North Canterbury News: March 16, 2023

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An end to restoration is in sight 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Week 113 and counting. 

But the end may finally be in sight for 

restoration work on Glenmark’s St 

Paul’s Anglican Church. 

It’s hoped to welcome worshippers 

and visitors into the historic church by 

the middle of the year. 

Restoration was supposed to take a 

year, but around every corner some 

other detail would emerge, and with it 

additional costs. 

Friends of Glenmark Church, which 

has been united in restoring the church 

to its former glory, is still working hard 

fundraising to meet abill which has 

blown out to around $2.5 million. 

Through all the trials and tribulations, 

prime project motivator Isobel Whyte, 

the Bishops warden on the Vestry, and a 

member of the Friends of the Glenmark 

Church, has remained stoic the historic 

church would reopen, and it will be as 

authentic as it was when built, and 

consecrated in 1907. 

But the kitty is pretty bare, and some 

items, which are not compliance issues, 

have been put on hold inthemeantime. 

‘‘To ensure we open in the first part of 

2023 we have had to cut the cloth. 

‘‘Inside plastering and painting has 

been kept for alater date, except for the 

very high bits which were done while 

the extra high scaffolding was up —the 

altar and west window. 

‘‘We will be fundraising for along 

time,’’ Mrs Whyte says. 

To help replenish the coffers a 

fundraising dinner and auction is 

planned at the Omihi Hall on Friday, 

May 13. Kendra Cocksedge, the most 

capped Black Fern of all time, will 

speak at the event, along with Russell 

Pitt, of RPC Construction, who will talk 

about bringing St Paul’s back to life. 

Tickets will go on sale in April. 

The project was initially estimated to 

cost $1.8 million, but then Covid, 

inflation and ashortage of materials all 

combined to add to the cost, already 

rising due to the ‘extras’ unearthed 

along the restoration journey. 

Fundraising efforts, grants, two very 

generous donations from benefactors, 

and other private donations have kept 

the project moving. 

Morale was given ahuge boost when 

the Kate Valley Landfill Community 

Trust covered the cost of insurance, and 

the cost of Timarubased South Island 

Organ Company overhauling the 1906 

Norman and Beard organ, from 

England. 

Mrs Whyte says through it all the RPC 

team has remained really enthusiastic. 

‘‘They love what they are doing and 

seeing it (the church) come back to life.’’ 

Two of the team —Nigel and Dave — 

spent aweek cleaning down beams, and 

oiling dry patches, while the scaffolding 

was still inside the church. 

Meanwhile asmall team of dedicated 

volunteers who stripped the church 

bare, are now bringing it all back home. 

The organ and stained glass windows 

will be the last two features to be 

installed. 

Restoration follows the Canterbury 

2010 earthquake which shook the 

church to its foundations. During the 

intervening years, while restoration 

efforts were being considered, burglars, 

vandals, weather, rats, and pigeons all 

took their toll. 

But undeterred its dedicated team of 

loyal supporters never gave up. 

It is week 113 —action week. 

Trenches are being dug by 

electricians for the main reconnection, 

the disabled footpath is under way, 

Friends’ members, Dave and Chris, are 

doing ajigsaw reassembling the Dado's 

(wooden side panels) inside the church, 

and the lights have been rehung. 

Kitty is bare ... The sun beams down on 

high scaffolding inside the Glenmark St 

Paul’s Anglican Church. It has since been 

taken down, with plastering and painting 

inside on hold until there is more funds in 

the coffers. The very high places, however, 

were done while the scaffolding was there. 

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Celebrating diversity ... Sergeant Don Munro with the new rainbow police car in Rangiora. 

Rainbow police car first in Sth Is 

By JOHN COSGROVE 

The first South Islandbased Rainbow 

police car went on show in Rangiora 

over the weekend. 

Aspecial guest at the fifth Pride 

Picnic outing held at Victoria Park, the 

newly adorned police car is the first of 

its type to be operational in the North 

Canterbury region. 

Its creation has been atwoyear 

process led by Sergeant Don Munro. 

‘‘It has been created to acknowledge 

and to celebrate diversity in the Police 

force and in the community and will be 

operational within the Prevention team 

here,’’ he said. 

The first Rainbow cars in the Police 

fleet were introduced in the North 

Island, in 2018, which now has three in 

service. 

‘‘They have been very well received in 

all the communities there,’’ said Area 

Commander Peter Cooper. 

‘‘Proposals are now being offered up 

for the possibility of another two 

rainbow patrol cars to be located in 

other districts of the South Island’’. 

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Sergeant Munro said everywhere he 

has driven the brightly painted police 

car people have commented favourably 

on it. 

‘‘The other day Iwent to apreschool 

and the kids absolutely loved the 

rainbow colours.’’ 

The public may catch sight of the 

rainbow car on duty in North 

Canterbury as it will be widely used for 

crime prevention duties as well as being 

apromotional vehicle similar in 

purpose to the wellknown Police 

Tractor. 

Trust aiming for the night sky 

By DAVID HILL, 

Local Democracy Reporter 

Advocatessay dark skysanctuary status 

will bringmultiplebenefits for 

Kaikōura. 

TheKaikōura Dark SkyTrust has 

announcedits planstoapply for dark 

sky sanctuarystatus, afterbeinginvited 

to do so by theInternational DarkSky 

Association. 

TrusteechairpersonNicky McArthur 

said protectingthe nightsky would bring 

benefitsfor humanhealth, the 

environment and biodiversity. 

‘‘Wehave forgotten the aweand 

wonder of atruly beautifulnightsky. 

‘‘Ifbybecomingadarksky sanctuary, 

we are also providingaplatform for 

economic benefittothe regionitshould 

be awin forall.’’ 

Dark skysanctuarieshave already 

been createdatGreat BarrierIsland 

and Rakiura /Stewart Island, while dark 

sky reserves have beenestablished in 

❛‘‘We just want to get people 

looking up and to start valuing 

the skies we’ve got.❜ 

—Trustee Brian Horsfall 

Wairarapa and Aoraki Mackenzie. 

With moredarkskyprojectsinthe 

pipeline, including apossibleOxford 

dark skycommunity, New Zealand was 

wellonthe way to becomingadark sky 

nation, Ms McArthur said. 

Shesaid the trust would be busy this 

year workingoncommunityoutreach 

and awareness,alongsidethe formal 

worktowardsaccreditation. 

It wouldrequire aprivateplan change 

requesttothe KaikōuraDistrictPlan. 

Thetrust wasout in forceatthe 

KaikōuraA&PShowon Saturday, 

February 25,promoting thedark sky. 

Trustee BrianHorsfall said the trust 

wouldbe visiting schools from next 

monthand organising publicevenings. 

‘‘Wejust want to get people looking up 

and to start valuing the skieswe’ve got.’’ 

Stargazingevenings willbeheld 

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Scarborough Street, fromFriday,April 

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Floss, aone year oldBijon/Shih Tzu 

cross, is amuchloved familypet. 

Last week, she was clinging on to life 

with all fourpawsand she’s not out of the 

woodsyet. 

Late on Saturday night, hermum,Rose 

McFie, called afriend to rush her and 

Flosstothe Rangiora Vet Centre. 

Rose should have been at work as her 

husband was but it was cleartheir dog 

wasn’t well. 

For ausually energetic little dog, she 

was very lethargic, wouldn’t eat or drink, 

and was vomiting. 

‘‘It brought back too manymemories, so 

Ineeded to get her seen straight away,’’ 

Rose says. 

Aboutayear ago, the family had another 

little dog, Zoe, who exhibited similar 

symptoms. 

They delayed taking her to thevet in the 

hope thingsmight come right. Whenher 

health continuedtodeteriorate, they were 

on the way into Rangiora whenZoe started 

convulsing and thenbleeding out.She 

couldn’tbesaved. 

‘‘I saw the same earlysymptoms in Floss 

and acted immediately,’’ saysRose. 

‘‘Shewas dehydrated, so the vet put an 

IV lineintogive her fluids. 

‘‘More importantly, her bloodsshowed 

her inflammation markers werehigh,and 

her liverreadings were literallyoff the 

scale. No matter how muchthey diluted 

the sample, theycouldn’tget aresult.’’ 

Flosswas in acute liver failure.The 

questionwas why? 

When Zoe died,the theory was she 

mighthave eaten baited possum 

droppings. 

‘‘We’re carefulabout not usingpoisons 

around the property, so that’s all we could 

thinkof,’’ says Rose. 

Again, the vet was sayingFloss must 

have ingestedsomething, and that’s when 

my husband rememberedtaking herout 

and her fossickingaround the base of our 

big oak tree. 

He went out on Sunday to take alook, 

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growing there, two of whichare toxic to 

both people and animals. 

‘‘Dogseatingpoisonousmushrooms was 

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in humans,and probably in Zoe and Floss, 

areunconsciousness, nausea, severe 

abdominal pain,vomiting, perspiration, 

tingling sensations, spasms, cramps, 

paralysis and anaphylaxis. 

Rose’s messageis: ‘‘Ifyou havedogs or 

small children, it’s worth keeping an eye 

on what is sometimesunseeninthe 

garden’’. 

Quarry and landfill hearing dates set 

By DAVID HILL 


Adate has been set for resourceconsent 

hearingsinto aproposedquarry and 

landfill near Oxford. 

Environment Canterbury (ECan) and the 

Waimakariri District Councilwill hold 

jointhearings over twoweeks from May 16 

at Oxford and Rangiora to consider 

consent applicationsfrom Woodstock 

Quarries Ltd. 

The company has lodged five consent 

applications with ECan and aland use 

consentwith the WaimakaririDistrict 

Counciltoexpandanexisting hardrock 

quarry and to develop alandfill at 513 Trig 

Rd, ViewHill, northwest of Oxford. 

The landfill wouldbefor the disposal of 

constructionand demolition waste, 

contaminatedsoilsand special wastes. 

The two councils issued ajoint 

notificationlast yearand it soongained 

attention on social media. 

Around 400 submissions were received 

in response to the resourceconsent 

applications. 

The hearing will be held beforeapanel 

of independent commissioners, and will 

include evidence and viewpoints 

presentedbythe applicant, submitters, 

and reportingofficers. 

Hearings willbeheld at the A&P Room 

at the Oxford Town Hall fromTuesday to 

Friday, May 16 to 19, from 9.30ameach 

day. It will then move to Rossburn 

Receptions on Sparks Road, Rangiora, 

from Monday to Tuesday, May 22 to 23, 

with Wednesday, May 24, as areserve day. 

Once the hearings are completed, the 

commissioners willhave 15 working days 

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Waipara vineyard owner jailed for tax fraud 

By EMILY MOORHOUSE 

Open Justice multimedia journalist 

Aformerhighflying New York property 

developer, who sailed to NewZealand on 

aluxuryyachttoopen avineyard, has 

been jailed for committing tax fraud to the 

tune of $1.3 million. 

ColinDavid Rath,59, appeared at the 

Christchurch District Court last 

Wednesdaywhere he gavehis wifeahug 

before he was taken into custody to begin 

his sentence. 

In December,Rath pleaded guilty to 39 

charges of using adocument for a 

pecuniary advantage relating to GST 

returns, and twocharges of forgery one 

relatingtoInland Revenue Department 

documentsand the other involving 

ImmigrationNew Zealand. 

Rath’s lawyer Stephen Lukey said 

reports provided to the court showRath 

was remorseful andwas making amends 

for his offending suchastaking steps to 

sell his remaining property. 

During the hearing, Rath told his lawyer 

therewere anumber of optionsfor 

reparationincluding selling his whole 

business, however, no reparation has been 

paid to date. 

The reportssaid Rath acknowledged he 

had let his wife and daughters down. 

‘‘These are the people Ilove the most,’’ 

he was recorded as stating. 

‘‘I did defraud the system but Ineeded a 

way to cover my costs.’’ 

Paul Saunders, prosecutor for Inland 

Revenue, questioned whetherRath’s 

display of remorseand willingness to 

make amendswas genuine, pointingout 

that his saleofaTeslahad benefitedhis 

family. 

Saunderssaid good character 

references provided to thecourt showed 

Rath had a‘‘very privileged’’ background, 

more so thanmost defendants thatappear 

before ajudge. 

Jailed for fraud ... Colin Rath, aformer highflying New York property developer, who 

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Judge Quentin Hix saidRath was 

supported by his family and wellrespected 

in the community, particularly 

in America wherehelived for sometime. 

It was unfortunate he had ‘‘crossed a 

line’’ by engaging in illegal activity and he 

had no previous convictions, the judge 

said. 

Judge Hix gaveRath discountsfor guilty 

pleas, remorse, efforts towards reparation, 

goodcharacter including his previous 

involvement with charitable organisations 

and lackofprevious convictions. 

Following the credits, Rath was 

sentenced to threeyears and seven 

months in prison. 

But before he was taken into custody, he 

embraced his wife andthen asked if he 

could have aglass of water. 

The Offending 

RathsailedtoNew Zealand on aluxury 

yacht with his familyin2016. 

The following year, he started awinery 

business in the Waipara winegrowing 

regioninNorth Canterbury. 

His businesses, Waipara Winds Ltd 

which tradedasFiddler’s Green 

restaurantand vineyard, and New York 

GrapeEscape Ltd, struggled. 

Rath started doctoring invoices from 

differentbusinesses, including builders, 

marketing companies and other 

professional serviceproviders, to file 

falsifiedgoodsand services tax (GST) 

returns 

Over afouryearspan, through his two 

companies,Rath filed 39 false GST 

returns. 

In support of them, he prepared 85 

forgeddocuments. 

He also used13forged documents 

purporting to be from InlandRevenuein 

support of an entrepreneur residency 

visa application to Immigration New 

Zealand. 

InlandRevenue, who brought the 

prosecution againstRath,said he was 

given just over $1.3m in refunds. 

Rath advised Inland Revenue that 

Waipara Winds Ltd was renovating and 

improvingthe land and property of the 

vineyard to begintoproduce more 

sustainable income through arestaurant, 

bed and breakfast,and new crops to 

augment and increasethe grape and wine 

production. 

