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All systems go for Agri Kids<br />

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@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

It’s harvest timefor pupils<br />

Edward Pottinger, Liam Lash<br />

andEdwardWhite competing<br />

tomorrow in the AgriKidsNZ<br />

grand final in Whangarei. The<br />

opening ceremonyistoday.<br />

After months of hard work<br />

learning as much as possible<br />

aboutagriculturalpractices,<br />

products andprocesses,the<br />

Longbeach School pupils, of<br />

team LongbeachFarmwise,<br />

are set to compete in the event<br />

against other scores of other<br />

primary school­aged<br />

competitorsfrom<br />

around the country.<br />

Amongthem two<br />

teams from <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Intermediate School;<br />

AIS Contractors with Alice<br />

Johnson,KairaWrightand<br />

Laura Hyde; andAIS<br />

Harvestors withCallum Tait<br />

James Lansdown andEthan<br />

Graham.<br />

Teenagers Jack Fosterand<br />

James Clark, of MountHutt<br />

College,and Anna Barrieand<br />

Grady Hopkirk,ofGeraldine<br />

HighSchool,will represent the<br />

region in the Junior Young<br />

Farmerofthe Year grand<br />

final.<br />

TheLongbeach kids are as<br />

readyasthey can be and<br />

hopingthe hard work they<br />

havesowed,supported by<br />

familyand the school<br />

community, can finally be<br />

reapedwith anationaltitle.<br />

Especially in front of the<br />

familysupporters able to<br />

travel northwith them.<br />

The three boys all liveon<br />

farms; dairy,sheep andcrop,<br />

and have been able to share<br />

knowledge that could be<br />

coveredinthe competition<br />

from their respective fields<br />

with on­farm training days.<br />

It’s ranged from learning<br />

about cow breeds, sheep wool,<br />

bee hive tips, cropvarieties,<br />

horses and<br />

general<br />

information<br />

across all<br />

farmtypes<br />

andproducts.<br />

They also spent thebestpart<br />

of an hour with Honda Country<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>’s Haydon South last<br />

weeklearning the ins­and­outs<br />

of quad bikes andtwowheelers,<br />

covering safety,<br />

basicmachine knowledgeand<br />

maintenance. Andhave had a<br />

visit from last<br />

year’s Young<br />

Farmer of the<br />

Year winner<br />

Jake Jarman.<br />

Continued Page 21<br />

PAGE 4<br />

Preschool’s<br />

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Postpartum<br />

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Uplifting project meets need<br />

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@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Volunteers at the Cancer Society<br />

have been knitting scores of breast<br />

prosthesis for womeninneed.<br />

They areavailable for free through<br />

the Cancer Society.<br />

Knitting volunteers Sharon<br />

Thomas, MarilynCross andAvis<br />

Wakelin have made scores of ‘knitted<br />

knockers’ in varying sizes forwomen<br />

who have had amastectomy or other<br />

procedures to thebreast resulting in<br />

breast removal.<br />

Sharon said theKnitted Knockers<br />

were aspecial handmadebreast<br />

prosthesis for womenwho have<br />

undergone mastectomies or other<br />

procedures to thebreast.<br />

‘‘We want people to knowwehave<br />

got them and to feel freetocome and<br />

get one, or two,’’ she said.<br />

The Knitted Knockers project was<br />

startedbyagroup in theUnited<br />

States andhas more than 4655knitted<br />

knockers groupsglobally. There are<br />

now ahandful in New Zealand.<br />

Volunteers from MidCanterbury<br />

got involved after it wasshowcased<br />

ontelevision by an Auckland group<br />

doing the project.<br />

It set the wheels in motion, and<br />

included adonation ofwool from<br />

Ashford’s, in <strong>Ashburton</strong>, Sharon said.<br />

Traditional breast prosthetics are<br />

often expensive, heavy, sweaty and<br />

uncomfortable andtypically require<br />

Council oppose Three Waters<br />

DANIEL.TOBIN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Councillors have approved a<br />

recommendation moved by mayor<br />

Neil Brown, that he andthe chief<br />

executive be authorised to approve<br />

council’ssubmission on the Water<br />

Services Entities Bill(Three Waters).<br />

MrBrown, speakingat last week’s<br />

council meeting, said thesubmission<br />

reinforcedthecouncils opposition to<br />

thereforms and ‘‘willmake reference<br />

to astrong local voice inour<br />

submission.’’<br />

CrAngus McKay saidhewas very<br />

surprised with the number of people<br />

that thought the councilhad a<br />

different view ‘‘tothat of anti this<br />

damn rubbishy Bill,that puts local<br />

assets up for grabs.’’<br />

Hesuggested the council’s<br />

opposition should be more clearly<br />

stated publicly rather thanjustonthe<br />

normal websites.<br />

‘‘Ihavebeen very surprised,<br />

Cancer Society volunteers Sharon Thomas, Marilyn Cross and Avis Wakelin<br />

with some of the knitted knockers available for those in need.<br />

special brasorcamisoles with<br />

pockets and are unablebeworn for<br />

weeksafter surgery.<br />

Knitted Knockers, made of cotton<br />

andanadjustable dacron filler, are<br />

soft,comfortable, beautiful and when<br />

placed in aregular bra theytakethe<br />

shape andfeelofarealbreast,<br />

Sharon said.<br />

Theknockersare made invarying<br />

Angus McKay<br />

especiallywith some emailswehave<br />

received frompeoplewho Ithought<br />

wouldknow ourposition of anti­ness<br />

andhow ourmayor has fought at<br />

regional and national level on the<br />

three waters,’’ he said.<br />

Thesubmissionisoutlined in the<br />

mayor’s report in themeetings<br />

agenda and states ‘‘itiscritical that<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>and Canterbury have<br />

Jock visits the neighbours<br />

cupsizes, mostly pale in colour to<br />

blend into abra cup, and usea<br />

stocking stitchonfourneedles.<br />

It’s adetailed pattern, which<br />

includes asimulated nipple ,she<br />

said.<br />

Theknockers areeasycare hand<br />

wash and can be adjusted to size and<br />

shapebyremoving or adding dacron<br />

filler through an opening in the rear.<br />

strong andclear mechanismsto<br />

ensurelocalperspectives areheard<br />

and considered by the newentity.<br />

‘‘We want assurance that consumer<br />

forums willachieve theirpurpose<br />

and that consumer needs,<br />

expectations andservice<br />

requirements are clearly understood.<br />

‘‘Council remainsconcerned at the<br />

lack of local inputand thatthe focus<br />

of thethree waters debate has been<br />

primarilyondrinking waterand not<br />

stormwater or wastewater (where the<br />

bulk of themoney is to be spent.) Our<br />

strong view is that the reformprocess<br />

shouldbepaused foruptofive years<br />

to letthe new regulator (Attenuate<br />

Aerial) settle in, and see how readily<br />

councils are meeting their obligations<br />

and responsibilities,’’ the report<br />

stated.<br />

Mr Brown said the community was<br />

welcome to makesubmissions on the<br />

Bill,via government’s website or to<br />

contact council. Submissions close<br />

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New chapter for post building<br />

DANIEL.TOBIN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Theformer postofficebuilding<br />

on thecornerofEast and<br />

Cameron streets is bustling with<br />

people andproducts after being<br />

closed foranumber ofyears.<br />

BelAirDiscounter<br />

convenience store, nowBel Air<br />

Supermarket, hasrelocated<br />

alongtheroad to thenew<br />

locationand shopownerNavin<br />

Naikaristhrilled with having<br />

Above:The Bel Air Supermarket on East Street.Right: Owner<br />

Navin Naikar.<br />

more spacefor hisexpanding<br />

business.<br />

Navinsaid hehad beenon the<br />

hunt for abiggerpremises for a<br />

year.<br />

‘‘Weweregrowing there,I<br />

startedexpandingtheshopand<br />

Iran out of room, so we hadto<br />

findabigger place,’’hesaid.<br />

Thenew shop still has adairy<br />

with theusualproducts anda<br />

large selection of Asian food.<br />

ButNavin is excited about the<br />

newaddition,anareaofthe<br />

shop dedicated to Indianfood,<br />

possibly thebiggest selection of<br />

Indianfood in Mid Canterbury.<br />

Previously people havehad to<br />

travel to Christchurchtoget a<br />

good dealonIndianproducts<br />

butNavin thinks hecan<br />

compete with thebig smoke.<br />

‘‘I’vechanged thecultureof<br />

Asian,Island andIndian food<br />

buying in <strong>Ashburton</strong>,’’Navin<br />

said,‘‘bygivingpeopleavery<br />

good price, almost thesameasa<br />

Christchurch shop.There is a<br />

hugevarietyofIndian foodand<br />

previouslywedidn'thavethe<br />

spacetocaterfor that,now it is<br />

afullrange of Indian products.’’<br />

IN BRIEF<br />

QUAD DEATH<br />

Policehavenamed the manwho<br />

diedinaquadbike crash in<br />

Lauristonlate last month.<br />

‘‘He was SubashGhimire, aged<br />

35.’’<br />

‘‘Ourthoughts are withhis family<br />

and friends.’’<br />

Enquiries into the circumstances<br />

of the crashwhichhappenedon<br />

June26are ongoing.<br />

HEALTH PRESSURE<br />

Multiple winterillnesses continue to<br />

placepressure on Canterbury’s<br />

health system, withgeneral<br />

practices, pharmacies, urgent care<br />

facilitiesand the Emergency<br />

Departmentall stretched to capacity<br />

and beyond.<br />

Te WhatuOra, Canterbury is<br />

appealingtothe publictohelp take<br />

someofthe pressureoff the system<br />

by seekingthe right care in the right<br />

placeatthe righttime.Covid-19<br />

casenumbers remainvery highin<br />

Canterbury, and thereare similar<br />

numbers of people withflu-like<br />

illnesses. Urgent care and<br />

Emergency suchasambulance and<br />

the ED are feelingthe strainofthis<br />

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Phoenix rises in new build<br />

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Whina<br />

ReviewedbyRowena Hart<br />

This movie charts the life oficonic Maori leader and<br />

activist Dame Whina Cooper.<br />

While the film is apowerful portrait of the woman at its<br />

heart, it is also abreathtaking pictureofnearly acentury<br />

of social history inNew Zealand. Somuch changed in<br />

the nearly 100 years of her life.<br />

The sight of thousands of people walking over the<br />

Auckland Harbour bridge –anews clip from 1975 that<br />

Ihave seen many times before –brought metotears.<br />

Especially seeing Whina at the age of 80 leading the<br />

March.<br />

From ayoung age Whina was always standing up for<br />

those Maorithatwerestruggling.<br />

But there were many, including family that did<br />

everything they could to put her down.<br />

Ihaven’t been able to stop thinking about her quest.<br />

For example, she gathered agroup together to build a<br />

meeting house so she had aplace to bring people to<br />

work out new solutions to their problems. Many Maori<br />

carvers produced the most amazing workstoput around<br />

the interior,itwas beautiful.<br />

But she and her husband woke one night tothe haters<br />

burning down her new house ...itwas aterrible tragedy.<br />

Idon’t know how she had the courage to carry on ...<br />

Amust see to watch awonderful woman standing up<br />

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PhoenixPreschool celebrated its new<br />

premises this week withagrand<br />

opening nightheldfor childrenand<br />

families whohave an interest in the<br />

centre.<br />

The new facility, on the cornerof<br />

Middle and Belt roads,boasts<br />

purpose­built kitchenand washroom<br />

facilities, as wellasanon­mobile<br />

space forchildrenwith limited<br />

mobility, an extendedsleep room, and<br />

interactive indoor andoutdoorareas<br />

providing all­day enrichment forthe<br />

childrenincludingavegetable<br />

garden.<br />

Centre manager Ange Rossand<br />

assistant manager Gayle Smith­Busch<br />

saidithadbeen along18months but<br />

theywere happy to finally be in the<br />

new premises.<br />

‘‘It’samazing.Italmostfeels like<br />

we’ve always beenhere,’’ Ange said.<br />

‘‘All thechildrenand everyone have<br />

settledinsowell.’’<br />

The initial development wasmostly<br />

funded by theMinistryofEducation,<br />

withlocal organisationspitching in to<br />

helpfund further enhancementsto<br />

the preschool’s design, particularly<br />

the outdoor area.<br />

‘‘We’ve hadlots of parentworking<br />

beestohelp us move, and lotsand lots<br />

of supportfrom the<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

College,’’ Gayle said. ‘‘Some of the<br />

[agriculture] students actuallycarried<br />

sheds offtrailers and putthem into<br />

place. There’sbeen lotsofcommunity<br />

involvement getting us here.’’<br />

The new facility hasenabled the<br />

centretochangeits policytoallow<br />

childrentotransition to different<br />

Younger children play inside Phoenix Preschool’s new facility.<br />

educational areas based on their<br />

developmentalneedsrather than<br />

theirage groups.<br />

It hasbeen designed to feel funand<br />

inclusivefor everyonewhile ensuring<br />

thechildrenhave thebenefitofbeing<br />

in areas appropriate for their<br />

learning and play abilities.<br />

Separated by pool fencing, three<br />

outdoorspaces offercraftstations,<br />

playgrounds, sandpits, smooth<br />

concretepathswhich double as bike<br />

tracks, gentlegrassy hills, amini<br />

marae,and outdoor washbasins.<br />

Phoenix Preschoolhas been<br />

operating for 38 years andcaters to<br />

childrenfrom fivemonthsold through<br />

to schoolentry.<br />

They value inclusiveness and<br />

recognise<strong>Ashburton</strong>’sincreasing<br />

cultural diversity, offeringa<br />

‘‘community whereevery child<br />

belongs andisgiven every<br />

opportunity to grow as an individual’’.<br />

‘‘We’re so incredibly lucky here,<br />

we’ve had so much community<br />

involvement helping us get to thenew<br />

building,’’ Gayle said.<br />

Advance <strong>Ashburton</strong> fundedthe<br />

majority of the outdoorlandscaping<br />

which was carried out by Backyard<br />

Enhancementsand Smithscapes,<br />

while notable contributions werealso<br />

receivedfrom BraidedRivers<br />

Community Trust, PlaceMakers,and<br />

Ruralco.<br />

The preschoolwas located on<br />

WalnutAvenue and itsrelocationis<br />

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rebuildat<strong>Ashburton</strong>College.<br />

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8 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Behind the scenes: amother’s self­love<br />

INDI.ROBERTS<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> photographer Jaime<br />

McLauchlan has beenpacking apunch<br />

withanot­for­profit photography<br />

project, Celebrate Postpartum Bodies.<br />

Theproject encourages mothers from<br />

aroundthe country to celebrate their<br />

bodies andthe mental and physical<br />

changes duringand after pregnancy.<br />

Behind the lens, Jaime uses simple<br />

butvivid black­and­white photographs<br />

to capture the figuresof different<br />

mothers, focusing on thestomach, hips<br />

and breasts wherechangesare most<br />

often visible.<br />

Jaime said she chooses to shoot in<br />

black andwhite because it eliminates<br />

thedistraction of prejudice views<br />

related to different skin tones or shades.<br />

‘‘It’s avery powerful waytolook at a<br />

body,’’ shesaid.<br />

Accompanying the photos are<br />

statements from the women, some<br />

sharing heartbroken truths about having<br />

notyet learned to love their body,<br />

though theyappreciate the phenomenal<br />

workitdid to grow another human<br />

being.<br />

Jaime shares thought­provoking<br />

captions online.<br />

They include the wordsofmothers<br />

whohaveexperienced everything from<br />

joyand pridetoheartacheand<br />

embarrassment.<br />

The individual voices and journeys<br />

areimportant, highlighting not only the<br />

stress the body goes through during<br />

pregnancy, birth, and postpartum,but<br />

also the hormonal and mentaltoll these<br />

changes take.<br />

Formost women, their bodies will<br />

never return prior to pregnancy.<br />

‘‘It’s averyemotional experience,’’<br />

Jaime said.<br />

‘‘Some women will cry duringthe<br />

Photographer Jaime McLauchlan is capturing women for her Celebrate Postpartum<br />

Bodies project.<br />

PHOTO SUPPLIED<br />

photoshoot, and Icry withthem.’’<br />

Thefocusofproject is acceptance,<br />

enabling women of all shapes, colours,<br />

and sizes to embrace the changes their<br />

bodies go through andlearn to love and<br />

respect every inch of themselves.<br />

Jaime said feedback from women<br />

involved in theprojectisvery positive.<br />

‘‘They say it’s confronting, but also<br />

empowering. They felt seen. And they’re<br />

able to seethemselves in adifferent<br />

light.’’<br />

Jaime has photographedover 130<br />

women from <strong>Ashburton</strong>and surrounding<br />

areas so far, including herself.<br />

Eachperson has their ownjourney,<br />

battle, andvictory to share.<br />

❛ Ididn’thave any<br />

expectations for<br />

postpartum,’’ wrote one<br />

participant. ‘‘ButIdidn’t<br />

expecttohate it and loveit<br />

at the sametime. ❜<br />

Amother of two, Jaime struggled with<br />

accepting her own postpartum body<br />

following an unplannedcesarean.<br />

Theheartbreak of notbeingableto<br />

birth her baby theway she had hoped did<br />

not just leave amentalscar, buta<br />

physical one, too.<br />

‘‘I didn’t look at my incision for weeks.<br />

It held alot of emotional trauma for me<br />

and Idecided ignorancewas bliss.’’<br />

Jaime has sharedher journey with<br />

others recognising the need to normalise<br />

the conversation.<br />

‘‘I can’t promote theacceptance of<br />

other women without accepting my own<br />

body.<br />

‘‘It’s not confidence, Idon’thave<br />

confidence. Iput it outthere knowing it<br />

will help someone else.’’<br />

‘‘Social media showsyou these<br />

pregnant women with perfectly round<br />

bumps and motherswith six­packs in<br />

yoga tights. It’s not real life.’’<br />

Jaime wants to change what is<br />

perceived as the ‘norm’ on social media,<br />

taking to Instagram and Facebook to<br />

share her photos and show people<br />

motherhood cannot be defined by a<br />

single shape or size.<br />

‘‘It’s importantfor people to see all<br />

bodies out there. It’s important for<br />

everyone, even women who haven’t been<br />

pregnant,tosee what postpartum is<br />

really like.’’<br />

Originally intended to be acoffee table<br />

book, Jaime would love to pursue an<br />

exhibition to help fund thedream, but<br />

for now is happy seeing the positive<br />

impacther project hasonpeople<br />

struggling with their body image. ‘‘Wear<br />

your stretchmarks andpostpartum body<br />

like abadge of honour,’’ writes oneofthe<br />

project’s subjects.<br />

‘‘Not everyone can have the privilege<br />

of growing ahuman.’’<br />

The next project shoot will be on<br />

September 18 from Jaime’s private<br />

home­based studio in <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Bookings can be made viathe CPPB<br />

Facebook and Instagram pages, and cost<br />

$20.<br />

<br />

<br />

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Pretty in Pink money donation<br />

DANIEL TOBIN<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

The annualPrettyinPink Ball<br />

raisingmoneyfor theMid<br />

CanterburyCancer Society<br />

was cancelledlastyear<br />

because of covid restrictions.<br />

But organisershavestill<br />

donated $10,000 to thecancer<br />

society thanks to the<br />

generosityofpeoplewho<br />

boughttickets to that ball.<br />

PrettyinPink Ball<br />

committee members Di<br />

Thomas andMoana Taylor<br />

saidwhenthe ballwas<br />

cancelled theygavepeople<br />

the option of arefund or<br />

donatingthe moneyto the<br />

cancer society.<br />

The $10,000 camefrom<br />

ticket sales and sponsors.<br />

‘‘It soonaddsup, we’renot<br />

evenhaving it and we still<br />

raised $10,000,’’ Moana said.<br />

Thisyear’s ball is at Trott’s<br />

GardenonOctober29, and<br />

don’t worry, despite the name<br />

you don'tneed to dress in<br />

pink.<br />

PrettyinPink was aname<br />

the ladies started with ‘‘and it<br />

juststuck’’.<br />

‘‘This year we arereally<br />

going to concentrate on it<br />

beingfun.It’s more about<br />

people getting out again and<br />

havingafun night,’’ Di said.<br />

‘‘Thereisn'tatheme, butit<br />

is kindofdress­up. Everyone<br />

wearstheir best gear.’’<br />

Mid Canterbury Cancer<br />

Society’s MandyCaseysaid<br />

From left, Pretty in Pink members Moana Taylor and Di Thomas present the Mid Canterbury Cancer<br />

Society's Mandy Casey $10,000, with Pretty in Pink member Carolyn Bond­Hood and Mid<br />

Canterbury Cancer Society volunteer Judith Crozier.<br />

thedonation was amazing,<br />

‘‘we’re reallygrateful.’’<br />

Moana saiditwas acause<br />

worth supporting.<br />

‘‘It effectseveryone, there's<br />

notmanypeople you know<br />

that haven'tbeenaffected in<br />

some waybycancer.’’<br />

Visit thePretty in Pink<br />

Facebook page to purchase<br />

tickets forthisyear’sball.<br />

NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

9<br />

Council<br />

adopts<br />

annual<br />

plan<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council<br />

have voted to adopt the <strong>2022</strong>/23<br />

Annual Plan which includes a<br />

9.4% rate rise.<br />

At the meeting, chaired by<br />

councillor Liz McMillian,<br />

mayor Neil Brown moved the<br />

motion to adopt the annual plan<br />

and commented on the 9.4%<br />

rate rise ‘‘Inflation is definitely<br />

not our friend in this year’s<br />

budget, covid is not helping at<br />

all especially around staffing<br />

and staff availability...’’<br />

‘‘Supply chain issues are not<br />

helping again, with items not<br />

being able to be purchased and<br />

used, so it is going to be an<br />

interesting year ahead. This is<br />

our best estimate, and we will<br />

be doing everything we can to<br />

stick to it and deliver the work<br />

programme as well,’’ he said.


Family<br />

Notices<br />

Enquiries phone<br />

Mary,Jann or Karen<br />

on 308 7664 or call<br />

into 199 Burnett St.<br />

Family Notices<br />

Deaths Deaths Deaths<br />

DELLOW, Alva Jean:<br />

Peacefully at Terrace<br />

View Retirement Village,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> onJune 30, <strong>2022</strong><br />

aged 81 years. Much loved<br />

wife of Bruce for 60 years,<br />

dearly loved mother and<br />

mother-in-law of Bronwyn<br />

and Greg Menzies, Megan<br />

and Tony Houston, and<br />

Rowena and Ken Mackenzie.<br />

Much lovedNana of Courtney<br />

and Paul, Cameron; Ashleigh;<br />

Laura, and Taylor; and a<br />

great Nana of Payson, Greer,<br />

and Brylee. Special thanks<br />

to the staff of Terrace View<br />

for their dedicated care<br />

of Alva. Messages to: The<br />

Dellow family, c/- PO Box<br />

6035, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7742. In<br />

lieu of flowers donations to<br />

the Cancer Society would<br />

be appreciated. Aservice to<br />

celebrate Alva’s life was held<br />

at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> RSA, Cox<br />

Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> on Monday,<br />

<strong>July</strong> 4, <strong>2022</strong>.<br />

0800 2MEMORY<br />

027 637 1229<br />

LLOYD, Lorraine Mary -on<br />

June 25, <strong>2022</strong> peacefully at<br />

home, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged 70<br />

years. Dearly loved wife of<br />

the late Bruce. Much loved<br />

daughter ofthe late Colleen<br />

and Lawrence McCormick.<br />

Loved, cherished and<br />

treasured sister of David,<br />

Bernadette, Brian, and twin<br />

sister of the late Laurie,<br />

and Peter. Messages to the<br />

McCormick family, P O Box<br />

278, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. A<br />

Requiem Mass to celebrate<br />

Lorraine’s lifehas been held.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

FDANZ<br />

03 3<strong>07</strong>7433<br />

McDOWELL Margaret Sophia,<br />

on <strong>July</strong> 3rd, <strong>2022</strong>, passed<br />

peacefully at Rosebank<br />

Lifecare, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, aged 95<br />

years. Dearly loved wife of<br />

the late Lester. Loved mother<br />

and mother-in-lawofAnnette<br />

and Alan, Virginia and Rick,<br />

David and Elizabeth, and<br />

Andrew. Loved grandmother<br />

and great-grandmother<br />

to all her grand and greatgrandchildren.<br />

Margaret’s<br />

wish was for aprivate family<br />

servicewhichhas been held.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

FDANZ<br />

03 3<strong>07</strong>7433<br />

O’CONNOR, Robin John:<br />

At home in <strong>Ashburton</strong> on<br />

June 29, <strong>2022</strong> aged 75 years.<br />

Loved father and fatherin-law<br />

of Sharon, John and<br />

Amanda, Kellyanne and<br />

Tony Wright, and Lynette<br />

and Ben Frickleton, and a<br />

loved Grandad. Messages to:<br />

The O’Connor family, c/- PO<br />

Box 6035, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 7742.<br />

A private family service to<br />

celebrateRobin’s lifehas been<br />

held.<br />

0800 2MEMORY<br />

027 637 1229<br />

PHILLIPS, Colin Edward<br />

- Passed peacefully at<br />

Christchurch Hospital with<br />

his family beside him on<br />

<strong>July</strong> 1, <strong>2022</strong> after a short<br />

illness. Aged 85 years. Dearly<br />

loved husband of Raylene,<br />

and devoted father of Kem,<br />

Dell, Jan and Tod. Loved<br />

and respected father in<br />

law, grandfather and great<br />

grandfather to his wider<br />

whanau. Messages to the<br />

Phillips family POBox 472,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. A private<br />

family cremation has been<br />

held and acelebration will be<br />

held at theCeltic Clubrooms,<br />

Keenans Road,<strong>Ashburton</strong>on<br />

Sunday <strong>July</strong> 10 at 11.30am.<br />

Allwelcome.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

FDANZ<br />

03 3<strong>07</strong> 7433<br />

PHILLIPS, Coiln Edward –<br />

On <strong>July</strong> 1, <strong>2022</strong>. Loved and<br />

respected father of Dell and<br />

Leanne,Grandad to Jade and<br />

Josh, Casey and Joe. Great<br />

grandad to Jett and Harley.<br />

“See you around the river<br />

bend old boy.”<br />

PHILLIPS, Colin – On <strong>July</strong> 1,<br />

<strong>2022</strong>. Loved brother in law<br />

of Peter (dec) and Judith<br />

Hickman, Kathryn and Trevor<br />

Shaw (dec) and David and<br />

CarolHickman.<br />

ROBINSON, Patricia Joan<br />

(Trish): Trish passed away<br />

peacefully at home on<br />

Thursday 30th June <strong>2022</strong><br />

afterashort illness.<br />

Dearly loved wife ofChris, a<br />

much loved Mum and Mumin-law<br />

of Bridgit and Mike<br />

Smith and Logan and Emma<br />

Robinson. Adevoted Nana to<br />

Charlie, Maggie, Carter and<br />

Alex.<br />

Loved daughter of Dudley<br />

(deceased) and Joyce<br />

(deceased) Harrison. Loved<br />

sister and sister-in-law of<br />

Anne (deceased) and George<br />

Mee, Judy (deceased) and<br />

Joe Barker, Alan and Diana<br />

Harrison, Sue and Pat<br />

Prendergast.<br />

Loving Auntytoall her nieces<br />

and nephews.<br />

Messages can be sent to<br />

bridgeandmike@yahoo.co.nz<br />

At Trish’s request a private<br />

servicewill be held.<br />

ROUSE, Adriane Eva - On<br />

<strong>July</strong> 2, <strong>2022</strong>, peacefully at<br />

Tuarangi Home, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Aged 80 years. Dearly loved<br />

wife of Vince. Much loved<br />

mum and mother-in-law of<br />

Gaeline and Robert Bullard,<br />

and Gregory and Sharyn.<br />

Treasured grandma of Alicia,<br />

Joshua, and Hayden; and<br />

Mark, and Lachlan. Loved<br />

sister and sister-in-law of<br />

David and Ady, Trevor and<br />

Anne and loved aunty of<br />

Tracey, and Jill. Messages to<br />

the Rouse family POBox 472,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> 7740. A service<br />

to celebrate Adriane’s life<br />

will be held at our chapel,<br />

corner East and Cox Streets,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> on Monday<br />

