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Thursday,<strong>February</strong>1,<strong>2024</strong> | Issue1081 | www.starnews.co.nz<br />

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Gleaming attraction ... Some of the hundreds of custom cars on show at the Muscle Car Madness event in Rangiora last weekend.<br />

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By JOHN COSGROVE<br />

The 34th Trillo Metals Muscle Car<br />

Madness event in Rangiora was one of<br />

their biggest ever, Craig Stare, a<br />

spokesman says.<br />

‘‘Saturday would have to be one of<br />

our biggest days in the history of the<br />

event.’’<br />

The crowds were huge and the<br />

weather was great despite the wind.<br />

Craig does not know how many<br />

custom, veteran, vintage and modern<br />

muscle cars were on show as yet, but<br />

they overflowed and filled an extra<br />

display area set up in case there were<br />

more than they could cater for in the<br />

main arena.<br />

‘‘We had over 2000 people staying for<br />

the three days of the event, and many<br />

hot rod clubs used it as achance to<br />

celebrate anniversaries.’’<br />

The Scavengers Club celebrated<br />

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Custom Van Champs had agood<br />

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The lure of seeing hundreds of cars<br />

he had never seen, or heard of before,<br />

plus all the custom modifications, was<br />

what tempted aCanadian car restorer<br />

to travel down under to attend the<br />

Muscle Car Madness.<br />

It also gave Richard Tremblay of<br />

Quebec the opportunity to see one of<br />

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />

his creations still up and running after<br />

17 years in New Zealand.<br />

At the start of the century Richard<br />

had just completed restoringa1965<br />

GTK Ford Fastback Mustang.<br />

‘‘It had taken me nine years to put it<br />

all together, manyofthe body panels<br />

were rusted out, but back then you<br />

could still buy them easily.<br />

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supplies have dried up.’’<br />

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By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />

Bargain Chemist and City Fitness are<br />

moving into the former Rangiora,<br />

Bunnings building, on the corner of<br />

Queen and Victoria Streets.<br />

Bargain Chemist will lease 833 sqm and<br />

City Fitness 1078 sqm.<br />

Bargain Chemist’s new store is set to<br />

open mid next year.<br />

The building was sold recently to local<br />

investor Cantcomm Ltd, by Nick Doig and<br />

Noel Gilchrist of Colliers in ashort offmarket<br />

campaign that attracted four<br />

offers.<br />

The property covers 4500 sqm across<br />

multiple titles. This includes the main<br />

building, afurther outdoor area of 454<br />

sqm and afurther 606 sqm available on a<br />

neighbouring building.<br />

‘‘The buyer, Cantcomm Ltd, is<br />

undertakingafull refurbishment,<br />

including aseismic upgrade and<br />

reconfiguration into the two tenancies,’’<br />

Mr Doig says.<br />

‘‘With very limited vacancy for medium<br />

to large format retailers, there’s still<br />

unsatisfied demand for space in this everexpandingcatchment.’’<br />

Areunion and special attractions<br />

From Page 1<br />

Richard said he put the car up for sale<br />

and received acouple of offers,<br />

including one from Nelson, New<br />

Zealand.<br />

‘‘The guycalled me up, and Iwas abit<br />

doubtful at first, thinkingitwas ascam,<br />

but he asked me to check him out.<br />

‘‘Then after afew calls and aSkype<br />

session, Ichose to sell him the car for<br />

less money than what afather in acity<br />

nearby was offering for the car, to give to<br />

his college­bound son.’’<br />

The owner in Nelson later invited<br />

Richard to come out and experience the<br />

Muscle Car Madnessand the Top of the<br />

South Motor Show in Nelson.<br />

Richardsays he’sbeen amazed at the<br />

scale of the show.<br />

‘‘Thereare so many cars here I’ve<br />

never seen before, and it’s been fun.’’<br />

Steve South, owner of an XR6 Ford on<br />

show at the meeting, says he comes<br />

every year to the event.<br />

‘‘It’s agreat way to talk to people, to<br />

hang out with like­mindedpeople, and<br />

havefun.’’<br />

Tony Johnson, of Sanson, brought his<br />

show stoppingBadBMC V8 burnout car<br />

back to the show after organiser Craig<br />

Stare had invited him down last year.<br />

‘‘I love the event.<br />

‘‘Thereare so many cars on show here,<br />

and the people here are great so we<br />

decided to come back.’’<br />

Rangiora­basedGraham Coates<br />

always stays at the campsite during the<br />

three­day­long meeting.<br />

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Aplanned upgrade of the public car<br />

park immediately adjacent to the<br />

building, that will improve links to the<br />

Farmers department store and High<br />

Street retail precinct, will enhance the<br />

site, he says.<br />

Cantcomm’s Harry van Tongeren says<br />

Rangiora has asignificant commercial<br />

sector, and retail is ‘‘considered to be in a<br />

strong growth mode’’.<br />

‘‘The property we bought provided<br />

opportunities to target both the retail and<br />

commercial sectors.<br />

‘‘As aproperty of size and scale, the<br />

issue was to look at acost­effective repair<br />

strategy, and arevised presentation to the<br />

marketplace.<br />

‘‘It was asolid opportunitytoadd our<br />

skill set too,’’ Mr van Tongeren says.<br />

Bargain Chemist director Peter<br />

Shenoda says the new store will not only<br />

meet the community’s healthcare needs,<br />

but also create local jobs and contribute<br />

to the economic development of the<br />

region.<br />

‘‘We see Rangiora as an excellent<br />

opportunity to strengthenour<br />

commitment to enhancing the health and<br />

well­being of New Zealanders.<br />

Aprized gem ... Richard Tremblay of Canada cleans some dust off the Ford Mustang<br />

Fastback car he restored and sold to aNelson owner 17 years ago.<br />

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />

The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Rodders<br />

member says there were possibly 30 cars<br />

from the club on show there over the<br />

weekend.<br />

‘‘It’s agreat way to spendtime with<br />

friends and people interested in cars.<br />

‘‘Our store will not only offer awide<br />

range of pharmaceuticals and healthcare<br />

products,but will also focus on health<br />

education and community engagement.<br />

‘‘We plan to collaborate with local<br />

organisations and healthcare<br />

professionals to promote wellnessand<br />

healthy living with the community,’’ Mr<br />

Shenoda says.<br />

Earlier this year, Doig and Gilchrist<br />

sold the 700 sqm BNZ site on the corner of<br />

High and Ashley Streets in Rangiora for<br />

$2.075 million which is being developed<br />

into aretail and office complex.<br />

Mr Gilchrist says Rangiora remains the<br />

preferred option for small and large<br />

retailers looking to establish in <strong>North</strong><br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong>, as the population continues<br />

to grow, new residential developments<br />

come onstream and buildings now under<br />

way in the new Rangiora BusinessHub.<br />

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Enterprise<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> reports<br />

local businesses are more confident about<br />

their own prospects over the next six<br />

months, and are expecting to see an<br />

increaseinprofit.<br />

Friday night /Saturday morning were a<br />

bit windy, with lots of gazebos flying<br />

around in the wind, but everyone was<br />

okay.’’<br />

Craig says he is already planning for<br />

the 35th anniversary next year.<br />

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‘‘By the time we got outthere it was full<br />

on, the balage was ablaze,’’ says Rochelle<br />

who farms with her partner Alastair, on<br />

Domett Road, in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />

‘‘We are extremely grateful for our<br />

neighbours and the Cheviot fire brigade<br />

who were on the scene very quickly to fight<br />

the fire.’’<br />

Rochelle believes it might have been<br />

caused by sparks from acar trailer passing<br />

by which lost awheel and axle.<br />

The fire was pushed along by astrong<br />

nor­west wind and burnt over 50 hectares<br />

of farmland on both sides of the Hurunui<br />

River.<br />

Rochelle praised the work done earlier<br />

by her son topping long grass in the<br />

paddocks, which she says helped slow the<br />

speed of the fire.<br />

‘‘Without his work we might have lost<br />

everything,’’ she says.<br />

‘‘We did lose alot of stored baleage,<br />

fences, yards and trees, but it could have<br />

been worse without the kind help of our<br />

neighbours and volunteers.’’<br />

One of her neighbours across the river<br />

was away up north, and so other<br />

neighbours quickly opened up his pump<br />

shed to save it from the fire.<br />

Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) were<br />

called to the fast­moving vegetation fire<br />

burning between State Highway 1and the<br />

mouth of the Hurunui River, south of<br />

Cheviot, shortly after 1pm.<br />

Five helicopters worked on the fire in<br />

support of ground crews with 16 fire<br />

trucks, and tankers and acommand unit.<br />

Heavy machinerywas also brought in.<br />

One crew of firefightersand digger<br />

operators watched the fire overnight,<br />

working until dark to put out pockets of<br />

active fire and strengthening the<br />

containment lines around the fire ground.<br />

On Sunday morning, 25 firefightersplus<br />

digger operatorsreturned to continue the<br />

mopping up operation.<br />

The fire began on the side of SH1, and its<br />

cause is under investigation.<br />

FENZ fire investigators are<br />

continuing their work to determine the<br />

cause of the devastating Loburn fires of<br />

January 19 which destroyed two houses, a<br />

converted church, 10 sheds, anumber of<br />

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of farm land and forests.<br />

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First day of school for<br />

mum and herdaughter<br />

ByROBYN BRISTOW<br />

It has been aspecial week at<br />

Greta Valley School for the Pugh<br />

family.<br />

As Rebecca Pugh began her<br />

first day as Principal of <strong>North</strong><br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong>’s Greta Valley School,<br />

Grace, her five­year­old daughter,<br />

startedher schooling journey at<br />

the same school.<br />

‘‘It has been very exciting,’’ says<br />

Rebecca.<br />

Rebecca feels privileged and<br />

lucky to have the opportunity to<br />

lead such an amazing school.<br />

‘‘Our community is super<br />

supportive, we have fantastic<br />

students and passionate<br />

teachers,’’ she says.<br />

‘‘It is aneat wee school to be<br />

principal at,’’ she says.<br />

Prior to her appointment,<br />

Rebecca taught in the junior<br />

room for two years, and when the<br />

principal retired she took up the<br />

challenge of applying for the role,<br />

and was appointed.<br />

As ateaching principal she will<br />

return to the junior room on<br />

Thursdays and Fridays.<br />

Rebecca says the community<br />

had worked hard to ensure athird<br />

teacher could be employed to<br />

keep the class sizes down at the<br />

school.<br />

She says she is lucky to be<br />

taking the reins of aschool that as<br />

functioning well, and where<br />

students had amazing<br />

opportunities.<br />

‘‘I am very excited for the future<br />

of Greta Valley School,’’ she says.<br />

Afamily affair ... Rebecca Pugh, the new principal at Greta Valley School,<br />

and her daughter Grace, anew pupil just starting school.<br />

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The small rural Year 1to8school<br />

has aroll of 35, the majority of<br />

whom are bussed in from the<br />

Motunau and Scargill areas.<br />

Celebration time ... Community members, who live near the<br />

Bridge Road pedestrian bridge, celebrate the decision to repair the<br />

bridge.<br />

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Bridge to be repaired<br />

By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

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Council decision to repair a<br />

pedestrian bridge over the<br />

CustRiver has been given the<br />

thumbs up by the surrounding<br />

community.<br />

The bridge, which crosses<br />

from Bridge Road to<br />

O’Roarkes Road, in Fernside,<br />

had fallen in to disrepair in<br />

recent years.<br />

It provided asafe<br />

alternative route for children<br />

in the community walking or<br />

cycling to Fernside School,<br />

compared to the Swannanoa<br />

Road route where they run<br />

the gauntlet of fast­moving<br />

morning and afternoon traffic<br />

every day.<br />

The bridge also provides a<br />

vital link for the many<br />

individuals using the Cust<br />

River stopbank loop for<br />

walking, running, cycling and<br />

horse riding.<br />

Work on the bridge, has<br />

begun and includes repairing<br />

and painting the damaged<br />

stanchions (frames forming a<br />

support or barrier) and<br />

handrails.<br />

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The bridge will remain<br />

open to pedestrians during<br />

repairs with scaffolding to be<br />

installed and awalking area<br />

delineated for pedestrians.<br />

It is believed the bridge was<br />

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Funding is being sought for the<br />

