North Canterbury News: January 18, 2024

Thursday,January 18,2024 | Issue1079 | www.starnews.co.nz 

Water conservation 

calls as Nth Canty 

starts to dry out 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Rapid response ... David Croft, who now has aRAPID number on the gate after amedical event had emergency 

services struggling to find his home, with Hurunui District Council’s Rural Address Property Identification (RAPID) 

officer Liz Atkins and Culverden Fire Chief Craig Ritchie. 

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Rapid response thwarted 

When Culverden farmer David 

Croft needed an ambulance, 

everysecond counted. 

However, with no Rural 

Address Property 

Identification (RAPID) number 

on the gate, and no directional 

signage on farm, ambulance 

staff had to have agoatlocating 

the correct dwelling, while 

precious minutes werelost. 

Today, David and wife Voray 

concentrate on the positive — 

David’s recoveryand the shiny 

white and blue RAPID number 

on the farmgate and the 

directional signs that point to 

each dwelling on the property. 

‘‘We had thought that because 

our emergency services were 

staffed by locals, they would 

know where we would be, but 

that is no longer the reality,’’ 

David says. 

Culverden Fire Chief Craig 

Ritchie says recent changes to 

emergency services structures 

meant local knowledge could 

no longer be assumed. 

Responders sometimes came 

from other parts of the district 

or sometimes even outside 

Hurunui. 

‘‘It’s one thing to find the 

main gate, and another to find 

the right dwelling on the 

property,’’ he says. 

‘‘It’s not until you’re in the 

position of needing emergency 

services that you realise how 

vulnerable you are.’’ 

Craig is adriving force in 

encouraging Hurunui’s 

farmer’s and lifestyle block 

ownerstomake sure emergency 

services can find them when 

time is crucial as part of a 

partnership between Fire and 

Emergency New Zealand 

(FENZ) and Hurunui District 

Council. 

Earlier this year, council 

passed aresolution that all new 

rural properties, principal 

buildings and new accessways 

be provided with the correct 

RAPID numbers at the owners 

cost and installed by council 

through fees and charges. 

Council's first dedicated 

RAPID officer Liz Atkins is 

working closely with Craig and 

the rural community to support 

rural property owners to 

correctly identify and display 

their RAPID numbers. 

Rural properties often have 

shared driveways with multiple 

dwellings. 

‘‘If we think how fast arural 

fire can spread, or how quickly 

amedical emergency can 

escalate, it’s vital that valuable 

time is not lost by emergency 

services trying to locate the 

correct dwelling,’’ Liz says. 

‘‘This is why directional, 

lettered signs identifying 

individual buildings off a 

shared drive are just as 

important as the RAPID 

number on the main gate.’’ 

Continued Page 2 

Dry conditions have prompted acall for consumers on the 

Ashley Rural Water Scheme to conserve water. 

Coupled with this there is acomplete ban on watering 

systems for all those on thescheme, with water use restricted 

to stock water, and domestic purposes such as drinking and 

washing. 

The flow in the Ashley River has been steadily decreasing, 

which has prompted the introduction of the Level 4 

restrictions. 

Alex Makogon, Field Operations Manager, Three Waters, 

says in an effort to safeguard the natural resources, 

particularly water coming from aquifers and rivers, water 

restrictions will be implemented when necessary. 

Water restrictions are based on the capacity to supply 

water from the aquifers and rivers. 

‘‘Imposing awater restriction, even at Level 4, is not abad 

or negative action. 

‘‘It is done to ensure our precious water resources are not 

overused. Consumers receive the same amount of water 365 

days ayear, regardless of whether awater restriction has 

been imposed. 

‘‘The aim of water restrictions is to encourage responsible 

water usage. Remember, small changes to our daily wateruse 

routines will make asignificant impact on water 

conservation.’’ 

Meanwhile the fire risk has also risen, with the whole of 

Canterbury now in arestricted fire season. 

The dry conditions have been made worse by two years of 

increased rainfall, and increased grass and vegetation growth 

across the district. 

Anyone wanting to light an openair fire will now need a 

permit. 

Permits can be applied for at checkitsalright.nz. 

The hot, dry conditions over the weekend kept the fire 

service on tenter hooks. 

The Rangiora Volunteer Fire Brigade was called to a 

vegetation fire in Barkers Road, Loburn, on Saturday, which 

flared up again on Sunday. 

Welcome drizzle overnight on Monday, and cooler weather 

have helped dampen the fire risk slightly. 

In the Waimakariri District no restrictions are being 

considered at this stage, but water supply levels are being 

closely monitored. 

‘‘We are encouraging residents to employ what we call 

“summer water use”, aspokesperson says. 

This means thinking and acting as though there were very 

low Level 1water restrictions, but it is voluntary. 

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Service to others recognised 

ByJOHN COSGROVE 

Kaiapoi resident Phil 

Humphreys believes every 

person recognised in the 

New Year'sHonours list 

had avery supportive 

partner to help them 

achieve their awards. 

‘‘I couldn’t have done it at 

all without the help and 

support of my wife, Karen. 

‘‘She was my rock, my 

driver, my manager and my 

biggest supporter,’’ he says. 

Mr Humphreys was 

recognised with aMember 

of the New Zealand Order of 

Merit (MNZM), in the 2024 

New Year'sHonours for 

services to people with 

disabilities and sport. 

Since becominga 

quadriplegic in 1982 the 

former Royal New Zealand 

Navy physical training 

instructor (PTI) has 

supported people with 

physical disabilities 

voluntarily for 40 years. 

He says initially he was a 

bit overwhelmed and 

pleasantly surprised when 

he received notification 

late in September 2023, 

from the Governor General's 

office. 

‘‘I had to ask Karen to 

read the letter out as Iwas 

confused as to what it was 

all about.’’ 

Karen, aformer special 

needs teacher aide and 

volunteer ambulance 

member, says Phil was in 

disbelief about it all until it 

sunk in later that day. 

‘‘When the list was 

eventually published, our 

children called and told him 

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him.’’ 

Mr Humphreys joined 

ParaFed Canterbury in 1983 

and has been atrustee and 

chairperson of Paraloan 

between 2006 and 2018. 

Paraloan helps people 

with disabilities get lowinterest 

loans to help them 

build suitably equipped 

houses. 

He was aboard member 

and chairperson of ParaFed 

Canterbury from 1985 to 

2012. 

He used his background 

as aNavy PTI to assist 

people with disabilities 

wanting to take up sports 

and recreationalactivities, 

and training disabled 

athletes nationwide, 

including Paralympians. 

In the early 1990s he saw 

wheelchairrugby played in 

Perth, and thought it would 

be awonderful sport for 

disabled (tetra and 

quadriplegic) athletes to 

play in NewZealand. 

‘‘Little did Iknow how 

popular or physical it would 

become.’’ 

He broke his neck while 

serving with the New 

Zealand Forces in 

Singapore, and was 

repatriated to Burwood 

Spinal unit. 

He continues to visit the 

facility weekly to give talks 

and demonstrations on 

sports for those with 

physical disabilities and to 

support new patients there. 

But Parafed hasn’t been 

his only passion. 

Mr Humphreys has been a 

community board member 

‘‘It’snot just emergency 

services that are reaping 

the benefits. 

‘‘We’re getting alot of 

feedback from businesses 

and services, power and 

telecommunications 

companies, even couriers, 

that it’s savingtime,’’ Craig 

says. 

For more information, 

contact Liz Atkins at Liz. 

Atkins@hurunui.govt.nz or 

visit the council website at 

hurunui.govt.nz/propertyrates/rapidnumbers. 

Honoured ... Mr Phillip Terence (Phil) Humphreys, of Kaiapoi, a 

Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, in recognition for 

services to people with disabilities and sport. 

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in Shirley, and an active 

Kaiapoi RSA member, 

working for atime as its 

welfareofficer. 

From 2011 to 2018, he 

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Conserving water 

From Page 1 

The council urges residents 

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‘‘As aCouncil we are 

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to plan mowing operations on 

cooler, damper days, and to 

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monitor as they go. 

If the conditions escalate 

then we will consider 

whether some activities like 

mowing are undertaken at 

all.’’ 

Steps to take to conserve 

water: 

Waimakariri Access 

Committee, offering 

accessibility advice for 

parking and buildings and 

training for Waimakariri 

District Council staff. 

Fix water leaks promptly. 

Adjust your mower height 

to leave grass taller to provide 

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Maintenance costs crippling bowling club 

By DAVID HILL, 

Local Democracy Reporter 

Anhistoric pavilion may be abandoned 

as the Rangiora Bowling Club struggles 

with the increasing maintenance costs. 

Club president Norman Hewett said 

the 112yearold building was unsafe 

and the insurance costs alone were 

getting beyond the club’s means. 

‘‘The short answer is, we don’t want 

the building. We want someone to take 

it away.’’ 

The club is based at Good Street, just 

north of the town centre. 

The pavilion is registered with 

Heritage New Zealand and listed in the 

Waimakariri District Plan, leaving the 

club with few options. 

The stairwell was noncompliant and 

there was no wheelchair access, 

meaning the club was unable to use the 

upstairs facilities. 

Mr Hewett estimated it could cost up 

to $1.5 million to bring it up to code. 

‘‘It looks nice from the street, but the 

problem is the financial upkeep is way 

beyond abowling club,’’ he said. 

‘‘And we don’t need it. Even if we 

could raise the money to bring it up to 

code, we wouldn’t be able to use it and 

the insurance costs would escalate. 

‘‘We are too old for that sort of thing. 

Most of us are well over 70.’’ 

