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Clarity on after<br />

hours sought<br />

By DAVID HILL,<br />

Local Democracy Reporter<br />

The community needs clarity<br />

around when anew Rangiora<br />

after hours medical facility will<br />

be built, says Waimakariri MP<br />

Matt Doocey.<br />

The Associate Health<br />

Minister welcomed news South<br />

Link Health Group has<br />

obtained aconsent to build a<br />

new medical centre at the<br />

Rangiora Health Hub on<br />

Ashley Street.<br />

But the not­for­profithealth<br />

provider has yet to announce<br />

when the build will start or set<br />

atimeframe for its completion.<br />

The Ministry of Health<br />

entered into an agreement with<br />

South Link Health Group in<br />

<strong>20</strong>21, following apetition<br />

calling for after hours<br />

healthcare being presented to<br />

the former <strong>Canterbury</strong>District<br />

Health Board (CDHB) two<br />

years earlier.<br />

‘‘It is now time the<br />

community got some clarity for<br />

when construction will start,<br />

and when it will open because<br />

the community has been<br />

waiting for along time,’’ Mr<br />

Doocey says.<br />

ASouth Link Health Group<br />

spokesperson says the provider<br />

has been busy completing the<br />

merger of two medical<br />

practices and ‘‘future proofing’’<br />

the operation ahead of building<br />

the new medical centre.<br />

Now known as Rangiora<br />

Medical, the practice will<br />

continue to operate from two<br />

locations, Good Street and<br />

Victoria Street, until the new<br />

facility opens.<br />

In the meantime,<br />

recruitment of medical<br />

professionals remains a<br />

challenge, the spokesperson<br />

said.<br />

‘‘There just isn’t enough GPs<br />

to go around,’’ she says. ‘‘We<br />

are in agood position of being<br />

anot­for­profit, which is areal<br />

point of difference for us. But it<br />

doesn’t make it any easier.’’<br />

Mr Doocey says the<br />

Government increased funding<br />

in Budget <strong>20</strong>24 for the training<br />

of GPs. It will allow for more<br />

places at the Auckland and<br />

Otago University medical<br />

schools, while anew medical<br />

school was opening at Waikato<br />

University ‘‘with afocus on<br />

serving rural and regional New<br />

Zealand’’.<br />

Waimakariri Mayor Dan<br />

Gordon says he is keeping in<br />

regular contact with South<br />

Link Health Group and hopes<br />

to hear an update soon.<br />

‘‘The new centre, which<br />

received abuilding consent last<br />

month, will mean our residents<br />

have access to extended hours<br />

of medical care as well as hightech<br />

imaging radiology right<br />

here in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>.<br />

‘‘This project is the result of<br />

huge investment and<br />

commitment from South Link<br />

Health Group, Pacific<br />

Radiology and the local GPs.<br />

There is no doubt Rangiora<br />

Medical has faced its fair share<br />

of setbacks, but the passion and<br />

dedication from those involved<br />

in this project has been<br />

unwavering.’’<br />

South Link Health Group,<br />

which is anetwork of 26<br />

medical practises, is<br />

responsible for funding and<br />

constructing the new facility. It<br />

will include full radiology<br />

services (ultrasound, CT and<br />

MRI scans), GP services, a<br />

pharmacy, and urgent after<br />

hours healthcare.<br />

LDR is local body journalism<br />

co­funded by RNZ and NZ On<br />

Air.<br />

Good as new ... Teddy bear restorer Suzanne Irvine with Old Ted and the photo of her grandmother Florence<br />

