasbeen an active 

member of the club over her fiveyearsat 

RangioraHigh School. 

RangioraLeos advisorKirstynBarnett 

saysHolly is an inspiration. 

‘‘Holly is aperfectexampleofsomeone 

withhidden talents, who was quite quiet 

whenshe joined and through Leos has 

developedinto aconfident,capable 

leader. 

‘‘She always hasafriendly smile, stays 

positive, is happy to help andmotivates 

and encourages others.’’ 

Holly served as vicepresident in 2019 

and became president in 2020and wasthe 

driving force behind promotingthe Peace 

Poster competitiontolocalschools which 

led to Rangiora Lionshaving an entry in 

2020for thefirsttimeinawhile. 

She was partofthe team thatstartedthe 

Working together tonavigate climate change 

Environment 

Canterbury Chair 

Jenny Hughey 

first fundraising quiz for RHSLeos,which 

has become an annualevent. 

Holly was aguestspeakeratthe 

RangioraLionsConventionin2020,where 

she gavesomeinsightsinto social media. 

As club president shewas instrumental 

in keeping theclub togetherthrough the 

difficultfirst Covid lockdown period,and 

helped theclub to grow and develop 

succession plans. 

Holly has alsobeen involved in ateam 

workingwith District Leos advisor Wayne 

Paulin, to develop training programmes 

for Leos advisorsand induction plans for 

new Leos. 

She travelled to Havelock where she 

presented various aspects of training to 

bothLeos andthe MarlboroughLeo 

advisors. 

She alsospokeatthe RHS Year 13 

assembly and waspresentedwitha‘‘Stand 

and Deliver’’course certificate. 

Holly has alsotrained as aWaimakariri 

Civil Defencecadet andvolunteers at 

events includingbeach /community cleanups 

andthe RangioraColour Festival. 

Presentation ... Rangiora High School Leo’s Club member Holly Prickett (left) receives her 

Leo of the Year Award from Rangiora Lio’ns president Tini Lawry. 


IT’S NEARLYayear since astate 

of emergencywas declared for the 

entire Canterburyregionfollowing 

unprecedentedrainfall. 

The May2021 floodingsparked 

widespread evacuations, closed dozens 

of schools, turned paddocksintolakes 

andleft majorroads impassable. 

It wasalsoasoberingreminder that 

we need to be prepared formore of 

thesekinds of extreme weatherevents 

andfor otherchallengesassociated 

with climatechange. 

These challenges willimpactevery 

Canterburyresidentand lie at the 

heartofthe keyproposalsinour draft 

Annual Plan 2022/23 consultation, 

whichisopenfor submissions until3 

April. 

Flood recovery andprotection is an 

essential item in theplan, as we review 

ways to fund our$12.2 millionshare 

of thecosts stemmingfrom theMay 

2021 event. 

We arelooking at borrowing 

this money over twoyears,with 

repayments metthrough ageneral 

rate.That meansevery ratepayerinthe 

region wouldcontributetothe cost, 

irrespective of wheretheylive. 

Ourcouncil believes this is thefairest 

approach, giveneventsthatimpact 

crucial infrastructuresuchasstate 

highwaysand rail,affect us all. 

What do youthink? 

Like othercouncils, we need 

to respondfastertothe climate 

emergencybut doingsowill require 

some bold actions. 

We’realsogauging interest on afuture 

levy to speedupaction in response to 

climatechange. 

This couldinclude fundingprojects 

or activities such as early warning 

or disasterpreparednesssystems, 

infrastructuredevelopment, native 

forest planting,orincreasingelectric 

vehicle use. 

We arekeentohearnow whether 

such alevyissomethingyou would 

supportfor thefuture. 

We areproposinga24.1 percent 

increaseintotalrates required to 

fund ourspendingfor theyearahead, 

includingworkalready committed to 

in theLong-TermPlan. 

The increase forindividualratepayers 

wouldvarydepending on factors 

such as thevalue of theirpropertyor 

specificworkthatisundertakenin 

theirarea. 

Iassure you, weconsider all 

submissions in thedecision-making 

process. Your feedback matters. 

Of course,inconsidering these 

proposalswemust balancethe pressing 

need foractionwithcost. 

Howdoyou feel about paying more 

throughyourrates inthe future to 

adapt, buildresilience or mitigate 

climatechangeimpacts? Is borrowing 

andrepayingthrough generalrates the 

best waytocover thecostofextreme 

weathereventsthataffect thewhole 

region? 

Findout more about theseproposals 

andthe ways to make asubmissionat 

ecan.govt.nz/annualplan22. 

COMBAT: 

Flood recovery 

and protection 

is an essential 

item in the draft 

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Golden Fleece cancelled, again 

By DAVID HILL 

The Golden Fleececompetitionhas been 

cancelled forthe thirdyearinarow. 

The annualcompetition,whichwas due 

to be heldatthe Rangiora Showgrounds 

function centreinMay,has become a 

casualty of Covid19again, Royal 

Agricultural Society(RAS)central 

districtsmanagerChristine Robertssays. 

‘‘Weneedthe volunteerstorun it,soit’s 

about keeping peoplesafe andweneed 

people to be bringingtheirfleeces. 

