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Sunny disposition ... Asea of sunflowers has attracted hundreds to South Eyre Sunflowers near Oxford since 

it opened on January 26. The growers aimed to raise $20,000 for charity, which they surpassed. The funds will be 

split between Gumboot Friday and the Oxford community. Gates are open 24 hours, seven days aweek until the 

flowers are gone. It is $5 per visit (kids under 12 are free), and you can pick your own stems for $3 each. Story 

and photo page 2. 

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

Vote lost on storage 

pond construction 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Waimakariri Irrigation 

(WIL) will push on with 

plans to construct storage 

ponds on land it owns in 

Wrights Road, near Oxford, 

despite results of avote 

turning down the proposal. 

WIL’s chief executive 

Brent Walton says while the 

result of the vote was 

disappointing, the company 

will now regroup and seek 

ideas from shareholders as 

to how to move forward. 

‘‘We’ll continue to assess 

options to provide 

shareholders with areliable 

water supply.’’ 

It is one of anumber of 

hurdles that have stymied 

the project since it was first 

mooted 17 years ago, when 

WIL bought the land for 

storage ponds. Its aim was to 

store excess water diverted 

from the Waimakariri River 

during high river flow, or 

low scheme demand. 

The storage ponds would 

be capable of holding 8.2 

million cubic metres of 

water. 

Ashareholder vote at the 

end of January saw the 

proposal defeated, albeit 

narrowly, with 94.14 percent 

of eligible shareholders 

casting votes. A75% 

majority is required by the 

Companies Act, with 71.23% 

voting for the storage pond 

proposal, and 28.77% 

against. 

‘‘We came very close to 

reaching the threshold, with 

almost two and ahalf times 

the number of shareholders 

supporting the storage 

ponds proposal, versus 

those opposing it, but we 

didn’t quite reach the 

required figure of 75% 

shareholder approval,’’ Mr 

Walton says. 

Under the proposal the 

stored water would 

supplement irrigation when 

intakes were restricted from 

the Waimakariri River, 

while also providing water 

for environmental 

initiatives when the water is 

not required for irrigation. 

Abuilding consent to 

construct the storage ponds 

was granted in June 2013. In 

October 2014, aresource 

consent was issued. 

However, these consents 

were challenged through 

the Environment Court. 

They were subsequently 

granted in August 2020. 

Mr Walton says WIL 

believes that securing a 

reliable water supply is one 

of the only ways for 

Waimakariri’s farmers to 

continue viable farming 

operations into the future, 

while also allowing the cooperative 

to pursue 

environmental initiatives 

which benefit the wider 

community. 

‘‘The storage ponds would 

have enabled us to use the 

water in the offseason to 

pursue environmental 

initiatives such as Managed 

Aquifer Recharge (MAR) 

and Targeted Stream 

Augmentation (TSA), which 

would complement the work 

shareholders are doing to 

enhance biodiversity on 

land and waterways within 

our scheme area.’’ 

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Sunflower magic .. Maia MarekoThornton, left with Keira Webley, Hayley Stevens, and Tahlia James, were visitors from Christchurch 

tothe SouthEyre Sunflowers field near Oxford last Sunday afternoon. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

Afieldofgolden happy blooms 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

Afield of golden blooms at South Eyre 

Sunflowers is proving to be afundraising 

gem for the charities it is supporting this 

year. 

All money raised, from the entry fee to 

the field and sales of the sunflowers, plus 

donations, will be donated to the Oxford 

community and Gumboot Friday. 

This year’s fundraising goal of $21,500 

has already been achieved after large 

numbers of visitors flocked to pick blooms 

and take photographs on ascorching hot 

day last Sunday. 

The signs for abumper fundraiser this 

year were good when on the first day of 

opening last month, $1484 was collected, 

which was an increase of $1404 on last 

year’s opening day. 

There is roadside parking available and 

the field is open 24/7 to allow for sunrise 

and sunset photographs and videos to be 

taken. 

Anna Eves, of Rolleston,a repeart 

visitor to the field said she loved 

sunflowers, and the money being raised 

was for agood cause. 

Other visitors said they enjoyed visiting 

the field, and picking the flowers, because 

it was relaxing and looking at the large 

colourful blooms made them feel happy. 

The picturesquesunflower display has 

also proved ahuge drawcardfor 

professional and amateur photographers. 

Everyone who visits, it seems, wants to 

take aphoto or have their photo taken by 

aprofessional photographer in the field of 

sunflowersand many of their images can 

be seen on the South Eyre Sunflowers 

Facebook page. 

The organisersofthe South Eyre 

Sunflowersfundraiser say they are 

overwhelmed by the support the initiative 

has received. 

‘‘Thank you for supporting this project 

from the bottom of our hearts,’’ they say. 

Despite the popularity of the sunflowers 

the huge field on the cornerofSouth Eyre 

Road and Domain Road, near Oxford, 

where the sea of gold is impossible to 

miss, there are still thousands of blooms 

still to be picked. 

The field will remain open until all the 

blooms are gone. 

However,the organisers say with the 

heat being experienced earlier in the 

week, they won’t last long. 

‘‘We will be very lucky to get many more 

weekends before they wilt.’’ 

Scrub fire halts traffic on SH1 


Ascrub fire near the State Highway 

One bridge at Waipara burned through 

five hectareslate Tuesdayafternoon. 

The fire, which threatenedmultiple 

structures,caused ahuge back log of 

traffic on the SH1, which was closed 

for several hours. 

Asingle lane was eventually reopened 

about 11.30pm. 

Firefighters managed to contain the 

fire near Glasnevin, without the loss of 

structures. 

Fifteen ground crews were at the 

scene, along with the two helicopters. 

Heavy machinery also assisted with 

the firefighting efforts. 

Two homes were evacuated, with 

evacuation centres being opened in 

Waipara and Amberley. 

Some residents who selfevacuated 

were allowed to return to their homes 

late in the evening. 

People were advised to avoid the 

area, and those impactedbysmoke 

advised to closetheir windows and 

doors,and stay inside. 

Residents are advised to call 

Healthline on 0800 611 116 if they have 

any related health concerns or 

experience any respiratory difficulties 

as aresult of smoke. 

Fire and Emergency New Zealand is 

urging people to be extremely careful 

due to the dry conditions, and avoid 

using machinery or carrying out 

activities that could create sparks. 

Aprohibited fire season is in force 

across Canterbury. The Waipara fire is 

the fourth large fire to engage multiple 

fire fighters from across the region. A 

close eye is still being kept on afire 

that destroyed pines, scrub and burnt 

farmland on the banks of the 

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Waitangi Day traditional classic 

By JOHN COSGROVE 

Tractors, vintage cars, hot rods and custom 

cars came from far and wide,totake part 

in aWaitangi Day tradition on Tuesday — 

the Rangiora RSA’s tractor and classic car 

run. 

Held annually for more than 20 years, 

the slow pace, friendly atmosphereand 

camaraderie is what attracts scores of 

vintage tractors and custom cars to the run 

which wends it’s way through the country 

roads from Rangiora to Oxford and back 

again via lunch at the Loburn Domain. 

With affectionate names like Cletus and 

Roscoe painted on their noses, the owners 

of the many veteran tractors have doted on 

their chargersfor years. 

David Coakley of Cust, took 17 years to 

rebuild his 1942 McCormick Deering 

tractor, . 

‘‘I stripped it right back to bare metal 

then slowly rebuilt it,’’ he says,‘‘ It came 

from the Mt Hutt sheep station where it 

did many years of service before Igot it.’’ 

Kieran Winter of Southbrook finally got 

his hands on ‘Roscoe’ —a1942 McCormick 

Standard tractor when it came up for sale 

from aprivate museum. 

