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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1, <strong>2022</strong><br />

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• By Susan Sandys<br />

RECENT sightings of Freyja the<br />

missing six-month-old swedish<br />

vallhund are keeping hope alive<br />

for her owner.<br />

Lyla Arthurs said her beloved<br />

support dog vanished within 25<br />

minutes of being let outside into<br />

her yard on their property near<br />

Leeston, about 10.30am on<br />

May 21.<br />

“All we can do is just keep hoping,<br />

but it does get harder with<br />

every day going past,” Arthurs<br />

said.<br />

Arthurs said she believed the<br />

small dog, from a breed which<br />

was rare in New Zealand, had<br />

squeezed under the gate to get<br />

out of the semi-enclosed yard at<br />

her lifestyle block home on Kings<br />

Rd. Freyja had done this before,<br />

to go and sit at the end of the<br />

driveway.<br />

She said being a small dog with<br />

short legs, and not prone to wandering,<br />

Freyja would not have<br />

travelled far on her own. Arthurs<br />

said immediate efforts to find her<br />

were unsuccessful.<br />

SUPPORT:<br />

Lyla Arthurs<br />

said Freyja<br />

helps cheer<br />

her up as<br />

she fights<br />

pain.<br />

She believes Freyja may have<br />

been picked up by someone and<br />

then later dumped, perhaps<br />

when they saw ‘missing’ posters<br />

and social media notices offering<br />

a $2000 reward.<br />

• Turn to page 5<br />

• Anyone with<br />

information<br />

about Freyja is<br />

asked to phone<br />

or text Arthurs,<br />

022 054 3556.<br />

Lincoln<br />

South<br />

opponents<br />

petition<br />

council<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

OPPONENTS of the 1710-home<br />

Lincoln South development<br />

are taking a petition to district<br />

councillors.<br />

It comes as Carter Group appeals<br />

its unsuccessful bid for a<br />

zone change at Rolleston, which<br />

would have allowed 2100 new<br />

homes in two lots on Dunns<br />

Crossing Rd (Plan Change 73).<br />

The Lincoln South application,<br />

Plan Change 69, was also made by<br />

Carter Group. It will potentially<br />

increase the number of dwellings<br />

in Lincoln by about 55 per cent,<br />

with the current number of<br />

dwellings in the town being about<br />

3104.<br />

PC69 has been recommended<br />

for approval by an independent<br />

commissioner. The district council<br />

is thus likely to approve it when<br />

it considers the recommendation<br />

at its meeting on Wednesday next<br />

week.<br />

However, district councillors<br />

are facing huge opposition, as<br />

residents prepare to submit a<br />

letter with more than 200<br />

signatures this week.<br />

• Turn to page 4<br />

• Carter Rolleston appeal page 4<br />

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NEWS 3<br />

Kind stranger pays for groceries<br />

Mother wants<br />

to thank<br />

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Wednesday <strong>June</strong> 1 <strong>2022</strong> <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

A MYSTERY supermarket angel<br />

paid for Lincoln mother Jen<br />

Stewart’s groceries last week, and<br />

it could not have come at a better<br />

time.<br />

Stewart was at the checkout<br />

with her grandmother Muriel<br />

Johnston and four-year-old<br />

daughter Ava at Lincoln New<br />

World on Sunday. The cashier<br />

told her the older man who had<br />

been in the line before her left<br />

cash. It was to pay for her trolley<br />

load, and she was able to keep<br />

the remainder.<br />

By that time the man had left,<br />

leaving Stewart mystified and<br />

overwhelmed with gratitude. She<br />

had not taken notice of the man<br />

so did not know what he looked<br />

like.<br />

“I just can’t believe somebody<br />

would be so kind to pay for my<br />

shopping,” Stewart said.<br />

“I was just speechless. This<br />

person didn’t know how grateful<br />

I was, on that very week, that he<br />

would pay for my shopping.”<br />

SPEECHLESS: Jen Stewart could not believe it when a stranger paid for her groceries at Lincoln New World.<br />

She said her bill was over $100.<br />

She paid the act of kindness<br />

forward by giving the remainder<br />

of the cash, which was a similar<br />

amount, to a single mum friend<br />

for her groceries.<br />

“It was great for her too,”<br />

Stewart said.<br />

She said the timing had been<br />

especially appreciated by her and<br />

her family as it was one week to<br />

the day since all four members<br />

had come out of isolation from<br />

having Covid.<br />

The seven-day isolation period<br />

had meant she had to forfeit a<br />

$120 non-refundable airfare to<br />

Auckland. Stewart had been<br />

going there to meet Muriel who<br />

was flying over from Scotland to<br />

stay with the family.<br />

She had planned to help the<br />

90-year-old get from the international<br />

to domestic terminal. The<br />

isolation period also meant they<br />

could not drive to Christchurch<br />

International Airport to pick<br />

up Muriel to bring her to their<br />

house as planned.<br />

Muriel had to instead get a<br />

taxi, and stay three nights in a<br />

motel before she could stay with<br />

Stewart and her family once<br />

their isolation period finished.<br />

Stewart said to have something<br />

nice happen after this had been<br />

wonderful.<br />

Incredibly, it had actually been<br />

the second incident of being<br />

helped by a supermarket angel<br />

that she had experienced.<br />

When buying a few items at<br />

the same supermarket about<br />

five years ago, when her now<br />

six-year-old was a baby, a woman<br />

who had gone through the<br />

checkout before her, said: “Let<br />

me get this for you.”<br />

The woman explained she<br />

always did this for people<br />

with babies, ever since someone<br />

had done the same for her<br />

when she was shopping with a<br />

baby.<br />

Stewart said she had posted<br />

about last week’s experience in<br />

the Lincoln community page on<br />

Facebook, and was now talking<br />

to the <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong>, as she<br />

wanted to thank the man who<br />

had done this for her last week.<br />

“I was like: ‘How do I thank<br />

this person who did the kindest<br />

thing?’ ” she said.<br />

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NEWS<br />

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Opposition to Lincoln South continues<br />

• From page 1<br />

One of the petition’s<br />

organisers, Denise Cole, said<br />

now was a “pivotal moment” for<br />

Lincoln.<br />

“Once our food<br />

producing land is gone<br />

to houses, it will never<br />

come back,” Cole and<br />

fellow organisers said in<br />

the letter.<br />

They said the depth of<br />

feeling in the community<br />

had been demonstrated<br />

with a packed-out public<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

CARTER GROUP is seeking<br />

rezoning of land outside the<br />

Rolleston town boundary, to<br />

allow for 3770 homes.<br />

The land is in four blocks,<br />

neighbouring each other along<br />

Dunns Crossing Rd. They are the<br />

subject of three zone change applications<br />

that have been made to<br />

the district council, named Plan<br />

Change 73, Plan Change 81 and<br />

Plan Change 82.<br />

PC73, for about 2100 homes<br />

in two blocks, is the subject of<br />

an appeal to the Environment<br />

Denise<br />

Cole<br />

meeting last year, followed by<br />

about 255 submissions.<br />

The letter calls for councillors<br />

to reject the commissioner’s<br />

recommendation, or at<br />

least delay it to consider<br />

the issues raised by<br />

the community, hold<br />

a public meeting, or<br />

seek an Environment<br />

Court declaration to<br />

clarify issues. These<br />

issues include loss of<br />

farmland, particularly as<br />

Government proposes a national<br />

Court, which was lodged by last<br />

week’s May 23 deadline.<br />

PC81 and PC82, for about 350<br />

and 1320 homes respectively, are<br />

at the stage of the submissions<br />

process and have altogether received<br />

24 submissions. The next<br />

step is for the district council to<br />

summarise submissions and call<br />

for further submissions, before<br />

a hearing commissioner will<br />

consider whether to recommend<br />

the district council approve the<br />

two zone changes.<br />

For PC73, Carter Group<br />

is appealing after the<br />

district council declined<br />

policy statement on highly<br />

productive land, lack of evidence<br />

that the housing created would<br />

be affordable, pressure on<br />

infrastructure, cost to ratepayers,<br />

and being contrary to principles<br />

in Greater Christchurch<br />

Partnership.<br />

Mayor Sam Broughton<br />

answered questions from the<br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> about the petition<br />

through a spokesman, saying<br />

he could not comment as<br />

the petition had not yet been<br />

received by the district council.<br />

the company’s application<br />

for rezoning in March. The<br />

district council decision was in<br />

accordance with the hearing<br />

Commissioner David Caldwell’s<br />

recommendation.<br />

Carter Group says in its<br />

appeal it disagrees with the<br />

commissioner’s reasoning in his<br />

recommendation, with regard<br />

to reverse sensitivity effects and<br />

form of urban growth.<br />

Reverse sensitivity relates<br />

to the potential for noise and<br />

odour from the nearby Pines<br />

Wastewater Treatment Plant and<br />

Pines Resource Recovery Park.<br />

PC69: A public meeting last <strong>June</strong> over the proposed change.<br />

Carter Group seeks rezoning in Rolleston<br />

In terms of form of urban<br />

growth, there was now new<br />

information available since the<br />

hearing, Carter Group says in<br />

the appeal notice.<br />

This included that the Carter<br />

Group company of Rolleston<br />

West Residential Ltd now owned<br />

or controlled the neighbouring<br />

land, which was the subject of<br />

PC81 and PC82.<br />

“Through this appeal and the<br />

evidence which will be given in<br />

the PC81 and PC82 processes,<br />

there is significant opportunity<br />

to resolve the concerns expressed<br />

in the decision that PC73 would<br />

form a peninsula of residential<br />

development adjacent to rural<br />

land and that there was a low<br />

level of connectivity with<br />

Rolleston township,” the appeal<br />

notice says.<br />

If the appeal was successful<br />

and the other two applications<br />

also successful, it would pave<br />

the way for Rolleston’s town<br />

boundary to push out west<br />

beyond Dunns Crossing Rd.<br />

The number of 3770 homes<br />

represents an almost 50 per cent<br />

increase on the current number<br />

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RSA could use homestead<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

community, not just RSA members.<br />

ROLLESTON’S new and rapidly<br />

“At this stage it’s an idea, a<br />

growing RSA club is proposing<br />

concept that we want to explore,<br />

to establish itself at Fosters<br />

and we think it’s a win-win for<br />

Homestead in Foster Park.<br />

both the council, the residents<br />

It’s a proposal that could save<br />

and ourselves,” Hurt said.<br />

the Fosters Homestead building,<br />

which has been flagged for<br />

The club had put a submission<br />

removal by the district council<br />

to the district council’s annual<br />

which owns it.<br />

plan on the proposal, which it<br />

The district council came under<br />

fire earlier this year from the<br />

Former owner of the building<br />

would be speaking to this week.<br />

building’s previous owners of<br />

Annette Foster said she supported<br />

the RSA proposal. It would<br />

the Foster family, who said their<br />

former home had been allowed<br />

bring vibrancy to the centre of<br />

to deteriorate and succumb to IDEAL: The Fosters Homestead has been flagged for Foster Park, while providing for<br />

vandalism. They wanted the district<br />

council to consult with the it to its former glory (below) and turn it into a bar,<br />

spaces for alternative activities<br />

removal but the Rolleston RSA Club would like to return the community in providing<br />

public on possible future uses of restaurant and cafe.<br />

other than sport.<br />

the building.<br />

He said an advantage of peaceful place to gather. Additionally,<br />

the grounds could lend<br />

“I am hopeful that council<br />

Rolleston RSA Fosters Homestead over other<br />

will support the vision of RSA,<br />

Club secretary/ facilities, was its tranquil location<br />

among gardens. This could of a memorial garden or wall.<br />

themselves to the establishment<br />

which would make good use of<br />

treasurer Richard<br />

the homestead, without the cost<br />

Hurt said the make it an ideal location for The club could have a licensed<br />

of maintenance and repairs,”<br />

Fosters Homestead returned servicemen, and other bar, restaurant, and cafe. It<br />

Annette said.<br />

location of Foster community members, to have a would be available for the whole District council group manager<br />

Park, in an area of<br />

property Douglas Marshall said<br />

gardens and trees,<br />

he could not “conclude” whether<br />

Richard could be ideal for an<br />

the draft RSA proposal, received<br />

Hurt RSA venue.<br />

as an annual plan submission,<br />

The club was incorporated in<br />

would be allowed under the provisions<br />

of the Reserves Act.<br />

February, and most of its 180<br />

members had joined since then.<br />

“A report on the Foster Park<br />

He said the club was proposing<br />

to pay the district council<br />

council at the <strong>June</strong> 22 meeting<br />

house will be presented to<br />

a peppercorn rental, say $1 per<br />

and information on the RSA<br />

year, but take on the responsibility<br />

of renovations, maintenance<br />

part of that report,” Marshall<br />

proposal will be included as<br />

and running costs.<br />

said.<br />

NEWS 5<br />

Dog Freyja<br />

a ‘great<br />

support’<br />

• From page 1<br />

She said there had been two<br />

sightings of a dog, believed to look<br />

exactly like Freyja, on Tobins Rd<br />

about 10km away on Thursday. The<br />

sightings were by different members<br />

of the same family who lived<br />

in the area.<br />

Arthurs wants people to keep<br />

an eye out for Freyja, but not go<br />

actively looking and calling for her.<br />

She said she had recently talked<br />

to an experienced animal tracker,<br />

who suggested calling could make<br />

the dog more scared.<br />

Instead Arthurs was trying to<br />

find her by leaving items of clothing<br />

in the area the dog had been<br />

sighted, and then watching these at<br />

a distance at sunrise and sunset to<br />

see if Freyja came to the items.<br />

Additionally, she was putting up<br />

trail cameras in the area.<br />

Arthurs said Freyja had been a<br />

great support to her as she suffered<br />

pain every day with her condition<br />

of myalgic encephalomyelitis and<br />

fibromyalgia.<br />

“On the bad days, she would<br />

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NEWS 7<br />

Health partners combine at Oromairaki<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

HAVING THE same reception<br />

area/waiting room for a new<br />

maternity facility and a mental<br />

health service is expected to<br />

break down stigma and increase<br />

health literacy.<br />

The Canterbury District<br />

Health Board’s Oromairaki,<br />

to replace services at Lincoln<br />

Maternity Hospital, is up and<br />

running, which is alongside new<br />

rooms for Child, Adolescent and<br />

Family Mental Health Services,<br />

at <strong>Selwyn</strong> Health Hub at Rolleston.<br />

Allied Health consultant for<br />

CAFS, Tracy Boon, said CAFS<br />

was to move to the hub from its<br />

current location of a small house<br />

in Shelley St, Rolleston.<br />

“Now we get to come into this<br />

fantastic facility, and be alongside<br />

other health partners,” Boon<br />

said.<br />

“We can normalise someone’s<br />

health journey, it’s not like you<br />

are going somewhere special for<br />

mental health,” she said.<br />

“It’s incredibly powerful for<br />

reducing stigma. There’s no singling<br />

out of people for what they<br />

might come to a health service<br />

for.”<br />

Boon was among health professionals<br />

showing media around<br />

the new CDHB facilities on the<br />

first floor of <strong>Selwyn</strong> Health Hub<br />

last week. Alongside CAFS and<br />

Oromairaki, the health board<br />

is opening Community Dental<br />

at the building, which will also<br />

share the same reception area/<br />

waiting room.<br />

Executive director of midwifery<br />

and maternity Norma<br />

Campbell said having the three<br />

services located alongside<br />

each other in this way would<br />

strengthen the “health literacy”<br />

of everyone using the services.<br />

For example, someone visiting<br />

maternity would take note of<br />

what other services were alongside,<br />

and want to find out more<br />

about them.<br />

As well as sharing the reception<br />

area/waiting room, CAFS<br />

and maternity would share consultation/interview<br />

rooms which<br />

would be managed via a booking<br />

system.<br />

The maternity hospital is to be<br />

staffed 24/7, while the reception<br />

area/waiting room will open in<br />

normal daytime hours. Women<br />

coming in to the hospital in<br />

labour can access it directly via<br />

a lift, thereby by-passing the<br />

REDUCING STIGMA: Child, Adolescent and<br />

Family Mental Health Services representative<br />

Tracy Boon (left) and maternity<br />

representative Norma Campbell are looking<br />

forward to the two services sharing the<br />

reception area/waiting room at <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />

Health Hub. Above – Birthing rooms have<br />

been decorated to enhance the mother’s<br />

journey..<br />

waiting room.<br />

Campbell said the health hub<br />

building was a beautiful one,<br />

and the interior of the maternity<br />

hospital, from its outlay to colour<br />

scheme, had been created with<br />

the journey of the birthing<br />

woman in mind.<br />

There are two birthing rooms,<br />

which was the same number<br />

Lincoln had. Both had birthing<br />

pools, along with brown and<br />

muted tones on the ceiling and<br />

walls, to give the feeling of a<br />

cocoon.<br />

Lincoln was to close following<br />

the last birth there leading up to<br />

the 10am opening time yesterday<br />

of Oromairaki.<br />

The health board has not yet<br />

decided what will happen to the<br />

Lincoln Maternity Hospital site.<br />

Mayor Sam Broughton<br />

said having the services open<br />

in the district council-owned<br />

health hub was about partnership.<br />

“And for us as a council to be<br />

able to bring services to <strong>Selwyn</strong>,”<br />

Broughton said.<br />

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What’s on in <strong>Selwyn</strong> during Matariki<br />