He wasadvised the GST affairsofthe 

company wereunderauditonMay 6, 

2021. The April 2021GST returnrecorded 

an expenditure of $1.6m, of which 

$967,000relatedtoa‘‘spec house’’, 

‘‘subdivision costs’’, and payments for 

work on ‘‘B&B’’. 

Rath told InlandRevenueinvestigators 

he wouldlike to arrangeavisit so he 

could show them theassets the 

expenditure related to. He askedthe visit 

be as soon as possible so the refundcould 

be released. 

On May 7, 2021,hetook two investigators 

for atour of the company’sproperty. The 

tourincluded himpointingout the 

subdivision for fivenew sections, as well 

as pointingout the ‘‘spec house’’ whichdid 

not have accessfrom the vineyard. Rath 

looked under arock for the keys but said 

his wifemust not have put themback 

whentherethe daybefore. The officers 

noted furniture in the house, withRath 

saying it was staging furniture as the house 

was getting ready for sale at the end of the 

month. He said the surveyorwas away,but 

he could get moreinformation in afew 

weeks. The April2021 GST return 

included expenses of $103,000tothe 

surveyor. But asearch of the address of 

the house Rathhad takenthe investigators 

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Judge John Brandts-Giesen retires 

By KAREN PASCO 

At 3pm on March 7Judge John Brandts 

Giesentook off his robe, placed it on the 

back of his chair, then walked out of 

courtroom two of the Invercargill District 

Court. 

This symbolic act is the last that judges 

make when theysit on the benchfor the 

final time. 

Although he willnot retireuntil next 

week, yesterdaywas the lastday Judge 

BrandtsGiesen presided over acourt. 

Judge BrandtsGiesen's law career 

began in 1975, when, after graduating 

from Canterbury University with a 

bachelor of law and mastersofarts, he 

joinedRaymond Donnelly. 

In 1980 he became apartner at 

RonaldsonWylie Averill (latterly known 

as Lane Neave Ronaldson) before setting 

up law firm BrandtsGiesen McCormick 

Lawyers in Rangiora in 1994. 

He was sworn in as adistrictcourt 

judge in 2016and moved to Invercargill 

in 2017. 

He officially retiredin2020 when he 

turned70, but during the past three years 

has continuedtotravelthroughout New 

Zealand as an acting warranted judge. 

Yesterday morning members of the 

SouthlandLaw Society gathered at a 

special sittinginthe Invercargill District 

Court for his farewell. 

LawyerJohn Fraser saidJudge 

BrandtsGiesen set ahigh standard of 

skill,dignity and humility in the role. 

‘‘Your gentlemanly and levelheaded 

mannerwill be missed,’’ Mr Fraser said. 

He thengranted the judge adischarge 

without conviction. 

‘‘We collectively sentence you to 

unencumbered freedom and we wish you 

all the very best in your retirement.’’ 

As police prosecutor Carmen Stewart 

read out asummary of facts to those 

gathered, Judge BrandtsGiesen shed a 

Judge John BrandtsGiesen 

tear. 

‘‘May the Lord bless you in all of your 

days. Know that you helped people 

change their ways.’’ 

His career sentencing thousands of 

defendants has not been without 

controversy. 

In 2016 he dischargedaman without 

conviction for assaultinghis wife and 

daughter, saying at the time while anasty 

assault,ithad to be seen in context. 

The assault cameafter the man read 

love texts between his wife and his best 

friend. 

There wouldbemany peoplewho 

would havedone exactly what you did, 

even thoughitmay be against the law to 

do so.'' 

On anotheroccasion in he discharged a 

man without conviction for videoing a 

woman in achanging room. 

``Women are probably more sensitive 

about that than men are, and that is 

something any mature male should 

appreciate,'' he said at the time. 

Both dischargeswithout conviction 

were overturnedafterHigh Court 

appeals. 

Judge BrandtsGiesen did make 

mention of the controversy in his 

farewell speechyesterday. 

He said he would not be remembered 

as agreat judge unfortunately for a 

coupleofwords not eloquently spoken, 

addingthat he wouldnot retract them. 

Crown solicitor MaryJane Thomas 

interrupted his speech, rejecting the 

comment he made about himself. 

‘‘I do not want you to leave this court 

sayingthat sir. 

‘‘You were one of the few judges that 

came downtoour place thatliked it, that 

fittedinand didn'ttreat it as somesort of 

being sent to the Himalayas or 

something. 

‘‘You are agood man and agood 

judge.’’ 

In reply JudgeBrandtsGiesen said he 

had always had the benchmark set at 

what would MaryJane Thomas do? 

And that had probably got me into 

more troublethan Ishould have. 

He congratulatedboth prosecutors, 

probation and defence lawyers on 

workinghard for justice for both 

defendantsand victims. 

That is oftenanirreconcilable task and 

somehowwehave to achieve it. 

He did not think he had made too many 

enemiesand had been ajudge the media 

had enjoyed covering, he said. 

‘‘So Isay to you farewell. 

‘‘I now go on as an ordinary citizen and 

that to me, in some respects,isarelief.’’ 

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This 

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Fishing 

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Moon 

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STUART SMITH MP FOR KAIKOURA 

Bluegreens forum 

There is only one political party in New 

Zealand with an environmental wing: 

National Party’s Bluegreens. 

Politics is astrange game, it is far easier 

to pointout the obvious than to offer 

workable solutions,which requires doing 

policy homework, challenging beliefs and 

at the very leastconsideringother pointsof 

view. 

The Bluegreens adopted the solutionsbased 

approachbyinviting various nongovernmental 

organisations (NGOs) to 

speak at the BluegreensForum last week 

in Marlborough. 

This approach is unique in the New 

Zealand political landscape, where NGOs 

were given an opportunity to attend and 

actively participate in the proceedings. 

Russel Norman, Executive Director of 

Greenpeace, not only attendedthe Forum 

but pitchedapolicy that concurs with 

Bluegreens unique approachtopolicy 

discussions. 

Somemay see this as anegative, but I 

see it as apositive —after all, no political 

party has amonopoly on good ideas. 

There were many interesting,thoughtprovoking 

presentations,but what grabbed 

theheadlines was Christopher Luxons 

keynote address where he announced our 

Three Waters policy. 

Sometime ago, we announcedour plan 

to returnthe Three Waters assets to 

councils, and eliminate cogovernance and 

the four largewater entities. 

Sincethen, Simon Watts and our policy 

team have been working on areplacement 

policy. 

Simply put, we will set and enforce strict 

water quality standards, and require 

councilstoinvest in the ongoing 

maintenance and replacement of their 

vital water infrastructure while 

maintainingcontrol of the assetstheir 

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demonstrate aclear plan to deliver 

ongoinginvestment in water 

infrastructure,and those plans will need to 

be approved by the Minister of Local 

Government. 

AWater Infrastructure Regulator will be 

established withinthe Commerce 

Commissiontoset and enforce standards 

for longtermwaterinfrastructure 

investment,and councils will be required 

to ringfence money for water 

infrastructure,and not spend it instead on 

other services. 

These are longlived assets, and it is 

therefore appropriate that councilsutilise 

longterm borrowing to fundwater 

infrastructure. 

Neighbouringcouncils may choose to 

form Regional Council Controlled 

Organisations:weenvisage several 

regionalgroups will likely emergeto 

deliverbetter water services; but 

ultimately, it is up to the councils. 

Financial sustainability will inevitably 

enable longterm investment in the 

infrastructure that will deliverquality 

drinking water,cleaner rivers,and 

swimmable beaches New Zealanderswant 

and expect. 

Resilient, wellmaintained, futureproofed, 

modern infrastructure will also 

enable communities to better cope with 

mounting pressures to accommodate 

housinggrowth which is currently being 

stymiedbyalack of infrastructure, like 

wastewater and stormwater services. 

What is importantisthat waterassets 

stay in localhands, and investment in 

water infrastructure is secured, so that 

New Zealanderscan be assured their 

water is safe and affordable. 

Manyhave been calling for the National 

Party to announceour policies, and 

judging by my inbox,the wait was worth it. 

Dear Editor, 

Wouldn't it be nice to have atheatre /stadium in Amberley, that would seat around 

say 60 people, like the gold academy picture theatre in The Columbo which is part 

of the shopping arcade in Sydenham. 

Just anice cosy size, not too small, nor too big. 

Something suitable for plays, presentations, talks, lectures, etc. 

If it was able to show movies too then that would be the icing on the cake. 

However, what Amberley really requires urgently, is asecond medical centre. 

The present one is very good but just can't keep up with the rapidly expanding 

population here. 

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footpaths have been highlightedasa 

priority in the 202131Long Term 

plan with an investmentof$1.5m 

towards an accelerated 

improvement programme. 

AFootpath Working Group of 

community representativeshas 

beenmeetingover thepastfew 

months andthis week published the 

recommended programme for years 

one and two. 

It was satisfying to seeweare 

moving aheadwith theselong 

overdue improvements. 

Speaking with other councils we 

have definitely made theright 

choice to highlight roads and 

footpaths in ourLTP. 

Central government fundingfor 

infrastructure will be decliningin 

future, andmanyother councilsare 

slippingbackwards in thisregard. 

Coreinfrastructure is key, and we 

areinvestinginitnow to make sure 

wehaveasolidfoundation forthe 

future. 

On thesubjectoffuture thinkingin 

the nextcouple of months,wewill 

alsobegin developing aSpatial 

Plan. 

It willcreate along term, 30 year 

plusvisionfor thefuture growth of 

the Kaikoura township and 

immediate surroundingarea. 

We look forwardtotelling you 

moreabout it andconsulting our 

community in the comingmonths. 

Finally, last weekend Iattended 

the Tuia Rangatahi Leadership 

Programme withthe Mayor's 

Taskforce forJobs. 

It aimstoempower rangatahi 

Māorithroughout NewZealand to 

contribute to their local 

communities. 

KaikōuraDistrict Council has 

sponsored rangatahi forthe 

programme formanyyears now, and 

I’vewatched pastgraduatescomeon 

in leaps and bounds as aresult. 

It wasinspiring to watch the young 

people becomeengaged and even in 

afew days seeing thepositive 

change in them –well donetoall 

involved. 

New chief executive sought 



The Waimakariri District Council is 

seeking anew chief executive. 

The role has beenfilled by finance and 

business support general manager Jeff 

Millward, since the previouscouncil boss, 

Jim Harland, retired in July last year due 

to illhealth. 

MayorDan Gordonsaid there were were 

some key values the councilwas looking 

for in its nextleader. 

‘‘We are looking for aleaderwho is 

focused, diligent,strategic,has aproven 

trackrecord, and understands the value of 

community connection.’’ 

He said Waimakariri was ahighgrowth 

district, which emergedfrom the 

Canterbury earthquakesasone of the most 

popular residential destinations in the 


The council was one of only two councils 

nationwide with aAArating from Local 

Government New Zealand’s excellence 

programme. 

Standard and Poor’salso recently 

confirmed the council had maintainedits 

AA/A1+ credit rating. 

‘‘There are great opportunities in local 

government and Waimakariri District 

Council is aleader in the sector,’’ Mr 

Gordonsaid. 

‘‘We are looking to continuebuildinga 

fantastic place to live in partnership with 

our community and are seeking aleader 

who can helpdeliver on this vision.’’ 

The council has engagedrecruitment 

agencySheffield SouthIslandtoassist 

with the recruitingprocess.Applications 

close on April 2and the council hoped to 

announce anew appointment by midMay. 

Mr Millward will continue in his roleas 

actingchief executive in the meantime. 

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Iconic bands combine to salute Edinburgh 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Two of Rangiora’s long serving iconic 

bands, Rangiora RSA Club Brass 

(Rangiora Brass Band) and the 

McAlpine’s North Canterbury Pipe 

Band are joining together to present A 

Salute to Edinburgh at 2pm on 

Saturday, April 15. 

The bands have played together over 

the years, but it will be the first time 

they have presented afull concert. 

It will be held in the Rangiora Town 

Hall Auditorium with the bands 

presenting the sounds and dance of 

Scotland featuring well known Scottish 

music and sounds of the tattoo. 

The bands will be led by Musical 

Director Dwayne Bloomfield and Pipe 

Major Graeme Rusbatch. 

Together they have put together a 

range of music that will not only 

entertain but will be very moving. 

Along with the brass and pipe music 

the concert will also feature soloists. 

The concert will also feature the 

Elizabeth Smith School of Dance with a 

special performance of highland 

dancing. 

Rangiora RSA Club Brass was 

formed in 1878 and is fast approaching 

its 150th anniversary. 

The McAlpine’s North Canterbury 

Pipe Band was formed in 1928 and is 

fast approaching its 100 years 

anniversary. 

The bands will be led by Musical 

Director Dwayne Bloomfield, and Pipe 

Major Graeme Rusbatch. 

Rangiora is very fortunate to have 

two great long serving community 

bands. 

The bands are looking forward to 

performing this special performance. 

Tickets are $20 and available at the 

Rangiora Town Hall Cinemas booking 

office or online at: townhallcinemas. 

co.nz/liveshows. 

ASalute to Edinburgh ... Pipe Major 

Graeme Rusbatch (left), and Musical 

Director Dwayne Bloomfield will combine 

their pipe and brass talents at aconcert in 

Rangiora. 


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Māori ward representation 

complex for Kaikōura 


LocalDemocracy Reporter 

The question of aMāori ward is a 

complex one for Te Rūnanga o 

Kaikōura. 

Whilethere has been apush 

nationallyfor Māori representation on 

localcouncils, the issue is notstraight 

forward for Kaikōura’s mana whenua 

as its takiwā (territory) traverses three 

districts Marlborough, Kaikōura and 

Hurunui. 

Te Rūnanga oKaikōura chairperson 

Hariata Kahu said the legislation 

around Māori wards neededtochange 

to make it more workable for South 

Island mana whenua. 

‘‘We are the treaty partnerand the 

Mana Whenua of the area and we have 

arole to represent everyone, 

regardless of whetheryou are Māori or 

Pākehā or any culture if you live 

within the takiwā. 

‘‘ButIwill support any advancement 

for Māori,even if Idon’tsupport all of 

the legislative arrangementsaround 

it.’’ 

