North Canterbury News: December 04, 2025

Thursday, December 4,2025 | Issue 1175 | www.starnews.co.nz 

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Waimakariri economy growing 

ByROBYN BRISTOW 

The Waimakariri economy and 

employment is growing, albeit 

modestly. 

Both are ahead of the national 

level for the September quarter, 

according to the Waimakariri 

District Infometrics quarterly 

economic monitorreport. 

The quarter saw the 

Waimakariri economy bounce 

back, with 2.0%pa growth, 

according to the provisional 

Gross Domestic Product (GDP) 

estimates. 

On an annual basis, 

Waimakariri GDP rose 0.4%. 

The largest contributors to the 

expansion were professional 

services, information media and 

telecommunications, and 

transport equipment 

manufacturingindustries. 

Employment of Waimakariri 

residents grew1.2%pa over the 

year to September2025, 

compared to ayear earlier. 

Growth in employment was 

positive given employment fell 

sharply at the nationallevel 

(1.4%pa), and narrowly in the 

Canterbury region (0.2%pa). 

The largest contributors to 

jobs growth in Waimakariri were 

education and training, food and 

beverage manufacturing, and 

health care. 

Despite employment growth, 

Waimakaririresidents appear 

cautious with their spending, as 

consumer spendingfell 2.6%pa 

according to electronic card data 

from Marketview. 

However, Andrew Blackwell, 

director of Blackwell’s 

DepartmentStore in Kaiapoi, 

says since Septemberthere has 

been a‘‘little bit’’ of alift. 

‘‘But what is more pleasing it 

has been aconsistent pattern. 

‘People are getting out and 

about and spending abit more, 

and with Christmas coming on 

we are selling alot of Christmas 

gifts,’’ he says. 

Consistent pattern ... Kaiapoi’s Blackwell’s Department store (right), is experiencing aconsistent spending 

pattern, says director Andrew Blackwell. 

PHOTO: FILE 

Mr Blackwell said during the 

year up to September, there had 

be areally good month, but then 

it would go flat, lifting again 

before going flat for acouple of 

months. 

Other industries he had 

spoken tohad also experienced 

the up and down cycle, he says. 

But the September quarter 

had been consistent, with asmall 

gain on previous years. 

‘‘It is promising and 

encouraging,’’ he says. 

Enterprise North 

Canterbury’s Business Support 

manager, Miles Dalton, says the 

Infometric report looks good, 

with signs of recovery being led 

by the primary sector but 

filtering through to the rest of 

the local economy. 

‘‘It’s too early to make bold 

statements but what we see in 

this report is reflective of what 

business owners are telling us, 

and this could be the first solid 

sign of economic recovery in 

Waimakariri. 

‘‘Has the tide turned? It’s still 

too early to say, but fingers 

crossed that this report is the 

first of many showing improving 

underlying numbers.'' 

He says once again North 

Canterbury is moving towards 

recovery quicker than other 

regions. 

‘‘We are seeing definite signs 

of improvement in most sectors, 

although hospitality continues to 

find it tough going due to slower 

growth in discretionary 

spending. 

‘‘This recovery is being led by 

the primary sector with the 

benefits filtering through to the 

rest of the local economy. 

‘‘The numbers that are coming 

through now are the best news 

we have had for quite afew years 

and augur well for us,’’ 

Mr Dalton says it has taken 

some time for OCR decreases to 

impact fixed mortgages, but 

many households are now seeing 

the impact of reduced borrowing 

costs. 

‘‘This is showing in increased 

consumer confidence and a 

modest increase in consumer 

spending which in turn supports 

our local businesses. 

‘‘The national picture 

indicates that we should start 

planning for gradual growth, but 

it is still early days and we are 

hoping for discretionary 

spending to increase more 

before we can be sure that we 

are at the start of areal 

improvement for our business 

community.’’ 

The Infometric report says 

annual spending is now at its 

lowest since the year to 

December 2023, even before 

adjusting for inflation. 

But the primary sector led 

economic recovery has helped 

Waimakariri over the past 12 

months. 

The 2025/26 dairy payout is 

estimated to be $317m, just $3m 

lower than last season assuming 

the same production volumes. 

Sheep and beef prices 

remained high with slaughter 

prices for lamb up 31%pa over 

the year to September, and beef 

up 29%pa. 

Although, volumes are down 

3.9%pa over the same period last 

year, higher prices were 

partially being driven by lower 

supply levels. 

The Waimakariri housing 

market is gaining momentum, 

with house sales up 17%pa, and 

at their highest annual total in 

more than 20 years, according to 

the report. 

The number of new real estate 

listings is pulling back from 

recent highs, with asharp 17%pa 

fall in the September 2025 

quarter. 

House values have risen 3.4% 

from the September 2024 

quarter, the fastest growth in 

three years. 

House values are now 5.6 

times the average household 

income in Waimakariri, 

increasing from 5.5 times in the 

previous quarter. 

The number of public houses 

in Waimakariri increased 18%pa 

over the year to September, 

adding around 40 public houses 

to the district. 

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New taonga/treasure ... Awall mural, created on the back of ashed for Rangiora High School’s Hauora Hub,anequine therapy and 

wellbeing space, was officially unveiled last Friday. The designer of the artwork, art pupil and the school’s arts captain forthe year, Addison 

Spragg,(right), with others involved in the project —art teacher Georgia Glass, pupils Nate Spragg and Lexi Wason, English teacher Gabriel 

Boyd and pupil Brooklyn Reid. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

Spectacular newmural at RHS 

BySHELLEY TOPP 

Amural has been created by Rangiora 

HighSchool pupils for the school’s 

Haoura/Wellbeing Hub. 

The hub,which wasestablished to 

host equineassisted therapy 

opportunities for the school’spupils 

and early childhood ākonga/pupils, 

with help from the Sandow Riding 

School, is situated in the open fields of 

the school’s Greenspace farm. 

The mural is installed on the backof 

acorrugatediron shed whichcan be 

seen from KippenbergerAvenue. 

The school’s art teacher Georgia 

Glass saysasmall group of pupils, 

aged 13 to18yearsold createdthe 

mural. 

They were ledbythe school’s arts 

captain for 2025, Addison Spragg, and 

Brooklyn Reid. 

‘‘Addison did the main planand 

initial design, and then Brooklyn 

made additions to the design during 

the painting process so Iwould say it 

was ahappy collaboration,’’ Georgia 

says. 

Addison, who is 17 and in her last 

yearatRangiora High School, leaves 

for Europe early next year to promote 

her artwork. 

She says she has put her heart and 

soul into the mural and is thrilled with 

how it had turned out. 

‘‘It is anicelegacy to leaveatthe 

school.Iamvery proud of what we 

have achieved.’’ 

The feedback the group has received 

about the mural, which was only 

completed last Friday had allbeen 

positive,’’ she said. 

‘‘It is exactly what the Greenspace 

team wanted so Iamglad Iwas ableto 

see their vision.’’ 

The mural is part of the RHS 

Greenspace initiative which was set in 

motionduring 2023 when the school’s 

science leader of learning David 

NewshamWest outlined his visionto 

the school board for amultidisciplinary 

space with educational 

opportunities for the school’s 26 

hectare farm. 

Ohoka decision dragging on 

ByDAVID HILL, 

Local Democracy Reporter 

The fate of aproposedNorth 

Canterbury housing development is 

no closer to being known, more than 

two years after the Waimakariri 

District Council first rejectedit. 

Rolleston Industrial 

Developments Limited has 

withdrawn its Environment Court 

appeal against the council’s 

November 2023 decision to rejecta 

private plan change for the proposed 

850 home subdivision. 

But the company is proceeding 

with an appeal against the 

Waimakariri DistrictPlan, which 

was adopted in June. 

It is one of 21 appeals against the 

District Plan. 

The proposed Ohoka housing 

development was included for 

consideration in the Government’s 

FasttrackApprovals Act, along with 

proposed subdivisions in west 

Rangiora and Gressons Road, 

Woodend. 

The other two subdivisions were 

included in the DistrictPlan, but 

independent commissioners 

recommended the Ohoka 

development be declined. 

It was the second time 

independent commissioners have 

rejected the Ohoka development, 

following the rejection of the private 

plan change in November 2023. 

No date has been set for the 

Environment Court hearing. 

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NZ’slargest pig farm for sale 


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New Zealand’s largest pig farm, Patoa 

Farms, near HawardeninNorth 

Canterbury, is for sale. 

The Sterne family, who have owned the 

property since 1997, are retiring from the 

pig farming industry after nearly three 

decades at Patoa. 

The family has made ahuge 

contribution to the local economy, and the 

pig industry nationally, for the past 28 

years. 

They have won severallocal and 

national awards for the farming practices 

at Patoa. 

The 897.5ha farm, on Medbury Road, 

which is valued at $9,480,000 (July 1), is 

one of the largest employers in the area. 

General manager Tjaart Grové, who 

leads the breeding herd and oversees 

various aspects of the farm's operations, 

says the operation has astaff of 67. 

‘‘It is an unusual pig operationinterms 

of its size,’’ he says. 

‘‘It is amassive operation with feed 

trucks coming and going daily, delivering 

up to 500 tonnes of foodaweek. 

It is being sold as afreehold ‘going 

concern’ only, with all stock, plant and 

equipment available to approved 

purchasers. 

The free farmed pig farm, was bought in 

1997 and converted to pig farming in 1998. 

It was avisionary projectofSteve 

Sterne and Jens Ravnwhose families 

joined together with aspecific goal to 

farm pigs outdoors and as close to their 

natural habitat as possible. 

After Jens and Anne retired from the 

business in 2013, Steve,along with 

daughter Holly continued the journey. 

Mr Grové says Steve stepped back from 

Patoa ... South Africanborn Tjaart Grove is Patoa Farms’ breedingherd manageratthe 

nation’s largest pig farm and is often seen wearing aHawaiian shirt on casual Fridays. Tjaart 

will be moving on when Patoaissold. 

PHOTO: TIM CRONSHAW 

the business some time ago, but remained 

on the board in agovernancerole. Holly 

held the reins, but she wasnow also 

stepping back and it was decided to put 

the farm on the market. 

