North Canterbury News: April 06, 2023

Thursday,April 6, 2023 | Issue1040 | www.starnews.co.nz 

Legionella bacteria in hot water 

By JOHN COSGROVE 

Legionella bacteria has been 

discovered at aretirement complex in 

Rangiora. 

Aresident at BainswoodHouse 

contracted Legionnaires diseaseat 

the complex recently, but has since 

recoveredfollowing treatment. 

The family of aresidentsay they 

were informed the disease was found 

in the hot water supply. 

Whilepraising the efforts of staff 

who reacted to the outbreak and cared 

for residents, they were concerned 

aboutthe continuedlack of hot water 

for their loved one. 

Director of Rangiora Lifecare, Paul 

Renwicksays following the resident 

becomingill, staffquickly put into 

placeprocesses to respond to the 

threat. 

‘‘Legionella bacteria were detected 

in the hotwater systembyhealth 

protection officers from Te Mana Ora 

Communityand PublicHealth, partof 

the National PublicHealthService.’’ 

When someone breathes in small 

droplets of water containing the 

bacteria, theycan contract 

Legionnaires’disease. 

‘‘We are beingwell supported by our 

public health team in Canterbury. 

‘‘Following their advice, we turned 

the hot water offand put several 

processesinplace to mitigatethe risk 

of furtherinfection. 

‘‘We also engagedacontractor to 

carryout achemical treatment and 

flushofthe hot watersystem.’’ 

As legionella bacteria were detected 

againinthe hot water system of the 

main facility and one of the freestanding 

villas, the hot water 

temperature across BainswoodHouse 

and in all the villas was raised to 65° 

Celsius. 

Legionella bacteria cannot survive 

at this temperature. 

‘‘To reduce therisk of scalding, 

plumbershave installed tempering 

valves on the hottaps acrossthe 

facility, including the villas. 

‘‘These valves inject cold water into 

the hot justbefore it enters the tap 

whichlowers the temperature of the 

Bainswood House ... The retirement complex in Rangiora where Legionella bacteria were 

discovered in the hot water system. 

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

water comingout to asafe level,’’ Mr 

Renwicksays. 

They have alsoorganised further 

chemical disinfection of theirentire 

water system. He says with these 

processes in place, the likelihood of 

furtherinfectionisvery small, and 

public health officials and the 

Bainswood team continue to closely 

monitorthe situation. 

‘‘The health and wellbeing of the 

residents in ourcareremains our 

highestpriority andwewould liketo 

thank our stafffor going above and 

beyond during this time.’’ 

Public Health officials say 

Legionellosis or Legionnaires' disease 

is causedbycommonLegionella 

bacteria, which lives in the 

environment, especially in soil, 

compost, potting mix muds andany 

type of water systemsuch as spa pools, 

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WhileLegionellosis is notcommon 

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when exposed to the bacteria. 

Susceptible people catch 

legionellosisbybreathing in airborne 

particles fromawater source that 

contains Legionella bacteria, or after 

inhaling dust from soil. 

Once in the lungs the bacteria 

multiplyand may cause amild illness 

without pneumonia calledPontiac 

feveroramore severe illness with 

pneumonia(Legionnaires’ disease). 

The infection is not contagious and 

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People with Pontiac fever generally 

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The KaikōuraDistrict Licensing 

Committee hasunanimously refusedto 

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publican Murray Boyd. 

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Mr Boyd hadsought to renew theonlicense 

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Nine yearsafter theRangiora Town Hall 

Cinemasopened, theyhavehad a 

makeover. 

Alongsideanewlyredecorated foyer 

andupgraded website unveiledin 

February,Cinema 3has just been 

extensively upgradedtoprovide anew 

viewing experience. 

CompanydirectorJeremy Stewart, says 

they are positivethere is no reasonwhy 

anyoneshouldtravel into the city to see a 

movie when they can staylocal andbe 

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experience. 

‘‘We haveitall here in our state of the 

artcinema in Rangiora.’’ 

Mr Stewart saysithas beenagood 

collaboration between themand the 

WaimakaririDistrict Council since 

opening nineyears ago. 

Acouncilspokespersonsaysthe 

council has worked closely with Town 

Hall Cinemasonthe upgrade. 

‘‘They have been working 

collaboratively to ensure the upgrade 

enhances itscurrent capability as amultiusevenue. 

‘‘It willsignificantly improvethe 

comfort for patrons attending allevents 

held in thesmall theatre. 

‘‘It’s also hoped that this upgrade will 

attract more eventsand performances to 

theRangiora Town Hall,’’they say. 

Thecollaborationhas been an integral 

part of the success of the complex,’’ says 

Mr Stewart. 

He says theyteamed up with the 

council to openthe 3plexand live 

auditorium after the TownHallwas 

refurbishedfollowing the 20102011 

earthquake damage. 

‘‘Sincethen we have gainedhuge 

community support and averyloyal 

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Inside the theatre thereisnow plush 

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them andcoloured RGB lighting which is 

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cinemas. 

‘‘The 94 seatCinema 3will be the 

perfect placetohost special cinema club 

eventswhich are very popular.’’ 

Mr Stewart saysthe counciland their 

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Theold seating will be repurposed 

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The100 square metre buildingis 

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It is thefirst stageofalarger building 

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Girl power to the fore in Grease 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

The boys maybeslicking back their 

hairand firing up theircar, but in 

North Canterbury Musicals upcoming 

show, Grease,it’sgirlpowerincontrol 

withsisters as Pink Ladies and the 

creative teamroles of director, musical 

director andchoreographerall filled 

by women. 

Director Tegan Patrick,has been 

involved in manyNorthCanterbury 

Musical shows in avariety of roles 

including productionteam,castand 

crew. 

Shehas previously directed 

Retrospective and The Sound of Music 

for NCMS as wellasseveralshowsfor 

other theatre companies. 

Withthe show fulloficonic moments 

that people are familiar with from the 

movie,Tegan says it's exciting for her 

to be abletocreateareallife version 

of somethingsomanypeople havea 

connection with. 

‘‘What I'm mostexcitedaboutis 

giving every audiencemember a 

‘‘wow’’ momentoranew twist on asong 

or charactertheyalready love,’’ she 

says. 

Tegan isn’tthe only memberofher 

familyinvolved as her sister, Briar, is 

playing PinkLady,Marty. 

TwootherPinkLadies,Jan and 

Beauty School Dropout, Frenchy, are 

also played by local NorthCanterbury 

sisters, MollyKate andLizzieMullen. 

Handlingthe shows iconicdance 

numbers is choreographer, Holly Hart. 

Pink Lady power ... Ella Barry as Rizzo (left), Briar Patrick as Marty, MollyKate Mullen as 

Jan and Lizzie Mullen as Frenchy at the diner. 

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Holly is alsoanNCMSveteran, 

recentlyreturned to Christchurch from 

Wellington. She has choreographed 

Grease before,for MUSOCin2015, and 

has an extensivebackground in 

choreographyand dance teaching, as 

wellasbeinganexperienced 

performer. 

MusicalDirector,Heidi Cooper, also 

brings awealth of experiencetoher 

role. Heidi is the Choir Director forthe 

LincolnUniversity Choir,and 

accompanistfor The Christchurch 

GirlsChoirand Banks AvenueSchool 

Choir,and hasbeen MusicalDirector 

forseveral shows for MUSOC and for 

CentreStage,Rolleston. 

Grease willrun in the Rangiora Town 

Hall from May4to 20. Ticketsare on 

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Spotlight on after hours care 


LocalDemocracy Reporter 

NorthCanterbury residents may soon 

get some answers about the futureof 

afterhours healthcareinthe region. 

Te Whatu Ora Health New Zealand 

has accepted an invitation from 

WaimakaririMPMatt Dooceyto 

appear at apublicmeeting in 

Rangiora on Thursday,April 27. 

Mr Dooceycalled the meeting in 

responsetocommunityconcerns at 

the lackofprogress on promised 

public health servicesatthe Rangiora 

Health Hub. 

The former Canterbury District 

Health Boardannounced in December 

2020 its intention for an after hours 

facility to be operational by late2022. 

‘‘That date has come and goneand 

we’renow hearing it could be three 

yearsaway, so it is important Health 

NZ comes back and answers the 

community’s questions,’’ Mr Doocey 

said. 

He saidhehoped the meeting would 

provide someclarityaroundwhat 

hoursthe facility will operateand 

what services would be provided when 

it eventually opened. 

‘‘Iwill be keen to hear what 

healthcareservices can be fasttracked 

and what can be put in place 

in the interim.’’ 

Te Whatu Ora entered into an 

agreement with South Link Health 

Services Group in 2020 to developa 

family health and urgentcare centre 

at the Rangiora Health Hub. 

‘‘This agreementissubjectto 

several conditions,’’ aTeWhatu Ora 

spokesperson said. 

‘‘Once these conditionshave been 

met,SouthLinkHealthServices 

Group willbegranted aground lease 

and mustcomplete this development 

withall reasonable speed.’’ 

The spokesperson referred 

questions about the progress of the 

project to South Link Health Services 

Group. 

In the meantime, after hours 

provision in Rangiora included 

DurhamHealth being openSaturdays 

9am to 12pm,telehealth GP 

consultation servicesthrough 

providers such as PracticePlus, and 

the St John nursephone triage 

service. 

Residents can access the triage 

service by calling theirGPphoneline 

afterhours. 

The Pegasus 24 Hour Surgeryin 

MadrasStreet,Christchurch,was also 

available to North Canterbury 

residents. 

The OxfordCommunityHealth 

Centrealso provided after hours 

services to its registeredclients, with 

atriage nurseand virtual GP 

consultations. 

Mr Doocey launchedapetitionin 

November with Rangiora residents 

Sandi andDavid McLean, which he 

planned to presenttoTeWhatuOra at 

the meeting. 

South Link Health Services Group 

was alsoexpectedtoberepresented at 

the meeting. 

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New Kahika building has room for growth 

By DAVID HILL 


Indigenous trees and birds 

feature permanently in anew 

look North Canterbury school. 

Pupils at Leithfield School, 

south of Amberley, can’t wait to 

move into the new $2.5 million 

Kahika building in term two. 

‘‘They’re very excited. You 

should have seen them pressing 

their faces against the glass 

when the fences came down,’’ 

principal Rob Cavanagh said. 

Kahika, short for the native 

kahikatea tree, has been 

chosen as part of acultural 

narrative from Te Rūnanga o 

Tūāhuriri. 

Buildings at the school were 

named after trees and classes 

after birds. 

‘‘As the kahikatea stands 

proud in our native forests, this 

will stand proud in our 

community,’’ Mr Cavanagh said. 

The new building provided 

space for up to 100 pupils, with 

four teaching spaces, break out 

rooms, acommunal area, multipurpose 

wet room and a 

balcony overlooking the school 

gardens. 

‘‘It is fantastic. We will be 

able to grow into this space, so 

we will be well future proofed,’’ 

Mr Cavanagh said. 

‘‘It is just awonderful 

resource.’’ 

He said it had been along 

process, with one class utilising 

the school hall as aclassroom 

for the last year and aterm. 

‘‘The hall is agreat space for 

PE, assemblies and performing, 

but it is not so good for 

learning.’’ 

The communal space was big 

enough to hold full school 

assemblies, he said. 

The school was experiencing 

steady growth with five 

teachers and was expected to 

pass 120 pupils by the end of 

this year. 

The other classrooms were in 

the process of being 

refurbished to set the school up 

for the future. 

Former principal Sharon 

Marsh returned to the school 

last week to see the completed 

project first hand. 

‘‘I saw the plans and Icame a 

couple of times when it was 

being built, but Isaved coming 

inside until now. 

‘‘We put in so much time 

talking to principals and 

teachers to see what works and 

what doesn't work and 

gathering all that information, 

so it is exciting to see it finally 

completed.’’ 

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An 8.2 million cubic metre water storage 

dam near Oxford is one step closer to 

becoming areality. 

Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL) 

is seeking shareholder support for a 

new dam design. 

Seventyfive percent shareholder 

support is needed for the project to 

proceed. 

Avote is likely to be held at the end of 

next month. 

Chief executive Brent Walton says 

reliable water storage is the key to 

meeting Environment Canterbury’s 

Plan Change 7commitments, and 

ensuring farming in the district is 

sustainable. 

‘‘We are asking shareholders to invest 

in something which will give them short 

term benefits, but the people who will 

ultimately benefit from it will be the 

next generation of farmers,’’ he says. 

‘‘If we don’t go ahead, we would really 

struggle to consent another water 

storage facility in the area, so in my 

mind this is probably our only 

opportunity. 

‘‘We don’t have aplan B.’’ 

The proposed water storage dam 

would give farmer shareholders about 

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WIL was granted six consents by the 

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long list of conditions’’, following a 

decade long battle. 

‘‘A lot has happened since then (2007), 

but one constant is that the cost of water 

storage and the environmental 

standards are only going to increase.’’ 

Mr Walton says WIL is also busy 

working on anumber of biodiversity 

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farms in the district. 

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growing, and as the programme 

expands, WIL sees its role as an 

‘enabler’ in supporting farmers.’’ 

WIL’s discharge consent was due to 

expire in 2025 and Mr Walton said WIL 

planned to submit its application to 

ECan to renew the consent by the end of 

the year. 

Akey part of the process was updating 

all shareholder farm environmental 

plans and placing them on to aGIS 

platform, he said. 

‘‘This gives farmers greater visibility 

of their farming activities and enables 

them and the scheme to track 

environmental improvements and 

nitrogen reductions.’’ 



Council waste collaboration has local businesses smiling 

Acollaboration between HurunuiDistrict 

Council Wastestaff and local businesses 

is reaping rewardsfor the environment. 

Waste team memberNicoleHurinui 

says localbusinessesand the 

environment arethe winners in anew 

initiative the council is undertaking to 

help local businesseswithrecycling 

advice and tips. 

