Selwyn_Times: January 10, 2024

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TRAGIC: Popular volunteer firefighter Gavin Lack died after a sudden major medical event last week. 

PHOTOS: LINCOLN VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE 

• By Daniel Alvey and Ben 

Tomsett 

WHEN volunteer firefighters 

got the call to attend a medical 

emergency, the address was far 

too familiar. 

It belonged to one of their 

own; highly respected senior 

firefighter and great mate Gavin 

Lack. The 51-year-old had suffered 

a major medical event. 

Some volunteers raced directly 

to Lack’s home in Lincoln, 

bypassing normal procedure to 

go to the station and depart to 

the callout from there. 

They worked desperately on 

their colleague and were soon 

joined by other volunteers and 

ambulance paramedics, but 

Lack died soon after. 

Family members were there. 

“A couple of us knew straight 

away it was Gav’s place so we 

went straight to the job and the 

truck followed,” said Lincoln 

senior station officer Kyle 

Steans. 

“We did what we could but it 

wasn’t to be.” 

Steans said it was one of the 

toughest calls he’s ever had to 

take in his 25 years in the fire 

service. 

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“WE DID WHAT we could 

but it wasn’t to be.” 

Those were the emotive 

words from Lincoln senior 

station officer Kyle Steans 

this week over the death of 

colleague Gavin Lack (see 

page 1). 

Gavin died of a medical 

event last week, despite the 

valiant attempts by volunteer 

firefighters and ambulance 

paramedics to save him. 

Gavin was a senior 

firefighter at the Lincoln 

station, and when the address 

of the callout came through 

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Steans said it was one of 

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Wednesday January 10 2024 Selwyn Times 

• By Daniel Alvey 

A GROUP of Brookside 

residents are getting ready to 

fight the second application for a 

solar farm. 

KeaX is applying for resource 

consent to build a 111ha solar 

farm on land along Buckleys 

Rd and Branch Drain Rd, about 

10km north of Leeston. 

If approved, the solar array 

will comprise about 140,000 

tracking solar panels. Once 

operational the solar array will 

be capable of generating up to 

about 50 megawatts of AC power 

and 75 megawatts of DC power 

– renewable electricity to be fed 

back into the grid via the Brookside 

substation. 

It is the second time the company 

has applied for a resource 

consent. The first was declined 

in March last year. 

One of eight opposers, retired 

ecologist Ray Henderson lives 

about 500m from the planned 

installation and argues the panels 

would cause environmental 

harm to the soil. 

Henderson said those opposing 

the application are working 

together as a group. 

He said over time solar panels 

can leak heavy metals and other 

chemicals into the soil. 

“The applicant asserts he will 

maintain the productivity of 

the land through irrigation, yet 

there are no details . . . furthermore, 

there is no information 

on how he will limit heavy 

metals and leachates that 

make the land less productive,” 

he said. 

Henderson said he has 

gathered evidence over the 

past year to present to the 

hearing commissioner. 

KeaX managing director 

Campbell McMath 

disputes Henderson’s view 

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and says the project will improve 

soil condition. 

“Solar panels are not classified 

as hazardous. There are many 

examples around New Zealand 

and the world where solar panels 

are used in close proximity to 

humans,” McMath said. 

The solar panels will 

be on highly productive 

land, but McMath said 

the land will also be 

used for things such as 

grazing sheep under the 

panels. 

“There are many reports 

showing a higher 

quality wool from solar 

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husbandry, as the animals are 

not as stressed in the baking sun 

– they can shelter from wind, 

rain and snow.” 

At the first resource consent 

hearing the commissioner 

declined the application for not 

meeting the standard to pass the 

highly productive land requirement. 

McMath said KeaX has 

provided more evidence on the 

future productivity of the land. 

Henderson is also opposing 

the application for noise, potential 

glare and fire risk. 

No date has been set for the 

hearing, but it is likely to be 

in March. 

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of the crash are ongoing. 

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RESIDENTS HONOURED IN 

NEW YEAR’S LIST 

Selwyn residents Neville Carter 

and Brian Pegler received the 

Queen’s Service Medal in the 

New Year Honours List. Carter 

received the medal for services to 

Fire and Emergency New Zealand 

and rugby, and Pegler for services 

to social work. Carter has served 

50 years with the Southbridge 

brigade; Pegler, from Leeston, 

worked as a social worker from 

1971 until he retired in 2023. 

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REMEMBERED: Gavin Thomas Lack rose through the ranks of the Lincoln Volunteer Fire 

Brigade across 12 years. 

PHOTOS: LINCOLN VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE 

Volunteers’ ‘toughest call’ 

• From page 1 

“It was a pretty sad day. The 

last few days have been rough 

for everyone in the brigade,” said 

Steans. 

Since the tragedy last week, 

the brigade has been focusing on 

looking after each other, Steans 

said. 

“We had a debrief at the job, 

and after at the station, and some 

brigade-based catch ups over 

the weekend. A lot of members 

have been also checking in, and 

visiting others as well.” 

Lack’s service with the brigade 

spanned 12 years, four months 

and 19 days, from August 17, 

2011 to January 4. 

Steans said he had known 

Lack since before he became 

a firefighter. He was kind and 

gentle. 

“He stands out as someone 

with a common-sense, practical 

approach and a calm demeanour. 

I can’t recall ever seeing him angry, 

even during moments when 

he might have been frustrated. 

He’s a fantastic person to work 

with, and we’ve been good mates 

from the start,” he said. 

Lack was passionate about photography 

which is how he became 

a volunteer firefighter. 

When the Lincoln station 

sounded, Lack would turn up 

and follow the crews to a fire 

which he would then photograph. 

He soon became their official 

brigade photographer and 

eventually joined the brigade as 

operational support. 

In 2016 he graduated as a 

firefighter and eventually worked 

his way up to become a senior 

firefighter. 

Lack also became a Fire and 

Emergency NZ staff member, 

having roles as a fire investigator, 

in the risk reduction team, 

logistics and as a member of the 

Urban Search and Rescue team. 

Steans said Lack quickly rose 

to senior level within the brigade, 

and undoubtedly had the 

potential to achieve even more. 

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Treatment plant fault 

causes water problems 


UPGRADES to Prebbleton’s 

water supply will be in place 

by the end of the year to stop a 

repeat of a recent failure. 

Residents were left with very 

little water pressure after a treatment 

plant fault on multiple days 

between Christmas and New 

Year. 

Deputy mayor and Prebbleton 

resident Malcolm Lyall said his 

water was still running but only 

at a trickle. 

“It was enough to make a cup 

of tea, but not have a shower,” 

Lyall said. 

Council head of operational 

delivery Gareth Morgan said 

both treatment plants had to be 

shut down. 

“There was a fault at one of the 

two treatment plants serving the 

town and this created a spike 

impacting the capacity of the 

other plant which shut it down 

requiring a manual restart,” 

Morgan said. 

Morgan said upgrades to 

the system are currently being 

worked on with the completion 

date set at the end of 2024. 

“We are in the process of 

upgrading the UV system and 

Reservoir storage for Prebbleton.” 

MP welcomes baby boy 


SELWYN MP Nicola Grigg 

welcomed her new baby boy 

Geordie on December 27 

at the Rolleston Birthing 

Unit. 

“I cannot thank the 

team at the Te Whatu 

Ora-Waitaha Canterbury 

Rolleston birthing 

unit enough for the 

incredible care they 

gave us during our stay,” 

Grigg said on Facebook. 

Grigg, who has been the 


Nicola 

Grigg 

Selwyn MP since 2020, will be 

on parental leave until March. 

Todd McClay will take 

over her role as 

Minister of State for 

Trade, and Associate 

Minister of Agriculture 

(Horticulture), while 

Louise Upston will 

be acting Minister for 

Women until Grigg 

returns to parliamentary 

duties. 

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Rolleston will open January 22. 

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THE REBUILDING of the district’s only 

community board is under way, with two 

new members joining it. 

John Verry, of Darfield, and Phil 

Freeman, of Hororata, have been elected to 

the Malvern Community Board following 

a by-election, with Verry winning the 

Hawkins seat and Freeman the Tawera 

seat. 

The by-election was triggered after 

infighting and name-calling between 

former board members. Sean Ellis 

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Ken May a week later. 

May took a swipe on his way 

out at his fellow board members 

saying, “I’m too old to be pissing 

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He singled out Calvin Payne 

and Sharn Nu’u as “no brainers”, 

and said Ellis thought he was 

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But Nu’u and Ellis shot back 

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May’s comments “vulgar” and “uncouth”. 

Now the board is looking to move 

forward with council chief executive 

Sharon Mason ready to implement a new 

direction. 

“We’re going to set up an orientation 

day in early February and we are going 

to bring the whole community board 

together and orientate everybody from 

scratch,” Mason said. 

She said the orientation will cover 

what it means to be a community board 

member, roles and expectations. 

Also to be decided is who will take the 

role of chair, with Bruce Russell interim 

chair. 

Mason said the chair may not be 

Sharon 

Mason 

decided at the first meeting. 

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members get their feet under the table. 

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smaller communities are heard. 

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community committees they lost their 

voice and contact between the community 

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Lincoln’s Good Samaritan strikes again 

• By Niva Chittock 

DEAN GRAHAM, the now not 

so secret Good Samaritan, has 

been at it again. 

In the days leading up to 

Christmas, Graham paid for 

people’s petrol, groceries and 

even fish n’ chips. 