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Gardens grateful for compost<br />

• By Emily Moorhouse<br />

TWENTY-TWO tonnes of<br />

“gold” in the form of compost<br />

has been donated to community<br />

gardens following a shortage.<br />

Forty-one community gardens<br />

around the city will benefit<br />

from 1200 bags of compost to<br />

help grow produce, donated by<br />

Tui Garden<br />

Products.<br />

Canterbury<br />

Community<br />

Gardens<br />

Association<br />

capacity<br />

Rachel<br />

Vogan<br />

builder Rachel<br />

Vogan said the<br />

donation was<br />

“crazy” and has<br />

been well-received by all of the<br />

community gardens around the<br />

city.<br />

“It’s literally like gold for the<br />

gardens because we can’t grow<br />

good crops without getting<br />

good nutrition into the ground,”<br />

Vogan said.<br />

Vogan was approached by<br />

Tui after the bags of expired<br />

compost, and strawberry<br />

and vegetable mix were<br />

discovered. They couldn’t be<br />

sold so the company asked if the<br />

community gardens could use it.<br />

Because the compost goes<br />

straight into the ground and the<br />

community gardens follow all<br />

the health and safety procedures<br />

Vogan said the compost would<br />

be fine to use.<br />

“It’s better than getting money,<br />

it’s what we need to help grow our<br />

food, so it’s amazing,” she said.<br />

She said there is a huge issue<br />

with shortage of compost for<br />

community gardens, especially<br />

with the uncertain future of the<br />

organics processing plant in<br />

Bromley.<br />

That has a big impact on<br />

community gardens because<br />

we’re really short of compost to<br />

put in the ground and without<br />

being able to feed the soil it’s<br />

really hard to keep feeding<br />

people,” Vogan said.<br />

Vogan said it was a “juggling<br />

act” getting the compost to<br />

each community garden as the<br />

association didn’t have access<br />

to delivery trucks or a depot to<br />

store the compost.<br />

Luckily, Owens Transport<br />

donated two delivery trucks<br />

and drivers for a couple of<br />

hours to deliver the 26 pallets of<br />

LIKE GOLD:<br />

Abby Wilson<br />

from Lincoln<br />

Community<br />

Garden loads<br />

up the bags of<br />

compost in a<br />

wheelbarrow.<br />

compost to the Wai-ora Trust,<br />

which offered its forklift and<br />

space to store the compost for<br />

other community gardens to<br />

collect.<br />

Each of the 41 community<br />

gardens can take up to 22 bags<br />

of compost, seeing garden<br />

members filling up their cars to<br />

the brim.<br />

Vogan said in spring, a garden<br />

event will be held and the<br />

leftover compost mix will be<br />

used for that.<br />

NEWS 9<br />

In Brief<br />

HUNT FOR RAM RAIDERS<br />

CONTINUES<br />

Police are still on the hunt for a<br />

trio of ram raiders who struck<br />

at Lincoln and Kirwee. Lincoln<br />

Convenience Store manager<br />

Rick Sun said he had not heard<br />

back from police with any more<br />

information about the incident<br />

at his store on May 16. Three<br />

offenders reversed a stolen Ford<br />

Courier flat deck ute between<br />

safety bollards to smash their way<br />

into the store about 5am. They<br />

were unsuccessful in their<br />

attempt to break into the<br />

cigarette cabinet, but made off<br />

with chocolate bars. The same<br />

trio struck at Kirwee Challenge<br />

about one-hour-and-20 minutes<br />

earlier, making off with cigarette<br />

accessories, vape products and<br />

chocolate bars. On Thursday, the<br />

Prebbleton Dairy on Springs Rd<br />

was targeted by burglars for the<br />

third time when it was ram raided<br />

about 3.35am.<br />

SPORTS FIELD, DOG PARK<br />

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The first stage of sports fields<br />

and a dog park at the new $13.6<br />

million park at Prebbleton are<br />

on track to open in November.<br />

Sports fields have been seeded at<br />

the 22ha park, which is yet to be<br />

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NEWS<br />

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

3D-printed food in competition finals<br />

• By Susan Sandys<br />

DOOR TO THE FUTURE: Damir Torrico (centre), alongside Lincoln University<br />

colleagues Lokesh Kumar (left) and Luca Serventi, are venturing into<br />

the field of 3D food printing. Right – Lincoln University alumnus Patrick<br />

Clement is thrilled to have his huhu grub idea recognised.<br />

HUHU HUMMUS and<br />

3D-printed microgreens are<br />

among innovations which<br />

have made the finals of a<br />

highly competitive agritech<br />

competition.<br />

Powered by ChristchurchNZ,<br />

the Food, Fibre & Agritech<br />

Supernode Challenge is back for<br />

the second year in a row.<br />

Several Lincoln University<br />

alumni and staff members are in<br />

the shortlist of 24 finalists. The<br />

top 10 are yet to be named and<br />

will present at an awards ceremony<br />

<strong>June</strong> 21 at Christchurch<br />

Town Hall.<br />

Participants were invited to<br />

submit fresh ideas to advance<br />

Canterbury’s food, fibre and<br />

agritech sector, aimed at a more<br />

sustainable future. Winners will<br />

receive a share in more than<br />

$70,000 in cash and prizes.<br />

Lincoln University Department<br />

of Wine, Food and Molecular<br />

Biosciences senior lecturer<br />

Damir Torrico, of Rolleston,<br />

is thrilled to have his and his<br />

team’s idea of delicious and nutritious<br />

3D-printed microgreen<br />

products make the shortlist.<br />

Microgreens are young seedlings<br />

of edible vegetables and<br />

herbs, which can be harvested<br />

soon after being planted.<br />

Torrico said the ability of the<br />

plants to grow fast could be useful<br />

in situations where food was<br />

scarce. And 3D food printing<br />

was a new technology which allowed<br />

researchers to re-imagine<br />

food products.<br />

“Several food concepts can<br />

be tested and prototypes can<br />

be created by just finding the<br />

right ingredients and procedures<br />

using the food 3D printer. We<br />

expect to have more research in<br />

this space,” Torrico said.<br />

Lincoln University alumnus<br />

Patrick Clement, now a retired<br />

agribusiness executive living<br />

in Auckland, was also thrilled<br />

to make the shortlist. His idea<br />

involves researching and commercialising<br />

the native huhu<br />

grub as both a food source and a<br />

natural processor of post-harvest<br />

forestry debris.<br />

Products could include hummus,<br />

gourmet dishes and ingredient<br />

powders.<br />

Clement said huhu grubs were<br />

“delicious.” He had been eating<br />

them ever since he was a child<br />

growing up in Blenheim. He and<br />

his brother would get them out<br />

of old pine logs for their grandfather<br />

to use as fishing bait.<br />

They would often get dozens<br />

too many, so his mother would<br />

deep-fry the remainder.<br />

“They taste a little bit like peanut<br />

butter,” Clement said.<br />

Others on the shortlist include:<br />

Lincoln University alumnus<br />

Alistair Frizzell, of Kirwee, with<br />

his idea of developing an automated<br />

irrigator. The irrigator can<br />

be programmed to include hardto-reach<br />

areas, thereby saving<br />

farmers time, money and water.<br />

Lincoln University alumnus<br />

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her colleague Emily House, with<br />

their DietDecoder software solution.<br />

The software is designed<br />

to connect pasture nutrient<br />

insights to animal health and<br />

welfare.<br />

Lincoln University educational<br />

facilitator Lauren Roberts with<br />

her idea of replacing silage wrap<br />

with an airtight container and<br />

tracking fermentation, helping to<br />

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Big turnout at swap meet<br />

HIGHLY anticipated after being<br />

postponed three times in the<br />

past two years, the Hororata<br />

Mechanical Swap Meet did not<br />

disappoint when it was finally<br />

held on Saturday.<br />

About 130 sellers rolled into<br />

the Hororata Domain as the sun<br />

rose, followed by 2500 punters<br />

looking for treasures.<br />

THey came from throughout<br />

New Zealand. Organiser John<br />

Foster said he was “blown away”<br />

by the numbers. It was twice<br />

as many sellers and five times<br />

as many buyers compared to<br />

previous years.<br />

Foster and Dave Pomare set<br />

up the Hororata Mechanical<br />

Swap Meet in 2<strong>01</strong>0 and have<br />

operated it since then. They<br />

said the weekend’s event was<br />

so successful, they plan to hold<br />

another one in September.<br />

“THe swap meet community<br />

has missed out on coming<br />

together for the past two years.<br />

Along with finding that hardto-find<br />

part or special piece of<br />

machinery, swap meets are about<br />

catching up with mates and<br />

having a yarn, that is what we<br />

have missed most,” Foster said.<br />

“It was quite overwhelming<br />

seeing the line grow and grow<br />

of sellers wanting to get into<br />

the event first thing in the<br />

morning, but hats off to the<br />

team of volunteers who worked<br />

like a well-oiled machine to get<br />

everyone in fast.”<br />

THis year they partnered with<br />

the Hororata Community Trust<br />

to help deliver the event.<br />

He said it was a good<br />

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Left – Carol Gurney of<br />

Hororata was pleased<br />

to sell her motorbike.<br />

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Historical Society, Terrace<br />

Station Charitable Trust,<br />

Hororata Parish, and Hororata<br />

Community Trust all benefiting<br />

from the proceeds.<br />

BACKYARD CRITTERS<br />

OVER THE last few years, I<br />

have recorded 403 invertebrate<br />

species at our Lincoln section.<br />

Moths make up 29 per cent (116)<br />

of these species.<br />

The large number of moth<br />

species in some way reflects the<br />

plant diversity from our garden<br />

that their larvae feed on – the<br />

larger the native plant diversity,<br />

the greater the moth species’<br />

diversity will be.<br />

We often think of butterflies<br />

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One that comes to mind is a<br />

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quite variable in colour, ranging<br />

from cream to brown and green<br />

colours.<br />

The species is endemic to New<br />

Zealand and found in most parts<br />

Wednesday <strong>June</strong> 1 <strong>2022</strong> <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong><br />

NEWS 13<br />

Mike Bowie is an ecologist who specialises in<br />

entomology (insects and other invertebrates).<br />

Each week he introduces a new species<br />

found in his backyard at Lincoln. His column<br />

aims to raise public awareness of biodiversity,<br />

the variety of living things around us. Check<br />

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OUR PEOPLE – HENRY TURNER<br />

Satisfying a ravenous appetite for<br />

Henry Turner of West<br />

Melton has become<br />

one of Christchurch Art<br />

Gallery’s youngest artists<br />

to be represented in its<br />

permanent collection.<br />

The gallery just recently<br />

bought two of his<br />

works. Susan Sandys<br />

spoke to the 22-year-old<br />

Tell me a little bit about<br />

yourself and your art.<br />

Basically I’m no good at<br />

anything else. I have been doing<br />

this for most of my life, although<br />

it was only formalised about<br />

eight years ago.<br />

What schools did you go to?<br />

I went to West Melton School<br />

and Burnside High School.<br />

When did you first start to<br />

draw and paint?<br />

I can’t remember, it was before<br />

memory solidified.<br />

As a child, what did you like<br />

about art?<br />

It had a sort of achievability,<br />

and a freedom, which wasn’t<br />

really in anything else. It’s like<br />

a liberation of the soul, and you<br />

can fly.<br />

Tell me about what art forms<br />

you do.<br />

Well I do most kinds. I do<br />

embroidery and painting and<br />

silver-making and sculpting<br />

and gardening. But I’ve barely<br />

started. I propose to get started<br />

on lapidary (caving gemstones).<br />

Do you think gardening is an<br />

art form?<br />

Well, I am very uninterested in<br />

art forms. It’s like making clothes,<br />

and gardening and cooking and<br />

painting. They are all in one sort of<br />

category, except the garden fights<br />

back, and it would be unwise<br />

to eat the sculpture most of the<br />

time. With the creative essence,<br />

it’s all from the same place. And<br />

everything can be fused together<br />

into a more generalised means of<br />

expression, which is what I have<br />

been aiming for.<br />

Tell me about your recent<br />

solo exhibitions.<br />

I do shows in different places.<br />

There’s Brett McDowell Gallery<br />

in Dunedin, City Art Depot in<br />

FINDING SUCCESS: Henry Turner of West Melton began showing his work in solo exhibitions as a teenager.<br />

Right: Echoes (a) and Echoes (b) have recently sold to the Christchurch Art Gallery.<br />

PHOTO: STAR NEWS<br />

Christchurch. I do shows in both<br />

of those, I’m working on a show<br />

for Brett today. At the moment,<br />

it’s mainly planning more than<br />

actually painting, because<br />

some of the formats are quite<br />

complicated, but there’s a lot<br />

of gold and pearls. There was a<br />

show at City Art Depot recently<br />

(Exhibition entitled A.P.G.A.,<br />

April 16-May 16), which had<br />

embroidered clothing, lots of<br />

sculpture and lots of painting.<br />

To do the painting, I used<br />

techniques you would normally<br />

use for sculpture. On the<br />

sculpture, some of them, I used<br />

techniques you would normally<br />

use for paintings. Also some of<br />

the sculptures were on the walls,<br />

and some of the paintings were<br />

on tables. So there is a sort of<br />

blurring of characteristics.<br />

Did you take art as a subject<br />

at Burnside?<br />

Oh yes, I did the maximum<br />

that I could. At morning tea<br />

and lunch time, and before and<br />

after school. It was really good,<br />

I spent as much time in there<br />

(art studios at the school) as I<br />

possibly could. At Burnside,<br />

there were several teachers of<br />

importance, and there was<br />

(artist) Nichola Shanley. I was<br />

never in her class. I started<br />

working with galleries through<br />

her and it was incredible.<br />

How did Nichola Shanley<br />

help when you weren’t in her<br />

art class?<br />

I sidled into whichever class<br />

she was teaching. And also we<br />

had morning tea together, and<br />

lunch, and went to visit each<br />

other, and it was wonderful, it<br />

really was.<br />

So even though you were<br />

not in her class, she ended up<br />

being a wonderful mentor<br />

anyway?<br />

Yes. Mentor, mental artist.<br />

She opened up the whole<br />

world of exhibitions to you?<br />

I had been doing shows for<br />

years by then, but I went to Brett<br />

McDowell Gallery because she<br />

was showing there. I was in<br />

year 10. That was of incredible<br />

importance, it was one of the<br />

best things that ever happened<br />

to me. It took years and years<br />

before I was able to do good<br />

work that I wanted to show with<br />

Brett. But I knew from then<br />

where I wanted to go. If you<br />

consider art to be work, then I<br />

have worked just about every<br />

day of my life. Whether it wasn’t<br />

actually drawing, then I was<br />

thinking about it and exercising<br />

the mind, all the time. But it’s<br />

only in the last few years, very<br />

recently in fact, that I think I<br />

have got somewhere.<br />

Do you make a living from<br />

your art?<br />

It’s getting there. I started<br />

from sort of nothing. I have done<br />

it every day, but it is starting to<br />

get there, definitely.<br />

That must be rewarding.<br />

Can I include a metaphor?<br />

There’s this great thing the<br />

ancient Egyptians did, it’s in<br />

the Book of the Dead. When the<br />

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was the opening of the mouth,<br />

and then they could speak, which<br />

is why it was important that the<br />

tongue got preserved perfectly.<br />

Arriving dumb and unable to<br />

communicate or anything, and<br />

then the opening of the mouth,<br />

it seems quite relevant. Because<br />

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to me, you can speak, you are<br />