At present the legislation stated that 

anyone on the Māori electoral roll 

couldvote in aMāori ward, which 

meantanyoneofMāori descent could 

standinaMāori ward, she said. 

‘‘I think the partnershiphas to occur 

between Ngāti Kurī (Kaikōura hapū) 

and the threedistrictcouncils and that 

will continue regardless of whether 

thereisaMāori ward.’’ 

The Kaikōura District Council was 

more straight forward, as Ngāti Kurī 

was the only hapū in the district and 

was based in the town. 

But if the Māori wardwas elected 

fromthe Māori electoral roll then 

voters would only get to vote for one 

councillor, plus the mayor, based on 

population, while there would be six 

or seven councillors voted at largeon 

the general roll. 

‘‘Wetalked withthe Kaikōura 

District Council during the last 

representation review andwedecided 

apartnership is something we would 

prefer,’’ she said. 

In the Hurunui district,there were 

two hapū Ngāti Kurī and Ngāi 

Tūāhuriri. 

Theywere the same iwi, NgāiTahu, 

but did not always agree, Ms Kahu 

said. 

In contrast,inthe Marlborough 

district,the Ngāti Kurī takiwā covered 

the southern part of the district, while 

there wereseveral iwi as mana 

whenua to the north. 

‘‘Itisprobably more difficultfor the 

Marlborough District Councilthan it is 

for us,becauseweare very clear with 

our boundary.’’ 

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E-Waste is agrowing trend 


Numbers of large sized flat 

screen TVs, consumer printers 

and home computers are growing 

at transfer stations as demand for 

Ewaste continues to grow in the 

North Canterbury. 

Waimakariri District Council 

solid waste asset manager Kitty 

Waghorn says the amount of 

Ewaste has been growing 

steadily at the Rangiora and 

Oxford transfer stations. 

‘‘From 2020 to 2023 we have 

moved on average over 11 tonnes 

of Ewaste each year from the 

Southbrook resource recovery 

park and Oxford transfer station. 

‘‘It was all packaged up on 

pallets and sent to Kilmarnock 

Enterprises in Wigram, 

Christchurch, to be dismantled 

and sent away for recycling.’’ 

Staff at Southbrook say it has 

been an eye opener just how 

many large sized flat screen TVs 

have turned up this year. 

Bex Rossiter says many have 

come in from people who were 

upgrading to smart TVs. 

‘‘Some are resold back to 

gamers seeking amuch bigger 

screen to play their Xbox or 

PlayStation games on but many 

are sent into Christchurch for 

recycling.’’ 

Statistics show three years ago 

people started offloading their 

DVD players and CRT television 

monitors as new online 

streaming media became 

popular and DVD movie stores 

like Blockbuster closed. 

At the same time homebased 

PCs fell out of favour due to 

portability of lap tops and 

All to waste ... Southbrook resource recovery park staff member Bex 

Rossiter with some of the large screen TV’s and other items collected at the 

EWaste unit. 

PHOTO:JOHN COSGROVE 

tablets, showing up now in the 

low numbers due to earlier 

recycling. But the growing trend 

still appears to be Flat Screen 

TVs with nearly 600 disposed of 

during the past three years 

alongside almost 450 inkjet 

printers as the price of inks 

continue to rise. 

In the Hurunui region EWaste 

can also be taken to transfer 

stations. 

AHurunui District Council 

spokesperson says the volumes of 

ewaste in Hurunui are not high 

compared to other areas. At the 

Amberley Transfer Station in the 

last 12 months they received 79 

items of EWaste (computers, 

printers etc) and 68 televisions. 

The EWaste is brought back to 

the main transfer station in 

Amberley where it is dismantled 

and the components sorted. 

The parts are then sold to a 

merchant in Christchurch City 

and the income received is put 

back into helping to fund transfer 

station infrastructure. 

Both councils staff remind 

people acharge will be made for 

most items of electronic waste, 

including old CRT monitors and 

TV sets. 

Noel Lemmings advertise an 

EWaste scheme in many of its 

stores nationwide but not in 

Waimakariri. 

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The North Canterbury News, March 16, 2023 9 

Trackless trams could 

be the way of the future 



Trackless trams could be an 

option for improving 

connections with 

Christchurch in the future, 

says Waimakariri Mayor 

Dan Gordon. 

Connections withthe 

central city, transport, 

housing and commercial 

developments are just some 

of things being considered 

as part of the HuihuiMai 

Greater Christchurch 

Partnershipconsultation. 

With the population of the 

Greater Christchurch area 

expected to pass700,000by 

2051,and one million over 

the ensuing decades, an 

efficient and sustainable 

transport was essential, Mr 

Gordon said. 

‘‘An idea I’m quite 

attractedtoistrackless 

trams, which don’t needa 

track. Brisbane has them 

and they arequite common 

overseas. 

‘‘Howweconnect our 

districtinto the city centre 

is important.’’ 

Providingmore housing 

choices and attracting 

business opportunities, 

particularly in the city 

centre and towncentreswas 

another factor, he said. 

But one question which 

was not on the agenda was 

creating a‘‘Super City’’, Mr 

Gordonsaid. 

‘‘There is aconversation 

with comesupabout super 

cities, but there is no desire 

within the partnership 

members for asuper city 

because we are working very 

well betweenus. 

‘‘We are at asizewhere we 

are sustainable, but we are 

all part of abiggerpicture, 

whichisthe Greater 

Christchurch area, so it is 

important thatwework 

together for our shared 

future.’’ 

The Greater Christchurch 

Partnership is a 

collaboration betweenthe 

Christchurch City, and 

Selwyn and Waimakariri 

DistrictCouncils, and 

Environment Canterbury. 

Othermembers included 

NgāiTahu, WakaKotahi 

New Zealand Transport 

Agency,TeWhatu Ora 

Health New Zealand and 

two Governmentministers. 

Public consultation on 

Huihui Mai closes on 

Sunday, March26. 

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Waimakariri attractive 

WaimakaririDistrictCouncil, 

oneofthe fastest growing 

districts in NewZealand,is 

attracting big business 

investment. 

TheChristchurch Northern 

Corridor, agrowing population 

base and skilled workforce, 

coupled with well serviced 

industrial developments such 

as the Rangiora Business Hub, 

is creating high demand in the 

district, says Waimakariri 

Mayor DanGordon. 

Theindustrial parkisbeing 

developedbyMainlandCapital, 

aSouth Islandbased 

commercial property 

investment manager with a 

track record of delivering high 

quality commercial 

subdivisions andbuildings. 

Titles are expected to be 

issued in the fourth quarter of 

this year. 

Mr Gordon, speaking at the 

Rangiora Business Hub site 

where earthworks are aheadof 

schedule,saysthe hub is 

helping tounlock thepotential 

of the burgeoning North 

Canterburydistrict. 

‘‘North Canterburycontinues 

to be adesirablelocation for big 

businessestoinvest in and call 

home.’’ 

Covering 13.8 hectares,the 

hubisonToddsRoad,near 

Flaxton Road,nearMcDonald’s, 

Mitre 10 Mega, PAK’nSAVE, 

Daniel Smith Industries, 

Hallmark Group,Farmlands 

andPGGIrrigationare housed. 

Sitesrangeinsizefrom1249sq 

mto1.35hectares. 

According to provisional GDP 

estimates from Infometrics, 

❛‘‘North Canterbury 

continues to be a 

desirable location for big 

businesses to invest in 

and call home.❜ 

—Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon 

Waimakariri’s economy grew 

3.4 percentfor theyear ended 

December 2022, ahead of the 

national increase of 2.8%.Its 

growthhasbeen broadbased, 

reflecting that the district 

continues to attractarangeof 

newresidents working both 

locally and in Christchurch. 

Consumer spendingin 

Waimakariri grew9%during 

the year. 

Sam StaiteandNoelGilchrist 

of Colliers say an acute shortage 

of commercial land in 

Waimakariri,andlarge 

industrial sites in Christchurch, 

is spurring demand for hub 

sites, with over halfthe 

developmentalready sold and a 

further two lots undercontract. 

‘‘Mainland wasoriginally 

planning to release the lots in 

two stages but such has been the 

demand, thatwe’veopenedit all 

up,’’ Mr Staite says. 

Mr Gilchrist says many buyers 

had been lookingtoestablish 

commercialpremises in 

Rangiora for some time. 

‘‘Until the launch of Rangiora 

Business Hub,theyhavebeen 

frustratedbythe shortageof 

affordable,freeholdindustrial 

land.’’ 

Those comments are echoed 

by Mike Greer,whohasbought 

1.2hectareswhere he plansto 

build aCentreofExcellence for 

constructionresearch. 

‘‘We’realreadywellunder 

way with planning and hope we 

can startwork laterinthe year. 

There’ssuchascarcityof 

quality industriallandin 

Canterbury. Thisticksall the 

boxesforus, providingalarge 

site,beingwellservicedby 

surrounding amenity, apoolof 

good qualitypotentialstaff at 

hand, and great arterial 

transportlinks,’’MrGreer says. 

‘‘We’reexcited aboutthe 

future of Rangiora, highlighted 

by huge demandfor ournew100 

hectareresidentialsubdivision, 

which will be the area’s largest 

with 1300 sections.’’ 

Anotherofthe early moversis 

GoWireless NZ, aleading 

distributor ofwireless 

networking andIoT hardware 

which has bought 5000sq min 

thenew development. 

‘‘We needmoreoffice space 

for our staff and warehouse 

space for stock. 

‘‘We’re currentlyspreadover 

threepremises andthiswill 

bring us all togetherinone 

location. MovingtoRangiora 

Business Huballowsustobuild 

aspace thatexactly fits our 

needs,’’ says Dale Roberts, Go 

Wireless NZ’sSales &Managing 

Director. 

Among other buyers is civil 

engineering firm BG 

Contracting, which is 

undertaking the Hub’s 

earthworks, and SwiftDry 

Clotheslines NZ. 

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Aeye opening breakfast ... The Mayors of Waimakariri and 

Hurunui, and community board chairs were some of the guests 

of honour at abreakfast meeting to celebrate International 

Women’s Day in Rangiora. 


Breakfast celebration 

Abreakfast, hostedbythe 

North Canterbury 

Soroptimistsatthe 

Rangiora RSA rooms,was 

attended by morethan 180 

people. 

Abby Foy, from Australia, 

who is the head designer of 

Bonds Innovation, spoke to 

the gathering on whatit 

meant to be innovative in 

the fashion industry. 

Dame Sue Bagshaw, who 

was alsoaguestspeaker, 

spoke about development 

plans for aproposed Youth 

Hub she chairs in 

Christchurch. 

Dame Sue brought 

attendees up to speed with 

the project, talking about 

the future of the hub, where 

the building is goingand 

what willhappen after it is 

finished in 2025. 

Over $2700 was raised 

from the breakfast. North 

Canterbury Soroptimists 

president AntheaPenny 

said the funds raisedwould 

be donated to Ovarian 

Cancer Awareness. 

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John Veale 

with some of 

the Suzuki 

motorbike 

range available 

at Arthur 

Burke Suzuki, 

Markham Street, 

Amberley 

Arthur Burke is the authorised Suzuki dealer in North Canterbury 

Arthur Burke Suzuki has awide selection of both 

new and used motorcycles at its dealership at 2- 

4Markham Street. 

Manager John Veale, who is aresident of 

Amberley, has more than 30 years experience in 

the motorcycle industry, including more than five 

years with Arthur Burke Suzuki. 

He came to Arthur Burke because of its long 

established business, and exceptional reputation 

for customer service. 

John’sknowledge assists him to help choose the 

right Suzuki quad or motorcycle to fiteveryone’s 

needs. 

He says clients buying through Arthur Burke 

Suzuki, can do so in the knowledge the company 

has been the Suzuki dealer for 30 years, having 

been established since 1935 to support North 

Canterbury and the wider community. 

Arthur Burke Suzuki offers fully qualified Suzuki 

Trained Technicians who are knowledgeable, 

skilled and experienced at working on the variety 

of motorcycles and ATV’sonoffer. 

Service to clients is backed up through its parts 

and accessories departments, afull motorcycle 

workshop for all makes and models, and a 

dedicated mobile vehicle for on farm servicing. 

Arthur Burke also offers apick up and delivery 

service. 

John will be on site at the South Island 

Agricultural Field Days at Kirwee from March 

29 to 31 (site 971-972), and is looking forward 

to meeting you there, or alternatively by 

appointment on farm. 

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Rangiora’sBrook Truck Services Ltd aims to get 

your vehicles and machinery back on the road as 

soon as possible. 

The team at Brook Truck Services can repair 

and service trucks, trailers, motor homes, buses, 

horse floats, diggers and earthmoving equipment 

at its fully equipped Flaxton Road workshop, or 

its breakdown truck is on call 24/7 to support 

clients in Rangiora and North Canterbury. 

Company owner John McCabe says his team 

includes five fully qualified mechanics and two 

apprentices, bringing together many years of 

industry experience and knowledge. 

“We are currently looking for full time 

mechanics to join our experienced team,” he 

says. 

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Southbrook for more than a14years, having 

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years ago. 

In that time, the company has built astrong 

client base, including several North Canterbury 

firms such as B&HWorks, Digout Services, 

Canterbury Plains Transport and ITM Kaiapoi, to 

name afew. 

Several local contractors also use the company’s 

services and expertise. 

Brook Truck Services’ large workshop is 

equipped to handle all servicing for awide range 

of vehicles, big or small. 

Its staff can complete pre-checks and any repairs 

to ensure maintaining your Certificate of Fitness 

(COF) is as painless as possible. 

‘‘Organising and ensuring acurrent COF can be 

time-consuming and keep vehicles off the road 

longer than necessary,’’John says. 

“We use independent COF issuing agents and 

then we can carry out repairs if required to get 

them back on the road.” 

Onsite services and repairs include engine 

repairs and servicing, gearbox and diff repairs, 

all types of clutch, brake, suspension, spring, 

shock absorber and airbags repairs as well as 

battery replacement, and electrical repairs. 

The workshop also stocks awide range of parts, 

avoiding delays in freighting parts. 

