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Thursday,October 19,2023 | Issue1068 | www.starnews.co.nz Hurunui Council buys Queen Mary site By ROBYN BRISTOW The former Queen Mary Hospital site in Hanmer Springs is now fully owned by the Hurunui District Council. It has bought the remaining nine hectares of prime land to add to its holding of 5.1 hectares which was transferred to council ownership in 2010. It has three, category 1heritage buildings on it. Chief Executive Hamish Dobbie says the council was fortunate to work with Te Rūnanga oKaikōura and NgāiTahu to secure the southern end of the site. ‘‘The crown had signalled its desire to sell the site. ‘‘The iwi had first right to purchase the property, but worked through a process with council enabling us to purchase it instead. ‘‘This ensures it remains in public ownership,’’ he says. Mr Dobbie says the purchase is worth celebrating. ‘‘This is 9hectares of prime land in the centre of one of Hurunui’s strategic tourism destinations, Hanmer Springs. ‘‘Having ownership now enables us to control its future, and ensure any future development adds to the character of the village, and enhances the areas social, cultural, environmental and economic wellbeing. We are extremely grateful to Ngāi Tahu Property and Te Rūnanga o Kaikōura for giving us this opportunity. ‘‘It is agreat outcome for the community.’’ The new site includes asizeable hospital building, four uninhabited houses, workshops and storage buildings, along with auxiliary service buildings. Mr Dobbie says they are all in various states of disrepair, and have no heritage protections. Their future is likely to be decided as the council develops acommercial master plan for the site. ‘‘This plan will, in time, allow for the careful development of commercial and residential activities and reserves on the site. ‘‘We’ll work carefully to ensure any Soldiers block ... One of the three heritage buildings at the former Queen Mary Hopsital site which will be strengthened to create a community centre, function space and Ngāti Kuri meeting house. PHOTO: FILE development fits with the Queen Mary Hospital Heritage Reserve and Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and Spa which sit adjacent to the site. ‘‘Having this land in council ownership gives us an exciting opportunity to further enhance Hanmer Springs appeal to both residents and visitors. ‘‘It’s aspecial site, and I’m in no doubt we can do something noteworthy with it that future generations will thank us for,’’ Mr Dobbie says. The council has already announced plans for one of the three heritage buildings on its existing site. It plans to strengthen the Soldiers Block, and create acommunity centre, function space and Ngāti Kuri meeting house. Afuture phase will see aworldclass museum created to tell the wartime and medical stories of the building. Work on the first phase is due to begin before the end of the year. ‘‘The meeting house or wharenui will showcase many artworks by iwi artists, and give Ngāti Kuri apermanent presence in Hanmer Springs. ‘‘We are excited by that, by this outcome and the opportunity to work together in the future,’’ Mr Dobbie says. About Queen Mary Hospital Queen Mary Hospital in Hanmer Springs sits next to the villages famous mineralfilled natural thermal springs. Its Soldiers' Block was built in 1916 to care for returning soldiers suffering shell shock and other warrelated neuroses. More than 1100 soldiers were treated in the highquality facilities. They often made remarkable recoveries, with bathing in the waters a core part of their treatment programme. The Soldiers' Block was one of only two such hospitals in New Zealand and the only one that remains on its original location. The hospital later became a treatment centre for those with functional nervous disorders, and later an internationallyrecognised facility for the treatment of drug and alcohol dependencies up until 2003. The ownership of 5.1 hectares of the Queen Mary Hospital was passed from the Canterbury District Health Board to the Department of Conservation in 2008. It was vested to the Hurunui District Council as an historic and recreational reserve in 2010 which is treasured by villagers and visitors alike. CONTACT US FOR A NO-OBLIGATION SITE VISIT AND QUOTE GREAT DEALS ON KITSET BUILDINGS IN OCTOBER! * Totalspan North Canterbury 127 Main North Road,Woodend Phone: 03 310 0247 Email: northcanterbury@totalspan.co.nz HC TLS3448 *Terms &Conditionsapply.See websitefor details.

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Hurunui Council buys Queen Mary site

By ROBYN BRISTOW

The former Queen Mary Hospital site in

Hanmer Springs is now fully owned by

the Hurunui District Council.

It has bought the remaining nine

hectares of prime land to add to its

holding of 5.1 hectares which was

transferred to council ownership in

2010.

It has three, category 1heritage

buildings on it.

Chief Executive Hamish Dobbie says

the council was fortunate to work with

Te Rūnanga oKaikōura and NgāiTahu

to secure the southern end of the site.

‘‘The crown had signalled its desire to

sell the site.

‘‘The iwi had first right to purchase

the property, but worked through a

process with council enabling us to

purchase it instead.

‘‘This ensures it remains in public

ownership,’’ he says.

Mr Dobbie says the purchase is worth

celebrating.

‘‘This is 9hectares of prime land in

the centre of one of Hurunui’s strategic

tourism destinations, Hanmer Springs.

‘‘Having ownership now enables us to

control its future, and ensure any future

development adds to the character of

the village, and enhances the areas

social, cultural, environmental and

economic wellbeing.

We are extremely grateful to Ngāi

Tahu Property and Te Rūnanga o

Kaikōura for giving us this opportunity.

‘‘It is agreat outcome for the

community.’’

The new site includes asizeable

hospital building, four uninhabited

houses, workshops and storage

buildings, along with auxiliary service

buildings.

Mr Dobbie says they are all in various

states of disrepair, and have no heritage

protections.

Their future is likely to be decided as

the council develops acommercial

master plan for the site.

‘‘This plan will, in time, allow for the

careful development of commercial and

residential activities and reserves on

the site.

‘‘We’ll work carefully to ensure any

Soldiers block ... One of the three heritage buildings at the former Queen Mary Hopsital site which will be strengthened to create a

community centre, function space and Ngāti Kuri meeting house.

PHOTO: FILE

development fits with the Queen Mary

Hospital Heritage Reserve and Hanmer

Springs Thermal Pools and Spa which

sit adjacent to the site.

