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The debate of whether or not 

cat microchippingshould be 

made mandatory has been 

raised followingthe Selwyn 

DistrictCouncil’s decision to 

make cat microchippingand 

registration mandatory for 

animals aged over four 

months. 

The changeswere made 

effective as of July 1and 

subject owners to aoneoff 

cost for themicrochipping and 

lifetime registrationoftheir 

cats with the New Zealand 

Animals Companion Register 

(NZCAR). 

Now Ashburton residents 

are wondering if Ashburton 

District Council has any 

intention of following in 

Selwyn’s footsteps, andifcat 

registration is actually 

beneficial. 

Ashburton SPCA team 

leaderAshleigh Murray said if 

there areany plans to legislate 

cat microchipping in this 

district,orany others,she will 

be in full support, claiming 

that more cats having uptodate 

microchip information 

would mean less cats 

occupying SPCA shelterspace. 

‘‘It makesitmuch easier to 

reunite lost animals or stray 

animals with owners,’’ 

Ashleigh says. 

‘‘If the animals have one, we 

canring the owners straight 

away rather than (the animals) 

waiting around in the centre 

for someonetoclaim them.’’ 

Theanimalwelfare facility, 

which is purposebuilt for 

sheltering cats, is not often 

seen with empty cages. 

All cats taken in by the 

SPCA are immediately 

scanned for amicrochip. 

Unchipped, unidentifiable 

animals,will be advertisedon 

lostpet.co.nzinthe hopesthat 

theywill be reunitedwith 

their owners. 

However,after sevendays, 

if theanimalremains 

unclaimed, the SPCA will 

determine if rehoming is 

viable, and if so,the animal 

willgoupfor adoption. 

Historically, theSPCAhave 

run ‘Snip nChip’ campaigns 

which areaimedat 

increasing the number of 

microchippedand desexed 

animals within the 

community by offering 

vouchersfor microchipping 

anddesexing services at just 

$20, aheavilydiscounted fee. 

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Derelict and unused buildings in 

downtown Ashburton bring down the 

look of the town yet it seems they can 

stay that way unless the buildings are 

classified as dangerous. 

The Ashburton District Council 

has spent time and money on the 

central business district 

revitalisation project but do not have 

the tools to force owners to tidy up or 

demolish unused buildings. 

Other councils such as the 

Christchurch City Council have 

introduced measures to force owners 

to tidy up or pay up. They voted last 

month to approve anew rating 

scheme that will significantly hike 

the rates of vacant central city land. 

Now derelict land owners in 

Christchurch could pay up to four 

times the standard general rate. 

The Bruce Printing building on 

Burnett Street in Ashburton has 

been in its current rundown state 

since the Christchurch earthquake 

in 2011. 

An Ashburton council 

spokesperson said the owner 

applied for abuilding consent to 

demolish adecade ago. 

‘‘This was granted in November 

2012 and the work was started; there 

is no enforceable deadline.’’ 

The Courier asked if council had 

looked into other ways to encourage 

owners of buildings, like the old 

Bruce Printing building, to be 

proactive in demolition or 

rebuilding. 

Council strategy and compliance 

group manager Jane Donaldson said 

they had. 

‘‘After discussion with council 

Top: the oldBruce Printing building on Burnett Street. Above: Amansecures 

loose roof irononthe building during Monday’s highwinds. 

staff, assistance with storage of 

building contents has been offered 

by other property owners in order to 

remove roadblocks to demolition. 

‘‘Council has also sought advice 

from Ministry of Business, 

Innovation and Employment (MBIE) 

on any additional powers to require 

demolition and/or completion of 

works. MBIE were unable to offer 

any other tools. 

‘‘Council has also engaged a 

structural engineer to determine 

whether or not some buildings could 

be classified as dangerous, as 

opposed to earthquake prone. 

‘‘Dangerous buildings must be able 

to collapse under their own weight 

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without an earthquake. None were 

deemed to be dangerous,’’ she said. 

There have been 20 complaints 

made to the council about 18 

buildings since 2012. 

Ms Donaldson said complaints 

related to arange of buildings, 

‘‘including anumber of residential 

properties. 

‘‘We will not be releasing the 

addresses,’’ she said. 

When asked if aderelict building 

can be left indefinitely Ms 

Donaldson said no. 

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from time to time to determine if the 

building now meets the definition of 

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Ashburton Courier, July 21, 2022 

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Mayor; the time for river action is now 

STAFF REPORTERS 

Rising river levels in Mid 

Canterbury this weekhad 

officials on high alert following 

strong Nor’west winds and 

heavy rainfallalong the alps. 

TheRangitata, Ashburton 

and Rakaia riversall hadhigh 

riverflowsafter high winds the 

day before. 

Ashburton District mayor 

NeilBrown saidMid 

Canterbury had seen some 

tumultuous weather;strong 

nor’westwinds, heavy rain in 

the alps and rising riversonthe 

plains. 

“This is the secondflooding 

event we have had in ayear, 

and obviouslythe climate is 

changing.Events are probably 

Neil Brown 

going to be more regular. 

“Afterthelast flood we had 

work done on the rivers, to see 

what work neededtobe doneto 

keepthe waterinthe rivers. 

There’s money needed to be 

spent in the rivers to remove 

gravel, especially ourrivers in 

the Ashburton District. 

“We’ve sentareport to 

government andweare asking 

for cofundingtotry and sort 

this problemout. 

“The (time for) talking isover, 

we need to start doing 

something.” 

“We need to mitigate the 

events and spend some money 

on the actual ground, and, in 

Ashburton River especially, 

remove some gravel,”hesaid. 

It is not happening fast 

enough, he said. 

“The time for talkingisover, 

the time for action is now.” 

Ashburton CivilDefence 

activatedits Emergency 

Operations CentreonTuesday 

and dealt with anumber of road 

closurescausedbyfloodingon 

the north branchofthe 

Ashburton River, near Valetta, 

and rising river levels. 

Alleyes were on the 

Ashburton River as it dealt with 

peak rain flows, althoughthere 

was no floodingconcern for the 

Ashburton township. 

However around the district 

roadswere closed because of 

flooding with breakout points 

along the river on to farmland, as 

well as astormwater spill in 

Methven from acreek near the 

racecourse. 

TheRedcliffs Bridge, in the 

Rakaia Gorge,was also damaged 

by shingle and water isolating 

the gorge community. 

People on the Methven and 

Mount Somers water supply 

have beenadvised toboil their 

drinking water, water used in 

food preparation, andfor 

hygiene purposes for at least one 

minute before use,until further 

notice. 

Watertanks and water 

bladders to give residents clean, 

safe drinking water have been 

setupinboth towns. 

EnvironmentCanterbury river 

engineers were on site 

monitoring river flows, including 

vulnerableareasofall the rivers. 

The Nor’west winds brought a 

lotofheavyrain to the back 

country which flowed into the 

rivers on the east side causing 

theRangitata, Ashburtonand 

Rakaia (rivers)torun very high 

flows, he said. 

There were also very high 

winds, which brought down 

power lines,trees and branches. 

Chipped 

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FromPage1 

Likewith dogs, microchipping tags cats 

with owner contactand location 

information, which ensures alevel of owner 

responsibility and enablesanimals to be 

reunitedwith their ownersshould they go 

missing and befound. 

Chiplessanimalswith no identifiable 

registrationvirtually exist with no identity, 

meaning they can often be accidentally 

profiled as ‘strays’. 

Ashburtonveterinarian Dr Cody Wong 

likened cats not being microchipped to 

foreignersnot having passports, saying if 

anythinghappens,there’sjust no telling 

who they are. 

He said ‘‘It’s almost impossible to find 

yourlostcatswithout microchips”, 

recounting the hundreds of times ‘stray’ or 

injuredcats have beenbrought in for 

veterinary care withoutany way of 

identifyingorcontacting their owners. 

Fromthere, it’s often amatter of welfare 

that dictateswhathappens with the animal, 

or whereitgoes. 

“But Ihave seen cats reunitedwith their 

owners after being missingfor ayear or two 

because the cats werechipped,’’ Dr Wong 

said. 

AshburtonDistrict mayorNeil Brown has 

said there was no intentionofmakingcat 

microchipping mandatory,but it wouldbe 

considered if there is astrong interest from 

the public. 

While the topic remains up for debate, 

both the AshburtonSPCA and local 

veterinarians are in agreeance that cat 

micrchipping is important. 

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Poweroutages, building damage and 

toppled trees were among thedamage 

caused this week as the strongest 

windsrecorded thisyear lashed across 

MidCanterbury. 

Emergency crews were kept busy 

around the district with more than 25 

calls recorded on Monday in the 10 

hour period from 4am to 2pm, and 

scores more across the district 

throughout the day. 

Met Service meteorologist Lewis 

Ferris said their station at Ashburton 

airport recorded readings up to 

107km/h around9am on Monday. 

It was later clocked at 117km/h 

around 2pm. 

‘‘That’s the strongest gust there this 

year but awee wayoff therecord for 

that station (128km/h),’’ he said. ‘‘The 

weatherstation has onlybeen there 

since 2006 and there’s only been seven 

dayswith 100+km/h gusts,’’ he said. 

Whole trees were toppled and 

branches sent flying. 

Northpark resident Baldy Graham 

hadashock birthday surpriseafter 

returned fromtriptoChristchurch to 

discover his boundary shelter belt of 

around 30 Leyland cypress trees were 

either up rooted and toppled, or ready 

to fall. 

He andhis partner, Andi,had left 

late morning andonly been in the city 

foracouple of hours. 

Thesoilbeneath the remaining 

trees had cracked and with each gust 

of wind,the ground heaved under the 

sway of thetrees. 

There were alsoBlue Gum trees 

down, as well as aWattle tree. 

Thenearly 20metre tall boundary 

trees were25years old, Mr Graham 

said. 

While he haddamage to his fences 

andtrailer, he wasthankful the trees 

were away from the house andstock 

grazing in the paddock where the trees 

fell were unharmed. 

Other damage reported around the 

district included afallen tree crushing 

agarage on Cameron Street, broken 

windows, shattered glass houses and 

theoccasional flying trampoline. 

Ashburton Volunteer Fire Brigade 

fire chief Alan Burgess said 

Ashburton’screws were rushed off 

their feet responding to 35 calls 

throughout the day; the last just after 

9pm. 

He said the callouts covered by 25 

volunteer personnel were for wind 

damage to roofs, fences, shelter type 

units, signage, downedpower lines 

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‘‘It willjust be the 

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of those bigger things 

andreplacements 

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Mr Burgess said. 

‘‘It makes it afairly 

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morning and Ithink 

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night. There was one 

other call at 9 

o’clock, and then we 

managed to get a 

clean night.’’ 

‘‘We didn’t split it 

down to crews, we 

just hadeverybody that washere, that 

was available at the time,’’ he said. 

‘‘Not only does it commit their time, 

butitcommitstheir employer’s time 

too,’’ he said. 

Plastic wrappingaround the new 

civic building was alsotorn by the 

strong gusts and work on the site was 

suspended as aprecaution. The 

rustling noise of flapping windwhipped 

plastic addedtothe effect. 

Ashburton District Council chief 

executive Hamish Riach said the 

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‘‘Wind gusts have been in excess of 

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thoseworking on mobile scaffolds and 

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Mr Riachsaidthe plastic around the 

building was deliberately cut to 

reduce wind resistance and prevent 

damage to scaffolding. 

‘‘The plastic has been in place as 

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5 

Food waste collection mooted 

DANIEL.TOBIN 


Ashburton District councillors 

have discussed the Draft 

Waste Managementand 

Minimisation Plan. 

According to information on 

the Ashburton District Council 

website about 40% of kerbside 

rubbish collection in the 

district is food waste, which is 

transportedtolandfill at 

significant cost. 

‘‘Divertingthis from landfill 

is our single biggest 

opportunity to lower our waste 

volumes and decrease 

greenhouse gas emissions.’’ 

The key recommendationof 

the plan is to introduce a 

household kerbside food waste 

collection. 

The draft plan wentout for 

public consultation with 129 

peoplemaking asubmission. 

Of those to reply, 83 people 

agreedwith introducing 

kerbside food waste collection 

and 40 did not. 

Someofthe reasons given by 

those not in flavour of food 

waste collectionwas they used 

compost, had chickens at home 

or used an insinkerator. 

Cr Diane Rawlinson pointed 

out insinkerators weren't the 

best way to deal with food 

waste. 

‘‘I know insinkerators aren't 

looked upon favourably any 

more from where the product 

ends up and perhaps people 

don't understand that,’’ she 

said. 

Council infrastructure 

services group manage Neil 

McCann agreed saying 

‘‘People have realized it is abit 

of aconcernasitends up in 

our wastewater treatment 

plantand is not always the 

idealsolution for councilto 

deal with in that way.’’ 

Before the councillors voted 

on the draft plans 

recommendation for food 

wastecollection Mr McCann 

said if councillors went ahead, 

his team would preparea 

report looking into what other 

councils are doing and 

consider all the issues, ‘‘Is it 

two separate bins? is it one 

bin? is it user pays? all the 

issues raised by the submitters 

will be considered in areport 

presented to council with costs 

for you to then consider,’’he 

said. 

The councillors voted to 

makenochangeto the draft 

plan and recommend food 

wastecollection. 

The draft plan will be 

finalisedand is expectedtobe 

adopted at the council at the 

July 27 council meeting. 

Solution for hot water winter blues 

DANIEL.TOBIN 


Over the winter months some Ashburton 

residents have noticed their hot water is a 

lower temperature or not staying hot for 

long. 

There are anumber of reasons that hot 

water cylinders (HWC) run out of hot 

water, including being undersized – 

cannot supply household needs big 

families. People spending too long in the 

shower/bath –uses more of the available 

hot water and it needs time to recharge. 

Faulty –the element is not working 

effectively, leaks –drains hot water 

limiting available amount, and when its 

not insulated –itloses heat quickly when 

it is cold. 

When there are no issues with the usage 

and size of the HWC but there is still less 

available hot water, it can be aresult of 

network companies like EA Networks 

‘controlling load’. 

EA Networks general manager, 

customer and commercial Jeremy 

Adamson described controlling load as 

controlling energy to HWC’s that are 

connected to the ‘controlled’ circuit on 

the switchboard. 

‘‘Effectively we turnoff supply to those 

circuits using ‘ripple control’, basically a 

signal sent down the line to a‘ripple 

receiver’ that switches off/on depending 

on the signal.’’ 

Customers can choose to be on 

controlled or uncontrolled circuits, with 

power providers charging less for 

controlled connections since they provide 

flexibility to allow them to control peak 

energy demand. 

‘‘Generally speaking, we won’t control 

energy for longer than it takes for aHWC 

to recharge,’’ Jeremy said ‘‘but if factors 

are present like the element is undersized 

or the cylinder is too small then there 

could be problems with the HWC having to 

‘recharge’ (get hot again) once we stop 

controlling.’’ 

EA Networks control energy to reduce 

peak demand which allows them to build 

amore efficient power network, which in 

turn reduces the cost of the network in 

terms of delivery charges. 

Jeremy said unfortunately load control 

can coincide with very cold weather, as 

that is when the most energy is being used 

to heat homes/business and ‘peaks’ occur. 

‘‘If we didn’t have load control then our 

networks across the country would be 

larger and more expensive to build, 

making delivery charges higher. 

‘‘Ultimately, it comes down to customer 

choice, if people want to avoid the chance 

of ever having acold shower then they can 

move from controlled to uncontrolled 

energy supply –their electrician can do 

this for them. 

‘‘It will cost them more in their monthly 

power bill though,’’ he said. 

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JULY22TO 24 

Ashburton Glow in the Park from 

6.00pm tilldark. 

Athree-nightspectacular of 

lights at theTinwald Domain, 

including ThePlainsVintage 

Railway &Historical Museumarea. 

Organised by EA Networks and 

Ashburton DistrictCouncil. 

JULY 23 

Volunteers sought for the annual 

winter birdcount at Ashburton 

Lakes. Departingfrom the 

Ashburton courthouse from 9am, 

and Mt Somers tavern car park on 

Hoods Road at 9.30am. Anyone 

interested in helping out can 

contact Don Geddes 027 224 7913 

or PeterHowden3036072 to 

register. 

JULY 24 

TheWomen’sRugby World Cup, 

alongwith someofNew Zealand’s 

BlackFerns playerswillbeon site 

-from 12pm-2pm -during the 

Heartland Rugby 10sFestivalat 

Methven Rugby Club grounds. 

The games start at from 

10.45am. 

AUGUST67 

Methven Craft Fair,fundraiserfor 

MethvenPlaycentre, craftclothing 

andmore, at Mt HuttMemorialHall 

from10amto4pm. 

OCTOBER 8 

Pendarves Young Farmers are 

celebrating theclub’s 75th Jubilee. 

It will be held at Hotel Ashburton on 

Saturday, October8from 6pm. 

Register through thePendarves 

YoungFarmers Facebook page. 

OCTOBER 13 

St John MidCanterburyannual 

garden fetefundraiseratRakaia 

Gardens, in Dorieowned by Sue 

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adults and $5 for children overfive. 

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Rakaia School 150 Jubileewillbe 

held over Labourweekend.All past 

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of theschool invited to registerfor 

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Saturday andareflection service 

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Tradies, it’s time to talk the talk 

INDI.ROBERTS 


There’s something dark lurking within 

New Zealand’s construction industry, 

and it’s claiming roughly one industry 

worker to suicide every week. 

MATES in Construction field officer 

Maddi van Sitter says ‘‘We want to 

change that narrative.’’ 

MATES, which was founded with the 

goal of reducing the number of suicides 

within construction, claims 2019 saw the 

construction industry with the highest 

male suicide rate of any occupational 

group in New Zealand. 

Ashburton builder Nick McKain, of 

McKain Quality Construction, said 

Covid19 had definitely added to the 

strain of an already stressful job. ‘‘The 

building industry is very hectic, with an 

abundance of clients wanting work 

done. Covid has impacted us with supply 

chain delays, staff absence, price 

increases everywhere’’. 

Asurvey conducted by MATES in 

late2021 revealed 43% of construction 

workers claimed their mental health 

had deteriorated since the covid 

pandemic. 

Of the 1200 construction industry 

respondents, over 10 had attempted to 

end their own life. 

Around 24 respondents had, at some 

stage, planned asuicide attempt, and 

over 40 respondents had considered 

suicide within four months of 

participating in the survey. 

These figures may come as ashock, 

but they’re not all that surprising given 

New Zealand’s renowned sense of 

bravado. 

For years, we as acountry have been 

trying to front up to the revelation we 

have one of the highest youth suicide 

rates in the world. 

Field officer Maddi, who works in 

suicide prevention, said the 

construction industry typically attracted 

young males, especially of Maori or 

Pasifika decent, known to be more at 

risk of mental health issues. 

Males aged between 18 and 25 are 

most at risk of experiencing suicidal 

tendencies, and an intergenerational 

attitude problem may be the cause. 

‘‘As Kiwis we’re brought up not to talk 

about our problems, not to cry in front of 

people, to take those concrete pills 

every morning,’’ Maddi said. ‘‘It is still 

very prevalent, especially with our older 

generations.’’ 

Aslap on the shoulder and a‘she’ll be 

right’ are commonly consumed 

antidotes for frustrated, angry, or hurt 

feelings among workers, which results 

in unresolved issues that can fester and 

create aspiral of negativity, he said. 

MATES in Construction tackle this 

guarded culture by conducting onsite 

talks and training, equipping workers 

Above: McKain Quality Construction crew enjoy an early finish with some pizza and 

drinks after acold week’s work. Right: MATES in Construction field officer Maddi 

van Sitter. 

and leaders with skills needed to 

converse and open up to one another, or 

seek help from other sources. 

‘‘When we first show up to site there’s 

abit of confusion, people aren’t really 

sure about the conversation we’re about 

to have,’’ Maddi said. ‘‘Then by the end 

of it, nine times out of 10 we have people 

come and shake our hands and we’ve 

really managed to open their eyes, 

especially alot of our older generations. 

‘‘We open their eyes that it is okay to 

speak about our problems and not 

suppress the feelings that us as Kiwis 

have.’’ 

He said the talks actively challenge 

the stigmas that New Zealanders have 

around suicide and mental health. 

Nick McKain said ‘‘it was not a 

commonly talked about topic but it is 

important.’’ 

He had been forced to confront 

workmates about their mental health 

issues in the past, and as aresult strives 

to provide asafe and enjoyable 

workplace for his staff. 

‘‘We just try and keep the environment 

as happy and positive as we possibly 

can, majority of the time if someone is 

struggling it will be due to anumber of 

different factors so asking questions and 

trying to help resolve issues outside of 

work has helped.’’ 

He believesexcessalcohol 

consumption and drug use may alsobe 

contributingfactors to poormental 

wellbeing withinthe industry, with 

home pressures and unrealistic work 

deadlines adding to the stress. 

There are severallarge housing 

development projects under way in 

Ashburton,with anumber of councildriven 

redevelopmentsalso in full 

swing, such as the Ashburton central 

business district revitalisation project. 

The pressureisonfor construction 

workers across the board, as workloads 

increase and shortages of suppliesand 

staff continue to wreak havoc. 

‘‘We need to be able to find ahappy 

mediumbetween providing ahigh 

quality productwithin atimelinewhilst 

makingsure our staffare safe, having 

fun, learningand achieving their own 

personal goals,’’ Nick said. 

He said he tries to maintain worklife 

balance and give his staffopportunities 

for downtime,using the odd Friday 

afternoon to get off the building site and 

❛ As Kiwis we’re brought up 

not to talk about our 

problems, not to cry in front 

of people, to take those 

concrete pills every morning. 

❜ 

—Maddi van Sitter 

sit down for adrink and some pizza, 

claiming it’s agood time for staff to 

open up and communicate with one 

another in amore socialenvironment. 

Recently,hepaid for McKain Quality 

Construction staff to attend aMATES 

presentationatNoble 600, organised 

through localMaster Builders.The 

training was about general awareness 

of mental health. 

There were avariety of resources 

available to construction companies or 

workers, including links to counselling 

services,conversation cues for 

addressing difficult topics, and ways to 

recognise and support mental health 

issues. 

Maddi encouraged team leaders to 

get theirworkers through some form of 

training. 

‘‘Once they’ve been through MATES 

training or EAP, people are abit more 

opentohaving these conversations’’. 

He said team leaders should also take 

on the responsibility of creating an 

approachableenvironmentfor people. 

‘‘Wedosee acorrelation on some 

sites where you can see the culture is 

great there and people are open to 

talking about things and there’sno 

barriers. 

‘‘Wealso see the opposite, where 

people feel more shy or ashamedto 

speak aboutthings, and we’re just 

trying to break that down.’’ 

MATES ‘On Site’initiatives offer 

talks and training delivered to groupof 

workers onsite, at atime convenient 

for the workers and company. 

Following generalawareness 

training, companies can pursue MATES 

accreditation, which demonstrates a 

commitmenttotaking workers’ safety 

and mental wellbeingseriously. 

Any business or individual interested 

in getting involved with MATES can 

visit their website, mates.net. nz for 

moreinformation. 

If you or someoneyou know in the 

construction industry needs help, free 

phone 0800 111 315 today. 

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Family Notices 

Deaths 

Deaths 

Deaths 

Deaths 

BRADLEY,ValmaiMary(Val), 

on July 19, 2022, peacefully 

at home, Ashburton, aged 

84 years. Loved wife ofthe 

late Max. Loved Mum of 

Darral and Nicky, the late 

Grant, Kaye and Eddie, and 

Sandy and Greg. Adored 

Nana and great-Nana of all 

her grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. 

Messages to 

the Bradley family P O Box 

472, Ashburton 7740. A 

service for Val will be held 

at our chapel, corner East 

and Cox Streets, Ashburton 

today, Thursday July 21, 

commencing at 2.00pm, 

followed bycremation at the 

AshburtonCrematorium. 

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BLAIR, Elizabeth May 

(Betty), on July 18, 2022, 

peacefully at Rosebank 

Lifecare, Ashburton, aged 

93 years. Dearly loved 

daughter of the late James 

and Elizabeth Blair. Much 

loved sister and sister inlaw 

of the late Douglas, the late 

Alan, and Margaret, and the 

late Maurice, and Jannet. 