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OUR PEOPLE 15<br />

art – but not using the colour blue<br />

That is wonderful that your<br />

artistic career has taken off. I<br />

understand the Christchurch<br />

Art Gallery bought two of your<br />

works?<br />

The (Christchurch) Art Gallery<br />

bought two big paintings a few<br />

weeks ago, that was nice. They<br />

were quite big ones, I haven’t<br />

done such big ones in a while.<br />

They were called Echoes (a) and<br />

Echoes (b). They were large forests<br />

with different things happening<br />

in them. They are gouache on<br />

panel. If you asked them and they<br />

declined to divulge (the price),<br />

I can’t really divulge it either. It<br />

was a record purchase from my<br />

experience (highest price for my<br />

work that I have achieved).<br />

What did you do when you<br />

left school?<br />

I went to Canterbury<br />

University. I’ve got a Bachelor of<br />

Arts. I majored in art history and<br />

minored in classics.<br />

That’s interesting that you<br />

didn’t take the traditional route<br />

many artists take, studying fine<br />

arts?<br />

I think some people might go<br />

to art school to get more art into<br />

their lives. But it has been my life<br />

since the year dot, so I thought<br />

I would just keep going. I was<br />

exhibiting all the time I was at<br />

university. It’s super important<br />

to exercise the mind, I turned<br />

myself into one of those German<br />

mining machines and sort of<br />

ate up everything there was.<br />

Although, I can’t honestly say I<br />

cared very much about marks.<br />

Because the stuff itself was so<br />

exciting, and I was so ravenous<br />

for it. It opened so much of the<br />

brain, and that was the important<br />

thing. But I did that solely as an<br />

adjunct to the art.<br />

How old were you when you<br />

had your first solo exhibition?<br />

The first time I ever showed<br />

anything in a sort of semiformalised<br />

way was at <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />

Arts Heart (annual <strong>Selwyn</strong> art<br />

exhibition). I think I was about<br />

12. The first solo show wasn’t<br />

until a few years after that.<br />

I’m really bad at dates. It was<br />

drawings and paintings, mostly<br />

paintings I think. I was working<br />

EXHIBITION: Christchurch’s City Art Depot recently hosted a Henry Turner exhibition, entitled A.G.P.A.<br />

a lot with oil pastels at that point,<br />

which I haven’t really done<br />

since. It is sort of drawing with<br />

lipsticks, it’s amazing.<br />

I saw online that you wrote<br />

the book Deep Gold, described<br />

as a series of paintings and<br />

a novella about a fictitious<br />

Subantarctic island, its<br />

shipwrecked crew, plants and<br />

species.<br />

Yes, that was a sort of<br />

delayed response to a trip to<br />

the Subantarctics I did about<br />

eight years ago. I went round<br />

down there, which is another<br />

one of the best things which has<br />

ever happened to me. It was of<br />

huge importance. I went there<br />

again last year, with Nicola as it<br />

happened. So there was a lovely<br />

symmetry to it, because it was<br />

around when I first met her that I<br />

went the first time. I skipped the<br />

year 9 exams, it was great.<br />

How did you get to go there<br />

on your first trip?<br />

I heard that there was this<br />

scholarship. I scraped together<br />

the relevant stuff and went to see<br />

the company. I was on the ship<br />

inside the week. It was amazing.<br />

What did you like about it?<br />

Going to Macquarie Island<br />

(part of the Subantarctic Islands)<br />

is the rawest extreme of opposite<br />

(from civilisation) you can<br />

imagine. You go there and the<br />

penguins come up and eat you,<br />

well nibble a bit. There is this<br />

enormous biomass, which is not<br />

used to people. When you go<br />

there, if you didn’t know better,<br />

you would swear humans didn’t<br />

exist anywhere in the world.<br />

I am curious about what<br />

other subjects you studied at<br />

school. Your morning teas and<br />

your lunch breaks and your<br />

art classes of course were spent<br />

doing art, what other subjects<br />

did you do at high school?<br />

Well I started at Burnside in<br />

another well-known specialist<br />

department of theirs, and that<br />

was an utter disaster. That was<br />

sort of six months that didn’t<br />

happen, as far as I am concerned.<br />

Was it music?<br />

Yes, well you might well think<br />

that, I couldn’t possibly. I don’t<br />

want to talk about it, it was<br />

horrible. There was that, and well<br />

after that there was the usual.<br />

French was good, I enjoyed that,<br />

and maths, biology chemistry,<br />

not to any stellar results. English<br />

was fantastic.<br />

Did your parents influence<br />

your art career?<br />

Yes, I would say so, my<br />

parents definitely. My<br />

grandfather was an engineer. He<br />

built stuff, he built motorcars<br />

and ships and railways and<br />

steam locomotives, basically<br />

did whatever he wanted to. My<br />

mother has a lot of that, and my<br />

father is an engineer.<br />

Do you have any siblings?<br />

Yes. I have two younger<br />

brothers. At school they were<br />

sometimes asked if I was<br />

adopted.<br />

Why is that?<br />

Well, because we are so<br />

dramatically unlike. How much<br />

of it is nature versus nurture I<br />

don’t know, more of the latter<br />

I think. They are at university.<br />

My brother Max is doing<br />

biochemistry and George is<br />

an engineer. I think a lot of it<br />

is also to do with the fact that<br />

they are both very, very good<br />

at being outgoing and social.<br />

They are very good with people.<br />

Particularly at school, which I<br />

was the total opposite of that. I<br />

hardly left the art department.<br />

I suppose that had its<br />

advantages, because you are a<br />

successful artist! Can you think<br />

of anything else to share?<br />

I got semi-addicted to<br />

methadone once for about five<br />

weeks. It was the holidays before<br />

year 11 started. I haven’t used<br />

the colour blue since. The sky<br />

became sort of terrifying, and<br />

it became sort of a tic. It was<br />

after a big spinal operation. I<br />

have a deformed spine. It had to<br />

be modified. I can’t remember<br />

if the instructions weren’t said<br />

loudly enough, or not listened<br />

to hard enough (regarding the<br />

recommended prescribed dosage<br />

for post-operative pain relief).<br />

That was probably the worst<br />

thing that ever happened to me,<br />

the withdrawal. It was a pretty<br />

softcore addiction compared to<br />

other substances that are around,<br />

but it was quite unpleasant I must<br />

say.<br />

It’s a shame you have not<br />

been able to use the colour blue<br />

since then, blue is a beautiful<br />

colour.<br />

Yea, I’m sure it is. There are<br />

times when I think: ‘Maybe if i<br />

just use a little pale blue.’ Well,<br />

I’m quite obstinate. I may as just<br />

well continue. I do quite like a<br />

nice teal green though.<br />

Can you wear the colour<br />

blue?<br />

Oh yeah. I almost always wear<br />

black. Or sometimes white. But<br />

mostly black. Maybe blue now<br />

and then. My friend Sharon<br />

Ng does these wonderful black<br />

shirts which I wear. It also takes<br />

embroidery quite well. The last<br />

one had so much glass beading it<br />

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Notices<br />

River Works Ararira / LII River<br />

The LII drainage committee will<br />

commence weed cutting of the<br />

LII river from 1st of <strong>June</strong> through<br />

until 30th <strong>June</strong>.<br />

River users are asked to be<br />

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machinery will be operating in<br />

the river. A weir/barrier will be in<br />

place 200m downstream of the<br />

Wolfes Road boat ramp for this<br />

period.<br />

This work is in accordance<br />

with Environment Canterbury<br />

consents CRC000818.1<br />

Meetings<br />

Public Forums: Council, Community Board and local committee meetings are open to the public. Time is<br />

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Draft Annual Plan Deliberations*<br />

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Wednesday 8 <strong>June</strong> 9am Council Rolleston Offices<br />

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Wednesday 8 <strong>June</strong> 1pm Council Rolleston Offices<br />

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Wednesday 15 <strong>June</strong> 11am Council Rolleston Offices<br />

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Wednesday 22 <strong>June</strong> 1pm Council Rolleston Offices<br />

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Monday 27 <strong>June</strong> 2pm Darfield Library<br />

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Rating information database<br />

available for inspection<br />

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and Environment Canterbury<br />

(<strong>Selwyn</strong> properties only) may<br />

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Indian Restaurant, Prebbleton)<br />

has applied for an on licence.<br />

Objections to this application are<br />

open until 17 <strong>June</strong>.<br />

DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETINGS<br />

Kimberley Reserve & Hall Committee<br />

Tuesday 14 <strong>June</strong> 7.30pm Kimberley Hall<br />

Kirwee Community Committee<br />

Monday 20 <strong>June</strong> 7.30pm Kirwee Hall<br />

Kirwee Recreation Reserve Management Committee<br />

Monday 13 <strong>June</strong> 7.30pm Kirwee Reserve Pavilion<br />

Rolleston Residents’ Association Inc.<br />

Monday 27 <strong>June</strong> 7.30pm Rolleston Community Centre<br />

Tai Tapu Inc AGM<br />

Wednesday 8 <strong>June</strong> 7.30pm Tai Tapu Library, following<br />

committee meeting at 7pm<br />

Winter is back, with a new set of challenges for driving - we’re encouraging drivers to take a few simple<br />

steps to drive safe.<br />

As the weather changes driving challenges can change quickly with fog, ice, snow, rain, shorter daylight<br />

hours and sunstrike. The district has many shaded areas, which prevent roads from thawing on cooler<br />

days. Staying alert and taking extra care is essential, but winter driving does not have to be dangerous or<br />

intimidating. Especially not if you remember the four key tips for winter driving:<br />

Plan Ahead – Stay Alert – Slow Down – Drop Back.<br />

PLAN AHEAD<br />

Prepare your vehicle before you start your journey. Make sure your wiper blades, headlights and tyres<br />

are in good condition and your windscreen is clear inside and out. Before winter really sets in, ensure any<br />

necessary maintenance for your vehicle has been completed so you don’t get stranded.<br />

Prepare for your trip, know your route, check for weather conditions, road closures, road works. Plan<br />

for food, water, kids and pet’s needs. Better to have supplies and not need them than get stuck and be<br />

hungry.<br />

STAY ALERT<br />

Make sure you can see clearly through your windows in all directions to enable you to see at risk areas<br />

on the road. Scanning further ahead gives you time to assess any risk. Be alert for other road users –<br />

preparing for and anticipating other’s actions can help reduce the need to make emergency manoeuvrers<br />

in poor weather conditions<br />

Be alert to what’s in front of you. Don’t get caught out by a stop sign that just appears. Stay alert, plan<br />

ahead, keep your driving smooth and controlled – this helps reduce the risk of loss of traction.<br />

SLOW DOWN<br />

Slowing down slightly will greatly increase your ability to react and control your vehicle. We all know that<br />

time someone flew past and you're only two cars back from them at the next town. It's not worth the risk.<br />

DROP BACK<br />

Dropping back gives you more stopping distance, time to react and better line of sight to assess the road<br />

conditions. Following too close may cause panic in the driver you are following, creating an unexpected<br />

behaviour which you may not have time to avoid.<br />

For more tips on safe driving in different winter conditions visit our website at<br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong>.govt.nz/winterdriving.<br />

Event Guide<br />

Wednesday 1 <strong>June</strong><br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong> Libraries at Arthur's Pass<br />

Arthur's Pass Community Centre, 11am–1pm<br />

We are bringing the library to you! Come along and<br />

choose some new reading material off the Edge<br />

Connector Vehicle, have a go at crocheting a granny<br />

square using tips and hints from the libraries Creative<br />

Bug e-resource. Also if you have any device issues<br />

or app questions bring them along and our Digital<br />

Assistant will be on hand to help.<br />

Children under 8 must be accompanied by a parent.<br />

Free. Bookings not required.<br />

Thursday 2 <strong>June</strong><br />

English Learners Coffee Club<br />

Te Ara Ātea, 1.30–2.30pm<br />

Join us to improve your everyday English skills and<br />

confidence in a casual setting. Sessions are focused<br />

on the needs of learners - so no two classes are the<br />

same. Whether you are looking to learn, or simply<br />

just to socialise, join us at our weekly coffee club. All<br />

language learners welcome. Free. Bookings required at<br />

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

Friday 3 <strong>June</strong><br />

Children's Book and Board Games Club<br />

Leeston Library, 3.30–4.30pm<br />

Head along to Leeston Library every Friday afternoon to<br />

share your latest reading adventures, play board games<br />

games and enjoy some fun crafts. Bookings essential<br />

at selwynlibraries.co.nz/events - one booking per family<br />

bubble please.<br />

Sunday 5 <strong>June</strong><br />

Mahoe Reserve Working Bee<br />

Mahoe Native Reserve, Boundary Road, Lincoln,<br />

2–4pm<br />

Join Lincoln Envirotown to look after the reserve. Please<br />

wear closed toe shoes, gloves and eye protection.<br />

Working bees are the first Sunday of every month.<br />

Please do not attend if you have COVID symptoms. Visit<br />

LincolnEnvirotown.org.nz/event or contact Sue 021 100<br />

1009, mahoereserve@gmail.com<br />

Wednesday 8 <strong>June</strong><br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong> Stars Talent Search<br />

Rolleston Community Centre, 4.30–6.30pm<br />

Can you sing, dance, juggle, do a magic trick or have a<br />

special talent that would stop a crowd? Then we would<br />

love to see it! Enter our <strong>Selwyn</strong> Stars Talent Search and<br />

see if you have what it takes to get our audience singing,<br />

dancing or laughing in their seats.<br />

We have over $1000 worth of prizes up for grabs<br />

including an Apple iPad Mini, Instax Mini and an Ultimate<br />

Ears Wonderboom.<br />

Open to 5–13 years. For more dates, to register and find<br />

out more visit selwyn.govt.nz/stars<br />

Wednesday 8 <strong>June</strong><br />

Family Trees for DNA Matches<br />

Te Ara Ātea, 1.30–2.30pm<br />

You've done your DNA and there are pages of matches.<br />

How do you work out how you're related? Creating<br />

quick family trees for your matches may solve your<br />

problem. We'll look at different ways of doing these with<br />

some hints and tips on the way. Suitable for 18+ years.<br />

Free. Bookings required at selwynlibraries.co.nz/events.<br />

If no spaces are available, please call (03) 318 7780 to<br />

be added to our waitlist.<br />

FOR INFORMATION ON LISTING A COMMUNITY EVENT<br />

VISIT SELWYN.GOVT.NZ/COUNCILCALL.<br />

LEESTON LIBRARY & SERVICE CENTRE<br />

19 Messines Street, Leeston<br />

Ph 347 2871<br />

LINCOLN LIBRARY & SERVICE CENTRE<br />

Gerald Street, Lincoln<br />

Ph 347 2876<br />

0800 SELWYN<br />

SELWYN.GOVT.NZ<br />

SELWYNDISTRICTCOUNCIL


Wednesday <strong>June</strong> 1 <strong>2022</strong> <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 19<br />

Notices<br />

River Works Ararira / LII River<br />

The LII drainage committee will<br />

commence weed cutting of the<br />

LII river from 1st of <strong>June</strong> through<br />

until 30th <strong>June</strong>.<br />

River users are asked to be<br />

careful during this time as<br />

machinery will be operating in<br />

the river. A weir/barrier will be in<br />

place 200m downstream of the<br />

Wolfes Road boat ramp for this<br />

period.<br />

This work is in accordance<br />

with Environment Canterbury<br />

consents CRC000818.1<br />

Meetings<br />

Public Forums: Council, Community Board and local committee meetings are open to the public. Time is<br />

available at the start of meetings for people to speak on matters of concern. Please notify Therese Davel<br />

or Bernadette Ryan if you wish to speak at the Council meeting at least five days before the meeting.<br />

Township, Hall and Reserve Committees: To list or make changes to meeting details, email meeting.<br />

changes@selwyn.govt.nz or phone 347 2800 or 318 8338 by 9am Wednesday the week before publication.<br />

COUNCIL & COMMUNITY BOARD MEETINGS<br />

Draft Annual Plan Deliberations*<br />

Tuesday 7 <strong>June</strong> 9am Council Rolleston Offices<br />

Wednesday 8 <strong>June</strong> 9am Council Rolleston Offices<br />

Council Meeting*<br />

Wednesday 8 <strong>June</strong> 1pm Council Rolleston Offices<br />

Audit & Risk Subcommittee*<br />

Wednesday 15 <strong>June</strong> 11am Council Rolleston Offices<br />

Council Meeting*<br />

Wednesday 22 <strong>June</strong> 1pm Council Rolleston Offices<br />

Malvern Community Board<br />

Monday 27 <strong>June</strong> 2pm Darfield Library<br />

* Livestreamed on the Council website and YouTube<br />

channel<br />

and CRC000819. For more<br />

information please contact the<br />

Council on 0800 SELWYN (735<br />

996).<br />

Rating information database<br />

available for inspection<br />

The Rating Information Database<br />

for the <strong>Selwyn</strong> District Council<br />

and Environment Canterbury<br />

(<strong>Selwyn</strong> properties only) may<br />

be inspected without fee at<br />

the Council’s Rolleston Service<br />

Centre, 2 Norman Kirk Drive,<br />

Rolleston, between the hours<br />

Stay safe on the roads this winter<br />

of 8.30am–5pm, Monday to<br />

Friday, excluding public holidays.<br />

Access to the Rating Information<br />

Database is also available on our<br />

website selwyn.govt.nz.<br />

Alcohol Notices<br />

Saket Food Limited (Saket<br />

Indian Restaurant, Prebbleton)<br />

has applied for an on licence.<br />

Objections to this application are<br />

open until 17 <strong>June</strong>.<br />

DISTRICT COMMITTEE MEETINGS<br />

Kimberley Reserve & Hall Committee<br />

Tuesday 14 <strong>June</strong> 7.30pm Kimberley Hall<br />

Kirwee Community Committee<br />

Monday 20 <strong>June</strong> 7.30pm Kirwee Hall<br />

Kirwee Recreation Reserve Management Committee<br />

Monday 13 <strong>June</strong> 7.30pm Kirwee Reserve Pavilion<br />

Rolleston Residents’ Association Inc.<br />

Monday 27 <strong>June</strong> 7.30pm Rolleston Community Centre<br />

Tai Tapu Inc AGM<br />

Wednesday 8 <strong>June</strong> 7.30pm Tai Tapu Library, following<br />

committee meeting at 7pm<br />

Winter is back, with a new set of challenges for driving - we’re encouraging drivers to take a few simple<br />

steps to drive safe.<br />

As the weather changes driving challenges can change quickly with fog, ice, snow, rain, shorter daylight<br />

hours and sunstrike. The district has many shaded areas, which prevent roads from thawing on cooler<br />

days. Staying alert and taking extra care is essential, but winter driving does not have to be dangerous or<br />

intimidating. Especially not if you remember the four key tips for winter driving:<br />