‘‘Having this land in council

ownership gives us an exciting

opportunity to further enhance Hanmer

Springs appeal to both residents and

visitors.

‘‘It’s aspecial site, and I’m in no doubt

we can do something noteworthy with it

that future generations will thank us

for,’’ Mr Dobbie says.

The council has already announced

plans for one of the three heritage

buildings on its existing site.

It plans to strengthen the Soldiers

Block, and create acommunity centre,

function space and Ngāti Kuri meeting

house.

Afuture phase will see aworldclass

museum created to tell the wartime and

medical stories of the building.

Work on the first phase is due to begin

before the end of the year.

‘‘The meeting house or wharenui will

showcase many artworks by iwi artists,

and give Ngāti Kuri apermanent

presence in Hanmer Springs.

‘‘We are excited by that, by this

outcome and the opportunity to work

together in the future,’’ Mr Dobbie says.

About Queen Mary Hospital

Queen Mary Hospital in Hanmer

Springs sits next to the villages famous

mineralfilled natural thermal springs.

Its Soldiers' Block was built in 1916 to

care for returning soldiers suffering

shell shock and other warrelated

neuroses.

More than 1100 soldiers were treated

in the highquality facilities.

They often made remarkable

recoveries, with bathing in the waters a

core part of their treatment programme.

The Soldiers' Block was one of only

two such hospitals in New Zealand and

the only one that remains on its original

location.

The hospital later became a

treatment centre for those with

functional nervous disorders, and later

an internationallyrecognised facility

for the treatment of drug and alcohol

dependencies up until 2003.

The ownership of 5.1 hectares of the

Queen Mary Hospital was passed from

the Canterbury District Health Board to

the Department of Conservation in 2008.

It was vested to the Hurunui District

Council as an historic and recreational

reserve in 2010 which is treasured by

villagers and visitors alike.

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Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey

says it is back to work this

week, focusing on getting an

after hours healthservice

backontrack for the North

Canterbury area, and getting

the Woodend ByPass, to the

front of the queue with the

new Transport Minister, along

with other transport

infrastructure in the

Waimakariri electorate.

Mr Doocey, who won his seat

comfortably onSaturday to

givehim his fourth term in

Parliament, says he will also

be focusing onlaw and order

issues that have arisen over

the past three years.

But his greatest hope is to

become the first Minister of

Mental Health.

‘‘Obviously therewill be

conversations to be had with

the Prime Minister (Mr

Luxon), but Iamexcited at

being potentially the first

Minister of Health.

‘‘I would love it to be me. I

have been the opposition

spokesperson(on mental

health),’’ he says.

He says he is humbled by the

support from people in the

Waimakariri electorate.

He polled 23,212 votes, a

majority of 11,418 votes, over

his nearest rival, Labour’s Dan

Rosewarne, who polled 11,794.

Rosewarne is number 32 on

the Labour Party list, but with

several MPs winning

electorates who were either

not on the list, or ranked below

him,heisunlikely to get back

into Parliament. He is

undecided onwhat the future

Stuart Smith

holds.

Mr Doocey says it is an

honour, and aprivilege, to be

reelected, with his largest

winning margin, for afourth

term as MP for Waimakariri.

‘‘I am humbled to have

received such alarge majority.

‘‘What Ihave learnt from my

nine years as an MP, is the

Waimakariri community

rewards hard work.’’

Mr Doocey was in

Wellington on Monday,

helping support the induction

of 23 new National MPs.

Meanwhile Kaikoura MP

Stuart Smith also won his

fourth terminParliament with

amajority of 10,026, after

polling 18,050 votes.

His nearest rival was

Labour’s Emily Dewhirst with

8024 votes.

‘‘It is aprivilege to be reelected.

It is areal honour.

‘‘Ienjoy being an MP, and

Election night celebration ... Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey, his

wife Viki, and children Emily and James.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

wouldn’t have it any other way.

‘‘It means alot of travelling

(in the vast electorate), but I

enjoy the different

communities,with their

different issues and

perspectives,’’ he says.

Mr Smith admitted to

feeling alittle bit ‘‘second

hand’’ on Monday after an

election schedule that took

Share Kai and Kōrero

By SHELLEYTOPP

TimeBank Waimakariri, Global Locals

of Waimakariri(GLOW) and InCommon

have collaborated to bring Share Kai

and Kōrero to Kaiapoi.

Share Kai and Kōrero is aseries of

three relaxed spring dinners where

participants will be able to try tasty food

and share in the culture andcuisine

from the Nepali, Afghan, and Eritrean

communities who now call Ōtautahi/

Christchurch home.

Each dinner will run from 6pm to

8pm. The first one will be held on

Friday, October 27 with the next on

Friday, November 3, and the last one on

Friday, November 10.

The kai and kōrero sessions will be

held in the Kaiapoi Baptist Church at 67

Fuller Street in Kaiapoi.

Food can be bought for $2 $15 and

drinks $3 $5.

Vegetarian, vegan, glutenfree and

halal meat options will be available.

The aim of the initiative is to provide

tasty, healthy kai and also provide an

opportunity to have achat with others

around the table with questions like,

‘‘What’s your go to comfort food?’’ and

‘‘Who taught you to cook?’’ to get the

conversationflowing.

him not only from one end of

his electorate to the other, but

around New Zealand also.

New Zealand First's

Kaikōura candidate Jamie

Arbuckle is number 6onthe

party list, so is set to become

an MP.

He has served as a

Marlborough district

councillor for 14 years.

Correction

The North Canterbury News wishes to

apologise for aheadline on astory on

page 2ofthe North Canterbury News

on October 5. The headline —

‘Conservation record criticised’ —did

not reflect the nature of the interview

and thoughts and reflections of cohost

Nicola Toki, of the Television

One series, Endangered Species

Aotearoa with WWF.

Ms Toki encouraged people to work

together to invest in protecting

species and ecosystems to make the

place where we live ‘‘unique and

special’’.

