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Young shooter keeps hitting her targets 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

Millie Jane McIlraith loves the sport of 

Clay target shooting with ‘‘every bit of 

my heart’’. 

The Hawarden College 17yearold, 

who has recently earned her third Silver 

Fern in down the line shooting, credits 

much of her success to her ‘‘wonderful’’ 

community and her ‘‘30 grandpas’’ at the 

Amberley Gun Club. 

‘‘They do ahuge amount for junior 

shooting, and for juniors in the club. I 

am really proud to say I'm apart of the 

Amberley Gun Club,’’ she says. 

Millie Jane'sthird Silver Fern came 

after three days of shooting clays at the 

New Zealand Open down the line 

championships at McLeans Island, near 

Christchurch, two weeks ago. 

After her points were accrued over the 

three days of competition she qualified 

second in the New Zealand women’s 

down the line team of five, just two 

points behind Natalie Anderson, an 

Olympic representative. 

Millie Jane'sfirst Silver Fern came in 

2021 in the New Zealand ladies open 

skeet team. Her second silver fern came 

in the same team in November of 2023. 

But with amonth to go before the 

national championships while shooting 

at the Canterbury provincials, it seemed 

she may not make the nationals and the 

opportunity to have acrack at athird 

Silver Fern. 

The plucky young shooter had to pull 

out of the provincial championships 

after the first event on day two because 

of ashoulder injury. 

In typical Millie Jane fashion she had 

taken ‘‘a concrete pill and hardened up’’ 

to get herself through. 

‘‘But it turns out it wasn’t the attitude 

to be taking,’’ she says. ‘‘Even though I 

shot really well, pulling out of the 

competition was the best choice for my 

health.’’ 

The injury was not due to shooting, but 

kayaking. 

‘‘That is the last time Igoonateam 

bonding exercise in akayak,’’ says Millie 

Jane in hindsight. 

Dad, Robbie McIlraith, says it was a 

long, quiet, emotional trip home as the 

reality of perhaps not going to the 

national championships just four weeks 

away set in. 

Coach, Marc Fish, was also on tenter 

hooks having spent alot of time sorting 

abuildup programme and working on 

Millie Jane's gun starts for the nationals. 

Fortunately Millie Jane had been the 

recipient of aMain Power Youth Sports 

scholarship which included an Active 

Health elite athlete programme. 

The physiotherapists at Active Health 

stepped in and worked overtime to 

secure adiagnosis and treatment 

programme for Millie’s shoulder. 

‘‘I am incredibly grateful for the 

support of Active health Iwouldn't have 

been able to shoot the Nationals without 

them.’’ 

It started with acortisone injection to 

get the shoulder working and the pain 

under control. 

‘‘I was in so much pain, the most Ihave 

ever been in. Icouldn’t sleep, and was 

pretty sure Iwouldn’t be able to shoot at 

the nationals,’’ she says. 

But once the injury was explained to 

her she came to grips with it, and did as 

she was told to ensure she gave herself 

every opportunity to be at nationals. 

‘‘It was sobering, because Iamawee 

bit arrogant, and it was areminder to me 

that Iwasn’t bullet proof,’’ says Millie 

Jane. 

With the physiotherapists working 

overtime Millie Jane was able to 

attended the nationals. 

‘‘It was an awesome tournament and a 

totally unexpected result.’’ 

Millie had qualified second for the 

South Island womens team down the 

line earlier this year. This team shot at 

the national championships against the 

North Island and was able to beat the 

North Island by eight points. 

Millie Jane also shot very well in the 

New Zealand point score 

championships, placing her first women 

overall in the point score for New 

Zealand. 

She is now beginning to work towards 

qualifying for the World championships. 

That will be held in Australia next year. 

Sharp shooter ... 

Millie Jane McIlraith. 

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Beached ... The Storm Cat clam dredger from Cloudy Bay Clams which came ashore at Waikuku Beach at midnight on March 18/19. 

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Clam boat beaches at Waikuku 

By JOHN COSGROVE 

Recreationalwalkers alongthe 

Waikuku Beach near the Ashley River 

Mouth were confronted by an unusual 

sight early on Tuesday morningwhen 

they discovered awellknown clam 

dredger high and dry on the beach. 

The Storm Cat and the Cloudy Bay 

Clams operation has in recentyears 

been the subject of criticism at beachside 

communities along the Pegasus 

Bay coast for operatingsoclose in 

shore. 

Locals say the clam fishing practice, 

impacts on the local beach topography, 

spoils the fishing alongthe coast and 

disrupts recreational pursuits like 

surfing. 

‘‘Karma,’’ one passerby said while 

outwalking. Others on the beach 

questioned the crews ability to get it 

back into the water. 

It grounded on the beach just after 

midnight on Tuesday, March 19, after a 

stray line fouled the propellers of the 

clam dredger, Storm Cat, while it was 

operating offshore from Waikuku 

Beach. 

The master of the vessel Chris, who 

did not want his surname published, 

said as soon as the line fouled he shut 

the motor off, dropped the anchor and 

turned into the surf. 

‘‘But the anchor dragged and with no 

means of steering thevessel, we were 

turned around and beached, which was 

the best outcome.’’ 

Chrissays it was fortunate the 

anchor did drag, as the conditions at 

the time, and at sunrise, were too 

dangerous to get adiver safely into the 

water to clear the fouling. 

‘‘By turning off the motors, Istopped 

any damage to the vessels engines and 

cooling systems. 

‘‘I didn’t want sand and rocks 

ingressingand wreckingitand possibly 

causing an environmental disaster.’’ 

In his 15 years as amaster of vessels, 

Chris says this is the first time anything 

like this has happened to him. 

‘‘Stuff happens. It’s the nature of the 

business dealing with nature where we 

are not in control of it, no matter how 

much we think we are.’’ 

The clam dredger, owned by Cloudy 

Bay Clams, has been working the area 

immediately off shore from Waikuku 

Beach since December. 

Once ashore, the crew secured the 

vessel and slept aboard it until first 

light. 

At dawn the tide had dropped 

sufficiently for Chris and his crew to 

inspect the safety of the twin hulled 

vessel, checking for any leaks or 

damage, unfouling the propellers and 

preparing for the next high tide to 

attempt arefloat of the vessel 

‘‘It is avery sturdy boat, we suffered 

no damage and there were no leaks. 

‘‘Maritime officials came out early in 

the morning and cleared us, so all we 

can do now is wait for the tide to come 

in, and the trawler to arrive to pull us 

back out.’’ 

Cloudy Bay Clams managing director 

Isaac Piper says the crew had done 

everything correctly and now they 

were waiting for high tide to refloat the 

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Karikaas celebrates 40 years production 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

Karikaas, Loburn’s multi awardwinning 

cheese company, is celebrating 

40 years in business this month by 

relaunching its garlic and herb goudas. 

The Karikaas story began in 1984 

when Karin and Rients Rypma moved to 

New Zealand from the Netherlands and 

established asmall cheesemaking 

factory in Loburn. 

They came up up with aunique name 

for their business which is derived from 

their names, Karin and Rients, and the 

Dutch word for cheese, kaas. 

They sold the business to John and 

Heather Lamers, of Rolleston, and 

Diana and Alan Hawkins, of Loburn, in 

2004. 

Diana is the general manager of the 

company and acheesemaker. 

She says supermarkets had stopped 

taking their garlic and herb goudas and 

because of that it wasn’t economic to 

make them in typical batches. 

But customers had been asking for 

these cheeses again so it was decided to 

make smaller quantities and the 

company’s anniversary seemed like the 

perfect time to relaunch them. 

Diana says ‘‘still being here in 2024’’ to 

celebrate the 40year anniversary is 

definitely ahighlight, particularly after 

the January 19, Loburn fire. 

That was achallenging day and for ‘‘a 

brief moment’’ she feared they would 

lose the factory, and their home which is 

on the factory site. 

But then came the determination to 

save both. 

The next few hours was spent putting 

out fires as they broke out around the 

house and the wider property, ‘‘while 

the many fire brigades did their thing 

too’’. 

Alan also remained vigilant 

throughout the night and early morning 

extinguishing breakout fires. 

There have been other challenges too. 

‘‘The earthquakes in 2010 and 2016 

had asignificant financial impact on the 

business,’’ Diana says. 

‘‘The uncertainty of the covid years 

was also pretty challenging, but we 

remained open for production just not 

the shop. 

‘‘The worst happened only once when 

all staff were away at once, but because 

Karikaas is my home, Imade yoghurt on 

my own with Alan assisting. 

‘‘We got all the product out that we 

needed, and it was very memorable, 

especially for Alan.’’ 

That was ahighlight but there have 

been many others for the business, 

including multiple awards —Best NZ 

Cheese in 2005, Best Dutch Cheese for 

the first time in 2007, Best NZ Original 

Cheese in 2016 and Best European 

Cheese in 2020. 

But the most memorable award was 

Henk Lettink winning the Cheesemaker 

Anniversary celebration ... Karikaas general manager and cheesemaker Diana Hawkins 

with one of the garlic and herb gouda cheeses made to celebrate the Loburn company’s 

40th anniversary this month. 


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‘‘The Cheesemakers Association 

eventually had to tell me so that Icould 

try to convince Henk to come to 

Auckland to collect his trophy. 

‘‘He didn’t want to come, and said he 

wanted to make good cheese while Iwas 

away, so Ihad to tell him that he had 

won, and would he come with me and 

still he wouldn’t,’’ Diana says. 

‘‘Henk spent 25 years at Karikaas and 

embodies everything that is good. His 

attention to detail, his commitment to 

Karikaas and the people, and quality 

products and work ethic etc. 

‘‘Henk was abeautiful man, with the 

biggest of hearts, and winning the 

Cheesemaker of the Year was aglorious 

way of celebrating his skill. It was Henk 

who taught me to make Karikaas 

cheese.’’ 

Diana says the company’s longevity 

owed much to its staff and their 

dedication to creating high quality 

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HS flyride hearing behind closed doors 

By DAVID HILL, 

Local DemocracyReporter 

The fate of aproposed flyride in 

Hanmer Springs is being considered 

behind closed doors in the 

Canterbury tourist town this week. 

An Environment Court hearing got 

under way on Mondayafternoon 

(March 18) in the Hanmer Springs 

Hotel ballroom, but local residents 

are unable to attend. 

Community leaders spoken to by 

Local Democracy Reporting on 

Monday said they were just hoping to 

get afinal decision ‘‘one way or the 

other’’, after adrawnout process. 

The hearing was first held in 

February last year and was 

adjourned until November, when it 

was postponed due to illness. 

It was transferred to Hanmer 

Springs due to alack of capacity in 

Christchurch, with the closed door 

hearing getting underway on Monday 

before Judge Lauren Semple. 

Aconsent was granted to the 

Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and 

Spa by aHurunui District Council 

appointed commissioner nearly two 

years ago. 

The resourceconsent application 

was to install and operate agravitybased 

recreation activity at Conical 

Hill Reserve. 

But it was appealed to the 

Environment Court by The Friends of 

Conical Hill Incorporated. 

The hearing is expected to run 

throughout the week, hearing 

submissions from the Hanmer 

Springs Thermal Pools and Spa, the 

council and the Friends of Conical 

Hill. 

If successful, it would be the latest 

adrenaline venture for the 

Canterbury tourist town. 

During the consent process, 

submitters opposed to the flyride 

said it would have avisual impact on 

the recreation character, 

biodiversity and horse trails in the 

area. Concerns werealso raised 

about parking, traffic congestion, 

noise, along with the risk of fire, and 

devaluation of properties. 

Supportersbelieved the venture 

would bring value and benefits to 

the Hanmer Springs community and 

the wider district, and promote the 

village as afun, healthy and 

interactive place to visit. 

LDR is local body journalism cofunded 

by RNZ and NZ On Air. 

Fun Run successful 

A 50%increase in numbers taking part in 

the annual Kaiapoi Fun Run 5km and 

10km fun runs and walks recently bought 

asmile to the faces of the organisers. 

Organising committee spokesman and 

sponsor Andrew Blackwell, of Blackwell’s 

Department Store in Kaiapoi, saysitwas 

fantastic so many turned out for the event. 

‘‘It was great to see so many people 

there. 

‘‘Over 300 were signed on for the walks 

and runs.’’ 