Mr Hewett said an attached building 

behind the pavilion was sufficient for 

the club’s needs. 

The club, which has amembership of 

140, does have reserves, but the club’s 

synthetic bowling green needed to be 

replaced every 15 years. 

The surface was last relaid in 2013, 

following awind storm. 

Built in 1911, the pavilion served the 

Rangiora Bowling, Tennis and Croquet 

Club, which originally shared the site. 

It cost 945 pounds and was opened on 

October 28, 1911. 

The three clubs purchased 1.25 acres 

on the corner of Blackett and Good 

Streets in April 1905, but later parted 

company, with tennis and croquet 

moving to new sites. 

Mr Hewett said the club was working 

with the council to source funding for a 

feasibility study to consider what 

options were available. 

He suggested the council could move 

the building to another site. 

Alternatively, the club could sell the 

site and start again. 

Waimakariri Mayor Don Gordon said 

he had met with the club and wanted to 

explore options to support the 

members. 

But the feasibility study needed to be 

completed first, he said. 

AHeritage New Zealand Pouhere 

Taonga spokesperson said 

representatives had visited the 

pavilion. 

‘‘We expressed our support for the 

adaptive reuse of the pavilion building 

and supported the club’s intention to 

investigate options for the pavilion and 

the associated land parcel.’’ 

Free conservation advice was 

available for owners of listed historic 

places. 

The club may be eligible for funding 

Landmark ... The 112yearold Rangiora Bowling Club pavilion. 

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Wait continues for Oxford landfill decision 



The consenting process for aproposed 

Oxford landfill has been delayed 

further, with adecision now not 

expected before May. 

The application from Woodstock 

Quarries Ltd to develop alandfill at 513 

Trigg Road, View Hill, near Oxford, 

which was first submitted in 2021, has 

caused widespread community concern. 

Independent commissioners 

instructed the applicant on December 

22 to provide an updated consent 

application to ‘‘identify all changes 

made’’ since the previous version dated 

August 29. 

The applicant then has until March 15 

to provide further information to 

questions from the commissioners, 

including providing ‘‘the outcomes of 

expert caucusing on engineering 

drawings’’. 

Woodstock Quarries Ltd submitted 

five resource consent applications to 

Environment Canterbury, and aland 

use consent with the Waimakariri 

District Council, to expand an existing 

hard rock quarry, and to develop a 

landfill for disposal of construction and 

demolition waste, contaminated soils 

and special wastes. 

OxfordOhoka Community Board 

chairperson Thomas Robson said the 

delays have been ‘‘incredibly 

frustrating’’, but he accepted the 

process. 

‘‘As acommunity board we were very 

disappointed by the most recent delay.’’ 

Woodstock Quarries Ltd director 

Darryn Shepherd said his company 

began the process five years ago, 

conducting investigations and 

preparing the application. 

‘‘May is only another four months, so it 

will fly by and hopefully we will get a 

result. 

‘‘If we are fortunate and we are 

granted aconsent it will do alot of good 

for the community.’’ 

Mr Shepherd said there had been a 

range of views expressed by the 

community. 

‘‘Right at the start we had some nasty, 

personal stuff sent through to us, but 

everyone has the right to have an 

opinion.’’ 

Around 400 submissions were 

received, with opponents questioning 

the need for another landfill when the 

Kate Valley Landfill had plenty of 

capacity and the Burwood Resource 

Recovery Park landfill in Christchurch 

was closed in 2019 due to alack of use. 

Formal hearings, which ended in 

September, left residents frustrated as 

they felt the process was weighted 

heavily in favour of the applicant, which 

kept adapting the application. 

‘‘Throughout this consenting process 

the community has been bombarded by 

new information, which has made it 

hard for the community to counter,’’ Mr 

Robson said at the time. 

The community board submitted 

against the landfill, raising five main 

concerns traffic effects, fire safety, 

dust, operational logistics and amenity 

effects. 

Mr Robson said the use of narrow, 

rural roads by 55 tonne trucks would 

create dust, congestion and damage to 

roads. 

Trigg Road was also abusy school bus 

route. 

It would create access issues for 

emergency services, including fire 

engines, while Oxford was ahigh wind 

zone and vulnerable to dust 

contamination. 

Mr Shepherd said he understood the 

concerns, but he was confident the 

landfill would be safe. 

‘‘We have always said at the start, we 

are not going to do anything that’s 

unsafe or will prevent our children 

taking over the operation one day.’’ 

Once the applicant has responded to 

the commissioners’ questions, 

submitters will have until April 5 to 

make comment. 

The applicant will have aright of 

reply by April 19, before the 

commissioners close the hearing, with a 

decision expected 15 working days later. 



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Camping in North Canterbury has again 

proved popular for locals and visitors 

over the holiday season. 

Holiday campgrounds and reserves in 

North Canterbury reported higher 

numbers, mostly coming from local 

towns and the city. 

The Ashley GorgeHoliday Park 61kms 

from Christchurch, had afull house over 

both Christmas and New Years. 

Manager Leila Derveaux,says everyone 

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She says the new barbecue facilities 

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Leithfield Beach Holiday Park owner 

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‘‘Overall our numberswere well up from 

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‘‘It was mostly locals camping out this 

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Gailsays groups of families or friends 

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children could play together. 

Now the camping grounds are in the 

shoulder season, Gail says they will soon 

see more international tourists arriving. 

At the Greta Valley Camping Ground, 

owner Kim Chernishoff says their 

numbers were steady but down slightly 

from last year. 

‘‘The weather was good and we were 

busy despite the numbers being down 

slightly.’’ 

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Woodend bypass still apriority 

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By SHELLEY TOPP 

Transport Minister Simeon Brown has 

confirmed the Nationalled Coalition 

Government is committed to 

constructing the Woodend bypass. 

Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey made 

apreelection promise to the ‘‘patient 

community of Woodend, as well as the 

large commuting contingent who drive 

in and out of Christchurch daily from 

around North Canterbury”, that a 

National Government would ‘‘build 

the Belfast to Pegasus Motorway 

including the Woodend bypass, with 

construction starting in the first term 

of Government’’. 

However,there were fearsinthe 

community that the bypass project 

might be scrapped under the new 

Government’s 100day action plan and 

the search to find funds for National's 

promised tax cuts. 

WoodendSefton Community Board 

chairperson Shona Powell, alongtime 

campaigner for the bypass, is 

relieved to learnofthe new 

Government's commitment to the 

project. 

There is an urgent need for abypass, 

Shona says. 

‘‘The ChristmasNewYear traffic 

has been diabolical. 

‘‘People can’t get out of side roads, 

they can’t get across the street and if 

there is afirealarm, firefighters 

struggle to get to the station, the traffic 

volumes are so high, and much of it is 

heavy traffic vehicles.’’ 

Mr Brown said he was ‘‘ writing the 

Government Policy Statement on land 

transport, which will focus on 

delivering new Roads of National 

Significance across the country, 

including the Woodend bypass’’. 

However,hewas unable to say when 

workonthe much awaited Woodend 

Roading solutions ... National transport spokesperson Simeon Brown (left) and 

Waimakariri candidate Matt Doocey (right) discuss transport solutions with AA Canterbury 

/West Coast district councillor Alan Turner in October last year. 

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bypass project might begin, or when 

the likely completion date might be. 

With uncertainty surrounding those 

timeframes, and the likelihood they 

will be lengthy, Shona is hoping in the 

interim the installation of additional 

safety measures, already under 

consideration by the NZ Transport 

Agency/Waka Kotahi such as installing 

anorighthand turn at the end of the 

RangioraWoodend Road, installing a 

roundabout at the State Highway One 

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Scientistentersdebate on global warming 

DudleyFranklin, aretired Forestry scientist from Rangiora, saysitwould be areal shame if mankind concentrated on reducing carbon in the 

atmosphere and neglected to reduce the real culprit —water vapour. 

There has been much mention recently 

in the various media about the need to 

decarbonise the atmospheretohalt 

global warming. 

This will not achieve much on its own 

if huge amountsofwater vapour are 

continuallybeing added. 

Water Forbore is the major 

greenhouse gas in the atmosphere, 

both because of its concentration — it 

normally forms between 0.5 percent, 

and 2% of the lower atmosphere—and 

becauseofits ability to absorbmost of 

the heat content of infrared radiation. 

Some 30% of the sun’s heat reaching 

the Earth is reflectedbackinto Space 

by clouds, snow, ice and other shiny 

surfaces. 

The remaining 70% is absorbed and 

heats the Earth’s surface. 

Some of this heat is radiated backout 

towards Space as infrared radiation. 

Greenhouse gases are capable of 

absorbing some of this heat and reradiating 

about half of it back to Earth. 

Columbia University has calculated 

if there were no greenhouse gases 

present in the atmosphere, theaverage 

temperature of the Earth would be 

about minus 15°C, instead of the 

present average of plus 15°C. 

The concentration of water vapour in 

the atmosphere can vary considerably 

in both time and space, but except in 

the driest and coldest locations, its size 

is normally at least an order of 

magnitude greater than that of carbon 

dioxide. 

Although it has arelatively short life, 

vapour is continuously maintained at a 

high level by evaporation from water 

surfaces, by transpiration of vegetation 

and by burning of organic matter. 

The lower atmosphere, where most 

warming occurs, is seldomclose to 

saturation with vapour. 

But as air rises to the upper 

atmosphere, it cools untileventually 

the vapour reaches its dewpoint, and 

condenses as cloud droplets. 