‘‘And we want to make sure we get agood 

display of fleeces, butit’shardtoget 

people bringingtheirfleeces when they’re 

not able to enter theminthe A&P shows. 

‘‘Wewant topquality fleeces in the90to 

100 microns because we have medalsof 

excellenceand good prizemoney, but 

people don’tknow whether theirfleeces 

are good enough untilthey get them 

judgedatthe shows.’’ 

The Golden Fleecehas competitions for 

finewool,strong wool, black and coloured 

fleeces, alpaca fleeces andmohair (goat) 

fleeces. 

‘‘Weusuallyget around160 white 

fleeces, plus black and coloured fleeces,at 

least 100 alpaca fleeces andabout40 

mohairfleeces, so it all adds up,’’ Mrs 

Roberts says. 

‘‘There doesn’t seemtobeany money in 

woolatthe moment,but as longasthey can 

continue to showcase theirproduct they 

can continue to haveaprofile.’’ 

The Golden Fleecewas last held in 2019, 

at Rangiora. 

Mrs Roberts says the RAS hopes to bring 

the Golden Fleece back to theRangiora 

Showgroundsfunctioncentre in May 2023. 

In her roleascentral districtsmanager, 

Mrs Roberts is in contact with 31 show 

committees in the top half of theSouth 

Island,and says all of them arefacing 

similar challenges due to Covid19, with 

somefacing an uncertainfuture. 

Royal visit ... Royal Agricultural Society central districts manager Christine Roberts (left) 

chats to then RAS president Geoff Smith at the last Golden Fleece competition, held at 

Rangiora in 2019. 

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‘‘It’s about howare we goingtomove 

forward. Iunderstand that82out of 95 

shows nationwidehavebeenbeen 

cancelled. 

‘‘Itreally depends alot on acommittee’s 

financial reservesand it depends on 

whether theirdistrict canhelp. 

‘‘Volunteerscome and go and you’vegot 

thatstalwart group of people, whichis 

gettingolder.’’ 

Fillingthe roles of presidentand 

secretary is provingtobeachallenge for 

severalshowcommittees. 

Severalcommittees have dividedthe 

roles,suchashaving atreasurerand show 

secretary,aswell as acommittee 

secretary. 

‘‘Sometimesbeing able to worktogether 

as ateam is the best way forward,’’Mrs 

Roberts says. 

Fine wool ... Tekapo farmers Will and 

Emily Murray claimed the ribbon for 

supreme champion fine wool fleece at the 

2019 Golden Fleece. 

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RURAL LIFE 


By TIM CRONSHAW 

Canterbury’s white clover crophas borne 

the brunt of heavy rain. 

It’s estimated lossesare as high as 40 

percent, spelling trouble for northern 

hemispheremarkets. 

New Zealand is the largest producer of 

whiteclover seed, supplying nearlyhalf of 

the global seedcrop. Much of that comes 

from Canterbury. 

Federated Farmers arable vicechairperson 

David Birkett saysthe clover 

harvest is one of the crops most affectedby 

last month’srain because it flowerscloseto 

the ground. 

Alot of sprouting has meant the seed has 

germinated and is nowlost for seed 

production. 

He says seed losses vary from paddocks 

completely writtenoff, and only good for 

feeding stock, to lower losses. 

‘‘So the losseshavebeenquite wide 

ranging withsome writeoffs and somenear 

normal crops. 

‘‘We are just tryingtowork it outnow, but 

our gut feeling is it’sprobably 30% to 40%. 

It’s still hard to tell as people are just 

harvesting now.’’ 

He says the onlypositive for growers is 

that priceswill rise as the losses will 

impact world supplies. 

Mr Birkett saysgrowershave begun 

negotiating pricesalready with companies. 

The price has risenfromlast yearasit 

was in short supply and thatwas before the 

rain event. He says growers can expect 

clover losses of $5000to$6000 per hectare. 

An average certifiedpaddock was 11ha to 

12ha,sothey would be downabout $60,000 

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Mr Birkett estimates he is out of pocket 

by $50,000 to $100,000, but will know more 

when the clover harvest is completed in 

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Canterbury farms in demand 

By TIM CRONSHAW 

Aflying start to the year for Canterbury 

farm sales shows no signofslowing 

down. 

Rural real estateagents are talking 

about the first quarter of the year being 

the busiest in several years after the best 

Januarysales in adecade. 

PGG Wrightson Rural RealEstate 

generalmanager Peter Newbold said 

February was traditionally a‘‘buildup’’ 

month afteraslow January, but sales, 

values and units were well up for both 

months. 

‘‘If we lookatFebruary versusa 

normal February thenit’s verystrong. 

‘‘You could argue it continues on. 

‘‘The numbers are lookingvery strong 

for February and up on previous 

Februaries.’’ 

He said traditional autumn listings 

might havecome forward becauseofthe 

green countrysideand strong prices for 

dairy, sheep and beef. 

Mr Newbold saidsome of the interest 

for sheep and beef property had been 

proppedupbyforestry, but therewas 

other demand. 

Sheep and beef farmerswere seeking 

to upgrade from a3000stock unit 

property to a6000stock unit farm or 

build on theirproperty base. 

Dairy farmers were seeking more 

grazingland in traditional ‘‘heartland’’ 

area such as parts of Canterbury,Otago, 

Southland and Waikato. 