Fransden receiving him as apresent in 1917.<br />

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />

Bringing teddys back to life<br />

By JOHN COSGROVE<br />

In an old black and white photo<br />

dating from 1917, an eight­yearold<br />

girl happily shows off her new<br />

British teddy bear.<br />

Over 100 years later it has<br />

helped build the foundation of a<br />

teddy bear hospital in Kaiapoi.<br />

The young girl was Kaiapoi<br />

resident Suzanne Irvine’s<br />

grandmother Florence Fransden,<br />

and for over 107 years ‘‘OldTed’’<br />

the teddy bear has been watching<br />

over generations of the Irvine<br />

family.<br />

The care of Old Ted over the<br />

years inspired the former CTV<br />

camerawoman to start her Teddy<br />

Bear Hospital.<br />

Afew years ago she started<br />

making and repairing teddy bears<br />

part­time, but her love for<br />

repairing and restoring old<br />

heritage bears saw her opening<br />

the teddybearhospital.co.nz.<br />

The mohair British Teddy Bear<br />

was made by the Terry Toy<br />

Company in East London and had<br />

travelled to a<strong>Canterbury</strong> toy shop<br />

sometime before 1914.<br />

In 1917 he was purchased by<br />

some of Florence’s family<br />

members who bought him to aid<br />

in her recovery from anear­fatal<br />

bout of illness and athree month<br />

stay in hospital.<br />

When the photo was taken in<br />

1917, three of her brothers went<br />

off to WW1, never to return.<br />

‘‘Old Ted sat on asmall chair in<br />

the lounge of the family home on<br />

Moorhouse Ave.<br />

‘‘My dad was an only child and<br />

he wasn’t allowed to play with<br />

him, and neither were we ever<br />

allowed to touch him.<br />

‘‘That’s why he was in such good<br />

condition, as he just sat there, out<br />

of the sun,’’ Suzanne says.<br />

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The excitement, drama and<br />

unpredictability of live theatre came into<br />

play at the final rehearsal of Rangiora<br />

High School’s latest theatrical production<br />

We Will Rock You.<br />

Technical issues delayed the start of<br />

the rehearsal and performers quickly<br />

learnt that even the softest backstage<br />

whisper will be picked up by the live<br />

microphones they all wear.<br />

But oncethe show got under way one<br />

thing became clear.<br />

This musical is no amateur high school<br />

production.<br />

It is aslick, polished, highly enjoyable<br />

show that could easily run in acity<br />

theatre and the talented young<br />

performers in it are stars in the making<br />

with abright future in theatre if they<br />

choose.<br />

The show’s co­producer Bex McLean,<br />

who is director of performing arts and<br />

teacher of commerce and dance at<br />

Rangiora High School, was thrilled with<br />

the rehearsal.<br />

‘‘It was brilliant with great energy from<br />

students, plus their hair/make­up and<br />

costumes, along with the sound and<br />

lighting aspects, were all just awesome,’’<br />

she said.<br />

‘‘There were afew technical<br />

difficulties, but you always expect that<br />

when you have so many movingparts to<br />

bring together, and the tech crew hustled<br />

and handled it so well, as did the<br />

performers and band.’’<br />

The result comes after many months of<br />

planning, preparation and hard work<br />

from everyone involved in the production<br />

including director Bryony Jamison, a<br />

highly regarded, widely experienced<br />

Old Ted now sparkling after hospital stay<br />

From Page 1<br />

Old Ted was later passed on to<br />

Suzanne’s father Martyn Irvine, a<br />

retired carpenter, and in time he will<br />

passhim on to Suzanne who has<br />

recently restored him to his former<br />

glory.<br />

‘‘Four generations of my family have<br />

worked on ‘Old Ted' to preserve his<br />

stability.<br />

‘‘There were old stitches on his ears<br />

which my great­grandmother would<br />

have done.<br />

‘‘Grandma kept him together sewing<br />

him up when the stitches failed over the<br />

years.<br />

‘‘My dad tidied him upand replaced<br />

the eyes,and now I’ve cleaned him up<br />

and strengthened him so he’s looking as<br />

bright and sparkly as he was when he<br />

first came into our family.’’<br />

Suzanne says Old Ted has ashine on<br />

his fur now that he never had before.<br />

Sixty years of sitting near an open fire<br />

had coated Old Ted’s fur in black<br />

Powerful performance ... Jacob Coxhill, aformer Rangiora High School pupil, aged 23,<br />

playing Galileo during the final rehearsal of the school’s musical production of We Will Rock<br />

You.Alongside Jacob are pupils, Katie Kavanagh (left),aged 13, Emily Anderson, 14, and<br />

