North Canterbury News: December 14, 2023

Thursday,December14, 2023 | Issue1076 | www.starnews.co.nz 

Recycled Santa brings Christmascheer 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Staple guns, baling twine, cable 

ties and bugle screws have been 

awinner for the van Reenen 

family on abig Christmas 

project. 

Toss in three apple bins, an 

old duvet, ared sheet and off 

cuts of fabric from Mel’s sewing 

stash, and hey presto you have a 

giant Santa and aChristmas 

Tree. 

Never mind the family live off 

the beaten track. 

Mel says that is no excuse not 

to have abit of Christmas fun, 

and surprise people and bring 

them joy when they happen 

upon the Christmas scene on 

Mendip Road, off the Leader 

Road on the way to Mendip Hills 

Station, north west of Parnasuss 

in North Canterbury. 

Not one of the family was 

spared by Mel, in creating the 

family’s annual Christmas scene 

at the gate, particularly now 

their children are a‘‘useful age’’, 

and generally keen to assist in 

design and construction. 

‘‘My husband, Marcel, told me 

to just tell him what needs doing 

—and there was plenty for him 

to do as it got constructed up at 

our house then transported 

down our quite long drive to the 

roadside entrance,’’ she says. 

Fletcher, aged 10 and his 

friend Blake Pickwell, 11, who 

was visiting from Tasman, 

constructed Santa’s giant hat 

using off cuts of wood and a 

blanket from an op shop in 

Kaikoura. ‘‘It took abit to get his 

eyes right —there was plenty of 

discussion, and feedback, about 

how far apart they should be and 

their colour,’’ says Mel. 

‘‘We used an old cream wool 

scarf for Santa's bushy eyebrows 

and hat trim.’’ 

The giant Christmas tree is 

made from roofing iron that was 

ripped off ashed in October’s 

wind storm. 

‘‘The lovely team at Waiau 

Hammer Hardware dug deep 

into their mistints cupboard and 

found the perfect tin of green 

paint. 

‘‘Conrad, 12, was chief painter 

and was supported briefly by his 

sister, Julia, 9,’’ says Mel. 

Meanwhile Mel tool her 

annual trip to Creative Junk in 

Christchurch to fossick for items 

that would be suitable for the 

decorations. 

‘‘Our long lengths of tinsel is 

the offcuts of reflective stickers, 

and the hanging decorations are 

colourful cardboard tubes from 

aclothing manufacturer. 

‘‘These are all held together 

with trusty repurposed baling 

twine and cable ties’’, she says. 

But no sooner than the tree 

was put up, it blew —agale. 

‘‘So all hands were on the tree, 

as we had to reinforce and 

support it.’’ 

It is the third year thevan 

Reenen family have had a 

display atheir gate, starting in 

2020 when they moved to Mendip 

Road from Tasman. 

Meanwhile, North Canterbury 

business,Mandeville Hire, at 

Mandeville Road, Ohoka, has 

also got into the Christmas spirit 

to advertise their business, using 

bales of hay to develop a 

Christmas scene. 

Merry Christmas ... 

Conrad,12, (top), Julia, 9and 

Fletcher 10, all Cheviot Area 

School pupils with their festive 

work of art. PHOTO: MEL VAN REENEN 

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Satisfy and Kairos to the rescue 


Kaiapoibased Satisfy Food Rescue has 

stepped up, along with Kairos Food 

Rescue, to fill the gap left by the closure 

of Foodbank Canterbury. 

They have been supported in their 

quest by Woolworths NZ, who will provide 

substantial new Food for Good funding to 

both organisations to ensure continued 

collection and distribution of surplus 

food,following Foodbank Canterbury’s 

closure at the end of the year. 

Satisfy Food Rescue will expand food 

rescue coverage from the five Woolworths 

stores it collectsfrom in North 

Canterbury, including the newly opened 

Waimakariri Junction store. 

Kairos FoodRescue will become 

Woolworths new food rescue partner in 

central Christchurch, allowing it to 

collect surplus food from stores for 

distribution at no charge to socialservice 

providers in Christchurch. 

Woolworths say it was saddened by the 

sudden collapse of Foodbank Canterbury, 

which it supported financially, and 

acknowledged the important role it 

played in wider Canterbury. Satisfy 

manager Stef Van Meer says it was sad 

news to hear Foodbank Canterbury was 

ceasing operations at the end of the year. 

‘‘We understand the uncertainty that 

this will cause for organisations that have 

been supported by Foodbank Canterbury, 

but we feel confident that we can fill this 

gap to continue meeting the need.’’ 

But she says it will come at acost to its 

operational overheads, and more 

volunteers will be needed in the new 

year. 

She urges anyone keen to get involved 

to get in touch with Satisfy via its website. 

Satisfy and Kairos celebrate three 

years of collaboration in their shared 

Satisfy manager ... Stef Van Meer 

PHOTO: FILE 

mission to alleviatehunger and reduce 

food waste in North Canterbury and 

Christchurch communities. 

Since their connection in 2020, which 

all began over amountain of rescued eggs 

amid the start of the Covid19 crisis, these 

two organisations have worked 

seamlessly together to rescue surplus 

food which would otherwise have gone to 

waste, and redistribute it to those in need. 

Together they are making asignificant 

impact on reducing food insecurity in the 

Canterbury region. 

Together, Satisfy and Kairos have 

rescued and redistributed an impressive 

163 tonnes of surplus food in the last three 

months alone. 

They actively engaged with local 

businesses,farmers,and food producers 

to strengthen their network of food 

donors, including regular connection and 

sharing of excess between their 

organisations to help bridge the gap 

between abundance and need. 

As food hubs they are both supported by 

the New Zealand Food Network (NZFN) 

who regularly donate bulk palletised 

goods for them to distribute to their 

community. 

By fostering their relationships,Satisfy 

and Kairos have created asustainable 

ecosystem that supports the wider 

community in times of need. 

Ms Van Meer says the respective 

communities they operate in can only 

thrive when ‘‘we work together towards 

one common goal —that of helping feed 

people in times of need, while reducing 

waste for positive environmental impact’’. 

‘‘Together we have built this amazing 

relationship that means we not only share 

excess food, but also share ideas and best 

practices to help our organisations 

thrive.’’ 

Barbi Larkins,communications and 

marketing coordinator at Kairos says 

these partnerships are invaluable. 

‘‘In aworld that seems obsessed with 

competition, the friendship and 

collaboration we have with Satisfy Food 

Rescue and other community 

organisations makes us better at what we 

do and enables us to do more for the good 

of our communities. 

‘‘When we work together, everyone 

wins.’’ 

Santa greetedbyahugecrowd 

By JOHN COSGROVE 

The biggest crowd on record chanced 

the weather and turned out for the 

Rangiora Toyota Santa Parade on 

Sunday. 

Despite the threat of more rain 

during the afternoon ,Santa 

continued his travels around North 

Canterbury,stopping in at Rangiora 

to join in the fun at the McAlpines 

Mitre 10 Mega Rangiora Christmas 

Party in the Park. 

The Rangiora Promotions 

Association Business Relationship 

Manager Karen Dugdale said 

organising the party and Rangiora 

Toyota Santa Parade wouldn't have 

been possible without the kind help 

of many sponsors and helpers. 

‘‘It went off without ahitch. The 

day started soggy but we knew the 

rain would ease off by 11am and it 

did. 

‘‘It stayed away and it was anice 

afternoon’s entertainment for what 

is possibly our biggest crowd ever,’’ 

she said. 

She said despite some mechanical 

problems with acouple of entries 

pullingout last minute, there were 46 

floats in the parade, with acouple of 

hundred walkers alongside. 

‘‘It was great to see everyone out 

there walkingand dancing in front of 

all the families who had come to 

watch the parade and see Santa.’’ 

The Party in the Park began earlier 

in the day where 36 vendorsand 128 

food stalls were on hand to entertain 

and feed the visitors. 

‘‘The party’s main sponsor 

McAlpines Mitre 10 Mega Rangiora, 

had lots of free giveaways for people 

and children, and the free cookie 

making, face painting and musical 

acts proved verypopular.’’ 

Santa and his elves rode aboardhis 

sleigh down High Street bringing a 

smile to all the children watching on. 

Karen says RangioraPromotions is 

extremely grateful for the support. 

Sponsors included Rangiora 

Toyota, McAlpines Mitre10Mega 

Rangiora, Waimakariri District 

Council, Signal Traffic Management, 

Aotearoa Gaming Trust and Kiwi 

Gaming foundation and all other 

sponsors. 

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Crate Day maybe on the move 


Ashley Sergeant hopes moving Crate Day 

to February will help avoid conflict along 

the Ashley /Rakahuri River between 4WD 

drivers and bird conservation 

organisations protecting endangered 

bird’s nesting habitats. 

He is stepping up as aspokesman after 

the drubbing 4WD recreationalists 

received following Crate Day 

celebrations on the river on Saturday, 

December 9. 

Ashley hopes he can persuade those 

who take part in Crate Day to set their 

sights on the first Saturday in February 

for the annual trek. 

He says when he began aoneday 4WD 

trek up the river from the Rangiora, 

Cones Road Bridge 13 years ago, he never 

imagined it would end up more than a 

decade later, creating such an uproar. 

It began with him and afew mates 

enjoying afamily day out, abarbecue and 

aswim. 

The next year afew more joined in, and 

the concept grew —into Crate Day. 

The recent trek attracted upto150 or 

more 4WD. 

Ashley believes the growth has caused a 

lot of disparate groups to join in the trek, 

leaving no one person as aspokesperson 

or contact for anyone to approach about 

concerns. 

This has led to the 4WD drivers ‘‘being 

completely and unfairly blasted in the 

news and media’’. 

‘‘The original Crate Day trip used to 

start down at the Rangiora Bridge and go 

upstream. 

‘‘We changed that to avoid the nesting 

areas between the bridge and the Okuku 

confluence.’’ 

He says after chatting with alarge 

number of the people who take part, it has 

been decided to ‘‘promote’’ achange of 

date to the beginning of February when 

the nesting season is done. 

‘‘The Crate Day just gone will be the last 

year alarge portion of the people Iknow, 

and associate with, will be attending the 

day on the original date.’’ 

Ashley says the positives of adate 

change means river levels will ‘‘usually’’ 

be more consistent, it will be agreat way 

to celebrate summer and the start of a 

new year, and won’t fall on the same day 

as Santa festivities for family’s that want 

to attend. 

‘‘We are not the bad bunch of people 

that the media is making us out to be. 

‘‘Most of us are upstanding, respectful 

members of society that participate in the 

river clean up days and do our best to 

preserve the area we enjoy. 

‘‘I want to see our access to the river 

maintained for years to come, and Idon't 

think butting heads with people that are 

just trying to do what they think is right 

will be the correct way to go aboutthat,’’ 

In dialogue ... Environment Canterbury ranger, Chuck Dowdell, speaking with occupants 

of a4WD vehicle near the Okuku River bridge, on Crate Day last weekend, advising them 

where they could drive to avoid conflict with nesting birds. 

PHOTO: FILE 

Ashley says. 

For those who want to celebrate Crate 

Day, an unofficial celebration in New 

Zealand, held on the first Saturday of 

December, Ashley hopes to look at doing 

another event. 

It is early days yet, says Ashley, but he 

would like to see an ‘‘all inclusive’’ event, 

on aprivate property, where everyone 

can enjoy socialising, ‘‘without being in a 

public place and ruining someone else’s 

day’’. 

He concedes alot of people don’t want 

to join clubs or agroup for all sorts of 

reasons. 

But he says that doesn't mean ‘‘as a 

group we can’t steer it in the right 

direction and Ihope that's what this will 

do’’. 

His effort to shift the date of Crate Day 

have been welcomed by the Department 

of Conservation (DOC), the Ashley 

Rakahuri Rivercare Group (ARRG) and 

the Waimakariri District Council. 

DOC North Canterbury Operations 

Manager Leeann Ellis says it is fantastic 

there is strong support from participants 

of the fourwheeldrive event on Crate 

Day to change the date. 

DOC appreciated they had considered 

the impact of the event on endangered 

nesting birds who were vulnerable to 

disturbance, and difficult to spot by 

vehicle users. 

Work would continue with ARRG, the 

Waimakariri Council, Environment 

Canterbury, and the combined 4WD 

Club to try and minimise disturbance, 

and improve the breeding success of the 

threatened birds. 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon says 

the council is concerned at Crate Day 

activities, and this year worked with the 

Police, DOC, 4WD clubs and 

Environment Canterbury (ECan), to try 

and educate drivers to avoid areas 

known to be bird nesting areas. 

