North Canterbury News: January 11, 2024

Thursday,January 11,2024 | Issue1078 | www.starnews.co.nz 

Roadside assistance humbling 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

An Oxford couple is overwhelmed 

with the kindness shown when 

things went awry on the way home 

from their supermarket shop last 

week. 

Sylvia and Ken Walker were 

travelling along Boundary Road, 

Fernside, after leaving Rangiora, 

when Ken, who was driving, felt 

dizzy and unwell. 

He stopped the car so Sylvia could 

take the wheel, but as he made his 

way out of the vehicle he collapsed 

‘‘like aton of bricks’’, says Sylvia, 

and was totally ‘‘unresponsive’’. 

With Ken half on the berm and half 

on the road, Sylvia says despite 

being in situations where she had 

helped others, she forgot all the 

things she was ‘‘supposed to be 

doing’’. 

‘‘I felt like adithering wreck,’’ she 

says. 

Three very special people came to 

her rescue. 

‘‘Their actions reaffirmed my 

confidence in human nature,’’ Sylvia 

says. 

She stopped acar, and the women 

called an ambulance. 

Acar then stopped on the other 

side of the road and the woman also 

helped, while aman alighted from a 

third vehicle and placed ajersey 

under Ken’s head which was 

bleeding from hitting the road. 

‘‘All three were fantastic,’’ she 

says. 

As they waited for the ambulance, 

anurse from the Flying Doctor 

Service, stopped and assessed him, 

and another nurse also stopped. 

However, as the ambulance was 

on the way, and they could see Ken 

was being well cared for, they 

carried on. 

‘‘Lady number one took my car to 

her place on Boundary Road, and the 

other lady, who also lived on 

Boundary Road, took all my 

perishable groceries and put them in 

the fridge and her freezer, so Icould 

go in the ambulance with Ken.’’ 

The person with her car later 

Grateful and humbled ... Ken and Sylvia Walker. 

texted her at the hospital to see if 

she needed picked up, but their 

daughter had already arranged to 

pick them up. 

Ken’s prognosis was an obstructed 

bowel, pressing on an artery, 

stopping the blood flow. At 2am in 

the morning he was homeward 

bound. 

‘‘If Ihadn’t stopped Iwould have 

PHOTO: ROBYN BRISTOW 

passed out and crashed,’’ he says. 

Both Ken and Sylvia want to 

acknowledge the actions of everyone 

who helped, and even though they 

delivered abouquet of flowers to the 

two women who were first on the 

scene, they still feel humbled by all 

those who offered ahand. Sadly, says 

Sylvia, she did not get the man’s 

name, to thank him in person. 

Decision on plan 

change appealed 

By DAVID HILL, 

Local Democracy Reporter 

Adecision to decline aproposed housing 

development in Waimakariri has been 

appealed. 

Rolleston Industrial Developments Ltd has 

appealed the Waimakariri District Council’s 

decision to reject its private plan change for an 

850 house development at Ohoka, near 

Rangiora, to the Environment Court, aCourt 

spokesman said. 

The council voted unanimously to reject the 

proposed 850 home development on a156 

hectare site in November, following a 

recommendation from independent 

commissioners. 

‘‘It is the developer’s right to appeal the 

commissioners’ decision and we respect due 

process,’’ Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon said. 

‘‘As it is now before the Environment Court we 

will wait to see the result of the appeal before 

deciding on what our next options would be.’’ 

Rolleston Industrial Developments Ltd, a 

subsidiary of Carter Group, had requested the 

plan change. 

In the application, the developer cited 

provisions in the National Policy Statement 

(NPS) on Urban Development, which allowed 

for development in high growth areas, such as 

Greater Christchurch. 

The commissioners found the proposed 

development did not give effect to the NPS or 

the Canterbury Regional Policy Statement. 

They said they considered the suitability of 

land for urban development, provision of 

infrastructure, transportation, and urban design 

and urban form. 

In their decision, the commissioners also 

criticised the council for not allowing enough 

provision for future housing growth. 

But the council rejected this, saying provision 

for more housing had been made in the 

proposed Waimakariri District Plan, notified in 

November 2021, and in the draft Greater 

Christchurch Spatial Plan, which was consulted 

on last year. The Greater Christchurch Spatial 

Plan is apartnership between the Christchurch 

City Council and the Selwyn and Waimakariri 

district councils. 

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Pegasus resident, Paul Reti, was 

humbled when he received aletter 

from the GovernorGeneral’s office 

asking if he would accept aNew 

Zealand Order of Merit for his services 

to JuJitsu. 

‘‘The email and accompanying letter 

arrived in midSeptember advising me 

Ihad been nominated, and would I 

accept it?’’ he says. 

His wife, aformer Canterbury 

representative netball goalkeeper, 

Margaret Allison, said it was an 

‘‘amazing honour’’ for her husband, 

who is well known in the martial arts 

community in New Zealand. 

Mr Reti (Ngāpuhi) has contributed 

to JuJitsu in New Zealand for 56 

years. 

He coestablished Fuji Ryu 

Goshindon New Zealand in 1972, and 

as a9th dan, is one of thecountry's 

leading practitioners of this martial 

art. 

He opened three clubs in the 

Christchurchregion and has taught all 

over the country and in Australia. 

Mr Reti was inducted into the New 

Zealand Martial Arts Hall of Fameand 

received an Outstanding Service 

Award by the New Zealand JuJitsu 

Federation in 2013. 

He is perhaps more well known as 

the ‘‘fish and chip man of 

Christchurch’’, having owned and 

operated many fish and chip shops all 

over the city and in Rangiora and 

Amberley. 

He has also earned respect for his 

community work with mental health 

and helping out managing maraes in 

Canterbury. 

He says when the official 

notification came from Governor 

General Dame Cindy Kiro, the only 

part about it that worried him was the 

advice not to tell anyone about it until 

the New Year's Honours List was 

officially published on December 30. 

He had alot on during the last few 

months of 2023, and that involved 

travelling to Australiaand Auckland 

to undertake black belt gradings, 

attendinghis son’s 50th birthday 

celebration also in Australia, and 

hosting jujitsu seminars around the 

country. 

‘‘I didn’t have to worry about telling 

anyone as Iwas too busy with 

everythingelse.’’ 

He kept it quiet until the list was 

published then, everyone started 

calling up and congratulating him. 

‘‘My son Clintonand daughter 

Jessica called to say how proud they 

were of their dad,’’ he said. 

Today, the retiree still trains with 

clubs locally and pursues his other 

Service honoured ... Pegasus resident, Paul Reti, who became amember of the New 

Zealand Order of Merit, in recognition of his services to JuJitsu. 

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

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‘‘I trained originally as an interior 

decorator, Margaret and Iwould strip 

out the fish and chipshops we bought 

and redecorate them inside and out to 

make them very visible in the 

communities. 

‘‘Since I’ve retired to Pegasus, I’ve 

started painting and drawing again 

and am enjoying it,’’ he said. 

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Rangiora art exhibition censored 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

The censorship of ‘‘an absolutely 

stunning’’ Rangiora art exhibition 

about mental illness has been called 

‘‘sad’’. 

The Beyond exhibition, by Yasmin 

Yussof and her daughter Izabella 

YusoffGuy, opened in the Chamber 

Gallery in the Rangiora Library, on 

December 3, but was censored by the 

Waimakariri District Council three 

days later after complaints about it. 

Council’s general manager of 

community and recreation Chris Brown 

says the complaints concerned ‘‘the 

general nature of the entire exhibition, 

but also specific pieces were identified 

as being particularly triggering’’. 

One of the complainants said that the 

art work was ‘‘not at all appropriate to 

haveinalibrary’’. 

However, the art work has also 

received high praise in the visitors book 

at the gallery. 

Eyrewell Forest artist Mandy Palmer 

says the exhibition is ‘‘absolutely 

stunning’’, and Woodend Beachartist 

Rachel Harré calls it ‘‘deeply moving 

and profound’’. 

Opinions about the censorship have 

also been recorded in the visitors book 

with one person saying: ‘‘It is sad to see 

art censored. If we don’t talk about 

things society has deemed to be 

shameful nothing will ever change.’’ 

Five exhibits of 35 in the exhibition 

have been covered and labelled with 

‘‘censored’’ stickers. 

Yasmin says the whole point of the 

exhibition was to raise awareness of the 

issues around mental illness and the 

censorship was unexpected. 

The artists are hoping the exhibition 

will bring about adeeper level of 

3 

Exhibition censored ... Spirit, one of the exhibits in the Beyond art exhibition by Yasmin 

Yussof and her daughter Izabella YussofGuy, in the Chamber Gallery in the Rangiora 

Library. Five other exhibits in the exhibition have been covered after they were censored 

by the Waimakariri District Council because of complaints it received about the artwork 

soon after the event opened on December 3. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

understanding of the severity and 

impact of what people with mental 

illness may be dealing with. 

The extra publicity the exhibition has 

received due to the censorship has 

raised its profile. 

The artists are now hoping to interest 

the Christchurch Museum in holding a 

bigger, more interactive version of it. 

The exhibition closes on January 25. 

The controversy surrounding the 

Beyond exhibition has prompted the 

council to formulate apolicy regarding 

the display of art in councilowned 

spaces, such as the Chamber Gallery. 

Staff have begun gathering 

information from other local 

authorities to help with that process. 

Rescue Team 12 fully qualified 

By JOHN COSGROVE 

Ayear’s hard work was celebrated when 

the volunteers of NZ Rescue Team 12 

(NZRT12) of Waimakariri, received its 

reaccreditation certificate as afully 

qualified and registered Rescue 

Response provider for New Zealand. 

Team leader Jonathan (Willie) 

Williams, says there was alot of hard 

work done by the 32 members of the 

Rangiorabased team. 

‘‘It’s taken the senior management 

team here 12 months to prepare the 

members, to train them up and then 

successfully earn the accreditation 

certificate from the National 

Emergency Management Agency 

(NEMA).’’ 

He says it was a‘‘massive amount of 

manhours’’ by the team members and 

he’s proud of them for their 

commitment. 

Team members undertook extra 

training which covered the seven 

different strands required for the 

accreditation process. 

These were foundation essentials, 

flood response, storm response, 

establishing acivil defence centre, light 

rescue, mass casualty support and outofregion 

deployment. 

‘‘It was avery stressful time especially 

with 12 new recruits joining us, so we 

took them along as well.’’ 

Willie says they achieved this while 

assisting at several storm and water 

events in the district. 

2023 was abusy year for NZRT12 as 

they assisted council emergency 

management staff at several storm and 

heavy rain events and also provided 

flood support for councils on the West 

Coast. 

‘‘The senior team managers also had 

to run fundraising activities. 

‘‘While we are gratefully supported by 

the Waimakariri District Council, we 

are avolunteer organisation.’’ 

New Zealand Response Teams 

located nationwide provide qualified 

responders to support Civil Defence 

Emergency Management Groups and 

their communities during an emergency 

event. 

Willie says this accreditation works 

towards making sure there is a 

consistently high standard of volunteer 

capability at the heart of the emergency 

management system, as well as 

recognising volunteers’ commitment to 

their communities. 

The teams will undertake the 

certification process every three years 

to bring all up to the same levels of skill 

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BlackBeechwins again 

ByROBYN BRISTOW 

Black Beech Wine and Pizza Bar in 

Oxford took out the top spot in The 

North Course competitionfor the 

second year running. 

Black Beech received the most 

ratings for its North Course dish 

throughout November 2023. 

Their popular dish View Hill 

Pizza featured North Canterbury 

smoked lamb, local olives, 

caramelised onions, mozzarella 

cheese and sundried tomatoes. It 

was paired with abeverage choice 

of either ChinChiller Brewings 

Touch my Wenis or aTempranillo 

from Mount Brown Estates. 