Indi Gregory­Dickson, 14, who play Gaga students.<br />

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP<br />

thespian, who is singing tutor/advanced<br />

senior drama at Rangiora’s Hartley<br />

School of Performing Arts.<br />

She is also working as an apprentice<br />

with the Jesters and the Court Theatre in<br />

Christchurch.<br />

The hope is the production will<br />

promote the arts at Rangiora High School.<br />

It certainly has the quality to do that,<br />

and Bex is hoping the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

community will take the opportunity to<br />

support everyone involved with the show<br />

by attending it and telling their friends<br />

about it.<br />

smokey ash and tar.<br />

So far she is working on a23­year­old<br />

Lion attacked by adog, a70­year­old<br />

rabbit and an 85­year­old teddy bear<br />

suffering from abug infestation<br />

problem.<br />

‘‘I love repairing the old teddy bears,<br />

I’ve only been in business for four<br />

weeks and people from all over are<br />

calling me up, surprised there is ateddy<br />

bear hospital service here in Kaiapoi.’’<br />

‘‘That one Ihad to put in the freezer<br />

for 48 hourstokill off all the bugs, now<br />

I'm thawing him outbeforethe<br />

restoration work starts.’’<br />

Suzanne says she has been surprised<br />

by the demand for her skills.<br />

‘‘It’s been crazy the demand, with<br />

many calls coming from <strong>Canterbury</strong> and<br />

just as many from cities up north.’’<br />

She says Old Ted epitomises the<br />

physical longevity of heritage family<br />

bears.<br />

‘‘They honour the legacy and heritage<br />

they represent in afamily’s history.<br />

We Will Rock You,which is based on the<br />

music of British rock band Queen, tells<br />

the futuristic story of agroup of<br />

‘‘Bohemians’’.<br />

The Bohemians are fighting to restore<br />

freedom of thought in an Orwellian<br />

society where ‘‘Planet Earth’’ has been<br />

renamed ‘‘Planet Mall’’, and all noncomputer<br />

generated music has been<br />

banned.<br />

The show, in the Rangiora High School<br />

hall, runs until Saturday (<strong>June</strong> 22).<br />

Tickets are $25 per person through the<br />

online ticketing platform Humanatix.<br />

‘‘It’s time for people to dig out these<br />

old bears from storage and create a<br />

lasting family heirloom for future<br />

generations to enjoy.’’<br />

In 1890, William J. Terry founded his<br />

toy factory, based in east London. The<br />

company was already famous for its soft<br />

toys before producing its first teddy<br />

bears in the early 1900s. Englishbears,<br />

like Old Ted, usually had glass eyes<br />

with painted backs. The webbed claw<br />

stitching on the bear's paws is another<br />

characteristic of English bears. W.J.<br />

Terry died in 1924 and his son took over<br />

the company but just before the Second<br />

World War, the factory was shut down.<br />

Made between 1905 and 1908 from<br />

shaggy mohair and stuffed with wood<br />

wool and kapok, these dolls set the<br />

standard for British toy bears.<br />

Certified Terry bears like Old Ted,<br />

now sell at international auctions for<br />

over NZD$<strong>20</strong>00 while many others<br />

reside in museums suchasthe Victoria<br />

&Albert Museum.


Helping farewell pets peacefully<br />

By ROBYN BRISTOW<br />

Saying goodbye to much loved petscan<br />

be one of the hardest decision pet owners<br />

have to make.<br />

Veterinarian Janine Cumming is<br />

helping make this decision easier by<br />

offering apeaceful and personal<br />

farewell in the comfort of people’s<br />

homes.<br />

Janine, who is <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong>based,<br />