The error is regretted.

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Hands on experience ... Rangiora High School’s farm provides hands on experience to students.

RHS looks to rebrand its farm

By DAVID HILL,

Local Democracy Reporter

Rangiora High School is looking to

rebrand its farm as an ‘‘outdoor lab or

classroom’’.

The school is exploring opportunities

to make its farm relevant in the 21st

century, Board of Trustees chairperson

Simon Green says.

‘‘The board is excited about moving

away from amore traditional farm to an

outdoor lab or outdoor classroom.’’

The school’s head of science, David

NewshamWest, was released from

classroom duties this year to conduct a

review of the farm and explore future

opportunities.

But principal Bruce Kearney said the

farm is not for sale.

He said the school had been building

connections with Lincoln University

and was looking at asimilar model.

‘‘They do the full process really well

on alarger scale, so we can learn from

Lincoln and what they do and look to

offer it on asmaller scale.’’

Mr Green said as the environment

around the school and farm became

increasingly urbanised, it placed the

farm under greater scrutiny.

‘‘It is like aglasshouse. People are

looking in at what we are doing, whether

it is raising farm animals, plants or biota

nodes.

‘‘And it is important to us for our

learning to be seen in action, but we

need to ensure that what we do is

ethical.’’

Mr Kearney said the school also

needed to consider what was

sustainable and added value to the

school.

It meant the future of animals at the

school was under consideration.

Options included moving from rearing

lambs to fattening stock, or moving away

from animals altogether.

‘‘The world is shifting to be more

sustainable and shifting away from

meat, so we need to prepare our

students for achanging world,’’ Mr

Kearney said.

Mr Green said students who were keen

on farming had the opportunity to spend

time on alarge scale dairy or dry stock

farm during class time.

But the farm still had arole to play in

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and what opportunities were available.

The school was also looking to move

all of its classrooms on to the main

school site, on the west of East Belt,

which will make more land available for

the farm.

Mr Kearney said Mr NewshamWest

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sector.

‘‘We have to accept that the nature of

our students has changed.

‘‘When the school was established in

the 1880s it was mostly farming families,

but now more than 80 percent of our

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Eye catching ... Rangiora artist Coral Broughton, with her oil painting Low Key during the

annual Kaiapoi Art Expo opening night. Coral is one of the six guest artists whose work will

feature at the Braided Art Exhibition 2023 in Rangiora next month.

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP

Braided Art together

By SHELLEY TOPP

The Waimakariri Public Arts Trust

(WPAT) will hold aBraided Art

Exhibition 2023 next month.

The exhibition is being held to

promote the trust, and showcase the

braided rivers theme.

It will also endeavour to ‘‘braid

together’’ the many different art groups

and disciplinesinWaimakariri.

WPAT, which is acharitable trust and

was formedtwo years ago to establish

more outdoor art in the district, is

providing 200 small, free canvases for

Waimakariri artists to participate in the

exhibition.

The canvases can be collected from

Waimakariri’s three public libraries in

Oxford, Rangiora,and Kaiapoi.

They mustbecollectedbyOctober 26,

and artwork returned to the libraries by

November10.

WPAT chairwomanJackie Watson

says the Braided Art Exhibition 2023 will

provide an opportunity for the wider

Waimakariri community to buy aunique

piece of artbyalocal artist, learn about

what the trust does, how they can help if

they want to, plus get to know

Waimakariri’s artists and see how their

artwork enriches the community.

Coral Broughton, aformer secondary

school maths teacher, who knew she

wanted to be an artteacher as an

11yearold, and now runs her own art

school in Rangiora, is one of the guest

artists. The others are Joel Hart, of

WaikukuBeach, Christine Watton, of

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Larsen, of Clarkville, and Julie Hassall,

of Rangiora.

Coral says she was invited to

contribute acanvas for the exhibition by

Jackie, after having asolo exhibition at

the Kaiapoi art gallery, Art on the Quay

last month.

She was keen to participate.

‘‘It is encouraging to know that funds

are being raised by the WPAT to

purchase public artworks and to create

awareness about art and artists in the

community,’’ she says.

Coral would like to see an annual

‘‘artist in residence’’for aWaimakariri

resident.

‘‘That would be an exciting initiative,

perhaps for amonth at atime, resulting

in an exhibition in Rangiora.

‘‘A work could be gifted to the WPAT to

either sell or be put in apermanent

exhibition at the council on conclusion

of the exhibition,’’ she says.

‘‘I think this would create ahigher

profile for rural artists. Rangiora is

large enough and has afairly prominent

art scene to perhaps have asmall standalone

art gallery.

‘‘Maybe it could be alittle shop on the

High St.’’

The Braided Art Exhibition 2023 is a

free event and will be held in the foyer of

the Waimakariri District Council's

Rangiora service centre from November

22 until November 24.

More information about the Braided

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Spotlight on water reforms

By DAVID HILL,

Local Democracy Reporter

North Canterbury’s mayors are

hopeful the incoming

Government will stick to its

promise to scrap the Three

Waters reforms.

The Waimakariri, Hurunui

and Kaikōura councils have

been among the more vocal

opponents of the Labour

Government’s Affordable

Waters legislation.

The legislation, which was

revised earlier this year,

proposed the creation of 10

entities to control the country’s

Three Waters infrastructure,

with the North Canterbury

councils included in the

Canterbury /West Coast entity.

The National and Act parties

campaigned on apromise to

repeal the legislation and

replace it with anew proposal

based on community ownership

of water services.

‘‘We look forward to the new

Government swiftly repealing

the outgoing Government’s

legislation to honour that

commitment,’’ said

Waimakariri Mayor Dan

Gordon, cochair of the lobby

group Communities for Local

Democracy (C4LD).

‘‘Both leading into the

campaign, and during the

campaign, they’ve been clear

with Kiwis that this was their

intention, and they have the

electoral mandate now to get on

with it and fix this flawed

reform.’’