City groups new to farmingwere also 

wantingtoinvest. 

‘‘I think sheep and beef will stay 

strong,’’ Mr Newboldsaid. 

‘‘The challenge will be the availability 

of listings. 

‘‘Yes, we have beensellingdairy, but 

there’snot the same enthusiasmas 

sheep and beef. 

Upmarket ... Farm sales are on the rise. 

‘‘I’m not being negative, but there’s 

probably more energy.’’ 

He said therewas an argument that a 

good time to sell adairy farm was during 

ahigh payout, but alot of reasonably 

sized farms were worth $10 million to 

$15 million. 

There was possibly astandoff 

betweenbuyers and sellers with price 

expectations,hesaid. 

The question marks over compliance 

and the environment were alsohavinga 

bearing. 

‘‘Then again we have soldagood 

number of [dairy farms],but it’s not as 

freeflowing as othersectors.’’ 

The company has seen strong sales in 

North Canterburyfor dairy and sheep 

and beef properties. 

The outlook was promising with 

potential risks including the falloutfrom 

the Ukraine crisis and,inthe shortterm, 

TREEREMOVAL 


RURAL LIFE 


PHOTO: FILE 

meat processors becoming shorthanded 

when teams become sickwith Covid19. 

Collierssays rising dairyfarm values 

are beingspurred by Fonterra lifting its 

forecastmilk paymenttoanew record 

level at theend of January. 

Rural director in Christchurch, 

RichardO'Sullivan, said more than $300 

millionindairy farm assets,about 30 

farms, were expected to be sold in 

Canterbury this season. 

That was up on 18 dairy farms soldin 

the 202021 season,and eight in 201920, 

he said. 

Mr O’Sullivan saidthe certainty of a 

$9plus milk price for nextseason was 

bringinginnew entrants withequity 

backing from established operators or 

family farmingbusinesses. 

He has sold a250 hectaredairy farm in 

Oxford for $11.85million already this 

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Beef prices 

remain strong 

Beef prices continue to defy gravity as 

fewer shipments leave shorelines to key 

export markets. 

New Zealand’s beef exports rose 22 

percent in value in the final quarter of 

the year compared with the 2020 quarter, 

while total volumes were back 10%. 

The dollar value was up 16% for beef 

going to the United States, but dropped 

15% in volume, while values rose by a 

third even though exports to China were 

unchanged. 

Japan exports were also static, but 

values rose 39% and Korea values 

jumped 37% as volumes increased 8%. 

Rabobank says this bodes well for the 

first half of the year and farmers can 

expect farmgate bull prices to remain 

above the fiveyear average. 

Agricultural analyst Genevieve Steven 

said the beef outlook for the year was 

positive. 

‘‘There are really tight global supplies 

of beef and farmers are still enjoying 

elevated farmgate pricing. 

‘‘The key thing driving this pricing 

situation are really strong global demand 

for beef and tight supplies.’’ 

Bull and cow kills reduced 13% in the 

South Island in the fourth quarter with 

dairy farmers likely keeping cows 

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Kaiapoi Borough pupils get creative 

By DAVID HILL 

Kaiapoi Borough Schoolchildren 

are exploring their local 

environment through art. 

The school has areceiveda 

‘‘Creative in Schools’’programme 

grant to run its ‘‘Creative Kaitiaki’’ 

programme, allowing pupils to 

workalongside aprofessional artist 

to explore the school’s cultural 

narrative and create ‘‘a sense of 

pride in theirplace’’,lead teacher 

Megan Fluteysays. 

‘‘Creative in Schools’’isa 

wellbeing programme funded by 

the MinistryofEducation in 

partnership with the Ministry for 

Cultureand Heritage Te Manatu 

Taonga and Creative New Zealand. 

The project is aimedatpupils 

fromYear 5to8,with all 187 of 

themworking with professional 

artist Simone Bensdorp to learn 

about the process of makingfelt 

fromscratch and the process of eco 

dyeingusingnatural materials 

found downbythe KaiapoiRiver. 

‘‘Wewant students to experience 

boththe influenceofour cultural 

narrative and values while 

exploring their localenvironment,’’ 

Ms Fluteysays. 

‘‘Wewant them to create asense 

of prideintheir place by usingtheir 

river to forage for naturalmaterials 

thenusing these naturalmaterials 

to learnthe process of dye making 

and dye application to their use on 

their own handcrafted felt 

artworks.’’ 

The programme givesthe 

children agreat opportunitytogain 

abetter understandingand asense 

of belonging to their local 

community, as wellasexposing 

themtofuturecreativecareer 

opportunities, she says. 

Pride in their work ... Lachlan Russell (left) and Marcus Archbold display 

their artworks. 

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After eachworkshop pupils getto 

take homeaneco printed booklet 

and apiece of felt to share with 

their whanau. 

‘‘Theywill also leave apieceof 

their felt, cut into ascale shape,at 

schooltocontribute to a 

collaborative muralwork,with the 

finished design yet to be decided,’’ 

Ms Flutey says. 

‘‘Students, alongsideSimone and 

I, willcontributeideas to the end 

shape of the design and work 

together to bringthis together.’’ 