‘‘It was owned originally by the late 

Johnny Brown of Rangiora, and Ipicked it 

and some others up just four weeks ago 

when they came up for sale.’’ 

Mr Winter has attended the RSA’s fundraising 

car and tractor run for many years. 

Campervan crash closes bridge 


Two Chinese tourists had a 

frightening start to day three of 

their New Zealand holiday 

when their Maui campervan 

crashed on the Eyre River 

bridge near Oxford. 

The accident happened, last 

Saturday, near the West 

Oxford Reserve Camping 

Ground, on Depot Road, 

around 12.30pm. 

The campervan smashed 

through the righthand side of 

the onelane bridge leaving the 

front of the vehicle hanging 

precariously above the 

riverbed below. 

The husband and wife were 

not injured in the crash, but 

the woman who was driving 

the vehicle, said the accident 

had left them both in deep 

shock. 

She said they had planned 

an 11day tour of New Zealand, 

but they were uncertain now 

whether they would continue 

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Ready to go ... Stu Mason, from Ashley, waits aboard his 1974 Ford 6600 tractor for the 

Rangiora RSA Waitangi Day tractor run to depart. 


‘‘It’s nice just motoring around and 

meeting all the friends Iknow.’’ 

Stu Mason, alogging truck driver from 

Ashley, drove his 1974 Ford 6600 tractor 

and says it’s the journey and people you 

meet on it that make this day special. 

Waitangi day, aday of celebrating 

cultural togetherness, was also celebrated 

in anumber of large events and small 

family gatherings in North Canterbury. 

Crash scene ... The campervan, which ploughed through the side 

of the onelane bridge leaving the front half of the vehicle hanging 

above the dry riverbed below. 


their holiday and she did not 

want to comment further. 

The bridge was closed soon 

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At Kaiapoi, the annual All Together 

Kaiapoi’s annual Waitangi Day Family 

Festival was be held at Trousselot Park in 

Kaiapoi, while in Rangiora, the Rangiora 

Borough School hosted afree fun whanau 

event at the school to celebrate Te Ra 

Whakanui Waitangi. 

Over at the Rangiora racecourse the 

Amberley Trotting Club held its annual 

race day at the course. 

blocks were established either 

side of the bridge with 

motorists directed to take a 

detour around the crash scene. 

Senior Sergeant Canterbury 

Rural Area Manager 

Prevention, Anna Lloyd said at 

the crash scene the bridge was 

likely to be closed for 

sometime as removing the 

vehicle was going to be 

difficult, and the bridge also 

had to be checked structurally 

to ensure it was safe to reopen. 

The Waimakariri District 

Council Roading and 

Transport Manager, Joanne 

McBride, said on Monday that 

the bridge was reopened at 

6.15pm on Saturday with a 

temporary 30kph speed limit 

put in place after it had been 

checked for structural damage 

and the vehicle had been 

removed. 

‘‘The damage was to the rail 

including the uprights, rather 

than the wider structure of the 

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Waimak ratestorise 

By DAVID HILL, 

Local Democracy Reporter 

Around $690 million is set to be spent 

over the next 10 years replacing 

Waimakariri’s assets andplanning for 

the district’s rapid growth. 

The WaimakaririDistrict Council is 

proposing arate rise, on average, of 

8.94 percent, as recommended by staff, 

as it looks to complete its draft 2024/34 

Long Term Plan. 

Mayor Dan Gordon described the 

draftLong Term Plan as ‘‘a prudent 

and responsible budget’’. 

‘‘We started this Long Term Plan 

with aproposed 19% rate increase 

based on our work programme. 

‘‘For this reason, we have deferred 

$120 million of nonessential works to 

the outer years to bring our rate 

increases to what we understandwill 

be one of the lowest in Canterbury. 

‘‘But Iwant to make it clear, while 

we have madesavings, we are not 

compromising on our level of service.’’ 

The district’s population is 

projected to grow from around 70,000 

to 82,075by2034, based on Statistics 

New Zealand’s high growth scenario. 

The council is planning to consult on 

five key themes as it plans for growth. 

These include how best to manage 

the natural environment, flood 

resilience,provision of community 

facilities, extension of the Rangiora 

Library and the proposed Rangiora 

eastern link road. 

The council has spent $10 million of 

unbudgeted spending over the last 

three years in response to major storm 

events, and is planning ahead by 

establishing apermanent 

infrastructure recovery team this year. 

In the last Long Term Plan in 2021, 

the council signalled it would build a 

new community centre in Pegasus and 

make provisionfor future facilities in 

Ravenswood. 

The council announced last year it 

had reach an agreement with 

Templeton Group to purchase land on 

the Pegasus lakefront. 

It is now consulting with the 

community and Templeton Group on 

the detailed design of acommunity 

centre, and plans to begin 

construction by the end of next year. 

The council is also negotiating with 

Templeton Group to buy land for 

future community facilities to serve 

the growing Woodend and 

Ravenswood community. 

Mr Gordon said the council was in 

talks with Canterbury Cricket and 

Canterbury Country Cricket about 

extendingMainpower Oval to 

accommodate more cricket pitches 

andtraining facilities. 

‘‘If we want to keep firstclass 

cricket in Rangiora, we need to put in 

alevel of investment, so we are 

developing apartnershiparound 

that.’’ 

The council will meet again on 

February 27 to adopt the draft Long 

Term Plan, before it goes out for 

consultation from March 15 to April 19. 

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Soroptimist steps up 


From president of the North Canterbury 

Branch of Soroptimist to international 

federation president —ahuge honour 

for Rangiora’s AntheaPenny. 

In 2026, Mrs Penny will step up to lead 

the Soroptimist International South 

EastAsia Pacific (SISEAP) Federation 

for two years. 

The SISEAP federation is one of five 

worldwide reportingtoSoroptimist 

InternationalLtd, aUnited Kingdom 

based notforprofit company which is a 

member of the Social and Economic 

Council of the United Nations. 

It is well known for the work they do in 

communitiesaround the world, carrying 

out social and health projects to improve 

women’s and girls' lives. 

The foundation has over 62,000 

members worldwide in 121 countries 

and Mrs Penny’s role as afederation 

president, will see her working with the 

13 member countriesofSouth East Asia 

and the Pacific. 

‘‘I’ve recently visited clubs in 

Mongolia and other Asian countries and 

it was amazing to find the women there 

so enthusiastic about embracing change 

and life,” she says. 

‘‘I wantthe best for my sisters, as 

sisterhood has meaninginside this 

organisation.’’ 

Soroptimists started in the United 

States in the 1920s as aplace for 

businesswomentomeet and socialise. 

Clubs quickly spread to the United 

Kingdom and Europe.The Soroptimist 

InternationalAssociation was created in 

London in 1928 to provide alink between 

the Federations. 

In New Zealand, there are 19 clubs of 

which the North Canterbury Club is the 

largest. 

Mrs Penny rejoined the North 

Canterbury club in 2018 and worked her 

Looking ahead ... Anthea Penny of 

Rangiora, the president elect of the 

Soroptimist International South East Asia 

Pacific Federation for 2026. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

way up to club president. 

She says the club is very active here, 

and is always looking for new members. 

“Last year, we raised over $12,000for 

local causes, which included supporting 

Big Brother Big Sister and Ovarian 

Cancer Awareness.” 

She says their next big project is to 

support the startup of aSoroptimist 

high school club at Rangiora High 

School. 

“To help us promote it, BRAVE 

founder Jessica Tyson, anews reporter 

at Whakaata Māorī (Māori Television) 

and aformer Miss World New Zealand, 

will be conducting talks and seminars 

over three days (March 13 to 15) to raise 

awareness about sexual violence among 

youth in Aotearoa.” 