Mr Gordon said reform was

urgently needed, but central

and local government needed to

work together to ensure the best

outcome.

Three Waters was suggested

as asolution to the country's

ageing water service

infrastructure.

The legislation aimed to give

the new water organisations

greater financial flexibility to

make infrastructure upgrades

to improve the safety, reliability

and affordability of water

services.

An alternative model was

presented by Mr Gordon in

November, alongside Auckland

Mayor Wayne Brown and

Christchurch Mayor Phil

Mauger.

It would see the water

regulator, Taumata Arowai,

remain in place alongside local

ownership.

Localised Regional Water

Organisations (RWOs) were

suggested as an alternative to

the government’s proposed 10

entity model, which would be

set up in partnership with Mana

Whenua.

It was proposed the RWOs

have access to investment

capital through anew Water

Infrastructure Fund,

administered by central

government’s Crown

Infrastructure Partners.

The degree of any formal cogovernance

would be

determined by local

communities in consultation

with mana whenua, rather than

by central government, Mr

Gordon said.

Kaikōura Mayor Craig Mackle

said his preference was to join a

North Canterbury RWO, which

could include Kaikōura,

Hurunui, Waimakariri,

Christchurch and Selwyn.

Hurunui Mayor Marie Black

said her district had been

concerned about the ‘‘loss of

ownership’’ from early on. ‘‘We

look forward to progress being

made on that commitment once

the new Government is in place.

‘‘There is alittle bit of

uncertainty at the moment and

it will take abit of time, but I

have ahigh level of confidence

because of the determination

the parties expressed in the

campaign.’’

She called on the new

Government to work in ‘‘true

partnership’’ with councils

across the range of reforms,

including the Resource

Management Act reform and the

future of local government.

Comment has been sought from

Te Kura Taka Pini (the Ngāi

Tahu freshwater group). A Te

Rūnanga oNgāiTahu

spokesperson said the rūnanga

is ‘‘apolitical’’ and works with

the government of the day.

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Trap lessons

By JOHN COSGROVE

Kaiapoi Brownies are

tackling the job of reducing

predation in their green

spaces through atrapping

project with the help of the

Waimakariri District Council

and Ryman’s Men’s Shed.

The Brownies are

undertaking it as a

community project, doing

what they can to help New

Zealand’s birds, reptiles and

insects from predation by

rats and other predators.

The Ryman’s Men’s Shed

donated 20 hand made

wooden cages to capture the

rodents in and these were

presented to the Brownies at

arecent meeting.

Men’s Shed representative

Lynn Andrews said the cages

and traps were too small to

allow cats into them, thereby

protecting house hold pets.

‘‘Ryman’s are very

generous and they donate all

the parts which our small

team make into both traps

and besting boxes.

Mr Andrews says over the

years they have made in

excess of 2000 units, given to

both conservationists and

community groups all over

the country.

WDC Pest Free

Waimakariri staff member

Richard Chambers

instructed the brownies on

how to prepare the traps and

what they had to do before

they installed their traps.

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Trap advice ... Richard

Chambers (centre), and Lynn

Andrews, help the Kaiapoi

Brownies learn how to

operate their rat traps.

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

‘‘Before they set traps they

have to learn what pests they

have in their back yards by

using chew cards.

‘‘These are not poisonous

and don’t hurt animals.

‘‘If an animal chews on the

card then we can tell by the

marks it makes what kind of

animal it is,’’ Mr Chambers

said.

He said if the bite cards

showed the presence of rats

or rodents then one of the

best lures was asmall

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Nutella.

The Brownies will be using

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Authorised by Matt Doocey MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington.

Humbled by support

It was an absolute honour and a

privilege to be reelected to afourth

term as Member of Parliament for

Waimakariri over the weekend.

Iwas extremely humbled to receive

my largest majority to return as your

representative in the 54th Parliament

of New Zealand.

As the Member of Parliament for

Waimakariri Iwill work hard to serve

everyone in the electorate to the best of

my abilities.

Iwill continue to fight hard for afterhours

health services for North

Cantabrians, and advocate for

improved transport infrastructure to

allow for continued growth in the

region.

I’m very much looking forward to

fulfilling our promise of starting

construction on the longawaited

Woodend Bypass, but also to getting

out and about in the community to hear

your views and concerns on all the

other issues that are most important to

you.

It has always been akey focus for me

to be as accessible as possiblefor my

constituents, and Iwill continue to

hold regular constituent clinics across

the electorate, from Belfast to Oxford.

Please get in touch with my office in

Kaiapoi or Rangiora to arrange atime

to meet with me, or alternativelyseek

assistance from my staff.

New Zealanders voted convincingly

for change, and we are looking forward

to delivering that change through our

hard work over the coming weeks.

We will rebuild the economy, reduce

the costofliving, restore lawand

order, and deliver better public

services.

We will rein in wasteful spending

and ensureweare accountable along

the way.

But firstwewill need to exercise

some patience while we allow the

special votes to be counted and a

government to be formed.

It’s clear New Zealand wanted

change in the form of aNationalled

government, however the exact

numbers are still to be determined,

and subsequent negotiations to be had.

What’s safe to say, however, is that I

am very much looking forward to being

part of the government after six years

in opposition.

It will be an honour to be able to

effect real,meaningful change for

Waimakariri and wider New Zealand,

and Ithank you again for giving me the

opportunity and mandate through your

support at the polling stations.

Lastly, Iwould like to thank my

family for their incredible support.

Iwould not be able to serve

Waimakariri without it.

Ilook forward to continuing to

represent you as your local MP for the

next three years.

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with Mayor Dan Gordon

Responders tireless in facing

the adversity of nor’west gale

Iwant to acknowledge the amazing

responders in Waimakariri who

worked tirelessly overthe weekend

responding to the extreme wind.

The MainPower line workers, the

roading crews, Fire and Emergency,

Police, our water technicians, Civil

Defence, NZRT12 staff and more.