Plan Ahead – Stay Alert – Slow Down – Drop Back.<br />

PLAN AHEAD<br />

Prepare your vehicle before you start your journey. Make sure your wiper blades, headlights and tyres<br />

are in good condition and your windscreen is clear inside and out. Before winter really sets in, ensure any<br />

necessary maintenance for your vehicle has been completed so you don’t get stranded.<br />

Prepare for your trip, know your route, check for weather conditions, road closures, road works. Plan<br />

for food, water, kids and pet’s needs. Better to have supplies and not need them than get stuck and be<br />

hungry.<br />

STAY ALERT<br />

Make sure you can see clearly through your windows in all directions to enable you to see at risk areas<br />

on the road. Scanning further ahead gives you time to assess any risk. Be alert for other road users –<br />

preparing for and anticipating other’s actions can help reduce the need to make emergency manoeuvrers<br />

in poor weather conditions<br />

Be alert to what’s in front of you. Don’t get caught out by a stop sign that just appears. Stay alert, plan<br />

ahead, keep your driving smooth and controlled – this helps reduce the risk of loss of traction.<br />

SLOW DOWN<br />

Slowing down slightly will greatly increase your ability to react and control your vehicle. We all know that<br />

time someone flew past and you're only two cars back from them at the next town. It's not worth the risk.<br />

DROP BACK<br />

Dropping back gives you more stopping distance, time to react and better line of sight to assess the road<br />

conditions. Following too close may cause panic in the driver you are following, creating an unexpected<br />

behaviour which you may not have time to avoid.<br />

For more tips on safe driving in different winter conditions visit our website at<br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong>.govt.nz/winterdriving.<br />

Event Guide<br />

Wednesday 1 <strong>June</strong><br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong> Libraries at Arthur's Pass<br />

Arthur's Pass Community Centre, 11am–1pm<br />

We are bringing the library to you! Come along and<br />

choose some new reading material off the Edge<br />

Connector Vehicle, have a go at crocheting a granny<br />

square using tips and hints from the libraries Creative<br />

Bug e-resource. Also if you have any device issues<br />

or app questions bring them along and our Digital<br />

Assistant will be on hand to help.<br />

Children under 8 must be accompanied by a parent.<br />

Free. Bookings not required.<br />

Thursday 2 <strong>June</strong><br />

English Learners Coffee Club<br />

Te Ara Ātea, 1.30–2.30pm<br />

Join us to improve your everyday English skills and<br />

confidence in a casual setting. Sessions are focused<br />

on the needs of learners - so no two classes are the<br />

same. Whether you are looking to learn, or simply<br />

just to socialise, join us at our weekly coffee club. All<br />

language learners welcome. Free. Bookings required at<br />

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

Friday 3 <strong>June</strong><br />

Children's Book and Board Games Club<br />

Leeston Library, 3.30–4.30pm<br />

Head along to Leeston Library every Friday afternoon to<br />

share your latest reading adventures, play board games<br />

games and enjoy some fun crafts. Bookings essential<br />

at selwynlibraries.co.nz/events - one booking per family<br />

bubble please.<br />

Sunday 5 <strong>June</strong><br />

Mahoe Reserve Working Bee<br />

Mahoe Native Reserve, Boundary Road, Lincoln,<br />

2–4pm<br />

Join Lincoln Envirotown to look after the reserve. Please<br />

wear closed toe shoes, gloves and eye protection.<br />

Working bees are the first Sunday of every month.<br />

Please do not attend if you have COVID symptoms. Visit<br />

LincolnEnvirotown.org.nz/event or contact Sue 021 100<br />

1009, mahoereserve@gmail.com<br />

Wednesday 8 <strong>June</strong><br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong> Stars Talent Search<br />

Rolleston Community Centre, 4.30–6.30pm<br />

Can you sing, dance, juggle, do a magic trick or have a<br />

special talent that would stop a crowd? Then we would<br />

love to see it! Enter our <strong>Selwyn</strong> Stars Talent Search and<br />

see if you have what it takes to get our audience singing,<br />

dancing or laughing in their seats.<br />

We have over $1000 worth of prizes up for grabs<br />

including an Apple iPad Mini, Instax Mini and an Ultimate<br />

Ears Wonderboom.<br />

Open to 5–13 years. For more dates, to register and find<br />

out more visit selwyn.govt.nz/stars<br />

Wednesday 8 <strong>June</strong><br />

Family Trees for DNA Matches<br />

Te Ara Ātea, 1.30–2.30pm<br />

You've done your DNA and there are pages of matches.<br />

How do you work out how you're related? Creating<br />

quick family trees for your matches may solve your<br />

problem. We'll look at different ways of doing these with<br />

some hints and tips on the way. Suitable for 18+ years.<br />

Free. Bookings required at selwynlibraries.co.nz/events.<br />

If no spaces are available, please call (03) 318 7780 to<br />

be added to our waitlist.<br />

FOR INFORMATION ON LISTING A COMMUNITY EVENT<br />

VISIT SELWYN.GOVT.NZ/COUNCILCALL.<br />

LEESTON LIBRARY & SERVICE CENTRE<br />

19 Messines Street, Leeston<br />

Ph 347 2871<br />

LINCOLN LIBRARY & SERVICE CENTRE<br />

Gerald Street, Lincoln<br />

Ph 347 2876<br />

0800 SELWYN<br />

SELWYN.GOVT.NZ<br />

SELWYNDISTRICTCOUNCIL


<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>June</strong> 1 <strong>2022</strong><br />

20<br />

RACING<br />

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

Four wins on the trot for ‘big kid’<br />

• By Dave Di Somma<br />

LINCOLN-BASED trainer<br />

Greg Manson believes his star<br />

pacer Franco Marek could well<br />

“become something”. But he’s in<br />

no rush with the horse he says is<br />

just “a big kid”.<br />

The four-year-old has won<br />

four from four since March with<br />

Manson saying next year’s New<br />

Zealand Cup is very much in his<br />

thinking.<br />

Bred by Spreydon Lodge,<br />

Franco Marek is by A Rocknroll<br />

Dance out of Miss Lisa. He was<br />

bought and trained by the late<br />

Donald Jones, who was Manson’s<br />

boss at United Fisheries, a<br />

company owned and run by the<br />

Kotzikas family.<br />

His debut was a tough<br />

assignment. He finished sixth<br />

in the 2020 Sapling Stakes won<br />

by now champion four-year-old<br />

Krug.<br />

Then son Norm Leacock-Jones<br />

took over the training, lining<br />

Franco Marek up for his second<br />

start where he finished third<br />

behind Surfers Delight and<br />

Samhara at Addington in March<br />

last year.<br />

That’s when the phone started<br />

ringing.<br />

“Norm was getting some offers<br />

and he rang us and we got him,<br />

for some pretty decent money.”<br />

Joining Manson in the ownership<br />

group were Andre Kotzikas<br />

and Stephen Boyd – “an accountant<br />

– not the horse trainer’.<br />

The Kotzikas are a major player<br />

in the sport, with Andre’s father<br />

Kypros’ biggest triumph coming<br />

in the 1997 New Zealand Cup<br />

with Iraklis.<br />

The family also own Lavros<br />

Lodge, a highly regarded training<br />

establishment in Christchurch.<br />

Manson trains his horses<br />

there as well as at his own 450m<br />

track at Lincoln and on the grass<br />

at Motukarara.<br />

Manson took his time with<br />

Franco Marek because of the<br />

gelding’s erratic tendencies. It<br />

was a year before he returned to<br />

the races.<br />

“He was a bit of a head case,”<br />

says Manson, “I ended up spending<br />

six months long reining<br />

him because he would just flip<br />

himself over for no reason.”<br />

“He was very temperamental.”<br />

Playing the long game certainly<br />

seems to have worked.<br />

“We have placed him pretty<br />

good, he had a couple on the<br />

grass (Methven and Geraldine)<br />

and then one at Rangiora before<br />

heading to Addington - that was<br />

a big step up, especially off the<br />

unruly.”<br />

WINTER WARMERS<br />

LONG<br />

GAME: Greg<br />

Manson with<br />

temperamental<br />

pacer Franco<br />

Marek.<br />

Off 10m, Franco Marek won<br />

his Addington debut nearly<br />

two weeks ago when he edged<br />

out another promising pacer<br />

in Carana. He is now unbeaten<br />

in four starts for Manson. His<br />

winning time for the 2600m was<br />

3:13.3.<br />

“He’s just a big kid, he gawks<br />

around – he can run some time<br />

but he has got lots to learn,” said<br />

Manson.<br />

“One guy who’s had a huge<br />

bearing on his success is Johnny<br />

Morrison (driver), he treats the<br />

horse kindly and educates him. I<br />

can’t thank him enough.”<br />

For the time being Franco<br />

Marek will be limited to standing<br />

starts, the mobiles are just<br />

not his go.<br />

Said Manson: “He just gets too<br />

worked up but the problem is<br />

that there are not many stands<br />

for him.<br />

“He’s got a lot of improvement,<br />

we haven’t done a lot of fast work<br />

with him and we are hopeful he’s<br />

going to be something.”<br />

His next start is likely to<br />

be on <strong>June</strong> 17 at Addington<br />

where he’ll be joined again by<br />

stablemate Copperhead Rose.<br />

The pair lined up at Geraldine<br />

on April 24, with Franco Marek<br />

winning and Copperhead Rose<br />

sixth. “Copper” was a chance<br />

of starting in last year’s New<br />

Zealand Cup before suffering a<br />

ligament injury and Manson is<br />

hopeful he can make the field<br />

this November.<br />

After next month’s assignment<br />

Franco Marek is set to have a<br />

break before he and Copperhead<br />

Rose line up in the Maurice Holmes<br />

Vase, one of the traditional<br />

lead-up races to New Zealand<br />

Cup week.<br />

If and where “Frankie” lines<br />

up on Cup day is yet to decided,<br />

but Manson says “it won’t be the<br />

Cup, he’s only a four-year-old.”<br />

“But the cup in 2023 is<br />

definitely the long-term goal.”<br />

– Harness News Desk<br />

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

SPORT 23<br />

Penalty try seals win for Southbridge<br />

• By Tatiana Gibbs<br />

SOUTHBRIDGE showed true<br />

grit to score a last gasp win over<br />

Lincoln with a penalty try in the<br />

88th-minute of a thrilling Luisetti<br />

Seeds combined competition<br />

match on Saturday.<br />

Down 20-25 with 80 minutes<br />

on the clock, home side Southbridge’s<br />

reserve forwards proved<br />

the telling point as they ground<br />

out a 27-25 victory.<br />

Southbridge had been reduced<br />

to 14 players from the 35th-minute<br />

when second five-eighths Peni<br />

Manumanuniliwa was red-carded<br />

for a dangerous high tackle, and<br />

Lincoln lost lock Lyndon Dunshea<br />

to a yellow card late in the<br />

game.<br />

The loss knocked Lincoln out of<br />

a quarter-final spot.<br />

Southbridge coach Reece Allen<br />

said the make-up of the team’s<br />

bench was crucial to how they<br />

play the last quarter of the game.<br />

“It’s quite a pivotal role for us,”<br />

he said.<br />

The scores were tied 10-all at<br />

half-time. Allen said they didn’t<br />

make it easy for themselves trying<br />

to make too many offloads early<br />

and ball handling wasn’t tidy.<br />

“We could have had a pretty<br />

chunky lead, but we were our<br />

own worst enemies in the first<br />

half. But we tidied that up after a<br />

few educated words at half-time.”<br />

VICTORY: Southbridge players are jubilant after they secured an 88th-minute penalty try<br />

to beat Lincoln on Saturday.<br />

PHOTO: GILL HAPPER<br />

Lincoln coach Bevan Sisson<br />

said his team played a solid hardfought<br />

65 minutes.<br />

“We just got trapped in our<br />

22 and then we got penalty after<br />

penalty on us, and the game just<br />

kept on going really. The time was<br />

ridiculous,” he said.<br />

Sisson credited Southbridge for<br />

winning with just 14 men.<br />

“We should have capitalised<br />

better,” he said.<br />

A win for Lincoln would have<br />

taken them to the quarter finals<br />

as the wildcard entry.<br />

But miscommunication in the dying<br />

minutes cost them dearly.<br />

“We kicked it out thinking that<br />

would be the game, and then the<br />

referee said there’s another four or<br />

five minutes to go and then they<br />

got the ball back and away they<br />

went,” said Sisson.<br />

Southbridge now head confidently<br />

into play-offs as the top<br />

spot holder with 26 points.<br />

The last round-robins saw<br />

Ellesmere sides Prebbleton and<br />

Springston seal quarter finals.<br />

Darfield drew 43-43 with Oxford<br />

to confirm their second qualifying<br />

spot, but Waihora missed out<br />

after losing Saturday’s match to<br />

Kaiapoi 5-17.<br />

Prebbleton coach Dave Kettles<br />

said discipline and accuracy<br />

work-ons paid dividends in their<br />

must win 36-27 result over Glenmark<br />

Cheviot: “We’ve been working<br />

really hard on it at training,<br />

and we got a bit of reward from it<br />

yesterday.”<br />

Southern scored a converted<br />

try on full-time in pool C’s playoff<br />

decider to steal Springston’s<br />

lead and win 24-21.<br />

But Springston gained a needed<br />

bonus point from the narrow<br />

margin to edge into a quarter final<br />

regardless, in seventh position<br />

with 21 points.<br />

Said Springston coach Warwick<br />

Reid: “We kept them honest for a<br />

long part of the game … we’re gutted<br />

but you’ve got to admire a side<br />

that has the guts that they had.”<br />

“It was an awesome scrum by<br />

them I must admit,” Reid said of<br />

the match’s last play.<br />

“They put a fair chunk of<br />

weight in, and they just made us<br />

look like amateurs.”<br />

Glenmark Cheviot joined the<br />

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20 points in the eighth spot.<br />

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Luisetti Seeds combined<br />

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Waihora 17, Hurunui 11, Rolleston<br />

0.<br />

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Rakaia 10, West Melton 3, Hornby<br />

2.<br />

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26 <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>June</strong> 1 <strong>2022</strong><br />

SELWYN RURAL LIFE<br />

Gorge pest control underway<br />

Rakaia Gorge, rich in biodiversity, is<br />

the target of a four-year weed control<br />

programme to protect the area’s precious<br />

native plants and trees.<br />

The gorge is home to diverse mixed<br />

hardwood species (covering an<br />

estimated 120 hectares), bluff shrublands<br />

(an estimated 100ha), tussockland,<br />

grasslands and two large wetlands.<br />

At least 16 threatened and atrisk<br />

native plant species have been<br />

recorded in the area, including<br />

Canterbury pink broom, and Rōhutu/<br />

Myrtle – both nationally critical,<br />

along with others that are regionally<br />

uncommon.<br />

The weed control programme is<br />

being carried out over four years and<br />

started after <strong>Selwyn</strong> District Council,<br />

Environment Canterbury and<br />

landowners asked for an assessment of<br />

the gorge’s ecological values, and the<br />

weeds that threaten them.<br />

A three-month ecological survey<br />

in 2<strong>01</strong>9 involving fieldwork and<br />

discussions with landowners identified<br />

sycamore and cherry as two of the priority<br />

weeds in the catchment. This is due to<br />

their spread dynamics and risk factor to<br />

native vegetation. Both species are now<br />

being targeted mostly through ground<br />

control efforts.<br />

The main target will be Cotoneaster and<br />

wilding conifers and the five landowners<br />

across the site are making ‘in kind’<br />

contributions such as removing cherry<br />

and other weed trees and removing and<br />

restoring other hill faces on farms within<br />

the project area.<br />

Environment Canterbury (ECan) land<br />

management and biodiversity advisor,<br />

Billy Bartrum, said the catchment was<br />

a stunning landscape – comprising lots<br />

of rare and threatened plants, and he’s<br />

thrilled by the efforts to preserve it.<br />

Andrew Spanton, senior biodiversity<br />

advisor at <strong>Selwyn</strong> District Council, said<br />

apart from previous landowners’ efforts,<br />

until now there been little attempt<br />

by agencies to control the weeds that<br />

threaten the native species in the Gorge.<br />

The multi-partnership project<br />

is a great example of landowners,<br />

stakeholders and agencies working<br />

together to protect and manage<br />

significant areas of indigenous<br />

biodiversity, Spanton said.<br />

An ECan survey of the upper Rakaia<br />

River across 2<strong>01</strong>7-18 found that most<br />

key riverbed weed species (broom,<br />

gorse, crack willow, grey willow and<br />

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In some parts of the upper catchment<br />

