Ashburton Courier: February 22, 2024

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Courier, February 22, 2024
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Glitz, glamour and business recognition
DELLWYN.MOYLAN
@ashburton.courier.co.nz
Thewinner of the excellence in
tourism category at the 2022
ANZ Business Awards in Mid
Canterbury, the Ashburton
Aviation Museum, is the venue
for this year's 2024 ANZ
Business Awards.
The glitzy biennial event, to
be staged tomorrow night, has
sold out. It will be attended by
350 finalists and guests.
The district council is
partnering with Rí Rá Events to
run the biennial awards.
Rí Rá Events marketing
directorColm McGrath said he
was delighted with the high
level of interest.
‘‘Following feedback we
received in 2022, we scaled the
event from eight to 15
categories. Six of the categories
now feature awards for small
and large businesses,’’ McGrath
said.
‘‘Entries for the 2024 event
jumped from 70 to 122, a70per
centincrease. The judging
panel reported that the
standard of entries was
extremely high,’’ he said.
The most popular categories
were excellence in retail/
hospitality, professional
services, community impact,
customer experience and
emergingnew business.
‘‘The objective of these awards
was to help communicateour
district as agreat place to do
business and celebrate and
recognise the business in our
region,’’ McGrath said.
‘‘We’re very grateful to Owen
Moore and the team at the
Ashburton Aviation Museum.
They have been incredible to
work with. In 2022 the Ashburton
Aviation Museum wonthe
tourism award, so it’snice to be
able to produce the event there,’’
McGrath said.
❛The objective of
theseawards was to
help communicate
our district as agreat
place to do business
...❜
—Colm McGrath
Finalists:
Excellence in ­
Primary industries:
AgriculturalConsulting Services
(Canterbury) Ltd, PotatoSeed
Co­op Ltd, May Brothers
Contracting Ltd, Veterinary
Enterprises Group Ltd(VetEnt).
Customer experience:Big Al’s,
The Dog House,Escape
Adventures NZ, Opuke Thermal
Pools &Spa, Wrights
Drycleaners Ltd.
Workplace wellbeing: Jan
Maree Cleaning Services Ltd,
Juice Signs +Design, RX
Plastics Ltd, Tavendale and
Partners Ltd, Veterinary
Enterprises Group.
Community impact:Kai for
Kids Charitable Trust, Safer Mid
Canterbury –Hakatere
Haumaru, Staveley Ice &
Curling Rink, Mid Canterbury
Rural Support Trust.
Professional services:Chilton
+Mayne Architecture Ltd,
Crispin Design, Rushton
Marketing, Tavendale and
Partners Ltd.
Tourism: Escape Adventures
NZ, Hemsworth Estate, Opuke
ThermalPools &Spa, Staveley
Ice &Curling Rink.
Manufacturing: RX Plastics
Limited, SmithAttachments Ltd,
Cullimore Engineering.
Technology and innovation:
Agricultural Consulting Services
(Canterbury) Ltd, Baskiville Ltd,
Cullimore Engineering, Diesel­
Tech Machinery, Opuke
Thermal Pools &Spa.
Export: Hemprino, Quigley
Feeds NZ, Creepers Socks, RX
Plastics.
Environmental sustainability:
Jan Maree Cleaning Services
Ltd, Hemprino, Opuke Thermal
Pools &Spa, Wrights
Drycleaners Apparelmaster.
Retail/Hospitality: Berry
Beauty Co. Ltd, Big Al’s, Cleavers
Corner Gastro Pub,
Stronechrubie Restaurant &
Accommodation, Triangle
Espresso.
Emerging new business:Berry
Beauty Co. Ltd, Fern and Feta
Platters,Opuke Thermal Pools &
Spa, Quigley Feeds NZ.
Emerging businessleader: A
Team Construction, Berry
BeautyCo. Ltd, Cullimore
Engineering Ltd, Opuke
Thermal Pools &Spa.
The excellence in business
leadership award will be
announced at the awards
evening.
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AMBASSADORS: Staff from Farmers Ashburton handed over money made from sales of Christmas baubles to Hospice
Mid Canterbury out reach managerFiona Giles, who is holding acard from the Tree of Remembrance. Staff are (from
left) Tania McGee, Hayley Lovett, Carmen Leadley, Grant Moffitt, Robbie Williams, Yarlare Nield and Kimberly Yon.
Sparkly decorations helpothers
Hospice Mid Canterbury and Nurse
Maude have received equal shares of
$6821 which was raised at
Ashburton’s Farmers store leading in
to Christmaslast year.
Farmers ChristmasCampaign
nationally raised about $930,000 for
‘
hospices,byselling limited edition
Christmasbaubles and accepting
donations left at Trees of
Remembrance in each store.
Hospice Mid Canterbury outreach
co­ordinator Fiona Giles said
Farmers staffonce again had been
incredible ambassadors for
Hospice Mid Canterbury, not
only helpingtoraise funds,
but alsohelping the
community better
understand the work it did.
‘‘The donation will enable
us to continue supporting
clients in the district to
make the most of every day
in whateverway they
choose, such as with
counselling, massage,
biography service and by
takingpart in the activities
programme,’’ Giles said.
NurseMaude Hospice
palliative care core service
manager Jane Rollings said
receivingthe funding from
the fundraiser was huge.
‘‘We can’t do what we do without
the community support. We have to
fundraise for so much that we
provide. The money from Farmers
will go towards our core services.
‘‘We provide an inpatient facility in
Christchurch, support, education and
advice to age care facilities in
Ashburton as well as inhome care in
Mid Canterbury,’’ Rollings said.
‘‘It is great we can collaborate with
Hospice who can provide those
extras which are so nice but we can’t
do it.
‘‘We could if we were better funded
so the funds we raise could go to
these types of things,’’she said.
The Farmers fundraiser has been
going for ten years, nationally raising
almost $8 million. During this time
Hospice Mid Canterbury has
received $22,356, which goes directly
towards providing free services in
the district to people facing life
limiting illness and bereavement.
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HAVE YOUR SAY ON ELECTION INQUIRY
Rangitata MP James Meager is chairing an inquiry into the 2023
General Election, in his role as chair of the government’s justice
committee. By convention, the justice committee holds an inquiry into
each election to look into the administration and conduct of the
election, and also electoral laws. It is then up to Parliament to decide
what changes,ifany, should be made before the next election. ‘‘We look
forward to hearing people’s views on their experiences of the election,’’
Meagersaid. Anyone with an interest in improving the electoral system
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