Iwant to thank you.

The work youdid overthe weekend,

in extreme weather conditions for the

benefit of theDistrict, was

outstanding.

This was ahuge event that caused

destruction and damage across both

the Waimakariri and Hurunui.

MainPower had amammoth job

ahead of them, but by Monday had

reconnected most properties.

Council stood up its Emergency

Operations Centre (EOC) over the

weekend to provide support to

residents and coordinate volunteers

to door knockatrisk people.

By Monday we were one step closer

to being backtonormal, thanks to

those efforts.

There’s still some clean up to do, but

Iknow the work is continuing this

week.

If anyone out there needs support,

please reach out and call the council

on 0800 965 468 and ask to talk to our

Civil Defence team. We are here to

help.

Iwould like to take thisopportunity

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tocongratulate Matt Doocey and

StuartSmith on their reelection, as

well as the new MP for Te Tai Tonga

Tākuta Ferris, and Rino Tirikatene

who looks to be returning to

Parliament as aList MP. The council

and Iare looking forward to working

with all of you.

Ialso want to acknowledge Dan

Rosewarne who, while unsuccessful, I

have enjoyed working with since his

appointment as aList MP, and wish

him well for the future.

The election was focused on

challenges facing the countrysuch as

the costofliving crisis and the

substantial infrastructure deficit.

The new Government has a

responsibility to address these

significant issues.

And local Government is here to

help, in partnership.

The main thing we want to see from

the new Government is acommitment

to localism, particularly around Three

Waters.

We hope to see asignificant review

of the sectorsfunding model so that it

is moresustainable and rewards

councils which demonstrably govern

well and so add value to their

communities.

It is important the sectors funding

model supports and enables local

government to address, at alocallevel,

the challenges facing the country.

Shellfish gathering cleared in waterway

BySHELLEY TOPP

Environment Canterbury (ECan) has

removed its ban on shellfish gathering in

Saltwater Creek despite awater quality

caution from the Canterbury Medical

Officer of Health.

The regional council banned fishing

and collecting shellfish from the

waterway on September 1after Daiken

NZ reported atoxic wastewater spill

from its Sefton mediumdensity

fibreboard (MDF) production factory.

The ban on whitebaiting and other

fishing was lifted late last month, but the

ban on shellfish gatheringremained

because further tests were required to

ensure they were safe to eat.

The regional council says after further

investigation into the impact of the spill

on shellfish and public health, shellfish

gathering in Saltwater Creek and the

wider Saltwater Creek and the Ashley/

Rakahuri River Estuary can resume.

Warning signs placed around the area

after the spill will be removed.

ECan zone delivery lead for

Waimakariri, Nerida Theinhardt, could

not say whether or not Daiken NZ will

face charges over the spill.

‘‘The wider investigation into the

incident is continuing, and as previously

mentioned, we can’t go into specific

details or comment on the likely

outcome.’’

The shellfish ruling comes with a

caution from Canterbury Medical Officer

of Health, Dr Matthew Reid.

‘‘The risk of eating shellfish related to

the spill has now returned to what it was

before the incident,’’hesays.

‘‘Water quality in Saltwater Creek

Estuary has ahistory of being poor or

variable. Please note that swimming is

not recommended in the estuary due to

the longterm elevated risk to public

health from contact with the water.’’

ECan’s team leader surface water

quality and ecology, Shirley Hayward

says ECan regularly monitors faecal

indicator bacteria concentrations (such

as E. coli) in water to indicatethe likely

presence of pathogens (bacteria, viruses

and protozoa) that can make humans sick

when ingested.

‘‘These bacteria and pathogens are

found in the gut of warmblooded animals

and are deposited to land and, directly or

indirectly, to water through animal

faeces,’’ she says.

‘‘The Saltwater Creek and Te Aka Aka

Estuary catchments have large areas of

agricultural land that can generate the

runoff of faecal contaminants to

waterways,particularly after rainfall.

‘‘Other potential sources of faecal

contaminants are from stock access to

streams,urban stormwater and

wastewater discharges,and the large

numbers of waterfowl or other birds that

congregate on and next to the

waterbodies.’’

Swell

Pegasus Bay

Tide Chart

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

Waimakariri 8:47am 2.3 2:28am 0.6 9:37am 2.3 3:16am 0.6 10:29am 2.3 4:07am 0.6 11:22am 2.3 5:01am 0.6

5:56am 0.6 12:44am 2.2 6:54am 0.5 1:40am 2.3 7:51am 0.5

Mouth

9:09pm 2.1 3:01pm 0.6 10:02pm 2.1 3:52pm 0.7 10:55pm 2.1 4:47pm 0.6 11:49pm 2.2 5:43pm 0.6 12:17pm 2.3 6:40pm 0.6 1:14pm 2.4 7:34pm 0.5 2:11pm 2.4 8:28pm 0.4

Amberley 8:47am 2.3 2:28am 0.6 9:37am 2.3 3:16am 0.6 10:29am 2.3 4:07am 0.6 11:22am 2.3 5:01am 0.6

5:56am 0.6 12:44am 2.2 6:54am 0.5 1:40am 2.3 7:51am 0.5

Beach

9:09pm 2.1 3:01pm 0.6 10:02pm 2.1 3:52pm 0.7 10:55pm 2.1 4:47pm 0.6 11:49pm 2.2 5:43pm 0.6 12:17pm 2.3 6:40pm 0.6 1:14pm 2.4 7:34pm 0.5 2:11pm 2.4 8:28pm 0.4

8:56am 2.3 2:37am 0.6 9:46am 2.3 3:25am 0.6 10:38am 2.3 4:16am 0.6 11:31am 2.3 5:10am 0.6

6:05am 0.6 12:53am 2.2 7:03am 0.5 1:49am 2.3 8:00am 0.5

Motunau 9:18pm 2.1 3:10pm 0.6 10:11pm 2.1 4:01pm 0.7 11:04pm 2.1 4:56pm 0.6 11:58pm 2.2 5:52pm 0.6 12:26pm 2.3 6:49pm 0.6 1:23pm 2.4 7:43pm 0.5 2:20pm 2.4 8:37pm 0.4