Brook Truck Services has two courtesy vehicles, 

while the break-down service means most repairs 

to diggers and earthmoving equipment can be 

done onsite. 

All repairs carried out by Brook Truck Services, 

amember of the Motor Trade Association, are 

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NEWS 


Cheviot community rallies for amini show 

When there’s awill, there’s away for the Cheviot community. 

Efforts to bring back the Cheviot A&P Show after atwo-year Covid enforced absence were thwarted by recent heavy rain, which left the 

showgrounds flooded. But the Cheviot A&P Association and the wider community rallied around and put together amini show on Saturday, 

March 11. Displays were set up at the Cheviot Area School during the day, before participants retreated to the Cheviot Rugby Clubrooms for 

the traditional after show barbecue. 

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Raising funds ... At the Cheviot A&P Mini Show, Harry Ipenburg 

sells raffle tickets for abarn which he built to raise funds for the 

Cheviot Men’s Shed. 

Back among the winners ... Former 

Hurunui Mayor WintonDalley won the 

ribbonfor best exhibitinthe flowers section. 

Community engagement... Cheviot Volunteer Fire Brigade station 

officer Glen Hill (right) talks about fire safety with Nate Hurinui (7, left) 

and his son Josh (5). 

Captured images ... Cheviot Area School pupils Maggie Jamison (11, left), Charlotte 

Budge (11), Karl Cave (12, back) and Sophie Budge (8) admire some of the photos entered 

in the art classes. 

Strong support ... CheviotA&P Associationsecretary Lorraine Gardner (left), copresident 

Lynda Dickson and vicepresident Emma Mulcock were pleasedwith the entries in the 

flowers and produce classes. 

Thrilled to back ... Hurunui Mayor Marie Black 

takes alook in the flowers section. 

Cancer support... Cheviot Cancer Support Group volunteer Wilma Semplet 

serves avisitor at the group’s stall. 

Art appreciation ... George Chambers (12), of 

Cheviot, admires the paintings in the art classes.

NEWS 

16 The North Canterbury News, March 16, 2023 

Summerset village on track 


The developers of aSummerset 

retirement village in Rangiora 

say they are happy things are 

slowly falling into place 

despite the lack of visible 

progress on site. 

After acouple of years of 

almost no visible progress on 

the Townsend Road site, a 

Summerset spokesperson says 

the project remains on track. 

‘‘We plan to commence 

earthworks in the first half of 

2023, with permanent 

infrastructure to follow 

pending consent approvals,’’ 

the spokesperson says. 

When completed the $150 

million retirement village on 

the corner of South Belt and 

Townsend Road is expected to 

have more than 300 

‘‘independent living’’ style 

homes, including two and 

threebedroom villas and 

serviced apartments. 

Developers say they expect 

to start building the first units 

in 2024, nearly four years since 

consent was approved in 

October 2020 for Summerset to 

build there. 

‘‘We are starting to look 

forward to getting into the 

more active stages of 

development,’’ the 

spokesperson says. 

The much anticipated 

project is expected to generate 

up to 300 jobs during the 

construction phase, and create 

60 permanent positions once 

completed. 

It will also provide resthome 

and hospital level care, as well 

as stateof theart memory care 

apartments for those with 

dementia. 

Arange of community 

facilities will be on offer to 

residents, such as aresidents’ 

bar, indoor pool, exercise 

room, barbecue facilities, 

lounge, library, hair salon, and 

an allweather bowling green. 

Focus on drainage, stockwater rates 



Adistrictwide rate will be 

considered as part of areview of 

Waimakariri’s drainage and 

stockwater rating structure. 

The Waimakariri District 

Council has formed aworking 

partytoinvestigate rating options 

for its rural drainage and 

stockwater race schemes, as it 

looksaheadtonext year’s 2024/34 

Long Term Plan (LTP) process. 

Council staff have identified 

threeoptions, including the 

existing targetedrates system, a 

modified targetedrate 

supplemented by adistrictwide 

rate or combining the rural 

drainage schemes intoone 

universal rate supplementedbya 

districtwide rate. 

MayorDan Gordonsaid it was 

important to get the right balance 

when it cametothe district’s 

drainage. 

‘‘We looked at thislast term, 

but it wasn’t the right time to 

bringitforward, but now it is. 

Everyone benefitswhen the 

drainage system is working well, 

but downstream people can see 

the consequences when it is not 

working.’’ 

Cr Paul Williams said it was 

‘‘oneofthe most important 

decisions aroundthe council 

table’’. 

‘‘We needtoget our act 

together and manage our 

drainage systemsand work out 

how to fund it in away that 

supports the whole district.’’ 

Whilethe government’s Three 

Waters reformprogrammewas 

progressing, it was expected 

ruraldrainage wouldremain the 

responsibility of the council. 

Aworkingparty of Crs Tim 

Fulton, Paul Williams and Niki 

Mealings, Mayor Dan Gordon, 

utilities and roading general 

manager GerardCleary and 

acting chiefexecutive Jeff 

Millward, has been appointed to 

conduct the review. It will report 

back to the full council in 

November, ahead of next year’s 

LTP process. Mr Gordonsaid the 

community wouldbeable to offer 

feedbackaspart of the LTP 

consultation. 

First challenge .. 

Somers area. 

An overnight tramp to Woolshed Hut in the Mt 


Students challenged 

on overnight hike 

Wet, cold conditionsfailed 

to deter Year 8students 

from Loburn School/Te 

Kura Aromauka on their 

firstWilliam PikeChallenge 

for the year. 

The grouptramped 

overnighttoWoolshedHut 

in the Mt Somers area, and 

all completed it 

successfully. 

The Rakahuri Rage was 

planned as theirsecond 

challenge, however,poor 

weather forcedits 

cancellation. 

At the end of March the 

studentswill go cavingat 

Cave Streamwith five other 

schools,and have afour day 

camp,bikingthe West Coast 

WildernessTrail in early 

May. 

PrincipalStuart Priddy 

says studentshave 

established along standing 

relationship withRangiora 

Rotary helping with the New 

Worldbarbecue every 

weekend as part of the 

WilliamPike Challenge 

communityservice module. 

There is still 

time to do 

the census. 

Forinformationorsupport 

visit www.census.govt.nz 

or call 0800 CENSUS 

(0800236 787). 

All of us count 

Tatau tātou

Are you looking to build your dream 

home in North Canterbury this year? 

If so, the Build7 team would love to hear from you! 

This month, we share abeautiful home we are about to start for our 

lovely clients, Liz Foxwell-Canning and Rob Ingram. 

Liz and Rob’s new home 

Working with Build7 has taken Liz Foxwell-Canning 

and Rob Ingram from despair over losing their muchloved 

quake damaged villa to absolute delight in 

planning abeautiful, energy efficient home. 

“We had lovingly refurbished a1910 Central 

Christchurch villa and never imagined we would 

have tobuild,” Liz says. 

After discovering Build7 online, the couple went along to one ofthe 

company’s open home events and met Build7 Sales Partner Tony 

Hutchison. “We had approached afew companies and Tony was the 

only person who was prepared to visit us and see how he could make 

the most ofour long, narrow section. We could tell he really cared 

about what wehad been through and understood that we wanted to 

move on,” Liz says. 

“Tony asked usabout our lifestyle and when he presented us with the 

draft concept, it was perfect. It actually felt completely overwhelming.” 

Construction of Liz and Rob’s new home will start at the beginning of 

April. “It has been such afun process and wecan’t wait to get into the 

next stage,” Liz says. 

The 112sqm three-bedroom home has been designed to maximise 

afeeling of spaciousness, with high ceilings, open plan living, and a 

stunning glass roof over the kitchen. The property’s well-established 

gardens and trees have also been embraced with design that brings 

the outdoors inside. “There are floor-to-ceiling windows, sliding doors, 

and six-metre high cathedral ceilings,” Liz says. On the outside, the 

Lunawood panelling will be painted in astriking black. 

Another very important inclusion has been sustainable materials 

such as bamboo flooring, thermally broken double glazing, and 16 

solar panels. “It will be an energy-efficient home with beautiful design 

that makes the most of the space, and it will be really warm and well 

insulated,” Liz says. 

“The whole process has been adream. Ilove that Build7 use good 

project management systems that make everything really transparent 

and sophisticated, and you really feel like part ofthe family,” she says. 

“Now, if anyone even hints that they are considering building, Isay, 

‘you must talk to Tony at Build7’.” 

Meet our newest Canterbury sales partner 

Matt Vaughan is one of our excellent Sales Partners 

based in the Canterbury region. After spending 19 

years living overseas, Matt and his family returned 

home in 2021 and are loving their lifestyle here. 

He says working for Build7 combines two of his passions: property 

and working with people. “I love the whole process, right from 

when someone comes in with acertain type of house in mind and 

then moulding that idea into reality,” he says. “The relationship with 

our clients is key. We get to know people really well because the 

Build7 culture isbased on great values. We have afocus ongood 

communication because it makes ahuge difference when building a 

home.” 

Matt may be familiar to fans of local rugby asheplayed for the 

Crusaders Colts and Canterbury Bteams before heading off to 

Scotland and London, where heplayed for Blackheath Rugby 

Football Club, the oldest rugby club in the world. 

Fran and Jamie’s villa update 

Readers of our newsletter, have been avidly following Build7 South 

Island owners, Fran and Jamie, as they build their dream villa. Now 

they have just three months to go before itiscomplete. We provide an 

update below. 

To follow this exciting project visit build7southisland.co.nz 

Work has started onlining the walls of the villa, and the floor will be 

in place in the next four weeks. Planning for the flooring has taken 

alittle longer than usual as we are going to run the hot water under 

the floor and use it to keep the house at aconsistent 19C. Wehave 

agas fireplace and aventilation system which will provide extra 

warmth in winter but this simple design feature should help to save 

hundreds on our power bills and mean our new villa is vastly warmer 

and drier than our old one! Warm pipes running under our feet means 

we will only carpet in the living room and bedrooms. Aside from tiles 

in the bathrooms, the rest of the home will feature the rich warmth of 

herringbone engineered timber floors. Wecan’t wait! 

Email: 

welcome@build7.co.nz 

Call: Matt Vaughan 021 329 528 

Tony Hutchision 027 858 8489 

Level 1, 337 Asaph Street 

Christchurch Central 8011 

www.build7southisland.co.nz

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Preparetobeinspired! 

On site ... Amberley Country Estate village manager Hamish Lamont. 

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

Quality country estate 

Amberley residents won’t recognisethe 

15.5 hectareAmberley CountryEstate 

retirement development in ayear,says 

Property developer Tim Bartells of 

Bartells Group. 

‘‘Comparedtowhat others do, we have 

gone the extra mile with Amberley, and 

welcome anyoneinterested to come along 

and see what we have planned for this 

luxury resort for our residents.’’ 

On Saturday March25, the public can 

visittosee how far workonthe new 

Amberley Country Estate retirement 

villagehas progressed, at an open day. 

Visitorswill havethe opportunitytotalk 

with the developers about the lifestyle 

villagefor retirees. 

It will also be achancefor Village 

manager HamishLamonttoshow off the 

newlycompleted 330m2 villageclub house 

and its newest addition a40m2 alfresco 

spa pool area. 

‘‘Theclubhouse is an integral partofthe 

development as it stands today. 

‘‘It features anumber of communal 

areaswith apool tableand bar for regular 

happyhours, alibrary, gym and of course 

anew spa pool.’’ 

Hamish sayshaving aclub house so 

handytothe homeshelps the incoming 

residents makenew friends, and serves as 

avenue for existingresidents to develop 

relationships within the ‘community 

within acommunity’ in Amberley. 

‘‘It will be here in its current formuntil 

at least stage fourwhen the permanent $9 

million,1500sqm Residents Facility 

Centre, is constructed. Thatwill be nearly 

seventimes the sizeofwhat we have now, 

and will be amajor feature at the heartof 

our village,’’ he says. 

The centrewill haveacafé and 

restaurant, asociallounge with abar, 

Grand piano and pool tables, adanceand 

exercise floor,alibrary, gym,indoor 

swimmingpool, spa pool and sauna, a 

movie room, craftsrooms, a‘‘Menz shed,’’ 

outdoor dining, bowling greenand 

petanque facilities. 

The 15.5ha facilityisfast moving from 

stage one to stagetwo as more of the villas 

becomeoccupied. Stage two will see 

another 23 homesbuilt, withmany 

occupied beforeChristmas. 

In total there will be 11 stages of 

development over the next sevenyears 

resulting in 250 architect designed energyefficient 

homes. 

‘‘All the units are being builtwith energy 

efficiency and environmental 

sustainability in mind,’’says Hamish. 

‘‘Thishelpskeeps down the cost of living 

for our residents.” 

‘‘Every one of the 11 plans we have on 

offer has awide range of features 

including ductedcentralheating,deeper 

walls with thicker insulation, thicker 

ceiling insulation, thermallybroken argon 

filleddouble glazing and many other 

features to increase residents energy 

efficiency making their homeswarmer in 

Winterand cooler in Summer.” 

The quality and fit out of the homesisto 

ahigh standard, and they vary in size from 

two to three bedroomvillas, withfloor 

areas from 94m2 to 182m2. 

Another feature Hamish is proud of in 

futureplansisthe building of amodern 

hospital and medical centrewith 

comprehensive care facilitiesincluding 

memorycare. ‘‘This will be areal benefitto 

our community,’’ he says. 

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10am to 3pm. 

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WhenMichaelHartshorne’s new home 

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Michael built —with (a lot of) help 

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Amongthose he counts his parents, 

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project, andconstruction firm,JB 

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Michael moved to Cust five years ago 

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Lockwood homefor 

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who spend one weekout of two with 

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Theoriginalhouse hadsolidbones. 

It hadaboard and battenexterior, 

with acombination of Lockwood 

timber and wallpapered Gib on the 

inside, he says. 

What it also had were someserious 

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insidethe walls. 

‘‘The pipes to thewholeshower and 

laundry areawere leaking andcan’t 

be insured againstwater damage 

underthe currentbuilding code,’’ he 

says. 

‘‘Then thewater cylinder exploded 

and aleak in the roofwreckedthe 

ceiling in the shower.’’ 