Over time Patoa has evolved to include 

5000 breeding sows and finishes 100,000 

pigs annually. 

The operational model focuses on 

ethical practice and environmental 

responsibility. 

It has modern infrastructure and 

farming systems, and areliable irrigation 

and stock water supply across the full 

farming area. 

There is good housing and ahigh 

standard of farm infrastructure on all 

three blocks. 

Patoa Farms has adeadline sale of 

January 28. It has acapital value of 

$9,480,000 (July 1, 2025), its land value is 

$5,980,000 and improvements $3,500,000. 

Colliers is agent for Patoa Farms with 

enquiries to Richard O’Sullivan, director, 

Christchurch rural, or Edward Sparrow, 

Advisory &Investment Solutions Broker. 

Subway Rga changing hands 

Subway Rangiora is changing hands. 

After 23 years as aSubway Franchisee, 

and 19 years owning and operating the 

Rangiora business,Gideon Aldridge and 

Roslynne Lovell are retiring. 

Ammar Vithodawala is taking overthe 

restaurant. 

The Rangiora store opened in 2006, and 

has become part of the local community. 

Over nearly two decades,the teamhas 

served over 1.8 million customers. 

The restaurant has employedand 

mentored local staff, and supported 

community events and initiatives. 

Roslynne says it is time to retire after 

‘‘23 wonderful years with Subway’’. 

‘‘We are grateful to our loyalcustomers 

and our incredible staff who have been 

part of this journey with us. Owning this 

Subway has been aabsolute privilege,and 

we’re proud of the role it has playedinthe 

community.’’ 

Gideon and Roslynne became the first 

New Zealanders inducted into the Subway 

Hall of Fame earlier thisyear at the 

SUBCON25 Convention in Australia. 

Theaward celebrates franchisees who 

havemade alasting impact on the brand’s 

success across Australia and New 

Zealand. 

It was presented during the Gala 

AwardsDinner which was attended by 

more than1000 Subway franchisees, 

suppliers and staff. 

Ammar is excited to be continuing the 

great work Gideon and Ros have done over 

the years. 

‘‘Subway Rangiora has astrong 

community connection, and Ilook forward 

to keeping that spirit live while bringing 

fresh ideas and energy to the business.’’ 

All staff have been retained as we ‘‘truly 

value the experience and service they’ve 

given Subway over the years’’. 

Retiring ... Gideon and Roslynne Lovell. 

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Almost ready... Margaret and Bill Scott of 82 West Belt, Rangiora, attach another star to 

oneofthe many Christmas attractions in their yard. 

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

Christmas light show 

By JOHN COSGROVE 

The jolly man from up north is on his 

way, and he’ll soon arrive in Rangiora 

and Kaiapoi over the weekend —much 

to the delight of many. 

To guide him along, several streets 

in the two towns havestrung up 

intricate light decorations and 

displays in their front yards for the 

annual Christmas light show. 

This year, the Christmas Lights Map 

is sponsored by One Agency Your 

Place, and it has introduced aPeople's 

Choiceaward for the best display. 

People can vote on their favourite 

display from December1. 

More details can be found on the One 

AgencyYour PlaceFacebook page. 

Working hard to attract visitors to 

their display are Margaretand Bill 

Scott of 82 West Belt, Rangiora. 

‘‘We started it five years ago, and it’s 

got bigger and bigger eachyear,’’ says 

Margaret 

‘‘The public loves it because we 

always havemany different themed 

displays going on all through the 

displays, whichnow reachfrom the 

front of the house to the backyard,’’ 

she says. 

The couple haveover 50 inflatable 

Santas and others on show, all doing 

different things. 

There are surfing santas, climbing 

santas, Octopi, gingerbread families, 

santas on jet skis, teddy bears, 

snowmen, unicorns and kiwis allon 

show. 

The coupleinvite visitors to walk 

around the house, as there is plenty to 

see out back, with snow falling as well. 

‘‘We change it every year. 

‘‘We are already planning to hit the 

postChristmas sales to find the 

bargains to show next year,’’ says Bill. 

This year, Bill will also crank up the 

couple's mobilebarbecue on 

December 15 when Santa comes a 

calling from 6pm. 

There willbefree sausages on offer 

to visitors —weather dependent, of 

course and donations accepted. 

Billsays his mother did some 

wonderful Christmas decorating in her 

home in Redwoodfor many years, 

while Margaret’s mum used to put a 

pair of Santa legs in the Camilla bush 

out front of her Kippenberger Ave 

property as ajoke for passersbys. 

Margaret says peoplehave been 

loving their colourful Christmas 

displays each year. 

Last year when they didn’t put one 

up because they were in Australia, 

there were many voicing their sadness 

on Facebook. 

‘‘So we promised to come back 

bigger and better this year —and we 

did,’’ she says. 

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Xmas market delight 

ByJOHN COSGROVE 

The crowds flocked to the Christmas 

Market in the Park held lastFriday 

afternoon and evening at Victoria Park 

in Rangiora. 

The One Agency Your Place 

Waimakariri Sales Team were the 

principal sponsors and on show were80 

plus local vendors, food wagons and 

produce tents all with a'Touch of 

Christmas' as their theme. 

Those enjoying the afternoon fun were 

entertained with live music, The Good 

Drop licensed area, akids circus party, a 

kids inflatable zone, aphoto opportunity 

with Mr Santa Claus himself, Christmas 

Carols and the array of markets for all 

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Help will be offered to four Canterbury 

community boards who want to take a 

stand against resource consents, but the 

new policy may be shortlived. 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon said 

community boards play an important role 

in advocating for their communities, 

despite ‘‘a tsunami of change’’ coming 

from central Government. 

Apolicy adopted at aWaimakariri 

District Council meeting on Tuesday, 

December 2, provides some clarity 

around financial support to allow local 

community boards to respond to resource 

consent applications within their wards. 

The draft policy was presented to all 

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earlier this year. 

The council established afund of 

$40,000 in this year’s 2025/26 annual plan, 

which boards can apply to when making 

submissions. 

It follows the OxfordOhoka 

Community Board taking astand against 

aproposed 850 home subdivision at 

Ohoka and aproposed landfill near 

Oxford, with both cases being appealed 

to the Environment Court. 

The RangioraAshley Community 

Board has also submitted against a 

proposed managed fill landfill at White 

Rock. 

‘‘Some of these consents are just 

inappropriate for our district, such as 

landfills,’’ Mr Gordon said. 

‘‘And then you get private plan 

changes. 

‘‘We had to put acap on this because 

we were spending hundreds of thousands 

of dollars, so we are using planners 

rather than lawyers, and we can seek 

legal advice when needed.’’ 

Mr Gordonsaid the Resource 

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Management Act (RMA) restricts how 

councils can respond, as there are 

limited reasons when an application can 

be declined. 

He said he would be open to ‘‘topping 

the funding up’’ when needed. 

Councillor Tim Fulton questioned 

whether the new policy addressed the 

risk of council input being ‘‘eroded’’ by 

changes in legislation. 

TheGovernment’s Fasttrack 

Approvals Act has already taken away 

council decision making on approved 

projects, while more legislation to 

replace the RMA is due to be released in 

the coming weeks. 

Council senior policy analyst Dianna 

Caird said the policy is based on 

supporting community boards through 

the consenting process. But said the 

policy may need to be reviewed once the 

new legislation is known. 

Mr Gordon said the draft policy is 

based on ‘‘what we know right now’’. 

‘‘We will just have to adjust it as we 

need to.’’ 

He noted the previous Labourled 

Government had introduced changes to 

theRMA, but these were repealed after it 

lost theelection. 

‘‘The rates capping proposal, for 

example, is proposed from 2029, so it 

could change.’’ 

Under the policy, community boards 

can apply for funding to assist in making 

asubmission on apublicly notified 

consent under the RMA within the 

board’s ward. 

It also includes Environment 

Canterbury plan changes and private 

plan changes to the Waimakariri District 

Plan. Waimakariri has four community 

boards OxfordOhoka, RangioraAshley, 

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Climatealways in constant change 

Jamie McFadden, Groundswell 

environmental spokesperson, 

and owner of HurunuiNatives 

near Cheviot, suggests farming 

should be viewed as aClimate 

Change solution. 

˘ 

Every time we have aweather event 

many people point the finger of blame 

at climate change. 

Take Cyclone Gabrielle for example 

and consider the following questions. 

Was Cyclone Gabrielle caused by 

man induced climate change, natural 

climate change, or just anatural 

event? 

Or amix of these, in what 

proportionsand how would we 

determine the proportions? 

What about Cyclone Bola in 1988, did 

man induced climate change have a 

role then or was it anatural event? 

Climate has always been in astate of 

constant change. 

But it is intriguing to see people so 

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reality andcommonsense. 

Itisalso how we end up with bizarre 

policies like methane reduction 

targets on our livestock to reduce their 

burps. (Methane is part of anatural 

cycle adding to warming). 

However, if every country in the 

world adopted this policy, it would 

suppress food production and 

increase the cost of food. 

Under this policy farmers are not 

allowed to increase livestock, let alone 

maintain existing numbers without 

reducingmethane at the same time. 

With fewpractical methane 

mitigation options one can see why we 

are losing so much food producing 

land to pines. 

There are 60 million more people on 

the planet than 12 months ago how do 

we feed thisgrowing population if 

every country suppressed food 

production? 

Areality that has now dawned on 

staunch climate change advocate Bill 

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Having more food produced by the 

most emissions efficient countries like 

New Zealand is agood thing, so why do 

we have policies that suppressour 

food production? 

Meaning lessenvironmentally 

sustainable countries fill the void with 

anet result of increasing global 

emissions. 

Because successive governments 

view livestock farming in NZasa 

methane climate change problem, 

millions of taxpayers’ dollars are 

being wasted on speculative ‘cures’ 

like boluses and vaccines to inject into 

livestock in the futile hope of a 

meaningful contribution to reducing 

global warming. 