‘‘I love goingout to visitour businesses 

to hear how they aremanaging their 

waste. It’s about connecting themupto 

organisationsand schemes thatcan help 

them dealwith theirwasteinways that 

are good forthe environment,and could 

potentially also bring cost savingsas 

well,’’MsHurinuisays. 

‘‘It’s apositive way that our council can 

partner with ourbusinessowners to help 

ourenvironment.’’ 

Kell’s Kitchen owner Kelly Northover 

haswelcomedthe initiative.Recycling 

hasbeen apassionfor thebusinessowner 

sinceshe startedher business in 

Amberley overthreeyearsago. 

It’s beenrewarding to see howmany of 

oursuppliers havecomeonboardwith 

makingtheirproducts morerecyclable,’’ 

Ms Northover says. 

Shesays staffare trainedtostream 

waste into items that can be recycled, 

such as milkbottles andcardboard. They 

enjoy sharing knowledge and tips in their 

regular catch ups to reduce the amount of 

waste goingtolandfill. 

Ms Hurinui says it is rewardingtohear 

of local community initiativesto 

creatively recycle and reuse itemsthat 

wouldotherwisegotolandfill,and there 

wasvalue in sharing adatabaseof 

information among the districts business 

owners.‘‘We collect bottletopsfor local 

schoolprojects, which helps our students 

and our businesses,’’she says. Businesses 

rightthroughthe Hurunui are engagedin 

theinitiative. 

Kell's Kitchen ... 

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Northover and her 

staff, with Hurunui 

District Council Waste 

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OPINION 


This 

Week 

Sun 

Fishing 

Guide 

Moon 

Wind 

Around the electorate with 

STUART SMITH MP FOR KAIKOURA 

Fundamental right 

The right to freedom of expression is a 

fundamental human right, and it is crucial 

for the functioning of ademocratic society. 

It allows individuals to express their 

opinions and beliefs, even if they are 

unpopular or controversial. 

This rightisprotected by international 

law and is enshrined in our Bill of Rights 

Lastweek, protesters took to the streets 

in Auckland to demonstrate against British 

writer,Posie Parker. 

Ididn't know who Posie Parkerwas 

before this event, and franklyIdon't care. 

Idonot subscribe to her view on 

transgender people either, but Irespect 

her right to free speech. 

What was particularly concerning about 

this protestwas how the protesters put 

their viewsabove the right to freedomof 

expression. 

Theyaccused Parker of being 

transphobic and promoting hate speech 

againsttransgender individuals, and while 

it is understandable that some may 

disagree with Parker's views, attempting to 

silence her and preventher from 

expressing them, is not acceptable. 

The protesters behaved as though their 

views were more importantthan the right 

to freedom of expressionofothers: they 

argued that Parker's views were harmful 

and had realworld consequences for 

transgender individuals, and therefore, 

she should not be allowed to express them. 

Well, this is adangerous precedent to 

set. 

When individuals start to believe that 

their viewsare more important than the 

right to freedom of expression, it opens the 

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door to censorship and the silencing of 

dissenting opinions. It is also important to 

note that what constitutes hate speech is 

often amatter of subjective interpretation, 

anditisnot the place of protesters to 

determine what can and cannot be said. 

If Parker's views are indeed harmful and 

offensive, then individuals are free to 

criticise and challenge them. Likewise,if 

the protesters’ actions are harmful and 

offensive, then they too, should be subject 

to the same options. 

Attempting to silence Posie Parkerand 

prevent her from expressing them is a 

violation of her fundamental human rights. 

One must remember, however, that the 

protesters did not represent the entire 

transgender community, and many 

transgender individuals have expressed 

their support for Parker'sright to freedom 

of expression, even if they do not agree 

with her views. 

Attempting to silence Parker and her 

supporters is aviolation of their 

fundamental human rights,and to think 

otherwise is to accept mob rule, which is a 

pathway to chaos. 

Government Minister Marama Davidson 

was intoxicated by her participation in the 

protest andmadesome outrageous racist 

and sexistcomments. Questions must be 

asked around why the Police appeared to 

stand by. 

Whoever was responsible for the Police 

not protecting the right of free speech 

shouldbereminded of the wordsofthe 

late Evelyn Beatrice Hall: ‘‘Idisapprove of 

what you say, but Iwill defend to the death 

your righttosay it’’. 

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KAIKŌURA VIEWS 

MAYOR CRAIG MACKLE 

Wakatu Quay is a 

stunning location 

Thenext couple of months aregoing 

to be busy forCouncilaswemove 

forward on someimportantprojects. 

We are currently remarketing the 

Wakatu Quay opportunity to potential 

investors. 

It’s astunning location,andwith 

$9.88m supportfromtheKānoa PGF 

funding we have the opportunity to 

deliver something really special 

there. 

We areplanning ournext steps, and 

willbe able to have aclear view of 

what options are on the table by June. 

We are also moving forwards with 

the Link pathway. 

The project teamhavebeen looking 

at options for thesurface. 

They will be developing atrial 

section of pathwayand will be asking 

for thecommunity’sfeedback to 

check that weare on the right track 

andtohelp decide on thefinal 

surface. 

Look outfor newsonthatand give 

theteamyourfeedback. 

At thelast council meeting the 

Annual Report for 2021/2022 was 

finally adopted. 

We arenow able to turn ourminds 

to theAnnualPlan for2023/2024. 

We are not anticipatingany 

significant changesinscope fromthe 

RANGIORA OCEAN WATCH 

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❛It’s an important step 

towards becoming aDark 

Sky Sanctuary.❜ 

LongTermplan, butweare working 

on updatingthebudgets. 

We will need to adopt the annual 

plan in June. 

Finally,itwas great to see thedark 

skies aboveKaikōurainthe 

internationalpress this week. 

Aurora hunterswere amazed at a 

really strongaurora putting on ashow 

at South Bay. 

The Kaikōura Dark SkyTrust is 

working on aprivateplan change to 

ourDistrict Plantohelp protect the 

nightsky fromlightpollution. 

It’s animportant step towards 

becoming aDarkSky Sanctuary, and 

they would like thecommunity’s 

feedback. 

You canfindout more on the 

Trust’swebsite. 

Wearefortunatetohavesucha 

beautifulnight skyaboveusandwe 

should remember to look up and 

appreciate it. 

Enjoy the holiday weekend 

whatever your plansare. 

Next Steps website combines social services in Nth Canty 

By DAVID HILL 


Communitycollaboration has led to an 

online resourcetohelp people tackle 

mental health issues. 

Social ServicesWaimakariri, Together 

Hurunui and the Waimakariri and 

Hurunui district councilshave joined 

forces to create the nextsteps.org.nz 

website, whichbrings together 

information about North Canterbury’s 

social services. 

Waimakariri District Council 

community development facilitator 

Rachel Thornton says the new online 

resourcecame out of the Covid19 

experience. 

The website builtonthe Ministry for 

Social Development funded community 

connector service, knownlocallyasthe 

nextstepsfacilitator service, she says. 

‘‘After Covidthere were anumber of 

vulnerable people and the challenge we 

had was how do we get information out to 

them.’’ 

The website allows people to help 

themselvestotake the next steps to 

improve their mental wellbeing. 

‘‘Those of us who work in the social 

servicesector,weknow who the 

counsellorsare, but the general public 

doesn’t necessarilyknow, so how do we 

makeiteasy for them?’’ 

Social Services Waimakariri facilitator 

Nicki Cartersays the website showcased 

all of the socialservice and community 

organisations serving the North 

Canterbury area. 

It was designedtoavoidduplication and 

to use resources moreefficiently. 

‘‘In the Waimakariri we are national 

leaders in this space, so it is definitely a 

concept which might get picked up 

elsewhere in the country.’’ 

Waimakariri MayorDan Gordon said 

the new website was agreat resource for 

the community. 

‘‘While the initial shock of Covid19 is 

gone we know thiswill not be the last 

event our country faces and it is important 

we learn fromprevious events. Havingall 

this information in one place, withsupport 

specific to North Canterbury, is afantastic 

resourceand Iapplaud allour 

communities’providers for working 

together to makethis happen. 

‘‘Theinformation is nonthreatening, 

accessible and provided in an 

empowering way that will connect with a 

lot of our residents when they need 

support.’’ 

The website posed questions to direct 

people to the help they needed and was 

entirelyonline and anonymous, Ms 

Thornton said. 

It beginsbyasking if you are in 

immediate danger(call 111) or just need to 

talk (call/text1737).The website has 

sectionsincluding physical, mental and 

emotional wellbeing, economic and 

business, and familyand social. 

Swell 

Pegasus Bay 

Tide Chart 

3 

2 

SE 1.0 m E0.9 m E1.1 m E1.3 m E1.3 m E1.2 m E1.2 m 

3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 3 6 9 NOON 3 6 9 

1 

0 

Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows Highs Lows 

Waimakariri 4:36am 2.2 10:51am 0.7 5:17am 2.2 11:33am 0.7 6:02am 2.2 12:00am 0.6 6:50am 2.2 12:45am 0.6 7:41am 2.2 1:33am 0.6 8:35am 2.2 2:24am 0.6 9:30am 2.2 3:19am 0.6 

Mouth 

5:00pm 2.2 11:16pm 0.7 5:43pm 2.3 

6:29pm 2.3 12:17pm 0.7 7:18pm 2.3 1:02pm 0.7 8:09pm 2.3 1:51pm 0.7 9:02pm 2.3 2:42pm 0.6 9:56pm 2.4 3:36pm 0.6 

Amberley 4:36am 2.2 10:51am 0.7 5:17am 2.2 11:33am 0.7 6:02am 2.2 12:00am 0.6 6:50am 2.2 12:45am 0.6 7:41am 2.2 1:33am 0.6 8:35am 2.2 2:24am 0.6 9:30am 2.2 3:19am 0.6 

Beach 

5:00pm 2.2 11:16pm 0.7 5:43pm 2.3 


4:45am 2.2 11:00am 0.7 5:26am 2.2 11:42am 0.7 6:11am 2.2 12:09am 0.6 6:59am 2.2 12:54am 0.6 7:50am 2.2 1:42am 0.6 8:44am 2.2 2:33am 0.6 9:39am 2.2 3:28am 0.6 

Motunau 5:09pm 2.2 11:25pm 0.7 5:52pm 2.3 



Gore Bay 5:11pm 2.2 11:27pm 0.7 5:54pm 2.3 



Kaikoura 5:05pm 1.5 11:17pm 0.4 5:49pm 1.5 


*Not for navigational purposes. Wind and swell are based on apoint off Gore Bay. Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa. www.ofu.co.nz www.tidespy.com Graphic supplied by OceanFun Publishing Ltd. 

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APRIL 2023 

HDC NEWS... 

What's happening Hurunui? 

ECONOMIST BRAD OLSEN VISITS AMBERLEY 

Last month a good-sized crowd gathered at the Tin Shed in Amberley to listen to Brad Olsen, Chief 

Executive and Principal Economist at Infometrics. He spoke about the importance of embracing the youth of 

Hurunui District in the current economic climate we are all navigating our way through, and championing 

what our youth can offer the local workforce. Agreat bunch of MTFJ youth helped on the evening -Ayden, 

Joel, Noah, Ben and Lenix. Brad also popped into Magic Moss and the historic Harleston House in Leithfield 

for alook, checked out E-Cycle in Amberley, had acuppa at Nor Wester Café in Amberley, and had alook 

around Hanmer Springs too. To learn more about MTFJ ring the Council and ask to speak to Prue or Chris. 

LITTER-FREE LUNCHES INSCHOOLS 

HDC's Waste Educator Serina Linton is busy visiting local schools, talking to students about the great 

benefits of litter-free lunchboxes. In aworkshop the students made their own lunch courtesy of Satisfy Food 

Rescue and took home a brand new Goobyn HERO lunchbox funded through a Canterbury Joint Waste 

Committee Grant. 

VANDALISM ATCHAMBERLAIN PARK 

AChinese dogwood tree planted at Chamberlain Park last year tocommemorate the 125th anniversary of 

Amberley School pupil Rewi Alley has been destroyed. Three damaged lancewood trees were also 

discovered, and it was noticed that rocks from the rock garden had been thrown into the creek below. Mayor 

Black said this garden next to the bridge inChamberlain Park iswell enjoyed amongst locals, and it only 

takes asmall minority toundo the hard work and care taken bythe Council’s Maintenance team. 

Meetings 

6th Hurunui Tourism Board 1.00pm (Venue: 

Council Chambers, Amberley) 

11th Extraordinary Strategy &Community 

Committee 9.30am (Council Chambers, Amberley) 

12th Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools &Spa 

Management Committee 9.00am (Venue: Thermal 

Pools Boardroom, Hanmer Springs) 

12th South Ward Committee 7.00pm (Venue: 


17th Audit &Risk Committee 9.00am (Venue: 


17th Hanmer Springs Community Board 1.00pm 

(Venue: The Gallery, Hanmer Springs Library) 

18th Operations Committee 9.30am (Venue: 


19th Amuri Community Committee 7.00pm (Venue: 

Hillcrest Chambers, Culverden) 

20th Glenmark Community Committee 7.30pm 

(Venue: Motunau Village Hall) 

26th Hurunui Community Committee 7.30pm 

(Venue: Hawarden Community Library) 

27th Cheviot Community Committee 6.00pm 

(Venue: Cheviot Library/Service Centre) 

2nd May Council meeting 9.30am (Venue: Council 

Chambers, Amberley) 

[There isno normal end of the month Council 

meeting inApril.] 

In brief 

Work on the Kowai toAmberley water pipeline is 

progressing well. 

WORKS UPDATES 

Litter-free lunch boxes in schools in Hurunui - 

they're great for the environment and the pocket. 