Clouds reflect the sun’s heat from the 

upper surfaces, but they also trap some 

of the infrared heat arising from the 

ground beneath them. 

The net effect of clouds on global 

warming is uncertain, andthe subject 

of much scientific debate. 

Carbon dioxide is the next most 

importantgreenhouse gas,but because 

of its low concentration in the 

atmosphere (less than 0.05 %), and the 

fact that it can absorb less than 10% of 

the heat of infrared radiation, it is of 

relatively minor importance. 

Other greenhouse gases such as 

methane and nitrous oxide, are at such 

alow concentration in the atmosphere 

(a few parts per million), that their 

input to global warming is negligible. 

About 200 years ago, mankind started 

mining coal in abig way andburning it 

to produce energy andwarmth. 

Burningthe coal converted it to 

carbon dioxide, and although Earth 

has various ways of recycling carbon 

dioxide, this influx was just too much 

for these outlets to handle. 

As aresult the atmospheric 

concentration gradually increased to 

the present day. 

Thisincrease resultedinminimal 

warming at first, but in the mid 20th 

century, mankindstarted extracting oil 

and gas in large and increasing 

amounts. 

Burning these fossil hydrocarbons 

converted them into roughly equal 

amounts of both water vapour and 

carbon dioxide. 

At the same time, thousands of cubic 

metres of freshwater was diverted for 

irrigation of crops, which transpired it 

as billions of tonnes of water vapour 

annually, as they grew. 

The influx of extra water vapour into 

the atmosphere from both sources has 

greatly increased its warming ability, 

and today we find that nine of the last 

10 years, have been the warmest on 

record. 

As it condensed, this extra water 

vapour has probably increased the 

incidence of cloudbursts around the 

globe, resulting in local floods and 

land erosion. 

It would be agreat pity if mankind 

concentrated on reducing carbon in 

the atmosphere and neglected to 

reduce the real culprit, water vapour 

This can only be done on an effective 

scale by greatly reducing the burning 

of fossil hydrocarbons. 

The worst option is to promote 

hydrogen as an alternative fuel, as this 

will only add to the problem by adding 

more water vapour when it is burnt. 

Whiterock landfill proposal 

By DAVID HILL 


Aproposal to establish alandfill 

near Rangiora has met with 

mixed reaction from residents. 

Protranz Earthmoving Ltd has 

completed aleaflet drop to 

neighbours of the Whiterock 

lime quarry at 150 and 174 

Quarry Road, Loburn, outlining 

its proposal to restore the 

quarry to near its previous 

landform by filling it with 

managed fill. 

The company said it was 

seeking feedback from residents 

before lodging resource consent 

applications with Environment 

Canterbury and the 

Waimakariri District Council. 

Residents have taken to social 

media to express their 

concerns. 

Some have already compared 

it to aproposed landfill at View 

Hill, near Oxford, which has 

generated widespread 

community opposition. 

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help clean up old dump sites on 

river banks and gullies in the 

area. 

In its leaflet, Protranz said the 

quarry dated back to the 1950s. 

The company said it was 

proposed aclass 3landfill with 

managed fill and would only 

accept‘‘inert and sorted 

construction and demolition 

waste’’ and contaminated soil 

material’’. 

It wouldnot accept 

uncontrolled construction and 

demolition waste, or municipal 

solid or green waste. 

The landfill would be 

availabletoProtranz operators 

and approved external users. 

The capacity of the proposed 

landfill was estimated at 520,000 

cubic metres and would be 

filled at an average of 30,000 

cubic metres ayear. 

‘‘The filling of the site will 

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continue over a 15 to 20 year 

duration, subject to demand,’’ 

the company said. 

Environment Canterbury 

consents delivery regional 

leader Henry Winchester said 

there have been initial 

conversations with Protranz, but 

no formal consent application 

has been lodged. 

‘‘Weare aware of this and 

have had some initial 

conversations about it as part of 

our preapplication service.’’ 

Consents staff will follow the 

standard Resource 

Management Act processing. 

Mr Winchester said Protranz 

had referred queries to 

consultants WSPat(03) 5464301 

or 

CommunityEngagement@wsp. 

com. 

Protranz has been contacted 

for comment. 

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Air. 

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Fishers lured to Amberley 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Reciprocity 1... Astandout equine painting in Amberley artist 

Karin Werner’s solo exhibition Pikshers which opened at the Art on 

the Quay Gallery in Kaiapoi lastThursday evening. PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

Pikshersopens 

By SHELLEYTOPP 

An awardwinning Amberley artist, known primarily for her 

popular paintings of horses, is alsoatalented landscape 

painter. 

KarinWerner who has drawn andpainted since 

childhood and is ‘‘largely self taught, learning from my 

mistakes and seeing how other artists solved theirs’’, says 

her two passions in life are horses and art. 

‘‘Horses have always been afavourite subject, but I am 

interested in many other subjects andalsoenjoy painting 

en plein air (French for in the open air),’’ she says. 

That wideranging interestinother subjects is evident in 

her latest exhibition, Pikshers, which opened at the Art on 

the Quay Gallery in Kaiapoi lastThursday evening. 

But once again it is her equine paintings which really 

stand out, especiallythe magnificentReciprocity 1, alarge 

oil on canvas painting of two horses grooming each other. 

Karin is in demand for commission work, painting horses 

but also other animals and pets,plus portraits and 

landscapes. 

Her exhibition closes on February 14. 

Keen fishers can head to 

AmberleyBeach on Sunday, 

January 21, in aquesttolure a 

lengthy catch, and snare aprize 

at the 30th annual Surfcasting 

competition at AmberleyBeach. 

Hosted by the Amberley 

District Lions Club for three 

decades,itisone of the largest 

fishingcontestsofits type in the 

South Island, with many repeat 

entrants turningout each year to 

line the beach. 

It is ahand casting event, with 

arange of prizes awarded based 

on the length of the fish caught in 

the junior and senior categories. 

First prize in the senior 

category is $1000 cash. 

Prizes are also awarded for the 

longest Mullet, largest crab and 

all Junior entrants over five 

years and under 13 receive a 

prize for entering. 

Tickets can be purchasedfrom 

Arthur Burke, Amberley; 

Fishermans'Loft, Christchurch 

and Hunting &FishingNorth 

Canterbury, Rangiora,orregister 

on the day from 7am at the 

AmberleyBeach Domain 

Entry cost is $25 per rod in the 

senior category, and $5 for junior 

entrants (one rod only). 

Fishingstarts from 8am and 

ends at 3pm, followed by the 

prizegiving. 

For more information go to 

AmberleyBeach Surfcasting 

competition page on Facebook. 

Organised chaos ... Rods, lines 

and fishers line up during last year’s 

surfcasting competition. 

Casting ... Neil Martin casts out at at Amberley Beach duringthe Amberley 

Lions annual surf casting competition last year. 

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Schoolcell use 

By DAVIDHILL, 


Schools already have the 

ability to ban cellphones, a 

North Canterbury principal 

says. 

Rangiora High School 

principal Bruce Kearney 

says existing legislation 

gives schools the ability to 

develop policies 

appropriate to the school 

environment. 

The National Party 

campaignedonbanning 

cellphones in schools 

during last year’s general 

election, but Mr Bruce 

Kearney said prohibition 

rarely works. 

‘‘We all agree cellphones 

can have anegative impact 

on learning, but they can 

also be used positively in 

the classroom.’’ 

Rangiora High School 

allowed students to use 

their phones during break 

times, but phones were 

normally put away in school 

bags during class time. 

But teachers sometimes 

allowed students to use 

their phones for classroom 

activities, such as Kahoot! 

quizzes. 

Mr Kearney said the focus 

was on educating young 

people around good 

cellphone etiquette and 

developingsocial skills. 

He said cellphones were 

common place in the world 

and young people would 

likely be using them every 

day when they entered the 

workforce. 

While cellphones could be 

used for harm including 

online bullying, some 

students also used phones 

as ‘‘a safety blanket’’. 

‘‘If we have to ban 

cellphones, we will ban 

them, but is that the right 

response?,’’ he said. 

‘‘We will have year 9s 

coming to school next year 

who have never lived in an 

environment where they 

have never had a 

cellphone.’’ 

While there were 

concerns about the amount 

of screen time, Kaikōura 

High School board of 

trustees presiding member 

John Wyatt said technology 

‘‘opened up the world’’ for 

students, particularly those 

who lived in rural areas. 

‘‘If these young people can 

read, then there is no end to 

the amount of research they 

can do online andsubjects 

they can open up on an iPad 

or cellphone.’’ 

He said it was better to 

allow schools to develop 

their own policies around 

cellphone usage, rather 

than an outright ban. 

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looks to keep the rates rise below 10 

percent. 

‘‘In the last three years we’ve 

managed to keep our rates rises less 

than the Consumer Price Index 

(inflation), so we’retrying to do our 

best to find savings to make it 

affordable for ratepayers. 

‘‘We don’t want to call it affordable, 

because any increase for some people 

is pretty difficult, but it will be a 

responsible budget. 

‘‘The councillorshave told me what 

they want, so we’ve been looking at 

what levers we can use to keep the 

rates down.’’ 

The council’s operating expenditure 

has increased by 25% to 30% over the 

last 12 months, while the bill from 

Audit New Zealand was set to rise by 

78%. 

But it was not all doom and gloom, 

with economists predicting inflation 

to drop from 5.6% to 3.4% later this 

year, before dropping further in 2026, 

‘‘and the interest rates should follow’’, 

Mr Millward said. 

Inflation has dropped from apeak of 

7.3% in the June quarter 2022, 

according to Stats NZ. 