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Rga teen wins scholarship 


Aspark of interest ignited in 

basketball as achild has led to a 

United States college scholarship 

for Rangiora teen Ashlyn Rean. 

The spark was caught while 

Ashlyn was watching her big sister 

Jasmin play basketball. 

Now the former Rangiora High 

School student has secured afull 

ride scholarship which covers all 

living and college costs and any 

other associated costs, to play 

basketball and study nutrition and 

dietetics at the University of 

Alaska Anchorage (UAA). 

Ashlyn, aged 18, arrived to the 

Alaskan winter two weeks ago, and 

is still adjusting to her new 

environment after leaving the 

scorching summer heat in 

Rangiora. 

‘‘She went from 34deg in 

Rangiora to 17degrees in Alaska,’’ 

her father Warren Rean says. 

Ashlyn began playing basketball 

at Ashgrove Primary School before 

graduating to Rangiora High 

School playing school basketball, 

club basketball in the premier 

women’s grade, and also in the 

New Zealand women’s premiere 

league for Mainland Pouākai. 

She secured her scholarship 

after she was an invitational player 

for Lincoln University at the 

Buddha's Light International 

Association (BLIA) Cup 

tournament in Taiwan, which is 

held annually to celebrate sport 

cultural exchange and offer 

university athletes an opportunity 

to compete on an international 

stage. 

‘‘The UAA were participating in 

the same tournament,’’ Warren 

In action ... Ashlyn Rean who has taken up abasketball scholarship at the 

University of Alaska. 

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says. ‘‘The coach saw her play and 

started to pursue her after that 

asking her coaches at the time all 

about her while she was in 

Taiwan.’’ 

Ashlyn was also offered, and 

accepted, an extra halfyear 

additional scholarship to train and 

travel with the basketball team 

before her scholarship starts in 

August this year. 

‘‘At this stage Ashlyn has 

committed for one year, but her 

degree is for four years, so all going 

well she will be at UAA for four 

years,’’ Warren says. ‘‘She may 

come back for the summer and 

spend it in New Zealand, if not she 

will stay in Anchorage or go 

somewhere else. Somewhere 

warm Iampicking.’’ Ashlyn is 

hoping to play professional 

basketball once she finishes her 

degree. 

‘‘She also aspires to play for New 

Zealand again at the elite level. 

She represented NZ at U17 level at 

the World Championships,’’ 

Warren says. 

Both Warren and Ashlyn’s 

mother Jo Best are also talented 

sports people. Warren playing 

rugby for Canterbury Band West 

Coast in the NPC, and Jo rugby for 

Canterbury, Leinster in Ireland. 

She also competed for NZatthe 

World Dragonboat Championships 

in Thailand last year. 

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New school role 



ANorth Canterbury school principal is hoping to be an 

advocate for area schools. 

Hurunui College principal Stephen Beck has taken on a 

secondment as area schools advisor to the Ministry of 

Education, with deputy principal Jane Marsh stepping into the 

principal’s office for the year. 

Board of trustees presiding member Robin McKinlay says Mr 

Beck will play an important role in providing avoice for area 

schools. 

‘‘It is abig loss for us, but also agreat opportunity for our 

senior leadership team to step up and gain some experience. 

‘‘And Stephen is going to provide area schools with some 

value and come back to us next year with some great 

learnings.’’ 

Mr McKinlay, who is also aNew Zealand Area Schools 

Association board member, says area schools faced anumber 

of challenges due to being small, rural and often isolated. 

Area schools covered year one to 13, while most schools 

specialised in being either aprimary school or asecondary 

school. 

It meant teachers needed to be flexible, with many teaching 

across both primary and secondary classes, Mr McKinlay says. 

Mr Beck compared his new role to being afarm advisor. 

‘‘It allows me to stay connected with my own school, but it 

also means Ican take ayear out and see what else is 

happening.’’ 

Mr Beck has been involved in area schools for 20 years. 

He taught PE and outdoor education at Collingwood Area 

School, before becoming principal at Hurunui College 10 years 

ago. He served 4.5 years as New Zealand Area Schools 

Association president until last year. 

Principal sustainability and staff turnover will be akey issue 

for him this year. 

‘‘Isolation is an issue for any principal, because there is only 

ever one principal in aschool and there are certain 

conversations you can’t have with anyone else. 

‘‘But it can become even more enhanced because of the 

geographic isolation.’’ The role will involve connecting with 

the 18 area schools throughout the South Island. Based in 

Hawarden, the Hurunui College zone covered awide area from 

south of the Amuri Basin to Greta Valley in the northeast and 

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OPINION 


Inthe Electoratewith 

Matt Doocey 

MPfor Waimakariri 

Authorised by Matt Doocey MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington. 

Camera welcome 

It is hard to believe we are already into 

February, but it’s definitely nicetosee 

the children back at school with their 

friendsand settling back into their 

weekly routines. 

Like most parents Ihave loved 

spending time with my kids over the 

summer, but there comes atime when 

the whole family is ready for them to get 

back to the classroom with their peers. 

Well done to all those fellow parents 

who have juggled school holidays and 

work commitments again over the 

summer,and of course the best of luck to 

school staff and teachers for the new 

school year ahead. 

It was great to start the yearwith the 

news that the first CCTV camera has 

been installed in the electorate 

following my public campaign for 

communityled CCTV last year. 

This has been areal community effort 

so well done to Kaiapoi resident Wendy 

Tait for starting this projectand 

overseeing the fundraising. 

Wendy approached me for help after 

her motorhome was stolen from outside 

her house in Sovereign Palms, wanting 

to do something positive following the 

theft. 

This is avery good start to the 

campaign Iled last year to roll out 

communityled CCTV across the 

Waimakariri electorate, and Ilook 

forward to seeingmore cameras 

installed to improve security and help 

preventcrime around the region. 

With Parliament resuming last month 

Icontinue to advocate strongly for 

Waimakariri constituents while I am in 

Wellington. 

Iremain committed to representing 

yourviews and am thankful to all of you 

who have taken the time to call and 

email with your concernsand opinions 

do keep it up! 

Of course, Ialsoremain privileged to 

havebeen given some significant 

Ministerial portfolios in Mental Health, 

ACC, Tourismand Hospitality, and 

Youth, along with associate roles in 

Health and Transport. 

It is an honour to have this opportunity 

and Iintend to work hard both in 

Wellington and Waimakariri for my 

fourth term. 

Over the weekend Iwas pleased to 

attend the launch of Oxford resident 

Wendy Gerritsens Ride 4Awareness. 

Wendy came to see me last year to 

highlight her struggles with getting an 

accurate diagnosis of ovarian cancer, 

and she has become astaunch advocate 

for other women in her position. 

Wendy has organisedthe ride through 

the month of February, which is ovarian 

cancer awarenessmonth, with the 

intention of raisingawareness of the 

illness, the symptoms and treatment, 

through talkingtoasmanypeople as she 

can along the way. 

It was areal pleasure to bring in my 

colleague, Christchurch MP Hamish 

Campbell, to show support for Wendy as 

she embarked on her mission. Well done 

Wendy for having the tenacity to 

organise suchalargescale eventand for 

her bravery in going public with her own 

cancer journey for the sake of helping 

others. Iwish her all the very best for the 

ride and look forward to hearing about it 

on her return. 

Focus on 

Waimakariri 

with Mayor Dan Gordon 

Response heartening 

As most of you know parts of our 

District were devastatedbyfires 

recently. 

In particularthe people of Loburn, 

some of whom lost their homes or 

suffered significant damage to 

property. 