<strong>July</strong> 11, commencing at<br />

2.00pm, followed byprivate<br />

cremation at the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Crematorium.<br />

Paterson’s<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

FDANZ<br />

03 3<strong>07</strong>7433<br />

STEPHEN, David John:<br />

Died 1<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong> at home in<br />

Whanganui. Dearly loved<br />

brother and brother-in-law<br />

of Ken and Jill Stephen.<br />

Treasured uncle of Kylie,Todd,<br />

Freddy and Sadie Grieve, and<br />

Nathan, Coryn, Millie, Paxton<br />

and Oakley Stephen.<br />

Memories areforever.<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

JEFFERSON, John Charles,<br />

19 May <strong>2022</strong>. Rachael,<br />

Hayden, and Aaron, Bettyand<br />

Allan, John and Pat Low and<br />

the extended family, would<br />

like to express our heartfelt<br />

appreciation for all the<br />

messages of sympathy, cards,<br />

flowers, gift boxes, baking,<br />

meals and support that we<br />

have received after the sad<br />

loss of John. Thank you for<br />

your love and support and<br />

to all those who attended<br />

the service for John. Please<br />

accept this as a personal<br />

acknowledgement. John will<br />

be missed dearly by his family<br />

and all who knew him.<br />

WILLIS, David John (Dave):<br />

Lynda, Emily, Maysie and<br />

Rory along with Ruth and<br />

John and families wish to<br />

to sincerely thank those<br />

who supported usfollowing<br />

David’s sudden passing. We<br />

were overwhelmed by the<br />

many flowers, cards, phone<br />

calls, visits, food, memories<br />

and messages.Aspecial thank<br />

youtoeveryone at Geoff Read<br />

Ltd, CullimoreEngineering,Jo<br />

and Kate at Memory Funerals<br />

and our local emergency<br />

services. Please accept this as<br />

apersonal acknowledgement<br />

from our very grateful family.<br />

David will always live onin<br />

our hearts and our cherished<br />

memories.<br />

NEWS<br />

10 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

Jock’s new adventure<br />

Geraldine farmer Christine<br />

Taylorhas publishedher<br />

latest children’s book about<br />

her West Highland terrier<br />

named Jock.<br />

The book, ‘Jock visits the<br />

neighbours’, is the forth in<br />

the series and sees Jock visit<br />

sheep in aneighbouring<br />

farm.<br />

Thebookwas written after<br />

Christine was approached<br />

by Campaignfor Wool New<br />

Zealand and its Wool in<br />

Schoolsinitiative to help<br />

promote wool to school<br />

pupils.<br />

Christine said she felt<br />

proud to be giventhe<br />

opportunity to write the<br />

book.<br />

‘‘I lovethe concept of the<br />

WoolinSchoolsprogramme<br />

and felt humbled that acopy<br />

of ‘Jock visits the<br />

neighbours’ will be left at<br />

eachschool the mobile<br />

classroom visits throughout<br />

the country,’’ she said.<br />

TheWool in Schools<br />

initiative aims to help school<br />

children understand wool’s<br />

placeintheir lives,and why<br />

it should be part of their<br />

future.<br />

Mobile woolsheds travel<br />

the length of NewZealand<br />

teaching children about the<br />

wonders of wool,kids learn<br />

about wool processes,<br />

innovativethinking, design,<br />

and technology.<br />

Christine said most<br />

children were very aware<br />

of the rapidly changing<br />

environment, ‘‘by<br />

introducing and<br />

reinforcing the importance<br />

of wool through reading is a<br />

fun wayfor both kids and<br />

adults to learn.’’<br />

She is pleased with<br />

feedback fromparents<br />

saying they areenjoying<br />

the booksasmuch as the<br />

kids.<br />

‘‘It’s great to hear that<br />

dads, grandads and uncles<br />

Christine Taylor and pooch Jock explore awool shed.<br />

PHOTO SUPPLIED<br />

are nowvolunteeringto<br />

read the bedtime stories.<br />

‘‘Some will say that it’s<br />

the go­to book every night<br />

for their little toddler,’’<br />

Christine said.<br />

Christine doesn't have<br />

any more books planned,<br />

‘‘but that’swhat Isaidafter<br />

the first book, the most<br />

enjoyable thing for me<br />

aboutwriting and<br />

publishing the books has<br />

been sharing the stories<br />

with both rural, city folk<br />

including every<br />

generation.<br />

‘‘I love getting photos of<br />

children snuggled up with<br />

parents and grandparents<br />

reading the books and<br />

sharing avery special<br />

bond,’’ she said.<br />

Community grant funds<br />

Methven Toy Library has received$881.19<br />

funding in theJune roundofNew Zealand<br />

CommunityTrustgrants.<br />

Thefundingwas for the purchaseof<br />

equipment for the library.<br />

Otherrecipients to get ashare of the total<br />

of $202,775.12available in the Canterbury<br />

region were:<br />

Belfast Pony Club Branch Inc $5000 for<br />

horse yards; HalswellNetball Club Inc<br />

$4769 for playing uniformsincluding<br />

uniform design;LincolnRugby Football<br />

ClubInc, $10,000 for physio servicesand<br />

firstaid supplies; RichmondKeas Softball<br />

ClubInc, $5000for equipment and Selwyn<br />

NetballCentre Inc, $6608.69 for<br />

physiotherapyservices.<br />

South Island Masters Games TimaruInc<br />

$16,022.21for eventmanagement for South<br />

Island MastersGames, Sydenham Rugby<br />

Football Club Inc $10,725 for rugby<br />

development officers, Temple Basin Ski<br />

ClubInc $7664.85 for equipment and ski<br />

patrol jackets; and salariesfor Canterbury<br />

GolfInc ($35,000), Eastern Community Sport<br />

and Recreation Inc ($45,000),Jolt<br />

Charitable Trust($10,000),Parafed<br />

Canterbury Inc,($11,000),Special Olympics<br />

NZ ($23,087.52) and Surf LifeSavingNZInc<br />

($12,016.66).<br />

The grants were contributedtobygaming<br />

venues throughout Canterbury, including<br />

two at Methven.<br />

Complete<br />

Local Care<br />

Since 1982


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aboutlandand watermatters affecting<br />

them.<br />

It will help unite communities,enable<br />

networking andlearning opportunities and<br />

encouragefarmer­to­farmerengagement.<br />

Collectiveco­ordinatorAngelaCushnie<br />

said thegroup wasawayfor farmers and<br />

landowners tobeinvolvedandengagedin<br />

land management regulationatthe ground<br />

levelandfind practical solutions.<br />

It wasanideainthe planning since 2018<br />

andalready hadsupport, shesaid.<br />

Membersofthe Hekeao Hinds Lowlands,<br />

theHekeao Hinds Hill Country and the<br />

Foothillscatchmentgroups hadcome on<br />

board, and Angelawas hopeful morewould<br />

follow.<br />

The groupputs farmers at the centreof<br />

informationand becomes ahub of<br />

knowledge shared among the catchment<br />

groups.<br />

“Collaboration, knowledge sharingand<br />

partnershipopportunities willbring more<br />

cohesiontothe overall visionofour<br />

region,” shesaid.<br />

It will help integrate sustainable<br />

principles (environmental, social,cultural,<br />

economicand recreational)into<br />

communitiesto achievebestpractice land<br />

andwater stewardship by its members for<br />

thebenefit of presentand future<br />

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Mid Canterbury CatchmentCollective, from left, co­ordinator Angela Cushnie, Garry<br />

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How (facilitator), GeorgeDavidson, JeanetteMaxwell and chairman Duncan Barr.<br />

Absent Willy Leferink and Greg Low.<br />

In latelastyear it became an<br />

incorporated societyand acommittee was<br />

formed.<br />

At itsheadischairmanDuncanBarr,<br />

backedbycommittee members Garry<br />

Brown,Jeanette Maxwell,PhillEverest,<br />

WillyLeferink, Chris Gibbs,Will Wright,<br />

Greg Low andGeorge Davidson.<br />

Jake Jarman is an advisory member.<br />

Thecollectivewas formed to support<br />

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region,Angelasaid.<br />

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aproposalwiththe Ministry forPrimary<br />

IndustriesEssential FreshwaterFund.<br />

Angela saidMid Canterburyfarmerswill<br />

nolonger have to work through themyriad<br />

oflandand water issues on theirown,but<br />

rather have thesupport of the collective<br />

andits catchment­by­catchmentapproach<br />

to intergenerational land andwater<br />

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It is early days,butwearemaking<br />

progress,shesaid.<br />

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catchments in thedistrict, allwith their<br />

ownset ofissues/needsbetweenthe Rakaia<br />

andRangitata rivers,from mountains to<br />

the sea.<br />

NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

11<br />

QUARTZ<br />

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NEWS<br />

12 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Golden Tim Tam ticket winner<br />

INDI.ROBERTS<br />

@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

One <strong>Ashburton</strong> man’s life will never be<br />

the same after awhimsical Tim Tam<br />

biscuit purchase left him $100,000 richer.<br />

Wayne McDonald, of <strong>Ashburton</strong>,was at<br />

Countdown with the intention of buying<br />

milk when he noticed adeal on Tim Tam<br />

biscuits.<br />

In true Sunday style Wayne forgot what<br />

he was originally shoppingfor, so left the<br />

supermarket with two packets of the<br />

chocolate biscuitsinstead.<br />

Two days later,hepopped open one of<br />

the packs, only to discover the chocolate<br />

coating wasgolden.<br />

Thinking they were inedible, a<br />

disappointed Wayne brought the biscuits<br />

to his partner, Rose, to see whatshe<br />

thought.<br />

‘‘She opened upthe packet and ‘said<br />

there’s something wrong with them’,’’<br />

Wayne said.<br />

After readingthe promotional material<br />

on the packet and discovering the<br />

accompanying golden ticket,Rose asked<br />

Wayne if he’d kept his receipt, suspecting<br />

the strange­looking Tim Tam biscuits<br />

may just be agenie in disguise.<br />

And indeed they were.<br />

Every year, biscuit tycoon Arnott’s run<br />

their ‘Three Wishes’ campaign,<br />

scattering three packets of golden Tim<br />

Tam biscuits acrossAustralia and New<br />

Zealand,with the promise of granting<br />

three wishes up to the value of $100,000 to<br />

whoever purchases and discovers one of<br />

the packets during the campaign period.<br />

‘‘To be quite honest Iknew nothing<br />

about it,’’ Wayne said, of the ‘Three<br />

Wishes’ campaign.<br />

Wayne is the only persontohave<br />

discovered the golden Tim Tam biscuits<br />

in this year’s Australasia campaign,and<br />

the second personfrom the South Island<br />

ever to have won; aNorth Canterbury<br />

family discovered apack of golden of<br />

golden Tim Tam biscuits in 2019.<br />

‘‘It’svery humbling,’’Wayne said.<br />

Wayne McDonald (right) and partner, Rose, withthe packet of golden Tim Tam biscuits<br />

that has won them $100,000.<br />

PHOTOINDI ROBERTS<br />

‘‘We sat there in shockfor about five<br />

minutesafter wefound out we’d won.’’<br />

Wayne, afitter welder by trade,was left<br />

unable to work for 12 years after suffering<br />

aspinal injury, and has only recently<br />

rejoined the workforce.<br />

He has already planned whathewould<br />

like to do with his three wishes, claiming<br />

he’s going to buyfour second­hand<br />

Harley Davidson motorbikes,anew car,<br />

Arnott’s ThreeWishes goldenTim Tam biscuits are painted withedible gold leaf.<br />

❛ We sat there in shock for<br />

about five minutes after we<br />

found out we’d won. ❜<br />

—WayneMcDonald<br />

and then depositingwhat’s left into<br />

savings.<br />

Wayneand Rose have no intention of<br />

taste­testing the golden TimTam<br />

biscuits,despite the paint being perfectly<br />

edible.<br />

Instead they plan to find away to<br />

preserve the biscuits before encasing<br />

them in epoxyresin, where they’ll remain<br />

golden and glinting for years to come.<br />

Arnott’s brand manager Michelle<br />

Kitchen said there was no denying the<br />

love Kiwishad for Tim Tam biscuits –<br />

NewZealanders enjoyedover 65 million<br />

of them last year!<br />

‘‘We were excited to hear about Wayne<br />

discoveringone of the three golden packs<br />

of Tim Tam in <strong>Ashburton</strong> and we hope he<br />

enjoys his $100,000prize. What more<br />

could you wish for?”<br />

The campaign ended on <strong>July</strong> 4,and<br />

Wayne remaining the only prize winner.<br />

OUT AND ABOUT<br />

JULY8<br />

Methven Lions have announced the<br />

official opening ofthe Methven<br />

Walkway will be carried out by Lions<br />

International presidentBrian<br />

Sheehan at 2.30pm.<br />

Members of the community are<br />

invited to jointhe celebrations at Mt<br />

Harding Road.<br />

JULY9<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> AstronomyGroup is<br />

hostingtheir second Matarikistar<br />

gazefrom Argyle Park,in<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>. Thesession is timed for<br />

the risingofthe star cluster andwill<br />

startfrom 5.30am.Access is from<br />

the southeast endcar park,off<br />

Middle Road. Clearskies needed.<br />

JULY9&10<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>ModelTrainShow,at<br />

Tinwald MemorialHall (10 Graham<br />

Street, Tinwald) from 9.30am to<br />

4pm.Entryadults $10, children$3,<br />

family (2 adults, 2children) $20.<br />

JULY10<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong>MusicalClub are<br />

holding their first concert for the<br />

year. It is‘AWinter MusicalMedley',<br />

at the Sinclair Centre, at 2pm. Nonmembers<br />

$5 entry.Masksmustbe<br />

wornunless performing.<br />

JULY 16<br />

Geraldine Floral ArtClub will be<br />

hostinga‘Deck the hall’ display.<br />

Members will display an<br />

exhibitionoftraditionaland<br />

contemporary Christmas designs.<br />

Saint Andrews Church Hall,<br />

Wilson Street,Geraldine, 10amto<br />

4.30pm Admission $10, Children<br />

free.<br />

JULY22TO 24<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Glow in the Parkfrom<br />

6.00pmtill dark.<br />

Athree-night spectacular of lights<br />

at theTinwaldDomain, including<br />

The Plains Vintage Railway&<br />

Historical Museum area.<br />

Organised by EA Networks and<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> DistrictCouncil.<br />

JULY25<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Community<br />

ConservationTrust(ACCT) is<br />

pleasedtobeshowing the film,<br />

Rohe Koreporepo -The Swamp<br />

The Sacred Place.<br />

It featuressignificant wetlands<br />

throughout NewZealand,including<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Lakes andWakanui.<br />

Screening at the RegentCinema<br />

in <strong>Ashburton</strong>from 4pm.


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<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 21<br />

7<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

DeputyPrincipal Message<br />

Do the Best YouCan<br />

‘Do the best youcan until youknowbetter.<br />

Then when youknowbetter,dobetter’-<br />

Maya Angelou.<br />

Maya was anAmerican memoirist, poet and civil<br />

rights activist.<br />

When Iwas aDean, the above quote iswhat Ihad<br />

written up on awhiteboardinmyofficetoremind<br />

me that, within my role, Imust do everything I<br />

can to support our young people so that they reach their individual<br />

excellence,while beinginastate of mauriora.<br />

As we developour knowledge about each student’s strengths and areas<br />

of development, our intention is to continue the upward trajectory<br />

of providing our students with the support they need to flourish at<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College.<br />

As we have this expectation from ourselves asteachers, wealso expect<br />

our students to aim to‘do better’ after facing challenges in and out of<br />

the classroom.<br />

Istrongly encourage our students toutilise the people (Ako/Classroom<br />

Teachers, Deans, Guidance Counsellors, Heads ofSchool, Heads ofFaculty<br />

and Senior Leadership Team etc…) within the school, to explore how to<br />

make progress and/or improveinany aspectoftheir educational journey<br />

at <strong>Ashburton</strong>College.<br />

SauIaFestival by Tama MaiSauteDanceAcademy<br />

On Saturday 09<strong>July</strong>, our Pasifika group will be heading tothe Aurora<br />

Centre at Burnside High School to perform their set routine along with<br />

nineteen schools from across Ōtautahi/Christchurch.<br />

Since <strong>Ashburton</strong> College is the only school attending from outside the<br />

‘Garden City’, the group isaware that how they perform and how they<br />

conduct themselves isareflection oftheir aiga/kāinga/family and the<br />

value they place onthe school<br />

they represent.<br />

The time, dedication and<br />

persistence the members<br />

have invested to ensure their<br />

performance is of the highest<br />

quality (ako pai) has placed<br />

themingoodstead to represent<br />

our AshColl community<br />

with whakaute (respect) and<br />

manawa whakahi(pride).<br />

The students have been very fortunate to have been tutored and<br />

supported byMercy Seiuli and one of the co-founders/co-directors of<br />

Tama MaiSauteDanceAcademy, AlbanyPeseta.Ihavebeensoimpressed<br />

withtheir approach with our studentsand how they’vebeen able to get<br />

the best out of each<br />

individual.<br />

A testament to that<br />

is that our very own<br />

Alex Gabriel has been<br />

selected to lead the<br />

Taulauga (traditional<br />

SamoanDance) forall the schools at the end of the festival.The students<br />

areveryexcited to be performing and showcasingtheir culture and hard<br />

work and Iamveryconfident thatour studentswillrepresentusand their<br />

families very well.<br />

Staff Welcome<br />

Staff Farewell<br />

Nadine Pink<br />

Mainstream<br />

Learning SupportAssistant<br />

Helen Wakelin<br />

Helen Wakelin has been at <strong>Ashburton</strong> College since May 2017, initially as<br />

Arts Co-ordinator, apositionshe held untilNovember2019.<br />

Since May 2018 Helen has been avaluable teaching staff member ofthe<br />

Social Science Faculty. Head of Faculty Ange Mitchell said that Helen has<br />

taught Social Studies to numerous Year 9and Year 10 classes, aswell as<br />

Senior Law.<br />

She has made asubstantial contribution to the junior programmes with<br />

her significant knowledge ofother cultures, and her creativity. This, along<br />

with her caring andthoughtful approach, has been appreciatedbystaff and<br />

students.<br />

Helen has also shared her other talents in the Music and Languages<br />

Departments, teaching Junior Music and playing in the orchestra, as well<br />

as teaching Japanese.<br />

Helen came to College with International Schools’ teaching experience,<br />

and she takes with her our appreciation of her contributions to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

College andverybest wishes as she finishesher timeus, this Friday, 08 <strong>July</strong>.<br />

Helen nowtravels nowtouplifther newposition as aSecondary Generalist<br />

Teacheratthe American International School of Guangzhou in China.<br />

Information<br />

Individual ExcellenceinaSupportiveLearning Environment<br />

Open Evening<br />

Thursday28<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong>,<br />

5:30pm–7:30pm<br />

TheAshColl Way<br />

Quality Pride Respect<br />

Futurestudents,parents/caregivers,whānau<br />

and communitymembers are<br />

warmly invited to attend our OpenEvening.<br />

Aparticular welcome,and encouragementtoattend,<br />

is extended to students who will be in Year 9in2023,<br />

and family members.<br />

During the evening youwill havethe opportunityto–<br />

• Meet and talk with the Principal, staff and students.<br />

• Hear and see whatthe College can offer your child and family.<br />

• View our facilities,and Subjectdisplays.<br />

• Meet with BYOD Retailers -College is aBYODschool [Bring Your Own<br />

Device]<br />

• Enjoyasausage sizzle,coffee,tea, juiceinthe staffroom.<br />

To makedecisionsreadyfor Enrolment Week (02-06 August) –<br />

therewill be information to help selectoption subjects for2023<br />

(Year 9students)<br />

Option subjects: nine subjects to be taken from twelveavailable:<br />

• Choose at least one from TheArts: Art, Drama, Music.<br />

• Choose at least one from Languages: German, Japanese,Māori.<br />

• Choose at least three from Technology: Agriculture,<br />

Designand Visual Communication, Digital Information Technology,<br />

Fabric Technology,Food and Nutrition, HardMaterials Technology.<br />

• Note: all Year 9students take English, Mathematics,<br />

Physical Education and Health, Science, Social Studies.<br />

• Additionally available: English as an additional language for<br />

students forwhom English is asecond language.<br />

If youhavenot yetchosen option subjects or requireassistancein<br />

choosing them through SchoolPoint, therewill be staff available in<br />

the College Office to assist you.<br />

Presentationsstart in the College Auditorium<br />

at 5:30pmand6:15pm.<br />

These arefollowedbyguidedtours of the College,<br />

or youmay choose to self-tour by following the signs.<br />

EVERYONE MOST WELCOME<br />

Events<br />

MatarikiCelebration at HakatereMarae<br />

Agroup of College students spent half aday, on Friday 17 June,<br />

helping with the set-up for the community Matariki celebration held<br />

on Saturday 18June. Teacher Liz Carrick said that the Marae Komiti was<br />

totally impressed with theworkofthese ākonga andtheir desire to help in<br />

anyway at all.<br />

(Pictured above, left to right): Alissa Mellish, Kawhakia Peetitumango,<br />

Shylah Johnston, Rico Hurst-Evangelista, Sasha Williams, Archie Glanville,<br />

Leah Doig,ZachRowlandand LukasFowler.<br />

Matarikiatthe Marae<br />

Additionally, Liz Carrick said thatanumberofourYear 13 students completed<br />

an assessmentbycreating astall forMatarikiatthe Marae.<br />

The students involved were TC Trusler-Clark, Gelaeya Hadfield and<br />

JonathonKilgour.<br />

Whānau at theMarae were really impressedwith the students’work, and<br />

needless-to-say their<br />

stall wascompletely<br />

emptywithin an hour,<br />

with the bookmarks<br />

beingparticularly<br />

popular.<br />

Liz said thatover800<br />

people attended this<br />

communityevent.<br />

(Pictured above,<br />

and right): Items<br />

forsale,including<br />

the popular<br />

bookmarks; and<br />

additional items<br />

on another stall.<br />

Congratulations<br />

Strong Outcome forKalym Chalmers at<br />

NewZealand SecondarySchools’<br />

Cross CountryChampionships<br />

College Year 9student Kalym Chalmers continues to perform well<br />

on the athletics scene, with his latest outing being at the above<br />

championships, held at Saxton Fields Sports Complex, Nelson on<br />

Saturdayand Sunday18and 19 June.<br />

At this event, from afield of ninety four competitors, Kalym finished the<br />

3000m eventin17th placeinatimeof10minutes and50seconds whichis<br />

asmart time over this distance in aCross-Country<br />

event. Thefirst place-getterfinished in 10 minutes<br />

and 12 seconds.<br />

Personal Best<br />

Kalym is reported as having an amazing race,<br />

setting anew Personal Best time on what was a<br />

very muddy andheavy track.<br />

RelayEvent<br />

Held on theSunday, Kalym wasthe first runner for<br />

the Year 9AorakiARelayTeam.<br />

(Pictured right): Kalym looking satisfied<br />

withhis efforts.<br />

(Pictured below): TheAorakiTeam, withKalymin<br />

the frontrow,second from the right.