This year the annual Kaiapoi Fun Run 

and Walk was the last event staged by the 

All Together Kaiapoi before the 

organisation disbands. 

Mr Blackwell says the department store 

has taken over the event for the future, to 

tie it in with its other iconic Kaiapoi event 

Fire and Ice held in winter. 

‘‘It’s areally good event and it’s open to 

all ages and one we want to see stay here 

in Kaiapoi.’’ 

He says this years event drew in alarger 

number of people doing the 10km walk. 

‘‘Many ofthe runners and walkers Iwas 

talking too after the event say the fact that 

it is 99% off road makes it very popular. It 

gives them somewhere scenic and 

picturesque to run, away from their usual 

street circuits.’’ 

The course is mainly off road around 

the KaiapoiRiver. 

The 10km course also takes participants 

into Silverstream along both sides of the 

river before heading back towards the 

finish. 

The 5km course is the same as 10km 

course however except participants turn 

around at the railway line and only 

complete one lap of the Kaiapoi River. 

The winner of the 10km run for males 

was Chris Norman in atime of 

39.15minutes. 

Hannah Oldroyd was the first women 

home with atime of 38.35minutes. 

Rocking amullet 


Sefton girl Clover Iddles is rocking a 

new mullet hairstyle to raise money 

for The Mullet Matters 2024 

fundraiser. 

The event is been held this month to 

support work being done by the New 

Zealand Mental Health Foundation. 

Clover found out about the 

fundraiserfrom an aunt and after 

researching the event she decided to 

support it by getting her long hair cut 

into anew mullet style. 

Her mother, Amy, said Clover 

wanted to support the fundraiser 

because of the people she knows who 

are suffering from mental illness. 

‘‘It is acause she just resonated with 

becauseweare afamily that is open 

about mental health,’’ she says. 

Although Amy supported Clover’s 

decision, she was initially alittle 

worried about what her mullet haircut 

would look like so she phoned afriend 

who manages the Mod's Hair salon in 

Merivale. 

She asked her if she knew anyone 

who could cut Clover’s hair in amullet 

style. She did and Clover got her new 

style for the fundraiseratthe salon on 

February 21. 

So far there are 855 people taking 

part in the fundraiser which ends on 

March 31. The goal is to raise $300,000. 

All of the participants had the 

opportunity to also take part in the 

Aotearoa’sNext Top Mullet 

competition with the winner being 

announced today (on Thursday, March 

21). 

Clover says she wanted to take part 

in the fundraiser to help people in 

need and do something out of her 

comfort zone. 

‘‘One in five of us will experience 

mental distress this year,’’ she said. 

‘‘Funds Iraise will help keep vital 

mental health resources free for the 

one in five us who will need them.’’ 

Clover’s initial goal was to raise $1000 

but she has already almost doubled 

that, with $1822 raised so far, 

You can check on Clover’s progress 

and give adonation at The Mullet 

Matters 2024 website 

(themulletmatters.co.nz/cloveriddles) 

or at Winnie Bagoes in Rangiora 

where there is acollection box for her 

fundraising. 

Clover’s family is also holding a 

fundraising garage sale at 25 

Pemberton’s Road in Sefton this 

Saturday (March 23), 9am until 1pm. 

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Men wanted ... The Rangiora Singers are looking for men to join their choir. 


Men wanted for Rangiora choir 


Men .... the Rangiora Singers are on the 

lookout for you. 

To be more precise —they want male 

baritones and tenors urgently to help 

expand the vocal repertoire of the 

choir. 

There are 45 women members of the 

choir, but few men. 

The choir’s Music Director Gina 

Fowler says they are looking for male 

singers to help provide the richer lower 

tones in the small choir. 

‘‘We are asmaller, average sized 

choir that’s only been going for ayear.’’ 

She says the choir trains on amixed 

genre of songs that are mostly not 

classical in foundation. 

‘‘We are working on songs ranging 

from contemporary to folk. But we need 

to build up our base of bass singers.’’ 

The music the adult singers are 

studying at the moment includes aNeil 

Diamond medley for their first concert 

which will be held near the end of next 

term. 

Asecond concert incorporating 

Gilbert and Sullivan songs is planned 

for the end of term three, and a 

Christmas concert to finish off the year. 

It’s abusy schedule for the choir who 

practice once aweek on Tuesday nights 

from 7.15pm at the NZ Musical Society 

rooms in the Northbrook Studios area, 

189 Northbrook Road, Rangiora. 

‘‘It’s all about the enjoyment of 

singing,’’Gina says. 

‘‘We have alot of fun each night with 

agreat group of singers ranging from 

absolute beginners to some very 

accomplished songstresses.’’ 

She says singing is agreat way to lift 

you out of afunk when you are feeling 

down. 

‘‘We have so much fun and always go 

away feeling much happier after each 

session. There is room for everyone in 

the choir as we are small compared to 

other choir’s, so we are still looking for 

more members especially male 

singers.’’ 

Gina says Rangiora is agreat place 

for choirs as there is room for other 

singing groups because of the 

expanding nature of North Canterbury 

communities. 

Tourism in Kaikōura has come along 

way in 10 years, says Deputy Mayor Julie 

Howden. 

Destination Kaikōura is set to celebrate 

10 years as New Zealand’s smallest 

regional tourism organisation on April 9. 

‘‘We felt we had enough product and 

activity to go out on our own,’’ councillor 

Howden says. 

Kaikōura Information and Tourism 

(KITI), known by its marketing name 

Destination Kaikōura, is apartnership 

between the Kaikōura District Council and 

local tourism operators. 

It had been adistrict tourism 

organisation under Christchurch and 

Canterbury Tourism prior to April 9, 2014. 

Chairperson Lynette Buurman said it 

was ‘‘kind of Kaikōura coming of age’’. 

Destination Kaikōura manager Lisa 

Bond said it was the then manager, Glenn 

Ormsby, who had the vision of becoming a 

regional tourism organisation. 

‘‘Over the past 10 years the organisation 

has played apivotal role in shaping 

Kaikōura's tourism landscape, drawing 

visitors from around the world and New 

Zealand to experience its unparalleled 

beauty and diverse offerings.’’ 

She said the town has developed arange 

of attractions over the years from whale 

watching tours to dolphin swims, gourmet 

seafood, scenic coastal walks, cycle trails 

and mountain top gin tasting. The latest 

attraction was the EcoZip which launched 

at the end of last year. Ms Bond said the 

organisation was fortunate to have stability 

from Lynda Keene and Louise Frend, who 

had helped steer the town through the 2016 

earthquake and Covid19 respectively. 



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Bypass is ontrack 

Ihad agreat time last weekend 

attending events in Kaiapoi. 

The annual duck race proved very 

popular again this year and is always 

afun way to showcase our amazing 

river town to visitors, as well as 

entertainthe family. 

Ialso had the honour of starting the 

Kaiapoi Fun Run the following 

morning, which saw about 300 

participants of all ages getting out 

and active on aSunday. 

Thanks to the organisers of both 

these fantastic community events for 

their efforts. 

Many of you will no doubt be aware 

of my passion for the Woodend 

Bypass, so it was an exciting moment 

for me in Parliament when Minister 

of Transport, Hon Simeon Brown, 

announceditaspart of the draft 

Government Policy Statement on 

LandTransport earlier this month. 

This project is long overdue, having 

been cancelled by the Labour 

governmentwhen they came into 

power in 2017, and since then the 

road has become far busier, more 

dangerous and increasingly 

problematic for the poor community 

having to live either side of the 

highway. 

This Government has promised to 

start construction on the Woodend 

Bypass in ourfirst termand Ican’t 

wait to get out the shovel and turn the 

firstsod to get it under way. 

It has been avery busy few months 

in Wellington for the Government as 

we worked through our plan for the 

first100days, amark we reached 

earlier this month. 

As promised, we delivered on all 49 

actions within our 100day plan, 

working on initiatives to help rebuild 

the economy, ease the cost of living, 

restore law and order, and deliver 

better health and education. 

Our five health targets in particular 

will be awelcome relief to the many 

residents across the Waimakariri 

who have contacted me about blown 

out wait times, timely cancer 

treatmentand emergency 

department delays. 

Lastly, Itook the time to remember 

those lostinthe tragic events of 

March 15, 2019 on the fifth 

anniversary last week, with the Prime 

Minister in Christchurch. 

Even though it is five years on, it is 

still impossible to fathom that 51 

innocent lives werelost in the events 

that unfolded that day. 

We remember them and their 

families at this difficult time. 

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Waimakariri 

with Mayor Dan Gordon 

LTP consultation open 

The council’s Long Term Plan is now out 

for public consultation. 

The LTP is akey strategicplan that all 

councils are required to develop under 

the Local Government Act 2002. It outlines 

the council's activities and how they are 

managed, delivered and funded, 

including proposed rate increases. 

It’s important to us as acouncil that we 

prepared aprudent and responsible plan 

given the difficult economic environment 

we are operating in, while still ensuring 

we continue to deliver the high levels of 

service our residents and ratepayers 

expect. 

Consultation opened last Friday, March 

15, and closes April 15. Consultation 

documentsare available on the council 

website: waimakariri.govt.nz and 

available at council service centres. 

We will also be holding drop in sessions 

across the District: 

Rangiora Council chambers,Tuesday, 

March 26, 4pm to 6pm; 

Woodend Community Centre, 

Wednesday, April 3, 4pm to 6pm; 

Oxford Town Hall A&P Room, Monday, 

April 8, 4pm to 6pm; 

Kaiapoi Ruataniwha/Kaiapoi Library, 

Thursday, April 11, 5pm to 7pm; 

Mandeville Ohoka Domain Pavilion, 

Thursday, April 11,7pm to 9pm. 

We look forward to hearing what you 

think. 

Ihave attended anumber of great events 

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in our District recently. It was wonderful 

to be asked to open the Boulder Copper 

Sounds music festival at Silverstream 

Reserve. 

Thanks to the hard work by organisers 

from the Silverstream Volunteer Group, 

and Nigel Cook who runs the popular 

Down by the River concerts,the festival 

goers were treated to 30 talented local 

musicians. 

On the back of the success of the inaugural 

event, I’m already looking forward to next 

years performances. 

This was another way to highlight the 

beauty of the reserve and to showcasethe 

many ways in which it can be enjoyed. 

It was also aprivilege to open the new 

PAWS Vets in Ravenswood owned by Nick 

and Melanie Deane. 

Ihave followed Nick’s progresssince he 

first opened in Woodend eight years ago. 

What has always impressed me about 

Nick is his deep care and love of our 

community. Iampleased for the Deane 

family achieving their dream of a 

purposebuilt vet clinic with stateoftheart 

equipment and facilities. 

This significant investment shows real 

confidence in our area. 

Iwelcome contact from anyone who needs 

assistance or has an issue that you might 

want to discuss. 

Email me at dan.gordon@wmk.govt.nz or 

phone 021 906 437. 

I’m here to help. 

How you can influence ECan’swork 

ByCLAIRE MCKAY, 

Canterbury Regional Councillor 

The CanterburyRegional Council 

(Environment Canterbury) is feeling the 

pinch from rising costs, just like you and 

the wider community. 

And like you, we need to make tough 

choices about our spending. 

In using public money to deliver 

services across the region, we need to 

strike the right balance between action 

and affordability. 

This public funding is comprised of 62 

per cent from ratepayers, 25 per cent 

from you as taxpayers in grants, with the 

balance in user pays services. 

The reality is, regional government is 

under pressure from the impact of 

inflation, central government mandates, 

the need to take climate action, manage 

pests and improve biodiversity 

outcomes. 

We have limited options to fund our 

work —rates, debt, grants, fees and 

charges. 

Those who knowmewill be aware I am 

astrong advocate for restraint when it 

comes to rates rises. 

So, I’m not exactly thrilled at where 

we’ve landed for our draft LongTerm 

Plan 202434. 

But now councillors need to hear from 

you. 

What do you think about our work plan 

and budget for the next ten years? 

The details areset out in our 

consultation document. 

Take alook and let us know what you 

think by making asubmission. 

As an overview, the proposed work 

plan could come with a$346 million 

pricetag for the first year, requiring a 

24.2 per cent increase in revenue we 

collect from rates. 

The amount each property pays will 

vary depending on where it is, its value, 

and the services it receives. 

So, how much are you prepared to 

contribute? Where can we scale back or 

delaywork to keep costs down? 