Isuggest farming should be viewed 

as aclimate solution and that money 

would be better spent on existing 

naturebased solutions such as 

restoring native forest, weed and pest 

controland riparian planting. 

Measures that provide multiple 

environmental benefits, including for 

the climate. 

The climate change debate has 

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become such that if you are not 

convinced you are labelled adenier. 

Mainstream media took the 

unprecedented step of stating they 

would not print any material that was 

contrary to the climate change dogma. 

Anyone with an alternative view or 

science, is starved of the ability to be 

heard. 

Next week, Wednesday, December 

10, at 1.30 pm at the Sudima 

Christchurch Airport, Iamhelping 

organise apublic forum that presents 

another side to the climate change 

issue. 

Dr William (Will) Happer is known 

worldwide for his extensive research 

and service to the US government 

advising on climate matters. 

He offers ascientific view that 

counters some of the doom and gloom 

notions surrounding climate change. 

My interest in listening to Dr Happer 

speak is to hear another side to the 

climate change story before drawing 

my own conclusions —ifthat is even 

possible with aconstantly changing 

climate! 

Tootfor Tucker helps North Canty foodbanks 

Arecordhaul of food has given North Canterbury’s 

food banks ahuge boost in the leadup to Christmas. 

Toot for Tucker organiser, Bev Wright, said all the 

collection areas were successful. 

‘‘This year we had anew collection area to add to 

our list —Waikuku Beach, where their volunteer 

firemen helped collect the food around their 

township.’’ 

There was alarge collection in Rangiora, as well 

as in Oxford, Kaiapoi and Hurunui. 

Bev says the Toot for Tucker appeal began 15 

years ago when she saw the depletion of food banks 

after the Christchurch Earthquake. 

‘‘We started back then with just two utes and a 

couple of cars, and based ourselves at Dudley Park. 

‘‘It’s been amazing how it has grown from there,’’ 

she says. 

On Tuesday night in Rangiora, over 60 cars, vans 

and utes driven by service groups, businesses, 

emergency service personnel and Lions members 

went about the streets looking for donations to help 

the food banks prepare for the Christmasseason in 

the Waimakariri and HurunuiDistricts. 

‘‘Everything collected staysinthe areas it was 

collected in,’’ says Bev. 

‘‘We hand it all over to the Salvation Army,and 

they sort it and distribute it to all the charities and 

food banks.’’ 

Bev says the community owns the Toot For Tucker 

now, and when they hear the sirens or horns, they 

know what to do. 

‘‘People are so generous, and we thank them all 

for their kind support.’’ 

Helping hands ... Alarge army of helpers, including Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon, turned outtohelpatthe Tootfor 

Tucker collectionpoint in Rangiora on Tuesday evening. 


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As the cost of living continues to bite 

across New Zealand, local food banks 

throughout North Canterbury are 

reporting unprecedented demand for 

assistance with food. 

Many families are seeking help for 

the first time. 

In response, Hurunui Farms has 

launched acommunity Give aLittle 

campaign to put nourishing meat on 

the tables of families doing it tough this 

Christmas. 

The initiative, titled The Bald 

Butcher’s Christmas Charity Boxes,will 

see locally sourced Hurunui beef, lamb 

and pork turned into familyready 

meat boxes and distributed directly 

through trusted charities and food 

banks across the Hurunui region and 

Hope in Rangiora. 

Hurunui Farms Butcher Steve —the 

bald butcher— says the decision came 

after seeing firsthand how stretched 

families and community services have 

become. 

‘‘We are hearing the same story 

everywhere, parents skipping meals so 

their kids can eat, older people 

choosing between food and power, and 

food banks overwhelmed with demand. 

‘‘We work with food every day, so we 

felt aresponsibility to act in apractical 

way.’’ 

Unlike many fundraising campaigns, 

Hurunui Farms is absorbing all 

processing, packing and labour costs so 

that every dollar donated goes directly 

into producing food. 

‘‘Every contribution, whether it is 

one dollar or one hundred, becomes 

food on afamily table, not 

administration.’’ 

The pressure is also on Hurunui 

Farms itself, with livestock prices 

reaching record highs this year, freight 

and energy costs continuing to rise, 

and small producers operating on 

increasingly fine margins. 

But in spite of these challenges, 

Hurunui Farms has chosen to 

prioritise community support through 

Christmas. 

‘‘We know how tough it is out there 

because we live it too, but Christmas is 

the one time of year where no family 

should be wondering how they are 

going to feed their kids.’’ 

The campaign has already begun 

attracting community support, with 

local businesses, suppliers and 

individuals stepping in to back the 

initiative. 

Hurunui Farms is encouraging 

Kiwis everywhere to get behind the 

drive by donating what they can or 

sharing the campaign link across their 

social media and community networks. 

Donations can be made at: 

givealittle.co.nz/cause/thebaldbutcherschristmascharityboxes. 

Families supported through the 

campaign will receive fresh, locally 

produced meat through accredited 

food banks and charitable trusts in the 

leadup to Christmas. 

If the campaign succeeds Hurunui 

Farms plans to expand deliveries — 

nationally where possible. ‘‘This is 

about community stepping up for 

community, simple as that.’’ 

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It was hailed as a ‘onestop shop ’ to 

make it quicker and easier to build 

major projects when it pa sed into law 

last December. 

But none of the five North Canterbury 

projects included in the Government’s 

Fasttrack A provals Act have 

progre sed beyond being ‘listed ’ 

projects in the fasttrack proce s. 

They were among 149projects listed 

in the legislation. 

In astatementreleased last w ek, 

Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop 

and Regional Development Minister 

Shane Jones said around 50 of the 149 

projects had lodged substantive 

a plications with the Environmental 

Protection Authority (EPA), since the 

a provals regime was established in 

February. 

Of those, none have b en a proved so 

far, with the first eight expected to be 

signed o f by the end of the year. 

Proposed housing developments at 

Ōhoka, W odend and west Rangiora 

were listed in the legislation, along with 

the W odend Bypa s and the Amuri 

I rigation Company Ltd’s Balmoral 

water storage facility and fish scr en. 

An EPA spokesperson has confirmed 

none of the five North Canterbury 

projects have lodged substantivefasttrack 

a plications. 

Developers of alisted projectcan 

a ply to theEPA where an ‘expert 

panel’ wi l a se s the projectand 

consult with ‘directly a fected groups ’. 

Panel convenors determine theextent 

of the consultation, meaning the is no 

guarant e local communities wi l have a 

say. 

There is no timeframe for alisted 

projec to lodge an a plication, the 

spokesperson said. 

When the project list was a nounced 

in October last year, Mr Bishoppointed 

the finger at councils for creating the 

housing crisis. 

‘Speaking in general terms, councils 

have contributed to our housing crisis 

by being overly picky aboutwhere 

houses can be built, ’ he said a the time. 

The W odend and west Rangiora 

developmentshave since b en included 

in the new WaimakaririDistrictPlan 

adopted last month, meaningtheymay 

not n ed to be fasttracked. 

Amuri I rigation Company 

chairperson DavidCroft said the 

company anticipated aresource consent 

would be granted by Environment 

Canterbury (ECan) in the next few 

months, after it was lodged in 2023. 

‘It l oks like thenormal consenting 

proce s wi l be faster. In somewaysit 

would be the ideal situation because 

everybody hashad the chancetohave 

their say in asystem theyare familiar 

with. ’ 

A$20m loan from the Government’s 

Regional Infrastructure Fundwas 

a nounced earlier thismonth for the 

Balmoralwater storageproject. 

The proposed Ōhoka development 

was rejected from the District Plan, 

afteraprivateplan changerequestwas 

rejected by an independent 

commi sioner in November 2023. 

It is sti lsubjec to an Environment 

Court a peal. 

An Environment Courtspokesperson 

said thea pe lant, Carter Group,has 

b en directed to advise the court by 

August 2 ‘how or whetheritintends to 

proc ed ’. 

Waimakariri District Council 

developmentpla ning manager Ma t 

Baconsaid underthe newDistrictPlan, 

the site of the proposed Ohoka 

development is zoned rura lifestyle. 

It mean the farmland could be subdivided 

into 4ha lots, but not intoan 

850home developmentasproposed. 

Carter Group was contacted for 

comment but areply hadnot b en 

received by thetime the North 

Canterbury News wen to print. 

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency 

hasb en completing geotech reports as 

it continuesscopingworkfor the 

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Our Apron Strings VII 

TheWaipara County Historical Society 

formedacommittee in 2007 to produce a 

book entitled Our Apron Strings. 

It was the beginning of aproject that has 

spanned nearly 20 yearsand, with 

changing committee membership, has 

produced seven books totalling more than 

2000 pages and containing about 1400 

biographies. 

The latest, and final volume in this 

series book VII –Our PathFinders III, men 

born 1941 –60, will be launched at the 

Hawarden Hall on December 6, at 2pm. 

Thecommittee is not aware of any 

similarproject, on thisscale, in New 

Zealand. 

It believesthe biographies will be of 

greatinterest, and value to readers and 

researchers, 200 or more years from now. 

Editor Murray Downes says many 

readers have noted the changes that 

occurred across the 100plusyears covered 

by the threeApron Strings books. 

‘‘Book VII continues that themeof 

change and opportunity. 

‘‘The biographies tellreaders something 

of howwecame to be in Hawarden 

Waikari and what happened to us in later 

life. 

‘‘We have been very fortunate; having 

had many opportunities and fewer 

constraints compared to earlier 

generations.’’ 

Last year working on Book VI —Our 

Apron Strings III —Murray became 

concerned he might not get enough 

biographies to make the book viable. 

But this time the responses to Book VII 

were fast. It contains 177 biographies and 

runs to just under 400 pages. 

Details of the launch event arealso up 

on the project website under the Events 

tab hawardenwaikari.com. 

Many residents and people connected 

with the district will have received email 

updates on the project over recent months. 

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New book ... Our ApronStrings Volume 

VII will be launched on December 6in 

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might not use email, or could be interested 

in attending or buying books. 

Afew copies of each of Apron Strings I 

and II and PathFinders Iand II have been 

reprinted. 