My heart goes out to these people, 

many of whom Imet with on the day 

and following the fire. 

Recovering from something this 

tragic will take time, support, and 

resources. 

Since the event, community 

members have been rallying together 

and there’s areal desire to pitch in 

and help. 

We have opened the Mayoral Relief 

Fund to raisefunds for people 

affected by the fires. 

It has been wonderful to see 

donations coming in fromcaring 

people all over the district. 

Donations can be made via internet 

bankingtoaccount 

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the words Loburn Fire in your 

reference details. 

Iwould like to thank the hundreds 

of staffand volunteerfirefighters as 

well as the helicopterpilots who 

battled the blazes in Loburn and 

Swannanoa. 

Ihope this is the only significant 

fire our brigadeshave to fight this 

summer. 

Thesefires are astrong reminder 

that every household in arural area 

should have an evacuation plan in 

case of wildfire because in the 

current conditions. 

Fires move quickly and are very 

challenging to put out. 

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At council things are already in full 

swing as we get ready to share with 

residents the Long Term Plan. 

Council met last week to discuss the 

proposals and priorities before the 

plan is finalised and goes out to you 

all for feedback. 

Consultation opens March 15, and 

closes April 15. 

While rate increases are inevitable 

this year, our draft plan focuses only 

on the essential projects and the 

council aimed to keep increases as 

low as possible. 

All sectors in New Zealand have 

been impacted by inflation and cost 

increases, and councils are no 

exception. 

Iwill write more about the draft 

Long Term Plan in my next column. 

On Tuesday we celebrated Waitangi 

Day. 

Speaking at the Family event in 

Kaiapoi, Iacknowledged that 

Waitangi Day is aday of reflection 

and acknowledgement of the huge 

sacrifices made by many to bring us to 

the point we are today. 

So much has been achieved but so 

much mahi is still yet to be done. 

HurunuiDistrict wins Engagement Award 

Positive community feedback has won 

Hurunui District Council the Snap Send 

Solve NZ Community Engagement Award 

for the second consecutive year, and 

third place in the Top 10 Councils Award. 

The New Zealand Community 

Engagement Award is presented to the 

councilthat has the highestpercentage of 

Snappers relative to their population, 

with the highest speed tosolve rating. 

Hurunui District Council achieved a 

Snapper population percentage of 4 

percent with an average star rating of 

3.81 for speed to solve across 2023. 

All councils across AotearoaNew 

Zealand were considered. 

As well as the Community Engagement 

Award, HurunuiCouncil achieved third 

place in the Top 10 Councils Award in 

New Zealand, based on ratings from 

users of the community app when they 

provide an update on their experiences 

in how their Snap was resolved. 

These include overall experience with 

the council, communication from 

council, their satisfaction with the solve 

and the speed of the solve. 

The award is presented to the councils 

that have the highest overall star rating 

across New Zealand councils (minimum 

365 reports), says Danny Gorog, Founder 

and CEO of Snap Send Solve. 

HurunuiDistrict Council CEO Hamish 

Dobbie says the Snap Send Solve app 

supports continual improvement of 

levels of service as the council strives to 

meet community needs. 

‘‘It’s agreat endorsement of the work of 

council officers in responding in atimely 

manner to queries and working alongside 

our communities to ensure the 

community's assets are looked after, and 

our infrastructure is resilient. 

‘‘Whether it’s adamaged culvert, 

graffiti on acommunity hall, aleaking 

pipe or dumped rubbish, the community 

are our eyes and ears,’’ Mr Dobbie says. 

Mayor Marie Black says the district’s 

communities have rated the council, and 

it was fabulous to get this feedback from 

them. 

‘‘I am grateful to everyone who took the 

time to report an issue, and responded to 

give an update on their experience. 

‘‘This is agreat tool so Iurge more 

people to utilise it.’’ 

This 

Week 

Sun 

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Guide 

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Wind 

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Pegasus Bay 

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*Not for navigational purposes. Wind and swell are based on apoint off Gore Bay. Maori Fishing Guide by Bill Hohepa. www.ofu.co.nz www.tidespy.com Graphic supplied by OceanFun Publishing Ltd. 

RANGIORA

Riding for awareness 


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Wendy Gerritsen returned to her old home 

town last Saturday to launch aspecial 

event. 

She launched Ride 4Awareness of 

Ovarian Cancer at the Oxford A&P 

Showgrounds to coincide with Ovarian 

Cancer Awareness month and to highlight 

the symptoms of the disease by riding her 

horse Anmoch through as many South 

Island towns as she can. 

Wendy, who now lives in Rolleston, was 

diagnosed with Stage 3highgrade serous 

ovarian cancer in March 2021. 

Her husband Stuart, their daughters, 

Alex and Sarah, and riding friends from 

Oxford joined Wendy at the showgrounds, 

along with Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey 

and Ilam MP Hamish Campbell to farewell 

Wendy on her journey. She will be 

accompanied on tour by Stuart. 

‘‘Ride 4Awareness is not really about 

me,’’ Wendy says. ‘‘I am just the wheels on 

the bus so to speak —the one who got/has 

ovarian cancer, and doesn't want others to 

go through what my family and Ihave.’’ 

Ovarian cancer can be difficult to 

diagnose as there are often no early 

symptoms and laterstage symptoms can 

sometimes be dismissed as something less 

sinister. 

However Wendy is hoping highlighting 

her symptoms will encourage women to get 

tested so it can be detectedearly. 

``There is amuch higher survival rate 

the earlier ovarian cancer is diagnosed,’’ 

she says. ``I would love to see everyone 

have ayearly warrant of fitness so these 

things can be picked up early.'' 

Wendy’s symptoms included back pain, 

spotting, liquid leaking which she thought 

was bladder leakage feeling tired, eating 

less, feeling full, losing weight, and having 

an enlarged stomach. 

She convinced herself there was an 

explanation for all her symptoms but 

Ride 4Awareness ... Wendy and Anmoch. 


eventually, when her back pain would not 

heal and her stomach continued to grow, 

she decided to see aGPand now has ‘‘an 

awesome medical team’’. ‘‘Do not take `no' 

for an answer,’’ she says. 

‘‘Ask for blood test Ca125 to be done and 

get apelvic ultrasound. Find out why you 

are having the symptoms, they are not 

normal, and get asecond opinion if you 

feel you are not being listened to.’’ 

Anmoch plays ahuge role in helping her 

deal with her illness. ‘‘She has been my 

best friend, she has given me focus, she has 

given me goalsetting, Ihave to stay fit 

enough to look after her and to be able to 

ride her. Anmoch has been there every 

step to help me navigate this beast of a 

disease. When Iwalk slow Anmoch walks 

slow when Ihave energy, Anmoch has 

energy. 

‘‘She is my Highland heart horse.’’ 

Follow her on the Ride 4Awareness 

Facebook page. 

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Qualifying Customersare entitled to theMainPower rebateand this is applied as apercentage 

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Chargefrom1April 2024 

(Excluding GST) 

Customer Price Categories 

ResidentialCustomers 

Approximate 

CustomerEstimate 

1Feb 2024 

Gross 

Dollars/day 

– 

Rebate 

Dollars/day 

= 

At1April 2024, theQualifyingCustomerrebateand Kaiapoi Electricitydiscount, paid as 

apercentagediscount of thefixedchargewillbe17.5% forresidential customersand 

5.2% fornon–residential customers. 

Fixed 

Net 

Dollars/day 

Fixed line charges are 

shown as dollarsper day, 

regardless of how much 

electricity you use. 

+ 

Transmission 

Dollars/day 

= 

Variable line charges are shown 

as dollarsper kWh (kilowatt 

hour).This is applied to the 

amount of electricity you use. 