SimoneBensdorp has an 

extensive background in felt 

makingand eco dyeing. She has 

also beeninvolved in other Creative 

in Schoolsprojectsand runs 

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as creating her own work. 

Getting creative ... Kaiapoi 

Borough School pupils get creative. 

Lawn Ring ... One of the oil paintings in an exhibition by Barrhill 

artist Kate Cairns, on show in the Rangiora Library’s Chamber 

Gallery. 


Art explores fragility 


Artist Kate Cairns explores 

the notions of loss, fragility 

and ‘‘`the relationship we 

have with the land’’ in her 

Green As Grass exhibition. 

The exhibition of 16 oil 

paintings is part of the 

Waimakariri Community Arts 

Council’s exhibition 

programme for 2022 and is on 

show in the Rangiora 

Library’s Chamber Gallery. 

Kate's paintings juxtapose 

figures using photographs 

which include images from 

personal albums, and 

arranged stilllife figures or 

objects, to collage and create 

dreamlike compositions that 

explore the smalltown 

regional narrative alongside 

ideas using nostalgia, memory 

and the subconscious. 

She studied Fine Arts at 

Canterbury University, and 

taught art at Burnside High 

School for anumber of years 

before moving with her 

husband to their family farm 

at Barrhill, where they now 

live with their four primaryschool 

aged children. 

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four wickets. 

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hiccups in the chase, withhis unbeaten 

halfcenturysettingupthe commanding 

8wicket win and aspot in the final. 

Saturday’s final at Mainpower Ovalstarts 

at 11.30am. 

Short scorecard: 

Sefton90(AArora22) lost to Leeston 

Southbridge 94/3. 

Cheviot 89 (W Smith 24, ARedfern 23;W 

Greenslade 4/21,TInnes 2/12) lostto 

Darfield 91/2 (N Gilbert59no). 

Plate Pairs: Derek Wilson/Veronica Hall 1, 

Colleen Adam/David Rainey 2, Gaynor 

Hurford/RobinHassall. 

WaimakaririGorge Women’s Golf 

IrishStableford 18 Holes: GPottinger 81, 

LSmith74, JPottinger 73, LSteele 72, K 

Battersby 71, KRedwood 68,,SFarrar 67, 

MTeAwa 65, JCollins 64, HChamberlain 

60, SMardon 56. 

Twos: MTeAwa at 17. 

Amberley Golf Club 

Men, 19March: IHolding 65,W Van Zuylen 

68, BFitzgerald 70. Women:BPettigrew 

70, JBishop 70, MCottier 72, JYates 72. 

Twos: KPepper, GWilliams, WVan 

Zuylen. Excel Design LongestPutt: J 

Yates. Mid Week Men: GRamsay 36, BGill 

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Blackler 34. Nineholders: GReid 17, R 

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Bike repairs ... Volunteers are keen to get people back on two wheels. 

PHOTO: DAVID HILL 

Bike repair project takes off 

By DAVID HILL 

Old bikesare getting anew lease of life 

thanks to aRangiorabased community 

project. 

The Waimakariri Bike Projectwas 

created in October, with volunteers 

rescuing bicycles fromlandfill and 

restoring them to giveaway. 

Project coordinatorMike Dyndul says 

the ideacome out of the Government’s 

Mental Health Working Group report, 

whichidentified repairingbikes as away of 

teachingyoungpeople new skills, 

improving confidenceand givingtheman 

affordablemode of transport. 

It also reduces waste by ‘‘taking bikes 

from landfilland givingthem anotherlife’’, 

Mr Dyndul says. 

‘‘Things are expensive these daysand it’s 

nice to give people abike. 

‘‘We don’t charge anything. Anyone who 

wantsabike cancome and get one and 

anyone who needs abike repaired, we can 

help them. 

‘‘We’ve had kids come down and they get 

akick out of working on their bike, so it’s a 

twofoldthing becausethey get theirbike 

fixedand they can learnhow to do it.’’ 

The project was established thanks to a 

grant from theWaimakariri District 

Council and is acollaboration betweenthe 

North CanterburySport and Recreation 

Trust, the council, CycleSenseand local 

volunteers. 

Volunteers meet at the Dudley Park 

Pavilion in ChurchStreet, Rangiora, on 

Wednesdayevenings from 6pm to 8pm. 

Mr Dyndul is keen to hear from 

prospective sponsors, volunteers and 

anyone who hasanold bike to giveaway, 

whichisinreasonable condition. 

‘‘We are always looking for anybody with 

abit of knowledge to comedown and give 

us ahand. Bike mechanicsare very 

welcome.’’ 

The project is also in needofamore 

permanent location.‘‘The cricket pavilion 

is agood location, but it wouldgood to get 

something more permanent,’’ he says. 

Keep up to date with the Waimakariri 

Bike Project on Facebook. 

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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 informantion. 

Have Your Say on the Dra Annual Plan 

You have two weeks le (until 4April) to have your 

say on the Council's Dra Annual Plan. 

The Dra Annual Plan 2022/23 includes a 

proposed 4.3% rates rise –only 0.1% higher than 

predicted –and allows the Council to continue to 

deliver services at ahigh level despite lower than 

expected central funding contributions. 