Or if you are of the view to increase 

investment, where and how much? 

It is imperative that councillors hear 

and consider all views, before making 

any final decisions. 

Our consultation document asks: 

What’s the cost of taking action versus 

the cost of not doing enough? 

For instance, over the next decade 

flood protection infrastructure will be 

critical to help reducethe risks that 

natural hazards pose to your property, 

your business, and your family. Should 

we prioritise this work over other 

projects to keep costs down? 

Wealso need your feedback on 

including afixedfee approach for some 

consent applications, meaning you 

would know from the start what your 

invoice amount would be. 

There is also aproposal to change how 

the Uniform Annual General Charge 

(UAGC) is set. 

The UAGC is arate where all 

properties pay the same dollar amount 

towards regional work such as 

recreational boating safety, youth 

engagement and education, regional 

parks, air quality and running council 

meetings. 

Currently it is 8per cent, when 

legislation allows up to 30 per cent of 

rates revenue to be collected. 

Let us know what you think. Head 

online to ecan.govt.nz/whatsthecost or 

visit your local library to find out more. 

Consultation is open until April 14. 

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Futuro House listed asahistoric place 

7 

The heritage values of an example of a 

1970s architectural classic has been 

officially recognised. 

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga 

has listed the Area 51 Futuro House in 

Ōhoka as aCategory 1historic place. 

The listing identifies the rare, futuristic 

tiny home as aplace of outstanding 

heritage significance. 

Public support for the proposal to list 

the flying saucerlike building was 

overwhelmingly supportive, according to 

Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga 

Senior Heritage Assessment adviser for 

Canterbury and the WestCoast, Robyn 

Burgess. 

‘‘We received 97 submissions on the 

proposal to list Futuro House, the vast 

majority of which were enthusiastically 

in favour, reflecting the extent to which 

the listing proposal captured people’s 

imaginations,says Robyn. 

Area 51 Futuro House in Ōhoka is a 

standout example of the reinforced 

fibreglassplastic building that was 

developed by Finnish architect Matti 

Suuronen as an innovative solution for a 

prefabricated, easytorelocate afterski 

hut. 

Constructed from 16 fibreglassreinforced 

plastic segments bolted 

together, the buildings are assembled 

relatively easily forming an ellipsoid 

capsule more suggestive of aspaceship 

that has just landed than ski 

accommodation. 

The style of building is instantly 

recognisable, and Futuro have gained an 

international following with enthusiasts 

all around the globe. Originally around 

100 were made, but now only about 68 

survive, and ones in good condition that 

you can actually stay in are quite ararity. 

The Area 51 name references the name 

of the US Air Force base in Nevada that 

is often associated with conspiracy 

theories,and stories about UFOs and 

Historic place ... The Area 51 Futuro House which has been given aCategory 1historic place listing. 

aliens, though designer Matti Suuronen 

never intended his concept to resemble a 

spaceship. Instead his design was the 

result of meticulous mathematical 

calculations that provided optimum 

structural efficiency. 

Futuros began to be manufactured by a 

New Zealand company, which secured 

the rights to produce them in 1972. By the 

beginning of 1974, two Futuro houses 

were showcased at the entrance to Queen 

Elizabeth Park for the British 

Commonwealth Games. 

The Area 51 Futuro House was 

acquired by Nick McQuoid in 2018, and 

became the subject of ameticulous 

renovation. 

The Futuro is now used as holiday 

accommodation, winning the category of 

New Zealand’s best unique listing on 

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The Area 51 Futuro House challenges 

us to think about what actually constitutes 

aheritage building, says Robyn. 

‘‘Judging by the feedback we've 

received from awide range of people, the 

feeling is that even buildings that have a 

distinctly futuristic feel to them and 

which are comparatively young in age can 

very much be heritage buildings.’’

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Having fun ... The One Man Skiffle Machine, David Thorpe, far right, performing during the 

Oamaru Heritage Festival in November 2020. 

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Hurunui skiffle show 


The One Man Skiffle Machine, 

Christchurch musician David Thorpe, is 

taking his love of skiffle music to two 

Hurunui schools next week. 

David, amultiinstrumentalist, who 

describes himself as amusical creative 

with ‘‘a brain like afirework display’’, will 

hold skiffle workshops and perform his 

Backyard Skiffle Band Show at Leithfield 

and Amuri schools with students from 

Sefton, Hanmer Springs, Waiau and 

Waipara schools also attending. 

The Wednesday, March 27 and 

Thursday, March 28 workshops are for 

musically inclined years 5to8senior 

students who will be taught abasic skiffle 

song, and shown how skiffle instruments 

can be played and made from basic 

household instruments. 

After the hourlong workshop David will 

perform his 50minute BackyardSkiffle 

Show which will include the workshop 

participants performing their songs. 

The workshops are aprecursor to the 

CanterburyFolk Festival being held at the 

Waipara AdventureCentre this Easter, on 

March 29 to April 1. 

All primary school children from the 

Hurunui district have free entry to the 

festival on Saturday, March 30, as long as 

there is apaying adult accompanying 

them. 

‘‘The free entry has been offered to give 

the children an opportunity to be part of 

this festival and add to what they have 

experienced during the school 

workshops,’’ David says. 

‘‘It is hoped this school’s programme will 

become an annual event alongside the folk 

festival with different guest artists each 

year visiting the Hurunui schools. 

Thanks to the support of Hurunui 

Creative Communities funding for getting 

this project under way.’’ 

David will be running amorning musicmaking 

workshop, starting at 10am, on 

March 30, demonstrating how skiffle 

instruments can be made from household 

objects and later he will use the 

instruments in his Backyard Skiffle Show, 

starting at 1pm. 

David established Backyard Music in the 

United Kingdom during 1998, but has been 

based in Christchurch since 2003. 

‘‘`Backyard music is an ethos. 

‘‘I like to keep things in the `backyard' by 

keeping it local, keeping the focus on 

community and drawing on the local talent 

around me. New Zealand made,’’ he says. 

He is aselfemployed, fulltime 

musician, tutor and writer with an 

impressive portfolio including thousands 

of gigs in all sorts of places from England 

to New Zealand, South Korea and 

Australia’’. 

He was also in Ian Costello’s Black 

Velvet Band for 11 years, has taught 

harmonica workshops for corporate team 

building events, written asong for the NZ 

Red Cross and had atop10album. 

He enjoys projects that ‘‘lean in aquirky 

direction’’ and has apassion for skiffle, a 

mix of blues, jazz and country music which 

emerged in the 1920s, has its roots in 

AfricanAmerican culture and is played 

using unconventional, sometimes 

homemade, instruments. ‘‘Without skiffle, 

John Lennon wouldn’t have met Paul 

McCartney,’’ David says. ‘‘Imagine aworld 

without The Beatles.’’ 

The pair are said to have first met in 

1957 at achurch fēte where John was 

playing with his skiffle band, The 

Quarrymen. David's shows and workshops 

take anostalgic journey back to that time 

during the 1950's ‘skiffle boom’ in England 

when teens turned everyday household 

items into great music and went on to make 

rock history. 

``Let’s call it amusic and history lesson 

rolled into one, with atouch of mayhem 

and abig dollop of good humour,’’ he says. 

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Rivalry of Falcons and Holdens to continue 

ByROBYN BRISTOW 

Falcon and Holden fans are in for atreat 

in North Canterbury at Easter weekend. 

On March 31, in what is believed to be 

afirst, aFord versus Holden display will 

be held at at the Better Half Kitchen and 

Cafe. 

It will be part of the monthly gathering 

of classics at the venue on the corner of 

StateHighway One and Ashworths 

Road, which latterly havebeen a 

fundraiser for the Amberley Menz Shed 

for anew home. 

While the mastermind behind the 

monthly classic gatherings, and the 

Ford versus Holden day,Trevor Stanley, 

is not amember of the Amberley Menz 

Shed, he says he is helping it out so the 

Menz Shed can build its own home in 

which to make and repair items that 

community members drop in or 

request.. 

Trevor says he was inspired to hold 

the event after watchingamovie in 

Rangiora entitled Ford vs Holden. 

The documentary explores the 

decadeslong competition between two 

of Australia's most iconic car brands — 

and which battled each other in the 

sales charts for decades after racing for 

glory around Bathurst. 

‘‘It is abit of an experiment, but if it is 

successful it could become an annual 

event,’’ Trevor says. 

He will be lining up with his 1965 

Falcon XP, while on the Holden side, 

the feature will be an exCommonwealth 

Games courtesy car, a1974 Holden 

Kingswood special edition, which 

Trevorbelieves is Kaiapoibased. 

There were 181 of the fleet cars that 

plied the streets of Christchurchwhen it 

hosted the 1974 games, all of whichwere 

brandedwith the Christchurch 

Commonwealth Games logo. 

Trevor’s Falcon has been aNorth 

Canterbury carfrom new, havingbeen 

bought from Palmer and Doak in 

Rangiora in September1965, and owned 

by its first lady owner for 30 years. 

Trevor bought it in 1995. 

Trevor has been organising classic car 

events since 1982. 

The classic car gathering, along with 

the Fordversus Holden lineup, 

coincides with about 30 classic cars 

taking part in the national Zephyr 

Zodiac Rally which will be stoppingoff 

next door to view the Waimak Classics 

Museum. 

Trevor says people attending the 

monthly classic events can view the 

club’s vehiclesfrom about 10am to 11am, 

in an adjacent field. 

Iconic brands ... Trevor Stanley (top), the 

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Presidentfollowing in family footsteps 

ByROBYN BRISTOW 

Jason Skurr is following in the footsteps of 

family as President of the Oxford 

Agricultural and Pastoral Show. 

He is the seventh Skurr to take the reins 

of the A&P show, which this year is being 

held on Saturday, March 30. 

His grandfather, Noel was president in 

1957, 67 years ago. 

Jason and his wife Jen live in Oxford, 

have four offspring between them, and are 

grandparents to six grandchildren,with 

another due in May. 

Jason has had along association with 

agriculture throughout the Oxford area, 

and beyond, through the transport 

industry. 

But it was his organising ability that 

initially got him working behind the 

scenes of the show. 

Jason took up the challenge of 

reintroducing and running the shearing 

competition that took aone year hiatus, 

several years ago. 

Astalwart of the community Shona 

Kidd, who sadly passed away last week, 

and Tim Bristow, persuaded him to get the 

shearing up and running againinits 

purpose built shed beside the sheep pens. 

It is now once again an importantpart of 

the national shearing circuit. 

The contribution of sponsors and 

volunteersinthe leadup to it, often goes 

unnoticed as preparations begin well 

before the big day. 

Jason is passionate about the local show 

which is one of the biggest oneday shows 

in the South Island and says it would not 

be possible without the huge support and 

contributions made by its faithful 

sponsors, and the volunteers. He says 

these contributions often go unnoticed as 

preparations begin well before the big day. 

Jason says the show, which falls on 

Easter Saturday, is being well supported 

by the arts and crafts community, with 67 

stalls registered, along with 16 food sites. 

There will be ahost of activity inside and 

outside the ring, he says. 

There is everything from ababy show, to 

cooking demonstrations and side shows 

alongsidesheep, cattle, equestrian, dog 

trials,and vintagetractor and car displays. 

There will be scurry racing, aterrier 

race, along with the Grand Parade which 

is always afeature. 

Jason is acar enthusiast, and races acar 

at both Levels and Ruapuna. He also owns 

a1996 Plymouth Fury. 

He is president of the Oxford Golden 

Oldies rugby organisationand aplayer, 

andhas also played club rugby for Oxford. 

Born, raised, and schooled in Oxford, 

Jason started out with his own truck, 

carting goods for farmers. 

He later owned Mand STransport with 

Kevin Mehrtens, operating an Oxford base 

for Rangiorabased Rapid Transport 

servicing clients fromTimaru to Kaikoura. 

When Rapid’s Andrew Grant moved in a 

new direction Mand STransport bought 

its Hiab truck and Oxford Cartagewas 

born. 

Jason, who had 20 years experience 

behind the wheel of both long and short 

haul trucks, and was Oxfordbased, 

continued to provide aservice for many 

from carting grain to picking up baleage 

and delivering it to be wrapped and 

stored. 

The 2010 earthquake saw the bulk truck 

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Great Easter entertainment 

Creative skills are just one of the many 

sections on display at this year’s annual 

Oxford A&P Show. 