Total 

Dollars/day 

Gross 

Dollars/kWh 

+ 

Variable 

Transmission 

Dollars/kWh 

= 

Total 

Dollars/kWh 

AllInclusive Standard User 17,344 2.7141 -0.4761 2.2380 0.5477 2.7858 0.0140 0.0000 0.0140 

All Inclusive LowUser 13,519 0.6000 -0.1053 0.4947 0.0000 0.4947 0.1071 0.0114 0.1185 

Uncontrolled Standard User 2,380 2.7141 -0.4761 2.2380 0.5477 2.7858 0.0446 0.0000 0.0446 

Uncontrolled LowUser 1,249 0.6000 -0.1053 0.4947 0.0000 0.4947 0.1375 0.0117 0.1492 

All Inclusive withNight OnlyStandard User 1,547 2.7141 -0.4761 2.2380 0.5477 2.7858 0.0140 0.0000 0.0140 

Night Only Portion – – – – – – 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 

All Inclusive withNight OnlyLow User 1,002 0.6000 -0.1053 0.4947 0.0000 0.4947 0.1071 0.0114 0.1185 


Other Customers 

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Temporary Supply 336 3.6190 0.0000 3.6190 0.8692 4.4882 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 

Irrigation (per kW connected) 1,460 0.1771 -0.0060 0.1711 0.0795 0.2506 0.0314 0.0000 0.0314 

Council Pumping 209 5.3599 -0.1519 5.2080 2.1719 7.3800 0.0196 0.0000 0.0196 

Streetlighting (per fitting connected) 109 0.1049 -0.0034 0.1015 0.0237 0.1252 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 

Non–Residential–Large Users (weighted average) 39 79.5935 -2.2595 77.3340 42.8660 120.2000 0.0302 0.0000 0.0302 

Distributed Generation 0 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 

OptionalAdditions 

RightofWay Lighting 70 – – – – – 0.0934 0.0000 0.0934 

Under Verandah Lighting 21 – – – – – 0.0934 0.0000 0.0934 

ElectricVehicle 0 – – – – – 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 

Distributed Generation 1,932 – – – – – 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 

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(Excluding GST) 

Customer Price Categories 

ResidentialCustomers 

Approximate 

CustomerEstimate 

1Feb 2023 

Gross 

Dollars/day 

– 

Rebate 

Dollars/day 

= 

Fixed 

Net 

Dollars/day 

+ 

Transmission 

Dollars/day 

= 

Total 

Dollars/day 

Gross 

Dollars/kWh 

+ 

Variable 

Transmission 

Dollars/kWh 

= 

Total 

Dollars/kWh 

AllInclusive Standard User 17,229 2.4060 -0.4777 1.9283 0.5855 2.5139 0.0112 0.0000 0.0112 

AllInclusive LowUser 13,098 0.4500 -0.0893 0.3607 0.0000 0.3607 0.0980 0.0114 0.1094 

Uncontrolled Standard User 2,170 2.4060 -0.4777 1.9283 0.5855 2.5139 0.0387 0.0000 0.0387 

Uncontrolled LowUser 1,097 0.4500 -0.0893 0.3607 0.0000 0.3607 0.1252 0.0117 0.1369 

All Inclusive withNight OnlyStandard User 1,570 2.4060 -0.4777 1.9283 0.5855 2.5139 0.0112 0.0000 0.0112 


All Inclusive withNight OnlyLow User 999 0.4500 -0.0893 0.3607 0.0000 0.3607 0.0980 0.0114 0.1094 

Night Only Portion – – – – – – 0.0869 0.0114 0.0982 

Other Customers 

Non–Residential 5,952 3.9950 -0.2970 3.6981 0.9587 4.6567 0.0289 0.0000 0.0289 

Temporary Supply 425 3.0210 0.0000 3.0210 0.7192 3.7402 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 

Irrigation (per kW connected) 1,466 0.1652 -0.0062 0.1589 0.0913 0.2502 0.0291 0.0000 0.0291 

Council Pumping 208 4.4100 -0.1627 4.2473 2.4490 6.6963 0.0223 0.0000 0.0223 

Streetlighting (per fitting connected) 110 0.0984 -0.0037 0.0947 0.0276 0.1223 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 

Non–Residential–Large Users (weighted average) 42 74.1175 -2.2095 71.9080 48.2920 120.2000 0.0286 0.0000 0.0286 

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New home ... Manawa the Moa with sculptor Sharon Earl and pupils after ablessing 

ceremony. Manawa will meet and greet pupils, staff and visitors to the Waipara School 

gate. 


Manawa’snew home 

Manawa the Moa popped into the 

Waipara School recently to say hello to all 

the new first year entrants, school pupils 

and staff. 

Manawa, who will take up residence at 

the school, was officially welcomed on to 

the grounds at ablessing ceremony held 

as part of the school’s welcome back to all 

its existing and new pupils. 

The school’s previous principal Di 

Officer, commissioned local sculpture 

artist Sharon Earle to create Manawa the 

Moa. 

Lastyear, the current principal Ms 

Yvonne Blair, worked with Sharon to 

complete the intricate and ornate metal 

sculpture which stands nearly two metres 

tall. 

Guests at the ceremony included the 

2017 Waipara School Centennial 

Committee, the Kate Valley Landfill 

Community Trust, Hurunui Mayor Marie 

Black as well as past and present friends 

of the school and the local community. 

Manawa, meaning heart and soul, 

stands proudly at the school gate, 

welcoming guests and greeting the 

children as they arrive at school each day. 

Manawa is avisual metaphor (a mascot) 

and has become part of the school 

narrative. 

‘‘We are so excited,’’says Mrs Blair. ‘‘He 

has asoulful presence and is areal 

positive for our school’’ 

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Expo returns in April 


The popular Back to Basics Expo 

Waimakariri is returning to Rangiora in 

April. 

The annual community event will be 

held in the Baptist Church Hall, at 111 East 

Belt, starting at 11am and finishing at 2pm 

on April 20. 

The event is aimed at sharing and 

displaying traditional skills that support 

resilience, and also promote where and 

how people can learn these skills. 

Entry is by donation/koha. 

The expo is being run by EcoEducate in 

collaboration with TimeBank Waimakariri 

and Food Secure North Canterbury. 

Compass FM is also supporting the 

event. 

TimeBank coordinator Mandy Palmer 

says the aim of the expo is also to build 

better networks and knowledge about the 

‘‘incredible community groups’’ available 

in Waimakariri. ‘‘There are so many 

wonderful organisations doing incredible 

mahi (work) to support the Waimakariri 

community,’’ she says. 

TimeBank, Eco Educate, Food Secure 

North Canterbury, Kaiapoi Food Forest, 

Back to the Wild, MeadowSweet Herbs & 

Flowers, which all took part in last year’s 

Back To Basics Expo Waimakariri, will be 

returning for this year’s event, and many 

other stallholders are expected to confirm 

their attendance in the next few weeks. 

To register for the expo and obtain more 

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Silverstream Reserve festival 

An outdoor family music event is planned 

at Clarkville’s Silverstream Reserve to 

highlight the conservation and restoration 

work being done there. 

The Boulder Copper Sounds Family 

Music Event is being organised by the 

Silverstream Reserve volunteers and 

Kaiapoi’s Nigel Cook, who also organises 

the popular Down by the RiverKaiapoi 

Music concerts. 

‘‘The aim is to create afamily music 

event to spread the word about all the good 

work being done at the reserve and 

hopefully have afew folk join in,’’ Nigel 

says. 

The concert, which is named for one of 

the reserve's special residents, the boulder 

copper butterfly, will be held at the 

reserve’s oval at 161 South Eyre Rd on 

March 17, and runs from 11amto2pm. 