The reprints are to fill back orders and 

to provide minimal stock. Somecopies of 

the 2024 book –Apron Strings III–are still 

in stock. 

Pricing for all books has been held at 

$50, pluspostage if required with profits 

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This sevenbook phase of the project is 

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After asuccessful season in 

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Christmas season. Denise Dent, who 

adapted the story for stage and 

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stepped up to the director’s role ,and, 

with afew changes, the cast are busily 

rehearsing again. 

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about goodness and the consequences 

of greed and selfishness. 

The characters are unforgettable. 

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By SHELLEY TOPP 

Rangiora multidisciplinary artist and 

designer Mel Eaton laid out an 

ambitious set of goals for herselfatthe 

start of the year. 

She planned to back her artwork by 

leaving her fulltime job working for a 

bathroom design company, establish an 

art gallery in Rangiora and have her first 

solo art exhibition. 

She ticked off the last of those three 

goals at last week’s opening night of her 

new exhibition Lighten Up at the 

Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre’s Art 

on the Quay Gallery. 

However, there have been other 

significant achievements during the 

year aswell, including hosting apacked 

opening night for Grant Davey’s popular 

Treasures of the AshleyRakahuri River 

photographic exhibition, at her new 

upstairs Fold Studio and Gallery in 

Rangiora. 

She also collaborated with 

Christchurch artist Margot Korhonen, to 

create the Cure Boating Club mural in 

Kaiapoi, and completed amural 

celebrating the 10year anniversary of 

Rangiora Borough School’s bilingual 

unit/ Ngā Rākau eRua. 

The Waimakariri Public Arts Trust has 

also recently commissioned her to 

create four artistic panels to be installed 

on the Williams Street Kaiapoi River 

bridge in the town’s central business 

district with money bequeathed by the 

late Harry Harper. 

The opportunity for Mel to holdher 

first solo exhibition came after an 

unexpected gap opened up in the Art on 

the Quay Gallery’s exhibition schedule. 

When the gallery's manager Jackie 

Wason contacted Mel to see if she would 

be interested in holding an exhibition 

during that time she was excited to take 

Special night ... Rangiora artist Mel Eaton 

with her partner Tim Moor during the 

opening of Mel’s first solo exhibition, 

Lighten Up. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

advantage of the opportunity. 

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bodies of work that play with illusion, 

nostalgia, humour and materiality. 

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creating artwork depicting an optical 

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McAlpines Mitre 10 MEGA 

Rangiora, in North Canterbury, is 

celebrating its 50th birthday. 

To mark its anniversary the 

store ran athree week sale with 

amajor prize of 25,000 

Airpoints Dollars for ashopper 

spending $50 or more. It ran 

alongside many amazing deals, 

and weekly giveaway prizes. 

Finn Manhine, of Oxford, was 

the lucky Airpoints winner, and 

is now looking forward to taking 

his wife, Jessica and children, 

Elliot, aged 7and Maeve, 5, on 

some international travel 

adventures. 

‘‘It’s going to be alot of fun 

spendingit,‘‘ Finn says. 

Alex Crighton ,the marketing 

coordinator for McAlpines Mitre 

10 Mega Rangiora handed over 

the oversized points award to the 

family late last week. 

Mitre 10 Mega, is apopular 

retailer and abig supporter of 

the community, sponsoring many 

causes. 

It is also one of North 

Canterbury’sbiggest employers 

and is steeped in history, 

beginninglife as aMitre 10 store 

in 1975 —the first Mitre 10 

franchise in the South Island. 

But its roots date back to 1924 

when George McAlpine and his 

son George, sawmillers from the 

West Coast of the South Island, 

came to Rangiora to see if there 

was amarket for timber. 

On arrival they discovered a 

busy rural country town, and on 

seeing atimber yard and coal 

business, promptly bought it. 

The following day they found 

the town desertedand,after 

making some enquiries, found 

the previous day wasmonthly 

market day and people from 

neighbouring ruralareas had 

been to town fortheir monthly 

supplies. 

This wasn’t adisincentive to 

the McAlpines whocarried on 

running theirnewly acquired 

business which over the years 

expanded to include builders’ 

hardware and wallboards within 

astore in Main Street, Rangiora. 

Limited by the availability of 

land in the main street, more 

land was bought two kilometres 

from the town centre in 

Southbrook, and the company 

began processing radiata pine for 

sale, sowing the seeds for athe 

home improvement, hardware, 

and gardencentre store i 

During atrip to the United 

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mid60’s, he saw the concept of 

one stop DIY and builders supply 

stores just outsidetown centres. 

Wanting to achieve this back 

home in New Zealand,hebought 

additional land at Southbrook 

and anew hardware and builders 

supply store wasbuilt totalling 

745 square metres, which 

commenced trading in 1975, 

signalling theend of the main 

streetbusiness. 

In 1975 it wasdecided to join 

Mitre 10. 

This effectivelymeant a 

greater range of products at 

competitive prices for customers. 

The store changed colour, signs 

went up and Mitre 10 became a 

reality in the district. 

Winners ... Alex Crighton ,the marketing coordinatorfor McAlpines Mitre 10 MegaRangiora (right) hands 

over the ‘cheque’ for 25,000Airpoints Dollars to the Manhine family ofOxford (from left) Jessica and Finn, 

Elliot (7) and Maeve (5). 


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At this time of year, alarge part of my 

vegetable patch is full, so my focusison 

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gaps to fit in afew more saladscrops. If 

you do have room though, here’s aguide 

to what you can get in the ground now. 

Melons and Squash 

Melons and squash thrive in the warmer 

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Eithersow seeds directly in the ground 

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being enough. Seedings are also in the 

shops now. 

Dwarf varieties grow well in tunnel 

houses or covered ares. 

Consider growing the small varieties 

up atrellis or along afence. Large 

melons need space and room to move, as 

the long stems grow in asimilarway to 

pumpkins and scramble alongthe 

ground. 

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they grow in asimilar way to tomatoes. 

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If you are struggling to find seed yams, 

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Allow about 1m between plants and 

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Patrolling Rangiora streets by bicycle 

ByJOHN COSGROVE 

CommunityPatrols NZ’sRangiora 

branch is taking their patrolling one 

step further —infact, they are now 

riding on the job. 

Last week, two members of the 

Rangiora CPNZ team decided to ride 

their bikes instead of walking, as they 

usually do during daylight hours. 

Ken Batchelor and Christine Norton 

say the option to cycle on their patrol 

aroundRangiora means they can get a 

bit fitter and see abit more of their town, 

at aslower pace than driving in the 

community patrol vehicle. 

‘‘Everybody’s stopping us forachat. 

It’s been avery positive experience 

meeting so many people of all ages as we 

cycle around Rangiora, and Ihope to 

continue it on for awhile longer,’’ 

73yearold Ken says. 

He started at CPNZ Rangiorathree 

years ago after moving up from Waimate 

to settle in Rangiora. 

‘‘On my first day here, someone broke 

awindow at my house, so Ithought there 

must be something Icould do to stopthis 

from happening to others. Ihad heard 

about the CPNZand decided to join 

them as apatroller.’’ 

He says it's nice and gentle work. 

‘‘You get agreat feeling about it as you 

are doing something to help othersin 

your community. You aren’t thereto 

arrest people —that's the job forthe 

police. What you are doing is helping 

them by keeping an eye on what’s 

happening in your own community. 

‘‘You do this from the comfort of the 

patrol vehicles, you don’t chase down 

people, it’s all about watching and 

noting what people are doing.’’ 

He says people of all ages come up and 

chat with them, and he is sure his 

presence is enough to make others take 

asecond thought about what they are 

planning ondoing. 

‘‘It’s surprising how many young 

peoplecomeand talk to us out on the 

streets,most kids we meet are well 

behaved.’’ 

Ken says he loves the day patrols 

through Rangiora’s CBD as it gives him 

the chance to meet shop owners. 

Christine Norton has also been with 

the Rangiora CPNZ for three years and 

believes the community patrols in 

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patrol in Pegasus, are all about being a 

visible deterrence to troublemakers. 

‘‘They see us there, driving around, 

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Paul Croft says that trendis 

especially evident in Streamside by 

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‘‘Particularly with the arrival of the 

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‘‘No longer one of New Zealand’s 

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That growth is also buoying the 

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Recently zoned as the regions latest 

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part of the latest development. 

Athird building, offeringfour new 

business premises, is due to begin 

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Darcy new amateur world kickboxing champ 

BySHELLEY TOPP 

Pegasus Bay School has anew amateur 

world kickboxing champion among its 

pupils. 

Darcy Shearer, aged nine, is the new 

K1 under 41kg seventonineyearold 

undisputed amateur world champion 

kickboxer. 

He won the title at the annual ISKA 

(International Sport Karate and 

Kickboxing Association) world 

championships held in Brisbane last 

month. 

The event drew 1300 competitors from 

15 countries, with 17 entries fromNew 

Zealand, including six from Rangiora’s 

Dragonz Den Kickboxing Gym where 

Darcy and one of his sisters, Ruby, aged 

16, train. 

Their sevenyearold sister, Indi, has 

now also taken up the sport. 

The siblings' father David Shearer, 

said Darcy’s kickboxing journey began 

after he was enrolled in amartial arts 

training programme. 

‘‘One of the coaches left and opened 

up akickboxing gym. 

‘‘Darcy went down and tried it. He 

really liked it and wanted to start 

training to fight,’’ David said. 

Now he is really passionate about the 

sport, training four times aweek. 

His coach Phil Morgan says Darcy has 

a‘‘huge future ahead of him’’ in the 

sport. 

‘‘He is that good we have had to put 

him up against the senior, more 

experienced kickboxers in training and 

he is doing exceptionally well,’’ Phil 

said. 

‘‘He decked an experiencedadult 

fighterwho has six or seven fights under 

his belt, with aperfectly timed kick. For 

somebody of Darcy’s age and sizetobe 

able to do that is quite exceptional. 

‘‘He is such anice, humble, wellmannered 

young boy too, with that big 

smile.’’ 