Owners Peter and Dani Reilly 

say they were surprised by the 

announcement. 

‘‘We were surprised and very 

humbled to find out our pizza was 

the mostrated for the second time 

running,’’ says Dani. 

‘‘We also felt very proud of our 

team who were fantastic in 

promoting the dish, and thankful to 

everyone who rated it.’’ 

Dani thinks their dish’s 

popularity was due to the quality of 

the ingredients. 

‘‘We couldnot havedone this 

without our North Canterbury copartners 

—Oxford Butchery, 

Terrace Edge Winery and Olive 

Grove, ChinChiller Brewing and 

Mount Brown Estates. 

Brew Moon in Amberleyplaced 

second this year with their 

Hallfield Wagyu Hot Dog, followed 

by No. 31 Restaurant in Hanmer 

Springs with its Thermal Trail 

Lamb Rump, and The Office Café 

in Waikuku who entered Grilled 

Asparagus &Chèvre on 

Sourdough. 

Dani and Peter Reilly ... Owners of Black Beech Wine and Pizza Bar, 

Oxford. 

PHOTO: MADE NORTH CANTERBURY 

The North Course is amonthlongcelebration 

of North 

Canterbury food and beverage, 

where hospitality outlets in 

Waimakariri and Hurunuiare 

invited to create adish using at 

leastone locally sourced 

ingredient, andwhere possible, 

pair the dish with alocal beverage. 

Diners are then encouraged to 

purchase, taste and rate the dishes 

for achance to winaluxury prize 

package. 

Organised by Enterprise North 

Canterbury (ENC), under its MADE 

NORTH CANTERBURY food and 

beverage provenance brand, The 

North Course started in 2022 and 

has proven significantly more 

popular in its second year. 

In 2023 we received 547 ratings 

from diners, which blew last years 

rating figures out of the water, says 

Kelly Lynch, ENCsDigital 

Marketing Specialist. 

‘‘We had 21 establishments 

participating,and between them, 

they used ingredients from 41 

North Canterbury producers. A 

number of our participating 

establishments are choosing to 

keep their North Course dish on 

their menu, due to its popularity. 

‘‘We also had three 

supermarkets get on board, 

promoting North Canterbury 

products within their stores 

alongside specially created North 

Course recipes from The Modern 

Mess. 

‘‘We love how this event brings 

together producers, growers, 

hospitality establishments, 

retailers and the public in ahuge 

celebration and appreciation of 

the amazing food and beverage 

that is made and served here in 

North Canterbury. 

Making asplash ... Hurunui Mayor Marie Black and Compass FM 

manager Kerry Treymane jump off the MainPower Amberley Pool 

manu (bombing) platform at the opening of the refurbished pool in 

2022. PHOTO: SUPPLIED 

Bombs away at pool 

The Hurunui Manu Champs 

are making asplash at the 

MainPower Amberley Pool this 

summer. 

Hurunui District Council’s 

customer services manager 

Naomi Woodham says sound 

and splash will determine 

which manu pops win at the 

competition, which takes place 

on Saturday, January 27, at 

10am at the MainPower 

Amberley Pool. 

There are plenty of prizes on 

offer and the winners of the 

Hurunui Manu Champs will get 

free entry to the ZManu World 

Championships tautahi 

Christchurch heat at Jellie 

Park in February. Centre stage 

will be the pools manu 

(bombing) platform, which was 

built and donated by Hurunui 

Engineering for the opening of 

the refurbished pool in 2022. 

Once you are registered you 

can practice your pops during 

open sessions at the pool. 

There will also be some special 

free poppers only practice 

sessions on Mondays and 

Thursdays from 5.30pm to 7pm 

and Saturday mornings from 

10am to 11am, Ms Woodham 

says. 

‘‘We’re excited to be 

partnering with Compass FM, 

which will be broadcasting live 

from the pool on the day of the 

competition, and we are very 

grateful to Amberley Tool Shed 

for their sponsorship.’’ 

To enter register at www. 

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The North Canterbury News, January 11, 2024 

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US visitors ... Students from Washington State University’s School of the Environment, 

with the university’s flag and faculty leaders, Kara Whitman, front far right, and Lisa Shipley, 

back, far left, during afield trip to Tūhaitara Coastal Park at Woodend Beach last Friday. 


Visitors impressed 


Environmental rehabilitation work at 

Tūhaitara Coastal Park has impressed a 

group of visitors from Washington State 

University’s School of the Environment. 

The group, which included two of the 

university’s faculty leaders, Kara 

Whitman and Lisa Shipley, visited the 

park at Woodend Beach last Friday and 

were hosted by Te Kōhaka o Tūhaitara 

Trust general manager, Nick Chapman 

and his park rangers. 

Their park visit was part of athreeweek 

Study Abroad tour which began on 

December 16 and included visits to the 

Waitomo Caves, Hooker Valley in the 

Mount Cook/Aoraki National Park, 

Fiordland, Queenstown, Fox Glacier, 

Franz Josef Glacier, Punakaiki’s 

Pancake Rocks, Kaikōura and 

Christchurch. 

The group was excited to see more than 

50 bird species they had never seen 

before during their tour, including 

albatross, ruru (morepork) and kererū 

(New Zealand wood pigeon) which were 

particular favourites. 

The Coastal Park visit was aimed at 

learning about the cultural significance 

of the area to Māori, particularly 

Tūtaepatu Lagoon, which has indigenous 

vegetation that supports mahinga kai 

(traditional indigenous food sources) and 

spiritual values. 

The lagoon and its freshwater network 

support adiverse range of indigenous 

biota including wetland and swamp 

plants, fish such as tuna (eel), kōwaro 

(mudfish) and birds including kōtuku 

(white heron), Australasian bittern 

(matukuhūrepo), kōtare (kingfisher) 

korimako (bellbird) and ruru (morepork). 

The group also took part in aservicelearning 

project during their visit 

working on one of the park’sbiota nodes 

which are aseries of small, localised 

points of native wildlife established and 

adopted by aschool, class or community 

group. 

As the biota nodes mature, they will 

extend outwards to form abiodiversity 

skeleton stretching the length of the park. 

Each contains afreshwater pond and 

native plants that will attract birds, 

aiding seed transfer for easy and 

eventual selfmaintaining propagation. 

The students said they were impressed 

with the scale of the project and the 

trust's 200year plan to rehabilitate the 

700hectare park to an indigenous coastal 

ecosystem supporting adiverse range of 

native flora and fauna species and 

providing sustainable mahinga kai. 

Music festival returns 

Country music fans from around New 

Zealand are set to converge on Rangiora 

next month. 

The Waimakariri Country Music 

Festival is returning to the Rangiora 

Showgrounds Pavilion for the second year 

from February9to11. 

Planning committee chairperson Kevin 

Taylor says the feedback they got from the 

inaugural event held last year was 

amazing, after being postponed in 2022 due 

to Covid. 

‘‘We had 300 people at the showcase, and 

we sold 250 weekend passes and we had 

people coming for the day.’’ 

Kevin expects the second event to be 

bigger and better and he has already had 

contact from North Islanderstosay they 

have booked their ferry crossing to drive 

down in their motorhomes. He says if it 

continues to grow organisers may need 

look at other options such as putting up a 

marquee or finding abigger venue. 

‘‘We have been liaising with the council 

over venues and the support from the 

council has been fantastic.’’ 

Next month’s festival will be held in 

memory of Arrowtown country music 

singer Reg McTaggart, who passed away 

last year. 

Kevin says Reg played amajor role in 

the inaugural Waimakariri event. 

‘‘He has helped with alot of the country 

music festivals and he organised our 

showcase and he was in the band, so he 

will be missed.’’ 

Once again, Kevin is promising abusy 

programme of entertainment over the 

three days, with guest artists from around 

New Zealand performing and plenty of 

opportunities for ‘‘walkups’’. 

Two bands comprising artists from 

throughout the South Island, will be 

performing throughout the weekend and 

offering backup to the singers. 

The Waimakariri Country Music 

Festival will be held from 10am to 5pm on 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, February 9 

to 11, with the Oceania Holmwood 

Showcase being held from 7pm to 10.30pm 

on Saturday evening. 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon will 

officially open the event on the Friday. 

There are no advance sales. Weekend 

passes cost $50, or $15 aday, with 

showcase tickets costing $20. Food and tea 

and coffee will be on sale throughout the 

day. 

Follow the festival on Facebook or go to 

countrymusic.org.nz for more information. 

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Long Term Plan 

presents challenges 

By DAVIDHILL, 


Rivers, regulations and public transport 

will feature in this year’s Environment 

Canterbury Long Term Plan, says 

chairperson Peter Scott. 

‘‘We want people to come and talk to 

us and tell us what they think,’’ Mr Scott 

said. 

‘‘We encouragepeople to read the 

document and talk to councillors.’’ 

While it was too early to give afigure, 

Mr Scott said there would need to be 

rates increases to keep up with the work 

required. 

‘‘The times are challenginginterms of 

every dollar we spend, so it will be about 

what we see in terms of what is needed, 

rather than what we would like to do.’’ 

Environment Canterburyhas 

responsibility for 76,000km of rivers, the 

most in the country, and therewas the 

risk of major damage in astorm event 

similar to Cyclone Gabrielle. 

There was ongoing worktomake 

rivers more resilient to flood events, 

includingremoving willows, 

maintaining stopbanks and safety 

structures. 

Environment Canterburylobbied 

Government last year with the other 

regional councils for $2.5 billion over 10 

years to fund flood mitigation work in 

rivers around the country. 

It led to the Before the Deluge report, 

but before the funding was approved 

Cyclone Gabrielle hit. 

Mr Scott said the regional councils 

planned to raise the issue again with the 

new Government ‘‘to protectthe major 

links, main roads and towns’’ in another 

storm event. 

While public transportwas mainly a 

Greater Christchurch issue, Mr Scott 

said the MyWay ondemandbus service 

in Timaru had been successful and there 

was interest in replicating the initiative 

in the Waimakariri, Selwyn and 

Ashburton districts. 

‘‘It is about ensuring we are 

responsive to the needs of Greater 

Christchurch. 

‘‘We have areas of Christchurch which 

are looking for infill into the areas 

where it is hard to get buses into. 

‘‘The challenge is how do we make the 

transport pool accessible for those who 

can’t driveanymore?’’ 

Mass rapid transport is alsobeing 

considered for Christchurch. 

‘‘We need to get Christchurch sorted. 

It needs to be accessible because it is the 

hub for the whole region.’’ 

Mr Scott said the Long Term Plan 

consultation document would seek to 

explain to people what the regional 

council’s role was, including the 

different charges general and targeted 

rates, and uniform and annual charges. 

While the new Government was 

promising to repeal legislation, the 

council was ‘‘ploughing ahead’’ with the 

existing regulations, he said. 

‘‘We just need to keep doing the things 

we are doing now. 

‘‘When we are told of legislative 

changes we will assess what effect it will 

have on our ratepayers. 

‘‘At the moment it is just speculation.’’ 

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School bulging at the seams due to growth in Woodend 


LocalDemocracy Reporter 

Woodend School is bulging at the seams 

as it struggles to keep up with growth in 

the town. 

Board of trusteeschairperson Mark 

Paterson says the school is waiting for a 

Ministry of Education decision about 

new classrooms. 

The school roll is set topass 500 for the 

first time this year on theback of the 

booming Ravenswood subdivision. 

‘‘The roll is growing dramatically and 

well ahead of where it was projected to 

be,’’ Mr Paterson said. 

‘‘We’ve been planning for more 

classrooms and the Ministry is 

refurbishing two old classrooms to get us 

through. 

‘‘Woodend is growing all the time and 

with Ravenswood being zoned to 

Woodend, our school is going to keep 

growing.’’ 

Principal Andrew Retallick said the 

year 1to8school ended last year with 476 

Tourist towns busy 



North Canterbury’s tourist meccas are 

enjoying abusysummer after a 

challenging few years. 