He is keen to have aformalised group 

to work with 4WD enthusiasts, and says 

having been approached by 4WD clubs 

keen to move the date ‘‘is agreat 

outcome where people can use our 

natural environment for recreation 

pursuits without it being to the 

detriment of native wildlife or plants.’’ 

ARRG spokesperson Judith Hugey 

congratulated Ashley Sergeant for 

standing up, taking leadership and 

recognising the event had morphed into 

something that threatened endangered 

braided river birds. “Our hope is that all 

participants will heed the call. It would 

be an example for achange of behaviour 

on rivers throughout NZ.’’ 

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The golden touch of rosarians 

BySHELLEY TOPP 

Loburn rosarians, Michael and Marian 

Brown have been awarded aprestigious 

gold medal for their blooms at the 

National Rose Show. 

The medal, which is rarely awarded, is 

given for the presentation of nine types of 

blooms in aclass where all have achieved 

avery high standard of perfection. 

‘‘They each need to score over 80 points 

per bloom,and this is generally difficult 

to attain in any season because of factors 

such as weather, that spoils blooms,’’ 

Michael says. 

The couple also won breeder’s medals 

for two newly created roses —Candy 

Crush and Loburn Lass —atthe show 

which was held in Timaru on December 2 

and 3aspart of the Caroline Bay Festival 

of Roses weekend. 

‘‘The hall abounded with beautifully 

grown roses and floral art which had 

come from as far away as Whangarei and 

the standard was very high,’’ Michael 

says. 

The National Rose Show is rarely held 

in the South Island because of the huge 

strength of growers in the Palmerston 

North, Waikato, Auckland and Whangarei 

areas, but this year North Canterbury 

rose growers, led by Michael and Marian, 

stole the showwith their blooms. 

Claire Gilroy, from Gilroy Nurseries in 

Clarkville, also had success at the show as 

did Tanya Boerlage from West Eyreton. 

Michael, who is president of the 

Canterbury Rose Society, and Marian, 

have been breeding roses since 1978 as a 

hobby. 

They are attracted to roses because of 

the variation of colour, repeat garden 

flowering and the ‘‘absolute beauty’’, of 

the blooms. 

Roses grow in any soil type but prefer 

freedraining soil with plenty ofmoisture 

during the growing season. 

Loburn Lass ... One of two roses bred by Loburn rosarians Michael and Marian Brown, 

which won aBreeders’ Medal for the couple at the National Rose Show in Timaru. 

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‘‘Any aspect will work for roses. 

‘‘They are very tolerant and give many 

flowers with little effort. 

‘‘Mine receive amulch of animal 

manure annually —mychoice is horse 

(manure) from the breeding stables,’’ 

Michael says. 

If you are planning on starting anew 

rose garden Michael recommends 

planting avigorous varietythat would 

produce lots of flowers and repeat such as 

Absolutely Fabulous, Glorious,orLoving 

Memory and as long as they are planted in 

good soil that drains freely, they do well. 

‘‘The flower beds in Victoria Park in 

Rangiora have varieties such as Class Act, 

Margaret Merrill, Rock‘n’Roll, Sexy Rexy, 

Raspberry Ice and Ingrid Bergman, and 

they all look beautiful. 

‘‘Similarly, on the corner of High Street 

and Ashley Street, there is the Rotary 

RoseGarden which features Diamonds 

Forever, Auckland Metro, Racy Lady, 

Glorious,The Lady and Hamilton 

Gardens,all good examples of roses that 

do well in our area.’’ 

Michael would like to encourage 

anyone who has an interest in roses to 

join the Canterbury Rose Society by 

emailing him at mandmbrown.nz@gmail. 

com. 

‘‘We would welcome new members and 

anyone interested in growing and 

showing roses,’’ he says. 

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Tooting for tucker throughout NC 

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An overwhelming response greeted 

volunteersassisting the annual Toot for 

Tucker appeal last Tuesday evening with 

donations exceeding expectations. 

While the sirens wailed and the horns 

tooted across North Canterbury, residents 

dug deep, and answered the call to donate 

food. 

The appeal helps restock the many food 

banks in the area, and support the 

increased demand from those in need, 

particularly as the Christmas holiday 

season approaches. 

Large numbersofservice group 

volunteers, Fire and Emergency NZ 

firemen, school students, and community 

groups all turned out to help in Kaiapoi, 

Woodend/Pegasus/Ravenswood, Rangiora, 

Oxford, Amberley, Leithfield and 

Waipara. 

Organiser Bev Wright says the response 

exceeded expectations. 

‘‘All the areas gave generously and none 

more so than the little township of 

Waipara, who joined in the event for the 

first time and gave afantastic donation of 

some 21 banana boxes to the local 

foodbank.’’ 

Oxford Community Trust worker Emily 

Chapman says it was areally good 

response from the community. 

‘‘We had agreat response and were 

pleased at the high quality of the food 

donated.” 

She says they collected about 100 boxes 

of food and praised the Oxford Lions, local 

firemen and other volunteers for their 

help. 

Mrs Wright says Amberley undertook a 

new approach this year. 

‘‘By using the evening to not only collect, 

but to also sort the food it gave everyone a 

fresh perspective on what had been 

donated. They then delivered it to the 

local foodbanks ready to be put out into 

Loadedup... Amberley Lions member Allan Hislop helps Amberley School pupil Hema 

Laxon (12) to unload their car at the annual Toot for Tucker appeal in Amberley, while 

Vanessa Nelmes helps to coordinate the unloading operation in the car park behind the 

council offices. 

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

food parcels for clients.’’ 

She says the Mayor of Hurunui was right 

in the thick of it –helping with the sorting. 

Mayor Marie Black says the community 

were very generous. 

‘‘It was avery well supported event and 

we had agenerous array of nonperishable 

items. We talk alot about the downturn, 

but there was areal generosity of spirit.’’ 

Mrs Black says the council chambers 

was ‘‘completely full of food’’ to support 

three food banks in the district. 

Rangiora and Kaiapoi both had extra 

help this year, with many volunteers being 

part of the collection. 

Mrs Wright says both towns had an 

exceptional donation of food, with 

Rangiora’s being the largest in recent 

years. 

‘‘From school children, collecting for the 

first time, to the regulars who come out 

every year to simply do their bit, we could 

not do this without their support.’’ 

She thanked all the people who keep on 

giving every year. 

‘‘I could not name them all here, but we 

do appreciate your efforts very much 

indeed.’’ 

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OPINION 


Around the electorate with 

STUART SMITH MP FOR KAIKOURA 

Nationaldelivering to 

get NZ back on track 

The last few years have been incredibly 

tough for many New Zealanderswith 

patience wearing thin waiting on afinal 

election result, and then, acoalition 

agreement. 

But, that time has been well spent on 

an ambitious plan for our first 100 days 

in Office, and starting to improve New 

Zealanders lives. 

While it is ambitious to deliver 49 

actions in 100 days, we have had to hit 

the ground running and repealingThree 

Waters, stopping work on Auckland 

Light Rail, and withdrawingtaxpayer 

funding from Lets Get Wellington 

Movingare our top priorities. 

Because we believe that healthcare 

should be based on need, not race, we 

will introduce legislation to disestablish 

the Māori Health Authority. 

We have already started work to 

unravel Labour’s Polytechnic megamerger 

blunder, Te Pūkenga, which has 

been adisaster for New Zealand's 

vocational sector. 

Educational performance will be 

lifted by ensuring primary and 

intermediate schools acrossthe board, 

from the start of 2024, are consistently 

teaching an hour each day of maths, 

reading and writing, and banning mobile 

phoneuse in class —something that 

should never have been allowed in the 

first place. 

All of the above, and more, is in our 

100dayplan, but it is the explosion in 

crime that is the most concerning. 

We all have the right to feel safe on our 

streets and in our homes, yet many 

communities across New Zealand live in 

an environment of fear and intimidation 

becauseofgang activities. 

This is not acceptable. We are going to 

crack downonthose gangs by banning 

their insignia from being worn in public 

and ensuring that gang membership is 

an aggravating factor during sentencing. 

Relief will come to our farming 

community, who, in recent years, have 

been made to feel they werepublic 

enemy number one. 

We recognise and value our farmers 

for what they are: that is, stewards of 

their land, striving to protect the land 

for future generations. 

It is an enormous responsibility and 

one they do not take lightly. 

New Zealand has some of the best 

farmers in the world, whose farming 

practicesare among the most efficient 

and innovative in the world, and 

developed here in New Zealand, by 

farmers. 

Ihave been humbled by the support 

shown by our rural communities for the 

new government, and, even more so, by 

their senseofrelief. 

For all that, there are detractorsout 

therewho are finding the changes 

difficult to accept. 

Thesechanges we are making were 

campaigned on and should be no 

surprisetoanyone. 

Our 100day plan shows we intend to 

move quickly to get New Zealand back 

on track. 

New Zealanders put their trust in 

National, Act and NZ First for amore 

prosperous future and we will not let 

them down. 

Reducing the burden 

By DAVID HILL, 

Local Democracy Reporter 

Reducingthe regulatory burden on 

ratepayers is in the sights of 

Environment Canterbury’s 

chairperson. 

The burden of constantreform has 

seen the councilmake submissions on 

22 pieces of legislation over thelast two 

years, he said. 

The new coalition government has 

announced sweepingchanges 

includingthe repeal of the Resource 

ManagementAct (RMA) reforms, and 

changes to the National Policy 

Statements (NPS) on Freshwater and 

Indigenous Biodiversity. 

Chair Peter Scott said there were 

aspects of the Natural and Built 

Environments Act which would provide 

good outcomes, but the legislation was 

complex. 

‘‘There was general agreement the 

old RMA was no longer fit for purpose, 

so the question is what will they 

replace it with. 

‘‘I imagine it is relatively easy to 

repeal legislation,but replacing it will 

take time. 

‘‘Rather than preparing areport and 

presentingittocentral Government for 

no particular reason, Iwould rather get 

on with the things which improve 

outcomes for our region.’’ 

Mr Scott said Environment 

Canterbury had a‘‘robust’’ planning 

framework in place before the NPS on 

Freshwater was introduced. 

‘‘When you look at our Land and 

Water Regional Plan, it is really strong, 

probably the strongest in the country 

and in some cases it is maybe too 

strong. 

‘‘The frustratingthingiswhen they 

developed the freshwater policy 

statement, they chucked in (water) 

allocation at the last minute.’’ 

While there was plenty of talk about 

‘‘over allocation’’ of water for 

irrigation in Canterbury, Mr Scott said 

it was ‘‘paper allocation’’. 

A farmer might be granted aconsent 

for irrigation at 20 litres per second, 

but would only have the irrigators 

operating at certain times of theyear. 

‘‘If you want to say to that farmer ‘we 

need to reduce it to 10 litres per 

second’ it is not going to work as the 

farmer will have infrastructure for 20 

litres per second.’’ 

The council was anticipating a 

tsunami of consents between 2027 and 

2032 as existing legislation meant the 

length of time consents could be issued 

for had been reduced to five years and 

was set to be reduced again. 

Environment Canterbury issued 

three times as many consents as any 

other regional council due to having 70 

percent of the country’s freshwater 

allocation and because of its 

geographical size, Mr Scott said. 

He believed 85% of consents could be 

given for longer periods. 

‘‘Before anyone was thinking 

seriously about allocation, our 

consents were agenerational thing, 

being issued for 30 or 35 years,’’ Mr 

Scott said. 

‘‘But when it is only for four or five 

years it makes it difficult for abusiness 

to go to the bank for aloan.’’ 

To simplify the process, the council 

worked with irrigation companies to 

grant ‘‘global consents’’, instead of 

issuing individual consents, and 

auditing aselection of farms every 

second year. 

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Wind event in Waimakariri District averycostly blow 

ByDAVID HILL, 


The election day storm event proved to 

be acostly one for the Waimakariri 

District Council. 

The council incurred $245,000 in 

emergency response costs in the 

immediate aftermath of the Saturday, 

October 14, ‘‘extreme wind event’’, 

roading and transport manager Joanne 

McBride said. 

She said the costs included $195,000 to 

clear debris and get roads open again, 

while $50,000 was spent by the 

greenspace team clearing parks and 

reserves. 

‘‘The extreme wind event resulted in 

significant tree fall along with road 

restrictions or closures,’’ Ms McBride 

said. 

‘‘There were also significant areas 

where power lines were brought down 

with the trees.’’ 

Deputy Mayor Neville Atkinson said it 

was anecessary expenditure to keep the 

district working. 

‘‘It is very obvious these events are 

coming more and more. 

‘‘We don’t when the next event will be 

and we don’t whether trees are going to 

stand up. But the reality is we’ve got to 

get the roads cleared so farmers can keep 

operating and businesses can keep 

running, so it has got to be done and it has 

got to be done quickly.’’ 