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Wednesday <strong>June</strong> 1 <strong>2022</strong> <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> 27<br />

Wheat Research for<br />

Gluten Response<br />

A Plant and Food Research scientist who grew up<br />

around farms in the United States hopes to develop a<br />

wheat cultivar to help people with gluten intolerance.<br />

Dr Jamie Macalister’s work on genomics in wheat<br />

looks at reducing gluten peptides that stimulate an<br />

immune response. These peptides, called gluten<br />

epitopes, are involved in triggering coeliac disease and<br />

in gluten intolerances.<br />

“My long-term goal is to help develop a unique<br />

wheat cultivar, which could help those with gluten<br />

intolerances and maybe help reduce exposure to<br />

gluten, which can be a trigger for those genetically<br />

disposed to coeliac disease,” he said.<br />

The research has broad collaboration across the<br />

supply chain – from growers and millers to bakers.<br />

“Everyone is fully invested and wants the programme<br />

to succeed because the benefits will flow across the<br />

supply chain. We know people will pay a premium for<br />

cultivars that meet certain criteria,” Macalister said.<br />

Despite having the record for the highest yielding<br />

wheats, New Zealand growers struggle to be<br />

competitive because of lack of scale. Additionally, there<br />

has not been a great deal of focus on the consumer<br />

in wheat breeding. “The low epitope work is about<br />

changing the focus from producing as much as you can<br />

for as little as you can, to creating something desirable<br />

that growers cannot easily replicate elsewhere.”<br />

Macalister did not picture himself being a wheat<br />

breeder until his Honours year at Colorado State<br />

University where he was involved in exploring how to<br />

incorporate genetic diversity into wheat populations.<br />

“Wheat is an inbred crop and when you target a<br />

handful of traits you can lose genetic diversity. The rate<br />

of improvement in breeding then declines. We were<br />

trying to kickstart the genetic gain by incorporating<br />

diversity. I found that fascinating.”<br />

As a child, Macalister spent time on farms owned<br />

by extended family. “I developed enormous respect<br />

for farmers. They work so hard and it is a bit<br />

unrecognised. Yet it doesn’t get much more important<br />

than feeding us all!”<br />

Jamie joined Plant & Food Research in 2<strong>01</strong>7,<br />

bringing his knowledge from his time in Colorado<br />

with him. “In this programme we are using a genomic<br />

approach to identify the low-gluten epitope traits in<br />

wheat,” says Jamie. “We could theoretically measure<br />

physical traits, but we are talking about tons of<br />

data. Using statistical tools and analysis is way more<br />

efficient.”<br />

The approach is quite new for wheat breeding and<br />

still in early stages. “One of the most exciting things<br />

we’ve discovered so far is that genetics are more<br />

important for this trait than environmental influences<br />

(the way a crop is grown).”<br />

Ultimately, clinical trials would be required to<br />

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with potential need to consistently perform well on<br />

the farm, in terms of yield and delivering an effective<br />

product.<br />

“It might take a while, but I’d love to see all the<br />

research come to fruition with a low-epitope wheat<br />

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commodity crop is exciting. It has the potential to<br />

change the way we breed wheat,” Macalister said.<br />

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Appy Seniors – Audiobooks<br />

and Google Maps<br />

Friday, 9.30-11.30am<br />

Appy Seniors is a new<br />

community project to help<br />

seniors engage in the digital<br />

world using apps on their<br />

smartphones. Join in each week<br />

for a look at different apps. Free,<br />

bookings required. If no spaces<br />

are available, phone 318 7780 to<br />

be added to the waitlist.<br />

Leeston Library<br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong> Stars Talent Search<br />

Friday, Wednesday, 4.30-<br />

6.30pm<br />

See if you have what it takes<br />

to get an audience singing,<br />

dancing or laughing in their<br />

seats. Registrations close Friday,<br />

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

. The heat is on Wednesday,<br />

at Rolleston. Open for five to<br />

13-year-olds. There is more than<br />

$1000 of prizes up for grabs<br />

including an Apple iPad Mini,<br />

Instax Mini and an Ultimate<br />

Ears Wonderboom.<br />

Rolleston Community Centre<br />

Lincoln Farmers’ and Craft<br />

Market Queen’s Birthday<br />

Weekend Market<br />

Saturday, 10am-1pm<br />

Going all out for Queen’s<br />

Birthday weekend, this weekly<br />

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by 5pm each Wednesday<br />

farmers’ and craft market will<br />

have Morris Dancers and live<br />

music, not to mention lots of<br />

stalls. Go along to find out about<br />

local produce and crafts at this<br />

friendly community event.<br />

Green beside Lincoln<br />

Library<br />

Rekindle - Knife Sharpening<br />

Workshop<br />

Saturday, 10am- 2.30pm<br />

From kitchen knives to<br />

woodworking tools and garden<br />

implements, learn how you can<br />

help make your knives and tools<br />

last a lifetime. Take along your<br />

own if you can. Suitable for 18+<br />

years. Cost is $5 per person.<br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong> Libraries members,<br />

$10 non-members. Bookings<br />

required, see events at selwyn.<br />

govt.nz. If no spaces available,<br />

phone 318 7780 to be added to<br />

the waitlist.<br />

Darfield Recreation and<br />

Community Centre<br />

EduTech Fun! Creative<br />

Learning<br />

Saturday, 11.30am-1.30pm<br />

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and how it can be part of<br />

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may lead to the jobs of the<br />

future. Enjoy hands-on time<br />

exploring and playing with<br />

favourites with guidance from<br />

Creative Trust programme<br />

manager Kim Ryan. Whether<br />

you’re a kid, adult, student or<br />

teacher, all are welcome. Younger<br />

children to be supervised by<br />

an adult please. Free, bookings<br />

essential.<br />

Te Ara Ātea<br />

Lincoln Envirotown Mahoe<br />

Reserve<br />

Sunday, 2pm onwards<br />

All welcome to come along<br />

and help in the restoration and<br />

maintenance of the reserve.<br />

Please wear suitable shoes, bring<br />

spades, garden gloves, sunglasses<br />

or other eye protection, and a<br />

bucket for mulch, if you can.<br />

Phone Sue Jarvis 021 100 1009<br />

or email Mahoereserve@gmail.<br />

com for further information.<br />

Working bees are first Sunday of<br />

the month.<br />

Mahoe Reserve, Boundary Rd,<br />

Lincoln<br />

Heart Foundation – Heart<br />

Health Check<br />

Tuesday, 10am-noon<br />

Learn the basics of heart<br />

health and then get a free heart<br />

check. The My Heart Check tool<br />

is a short one to one conversation<br />

with people aged between 30-75<br />

who do not have a diagnosed<br />

A Forager’s Pantry, Thursday,<br />

6.30-7.30pm. Join Jackie<br />

from Wild Cuisine as she<br />

shares how foraging for free<br />

staple pantry ingredients<br />

can help you create healthy<br />

whole-food meals, drinks,<br />

preserves and seasonings.<br />

Suitable for 14+ years. Free,<br />

bookings required. If no<br />

spaces available, phone 318<br />

7780 to be added to the<br />

waitlist. Lincoln Library<br />

heart condition.<br />

The Heart Foundation’s heart<br />

health advocate will walk you<br />

through the online tool, taking<br />

your blood pressure and looking<br />

at other key factors. The My<br />

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your heart age, along with some<br />

specific information to you on<br />

areas which could support heart<br />

health and reduce the risk of a<br />

heart event. For those outside<br />

the age group or with a heart<br />

condition the conversation<br />

can focus on any support or<br />

resources the Heart Foundation<br />

can provide. Free, bookings not<br />

required.<br />

Te Ara Ātea<br />

Lincoln Envirotown invites<br />

people to get creative on<br />

behalf of the environment<br />

Lincoln Envirotown have “launched” two<br />

exciting competitions which challenge<br />

people to use their creative skills to<br />

highlight environmental issues:<br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong> High Schools’ Waste Art<br />

Competition<br />

This competition first ran last year at the<br />

suggestion of a local businessperson who<br />

donated generous prize money. It is open<br />

to all High School students who attend<br />

school in the <strong>Selwyn</strong> District or those of<br />

High School age<br />

who are home<br />

schooled in<br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong>. Students<br />

must work<br />

individually or<br />

in pairs. The art<br />

pieces must be<br />

assembled or<br />

constructed from previously used materials<br />

which otherwise would have likely gone to<br />

landfill.<br />

All involved in judging and organising<br />

this exciting project last year were taken<br />

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the work and the creative way in which<br />

students had used “throw away” materials.<br />

It is to be<br />

hoped that<br />

this incredible<br />

start sets the<br />

standard for<br />

another year<br />

of excellent<br />

Artwork. This<br />

year the pieces<br />

advertising<br />

will be judged and<br />

exhibited in the<br />

Te Whare Tapere<br />

space in the new<br />

Rolleston Library<br />

which will give<br />

added prestige to<br />

the artists.<br />

More information regarding the<br />

rules, some health and safety advice,<br />

and timelines can be found by visiting<br />

Humanitix or Lincoln Envirotown’s<br />

Facebook Page or Website.<br />

Focus for Future Environmental Film<br />

Competition<br />

This competition has been taking place<br />

annually for many years now and has<br />

remained very popular. Each year we see<br />

different aspects of people’s environmental<br />

concerns highlighted by short films. It is<br />

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and individuals of all ages.<br />

Last year the winners were two middle<br />

school boys whose film “the Bika Boys”<br />

extolled the virtues of getting out onto<br />

bikes. Junior Environment Clubs, Adult<br />

plant out projects and Kindergarten schools<br />

were all in the mix.<br />

At the “Oscar like” awards evening where<br />

all films are viewed, it always is very clear<br />

that the production teams have enjoyed the<br />

project. There are category prizes as well as<br />

the overall Kea Trophy for the best film of<br />

the year.<br />

Again full information and timelines can<br />

be found by a visit to Humanitix or Lincoln<br />

Envirotown’s Facebook Page or website.<br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong> High Schools'<br />

WASTE ART<br />

COMPETITION<br />

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waste-art-competition-<strong>2022</strong><br />

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you add lime before planting.<br />

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the Superb, but that same car<br />

is also a go-to model for New<br />

Zealand Police. That along with a<br />

clever marketing and advertising<br />

campaign, Skoda is travelling very<br />

well in New Zealand at present.<br />

The Superb spearheads the<br />

company’s line-up here and<br />

that is no surprise, it’s long been<br />

a desirable large car with its<br />

cavernous interior space and<br />

desirable engineering elements –<br />

clever engines and transmissions.<br />

None of that is really a surprise,<br />

the Czech Republic manufacturer<br />

is partnered with Volkswagen, and<br />

much of the product that comes<br />

from the factories has elements that<br />

cross-pollinate other VW product.<br />

Given its alignment to<br />

Volkswagen, it’s no surprise that<br />

a view towards electric vehicles is<br />

arriving fast and the Superb has<br />

just landed in New Zealand with<br />

a plug-in hybrid option – the iV –<br />

joined as well with Octavia iV and,<br />

soon to follow, the fully electric<br />

Enyaq.<br />

Let’s make it clear, the Superb<br />

iV is not a full EV, it has a petrol<br />

engine and that is the catalyst of<br />

the hybrid system, it charges the<br />

batteries and works in conjunction<br />

with an electric motor to provide<br />

drive. Not only are you getting a<br />

cracker of a car, but you are also<br />

doing something that can only be<br />

beneficial to the environment.<br />

The Superb iV lands here from<br />

$72,990 in standard form, a highspec<br />

Sportline adds $4k, that makes<br />

it easily qualify for the clean car<br />

rebate, a discount of $5750 comes<br />

off the top end, the evaluation car<br />

was actually a wagon and that adds<br />

$3000 in each specification, but<br />

it would be the car for me, I like<br />

wagons and the Superb in this form<br />

really appeals.<br />

Interestingly, the price of the iV<br />

compares well to its petrol engineonly<br />

counterparts, the standard<br />

Superb lists from $56,990 which<br />

to me is also very good value.<br />

There are a host of Superb models<br />

– sedan, wagon and Scout – but<br />

unfortunately the diesel option in<br />

Superb is no longer with us.<br />

That aside, the iV is powered<br />

by a 1395cc, four-cylinder engine<br />

that is both turbocharged and<br />

supercharged. The twincharger<br />

system is more than adequate<br />

when you take into account<br />

that it is constantly working<br />

alongside an electric motor. Skoda<br />

rates the Superb iV with a total<br />

power package of 160kW and<br />

up to 400Nm. The latter figure is<br />

available from 1550rpm.<br />

As with all hybrid systems, the<br />

manufacturing objective is to<br />

incorporate fuel economy into<br />

the design. The TSi system is<br />

long revered for thrifty use of<br />

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SKODA SUPERB iV: Large wagon with huge space and hybrid power.<br />

fuel, and when you add the<br />

benefits of electric propulsion it<br />

merely sips fuel. Skoda rates the iV<br />

in hybrid mode with an amazing<br />

1.6-litre per 100km combined cycle<br />

average.<br />

Bear in mind that is at best<br />

possible usage, even driving with<br />

fuel economy in mind I couldn’t<br />

replicate those figures, but I did<br />

take the evaluation car back to the<br />

dealership with the readout listing<br />

at 6.6l/100km after four days in<br />

my care, which included some<br />

inner-city stop-start travel and my<br />

usual highway run. At 100km/h on<br />

the open road the instantaneous<br />

readout sits at 4.4l/100km with the<br />

engine loping over at just 2000rpm.<br />

Other figures of relative<br />

importance are a smart 7.8sec<br />

standstill to 100km/h acceleration<br />

time, and 7sec for a highway<br />

overtake (80-120km/h). These all<br />

make for good reading.<br />

Drive is channelled through<br />

a direct shift transmission, it’s a<br />

driveline that doesn’t work much<br />

differently than other vehicles from<br />

the VW group and there’s nothing<br />

wrong with that, it is fluid, smooth<br />

and doesn’t need any kind of<br />

special driving technique.<br />

Incorporated into the system<br />

are traditional drive mode options<br />

– economy, sport and normal,<br />

and if you want to manipulate the<br />

gearing, that can be done through<br />

steering wheel-mounted paddles.<br />

Each of the drive modes work<br />

• Price – Skoda Superb iV,<br />

$79,990<br />

• Dimensions – Length,<br />

4862mm; width, 2031mm;<br />

height, 1477mm<br />

• Configuration – Fourcylinder,<br />

front-wheeldrive,<br />

1395cc, 160kW,<br />

400Nm, direct shift<br />

automatic<br />

• Performance –<br />

0-100km/h, 7.8sec<br />

• Fuel usage – 1.6/100km<br />

quite differently, it is a complex<br />

system, but in essence it operates<br />

with the driver completely unaware<br />

of its operation.<br />

Put simply, when using e-mode<br />

the Superb will drive purely on<br />

electricity up to a distance of<br />

62km. In sport mode, both the<br />

electric motor and petrol engine<br />

are engaged to provide a more<br />

dynamic feel. Hybrid-mode<br />

switches between both the motor<br />

and engine depending on need.<br />

Along with all the high-tech<br />

components, it must also be<br />

remembered that comfort and<br />

convenience has been a high<br />

manufacturing priority, and<br />

the ride quality of the Superb is<br />

unsurpassed.<br />

With its length of nearly 4.9m<br />

the Superb is a big car but it doesn’t<br />

feel like it is, it has light steering<br />

feel and there’s no suggestion of<br />

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west towards our high country and<br />

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presented.<br />

It must be said the Superb in this<br />

form doesn’t get the four-wheeldrive<br />

system prolific through the<br />

VW group, the hybrid system<br />

driving to the front wheels only.<br />

Over the years I’ve made no<br />

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a market that has struggled against<br />

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week.<br />

As part of an organisational<br />

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the spaciousness of the Superb.<br />

It’s no wonder that it has found<br />

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dominated by Holden.<br />

Skoda have capitalised on<br />

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those passengers who travel by<br />

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

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School Bus Drivers<br />

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We are proud to be a transport provider<br />

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We are looking for School Bus Drivers to<br />

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Days of work are Monday to Friday during<br />

the school term. Extra charter work will be<br />

available at times.<br />

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• Excellent communication skills<br />

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Then this could be a job for you. Support to<br />

achieve licencing maybe given to suitable<br />

applicants.<br />

Please register your interest by<br />

contacting Vern by emailing<br />

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or phone 021 198 7358<br />

Part Time Employment Opportunity<br />

We are looking for a Second Coordinator for the Lincoln Envirotown<br />

Trust’s Responsible Business Network which covers all areas of<br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong>. This Network encourages and supports local businesses<br />

in reducing their environmental impact and supporting their<br />

communities. It is supported by the <strong>Selwyn</strong> District Council.<br />