Tourists are flocking back to Kaikōura 

and HanmerSprings, as the towns 

bounce back from Covid19 restrictions 

and the 2016 earthquake. 

Kaikōura Mayor Craig Mackle says the 

town is ‘‘absolutely pumping’’. 

‘‘I haven’t seen it this busy in along 

time. It is wonderful. The food outlets 

arebusy. I’ve seen The Pier [Hotel] 

absolutely pumpingthe meals out.’’ 

Hurunui Mayor Marie Black says the 

roads through her district have been 

busy over the last few weeks. 

‘‘Whether it is to stop to enjoy acoffee 

or along stay, it is good to see people 

taking their time and enjoying what our 

district has to offer.’’ 

Destination Kaikōura manager Lisa 

Bond and chairperson Lynette Buurman 

say local businesses areenjoying abusy 

summer, without the staffrecruitment 

challengesofthe lastfew years. 

‘‘Over the lastfew weeks Kaikōura has 

been really busywith manyfamilies and 

holiday makers enjoying the beautiful 

weather,’’ Ms Bond says. 

‘‘I am pretty sure ice creams have been 

in hot demand. There have been plenty 

of people swimming in the ocean, biking 

the cycle trails and enjoying astroll 

along the new link pathway along 

Esplanade.’’ 

The town has hosted eight cruise ships 

visits so far this summer, with another 

nine scheduledvisits to come. 

Ms Buurmanisalsobusiness manager 

at EncounterKaikōura. 

She says passengervolumes so far this 

summerare on apar with preCovid 

levels the summerof2019/20 and at 

around 90 percent of preearthquake 

levels. 

‘‘I thinkall businesses will be having a 

good summer. Everyone is upbeat and 

students. 

Around 80 new students were set to 

enrol this year, meaning it is only a 

matter of time before the 500 mark is 

passed. 

‘‘It is great to see the growth of the 

school and the community. We are really 

excited about it, but it is hard to manage. 

‘‘It is difficult to predict how many 

families will move into Ravenswood or 

how many rental properties will be taken 

up by families.’’ 

Mr Retallick said refurbishing the two 

wedon’t have the staffing challenges we 

had last summer.’’ 

‘‘It might ease off alittle bit now that 

we are over those stat holidays, but our 

forward bookings are still pretty solid.’’ 

The opening of Kaikōura EcoZip 

Adventures on December 20 has added 

another onland attraction to 

complement the onwater activities, Ms 

Buurman says. 

Hurunui Tourism product 

development manager Graeme Abbot 

says visitor numbers are close to pre 

Covid levels. 

‘‘It is going very well. We’ve had really 

good customer numbers and they’re all 

having afabulous time. 

‘‘The internationals are back, but not 

fully back but it is certainly returning. 

We are hearing lots more accents around 

the complex.’’ 

He did not expect visitor numbers to 

return to preCovid levels for another 

year. 

But the pools are back to being fully 

staff and have been operating full 

summer hours, after the staff 

recruitment challenges of the last three 

years. 

Hanmer Springs has agrowing list of 

attractions, including two new hydro 

slides which were added to the hot pools 

last year. 

‘‘A lot of people have been on the 

slides, which is what we want to see. 

Families are interacting and having a 

great time together,’’ Mr Abbot says. 

New walking and cycling tracks have 

been added, and the town has anew disc 

golf course to add to the mini golf and 

fullsized golf course. 

LDR is local body journalism cofunded 


old classrooms will tie the school over for 

this year, but continuing growth means a 

new build is urgent. 

He said the Ministry predicted the 

school will grow up to 650 students over 

the next few years, making it one of the 

biggest primary schools in North 


Another challenge is where to put the 

new classrooms. The school was already 

occupying Waimakariri District Council 

land for its playground, so the only option 

is to build more two storey buildings. 

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JANUARY2024 

HDC NEWS... 

What's happening Hurunui? 

AHOT SPELL PREDICTED, PLEASE CONSERVE WATER 

As weanticipate astretch ofhot weather over the next two weeks, it is crucial that we come together as a 

community to conserve our precious water resources. The heat not only affects us but also puts immense 

pressure onthe rivers and aquifers that supply our water. 

In an effort to safeguard our natural resources, particularly our water aquifers, water restrictions will be 

implemented when necessary. It's essential tonote that these restrictions are preventive measures, physical 

constraints on your water supply may or may not be required. Rather, they aim toencourage responsible water 

usage during periods of increased demand. 

Remember, small changes in our daily routines will make asignificant impact onwater conservation: 

Fix water leaks promptly. 

Adjust your mower height: Raising your lawnmower blade to leave grass taller will provide shade to the soil 

and reduce evaporation. 

Embrace abrown lawn: having abrown lawn is part ofKiwi summer, embrace it. If you do water your lawn, do 

so sparingly and during the early morning orlate evening to minimise water loss through evaporation. 

Stay Informed: Keep yourself informed about local water restrictions and adjust your lawn and garden care 

habits accordingly. 

Sweep outdoor areas rather than hosing. 

Opt for full loads in your washing machine and dishwasher. 

DRAFT SPEED MANAGEMENT PLAN ON HOLD 

Thank you to everyone who provided feedback for the draft Speed Management Plan (SMP) 2023/2027 last 

month. 

For now, wewill be placing the next step of our SMP on hold. This is due to the government's decision toamend 

speed limit rules, in line with its changes around stopping blanket speed limit reductions. 

Government changes made last month removed mandatory requirements for Road Controlling Authorities (such 

as Hurunui District Council) to implement SMPs by 29 March 2024. 

The government has stated anew Land Transport Rule will be set to ensure that when speed limits are set, 

economic impacts –including travel times –and the views of road users and local communities are taken into 

account, alongside safety. It will also implement variable speed limits on roads approaching schools during pick 

up and drop off times, rather than permanent reductions. 

As your Council, we will be reworking the SMP tomeet any new changes in requirements, with your feedback a 

large part ofall SMP considerations. 

The government has not yet set adate for the implementation ofthe new Land Transport Rule. 

Irrigation infrastructure has been installed at Amberley’s 

Eastern Reserve, one more step towards the development 

of the sportsfield which will commence this year. 

It’s pool party season, ahighlight of the summer for many 

young people throughout Hurunui District. They are 

taking place throughout January. 

EASTERN RESERVE SPORTSFIELD -WORKS UPDATE 

Works will continue atAmberley's Eastern Reserve this summer, following last month's installation ofthe irrigation 

bore. Pipework will now belaid, linking four 25,000L storage tanks which are required for the irrigation ofthe new 

sportsfield. Development of the new sportsfield will commence later this year following the tender process and 

awarding of acontractor. Infrastructure atthe Reserve will also include anew small pump shed, some perimeter 

fencing and soft screening plants. 

MANU CHAMPS IN HURUNUI 

The Hurunui Manu Champs are making asplash at the MainPower Amberley Pool this month -be apart ofthe fun 

and join our manu competition at 10am on Saturday 27 January 2024 to win prizes and become the Hurunui manu 

champion.The winners ofthe Hurunui manu competition will get free entry to the ZManu World Championships 

Christchurch heat at Jellie Park in February 2024. To register, type Manu Champs into the search bar on our 

website, pop into one of our service centres orgive usaring. 

January derives its name from the ancient Roman god Janus, the deity ofbeginnings, transitions, and endings. Janus is 

often depicted with two faces, one looking tothe past and the other toward the future, afitting representation of amonth that 

straddles the old year and the new. 

Meetings 

29 Hanmer Springs Community Board 1.00pm 

(Venue: The Gallery, Hanmer Springs Library) 

30 Council meeting 9.30am (Venue: Council 

Chambers, Amberley) 

In brief 

Abig thank you 

Abig thank you toeveryone in Hurunui who generously 

donated to the district’s foodbanks. Offers of nonperishable 

foods are gratefully received all year. 

Old 4New 

Want to trade in your old lifejacket? Always a popular 

drop-in opportunity, Old 4 New is taking place in 

Amberley this Saturday from 9am-3pm, outside Council 

on Carters Rd. 

Trade in your old life jacket and save $30 on amodern 

fit-for-purpose Hutchwilco lifejacket. 

Keep it clean, recycling 

Kiwi summer holidays can create plenty of recycling. 

Please take the time to clean your recycling before 

putting it in your clear bags for kerbside recycling, so 

the bags can berecycled too. 

Events 

Pool parties 2024 

Join us for afree splash and asausage sizzle, the sun 

is shining! 

Thu 11.1.24 -Rotherham, George St, 11am-1pm 

Fri 12.1.24 -Culverden, School Rd, 11am-1pm 

Tue 16.1.24 -Cheviot, School Pool, 11am-1pm 

Tue 16.1.24 -Greta Valley, School Pool, 3pm-5pm 

Wed 17.1.24 -Waiau, Clarence St, 11.30am-1.30pm 

Thu 18.1.24 -Waipara, School Pool, 11am-1pm 

Thu 18.1.24 -Leithfield, School Pool, 2.30pm-4.30pm 

Tue 23.1.24 -Hawarden, School Pool, 11am-1pm 

Wed 24.1.24 -Hanmer Springs, School Pool, 11am-1pm 

Thu 25.1.24 -Omihi, School Pool, 11am-1pm 

Incorporated societies 

If you're agroup operating inHurunui as an incorporated 

society and are worried about how to meet requirements 

under the new Incorporated Societies Act 2022, don't 

despair. Council is hosting Community Law Canterbury 

for aFREE workshop to explain key sections of the new 

law. To register, please email 

community@hurunui.govt.nz byMonday March 42024. 

Please mention the organisation you are representing. 

The workshop will be held onMonday March 25at 

10.30am at Council Chambers. You can also look under 

'Events' on the website. 

FREE Aquafit sessions 

FREE Aquafit sessions are being held atthe MainPower 

Amberley Pool on Wednesday January 10 at 6pm and 

Tuesday January 16at10am. 

If you would like an opportunity to give Aquafit a go, 

head on down to the pool - it's a great way to meet 

people and try out anew way toincrease your fitness. 

Keep reading skills alive these holidays 

Summer Reading Booklets are available at the Hurunui 

District Libraries for 3-18 year-olds. Return completed 

booklets to your local library by Wednesday January 24 

and receive an invitation for your family to the Finale 

Party onSaturday January 27. 

PHONE US: 

Amberley: 03314 8816. 

Cheviot Freephone: 03 319 8812. 

Amuri &Hanmer Springs Freephone: 03 315 8400. 

info@hurunui.govt.nz 

www.hurunui.govt.nz 

Hurunui District Council

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Predators beware ... George Moran helps unload the wooden traps from ahelicopter near 

the main divide. 

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Trapshelp save birds 

Holding the line by keeping predators 

at bay is the aim of agroup of dedicated 

bird conservationists. 

The team, whichincludes Ryman 

Healthcare residents, is in the process 

of building dozens of traps to snare 

stoats and rats in the South Island high 

country. 

Charles Upham Retirement Village 

residents have been refining their trapmaking 

skills to make sure woodentrap 

housings are light enough to be easily 

transported into the Lewis Pass. 

The Nina Valley catchment near the 

main divide of the South Island is the 

location for 100 pest traps to help in the 

protection and recovery of native bird 

numbers. 

Following this first large batch 

planning is under way to build asecond 

batchof100 traps. 

Resident Lynn Andrews, along with a 

group of nine others from the Rangiora 

village, are helping Canterbury 

conservationists Marcus King and 

George Moran build the trap housings 

for the Nina and Doubtful tributaries, 

and along the Lewis and Boyle Rivers, a 

stretch of which runs alongside State 

Highway 7. 

The team are protecting precious 

birds, including great spotted kiwi, 

whio/blue duck, parakeet/kākāriki, kea 

and kākā.Native jewelled geckos are 

also found in the region. 

