Ashburton Courier: February 22, 2024

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2 Ashburton NEWS Courier, February 22, 2024 www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz Build customers, sales and profits withus... Delivered to allhomes, lifestyle blocks and farms in MidCanterburyand Geraldine news Susan Sandys Editor 308 7664 027 628 7679 susan.sandys@ashburtoncourier.co.nz Reporters Toni Williams toni.williams@ashburtoncourier.co.nz Dellwyn Moylan dellwyn.moylan@ashburtoncourier.co.nz advertising Jann Thompson Sales Manager 308 7664 027 587 6351 jann.thompson@ashburtoncourier.co.nz Karen Gane Sales AccountManager 308 7664 021 510 804 karen.gane@ashburtoncourier.co.nz Nicole Williamson-Bishop AdvertisingSales Support 308 7664 022 010 0436 nicole.williamsonbishop@ashburtoncourier.co.nz get in touch Editorial susan.sandys@ashburtoncourier.co.nz Creative Manager murray.thompson@ashburtoncourier.co.nz Accounts accounts@alliedpress.co.nz Distribution/Deliveries mary.summerfield@ashburtoncourier.co.nz Office office@ashburtoncourier.co.nz 03 308 7664 199 Burnett Street,Ashburton www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz Fire toofast for farmer SUSAN.SANDYS @ashburtoncourier.co.nz ATinwald farmer sped in his ute to where he saw smoke coming from a hay shed, but it was too late to save the building. The shed burned to the ground, alongside ashelter belt and 2ha of crop. The blaze was the biggestinMid Canterbury for seven years,involving about 20 appliancesfrom throughout Mid Canterbury and further afield. The crop farmer, who did not want to be named, said he was grateful to the people and firefighters who attendedthe blaze, which he thinks may have started from spontaneous combustion in astraw bale in the shed. The farm was insured for the damage,which would be hundreds of thousands of dollars. The farmer said he was harvesting on Friday lastweek, when at about 5.30pm, he was unloading atruck in the farm’syard and noticed asmall amount of smoke coming from the hay shed, about 300m away. ‘‘I hopped in the ute with the fire extinguisherand just hooned it over there,’’ he said. It would have been less than two minutesfrom spotting the smoke to arrivingatthe shed. ‘‘By the time Igot there it was well alit, there was no coming back, it was just gone. It just erupted, it just went for it. Becausethe flames were sobig, it just jumped into the hedge line.’’ Firefighters respondedto111 calls from the farmer and aworker on the farm, located on Frasers Rd. About 20 fire trucks and tankers from throughout Mid Canterbury, as well as Timaru, Geraldine and Temuka attended. They were on site for more than 24 hours as firefighters fought to bring the blaze under control and dampen down hot spots. ‘‘We are very grateful for the community we are in, to have such good guys aroundus,’’ the farmer said of both the firefighters and others who helped out. Tarbotton Land and Civil, also on Frasers Rd, had ‘‘dropped everything’’ to race to the scene. SALE 20–60% OFF ❛‘‘I hopped in the ute with the fire extinguisher and justhooned it over there. ❜ —Farmer Personnelfrom the business used the equipment they had on hand, as well as bringinginits diggers they had at other sites aroundthe district. The fire burned several hundred metres of the hedge and about 650 large straw bales. Prime responding brigade was the Ashburton VolunteerFire Brigade. Chief Alan Burgess said about 20 fire trucks and tankers attended, making it the biggest fire in terms of resourcesresponding since the 2017 TE WHARE WHAKATERE AWAITING FINISHING TOUCH Te Whare Whakatere opened last month, but the $62 million building still does not have its main exterior signage. The building’s mesh feature frontage is to have the words Ashburton District Council, and the district council’s crest, mounted on it. Adelay to installation of the signage follows the feature frontage being reinstalledabout two weeks ago after havingtoberemoved due to being faulty. Adistrict council spokesperson said the frontage was now being measured following the COMBUSTION: Ahay shed burned to the ground in Mid Canterbury’s biggest blaze in seven years on Friday. Inset firefighters and a neighbouring contractor respond to the scene, the contractor helping to bury smouldering hay bales. PHOTOS MIDSOUTH CANTERBURY FIRE AND EMERGENCY Seales Winslow animal feed plant fire. The cause was unknown, but a likely cause was spontaneous combustion, caused by moisture content, in ahay bale. Burgess said the risk of further fires in Mid Canterbury remained ‘‘extremely high’’ as dry weather was forecast to continue. reinstallation to ensure the correct placement of the signage. ‘‘No specific date has been set’’ for the placement, but it was likely to be next month. The cost of the installation would be within the overall building signage budget. Making Mid Canterbury at home TILES, CARPET, BLINDS FURNITURE 2605355 VisitUs: 174 BurnettStreet,Ashburton FURNISHING |FLOORING |INTERIORS www.redmonds.co.nz 03 308 5269