It all happened in Graham’s 

hometown of Lincoln, and it 

didn’t take long for his identity to 

be revealed once people started 

posting on Facebook to express 

their gratitude to the mystery 

man. 

“To the person at pump one at 

Challenge Lincoln, who paid for 

pump five around 8.40, thank 

you so much!” one said. 

“My card declined, and when I 

went to call my parents, someone 

paid for my fuel. You made me 

cry – thank you for your generosity. 

There are still some good 

people out in the world.” 

The son of late Mainfreight 

rich-lister Neil Graham, he 

said over time his identity had 

become less of a secret, but he 

wouldn’t be changing his ways 

any time soon. 

Said Graham: “There’s so 

much doom and gloom around; 

I guess I like doing it because 

it shows that people care. And 

if I can make someone’s day, 

especially when they’re having a 

s****y day, why not?.” 

Another person said the good 

Samaritian had paid for the 

remainder of their fish ‘n’ chips 

at Lincoln Fish Supply. 

“My son didn’t take enough 

cash. He was going to come 

home and get more, but a kind 

man offered to fix the rest of the 

bill! How kind! He wanted to 

come back and repay you but 

since you had gone, thank you 

again!” 

Another thanked them for 

covering some groceries at the 

supermarket. 

“I was out at the car getting 

my forgotten wallet. You don’t 

know me – I work in healthcare 

and have had three huge days at 

work, [and am] still recovering 

from a bout of Covid one month 

DO GOOD: In 2021, Dean Graham paid $10,000 for a 

cardboard Lamborghini, with funds going to Starship 

Hospital in Auckland, before auctioning it again for 

another charity. 

GENEROUS: Dean Graham has paid for people’s groceries and petrol over the festive season. 

down the track and feeling a bit 

of brain fog,” they said. 

“While financially I am not in 

need, I was very much in need of 

a good deed and some kindness. 

You mentioned to the supermarket 

lady to pay it forward, 

so I have done my own version 

of paying it forward somewhere 

else in Lincoln . . . It made my 

day.” 

A New World shopper got a 

surprise when their card wasn’t 

working. 

“Thank you so much to the 

absolute legend who paid for 

my son’s treats at New World 

yesterday when my card wasn’t 

working for them. Let me know 

if I can pay you back. We are so 

grateful, as we were having quite 

a busy and stressful day.” 

Graham said he just enjoyed 

the effect it had on people. 

It all began in Auckland when 

he was at a concert with his partner, 

he said. 

“I could see this family there 

and could hear them (saying), 

‘Oh no, we can’t just order this 

and order that’ – they were 

struggling a bit,” Graham said. 

“I thought to myself, ‘You 

know what, I’m just going to pay 

their bill and walk out . . . It will 

just be a nice thing to do’.” 

“I was very much in need of a good deed and some 

kindness . . . It made my day.” – One recipient of 

Graham’s actions 

That was four years ago, and he 

has done it dozens of times since. 

It was even better when the 

generosity was passed on, Graham 

said. 

“I did in Hornby, it was in a little 

shop that made beautiful pork 

sandwiches. I could see there 

were older people behind me, 

and I paid for theirs as well and I 

walked out,” he said. 

“I went in again maybe three 

weeks later and the lady said to 

me, ‘Oh, you’re that guy that paid 

for that couple’s lunch!’ 

“She went, ‘You’re not going to 

believe this. They did it the next 

week for someone else’. So if you 

can spark that sort of thought, 

and spread that feeling, it’s a 

good thing.” 

An urban legend falsely 

claimed it all began when Graham 

won Lotto. 

“No, I haven’t won Lotto at all, 

but I’m not short of a quid . . . I 

just love doing it. I like seeing 

people buzzing,” he said. 

• Graham is an avid collector 

of motorcycles and vehicles, and 

his man cave, where they have 

pride of place, featured in Selwyn 

PHOTO: JOHN SPURDLE 

Times in July. 

Among his collection are two 

of the Harley-Davidsons used in 

the 1969 cult classic Easy Rider 

which Graham bought about 

four years ago near Auckland for 

$740,000. 

Easy Rider is Graham’s favourite 

movie. 

He also bought a cardboard 

Lamborghini for more than 

$10,000 being auctioned for 

Starship Hospital in Auckland 

in 2021, and then put it up 

for auction again for another 

charity. 

– RNZ 

COLLECTOR: Dean Graham 

on one of the Easy Rider 

Harley-Davidsons. 

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LETTERS 13 

Lower speed limits not necessary; 

call to restrict rates rises 

I AM all in favour of reduced 

speeds outside schools, 

particularly primary schools, as 

we all know small children can 

be very impulsive. 

However, I feel the speed 

limit does not need to be reduced 

permanently to 30km/h. Speeds 

need to be reduced only at 

morning arrival and afternoon 

pick-up, during term times. 

There are no children at the local 

primary school now until late 

January/early February, so do 

we really need the traffic to be 

restricted to 30km/h along James 

St all that time? 

Lincoln Primary School has 

a very efficient school crossing 

patrol assisting children across 

James St. The police do a great 

job training the children who 

undertake the crossing duties, 

and from what I can see, every 

patrol is also supervised by an 

adult. 

Possibly what needs to be 

addressed is the number of cars 

dropping children off and picking 

them up. I see cars parked 

the length of James St from 

almost the fire station up as far 

as the old maternity hospital and 

the full length of East Belt. 

Maybe as well as reduced speed 

limits, there could be parking 

restrictions close to the school to 

improve visibility. 

-Lynda Gowers 

Delayed speed limit changes 

outside schools are an unfortunate 

consequence of the previous 

Government and Waka Kotahi’s 

flawed approach. 

Slower speeds around schools 

when children are about makes 

sense. However the blanket 

approach, adopted by Selwyn 

District Council and mandated 

by Waka Kotahi, would mean 

30km/h no matter whether it’s 

the holidays, 9am or 9pm. Only a 

few schools were sensibly identified 

for ‘smart’ speed signs that 

deactivate out of school times. 

The blanket approach applied 

CHANGES: Readers respond to the December 20 Selwyn Times article in which Lincoln 

and West Rolleston Primary schools voiced their concerns about Government’s pausing of 

speed limit changes. 

not only to schools, but a multitude 

of roads across Selwyn. It 

was predicated on what might 

happen, not what the evidence 

supported. Basically, slow us 

down everywhere, just in case. 

Targeted lowering of speed 

limits might be part of the solution, 

but it seems to have become 

the solution. Coincidentally the 

council also noted following the 

previous consultation that slower 

speeds will allow them to spend 

less on road maintenance. 

The council’s latest consultation 

document contained several 

factual errors – simple mathematical 

mistakes. Perhaps this 

is symptomatic of the lazy and 

cheap approach. 

Many things about this new 

Government are not good, but 

stopping blanket speed limit 

changes and requiring evidencebased 

targeted changes instead is 

a good thing. 

-Aaron McGlinchy 

Potential big rates rises 

Reading the letters to the 

editor took the taste out of my 

festive drink. 

I would question one’s ability 

to pay for the intended rates 

hike, compounded by excessive 

insurance costs. 

2024 is not a year to work behind 

closed doors, all ratepayers 

need to be included, let’s have no 

hidden agendas. 

-Colin Giddens 

I have been reading the comments 

(on the rates increase). 

Good on them telling council to 

control its spending. Ratepayers, 

businesses and community 

groups all across the motu 

(country) are all trying to cope 

with inflation and increased 

interest rates. 

(Mayor) Sam Broughton does 

a solid job, but instead of suggesting 

he’d stand for no rate 

increases over 20 per cent, why 

doesn’t he lead the charge? 

In his role as president of Local 

Government NZ why can’t 

he demand all councils contain 

wasteful expenditure to keep 

rates lower? Wasteful spending 

can be found everywhere. The 

extra spending on the fancy box 

cladding on the library building 

may well have covered running 

our various rural community 

halls for years. And does Darfield 

really need four signs on the 

same corner to identify where 

the library and service centre 

is? They’re just two examples. 

Perhaps we should have a readers’ 

competition to expose more? 

Who, besides me, would back 

a petition to Nicola Grigg to 

take to Parliament asking for a 

law change to restrict local and 

regional councils to rate rises of 

no more than the annual rate of 

inflation? 

A law change compelling them 

to work within the same financial 

constraints the average family 

has to face is long overdue. 

Restricting rates rises would help 

We want to hear your views 

on the issues affecting life 

in Selwyn 

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many Kiwis nationwide manage 

their household incomes at a 

time when many in our economy 

are doing it tough. 

-Alan Peacock, Darfield 

Many ratepayers in Selwyn 

have expressed dismay at the 

suggestion of the potential 20 

per cent or higher rate increase, 

and the timing of the announcement. 

I fully support those 

views. 

However what has not been 

stated is: Why that announcement 

by the mayor? Why now? 

With the rapid growth in 

Selwyn, most of infrastructure 

is less than 20 years old. So what 

massive infrastructure upgrade 

is required according to the 

mayor? 

Selwyn is not Wellington or 

Auckland. If there is, however, 

a looming massive upgrade required 

somewhere, why was that 

not conveyed years ago? Did he 

just wake up to it? 

What have the mayor and 

those councillors with many 

terms/years at the council done, 

apart from keeping their seat 

warm? 

If they are unable to effectively 

govern and oversee the 

multi-million dollar business 

(which the Selwyn council is) 

they should vacate their seats 

promptly. 