Treasured ‘Aunt’ of the late 

Susan, Elizabeth and Mark, 

John and Vicki, Joanna and 

Hamish, and a much loved 

great aunt and great-great 

aunt. Special thanks to Dr 

PennyHoldawayand thestaff 

at Rosebank for their loving 

care ofBetty. Messages to 

the Blair family POBox 472, 

Ashburton 7740. 

A service 

to celebrate Betty’s life will 

be held at the Lagmhor 

Church, Jacksons Road, 

Westerfield on Saturday 

July 23, commencing at 

1.30pm, followedbyaprivate 

interment at the Ashburton 

New Lawn Cemetery. 

Paterson’s 


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03 3077433 

Family 

Notices 

Enquiries phone 

Mary,Jann or Karen 

on 

308 7664 

or call into 

199 Burnett Street. 

CAIRNS, Beulah Jean (nee 

Ferguson) - Beulah passed 

away peacefully as she 

slept on 18 July 2022, at St 

Andrew’s Home & Hospital, 

Dunedin. In her 88th year. 

Beulah was the dearly loved 

friend and wife of the late 

Neil for 74 years, and a 

treasured Mum who will be 

remembered with much 

love by daughters Debbie 

Halls (Sydney), Melissa 

(Dunedin), Rachel Harris 

(Dunedin), our late son and 

brother Shannon; sons-inlaw 

Graham Harris and Brady 

Halls,and her cherished sister 

Mavis Pratt. Grandchildren 

Jett, Indiana, Charlotte, 

Poppy, Ella, Louis, and greatgrandaughter 

Evie, all have 

fond memories of a loving 

Nana. Beulah will be dearly 

missed by us all. Messages 

to cairnsbeulah@gmail.com. 

The service to celebrate 

Beulah’s life will be held at 

our chapel, corner East and 

Cox Streets, Ashburton on 

MondayJuly25, commencing 

at 1.30pm, followed by 

interment at the Ashburton 

New Lawn Cemetery .For 

anyone wishing to view the 

service online, go to www. 

patersonsfuneralservices. 

co.nz ‘Funeral Notices’ and 

click on Beulah’s notice for 

the link. 

Paterson’s 


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03 307 7433 

CAMERON, Jennifer Anne 

(formerly Robinson) 

22.06.1947-16.07.2022. 

Daughter ofthe late George 

& Ida Butler. Dearly loved 

wife of John. Forever loved 

and cherished mother and 

mother in law of Sara and 

Tim (Glenorchy) Mark and 

Leonie (Ashburton,) and 

Aaron (Peel Forest). A very 

special Nana and Great Nana. 

Simply the most beautiful 

sister and sister in law toTed 

and Sheryll (Waimate) 

and 

Margi and the late Russell 

(Dunedin) Sadly after a6mth 

long and courageous battle 

in Christchurch Hospital, 

surrounded by family, inher 

75th year.Your fight has come 

to an end. You can now fly 

high with the angels lovely 

lady. Always inour thoughts 

and foreverinour hearts.”God 

saw you were getting tired 

and acure was not to be. So 

he put his arms around you 

and whispered “come with 

me“. 

Messages to P O Box 472, 

Ashburton 7740. A service 

to celebrate Jennifer’s life 

will be held at our chapel, 

corner East and Cox Streets, 

Ashburton on Friday July 

22, commencing at 1.00pm, 

followed by interment at 

the Seafield Lawn Cemetery, 

Seafield Road,Ashburton. 

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HILL, Lois Edis Rose (nee 

Lambie) – On Sunday July 

10, 2022 peacefully passed 

at Terrace View Retirement 

Village, Ashburton, aged 

83 years. Dearly loved and 

loving wife ofthe late Eoin 

David Hill, mother, nana and 

great nana. Many thanks to 

many friends especially Dr 

Penny Holdaway. Thank you 

to Ashburton Hospital and 

Terrace View for their care 

of Lois. Asper Lois’s wish, a 

privateservicehas been held. 

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HILL, Lois Edis Rose –On 

July 10, 2022. Dearly loved 

mother, mother-in-law and 

friend of Nicky and Andrew 

Renner. Loving and loved 

Nana of Amelia Hill, Ben 

Williams, Kelly and Anelise 

Edkins and great nana of 

Aaliya Edkins. I’m sure Dad, 

Pop (Eoin) had agin waiting 

foryou. 

KING, Helen Mary (Mary), 

on July 18, 2022, peacefully 

at Rosebank Lifecare, 

Ashburton, aged 80 years. 

Dearly loved wife ofthe late 

Ivan, much loved mother 

and mother-in-lawofMichael 

and Anna, and Janelle and 

Bob Searle, adored Nana 

of Henry, Charlie, and Olly; 

Liam, and James. Messages 

to the King Family c/- PO 

Box 472, Ashburton 7740. A 

special thank you tothe staff 

at Rosebank for their loving 

care ofMary. Aprivate family 

service for Mary has been 

held. 

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LETHAM, John Gavin, 

peacefully at MethvenHouse, 

on July 13, 2022, aged 94 

years. Only son of the late 

Janet and John. Devoted 

husband and soulmate of 

the late Audrey. Loved and 

respected Dad of Christine 

(deceased), and 

Memorial Service 

In Memoriam 

Ian and 

Jackie. Much loved Grandad 

of Mark, Hamish, and Kristie. 

Loved Uncle Gavin to his 

nieces, nephews and their 

families. Messages to the 

Letham family POBox 472, 

Ashburton 7740. Special 

thanks to Dr Cheryl Tallon, 

and to allthe kind and caring 

staff at Methven House. A 

service to celebrate Gavin’s 

lifehas been held. 

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BEATTY, Ayleen Dawn: A 

Memorial Service for Ayleen 

Beatty who passed away 

August 18th 2021, will be held 

on Saturday 30th July 11am, 

at the Doris Linton Lounge, 

RSA. Supper Provided. 

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Te Whatu Ora, is the new 

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increasing covid cases. 

Te Whatu Ora Waitaha 

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There are anumber of factors 

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High levels of acute 

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staff sickness due to both covid 

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Covid numbers are forecast 

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Dr Bramley said lastweek 

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covid. 

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acute care areaswewill be 

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It does not include 

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‘‘Weapologise for the impact 

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community. 

‘‘This is not adecision we 

have madelightly but we need 

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acute andemergency care 

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‘‘Acute outpatient 

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11 

New role empowers zone communities 

Adedicatedcoordinator to champion 

local environmental projectshas been 

supportedbythe AshburtonWater Zone 

Committee. 

The Mid Canterbury Catchment 

Collective (MCCC) has appointed Angela 

Cushnie as acoordinatorthanksto 

$30,000 of funding allocated as part of the 

zone committee’s actionplan. 

MCCC’s goals stronglyalign with many 

of the Ashburton Zone Committee action 

plan goals, includingafocusonseveral 

waterbodies in thearea; enhancing 

biodiversity and mahinga kai; improving 

ecosystem health; enhancing recreation 

and amenities; advocating for the 

protectionofnative fishspecies, 

including uninterrupted access to thesea 

and thereductionoffishbarriers where 

appropriate. 

Angela,who grew up in theHindsarea, 

said waterquality has become aconcern 

for MidCanterbury residents over the 

course of herlifetime andshe is 

passionateabout the community’s role to 

enable environmental change. 

“MCCC sees these challenges as an 

opportunity, and my new roleisall about 

supportingcommunities to create 

positive environmental changes in away 

that is sustainable andintergenerational. 

Ican draw on my 

communicationsand facilitation 

backgroundtojointhe dots and bring 

science, ideas, and action together. 

“Often it isjust amatter of connecting 

diversegroupsofpeople who are looking 

for the same outcomes so we canavoid 

duplication and make themost effective 

use of our resources,time, and energy.” 

Angela said thepace and volumeof 

change is rapidly increasing with new 

environmental regulations being 

launched simultaneously, whichoften 

Mid Canterbury Catchment Collective coordinator Angela Cushnie, at left, with 

some of the members of the collective during their recent meeting. 

places huge pressures on landowners and 

thewider community. 

“One of ourmainobjectives is to 

acknowledge and celebrate the good work 

that is alreadyhappeninginside farm 

gates, whilecontinuing to improve our 

environmental footprint, support 

catchment group initiatives,and 

champion community wellbeing. 

“Identifying thekeyareas to focus on is 

really vital andthis is where Ibelievemy 

newrole will add value, connect 

communities, and apply astrategic lens to 

addressprojects at acatchmentlevel, 

thenstep that outtoaregional level.” 

Ashburton Zone committeechairBill 

Thomas believedAngela’s new role will 

provide amore direct connection withthe 

community,iwi, andlandowners. 

“Therehas been abit of disconnection, 

and Ithink we shouldalwaysbeworking 

on improving relationships withthe 

broader community andworkingon 

projectsthat arepractical witha 

community focus. 

“HavingAngela, withher outstanding 

organisational skillsand connections 

withmany different sectors of the 

community, will provide amore cohesive 

and coordinated approach to 

environmental projects. 

“Ifwecan bring people together at a 

catchment level to hone in andfocus on 

thesignificant issuesthen we cando 

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communitytodelivertheir aspirations for 

freshwater, as outlined in theCanterbury 

WaterManagement Strategy (CWMS). 

Committees, including Ashburton 

WaterZone Committee, were provided 

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Angela is also amemberofthe 

Ashburton Zone Committee anda 

community member of theRegional 

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decisionmaking process forthe funding 

allocation. 

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Ashburton Water Zone Committee has 

supported the following projects as part of 

its action plan: 

Mid Canterbury Catchment Collective: coordination, 

strategy, marketing and 

administration –$30,000 

Mid Canterbury Catchment Collective: coordinate 

aresource of catchment 

information –$6000 

Ashburton District Council: Whakanui/ 

Wakanui hāpua pine tree removal –$4000 

MHV Water: Nitrate sensor for 

constructed wetland trial –$10,000 

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COUNCILBRIEF 

ASHBURTONDC.GOVT.NZ/NEWS 

5BaringSquareWest, Ashburton |POBox 94, Ashburton, NewZealand 7740 | Telephone (03) 307 7700 | Website ashburtondc.govt.nz 

Thursday,21July 2022 | ISSUE 88 

HamishRiach,ChiefExecutive 

Elections take mainstage 

The lead-up to the local 

electionsinOctober has 

officially begun, with 

nominations nowopen 

forseats on Council 

and the Methven 

Community Board. 

There areexciting timesahead for 

those elected, as Council hasalarge 

work programme planned overthe next 

fewyears,aswell as dealing with arange 

of external issues impacting Council and 

the community. 

It is the job of electedmembers to lead 

the Council and community through 

current issues, such as the Covid-19 

pandemicrecovery and climatechange, 

as well as steering us throughcurrent 

and futureGovernment reforms and 

infrastructureinvestmenttoprovide for 

growth of ourdistrict, all the whileinan 

environment of cost of livingincreases 

and thehighestinflationratesince1990. 

Localauthoritiesare having to adapt 

to newlegislation andtechnologythat 

changes the waywedobusiness, and 

we arecurrently dealing with the reform 

of Three Waters and the Resource 

ManagementAct,and the Review into 

the FutureofLocal Government. 

These reforms could dramatically 

changethe traditional role andfunction 

of local government. 

All of these, and the day-to-day 

operation of whatisessentiallyabig 

business,makes forimportant and 

impactful work,and standing for 

Councilisanopportunity to be 

avoicefor thecommunity in 

many decisions. And voting 

lets youelectpeople you 

believe in to deliver great 

outcomesfor our future. 

Our longterm vision is forthe 

Ashburton District to be the district 

of choicefor lifestyleand opportunity -a 

placethatpeoplechoose to live, work 

andplayin. To achieve this, we need 

to provide great places in ahealthy 

environment,welcome newpeople and 

ideas, and empowerour community to 

guide our decisions. 

We alsoneed to foster aprosperous 

economy,basedoninnovation and 

opportunity. 

Ourdecision-makers have this vision 

in mind and arealways balancing 

increased demand forservices against 

what is affordablefor ratepayers -their 

experienceand ties with the community 

help that process. 

Successivecouncils have helped put 

the districtinagood spaceand we are 

ratedbythe NewZealand Instituteof 

EconomicResearchasthe sixth most 

desirable districttodobusiness in and 

12th forquality of life. 

OurfutureCouncillorswill find the job 

both challenging and rewarding and our 

communities shouldbeencouraging 

potential candidateswithpassionand a 

will to servetoconsiderstanding. 

If youwant to know moreabout the 

nomination process, visit our website 

voteashburton.nz 

Nominations nowopen 

Nominations are now open for the 

2022local elections and the call has 

gone out for candidates tocontest 

21 roles around the Ashburton 

district. 

Aside from the mayoral race, nine 

councillors will be elected torepresent 

the three wards, as well as fiveMethven 

Community Board members and 

six Braided Rivers Community Trust 

members. 

Nearly anyone can represent their 

community, as longastheyare overthe 

age of18, aNew Zealand citizen and 

enrolled on the Parliamentary electoral 

roll. 

To help potential candidates prepare, 

Council held acandidate information 

evening on Tuesday and 20 people 

attended. 

Council has also launched the 

voteashburton.nz website to provide 

easy access to information for both 

Glowinthe Park is all go! 

Wrap up warmly when you head 

to Glow in the Park at Tinwaldthis 

weekend. 

The free special effects lighting show 

will run on Friday,Saturday and Sunday 

nights, startingat5.30pm, withatrail of 

installationsaround the Tinwald Domain 

and the Plains Vintage and Railway 

Museum. 

Saturday night'sline-up will also feature 

aglowing hotair balloon. 

voters and candidates. It has aton of 

information about the local elections, 

including nomination forms, maps for 

thedifferentwardsandFrequentlyAsked 

Questions. 

In Mid Canterbury, people will also 

be voting for two representatives at 

Environment Canterbury. 

Nominations for all roles are open until 

noon on 12 August. Candidates cannot 

nominate themselves and they must 

be nominated bytwo people, who are 

over18and enrolledtovoteinthe same 

ward or area the candidate is planning to 

stand. 

The local elections are conducted by 

postal vote, and people can expect to 

receive their voting packs in the mail 

from 16 September. Voting closes at 

noon on Saturday 8October. 

Local candidates will be listed 

at voteashburton.nz once their 

nominations areprocessed. 

Council is partnering with EA Networks 

to run the event, which celebrates 100 

year of bringing electricity to the district. 

Council Community Services Group 

Manager Steve Fabish said there was 

highexcitement aboutthe event,and he 

hoped hundreds of families would come. 

The trail will include interactivedisplays 

and there will be places for selfies. The 

event is notsuitable fordogs. 

Carparking will be signposted on 

Maronan Road. 

1 Thursday,21July 2022 |ISSUE 88 

ashburtondc.govt.nz

Civil Defencewinds down after rain bomb 

When aweather bomb drops and 

CivilDefenceactivatesitsemergency 

operations centre, a big human 

machine kicks intogear to deal with 

the response, recovery and, much 

later, resiliencesidesofthe event. 

Ashburton District Council’s Civil Defence 

teams were well prepared for this week’s 

weather event, having gained valuable 

experience during the 1-in-200 year rain 

event in May lastyear. 

Three teams were rostered on in eighthour 

shiftsaroundthe clock,with people 

responsible for operations, information, 

logistics and welfare. They connect with 

Council staffwho arekeeping aclose eye 

on roads, drinking waterand wastewater, 

and any other core service that might be 

at risk. 

The emergency operations centre also 

includes representatives from Fire and 

Emergency NZ (FENZ), Environment 

Canterbury and sometimes the likes 

of police, St John, Mid Canterbury 

Rural Support and Federated Farmers, 

depending onthe event or emergency 

under way. 

Council Chief ExecutiveHamish Riach said 

the first response stage provided help to 

those who needed it and information, 

which was crucial to help the district’s 

differentcommunities prepareand act. 

“In thisweek’s rain event, we were able to 

use alot of information gained in the 2021 

flooding and see the properties thatwould 

be affectedifflood waters brokeout of any 

of our rivers. 

“We were worried that new flood 

protection work done after the last flood 

was vulnerable to erosion. Luckily, this 

event wasnot as severe as in 2021, though 

some property owners along the river 

havebeenaffectedagain. 

“Predictably, there were also wider 

concerns about the safety ofthe State 

Highway 1Ashburton River bridge, which 

held up well.” 

Information is gathered from many 

sources, including Government agencies 

and other local authorities. Quite alot 

of information is also gathered from 

social media,especially whenpeople are 

reporting hazards and their locations; 

thisalso helps Civil Defencesend specific 

messages and reach out to different 

communities. 

It’sdoggy 

rego time! 

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It’s nowtimetoregisteror 

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Look outfor the information pack in your 

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Road damageinthe Upper Rakaia Gorge. 

The roadingteamcheck surfaceflooding near the upper Hinds River on Wednesday. 

Recovery is the next stage of the Civil 

Defence response and that is about 

restoring services, like roads, and 

supporting property owners access help 

to do the same on their land. 

The resilience side of the event ismore 

long-term and looks at what canbe done 

in the future tohelp the district and its 

people cope better. 

Much of this is about reviewing what 

happened and planning ahead forthe next 

time. 

Mr Riach said Council’s roading team 

ashburtondc.govt.nz 

wouldbeout makingafull assessment of 

roads thatwould needrepairsinthe wake 

of this week’s weather bomb. 

Council'slivemap of road closures,onits 

website,is avaluableresourceatanytime. 

Ashburton Civil Defence deactivated its 

emergency operations centre at 10am 

yesterday, as river levels continued to 

reduce. 

Issues can continue to be reported to 

Council by phone 307-7700, email or by 

using the SnapSend Solveapp. 

DOGPARK CLOSURE 

ASHBURTONDOG PARK 

TEMPORARY CLOSURE 

The Ashburton Dog Park near State 

Highway 1will be closed forthe next few 

days while contractorserect anew fence 

along the river boundary. 

The work ispartofimprovementstothe 

dog park area followingthe May 2021 

floods, when the area wasunder water. 

Part of the newworkiscreating anew 

carparkand entrancebehind the Kmart 

development on South Street. 

Youcan exercise your dogatArgyle Park 

or near the Ashburton Business Estate 

off Company Road. 

PUBLICNOTICES 

ALCOHOL LICENCES 

Council hasreceived the following 

applications fornew alcohollicences. 

Theapplications may be inspected 

at the office of the Ashburton District 

Licensing Committee at 5BaringSquare 

West, Ashburton. 

Objections mustbenotifiedtoThe 

Secretary, Ashburton District Licensing 

Committee, PO Box94, Ashburton by 

the date specified. 

No objection to the renewal ofalicence 

may be madeinrelationtoamatter 

other than amatterspecified in Section 

131ofthe Saleand Supply of Alcohol 

Act2012. 

METHVEN RESORT-public notice of 

applicationfor anew OFF licence. 

The Methven Limitedhas made 

applicationtothe DistrictLicensing 

CommitteeatAshburton foranew 

OFF licenceinrespectofthe premises 

situatedat51Main Street,Methven 

The general nature of the business 

conductedunder thelicence is Remote 

Sales.The days on which andthe hours 

during which alcoholissoldunder the 

licenceare:Sunday to Monday 9.00am 

to 8.00pm 

Objection period closes 26 July 2022. 

RUBBISH AND RECYCLING 

ASHBURTONRESOURCE 

RECOVERYPARK 

Thepit compactoratthe Ashburton 

park is undergoing maintenance from 

Friday22JulyuntilMonday 25 July –this 

meansnorubbishwillbeabletoleave 

the site, so we areasking peopletohold 

off bringing in anyrubbish,unlessitis 

necessary. 

UPCOMING MEETINGS 

Meetings areatCouncil Chambers, 

137 HavelockStreet, unless specified 

MethvenCommunity Board, Monday 

25 July,10.30am,atMt HuttMemorial 

Hall 

Ashburton WaterZone 

Committee, Tuesday 26 July,1pm 

(live-streamed) 

Councilmeeting, Wednesday 27 July 

1pm(live-streamed) 

Ashburton District Road Safety 

Co-ordinating Committee, Tuesday 2 

August, 9.30am 

Council Activity Briefings, Wednesday 

10 August, 9.30am 

Audit &Risk Committee, Wednesday 

10 August, 1.30pm (live-streamed) 

Councilmeeting, WednesdayAugust 

17, 1pm (live-streamed) 

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createdand published by the 

Ashburton DistrictCouncil. 

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New attraction, to benefit Canterbury 

INDI.ROBERTS 


Mid Canterburyevent organiserRoger 

Farr and Canterbury Employers’ 

Chamber of Commerce are welcoming 

the decision of Christchurch City 

Council to progresswith the 

construction of Te Kaha, amultiuse 

stadium. 

Christchurch City Council votedto 

sign afixedprice $683 million 

construction contract last week, with the 

majority of councillors in favour of the 

build, and only three opposing votes. 

Roger Farr,ofAshburton Event 

Centre, said Ashburton will benefit 

havinganinternationalsized stadium 

on our doorstep. 

The shows,sporting events, and 

performances held at Te Kaha will 

attractpeople from aroundthe country, 

and as akey transittown, there will be a 

large volume of people thatwill pass 

through our districtontheir way to the 

stadium. 

‘‘What we as adistrict mustdo, is look 

for everyopportunity to attract them to 

either stop and spendinour business 

district, or offeraccommodationoptions 

and attractions for them to participate 

in,’’ Rogersaid. 

Christchurch’s new Te Kahastadium will boast spectacular uninterruptedviews. 

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‘‘We are only one hour's drive away. 

Offer shuttle services to and from the 

venue,Ski and Rugby packagesinthe 

winter,EdSheeran Concert and Mid 

Canterbury GrainHarvest Festival 

tickets,featuringthe districts craft 

beers and wine in the Summer. 

Highlight all the attractionsour district 

has to offerand watch new businesses 

develop.’’ 

CanterburyEmployers’ Chamber of 

Commerce chief executive Leeann 

Watsonsaid it was good to see 

commonsense had prevailed. 

‘‘This is great news for our city, our 

region and our credibility as aworldclass 

city. We are pleased to see that the 

majority of councillors have votedin 

favour,and are disappointed in those 

who voted against. 

‘‘Thebusiness community is 

overwhelmingly supportiveof 

constructing the stadiumand we 

congratulate the Christchurch City 

Council for making the correctdecision 

with the future of our city in mind.’’ 

Te Kaha is estimated to bring in 

$462.2mfor Christchurch over 25 years, 

and could help to attract $3.6m in 

revenuefrom sporting events,and $10m 

from the concerts of international 

performers,not includingother events 

which the stadiummay also be used for. 

It has been designed to be a‘flexible’ 

venue,able to be utilised for tennisand 

boxingevents as well as rugby test 

matches, Super Rugby matches,soccer 

and rugby leaguegames. Boasting 

spectacular viewsfrom every seat, as 

well as passenger lifts and escalators, 

the new stadiumwill be an excellent 

venue choice for concerts and willbe 

able to host three large concerts and 

four smallerconcerts eachyear. 

Therewill be 32 foodand beverage 

outlets onsiteincluding several bars,as 

well as designated parenting rooms and 

areas for children and students. 

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Musical debut for Ashburton director 

DANIEL.TOBIN 


Young director Toby Lee is 

having the New Zealand 

premiere of the musical 

comedy Glory Days in his home 

town, Ashburton. 

Toby is in his third year at 

Christchurch’s National 

Academy of singing and 

dramatic Arts (NASDA) and 

decided to take on adirecting 

role as part of NAZDA’s 

capstone project which gives 

the students an opportunity to 

do aproject of significant scale. 

‘‘When they said that, I 

thought what agood 

opportunity to do it myself.’’ 

Toby came across Glory Days 

when he was looking up duets 

online and found the song Boys 

from Glory Days, ‘‘It was a 

lovely song and people seemed 

to enjoy it.’’ 

Toby looked into the show 

and thought the rest of the 

songs were nice and decided to 

take the show on tour. 

This is Toby's first foray into 

directing and he is excited 

about the challenge. 

The cast is made up of four 

actors, three are from Toby’s 

NAZDA class and one ex 

NAZDA student, all good mates 

of Toby. 

Toby said directing friends 

comes with challenges. 