Hurunui District Council’s repair<br />

bill from two weather events last<br />

year.<br />

Councillors voted at Tuesday’s<br />

council meeting to debt fund road<br />

repairs from storms in July and<br />

October and to seek funding from<br />

Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport<br />

Agency to meet abill of $520,000.<br />

Chief operations officer Dan<br />

Harris said the damage caused by<br />

heavy rain in July, and the October 14<br />

wind storm, was beyond the capacity<br />

of the council’s emergency works<br />

fund.<br />

If the criteria was met, the council<br />

would seek $314,000 from Waka<br />

Kotahi.<br />

This was based on a52percent<br />

contribution, which could be<br />

increased to 72% due to the budget<br />

blowout.<br />

Because of the budget blowout,<br />

council staff have focused on making<br />

the roads safe, Mr Harris says.<br />

‘‘Many slips and slumps occurred,<br />

and remedial action is now required<br />

to ensure repeat occurrences are<br />

prevented.’’<br />

July’s heavy rain and snow caused<br />

widespread disruption, with<br />

multiple slips and drainage<br />

overflowing,<br />

October’s election day winds<br />

caused widespread damage,<br />

particular in the southern part of the<br />

district around Amberley, including<br />

power outages.<br />

Mr Harris said repair works will be<br />

completed by the end of May next<br />

year.<br />

The council has responded to five<br />

major events in the last 18 months,<br />

leading to total repair bill of $1.65<br />

million.<br />

Waka Kotahi had agreed to fund<br />

$223,000 towards a$430,000 repair<br />

bill following aheavy rain event at<br />

Lake Sumner in July 2022.<br />

Fundingwas also being sought for<br />

other weather events in <strong>February</strong><br />

and July last year.<br />

Heavy rain in <strong>February</strong> incurred a<br />

repair bill of $200,000, while erosion<br />

at Claverley Road, north of Cheviot,<br />

led to arepair bill of $500,000.<br />

Mr Harris said repair bills from<br />

weather events were agrowing<br />

headache throughout the region.<br />

‘‘Roading costs in <strong>Canterbury</strong> have<br />

effectively doubled, so it means we<br />

need to find twice the amount of<br />

money.<br />

‘‘Costs for road repairs far<br />

outweigh anything we have seen<br />

before.’’<br />

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Bluegrass at Balcairn<br />

By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

Sassafras, an American Bluegrass<br />

band based in <strong>North</strong> Carolina, is<br />

heading down under for atour of New<br />

Zealand including astop off at the<br />

Balcairn Hall in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />

It will be the first time aband from<br />

the United States has performed at<br />

the quaint Waimakariri country hall.<br />

‘‘Sassafras will bring us very cool,<br />

very fun, very fast paced, full on<br />

Bluegrass excellence,’’ hall secretary,<br />

Deb Vink says.<br />

‘‘They have played with an<br />

incredible range of prominent<br />

Bluegrass and Americana artists and<br />

have played at avery long list of<br />

festivals in the USA and<br />

internationally.’’<br />

The band, which was named for the<br />

sassafras tree, an indigenous,<br />

deciduous tree that grows in <strong>North</strong><br />

Carolina, has been performing<br />

together for 27 years and enjoys<br />

paying homage to the ‘‘father of<br />

Bluegrass’’ Bill Monroe, and other<br />

Bluegrass legends but also like<br />

‘‘pushing the edge’’ of the progressive<br />

Newgrass movement which<br />

incorporates elements of other<br />

musical styles into Bluegrass such as<br />

Rock and Pop.<br />

The band, which toured New<br />

Zealand for the first time last year,<br />

includes Wes Tuttle (mandolin, fiddle,<br />

vocals), Randy Gambill (guitar,<br />

vocals), Gray Tuttle (banjo, vocals),<br />

Randy Pasley (bass, dobro, vocals).<br />

Randy Gambill, who is also akeen<br />

fisherman, says he first learnt about<br />

New Zealand 40 years ago and had<br />

wanted to visit ever since then.<br />

‘‘When Idecided to go, Iasked my<br />

bandmates if they would be interested<br />

in taking the band over to do amusic<br />

tour along with sightseeing and<br />

fishing and they were mad keen,’’ he<br />

says.<br />

This year’s tour begins in Tauranga,<br />

on Saturday, <strong>February</strong> 3, with the<br />

Balcairn Hall concert on Saturday<br />

<strong>February</strong> 17, beginning at 7.30pm.<br />

The band’s tour ends with ashow at<br />

the Christchurch Folk Music Club on<br />

<strong>February</strong> 18, but Randy Gambill is<br />

planning to stay on for aweek to go<br />

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Around the electorate with<br />

STUART SMITH MP FOR KAIKOURA<br />

Optionsexplored for<br />

ferry replacement<br />

The ‘blue highway’ between the<br />

<strong>North</strong> and South Islands is currently<br />

served by afleet of five ships in the<br />

Cook Straight.<br />

This includes three Interislander<br />

ferries and two BlueBridge ferries.<br />

The latter are privately funded<br />

and run agood service without any<br />

taxpayer assistance.<br />

The previous government<br />

committed to replacing the taxpayer<br />

funded Interisland fleet with mega<br />

ferries and portside infrastructure,<br />

otherwise known as the iRex<br />

project, to the tune of $775m.<br />

This budget has subsequently<br />

blown out to nearly $3 billion —a<br />

quadrupling of the original cost.<br />

Only 21% of the $3b was allocated<br />

to the replacement of the ferries<br />

themselves, and the only option for<br />

our incoming government was to<br />

refuse the original addition funding.<br />

We have since set up an expert<br />

advisory group to provide<br />

independent assurance on how to<br />

proceed with the ferry service, and<br />

end the previous government’s poor<br />

project management.<br />

An additional concern was the<br />

likelihood of further costincreases<br />

effecting our ability to bring the<br />

books back in order, something<br />

voters can rightly expect to be<br />

addressed.<br />

Time critical decisions such as<br />

replacing the aging ferry service<br />

still need to be well informed, well<br />

planned, well researched, and<br />

sustainably funded to ensure asafe<br />

andreliable ferry service across<br />

Cook Strait is available in the long<br />

term.<br />

Supporting freight delivery,<br />

businessgrowth, export<br />

development and tourism, it is vital<br />

to get this decision right, noting that<br />

we all want to see acost­effective<br />

solution that increases our<br />

infrastructure resilience.<br />

Of course, there are other options<br />

for taking some of the freight off the<br />

road with the added benefit of<br />

lowering emissions as well, and<br />

theseneed to be carefully<br />

considered as part of an overall plan<br />

to maximise the country’s potential<br />

economic growth and development.<br />

Working with the community and<br />

businesstoexplore some of these<br />

options will be acritical to future<br />

success.<br />

Ratesmay rise 8.94%<br />

By DAVID HILL,<br />

Local Democracy Reporter<br />

Waimakaririratepayers are set for a<br />

rates hike of nearly nine percent.<br />

Planning for growth, tackling<br />

inflation and preparing for adverse<br />

events are set to featureinthe<br />

Waimakariri District Council’s <strong>2024</strong>/34<br />

Long Term Plan.<br />

Council staff proposed arates rise of<br />

8.94% at the opening session of Long<br />

Term Plan deliberations on Tuesday<br />

morning (January 30).<br />

Finance and business support<br />

general manager Nicole Robinson says<br />

the district’s population is expected to<br />

grow from 70,000 to 82,075 by 2034,<br />

requiring around 4950 new houses,<br />

based on Statistics New Zealand’s high<br />

growth scenario.<br />

‘‘That equates to 495 houses ayear<br />

and we are already trending towards<br />

700 consents for new houses this year.’’<br />

To support growth, major projects in<br />

the Long Term Plan included the<br />

proposed Rangiora Eastern Link Road,<br />

an extension of the Rangiora Library<br />

and Civic Centreand completion of the<br />

Southbrook Sports Club facility and<br />

Mainpower Oval developments.<br />

She said staff identified 21 potential<br />

risks over the next 10 years, including<br />

natural disasters, climate change,<br />

inflation and changes from central<br />

Government.<br />

The council planned to establisha<br />

permanentinfrastructure recovery<br />

team this year to manage the growing<br />

number of adverse events the district<br />

was facing.<br />

While inflation peaked at 7.3% in<br />

2022, it was expected to drop to around<br />

2.2% next year, allowing staff to predict<br />

rates rises will drop below 5% from next<br />

year.<br />

But Ms Robinson urged caution in an<br />

uncertain economic environment.<br />

‘‘If we were to see ahigh inflationary<br />

environment continue it would have a<br />

huge impactonour expenditure.’’<br />

The impactofhigh interest rates<br />

meant several large projects including<br />

ahydrotherapy pool for the Kaiapoi<br />

Aquatic Centre and proposed cycle way<br />

projects were being deferred to reduce<br />

the impactonratepayers.<br />

The proposed Kaiapoi to Woodend,<br />

Rangiora (Southbrook) and Woodend to<br />

Pegasus cycle ways were due to be<br />

funded as part of the previous<br />

Government’s Transport Choices<br />

funding.<br />

But the fund has been canned by the<br />

new Government.<br />

Chief executive Jeff Millward said<br />

there is cause for optimism.<br />

Credit rating agency Standard and<br />

Poor's has confirmed the council’s AA<br />

long­term rating and A­1+ short­term<br />

creditrating with astable outlook.<br />

An A­1credit rating with the<br />

additional plus (+) sign means the<br />

council’s ability to meet its<br />

commitments is ‘‘extremely strong’’,<br />

according to the Standard and Poor’s<br />

website.<br />

The council is still paying off its<br />

earthquake recovery loan from the 2<strong>01</strong>0<br />

and 2<strong>01</strong>1 quakes, but Mr Millward says<br />

the council is in astrong position.<br />

‘‘We have enough head room for not<br />

one, but two major adverse events.’’<br />

The council’s deliberations are<br />

scheduled to finish on Thursday, with<br />

councillors meeting again on <strong>February</strong><br />

27 to adopt the draft Long Term Plan for<br />

consultation.<br />

LDR is local body journalism cofunded<br />

by RNZ and NZ On Air.<br />

Infrastructure needs to keep pace with housinggrowth<br />

By DAVID HILL,<br />

Local Democracy Reporter<br />

Investment is needed in <strong>North</strong><br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong>’s infrastructure to support a<br />

growing housing market.<br />

Bayleys Rangiora and Hanmer Springs<br />

manager Ross Ditmer says the Woodend<br />

Bypass, the proposedRangiora Eastern<br />

LinkRoad and the Skew Bridge upgrade<br />

(west Kaiapoi) are vital to the region’s<br />

prosperity.<br />

‘‘We’ve got Rangiora opening up, with<br />

the Bellgrove sub­division under way, but<br />

weneed that road treatment.<br />

‘‘It is chicken and egg stuff. We’ve got to<br />

future proof it otherwise it is going to<br />

becomeanightmare.<br />

‘‘The Woodend Bypass is huge, and for<br />

Amberley it will make it easier and more<br />

attractive to commute to Christchurch for<br />

work.’’<br />

Statistics New Zealand’s high growth<br />

scenario suggested Waimakariricould<br />

grow from 70,000 to 100,000 over the next<br />

30 years,with the bulk of the growth<br />

expected to be in Rangiora and Kaiapoi.<br />

The proposed WaimakaririDistrict<br />

Plan, which is expected to take effect<br />

later thisyear, is set to open up 200<br />

hectaresofland for housing in Rangiora<br />

and 97 hectares in Kaiapoi.<br />

The Government has indicated the<br />

Woodend Bypass is apriority for this<br />

term of Parliament, as part of its roads of<br />

national significance policy.<br />

WaimakaririMayor Dan Gordon said<br />

the Eastern Link Road and Skew Bridge<br />

upgrade will be included in the <strong>2024</strong>/34<br />

Long Term Plan.<br />

The Eastern Link Road has been<br />

designated in the Waimakariri District<br />

Plan and the council has applied to Waka<br />

Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency<br />

(NZTA) to share the $37.9 million bill.<br />

‘‘We will be giving ratepayersthe<br />

choice if they want us to get on and fund<br />

it without NZTA funding, or whether we<br />

should wait,’’ Mr Gordon said.<br />

Without NZTA funding, the full amount<br />

would be loan funded and cost<br />

ratepayers$30.67 per property per year<br />

over around 30 years, compared to $15.03<br />

with the subsidy.<br />

The Skew Bridge upgrade is estimated<br />

to cost $11 million price tag and would<br />

cost ratepayers around $10 per year<br />

without NZTA funding, Mr Gordon said.<br />

‘‘The bridge is at the end of its life and<br />

it will make ahuge difference to our<br />

community when it is upgraded and it<br />

will help address congestion.’’<br />

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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>February</strong> 1, <strong>2024</strong><br />