Darcywas the youngest of New 

Zealand'scompetitors atthe world 

championships. His family travelled to 

Brisbane with him for the event and a 

Brisbanebased uncle and his twin 

daughtersalso attended, so Darcy was 

‘‘stoked" to win the title in front of them. 

Ruby also competed at the event, 

finishing second in her grade. 

David said kickboxing was ‘‘an 

exciting sport for kids to be part of’’ 

because it provided fitness and fun, 

taught them discipline and how to focus, 

gave them apositive mindset and 

helped their confidence. 

Kickboxing also taught children how 

to defend themselves without using 

their skills to bully or hurt anyone. 

However, kickboxing was ``nervewracking 

for mum and dad to watch", he 

said. 

The Dragonz Den Kickboxing Gym, at 

46B Edwards Street is afamilyoriented 

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including: ‘‘Never use what you learn 

here to bully or harmothers, listen to 

your coaches, teachers and most 

importantly your family, live life with 

respect, honour confidence and 

integrity,’’ among others. 

Anyone interested in learning 

kickboxing can contact Phil on: 027 902 

2038. 

Number One ... Pegasus Bay School pupil 

Darcy Shearer, aged 9, at the ISKA 

(International Sport Karate and Kickboxing 

Association’s) World Championshipsin 

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Flower arranging with tea and scones 

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LEGO success ... Pegasus Bay Schoolpupils with their Unearthed LEGO Challenge 

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Island Champions’ Trophy awarded to them forthe overall best innovative and robotics 

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Alyssa Tily (12) and Tahlia Bradcock (12). Front row: Ben Jackman (13, right), Leo Jackman 

(12), Mia Morrison Davis (12), Jordan Thomson (11) and Izzie Coster (13). PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

LEGO champions 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

Agroup of Pegasus Bay School pupils 

have won the South IslandChampions’ 

Trophy duringthe Unearthed LEGO 

League Challenge. 

The challenge is an annual event 

where participants work on activities 

promoting science, technology, 

engineeringand mathematics skills 

with teamwork and creativity. 

The ultimate goal is to qualify for the 

final competition in Leipzig, Germany, 

next year. 

The trophy was awarded for the 

overall best innovative androbotics 

projects. 

The participating pupils, Robin 

Neave (aged 13), Arthur Jarzab (aged 

12), Corinne Mitchell (aged 12), Alyssa 

Tily (aged 12), Tahlia Bradcock (aged 

12), Ben Jackman (aged 13), Leo 

Jackman (aged 12), Mia Morrison Davis 

(aged 12), Jordan Thomson (aged 11) 

andIzzie Coster (aged 13) chose an 

archaeologicalthemed programme 

provided by the LEGO League to work 

on for the challenge during theirschool 

lunch breaks, for oneandahalf terms, 

andalsoduring school holidays. 

The teacher in charge of the project, 

Dan Perriam, said the team were also 

given ‘‘spark ideas’’ andchose a 

scenario that ‘‘members of an 

excavation team wanttoexplore 

nearby caves and account for changes 

in the landscape that occurred over 

time. How can the team use technology 

to create amodernday map of the cave 

and full site?’’ 

To help with their project the pupils 

met with aSouth African avocational 

paleontologist (fossils) Morne Wium, 

who is also asoftware engineer now 

living in Pegasus. 

Morne formerly owned asmall 

museum in Woodend where school 

classes would visit to learn about 

fossils found in North Canterbury. He 

spends alarge amount of his time 

looking for fossils and then donating 

the scientifically important ones to 

New Zealand museums. 

‘‘Science education is apassion of 

mine and Imake videos documenting 

my fossil hunts and preparations that I 

share on YouTube, TikTok, Facebook 

and Instagram.’’ 

The PegasusBay School pupils' 

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gave them an automatic invitation to 

take part in the next stage for the 

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November29. 

However they were unable to accept 

the invitation as costs to attend were 

not covered and the turnaround was 

too short to raise the money needed to 

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Levi McMaster started his Southern 

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The 13yearold Swannanoa School 

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He attended race meetings in Gore, 

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“awesome,” but he felt the way he 

finished the season, when winning the 

125 series, didn’t quite go the way he had 

wanted it to go. 

‘‘Levi had been battling Jaxon Church 

of Christchurch all season, and the pair 

went into the final with just three points 

separating them. 

‘‘Then, in the first race, Jaxon crashed 

heavily and broke both his wrists, 

ending his challenge. Jaxon's crash 

effectively handed the championship to 

Levi.’’ 

Ben Costello won the last three races 

with Levi in second place each time, but 

he had the points advantage andwas 

crowned the championship winner. 

Levi's younger brother, Nico,also had 

an incredible series racing up aclass in 

the 1216 85cc division, and he finished 

the series 5th overall. 

‘‘The boys are both having ashortrest 

period before they begin training for our 

next mission up north early next year,at 

the New Zealand MX Grand Prix in 

Woodville in late January. 

‘‘Levi gained valuable experience 

when he raced against older North 

Island riders at the NZMX Nationals 

NC RESULTS 

Rangiora Bridge Club 

Grey Pairs: North/South: 

Denise Lang/Sue McIlroy 1, 

Heather Waldron/Janice 

Pickering 2, Judy Bruerton/ 

Linda Hanham 3. East/West: 

Junette McIntyre/Janelle 

Crawley 1, Pam McAllister/ 

Veronica Hall 2, Cathy 

McPherson/Neil McPherson 

3. 

Summer Pairs:: N/S: Sue 

Solomons/Moody Shokry 1, 

Jenny Story/Peter Story 2, 

Tom Rose/Alison MacDonald 

3. E/W: Annette Caldwell/Gail 

Dunlop 1, Ann Blackie/Penny 

Fisher 2, Pat Green/Richard 

round 2, held in Balclutha at the same 

meeting as the Southern Series. There 

he scored two seconds and awin in the 

three races.” 

Cody says it was with kind thanks to all 

who had supported Levi and Nico this 

year,and he is proud of his boys’ 

accomplishments. 

The champ... Levi McMaster (13) with his 

two championship titles secured in the 2025 

Southern Series of Motocross. 

PHOTO:CODY MCMASTER 

Luisetti 3. 

Xmas Pairs: N/S: Kate 

Whitehead/Murray Messervy 

1, Denis Milne/David Barker 

2, Liz MacLean/Anne Bagrie 

3. E/W: Dawn Simpson/ 

Murray Davis and Alison 

MacDonald/Jill Midgley equal 

1, Ginny Russell/Moody 

Shokry 3. 

Xmas Pairs: N/S: Judith 

Driver/Jan Roose 1, Lynda 

Cameron/Marion Lomax 2, 

Robin Hassall/Sue McIlroy 3. 

E/W: Ken Fox/Jim Knight 1, 

Lyn Edwards/Dave Tocker 2, 

LouiseTanner/Janelle 

Crawley 3. 

Weedons looks to wrapupvictory 

CRICKET 

Weedons all but wrapped up 

the first roundofthe 

Canterbury Country premier 

club competition after 

comfortably accounting for 

Oxford lastSaturday. 

Oxford batted first totalling 

145 before Weedonsachieved 

the target for the loss of three 

wickets in the 21st over. 

The scrap for secondplace 

has intensified with Pleasant 

Point, Darfield and Ohoka 

separated by three points. 

Ohoka beat Darfield by three 

wickets chasingdown 165 in 

just35.5 overs, and Peninsula 

Harbour was too strong for 

Sefton,winningby58runs. 

Cheviot enjoyed playing at 

home accounting for Kaiapoi 

in alow scoring affair. 

Results 

Weedons149/3 beat Oxford 

145. 

Ohoka 168/6 beat Darfield 

165/9. 

Peninsula Harbour 250/9 beat 

Sefton 192/9 

Cheviot 108/2 beat Kaiapoi 

107. 

Pleasant Point abye 

Points after seven rounds 

Weedons 28, Pleasant Point 23, 

Darfield 21, Ohoka 20, 

Peninsula Harbour 15, Cheviot 

14, Sefton 9, Oxford 6, Kaiapoi 

2. 

Saturdays draw 

Ohoka vPeninsula Harbour 

Oxford vDarfield 

Pleasant Point vKaiapoi 

Sefton vCheviot.

RURAL LIFE 


Separationofurban, rural sought by Feds 

Separating rural and provincial 

governance from urban councils is the 

simplest andmost effective way to 

streamline local government, 

Federated Farmers says. 

‘‘Top marks to the Government for 

kicking off an overdue conversation 

about cutting back costs, duplication 

and decisionmaking roadblocks that 

plague our current 78 councils,’’ Sandra 

Faulkner, Feds local government 

spokesperson, says. 

With release of plans this week to 

abolish regional councils, the 

Government wants less bureaucracy 

and strengthened accountability. 

‘‘So does Federated Farmers," 

Faulkner says, "but we haveadifferent 

model that achieves those aims without 

the need to totally rewrite local 

government legislation. 

‘‘Spurred by rising rates, and a 

diminishingsay by rural communities 

in council matters,FederatedFarmers 

has given these issues agreat deal of 

thought over the last two decades. 

‘‘Our model would see adecrease in 

the total number of local authorities 

from 78 to fewer than half that.’’ 

New Zealand already has six unitary 

authorities councils that perform the 

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functions of both district/city and 

regional councils inAuckland, 

Gisborne, Marlborough, Nelson, 

Tasman and the Chatham Islands. 

‘‘They achieve the single layer of 

local government Ministers Bishop and 

Watts are striving for. 

‘‘But it doesn’t work optimally when 

city areas andrural hinterlands with a 

cluster of smaller towns are jammed in 

together under one council, Ms 

Faulkner says. 

‘‘Greater numbers of people live in 

cities. They have different needs, 

priorities and ways of interacting with 

theircouncil than people and business 

in rural areas. 

‘‘Cities can end up dominating 

unitary councils,and the ambitions of 

people in provincial towns and rural 

areas are sidelined.’’ 

Feds is suggesting aunitary structure 

that separates provincial and rural 

governance (regional government) from 

urban governance (municipal councils). 