<strong>Ashburton</strong> College<br />

Individual Excellence in aSupportive Learning Environment<br />

News<br />

Issue 21<br />

7<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

Congratulations<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College -<br />

Burnside High School Sports Exchange<br />

As advised, in our previous newsletter, we now look atreports of<br />

the remaining sports played atthe Burnside High School-<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

College Exchange,onTuesday 14 June.<br />

At the time of compiling this newsletter the second ofthree exchanges<br />

wasscheduled,with RangioraHigh School, whichwe will reportoninnext<br />

newsletters.<br />

Reports<br />

Last week we reported onthe Boys’Under 15A Basketball game, and the<br />

three Netball team games.<br />

This week we includethe remaining reports.<br />

E-sports<br />

Two<strong>Ashburton</strong>College and twoBurnside teams contested thissport,with<br />

aresulting 3-1 win to Burnside.College Coach TomKitchen saidthe games<br />

were agreat effortfromthe teams.<br />

Burnside High School did have more experienced players to call on, with<br />

one member of their team ranked inthe best 0.1% of players in Oceania.<br />

This player regularly<br />

competes with people<br />

from the professional<br />

scene.<br />

(Pictured right, left and<br />

right): Adam Goudie and<br />

Neiv Solengrossed in coordinating<br />

an upcoming<br />

team fight.<br />

(Picturedabove,backrow,lefttoright):JubilantTeamMembers,post-matchwere:<br />

Hayley Smith, Darcy McCully,Katie Ashworth, Gracie Trotter,SarahMattson,<br />

Lusungu Mbambo, Micaela Gomez, Taylor King-Ryan, Melissa Mattson,<br />

Sifala Sagaga, Teagen Cameron.<br />

(Front row, left toright): Jamila Jimenez, Maddie Stirling, Donna Dandin,<br />

|EJElliott,Gabbie Tindall.<br />

Girls’ 1st XI Hockey<br />

After winning against Burnside High School 1st XI Girls in the Secondary<br />

Schools’Competition the week before, the AshColl Girls were keentoback<br />

it up with another win.<br />

This they achieved successfully with goals from Anna Gray (PenaltyCorner)<br />

and Honor Bradford(Field Goal).<br />

The coaches said that the team kept their structure for most of the game<br />

and, with space, kept the Burnside defenders scrambling with their<br />

breakaways. There were, for AshColl, afew attempts at goal which they<br />

were,though, unable to convert.<br />

However, the Penalty Corner goal in the first half got the score underway<br />

and although Burnside got one back, AshColl was able to score again in<br />

the second half. Some determined defence inthe last quarter stopped<br />

Burnside from being able to take any more chances and kept the game at<br />

2-1 in AshColl’s at the final whistle.<br />

PositiveOuting forAshColl Golf Team<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> College Golf team played Burnside atthe Templeton Golf<br />

Club in what turned out to be avery competitive day. Coach/Manager<br />

Royden Leath saidthatall three AshColl players led at various partsof their<br />

rounds. This waspositiveasthey were up againstanextremely competitive<br />

and talentedBurnsideteam,meaning the AshColl team wasinfor abattle.<br />

Thethree AshColl players were competing against players withasignificant<br />

handicap advantage, but they all overcame this on the day totake each<br />

match down tothe wire. Royden said they showed glimpses ofbrilliance,<br />

adesire not to give in at any stage and that they should be proud of the<br />

overall performances on the day.<br />

Results<br />

Sebastian McMillan,<br />

lost 4and 2;<br />

Mitchell Leath,<br />

lost 2and 1; and<br />

Mitchell Lyefinished all<br />

square.<br />

(Pictured right):<br />

Sebastian McMillan<br />

in action.<br />

Team members were: (pictured above,leftand right):<br />

ATeam: Jade Jung (Captain), Matthew Wong,Jordan Green, RonNaui.<br />

(Outside photo, but ATeam member): Neiv Sol.<br />

BTeam: Conner Stewart(Captain), Conor Rogers,Lucas Wong,<br />

Adam Goudie,RyanHeal.<br />

Boys’1st XI Hockey<br />

This well-coached and committed team certainly put their stamp on the<br />

game against Burnside, gaining areal sense of satisfaction in it being the<br />

first time the College Boys’ 1st XI Hockey team has beaten Burnside in a<br />

school exchange in 10+ years.<br />

Goal scorers were Devon Flannery, Nicholas Stringer and Toby Grant (two<br />

goals each), and one goal each by Hamish O’Reilly and Will Rollinson.<br />

Team members forthisexchange were:<br />

(Back row, left toright): Braden Luxton, Nick Kershaw, Hamish O’Reilly,<br />

Sam Orr, Jack Ellis, HenryWallis (Captain), Archie Glanville, Devon Flannery,<br />

Will Rollinson, Joshua Cannan.<br />

(Front row, left to right): Toby Grant, Henry Thomas, Harrison Doak,<br />

Lachie Jemmett,Zane Cameron, Nicholas Stringer.<br />

Ryan Hampton is the team’s coach, although not able to be at Burnside;<br />

where the team had the support of Manager Jason Vannini. Players<br />

Riley Harrisand TomRosevearwerealso not at this game.<br />

Girls’ 1st XI Football<br />

Avery exciting game, from <strong>Ashburton</strong> College’s point of view, eventuated;<br />

motivated, we are sure, by customary coach Patrick Sandrey’s challenging<br />

wordsinthe Bus Baybeforethe team’s departure.<br />

As formanyteaching staff,Patrick stayedatCollege to lessenteachercover<br />

neededand to be available forthe parent-teacher-studentinterviewswhich<br />

startedearly afternoon.<br />

Support Staff Learning Support Assistant Cezarne Rodgers managed the<br />

team, withYear 13 students SarahMattson and Lusungu Mbambo proving<br />

very able player-coaches on the day.<br />

Thegirls playedasastrong team unit,dominating territory and playinthe<br />

first half to build asolid lead and battling to keep it this way asBurnside<br />

made some inroads in the second half. Cezarne said that the co-coaches<br />

worked very well together, with acombined understanding of all aspects<br />

of change needed.<br />

The5-3 win to <strong>Ashburton</strong>College provided averypositivefinaletothe day.<br />

Team members: (Pictured above, back row, left toright): Lily Davidson<br />

(didn’t play–injured), Leah Doig, Caitlin Collie, Laura Walsh, Olivia Muir,<br />

AmyMcLachlan,Rose Vannini, Alia Forrester,Jessie Pitney.<br />

(Front row, left toright): Emma Lill, Laura Cameron, Anna Gray (Captain),<br />

Holly-Jayne Feutz, Honor Bradford, SarahWilson.<br />

Team Coaches areSkipMuir and Jen Muir.<br />

Squash Team<br />

Three players represented College in the Squash exchange, upagainst<br />

proficientopposition which led to a3-0 win to Burnside.<br />

Regular senior players Devon Flannery and Lachie Jemmett were<br />

unavailable due to playing in the Boys’1st XI Hockey exchange, and Riley<br />

Broker was unavailable. These players, with Millar Newlands, play asa<br />

College team when thereare<br />

no other clashes.<br />

Millar said unavailability<br />

meant putting together<br />

a substitute team, with<br />

real appreciation to Year 9<br />

students Harry Trott and<br />

Samantha Nieman who<br />

stepped into the breach.<br />

(Pictured right, lefttoright):<br />

Samantha Nieman,<br />

Harry Trott,Millar Newlands.<br />

Collegewas up against<br />

awell-drilled Burnside<br />

team who playweekly in<br />

theChristchurch Super<br />

Competition, of topteams<br />

in the area. Thefixturewas<br />

playedtothe best of three games,withBurnside achieving their win after<br />

twogames.<br />

However, there were positives. Harry Trott played well against Burnside’s<br />

top player, winning one game, and Millar said that both Samantha and<br />

Harry did very well fronting up at theirage andexperiencestage,withboth<br />

looking ‘prettypromising’players of the future.<br />

(Pictured above, left to right): College players, interspersed with their<br />

Burnside counterparts,Sebastian McMillan,MitchellLye,MitchellLeath.<br />

Boys’Junior1st XI Football<br />

This was atough outing for the AshColl junior boys, against anextremely<br />

well-drilled Burnside team which benefitted from their core of eightplayers<br />

who play weekly in aclub team in the Christchurch schools’competition.<br />

With credit to the Burnside team, they were describedas ‘ready to unleash<br />

at everyopportunity’.<br />

However, College isinabuilding phase, with these players only looking<br />

to develop further with experience gained. They deserve recognition for<br />

hanging in on thefieldand keepingpositivity.<br />

The team (pictured above, back row, leftright): Drew Gilbert, Pedro Masino,<br />

Korin Chambers, Sam Kennerley-Drye, Ben Edkins, Daniel McBain,<br />

Millar McGrath, Will Paterson.<br />

(Middle row, left to right): Rico Hurst-Evangelista, Magnus Aragon,<br />

Kaizzer Lambinicio.<br />

(Front Row): SolomonBagenda (Coach), Guy Ward.<br />

Forthcoming Events<br />

<strong>July</strong><br />

08 Final dayofTerm Two<br />

Hockey Boys’1st XI, Ngā Puna WaiorMaristParkHockey Turfs,<br />

Christchurch<br />

Basketball Junior AGirls’, Pioneer Stadium, Somerfield,Christchurch<br />

South Canterbury SecondarySchools’Basketball –Junior Boys’<br />

A&B, Senior Boys’B,SouthernTrustEvent Centre, Timaru<br />

09-24 Term holidaybreak<br />

09-10 South Island SecondarySchools’Road Cycling Race,Christchurch<br />

10 NZ SecondarySchools’Shooting Championships (Triple S)<br />

Round 2, Home Range<br />

10-16 Kiribati Language Week<br />

11-12 Cycling Track Nationals,Cambridge<br />

11-13 South Island SecondarySchools’Junior Netball Tournament,<br />

Christchurch<br />

12 Basketball –Senior ABoys’and Girls’,Thomson and<br />

Whelan TrophyCompetitions,Christchurch


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Record consentskeep building team busy<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> DistrictCouncil processed<br />

arecordvalue of building consents in<br />

the 2021-22 financial year, issuing<br />

consentsfor building work valuedat<br />

$241.9million.<br />

Consents received for that period were<br />

valued at $255.8m; that compares with<br />

$212.6m lastyear.<br />

Strategy and ComplianceGroup Manager<br />

Jane Donaldsonsaid the 2014-15 financial<br />

year had set records with 1193 consents<br />

issued for work valued at $165.1 million,<br />

but the latest financial year had exceeded<br />

that.<br />

“The increase is the equivalent of about<br />

100 extrahouses on the previousyear, so a<br />

newrecordhas been set.”<br />

In the past year 983 consentswereissued,<br />

including 276 fornew homes.<br />

Ms Donaldson saidCouncil had sent some<br />

consentstobeprocessed by independent<br />

contractors but most were dealt with inhouse<br />

by ateamof15.<br />

“We processed just over half the number<br />

of consents(56.1%)within the 20 working<br />

day timeframe, but the sheer workload<br />

and extra processing time needed when<br />

building materials have been substituted<br />

because of supply chain shortages meant<br />

we couldn’t always meetit.<br />

“Wemight process ahouse withbrickon<br />

the outside and as we are about to issue<br />

the consent,the brick is swappedout for<br />

another cladding, so we havetore-process<br />

it.”<br />

Council has been working with local<br />

builderstoaccommodate any changes as<br />

quickly as possible.<br />

Ms Donaldson said consent-holders had a<br />

year to start buildingoncethe consent was<br />

issued, though that timeframe could be<br />

extended.<br />

“Some consent-holders have already<br />

negotiatedextra timetobegin work,based<br />

on uncertainties around finance, building<br />

materials and titles.”<br />

Council is expecting the consentboom to<br />

continue at least until November, when<br />

new regulations around insulation come<br />

intoforce.<br />

“To date, supply chain issues, inflation<br />

and increasing mortgage rates have not<br />

slowedconsentscoming in. Combine that<br />

withmorecompliancecheckingduringthe<br />

processing stage and therecould be more<br />

delays. Our teammembersare working as<br />

hard they can processing and inspecting<br />

building jobs.”<br />

There have been two milestones within<br />

the building services team inthe past<br />

year: Mike Farrell was acknowledged for<br />

carrying out more than 5000 inspections<br />

during his 15 years asabuilding official,<br />

and building services manager Michael<br />

Wong was made an associate member<br />

of the <strong>Ashburton</strong> branch of the Master<br />

Builders.<br />

Mr Wong has attended Master Builders<br />

meetings forthe past 10 yearstokeep local<br />

buildersabreast of changes to the Building<br />

Code, and to help them understand how<br />

the consenting process works.<br />

HamishRiach,CE<br />

Morequalify for<br />

ratesrebates<br />

The AnnualPlan is signed and<br />

sealed forthe new financial year,<br />

itsfinal form influencedinpart by<br />

more than 100 or so submitters<br />

who made their views knownto<br />

councilinthe consultationphase.<br />

While an average9.4 per cent rate rise<br />

across thedistrict mightseem high,itis<br />

arealistic riseinorder to keep providing<br />

the services thatratepayers expect.<br />

People said theydid notwant to see<br />

us doing less, and lobbied formore<br />

spending on footpaths androads.<br />

Councils up anddownthe country<br />

havestruggled with theirannual<br />

budgets thisfinancial year,because<br />

inflationand coviduncertainties have<br />

pushed up prices.<br />

Affordability is always topofmind for<br />

Councillors,soitwas good news then<br />

to hear thatGovernment hasmade<br />

somechangestothe eligibility of low<br />

income households forratesrebates.<br />

The<br />

RatesRebate Scheme is apartial refund<br />

to ease ratesbills forlow income<br />

people. It provides financial relieffor<br />

those whoown theirown homeand<br />

liveinit, and it includes people living<br />

in retirement villages, butdoes not<br />

apply to rental or holiday homes or<br />

commercial premises.<br />

The maximumannual rebate has<br />

increased from $665to$700. The<br />

abatement threshold increased from<br />

$26,510 to $28,080 income forthe year<br />

to March <strong>2022</strong>.<br />

The increases mean morehouseholds<br />

in the <strong>Ashburton</strong>districtwill be eligible<br />

forassistance, helping them keep<br />

up with the cost of living.Call our<br />

customer services teamifyou think this<br />

applies to you.<br />

Another important document under<br />

wayisthe pre-election report.This is<br />

astate-of-play report on ourdistrict,<br />

to help inform those thinking about<br />

standing in thecoming local elections.<br />

Annual Plan sets budget<br />

forroads, water, services<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> District Council has<br />

adopted its Annual Plan <strong>2022</strong>-<br />

23, confirming itwill allocate an<br />

extra$1.7milliontomajor roading<br />

repairs and do more work on<br />

drinking water and wastewater<br />

infrastructuretomeetnew national<br />

standards.<br />

Moneyhas also been re-prioritisedfrom<br />

existing budgets fornew footpaths, and<br />

Council will support the Rakaia Rugby<br />

Club via aloanfor the club to develop a<br />

communityrecreation centre.<br />

Mayor Neil Brown said Council had<br />

listened carefully to community<br />

feedback, which supported extra<br />

spending on roads.<br />

“We’ve challenged budgets across all<br />

Councilservicesto ensureonlynecessary<br />

work will be done, but we’ve included<br />

new work, like footpaths, asked for by<br />

some submitters.<br />

“Setting the next year’s programme<br />

of work has been tough because of<br />

record inflation, covid uncertainties and<br />

revaluationswhichhavehadabigimpact<br />

on urban properties, but the end result is<br />

realistic and ensures work thatneeds to<br />

be done, will be done.”<br />

The plan defers a$450,000 upgrade of<br />

Balmoral Hall but allocates money to<br />

remedy kerb heights at EA Networks<br />

Centre,which areatripping hazard.<br />

The averagerate rise across the district is<br />

9.4percent,thoughitwillvarydepending<br />

on where ratepayers live.<br />

“It is going to be an interesting year<br />

ahead. Council will be doingeverything<br />

it can tostick toand deliver the work<br />

programme,” MayorBrown said.<br />

Councilisalsolookingatotherissuesthat<br />

arose from the consultation process, like<br />

playground access forthe disabled.<br />

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Localfaces front <strong>2022</strong> votercampaign<br />

Localfacesarefrontingacampaignin<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> district encouraging<br />

people to stand and voteinthelocal<br />

elections laterthis year.<br />

Seven people, a mix of ages and<br />

backgrounds, agreed to take part in the<br />

campaign and theywill appearonposters,<br />

advertising and social media in the leadup<br />

to theelections.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> DistrictCouncil Chief Executive<br />

HamishRiach said the campaignfeatures<br />

some well-known people, and their<br />

photographs were taken at various spots<br />

around the district.<br />

“How better to encouragepeople to vote,<br />

than to highlight our own people and<br />

some of the things that are important to<br />

ourdistrict.”<br />

Mr Riachsaid none of the peoplefeatured<br />

in the campaign were standing for a<br />

position themselves.<br />

“But they are keen to lend their<br />

support to this important message,<br />

and highlight issues such assupporting<br />

the local economy, rural communities,<br />

opportunities for young people and<br />

looking after our environment.”<br />

Alongside the campaign, the Council<br />

has also launched anew website for the<br />

election period -voteashburton.nz -that<br />

will provide information for voters and<br />

candidates.<br />

Mid Canterburyvoterswillelectamayor,<br />

nine district councillors, five Methven<br />

Mark Douglas and JorjiaDavisare twoofthe local facesencouragingpeopletostand and<br />

vote in the local elections. Photographs by TeganClark.<br />

Community Board members and six<br />

Braided RiversCommunityTrust(formerly<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> LicensingTrust) members.<br />

“Now’s the time tothink of anyone who<br />

would be agood representative for the<br />

communityonthe Council, and encourage<br />

them to consider standingfor election,”Mr<br />

Riach said.<br />

TheCouncilwillbeholdingafreecandidate<br />

information evening on Tuesday 19 <strong>July</strong> at<br />

5.30pm to help potential candidates find<br />

out moreabout the election process and<br />

what’s involved with representing their<br />

community.<br />

Later phases of the campaign will<br />

encourage residents tovote, with staff<br />

at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Public Library ready to<br />

help people change their detailsonline,or<br />

registerasnew voters.<br />

“Enrolment packs are hitting mailboxes<br />

now, so please check your details areupto-date<br />

or if youhaven’t received one, then<br />

youshould makesureyou’re enrolled.”<br />

Theelectionwillbeheldby postalvoteand<br />

voting papers and information about the<br />

candidates will arrive inmailboxes from<br />

16 September. Voting closes on Saturday<br />

8October.<br />

Formoreinformationabout the elections,<br />

visit voteashburton.nz.<br />

Holiday fun at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Public Library<br />

There isplenty of fun in store for those<br />

visiting the <strong>Ashburton</strong>PublicLibrarythese<br />

schoolholidays.<br />

On Monday 11<strong>July</strong>, the library will host<br />

constellation card craft at10.30am, and<br />

then at 7pm the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Observatory<br />

at <strong>Ashburton</strong> College will be open fornight<br />

sky observation.<br />

Seal ball and cup game craft will be the<br />

libraryactivityat10.30am on Wednesday<br />

13 <strong>July</strong>,with afamily movie night at 7pm.<br />

OnFriday15<strong>July</strong>,the10.30amcraftsession<br />

will be creating bookmark toppers, with a<br />

boardgame eveningat7pm.<br />

In the second week of the holidays, there<br />

will be ping pong trick shots and marble<br />

mazes at 10.30am on Monday18<strong>July</strong>.On<br />

Wednesday 20 <strong>July</strong>, children will have a<br />

chance at10.30am to play with food as<br />

well as eat it; aboard game evening is<br />

scheduled for7pm.<br />

On Friday 22 <strong>July</strong>,children will be able to<br />

make aMatariki game at10.30am, and<br />

take part in afamily movie night at 7pm.<br />

The star gazing will open happen if the<br />

weather is clear, sokeep an eye onthe<br />

library’sFacebook page forupdates.<br />

Forfurther information,contactthe library<br />

on 308-7192, email them at library@adc.<br />

govt.nz, or messagethem on Facebook.<br />

UPCOMING MEETINGS<br />

Meetings areatCouncilChambers,<br />

137 Havelock Street,unlessspecified<br />

LocalElection candidate information<br />

evening, Tuesday 19 <strong>July</strong>, 5.30pm<br />

Methven Community Board, Monday<br />

25<strong>July</strong>,10.30am, at Mt HuttMemorial<br />

Hall<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Water Zone<br />

Committee, Tuesday 26 <strong>July</strong>, 1pm<br />

(live-streamed)<br />

Council meeting, Wednesday 27 <strong>July</strong><br />

1pm (live-streamed)<br />

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NEWS<br />

18 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

David’s service recognised<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Rotary Club hasrecognised<br />

David Mead withaPaul Harris<br />

Fellowship for hisoutstandingservice<br />

to the club and the community.<br />

It was presented by outgoing<br />

presidentLeicester Wilson last week<br />

at theclub’s changeover meeting.<br />

David joined the club in 2011 and<br />

sincethenhas had anumber of roles.<br />

He was international committee chair<br />

2014­16, foundation chair 2015­17, and<br />

was president elect 2016­17, becoming<br />

presidentin2017­18.<br />

He is averyactive member of the<br />

club always contributing cheerfully.<br />

‘‘He has taken amajor<br />

organizational role in Bookarama<br />

since2019, this involvescontinuous<br />

work throughout theentire year.His<br />

help with ourmajor fundraiser has<br />

been invaluable and is much<br />

appreciated.<br />

‘‘Rotary has been an important and<br />

enjoyable part of his life. Highlights<br />

were going on aRotary Exchange to<br />

Canada and hosting Rotarians in their<br />

home from different parts of the<br />

world, also during his Presidential<br />

year hosting theAmerican<br />

ambassador toNew Zealand.<br />

‘‘Born in Nelson and raised on a<br />

third­generation family farm. He<br />

began hisworking life at Wright<br />

Stephenson’s where he completed a<br />

mechanical apprenticeship. During<br />

this time he was avolunteer<br />

firefighter. His early career was<br />

interesting and varied, including time<br />

working in New Zealand Forestry,<br />

Mines in central Australia and fishing<br />

boats out of Darwin.<br />

‘‘On returning to New Zealand and<br />

becoming afamily man he worked first<br />

in Forestry and then ajob change to<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Rotary Club’s David Mead, left, is given his Paul Harris Fellowship<br />

from outgoing president Leicester Wilson.<br />

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the Ministry of Works. He transferred<br />

to <strong>Ashburton</strong> 1977 as workshops<br />

manager.<br />

‘‘After15years theMinistry of<br />

Works closed in <strong>Ashburton</strong> and he and<br />

his wife took it over as amechanical<br />

workshop to the public and formed a<br />

company that bears his name. He<br />

joined the Motor Trade Association<br />

and served as the local presidentfor a<br />

number ofyears. Later they took over<br />

the Caltex Service Station at Tinwald<br />

and then Caltex <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

‘‘Hewent on to be part of theMTA<br />

Service Station committee in<br />

Wellington at an executive level. He<br />

also served on the Retailers Council<br />

for Caltex for anumberofyears.<br />

‘‘He is agreat family man always<br />

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two children were growing up,he<br />

became involved in their sport.<br />

He coached junior football and was<br />

amember of the Mid Canterbury<br />

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He hasbeen very supportive and<br />

has given up his time helping his wife<br />

with the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Society of Arts and<br />

the <strong>Ashburton</strong> ArtGallery committee.<br />

‘‘His passion nowishis large<br />

extensive garden andheisamember<br />

of the South CanterburyRose<br />

Society.’’<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

19<br />

Miniature magic at model train show<br />

The ModelTrain Show willbe<br />

in <strong>Ashburton</strong>for the seventh<br />

time this weekend.<br />

The exhibition, at Tinwald<br />

Hall, will give the public a<br />

chance to experience an<br />

enchanting world of miniature<br />

trains chugging through<br />

beautifully craftedlandscapes<br />

so realisticone marvels at the<br />

skill of their creators.<br />

Model train enthusiasts Andy<br />

Munroand RobReadhavebeen<br />

hard at work organisingthe<br />

show restricted only by the size<br />

of thevenue that will house it.<br />

They have been constructing<br />

model train layouts and<br />

exhibiting them throughoutthe<br />

South Island formany years.<br />

During that time they have<br />

made the acquaintance of many<br />

other enthusiasts, someof<br />

whomhavebeeninvited to<br />

exhibit their exquisitework at<br />

the Tinwald exhibition.<br />

They have had plenty of<br />

interest frommodel train<br />

enthusiasts South Island­wide<br />

who are keen to contribute to<br />

the show.<br />

Andy said organisingamodel<br />

train exhibition is no mean feat<br />

and workingout the placement<br />

of the layouts involvedafair<br />

degreeofmathematical<br />

prowess.<br />

‘‘Firstupwedrew up ascaled<br />

down floor planofthe Tinwald<br />

hall and madepaper patterns of<br />

the modeltrain layouts and<br />

their protective barriers<br />

according to measurements<br />

supplied by the exhibitors.<br />

‘‘The numbered patterns<br />

were then laid out on thefloor<br />

plan jigsaw­style to establish<br />

the best use of theavailable<br />

floor space.’’<br />

There will also be trade<br />

displays of new and secondhand<br />

itemsatthe exhibition<br />

such as the ever­popular buy,<br />

sell and exchange tables where<br />

books, videos and newand used<br />

railway modelling equipment,<br />

such as scenery,buildings and<br />

engines will be on sale.<br />

Andy reckons that, having<br />

done it everysecond year<br />

except 2020 because of covid,<br />

setting up the nextexhibition<br />

ought to be much easierand the<br />

organisers have established the<br />

event on abiennial basis,<br />

alternating withthe Timaru<br />

exhibition which is also held<br />

two­yearly.<br />

Model trains comein<br />

different sizes and the<br />

exhibition will include models<br />

of varying sizes from NScale<br />

through to alarge GScale and<br />

also adisplay by the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Model Engineers will be at the<br />

hall.<br />

He saidthe helpoflocal<br />

organisations such as<br />

volunteers from St Joseph’s<br />

Schoolwho will be there selling<br />

food and drink for afundraiser.<br />

Theexhibition will be run<br />

with proceeds going to the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Railway<br />

Preservation Society (Plains<br />

Railway).<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Model Train Show<br />

will be open <strong>July</strong> 9and 10 from<br />

9.30 am to 4.30pm.<br />

Admittance is $10for adults<br />

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Suspended Seconds band members from left, Marc Calzada, Imogen Felton and Connor Stewart, of <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

College, rock it out on stage at the Smokefree Rockquest regional heats in Timaru.<br />

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Rocking to their own beat<br />

Musicians fromboth Mid Canterbury<br />

high schools have made it through to<br />

the online regional final of<br />

SmokefreeRockquest <strong>2022</strong>.<br />

They are Suspended Seconds of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>College, along with<br />

MONDAZE,and Goodbye Thursday,<br />

both of Mount Hutt College.<br />

The bands madeitthrough after<br />

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Diocesan School, in Timaru last<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

21<br />

Community and<br />

school support<br />

for grand finalists<br />

FromPage1<br />

AgriKidsNZcompetitors Edward Pottinger,<br />

LiamLash and Edward White, of Longbeach<br />

School,were gratefulfor the ‘‘huge community<br />

support’’ they hadreceived in the lead up to the<br />

grand final, on now in Whangarei.<br />

It hashas included help from parents,<br />

businesses, school teacher­in­charge Debbie<br />

Boon,and their school peers.<br />

ForLiam, 13,who has been in anational<br />

final before, andEdward Pottinger,12, it will<br />

be their last timecompeting in the event; they<br />

both headtohighschool next year.<br />

However, dependingonthe result this week<br />

Edward White, 11,could still compete again.<br />

During the competition, which runs along<br />

side theNew ZealandYoung Farmerof the<br />

Year, andthe Junior YoungFarmer of the<br />

Year (formerly TeenAg) finishing on <strong>July</strong> 9, the<br />

boys will compete in arange of practical<br />

modules and challenges basedonthe food and<br />

fibre sector, hosted by sponsors.<br />

They will also compete in an agri quiz and a<br />

race offevent.<br />

Every year more than 400primary school<br />

aged studentscompete in regionalfinals in<br />

teams of three,withthe hope to make the top<br />

threeteams to qualify for the AgriKidsNZ<br />

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NewZealand Young Farmers chief<br />

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22 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

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Society of arts exhibiting excellence<br />

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@ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong>Society of Arts’ Annual Exhibition is on<br />

at the <strong>Ashburton</strong>Art Gallery, with more than 300 mixed<br />

media artworks on display.<br />

Filledwith enigmatic colourand head­tilting<br />

sculptures, the 58th annual exhibition’s opening night<br />

was anelegantand engaging eveningboasting work<br />

from many Cantabrian artists and provided guests an<br />

opportunity to admire creative talents with bubbles in<br />

hand.<br />

With over 250 people present, <strong>Ashburton</strong> Society of<br />

Arts president Kay Begg said she was thrilledwith the<br />

turn out, ‘‘it was awonderful opening night.<br />

‘‘Thecommittee was very happy withthe standard of<br />

works presented and the many positive comments from<br />

those attending reinforced that view.’’<br />

The<strong>Ashburton</strong> Society of Arts accepted all works<br />

submitted for their exhibition, which has created an<br />

energetic and diverse display for everyone to enjoy.<br />

All artworks were eligible to compete in thefive<br />

categories, with 17 placements available.<br />

Theart awards saw 10 locally­sponsored prizes<br />

presented in addition to the sculpture award, miniature<br />

award, and theapplied art, craft, andphotography<br />

award.<br />

Apremier award with acash prize of $3000was also<br />

available to allcategories, alongside apeople’s choice<br />

award presented toward the end of the opening night<br />

after thevotesofguests were counted.<br />

Theworks were judged by Christchurch Art Gallery<br />

lead curator Felicity Millburn, with compliments given<br />

to many of theartworks and artists.<br />

‘‘Thejudge was brilliant and Ithought hercomments<br />

and feedbacktothe artists were very insightful and<br />

encouraging,’’ Kay said.<br />

Seven guest artists were invited to participate in the<br />

exhibition, with local artists Brian Laubscher and Susie<br />

Millichamp showcasingtheir works.<br />

All 357 art pieces exhibited were available for<br />

purchase.<br />

The<strong>Ashburton</strong> ArtGallery and the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Society<br />

of Arts were thankful for the support provided by<br />

various local communitytrusts, organisations and<br />

volunteers who all helpedtomakethe opening night a<br />

success.<br />

Theexhibition is open to the public and runs until<br />

<strong>July</strong> 29.<br />

The <strong>Ashburton</strong> Art Gallery was bustling during opening night of the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Society of Arts’ 58th Annual<br />

Exhibition.<br />

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ASA Awards presented as follows:<br />

RMF Silva Premier Award –Diana Peneamene “The Purple<br />

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Braided Rivers Community Trust Water &Nature Award –<br />

Adrienne Pavelka “Southerly”<br />

Rothbury Insurance Brokers, <strong>Ashburton</strong>, Merit Award –Jo<br />

Loughnan “Best Dress Best Boots”<br />

Rosebank Village Local Award –Margaret Digby “Lyttelton<br />

From Diamond Harbour”<br />

NBS Local Merit Award –Brian Shimmin “Ash Bowl”<br />

Forest &Bird Nz Flora &Fauna Art Award –Pia Davie<br />

“Native Animals Of New Zealand”<br />

Scott Automotive Watercolour Award –Libby Kemp<br />

“Ruapehu From The Top Of The Bruce”<br />

Frame­Co Highly Commended Award –Marcia Scott<br />

“Foliage And Flower Series –1”<br />

Neumanns Tyres Highly Commended Award –Zita<br />

Waldron “Land, Sea And Sky”<br />

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Gordon Harris Award –Cullen Higgins “Mondlicht”<br />