Aircraft honours aspecial man<br />

By JOHN COSGROVE<br />

Sierra GulfMike –taking off runway 25.<br />

With that simple call over the<br />

airwaves, the latest addition of the<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> Recreational Aircraft Club’s<br />

fleet of aircraft, took to the air recently,<br />

marking the final chapter in one<br />

member’s long association with the club.<br />

Club member and enthusiastic<br />

aircraft builder Graeme Main, the GM in<br />

the aircraft’s registration number, sadly<br />

didn’t live to see the first flight of SGM.<br />

He died in June, 2023.<br />

He approached the clubseveral years<br />

ago with the idea of membersbuilding a<br />

TCP Savannah Slight aircraft.<br />

This project would give members<br />

experience in gaining hands­on skills in<br />

building an aircraft kit while learning<br />

how one goes together, he said.<br />

The skillsgained would allow<br />

members to carry out their own<br />

maintenance in the future, savethem<br />

time and money and provide enjoyment<br />

along the way.<br />

Graeme also pitched the idea as away<br />

of building club spirit through sharing<br />

the joy of building somethingtogether.<br />

And so late in 2022, alarge crate<br />

arrived from the TCP factory in Italy,<br />

containing one kitset aircraft, all the<br />

aluminium and steel parts already<br />

shaped, and abig bag of rivets, plusa<br />

very large and detailed manual on how<br />

to build it.<br />

What came later from local sources<br />

were the Rotax 100HP engine,<br />

propeller, radiator, and paint.<br />

The labour came from acore team of<br />

keen aircraft builders from within the<br />

club, helped out by many of the club's<br />

260+ members.<br />

Former club president and member of<br />

the building team, Doug Anderson says<br />

Graeme was an advocate for self­built<br />

planes.<br />

ZK­SGM. .. <strong>Canterbury</strong> Recreational Club Members Doug Anderson (left), Wayne Wilson<br />

andRay Corbett with the TCP Savannah Slight aircraft ZK­SGM, they helped build for the<br />

club.<br />

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />

‘‘He loved the Savannahs,they are a<br />

verycapable and avery forgiving<br />

aircraft to fly.<br />

‘‘The many owners of Savannahs here<br />

in the club have done alot of work to<br />

their aircraft, modifying them with<br />

factory approval to suit the New Zealand<br />

flying conditionshere. But Graeme just<br />

loved building them.”<br />

For all who took part in the build,<br />

Doug says there is astrongsense of<br />

achievement.<br />

‘‘Many members worked long hours<br />

riveting and constructing the frame and<br />

skin.<br />

‘‘We all followed the book very<br />

carefully and were well aware of the<br />

high degree of safety we built into this<br />

aircraft because we want to know it’s<br />

safe when it flies carryingclub members<br />

and the public on trainingand<br />

sightseeing flights.’’<br />

The core team worked mostly on<br />

weekdays, and once it was assembled,<br />

first it was inspectedbyaninspection<br />

authority, then the Civil Aviation<br />

Authority inspectedthe aircraft, and<br />

finally it was approved and allowed to<br />

fly.<br />

Doug says it's agood aircraft for the<br />

club to have on hand to introduce flying<br />

to people.<br />

IndigoArtist<br />

at Rangiora<br />

By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

ACentral Otago artist visiting Rangiora has<br />

praised the ‘‘fabulous’’ Chamber Gallery<br />

and thanked the Waimakariri Community<br />

Arts Council for its role in managing it.<br />

Megan Huffadine was speaking at the<br />

opening of Indigo Artists, anew exhibition<br />

at the Chamber Gallery by Indigo Artists, an<br />

informal collaboration of eight artists who<br />

all live in Central Otago.<br />

‘‘This gallery is gorgeous, it is<br />

wonderful,’’ she says.<br />

‘‘The juxtaposition of the gallery and the<br />

library is fantastic. Down home we don’t<br />

have anything like this.<br />

‘‘I think your community is really lucky to<br />

have agallery like this, and to have such<br />

great community and council support for<br />

it.’’<br />

The Indigo group of artists is Megan,<br />

Shaun Burdon, Nigel Wilson, Jillian<br />

Porteous, Lynne Wilson, Rachel<br />

Hirabayashi, Judy Cockeram and Luke<br />

Anthony. They came together when looking<br />

for anew way to support each other and<br />

show their work together.<br />

Their work covers awide range of media<br />

including ceramics, painting, drawing,<br />

sculpture and mixed media. Their subject<br />

matter is also wide ranging and includes<br />

reflections on the landscape, flora, fauna,<br />

environmental concerns and local history<br />

through to aesthetic and philosophical<br />

considerations.<br />

‘‘We have all known each other for along<br />

time,’’ Megan says. The group works as a<br />

collective with each member contributing<br />

different skills, which makes organising<br />

exhibitions much easier than solo shows.<br />

‘‘There are no spring chickens in the<br />

group either, and we are all stillworking<br />

which is pretty special, Ireckon,’’ Megan<br />

says. Indigo Artists opened at the Chamber<br />

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HDC NEWS...<br />

What's happening Hurunui?<br />

HOT SPELL CONTINUES, PLEASE KEEP CONSERVING WATER<br />

The recent vegetation fires in Hurunui are strong reminders that this hot sunny kiwi summer comes with its risks.<br />

Now isagood time toremind everyone in the district that it's important to keep conserving water, for two reasons.<br />

Firstly, tosafeguard our aquifers and rivers, and secondly, tohave emergency water supplies available for our fire<br />

crews, should they need it. Tips for conserving water can be found on our website. It’s always greatly appreciated<br />

when guidelines around water restrictions are followed, which are implemented by Council soour precious<br />

resource can bepreserved.<br />

<strong>2024</strong> POOL PARTY ROUNDUP<br />

And that's awrap… Another successful pool party season. Abig thank you to Satisfy Food Rescue who expressed<br />

their support bysupplying bacon for the BBQ.<br />

Have you ever wondered how many pool party treats are consumed over the 11locations over the three weeks of<br />

pool parties? Here's an insight:<br />

30 loaves of bread<br />

6litres oftomato sauce<br />

8.5kg oflollies<br />

8.5kg ofdiced onions<br />

38 kg of sausages.<br />

NO CHANGE TO GLASS RECYCLING IN HURUNUI, YET.<br />

How you recycle your glass inHurunui will remain the same until 2027, despite new national standards being<br />

introduced by the government.<br />

Led bythe Ministry of Environment, under the Transforming Recycling legislation, most councils around New<br />

Zealand will be standardising the way their recycling and organics are collected, from Thursday <strong>February</strong> 1<strong>2024</strong>,<br />

which includes kerbside glass recycling. Hurunui District Council isone of three councils exempt from this change<br />

until 2027.<br />

Please continue to take your glass tothe transfer stations, unless you live in Hanmer Springs where kerbside<br />

glass recycling does happen. For more information, please visit Hurunui District Council’s website, and search<br />

under Kerbside Collections.<br />

Meetings<br />

1 Hurunui Tourism Board 1.00pm (Venue: Council<br />

Chambers, Amberley)<br />

7 Council meeting (Presentations) 9.30am (Venue:<br />

Council Chambers, Amberley)<br />

9 Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and Spa<br />

Management Committee (Zoom meeting only) 2.00pm<br />

12 Hurunui Youth Council meeting 6.30pm (Venue:<br />

Council Chambers, Amberley)<br />

13 Audit and Risk Committee 9.30am (Venue: Council<br />

Chambers, Amberley)<br />

14 South Ward Committee 7.00pm (Venue: Council<br />

Chambers, Amberley)<br />

15 Glenmark Community Committee 7.30pm (Venue:<br />

Scargill Pavilion)<br />

19 Hanmer Springs Community Board 1.00pm<br />

(Venue: The Gallery, Hanmer Springs Library)<br />

20 Operations Committee 9.30am (Venue: Council<br />

Chambers, Amberley)<br />

21 Road Safety Committee 10.00am (Venue: Council<br />

Chambers, Amberley)<br />

21 Amuri Community Committee 7.30pm (Venue:<br />

Hillcrest Chambers, Culverden)<br />

22 Cheviot Community Committee 6.00pm (Venue:<br />

Cheviot Library/Service Centre)<br />

27 Council meeting 9.30am (Venue: Council<br />

Chambers, Amberley)<br />

28 Hurunui Community Committee 7.30pm (Venue:<br />

To be advised.)<br />

In brief<br />

Back to school<br />

The <strong>2024</strong> school year has started, which means the<br />

roads in Hurunui will be busier. Please keep your eyes<br />

peeled for the youngest members ofthe district on their<br />

daily commute -walking, biking, scootering, catching the<br />

bus or getting in and out of vehicles.<br />

It’s 30km/hr past schools during drop-off and pick-up<br />

times, and the speed limit when passing aschool bus is<br />

20km/hr, each way, always.<br />

Hurunui No 1has seen big progress this year already, with<br />

acompleted reservoir and water treatment building.<br />

WORKS UPDATE<br />

Pool party season was again agreat success for the young<br />

people of the district and the Community Team.<br />

KanopyKids<br />

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movies from streaming provider Kanopy. With your<br />

library card and pin number you will be able toaccess<br />

unlimited plays for KanopyKids.<br />

Access KanopyKids from any device, including iOS,<br />

Android, Apple TV, Chromecast<br />

•Visit www.hurunui.govt.nz/community/library/eresources<br />

HURUNUI NO 1-Drinking water<br />

The new water treatment building and the new 1,000KL reservoir have been completed. Work will now commence<br />

inside the treatment building with the arrival and install ofall the electrical and mechanical equipment, including<br />

the Pentair membrane system, UVreactors, control Instruments, and pipework.<br />

KOWAI WATER TREATMENT PLANT -Drinking water<br />

The construction of the second reservoir is well underway. Once complete, the roof panels toboth reservoirs will<br />

be installed. The connection ofthe pipework and new wells running through to the water treatment building will<br />

then take place.<br />

ASHLEY SCHEME UPGRADE, LOBURN -Drinking water<br />

There isplenty ofactivity planned for the Ashley scheme inLoburn, starting this month. This includes apotable<br />

water network upgrade of3,500 metres of new polyethylene pipe, which will increase water capacity tohelp plan<br />

for future growth. Work isexpected tobegin in early <strong>February</strong> and continue for the next three months.<br />

This month ‘Leaplings’ will get to celebrate their real birthday, leap day <strong>February</strong> 29. Leaplings make up<br />

approximately 4million people of the world’s population. Without leap day, our calendar would beoff byabout<br />

24 days every century, which adds up to 100 years. The first leap year was introduced in 46 BC by Julius<br />

Caesar.<br />

Events<br />

Incorporated Societies Act workshop<br />

Monday March 25, 10.30am, Council Chambers.<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Youth Service Network (NCYSN)<br />