has begun ahome euthanasia<br />

service, to help pet owners farewell their<br />

friends in adignified, respectful and<br />

stress­free environment in their own<br />

homes.<br />

She says euthanising animals is one of<br />

the most important things avet has to do.<br />

‘‘It is such aprivilege and people are so<br />

grateful.’’<br />

Janine says it is the ‘‘most beautiful<br />

feeling’’ when people are able to farewell<br />

their pet in the comfort of their own<br />

home.<br />

It ensures the animal’s last memory is<br />

not the sterility of aclinic environment,<br />

which some hated visiting.<br />

‘‘I understand that some animals have<br />

alot of anxiety and fear surrounding<br />

visiting the vet clinic, and therefore<br />

being at home and saying goodbye can<br />

make this already difficult process a<br />

little easier,’’ she says.<br />

Janine decided to offer an at home<br />

euthanasia service, after having to put<br />

some of her own family’s much loved<br />

older dogs to sleep in her own home, and<br />

seeing how stress­free and peaceful the<br />

process could be.<br />

It was an environment in which she<br />

could explain what was happening to her<br />

Loved pets ... Janine Cumming with the<br />

family dog, Falcon.<br />

PHOTO: SUPPLIED<br />

young daughter Neva, and help her<br />

understand that it was all ‘‘part of life’’,<br />

which was a‘‘really important part of<br />

learning’’.<br />

‘‘I realised how lucky my family was to<br />

have this service readily available to us.<br />

‘‘I believe every pet deserves a<br />

dignified transition, surrounded by love<br />

and familiarity in their home<br />

environment.’’<br />

Janine, who worked as avet in a<br />

Christchurch veterinary practice for<br />

about <strong>20</strong> years, decided about three years<br />

ago to start up an animal chiropractic<br />

service —Animal Motion NZ —and work<br />

part time at the clinic.<br />

When deciding to offer pet euthanasia,<br />

she then gave up work at the practice.<br />

‘‘It fits in nicely with the animal<br />

chiropractic service, and flexible enough<br />

for me to do both, as there are no set<br />

hours.’’<br />

Clients can contact her through her<br />

lovedpets.co.nz website.<br />

Janine then reaches out to the client,<br />

chats to them about the service if they<br />

wish, and makes atime.<br />

She also offers to have their pet<br />

cremated, and to return their ashes to<br />

the family home.<br />

‘‘About 70 percent do cremation, others<br />

bury their pet at home.<br />

‘‘I can take away all those decisions,<br />

and get it all sorted for them.’’<br />

Janine says vets used to do alot of<br />

home visits, but with busy schedules now<br />

many were unable to spare the time.<br />

Being such abig occasion, it was<br />

important that the pet owners were not<br />

rushed.<br />

Several vets are now referring clients<br />

to her.<br />

‘‘As aveterinarian, Iunderstand the<br />

deep bond we share with our pets, and<br />

the difficult decisions we have to make.’’<br />

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Anose trained for disasters<br />

ByJOHN COSGROVE<br />

Findingpeople buried under<br />

earthquake debris or trapped in<br />

collapsed buildings is what aselect<br />

group of <strong>Canterbury</strong> dogs train most<br />

weekends for.<br />

Their training is so they can do the<br />

job quickly and safely when the need<br />

arises, in locations that are often too<br />

dangerous for their handlers to enter.<br />

Run entirely by volunteers, the<br />

Southern Training Group for the<br />

Urban Search and Rescue(USAR)<br />

Search Dog Association holds onsite<br />

trainingexercises to keep their dogs at<br />

operational status.<br />

Five dogs and their handlers spent<br />

the weekend searching for hidden<br />

victims inside Rangiora Racecourse<br />

buildings and in anearby quarry<br />

rubble pile.<br />

The dogs were either qualified or<br />

workingtowards being declared<br />

operational.<br />

USAR national dog trainer Colin<br />

Howard says only six dogs nationally<br />

are fully trained for this type of work,<br />

as it takes 12 to 24 months to train a<br />

dog.<br />

Their training involves manyhours<br />

spent by their volunteer owners<br />

working with their dogs, teaching them<br />

ways to search based on smell or sound<br />

across terrains as open as office blocks<br />

or as rugged as quarry piles.<br />

Jenny Gardner of Waipara and<br />

Poppy, athree­year­old collie, are<br />

already operational, meaning they can<br />

be called out at any moment to a<br />

disaster area to search for survivors.<br />

‘‘I have always wanted to be involved<br />

in helping my community. Working<br />

with Poppy is agreat way to make that<br />

happen,’’ says Jenny.<br />

Jenny has been involvedwith USAR<br />

for three and ahalf years and has<br />

Findingpeople ... Jenny Gardner, of Waipara, and Poppy, her three­year­old collie<br />

USAR search dog, searching aRangiora Racecourse building for ‘‘victims’’ during<br />

asearch dog training session held last weekend.USAR national dog trainer Colin<br />