Latitude Magazine Sculpture Award –Kat Boland<br />

“Stoneware”<br />

Genesis Capital Miniature Award –Maree Peate “Golden<br />

Wind”<br />

Robin Corbett Handcraft Award –Karen Ellis “Necklace”<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Contracting Limited Award ­Sayoko Pettigrew<br />

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Unique Jewellery Local Award –Sarah Crispin “Evolution<br />

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‘‘Summer ­Corsair Bay’’ by Sue Currie. Oil painting.<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

23<br />

Chris bids farewell to Feds role<br />

Mid Canterbury farmer Chris<br />

Allen has bid farewell after<br />

many fulfilling years<br />

representing farmers at a<br />

national level.<br />

TheFederated Farmers<br />

stalwart has spent 11 years on<br />

national council and prior was<br />

Mid Canterbury provincial<br />

president; he hasalsohas been<br />

on the meatandwool council.<br />

He hasnoregrets.<br />

‘‘I got theopportunity to<br />

representFedsonthe Land<br />

and Water Forum, andwas<br />

involved in setting up the<br />

Biodiversity Collaborative<br />

Group with Forest &Bird and<br />

theMinistryfor the<br />

Environment ­both tackling<br />

huge issues aroundthe future<br />

of farming in New Zealand,’’ he<br />

said, in his final word.<br />

‘‘I've hopefully represented<br />

farmers views with an<br />

authentic tone and left the<br />

emotion out.It's been a<br />

absolute privilege to represent<br />

farmers on somequite tense<br />

andcriticaltopics’’.<br />

He said the highpoint of his<br />

time wasFederated Farmers<br />

responsetothe Canterbury<br />

floods.<br />

‘‘Telling the story, sending<br />

messages to where we could<br />

expecttoget politicalhelp and<br />

followingup.<br />

‘‘Part of atruly immense<br />

team effort,’’ he said.<br />

Thelowpoints included<br />

seeing the pain caused by ‘‘a<br />

heartlessand non­people<br />

focused Mbovis response in the<br />

earlydays,’’ he said.<br />

‘‘Thankfully, it didimprove.<br />

Secondly, beingpart of an<br />

organisationaccusedof<br />

Chris Allen<br />

leakingsensitive water policy<br />

documents onlytofind outa<br />

year later it was agovernment<br />

organisation that didit.<br />

He said theconstantissue<br />

throughout hisyears on the<br />

boardwas the excruciating<br />

pace and workloadneededto<br />

respond to the plethora of new<br />

freshwater policies.<br />

‘‘The strainonour<br />

organisation (as well as other<br />

primary sector organisations)<br />

has and continues to be both<br />

immense and downright<br />

stupid.<br />

‘‘We have struggled to cope<br />

with unrealistic timetables for<br />

responses andtried to<br />

highlightthis as aproblem for<br />

us andothers with only limited<br />

success.<br />

‘‘It is hardnot to assumethe<br />

outcome was predetermined.’’<br />

He said it wastopped offlast<br />

week by the‘‘long­awaited<br />

release of an internalreport<br />

from Ministry for Environment<br />

into the way theagency<br />

developedand producedthe<br />

‘Essential Freshwater’<br />

regulations.<br />

‘‘Talesofministers ignoring<br />

advice, the entireagency being<br />

understaffed,under resourced<br />

and under skilledtocope with<br />

this issue as well asthe<br />

inevitable failureofthe<br />

process to be implemented<br />

wisely all came as no surprise<br />

to me andour staff involved.’’<br />

He said the release of the<br />

report proved to him that<br />

sometimes it was righttohold<br />

backand then just say ‘I told<br />

you so’ whenthe sky clearsand<br />

peoplestartthinking straight<br />

again.<br />

‘‘There's still alot to getright<br />

with theseregulations.<br />

‘‘It haswasted time, alot of<br />

money and burned out some<br />

very talentedpeople along the<br />

way.’’<br />

Mr Allen officially finishes<br />

up tomorrow andsaid<br />

‘‘governments are still writing<br />

rules, so holdon­itmight geta<br />

little bumpy.<br />

‘‘But that’s what Feds is for.<br />

Remember my ‘SPA’ rule to<br />

runyour advocacy: Keep it<br />

sensible, practical and<br />

affordable.’’<br />

‘‘Thankyou all for your<br />

support, it has been<br />

appreciated.’’<br />

National youth orchestra set to play<br />

TheNZSONational Youth<br />

Orchestra willperform in<br />

Christchurch this weekend for<br />

thefirst timeinfouryears.<br />

Theconcert at the<br />

Christchurch Town Hall on<br />

<strong>July</strong> 9willfeature oneofthe<br />

greatest symphonic worksever<br />

written.<br />

It is GustavMahler’s First<br />

Symphony Titan.<br />

AotearoaNew Zealand’s best<br />

young orchestral musicians<br />

will be ledbyAustralian<br />

conductor FabianRussell, who<br />

founded The Orchestra<br />

Project, atraining programme<br />

for pre­eminent young<br />

Australian musicians.<br />

The concert NYO Titan in<br />

Association with the Adam<br />

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Sponsor nzherald.co.nz, also<br />

features the world premiere of<br />

Wāhi Ngaro by National Youth<br />

Orchestra Composer­in­<br />

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German composer Paul<br />

Hindemith’s dramatic<br />

Symphonic Metamorphosis of<br />

Themes by Carl Maria von<br />

Weber.<br />

Mason drawsonboth his<br />

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SAFE NIGHT CAUSE<br />

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Theevent encouragesNew<br />

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24 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

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Youth earn volunteer community awards<br />

Anna Tuamoheloa, JackKeane,Genna<br />

Oates, Grace Leahy, Danielle Faichnie,<br />

AlexCarr and Jessica Moore have been<br />

acknowledged in theVolunteering Mid&<br />

South Canterbury and the <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Youth Council VolunteerRecognition<br />

Awards.<br />

Anna Tuamoheloa was given the<br />

culturaland environmentyouth<br />

volunteer award. Anna’s quiet, humble<br />

styleofleadershipand givingback makes<br />

her an excellent nominee.<br />

She has been astudentatMount Hutt<br />

College for fiveyears. She has taken on<br />

the role as head of thecultural committee<br />

at Mt Hutt College this year. As aYear12<br />

student she volunteered to jointhe<br />

committee and was chosentorun it<br />

because of herkindness, compassion, and<br />

passion forraising cultural awareness<br />

and celebrating diversity.<br />

Anna is organised, inspires others to<br />

want to participateand MtHutt College<br />

has afully functioning cultural committee<br />

with arange of students on board.<br />

She is inclusive andleads by example.<br />

Annaisafantasticleader of GreenHouse<br />

this year.She hasconsistently shown Mt<br />

HuttCollege PRIDE values (passion,<br />

respect,integrity, diversity,and<br />

excellence).<br />

Jack Keane wasawarded the youth<br />

volunteer in thesport category of the<br />

awards. Jack, or JK as he is known, has<br />

been involvedwiththe Methven Cricket<br />

Club for several seasons.<br />

Over the past two seasons hehas taken<br />

on the role of coachingthe most junior<br />

players whoare starting out.<br />

JK has taken aseason off allsport due<br />

to fractures in his lower back. He is<br />

unable to play himself, but he was at<br />

cricket practiceevery Thursdaytocoach<br />

up to adozen children andteach them<br />

cricket skills.<br />

JK has some supportfrom other senior<br />

players butran thetrainings byhimself,<br />

planning outthesessions.<br />

He has also beenacoach with Methven<br />

Hockey Club and MethvenRugbyClub.<br />

Genna Oates was awardedrunner­upin<br />

the sports category of the awards. Sheisa<br />

memberofthe MethvenHockey Club who<br />

rely solelyonvolunteers like Genna.<br />

Genna plays hockey in high level<br />

representative teams andalreadyhas a<br />

huge commitmentjust to make her own<br />

games andtraining sessions. By<br />

volunteering to coach ayounger grade,<br />

she oftenspends most weeknights at the<br />

turf.<br />

It is Genna’s secondyear of coaching,<br />

and theclub has seen her grow in<br />

confidence. She is always friendly and<br />

polite, yetalsoassertive withthe juniors<br />

and has agreat rapport.<br />

She is an excellent role model.Genna<br />

also volunteers with Methven Tennis<br />

Club and Hotshot coaching which she has<br />

done for twoseasons.<br />

Above: <strong>Ashburton</strong> Youth Council<br />

member and Mt Hutt College head boy<br />

Janre Lim with Anna Tuamoheloa, and<br />

below: Danielle Faichnie, centre, with<br />

Dellwyn Moylan and Jono Hay.<br />

Grace Leahy was awarded the<br />

communityandsocial service youth<br />

volunteer. Grace hasbeen volunteering at<br />

theStJohn Opshopfor around 10 months.<br />

Shehas worked every second weekend<br />

on aSaturday and has helped out on the<br />

oddoccasion in school holidays. Being<br />

younger than other volunteers at the St<br />

John Op Shop, Grace bringsvibrancy to<br />

theteam.<br />

Sheiscomputer savvywhich canbe<br />

extremely helpfultoolder team<br />

members.<br />

TheStJohn Op Shop think it is very<br />

commendableaschoolstudent gives up a<br />

couple of days in their weekends to<br />

volunteer, as well as havingapart­time<br />

paid job. Customerslove her and she<br />

relates to all walks of life.<br />

Danielle Faichnie was awarded<br />

runner­upinthe communityand social<br />

service volunteer sector. Having<br />

completed theCactus programme herself<br />

andshowing leadership abilities,<br />

Danielle became apeer support leader. It<br />

meant attending Cactusfourhours aweek<br />

forTerm1,3and4plus three overnight<br />

camps and afour­night advancedcamp.<br />

Shewas in the role as aPeer Support<br />

Above: Grace Leahy, Jack Keane, Jessica Moore and Genna Oates recognised for<br />

their volunteer roles, and below: Alex Carr, centre, with Dellwyn Moylan and Jono<br />

Hay.<br />

Leaderfor three andhalf years and has a<br />

thoroughunderstanding ofthe<br />

programme. She shows empathy with the<br />

children. She is very skilled in anumber<br />

ofcamping activities including camp<br />

cooking, fire safety,erecting tents; skills<br />

she passes on to theyoung ones.<br />

She is agoodcommunicatorand works<br />

hard to ensure everyone is included. She<br />

alsoattends St John and passes on the<br />

information she learnstochildrenonthe<br />

programme.<br />

Alex Carr was awardedacertificate of<br />

appreciation in the community and social<br />

sector category. At the start of <strong>2022</strong><br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Toy Libraryhad anotice in the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> College daily notices looking<br />

for oneortwo regular volunteers to help<br />

out.<br />

Alexstarted volunteering with them on<br />

February 12,<strong>2022</strong>. She mostly helps out<br />

for twohours on aSaturday, butwhile<br />

Year 9studentswere rostered awayfrom<br />

school on Thursdays formostofTerm 1,<br />

she helped outonaThursdayaswell.<br />

Alexisaquiet naturedyounglady but<br />

has ahuge, friendlysmile behind her<br />

mask.She uses herinitiativeanisalso<br />

happy to clean the toys regularly.<br />

Alexhas also joinedthe Litter Free<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> group for the 2020and2021<br />

Keep NZ Beautiful litter pick up eventsin<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> and on May 12,<strong>2022</strong>joined the<br />

group on herteacher only day fromschool<br />

fortheirmonthly litter pickup.<br />

JessicaMoore was awarded a<br />

certificateofappreciation in the<br />

community and social service sector<br />

category.Jessica began volunteering with<br />

MethvenPippins and Brownies<br />

(GirlGuiding New Zealand) at the<br />

beginningof2021. Sadly, this stopped<br />

beingrun in Methven thisyear.<br />

MethvenScouts invitedJess to join<br />

them at the beginningof<strong>2022</strong>.<br />

Jess is an enthusiastic, motivated, and<br />

friendly person, and is passionateabout<br />

her community. Shehelped with the<br />

sessions, as well as organised and led<br />

some activitiesfor thetamariki.<br />

Jess is patientand caring and responds<br />

well to theneeds of the children she<br />

helps. Sheisalways on time and ready for<br />

anything which is askedofher, nothingis<br />

aproblem, and sheisalways ready to step<br />

up and lend ahelpinghand.<br />

Jess has shown herself to beavalued<br />

member of the MethvenScouts team; and<br />

they have been pleasedtosee her<br />

confidence andselfesteem grown over<br />

her time with them.<br />

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Susanne West (left) and Alexia Bensemann look forward towelcoming and supporting newcomers to Geraldine. PHOTO: Debbie Oliver<br />

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newcomersgroup, Newcomers 22.<br />

Alexiasays awelcome and chat get-together<br />

is planned for 9.30am on Monday 11 <strong>July</strong> at<br />

Mundells Café. Everyone new to Geraldine<br />

is invited to come along; support Mundells<br />

by buying a hot drink and abite to eat, meet<br />

other newcomers, and hear what wehave<br />

planned for the new group and our aim for the<br />

years to come.<br />

This is a great collaboration between the<br />

Geraldine Resource Centre, Multicultural<br />

Aoraki and otherpassionate people whohave<br />

found the need to have anewcomers group<br />

within Geraldine. The previous newcomers<br />

group merged into the Friends of Geraldine<br />

group, which still meets monthly for lunch.<br />

Newcomers 22 is anew beginning.<br />

Despite lockdowns and travel restrictions,<br />

the last few years have seen new arrivals to<br />

Geraldine from aroundthe country and overseas.<br />

Alexia says,Sometimes it canbehardtofind<br />

your feet in anew place.Finding new connections<br />

and supportinastrangetown can be daunting.<br />

This group is set up as asupport network and<br />

aconnectionnetwork to meet these needs.<br />

Supported by thosewho have been new to<br />

the area,this groupiscreated to be asafe place<br />

where people can come and chat, share and<br />

explore challenges andlearn aboutour unique<br />

community - understanding the local social<br />

groups, sports groups, craft groups or even<br />

walking groups and offering ways that people<br />

caninterconnectand support each other.<br />

Susanne West has lived inGeraldine for<br />

two years now and says, Fouryears ago when<br />

my husband, Simon, and Iweredoing a recce<br />

around the South Island, looking for a place<br />

to settle, we saw asmall notice advertising a<br />

newcomersgroup which met at Mundells Café.<br />

We thought that was anice touch and added<br />

it to theplusesforGeraldine in our notebook.<br />

When we eventually moved here, the notice<br />

was still up. Ienquired but heard it was no<br />

longer operating, which was ashame.<br />

So, Istarted going to churchinstead andhave<br />

met lots of people through that now.<br />

Alexia hopesthat the Newcomers 22 group<br />

willmeet the needs of those newtothe community<br />

and encourage integration. She says, It is<br />

intended to be arevolving, growing, and<br />

supportive group for all who come, no matter<br />

how longthey havebeen in Geraldine -itcould<br />

be afew days or afew months -encouraging<br />

and supporting them wherever they have<br />

come from.<br />

MulticulturalAoraki offers support, advice,<br />

and advocacy to multiculturaland newcomer<br />

communities.The GeraldineResourceCentre<br />

provides connections to local social support<br />

networks and interest groups within the<br />

community. For more information, contact<br />

Alexia on 03 693 7001. DEBBIE OLIVER


WHĀRANGI 2|NGĀ PŪKŌRERO OTEWIKI KI RAUKĀPUKA |TAITE, <strong>07</strong>HŌNGONGOI, <strong>2022</strong><br />

EDITORIAL<br />

Congratulations to BaileyBooth who has beenselectedfor<br />

the NZR NationalUnder 18 Māori Development Camp Tane<br />

from 17-20<strong>July</strong> in Rotorua. Baileyattended andhas been<br />

selected from one ofthe fiveregional ETuToacampsheld in<br />

April. Well done, Bailey. (Facebook/GRFC) PHOTO: Archives<br />

Our condolences to Andrew (Charlie) Charles family<br />

and to our police asthey mourn one of their own.<br />

He will be missed (see police tribute onpage 5).<br />

Last week we welcomed Hannaand herson Sasha<br />

to our town all the way from Ukraine. This week we<br />

read of an initiative to resurrect thenewcomers group,<br />

the old one having merged into afriendship group.<br />

We join with Newcomers 22 in welcoming all new<br />

Geraldinians to our slice ofheaven.<br />

We were newcomers ourselves around15years ago.<br />

Like Susanne West, wefound our way into the<br />

communitythrough involvement in St Maryschurch.<br />

For us, Geraldine has been aplace ofwelcome. We<br />

feel we belong,thoughweare awareofthose families<br />

who have been here for generations. Itseems tous<br />

that we newcomers and the old handsget along well<br />

in this eclectic mix of atown.<br />

And in Geraldine, there is no shortage of things to<br />

get involved with. In the last edition of each month,<br />

we publish an activity calendar collated by the resource<br />

centre.Theyare on Peel Street,just across the driveway<br />

next to FreshChoice. As well as suggestinggroups you<br />

might like toget involved with, they also maintain a<br />

list of local situations vacant.<br />

It is interesting that Geraldine ismuch more<br />

cosmopolitan nowthan it was, even afew years ago.<br />

It is ajoy to hear Spanish spoken (or yelled) on our<br />

football fields and amix of languages overheard in<br />

our supermarket.<br />

As we extol the virtues of our little town, we offer<br />

congratulations to Lynn River,who took out the Large<br />

Business awardatthe <strong>2022</strong> SouthCanterburyChamber<br />

of Commerce Ara Business Excellence Awards. We<br />

bask in their reflected glory.<br />

Wrap up warm as we enjoy frosty mornings and<br />

clear days. HUGH &FI<br />

Local ornithologist Paul Sagar to speak atGeraldine Historical Societys AGM. PHOTO: Archives<br />

Opportunity to get involved inGeraldines history<br />

The Geraldine Historical Societys<br />

20 <strong>July</strong> AGM offers the community the<br />

chance toget involved with Geraldine<br />

Museum andenjoy aguest presentation<br />

by Geraldine-based ornithologist and<br />

natural historian Paul Sagar.<br />

Secretary Margaret Chapman says,<br />

The AGM is an opportunity for people<br />

to come and learn what the museum is<br />

about and what were doing. They can<br />

findout about our new displaysand what<br />

we have planned.<br />

New committeemembers andvolunteers<br />

will be coming on board at ared-letter<br />

time. The museums extension opened<br />

in 2014; since then, the society has been<br />

developing its permanentdisplays.Were<br />

putting finishing touches on our last few<br />

displays andhopetohave agrand opening<br />

later this year, says Margaret.<br />

She says, Weve got agood team of<br />

volunteers, and the committeeworks well<br />

together and has lots of fun and laughs.<br />

The door is always open to fresh faces,<br />

however.<br />

New committee members with new<br />

ideas and enthusiasm are welcome as<br />

well as new volunteers. They might be<br />

new people to town, or newly retired<br />

people, who want tohelp develop the<br />

museum. We focus on local history. We<br />

only ask people to do things theyre<br />

interested in; you do what youre good<br />

at in the time you have available.<br />

The museums roster generally gives<br />

volunteers one two-and-a-half-hour<br />

weekday shifteachmonth, and committee<br />

members keep things running at the<br />

weekends.<br />

The AGMs special presenter islocal<br />

ornithologist Paul Sagar,who at one time<br />

was aresearcher at the NationalInstitute<br />

of Water and Atmospheric Research. He<br />

began visiting the sub-Antarctic Islands<br />

in the 1970s, and his southern Bullers<br />

albatross study began in 1992.<br />

The GeraldineHistoricalSociety AGM<br />

will be at Geraldine Museum at 7.30pm<br />

Wednesday 20 <strong>July</strong>. Formoreinformation,<br />

call into the museum at5Cox Street,<br />

phone 03 693 7028, or visit the museums<br />

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Borus Calvin McKechnie calls thedancing at thePeelForest Ceilidh. PHOTO: Archives<br />

Peel Forest Ceilidh set toraise the roof this weekend<br />

The 33rd annual Peel Forest Ceilidh, a<br />

much-loved mid-winter oasis of community<br />

warmth, is on 9<strong>July</strong>. As well as beinga<br />

hugely popular knees-up, with dancing<br />

courtesyoflocal band Boru andthe Peel<br />

Forest hall committee, the ceilidh<br />

(pronounced kaylee)isfor raising money<br />

andawareness. The<strong>2022</strong> eventsupports<br />

the Orari River Protection Group (ORPG).<br />

Pub anthems and country rock join<br />

the traditional Irish music Boru isbest<br />

known for, which getseveryone dancing.<br />

The bands dance caller, guitarist, and<br />

singer, Calvin McKechnie, says, We love<br />

thecommunity event andtosee all ages<br />

dancing together is wonderful. Iloveit.<br />

Original Boru member Catherine<br />

Sintenie started the ceilidh more than<br />

three decades ago to support the former<br />

Peel Forest Kindergarten. It has since got<br />

behind several local educational and<br />

environmental organisations deartothe<br />

hearts of band members.<br />

ORPG chair Drew Brown says the<br />

ceilidh isanexcellent way to boost the<br />

river protection organisation.Thewhole<br />

thing is music and dancing. Its agreat<br />

event. We work for the benefit ofthe<br />

community asawhole, and the ceilidh<br />

further attaches us to thecommunity.<br />

He says thatEnvironmentCanterbury<br />

and the CommunityTrust of Mid and South<br />

Canterbury have provided grants tothe<br />

ORPG for purposes from trapping to water<br />

quality testing.However, fundingfor dayto-day<br />

ORPG activityisstill needed.Thats<br />

where theceilidhs backingcomes in.<br />

The eventalso raises the groupsprofile,<br />

which began 19 years ago in response to<br />

adam proposal but shifted focus to<br />

protection and restoration work after<br />

that proposal was scuttled. Drew says,<br />

Itll raise awareness of our group in the<br />

community and increase our membership.<br />

ORPG t-shirts will be for sale at the ceilidh.<br />

Peel ForestCeilidh is 7.30pm, Saturday<br />

9<strong>July</strong> atPeel Forest Hall. Entry $15<br />

adults and $5 children; cash at the door.<br />

Bring your own drinks and aplate of<br />

food for ashared supper. Tea and coffee<br />

provided. For more information, call<br />

Drew on 03 692 2852. To find out more<br />

about Boru, go to the bands Facebook<br />

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With official Matariki celebrations behind us foranother<br />

year, itistime to look ahead to the new one, kicking<br />

off with the arrival ofthe month of Hōngongoi (<strong>July</strong>).<br />

Matariki, however, is far from over, and the cluster of<br />

stars will continuetobevisible foralong periodoftime.<br />

Suffice tosay, due to the fluidity ofthe Māori<br />

maramataka (calendar)the NewYeardoes not fall on<br />

the same day every year. After all, its about aligning<br />

the activities of the people with the environment, the<br />

readiness ofwhich dictates which phase of the<br />

maramataka weare entering into. It is for this reason<br />

that the maramataka works not byset dates that<br />

identify the start and end of amonth, but by tohu or<br />

signs that naturally occur to indicate which stage the<br />

environment is in; the maramataka informs us when<br />

the environment is ready for our engagement and in<br />

what way -not the other way around.<br />

This is consistent with the reciprocal relationship<br />

that Māorihavewith the whenua (land), arelationship<br />

that is both practical and spiritual. Living by the<br />

maramatakaisaway forustobeasmucharesource<br />

to the whenua as it is to us, and ensures that people<br />

work to the ebb and flow ofthe environment in a<br />

sustainable and respectful fashion.<br />

Traditionally,Hōngongoi wasaphase where much<br />

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continue. This was atime to look ahead and plan for<br />

the future. With winter in full motion at this time of<br />

year, Hōngongoi was amonth of survival, where the<br />

provisions and preparations of the previous years<br />

harvest were paramount.<br />

- Kua tino mātao te tangata, me te tahutahu ahi,<br />

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Axemen fall to the Rams as Senior Bs make finals contention<br />

Last weekend, theGeraldineRugby Football<br />

Club (GRFC) senior sides took on country<br />

rivals the Rams of MacKenzie at Raukāpuka<br />

domain on agorgeouswinters day.Inthe<br />

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was looking toput pressure on the top<br />

four teams with awin andretain achance<br />

of makingthe semi-final playoffs in afew<br />

weeks.<br />

It didnt start well for the home side as<br />

MacKenziecamped the home team intheir<br />

in-goal line for aprolonged period. The<br />

visitors were rewarded with atry on the<br />

in-goal line asthe Bs tried to scramble<br />

theball away with aclearingkick, 7-0 after<br />

five minutes. The following 15minutes<br />

saw astruggle asthe GRFC side tried to<br />

assert dominance through the middle,<br />

with strong carries from Ted Kauri and<br />

Cody Roker-Hillegers. GRFC were finally<br />

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hands on the ball and outflanked the<br />

MacKenzie side down theirrightedgeto<br />

score 7-5 after 20 minutes. Atense battle<br />

ensued as both teams tried togain the<br />

upper hand,with thehome side continuing<br />

through the middleand the visitors going<br />

wide -noone gave an inch until the<br />

Mackenzie side crashed over just before<br />

the half, 14-7.<br />

In the second half,the struggle continued<br />

until Josh Crichton found himself five<br />

metres out and burrowed over for the try,<br />

14-12 MacKenzie with 20togo. The Bs<br />

defensiveeffort was sublime as they filled<br />

thegaps from the firsthalf and never gave<br />

the visitors another sniff.Late in thesecond<br />

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over to put the home side up, with a<br />

conversion from Nate Robinson giving<br />

them a19-14 lead. GRFCheld out to take<br />

the hard-fought win.<br />

The Axemen started with ahissand a<br />

roar inthe main game as they put in<br />

substantial defensive hits torepel the<br />

MacKenzieonslaught. TheRamscontinued<br />

their push until apenalty saw them kick<br />

for the corner and undertake arolling<br />

mall from the lineout,crashing over to go<br />

5-0upafter10minutes. The Axemen took<br />

stock, putting phases together with ball<br />

in hand.This opened up some gaps in the<br />

Rams defensive line, with KDPaulo<br />

running strongly. Asurging run up the<br />

left-hand side saw the ball go through six<br />

sets of hands until man-mountain Toru<br />

Katuke found his way over the line.<br />

Asuccessful conversion from Brad Clark,<br />

7-5 GRFC at the half. The Axemen were<br />

buoyed by their first-halfdefensiveefforts<br />

and lookedtocapitalise on that dominance<br />

with ball-in-hand, but adropped ball off<br />

the kickoff allowed the Rams in. They<br />

scored immediately, and then it began -<br />

the Axemen didnt get back in the game<br />

and, after try-scorer Toru Katuke was<br />

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MacKenzie put themtothe sword. A flood<br />

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points in as many minutes toearn an<br />

unassailablelead. The Axemen continued<br />

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time, 12-31. Atu Katoa had astrong game<br />

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Whenua added great direction for the<br />

team. Hamish Prattley and Toru Katuke<br />

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eight. The Axemen will need to play for<br />