If you work with young people in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>,<br />

please join us for this training delivered by the Youth<br />

Champions Project, Collaborative Trust. Open to<br />

employed workers and volunteers.<br />

Topic: Neurodiversity, youth science, facts and trends<br />

Date: Wednesday 21 <strong>February</strong><br />

Time: 1:00 pm-2:30 pm<br />

Location: Hurunui District Council, Council Chambers.<br />

Contact: hyp@hurunui.govt.nz<br />

PHONE US:<br />

Amberley: 03314 8816.<br />

Cheviot Freephone: 03 319 8812.<br />

Amuri &Hanmer Springs Freephone: 03 315 8400.<br />

info@hurunui.govt.nz<br />

www.hurunui.govt.nz<br />

Hurunui District Council


Bird Song project grows<br />

By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

The Christchurch couple who<br />

anonymously donated $100,000 to<br />

Hurunui's Birdsong Project are<br />

‘‘impressed’’ with the community<br />

support it is receiving.<br />

Since work began on the<br />

restoration project at Scargill<br />

Motunau Recreation Reserve, in<br />

Greta Valley, last winter,<br />

community membershave<br />

contributed more than 300<br />

volunteer hours planting around<br />

2000 native plants.<br />

The reserve, which has been<br />

owned by the Hurunui District<br />

Council since the middle of last<br />

century, is already highly valued in<br />

the community for the sports<br />

facilities, the established exotic<br />

tree plantings, the walking tracks<br />

and the community hall.<br />

The council’s water and land coordinator<br />

Rima Herber says the<br />

restoration of the wetlands and<br />

stream areas will contribute to the<br />

beauty of the reserve and create a<br />

balance between the exceptional<br />

exotic plantings and the native<br />

biodiversity indigenous to the<br />

area.<br />

‘‘The Christchurch couple<br />

wanted to put money towards a<br />

project that had both community<br />

and environmental outcomes,’’<br />

Rima says.<br />

‘‘Birdsong turned out to be<br />

exactly what they were wanting to<br />

support, and they have been very<br />

impressed with progress and with<br />

the wonderful community support<br />

the project has received.<br />

‘‘The reserve is the perfect home<br />

for such awonderful community<br />

investment, abeautiful destination<br />

with tracks through mature oak<br />

Community support ... Volunteers at aplanting day for the Birdsong<br />

Project at the Scargill Motunau Recreational Reserve last year. PHOTO: SUPPLIED<br />

and redwood forests, extensive<br />

stands of various conifers, and a<br />

view point across the Scargill<br />

Valley to the mountains beyond,’’<br />

she says.<br />

‘‘As acontribution to the<br />

environment, giving money to<br />

community groups is agreat way to<br />

maximise outcomes, as so much of<br />

the labour input is given<br />

voluntarily and the money gets<br />

stretched to the max.’’<br />

Environment <strong>Canterbury</strong> has<br />

donated about 1400 plants for the<br />

project. The Birdsong Trust, which<br />

oversees the Birdsong Project, also<br />

bought plants from Goughs<br />

Nurseries in Swannanoa<br />

The Birdsong Project ‘‘has the<br />

potential to continue on all the way<br />

down to Scargill, and eventually<br />

the Ti Papa Stream will have<br />

native vegetation present over long<br />

stretches, continuing on from the<br />

work already achieved in the Greta<br />

Valley township’’, Rima says.<br />

‘‘This will be along­term<br />

undertaking, and if the project can<br />

source the required funding, it will<br />

continue indefinitely over many<br />

decades.’’<br />

Volunteers say afavourite part<br />

of the project is people of all ages<br />

joining in, from youngsters<br />

enjoying the learning experience,<br />

to more senior members of the<br />

community who had planted trees<br />

in the reserve 50 years ago.<br />

Birdsong Trust co­chairperson<br />

Jo Loe says care has been taken to<br />

only plant species that flourished<br />

in the landscape before humans<br />

arrived, creating aplace where<br />

birds and other native ‘‘critters’’,<br />

will thrive, and people can connect<br />

with nature.<br />

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Healthcare decisions<br />

needed at local level<br />

By DAVID HILL,<br />

Local Democracy Reporter<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>’s Mayors<br />

are calling for ‘‘local<br />

accountability’’ to return for<br />

healthcare provision.<br />

Waimakariri Mayor Dan<br />

Gordon and Marie Black, of<br />

Hurunui, have welcomed a<br />

suggestion by Health<br />

Minister Shane Reti that<br />

some health decisionmaking<br />

will return to the<br />

regions.<br />

District health boards<br />

were scrapped 18 months<br />

ago to form Te Whatu Ora /<br />

Health NZ and the Māori<br />

Health Authority with the<br />

aim of ending geographical<br />

differences in the care<br />

people were receiving.<br />

On Radio New Zealand last<br />

week, Dr Reti said some<br />

aspects of healthcare needed<br />

to be centralised, but he did<br />

not elaborate on how much<br />

local accountability would<br />

be restored. There would be<br />

no return to local district<br />

health boards, and the Māori<br />

Health Authority would be<br />

scrapped.<br />

While the old district<br />

health board structure<br />

‘‘wasn’t perfect’’, Mr Gordon<br />

says he could raise concerns<br />

with the board chair and<br />

chief executive. ‘‘What I am<br />

hearing from the new<br />

Minister is encouraging.’’ He<br />

said Dr Reti was aware of<br />

communities like<br />

Waimakariri with high<br />

growth across the board.<br />

‘‘Access to health care is a<br />

high priority for our<br />

residents.’’<br />

Mr Gordon said he was<br />

unsure what the<br />

announcement meant for the<br />

future of the Waitaha<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> PHO (Primary<br />

Health Organisation) board.<br />

‘‘As deputy chair of the<br />

Waitaha PHO board I am<br />

well aware of the demands<br />

on our health practises. I<br />

think some of the key local<br />

priorities are to ensure<br />

access to after hours<br />

healthcare and the staffing of<br />

our medical facilities with<br />

doctors and nurses to help<br />

our under pressure medical<br />

practises.’’<br />

While she would welcome<br />

areturn to local decisionmaking,<br />

Mrs Black said ‘‘the<br />

devil will be in the detail’’. It<br />

made sense to centralise<br />

aspects of the health system<br />

if it produced better<br />

outcomes, such as reducing<br />

wait times and getting<br />

resourcing to where it was<br />

needed. But having local<br />

people closer to the decisionmaking<br />

tended to lead to<br />

better outcomes for local<br />

communities.<br />

‘‘It is about getting the<br />

money on the ground, so we<br />

can make abetter difference<br />

to the people in need.’’<br />

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Waitangi Day festivals, family fun and races<br />

By JOHN COSGROVE<br />

Two festivals, atractor and car run, and<br />

aday at the races, are on offer on<br />

WaitangiDay, Tuesday,<strong>February</strong> 6.<br />

The annual All Together Kaiapoi<br />

Waitangi Day Family Festival will be<br />

held from 10am to 2pm at Trousselot<br />

Park in Kaiapoi, while the Rangiora<br />

Borough School is also hosting afun<br />

festival for all the family.<br />

At Kaiapoi alarge programme of<br />

multi­cultural events has been<br />

organised with awide range of<br />

entertainment for children, including<br />

bouncy castles, pony rides, face painting<br />

and more.<br />

Kaiapoi­Tuahiwi Community Board<br />

chairwoman, Jackie Watson, who is also<br />

chair of the event organisers All<br />

Together Kaiapoi, says there will be a<br />

bit of everything representing the many<br />

different cultures of people living in the<br />

district.<br />

‘‘The Kaiapoi High School’s hangi<br />

fundraiser is always apopular<br />

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Communities NZ and Blackwells<br />

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The Rangiora Borough School will<br />

also be hosting afree fun event at the<br />

school to celebrate Te Ra Whakanui<br />

Waitangi.<br />

Liana Abraham, the school’s assistant<br />

principal, says there will be awide<br />

variety of culturalactivitiesfor families<br />

to take part in from 11am until 2.30pm at<br />

the Alan Sutton stage area in the school<br />

grounds.<br />

There will be live bands, kapa haka<br />

performances, face painting, moko<br />

stenciling, photo booth, harakeke<br />

weaving, plus plenty of food/kai<br />

including spit roast pork and coleslaw,<br />

sausage sizzle and ice blocks.<br />

She says bring achair and apicnic<br />

blanket as there will also be spot prizes,<br />

atug of war and atik tok challenge.<br />

It’s an early morning start for those<br />

mechanically minded, with the<br />

Rangiora RSA tractor and car runs<br />

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Kapa haka ... The Kaiapoi <strong>North</strong> School Kapa Haka Group performs at the Kaiapoi<br />

WaitangiDay Family Celebrations in Trousselot Park last year.<br />

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP<br />

Registrations for tractors ($5) and cars<br />

($10) open at 8am. Tractors from 9am,<br />

while cars start leaving at 10am.<br />

There will be asausage sizzle and<br />

cake stall available for lunch at Loburn<br />

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Organisers say the cars normally<br />

travel to Oxford, and then to the Loburn<br />

Domain,while the tractors will motor<br />

around Ashley and Sefton back roads,<br />

aiming to be at the Loburn Domain by<br />

12.30pm for lunch.<br />

If you are looking for apunt on<br />

Waitangi Day, head out to the Rangiora<br />

Racecourse for afun filled family race<br />

day.<br />

The Amberley Trotting Club is hosting<br />

its annual race day at the course, along<br />

with good old fashioned fun, games and<br />

competitions for young and old.<br />

Waipara River transformed<br />

By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />

Aproject clearing 15km of mature trees<br />

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the coast and State Highway 1has<br />

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The targeted weed control project, and<br />

native plantings were part­funded by<br />

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It has enhanced flood protection and<br />

biodiversity, thanks to targeting species<br />

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trees.<br />

The river has long been ajewel in the<br />

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natural, cultural, social and economic<br />

assets of the river.<br />

It is also an important resource for<br />

mahinga kai, the river mouth and hapua<br />

have been ranked as national to<br />

international significance for threatened<br />

species by the Department of Conservation<br />

and it has an extraordinaryfossil legacy.<br />

The project also provided an<br />

opportunity to secure aformer landfill site<br />

that was at risk of erosion, through rock<br />

work and willow planting using sterile<br />

clone species.<br />

Environment <strong>Canterbury</strong><strong>North</strong><br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong>/Ōpukepuke Councillor Claire<br />

McKay says it is an important programme<br />

which, at its core, is about keeping the<br />

community safe.<br />

‘‘This project has been extremely well<br />

received by locals, as it has provided<br />

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Waipara community as well as broader<br />

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excited to see the significant change at<br />

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tracts of invasive willows that were widely<br />

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says.<br />

Non­invasive, short­lived poplar species<br />

have also been planted in one area to slow<br />

future flood waters. They are supported by<br />

native plantings underneath, to encourage<br />

self­seeding and eventual takeover of<br />

native plants —aconcept proven<br />

successful on the Waimakariri River berm.<br />

The work programme supports climate<br />

change resilience and aligns with the<br />

Waipara River Management Strategy<br />

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aerial photos now show amore natural<br />

braiding of the river and Weka Creek,<br />

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Agreat day out at Muscle Car Madness<br />

PHOTOS BY JOHN COSGROVE<br />

Zephyrs galore ... Len Holmes of Kaiapoi sits in the shade next to<br />

the display of Ford Zephyrs at the <strong>2024</strong> Muscle Car Madness.<br />

Nice ... Dave Bell looks over one of the many hundreds of custom<br />

cars on show at the Rangiora Showgrounds.<br />

Good view ... One of the many teams waits<br />

for their turn at the burn out competition.<br />

Crowd pleaser ... Matt Boulton’s REBedford keeps the large crowd entertained in the<br />

burnout comp.<br />

Chilling ... Sonya Hills­Coates of Rangiora (left) and Leanne Reeve of the West Coast, relax<br />

in a1928 Model Aroadster, one of the many hundreds of cars on display.<br />

Different ... Tony Johnson of Sanson, returned withhis impressive BAD BMC<br />

‘72 Austin 110 V8 powered burn out car.<br />

Close up view ... Werner Allen and Mason Andersen (10) take aclose up look at one of the many exotic<br />

custom cars on show.


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Great night for acustom car parade<br />

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PHOTOS BY JOHN COSGROVE<br />

Great snaps ... Micheal Brookland snaps aphoto as he watches the Muscle Car Madness<br />

Street Parade motor through Rangiora.<br />

Fun night ... Crowds lined the main streets<br />

of Rangiora and Kaiapoi to watch the parade.<br />

Much to see ... There were many exotic<br />

custom cars on parade.<br />

Nice view ... Paul and Sue Williams sit with Milah­Rose (9) and Indiah­Mae Houghton as<br />

they watch the parade go by.<br />

Mum this is fun ... Ruth Hetariki watches the parade of custom cars drive through Rangiora<br />

with her daughter Breiah (4).<br />

Drive-in movie in the park asuccess<br />

PHOTOS BY JOHN COSGROVE<br />

Roll cameras ... Nicki Moore and Catherine Dacre­Johnston enjoy the movie at the first<br />

drive­in movie screening held at Railway Reserve in the banks of the Waimakariri River.<br />

In the best seats ... Liam and Katelin Stewart relax in their car as they enjoy the movie at<br />

their first drive­in movie experience.<br />

Relaxing ... Carter McDonald (left) and Nikita McCarthy relax in the tray of their pick­up as<br />

they enjoy the movie at the drive­in.<br />

Cool snack ... Aquick ice cream break for Craig Thurlow as he walks back to his car at<br />

the Railway Reserve.