8:58am 2.3 2:39am 0.6 9:48am 2.3 3:27am 0.6 10:40am 2.3 4:18am 0.6 11:33am 2.3 5:12am 0.6 12:00am 2.2 6:07am 0.6 12:55am 2.2 7:05am 0.5 1:51am 2.3 8:02am 0.5

Gore Bay 9:20pm 2.1 3:12pm 0.6 10:13pm 2.1 4:03pm 0.7 11:06pm 2.1 4:58pm 0.6

5:54pm 0.6 12:28pm 2.3 6:51pm 0.6 1:25pm 2.4 7:45pm 0.5 2:22pm 2.4 8:39pm 0.4

8:51am 1.6 2:34am 0.4 9:41am 1.6 3:23am 0.3 10:33am 1.6 4:13am 0.3 11:27am 1.6 5:05am 0.3

5:59am 0.3 12:49am 1.5 6:55am 0.3 1:44am 1.6 7:53am 0.2

Kaikoura 9:18pm 1.5 3:10pm 0.3 10:09pm 1.5 4:03pm 0.3 11:02pm 1.5 4:57pm 0.3 11:56pm 1.5 5:52pm 0.3 12:23pm 1.7 6:46pm 0.3 1:20pm 1.7 7:40pm 0.2 2:17pm 1.7 8:33pm 0.2

*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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2023 MainPower Youth Sports

Scholarship Finalists

MainPower is pleased to supportyouth sportingachievementinNorth Canterbury

The aim of the MainPower Youth Sports Scholarships is to assist local sporting talent to perform to their utmost

ability. TheScholarships supporthighachieving youngsports people from within Waimakariri, Hurunuiand

Kaikoura districtstoachieve attainable goals and to build afoundation that will encourage a strong culture of

sporting success and excellenceacross the NorthCanterbury region.

Throughapartnershipbetween MainPower and NC Sports,scholarships will be awarded to these outstanding

youngNorth Canterbury sports people at a special awards ceremonyatMainPower Stadium onFriday20th

October. Scholarships provide financialsupportfromMainPower as well as high performance services from

Active Healthtosupportthe scholars’ continued development in their chosen sportfor thenext 12 months.

Millie-Jane McIlraith (17)-Shooting

•1st at National Champs B Grade in Single Barrel

•Chosen as 1st Reservefor NZ Women’s “Downthe

Line”team

•Ranked 6th WomeninNZfor “Downthe Line”

• Top women’s shooterinCanterburyfor “Skeet”,

“Double Rise”and “Single Barrel”

• 1st at NZ SecondarySchools 2-person “Skeet”team

Kirsty Watts (16) -Cycling

• 2nd inTimeTrial and 8th in Road Race at NZ EliteRoad

NationalChampionships2023

•9th in Time Trail and 18th in Road Race at Oceania

Road CyclingChampionships2023

•1st in Points Race,TeamPursuit and Team Sprint at

NZ TrackNational Championships 2023

•2nd at CyclocrossNationalChampionships 2023

•Selected to compete at UCI Junior Road World

Champs (inboth TT and RR) in Switzerland 2024

Harrison Shanks (16) - Motor Racing

•Selected to represent NZ at Asia TalentCup 2024

selection event, Malaysia 2023

•2022 Motorcycling Canterbury250ccChampion

•2nd placein300cc Supersport2022

•10thin2023 season of NZ SuperbikeSeries

Jacob Turner (20) - Mountain Biking

•6th Elite at XCOShort Track event in Greece2022

•11th Elite at National XCO2023

•3rd placings at MTBNZNational Series events 2023

•8th at OceaniaXCO Championships 2023

•13thElite at XCO eventinCroatia 2023

•9th U23 at XCO eventinSlovenia 2023

•15thElite at XCO event in Slovenia2023

• Competed in European XCO World Cup season 2023

Xanthe Jane (17)-Football

• U19NZSecondary Schools Team competing at Dallas

InternationalGirls Cup-April2023

• Captain of CanterburyUnited Pride National Youth

League team 2022&2023 (League winners 2022)

•Selected for NZ High PerformanceSport players

pathwayprogramme

•Selected forNZFootballEmergingLeaders

programme

Georgyna Orchard(17) -Shooting

•3rd in National Secondary Schools Competition

•Selected for NZ Secoondary Schools team to

competeagainst aUK team

•1st at National Indoor Champs(C-grade)

•Inteam that placed 1st in Division 1atNational

DistrictChamps

AshlynRean (17)-Basketball

• Member of NZ U17Women’s team at Asian Champs

in Jordan and World CupinHungary 2023

•Member of Mainland PouakaiWomen’s Basketball

team and Rapid League team 2023

•Named in tournamentteamfrom2023 U19National

Championships and North Canterburyteam MVP

•Member of NorthCanterburyPremier Women’steam

MollySpark(20)-AdventureRacing

•Memberof“Fear Youth” AdventureRacing team

•7th placein2023 Godzone AdventureTeamsRace

•1st in two-dayTandem at 2023Coast to Coast

•2nd in BigHollyday Adventure Race 2022

•4th in 48hrTrue West AdventureRace2022

•2nd in Kaikoura Adventure Race2022

•RepresentingNZatthe Adventure Racing World

Champs in SouthAfrica

www.sportstrust.org.nz/mainpowersportsawards

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North Canterbury News, October 19, 2023

Nor’westvents its fury in Nth Canterbury

By ROBYN BRISTOW

The roar of the gale force nor’west wind

last Saturday afternoon drowned out the

destruction it was leavinginits wake.

Trees were whipped in all directions,

stripped of leaves and branches —many

succumbing to the incredible power of

the wind as it tore through North

Canterbury relentlessly for several

hours midafternoon.