The 2024 show falls on Easter Saturday, 

March 30, and the Oxford A&PAssociation 

executive officer Christine Roberts is 

confident strong entries, and ahuge 

variety of competitions and entertainment 

will draw abig crowd. 

‘‘Last year’s was great, and this year’s 

has so much more to offer.’’ says Christine 

who has been in the role for more than 20 

years. 

She says entries are up slightly from last 

year, and overall this year’s show has a 

varied and eclectic range of attractions 

and competitions people can enter in and 

enjoy. 

‘‘We follow the saying of bringing Town 

to Country to enjoy some country 

hospitality, and this year there is much on 

offer.’’ 

In the sheep section there are new 

sections for both the Valais Blacknose and 

Hampshiresheep. 

They join the many other sheep breeds 

on show including the feature Perendale 

breed with classes for rams, ewes and ewe 

lambs. 

Judging for the sheep section starts at 

9.30am and the Supreme Sheep of the 

show (across all breeds) will be judged at 

12 noon. 

The Miniature Horse section will be 

popular Christine says, as there is areturn 

of Scurrying —miniature horses with 

small carts racing around adefined course 

against the clock. 

‘‘It’s fun to watch and the competition 

will be hot,’’ she says. 

The miniature horses will be on the 

eastern side of the arena. 

The President’s Feature Marquee will 

be adisplay of butchery skills by Shane 

Frahm of Oxford Butcherywith chef 

Michelle McKinnel. 

Their display will begin at 9am. 

Michelle’s cooking skills using local 

ingredients accompanied by Straight 8 

Estate wines will provide plenty of tasty 

food for visitors to sample during the 

morning. 

Staying with the food and vegetables, 

Christine says the organisers are looking 

for any oddly shaped fruit or vegetables. 

‘‘Bring them along and enter on the day 

before 9am. 

‘‘It’s all part of the wide variety of fruit 

and veges we will have on show there.’’ 

Children can show off their baking skills 

in the GP Hall with classes for those aged 

7years to 13 years for scones, muffins, 

fudge, cup cakes and Easter treats. 

In the Junior Bsection those under 6 

years of age can bake fruit loafs, muffins, 

chocolate cookie biscuits and Easter Eggs. 

Christine says it is free to enter these 

classes which have cash prizes. ‘‘Check out 

section 87 of the schedule.’’ 

Show time ... Side shows and rides will provide plenty of entertainment and fun at the 

show for the younger members of the family. 

PHOTO: FILE 

Mucking in ... Kimberley Simmons of Invercargill, and Caitlyn Stewart, of Leeston, at last 

year’s show where they were busy looking after cattle for Bellbrook Holsteins. 

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New classes appeal to the imagination 

This year’s Oxford A&P Show has 

added two exciting new sections to the 

competitions held in the General 

Purpose (GP) Hall. 

Both will appeal to the imaginative 

and creative sides of people in the 

district. 

The first new section is Story Writing 

Amateur (Open &Junior). 

This is for amateur writersofall ages 

to showcase their short story writing 

skills on the theme of —‘‘In the Back 

Yard’’. 

Association executive officer 

Christine Roberts says the stories 

entered are varied, showing how 

creative Oxford people are. 

Stories were limited to amaximum of 

one A4 page and couldinclude a 

picture. 

The entries will be judged before 

Show Day by Sara Shand and Emily 

Chapman. 

The second new section —Rural 

Rusty Vintage Artwork (Open &Junior) 

—shows off people’s creative artistic 

skills as they turn rusty old machinery/ 

barbed wire –orpracticallyanything 

old and rusty into apiece of rural 

artwork. 

Each artwork has to be no more than 

amaximum of one square metre 

footprint. 

Artworks include any or all of the 

following metal, wire, wood. 

Christinesays it is truly amazingwhat 

has been entered. 

‘‘There have been lots of entries so far 

and we will still accept entries on the 

day before 9am. 

‘‘This and the writing competitions 

are open to young, and old, and we look 

forward to what turns up on the day.’’ 

She reminds people it’s time to start 

their Ginger Beer Bug, to get it fizzing 

by show day. 

‘‘I’m hoping people rememberedour 

Home made cheese classes also,’’ says 

Christine. 

‘‘We have added anew class for fresh 

cheesethis year –you can whip up a 

freshricotta, feta or cottage cheese the 

week before and enter it alongside the 

Hard and Soft Cheese categories on the 

schedule.’’ 

The new classes sit alongside all the 

favouritesinthe GP Hall —from 

baking, photography and needlework to 

vegetables, decorated sand saucersand 

floral arrangements 

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Heading to the show ... Oxford Area 

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and Nichika Nakamura (16), with 

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Three of Oxford Area School’s 

international students chose the 

school to experience country life. 

The school’s international student 

programme is back in full swing after 

Covid19 disruptions, and 

international director Charlotte Davis 

says the chance to enjoy the rural 

lifestyle is abig attraction. 

Jessica Schwerdtle (15) comes from 

acountrytown near Stuttgart in 

southern Germany and is spending 

terms one and two at Oxford. 

Nichika Nakamura(16) comes from 

Gifu, Japan, and is spending the year 

at Oxford, while Tadahiro Sato (16) 

has come from Tokyo to experience 

country life for one term. 

All three arestudying agriculture 

and want to experience everything a 

rural community has offer, including 

attending an A&P show. 

Jessica says she chose Oxford 

because she wanted to stay on afarm. 

‘‘Country life is pretty cool. My home 

town is asimilar size to Rangiora and 

Ienjoy the country side.’’ 

Nichika loves nature and enjoys 

going for big walks in the hills 

overlooking Oxford. 

‘‘I want to see sheep and all the 

animals.’’ 

Tadahiro says he saw Oxford as an 

escape from city life. 

‘‘I didn’t want to go to the big city 

because I’m alittle shy and Iwanted to 

see the countryside.’’ 

Charlotte says enquiries are strong 

and she expects the numbers of 

international students will be similar 

to preCovid levels. 

Students are coming to the school 

from the Netherlands, Germany, 

Thailand and Japan. 

‘‘We had aunique request from a 

German student wanting to bring her 

horse. We have decided to accept the 

student, but not the horse.’’ 

ADutch family enrolled at Oxford 

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and Omiya High School from Saitama 

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8.15am Dog Trials commencePearson Park 

8.30am Judging commences for Horses and Ponies; Donkeys and Mules; 

Alpacas. 

8.45am Dairy Showmanship Judging 

9.00am Beef Cattle Judging 

9.15am Dairy Cattle Judging 

9.30am Shearingcommences; Scout Den closes for judging. 

9.30am Judging commences for Angora; Mohair; Dairy Goats; Junior Judging; 

Highland Dancing; Sheep. 

10.00am Judging commences for Pet Dogs; Pet Sheep/Lambs;Grain &Seed; Hay 

&Silage; Poultry; Woodchopping. 

12noon Sheep Championship Awards 

In the GP Hall: 

8.45am GP Hall Entries to be staged; Post Entries close. 

9.00am GP Hallcloses for judging 

All Day 

Folk Art Demonstration; ArtExhibition; Children’s EntertainerJosh Grimaldi 

Magician will be performing between Highland &Wool Sheds. 

10.30am BalloonTwisting. 

11.30am Magic Show. 

12.45pm Stilt Walking. 

2.00pm Balloon Twisting. 

In the President’s Feature Marquee: 

From 9.00am Local Producersand their wares ,Shane Frahm, Local Chef , 

Tastings, Musical Entertainment. 

1.15pm Baby &Junior Show entries taken. 

1.30pm Baby &Junior Show Judging. 

During the day there will be Small Animal ‘petting’ area; Art and Craft Stalls; 

Trade Sites; Food Stalls; Vintage Machinery; Emergency Services Displays and 

GP Hall Demonstrationsand Displays Plus FreestyleNZ Motorbikedisplays and 

Pedalmania. 

4.00pm Prize Money paid outatsections, not from the Secretary's Office. 

Inthe Main Arena 

12.15pm Dog Agility Performance. 

1.00pm Scurry Racing. 

2.00pm Terrier Race. 

2.15pm SupremeAwards. 

2.20pm President's Speech. 

2.30pm Grand Parade /Lolly Scramble. 

Horse Jumping continues. 

Countryhospitality 

The show aims to bring town and 

country together to enjoy some 

country hospitality. 

The gates open at 7am, and there is 

plenty of parking for vehicles which is 

free. It is $15 an adult, with children 15 

years and under free to enter the 

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Eftpos is available at the secretary’s 

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Girls at Rangiora High School met with two Miss 

New Zealand’s to learn how to cope with improper 

sexual advances and receive self defence training. 

The Brave Charitable Trust held the one day 

seminar in the school’s hall which attracted alarge 

number of participants. 

Founded in 2018 by former Miss New Zealand 

Jessica Tyson (2018) Brave works to raise awareness 

about sexual violence affecting young people in 

New Zealand. 

Joining Jessica on stage for the day was Georgia 

WaddingtonMiss New Zealand 2023. 

The pair wereinChristchurch to assist at the Miss 

Canterbury pageant. 

Jessica says it was averyfulfilling day and 

everything they did went really well. 

‘‘We had alarge number of students attend and 

most were able to learn about how to have healthy 

relationships.’’ 

She says the Brave team spoke to quite afew of 

them afterwards where most said they didn’t know 

about how sexual violence harms so many people in 

New Zealand. 

‘‘We also talked about how to help friends affected 

by violence. 

‘‘We gave them the confidence and tools to help 

them talk to their friends about what had happened 

to them.’’ 

Jessica passed on research figures on sexual 

violence and its prevalence. 

Showing that in NZ, one in three girls will be 

subject to an unwanted sexual experience by the age 

of 16 years. 

The majority of those incidences would be 

considered serious, with over 70% involving genital 

contact. 

She also said the research also showed that one in 

five women will experience sexual assault as an 

adult. 

For Māorigirls and women the likelihood of 

sexual violence is nearly twice as high as the 

general population ,while Pacific Island and 

migrant women are also at statistically greater risk 

of sexual violence. 

Brave’s goal is to visit highschools in New 

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about sexual harm and how they can find help. 

Their second project is to educate young women 

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Jessica says it was an awesome day and at the self 

defence session held after school, the girls loved it. 

‘‘They were able to learn alot and overall it was a 

really good opportunity to show them the things they 

can do to ward off unconsented behaviour.’’ 

Brave has teamed up with Safe to talk,,which 

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(Right) Together ... Jessica Tyson ,founder of Brave and 

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Stadium looks to secure financialfuture 

By DAVID HILL 


Rangiora’s Mainpower Stadium is 

attracting 35,000 visitors amonth, as it 

looks to secure its financial future. 

The Waimakariri District Council is 

looking to change its agreement with the 

North Canterbury Sport and Recreation 

Trust by paying it $100,000 ayear to 

manage the facilities on Coldstream 

Road. 

Under the new agreement, the council 

will pay the trust to manage the indoor 

courts, administration area and function 

room on behalf of the community. 

The fitness centre and cafe, and rooms 

hired to Allied Health, will remain 

subject to alease agreement. 

The funding proposal is being 

considered as part of the council’s 2024/34 

Long Term Plan. 

The $28 million stadium opened in 

August 2021, in the middle of the Covid19 

pandemic, and it has been atough first 2.5 

years, trust general manager Michael 

Sharp said. 

‘‘We opened the stadium and then we 

went into lockdown 10 days later and 

when we came back it was to ahighly 

restricted environment, which made it 

difficult to get people through the door. 

‘‘But now we’re seeing 35,000 visitors a 

month. Some of that is gym members and 

spectators,but it is definitely about 

people being active which is why we are 

here.’’ 

While professional sports teams like 

the Crusaders and the Tactix pay full 

commercial rates to use the facilities,the 

trust tries to make it affordable for the 

community, Mr Sharp said. 

The council’s community and 

recreation general manager, Chris 

Brown, said the financial challenges were 

not unexpected. 

‘‘We know that sports courts don’t make 

money and that is why ratepayers put in 

money to have those facilities,’’ Mr Brown 

said. 

‘‘We have worked very closely with the 

trust, and we realised it wasn’t going to be 

sustainable long term, so we have looked 

at solutions.’’ 