MEDBURY ROAD 

Installation works are underway for the Medbury Road watermain works, which is relocating the Hawarden 

and Waikari potable water pipelines to provide extra resilience from high river level events. Contractors have 

trenched and installed 2.6km of pipeline along The Peaks Road, and will be continuing the installation down 

Medbury Road. 

KOWAI AMBERLEY WATERMAIN 

Work onthe pipeline from the Kowai water treatment plant to Amberley township isprogressing well, with all 

of the State Highway road crossings completed. The contractor has installed 2.2km of polyethylene pipe, 

which includes Kowai River Road, Hursley Terrace, Crosses Road and agood part of SH1. The pipeline gets 

pressure-tested in stages along the route in approximately 500m to 600m sections, which gives better 

results and allows for easier fault identification. 

CULVERDEN WATERMAIN 

Replacing the old watermain pipeline network along SH7 through Culverden township is happening at the 

moment. Contractors have drilled the pipes under the state highway and road crossings, while watermains 

are being installed via trenching. Special thanks to the local businesses for supporting the contractors with 

treats on their breaks, and for everyone's patience for the moving construction sites. 

LAKE SUMNER ROAD -OPEN FOR EASTER 

Lake Sumer Road will be open for Easter, works will resume after the holiday weekend and we will continue 

to provide updates as work progresses. 

Where better to celebrate Easter than in the Hurunui District? Did you know the first recorded use ofdecorated 

Easter Eggs was in the 13th Century? We can guarantee you won't need togoback in time toenjoy some 

delicious Easter treats, with plenty of cafes and restaurants throughout the District to choose from. 

COMMUNITY SERVICES AWARDS OPEN 

Nominations for HDC's 2023 Community Services 

Awards have opened, and close on Monday 1May. 

For details, see 

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

DOG REGISTRATIONS 

Now is the time to make sure your dog registration 

details are uptodate. Online visit 

www.hurunui.govt.nz/updatedogs orring Council. 

MAINPOWER AMBERLEY POOL 

Will have it's final day for public swimming on 

Sunday April 23rd, which is the end of the school 

holidays. 

Events 

SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMMES 

Our district libraries have some fun activities 

happening. Pop in or give tgive them. 

UPCOMING COMMUNITY CUPPAS WITH MAYOR 

MARIE BLACK 

Cheviot Service Centre: Wed 5April, 2pm -3pm 

Amberley Library: Wed 3May, 3pm -4pm. 

FREE LEARNER THEORY CLASSES 

Next session: Culverden, Tues/Wed 18-19 April, 

10am -3.30pm 

www.hurunui.govt.nz/learner 

Further info: hyp@hurunui.govt.nz 

PHONE US: 

Amberley: 03314 8816. 

Cheviot Freephone: 03319 8812. 

Amuri &Hanmer Springs Freephone: 03 315 8400. 

info@hurunui.govt.nz 

www.hurunui.govt.nz 

Hurunui District Council

FIREARMS LICENCE HOLDERS 

THINGSYOU NEED 

TO KNOWBEFORE 

‘THE ROAR’AND 

GAME BIRDSEASON 

Information from Te Tari Pūreke -Firearms Safety Authority 

If you’re afirearms licence holder, you’ll need 

to know about changes to the storage and 

transport rules for firearms and ammunition, 

and changes to the seven rules of firearms 

safety. 

Regulations were updated in February 2022, 

and to help Kiwis make sense of those 

changes, Te Tari Pūreke, the new firearms 

regulator, published aSecure Storage and 

Transport Guide. 

You can download acopy of the Secure 

Storage and Transport Guide from www. 

firearmssafetyauthority.govt.nz/firearms-safety 

Storage and transport for firearms andammunition, key points 

Transportation 

If you’re driving to ahunting location, your 

firearm needs to be inoperable during your 

travel and, ideally, concealed from view. This 

means removing the bolt or an essential part 

(or if that’s not possible, applying atrigger or 

cable lock), or transporting the firearm in a 

locked carry case. 

The ammunition needs to be separately and 

securely stored inalocked glove box or similar 

storage area, if practical. 

And please, whatever you do, once you’ve 

finished using your firearm, lock it away. Never 

leave any firearms in your ute, shed, home or 

vehicle unsecured at any time. 

The only exceptions to the firearms and 

ammunition transport rules are if you’re 

using the firearm on afarm for farm-related 

activities, or you’re doing legally-authorised 

hunting orpest control (such as aregional 

council employed pest controller) and the 

licence holder is in the 

vehicle or the immediatelyy 

vicinity of the vehicle with 

the firearms in it. 

Make sure you read or 

download afree copy 

of the storage and 

transport guide to keep 

up to date with the 

details of the changes: 

www.firearmssafetyauthority. 

govt.nz/firearms-safety/storage- 

transportation 

Ammunition 

All ammunition must now be storedin 

alockedcontainer. You can now only 

store ammunition with firearms ina 

gun safe that has aseparate lockable 

compartment with adifferent key than 

the key for the gun safe. You must 

keepthesekeys separate. 

If yoursafedoesn’t have aseparate lockable 

compartment, youneedtostoreammunition 

in itsown secure storagecontainerwith akey, 

combination,orpadlock,orinastoutlocked 

cupboard. 

Taking abreak when you’re travelling 

with firearms 

For those who travel with firearms to hunt 

locations, your inoperable and secured firearm 

can be left in your vehicle unattended, for 

example during abreak in ajourney, for up to 

60 minutes. But you need to lock your vehicle 

and stay within the immediate area or vicinity 

of the vehicle and meet other conditions. 

Read the storage and transport guide for full 

details: www.firearmssafetyauthority.govt.nz/ 

firearms-safety/storage-transportation. 

Under no circumstances can firearms, 

ammunitionorotherarmsitemsbeleft 

in avehicle overnight. 

The 7rules 

of firearm safety 

Rule 1 

Rule 2 

Rule 3 

Rule 4 

Rule 5 

Rule 6 

Rule 7 

Treat every firearm as loaded 

Always point firearms in a 

safe direction 

Chamber acartridge only 

when ready to fire 

Identify your target beyond 

all doubt 

Check your firing zone 

Get ahead of the changes 

to firearms safety rules with 

the Firearms Safety Code. 

Buy the book from www. 

firearmssafetyauthority. 

govt.nz/firearms-safety 

and have it shipped to 

your door or download 

aPDF copy for free. 

Store and transport firearms 

and ammunition safely 

Avoid alcohol or drugs when 

handling firearms 

The seven rules of firearm 

safety have changed. 

Firearmslicences online 

Apply for afirearms licence and update your 

contact details online using MyFirearms: a 

secure, online portal available at 

www.firearmssafetyauthority.govt.nz 

There willbenocharge to 

registering your firearms. 

Te Tari Pūreke and the 

FirearmsRegistry 

We want to enable the legitimate use of firearms 

for feeding our whānau, conservation, farming 

and recreation while keeping our communities 

safe. This involves making sure firearms licence 

holders are fit and proper to possess firearms 

and are meeting the obligations of their licence. 

New Zealand will have afirearms registry from 

24 June 2023. The Registry is one of the ways we 

are strengthening how firearms are managed in 

New Zealand.

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9 

Mini power ... Acubby of minis at Cust last Sunday. 

Mini line up at Cust 

By RACHEL MACDONALD 

More than 20 Minis descended on Cust 

last Sunday, when local Simon Lodge 

threw open his shed, exposing asizeable 

collection of Mini parts on display for 

those who could make it up the driveway 

the fastest. 

It was shouldertoshoulder inside the 

roller door, and great was the 

disappointment when it was discovered 

that the classic Mini shell at the back of 

the garage had already been sold to a 

buyer from further south. 

Simon is alongtime passionate Mini 

enthusiast and has been amember of the 

Canterbury Mini Car Club since he 

moved south from Auckland. 

However, anasty accident in April last 

year, while he and his wife were taking 

part in the Mainland Mini Meander, saw 

his little yellow car, with the Union Jack 

on the roof, written off and landed him in 

hospital. 

PHOTO: RACHEL MACDONALD 

Hence the cleanout of the garage, 

with years’ worth of Mini treasures going 

to those who can still make use of them. 

After lunch in the village, many 

members of the club then headed for 

Amberley to meet up with the North 

Island contingent of the biannual Pork 

Pie Run, named for the eponymous 

Geoff Murphy film of 1981. 

Started in 2009, with 36 teams, this 

fundraiser loosely follows the route 

taken by the Blondini gang in the movie, 

starting in Kaitaia and ending in 

Invercargill with ablack tie dinner. 

Numbers have been capped at 60 cars 

ayear for the sixday trip, which raises 

funds for children’s charity KidsCan. 

The Minis came off the ferry from 

Wellington on Sunday, then headed to 

Christchurch for the night. 

From there, they were due to stop in 

Franz Josef for another overnighter, 

before heading on to Invercargill and 

the end of the run. 

Presentation ... Oxford A&P Show sheep convenor Ivan Evans (left) congratulates Tessa 

Bamford (13) and LM, of Alamae Sheep Stud from Darfield, on winning champion of 

champions ewe with their Texel ewe. 

Sheep make welcome return 

Sheep madeawelcomed return to the 

OxfordShowgroundsonSaturday. 

After being cancelled in 2020 and 2022 

due to Covid19 restrictions,the annual 

show was back with astrong 

representation of sheep. 

Convenor Ivan Evans said there were 

230 pens of sheep, with competitors 

travelling from as far south as 

Ashburton and fromthroughoutNorth 

Canterbury. 

‘‘The entries were back about50on 

previous years, but we’re very happy 

with the support. It has beenbrilliant.’’ 

Local breeder Andrew Stokestook 

home the coveted interbreed champion 

ram lamb, while LM and Tessa Bamford, 

of Darfield, won champion of 

champions ewe. 

Judge CameronLetham, of Rakaia, 

said Mr Stokes’ Texel ram lambhad 

‘‘goodbone’’,‘‘terrific loin’’,its width 

was ‘‘outstanding’’ and was ‘‘a great 

example of the breed’’. 

Secondplace went to aDorset Down 

ram lamband third placetoaRomney. 

LM and Tessa Bamford were thrilled 

to win championofchampions ewe with 

their Texelewe. 

Tessa (13) also won champion pet 

lamb. 

The judges saidthey had three top 

quality ewestochoose from, all with 

‘‘sixteeth and above, so they’retested 

and proven performers’’. 

The winning Texelewe had a‘‘terrific 

hindquarter’’,was good on her feetand 

was good across the top line. 

Secondplace went to aSouth Suffolk 

ewe and thirdplace to aSouthdown. 

Keeping theenergy flowing 

GLENHOPE STATION 

FOUR WHEEL DRIVING DAY 

Courtesy of the Alfeld family 

Sunday 23rd April 2023 

This is a rare opportunity to visit a spectacular 

wilderness area and working sheep & beef farm. 

The station is Northwest of Hanmer Springs and adjacent to the 

St James conservation area on the way to the Lewis Pass. 

This is on SH7, 31kms Northwest of the Hanmer Springs turn off. 

Large Hawarden-Waikari Lions banner will be at gateway entrance. 

Meet at 9am at Glenhope. Vehicles move off at 10am. 

NO DOGS - you are travelling over a working farm. 

This drive is for 4x4 vehicles with suitable tyres and 

high clearance. Right of refusal for unsuitable vehicles. 

Bring your own lunch. 

AMURI LIONS CLUB facebook page for on-line registration. 

COST: $90.00 per vehicle 

CONTACT: Hamish Roxburgh 027 6017860 roxburgh@amuri.net 

Bill Suckling 027 4422180 suckling@amuri.net 

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National Grid, is undertaking maintenance 

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to Haywards HVDC transmission line (between 

Waiparaand Methven). 

We will be using alow flying helicopter with 

line worker suspended underneath working on 

the wirealong the line,ashighlighted on the 

accompanying map.Occasionally the helicopter 

mayland at selectedsites. 

The work is planned 

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Tuesday11Apriland 

Saturday 22 April2023. 

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NEWS 


MainPower stadium popular 


MainPowerStadiumisprovingtobea 

valuable local asset. 

The indoor Stadiumisnot twoyearsold 

yet, but hasalready hostednational 

sports tournaments, andregional teams 

acrossavariety of sporting codes. 

Itssupporting fitness centrewhich 

offersfacilitiesfor individuals, teams and 

group training, is also attracting astrong 

followingand thoseworking in the 

complexare nowhard at worktoensure 

it continues to focusonbeingagreatonestopshopfor 

those who hireit. 

It is operatedbythe NorthCanterbury 

Sport and Recreation Trust,and 

marketingand facility maintenance 

manager,TonyKean, and community 

engagement manager Caroline Whittaker, 

say above allthe facility remains a 

Waimakariri communityfacility. 

It has an ongoing relationshipwith 

community groups,teams, schools and 

organisations, withcommunity rooms 

availabletomeet in,afunction room, 

courtsand training facilitiesavailable. 

‘‘There arealot of partnerships going 

on here.Weare just cominguptwo years 

in August, and we are absolutely stocked 

withthe way it is beingused,’’ they say. 

The fourcourt facilitycan be used for 

netball,basketball, Futsall, volleyball, 

badminton and korfball. 

It is providingahome for clubs that 

don’t haveone,and allowing clubs to run 

sustainable programmes undeterredby 

coldwinter nights and wetweather. 

The Stadiumrecently hostedtwo ANZ 

premier netball games with theTactix 

playingthe Pulse andthe Magic.The 

Tactixfound thecourtinthe southern 

end of thecomplex‘‘intimate’’, providing 

an ‘‘electrifying atmosphere’’.The team 

alsoenjoyedhaving allthe facilities they 

needed underthe oneroof. 

Taking aim ... Tactix goalshoot Ailyah Dunn lines up agoal at MainPower Stadium 

during the Tactix game against the Magic recently. 

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Theboutiquetype areawas atreatfor 

spectators too,asthey were close to the 

action. 

