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Charred landscape ... Helicopters fight the fire as North West winds extend the blaze at Mt Donald, Waipara. 

Evacuations amid Waikari Valley scrub fire 

By JOHN COSGROVE AND 

ROBYN BRISTOW 

The site where a300 hectare scrub fire 

broke out in the Waikari Valley in 

North Canterbury, has been 

established, but the cause is still being 

investigated. 

The fire that broke out around 8pm 

Sunday evening forced evacuations, 

and kept residents near the fire on 

tenterhooks during the night and on 

Monday. 

Significant rain on Monday evening 

helped dampen down the charred 

hillsides, but crews had to be taken off 

the hill for safety as conditions became 

slippery. 

Three crews of firefighters were 

back at work on Tuesday morning 

supported by one helicopter. 

IncidentCommander Des Irving says 

crews were airlifted to the fireground 

by helicopter and worked with 

handtools to mop up hotspots. 

He cautioned the rain has not 

changed the underlying high fire 

danger, and he is asking people to 

remain vigilant and to call 111 

immediately if they see smoke. 

When Sally and Phil Thomson woke 

early on Monday morninginWaipara, 

stiff and tired after afew hours 

sleeping in the cramped cab of their 

truck, they cautiously looked up at 

Mount Donald. 

There was no smoke visible so they 

were hoping the large scrub fire that 

had forced their evacuation the night 

before had gone out. 

‘‘There wasn’t any smoke and we 

thought the fire brigades had done a 

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But once the norwester picked up 

again, the fire resurfaced and the 

Thomson’s stay at the Waipara 

Community Centre, where awelfare 

centre had been set up, was extended 

for afew more hours. 

The night before the couple had been 

relaxing at their Glenview Farm home 

on the side of Mount Donald. 

‘‘We had just got home after a 

wonderful day at our daughter’s at Mt 

Somers, when afriend of our son’s 

called and said he could see smoke up 

near our property, and where was the 

fire?,’’ says Phil 

The couple raced outside and soon 

spotted the smoke and flames coming 

around the side of Mt Donald towards 

them. 

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

‘‘Luckily we had afew hours to 

evacuate so the first thing Phil did was 

fill up the water tanks around the 

property, in case we had to turn the 

sprinklers on,’’ says Sally. 

Phil says the sheep were okay 

because they have the run of their 

small block at the moment and all they 

had to worry about was the farm dog 

and their two old cats. 

‘‘The cats weren't keen on coming so 

we left them there, packed up the dog 

and things and headed down at around 

midnight to the welfare centre at the 

Waipara Memorial Hall –and then I 

suddenly remembered the ‘chooks’,’’ 

says Phil. 

Sally says the couple haven’t had 

chickensfor afew months so they had 

just bought ahalf adozen new ones and 

completely forgot about them. 

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Loburn community reaches out 

BySHELLEY TOPP 

AFacebook page has been established to 

coordinate projects in Loburn to help 

the community recover from the 

devastating January 19 fire. 

The Loburn Fire Recovery page was 

set up afew days afterthe fire by Loburn 

local Damon Hurley, who is working with 

other locals and the Waimakariri District 

Council to coordinate the recovery. 

‘‘There has been quite abit happening 

in the Loburn community with people 

working together,’’ Damon said. 

‘‘Insurance is being worked though and 

the community is helping the 

community.’’ 

The page provides acommon link for 

peoplewho need help, and those who can 

help, to get togetherinacoordinated 

way. 

Aplant fundraiser, reGrow Loburn, the 

idea of Okuku’s Thereza Rosanowski and 

Clare Hammond, has also been launched 

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in collaboration with the Loburn School. 

The fundraiser is an invitation to the 

wider community to contribute 

something to help make the fundraiser a 

success, the women say. 

People can help by donating any 

outdoor plants or seedlings, especially 

natives and hedge plants or donating any 

empty plant pots for others to fill. 

Donated items canbeleft at Loburn 

School (73 Hodgsons Rd), Monday to 

Friday, any time during school hours, or 

at Rangiora’sAutumn Leaves at 28 

Southbrook Rd in Rangiora Monday to 

Thursday (9am to 5.30pm) or Friday (9am 

to 3pm). Rangiora Landscape and 

GardenSupplies have donated potting 

mix for the project, and spare pots will be 

available, the women say. 

The plants will be offered first to 

landowners to assist in the regrowing of 

their burnt properties. Spare plants will 

help raise money for the Mayoral Relief 

Fund dedicated to affected properties. 

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Plant fundraiser ... Loburn’s Damon 

Hurley, with his son, Hiram, aged 7, 

alongside Okuku’s Clare Hammond, 

second from right, and Thereza 

Rosanowski, also from Okuku, with some of 

the plants which have been donated for the 

Regrow Loburn fundraiser. PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

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Once at the welfare centre the couple 

say they were well looked after with lots 

of coffees and food. Later they tried to 

get some sleep in their truck. 

Phil says fightingthe fire would have 

been hardwork for the firefighters as Mt 

Donald is ahard, steep, rough place to 

drivein. 

‘‘It’s four wheel drive country up there 

with few tracks and the wind can knock 

you over if you don’twatch out.’’ 

Sally says that when they woke at 

6.30am the helicopters hadn’t arrived 

yet and they could see the firefighters 

were waiting to see if the blaze would 

catch onagain. 

‘‘It looked like it wasn’ttoo bad.’’ 

“There was no smoke so we thought a 

miracle had occurred, Icould not 

believe it had stopped as it was burning 

down the hill towards us last night,’’ says 

Phil. 

‘‘It looked like the tracks the Knowles 

and we had put in on the side of Mt 

Donald over the years had worked as 

fire breaks.’’ 

The Thomsons and other evacuees 

were allowed to return to their homes 

late on Monday evening. 

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Community day `awesome’ 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

Loburn School hosted an open day last 

Friday to thank the community and 

emergency crews who fought the nearby 

January 19. 

Those who attended said it was an 

‘‘awesome idea.’’ 

School principal Stuart Priddy said the 

school had been closed on the day of the 

fire because of the school holidays. It had 

not been damaged, but the neighbouring 

preschool had to be evacuated. 

‘‘We wanted to show our support for our 

surrounding community and the people 

who helped us on that day, by inviting 

them to the school to give our thanks and 

let people know we are here to help,’’ he 

said. 

Some emergency crew members. many 

of them volunteers, were unable to attend 

due to fire fighting commitments on 

Christchurch’s Port Hills. However 

representatives from the police, Fire and 

Emergency New Zealand (FENZ), the 

Waimakariri District Council civil defence 

emergency team, plus Waimakariri 

District Mayor Dan Gordon, along with 

many members of the Loburn community 

and children from the preschool next 

door, did attend. 

They were treated to aperformance of 

songs by the Loburn School children led by 

te reo/Maori language teachers, Norman 

Paul and his daughter Bonnie Paul. Gift 

baskets were presented and ‘‘thank you’’ 

artwork, by the children, was presented to 

the emergency crews’ representatives. 

Morning tea followed, along with the 

chance to meet the emergency crews’ 

representatives to thank them personally. 

Mr Gordon said the community day was 

areal sign of how much this community 

cares about each other. 

He also said the council would provide 

Giving thanks ... Guests, emergency service and Loburn School personal gathered at the 

school. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

whatever support it could to help the 

Loburn community recover from the fire. 

Rangiora Constable Brad Moore, who 

was commander of the police response 

team on the day of the fire, said the 

school’s community day was an awesome 

event, and he was pleased to be able to 

attend. 

Three members of the Sefton Rural Fire 

Brigade, Clive Goddard, Estelle Harmse 

and Joseph Donoghue also attended along 

with Dean Eades the council’s emergency 

management adviser. 

‘‘The fire roared through the small 

community ‘‘like aspeeding, unstoppable 

freight train’’ one local, Bill White said, 

incinerating homes, buildings and 

gardens. 

But as devastating as the inferno was, 

some locals consider the cleanup is even 

worse because of the lingering smoketainted 

air, the soot, the dust, the noise of 

chainsaws felling firedamaged trees, and 

the rubberneckers who seem to think it is 

okay to go on to private property to take 

photographs without permission. 

Sharon Gooderham and her husband 

Paul lost arow of 50, 30yearold pine trees 

and ahighwall fence along the road 

frontage of their property. 

Paul is working with Rangiora 

silviculturist John Woods on the the 

cleanup, chopping down the charred trees 

and cutting them up for firewood. 

The loss of their fence and the 

subsequent invasion of privacy by 

rubberneckers has made her feel ‘‘very 

vulnerable’’. However the community 

support they received since the fire had 

been ‘‘incredible. 

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Walkers crossing the William Street 

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River banks will soon be able to view a 

mural championing the Cure Boating Club 

and Kaiapoi. 

Work should start by the end of the month 

on the new mural, which is acollaboration 

with acclaimed artist, Mel Eaton and the 

Waimakariri Public Arts Trust. 

Cure Club vice president Peter Midgley 

says they hope it will help to promote their 

side of the river and the township. 