It was time for achange, and 

Michael is determined to learnashe 

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to give him abetter understanding of 

the challengesfaced by hisclientsin 

his job at Paslode. 

‘‘JBBuildare letting me do as much 

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New life ... Work continues on the new Kaiapoi Fire Brigade complex in Hilton Street. 


Kaiapoi’snew fire station near 

Kaiapoi’s new fire station is takingshape 

alongside the older Kaiapoi Fire Brigade 

building on Hilton Street. 

Although still months away from 

completion, membersofthe brigade are 

looking forwardtotheir new facilities. 

ChiefFire Officer Tim Reynoldssays 

the newfacility will be bigger than their 

old quake damaged one. 

‘‘It willbeawhole new complex with 

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new socialarea for membersand their 

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Contractorsare working on internal 

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complex. 

Mr Reynolds says the new building will 

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Nth Canterbury house prices amixed bag 


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Asubtle rise at Swannanoa by 0.7% to 

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Mr Davidson says the property 

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‘‘Butmany areashave alreadyfallen 

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Chlorine exemption for Cust water continues 



Cust’s water supply is expected to 

remain chlorinated for some time. 

In preparing aresponse to Taumata 

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exemption application report, the 

Waimakariri District Council accepts it 

may not make any difference. 

The council applied for chlorination 

exemptions last year for its six urban 

drinking water supplies. 

Taumata Arowai releasing its draft 

report in December, recommending the 

chlorine exemption in the Cust water 

supply be declined. 

‘‘We don’t expect this will change the 

decision, but we think this information 

should be made available to them,’’ the 

council’s water asset manager, Colin 

Roxburgh said. 

He said council staff had been 

working constructively with Taumata 

Arowai to find away forward. 

The council has been chlorinating the 

Cust water supply since 2020 as a 

precaution after upgrading water tanks. 

In its draft report, Taumata Arowai 

identified 15 factors which led to its 

recommendation to decline the 

exemption. 

Those factors included issues with the 

water source and the council’s 

monitoring and modelling were 

‘‘insufficient’’. 

Mr Roxburgh acknowledged the 

council had not provide information on 

its understanding of the viruses in the 

water supply or how it would treat them. 

Taumata Arowai had concluded the 

ultra violet (UV) treatment proposed 

was ‘‘not afull treatment barrier for 

viruses’’. 

But the council has highlighted 

evidence which it believed suggested 

UV treatment could be appropriate in 

certain circumstances. 

Mayor Dan Gordon said he was 

disappointed not to be able to offer 

better news for Cust residents. 

But said staff would continue to work 

on finding solutions to keep 

Waimakariri’s drinking water supplies 

chlorine free. 

‘‘We know our ratepayers do not want 

chlorinated water supplies and in our 

response we have again reinforced our 

commitment to work with Taumata 

Arowai to try to prevent that from 

happening.’’ 

Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey said he 

was disappointed the council had not 

found away to meet Taumata Arowai’s 

requirements to remove chlorine from 

Cust’s water supply. 

‘‘It is clear Taumata Arowai has given 

apathway forward and now it is up to 

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ratepayers on aplan to meet those 

requirements.’’ 

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Chlorination ... The Waimakariri District 

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AGood Samaritan digs deep for volunteers 


Therewere 26 tired volunteer 

firefighters down on the edge of the 

WaimakaririRiver justover aweek 

ago, whenthe call went out to bring 

some food in to keepthe energy 

levels stoked. 

It was alongduration callout, and 

its usual in such circumstances, to 

orderupsupplies to keepthe troops 

going, says Cust fire chief Peter 

Clements. 

It’s what happened next that came 

as apleasant surprise. 

There was astolen car in the 

riverbed that had been torched and 

the fire spreadtothe dense 

surrounding scrub,hesays. 

The Cust,Rangiora,Swannanoa, 

West Meltonand Pines Beach 

brigades turnedout. 

It was abig jobcontainingthe 

blaze,before work began on damping 

it down. 

Auniformed volunteersupport 

officer was asked to stop in at Subway 

Rangiora to pick up around 20 filled 

rolls,adozenbottles of drink, and a 

load of cookies. 

It was all to be paid for by Fireand 

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‘‘As Iunderstand it, it took awhile 

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when our supportofficer went to pay 

for it, he got atap on the shoulder,’’ 

says Peter. 

‘‘Thisguy we havenoidea who he 

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told him volunteer firefightersdoa 

fabulous job in our country. 

He said:‘I’m getting this, and 

picked up the wholebill’. ‘‘We get a 

lot of communitysupport, but this 

was so unexpected.’’ 

On the Cust Volunteer Fire 

Brigades Facebook page, thanksgo 

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ECan calls for collaboration 

By DAVID HILL 


Environment Canterbury’s (ECan) 

Kaikōura staff are lookingfor some 

collaboration to get on top of weed control 

in the area. 

Seniorbiodiversity advisor Heath 

Melville is concerned aboutthe spreadof 

the weed Spanishheath around the St 

James ConservationEstateatHanmer 

Springs and into the Clarence WaiauToa 

catchment, north of Kaikōura. 

Speaking at arecent Kaikōura Zone 

Committee, he saidhewas keen to engage 

with the DepartmentofConservation (DOC) 

North Canterbury teamtowork in the St 

James Estate. 

He willalso contact the Hurunui District 

Council andplanned to connect with the 

Hurunui BiodiversityTrust. 

‘‘It looks to be twice as badashas been 

mappedand it can be quitehorrific, as if 

it’s left it will growtaller thanpretty much 

everything else.’’ 

Spanish heath was abrittle and erect 

woody perennial shrubwhich could grow to 

two metres in height. 

Cr Grant Edge said there needed to be a 

conversation between ECan,DOC and 

Land Information New Zealand (LINZ) to 

address those issues. He said he would 

raise it with ECan’sbiosecurity team to see 

what couldbedone. 

There had been goodcollaboration in the 

Clarence WaiauToa catchment between 

ECan, DOC, LINZ, Te RūnangaoKaikōura, 

the Clarence community and the 

Marlborough DistrictCouncil. 

But Mr Melville saidefforts to get on top 

of weeds in the Clarence WaiauToa 

catchmenthad provedtobeachallenge 

this summer. 

The weeds included old man’s beard, 

lupinsand woodyweeds such as gorse and 

broom. 

‘‘The unsettled, wet weather has thrown 

areal spanner in the works and anumber 

of landownershave beenincontact.’’ 

Some of this work was outsidethe zone 

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effort, he said. 

‘‘Evenifwecan use small amounts of 

money we couldleverage other agencies to 

get involved and then we could lead it if 

necessary.’’ 

Predator control work at the Clarence 

WaiauToa catchment in partnership with 

LINZ, BoffaMiskell andlandowners, had 

been successful.Around40predators had 

been captured in the trapsover the 

summer. 

Atrail of dead birds werefound in the 

surrounding area,aswell as on the road, 

which showed the importanceofthe 

trapping. 

Arecent count found 450 chicks plus 

adult birds at one location, but afollow up 

count foundonly 230 birdsincluding 

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‘‘It means thatofthe 450 chicks, it could 

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fledge,’’ he said. 

Nativeincluded tarāpuka/blackbilled 

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25 

across theregion. We’reexcited aboutthe 

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Rangiora Museum 

Roger Pearson will talk about Eric 

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South Island Agricultural Field Days return 

Behind the scenes ... The committee organising the South 

Island Agricultural Field Days (back row, from left) Chris Watts, 

Dean Judson, Tim Wilson, Sarah Heddell, Lachie Hamilton, 

Martin Bates, Hamish Maginness, David James, Robin 

Hornblow, Phil Lancaster, Tim Sheat, Dan Sheat, Alan Sadler, 

Andrew Stewart, Tony Redmond, Shane Brooker, Henry 

Williams, (front row, from left) Dan Schat, Rodney Hadfield, 

Alastair Robinson, Hayden Dorman, Michaela McLeod, Tineka 

Johnstone, and Nathan Stewart. Absent: Richard Westaway and 

Rory Burgess. 

PHOTO: REBECCA CLARIDGE PHOTOGRAPHY 

❛ ‘‘Now that international 

shipping bottlenecks have 

eased, exhibitors who have 

snaffled up sites at Kirwee 

appreciate having the space 

and facilities to showcase their 

equipment to visitors who 

mean business.❜ 

—Chairperson HaydenDorman 

TheSouthIslandAgriculturalField 

Days are back in KirweefromMarch 29 

to 31. 

Heldevery second year,itisone of 

thebiggestandoldest agricultural 

events in the South Island. 

Acommittee of 26 people —all 

volunteersexcept the secretary—are 

preparingfor an expected influx of 

about 25,000 visitors. 

Chairperson Hayden Dorman said 

volunteers had worked hard to keep 

the event focused for farmers and 

contractors. 

The previousfielddaysin2021just 

snuck in betweenCovid19lockdowns. 

This time, Mr Dorman hopesfor even 

greaterinterest in the latest 

agricultural innovations, equipment, 

and products. 

‘‘Now that international shipping 

bottlenecks have eased,exhibitors who 

havesnaffledup sitesatKirwee 

appreciate havingthespace and 

facilities to showcase theirequipment 

to visitors whomeanbusiness,’’ Mr 

Dorman said. 

Thefield days grounds have been 

upgradedtoinclude pavedroads,a 

newwater supply, and an expanded 

electricity grid. 

The online ticketing that was 

introduced in2021will be used again 

this year. 

It allows exhibitormapstobe sent 

out ahead of time, sothepublic can 

plan where they want to go when they 

arrive. 

TheSouth Island Agricultural Field 

Dayshavecome alongway—literally 

and figuratively —sinceitbegan back 

in 1951. 

It wasoriginally held at aleasedsite 

atMotukarara,nearLincoln 

University. 

Lateritmoved to aLincoln 

University site,butafter 30yearsthat 

wasnolongerbigenough. 

Theboardinchargeofthe notforprofit 

organisationthenbought 40ha 

offCourtenayRdatKirwee,which 

meant it could accommodate up to 450 

exhibitors. 

It has sinceboughtanadjacent40ha 

block. 

From 2015,theeventhasswelledthe 

population of the small inland 

Canterbury town everyalternate year. 

Some 175 peoplehave served on the 

committee andseveral hundred others 

haveworkedduring the field days. 

Anymoney made is reinvested back 

into thelocal community through 

scholarships andgrants. 

The event’s main aimis to give 

farmersandothersinthe rural sector 

the opportunity to see thelatestin 

agriculturalmachinery andservices 

that areavailable on themarket, 

particularly homegrown products. 

It is theonly agricultural showin 

New Zealand to feature sidebyside 

demonstrations, with 80 to 100 tractors, 

headers, mowers, seeddrillsand other 

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Champion ewe 


While the judges lamented 

the lower numbersofsheep 

entered at the 107th Amuri 

A&P Show,they were in 

agreement as to the high 

standard of breedingthat 

went into the champion 

sheep of the show. 

The honour went to asixyearold 

Corriedaleewe bred 

at James Hoban’s property 

Glenafric. 

Judge Lex Peddiesays it 

was atoughclass to judgeas 

there were amany 

outstanding animals on show. 

‘‘It camedown to this ewe 

which showed the finerside 

of the Corriedale breedasit 

was agood indication of the 

futureofthis dual purpose 

breed in North Canterbury.’’ 

Mr Hobansays the studhas 

been in operationsince 1925, 

originally based in 

Culverden, and the Amuri 

Show is their ‘local show’. 

‘‘My dad was apatron and it 

is alwaysagreat place to see 

how othersare doing in the 

sheep industry. 

‘‘It gives me achance to see 

how the breed is performing, 

and to look for ideas to use.’’ 

He says the Corriedales are 

agood hardy breed for the 

North Canterbury region and 

well suitedtothe 

environment. Mr Hoban also 

breedsSouth Suffolk on his 

770ha coastal sheepand beef 

farm near Waipara, and says 

they are good meat sheep 

while the Corriedales are 

good for both wool and meat. 

Amuri Show Champion ... A 

sixyearold Corriedale ewe 

from Glenafric, Waipara. 


‘‘It’s been acouple of tough 

years sincethe last show so I 

was happy we took out the top 

award and it’sgreattosee so 

many otherbreeders here.’’ 

Mr Hoban says his studs 

shift to hosting an onsite 

auctionsale for the two 

breeds late lastyear was well 

supported. 

New trustee 

Lucy Johnson, who grew up 

on aNorth Canterbury 

sheep, beef and 

horticultural enterprise, 

has been selected as anew 

Trustee of the Dairy 

Women’s Network (DWN). 

Trish Rankin, DWNTrust 

Board Chair, says Ms 

Johnson was chosen from a 

high calibre of applicants 

for the Trustee position, 

and will bringawealthof 

expertise to the DWN 

board. 

‘‘Lucy has extensive 

policy and regulatory 

knowledge which will 

enhance our understanding 

of the opportunities and 

challenges faced by DWN 

members and stakeholders. 

‘‘She brings herenergy 

for agriculture, family and 

upskilling people to our 

organisation,’’ she says. 

Lucy graduated from 

Lincoln University with a 

Bachelor of Environmental 

Management in 2004 and 

has held numerous roles 

with regional council and a 

long tenure with Synlait, 

and is aKellogg Rural 

Leaders scholar and 

NZIPIM member. 

‘‘I am excited to embark 

on my formal governance 

journey with DWN. Iwas 

really impressed by the 

calibre and diverse 

strengths on the Trust 

Board.’’ 

Lucy has her own 

Agribusiness and Project 

Management Consultancy 

and has worked alongside 

farmingbusinesses, levy 

organisations, red meat 

companies and agrirelated 

enterprises. She knows that 

supporting people to 

consider the 

environmental aspects of 

their farming business will 

be critical in maintaining 

farmviability in the future. 

‘‘Helping empower 

people to grow and 

innovate is where Ifeel I 

add the most value. 

‘‘I believe in ensuring 

positiveand practical 

solutions are gained 

through acontinual 

improvement focus, 

embedding lean principles 

to the way we work, 

influencing practical policy 

outcomes and breaking 

these down to practical 

application within the 

primary sector are at the 

core of my work ethos’’, 

saysLucy. 