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Rural road trip<br />

New Associate Minister of<br />

LocalGovernment Kieran<br />

McAnultyisplanning aseries of<br />

visits to all 55rural and<br />

provincial councils across the<br />

motu (country).<br />

He wants to connect with<br />

communities and hear directly<br />

about their issues.<br />

Mr McAnultysaidlocal<br />

government played acrucial<br />

roleinthe democratic system,<br />

and ensured people had avoice<br />

in the leadership of their<br />

community.<br />

“Each local council is distinct<br />

and in takingonthe role of<br />

AssociateMinister of Local<br />

Government, with aparticular<br />

focus on regional issues,I<br />

believe it’simportantIconnect<br />

witheach one,tohear directly<br />

about theparticular issues<br />

facing their communities, and<br />

support them in areas of<br />

potentialprogressand growth.<br />

“I understandthe challenges<br />

thatrural councilsand<br />

communities face, which often<br />

include lower ratingbases,<br />

rates pressures, housing<br />

pressuresand an increase in<br />

climate related natural<br />

disasters.<br />

“This is thefirst time we’ve<br />

had aminister with delegations<br />

acrosslocal government,<br />

transport,andemergency<br />

management, which are<br />

portfolios with aconsiderable<br />

impactonlocalcouncils,’’ he<br />

said.<br />

‘‘Meeting with all rural and<br />

provincial councils willprovide<br />

Kieran McAnulty<br />

an opportunity formetomake<br />

connections across these<br />

portfoliosfrom alocal<br />

government perspective.<br />

“Asagovernment weare<br />

committed to collaboratingand<br />

working constructivelywith<br />

local councils and soitwas<br />

important to me to make the<br />

effort as earlyaspossible to<br />

meet all the rural and<br />

provincial councils.<br />

“These visitsare achance for<br />

me to listentotherural and<br />

provincial councils, and<br />

continue thework of my<br />

colleagues of engaging with<br />

rural New Zealand,”hesaid.<br />

Mr McAnultywill meet all55<br />

councilsahead of thelocal<br />

government electionsOctober.<br />

Thetrip starts next week with<br />

theWaimakariri, Hurunui,<br />

Selwyn, Horowhenua, Kāpiti<br />

Coast, Western Bay of Plenty<br />

andWhakatāne district<br />

councils.<br />

NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

33<br />

Playground fun for children<br />

The YMCA and Sport<br />

Canterbury are back in action<br />

with their pop­up playground,<br />

located at Freidlander Park on<br />

Nelson Street, in Hampstead.<br />

Running from 3pm to 5pm<br />

every Thursday, the initiative<br />

is aimed at keeping children<br />

active and entertained after<br />

school.<br />

The YMCA welcomes<br />

tamariki of all ages and their<br />

whanau to come and play, with<br />

interactive games such as Tug<br />

o’ War, cornhole, badminton,<br />

giant Jenga, as well as the use<br />

of bean bags, and child­sized<br />

Zorb­like bubble balls.<br />

There is plenty of fun to be<br />

had, and use of the equipment<br />

Avery happy Pete got aHolden<br />

memorabilia prize from<br />

Morrison Mitsubishi <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

automotive manager Lyndon<br />

Moore.<br />

Pete has been aHolden<br />

owner since 1987 when he hada<br />

Holden Sunbird which he fitted<br />

a308 engine into.<br />

Since then, he hashad<br />

several Commodores, with his<br />

current 20<strong>07</strong> HSVClubsport<br />

pictured.<br />

When asked whathewill do<br />

withhis prize he said ‘‘it will sit<br />

pride of place in the man cave’’.<br />

Morrison Mitsubishi<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> offer full servicing<br />

and partsoptions for Holden<br />

owners, andencourage owners<br />

to come in and ask themabout<br />

their Holden Owners Club with<br />

service and membershipoffers.<br />

is entirely free.<br />

The pop­up playground will<br />

be available for extended<br />

periods of time over the school<br />

holidays, located in local parks<br />

or at the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Domain.<br />

Memorabilia winner<br />

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34 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

NATURE MATTERS<br />

Local native birds<br />

could use ahand<br />

BY MARY RALSTON<br />

Beautiful views of Tasman Lake at Mount Cook people can do along the<br />

Roam driving loop.<br />

New app aimed at<br />

getting travellers<br />

off beaten trails<br />

Anew scenic drivingloopapp and<br />

website has been launched with<br />

the aim of unveiling someofthe<br />

centralSouth Island’s best­kept<br />

secrets.<br />

The Roam (River, Ocean, Astro,<br />

Mountain) drivingloop hasbeen<br />

developed by Venture Timaru, in<br />

collaboration with theMackenzie,<br />

Waitaki and Waimate tourism<br />

agencies.<br />

Venture Timaru operations<br />

manager Di Hay said the drivewas<br />

well­known by those who lived in<br />

the region, butlesssoby<br />

international and domestic<br />

travellers from outside the region.<br />

‘‘Whatwe’re trying to do is let<br />

people knowaboutthe loop with<br />

all thehighlights of our wonderful<br />

historic and geographic features<br />

along the way.”<br />

The Roam appand website will<br />

help visitorsplan their journeys,<br />

andoffers additionalinformation<br />

andhistory abouttheattractions<br />

along the route.<br />

pacific entertainment & Both Barrels music present<br />

Sun 11 September Hamilton, ClarenceStreet Theatre<br />

Book through Ticketek<br />

Tue 13September Whangarei, Forum North<br />

Book through Eventfinda<br />

Wed 14September Auckland,BruceMason Centre Book through Ticketmaster<br />

Thu 15September Taupo,Gt. Lakes Centre<br />

Book through Ticketek<br />

Fri 16September Napier,Municipal Theatre Book through Ticketek<br />

Sun 18 September Christchurch, James HayTheatre Book through Ticketek<br />

Mon 19September <strong>Ashburton</strong>, TrustEventsCentre(ATEC) Book through ATEC Ticketing<br />

Tue 20September Oamaru,OperaHouse<br />

Book through OperaHouse<br />

Wed 21September Dunedin, Glenroy Auditorium Book through Ticketmaster<br />

Thu 22September Gore,StJames Theatre<br />

Book through iTICKET<br />

Fri 23September Invercargill,Civic Theatre Book through Ticketek<br />

Sun 25 September Nelson, TheatreRoyal<br />

Book through TheatreRoyal<br />

Mon 26September Blenheim, ASB Marlborough Theatre Book through ASB Theatre<br />

Wed 28September Wellington, Opera House<br />

Book through Ticketmaster<br />

Thu 29September PalmerstonNorth,Regent On Broadway Book through Ticketek<br />

Fri 30September New Plymouth, TheatreRoyal Book through Ticketek<br />

Sun 2October Whakatane,GatewayTheatre Book through iTICKET<br />

Mon 3October Tauranga, BaycourtTheatre Book through Ticketek<br />

pacificentertainment.co.nz<br />

“You can learn about Ted’s<br />

bottleinWaihao Downs, the<br />

geology of the Clay Cliffs at<br />

Omarama,wander the glaciers of<br />

the Mackenzie or explore ancient<br />

Maorirockart in Timaru.’’<br />

‘‘Thecollaborating tourism<br />

agencieshope that the Roam loop<br />

will encourage visitors to divert<br />

from the traditionalStarlight<br />

Highwaytouristroute in the<br />

Mackenzie,and back through the<br />

lesser­known attractionsofthe<br />

region,’’ she said.<br />

“You can do the drive in six<br />

hours, but we’d love to see people<br />

take their timetoenjoythe<br />

different features, and stop and<br />

stayinour central region.”<br />

They alsohope that this willbe<br />

beneficial for businesses along<br />

the path, due to the increased<br />

visitation.<br />

If you wouldlike to learn more<br />

aboutthe driving loop you can<br />

visit roamloop.co.nz<br />

~Timaru <strong>Courier</strong><br />

kevinbloodywilson.com<br />

Many New Zealandnative species are<br />

threatened with extinctionand many have<br />

beenlostforeverbecauseofhunting,<br />

predatorsand loss of habitat.<br />

Somenativebird speciesthrive alongside<br />

human development. Theblack­backed<br />

gull, Australasian harrierand blackswan<br />

seemtobefine.<br />

Other native birds and lizardsfacemany<br />

obstacles. Manyofthemare muchreduced<br />

in numbers andoften don’tbreed<br />

successfully duetopressure fromrats,<br />

stoats,hedgehogs, cats andmice.<br />

Westland petrelsand little blue penguins<br />

get killed by traffic anddisorientedby<br />

lights.<br />

Wasps take honey dewfrom beech trees<br />

thatshould befeeding bellbirds.<br />

There’s not much anindividualcan do<br />

about the traffic on thewestcoast butwe<br />

can do something for thenative speciesthat<br />

are found in ourlocal area.<br />

Fantails andsilvereyes arefrequent<br />

winter visitors to gardens and our actions<br />

can make adifference to their survival.<br />

Winter poses aburdenonmanybirds:<br />

snowfall in the forestscan diminish<br />

populationsoffantails andiffoodsupplies<br />

are wanting,their numbers maynotrebuild<br />

in thefollowing spring.<br />

To helpthe fantails get through awinter,<br />

we need to make our gardens “fantail<br />

friendly” all year round.<br />

Theyare insect eaters, so planting a<br />

variety of flowering plants that will attract<br />

insectsisakey factorfor their survival.<br />

Trapping predatorsinour backyards and<br />

nothaving acat (or, if you have one, keeping<br />

it inside) is also helpful.<br />

Refraining fromthe use of insecticidesis<br />

alsobeneficial to the birds–letthemeat<br />

the insects foryou!<br />

SAFE COMMUNITIES<br />

Silvereyes love picking at halved fruit placed<br />

on atray or dish that is well out of the way<br />

of cats.<br />

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Silvereyescan also do with ahand during<br />

winter.<br />

Theyhave amore generaldietthan<br />

fantails andwill eatfromballsoffat hung<br />

up in trees andlovepicking at halvedfruit<br />

placed on atray or dish that is wellout of<br />

theway of cats. (But seeds, porridge, milk,<br />

and honey aren’t goodfoodfor them.)<br />

Andthese birds arelovely to watch –it<br />

can reallymakeyourmorning special to see<br />

silvereyes peckingawayatsomefruit.<br />

Tips for looking after<br />

yourself this winter<br />

Winterhas arrived in force, withflu,<br />

Covid­19 andrespiratoryillnessesputting<br />

increasing pressureonthe health system,<br />

including St John Ambulance.<br />

St John anticipatedanincrease in<br />

winter illnessesfollowing thelifting of<br />

pandemic restrictions, particularly flu<br />

and respiratorysyncytialvirus(RSV),on<br />

top of the ongoingOmicron outbreak.<br />

In response,StJohnstood up asmall<br />

EmergencyOperations Centre(EOC)to<br />

monitorworkload acrossthe country,<br />

adding or moving resources as required to<br />

meetdemand.<br />

While high demandisnot unusualin<br />

winter,ithas comeearlier thanpredicted<br />

thisyear.StJohn wants to reassure<br />

everyone will receive theemergency and<br />

acute care theyneedbut is also callingon<br />

people to be winter­ready by:<br />

­Keepuphealthyhabits (mask wearing,<br />

physical distancing, washinghands etc) to<br />

prevent spread of viruses and germs<br />

­Stayinghomeifyou havearespiratory<br />

illness, evenifitisn’tCovid­19<br />

­Getting your flujab and beinguptodate<br />

withother vaccinations<br />

­Haveawinter wellness kete–for when<br />

you,afriend or family member becomeill<br />

and need to stay home. If youoranyone<br />

you knowdoes become unwell and needs<br />

health advice or care, please callyour GP<br />

or Healthlinefor non­lifeorlimbthreatening<br />

problems.<br />

Where people do request an ambulance<br />

for anon­life or limb­threatening problem,<br />

theycan expectacall back froma<br />

registerednurse or paramedic, who will<br />

providethe samecareand advicethat<br />

would otherwise be afforded if an<br />

ambulance crew attended.<br />

Winter wellness kete:<br />

­Vitamin C<br />

­Paracetamol and ibuprofen for fever,<br />

headache and body aches<br />

­Honey or lozenges for asore throat<br />

­Vapour rubs and ahumidifier<br />

­Electrolyte rehydration solution or salts for<br />

vomiting or diarrhoea<br />

­Tissues<br />

­Hand sanitiser<br />

­Athermometer<br />

­Fruits and vegetables.


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NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

35<br />

Milestone recognised ahead of event<br />

Allenton Rugby Club had a<br />

successful club day recently<br />

where they included their 100th<br />

year celebrations.<br />

There was fine weather, good<br />

rugby and great camaraderie,<br />

setting the scene for next year’s<br />

official centennial celebrations<br />

event.<br />

The club, which started in<br />

1922, turned 100 this year but<br />

official celebrations have been<br />

postponed until May 12 and 13,<br />

next year.<br />

Allenton Rugby Club’s<br />

centennial committee<br />

chairpersonKylieGrieve said<br />

peoplecan register for the<br />

centennial event via the<br />

Allenton Rugby Club website,<br />

and keep up to date with<br />

developments by liking the<br />

club’sFacebook page.<br />

The official celebrations next<br />

year willallow plenty of time for<br />

socialising,with informal get<br />

togethers, decade photosand<br />

plenty of rugby on offer as the<br />

JAB and SeniorB’s teams are<br />

due to play on the club grounds.<br />

Aformal evening dinnerwill<br />

be held on May 13 at the Hotel<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> with speakers, life<br />

memberpresentationsand a<br />

live band set to play.<br />

Last month’s club day<br />

celebrations includedanall day<br />

barbecue,team photos, the<br />

planting of aMaple tree with<br />

commemorative plaquebysome<br />

of the club’s life members, and a<br />

cake cutting by clubpatron<br />

Peter Sheate with youngest JAB<br />

playerJohan Driscoll, aged five,<br />

sharedwith all those present.<br />

There wereJAB games, the<br />

Allenton Senior B’s had a<br />

resounding 36 ­10win over<br />

Southern, and the Mid<br />

Canterbury CombinedUnder<br />

18s beatEllesmere 24 ­10.<br />

Old jersey’swere alsoupfor<br />

sale as well as acolouring<br />

competition for kids.<br />

‘‘It was agood day all round,’’<br />

Kylie said.<br />

Allenton Rugby Club’s centennial celebrations included, above: atree planting by Allenton Rugby<br />

Club president Todd Grieve, left, and some of the club’s life members; and below: acake cutting<br />

by youngest JAB player Johan Driscoll, left, and club patron Peter Sheate; and, at left, plenty of<br />

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36 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Greater scrutiny sought for packaging<br />

Positive signs are on the<br />

horizon, but much work is still<br />

to be done by supermarkets and<br />

food producers in taking<br />

responsibility for their food<br />

packaging, Dr Joya Kemper<br />

says.<br />

Dr Kemper specialises in<br />

consumer behaviour, the<br />

circular economy and<br />

corporate responsibility at the<br />

University of Canterbury (UC).<br />

“Supermarkets need to make<br />

sure that when they say plastic<br />

packaging is able to be<br />

recycled, it actually can be<br />

(through infrastructure) in New<br />

Zealand. When they say<br />

something is compostable, does<br />

it actually breakdown in<br />

compost within areasonable<br />

period of time?<br />

“We need innovative and<br />

bold solutions to tackle plastic<br />

pollution. That doesn’t mean<br />

settling for the easiest option –<br />

companies must do their<br />

research to truly understand<br />

the most sustainable solution<br />

for their packaging, especially<br />

as it’s not as black­and­white as<br />

we might think.”<br />

Dr Kemper has been looking<br />

at how people reduce their use<br />

and buying of plastic packaging<br />

in the face of damning evidence<br />

about the impact of plastics on<br />

our environment. She wanted<br />

to know why and how people<br />

reduce their use of plastics in<br />

their everyday grocery<br />

Dr Joya Kemper, at right, says more work is needed by<br />

supermarkets on recyclable plastics.<br />

shopping.<br />

“I chose grocery shopping<br />

because I’m passionate about<br />

transforming our food system<br />

into one which is healthy,<br />

sustainable, and equitable.<br />

Plastic pollution is largely<br />

made up of single use plastics<br />

that are predominantly found<br />

in the food system.<br />

“Food manufacturers and<br />

retailers must change their<br />

practices and make efforts to<br />

inform consumers about how to<br />

return, recycle or compost their<br />

packaging in order to transition<br />

to asustainable packaging<br />

system.<br />

“We’re seeing efforts in this<br />

area, but there is more to be<br />

done. For instance, there is a<br />

confusion around the<br />

differences between<br />

degradable, biodegradable, and<br />

compostable plastics, and many<br />

people don’t know where to<br />

dispose of them.”<br />

She says fancy and ‘good<br />

looking’ packaging may also be<br />

causing problems as using<br />

multiple types of plastic,<br />

different layers or coloured<br />

plastics in packaging makes it<br />

harder to recycle. Plus, some<br />

plastics (such as 3,4, 6and 7) are<br />

more difficult to recycle in New<br />

Zealand; often they’re not<br />

worth recycling and so are put<br />

into landfill.<br />

Dr Kemper spoke with<br />

people motivated to reduce<br />

plastic use largely because of<br />

seeing visible litter on the<br />

ground and in the oceans. Some<br />

tried buying recyclable plastic<br />

in their district while others<br />

refused to buy anything in<br />

plastic packaging.<br />

“People were frustrated by<br />

the amount of plastic in<br />

supermarkets and the<br />

unavailability of products in<br />

non­plastic packaging such as<br />

some fruit, meat substitutes,<br />

plant milks and snacks such as<br />

biscuits and chips.”<br />

People she spoke with learnt<br />

alot about recycling from<br />

friends, family, colleagues and<br />

online bloggers. The use of<br />

refillable (reusable) packaging<br />

was widespread and akey<br />

means for plastic reduction.<br />

“But the trouble was the<br />

inconvenience as people had to<br />

make multiple trips to different<br />

stores, specific stores which<br />

may be further from home than<br />

their local supermarket, the<br />

need to remember containers,<br />

and sometimes food items<br />

costing more.<br />

‘‘Interestingly, though, most<br />

mentioned they spend less on<br />

impulse purchases and only<br />

buy what they need, so some<br />

believed their grocery bill had<br />

decreased.”<br />

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RURAL<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

37<br />

Oldham wins farm management award<br />

Mid Canterbury farm manager<br />

Darryl Oldham has taken out<br />

the <strong>2022</strong> Rabobank Management<br />

Project Award,abusiness<br />

management prize for up­andcoming<br />

farmers.<br />

He wasselected from agroup<br />

of New Zealand’s most<br />

progressive farmer graduates of<br />

the 2021 Rabobank Farm<br />

Managers programme (FMP).<br />

Mr Oldham, whose family<br />

farming partnership is at<br />

Westerfield, near <strong>Ashburton</strong>,<br />

was recognised for his business<br />

management project, which<br />

highlighted how he had utilised<br />

the lessons from the programme<br />

in hisroleasfarmmanager on<br />

the 200 ha farming operation he<br />

runs in partnership with his<br />

wife Anna, andparents Peter<br />

and Gael.<br />

TheFMP is designedfor<br />

emerging farmers and focuses<br />

on thedevelopmentofbusiness<br />

management skills, with an<br />

emphasis on business planning,<br />

leadership, people management<br />

and self­awareness. As the farm<br />

manager Mr Oldham is involved<br />

in allthe day­to­dayaspects of<br />

running the business which<br />

grows cereals, small seeds,<br />

peas, maize forsilage, and<br />

fodder crops for finishing<br />

lambs.<br />

He said his management<br />

project assessed the viability of<br />

converting all or part of the<br />

farming operation to sheep<br />

milking.<br />

‘‘Incorporating lessons from<br />

the FMP,Ilooked at the key<br />

financial performance<br />

indicators forthe current<br />

Rabobank New Zealand chief executive officer Todd Charteris and Mid Canterbury farmer Darryl<br />

Oldham.<br />

PHOTO SUPPLIED<br />

system, including with asheep<br />

milking unit added,’’ he said.<br />

‘‘Todothis, Idesigned a<br />

business plan with conversion<br />

costs andgross margins to<br />

generate some financial<br />

information that could be used<br />

as performance indicators in<br />

the event sheep milkingwas<br />

introduced.’’<br />

Mr Oldham also looked at<br />

what adding sheep milking to<br />

the farming system would do to<br />

thefarms environmental<br />

footprint.<br />

‘‘I spoke with anumber of<br />

other farmers who aresheep<br />

milking as well as the local<br />

Ravendown Environmental<br />

Team to get afeelfor the<br />

environmentalimpact, and the<br />

initial analysis suggested sheep<br />

milking would have asimilar or<br />

lower environmentalimpact<br />

than ourexisting farming<br />

activity,’’ he said.<br />

While his analysis highlighted<br />

there were several meritstothe<br />

sheep milking option, Mr<br />

Oldham said, the partnership<br />

had decided not to add the<br />

sheep milking unit at thispoint<br />

in time.<br />

‘‘Thesheep milk processing<br />

plant that wasplanned to open<br />

in the area later this year has<br />

met with delays, and with this<br />

factory not expected to open<br />

until next year and no other<br />

factory near­bytocollect sheep<br />

milk theconversion didn't make<br />

sense right now.<br />

‘‘Myanalysis also found no<br />

strong financial advantage for<br />

going down the sheep milking<br />

routefor our business, with the<br />

forecast profitability largely in<br />

linewith that of our existing<br />

operation,’’ he said.<br />

‘‘However, we’ll continue to<br />

analyse the feasibility of adding<br />

sheep milking into our farming<br />

system and, if we can find away<br />

to increase theyield of milk per<br />

sheep, we maywell go down this<br />

path at some stage in the<br />

future.’’<br />

Mr Oldham was presented the<br />

award at the <strong>2022</strong> Farm<br />

Managers programme<br />

GraduationDinnerin<br />

Christchurch on June 23.<br />

Rabobank South Island regional<br />

manager Michael Dunn, who<br />

acted as one of thejudges for the<br />

ManagementProject award,<br />

said projects were undertaken<br />

so participants could put into<br />

practice thetools, theories and<br />

ideas introduced during the<br />

programme andutilise these on<br />

thefarming operations where<br />

they worked.<br />

"Darryl looked outside the box<br />

at an option with the potential to<br />

addvalue to the overall farming<br />

business. All of the judging<br />

panelwereimpressed by the<br />

high level of detail and<br />

thoughtfulanalysis<br />

incorporated within his project,<br />

anditwas clear to see he'd taken<br />

alot away fromhis attendance<br />

at last years programme," he<br />

said.<br />

Free trade deal,<br />

wins and losses<br />

New Zealand and the European<br />

Union haveconcluded<br />

negotiations on amajorfree<br />

tradeagreement(FTA),<br />

unlocking access to oneofthe<br />

world’sbiggest andmost<br />

lucrative markets.<br />

Butnot all are happyabout it.<br />

Thetradedeal with the<br />

European Union is aslap in the<br />

face for NewZealand farmers,<br />

FederatedFarmers president<br />

Andrew Hoggard says.<br />

‘‘Thatthe Europeans’<br />

protectionist mindset on<br />

livestock products remains<br />

entrenched is sadly not a<br />

surprisebut the verysmall<br />

quotas agreed are considerably<br />

worse thanweexpected’.’<br />

Mr Hoggard,who is alsoFeds<br />

tradespokesperson,said Prime<br />

Minister Jacinda Ardern<br />

recentlystated she would come<br />

homefrom the EU without a<br />

dealifthere was notagoodone<br />

on the table.<br />

This is what she should have<br />

done, he said.<br />

Thebeefquota for New<br />

Zealand is 10,000tonnes, just<br />

0.1% of the 6.5m tonnes of beef<br />

Europeans consumeeach year.<br />

The EU hasacheese marketof<br />

9.5 milliontonnes.<br />

After sevenyears New<br />

Zealand exporterswillhave<br />

access to just0.14% of this<br />

market.<br />

‘‘It’s justasmiserlyfor our<br />

other meatand dairy<br />

products,’’hesaid.<br />

However Ms Ardern said the<br />

EU­NZFTA is expected to<br />

increase the value of New<br />

Zealand’s exports to the EU by<br />

up to $1.8billion per yearfrom<br />

2035.<br />

‘‘Forcomparisonthat’s more<br />

lucrative than the benefits<br />

derived fromour recent UK<br />

FTA,” she said.<br />

“It’sastrategically important<br />

andeconomically beneficial<br />

deal thatcomes at acrucial<br />

timeinour export ledCovid­19<br />

recovery.<br />

“It delivers tangible gainsfor<br />

exportersinto arestrictive<br />

agricultural market.Itcuts<br />

costs and red tape for exporters<br />

and opens up new high value<br />

market opportunitiesand<br />

increasesour economic<br />

resilience through diversifying<br />

themarkets that we can more<br />

freely export into.<br />

“Thecomplete removal of<br />

dutiesonthe majority of<br />

productsNew Zealandexports<br />

to the EU is amajor<br />

achievementinadeal that<br />

coversmarket access into 27<br />

Europeancountries.’’<br />

Mr Hoggard said‘‘heavyhandedenvironmental<br />

pain<br />

NewZealand farmers are going<br />

through’’ was not<br />

acknowledged, or evenallowed<br />

forinthe future by this deal.<br />

‘‘Federated Farmers<br />

acknowledges the gainsmade<br />

in smaller exportingindustries<br />

such as honey, fish,kiwifruit,<br />

apples and arange of other<br />

foodsbut the verdict on our big<br />

two­meatand dairy­is‘deeply<br />

disappointing’. This is aFree<br />

Trade Agreement in name<br />

only,’’ he said.<br />

STAND<br />

forour<br />

environment<br />

Candidateinformation session<br />

Monday11<strong>July</strong>5.30pm<br />

Environment Canterbury, Tuam St, Christchurch<br />

ecan.govt.nz/elections


RURAL<br />

38 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

Align win good employer award<br />

AlignFarmshave won the safe and<br />

healthy work environment awardinthe<br />

<strong>2022</strong> Primary Industries GoodEmployer<br />

Awards.<br />

Align Farms operates five dairy farms,<br />

one dairy support farm, and amarket<br />

garden out of MidCanterbury. The<br />

30­strongteampridesthemselves on ‘selfdisruption’<br />

–continually improving their<br />

employment practices andsetting a<br />

benchmark for the rest of theindustry.<br />

Acting Minister of Agriculture Meka<br />

Whairiti said awardwinners were<br />

selected from an extraordinary groupof<br />

finalists across the food and fibre sector,<br />

including wine, dairy, horticulture,<br />

forestry, apiculture, andfisheries.<br />

“They knowthe success of their<br />

businessesisadirect result of their<br />

people, andiftheir people thrive, so to do<br />

their businesses,’’ she said.<br />

JudgessaidAlignFarms championed a<br />

safe andhealthy workplace by: providing<br />

two health checks each year alongsidean<br />

app that allows them to share how they are<br />

feeling.<br />

It’s then collated intoentireteam<br />

averages, providing critical information<br />

for innovation or further support offering<br />

‘You Choose Afternoons’ –anafternoonon<br />

rotation where each team memberis given<br />

four hours to volunteerfor various<br />

organisationsorclubs.<br />

Atotal of 500 hours are spent<br />

volunteeringevery year.<br />

They also provided farm teams with 60<br />

percentoftheir food from their market<br />

garden and selling thesurplus to help<br />

contribute to the costs, as well as<br />

providing and fundingfullhealth<br />

insurance forall employees and their<br />

families.<br />

They also provide an In­HouseSafety<br />

Platform, an online tool built by theAlign<br />

Farmsteam to lift engagementand, in<br />

turn, lift performance and positive<br />

outcomes. High volumes of safety­related<br />

Rhys Roberts and the on­farm market garden benefiting staff and families in the Align<br />