The council has spent more then $10 

million of unplanned expenditure 

responding to weather and flood events 

over the last three years. The increase in 

storm events resulting from climate 

change led to the council establishing a 

specialist infrastructure resilience team 

so it can better respond to future events. 

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Motunau 6:49pm 2.3 12:50pm 0.6 7:43pm 2.3 1:40pm 0.5 8:38pm 2.3 2:31pm 0.5 9:34pm 2.4 3:23pm 0.5 10:28pm 2.4 4:17pm 0.5 11:23pm 2.4 5:13pm 0.5 

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Gore Bay 6:51pm 2.3 12:52pm 0.6 7:45pm 2.3 1:42pm 0.5 8:40pm 2.3 2:33pm 0.5 9:36pm 2.4 3:25pm 0.5 10:30pm 2.4 4:19pm 0.5 11:25pm 2.4 5:15pm 0.5 

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Kaikoura 6:48pm 1.5 12:44pm 0.3 7:41pm 1.5 1:36pm 0.2 8:35pm 1.6 2:29pm 0.2 9:29pm 1.6 3:24pm 0.2 10:24pm 1.6 4:19pm 0.2 11:19pm 1.6 5:13pm 0.2 

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RANGIORA

NEWS 


CHRISTMAS 

AT THE RACES 

7 

High standard ... The restored Jane Gifford which is the standard the trust is aiming for. 


Restoration to begin 

Work on restoring the scow Success, 

which is now on the north bank of the 

Kaiapoi River, will start next year. 

The trust restoring the ship, which is 

one of the last remaining scows left in 

New Zealand, plans to employ an 

experienced shipwright to lead the 

restoration work. 

Once avery popular vessel, there were 

at least 130 trading on the New Zealand 

coast, with their shallow draft enabled 

them to navigate bars at the mouths of 

harbours and rivers. 

Originally powered by sails and motor 

Success was carted by road from Nelson 

to Kaiapoi earlier this year. 

Trust chair, Graham Robertson says a 

good deal of the restoration work will be 

done by volunteers, the project will be 

led by the part time professional 

shipwright. 

When completed the vessel will be one 

of only two original scows that have been 

restored, the other being the ‘‘Jane 

Gifford’’ in Warkworth. 

Mr Robertson, says Kaiapoi has arich 

heritage as aformer working port and is 

now regaining prominence with it 

becoming the home port for anumber of 

local craft. 

‘‘This restoration will add value to 

Kaiapoi as amarine destination as well 

as preserving avalued link to the past,’’ 

he says. 

Anyone interested in finding out more 

about the position of restoration 

shipwright can Mr Robertson on 021 902 

050 or gbrobertson1@gmail.com. 

Tourists coming back 



Sunday 17 th December 

First Race 12.00pm 

Loads of entertainment for young and old including Santa, 

band, kid’s tote, B.Y.O. carparks only -Adult entry $10 

First race in the New Year 

Monday 1 st January 

First race 1.00pm 

Quality Harness Racing action |Kid’s Bouncy Castle 

Free entry -Country racing at it’s BEST 

Full Bar and Cafe Service available 

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The return of cruise ships is helping 

Kaikōura to find its ‘‘groove’’, says 

Destination Kaikōura chairperson 

Lynette Buurman. 

Forward bookings are strong and staff 

recruitment is on track as the town 

gears up for abusinesssummer. 

Kaikōura is set to host awhopping 17 

cruise ship visits, with the first one 

arriving last month, Mrs Buurman said. 

‘‘It was just asmall one (around 100 

passengers), but it meant we could just 

concentrate on hosting them really well 

to get us backinto the groovefor the 

bigger ones later in the season. 

‘‘It is looking like astrongseason. We 

havebrilliant, forward bookings and 

recruiting has gone well. 

‘‘I think the biggest unknown is the 

weather, but it is so good that the 

demand is there.’’ 

One cruise ship, Silver Muse,was 

scheduled to visit three times this 

summer and could carry more than 600 

passengers, plus crew. 

But cruise ship visits were weather 

dependent and schedules could change 

at amoment’s notice. 

While operators had to operate with 

reduced staff last summer, there were 

plenty of young people arriving in town 

on working holiday visas. 

The biggest challenge was 

accommodating workers, due to the 

town’s housing shortage. 

Mrs Buurman said there were few 

rental properties available, with 

several properties being used for 

Airbnb. 

Overseas visitors were also returning 

in good numbers, keen to reconnect 

with nature. 

‘‘It is not just about spending money, 

we have walking and cycling trails, Mt 

Summer fun ... Tourists are flocking back 

to Kaikoura to experience what it has to 

offer. 

FIONA WARDLE PHOTOGRAPHY 

Fyffe and the museum,’’ Mrs Buurman 

said. 

‘‘Hearing our story is apart of the 

experience and we have just so much 

going on.’’ 

One Australian visitor recently 

commented about how much Kaikōura 

had changed since Covid and would be 

recommending to people to ‘‘stay at 

least two nights’’ to take in all the town 

has to offer. 

Mrs Buurman said tourism had a 

bright future with ‘‘some exciting 

projects’’ under way including the 

Whale Trail and the Wakatu Quay 

development. 

Destination Kaikōura is a 

partnership between the Kaikōura 

District Council and local tourism 

operators. 

‘‘We are atiny organisation, but we 

offer some great experiences.’’ 



until 24 December 

Only 10 days to go

2023/24 Christmas–New Year Period 

Your Guide to Council Services 

Swimming pools 

The Dudley Park, Oxford and Kaiapoi swimming pools will be open for 

recreation and lane swimming at the following times during the holidays: 

Kerbside collections 

There will be no kerbside collections on Christmas Day and 

New Year’s Day. 

Dudley Park 

Aquatic Centre 

47 Church Street, 

Rangiora 

Kaiapoi Aquatic 

Centre 

9Cass Street, 

Kaiapoi 

Phone 0800 924 794 

Oxford Community 

Aquatic Centre 

9Burnett Street, 

Oxford 

For the weeks commencing 25 December and 1 January collections will 

move to the following day. Monday’s collection will move to Tuesday, 

Tuesday’s collection will move to Wednesday, Wednesday’s collection 

will move to Thursday, Thursday’s collection will move to Friday and 

Friday’s collection will move to Saturday. 

Sunday 24 December 7.30am-3pm 10am-3pm 

Monday 25 December 

Tuesday 26 December 

Wednesday 27 December 

Thursday 28December 

Friday 29 December 

10am–7pm 

Closed 

10am–7pm 

Saturday 30 December 

Sunday 31 December 10am-3pm 10am–3pm 

Monday 1January 

Closed 

Tuesday 2January 

Wednesday 3January 

Thursday 4January 

Friday 5 January 

Saturday 6January 

7.30am-7pm 

Normal hours resume 

10am-7pm 

Service centres and libraries 

TheRangiora Service Centrewill closeat12noon on Friday22December 

2023 and will re-open at8.30am on Wednesday 3January 2024. 

The Waimakariri Libraries and other Service Centres will observe the 

following hours. Libraries are available byphone at 03 311 8901 or 

email library@wmk.govt.nz 

Thursday 21 December 



Sunday 24 December 










Wednesday 3January 

Rangiora Library 

141 Percival Street, 

Rangiora 

10am–2pm 

1pm-3pm 

10am–2pm 

1pm-3pm 

Kaiapoi Library & 

Service Centre 

Ruataniwha Civic 

Centre, 176 Williams 

Street, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03311 8901 

9am–5pm 

(No late night library hours) 

Closed 

10am–2pm 

(Library only) 

1pm-3pm 


9am–5pm 

(No late night library hours) 

Closed 

10am–2pm 


1pm-3pm 


Oxford Library & 

Service Centre 

34 Main Street, 

Oxford 

Closed 

Closed 

9am–5pm (Normal hours resume) 

Late nights resume from week commencing 8January 

Usual collection day: Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri 

moves to 

New collection day: Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat 

Rubbish bags and wheelie bins must be placed out for collection by 7am. 

Collection times may vary during the holiday period. Please contact 

the Council on0800 965 468 ifyou experience any problems with your 

kerbside collections. 

Remember you can sign up for text alerts to remind you toput out your 

kerbside bins atrethinkrubbish.co.nz 

Eftpos and credit card* 

payments accepted 

Southbrook Transfer Station 

&Resource Recovery Park 

284 Flaxton Road, Rangiora 

Phone 03 313 5499 

Oxford Transfer Station 

High Street, Oxford 

Saturday 23 December 8.30am–4.30pm Closed asusual 

Sunday 24 December 8.30am-4.30pm 12 noon-4.30pm 



Closed 

Closed as usual 




8.30am–4.30pm 

12.30pm–4.30pm 




12 noon-4.30pm 


Closed 


8.30am–4.30pm 


(Normal hours resume) 

(*Fee applies tocredit and debit card payments) 

Noise control, dog and stock control 

Day and night please telephone the after hours service number and 

follow the recorded instructions: 0800 965 468. 

Please note this is an emergency service only. Normal services resume 

3January 2024. 

Snap Send Solve and email enquiries 

Requests and messages will not be processed on statutory holidays 

or weekends. Please report urgent issues by phone. 

All urgent calls 

Urgent calls toany Council Service Centre during the holidays will be 

directed toour after hours answering service. 

Urgent calls: 0800 965 468. Follow the recorded instructions. 

For further information call the Council on 0800 965 468 or visit our website waimakariri.govt.nz

Merry Christmas, 

Meri Kirihimete! 

I wish you all a safe and happy festive season! 

It has been quite a year, and I know that the challenges, especially from the rising cost of 

living, can feel particularly difficult during this time. 

I encourage you to embrace the spirit of Christmas by enjoying the precious moments you 

share with your friends and loved ones. 

Amid the hustle and bustle, remember to take a step back and be kind to yourself. We all 

deserve a little extra care and compassion, especially during the holiday season. 

When it comes to Christmas shopping and functions, consider supporting local businesses. 

Your choice to buy locally helps make the Waimakariri District thrive. 

Thank you to our emergency services, medical teams and all those working and keeping us 

safe over this holiday period. 

On behalf of the Council, we wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a happy and 

relaxing New Year holiday period. 

Mayor Dan Gordon and Rupert 

Seasons Greetings 

Thomas, Sarah, Mark, Ray, Pete, 

Michelle, Tim and Niki ofthe 

Oxford-Ohoka Community Board 

Meri Kirihimete 

Shona, Ian, Rhonda, Mark, Andrew, 

Brent and Phillip of the 

Woodend-Sefton Community Board 

Wish you 

all asafe 

and enjoyable 

festive season with 

friends and family. 

We look forward to 

continuing to serveour 

communitythrough 2024. 

Extend best 

wishes for a 

wonderful 2023 

festive season tothe 

communities of… 

Woodend, Woodend 

Beach, Sefton, 

Pegasus, Waikuku 

and Waikuku Beach. 

Merry Christmas and 

Happy New Year 

From theKaiapoi-Tuahiwi 

Community Board 

The Rangiora-Ashley 

Community Board 

Would like towish the community 

every happiness and asafe and 

enjoyable holiday period. 

Ngā mihi nui o 

Te TauHou ki akoe 

me tō whānau. 

Neville, Sandra, 

Al, Jackie, Russell, 

Tracey and Tim. 

MerryChristmas 

andHappy New Year 

Jim, Kirstyn, Ivan, Murray, 

Monique, Liz, Bruce, 

Steve, Robbie, Jason, 

Joan and Paul. 

For afull list ofCouncil Service holiday hours, including our 

libraries, pools and kerbside collections visit the Council website. 

waimakariri.govt.nz

10 The 

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AGreat White ancestor uncovered in NC 


To most people the small pebble or 

boulder washed smooth on the beach by 

hundreds of thousands of years of water 

action is just that –apebble. 

But when amateur palaeontologist 

Morne Mamlambo‘s trained eye spotted a 

tiny fissure in apebble at Motunau Beach, 

he carefully uncovered a6millionyearold 

shark’s tooth that spawned awhole 

new species for New Zealand. 

It could possibly be the famed Great 

White shark's Paleocene period ancestor 

and it goes by the name of Hubbell'swhite 

shark —scientific name Carcharadon 

hubbelli. 

He says it probably grew to be more than 

5m in size. 

‘‘In fact it is atransitional shark species, 

one that bridges earlier species, the 

Hastalis, with the Great Whites of today,’’ 

he says. 

‘‘This is the furthest south that they have 

been found and it is helping scientists 

globally. 

Morne says the tooth dates from the 

Miocene period, betweensix to 11 million 

years ago. 

‘‘The reason it is important is that it can 

tell us very precisely how old that 

particular rock is, as the transitional shark 

are only know from areas that are six to 

eight million years old.’’ 