The trust manages four fitness centres 

in Southbrook (Rangiora), Kaiapoi, 

Oxford and Amberley, as well as 

MainPower Stadium, with the proceeds 

funding its community programmes, 

including sport in schools and support for 

new coaches. 

It is also continuing to offer the Green 

Prescription programme, which was 

previously funded by the Ministry of 

Health. 

‘‘The trust has picked it up and funded 

it because we can see the value to the 

community and it makes areal difference 

to those who use it,’’ Mr Sharp said. 

When MainPower Stadium opened, 

trust chairperson Don Robertson 

announced the intention to build anew 

facility in Kaiapoi to replace the trust’s 

fitness centre, which is attached to the 

Kaiapoi Club. 

‘‘Nothing is set in concrete yet, but we 

would like to have acommunity facility 

which offers arange of opportunities,’’ Mr 

Sharp said. 

In the meantime the trust is working 

closely with the Kaiapoi Club, holding 

‘‘silver fitness’’ classes in the upstairs bar, 

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Powerhouseperformance ... Stephanie McEwin performs during the sold out Lady Sings 

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Blues at Eyreton Hall 


Birdlings Flat vocalist Stephanie 

McEwin has paid tribute to female blues 

singers during apowerhouse 

performance at Eyreton Hall in Ohoka. 

The Lady Sings the Blues concert 

featured some of the songs made famous 

by blues singers of yesteryear such as 

Bessie Smith, Mahalia Jackson, Billie 

Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Etta James and 

Aretha Franklin in the first half of the 

show. 

More modern singers, such as Bonnie 

Raitt, Susan Tedeschi, Amy Winehouse 

and Billie Eilish were covered during 

the second half. 

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Bonnie Rait’s lCan’t Make You Love Me, 

Amy Winehouse’sYou Know I’m No 

Good and Billie Eilish’s Billie Bossa 

Nova, which seemed to really resonate 

with the audience who called for an 

encore after the last song and gave 

Stephanie and her band, which included 

her husband Chris on drums, Steven Gill 

(guitar), Gary Easterbrook (keyboard) 

and Shaun Burke (upright base) a 

standing ovation at the end of the show 

which finished with aknockout version 

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last week. 



Waimakariri’s ‘‘Green District Plan’’ 

will help protect the district’s natural 

environment and biodiversity, says 

Mayor Dan Gordon. 

The Waimakariri District Council 

will consult on adraft natural 

environment strategy, alongside its 

draft 2024/34 Long Term Plan, which is 

out for public consultation. 

The strategy is a30year plan aimed 

at protecting and enhancing the 

district’s natural ecosystems, Mr 

Gordon said. 

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‘Green District Plan’ and it will ensure 

the continuation and enhancement of 

the district’s natural environment and 

biodiversity.’’ 

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generations was the prime motivation 

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Lineside and Revells Roads, between 

Kaiapoi and Rangiora, last year. 

‘‘We want to see the potential of that 

great piece of land,’’ he said. 

‘‘I get wonderful feedback from 

people in the community who feel the 

same way. 

‘‘Someone has even said to me that 

we should lift our aspirations even 

higher.’’ 

While the strategy received strong 

support at last week’s council meeting, 

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not support it. 

‘‘It comes down to cost and Idon’t 

think our ratepayers can afford this. 

‘‘I cannot support such an 

extravagant waste.’’ 

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implementation plan of 124 actions. 

Community and recreation general 

manager Chris Brown said most of the 

actions would be funded through 

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Government’s ‘‘Better Off’’ funding. 

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relates to, such as tree plantingand 

enhancement projects connected with 

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outside funding, such as the Honda 

Forest in Kaiapoi, an enhancement 

project alongside the Beswick 

stormwater drain. 

‘‘A lot of the work is already in our 

budget and we are always looking for 

external funding and balancing it with 

operational funding,’’ Mr Brown said. 

‘‘We want to work with community 

organisations as much as we can and 

this strategy looks to grow that and puts 

more emphasis on the community 

getting more involved and connecting 

more with nature.’’ 

Mr Brown said 31 of the actions will 

require additional funding and will be 

considered as part of the consultation 

process. 

The strategy presents three 

scenarios ranging in cost from $1.8 

million to $4.1 million. 

Spending aminimum of $1.8 million 

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Statement for Indigenous Biodiversity 

and to complete work already under 

way. 

‘‘This is saying to the community, ‘if 

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Hanmer Springs community leaders are 

hoping the town will become more 

resilient, after aspate of power outages 

over the last 12 months. 

MainPower has been working with the 

Hanmer Springs Business Association 

and local electrician Andy Ockwell to 

support local businesses after arecent 

outage left the town without power for 

more than eight hours. 

Hurunui district councillor Tom 

Davies says the latest power outage on 

Sunday, March 10, happened on abusy 

trading day. 

The power was out for so long, the 

batterypowered backup to the town’s 

cellphone tower failed, leaving 

residents, businesses and visitors 

without cell or internet coverage. 

‘‘Since we still had afull village, what 

do we do with emergency services and 

how do they communicate in that 

situation?,’’ CrDavies said. 

He was planning to meet with the 

Hanmer Springs Volunteer Fire 

Brigade, St John, police, the medical 

centre and local Civil Defence. 

He was also hoping to speak to 

telecommunications providers to see 

what can be done to ensure the 

cellphone tower kept running. 

Civil Defence also has asatellite 

phone in the town, he said. 

‘‘If this happens again, we need to get 

this out and let people know where it 

will be. 

‘‘Hanmer Springs can go from 1000 

people to 5000 or 6000 people over the 

weekend and if there is amedical 

emergency or afire, we are very 

isolated.’’ 

Board chairperson Mary Halloway 

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satellite phones and suggested Civil 

Seeking solutions ... Hanmer Springs businesses are being urged to plan for power outages. 

Defence could keep alist in case of 

emergency. 

Cr Davies has been urging residents to 

check on neighbours in apower outage 

so the most vulnerable were looked 

after, such as those relying on a 

ventilator at night or needing 

medications kept at the right 

temperature. 

The latest power outage was the 13th 

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birds and possums, one due to 

vegetation and the other acable fault. 

There have also been nine planned 

outages, with another one originally 

scheduled on Easter Tuesday, April 2, 

but MainPower has agreed to delay it a 

day. 

MainPower had attended ameeting 

with around 100 people just days before 

the March 10 outage. 

The company shared plans to upgrade 

electricity lines into Hanmer Springs 

and to rebuild its substation over the 

next five years. 

But it reminded residents that rural 

networks can be exposed to weather and 

wildlife causing unplanned outages. 

The message is to be prepared, Cr 

Davies said. 

‘‘If we know there is going to be 

outages, and there is aplanned one 

nearly every month, then we need to 


think about how we are planning and 

preparing for these outages. 

‘‘We prepare for earthquakes with 

three days supply of food and water, so 

maybe we need to plan for power 

outages.’’ 

MainPower and Mr Ockwell are 

helping businesses consider their 

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standby. 

While the recent outage had left many 

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Delay for Woodend safety 

By DAVIDHILL 


Clarity is needed on Woodend safety 

improvements,says Waimakariri Mayor 

Dan Gordon. 

Mr Gordon has called for certainty 

around promised safety improvements in 

Woodend, while the Government has 

reinforced its commitment to building 

the Woodend Bypass. 

‘‘We are unclear about the status of 

previous safety improvement measures 

that have been announced in addition to 

the construction of the bypass,’’ Mr 

Gordon said in asubmission to the draft 

Canterbury Regional Land Transport 

Plan. 

He called for safety measures for 

walkers and cyclists, including an 

underpass,atthe Pegasus roundabout. 

The Woodend Bypass has been 

included in the draft Government Policy 

Statement on land transport, which was 

released last week, and is ranked in the 

top three projects in regional plan. 

Safety improvements for Woodend 

were announced by the previous 

Government in December 2022. 

Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport 

Agency had proposed awire rope barrier 

for sections State Highway 1from Pine 

Acres to Woodend and from the Pegasus 

roundabout to Waikuku. 

But the proposal faced opposition from 

local residents last year 

‘‘We understand the proposed wire 

rope barrier is not going to proceed,’’ Mr 

Gordon said. 

‘‘However, we are still awaiting 

confirmation of this and the status of the 

other proposed safety improvements.’’ 

Mr Gordon also called for the inclusion 

of aSkew bridge replacement at west 

Kaiapoi and the Rangiora eastern link 

road. 

Around $17 million has been 

earmarked for improvements on 

Lineside Road, which links SH1 with 

Southbrook, Rangiora. 

Waka Kotahi proposed installing awire 

rope barrier for Lineside Road ‘‘without 

effective consultation with the council 

and the community’’, Mr Gordon said. 

He called on Waka Kotahi to partner 

with the council to come up with 

solutions and suggested the $17 million 

would be better spent on theSkew bridge 

upgrade. 

The Hurunui district has not made the 

cut for projects over the next three years 

in the draft Canterbury Land Transport 

Plan, but Mayor Marie Black said she will 

continue to lobby for projects in the 

district. 

Top of the list is upgrading the Conway 

River bridge on the Inland Road (the 

inland connection with Kaikōura) and 

the singlelane Hurunui River bridge on 

SH1. 

‘‘We have always supported the 

Woodend Bypass because in many ways it 

will have agreater impact on our 

population as it will provide easier 

access in and out of the city. 

‘‘The Conway River bridge is important 

nationally because the Inland Road is 

used by trucks getting product up and 

down the South Island which are too big 

to go through the Kaikōura tunnels.’’ 

The Canterbury Regional Land 

Transport Plan hearings are set to begin 

on Monday, March 18, at Environment 

Canterbury’s council chambers in 

Christchurch. 

AWaka Kotahi spokesperson said the 

agency was waiting until the new 

Government Policy Statement takes 

effect on July 1before announcing the 

next steps with the Woodend safety 

improvements. 



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Consenting solutions sought 

By DAVID HILL 


As awater consenting standoff drags on 

in Canterbury, the regional council plans 

to present some ideas on how to fix the 

problem. 

Infrastructure projects in Waimakariri 

and Christchurch have been stalled 

because of unintended consequences 

caused by changes to local land 

regulations and acourt decision on a 

water bottling plant in Christchurch. 

Environment Canterbury has 

confirmed it is working to find asolution 

to the issue. 

Waimakariri District Council utilities 

and roading manager Gerard Cleary said 

he was pleased to hear the regional 

council would propose aplan change to 

the Canterbury Land and Water Regional 

Plan in June. 

It follows aSupreme Court ruling in 

November on awater bottling consent, 

which reinforced an earlier High Court 

decision to consider the ‘take’ and ‘use’ 

of water together. 

The ruling affected consents under the 

Canterbury Land and Water Regional 

Plan. 

It meant, in the short term, there was 

no mechanism to issue new consents for 

the ongoing take of groundwater by 

stormwater basins, if the aquifer is fully 

or overallocated. 

Mr Cleary said the councils had been 

coming up with alternative approaches 

to address stormwater issues. 

‘‘It is pleasing Environment 

Canterbury has listened to the councils 

and others who have been impacted and 

they are getting on and doing something 

to resolve it. 

‘‘Environment Canterbury had always 

acknowledged there was an issue and it 

was an unintended consequence. 

‘‘Going forward it will give us some 

more certainty whether consents can be 

obtained.’’ 

Mr Cleary said Waimakariri District 

Council staff will be watching the 

planning process closely and will make a 

submission if necessary. 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon said 

he is pleased the regional council is 

treating the matter with some urgency. 

‘‘[Christchurch] Mayor Phil [Mauger] 

and I, along with staff from both our 

councils, have been raising these 

concerns for more than ayear, both with 

ECan directly and at the Mayoral Forum 

level. 

‘‘It is very important to the future 

development of our district that a 

solution is found that we can all agree on 

and support.’’ 

Environment Canterbury chairperson 

Peter Scott said the court ruling had a 

major impact on consenting for subdivisions 

and roading. 

‘‘We have had alot of pressure from 

Christchurch and Waimakariri to get this 

resolved sooner. 

‘‘We could have acted after the Court of 

Appeal ruling, but if the Supreme Court 

gave adifferent ruling we would have 

had to change it again.’’ 

Environment Canterbury voted last 

week to loan fund the process, which is 

expected to cost up to $500,000. 

The plan change will also include 

changes to the Hurunui and Waiau River 

Regional Plan. 

Staff were due to report back to the 

council this month with options for the 

plan change, which is expected to be 

notified in June. 

