North Canterbury News: June 15, 2023

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The North Canterbury News, June 15, 2023
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St Patrick’s Kaiapoi Rarotonga Cul
Nine Kaiapoi children are about
quickly realised the school doesn’t have
to embark on a trip of a lifetime to a lot and in the last few years they had a
fire burn down some of their classrooms
St Patrick’s Kaiapoi Catholic Primary and to date, nothing has been rebuilt
School is taking nine Year 7 and 8 pupils due to a lack of funding.”
and two adults to the Cook Islands in The St Patrick’s contingent plans to
term four to learn abou the local culture take some resources for the school and
and do some community service. is seeking support from the local North
“This is our second trip and what we’ve Canterburycommunity.
identified is the opportunity to do an A number of local sports organisations
overseastrip like no other,” says teacher have agreed to donate sports equipment
Pax O’Dowd, who wi l accompany the and local businesses have given some
pupils to Rarotonga.
“It’s like school camp, where the
Pax says the group is also liaising with
students wi l have some fun, but it’s Raro community groups in Rarotonga to do
style and it’s an opportunity to give back some volunteering, planting and clean
the local community and an opportunity
to learn what we share in common The group wi l be staying a the
as Pacific communities as we l as our Rakahangahostel, which is named after
di ferences.”
one of the islands, and is like a marae,
Pax wi l be joined on the trip by parent
Pacific Islands.
and Board of Trustees memberAngela
“It’s very basic, but community focused His classmate Caleb Spence says he
and everybody pitches in with cooking has been to Rarotonga before and is
Although the Cook Islands is o ficia ly and cleaning.
looking forward to returning.
a part of New Zealand and uses New “They are wonderful hosts and are quite “I’m exciting to see the beach. It’s pre ty
Zealand do lars, life is very di ferent on proud of their country and are rea ly hot at 30 degrees most of the time and it
the islands and local schools do not happy, humble people.”
have the same resources.
The pupils said they were looking Their classmates are looking forward to
As we l as fundraising for the trip, Pax forward to visiting Rarotongaand
learning about Cook Islands culture and
s he school has been fundraising to meetingtheir new penpals at Nukutere meetingtheir penpals.
rt Nukutere Co lege, a Year 7 to 11 Co lege, who they have been
They have been busy fundraising and
in Rarotonga, which St Patrick’s
co responding with in the lead up to the co lecting stationery supplies and books
ilt a relationship with.
to take to Nukutere Co lege and packing
rs trip last year was an
Pupil Mason Robsonsays his penpal
nity to see the lay of the land. We ‘likes taro’, a popular vegetable in the The Cook Islands is a co lection of
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Big smiles ... Discovering her passion for racing lawnmowers was Rangiora grandmother
Jodie Hall.
PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE
Speedy Lawnmowers
By JOHN COSGROVE
Mowingthe lawnwas never thismuch
fun.
The buzzing of lawnmowers at speed
caughtafew people by surprise on
Sundaymorning at the Mandeville
SportsGrounds.
The Canterbury Lawn Mower Racing
Club hostedit's first “Have agoday” for
anyoneinterested in one of the fastestgrowing
and cheapest forms of
motorsportinthe country.
‘‘It’sall aboutfun, fun, fun,’’ says club
president Don Saxon.
The day was achance for drivers to try
their handatnavigating the lowered
ride­on lawnmowers around aslippery
grass track.
‘‘It’ssimply lotsoffun, you feel like
you are doing a100kph when you are
not, on the slipperygrass,’’says novice
driverAndrew Simpson of Sefton.
Lawnmower racing is new to North
Canterbury.
Interest in forming aclub started
after workers fromthe Stihl Shops in
Rangiora and Christchurchheard about
what racers weredoing with ride­ons in
the North Island.
Club secretary Charmayne Stevens
says they wereall sitting around the
table one day whensomeone said: ‘‘Why
don’t we hold arace here?’’
‘‘Pretty soon everyone was on the
same page, and thanks to awonderful
Alan Gray who bought ten racing
lawnmowersdown from the North
Island to try out, we had awonderful
day on SundayatMandeville
introducingthe sport.’’
150 lapswere completed on the day,
with 22 new driverstrying it out for the
first time.
The clubhas set up aFacebookpage
and is planning its next club day as its
first full raceday, whichwill be held in
afarm paddock at Loburn in July.
‘‘We know of at least another ten
lawnmowersbeing built in North
Canterbury, so it should be agood first
race day.’’
She says the racers all follow strict
safety and construction rules from the
New Zealand Lawnmower Racing
Association.
‘‘They are loweredright down,run
lawnmower engines, tyres and disc
brakes.’’
But they can be ahandful, as
Rangiora grandmother JodieHall
discovered on her first drive of aracer.
‘‘I was just pottering around but Istill
have to learnhow to slide them through
the corners.’’
She says her grandchildren were
there to have ago, so she thought why
not join in?
‘‘I recommendittoanyone, as it is a
fun sport for all ages.’’
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Rangiora Museum
Bob Gumbrell, alocal retired
veterinarian, will speak on: ‘Why we
have Veterinarians and Who have they
been’, at the Rangiora Museum, 29 Good
Street, on Thursday, June 22, at 7.30pm.
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