Howard (left)watches on.<br />

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />

spent the past year and ahalf training<br />

with Poppy.<br />

‘‘It’s been an awesome experience as<br />

Ihave learnt so much. The situations<br />

Poppy andItrain in are always very<br />

challenging and exciting. It is great<br />

watching her work as she is avery<br />

smart dog.’’<br />

Jenny says training the search dogs<br />

isn’t easy as it takes many people to<br />

make it work. ‘‘Ownerscan’t do it on<br />

their own, they need help and support<br />

from many to achieve the result of an<br />

operationally qualified search dog,<br />

who will find people in some the worst<br />

places you can imagine.’’<br />

Charges looked at<br />

for official requests<br />

By DAVIDHILL,<br />

Local Democracy Reporter<br />

A<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

council is considering<br />

charging for official<br />

information requests, as<br />

it struggles to keep up<br />

with demand.<br />

In areport to recent<br />

council committee<br />

meeting, Waimakariri<br />

District Council<br />

governance team leader<br />

Thea Kunkel said the<br />

council had responded to<br />

nearly 300 requests for<br />

information in the last 12<br />

months, received under<br />

the Local Government<br />

Official Information and<br />

Meetings Act.<br />

Councillors were due to<br />

workshop adraft<br />

charging policy this<br />

month, before adopting it<br />

at the next month’s<br />

council meeting.<br />

Chief executive Jeff<br />

Millward said the<br />

requests were adding to<br />

staff workload.<br />

‘‘We are making sure<br />

we respond to them<br />

promptly, but it is causing<br />

quite abit of work.’’<br />

The legislation allowed<br />

for councils to charge for<br />

costs associated with<br />

processing arequest, but<br />

to date hasn’t charged for<br />

an official information<br />

request.<br />

But three recent<br />

requests were<br />

‘‘considered substantial’’.<br />

Staff advised there<br />

would be acharge if the<br />

work was under taken,<br />

the report said.<br />

The council received 71<br />

requests between March<br />

and May, compared to 61<br />

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year and 32 in <strong>20</strong>22.<br />

Staff have spent 194<br />

hours responding to<br />

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council $8588.<br />

Charging guidelines<br />

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farms and other consent<br />

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By DAVID HILL,<br />

Local Democracy Reporter<br />

Motorists could be paying atoll to drive on<br />

the Woodend Bypass when it is completed.<br />

Meanwhile, planned safety<br />

improvements to the area have been<br />

canned for now, as officials review the<br />

planned work as part of the Woodend<br />

Bypass design.<br />

The Government is considering a<br />

proposal for its promised roads of national<br />

significance to be partially funded by a<br />

toll.<br />

New Zealand TransportAgency Waka<br />

Kotahi said the Woodend Bypass has been<br />

confirmed as one of the first five roads of<br />

national significance and that asafety<br />

review will be undertaken.<br />

Associate TransportMinister Matt<br />

Doocey said the Government has backed<br />

recommendations by Waka Kotahi to<br />

introduce tolls in its Government Policy<br />

Statement on Land Transport.<br />

‘‘As aGovernment, we are open to a<br />

wide range of funding tools to ensure we<br />

are able to deliver the roads that will allow<br />

kiwis and freight to get to where they want<br />

to go quickly and safely.’’<br />

Safety improvements for Woodend’s<br />

Main <strong>North</strong> Road were announced in<br />

December <strong>20</strong>22, as part of a$35 million<br />

funding package for State Highway 1<br />

between Saltwater Creek and Cam River,<br />

with work due to begin this year.<br />

But Mr Doocey said it made sense to<br />

have another look at the work programme.<br />

‘‘When you look at the Woodend safety<br />

improvement programme, it was in<br />

response to Labour cancelling the bypass,<br />

so it is right to relook at that programme in<br />

the context of the new motorway.’’<br />

Waka Kotahi had previously advised the<br />

safety improvements were on hold,<br />

pending the revised GPS on Land<br />

Transport.<br />

The former Labour­led Government<br />

Roading solutions ... Transport Minister Simeon Brown (left) visited Woodend last year<br />

to discuss transport issues with AA <strong>Canterbury</strong> /West Coast district councillor Alan Turner<br />

and Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey.<br />

PHOTO: FILE<br />

included the Woodend Bypass in its GPS<br />

on Land Transport announced in August<br />

last year.<br />

Funding was also announced in<br />

December <strong>20</strong>22 for a$6million project,<br />

including cycleways linking Kaiapoi,<br />

Woodend and Pegasus, as part of Waka<br />

Kotahi’s Transport Choices Programme.<br />

But the programme was axed last<br />

December by the National­led<br />

Government.<br />

Mr Doocey said the proposed cycleways<br />

and an under­pass at the Pegasus<br />

roundabout would be considered as part of<br />

the final bypass design.<br />

‘‘When you look at the Christchurch<br />

<strong>North</strong>ern Corridor, the (Christchurch to<br />

Kaiapoi) cycleway was an important part<br />

of it, so Ithink it would make sense to<br />

consider the cycleways and an underpass<br />

as part of the bypass design.’’<br />

Woodend­Sefton Community Board<br />

chairperson Shona Powell said she<br />

welcomed news about the bypass, but the<br />

safety improvements were needed now.<br />

‘‘It will take several years to build the<br />

bypass. It is just getting frustrating.’’<br />

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon said he<br />

had been seeking clarity about the<br />

promised safety improvements without<br />

success.<br />

But he welcomed Mr Doocey’s<br />

comments that the cycleway and underpass<br />

would be considered as part of the<br />

final design.<br />

‘‘It makes total sense to construct this as<br />

part of the works and Iknow the<br />

community would be thrilled to have these<br />

included.<br />

‘‘This is an incredibly important project<br />

for our district and Iamdelighted by the<br />

depth of consideration the Government is<br />

giving to it.’’<br />

He would also like to see acycleway<br />

clip­onadded to the State Highway 1<br />

bridge over the Ashley­Rakahuri River.<br />

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OPINION<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>June</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong>24<br />

Mayor Marie Black<br />

Fundingroading and<br />

impacts in the future<br />

Ratepayers frequently contact councilto<br />

raise matters relating to roading.<br />

The strategic approach for elected<br />

members was to respond through the<br />

Long­Term Plan, and haveamuch<br />

stronger focus on improving the state of<br />

our roading network.<br />

Council proposed an ambitious<br />

roadingprogramme to deliver amuchneeded<br />

investment in roading.<br />

Last week we received the indicative<br />

allocation of funding from New Zealand<br />

TransportAgency (NZTA) for <strong>20</strong>24­<strong>20</strong>27,<br />

and although this allocation sits<br />

favourablyagainst the <strong>20</strong>21­<strong>20</strong>24<br />

formula, it barely covers inflation and<br />

has tighter definitions for the<br />

expenditure.<br />

It does not match the funding required<br />

to drive substantial improvements in our<br />

roading network.<br />

Also, we have recently heard from<br />

NZTA that they are proposingachange<br />

to the Emergency work investment<br />

policy which will impact on what, and<br />

when, we can apply for additional<br />

roading funding to supportworks<br />

required after an event.<br />

Natural events such as weather bombs<br />

already places significantfinancial<br />

pressure on the Hurunui District<br />

Council to meet the required service<br />

levels, and find any additional roading<br />

budget following an emergency.<br />

NZTA proposed changes will shift the<br />

qualification of funding from 1­in­10<br />

year, to 1­in­<strong>20</strong> year eventstatus, and to<br />

halve the uplift in emergencyfunding<br />

from <strong>20</strong> percent to 10%.<br />

This will inevitably shift the financial<br />

burden to ratepayers.<br />

CHECK IT OUT<br />

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Jun <strong>20</strong> Jun 21 Jun 22 Jun 23 Jun 24 Jun 25 Jun 26<br />

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We considerthis shiftisatodds with<br />