The South African born software 

engineer uses hunting for fossils on 

beachesinNorth Canterbury as away to 

relieve the stresses of work. 

Most weekends he can be found out 

lookingfor fossils in and around the mouth 

of the Motunau River, near the small 

Motunau Beach settlement. 

Once he finds aprospect or two, he 

painstakinglychips the fossils out of them, 

often reverting to Xrays and 3D printing 

technology to see them, which was the 

Rare find... Morne Mamlambo’s shark 

tooth he found in Motunau Beach, which 

has been publishedasanew species for 

New Zealand. It is related to the great white 

shark. 

case of arecent Turtle skull. It took him 

five months to break it freeofits boulder. 

His palaeontology journey began five 

years ago when he found afossilised 

dolphin vertebra while walking along the 

beach. 

He took it to the Canterbury Museum 

and they said it was over six million years 

old. 

Since then he has uncovered all sorts of 

Beach treasure ... Amateur palaeontologist Morne Mamlambo holding a48million year 

old billfish skull he found recently. 

PHOTOS: MAMLAMBO FOSSILS 

fossils from the beach area dating from 

periods up to 66 million years ago. 

There has been plenty of sharks teeth, 

all manner of crabs, shells, and other 

fossils,and acomplete skeleton of anew 

species of penguin. 

Keen to show his family what he was 

uncovering in New Zealand, Morne 

started aYouTube channel which has 

proved very popular. His channel now has 

over 500,000 subscribers and some videos 

have over 1.5million views. 

The sharks tooth discovery was recently 

the subject of scientific paper and was 

donated to amuseum, like all his 

important finds. Now in his spare time he 

visits school to talk about New Zealand 

fossils. 

‘‘Schools only have American or 

European dinosaurs to show pupils. I go 

there to educate children on what they can 

find in their own back yard.’’ 

Morne says when amateurs, like 

himself, find arare fossil they should 

preserve the site, record and GPS tag it, 

and call the major museums. 

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Agovernance structureisbeing 

established to manage alarge land 

purchase near Rangiora. 

The Waimakariri District Council 

bought 85 hectares of land between 

Rangiora and Kaiapoi for $2.6 million 

back in May with aview to establishing 

afuturewetland and recreation 

reserve. 

Governance has been placed in the 

hands of the Arohatia te Awa (Cherish 

the River) project working group, 

which has been tasked with creating a 

governance structure, before 

progressing with community 

engagement. 

The Arohatia te Awa working group 

comprises councillors, council staff 

and representatives from Te Rūnanga 

oNgāi Tūāhuririand Environment 

Canterbury. 

Mayor Dan Gordon said the project 

was ‘‘a once in alifetime opportunity’’. 

‘‘We have already had expressions of 

interest from Environment 

Canterburyand Ngāi Tūāhuriri to be 

involved, so let’s get it started. 

‘‘There is an opportunity for 

biodiversity outcomes and 

educational opportunities. 

‘‘I have heard alot of views 

including alot of positive viewsabout 

our long term aspirations and we can 

be really proud we have made this 

step.’’ 

The purchase came after aplea from 

former Waimakariri Zone Committee 

chairperson Michael Blackwell, who 

passed away earlier this year. 

Councillor Philip Redmond said 

there had been alot of ‘‘information or 

misinformation’’ on social media so it 

was important for the council to 

consider all the options. 

The council bought two 

neighbouring properties on Lineside 

Road and Revells Road, within the 

Ruataniwha /Cam River catchment. 

They were often referred to 

colloquially as Lake Lineside as water 

had atendency to get trapped in the 

basinlike land following heavy rain. 

Alease agreement has been 

accepted by Downie Flat Ltd for 

grazing (nondairy) and cropping for 

77.5 hectares of the land, for $85,800 a 

year to cover the project’s costs. 

Council ecologist Dr Bex Dollery 

said there was an opportunity for the 

land to be developed as anatural 

reserve. 

‘‘We need to think about the types of 

plantings and the funding which might 

be considered, and then there is the 

maintenance. It needs to be areally 

clear approach. 

‘‘We need to give some consideration 

to the types of trees we plant, as some 

species of trees can take hundreds of 

years to fully mature, while other 

areas could be planted in trees which 

grow much quicker. 

‘‘Those discussions will sit with the 

governance and design group.’’ 

Councillor Paul Williams 

questioned why this property was 

being singled out when the council 

owned several parcels of land with 

biodiversity which could be worth 

protecting. 

Community and recreation general 

manager Chris Brown said council 

staff had begun aprocess of reviewing 

council properties and ‘‘considering 

their strategic value’’. 

NEWS 

The North Canterbury News, December 14, 2023 15 

False siren alarms residents 

ByJOHN COSGROVE 

Atsunami siren, which was accidentally 

activated last Thursday at Waikuku 

Beach, caused alot of confusion and 

upset many residents. 

Waikuku Beach Resident Heidi 

Culling says she was painting in her 

kitchen and noticed technicians working 

on the tsunami siren, on apole, earlier 

in the day. 

‘‘I could see it (the siren) was possibly 

amistake but acouple of minutes later 

heaps of cars came out of the camping 

ground in ahurry. Itried to wave to them 

to tell them it might be afalse alarm.’’ 

She says she could hear the message to 

evacuate quite clearly because she was 

close to the siren, but several streets 

over Karen Mites says the worst 

confusion she experienced was trying to 

understand what the alert message was 

saying. 

‘‘The quality of the recording was my 

main concern. 

‘‘I couldn't understand what it was 

saying, but as there was no message 

coming over my phone, Igrabbed my 

young neighbour, my dog and documents 

and headed down to the store where I 

met several other people who were abit 

upset by it all.’’ 

Another concerned resident spoken to 

by the North Canterbury News says they 

too were abit upset by the false alarm. 

‘‘There has been no follow up or 

apology, nothing was on the web sites or 

coming in over the phone, so what were 

we to do?’’. 

Another resident spoke of calling 

neighbours only to find they were 

already in their cars and on the their 

way to the safe point of the Warehouse 

carpark in Rangiora. 

Anhour later the Waimakariri District 

False alarm ... Waikuku Beach resident 

Heidi Culling thought the siren could have 

been afalse alarm. 


Council posted an Opps! message online 

saying the alert was quickly stopped by 

the maintenance technician. 

They said there was no need to 

evacuate and no risk. 

Civil Defence staff were on site and 

keeping an eye out for any residents who 

may have heard the message, and 

reacted. 

This scenario has happened before in 

Waikuku Beach. 

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Areal-life situation 

The Keeping Up with Culverden 

series looks behind the scenes at 

the setting up of the Culverden 

Civil Defence Community 

Emergency Response Team 

(CERT) in Hurunui District. 

October’s wind event provided the first 

taste of areallifesituation, and was a 

test for Culverden’s preparedness. 

There has been ahiatus in the full 

team meeting —like all CERTs, the team 

comprises volunteers withtheir own 

work and home commitments. 

However, work on the ground has 

continuedwith bringing together 

members of the community who have 

been shouldertappedfor community 

Civil Defence contact network roles. 

These community members will report 

valuable information on what is 

happening in their patch to an activated 

Emergency Operations Centre during 

major events. 

The work couldn’t have been more on 

point. 

CulverdenCivil Defence coordinator 

and retired farmer Gregor McKenzie 

and Hurunui District Council’s 

emergency management officer Allan 

Grigg lead the team through afull 

debrief of the responsetoOctober’s 

wind event, both at district and regional 

level. 

‘‘Debriefs help us to appraise what 

worked well and what didn’t work so 

well, so that we can do further work to 

prepare us for the next event,’’ says Mr 

Grigg. 

‘‘For many in the team, this was their 

first event.’’ 

During the event, members contacted 

potentially vulnerable people in the 

community to see if they needed help, 

and were also involved in gathering 

information and reporting it to the 

council response team. 

Over 60 homes were contacted across 

Hurunui, and Culverden was part of 

that, says Mr Grigg. 

‘‘After the debrief, the team works 

together to extend the wind scenario to a 

workshop, looking at what they would 

have done if the situation had escalated. 

Local events can easily escalate up to a 

disaster needing aregionwide 

response,’’ he says. 

The meeting ended with asurprise 

announcement that Mr McKenzie is 

relocating away from Culverden to 

another part of the district. 

The team and Mr Grigg were vocal in 

thanking Mr McKenzie for his 

contribution, commitment and service to 

the Culverden community emergency 

response team. 

Hayley Clark was welcomed in as the 

new Culverden Civil Defence co 

ordinator. 

‘‘With astrong background in 

community service in Hurunui, she is a 

familiar face in the community as 

someone always keen to put up her hand 

to volunteer. Latest statistics show that 

more people volunteer in our rural areas 

compared to the national average, and 

Hurunui is no exception,’’ says Mr Grigg. 

Civil Defence preparedness and 

response training is carried out across 

Hurunui Districts nine Civil Defence 

sectors of Cheviot; HawardenWaikari; 

Culverden; Hanmer Springs; Waiau; 

Waipara; Motunau BeachScargillGreta 

Valley; Amberley and Mt Lyford. 

Christmas wonderland 

The Oxford CommunityTrust is 

hoping its annual Christmas 

Wonderland event, which begins this 

weekend,will bring joy to the town. 

‘‘We want to bring an event to the 

community for people to enjoy and get 

into the Christmasspirit,’’ says the 

trust’smanager Jo Ealam. 

‘‘The last few years have been 

difficult for everyone,and with the 

pressure on finances right now, it is 

our hope that the Wonderland 

brightens up the Christmas periodfor 

everyone who visits.’’ 

The GP Hall at Oxford Area School, 

will be transformedwith Christmas 

displays,with Oxford businesses 

joining in the celebrations with festive 

displays. 

Last year’sevent attracted more 

than 1500 visitors and Santa’s 

conveyor belt wrapping presents was a 

Showcase craft exhibition 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

The annual Showcase exhibition is 

being held at the Handzon craftwork 

shop in Rangiora this weekend. 

It will showcase the creativity and 

craftsmanship seen every day in the 

craftwork classes held at Handzon 

from Waimakariri, Hurunui and 

Christchurchcrafters. 

‘‘It is away forustosay abig thank 

youtoall our customers, teachers and 

sponsors, for making the joy of 

creating areality for people every 

day,’’ Handzon owner, Riana Auret 

says. 

Nick Harrall, acrafter and 

supporter of the exhibition, says it is a 

celebration of talent and learning, but 

also of thelocal community and the 

support and friendships that so often 

huge hit. 

The event begins this Saturday and 

runs until Christmas Eve, with 

opening hours from 10am8pm during 

weekends, and 28pm during 

weekdays at the GP Hall, Showgate 

Drive in Oxford. 

Santa will be visiting this Saturday 

from 23pm and 78pm. He will also be 

visiting on Monday December 18 and 

Friday December 22 from 78pm, and 

Saturday December 23 from 23pm 

and 78pm. 

Organiser Sandy Smith says it is 

exciting to have the support of local 

businesses and acommunity group 

who are creating displays. 

‘‘This collaboration is what makes 

the event asuccess for the community. 

There are lots of new and exciting 

displays this year, and it will be amust 

see to get into the festive spirit.’’ 

grow from agroup of likeminded 

people gathering together doing 

something they love. 

Challenges are set during the 

classes, encouragement and support 

given, and learning is shared. 

‘‘Sharing my stitching with agroup 

of creative people is the highlight of 

my week. What better way to celebrate 

friendship, skill and talent than to see 

it all together under one roof in an 

exhibition at the end of the year,’’ Nick 

says. 

The twoday Showcase exhibition is 

open this Saturday, December 16, from 

10am to 4pm, and Sunday, December 

17, from 10am to 3pm, at the Handzon 

shop at 1Albert Street. 

It is free to attend and visitorswill 

be encouraged to vote for their 

favourite exhibit.

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Roading is set to feature in 

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country with 1460km of local 

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With apopulation of 

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While he anticipated a 

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Arate rise was expected. 

NEWS 


Acommitment to care 


Apainting by an 11yearold 

Kaiapoi girl, has won the 11 to 12 

year section of the Waimakariri 

Youth Council’s Environmental 

Art competition. 

The painting promotes the Tiaki 

Promise, acommitment to care for 

New Zealand, for now and for 

future generations. 

The competition was held to 

signify the start of Conversation 

Week and ended during Clean Up 

NZweek. 

The aim was to give young 

people the opportunity to show 

their thoughts and creativity 

specifically around conservation, 

says the Waimakariri District 

Council’s Youth Development 

Facilitator Emily Belton. 

There were five different age 

categories including Under 8’s, 

910 years, 1112years, 1314years 

and 1518years with around 40 

entries in the competition from 

across the Waimakariri District. 