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together to form the Blythe Valley 

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and water quality in their backyard. 

RichardShaw and Nicki Murray, 

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Blythe Valley, were concerned about 

the soil quality on their erosionprone 

land, and how potential slips would 

affect native revegetation efforts on 

their property. 

As keen environmentalists, their 

worries extended beyondtheir farm to 

how sedimentation from erosion would 

also harm the water quality and 

biodiversity of the catchment. 

With likeminded neighbours, 

Richard and Nicki saw an opportunity 

to mobilise conservation efforts as a 

collective, forming anew Blythe Valley 

Community Catchment Group. 

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poplar and willow poles. The roots 

from the poles connect andlock in the 

soil, helping prevent potential slips. 

This bioengineeringtool has been 

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pastoral hill country landscape. 

Communityrun poplar nursery 

Richard and Nicki believed their 

efforts to control erosion could have 

more impact if they invested in a 

communityrun poplar nursery to 

guarantee quality and supply for the 

whole catchment. 

‘‘I’m excited by the efficiencies in 

terms of working together as a 

catchment group as opposed to 

working as individual farmers when it 

comes to achievingimproved outcomes 

for the land and the environment,’’says 

Richard. 

With thousands of hectares of land 

between them, the group plans to apply 

for Soil Conservation and 

Revegetation (SCAR) funding to create 

their own poplar and willow nursery. 

‘‘I see poplars as multifunctional for 

ourcatchment—they are fantastic for 

erosion control, avaluable feed source 

when conditions are dry, and would 

make sections of our catchment 

eligible to enter the Emissions Trading 

Scheme (ETS), generating income.’’ 

The group is investigatinglocations 

to grow their poplar poles in the 

catchment this year. 

Better balance of poplars and natives 

Richard, anative tree enthusiast, 

spends much of his time propagating 

and tending to his ecosourced 

seedlings. 

He is keen, along with the catchment 

group, to understandifthere can be a 

better balance when it comes to natives 

and exotics for erosion control. 

‘‘We know that exotics like poplars 

and willows are very effective at 

Nurturing ... Richard and Nicki tend to ecosourced seedlings. 

Stabilising ... Richard beside one of the 

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the land. 

preventinghillside slips, but our group 

is also interested in conducting trials 

to look at natives as an option for soil 

conservation too,’’ he says. 

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the initiative. 

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Another opportunity that SCAR 

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with active erosion to help landowners 

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US scholarships providing opportunities 

31 


Having all three of her children studying 

in the United States on division one 

basketball scholarships is ‘‘certainly 

unique’’, Caroline Whittaker says. 

‘‘We consider ourselves very lucky 

because that means no financial outlay 

for their education, resources,travel, 

food, etc. 

‘‘However, there are so many nontangibles 

that develop their character, 

and extend their career opportunities 

which are equally as beneficial.’’ 

The nontangibles can include 

exposure to diverse cultures and 

extensive networks,which sometimes 

include highprofile, publicly recognised 

people in their field. 

The North Canterbury Sport and 

Recreation Trust community engagement 

and events manager’s youngestchild, 

Lauren, aged 18, began her fouryear 

basketball scholarship at Washington’s 

Gonzaga University earlier this year. 

She joins her older siblings in the US — 

Charlotte, aged 23, who is studying at 

Colorado University, in Boulder, 

Colorado and Mason, aged 21, who is 

studying at American University in 

Washington DC. 

The scholarships cover everything, 

including full tuition, books, food, 

accommodation, playing kit, apparel and 

shoes. 

Astipend is also paid to cover living 

expenses. 

However, the universities have 

exceptionally high expectations of their 

students,around hard work, commitment 

and service. 

Alongside their academic studies and 

sports commitments the students are also 

expected to develop personal skills like 

taking responsibility for their actions, 

meal planning, time management and 

communication. 

The scholarship is ‘‘a dream come true’’ 

Talented sportswoman ... Lauren 

Whittaker. 


for Lauren who was born in Christchurch, 

raised in Cust and began ‘‘hoops’’ sessions 

in North Canterbury when she was just 

fiveyearsold, following her sister and 

brother into the sport. 

She secured the Gonzaga University 

scholarship by putting her name out to 

colleges, plus getting help from coaches 

reaching out to their contacts in the US. 

Strong bond ... North Canterbury Sport 

and Recreation Trust community 

engagement and events manager, Caroline 

Whittaker, right, with her three children, 

Mason, aged 21,(rear), Charlotte, aged 23, 

(left front), and Lauren, who are all studying 

in the United States on basketball 

scholarships. 

PHOTO: CHARLOTTE WHITTAKER 

‘‘A coach named Jules SchwalgerSmith 

was pivotal in helping her and also Ashlyn 

Rean, another young Waimakariri 

basketballer who began studying in the 

US on abasketball scholarship this year. 

‘‘Lauren chose Gonzaga over other 

Division One scholarship offers due to the 

connection she had with the coaching 

staff, the academic reputation of the 

university and the size of the student 

body’’ Caroline says. 

She has played representative 

basketball since she was 10yearsold and 

was selected for age group national 

teams, but tore her anterior cruciate 

ligament in aknee during 2022, which 

meant she could not play for the national 

team that year. 

However, she returned to play last year, 

aided by ‘‘incredible coaching and 

conditioning staff’’ and had astandout 

season. 

Her school team, St Andrew's College 

senior girls, won the Canterbury title, the 

South Island title, and then finished 

second at Secondary School Nationals in 

2023. 

She also played in the Mainland 

Pouākai women's team in the Tauihi 

League (National Women's League) and 

for Mainland Pouākai in the National 3x3 

competition. 

‘‘Lauren was also selected as the sole 

New Zealand representative for the 

National Basketball Association 

Basketball Without Borders (BWB) global 

camp in Las Vegas, in 2023,’’ Caroline 

says. 

‘‘It marked the first women's only BWB 

camp ever held and brought together 38 of 

the top female schoolage prospects from 

24 countries. It was led by the NBA, 

WNBA and FIBA.’’ 

She also competed in the Under19 age 

group nationals, representing 

Canterbury. 

Her team won the tournament and 

Lauren was named the event's most 

valuable player. 

Although Lauren would like to 

eventually play basketball professionally, 

and continue playing for New Zealand at 

the top level, she is using her studies to 

prepare for postcompetition —majoring 

in sports psychology. 

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Ladies: Pat Roberts 15 c/b, 1; Rita Moore 15 c/b, 2; Catherine Boddy 15 c/b, 3. 

March 16: Irish Stableford:AFalloon 84, IHolding 82, BMills 80, J Cumming 77, BGill 79, DFlewellen 78, GMurray 

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Nine holes:FWright 19, RRoy 18. 

Nearest to Pin: No4for 2–LAnderson; No 8for 1, MRankin; No 11 for 2, BFaulkner; No 17 for 1, LAnderson. 

Longest Putt: No 15, J Smith. 

Weedons wins 

Weedons headed off Sefton to win the 

Canterbury Country cricket premier T20 

competition recently. 

Played at the Sefton Domain, the visitors 

batted first and after losing 3early wickets 

asolid partnership between their English 

professional George Hill, and former 

Canterbury player Jeremy Benton, allowed 

them to get through to 187. 

In reply Sefton started in abad fashion 

with the competition’s leading run scorer 

Amandeep Arora out first ball. Matt Laffey 

and Lance Taylor helped rescue the 

innings, but this came to an end 37 runs 

short of the target. 

Scoreboard: Sefton 151 (Matt Laffey 68) 

lost to Weedons 181 (MacKenzie Smith 

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Big projects set to transform Kaikōura 

By DAVID HILL 

Local DemocracyReporter 

Kaikōura is on the brink of 

significant growth as several 

projects come to fruition in the 

tourist town. 

The Kaikōura District Council 

is awaitingadecision on a 

proposed business park, a 

housing development is about to 

take off and planning is 

continuing on acommercial 

development at Wakatu Quay. 

Chief executive Will Doughty 

said adecision from acouncilappointed 

commissioner was 

due to soon on aprivate plan 

change to develop the Kaikōura 

BusinessPark to the south of the 

town. 

More than 100 submissions 

were received, but no hearing 

was required, leaving Mr 

Doughty optimistic of apositive 

outcome. 

‘‘It will be great to see that 

operational. It has been along 

time in the making,asthe seed 

of an idea was first conceived of 

about 10 or 15 years ago.’’ 

Kaikōura Business Park Ltd 

(2021) is proposing to build a 

business park on a21.6 hectare 

site on the corner of Inland 

Kaikōura Road and State 

Highway 1. 

The proposed development 

would bring light industrial 

businesses together in one 

location, taking some pressure 

off Beach Road. 

Mr Doughty said the council 

has made progress on the 

infrastructuretoallow for 

Craig Mackle. 

housing in the Vicarage Views 

subdivision, off Ludstone Road, 

which received aresource 

consent last year. 

The seven hectare, 83home 

development is part of a$7.8 

million funding agreement for 

Kaikōura from Kāinga Ora’s 

Infrastructure Acceleration 

Fund. 

It is expected to provide 

homes qualifying for the 

Government’s First Home Grant 

House Price Cap ($700,000) and 

provide some much needed 

older person’s housing units. 

The council has been working 

on roading, footpaths and a 

cycleway to connect Vicarage 

Views with local schools, the 

town centre and the Ocean 

Future planning ... Kaikōura District Council chief executive Will Doughty (left), Kaikōura Library family 

history club facilitator Wendy Campbell and Sarah Wright, the council’s community development and 

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Ridge subdivision, to the south 

of Kaikōura. 

Stage two of the proposed 

project was the rezoning of 

parts of the Ocean Ridge subdivision, 

to the south of the 

town, to allow for more housing. 

The council has also received 

interest from another developer 

interested in providing older 

person’s accommodation in the 

town. 

Kaikōura has an ageing 

population with 33 percent of 

the town’s population expected 

to be over the age of 65 within 10 

years. 

‘‘There is definitely aneed for 

older person’s housing or an 

aged care facility,’’ MrDoughty 

said. 

Work is under way on the 

detailed design for the proposed 

Wakatu Quay commercial 

development, and is expected to 

be completed in June, he said. 

The project has been made 

possible thanks to a$9.8 million 

grant from the Provincial 

Growth Fund awarded in 2019. 

As the lead developer, the 

council will make provision to 

borrow up to $800,000 in this 

year’s 2024/34 Long Term Plan. 

The development is expected 

to have aseafood theme, with a 

mix of hospitality, local artists, 

fishing and tourism businesses. 

The council is also continuing 

to work on its Spatial Plan to 

make provision for future 

growth, as part of its District 

Plan review, with adraft plan 

expected to be ready for 

consultation later this year. 

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Epic adventure ... Waimakariri Deputy Mayor Neville Atkinson greets Bruce Milsom 

in Kaiapoi on his big cycling adventure to raise funds for restoration of the scow 

Success, formerly known as Alwin G. 


Cycling tour for Success 

Alocal cyclist is on the adventure of a 

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Waimakariri resident Bruce Milsom 

is taking on the epic Sounds to Sounds 

cycling challenge, a1500km ride 

stretching from Ships Cove in Queen 

Charlotte Sound to Milford Sound to 

raise funds for the restoration of the 

Alwin G(otherwise known as Success). 

Deputy Mayor Neville Atkinson 

wished Mr Milsom luck in Kaiapoi last 

week. 

Mr Atkinson said the Alwin Gismore 

than just aboat. 

‘‘It is apiece of Kaiapoi'smaritime 

heart. 

‘‘This historic scow, planned for a 

full restoration, will become the town's 

new flagship, replacing the MV Tuhoe 

that was lost in 2016.’’ 

The Alwin Gisarare survivor, being 

one of the last scows built for New 

Zealand and is similar to the Ngahau, a 

scow which once served Kaiapoi's port. 

Mr Atkinson said the restored Alwin 

Gwill become adrawcard for tourism, 

attracting visitors to Kaiapoi with an 

interest in maritime heritage. 

The Mr Milsom admits before the age 

of 57 he had never cycled more than 

20km and never uphill ‘‘that Icould not 

easily see the top of’’. 

‘‘I am now 63yearsold and have 

completed afew rides of 100km, but 

never carrying all the gear Ineed to be 

fully selfsupported.’’ 