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Manu champs<br />

By JOHN COSGROVE<br />

The Hurunui Manu Champs<br />

held at the MainPower<br />

AmberleyPool on Saturday,<br />

turned into afamily affair with<br />

two sets of siblings earning<br />

places at the regional heat of<br />

the ZManuWorld Champs.<br />

Will andMarcus Smallwood,<br />

and Hema and Tekaia Laxon,<br />

will be joining Jock Waghorn at<br />

the regional heats next Friday<br />

inChristchurch.<br />

Hurunui Council Customer<br />

Services Manager Naomi<br />

Woodham said style, form,<br />

highestsplash and pop decibel<br />

level were considered by<br />

judges Mayor Marie Black,<br />

Councillor Pauline White and<br />

Council officer Kerry Walsh in<br />

determining the winners.<br />

Brothers Will and Marcus<br />

won the Youth section.<br />

Rangiora High student Will<br />

says they started training a<br />

month prior to the champs.<br />

‘‘We’dgointhree to four<br />

times aweek, mostly to the<br />

AmberleyPool, and also to<br />

Jellie Park and local swimming<br />

holes.<br />

‘‘We’d warm up and do some<br />

competition manus, trying to<br />

picture our form as we did it.<br />

We took turns to video each<br />

other andthen we’d go over the<br />

videos.’’<br />

He says they were just doing<br />

something they enjoyed.<br />

‘‘We put some work into it<br />

and managed to get the results<br />

we were after,’’ says Will.<br />

For Hema Laxon, who was<br />

placed first in the Junior<br />

section, going throughwith her<br />

brother Tekaia, says the secret<br />

of success was alifetime of<br />

practice.<br />

‘‘I have been doing manus<br />

since Iwas little. Ialways try to<br />

beat my brothersand dad when<br />

we go swimming.’’<br />

Will says he and Marcusare<br />

aware of what’s coming in<br />

Christchurch.<br />

‘‘We’ve seen on Facebook<br />

and other social media and<br />

watched some of the pops and<br />

manus —and they’re looking<br />

pretty good.’’<br />

Mayor Marie Black said she<br />

was backing Hurunui‘‘to the<br />

hilt’’ for the next round of manu<br />

champs.<br />

‘‘We’ve got the talent and the<br />

focus to take it throughtothe<br />

finish. We might be asmall<br />

district in terms of our<br />

demographics, but that won’t<br />

be holding us back,’’ Mayor<br />

Black said.<br />

The Christchurch heat takes<br />

place <strong>February</strong> 9to11atJellie<br />

Park.<br />

Results were:<br />

Overall winner: Will<br />

Smallwood.<br />

Junior Section (10­12 years):<br />

Hema Laxon, 1, Jock Waghorn<br />

2.<br />

Youth Section (13­17 years):<br />

Will Smallwood, 1, Marcus<br />

Smallwood, 2.<br />

Adult section: Kerry Tremayne,<br />

1. Spot Prize for Best Twist:<br />

Arai Youle.<br />

Making magic ... Arthur Linnell, of Rangiora, behind his Fairy<br />

HouseFronts stall at the Vintage Fair.<br />

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Vintage Fair popular<br />

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This means no open­air fires are allowed and all fire<br />

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District Commander Dave Stackhouse says there have<br />

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and there is little to no relief forecast for the next two<br />

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People should also be prepared to evacuate their<br />

properties if they are threatened by wild fire.<br />

Four <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

charitable organisations and a<br />

sports team have benefited<br />

from another bumper vintage<br />

fair held at Rangiora<br />

Racecourse.<br />

The second Vintage Fair<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> was held last<br />

Sunday with 42 stalls taking<br />

part at the indoor/outdoor<br />

event, and alarge crowd<br />

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Tail Animal Rescue, based at<br />

Eyrewell Forest, the Dementia<br />

Support Group in Oxford, and<br />

CompassFM’s ‘‘Handbags For<br />

Hope.’’<br />

The Rangiora St John<br />

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free stall for the day to sell<br />

items to raisefunds for its<br />

work, and <strong>North</strong>ern Phoenix<br />

Dragon Boating were also given<br />

afree stall to hold asausage<br />

sizzle to raise funds to compete<br />

at the Dragon Boat Nationals at<br />

Lake Karapiro this April.<br />

It is the second vintage fair<br />

held in Rangiora. The<br />

inaugural event, which was<br />

held at the racecourse in<br />

October last year benefited<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Riding For<br />

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conference activities will be hosted by the<br />

Sefton­based logging family, Brand<br />

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This is the first time the WIF event has<br />

been held in the South Island, and founder<br />

Sarah Davis says it is agreat opportunity to<br />

meet their South Island members and to<br />

raise awareness of the role women play in<br />

the forestry industry.<br />

‘‘While nationally there are arelatively<br />

small number of female forestry business<br />

owners, they do however employ alot of<br />

staff in the industry. At WIF we focuses on<br />

supporting them.’’<br />

Women in Forestryisagrass roots<br />

network of women working in the New<br />

Zealand forestry industry, and looks at<br />

ways to actively support female business<br />

owners, who are often under immense<br />

pressurerunning their businesses.<br />

Sarah says there are almost 200 women<br />

on their data base which is growing each<br />

year.<br />

She says she founded the group after<br />

watching her mother work alongside her<br />

father in the family’s logging business.<br />

‘‘I realised we were working in small<br />

communities —widely scattered across<br />

the country —and in many cases couples<br />

worked long hard hours to make their<br />

businesses work.<br />

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others like themselves, share problems,<br />

find mutual solutions and work towards<br />

the betterment of the industry were very<br />

remote, so with some friends we decided to<br />

form Women in Forestry seven years ago.’’<br />

The Women in Forestry event will run in<br />

Christchurch from Thursday, <strong>February</strong> 29,<br />

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Sarah says Brand’s has created amajor<br />

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Small lift in<br />

export log<br />

prices<br />

Log price consolidation seen in the<br />

last quarter of 2023 have remained in<br />

January.<br />

Allan Laurie, of Laurie Forestry,<br />

says there has been asmall lift in<br />

export prices, with domestic prices<br />

remaining stable.<br />

He says export prices could have<br />

been higher at the wharf gate, but for<br />

the hitting and bombing of Israeli<br />

crewed vessels in the Suez Canal.<br />

‘‘This now sees vessels taking the<br />

extra 18 day voyage around the Horn<br />

rather than run the risks posed by the<br />

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component of larger vessel shipping<br />

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It has also added US$3, per cubic<br />

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‘‘And that happened almost<br />

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Mr Laurie says over the last four<br />

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By JOHN COSGROVE<br />

Strong prices wererecorded at the<br />

annual Hawarden Ewe Fair last<br />

Friday.<br />

This was despite concerns about<br />

the dry conditions which are starting<br />

to bite impacting on the sale.<br />

Therewereonly about8500 ewes at<br />

the sale, down on previous years<br />

when two days sales were often<br />

normal to cater for the large numbers.<br />

Rural Livestock livestock agent,<br />

Hayden McCarthy, says they were<br />

pleasantly surprised by the outcome.<br />

He says the prices were up $20 to<br />

$30 on what the sales team had<br />

expected.<br />

‘‘Two tooths did very well, with<br />

prices ranging from $140 to $200,<br />

while older cross bred ewes fetched<br />

from $80 to $110.’’<br />

But his forecast for the coming<br />

months is not too optimistic.<br />

‘‘In regards to Rural Livestock we<br />

are backonstocknumbers and prices<br />

like anyone else in the industry,and<br />

now with it going dry, it could take a<br />

while to see prices, especially for<br />

sheep, lift.’’<br />

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From early <strong>February</strong> wewillbeusing<br />

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Weed control clears the activepart of theriver channel<br />

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The riverbeds will be surveyed, and only targeted<br />

weedswillbesprayed.<br />

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Searching ... <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Fish and Game officer, Matthew Garrick, uses aspotting<br />

scope at Lake Taylor, searching for pūteketeke.<br />

PHOTO: RICHARD COSGROVE, NCFG.<br />

Focusonpū teketeke<br />

The pūteketeke Australasian crested<br />

grebe, announced the Bird of the<br />

Century in 2023, was the focus of lots of<br />

searching over the weekend.<br />

The annual national pūteketeke<br />

Australasiancrested grebe census,<br />

organised by Rosalie Snoyink and Leslie<br />

Jensen from Forestand Bird, was held<br />

throughout the country over the<br />

weekend.<br />

This included searchinginsome<br />

remote parts of the Hurunui district.<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Fish &Game<br />

Officer Matthew Garrick says staff were<br />

in the Lake Sumner area foraplanned<br />

compliance patrol to ensure anglers<br />

were following the rules,when the<br />

organisers asked for help.<br />

‘‘Grebesare relatively rare in the<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> area, but they stand<br />

out quite abit compared to other birds,<br />

so we were able to search easily for them<br />

while patrolling the lake.<br />

‘‘We found four grebes on Lake<br />

Marion, which is afantastic high­country<br />

lake ashort walk from Lake Sumner.<br />

‘‘Sumner and the surrounding lakes<br />

are definitely ajewel in the districts<br />

crown and are well worth visit,’’ he says.<br />

Mr Garrick said alot of people were<br />

out in the area at the weekend, making<br />

use of the many recreational<br />

opportunities the area offers, and it was<br />

great to interact with them and see them<br />

out there.<br />

‘‘Angling compliance was high among<br />

those checked in the area, with only one<br />

angler requiring follow up work.’’<br />

Duck seasons starttoopen<br />

The summer paradise duck season starts<br />

on <strong>February</strong> 3, and runs to March 10.<br />

Mallard season runs over two<br />

weekends —the first on <strong>February</strong> 3and<br />

4, and the second <strong>February</strong> 10 and 11.<br />

The summerduck seasons only allow<br />

hunting over agricultural grain crops and<br />

green feed paddocks, and more than 200<br />

metresaway from any waterbody.<br />

‘‘Crop harvest is just getting under way.<br />

‘‘A lot of peasand barleyhave started to<br />

be harvested, and the recent hot weather<br />

hasmeant it is looking good for farmers.<br />

‘‘So, there will likely be good<br />

concentrations of birds on freshly<br />

harvestedfields,’’ says Mr Garrick.<br />

He says to look for freshly harvested<br />

crops or burned stubble fields,<br />

particularly when they are close to bigger<br />

lakes, wetlands, and irrigation ponds.<br />

‘‘If you can’t find those, reach out to<br />

some farmers, as they know the lay of the<br />

land better than anyone,’’ Mr Garrick<br />

says.<br />

Hunters are encouraged to be mindful<br />

of how they handle bagged birds if they<br />

are spending along time out in the field.<br />

The heat during summer can lead to meat<br />

spoilage, so if able, place birds in the<br />

shade and don’t pile them on top of each<br />

other.<br />

Hunters are reminded about changes<br />

in firearms laws, around transporting<br />

firearms, that came into affect in 2023.<br />

To learn more about hunting<br />

regulations, look at the Fish &Game<br />

website, or call <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> Fish<br />

and Game at 03 3669191.