Farms Group.<br />

PHOTO FILE<br />

data collection allows the team to make<br />

informed critical decisions. TheMinimise<br />

–Eliminate or Innovate (ME&I) safety<br />

initiative is part of the programme.<br />

Among the staffbenefitswas theofferof<br />

theAlign Farm Scholarship; ayearly<br />

scholarship for university students.<br />

Thefamilies of Align Farmsstaff have<br />

first right to the scholarship, anditthen is<br />

offered to the public. Scholars also receive<br />

a12­month position as board observers on<br />

theAlign Farms board.<br />

Thefood and fibre sectoracknowledged<br />

itspeople and leadership at the awards<br />

event lastweek as atimetocelebrate their<br />

passion towards supportingemployeesby<br />

putting their health,welfare andwellbeing<br />

first.<br />

Other winners were Raglan Food Co<br />

(employee development award&overall<br />

supreme award), Sealord Group Limited<br />

(inclusiveand diverse workplaceaward),<br />

Stefan and Annalize du PlessisofMosa<br />

FarmingLtd (smallbusiness recognition<br />

award) and Wini and Simon Geddes of Tāne<br />

MahutaNZLtd (Māori agribusiness award).<br />

Now in their third year, theAwardsare<br />

run by the Ministryfor Primary Industries<br />

and Agriculturaland Marketing Research<br />

and Development Trust to celebrate<br />

employers whoput their people at the heart<br />

of their businesses.<br />

IN BRIEF<br />

EU­NZ FREE TRADE<br />

The red meatsector is disappointed<br />

at the European Union-New<br />

Zealand trade deal, saying it will<br />

continue to put NewZealand at a<br />

disadvantage in NZ’s third largest<br />

export market. The deal concluded<br />

will see asmall quota for New<br />

Zealand beef into the European<br />

Union -10,000 tonnes intoamarket<br />

that consumes 6.5 million tonnes of<br />

beef annually -far lessthan the red<br />

meat sector’sexpectations.<br />

Meat Industry Association’s<br />

Sirma Karapeeva was ‘‘extremely<br />

disappointed’’.<br />

WINTERING<br />

Environment Canterbury will be<br />

carrying out atrial flyoverofthe<br />

Waimakariri districtthis month to<br />

observe wintering practices and<br />

identify areas wherefarmers might<br />

need extra support. Industry<br />

representatives will be<br />

accompanyingECanstaff on the<br />

flight, but no video footage or photos<br />

will be taken. It is similar to flights<br />

undertaken by other regional<br />

councils to observe good<br />

management practices.<br />

BULL INDUCTED<br />

A12-year-old bull with over150,000<br />

daughters has been inducted into<br />

an elite animal ‘Hall of Fame’ for his<br />

outstanding contribution to dairy<br />

herd improvement in New Zealand.<br />

Priests Sierra is the latest artificial<br />

breeding bulltoenterfarmer-owned<br />

co-operative LIC’s prestigious Hall<br />

of Fame, which dates back to the<br />

1950s.<br />

The accolade is for bulls with a<br />

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39<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Photographic Society<br />

June has been a busy month for the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Photographic Society. We were<br />

lucky enough to have two portrait experts give<br />

us atalk on Wednesday night and then some<br />

members headed to the Plains Railway on<br />

Sunday to put into practice what we had been<br />

taught with amodel. Iwas terribly impressed<br />

with Steph and especially her amazing high<br />

heels. She was agreat model who was also<br />

helpful in giving us tips. It was agreat session,<br />

and Iamsure we all learnt alot.<br />

Our 2nd Open was judged by James Hope<br />

from the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Art Gallery.<br />

B Grade Digital Acceptance: “Cold And<br />

Miserable” Kyle Dickson, “Pretty Pink” Marie<br />

Hunter, “Curves” Michael Voss and “Out For<br />

Dinner” Sean McQuillan.<br />

BGrade Digital Honours: “Falls” Michael<br />

Voss and “Ghostly Images” Struan Christie<br />

A Grade Digital Acceptance: “Getting<br />

Smokey” Bailey Chambers, “Plenty ofLights”<br />

David Oakley, “Walkies” Jude Box, “Cherry<br />

Red” and “Working The Forge” Malcolm<br />

Whyte, “Soaking Up the View” Maria<br />

Chamberlain, “All Things Red” Megan Ellis<br />

and “Dandelion” Nicky Foden.<br />

AGrade Digital Honours: “My Girl” Anna<br />

McGregor, “The Great Hercules” Cindy Lovett<br />

and “Calm in the Harbour” Nel Davison.<br />

B Grade Print Acceptance: “Butterfly”<br />

Jenny Brady.<br />

AGrade Print Acceptance: “Black Fronted<br />

Dotterel” Bill Cabout, “Sheep on aHill” David<br />

Oakley, “Kotuku” Lester Hurst, “Mr Peacock”<br />

Nicky Foden and “Trackin the Sand” Suzanne<br />

Watson<br />

A Grade Print Honours: “Clouds Over<br />

Barren Hill” DavidOakleyand “Glass Half Full”<br />

Megan Ellis.<br />

About twenty members are off to Lake<br />

Brunner for the long weekend, this will cap off<br />

agreat June.<br />

Abouttwenty members have just spent the<br />

?<br />

An artistic capture sent in by the <strong>Ashburton</strong> Photographic Society.<br />

long weekend over at the Lake Brunner Eco<br />

Lodge. It was astunning location with plenty<br />

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raining. Many thanks to Brenda Lynch for<br />

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U3A Report June <strong>2022</strong><br />

Dr Anne Ford, Associate Professor of<br />

Archaeology at University of Otago presented<br />

“First Footsteps: first peopling of Australasia<br />

and Pacific” outlining Pleistocene settlement<br />

by modern humans (Homo sapiens) about<br />

Scantoread<br />

ExploreDunedin<br />

online<br />

55-50,000 BP (Before Present) of Sahul and<br />

Near Oceania.<br />

From an early stage they adapted/modified/manipulated<br />

their environments. Marked<br />

differences from earlier humans’ smaller<br />

cranial/brain size explained having planning<br />

skills to produce toolsfor hunting and foraging;<br />

diverse, composite and specialised tools e.g.<br />

harpoons; rock art using pigments, mica<br />

jewellery and symbolism; language; long<br />

distance trading (obsidian 20,000BP); burials;<br />

organic material such as wood and antler.<br />

Neanderthal and Denisovan genes are in<br />

present-day humans. The Southern Dispersal<br />

Route out of Africa used coastal resources,<br />

10,000 years before Europe was populated,<br />

through South East Asia to Australia, by<br />

walking. Water craft 48.000 years ago was<br />

needed to cross Lombok Strait: the Wallacean<br />

Line between Sunda (South East Asia) and<br />

Sahul (Australia) was a clear boundary for<br />

fauna and mammals.<br />

Australian coastal resources and inland<br />

New South Wales’ Lake Mungo, and Tasmania<br />

were populated. Large hunted<br />

megafauna such as giant kangaroos became<br />

extinct 40.000 BP. Anthropogenic (human)<br />

influences altered Nothofagus forests to Eucalyptus,<br />

aiding hunting and plant regeneration.<br />

The 3.000 metre-high Ivane Valley in Papua<br />

New Guinea’s Highlands’ cloudforest showed<br />

aagriculture occurring 18,000 years ago, from<br />

burnt landscape and core samples of swamps.<br />

Speaker for <strong>July</strong>: Abbas Nazari, former<br />

refugee from Afghanistan.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Writers’ Group<br />

President Julie welcomed members and<br />

three visitors to the June meeting of the<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Writers’ Group. The quotation was<br />

–“The Pen is Mightier than the Sword”.<br />

The discussion point was from Stephen<br />

King – There is no Idea Dump, no Story<br />

Central, no Island ofthe Buried Bestsellers.<br />

Good story ideas seem to come quite literally<br />

from nowhere, sailing at you right out of the<br />

empty sky, two previous unrelated ideas come<br />

together and make something new under the<br />

sun. Your job isn’t to find these ideas but to<br />

recognize them when they show up.<br />

This idea caused a lot of discussion<br />

among members.<br />

The assignment was “The Uninvited<br />

Guest”.<br />

Members wrote of not okay, wedding<br />

couple, dementia,foul odour,new apartment –<br />

spider, nether regions, oxymorons, waking at<br />

night, ghost, demanding grandchildren.<br />

The instant exercise was to create a<br />

dialogue between two characters who hold<br />

different points of view e.g. an argument.<br />

To make sure each character has its own<br />

voice (way of speaking) and any topic or<br />

situation. Members responded to this challenge.<br />

The <strong>July</strong> assignment is“you wake up<br />

from asix month coma”. Visitors are welcome,<br />

please phone Rae at 3088927.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> MSA Petanque Club<br />

After aquiet couple of weeks on the pistes,<br />

the Silver Tray Trophy was played against<br />

Papanui in Christchurch on Sunday with 12 of<br />

our members competing.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> was victorious with atotal of 55<br />

points over Papanui’s 29, after playing<br />

doubles and then triples. This is the first time<br />

we have won the trophy, so we had avan full<br />

of very happy people on the return journey.<br />

Having trialled Saturday play over the last<br />

three months we have decided to make this a<br />

permanent change. Club members have<br />

turned out in good numbers on aregular basis<br />

and we have attracted afew new comers to try<br />

the game.<br />

There will be Saturdays when the club is<br />

hosting an event but you are most welcome to<br />

come and watch those games to learn more.<br />

We are now wearing caps with our logo<br />

which match well with our shirts. Our next<br />

competition is the Club Men’s and Women’s<br />

Singles being held on Sunday, 24 <strong>July</strong>.<br />

Remember you are most welcome to<br />

come and watch competition games, and also<br />

to join us in play on any Tuesday, Thursday or<br />

Saturday at 1pm, at 115 Racecourse Road.<br />

Equipment and tuition are available.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Pakeke Lions Club<br />

The 42nd Annual Changeover Dinner of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Pakeke Lions was held at Hotel<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> and in the absence of President<br />

Lion Robert Spencer the MC for the evening<br />

was Lion Milner Jacob. Milner extended a<br />

warm welcome to alarge turnout of members<br />

and visitors from various local Lions Clubs.He<br />

also welcomed District Governor Christine<br />

Stewart & Vice District Governor Garth<br />

Bateup. Apologies were read by Lion Bob<br />

Rodgers.<br />

Lion Malcolm McCormick proposed a<br />

toast to the Visitors which was replyed toby<br />

DG Christine Stewart. Lion Joe Butchard then<br />

toasted Lions International outlining the work<br />

that LCIF does around the world to elevate<br />

disasters andvariousmedical problems which<br />

has continued by the 1.4million members of<br />

the Lions Clubs which was started by Melvin<br />

Jones in Chicago in 1917.<br />

VDG Garth Bateup replyed on behalf of<br />

Lions Club International. AToast to Wives and<br />

Partners was proposed by Lion Trevor<br />

Andrews and replyed to by Stephanie<br />

Butchard. Grace and Thought for the Day was<br />

read by Margaret Pawsey.<br />

DG Christinethen inductedanew member,<br />

Mr. Dennis Bird, into the Club. Dennis was<br />

sponsored by Lion Jim Young and he was<br />

welcomed and wished all the best by those<br />

present.<br />

Presidents Appreciation Club Awards were<br />

presented by DG Christine toLion Bob Crane<br />

and Lion Derek Prebble. Lion Trevor Tindall &<br />

Robin Ford 10 year chevron; Lion Graeme<br />

Mabley 20 year chevron; Lion Derek Prebble<br />

25 year chevron; Lion Arthur Pawsey 40 year<br />

chevron; & Lion Murray Falconer 50year<br />

chevron. The prestigious Melvin Jones Fellowship<br />

Award for exceptional services to Lions<br />

over along period of years were presented to<br />

Lion Bob Rodgers and Lion John Lynch.<br />

The Presidents Report was read onbehalf<br />

of Robert Spencer by MC Milner Jacob.<br />

In Roberts comprehensive report he thanked<br />

theClub Membership for another successful<br />

year and lamented the loss of four members<br />

during the year being; Lions Noel Lowe, Ron<br />

Paterson,Owen Everestand past member Jim<br />

Allison. These members gave their all for<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Pakeke Lions.<br />

He concluded that another successful<br />

Charity Market had been run.<br />

Induction of the New Board for <strong>2022</strong>/23<br />

was performed by VDG Garth Bateup in the<br />

absence of President Elec. Lion Jim Young<br />

who honoured his oath of office bytelephone.<br />

Lion Dave Bennett read Jim Youngs acceptance<br />

speech whose theme for the year is “Be<br />

Realistic -Yet Optimistic”. All members of the<br />

board were invited to stand at the front of the<br />

gathering to honour their oath. VDG Garth<br />

thanked Lion Robert for his year asPresident<br />

and wished the Club and new President Lion<br />

Jim Young all the best for the coming year.<br />

Lion Jim Martin thanked DG Christine forall<br />

her help, during what was adifficult year, and<br />

presented her with flowers.<br />

Raffles were drawn and Tailtwister Trevor<br />

Andrews fined members for misdemeanors<br />

that had happened to them during the month.<br />

MC Milner thanked all present for attending<br />

and the meeting concluded with the singing of<br />

the National Anthem. Members showed their<br />

appreciation to Milner for officiating the evening.<br />

The <strong>July</strong> Meeting of the LadiesCraft Group<br />

is to be held on Monday 11th <strong>July</strong> at Edith<br />

Paterson’s Home at10a.m.


FEATURE<br />

40 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

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HOME &GARDEN<br />

Colour use to give aroom atmosphere<br />

BY VIVIENNE JAMES<br />

Whether we like it or not colour<br />

plays asignificant role in our<br />

lives, our homes, and our<br />

health,exertinganinfluence<br />

on our state of mind,our<br />

behaviour, and our<br />

personalities.<br />

In our homes we use colour to<br />

add or subtract dimensionstoa<br />

room, to add warmth, light, and<br />

atmosphere.<br />

Helen Keller (1880 –1968)<br />

blind and deaf from infancy,<br />

described colour to her as; “I<br />

understand how scarletcan<br />

differ from crimson because I<br />

know thatthe smell of an<br />

orangeisnot the smell of a<br />

grapefruit.<br />

‘‘In smelland taste there are<br />

variations not broad enough to<br />

be fundamental; so, Icall them<br />

shades.<br />

‘‘Theforce of association<br />

drives me to say that white is<br />

exultant, pure greenis<br />

exuberant, and red suggests<br />

love, shame, or strength.<br />

‘‘Withoutcolourorits<br />

equivalent life to me would be<br />

dark and barren.Avast<br />

blackness.”<br />

Colour is so important to our<br />

daily lives that we havea<br />

language of colour:<br />

Green with envy, red rag to a<br />

bull, black holeof Calcutta,<br />

white lie, blue collar workers.<br />

So now we understand just<br />

what an important role colour<br />

plays in our lives, let’s look at<br />

the colour wheel.<br />

In 1660 Sir Isaac Newton<br />

directed abeam of light<br />

through aprism to achieve an<br />

effectsimilar to that of a<br />

rainbow and the worlds’ first<br />

colourwheel was born.<br />

If you are floundering, as<br />

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wheel, they are brimming with<br />

information, yourlocal colour<br />

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Used to guide the eyes<br />

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Used for changing the<br />

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deserving.<br />

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Look for the elementthat will<br />

lay the groundwork for the<br />

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the window frames, existing<br />

carpet, wooden flooring or<br />

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the room? Doesthe room need<br />

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dissonance? Do you wish to<br />

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room?<br />

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When planning your<br />

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Getting the most from garden crops<br />

Vegetables<br />

Crop rotation may sound<br />

overly scientific for the<br />

ordinary gardener but it is an<br />

important way of getting the<br />

most from the vegetable garden<br />

and, at the same time,<br />

minimising the risk of diseases<br />

such as club root in cabbages or<br />

basal rot (caused by Fusarium<br />

oxysporum) in onions, garlic<br />

and leeks.<br />

Designed so crops take<br />

different minerals from the soil<br />

each year, good rotation will<br />

take account of chemical and<br />

physical differences between<br />

plants. The basic rule is never<br />

to grow plants from the same<br />

family or type in the same spot<br />

two years in arow.<br />

Leaving aside perennial<br />

vegetables such as rhubarb,<br />

globe artichokes and asparagus<br />

which stay in the same plot,<br />

divide your garden into three<br />

areas.<br />

Make alist of what crops can<br />

be grouped: potatoes, celery,<br />

leeks, carrots, parsnips and<br />

beetroot in one group; peas,<br />

beans (all types), onions and<br />

spinach in the second; and<br />

brassicas (including brussels<br />

sprouts, cabbages, broccoli,<br />

cauliflowers and kohl rabi) in<br />

the third. Grow them by groups<br />

this coming season.<br />

In the secondseason, growtaprooted<br />

plants (group one) in plot<br />

three, the groundpreviously<br />

used for brassicas. Put potatoes<br />

and the onion family into area<br />

one and brassicas in the<br />

remaining part of the garden.<br />

Year three sees brassicas in plot<br />

one, tap­rooted plantsinbed two<br />

and onionsaswell as potatoes in<br />

the third section.<br />

Continuethispracticein<br />

subsequent years. Agarden diary<br />

may make it easier to remember<br />

the movements or draw a<br />

computer­generated planand<br />

mark whatwas sown or planted<br />

where, with planting or sowing<br />

dates.<br />

Flowers<br />

Rose­planting time has arrived<br />

and nurseriessoon will be full of<br />

this most popular shrub. In a<br />

perfect world, the gardener<br />

wouldhave deeplydug the spot<br />

for newrosessome weeks ago to<br />

give the ground timetosettle<br />

naturally beforeplanting.<br />

In reality, this may not be done<br />

untilthe roses have been bought,<br />

so put the bare­rooted roses in a<br />

corner of the vegetable garden<br />

untilthe siteisready.<br />

Dig out holesfor roses1m<br />

apartand about 30cm deep. The<br />

depthdepends on the soiltype.<br />

Shallowerisbest in heavysoil<br />

but deeper holes are<br />

recommendedinlight, sandy<br />

soilsthatbecome hot and dry<br />

during summer. The holes should<br />

be wideenough to allow the roots<br />

to lie without obstruction. Help<br />

them rest slightly downwards by<br />

forming aslight moundinthe<br />

centre of the hole. Cover with<br />

goodsoil andapplycommercial<br />

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Fruit<br />

Winter spraying of applesand<br />

pears with awinteroil spray will<br />

helpcontrol woolly aphids, scale<br />

insects and red spider. If you<br />

prefer not to spray,attracting<br />

waxeyes to the garden by putting<br />

ashallow container of sugar<br />

water on or near fruit treeswill<br />

encourage themtoclean up bugs.<br />

Goodgarden hygiene is also<br />

important in preventing or<br />

controlling disease.Any fruit<br />

remaining on treesoronthe<br />

ground through the winter may<br />

be asource of primary infection<br />

and should be removed.<br />

Apple trees infestedwith<br />

woolly aphids and pears with<br />

scale insects or red spidershould<br />

be given awinter oil spray.<br />

Thoroughly cover all parts of the<br />

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RESULTS<br />

Aorangi Stylemaster Golf<br />

Played on Thursday 23 June<br />

at Temuka, Temuka and<br />

Mayfield take outStylemaster<br />

Foursomes title.<br />

Fourteen clubs competed in<br />

the Aorangi Women's<br />

Stylemaster competitionheld<br />

atTemukaGolf Club on<br />

Thursday 23 June in very cold<br />

conditions. Two pairs from<br />

each club played afoursomes<br />

competitionwith the team with<br />

the bestcombined net score<br />

winningthe Stylemaster Tray.<br />

The Temuka andMayfield<br />

teamsboth finished with net<br />

scoresof149,tohold the trophy<br />

jointly.<br />

Results:Stylemaster Tray,<br />

Temuka:Frances Mulvey and<br />

Robyn Will (73), Jenny Bolitho<br />

and Brenda Davies (76 )net 149<br />

Mayfield:Sue Grahamand<br />

Juliet McLeod (74), Christine<br />

Ross and Alison Vessey(75) net<br />

149.<br />

Runners ­up, Pleasant Point:<br />

Ali Barrett andAngelaCurry<br />

(71), RoseAllisonand Joan<br />

Greer (79) net 150.<br />

Methven Jug:Best pair not in<br />

the winningteam,Ali Barrett<br />

and AngelaCurry net 71<br />

(Pleasant Point).<br />

Runners ­up, BevConlan and<br />

DiCleveland, net 76 (North<br />

Otago), Marie Anderson and<br />

Lyn Dobson, net76(Fairlie),<br />

Marilyn Duthie and Isabell<br />

Bond,net 76 (Lower Waitaki),<br />

Two's: Susan Brown and<br />

Miriam Burnside(Timaru).<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> GolfClub 9Holers<br />

Last week, the winnersof<br />

round 5Gordon Clinton Putting<br />

Trophywere André van Rooyen<br />

&MurrayLister(17)followed<br />

by Gordon Clinton(18). The<br />

winners of round5Jean<br />

DrummondPutting Trophy<br />

were Robynne Nicoll &Janice<br />

Dunlop(16) followed by Elaine<br />

King (17). Murray Listerscored<br />

aSmith &Church Gobbleron<br />

the 6th hole.On7th <strong>July</strong>, we<br />

willplayround 5Heather<br />

Smith Trophy, Stableford and<br />

on the14th, best net, including<br />

Club Champs Qualifier4.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> MSAPetanque<br />

Club<br />

Silver Tray Challenge played<br />

at Papanui 10­7­<strong>2022</strong>, Wonby<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Doubles points:­ <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

36, Papanui 24.<br />

Triples points:­ <strong>Ashburton</strong> 19,<br />

Papanui 5<br />

Endtotals:­ <strong>Ashburton</strong> 55,<br />

Papanui 29.<br />

Allenton Bowling Club<br />

Winter BowlsResults: On<br />

Wednesday 29th June another<br />

round of the Kiddey Cup was<br />

contested and results were: 1ST<br />

Donalda Watson, Allan Miller 3<br />

wins 18 ends 35 points.2nd<br />

Denys McEvedy, Graeme<br />

Clarke3wins16ends 34 points,<br />

3rd Rosemary Bennett, Sandra<br />

Holdom2wins 15 ends 37<br />

points.<br />

On Saturday 2nd <strong>July</strong> another<br />

round of 2bowltriples and<br />

results were:<br />

1st Brent Mayson, Barry<br />

Molloy,Millie Foggo3wins 16<br />

ends 26 points,2nd Rosemary<br />

Bennett,Mike Quinn, Sandra<br />

Holdom2wins 19 ends 37<br />

points, 3rd Bob Holdom,Marty<br />

Watson, Alastair Thomson2<br />

wins 19 ends 36 points.<br />

UpcomingEvents Winter<br />

Bowls, Friday 8th <strong>July</strong>, 3Bowl<br />

Triples 12.00pm start, Saturday<br />

9th <strong>July</strong> 2­4­2 Pairs 12.00 pm<br />

start. Good bowlingeveryone.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> GolfClub<br />

Saturday 2/7/<strong>2022</strong>, Competition:<br />

President’s Cup & Plate<br />

Semi­finals + Stableford<br />

Round, President Cup<br />

Matchplay winners were; Peter<br />

Walker & Brent MacGregor,<br />

President Plate Match play<br />

winners were; Jordan Bird &<br />

Paddy Bradford.<br />

Radius Care Winner over the<br />

Field: Brendon Davidson<br />

78­7­71 37pts, 2nd David Rush<br />

37pts, 3rd Al Jopson 36pts.<br />

Other good scores were;<br />

Hilary Lovett 36pts, Terry Molloy<br />

36pts, Bev Chinn 36pts,<br />

Sebastian McMillan 36pts, Tom<br />

Blacklow 36pts,<br />

Paul May 35pts, Dylan Stoddart<br />

35pts, James McFarlane<br />

35pts, Ryan Stoddart 35pts,<br />

Dave Morrison 35pts, Terry<br />

McMillan 35pts, Don McQuarters<br />

35pts, Brent Smith 34pts,<br />

Ray Lambert 34pts, Terry Kingsbury<br />

34pts &Robbie Bell 34 pts<br />

Two’s: Dave Morrison x2,<br />

Peter walker, Paul May, Hayden<br />

McMillan, Sebastian<br />

McMillan, Hilary Lovett, Ron<br />

Carlson, Brent Smith, Ryan<br />

Stoddart &Kevin Smith<br />

Nearest The Pins: Hole 4#<br />

South IslandSeedProcessing&<br />

Storage Co: Chris Robertson<br />

Hole 8# Value Plus: Sebastian<br />

McMillan, Hole 12# 3<br />

Stooges (Brown Bombers):<br />

Dave Morrison<br />

Hole14# Mitre 10 <strong>Ashburton</strong>:<br />

Royce Jamieson, Hole 6# Hamish<br />

Niles Shout: Matt Tait<br />

Hole 9# Ton’s Thai: Chris<br />

Lovelock<br />

Birdie Jackpot Hole No7#<br />

Nett Eagle Jackpot Hole No<br />

17#<br />

Tinwald Tavern Bonus Spot<br />

Prize: Chris Robertson<br />

HARVEY BAKEHOUSE<br />

9Hole Competition:<br />

Stableford Round<br />

1st: Harvey Bakehouse Winner:<br />

Wendy Hopwood 18pts<br />

2nd Peter Woods 16pts<br />

3rd Gordon Clinton 15pts<br />

4th Elaine King 15pts<br />

Mid Canterbury Social<br />

Wheelers<br />

27 riders. 16km. 2nd <strong>July</strong> 22.<br />

1st. Pam Harcourt 31m 00s. 2nd.<br />

Kenny Johnston 30m 31s. 3rd.<br />

Lucy Kirwan 30m 32s. 4th. Ron<br />

Kennedy 31m 03s. 5th. Brent<br />

Hudson 30m 33s. 6th. Kimberly<br />

Marshall 26m 34s. 7th. Dave<br />

Shurrock 31m 05s. 8th. Paul<br />

Hands 31m 06s. 9th. Alan Johns<br />

31m <strong>07</strong>s. 10th. Liz Wylie 31m<br />

08s. 11th. Ross Proctor 31m 13s.<br />

12th. Noel Henderson 26m 57s.<br />

13th. Roger Wilson 27m 03s.<br />

14th. Charlotte Cox 27m 05s.<br />

15th. Mark Smitheram 28m 04s.<br />

16th.Matt Marshall 28m 28s.<br />

17th. Kristine Marriott 25m 29s.<br />

18th. Ross Templeton 25m 30s.<br />

19th. Nick Grijns 25m 30s. 20th.<br />

Richard Kirwan 26m 41s. 21st.<br />

Dave Knight 24m 00s F/T. 22nd.<br />

Tony Ward 24m 01s. 2f/t. 23rd.<br />

BradHudson24m 01s. 3f/t. 24th.<br />

Michael Gallagher 24m 02s. 4f/t.<br />

25th. Rob Hooper 24m 03s. 5f/t.<br />

26th. Mike Hansen 24m03s. 6f/t.<br />

27th. Doug Coley 27m 41s.<br />

Tinwald Cycling U17<br />

Development.<br />

Sunday 3rd <strong>July</strong> 22. Open 1.2<br />

Time trial .1st. Ryan Gallagher<br />

2m 11s. 2nd. Eliza McKenzie 2m<br />

14s. 3rd. Charlotte Neal 2m 20s.<br />

4th. Nick Dalley 2m 44s.Graded<br />

Results. A. 1st. Ryan Gallagher,<br />

2nd. Eliza McKenzie. B. 1st.<br />

Charlotte Neal. D. 1st. Nick<br />

Dalley. Open 8km Handicap.<br />

1st. Charlotte Neal 16m 38s.<br />

2nd. Ryan Gallagher 15m 00s.<br />

3rd. Eliza McKenzie 15m 01s.<br />

4th. Nick Dalley 22m 21s.<br />

Graded Results. A. Ryan Gallagher<br />

.2nd. Eliza McKenzie.B.<br />

Charlotte Neal. D. Nick Dalley .<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Bridge Club<br />