‘‘We’re on amission to adorn our 

40metre long river front building with a 

spectacular wraparound mural that will 

become an icon for Kaiapoi,’’ he says. 

The club hopes that at high tide visitors 

will see the town’s name reflected in the 

river and use it as abackdrop for 

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Mr Midgley says the club has set up a 

donations page to invite residents and 

visitors to donate towards this vision and 

help them bring it to life. 

‘‘It's hoped that the mural will excite and 

engage with the community as part of a 

larger project,’’ he says. 

The mural will be completed first, with 

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which has been along and 

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AChristchurchbased company says it is 

confidentits proposedlandfill in North 

Canterbury will not have adverse 

environmental impacts. 

Responding to concernsraised at a 

residents meeting on Tuesday, Protranz 

general manager Shaun Coakley said the 

company had completed site 

investigations ahead of applyingfor 

resource consents. 

Protranz Earthmoving Ltd is seeking to 

restore the Whiterock Quarry,at150 and 

174 Quarry Road, Loburn, to near its 

previous landform, by filling it with 

managed fill. 

Resident Mike McCaleb said at the 

meeting he believed the landfill would be 

unstable due to the limestone and porous 

rock, and the underground springs. 

Mr Coakley said he acknowledged the 

concerns. ‘‘We want to reassure the 

community that comprehensive site 

investigations have occurred and various 

technical reports will be completed, 

addressing factors such as stability and 

ground /underground (groundwater 

seepage) conditions. 

‘‘These reports will be readily available 

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Rangiora residents Harry and Jean 

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The retired couple are celebrating their 

Diamond wedding anniversary. 

Theyhave been active in Rotary and 

Inner Wheel, along with being stepgrandparents 

to many in the extended 

family andfriendship circle. 

Originally from Invercargill and 

Mataura in Southland, Harry and Jean met 

in Gore anddated for several years before 

marrying in 1963. 

They built their first home together,and 

were active in the Gore Swimming Club 

and Operatic Society. 

They welcomed their first born, Hamish 

in 1968, followed by Craig in 1970. 

Apromotion took the young family to 

Thames on the Coromandel for about four 

years in the late 1970s, where heavy 

involvement in swimming was rounded 

Diamond milestone ... Harry and Jean 

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out by ongoing Rotary club involvement, 

and helping out in the local community 

with the multiple floods that occurred 

while they lived there. 

Seeking areturn to the mainland, they 

moved to Rangiora at the end of 1981, with 

Harry working for NZI insurance through 

until his retirement. 

Jean worked initially at the Family 

Counselling Centre for many years, with 

her final role being with the Cancer 

Society in Christchurch, until she also 

retired. 

Many Rangiora residents learnt to swim 

with the Dudley Park Swimming Club 

which they founded in the 1980s. 

It is not uncommon for them to receive 

random thanks from passersbyfor their 

help. 

In retirement they are often on the road 

enjoying their motor home, greeting many 

aforeign tourist as they travel the country, 

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Hitting the right note 


Amasterclassinentertainment was 

delivered by United States bluegrass/ 

acoustic roots band Sassafras at asold out 

Balcairn Hall concert. 

The fourman band, comprising Wes 

Tuttle (mandolin, fiddle, vocals), Randy 

Gambill (guitar, vocals), Gray Tuttle 

(banjo, vocals) and Randy Pasley (bass, 

dobro, vocals) is based in the foothills of 

the Blue Ridge Mountains of North 

Carolina, and has just completed aNew 

Zealand tour promoting bluegrassmusic. 

Their Balcairn Hall concert also 

featured other music including country 

singer John Denver’s popular Take Me 

Home, Country Roads,with its nod to the 

Blue Ridge Mountains. 

They also performed John Fogerty’s 

Lookin’ Out My Backdoor,aslowed down 

version of Ring of Fire made famous by 

Johnny Cash, and the beautiful Sea of 

Heartbreak during last Saturday night’s 

concert. 

The frontman, Randy Gambill, also paid 

tribute to his Scottish heritage reciting an 

ode to adrunken Scotsman, which had the 

audience in fits of laughter, and there was 

also avery special, highspeed version of 

Orange Blossom Special. 

It was the first time aband from the 

USA had performed in the small country 

hall, and Randy (Gambill) praised the 

venue. 

‘‘You have agreat vibe going on here,’’ 

he said. 

The band had performed before much 

larger audiences of 10,000 people and 

much smaller, but it was venues like 

Balcairn Hall ‘‘where you can get to know 

people’’ they enjoyed the most, he said. 

The band's superb musicianship, 

delivered with style and humour hit just 

the right note with the Balcairn audience 

which sang along to many of their songs. 

Towards the end of the show the band 

Master musicians ... United States 

bluegrass band Sassafras warming up 

before their sold out concert in the Balcairn 

Hall last Saturday evening. PHOTO: ALISON CLAY 

was treated to aliberal does of Kiwi 

humour after announcing to the crowd 

that two special guests would be joining 

them on stage. 

The guests were popular Balcairn Hall 

committee men, Wim Bevers and David 

Lowe. As they climbed on to the stage Wim 

told the audience that some people 

always want to play with atalented band, 

so on this occasion we will allow them. 

Wim (playing baritone ukulele banjo) 

took the microphone to join the band with 

David playing concert ukulele, and 

performed the country/folk song Can the 

Circle Be Unbroken. 

At the end of their performance Wim 

told the audience that ‘‘we are so lucky to 

have these guys perform for us tonight. My 

advice to them is keep practicing.’’ 

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KAIKŌURA VIEWS 

MAYOR CRAIG MACKLE 

New Citizens given 

welcome to Kaikoura 

Our latest New Zealand Citizenship 

ceremony has been amajor highlight 

for me recently. 

Eight people obtained citizenship, 

five of whom came from one family, 

and who havebeen apart of our 

communityfor anumber of years. 

It was special to seethe children 

dressed up in their traditional 

costumes. 

The Kaikōura community choir 

KaiChorus performed, and it was 

quite aspecial event. 

The Mayoral Task Force is going 

great guns, and we arekeen to see 

this continue to evolve. 

We will be lobbying for continued 

support from the Government for this 

important and beneficial project. 

ABig thanks to Asia for coordinating 

the programmesowell 

and everyone involved. 

Aheads up to everyone that 

Council’s DiscretionaryGrants 

process is open from March ,and 

anyone interested can have alook at 

the Kaikōura District Council 

website for details around how to 

apply and what the criteria is. 

Summer’s not over yet and there 

are anumber of exciting community 

events still to happen in the 

township. 

Two fund raising events are coming 

up shortly —one is the annual Pig & 

Stag hunt on Easter weekend. 

This year it is raising fundsfor the 

miniature rifle club to renovate the 

Kaikōura Suburban Hall 

The other is the Adventure Race 

from the April 19 to 21, which has just 

grown and grown over the last few 

years, and always manages to raise 

funds to support some outdoor events 

at the High School for our youth to 

enjoy. Great to see some events 

happening that support our 

community. 

Around the electorate with 

STUART SMITH MP FOR KAIKOURA 

‘Bluehighway’ work 

The ‘blue highway’ between the North 

and South Islands is served by afleet 

of fiveships in the Cook Straight, 

including three Interislander ferries 

and two BlueBridge ferries. 

The latter are privately funded and 

run agood service withoutany 

taxpayer assistance. 

The previous government committed 

to replacing the taxpayer funded 

Interisland fleet with mega ferries and 

portside infrastructure, otherwise 

known as the iRex project, to the tune 

of $775m —which has subsequently 

blown outtonearly $3 billion, a 

quadrupling of theoriginal cost. 

Only 21 percent of the $3b was 

allocated to the replacement of the 

ferries themselves and the only option 

for our incoming government was to 

refuse the original addition funding. 

We have since set up an expert 

advisory group to provide 

independent assurance on how to 

proceed with the ferry service and end 

the previous government’s poor 

project management. 

An additional concern was the 

likelihood of further cost increases 

effecting our ability to bring the books 

back in order, something voters can 

rightly expect to be addressed. 

Time critical decisions such as 

replacing the aging ferry service still 

need to be well informed, well 

planned, well researched, and 

sustainably funded to ensure asafe 

and reliable ferry service across Cook 

Strait is available in the long term. 

Supporting freight delivery, 

business growth, export development 

and tourism, it is vital to get this 

decision right, noting that we all want 

to see acosteffective solution that 

increases our infrastructure 

resilience. 

Of course, thereare other options for 

taking some of the freight off the road 

with the added benefit of lowering 

emissions as well. 

These need to be carefully 

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success. 

Canterbury’scoastline under the spotlight 

By DAVIDHILL, 

Local Democracy Reporter 

Conservationists say Canterbury’s 

coastline has been neglected for too long 

and it's time for a‘‘complete overhaul’’ of 

the regional council's plan to protect the 

marine environment. 

Te Korowai oTeTai ō Marokura, an 

organisation that protects Kaikōura’s 

marine environment and fisheries, has 

been advocating for an updated 

environmental plan for some time. 