‘‘There’s birdlife you don’t see in 

other valleys, I’ve seen kākā which are 

in reasonably low numbers in 

Canterbury,’’ George says. 

At Charles Upham, Lynn is 

surrounded by ateam including Colin 

Dixon, Alan Orchard, Terry Courtney, 

Murray Giles, Ross Stewart, Lindsay 

Rowe, Christine Andrews, Gwenda 

Johnson and John Sheat. 

It is alongrunning protection 

project, with traps expected to last 20 to 

25 years. 

‘‘What is great is the enthusiasm that 

comes from the people who work within 

this shed ... they’re very keen and they 

do get pleasure out of seeing our traps 

ending up doing some good,’’ Lynn says. 

George chairperson of the Doubtless 

Conservation Trust charity, says akey 

part of his job of getting traps laid in 

new areas associated with the Nina and 

Doubtful, including the Lucretia and 

Duchess streams. 

‘‘The Duchess is untracked, it’s quite 

rugged, so it’s easier to carry these 

lighter traps up.’’ 

Parking in spotlight 



Parking is in the spotlight in Rangiora and 

Kaiapoi. 

The Waimakariri District Council is 

planning to review its parking strategy, as 

it prepares its 2024/34 Long Term Plan. 

It is expected to cost $80,000 and the 

council planned to use funding from the 

Department of Internal Affairs’ Better Off 

fund. 

Strategy, engagement and economic 

development general manager Simon Hart 

said the parking strategy was reviewed 

every two years for Kaiapoi and Rangiora 

in consultation with engineers. 

‘‘We have some of that data, but alot has 

changed in the last few years. 

‘‘The parking survey looks at supply and 

demand, utilisation of offstreet and onstreet 

parking, how long people are 

staying.’’ 

Cr Paul Williams questioned how much 

parking had change over the last few years 

and how the expense of $80,000 could be 

justified. 

Chief executive Jeff Millward said the 

Rangiora town centre was changing and 

was ‘‘growing at 1.2 to 1.5 percent ayear’’. 

He said the survey would consider 

options such as using artificial intelligence 

and smart metering. 

‘‘We are agrowing district and we have 

to allow for growth. 

‘‘The review will put us in agood 

position going forward.’’ 

Cr Brent Cairns said it was important the 

council made the investment so it could 

plan for the future of its town centres. 

Deputy Mayor Neville Atkinson said 

planning for the future was complex and it 

needed the investment. 

‘‘We are going to be using all sorts of 

different modes of transport so it all needs 

to be factored into our planning. 

‘‘There are so many options now. New 

innovations can make things more 

efficient so we need to invest in our future 

and keep our town centres open.’’ 

As ahigh growth district, under the 

National Policy Statement on Urban 

Development, Mr Hart said developers 

were not required to provide parking, so it 

was up to the council to ensure there was 

enough. 

The council was utilising an empty site 

in Durham Street, Rangiora, for offstreet 

parking, but as this was private land the 

situation could change at any time. Other 

projects such as the BNZcorner 

development in Rangiora and planned 

cycle way projects were set to have an 

impact on parking spaces. 

Tune in nowtolistenon104.9 NorthCanterbury 

and103.7 Hanmer Springs andKaikoura 

Oxford Health Charity Limited 

Voluntary Board Directors 

(up to 3Positions) 

Oxford Health CharityLimited is acharitableorganisation that operates theOxford 

Community Health Centre (OCHC),which provides primaryhealth services to theOxford 

and surrounding Waimakariri community in NorthCanterbury. 

OCHC is acommunity-based practice withastrong patient-centricfocus -made up 

of ateam of dedicatedmedical, nursing, operational management andadministrative 

professionals-who take prideintheirpatients’ care and wellbeing. 

TheBoardhas strongfinancialcontrols and effectivepolicydevelopment and is supported 

by aBoardSecretary.Itrecognisesand values theneed to providetargeted medical 

servicestothe localcommunity and provides governanceonongoing community health 

and wellbeing servicesand facilities.Day-to-day operational managementofOCHC is 

delegated to thepractice’s General Manager and clinical management is delegated to the 

Clinical Director. 

OCHC is currently undergoing aperiodofgrowthand is planningtoundertake a 

significant Health Centre redevelopment projectoverthe nexttwo years, to bettermeet 

thecommunity’s future primarycareneeds. 

Owingtothis,itisnow time forthe Boardtostrengthen itsmembership by appointing 

up to threenew directorstoassistinthesevoluntary, unpaid roles. Theseroles may 

suit someone withprior governanceexperience, or someone lookingfor an entry-level 

governancerole. 

Youmust: 

• Have theabilitytothink strategically and be commerciallyastute. 

• Be abletocommitthe necessary time (monthlycommitment), and willingtooffer your 

skills and experiencetosupportthe talented team at OCHC andthe wellbeing of the 

localcommunity that it supports. 

Thisisapivotal time to join theBoardand we wouldparticularlywelcome applicantswho: 

• Live in Oxford,orwithinthe surrounding Waimakariri community in NorthCanterbury 

and/or thosewho haveanaffinity withthe Oxford community. 

• Have Health /Public Health /Mental Health Sector experience. 

• Canadd to our Board’sskillset in any of theseareas:Community Engagement, 

Fundraising, Community GrantApplications,FacilitiesDevelopment or Construction. 

Pleasesend your coverletterand CV to wendy@ochc.co.nz 

Applications close 5pmWednesday 31 st January 2024 

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Restricted 

fire season 

declared 


The Canterbury District is now in aRestricted 

Fire Season. 

Anyone wanting to light an openair fire will 

now need apermit. 

The restricted fire season began yesterday, 

Wednesday,January 10. 

You can applyfor apermit at www. 

checkitsalright.nz. 

‘‘You only have to see from the events of this 

week how small sparks can quicklyturn into 

large fires which threaten homes and 

communities,’’ Fire and Emergency Canterbury 

District Commander Dave Stackhousesays. 

‘‘Although arestrictedseason would not have 

prevented these fires,itdoes give us greater 

protection from unwanted fires by ensuring any 

openairfires are only completedwith a 

permit.’’ 

The previous two years of increased rainfall 

has seen increased grass and vegetation growth 

across the district,MrStackhousesays. 

‘‘This is now drying out, and our crewsare 

reporting greater effort beingrequired to 

containand extinguisheven relatively small 

fires.’’ 

Anyone planning on lighting afire must check 

weather conditions first. 

If it is hot and windy then do not light afire, 

even if you have apermit he says. 

Make sure you undertakesparkgenerating 

activities, like mowing or grinding, during the 

coolerparts of the day (early morning or in the 

evening). 

Go to www.checkitsalright.nzfor tips on how 

to stay fire safe. 

Home seeksHeritage status 


Arare futuristic tiny home is in the 

running to receive heritage 

recognition. 

HeritageNew Zealand Pouhere 

Taonga is seeking submissions on a 

proposal to list the Area 51 Futuro 

House in Ōhoka as aCategory 1 

historic place –aclassification that 

would identify it as being of 

outstanding heritage significance. 

One of 12 built in New Zealand in 

the mid 1970s, it fits into an 

international picture. 

HeritageNew Zealand Pouhere 

Taonga Senior Heritage Assessment 

Advisor for Canterbury and the West 

Coast, Robyn Burgess says Area 51 

Futuro House is an awesome example 

of the reinforced fibreglass plastic 

building that was developed by 

Finnish architect Matti Suuronen in 

early 1968 as an innovative solution 

for aprefabricated, easytorelocate 

afterski hut. 

‘‘The style of building is instantly 

recognisable, and Futuros have 

gained an international following by 

enthusiasts around the globe. 

‘‘There were around 100 made, but 

now only about 68 are left in the world, 

however,which makes them 

incredibly rare.’’ 

Constructed from 16 fibreglassreinforced 

plastic segments bolted 

together,the buildings are assembled 

to form an ellipsoid capsule –more 

suggestive of aspaceship that has just 

landed than ski accommodation. 

The sense of interstellar travel is 

reinforced by the building sitting on 

an open steel support frame –almost 

as if suspended in mid air –with its 

entry door folding down to reveal an 

aircraftlike staircase. Ovoid porthole 

windows located in each bay complete 

Futuro House ... Submissions sought 

on heritage listing for Ohoka Futuro 

House. 


the feeling that the whole structure 

could take off at any moment. 

The Area 51 name references the 

name of the US Air Force base in 

Nevada that is often associated with 

conspiracy theories and stories about 

UFOs and aliens, though designer 

Matti Suuronen never intended his 

concept to resemble aspaceship. 

Instead his design was the result of 

meticulous mathematical calculations 

that provided optimum structural 

efficiency. 

‘‘Futuros began to be manufactured 

by aNew Zealand company who 

secured the rights to produce them in 

1972. 

‘‘By the beginning of 1974, two 

Futuro houses were showcased at the 

entrance to Queen Elizabeth Park for 

the British Commonwealth Games,’’ 

says Robyn. 

‘‘One was afully furnished 

showhome sponsored by Seiko, while 

the other was operated by Games 

sponsor, the Bank of New Zealand, in 

what was probably the coolest ever 

BNZ branch in history. Athirdone 

was on display at the Addington 

Showgrounds in that same year.’’ 

Because of their comparative ease 

of relocation, Futuros tend to have a 

nomadic past. The Area 51 Futuro, for 

example, had an early life at Lincoln 

College before it was relocated by the 

Ministry of Works for use as ahigh 

country research station, and then 

purchased by aprivate owner who 

trucked it over the Haast Pass, then 

flew it down the Paringa River in 

South Westland by helicopter, where 

it was used as awhitebait and fishing 

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The new Government has put the brakes 

on Waimakariri’s cycle ways projects, 

with asignificantly reduced budget. 

Funding has been confirmed for three 

projects, but three major cycle way 

projects, including the Kaiapoi to 

Woodend cycle way, are on hold, 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon says. 

Transport Minister Simeon wrote to 

councils in December to advise he had 

told Waka Kotahi New Zealand 

Transport Agency to halt work on cycling 

and walking initiatives. 

‘‘I have given notice to NZTA to end its 

work on these programmes, and to not 

commit any further funding to local 

authorities (beyond existing contractual 

obligations) to develop these 

programmes. 

‘‘Thank you for your understanding as 

we work through these changes.’’ 

Mr Gordon said he was pleased 

funding had been confirmed for some of 

the projects. 

‘‘We will have further comment once 

councillors and our community boards 

have had the opportunity to fully 

consider this alongside all projects in 

the Long Term Plan.’’ 

The three approved projects included 

the Tram Road gritted path from 

Mandeville to Swannanoa School, the 

Mandeville Road to Ohoka gritted path 

and traffic calming and pedestrian 

facilities at Southbrook School. 

The remaining projects, including the 

Kaiapoi to Woodend, Rangiora 

(Southbrook) and Woodend to Pegasus 

cycle ways, will now be considered as 

part of the council’s Long Term Plan 

process. 

The cycle ways projects were 

developed as part of the council’s 

walking and cycling network plan, which 

was adopted in 2022 after extensive 

consultation with the community. 

The previous Government approved 

funding for a$6million project, which 

included the three cycle ways, in 

December 2022. 

The Government’s share was 75 

percent, as part of Waka Kotahi New 

Zealand Transport Agency’s Transport 

Choices Programme. 

Acouncil spokesperson said staff will 

continue to engage with Waka Kotahi on 

any other funding mechanisms which 

might be available. 

Mr Brown also advised councils of his 

intention to replace the Land Transport 

Rule: Setting of Speed Limits 2022. 

The rule required councils to submit 

draft speed management plans to Waka 

Kotahi by March 29. 

He said the new rule would require 

economic impacts, including travel 

times, to be considered when new speed 

limits were set. 