LIVE LINES<br />

Issue 225 <strong>February</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />

Trees and power lines<br />

Vegetation touching power lines is the main cause of unplanned power<br />

outages on the MainPower network.<br />

What are your responsibilities?<br />

• Property owners are responsible for maintaining trees and vegetation on<br />

their land to make sure it cannot damage electricity assets.<br />

• Property owners are responsible for the cost to repair any damage<br />

caused by trees on their land.<br />

Check your trees, hedges and shelter belts regularly. Ifyou are not sure what<br />

to look for, please give us acall sowecan help.<br />

Our Community Fund is now live!<br />

Round one of <strong>2024</strong> is now open for nominations.<br />

MainPower values its relationship with the Waimakariri, Hurunui and<br />

Kaikōura communities and is a major contributor to the region. Through<br />

our community fund sponsorship programme, MainPower supports several<br />

projects and events each year.<br />

MainPower sponsorship<br />

Swim for Hope: helping kids keep their head above water.<br />

Amberley’s volunteer firefighters are getting ready to make a splash. On<br />

the 24th of<strong>February</strong>, they are participating in a24-hour swimming relay<br />

at the MainPower Amberley Swimming Pool to raise funds for ‘I am Hope’.<br />

Volunteer firefighters often respond to ‘purple calls’ toprovide immediate<br />

medical response to people in mental distress. This is where organisations<br />

like ‘I am Hope’ can be acritical service to provide help and support topeople<br />

who are struggling.<br />

I am hope provides free counselling services to kids in need. When the<br />

Amberley Volunteer Fire Brigade approached MainPower to support their<br />

fundraising event, we were more than delighted to donate $2,000 towards<br />

their goal.<br />

If you would like to support them aswell, please donate via their Givealittle<br />

page, visit givealittle.co.nz and search for ‘amberley firefighters’.<br />

If you or someone you know is struggling, you can free call ortext 1737<br />

anytime to talk with atrained counsellor 24/7. Inanemergency, call 111.<br />

The MainPower Community Fund is designed to distribute $40,000 twice<br />

a year into the local community to support not-for-profit organisations,<br />

community groups and schools doing great things in our region.<br />

For more information, visit our website and search for ‘community funding’.<br />

We are heading to some local<br />

A&P shows this year!<br />

This year MainPower will bemaking our way totwo local A&P shows. Feel<br />

free todrop by while we are there, just look for the teal MainPower marquee!<br />

Events we are attending in early <strong>2024</strong>:<br />

• Kaikōura A&P Show, Saturday 24th <strong>February</strong><br />

• Cheviot A&P Show, Saturday 9th March<br />

To learn more about us and what<br />

we are doing in your community,<br />

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RAKAHURI RAGE RETURNSTOSUPPORT<br />

MAINPOWERWAISWIM PROGRAMME<br />

TheMikeGreer HomesRakahuri Rage 6-hour mountain bikerelayracereturns on March10ththis year,offering<br />

riders of all abilities the chancetorace on one of the area’s most popular single tracks.<br />

After suffering from Covid lockdowns and adverse weather in recent years,<br />

NC Sports is looking forwardtothe chancetoget the RakahuriRage back on<br />

thelocal sporting calendar forthe first time since2021.<br />

This year’s race is open<br />

to up to 100 teams of 2-4<br />

riders, aswell as 10 solo<br />

riders. Thereare 10 team<br />

categories ranging from<br />

school and junior teams,<br />

to corporates and “Old<br />

Cranks” (over 50s), and<br />

the event issuitable for<br />

novice riders as well as<br />

seasoned mountain bike<br />

racers.<br />

Event organiser Rosie<br />

Oliver says one of the<br />

key goals of the Rage is to appeal to thewider cycling communityand bring<br />

family and friends together for afun day ofMTB riding. “There are alot of<br />

racesout therewhereyou have to train hardand spend alot of money,which<br />

is great, but wewant tocreate anevent that isachieveable for riders of all<br />

skills and experience, where they don’t need an expensive bike or heaps of<br />

training in order to take part.”<br />

To be as inclusiveaspossiblethe RakahuriRage nowallows riders<br />

of E-bikes to enter aspart ofateam. “E-bikes are helping to get<br />

morepeople out cycling and allowing them to keep riding as they<br />

get older,soitisimportantthey areable to take partinthese sorts<br />

of events too,”saysOliver (who is an e-bike rider herself).<br />

TheRakahuriRage is open to riders 12 years and older,with many<br />

of these younger riders comingfromLoburnSchool,which enters<br />

all its Year 8students as part of the William Pike Challenge Award.<br />

Normally schools enterateam or twoofadults who ride with their<br />

less experienced riders to give them advice and encouragement<br />

around the course.<br />

Entry fees are $35 for U18 riders, $55 for riders 18 years old and<br />

over,and $85 forsolo riders. Each team getsspaceinthe transition<br />

area for agazebo and with all the teams inclose proximity there is alot of<br />

socialising as well as the competitiveracing.<br />

This year’s eventhas again been well supportedbylocal businesses,<br />

who provide some funding aswell asprizes and teams ofriders<br />

for the event. Mike Greer Homes has been akey sponsor since<br />

the first event in2<strong>01</strong>5, as has Push Bikes and Flooring Connection,<br />

with new sponsors joining the eventinrecentyears including New<br />

WorldPegasus,Tranzit,Total Span, Brand Mowers &Chainsaws,and<br />

McDonalds <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />

Allproceedsfromthe RakahuriRage areused to fund the MainPower<br />

Waiswim Primary School Swimming programme which teaches<br />

essential swimming and water safety skills to over 5,600 <strong>North</strong><br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> children every year. The programme provides up to 10<br />

subsidised swimmingand watersafetylessons foryear 0-8 students,<br />

aswellastransportation to the local pool,withschools from Kaiapoi<br />

to as far north asKaikourataking part.<br />

Many of thetraditional funders forthis programme have restructed<br />

in recent years, increasing the reliance onlocal sources and fund raising<br />

activities by NC Sports. While MainPower and the Waimakariri District<br />

Council arethe key sponsors,RotaryClub of Rangiora has becomeamajor<br />

contributor,injecting $15,000 per year into the programmefor thelast four<br />

years to ensureitcontinues reaching all schools and studentyeargroups.<br />

The Rakahuri Rage<br />

mountain bike race<br />

has provided more<br />

than $40,000 for the<br />

swimming programme<br />

from previous years and<br />

NC Sport ishoping the<br />

local community will<br />

once again get behind<br />

and support the race so<br />

they can raise around<br />

$10,000 again in <strong>2024</strong>.<br />

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SPORT<br />

The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>February</strong> 1, <strong>2024</strong><br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> Country tochallenge for Cup<br />

By LINDSAY KERR<br />

There were anxious moments for the<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> Country cricket side before<br />

it was able to confirm it will again<br />

challenge for the national districts<br />

Hawke Cup against Hawkes Bay, the<br />

team which wrestled it off them earlier<br />

in the season.<br />

In its Zone 3final against Nelson,<br />

played at Rangiora’s Mainpower Oval<br />

last weekend, Country after being<br />

comfortably on track chasing Nelson’s<br />

325, found itself eight wickets down,<br />

with 20 runs still to get.<br />

Heading the chase were opener’s<br />

Rhys Mariu and Archie Redfern who<br />

posted 87, before Redfern and Harry<br />

Chamberlain added 91 runs for the<br />

second wicket.<br />

Wickets then fell at regular intervals<br />

before MacKenzie Smith batting at<br />

number six anchored the remainder of<br />

the innings, and was 42 not out at the<br />

conclusion.<br />

Earlier Nelson had batted for 130.1<br />

overs scoring 325.<br />

23<br />

Will Hamilton produced the<br />

outstanding bowling figures of 4/52<br />

from 21 overs.<br />

Scoreboard: <strong>Canterbury</strong> Country<br />

326/8 (Harry Chamberlain 81, Archie<br />

Redfern 73, Smith 42 no, Rhys Mariu<br />

40, Fraser Sheet 25) beat Nelson 325<br />

(Hamilton 4/52, Callum Cameron 2/28,<br />

Sam Chamberlain 2/51).<br />

Silvermedal for Cust’sMillie Chamberlain<br />

By RACHEL MACDONALD<br />

Cust’s Millie Chamberlain spent<br />

Christmas in southwest China,<br />

representing New Zealand in the China<br />

Communications Construction Cup 2023<br />

International Wild Water Canoeing<br />

Open.<br />

The young athlete returned home with<br />

asilver medal.<br />

Millie and the three other members of<br />

the Kiwi team —River Mutton from<br />

Tauranga, Dayla Ward of Nelson, and<br />

Cambridge’sNick Collier —competed<br />

against athletes from 14 other nations on<br />

three different sections of rapids on the<br />

Nujiang River.<br />

Back on home ground, Millie says the<br />

entire experience was something of a<br />

culture shock.<br />

‘‘None of us girls had visited China<br />

before, and we did struggle with the<br />

food. There was no Western­style food<br />

available at all.”<br />

She says it was also astruggle to keep<br />

in touch with family, given China’s<br />

closed social media policies.<br />

‘‘Apart from that, the hospitality<br />

shown to us was amazing. We were<br />

treated like absolute royalty.’’<br />

The event was broken into different<br />

classes for short and long boats —the<br />

short distance sprint, the 17km long<br />

distance race, the extreme canoeing<br />

slalom, and the taxing tiger jump<br />

challenge.<br />

The team showed that, while small,<br />

New Zealand can hold its own on the<br />

world stage.<br />

Millie competed in the long distance<br />

race, being pipped for the gold by China,<br />

with Germany coming in third.<br />

Nick also snatched silver in the men’s<br />

tiger jump challenge, while River<br />

achieved the same in the women’s<br />

challenge.<br />

In action ... Millie Chamberlain tackles a<br />

wild water canoe course in China.<br />

PHOTO: SUPPLIED<br />

NORTH CANTERBURY SPORTS RESULTS<br />

Rangiora Bridge Club<br />

Holiday Pairs: <strong>North</strong>/South: Sarah<br />

Waldron/Shirley Symns 1, Christine<br />

Sweeney/Janene Mussen 2, Denise<br />

Lang/Julie Day 3. East/West: Gaynor<br />

Hurford/Lynda Grierson 1, Tom Rose<br />

Rona Maslowski 2, Norm Shipley/<br />

Janelle Crawley 3.<br />

New Year Pairs: N/S Warwick Wyatt/<br />

Norm Shipley 1, Denise Lang/Julie Day<br />

2, Heather Waldron/Judith Driver 3.<br />

E/W: Peter Story/Jan Roose 1, Peter<br />

Whitehead/Phillipa Watkins 2, Chris<br />

Taiaroa/Mary Newton 3.<br />

Junior Evening: N/S: Helen Russ/Susan<br />

Kinley 1, Gayle Saunders/Debra Wilson<br />

2, Annette Caldwell/Gail Dunlop 3. E/W:<br />

Carol Creamer/Helen Creamer 1,<br />

Gerard McCrea/Denis Milne 2, Danl<br />

Crotty/Alison Howie 3.<br />

Summer Pairs: N/S: Sue Solomons/<br />

Craig Shannahan 1, Jannene Cumming/<br />

Jan Roose 2, Veronica Hall/Sarah<br />

Waldron 3. E/W: Richard Luisetti/ Geoff<br />

Swailes 1, Cathy McPherson/Neil<br />

McPherson 2, Julie Elliott/Steve Noad<br />

3.<br />

Holiday Pairs, January 20: N/S: Robyn<br />

Findlay/Barry Smart 1, Lynda<br />

Cameron/Robyn Dawson 2, Heather<br />

Waldron/Joyce Gray 3. E/W: Norm<br />

Shipley/Jenelle Crawley 1, Lesley<br />

Shipley/Lorraine Proffit 2, Dawn<br />

Simpson/Steve Noad 3.<br />

New Year Pairs, January 24: N/S:<br />

Shirley Symns/Sue McIlroy 1, Linley<br />

Thomas/Helen Phillips 2, Phillipa<br />

Watkins/Peter Whitehead 3. E/W:<br />

Marion Lomax/Liz Partridge 1, Tom<br />

Rose/Rona Maslowski 2, Robyn<br />

Dawson/Richard Luisetti 3.<br />

Junior Evening: N/S: Gayle Saunders/<br />

Debra Wilson 1, Helen Russ/Susan<br />

Kinley 2, Ben Prain/Julie Smith 3. E/W:<br />

Murray Messervy/Denis Milne 1, Dani<br />

Crotty/Alison Howie 2, Murray Davis/<br />

Sharyn Davis 3.<br />

Summer Pairs: N/S: Jim Knight/Ken<br />

Fox 1, Liz Duke/Barry Smart 2, Robyn<br />

Dawson/Joyce Gray 3. E/W: Jannene<br />

Cumming/Jan Roose 1, Tom Rose/Rona<br />

Maslowski 2, Maggie Johnston/Lorraine<br />

Proffit 3.<br />

Waimakariri Gorge Golf<br />

Moroccan Stableford: 18 holes: KBush<br />

364, SFarrar 346, MTeAwa 341.<br />

Nearest to Pin for 2–No. 8–N<br />

Robertson, No. 11 –JPottinger.<br />

Longest Putt –No. 9–WMehrtens. Most<br />

Nett Eagles –NRobertson.<br />

Amberley Bridge Club<br />

Monday Evening: Jannene Cumming &<br />

Jan Roose 1, Adrienne Paine &Irene<br />

Carson 2, Douschka &Tim Saunders 3.<br />

Thursday Afternoon: Judith Driver &<br />

Jan Roose 1, Helen Phillips &Adrienne<br />

Paine 2, Nola McKissock &Diane<br />

Watson 3.<br />

Rangiora Golf Club<br />

Nine hole golf: Men: Keith Ryder 30, 1;<br />

Ron Reed 31, 2; Peter Van Hout 34, 3.<br />

Women: Pam Holland 31, 1; Jan Moffatt<br />

35 c/b, 2; Jenni Brook 35 c/b, 3.<br />

Amberley Bridge Club<br />

Monday Evening: Jannene Cumming &<br />

Jan Roose 1, Jill Coberger &Jim Knight<br />

2, Adrienne Paine &Irene Carson 3.<br />

Thursday Afternoon: N/S Judith Driver<br />

&Jan Roose 1, Irene Carson &Mary<br />

Warren 2, Helen Phillips &Adrienne<br />

Paine 3. E/W Diane Watson &Nola<br />

McKissock 1, Gavin Dunnett &Noel<br />

Langdon 2, Douschka Saunders &Nell<br />

McKellow 3.<br />

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victims of Loburn Fire<br />