TheTactix willbeback in action 

against the Magic on May 13. 

Meanwhile preparationsare wellin 

hand for the NorthCanterbury Basketball 

South IslandPrimary Tournament on 

April14to17, whileregularweekly 

bookings for pickleball,miniball,walking 

netball, trainingsfor various codes,and 

NorthCanterbury Basketball whichnow 

enjoys having justone venue for the 

growing sport,insteadofseveralhallsin 

differenttowns. 

Itsnot all aboutsport. 

It also houses onsite sports health 

specialists,with ActiveHealth North 

Canterbury offering avarietyofservices 

to stadiumusersand the generalpublic. 

The stadium’s location on Coldstream 

Road, Rangiora,means it is right next 

doortootherpopularsportingfacilities 

tennis, hockeyand cricket. 

Tonyand Caroline says thecafe is 

proving to be abooninthe complex with 

people just poppinginduring thedaily 

cycle or walk, and groups finding it agreat 

place to meetfor asocial chat,oftenafter 

aworkout.Theysay the passionate 

people who led the pushfor astadium 

said‘‘just build it and they willcome’’. 

‘‘And that is what is happening,’’ says 

Tony. 

Servicing cars 

is essential 

Ashley’s Tow Taxi owner,David 

Thompson, is concerned people will try to 

save moneydelaying getting their cars 

serviced. 

He says tougheconomictimes are forcing 

people to look for waystomake savings. 

But he warnsdelaying cars being 

serviced is false economy. 

‘‘In our experience, regular maintenance 

will save you moneyevery time you turnthe 

key, or push the button,’’ David says. ‘‘A 

regularly serviced carisgoing to use less 

fuel typically 5to10percent. 

‘‘That may not seem much, but if you’re 

spending $100 aweek on fuel, you’re going 

to save between$250 and $500 ayear – 

whichisaboutwhat aservice will cost you.’’ 

He says keeping yourcar serviced helps 

prevent big repair bills because ‘‘there’s a 

rule with cars:the longer you waittofix a 

problem, the moreitwill cost to fix, and the 

greater the inconvenience’’. 

‘‘Regular maintenance identifies 

problems when they’re cheapest and 

easiest to fix —inthe workshop and not 

when you’re on the sideofthe road and out 

of cellphone coverage.’’ 

Davidsays regular servicing alsoprotects 

the resalevalueofvehicles. 

‘‘If you can show abuyer that your car has 

been regularly serviced, your car is going to 

be alot more attractivethan an otherwise 

identical car which means you’ll get more 

moneyfor it —potentially thousands.’’ 

Davidsays putting off aservice for a 

couple of weeks, inevitablyleads to it 

becoming afew months because there is 

always something elsethat needs you hard 

earned money. 

But Ashley’s Tow Taxican then get acall 

saying their car has broken down. ‘‘So 

insteadofitcosting acoupleofhundred 

dollars,it’s potentially several thousand 

dollars because of alack of maintenance.’’ 

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Silcock beats Paddon 


Competingfor the first timeon 

tarmac proved no problem for 

Fernsiderally driver Harri 

Silcock,aged 19 as he turnedin 

atime faster thanthe 

legendary HaydenPaddon. 

Racing his lightweightCross 

Car in the recent first roundof 

the New Zealand Gold Star 

Hillclimb Championship, 

Harrisaid he was nervous 

goinginto the first of three 

timedruns up the twisty 

Tuapeka West Roadsealed 

section of the championship on 

the Saturday morning. 

‘‘I hadn’t driven the Cross 

Car sincethe Ashley 

Rallysprint last yearand 

following about of Covid I 

honestly didn’t know if Ihad it 

in me.’’ 

But he had something,and 

despite no experience at 

racing the singleseateron 

tarmac he soondropped eight 

seconds fromhis initial time to 

take out the win beating 

Paddon and his specialist 

Hyundai Rallyi20N Car. 

‘‘There was way more gripon 

the tarmac road stage of the 

hill climb champs and Ihad to 

learnhow to use it to my 

advantage,but the next day on 

the gravel section it was back to 

normal and sliding on every 

corner.’’ 

The second day of the twoday 

event had the 42 

competitors racing on gravel 

up the nearby Reserve Roadat 

Tuapeka, situatedonthe banks 

of the Clutha River. 

‘‘TheSunday’sthree runson 

Looking good ... Fernside Rally driver Harri Silcock, aged 19, with 

his Cross Car which he took to the recent New Zealand Gold Star 

Hillclimb Championship. 


the gravel roadwere more like 

Ashley, tight and twisty, and 

again Idropped eight seconds 

between my first and last run 

but this time others were 

quicker than me.’’ 

During the twoday event 

Harri finished first CrossCar 

and first overall on the 

Saturday’starmac 

competition. 

On the Sunday’s gravel he 

was second CrossCar and 

seventh overall. 

Harri finished secondinhis 

class and thirdoverall in the 

NZ hill climb championship. 

Cross Cars are small 4wheel 

singleseater vehicles with a 

multitubular space frame 

chassis and integrated safety 

cage runningaSuzuki GSX 

R750 motor. 

They were introduced 

aroundthe world as an 

affordable formofmotorsport 

designed as astepping stone to 

other forms of motorsport. 

‘‘Theyare agood step up 

from grass karting,’’ said 

Harri’s dad and wellknown 

rally driver JohnSilcock. 

‘‘Manyofthe top drivers 

started in grasskarts likeHarri 

has, and look at them now.’’ 

Harri has recentlybought his 

Cross Car off sponsor John 

McCallum of Dunedin 

Goldsmith.Heisnow looking 

forwardtoafull season of 

racing in his CrossCar and in a 

Toyota StarletRally car. 

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Arts gain foothold 



Arts and cultureisfinally getting 

afootholdinKaikōura. 

Mayfair Arts and Culture 

Centre Te Whare Toi oKaikōura 

boardchairperson JohnWyatt 

says the arts is finally getting the 

recognition it deserves,thanks to 

the supportofthe Kaikōura 

District Council, private funders 

and the wider community. 

The November 2016 

earthquake provided the catalyst 

for change,when the iconic 

Mayfair Theatre was severely 

damaged. 

Agroupoflocalenthusiasts got 

together with avision to rebuild 

the picturetheatre as acentre for 

the arts, where theycould bring 

together visualarts,live 

performances, film festivals and 

art education. 

‘‘Like every arts organisation, 

we’ve had fits and starts,’’ Mr 

Wyatt said. 

‘‘But with the funding that 

we’ve now got, we’ve managed to 

get aprettydiverse arts 

programme established. 

‘‘Itissomuch morethan going 

to the movies, the possibilities 

hereare endless. 

‘‘Ifyou think aboutprequake 

Kaikōura,peoplecame here for 

whales and dolphins, but we’ve 

always had acreativecommunity 

which has beenhidden and we 

wanttoshine alightonitand 

showyoungpeople what 

opportunitiesthere are in the 

arts.’’ 

The $3.6 million centre was 

officially opened in November 

11 

2020 and features the original 

1934 art decofacade, which was 

saved from the oldbuilding. 

It was achievedthanksto 

grants from the Kaikōura 

Community Op Shop,Lotteries 

Commission, the Rata 

Foundation, the Kaikōura Lions 

and Kaikōura SeawardLions. 

The LotteriesCommission 

recently made agrant of $20,000 

ayear for two years, while the 

Kaikōura Community Op Shop 

has put up agrant of $10,000a 

year for three years to assistwith 

the creative arts programme. 

Mayfairhas provided 

opportunities for local school 

pupils to performonstageand to 

gain skills, thanks to fundraising 

from the Kaikōura Seaward 

Lions. 

‘‘Musicisnot part of the 

curriculumatKaikōura High 

School,but there are some 

talented musicians, so we are 

keen to givethem the 

opportunity,’’ Mr Wyatt said. 

‘‘Youngpeople don’t always 

get the opportunities to perform 

on stage at school, so thisgives 

them theopportunity to perform 

in atop quality, high pressure 

environmentand it gives them 

the skills and the confidence.’’ 

Mr Wyatt said the board had 

partnered with the Sudima Hotel 

and Destination Kaikōura to tap 

into the conferencemarket, as 

well as being adestinationfor 

visitors. 

The stateoftheart main 

cinema /auditorium can seat 95 

people,while asmaller cinema 

seats 35. Upstairs there is space 

for events for up to 50 people. 

Let’sTalk 

aboutthe Draft 

Annual Plan 

2023/24 

We’reseeking your feedback on severaltopicsinthisyear’sDraft 

Annual Plan.These focusoncontinuing todeliver highlevelsof 

infrastructure, community facilities as well as protectingour natural 

environment. 

Specificallythe Council is asking forfeedbackon: 

• Investment needed to meet new water standards 

• Stormwater upgrades needed to respond to extreme weather events 

• Inflation fuelling higher roading costs. 

Have your say before Monday 17April 2023 

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Helping the community is rewarding 

15 

Helping his community has been a 

lifetime reward for Geoff Olorenshaw. 

The Hawarden farmer was ateenager 

when he started his volunteer journey 

helping his communityasaRed Cross 

Disaster Relief volunteer. 

Last year, Mr Olorenshaw was a 

recipient of aHurunui District Council’s 

Community ServiceAward for his 

extensive work with YoungFarmers, 

EmergencyServices, RuralFire Brigade 

and Searchand Rescue. 

Thereisanimmensefeelingwhen you 

find someone who was lost, or you can 

save alife or ahouse, Geoff says. 

‘‘It’s very rewarding. 

‘‘There’s asense of satisfactionin 

helping someone.’’ 

Nominations for thisyear’s 

Community Services Awards have 

opened and residents are encouraged to 

put forward the names of those who are 

bettering our communities through their 

contributions. 

Hurunui Mayor Marie Black says the 

awards are awonderful way for the 

community to acknowledge the work that 

volunteerslike Geoff are doing in our 

communities. 

‘‘As aruralcommunity, we owe adebt 

of gratitude to our volunteers who turn 

up to lend ahand wherever they are 

needed. 

‘‘They keep our communities and 

families safeand without them,many of 

the services we enjoywould be 

impacted,’’ Mrs Black says. 

She saysthe awards are alsoan 

important way to encourage new and 

younger volunteers to giveitago. 

‘‘Some of our residents mightbekeen 

Committed volunteer ... Geoff 

Olorenshaw at the Hawarden Fire Station, 

doing aduty check to look over appliance 

equipment. 

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to help,but could lack confidencetoput 

themselves forward. 

‘‘Over the years,the Community 

Services Awards have showcasedso 

many ways of bettering our community 

and encourage aspiring volunteers to 

take that step.’’ 

Mr Olorenshaw says the awards had 

value in signposting people to the 

different communityorganisations 

workinginthe district. 

Community leader ... Jo Hassall tries out the community exercise facilities at Coppard 

Reserve. Community spirit, donations and working bees resulted in the upgrade of the 

reserve. 

‘‘Ring up and talktothem,and go along 

with them to their next meeting,’’hesays. 

Leithfield Community Centre 

chairperson Jo Hassall took the firststep 

on her volunteering journey over 20 

yearsago, helping to raise funds for 

community facilities. 

‘‘I couldsee how much the Playcentre, 

school and sports groups could really 

improve things for the kids withthe 

moneyraised.’’ 

Afellow recipient of last years 

Community ServicesAwards,Mrs 

Hassallhas been an active member in a 

number of community roles in Leithfield. 

Over the years, she has seen the 

number of volunteers grow. ‘‘Once you 

start actioning things, morepeople come 

on board.’’ 

Nominations for the Hurunui District 

CouncilCommunity Services Awards 

close on May 1. 

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Destination intrigue 


Around six years ago, aparcelturnedupat 

the Cust Hotel,delivered there on 

suggestion fromthe local garage 

proprietor. It was addressed to Kay and 

Philip, ‘‘upalong drive with cows, 

oppositeCust pub or thereabouts’’. 

By pure chance,the sender’s daughterinlaw 

was workinginthe pub’s kitchen, 

recognised the handwriting immediately, 

and was easilyable to unitethe parcel with 

its intended recipients. 

‘‘Irene (the sender) is largely blind,” she 

says. 

‘‘We wereinvited to friends, Kay and 

Philip Worthington in Fernsidefor dinner, 

and she wanted to send awee thank you 

gift. 

‘‘What she did remember was that their 

housewasn’t far from Cust,and therewere 

cattle and goatsoneachside of their 

driveway.’’ 

All these years later, apicture of the 

parcel turned up aboutaweek ago, on the 

New Zealand Proud Facebookpage. 

It has sinceaccrued 4.7 thousandlikes, 

746 comments and 409 shares. 

What is it that has driven such an 

enthusiastic following? 

Kay summed it up on NewstalkZB, when 

she rang in on hearing the station had also 

picked up on the story. 

‘‘I think it’s one of those things thatother 

people have experienced or wish they 

had,’’ she says. 

The comments on New Zealand Proud, 

and on the Cust, Oxford and Rangiora 

Facebookpages, to which the storyhas 

been shared, certainly reflect that.The 

Enthusiastic following ... The parcel with 

an address that was not as precise as it 

could have been, but which made it to the 

recipients thanks to aclose iknit community. 

PHOTO:FILE 

postshave drawnmultipleaccounts of 

oddlyaddressed mail makingits way to the 

rightplace,thankstothe effortsofNZPost, 

its posties and tightknit local 

communities. Naturally, these are 

balanced by stories of perfectly welladdressedletters 

and parcelsnever 

getting through. In this case,however, the 

former far outnumber the latter. 

Recruitment challenge 



Key appointments have been made, but 

there are still opportunities to work in 

Kaikōura. 

Kaikōura District Council chief 

executive Will Doughty says staff 

recruitment remains achallenge, but he 

is pleased to announce appointments to 

two senior roles. 