Secretary Gina Solomon said the 

council’s focus on freshwater has seen it 

‘‘neglect’’ the marine environment. 

‘‘It needs acomplete overhaul and I 

don’t think Canterbury is doing much in 

the biosecurity or invasive species 

space.’’ 

Her comments come after Environment 

Canterbury voted last week to look into 

what was needed to review the 

Canterbury Regional Coastal 

Environment Plan. 

The plan was adopted in 2005 and aims 

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Councillor Genevieve Robinson, who 

put forward the motion to review the 

plan, said it no longer reflected the 

direction or intent of the New Zealand 

Coastal Policy Statement,which guides 

local authorities on managing the coastal 

environment. 

Kaikōura Zone Committee chairperson 

Ted Howard,aconservationist with 30 

years experience in commercial fishing, 

said areview was long overdue. 

‘‘It has been on and off the books for a 

while and it has been delayed three times 

since I’ve been involved.’’ 

Greenpeace Aotearoa oceans 

campaigner Ellie Hooper said regional 

coastal plans played an important part in 

protecting the health ofocean systems. 

New Zealand’scoastlines faced risks 

frompollution, sedimentation and 

‘‘destructive fishing’’. 

‘‘In New Zealand and around the world, 

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She said commercial fishing was 

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fur seals and corals. 

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fishing, things that are caught in the 

process that aren’t the target,and then 

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species manager Malene Felsing said 

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The agency worked closely with local 

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and local communities to look after the 

country’s coastlines. 

The South Island Hector’s Dolphin 

Bycatch Reduction Plan has been 

developed and outlines regulatory and 

voluntary measures designed to reduce 

the Hectors’ dolphin bycatch towards 

zero. 

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fishing, with around 17,650sqkm of South 

Island coastline closed to set netting. 

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are also in place, Ms Taylor said. 

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coastline, which has asetnetting ban out 

to at leastfour nautical miles, and up to 19 

nautical miles at Pegasus Bay.’’ 

Cr Robinson’s motion called for the ban 

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10 North Canterbury News, February 22, 2024 

Balanceimportant 

By DAVID HILL, 


Increasing the number of elected 

representatives in Hurunui’s south ward 

could balance out ‘‘the rural /town 

divide’’, says Amberley District 

Residents’ Association chairperson Roy 

Myers. 

The Hurunui District Council is 

considering whether to increase the 

number councillors for its south ward, 

which includes Amberley, or to create a 

community board to support agrowing 

population. 

Mr Myers says the issues affecting the 

town were different from the smaller 

communities spread throughoutthe 

district. 

‘‘If you look at the smaller 

communities, their interests are much 

more directly focused on their own 

needs in acommunity of maybe afew 

hundredpeople.’’ 

Whereas alarger town had more 

diverse needs and concerns, he said. 

‘‘In Amberley, the population has 

more or less doubled over the last 10 

years and alot of them are newcomers. 

‘‘Over time their expectations for local 

servicesmight increase, but at the 

moment if you look at what is provided, 

we don’t have much services.’’ 

He said Amberley’s town centre 

lacked acommunity space, other than 

the Tin Shed at the Amberley Domain, 

while aproposed cycleway linking 

Amberley and Amberley Beach had yet 

to eventuate. 

Mr Myers says the challenge was 

getting people engaged in local politics. 

In the 2022 local government 

elections, eight candidates stood for four 

the seats in the south ward, but the voter 

turnout was around 40 percent. 

‘‘I think alot of people feel quite 

distancedfrom the council,’’ he says. 

A working party is conducting a 

representation review and is due to 

make arecommendation to next month’s 

council meeting. 

It will be consultedoninApril, 

alongside the 2024/34 Long Term Plan 

consultation, chief executive Hamish 

Dobbie said. 

He said the council was exploring a 

range of options,including retainingthe 

status quo of 10 councillors (four each 

for the west and south wards,and two for 

the east ward). 

Therewas one community board for 

Hanmer Springs, while community and 

wardcommittees representedthe 

various ‘‘communitiesofinterest’’ 

throughout the district. 

Mr Dobbie says the main difference 

between the committees and community 

boardmembers was the latter were 

elected and remunerated. 

Community committees were given a 

similar delegation to acommunity 

board, with major decisions made by the 

elected council. 

Mayor Marie Black says the priority 

was ensuring‘‘communitiesofinterest’’ 

were represented. 

The south ward’spopulation is around 

5680, with just under half living in the 

Amberley township, while the districtwide 

population is 13,800, based on Stats 

NZ 2023 population estimates. 

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Hot pools proposal 

By DAVID HILL, 

Local DemocracyReporter 

Plans to allow aproposed hot pool 

tourist complex to be developed over a 

larger area on the Kaikōura waterfront 

have received wide support in 

submissions. 

But while 71 percent of the 

submissions supported extending the 

pool's lease area, some residents wanted 

anew site to be found. 

Submissions were heardonthe 

proposed lease area extension for the 

hot pool complex at aKaikōura District 

Council hearing on Wednesday 

(February 14). 

Kaikōura Springs Ltd was granted a 

lease in July 2022 for the proposed 

development on the former Kaikōura 

LionsCommunity Pool site, near 

GoochesBeach. 

While developing plans, Kaikōura 

Springs Ltd found the site was 

financially unviable, and approached 

the council last year requesting to 

increase the lease area from 2400 square 

metres to 3000 square metres. 

It wouldrequire the relocation of the 

toilets,playground and barbecue area at 

the developer’s expense. 

The proposal went out for public 

consultation at the end of last year, with 

87 submissions received. 

Nine submitters were heardduring 

the hearing, with two in supportand 

sevensupporting the hot pools concept, 

but calling for an alternativesite to be 

found. 

The councillors adjourned the 

meeting to clarify some of the points 

raised, before recommencingatalater 

date. 

Among those raising concerns was 

Duncan Cotterill senior associate Jamie 

Robinson, who was speaking on behalf of 

alocal resident. 

She said restricting the consultation 

process to consider whether the lease 

area on the Esplanade should be 

extended was ‘‘fundamentally unfair’’ 

and should have been completely 

reopened. 

‘‘[It limited] people’s ability to submit 

when the entire lease is being 

reconsidered and we don’tknow 

whether an alternative site was 

considered.’’ 

But Kaikōura District Council acting 

chief executive Peter Kearney, speaking 

after the hearing, said the criticisms 

were unfair. 

‘‘We understand it is an emotive 

subject, but nothing is set in concrete 

yet. 

‘‘Most people are in support, but we 

need to make sure everything in the 

process is done right.’’ 

Should the lease extension be granted, 

the developer will still need to apply for 

the necessary resource and building 

consents, Mr Kearney said. 

The developerhad consideredother 

sites, but came back the Esplanade as 

the preferred site. 

‘‘They can’t come up with plans and 

designs until they knowhow much area 

they can have, so Ithink it is unfair to 

expect them to produce detailed designs 

at this stage.’’ 

Residents have expressedthey wanta 

singlestorey buildingtofit with the 

environment, according to the 

submissions. 

The Kaikōura Lions Community Pool 

was destroyed in the 7.8 magnitude 

earthquake in 2016. Anew Kaikōura 

Aquatic Centre opened in the recreation 

reserveoff Scarborough Street in 2021. 

Expressions of intereststodevelop the 

Esplanade site were sought in 2020, with 

just two responses received. 

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Art excellence ... Rangiora artist Sarah Beal, with her painting The Final Cut, for which she 

won the Excellence in Fine Art Award at the 2024 Arts Canterbury Juried Art Show at the 

Oxford Gallery. 


Excellence in fine art 


Rangioraartist Sarah Beal has been 

awarded the Excellence In Fine Art Award 

at the 2024 Arts CanterburyJuried Art 

Show in Oxford. 

Sarah said she was ‘‘beyond happy’’ to 

win the top prize. 

Two other Waimakaririartists, Oxford’s 

Emma GPotteree and Rangiora’s Jane 

Reid, also won awards at theexhibition 

which is on show at the Oxford Gallery toi 

oWaimakaririuntil March 3. 

Arts Canterburychairperson and 

exhibitions coordinator Mandy Palmer 

says 38 artworks from 29 artists were 

selected by three independent jurors, Jon 

Jeet, Rebecca Ogle and Rebecca 

Smallridge for the show. 

The Jurors' awards, the Oxford Gallery 

Development Award, and an award for 

Excellence in Fine Arts were presented at 

the opening on Sunday, February11. 

The public will also have the 

opportunity to vote for a‘‘People’s Choice’’ 

award during the exhibition. 

Votes can be cast up to 2pm on March 3. 

The winner will be announced at the 

gallery at the end of the show. 

Arts Canterbury aims to have ajuried 

exhibition once ayear. 

‘‘To be selected to participate in ajuried 

show is agreat boost for an artist and 

acknowledgement that their art is to ahigh 

standard,’’ Mandy says. 

She was pleased with the support the 

exhibition opening received and the 

wonderful venue. 