The winners of each category 

21 

Promoting Tiaki ... Anastasia Wright, aged 11, of Kaiapoi, alongside her 

painting, top, which won the 1112 years category in the recent Waimakariri 

Youth Council’s Environmental Art Competition. 

PHOTO SHELLEY TOPP 

had their art displayed alongside 

170 other artists at the 

Waimakariri Public Arts Trust's 

Braided Art Exhibition late last 

month. The other winners of the 

competition were Maddie van 

Housen (Under 8’s), Marcus 

Harrison (910 years), Charlotte 

Thornburrow (1314 years) and 

Lisa Barnett (1518 years). 

In the Stillness exhibition at Kaiapoi 

Rangiora artist Zoe Wiseman 

has agreat love of natural 

organic forms, such as leaves, 

flowers and birds, which 

feature strongly in her latest 

exhibition. 

In the Stillness opened at Art 

on the Quay Gallery in the 

Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic 

Centre last week. 

The artist, who is also an art 

tutor, amember of the 

Waimakariri Community Arts 

Council and an Arts Canterbury 

member, says the overall 

theme connecting her work is a 

love of nature. 

‘‘They appeal aesthetically 

for their contour, shape and 

design quality,’’ Zoe says. 

‘‘I enjoy offsetting these fluid 

forms against the geometric 

shapes and hard lines of 

surrounding architecture.’’ 

She is also fascinated by light 

and its effect on colour and uses 

mixed media (ink and acrylic) 

to create luminous layers of 

colour and textured patterning 

giving the impression of light 

filtering through natural forms. 

‘‘I enjoy creating asense of 

mystery and depth by extending 

lines and curves out to create a 

faceted effect disguising the 

subject within the overall 

pattern.’’ 

In the Stillness closes on 

January 11.

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Abusy,busyweekend in North Canterbury 

PHOTOS BY JOHN COSGROVE 

Tuneful ... Singer Mandi Miller keeps the market crowd 

entertained. 

Yum ... Jack McIntyre (6) of Loburn, enjoys 

his ice treat at the Devlin Group Christmas 

Market in the Park at Victoria Park. 

Nice treat ... Fosie Slade and her granddaughter Elizabeth 

Graveson (22m) enjoy the entertainment at the market on Friday 

evening. 

Good pace ... Mereana Morgan (Te Waka Pounamu) paddles in the Te Waka oAoraki Regional Sprint Champs 

held at South Eyre Lake. 

Racing in the rain ... Kidz Dash competitor Ada Bryne of 

Christchurch, leads Lucy Grieve of Rangiora and Zoe Green of 

Culverden, as they race in the rain around Pegasus. 

Push ... Iaean Cranwell (Te Waka Pounamu), asenior masters paddler, competesinthe solo waka class. 

Go! ... The start of the CanterburyHalf Marathon at Pegasus on Sunday morning.The race was won by Leon 

Miyahara (1:18.40). 

Fun run in the rain ... Amy BenUnu and Jess Stevenson (right) 

having fun at the Half Marathon.

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Fun day at Rangiora Toyota SantaParade 

PHOTOSBYJOHN COSGROVE 

Fun time ... Nick Thoms and his daughter 

Izabella Askin (18m) make self decorated 

cookies at the McAlpines Mitre 10 Mega 

Rangiora Christmas Party in the Park. 

Ho ho ho ... Santa arrives atop his sleigh during the Rangiora Toyota Santa Parade to the 

cheers of hundreds of well wishers. 

What shall we choose? ... Terence 

Zietsman and his eight month old son Brian 

look for gifts at Victoria Park. 

Dance fun ... Members of the Hartley School of Performing Arts in Rangiora sing and 

dance as they walk along High Street during the parade. 

He’s here ... The largest crowd ever to attend the parade reacts joyously to Santa's 

imminent arrival at the Rangiora Toyota Santa Parade. 

Wave ... Children and parents from Country Wonders Early Learning Centre travel in style 

as bubbles follow them in the parade. 

Welcome ... Members of the Saracens Rugby Football Club high five people watching the 

Santa Parade .

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Special raceday visitor ... Santa Clause makes aspectacular arrival at the Rangiora 

Harness Racing Club’s Christmas at the Races meetingin2018. He is expected to call in 

again at the club’s Christmas meeting this year on Sunday December 17. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

Big crowd expected 


The Rangiora Harness Racing Club 

hopes to attract more than 3000 harness 

racing fans to its Christmas at the Races 

meeting on Sunday,December 17. 

The meeting will be held on the 

1764metre grass track which is on the 

outside of the smaller allweather track 

used at most of the club’s race meetings. 

Newly elected president Russell 

Latimer, who replaced Greg Wright 

after he resigned earlier this year, says 

the picnicstyle meeting is the club’s 

biggest raceday of the year for the 

public. 

Eleven races are scheduled with the 

$25,000 New World Summer Cup for R55 

and faster pacers, and the North 

Canterbury Trotting Owners' 

Association $20,000 race for R51 and 

faster trotters feature events on the day. 

‘‘It will be grasstrack racing at is 

best,’’ Russell says. 

There will be apunters’ clubfor 

adults, acompetition to win a$100 New 

World Supermarket voucher, and live 

music by Rockabella in between races 

during the day. 

‘‘There will also be free children’s 

entertainment on course with lots of 

things for children to do,’’ Russell says. 

Father Christmas will pay avisit and 

there will be alolly scramble, lucky 

draws for four children’s bikes, a 

bouncy castle and face painting. 

It is hoped that Native’s Inferno, the 

club’s 2022/23 Horse of the Year, will be 

racing at the meeting. 

‘‘I would like to think so, but you 

never know with horses,’’ Russell says. 

Racing is expected to start at 12.15pm 

at the Rangiora Racecourse. 

Entry is free for children and the 

club’s financial members, otherwise it 

is $10 for adults 18 years and over. 

Makeover for bridge 



The Waimakariri Gorge bridge is set for a 

makeover. 

The Waimakariri District Council is 

working with the Selwyn District Council 

and Waka Kotahi New Zealand 

Transport Agency on $3 million project to 

replace the decking on the bridge. 

Roading and transport manager 

Joanne McBride said the decking has 

suffered deterioration to the point where 

it urgently needs replacing. 

The bridge is jointly owned by the two 

councils, with the Selwyn council 

responsible for maintaining the bridge. 

The two councils and Waka Kotahi 

have been working with structural 

consultants Beca on the design and 

tender for the deck replacement. 

Ms McBride said the councils hoped to 

award the tender next month and 

complete the project early next year. 

The replacement decking would be 

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chip seal surface and the existing 

handrail will be replaced with avehicle 

compliant barrier and handrail system. 

The work was expected to take five 

weeks, with residents to be advised of any 

restrictions. 

The project had an initial budget of $3 

million, but the parties anticipated there 

could be abudget blowout once 

tendering is complete, due to rising costs. 

‘‘Failure to replace the deck could 

result in the restriction of movements 

across the bridge, which would impact 

those who use it regularly,’’ Ms McBride 

said. 

‘‘The alternative detour is about 115km 

long and would add about one hour 15 

minutes to the journey.’’ 

The alternative route meant taking the 

State Highway 1bridge or the old 

Waimakariri bridge, south of Kaiapoi. 

The cofunding agreement meant Waka 

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with the two councils each contributing 

24.5%. 

The original Waimakariri Gorge bridge 

was built in 1876 by Williams Stocke. 

Until the 1930s it carried the Oxford 

RangioraSheffield railway line. 

It was later modified and repurposed 

to allow vehicles to cross. 

The decking was replaced in 2011, with 

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35 

Pansy has travelled afew miles in her time 


Anold Ford V8 dropsidetruck, Pansy, 

is looking as spick and span now, as 

when she was bought by Hawarden 

farmers, Thomas and Ame Grieve in 

1947. 

Nicknamed aJailbar model, because 

of the front grille design, the 

Hawarden couple owned Pansy until 

their retirement in 1965, when they 

sold it to local Waikari plumber Leo 

(Curly) Beard. 

It gained its third owner when Mr 

Beard retired and sold it to Waikari 

mechanic Brian Wood. 

Trevor Stanley Joblin, of Amberley, 

Ame Grieve’s grandson, has fond 

memories of the Ford truck. 

‘‘I can remember having to rise very 

early in the mornings to accompany 

Tom to drive to the Hanmer Hotel. 

‘‘He had acontract to deliver milk to 

the hotel, on the condition that the 

milk was there before the guests had 

breakfast! 

‘‘I can tell you it is very cold in the 

front cabin during the winter months 

in atruck of that vintage, with the only 

upholstery being the seats. 

‘‘And of course, quite noisy.’’ 

His grandmother, was born in 1892. 

She met her second husband Thomas 

Wardell Grieve during World War II in 

Australia, during which she was aRed 

Cross driver for atime. 

On returning to New Zealand they 

bought asmall block of land on the 

corner of Horsley Downs Road and 

Bentleys Road, Hawarden, 

This became the base of theirnew 

bee farm, which Ame named Amedale 

Apiaries. 

They built anew weatherboard 

house which is still referred to by the 

locals as the Rabbit Board house. 

Trevor believes it may have been 

bought by the Rabbit Board, when Tom 

and Ame sold it. 

He says Ame was abit of a‘boyracer’ 

—she loved to go fast. 

‘‘I remember as aboy aged about 

nine to 14, riding in the truck, with my 

eye on the speedometer, because Ame 

was determined to reach 50 mph (80 ks) 

in the relatively short distance from 

Bentleys Road to the cross roads, by 

the Four Square grocery store at 

Hawarden.’’ 

‘‘Later when she bought a1939Ford 

Ford V8 De Luxe, she increased her 

aim to 60 mph (96kms).’’ 

Trevor says on retirement in about 

1965, Pansy was sold to Curly Beard 

Proud owner... Restorer and Waikari vehicle mechanic Brian Wood with the old Ford 

dropside truck he restored. 


who used it as his work horse during 

his plumbing years, until his 

retirement. 

‘‘When Curly passed away, his 

widow sold Pansy to local Waikari 

mechanic, Brian Wood in 1981.’’ 

During the dismantling process, 

Brian discovered the original 

manufacturers Operators Guide 

manual in the glove box with Tom and 

Ames AMEDALE APIARIES personal 

stamp in several pages. 

‘‘It had lain there all thoseyears 

while in the ownership of both Tom 

and Curly, until Brian discovered it. 

‘‘Amongother original documents 

that came with Pansy, was aoriginal 

sales invoice for 220 pounds at the time 

of sale when Leo (Curly) purchased it 

on September 25, 1965,’’ Trevor says. 

Brian finished restoringPansy in 

2007. 

‘‘I am pleased to see Brian has 

chosen to repaint her in the original 

colours of light green and cream, just 

the way Iremember her when Istayed 

at Amedale Apiaries during the years 

from 1949 to 1953.’’ 

On display ... The restored truck on display at the Hanmer Motorfest. 


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Songs of thanks ... Membersofthe WaimakaririDistrict Council’s Waiata (song) Group performing during the Christmas morning tea, held to thank members of the public for the 

volunteer work they did in the district during the year. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

Waimakariri’svolunteer workers recognised 

BySHELLEY TOPP 

AChristmas morning tea, hosted by 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon and 

council’s community team, has been held 

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organisations for their work in the district 

during the year. 

Mr Gordon said every year ‘‘passionate 

locals’’ contribute 1.5 million hours of 

volunteer work in the district. 

‘‘That is just incredible. You are the 

backbones of our communities, our 

unsung local heroes,’’ he said. 

‘‘In my experience you are all very 

humble people, who do not seek 

recognition for all your hard work, but it is 

importanttousasacouncil and a 

community that we acknowledge you and 

say `thank you' for the tremendous 

voluntary work you do.’’ 

He especially wanted to acknowledge 

the food banks, such as the Hope 

Community Trust, in Rangiora, Satisfy 

Food Rescue in Kaiapoi and the Kaiapoi 

Foodbank, ‘‘for the excellent service they 

provide, particularly in this difficult 

economic climate which has put more 

pressure than ever on these vital 

services’’. 

The Salvation Army was another 

essential provider of support in our 

district, he said. 

‘‘Their food banks and parcels are vital 

to so many families.’’ 

Mr Gordon said Christmas was a 

wonderful time of year, but for many in the 

community it could be very difficult, 

particularly for those who are ‘‘feeling the 

great financial burden and stress 

associated with that’’. 

Waimakariri was fortunate to have 

many wonderful organisations and 

volunteers in the community going above 

and beyond to make adifference in 

people’s lives. 

‘‘Not just at Christmas but throughout 

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Warning issued about toxicalgae in river at SH1 bridge 

Te Mana Ora, Community and Public 

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Rakahuri/Ashley River at SH1. 