Lower interest rates would ease the 

burden on ratepayers, as the council 

continues to pay off its earthquake and 

Mainpower Stadium loans. 

While there were not expected to be 

any new projects introduced this year, 

the council was set to continue 

working on its big drainage projects in 

Rangiora. 

Anew Pegasus community centre 

was signalled in the 2021/31 Long Term 

Plan with a$4.7 million price tag. 

The council announced in December 

it had reached an agreement with the 

developer, Templeton Group, to buy a 

site on Main Street, Pegasus, to build a 

400 square metre facility. 

The Pegasus Residents’ Association 

has been managing atemporary 

community centre in aleased building 

in Tahuna Street since 2017. 

The lease is due to expire in June 

next year. 

The council was lobbying Waka 

Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency 

to help fund the replacement of Skew 

Bridge, west Kaiapoi, and to construct 

an eastern Rangiora link road, as it 

looked to manage population growth. 

The Waimakariri district was 

continuing to grow at 1.2% to 2% ayear, 

with the population having passed 

70,000. 

Mr Millward said staff predictions 

indicated 750 consents would be 

issued for new houses this year and 

4950 over the next 10 years, based on 

Stats NZ’s high growth scenario. 

Deliberations on the 2024/34 Long 

Term Plan are set to begin on Tuesday, 

January 30. 



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11 

Kaikōura is aiming for a 

single digit rate increase 

By DAVID HILL 


Kaikōura Mayor Craig Mackle is 

hoping to deliver a‘‘single digit’’ rates 

rise this year. 

Councils around the country have 

been warning of rates rises of more 

than 10 percent and some like 

Hamilton are looking at 25% asthey 

face rising costs. 

Mr Mackle said he was optimistic his 

council could produce another ‘‘no 

thrills’’ budget which will not burden 

ratepayers too much. 

The Kaikōura District Council 

boasted one of the lowest rates rises in 

the country last year of 4.99%, but it is 

not expected to be as low this year. 

‘‘I think everybody likes to look for a 

single digit, as long as you’re not 

sacrificing anything,’’ Mr Mackle said. 

‘‘We’re not looking at any big 

projects which weren’t in the last Long 

Term Plan, but inflation, labour costs 

and construction costs are the big 

factors.’’ 

Councillors held workshops with 

council staff late last year, with the 

2024/34 Long Term Plan set to begin to 

take shape over the coming months. 

Roads and footpath maintenance 

will again feature highly, while the 

council is hoping to begin its 

redevelopment of the Wakatu Quay 

site. 

The council received a$9.8 million 

grant from the Provincial Growth Fund 

in 2019 to revitalise the Wakatu Quay 

site as acommercial centre. 

After extensive consultation and 

efforts to find alead developer to 

partner the project, the council 

decided in September to lead the 

project. 

Amixed use development is planned 

and is likely to have aseafood theme, 

with amix of hospitality, local artists, 

fishing and tourism businesses. 

Mr Mackle said the Link Pathway 

project, awaterfront pathway from the 

town centre to the Point Kean seal 

colony, has made slower progress than 

expected. 

However, the council hoped to 

complete the project this year. 

The pathway was made possible due 

to a$1.9 million grant from the 

Tourism Infrastructure Fund. 

The council is close to completing 

the infrastructure for the western 

development project, building acycle 

way, drainage works and road 

upgrades to support the proposed 

Vicarage Views subdivision. 

‘‘I went up there with the bike the 

other day to test it out. It is nice to ride 

on,’’ Mr Mackle said. 

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funded from a$7.8 million grant from 

Kainga Ora’s Infrastructure 

Acceleration Fund, announced in July 

2022. 

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subdivision is on the former North 

Canterbury Transport Infrastructure 

Recovery Alliance (NCTIR) village 

site, off Ludstone Road. 

It will provide much needed elderly 

housing units and homes to meet the 

growing demand in the town. 

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Excitement is building as the South 

Island's largest automotive frenzy is 

about to happen. 

Spokesman Craig Stare says the 

Trillo Metals 34th Muscle Car Madness 

event is ahuge family event just days 

before school resumes. 

‘‘So, if you are apetrolhead of any 

age, this is the place to go, smack in the 

middle of the South Island at the A&P 

showgrounds in the beautiful country 

town of Rangiora, just 27 kilometres 

from Christchurch,’’ Craig says. 

The show will take place on the 

weekend of January 27, and 28 from 

9am to 4pm, while in the leadup week 

will see the town buzzing with the 

sound of welltuned V8 engines and 

the sight of glistening paint and 

chrome from 6pm on Wednesday night. 

Among the entries are 11 cars from 

Kaitaia, 26 cars from the Toy Shed in 

Rotorua, acontingent from Rocket 

Speed Equipment in Hamilton, and 

even acouple of cars from Bluff. 

The Saturday is always the bigger 

day, weather dependent of course, 

Craig says, and regularly has 1500 carsplus 

on display,with Sunday having 

800 to 900 cars. 

‘‘Don't come late on Sunday as some 

outoftowners get away early.’’ 

This year's drawcards are Trevor 

Halstead's bullet nose radical custom 

Studebaker, which Craig says has every 

panel changed from the original and is 

acontender to take out some of the 

awards. 

‘‘It is currently the top custom in New 

Zealand. Trevor does all the work 

himself in amodest shed in the 

Waikato and has afleet of ownerbuilt 

Studebakers.’’ 

The other drawcard is the top hot rod 

in the country belonging to Greg 

Haliday. 

‘‘His 1941 Willys coupe is world class. 

North Island visitor ... Trevor Halstead is driving his multi award winning radical custom 

Studebaker from the Waikato. 


‘‘It took eight years to build by 

Rocket Speed Equipment. It was 

shipped to California to be upholstered 

by the famous Gabe, and went on to 

enter the very exclusive Detroit 

Autorama where it won its class.’’ 

This is the first public showing of the 

car and its only South Island 

appearance. 

The 800plus horsepower coupe is 

fully certified and street legal. 

Craig says manyclubs use the event 

to promote their business, and display 

cars they have built, and to show 

potential customers what can be done. 

Other group displays are from car 

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show. 

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‘‘Also on site to give your car that 

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not bigger than past years. 

Event organiser Dave McPherson, 

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say he estimated they had over 1500 

spectatorsand car enthusiasts come 

along last year. 

‘‘We think therewere over 450 

vintage, veteran, classic and modern 

cars, trucks, tractors and motorcycles 

who attended plus 14 recreational 

aircraft from the Canterbury 

Recreational Aircraft Club.’’ 

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on Browns Road —sign posted from 

Oxford—the show will run from 10am 

to 4pm,onSunday, January 21, and is 

open to classic and vintage cars, 

motorcycles and recreational aircraft. 

It will also be the finish of the Oxford 

scooter tour, amini version of the 

famous Christchurch to Hokitika 

scooter fundraiser which will start at 

the Rangiora Racecourse and go 

through Loburn and Ashley Gorge 

beforefinishing on site. 

Mr McPherson says improvements 

this year include, asmoother runway 

and an extra field on the terrace for 

parking, allowing for better traffic 

management. 

‘‘We have had wonderful community 

support over the years and it has 

helped us make the Oxford Wheels 

with Wings afun filled, relaxing family 

day out. 

‘‘There will be lots of attractions, 

classic and custom cars, and planes to 

look at along with plenty of shade, as 

we expect the weather to again be 

bright and sunny as it was last year.’’ 

He says that although events like 

this are very weather dependent, the 

long range forecast is good for the day 

so organisers are hoping for agood 

turn out of both cars, planes and 

people. 

The scooter run participants will 

arrive on site around midday and and 

park in the car park, to allow people to 

look them over as they raise money for 

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Marlborough man was charged with 

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Primarysport coachesback in term one 

NCSports (North CanterburySport & 

Recreation Trust) is expecting 2024 to be 

another busy year for its community 

programmes. 

While many of these programmes are 

based around Primary Schools sports 

activities, in the last year NC Sports has 

introduced some new initiatives to 

further extend its wide support for sport 

and recreational activities, along with 

general health and wellbeing, across the 

community. 

The MainPower Primary School 

Sports Coaching teams will be back in 

schools early in term one, continuing to 

provide fundamental sports skills for 

children from year 0 to 8. 

Three teams of two coaches visit 

schools on afortnightly basis, and by 

working in pairs the coaches are better 

able to ensure every child is engaged 

and involved regardless of their 

abilities. 

The MainPower Waiswim Primary 

School Swimming programme is fully 

booked again for 2024, helping to teach 

basic water safety, swimming and 

survival skills to over 5000 children from 

across Waimakariri, Hurunui and 

Kaikoura districts. 

Children from Years 06years get 10, 

heavily subsidised lessons, covering all 

aspects of swimmingskills and safety 

while Year 78students get two 

swimming lessons focused on water 

safety and survival skills. 

NC Sports also administersthe Cycle 

Sense Bike Safety Programme on behalf 

of the Waimakariri District Council. 

This programme is alsofully booked 

for 2024, with Year 6students from 22 

schools across the districtinvolved. 

Cycle Sense instructors conductbike 

handling skills sessions in school 

grounds before taking groups of 

childrenout on to the streets to teach 

them road safety skills. 

A new successful initiative for NC 

Sports in 2023 was the introduction of a 

Community Coach Developer. 

In this role Fraser Gauld worked with 

coaches of all levels of experience, 

across avariety of sporting codes, to 

help them develop planning and 

management skills to ensure they 

provide apositive and rewarding 

experience for everyplayer in their 

team. 