‘‘The gallery was full with artists, their 

supporters, volunteersfrom the gallery 

and the general public which created a 

fantastic vibe and was agreat 

acknowledgement of the calibre of the art 

on show. ‘‘Overall it has been afantastic 

experience collaborating with Oxford 

Gallery toi oWaimakariri.’’ 

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NEWS 


Experienced leaders 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

The new chair of the Hurunui Youth 

Councilisnostranger to Hurunui’s young 

people 

William Munsey joined the Hurunui 

Youth Programme in 2019, and the Youth 

Council in 2023. 

It has been ajourney of learning, 

William says. 

‘‘I've done alot of workshops and 

activities that have given me new skills. 

‘‘Last year as ayouth councillor Iheld 

the Environment portfolio and, as part of 

that, we worked with Hurunui College and 

the Hawarden Waikari Lions for a 

plantingday out at the Balmoral Fire 

Lookout,’’ he says. 

Participation in last year’s YES Camp 

fired William up to join the Hawarden 

Volunteer fire brigade and, at 16yearsold, 

he is also the youngest member of the 

Hawarden Waikari Civil Defence team. 

‘‘I believe its essential for youth to get 

involved in the community, and that this is 

arole the Youth Council can play in 

encouraging other young people, as well 

as the community,towork with our young 

people.’’ 

Civic participation is important to Millie 

Jane McIlraith, the deputy chair. Millie 

stepped down as chair after servingfor the 

last two years. 

Both are Hurunui College students, and 

were the two Youth Council 

representatives on the Hurunui 

Community Committee, ensuring the 

youth voice was carried into decision 

making. 

Supporting Hurunui’syouth leadership 

is well under way, said Hurunui Council’s 

Youth Team Leader Jo Sherwood,with a 

workshop on how to create the perfect 

event kicking off the year in January, 

thanks to funding from the Ministry of 

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This was agreat foundation for the start 

Youth leaders... Hurunui Youth Council 

chair William Munsey and deputy chair 

Millie Jane McIlraith. 


of the year for our 11 Youth Councillors 

and 19 Hurunui Youth Programme 

leaders,said Sherwood. They also shared 

ideas on what they would love to see for 

young people of the district in the year 

ahead. 

Both HurunuiYouth Programme 

leaders andYouth councillorsattended 

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last week of January, to work further on 

mappingout events for the districts young 

people for the year ahead and identifying 

key priorities. 

‘‘It is goingtobeabusy year with key 

issues including mental health, road 

safety, volunteering, online safety and 

environmental education just being a 

few,’’says Ms Sherwood. 

‘‘We have avacancy representing 

Cheviot, and look forward to finding an 

awesome young person to join the team.’’ 

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Seekingsolutions 

ByDAVID HILL, 


North Canterbury’s mayors are 

seeking alocal solution to Three 

Waters management. 

Retaining local ownership has 

always been the goal, while exploring 

collaboration with neighbouring 

councils, says Waimakariri Mayor Dan 

Gordon. 

Mr Gordon was reactingtothe repeal 

of ThreeWaters legislation lastweek 

and the announcement of the 

Government’s Local Water Done Well 

policy. 

‘‘At this stage we’re celebrating 

Three Waters remaining in community 

ownership ahead of the new bill being 

introduced to Parliamentlater this 

year. 

‘‘If the legislation mirrors the policy 

direction signalled by the 

Government, it providescouncils 

options to either go it alone or work 

together in acouncilcontrolled 

organisation or similarmodel. 

‘‘We will be having informal 

discussionsalong these lines with our 

local government neighbours while 

this takes place, but essentially we will 

be waiting to see what the legislation 

says.’’ 

Mr Gordon says the new policy 

mirrored the model putforward by 

Communities 4Local Democracy 

(C4LD), which represents around 30 

councils. 

He said no decision would be made 

without consulting with the 

community, which is likely to take 

place later this year. 

The Waimakariri, Hurunui and 

Kaikōura district councils were all 

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

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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 

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Distributed Generation 1,563 – – – – – 0.0000 0.0000 0.0000 

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AMURI A&P SHOW 


Amuri A&P showagreat day out for all 

The 108th Amuri A&PShow, on 

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out for families and visitors, with 

plenty to see and do. 

The gates open from 8am at the 

Rotherham Reserve, 9Heaton St, 

Rotherham,and entry costs $10 for 18 

years and over, $5 for five to 17yearolds 

and preschoolersare free. 

The day begins with the stock horse, 

dog trials, wood chopping and horse 

and pony district classes.This year's 

copresidents Richie and Janine 

Ormond say this year there is agreat 

lineup of entertainment for the 

children. 

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Morgan Moore, who won the ANZCO 

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Just before lunch, the family lookalike 

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This has become one of the signature 

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strong entries. 

The ProduceShed opens at noon to 

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photography, local school children’s 

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At noon in the ring, the lunchtime 

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The presentations of the Trade 

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Award will also be held in the ring. 

Acrowd favourite, the hilarious 

terrier race follows, where once dogs 

and owners are all lined up and ready 

to go, they will be set off by awave of 

the president’s wife’s hat. 

The McAlpines North Canterbury 

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WonkyDonkey Man(on stage) 

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Sheppard Dance Company (onstage) 

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Family Look-a-like competition 0-2yrs&3-5yrs 

(Bayleys tent) 

Produce ShedOpens 

President’s events (all in the ring) 

12:00pm SoniaDuncan -Trick Riding 

Presentation of Trade Exhibitor of the Year (by 

Presentation of AmuriA&P Assn,Young 

Achiever’s Award(by Past President) 

President’s Speech 

Terrier race 

1:00pm GrandParade led by McAlpines North 

CanterburyPipe Band 

Lolly Scramble afterGrand Parade (inthe ring) 

1:30pm WonkyDonkey Man(on stage) 

1.30pm Hunter Rounds 

1:30pm Novelty Bicycle ShearingCompetition 

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Proven recipe maintained 

Amuri A&PShow copresidents 

Richie and Janine Ormond have 

stayed with the proven recipe for 

agreat show –make it an 

entertaining, fun, actionpacked 

day out that brings town and 

country people together. 

The Ormond family have 

farmed Pukeiti, on the Amuri 

Plains, since Richie’s father 

moved there from Hawkes Bay in 

the 1930s. 

From WW2 until the 1990s, it 

was principally asheep farm, but 

with the increase in dairy 

farming in the area, the family 

changed to amix of sheep, winter 

dairy grazing, and the rearing 

Friesian bull calves through to 

finishing. 

The addition of irrigation 

several years ago allowed them 

to diversify into the cropping of 

maize, corn and grain, with 

surplus feed sold. 

The Amuri A&PShow has 

been part of Richie and Janine's 

lives for many, many years. 

Richie has attended working 

bees for the association for over 

40 years and has been on the 

show committee for many years. 

Janine has been the 

photography marshal for 14 

years. 

As ayoung boy, Richie 

remembers the show grounds 

being very bare at show time, but 

now there are attractive mature 

trees surrounding the ring, 

where families can picnic while 

watching the activities. 

There are also trees providing 

shade in the trade site areas. 

Copresidents ... Richie and Janine Ormond. 

Janine says the running of the 

Amuri A&P show has always had 

great support from alarge and 

enthusiastic committee of all 

ages. 

‘‘We value the knowledge and 

input from all the past presidents 

and their wives who still have 

responsibilities for acouple of 

years. It’s thanks to all the 

sponsors, tradespeople, judges, 


marshals, section heads, the 

many volunteers, and those who 

gave agift calf or gift lamb as they 

make the Amuri show the great 

success it is,’’ she says. The copresidents 

extend abig thank 

you to Jamie Lissington for 

keeping the showgrounds in 

great order and to treasurer 

Megan Williamson and secretary 

Kim Balcombe for their work. 

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PROGRAMME 

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8am: Stock Horse; Horse &Pony district classes. 

8:30am: Dogs trials. 

9am: Woodchopping 

9:30am: Shed and Sheep Judging. 

10am: Sheep Shearing Competition; Decorated Bike Judging. 

10:15am: Juding pet lambs and dogs. 

10.30am: Wonky Donkey on stage. 

10.45am: Morgan Moore, ANZCO Foods Butcher apprentice 

2023 demonstration (in Feature tent). 

11am: Show Jumping Classes. 

11:15am: Sheppard Dance Company. 

11:30am: Wearable Arts(both on stage). Family Lookalike 

competition 02yrs &35yrs (Bayleys tent). 

Noon: Produce Shed Opens. 

President’s events (all in the ring) Sonia Duncan Trick 

Riding; 

Presentation of 

Trade Exhibitor of 

the Year and Amuri 

A&P Assn, Young 

Achiever’s Award. 

President’s 

Speech; Terrier 

race. 

1pm: Grand Parade 

led by McAlpines 

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Pipe Band; Lolly 

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1:30pm: Hunter 

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‘‘Golden oldies’’ can come and see the 

‘‘golden oldies’’ at North CanterburyCAB, 

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She says most the CAB volunteersare 

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Volunteering at the CAB or any other 

organisation allows people to stay 

connected with their community after they 

retire and gives them asense of purpose. 