This will be a part time, fixed term contract.<br />

In <strong>2022</strong> an important part of the role will be to undertake the assessment<br />

of businesses by making site visits and assessing progress. The role best<br />

suits people who enjoy meeting others, as well as an enthusiasm for<br />

environmental practices and community engagement. Computer skills<br />

are a requirement, but full training will be provided. The coordinator is<br />

expected to organise some small gatherings and the large Awards evening<br />

at the end of October. Administrative assistance is provided by Lincoln<br />

Envirotown.<br />

We invite people to apply by Monday 13th <strong>June</strong>, by sending a brief cv<br />

with a letter to Dave projectmanagerlet@gmail.com; the intention is to<br />

conduct interviews in <strong>June</strong> with a contract running late <strong>June</strong> to end of<br />

October.<br />

More information about this position can be obtained by emailing<br />

or calling Dave on 03 423 0445.<br />

It is important that any applicant is a resident of <strong>Selwyn</strong> District<br />

and is legally permitted to work in New Zealand.<br />

School Guidance Counsellor<br />

(Part Time, 35 hours, Permanent Position)<br />

We seek an enthusiastic, innovative, highly motivated, organised and<br />

culturally responsive registered counsellor to work alongside our<br />

learners, staff and the wider community.<br />

Your core role is to offer counselling services to learners, staff, families<br />

and whanau as required. Our counselling team will work collaboratively<br />

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and inclusive climate in the college, free of intolerance, harassment and<br />

bullying.<br />

This role is a part-time, permanent, term-time only position (35 hours<br />

per week * Hours and days negotiable for the right candidate) due to<br />

start Term 3, Monday the 27th of July <strong>2022</strong>. Please apply by completing<br />

a Rolleston College Application for Employment Form with your<br />

current CV and covering letter to recruitment@rollestoncollege.nz.<br />

Applications will close at noon on Tuesday the 7th of <strong>June</strong> <strong>2022</strong>.<br />

Rolleston College<br />

631 Springston Rolleston Road<br />

Phone. 03 595 2490 Email. recruitment@rollestoncollege.nz<br />

www.rollestoncollege.nz<br />

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Applications close:<br />

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Bells Road is an address that is often admired for the<br />

calibre of properties, access to the West Melton Village and<br />

commute to the city and this property sits well within those<br />

parameters offering an unassuming but classically beautiful<br />

family home, hidden at the end of a private drive and<br />

surrounded in a gorgeous established garden setting.<br />

The home offers four bedrooms with the master having a<br />

generous size walk in robe and tiled ensuite bathroom. A<br />

separate toilet, laundry and family bathroom, open plan<br />

living and a separate snug.<br />

Basking in sun, the living spaces are open plan with large<br />

windows/doors in every direction capturing the garden<br />

setting and extending the living space out to the outdoor<br />

entertainment area. While the option of the snug for<br />

night time movies provides further choices along with the<br />

separate office space.<br />

The modern well spec’d kitchen is the heart of the home<br />

and offers acrylic bench tops, pantry, gas hobs and 1 ½ wall<br />

ovens while sitting open plan with the kitchen and large<br />

family area.<br />

Outside the property has always been very well looked<br />

after and offers a setting of mature plantings. For the green<br />

thumbed, there is a greenhouse and the opportunity to<br />

develop the vege garden, while within the entertaining area<br />

is a pergola covered in Wisteria, a sight to behold when it is<br />

in full bloom.<br />

A double internal garage, two bay barn and a separate<br />

workshop should satisfy the tinkerers/hobbyists while the<br />

yards and washdown area is ideal for equestrian lovers. The<br />

paddocks have been resown in the past few years and the<br />

property benefits from the established shelter belts.<br />

Our vendors are reluctant to leave this gorgeous 4ha<br />

property but situation dictates a change for them. Call today<br />

to arrange a viewing.<br />

Auction: Wednesday 1st <strong>June</strong> <strong>2022</strong> at<br />

2.00pm, Russley Golf Club (unless sold prior)<br />

harcourts.co.nz/RL2654<br />

Katie Harrison<br />

Contact:<br />

03 347 4711 | Mob: 021 135 0887<br />

Email: katie.harrison@harcourts.co.nz<br />

Four Seasons Realty 2<strong>01</strong>7 Ltd | Licensed Agent REAA 2008<br />

173 Bells Road, West Melton<br />

Viewing: Phone Katie for viewing times<br />

Thank you<br />

FOR TRUSTING ME<br />

Thanks to all my wonderful clients and local<br />

community for trusting me - without you,<br />

these results would not be possible.<br />

Katie<br />

HARRISON<br />

03 347 4711 | 021 135 0887<br />

katie.harrison@harcourts.co.nz<br />

Top<br />

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2 nd in Canterbury 2021/<strong>2022</strong><br />

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Auctions<br />

THIS WEEK<br />

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New Brighton 270 Travis Road<br />

Harcourts ID: HR6<strong>01</strong>7<br />

AUCTION<br />

Hanmer Springs 8 Chalet Crescent<br />

Harcourts ID: HS9998<br />

Mike Brown<br />

021 461 986<br />

Harley & <strong>June</strong> Manion<br />

021 149 8050 | 021 823 824<br />

AUCTION<br />

Prebbleton 6/186 Trents Road<br />

Harcourts ID: LN3630<br />

AUCTION<br />

Halswell 45 Halswell Junction Road<br />

Harcourts ID: BF36987<br />

Rachael McIntosh & Tony Edwards<br />

022 088 7280 | 027 442 1402<br />

Glen Young<br />

022 493 7037<br />

AUCTION<br />

Rangiora 21B Enverton Drive<br />

Harcourts ID: RG9733<br />

AUCTION<br />

West Melton 9 Shona Lane<br />

Harcourts ID: RL2655<br />

Odelle Rich<br />

027 269 0908<br />

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027 385 4321<br />

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Rangiora 16 Pukeko Place<br />

Harcourts ID: RG9741<br />

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Rangiora 23 Tripoli Street<br />

Harcourts ID: RG9742<br />

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Winter <strong>2022</strong><br />

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Your Country Partner<br />

During the winter months, we typically see<br />

a slight slowdown in real estate markets,<br />

and with the recent increase in interest rates<br />

and tightening of lending policies having an<br />

influence, we expect this to be the case in our<br />

local market over the coming months.<br />

After a number of buoyant years when buyers<br />

often faced stiff competition for good rural<br />

lifestyle properties we are recently seeing levels<br />

of enquiry and listings more typical of past<br />

years. There’s still very strong interest in the<br />

Canterbury rural market, especially for sound<br />

properties that are presented well with good<br />

access to the city.<br />

Begin planning and researching now so you’re<br />

prepared when the perfect rural property<br />

comes along!<br />

Greg Roberts<br />

Licensed Business Owner<br />

Four Seasons Realty 2<strong>01</strong>7 Ltd | Licensed Agent REAA 2008<br />

WINTER TO-DO LIST:<br />

1. Find an experienced real estate agent<br />

Having an expert, local real estate agent on<br />

your side is invaluable.<br />

Working with someone who is knowledgeable<br />

about rural lifestyle property listings, as well<br />

as the local area can make a big difference.<br />

Partnering with a real estate agent up front will<br />

allow you to be the first to know when a rural<br />

property is coming up for sale and if it will fit<br />

what you are looking for.<br />

2. Choose an experienced lender and get<br />

preapproved<br />

One of the best things you can do when<br />

planning to buy a home is to get preapproved.<br />

If buying a home in the country is your dream,<br />

make sure you’re partnering with a lender who<br />

understands the intricacies of rural property<br />

lending and is able to offer you a long-term<br />

fixed rate. Having a preapproval letter when<br />

it comes time to offer on your dream home<br />

could be the difference between acceptance<br />

and rejection. Also, getting preapproved up<br />

front gives you a realistic idea of what you<br />

can afford. It’s very important to have a good<br />

understanding of your finances when making<br />

a large purchase like a home.<br />

3. Prioritise needs vs wants<br />

Once preapproved, you’ll have a good idea of<br />

what you can afford. Now it’s time to translate<br />

that into what is important to you in your<br />

dream home. How many bedrooms do you<br />

need? How many acres do you want to grow<br />

rural lifestyle? Do you require any outbuildings<br />

such as a barn? Evaluating your needs, wants,<br />

and goals is an important discussion to have<br />

up front so you are prepared when rural<br />

properties are listed.<br />

4. Start exploring locations<br />

It’s time to evaluate what location/area you<br />

are looking to buy in. Rural listings tend to be<br />

sparser than those in town so having your area<br />

narrowed down will help. Further, getting to<br />

know the zoning restrictions for the area you<br />

are looking in will be important, especially if<br />

you plan to grow and develop your property<br />

once you’ve purchased it.<br />

Now just because the real estate market<br />

slows down in <strong>June</strong>, August, doesn’t mean<br />

you shouldn’t still be keeping an eye on the<br />

market. Yes, there will likely be fewer listings,<br />

but there might also be less competition from<br />

other buyers. Further, sellers might be more<br />

motivated to sell.<br />

As things warm up and the smell of spring is in<br />

the air, you’ll start seeing an influx in listings.<br />

This is when all of your preparation work over<br />

the winter pays off.<br />

Timing is everything and being prepared<br />

with your real estate agent and preapproval<br />

will give you an edge on the competition.<br />

When you find your dream property, you’ll be<br />

ready to make the offer and work through the<br />

purchase process with confidence.<br />

At Harcourts Four Seasons we have a talented<br />

and successful team of rural lifestyle specialists<br />

that are constantly upskilling, we know the<br />

differences between the rural lifestyle and<br />

residential markets, whether buying or selling<br />

our team are happy to guide you on the path<br />

to achieving your real estate dreams.<br />

“Given the improvements to the roading<br />

network into and out of Christchurch, we’re<br />

confident in the continued popularity of rural<br />

lifestyle properties.”<br />

“Our rural lifestyle agents have all owned, lived<br />

or worked on lifestyle properties or farms, and<br />

they’re all active in their local communities,”<br />

Greg Roberts Co-owner explains. “It’s what<br />

we’re all about.”<br />

Top<br />

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CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CONSULTANTS WHO MADE THE TOP 3 AT THE<br />

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How to stay warm and dry<br />

Kiwi homes contain hidden health<br />

dangers. Yet first aid for unhealthy<br />

homes needn’t cost a fortune. It can<br />

make a home more saleable as well as a<br />

healthier place to live.<br />

Many older homes are cold and damp<br />

and sometimes have other hazards such<br />

as lead-based paint and asbestos.<br />

There are a number of steps to take to<br />

make your home more healthy.<br />

They include behavioural change,<br />

the cheapest way to make your home<br />

healthier is to open windows to ventilate.<br />

If you’re out a lot, but want to increase<br />

natural ventilation buy some security<br />

window stays or locks that allow you to<br />

leave windows slightly open when you’re<br />

out. This can be a lot cheaper to buy and<br />

run than high-tech systems.<br />

If nothing else, insulate the ceiling and<br />

under the house. The Energy Efficiency<br />

and Conservation Authority (EECA) has<br />

information on its website about funding<br />

grants available through the Warm Up<br />

New Zealand campaign.<br />

By 1 July 2<strong>01</strong>9 all rental properties<br />

must have ceiling and underfloor<br />

insulation Ventilation systems move<br />

moisture from the air making the home<br />

healthier and feel warmer.<br />

Adding a sheet of heavy polythene<br />

beneath a home can provide an efficient<br />

moisture barrier beneath piled homes.<br />

A heat pump will warm and ventilate<br />

rooms in the winter and cool them in the<br />

summer. Watch out for hard sell in this<br />

market though and shop around before<br />

buying heating or ventilation systems.<br />

EECA suggests a number of different<br />

options for secondary glazing, which is<br />

cheaper than retrofitting double glazing.<br />

Alternatives include DIY window<br />

insulation, aluminium framed secondary<br />

glazing on the inside of the existing<br />

glazing, or acrylic sheets attached<br />

internally.<br />

The latest technology is Low-E films,<br />

which are stuck to existing windows.<br />

This can reduce heat loss by 42 per cent<br />

says Chris Olson, general manager of<br />

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Healthy homes aren’t just about<br />

insulation and moisture removal.<br />

Using fewer toxic chemicals can make<br />

your home healthier to live in. Parents of<br />

young children sometimes worry about<br />

exposure to chemicals as do asthma<br />

sufferers. As a result some buyers will<br />

also be impressed.<br />

Dust mites can make a home<br />

unhealthy to live in. Use a hepa filter on<br />

your vacuum cleaner or at least vacuum<br />

more often and empty the bag between<br />

cleans.<br />

Decluttering as well reduces the places<br />

that dust can build up.<br />

Mould spores can be very bad for your<br />

lungs. If mould builds up anywhere<br />

in your house clean it off as soon as<br />

possible. If this is an ongoing problem<br />

consider ways to reduce the humidity.<br />

If your home was built before the 1980s<br />

watch out for lead paint and asbestos.<br />

Both should be removed by an expert.<br />

For great results<br />

and a “hassle-free<br />

experience”<br />

Call Julz or Tony today!<br />

*GST, admin & minimum fee apply<br />

Total Realty Ltd, MREINZ Licensed<br />

Agent REAA 2008<br />

Negotiable Over $870,000<br />

Negotiable Over $519,000<br />

Negotiable Over $809,000<br />

Negotiable Over $695,000<br />

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1 1 1<br />

14 McKenzie Avenue<br />

Southbridge<br />

Your dreams could come true with this<br />

lifestyle property in the heart of Southbridge<br />

Township. Deadline Sale: All offers presented<br />

6.00pm, Wednesday 8 <strong>June</strong> <strong>2022</strong>.<br />

• 3 Double bedrooms<br />

• Games room / 4th bedroom<br />

• 3.4531 acres (approx) of prime lush land<br />

(1.3974 hectares approx)<br />

• Fenced into 5 paddocks<br />

• 3 Bay barn<br />

• Double garage / workshop<br />

with power<br />

Call Julz Evans<br />

027 393 6472<br />

2<br />

1 1 2<br />

1930 Tramway Road<br />

Sheffield<br />

New to the market is this homely cottage style<br />

bungalow set on an established easy-care<br />

1160m2 (approx) section with rural views. It’s<br />

going to charm you. Some features include:<br />

• 1 Large double bedroom<br />

• 1 Double bedroom<br />

• Study / nursery / 3rd bedroom<br />

• Open plan living<br />

• Heat pump<br />

• Dishwasher<br />

• Fibre internet<br />

• Hobby / storage room<br />

Call Julz Evans<br />

027 393 6472<br />

3<br />

1 2 2<br />

83 Edward Street<br />

Lincoln<br />

You will be impressed by the lovely gardens,<br />

entrance and the ambient flow of this home.<br />

It has been tastefully designed with outdoor<br />

living in mind and some of its features include:<br />

• Spacious living / dining / kitchen<br />

• Large walk in pantry<br />

• 3 Double bedrooms - master ensuite / WIR<br />

• Large main bathroom<br />

• Double internal access garage<br />

• Greenhouse / vege gardens<br />

• Fully-fenced section<br />

• GJ Gardner Home - 2<strong>01</strong>5<br />

Call Julz Evans<br />

027 393 6472<br />

<strong>Selwyn</strong> Team: Julz Evans - 027 393 6472 | Tony Whalley - 027 448 2625<br />

Just makes total sense - 0800 663 737 - total realty.co.nz<br />

3 1 2 2<br />

10 Wilbur Close<br />

Rolleston<br />

This lovely home would be ideally suited to<br />

a broad range of buyers including first home<br />

buyers and investors. Some features include:<br />

• Master with triple robe and ensuite<br />

• Big open plan kitchen / dining / living area<br />

• Heat pump and HRV system<br />

• Gas cooking and gas hot water<br />

• New carpet throughout<br />

• Double internal access garage<br />

with laundry<br />

• Floor area: 180m2 (approx)<br />

Call Tony Whalley<br />

027 448 2625


13<br />

NEW LISTING<br />

Boundary lines are indicative only<br />

Boundary lines are indicative only<br />

Boundary lines are indicative only<br />

Darfield 1B Cardale Street<br />

What an opportunity - 1.9 hectares Business 2 land<br />

An extremely rare opportunity to purchase 1.9 hectares of Business Zone 2 land in the rapidly expanding town of<br />

Darfield. The options with this ideally shaped property are endless. Located close to several brand new residential<br />

subdivisions allows for a multitude of potential uses. An ODP road linking through to Creyke and Telegraph Road<br />

will be constructed on the Eastern boundary of this 1.9 hectares allowing for excellent access and traffic flow. With<br />

the new mains sewer linked to Rolleston underway, Darfield is expanding at an alarming rate and is the choice of<br />

many to escape the city and enjoy a quieter life at a more affordable level. This property is located perfectly to take<br />

advantage of the now and the future of Darfield. An area of Business 2 land located next door is currently going<br />

through an application for rezoning to residential use, leaving this as the only large Business 2 land in this location.<br />