Clubs involved have now seen the 

benefits of this programme,soFraser is 

expecting afull roster of coaches for the 

2024 season. 

ReActivateNorth Canterbury is 

another new NC Sports initiative from 

2023 that is expected to grow further this 

year. 

Thisfree sixweekprogramme is 

designed to help people struggling with 

basic health, wellbeing and mobility 

issues to take positive steps to improve 

through gentle exercise,advice and 

motivation. 

Led by experiencedlifestyle advisor 

Mischa Skelley, this programme started 

out with oneonone consultation, and 

exercise sessions but has since grown in 

popularity so they now get together for 

weekly group sessions incorporating 

both education and exercise. 

People are able to accessthe Re 

Activate North Canterbury programme 

though their health provider. 

NC Sports also hosts the local chapter 

of the Blue Brothers programme to 

support the health and wellbeing of 

men living with cancer. 

Based at MainPowerStadium and 

Stadium Fitness Centre this group has 

grown in membership as word has 

gotten out, to the point where as many as 

20 men are gathering weekly for an 

exercise session followed by asocial 

coffee and scone in the café. 

The Mike Greer Homes Rakahuri 

Showing students the ropes ... Ricki Jacobs, who helped initiate the North Canterbury 

Sport and Recreation Trust Primary School sports programme. 

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Rage Mountain Bike race returns in 

2024 after atwo year absence due to 

Covid lockdowns and weather. 

This sixhour teams relay race takes 

part on the Rakahuri Trail near 

Rangiora and is afundraiser forthe 

MainPower Waiswim Swimming 

programme. 

It is afun, social event for cyclist of all 

abilities and is agreat introduction to 

MTB racing and one of the best and most 

accessible cycling tracks in the area. 

Find out more at www.rakahurirage. 

nz 

Back to School Dates 2024 

Wednesday 31 January 

Year 9Powhiri &Orientation 

8.45am-3.00pm 

Thursday 1February 

Full school day 11.00am start time 

Friday 2February 

House Challenge Day 

Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 375 5004 

Email: learn@kaiapoi.school.nz 

2626046 

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School transition tips 

Heading off to high school for the first 

time is an exciting and challenging 

time for children. 

It means leaving the familiarity of 

primary school and adjusting to an 

entirely new environment, location, 

peers, routine and transport systems. 

One parent spoken to described her 

sons first month at high school as abig 

adjustment. 

‘‘Some adjust easier than others and 

this all comes down to how their 

primary school teachers have prepared 

them for high school.’’ 

She says there is abigger emphasis 

on what the school expects from its 

students during their time there, and 

this includes moving towards ahigher 

workload and personal development. 

This can be achallenging transition 

for any student, and being prepared 

can help reduce worries arising and 

smooth the path for this and future new 

experiences. 

The team at the Community 

Wellbeing North Canterbury Trust 

have offered some tips for students 

(and parents) to help prepare them for 

the start of school term. 

Students should be encouraged to: 

Visit the school grounds during 

school holidays, do adriveby, and 

familiarise themselves with school 

ground, rooms and facilities. 

Download amap of the school 

grounds to help you find your way. 

Go to the school bus stop and drop off 

point if you are catching the bus. Be 

sure of what times the bus leaves and 

it’s number plus alternatives if you 

miss it. Look at the school route if 

walking and discover the time needed 

to walk to school to figure out when to 

leave home. 

Find abus buddy if catching the bus 

or arrange with afriend to meet them at 

stop or sit next to them. 

Familiarise themselves with their 

daily timetable, have it somewhere 

easily accessible and parents should 

always have acopy on hand. Check out 

the school website for staff and school 

policies, important calendar and term 

dates etc. 

Prepare your lunch, books, 

stationary, bag etc the night before. 

Figure out what time to set your alarm 

and get into the habit of recharging 

your phone more often. Allow extra 

time for the morning routine to reduce 

the stress of rushing prior to leaving. 

Try on your new uniform afew days 

before to check its fit. 

Implement sleep routine for the 

DatesFor 2024 

Friday 2ndFebruary2024 

9.00 –10.00am 

Year 11 course confirmation 

10.00–11.00am 

Year 12/13course confirmation 

Monday5th February 

Kahui Whetū Creating Connections 

(byappointment) 

Wednesday 7thFebruary2024 

All Students Year 1-13 9amStart 

11:30am 

Mihi Whakatau (welcome )GPHall 

Welcome to thenew School year,and 

to newstudents, staff and parents. 

Busesrun from 

Wednesday 7th February 

New start ... Uniforms can be bought 

second hand, at school uniform shops or 

specialist retail outlets. 

PHOTO: FILE 

week before to help you prepare for 

earlier starts. Maintain aregular sleep 

routine as you may be more tired than 

normal with these changes, which is 

why school allocate camps in the first 

few weeks to help facilitate early 

morningrising. 

Parents 

Parents should join any school apps 

to keep up to date with communication 

and notices. 

Be available at home for the first day 

or week if possible, so you can be there 

to support your child and give them a 

positive send off. 

Let them know you look forward to 

seeing them after school and you are 

proud of them. 

You may have alot of questions and 

be eager to find out about their day. 

Give them space to relax when they get 

home, they may need some time to 

process it all first. 

Provide opportunities for them to 

talk and offload. Change can be a 

worry, as new situations can create 

challenges. Rather than jumping to 

solutions, listen nonjudgementally, 

empathise and support them to 

problem solve. 

If they experience worries, connect 

them with the school guidance team. 

Celebrate their success –ridingthe 

bus to school for first time, first day etc. 



Te Kura Tuarua oRangiora 

Start Dates for 2024 

Nau mai haeremai. 

Welcome tothe new school year. 

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RANGIORA BOROUGH SCHOOL 

29 January New Enrolment Day 

9.30am-11.00am fornew non-enrolledYear9-13students 

29-31 January Teacher Only Days 

1February New Student Orientation Day 

Thefirst dayfor Year 9and anynew Year 10-13 students 

2February First day ofclasses for all Year 9-13 students 

6February WaitangiDay 

9February House Spirit Day 

More detailed information on 

our 2024 start dates is available 

on the News &Events page at 

www.rangiorahigh.school.nz 

Proud of 

ourpast. 

Focused on 

ourfuture. 

Nau Mai, Haere Mai 

Welcome toRangiora Borough School 

for 2024 

School commences at 8.50am on 

Thursday 1 st February 

All stationery will be provided and available on day 1. 

Forenrolment enquiries and enrolment procedures, 

please visit our website –www.rangiora.school.nz 

under ‘Enrolment’ 

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25 th - 26 th January Office Open forEnquiries 

29 th - 30 th January Teacher Only Days 

30 th January,1pm Course changesand newtoschoolY11-13 only 

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1 st February Y1-10studentsonly 

2 nd February Full School Open 

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School Hours 8.45am -3.00pm 

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

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Monday29January: 8.30am Office Open:Teacher Only Day 

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

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at Events Centre 

Thursday1February: 8:50am –3.10pmRegular school day 

Friday2February: 8:50am–3.10pmRegular school day 

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Tuesday6February Waitangi Dayobservance–school closed. 

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Back-to-school costs 

The biggest costs parents face each school 

year are uniform updates and stationary 

purchases, including devices. 

One parent whose child is starting at 

Kaiapoi High School this year, says they 

are looking to spend over $600 just to outfit 

and equip their child for their new school. 

‘‘It’s awhole new uniform and it is acost 

Ihave to bear. Iknew it was coming so I 

saved for it last year.’’ 

Other than the uniform costs he will also 

have to purchase agraphicsbased 

scientific computer,aset ofheadphones, 

pens and pencils and some school 

workbooks. 

‘‘At his last high school, he did all his 

work on his device, so this year will be abit 

different,’’ he says. 

Another parent interviewed said their 

teenageson's recent growth spurt means 

they have to replace much of their 

RangioraHigh School uniform this year. 

‘‘It’s agood school that’s well suited for 

him. Iwanted him to go to alocal school so 

that he would have time for 

extracurricular sporting activities. 

‘‘But he has grown so much Inow have to 

replace his uniform, which Ihave 

budgeted for.’’ 

She will be looking closely online at the 

dedicated streams on used school uniform 

sales, visiting the school’s Parent Teacher 

Association’s organised used clothing 

sales, and also buying items from the 

Uniform Shop in Rangiora. 

‘‘I advise parents to look at these sites 

because they are the best places to get 

affordable uniforms from, especially the 

more expensive kilts and blazers.’’ 

She says last year she had along list of 

stationaryitems the school said she 

needed to purchase at the start of the year. 

‘‘However agreat majority of these 

stationarysupplies are still unused. 

‘‘This was because amajority of the work 

he did was done on his device, or using 

worksheets supplied by teachers. 

‘‘I know he did okay in class, so most of 

the items will be recycled again for this 

year.’’ 

She says her son is very active in 

extracurricular activities and these cost 

extra. 

‘‘I have to budget for them and it’s tricky 

with the school as we often don’t know 

their cost until we are invoiced for them, 

which can make it hard financially at 

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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 

Phone 03313 8552 

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Anticipation ... Oxford Area School principal Mike Hart can not wait to move into the new 

Takurua building in term one. 


Finishing line close 

for school builds 



Anticipation is building for four North 

Canterbury schools with major building 

projects under way. 

Oxford Area School, Amuri Area 

School, Woodend School and Te Kura o 

Tuahiwi are all in the midst of Ministry 

of Education building projects, which 

are at various stages of planning and 

development. 