He was speaking at Wednesday’s 

(March 29) council meeting. 

‘‘We are consistently chasing our tail 

looking to get some replacements and we 

are having to rely on contractors and 

support in the building space. 

‘‘We are continuing to look at all 

possibilities and we are talking with 

Hurunui and Christchurch for continued 

support.’’ 

Mr Doughty said he had appointed a 

new corporate services senior manager 

and anew regulatory services team 

leader. 

But vacancies remained for abuilding 

control manager and abuilding control 

officer, while there were also openings 

for acustomer services officer and a 

policy planner. 

Mr Doughty said amajor loss was 

Kaikōura Mayors’ Taskforce for Jobs 

programme coordinator Sean Madden, 

who has announced he is moving on after 

leading the programme for nearly three 

years. 

Speaking at Wednesday’s meeting, Mr 

Madden said there had been 61 job 

placements in the last nine months, 

exceeding the annual quota of 50. 

The programme was looking to 

develop ahorticultural course in 

conjunction with Kaikōura High School 

and was looking to make use of the 

Clearhead counselling service. 

Mr Madden said there was no 

confirmation on whether the MTFJ 

contract would be extended by the 

Ministry of Social Development. 

Councillors voted to notify aplan 

change request to build abusiness park 

to the south of the town. 

Plan Change 4has been received from 

Kaikōura Business Park 2021 Ltd to 

build abusiness park on a21.6 hectare 

site located 4.2km south of the town 

centre. 

The site is on the corner of Inland Road 

and State Highway 1. 

Strategy, policy and district plan 

manager Matt Hoggard said the entry 

into Inland Road would need to be 

moved further south due to safety 

reasons. 

The developer was also aware the 

service requirements would need to be 

met before the consent was granted, he 

said. 

The Kaikōura District Council has 

finally adopted its 2021/22 annual report, 

after receiving the final audit from Audit 

New Zealand. 

The report was normally signed off by 

October 31, but the Government 

extended the statutory deadline to 

December 31 due to Covid19 challenges 

and staff shortages. 

Finance manager Sheryl Poulsen said 

despite the deadline extension, Audit 

New Zealand was unable to begin the 

audit until after December 31. 

‘‘Audit New Zealand was already 

grappling with its resources and then we 

had the property revaluations.’’ 

The Kaikōura District Council has 

received a69percent satisfaction rating 

in its latest customer satisfaction survey, 

up from 68% last year and well ahead of 

the national average of 39%. 


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Issue 216 April 2023 

Vegetation and Wind Storm FAQs 

After recent weather events around the country and as we head 

towards Winter, itisagood opportunity to remind our network 

of theimportanceofvegetationmaintenance and general house 

rules when it comes to storms, severe weather and minimising 

damage. 

Why amI(the vegetation owner) 

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can cause as little risk to theMainPower lines/networkaspossible 

is that ofthe owner. 

If a tree, hedge or shelter belt is not maintained as per the 

requirements of regulations, it can cause serious issues if it 

comes in contact with lines such as; 

• During severe weather events, if vegetation is too close to 

linesitcan become electrically ‘live’. Anyone who comes into 

contact with electrically ‘live’vegetationmay be electrocuted. 

• Insevere or even bad weather, vegetation can topple over 

and branches may break away causing damage to power 

lines. Damage to the network/lines can cause significant 

widespread power outages. 

• Vegetation too close to lines may cause electrical sparking, 

resulting in fire and potentially causing significant damage 

to the lines/network. 

• Vegetation roots can grow around our underground 

electricity cables, if this happens it can rupture the insulation 

and cause widespread power outages. 

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If your belongings (e.g, atrampoline) ispicked up in asevere 

weather event, and damages part of our lines/network, 

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responsible for the costs associated with any repairs needed to 

fix the network. 

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extreme weather events.The list includes but is not limited to: 

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risk of damage. (To learn more about these zones, check out the 

MainPower website!) 

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contractors). 

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Relay raises over $85,000 


Celebrating unity 



The CancerSociety North Canterbury 

has benefitted by more than $85,000 

raised throughtheir Relay forLife 

NorthCanterbury 2023 eventheldover 

the weekend. 

EventCoordinator Tiff Wafer says it 

is ‘‘mindblowing’’ how many 

supported this yearsevent. 

‘‘We havesurpassed our goal of 

$75,000 andthere are still many more 

groups banking the money they raised,’’ 

she said. 

Therewere 36 teams and 415 

registered participantsfor the 12 hourlong 

relay walk or run around Dudley 

Park in Rangiora. 

Starting at 10ammany likeJered 

Chapman,set off on ajourney and like 

several others, his goal was to run more 

than 100kms in the 12 hours. 

It was agoal he easily but painfully 

achieved thanks to the support of his 

wife Nikki andthe Leaps and Bounds 

team. 

Cancer Society NZ area coordinator 

Gabrielle O'Connellsaid it was an 

awesome turnout anditexceededtheir 

expectations. 

‘‘It was agreatcommunity effort and 

we are all thrilled with the outcome.’’ 

Childrenfrom Loburn School used 

the event to completestages of their 

William Pikechallenge in which 

students learnskills needed to cope 

with the unexpected whiledeveloping 

strengthsinstudents they didn’tknow 

they had. 

Others like the Cupcake Queens of 

Loburn walked laps of the 300m long 

trackbecause of friends in need, while 

the Blue Brothers CharitableTrust 

cancer fitness and support group 

Supporting cancer society ... Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon walks with 

participants in the NZ Cancer Society’s North Canterbury Relay For Life held at 

Dudley Park. 


walked to remember friends and to also 

celebratesurvival. 

For Tiffmemorable moments 

include watching the colourfularray of 

people who toiled through the hot 

afternoonwalking laps to raise money 

to support the Cancer Society's 

activitiesand its programmes. 

Another was the traditional 

candlelightceremony held in the dark 

at 8pm. 

‘‘Every participant had awhite 

candle bag and aftersome speeches to 

talk about past, present and futurelives 

affected by or with cancerweasked 

people to turn on their LED tea light 

and rememberthose who theyknew, 

were related to or workedwith who 

had passeddue to cancer.’’ 

She said it was avery emotional 

moment as at firstonly acoupleof 

lights went on, then the numbers grew 

rapidlyaspeople remembered, all 

while alone piper walkedaround the 

course which was soonlinedbythe 

lanterns. 

The Waimakariri district has celebrated race unity in 

style. 

Members of the local Iranian communityjoined 

forces with Global Locals of Waimakariri (Glow) and 

the Waimakariri DistrictCouncil’s community team 

to organise an art competition. 

MayorDan Gordonsaid the competition was ‘‘a 

trulywonderfulcollaboration’’. 

‘‘Ourdistrict continues to grow and as aresult we 

are honoured to welcome many new families from 

otherparts of theworld,asIdoregularlyat 

citizenship ceremonies. 

‘‘Their arrival enriches our communities and 

provides us all withthe opportunity to embrace new 

cultures.’’ 

Race Unity Day is markedinNew Zealandon 

March21, to coincide with Iranian New Year. 

Members of the Iranian community came up with 

the idea of an art competition, inviting local school 

children to create aposter depicting what the theme 

‘‘celebrating different cultures’’ meant to them. 

It was the first time the Waimakariri District 

Council had been involved in events to coincide with 

Race Unity Day and community development 

facilitator Caroline Boswell saidshe was blownaway 

by the response. 

‘‘We had morethan 120 entrieswhichisprettyfor 

the first year andisfar more than we anticipated.’’ 

She saysthe competition was made possible with 

support from the Ministry for EthnicCommunities. 

Mr Gordon sayshewas impressed with the calibre 

of the entries. 

‘‘I have to say Iamextremely impressed with the 

calibre of work and the interesting way the brief has 

been interpreted, showcasing what celebrating 

different cultures means to them. 

‘‘It is my hope that this will be the firstofmany for 

our district.’’ 

Aprizegiving was held in the council chambers 

recently to celebrate thesuccess of the competition. 

Fernside School took home aspecial prizefor the 

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Welcome back to the Oxford A&P Show 

Hundreds of people turned out for the return of the Oxford A&P Show 

on Saturday which in recent years has been disrupted by Covid-19. 

Sheep, beef and dairy cattle, goats, poultry, alpacas and horses lined 

up for the 118th annual show. 

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Decision time ... Penni Loffhagen (left), of 

Hawarden, and Cameron Letham, of Rakaia, 

judge the interbreed ram lamb. 

And the winner is ... The Oxford Rugby 

Club was spinning the ever popular 

chocolate wheel. 

Pleased to be back ... Joseph Burston, of 

Oxford, was pleased to see Angora goats 

back at the show. 

Feeding time ... Maddy (7, left) and Fleur (5) 

Drabble, of Oxford, enjoyed looking after pet 

goats DB and Tanoa. 

Community engagement ... Alex AtkinsonSpiers (16, left) joined with deputy head girl 

Wilana Joubert (17) to promote Oxford Area School. 

Cancer support ... Sandra Clay (left) and Diane Townsend were raising funds for the 

Oxford Cancer Support Group. 

Mucking in ... Kimberley Simmons (18), of Invercargill, and Caitlyn Stewart (17), of 

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Supporting the community ... View Hill School was out in force.

NEWS 


New Ravenswood town centre approved 

By DAVID HILL 


Ravenswood is set to haveits own town 

centre. 

The WaimakaririDistrict Council 

has votedtogive effect to private plan 

change 30 (PC30)tothe operative 

WaimakaririDistrict Plan, which 

creates aBusiness 1zone (town centre) 

in Ravenswood,north Woodend. 

Ravenswood Developments Ltd 

lodged the privateplan change, which 

was originallynotified by the council 

in October2020, to createakey activity 

areaof35,000square metres of gross 

floor area. 

After the applicationwas declinedby 

independent commissioners in 

November 2021, Ravenswood 

Developments Ltd appealed to the 

Environment Court,where the matter 

was resolved throughmediation with 

the council. 

The revised PC30 has agrossfloor 

areaof25,500 square metres. 

‘‘This has been along process,’’ 

Mayor Dan Gordon said. 

‘‘Wewere opposed to the initial scale 

of the development, because we 

wanted to ensurethe Kaiapoi and 

Rangiora business centres were not 

compromised. Therewas agreement 

through mediation. 

‘‘Wehave seen Harvey Norman and 

other large retailers being attractedto 

Ravenswood,sothis givesour 

residents more choices and reduces 

the need for peopletotravelinto 

Christchurch.’’ 

Development planning manager Matt 

Bacon said the changes had been 

accounted for in theproposed 

WaimakaririDistrict Plan. 

Councillors also discussed 

arrangements for the hearings of the 

proposedDistrict Plan,which begin on 

Town centre ... Ravenswood’s retail area is set to become Business 1zone in the operative Waimakariri District Plan. 

May 18. 

Commissioners Gina Sweetman 

(chairperson), Gary Rae, Alan Cubitt, 

Megan McKay and Crs Niki Mealings 

and NevilleAtkinsonwere appointed 

in October2020. 

While all six commissioners would 

hearthe submissionsand consider the 

proposedDistrict Plan in its entirety, 

Crs Mealings and Atkinson will have to 

stepback when the decision on 

Variation1is made, Mr Bacon said. 

Variation1giveseffect to the Resource 

Management (Enabling Housing 

Supply and OtherMatters)Amendment 

Act 2021, which requiresWaimakariri, 

as ahigh growthcouncil, to impose 

medium density housing standards in 

its main towns. 

While there is acceptance the rules 

willapplytoRangiora and Kaiapoi, 

there has been opposition to the 

inclusionofWoodend, Pegasus and 

Ravenswood. 

Mr Gordon said he hadraisedhis 

concernswith Environment Minister 

David Parkeraboutelected members 

not being able to participate in the 

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Community day may become annual event 


Acommunityday of treeplanting and 

cleaning up rubbish,to coincidewith a 

Canadian SailGPteam visitto the 

Waimakariri Sailing Club recently, was 

so successfulitmay becomeanannual 

event. 

Waimakariri Sailing Club Commodore 

Sam Jones said around 85 people turned 

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CanterburyCoast Guard,Cure Boating 

Club, Waikuku Surf Lifesaving, Big 

Brothers/BigSisters,CompassFMand 

The Te KōhakaoTūhaitara Trust. 

By thetimethe day was done,755 

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The Pines Beach, and enough rubbish 

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‘‘build acar’’ says Sam. 

He ferried agrouptothe south sideof 

the Waimakariri River to collect 

rubbish in an areainaccessible to 

vehicles. 

He says the enthusiasmabout the 

planting and rubbish daywas infectious, 

and he is keenfor it to be held annually. 

Twoofthose whojoined theclub said 

theylovedbeingable to helpwith the 

cleanupand planttrees,congratulating 

the Waimakariri SailingClubonthe 

initiative. 

The visit by the Canadian teamwas 

partofthe SailGPAdoptaclub 

programme,tocreate abridge between 

the worldclassathletes, their teamsand 

local youthsailors to provideinsights 

through tech tours, virtualdiscussions, 

and to create strongbondswith longterm 

connections to the sport. 

The WaimakaririClub visitedtheir 

Lytteltonheadquarters priortoracing 

❛We collected enough rubbish 

to build acar.❜ 

—Waimakariri SailingClub Commodore Sam 

Jones 

starting,tolearn about the F50race 

boatsfromCanadian skipperPhil 

Robertson whoisaKiwi, andwho took 

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The F50's are thesameboats that 

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Theyare crewed by either4or 6 

27 

sailors, and can travel up to 99.94km per 

hourwhich is arecord held by the 

Frenchteam. 

‘‘Atthatspeed, the boatsare pretty 

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holdingonfor theride,’’ saysthe 

Canadianskipperwhose recordis96km 

per hour. 

TheWaimakariri SailingClub 

members were treatedtoavisit at their 

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when theywereable to getupclose and 

personalwiththe Canadian SailGP 

team. 