Monday Evening –June 27th,<br />

Individual &Walker Trophies<br />

1st Allison &Chris Lovelock,<br />

2nd Dee Murdoch & Bronwyn<br />

Oakley, 3rd Ken Kingsland &<br />

Stylemaster Tray, from front left: Juliet McLeod, Sue Graham,<br />

Alison Vessey, Christine Ross (Mayfield), middle left: Frances<br />

Mulvey, Jenny Bolitho, Brenda Davies, back: Robyn Will (Temuka).<br />

JohnRickard, 4th Amanda Watson<br />

&Amanda Evans, 5th Bruce<br />

Heather Sim, 6th Bev Blair &<br />

Anne Gilbert<br />

Tuesday Evening –June 28th,<br />

Ron Sutherland Trophy<br />

1st Rewa Kyle &Trish Downward,<br />

2nd Eric Parr & Val<br />

Palmer, 3rdJudith Edmond &<br />

Mary Buckland, 4th Sue<br />

Rosevear & Maryke Blignault,<br />

5th Linda Baker &Leigh Wackrow,<br />

6th Audrey Rooney &Pat<br />

Jordan<br />

Wednesday Afternoon­ June<br />

29th, Individual Ladder<br />

1st Rewa Kyle & Maree<br />

Moore, 2nd Wendy &Eric Parr,<br />

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3rd John Irwin &Bev Macaulay,<br />

4th Alan Wright &Peter Wilson,<br />

5th Mary Buckland&Rosemary<br />

McLaughlin 6th Bruce &<br />

Heather Sim<br />

Thursday Evening – June<br />

30th, Smith Trophy<br />

N/S 1st Linda Baker&Audrey<br />

Rooney, 2nd Jan de Jong &<br />

Maree Moore, 3rd Bev Turton &<br />

Rewa Kyle<br />

E/W 1st JanMcClelland &Jim<br />

Rooney, 2nd Dee Murdoch &<br />

Eric Parr, 3rd Colin Clemens &<br />

Wendy Parr<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> MSA Pétanque<br />

Club<br />

Pétanque club played the silver<br />

tray challenge against<br />

Papanui pétanque club at<br />

Papanui. This tournament has<br />

been played since 2015 with<br />

Papanui winning every year.<br />

This time <strong>Ashburton</strong> finally<br />

bought the silver tray home<br />

winning 55 to 29.congratulations<br />

to the 12 players from<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Golf Club, Ladies<br />

Golf<br />

Saturday 2nd &Tuesday 5th<br />

<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

LGUSilver –Vicki Moore–73<br />

on c/b from Wendy Parr<br />

Bronze I–Hilary Ward, Kay<br />

Fox –72<br />

Bronze II–Erin Porter –70,<br />

Trish Robertson ­72<br />

Nearest the Pins<br />

No 4 Chevalier Farm Ltd –<br />

Wendy Parr<br />

No 8Samantha Rose Flowers<br />

–Jan McArthur<br />

No 12 Lynn’s small Salon –<br />

Vicki Moore<br />

No 14 Todd’s of <strong>Ashburton</strong> –<br />

Not Struck<br />

No 18 2nd Shot –Sue Letham<br />

Twos: CatherineTrott, Sheryl<br />

Reid –No8,Sharon Bradford –<br />

No 14.<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Veterans Golf<br />

Results of play 4th <strong>July</strong> at<br />

Rakaia Golf Club: 1st= Mark<br />

O'Malley and Jim Lattimore 43,<br />

2nd = David Fisher and AG<br />

Hortin 42, 3rd=Neal Jones and<br />

Brian Fielder 3<br />

TwosMark O'Malley and Neal<br />

Jones.<br />

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Mayfield <strong>July</strong> 18th.<br />

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Supporting the community<br />

96 Tancred Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Phone 3<strong>07</strong>8317<br />

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OH BABY!<br />

Let<br />

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newarrival...<br />

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Baby Page completely free of charge.<br />

Simply post or email aphotoofthe new<br />

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office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz.<br />

Photos forAugust4to<br />

be received by 12 noon<br />

TuesdayAugust 2<br />

Donatedcots to supportprematurebabies<br />

The Rapid Relief Team charity has<br />

donated20newborncots to Christchurch<br />

Women’s Hospital as a way to cope<br />

with increasing demand in its neonatal<br />

intensivecareunit.<br />

Rapid Relief Team (RRT) provided the<br />

much-needed cots to the unit after<br />

reports of a significant increase in babies<br />

requiring care.<br />

The growth in the number of babies<br />

requiring specialised care led to bed<br />

shortages, placing immense pressure on<br />

hospital resourcesand staff.<br />

Rapid Relief Team New Zealand general<br />

manager Paul Simmons said RRT<br />

volunteers were shocked to hear of the<br />

bed shortages so jumped into action to<br />

assist.<br />

“The shortage of neonatal ICU beds mean<br />

that vulnerable babies are inless than<br />

ideal cots forthe deliveryofcare. We have<br />

also heard reports of cramped clinical<br />

rooms and lack of privacy amongst the<br />

patients,” Paul said.<br />

“We know how challenging this time is<br />

for parents and equally the healthcare<br />

staff, soweare pleased to donate these<br />

specialised cots to help relieve some<br />

pressure faced and provide more user<br />

andbabyfriendly cots.”<br />

The neonatal unit cares for infants born<br />

prematurely, or with surgical, congenital<br />

and medical complications.<br />

Christchurch Women’s Hospital neonatal<br />

nurse manager Debbie O’Donoghue said<br />

the extra cots would be agreat help to<br />

families and staff.<br />

“Towards the end of ababy’s neonatal<br />

journey oncemedically stable,babiesare<br />

able to graduate into acot. These new<br />

specialised cots donated byRRT will be<br />

of great benefit tothe neonatal service.<br />

Unlike our previous traditional cots, they<br />

areheightadjustable.<br />

‘‘These new cots allow for care to be<br />

delivered to meet the comfort and<br />

safety for both parents and staff alike.<br />

This improves the working environment<br />

for staff and improves accessibility and<br />

comfortfor parents when caring fortheir<br />

babies in NICU,” she said.<br />

RRT donated five specialised cots to<br />

Starship Children’s Hospital last year<br />

after responding to amother’s plea for<br />

support. It was also a donation well<br />

received.<br />

Starship Children’s Hospital nurse unit<br />

manager Dawn Tucker said the timing of<br />

the donation could not have been better,with<br />

cots checked out and in use within the hour of<br />

the arriving.<br />

“We knew there was a desperate need for<br />

further support so we reached out to the<br />

Canterbury DHB to offer further assistance,”<br />

Paul said.<br />

The donation was made possible by RRT<br />

thanks to the valued support ofthe National<br />

AssistanceFund (NAF).<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

17A NORMANDY STREET 4 2 2<br />

ONCE ASHOW HOME /FAMILY LIVING<br />

Affordable near new home beautifully<br />

maintained•Open plan kitchen/dining/living<br />

•Sep. lounge •Sep. washhouse •WIR •Over<br />

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7CHAPMAN STREET 2 2 4<br />

RAKAIA BUSINESS CENTRE<br />

An entrylevel solid investment. Large 2023m2<br />

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to purchase for business or investment<br />

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114 THOMSON STREET 3 1 1<br />

CUTE AND COMPACT IN TINWALD<br />

3 bdrm home with easy care fully fenced<br />

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School! O/p living allows for easy heating<br />

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Int. access single garage. Freshly painted<br />

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Manu Otene 022 308 6885<br />

3DAVIS CRESCENT 6 2 1<br />

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1946 ARNOLD VALLEY ROAD<br />

BUILD OR BANK THE LAND!<br />

These exceptionally private sections offer the<br />

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Asking Price $259,000 +GST (if any)<br />

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45 TANCRED STREET 4 1 6<br />

HOME W/GARAGING +SUBDIVISION<br />

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$689,000<br />

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21 CHURCH STREET 3 1 -<br />

DO THE MAHI GET THE TREATS<br />

•3bedrooms •1Bathroom with shower &<br />

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46 CAMBRIDGE STREET 4 1 2<br />

4+BEDROOM FAMILY HOME!<br />

Location is perfect for family living, right next<br />

door to a kindergarten, short walk to the<br />

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51 MAYFIELD KLONDYKE ROAD<br />

PICTURESQUE VIEWS LIFESTYLE SECTION<br />

•1.31ha &1.26ha Bareland •Residential D•1<br />

min to Mayfield shops •26min to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Set back from the road with shared<br />

driveway, the spectacular property covers 2<br />

sections of flat land &positioned for the sun<br />

&Mountains. Opportunity to subdivide down<br />

to 4000m2 (subject to survey). PBN<br />

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NEW LISTING<br />

Methven 83 Barkers Road<br />

Premium property,premium location<br />

Neatly positioned on arearsectioninaquiet subdivision, this home sitsonabeautifully landscaped 832sqmfenced<br />

section.Function, form and conveniencemake thishome abrilliant choice forprofessional couples, retiredfolk,<br />

holidaymakers,families, or investors. Thehomeboasts three spacious double bedrooms, all with built-inwardrobes.<br />

The masterbedroomfeaturesawalk-in wardrobe and dressingroom, as well as adisability access ensuite. The<br />

family bathroomincludes astandalone vanity withabath andaseparate shower.There is also an additional<br />

separatetoiletwith avanity unit. This home wasbuilt with winterinmind. Theheatpump,electric heating and wood<br />

burner are complemented by thewall, ceiling,and floor insulation anddouble-glazed windows.<br />

3 2 2 2<br />

Deadline Sale (unlesssoldprior) 2pm, Thu21Jul <strong>2022</strong><br />

View by appointment<br />

Fee Ensor<br />

021705 014<br />

fee.ensor@bayleys.co.nz<br />

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

bayleys.co.nz/5518811<br />

NEW LISTING<br />

Methven Lot 174 Arrowsmith Drive, Camrose Estate<br />

Boundary lines are indicative only<br />

Invest in your lifestyle<br />

Be quicktosecure this perfectlypositioned 705sqm<br />

(moreorless) sectionlocatedinthe highly sought-after<br />

CamroseEstate, Methven. The section position and<br />

orientationswillensureafternoonsun into your<br />

outdoor livingarea.<br />

Located within easy reach of Flow Pool andStudio,<br />

Opuke ThermalPools and Spa,localshops,eateries,<br />

and schools. You will also have the convenience of<br />

havingamultitude of recreationalactivities at your<br />

doorstep,includingskiing,mountain biking, fishing,and<br />

hiking.<br />

Secure this site today, plan your home, ring your builder<br />

and be readytoget building when titlesare issuedearly<br />

next year.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518862<br />

705sqm<br />

For Saleoffers invited over $250,000<br />

View by appointment<br />

Fee Ensor<br />

021 705014<br />

fee.ensor@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERSLTD,BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA2008<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> 132 Burnett Street<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> officebuilding<br />

Perfectly positionedinthe heartof <strong>Ashburton</strong>'s CBD<br />

are theseattractive andmodern office premises.<br />

Recently refurbished with an extension added in 2013,<br />

thisbuilding could presentthe perfectopportunity to<br />

occupyortenantand enjoy thereturns.<br />

With an NBSrating of 67%,the property is currently<br />

leased for$85,500 plusGST plus outgoings until mid-<br />

<strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong>.<br />

Included with the property are six off-street carparks<br />

andthereisplenty of on-roadparking forclients.<br />

Vendors are willing to entertain options of alease.<br />

LIM is available on request.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518123<br />

909sqm<br />

Price by Negotiation<br />

View by appointment<br />

Ray Knight<br />

027 4340139<br />

ray.knight@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERSLTD,BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA2008<br />

FINAL NOTICE<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> 92 EastStreet<br />

Vacantcommercialland<br />

Located in the main street of <strong>Ashburton</strong>, 92 East Street<br />

comprises a2<strong>07</strong>sqm freehold title ready for immediate<br />

occupation or development.<br />

Set between two existing buildings withaccess from<br />

East Street and Dobson Street,this propertywill suit a<br />

widerange of buyers includingdevelopers, owner<br />

occupiersand land bankers.<br />

Takeadvantage of this rareopportunitytopurchase a<br />

vacant commercialsection in <strong>Ashburton</strong>township.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518749<br />

2<strong>07</strong>sqm<br />

DeadlineSale (unless sold prior) 12pm, Fri 8Jul <strong>2022</strong><br />

201 West Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

View by appointment<br />

Ray Knight<br />

027 4340139<br />

ray.knight@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERSLTD,BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA2008<br />

bayleys.co.nz


FINAL NOTICE<br />

Allenton 4/131 Harrison Street<br />

Is it time to downsize?<br />

This practical, comfortable, sunny 130sqm stand-alone<br />

townhouse offers low-maintenance living in Allenton.<br />

Comprising openplanliving, diningand kitchen,two<br />

bedrooms,bathroom, separatetoilet, separate laundry<br />

along with an internalaccess double garagewith<br />

automatic opener, this house wouldbeasolidchoice<br />

for thoselooking to downsize.<br />

Setoffthe road,this rear townhouseisheated by aheat<br />

pump, nitestore heater and is partially double-glazed<br />

whereyou needitmost; ensuringcomfortall year<br />

round.<br />

Move in andadd your owntouchestomakethishouse<br />

yourhome.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518739<br />

2 1 1 2<br />

DeadlineSale (unless sold prior) 12pm, Fri 8Jul <strong>2022</strong><br />

201 West Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

View by appointment<br />

Ray Knight<br />

027 4340139<br />

ray.knight@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERSLTD,BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA2008<br />

OPEN HOME<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> 97 Wills Street<br />

Timeless character villa<br />

This timeless 1910svilla is built to lastwithmany of the<br />

original features;ornatefinials, high-studceilings, rimu<br />

flooringand stained-glass accents.<br />

The 193sqm homecomprises fourgenerousdouble<br />

bedrooms which areaccessedfromacentralhallway.<br />

Onehas an additional spacethat canbeusedasan<br />

office,sunroom,orwalk-in wardrobe.<br />

Thefamilybathroom hasashower over the bath,<br />

vanity, and toilet, with a second shower andtoilet<br />

besidethe laundry. Aspacious loungeadjoins the<br />

modernisedgalley-style kitchen anddining area.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518725<br />

1,014sqm 4 1 1 2<br />

For Saleoffers invitedover $649,000<br />

View Sun 3-3.30pm or by appointment<br />

Sam Gregory<br />

021 0283 8791<br />

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

WHALAN AND PARTNERSLTD,BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA2008<br />

Boundarylines are indicative only<br />

Lake Hood 14 West Bay Place<br />

Secure yourspot<br />

Thosewanting to build in the highly sought-after Lake<br />

Hood will be drawn to this1,026sqmsection in West<br />

Bay Place.Borderingacanal andset at the endofthe<br />

cul-de-sac, with power, water,andsewer available at<br />

theboundary, it's theperfect blank canvas to design a<br />

waterfronthome. House plans designedbyMoore<br />

ArchitectureLimited havebeen approved andare<br />

available to view onrequest.The makingsofaprivate<br />

jetty have already started, with the remainingtimber<br />

available as an additional purchase. Locatedinthe<br />

perfect spotfor all kinds of water sports and<br />

recreationalactivities, with theadded bonus of the<br />

popular LakeHouse restaurantashort walk away, this<br />

section is onlyminutesawayfrom the<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

township.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518032<br />

1,026sqm<br />

Price by Negotiation<br />

View by appointment<br />

MikePreston<br />

027 43<strong>07</strong>041<br />

mike.preston@bayleys.co.nz<br />

SimonSharpin<br />

027 631 8087<br />

simon.sharpin@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERSLTD,BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA2008<br />

Mayfield Lot2Arundel Rakaia GorgeRoad<br />

The hardworkisdone<br />

Located on the edgeofthe Mayfield township is this<br />

threebedroom, onebathroom home.Recently<br />

relocatedfrom Christchurch,thishouseon4,575sqm<br />

(subject to finalsurvey) of land isthe perfect startfor<br />

thosewanting thecountrylifestyle. Having been<br />

recently renovatedfrom toptotoe thisisanexcellent<br />

opportunity to own apropertywherethe hard workis<br />

alldone. Featuring anew kitchen, bathroom, roof and<br />

carpet as well as beingrewired and plumbed with a<br />

newheatpump installedpriortosettlement,thishome<br />

needs to be seentobeappreciated. Openplan living<br />

andexternalaccess fromthe kitchentoawest facing<br />

deck, withfantasticviews to themountains ensure it is<br />

theperfectplace to host family and friends.<br />

bayleys.co.nz/5518426<br />

4,575sqm 3 1 1<br />

Asking Price $510,000<br />

View by appointment<br />

Simon Sharpin<br />

027 631 8087<br />

simon.sharpin@bayleys.co.nz<br />

Mike Preston<br />

027 43<strong>07</strong>041<br />

mike.preston@bayleys.co.nz<br />

WHALAN AND PARTNERSLTD,BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA2008<br />

ABOUT<br />

MIKE PRESTON<br />

Mike is a Rural and Lifestyle specialist and with over twelve years in the<br />

industry, he is consistently one of Bayleys’ top sales people nationwide.<br />

Contact Mike and trust him to help you make your next move.<br />

Mike Preston<br />

027 430 7041 03 3<strong>07</strong> 7377<br />

mike.preston@bayleys.co.nz<br />

Residential / Commercial / Rural / Property Services<br />

bayleys.co.nz


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SATURDAY 9THJULY<br />

8Avalon Grove,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 3 1 2 AHB30325<br />

2Davis Crescent, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 3 1 0 AHB30306<br />

1/63 Short Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:00-10:30am 2 1 1 AHB30313<br />

37 Geoff Geering Drive, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:30-11:00am 4 2 2 AHB30244<br />

79 Pages Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:45-11:15am 4 2 2 AHB30257<br />

197 Walnut Avenue,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:30-11:00am 3 1 3 AHB30322<br />

30 Churchill Avenue, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 10:30-11:00am 3 1 1 AHB30317<br />

13 Millibrook Place, Tinwald 11:00-11:30am 3 2 2 AHB30263<br />

2Turton Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:00-11:30am 3 1 2 AHB30326<br />

17 Kitchener Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:15-11:45am 3 1 2 AHB30259<br />

73 Belt Road, <strong>Ashburton</strong> 11:30-12:00pm 3 1 1 AHB303<strong>07</strong><br />

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NEWS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

51<br />

Close­knit relationships keep craft alive<br />

Blade­shearingmightbe<br />

something of adying art ­and<br />

Mid Canterbury hasits own<br />

stalwarts ­but, asAllied Press<br />

rural editor Sally Rae<br />

discovers, there is awoolshed<br />

in the Maniototo whereithas<br />

been going strong for the past<br />

six decades.<br />

RonnyHillcouldhave been<br />

soakingupthe warmer climes<br />

of Australia’s Gold Coastlast<br />

month.<br />

Instead, theDunedin­based<br />

shearing contractor was in the<br />

Maniototo where he woketo<br />

crisp frosty days, the<br />

temperature sagely described<br />

by one of hiscrewas‘‘minus<br />

quite afew’’.<br />

His family had headed to<br />

Brisbane on holidayto<br />

celebrate the 40th birthdayof<br />

his wife Tracey’s sister.<br />

Butfor Mr Hill, he was<br />

sticking to an annual<br />

appointment he has kept<br />

regularly since 1978 and one<br />

that his late father Ronkept<br />

prior to that.<br />

For the annual bladeshearing<br />

pilgrimage to the<br />

Smith family’s property<br />

Glenspec, near Naseby,<br />

celebrates 60 yearsthis year.<br />

Ron Hillstarted ashearing<br />

contracting business in 1961,<br />

based in Kurow,and Glenspec<br />

was oneofhis first sheds.<br />

Ronny, who took over therun<br />

with his wife Tracey in 1997,<br />

reckoned he had been shearing<br />

at Glenspec since1978 andhad<br />

not missedayear.<br />

Thisyear, acrew of about 15,<br />

including eight shearers, had<br />

9500sheep to shear.<br />

‘‘Wejust do it every day ’til<br />

the job’s done,’’ Mr Hill said.<br />

Relationships withfarmers<br />

like Phil andDonna Smith—<br />

and previously Phil’s parents<br />

Basil andValerie —were<br />

something he valued<br />

immensely.<br />

‘‘I wouldn’t be doing it now if<br />

it wasn’t for therelationships I<br />

have. I’ve shorn alot of places<br />

now second­generation. If I<br />

didn’t turn up, I’d feel likeI’ve<br />

let themdown,’’hesaid.<br />

Mr Smith said blade­shearing<br />

suitedthe family’s farming<br />

operation; rather than being in<br />

one block,the operation was<br />

very spread out. It totalled<br />

1500ha, plus the family’s<br />

shareholding in the Soldiers<br />

Syndicate.<br />

He described it as a‘‘massive<br />

insurancepolicy’’,asthey did<br />

nothavetoworry about snow,<br />

rain and wind.<br />

‘‘It’s just ahuge benefit for us,<br />

stockhealthwise. Dadtried<br />

cover combs for acoupleof<br />

years andwentstraight back to<br />

blades.’’<br />

He also liked the atmosphere<br />

in the shed, without thenoise of<br />

machines, and it meantthat the<br />

sheep werealso very settled<br />

andeasy to penup.<br />

Mr Hill said it was acloseknit<br />

crew —they slept together,<br />

atetogether andworked<br />

together so it was important<br />

that they all goton.<br />

At Glenspec, the shearers’<br />

quarters were originally the<br />

milking shed forNaseby,where<br />

Basil Smith used to milk cows,<br />

anditwas converted into<br />

quarters about1972.<br />

There were only threebladeshearinggangs<br />

left in New<br />

Zealand,the other twobeing in<br />

❛Wejust do it every<br />

day ’tilthe job’s<br />

done❜<br />

—RonnyHill<br />

NorthCanterbury.<br />

Theblade­shearing season<br />

ranfrom June until theend of<br />

Octoberand attracting blade<br />

shearers was ‘‘definitely not<br />

getting easier’’, Mr Hillsaid.<br />

He tried to start alearner<br />

each year; they would begin on<br />

thepressorasashed­hand<br />

before moving on to blades. It<br />

was, as he said, ‘‘bloody hard<br />

work’’.<br />

But manyinthegang were<br />

drawnbythe lifestyle; they<br />

travelled as farsouth as<br />

Waikaka and as far north as<br />

Fairlie, with quite abit of work<br />

around Tekapo,and also over to<br />

Glenorchy. It was an<br />

opportunity to getoff the<br />

beaten track and travel to highcountry<br />

stations.<br />

Mr Hill got akickout of giving<br />

young people achance,starting<br />

them in theindustryand seeing<br />

them develop. Many had never<br />

previously been in awoolshed.<br />

Asked why he had stuck with<br />

the industry, Mr Hilllaughed<br />

that it was definitelynot<br />

because of themoney, even<br />

though he had made agood<br />

living fromit.<br />

‘‘IfIwas afterthe money, I<br />

thinkI’d have tried something<br />

Photos; at right: Maniototo<br />

farmer Phil Smith (left) and<br />

Dunedin­based shearing<br />

contractor Ronny Hill mark a<br />

60­year business relationship<br />

between the two families, and<br />

below: former veteran blade<br />

shearer Brian ‘Baldy' Graham, of<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>, skilfully keeps<br />

length on the wool, in a<br />

showcase to Tinwald School<br />

pupils back in 2019. It allows<br />

lanolin to remain and keep the<br />

skin waterproof, especially<br />

beneficial for sheep in the high<br />

country.<br />

PHOTOS SALLY RAE AND ASHBURTON COURIER<br />

else.’’<br />

Now in his early60s,MrHill<br />

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up withhis younger<br />

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‘‘It usedto worryme, Iused to<br />

think ‘he ain’t going to beat me’.<br />

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mowing edging. Decorative<br />

Concrete Specialist operating<br />

locally with 30 years<br />

experience. No job too big<br />

or small. Contactless service<br />

offered. Phone Paul<br />

021 152 1966.<br />

*Servicefees apply<br />

TRADE &SERVICES<br />

COMPUTER repairs, sales,<br />

training, setup wirelessnetworks,<br />

spyware<br />

cleanup. On-site day or<br />

evening. Low fees. Call<br />

Robin Johnstone, Networks<br />

Firewalls and PC’s Ltd, 308<br />

1440 or 027 768 4058.<br />

Sheep Drenching<br />

Injecting<br />

Jetting &more<br />

JimmyMcAndrew<br />

027335 3199<br />

jsconveying@outlook.com<br />

L I M I T E D<br />

2492011<br />

ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication,<br />

farm equipment<br />

service and maintenance,<br />

WOF repairs, machining<br />

and welding. Odd jobs a<br />

speciality. Mobile workshop.<br />

Can Collect. Phone<br />

Malcolm 0274 754 241.<br />

FIRE Extinquisher sales and<br />

servicing. On farm/<br />

contractors - trucks/tractors/balers/combines/cars/<br />

boats/caravans etc. Phone<br />

Mack at Doors and More on<br />

027 396 0361.<br />

FLY control and spider<br />

proofing. For all your<br />

domestic and industrial<br />

pest control needs phone<br />

AJ Kerr at <strong>Ashburton</strong> Pest<br />

Control on 03 308 8147 or<br />

027 432 5447<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

ANEW OPPORTUNITY<br />

Driver required withsuitable vehicle<br />

forbulk deliveryto<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>residential addresses<br />

Hours negotiable,<br />

early Thursdaymorning.<br />

Generous<br />

payrate<br />

If this sounds like you, email your interest along<br />

with your name,address and phone number to:<br />

deliveries@alliedpress.co.nz<br />

TRADE &SERVICES<br />

FURNITURE Removals. For<br />

all your household removal<br />

needs - urban, rural, lifestyle,<br />

office relocations -<br />

call Nudges Furniture<br />

Removals, phone 027 224<br />

0609.<br />

2493723<br />

GARDENING, mowing,<br />

pruning, fertilising, projects<br />

or general spruce ups? Call<br />

Andrew at Spruce Gardens<br />

to get the job done right.<br />

027 765 2899 or 03 3<strong>07</strong><br />

1693.<br />

sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz<br />

HEAT Pumps; Service,<br />

Clean, Repair and Install.<br />

Please call Silvery Bauman<br />

021 544 760<br />

INTERIOR<br />

PLASTERING<br />

New or existing,<br />

level 4finish, full skim<br />

plaster or repairs<br />

The Finishing Company<br />

03 3<strong>07</strong> 8870 2471054<br />

LOCKSMITH/DOOR repairs.<br />

Keys/locks, sliding and<br />

bifold door roller repairs.<br />

Mobile service. Call Nigel at<br />

Doors and More on 027 516<br />

7104.<br />

PAINTER for all your painting<br />

needs. No job too small,<br />

inside or outside. Professional,<br />

friendly service.<br />

Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or<br />

027 200 1619.<br />

ROOF SERVICE -Moss and<br />

mold treatments, roof and<br />

gutter leak repairs, residential<br />

and commercial. For<br />

prompt service - call your<br />

local contractor - Tim on<br />

021 197 8128<br />

SUN Control Window Tinting:<br />

Privacy, UV, glare, heat<br />

control for homes, offices<br />

and cars. Phone Craig<br />

Rogers 3<strong>07</strong> 6347, www.<br />

windowtinter.co.nz Member<br />

of Master Tinters NZ.<br />

ASHBURTON COLLEGE<br />

‘Individual ExcellenceinaSupportive<br />

Learning Environment’<br />

Examination Centre Manager<br />

We areseekinganExamination Centre Manager to<br />

run theNCEAand NZ Scholarship examinations<br />

in <strong>2022</strong>.<br />

Thesmooth andsuccessfulrunningof<br />

an exam centre is important for allstudents<br />

participating inthese examinations.<br />

Thepositionrequires youtocompleteanonline<br />

training programmeand attend aone-day training<br />

session with NZQAin August. Therewill be an<br />

additional trainingday in Septemberfor managing<br />

digital exams. Theposition requiresyou to<br />

completeanumber of administrativetasks to plan<br />

andpreparefor theexams. You must be available<br />

to work forthe entire exam period<br />

(Monday 7November to Friday2December<strong>2022</strong>).<br />

Ahigh leveloforganisationalskills withgreat<br />

attention to detail,strength in following processes<br />

precisely, confidence leading people of allages<br />

and proficiencyinusingacomputer areessential<br />

qualitiesfor this role.<br />

Remuneration is setbyNZQA.<br />

Applicationsclosenoon, Friday22<strong>July</strong><strong>2022</strong><br />

Application is by wayofLetter and CV<br />

Information package enquiriesand applications<br />

please contact<br />

Jodee Ross,Principal’sSecretary<br />

Phone (03) 308 4193 ext809<br />

Email: rj@ashcoll.school.nz<br />

TRADE &SERVICES<br />

TILING - For all your tiling<br />

requirements including kitchen<br />

splash backs, flooring<br />

etc. (Full water proofing)<br />

Call Kevin on 027 496<br />

8314.<br />

REF:EXAM22<br />

TRADE &SERVICES<br />

ashburtoncranes2015@gmail.com<br />

2491719<br />

2495857<br />

TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV<br />

block, glare, heat control,<br />

safety, security, privacy,<br />

frosting films, solar protective<br />

window films. Free<br />

quotes, 20 years local service.<br />

Phone 0800 368 468<br />

now, Bill Breukelaar, www.<br />

tintawindow.co.nz<br />

2493801


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SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