Variable speed limits would be 

required on roads approaching schools 

during pick up and drop off times, rather 

than permanent speed reductions. 



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Oxford Area School is looking to the 

stars for inspiration to name its new 

buildings. 

The school has been leading the 

town’s bid for dark sky status, so it 

made sense to have aspace theme for 

the school’s redevelopment, principal 

Mike Hart said. 

Anew administration and learning 

block, set to open in time for the first 

day of term one, February 5, will be 

named Takurua or Sirius, the 

brightest star in the night sky. 

The school hosted Wairarapabased 

space science educators Sam Leske 

and Haritina Mogosanu in August to 

help embed some new spacebased 

curriculum. 

‘‘The night sky named the buildings. 

It was meant to be. It just lined up,’’ Mr 

Hart said. 

‘‘Hari and Sam realised when taking 

areference point of the front of the 

school in November, when you look 

from the eastern horizon at the 

constellations, the brightest star is 

directly above the new building.’’ 

In Māori tradition, Takurua was a 

star which ‘‘was given so much mana it 

had to be the brightest’’, Mr Hart said. 

Te Waka oTamarereti, which 

encapsulates constellations such as 

Orion’s belt and the Southern Cross, is 

being incorporated into the school’s 

cultural narrative with the help of Te 

Ngāi Tūāhuriri Rūnanga. 

The year 4to6block was already 

named Aotahi (Orion), while ‘‘the 

navigator’sstar’’ Canopus aligned 

with the new entrants to year 3block. 

Canopus in Māori tradition was the 

stern of the waka, Mr Hart said. 

The anchor of the waka is the 

Southern Cross, which in the 

November alignment was across the 

road from the school, ‘‘which means 

we are anchored in the community’’. 

Mr Hart said the students were 

excited about the prospect of seeing 

inside the new building. 

‘‘We have shared the progress of the 

building with the students and images 

of what it looks like inside. 

‘‘We can see the finish line. We are 

very close and it is something very 

special for the community.’’ 

The new building comprised six 

teaching spaces, anew library space, 

canteen and administration spaces. 

It will offer modern teaching spaces 

for sciences, food technology and 

general teaching. 

More building projects are planned 

as part of the school’s $10 million 

redevelopment, which was first 

announced in 2018. 

Next up is the demolition of the 

school’s old science and technology 

block in term one. 

Asecond building is planned for 

music, art and other technology 

classes, but no date has been set. 

‘‘We don’t expect any construction 

this year, so we will all appreciate a 

breather,’’ Mr Hart said. 

These first two stages of the 

redevelopment will give the year 1 to 

13 school capacity to grow from 500 to 

600 students. 



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-3.00pm 

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January 

Tuesday 

Contact usfor an Appointment 

Our Enrolment Centre re-opens 

on January 17th at 9.00am. 

Please phone us on (03) 364 5156 

to find out what you need to bring orvisit 

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Hagley College Start Dates andTimes 2024 

2024 

29 Jan 

17 Jan 

YEAR 9 

Tuesday 

30 January 

At Home 

Wednesday 

31 January 

9.30am –Gym 2 

Year 9 &10HGMihi 

Whakatau and 

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BBQLunch provided 

2.00pm –released 

Thursday 

1February 

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Programme 

8.30am –3.00pm 

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YEAR 12, 

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Monday 

5February 

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New Yr10 Mihi 

Whakatau 

10.00am Gym 2 

All Yr10 Assembly 

11.00am 

(Cafe) 

New Yr11 Mihi 

Whakatau 

10.00am Gym 2 

All Yr11 Assembly 

11.00am 

(Wainuku) 

10.00am Gym 2 

Year 12, 13&ELL 

Mihi Whakatau & 

Orientation 

Tue 

6Feb 

Tuesday6February –COLLEGE CLOSED 

(WaitangiDay Holiday) 

1.00pm -2.30pm 

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NCEA level 1gains favour 



North Canterbury secondary schools are 

sticking with NCEA level 1. 

While anumber of schools are 

ditching level 1infavour of their own 

qualifications, North Canterbury 

principals say they still see merit in the 

existing model. 

Rangiora High School principal Bruce 

Kearney said without arobust 

qualification, year 11 would effectively 

become asecond year 10. 

‘‘If you do remove level 1, you really 

need to have an alternative pathway or 

qualification and Iwasn’t confident we 

had that. 

‘‘And Ireally like NCEA, Ithink it is a 

good qualification and Idon’t believe in 

postponing it because it is too stressful 

because all you are doing is transferring 

that stress to level 2.’’ 

Changes to level 1will see just two 

internal assessments and two external 

assessments for most subjects, instead of 

the variety of assessments available 

now. 

External assessments can be an exam 

or aportfolio of work which is assessed 

externally from the school. 

Students will need 60 credits to pass 

level 1. 

The new level 2assessments are not 

due to be released until 2026, and level 

3in2027, so students sitting level 1this 

year will revert back to the old system 

for level 2. 

Mr Kearney said the rest of 

curriculum refresh was ‘‘frustratingly 

slow’’. 

‘‘It is coming into schools at adripfed 

pace, which is frustrating because we 

wanted it to be anew curriculum. 

Welcome to 2024 

Term Office Hours -8:30am-3:30pm 

Wednesday 31st of January 

-Whole school 8:40am 

(busschedules resume today) 

-MihiWhakatau9:00am 

Monday 6th of February 

-Waitangi Dayobserved 

(school closed) 

Friday 15th of March -Teacher Only Day 

(school closed) 

Friday 29th of March - Good Friday observed 

Monday 1st of April -EasterMondayobserved 

(school closed 

both days) 

Friday 12th of April -End of Term 1 


Robust qualification ... Rangiora High 

School principal Bruce Kearney says 

sticking with NCEA level 1ensures a 

pathway for year 11 students. 

PHOTO: FILE 

‘‘Some subject teachers are already 

developing their learning resources, 

while others are still waiting and then 

we have anew government. It is quite a 

difficult time for schools.’’ 

The Aotearoa New Zealand History 

curriculum took effect last year, but 

other curriculum changes were being 

staggered out to 2027. 

The social sciences, mathematics and 

english curriculums have also been 

released to be in place for 2025. 

New curriculum for the sciences, 

technology and the arts will not be 

released until later this year, with 

health and physical education and 

languages curriculum not available 

until next year. 

Oxford Area School principal Mike 

Hart said the slow rollout was 

‘‘beneficial’’ for his school. 

‘‘It means we can focus on alearning 

area at atime and spend time 

developing alocalised curriculum. 

‘‘We take the themes and we localise 

it. What does it mean in Oxford? How do 

we connect it to our community and 

what is our vision for our learners?’’ 

Kaikōura High School presiding 

member John Wyatt said his school was 

sticking with NCEA level 1. 

He said it was achallenging time to be 

in education. 

‘‘What an enormous task our 

educators have. We used to just train 

people in [reading, writing and maths] 

and set them on acareer path for life. 

‘‘But the world is changing. In 25 

years, they predict about 30 percent of 

jobs will no longer be there.’’ 

Mr Wyatt said the new curriculum 

needed to provide ‘‘a stepping stone for 

tertiary education and for life’’. 

Rangiora New Life School, Oxford 

Area School and Kaiapoi High School 

are also sticking with level 1. 

Kaiapoi High School principal Jason 

Reid said having less assessments will 

reduce teacher workload, with fewer 

assignments to mark. 

He said students will need to be more 

consistent across their subjects to 

achieve the credits needed. 

‘‘We still see the value of level 1 

because some students may leave school 

at the end of the year, so at least they’ve 

got something to show for their time at 

school.’’ 

All principals said the aim was to have 

all students achieving at least level 2 

NCEA. 



Students gearing up for new school year 

Summer holidays are still in full swing 

for the youngest members of the 

Hurunui District, but before long 

they’ll be gearing up to start their new 

school year. 

Whether you live rurally or in the 

district’s towns, please remember that 

from the end of the month there will be 

more children and teenagers walking 

and scootering the footpaths, biking 

the roads, and waiting for buses. 

Remember the speed limit is 20km/h 

when passing aschool bus that has 

stopped to let children on or off. 

This rule applies to traffic on both 

sides of the road, including urban or 

open roads. 

This may seem like asnail’s pace, 

but children can be unpredictable 

therefore travelling at 20km/h reduces 

the risk of harm if achild were to run 

out on to the road. 

Throughout Hurunui communities 

there are Kea Crossings and during 

school times there are controlled 

crossings directly opposite schools. 

Please be mindful of these areas 

from 8am to 9am, and 3pm to 4pm. 

School pools are also popular spots 

for children, so keep your eyes peeled 

as they navigate their way through the 

pool gates to take adip. 

Let’s start the school year as we 

intend to continue –asafe and helpful 

environment where everyone can get 

to where they need to go, hassle free. 

Back to school ... Students will soon be 

walking, scootering, biking and catching 

buses, as the new school year begins. 

PHOTO: FILE 

ACommunity that Cares Students who Achieve 

Startdates for 2024! 

Monday29January: 8.30am Office Open:Teacher Only Day 

Tuesday30January: 9.00am Officeopen.:SurnamesA-L (+ Peer Support Leaders) 

Course Confirmation(Yrs11-13) (ChurchAuditorium) 

11.00am SurnamesM-Z:CourseConfirmation (Yrs 11-13) 

(ChurchAuditorium) 

12.00pm 

All NetNZstudents 

10am–3pm Peer Support Leader Training (Rm29) SmithBlock 

Wednesday 31 January: 8:50amto3:10pm Whole school in uniform 

9am–9.30am MihiWhakatauwelcome forall students 

at Events Centre 

Thursday1February: 8:50am –3.10pm Regular school day 

Friday 2February: 8:50am–3.10pmRegular school day 

Monday5February Teacher Only Day–school closed. 

Tuesday6February Waitangi Dayobservance–school closed. 

Moredetailed informationincluding stationery, busroutesetc.isavailableatwww.rnls.school.nz 

Some spaces availablefor ChristianFamiliesin2024 in Secondaryonly. 

PROVIDING QUALITY CHRISTIAN EDUCATION 

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BACK TO SCHOOL 


2628120 

17 

ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL 

TE KURA OHATOHOHEPA 

30 LudstoneRoad,Kaikoura7300. 

Phone (03) 319 5725 

email office@stjkaikoura.school.nz 

Principal: Judith Ford 

First Day is 

31 January 2024 

The school office is open 

from 23 January 2024. 

We areaccepting new 

enrolments for2024 

WAIPARA 

SCHOOL 

commences on 

Tuesday 30 th January 2024. 

Office open on 

Monday 29 th January 2024. 

Please remember to bring sunhats 

and swimming togs. 

Enquiries and new enrolments to 

Yvonne Blair, Principal 

Ph 03 314 6814 

principal@waipara.school.nz 

www.waipara.school.nz 

WaiparaSchool 

Loffhagen Drive, Waipara 

2629111 2630461 

2628125

WOODEND SCHOOL 

18 North 


Canterbury News, January 11, 2024 

Welcometoall ournew and 

returning studentsin2024! 

2633906 

Our office opens on: 

Wednesday 24January 

Our first day for students: 

Wednesday 31January 

Enrolment queries (in zone only) 

can bemade through 

office@tematauru.school.nz 

Pleasenoteemail andphone enquirieswill 

be repliedtofrom24January2024 

We welcome students back to school on 

Wednesday 31st January 2024 

at 8:50am. 

We invite you toour open classrooms and 

technology centre on 

Tuesday 30th January 2024 

from 9am -10.30am 

The school office will be open on 

Wednesday 24th January 2024 

for new enrolments and general enquiries. 

If you wish to contact the school for an enrolment 

appointment, please email 

office@kbs.school.nz 

We would like towish everyone a 

Happy New Year! 

Thefirstday of Term 1for students is Tuesday30thJanuary 2024 starting at 8:55a.m. 