‘‘Some of them adapted to the 

sense of authority, others when 

Igive them direction they are 

taking it as if it’s their best mate 

rather than their director. I 

Toby Lee is directing the musical comedy Glory Days. 

don't want to piss them off or 

anything,’’ he said. 

Glory Days is based on abook 

by Nick Blaemire and has been 

aBroadway musical. 

Toby describes it as amusical 

comedy with the lead 

character, Will, coming to 

terms with growing up. 

‘‘He's been away from his 

friends for ayear, and they 

come back for areunion to play 

aprank on the kids who bullied 

them in highschool. 

‘‘I suppose it’s about how 

people change over time and 

especially that time just out of 

highschool, you’re learning to 

grow up, very relevant to 

myself, and how he (Will) deals 

with that and doesn't deal with 

that. 

‘‘There’s lots of male bravado 

and friendship and all the 

banter that comes along with 

that as well,’’ Toby said. 

Although Toby is enjoying 

directing, his real passion is 

being on stage performing and 

he has secured arole as Danny 

Zuko in the NASDA production 

of Grease the Musical at the 

Court Theatre in late October. 

He is donating apercentage 

of profits from Glory Days to the 

Men’s Mental Health 

Foundation and is keen to show 

teenage boys that acting can be 

aviable career choice. 

‘‘That was part of the 

motivation for doing this,’’ Toby 

said. 

The first time he was exposed 

to NAZDA was when they 

temporally came to Ashburton 

because of the Christchurch 

earthquakes. 

‘‘It was the first time Ihad 

seen it, because they travelled 

here. Ihad never heard of 

NAZDA.’’ 

Toby included this 

experience and motivation in 

his proposal to NAZDA. 

‘‘I said it would be great to go 

back and share this show in a 

smaller town, especially some 

younger boys, boys from Ash 

Col, show them what they can 

do if you’ve got the right mind 

set.’’ 

Glory Days premieres at the 

Ashburton Event Centre August 

5and 6. 

Win tickets 

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Facebook page to go into the 

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Days.


NEWS 


17 

Animal welfare samaritans needed 

INDI.ROBERTS 


An unusually fertilefeline seasonhas 

seenlocal animal welfareshelters 

inundatedwith catsand kittens 

needing newhomes. 

Increasingcat populationsand a 

shortageofvolunteers haveleft 

shelters feelingthe pressure,and 

they’re askingfor thecommunity to 

help. 

Withanew‘kitten season’ imminent, 

theMid Canterbury Animal Welfare 

Centre and the AshburtonSPCAare 

hopeful that more people willadopt 

cats andkittens before thenext flood of 

felines arrive. 

MidCanterburyAnimal Welfare 

Centre manager, Rallou Keeley,says 

they stillhave cats from last years’ 

season waitingtofindtheir forever 

homes. 

Thecats have been desexed, 

vaccinated andmicrochippedcourtesy 

of VetlifeAshburton,but areoften 

passedupinfavourofthe smaller, 

younger,moreplayful kittens. 

Theresult is an extended stayinthe 

shelterfor many adult cats, some of 

whichspendalifetime looking for a 

home. 

Rallou is desperatetoprevent that 

fromhappening. 

‘‘All the adult’s (adoption fees)are 

currentlyhalf price,’’ she said, hoping 

reducing the $150adoption feewill 

encourage peopletogive theadult cats 

at thecentre achance. 

With their lowmaintenance 

temperamentsand and affectionate 

personalities, adultcatsmay be the 

perfect choice for people or families 

looking for feline companionship 

without the maintenance of raising a 

kitten. 

Rallou saystheyare lovely animals 

andafterseven or so months of sitting 

in the shelter,she hopes they’re ableto 

find theirnew families soon. 

Thecentre is alocallyoperatednotforprofit 

organisationwhich relies 

solely on community volunteers, 

sponsorship and donations. 

With over ten cats currently inthe 

facility, there is much to be maintained, 

with daily cleaning and feeding 

Rallou Keeley outside the Mid Canterbury Animal Welfare Centre, which is asking people to consider adopting adult cats. 

required. 

Rallou, who goestothe shelterevery 

evening to tend to thecats,says that 

while shehas afew loyal volunteers, 

shehas seenareduction in volunteer 

timedue to Covid19 restrictions. 

She hopesthere are more animal 

lovers outtherehappy togive afew 

hoursoftheir time each week. 

Though separate to the Mid 

Canterbury Animal Welfare Centre, the 

Ashburton SPCA areexperiencing 

similar issues. 

Ashburton SPCA teamleader 

Ashleigh Murray said they arealso 

looking fornew volunteers,but in 

particular arehopingtoexpand their 

listoffoster families. 

‘‘Werequire fosterparentsthat are 

willingtohave young kittens, pregnant 

mothers,neonates,sickand injured 

felines thatneedtimetorecoverprior 

to adoption,aswellasfoster families 

thatare willing to help shy andtimid 

kittens to come outoftheir shell and 

becomecomfortable and confidentina 

homeenvironment.’’ 

Fosteringprovides cats or kittens 

withawarm, safe,and friendly home 

without thelongterm responsibilityof 

ownership, andprepares themfor life 

outside the shelterwhen they finallydo 

find their forever homes. 

Ashleigh said ‘‘welfare outcomesare 

better when animals spend time in a 

home environment, which minimizes 

their timespentinashelter. It allows 

kittens room to playand growand it 

allows sickand injured animals a 

chance torecover andadapt to anew 

life after trauma.’’ 

The SPCAsupport foster families 

throughout the process, and cover 

expensessuchasfood, bedding, and 

veterinarybills. 

It’s afantastic optionfor people who 

maybehesitantabout adopting their 

ownpet, or whowant to do their partin 

improving the welfare of shelter 

animals. 

The kitten seasontypicallyarrives 

aroundNovember, where an influxin 

kittenswill be born. 

The SPCA hopetohave anew listof 

fosterfamilies ready to provide asafe 

andsocial environment for cats and 

kittensoverthe summer. 

Both the SPCA and MidCanterbury 

Animal Welfare Centre are calling out 

foradoptions and volunteers,and 

encourage peopletomake contact if 

they would like to find out how theycan 

help. 

Rallou Keeley with some of the Mid Canterbury Animal Welfare Centre cats and 

kittens waiting for adoption. 

Ashleigh Murray, Ashburton SPCA team leader, with one of their kittens available 

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Reimagining the national game, locally 

TONI.WILLIAMS 


Mid Canterbury Rugby Union is in 

discussionswith itsrugbyclubsabout 

the futureofthe game and their funding 

windfall from the nationalbody’s Silver 

Lakedeal. 

Theagreement of New Zealand 

Rugby andthe New Zealand Rugby 

Players’ AssociationwithUS 

technology investment firm SilverLake 

was to provideboth investment intothe 

gameatall levels andsupport for the 

developmentofnew capabilities.As 

partofthe agreementProvincial 

Unions(PUs), andtheirclubs, are due 

to receive significant fundingbooststo 

helpbolster thegame at community 

level. 

MidCanterbury Rugby Unionchief 

executive officer Tanya Dearns said 

$500,000was earmarked for the union 

and with it someexcitingopportunities. 

‘‘We’ve gotsome ideas,’’ shesaidof 

the Heartland Union funding. 

‘‘It givesussomeoptions, oneofthem 

being facilitydevelopment. 

‘‘We arenot in the businessof making 

money butweare in avery good 

positiontocreatesomething really 

excitingfor Mid CanterburyRugbyas 

partofour legacy,’’she said. 

Therewas alsopotentialfor an 

additional $180,000, for distribution 

amongits clubs providingcriteria 

based on debt, reservespolicy and 

strategic rugby investment wasmet. 

Therewere six strategic priorities: 

teenage boys,women/girls rugby,game 

development, clubhealth, diversityand 

inclusion, and safety. 

Only four neededtobemet. 

Base funding of $27m forall 26 

provincial unions had notchanged but 

what hadincreased wasthe variable 

funding, or shortterm sustainable 

investment funding,she said. 

‘‘So we are gettingclose to $7m extra 

ayear as PUs to put into our community 

game.’’ 

‘‘It meansfor us that we could 

potentially getanextra $180,000 in our 

bankaccount to deliverthesestrategic 

(pillars),’’ she said. 

Theunion was alreadycovering many 

of New Zealand Rugby’ssix strategic 

Mid Canterbury Rugby Union chief executive officer Tanya Dearns is excited about future opportunities for provincial rugby. 

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priorities whichalong with no debtwould 

securethe uniontheirfunds. 

Theclub distribution model will 

likelysee each clubmetthe same 

criteriaand by theend of August club’s 

could haveafairlydecent chunkof 

money drop intotheir bank accounts. 

They can do what they wantwith it, 

whether its capital works, usedtosettle 

debtorput intothe bankand increase 

reserves, shesaid. 

Andshe wasexcited by the prospect. 

‘‘It’sreally cool. Apart from cricket, 

there is no othersport in thecountry 

thatgets funded topdown,and we sit 

hereand we go this is just amazing,and 

we forget how bloody lucky we are . 

‘‘This investment dealishugely 

excitingfor the sport ... and we just 

havegot to makesure as custodiansof 

thatmoney it haslongevity, it’s 

sustainablewhatweare doing.’’ 

Growing rugby at acommunitylevel shouldbenefit all club’s in Mid Canterbury. 

As part of thedeal theunion’s 

strategic planalso had to be updated. 

Andwouldinvolve discussionwith 

eachofthe clubs, centredaround the 

union’s role, itspartnerships withthe 

clubs and the future. Adraft needed to 

be completed by theend of October,she 

said. 

It wasanopportunity to engage and 

would also givethe unionanidea on 

eachclubslong term plans. 

‘‘Some clubsare in areally, really 

goodposition,othersare really 

struggling and we justneedtobeableto 

knowwhat it is that we cando, and how 

we can support them,how we can 

advocate on their behalf forthings,’’ 

she said. 

NZR’s launched theirStrategy 2025 to 

reimagineand unify rugby lastmonth, 

and theMid Canterbury Rugby Union 

presentedittoits clubrepresentatives 

PHOTOS GRAHAM SHAW 

and sponsors in Ashburton. 

It was viewed as NewZealand 

Rugby’s commitmenttothe game and 

represented aboldambition to 

reimaginerugbyfor thefuture. 

It wasapolishedlaunch, promoting 

rugby and itsmeaningtoplayers, using 

representativesfrom JABlevelthrough 

to All Blacks and intendingtoinspire a 

new generation of players along with 

new opportunities. 

The Silver Lake deal: 

The New Zealand Rugby/New Zealand 

Rugby Players’ Association deal with 

Silver Lake was for $262.5m, which 

includes additional coinvestment this 

year by New Zealandbased institutional 

investors up to $62.5 million. The first 

$100m was received by NZR on July 1 

when the deal was officially signed. 

Nationwide there are 26 provincial unions, 

450 clubs nine in Mid Canterbury more 

than 147,000 players, 9500 coaches, close 

to 1500 referees and countless volunteers 

contributing to the game each week. 

Silver Lake is investing $200m in NZR for 

aminority ownership percentage in NZR 

Commercial Co of which $7.5m will go to 

rugby clubs, $2m into Māori rugby, and 

$20m into provincial unions. There will 

also be a$60m contribution to anew 

legacy fund, an amount set aside to invest 

in growth, various investments across the 

game and the balance of funds after costs 

will form an injection in to NZR reserves to 

safeguard the game against any future 

financial disruptions. 

Two1bedroom apartments 

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Attitude, romance and tension 

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Ashburton authorStacey Broadbent is 

launching her latest book, Cut Loose,with 

ameet and greet book signingatthe 

Ashburton Public Library tomorrow. 

The thrilling motorcycle club romance 

is part of anew series that Stacey hasbeen 

working on, and tells the story of Jericho 

Lawson, the vicepresident of Hellhounds 

motorcycle club, and Sam Traynor, a 

woman on the run from an abusive 

marriage. 

Sam and Jericho’s lives will collide in 

this epic tale of growth, redemption, and 

romance. 

‘‘Cut Loose started off as apiecefor a 

charity anthologycalled Hellhounds,’’ 

Stacey said. 

‘‘The idea wastowrite something based 

around thatword(Hellhounds). Many 

wrote aboutdogs, but Iinstantly thought of 

amotorcycle club. 

Iknew the story wasn’t finished and 

needed more, and so Cut Loose was born.’’ 

The new series is titled HellhoundsMC, 

and each book will be based arounda 

different member of the motorcycle club 

and their loveinterests. 

Staceysays the books have ‘‘a suspense 

element to them as well as alittle humour 

and spice’’ andare agreatchoice for 

mature readers who enjoy ‘‘redemption 

and romance’’. 

The Hellhounds MC series is targeted 

for audiences over18years old who like a 

story packed with attitude, romance, and 

tension. 

The book launchwill be held at the 

AshburtonPublicLibrary from 6pm. 

People who attend can expect to hear 

Stacey share an excerpt from Cut Loose, 

as well someinformation about herself 

Stacey Broadbentwith her book, Cut Loose, the first in aseries of suspenseful 

motorcycle romance. 

and her experienceinwriting and selfpublishing. 

There will be signed copies of the 

paperbacknovelavailablefor purchase 

on the day,and aquestions and answers 

opportunity forpeople whomay want to 

knowmoreabout Stacey, Cut Loose, or 

herwritingjourneys. 

Stacey,who has published over 20 

books, describesherself as an author of 

‘romance and thriller, to everything in 

between’. 

‘‘I’m multigenre, so Ihave something to 

suitmost people. One of my favourites is 

adystopianzombie thriller set here in 

Ashburton called Fever. My Super Mum 

series has also beenpopularhere in New 

Zealand. They’re lighthearted books 

about life as amum.’’ 

Stacey’s books can be purchased locally 

in paperback format through Unique 

Boutique. 

They are also available for eBook and 

paperbackpurchase throughAmazon, 

and are free for users of Kindle 

Unlimited. 

IN BRIEF 

BRIDGE SECURE 

Receeding river levels under the 

Ashburton RiverbridgeatState 

Highway1have not causedany 

disruption on thebridge, unlike last 

year. Receedingfloodwaterlevels 

last yearcontributedtothe scouring 

of gravelalongthe river bed, 

causing aslumpinthe bridgeand 

weeks of remediation works. 

However Waka Kotahi NZ 

Transport Agencyspokesperson 

Frances Adank said the water levels 

in 2021 were double the peak of this 

weekand ‘‘all is holding up well at 

the bridge.’’ 

BIRD COUNT 

The annualwinter bird count at 

Ashburton Lakeshas been 

rescheduledtoJuly 23.Departing 

from the Ashburton courthouse from 

9am, and Mt Somers tavern car 

park on Hoods Road at 9.30am. 

There will be hot soupand sharing 

results at the endofthe day. 

Anyone interested in helping out 

can contact Don Geddes 027 224 

7913orPeterHowden 3036072 to 

register. 

PENDARVES JUBILEE 

Pendarves Young Farmers are 

inviting allpast and present 

Pendarves Young Farmers members 

to celebrate the club’s75th Jubilee. 

Abuffetsit-downmeal, 

entertainment, reminiscing and 

reconnecting with past and present 

members are planned. 

It will be held at Hotel Ashburton on 

October 8from 6pm. Register 

through the PendarvesYoung 

Farmers Facebook page. 

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Red sky at night, shepherd’s delight 

Antarctica is experiencing stunning 

skyscapes likethose recently seen in 

NewZealand, thanks to theafterglow 

effect from the Tongan volcano. 

Scientists working in Antarcticahave 

captured breathtaking photosofthe 

skies above the icy continent, takenby 

Antarctica New Zealand science 

technician StuartShaw, stationed at 

ScottBase for the winter. 

‘‘Usually in midwinter, Antarctica is 

nearly continuouslydark, exceptfor a 

slight‘nautical twilight’ at around 

midday which means thehorizon is 

faintlyvisible in goodconditions,’’Mr 

Shaw said. 

‘‘But this year, we were presented 

withquite ashow, which hadmostofthe 

station personnel grabbing jackets and 

running outsidewith their cameras to 

look at the awesome colours. It’s 

incredible.’’ 

He was prompted to sharehisimages 

afterseeing astory fromNIWA about 

unusually pink skies in NewZealand, 

similiar to the one at right captured by 

photographer Sarah Minton in Mid 

Canterbury,causedbyremnant aerosols 

in the stratosphere fromJanuary’s 

Tongan volcanic eruption. 

NIWA forecaster Nava Fedaeff said 

satellitelidar (laser radar)data shows 

an abundance of aerosols in the 

stratosphere between 15 24kmabove 

Antarctica, which weren’t present 

before the eruption. 

‘‘Stratosphericaerosolscan circulate 

theglobe for months after avolcanic 

eruption,scattering andbendinglight as 

thesun dips or rises below thehorizon, 

creating aglowinthesky with hues of 

pink, blue, purple, and violet. 

‘‘These volcanic twilightsare known 

as ‘‘afterglows’’, withthe colour and 

Pink skies captured on the way back from Wakanui Beach. 

intensity dependentonthe amountof 

haze andcloudiness along the path of 

light reachingthe stratosphere,’’ Ms 

Fedaeff said. 

The aerosols aremostly sulphate 

particles,but as this was an undersea 

eruption, water vapour droplets as well 

as sea salt are also likely to be in the 

mix. 

‘‘Nature never fails to put on ashowin 

Antarctica, and it can be beautiful or 

destructive’’, Antarctica NewZealand’s 

chief science advisor Jordy Hendrikx 

said. 

‘‘Thesephotographs capture the awe 

it inspires, and how connected our 

planet is.Antarctica is some5000km 

from NewZealand, some 7000km from 

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Tonga, but weshare our skies. 

‘‘What happensinAntarcticaaffects us 

at home, and theother wayaround too. 

Much of the science thatwesupport aims 

to understand those dynamics in the 

atmosphere, oceans, and ecosystems, 

and to help better understand the 

connectivity between Antarctica, New 

Zealand, and thewider world.’’ 

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Call to stand for council 

Nominationsare now open for 

the 2022 local electionsand the 

call has gone out for candidates 

to contest 21 roles around the 

Ashburton district. 

Aside from the mayoral race, 

nine councillorswillbeelected 

to represent the three wards, as 

well as five Methven 

Community Board members 

and six BraidedRivers 

Community Trust members. 

Nearly anyone can represent 

their community, as longas 

they are over the age of 18, a 

New Zealand citizenand 

enrolled on the Parliamentary 

electoral roll. 

AshburtonDistrict Council 

chief executiveHamish Riach 

said nowwas the chancefor 

peopletostep up, share their 

ideasand help lead the district. 

“We're looking forcandidates 

of all ages and backgrounds, all 

you need is apassion to serve 

your community.” 

Thecouncil has recently 

launched the voteashburton.nz 

website to provideeasy access 

to informationfor votersand 

candidates. 

It hasatonofinformation 

about the local elections, 

includingnomination forms, 

mapsfor thedifferentwards 

and Frequently Asked 

Questions. 

In MidCanterbury, people 

will also bevoting for two 

representativesat 

Environment Canterbury. 

Those interested in standing 

for theregional councilcan 

The council has launched the voteashburton.nz website. 

findout moreatwww.ecan. 

govt.nz 

Nominations for all roles are 

open fromtoday until noon on 

August12. Candidates cannot 

nominate themselves and they 

must be nominated by two 

people, who areover18and 

enrolled to voteinthe same 

ward or area the candidate is 

planning to stand. 

Mr Riach saysheencourages 

candidates to complete their 

nominations early,sothey can 

be checked for any technical 

errors well before the 

deadline. 

The local elections are 

conductedbypostalvote,and 

people can expect to receive 

their votingpacks inthe mail 

from 16 September. 

Voting closesatnoon on 

Saturday, 8October. 

Localcandidateswillbe 

listedatvoteashburton.nz once 

their nominationsare 

processed. 

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Pacific home 

ownership help 

Pacific peoples in Aotearoa 

are now on the road to 

achieving theirultimate goal 

of homeownership, ayear 

afterthe launchofthe Pacific 

FinancialCapability 

Development programme, 

Minister forPacificPeoples, 

Aupito William Sio says. 

The programme has secured 

fundingofup to $41.315 

million overfour years for the 

Pacific Housing Initiative in 

Budget 2020 and nowoffers 

access to afinancial capability 

programme. 

“The launch of the 

programme in February 2021 

was afirststep towards 

providinginitiatives to 

strengthen the financial 

managementknowledge and 

skills of Pacific families and 

communities, while 

supporting them to save 

towards homeownership,” Mr 

Sio said. 

Fifteen organisations 

specialising in budgeting and 

financial services were 

contractedinJune lastyearto 

support over 1000 Pacific 

people enrolledin the 

programme. 

The goal wastoget more 

than 3000 people through the 

programme and morethan 100 

people moving into new homes 

within 12 months of starting 

the service. 

“Already, 42 families have 

23 

achieved homeownership 

goals –10familieshavehomes 

saved frommortgageesales 

and 32 have purchased new 

homes. 

“Families who did not 

believe they could buy ahouse 

are movingtonew homes and 

more than50per cent of 

participants havebeenplaced 

on homeownership plans. 

“This showsweare moving 

in the right direction to 

improve Pacific 

homeownership rates. In 2017, 

Pacific homeownership rates 

was 18% andnow it currently 

sits at 21 per cent. 

“More than 95 per cent of 

participants havereceived 

financial literacy training, 

while more than 70 per cent 

have received support to save, 

budget and manage their debt. 

“Our providersare tellingus 

families are learning to 

manage their debt, budgeting 

and saving towardsbuyinga 

house, whichshows how 

effective this programmeis,” 

Mr Sio said. 

This financial capability 

service embodies Pacific 

cultural values and recognises 

Pacific communities as 

leaders and the owners of 

wellbeing and culture, it is 

familycentred, and enables 

Pacific communities to lead 

their own solutions. 

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oursmart 

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businesses 

The Canterbury Regional Skills 

Leadership Group (RSLG) has 

launched Canterbury’s first 

regional workforceplan. 

It was launched in 

Christchurch last Thursday. 

The plan has an initial focus on 

rangatahi as akey labour market 

demographic and on digital 

technology, manufacturing, and 

healthcare andsocial assistance 

as key sectors. 

CanterburyRSLG cochair 

Karena Brown said it aimed to 

stimulate aregionwide 

conversation on “how 

Canterbury can work collectively 

to changethe way we develop 

and support our workforce –now 

and in the future”. 

Key priorities in theplan 

include afocus on actions to 

address labour andskills 

shortages and to improve access 

to career development support– 

particularly for the region’s 

rangatahi. 

The RSLG is an independent 

advisory group of community 

leaders withrepresentatives 

from both the supply and 

demand sides of Canterbury’s 

diverse labour market. 

The regional workforce plan’s 

development involved extensive 

community engagement. 

“We view thisinaugural 

Canterbury Regional Workforce 

Plan as aplan for the region, by 

the region,” she said. 

“It will support oureducation, 

welfare and immigration 

agencies to be better connected 

through Canterbury’s labour 

market planning and delivery, 

and reflect kaupapaMāori views 

in its actions.” 

Work on the Canterbury 

Regional Workforce Plan began 

in 2020 with analysis undertaken 

by the interim RSLG, which was 

stood up to support the initial 

responsetoCovid19 andits 

impact on theregional labour 

market. 

The permanent RSLG has then 

built uponthis work since being 

appointed in 2021. 

“Theprocess of developing 

this strategy has been one of 

partnership and collaboration. 

‘‘We are extremely grateful to 

the manycolleagues from 

industry, the education and 

training sector, rangatahi, 

unions, and business who have 

participatedinthe development 

of our areas of focus and 

actions,” said RSLG iwi cochair 

Liz Brown. 

The RegionalWorkforce Plan 

will be refreshed annually, and 

the groupwill continue to work 

within the community to ensure 

it captures the views and 

prioritiesofthe region. 

The Canterbury Regional 

WorkforcePlan is available on 

the MinistryofBusiness, 

Innovation and Employment 

website,atmbie.govt.nz/ 

canterburyrslg 

Hospital changes 

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Easing pressure on the health 

system and protecting 

vulnerable and older patients 

has seen temporary changes to 

Te Whatu Ora Waitaha 

Canterbury’s (Canterbury 

District Health Board) visitor 

policy. 