She is passionate about 

harnessing opportunities 

for women within 

governance, and coaching 

people to grow their 

learning experience. 

Lucy has ayoung family 

and jugglesthe competing 

demands of family and 

work. 

As an active relaxer, she 

relishes any time spent 

outdoors, getting her hands 

in the soil, gardening and 

exploring new places. 

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Cheviot takes win over Darfield 

CRICKET 

Cheviot overcameDarfield in athrilling 

lowscoringbattleinthe latest round of 

country cricket at the weekend. 

Afivewicket haul fromCheviot 

MagpiesWillAndersonhelped reduce 

Darfieldtoapaltry124 in thefirst 

inningsofits2022/23 Canterbury 

CountryPremier One Day competition 

matchonSaturday. 

Anaggressive halfcentury from 

makeshiftopenerScott Burnett, afterhe 

hadgrabbed threewickets withthe ball, 

hadCheviot cruisingtovictoryat90/4. 

Butwhen Burnett succumbed to Liam 

Foulkes’ offspin for52, it sparked a 

massive Magpiescollapse, losingthree 

wicketsfor no runs. 

Batting at number 11,itwas left to 

some heroicsfromJohnnyFitzpatrick, 

whomadeanunbeaten 17 off 28 balls, 

including asix,tosecure the onewicket 

wininthe 33rd over. 

At Mandeville, visitors Peninsula 

Harbour battedfirstand made214/5 in 

itsallotted 45 overs. 

Theywereledbyacomposed Dominic 

Evans. 

Evans openedthe battingandcarried 

hisbat throughoutthe innings,finishing 

on 89 notout off 141balls. 

Ohoka, however, on the backofa 

commanding knockfromDJLyons 

chaseddownthescorewithsix overs 

andfivewickets in hand. 

Lyons, batting at three,madeshort 

work of thecombined side’s bowling, 

smacking 92 offjust64balls,including 

19 boundaries. 

In theothertwo games of the round, 

Weedons thumped OxfordRangiora 

Southbrookby82runs, while Sefton 

dispatched adepleted Leeston 

Southbridgeby85 runs. 

Short scorecard: 

Darfield 124 (J McIntyre; WAnderson 

5/41, SBurnett 3/26, TFitzpatrick 2/22) 

losttoCheviot 125/9(SBurnett52; L 

Foulkes 5/33,WGreenslade2/22). 

PeninsulaHarbour 214/5 (D Evans 89no; 

DColes 2/38) lost to Ohoka215/5 (D 

Lyons 92, DColes26, THatton 20;D 

Neal2/36,JWilliams 2/58). 

Weedons228/7 (J Benton 61no, CRobson 

54, BNightingale44, MGrafton39; N 

Cook 3/40, LWaghorn 2/47) beatOxford 

RangioraSouthbrook146 (CScott42, D 

Fulton27, LWaghorn25;JBenton3/21, 

CRobson3/31, HD'Arcy2/38). 

Sefton 272/8(MSmith 73, LTaylor70,M 

Campbell24;TBurt 3/37, WWilliams 

2/55) beatLeestonSouthbridge187 (B 

Hill64,DMunro 57,CBeatson 25; B 

Moore3/37, MCampbell2/17, CWarner 

2/32). 

Proudly supporting sport 

in North Canterbury 

Hawke Cup win 

Canterbury Country cricket successfully 

defended its current Hawke Cup tenure 

with acommanding performance against 

the northern zone challenger Waikato 

Valley last weekend. 

The victory and fourth defence of the 

cup, came after the visitors had posted a 

respectablefirst innings total of 262. 

Waikato’s positive start to the innings was 

choked by Blake Coburn and Sam 

Chamberlain. The Countryinnings was 

dominant from the first ball, with highlights 

including adouble century from Archie 

Redfern and 119 to Harry Chamberlain. 

They shared in a192 run second wicket 

stand with Redfern, and former Dutch 

international Tim Gruijters then adding 

190 runs for the third wicket. Potentially 

theHawke Cupwill remaininCountry’s 

custodyover the wintermonths withthe 

final challenge from Hawkes Bay in doubt. 

Scoreboard: Canterbury Country 470/4 

(Archie Redfern 210, Harry Chamberlain 

119, Tim Gruijters98) beat Waikato Valley 

262 (Blake Coburn 5/80,Sam Chamberlain 

3/43). 

Southbrook Touch whistle blowers shine 

TOUCH RUGBY 

SouthbrookTouch is celebratingthe 

success of itsdevelopmentsquad of young 

referees. 

Ledbyrefereecoordinator Mitchell 

Bailey, the group started withjust six 

referees across theirentiremoduleand 

withinthree seasonsthis number has 

grown to 26 referees. 

They areamix of 11 adult referees and 

15 youths(agedfrom 10). 

‘‘The growthintheseyoungand older 

referees has beenimmense, with many 

goingontoreferee at aregional level,’’ 

says Mr Bailey. 

TheSouthbrookmoduleinthe 

Waimakariri areaprovides touch on 

behalf of bothTouchCanterburyand 

TouchNew Zealand. 

Theweekly competitions see 81 teams 

compete in ajunior competition and24in 

asenior grade. 

Mr Baileysays the expanding 

competitionhas beenasuccessdue to the 

effortsofthe committee workingtogrow 

referee numbers, and having asupportive 

group of senior referees whoactively 

engagewith coachingthe younger 

members of the team. 

‘‘Manyofthe referees haverefereedat 

aregional levelfor TouchCanterbury, 

some are becomingnational referees 

through Touch New Zealand.’’ 

Havingalocalbusiness —MainPower 

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Practising their skills ... Some of Southbrook Touch’s squad of young referees warming up before refereeing in the latest round of junior 

and senior games. 


had alsohelped. 

He said Mainpower’s contributionhas 

enabled them to buynew uniforms, 

proper whistlesand bands, payfor 

coaching courses and help with thetravel 

costs to attend tournaments. 

The seniorreferees who coach are 

MitchellBailey, MattAngown, Hayden de 

Roo,Rachel Davis,Kaylee Tavendaleand 

Gavin McGiffert. 

Withthe dedicated training programme 

in place, three of the young referees: 

Daniel Moore, Tomasz Helmand Sam 

Wyethachieved their first Touch New 

ZealandBadge (Level 1) qualification, 

Lukas Muirachievedhis Level 2. 

HaydendeRoo and Ben McLauchlan 

achieved their Level 3, and bothwere 

named in the sports DevelopmentHigh 

Performance group. 

Mr Baileywas also ranked10th in NZ,a 

memberofthe HighPerformancegroup 

and hasbeen selected for an upcoming 

International TouchSeries in Australia 

in May. 

‘‘The success of these young referees is 

atestament to the support they received 

fromacrossthe region andfromthe local 

module. 

‘‘Southbrookisproud of its group of 

referees andtheir achievements andwill 

celebrate theirsuccess withanendofseason 

functionsoon.’’ 

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33 

Food rescuers satisfying agrowing need 

It’shard to picture whatfive tonnes of 

foodlooks like, but that’s the amount 

being diverted awayfrom landfill and 

distributed by Satisfy FoodRescue 

every week around the North 


Being afoodrescue organisation, 

Satisfy collects, then distributesto 

almost 40 different communitygroups, 

foodbanks and schools throughout the 

North Canterbury district. 

The backbone of the food rescue 

operationismade up of avast team of 

dedicatedvolunteers. 

The operations siteinKaiapoiisa 

hiveofactivity with several van loads 

of deliveries coming in, and out each 

day,that collect from local 

supermarkets. Produce grownbylocal 

groups and businesses is also 

collected. 

WaimakaririMPMattDoocey visited 

Satisfy FoodRescuerecentlyand says 

he was blown away by the volume of 

workbeing carried outtoensure food 

was not being wasted. 

‘‘I loved hearing about the important 

collaborative and innovative work the 

teamdoes with localfood retailers and 

communityorganisations to redirect 

surplusperishable food thatwould 

otherwise have beendestined for 

landfill. 

‘‘Having been the local MP for eight 

years Iamalways amazed by how many 

volunteer groups we haveinour 

community. 

‘‘Weare really blessed, andits 

importantfor me to get out and thank 

the faces behind these organisations.’’ 

Satisfy FoodRescuehas been 

rescuingfood since 2014,but never has 

the need been this great. 

ManagerStef Van Meer, who has 

beenonboard since the earlydays, 

saysshe has seen aclear shift in 

demand, as well as thosewho are 

needingtomake use of the service. 

‘‘Nowadays we hear fromthe food 

banks and community organisations we 

supportthat thereisanincreasing 

number of working families, people 

thatwouldnot havebeen struggling 

thismuch previously. 

‘‘The cost of everything is goingup, 

and evenwith both parentsatwork, it 

is difficult to hearthat families are still 

finding it hard to put food on the table.’’ 

As the demandhas grown over the 

years, the teamhas expanded to keep 

up, and now includestwo food 

collection specialists, two coordinators 

and more recently a 

communicationsand funding 

specialist. 

Ms Van Meer says futureplansfor the 

operationincluded becoming part of a 

proposed communityhub,tobebuilton 

regeneration land, where othersmall 

Food waste ... Over five tonnes of good food would normally be thrown away each week in North Canterbury and it is now diverted 

from the landfills and distributed to community groups. 

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communitygroups and organisations 

could be housed. 

‘‘Weneed alargerpremises to 

supportthe growingneed, and it makes 

sense to haveour own building so large 

operational costslikecommercial rent 

could be betterspent on getting food 

intopeoplesbellies.’’ 

Stage one of the proposed Kaiapoi 

CommunityHub includes apurposebuilt 

facilityfor Satisfy and the 

Kaiapoi Menzshed, acommunity 

centre and green space. 

Ms Van Meer says since the 2010and 

2011earthquakes devastated parts of 

Kaiapoi, therehad not been an 

adequate communitycentre for awide 

variety of locals and groupstoutilise. 

‘‘Itwould createareally welcoming 

place for people to come and learn 

new skills or sharetheir knowledge, 

and we thinkitwill be avaluable asset 

for Kaiapoi,’’she says. 

The Kaiapoi Community Hub Trust 

has been established to develop 

fundingavenues for the proposal andis 

consulting withthe community on the 

communitycentre and greenspace for 

the project. 

SPORTS RESULTS 

Amberley Golf Results 

Mid Week Men: GRamsay 39, JBurrows 

38, MHedges 36, NCrawford 35, B 

Balderstone 35. 

9Holers: HAstell21, JEvans 20, V 

Crooks19. Mid Week Women: SLee 67, 

JMorgan 72. Longest Putt: AWilshire. 

LGU winner: SLee 67. 

Centennial Tournament,9Holers:Men: 

Discover more about whatSatisfy 

FoodRescuecan offer at theirwebsite: 

satisfyfoodrescue.org.nz/ or visit the 

Kaiapoi Community Hub on their 

Facebook page: facebook.com/ 

kaiapoicommunityhub. 

JEvans20, BLeCompte 17. Women: J 

Neuman 20, VCrooks 20. 18 Hole 

Section:SJohnston38(also best gross, 

75) ,MGrover37, KRayner 36, KRattray 

36, RWilshire 36,IHolding35, DVan 

Turnhout 35, MCarson 35, REndacott 

34, KGussettee 37, MMcIntosh34, N 

Crawford 34, BBalderstone 34, NRhynd 

33. 

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What’s happening in your 

community… 

Waimakariri District Council seeks new 

Chief Executive 

Waimakariri District Council has started the hunt 

for anew Chief Executive. 

The role has been vacant since the retirement of 

previous Chief Executive Jim Harland in 2022 due 

to ill health. The General Manager of Finance and 

Business Support, Jeff Millward, has been Acting 

Chief Executive since. 

Mayor Dan Gordon says, “We are looking for a 

leader who is focused, diligent, strategic, has a 

proven track record, and understands the value of 

community connection”. 

Waimakariri is ahigh-growth district, which 

emerged from the Canterbury earthquakes as one 

of the most popular residential destinations in the 

Canterbury region. Significant growth has occurred 

since and is forecast to continue. 

The Council was awarded asecond AA rating from 

the Local Government Excellence Programme 

independent reviewers CouncilMARK –itisone of 

two Councils out of 33 nationwide to achieve this 

honour. Standard and Poor’s recently confirmed the 

Council would maintain its AA/A-1+ credit rating. 

“There are great opportunities in local government 

and Waimakariri District Council is aleader in 

the sector. We are looking to continue building 

afantastic place to live inpartnership with our 

community and are seeking aleader who can help 

deliver on this vision.” 

“The Council has already appointed apanel of 

Councillors who have been working through 

the process. As part of this we have selected 

recruitment agency Sheffield South Island to 

help with the process.” 

Advertising for the role commences today, 

Monday 13 March and closes Sunday 2April. 

Following this, shortlisted candidates will be 

interviewed with the successful candidate 

hopefully appointed by mid-May. 

Jeff Millward has agreed to remain as Acting Chief 

Executive throughout this time. 

Roading Updates 

There are anumber of roadworks going on around 

the District. Please take care in these areas, follow 

directions and we thank you for your patience 

during this busy season. 

Contractors started resealing between 23 and 

91 Revells Road on Monday 13 March. This a 

continuation of repairs carried out in late 2022 

and should take 4–6 weeks to complete, depending 

on the weather. Revells Road will be closed and 

northbound traffic will detour via SH1 at Pa Road 

with southbound traffic detouring via Bramleys 

Road. Residents access will be maintained. 

On Monday 13 March contractors started work 

replacing the culvert under White Street, next to 

Dudley Park. The new culvert will be able to pass 

larger stormwater flows and is part of upgrades 

under the stormwater management strategy. 

White Street will be closed between Wiltshire Court 

andGeddis Street forpartofthe upgrade. Residents 

access will be maintained. The work should be 

completed by 28 April. 

Work on the Butchers Road bridge is continuing. 

The road closure will remain in place, with 

expected completion by the end of March. 

Pedestrian and cyclist access will be restricted 

during construction. 

Work is continuing on theconstruction of aright-turn 

bay from Skewbridge Road into Mulcocks Road. 