Ministry of Education infrastructure 

and digital Hautū (leader) Scott Evans 

said stage one of Oxford Area School’s 

muchanticipated $10 million 

redevelopment was almost complete. 

The new administration and learning 

block will be ready for the start of term 

one, offering six teaching spaces, anew 

school library space, canteen, and 

administration spaces, with landscaping 

and accessible parking spaces outside. 

It will offer modern teaching spaces 

for sciences, food technology and 

general teaching. 

The school’s old science and 

technology block will be demolished in 

term one. 

Asecond building has been designed 

for music, art and other technology 

classes and the school is waiting for a 

date for this build. 

These two buildings will give the 

school capacity to grow from 500 to 600 

students, with new classrooms planned 

as the year 1to13school continues to 

grow. 

Long awaited roll growth and 

redevelopment projects at Amuri Area 

School and Te Kura oTuahiwi are in the 

design stages, Mr Evans said. 

Woodend School is bulging at the 

seams under the weight of the rapid 

growth at Ravenswood and other subdivisions. 

Mr Evans said the ministry was 

refurbishing two old classrooms as a 

shortterm measure, with the school roll 

expected to pass 500 for the first time 

next year. 

‘‘It will give atemporary increase in 

teaching spaces until permanent 

teaching spaces, which are currently in 

the early stages of planning, are 

completed.’’ 

Kaiapoi Borough School recently 

opened two new classrooms for roll 

growth. 

Tuahiwi, Woodend and Kaiapoi are all 

in the Kaiapoi High School zone, but Mr 

Evans said no major projects ‘‘are 

currently planned’’ for the school. 

Kaiapoi High School was rebuilt in 

2017 with acapacity of 1100 pupils and 

there is plenty of space on the site for 

further expansion. 

Principal Jason Reid said the school 

was predicted to begin the new year with 

1050 students, which represented rapid 

growth considering the school roll was 

around 500 in 2012. 



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We welcome all families and students 

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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 

Youare warmly invited tocontact Wendy atour Office 

to meet our Principal Trish McKendry, and have a 

guided tour of our Catholic school. 

We have just completed asuccessful renovation 

project ofall of our classroom spaces into attractive, 

inviting places tolearn. 

We offer acaring and supportive learning 

environment which caters for individual learning 

styles, offers arange of different learning 

programmes, before and after school care and a 

dedicated Intermediate School for Year 7&8students. 

We also have asmall number of places available for 

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We welcome students back to school on 

Wednesday 31st January 2024 

at 8:50am. 

We invite you to our open classrooms and 

technology centre on 

Tuesday 30th January 2024 

from 9am -10.30am 

The school office will beopen on 

Wednesday 24th January 2024 

for new enrolments and general enquiries. 

If you wish to contact the school for an enrolment 

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22 North Canterbury News, January 18, 2024 

Focus on maths 

Pegasus Bay School is reaping the 

benefits from its extra focus on 

maths. 

The year 1to8school began a 

trial of an innovative model for 

teaching numeracy, Maths No 

Problem,two years ago and 

principal Jared Kelly is pleased 

with the results. 

‘‘It was aprogramme which 

aligned with us. 

There are other programmes, 

but this one really hit the mark in 

terms of the teaching and learning 

and how we want to do maths. 

‘‘The teachers have brought into 

it and there have been good 

opportunities for professional 

development.’’ 

New Zealand’s declining 

numeracy standards have been 

the subject of debate among 

educators and politicians alike in 

recent years. 

The New Zealand maths rating 

is 494 on mathematics 

performance (PISA 2018), just 

above the average of 489 among 

the OECD nations. 

But countries like Japan,South 

Korea, Singapore and Hong Kong 

have ratings well above 500. 

Maths NoProblem! is similar to 

the Singapore model, and is based 

around students getting abroad 

and indepth understanding of 

maths by masteringconcepts, Mr 

Kelly says. 

‘‘We have done our two years 

and we have completed our 

review and decided to continue 

with it. 

‘‘We arereally happy with the 

results, particularly through our 

junior school, which flows into the 

senior school. 

‘‘It has had amassive impact 

Jared Kelly 

through our school.’’ 

Concepts are taught in ‘‘microsystems’’, 

so they get agood 

understanding of how to explore 

maths problems and how to solve 

them, Mr Kelly said. 

Students work with ‘‘maths 

buddies’’ and complete 

journalingasthey go to reflect on 

theirlearning, ‘‘so it is areally 

thorough process’’. 

Mr Kelly said two other schools 

in the Kātote Kāhui Ako (Kaiapoi 

community of learning) have 

since joined the programme, 

while Kaiapoi High School uses it 

for its remedial maths programme 

for year 9and 10 students. 

‘‘There is still some ability to 

put your own flavour on it, but the 

teaching is consistent. 

‘‘The programme is prescribed 

so they don’t need to plan for the 

lessons, which is really good for 

those less confident teaching 

maths.’’ 

Parent support 

While your child has awhole raft of services they can 

turn to for advice and guidance, if they are anxious 

or concerned at school, what about the parents? 

Community Wellbeing North Canterbury Trust 

provides help for parents and caregivers of 

secondary school and tertiary aged students in North 

Canterbury through its free parent dropin service. 

With the parenting programmes supported by 

MainPower, the trust’s counsellors can offer free 

advice and support around wellbeing and mental 

health for parents of young people aged from 13 to 24. 

Antoinette Lewis, clinical team leader at 

Wellbeing NC, says parents seek help for awide 

variety of issues. 

‘‘This often includes concerns about sleep, eating, 

self harm, anxiety and low moods, gaming, alcohol 

and drug use, grief, loss and change issues. 

‘‘We are there to support them, to provide 

information on how to navigate mental health 

services or how to access further support services 

like parentline or parenting place,’’ she says. 

Many parents struggling with teenage children 

issues want to have aconversation with acouncillor, 

who may be able to help with their situation. 

‘‘In many cases they want to improve their 

relationship with their teenager butdon’t know how 

or who to turn to. That’s where we come in with our 

free parent dropin service.’’ 

To book an appointment call Community 

Wellbeing on 03 310 6375 and appointments can take 

place in person or via avideo call. 

Other Resources include parentline (0800 568 856) 

and parentingplace.nz/. 

Rangiora High School principal Bruce Kearney 

says they know many young people starting school 

experience high levels of anxiety. 

‘‘We are also very aware of issues around 

wellbeing and the impact of transitioning on young 

(and older) people.’’ 

‘‘Yet Idobelieve that the resilience found in many 

of our young people is remarkable. We are aware 

that any time astudent transitions from one stage in 

life to the next, such as schooling, there is 

excitement and there are anxieties.’’ 

He says for parents, acoffee and cake evening with 

the principal allows parents to ask aboutthe 

concerns and interests they have when their 

children are preparing to enter high school. 

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Monday 22January 2024, 9am to 3.30pm 

Transport available. Whānau welcome. 

Young Parents’College enrolment for 

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Tuesday 30 January 2024, 10.30 to 12 noon 

Transport available. Whānau welcome. 

We look forward tomeeting you! 

For ELC enquiries please contact: 

Jacinta McInerney 

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Connecting with nature ... Neve Dunnett (11) and Isla Wilson (8) enjoy planting at the 

school. 


Pupils enjoy nature 



Kaikōura children are reconnecting with 

nature. 

Students at Kaikōura Suburban School 

have been planting trees and gardens 

around the school and have partnered 

with Environment Canterbury to support 

planting on local farms. 

Principal Delwyn Riding decided to 

make afew changes when she joined the 

56pupil school last year. 

Her previous school, Moturoa School 

in New Plymouth, was an Enviroschool, 

so when students approached her about 

improving the school’s environment she 

was happy to support it. 

‘‘I saw the richness in learning for the 

students and the opportunities,’’ Ms 

Riding said. 

‘‘There are anumber of levels, so it 

might take five years to officially become 

an Enviroschool, but it is all about the 

journey.’’ 

The school launched its Enviroschools 

programme in September with a 

community planting day. 

It was attended by 300 people including 

parents, whānau, council staff, and 

Kaikōura mayor Craig Mackle. 

‘‘Our focus is on sustainability and 

regeneration. 

‘‘This whole area used to be covered in 

forest, so we are hoping to create apocket 

forest,’’ she said. 

‘‘We are aschool where you get your 

hands dirty and the kids are climbing 

trees, and they are just having fun.’’ 

Students have been planting trees, 

plants, and fruit and vegetables including 

peas, strawberries, blackberries, beans, 

carrots and daffodils. 

The school is also considering solar 

power options, worm farms and raising 

chickens and bobby calves. 

Classes have also joined with 

Environment Canterbury land 

management and biodiversity advisor 

Peter Bradshaw on planting days on 

neighbouring farms. 

Children can be found climbing trees, 

using swings hanging from branches 

trees, and making daisy chains. 

‘‘It is just cool to have school that is 

more with nature, rather than being like 

aplastic school,’’ Neve Dunnett (11) said. 

‘‘We’re allowed to climb any trees as 

long as we can get up and it is not three 

times our height.’’ 

Board of Trustees chairperson Sarah 

Chann said it was an exciting project for 

the students to be involved in. 

‘‘I think it is so fantastic for the 

children to have aconnection with the 

environment, as it helps them to 

understand their place. 

‘‘Getting them involved with things like 

planting trees helps them to understand 

the importance of looking after their 

environment because it is getting them to 

think about the future.’’ 

Isla Wilson (8) said she was looking 

forward to returning to the school when 

she is older to see how much the garden 

has progressed and the fully grown trees. 

‘‘Children can come back when they 

are adults and bring their children and 

say ‘look, Iplanted that’.’’ 