TheCanadian'spress team visitedthe 

clubwithRobertson, who answered 

questionsabout sailing the fastest 

yachtsinthe world andtalk about being 

an international sailor with two world 

match racing titles to his name. They 

enjoyedabarbecue and atree planting. 

Checking the inner workings ... Two tractor enthusiasts make sure everything is good to 

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North Canterbury News, April 6, 2023 

2410273 

29 

Gumboot Gang tops competition 


NorthCanterburypicked up afirstand a 

thirdatthe Tasmanregional finalsofthe 

FMGYoung Farmerofthe Year 

competitions heldover theweekend. 

Based at theAmuriShowgrounds in 

Rotherham, North LoburnSchool 

scooped first placeinthe AgriKidsNZ 

finalwhile George Watson, 30, from 

WaimakaririYoung Farmers was placed 

thirdinthe mainevent. 

Nick O’Connor, 20, the Chair of the 

Lincoln Young Farmers club, hasbeen 

crowned theTasman FMGYoung Farmer 

of theYear andwillcompeteinthe Grand 

Finaltobeheld in Timaru in July. 

Nick,astudent at LincolnCollege, went 

in to the regional finals aiming for atopthreepositionand 

securedfirst place 

aheadoffellow LincolnYoung Farmers 

memberArchie Woodhousebyhalfa 

point. 

He knew he was aheadafterwinning 

theAgriKnowledge challenge, and he 

hadgainedsomeground on theother 

competitors, ‘‘butitwasstill pretty crazy 

to have my name announcedasthe 

winner.’’ 

Theheadtoheadcontests werea 

major highlight of the competition. 

Working sidebyside,contestantshad 

just 30 minutestoinstall astrainerpost, 

identifysix plants,run to the endofthe 

field, stropdown alargetruckloadofhay, 

sprintback to thestartand finish off 

blowing up aballoon,tying it offand 

popping it. 

Running alongsidethe main eventon 

Saturday was the Tasman FMG Junior 

Young Farmersofthe Year and 

The Gumboot gang ... Tihiraki North Loburn School’s winning team Sophie Robinson, 

aged 11, Lara Stubbs 11, and Jack Wells 12. 

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AgriKidsNZchallenges anditwas here 

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TihirakiNorth Loburn School’s 

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aged12and 11 year oldsLaraStubbs and 

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travel to Timaru to competeinthe finals. 

TeacherLoisPettigrewsaidthe 

children fromall four teams theschool 

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great to seethe Gumboot Gangmake it 

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‘‘Itcontinues astrong schooltradition 

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Proudly supporting sport 

in North Canterbury 

Luisetti Seeds country rugby kicks off 

RUGBY 

Defending NorthCanterbury 

champions Glenmark –Cheviotstarted 

the 2023 Luisetti Seeds Combined 

country rugby competition with a 

commanding 5412victory over 

Springston lastSaturday. 

Elsewhere Saracensconverted a296 

half time leadover Hornby to a676 

final score,whileOhoka salvageda 

bonuspoint goingdown 2327to 

Waihora. 

Also earningabonus pointwas 

Hurunui which went down 3132 to 

Methven in anail biter played at 

Culverden. 

Last seasons cellar dwellers 

Woodend started its season in amore 

positivefashion,givingahigh profiled 

Southbridge afright before succumbing 

3745. 

Also earningabonus point was 

Kaiapoi which was beaten1924 by 

Prebbleton, while theAshley /Oxford 

clashdid not eventuate owing to aclash 

with the Oxford A&PShow. 

Results were: 

Pool A:Darfield 14 Lincoln Rolleston 

19, Hornby3Saracens 67, Kaiapoi 19 

Prebbleton 24,Southern30Rakaia24. 

PoolB:Southbridge 45 Woodend 37, 

Waihora 27 Ohoka 23,WestMelton 26 

Ashburton celtic35, GlenmarkCheviot 

54 Springston12, Hurunui 31 Methven 

32. 

Kaiapoi vPrebbleton 

Of all the matches involving North 

Canterbury teamslast Saturday, it was 

the showdown at KaiapoiPark between 

the hometeam and Prebbletonwhich 

was most likelytohave abearing on the 

eventual composition of thetop eight 

teamstocontestpost sectionplay in the 

2023 edition of the LuisettiSeeds 

Combined rugby competition. 

Bothteams did enough to suggest they 

will probably be thereatthe business 

end of the competition, although 

Kaiapoi certainly cannot afford any 

repetitions of the defensive lapses 

whichlet Prebbleton in for three soft 

tries,within the space of five minutes, 

midway throughthe firstspell. Kaiapoi 

beganwell. Slick passingand hard 

running in the first five minutes 

suggestedthe team had the stamp of 

classabout it. 

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resilience to prevent the hometeam 

from lodging the first points. Butitwas 

the visitors,against the run of the play, 

who scored firstwhen its hooker 

brushed off two weaktackles. This was 

to be asign of worsetocome.Even 

Acentury of games ... Ryan McCullum is hoisted high by team mates to celebrate his 

100th game for Ohoka. 


though Kaiapoi had hit the frontwhen 

No 8, Connor Smith scored after 

Kaiapoi claimedlineoutpossession,it 

proceeded to concede three soft triesin 

five minutes,and suddenly was staring 

down amassive 724 deficit. 

Urgedtorectify its attitude and 

execution on defence, Kaiapoi 

performed muchmore creditablyinthe 

second half. 

Courtesy of two more triestoits 

impressiveNo8,Smith, Kaiapoi closed 

the gap to 1924 with five minutes 

remaining. 

It again threatened the Prebbleton 

line with aseriesofpick and goes, when 

Prebbletonpulled off avital 50/22 

clearing kick that gave it possession at 

the rightend of the field. 

Prebbletonproved to be avery 

effective unit throughout the match and 

managed to hold firm when the 

pressure wenton. 

Smith wasanabsolute standout for 

Kaiapoi,both in the lineouts and with 

the ball in hand, while20yearoldhalfback, 

Leo McConchie,showedhewill 

be amore than adequate replacement 

for the regular halfbackofrecent 

seasons, Codey Grimes, who is plying 

his trade in the TasmanUnionthis 

season. 

Kaiapoi 19 (Connor Smith 3tries, Taine 

JacobsLawson2conversions) lost to 

Prebbleton24. 

SaracensvHornby 

Denton Oval hosted the firstround 

matchofthe 2023seasonbetween 

Hornby and lastyear’s beatenfinalist 

Saracens. 

Saracens scoredanearlytry to lead 

5nil after two minutes, with the next 20 

minutes of the match seasawing 

between the two 22 metrelines. 

Saracens illdiscipline saw Hornby 

awarded apenalty right in front, which 

was convertedtomake the scoreline 

53. 

In the final15minutes of the first 

half, Saracens scoredafurther four 

tries of which two were converted to 

make the half time score 293. 

Seven minutes into the second half 

Saracens scored the first of its six 

secondhalf triestototally dominate 

Hornby and comeaway with a673win. 

The McAlpine’s Rangiora player of 

the day –Nathan Goodwin, playing at 

No 2, was instrumental in setting up two 

tries —one either side of half time — 

with 50 metreplus runs and the final 

passesgoing to the try scorers. 

The PloughHotelplayeroftheday, 

Kerran Jenkins scored four tries, two in 

each half. The CHCHReadymix player 

of the day, NikoraJarvis gained alot of 

groundwith his jinking runs. 

Fivedebutantestook to the field for 

Saracens withJack Millerstarting at 7, 

and Caleb PomareEdwardsstarting at 

10. Also comingoff the benchwere Jake 

Pritchard,AnthonyGola and Josh 

Stavropoulos. 

Saracens 67 (Kerran Jenkins 4, Harry 

Murray2,Stacey Baker,NikoraJarvis, 

Toby Ashby, Josh Maynard and Jordy 

Smith; Caleb PomareEdwardssix 

conversions) beat Hornby3. 

GlenmarkCheviot v 

Springston 

It wasagood first hit out for Glenmark 

Cheviot, scoring within the first two 

minuteswithasolidforward rumble for 

Nick Hydetoscorebesidethe sticks. 

The rest of the first half struggledto 

gain any real momentum,with both 

teams endeavoring to find cohesion 

with new combinations finding their 

feet. The final play of the first half saw 

GlenmarkCheviot flexits muscleand 

was rewardedwith apush overscrum 

try to Andrew Hull. 

The second half saw the Glenmark 

team starting to click immediately, with 

Andrew Hullrunningafantastic line off 

Jordy Gray to score again. Moments 

later Grayhimself snuck around the 

fringe for acheekyhalfbackstry. The 

remainder of the half saw the ball being 

thrownaround and long range tries 

being scoredbyCogs Harnett, adouble 

to MaxMurray and ArchieMcBride 

In the forwards Tom Blyth had a 

stronggame are coming on as a 

replacement early in 1st half,while in 

the backsTiger Holmes had astrong 

game beinganever present threat. 

GlenmarkCheviot 54 (Corrigan 

Harnett,Max Murray2,Archie 

McBride, JordanGray,Andrew Hull 2, 

NicholasHyde; Corrigan7conv) beat 

Springston. 

Ohoka vWaihora 

Waihora took the win with its dogged 

defence in the dying minutesofthe 

game helping it to hold on to afour 

point lead. 

Ohoka got on the scoreboard early 

with two penalty goals converted by the 

ever accurate Scott Allin. Thegame 

then settled into areal battlewith some 

great free running rugby played by both 

sides. 

In the 20th minute Waihora madeits 

way to the try line which was converted 

to giveitthe lead.Inthe 28th minute 

Ohokawas awarded athird penaltyon 

half way.Scott Allin had no trouble 

putting it betweenthe posts. 

Waihora scored an unconverted try 

late in the firsthalf to takea129 lead 

into half time. Waihora scoredtwo 

minutes intothe second half,which was 

converted to extendits lead, but an 

intercept try by Tom Taylor, converted 

by Allin, kept Ohoka in the hunt. 

Waihora however, moved further 

aheadwith apenalty, then scored an 

unconverted try. 

Ohoka battled hard and was 

rewarded with alate try by its half back 

Sam England, which Allin converted. 

The final10minutes was areal battle. 

Ohokahad two opportunities close to 

the line to score, but Waihora held it to 

take afourpoint win —27/23. Ryan 

McCullum was playinghis 100thsenior 

game for Ohoka, whileSam England 

had astrong gameathalf back.Ricky 

Allin had agreat debut at firstfive 

eighths, and his brotherScottwas as 

accurate as everwith the boot. No 8 

Zane Pattersonmade abig impact. 

PROUDLYSUPPORTING LOCALSPORT 

RANGIORA

NEWS 


Action at Kaiapoi Girls Rugby Tournament 

PHOTOS BY JOHN COSGROVE 

Break time ... Trying to break the Rolleston line was Rakahuri under 11 girls rugby team 

player Amelia Palmer aged 11. 

Focused ... Playing for Kaiapoi Girls Under 11 Rugby Team, Zoe Richardson aged 11, spots 

away through the Christchurch line. 

Racing away ... On her first touch of the ball, Maddison Dobbs aged 10, playing for 

Kaiapoi, had agallant run down the length of the field during her teams game against 

Christchurch at the North Canterbury Girls under 11 rugby tournament hosted by the 

Kaiapoi Rugby Club on Saturday. 

Memorable Relay for Life walk in the park 

Proud of their beads ... Showing off their beads marking the number of laps they've 

completed at the Cancer Society’s North Canterbury Relay for Life, were Rangiora High 

School pupils and friends (from left) Leah Boys 5, Niamh McLean 13, Jess Fahey 13, Ella 

Boys 2, Brooke Mattsen 13, and Meg Dunn 13. 

Fun relay ... Cupcake Queens from Loburn (from left) Sonia Tighe, Jacqui Witt, Cherry 

Burgess, Tonya Connelly and Kim Birchler, prepare to continue walking laps at Dudley Park. 

Crowd walk ... Some of the 36 teams and 415 registered participants for the 12 hourlong 

walk around Dudley Park in Rangiora. 

Enjoying the walk ... The warm late afternoon sun made walking adream for all those 

taking part raising funds for the Cancer Society.

Hamish 

&Maurice 

Waiau 236 Sherwood Road 

New Listing 

Blairlogie 

This well-presented farm is very productive, withmost paddocksdescribed in S-mapsasbeing predominantly Mairaki 

moderately deep silt over clay, with someareas of Waiparamoderatelydeep silt overclay. ThereisanareaofEyre stony silt 

loam along the east of the road,below the terrace. Thisgives an excellentbalance,enabling stock to be moved to the lighter 

soil when it is very wet. Considered "summer safe", the property has an average rainfall of 1000mm. The propertyhas very 

good infrastructure,with good cattle-yards, sheep-yards and covered yards/woolshed complex. The woolshed is a3-stand 

raisedboard layoutwithagood size wool room and the covered yards can be set up for drenching anddraftingorusing the 

pneumatic sheep handler. With 2hay-sheds on eachside of the road, the distance from paddock to shed is kept to a 

minimum for carting and feeding out. The other sheds area7bayimplement shed, a3bay implement shed, thenew 2bay 

shed, aworkshop, sundrysmall sheds andthere are2large fertiliser bins. The home is a180m2, 4-bedroom,2living area, 

dwelling, in good condition, with aseparate garage. 