Mayor Dan Gordon says the focus of this plan is on 

ensuring the Council completes key community and 

infrastructure projects while updating residents 

about regulatory and central government changes 

that will affect the Council. 

“There are three topics we’re asking for feedback 

on that require further funding. The Council is also 

using this opportunity to let residents know about 

new regulations and external changes which will 

affect the Council -such as Three Waters Reform 

and new urban development rules.” 

Key issues requiring further funding include: 

• Funding required to complete the Kaiapoi 

Community Hub 

• Kaiapoi Stormwater and Flooding Improvements 

• Service Level Changes to our Road Network. 

Other issues where new requirements need to be 

met include: 

• Upgrades to the Rangiora Airfield 

• Ashley Gorge Water Supply 

• Protecting our Significant Natural Areas. 

Changes affecting the Council: 

• Three Waters Reform 

• Chlorination of Water Supplies 

• National Policy Statement on Urban Development 

• Capital Programme Delivery 

• Review of Rating Policy for Māori Land 

• Changes to Development Contributions and Fees 

and Charges. 

“The District continues to experience significant 

growth which means the Council is in astrong 

position to meet these challenges while continuing 

to provide and develop high quality community 

facilities and infrastructure,” says Mayor Gordon. 

“Keeping rates affordable is apriority for the 

Council. When making budget decisions this is 

always front of mind when determining that we 

have the balance right and Ithink this plan does 

just that. 

People are able to provide feedback before 4April 

by visiting waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk 

COASTAL WARNING 

SIREN TEST 

MONDAY 4APRIL 1PM 

Civil Defence will be testing the coastal warning 

system at 1pm on Monday 4April. 

Sirens are located at The Pines Beach/Kairaki, 

Woodend and Waikuku beaches, however depending 

on wind conditions, the sound may travel further. 

The testmessagewilllast approximately oneminute 

and,depending on howclose youare, maybequiteloud. 

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Wednesday 13 April 9.30am –12pm 

Woodend Community Centre 

Formoredetails visit waimakariri.govt.nz/ontrack 

or contact Wendy Howe 021 432 028 

required 

Registrationessential

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37 

Upcoming Council 

meetings 

Due tothe rise in the number of 

Covid cases in the community, 

the Council agreed that until 

further notice, all meetings 

would beheld virtually while 

simultaneously being audio 

streamed on YouTube. The 

YouTube links for the meetings 

will be available onthe Council's 

website. The following meetings 

will be held in April 2022: 

Waimakariri Water Zone Committee 

Monday 4April at 3.30pm. 

Council 

Tuesday 5April at 1pm. 

Oxford-Ohoka Community Board 

Wednesday 6April at 7pm. 

Kaiapoi-Tuahiwi Community Board 

Monday 11April at 5pm. 

Woodend-Seon Community Board 

Monday 11April at 6pm. 

Rangiora-Ashley Community Board 

Wednesday 13April at 7pm. 

District Planning and 

Regulation Committee 

Tuesday 26April at 1pm. 

Utilities and Roading Committee 

Tuesday 26April at 3.30pm. 

Agendas are available two working 

days before the meeting. Agendas 

and minutes for meetings can be 

found onthe Council's website: 

waimakariri.govt.nz. 

Sarah Nichols 

Governance Manager 

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Public Notices 

OXFORD WORKING 

MEN’S CLUB & 

MSA 

Nominations for 

Officers of the 

Oxford Club 

now open 

President 

Vice President 

Committee 

Close 8pm Friday 

25 th March 

ELECTIONS 

Friday 8th April 

Vote from 

4pm -8pm 

ANNUAL GENERAL 

MEETING 

Thursday 

31 st March 7.30pm 

In the function room 

All Financial 

Members are invited 

to attend 

Sports NZ Rural Travel Fund 


Applications for the Sport NZRural Travel Fund are 

open. 

Thisfund is open to ruralsport clubteamsand rural 

school club teams with members aged between 5 

and 18 years who require assistance with transport 

costs to participateincompetitions. 

For Application Forms and more information, visit 

Hurunui DistrictCouncil website: 

https://www.hurunui.govt.nz/community/awardsand-funding 

Or email: maree.hare@hurunui.govt.nz 

Applications close: 5pm, Monday 11 April. 


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PUBLIC NOTICE OF 

APPLICATION FOR 

OFF-LICENCE 

SECTION 101, SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

Lost Cafes Ltd has made 

application to the District 

Licensing Committee at 

Rangiora for the renewal of 

an Off-Licence in respect of 

the premises situated at 398 

High St, Rangiora known as 

Thirsty Liquor Rangiora. 

The general nature of the 

business conducted (or to 

be conducted) under the 

licence is bottle store. 

The days on which and the 

hours during which alcohol 

is (or is intended to be) 

sold under the licence are 

Monday - Sunday 9am to 

10pm. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office 

of the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 215 

High Street, Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of the 

licence may, not later than 

15 working days after the 

date of the publication of this 

notice, file anoticeinwriting 

of the objection with the 

Secretary of the Waimakariri 

District Licensing Committee 

at Private Bag 1005, 

Rangiora. 

No objection to the renewal 

of alicence may be made 

in relation to amatter other 

than a matter specified in 

section 131 of the Sale and 

Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. 