19,524sqm 4 1<br />

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior)<br />

1pm, Wed 8 Jun <strong>2022</strong><br />

3 Deans Avenue, Chch<br />

View by appointment<br />

Andrew Taylor 027 435 5930<br />

andrew.taylor@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518622<br />

Darfield 141 and 142 Creyke Road<br />

Two prime sections side by side<br />

• Darfield Torlesse Estate<br />

• Choice of two prime sections - Lot 141 and Lot 142 both sections are 2,660sqm<br />

• 224 issued, titles due any day<br />

• Power, fibre and town water to boundary<br />

• Darfield sewer connection from 1 July <strong>2022</strong><br />

• No septic tank required (approximately $20,000 saving)<br />

• Restrictive covenants<br />

• Immediate possession available<br />

2,660sqm<br />

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior)<br />

12pm, Wed 15 Jun <strong>2022</strong><br />

View by appointment<br />

Chris Flanagan 027 433 4657<br />

chris.flanagan@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518587<br />

bayleys.co.nz


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Boundary lines are indicative only<br />

Boundary lines are indicative only<br />

Halswell 98 Leadleys Road<br />

Kirwee 14 Merino Crescent<br />

Take the lead on Leadleys<br />

4ha<br />

958sqm section<br />

958sqm<br />

Buyers seeking the ultimate lifestyle opportunity<br />

within reach of Prebbleton, Tai Tapu, and Halswell's<br />

expanding amenities are encouraged to consider this<br />

enticing opportunity comprising a bare block of four<br />

hectares. Our clients have already drawn up a<br />

subdivision scheme. Though vacant, the bare block is<br />

currently leased for cropping and can be viewed by<br />

arrangement with the agent. Buyers in search of the<br />

ultimate lifestyle opportunity are encouraged to<br />

explore the potential of this prime location. The<br />

sought-after rural situation enjoys straightforward<br />

access to the city centre.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518143<br />

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior)<br />

2pm, Thu 9 Jun <strong>2022</strong><br />

Sam Chamberlain 027 388 9409<br />

sam.chamberlain@bayleys.co.nz<br />

Louise Sams 027 696 9906<br />

louise.sams@bayleyscanterbury.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA 2008<br />

With titles due in July, there's time to start the ball<br />

rolling and enjoy designing your new home. The<br />

958sqm section provides plenty of scope to work with<br />

when planning the house and garden layout. Town<br />

water, reticulated mains sewerage and fibre<br />

broadband further enhance the appeal of living in the<br />

Kirwee Plains subdivision, in the popular Kirwee<br />

township. With the primary school close by and<br />

Darfield High School just a short drive away, this familyfriendly<br />

location offers an idyllic lifestyle within an easy<br />

commuting distance of the city.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518552<br />

For Sale offers invited over $360,000<br />

Sarah Booth 027 527 8258<br />

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

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA 2008<br />

Leeston 8 Clausen Avenue<br />

Modern convenience<br />

Families looking for privacy, charm, and modern convenience will be immediately taken with this beautifully<br />

situated 186sqm, four-bedroom, two-bathroom home in the heart of Leeston. Throughout, the property presents a<br />

crisp and contemporary aesthetic that is complemented by double glazing, open plan living, and sun-filled grounds<br />

with lawn and space to make your mark with additional landscape design. The spacious living and dining areas are<br />

anchored by a modern kitchen with a large breakfast bar that creates a convivial space. Light-filled and sunny, the<br />

lounge is a peaceful and warm space that has large sliding doors to the patio and offers a bright and airy<br />

atmosphere for family living. All four bedrooms have built-in storage, and offer a pleasant outlook, while the master<br />

bedroom boasts a walk-in wardrobe and large ensuite.<br />

4 2 2 2<br />

For Sale offers invited over $759,000<br />

Phone for viewing times<br />

Suzy McPherson 027 695 0519<br />

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

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518550<br />

bayleys.co.nz


15<br />

Leeston The Lake Road<br />

Productive, quality landholding<br />

Water, soils and production history make for an exciting opportunity in Ellesmere. This quality 108 hectare property<br />

has been exceptionally well farmed, with a focus on soil health and productivity. Fully irrigated via an Ocmis boom<br />

and Turbo rain irrigator, with water pumped from two wells. Well one is 15.3 metres deep, with a take of 40 L/sec<br />

and well two is 37.75 metres deep with a take of 30 L/sec. The property has previously grown wheat, peas, linseed,<br />

radish, ryegrass and barley, with sheep grazing over the winter period. A large grain/implement shed, an all-weather<br />

central lane, a solid nutrient baseline of 15 (calculated with Overseer version 6.2.3) and consents to farm in place,<br />

ensures a bright future for this versatile, fertile landholding. The property is managed to a high standard and as a<br />

result it has achieved an A grade farm environmental report.<br />

108.0558ha<br />

Price by Negotiation<br />

View by appointment<br />

Ben Turner 027 530 1400<br />

ben.turner@bayleys.co.nz<br />

Evan Marshall 027 221 0910<br />

evan.marshall@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5516051<br />

Lincoln 35 Temple Avenue<br />

Elegant from every angle<br />

Situated on a prime corner plot, this four-bedroom single level stunner epitomises practical and supremely stylish<br />

family living in the thriving community of Lincoln. Schist accentuates the contemporary exterior and generates<br />

tremendous street appeal, while crisp white walls unify the impeccably appointed interior and warm timber-toned<br />

flooring. Central to everyday living is the striking designer kitchen which encompasses high-end appliances, a social<br />

breakfast bar and walk-in pantry. From the family wing, a wall of bi-folds opens wide to embrace a substantial deck<br />

which maximises its north-west orientation and serves up sun-kissed al fresco hospitality. The fully fenced 660sqm<br />

(more or less) grounds ensure an easy-care setting for families to unwind, with the added assistance of a garden<br />

shed and double garaging to house all the toys.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518618<br />

4 2 2 2<br />

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior)<br />

1pm, Wed 15 Jun <strong>2022</strong><br />

Phone for viewing times<br />

Nathan Collett 027 826 1535<br />

nathan.collett@bayleys.co.nz<br />

Bianca Davidson 027 322 9055<br />

bianca.davidson@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008<br />

bayleys.co.nz


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Prebbleton 1 Almond Lane<br />

Standout style, space and location<br />

A stunner from every angle, this 2<strong>01</strong>6 build displays a host of high-end inclusions which set it apart from its peers in<br />

one of Prebbleton's most admired enclaves. Showstopping outdoor living is a key feature of this luxurious property<br />

which showcases a woodfire and integrated BBQ under a spectacular canopy of infrared heaters and built-in<br />

speakers for year-round open-air entertaining. A generous deck hugs the northern flank, accessed by a seamless<br />

sequence of stacker doors which open wide to the fully fenced, manicured 1,024sqm (more or less) grounds.<br />

Adhering to a maxim of luxury, generosity and quality, the 349sqm footprint incorporates two living spaces, a<br />

dedicated office, four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a powder room within a sensible single level. The newly<br />

carpeted, plywood-lined triple car garage incorporates a spacious workshop area and 10sqm of attic storage.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518632<br />

4 3 2 3<br />

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior)<br />

1pm, Wed 15 Jun <strong>2022</strong><br />

View by appointment<br />

Nathan Collett 027 826 1535<br />

nathan.collett@bayleys.co.nz<br />

Bianca Davidson 027 322 9055<br />

bianca.davidson@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008<br />

Artist's impression<br />

Artist's impression<br />

Artist's impression<br />

Rolleston 749 East Maddisons Road<br />

Excellent duplex investment<br />

Astute investors will see value in the opportunity to secure this new-build duplex property. The intelligently<br />

designed floor plan offers impressive rental yield potential, likely between $990 and $1,030 per week (threebedroom:<br />

$520 - $540 per week, two-bedroom: $470 - $490 per week). Unit 1: 110sqm floor plan consisting of a<br />

single garage, three bedrooms, master with ensuite while the remaining two bedrooms share the main bathroom.<br />

The open plan living area flows out onto the easy-care, north-facing yard and patio area. Unit 2: 90sqm floor plan<br />

encompassing a single garage, two bedrooms, one bathroom, and open plan living area which also flows out onto<br />

its own easy-care, north-facing yard and patio area. The attractive brick and weatherboard clad home will be<br />

constructed to meet healthy home standards and covered by a ten-year Masterbuild Guarantee.<br />

5 2 3 2<br />

Asking Price $1,095,000<br />

Amelia Nisbet 027 376 3868<br />

amelia.nisbet@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518579<br />

bayleys.co.nz


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NEW LISTING<br />

Rolleston 31 Falcon Road<br />

You choose who gets the second ensuite<br />

Offering a carefully-considered floor plan and perfectly-oriented to maximise all day sun. The formal entrance leads<br />

to the light and bright living area which provides easy access to the expansive rear garden. With a gorgeous<br />

combination of warm woods as well as light and dark contrasting tones, the designer kitchen undoubtedly provides<br />

the 'wow' factor. A separate lounge also provides an additional space for rest and relaxation. Thoughtfully designed<br />

to ensure practical family living, two of the four double bedrooms offer their own ensuite. Set on a spacious 705sqm<br />

section, excellent further features include a ducted heating system, in-built speakers, an irrigation system as well as<br />

a carpeted double garage. Located in the popular Falcons Landing subdivision and within close proximity to all of<br />

Rolleston's growing amenities, 31 Falcon Road certainly gets a 'tick' for location.<br />

4 2 3 2<br />

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior)<br />

4pm, Wed 15 Jun <strong>2022</strong><br />

View 1.30-2pm Sun 5 Jun<br />

Nick Booth 027 306 3186<br />

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

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518603<br />

NEW LISTING<br />

West Melton 4 Kingsdowne Drive<br />

So many reasons to say "Yes"<br />

Are you already a local West Melton resident looking to downsize from a lifestyle block or a larger home and<br />

wanting to stay in the area? Perhaps you are a smaller family for whom a three-bedroom home is ideal, but you still<br />

want spacious living areas and a family-sized garden. Or are you wanting triple car garaging and off-street parking<br />

for your hobby vehicles plus your boat or caravan? If the answer to any of these questions is yes, then this is the<br />

home for you. The two sun-soaked living rooms enjoy a lovely open aspect to the large garden and adjoining<br />

farmland. Attention to detail is evident in all areas of the home, from the elegant kitchen through to the master<br />

bedroom with its spacious dressing room and luxuriously appointed ensuite. Our vendors are keen to see action and<br />

invite you to view their gorgeous home in time to make it your own on or before auction day.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518602<br />

3 2 2 3<br />

Auction (unless sold prior) 12pm, Thu 23 Jun <strong>2022</strong><br />

3 Deans Avenue, Chch<br />

View 11.15-11.45am Sun 5 Jun<br />

Nick Booth 027 306 3186<br />

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

Sarah Booth 027 527 8258<br />

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

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008<br />

bayleys.co.nz


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19<br />

Karen Harper<br />

Property Brokers Rolleston<br />

This is what my clients say about me...<br />

“Karen has sold three properties for<br />

me this year, all rentals that required<br />

a great relationship with the tenants<br />

as well as finding buyers. It was<br />

interesting as some friends were<br />

selling very similar townhouse on<br />

the same street built by the same<br />

developer, they were staggered with<br />

the great outcome Karen achieved.”<br />

“Karen has been nothing but highly<br />

professional and extremely helpful<br />

in our dealings with her. She had all<br />

the necessary information about the<br />

property which allowed quick and<br />

thorough decisions to be made. I<br />

would highly recommend Karen to<br />

everyone.”<br />

“Karen has exceeded our expectations<br />

and delivered a very good result. Her<br />

professional manner and enthusiasm<br />

never faultered. An outstanding effort,<br />

well done Karen.”<br />

If you are thinking of selling,<br />

I would love the opportunity<br />

to meet with you.<br />

Please call me anytime.<br />

Karen Harper<br />

Residential/Lifestyle Sales Consultant<br />

M 027 444 1436<br />

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

Karen Harper - Property Brokers <strong>Selwyn</strong> Area<br />

pb.co.nz<br />

Property Brokers Ltd Licensed REAA 2008<br />

PB060291


20<br />

Rolleston 5B Manor Drive<br />

Spectacular in so many ways!<br />

There's a fabulous living opportunity on offer with our feature listing - a substantial home perched amidst established<br />

grounds on a private, rear section, in sought-after Manor Drive! Thoughtful planning and contemporary design blend<br />

together seamlessly in this expansive residence, with an open kitchen / dining and two spacious living areas offering<br />

plenty of versatility. The kitchen, complete with stone bench tops, quality appliances and a butler's pantry, is a real<br />

highlight, while the crisp, neutral decor throughout will accommodate any era or style of furnishing. With a master<br />

featuring a fabulous walk-in-robe and a double tiled ensuite, two additional large bedrooms provides great<br />

accommodation and is serviced by a large family bathroom. The 3 heat pumps and undertile heating guarantee yearround<br />

warmth whilst a study nook, separate laundry and ample storage space enhances functionality. With triple car<br />

garaging, a carport for your camper/boat and plenty of off-street parking , the electric gates provide convenience and<br />

security. The area is eminently popular and with good reason. Boredom will never be an issue with easy access to<br />

sports facilities, parks, and quality schools on your doorstep, while the proximity to a host of quality shops means<br />

everything you could wish for is well within reach. There's a lot to love here! Interest will be high.<br />

3 2 2 1 4<br />

Deadline Sale closes Thursday 2nd <strong>June</strong>, <strong>2022</strong> at 2.00pm,<br />

(unless sold prior)<br />

View By appointment<br />

Web pb.co.nz/ROU97181<br />

Tanya Marillier<br />

M 027 383 3844<br />

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

Monty Marillier<br />

M 021 943 973<br />

E Monty@pb.co.nz


21<br />

Springston 17 Everest Way<br />

Family fabulous!<br />

On a quiet cul-de-sac in sought-after Springston, this contemporary home boasts an impressive array of features and<br />

creature comforts and is offered to the market with genuine determination by vendors whose thoughts have already<br />

turned to their next project. Inside, a well-appointment modern kitchen is the heart of this home, with open-plan living<br />

areas and a separate lounge offering plenty of versatility. The four bedrooms are complemented by two bathrooms<br />

(including an ensuite off the master) and a large office/storage room provides additional space which can easily be<br />

used for an array of purposes. Winter is taken care of with central heating, HRV, and a heatpump that guarantees<br />

year-round contentment for you and your family. An additional bonus is the brand-new carpet and fresh paint<br />

throughout! Outside , the fully-fenced section is a safe haven for kids and pets, and it boasts a restful ambience that<br />

reflects the peace and tranquility of this charming pocket of <strong>Selwyn</strong>. The appeal of this property is completed with a<br />

double internal access garage, drive-thru access and ample off-street parking. The icing on the cake is undoubtedly<br />

the location, with Springston tucked away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, yet an array of amenities in<br />

surrounding areas all just a stone's throw away.<br />

4 2 2 2<br />

Deadline Sale closes Thursday 9th <strong>June</strong>, <strong>2022</strong> at 4.00pm,<br />

(unless sold prior)<br />

View Wed 1 Jun 4.30 - 5.00pm<br />

Mon 6 Jun 1.00 - 1.30pm<br />

Web pb.co.nz/ROU10702<br />

Tanya Marillier<br />

M 027 383 3844<br />

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

Monty Marillier<br />

M 021 943 973<br />

E Monty@pb.co.nz


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Rolleston 1 Bethany Road<br />

A Linea beauty!<br />

This outstanding Linea home is in the popular Stonebrook Subdivision, convenient to West Rolleston Primary School, and just a<br />

short walk to the Stonebrook reserve, playground, MetroMart, and new Fish & Chip Shop.<br />

You are welcomed with a skylight at the entrance which sets the tone for this beautiful home. The open plan<br />

kitchen/dining/living has ample bench space, a breakfast bar, and an induction hob. Through double doors to the separate<br />

lounge with built-in shelving and a stacker door out onto Kwila decking. The Master is a great size with a walk-in robe, a high<br />

spec ensuite with a 3-way shower head, and a ranch slider out to its own deck. The further 3 bedrooms are all extra-large<br />

double rooms with double robes. Serviced by the high spec family bathroom which has a deep freestanding bath, 3-way<br />

shower head, and separate toilet with basin. The home has beautiful drapes throughout, 2 heat pumps providing you with<br />

heating & cooling, and good storage in the hallway. The laundry is housed in the internal access double garage.<br />