Kaikōura Suburban School is the first 

school in the district to apply for 

Enviroschool status. 

Ms Riding said the initiative was being 

supported by the Kaikōura District 

Council, Environment Canterbury, Te 

Rūnanga oKaikōura, Kaikōura Lions, 

the Kaikōura Wildlife Trust and Trees 

for Canterbury. 



We would like towish everyone a 

Happy New Year! 

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

Forall enquiriespleasephone theschool officeon314 9444. 

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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 

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Ph 03 314 6814 

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Phone (03) 319 5725 

email office@stjkaikoura.school.nz 

Principal: Judith Ford 

First Day is 

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The school office is open 

from 23 January 2024. 

We areaccepting new 

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can be made through 

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Welcome to2024 

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

Wednesday 31st of January 

-Whole school 8:40am 

(bus schedules resume today) 

-Mihi Whakatau 9:00am 

Monday 6th of February 

-Waitangi Day observed 

(school closed) 

Friday 15th of March -Teacher Only Day 

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Monday 1st of April -Easter Monday observed 

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Service to industries honoured 


John Brakenridge’s Companion of the 

New Zealand Order of Merit came as a 

bit of ashock to his wife Sarah and 

family. 

On the morning of New Year's Eve, 

Mr Brakenridge of Ohoka was out 

enjoying an early morning swim in 

Lake Tekapo when his phone started 

buzzing. 

Sarah answered her husband's 

phone, and was initially confused as 

friends, colleagues and relatives 

started to congratulate John on being 

awarded aCNZM for his services to the 

New Zealand food and fibre sectors, 

and the merino industry. 

‘‘I hadn’t told her Ihad been 

nominated,’’ Mr Brakenridge says. 

‘‘She was emotional and very 

excited, for me and all others that 

share this award.’’ 

When the first email from the 

Governor General's office came in late 

September last year, advising him of 

his nomination, the couple were 

overseas in Boston visiting one of their 

three sons, who was studying at Boston 

College on exchange. 

But he couldn’t tell anyone about it. 

‘‘Something like this comes about 

through the dedication and work of 

many people, so first up Iwanted to 

share and acknowledge them all my 

friends, family, work colleagues, brand 

partners, growers /farmers and people 

from Te Hono,’’ he says. 

‘‘But then you’ve been asked to keep 

the award confidential, so you get some 

time to think about what this may mean 

for others’’ 

When it was announced in the New 

Year’s Honours list, Mr Brakenridge 

says it was agreat moment, especially 

for his 95yearold mother. 

‘‘For me, this is so much about my 

parents and family, who are your 

cheerleaders. They all encourage you 

from an early age.’’ 

He also enjoyed the timing of the 

announcement as he had some special 

Italian friends (previous clients) 

coming to stay with him on the day of 

the announcement. 

‘‘Italiansknow how to celebrate.’’ 

Mr John Brakenridge has been 

recognised as the driving force behind 

the transformation of the New Zealand 

merino industry and uniting leaders of 

New Zealand’s food and fibre sectors, 

iwi and government agencies. 

Mr Brakenridge was the cofounder 

and chief executive of The New 

Zealand Merino Company (NZM) and 

its predecessor organisations since 

1995, bringing more than $500 million 

in additional value to farmers and 

brand partners. 

He founded Te Hono in 2012, uniting 

leaders from New Zealand’s food and 

fibre companies, iwi, and government 

agencies and establishing a 

collaborative partnership with 

Stanford University. 

Mr Brakenridge had recently left 

NZM after 27 years at the helm and was 

on aglobal ‘curiosity quest.’ 

‘‘It is to look at ways to tap into the 

likes of Stanford University and global 

networks from astrategic perspective 

largely for NZ food and fibre 

industries, to see what opportunities 

or threats there are for our sector.’’ 

He has established the Brakenridge 

Impact Group aiming to work with 

customised teams for strategic 

business challenges. 

‘‘Receiving this award is wonderful. 

‘‘The food and fibre sector is such an 

important part of our country, but it 

comes with agreat sense of 

responsibility to help New Zealand be 

more commercial.’’ 

Service honoured ... Mr John Donald 

Brakenridge, of Ohoka. 

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next month 

The FMG Young Farmer of the Year 

Regional Finals for season 56 will be 

underway soon. 

The Otago Southland Regional 

Final is the first nationally to kick 

off in Mosgiel, Otago, early next 

month. 

It will be followed by the Aorangi 

regionals on February 1617 in 

Kurow, then three weeks later the 

Tasman regional final will be held 

on March 1and 2. 

The Tasman practical day will be 

held at the Canterbury Agricultural 

Park, 102 Curletts Road, 

Christchurch, while the evening 

Q&A session is at the Ladbrooks 

Community Hall, in Halswell. 

Organisers are expecting it to be a 

tightly fought competition again this 

year. 

NZ Young Farmers has been a 

part of rural communities for nearly 

100 years. 

FMG Young Farmer of the Year is 

the flagship event for the nonprofit 

organisation, and the competition 

has run annually since 1969. 

Joining the FMG Young Farmer of 

the Year contestants at the regional 

finals are the next generation of 

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Aloneinthe ocean waiting for the waves 

Alone in the ocean on asurf board, all 

you are thinking about is where’s the 

next wave coming from, and am Iokay. 

This temporary separation from all of 

life’s other worries is the perfect 

catalyst for change and improvement of 

mental health, say exponents of the 

national Surfing for Farming 

programme. 

Heidi and Nukuroa TirikateneNash, 

of Gore Bay Surf Coaching NZ, are 

veteran surfers, running their small 

business for more than 25 years at Gore 

Bay. 

Postearthquake, they started working 

with mental health agencies to help 

improve the lot of people stressed about 

their circumstances. 

‘‘We started to hold coaching courses 

for people suffering from high levels of 

stress and anxiety,they were soon very 

popular,’’ says Heidi. 

‘‘Then four years ago we were 

introduced to those involved in the 

Surfing for Farming programme up in 

Gisborne and things clicked. We soon 

started offering Wednesday evening 

sessions at Gore Bay for farmersfrom all 

around the North Canterburydistrict.’’ 

This summer the couple havebeen 

busy at each of the two sessions they 

have held so far. Over 35 participants 

have turned up at both sessions to learn 

how to surf, learn about water safety or 

just experience the ocean. 

‘‘Since we started the programme 

here we are now seeing 

intergenerational farming families 

coming down to try their hand at surfing. 

‘‘One young daughter convincedher 

father it would be good for him to go for 

asurf to try to help him and he has 

proved very adept at it,’’ saysHeidi. 

‘‘The younger farmers areabit gung 

ho,but the older ones come to learn 

something completely differentthat’s 

disconnected from the realitiesoftheir 

daily lives.’’ 

Nukuroa says surfingisgreat for 

mental health and wellbeing. 

‘‘Your are out there on your own, 

operating in an environment where you 

arenot totally in control of everything 

around you, but you soon relax and go 

with the flow.‘‘ 

He says the mental health benefits of 

relaxing in the ocean and clearing your 

mind cannot be understated. 

‘‘It’s about gettingthem off the farm 

and focusing on something completely 

different for acouple of hours.’’ 

The couple will continue the 

programme supportedbyfarmers’ 

groups, each Wednesdayevening from 

5.30pm until the end of March. 

Agood day to surf ... Despite the sea 

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of the national Surfing for Farming 

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Filmfundraiser 

NC SPORTS RESULTS 

Kaiapoi’s Cure Boating Club is holding a 

film evening fundraiser at Rangiora 

Town Hall Cinemas. 

Tickets are selling fast to director 

George Clooney’s film The Boys in the 

Boat,which is set in the Great 

Depression, and about members of the 

University of Washington'srowing team 

competing at the 1936 Olympics in 

Berlin. 

The film eveningisonSunday, 

January 21. Raffles will be sold and 

drinks will be available at the theatre 

before the film starts at 5.30pm. 

The club’s vicepresident, Peter 

Midgley, says the film eveningisbeing 

held to raise fundsfor anew mural to be 

installed on the river side of the club 

house. 

The club has been collaborating with 

the Waimakariri PublicArts Trust on the 

mural project and it is hoped the 

artwork will enhance the river setting, 

help showcase the building and attract 

new members to the club. 

It is abusy time for the club which is in 

the middle of the rowing season, and 

preparing to take competitors to the 2024 

New Zealand RowingChampionships , 

at Lake Karapiro, near Cambridge, from 

Cure fundraiser ... The Cure Boating Club 

aims toraisefunds with afilm evening to 

enhance its new building on the banks of the 

Kaiapoi River with amural. 

PHOTO: FILE 

February 13 to 17. 

Tickets to The Boys in the Boat film 

evening fundraisercan be brought at the 

Visit Waimakariri website events guide, 

or from the club at curerowing.co.nz. 

RangioraBridge Club 

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Miller 2, Rose Fahey/Beverley Brain 3.East/West: Rosemary Smart/Robin Denley 1, 

Faye Priest/Margaret Barson 2, Tom Rose/Rona Maslowski 3. 

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Vintagecars and yachts attracted abig 

crowd at Pegasus Town Lake early in the 

new year. 

The Waiora Links Community Trust 

(WLCT) facilitated acombined picnic day 

with the Vintage Car Club (VCC) and 

Pegasus Radio Sailing Club. 

The public who joined the picnic 

enjoyed the sailing, including three foiling 

yachts, and getting up close to about 80 

vintage cars. 

The sailing club had four of its Pegasus 

880 yachts on hand to allow the public to 

have ahandson experience of sailing a 

radiocontrolled yacht. 