Forall enquiriespleasephonethe school office on 314 9444. 

Phone 03313 8552 

Welcomes pupils back to school on 

Tuesday 30th January 2024 

at 8.50am 

The School office will be open on 

Friday 26th January 2024 

from 9am to2pm 

for new enrolments and general enquiries. 

If you wish tocontact the school prior 

to enrolment day, please email 

admin@ashgrove.school.nz 

25 th - 26 th January Office Open forEnquiries 

29 th - 30 th January Teacher Only Days 

30 th January,1pm Course changesand newtoschool Y11-13 only 

31 st January Y11-13 students only 

1 st February Y1-10studentsonly 

2 nd February Full School Open 

Mihi Whakatau9am 

School Hours 8.45am -3.00pm 

Phone (03) 314 4430 •office@hurunuicollege.school.nz 

Stephen Beck —Principal 

2626045 

We welcome all families and students 

back to school with astart date of 

Wednesday 31 st January 2024. 

The office will be open from 

Thursday 26 th January 

from 9.00am to 12.00noon 

for enrolments and enquiries. 

Contacts: 

office@woodend.school.nz 

principal@woodend.school.nz 

Phone: 03 312 7808 

Andrew Retallick -Principal 

2630123 

2630700 


Packed lunch ... Colourful, healthy lunches encourage children to eat their lunch. 

PHOTO: FILE 

GO, GLOW, GROW 

in school lunch boxes 


Ticking all the boxes for anutritious, 

affordable, allergyfriendly school lunch 

children will actually want to eat can be 

difficult, says Lily Henderson. 

However, the NZ Registered Dietitian 

says she loves the concept of packing a 

lunch box around something to GO — 

grain foods for energy like bread, pasta, 

wraps and crackers —something to 

GLOW —fruit and/or vegetables —and 

something to GROW —protein/dairy 

foods like cheese, yoghurt, egg, tuna or 

hummus. 

‘‘This helps to cover off the major food 

groups,’’ Lily says. 

She suggests packing familiar foods 

‘‘you know your child will eat’’ and when 

trying something new just try one food 

item at atime to help prevent food waste. 

‘‘Go for colour where you can, and mix 

up different veggies and fruit week to 

week. 

‘‘Popping foods on to skewers/ 

toothpicks can be agamechanger. A 

favourite in our house is cheese cubes, 

canned pineapple and cherry tomatoes.’’ 

There is no perfect lunchbox. 

‘‘Every child is different,and it is 

important to remember that appetites 

vary daytoday,’’ Lily says. 

‘‘It’s about food eaten across aday and 

week that is most important.’’ 

The way lunches are packed is also 

important, particularly in summer to keep 

food and drinks cool. 

‘‘Invest in an insulated lunch bag and 

drink bottle,’’ she says. 

‘‘You can often pick these up second 

hand, and can also place an ice pack into 

the lunch bag or frozen drink bottle to 

keep foods cool.’’ 

Lily also recommends using frozen 

bread or rolls to make sandwiches which 

keeps them cool and fresh for lunchtime. 

When making sandwiches try to include 

protein, dairy and vegetable fillings 

where you can like egg, cheese, hummus, 

grated carrot, sliced cucumber, cooked 

meats or Falafel, Lily says. 

‘‘Summer is the best time to include 

seasonal fruit. 

‘‘Choose whatever fruit is cheapestper 

kg and in season and rotate each week. Or 

acanned fruit salad can be agreat 

economical option.’’ 

It is also important to realise that 

lunches do not have to be different every 

single day. 

‘‘Don't put too much pressure on 

yourselves.Have two or three recipes up 

your sleeve and use time on the weekends 

tomake them, and pop them in the freezer 

for the week ahead,’’ she says. 

‘‘This could be muffins, bliss balls, 

fritters, pancakes,minifrittatas,oaty 

cookies etc. They can be taken out of the 

freezer as needed and your future self will 

thank you.’’ 

Leftovers,such as pasta, pizza or 

barbecued corn can also be agreat choice 

for lunch boxes. 

‘‘Older kids can also help to pack their 

own lunch box and this also increases the 

likelihood of the foods being eaten,’’ Lily 

says. 

Lunches can absolutely be made the 

night before the school day and stored in 

the refrigerator overnight to save time in 

the morning. 

‘‘Just be careful with sandwich fillings. 

Dry fillings like marmite and cheese will 

store better overnight,’’ Lily says. 

Lunch programme to continue 



Kaiapoi BoroughSchool tamariki can look 

forward to more healthy lunches next year. 

The Ministry of Education’s Ka Ora, Ka 

Ako health school lunches programme has 

been extended for another year. 

‘‘We are excited. It is fantastic because it 

means all of our tamariki are going to be 

fed every day at school,’’ principal Hayden 

van Lent said. 

‘‘It is one thing parents don’t need to 

worry about, and it means we can remove 

the barrier of food and focus on the 

learning.’’ 

The school will receive lunchtime 

deliveries from local company Lazy 

Lunches, which is also supplying Tuahiwi 

School. 

Mr van Lent said the programme criteria 

required the lunches to be nutritious, well 

presented, well portioned and provide 

variety. 

Hot and cold meals were provided and 

the tamariki got to taste foods they may not 

otherwise try. 

‘‘It has become normalised. The lunches 

come in each day and there is plenty of 

variety, and the tamariki are willing to give 

it ago,’’ he said. 

Allergies and various eating 

requirements were catered for to ensure 

noone missed out and there were always 

leftovers for children who wanted more. 

Ministry of Education operations and 

integration Hautū (leader) Sean Teddy 

said the Ka Ora, Ka Ako /Healthy School 

Lunches programme is funded until 

December 2024. 

North Canterburyschools in the Ka Ora, 

Ka Ako programme included Kaiapoi 

Borough School, Te Kura oTuahiwi, 

Karanga Mai Young Parents’ College 

(Kaiapoi) and Te Kura o Hāpuku 

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Holiday programme returns 

Asportsbased holiday 

programme, run by the North 

CanterburySport &Recreation 

Trust at MainPower Stadium, is 

running again during the school 

holidays. 

The programme for primary 

school age children is run by the 

MainPower sports coaches, who 

are well known to students through 

their regular visits to schools 

across the region. 

Sports Coach and programme 

coordinator Elsie Murray says the 

programme features alot of sports 

children are familiar with, 

including basketball, netball, 

dodgeball and futsal. 

But on certain days it also gives 

them achance to experience new 

options such as archery, pickleball, 

volleyball, ultimate frisbee and 

even boxing. 

In the summer months the group 

might also try some waterbased 

challenges at MainPower Hockey 

Turf where they can fire up the 

water cannons to cool off at the 

end. 

‘‘We also have some sessions in 

the PRAMA room at Stadium 

Fitness Centre,’’ says Elsie. With 

its interactive floor and wall tiles 

the children can battle it out in a 

range of games and challenges, 

mixing both fun and fitness. This 

programme is not just for highly 

sports minded children, it also 

caters for those who might not be 

as confident or naturally good at 

sports, but are willing to give 

anything ago. 

‘‘Children are encouraged to 

give every sport ago, and then 

supported to play at whatever level 

they are at,’’ says Elsie. 

‘‘And because we offer such a 

Archery ... Students try their hand at archery. 

Pickleball ... Young students playing pickleball, afast growing sport 

throughout New Zealand. 

range of sporting options we often 

find that achild who may not enjoy 

the more traditional sports shows a 

real flair for one of the more 

obscure sports and that increases 

their confidence across the board.’’ 

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The next programme runs from 

January 22 to 26. To find out more 

go to www.sportstrust.org.nz/ 

holidayprogramme. Programmes 

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19 

New Life to grow 

to meet demand 

North Canterbury’s largest 

Christian school has plans to 

grow to meet demand. 

Rangiora New Life School 

principal Stephen Walters 

says the school has applied 

to the Ministry of Education 

for aroll increase. 

The school wants to 

increase its capacity on its 

Southbrook site to 650 and 

longer term to open up a 

second site. 

‘‘We have made no secret 

of that, which we have 

demand for,’’ Mr Walters 

says. 

‘‘Our numbers are small in 

the grand scheme of things, 

but it is significant to us.’’ 

He says growing the year 1 

to 13 school’s roll from 470 to 

650 will not impact 

significantly on other schools 

in the region. 

‘‘We only take 25 year 9 

students from other schools 

each year, so it is not abig 

impact. 

‘‘Most of the extra students 

we would take are being 

homeschooled, as people are 

wanting aChristian 

education for their 

children.’’ 

Mr Walters says 40 percent 

of students travel to the 

school by bus, from Oxford, 

Amberley and further north, 

so asecond site will likely be 

near Amberley. 

St Patrick’s Catholic 

School in Kaiapoi and St 

Joseph’s Catholic School in 

Rangiora offer aCatholic 

education for years 1to8,but 

Rangiora New Life School is 

the only school offering a 

Christian education in North 

Canterbury at secondary 

school level. 


has been working alongside 

the Christian Education 

Network of schools in 

Christchurch on a25year 

plan. 

‘‘We educate 3000 students 

across all of our schools and 

we plan to grow that over the 

next few decades to meet the 

demand,’’ Mr Walters says. 

Staff recruitment has been 

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but Mr Walters says 

recruitment has gone well 

and he expects to begin the 

new year with afull 

complement of staff. 

‘‘I work in aniche space, so 

finding good Christian 

teachers has never been 

difficult.’’ 


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StartDates for2024 

Nau mai haere mai. 

Welcome tothe new school year. 

29 January New Enrolment Day 

9.30am-11.00am for newnon-enrolled Year 9-13 students 

29-31 January Teacher Only Days 

1February New StudentOrientation Day 

The firstday forYear9and any new Year 10-13 students 

2February First dayofclasses for all Year 9-13 students 

6February WaitangiDay 

9 February House SpiritDay 

More detailed information on 

our 2024 startdates is available 

on the News &Events page at 

www.rangiorahigh.school.nz 

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Focused on 

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Welcome to Rangiora Borough School 

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Shortage overcome 



North Canterbury schools have 

overcome ateacher shortage and are 

ready for 2024. 

Aglobal teacher shortage meant 

local schools were competing against 

Auckland principals at Otago and 

Canterbury University recruiting days. 

Kaiapoi High School principal Jason 

Reid began advertisingearlier than 

usual andispleased with the calibre of 

his new staff. 

‘‘It makes you feel good when you see 

the quality of graduates. There are 

some energetic and vibrant, gogetter 

young, and some older, trainee 

teachers. 

‘‘Those are the people we need in our 

schools.’’ 

Among the newrecruits is anew 

deputy principal, with Nathan Sandes 

moving to Kaiapoi from Darfield High 

School. 

Mr Sandes will replace Remihana 

Emery, who is taking over as associate 

principal at Rangiora High School. 

Next year three teachers are taking 

refreshment leave, aprovision in the 

collective agreement whichallowed 

teachers to take ayear of unpaid leave 

‘‘to explore new experiences or 

develop new skills’’, Mr Reid said. 

‘‘It provides the really valuable 

opportunity to bring someone new into 

the school. They learn the culture of 

the school and often end up staying.’’ 

Simon Green, an advocate for 

principals and boards of trustees, said 

staff recruitmenthad been more 

successful for most principals 

compared to this time last year. 

‘‘Primary principals in particular 

were quick to get their vacancies 

advertised this year, with many 

securingtheir teachers for 2024 before 

Kaiapoi HS principal ... Jason Reid. 

PHOTO: FILE 

the beginning of the fourth term.’’ 

The new primary teachers collective 

agreement allowed for increased 

classroom release time, meaning 

principals needed to find more part 

time teachers, he said. 

Relievers were in short supply, 

requiring some principals to step into 

the classroom this year, something 

almost unheard of at secondary 

schools. 