4 2 2 2<br />

For Sale Buyers $895,000+<br />

View Mon 6 Jun 2.45 - 3.15pm<br />

Web pb.co.nz/ROU89681<br />

Angela Hunt<br />

M 021 548 777<br />

Chris Moore<br />

M 027 288 0563<br />

E angela.hunt@pb.co.nz<br />

E chris.moore@pb.co.nz<br />

Rolleston Lot 26 Ed Hillary Drive<br />

Vendors plans have changed!<br />

We are not returning to NZ! Sell our section! If close proximity the new Te Rohutu Whio Primary School is on the wish list, then<br />

this is sure to tick this box. Only 5 mins walk and you will arrive ready for class! Supported by great preschools in the area, you<br />

will be spoilt for choice. A few minutes' drive or a comfortable bike ride, and enjoy the facilities of the <strong>Selwyn</strong> sport centre,<br />

Swimming pool or Foster park playground and for the teenagers- Rolleston College. This is a fantastic section, in a great<br />

location and will be surrounded with other quality builds. Don't delay is securing this fantastic 650m2 sized section. Titles are<br />

due soon, which means you can start to build the foundation to your new home!<br />

For Sale Buyers $439,000+<br />

View By appointment<br />

Web pb.co.nz/ROU1<strong>01</strong>440<br />

Angela Hunt<br />

M 021 548 777<br />

E angela.hunt@pb.co.nz<br />

Chris Moore<br />

M 027 288 0563<br />

E chris.moore@pb.co.nz<br />

Property Brokers Ltd Licensed REAA 2008 | pb.co.nz<br />

Proud to be here


23<br />

Rolleston 3 Delapre Drive<br />

New and available now!<br />

Oozing street appeal and located in one of Rolleston's finest developments "Delapre" this brand new three bedroom 191m2<br />

home is a real find. Just completed by respected local builders Sandstone Homes this home has all the extras you would hope<br />

to see including a spacious kitchen with stone bench top, walk in pantry and quality appliances. Adjoining the kitchen is the<br />

light and bright family dining/living area and the separate formal lounge perfect for your media room or a place for the<br />

children on a wet day. The two bathrooms including the ensuite are a cut above the standard with tiled showers, superior<br />

vanities and a free standing bath in the main bathroom. With the home being of a genuine size this is reflected in the size of<br />

the bedrooms which are all large doubles. Among the many extras in this home include gas hot water, two heat pumps ,<br />

substantial storage and carpet in the garage. Positioned for privacy on its very manageable 504m2 section this home will<br />

appeal to many. With so many house and land packages being marketed off the plans and the completion date many months<br />

away it is very refreshing to find a completed house and land package ready for you to move into.<br />

3 2 1 2<br />

For Sale $899,000<br />

View By appointment<br />

Web pb.co.nz/ROU102361<br />

Stephan Knowler AREINZ<br />

M 027 229 9522 E stephan.knowler@pb.co.nz<br />

Leeston 17 Clausen Avenue<br />

Affordable and available!<br />

Located in the increasingly popular township of Leeston a short and pleasant commute from Lincoln and Rolleston and<br />

beyond to the city finds this very affordable modern three bedroom family home on 841m2. Privately positioned on its rear<br />

section this property will see plenty of sun through the day with the morning rays through the kitchen window and the dining<br />

and living getting natural light and warmth through the afternoon. The practical kitchen adjoins the dining area which goes<br />

beyond to the family/living space. This area is heated by way of Heatpump. The three bedrooms are all doubles and the<br />

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24<br />

[Edition datE]<br />

Garages are<br />

not all equal<br />

Not all garages are equal. Smaller<br />

townhouses may have a single garage<br />

whereas larger homes are more likely<br />

to have double, triple or even four-car<br />

garaging.<br />

Having more garaging has been more<br />

popular in recent times. It can add an ‘x’<br />

factor leading to a speedier house sale and<br />

potential for a higher selling price.<br />

However, how much garage space do<br />

you really need?<br />

Before committing to an even larger<br />

home, take time to consider the purpose of<br />

your garage. This may avoid the situation<br />

where one or more vehicles is parked up in<br />

the driveway due to there being no room<br />

in the garage after work bench, garden<br />

equipment, bicycles and other items are<br />

packed in.<br />

An outside shed may take out some<br />

clutter, as will moving on unused<br />

possessions, with the result that a standard<br />

double garage may be sufficient.<br />

While a larger garage will add square<br />

metres, extra garage space costs less than<br />

in other areas of a home because there are<br />

fewer features.<br />

At planning stage, map out what will<br />

be stored in the garage. Take account<br />

of the space needed for motor vehicles,<br />

bikes, work bench, tools and gardening<br />

implements, if these will be kept in the<br />

garage.<br />

List all the items, measuring each to<br />

assess how they will fit into the garage.<br />

Allow space for moving around and<br />

getting into and out of the cars parked in<br />

the garage, once bikes, ladders and the like<br />

are stacked against the walls.<br />

Attic trusses with a pull down ladder<br />

could be included; a great way to gain<br />

extra storage space for less used items.<br />

Other features that will reduce clutter<br />

may include built-in shelving and<br />

storage cupboards, hanging devices like<br />

hammocks suspended from the roof,<br />

and bike hooks. These can make a huge<br />

difference to the spaciousness of this very<br />

practical part of the house.<br />

Thinking of the garage doors themselves,<br />

these can be custom made to fit. While<br />

two or three single doors may be attractive<br />

for accessing a larger garage, weigh up<br />

garage door width and their practicality<br />

should a larger vehicle need to be stored in<br />

the garage at any time.<br />

Including one or more windows will<br />

allow natural light without the need to<br />

open the garage door. The glass can be<br />

frosted for privacy while a glass side<br />

or back door will provide access to the<br />

backyard. You might also include a<br />

garage door through to the backyard.<br />

Alternatively, a garage, carport, or parking<br />

space down the side may provide storage<br />

for a caravan, motorhome or boat and<br />

access the yard.<br />

Ensuring sufficient off-street parking<br />

space out front is also often overlooked<br />

and worth the investment.<br />

Single doors into a larger garage are popular.<br />

Three and four car garaging is popular.<br />

Garage doors can be custom<br />

made to fit a particular space.<br />

Extra garage space costs less<br />

than other parts of a home.<br />

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is fitted with ample storage and the wide breakfast bar presents an<br />

informal space for meals on the run. Additional attributes of the fully<br />

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along with further off-street parking.<br />

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Your guide to all things Real Estate<br />

in the <strong>Selwyn</strong> District<br />

Rolleston commercial<br />

zone significant<br />

Rolleston is now one of the main logistic hubs in<br />

Canterbury. Commercial (offices and retail) and<br />

industrial (warehouse, distribution and storage)<br />

properties for purchase or lease are in hot demand.<br />

Investors and businesses are keen to be part of the<br />

fastest-growing district. The town is home to the Izone<br />

Industrial Park, housing many business activities,<br />

including manufacturing, contracting, warehousing<br />

and logistics, and agricultural services. With two<br />

inland ports, I Port and Midland Port, Rolleston is<br />

the major hub servicing Christchurch and the South<br />

Island. The <strong>Selwyn</strong> District Council has provided a<br />

significant drawcard of commercially favourable terms<br />

for developers and investors, including no or low<br />

development fees.<br />

Campbell Taylor, Commercial and Industrial<br />

Divisional Manager for Bayleys, advises that there<br />

is currently a good mix of buying and leasing<br />

opportunities for commercial and industrial properties<br />

in Rolleston. Historically, Rolleston land was cheaper<br />

to buy, as it was located further out of Christchurch;<br />

this has now changed. However, at present, there is a<br />

shortage of industrial stock. This shortage may result<br />

from the hefty increase in land prices over the last 12-<br />

18 months and the ever-changing cost of building. As<br />

a result, the uptake of properties could be impacted,<br />

resulting in increased rents.<br />

Clients have specific needs regarding location and<br />

building size, and it is a case of listening to what the<br />

client may be looking for and working with them to<br />

match a property to suit their needs. Several existing<br />

businesses are expanding, and new projects are<br />

underway, so their requirements must be carefully<br />

considered. For example, Campbell states, “there<br />

is a perceived need for storing more goods due to<br />

transport”, and “the big transactions are all around<br />

storage and logistics”. Some of these new projects are<br />

already showing good interest. For example, on Pereita<br />

Drive, there is a significant 105000 sqm, 12-metre stud<br />

new building with expansion capability. At the same<br />

time, on Factory Drive, there is a specific development<br />

of 43 new “tradespeople-type” units with an office and<br />

shorter term leases available.<br />

Rolleston sees the continued desire for commercial<br />

and industrial properties, which assists the area’s<br />

growth. One benefit of having commercial and<br />

industrial properties locally, Campbell states, “It allows<br />

people to live and work in the same area.” In addition,<br />

other <strong>Selwyn</strong> towns, such as Lincoln, Darfield, and<br />

Leeston, are experiencing a growth in suburban retail.<br />

Overall the continuing development of a variety of<br />

commercial and industrial properties in Rolleston<br />

brings more businesses, opportunities for employment<br />

and more people to the area. As a result, while<br />

Rolleston is acknowledged as the fastest growing<br />

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27<br />

Wednesday 1st <strong>June</strong><br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

12.00pm – 1.00pm<br />

12.30pm – 1.00pm<br />

3.30pm – 4.00pm<br />

4.30pm – 5.00pm<br />

5.15pm – 5.45pm<br />

Thursday 2nd <strong>June</strong><br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

1.00pm – 1.30pm<br />

4.30pm – 5.30pm<br />

5.00pm – 5.30pm<br />

5.30pm – 6.00pm<br />

Saturday 4th <strong>June</strong><br />

10.00am – 10.30am<br />

11.00am – 11.45am<br />

11.00am – 12.00pm<br />

11.00am – 12.00pm<br />

11.15am – 11.45am<br />

11.30am – 12.00pm<br />

11.45am – 12.15pm<br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

52 Payne Court, Lincoln<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

2 Territory Street, Rolleston<br />

Harcourts<br />

11 Picasso Place, Rolleston<br />

Harcourts<br />

35a Cardigan Bay Place, addington<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

21 Dawn Place, Kirwee<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

6 Sheridan Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

5 Polar Lane, Lincoln<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

173 Bells Road, West Melton<br />

Harcourts<br />

2/1690 Hoskyns Road, Kirwee<br />

Harcourts<br />

23 Verdeco Boulevard, Lincoln<br />

Harcourts<br />

14 Hungerford Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

21 Dawn Place, Kirwee<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

3390 Main South Road, Dunsandel<br />

Harcourts<br />

172 Rakaia Barhill Methven Rd, Rakaia<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

2 Territory Street, Rolleston<br />

Harcourts<br />

6 Sheridan Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

74 Hungerford Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

22 Regents Grove, Riochmond Heights<br />

Property Brokers<br />

35a Cardigan Bay Place, addington<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

54 Thornborough Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

13 Uffington Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

21 allingham Lane, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

12.30pm – 1.00pm<br />

12.30pm – 1.00pm<br />

1.00pm – 1.30pm<br />

1.00pm – 1.45pm<br />

1.00pm – 2.00pm<br />

1.00pm – 2.00pm<br />

1.15pm – 1.45pm<br />

1.30pm – 2.00pm<br />

1.30pm – 2.00pm<br />

1.30pm – 2.00pm<br />

2.00pm – 2.30pm<br />

2.30pm – 3.00pm<br />

2.00pm – 2.30pm<br />

2.00pm – 2.30pm<br />

2.15pm – 2.45pm<br />

2.30pm – 3.00pm<br />

2.30pm – 3.00pm<br />

3.30pm – 4.00pm<br />

Sunday, 5th <strong>June</strong><br />

11.00am – 12.00pm<br />

11.15am – 11.45am<br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

12.00pm – 12.45pm<br />

12.15pm – 12.45pm<br />

12.30pm – 1.00pm<br />

14 Hungerford Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

53 Oak Tree Lane, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

42 Burnham School Road, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

31 Fairbairn Road, Rolleston<br />

Harcourts<br />

2/1690 Hoskyns Road, Kirwee<br />

Harcourts<br />

6/186 Trents Road, Prebbleton<br />

Harcourts<br />

6 Oak Tree Lane, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

66 Kaitorete Drive, Lincoln<br />

Harcourts<br />

12 The Mews, Lincoln<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

79 Overbury Crescent, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

173 Bells Road, West Melton<br />

Harcourts<br />

Lot 15/987 Goulds Road, Rolleston<br />

Harcourts<br />

10 Goodland Place, Rolleston<br />

Harcourts<br />

2/443a Main South Road, Hornby<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

51 Bavaria Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

5 Polar Lane, Lincoln<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

12 Newman Road, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

12 Cressida Close, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

2 Territory Street, Rolleston<br />

Harcourts<br />

4 Kingsdowne Drive, West Melton<br />

Bayleys Canterbuty<br />

54 Brenley Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

3390 Main South Road, Dunsandel<br />

Harcourts<br />

4 Chimango Place, Rolleston<br />

Bayleys Canterbuty<br />

12 Goldie Place, Rolleston<br />

Bayleys Canterbuty<br />

1.00pm – 1.30pm<br />

1.00pm – 1.45pm<br />

1.00pm – 2.00pm<br />

1.00pm – 2.00pm<br />

1.00pm – 2.00pm<br />

1.15pm – 1.45pm<br />

1.30pm – 2.00pm<br />

1.30pm – 2.00pm<br />

1.30pm – 2.00pm<br />

2.00pm – 2.30pm<br />

2.00pm – 2.30pm<br />

2.00pm – 2.30pm<br />

2.00pm – 2.30pm<br />

2.30pm – 3.00pm<br />

3.00pm – 3.30pm<br />

3.00pm – 3.30pm<br />

Monday 6th <strong>June</strong><br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

1.00pm – 1.30pm<br />

1.00pm – 1.30pm<br />

1.00pm – 1.30pm<br />

16 Pollock Place, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

31 Fairbairn Road, Rolleston<br />

Harcourts<br />

2/1690 Hoskyns Road, Kirwee<br />

Harcourts<br />

6/186 Trents Road, Prebbleton<br />

Harcourts<br />

49 Birchs Road, Prebbleton<br />

Bayleys Canterbuty<br />

8 Clausen avenue, Leeston<br />

Bayleys Canterbuty<br />

37 Monte Crescent, Lincoln<br />

Bayleys Canterbuty<br />

31 Falcon Road, Rolleston<br />

Bayleys Canterbuty<br />

66 Kaitorete Drive, Lincoln<br />

Harcourts<br />

45 Territory Street, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

13 Taiaroa Place, Southbridge<br />

Property Brokers<br />

173 Bells Road, West Melton<br />

Harcourts<br />

10 Goodland Place, Rolleston<br />

Harcourts<br />

Lot 15/987 Goulds Road, Rolleston<br />

Harcourts<br />

17 andesite Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

6 High Street, Kirwee<br />

Property Brokers<br />

52 Payne Court, Lincoln<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

15 Cameron Crescent, Rolleston<br />

Property Brokers<br />

1 Power Place, Rolleston<br />

Property Brokers<br />

56 Lucca Crescent, Rolleston<br />

Property Brokers<br />

11 Rossall Crescent, Rolleston<br />

Property Brokers<br />

26 Sherborne Drive, Rolleston<br />

Property Brokers<br />

17 Everest Way, Springston<br />

Property Brokers<br />

12.00pm – 12.30pm<br />

2 Lowes Road, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

12.30pm – 1.00pm<br />

43 Patterson Terrace, Halswell<br />

Property Brokers<br />

1.00pm – 1.30pm<br />

9/106 Bealey ave, Christchurch Central<br />

Property Brokers<br />

12.15pm – 12.45pm<br />

96 Brenley Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

1.00pm – 1.30pm<br />

70 Stott Drive, Darfield<br />

Property Brokers<br />

1.45pm – 2.15pm<br />

63 Ledbury Drive, Rolleston<br />

Property Brokers<br />

12.30pm – 1.00pm<br />

2 Talbot Place, Methven<br />

Bayleys Canterbuty<br />

1.00pm – 1.30pm<br />

2 Lee Street, Southbridge<br />

Property Brokers<br />

2.30pm – 3.00pm<br />

47 Kinsella Crescent, aidanfield<br />

Property Brokers<br />

12.30pm – 1.00pm<br />

7 Broomleigh Drive, Rolleston<br />

Ray White Town & Lifestyle<br />

1.00pm – 1.30pm<br />

4 Lesser Close, Rolleston<br />

Bayleys Canterbuty<br />

2.45pm – 3.15pm<br />

1 Bethany Road, Rolleston<br />

Property Brokers<br />

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PROPERTY BROKERS<br />

www.propertybrokers.co.nz<br />

Rolleston 03 929 0306<br />

Darfield 03 975 4506<br />

Leeston 03 929 0306<br />

Lincoln 03 595 6954<br />

HARCOURTS<br />

www.fourseasons.harcourts.co.nz<br />

Hornby 03 349 9919<br />

Rolleston 03 347 4711<br />

Lincoln 03 662 9933<br />

BAYLEYS<br />

www.bayleys.co.nz<br />

Rolleston +64 3 347 9949<br />

Darfield +64 3 9754559<br />

Leeston +64 3 324 3704<br />

Christchurch +64 3 375 4700


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