This kept past commodore Paul Johnson 

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Free Car Seat Checks 

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Council carpark for afree car seat fitting check 

by qualified technicians. 

It’s great when car seats are installed correctly. 

The most protection achild car seat can offer 

is when it’s installed the way the manufacturer 

intended it to be. 

Summer 

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technicians tobeavailable to help you inthe 

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With the start of the new year, weare back into 

resealing season! This means there will be an 

increase in chip sealing work being undertaken 

around the District. 

The resealing programme kicks offagain on 

11 January on King Street in Rangiora. Followed 

by Oxford Road and Whiterock Road inLoburn. 

Starting on Monday 22January, CORDE will be 

carrying out road works on Tram Road. This work 

includes overlaying approximately 1km of the 

existing road with anew granular overlay and chip 

sealing. The work will take approximately five to 

six weeks to complete —weather permitting. 

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Across the District, Council maintains 980km 

of sealed roads. To achieve this, Council staff 

continually monitor all roads in the District 

and when need be they are scheduled 

for improvements. 

Canterbury District Fire Update 

Canterbury iscurrently in arestricted fire season 

and with hot temperatures set to continue, Fire 

and Emergency NZ are asking people tobecareful 

and check before lighting any fires. 

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Upcoming Council 

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The following meetings will be 

held in January 2024 and February 

2024, inthe Council Chamber, 

215High Street, Rangiora, unless 

otherwise stated. 

Council -Draft 2024/34 Long Term 

Plan Budget 

Tuesday 30 January toThursday 1February 

at 9am, each day. 

Council 

Wednesday 7February at1pm. 

Oxford-Ohoka Community Board 

Thursday 8February at7pm at the 

West Eyreton Community Hall, 

2Earlys Road, West Eyreton. 

(The Public Forum section of the agenda 

will occur from 7pm to 7.20pm.) 

Audit and Risk Committee 

Tuesday 13February at9am. 

Woodend-Sefton Community Board 

Tuesday 13February at5:30pm at the 

Sefton Public Hall, 

591 Upper Sefton Road, Sefton. 

Rangiora-Ashley Community Board 

Wednesday 14February at7pm. 

Kaiapoi-Tuahiwi Community Board 

Monday 19 February at 4pm atthe 

Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre, 

176Williams Street, Kaiapoi. 

Utilities and Roading Committee 

Tuesday 20 February at 9am. 

District Planning and 

Regulation Committee 

Tuesday 20 February at 1pm. 

Community and Recreation Committee 

Tuesday 20 February at 3.30pm. 

Council 

Tuesday 27February at1pm 

(to approve the Draft Long Term Plan 

for consultation). 

Agendasare availabletwo workingdays 

before themeeting. Agendas,Minutes 

andaudio recordingsfor meetings 

canbefound on theCouncil's website: 

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Sarah Nichols 

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Managed 

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option at 

settlement 



Managed retreat is an option as a 

Hurunui coastal community plans for its 

long term future. 

The Hurunui District Council adopted a 

coastal adaptation plan for the Leithfield 

Beach community, south of Amberley, last 

month. 

While managed retreat was an option in 

the future, Mayor Marie Black said the 

council would be guided by the residents. 

The plan addresses the threat of coastal 

erosion, flooding and sea level rise and 

sets out trigger points, to ‘‘trigger a 

conversation’’ on the next action, she said. 

It was the result of nearly four years of 

engagement with the Leithfield Beach 

community. 

‘‘This has been along journey with our 

beach communities and Ihave really 

appreciated the community giving their 

insights, particularly those who have 

been there along time.’’ 

Drop in sessions were held for the 

community early in the process. 

It allowed residents to bring in old 

photos from past weather events and 

share their experiences of past flooding, 

dry periods and coastal erosion to 

complement the science, Mrs Black said. 

The plan provides trigger points for a 

conversation where the community will 

be engaged to consider what to do next. 

Trigger points included aseries of 

major flood events, where major capital 

works were required, an event requiring 

more than 30 houses to be rebuilt or 

houses were unable to be insured. 

Possible actions included building a 

bund to protect the houses from the sea, 

introducing coastal protection measures 

or even managed retreat. 

Areport to last month’s council meeting 

suggested the bund would surround the 

settlement to the north, east and south, to 

protect it from fluvial and surface 

flooding. 

It proposed the bund would be around 

1.2 metres high and 1.9km long. 

More engagement was needed with the 

community before atargeted rate was 

considered. 

Leithfield Beach is avillage of 245 

houses and the Leithfield Beach Holiday 

Park. 

The Leithfield Beach plan is the second 

one adopted by the council, after an 

Amberley Beach plan was adopted in 

June last year. 

The council was working on plans for 

the Gore Bay, Motunau Beach and 

Conway Flat /Claverley beach 

communities. 

The process started in 2020 with a 

‘‘Coastal Conversations’’ project 

alongside the five beach communities. It 

was assisted by awebbased tool, ‘‘Coastal 

Adaptation Explorer’’, developed by 

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predatorsintheHawdonandSouthBranch 

HurunuiValleys 

TheDepartmentofConservation(DOC)inNorthCanterburyisgoingto 

controlratsintheHawdon,Sudden,andSouthBranchHurunuiValleys 

viatheapplicationofaeriallyappliedcerealbaitscontainingsodium 

fluoroacetate(1080)toxin.Theoperationisscheduledtostartinthefirst 

clearweatherwindowinlateJanuary2024. 

Whyweare ControllingIntroducedPredators 

ThisoperationispartofDOC’s NationalPredatorControlProgrammeand 

isinresponsetorisingratnumbersinthearea.Thesevalleysarehometo 

halftheremainingwildpopulationoforange-frontedparakeet/kākāriki 

karaka,andthisspeciesisincrediblyvulnerabletopredationfromrats, 

possumsandstoats.Ratnumbershave beenincreasingoverthelastyear 

andmodellingsuggeststhat,ifallowedtocontinuegrowingoverthe 

summer,theycouldseriouslythreatenthesurvivalofthesekākārikikaraka 

populations.UndertakingaerialpredatorcontrolinJanuary/February 

2024givesusanopportunitytoprotectthisspeciesthroughtheirbreeding 

seasonin2024. 

DescriptionoftheArea 

Thetreatmentareaencompassesapproximately18,000haoftheHawdon, 

Sudden,Andrews,andSouthBranchHurunuiValleys.TheHawdonblock 

includestheHawdon,Sudden,andpartoftheAndrewsValleys. Itis 

10kmtotheeastofArthursPassVillage,andCastleHillVillageis24kmto 

thesouth.TheSBHblockisapproximately20kmtothenortheastofthe 

HawdonblockandconsistsoftheSouthBranchoftheHurunuiandthetop 

oftheCox RivernearLake Sumner.TheclosesttownisHawarden,approx. 

46kmtothesoutheast.Youcanseeoperationalupdatesanddetailed 

mapsofpredatorcontrolonpublicconservationlandontheDOCwebsite 

www.doc.govt.nz/nature/pests-and-threats/pesticide-summaries 

TemporaryClosureofAreas 

AccesstotheHawdoncampground,Hawdontrack,andWoolshedHill 

trackwillberestrictedfromtheafternoonbeforeeachoperation,untilthe 

morningafter. PeopleplanningtovisittheseareasfrommidJanuaryare 

advisedtocheckontheDOCwebsiteorwiththeDOCArthursPassVisitor 

Centre on033189211firstforpossibledelays. 

MethodofControl 

Thesafestandmosteffectivemethodwe have tocontrolratsover 

largeareasistousebiodegradablecerealbaitpelletscontaining1080. 

Helicopterswillsafelyandpreciselydistributebaitacrosstheforestarea 

alongpre-determinedandmonitoredflightpaths. 

Baitsarecylindricalpelletsapprox.3cmlong,2cmwide,andweigh6 

grams.Thisoperationbeginswiththedistributionofnon-toxicpre-feed 

baitpelletswhichare sandybrowncoloured.Toxicbaitscontain0.15% 

biodegradable1080,aredyedgreen,andwillbesown1-6weekslater. 

ManagingRisk 

1080ispoisonoustohumans,domesticandgameanimals.Poisonbaits 

andcarcassesareDEADLY toDOGS.Therewillbewarningsignsplaced 

atentrancestothetreatmentareaimmediatelypriortotheoperation. 

Riskscanbeeliminatedbyfollowingtheserulesanytimeyouseewarning 

signs: 

•DONOT touchbait 

•WATCHchildrenat alltimes 

•DONOT EATanimalsfromthisareaorwithinthebufferzoneoutside 

thetreatmentboundary.Thebufferzoneis2kmfordeerandpigs, 

200mforrabbits,and1kmforhares,tahr,wallabiesandpossums. 

•DONOT EATfishcaughtinthisareafor7daysfollowingthetoxic 

operation. 

Whensignsare removed, normalactivitiescanresume.Ifindoubt,check 

withyourlocalDOCoffice. 

Ifyoususpectpoisoning,pleasecontact: 

-YourlocaldoctororhospitalORTheNationalPoisonsCentre: 

0800764766(urgentcalls)or034797248ORdial111 

-Seekveterinaryadviceforsuspectedpoisoningofdomesticanimals. 

Forfurtherinformation 

PleasecontactDepartmentofConservation,NorthCanterbury 

0272635340ornorthcanterburyNPCP@doc.govt.nz 

Orvisitwww.doc.govt.nz/our-work/national-predator-control-programme 

formoreinformationaboutDOC’sNationalPredatorControlProgramme

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