Stop/go will be required at various stages of the 

project and will be done between the hours of 

8am and 3pm. 

You can find out more information about our road 

resealing programme and other roadworks via our 

website waimakariri.govt.nz 

Have you signed up for 

the Waimakariri District 

Council Newsletter? 

To join visit: 

waimakariri.govt.nz/subscribe 

About Kaiapoi Historic 

Railway Station 

Council is supporting the Kaiapoi Railway Station 

Trust and alocal developer who are working 

together to permanently locate the Kaiapoi 

Historic Railway Building alongside the 

Kaiapoi River. 

Let us know what you think about the proposal. 

Have your say before 5pm Thursday 6April at 

waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk 

Celebrating different cultures 

Poster competition 

Use paint, crayons,feltpens, or 

coloured pencils to showwhat 

celebrating different cultures means 

to youaspartofRace Unity Day 

21 March 2023. 

Great prizes! 

Forage 

groups 

5–17. 

Find out more at: 

waimakariri.govt.nz/competition 

Drop entries to 

anyWaimakariri 

Libraryorthe 

RangioraService 

Centreby 

3pm,22March. 

WHAT YOU DO, CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE 

VOLUNTEER EXPO 

Celebrating Volunteering. Displays and 

activities by local groups. Find out how you 

can make adifference. 

Kaiapoi Library • Saturday 18 March 10am-12pm 

Pegasus Community Centre •Friday 24 March 5pm-7pm 

Rangiora Library • Saturday 25 March 10am-12pm 

Find out more at 

waimakariri.govt.nz

Public Notices 

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ups, old vehicles etc. 

100% locally owned. 

Ph 0800 030 712 or 

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for all your needs... 

buying, selling... 

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lights, large amount of 

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in good order, Push bike 

Giant Upland SE, Shimano 

gears had little use, BBQ 

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Gardening 

HOME KILL 

MEAT PROCESSING 

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HOUSE OF PUNGA 

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(while stocks last) 

Koru Galore 

500 metres north of 

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SATURDAY, SUNDAY 

9AM –3PM ONLY 

CASH ONLY 

2466978 

For Sale 

LOG SPLITTER new 

30Ton 7Hp ,electric start 

$3240. Ph 027 262 2266 

LS30VTS www.blax.nz. 

Properties For Sale 

22.3960HA BLOCK, bare 

land in Hawarden. Ideal 

feed block or dairy grazing 

Please ph 027 309 9365. 

Livestock 

AUTUMN Dairy Cross 

Bobby calves wanted, 

small number, Rangiora 

district. Ph 027 600 5705. 

MILITARYEXERCISE 

St Arnaud,LakeRotoiti 

20 –24Mar 23 

Thegeneral public is to be advised thataNew 

Zealand Army Exercise will be conducted in 

the vicinityofStArnaud,and Lake Rotoiti 

over the period20–24 Mar23. 

Theexercise will involveupto15personnel of 

2/1 RoyalNew Zealand InfantryRegiment 

from Burnham MilitaryCamp. 

Training will involvesoldiers conducting a 

Communication exercise erecting antennas 

along the Lake Rotoiti circuit over the period 

20 –24Mar 23. 

TheNew Zealand Army takesfirerisk seriously 

and will ensurefiremitigation is present. 

Formoreinformation please contact: 

2/1 RoyalNew Zealand InfantryRegiment, 

Ariana Finch 

on 022 068 2236 

THANKYOU TO EMPLOYERSOF 

VOLUNTEERS 

By supporting your employee’sdecisionto 

volunteer,you’redirectly responsible for 

making your community asafer placetolive. 

• Air NZ 

• All Clear Group 

• Attkins Technical Solutions 

• Chinnery’sWholesale Nursery 

• Department of Corrections 

• EDR Contracting 

• Emergency Management Consultancy 

• Fitfood 

• FoodstuffsSouth Island 

• Grants Distribution Services 

• NZ Police 

• Pegasus Fencing and Maintenance 

• RA Shearing Contractors 

• SMFilms 

• Scope Group 

• The Funky Pumpkin 

• Vertical Horizonz 

• Waimakariri District Council 

Through the invaluable supportofemployers, 

Woodend Volunteer Fire Brigade andother 

Volunteer FireBrigades throughout New Zealand 

can continue to respond to emergencies in our 

communities. 

WHAKARATONGA IWI 

FIREANDEMERGENCY.NZ 

Lost and Found 

LOST: ASANDISC 4TB 

portable hard drive and 

short lead. Last seen at the 

North Canterbury Wine & 

Food Festival campground. 

$100 offered to finder as 

we are YouTubers - 

pegandrobsgameforadventure 

- and it has all of our 

footage for our channel on 

it. Ph 027 334 4341. 

FALCONS & 

COMMODORES 

WANTED 

Suitable for 

dismantling or repairs 

Ph 313 7216 

2412522 

Cars Wanted 

CASH 4CARS 

and 4WD'S 

Phone 

Automotive 

Parts 

03 313 7216 

CARS, vans, 4WD’s 

wanted for dismantling or 

repair. Phone 027 258 

8366. 

Cars Wanted 

WANTED to buy Ford, 

Holden, Chrysler or 

Chev’s, Classic cars. Any 

other types considered, any 

condition. Please phone 

Tony 027 313 5000. 

Cars For Sale 

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Hurunui Businesses 

WHAT'S AHEAD 

with BRAD 

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Come along and hear from one of 

New Zealand's most prominent 

economic commentators. Brad will 

offer insight into our local and 

national economy and answer 

questions you might have. 

Business Ideas 

Nibbles provided 

MTFJ Opportunities 

Wed 22March, 2023 

6pm -8.30pm 

VENUE: The Amberley Pavilion 

(The Tin Shed) ,Douglas 

Road, Amberley. 

Entertainment 

REGISTER NOW 

THE original old fashioned 

singalong, Li’l Chuck the 

one man Skiffle machine!, 

appearing live at Balcairn 

Hall, 7.30pm, Saturday 

25th March, tickets (cash ) 

$30 from Sally Mac’s, 

Amberley, Sefton Garage 

and Stan’s 7 Day Pharmacy, 

Rangiora or online 

www.balcairnhall.com. 

Email to register 

Contact Us 

prudence.roberts@hurunui.govt.nz 027 808 9170 

Kaiapoi Christadelphians 

“The Key of knowledge...” (Luke 11:52) 

GOD’S PROMISES TO 

KING DAVID; 

AN IMMORTAL KING 

Prophecy fulfilled has proved that God’s word stands as 

truth, the only truth in aWorld that uses disinformation, 

and outright untruth to support aconvenient picture. 

This is often for personal gain. We can be assured, 

God’s intentions are for his creation to be restored and 

for man to have hope for afuture. God promised King 

David that, although he would die, he would be raised 

and rule with the Lord Jesus Christ for eternity. Wecan 

be included inthese promises if we seek to walk as a 

disciple, following all the precepts laid down in the Bible. 

DVD presentation -Sunday 19 th ,7.00pm 

Blue Skies Convention Centre, Kaiapoi 

All welcome 

Forinformation phone 03 352 5453 

Website -christadelphianvideos 

Have an opinion on alocal topic? 

Write us aLetter to the Editor! 

Email Robyn at 


2564587 

Situations Vacant 

JOBS Jobs Jobs, work 

locally, factory roles available, 

no experience needed. 

Sawmill work, Machine 

Operation and more. Phone 

Daphne on 03 313 6180. 

Pop into 1/6 Cone Street, 

Rangiora. Check our website 

superiorpersonnel.co.nz. 

2558768 

Brad Olsen 

Economist 

How can MTFJ support 

my business? 

An opportunity for business 

owners to network and 

discuss experiences with the 

MTFJ programme. 

Celebrating the positives 

outcomes and achievements 

the MTFJ programme has 

had on previous and current 

candidates. 

Educational 

TUITION available. Primary 

and secondary up to 

NCEA level 3. In centre 

(Rangiora) or interactive 

online from your home. 

Each student onanindividually 

tailored programme. 

Kip McGrath Rangiora has 

been serving the local community 

for 30 +years. Give 

us acall (03) 313 3638 or 

book your free assessment 

online https://www. 

kipmcgrath.co.nz/rangiora. 

Firewood 

SPLIT Old Man Pine 3.7m 

@ $280, Split Hardwood 

Mix 3.7m @$400. Mobile 

021 993 497. 


Home Services 

ROOF 

PAINTING 

20yrs local 

experience. 

allroofs.co.nz 

027 416 0530 

PICKERS WANTED 

We require casual pickers for 

grape harvest from late March 

until mid-May. 

No experience required 

but must be physically fit. 

Contact Sam -022 151 3013 

Terrace Edge Vineyard, Waipara Valley 

Rangiora High School 

Casual Cleaners 

Rangiora High School is proud to be acaring, communitybased 

environment inspiring life-long learning. Students 

are at the centre of our work. 

We are seeking to expand our pool of on-call/casual 

cleaners for both afternoon and/or evening shifts. 

All enquiries and CV’scan be emailed to: 

jng@rangiorahigh.school.nz 

2563592 

2533270 

For Hire 

PORTABLE CATTLE 

yards &loading ramp for 

hire. Phone 027 540 0027.

CLASSIFIED 


TRANSFER STATIONKIOSK OPERATOR 

-HANMER SPRINGS 

The purpose of this role is to provide great customer 

service and facilitate efficient and safe public use of the 

transfer station. 

As well as operating the weighbridge kiosk, you will do 

some administrative tasks for the waste team and assist 

withothertasks to ensure thesafeoperation of the site. 

Parttime, 16 hours perweek. 

Shifts are 10am –2pm Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 

and Sunday. 

Please notethat some flexibility around working hoursis 

needed as we may occasionally needtoopen the site on 

alternative days due to public holidays or adverseweather. 

Availabilityfor extra shifts during holiday and busyperiods 

is also highlydesirable. 

To be successful in this role you will need: 

• Excellent customer service skills 

• Strongattention to detailand record keeping ability 

• Availability towork during weekends and holiday 

periods 

• Ability to operateeftposand point of sales systems 

Note-Training to usethe weighbridge willbeprovided. 

For more information about the position description and 

to apply,goonline to https://hdcjobs.co.nz/Vacancies and 

enter reference code: 6276017. 

Enquiriestosally.cracknell@hurunui.govt.nz 

phone 027240 1107. 

Applications close Friday 24 th March2023. 

Please note that we willreviewapplications as theycome 

in andmay interviewsuitable applicants before the closing 

date. 

SECRETARY 

2563919 

The North Canterbury Radio Trust, trading as 

Compass FM, is looking for anew secretary to 

attendour monthly board meetings. 

The role requires you to take notes and transcribe 

the meetings for our records. 

The meetings are held late afternoon once per 

month and should take up about 5hours of your 

time per month. 

This is avoluntaryposition. 

If this sounds like you, call the station 

03-311-7101 and ask forKerry 

or email managercompassfm@gmail.com. 

2564426 


Garden Centre Team Member 

The Garden Centre is growing and thriving and so we are 

expanding the team. We required experienced Garden 

Centre Team members for our leading Rangiora Garden 

Centre 

Youwill have: 

•Apositive customer focused attitude 

•Previous garden centre experience is preferred 

but not essential 

•Product knowledge related to garden plants, 

garden media, and garden hardware products 

•Aflarefor creative merchandising 

•Acan do attitude 

•The ability tothink smart 

•Towork in and as part of ateam 

This is afulltime, fixed term position and the days of work 

will include aweekend day. 

McAlpines have an active drug and alcohol policy in place, 

apre-employment drug test and medical will be required. 

Applicants must be aNew Zealand resident or hold avalid 

NewZealand visa. 

Please send your application and CV to: 

Garden Centre Team Member, 

McAlpines Mitre 10 MEGA, 

Private Bag 1003, Rangiora 7440 

or email applications@mcalpines.co.nz 

2547336 

WE NEED YOU! 

Deliverers required 

forthe North 

Canterbury 

News 

To findout more, 

contact: 

Mark Kelly 

South Island Distribution Manager 

P: 029 983 2293 

E: mark.kelly@mainlanddistribution.co.nz 

ABEL &Prestige Chimney 

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned 

& operated. Covering all 

areas from Waimak to Hanmer. 

Professional, guaranteed, 

service. Firebox 

repairs, carry most parts. Ph 

0800 661 244. 

ARBORIST 

Copper Beech Tree 

Services. Tree removal, 

pruning, height reduction, 

hedge trimming, shaping, 

tree planting, firewood. 

Free quotes. Contact Angus 

Edwards 027 259 6741 

copperbeechtreeservices@gmail.com 

BRIAN’S Tree Services. 

Tree felling, topping, 

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish 

removed, stump grinding, 

branch chipping. 

Affordable rates. Phone 03 

327 5505 or 021 124 4894. 

BUILDERS Father &son 

team. Amac Builders are 

available to help you with 

your building needs. High 

standards, low overheads, 

no job too small. Check us 

out on fb. Amac Builders 

Ltd. Phone 027 318 4400. 

Rangiora High School 

Secretary to the 

School Board 

Rangiora High School is proud to be a caring, 

community-based environment inspiring life-long 

learning. Students are at the centre of our work. 

Our School Board is seeking to appoint askilled 

administrator to this part-time permanent position. The 

appointee will work an average of 10hrs/wk in term 

time (including some evening work). 

Applications for this position close on 27 March 2023. 

Please visit the Join Us /Employment page on our 

website for the application pack 

www.rangiorahigh.school.nz 

2563658 

FOREMAN CARPENTER/ OR 

EXPERIENCED CARPENTER 

Ourbusiness is expanding&we requirethe 

services of an experiencedCARPENTER 

Be part of alocal team whichhas been basedin 

Rotherhamfor thelast45years. 

Be involvedinagreatvariety of work,from 

architecturalhouses&alterations, EQCrebuilds 

&repairs,concretework&generalrepairs.Wages 

by negotiation. 

Acompany vehiclemay be available. 

BG BEAVENBUILDERSLIMITED 

PhoneBarneyon0274-331340 

Trade &Services 

CHIMNEY SWEEPS. 

Time to service your fire. 

Accumulation of soot seriously 

affects performance. 