Each council would take on current 

regional council responsibilities, and 

current regional councils would no 

longer exist as separate entities. 

Some areas have grasped the 

practicalityand advantages of this setup, 

and are already well down the track 

to taking it up. 

In Canterbury, eight councils could 

become three —aChristchurch City 

based municipal council and North and 

South regional councils, each taking on 

the functions currently done by 

Environment Canterbury. 

Federated Farmers agrees with the 

Government that decisions on future 

council structures should be driven 

locally, by elected representatives. 

‘‘But we see problems with 

completely removing current regional 

councillors and leaving it up to 

Combined Territories Boards (CTBs) of 

mayors to decide the future shape of 

councils. 

‘‘That’s alot of regional councillor 

experience walking out the door on the 

eve of the Government introducing its 

overhauled resource management 

legislation crucial to livelihoods and 

the environment. 

‘‘If voting on the CTBs is based on size 

of population represented by each 

mayor, it also risks rural and provincial 

concerns being sidelined," Faulkner 

says. 

Federated Farmers says there’s a 

lack of detail in the Government 

Achieving more with fewer dairy cows 

New Zealand dairy farmers are achieving 

more with fewer cows, shown through 

record milk production per cow and 

continuedgenetic progress. 

The total milksolids production rose 2.9 

per cent in 2024/25 to 1.94 billion 

kilograms, despite a0.5 per cent fall in cow 

numbers to 4.68 million. 

The latest New Zealand Dairy Statistics 

2024/25, released by DairyNZ and 

Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC), 

show the lift was driven by recordhigh 

productivity per cow, with the average cow 

producing 414 kilograms of milksolids, 

which is up 14kg from last season. 

DairyNZ chief executive Campbell 

Parker says the results reflect farmers 

strong focus on performance and 

adaptability despitearange of challenges 

over the past few years. 

Farmers continue to focus on doing 

things smarter and driving productivity, 

including managing their herds more 

efficiently, improving feed use, and 

leveraging science and technology to lift 

production per cow, while also responding 

to higher milk prices last season, says 

Campbell. The trend toward efficiency 

and innovation is keeping NZ dairy 

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discussion papers about future delivery 

of functions currently done by regional 

councils. 

‘‘The likes of flooding, drainage 

scheme and emergency management 

are lifeline tasks. 

‘‘We can’t just throw loose ideas at the 

wall on future delivery in the hope 

something sticks.’’ 

Some existing regional council 

boundaries are too big to be governed 

by just one unitary council, Faulkner 

says. 

‘‘We think there’s also room for 

catchment boards and community 

boards to take up specialised roles and 

preserve local input.’’ 

Faulkner says the model Federated 

Farmers is suggesting would be a 

smoother transition to the streamlined 

and efficient sector the Government 

and New Zealanders are looking for. 

‘‘Again, congratulations to the 

Government for sparking these overdue 

conversations. 

‘‘Federated Farmers and rural 

communities are champing at the bit to 

be involved in landing astructure that 

preserves strong local democracy and 

accountability, is futurefit and less 

costly.’’ 

Top cuts of 

velvet to 

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Top cuts of velvet will be on 

display in Oxford tomorrow night 

(Friday, December 2). 

The heads of velvet will be 

competing in the annual Oxford 

A&P Show Association 

competition. 

The competition has been run 

for more than 30 years and caters 

for local velvet growers in the 

district classes. 

It attracts entries from across 

Canterbury for the Open Wapiti, 

Red and Elk classes. 

Additional Commercial class — 

Commercial heavy5kg and over, 

and Commercial light under 5kg. 

Judging is on the night at 

7.30pm, with entries accepted at 

the A&P rooms from 6.30pm until 

7.15pm. 

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competition please ring Tim 

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Thishomeblendsdesignerstyle with smartsustainability, allset againstbreathtakingviews 

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Loburn 109 Henrys Ford Road 

Kaiapoi 123 OhokaRoad 

Privacy, views, andsheds! 

Set on 4hadown apeaceful, private road, this impressive lifestyle 

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outstanding sheds, and amodern familyhomedesigned forcomfort 

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contemporarythree-bedroom, two-bathroom home combines style 

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3 2 2 1 

Deadline Sale closes Wednesday10th 

December, 2025 at 3.00pm, (unless 

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Leigh Miller 

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Large garaging, privacy &location 

Sunny, solid, and superblypositioned,thisbrick three-bedroom home 

offers unbeatablevalue forfirst-home buyers, downsizers, or investors. 

Set on alarge, privatesection, there'splentyofroom for kids, pets, 

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3 1 1 1 

For Sale Buyers $610,000+ 

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Rangiora 36 Kowhai Avenue 

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Sunny, safe &superblylocated 

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seekingcomfort, convenience, andapeaceful park-sideoutlook. 

3 1 1 1 2 

Deadline Sale closes Wednesday10th December, 2025 at 

3.00pm, (unless sold prior) 

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Rangiora 31 Kingsbury Avenue 

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Effortless everyday convenience! 

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3 2 2 

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Rangiora 28 Chesterfield Place 

Ohoka 2Keetly Place 

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3 2 2 2 

Deadline Sale closes Wednesday10th 

December, 2025 at 4.00pm, (unless 

sold prior) 



Aaron Clark 

M 027 873 5121 

Anna Pethig 

M 027 913 4909 

Ablooming good home! 

This timeless Oamarustone home perfectly blends classicstyle, easy 

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4 2 2 2 

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Leithfield 7JohnLeith Place 

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For Sale Buyers $975,000+ 



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Wednesday17 th December by phoneand displayedonour Facebook page.Additional entryformscan be found on our 

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Boundary lines are indicativeonly 

Clarkville 27 Island Road 

Entry to Clarkville -two hectares 

•Situated just20minutes fromChristchurch and close to Silverstreamand Kaiapoi, the property has prime 

accessibility withoutlosing its ruralfooting. 

•Constructedfrom solid brick and recently updated with newcarpet, the home offersthreedouble bedrooms plus 

afourth single or study. The kitchen,diningand spaciousloungeform the home’ssocial hub, providing a 

functional basewith scopetofurther enhance. 

•Outside, the land moves into working mode with fertile paddocks ready forstock or horses. Adouble garage, 

double carport and outbuildingssupport practicallifestyle needs,while council water and aprivate bore ensure a 

reliable supply. 

bayleys.co.nz/5528982 

3 1 1 2 

DeadlineSale (unless soldprior) 

1pm, Wed 10 Dec 2025 

251-253 High Street, Rangiora 

View 1.30-2pm Sun 7Dec 

Jack Pringle 027 533 4820 

jack.pringle@bayleys.co.nz 

George Pringle 027 726 4912 

WHALAN ANDPARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSEDUNDER THEREA ACT2008 

Kaiapoi 29/261 Lees Road 

Architectural livingatthe water’sedge 

•Occupying apremierwaterfront positioninThe Lakes, thisarchitectural home transforms2,355sqm into a 

showcase of scale andoutlook-led design. Immaculately presented and low maintenance, it epitomises the 

quality and refinement of this gatedcommunity. 

•Spanning 345sqm, thelayout includes twoliving spaces, four bedrooms, three bathrooms andtriplegaraging. 

Mastersuitesonboth levels provide flexibility, while the open-plankitchen, dining and lounge flowtoadeck and 

water feature. Upstairs, asecond loungeand balcony createanidealfamily retreat. 

•Close to reserves, walking tracks, Kaiapoiand the golfcourse, this home balances space, ease and exceptional 

setting. 


4 2 3 3 


1pm, Wed 10 Dec 2025 


View 1.45-2.15pm Sun 7Dec 


jack.pringle@bayleys.co.nz 

George Pringle 027 726 4912 


bayleys.co.nz

NEW LISTING 

Rangiora 50 Kowhai Avenue 

Unwrap your new home this Christmas 

Offers invited over $630,000 

Move quickly to makethis charming Rangiora home yours forChristmas. Ideally located near the Warehouse 

precinct, this spacious 1980spropertyoffers three generous bedrooms, flexible livingand an updated open-plan 

kitchenand dining area. The sunny living roomwith alow-emissionlog burner opens to the patio for easyindoor 

outdoor flow. Additional featuresinclude afamilybathroom, internal laundry, twoheatpumps, aheat transfer 

system and double garaging withaworkspace. Thefully fenced section provides privacy and asafe area for 

childrenand pets. With shops and cafésclose by,this isasmart, comfortable choice in agreatlocation. 


3 1 1 2 


12pm, Thu 18 Dec 2025 


View 1-1.30pm Sun 30 Nov 

Anna Bray 027 320 7457 

Dean Pugh 027 335 6303 

Alicia Lonsdale 027 428 0345 


Rangiora 1RicktonPlace 

Roomfor Mum, Dad, Grandparents andthe kids 

Awhole lot of house with 400sqmfloorareaand everybit of it built forfamily living.The grand entrance sets the 

tone, offeringreal space in aleafy,established setting justmoments from the heart of Rangiora. Four large living 

areas floweasily, there'sroom here for gatherings,play, andquiet moments alike flowingout to generous paved 

terrace and manicured garden setting.Upstairs, two master suites givefamilies flexibility -one with afull ensuite, 

theother withatwo-way bathroom -plus an additional bedroom.Every bathroom has been modernised including 

underfloor heating. Downstairs,aguest orfamily bedroomincludes its own ensuite, walk-in robe,and direct garden 

access. Aseparate powder room adds everyday convenience. Our instructions arevery clear with each and every 

offer to be submitted as the trusteesdemand asale. 

bayleys.co.nz/5529040 

4 4 3 2 


12pm, Wed 10 Dec2025 


View Sun 12.45-1.15pm 

Lance Farrant 021 419815 l.farrant@bayleys.co.nz 

AaronLaing 027 747 2833 

aaron.laing@bayleys.co.nz 


bayleys.co.nz

Boundary lines areindicative only 

Swannanoa 19 Wards Road 

Anestablished start toSwannanoa 

•This4,103sqm Swannanoa property offers anideal lifestyle entry, combining family-sized space with established, 

well-maintainedgrounds. 