4 1 2 

Deadline Sale closes Wednesday 10th May, 2023 at4.00pm, 

(unless sold prior) 

View By appointment 

Web pb.co.nz/RR117495 

Maurice Newell 

M 027 240 1718 

Hamish Anderson 

M 027 678 8888 

E mauricen@pb.co.nz 

E hamisha@pb.co.nz 

Waiau 52 Leslie Street 

Just right 

This beautifullypresented, sunny,three bedroom, newly clad brick home haskitchen,dining, separatelounge plus asleep-out, 

effectively givinga4th bedroom.The 1974 home has beengivenamakeoversince the earthquake, including new wallpaper 

throughout, anew bathroom, new carpet, asecondheat-pump, Kwila deck and the Logaire Apollo wood-burner hasbeen 

upgraded.The garage is approximately 6.85m x5.9m,with newbricks, there are anumber of storagesheds, woodshed, glass 

house, the 81m2threebay barnand an animalshelter.Ifyou need fast internet, thereis fibretothe property. The land is a 

good sizeat9460m2 andissubdivided into5paddocks, withsheep yards. The garden is attractive &the property has two 

entrances from Leslie Street,with onebeing for thelifestyle block. It will appeal to youngpeople wanting afirst home or to 

run ahorse or two andsomesheep, or to anyone wantingtouse theBarrhill and Templetonsiltloamstogrowsome 

vegetables. Waiau is an appealing place to live, with fishing and boatingatyour doorstep, aski-field closeby, ahardware 

store, supermarket, tearooms, baraswell as tennis, golf, bowling, netball andcricket clubs. 

Property Brokers Ltd Licensed REAA 2008 |pb.co.nz 

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(unless sold prior) 

View By appointment 

Web pb.co.nz/RL81739 

Maurice Newell 

M 027 240 1718 

Hamish Anderson 

M 027 678 8888 

E mauricen@pb.co.nz 

E hamisha@pb.co.nz 

Proudtobehere

What’s happening in your 

community… 

Council Services over Easter 

The Council wishes you and your whānau avery 

happy and safe Easter. 

Changes to our services over Easter: 

Council Service Centres 

• All service centres will be closed Good Friday 

and Easter Monday, 7and 10 April 

• Urgent issues should be phoned through to 

0800 965 468 to connect with our 

aer-hours service. 

Libraries 

• Closed on Good Friday, Easter Sunday and 

Easter Monday 

• Open Easter Saturday 

Rangiora and Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Libraries 

10am–2pm, Oxford Library 10am–12pm. 

Aquatic Centres 

All are open: 

• Good Friday 10am–7pm 

• Saturday normal 7.30am–7pm 

• Sunday normal 7.30am–7pm 

• Easter Monday 10am–7pm. 

Transfer Stations 

• Good Friday 7April: Southbrook and Oxford 

Transfer Stations both closed. 

• Saturday 8April (normal hours): Southbrook 

Transfer Station open; Oxford closed as usual. 

• Sunday 9April: Southbrook and Oxford Transfer 

Stations both open; the Recycle Store at 

Southbrook is closed for retail activity. 

• Easter Monday 10 April (normal hours): 

Southbrook Transfer Station open; Oxford closed 

as usual. 

Kerbside Collections 

• All kerbside collections that would have been 

held onGood Friday 7April will be changed to 

Saturday 8April. Please put your bins out by 7am. 

• There is no change to collections scheduled for 

Easter Monday 10 April. 

Helping North Cantabrians take the 

Next Step 

When times are tough it’s hard to figure out your 

next step. Many won’task for help because they 

feel shame, or their pride gets in the way. 

“That’s one of the lessons we saw during the first 

Covid-19 lockdown,” says Waimakariri District 

Council Community Development Facilitator 

Rachel Thornton. 

“There were alot of people out there hurting and 

it was aunique period because the lockdowns 

caused hardship for people who had never needed 

to seek support from social services before. 

“This un-guided demand was coupled with asocial 

services sector that was geared up and perfectly 

placed to help North Cantabrians in need, but 

there was areluctance from the community to 

utilise this help.” 

Thiswas the nexus forNextSteps—awebsite 

thathousesall NorthCanterbury social services 

information in one place.The sitealso poses 

questions to direct peopletothe providerbest suited 

fortheir situation —all online andanonymous. 

“The reality is that you must be astrong person 

to ask for help,” says Rachel. “But we know there 

is astigma there and we wanted to remove any 

barriers in the way to people getting the support 

they need. 

“Things like this website, that are innovative 

ways to break down barriers that empower our 

communities to self-help, are really useful and I 

hope will help more people come forward when 

they need to.” 

Speaking at the launch event on 29 March, 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon said the website is 

agreat resource for the community. 

“While the initial shock of Covid-19 is gone we know 

this will not be the last event our country faces and 

it’s important we learn from previous events. 

“Having all this information inone place, with 

support specific to North Canterbury, isafantastic 

resource and Iapplaud all our communities’ 

providers for working together tomake this happen. 

“The information is non-threatening, accessible and 

provides this information in an empowering way 

that will connect with alot of our residents when 

they need support.” 

To find out more, or test drive the website yourself, 

visit nextsteps.org.nz 

Need to report 

an issue? 

Use the free Snap Send Solve app to tell 

Waimakariri District Council about it. 

Visit our website to find out more 

waimakariri.govt.nz 

Waimakariri 

Stash Swap 

Browse fornew treasures and find 

ahome foryour unwanted craft 

supplies with no cashinvolved! 

Bring along your unwanted fabric, haberdashery, 

buttons, wool, lace, sewing patterns, craft books, 

paints, brushes, zips, needles, card and stamps 

from your craft stash! 

Saturday22April •10am–12pm 

RangioraLibrary 

Materials Drop Off: 

Monday 17 April–Friday 21April 

Find out more 

waimakaririlibraries.com 

Foil items 

belong in 

the bin. 

Scrap metal 

including lids can 

also be dropped at 

the Transfer Station 

for free. 

rethinkrubbish.co.nz

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35 

SPORTS RESULTS 

Rangiora Bridge Club 

Daylight Savings match: N/S: Des 

Steere/Beverley Brain 1, Judy 

Bruerton/Julie Day 2, Colleen Adam/ 

Janice Pickering 3. E/W:David 

Rainey/Ann Blackie 1, Pauline Miller/ 

Linda Hanham 2, Cathy McPherson/ 

Neil McPherson 3. 

Rimu Pairs: N/S: HeatherWaldron/ 

Veronica Hall1,Nita Sheasby/Pam 

McAllister 2, Joyce Gray/Judy 

Bruerton 3. E/W: Jenny Story/Peter 

Story 1, Gaynor Hurford/Lynda 

Grierson 2, Robin Hassall/Dawn 

Simpson 3. 

Junior Evening: N/S: Annette 

Caldwell/Gail Dunlop 1, Nevin Topp/ 

Denis Milne 2, Anna Gunn/Julie 

Tinomana 3. E/W:Margaret Cornwall/ 

Janine Laws 1, Helen Russ/Lynette 

Tillman2,MurrayDavis/Sharyn Davis 

3. 

Individual: N/S:Tom Rose/Rona 

Maslowski 1, Judith Calder/David 

Rainey 2, Veronica Hall/Shirley 

Symns 3. E/W:Rosemary Smart/Robin 

Denley 1, Lynda Grierson/Gaynor 

Hurford 2. Kerryn Lange/Karen 

Manson 3. 

Amberley Golf Club 

April 1: KRayner 69, AGenet 70, G 

Burrows 70, AJohnson 71, AFalloon 

72, SHeslop 72, RTurnbull 72, JByrne 

72, RDenby 72, DWalker 72, MPierce 

73, JReardon 73, BMills 73, DGeorge 

73, SThomas 73, RHack 73. 

Women: JYates 69, DBanton 69, J 

Brown 72, JMorgan 72. 

AmberleySmallbore Rifle Club 

GHeaven 99.6,MBlack 98.3, IFrazer 

95.3, WParker 90.1, EPatchett 84.0. 

Anyone is welcome to have agowith 

all gear supplied. 7.30pm every 

Monday behind Amberley Library. 

New venue ... Adragon boat team heads out for arace on Lake Ruger. 

New venueworks 


Alast minutecancellation caused by a 

toxic algal bloom,spurred the 

management team at the Aoraki Dragon 

Boat Association to discover an 

alternative and closer site to host the 

South Island Dragon Boat championship 

recently. 

The bloom was discoveredby 

Environment Canterbury in the canals 

at their planned venue, Lake Hood, near 

Ashburton. 

This forced the organisers to look for 

an alternativevenue withonly seven 

days till competition started. 

Event directorMike Robinson said 

members hurriedly hit the phones over 

the nextfew daysuntil one remembered 

asmall irrigation storagelake beside 

South EyreRoad in North Canterbury. 

It had been used for the wakasprint 

competitionearlier in the year and the 

facilitiesfit the bill. 

Following acall to GeoffSpark, farmer 

and owner of Torlesse Farm, the board 

found that while the main purpose of the 

lake was for farmirrigation, recreation 

also played an important role in it’s 

designprocess. 

‘‘Whatabeautiful place,’’Mike said. 

‘‘LakeRuger was 500m long and five 

metresdeep, and while this meant our 

500m race would havetobeslightly 

shorter, everythingelse on our agenda 

could still work.’’ 


After informingall teams of the 

changeinvenue, board members rose 

early on the Fridaymorning,March 24, 

to prepare the site for the weekend’s 

racing. 

They first moved all the 20 man dragon 

boats and equipment fromOwles 

Terrace, Lake Rua and KaiapoitoLake 

Ruger. 

Then race lanes,tent and marquee 

sites had to be laid out. 

This took all day with manynot 

finishing until 10pm. 

The teams were back on site at 6.30am 

the following morning to set up race HQ 

and welcomethe teams from all overthe 

country. 

Mike said theyran three distancesfor 

South Island champ's: 2000m, 500m and 

200m and two different boat crews: 

20manand 10s, but both paddled in the 

20manboats. 

The South Island Secondary Schools 

Challenge was run on Sunday, March 26, 

with the Oxford AreaSchool team 

retaining the GrandChampionsTrophy. 

Associationmember Julie Robinson 

said it was greattosee how the dragon 

boat communitystepped up on the day 

and was happy theyhave found anew, 

closervenuetohost events on. 

The association’s boatsand teams are 

now heading north to take part in the NZ 

DragonBoat Association’s national 

championship being held at Lake 

Karapiro this Easter. 

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Rangiora High School 

School Truancy Officer 

Rangiora High School is proud to be a caring, 

community-based environment inspiring life-long 

learning. Students are at the centre of our work. 

We areseeking to appoint aTruancy Officer for 2023. 

Part-time position (15 hours/week) term time only. 

Please visit the Join Us /Employment page of our 

website on how to apply: 

www.rangiorahigh.school.nz 

Applications close at 9am on Wednesday 26 April 

2023. 

2570669 

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Easter Rubbishand RecyclinginHurunui 

PUBLIC NOTICE OF 

APPLICATION FOR 

OFF-LICENCE 

SECTION 101, SALE 

AND SUPPLYOF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

Big Daddys Limited, Big 

Daddys Liquor Rangiora, 28 

High Street, Rangiora 7400 

has made application to the 

district licensing committee 

(DLC) at Rangiora for the 

renewal of an Off Licence 

in respect of the premises 

situated at 28 High Street, 

Rangiora known as Big 

Daddys Liquor Rangiora. 

The general nature of the 

business conducted (or to 

be conducted) under the 

licence is Bottle store. 

The days on which and the 

hours during which alcohol 

is (or is intended to be) 

sold under the licence are 

Sunday to Tuesday 10am 

to 9pm, Wednesday to 

Saturday 10am to 10pm. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office 

of the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 215 

High Street, Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of the 

licence may, not later than 

15 working days after the 

date of the publication of this 

notice, file anotice in writing 

of the objection with the 

Secretary of the Waimakariri 

District Licensing Committee 

at Private Bag 1005, 

Rangiora or email to 

records@wmk.govt.nz. 

No objection to the renewal 

of alicence may be made 

in relation to amatter other 

than a matter specified in 

section 131 of the sale and 

supply of alcohol act 2012. 

This is the second publication 

of this notice. This notice 

was first published on 30 

March 2023. 

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On week commencing10th April,somerubbish andrecyclingcollection days arechanging. 

Tuesday 11 April 

Situations Vacant 

Wednesday 12April 

Thursday13April 

Rangiora High School 

Voluntary 

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Rangiora High School is proud to be a caring, 

community-based environment inspiring life-long 

learning. Students are at the centre of our work. 

We are seeking to expand our pool of voluntary 

Reader-Writers. 

If you are willing to volunteer on an occasional basis 

to assist students with dyslexia or other barriers 

by reading and/or writing or typing for them during 

assessments, please email Jacqui Evans, at: 

tyj@rangiorahigh.school.nz 

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Only Hurunui District Council rubbish and recycling bags will becollected, these must be at the 

kerbside by 8amoncollectionday. 

Rubbish bagswillnot be collected if: 

• The bag exceeds 15kg or is not securely tied. 

• The bag contains something which could endanger the collector or damage the vehicle e.g. 

medicalorhazardouswaste,needles,animal waste,ashes, sharp objects, or liquids. 

• The bag is fullofbottlesorcontains unwrappedglass. 

• The bag is splitprior to the crew’s arrival or anon-officialbag. 

Bundles ofcardboard willnot be collected butcan be recycled viaany transfer station. 

What clean,dry recyclables areaccepted in the recyclingbags? 

• Newspapers, magazines, office wastepaperand telephone directories. 

• Cardboard,greetingscards,egg boxesand trays. 

• Food, drink, andpet foodcans. 

• Clean plasticbottles andcontainersnumber1–i.e.softdrink bottles (nolids). 

• Clean plastics bottles andcontainers number 2–i.e.milkbottles(nolids). 

• Clean plasticbottles andcontainersnumber5–i.e.ice creamcontainers (nolids). 

TransferStationOpeningHours 

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(Luke 11:52) 

THE PROMISE OFAKING 

GOD promised King David that his ancestor, the Lord 

Jesus Christ, would be “the One who will build ahouse 

–atemple –for MY name. And Iwill secure His royal 

throneforever’. 2Sam 7:16 NLT. The prophet Zechariah is 

just one of the prophets who state the Lord Jesus Christ 

shall build ahouse for GOD.“He will build the temple of the 

LORD”. Zech 6:13. Whereisthisthrone andtemple to be? 