This is the second 

publication of this notice.This 

noice was first published on 

17 March 2022. 


PUBLIC NOTICE OF 

APPLICATION FOR 

ON-LICENCE 

SECTION 101, SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

Lost Cafes Ltd has made 

application to the District 


Rangiora for the renewal of 

an On-Licence in respect of 

the premises situated at 398 

High St, Rangiora known as 

The Plough Hotel. 

The general nature of the 

business conducted (or 

to be conducted) under 

the licence is Tavern & 

Restaurant. 

The days on which and the 

hours during which alcohol 

is (or is intended to be) 

sold under the licence are 

Sunday -Thursday 8am to 

11pm. Friday -Saturday 8am 

-1am thefollowing day. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office 

of the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 215 

High Street, Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of 

the licence may, not later 

than 15working days after 

the date of the publication 

of this notice, file anotice 

in writing of the objection 

with the Secretary of 

the Waimakariri District 


Private Bag 1005, Rangiora. 

No objection to the renewal 

of alicence may be made 

in relation to amatter other 

than a matter specified in 

section 131 of the Sale and 

Supply of Alcohol Act 2012. 

This is the second 

publication of this notice. 

This notice was first 

published on 17 March 

2022. 


Entertainment 

BALCAIRN HALL welcomes 

the Alpaca Social 

Club with special guest 

Cousin Alice an Arts On 

Tour NZ event, 7.30pm, 

Saturday 26th March 2022, 

free supper, alcohol free 

event, raffles, CD sales. 

Tickets $25 from Sally 

Macs, Amberley, Stan’s 7 

Day Pharmacy Rangiora, 

Sefton Garage and 

via www.balcairnhall.com - 

Covid guidelines will apply 

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 


Firewood 

Firewood for sale 

Based in Amberley 

Gum 

Macrocrapa 

Old man pine 

Radiata pine 

Black poplar 

All woodsold per metre 

&subject to availability. 

Free delivery&use 

of trailer within 15k of 

Amberley 


Phone 0274 438 462 

or 0274 312 014 

SPILT old man pine, 3.7 

$280, 3.7 Macrocarpa 

$400. Ph 021 993 497. 

Cars Wanted 

ANY old cars, anything pre 

1990, unfinished Hot Rods, 

Classic Cars. Please call 

027 258 8366. 

WANTED to buy Ford, 

Holden, Chrysler or 

Chev’s, Classic cars. Any 

other types considered, any 

condition. Please phone 

Tony 027 313 5000. 

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. 

Motorcycles 

WOF your motorcycle or 

light trailer at South Pacific 

Motorcycle Services, Mandeville. 

Ph 03 312 0066 

office@motorbiketours.co.nz. 

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

CLASSIFIED 


We need you ! 

Situations Vacant 

We are seeking applications from outgoing, friendly and enthusiastic people to join our team and have the following 

Fixed Term positions available: 

Inwards Goods /StorePerson 

• Mon –Fri up to 40 hours 

• Mustbephysicallyfitand strong 

• Will be required to lift and carry heavy products 

all day 

• Work as part of ateam 

• Beable to think proactively 

• Work hard and smart 

• Mustbecustomer focused 

• Forklift licencewould help 

• Musthavea“Can Do” attitude 

Retail Assistants 

• Weekend work required, up to 40 hours 

• Working inside and outside 

• Mustbephysicallyfitand strong 

• Required to climb ladders and use lifting equipment 

• Required to pick, carry,assemble products 




• Customer focused 

• Familiarity ineither Power tools, Power garden or 

Bathroom products preferred 

McAlpines have an active drug &alcoholpolicy in place, apre-employment drug test and medical will be required. 

If any of these positions sound like you, send your application and CV to: 

Fixed Term Roles 

McAlpines Mitre 10 Mega 

PO Box 1003 

Rangiora 7440 

Or email applications@mcalpines.co.nz 

PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH POSITION YOU ARE APPLYINGFOR 

PART-TIME RECEPTIONIST 

Asuccessful North Canterbury optometry practice 

is seekinganenthusiasticreceptionprofessional to 

join their team. 

The required days are every Monday and Saturday 

with the flexibility to cover Holidays and sick leave. 

To succeed in this role, you will: 

• Have recent office administration experience 

• Be available over school holidays 

• Be ateam player 

• Enjoy dealingwith the public 

Attention to detail and an outgoing personality, 

coupled with adesire to develop your experience 

will see you suited tothis role. 

If you have the above qualities then please email or 

send your application by 8th April 2022to: 

admin@rangioraeyecare.co.nz 

Reception Vacancy 

PO Box 197 

Rangiora 

Att:Tracey Snook 

Wanted To Buy 

CLOTHING WANTED. 

Retro Clothing wanted for a 

dress up 70’s party. Would 

love asafari suit but anything 

considered. Phone or 

txt 021 861 732. 

$$$ 

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. 

2312759 

For Sale 

MEADOW HAY, conventional 

bales $15 each. Dry 

and barn stored. Ph Deb 

021 289 9256. 

RANGIORA|KAIAPOI EYEcare 

OPTOMETRISTS - EST 1978 

Livestock 


STOCK WANTED 

Old /Injured or Unwanted 

(Cattle &Horses) 

MEAT2U.NZ 

313 0022 


Gardening 

A+ GARDEN hedges cut 

to perfection. Tree &arbor 

work. For a quote, phone 

021 111 4322. 