the frequency and severity of events, and<br />

places financial strain on our capacity to<br />

restore essentialinfrastructure and<br />

services.<br />

These changeswill be of interest to<br />

many of you, and no doubt you will be<br />

following the topic across all media<br />

platforms.<br />

We areadvocating to ensure we are<br />

best placed to meet your level of<br />

expectation with afunding resource that<br />

is supported not just through your rates,<br />

but through the allocated subsidy from<br />

NZTA.<br />

Our message to the governmentisthat<br />

the fundingsystem for roading is not<br />

achieving the outcomesthat the<br />

community wants,and that too much<br />

roading money is spentonregulatory<br />

conformance, not fixingroads.<br />

The meaningofMatariki<br />

The stars were used as signals.Ifthe<br />

stars were clear and bright it was a<br />

signal that afavourable and productive<br />

season lay ahead.<br />

Matariki is an important celebration<br />

of all that is good about life on earth, and<br />

to show respect on the land that we live.<br />

Connecting with the stars reminds us<br />

of ourwhakapapa and those who have<br />

passed to the heavens.<br />

While for some the celebration of<br />

Matariki is new, it is very closely aligned<br />

to the guidance of our forebears and the<br />

hope that the stars will in fact bringa<br />

favourable and productive season.<br />

Whatever this meanstoyou, Ihope you<br />

can look forward to the new season of<br />

promise.<br />

Kia kaha –bestrong.<br />

Rangiora Museum<br />

Donald Ellis, local resident and baker, will present Part 2of‘‘Trouble at t'Mill’’, at<br />

the Rangiora Museum on Thursday, <strong>June</strong> 27, at 7.30pm. If you came last year to<br />

Donald's interesting story of how the Ellis family, of Dunedin's sleeping bag and<br />

mattress fame, came to New Zealand in avery dramatic way, you will enjoy the<br />

sequel.<br />

Everyone is welcome. It is free, although donations from non­members of the<br />

RangioraEarly Records Society, would be appreciated. Supper will be served, along<br />

with the popular community chat. The Museum is open Wednesdays and Sundays,<br />