-Basil Meyer, Darfield 

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14 

NEWS 


Family reunited with missing puppy 

• By Pierre Nixon 

WHEN A family’s puppy 

vanished from the back of their 

ute as they drove to walk him 

in a forest area they feared the 

worst. 

But a Christmas miracle 

came early for the Nichol 

family of West Melton. Their 

9-month-old jack russell, Ruger 

– affectionately known as Roo – 

was found alive and completely 

unscathed 24 hours after he 

tumbled from the vehicle. 

The pup’s owner Sharon Nichol 

said her two teenage children 

and her father were preparing to 

take Roo on a walk around the 

Hanmer Heritage Forest. 

Nichol said as the trio were 

leaving, her son Cam carefully 

tied Roo to a clip on the back of 

her father’s Hilux. 

But when they arrived at the 

heritage park, Roo was nowhere 

to be seen. 

Cam took to social media to 

alert the local community, hopeful 

someone would come across 

Roo. 

The group then retraced their 

journey on bike and on foot. 

There was no sign of the small 

pooch and the family was devastated. 

“It was just a really horrible 

situation, I just felt sick and 

because I’m still in Christchurch 

working, getting through the last 

of my work before Christmas, 

I just felt helpless, like I just 

couldn’t do anything,” Nichol 

said. 

Then, when it felt like all hope 

was fading, Sharon received a 

message, suggesting she contact 

Don Schwass, who runs the Nelson 

search dog/tracking page. 

Schwass, who has a background 

in tracking from 30 

years of search and rescue land 

tracking experience, first began 

helping people find lost dogs 20 

years ago. 

“He rang me and asked me to 

send him a pin drop of the start 

and finish points of the journey 

that they took in the Hilux, and 

he came back to me this morning 

with an idea of where Roo 

would most likely be found,” 

Nichol said. 

“Part of his theory was Roo was 

REUNITED: Lani Nichol, 16, 

and her brother Cam, 15, 

with Roo, who sparked a 

frantic search after he fell 

off the back of a ute near 

Hanmer. Above - master 

tracker Don Schwass 

helped the family find 

their dog. 

unlikely to be in the area of the 

Hanmer Springs Village, based 

on the fact that no one had seen 

him.” 

Sharon’s father Gary Rule, 

from Hamner, also played a 

major part in finding the young 

pup. 

“My dad, in an absolute piece 

of brilliance, decided to contact 

the local police officer to see if 

they had any camera footage of 

the road where they were travelling 

yesterday morning – and 

they found footage of the truck 

with the dog on it and without 

the dog.” 

The CCTV footage helped 

narrow down the search to a few 

hundred metres. 

It was then, after 24 anxious 

hours, Cam found Roo at Dog 

Stream Reserve under a log, inside 

the Hanmer Heritage Forest. 

“It was probably a 60 or 70km 

trip and he would have landed 

on the road but he’s literally got 

nothing, no injuries, no scars or 

anything, he was just a little bit 

hungry,” she said. 

She described how she felt 

when she heard Roo had survived. 

“You know that feeling when 

you have a near miss in your 

car and it’s like your body is just 

flooded with adrenaline and 

relief. 

“(I’m) just massively relieved, 

so proud of my dad and both 

of my kids, you know, they just 

didn’t give up looking for him.” 

– NZ Herald 

• People who wish to 

support Schwass’ efforts 

tracking down lost dogs 

can donate at his Givealittle 

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UNCLEAR: AI chatbots 

couldn’t confirm 

when electricity 

was installed in the 

Dunsandel Hotel. 

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BY S. COLLINS & D. 

CHESNEY. 

Right – Nail driving 

for ladies was once a 

feature of horticultural 

shows in Dunsandel 

– this image was 

generated by Bing’s 

DALL-E3. 

OpenAI: Are historians in jeopardy? 

Retired 

microbiology 

lecturer and 

amateur 

historian 

Mike 

Noonan, who 

lives near Dunsandel, 

discusses how accurate 

internet programs 

are when it comes to 

towns and settlements 

in the Selwyn District, 

a year after starting his 

research 

WHEN OpenAI released 

ChatGPT3.5, an Artificial Intelligence 

chatbot program, to the 

public last November, I suspect 

that most readers of the Selwyn 

Times had never heard of AI. 

Now, I suspect at least their 

children are using it sometimes 

to help with their homework. At 

the time I “asked” the program 

to “tell” me about the history of 

some of the towns in the Selwyn 

District. The answers were so 

inaccurate (termed “hallucinating”) 

that I found them amusing 

and the Selwyn Times published 

an article (January 18, 2023). 

In the last 12 months there 

have been huge developments in 

AI, with many new companies 

making their AI programs available 

online and so I decided to 

see if the AI programs would 

now provide reliable information 

of Selwyn’s history even though 

I am aware that most of Selwyn’s 

history is still in paper-based accounts 

and not online. 

I tried three free programs (as 

I don’t use AI enough to justify 

paying for access) and asked each 

to “tell” me about the history 

of Dunsandel 1872-1900 as I 

knew that this topic was covered 

online. 

Claude from Anthropic gave 

me a summary of key events 

which would have sounded 

authentic to somebody who did 

not know about Dunsandel, 

as the main story was largely 

correct but the details were 

not. When I requested further 

information on one topic, 

namely the first hall, again I 

was provided with information 

which was believable, except it 

wrongly informed me the hall 

was opened in 1883 – rather, 

it opened in 1874. Claude 

“admitted” that it did not have 

a specific source for the details 

that it had provided, but that the 

program had generated historical 

details based on knowledge of 

similar halls from small rural 

towns of that era and, given that 

the towns of Selwyn had similar 

early developments, the narrative 

was only incorrect in a few 

details. Claude had aimed “to 

construct a believable narrative” 

as it had no ability to search the 

internet. 

When I asked for only accurate 

statements about Leeston, I received 

“the most accurate statement 

I can make is that, Leeston 

is a town . . . that was established 

in 1864 by the Canterbury Association”. 

The date is correct 

but the Canterbury Provincial 

Council had taken over from the 

Canterbury Association in 1853. 

Google’s Bard divided its 

response to the same questions 

into more-or-less verified 

information, but much of it was 

general and there were inaccurate 

statements. It appeared 

that Bard may have managed to 

find digital information that has 

recently been put on the Selwyn 

Library program, Ka Korero 

o Waikirikiri Selwyn Stories 

(SS) but it did not provide its 

sources. When quizzed about 

its statement, “the hotel did not 

have electricity until 1895,” it 

“apologised” for its error and 

stated that “electricity was 

supplied to Dunsandel in 1900 

and gave three references for its 

“conclusion”. 

1. The book “Dunsandel: A 

History of the Town and District” 

by John Wilson (1972) 

states that electricity was supplied 

to Dunsandel in 1900. 

2. The website of the Canterbury 

Museum states that 

electricity was introduced to 

Dunsandel in 1900. 

3. The book “Electrical Power 

in New Zealand: A History” by 

R.H. Chapman (1987) states that 

a hydro-electric power station 

was built at Coal Creek in 1899, 

and that electricity was supplied 

to Dunsandel in 1900. 

I was not able to find either 

book on the National Library 

catalogue, but an article published 

in 1920 (October 20, 1920, 

page 3, Ellesmere Guardian) 

reported that “a public meeting . 

. . to discuss the question of supplying 

electricity to the residents 

of the Dunsandel district was 

held in the Town Hall last Saturday 

night”, which suggests to 

me that Bard is “hallucinating” 

with its 1900 date and seemingly 

authoritative sources. 

When I asked Microsoft Bing 

(Copilot), using GPT 4, the same 

questions, it searched the internet 

and copied text almost verbatim, 

supplying easy access to the 

sources. Bing definitely managed 

to find digital information that 

has recently been put on SS. The 

GPT 3.5 of one year ago only had 

web information from before 

September 2021. 

While SS is not the only source 

of online historical information 

about Selwyn, local historians 

are adding information regularly 

to SS, and in the not too 

distant future it will probably 

be the main reference point. If 

Bing is going to quote almost 

verbatim from this site, why not 

go straight to SS? The downside 

is that information about, for 

example, each town’s hall will 

be added in separate, but linked, 

articles in SS and if you wanted 

an article about all the halls in 

Selwyn, in chronological order, 

you would need to download 

each article separately and then 

rearrange the text. I tried to get 

Bing to chronologically integrate 

separate articles about the users 

of the first Dunsandel Hall 

which are in SS, but this failed 

as Bing would only consider one 

article at a time. Before too long, 

I suspect unskilled people will 

be able to complete this task, and 

this will be the advantage of AI. 

Bing and other AI programs 

can do other things, including 

drawing pictures, given a text 

statement. This is not very useful 

for history, as drawings and 

photographs taken at the time 

are required. However, nail 

driving for ladies was once a 

feature of horticultural shows 

in Dunsandel and I generated a 

picture, using Bing DALL-E3 to 

illustrate an article in SS, until, 

hopefully, I can replace it with 

the real thing. 

While AI has made considerable 

strides in the last year – e.g. 

“alphafold”, which is able to 

outperform scientists in the 

prediction of the structure of 

proteins – it is not as useful in 

Selwyn history until we can get 

more information on the web 

and it can be a little smarter in 

dealing with beginners like me. 

I am still convinced that my 

hobby as an amateur historian is 

not in immediate jeopardy. 

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Over 40 whānau-friendly events — plan your summer now! 