‘‘It means they brought their life 

experience of raising children and their 

work experience. 

‘‘For us it is about encouraging people to 

see that their experience is still valued 

and empathy is still valued.’’ 

Theresa says the CAB is looking forward 

to next month’s volunteer expos, 

organised by Waimakariri District 

Council. 

The expos came out of local volunteer 

coordinator network meetings. 

‘‘All of us had difficulty recruiting and 

some of it is financial, because we have 

limited funds to pay for advertising,’’ she 

says. 

‘‘For CAB, the expo is agreat 

opportunity to present our service and to 

let visitors know that older people are 

welcome to apply to become aCAB 

volunteer.’’ 

New recruits are fully trained, with the 

next training intake in May. 

The training focuses on listening, nonjudgement 

and ‘‘supporting clients where 

they are at’’. 

Volunteers attempt to give people the 

confidence and support to take action to 

resolve any challenges. 

‘‘We listen and take the time to talk 

things through and we hope the time we 

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and once we have resolved it, they will 

often open up about other issues. 

Theresa says North Canterbury CAB has 

acommunity directory of local clubs and 

organisations, meaning if any prospective 

volunteers find CAB is not for them, they 

can be referred to other organisations 

looking for volunteers. 

Presbyterian Support is looking for 

volunteers to assist with the Totara Club 

day programme and volunteer van 

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The Waimakariri District Council is 

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21 

Decluttering made 

easier withhelp 

Moving into aretirement village, or 

preparing to downsize your home, is 

so much more than just simply 

making the initial decision to change. 

For some it means facing a 

potentially overwhelming task of 

sorting through up to six decades of 

accumulated, treasured belongings 

and memories in the family home. 

Alan Wood of Ryman Healthcare 

says residents at Ryman Healthcare 

villages, including Charles Upham 

village in Rangiora, have been given 

advice dealing with items that can 

trigger happy memories, or remain 

useful for their future lives. 

Wellingtonbased decluttering and 

moving service TaskMasters, owned 

by Judy Thorpe, says she and coowner, 

Jane van der Wilt, give 

practical advice to potential 

residents of retirement villages. 

TheTaskMasters team help people 

hone in on the precious memories 

and associations that certain items 

might prompt, and also talk aboutthe 

practical side to adecluttering. 

She says picking out items from a 

lifetime, can be difficult, but can be 

treated abit like ahighlights reel, 

from the decades or chapters of welllived 

lives. 

‘‘As people get older they tend to 

have less control over their lives, for 

whatever reason, health issues being 

acommon one. 

‘‘So, it’s really, really important 

they have some control over what is 

happening. 

‘‘We work with them to help them 

decide what they need to declutter 

and what they can actually take to 

their new residence. 

‘‘It’s sort of interesting. 

‘‘Often we might say the samething 

to them that their families have said 

but because we’re an objective third 

party, who has no vested interest or 

emotional attachment... they’ll listen 

to us.’’ 

Feeling they are in control of the 

process, dealing with treasures from 

their long wellled lives helps most 

people declutter. 

Even knick knacks that might not 

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Support is available 

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Having aquality of life is important at 

any age, but as you get older it can 

become more of achallenge. 

Whether you are looking to retain 

your independence, or you have 

elderly parents you are concerned 

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Age Concern Canterbury chief 

executive Greta Bond says the first 

port of call should be aGP, who can 

refer to Te Whatu Ora Older Person’s 

Health Specialist Services. 

‘‘There are also anumber of services 

available that can support older 

people’s independence. 

Many wish to stay in their own homes 

as long as possible, and this should be 

supported. 

‘‘While an older person still has 

mental capacity, they have the right to 

make decisions about their lives, even 

if we don’t agree with them. 

‘‘It is our job to listen and to support, 

and this may mean we sometimes have 

to live with abit of uncertainty and 

worry.’’ 

Age Concern provides community 

health support services, socialoutings, 

avisitor service, safer driving courses 

and other education, and can 

recommend home support service 

providers. 

Total Mobility cards can be issued 

and an Elder Abuse Response Service 

is available, while community 

connectors can advocate for older 

people in dealing with WINZ, utilities 

companies, attending GP visits and 

navigating the health system. 

Eldernet.co.nz provides information 

about support for older people and has 

produced abooklet called Where from 

here: Essential information for older 

people. 

Presbyterian Support Upper South 

Island Enliven service manager Vicki 

Lucas says services include the 

Rangiora Totara Club day programme, 

which is aimed at people living in their 

own home. 

Strength and balance exercises are 

taught to prevent falls. 

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Anew Pōua Group works alongside 

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community. 

In Kaiapoi, seniors can enjoy aday 

out in the company of the Darnley 

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CAB North Canterbury has trained 

volunteers with information at their 

fingertips about applying for 

Superannuation or Veteran’s 

Pensions, wills and powers of attorney, 

how to get photo ID, transport services 

and the various support agencies. 

The Ministry for Social Development 

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Hato Hone St John offers afree 

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Organisations like Hato Hone St 

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Community Support and the Oxford 

Community Trust can also help. 

They can offer transport services to 

enable people to do their shopping or 

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Asharing shed —ASparkle from Us 

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of Adriel’s driveway, providing 

goodies and produce Adriel residents 

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Adriel’s owner Mischeal 

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She hopes the sharing shed will be 

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She says the home is well supported 

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‘‘It is nice to build community 

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Mischeal says residents have been 

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WIL looks to future 

By GINA MCKENZIE 

The opportunity to spend more time 

on farm, while providing adedicated 

service for shareholders, attracted 

new environmental manager Ben 

Howden to work for Waimakariri 

Irrigation Limited (WIL). 

Ben is the first fulltime internal 

environmental manager to work for 

the cooperative, and he says this 

demonstrates the importance WIL 

places on assisting shareholders to 

meet their environmental 

requirements while also responding 

to current and future environmental 

challenges. 

‘‘Spending more time out on farm 

with shareholders while also 

considering what the future holds 

really appeals to me. 

‘‘I am keen to get to know our 

shareholders and find out how Ican 

help them to achieve their 

environmental goals,’’ he says. 

Growing up on his family’s farm 

near Ashburton, Ben understands 

what it takes to operate asuccessful 

farm on apractical level. 

After high school, he attended 

Canterbury University where he 

gained amasters degree in 

environmental science before starting 

his career as an environmental 

analyst with Rangitata Dairies in 

South Canterbury. 

While working for Rangitata 

Dairies, Ben focused on providing onfarm 

and consent support for the 

company'sfarming operations. 

Ben then moved to Irricon where he 

spent five years working as an 

environmental consultant with afocus 

on consents and auditing during the 

time when Farm Environment Plans 

(FEPs) became arequirement for 

farmers. 

‘‘A year after Istarted at Irricon, 

Environment Canterbury launched 

their FEP auditing programme, so I 

provided practical advice to farmers 

and carried out audits. 

‘‘There was alot to learn during this 

period for both consultants and 

farmers.’’ 

In 2021, Ben took up aprincipal 

consultant role with Ravensdown 

where he led ateam of consultants 

based in midCanterbury to support 

farmers in meeting their regulatory 

requirements and environmental 

goals. 

‘‘I enjoyed leading ateam and had 

the opportunity to work in alarge 

organisation where Icould gain alot 

of experience and learn new skills. 

‘‘After afew years Iwanted to spend 

more time out on farm again and being 

able to work closely with farmers is 

what attracted me to the role with 

WIL.’’ 

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Howden is keen to visit shareholders and 

learn more about their farming 

operations. 


Ben sees challenges and 

opportunities ahead for WIL’s 

shareholders and is looking forward to 

helping them navigate options for a 

sustainable farming future. 

‘‘Obviously we have challenges in 

terms of regulation and climate 

change, but we also have plenty of 

opportunities including technology 

and efficiency gains. 

‘‘The irrigation scheme also has an 

opportunity as acooperative to 

secure amore sustainable and 

reliable water supply.’’ 

Along with building strong 

relationships with WIL’s shareholders 

and familiarising himself with the 

irrigation scheme, Ben will be 

supporting the preparation of WIL’s 

discharge consent renewal during the 

first few months of his new role. 

When Ben isn’t out on farm, he will 

be based in WIL’s new office which is 

located upstairs in Conway Lane in 

Rangiora. 

He is happy to visit shareholders on 

farm and they are also welcome to 

visit him at his office. 

‘‘I am pretty down to earth and 

approachable, so Ihope shareholders 

will give me acall, and Iwill do my 

best to support them to achieve their 

environmental goals. 

In his free time, Ben enjoys sport 

and the outdoors, and shares his love 

of nature with his young family. They 

live in Darfield. 

‘‘I love diving, fishing, hunting and 

cricket. Going away camping is 

another activity we enjoy doing as a 

family. We like to be outside doing 

stuff whenever possible.’’ 

RURAL LIFE 


Asweet fundraiser 

After aslow start to the growing season, 

Rotherham School’s popular sweetcorn 

fundraiser is up and running again. 