He anticipated the journey would 

take 15 to 16 days. 

To make donation go to givealittle. 

co.nz/cause/helpusrestoreourheritageshipscowsuccess. 

Generosity supports youth 

By DAVID HILL 


Generosity from the community has 

allowed Kaikōura’s education trust to 

continue supporting young people’s 

education goals. 

While Te Hā o Mātauranga (Learning 

in Kaikōura) is not aregistered 

alternative education provider, it has 

supported students struggling to attend 

school full time for anumber of years, 

thanks to funding from the Ministry of 

Youth Development. 

But when funding ran out at the end of 

last year, Te Hā appealed to the 

community. 

Te Hā education coordinator Sarah 

Beardmore said the trust has received ‘‘a 

generous donation’’from an anonymous 

donor, as well as other community 

support and contracts which has allowed 

it to continue. 

‘‘We are pretty much go ahead with 

everything,’’ she said. 

‘‘Everything is slightly tighter because 

of the tighter budget, so we are doing 

everything closer to home.’’ 

Through its networks, Te Hā was able 

to support students enrolling in arange 

of educational and training 

opportunities, including through Te Aho 

oTeKura Pounamu (Correspondence 

School), Te Pūkenga Ara Institute of 

Canterbury and Te Pūkenga Nelson 

Marlborough Institute of Technology. 

‘‘We do arange of options and we work 

in with Kaikōura High School,’’ Mrs 

Beardmore said. 

Te Hā worked alongside held the 

Kaikōura Mayors’ Taskforce for Jobs 

programme and offered arange of 

programmes and activities for local 

youth. 

Snorkelling and boogie boarding was 

recently offered for the students, in 

conjunction with Sport Tasman. 

Last year Te Hā students held an art 

exhibition, Ākonga Expressions, at the 

Mayfair Arts and Culture Centre thanks 

to funding from the Ministry of Youth 

Development and the Kaikōura District 

Council's Creative Communities fund. 

‘‘We continue to enjoy what our young 

people have to offer,’’ Mrs Beardmore 

said. 

‘‘It is pretty awesome to see their 

talents develop.’’ 

Four fulltime year 11 students are 

working with Te Hā at present, while last 

year there were up to 15 supported 

through the initiative, with numbers 

fluctuating throughout the year. 

All four achieved their NCEA 

numeracy credits last year in year 10, 

with support from Te Hā,Mrs Beardmore 

said. 

‘‘The smaller numbers are really 

important for some kids, and you can 

really see them come out of their shell. 

‘‘We are really proud of what our 

rangatahi have achieved.’’ 



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What’s happening in your 

community… 

Prudent and responsible –Draft Long Term 

Plan Opens for Submissions 

Every threeyears theCouncilisrequiredtocreatea 

Long Term Plan (LTP)that outlines the investments 

and activities we provide on behalf of thecommunity 

over thenext decade. 

Mayor Dan Gordon says getting the budget right for 

the coming ten year period has been achallenge, 

but the Council has landed on abudget that’s 

prudent and responsible. 

As part of the development of the draft LTP the 

Council reviewed all current projects toreduce 

anticipated rates increases from 19% down to 

8.94% or $4.75 per week for the average household. 

“This is a10year plan and the increase this coming 

year is the largest before we return to aprojected 

amount closer to the 4%mark incoming years,” 

says Mayor Gordon. 

“In preparing this LTPour challenge was tocontinue to 

meet our communities’expectedlevels of service while 

accommodating forgrowth-related projects, without 

resulting in arates increasethat’s unaffordableduring 

these tough times. 

“For this reason,wehavedeferred $120 millionofnonessential 

work to bring our rate increases to what we 

understand will be one of thelowest in Canterbury.” 

To have your say visit waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk 

Pegasus Lake Aeration Trial Concludes 

with Mixed Results 

The aeration trial on PegasusLake aiming to improve 

water quality concluded in April last year with mixed 

results. While the Councilisn’t theowner of thelake, 

we know thecommunityinterest in this trial and 

wanted to provide an update on theoutcome. 

The trial took place between August 2022 and April 

2023 and involved sectioning off part ofthe lake 

and installing aerators on the lakebed. 

The study showed that aeration could reduce 

instances of stratification (the creating ofdistinct 

temperature layers within lake). Aeration generated 

uniform water temperatures and prevented oxygen 

depletion in the bottom waters of the lake. 

The aeration did not have any noticeable impacts 

on the overall nutrient levels inthe lake which also 

contributing to the cyanobacterial blooms. This was 

not unexpected as the aeration trial was selected 

to target the issue of stratification as afirst step in 

addressing the water quality issues inthe lake. 

The lake has asurface of approximately 14 

hectares and its primary function isahigh quality 

amenity lake. The lake is also important for the 

management of stormwater and reducing the risk 

of flooding in severe storm events. The consent 

conditions say water quality needs to be suited for 

secondary contact which isboating or kayaking – 

not swimming. 

Easter Kerbside 

Collections 

Bins and bags 

normally collected 

on Friday move to 

Saturday 30March. 

Thereare no changesfor Easter Monday collections. 

Bins andbagsshouldbeout forcollectionby7am. 

Transfer Stations 

Good Friday –the Southbrook Resource Recovery 

Park and Oxford Transfer Station are closed. 

Easter Sunday -ReSale Store closed, and the 

rest of the Southbrook Resource Recovery Park is 

open. Oxford transfer station isopen asusual. 

Transfer stations will be open their usual hours 

for the remainder of Easter weekend. 

Foil items 

belong in 

thered 

rubbish bin. 

rethinkrubbish.co.nz 

rethinkrubbish.co.nz 

Let’stalk. 

about the draft 

Long Term Plan 2024/34 

We’refocused on 

continuing high levels 

of servicefor our 

growingcommunity. 

TheCouncil is asking forfeedback thesekey topics: 

1. How we’ll prioritise the natural environment 

2. Building the right facilities atthe right time 

3. Extensionofthe Trevor Inch Memorial Rangiora Library 

4. Funding flood resilience and improvements 

5. Rangiora Eastern Link road. 

HAVE YOUR SAYBEFORE 15 APRIL 2024. 

Want to learnmore? 

Come alongtoone of ourdrop-ins. 

Waimakariri 

Stash Swap 

Browse fornew treasuresand find 

ahomefor your unwanted craft 

supplieswithnocashinvolved! 

Bring along your unwanted fabric, haberdashery, 

buttons, wool, lace, sewing patterns, craft books, 

paints, brushes, zips, needles, card and stamps 

from your craft stash! 

Saturday 23 March•10am–12pm 

KaiapoiLibrary 

MaterialsDropOff: 

Monday 18 March–Friday 22 March 

Find outmore 

WE OPEN FORSUBMISSIONSON15MARCH 

more info: waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk 

waimakaririlibraries.com 

waimakariri.govt.nz/letstalk

Colourful festivalatRga 


NEWS 


37 

Upcoming Council 

meetings 

The following meetings will 

be held in April 2024, in the 

CouncilChamber,215 High Street, 

Rangiora,unlessotherwise stated. 

Council 

Tuesday 2April at 1pm. 

Oxford-Ohoka Community Board 

Wednesday 3April at 7pm atthe 

Ohoka Hall, Mill Road, Ohoka. 

(The Public Forum section of the agenda 

will occur from 7pm to 7.20pm.) 

Northern Pegasus Bay Bylaw 

Review Hearing 

Thursday 4April at 10am. 

Woodend-Sefton Community Board 

Tuesday 9April at 5:30pm at the Waikuku 

Beach Hall, Park Terrace, Waikuku Beach. 

Rangiora-Ashley Community Board 

Wednesday 10April at 7pm. 

Kaiapoi-Tuahiwi Community Board 

Monday 15 April at4pm at the 

Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre, 

176Williams Street, Kaiapoi. 

Utilities and Roading Committee 

Tuesday 16 April at9am. 

District Planning and Regulation 

Committee 

Tuesday 16 April at1pm. 

Agendaswillbeavailable twoworking 

days before themeeting. Agendas, 

Minutes, andaudio recordings of 

meetings can be foundonthe Council's 

website: waimakariri.govt.nz 

Sarah Nichols 

Governance Manager 

Have you signed upfor the Waimakariri 

District Council Newsletter? 

To join visit waimakariri.govt.nz/subscribe 

Victoria Park in Rangiora will 

come alive with colour when the 

Indian Social and Cultural Club 

of Christchurch, celebrates one of 

the most widely known Indian 

cultural festivals Holi. 

On Saturday March 30, from 

11am to 3pm, this traditional subcontinent 

festival celebrates the 

arrival of Spring in India, the end 

of winter, the blossoming of love, 

and honours the triumph of good 

over evil. 

In India celebrants light 

bonfires, throw colourful powder, 

eat sweets, and dance to 

traditional folk music. 

Organisers of the Holi Festival 

at Victoria Park say on the day 

there will be lots of performances 

and food options along with 

Indian henna artisans to decorate 

hands. 

Colour dyes will be sold at the 

event and the organisers say they 

have everything needed to 

celebrate on the day. 

“Just bring your enthusiasm 

and love for colours and fun.” 

They ask that people attending 

CHECK IT OUT! 

Rangiora Museum 

Apublic meeting will be held at the Rangiora Museum, 29 

Good Street on Thursday, March 28 at 7.30pm. Sally O'Connell, 

Waimakariri Libraries' Local History and Heritage Librarian, 

will give atour of the new Waimakariri Heritage website; a 

place to conserve and curate community memories and taonga. 

She will also share some of the new content on the site and 

explain how people can contribute directly to the local 

heritage resource. 

Arun down on other library services that are on offer — 

including digital resources, events, and community education 

classes will be given by Community Connections Librarian, 

Anna Paterson. All welcome to this free evening, although 

donations from non members of the Museum would be 

appreciated. Supper will be served. The Museum is open 

Wednesdays and Sundays, 1.30pm to 4pm. 

Balcairn Hall 

Aspecial school holiday event will be presented by the 

Balcairn Hall and Arts on Tour Trust NZ, called Land of the 

Long, Long Drive. It will be held on Friday, April 19 at 2pm, 

and is atalk for Kiwi kids featuring iconic New Zealand 

creatures, landscapes and fresh waiata by New Zealand 

singersong writer Benny Tipene. 

It is suitable for children 3years to 10, but is loved by all. Cash 

tickets —children $15, Adults $30. Family of up to four 

children $60. Tickets available from Sally Mac’s, Amberley; 

Sefton Garage and Stan’s 7Day Pharmacy, Rangiora, or 

Online: balcairnhall.com. 

Guinea Pig Show 

North Canterbury Guinea Pigs is holding ashow on Sunday, 

April 7, at 38 Rangiora Woodend Road. Doors open 10am and 

it runs until 1pm. Gold coin entry. Pedigree and pets will be 

judged by Jude Wighman from Hamilton. Agreat family show. 

Pets for sale. Enquiries to Jenn 021 145 7245. Check out NC 

Guinea Pigs Facebook page. 

Holi Fun ... Faces and hands turn amazing shades of reds and purples as 

the Holi colour dyes infused by water are showered over people in this 

traditional Indian festival. 


refrain from bringing their own 

colours as to ensure asafe and 

inclusive environment. Only 

colours sold at the event will be 

allowed. 

This popular and significant 

Hindu festival is celebrated as 

the Festival of Colours, Love, and 

Spring. 

YouthCareers Expo 

The increasing success of the North 

Canterbury Youth Futures Careers 

Expo will see it move to abigger venue 

in 2024. 

Originally held at Rangiora High 

School, this year on August 13, it will 

open in the larger MainPower Stadium, 

in Coldstream Road, Rangiora. 

Waimakariri District Council youth 

development facilitator Emily Belton 

says having it there will enable the expo 

to be even more accessible to North 

Canterbury youth and their whānau. 

It will also provide more opportunities 

for local businesses and organisations to 

be involved. 

‘‘Atthe expo, young people can learn 

more about the various opportunities 

and requirements within these 

industries which may in turn influence 

their subject and study choices. 

‘‘It can also help with their choices of 

pathways to employment past school.’’ 

North Canterbury Youth Futures is a 

joint initiative between Rangiora High 

School, Ministry of Education ,Kaiapoi 

High School, Ministry of Social 

Development (MSD), Waimakariri 

District Council, Hurunui District 

Council, Community College North 

Canterbury, and local businesses. 