Moderate to high covers of potentially 

toxic algae (benthic cyanobacteria) have 

been found in the river. 

People should avoid the area and 

animals, particularlydogs,should not be 

allowed near the water until the health 

warning has been lifted. 

There are also other access points along 

the Rakahuri/Ashley River that may have 

benthic cyanobacteria present. 

People are advised to treat every lowflowing 

river cautiously, check for the 

presence of benthic cyanobacteria, and 

avoid contact. 

Dr Cheryl Brunton, Medical Officer of 

Health for Te Mana Ora, National Public 

Health Service, says the algae look like 

dark brown to black mats and can produce 

toxins harmful to people and animals. 

Exposure may cause skin rashes, 

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numbness around the mouth and 

fingertips. 

‘‘If you experience any of these 

symptoms, visit your doctor immediately, 

also let your doctor know if you've had 

contact with dark brown/black algal mats 

or water in this area,’’ Dr Brunton says. 

‘‘Pets that show signs of illness after 

coming into contact with algal mats should 

be taken to avet immediately. 

‘‘People and animals should remain out 

of the waterways until the warnings have 

been lifted.’’ 

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Greg gets joy from reading 

Greg Dallow was apprehensive 

as he walked into Hanmer 

Springs library to set up an 

account. 

Shortly afterwards he walked 

out feeling over the moon. 

Legally blind, Dallow has no 

vision in his right eye, and five 

percent in his left eye. 

He’s no stranger to audio 

books, via Audible subscriptions 

which he says are expensive 

because he reads alot. 

Having heard that his local 

library has great resources, like 

the app BorrowBox where he 

could access arange of 

literature for free, he was keen 

to know more. 

Greg expected adifficult 

process to get his library card — 

asimple process for people with 

good vision but apotential 

nightmare for people who are 

vision impaired. 

Contrary to his expectations, 

he received alibrary card there 

and then, and was emailed and 

text messaged links to the apps 

that same day. 

It was aperfectly lovely and 

pleasant experience. 

He moves around abit with 

genres, and when he finds agood 

narrator he follows them too. 

Greg has called North 

Canterbury’s alpine town home 

for 25 years. 

He started as alifeguard at 

Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools 

&Spa and moved into the 

technology side of the business 

as his vision deteriorated. 

He is now Technology 

Manager. 

‘‘I work on everything 

computer related, and generally 

Vision impaired... Greg Dallow and his faithful guide dog and companion 

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give everything ago,’’ he says. 

On ascreen he sees black 

background and white writing, 

has ascreen reader, and AI 

technology is abig part of his 

daily life. 

His guide dog Benson is 

always by his side. 

Looking forward to his 

summer holiday, Greg is very 

happy to have afew good reads 

lined up. 

District Librarian Mark 

O’Connell says his team works 

hard to assist everyone who 

walks through the library doors, 

to help them to enjoy all the 

services offered. 

‘‘We’re very proud of our 

libraries, and the ongoing 

support shown to the whole 

community.’’ 

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Birdsong visit ... Hurunui council’s water and land coordinator 

Rima Herber (far right) and Birdsong cochair Dave Nicholls (second 

left) guide Hurunui Mayor Marie Black and councillors on atour of 

the Birdsong Project in the ScargillMotunau Reserve at Greta 

Valley. 


Project comes to life 

Hurunui’s Birdsong ecological 

restoration project is being 

brought to life with the new 

season. 

Hurunui Mayor Marie Black 

and Hurunui’s councillors 

visited the site recently with 

the council’s water and land 

coordinator Rima Herber, 

and Birdsong cochair Dave 

Nicholls to view progress since 

planting began this winter. 

Mrs Black says the project’s 

progress is testament to the 

community’s ownership of the 

project, which was launched in 

April this year. 

‘‘It is only by going out and 

seeing the full scope of what is 

being done that you can get a 

comprehensive sense of what 

has been achieved. 

‘‘The planting season has 

now ended with 2000 plants 

put in the ground, all through 

volunteering over nine 

planting days.’’ 

Canterbury Regional 

Council (Environment 

Canterbury) donated over 1000 

plants for this year’s planting 

season. 

Aphilanthropic donation of 

$100,000 towards the project 

allowed planting, fencing and 

administrative duties to be 

fasttracked. 

The project on the Scargill 

Motunau Reserve aims to 

eventually restore more than 

10 hectares of land back to 

native vegetation and to bring 

back the abundant birdlife the 

area previously supported. 

Ms Herber will work with 

the project’s ecologist and the 

Birdsong Trust on plans for the 

next three years, which will 

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Crime increasing in rural areas 


Sentencing judges need to stop going 

lightly on those convicted of illegal 

hunting and the killing or stealing of 

livestock, Federated Farmers rural 

policing spokesperson Richard 

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He says urges farmers to report all 

instances of criminal activity to help 

keep pressure on the Government to 

ensure rural areas get afair share of 

police resources. 

He was commenting on findings of 

Federated Farmers’ 2023 Rural Crime 

Survey. 

More than 1000 farmers responded to 

the questions, with 67 percent saying 

they had experienced acrime or 

suspected they had, in the instance of 

hardtoprove incidents such as 

livestock killing or theft. 

That’s a14.7%increase from the 2021 

survey, and a26% rise from the 

federation’s first survey in 2016. 

This year’s tally was boosted by the 

inclusion of aquestion on illegal street 

racing, reported by just under 62% of 

farmers. However, that accounts for only 

7% of the rise and Mr McIntyre says 

there is amarked overlap with ‘boy 

racer’ burnouts and dangerous driving, 

and instances of road and fence damage. 

‘‘The oftendangerous antics of 

sometimes hundreds of boy racers in 

isolated rural areas is very intimidating 

for families. 

‘‘Too many farmers are having to keep 

stock out of roadadjacent paddocks 

because animals are being spooked and 

injured.’’ 

While the number of surveyed farmers 

reporting single incidents of crime has 

dropped slightly since the 2021 survey, 

Mr McIntyre is alarmed that the number 

who have been hit by five or more 

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Mr McIntyre says nearly half of those 

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‘‘All crime, and even suspicious 

vehicles and activity, needs to be 

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offending that boost the chances of an 

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‘‘More importantly, unreported rural 

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and disruption of criminal activity gets 

no notice, and the Government is off the 

hook on adequately resourcing police. 

‘‘Just 15% of farmers who experienced 

crime in the last two years said police 

had investigated and prosecuted the 

offender. It’s only when we have more 

police dedicated to rural areas that we’ll 

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NC PonyClubs to host Springston Trophy 

By SHELLEYTOPP 

North Canterbury Pony Club and 

Amberley Pony Club are gearing up to 

host the Springston Trophy at the 

RangioraShowgrounds in 2024. 

The Springston Trophy is the largest 

pony club, threeday eventing 

competition in the southern 

hemisphere. 

This year’s winner, Eyreton Pony 

Club, one of the North Canterbury 

Club’s seven branch members, took out 

top honours at the Cromwell 

Racecourse. 

Next year’s event, will be held from 

October 4toOctober 6. 

Around 800 people including riders, 

aged from six to 25, their management 

and support teams, judges, officials, 

volunteersand spectators from 

throughout the South Island are 

expected to attend. 

Organising the Springston Trophy is a 

huge and costly task, but clubs embrace 

it to continue the tradition of the 

competition and involve local 

communities which benefit from the 

influxofriders. 

The annual event began in 1972 when 

it was hosted by the Springston Pony 

Club. Fifteen teams entered, with the 

Gore Pony Club winning the inaugural 

competition. 

It has been held annually ever since, 

except for 2020 when is was cancelled 

because of the Covid19 pandemic 

restrictions. 

An average of 30 to 40 teams now enter 

every year. 

Moriarty is right on target 

ByROBYN BRISTOW 

Sean Moriarty is aiming for the top. 

The 17yearold Amuri Area School 

student, brought home two bronze 

medals from the Oceania 

Championships in Brisbane in target 

shooting recently. 

In adiscipline he has only been doing 

for six months, he was placed third in 

the men’s airriflecompetition, and also 

in the mixed pairs alongside Piper 

Benbow. 

In the 50m prone rifle competition 

Sean finished 11th out of 60 plus 

shooters. 

‘‘Perhaps best of all, Igot anew 

personal best with every shoot Idid.’’ 

Sean is no stranger to competition. 

During the indoor season in the 

winter, he shot for New Zealand as a 

junior in 25m prone, and at the end of 

the last outdoor season, he also shot for 

New Zealand. 

The competitions are runaspostal 

event against the United Kingdom. 

Sean says it was an amazing 

experience to travel overseas and 

represent his country at the Oceania 

championships. 

For the men’s airrifle match he was 

standingnext to an Australian, who was 

afourtime Olympian. 

‘‘So the competition was very real.’’ 

He learnt alot from the other 

competitors, athletes, and officials, who 

were supportive and encouraging. 

The experience showed Sean this 

level of competition requiredalot of 

practice, and motivation, especially 

when covering two disciplines. 

There is now apossibility he may take 

part in some transTasman training, and 

other development opportunities. 

Sean has now set himself the goal of 

adding another discipline to his 

armoury —3P—where he will compete 

prone, kneeling and standing using his 

Bronze ... Sean Moriarty with one of the 

bronze medals he won at the Oceania 

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.22 Walther rifle, while continuing with 

his Walther airrifle as well. 

He says could not have achieved what 

he has without the support of many 

people including Gordon Wright of 

Rotherham who coached him at indoor 

shooting and introducedhim to 

competition shooting. 

Also Adrian Black of Culverdenfor 

helping him learn the discipline of airrifle 

and outdoor, and Sarah Black who 

makes sure ‘‘I know about all the 

competitions and who knows every 

result, sometimesbefore Ido’’. 

‘‘I am also very grateful for the 

sponsorship received from Amuri Lions 

Club, Rodin Cars and Amuri Irrigation 

Company for my travel to Brisbane.’’. 

‘‘I felt very proud when our flag was 

raised at the medal ceremonies.’’ 

The Springston Trophy was last held 

at the Rangiora Showgrounds in 2008, 

hosted by the Rangiora Pony Club. 

Thirty six teams competed on the new 

Sally Wigleydesigned crosscountry 

course that year, and the event was won 

by the hosts, says the District 

Commissionerfor North Canterbury 

PonyClub, Deb Christensen. 

‘‘Fast forward 16 years and the 

competition once again returns to 

Rangiora to be hosted bythe North 

Canterbury PonyClub with one of New 

Zealand’s best young course designers, 

Cam Robertson, already hard at work 

designing and constructing abrand new 

modern and futureproof course which 

will serve the showgrounds for many 

years to come,’’ she says. 

Cam’sdesign is not justfor the 

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Springston Trophy, but also to bring 

New Zealand’s highest level of 

competition to the area by designing and 

constructing acourse which can be used 

for Equestrian Sports New Zealand. 

These competitions will attract some of 

the greatest eventing horses and riders 

from all over the country to compete. 

‘‘He is hoping to provide acrosscountry 

course which will be enjoyed 

and will test riders from all walks of life 

for years to come, Deb says. 

The club is seeking funding help to 

keep entry fees down so competitors 

from all over the South Island can 

attend. 

Anyone wishing to help the North 

Canterbury Pony Club fund the event, 

phone Helen Christensen at 027 733 6569 

or email helench42@gmail.com. 

Amberley Bridge Club 

Monday Evening:Jannene Cumming &Jan Roose 1, Lynne John &Ian Pettigrew 2, 

Jill Coberger&Paddy Macfarlane 3. 

ThursdayAfternoon: North/South: Judith Driver &Jan Roose 1, Denise Lang &May 

Milne 2, Diana Faulkner&Helen Phillips 3. East/West: Nancy Hassall &Hugh 

Bradbury 1, Nola McKissock &Diane Watson 2, Irene Carson &Mary Warren 3. 

RangioraBridge Club 

Grey Pairs: North/South: Denise Lang/Sue McIlroy 1, Sharyn Rudolph/David 

Rainey 2, WarwickWyatt/Janelle Crawley 3. East/West: Lynda Cameron/Denise 

Frater 1. Marilyn Eliet Lorraine Tullett 2. Margaret Barron/Virginia Ffitch 3. 

Summer Pairs: N/S: Robin Hassall/Sue McIlroy 1, Jan Roose/Judith Driver 2, 

Des Steere/Helen Thornburgh 3. E/W: Lyn Edwards/Adrienne Paine 1, Sue 

Solomons/Moody Shokry 2, Lesley Shipley/Denise Frater 3. 

Junior Evening: N/S: Julie Smith/Ben Prain 1, Annette Caldwell/Gail Dunlop 2, 

Lady Ann/Jill Midgley 3. E/W: Helen Russ/Lynette Tillman 1, Murray Messervy/ 

Gerard McCrea 2, Margaret Cornwall/Diane Graham 3. 