The cobs are on sale for $5 for five cobs, 

outside the school gates in Rotherham. 

The proceeds will go towards employing a 

third teacher. 

School Parent Teacher Association 

(PTA) president Tash Thomas says the 

corn will also be for sale at Hanmer 

Springs markets and the Amuri A&P show 

over next few of weeks. 

Grown on aone third of ahectare block 

donated by owner Ross Beavens, the 

seeds were sown last November by 

Rotherhambased contractor Flintoft 

Contractors Ltd. 

The Madison Gold seed was supplied by 

Pioneer Brand Products through Paige 

Farrell the area manager. 

Mrs Thomas and the school’s PTA 

members has been working long hours 

picking cobs. 

‘‘After aworrying couple of late frosts 

early in December after it had been 

sowed, and slow growth in January, plus 

water restrictions, we were beginning to 

worry whether we would have agood 

season or not. But the weather here has 

improved and they have shot away. 

‘‘They are looking great and we are all 

relieved.’’ 

It is expected to take three weeks to 

pick all the corn and Tash says it will be 

tight to gather enough in time for the the 

Amuri Show on March 2—provided the 

weather is kind. 

The PTA is extremely grateful for all the 

help they get each year from the parents 

of children at the school to help pick the 

cobs. 

Last year the school sold 9000 cobs of 

corn raising arecord $9500 for the school. 

The small rural school has agrowing 

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What’s happening in your 

community… 

Mayors farewell failed Three Waters 

Mayors from across New Zealand welcomed the 

repeal of Three Waters. 

Members of Communities 4Local Democracy He 

Hapori mō te Manapori (C4LD) were in Wellington 

last week to celebrate the legislation torepeal 

Three Waters being introduced toparliament. 

Co-chairs Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon 

and Manawatu Mayor Helen Worboys were 

in the Speaker's gallery last week to hear the 

introduction of the repeal bill. 

Mayor Dan Gordon says the member councils were 

thrilled the new Government had delivered on their 

campaign promise to repeal the unpopular reform. 

“The coalition Government all campaigned on 

repealing Three Waters, and they were elected on 

amandate that opposed centralisation and the 

forced removal of community water assets. 

“C4LD put forward acommunity-led, common 

sense alternative for water reform that sees higher 

standards delivered throughout the country while 

making sure local communities have control and 

say over their assets. We welcome working with 

the new Government on this model.” 

As part of its advocacy work, C4LD developed a 

detailed alternative plan for reform that would 

deliver the necessary infrastructure investment 

while respecting community property rights. 

Waimakariri Volunteer Expo 

The Waimakariri Volunteer Expo is achancefor 

anyone interested in volunteeringtomeet with 

community organisationsand learnabout what 

opportunities might bestsuittheir skills andinterests. 

There’s ahuge range of volunteer roles you could 

take part in including: providing companionship 

or mentoring; cooking acommunity meal; working 

in an op shop; gardening working bees; reception 

or administration work; driving people to medical 

appointments; assisting with civil emergencies; 

and the volunteer fire brigade. 

The expo also provides an opportunity for local 

organisations who depend on volunteers to 

share their services tomaintain and expand their 

volunteer staff numbers. 

Groups at the expo events can include emergency 

services, social services, information services, 

environmental groups, arts groups and community 

safety organisations. 

Check out the details below onwhere and when 

the expo events are running across the district: 

• Friday 8March -Rangiora Library 5–7pm 

• Thursday 14 March -Kaiapoi Library 5–7pm 

• Thursday 21 March -Woodend Community 

Centre 5–7pm. 

Book 

Launch 

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GrahamCBraddock as he 

introducesSuperintendent 

Lawrence Parry. 

Friday 23 February 2024 •6pm 

RangioraLibrary 

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Third Rates 

Instalment Due 

We’d like to remind you that the third 

instalment of rates is due on 20 February. 

Please note that a10% penalty will beadded to any 

part of the third instalment that remains unpaid after 

27 February. 

If you are having difficulty paying your rates, we 

encourage you toget in touch with us at 

rates@wmk.govt.nz to talk through payment options. 

Online go to... 

waimakariri.govt.nz/services/online-services (credit 

card and debit card payments incur aconvenience fee). 

Internet banking 

Account number: 010877-0129222-00 

Use thevaluation number on your ratesinvoice as 

reference. If youare paying rates on more than one 

property,email detailsofpayment to finance@wmk.govt.nz 

In person 

Eftpos and cash payments are welcome at any 

Council service centre. 

Sign up for email rates delivery 

Send amessage torates@wmk.govt.nz from the 

email address you would like your rates delivered to. 

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and if the pool fence complies. 

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By JOHN COSGROVE 

Upcoming Council 

meetings 

Thefollowing meetings will 

be held in March2024, in the 

CouncilChamber,215 High Street, 

Rangiora,unlessotherwise stated. 

Waimakariri Water Zone Committee 

Monday 4March at 4pm. 

Council 

Tuesday 5March at 1pm. 

Oxford-Ohoka Community Board 

Wednesday 6March at 7pm atthe 

Ohoka Hall, Mill Road, Ohoka. 

(The Public Forum section of the agenda 

will occur from 7pm to 7.20pm.) 

Woodend-Sefton Community Board 

Monday 11 Marchat5.30pmatthe Woodend 

CommunityCentre, School Road,Woodend. 

Audit and Risk Committee 

Tuesday 12March at 9am. 

Rangiora-Ashley Community Board 

Wednesday 13March at 7pm. 

Kaiapoi-Tuahiwi Community Board 

Monday 18 March at4pm at the 

Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre, 

176Williams Street, Kaiapoi. 

Utilities and Roading Committee 

Tuesday 19 March at 9am. 

District Planning and 

Regulation Committee 

Tuesday 19 March at 1pm. 

Community and Recreation Committee 

Tuesday 19 March at 3.30pm. 

Agendasare availabletwo working 

days before themeeting. Agendas, 

Minutesand audiorecordings of 

meetings can be foundonthe Council's 

website: waimakariri.govt.nz 

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Ready to go. .. Looking forward to some great racing is Gary Cotterell of Cust who will race two classic 

motorcycles at this weekends South of Thunder at Ruapuna. 


Sound of Thunder calls 

By JOHN COSGROVE 

The Sound of Thunder roars into 

life at Ruapuna this weekend. 

160 racers from multiple 

countries will line up to compete 

and for Cust engineer and avid 

racer Gary Cotterell it’s an event 

he looks forward to each year. 

‘‘I’ve entered many times over 

the years and Ithoroughly enjoy it 

as we are all racing on similar 

machinery, so it comes down to 

how well you prepare your bike 

and how well you ride on the 

day.’’ 

The Sound of Thunder (SOT) is 

an annual race meeting for 

British, European and American 

SPORTS RESULTS 

Rangiora Bridge Club 

Thomas Pairs: North/ 

South: Judith Driver/ 

Tony Biddington 1, Joyce 

Gray/Judy Bruerton 2, 

Des Steere/Lynne 

Stephenson 3. East/West: 

Nita Sheasby/Maggie 

Johnston 1, Pam 

McAllister/Robyn 

Dawson 2, Dawn 

Simpson/Steve Noad 3. 

Rimu Pairs: N/S: Jenny 

Story/Peter Story 1, 

Richard Luisetti/Judith 

Driver 2, Heather 

Waldron/Veronica Hall 3. 

E/W: Alison Price/Derek 

Wilson 1, Tom Rose/ 

Peter Whitehead 2, Sue 

Solomons/Jan Roose 3. 

Junior Evening: N/S: 

Racing (BEARS) motorcycles. 

Harleys, Ducatis, Aprilias, 

Triumphs, Nortons and many 

more non Japanese or Chinese 

brand motorcycles will be racing. 

Gary will be racing two bikes: a 

Rob North Replica Triumph 

Trident 750 and Manx Norton 500. 

‘‘All Ihave to do is change the 

tires and I’ll be ready ,’’ he said. 

But changing tires isn’t as easy 

as it used to be for Gary as the tire 

manufacturer Avon has stopped 

production of the specific sized 

tire he uses on his bikes. 

‘‘The problem is it has became 

too expensive to make alimited 

run for classic enthusiasts and 

racers like me, so now I’ll have to 

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Susan Kinley 2, Ben 

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Midgley 1, Wayne Giesel/ 

Diane Giesel 2, Gerard 

McCrea/Denis Milne 3. 

Premier Pairs: N/S: 

Owen Evans/Tony 

Biddington 1, Bob 

Norrish/Joyce Gray 2, 

Sarah Waldron/Shirley 

Symns 3. E/W: Jenny 

Story/Peter Story 1, 

Robyn Findlay/Lyndsey 

Taylor 2, Pauline Miller/ 

Bunty Marshall 3. 

Waimakariri Gorge 

Women’s Golf 

LGU and Putting: 18 

Holes: Putts –Linda 

Anderson 31. LGU – 

Wendy Mehrtens 0.5; 

Kathy Bush +0.5; Janne 

Pottinger +1.5; c/b 

Frances Nimmo +1.5. 