www.ashburtoncourier.co.nz NEWS Ashburton Courier, February 22, 2024 3 Bags roll in for Grace appeal DELLWYN.MOYLAN @ashburtoncourier.co.nz Giving to agreat cause is agood feeling, says Eliza Waszczak. The Beauty Worx Day &Medi Spa owner is coordinating the 2024 Love Grace Appeal in Mid Canterbury. The international domestic violence appeal is held each year in memory of Grace Millane, a21yearold United Kingdom resident who was strangled to death while on holiday in Auckland in 2018 by her Tinder date. The appeal began in New Zealand in 2020. It collects new and good quality preloved hand bags filled with useful supplies for women escaping family violence. Aregular supporter of the appeal, Waszczak noticed the BNZ bank was not coordinating it in Ashburton this year as it had done in previous years. She decided to put her hand up. Waszczak said it was the right thing to do. ‘‘Giving to such agreat cause is agood feeling,’’ she said. People are asked to support the appeal by filling the handbags with new items such as tooth paste and brush, shower gel, shampoo and conditioners, deodorants and sanitary products. Extra luxury items like wipes, tissues, plasters, soap, hand gel, lip balm, brushes, combs, cosmetics, hair accessories, torches, gloves, notebooks, glasses, pens, sun glasses and jewellery are welcome additions. ‘‘Ideally bags would come in with items included, but bags or items on their own can be given as well,’’ Waszczak said. The bags are given to Mid South Island Women's Refuge and Family Services in Timaru. Their services cover the Ashburton District. Refuge comanager Tepora Whaturia said clients were filled with gratitude when they received abag. ‘‘They are given out faster than they come in. Over the three appeals we have received hundreds of bags,’’ Whaturia said. ‘‘Each bag comes with aLove Grace card which does give us an opportunity to talk to the women about Grace’s story.’’ Across Mid South Canterbury and Oamaru the service sees about 1200 GRATITUDE: Handbags of all colours and sizes are coming in for the 2024 Love Grace Appeal, coordinated in Mid Canterbury by Beauty Worx Day &Medi Spa owner Eliza Waszczak. Above Grace Millane. women in the brief intervention programme each year, as well as manymore through other services they provide. ‘‘The bags are such anice way to share with our clients. The women are in awe that someonewho doesn’t know them was thinking about them. They are very much appreciated, to thinka stranger has been kind enough to do this, to put abag of supplies together, is very much appreciated,’’ Whaturia said. Filled bags for the 2024 Love Grace Appeal can be dropped off to Beauty Worx Day &Medi Spa, 278 Tancred St, Ashburton, until International Women’s Day on March 8. IN BRIEF SPEED BUMPS New speed bumps on Melcombe St will be painted next week. Motorists have complained about being jolted in their cars while driving over them. However, an NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi spokesperson said ‘‘there is no excuse for anyone to be surprised by them’’. This was because the speed bumps had both temporary roadwork signs and permanent 25km/h signs. Roadwork signs, with exclamation marks, alongside temporary road cones, would be removed when the speed bumps were painted with line markings. ‘‘One of our staff test drove the speed bumps last week and had no problems with his semi-sports style vehicle. People need to slow to 25km/h,’’ the spokesperson said. BOMB THREAT Ashburton College re-opened on Tuesday with apolice presence after abomb threat closed the school on Monday. The school was following police advice to keep the school closed after a threatening phone message was left on aschool answerphone. The closure followed students being evacuated from the college on Wednesday morning last week, which was also after athreatening phone message. The two incidents were not related. A22-year-old man was arrested at his home after the threat on Wednesday. Police said they would not discuss details of their inquiry into the second incident in order to protect the investigation. 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