Christmas Pairs: N/S: Jim Knight/Ken Fox 1, Ann Blackie/Alan Blackie 2, Steve 

Noad/Veronica Hall 3. E/W: Gaynor Hurford/David Rainey 1, Louise Tapper/ 

Janelle Crawley 2, Derek Wilson/Kevin Kuch 3. 

Rangiora Bridge Club 2023 competition results 

Saturday afternoon: Cherry Pairs: Liz Partridge &Sue McIlroy; Thomas Pairs: 

Margaret Pickering &Janice Pickering; Oxford Pairs: Adrienne Paine &Lyn 

Edwards; Pocock Pairs: Heather Waldron &Colleen Adam; Grey Pairs: Heather 

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Monday afternoon: Rimu Pairs Senior: Jan Roose &Judith Driver; Rimu Pairs 

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Rata Pairs Junior: Nita Sheasby &Lynette Tillman. Individual Senior: Jan 

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Presidents Senior: Joyce Gray; Presidents Junior: Wayne Hutchings; Overall 

Individual Senior: Jan Roose. 

Mixed Teams: Sharyn Rudolph, Lynette Tillman, Margaret Cornwall, Pauline 

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Wednesday evening: Premier Pairs Senior: Barry Smart &Lynda Cameron; 

Premier Pairs Junior: Karen Manson &Kerryn Lange; Plate Pairs Senior: Robyn 

Hassall &Gaynor Hurford; Plate Pairs Junior: Shula Guse &Julie Elliott. 

Individual Senior: Gaynor Hurford; Presidents Senior: Gaynor Hurford; 

Presidents Junior: Shula Guse; Overall Individual Senior: Gaynor Hurford. 

Open Teams: Gaynor Hurford, Liz Duke, Jenny Shore, Dawn Simpson 

Most Improved Senior Player: Marion Lomax. 

Junior night: Best Improved Junior 2years: Lynette Tillman; Tuition Cup 1year: 

Ben Prain; JuniorOverall Pairs: Helen Russ &Lynette Tillman. 

Anniversary pairs: Overall: Andrew Findlay &Diane Findlay; Senior:Gaynor 

Hurford &Dawn Simpson; Intermediate: Janice Pickering &Maree Felstead; 

Junior: Rhondda Bergman &Jeff Bergman. 

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Christmas and New Year 

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simply visit our website waimakariri.govt.nz to see 

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The Council has been investigating the cause 

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problem bore has been isolated and is being 

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The proposal allows for the purchase of land and 

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Learning anew culture 


Speaking adifferent language, 

eating different foods and trying 

to understand the subtle nuances 

of aforeign culture was all part of 

the plan for 14 Canterbury 

students visiting Japan recently. 

Three of the students taking 

part in the latest Christchurch/ 

Kurashiki Sister City Exchange 

Programme came from Rangiora 

High School while their tour 

leader lives in Loburn. 

For all it was their first time to 

Japan and they quickly 

discovered it is acountry and 

culture vastly different from New 

Zealand. 

For Rangiora Year 10 student 

Sam du Toit (14), his host mother 

Akiko was very fluent in English 

as she had completed the exact 

same exchange programme when 

she was younger. 

‘‘She helped me so much by 

translating the culture, and what 

to say and do.’’ 

Each day while attending the 

Okayama Junior High School, 

Sam had to wear his high school 

blazer, despite the 35 degree 

heat. 

‘‘It was boiling hot. Each 

morning Iwas driven to anearby 

train station, then after the train 

trip Itook abus to get to the 

school, which was about the same 

size as Rangiora.’’ 

He found his classmates were 

often studying at ahigher level 

than he was at school. 

‘‘They were at crazy levels of 

study on some subjects, probably 

two years ahead of me, but the 

students and the teachers were 

all very friendly,’’ he said. 

He says he was prepared for 

students happily cleaning the 

class rooms and school area each 

day. 

Drummer boy ... Sam du Toit (14), learns the Japanese drums during his 

student exchange trip to Kurashiki. 


Fellow student, Pearce Conole, 

aged 15, attended the much 

smaller Funao Junior High 

School, only afew moments walk 

from his host family in Kurashiki. 

‘‘The smaller classes helped 

me alot with the language and 

culture. 

‘‘They also made it easier for 

me to study the mythology of 

Japan, which is why Icame on 

this trip,’’ he said. 

Bella EalamSmith (14) 

attended Fukuda Minami Junior 

High School. 

The 28th annual trip was 

organised by the Christchurch 

Kurashiki Sister City Committee 

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and103.7 Hanmer Springsand Kaikoura 

and sought to foster relationships 

between both cities. 

Group leader Carol Burdon of 

Loburn, undertook her first trip 

to Japan to retrace the footsteps 

of her eldest son Alex who had 

completed the same trip in 2019. 

‘‘I wanted to see and 

experience what he had done 

there. 

‘‘It is an amazing place and I 

learnt alot more about the 

country and its culture. 

‘‘We had avery well behaved 

and very respectful group of 

young people, as all wanted to get 

something out of the 

experience,’’ she said. 

People have asay on the future 



More than 550 people have had 

their say on Canterbury’s future. 

Environment Canterbury has 

been engaging with communities 

around the region through 

summits, webinars and surveys as 

it works on anew Canterbury 

Regional Policy Statement. 

Regional planning manager 

Andrew Parrish says the public 

engagement programme came to 

aclose earlier this month. 

‘‘This is apowerful and longlasting 

piece of collaborative 

work, aimed at meeting the 

outcomes our communities have 

said are apriority for them. 

‘‘The issues are complex and 

we are grateful for the timeand 

energy participants were 

prepared to invest to give us the 

information we need to move 

forward.’’ 

Participants were invited to 

express their views on three 

themes climate change, land use 

and biodiversity, and water and 

coast. 

Mr Parrish says there was a 

good response across the region, 

with arange of age groups 

participating. 

‘‘We now have awealth of 

information from the community 

which we are collating and 

processing.’’ 

The regional council will now 

work with the 10 Papatipu 

Rūnanga to agree to apolicy 

direction, as it continued to work 

on the new regional policy 

statement and aclimate action 

plan. Anew Canterbury Regional 

Policy Statement needs to be 

notified by the end of next year. 

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Project progress 



Progress is being made on 

some key Kaikōura projects. 

The Kaikōura Link 

Pathway is due to be 

completed by the middle of 

next year, while connections 

to the planned Vicarage 

Views subdivision, works at 

Wakatu Quay and footpath 

maintenance are all 

progressing, Kaikōura 

District Council chief 

executive Will Doughty says. 

Ashared pathway linking 

the town centre with the Point 

Keen seal colony is taking 

shape, with the concrete 

sections along the Esplanade 

due to be completed by 

Christmas 

Landscaping options will 

be completed in the New 

Year. 

An anticipated increase in 

walkers and cyclists has seen 

the board walk from Jimmy 

Armers beach to Point Kean 

widened. 

‘‘This action has been 

completely funded by the 

Tourism Infrastructure Fund 

to accommodate increased 

tourist numbers and to 

promote safety,’’ Mr Doughty 

said. 

Work is being tendered for 

more sections as each stage is 

completed, with the project 

on track to be completed in 

June. 

The western development 

project is progressing with 

the shared pathway along 

Ludstone Road to the 

proposed Vicarage Views subdivision 

entrance expected to 

be complete before 

Christmas. 

The work includes 

embankment works and asoil 

nail installation under the 

KiwiRail bridge, widening 

and trenching on Mt Fyffe 

Road, and cable installations 

for Mainpower and Chorus. 

The project has been made 

possible by funding from 

Kāinga Ora’s Infrastructure 

Acceleration Fund. 

Site preparation is under 

way for the proposed Wakatu 

Quay redevelopment, made 

possible by a$9.8 million 

grant from the Provincial 

Growth Fund in 2019. 

As the lead developer, the 

council will make provision to 

borrow up to $800,000 in next 

year’s 2024/34 Long Term 

Plan. 

Further Geotech work is 

under way to allow detailed 

design for the site to 

completed early next year. 

Access to the wharf will 

remain open to pedestrians 

over the summer holiday 

period. 

Footpath maintenance was 

atop priority in the 2021/31 

Long Term Plan and work is 

continuing to progress. 

Programme: 

New footpaths have been 

completed along Beach Road, 

Esplanade, Churchill Street 

and Kiwi Street. 

More work is planned in the 

new year along Beach Road 

and the Esplanade. 

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Kaikōura has some bright, 

new signs ready for the 

summer. 

The Kaikōura District 

Council and Te Rūnanga o 

Kaikōura have collaborated 

to come up with new 

‘‘Welcome to Kaikōura’’ signs. 

The new signs have been 

created by Matt Moriarty, 

from Canyon Creative, ready 

for another busy tourist 

season. 

Mayor Craig Mackle 

installed the first sign on 

Tuesday morning at the top of 

the Okarahia hill, just south 

of Kaikoura, on State 

Highway 1. 

New signs will also replace 

the existing signs to the north 

of Kekerengu and on the 

Inland Road, past Greenburn. 

AKaikōura District Council 

spokesperson says the new 

signs are the same size as the 

old signs, being 2440mm by 

1220mm, with alandscape 

orientation. 

‘‘We are excited to see 

these new signs installed that 

highlight the raw nature and 

rugged beauty of our district’’ 

The new signs cost $25,000, 

with funding from the 

council’s economic 

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“This is our second trip and what we’ve 

identified is the opportunity to do an 

overseas trip like no other,” says teacher 

Pax O’Dowd, who wi l accompany the 

pupils to Rarotonga. 

“It’s like school camp, where the 

students wi l have some fun, but it’s Raro 

style and it’s an opportunity to give back 

the local communityand an opportunity 

to learn what we share in common 

as Pacific communities as we l as our 

di ferences.” 

Pax wi l be joined on the trip by parent 

and Board of Trustees member Angela 

Although the Cook Islands is o ficia ly 

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Zealand do lars, life is very di ferent on 

the islands and local schools do not 

have the same resources. 

As we l as fundraising for the trip, Pax 

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rt Nukutere Co lege, a Year 7 to 11 

in Rarotonga, which St Patrick’s 

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due to a lack of funding.” 

The St Patrick’s contingent plans to 

take some resources for the school and 

is seeking support from the local North 

Canterbury community. 

A number of local sports organisations 

have agreed to donate sports equipment 

and local businesses have given some 

Pax says the group is also liaising with 

communitygroupsinRarotonga to do 

some volunteering, planting and clean 

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“It’s very basic, but communityfocused 

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“They are wonderful hosts and are quite 

proud of their country and are rea ly 

happy, humble people.” 

The pupils said they were looking 

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Their classmatesare looking forward to 

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J & R Restaurant Ltd, 

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of aOn-Licence inrespect 

of the premises situated at 

257 High Street, Rangiora, 

known as Nom Nom 

Kitchen. Thegeneral nature 

of the business conducted 

(or to be conducted) under 

the licence is Restaurant. 

The days onwhich and the 

hours during which alcohol 

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under the licenceare 7days 

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The application may be 

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Any person who is entitled 

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Known as Teppanyaki 

TakaoThe general nature of 

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Repairs, Snow straps, 

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Free quotes, call Vinnie 

027 505 7779. 

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. 

027 216 0000 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’sLiquid 

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 

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FULLY INSURED 

QUALIFIED ARBORIST 

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027 2299 454 

craigstrees@xtra.co.nz 

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03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

2362002 

House &Garden 

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To book your spaceinthisguide,phone Amanda Keys 3132840oremail amanda.keys@ncnews.co.nz 

Accountant 

Air Conditioning 

Automotive &Recovery 

Butchery 

Tax & Accounting Consultants 

Taxreturns,GST returns, rental returnsand payday filing 

2570627v2 

TAX RETURNS 

New Client Discount 10% 

☎ 03 314 9480 

Servicing NorthCanterburyand Kaikoura 

03 313 0531 /03319 7559 

(North Canterbury) (Kaikoura) 

www.northcanterburyenergy.co.nz 

HEAT PUMPS 

AIRCONDITIONING 

VENTILATION 

SERVICE&REPAIRS 

INSTALLATION 

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for a 

FREE 

quote 

• WOF Cars &Trailers 

• Vehicle Servicing & 

Repairs 

• Tyres &Punctures 

• Jump Starts 

• 

Towing &Salvage 

• Courtesy Car Available 

Ph Aaron Rowlands 13 StoneEyrePlace, 

0272 588 366 

Swannanoa 

Eftpos available Mon –Fri 8am –5pm, Sat9am –1pm 

2070788 

Oxford Butchery 

Shane Frahm 

We cankill&processyour stock 

Four Generations of Frahms 

since1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 021 269 1817 

2227889v3 

Cattle Problems 

Construction &Concrete 

Ear Health 

Electrician 

• Live Humane Capture 

• Trucking 

• Tagging 

• Testing 

• Sale of unruly, difficult, pesky 

cattle 

Profit share 50-50 

Craig Flintoft 03 312 9432 

craigflintoft@gmail.com 

2459888 

All Construction & Concrete Work 

•Driveways, patios &paths 

•Bridges and Culverts 

•Floors, foundations 

•Sheds and buildings 

•Dairy Sheds, Herd homes 

•Silage pits, effluent ponds 

•Excavation and cartage 

•Precast concrete 

•Insulated panels 

Daryl Power 

027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

2273277 

• EarHealthchecks. 