Waimakariri District Council has opened the<br />

Mayoral Relief Fund.<br />

Donations will go directly to residents who lost<br />

their homes and had their properties damaged<br />

because ofthe 12ha Loburn fires which took<br />

place recently.<br />

Donations can be made via internet banking to<br />

account <strong>01</strong>-0877-<strong>01</strong>29222- 00. Please include the<br />

words ‘Loburn Fire’ in your reference details.<br />

New changes coming tokerbside<br />

bin collections<br />

What you can place inyour yellow, green and red<br />

bins for kerbside collection is changing to make<br />

sorting waste easier across the country.<br />

From 1<strong>February</strong>,the Government is standardising<br />

whatmaterials can be collectedfrom households in<br />

their recycling andorganics bins acrossNew Zealand.<br />

For full information about the changes visit<br />

waimakariri.govt.nz/rethinkrubbish.<br />

Standard and Poor’s Reconfirm Council’s<br />

High Credit Rating<br />

Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's has<br />

reconfirmed its AAlong-term and A-1+ short-term<br />

credit rating with astable outlook for Waimakariri<br />

District Council.<br />

The AA rating maintains anexceptionally high<br />

credit rating which endorses the position the<br />

Council holds with its investors, stakeholders, and<br />

community. Italso provides an ongoing ability to<br />

fund significant work programmes.<br />

Mayor Dan Gordon says the Council has<br />

maintained its high rating throughout the<br />

economic volatility of the past years –which is no<br />

easy feat.<br />

This is the fourth year the Council has maintained<br />

the AA long-term and A-1+ short-term credit<br />

rating with astable outlook.<br />

Have you signed up for the Waimakariri<br />

District Council <strong>News</strong>letter?<br />

To join visit waimakariri.govt.nz/subscribe<br />

TheMayoral<br />

ReliefFundfor<br />

Loburn Fire<br />

victimsisopen<br />

fordonations.<br />

Free Digital<br />

Skills Classes<br />

Introduction to SmartPhones<br />

Rangiora Library<br />

Monday 5<strong>February</strong> • 10–12 noon<br />

KaiapoiLibrary<br />

Wednesday 7<strong>February</strong> • 10–12 noon<br />

Introduction to Apps<br />

Rangiora Library<br />

Wednesday 14<strong>February</strong> • 10–12 noon<br />

KaiapoiLibrary<br />

Wednesday 14<strong>February</strong> • 10–12 noon<br />

Bookings Essential<br />

steppingup.nz<br />

03 311 89<strong>01</strong><br />

Office of theMayor<br />

Donations can be made via<br />

internet banking toaccount<br />

<strong>01</strong>-0877-<strong>01</strong>29222- 00.<br />

Please include the words ‘Loburn<br />

Fire’ in your reference details.<br />

A blocked drain?<br />

New pothole?<br />

Fallen tree?<br />

Saveyour old<br />

batteries…<br />

Drop your used household<br />

batteries at the battery<br />

recycling station atyour<br />

local transfer station.<br />

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Find out more recycling tips<br />

at rethinkrubbish.co.nz<br />

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AT THELIBRARY<br />

For the latest local news<br />

www.starnews.co.nz<br />

www.ncnews.co.nz<br />

Situations Wanted<br />

DON’T HAVE TIME to<br />

clean? Call Leanne, very<br />

experienced cleaner. Own<br />

products and cloths provided.<br />

Call or txt 027 214<br />

3483.<br />

Livestock<br />

HEIFFER calves wanted<br />

Hereford /Fresian 170kgs<br />

+, prompt decision &payment.<br />

Phone Craig Flintoft<br />

03 312 9432.<br />

Wanted To Rent<br />

WANTED to rent in <strong>North</strong><br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong> 2or3bedroom<br />