Latest rotary brush technology. 

Free moisture check 

on wood. Safety inspection. 

All work insured and guaranteed. 

From $80 single 

qualified. 

story. 0800 SWEEPME or 

www.sweepnz.co.nz. 

DIRTY TILES &Grout? 

Professional tile cleaning, 

tiled shower restoration, 

mouldy silcone, shower 

glass & we can even 

recolour your old grout! 

For all your tile and grout 

issues call Grout Pro for a 

free, no obligation quote. 

Ph Darryl 0800 882 772. 

www.theprogroup.co.nz/dpc9385. 

DRESSMAKING Bev’s 

Sew Good Services. For all 

your alterations, repairs, 

dressmaking, curtains. 

Phone 327 5535. 

House &Garden 

Property Services Ltd 

Tree &hedge trimming 

Gardening 

Landscaping 

Gutter cleaning 

All aspects of 

property maintenance 

CALL US 03 260 4499 

METAL WORX. Flashing, 

Sheetmetal Fabrication, 

Wrought Iron, 

Welding, Custom Trailers, 

General Metalwork. No job 

too big or too small. Ph 021 

265 5428 or 03 314 6908. 

Find us on facebook/ 

Glenmark Metal Worx. 

glenmarkmetalworx.ltd@gmail.com. 

PAINT & wallpaper 

services. Wayne Bryant, 

exterior, interior. Qualified 

tradesman. Free quotes. Ph 

313 5337 or 027 654 4568. 

PAINTER &INTERIOR 

plasterer matching & 

patching, no job too small, 

30 yrs exp. Please phone 

022 189 8294. 

PAINTER. Qualified local 

professional, Int / Ext, 

roofs, wallpaper. Call or 

text Corban 027 846 5035. 

ANTHONY SYMONDS 

Plastering &Painting 

Services 

Locals with 30 years 

experience 

All workmanship 

Guaranteed. 

Phone 021 344 023 

WINDOW TINTING 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

Trade &Services 

LAWN MAINTENANCE SCREEN PRINTING. 

mowing, spraying, For all your printing 

fertilizing, scarifier. Phone requirements. T-shirts, 

Hamish 027 349 7986. Hoodies, Hi-Vis vests and 

polos, Overalls, Caps etc. 

Please phone Heather 03 

313 0261 or email heather. 

norstar@gmail.com. 

Pride &Quality Painting 

&Decorating Services 

20 yrs exp, fast and friendly 

service. For all your painting 

needs, phone: Martin 310 

6187 or 021 128 9867 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 40 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph 389 9230. 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

Trusted Trades & 

Professional Services 

2563149 

2502479 

SHEARER. Hap’s Farm & 

Lifestyle Services. Shearing, 

crutching, drenching, 

tailing, feet trimming & 

health check. Phone 

021-267-4025. 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’s Liquid 

Waste 

Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

2362002 

You dump it... 

Blair pumps it... 

027 216 0000 

CRAIGS Trees 

(03) 327-4190 

TREE REMOVALS 

THINNING &PRUNING 

STUMPGRINDING 

FELLING &TOPPING 

FULLYINSURED 

QUALIFIED ARBORIST 

Free Quotes 

027 2299 454 

craigstrees@xtra.co.nz 

Guide 

2225862 

2434390 

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Appliance Repairs 

Builders 

Builder 

Butchery 

•REGISTERED TECHNICIAN 

•AUTHORISEDLOCAL SERVICE 

F&P, Bosch, Smeg, 

Ariston,LG, Classique,Haier, 

Samsung andmore.... 

“Forbestresults be sure to useauthorised service” 

NORTHCANTERBURY APPLIANCE SERVICES 

Rangiora: 03 313 4420 Kaiapoi: 03 327 3810 

2332343v2 

2560254 

 

 

 

 

For all enquiries call or email Don: 

027 727 9162 /zatarabuilders@yahoo.com 

•New Builds •Renovations, Extensions 

• Repairs and Maintenance 

2549049 

Ring Mark 027 229 7310 

for afree quote 

www.longsilverconstruction.com 

OxfordButchery 

Shane Frahm 

We cankill&process yourstock 

FourGenerations of Frahms 

since 1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 021 269 1817 

2227889v3 

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Trusted Trades & 

Professional Services 

Guide 

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

Chiropractic Services 

Computer Repairs 

Construction &Concrete 

DENTURE CLINIC 

Dr Jess Ross 

ACC RegisteredDrChiropractic 

Monday&Thursday 

Injury, accidents and maintenance 

Judy McArthur 

MctimoneyChiropractic,Applied Kinesiology 

and Craniosacral|Fridays 

Phone 03 313 0350 

Select Health 

51 Ashley Street, Rangiora 

Glass Services 

2564272 

Bruce Evans 

131 Ohoka Road 

Kaiapoi 

03 327 3111 

021 293 6331 

compucare@xtra.co.nz 

www.compucare.co.nz 

Computer Repairs &upgrades 

Prompt professional services 

Engineering 

2276525v2 

Virus &malware removal 

New &UsedPC’s4Sale 

All Construction & Concrete Work 

•Driveways, patios &paths 

•Bridges and Culverts 

•Floors, foundations 

•Sheds and buildings 

•Dairy Sheds, Herd homes 

•Silage pits, effluent ponds 

•Excavation and cartage 

•Precast concrete 

•Insulated panels 

Daryl Power 

027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

Kitchen Designer 

2273277 

RANGIORA 

DENTURE CLINIC 

Garry WMechen 

Registered Clinical DentalTechncian 

Phone (03) 313-9192 

38a Ashley Street, Rangiora 

Retrofit Double Glazing 

ReplacementWindows 

Frameless Showers 

Splashbacks 

Balustrades 

Mirrors 

SecurityDoors 

Window Maintenance 

1High Street, Rangiora | 03 313 1733 

leah.stewart@hagley.co.nz 

2533705 

2269236 

For your Engineering needs 

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821 

toppeng@xtra.co.nz 

Fencing 

NATHAN SCOTT 

FENCING CONTRACTOR 

Specialising in 

• Farm Fencing • Stock Yards 

• Post Driving 

Ph: Rangiora 03 312 8866 

Mobile: 027 213 1634 

Email: nathanandhayley@scorch.co.nz 

2548247 

Paula Humphreys Design 

Certified Kitchen Designer 

From cost effective kitchens to 

award-winning bespoke designs 

• New builds and renovations 

• Kitchens, laundries, wardrobes 

• Member of NKBA 

• 1 Hour free consultation 

Phone Paula Humphreys 

027 239 5186 

paulahdesign@gmail.com 

www.paulahdesign.com 

2556117c 

NEW N W DENTURES D ES 

*RELINE * *REPAIRS 

* I S 

HOURS 

8.30am -12noon 

- Monday to Friday 

FREE E CONSULTATION O 

AND ADVICE 

A V C 

For a/h repairs 

phone (03) 310-3044 

Irrigation &Filtration 

2490187 

Plasterer 

Interior 

Renovations 

Ltd 

Plasterboard, 

fixing &stopping 

Cornice 

Cove and 

stippled ceilings 

Registered 

Tradesman 

Call Mark 

027 438 0665 

AMPLIFY YOUR BUSINESS AND BE 

THE NAME THEY REMEMBER FIRST 

Advertise with us and get noticed today! 

Landscaping 

For all your landscaping needs 

All Landscaping, Retaining Walls (Engineered and 

Non-Engineered), Timber Fences, Landscape Structures 

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

Phone Jeremy 021 169 9394 

www.blackhill.co.nz 

www.facebook.com/blackhillltd 

2372616v2 

Phone us today on 03 314 8335 or email 

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

Scrap Metal 

CASH PAID FOR SCRAP 

•Car Bodies •Scrap Steel•Specialists in Farm 

Machinery•All non Ferrous 

MAINLAND 

METALS LTD 

Ph (03)338 7000 

Mike0274 818544 •Robbie 0274818 027 

Locally owned and operated 

1902273 

CAP 65 

CAP 40 

CAP 20 

Shingle 

SHINGLE SUPPLIES 

Quarry Prices 

DRAINAGE CHIP 

from $40 per cube 




all +gst 

Plus all excavation and truck hire 

house excavations, driveways, subdivisions 

CONTRACTING 

Ph: KEN 027 201 3302 

Email: stress@xtra.co.nz 

2009594 

Panel &Paint 

If it stands still 

long enough we 

will paint it 

•17metrespray 

booth 

•Full Paint&Panel 

Service 

•Insurance Work 

•Fullcoachbuilding 

service, fabricating 

doors, lockers, windows, tanks 

•PaintingMotorhomes, Caravans,Boats, 

Trucks,Tractors &Cars 

Now moved to 8Seven Mile Drive, Belfast 

Phone (03) 323 4115 

www.autobodyrepairs.co.nz 

Hours Monday to Friday 

6.30am to 3.30pm except Friday 3pm 

Windows & Doors 

WINDOW MARKET PLACE 

• New & Used 

• Timber & Aluminium 

• Windows & Doors 

8am-5pm Weekdays 

8am-2pm Saturday 

215 Waltham Rd, Sydenham 

Ph (03) 379 6159 info@windowmarket.co.nz 

Fax (03) 962 1012 www.windowmarket.co.nz 

2559565 

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$ 

31,995 

2019 Toyota C-HR Hybrid 

•1.8L PetrolHybrid, Alloys 

•Camera, 5-star Safety 


$ 

37,995 

2019 CorollaGXBlack 

Edition 

•2.0L PetrolAuto, Alloys, Satnav, 

•Apple&AndroidConnect,5-Star Safety 


$ 

29,995 

2019 CamryGXHybrid 

•2.5LPetrolHybrid, Camera 

•Bluetooth, 4.7L/100km 


$ 

36,995 

2019 CorollaGXHybrid 

•1.8L PetrolHybridAuto 

•NZNew,Satnav,Bluetooth 


$ 

34,995 

2017 Toyota C-HR Hybrid 

•1.8L PetrolHybrid; Leather 

•Camera, 5-Star Safety 

•Only 55,600km 

$ 

34,995 

2020 Yaris CrossGX 

•2.1.5LPetrolAuto, •Camera, Bluetooth 

•5-Star Safety, 6L/100km 


$ 

29,995 

2019 Rav4 GX 2WD 

•2.0L PetrolAuto, Alloys, Satnav 

•5-Star Safety, 6.7L/100kms 


$ 

36,995 

2019 Rav4 GXL AWD 

•2.5Lpetrol8-speed auto 

•5-Star safety, satnav, keyless 


$ 

43,995 

2021 Toyota Rav4 LTD 

•2.5LPetrolHybrid 5.3L/100Km 

•Leather,Alloys,Sunroof 

•Only 16,050Kms 

$ 

62,995 


•2.5LPetrol8-Speed Auto 

•5-Star Safety, Satnav, Bluetooth 


$ 

42,995 

2022 Rav4 Hybrid Limited 

•2.5LHybrid PetrolAWD 

•Leather,sunroof,5-StarSafety, Facelift model 


$ 

63,995 


•2.5LPetrol8-Speed Auto, ClimateAir 

•Camera, Satnav,5-Star Safety 


$ 

42,995 

2019 Toyota Fortuner GXL 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel Auto, 4WD 

•7-Seater,Satnav,Camera 


$ 

47,995 

2019 HiluxSR4WD 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel, 6-speed manual 

•Bluetooth, camera,snorkel, flatdeck 

•78,700kms 

$ 

45,995 

2019 HiluxSR5 4WD 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel 6-Speed Manual 

•Satnav,Keyless,Tonneau 

•5-Star Safety, 89,400kms 

$ 

49,995 

2018 Highlanders GXL 

•3.5LPetrolAWD,8-speedauto 

•Leather,7-seater,Satnav,Camera 

•5-Star Safety 

WAS$39,995 

$ 

37,995 


•2.8L TurboDiesel Auto, Satnav 

•Tonneau,Keyless, 5-StarSafety 


$ 

49,995 


•2.8L Turbo Diesel Auto 

•Satnav,Bluetooth, Canopy, Keyless 


$ 

41,995 


•150Kw2.8L TurboDiesel,LatestShape 

•Satnav,Camera, 5-Star Safety 


$ 

55,995 

2019 LandCruiser PradoVX 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel, 7-Seater, Leather 

•360 camera,5-StarSafety 


$ 

71,995 

2019 LandCruiser 70 LX 

Wagon 

•4.5LTurbo Diesel V8;Manual, Camera 

•Bluetooth, Lockers, Tidy Example 



•2.8L Turbo Diesel Auto, Alloys 

•Camera, Satnav, Keyless 


2020 LexusLX450D 

•4.5LTwinTurbo Diesel V8; Leather 

•5-Seater,5-Star Safety, Well Spec’d 


$ 

99,995 $ 

51,995 

$ 

149,995 

SOLD 

SOLD 

2022 LandCruiser70LX 

SingleCab 

•4.5LTurbo Diesel V8; Manual, NZ New 

•Camera, Bluetooth, Lockers,Like New 

•Only 100kms $ 

109,995 

2018 Toyota Hiace 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel Auto, 6-Seater 

•Fold up Second Row 


$ 

41,995 

2017 LandCruiserPrado TX 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel, 7-Seater 

•Leather,Keyless,Camera 


WAS$63,995 

$ NOW 59,995 

2021 Daihatsu Hijet 

•660cc PetrolManual,4WD,Flatdeck 

•DropSides, Parking Sensors 

•LikeNew 

•Only 60kms 

WAS$24,995 

$ 

21,995 


•2.8L Turbo Diesel Auto 

•Facelift Model,Satnav,5-Star Safety 


WAS$52,995 

$ 

51,995 

2021 Daihatsu Hijet 

DumpTruck 

•650ccPetrolManual, 4WD 

•Tipper Deck, DiffLocker 

•Hi-Lo Ratio 

WAS$31,995 

•Only 100kms $ 

28,995 

2018 Hilux SR 4WD 

•2.8L Turbo Diesel, 6-Speed Manual 

•Tonneau,Camera 


WAS$46,995 

$ 

44,995 

Percival Street,Rangiora • Ph (03) 313-8186 any time • www.rangiora.toyota.co.nz 

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