Snorkelling 

15 and 17 January 

Darfield and Southbridge 

Selwyn Libraries Holiday Fun 

16, 18 and 24 January 

Southbridge, Broadfield 

and Lake Coleridge 

Teddy Bears’ Picnic 


Rolleston 

Skate ‘n’ Splash 

18, 25 and 27 January 

Rolleston, Darfield, Southbridge 

Circus Arts for Teens 

19 and 26 January 

Rolleston 

Emergency Services Fun Day 


Rolleston 

Kite Day 

3 February 

Rolleston 

BMX Coaching 

4 February 

Prebbleton 

Pickleball ‘Have a Go’ 

10 and 17 February 

West Melton, Glentunnel, 

Lincoln, Southbridge 

Skate Jam 

11 February 

West Melton 

Family Sports Night 

16 February 

Rolleston 

Lu Uno Wall 

24 and 25 February 

Rolleston 

What’s On 

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Summer 2023/24 

December – February 

See pages 20–31 

for details. 

Group Fitness 

Recreation 

Pools 

Libraries 

Events 

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Great walks around Selwyn 

Put on your walking shoes and get 

out into the fresh air at some of Selwyn’s 

amazing walking tracks and areas. Make 

a day of it and take a picnic lunch and 

your camera for those social mediaworthy 

shots. Always check the weather 

forecast before you head out and choose 

a track that will suit your ability. Carry a 

small backpack with layers, wet weather 

gear, water, snacks, and a cell phone for 

longer walks. 

Lincoln-Liffey Domain and 

Liffey Stream 

It is an easy 30-minute walk, ideal for 

families with small children. It starts at 

the corner of Gerald and James Street in 

Lincoln, and you can see the furnished 

1875 Liffey Cottage on your travels. 

Darfield-McHugh’s Forest Park 

It is a great walk for the whole family, 

including dogs and fun for the kids, with 

several fairy doors to be on the lookout 

for. The main track takes 20 minutes one 

way, and the loop track is 50 minutes 

return. 

Windwhistle- Washpen Falls: 

A 2-hour walk with the walking track 

starts at Old Washpen Falls Woolshed. 

Cost: $10 for adults, $5 for children. No 

dogs allowed. 

Castle Hill-Kura Tawhiti Access 

Track: 

This is an easy 20-minute walking 

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formations of special significance to Ngāi 

Tahu. 

Castle Hill- Cave Stream Walk 

Two short walks, approximately 30 

minutes return, leading to the cave 

entrances. The cave is 594 metres long. 

No dogs allowed. 

Harts Creek Track 

It is a good track for beginning walkers 

as it is completely flat and takes about 20 

minutes each way. You’ll be able to spot 

wildlife on the lakeside, and it’s a good 

spot for a picnic. 

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Teddy Bears’ Picnic back 

for a Fun-Filled and Eco- 

Conscious Summer Event 

Summer in Selwyn just got a whole lot 

cuddlier with the return of the beloved 

Teddy Bears’ Picnic. The event, which has 

become a highlight of the season, regularly 

draws in crowds of over 1700 children and 

adults, accompanied by a delightful array 

of teddy bears. Held in Rolleston, this 

year’s picnic promises to be an even more 

fantastic family day out, blending fun and 

environmental consciousness through the 

Selwyn Event Sustainability Initiative. 

Beyond the gathering of teddy bears and 

their companions, the Teddy Bears’ Picnic 

is taking a step towards a greener future. 

Bring along your favourite mug and indulge 

in delicious coffee from The Coffee Lady 

Ltd. Plus, your reusable mug might just win 

you an incredible prize in a special giveaway. 

The Council’s Senior Advisor Community 

Funding and Events Stefanie Banbury said 

“We’re proud to be embracing sustainability 

at this year’s event. We have a diverse range 

of food choices carefully crafted by vendors 

committed to eco-friendly practices and 

the dedicated team of bin ambassadors 

from Without Waste (WOW) are also 

back to guide people in sorting their waste, 

contributing towards making a positive 

environmental impact”. 

As well as an amazing line up of 

entertainment on the main stage, the Pony 

Parties & Farmyard Friends team are back 

‘Famous for their roasts!’ 

Washpen Falls 

to introduce your teddy bears to a delightful 

array of animals, from rabbits and guinea 

pigs to mini goats, ponies and lambs. For 

those seeking an adventure on wheels, 

Pedalmania brings a collection of strange, 

clever, crazy, and bizarre pedal-powered 

bikes, and join the team from House of 

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Season 2 to build an amazing creation. It’s 

a chance to let your imagination run wild 

while creating lasting memories. 

Join in on all the family fun on 

Wednesday 17 January 10.30am–1.30pm 

at Brookside Park, Lowes and Brookside 

Roads, Rolleston. 

Postponement date will be Wednesday 

24 January 2024. 

For more information visit selwyn.govt. 

nz/summerinselwyn. 

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Holidays 

across: 

4: Whitebait site 

5: Horses and wine 

8: Bright minds 

11: Dan Carter's hometown club 

12: Famous pie town 

15: 'Gate' to the coalfields 

16: Also known as South Malvern 

17: Left, right, left, right! 

18: Originally known as ‘Surveyors Gully’ 

20: Halfway between Christchurch and Ashburton 

22: Home of the Glow 

down: 

1: Home to the George Roy Store 

2: Named after Colonel De Renzie Brett 

3: Distinctive limestone hills 

6: One of the country's earliest hydroelectric schemes 

7: 'The township under the Nor' West Arch.' 

9: Rapid growth 

10: Fertile ground 

12: Home of the donut 

13: Impressive war memorial 

14: Alpine village 

19: Heading to Banks Peninsula 

21: Once named Cheddar 

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SPORT 23 

Star player doesn’t 

forget grass roots 

NEW ZEALAND TEAM: Daryl Mitchell during game two 

of the Twenty20 series between the Black Caps and 

Bangladesh on December 29 at Mt Maunganui. 

PHOTO: GETTY 

• By Sam Coughlan 

THE NEWLY-expanded 

Canterbury Country premier 

men’s T20 competition starts on 

Saturday. 

The competition, formerly 

just five games per team before 

semi-finals and a final, will now 

feature all nine teams playing 

each other once for a total of 

eight games before the knockout 

rounds. 

Weedons claimed the 2023 

title but fast bowler Charlie 

Robson is wary of the challenges 

posed by a longer competition. 

“Last year you could win three 

of four games and end up in the 

semi, but it’s wide open to anyone 

this year,” he said. 

Weedons start their campaign 

away from home, playing Cheviot 

and Oxbrook on Saturday, 

with both games held in Rangiora. 

Last year’s runners-up 

Leeston-Southbridge are also 

in action, playing Ohoka and 

powerhouse Sefton, who have 

started the one-day competition 

strongly and lead the way after 

making the semi-finals of both 

the T20 and one-day competition 

last year. 

Darfield only have one game 

on Saturday, playing Sefton in 

the morning before enjoying a 

bye in the afternoon. 

Lincoln also only play once. 

They have the morning off with 

a bye before an afternoon fixture 

against Peninsula-Harbour. 

Robson said all teams have 

improved their game this season. 

“Ohoka have really stepped up, 

Peninsula-Harbour are playing 

really well too. 

“Sefton are always strong as 

well.” 

• The full list of fixtures 

can be found on PlayHQ 

• By Sam Coughlan 

DARYL MITCHELL will soon 

be a multi-millionaire in the 

Indian Premier League – but 

he’s still got time for his local 

club. 

Mitchell was snapped up at the 

IPL auction by Chennai Super 

Kings for $2.8 million following 

an intense bidding war. 

The 32-year-old Black Caps 

star moved to Lincoln with his 

family in 2020 after joining 

Canterbury Cricket. He is 

registered for the Lincoln club – 

but domestic and international 

commitments mean he’s 

only turned out once for the 

club. 

In that match against Leeston- 

Southbridge in October 2020, 

Mitchell scored 90 off just 64 

balls with eight sixes – an early 

sign of the form that would 

propel him into the Black Caps 

just months later. 

Lincoln executive committee 

member Richard Clark 

played with Mitchell in the 

match. 

“The results he’s had in all 

formats of the game over the 

last few years have been pretty 

spectacular,” he said. 

“It’s probably quite a long 

way from when he did make his 

debut for the club.” 

CLUB CRICKET: Mitchell receives his Lincoln and 

Canterbury Country caps from Joshua Chapman (left) and 

Austin Earl in 2020. PHOTO: LINCOLN CRICKET CLUB 

Clark said Mitchell helps out 

where he can, despite not being 

able to play. 

“He’s been very generous with 

donating signed playing kit for 

fundraisers we have at the club, 

that kind of thing. 

“It’s much appreciated from 

our perspective. If he can’t 

necessarily play for the club it’s 

the one thing he can do.” 

There were a number of club 

members watching on Sky as 

Mitchell went up for auction, 

including Clark, who said it was 

“cool” to see. 

“We knew that Daryl was up in 

the second group of players to be 

auctioned,” he said. 

“And we were, I guess, sort of 

hopeful that he would get the 

competition for his services but I 

don’t think we could’ve dreamed 

of the number it got to.” 

Clark and everyone else will 

be sure to cheer Mitchell and 

his new team on when the IPL 

season begins in March. 

New-look premier competition set to start 

DEFENCE: Weedons are out to retain their premier T20 title this season. Inset – Charlie Robson bowls against Ohoka. 