LAWN MOWING, Waimakariri 

area. Please ph 

027 933 6523. 

Inwards Goods Forklift Driver 

• Monday–Friday 

• Forklift licenceand OSH cert 

• Experience in abusyenvironment 

• Musthavea“Can Do” attitude 

• Ability to get the job done 

• Reliable, flexible and disciplined 

• Able to think and act on the go 

• Beagoodteamplayer 

• Show an eye for detail and proactive planning 

• Have great communication skills 

Garden Products Team Member 

• Garden plant and product knowledge critical 

• Weekend work required 

• Upto40hours 

• Mustbecustomer focused 

• Working inside and outside 

• Mustbephysically fit and strong 

• Will be required to climb ladders and use lifting 

equipment 




• Must be customer focused 

Teacher Aide vacancy 

Situation Vacant 


We are looking for aTeacher Aide inYears 

1-13 for general classroom assistance on a 

casual basis (fundingbased). 

Applicationsclose: 1April 2022 

Applications to:Principal’s Secretary, 

Oxford Area School, 52Bay Road, Oxford 

Phone03 312 4197 

Email:vacancies@oxford.school.nz 


Personal 

A SEXY BLONDE, talk 

live or listen. Ph 0900 44 

666. $3.99 +GST pm. R18. 

FRIENDSHIP/ 

COMPANIONSHIP 

Ahappy natured caring 

lady, with aslim figure, 

blonde hair and blue eyes. 

She enjoys keeping active, 

gardening, cooking, the 

outdoors and spending 

time with someone special 

in her life. She is looking 

for arelationship built 

on mutual respect, 

trust and honesty. 

To meet, please call 

and quote code 59. 

0800-446-332. 

PEGASUS man, single and 

indep seeks a nice well 

presented and outgoing 

local lady (or nearby) to 

enjoy company and dining 

out with. Please Ph/Txt 

0276 594 425. 

Wanted To Rent 

TWO ADULTS, 1retired 

midwife pensioner & her 

professional IT employed 

son, working in Christchurch 

or from home. We 

are looking for ahouse in 

the country within 30 -60 

minutes commute to Chch 

Airport. Must allow 

kenneled dogs and prefer 

lifestyle property without 

city type close houses. Rent 

$400 to $650 weekly 

depending on condition of 

property. Willing to accept 

older share milkers house 

or cottage not up to tenancy 

standards regarding insulation 

&heating as long as 

there is ongrid power & 

water. Financially stable 

with good references. 

Looking to move within the 

next month or so April 1st 

or May 1st. Please call 

Luke 021 915 795 or 

Marilyn 021 919 861 if you 

would be able to house our 

family with dogs. 

Digital and 

Social Coordinator 

Visit Waimakariri is the district’s promotion 

agency. 

We are looking for apassionate and skilled 

digital and social coordinator. 

Your role is to implement and monitor the 

digital aspects of our district marketing 

plan. 

Youwill need to be highly experienced 

in all aspects of social media and digital 

platforms. Our ideal candidate will be 

motivated, creative and detail oriented. 

This position is 32 hours per week and we 

support flexible working hours. 

For afull job description email 

promotions@visitwaimakariri.co.nz 

and apply with CV and Covering letter. 

Applications close 30 th March 2022. 


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. 

ALL TREE SERVICES, 

arbour work, pruning, tree 

removal. Affordable & 

friendly service. Telephone 

021 111 4322. 

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. 

Property Wanted 

WANTED 

Doer upper preferably 

with outbuildings on 

good size section 

Phone John 021 978 348 

Grazing 

GRAZING available in 

Flaxton for sheep &young 

cattle, 5acres, 6paddocks, 

short or long term. Text / 

Phone 021 373 512. 

Pets 

BICHON HOMESTAY 

for smaller dogs. We look 

after your dog in our home. 

"No kennels". Phone today 

03 314 6110. 

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. 

DIESEL HEATERS 

Infrared radiant & fan 

forced workshop heaters. 

027 262 2266 

www.BLAX.nz. 

Trade&Services 

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. 

Log Fires 

Pellet Fires 

Heat Pumps 

Sales 

Service 

Installations 

Free Quotes 

03 343 1651 

472 Blenheim Rd 

www.heatstore.co.nz 

HOMEKILL & Wild 

Game meat processing. Ph 

313 0022. www.meat2u.nz. 

KITCHEN, bathroom, 

renovations, decking, 

pergolas, fencing. Honest 

reliable licenced builders. 

Ph Don 027 727 9162. 

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. 

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 

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 

ANTHONY SYMONDS 

Forall your painting & 

plastering requirements 

Local with 30 years 

experience 

All workmanship 

Guaranteed. 

Phone 021 344 023 

2220615 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 40 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph 389 9230. 

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. 

2362002 

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. 