They are in place now at 

hospitals and health centres 

Canterbury wide. 

Over the past two weeks there 

has been asignificant increase 

in Covid19 cases on top of other 

respiratory illnesses –resulting 

in alarger proportion of our 

population and health workforce 

unwell or looking after whānau 

at home. 

It was not unexpected in 

winter but was causing afar 

greater impact, earlier than 

usual, across hospitals and 

primary care. 

Becky Hickmott, Incident 

Management Controller for the 

Omicron outbreak said to protect 

vulnerable patients, they have 

tightened their visitor 

restrictions and enforced a‘no 

mask, no entry’ policy. 

“Children and young people 

under the age of 16 will not be 

allowed into Te Whatu Ora 

Waitaha Canterbury facilities, 

unless the visit is prearranged on 

compassionate grounds. 

‘‘This is because medical 

masks are less likely to fit under 

16s well and children are less 

likely to be able to wear them 

correctly for the duration of a 

visit. 

‘‘Anyone who looks like they 

might be under 16, but isn’t, 

should bring some photo ID with 

them as proof of age. 

People need to mask up and 

keep your mask on at all times 

while inside any of our facilities, 

and we have increased the 

minimum age of visitors to one 

person aged 16 or over to visit 

each patient, Ms Hickmott said. 

Visiting hours for 

Christchurch Hospital are also 

being reduced to between 3pm 

and 8pm to allow patients more 

time to rest and recover, and 

ease pressure on health workers. 

“Given we expect sustained 

pressure on health services to 

continue throughout winter, it 

will help if everyone does their 

bit to help us get through the 

cooler months. 

‘‘Our best protection this 

winter is to be up to date with 

influenza and Covid19 

vaccinations, which can help 

reduce the need for 

hospitalisation, along with the 

other precautions of staying 

home when sick, getting tested 

when you have flulike 

symptoms, wearing masks as 

directed, and regularly washing 

hands.”


Damp air, damp lungs 

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25 

Wet weather is hitting much of 

New Zealand and people are 

urged to treat damp 

environments as they can 

trigger asthma and allergy 

symptoms. 

They can include nose, eye 

and skin irritation, or breathing 

difficulties. 

Sensitive Choice programme 

manager Adele Taylor said for 

the 595,000 New Zealanders 

living with asthma it is 

important to take control for a 

healthy home, as higher indoor 

humidity levels make it easier 

for mould and dust mites to 

multiply. 

“The symptoms can include 

nose, eye, and skin irritation, 

sneezing or wheezing, and 

severe breathing difficulties in 

some people.” 

Winter is akey time when 

mould creeps in, releasing tiny 

spores into the air. 

Ms Taylor said mould had a 

habit of hiding and spreads to 

places you cannot see. 

“Mould thrives in warm, 

damp environments and can 

make itself at home anywhere 

there is low airflow or excess 

moisture, such as builtin 

wardrobes and in bedrooms 

with ensuite bathrooms. 

“To help keep this space 

healthy, focus on good natural 

air circulation and use 

extractor fans. Remember it is 

important to find and fix the 

source of mould, as well as 

cleaning visible mould, to stop 

it from regrowing,” she said. 

Another common asthma 

trigger was dust mites which 

thrived when indoor humidity 

is high. 

“These microscopic 

creatures feed off skin cells and 

grow well in humidity in 

bedding, blankets and winter 

clothing that has been left in 

cupboards all year. 

“Dust mites are nearly 

impossible to eradicate, but as 

with mould, reducing humidity 

in the home can help to keep 

them under control. 

“The best strategy is to kill 

house dust mites, remove the 

allergen they produce and 

reduce areas where they can 

live and breed,” Ms Taylor said. 

Some key tips from Sensitive 

Choice to make winter a 

healthy one: 

Wash sheets and 

pillowcases in water hotter 

than 55°C, or if you can’t wash in 

hot water, throw them in the 

tumble dryer even for afew 

minutes at ahigh temperature. 

Cover mattresses, quilts and 

pillows with dust miteresistant 

cases and underlays. 

Using extractor fans in 

bathrooms, kitchens and 

laundries can help with natural 

ventilation to reduce the 

likelihood of mould or mildew 

growth. 

Sealing leaks in bathrooms 

and roofs. 

Drying or removing wet 

carpets. 

Ifthere is any visible mould, 

remove it with fermented 

vinegar. 

Ifyou are sensitive to strong 

odours, wear amask or ask 

someone else to do it for you. 

For hard floors like timber 

or tiles, use adamp or 

electrostatic cloth or steam 

mop. 

Try to keep bedrooms dry 

and well ventilated by opening 

windows regularly and leaving 

wardrobe doors ajar. 

Cleaning can be achallenge 

for people with asthma and 

allergies, so look out for 

sensitive household cleaning 

products with fewer harsh 

chemicals and no fragrances. 

Consider buying a 

dehumidifier to remove 

moisture and/or an air purifier 

with aHEPA filter –toreduce 

air borne mould spores. 

Kids at the Big Bee Day Out in Willowby Hall. 

Busy bee day out 

Willowby Hallwas abuzzlast 

week when TheLittle Honey Co 

hostedaKids Big Bee Day Out 

as part of their school holiday 

activities. 

Children and parents came 

along to immerse themselves 

into the world of bees where the 

Little HoneyCodisplayedtwo 

live bee hives, as wellasan 

emptybeehive to demonstrate 

the equipmentused in 

beekeeping. 

Beekeeper duoReagan 

Martinand father Trevor gave a 

bee talk where childrenlearnt 

alot of interesting things about 

bees andsparkedmany 

questions. 

SarahMartin,ofThe Little 

Honey Co, said it was awesome 

to share their passion for 

beekeepingwith others. 

‘‘Beesare really important to 

the environment,sogettingthis 

message out to our younger 

generation is oneofthe best 

ways we can ensure the bees 

will be looked after for years to 

come. 

‘‘One in three bites of foodis 

aresult of pollination by bees, 

so bees aresomething we need 


to be protecting at all costs,’’ 

she said. 

Children had the opportunity 

to dress up in real beekeeping 

suits andgot to taste the three 

different typesofhoney that 

The Little Honey Co produce 

commercially in Ashburton. 

Sarah saidthey were lucky to 

be working alongside the 

Willowby Community Hall. 

At theend of the activity,the 

children received a 

complimentaryreal fruit ice 

cream fromThe LittleHoney 

Co’s ice cream trailer called 

The Hive. 

‘‘The Hive was aconcept born 

from ouroutthe box thinking 

for ways we could sell our 

honey to thelocal domestic 

market,’’Sarah said. 

‘‘We top ourrealfruit ice 

creamswith thehoneywe 

produce fromour hives andlast 

summeritprovedtobea 

popularhit withthe locals.’’ 

The Hiveice creamtruck will 

be at the AshburtonDomain 

laybyfrom October andthe 

Little Bee Co will be running 

more BigBee Day Out sessions 

next school holidays. 

Info sessions for 

would-be midwives 

In an effort to help address New 

Zealand’s chronicshortageofmidwives, 

AraInstituteofCanterburyisholding a 

series of regional information sessions 

for anyone considering midwifery asa 

career. 

The information sessions – which 

will be held via Zoom for prospective 

students in Ashburton, Timaru, Nelson 

and Blenheim in August –will discuss 

whatit’sliketobeamidwife and what’s 

involved in studying the Bachelor of 

Midwifery at Ara. The opportunities, 

challenges and rewardsofworking as a 

midwife inrural and regional locations 

will also be discussed. 

ForAra midwiferystudents –wherever 

they’re based -their education comes 

via ablended delivery method which 

includes online learning modules, 

real-time tutorials, clinical placements 

and face-to-face lectures and tutorials. 

“It allows students in rural settings 

to complete the programme without 

having to move their family to acity,” 

says Ara midwifery tutor Melanie 

Welfare. 

She adds that this satellite method – 

which links students with locally-based 

tutors, midwives and hospital staff -is 

helping to create astable workforce of 

home-grown midwives. 

“If you’re looking for a challenging 

but rewarding career making a 

differenceinthe lives of families in your 

community, Iencourage you tocome 

to the information session to find out 

more.” 

The Ashburton and Timaru midwifery 

information session takes place on 

Zoom on Wednesday3August at 4pm. 

Forfurther details visit ara.ac.nz/exp. 

MIDWIFERY 

Learn how you can gain the knowledge and skills 

locally to nurture and support pregnant women 

through one of life’s most meaningful events. 

Ashburton/Timaru 

4pm -5.30pm, Wednesday 3August 

Online via Zoom 

Formoreinformation contact: 

Mel Pow 

021 438 376 | mel.pow@ara.ac.nz 

Registeratara.ac.nz/exp 

to receiveyour Zoom invite.

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Netherby takes pride as high performing 

TONI.WILLIAMS 


Netherby School hashad 

glowingreport from the 

education review office (ERO) 

and its staff are over the moon. 

Thereport, releasedlast 

month, says the school was 

welcoming,had culturally 

responsive programmesand 

offered highquality learning. 

It scored highperforming 

scoresin31of34areas,and 

solid performancesinthe 

other three. 

School principal Phil 

Wheeler wasmorethan 

pleased withthe latest report 

and saiditvalidatedall the 

workthe staff had been doing 

withpupils. 

‘‘Itistheicingonthe cake, 

andmakes the (report)work 

worth it,’’hesaid. 

Thereporthad been a 

16monthevaluationprocess 

hampered along the wayby 

covid disruptions,hesaid. 

‘‘Duringthistimestaff 

members andIhave had 

various consultationsand 

conversations,aswell as 

providing documentationto 

ERO. 

‘‘The lasthui we had was an 

important one as ERO had 

prelocated our school on the 

school framework for 

improvement.’’ 

It was in fact proved to be a 

high performingschool,he 

said. 

‘‘Weare matching the level 

Netherby School pupils learning about personal safety with Police senior constable Sean Patterson. 

for studentsatother high 

decile schools.’’ 

Netherbyisadecile three 

schooland has141 pupils, 

rangingfrom Year 1through to 

Year 6. It is acontributing 

schooland itspupils arefrom 

diversecultural backgrounds, 

formany Englishisnot their 

❛We arematching 

the level for students 

at other high decile 

schools.❜ 

—Phil Wheeler 

firstlanguage. 

Mr Wheeler hastaken over 

at thehelmsince thelast 

report was done in 2017 and 

said thelatest report was 

evidence based anduseda 

more inclusivemodel than the 

past. 

‘‘It promotes the goodthings 

you’redoing to provide better 

learning for studentswith 

outcomes. 

‘‘Itgives us confidence we 

areonthe samepageand 

speakingthe same (education) 

language, he said. 

The ERO team also visited 

classroomstogauge the 

qualityofteaching and 

learningaswellastalking to 

some childrenabouttheir 

learninginthe classroom. 

The school has 19 teaching 

staff, including support staff. 

‘‘The EROstaffwerevery 

impressedwhich is 

affirmationtousasastaff that 

we are certainly on theright 

track,’’ he said. 

‘‘Italso places an assurance 

to ourschoolcommunitythat 

childrenare getting agreat 

deal at Netherby.’’

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Accustomed to conducting business in cafés, Geraldine.nz coordinator Janene Adams says she might now get to work out of an actual office with adoor onit. 

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Eight years ago, Janene Adams became 

Geraldine.nz coordinator(it was Go Geraldine 

back then). Now vacating that role for anew 

local opportunity, she says shes satisfied that 

she is leaving alegacy. 

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operations management role. The business, 

owned by six veterinarians which has clinics 

in Geraldine, Fairlie, and Timaru, welcomes 

Janene. Co-owner,local vet AaronMcCullough, 

saysithas acollaborative teamworkculture. 

With around50people employed,her position 

will be a senior leadership role. 

Geraldine.nz chair Hugh McCafferty says, 

Shesbeenthe faceofthe organisation,which 

has matured on her watch. Geraldine.nz 

is about enriching the experience of those 

who live here as well asthose who visit; its 

not just about making money; its about 

enriching our lives. 

He says Janenes departure leaves a hard 

act to follow. 

Janene says,We are, andarent, achamber 

of commerce. We use members funds to be 

more than that. In aperfect world, all the 

organisations in and around Geraldine would 

be members. 

She says afresh Geraldine.nz strategicplan 

hasfour main objectives:togrow the profile 

of Geraldine; to increase visitor satisfaction; 

to support our members, and tosecure our 

financial future. 

This means laying the groundwork for 

communityassets and events as diverse as the 

Geraldine Sculpture Trail and the annual 

Christmas parade. Its about promoting 

Geraldine, looking for opportunitiesand taking 

them forward, and advocating for Geraldine. 

We make submissions and applications, 

like onthe [Timaru District Councils] 

Long Term Plan. 

Attracting the 2017Spring Challenge to the 

district was aparticular coup. We made a 

pitch. Its the largest adventure race inthe 

world, andweran it here. Our rolewas bringing 

local organisations together so Geraldine could 

make it happen. Another advocacy win saw 

GoogleMaps GPS rerouted to direct app users 

through, rather than around, Geraldine. 

Asshe prepares to exitGeraldine.nz, Janene 

reflects that its kaupapa is an expression of 

the unique community that created it. 

A highlight would be the people. Weve got 

people who want to give. That sets us apart; 

makes us aspecial community. And having an 

organisation like Geraldine.nz sets us apart 

from other rural towns. JAN FINLAYSON 

IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR TEMUKA RURAL DELIVERY READERS 

Back inApril, GNews took the decision to 

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Courier. For GNews, this was alifesaving 

deal. However, it isntperfect,asthe Couriers 

distribution does not include the Temuka 

rural delivery (Temuka RD) area. 

Our rural readers let us know of their 

disappointment. What can you do? was 

the unanimouscry.Wedont liketodisappoint 

our readers, so we agreed on another deal 

with Star Media and Allied Press whereby 

extracopies,atour cost,would be delivered 

to Geraldine eachweek forustodistribute. 

For the last nine weeks, that is what we 

have been doing. Happy days were here 

again -orsowethought. 

So keen were we to please our Temuka 

RD readers that we went ahead with the 

plan before knowing how much wewere 

in for. We received those costs this week 

and, added to the distribution cost, have, 

unfortunately, determined that itisnot 

viable to continue. 

Because Allied Press prints our paper 

inside the Courier,theyare not able to supply 

extracopiesfor the CBD.Our local eateries. 

tell us that their customers are missing 

reading the GNews. 

Fromnextweek,wewill press pause on 

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RINGING THE CHANGES Gerald Pembertonhandson the 

presidencyofthe Temuka Geraldine RotaryClub to David 

Bray.David will head up the club as it continues itsrefresh 

process. HUGH MCCAFFERTY PHOTO: Supplied 

Change is an ever-present fact of life. Congratulations 

to David Bray as he leads the RotaryClubintoanew 

chapter. Most of us were taken aback when Janene 

announced that her eight years as coordinator of 

Geraldine.nz are ending. It will be interesting to see 

whatanew personbrings.Meanwhilesome of us are 

charged with keeping the lights on until such an 

appointment is made. 

Youalso see on the front cover that weatGNews 

over-reached ourselves trying to supply the two RDs 

not usually serviced by the Ashburton Courier. We 

also learnthat the eateries aremissinghavingcopies 

lying about.Whenthe touristsstart coming, that need 

will be felt even more. We sit at that tricky placewhere 

business realities and community service intersect. 

Watch this space. 

We are going through tough times, even though 

most operators put abrave face on it.After all, nobody 

owes anybody aliving and customers have enough 

problems of their own tothink about. Talking with 

peoplearoundthe town,weknowthat some aredoing 

it tough. If you find that coffee and cake cost more 

than it used to, bekind. Our local businesses dont 

put up prices lightly. Weare in for arough ride, but 

thoseofuswith long memories havesurvivedasbad. 

No room forthe Reds Reportthis week.Hats offto 

our ladies who won against Suburbs 43-34 and look 

forwardtothe final. The Axemenand SeniorBssuffered 

asimilar fate to the All Blacks going down 19-61and 

15- 50,respectively.Hugh, who wasthere, canconfirm 

that it was not for want of trying. 

Kia kaha. FI &HUGH 

Neil Partridge with 11-year-old son Jayden whoseexperience with cancer as ababyinspired Neiltocompeteinthe 

SkyTower Stair Challenge. PHOTO: Debbie Oliver 

New firefighter Neil Partridge signs 

up for Sky Tower Stair Challenge 

As achild, Neil Partridge remembers 

watchinghis fatherand other volunteers 

from the Kaitaia Fire Brigaderaceto the 

stationinresponse to calls. This inspired 

hisdream to jointhe firebrigade oneday. 

Now, just two years after moving to 

Geraldine from Northland to work for 

Opuha Water, that dream is nowareality. 

Having spent just over ayear as a 

recruit, Neilhasgained the rankoffirefighter 

with the Geraldine VolunteerFireBrigade. 

I wanted to get involved, to serve and 

help the local community. Ihad done a 

fair amountoffirefighting training in the 

Royal New Zealand Navyand thoroughly 

enjoyed it, says Neil. 

Neil says to jointhe fire brigade, First, 

you express interestinjoining, then meet 

the team at aMonday night training 

session. If your application is approved, 

you start the recruit program,and training 

begins. Next, you have work and handson 

training tasks to getsigned off. These 

tasks prepyou for theseven-day recruits 

course that you complete with recruits 

from all over the South Island. Its alot 

of fun, and you get to build comradery 

with your fellow firefighters. 

Neil has also signed up to be part of 

the Geraldine team for the annual Sky 

Tower Stair Challenge, raising funds for 

Leukaemia and Blood Cancer NZ since 

2005.Hesays,My decision to participate 

in the challenge was ano-brainer as my 

wife Steph and Ihad our own cancer 

experience. Our son Jayden was born 

with Neuroblastoma cancer.During that 

challenging time of our life, not knowing 

whether our son would survive or not, 

going from day to day, the organisations 

that supported us, like the Child Cancer 

Foundation,wereour goldenangels.So, 

Iappreciate first-handwhat an organisation 

like the Leukaemia Foundation does for 

the families they support. 

I know myfamily are proud of me, 

andIhope that Iamsetting agreat example 

for them. AlthoughJayden was very young 

when hehad cancer, ashehas gotten 

older, hehas grown torealise what 

happened;heisaluckyboy and is stoked 

that Iamclimbing the Sky Tower. 

Neil sayshehopes to raise as muchas 

possible with the Geraldine team and 

thanks sponsors for the prizes donated. 

He says, It is exciting to take on the 

firefighterrole andrecommend the training 

for anyone thinking about it. We are 

always looking for more recruits to join 

the team. DEBBIE OLIVER 

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The Geraldine High School Primary 

Industry Academy (PIA) Level 2class 

has just returned from asix-day adventure 

to Whangarei. Fifteen studentsand four 

adults have beenfundraising throughout 

theyear to attendthe FMGJuniorYoung 

FarmerNational Final, where we had two 

students, Grady Hopkirkand Anna Barrie, 

competing. Supporting this pair was 

combined with volunteering forNZYoung 

Farmers and taking in some various 

primarysector areas,including avocado, 

goatmilking, andkiwifruit, plus asession 

withFencing Contractors AssociationNZ 

andvisits to Holmes Solutions (agriculture 

and engineering innovation), Te Arai 

Linksgolf course andthe Goldpine Fencing 

Competition. We also managed alook 

around the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi 

and Russell. 

Whilethe visits wereeducational, the 

trip was more valuableinterms of learning 

to be away from home, living with 

classmatesand our favourite adults, eating 

whats put in front of us, how to pack, 

navigating, checking in andflying forthe 

first time. All the while coping with 

torrential rain -learning how to suck it 

up is askill in itself. Every student was 

terrific for every second of the trip; 

considerate, polite, helpful,engagedand 

completelytrustworthy. 

The PIA Level 2class embark on a 

similar adventure each year, rewarding 

the hard mahi of the students. We, as 

always, could not run such an excellent 

course without the tremendous support 

of our local community. Wedont yet 

know how we got on in the competition, 

but we do know we didnt make the top 

five. However, in recognition of our 

voluntary work, wehave been gifted a 

Stihl chainsawplussomeprotectivegear. 

SARAH FOLEY-SMITH 

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Good turnout for Newcomers 22 gathering 

The first meetingofNewcomers 22at 

Mundells onMonday 11 July was 

attended by around 25 new people 

andlocal residents keen to sharewhat 

Geraldine has to offer. 

The first hour saw plenty of 

conversation as people found out more 

abouteachother and wheretheyhad 

all come from. This was followed by 

introductions and offers of support 

from Geraldine CommunityResource 

Centre andMulticultural Aoraki. It was 

determined that what most people 

want from the group is to have an 

opportunitytoget to know newpeople, 

an opportunitytobecomepartofthe 

community and to socialise. 

Organiser Susanne West says, 

Itwas agreat mixofpeople, and good 

to haveamix of locals there who helped 

make people feel welcome. 

The next Newcomers 22 meeting 

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rheumatic diseases. This oil painting OldPainkiller Bath by 

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Rūma kaukau 

WorldVisionsannual 40-Hour Famine 

washeldonthe first weekend of July. 

At Geraldine High School (GHS), a 

15-person committee headed upby 

Kristin Schoneveld, Olivia Chapman, 

and BellaHealeypromoted the project 

to the school. 

Olivia explainsthateachyearWorld 

Vision has atheme.Thisyear, it is clean 

water, so thereare severalwater-related 

challenges.One of thechallenges is to 

live out of a40-litre bucket ofwater in 

solidaritywiththose forwhom this is an 

everyday reality. Other challenges include 

living without furniture.Bellasaysthat 

eating mealssitting on the floor doesnt 

seem too bad but not having abed to 

sleep in givesstudentsatasteofwhat 

povertyislike. ForBilly Nelson, his challenge 

meant surviving without his devices. 

Some students took the moretraditional 

optionofgoing without food. 

As well as experiencing ataste of 

povertyinsolidarity withthe truly poor, 

thefamine is afundraiser to offer some 

help. Bellasaystheyhavenearly reached 

their goal of $1,000, but people are 

welcome to donate until 29 July.The top 

fundraisers are Year-8 students Anya 

Johnston and Sienna Lees, who have 

raised$312. 

To support the GHS students, goto 

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geraldine-high-school and follow the 

instructions. HUGH MCCAFFERTY 

This years 40-Hour Famine targeted 

clean water for children living in some 

of the worlds toughest places. 

PHOTO: worldvision.org.nz 

Rūma kaukau -bathing room, bathroom 

This week welook to the rūma kaukau for our new 

kupu. You may recall that rūma means room. In this 

instance, it is pairedwith kaukau,whichmeans to swim 

or bathe. Thus, we have the ingoa for the bathroom - 

rūma kaukau. The rūma kaukau is another private 

area of the kāinga (home), so we have minimal 

interactions with others here, but there are plenty of 

objects forustolearnthe kupu forand practise naming 

at home. 

Tāuwhiuwhi -shower 

Tāora -towel 

Whakaataata -mirror 

Pae whakatāupe -vanity 

Paraihe niho -toothbrush 

Pēniho -toothpaste 

You might be familiar with the phrase Horoia ō 

ringaringa. Horoi means to wash or rinse, and ringaringa 

arehands, so the phrase tells us to wash our hands.In 

thiscase, the verb (horoia)isatthe front of the sentence, 

with the noun (ringaringa)atthe end. Another instructional 

phrase that follows this structure isParaihe ōniho, 

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The Mount Somers Walkways Society recently constructed these steps at Woolshed Creek Hut. PHOTO: Jan Finlayson 

Popular Mount Somers huts get amakeover 

Two ofthe most popular huts onlocal 

public conservationlandhave beenspruced 

up andimproved, thanks to theGeraldine 

DepartmentofConservation (DOC) team 

andthe Mount Somers Walkway Society. 

Woolshed Creek and Pinnacles huts 

on the Hakatere Conservation Parks 

Mount Somers Track arefavourites with 

families, beginner trampers, and locals 

for weekenders and one-day trips. The 

recent maintenance sets them up for the 

coming seasons. 

DOC heritage,visitors,and community 

supervisor Chris Dyson says thatinaddition 

to the interior painting and floor varnishing 

work DOChas undertakeninside Woolshed 

CreekHut, the Mount Somers Walkways 

Society has built steps connectingthe hut 

and the creek. Walkways society chair 

Charles Ross says, In the floods ayear 

ago, agully was formed, and itbecame 

hard to climb up from the creek. 