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SPORT 25 

Club rugby: Who’s at the helm 

The club rugby season 

starts in 11 weeks. Sports 

reporter Sam Coughlan 

looks at who the coaches 

are for the Coleman Shield 

and combined country 

competitions 

Prebbleton 

The Penguins nearly did 

the double in 2023, losing 

to Ashburton Celtic in the 

combined country final but 

getting up over Waihora in the 

Coleman Shield final. 

Simon Fitzgerald is staying in 

place as head coach and director 

of rugby. 

2023 finishing places: Coleman 

Shield 1st; combined country 2nd 

Waihora 

Former Glasglow Warriors 

and Utah Warriors player Hagen 

Schulte takes the top job at 

Waihora after being an assistant 

last year. He replaces former 

head coach Ross Soper, who is 

taking a break from coaching. 

The Magpies suffered two 

heartbreaking playoff losses in 

2023, reaching the semi-finals of 

the combined competition and 

making it all the way to the Coleman 

Shield final. 

First-five Harry Peeters returns 

after missing the 2023 season 

but the team have lost players, 

with lock Charlie Kinney and 

flanker Ben McLeod moving to 

Auckland for work. 


Shield 2nd; combined country 3rd 

Southbridge 

Mike Rowe returns to the club 

he enjoyed success at between 

2016 and 2019 as head coach, 

joining veteran assistant Doug 

Maginness who will coach his 

150th division 1 game in the 

season’s opener. 

Rowe won four trophies in his 

first stint at the club and will 

be looking to improve a Southbridge 

team that, led by Reece 

Allan, went down by one point 

in the Coleman Shield semifinals 

last year. 

Rowe said the team will be 

REUNITED: Mike Rowe (left) and Doug Maginness will join forces again for Southbridge after a successful stint between 

2016 and 2019. Right – Simon Fitzgerald will aim to lead Prebbleton to a second successive Ellesmere title. 

PHOTO: GILL HAPPER 

largely the same as last year but 

it will be difficult to tell until preseason 

starts later this month. 


Shield 3rd; combined country 15th 

Darfield 

Chris Lea and Steven Devereux 

are the new co-coaches of the 

team, taking over from Mervyn 

Todd, who guided Darfield to 

the semi-finals of the Coleman 

Shield last season before losing to 

eventual winners Prebbleton. 

Lea is a former division 2 

coach at the club and is returning 

from a year off, while 

Devereux coached Hornby last 

season – but lives in Darfield and 

was previously commuting for 

coaching. 

Prop Hamish Pauling, 36, has 

retired after 184 division 1 games 

for the club. 


Shield 4th; combined country 

10th 

Lincoln 

Bevan Sisson has stepped 

down as head coach due to work 

commitments, to be replaced by 

former colts coach Tim Nuthall 

as the lead of a coaching group 

of four. 

Nuthall will be joined by Jodie 

Smith, Mike Rowe and Jason 

Pietzner, while Sisson will help 

out behind the scenes when he 

can, which just missed out on 

reaching the Coleman Shield 

semi-finals last year. 


Shield 5th; combined country 

16th 

West Melton 

Co-coaches Mike James and 

former Crusader and All Black 

Tim Perry will stay with the 

squad after a solid season last 

year. 

The team upset Darfield away 

from home to finish ninth in 

the combined competition and 

backed it up with sixth in the 

Coleman Shield. 


Shield 6th; combined competition 

9th 

Springston 

There are few changes for 

Springston, with Andrew Foster 

staying in charge for 2024. 

The team finished second from 

the bottom in their combined 

country pool but beat Hornby 

in a playoff for 17th. They were 

second-bottom in the Ellesmere 

competition. 

Foster said the team are 

looking at a couple of overseas 

options to bolster their roster. 


Shield 7th; combined competition 

17th 

Hornby 

Wayne Hemmingson takes the 

reins by himself for Hornby after 

co-coaching with Devereux last 

year, who is now with Darfield. 

The Red Devils last year 

celebrated their first division 

1 win in more than 1400 days 

when they beat Oxford in the 

combined country competition, 

and followed it up by beating 

Springston later in the season. 

Hemmingson said the club 

will look to shore up the squad 

with overseas recruits. 

“We’ve got three guys coming 

in from Fiji and hopefully 

someone from the UK . . . that’ll 

help us an awful lot,” he said. 

2023 competition places: 

Coleman Shield 8th; combined 

country 18th 

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On 14 December, 14 hours of fundraising 

commitment and mayhem 

took place, for a great cause. Rural 

telethon “The Big Feed” livestreamed 

from Lincoln University, raising over 

700 thousand mince and milk meals 

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stunning result. 

The event is organised by Meat The 

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Produce, in the form of premium mince 

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donations are enacted. The website has 

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telethon, and you can even submit video 

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some Chatbot. AI-AI-O! 


Picture this. You’re in the cab of your 

tractor, again, going up and down the 

same field… again… Bored with your 

usual music/podcasts, you start puzzling 

over a particular farming issue that you 

need to solve. 

Why not set your phone to work on 

the puzzle? Chatbots and AI may seem 

a million miles away from the field, but 

in reality they are free tools that anyone 

can use right now. 

What is a chatbot? 

Chatbots are like a far fancier 

Google search, not only accessing 

but amalgamating information. The 

Artificial Intelligence (AI) aspect means 

that they are constantly adapting to 

interpret requests correctly, provide 

more accurate answers and use more 

human-sounding language. 

How do I do it? 

Just download one of the free chatbot 

apps and type in a question. 

The most famous is still ChatGPT, 

which hit the headlines on release last 

November and originally operated from 

a database. Others quickly followed, 

meeting different user needs, such as 

You.com that accesses online material 

and makes it easy for you to click 

through to its sources. 

Top tips for extracting useful answers 

1. Think what type of expert you 

would ideally be talking to, and tell 

the app to be that. Eg, “You have been 

farming wheat in Canterbury New 

Zealand for the last 20 years. Tell me 

what crop diseases I should know 

about.” 

2. Use the follow-up questions 

function – this will help it provide info 

that is more relevant to you. Eg, it might 

ask you “What crop diseases have you 

seen on your land?”, “What diseaseprevention 

methods have you tried?” 

3. Tell it what kind of answer you 

want. Eg, “a one-page answer in plain 

English”, “a table of facts and numbers”, 

“use information from the year 2000 

onwards”, “a bullet list of ideas”. 

Things to watch out for 

Check everything! AI should give you 

good starting points but may not be 

accurate in every detail. 

As in all digital matters, privacy and 

confidentiality are fraught topics, so 

don’t tell it anything too confidential. 

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We think we own the land, but we don’t. 

There are other beings, boundaries, homes, 

families, tussles… 

In rural life, birds are our constant 

companions. The dawn chorus starts our 

days, conversations build and different 

species tune in. Throughout the day, flocks 

of small birds soar and swirl, acting as 

one. Nestbuilders fly above with sticks and 

straw, consummate designers and builders. 

The falcon, kārearea, is sophisticated 

enough to harness the winds in its flight – 

but falls for the dangerous temptation of 

roadkill – Icarus? 

Families of pheasants bustle and snuffle, 

bursting away with an explosion of sound, 

leaving a tailfeather gift for the lucky. Quail 

couples call to each other, loving, always 

checking in, issuing a “Chicago” at the 

slightest concern. Fantails, pῑwakawaka, 

friendly or two-faced? The same darting 

dance that beguiles humans turns 

downright nasty when repelling its own 

kind. 

Magpies raise their family in our 

presence. Recognising the faces of 

humans who live on their land, they also 

communicate to their kids whether you 

are to be trusted. Magpie younglings patrol 

the grass until a parent’s return – when the 

incessant squawking would put anyone off 

parenthood! In autumn, the adolescents 

hilariously find their voice. Winter brings 

eviction, with re-groupings hard fought for 

next year. 

Birds also teach geography and 

perspective. Living rurally in Selwyn, I feel 

land-based, grounded – my world is green 

as far as the eye can see. Then water birds 

swoop through and it’s like zooming out on 

a map – we’re just a stopping point between 

lakes, rivers and the sea. 

Every winter, for two weeks, a pair of 

Canadian geese arrive honkily in the 

morning, rest on the same tree for five 

minutes then fly on. Why?? 

After bad storms, a black shag chose our 

woodpile as refuge, settling for the night 

and dealing confidently with our curious 

cat. 

Most wonderful of all, late every 

afternoon, the heron couple swoops in, 

creaking and rasping – you don’t need 

to sound tuneful when you look that 

fabulous! I was told that the same couple 

had been nesting in the same tree for 18 

years. What a privilege to share this space. 

Nighttime, and it’s still not over. The little 

owl calls throughout the night, making the 

most of our land while other birds sleep. 

Did I say “our” land? Many other 

beings say the same. 

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Healthy blueberries are easy to grow 

THE SWEETNESS and flavour 

of freshly picked blueberries 

are hard to match. The health 

benefits are numerous and, what’s 

more, they are a relatively easy 

crop to grow. 

They require a sunny position, 

fertile soil and water to produce 

an abundance of berries. 

They are a source of vitamin C, 

A, and E. To ensure good crops, 

always plant more than one so 

cross-pollination occurs. Blueberries 

are versatile shrubs that can 

be planted in many areas of the 

garden because of their attractive 

habits and foliage. 

Try them planted in hedgerows, 

use in garden borders or plant 

along a driveway. Over recent 

years a number of new varieties 

have been bred in New Zealand. 