Asimilar concert was scheduled at the 

reserve last year, but ended up in the 

nearby Eyreton Hall because of forecast 

poor weather. 

‘‘Last year we teamed up with the 

Silverstream Reserve volunteers to create 

afamily music event also ,’’ Nigel says. 

Local musicians provided 

entertainment, and gave their time and 

talent to the cause. 

This year the music lineups include The 

Meaniez, Ryan Neville, Fear the Crowd, 

Tinker, Mudbelly Band, Pat Foss, plus 

‘‘five divas’’ who will all perform 

separately, and piper Ray Harper. 

Silverstream Reserve volunteers coordinator 

Shirley Jackson says the event is 

free, but donations (cash only) would be 

‘‘greatly appreciated’’ to continue the work 

being done at the reserve. 

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Milestone celebrated at Waikuku Beach 


Tepees on the beach and the walls of the 

club rooms covered with photographic 

memories, greeted beach goers on 

Sunday morning as the Waikuku Surf 

Life Saving Club wrapped up their half 

century anniversary over the weekend. 

Despite the inclement weather on 

Saturday, 130 past and present members 

gathered in the tepees to celebrate the 

50th anniversary of the club starting 

patrols at the North Canterbury Beach. 

At the functions: ameet and greet on 

Friday, adinner on Saturday evening 

and an oldies patrol on Sunday morning, 

the members shared memories of 

adventures and social events held over 

the years. 

Club president Duncan Campbell said 

it went really well and it was an honour 

to have the club’s first club captain and 

former president George Soulos and his 

wife Dorothy attending the celebrations. 

‘‘It was awesome to have them here 

and when they spoke after the dinner on 

Saturday night about the beginnings of 

the club, it brought back many fond 

memories.’’ 

Younger members of the club also 

spoke of the great efforts by George and 

Dorothy, and many others, to establish 

the club, build the club rooms, create the 

strong family culture there and help to 

make the club acontinuing success. 

Duncan says George was involved in 

getting the club’s surf boat sponsored by 

CustomWood. 

Life saving clubs used surf boats 

crewed by teams of rowers to rescue 

swimmers further out in the water in the 

years before the now iconic IRBs 

arrived. 

On the Sunday anumber of older club 

members gathered to show the younger 

life savers what asurf rescue looked like 

in the 1970s with just line and reel. 

Club life member Gary Connor said it 

brought back alot of memories carrying 

the historic reel down on to the beach. 

‘‘In those early days carrying it down 

and placing it on the beach meant we 

were now on patrol as we didn’t have the 

flags we have today. You learned how to 

work as ateam and at the competitions it 

was all about speed and finesse.’’ 

Vivaldi’sFour Seasons 

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Masterpiece is scheduled to be held in the 

popular Alpine Village of Hanmer Springs, 

Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12. 

Vivaldi’s Four Seasons will be 

performed by the internationally 

renowned, all female, Cathy Irons String 

Quartet at the Hanmer Springs Hotel at 

2.30pm, in the Grand Ballroom. 

Only 100 seats are available for the 

Mother’s Day afternoon performance. A 

selection of tea, coffee, juices, and 

condiments will be available to all 

attending. only. 

This full Classical Masterpiece suite of 

autumn, winter, spring and summer, will 

feature three Violins and aCello. The first 

half of the programme will also feature 

additional, popular works by Borodin & 

Mozart. 

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violinist Nigel Kennedy created music 

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Four Seasons with the English Chamber 

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albums globally, and was No 1one in the 

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Continued growth predicted 

By DAVIDHILL, 


Building consents are down, but 

North Canterbury is continuing 

to grow. 

Consents issued for new 

houses dropped last year across 

the three North Canterbury 

councils, but the region’s 

planners are continuing to plan 

for growth. 

Local real estate agents said 

they sensed the region is coming 

out of recession, with some 

confidence returning. 

Waimakariri District Council 

planning, regulationand 

environment general manager 

Kelly LaValley said 762 consents 

for new houses were issued last 

year, down from 836 in 2022 and 

928 in 2021. 

While the consent numbers 

were down, it kept pace with 

Statistics New Zealand’s high 

growth scenario, which could see 

the district’s population grow 

from 70,000 to 100,000 over the 

next 30 years. 

Ms LaValley said aKFC has 

been consented for Kaiapoi, 

north of the river, while the 

council has received abuilding 

consent for the proposed 

Rangiora Medical Centre. 

Building consents have also 

been received for the new 

business hub in Southbrook, 

Rangiora, along with aconsent 

for astorage facility. 

The Hurunui District Council 

issued 482 consents last year, 

compared to 614 in 2022, 

including 142 for new houses 

down from 196 in 2022, building 

and property manager Kerry 

Walsh said.. 

Amberley was leadingthe way 

with 87 consents for new houses 

issued last year, down from 122 in 

2022. 

In Hanmer Springs there were 

18 consents issued for new 

houses last year,compare to 34 in 

2022. 

The largest projectisthe 

Amberley Country Estate 

Retirement Village. 

The Kaikōura District Council 

issued 140 consents lastyear, 

down from 165 last year. 

The largest projectwas the 

Vicarage Views subdivision. 

Bayleys Rangiora and Hanmer 

Springs manager RossDitmer 

predicted abright outlook,with 

new legislation and interest rates 

beginning to drop. 

‘‘There is still interest from 

outside the region, with the drift 

south continuing as North 

Islanders find it is affordable to 

live here and there is alot 

interest in lifestyle properties.’’ 

He said house prices were 

slightly cheaper in Waimakariri, 

compared to Christchurch, with 

the ‘‘laid back’’ lifestyle an 

attraction. 

Ray White Rangiora manager 

Stuart Morris said growth in 

Rangiora had been slow due to a 

lack ofavailable land, but he 

expected it to ‘‘crank up’’this 

year. 

‘‘Bellgroveand Townsend 

Fields (Rangiora) are firingup, 

while Kaiapoi still has plenty of 

gas in the tank.’’ 

Mr Morris predicted ‘‘a steady 

as she goes’’ market this year, as 

the economy transitions out of 

recession. 

The average house price in the 

Waimakariri district was 

$650,000 to $700,000, with two 

bedroom units selling for as low 

as $400,000 and three bedroom 

homes selling for $500,000plus. 

At the top end, new builds 

could fetch as much as $900,000 

to $1.2million. 

Nearly half of Waimakariri’s 

consents were issued for 

Woodend (354), thanks largely to 

the booming Ravenswood subdivision. 

Ravenswood sales manager 

Miranda Laney said the bulk of 

those consents were for stage 5, 

which were presold two years 

ago. 

She said the final stage (stage 

6) is now selling, with just over 

200 sections remaining to be sold. 

Just over half of the 1500 

sections in the subdivision now 

have houses on them. 

Sections sold for between 

$350,000 to $450,000, while a 

house and land package sold for 

between $650,000 to $750,000 for 

athreebedroom house. 

The Ravenswood Central retail 

area of 20 hectareswas filling up 

fast, with Harvey Norman 

expected to open later this year, 

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hygienist, achemist, fitness 

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Swim for IAmHope 


Amberley Fire Brigade 

volunteers plan to swim for 

24 hours to help young 

people in their community. 

Starting at noon on Friday, 

February24, at Amberley’s 

MainPower Pool, teams of 

volunteer firefighters will 

swim in relay over the 

following 24 hours. 

In partnership with I Am 

Hope Acting station officer 

Chris Reeves says the swim 

is to raise money and 

awareness for the cause. 

‘‘It’s more than just a 

daring feat of aquatic 

endurance, it is about our 

shared concern for the 

mental wellbeing of youth in 

our community and 

throughout New Zealand.’’ 