Wetalked it over with DOC and decided 

stone steps wouldwork best.Chris says, 

It looksreallytidy;itsmuchbetter. Were 

really grateful for the work the walkways 

society does on the tracks. They often do 

work wedont have time for. We often 

receive positivefeedback from thepublic 

about the work theyve done. 

At Pinnacles Hut, near the Mount 

SomersTracks easternend, following the 

workcarried out by the summerseasonal 

paid andvolunteer hutwardens, an autumn 

spring clean and technical tweaks have 

delivered both asqueaky clean hut and 

sustainability gains. 

Chris says, The hut looks nice and 

tidy. The hut wardens look afteritaswell, 

keepinganeye on the place. The paid hut 

warden role has covered both huts and 

includes compliance and making sure 

trampers keep themclean. 

Weve had firewood flown in, so theres 

lots offuel for the next year, and weve 

pumpedout the sewageand flown it out. 

We pump the sewage only every couple 

of years now because of improvements. 

The Mount Somers Walkway Society, 

which was formed in 1983 to foster 

recreation onthe mountain, maintains 

the Mount Somerstrack network and does 

woody weed control in the area. TheMount 

Somers Walkway, as it was named then, 

was opened in 1987. 

Get in touch with DOC through its 

Facebook page.Find out more about the 

Mount Somers Trackatdoc.govt.nz/parksand-recreation. 

JAN FINLAYSON 

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35 

Creative Fibre 

Our CoConvenor welcomed a 

new member to our group at the 

recently held meeting at the 

Plains Museum on avery windy 

day. 

Between that and the 

proliferation of bugs in the 

district, the attendance was 

down but all items on the 

agenda were quickly processed. 

This allowed time to assist 

newer weavers to sort out and 

reassemble aloom and 

exchange ideas with ‘older’ 

weavers. 

Alist of venuesfor our Open 

Day 2023 was collected to have 

that finalised by the Area 

meeting on the 1stAugust in 

Timaru. Ideas for the 

programme arealso welcome. 

The board for the list of 

names was passed around for 

the Staveley Retreat that is 

coming up. 

The Librarian announced 

that we now have 400 books and 

magazines in the library which 

is added to regularly and is a 

great resource for members. 

The Westpac Rescue 

Helicopter and Flying Doctors 

were delightedtobethe 

recipients of our beanies while 

the Cancer Society have also 

taken delivery of more rugs for 

their clients. 

Grandparents Parenting 

Grandchildren suggested we 

may like to assist by providing 

garments for 57 year olds and 

12 –16year olds. 

There is a‘Celebration of 

Fibre’ exhibition on in 

Christchurch on 9th –11th 

September atthe Bridge Club. 

For more information contact 

Lynette on 021 023 26088 or Sue 

on 022 307 1435. Registrations 

of interest welcome now. 

Other gatherings of interest 

are: Craft Cluster August 1st 

10am 2pm at The Plains 

Museum 

Next meeting August 15th 

10am 2pm at the same venue 

Weaving Workshop upstairs 

at Ashfords on 20th August, 

10am –1:30pm. 

As well as the rugs and 

beanies on the Show and Tell 

Table there were two natural 

fibre cushions, acheck scarf 

(both woven)acouple of adult 

knitted jerseys and several 

baby jackets andseveral skeins 

of art yarn. 

Ashburton Bridge Club 

Monday Evening –July 4th, B 

&CLadder 

1st George Brown &Jackie 

Chisnall, 2nd Bruce &Heather 

Sim, 3rd Dee Murdoch &Bruce 

Leighton, 4th David &Trish 

Robertson, 5th Mervyn Jones & 

PaulineScott, 6th Bev Blair & 

David Fisher and Gladys & 

Noel Baker 

Tuesday Evening–July 5th, A 

Ladder 

1st Kay Robb &Rosemary 

McLaughlin, 2nd Rewa Kyle & 

Mary Buckland, 3rd Leigh 

Wackrow&Linda Baker, 4th 

Jim &Audrey Rooney,5th 

Wendy &Eric Parr, 6th Pat 

Jordan &Sonia Gill 

Wednesday Afternoon July 

6th, Duplicate 

1st Rosemary McLaughlin & 

Ian Doel, 2nd Alan Wright & 

Peter Wilson, 3rd Rewa Kyle & 

Mary Buckland, 4th Janet 

Cuttle &Val Palmer, 5th Kay 

Robb &Wendy Parr, 6th Shirley 

Harris &Trish Downward 

Thursday Evening –July 7th, 

Duplicate 

1st Trish Downward &Mary 

Buckland, 2nd Bev Turton & 

Pat Jordan, 3rd Carolyn 

Cameron &John McDonald, 4th 

Wendy Parr &Jim Rooney, 5th 

Leigh Wackrow &Audrey 

Rooney, 6th Maree Moore & 

Rewa Kyle 

Friday July 8th, Waireka 

Tournament 

N/S 1st Judith Edmond & 

Maree Moore (1st overall), 2nd 

Lois Rose &Audrey Rooney, 

3rd Anne Reid &Sue Rosevear 

E/W 1st AlanWright &Peter 

Wilson, 2nd Rewa Kyle &Trish 

Downward, 3rd Trevor Coulter 

&Jill Browne 

Altrusa Club 

Report July 2022 

Seventeen Altrusan 

membersspentadayonthe 

“Days for Girls”,anongoing 

New Zealandwide Altrusa 

project. 

211 shieldswere 

meticulously sewn, readyfor 

sanitary products. 

These will be sentmostlyto 

the Islands, but also to be 

distributedinNew Zealand. 

As asocial event we had an 

informative and enjoyable 

evening at the Ashburton Art 

Gallery, andAshburton 

Museum, withthanksto 

Danielle andJames, 

concluding with aconvivial 

meal at Noble600. 

We are financially 

supportingBreast Cancer 

FoundationChristchurch, as 

Ashburton women also 

regularlyuse this service. The 

JuneFootClinic had 29 clients 

plus anew client. 

There will be another clinic 

in July. Nolaprepareda 

display of Royal memorabilia, 

magazines andknittedtoys to 

celebrate the70thJubilee of 

QueenElizabeth. 

Aroundthirtybags of muchappreciated 

books are 

exchanged fortnightly to 

Ashburton residents for 

“BooksonWheels”,working 

with the AshburtonPublic 

Library. 

U3AAshburton 

Upcoming 26th July 

Speaker: Abbas Nazari 

Abbas Nazari fledthe 

TalibaninAfghanistan as a 

child,and was resettled in 

NewZealand afterhis family 

wererescuedbythe Tampa 

containershipin2001, an 

international story knownas 

theTampa Affair. 

Abbasand his familyhave 

thrivedsince being resettled 

to New Zealand. 

In 2019,Abbas was awarded 

aFulbright Scholarship to the 

United States, wherehe 

graduated withaMaster's in 

Security Studiesfrom 

Georgetown University, 

WashingtonDC. 

His memoir, After the 

Tampa: From Afghanistan to 

NewZealand,isa#1 

bestseller. 

Abbas wasnamedafinalist 

for the2022 Young New 

Zealanderofthe Year. 

Abbas will be speaking about 

hisjourney,his experiencesof 

thrivinginaforeign country, 

overcominglife's obstacles, 

and somelessons learned 

alongthe way. 

Abbas will havecopies of 

"After The Tampa:From 

AfghanistantoNew Zealand" 

available for sale with 

signaturefor $40. 

Plains Ladies Friendship 

Club 

PlainsLadies Friendship 

held the JunemeetingatHotel 


We hadone induction. 

Liaison Meeting to be heldat 

TimaruonFriday22ndJuly 

Aftermorning Tea we had 

funwith Board games from 

Scabble, Mar Jong, Snake a 

LaddersPhase 10, Chess and 

Cards. 

Ournext meeting willbe 

held on 25th JulyatHotel 

Ashburton if anyone is looking 

for aClub to join. Please get in 

contactwith Joyce Watson 

3087204orAlisonDoig3087109 

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Trampoline medals 

Ashhburton 9Holers 

RESULTS 

Championship 

Sammy Wood, Jack 

Stanley, Finleigh 

Glanville, Sarah 

Reeve and Jamie 

Glanville of 

Dynamic 

Gymnastic Sports, 

were representing 

Canterbury at 

their first 

trampoline 

nationals in 

Invercargill. 

The nationals 

were held in 

Invercargill last 

week. 

Dynamic 

Gymnastic Sports 

head coach Nicci 

Glanville said five 

athletes spent the 

first five months of 

this year training 

and competing in 

trampoline 

competitions in 

and around Christchurch with the hope 

of qualifying and being selected to 

represent Canterbury during the week 

long trampoline and gymnastics 

nationals last week. 

‘‘Not only did these dedicated athletes 

surpass the qualifying score, get selected 

for the Canterbury team, compete but 

also brought back ahaul of medalsand 

ribbons not abad effortfor theirfirst 

nationals.’’ 

‘‘They havedefinitelyset thebar high 

for nextyear.’’ 

She saidfundingfor theeventinsucha 

short space of timesaw athletesrun acar 

bootsale, donutselling,anopen day at the 

gym and rafflewhich were wellsupported. 

Results were: 

Synchronized Trampoline Results:Age 

1516 women's,sistersJamie and Finleigh 

(bronze), 10 &under Men's Jackand 

Noah (bronze). 

Trampoline: 10 &UnderWoman, 

Sammy(silver), 10 &undermen,Jack 

(bronze). 

Overall the official medaland 

ribbon haulfor the Dynamic team 

includedone silver medal, four 

bronze medals andfiveribbons. 

‘‘What an amazing opportunity this 

has beenfor the dynamic athletes and 

huge achievement not only qualifying 

but being selected, competing and 

winningfor the Canterbury region. 

‘‘They have alldonethemselves 

and dynamic proudwhata 

tremendous accomplishment for 

theirfirst nationals withonlytwo 

hoursaweek training time, truly 

impressive.’’ 

Last week the winner ofRound 4Qualifer Club Champs 

-Best Nett: Robynne Nicoll (29), followed by Bruce Leighton 

(33) and Peter Stechman (34). Smith and Church Gobblers 

were scored by Bruce Leighton (No 12) and Bruce Sim (No 

18). Robynne Nicoll scored atwo (No 8). 

On 21 July play will be Round 5Marion Marshall Trophy 

-Stroke sponsored by Hotel Ashburton and 28 July play will 

be an Ambrose. 

Run and Walk Ashburton 

Handicap Cross Country Champs held Saturday 17th 

July at Argyle Park, Ashburton. 

Walkers 6km: Paul Severins 44:13 fastest time; Noel 

Batty 44:19; Dave Strong 45:36; Judith Crozier 47:51; 

Barbara Taylor 52:00; David Wilkinson 1:13:20 winner on 

handicap. 

Runners6km: AlisonConway37:34 winner on handicap 

and fastest time; Mike O’Callaghan 53:35. Boys and Girls 

2km: U10 Boys Lockie Lampe 8:41; U10 Girls Isabelle 

Lampe 12:00. 

Boys and Girls 4km: U14 Sophie Lampe 16:17; Robbie 

Lampe 19:19. 

Thank you to our timekeepers Bill Hood, Janet Hood, 

Marie Batty and Debra Curtain, and Paul Severins and Ian 

Broadbelt for laying the course. 

Mid Canterbury Social Wheelers 

16thJuly 22 .19riders. 1st. Pam Harcourt 30m 12s.2nd. 

Kenny Johnston 30m 13s. 3rd. Ron Kennedy 30m 56s. 4th. 

Dave Shurrock 30m 56s. 5th. Ross Proctor 30m 57s. 6th. 

Don Sutton 26m 41s. 7th. Doug Coley 26m 41s. 8th. 

Charlotte Cox 26m 42s. 9th. Roger Wilson 26m 42s. 10th. 

Allan Johns 31m 26s. 11th. Larry Neal 23m 40s.F/T. 12th. 

Tony Ward 23m 40s 2f/t. 13th. Mike Hansen 23m 40s 3f/t. 

14th. Dave Knight 23m 42s. 4f/t. 15th. RobHooper 23m 43s. 

5f/t. 16th. Nick Grijns 23m 46s 6f/t. 17th. Kerry Clough 34m 

13s. 18th. Brian Ellis 34m 54s. 19th. Liz Wylie 34m 54s. 

Tinwald Cycling Club 

U17 Development 

Sunday 17th July 22. Open 1.4km Time Trial 1st. Nick 

Dalley 3m 23s. 2nd. Charlotte Neal 2m 54s. 3rd. Eliza 

McKenzie 2m 37s. 

Graded Results. A. 1st. Eliza McKenzie, B. 1st. 

Charlotte Neal, D. 1st. Nick Dalley . Open 6.10km. 

Handicap. 1st. Nick Dalley 17m 04s. 2nd. Eliza McKenzie 

11m 24s. 3rd. Charlotte Neal 12m 26s. 

Graded Results. A. 1st. Eliza McKenzie, B. 1st. 

Charlotte Neal, D. 1st. Nick Dalley. 

Ashburton Golf Club 

Saturday Competition: 4th Qualifying round for Club 

Radius Care Winner over the Field: Ken Clucas 

89-21-68 

Other good nett scores were: Paddy Bradford 68, Blair 

Snowball 69, Royce Jamieson 70, Robbie Bell 71, Matt Tait 

71, Tim Newton 71, Al Jopson 72, Ian Snowball 72, Grant 

Hastie 72, Dave Morrison 72, Tonee Hurly 73, Ross 

Chatterton 73, Jeff Hewitt 74, Gerard Gallagher 74 &Steve 

McCloy 74 

Two’s: Jeff Hewitt, Terry Kingsbury, Robbie Bell, Ron 

Carlson, Ross Chatterton, Rob McMillan &John Richards. 

Nearest The Pins: 

Hole 4# South Island Seed Processing &Storage Co: 

Robbie Bell 

Hole 8# 3Stoogesf (Brown Bombers): Ron Carlson 

Hole 12#: Value Plus: Ross Chatterton 

Hole 14#: Ashburton Mitre 10: Rob McMillan 

Hole 6# Hamish Niles Shout: Mitchell Stoddart 

Hole 9# Ton’s Thai: Steve Richards 

Birdie Jackpot Hole No 9# 

Nett Eagle Jackpot Hole No 10 # 

Tinwald Tavern Bonus Spot Prize: Rob Coyle 

HARVEY BAKEHOUSE 9Hole Competition: 

1st: Harvey Bakehouse Voucher: Linda Baker 35 nett 

2nd Wendy Hopwood 36 nett 

3rd Richard Hansen 37 nett 

4th Robynne Nicol 38nett 

Ashburton Bridge Club 

Monday Evening –July 11th, Irwin Trophy 

N/S 1st Mary Bruce &Mervyn Jones, 2nd Dee Murdoch 

&Bruce Leighton, 3rd Amanda Watson &Cath King 

E/W 1st David McCormick &George Brown, 2nd Pauline 

Scott &Ray Stevenson, 3rd Averil Leckey &Marilyn Cross 

Tuesday Evening –July 12th, Hazelmere Trophy 

1st Ian Doel &John McDonald, 2nd Maree Moore & 

Maryke Blignault, 3rd Debbie Seddon-Sewell &David Sewell, 

4th Alan Wright & Peter Wilson, 5th Trish Downward & 

Maureen Kolkman, 6th Jim Rooney &Pat Jordan 

Wednesday Afternoon -July 13th, Brabant Trophy 

N/S 1st Trish Downward & Peter Wilson, 2nd Mary 

Buckland & Bev Turton, 3rd John Shearer & Rosemary 

McLaughlin 

E/W 1st Rewa Kyle &Sue Rosevear, 2nd Ian Doel & 

Wendy Parr, 3rd Johnny Wright &Trish Robertson 

Thursday Evening –July 14th, Eileen Willoughby Trophy 

1st Kay Robb &Rosemary McLaughlin, 2nd Rewa Kyle 

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RuralServices/Supplies 

Environmental sustainability awinner 

Phillip and Jocelyn Everest, 

PaulEverest andSarah 

Haymanof FlemingtonFarm 

havebeen named 2022 

Regional Supreme Winners in 

the CanterburyBallance Farm 

Environment Awards. 

Run bythe New Zealand 

Farm Environment Trust,the 

awards championsustainable 

farming and growing. 

TheCanterbury Ballance 

Farm Environment Awards 

were announced on July 14. 

Since1989, the Everestshave 

expanded this Ashburton 

property to the 255ha effective 

farm it is today, developing a 

sustainable beef and dairy 

businessthatbalancesthe 

needs of people, animals, 

economics andthe 

environment. 

In 2010, they developedthe 

property intoadairy farm and 

currently milk 750cows on a 

predominantly pasturebased 

system. 

When they established the 

225ha milking platform that 

year, the best technology of the 

day was incorporated, and 

considered both labour and the 

environment. 

Sarah Hayman, Paul Everest, Jocelyn and Phillip Everest, of Flemington Farm, are the 2022 Regional 

Supreme Winners in the Canterbury Ballance Farm Environment Awards. 


With environmental 

sustainability at thecoreofthis 

familybusiness, they have 

successfully reduced 

greenhouse gas emissions and 

Nitrogen loss and have 

established more than 20km of 

shelter andriparianplantings. 

Thejudges praised howthe 

farm team’sskills were used to 

enable sustainable business 

outcomes. They were impressed 

withmonitoring areas on the 

farm,along with theextensive 

planting that has taken place. 

“It’s evident that there’s a 

longterm commitment to 

environmental stewardship. 

They have astrong, evidencebasedunderstanding 

of how the 

farmbusinessimpactsthe 

environment. 

There’s good implementation 

of their succession plan.” 

FlemingtonFarm alsowonthe 

Ballance AgriNutrients Soil 

Management, DairyNZ 

Sustainability and Stewardship, 

Hill Laboratories AgriScience, 

Norwood AgriBusiness 

Management, Environment 

Canterbury WaterQualityand 

SynlaitClimate Stewardship 

awards. 

The date of aplanned field day 

at Flemington Farmwill be 

available at: www.nzfeawards. 

org.nz and the NewZealand 

Farm EnvironmentTrust 

Facebook page. 

Other winnersare: 

•BayleysPeople in Primary 

SectorAward:Geoff and 

RochelleSpark, Torlesse Farm, 

•Beef +LambNew Zealand 

Livestock Farm Award: Matt & 

Claire Smith Managers,Boyd 

Macdonald–CE ofLoneStar 

Farms,Caberfeidh Station – 

Lone Star Farms, 

•MasseyUniversity 

Innovation Award: Matt &Claire 

Smith Managers, Boyd 

Macdonald –CEofLoneStar 

Farms,Caberfeidh Station – 

Lone Star Farms, 

•WaterForce Wise with Water 

Award:Matt&Claire Smith 

Managers, Boyd Macdonald CE 

of Lone StarFarms,Caberfeidh 

Station –Lone Star Farms. 

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Jon’s innovation No.1 

Jon Jackson’s desire to do 

things better, smarter and 

more efficiently has earned 

him anational award. 

He was named the Keith 

Andrews Trucks Innovation 

Award winner this month in 

the Groundspread NZ 

industry awards at 

Wellington. 

New Zealand’s No 8wire 

metaphor underpins adesire 

and courage to give it ago 

and lessons taken from the 

mistakes lead to greater 

knowledge and better 

solutions in the future. 

Jon, of Jackson Spreading 

in Ashburton, is familiar with 

the innovator’s journey of 

trial and error, as well as the 

knockers and naysayers, but 

he rose above it all because 

of wanting to improve 

processes to benefit his 

farmers. 

Not only was he the first 

contractor in New Zealand to 

use Nitrogenoptical sensors 

and openly share his 

knowledge of variable rate 

application with other 

members. 

But he had the drive to 

realise avision which was 

another improvement for the 

benefit of all in the 

groundspread industry. 

It started from a 

newspaper clipping given to 

him by his wife’s 

grandmother. 

It was of atechnology being 

developed by Pastoral 

Robotics Ltd to get more out 

of fertiliser, for the better of 

the environment. 

He flew to Rotorua to take 

alook at the system, aptly 

named Spikey, being used on 

farm. 

It detects fresh urine 

patches and applies a 

treatment to reduce nitrate 

leaching, and Jon could see 

huge benefits especially as it 

also applies fertiliser at very 

low rates, which increases 

plant utilisation efficiency. 

He then worked with the 

company to meet 

groundspreader demands. 

It was asignificant 

investment in new 

technology that would help 

grow the customer base, and 

it was good for farmers, he 

said. 

Spikeyisnow astronger 

version 3.0 and Jon is an 

Jon Jackson, with wife Anna, happy to be acknowledged by 

his industry peers. 

ambassador for the 

technology, promoting it to 

his peers and farmers alike. 

It is only commercially 

availableinRotoruaand Mid 

Canterbury, but there is 

plenty of nationwidedemand. 

There are plans to extend 

the 8mwide spanout to 12m 

for evenmore efficiency. 

There is more demandthan 

we can meet, but the aim is to 

buildone to two units a 

month, he said. 

Jon uses Spikeyinthe 

family business, owned 

alongside wife, Anna and his 

parents Alan and Alison. 

Alan bought the business 

starting with one truck in 

2013,and ayear later Jon 

joined him. 

‘‘We’ve alwaysdone alot of 

variable rate Nitrogen 

spreading,’’ Jon said. 

He backed the Top Con 

camera sensors so much he 

became adealer. 

The family business now 

has three trucks running 

Nitrogensensorcameras, two 

tractors and Spikey. 

Jackson Spreading’s Spikey 

operator,AshleePoulter ‘aka 

Spikey Queen’ was named a 

runner up in the young 

achieverawardsinthe this 

year’s Groundspread NZ 

industryawards, as was 

fellow Mid Cantabrian Kane 

Freeman. 

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his fellow groundspreaders 

for his selflessambition and 

knowledgeand believes in 

the Spreadmark fertiliser 

placement quality assurance 

programmeusing certified 

companies. 

‘‘Ifyou’re not doing it right, 

there is no pointindoing it,’’ 

he said. 

Groundspread New 

Zealand president Graeme 

Martin saidthe awards 

recognised people who had 

madeasignificant and 

positive contribution to the 

groundspreading industry 

and highlighted the essential 

rolegroundspreaders played 

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Positives for Kiwi exporters highlighted 

Aweakening dollar and high 

demandare brightpoints for 

primary exporters struggling 

withshipping, inflation and 

other woes. 

Arableproducers and plant 

breeders were told at the Grain 

and Pulses Forum in 

Christchurch to expect little 

respite from some of their 

exportingchallengesover the 

next18months. 

BNZ head of exports Jason 

Reevessaid trade prospects 

varied widely andsupplychain 

disruptions were unlikely to 

change soon. 

Shipping had beenlargely an 

unprofitable industry before 

Covid19and asurplusofships 

weredecommissioned when 

demandfor international 

trading vesselspickedupabout 

5%. It createdabottleneckand a 

large ship building movement 

underway wouldtake 18 months 

to two years beforevessels were 

on the water. 

‘‘Ourgeographicisolation as 

the last dock on the line on 

shipping routes has also made 

our position evenmoreacute.’’ 

Mr Reeves said he would not 

be surprised if there were 

Jason Reeves 

discussions about some port 

rationalisation in NewZealand 

over the next two tofive years. 

‘‘Isay that in the contextthat 

Germanyhas 83 million people 

andtwo ports and we have five 

million people and 12 ports, so 

I’mjust not sure howsustainable 

that model is longterm.’’ 

‘‘The current level forpricing 

is, as we all know, eyewatering 

and every week you getanew 

schedule by ashipping company 

withthe price goingup. 

‘‘That will pass in time, butit’s 

unlikely to go back to the 

previous days we were in three, 

four andfive yearsago. So 

businesses budgeting post the 

current impasse shouldfactor 

intotheir consideration making 

10%, 15%, 20% more in shipping 

rates movingforward.’’ 

Export businesses would be 

feeling inflationarypressure, 

but thatwas aglobal 

phenomenon. 