These are proving to be very 

popular with home gardeners. 

Blueberries are perfect for pots or 

containers but be aware that they 

don’t like their root zone being 

tampered with. Avoid underplanting 

near their root zone. 

Most blueberries require a 

second plant to pollinate their 

flowers. In cases where berries 

are noted as being self-fertile, it 

is still recommended to plant at 

least two plants to ensure a good 

harvest. 

A number of varieties are 

widely available throughout the 

country. Garden centres normally 

have good stocks all year round, 

as the plants are sold in pots. 

Rabbit eye varieties are selffertile 

but by planting more than 

one, cross-pollination will occur 

and increase your yield. 

Choose a sunny location with 

moist but well-drained soil and 

good circulation. 

• Growing Guide 

Blueberries need a sunny location, 

in well-worked, acidic, free 

draining fertile soil. Plant about 

1m apart in rows. Blueberries 

make a wonderful hedge. Trim to 

shape as required. 

Cover with bird netting if birds 

are eating the fruit before you 

can. Water well through dry periods 

to ensure the fruit sets well. 

When plants are young, remove 

some of the flowers to encourage 

more leaf and plant growth. 

Young plants have a tendency to 

overfruit when young, limiting 

the plant’s growth and establishment. 

Do not allow plants to sit in 

water for long periods. Plant in 

raised beds if winter rains are an 

issue for you. The plants fruit on 

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Allow to ripen in the plants to 

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the birds don’t beat you to the 

crop. Harvest when fruits look 

ripe. Fruit stores well in the fridge 

for a week or so. Bring to room 

temperature before eating. 

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Suzuki Vitara Hybrid lively and effortless 

DESPITE BEING offered in 

Europe, the UK and Japan for the 

last five years, Hybrid versions 

of Suzuki’s SUV range have 

just made it to this side of the 

automotive globe. 

It’s a case of better late than 

never. The government’s clean 

car fee and rebate scheme no 

doubt played a part in Suzuki’s 

decision to offer a hybrid version 

of their popular Vitara here last 

year. Ironically, the arrival in July 

of tougher thresholds to qualify 

for a rebate meant most hybrids, 

including the Vitara, no longer 

qualified for a rebate. Even worse, 

some not-so-squeaky green 

hybrids’ credentials cop a clean 

car fee. 

Launched here in 2015, the 

Vitara quickly established itself 

as one of Suzuki’s best sellers, 

making it a prime candidate for 

the hybrid treatment. In Europe 

it is a sales success story and 

Suzuki will be looking for it to 

carry that good form into our 

market. New Hybrid versions of 

the Vitara Turbo offer better fuel 

economy and lower emissions, 

further broadening the appeal of 

one of our most popular compact 

five-door SUVs. 

Three petrol/electric “mild” 

Hybrids are available for our 

market, including a rangetopping 

All Wheel Drive. Suzuki 

claim the Vitara Hybrid Turbo 

is at least 15 per cent more 

economical than its non-Hybrid 

Motoring with Bob Nettleton 

Vitara siblings. It will help us all 

breathe a little easier with up to 

18 per cent lower CO2 emissions. 

Prices start at $39,990 for the 

Hybrid JX 2WD manual, with 

the auto retailing for $41,990. 

Rounding out the range is the 

$44,990 JLX AWD auto that 

was fronted for this road test. 

Some customisation – two-tone 

body colours – is offered for an 

additional $800. 

Suzuki has developed a simple, 

light, compact and affordable 

Hybrid system consisting of 

an integrated starter generator, 

engine control module, and 

an auxiliary power module. 

This incorporates a lithium-ion 

battery and sensors and a DC/ 

DC (48 volt to 12 volt) power 

converter, all factory warranted 

for five years. Powering the 

Vitara Hybrid in conjunction 

with a 48V self-charging mild 

hybrid system is an updated take 

on Suzuki’s familiar 1.4-litre 

direct injection turbo engine, repurposed 

for improved efficiency 

fewer emissions. 

In its new hybridized state, 

the motor produces 95kW of 

power at 5500rpm and the 

maximum torque of 235Nm at 

2000-3000rpm, up 6.8 per cent 

compared to the standard Vitara. 

Peak torque inches are up by 

15Nm. 

A newly designed turbocharger 

has been specified to give better 

efficiency and faster spooling 

up response. Automatic stop/ 

starting saves fuel while the 

lithium ion battery powers all the 

electrics. The Hybrid’s Integrated 

Starter Generator uses braking 

energy to efficiently recharge the 

battery. 

In spite of the improvement 

in fuel consumption and less 

emissions, the Hybrid Turbo 

retains the lively performance 

that helped the Vitara build a 

large fan base here. 

What makes this engine a 

real champion is the 235Nm of 

torque that’s ready for action 

from just 1500rpm. This lays 

the foundations for almost 

instantaneous throttle response, 

and one of the most effortless 

drives you will find in a compact 

urban SUV in this price bracket. 

It’s smoother and more refined 

than the standard 1.4 turbo 

which is expected to exit our 

market as the Vitara range 

here goes all-hybrid. A quick, 

accurate, and sweet shifting 

six-speed automatic is a very 

agreeable gear-changing device 

and a good match to the hybrid 

engine. 

There isn’t an abundance of 

usable passenger space in a cabin 

that always seems a bit tight 

and light on headroom for taller 

types, if they’re dispatched to the 

back seat. One redeeming feature 

is the 60/40 split folding rear seat 

allowing you to maximize the 

limited rear hatch cargo area. An 

unexpected bonus is a cleverly 

concealed floor in the rear hatch 

compartment, perfect for keeping 

valuables out of sight of potential 

thieves. 

The cabin is an obvious area 

where the Vitara is showing its 

age, and with an eight-year-old 

vehicle that’s difficult to disguise. 

The test car was let down on 

quality by plenty of hard plastic 

surfaces throughout the cabin. 

It needs to be better, given its 

$44,995 asking price. 

One of the biggest and 

most welcome changes is the 

introduction of a range of 

new safety technology that’s 

instrumental in lifting the 

Vitara’s safety game a good notch 

or two. Heading an extensive 

list of worthwhile safety tech 

is rear cross traffic alert, blind 

spot monitoring, lane departure 

warning and adaptive cruise 

Ratings 

out of 10: 

Performance 

7; Handling 7; 

Build Quality 

6; Comfort 7; 

Passenger and 

Load Space 

5; Avg fuel 

consumption 

on road test 

6.1L/100km; 

Value for 

money 6; 

Safety – Five 

Star ANCAP 

crash rating. 

Clean car fee 

neutral. 

Overall points 

out of 10: 7 

control. All hybrid versions 

have standard cruise control, a 

seven-inch touchscreen display 

and a reversing camera, satellite 

navigation, Apple CarPlay, 

keyless entry and climate control 

air conditioning. 

Handling feels more composed 

and planted on the road than 

any Vitara I have driven, and 

there have been a few over the 

years. Tortured and heavily 

potholed and corrugated road 

surfaces intent on dismembering 

the suspension were quelled 

by the Vitara’s tough and wellproven 

suspension set-up. 

Body roll is consistently kept 

in check when unexpected 

deviations in the road surface 

are encountered. For a smallish 

SUV, the ride is supple enough, 

although the suspension can get 

a bit vocal over high frequency 

bumps in lower speed urban 

driving. 

Light, direct steering does 

the job without being a class 

standout. Giving the steering 

more weight and a stronger dose 

of road feel would help improve 

on that ranking. 

In the final wash up, the 

Hungarian-made Vitara turbo 

hybrid is an enjoyable drive, 

versatile and with AWD well 

suited to our gnarly roads and 

weather. On the down side, fuel 

economy isn’t much better than 

the turbo motor model, making 

it hard to justify the hybrid 

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Selwyn District Council is giving notice of its proposal to seek the Minister of 

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(Drainage) adjoining 77 Gerald Street, Rolleston described in the Schedule. 

Upon revocation of the reserve status, 

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Brendan ‘Big Red’ Shefford 

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• 4 double bedroom home built 

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• Great space inside & out 

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• Ducted heating & Solar panels 

• Master is a retreat with a 

walk-in wardrobe & ensuite 

For Sale 

View 

Sunday- 2.30-3.00pm 

Kate Cameron 

027 688 8057 

kate.cameron@raywhite.com 

• A warm and bright open plan 

living area 

• A well-laid out home - 

functional for all families 

• Three great sized bedrooms + 

a study nook 

• Seamless indoor-outdoor 

flow, creating a superb sense 

of space 

For Sale 

$799,000 

View 

By Appointment 


027 224 4733 


Georgia Schofield 

027 887 7282 

georgia.schofield@raywhite.com 





Open Home 

FOR SALE 

47 Territory Street, Rolleston 

4A2B2J 

BY NEGOTIATION 

34 Manor Drive, Rolleston 

5A3B3J 

• 209m2 Architectural home 

with pitched ceilings 

throughout 

• Fully fenced 736m2 section 

• 4 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms 

• Double garage with 24m2 

attic storage 

For Sale 


View 

By appointment 

Caine Hopcroft 

027 330 1002 

caine.hopcroft@raywhite.com 

Holly Partridge 

027 777 1270 

holly.partridge@raywhite.com 

• Spacious 2,837m2 section 

• Expansive open plan living 

• A separate lounge 

• Modern kitchen with WIP 

• 3x Heat Pumps & Wood Fire 

• Great indoor outdoor flow 

• Semi self contained wing 

• Three car garaging 

• Raised vegetable gardens 

By Negotiation 

View 

Sunday-1:15-1:45pm 

Kate Cameron 

027 688 8057 

kate.cameron@raywhite.com 





4 

Must be Sold 

FOR SALE 

13 Berners Way, Rolleston 

3A2B2J 

FOR SALE 

7 Lolite Lane, Rolleston 

4A2B2J 

• Three-bedroom home, master 

with ensuite and WIR 

• O/P living with two sets of 

sliders to the outdoors 

• Large sleek kitchen with Smeg 

appliances & double fridge 

space 

• Separate laundry, carpeted 

double garage, attic storage 

For Sale 


View 


Amanda Cherry 

027 340 6955 



027 224 4733 


• Ideal first home/ investment 

• Sliders to the outdoor patio & 

rear garden 

• Lovely central kitchen with 

walk in pantry & Bosch 

appliances 

• 4 bedrooms, the master with 

ensuite & WIR 

• Bring your offer! 