9Holes: Putts –Rosie 

Roy 17. LGU –Rosie Roy 

+0.2. 

Nearest the Pin: No4and 

No 8: –Linda Anderson; 

No11:Janne Pottinger. 

Longest Putt No 14: Jan 

Stewart. 

Amberley Bridge Club 

Monday Evening: Jill 

Coberger &Jim Knight 1, 

Jannene Cumming &Jan 

Roose 2, Margaret Bean 

&Ken Fox 3. 

Thursday Afternoon: 

N/S: Judith Driver &Jan 

Roose 1, Helen Phillips & 

look around for another brand.’’. 

The wellknown Cust based 

mechanical and aviation 

engineer says at 66 he hopes to be 

riding for as long as his father did. 

‘‘Dad was riding into his 90’s 

and I’ve been doing it sinceIwas 

small.’’ 

He started in MotoX as alad in 

England before taking up road 

racing. 

‘‘I entered my first road race at 

Mallory Park and mum wasn’t 

impressed, especially as it was 

pouring down, but having raced in 

the rain many times before on my 

MotoX bike Ididn’t know 

anything different, and anyway I 

came second so Iwas happy.’’ 

Adrienne Paine 2, Irene 

Carson &Mary Warren 3. 

E/W: Noel Langdon & 

Gavin Dunnett 1, Sarah 

Hoban &Nell McKellow 

2, Erin Rapson &Sandra 

Forbes 3. 

Amberley Golf Club 

February 17: RMcPhail 

41, PWylie 40, B 

Balderstone 40, R 

Turnbull 40, LCook 38, M 

Hedges 38, TFleete 38, J 

Brown 38, PMuff 37, R 

Atwill 37, HLang 37, G 

Smith 37. 

Excel Design Build 

Longest Putt: PHelmore. 

Mid Week Men: M 

Hedges 41, Al Falloon 39, 

NRhynd 37, GRamsay 

37, SMilne 37. 

CHECK IT OUT! 

Have you signed up for 

the Waimakariri District 

Council Newsletter? 

To join visit: 

waimakariri.govt.nz/subscribe 

Classic cars 

Amberley Menz shed are holding aclassic vehicles display on Sunday, February 25, at the Better Half kitchen 

and Bar on the corner of Ashworths Beach Road and SH1, Leithfield. All veterans, vintage and classic vehicles 

are most welcome. Free entry for the public and display vehicles. Donation to the Amberley Menz Shed would 

be welcomed. Open from 9amto1pm. Food and drinks available all day. 

Kitty Kingdom 

Rangiora cat rescue group Kitty Kingdom is holding its annual garage sale fundraiser this Saturday, on 

February 24, in the McAlpines Pipe Band Hall in the New World Supermarket car park. Organiser Tina Hartley 

says the group needs to raise money to help them through kitten season. ``Kitten season is astruggle and we 

desperately need to keep the fundraising going,'' she says. Donations for the sale include household items, 

clothing, jewellery, toys, sports equipment,camping equipment, plants, baking and Steadfast Books in Woolston 

has donated hundreds of books. The sale will begin at 9am and close at 3pm. 

Marathon swim 

Swimming for 24 hours is aspecial project for Amberley Volunteer Fire Brigade's firefighters to help young 

people in their community. In partnership with IAmHope, they will swim continuously for aday to raise money 

and awareness for the cause. Starting at noon on Saturday, February 24, at Amberley’s MainPower Pool, teams 

of volunteer firefighters will swim in relay over the following 24 hours.Come down and cheer them on as they 

raise funds for the youth in their community.

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Public Notices 

Proposed TemporaryRoadClosure 

The Hurunui District Council hasreceivedanapplicationfrom 

RATECMotorsportInc. requestingthe temporaryclosure of 

Lime Road,Waikari 

Sunday7April 2024 

From 9amto4pm 

Theclosureisrequested to safely run the 

LimeworksRoadShingle Sprint 

Anyobjections to the proposedclosure will need to be lodged with 

council by 

Midday 

Thursday 29 February 2024 

Councilwill consider this application 

Tuesday 19 March2024 

email: info@hurunui.govt.nz 

post: Huruni District Council,POBox 13, Amberly7441 

The closureisproposedunder paragraph11(e)oftheTenth Schedule of theLocal 

Government Act1974. 

Theproposedclosure will applytoall vehiculartraffic with theexception of emergency 

servicevehicles. 

Entertainment 

SATURDAY 2ND MARCH 

2024. 7.30PM 

TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM 

THE CLUB $25.00 EACH 

FOR ENQUIRIES PHONE 

RANGIORA RSA 

03 313 7123 

Reach 64,000 

potential 

customers with 

us everyweek 

Phone today to findout how 

03 3148335 or 03 3132840 

2654482 

Board &Residence 

BOARD wanted ASAP. 

This is aHDsituation for 

arespectable, tidy &trustworthy 

man for 12 months. 

A good cook & conversationalist 

who has agood 

sense of humour. Aquiet 

peaceful place wanted with 

some garden outside. Prepared 

to pay up to $400 per 

week and must have strong 

cell phone reception. Please 

txt only with address to 021 

163 18655 and iwill call or 

message you. Paul 

Livestock 

FOR SALE two eight 

month old, white face black 

steers, very quiet, delivered 

$350 each. Ph 03 313 7096. 

HEIFFER calves wanted 

Hereford /Fresian 170kgs 

+, prompt decision &payment. 

Phone Craig Flintoft 

03 312 9432. 

Garage Sales 

RANGIORA Aquila 

Street, Saturday 24th Feb, 

no dealers, no tools, not 

before 7.30am 

Situations Vacant 

WANTED person to look 

after avege garden, tunnel 

house &raised garden. No 

charge, just share produce. 

Ring 03 3126 124 Lyn & 

John. 

Firewood 

SPLIT Old Man Pine 3.7m 

@ $280, Split Hardwood 

Mix 3.7m @$400. Mobile 

021 993 497. 

Wanted ToBuy 

CARAVAN wanted with 

shower and toilet, needing 

repairs ok or any condition. 

Ph 027 622 0011. 

Personal 

Gardening 

Public Notices 

2635626 

LONELINESS IS THE 

LEAST FAVOURITE 

THING IN LIFE! 

An attractive lady who loves 

life and wants to enjoy it 

with someone special. 

She is an active lady who 

enjoys cooking, fishing, 

travelling, tramping, 

reading and swimming. 

To meet, please call 

and quote code 57 

0800-446-332. 

A+ GARDEN hedges cut 

to perfection. Tree &arbor 

work. For aquote, phone 

021 111 4322. 

Northern A&P 

Association 

(Rangiora 

Show) 

-AGM- 

Tuesday12thMarch, 

2024 at 7.30pm 

In theSkurrCentre 

at theRangiora 

Showgrounds. 

Allwelcome and 

supperprovided. 

FollowusonFacebook 

forupdatesonthe 

Meetingand Show. 

2652982 

TRYING to trace the 

where abouts of these two 

people Vanessa May 

McKenzie and her Step 

Father John. Please ring 

027 449 9543. 

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AMBERLEY LIONS CLUB GIANTBOOKSALE 

2 ND MARCH2024 AT THETIN SHED, 

AMBERLEY DOMAIN 

Between 9am–3pm 

Come andbrowsethe thousands 

of books we willhaveavailable. 

Seeyou there 

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 

8 TH APRIL, 2024 AT 7.PM 

NCRDA PAVILION, 4B MILTON AVENUE, 

RANGIORA - ALL WELCOME 

2654339 

KAIAPOI 

CHRISTADELPHIANS 

“The Key ofknowledge (Luke 11:52) 

THE STATE OF ISRAEL PROVES 

GOD’S EXISTENCE 

Since the time God called Israel out of 

Egypt to bring them into the promised land 

and establish them as a nation, his hand 

has been with them through conquest, 

dispersion, attempted assimilation, and 

destruction. He has kept a remnant 

through all the ages, as awitness to his 

authority. The hope of the Gospel came 

through the sacrifice of his son, aman of 

Israel, despised and rejected of men. Israel 

will remain until God’s purpose is fulfilled. 

Today is the day of opportunity. 

All welcome 

Sunday February 25 th ,7.00pm 

Blue Skies Convention Centre, 

Williams Street, Kaiapoi, 

Forinformation phone03352 5453 

website-ChristadelphianVideos 

2652035 

2654874 

Trade&Services 

ABEL &Prestige Chimney 

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned 

& operated. Covering all 

areas from Waimak to Hanmer. 

Professional, guaranteed, 

service. Firebox 

repairs, carry most parts. Ph 

0800 661 244. 

ALL TREE SERVICES, 

arbour work, pruning, tree 

removal. Affordable & 

friendly service. Telephone 

021 111 4322. 

ARBORIST qualified. 

Copper Beech Tree 

Services. Tree removal, 

pruning, height reduction, 

hedge trimming, shaping, 

tree planting, firewood. 