‘‘It’snot just New Zealand and 

you could argue that New 

Zealandhas been abit earlier 

than most and —touse aterm— 

has gonehard and goneearly,so 

Ithinkwehavedone relatively 

well in thataspect to try to 

address inflationarypressures 

perhaps earlierthan other 

jurisdictions around theworld.’’ 

Whilethe pain was more 

immediate, we should be in a 

better position to come out of it 

earlier than some of our 

competitors, he said. 

NewZealandsat ‘‘midtable’’ 

on inflation levels compared 

with other countries such as the 

United States, on 8.6%. 

Also in exporters’favour was 

that customer demand remained 

strong even among pricesensitive 

markets. 

‘‘The one saving grace forNew 

Zealand is ourproduction 

—grain,pasture —is in very 

high demand globally and we 

haven’t seen anysignalsyet of 

that really coming off,’’Mr 

Reeves said. 

He said thealmost zero 

unemployment was unlikely to 

be addressed soon andretaining 

talentwould be challenging for 

all industries. 

In theagritech space there 

were enormous opportunities as 

the US washavingtoturn to 

technology after turning the tap 

off for cheap labour from 

Mexico. 

‘‘Thepositive aspect forthe 

export sector is we areseeing in 

the longterm trend of the dollar 

depreciatingwhich is excellent 

for our exports. 

‘‘We think that trend is goingto 

continue for awee whileso 

that’salso going to put you in 

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[increased cost of]imported raw 

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Surging farm input costs are eroding farmer confidence. 

Increasing farm costs 

Spiralling costs for ahostof 

key farm inputs including 

fuel, fertiliser, feed and 

labourhavedriven asharp 

dropinsentiment amongthe 

nations food producers. 

Farmer confidence is now 

at its lowest levelsince the 

start of theCovid19 

pandemicin early 2020, 

according to the latest 

Rabobank Rural Confidence 

Survey. 

The survey, completed late 

lastmonth, found net farmer 

confidencewas significantly 

back from last quarter, with 

the net reading dropping to 35 

percent, from3percent 

previously. 

The number of farmers 

expecting conditions in the 

agricultural economyto 

improve in thecoming 12 

months had fallen to 13 per 

cent(downfrom 24 percent 

lastquarter) while the 

percentage expecting 

conditionstoworsen rose to 

48 per cent (up from 27 per 

cent). 

Atotal of 38 per cent were 

anticipating theagricultural 

economy to remain stable 

(down from 46 per cent 

previously). 

Rabobank NewZealand 

chief executiveofficer Todd 

Charteris said rising input 

costs were the major driver of 

the lower sentiment recorded 

in thelatestsurvey, cited as a 

reasonfor concern by 63 per 

cent of farmers with a 

negative outlook. 

This is highest levelof 

concern everexpressed about 

inputcosts in the historyofthe 

survey. 

‘‘Sinceour last survey in 

March, we’ve seen Russia 

weaponisefoodand energy as 

part of their ongoing conflict 

with Ukraineand its allies,and 

this haspushedprices for 

fertiliser, fueland feed 

higher,’’ he said. 

‘‘We’ve also seen the local 

labour market tightenfurther, 

liftingcosts foronfarm labour. 

And theseincreased costs have 

squeezedfarmer marginsand 

sapped farmersconfidencein 

the outlook for the sector over 

the yearahead.’’ 

While farm input price rises 

were now thechief area of 

concern for farmers, Mr 

Charteris saidtheywere 

certainly nottheir only source 

of anxiety. 

‘‘As it has across recent 

surveys, government policy 

remains amajorworry for 

farmers, with this cited by more 

than half of those with a 

negative outlook. 

‘‘Risinginterest rates and 

overseas marketsbothcitedby 

15 percent of pessimistic 

farmersalso emerged in the 

latestsurvey as additional 

concerns for primary 

producers,’’ he said. 

‘‘Interest rates are now a 

greater source of apprehension 

following twoseparate 50 basis 

pointrate hikesfrom theRBNZ 

in April and May which have 

now flowedthrough to higher 

interest costs for farmers. 

‘‘The country’s farmersare 

also keeping acloseeye on 

developmentsinoverseas 

markets, as whilepricesfor 

New Zealand'skey agricultural 

commodities remainelevated, 

so are geopolitical tensions 

across the globe, and thishas 

the potential to cause 

significant price volatility over 

themonths ahead.’’ 

The latest survey concluded 

in late June andsector 

developmentsinearly July 

were only likely to have further 

dampenedthe moodinthe 

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Solving the puzzle of farm productivity 

Theeasyoption for John Chapman 

might havebeentocut back stock 

numbers to take some of the pressure 

off farming Inverary Station, near Mt 

Somers. 

But that would have come with its 

own problems and was never going to 

be thefinalsolution, or away forward 

to unlock the farm’s potential. 

Only after deep analysis, some soul 

searching and35pasture cages didthe 

answers come. 

This is what keepsthe 70something 

Mr Chapmanfromjoining the 

retirement fold. 

‘‘Farming’s like an unrelenting 

puzzle. You are alwayslooking for the 

next piece.’’ 

Fordecades, the Chapmanshad 

turned anice profit at Inverary 

Station as abreeding farm for alarge 

halfbred flock and Angus herd. 

The animals largely wintered on 

tractorsown flats when they weren’t 

onthe vast browntop coatingthe 

backcountry. 

This worked fine when there was no 

shortage of finishing farmers in early 

summer willing to take their smaller 

store animals and finishthem forthe 

works. 

Buttimeschanged, and these types 

ofproperties areinshort supply on 

theCanterbury Plains today so it 

John Chapman 

became beholdingofInverary Station 

to fulfil this role. 

That’s easier said than done. 

Mr Chapman and his wife Anne own 

the 4250ha of freehold andleasehold 

property which is run in an equity 

partnership with 50%ofthe stock and 

plant owned by managersBert and 

Kate Oliver. 

‘‘My familyare pretty keen to have 

thepropertykept so they can visit and 

be apartofit, but they don’t actually 

want to be farmers. Rather than 

limping into old age, it’snice having 

theplacelifted and carried and going 

ahead. It’s future proofingand they 

aregood, good people.’’ 

Hisfather arrived at the station in 

192829, just before the Depression. A 

plunging sharemarket turned an 

expected firstyear loss into several 

bigger losses, but he hung in and later 

successfully added more land to the 

property. 

Not too long out of Lincoln College, 

Mr Chapman took over the station in 

the mid1970s and waskeentoput into 

practice what he’d learned from his 

father in tow with his tertiary studies. 

Naturally, he started by following 

the same model. 

Increasingly though, thefeeling 

started to grow that they hadn’t raised 

the property to the next level. 

‘‘We were still stuck around those 

low lambing percentages andlow 

growth rates and sellingstore lambs. I 

knew there wasn’t abig future in 

that.’’ 

So an irrigated finishing and 

winteringfarm was bought in 1992 on 

the Canterbury Plains in Carewand 

that certainly finished thelambs for 

them and provided wintering for 

younger stock. 

But it didn’t improve theewe flock 

—the real ‘‘engine room’’ofthe 

property —ordoalot to their bottom 

line because there was debt to service 

and thelambs’ growth ratesweren’t as 

high as expected. 

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Improving ones ewe flock performance 

From Page 42 

An irrigated finishing and wintering 

farm was bought in 1992 on the 

Canterbury Plains in Carew and 

certainly finished the lambsfor them 

and provided wintering for younger 

stock. 

But it didn’t improve the ewe flock — 

the real‘‘engine room’’ of the property 

—ordoalot to theirbottom line so 

when the dairyboom arrived and 

capital gains lifted overnight, the 

decision was made to sell. 

Not only did Inveraryhave to winter 

all its younger stock again, but the rules 

had changedfor backcountry breeding 

farms. 

Inverary lambswere no longer 

neededbySilver FernFarms under its 

Lambplan programme, as dairying was 

occupying the formerfattening 

grounds. It becameapparentthat 

returns fromlight store lambs couldn’t 

sustain aviable business. 

‘‘So we really had to be producing 

betterlambs,and finishing agood 

proportion,tomake some money out of 

them,’’ Mr Chapmansays. 

‘‘At the same time,wehad to look at 

improving our ewe flock performance 

which had plateaued around 120%. It 

was difficult to do both, particularly 

when we were also trying to reintegrate 

all of the wintering replacement stock 

back into the home property. 

‘‘We had embarked on asubstantial 

development programme, but the lag 

effectmeantthat we foundithard to 

catch up. It felt like we were chasing 

our tail and having to buy grazing and 

Inverary Station’s productive blocksimproved with legumesstand outagainst 

browntop hillsides yieldinglittle nutrition. 

PHOTO JOHN CHAPMAN 

feedtotry to prop things up.’’ 

Theyopted to take ayear and pull the 

property apart, blockbyblock.They 

vowed to get abetterunderstanding of 

the total farm picture with brutally 

honest analysis. Whilethey had 15 

years of top stock data, therewas little 

in the way of pasture records. 

Thirtyfive pasture cages were set up 

at strategic points in awide variety of 

locations including bothpaddocks and 

hillblocks. Cuts were taken everysix 

weeks, except during winter, and 

processed at LincolnUniversity. 

These sampleswere weighedand 

dried with notes takenofthe pasture 

composition and metabolisable energy. 

Much of this work is beingassisted by 

Lincoln University professor Derrick 

Moot and Landcare Research. This is 

tied in with the industry and 

governmentfunded HillCountry 

Futures partnership programme to 

futureproof hillcountryfarmers and 

their farmsystems. 

Mr Chapman says the technical 

support of analysing harvested feed 

samplesand legumesadvice has been 

invaluablefor lookingatways to drive 

Inverary’s productivityand 

profitability. 

The results, he says, were ‘‘gobsmacking’’. 

‘‘Wealways knew the annual hill 

pastureproduction would be limited, 

but the real insight was just how little 

browntop grew when we really needed 

it, particularlyinthe early spring and 

thenagaininthe autumn. The vast 

majorityofthe growthcame in the 

summer when we were already 

overflowing with feed and unableto 

controlit.’’ 

Since then the overall results are 

heartwarming for the station, he says. 

‘‘Weare now selling more meat off 

Inverary than we did when we had the 

270ha irrigated blockatCarew—and 

with1500 lessewes —sothat’spretty 

compelling.’’ 

On the station asystem is evolving. 

I'm some areas legumesare established 

as specialpurposefinishing blocks 

while in others, they are chosen to 

kickstartthe transition from poor 

browntop swards to highfertility 

pasture. 

Abonus is that nitrogen use over the 

entire property has dropped to 20% of 

previouslevels. 

Overtime,hecan see Inverary 

Stationbecoming amosaic of different 

grassesand legumes, each one playing 

its partinthe puzzle of aproductive hill 

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the education and future of kidsin the 

community, ‘‘then whynot stand for 

yourlocal school board?’’ 

‘‘You’ll be involvedineverything 

from embedding the curriculum and 

planning for the yearahead,to 

supporting the principal with raising 

student achievement,and working 

throughthe many issues thatcrop up in 

our schools it’s abig responsibility 

andatrue privilege.’’ 

The association has launched afive 

weekGet on Board!campaign to raise 

awarenessand appeal to wouldbe 

nominees across awide rangeof 

culturaland professional backgrounds. 

Ms Kerr said covid hadbeen a 

powerful reminder of howimportant 

school boards were for keeping 

tamarikisafe, well and engagedin 

theirlearning. 

‘‘Schoolboard elections roll around 

every threeyears and givewhānau a 

say in the futureoftheir local schools; 

don’t pass up the opportunity to vote 

the higherthe turnout the better the 

result.’’ 

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Shirley 

Fitzgerald 

Born and bred in Methven, salesperson ShirleyFitzgerald is devoted 

to selling homes and making dreams come true in this picturesque 

cornerofNew Zealand. Mother to Shaun and Nana to her two 

beautiful grandchildren Rileyand Eloise. Shirley’s love forthe town 

and the surrounding landscape fuels her motivation to help clients 

achieve their real estate goals and put down roots inthis fantastic 

town. Shirleyloves toswim and is an active person in the community. 

027 220 1528 •shirley.fitzgerald@raywhite.com 

Methven•Tinwald•Ashburton •rwashburton.co.nz •03303 3032 

Real Estate Mid Canterbury PropertyLimited Licensed (REAA 2008)

Dedicated 

to you. 

At RayWhite Mid-Canterbury, our 22 dedicated team members 

areheretohelp from the momentyou make contact. 

From the receptionist to the salesperson who closes your sale, the strength 

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4/36 McMillan Street 

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03 303 3032 



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SATURDAY 23RD JULY 

17 Kitchener Street,Ashburton 9:45-10:15am 3 1 2 AHB30259 

69 Trevors Road, Ashburton 10:00-10:30am 3 1 2 AHB30324 

8Avalon Grove,Ashburton 10:00-10:30am 3 1 2 AHB30325 

29 Davis Crescent, Ashburton 10:30-11:00am 3 1 1 AHB30299 

81 Park Street,Ashburton 11:00-11:30am 2 1 1 AHB30327 

1/42 Aitken Street,Ashburton 11:00-11:30am 2 1 1 AHB30342 

2Turton Street,Ashburton 11:00-11:30am 3 1 2 AHB30326 

197 Walnut Avenue,Ashburton 11:15-11:45am 3 1 3 AHB30322 

37 Geoff Geering Drive, Ashburton 11:30-12:00pm 4 2 2 AHB30244 

2Davis Crescent, Ashburton 12:00-12:30pm 3 1 0 AHB30306 

107 Creek Road, Ashburton 12:00-12:30pm 4 1 0 AHB30328 

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36 Reighton Drive,Ashburton 12:45-1:15pm 3 3 2 AHB30282 

30 Churchill Avenue, Ashburton 1:30-2:00pm 3 1 1 AHB30317 

SUNDAY 24THJULY 

81 Park Street, Ashburton 

*Stylish, modern townhouse -3½yrs old 

*Open plan living -kitchen/dining/living 

*Designer kitchen &bathroom 

*Large bathroom with wheelchair access to shower 

*2double bedrooms with double wardrobes 

*Internal access garagewith laundry 

Perfect forthe person who doesn’t want to garden but 

still enjoys being outside in one. Yousimply cannot go 

past this townhouse -itisthe best, in the best location! 

ForSale 

Price onapplication 

View 

Saturday11:00 -11:30am 

2 1 1 

Cheryl Fowler 

0274 612 614 

2Turton Street,Ashburton 11:00-11:30am 3 1 2 AHB30326 

59 Forest Drive, Methven 3:00-3:30pm 3 1 1 AHB30317 

rwashburton.co.nz/AHB30327 

Real Estate Mid Canterbury Property Ltd LICENSED (REAA 2008) 

Open Home 

69 Trevors Road, Ashburton 

No need to think twicewhen looking at placing an offer 

on this home. Well cared forand loved bythe current 

owners, this home can only be described as fabulous 

easyliving. Great back yard,with garaging that would be 

an envy formost and averytidy section. 

rwashburton.co.nz/AH30324 


Set Date of Sale 

closing 2August 2022, at 

3:00pm (unless sold prior) 

View 


3 1 2 

Lynne Bridge 

027 410 6216 

Open Home 

15 Reed Street, Hinds 

*Open plan modern kitchen, dining, living 

*Log Fire, Heat Pump, HRV& Eco Panel 

*Double garage plus carport 

*Plus additional Garage and Workshop 

*Loads of off street parking 

rwashburton.co.nz/AH30331 


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Saturday12:00 -12:30pm 

4 1 4 

Kim Miller 

027 236 8627 

Open Home 

1/42 Aitken Street, Ashburton 

2 1 1 

Open Home 

107 Creek Road, Ashburton 

*Warm and Sunny2bed Summerhill stone Unit. 

*Open plan dining living with street view. 

*Modern style bathroom. 

*Offers indoor/outdoor living with alarge deck area 

*Single garagewith off street parking for1car. 



SetDate of Sale 



View 

Thursday5:30 -6:00pm 


Kim Miller 

027 236 8627 

First home buyer or investors property on the ever 

popular Creek Road. 

*Renewed kitchen and dining area 

*Two toilets 

*Compliant log fire &HRV system 


Real Estate Mid CanterburyProperty Ltd LICENSED (REAA2008) 

ForSale 

Offers over$400,000 

View 

Saturday12:00 -12:30pm 

BruceMcPherson 

027 438 4250 

Denise McPherson 

027 242 7677 

Kim Miller 

Sales Consultant 

027 236 8627 

Denise Russell 


027 432 9717 

ChrissyMilne 


027 290 6606 

Cheryl Fowler 


027 461 2614 

Margaret Feiss 



ShirleyFitzgerald 


027 220 1528 

Carey VonLubke 


027 697 6948 

Armand vander Eik 



Lynne Bridge 


027 410 6216 

Mike Grant ncre 



BruceMcPherson 


027 438 4250 

Denise McPherson 


027 242 7677 

Manjit Singh 


020 4079 3871 

Janene McDowell 


027 287 3388 

96 TancredStreet, Ashburton 03 307 8317 Main Road,Tinwald 03 307 8317 


36 McMillan Street,Methven 03 303 3032

Tinwald 5BirchsideLane 

Handy to town 

Builtin2013byDes MillarConstruction this156sqm 

homehas plentyofscope to add value andyourown 

touches,withoutdelaysand thehassle of anew build. 

This well-maintainedproperty is situatedona938sqm 

(moreorless) section downaprivate lane, just ashort 

drive or stroll into town,cafes,and agarden centre. 

Comprising three bedrooms withbuilt-in wardrobes,a 

bathroom andseparatetoilet, it is perfect for afamily. 

Living areasare keptcosy by aclean air approvedlog 

fireand heat pump; aseparate kitchen,laundry, and 

singlegarage completethe picture ofthishome. There 

is plenty of spacetoadd another garage or workshop 

as the section is mainly lawn withsome perimeter 

plantings.the opportunitieshere areendless and a 

quick turnaroundispossible. 

bayleys.co.nz/5518965 

938sqm 3 2 1 1 

For Saleoffers invited over $630,000 

View Sat 11-11.45amorbyappointment 

Mick Hydes 027 437 9696 

mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz 

WHALAN AND PARTNERSLTD,BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA2008 

Tinwald Tinwald Westerfield MayfieldRoad 

Westview -new beginnings 

Secure the dreamnow andlock in your sliceof 

Ashburton'sexciting new subdivision with 4,000sqm 

plus sections. Situated in Tinwald, Westviewsections 

offerthe opportunity to enjoy thebenefitsofcountry 

living with townamenitiesand entertainmentright on 

your doorstep. With uninterrupted countryside and 

mountain vistas, making Westview your home 

promises an enviablelifestyle encompassing the best 

of town and country. Section sizes 4,000sqmplus 

(moreorless) withprices starting from $315,000. 


4,000sqm 

Price by Negotiation 

View by appointment 

MikePreston 027 430 7041 

mike.preston@bayleys.co.nz 

SimonSharpin 

027 631 8087 

simon.sharpin@bayleys.co.nz 


Boundary lines are indicative only 

Ashburton 97 Wills Street 

Timeless character villa 

This timeless 1910svilla is adream homeyoucan be 

proudtoown; move straight in andtake advantageof 

all the hardworkofprevious generations, alternatively 

take theopportunity to enhancevalue. 

Comprising fourgenerousdoublebedroomswhich are 

accessed fromacentral hallway. Aspacious lounge 

adjoinsthemodernisedgalley-style kitchenand dining 

area with afamily bathroomand theaddition of a 

second shower andtoilet besidethe laundry.Awraparoundverandaleadsyou 

to the rear of the home to a 

private patio,aperfectspace forentertaining. 

Zoned Residential A, the1,014sqm(more or less) fully 

fenced section provides ample roomfor kids and pets, 

avegetable garden, woodshed,tool shed and double 

garage. 


1,014sqm 4 1 1 2 

For Saleoffers invited over $649,000 

View Sun 3-3.30pm or by appointment 

Sam Gregory 0210283 8791 

sam.gregory@bayleys.co.nz 

WHALAN ANDPARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA2008 


Ashburton 132 Burnett Street 

Ashburton 92 EastStreet 

Ashburton office building 

909sqm 

Vacant commercial land 

207sqm 

• Recently refurbished and extensionadded in 2013 

• Occupy or tenantand enjoythe returns 

• NBS rating of 67%, 

• Vendors are willing to entertain optionsofalease 




Ray Knight 027 434 0139 

ray.knight@bayleys.co.nz 

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA2008 

Offers invited over Rateable Valueplus GST (if any) 

• 207sqm(more or less)freehold title 

• Access available from East Street and DobsonStreet 

• Suitablefor awiderangeofbuyers 


For Saleoffers invited over 

$118,000 +GST (if any) 


Ray Knight 027 4340139 


Boundarylines are indicative only 

Lake Hood 14 West Bay Place 

Mayfield Lot 2ArundelRakaia GorgeRoad 

Readytobuild 

Those wanting to buildinLakeHood willbedrawn to 

this 1,026sqm section in WestBay Place. Bordering a 

canaland set at theend of thecul-de-sac, with power, 

water, and sewer available at the boundary. 


1,026sqm 



Mike Preston 027 430 7041 

Simon Sharpin 027 631 8087 

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED REAA2008 

The hardwork is done 

Locatedon the edge of the Mayfieldtownshipisthis 

three bedroom home. Recently relocated from 

Christchurch, thishouseon4,575sqm(subject to final 

survey) of land is theperfect start. 


4,575sqm 3 1 1 

Asking Price $510,000 

View Sat 10.30-11am or by appointment 

Simon Sharpin 027 6318087 

MikePreston 027 430 7041 


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Windwhistle Lot 38/623 Coleridge Road 

Slice of paradise 

On offerisLot 38 Tussock Lane,aquiet, peacefuland 

private part of TerraceDowns Resort, situated 

overlooking thefifth fairwayand hasthe fourth green 

on your doorstep. This 546sqm (moreorless) section 

in theheartofanalpineparadisehas mountains views 

and thebonusofmature trees surrounding for shelter. 

Terrace Downs is aworld-renowned resort located 

only ashorthourdrive fromthe Christchurch 

internationalairport or 20 minutestothe thriving ski 

village of Methven.The resort boasts atop-level 18-hole 

golf course,withthe clubhouseoffering an excellent 

restaurant and bar.The fun isn't limited to golf though. 

With the braidedRakaia Riverand Lake Coleridge only 

minutesaway, jet boating, fishingand water sports are 

allonthe cards. Onlyashort drive Southis. 


546sqm 

For Saleoffers invitedover $249,000 


Rosa Dekker 0274 655387 

rosa.dekker@bayleys.co.nz 


Methven Lot 174 Arrowsmith Drive, Camrose Estate 

Invest in your lifestyle 

Be quicktosecure this perfectlypositioned 705sqm 

(moreorless) section located in the highly sought-after 

Camrose Estate, Methven. Thesection position and 

orientations will ensure afternoon sun into your 

outdoor livingarea. Located within easy reach of Flow 

Pool andStudio, Opuke Thermal Pools and Spa,local 

shops, eateries, andschools. Youwill also have the 

convenienceofhavingamultitudeofrecreational 

activitiesatyourdoorstep,including skiing, mountain 

biking, fishing, and hiking.Secure thissitetoday,plan 

your home, ring your builder and be readytoget 

building when titles are issuedearlynext year. 


705sqm 

For Saleoffers invitedover $250,000 


Fee Ensor 021705 014 

fee.ensor@bayleys.co.nz 



FINAL NOTICE 

Methven 83 BarkersRoad 

Premium property 

Neatly positionedonarear section in aquiet 

subdivision, this homesitsonabeautifully landscaped 

832sqm fencedsection within easy reach ofFlow Pool 

and Studio, OpukeThermal Poolsand Spa, local shops, 

eateries and schools. Function, formand convenience 

makethis home abrilliant choice forprofessional 

couples,retired folk, holidaymakers,families, or 

investors.The home boasts threespacious double 

bedrooms, allwithbuilt-in wardrobes. Themaster 

bedroomfeaturesawalk-in wardrobe anddressing 

room with alarge chest of drawersbuilt-in, as well as a 

disability accessensuite.The family bathroomincludes 

astandalonevanitywithafull-width heated mirror, 

bath,and aseparate shower. 