NCYF was established as a 

collaborative project to increase 

awareness and opportunities for youth 

in North Canterbury. 

The focus for the 2024 expo is 

Education and Employment 

Opportunities for Youth. 

Historically it was used by 

Ayurveda and Homeopathic 

healers as away of mass 

inoculation of the people as they 

headed into the monsoon seasons. 

The festival has become popular 

in recent times with western 

cultures as aday of colourful fun 

and frivolity. 

Cars Wanted 

CARS, vans, 4WD’s 

wanted for dismantling or 

repair. Please phone 027 

258 8366. 

Public Notices 

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updated our 

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agreement. 

The agreement 

outlines the 

relationship between 

MainPower and its 

customers. 

The updates were 

completed after 

consultation with all 

retailers trading on 

MainPower’s network. 

Acopy of the updated 

MainPower Connection 

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found on our website. 

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Firewood 

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SPLIT Old Man Pine 3.7m 

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Mix 3.7m @$400. Mobile 

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Garage Sales 

THREE combined households 

of stuff we don’t need 

anymore. Come and get a 

bargain, 42 Ashley Street, 

Rangiora, Saturday 23rd 

March, 8am. 

Notice of Annual 

General Meeting 

(AGM) 

For the Rangiora RSA 

to all Members 

Date: Saturday 

23 rd March 2024 

Time: 1000hrs 

Venue:Loungearea of 

Mess, Rangiora 

RSA building, 

82 Victoria 

Street, Rangiora 

Agenda 

1. Apologies for 

absence 

2. Minutes of previous 

AGM 

3. President’s report 

4. Financial report 

5. Confirmation of 

Executive Committee 

Members 

6. General business 

Kindest regards 

Bill Peck 

Secretary/Treasurer 

Rangiora RSA 

2661473 

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PUBLIC NOTICE OF 

APPLICATION FOR 

ON-LICENCE 

SECTION 101,SALE 

AND SUPPLY OF 

ALCOHOL ACT 2012 

Oak Thai Cuisine Ltd, 

5/245 Blenheim Road, 

Middleton, Christchurch, 

8024 hasmade application 

to the District Licensing 

Committee (DLC) at 

Rangiora for the issue of 

an On-Licence in respect 

of the premises situated at 

4Clayton Place, Woodend 

known as Thai Station 

Restaurant & Takeaway 

.The general nature ofthe 

business conducted ( or to 

be conducted )under the 

licence isRestaurant .The 

daysonwhich and thehours 

duringwhich alcoholis(or is 

intended to be )sold under 

the licence are Sunday to 

Thursday 8am to 11pm. 

Friday to Saturday 8am to 

1am. 

The application may be 

inspected during ordinary 

office hours at the office 

of the Waimakariri District 

LicensingCommitteeat215 

High Street,Rangiora. 

Any person who is entitled 

to object and who wishes 

to object to the issue of 

the licence may, not later 

than 25 working days after 

the date ofthe publication 

of this notice, file anotice 

in writing of the objection 

with the Secretary of 

the Waimakariri District 

Licensing Committee at 

PrivateBag 1005,Rangiora 

7440 or email toalcohol@ 

wmk.govt.nz 

No objection to the issue 

of alicence may be made 

in relation to amatter other 

than amatter specified in 

section 105(1) of the Sale 

and Supply ofAlcohol Act 

2012. 

This is the second 

publicationofthisnotice. 

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Also wanting horse float 

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Rangiora 

High School 

Kaiāwhina / 

Teacher Aide 

RangioraHighSchool 

is proud to be acaring, 

community-based 

environment inspiringlifelong 

learning. Studentsare 

at thecentre of our work. 

We areseekingtoappoint 

a Kaiāwhina to undertake 

learning supportwork. 

•Fixed term (2024) 

Part-time (25hoursper 

week). Term time only. 

Relevant experience and/ 

or qualifications are an 

advantage. 

Pleasevisit theJoin Us 

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informationand how to 

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www.rangiorahigh.school.nz 

Applications closeat9am on 

Monday1st April2024 

Rangiora 

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Technology 

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environment inspiring 

life-long learning. 

Students are at the 

centre of our work. 

We areseeking 

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permanent part-time 

position (10 hrs/week 

term time only). 

Applications close 

Monday 1st April 2024 

For further information 

on this position, please 

visit the Join Us / 

Employment page of our 

website: 

www.rangiorahigh. 

school.nz 

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Further enquiries orapplications to adriel@xtra.co.nz 

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Rangiora High School 



environment inspiring 

life-long learning. 

Students are at the 

centre of our work. 

We areseeking to 

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to undertake learning 

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•Permanent Part-time 

(25 hours per week). 

Term time only. 

Relevant experience 

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Please visit the Join Us 


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Applications close at 

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March 2024. 

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This is afixed term 

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and ends on Friday 23 

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The position is 5hours 

per week (from 3.30pm 

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Air Conditioning 

Cattle Problems 

Panel &Paint 

Real Estate 

Servicing NorthCanterburyand Kaikoura 

03 313 0531 /03319 7559 

(North Canterbury) (Kaikoura) 

www.northcanterburyenergy.co.nz 

2070788 

HEAT PUMPS 

AIRCONDITIONING 

VENTILATION 

SERVICE&REPAIRS 

INSTALLATION 

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for a 

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quote 

Automotive &Recovery 

• WOFCars&Trailers 

• Vehicle Servicing & 

Repairs 

• Tyres&Punctures 

• Jump Starts 

• Towing &Salvage 

• Courtesy Car Available 

Ph Aaron Rowlands 

0272 588 366 

13 StoneEyrePlace, 

Swannanoa 

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

• Live Humane Capture 

• Trucking 

• Tagging 

• Testing 

• Sale of unruly, difficult, pesky 

cattle 

Profit share 50-50 

Craig Flintoft 03 312 9432 

craigflintoft@gmail.com 

2459888 

2269236 

Engineering 

For your Engineering needs 

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821 

toppeng@xtra.co.nz 

If it stands still 

long enough we 

will paint it 

•17metre spray 

booth 

•FullPaint &Panel 

Service 

•InsuranceWork 

•Fullcoachbuilding 

service,fabricatingdoors, lockers, 

windows,tanks 

•PaintingMotorhomes,Caravans,Boats, 

Trucks, Tractors &Cars 

Now moved to 8Seven Mile Drive, Belfast 

Phone (03) 323 4115 

www.autobodyrepairs.co.nz 

Hours Monday to Friday 

6.30am to 3.30pm, except Friday 3pm 

2662727 

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 

1902273 

Butchery 

Oxford Butchery 

Shane Frahm 

We cankill&processyour stock 

Four Generations of Frahms 

since1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 021 269 1817 

Construction &Concrete 

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 

Ear Health 

• EarHealthchecks. 

• Wax removalusing Microsuction 

• Removal of foreignbodies 

• Basic hearing aidcare 

2227889v3 

Daryl Power 

027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

• ACC provider 

• WarVeteran provider 

• No medicalreferral 

required 

Clinics in Rangiora, Amberleyand Kaiapoi 

Rest homes/retirement villages,bookingbyprior arrangement. 

Bookings:Online www.earcare.nz |Phone 0204124 25 25 

Email alison@earcare.nz | Ear Care Canterbury 

2324849 

Electrician 

• New Installations &Upgrades 

• Servicing, Maintenance &Repairs 

• Renovations &Alterations • Re-wiring • Faults 

• TV, Telephone &Data • Pumps &Motors 

• Inspections • Testing &Tagging &much more 

2273277 

2629220 

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 

•Fullfuneral Services 

•Pricing Plan Options 

•DirectCremation options 

•MemorialServices 

Landscaping 

2611645v3 

Convenient Locations 

Rangiora 313 6948 

Christchurch 379 0178 

www.undertaker.co.nz 

For all your landscaping needs 

All Landscaping,Retaining Walls(Engineered and 

Non-Engineered), Timber Fences,Landscape Structures 

and more...Lifestyle Block, Ruraland Residential. 

Phone Jeremy 021 169 9394 

www.blackhill.co.nz 

www.facebook.com/blackhillltd 

2372616v2 

Landscaping 

STEWART CONTRACTING 

Landscaping -Fencing 

& Earthworks 

ENJOYABLE STRESS FREE LANDSCAPING 

03 313 9375 •027 369 3974 

www.stewartcontracting.co.nz 

contact@stewartcontracting.co.nz 

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Plumber &Gasfitter 

FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING 

&GASFITTING NEEDS 

Phone 03 310 7102 |027 280 0653 

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

Plumber /Gas Fitter 

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 

• New Builds 

• Renovations 

• Maintenance 

• Blocked 

Drains 

• Pump 

Services 


• Spoutings 

• Gas Hobbs 

• Hot Water 

Gas 

Conversions 

• Travel 

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2625877 

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2019 Corolla 

GX Hatch 

2.0L Petrol Auto, 

36,663kms 

$ 

22,995 

2016 Toyota 

Aqua 

1.5L Hybrid Petrol 

Auto, 31,700km 

$ 

17,995 

2016Toyota 

Aqua 

1.5LHybrid Petrol 

Auto, 29,350kms 

$ 

17,995 

2021 Toyota 

CorollaGXHatch 

2.0LPetrolAuto, 

30,350kms 

$ 

24 ,995 

Holden TraxLTZ 


105,550km 

$ 

14,995 

2013 Toyota 

Prius 

1.8L Hybrid Petrol, 

22,600kms 

$ 

19,995 

2021 Camry 

GX Hybrid 


Auto, 31,450km 

$ 

35,995 

2021Camry GX 

Sedan 


32,500kms 

$ 

29,995 

2018ToyotaVitz 

Hybrid 


Auto,33,800kms 

$ 

17,995 

2022 Corolla 

GX Hatch 

2.0L PetrolAuto, 

20,750kms 

$ 

26,995 

2017 Toyota 86 

2.0L Petrol 6-speed 

Manual, 25,330kms 

$ 25,995 

2018C-HR 

G-Spec Hybrid 


67,350kms 

2019Toyota RAV4 

Hybrid G-Spec 

1.5L Hybrid PetrolAuto, 

54,050kms 

$ 29,995995 

$ 

41,995 

2016AquaCross 

Hybrid 

1.5L petrol auto 

Climateair 

$ 

21,995 

2018 Toyota 

Prius S 

62,890km 


$ 

24,995 

2018 Toyota 

Fielder Hybrid 



$ 

22,995 

2022 Rav4 GXL 

AWD 

29,950km 

2.5L petrol auto 

WAS$46,995 

NOW 

$ 

44,995 

2020 Yaris 

Cross Limited 


25,000kms 

$ 

37,995 

2022Toyota 

Rav4 GX 2WD 

2.0LPetrolAuto, 

38,050kms 

$ 

36,995 

2018 Rav4 GXL 

2WD 


120,000kms 

$ 

22,995 

2020 Toyota RAV4 

Hybrid Limited 



$ 

45,995 

2020 Highlander 

GXL 


39,700kms 

$ 

47,995 

2018ToyotaC-HR 



$ 

31,995 

2022Highlander 

Limited 

3.5L V6 Petrol Auto, 

27,550km 

$ 

60,995 

2019 Toyota 

C-HR Limited 

1.2L Turbo Petrol 


$ 

19,995 

Ex-Demo 2023 

Highlander LTD 


Auto,6,000kmss 

$ 

71,995 

2020 Hilux 

SR54WD 

150Kw2.8L, Turbo 

Diesel Auto, 46,350km 

$ 

51,995 

2017 Hilux SR 

4WD 

2.8LTurboDiesel 

$ 

33,995 

2019Rav4Limited 

Hybrid 



$ 

49,995 

2022 HiluxSR5 

4WD 

150kW2.8L Turbo 

Diesel Auto, 27,700km 

$ 

57,995 

2022 LandCruiser 

Prado VX 

150kW2.8L 

TurboDieselAuto 

$ 

74,995 

2019 LandCruiser 

70 LT 

4.5L TurboDieselV8, 

108,350kms 

$ 

71,995 

2022Landcruiser 

Prado VX 



$ 

75,995 

2019Hilux SR 

4WD 


$ 

42,995 

2019 Hilux SR 

Extra-Cab4WD 

2.8L Turbo Diesel 

Manual, 95,100kms 

$ 

42,995 

2662746

North Canterbury News: March 21, 2024

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