TAROT CARD 

READINGS 

Very experienced 

reader 

References dating 

back to 1999 

Please phone 

021 0268 8611 

or 03 423 6957 

for an 

appointment 


CRAIGS Trees 

(03) 327-4190 

TREE REMOVALS 

THINNING &PRUNING 

STUMPGRINDING 

FELLING &TOPPING 

FULLYINSURED 

QUALIFIED ARBORIST 

Free Quotes 

027 2299 454 

craigstrees@xtra.co.nz 


TRUCK WASH. Mobile 

touchless on-farm foam 

wash solutions. Telephone 

027 262 2266 

www.CLEANFLEET.nz. 

VALUATION - 

Specialising in North Canterbury. 

Contact Geoff at 

Maxwell Valuation. Phone 

03 310 8541 or email 

geoff@maxval.co.nz. 

WATERBLASTERS Hot 

or cold electric, 3phase or 

petrol. Tel 027 262 2266. 

wwwBLAX.nz. 

WINDOW TINTING 

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advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

Trade &Services 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’s Liquid 

Waste 

You dump it... 

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Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

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Trusted Trades & 

Professional Services 

Guide 

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

Arborist 

Air Conditioning 

Automotive &Recovery 

Builder 


North Canterbury Tree Services 

Tree felling, cutting and 

clearing service, including 

stump grinding 

Insured qualified and 

certified arborists 

0274 537 834 

northcantytrees378@gmail.com 


Stay cool this summer 

Call us now for your free quote 

03 310 6087 

18 Albert Street, Rangiora 

Design |Installation |Servicing 

2070788 

• WOF Cars &Trailers 

• Vehicle Servicing & 

Repairs 

• Tyres &Punctures 

• Jump Starts 

• 

Towing &Salvage 

• Courtesy Car Available 

Ph Aaron Rowlands 

0272 588 366 

13 Stone Eyre Place, 

Swannanoa 

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

• New Builds &Renovations 

• Light Commercial /Re-strengthening 

• Project Management 

• Bathrooms 

• Farm Buildings 

• House Lifting Re-piling 

• Shop Fit Outs 


40+ years experience 

027 222 5078 

markw.hills@xtra.co.nz 

Butchery 

OxfordButchery 

Shane and Leanne Frahm 

We cankill&process yourstock 

FourGenerations of Frahms 

since 1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 312 4709 

WE ARE OPEN, WEARE AESSENTIAL SERVICE 

2227889v2 

Cattle Problems 

• Live Humane Capture 

• Trucking 

• Tagging 

• Testing 

• Sale of unruly, difficult, pesky 

cattle 

Profit share 50-50 

Craig Flintoft 03312 9432 

craigflintoft@gmail.com 


Construction &Concrete 

All Construction & Concrete Work 

•Driveways, patios &paths 

•Bridges and Culverts 

•Floors, foundations 

•Sheds and buildings 

•Dairy Sheds, Herd homes 

•Silage pits, effluent ponds 

•Excavation and cartage 

•Precast concrete 

•Insulated panels 

Daryl Power 

027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

2273277 

DENTURE CLINIC 

RANGIORA 

DENTURE CLINIC 

Garry WMechen 

Registered Clinical DentalTechncian 

Phone (03) 313-9192 

• Ear Health checks. 

• Wax removal using Microsuction 

• Removal of foreign bodies 

• Basic hearing aid care 

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 

2269236 

Landscaping 

For all your landscaping needs 

All Landscaping, Retaining Walls (Engineered and 

Non-Engineered), Timber Fences, Landscape Structures 

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

Phone Jeremy 021 169 9394 

www.blackhill.co.nz 

www.facebook.com/blackhillltd 

2372616v2 

Ear Health 

Engineering 

For your Engineering needs 

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821 

toppeng@xtra.co.nz 

Scrap Metal 

• ACC provider 

• WarVeteran provider 

• No medical referral 

required 

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 


▪ 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! 

Electrician 

A-GR8-SPARKYLTD 

• All Commercial &Residential electrical work 

• Fault finding and Test &tag 

• Heat pumps, TV comms /Data 

Daniel Parkin P 03 314 3706 |022 642 7078 

Dirk Potgieter P 03 960 3798 |022 658 3344 

E quicksill@gmail.com | W agr8sparky.co.nz 

2130 Omihi Road, Greta Valley, 7483 

Handyman 

Call Guy “The Handy Guy” Now 

0275 040 658 

Seamless Spouting 

Seamless Spouting 

Supply and Install 

of Seamless Gutters 

10 year no leaks 

guarantee 

• Continuous spouting made on site, 

large colour range available 

• High grade and thicker material used 

• Repair or replace any type of gutter 

• Undertake all insurance work 

• Independently owned and operated 

• Competitive pricing 

Servicing North CanterburyDistricts 

Call Danie 021 875 462 


2359362 

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 


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 

2394026v2 

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 


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 

YOU 

COULD 

BE 

HERE 

Advertise 

your business 

in our Trades 

and Services 

Phone 

Amanda Keys 

on 

03 313 2840 

Plumbing 

For all 

general 

aspects of 

plumbing 

Discounts for over 

65 years old 

Fast friendly service 

All work guaranteed 

Aaron McCartney 

Certifying Plumber 

Cell 027 366 9091 

A/H 03 310 2137 

Free Call: 

0508 44EVER 

EMAIL: 

plumber_27@yahoo.com 

2172994 

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

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2018 Toyota HighlanderGXL 

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2018 Hilux SR 4WD 

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