In secondary schools, maths, 

technology and Te Reo teacher 

vacancies continued to be hard to fill. 

Mr Green works as aleadership 

adviser with Evaluation Associates, 

supporting principals and boards 

across Otago and Canterbury. 

He is also the Rangiora High School 

board of trustees presiding member. 



Isolation an advantage 



Isolation has its advantages, says 

Kaikōura High School principal Jo 

Fissenden. 

She says the school thrives on its 

community connections. 

‘‘There are alot of advantages to being 

asmall, rural school and people knowing 

you. 

‘‘It creates alot of opportunities for 

learningout in the community and the 

students learn that community is about 

givingback by being involved and being 

apart of it. 

‘‘They realise if they give, they receive 

and they alsohelp to create something.’’ 

One of her goals as the school’s new 

principal is to develop alocalised 

curriculum, to tap into what Kaikōura 

has to offer. 

With aschool roll at the start of last 

year of just 218 year 7to13students, it 

meant the school struggled to provide 

the niche subjects. 

Students wanting to learn languages 

often needed to access it online. 

While music is offered to junior 

classes, senior students needed to seek 

out online options or opportunities in 

the community. 

‘‘We are lucky, we still have the trades 

and technology and we are looking at 

gettinginto drama,’’ Mrs Fissenden said. 

‘‘Staffing can be achallenge as they 

have got to be versatile, but we are lucky 

with our links in the community.’’ 

The school introducedatrades 

academy last year with support from the 

Kaikōura Mayors’ Taskforce for Jobs 

programme,with 11 completing the 

course. 

Mrs Fissendensaid finding relievers 

could be aheadache. 

For the last six months of last year the 

school has operated with asenior 

leadership team of two instead of three, 

after Mrs Fissenden stepped up as 

acting principal following the departure 

of principal John Tait. 

She takes over as principal this year, 

allowing her to advertise for a 

permanent deputy principal and there 

has been plenty of interest. 

‘‘The last six months have been a 

juggle, but the staff have been really 

supportive,’’ Mrs Fissenden said. 

‘‘We are alittle bit far away to get a 

temporary appointment. 

‘‘And we’ve had to close quite abit this 

year with alack of relievers.’’ 

Students and staff need to travel to 

Christchurch or Blenheim for specialist 

medical appointments, sporting 

opportunities or to sit driving tests, 

which meant taking aday off school 

because of the distance. 

Kaikōura High School board of 

trustees presiding member John Wyatt 

said developing alocalised curriculum 

was akey part in the principal 

appointment. 

‘‘It is about being relevant for where 

we live. Everyone is vested in aschool 

like Kaikōura, because we can’t do it on 

our own. 

‘‘We need community buyin and we 

will be out there communicating what 

we are going to do.’’ 


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Rural crime is rising according to a 

Federated Farmerssurvey. 

National board member Richard 

McIntrye says this underlines astrong case 

for more police resources in rural areas. 

More than 1000 farmers responded to 

the 2023 Federated FarmersRural Crime 

Survey, with 67 percent saying they had 

experienced an incident in the last two 

years. 

This is an increase of 14% on the 2021 

survey, and a26% rise from the first survey 

in 2016. 

Mr McIntyre urges farmers to report all 

crime. 

‘‘While this year’s tally was boosted by 

the inclusion of aquestion on illegal street 

racing, it accounted for only asmall part of 

the increase. 

He also notes amarked overlap with the 

burnouts and dangerous driving of boy 

racers, and instances of property damage 

and theft. 

Fuel thefts from farms continues to be a 

target also. 

The number of surveyed farmers 

reporting asingle incident of crime (or a 

suspected incident in the case of hard to 

trace crimes such as theft of livestock) fell 

from 28% in 2021 to 19% this year. 

But those who experienced two or more 

incidents in the past two years increased 

from 71% to 81%. 

‘‘Alarmingly, the number of farmers who 

told us they’ve been hit by five or more 

criminal incidents has nearly doubled to 

33%,’’ Mr McIntyre says. 

The most common incident in the 2023 

survey is illegal street racing, reported by 

nearly twothirds of respondents. 

Illegal hunting or poaching is next 

highest at 47%, and property theft at 35%. 

Of the more than 1000 farmers 

Rural crime ... Federated Farmers urge farmers to report all instances of rural crime. 

PHOTO: FILE 

responding to the Rural Crime Survey, 

41% said they experienced, or suspected, 

poaching on their property. 

That is about the same rate reported in 

the 2021 survey. 

Reports of livestock stolen or killed (33% 

and 23% respectively) are also about the 

same as in 2021. 

Mr McIntyre says these incidents worry 

him because they involve offenders 

coming on to farms with firearms. 

‘‘When hunters ask the landowner for 

permission to come on the property, 

there’s an opportunity to let them know 

where houses are, where staff are working, 

where livestock are located. 

‘‘But with people hunting illegally, or 

looking to steal livestock, that whole safety 

element is out the window.’’ 

The new Government has pledged no 

fewer than 500 more frontline cops will be 

trained over the next two years. 

Mr McIntyre says if farmers report all 

crime, an accurate picture can be put in 

front of the Government about the level of 

offending rural communities are having to 

bear the brunt of. 

The 2023 survey showed, of those who 

experienced or suspected acrime, nearly 

half hadn’t reported the incidents to 

police, which is higher than in the 2021 

survey. 

Mr McIntyre says while there isn’t 

enough data to confirm atrendyet, it 

seems likely that farming families and 

businesses suffering multiple incidences 

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NEWS 


29 

Frank O’Brien achampion 

Incidents reported to Police in the Waimakariri and Hurunui 

Districts 

Christmas New Year period 

Items stolen on several occasions from avacant Kaiapoi 

address. inquiries continuing. 

Solar lights were stolen from aPeraki Street property. 

Nine North Canterbury drivers were issued infringement 

notices for EBA; Eight drivers were charged with EBA when 

stopped around the district. 

AWoodend male was stopped in Culverden and charged with 

EBA, vehicle impounded. 

Aproperty in Waikuku was burgled while owners were away 

items stolen from the shed. 

Adriver fell asleep hitting apower pole in Woodend. No 

other vehicle involved, nil injuries. 

Multiple drivers were forbidden to drive when stopped 

driving in the area with no licence, either expired or 

unlicensed. 

Awhite Nissan was stolen while left parked on the side of a 

rural road in Sefton overnight. 

AHurunui male was charged with driving while disqualified 

and his vehicle impounded near Oxford. 

An Oxford farm had avehicle, quad bike and meat stolen 

from ashed overnight. The vehicle was recovered ashort 

distance away. 

Registration plates were stolen from avehicle in Akaroa St. 

An offender was disturbed at acommercial property in Stone 

St, power tools were stolen. 

There was an attempted break in at an Amberley services 

building. 

Power tools were stolen from aute parked at Doubledays Rd 

during Woodford Glenn. 

Two vehicles were broken into on Broom St. Entry was 

gained by smashing awindow, awallet was stolen from one of 

the vehicles. 

Asuspended Christchurch driver was stopped in Woodend, 

his vehicle was impounded. 

Four youths riding dirt bikes in central Rangiora were 

stopped, they are being dealt with by Youth Aid. 

Deer antlers were stolen from arural property in Oxford, 

inquiries are continuing. 

ARangiora resident was defrauded out of asubstantial 

amount of money when she received acall from ascammer 

posing as her bank. She was asked her access number and 

security questions. The bank were quick to act and attempt to 

recover funds. 

Two motorbikes, quad bike and achainsaw were stolen from 

aLoburn shed overnight. 

Damage and theft of items at ayard in Oxford Road. 

Amale was disturbed breaking into avehicle on Ohoka 

Road. 

The front registration plate was stolen from avehicle parked 

in Bush St. 

AFord Courier was stolen from Chesterfield Place. 

AChristchurch suspended driver was stopped near Hanmer 

Springs, his vehicle was impounded. 

January 3:Two youths were seen on properties in the Kairaki 

area, bikes were taken and returned ashort time after. 

January 6:Atrailer was stolen from Pegasus overnight. 

January 7:Awindow was smashed and tools stolen from a 

vehicle in Carmana Gardens; Abuilding on Woodend Beach 

Rd was broken into and items stolen. 

January 8:Vehicle impounded in Selwyn for sustained loss of 

traction around Hurunui. 

Police are out in force over the holiday period. There have 

been many infringements issued and drivers processed for 

drinking and driving. Check your driver licences for expiry 

date, and make sure you carry it with you at all times when 

driving to produce if asked. 

Most of our accidents are preventable, many caused by 

distraction. Please pay attention when behind the wheel and 

pull over if you need to take your eyes from the road. Those few 

moments may just save your life. 

After years of disruption from 

Covid 19 the Kaiapoi 

Photographic Club has returned 

to its normal programme of 

events. 

The club, which meets twice a 

month at the Kaiapoi Coastguard 

rooms in Kaiapoi, completed the 

2023 year with its annual awards 

meeting. 

Linda Hart judged the 

photographs awarded Honours 

or Merit during the year. 

Club competition convenor 

Sheryl Crase says her 

constructive comments were 

greatly appreciated by those who 

had entries in the end of year 

awards. 

The following awards were 

presented by Club President 

Moray Wilson, and awards 

convenor Julia Home. 

Champion Image –Frank 

O’Brien; 

Most Improved Photographer – 

Denise Fuller; 

Top BGrade –Karyn Porter; 

Top AGrade Richard Laing; 

Best Landscape –Sheryl Crase; 

Endofyear award winners ... Frank O’Brien (left), Richard Laing, Julia 

Home, Sheryl Crase, Denise Fuller, Karyn Porter. 


Champion Portrait Julia 

Home; 

Best Natural History –Richard 

Laing; 

Champion Monochrome – 

Sheryl Crase; 

Best Field Trip Image – 

Richard Laing; 

Best BGrade Image –Frank 

O’Brien. 

Absolute Dynamite ... Woodend Beach driver John Dunn returns to the birdcage with his third winner of the day 

at the Rangiora Harness Racing Club’s New Year’s Day meeting at Rangiora Raceway. 

Flying start to New Year 


Woodend Beach harness racing 

horseman, John Dunn, made a 

flying start to the New Year 

driving four winners at 

Rangiora Raceway on New 

Year’s Day. 

All four winners were trained 

by John's wife Jenna and father, 

Robert, at Woodend Beach. 

The Diamond Racing stable 

also scored aquinella in Race 3 

which was won by Lady 

Boutique, John's first win of the 

day, with Hi Life, driven by one 

of the stable's junior drivers, 

Riley Harrison, finishing 

second. 

It was agreat start to the new 


season for Robert and Jenna 

after winning the 2023 trainers' 

premiership with 115 winners 

and $1,941,491 in stake money. 

John’s other winners at the 

Rangiora Harness Racing 

Club’s New Year’s Day meeting 

were Ideal Delight (Race 6), 

Absolute Dynamite (Race 7) and 

Lethal Speed (Race 8). 

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NEWS &CLASSIFIED 


THE LIBRARY 

Absolutely and 

Forever,byRose 

Tremain 

Set in the England of 

the 1950s and 60s, this 

short but brilliant 

novel about life and 

thwarted love is 

nothing short of 

magical. 

Black Sheep, by Judy 

Nunn 

Asweeping historical novel about a 

prosperous sheepfarmingfamily and the 

enigmatic young man 

they let into their lives. 

Commune: Chasing a 

utopian dream in 

Aotearoa, by Olive 

Jones 

Olive Jones' memoir 

recalls the dreams, the 

madness, At the the 

humour, and hard 

work of living an 

alternative community 

lifestyle on afarm in the Motueka Valley 

near Nelson. 

The Deep South, by Andris Apse 

In his first new book in eight years, Andris 

Apse showcases some of the wildest and 

most remote spots of southern New 

Zealand, from the depths of the wild West 

Coast to the mostly 

inaccessible 

Subantarctic islands 

and as far south as the 

Antarctic. 