stand alone, with shower<br />

and garage, closed in courtyard<br />

for cat, long term<br />

mature couple, good references.<br />

Phone 03 310 8526.<br />

Deaths<br />

ANDERSON, Francis Boyd McLean<br />

(Boyd):<br />

On January 27<strong>2024</strong>, peacefully at Parklands Care<br />

Home Christchurch, aged 85 years. Loved son of<br />

the late Eileen and Frank, brother ofthe late Lorraine.<br />

Loved father and father-in-law of Michelle and Paul,<br />

Warren andVicki,Tania andShane,Anne andRodney.<br />

Loved Poppa of all his grandchildren and great<br />

grandchildren. Warm thanks to the staff at Parklands<br />

Care Home for their loving care and kindness shown<br />

to Boyd and his family.<br />

“I Boyd Anderson would like to say goodbye and<br />

thank you to all my close familyand friends. It was so<br />

wonderful to be partofafamily such as you, youhave<br />

all enriched my life with your love and warmth. My joy<br />

is that Iamnow with my dearestwifeand companion,<br />

Shirley Anne. Our sadness is that we are parted from<br />

you, dear family and friends. Please do not dwell too<br />

longonsadness for we do understand”.<br />

Messages to the Anderson Family c/- POBox 35,<br />

Rangiora 7440. In accordance with my wishes a<br />

private cremation has taken place. Agathering for<br />

family and friends will be heldatadate to be advised.<br />

And Then She Fell, by Alicia Elliot<br />

An unflinching and fiercely witty<br />

debut novel of Indigenous life,<br />

womanhood, and mental health.<br />

Good Material, by Dolly Alderton<br />

Asharply funny, beautifully<br />

observed and exquisitely relatable<br />

story of heartbreak and friendship,<br />

and how to survive both.<br />

Living Between Land &Sea, by<br />

Jane Robertson<br />

The stories of the bays and islands<br />

of Whakaraupo Lyttelton’s<br />

picturesque and historic harbour<br />

are described with fascinating<br />

details of early and contemporary<br />

life including maritime history and<br />

dramatic rescues, farming and<br />

trade, wartime experiences and<br />

quarantine stations, tourism, and<br />

recreation.<br />

These titles are available in the<br />

Waimakariri and Hurunui<br />

libraries. Find out more about<br />

recent additions to the library<br />

collection at waimakariri.kotui.<br />

org.nz or hurunui.kotui.org.nz.<br />

2649640<br />

Property Wanted<br />

LOOKING for<br />

expressions of interest in<br />

landsharing for my tiny<br />

home (not yet purchased )<br />

in or around the Rangiora<br />

area. I’m a 65yr old, fit,<br />

single working male, soon<br />

to enter semi retirement and<br />

relocate. Non smoker, no<br />

pets, dependants or any anti<br />

social behaviour. I’m trustworthy<br />

and honest can<br />

demonstrate respect for<br />

your space and am capable<br />

of doing odd jobs. Apassive<br />

income for you, another<br />

set of eyes on your property,<br />

this is a genuine<br />

request as I wish to get<br />

closer to my family, references<br />

available. Please<br />

phone Dean 022 309 8470.<br />

Public Notices<br />

CONNECT<br />

HURUNUI<br />

AGM<br />

17th <strong>February</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />

11:00am<br />

13A Bank St, Amberley<br />

Join us for the Connect<br />

Hurunui Annual General<br />

Meeting. Share your<br />

insights and be apart of<br />

shaping our community’s<br />

future.<br />

We need new society<br />

members who share our<br />

vision and board members<br />

for governance.<br />

For more info,contact the<br />

secretary.<br />

theo@connecthurunui.org.nz<br />

Educational<br />

READING TUTOR<br />

Message or call Amber<br />

Cavanagh on 022 121 9029<br />

for more information.<br />

TUITION available. Primary<br />

and secondary (Math,<br />

English, Science) up to<br />

NCEA level 3. Each<br />

student on an individually<br />

tailored programme. Kip<br />

McGrath Rangiora has<br />

been serving the local community<br />

for 30 +years. Give<br />

us acall (03) 313 3638 or<br />

book your free assessment<br />

online https://www.<br />

kipmcgrath.co.nz/rangiora.<br />

Situations Vacant<br />

Housekeeper Plus<br />

Housekeeping –laundry, linens,vacuum, cleaning<br />

–ispleasing work. Really. But it’s hard to attract<br />

agood person. Requires good situation, good<br />

compensation, fitthe lifestyle, flexibility, reliability.<br />

Also trust, attentiontodetail,commitment.<br />

Lansdowne Farm’s Lodge needs a part time<br />

housekeeper with quality. Aperson who would<br />

also value abeautiful place to live on this coastal<br />

farm –full time or part time. And who would like<br />

to vary the work – sometimes housekeeping,<br />

but also garden and general upkeep, guest<br />

hospitality. Housekeeper Plus.<br />

Housekeeping compensation: ahome on this<br />

beautiful seaside farm. The rent and utilities will<br />

be paid by housekeeping and other light work -<br />

gardening, mowing, lodge upkeep andoversight.<br />

Six (6) hours work per week average will cover<br />

the rent andpower. Additionalhours will be paid.<br />

Lansdowne is a sheep and beef farm on the<br />

ocean, between Cheviot and Kaikoura –50mins.<br />

drive from either town. The Lodge at Lansdowne<br />

Farm is an architect-designed, 6bedroom selfcatering<br />

facility, offered to one guest group<br />

at a time: family reunions, travelling friends,<br />

special occasions, small weddings, retreats. Our<br />

Lodge has been our own guest house for family<br />

and friends. Weaim to increase the number of<br />

commercialguests.<br />

The home: we have just sited a new 12m x<br />

3m mini-home in apretty site near the Lodge,<br />

intended for the Housekeeper. The building is<br />

handsome glass, views, wood floors, laundry, 1<br />

bedroom. Could receive ashed or garage if that<br />

suited. The Farming Manager and family live on<br />

farm.The Owner also hasahome on theFarm.<br />

If this sounds of interest,please contact us first by<br />

email and write with your interest, situation and<br />

your background and skills, also your ability to<br />

traveland live an hour drivefromatown-any car<br />

issues. We prefer no dogs,but willconsider small.<br />

Iwill then contactyou forachatoravisit,ornot.<br />

Hope to hearback from this advert-willrespond<br />

to each.Thanksfor your interest.<br />

Regards-<br />

JayS.Lansdowne Farm 2<strong>01</strong>4 Ltd.,owner and<br />

employer jay@lansdownefarm.co.nz<br />

Public Notices<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE OF<br />

APPLICATION FOR<br />

OFF-LICENCE<br />

SECTION 1<strong>01</strong>, SALE<br />

AND SUPPLY OF<br />

ALCOHOLACT 2<strong>01</strong>2<br />

Skudar Limited ,85 Picton<br />

Ave, Riccarton ,has made<br />

application to the District<br />

Licensing Committee<br />

(DLC) atRangiora for the<br />

issue ofaOff-Licence in<br />

respect of the premises<br />

situated at 4Clayton Place,<br />

Ravenswood. Known as<br />

Liquorland Ravenswood.<br />

The general nature ofthe<br />

business conducted (or to<br />

be conducted )under the<br />

licence isBottle Store. The<br />

daysonwhich and thehours<br />

duringwhich alcohol is ( or is<br />

intended to be )sold under<br />

the licence are Monday –<br />

Sunday 10am -10pm<br />

The application may be<br />

inspected during ordinary<br />

office hours at the office<br />

of the Waimakariri District<br />

LicensingCommitteeat215<br />

High Street,Rangiora.<br />

Any person who is entitled<br />

to object and who wishes<br />

to object to the issue of<br />

the licence may, not later<br />

than 25 working days after<br />

the date ofthe publication<br />

of this notice, file anotice<br />

in writing ofthe objection<br />

with the Secretary of<br />

the Waimakariri District<br />

Licensing Committee at<br />

PrivateBag 1005, Rangiora<br />

7440 or email toalcohol@<br />

wmk.govt.nz<br />

No objection to the issue<br />

of alicence may be made<br />

in relation to amatter other<br />

than amatter specified in<br />

section 105(1) of the Sale<br />

and Supply ofAlcohol Act<br />

2<strong>01</strong>2.<br />

This is the second<br />

publicationofthisnotice.<br />

This notice was first<br />

published on 25th January<br />

<strong>2024</strong>.<br />

2646488<br />

Public Notices<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE OF<br />

APPLICATION FOR<br />

ON-LICENCE<br />

SECTION 1<strong>01</strong>, SALE<br />

AND SUPPLY OF<br />

ALCOHOLACT 2<strong>01</strong>2<br />

Fresca Ltd , 7/188 High<br />

St, Rangiora has made<br />

application to the District<br />

LicensingCommittee(DLC)<br />

at Rangiora for the renewal<br />

of aOn-Licence inrespect<br />

of the premises situated<br />

at Conway Lane ,known<br />

as Fresca Mediterranean<br />

.The general nature ofthe<br />

business conducted ( or<br />

to be conducted ) under<br />

the licence is Cafe and<br />

Restaurant .The days on<br />

which and the hours during<br />

which alcohol is ( or is<br />

intended tobe)sold under<br />

the licence are Monday –<br />

Sunday 8am -11pm<br />

The application may be<br />

inspected during ordinary<br />

office hours at the office<br />

of the Waimakariri District<br />

LicensingCommitteeat215<br />

High Street,Rangiora.<br />

Any person who is entitled<br />

to object and who wishes<br />

to object to the issue of<br />

the licence may, not later<br />

than 25 working days after<br />

the date ofthe publication<br />

of this notice, file anotice<br />

in writing ofthe objection<br />

with the Secretary of<br />

the Waimakariri District<br />

Licensing Committee at<br />

PrivateBag 1005, Rangiora<br />

7440 or email toalcohol@<br />

wmk.govt.nz<br />

No objection to the renewal<br />

of alicence may be made<br />

in relation to amatter other<br />

than amatter specified in<br />

section131 of theSaleand<br />

SupplyofAlcohol Act 2<strong>01</strong>2.<br />

This is thefirstpublication of<br />

this notice<br />

2647960<br />

Oxford A&P<br />

Association<br />

EASTER SATURDAY<br />

30 MARCH <strong>2024</strong><br />

ENTRIESCLOSE: 28 th <strong>February</strong><br />

–Nolateentries accepted.<br />

Schedules&Entries online –<br />

W: showday.online.<br />

Some Trade, andArt/Craft sites<br />

stillavailable<br />

–contact ChristineRoberts,<br />

E: secretary@oxfordapshow.co.nz<br />

W: oxfordapshow.co.nz.<br />

Personal<br />

FRIENDSHIP/<br />

COMPANIONSHIP<br />

Adown-to-earth lady<br />

with ahappy, caring and<br />

bubbly personality.<br />

Standing at 5ft 4in with<br />

aslim figure,blonde hair<br />

and hazel eyes. Loves<br />

working on her lifestyle<br />

block, gardening,<br />

tramping, cooking and<br />

swimming. She is looking<br />

for agenuine gentleman<br />

to enjoy her life with.<br />

To meet, please call<br />

and Quote code 59.<br />

0800-446-332.<br />

NEWS &CLASSIFIED<br />

The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>February</strong> 1, <strong>2024</strong><br />

2649027<br />

BOOK FAIR Friday 16th<br />

and Saturday 17th <strong>February</strong><br />

<strong>2024</strong> at St Bart’s Church<br />

hall, 23 Cass Street, Kaiapoi,<br />

9am to 5pm ,Friday<br />

and 9am to 2pm Saturday,<br />

eftpos available. Books $2<br />

each or 6 books for $10,<br />

puzzles $4, tea and coffee<br />

available. Donations of<br />

good quality books, DVDS,<br />

jig saws are most welcome.<br />

Please no tapes or CDS.<br />

Donated goods can be left<br />

at the Church Hall. Contact<br />

Mary 327 8457. This is an<br />

Anglican Parish of Kaiapoi<br />

fundraiser towards Parish<br />

work.<br />

Public Notices<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE OF<br />

APPLICATION FOR<br />

ON-LICENCE<br />

SECTION 1<strong>01</strong>, SALE<br />

AND SUPPLY OF<br />

ALCOHOLACT 2<strong>01</strong>2<br />

Golden Lotus Investment<br />

Limited, has made<br />

application to the District<br />

LicensingCommittee(DLC)<br />

at Rangiorafor theissueofa<br />

On-Licence inrespectofthe<br />

premises situated at 194C<br />

Williams Street, Kaiapoi<br />

known as SaiGon Sister<br />

Kaiapoi.The general nature<br />

of thebusinessconducted (<br />

or to be conducted )under<br />

the licence is Restaurant.<br />

The days onwhich and the<br />

hours during which alcohol<br />

is (orisintended to be )<br />

sold under the licence are<br />

Monday to Sunday from<br />

11am –11pm<br />

The application may be<br />

inspected during ordinary<br />

office hours at the office<br />

of the Waimakariri District<br />

LicensingCommitteeat215<br />

High Street,Rangiora.<br />

Any person who is entitled<br />

to object and who wishes<br />

to object to the issue of<br />

the licence may, not later<br />

than 25 working days after<br />

the date ofthe publication<br />

of this notice, file anotice<br />

in writing ofthe objection<br />

with the Secretary of<br />

the Waimakariri District<br />

Licensing Committee at<br />

PrivateBag 1005, Rangiora<br />

7440 or email toalcohol@<br />

wmk.govt.nz<br />

No objection to the issue<br />

of alicence may be made<br />

in relation to amatter other<br />

than amatter specified in<br />

section 105 (1) ofthe Sale<br />

and Supply ofAlcohol Act<br />

2<strong>01</strong>2.<br />

This is thefirstpublication of<br />

this notice.<br />

2649519<br />

27<br />

Public Notices<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE OF<br />

APPLICATION FOR<br />

ON-LICENCE<br />

SECTION 1<strong>01</strong>, SALE<br />

AND SUPPLY OF<br />

ALCOHOLACT 2<strong>01</strong>2<br />

T & A Indian Limited,<br />

has made application<br />

to the District Licensing<br />

Committee (DLC) at<br />

Rangiora for the issue ofa<br />

On-Licence inrespect of<br />

thepremisessituated at 61<br />

Main <strong>North</strong> Road,Woodend<br />

,known asSpice NLight<br />

.The general nature ofthe<br />

business conducted (or to<br />

be conducted )under the<br />

licence isRestaurant .The<br />

daysonwhich and thehours<br />

duringwhich alcohol is ( or is<br />

intended to be )sold under<br />

the licence are Tuesday to<br />

Sunday 11.30am to 2pm,<br />

4.30pm to 11pm<br />

The application may be<br />

inspected during ordinary<br />

office hours at the office<br />

of the Waimakariri District<br />

LicensingCommitteeat215<br />

High Street,Rangiora.<br />

Any person who is entitled<br />

to object and who wishes<br />

to object to the issue of<br />

the licence may, not later<br />

than 25 working days after<br />

the date ofthe publication<br />

of this notice, file anotice<br />

in writing ofthe objection<br />

with the Secretary of<br />

the Waimakariri District<br />

Licensing Committee at<br />

PrivateBag 1005, Rangiora<br />

7440 or email toalcohol@<br />

wmk.govt.nz<br />

No objection to the issue<br />

of alicence may be made<br />

in relation to amatter other<br />

than amatter specified in<br />

section 105 (1) ofthe Sale<br />

and Supply ofAlcohol Act<br />

2<strong>01</strong>2.<br />

This is thefirstpublication of<br />

this notice.<br />

2649471<br />

An importantnote<br />

aboutglass recycling<br />

How you recycle your glass in Hurunui will<br />

remain the same until 2027, despite new<br />

national standards being introduced by the<br />

government.<br />

Led by the Ministry ofEnvironment, under<br />

the Transforming Recycling legislation most<br />

councils around New Zealand will be<br />

standardising the way their recycling and<br />

organics are collected, from Thursday<br />

<strong>February</strong> 1 <strong>2024</strong>, which includes kerbside<br />

glass recycling.<br />

Hurunui District Council is one of three<br />

councils exempt from this change until 2027.<br />

Please continue to take your glass to the<br />

transfer stations, unless you live in Hanmer<br />

Springs where kerbside glass recycling does<br />

happen.<br />

For more information, please visit Hurunui<br />

District Council’s website, and search under<br />

Kerbside Collections.<br />

https://www.hurunui.govt.nz/property-rates/<br />

rubbish-recycling/collections-rubbish


28 The<br />

CLASSIFIED<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>February</strong> 1, <strong>2024</strong><br />

Public Notices<br />

Road Stopping<br />

PortionofCampbell Street adjoining15Manuka<br />

BayRoad, Port Robinson,Hurunui District<br />

Public Notice is hereby giventhat, pursuant to Section319(h)and 342(a)ofthe Local<br />

GovernmentAct 1974, theHurunui District Council proposes to stop part of theroad<br />

described in theschedulehereto:<br />

SCHEDULE<br />

Area (Ha) Shownonthe plan as Plan<br />

0.3 Roadtobestopped<br />

(Proposed)<br />

Campbell Street –ProposedRoadStopping–<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong>Maps–15 December 2023<br />

PURPOSE<br />

Theportion of road when stoppedshall be amalgamated pursuant to Section345(1)<br />

(a)ofthe LocalGovernmentAct 1974withadjoining land as follows:<br />

Area (Ha) Shown Land to be amalgamatedwith<br />

0.1 Part1 Part 1istobeamalgamatedwithSection 49 Block<br />

XI Cheviot SD<br />

0.2 Part2 Part 2istobeamalgamatedwithCB34C/113<br />

The above-mentionedplan maybeviewedatthe CheviotService Centre&Library,<br />

Hurunui Memorial Library(Amberley)orthe Hurunui District CouncilOfficesat 66<br />

CartersRoad, Amberley during normal office hoursoronthe Council’s websitewww.<br />

hurunui.govt.nz under Have your say–Consultations.<br />

If youwould like to object to this proposal youmustlodge your objection in writing to<br />

the Hurunui District Council,Attn:Cameron Ashworth either in person to 66 Carters<br />

Road,Amberley, posted to PO Box13, Amberley 7441 or emailcameron.ashworth@<br />

hurunui.govt.nz to arrive no later than 5:00pm2April<strong>2024</strong>.<br />

Dated at Hurunui District Council, Amberley this 1stday of <strong>February</strong> <strong>2024</strong>.<br />

HDobbie<br />

ChiefExecutive Officer<br />

Wanted To Buy<br />

CARAVAN wanted with<br />

shower and toilet, needing<br />

repairs ok or any condition.<br />

Ph 027 6220 <strong>01</strong>1.<br />

Firewood<br />

SPLIT Old Man Pine 3.7m<br />

@ $280, Split Hardwood<br />

Mix 3.7m @$400. Mobile<br />

021 993 497.<br />

Cars Wanted<br />

2635626<br />

CARS, vans, 4WD’s<br />

wanted for dismantling or<br />

repair. Please phone 027<br />

258 8366.<br />

Entertainment<br />

SASSAFRAS, BLUEGRASSBAND<br />

at Balcairn Hall,<br />

Saturday 17 <strong>February</strong>,7.30pm<br />

Our firstUSA visitors -straight from thefoothills of<br />

the Blue Ridge Mountains of <strong>North</strong>Carolina, USA,<br />

Sassafraswillbring us very cool,veryfun,very<br />

fast paced, full on Bluegrass excellence!<br />

Tickets$30 online via www.balcairnhall.com<br />

OR from Sally Mac’s,Amberley; Sefton Garageand<br />

Stan’s 7Day Pharmacy, Rangiora.<br />

Public Notices<br />

PUBLIC NOTICE<br />

Notice is giventhat theWaimakariri DistrictCouncil<br />

proposes to resolve that the reserve vested in<br />

Waimakariri District Council in trust for drainage<br />

works, described in the Schedule, beclassified<br />

as Local Purpose (Amenity Linkage) Reserve<br />

pursuant to theReservesAct 1977.<br />

The former drainage reserve is located onthe<br />

Arohatia Te Awa walkway network and the<br />

classification will correctly identify its primary<br />

purposeand values.<br />

<strong>Canterbury</strong>LandDistrict–WaimakaririDistrict<br />

Schedule<br />

Area ha Description<br />

4.0469 Part Reserve 4552 (part New<br />

Zealand Gazette 1949 No. 70<br />

page 2668)<br />

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