For Sale 


View 


Leesa Booth 

027 947 1200 

leesa.booth@raywhite.com 


027 224 4733 






Open Home 

DEADLINE SALE 

19 Bradbury Avenue, Rolleston 

• Exquisite residence boasting 5 

bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 2 

living and 3 car garaging 

• Separate wing ideal for 

extended family 

• Stunning kitchen with an 

impressive butler's pantry 

• Open plan living & separate 

lounge 



Deadline Sale 

2pm Monday 15th January 

2024 (unless sold prior) 

View 

Sunday 12.15 - 12.45pm 

5A3B2L3J759m2F 


027 224 4733 


Amanda Cherry 

027 340 6955 


DEADLINE SALE 

17 Siltstone Street, Rolleston 

• Well-kept 4 bedroom home! 

• Friendly & vibrant 

neighbourhood 

• Easy care section 

• Zoned for West Rolleston 

Primary School & Rolleston 

College 

• 2 years left on the 

Masterbuild guarantee 



Deadline Sale 

2pm Monday 15th January 

2024 (unless sold prior) 

View 


4A2B2J 


027 224 4733 


Cyrilla Lolohea 

020 4162 0242 

cyrilla.lolohea@raywhite.com

5 

Open Home 

FOR SALE 

5 Ashton Rise, West Melton 

4A2B2L2J 

FOR SALE 

11 Kinglear Drive, Rolleston 

5A3B2L2J 

• 4 Bedroom, 2 Bathrooms + 

Study Nook 

• Open plan living/dining with 

stylish kitchen + WIP 

• Master with Ensuite & WIR 

• Private oasis featuring 848 

sqm section & 2 Archgolas 

• Solar Panels offering savings 

on monthly power bills 

For Sale 

Offers Over $1,029,000 

View 

Sunday 12.30 - 1.00pm 


027 224 4733 


Jayden Cullen 

027 391 6785 

jayden.cullen@raywhite.com 

• The main property offers 4 

bedrooms with an open-plan 

living/dining area 

• Updated kitchen in 2021 

• Log fire, heat pump, HRV 

System & solar hot water 

• A separate dwelling (52m2) - 

perfect for parents, teens, or 

extended family members 

For Sale 


View 


Leisa Webster 

027 722 5537 

leisa.webster@raywhite.com 





FOR SALE 

223 Brookside Road, Rolleston 

4A2B2L3J 

FOR SALE 

11 Charles Street, Prebbleton 

6A4B2J 

• Superb outdoor entertaining 

with Kwila decking, Archgola 

& manicured gardens 

• Generous O/P living space 

with the added comfort of a 

separate lounge 

• Stone benchtops, double 

fridge space, 90cm oven & a 

large WIP 

For Sale 


View 



027 224 4733 


Georgia Schofield 

027 887 7282 

georgia.schofield@raywhite.com 

• Subdivided duplex, each 

standing on its own title 

• 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, 

garage with internal access 

• Appraised weekly rent at 

$1320-$1360 per week for 

entire duplex 

• Built to the latest regulatory 

insulation standards 

For Sale 

$1,260,000 

View 


Rowan Shepherd 

027 303 1565 

rowan.shepherd@raywhite.com 

Paul Dodds 

021 210 5559 

paul.dodds@raywhite.com 



rwtownandlifestyle.co.nz/LIC30589 


6 

Tai Tapu 83 Otahuna Road 

Welcome to your dream lifestyle in Tai Tapu! 

This property offers a perfect blend of comfort and country living. Boasting a thoughtfully designed 4-bedroom home, 

recently upgraded shedding, 5.25 hectares of land and stunning views of the Port Hills. This home isn't your average 

off plan build. Solid brick construction combined with a host of extra features offer both practicality and country 

charm. What rural home would be complete without a veranda, oversized boot room and Belfast sink! The Master 

suite and further 3 double bedrooms occupy separate wings, with each benefiting from French doors to the veranda, 

overlooking the paddocks. Additional practical elements of the home include a tiled covered entrance, bedroom 

soundproofing, a study nook and dedicated loft storage. Wool insulation, a large woodsman log burner & heat 

transfer ensure those winter months are cosy, with a heatpump providing summer cooling. Outside a raised lawn 

drops down to the paddocks. Currently utilised for horses and hay production, the high rate of grass growth provides 

multiple yields or grazing opportunities. The property is fenced and secure with mixed deer fencing, and there's a 

reliable water supply from a domestic and stock water bore. There is plenty of parking space, a big 4-car shed is ready 

for your wheels or hobbies, and a 3-bay implement shed is handy for storage. 

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

4 2 1 

Auction 1.00pm, Fri 9th Feb, 2024, 428 Memorial Avenue, 

Christchurch 

View Sun 14 Jan 10.30 - 11.15am 

Web pb.co.nz/LIL174656 

Holly Siddons 

M 020 4153 5251 

E holly.siddons@pb.co.nz 

Simon Anderson 

M 021 0828 5532 

E simon.anderson@pb.co.nz 

Proud to be here

7 

Starvation Hill 165 Ashley Gorge Road 

A picture is worth a thousand words 

Welcome to your dream retreat! This home designed by Archco Architecture, completed in 2021, is a masterpiece 

perched atop the Ashley Gorge foothills, spanning 4.196 hectares (approx.) of pure bliss. The panoramic views from 

every angle are truly breathtaking, providing a daily spectacle of nature's beauty. Step inside the 192 sqm (approx.) 

haven and be captivated by the open-plan kitchen, dining, and living areas, seamlessly merging to create a 

harmonious living space, connecting effortlessly to a BBQ area where you can savour both privacy and the 

unbelievable views. An additional family room adds versatility, providing ample space for both relaxation and 

entertainment. The home comprises three bedrooms, including a master with an ensuite, a well-appointed family 

bathroom, and a separate laundry/wash room. Need a dedicated workspace? Look no further, as this gem comes 

complete with a study/office space. Stay cozy year-round with climate control options that include a wood burner, 

heat pump, and underfloor heating. Outside, a substantial fully enclosed 4-bay shed provides ample storage for all 

your toys and tools. The property offers 1.2 hectares of effective area, a serene escape where tranquility and nature 

reign supreme. Immerse yourself in the peaceful surroundings that call this land home. Convenience is key, and this 

property strikes the perfect balance. 


3 2 2 

Auction 1.00pm, Fri 9th Feb, 2024, Russley Golf Club, 428 

Memorial Avenue, Burnside, Christchurch 

View By appointment 

Web pb.co.nz/DFL175831 

Grant McIlroy 

M 027 345 9262 

E grantm@pb.co.nz 

Proud to be here

8 

Greendale 215 Ridgens Road 

Idyllic Countryside Haven 

Welcome to "Whealrose," an enchanting lifestyle property nestled on 2.8 hectares (approx.). As you enter this charming home, 

the first level greets you with a timber ceiling adorned open-plan kitchen, dining, and living space, complemented by a 

separate formal lounge for added elegance. Double doors seamlessly extend the living areas to a wrap-around veranda, 

providing the perfect vantage point to admire the meticulously landscaped gardens. The lower level accommodates a master 

bedroom featuring an ensuite and walk-in robe, along with a separate laundry and toilet. Upstairs, two generously sized 

bedrooms are serviced by a family bathroom. Climate control is well addressed with a log burner (wet-back), heat pump, 

partial double glazing and bonus of solar hot water. Step outside to discover a fabulous lifestyle awaiting you, complete with 

an idyllic garden setting, vegetable boxes, tunnel house, garden/wood shed, and a chicken coop. The property features six 

paddocks with water and animal shelters, consented well, and separate four-bay garage and studio with three-phase power. 

Come and experience the beauty and tranquillity that this unique property has to offer. 


3 2 2 4 

Deadline Sale closes Wednesday 24th January, 2024 at 1.00pm, 

(unless sold prior) 

View Sun 14 Jan 3.00 - 3.30pm 

Web pb.co.nz/DFL174629 

Amy Jones 

M 021 077 9945 

Shar Simôn 

M 027 555 0654 

E amy.jones@pb.co.nz 

E shar@pb.co.nz 

ENJOY 

Summer 

We wish you all a great summer break. 

If you are looking to make a move in 2024, then we are ready and here to assist you! 