Free quotes. Contact Angus 

Edwards 027 259 6741 

copperbeechtreeservices@gmail.com 

BEST BATHROOMS 

Full renovations specialists, 

LBP builder. Free quote, all 

building property maintenance. 

Ph 387-0770 or 027 

245 5226 ciey@xtra.co.nz. 

BRIAN’S Tree Services. 

Tree felling, topping, 

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish 

removed, stump grinding, 

branch chipping. 

Affordable rates. Phone 03 

327 5505 or 021 124 4894. 

CHIMNEY SWEEPS. 

Time to service your fire. 

Accumulation ofsoot seriously 

affects performance. 

Latest rotary brush technology. 

Free moisture check 

on wood. Safety inspection. 

All work insured and guaranteed. 

From $80 single 

story. 0800 SWEEPME or 

www.sweepnz.co.nz. 

FOR HELP by the hour or 

day. Please phone Peter 

021 063 7501. 

HAP’S FARM and 

gardening service, sheep 

shearing, crutching, 

drenching etc, fencing 

repairs, gardening, pruning, 

small tree trimming etc. 

Phone 021 267 4025. 

HIGH SPEC PAINTERS. 

Quality local professionals. 

Ph: 027 846 5035. E: 

corban@highspecpainters.co.nz. 

Hay and 

Baleage 

making 

Conventional or 

round bales 

Full joborpartjob 

2531832 

Educational 

TUITION available. Primary 

and secondary (Math, 

English, Science) up to 

NCEA level 3. Each 

student on an individually 

tailored programme. Kip 

McGrath Rangiora has 

been serving the local community 

for 30 +years. Give 

us acall (03) 313 3638 or 

book your free assessment 

online https://www. 

kipmcgrath.co.nz/rangiora. 

Cars Wanted 

CARS, vans, 4WD’s 

wanted for dismantling or 

repair. Please phone 027 

258 8366. 

Ph 0274 782 925 

or 313 7938 

WINDOW TINTING 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

Trade&Services 

PAINT & wallpaper 

services. Wayne Bryant, 

exterior, interior. Qualified 

tradesman. Free quotes. Ph 

313 5337 or 027 654 4568. 

ANTHONY SYMONDS 

Plastering &Painting 

Services 

Locals with 30 years 

experience 

Allworkmanship 

Guaranteed. 

Phone021 344 023 

PAINTER & Decorator. 

25 + years experience. 

Interior /exterior, roofs & 

waterblasting. For a free 

quote, please ph Steve 03 

314 4620 or 027 477 1930. 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 40 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph389 9230. 

Property services Ltd 

Tree &hedge trimming 

Gardening 

Landscaping 

Gutter cleaning 

All aspects of 

property maintenance 

CALL us 03 260 4499 

ROOF PAINTING. All 

roof repairs, Waterblasting, 

Moss Treatments, Re 

pointing, Gutter cleans, 

Repairs, Snow straps, 

Exterior painting &more. 

Free quotes, call Vinnie 

027 505 7779. 

ROOFING, roof painting, 

roof repairs, water blasting, 

gutter cleaning. Please 

phone 027 439 7352 free 

quotes. 

TILER All aspects of tiling 

undertaken, 24yrs experience 

in Canterbury. Phone 

022 191 7678 Paul. 

027 216 0000 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’sLiquid 

Waste 

You dump it... 

Blair pumps it... 

Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

CRAIGS Trees 

(03) 327-4190 

TREE REMOVALS 

THINNING &PRUNING 

STUMPGRINDING 

FELLING &TOPPING 

FULLY INSURED 

QUALIFIED ARBORIST 

Free Quotes 

027 2299 454 

craigstrees@xtra.co.nz 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

2502479 

2362002 

House &Garden 

2225862 

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To book your spaceinthisguide,phone Amanda Keys 3132840oremail amanda.keys@ncnews.co.nz 

AMPLIFY YOUR BUSINESS AND BE 

THE NAME THEY REMEMBER FIRST 

Advertise with us and get noticed today! 

Phone ustoday on 03 314 8335 oremail 

sales@ncnews.co.nz to find out how we can help! 

Air Conditioning 

Servicing NorthCanterburyand Kaikoura 

03 313 0531 /03319 7559 

(North Canterbury) (Kaikoura) 

www.northcanterburyenergy.co.nz 

HEAT PUMPS 

AIRCONDITIONING 

VENTILATION 

SERVICE&REPAIRS 

INSTALLATION 

Call us 

for a 

FREE 

quote 

Automotive &Recovery 

Butchery 

Construction &Concrete 

Ear Health 

• WOFCars&Trailers 

• Vehicle Servicing & 

Repairs 

• Tyres&Punctures 

• Jump Starts 

• Towing &Salvage 

• Courtesy Car Available 

Ph Aaron Rowlands 13 StoneEyrePlace, 

0272 588 366 

Swannanoa 

Eftpos available Mon–Fri 8am –5pm, Sat9am –1pm 

2070788 

Oxford Butchery 

Shane Frahm 

We cankill&processyour stock 

FourGenerations of Frahms 

since1957 

Ph 3124205 

Oxford 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 021 269 1817 

2227889v3 

All Construction & Concrete Work 

•Driveways, patios &paths 

•Bridges and Culverts 

•Floors, foundations 

•Sheds and buildings 

•Dairy Sheds, Herd homes 

•Silage pits, effluent ponds 

•Excavation and cartage 

•Precast concrete 

•Insulated panels 

Daryl Power 

027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 


• EarHealthchecks. 

• Waxremovalusing Microsuction 

• Removal of foreign bodies 

• Basic hearing aidcare 

Clinics in Rangiora, Amberley and Kaiapoi 

Rest homes/retirement villages,booking byprior arrangement. 

Bookings:Online www.earcare.nz |Phone 020 4124 25 25 

Email alison@earcare.nz | Ear Care Canterbury 

2324849 

• ACC provider 

• WarVeteran provider 

• No medicalreferral 

required 

YOU 

COULD 

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HERE 

Advertise 

your business 

in our Trades 

and Services 

Phone 

Amanda Keys 

on 

03 3132840 

Electrician 

• New Installations &Upgrades 

• Servicing, Maintenance &Repairs 

• Renovations &Alterations • Re-wiring • Faults 

• TV, Telephone &Data • Pumps &Motors 

• Inspections • Testing &Tagging &much more 

Landscaping 

STEWART CONTRACTING 

Landscaping -Fencing 

& Earthworks 

ENJOYABLE STRESS FREE LANDSCAPING 

03 313 9375 •027 3693974 

www.stewartcontracting.co.nz 

contact@stewartcontracting.co.nz 


2136148 

Landscaping 

For all your landscaping needs 

AllLandscaping,Retaining Walls(Engineered and 

Non-Engineered), Timber Fences,Landscape Structures 

andmore...Lifestyle Block, Ruraland Residential. 

Phone Jeremy 021 169 9394 

www.blackhill.co.nz 

www.facebook.com/blackhillltd 

2372616v2 

Engineering 

For your Engineering needs 

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821 

toppeng@xtra.co.nz 


Funeral Director 

HAL L & Co. 

Funeral Directors 

Death Is But AHorizon ... AHorizon Is But The Limit Of Our Sight 

Give our friendly team acall and let us look 

after all of your funeral needs 

•Full funeral Services 

•Pricing Plan Options 

•Direct Cremation options 

•Memorial Services 

Plumber &Gasfitter 

FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING 

&GASFITTING NEEDS 

Phone 03 310 7102 |027 280 0653 

Email: grant@gwpg.co.nz |www.gwpg.co.nz 

2611645v3 

Convenient Locations 

Rangiora 313 6948 

Christchurch 379 0178 

www.undertaker.co.nz 

2625877 

Plumbing 

Forall 

general 

aspects of 

plumbing 

Discounts forover 

65 yearsold 

Fast friendly service 

Allworkguaranteed 

Aaron McCartney 

Certifying Plumber 

Cell 027 366 9091 

A/H 03 310 2137 

FreeCall: 

0508 44EVER 

EMAIL: 

plumber_27@yahoo.com 

2172994 

Real Estate 

Scrap Metal 

CASH PAID FOR SCRAP 

•Car Bodies •Scrap Steel•Specialists in Farm 

Machinery•Allnon Ferrous 

MAINLAND 

METALS LTD 

Ph (03) 338 7000 

Mike 0274 818 544 •Robbie0274 818 027 

Locally owned and operated 


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Rangiora 

Hyundai&Isuzu 

COMEVISIT VISITOUR 

SHOWROOM 

TRADES NEEDED 

TOP DOLLAR PAID 

Service +Tyres now available 

to all makes and models. 

*$500 towards your golf membership if you purchase anew Hyundai. Lifetime Free WOF *Conditions Apply 

Rangiora 

2Kingsford Smith Drive, Rangiora 

service@rangiorahyundai.co.nz 

03 928 3283 

OPEN Monday-Friday 8am-5.30pm |Saturday (Sales Only) 8am-4pm |Sunday CLOSED 

2652855

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