ProphetJeremiah (3:17)tells us “Atthat time they shallcall 

Jerusalem, the throne of theLORD, andall nations shall be 

gathered untoit, tothe name of the LORD, to Jerusalem”. 

Wanted To Buy 

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8x2, 4x4, 6x6. Decking 

Timber, Plyboard; full or 

part sheets suitable for 

building ashed. Also clean 

lemons. —Ph021-441-400. 

$$$ 

Amalgamated Scrap Metal 

Ltd. Specialists in farm 

machineryand farm clean 

ups, old vehicles etc. 

100% locally owned. 

Ph 0800 030 712 or 

027 695 0480. 

2312759 

Educational 

JAPANESE LESSONS 

by qualified tutor. Private / 

Group, in person and online 

available. 

Visit 

lifestylestudio.co.nz or 

email enquiries to 

info@lifestylestudio.co.nz. 

TUITION available. Primary 

and secondary up to 

NCEA level 3. In centre 

(Rangiora) or interactive 

online from your home. 

Each student on an individually 

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. 

2565828 

Entertainment 

BALCAIRN 

school holiday event, The 

Boy With Wings, 

interactive puppetry show, 

Tuesday 18th April, 2pm, 

tickets (cash) family $60 

from Sally Mac’s, Amberley, 

Sefton Garage and 

Stan’s 7 Day Pharmacy, 

Rangiora or online 

www.balcairnhall.com. 

Toot’n’Croon play at the 

RSA. Local 9-member 

band Toot’n’Croon entertain 

with popular music 

from the 1950’s to 1970’s, 

for dancing and a fun 

night. Rangiora RSA, 

Victoria St, 7.45pm 

Friday April 21st. Entry 

$10 cash at the door. 

Trade&Services 

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 qualified. 

Copper Beech Tree 

Services. Tree removal, 

pruning, height reduction, 

hedge trimming, shaping, 

tree planting, firewood. 

Free quotes. Contact Angus 

Edwards 027 259 6741 

copperbeechtreeservices@gmail.com 

BRIAN’S Tree Services. 

Tree felling, topping, 

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish 

removed, stump grinding, 

branch chipping. 

Affordable rates. Phone 03 

327 5505 or 021 124 4894. 

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. 

CHIMNEY 

Time to service your fire. 

Accumulation of soot seriously 

affects performance. 

Latest rotary brush technology. 

Free moisture check 

on wood. Safety inspection. 

All work insured and guaranteed. 

From $80 single 

story. 0800 SWEEPME or 

www.sweepnz.co.nz. 

PAINTERS 

Reg Tradesman 

Interior,exterior. 

North Canterbury Painters 

specialising in decorating for 

over 65 at adiscount rate. 

Free quotes. 

Covering Nth Canty,Oxford, 

Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Amberley. 

Rob 03 327 7899 

or 027 432 3520 2227597 

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. 

HANDYMAN available 

hourly, or day. Phone Day 

Call 021 063 7501. 

WINDOW TINTING 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

Trade&Services 

HALL LAWN MAINTENANCE 

mowing, spraying, 

fertilizing, scarifier. Phone 

Hamish 027 349 7986. 

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. Qualified local 

professional, Int / Ext, 

roofs, wallpaper. Call or 

text Corban 027 846 5035. 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 40 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph 389 9230. 

ANTHONY SYMONDS 

Plastering &Painting 

Services 

Locals with 30 years 

experience 

All workmanship 

Guaranteed. 

Phone 021 344 023 

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 

027 216 0000 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’s Liquid 

Waste 

You dump it... 

Blair pumps it... 

Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

CRAIGS Trees 

(03) 327-4190 

TREE REMOVALS 

THINNING &PRUNING 

STUMPGRINDING 

FELLING &TOPPING 

FULLYINSURED 

QUALIFIED ARBORIST 

Free Quotes 

027 2299 454 

craigstrees@xtra.co.nz 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

2502479 

SCREEN PRINTING. 

For all your printing 

requirements. T-shirts, 

Hoodies, Hi-Vis vests and 

polos, Overalls, Caps etc. 

Please phone Heather 03 

313 0261 or email heather. 

norstar@gmail.com. 

SWEEPS. 

2362002 

2225862 

2434390

Trusted Trades & 

Professional Services 

Guide 

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

Automotive &Recovery 

Builder 

Builders 

Butchery 

2070788 

• WOF Cars &Trailers 

• Vehicle Servicing & 

Repairs 

• Tyres &Punctures 

• Jump Starts 

• 

Towing &Salvage 

• Courtesy Car Available 

Ph Aaron Rowlands 

0272 588 366 

13 Stone Eyre Place, 

Swannanoa 

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

•New Builds •Renovations, Extensions 

• Repairs and Maintenance 

2549049 

Ring Mark 027 229 7310 

for afree quote 

www.longsilverconstruction.com 

2560254 

 

 

 

 

For all enquiries call or email Don: 

027 727 9162 /zatarabuilders@yahoo.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 

Cattle Problems 

Chiropractor 

Construction &Concrete 

Ear Health 

• Live Humane Capture 

• Trucking 

• Tagging 

• Testing 

• Sale of unruly, difficult, pesky 

cattle 

Profit share 50-50 

Craig Flintoft 03312 9432 

craigflintoft@gmail.com 

2459888 

Electrician 

p 03 313 7144 | e info@rgrantelectrical.com 

Mention this advert &receive $50 off your next job 

2570092 

Experiencing pain or discomfort? 

Seeking amaintenance check? 

Looking to improve overall 

wellbeing? 

In Sync Chiropractic can help with: 

• Mobility 

• Posture 

• Headaches 

• SportsInjuries 

• Sciatica 

• Pregnancy 

• Balance &Body 

Awareness 

• Babies, Children, 

Adults 

ACC approved Chiropractor,noreferrals needed 

Book online today at www.insyncchiro.co.nz 

Phone today for an appointment 03 327 2990 

Dr Sian Hickling, Chiropractor 

2/122 Williams St, Kaiapoi 

2569837 

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 

2269236 

Engineering 

Daryl Power 

027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

For your Engineering needs 

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821 

toppeng@xtra.co.nz 

2273277 

• Ear Health checks. 

• Wax removal using Microsuction 

• Removal of foreign bodies 

• Basic hearing aid care 

• ACC provider 

• WarVeteran provider 

• No medical referral 

required 

Clinics in Rangiora, Amberley and Kaiapoi 

Rest homes/retirement villages, booking by prior arrangement. 

Bookings: Online www.earcare.nz |Phone 020 4124 25 25 

Email alison@earcare.nz | Ear Care Canterbury 

2324849 

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 

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 

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 0274 818 027 

Locally owned and operated 

1902273 

Landscaping 

STEWART CONTRACTING 

Landscaping -Fencing 

& Earthworks 

ENJOYABLE STRESS FREE LANDSCAPING 

03 313 9375 •027 369 3974 

www.stewartcontracting.co.nz 

contact@stewartcontracting.co.nz 

2136148 

Plasterer 

Interior 

Renovations 

Ltd 

Plasterboard, 

fixing &stopping 

Cornice 

Cove and 

stippled ceilings 

Registered 

Tradesman 

Call Mark 

027 438 0665 

Plumbing 

For all 

general 

aspects of 

plumbing 

Discounts for over 

65 years old 

Fast friendly service 

All work guaranteed 

Aaron McCartney 

Certifying Plumber 

Cell 027 366 9091 

A/H 03 310 2137 

Free Call: 

0508 44EVER 

EMAIL: 

plumber_27@yahoo.com 

AMPLIFY YOUR BUSINESS AND BE 

THE NAME THEY REMEMBER FIRST 

Advertise with us and get noticed today! 

Phone us today on 03 314 8335 or email 

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

2172994 

Quarry Supplies 

QUARRY SUPPLIES 

2557745 

● CAP 65 ● CAP 40 

● CAP 20 ● Pit Run 

● Large Soakpit Boulders 

● Crusher Dust 

● Arena and Fill Sand 

● M4-40 

● Screened Soil 

Dean Hurley 027 333 7140 

dean@hagg.co.nz 

Seamless Spouting 

Seamless Spouting 

Supply and Install 

of Seamless Gutters 

10 year no leaks 

guarantee 

• Continuous spouting made on site, 

large colour range available 

• High grade and thicker material used 

• Repair or replace any type of gutter 

• Undertake all insurance work 

• Independently owned and operated 

• Competitive pricing 

Servicing North CanterburyDistricts 

Call Marvin 027 371 4179 

spouting2u@gmail.com 

2481421 

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

09 Mazda 

Demio Sport 

• 1.5L 

• 85,000km 

• Automatic 

• Alloys 

• Airbags 

• 1 NZ-new owner 

$9,995 

09 Mitsubishi 

Outlander LS 

•4x4 

•Automatic 

•5-seater 

•NZ-new 

•101,000km 

•Rearparkingsensors 

$11,995 

13 Suzuki 

Swift 

Sport 

• 1.6L 

• CVT 

• 94,000km 

• Airbags 

• Alloys 

• Towbar 

SOLD 

$13,995 

15 Mazda 3 

GLX 

•2.0L 

•NZ-new 

•116,000km 

•Bluetooth 

•Cruisecontrol 

•Reversingcamera 

$16,490 

17 Mazda 3 

GLX 

• 2.0L 

• Automatic 

• 108,000km 

• NZ-new 

• Reversing camera 

• Towbar 

$17,995 

18 Mazda 2 

GSX 

•1.5L 

•Automatic 

•56,000km 

•NZ-new 

•Alloys 

•Bodykit 

•Navigation 

$18,995 

17 Mazda 6 

GSX 

• 2.5L 

• 107,500km 

• NZ-new 

• Towbar 

• Navigation 

• Reversing camera 

$19,995 

17 Mazda 3 

GSX 

•2.0L 

•88,000km 

•NZ-new 

•1NZowner 

•Navigation 

•Cruisecontrol 

•Reversing 

camera 

•Alloys 

$20,995 

21 Mazda 

BT-50 GTX 

• 4x4 Automatic 

• 5,500km 

• 1 NZ-new owner 

• Towbar 

• Polished Sports Bar 

• Deck Liner 

• Tonneau Cover 

• Balance of 5 Year Warranty& 

CappedPriceServicing 

$56,995 

21 Ford Everest 

Titanium 

•7-seater 

•2.0LBi-turbodiesel 

•4x410-speedauto 

•48,000km 

•Towbar 

•Tintedwindows 

•Leatherseats•Sunroof 

•Remainderof5yrUnlimitedKm 

Warranty 

$58,995 

Sales:Tim 03 3140135 |Service: Michael 03 3140131 

ARTHUR BURKE 

MAZDA 

2-4MarkhamSt 

Amberley, Canterbury 

03 3140127arthurburkemazda.co.nz 

2563453

Happy 

Easter! 

Friday7April 

Saturday8April 

Sunday9April 

Monday10April 

30%off 

all Valspar Interior Paint 

CLOSED 

8am –5pm 

CLOSED 

8am -5pm 

50% off 

Selected Sistema 

Offerends 30th 

April 2023 

Excludes recycled storage 

andblackclips. Offerends 

23rd April2023 









RANGIORA

Offerlimited to qualifyingHiKOKI 18V and 36Vskins.Excludes newmodelsthathaven’t beenloadedasnational products. 

Available1–30April2023.Discountapplies to the retailRRP price.Not in conjunctionwithany otherdiscount. Whilestocks last. 







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PAINTING 

SORTED. 

Accent 

Interior RollerKit 

230mm 

174931 

Accent 

Synthetic Brush Set3 

Piece 

Includes 25mm, 38mm, and 50mm 

synthetic bristle paint brushes. 

304542 

Resene 

#1 Easy Reach Kit 100mm 

Premium finish paintroller kit with woven 

Dacron sleevefor waterbased 

paint. 

375434 

$10 

Was$13.58 

now 

Was$19.48 

now 

$10 

Was$19.84 

now 

$15 

Andrew 

Paint Brush andRoller 

Cleaner 1Litre Clear 

362301 

Norton 

Green Masking Tape 

24mm x50m 

10 dayclean removalindirect 

sunlight. Suitable forindoor and 

outdoor use. 

354449 

PAL 

Drop Sheet 2.6 x3.66m 

Heavy dutyplastic drop sheet. 

Strong and reusable. 

362624 

Was$21.79 

now 

$16 

Was$5.89 

now 

$4 

Was$9.93 

now 

$7 

Procoat 

FencePaint 10L 

Assortedcolours. For 

exterior use only.No 

primer or undercoat 

required 

372486 

Wattyl 

ForestwoodDecking Oil &StainApplicator Kit 8piece 

Kitincludes: painttray,trayliner,lambskin applicator, scrubbing brush, 

extension pole,paintbrush, can opener and stirrer 

304087 

Stanley 

Paint Brush Set50mm 

2Piece 

336360 

Was$59 

now 

$49 

Was$44.58 

now 

$35 

Was$22.39 

now 

$16 









RANGIORA

If youfind alower priceon 

an identical in-stockproduct 

locally we will beat it by 15% 

if youfind the same productcheaper 

from another Mitre10store or Mitre 

10 websitewe’ll matchthatprice. 

Excludes trade and special quotes,stock liquidations and 

commercial quantities.The in-storeprice maybelower 

than advertised. 

24 

On Purchases 

$799 &over 

Months 

Interest Free 

12 Months interest free $299upto$798 

No bookingfee.Noinsurancecharges.20$ depositrequired.All you 

payisthe cash priceover12/24months.Credit criteria applies. 

Need atrailer? 

Borrow one of our courtesy trailers to get those big purchaseshome. 









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