Retail Manager<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Here is a great opportunity for a suitably<br />

qualified person to joinNew Zealand’s leading<br />

retail hardware group as aRetail Manager at<br />

Mitre 10MEGA <strong>Ashburton</strong> ofapproximately<br />

70 staff.<br />

This is your chancetogrowyour career within<br />

our“big box”format store, whereyou will have<br />

the opportunity todevelop your skills, while<br />

working in arole with heaps of variety and<br />

scope to advanceyour career.<br />

Reporting to our Regional Retail Manager<br />

you will be responsible for the day-to-day<br />

management ofthe retail store toachieve<br />

maximum profitability, growth and efficiency<br />

within all the departmental aspects and<br />

procedures of the store.<br />

This will see youtaking accountabilityfor:<br />

• Ensuring the store iseffectively managed<br />

and maintained at all times;<br />

• Assisted by the Floor Manager and<br />

Operation Manager to continually ensuring<br />

the store achieves and maintains high<br />

standards throughout<br />

• Ensure customers are the number one<br />

priority, receiving the high standard of<br />

servicethey deserve;and<br />

• Oversee departmentSupervisors to ensure<br />

they are performing their role as required,<br />

promoting ateam culturethatencourages<br />

apositiveworking environment.<br />

We arelooking forpeople who have:<br />

• Retail leadership experience;<br />

• Sound experience in managing and<br />

mentoring staff;<br />

• Strong organizational and communication<br />

skills;<br />

• A passion for customer service excellence;<br />

and<br />

• Ability to develop and inspire team<br />

members to recognizeand meet their true<br />

potential<br />

If you enjoy working as part ofateam and<br />

have what it takes then we want to hear from<br />

you. In returnwecan offer youagreat working<br />

environmentand staff buying privileges.<br />

To apply to HR.<strong>Ashburton</strong>@mitre10.co.nz<br />

attaching your CV and coverletter.<br />

Applications close on Thursday 14th <strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

Letour<br />

HIGH<br />

readership<br />

stats ...<br />

...work<br />

for you!<br />

Call our<br />

friendly<br />

sales team at<br />

199 Burnett Street,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

(03) 308 7664<br />

2441365<br />

EveryHome<br />

EveryWeek-that’s<br />

Phone 308 7664<br />

199 Burnett Street<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

2376123<br />

QUALIFIED<br />

ELECTRICIAN<br />

2495453<br />

Camross Electrical & Air<br />

Conditioning are looking for<br />

aqualified electrician to join<br />

our team. We are a small<br />

family owned business<br />

established in 2011 working<br />

mainly in domestic, air conditioning<br />

and light commercial.<br />

Experience with heat pump<br />

and solar installation would<br />

be great however not essential<br />

as training will be provided<br />

to the right candidate.<br />

Experience using Fergus<br />

would also be handy but no<br />

essential.<br />

An ideal candidate will possess<br />

the following:<br />

* Have a good attitude to<br />

work<br />

*Anability to work unsupervised.<br />

*Behonest &reliable<br />

*Good time management<br />

*Sense of humour<br />

*Full drivers licence<br />

*Fully qualified or close to.<br />

In return we will offer excellent<br />

remuneration, Monday<br />

_Friday hours, vehicle and<br />

phone and most of all a<br />

positive working environment!<br />

Apply by email to office.<br />

camross@gmail.com with<br />

cv attached.<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

Nightfill<br />

Team member<br />

SITUATIONS VACANT<br />

Mitre10MEGA<strong>Ashburton</strong>has avacancyfor a<br />

team member to join their Nightfill team.<br />

This position is permanent part-time for 15<br />

hours per week Monday–Friday6pm –9pm.<br />

The successful applicant will require these<br />

attributes:<br />

•Must be physically fit as liftingisinvolved<br />

•Able to work unsupervised<br />

•Goodcomputer skills<br />

•Bereliable<br />

If you think this position is suitable to you,<br />

please send your coveringletter with your c.v.<br />

to:<br />

HR.<strong>Ashburton</strong>@mitre10.co.nz<br />

Applications close on Thursday 14th <strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

AGRICULTURAL<br />

SPRAYER OPERATOR<br />

We are abroad acre spraying business servicing<br />

clients in Mid Canterbury. We operate three trucks<br />

and one self propelled 24 metre sprayer, we are<br />

looking forareliable andcompetentoperatortojoin<br />

ourteam.<br />

Experience isnot anecessity but applicant will<br />

ideally:<br />

• Haveminimum class 2licence<br />

• Beabletoworkunsupervised<br />

• Havegood attention to detail<br />

• Bemechanicallyminded<br />

• Beabletofollowinstructions accurately<br />

Acompetitiveremuneration package willbeoffered.<br />

Applicants forthis position should have NZ residency<br />

or avalid NZ work visa.<br />

ContactIan Howden formoreinformation<br />

0274445429 or email your CV to<br />

ihowden@xtra.co.nz<br />

2496533<br />

CLIPPERS HAIR STUDIO<br />

Is lookingfor anotherSUPERSTAR!<br />

Could thatbeyou??<br />

This is a Tuesday-Saturday position for a Salon<br />

Assistant which will lead to an apprenticeship for the<br />

right candidatewho fitsnot only ourteambut livesour<br />

team culture.<br />

No experience is necessary however the following<br />

attributes areaMUST<br />

• Energetic<br />

• Bubbly personality<br />

• Courteous<br />

• Kind<br />

• Wellgroomed<br />

• Impeccablemanners<br />

• Keentolearn<br />

• Teamplayer<br />

• Followdirection/instructions<br />

• Use initiative<br />

• Haveapassionfor making others feel great!<br />

• Excited to be apart ofadynamic fun team and<br />

embrace ourMissionStatement<br />

If this sounds like you and you’d love to be apart ofa<br />

team that has weekly training–monthly 1to1sessions<br />

–regularteammeetings –yourbirthdayoff–OHand<br />

lots of FUN in betweenthenapply now!<br />

Please emailjude@clippershairstudio.nz with your<br />

resume andapplicationletterORdropthemoffin<br />

person to oursalon Clippers Hair Studio 86 Harrison<br />

Street Allenton <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Applications closeTuesday 18th<strong>July</strong><strong>2022</strong><br />

2495452<br />

2496531<br />

CLASSIFIEDS<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

WarehouseAssistant -<br />

Washdyke, Timaru<br />

Looking for your next opportunity to further your warehouse<br />

and logistics career?Full-time position available immediately.<br />

What we’relooking for<br />

• Teamplayer<br />

• Physically fit &solutions oriented<br />

• Excellent time management<br />

• Greatcommunication skills<br />

• Attention to detail<br />

**Forkliftlicense preferred, but not essential.**<br />

53<br />

Formoreinformation, visit: www.vendella.co.nz/careers<br />

Or email us at: careers@vendella.co.nz<br />

0800836 335 |www.vendella.co.nz<br />

Lifeguards<br />

What we can offer:<br />

• Competitivewages<br />

• Awesometeam environment<br />

• Opportunity to makeanimpact<br />

• Celebrate success<br />

• Regular Friday shouts<br />

We have full-time Lifeguard positions available now for individuals who are<br />

attentive andwho canwork well in ateamenvironment.Ifyou are16orolder,<br />

abletoswim200m under six minutes,and hold or arewilling to obtain aPool<br />

Lifeguard Practising Certificate, wewould like tohear from you please. Full<br />

training provided.<br />

For more information about this role<br />

or to apply online visit our website<br />

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz<br />

Applications close on Monday,11<strong>July</strong><br />

<strong>2022</strong>.<br />

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers<br />

Family Case Worker<br />

RefugeeSettlement Support<br />

As aresult of an increase in funding SaferMid Canterburyiswishing to employan<br />

additional Family Case Worker within the Refugee Settlement Support Service.<br />

We are looking for someone seeking anew challenge in this rewarding role,<br />

assisting refugees to participate fully and integrate socially and economically<br />

into their new community. Youwould be partofawider team of individuals who<br />

are passionate about supporting refugees and would be given the privilege of<br />

playing asignificant role intheir lives as you support them on their settlement<br />

journey.<br />

If you enjoy engaging with people from diverse cultures, like working in an<br />

environment where noday is the same, and are ateam player, then this could<br />

be the perfect job foryou.Asafamily caseworker youwill be one of our primary<br />

supportpeople fornewly arriving families.<br />

The person applying forthis job must have relevantexperienceand/or training<br />

in afieldthatfurnishes them with the skills and experienceneeded foraposition<br />

of this type.Weare looking forcandidateswith the following key attributes:<br />

• Abilitytorelate with and supportpeople from differentcultural backgrounds.<br />

• Knowledge and experienceworking with children, youth and families.<br />

• Excellenttime managementand organisational skills<br />

• Hold acurrent motor vehicle driver’s licence and willing to travel to fulfil job<br />

requirements<br />

• Empathy with humanitarian causes<br />

• Enthusiasm and commitmenttoworkasateam member<br />

This position is for 20hours per week, we offer asupportive, flexible, family<br />

friendly work environmentwith greatworking conditions.<br />

To apply forthis position please go to the Careers section of our website<br />

www.safermidcanterbury.org.nz/careers/ to view the job description and<br />

download an application form.<br />

Forfurther information, please contactAni on 03 308 1395<br />

Applications close Monday<strong>July</strong> 11th<br />

2491177


CLASSIFIEDS<br />

54 <strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>July</strong> 7, <strong>2022</strong><br />

www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

FIREWOOD<br />

OFFCUTS<br />

$140 per cord<br />

GREEN<br />

SLABWOOD<br />

$120 per cord<br />

SCREENED<br />

SLABWOOD<br />

$150 per cord<br />

3CORD GREEN<br />

SLABWOOD<br />

$350 per cord<br />

C.O.D. in town<br />

Adams Sawmill<br />

Malcolm McDowell Rd<br />

Phone<br />

308-3595<br />

WANTED TO BUY<br />

2492082<br />

ASHBURTON Scrap Metal<br />

Recyclers buy heavy metal<br />

etc. Free light-grade metal<br />

in-yard dumping 9am-5pm<br />

weekdays. 117 Alford Forest<br />

Rd, (behind<br />

PlaceMakers). Phone 03<br />

308 8033 or 027 249 6625.<br />

CASH PAID up to the following<br />

prices: Old Wooden<br />

Skis and Snow Shoes,<br />

$400; Old Wooden/Metal<br />

Wagon Wheels, any size,<br />

$200 Drey, Gig; Old Petrol<br />

Pumps, $20,000; Enamel<br />

Signs, $3,000, also Tin<br />

Signs, Oil Cans and Tins,<br />

Old Metal Safe, $300; Cast<br />

Iron Kettle and Black Pots,<br />

$100; Old Tea, Coffee, Biscuit,<br />

Macintosh Toffee Tins,<br />

$100; Biscuit Signs (Tin<br />

and Cardboard); Scales,<br />

Egg Beater; Old Wood<br />

Working Tools: Hammers,<br />

Saws, Scribes, Cast Iron<br />

Levels, $200; Metal Plane<br />

No. 1, $2,000; Plumbobs,<br />

Hand Drills, Wooden Work<br />

Bench, $500; anything else<br />

old and interesting for private<br />

collection. — Phone<br />

Murray 021-441-400.<br />

FOUR String Tenor Banjo<br />

and Two Row Button<br />

Accordian. Any condition<br />

considered. Phone 027 696<br />

7060<br />

SELL<br />

LPG<br />

REFILLS<br />

Small LPG cylinders<br />

Off Street Parking<br />

Available<br />

Arthur Cates Ltd<br />

26 McNally Street<br />

Ph 308 5397<br />

Riverside Industrial Estate<br />

LPG REFILLS<br />

9kg cylinders<br />

$28.50<br />

Anysizecylinder filled<br />

17 Grey St,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Phone 3<strong>07</strong> 27<strong>07</strong><br />

WANTED TO BUY<br />

2493751<br />

2493763<br />

DISPLAY CABINET. Pay up<br />

to $2,000 for old shop<br />

display cabinet, e.g. ex<br />

jewellery cabinet or large<br />

shop display cabinet. —<br />

Phone 021-441-400.<br />

PERSONAL<br />

PERSONAL<br />

Friendly,relaxed,wellpresentedladies,40-70 years.<br />

Discretely earn and affordthe things youdeserve.<br />

Commercial companionship<br />

without emotional ties or expectations.<br />

Check out privatearrangements.co.nz<br />

then phone 028 2552 7060<br />

EDUCATIONAL<br />

EDUCATIONAL<br />

Dangerous Goods Course<br />

NZTAApproved Course Provider,MITO&Competenz Assessor<br />

Dangerous Goods Course –½day courses.<br />

Locally in <strong>Ashburton</strong>oryour work place<br />

Class 2&4course availableonrequest.<br />

Forfurther information<br />

Phone Christine 027 245 2563<br />

HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

HEALTH &BEAUTY<br />

AFTER HOURS<br />

HEALTH CARE<br />

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111<br />

Forall other medical assistanceoutside of normal<br />

hours please phone your general practiceteam,<br />

24/7, to speak with ahealth professional who<br />

will giveyou free health adviceonwhattodoor<br />

wheretogoifyou need urgentcare.<br />

If youdon’t have aregular general practice,<br />

call any GPteam 24/7 forfree<br />

telephone health advice.<br />

All non-residents and visa holders please bring your<br />

passporttoyour surgeryappointment.<br />

New Zealanders to bring some form of ID.<br />

PHARMACIES<br />

Wises Pharmacy, CountdownComplex,<br />

East Street will be open on ...<br />

Saturday from 9am until 1pm<br />

Sunday from 10am until 1pm<br />

Public holidays from 10am until 1pm<br />

At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open:<br />

MondaytoFriday, 9am until 5.30pm<br />

and Saturday 9.30am -1.30pm<br />

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice<br />

Phone the Healthline on 0800 611 116<br />

Brought<br />

toyouby<br />

CountdownComplex, East Street, <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755<br />

MOVEMENT and Breath -<br />

Yoga - Helps to increase<br />

flexibility, Relieves stress,<br />

Increases focus and balance.<br />

For peace of mind<br />

and better feeling body,<br />

phone Marta Levitt 03 908<br />

1337<br />

GARDEN SUPPLIES<br />

RAFFLE RESULTS<br />

2482183<br />

ASHBURTON MacKenzie<br />

Community Group, Firewood<br />

Raffle Result. Blondie<br />

- Ticket No. 138. Drawn<br />

under Police supervision.<br />

GARDEN SUPPLIES<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

Plains Rotary<br />

LINSEEDSTRAW<br />

$7 per small bale or<br />

$40 medium square,delivered.<br />

Harvested this year.<br />

Fordetailsand ordering go to<br />

https://plainsrotary.org.nz/linseed-straw-order/<br />

or phone Philip 0278 247 050<br />

HOME SERVICES<br />

ROOF COATINGS: All roof<br />

types, specializing in<br />

Decramastic and Long Run<br />

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep<br />

roofs not a problem. —<br />

Spraymaster 027-433-7780.<br />

2476342<br />

LINSEED Straw $5.50 bale,<br />

21 pack $100. Sheep<br />

manure $8. bag. Medium<br />

square pea and linseed<br />

straw available. Call Ian<br />

027 286 3697 or Dave 027<br />

601 1426. A Hinds Lion<br />

Project.<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

Close main roll noon Wednesday, 13th <strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

Call fornominations by Friday, 15th <strong>July</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

Close supplementaryroll noon Monday, 1st August <strong>2022</strong><br />

Nominations close Wednesday, 3rdAugust <strong>2022</strong><br />

Voting papers issued by Wednesday, 10th August <strong>2022</strong><br />

Election Day-poll closes 4pm Wednesday, 7th September <strong>2022</strong><br />

Accept Postal votes Monday, 12th September <strong>2022</strong><br />

Countvotes/declares results Tuesday, 13th September <strong>2022</strong><br />

Boardtakes office Wednesday, 14th September <strong>2022</strong><br />

First boardmeeting Tuesday, 20th September <strong>2022</strong><br />

JennyThompson<br />

Returning Officer<br />

MountHuttCollege<br />

BoardofTrustees<br />

TRIENNIAL PARENT ELECTIONS<strong>2022</strong><br />

Triennial Elections will soon be underway for the Mt Hutt College<br />

Board of Trustees, calling for nominations for three (3) parent<br />

representatives. Being aschool trustee is an important role that needs people<br />

with arange of skills and experience, who will make apositive difference toour<br />

children’s learning. Further information will be advertised,and full information will<br />

be issued to parents /caregivers of all students on the school roll.<br />

Keydates are:<br />

MEETINGS<br />

AMERICAR ROD&<br />

CUSTOM CLUB<br />

AGM<br />

Clubrooms<br />

MaronanRd<br />

Sunday, 10 th <strong>July</strong><br />

at 10am<br />

All welcome<br />

Anyqueries,contactGreenie<br />

021 267 4209<br />

Mid Canterbury<br />

Soball<br />

AGM<br />

2492819<br />

<strong>July</strong> 19th, <strong>2022</strong><br />

6:30pm<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong> Club &MSA<br />

Cardroom<br />

Nominaonsby5pm,<br />

<strong>July</strong> 12th, <strong>2022</strong><br />

2495524<br />

FOR LEASE<br />

RENT ME!<br />

Ideal as an extra<br />

bedroomoroffice.<br />

Fully insulatedand<br />

double glazed forwarmth.<br />

Threeconvenientsizes:<br />

Standard3.6m x2.4m,<br />

Large 4.2m x2.4m<br />

Xtra-large 4.8m x2.4m.<br />

Visit our displaycabin<br />

418WestStreet or callfor a<br />

freebrochure.<br />

www.justcabins.co.nz<br />

2493775<br />

0800 58 78 22<br />

STORAGE available, <strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

Self storage, variety<br />

of sizes. Phone Rainbow<br />

Storage 03 3<strong>07</strong> 0401 or<br />

phone/text 021 554 570<br />

STORAGE: Secure self storage<br />

units available, long or<br />

short term. <strong>Ashburton</strong> Storage<br />

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2495487<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>Model Train Show<br />

This Saturdayand Sunday<br />

9.30amto4pm<br />

Tinwald Memorial Hall<br />

Graham Street,<strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

www.ashburtontrainshow.co.nz<br />

PROSTATE<br />

CANCER<br />

SUPPORTGROUP<br />

2375512<br />

2495642<br />

An established supportgroup in <strong>Ashburton</strong>for<br />

men and their families who areliving with a<br />

diagnosis and treatmentfor prostate cancer.<br />

MEETING DATE<br />

Tuesday12 th <strong>July</strong><strong>2022</strong><br />

TIME 3.00pm<br />

VENUE Cancer Societyrooms,<br />

CnrKermode and Mona Sq.<strong>Ashburton</strong>.<br />

CONTACT: Doug Collie 0275 100 556<br />

Email: ashburton@prostate.org.nz<br />

ALL WELCOME.<br />

Formoreinformation call 0800 477 678<br />

Organised by the Prostate Cancer Foundation of NZ<br />

BUSINESS FOR SALE<br />

www.prostate.org.nz<br />

Busy Bees<br />

Commercial Cleaning Franchise -<br />

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Location: <strong>Ashburton</strong>, Canterbury<br />

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Email: canterbury@busybees.co.nz<br />

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A4<br />

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Burnett St <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />

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2474990<br />

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Thurs 7th<br />

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12.20<br />

1.30<br />

2.50<br />

3.30<br />

5.40<br />

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Fri8th<br />

3.00 Thor Love &Thunder<br />

3.15 Jurassic WorldDominion<br />

5.15 ELVIS<br />

6.00 Minions TheRise of Gru<br />

8.00 TopGun Maverick<br />

8.10 Thor Love &Thunder<br />

Sat9th &Sun 10th<br />

10.00 Minions TheRise of Gru<br />

10.15 My Sweet Monster<br />

11.45 Thor Love &Thunder<br />

12.10 ELVIS<br />

2.00 Minions TheRise of Gru<br />

3.10 Lightyear<br />

3.50 Minions TheRiseofGru<br />

5.15 Whina<br />

5.40 TopGun Maverick<br />

7.30 ELVIS<br />

8.10 Thor Love &Thunder<br />

Mon11th, Tues 12th<br />

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10.00 Minions TheRise of Gru<br />

10.00 My Sweet Monster<br />

11.45 Thor Love &Thunder<br />

12.00 Lightyear<br />

2.00 Minions TheRise of Gru<br />

2.00 ELVIS<br />

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5.15 Jurassic WorldDominion<br />

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206 CLUB - provides company,<br />

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Friendly, supportive<br />

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<strong>Ashburton</strong>, Seniors<br />

Centre, 206 Cameron<br />

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phone 308 6817 or 027 281<br />

9113.<br />

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Phone 3<strong>07</strong> 8387 or 027 227<br />

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POULTRY<br />

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pecan ducks. Phone 027<br />

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03 308 3195 or 027 531<br />

9103; 81 Elizabeth Street,<br />

<strong>Ashburton</strong>.


Making Mid Canterbury at home<br />

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Winter SofaSale<br />

Orson 3Seater<br />

$6799 $5439<br />

Demi 3 Seater<br />

$2,999 $2,399<br />

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QUALITY USED VEHICLES<br />

WARRANTIESAA APPRAISEDFINANCEBIGGEST YARDBEST SELECTIONTRADE-INS<br />

2012 SUBARU<br />

IMPREZASPORT<br />

• 1600cc, petrol<br />

• 2WD<br />

• Auto<br />

• Hatchback<br />

• ABS<br />

• Rear spoiler<br />

• 48,000kms<br />

2½ stars<br />

$11,995<br />

NISSAN<br />

2008 NISSAN X-TRAIL25X, 2500cc, auto, 4WD,ABS, cam chain, 110,000kms.. $12,995<br />

2012 NISSAN LATIO 1.2G, 1200cc, auto, ABS, cam chain, 57,558kms .................. $10,995<br />

2013 NISSAN TIIDALATIO, 1200cc, auto, ABS, 41,000kms ....................................... $10,995<br />

2006 NISSAN CUBE, 1400cc, 5door, auto, 55,000kms......................................................SOLD<br />

MAZDA<br />

2010 MAZDAPREMACY, 2000cc, 7seats,auto, timing chain, 126,000kms............$9,995<br />

2009 MAZDAAXELA, auto, cam chain, 61,495kms ....................................................... $10,995<br />

2009 MAZDAAXELA20S, 2000cc,auto, 5door, ABS, air con, 79,117kms ..................SOLD<br />

2009 MAZDAAXELA, 2000cc, auto, ABS, body kit, 84,000kms .......................................SOLD<br />

2006 TOYOTA<br />

ESTIMA G<br />

• 2400cc, hybrid<br />

• 8seater<br />

• Auto<br />

• 4WD<br />

• ABS<br />

• Reverse camera<br />

• 127,000kms<br />

2012 SUZUKI<br />

SWIFT XG<br />

• 1200cc, petrol<br />

• Auto<br />

• Cam chain<br />

• Autostop<br />

• Pushbutton start<br />

• 60,114kms<br />

2001 TOYOTA<br />

OPA<br />

• 1800cc, petrol<br />

• Auto<br />

• 2WD<br />

• 5door<br />

• Cam chain<br />

• ABS<br />

• 155,331kms<br />

3 stars<br />

$11,995<br />

3½ stars<br />

$10,995<br />

$4,995<br />

SUBARU<br />

2012 SUBARULEGACY 2.5iB, 2500cc, auto, AWD, wagon, ABS,95,000kms........ $11,995<br />

2014 SUBARUIMPREZASPORT, auto, hatchback,cam chain, 70,100kms .......... $11,995<br />

2012 SUBARUIMPREZA, 1600cc, auto, ABS,hatchback, 47,000kms...................... $11,995<br />

2011 SUBARUIMPREZA, 2000cc, auto, camchain, rear spoiler,43,000kms........ $12,995<br />

SUZUKI<br />

2015 SUZUKI SWIFTXG-DGE, 1200cc, auto, ABS,cam chain, 61,159kms ...........$11,995<br />

2012 SUZUKI SWIFTXG, 1200cc, auto, ABS,cam chain, 60,114kms ........................ $9,995<br />

MITSUBISHI<br />

2015 MITSUBISHIMIRAGE, 1200cc, auto, ABS, cam chain, 79,152kms ............... $10,995<br />

TOYOTA<br />

2008 TOYOTAMARK X, 2400cc, 7seater, ABS,air con, S/W,89,000kms....................$9,995<br />

2008 TOYOTA BLADE MASTERS, 3000cc, auto, 6air bags, body kit, 82,000kms $11,995<br />

2005 TOYOTA RAV4, 2400cc, 4X4, auto, alloys,ABS ....................................................... $12,995<br />

2005 TOYOTA ALLION, 1800cc,auto, sedan, ABS,75,000kms.......................................$7,995<br />

2013 TOYOTA AQUA S, 1500cc, auto, 5door,ABS,cam chain, 87,990kms ..................SOLD<br />

2006 TOYOTA RACTIS, 1500cc,auto, ABS, cruise control,88,824kms.........................$6,995<br />

2011 TOYOTA RACTIS G, 1300cc, 5door,ABS, cam chain,49,391kms.................... $10,995<br />

2001 TOYOTA OPA, 1800cc, auto,5door,cam chain,ABS, 155,331kms ....................$4,995<br />

2006 TOYOTAESTIMA G, 2400cc, 8seater, auto, 4WD,reversecamera.................. $11,995<br />

HONDA<br />

2008 HONDA FITRS, 1500cc, auto,hatchback,alloys,53,000 kms......................... $10,995<br />

2010 HONDA INSIGHT G,1300cc, alternative, auto, 5door, cam chain .................. $9,995<br />

KIA<br />

2006 KIA CERATO, 2000cc, auto, 2wheel drive, one owner,74,461kms......................$7,995<br />

COMING SOON<br />

2012 MAZDADEMIO, 1300cc, auto, 59,000kms<br />

2010 TOYOTA PRIUS, 1800cc, hybrid,42,000kms<br />

2013 NISSANSYLPHY, 1800cc, auto, 22,000kms<br />

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A/H Keith Drummond 0274 367 646<br />

www.atob.co.nz<br />

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