Chris says he had the idea 

after facing his own dark 

times in life. 

‘‘I wanted to find away to 

helpour young people 

before we are called in to 

help as firefighters.’’ 

He says volunteer 

firefighters for Fire and 

Emergency New Zealand, 

are responding frequently to 

Purple calls where an 

immediate medical response 

is required. 

‘‘All too often these 

callouts are preventable if 

people can access the right 

support when they need it 

the most.’’ 

Raising funds means youth 

can continue to receive help 

when they need it and fast. 

Hesays he understands 

the toll that repeated 

exposure to trauma can take 

on one's mental health, and 

he wanted to do something 

that will benefit all. 

‘‘From our station's 

perspective raising 

awareness in our community 

means we may be able to 

help limit the exposure our 

fellow colleagues have to 

endure in the future.’’ 

Chris says swimming is 

hard to do, just like coping 

with mental health issues, so 

the team thought it would be 

agood way to fundraise for 

Mike King's charity and have 

some fun as well. 

‘‘Everyone is behind us, 

our families and other 

brigade membersare 

helping us out through the 24 

hours in the pool. They will 

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Chris says they have also 

challenged other brigades to 

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afew laps. 

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Hope) for people to donate 

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marathon swim. 

On February 23, the night 

before the swim, aGala 

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will be held with funds 

raised from this event going 

directly to the IAmHope 

Foundation. 

Information is available on 

the Amberley Volunteer Fire 

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‘‘Compared to what had been 

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‘‘Buyers are therefore competing 

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PreChristmas concerns relating to 

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would be degraded due to vegetation 

contamination and colour. 

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buyers from China strengthening the 

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Rangiora Bridge Club 

Saturday Individual: N/S: David Rainey/ 

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E/W: Robyn Dawson/Pam McAllister 1, 

Christine Sweeney/Janene Mussen equal 

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Monday Individual: N/S: David McRae/ 

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Bergman 2. Liz Partridge/Shirley Symns 3. 

E/W: Peter Story/Jenny Shore 1, Alison 

MacDonald/Phillipa Watkins 2, Pam 

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Evening: N/S: Gayle Saunders/Debra 

Wilson 1, Moira Courtney/Jill Midgley 2, 

Denis Milne/Gerard McCrea 3. E/W Susan 

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Roose/Jannene Cumming 1, Gaynor 

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Amberley Bridge Club 

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Guest appearance for equine star ... The winner of three consecutive Kaikoura Cups, 

Classie Brigade, driven by Woodend's John Dunn, is now arehomed show horse, and 

the gelding will be aspecial guest at the Rangiora Harness Racing Club's February 17 

meeting to lead out the $30,000 Rangiora Classic field. 

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Equine stars will 

feature at meet 


Two harness racing equine stars, 

from different eras, will be 

honoured at the Rangiora Harness 

Racing Club’s grasstrack meeting 

on February17. 

The day’s racing will begin with a 

$12,000 standingstarttrot. 

It will be raced over amile to 

commemorate one of New Zealand’s 

most famous trotters, When, who last 

centurywon 20 races, including one 

in the United States. 

She set aworld recordover amile 

on the Rangiora grass track, driven 

by her ownertrainer Bill Doyle. 

The record was set on March 16, 

1963, after Bill approached the 

Rangiora Trotting Club, as the 

Rangiora Harness Racing Club was 

known then, with the idea of 

attempting anew world record with 

When, just before she left for the 

United States to compete in an 

International Trot Series at 

Yonkers, in New York. 

The club agreed to the proposal 

and ColoursFlying, driven by 

Maurice Holmes, proved aworthy 

pacemaker in the time trial helping 

When to trot anew world record 

time of two minutes six seconds for a 

standingstart mile on agrass track. 

When, who Bill said was ‘‘a lovely 

mare with tremendous speed’’, 

made her American debut at 

Yonkers on April 18, 1963, running 

second to Italian trotter Fitestar. 

Rangiora Harness Racing Club 

president Russell Latimer said they 

wanted to commemorate When’s 

record and her role in the club’s 

history by holding arace in her 

honour. 

The club’s historian Robin Wilson, 

author of 75 Years, the Rangiora 

Harness Racing Club 19462021, 

written for its diamond jubilee 

celebrations, said ‘‘a mile stand on 

the grass is abit unusual and we will 

be starting from the chute (in the 

back straight) to give the field the 

best chance of getting away safely’’ 

Retired pacer Classie Brigade, the 

winner of 21 races, including three 

successive Kaikoura Cups, will also 

be aspecial guest at the meeting. 

He will lead out the $30,000 

Rangiora Classic field. 

Russell said Classie Brigade was 

now ‘‘a rehomed show horse and 

showed afair turn of foot when 

galloping down the straight during 

our Christmas meeting last year’’, 

when he led out the Summer Cup 

field. 

Entry to the meeting is free. 

There will be entertainment for 

children available. 

Aclassic car exhibition is also 

planned, including adrivepast 

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What’s happening in your 

community… 

Mayoral Relief Fund to provide support for 

victims of Loburn Fire 

Waimakariri District Council has opened the 

Mayoral Relief Fund. 

Donations will go directly to residents who lost 

their homes and had their properties damaged 

because of the 12ha Loburn fires which took place 

over the weekend of 19 January. 

Donations can be made via internet banking to 

account 01-0877-0129222- 00. Please include the 

words ‘Loburn Fire’ inyour reference details. 

New changes coming tokerbside bin 

collections 

What you can place inyour yellow, green and red 

bins for kerbside collection is changing to make 

sorting waste easier across the country. 

From 1February,the Government is standardising 

what materialscan be collected from households in 

their recycling andorganics bins acrossNew Zealand. 

For full information about the changes visit 

waimakariri.govt.nz/rethinkrubbish 

Standard and Poor’s Reconfirm Council’s 

High Credit Rating 

Credit rating agency Standard and Poor's has 

reconfirmed its AAlong-term and A-1+ short-term 

credit rating with astable outlook for Waimakariri 

District Council. 

The AA rating maintains an exceptionally high 

credit rating which endorses the position 

the council holds with its stakeholders, and 

community. It also provides an ongoing ability 

to fund significant work programmes. 

Mayor Dan Gordon says the Council has maintained 

its high rating throughout the economic volatility of 

the past years –which is no easy feat. 

This isthe fourth year the Council has maintained 

the AAlong-term and A-1+ short-term credit 

rating with astable outlook. 

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Summer ishere and it’s important pool barriers 

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From November to March each year we’ll be visiting 

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and if the pool fence complies. 

We’ll leave anotice in the letterbox after the check, and 

note any items that may need tobeaddressed. 

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whale. 

These titles are available in both Waimakariri and Hurunui libraries. Find out more about recent 

additions to the library collection by going to the library catalogue at waimakariri.kotui.org.nz or hurunui. 

kotui.org.nz or contact your local library. 

Relaxedcamping spot 

There’s no trimmings at Gore 

Bay and Buxton Camping 

Ground —and people love it. 

Tucked away at the north end 

of the beach settlement near 

Cheviot, camping life is back to 

basics where an array of tents, 

caravans and campervans 

create temporary homes for 

regulars, regular campers, and 

those just passing through. 

Cheviot local Catherine 

Maxwell took over the lease in 

November, and says the holiday 

spot has been aconstant hub of 

activity since. 

Many weekends have been 

fully booked. She says people 

are attracted to the camp 

because of its laidback charm, 

relaxed atmosphere, and plenty 

of space for everyone. 

Jason, amagpie is afavourite 

at the camp. 