Power poles and road signs snapped,

and huge trees crashed to the ground

and across roads, taking power lines

with them.

Animals fled in terror,orinone case

arabbit, spotted by aneighbour,was

bowled across apaddock like apiece of

paper.

When the wind died down thousands

of MainPower customers were without

power thanks to the extensive damage

caused by the high winds.

By Tuesday MainPower had restored

20,000 connections, with 470 customers

still withoutpower.

The sight before many was

overwhelming —old man pines ripped

out by their roots, lying in paddocks,

shelter belts shredded and in tatters,

irrigators twisted and bent, fences and

farm equipmentcrushed.

Gates, gardens, sheds, and hay barns

squashed under trees, and iron torn off

walls and roofs —little was spared.

At least three schools were forced to

close on Monday Cheviot Area School,

Ashley School and North Loburn. North

Loburn, in particular, suffered

extensive damage and remained closed

on Tuesday.

The Ashley Rakahuri Gorge Holiday

Park has been forced to close for safety

reasons until Tuesday, October 24. Any

updates will be posted on its Facebook

page.

The steady beat of generators could be

heard on many properties powering up

milking sheds to milk cows and sheep,

and to keep domesticfridges, freezes,

and pumps running.

Meanwhile many water schemes

across the Waimakariri and Hurunui

districts were affected due to the loss of

power, until generatorscould get upand

running to continue to pump water.

It was acritical situation with both

council’s calling on people to conserve

water until supplies could be secured.

Alex Makogon, Hurunui Field

Operations Manager –3Waters says the

Hurunui District’s drinking and

wastewater networks are very

complicated, with more than 100 sites.

‘‘When power is lost, much of the

automation that ensures our water

networks continue to function, is lost.

‘‘These sites have to be attended to

immediately.

‘‘Staff and contractors were on the job

and worked well into the night to make

sure while the storm raged, as many

people as possible had drinking water

and their wastewater services

continued to function.” Mr Makogon

said.

There were no wastewater overflows,

and no complaints about wastewater

were received.

Staff delivered more than 5000L of

diesel to ensure that emergencypower

supplies continued to operate. It was

hoped to have most customers receiving

water by midweek.

Meanwhileemergencyresponders

were out in force checking on the

welfare of people, or quickly quelling

any fires that blew up, and tying down

roofs.

The clean up has begun, and it is going

to be along haul for some.

Clean upbegins ... Don Scott on Loburn Terrace Road lost 50

trees tothe wind, but says he got away well compared to

neighbours. Pictured is his soninlaw James McCoy, aChristchurch

builder, helping tidy up.

PHOTO: DON SCOTT

Challenging sight ... The North Loburn School yard.

School’s out ... The North Loburn School was hit hard by the gale

forcing it to close for at least two days.

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

JOHN COSGROVE

Downed wires ... Wires hang pecariously

in Gressons Road, Waikuku. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Road to no where ... Chapel Road in North

Loburn closed by fallen trees.

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE

Blocked ... Doc Creek, amain drain in Amberley, blocked by fallen

trees.

PHOTO: SUPPLIED

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Hoban family readyfor Amberley show

James Hoban is hoping to take 10 vintage

tractors to the Amberley A&P Show.

This year’s show president is hoping to

contribute to one of the largest displays

of vintage machinery in the show’s

history, at the Amberley Domain on

Saturday, October 28.

James is better known for his sheep

farming and young farmers exploits, but

also has his own fleet of vintage tractors

at his Waipara farm.

‘‘It started when Iinherited granddad’s

1951 Farmall Cub.

‘‘I advertised for parts and Iended up

with a1949 model.

‘‘I’ve got mainly Internationals and

they’re all 1951 or older.

‘‘It is not too complicated, which suits

my level of mechanical knowledge.’’

James farms 770 hectares on the coast

near Waipara with his wife Maria and

children Alice (12) and William (9), and

his parents Pat and Judith.

‘‘It is apretty special spot. It feels

isolated, but it is only 20 minutes from

Amberley, so it is the best of both

worlds.’’

The Hobans run 2500 ewes, including

600 stud ewes, and 180 cows at their

Glenafric property.

Of the stud ewes, there are 250 South

Suffolks and the rest are Corriedales.

The family has been running an onfarm

ram sale in December for the last

five years.

‘‘It is growing every year and now we’re

selling up towards 100 rams between the

two breeds,’’ James says.

‘‘It is alot of work for one day, but it is

really satisfying.’’

In his younger days, James appeared in

Young Farmer of the Year contest grand

finals.

The Hoban family is entering 15 sheep

in the show.

While James is busy with presidential

Showtime ... The Hoban family is looking forward to the Amberley A&P Show, including

Alice (12), William (9), James and Maria with their 1947 John Deere BR tractor and Jack

Russells Susan, Toad and Poppy.

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duties, Pat and Maria will take charge of

the sheep.

Judith will be competing in the

produce shed, while Maria will be

entering some art.

Alice is entering some sheep, apet calf,

aJack Russell terrier and some produce

entries, and William is entering apet

lamb, apet calf and aJack Russell

terrier.

A&P shows are part of the Hoban

family DNA,going back to James’ greatgreatgrandparents

who were Northern

(Rangiora) A&P Show presidents in the

early 1900s.

His grandparents were Amuri A&P

Show presidents in the 1960s, followed by

Pat and Judith in the 1980s.

‘‘The shows have always been very

important in our family, so when we

moved to Waipara Iwas keen to get

involved in the Amberley show,’’ James

says

The family moved to Waipara nearly

seven years ago.

The Hoban connection to the Amberley

show goes back to James’ grandparents

showing in the 1960s.

‘‘I didn’t think Iwould become the

president as quickly, but Ihad been on

the committee at Amuri.

‘‘But for someone that new to the show

11

becoming president is asign that we are

short of people and many A&P

associations are facing the same

challenges.’’

But James says there are plenty of past

presidents on hand to offer advice and he

has astrong committee behind him.

Family support is also important.