•The 260sqm single-level homeisbuilt for easy living, featuring three flexible living areas, four bedroomsincluding 

amasterwith ensuite and walk-in robe, plus astudy. Afulllaundryand internal-access double garage with athird 

toilet add convenience. 

•Outdoor living is effortless with aspacious terrace and apergola-covered deck set within thegardens. 

•Walking distance to MandevilleVillageandaneasycommute to Rangiora, Kaiapoi, and Christchurch, this 

propertyblends land,location, andliveability. 

bayleys.co.nz/5529045 

4 3 3 2 

Deadline Sale (unlesssold prior) 

1pm, Tue9Dec 2025 


View 2.30-3pm Sun 7Dec 

Mark Pringle 027 4333334 

mark.pringle@bayleys.co.nz 



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Experience the auction event of2026, partner with Bayleys to 

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FORSALE 

Riverside, Rangiora 

Enjoythe very best of what Rangiora has to offer with 

Riverside. Aboutique collection ofsections with asemi rural 

feel just afew minutes drive from downtown Rangiora! With 

an excellent selection of aspects and sizes this could be the 

perfect place for your next project. 

Titles are expected by Feb/March 2026 and ourdeveloperis 

keen to talkwith genuine buyers! 

raywhitemorrisandco.co.nz/RAN31581 

Ray WhiteMorris &CoRealEstate Limited Licensed(REAA 2008) 

ForSale 

View 

by appointment 

Stuart Morris 

027 422 6395 

stuart.morris@raywhite.com 

Daph O'Rourke 

027 883 7993 

daph.orourke@raywhite.com 

Open Home 

Open Home 

FORSALE 

46 Tiritiri Moana Drive, Pegasus 

4A2B2L2J730F 

FORSALE 

2A Archer Place, Rangiora 

3A1K1B1L2J 

This stunning lakefront property 

is an absolute showstopperperfectly 

positioned tomaximise 

breathtakingviews in every 

direction. Capturing expansive 

north-facing reservevistas and 

magical western lake sunsets, 

this home offers arare and 

remarkable opportunity! 

ForSale 

$1,495,000 

View 

Sunday3.00-3.30pm 

Stuart Morris 

027 4226395 


Daph O'Rourke 

027883 7993 


Anyway you look at it, this isa 

diamond in the rough, aneedle 

in ahaystack, and aproperty 

you'll regret missing out on! 

Positioned in an exceptionally 

popular location and surrounded 

by other qualityhomes, our 

owners made the call to sell - 

and there's no turning back. 

ForSale 

View 

Saturday12.00-12.30pm 

Stuart Morris 

027 422 6395 


Daph O'Rourke 

027 8837993 



RayWhiteMorris &CoReal Estate LimitedLicensed (REAA 2008) 


RayWhite Morris &CoReal Estate Limited Licensed (REAA 2008)

RURAL | LIFESTYLE | RESIDENTIAL 

OPEN HOME 

NEW LISTING 

RANGIORA 34 KensingtonAvenue 

Location &Motivation Are The Keys 

Warm, sunny four-bedroom home in Rangiora’s 

sought-after northwest. Approx. 213sqm on 709sqm 

section.Master with en suite andpatio access; 

spacious kitchen flows to diningwith bi-fold doors to 

sheltered patio andgarden.Separate lounge, family 

bathroom,double garage with internal access.Double 

glazing,heat pump, gasfirefor year-roundcomfort. 

Secure backyard ideal for kids and pets. Closeto 

schools,parks,shops, and30kmtoChristchurch 

Airport. Ownersdownsizing—early viewing 

recommended! 

4 2 2 

DEADLINE PRIVATE TREATY 

(UnlessSold Prior) 

Closes 2.00pm,Thursday 11 December 

VIEW 1.30-2.00pm, Sun 30 November 

Bruce Hoban 

M 027 588 8889 

E bhoban@pggwrightson.co.nz 

RANGIORA 89 White Street 

AWhopper in White Street! 

Freshly painted withnew flooring and kitchen, this 

spaciousfive-bedroom,two-bathroom home is ready 

for Christmas! Enjoy asunnynorth-facing lounge 

flowing to aconservatoryand easy-care grounds. 

Large kitchen with pantry, 900mmstove, dishwasher, 

and breakfastbar. Master andsecondbedroom 

downstairs plus lounge; threebedrooms and 

bathroom upstairs. Three heat pumpsfor year-round 

comfort. Double garage with workshop,off-street 

parking.Close to Rangiora shops,parks, and top 

schools. 

5 2 2 

ENQUIRIES OVER $729,000 

VIEW By Appointment Only 

Nick Rattanong 

M 027 308 5280 

E nrattanong@pggwrightson.co.nz 

pggwre.co.nz/RAN42628 

pggwre.co.nz/RAN42729 

OPEN HOME 

OPEN HOME 

AMBERLEY 15 Johnson Avenue 

Space, Sunlight, and Serenity 

Discoverthe perfect opportunity in Amberley’s soughtafter 

Oakfields Subdivision! This 2020-built, 217sqm 

home sits on a700sqmeasy-caresectionand boastsa 

light-filled, functional layout. Enjoyopen-plan living 

with awalk-in pantry, asemi-separate lounge, and 

seamless indoor-outdoor flow to asunny north-facing 

patio. Featuring three spacious bedrooms, including a 

primary suite with walk-in wardrobeand en suite, plus 

double garage with attic storage. Fully fenced, lowmaintenancegrounds 

and ample parkingcomplete 

the package—close to local amenities! 

3 2 2 

OFFERS OVER $830,000 

CONSIDERED 

VIEW 2.15-2.45pm, 

Sunday 7December 

Maria Rickerby 

M 027 563 1733 

E mrickerby@pggwrightson.co.nz 

Ruby Burney 

M 027 312 3533 

E ruby.burney@pggwrightson.co.nz 

AMBERLEY 55 Douglas Road 

Warm, Welcoming and Spacious 

Meticulously maintained andnorth-facing,this 

spaciousAmberley homeisperfect forfamily living. 

Enjoy open-plan spaces with agourmetkitchen, lightfilled 

dining, andbi-fold doors to acovered patio for 

year-roundentertaining. Asecondlounge with diesel 

burner offers acosyretreat, while the primary suite 

boasts an en suite, walk-inwardrobe, and private 

patio. Three additional bedrooms,doublegarage, 

workshop, and fully fenced backyard complete the 

package. Close to Amberley Domainand local 

amenities—this is lifestyle andconvenience combined! 

4 2 2 

OFFERS OVER $800,000 

CONSIDERED 

VIEW 10.30-11.00am, 

Sunday 7December 

Maria Rickerby 

M 027 563 1733 

E mrickerby@pggwrightson.co.nz 

Ruby Burney 

M 027 312 3533 

E ruby.burney@pggwrightson.co.nz 

pggwre.co.nz/AMB42318 

pggwre.co.nz/AMB42582 

PGG Wrightson Real Estate Limited, licensedunder REAA 2008 

71 High Street,RANGIORA 

73 Carters Road,AMBERLEY 

Phone: 03 313 0610 

Email:rangiora@pggwre.co.nz 

Helping growthe country 

Formoregreat listings,visitwww.pggwre.co.nz

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Forgenuinely 

friendlyreal 

estateservice 

Call Aaron today! 

Aaron Clark 

Residential &Lifestyle Sales Consultant 

M 027 873 5121 P 03 313 8022 

aaronc@pb.co.nz 

Now 

Selling 

Closed Tender 

4pm 15th December 2025 

Contact 

Jeremy Kelleher 027 873 5722 

Download 

Property Information www.kelleher.co.nz 

Arare 6,150sqm (more or less) undeveloped landholding beside Silverstream, offering 

developers and home builders an outstanding potential for future medium to high 

density living. Contact us today. 

Boundary lines are indicative only. Licensed REA Act. 

71 

Adderley Terrace 

Kaiapoi 

$12,500 +GST Flat Fee * No Upfront Costs No Sale, No Fee 

Herecomes 

thesunwithh 

Kirstynand 

Monteiths 

List in 2025,and on asuccessful 

sale with Kirstynreceivea$100 

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to celebrate your move! 

13 PagetDrive, Woodend 

Free Photos and Video 

Free ad in the NC News 

No Upfront Costs 

No Sale, No Fee 

Kirstyn Barnett 

021 312 230 

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*T&C’s apply.List &sell at standardcommission. 

Valid if listed by 31/12/25.Voucher given on 

settlement and only valid with Kirstyn Barnett 

Space, Sunshineand Privacy 

Discoverthe perfect familyretreat in this spacious, sun-filled five-bedroom 

homedesigned for comfortand relaxed living. Step into the beautifully 

updatedkitchen, complete with agas hob, extra large oven, and breakfast 

bar,ideal for busy mornings or entertaining friends.The kitchenflows 

seamlessly into the open-plan dining andliving area. 

5 2 2 

By Negotiation 

View: 12:30pm -1pm Sun 7th Dec 

268m 2 

KirstynBarnett 

021312 230 

809m2 

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ECanbracingfor Crate Day 

By DAVIDHILL, 


Canterbury Regional Council staff are 

bracing for ‘‘Crate Day’’ on Saturday. 

Crate Day, which is held on the first 

Saturday in December, sees people in 

their fourwheeldrives, spend the day 

drinking with friends on local riverbeds 

and beaches. 

Canterbury’s braided rivers are home to 

some of the world’s rarest birds and 

nesting season is well under way. 

Environment Canterbury parks team 

leader Karen Elliott said nests of species 

suchasthe wrybill, blackfronted tern 

(tarapiroe) and the blackbilled gull 

(tarapuka) are camouflaged and almost 

invisible to the human eye. 

‘‘We want people to enjoy summer and 

enjoy their rivers, just pick your spot with 

care. These populations of birds are 

particularly vulnerablethis season, with 

flooding already disturbing and, in some 

cases, wiping outnests, along withchicks 

and eggs. We need to respect the rivers and 

give wildlife the space they need to survive 

and thrive.’’ 