• Waxremovalusing Microsuction 

• Removal of foreign bodies 

• Basic hearing aidcare 

Clinics in Rangiora,Amberley and Kaiapoi 

Rest homes/retirement villages,booking byprior arrangement. 

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

Email alison@earcare.nz | Ear Care Canterbury 

2324849 

• ACC provider 

• WarVeteran provider 

• No medicalreferral 

required 

• New Installations &Upgrades 

• Servicing, Maintenance &Repairs 

• Renovations &Alterations • Re-wiring • Faults 

• TV, Telephone &Data • Pumps &Motors 

• Inspections • Testing &Tagging &much more 

2629220 

Engineering 

For your Engineering needs 

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821 

toppeng@xtra.co.nz 

2269236 

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STEWART CONTRACTING 

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& Earthworks 

ENJOYABLE STRESS FREE LANDSCAPING 

03 313 9375 •027 3693974 

www.stewartcontracting.co.nz 

contact@stewartcontracting.co.nz 


Funeral Director 

HAL L & Co. 

Funeral Directors 

Death Is But AHorizon ... AHorizon Is But The Limit Of Our Sight 

Give our friendly team acall and let us look 

after all of your funeral needs 

•Fullfuneral Services 

•Pricing Plan Options 

•DirectCremation options 

•MemorialServices 

Convenient Locations 

Rangiora 313 6948 

Christchurch 379 0178 

www.undertaker.co.nz 

Plumber &Gasfitter 

FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING 

&GASFITTING NEEDS 

Phone 03 310 7102 |027 280 0653 

Email: grant@gwpg.co.nz |www.gwpg.co.nz 

2611645v3 

2625877 

Plumbing 

Forall 

general 

aspects of 

plumbing 

Discounts forover 

65 yearsold 

Fast friendly service 

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Aaron McCartney 

Certifying Plumber 

Cell 027 366 9091 

A/H 03 310 2137 

FreeCall: 

0508 44EVER 

EMAIL: 

plumber_27@yahoo.com 

2172994 

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HERE 

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and Services 

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on 

03 3132840 

Landscaping 

For all your landscaping needs 

AllLandscaping,Retaining Walls(Engineered and 

Non-Engineered), Timber Fences,Landscape Structures 

andmore...Lifestyle Block, Ruraland Residential. 

Phone Jeremy 021 169 9394 

www.blackhill.co.nz 

www.facebook.com/blackhillltd 

2372616v2 

Real Estate 

Scaffolding 

Scrap Metal 

Seamless Spouting 

For All Your Scaffolding 

Requirements 

Waimakariri toKaikoura 

Email jimmy@insituscaffolding.co.nz 

Phone 027 288 3058 

2594990 

Services 

MCC SERVICES 

PEST CONTROL 

GUTTER CLEANING |MOSS ROOF SPRAYING 

EXTERIOR HOUSEWASHING 

EXPERIENCED, RELIABLE AND FREE QUOTATIONS 

2607786v2 

PH 021 105 5222 

mccdaj@gmail.com 

2599650 

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•Car Bodies •Scrap Steel•Specialists in Farm 

Machinery•Allnon Ferrous 

MAINLAND 

METALS LTD 

Ph (03) 338 7000 

Mike 0274 818 544 •Robbie0274 818 027 

Locally owned and operated 

Signs &Design 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1902273 

Seamless Spouting 

Supply and Install 

of Seamless Gutters 

10 year no leaks 

guarantee 

• Continuous spouting made on site, 

largecolour range available 

• High gradeand thickermaterialused 

• Repair or replaceany type of gutter 

• Undertakeall insurance work 

• Independently owned andoperated 

• Competitivepricing 

Servicing North Canterbury Districts 

Call Marvin 027 371 4179 

spouting2u@gmail.com 


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Tile/Grout Cleaning 

Dirty Tiles &Grout? 

Tile &Grout Cleaning 

Mouldy Silicone Replacement 

Tiled Shower Makeovers 

Old Grout Re-Colouring 

For ALL your Tile &Grout issues 

call 0800 882 772 for a FREE quote. 

www.theprogroup.co.nz/dpc9385. 

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To book your spaceinthisguide,phone Amanda Keys 3132840oremail amanda.keys@ncnews.co.nz

2019 Corolla GX 

Hatch 

26,250km 

2.0L petrol 

$ 

23,995 


Hatch 

27,900km 

2.0L petrol auto 

$ 

23,995 

2014Toyota 

Aqua 

1.5L Hybrid Petrol, 

18,000km 

$ 

19,995 

2019 Yaris Hatch 

58,000km 


$ 

16,995 

2023 Yaris GX 

Hatch 

1.5L Hybrid 

Ex demo 

$ 

31,995 

2022 Corolla 

GX 

Hatch 

26,500km 

2.0Lpetrolauto 

$ 

27,995 

2021 CamryGX 

30,400km 

2.5L Petrol 

$ 

28,995 

2016PriusS 

77,600km 

1.8L Hybrid petrol auto 

$ 

21,990 


Hatch 

80,850km 


$ 

19,995 

2021 CorollaGX 

Hatch 

37,000km 


$ 

23,995 

2021 Camry 

Hybrid GX 

30,100km 

2.5L Hybrid petrol 

$ 

36,995 

2023 Kia Stonic 

LX-T GT Line 

18,600km 

1.0L turbo petrol 

$ 

24,995 

2022Rav4 GX 

2WD 

30,650km 


$ 

36,995 

2016AquaCross 

Hybrid 


Climateair 

$ 

21,995 

2018 Toyota 

Prius S 

1.8L Hybrid Petrol 

62,890km 

$ 

24,995 

2022 Rav4 GXL 

AWD 

23,150km 


$ 

46,995 

2022 Rav4 GXL 

AWD 

29,950km 


$ 

46,995 

2022Rav4 GX 

2WD 

2.0LPetrolAuto 

28,400km 

$ 

36,995 

2020Highlander 

GXL 

47,100km 


$ 

46,995 

2020 Highlander 

GXL 

48,200km 


$ 

46,995 

2019 Rav4 GXL 

AWD 

45,500km 

2.5L petrol 

$ 

39,995 

2022 Ford Ranger 

FX4Max 

28,100km 

2.0L bi-turbo diesel 

$ 

59,995 

2022Highlander 

Limited 

33,250km 

3.5L Petrol V6 

$ 

59,995 

2022 Highlander 

Limited 

24,480km 

3.5L Petrol V6 Auto 

$ 

59,995 

2022 HiluxSR5 

4WD 

23,400km 

150Kw2.8L diesel 

$ 

57,995 

2022 HiluxSR5 

4WD 

19,750km 

150Kw2.8Ldiesel 

$ 

57,995 

2021 HiluxSR5 

Cruiser 2WD 

150kW2.8LT/Diesel 

44,800km 

$ 

47,995 

2019LandCruiserr 2015LandCruiser 

2023 HiluxSR5 

Prado VX 

Prado TX 

2WD 

$ 

64,995 

$ 

51,450km 

80,550km 47,995 5,600km 

12.8L turbodiesel 

2.8Lturbo diesel 


$ 

51,995 

2016 Rav4 GX 

AWD 

2.5L Petrol Auto 

Bluetooth 

$ 

20,995 

2022 LandCruiser 

Prado VX 

25,900km 

2.8L TurboDiesel 

$ 

77,995 

2022LandCruiser 

Prado VX 

22,350km 

150Kw2.8L Diesel 

$ 

76,995 

2019Hiace ZR 

5-Door 

59,100km 

2.8LDieselAuto 

$ 

47,995 

2023 LandCruiser 

Prado VX 

18,900km 


$ 

77,995

Thursday,December14, 2023 | Issue1076 | www.starnews.co.nz 

THIS WEEKENDONLY 

50% off 

Sleepyhead Chiropractic HDX 

Regulate&HD OrientateBeds # 

ExcludesHDUltra 

5x 

Samsung 55’’ The FrameLifestyle 

TV 9077171/ QA55LS03B 

$2899 

HOT 

PRICE 

AirpointsDollarsTM 

on selected Appliances, 

TVs, Audioand Beds* 

Fisher &Paykel 569L Designer 

French Door Ice &Water 

Refrigerator/Freezer 

$3799 

9059320/ RF610ADUX5 

HOT 

PRICE 

Appliances,Beds,Furniture, TVs, Audio &more. 

SEEPAGEOVER FOR DEALS 

*5x Airpoints Dollars on selected Appliances,TVs,Audio &Beds valid Saturday 16 –Sunday 17 December 2023.Promotionand Airpointsterms,conditions and exclusions apply.Personal shoppersonly. 

Excludes Commercial andTrade sales. See smithscity.co.nz/airpoints forfull details.#Discount is offour full retail price.Not available in conjunction with anyother offer.

48 

MONTHS 

24 

INTEREST FREE 

on beds &furniture 

$999 &over* 

MONTHS 

INTEREST FREE 

on purchases 

$499 &over* 

Taking thechaise afterChristmas 

dinner.The ultimatepower-move. 

Carabell Fabric Modular RightChaise 

Lounge Suite-Grey 9075332 

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Unlikeyour sofa. 

Brahms 7PieceDining Suite-Beige 

Rellies moving in forChristmas? 

Move outside. 

Barossa Outdoor 6PieceDining 

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was 

was 

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OFF 

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# 

was 

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Makepost Christmas 

clean up abreeze. 

Miele Compact C2 Allergy PowerLine 

BaggedVacuumCleaner -Marine Blue 

9072402 

$429 

was 

$579 

25% 

OFF # 

Thecoffeeshops are 

closed on Christmas. 

Nespresso Breville Vertuo Next 

Bundle -MatteBlack 9070830 

$345 

If youwish they’dcall more. 

Givethemahint. 

LG 43”UR78 4K Smart UHDTV 

60002166 /43UR7800 

OPPO A78 4G -Aqua 

$629 $ was 

Green 60001103 

3399 

$425 

HOT 

PRICE 

If strugglingtothinkofa 

Christmas giftiskeeping 

youawake at night -boom. 

smithscity.co.nz/christmas 

Smiths City 

Colombo Street 

550 Colombo Street, 

Christchurch 

Smiths City 

Northwood 

1Radcliffe Rd, 

Christchurch 

SmithsCity 

Hornby 

6TowerStreet, 

Christchurch 

Appliances,Beds, 

Furniture, TVs, 

Audio &more. 

*Lending criteria, $50 annualAccount Fee, fees,Ts&Cs apply. Minimumspend applies. Excludes gift cardsand some promotional items.$55 EstablishmentFee appliestoyour first LTFtransaction, $35 Advance 

Fee appliestosubsequent LTFtransactions. Min paymentsof3%ofthe monthly closing balanceor$10 (whicheverisgreater)are required throughout interestfreeperiod.Paying only theminimum monthly 

payments will notfullyrepay the loan before theend of the interest free period. QMastercard ExpiredPromotional Rate or QCardStandard InterestRate(both 27.99% p.a.) appliesatthe endofLTF Interest 

FreePeriod. (See Ts&Csfor QMastercardStandardInterest Rate applicable to outstanding balanceofaStandardPurchase.) Mastercardand thecircles designare registered trademarksofMastercard 

International Incorporated. Finance is issued by ColumbusFinancialServices Ltd. Ask in-storeorsee online atsmithscity.co.nz/q-mastercardfor details. #Discount is offour full retail price.Not available in 

conjunction withany other offer. *2 Visitwww.nespressopromotion.co.nz by 12/02/24toclaim and to view full terms andconditions. The50or80complimentary Nespresso coffee capsules will be madeup 

ofapre-selected range chosen by Nespressowhich cannotbechangedorsubstituted forany other variants (for list of free coffee capsules see the full T&Cs). However, if stocksofthe free coffee runout,we 

substituteitwith anotherofequal or higher value.Offer canberedeemed multiple times in separate transactions butcannot be combinedwith anyother offerunless specified.

North Canterbury News: December 14, 2023

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