832sqm 3 2 2 2 

DeadlineSale (unless sold prior) 2pm, Thu 21 Jul 2022 





Methven Lot 2, 33 Main Street 

The bestoftown and country 

Only a500m stroll to the town centre, this perfectly 

located 4,012sqm section (subject to final survey and 

title) sitsontheentrancetothe stunning townshipof 

Methven. This siteisapremium location forfamilies, 

with both Mount Hutt College and OurLady of the 

Snowslocateddirectly acrossthe road, and Methven 

Primaryschooljustaround thecorner,schooldrop-offs 

willbemade alittle simpler.Town servicesare to the 

boundary and there are limited restrictive covenants in 

place on the section, enablingyou theopportunityto 

getcreative with your build. Youcan positionyour 

home to maximise the sun, surrounding mountain 

vistas andhavespaceleftover to playbackyard cricket 

or evenraise acouple of sheep. 


4,012sqm 






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1Michael Street,Rakaia 

•Spaciousmaster bedroom with en 

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office/fourth bedroom 

•Two separatelivingareas 

•West side location, corner section 

•Attached double garage with internal 

access,plus separatestandalone 

double garage. 

135 Walnut Avenue, 


•Solid as arock 

•Large open plan kitchen, dining, 

lounge 

•Renovated bathroom 

•Good double garage with autodoors 

and work bench 

31 Tarbottons Road, 

Tinwald 

•Two separatetoilets 

•Four good sized bedrooms 

•Underfloor heating in living areas 

•Eco friendly log burner 

6Lane Street,Allenton 

•Three double bedrooms 

•Updatedheatpumpand pellet fire 

•Generous livingareaopening to 

aconservatory 

•Doublegarage 

Enquiries Over 

$795,000 

Roberta Counsell 

027 228 7843 


$480,000 

Craig Philip 

027 952 8722 


$599,000 

Mark Williams 

027 442 2281 


$520,000 

Debbie Boon 

027 448 4006 

3Bowen Street,Rakaia 

•3double bedrooms 

•Beautiful rimu throughout 

•Logburner and 2heatpumps 

•Established 1012sqm section 

locatedonthe west side of 

Rakaia 

85 BowenStreet,Rakaia 

•Spaciousopen plan living, withheat 

pump and log burner 

•Master bedroom with en suite, plus 

twomoredouble sized bedrooms 

•1012sqm section with plenty of offstreet 

parking 

•Glasshouse and woodshed 

8NormanbyStreet, 

Rakaia 

•3bedrooms 

•Log burner 

•515sqm, lowmaintenance 

section 

•Single garage 

46 Lot2McGrath Road, 

Elgin 

•Power and fibretothe gate 

•Quiet laneway 

•5000m²section 

•Completewith title 


$545,000 


027 228 7843 

$700,000 


027 228 7843 


$420,000 


027 228 7843 

$330,000 

Craig Philip 

027 952 8722 

OPEN HOME l 11.15am -11.45am 

118A Allens Road, 


•Brand new and just foryou in this new 

subdivision! 

•Three bedrooms 

•Ensuiteoffthe master 

•Single garage with internal access 

8Carters Road, 

Allenton 

•Three spacious bedrooms 

•Double garage with internal access 

•Ensuitewith tiled shower 

•157.5sqm home on a450sqm section 

9/369 Wrens Road, 

Rangitata Huts 

•Three bedrooms 

•Great living,family bathroom/ 

laundry 

•Two fabulous outdoor areas 

•Excellentsheds to storethe toys and 

tools 

12 Eliza Way, Rakaia 

•1025sqmflat section 

•Domain views 

•Lovely new Riverstone Park subdivision 

•One of the last sections available 


$599,000 

Mark Williams 

027 442 2281 

$684,000 

Mark Williams 

027 442 2281 

$200,000 

Debbie Boon 

027 448 4006 


$295,000 


027 228 7843 

2497056

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OPEN HOME 

UNDER OFFER 

ALLENTON 

Potential In Allenton 

Conveniently located near the Allenton shopping centre 

on asunnycornersection. This property has pure 

potential, ideal for the astute investor or first home buyer 

looking for an affordable home in agreat location. Double 

garage with ampleoff street parking.Bequick ...an 

opportunity not to be missed! 

ENQUIRIES OVER $420,000 

VIEW 

By Appointment Only 

Stephen Watson 

M 027 433 9695 

pggwre.co.nz/ASH36281 

HAMPSTEAD 6/19 Cambridge Street 

Excellent Value! 

Whatanopportunity here! Two bedroomend unit, 

potential to add value. Private, fully fenced outdoor 

livingand awell planted garden area. Separate 

single garage. 

Alloffers consideredafter 2pm, 26 July 2022 


VIEW 

11.00-11.30am, Saturday23July 


M 027 433 9695 

ALLENTON Racecourse Road 

ABlank Canvas -8.3 Hectares 

Abeautiful, well locatedlifestyle block of land.This is a 

brilliant opportunity to start withablank canvas and build 

your dreamhomeorland bank for the future. Power to the 

boundary. Located on the outskirts of Ashburton town, 

only ashort drivetothe town centre. 

PRICE BY NEGOTIATION 

Plus GST (if any) 

Dan van der Salm | M 021 918 233 

Tim Gallagher | M 027 801 2888 



UNDER OFFER 

METHVEN 

All sold....but now one isavailable! 

Arare opportunity to purchaseadesirable sectioninthe 

Camrose subdivision located in the growing township of 

Methven. All sections are sold but one has become 

available...so get in quick! Very nicely positioned 

maximising views to the mountains.Calltoday for more 

info. 


VIEW 



M 027 433 9695 

METHVEN Westward Way 

Exclusive Methven Golf Course Sections 

'Kakariki View'isanexclusive subdivision of lifestyle 

sections, located in Methvenfeaturing 4000m2freehold 

sections withuninterruptedviews of Southern Alps and 

titles available now. Grab your clubs and walk off your 

deck onto the Methven Golf course, or bike any of the 

localtrails. Build your dream holiday home, yourforever 

homeor simply landbank. 

PRICED FROM $420,000 

Dan van der Salm | M 021 918 233 

Tim Gallagher | M 027 801 2888 



ALLENTON 

FORE RENT -Westside Unit 

One bedroom unit in Allenton. Heatpump,private yard, 

off streetparking. 

Four weeksbond, one weeksrent =total move in cost 

$1500. 

$300 PER WEEK 

VIEW By Appointment Only 

ALLENTON 

FOR RENT -Great Location! 

Sunnythree bedroom home, heatedwith heat pump. Easy 

care section with asingle garage. PetsNegotiable. 

Move in costs -one weeksrent, four weeks bond=$1950 

$390 PER WEEK 

VIEW 


Kelsi Tait | B 03 308 6173 

Sharon Muir | B 03 308 6173 

Kelsi Tait | B 03 308 6173 

Sharon Muir | B 03 308 6173 



PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensed under REAA 2008 

191 Burnett Street & 

447West Street 

Phone:03308 6173 

ashburton@pggwre.co.nz 

www.pggwre.co.nz 

Trevor Hurley 

Office Manager/Sales 

M027 543 5799 

Robin Ford 

Rural Sales 

M027 433 6883 


Lifestyle &Residential 

M027 433 9695 

TimGallagher 

Rural&Lifestyle Sales 

M027 801 2888 

Deborah Roberts 

Residential Sales 

M021 075 2180 

Dan vander Salm 

Rural &Lifestyle Sales 

M021 918 233 

Dannii May 

Residential Sales 


Sharon Muir 


B03308 6173 

Tomoko Wright 

Lifestyle &Residential 


Kelsi Tait 


B03308 6173 

elping growthe country 

Mark Hanrahan 

Rural Sales 

M027 432 4028 

AnnDwyer 


B03308 6173 

PGG Wrightson Real EstateLimited,licensed under the REAA2008 

Helping grow the country


17A NORMANDY STREET 4 2 2 

ONCE ASHOW HOME /FAMILY LIVING 

Affordable near new home beautifully 

maintained•Open plan kitchen/dining/living 

•Sep. lounge •Sep. washhouse •WIR •Over 

1/4 acre section •Fully Fenced • Positioned 

for the sun. BIR PBN $700K -$750K 

All offers considered after Wednesday, 13 

July 2022 2pm. 

View 

Saturday 10.00 -10.30am 

ljhooker.co.nz/7KHYK 

Agent 

Julie Srhoy 021 354 885 

22 BRUCEFIELD AVENUE 

WARM &COSY 

3 1 1 

This warm & cosy, permanent material, 

1980’s classic home features 3dble bdrms, 

gas hot water, single garage &lots of OSP. 

Located close to schools &shops, with town 

just down the road. Offers over $449,000 -All 

offers considered on 26 July 2022 at 4.00pm. 

View 

Saturday 11.45am -12.15pm 

ljhooker.co.nz/7NHYK 

Agent 

Manu Otene 022 308 6885 

7CHAPMAN STREET 2 2 4 

RAKAIA BUSINESS CENTRE 

An entrylevel solid investment. Large 2023m2 

opportunity on offer in 2titles, original old 

home &alargework shop with apit +upstairs 

storage. With modern interior you can rent 

or use as office space. Great opportunity 

to purchase for business or investment 

to lease. BEO $689,000 + GST (if any) 

View 

By Appointment 

ljhooker.co.nz/7BHYK 

Agent 


3DAVIS CRESCENT 6 2 1 

LIVE IN ONE RENT THE OTHER 

•Six Bedrooms •Sunny North Facing Lounges 

•Separate Kitchen, Laundry &Toilets •Large 

Double Garage •Rented at $590p/w •1002m2 

Section with potential to subdivide (subject 

to survey). This is an oustanding opportunity 

to secure this unqiue property &benefit from 

it’s rental return. BEO $500K -$550K BIR PBN 

View 


ljhooker.co.nz/6ZHYK 

Agent 


1946 ARNOLD VALLEY ROAD 

BUILD OR BANK THE LAND! 

These exceptionally private sections offer the 

ultimate lifestyle with the Moana township 

just astroll away. Situated approx 50 mins 

from Hokitika, Lake Brunner is amagnet for 

tourists &Christchurch residents. Everything 

is right at your doorstep. 2freehold titles left. 

Asking Price $259,000 +GST (if any) 

View 


ljhooker.co.nz/6GHYK 

Agent 

Manu Otene 022 308 6885 

46 CAMBRIDGE STREET 4 1 2 

4+BEDROOM FAMILY HOME! 

Location is perfect for family living, right next 

door to a kindergarten, short walk to the 

school, sports hall &local park &playground. 

4bdrms +asleepout for either ateenager, 

guests or a home office. Separate large 

garage with loads of storage. BEO $339,000 

View 

Saturday 11.00 -11.30am 

ljhooker.co.nz/75HYK 

Agent 

Manu Otene 022 308 6885 

45 TANCRED STREET 4 1 6 

HOME W/ GARAGING +SUBDIVISION 

Potential plus exudes here, modern family 

home with 4bdrms, HRV, wood burner, o/p 

kitchen/dining/lounge. Two titles, Section 

offering the ultimate subdivision (subject to 

survey) up to 6sections. Shed with facilities/ 

sleep out, storage shed/garage up to 6. BEO 

$689,000 

View 


ljhooker.co.nz/79HYK 

Agent 


114 THOMSON STREET 3 1 1 

CUTE AND COMPACT IN TINWALD 

3 bdrm home with easy care fully fenced 

section. Just ahop skip and jump to Tinwald 

School! O/p living allows for easy heating 

via h/pump. Bath +shower with extraction. 

Int. access single garage. Freshly painted 

roof, ready for its new owner. BEO $279,000 

View 


ljhooker.co.nz/6THYK 

Agent 

Manu Otene 022 308 6885 

51 MAYFIELD KLONDYKE ROAD 

PICTURESQUE VIEWS LIFESTYLE SECTION 

•1.31ha &1.26ha Bareland •Residential D•1 

min to Mayfield shops •26min to Ashburton 

Set back from the road with shared 

driveway, the spectacular property covers 2 

sections of flat land &positioned for the sun 

&Mountains. Opportunity to subdivide down 

to 4000m2 (subject to survey). PBN 

View 


ljhooker.co.nz/6PHYK 

Agent 


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Make sure you like &follow our page to keep 

up-to-date with all things real estate. 

Keep aneye out for our exciting competitions too! 

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Sales &Listings 


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Sales &Listings 

022 308 6885 

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New measures to 

tackle Covid19 and 

flu increases 

NEWS/CLASSIFIEDS 


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Additional measures have 

been rolled out to help tackle 

covid’s second Omicron wave 

and record levels of flu to 

ease pressure on the health 

system and health workers. 

They were announced by 

Minister for Covid19 

Response Dr Ayesha Verrall. 

“There’s no question the 

combination of aspike in 

Covid19 cases and 

hospitalisations, the worst 

flu season in recent memory 

and corresponding staff 

absences are putting health 

workers and the whole 

health system under extreme 

pressure,” she said. 

Modelling suggested New 

Zealand was at the beginning 

of asecond Omicron wave 

that could be bigger than the 

first, with the more 

transmissible BA.5 variant 

becoming the dominant 

strain in the community. 

“There has been a 

significant increase in cases 

over the past two weeks, and 

worryingly the biggest jump 

is in cases amongst New 

Zealanders aged 65 and over. 

That in turn has led to an 

increase in hospital 

occupancy. 

“We are continuing to ask 

New Zealanders to do three 

things get vaccinated, wear 

amask in many or most 

indoor settings and isolate 

when sick to suppress the 

spread of the virus over the 

remaining winter months. If 

we all play our part we can 

take some pressure off the 

health system. 

New measures have been 

put in place to help Kiwis 

stay well, but people need to 

do their bit, she said. 

Medicines 

“We are increasing access 

to antiviral medication to 

those most likely to end up in 

hospital, making free masks 

and RATs more widely 

available and doing another 

push to lift uptake of flu and 

Covid19 vaccines including 

the second booster. 

‘‘Antiviral medications can 

reduce the seriousness of 

Covid19 meaning fewer 

people need to be 

hospitalised, so we are 

making these more widely 

available as pharmacyonly 

medications. 

Now anyone over 75 years 

of age who has tested 

positive for Covid19 or 

anyone who had been 

admitted previously to an 

Intensive Care Unit directly 

as aresult of covid, will be 

eligible to access antivirals 

through their GP. 

“This will help alleviate 

pressure on primary care by 

removing the need for GPs to 

review every Covid19 

patient that may be eligible 

for antivirals. 

There is also the option for 

GPs to provide back pocket 

prescriptions for atrisk 

patients of acute respiratory 

illnesses to be preapproved 

and have aprescription 

ready should they become 

unwell and need the 

medicine immediately. 

RATs and masks 

“To increase uptake in use 

in RATs and masks packs of 

medical will be provided 

free along with free RAT kits 

for individuals and 

households from testing 

centres and in more 

locations. You do not need to 

have covid symptoms. And 

P2/N95 masks will be 

available for clinically 

vulnerable and high risk 

individuals. 

“Free RATs will be 

available from all current 

community providers, 

including marae, testing 

stations and local 

pharmacies. 

“There is no criteria, you 

don’t need to be unwell or 

have symptoms.’’ 

“Wearing masks can 

reduce new cases of the virus 

by as much as 53 per cent. 

‘‘We are asking New 

Zealanders to keep up good 

mask wearing, especially 

over the remaining winter 

months where the virus is 

more likely to pass in indoor 

settings. 

Childsize masksavailable 

for Year 47 students 

throughout New Zealand 

and up to 30,000 masks a 

week for all other students 

and school staff,alongside 

extra funding to support 

better ventilation over 

winter,will also be 

provided. 

“These are the most 

effective measures we have. 

‘‘They are simple but if we 

all do them we can lessen 

illnessand the burden on 

our health system and 

dedicated health workers, 

and get through this darkest 

part of winter,” Dr Verrall 

said. 

The new measures: 

·Expanded eligibility for 

antivirals 

·Making Covid19 medicines 

available in pharmacies to 

help ease pressure on GPs 

·Significantly expanding 

access to free RATs and 

masks 

·Schools provided with mask 

supplies and more support 

for ventilation and winter 

heating costs 

·Second Covid19 booster 

available to those over 50 

·Extra measures for ashort 

time to get through the 

winter months. 

Early BirdTickets until 31st July 

Adult $55*, Student$49* 

Presented bythe Ashburton Event Centre in association with Variety Theatre Ashburton 

and proudly sponsored by More FM and TheBreeze. 

A global phenomenon that has wowed audiences and now celebrating its 52nd 

anniversary, Jesus Christ Superstar is atimeless work set against the backdrop of an 

extraordinary and universally-known series of events but seen through the eyes of Judas 

Iscariot with amodern-daytwist. 

The story, told entirely through song, explores the personal relationships and struggles 

between Jesus, Judas, Mary Magdalene, his disciples, his followers and the Roman 

Empire. The iconic 1970s rock score contains such well-known numbers as “Superstar,” “I 

Don’t Know How to Love Him” and “Gethsemane,”performed by acast ofsixty talented 

performers from our district. 

03 307 2010 211A Wills Street, Ashburton 7700 

admin@ateventcentre.co.nz 

*Servicefees apply 

2499408 

Rural Kiwis need to be pro active 

Withsweeping changes 

facing localgovernment, 

and the very existence of 

somecouncils under threat, 

FederatedFarmersis 

urging rural New 

Zealanders to step up their 

interestinthe election 

campaign this year. 

‘‘TheThree Waters 

juggernaut is gathering 

steamdespiteagreatdeal 

of opposition," Feds 

President Andrew Hoggard 

said.‘‘Unchanged,itwill 

put control of critical 

infrastructure in the hands 

of unelected andhard to 

holdtoaccountentities, 

likely headquarteredfar 

awayfromrural New 

Zealand.’’ 

This,plus moves for 

district planningfunctions 

to be regionalised, will 

leavesome provincial 

councils withlittle left to 

do, ‘‘andthus ripe for 

forced amalgamations, 

giventhe review of the 

futureoflocal government 

doesn’twind up until next 

year,’’ Andrew said. 

Local body elections 

happen againin 

September/Octoberand 

FederatedFarmers has just 

released its 2022 Local 

Elections Platform. It’s on 

the FederatedFarmers’ 

website and setsout the 

federation’s positiononthe 

major issues swirling 

aroundlocal government, 

with questions and advice 

for voters andcandidates. 

‘‘Amidstthis uncertainty, 

communities willneed 

sound, levelheaded 

representation like never 

before, as theircouncils 

navigate this onceinagenerationchangeand 

fight for local 

accountability,’’ Andrew 

said. 

‘‘There are the basics too. 

Our needfor safe and 

sustainable rural roads, 

smart rating systems,and 

commonsense regulation 

are enduring. Such things 

are essential to the 

wellbeingofthe farming 

community;intimesof 

great change matters 

simple and important can 

easily be lost.’’ 

Federated Farmers asks 

rural leaders with 

commitment, practical 

common sense and energy 

to considerstandingfor 

election,and all residents 

to put searching questions 

to thosewho would 

represent them in local 

government. 

‘‘Be daring! Talk upcore 

services, talkdown 

wasteful, feelgood 

expenditure and big rates 

increases,and supportour 

farmers in these 

challenging times. Most of 

all fight for the right of local 

communitiestodecide on 

how theirlocal democracy 

functions, not Wellington,’’ 

Andrewsaid. 

GloryDays 

5th &6th August 7-30pm 

AllTickets $25* 

Ayear after graduating high school, four best friends reconnect ontheir old school’s 

football field.Will has called the boys together with amission: tohack into the sprinkler 

system so that itgoes off when the jocks who bullied them in high school take the field 

foracharitygame.But as the guyswait forinstructions on howtobreak into the system, 

they quickly realize how dramatically their lives have grown apart. With asoaring poprock 

score, Glory Days is apoignant and witty coming-of-age story about friends 

searching for understanding and validation as they face the consequences of 

growing up. Contains adult language. 

DirectedbyTobyLee; performed by final year students of the National AcademyofSinging 

and Dramatic Art(NASDA) 

Toby Lee: Toby found his love forthe Arts growing up in Ashburton. Youmight have seen 

him perform in various shows at the Ashburton Event Centre including Mid Canterbury 

Summer singing school, Mamma Mia, Oliver and Various Big Little Theatre Company 

shows. Inhis final year of NASDA Toby wanted tolearn more about the Producing and 

Directing side of Theatre, thus this tour wasborn. He is very excited to be diving into new 

territory with good friends and cast by his side, Aswell as being able to present some 

theatreatthe AshburtonEvent Centre. Hismost recent workshavebeenGlenGulia in The 

Wedding Singer,Dennis Tucker in Riverside Drive, Ensemble in TheDrowsyChaperone and 

he will be playing DannyZuko in the NASDAproduction of Grease the Musical at the Court 

Theatreinlate October this year! 

03 307 2010 211A Wills Street, Ashburton 7700 

admin@ateventcentre.co.nz 

*Servicefees apply

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TRADE &SERVICES 


ashburtoncranes2015@gmail.com 

Shane James Contracting 

•FIREWOOD 

TREES WANTED 

•Hedgerow removal 

•Rootraking 

•Conversions 

•Money backon 

millable logs 

PHONE SHANE 027 611 3334 

ASHBURTON SANDBLASTING 

LIMITED 

FOR: Mobile Sandblasting 

Painting 

OF: Structural Steel 

Trailers 

Farm Machinery 

Car Parts 

Shipping Containers 

Concrete, Brick Rendering 

Free quotes -Competitive rates 

Phone Kurt 027 332 4549 or Neil 0274 362 900 

ENTERTAINMENT 

CLUB DAY 

Sunday 24 th 

July 2022, 1pm 

@AshburtonClub and MSA 

NOTE: Earlier start. 

All welcome - 

No covercharge 

Letour 

HIGH 

readership 

stats ... 

...work 

for you! 

Call our 

friendly 

sales team at 

199 Burnett Street, 


(03) 308 7664 

2441365 

2499792 

2493801 

2499796 

2485851 

CONCRETE Services - 

Driveways, paths, patios, 

mowing edging. Decorative 

Concrete Specialist operating 

locally with 30 years 

experience. No job too big 

or small. Contactless service 

offered. Phone Paul 

021 152 1966. 

EveryHome 

EveryWeek-that’s 

Phone 308 7664 

199 Burnett Street 


2376123 


ALTERATIONS; Sewing 

mending and trouser hemming, 

curtain alterations 

and curtain making. Call 

Michelle on 027 352 7248. 

BUILD work to do? Contact 

Kiwi Building and Maintenance 

Ltd. Alterations, 

Renovations, New builds 

and repairs. Qualified 

Tradesmen. Phone Cawte 

027 418 7955. 

CARPET Cleaning. Powerful 

equipment and fast drying. 

Upholstery, mats and rugs. 

Experienced owner/operator. 

Find us at www. 

supersucker.co.nz or 

phone John Cameron 027 

435 1042. 

CARPET 2YOU -for all your 

flooring needs. Supplier 

and installer of carpet and 

vinyl, re-stretch and repair, 

carpet cleaning. Phone 

Mike Gill 027 491 4210. 

CARR’S Chimney Cleaning, 

servicing Ashburton and 

surrounding districts, $70 

per chimney. Phone 

Rodney on 03 324 2999 

and leave amessage. 

CHARLIES Blind Cleaning 

Service -same day service 

and repairs. Charlie can 

supply new blinds and 

racks and will hang drapes. 

Phone 03 307 1936 or 020 

4169 0342. 

CHIMNEY Sweep - for a 

professional service call 

Dan McKerrow, Chimney 

Sweep and Repairs on 021 

118 7580. 

CHIMNEY Sweeping. 

Includes full firebox inspection 

and internal flue 

camera inspection. An 

inspection report can be 

issued on completion. Call 

Allan on 027 209 5026. 

COMPUTER Help - need 

personalised help with 

computer programs, 

backups? Trouble with your 

PC/Mac, iPhone/iPad, 

Internet, printer or internet/ 

electronic stuff. Call Frank 


COMPUTER Problems? For 

prompt reliable computer 

servicing and laser engraving, 

contact Kelvin, KJB 

Systems Ltd, 4 Ascot 

Place, Ashburton. Phone 

308 8989. SuperGold discount 

card accepted. 

Tell them about it! 

AshburtonCourier features 

WORK 

Areyou a... 