The young mismothered bird 

circulates around the camp, 

making friends wherever he 

goes. 

‘‘The weather has been 

magic, even though the farmers 

do need the rain, and there’s 

been massive pods of dolphins 

day after day,’’ says Catherine. 

She says the support from 

locals, and the reserves group, 

has been massive, along with 

the assistance from local, 

Raewyn Hill who manages the 

bookings and is ‘‘general camp 

mum’’. 

‘‘Extra help is only ever a 

phone call away. There’s no 

bells and whistles, there is no 

WiFi or shops, and kids have to 

talk to their parents. 

‘‘These reasons are why 

people love it here,’’ says 

Catherine. 

No trimmings ... Arelaxed 

camping spot in North Canterbury. 


Dark sky accreditation for Oxford 

Oxford has become the sixth 

New Zealand community to 

gain dark sky accreditation. 

Dark Sky International has 

granted international dark sky 

park accreditation to the 

11,350 hectare Oxford Forest 

Conservation Area to the west 

of the town. 

Oxford joins dark sky 

sanctuaries Aotea Great 

Barrier Island and Rakiura 

Stewart Island, and dark sky 

reserves Aoraki Mackenzie, 

WaiIti (Tasman district) and 

Wairarapa. 

Oxford Dark Sky president 

Raul EliasDrago says the dark 

sky park status was an 

important first step towards 

applying for international 

dark sky reserve status. 

‘‘We are very excited about it 

as we only filed the 

application two months ago. 

‘‘The Oxford sky is truly 

pristine. We get some of the 

best naked eye views of the 

Milky Way, and from just about 

anywhere in Oxford.’’ 

Mr EliasDrago says the 

advantage of gaining dark sky 

park status was the community 

could gain the benefits of dark 

sky status while continuing to 

have the conversations around 

lighting regulations. 

Conversations had already 

begun with the Waimakariri 

District Council around 

possible changes to the 

District Plan. 

He said the dark sky rules 

would make little difference to 

individuals. 

To reduce light pollution 

organisations could point 

their lights down, turn off 

when not needed, and using 

shielding or atimer. 

Conversations around 

becoming adark sky site began 

five years ago, but it was not 

until June last year when 

Oxford Dark Sky was 

established following a 

community meeting. 

It was initiated by the Oxford 

Area School Observatory, and 

principal Mike Hart said there 

were benefits for the school 

and the wider community. 

‘‘It will provide many 

learning opportunities for our 

students through work around 

environmental impacts and 

energy resources, 

underpinning our work with 

the observatory.’’ 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan 

Gordon says the accreditation 

is the result of hard work and 

research by volunteers in the 

Oxford Dark Sky group. ‘‘It will 

bring benefits for the wider 

district, as well as Oxford.’’ 

‘‘Not only does the 

accreditation bring 

economic benefits to 

Oxford, but it also reduces 

the negative effects of light 

pollution on astronomical 

observation.’’ 

OxfordOhoka Community 

Board chairperson Thomas 

Robson says the decision 

will support conservation 

efforts and tourism in the 

town. 

‘‘The area’s night sky has 

long been appreciated by 

locals, and it will be good to 

share this natural, 

unspoiled beauty with night 

sky enthusiasts.’’ 

Dark Sky International 

dark sky places program 

manager Amber Harrison 

says the Oxford application 

was ‘‘an excellent example’’ 

of how collaboration and 

education could inspire 

change. Oxford has joined 

more than 200 dark skies 

around the world, with the 

majority being in the 

United States. New Zealand 

now has six accredited dark 

sites, 4th equal with 

Canada, and behind the 

United Kingdom and 

Germany. Australia has just 

four. 

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journalism cofunded by 

RNZ and NZ On Air.


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2024 Applications for Outward 

Bound and Spirit ofAdventure 

courses. 

TheRotaryClubofRangioraCharitableTrust 

is calling forapplications from youngpeople 

aged 16to18interested intaking part in 

either an 8-dayOutward Bound Course or a 

10-daySpiritofAdventure voyage. 

Thoseselected(normally onefor each event) 

willhaveaportionofthe costsofthe course/ 

voyage met. The cost ofan8-day Outward 

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a10-day Spirit ofAdventure voyage (ages 

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If you are interested in applying for one of 

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Theclosing date forapplications is 

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Tarn HutTrack and 

YoungmanStreamTrack 

2650973 

Public notice of two gazetted walkways: 

Together Tarn HutTrack andYoungman 

Stream Trackcontribute16kmtoaloop 

walk in the Puketeraki foothills.They 

also offer a10km bikeride into Tarn Hut. 

TheTarnHut Trackprovidesspectacular 

360-degree views from LillburnHill over 

the foothill forests to Christchurch and 

the Port Hills beyond. 

Access is from Lees ValleyRoad. 

Tarn HutTrack is closed from1October 

to 20 November,and forthe month of 

April, each year. 

Gazette notice 2022-ln2364 

2650115 

PUBLIC NOTICE OF 

APPLICATION FOR 

ON-LICENCE 

SECTION 101,SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

Golden Lotus Investment 

Limited, has made 

application to the District 

LicensingCommittee(DLC) 

at Rangiorafor theissue of a 

On-Licence inrespectofthe 

premises situated at 194C 

Williams Street, Kaiapoi 

known as SaiGon Sister 

Kaiapoi.The general nature 

of thebusinessconducted ( 

or to be conducted )under 

the licence is Restaurant. 

The days onwhich and the 

hours during which alcohol 

is (orisintended to be ) 

sold under the licence are 

Monday to Sunday from 

11am –11pm 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office 

of the Waimakariri District 

LicensingCommitteeat215 

High Street,Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of 

the licence may, not later 

than 25 working days after 

the date ofthe publication 

of this notice, file anotice 

in writing of the objection 

with the Secretary of 


Licensing Committee at 

PrivateBag 1005, Rangiora 

7440 or email toalcohol@ 

wmk.govt.nz 

No objection to the issue 

of alicence may be made 

in relation to amatter other 

than amatter specified in 

section 105 (1) ofthe Sale 

and Supply ofAlcohol Act 

2012. 

This is the second 

publication of this notice. 

This notice was first 

published on 1st February 

2024. 

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ON-LICENCE 

SECTION 101, SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOLACT 2012 

T & A Indian Limited, 

has made application 

to the District Licensing 

Committee (DLC) at 

Rangiora for the issue of a 

On-Licence inrespect of 

thepremisessituated at 61 

Main North Road,Woodend 

,known asSpice NLight 

.The general nature ofthe 

business conducted (or to 

be conducted )under the 

licence isRestaurant .The 

daysonwhich and thehours 

duringwhich alcoholis(or is 

intended to be )sold under 

the licence are Tuesday to 

Sunday 11.30am to 2pm, 

4.30pm to 11pm 














in writing ofthe objection 






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No objection tothe issue 




section 105 (1) ofthe Sale 

and Supply ofAlcohol Act 

2012. 




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ON-LICENCE 

SECTION 101, SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOLACT 2012 

Fresca Ltd , 7/188 High 

St, Rangiora has made 

application to the District 

LicensingCommittee(DLC) 

at Rangiora for the renewal 

of aOn-Licence inrespect 

of the premises situated 

at Conway Lane ,known 

as Fresca Mediterranean 

.The general nature ofthe 

business conducted ( or 

to be conducted ) under 

the licence is Cafe and 

Restaurant .The days on 

which and the hours during 

which alcohol is ( or is 

intended tobe)sold under 

the licence are Monday – 

Sunday 8am -11pm 














in writing ofthe objection 






wmk.govt.nz 

No objection to the renewal 




section131 of theSaleand 

SupplyofAlcohol Act2012. 




published on 1st February 


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