‘‘There is no way Icould do it without

support at home. We are all actively

working on the farm, including the kids.’’

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Vintage machinery to feature

The Amberley A&P Association is hoping

to get back to normal after the

disruptions of Covid19, with the annual

show returning to the AmberleyDomain

on Saturday, October 28.

‘‘We’ve got all the normal things

happening and everything is pretty well

supported,’’ president James Hoban says.

This year’s show will feature alarger

than normal vintage machinery section

with lots of tractors and trucks on

display.

Members of the Binders Down Under

Club from MidCanterbury and North

Canterbury will be bringingtheir

machines, while the St John Preservation

Team will be bringingsome vintage

ambulances.

‘‘We did abit of asearch locally in the

vintage community sowe’ve got abit

moreinthe grand parade,’’ James says.

Sheep and pet lambs,wool and dog

trials, will all be on display, and student

classes, and home and produce classes

areback inthe pavilion.

The pet tent will provide plenty of

interesting animals to entertain families

If you lovefood the Hoof to Hotplate

tent will be well worth avisit, with chefs

cooking upprized beef and lamb, which

you may even get to sample.

The wine area will once again

showcase the many varietiesonoffer in

North Canterbury, and there will be

samples to taste, and bottles for sale.

This year there will be apeople’s

choice award, where anyone aged

18years and over will be able to vote for

their favourite wine.

Wood choppingwill provide plenty of

excitement throughout the day, as

axemen display their skills.

After visitingall the stalls and exhibits

outside of the ring, and the huge display

of produceand art in the pavilion, you

can sit backand watch activitiesinthe

Old yarns ... Talking about old tractors at last year’s Amberley A&P Show were Glenmark

Lions members John Cottier (left) and John Harrison.

PHOTO: FILE

ring.

Sheep entries are strong for this year’s

show, with good support from South

Suffolk and Corriedale breeders in

recognition of the president’s support for

the breeds.

Breeders are travelling from

Marlborough in the north and South

Canterbury in the south, while the judges

are travelling from Otago and South

Canterbury. Wool entries are also up,

especially from Corriedale breeders.

Changes have been made to the

pavilion section, with no entry fees this

year and entries acceptedinmost classes

on the day.

James says the changes are designed to

make it easier for people to enter.

This year’s show has also had good

support with trade sites and sponsorship.

‘‘It is not an easy time for farming or

any small business, because people are

up against it and it is hard to ask people

to spend money,’’ James says.

‘‘But without their support the

committee wouldn’tbeable to run the

show, so we are grateful for that

support.’’

The 122nd Amberley A&P Show will be

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Lovers of fine wine are encouraged to get

along to the Amberley A&P Show.

North Canterbury’s finest wines are set

to be showcased in the hoof to hotplate

marquee.

Organiser Steve Barkle says judging has

been completed in the annual Amberley

A&P Association North Canterburywine

competition, with the best 35 wines to be

opened at the show for free samples.

‘‘The judging was completed six weeks

ago, but the results are being kept under

wraps until the show,’’ he says.

‘‘It was aparticularly good result this

year with our highest proportion of gold

medals awarded.’’

Steve says entries are down this year due

to the pressures of Covid19, but the quality

is higher than ever with arecord nine gold

medals to be awarded.

Afurther 26 silver medals and 15 bronze

medals will be awarded, with the 2021 and

2022 vintages particularly strong.

The winning red and white wines also

qualified for the Canterbury A&P

Association’s Aotearoa Regional Wine

Competition.

‘‘It is nice to be able to offer them the

opportunity for something which goes

beyond our small competition,’’ Steve says.

‘‘It means their wines can be seen by tens

of thousands of people in anational

competition.’’

There will be arange of local wines

available to try bytheglass.

Beer will also be provided by Brew Moon

and Forth Luck gin and tonicfrom Ataahua

will be on offer.

Anew addition this year is apeoples’

choice wine award, with the public (aged

18years and over) able to pop in during in

the morning and choose their favourite of

three selected white wines and three red

wines.

There will also be spot prizes given out

just for tasting, Steve says.

This year’s judges were: Olly Masters

(Misha's Vineyard, Cromwell), Petter Evans

(Sherwood Estate, Waipara), Huw Kinch

(Pyramid Valley, Waikari) and Kelley

Hamilton (Valli Wines).

‘‘It was apleasure to judge at the North

CanterburyWine Competition this year,

Awardwinning wine ... Arecord nine gold medals will be awarded for wines at next

week’s Amberley A&P Show.

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there was avery high standard of wines

entered from arange of vintages,’’ Olly says.

‘‘Regional competitions such as this

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many of New Zealand's subregions.

Chardonnay, Riesling and Pinot Noir were

particular standouts.’’

There is also apeoples’ choice panel,

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There will also be some wine seminars

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Organiser Andy Evans says the hoof to

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Canterbury lamb ... Sarah Turpin whizzes through with lamb rumps for the taste test in

the Hoof to Hotplate competition at apast Amberley Show.

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NEWS

The North Canterbury News, October 19, 2023

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Speed limits

By DAVID HILL,

Local Democracy Reporter

Waimakariri motorists are set to be

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The Waimakariri District Council

will seek feedback on proposed new

speed limits of 30kmh around local

schools.

Councillors approved the draft

Waimakariri speed management

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community boards.

Mayor Dan Gordon says speed

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‘‘Safety around our schools is a

high priority.

‘‘We also want to ensure speed

limits at known trouble spots are safe

and appropriate for current and

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Variable speed limits with signage

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Talkingabout road reserves:

roads, streets, footpaths, grass verges.

TALKING

VEGUCATION

Vegucation:

Education about

vegetation.

Do your trees and

hedges encroach

onto the road or

footpath?

It’s spring time, make the most ofthe

longer evenings totake alook around

your property, make sure the roads

and footpaths outside your place are

clear of overgrown hedges and trees.

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Under the Hurunui District Council

Public Places Bylaw 2014, afew

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