COMPUTER repairs, sales, 

training, setup wirelessnetworks, 

spyware 

cleanup. On-site day or 

evening. Low fees. Call 

Robin Johnstone, Networks 

Firewalls and PC’s Ltd, 308 

1440 or 027 768 4058. 

•Business 

•Club 

•Society 

havinganevent? 

Get your message out to 

MidCanterbury. 

Phone (03) 308 7664 

Email:office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz 

2376134 

2467716 


ENGINEERING repairs, fabrication, 

farm equipment 

service and maintenance, 

WOF repairs, machining 

and welding. Odd jobs a 

speciality. Mobile workshop. 

Can Collect. Phone 

Malcolm 0274 754 241. 

FIRE Extinquisher sales and 

servicing. On farm/ 

contractors - trucks/tractors/balers/combines/cars/ 

boats/caravans etc. Phone 

Mack at Doors and More on 

027 396 0361. 

FLY control and spider 

proofing. For all your 

domestic and industrial 

pest control needs phone 

AJ Kerr at Ashburton Pest 

Control on 03 308 8147 or 

027 432 5447 

FURNITURE Removals. For 

all your household removal 

needs - urban, rural, lifestyle, 

office relocations - 

call Nudges Furniture 

Removals, phone 027 224 

0609. 

GARDEN SUPPLIES 

LPG 

REFILLS 

Small LPG cylinders 

Off Street Parking 

Available 

Arthur Cates Ltd 

26 McNally Street 

Ph 308 5397 

Riverside Industrial Estate 

2493723 

2493751 

DRY Pine Cones - $6. per 

bag. Available from Ashburton 

Menzshed - 8 

William St, 9am to 2pm 

Tuesday, Wednesday and 

Thursday. Phone 029 236 

7723. Delivery by negotiation. 


GARDENING; Rose and 

Hydrange pruning. General 

clean up to make your 

garden beautiful for spring. 

Call Sandy 021 118 8158. 

LOCKSMITH/DOOR repairs. 

Keys/locks, sliding and 

bifold door roller repairs. 

Mobile service. Call Nigel at 

Doors and More on 027 516 

7104. 

HEAT Pumps; Service, 

Clean, Repair and Install. 

Please call Silvery Bauman 


PAINTER for all your painting 

needs. No job too small, 

inside or outside. Professional, 

friendly service. 

Phone Pete 03 308 1672 or 

027 200 1619. 

SUN Control Window Tinting: 

Privacy, UV, glare, heat 

control for homes, offices 

and cars. Phone Craig 

Rogers 307 6347, www. 

windowtinter.co.nz Member 

of Master Tinters NZ. 

TILING - For all your tiling 

requirements including kitchen 

splash backs, flooring 

etc. (Full water proofing) 

Call Kevin on 027 496 

8314. 

TINT-A-WINDOW, fade, UV 

block, glare, heat control, 

safety, security, privacy, 

frosting films, solar protective 

window films. Free 

quotes, 20 years local service. 

Phone 0800 368 468 

now, Bill Breukelaar, www. 

tintawindow.co.nz 



Plains Rotary 

LINSEED STRAW 

$7 per small bale or 

$40 mediumsquare, delivered. 

Harvested this year. 

Fordetails and ordering go to 

https://plainsrotary.org.nz/linseed-straw-order/ 

or phone Philip 0278 247 050 

SELL 

LPG REFILLS 

9kg cylinders 

$28.50 

Anysizecylinder filled 

17 Grey St,Ashburton 

Phone 307 2707 

2493763 

GARDENING, mowing, 

pruning, fertilising, projects 

or general spruce ups? Call 

Andrew at Spruce Gardens 

to get the job done right. 

027 765 2899 or 03 307 

1693. 

sprucegardens@xtra.co.nz 

SELL 

ONE 3 metre canterlever 

umbrella, never been used. 

One table and four chairs in 

good order. One upright 

freezer. Phone 03 308 

0064. 

FIREWOOD 

FIREWOOD 

OFFCUTS 

$140 per cord 

GREEN 

SLABWOOD 

$120 per cord 

SCREENED 

SLABWOOD 

$150 per cord 

3CORD GREEN 

SLABWOOD 

$350 per cord 

C.O.D. in town 

2476342 

Adams Sawmill 

Malcolm McDowell Rd 

Phone 

308-3595 

2492082 



LINSEED Straw $5.50 bale, 

21 pack $100. Sheep 

manure $8. bag. Medium 

square pea and linseed 

straw available. Call Ian 

027 286 3697 or Dave 027 

601 1426. A Hinds Lion 

Project. 

WANTED TO BUY 

ASHBURTON Scrap Metal 

Recyclers buy heavy metal 

etc. Free light-grade metal 

in-yard dumping 9am-5pm 

weekdays. 117 Alford Forest 

Rd, (behind 

PlaceMakers). Phone 03 

308 8033 or 027 249 6625. 

WANTED To Buy; Books, 

CD’s and DVD’s . Phone 

Rodney on 03 324 2999, 

leave amessage. 

GRAZING 

GRAZING required for 20-30 

in lamb ewes, suit lifestyle 

blocks. Phone 027 261 

959. 

TO LET 

Fully contained ONE 

bedroom unit forrent 

on lifestyle block 5 

minutes from town. 

Fully fencedwith own 

entranceway. 

$350 per week which 

includes power 

and wi-fi. 

Pets arenegotiable. 

Available immediately 

phone 308 6647 

2499797 

BUSINESS FOR SALE 

SITUATIONS VACANT 

FOR LEASE 

RENT ME! 

Ideal as an extra 

bedroomoroffice. 

Fully insulatedand 

double glazed forwarmth. 

Threeconvenientsizes: 

Standard3.6m x2.4m, 

Large 4.2m x2.4m 

Xtra-large 4.8m x2.4m. 

Visit our displaycabin 

418WestStreet or callfor a 

freebrochure. 

www.justcabins.co.nz 

0800 58 78 22 

BUSINESS FOR SALE 

Busy Bees 

Commercial Cleaning Franchise - 

EXISTING Customers 

Location: Ashburton, Canterbury 

Busy Bees will provide youwith training, 

equipment, uniforms,business cards,etc. 

Email:canterbury@busybees.co.nz 

Phone: 020 4010 4248 


Header &Chaser Operators – 

Western Australia Harvest 2022 

Two header/chaser bin operators are required 

for the 2022 harvest programme in Bruce Rock 

Western Australia to commence October through 

till Christmas. Bruce Rock is located 250km east 

of Perth. Machinery to operate consists of 2 x 

John Deere S780 and 1 x S680 headers, 8R340 

John Deere Tractor with a45t Nyrex Chaser Bin, 

all with Green Star Guidance Autosteer. Previous 

tractor experience ispreferred, along with good 

communication and acan-do attitude. Inreturn 

we provide your own accommodation with shared 

kitchenarea, payrateof$30 -$35 perhr, depending 

on experience. 

ContactRohan Schilling on +61 427 819 114 or 

email admin@schillingindustries.com 2498084 

2493775 

STORAGE available, Ashburton. 

Self storage, variety 

of sizes. Phone Rainbow 

Storage 03 307 0401 or 

phone/text 021 554 570 

STORAGE: Secure self storage 

units available, long or 

short term. Ashburton Storage 

Facilities. Contact us 

on 0274 362 636 or www. 

ashburtonstoragefacilities. 

co.nz 

Part-time Permanent 

LaundryAssistant 

Rosebank is a100 bedResidential Care Facility 

locatedinAshburton. 

An opportunityhas arisenfor aperson to work in 

our Laundry. This position is rostered shifts. 

Position description and application formsare 

available from Rosebank. 

77 Walnut Avenue,Ashburton 

email admin@rosebanklifecare.co.nz 

or telephone 03 3080111 

ClosingdateThursday 28th July 2022 

2495077 

2499867


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Barperson for 

immediate start 

We areseeking a 

person to fill avacancy 

at the AshburtonRSA. 

Theperson we are 

seeking is someone 

with experiencebeing 

an advantage as would 

acurrent Bar Manager’s 

Licencebut it is not 

essential as training 

would be giventothe 

successful applicant. 

Applications to 

rsaoffice@xtra.co.nz 

2498895 

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Talk to Jann or Karentoday 

about ways youcan reach 

potential customers or 

advertising with that 

special difference-professional servicewith asmile. 

Phone: 308 7664 

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2375505 

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goodcustomer serviceand computer skillstowork 

in agrowing dental practice. Experience preferred 

but not essential asfull on-the-job training will be 

given. Please sendyour CV to: 

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Lifeguards Part-timeOpportunities 

In these part-time, permanentpositions you’ll enjoyavaried role ensuring our 

customers aresafeinthe poolsand the aquatic area is maintainedtoahigh 

standard. 

You will hold orbewilling to obtain aPool Lifeguard Practising Certificate, 

be able toswim 200m in under six minutes and hold or be willing toobtain 

afirst-aid certificate. You must beprepared to work afternoons, nights and 

weekends within our Lifeguardroster. 

Gym Instructor 

Join the team that works alongside our clients on their fitness journey, 

supporting their wellness goals. Inthis full-time role you’ll be on the floor 

providing exceptional customer serviceand encouragement to our clients. 

You’llbepassionateabout healthand fitness,eager to learnand continue your 

professional development and be committed, reliable and get akick out of 

helping people. 

Ashburton CBD Caretaker 

In this part-time position you will take responsibility for ensuring our 

public conveniences in the CBD are ofahigh standard for our residents and 

visitors alike. 

Rakaia Cleaner 

Keep our public facilities and toilets in theRakaia Township clean and tidy for 

our visitorsand localsalike. 

The successful applicant will be responsible for ensuring aconsistently high 

level of cleanliness in theRakaia Public and Domain conveniences each week. 

If you arereliable, abletoperform these duties fortwo hoursonadaily basis 

without supervision andpride yourself on completingtasks to ahigh standard, 

we want to hear from you. 

Pleasenotethat this role is for four hoursper day, sevendaysaweek, on aone 

week on and one week off roster. 

If any of these vacancies sound like your ideal role, then we’d love tohear 

from you. 

In accordance with our current Covid-19 Management Policy the 

successful applicants forthese roles must be double vaccinated against 

Covid-19. 

For more information about these 

roles or to apply online visit our 

website. 

Applications for these roles close on 

Sunday,24July2022. 

www.ashburtondc.govt.nz/careers

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MEETINGS 

MEETINGS 

Hampstead Softball Club 

AGM 

Monday 25th July, 6.30 pm 

at the Clubrooms 

Current &new members very welcome 

Any enquiries 

Dave Waaka 027 351 9769 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

Braided Rivers CommunityTrust Ashburton 

Tennis Centre, Oak Grove, Ashburton 

Monday8th August2022 

7.30 pm 

Allwelcome to attend 

www.midcanterburytennis.co.nz 

ASHBURTON ROWING CLUB 

20TH AGM 

Wednesday, 24th August 

at 8pm, at the 

Lakehouse,LakeHood. 

Join us from 6.30pm 

foradrink and nibbles. 

RSVP Secretary 

027 310 2442 or 

ashburtonrowingclub@gmail.com 

AshburtonDemons 

Softball Club 

AGM 

Sun, July 31st,2022, 2.30pm, 

AshburtonClub & 

MSA Card Room 

Nominations on line 

Everyone welcome 

FRUIT &PRODUCE 

HEALTH &BEAUTY 

2499795 

2498123 

FRESH Potatoes; Red Rascal 

and Agria $2.per kg, 

10kg bags for $15. Phone 

03 308 3195 or 027 531 

9103; 81 Elizabeth Street, 

Ashburton. 

2498607 

2498056 

for Lifelong Learning 

Abbas Nazari 

On his journeyas 

arefugee from 

Afghanistan to NZ 

Tuesday26thJuly,10am 

AshburtonEvent Centre, 

Wills Street,Ashburton 

Visitors welcome - 

$10 cash 

Masks to be worn please 

AFTER HOURS 

HEALTH CARE 

IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCYPHONE 111 

Forall other medical assistanceoutside of normal 

hours please phone your general practiceteam, 

24/7, to speak with ahealth professional who 

will giveyou free health adviceonwhattodoor 

wheretogoifyou need urgentcare. 

If youdon’t have aregular general practice, 

call any GPteam 24/7 forfree 

telephone health advice. 

All non-residents and visa holders please bring your 

passporttoyour surgeryappointment. 

New Zealanders to bring some form of ID. 

PHARMACIES 

Wises Pharmacy, CountdownComplex, 

East Street will be open on ... 

Saturday from 9am until 1pm 

Sunday from 10am until 1pm 

Public holidays from 10am until 1pm 

At Geraldine: TheGeraldine Pharmacywill be open: 

MondaytoFriday, 9am until 5.30pm 

and Saturday 9.30am -1.30pm 

Forfree24hour Telephone Health Advice 

Phone the Healthline on 0800 611 116 

Brought 

toyouby 

LIVESTOCK 

SHEEP: 2 ram lambs 40kg 

plus -1Southdown Perendale 

X, 1Perendale. $150. 

each. Phone 302 7272. 


MOVEMENT and Breath - 

Yoga - Helps to increase 

flexibility, Relieves stress, 

Increases focus and balance. 

For peace of mind 

and better feeling body, 

phone Marta Levitt 03 908 

1337 

CountdownComplex, East Street, Ashburton 

Phone: 03 308 6733 Fax: 03 308 6755 

2498902 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

Peter Blacklow 

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE 

Come andtalktothe people who know 

. . . 

PETE’S 

PICK 

Full range of engineering supplies and accessories forall your repairs 

&maintenance. Kerrick hot &cold waterblasters &industrial vacuumcleaners. 

Esseti welders &accessories. Stockists and distributors of Trailer Equipment. 

Locally owned &operated family business for 69 years 

TradeZ one 


South Street, Ashburton PHONE (03) 308-3147 

Email office@blacklows.co.nz FREEPHONE 0800 452 522 

END OF SEASON CLEARANCE! 

MASSIVE SAVINGS 

on safetyboots and shoes 

Sale ends 29th July2022 

11 Grey Street,Ashburton 

WE HAVE OLD PAPERS 

TO SPARE! 

If youneed paperfor your pets,birds, 

packing,firelighting,craft, 

come and see us at 

199 BurnettStreet. 

DanceWorxAshburtonhas vacancies in our new 

“EliteBallet D.W.A.”Classes. 

Classes forall ages available – 

Beginners to Adults. 

New class for5-6 years old,commencing Term 3. 

Enquiries Phone or Text 027 414 2268 


Introduction to 

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24 th &25 th September 

www.southerntherapies.school.nz 

Tutor: Cathy Searle MRNZ, NZCHP,Cert Ad Ed 

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PERSONAL 

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Friendly,relaxed,wellpresentedladies,40-70 years. 

Discretely earn and affordthe things youdeserve. 

Commercial companionship 

without emotional ties or expectations. 

Check out privatearrangements.co.nz 

then phone 028 2552 7060 

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K 

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WATERBLASTER 

2700psi. 11.3 litre. 

6.5HpHonda engine. 

BAR2565C-H 

$1549+GST 

At the Cancer Societyweknowhow acancerdiagnosis can 

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Ourservices arefreeand confidential. 

If youorsomeone youcareabout hascancer 

please contactusfor supportand information. 

Nau MaiKiTeKorero Wewelcomeyour call 

2499857 

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Phone: 307 7691 

Facebook:@CancerSocietyMC 

www.cancernz.org.nz 

ASHBURTON 

SOCIETY OF ARTS 

58th ANNUAL EXHIBITION 

Only 1weekremaining so 

don’t miss out on viewing the 

amazing artondisplay 

AshburtonArt Gallery 

Dailyuntil 29thJuly 2022 

Silver Swans ® 

Ballet Classes 

forAdults commencing soon in Ashburton 

Specially designed dance classes for 

Adults, Silver Swans® will help improve 

your mobility, posture, co-ordination and 

energy levels, no matter what age you are. 

Whether you are an experienced dancer, 

took classes as achild or are acomplete 

beginner. We welcome all learners of any 

age and physical ability to try our Silver 

Swans® Classes. These classes most 

importantly are an opportunity to have 

fun and enjoy the holistic sense of wellbeing 

that learning Ballet canbring in ano 

pressure environment. 

Silver Swans® classes are taught exclusively 

by SilverSwans® Licensees who have been 

trained to safely adapt Ballet Technique for 

older students. 

Age isnobarrier to Dance 

Are you ready to release your Inner Swan? 

Forall enquiries 

PhoneorText027 414 2268 

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Phantomofthe Open, 

Wherethe CrawdadsSing 

206 CLUB - provides company, 

fun, entertainment, 

games, speakers and more 

for those 65 years and over. 

Friendly, supportive 

environment, two course 

hot mid-day meal, very 

minimal cost. Come and 

join us. We now have 

vacancies on a Monday 

and Wednesday, 10am to 

2.30pm. Run by Age Concern 

Ashburton, Seniors 

Centre, 206 Cameron 

Street. Enquiries to Julie, 

phone 308 6817 or 027 281 

9113. 

HOSPICE Mid-Canterbury - 

here when you need us. If 

you or someone you care 

about has a life limiting 

illness. Phone 307 8387 or 

027 227 8387. 

STRESSED? Call Pete. 

Social Worker/Life Coach. 

Phone 027 280 0889. Web: 

peteyoung.co.nz 

HOME SERVICES 

ROOF COATINGS: All roof 

types, specializing in 

Decramastic and Long Run 

Iron, Coloursteel etc, steep 

roofs not a problem. — 

Spraymaster 027-433-7780. 


FACTORY SPRAY LACQUER 

A NEW LOOK 

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Existing kitchens, doors, 

furniture &appliances 

The Finishing Company 

03 307 8870 2471051 

ROOF SERVICE -Moss and 

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Talk to our friendly team today! 

Jennian Homes Canterbury 

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QUALITY USED VEHICLES 

WARRANTIESAA APPRAISEDFINANCEBIGGEST YARDBEST SELECTIONTRADE-INS 

2011 SUBARU 

IMPREZASPORTS 

• 2000cc, petrol 

• Auto 

• AWD 

• ABS 

• Cam chain 

• Reverse camera 

• 42,601kms 

2015 MITSUBISHI 

MIRAGE1.2G 


• Auto 

• ABS 

• Cam chain 

• istop 

• Rear spoiler 

• 79,152kms 

2 stars 

$12,995 

5 stars 

$10,995 

NISSAN 

2008 NISSAN X-TRAIL25X, 2500cc, auto, 4WD,ABS, cam chain, 109,513kms.. $12,995 

2012 NISSAN LATIO 1.2G, 1200cc, auto, ABS, cam chain, 57,558kms .................. $10,995 

2013 NISSAN TIIDALATIO, 1200cc, auto, ABS, 41,636kms ....................................... $10,995 

2013 NISSAN SYLPHYG,1800cc, auto, 2WD,ABS, cam chain, 22,000kms ......... $11,995 

MAZDA 

2010 MAZDAPREMACY, 2000cc, 7seats,auto, timing chain, 126,579kms...............SOLD 

2009 MAZDAAXELA, auto, cam chain, 61,495kms ....................................................... $10,995 

2012 MAZDADEMIO SKYACTIVE, 1300cc, auto, cam chain, ABS, 59,000kms.... $10,995 

SUBARU 

2012 SUBARULEGACY 2.5iB, 2500cc, auto, AWD, wagon, ABS,95,349kms........ $11,995 

2014 SUBARUIMPREZASPORT, auto, hatchback,cam chain, 70,100kms .......... $11,995 

2012 SUBARUIMPREZA, 1600cc, auto, ABS,hatchback, 48,100kms............................SOLD 

2011 SUBARUIMPREZA, 2000cc, auto,cam chain, rear spoiler,42,601kms........ $12,995 

SUZUKI 

2015 SUZUKI SWIFTXG-DGE, 1200cc, auto, ABS,cam chain, 61,159kms ...........$11,995 

2012 SUZUKI SWIFTXG, 1200cc, auto, ABS,cam chain, 60,114kms ........................ $9,995 

MITSUBISHI 

2015 MITSUBISHIMIRAGE, 1200cc, auto, ABS, cam chain, 79,152kms ............... $10,995 

2012 NISSAN 

LATIO 1.2G 


• Auto 

• Sedan 

• Cam chain 

• ABS 

• AAAppraised 

• 57,558kms 

2005 HONDA 

ACCORD EURO 


• Auto 

• 4door 

• 8air bags 

• Autocruise 

control 

• Air con 

• Verytidy 

Clean 

car 

rebate 

3½ stars 

$10,995 

1 star 

$5,995 

TOYOTA 

2008 TOYOTAMARK X, 2400cc, 7seater, ABS,air con, S/W,89,065kms....................$9,995 

2008 TOYOTA BLADE MASTERS, 3000cc, auto, 6air bags, body kit, 82,247kms $11,995 

2005 TOYOTA RAV4, 2400cc, 4X4, auto, alloys,ABS,59,976kms................................ $13,995 

2005 TOYOTA ALLION, 1800cc, auto, sedan, ABS,75,816kms.......................................$7,995 

2006 TOYOTA RACTIS, 1500cc,auto, ABS, cruise control,88,824kms.........................$6,995 

2011 TOYOTA RACTIS G, 1300cc, 5door,ABS,cam chain, 49,391kms.................... $10,995 

2001 TOYOTA OPA, 1800cc, auto,5door,cam chain, ABS,155,331kms ....................$4,995 

2006 TOYOTA ESTIMAG,2400cc, 8seater, auto, 4WD,reverse camera........................SOLD 

2010 TOYOTAPRIUS, 1800cc, alternative, hatchback,cam chain,42,000kms..... $11,995 

2001 TOYOTA HIACE, 3000cc,diesel,5seatauto............................................................ $12,995 

HONDA 

2008 HONDA FITRS, 1500cc, auto,hatchback,alloys,52,893 kms......................... $10,995 

2010 HONDA INSIGHT G,1300cc, alternative, auto, 5door, cam chain .................. $9,995 

KIA 

2006 KIA CERATO, 2000cc, auto, 2wheel drive, one owner,74,461kms......................$7,995 

COMING SOON 

2014 SUBARUIMPREZAXV, 65,000kms 

2013 TOYOTA AQUA, Hybrid,53,000kms 

 

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www.atob.co.nz 

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WOMENSWEAR | MENSWEAR | CHILDRENSWEAR | HOMEWARES 

SHOES | LINGERIE | ACCESSORIES | COOK & DINE | BEAUTY 

THE 

SALE 

STARTS FRIDAY 22 JULY 10AM 

ENDS SUNDAY 31 JULY 

TEN DAYS OF SAVINGS 

ALL DEPARTMENTS

WOMENSWEAR | MENSWEAR | HOMEWARES | CHILDRENSWEAR 

50%-70% OFF 

SELECTED 

WOMEN’S 

CONTEMPORARY LOUNGE, ATRIUM, 

WOMENSWEAR &WOMEN’S SHOES 

T & C’S APPLY 

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|ACTIVEWEAR & 

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THE UPSIDE, SEAFOLLY, 

SUNSEEKER, JANTZEN &JETS 

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SHOES | LINGERIE | ACCESSORIES | COOK & DINE | BEAUTY 

50% OFF 

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MEN’S 

MEN’S 

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&MENSWEAR 

T & C’S APPLY 

P AND MUCH MORE... 

50% OFF 

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JOULES, ROCK YOUR BABY, DKNY, 

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LUIGI BORMIOLI, LADELLE SANCTUARY 

RANGE &STORAGE, PIP STUDIO, WMF 

KNIFE SETS, LE CREUSET RIVIERA, 

ECOYA, DUTZ, CITTÀ, SHERIDAN, 

MADRAS LINK, CC INTERIORS, 

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HION | SHOES | HOMEWARES 

50% OFF 

INGERIE | ACCESSORIES | COOK & DINE | BEAUTY 

SELECTED 

POTTERY BARN | POTTERY BARN KIDS | WEST ELM 

EXTENDED STORE HOURS 

FRIDAY 22 JULY /10AM–7PM 

SATURDAY 23JULY /9AM–6PM 

SUNDAY 24JULY /10AM–5PM 

NORMAL TRADING HOURS RESUME: MONDAY 25 JULY 

WWW.BALLANTYNES.CO.NZ/OPENING-HOURS 

City Mall, Christchurch. PHONE (03) 379 7400

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