Fear, by Byron CClark 

This mustread new 

book maps New 

Zealand's altright 

underworld and 

unearths the roots of 

the occupation that 

ended in aviolent protest on the grounds 

of Parliament. 

Good with Money, by Lisa Dudson 

An 8step plan for getting to grips with 

your finances and achieving financial 

freedomno matter how big or small your 

goals and no matter how rocky the market 

(or your current financial situation) might 

be. 

These titles are available in both 

Waimakariri and Hurunui libraries. Find 

out more about recent additions to the 

library collection by going to the library 

catalogue at waimakariri.kotui.org.nz or 

hurunui.kotui.org.nz. 

CRICKET 

Canterbury Country took another 

step to earning aHawke Cup 

challenge with afirst innings win 

over Nelson late last year. 

Played at Rangiora’s 

Mainpower Oval, Country batted 

first with Harry Chamberlain 

providing the anchor of the 

innings hitting asuperb not out 

innings of 169. 

He came to the creasewhen the 

team total was 51, carryinghis bat 

when the team total was 338. 

Nelson made aconfident start 

losing their first wicket with their 

score at 41. 

The Country bowling attack 

however, never let them gain any 

real momentum, dismissingthem 

for 230 after 89 overs. 

Country’s next game is against 

Marlborough in Blenheim. 

Scoreboard 

Canterbury Country 338 (Harry 

Chamberlain 169 not out, Rhys 

Mariu 42) beat Nelson 230 (C T 

Cameron 4/41, Blake Coburn 3/49, 

George Gunn 2/51). 

Public Notices 

UPPER CLARENCE GCO 2024 

Possum Control –Poison Warning 

Downer Biosecurity wishes to advise that agroundbased 

possum control operation will be taking place to 

keep possum numbers under control to prevent spread 

of TB. This operation will be conducted as part of the 

TBfree New Zealand programme. 

Areas covered: The operation covers an area of 8,801 

hectares along the true left of the Clarence River between 

Spray stream and Dart Stream. Constitution Hill isthe 

major landmark located to the west. 

Operation date: 15th January to 30th June 2024. 

Poisoning methods: Feratox (in bait bags), Feratox is 

a small capsule containing cyanide poison (about the 

size of apea). In bait bags the cyanide capsule has been 

placed into agreen non-toxic peanut paste inside asmall 

blue biodegradable bag. The blue bags will be attached 

to trees and suitable habitat. Onoccasion orange bait 

stations will be used with non-toxic prefeed to increase 

the effectiveness of the Feratox. 

Traps will also be used throughout the area in conjunction 

with poisoning methods. The public is warned to take 

care inthese areas and not to remove carcasses or baits. 

Baits are toxic to people and animals. 

General warning 

• Donot touch poison baits/traps 

• Do not touch poisoned possum carcasses 

• Keep pets under supervision 

• Donot leave children unattended 

• Follow the advice on the poison warning signs 

If you suspect poisoning 

• Contact your local hospital, or dial 111 

• National Poisons Centre 0800 POISON –0800 764 

766 

• Inthe case of adomestic animal being poisoned, 

contact alocal veterinarian 

For further information (including maps of the 

operational area), contact the Northern South Island 

Project Supervisor on0508 392 355 or 

biosecurity@downer.co.nz. 

Rangiora High School PTA 

Second Hand Uniform Sale 

Our Parent TeacherAssociationwill runtheir annual 

second hand RHS uniformsale in twosessionson: 

Wednesday 17 January 2024 

9:30am –12:00pm 

And 

4:00pm –6:00pm 

Oursecond-hand uniformshopislocated on 

thenorth side of the Gymcomplex on East Belt, 

Rangiora 

Aspire –Wawatahia Respect–Whakautea Contribute -Tohaina 

2634649 

WarMemorialHall 

1AlbertStreet, Rangiora 7400 

PO Box351, Rangiora 7440 

www.bsnc.org.nz 

We provide free confidentialbudgetingassistance to 

individuals, families and whānau of the Waimakariri 

and Hurunui communities 

December office closure 

We’re taking awell-earned break over this 

Christmas holiday season. 

The office will be closed from 

12.00pm Thursday 21 st December 2023 

andre-opening on Monday 22 nd January 2024. 

Our Board, Volunteers and Staff wish you 

astress free Christmas. 

Don’t spend more than you can afford. 

Stick to your shopping list. 

Spend time with family and friends. 

Covering the Waimakariri and Hurunui districts 

Phone 03 313 3505 anytime 

Email: servicemanager@bsnc.org.nz 

www.bsnc.org.nz 

Affiliated member of the National Building Financial Capability 

Charitable Trust. Registered CharityNumber: CC10710 

2628887 

PUBLIC NOTICE OF 

APPLICATION FOR 

ON-LICENCE 

SECTION 101, SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOLACT 2012 

JGV Cuisines Limited 

3A, 29 Huntingdon Drive, 

Rangiora has made 

application to the District 

LicensingCommittee(DLC) 

at Rangiora forthe issueofa 

On-Licence in respectofthe 

premises situated at 3A, 29 

Huntingdon Drive, Rangiora 

known as Himalayas 

Restaurant Rangiora. 

The general nature ofthe 

business conducted (or to 

be conducted) under the 

licence isRestaurant. The 

daysonwhich andthe hours 

duringwhich alcoholis(or is 

intended to be) sold under 

the licence are Sunday 

–Thursday 8am –11pm, 

Friday –Saturday 8am to 

midnight. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office 

of the Waimakariri District 

LicensingCommitteeat215 

High Street,Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of 

the licence may, not later 

than 25 working days after 

the date ofthe publication 

of this notice, file anotice 

in writing ofthe objection 

with the Secretary of 

the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 

PrivateBag 1005, Rangiora 

7440 or email torecords@ 

wmk.govt.nz. 

No objection tothe issue 

of alicence may be made 

in relation to amatter other 

than amatter specified in 

section 105 (1) ofthe Sale 

and Supply ofAlcohol Act 

2012. 

This is thefirstpublication of 

this notice. 

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Entertainment 

BalcairnHallwelcomes 

Matiu Te Huki –RainbowWarrior! 

Concertand Workshop 

Tuesday /Wednesday 23/24January2024 

Online ticketsonlyvia balcairnhall.com 

•Concert$25 (Tuesday) 

Workshop $40 (Wednesday) 

•Concertand workshop bundle$50 

•Student discountsavailable on request 

Firewood 

SPLIT Old Man Pine 3.7m 

@ $280, Split Hardwood 

Mix 3.7m @$400. Mobile 

021 993 497. 

Wanted To Buy 

CARAVAN wanted with 

shower and toilet, needing 

repairs ok or any condition. 

Ph 027 622 0011. 

Educational 

READING TUTOR 

Message or call Amber 

Cavanagh on 022 121 9029 

for more information. 

TUITION available. Primary 

and secondary (Math, 

English, Science) up to 

NCEA level 3. Each 

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2021 DYSART DIGGER 

complete with 3 buckets, 

wood grab, ripper, auger, 3 

drills & transport trailer. 

Digger has only 40-5 HRs 

on clock will swap for 3-5 

to 5-5 ton digger, older type 

fine. Ph 027 274 3406. 

SUMMER SALE! All 

women’s clothing $1, 

handbags, shoes, baby & 

children’s clothing, Saturday 

20th January, 9am to 

12noon, Rangiora Baptist 

Church, 111 East Belt, 

clothing from Recycled 

clothing shop on King 

Street, cash only. 

Kip McGrath Rangiora is seeking 

experienced, qualified and 

enthusiastic teachers able to 

teach math up to NCEA level 1. 

Teachers will work with no more 

than 4students on individual 

programmes after school and 

must be excited about making a 

difference. 

All qualified applicants welcome, 

including vibrant retired 

teachers. 

Further information from, 

and brief resumes to, 

rangiora@kipmcgrath.co.nz 

or by calling the centre Director, 

Dr. Grant Dykes (03) 313 3638 

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ABEL &Prestige Chimney 

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areas from Waimak to Hanmer. 

Professional, guaranteed, 

service. Firebox 

repairs, carry most parts. Ph 

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ARBORIST qualified. 

Copper Beech Tree 

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pruning, height reduction, 

hedge trimming, shaping, 

tree planting, firewood. 

Free quotes. Contact Angus 

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BRIAN’S Tree Services. 

Tree felling, topping, 

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removed, stump grinding, 

branch chipping. 

Affordable rates. Phone 03 

327 5505 or 021 124 4894. 

BRICK & Blocklayer, 

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walls & repairs. Phone 

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Hay and 

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making 

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2531832 

Cars Wanted 

Ph 0274 782 925 

or 313 7938 

WINDOW TINTING 

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advanced film solutions 

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fade protection 

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reduce glare 

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CARS, vans, 4WD’s 

wanted for dismantling or 

repair. Please phone 027 

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Garage Sales 

SATURDAY 13TH Jan, 

65 Buckleys Rd, Rangiora. 

Miscellaneous, moving 

house sale. 9am start. 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

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HAP’S FARM and 

gardening service, sheep 

shearing, crutching, 

drenching etc, fencing 

repairs, gardening, pruning, 

small tree trimming etc. 

Phone 021 267 4025. 

HIGH SPEC PAINTERS. 

Quality, local professionals. 

Email: 

corban@highspecpainters.co.nz 

Phone: 027 846 5035. 

PAINT & wallpaper 

services. Wayne Bryant, 

exterior, interior. Qualified 

tradesman. Free quotes. Ph 

313 5337 or 027 654 4568. 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 40 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph389 9230. 

ANTHONY SYMONDS 

Plastering &Painting 

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House &Garden 

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Tree &hedge trimming 

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ROOF PAINTING. All 

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Moss Treatments, Re 

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Repairs, Snow straps, 

Exterior painting &more. 

Free quotes, call Vinnie 

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SEPTIC TANK 

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Bill’sLiquid 

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Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

TILER All aspects of tiling 

undertaken, 23yrs experience. 

Phone 022 191 7678 

Paul. 

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(03) 327-4190 

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03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

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2273277 

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2136148 

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2022 Toyota Hilux 

SR5 4WD 

150kW2.8LTurbo 

Diesel Auto, 24,200km 

$ 

57,995 


Limited 

33,250km 

3.5L Petrol V6 

$ 

59,995 


Limited 

3.5L V6 Petrol Auto, 

27,550km 

$ 

60,995 

2018 Highlander 

GXL 

56,950km, 3.5L Petrol 

8-speed auto 

$ 

41,995 

Ex-Demo 2023 

HiluxSR5 4WD 

150kW2.8LTurbo 

Diesel Auto,3,550km 

$ 

62,995 

2021 HiluxSR5 

Cruiser 2WD 

150kW2.8LT/Diesel 

44,800km 

$ 

47,995 

2019 LandCruiserr 

Prado VX 

51,450km 

12.8L turbodiesel 

$ 

64,995 

2015LandCruiser 

Prado TX 

80,550km 

2.8Lturbo diesel 

$ 

47,995 

Ex-Demo 2023 

HiluxSR4WD 

150kW2.8L 

Turbo Diesel Auto, 

$ 

63,995 

2022 LandCruiser 

Prado VX 

150kW2.8L 

TurboDieselAuto, 

$ 

74,995 

2023 LandCruiser 

Prado VX 

150kW2.8L 

TurboDieselAuto, 

$ 

77,995 

2023LandCruiser 

Prado VX 

150kW2.8L 


$ 

78,995 

2019 Hiace ZR 

5-Door 

59,100km 

2.8LDieselAuto 

$ 

47,995 

Ex-Demo 2023 

HiluxGR-S4WD 

165kW2.8L 


$ 

82,995 

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North Canterbury News: January 11, 2024

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