Solar farm consents approved by ECan 

By DAVID HILL, 


SHOW HOME GUIDE /NEWS 


Aproposed North Canterburysolar farm 

received resource consentsinOctober, 

despite a700signature petition from 

concerned residents. 

Environment Canterbury (ECan) issued 

Far NorthSolar Farm Ltdwitharesource 

consent for stormwater discharges and a 

land use consent for excavations over an 

aquifer. 

The company is planning to build a 

181ha solar farm near Waipara, north of 

Amberley. 

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51 

The consents were not notified, despite 

residents presenting a700signature 

petition to ECan in August calling for the 

council to publicly notify any consent 

application. 

ECan said the consents were not notified 

as any adverse effects on the environment 

were considered to be minor and achieved 

‘‘the purpose of the Resource Management 

Act’’. 

Far North Solar Farm Ltd has also 

applied to the Hurunui District Council for 

resource consents, with hearings set down 

for February 2to5.Atotal of 158 

submissions have been received. 

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What’s happening in your 

community... 

Are YouPreparedfor aWildfire? 

As summer approaches, Waimakariri District Council 

is reminding residents that wildfire risk is real, and 

preparation iskey. 

Waimakariri has seen enough wildfires inrecent years to 

know that afire can start atany time. The significant fire 

in Loburn in January 2024 shows just how quickly things 

can get out ofcontrol during ahot and dry summer. 

You don’t need to live rurally to be at risk from wildfire. 

The fires atPegasus Beach and Pines Beach in recent 

years show that ifthere’s vegetation close byand 

potential for someone togenerate aspark, then there’s 

awildfire risk. 

In New Zealand, 97% of wildfires are caused by people, 

but you can doyour part tominimise the risk. 

Practicalsteps to reduce theriskoffireon 

your property 

Grass: Keep grass short, watered and green during the 

summer months. 

Gutters: Keep gutters and areas around decks clear of 

dead leaves, debris and pine needles. 

Flammable material: Don’t store flammable material 

under oragainst your house ordeck (including 

flammable doormats). 

Plants and vegetation: Remove highly flammable 

plants close toyour home and other buildings on your 

property. Ifyou have vegetation against your house, 

consider removing it or replacing plants with less 

flammable species. 

Wildfires move quickly. Ifyou can see the smoke or 

flames from awildfire and you feel unsafe, don’t wait for 

an official warning toleave. Call 111 if your life orproperty 

is threatened, oryou can’t evacuate onyour own. 

Visit fireandemergency.nz or getready.govt.nz to find 

more practical advice for wildfire preparedness. 

Oxford Pool is Open forSummer 

Summer’shereand theOxfordCommunity AquaticCentre 

is open forthe season.There’s afour-lane,25m lappool 

with easy access ramp,aswellasasmallerlearners’ pool 

with atoddler standfor youngerswimmers. 

Oursummerprogrammesand activities forOxfordinclude: 

• Lane swimming 

• Schools swimming lessons 

• Learn to swim and water safety programme 

• Aquarobics classesfrom8.45amonThursdays. 

Oxford Pool is open from 8.30am–6.30pm, Monday to 

Friday, and 10am–7pm on weekends and public holidays. 

The pool will stay open until mid-March. 

Want to take the kids somewhere closer to the beach? 

The Waikuku Paddling Pool at Waikuku Domain isalso 

open for the summer season. 

The paddling pool features agraduated depth and 

several water features to keep the young and young 

at heart entertained. Itisfree touse and while our 

Aquatics staff maintain it daily, it is not lifeguarded. 

Visit waimakariri.govt.nz/aquatics to find outmoreabout 

ouraquatic facilities, includingoperating hoursand fees. 

SummerReading Challenge 

2025/2026 

Questfor 

theQuill 

Join the Quest for the Quill and collect 

your Summer Reading Challenge Booklet 

from your local library this summer. 

Choose acharacter and complete their 

challenges to help defeat the Dreaditor 

and recover The Quill! 

Thechallengerunsfrom1December 2025 

to 25 January2026. 

Find OutMore 

waimakaririlibraries.com 

Clean 

Clean pizza boxes 

without food scraps 

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go in your yellow 

recycling bin. 

Dirty 

Dirty pizza boxeswith 

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on them go in your red 

rubbishbin or bag. 

Journey tothe West 

-A Traveller'sCollection 

14 Dec- 20 Jan 

NEED FUNDING 

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COMMUNITY 

PROJECT? 

Your Community Boardcan support 

your projectwithgrant funding. 

Applicationforms andgrant criteria are 

availableonlineorfromany CouncilService 

Centre.For more informationabout funding 

visitthe Councilwebsite. 

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waimakariri.govt.nz/communitygrants 

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December 2025 Meeting Dates 

2December 

9.30am 


7.30pm 


6.00pm 


9.30am 

Council meeting (Presentations) 

CouncilChambers, Amberley 

HurunuiCommunity Committee 

WaikariHall 

Cheviot Community Committee 

CheviotLibrary/Service Centre 

Operations Committee 

Council Chambers,Amberley 

10 December Hurunui TourismBoard 

11.00am Council Chambers,Amberley 

10 December SouthWardCommunity Board 

7.00pm CouncilChambers, Amberley 

11 December Hanmer SpringsThermal Pools 

9:00am andSpa Management Committee 

ThermalPoolsBoardroom 

15 December Hanmer SpringsCommunity Board 

1.00pm TheGallery,HanmerSprings Library 

16 December Councilmeeting 

9:30am Council Chambers,Amberley 

ROAD STOPPING PROPOSAL 

Proposed Stopping of Road 

Part of Adderley Terrace, Kaiapoi 

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to 

Section 342(1)(a) of the Local Government Act 1974 

andthe Tenth Schedule thereto the WaimakaririDistrict 

Council proposes to stop the road described inthe 

scheduletothis notice. 

SCHEDULE 

Canterbury Land District 

PUBLIC NOTICES 


Description: 145m 2 adjoining Lot 1000 DP 616097 (RT 

1236668); shown as Section 1onSOPlan 615196 (part 

AdderleyTerrace);and 

Description: 396m² adjoining Lot 1000 DP 616097 

(RT 1236668); shown as Section 2onSO615196 (part 

Adderley Terrace) 

The road when stopped will be transferred to the 

adjoining owner and amalgamated with theirland which 

is held in Record of Title 1236668. 

Acopy of SO Plan 615196 is available for inspection at 

the office of the Waimakariri 

District Council, 215 High Street, Rangiora, during 

normal office hours. 

Any person objecting to this proposal is called upon 

to lodge an objection in writing addressed toAmber 

Underwood at The Property Group Limited, PO Box 

7240, 

Christchurch 8240 on or before9January 2026. 

JeffMillward 

Chief Executive 

Waimakariri District Counci 

2744928 


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HASKINS Donald (Don) 

Sheila and family wish 

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By DAVID HI L, 


It was hailed as a ‘onestop shop ’ to 

make it quicker and easier to build 

major projects when it pa sed into law 

last December. 

But none of the five North Canterbury 

projects included in the Government’s 

Fasttrack A provals Act have 

progre sed beyond being ‘listed ’ 

projects in the fasttrack proce s. 

They were among 149 projects listed 

in the legislation. 

In astatement released last w ek, 

Infrastructure Minister Chris Bishop 

and Regional Development Minister 

Shane Jones said around 50 of the 149 

projects had lodged substantive 

a plications with the Environmental 

Protection Authority (EPA), since the 

a provals regime was established in 

February. 

Of those, none have b en a proved so 

far, with the first eight expected to be 

signed o f by the end of the year. 

Proposed housing developments at 

Ōhoka, W odend and west Rangiora 

were listed in the legislation, along with 

the W odend Bypa s and the Amuri 

I rigation Company Ltd’s Balmoral 

water storage facility and fish scr en. 

An EPA spokesperson has confirmed 

none of the five North Canterbury 

projects have lodged substantivefasttrack 

a plications. 

Developers of alisted projectcan 

a ply to the EPA where an ‘expert 

panel’ wi l a se s the projectand 

consult with ‘directly a fected groups ’. 

Panel convenors determine theextent 

of the consultation, meaning the is no 

guarant e local communities wi l have a 

say. 

Thereisnotimeframe for alisted 

projec to lodge an a plication, the 

spokesperson said. 

When the project list was a nounced 

in October last year, Mr Bishop pointed 

the fingeratcouncils for creating the 

housing crisis. 

‘Speaking in general terms, councils 

have contributed to our housing crisis 

by being overly picky about where 

houses can be built, ’ he said a the time. 

TheW odend and west Rangiora 

developments have since b en included 

in thenew WaimakaririDistrict Plan 

adopted last month, meaningtheymay 

not n ed to be fasttracked. 

Amuri I rigation Company 

chairperson DavidCroft said the 

company anticipated aresource consent 

would be grantedbyEnvironment 

Canterbury (ECan) in the next few 

months,after it was lodged in2023. 

‘It l oks like the normal consenting 

proce s wi l be faster. In some waysit 

wouldbethe ideal situation because 

everybody hashad the chancetohave 

their say in asystem theyare familiar 

with. ’ 

A$20m loan from the Government’s 

RegionalInfrastructure Fund was 

a nounced earlier thismonth for the 

Balmoral water storage project. 

The proposed Ōhoka development 

was rejected from the District Plan, 

after aprivateplan change requestwas 

rejected by an independent 

commi sioner in November 2023. 

It is sti l subjec to an Environment 

Court a peal. 

An Environment Courtspokesperson 

said the a pe lant, CarterGroup, has 

b en directed to advise the court by 

August 2 ‘how orwhether it intends to 

proc ed ’. 

Waimakariri District Council 

development pla ning manager Ma t 

Baconsaid underthe new District Plan, 

the site of the proposed Ohoka 

development is zonedrura lifestyle. 

It mean the farmland could be subdivided 

into 4ha lots, but not into an 

850home development as proposed. 

Carter Group was contacted for 

comment but areply hadnot b en 

received by the time the North 

Canterbury News wen to print. 

Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency 

hasb en completing geotech reports as 

it continuesscopingworkfor the 

proposed W odend Bypa s. 





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