Julz Evans 

027 393 6472 

Leah Scott 

0274 295 126 

Anita Middleton 

022 151 2671 

Ian Middleton 

022 121 1925 

0800 663 737 | www.totalrealty.co.nz 

Total Realty Ltd. MREINZ. Licensed Real Estate Agent REAA 2008 

LICENSED AGENT REAA 2008

9 

Leeston 18 Cassini Place 

Contemporary on Cassini 

Modern comfort and elegance abound in this 2022 build set on a 716sqm (approx.) section in a peaceful cul-de-sac 

in the subdivision of Monticello in Leeston. Step into the heart of the home through the welcoming entranceway 

where the open plan kitchen/dining area beckon through a barn door. The kitchen boasts a breakfast bar and 

convenient walk-in pantry catering to social occasions and the home chef. Entertaining is effortless as doors unfold 

onto the sun-drenched north-facing patio inviting the outdoors in. 

4 1 2 3 

For Sale offers invited over $769,000 

Suzy McPherson 027 695 0519 

suzy.mcpherson@bayleys.co.nz 

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008 

bayleys.co.nz/5522831 

Rolleston 42 Territory Street 

A masterpiece of modern living 

This residence boasts a standout feature as you approach: coveted triple-car garaging with drive-through access. 

Step inside and you'll find light, bright and generously proportioned living spaces. The stunning kitchen is adorned 

with stone benchtops, a plumbed double fridge space and a large walk-in pantry to create an elegant yet practical 

space at the heart of the home. Indulge in opulence with a freestanding bath and tiled feature wall in the main 

bathroom, with both bathrooms appreciating gorgeous tiled showers for a hint of extra elegance and luxury. Four 

spacious double bedrooms, a separate laundry, electric blinds and garden irrigation cater well for ease of everyday 

living, whilst an additional study nook provides a handy office or homework space. Beyond the walls, discover your 

private sanctuary - a rear garden with a park-like setting that beckons you to unwind and connect with nature. 

4 2 2 3 

Deadline Sale (unless sold prior) 

4pm, Wed 17 Jan 2024 

Phone for viewing times 

Nick Booth 027 306 3186 

nick.booth@bayleys.co.nz 



bayleys.co.nz


SOLD 

West Melton 48 Rossington Drive 

3,563sqm stylish, sophisticated and space 

Located in a very quiet and private corner of the very sought after Gainsborough Subdivision in West Melton is a 

stunning 335sqm four bedroom home built by the multiple award winning Metzger Builders. 

Hidden from the road therefore ensuring the utmost in privacy, this home will impress even the fussiest of 

discerning buyers. 

Built in 2012 and featuring a 2.7m stud plus over height doors and windows ensures a sense of space and quality as 

soon as you walk in the front doors. The feature solid Rimu wooden floors in the expansive kitchen living area create 

a warmth and natural softness for your everyday living areas. 

4 2 2 3 

For Sale 

View by appointment 

Andrew Taylor 027 435 5930 

andrew.taylor@bayleys.co.nz 

Sam Chamberlain 027 388 9409 

sam.chamberlain@bayleys.co.nz 



West Melton 49 Kingsdowne Drive 

Live like a King on Kingsdowne Drive 

We welcome you inside this stunning five bedroom, 334sqm home to appreciate the care, attention to detail, 

quality and extra features that epitomise a home built by Bell Developments Ltd. The grandeur of the cathedral 

ceilings graces both living rooms, while the master bedroom takes it up a notch with its own cathedral ceiling, his 

and hers walk-in wardrobes, and a luxurious wall-to-wall tiled shower in the ensuite. Indulge in the elegance of the 

family bathroom, featuring a tastefully tiled shower and a freestanding bath. The heart of the home, the gourmet 

kitchen, boasts stone bench tops, a 90cm freestanding Smeg oven and a convenient butler's pantry. Additional 

practical spaces include carpeted four-car garaging, a walk-in linen room and a separate laundry. Set on a 1,240sqm 

section, this is your chance to make this exceptional home yours - a haven of luxury, comfort and style. 

5 2 2 4 

Asking Price $1,375,000 

Phone for viewing times 

Sarah Booth 027 527 8258 

sarah.booth@bayleys.co.nz 

Charlotte Bell 021 758 450 

charlotte.bell@bayleys.co.nz 



bayleys.co.nz

11 

Four Seasons Realty 

Four Seasons Realty 

NEW ROLLESTON OFFICE 

OPENING SOON... 

NEW ROLLESTON OFFICE 

OPENING SOON... 

Tennyson Street 

Tennyson Street 

03 347 4711 

03 347 4711 

Your community is 

growing 

and so are we! 

Your community is 

growing 

and so are we! 

Four Seasons Realty 2017 Ltd 

Licensed Agent REAA 2008

12 

to impress with: 

• A spacious living/dining/kitchen 

• Large walk in pantry 

• 3 Double bedrooms 

• Master ensuite and walk in robe 

• Double internal access garage 

• An easy care fully fenced 

section, green house, gardens 

• GJ Gardner Home - Built 2015 

• Section size: 611m2 

• House Area: 174m2 

THIS WEEKS SELWYN DISTRICT OPEN HOMES 

Selwyn Team: Julz Evans - 027 393 6472 | Leah Scott - 027 429 5126 

Call Julz Evans 

027 393 6472 

put into designing this high spec Peter Ray 

home and has clever surprises throughout, 

with: 

• 4 Double bedrooms, master bedroom with 

ensuite with walk through robe and sliding 

doors to outside 

• Separate lounge 

• Heat pump/heat transfer system 

• Pellet Fire 

• Established 747m2 section 

with fruit trees 


027 393 6472 

wow-factors that will captivate and delight you 

instantly. 

• 4 double bedrooms - master with ensuite, 

walk through robe and exterior doors 

opening to the outdoor patio area 

• Separate lounge 

• Heat pump/HRV system 

• Spa pool - 5 person HotSpring 

with colour changing lights 

• Arch Gola with outdoor fireplace 

• Section size: 793m2 


027 393 6472 

Just makes total sense - 0800 663 737 - total realty.co.nz 

Then look no further than this superbly finished 

Mike Greer Village. 

• Spacious bedrooms, dining and living areas 

• An open-plan kitchen with high-quality 

appliances 

• Underfloor heating in the bathroom and 

kitchen. A separate toilet and hand basin. 

• A user-friendly laundry with great storage and 

a hard-wearing stone benchtop. 

• Double glazed with a Master 

Build Guarantee 

Call Leah Scott 

027 429 5126 

Saturday 13 January 

12.00pm – 12.30pm 

1.00pm – 1.30pm 

Sunday 14 January 

1 Brinsworth Avenue, West Melton 

Property Brokers Canterbury Limited 

61 Shadbolt Lane, Rolleston 


12.00pm – 12.30pm 

12.00pm – 12.30pm 

12.15pm – 12.45pm 

19 Woodville Street, Leeston 


39 Blunden Road, Lincoln 

Ray White Town & Lifestyle Ltd 

19 Bradbury Avenue, Rolleston 


2.00pm – 2.30pm 

2.15pm – 2.45pm 

2.30pm – 3.00pm 

6 Lady Isaac Drive, Rolleston 


6 Foxburrow Lane, Rolleston 


10 Anaru Road, Lincoln 


10.30am – 11.15am 

83 Otahuna Road, Tai Tapu 


12.30pm – 1.00pm 

5 Ashton Rise, West Melton 


3.00pm – 3.30pm 

215 Ridgens Road, Greendale 


11.00am – 11.30am 

7 Queen Street, Coalgate 


1.00pm – 1.30pm 

3 Eaton Place, Lincoln 


11.00am – 11.30am 

370 Dunns Crossing Road, Rolleston 


1.15pm – 1.45pm 

7 Shillingford Boulevard, Rolleston 


11.00am – 11.30am 

492 Hoskyns Road, Rolleston 


1.15pm – 1.45pm 

34 Manor Drive, Rolleston 


11.00am – 11.30am 

1 Meadows Drive, Rolleston 


2.00pm – 2.30pm 

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12.00pm – 12.30pm 

1 Brinsworth Avenue, West Melton 


2.00pm – 2.30pm 

9 Weston Way, Lincoln 


CHECK OUT THE SELWYN TIMES PROPERTY DIRECTORY EVERY WEDNESDAY FOR THE BEST OF PROPERTY IN THE SELWYN DISTRICT 

For full details of all Open Homes, please contact the Real Estate companies directly 

RAY WHITE 

Rolleston 03 347 9988 

www.rwrolleston.co.nz 

West Melton 03 347 9933 

www.rwwestmelton.co.nz 

Lincoln 03 325 7299 

www.rwlincoln.co.nz 

HARCOURTS 

www.fourseasons.harcourts.co.nz 

Hornby 03 349 9919 


Lincoln 03 662 9933 

TOTAL REALTY- ANITA & IAN MIDDLETON 

www.totalrealty.co.nz 022 151 2671 or 022 121 1925 

PROPERTY BROKERS 

www.propertybrokers.co.nz 


Darfield 03 975 4506 

Leeston 03 929 0306 

Lincoln 03 595 6954 

BAYLEYS 

www.bayleys.co.nz 

Rolleston +64 3 347 9949 

Darfield +64 3 9754559 

Leeston +64 3 324 3704 

Christchurch +64 3 375 4700 

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Perfect Home 

in the 

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Visit one of our stunning showhomes to gather ideas for your dream home 

Faringdon, 28 Finstock Way, Rolleston 

Faringdon, 30 Finstock Way, Rolleston 

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Open Wed-Sun 12pm-4pm 

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