1.30pmto4pm.<br />

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR<br />

Ahuge thank you<br />

Dear Editor,<br />

Some <strong>20</strong> months ago Iwas diagnosed<br />

with adisease that seems to appear far<br />

too regularly these days. However, this<br />

letter is not all about me, but is about the<br />

excellent care Ihave received from,<br />

primarily, Pacific Radiology Southern<br />

Cross, Burwood Radiology plus the<br />

Respiratory, Urology, Radiation and<br />

Oncology units at at Christchurch<br />

Hospital.<br />

The doctors,nurses and staff have all<br />

been so professionalintheir approach<br />

and we have also had some fun along the<br />

way.<br />

The empathy and compassion they<br />

have displayedtoboth my family and<br />

myself has been absolutely top drawer.<br />

These people obviously go on shift with<br />

the mindset of having apositive impact<br />

on their patients care. They deserve<br />

every accolade that may be bestowed on<br />

them.<br />

We as afamily will never forget what<br />

they have done for us.<br />

Ahuge thank you to you all.<br />

Yours,<br />

Allan Jenkins,Woodend<br />

Hurunui drought<br />

Dear Editor,<br />

Ishare Hurunui Mayor, Marie Blacks<br />

disappointment with M.P. Stuart Smith's<br />

(i.e. government) responsetothe present<br />

RANGIORA OCEANWATCH<br />

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Gentle SWturning<br />

SE<br />

drought decimating not just the land but<br />

bank balances of those farming which<br />

will very likely continue well into next<br />

year or longer.<br />

Time for the Hurunui Irrigation<br />

Project to be completed ­­­huh? Both it<br />

and the Glenmark scheme were<br />

Treasury casualties of the mid 80s and<br />

onward and no “party” has<br />

acknowledged the massive contribution<br />

both have made, and are still making, to<br />

the economy, e.g. over $<strong>20</strong> minexcise<br />

tax per year from the paltry 1300 ha of<br />

vines surrounding Waipara which would<br />

be adrop in the “milk bucket” of the<br />

returns from the Amuri scheme!<br />

Lake Sumner is already a“pumped”<br />

hydro scheme in waiting (every time a<br />

NW spills over the Alps!) and thousands<br />

of years old technology awaits to be used<br />

to harness it for power AND irrigation.<br />

Iwas the local Fed Farmers Chairman<br />

during the 1970s prolonged drought and<br />

we at least had agovernment in tune<br />

with the land and people who were not<br />

slow in authorising free cartage, by rail<br />

from Otago for any feed to help which<br />

were unshipped and distributed at<br />

Waipara.<br />

‘‘A medium scale’’ adverse event gets<br />

$170,000 to Rural Trusts. In aword—<br />

pathetic —especially when measured<br />

alongside the losses that are happening<br />

here and now.<br />

Not even aministerial salary!<br />

Yours,<br />

John McCaskey, Waipara<br />

Petsofthe Year calendar<br />

By SHELLEY TOPP<br />

The SPCA is calling on dog and cat lovers<br />

to enter their animals in the<br />

organisation's Pets of the Year <strong>20</strong>25<br />

calendar competition fundraiser.<br />

This year New Zealand's largest<br />

animal charity has two calendar<br />

categories, cat and dog, says the SPCA’s<br />

chief executive Todd Westwood.<br />

‘‘This is achance to put your pet<br />

photography skills to use, and capture<br />

your furry friend's fabulous side. Or<br />

maybe you have agem already on your<br />

camera,’’ he says.<br />

‘‘While the top 12 fundraisers will be<br />

our monthly stars,any pet profile which<br />

raises over $150 will be guaranteed a<br />

spot inside the calendar.’’<br />

Every dollar raised as part of the Pets<br />

of the Year competition goes directly<br />

into fundingthe SPCA's work.<br />

‘‘As your pet's photo generates<br />

donations, sick, injured and vulnerable<br />

animals aroundNew Zealand will get<br />

the help they need because of it,’’ Todd<br />

says.<br />

To enter go to petsoftheyear.spca.nz.<br />

Joyful ... Belle Topp, soon to be an entrant<br />

in the SPCA’s <strong>20</strong>25 Calendar of the Year<br />

competition fundraiser.<br />

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP<br />

Choose afavourite photo of your cat or<br />

dog and create aprofile that captures<br />

their essence, then share their profile<br />

with family, friends and colleagues to<br />

help you fundraise. Entries close on<br />

Sunday, July 28, at 10pm.<br />

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3:06am 2.1 9:15am 0.7 3:51am 2.1 10:02am 0.7 4:37am 2.2 10:50am 0.7 5:26am 2.2 11:39am 0.6 6:17am 2.2 12:16am 0.6 7:10am 2.3 1:04am 0.5 8:04am 2.3 1:54am 0.5<br />

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Illegal hunting upsetting Hurunui farmers<br />

ByJOHN COSGROVE<br />

Hurunui farmers and the police are<br />

concerned about illegal hunting<br />

activities along the Conway and<br />

Charwell Rivers in the Hurunui<br />

district.<br />

Several Hurunui farmers worry<br />

someone may be injured as illegal<br />

spot­light hunters in vehicles<br />

callously shoot deer andsheep along<br />

the river banks.<br />

One farmer, who has been farming<br />

there over eight years and asked not to<br />

be named, says he is distressed by the<br />

numbers of dead deer and sheep he’s<br />

seen abandoned on the river beds and<br />

banks.<br />

‘‘There are lots of deer and pigs on<br />

the properties surrounding me and<br />

this attracts shooters.<br />

‘‘Some are on properties used for<br />

dedicated deer stalking businesses,<br />

but some hunters are continuing to<br />

drive up and down the river beds at<br />

night using spotlights and shooting<br />

anythingthat moves even though this<br />

is illegal.<br />

‘‘Recently Icame across three sheep<br />

carcasses, all shot and left there on<br />

the river beds. There were also a<br />

couple of deer carcasses nearby.’’<br />

He says the drivers come in from the<br />

bridges on State Highway 1and SH 70.<br />

It is illegal to carry acenter­fire<br />

rifle along ariver bed unless going to<br />

DOC land, but there is no DOC land<br />

there, he says.<br />

It is alsoillegal to spotlight hunt in a<br />

river bed which is treated the same as<br />

Shot ... Adead sheep shot in the Conway River bed.<br />

PHOTO: SUPPLIED<br />

aroad in most cases.<br />

Farmers say they have sat in the<br />

many huts located on paddocks higher<br />

up from the river banks, and watched<br />

the spotlight shooters in action at<br />

night.<br />

‘‘It has been on going for yearsbut<br />

this was the first time we have found<br />

dead sheep.’’<br />

Another farmer discovered many<br />

dead sheep carcasses recently<br />

‘‘My sheep sometimes get through<br />

the fences and wander out on to the<br />

river beds. They are tagged and<br />

therefore private property and yet<br />

these shooters still shoot them.<br />

‘‘I know the river beds are full of<br />

deer and feral pigs, but why shoot my<br />

sheep?’’<br />

Aneighbour of his discovered the<br />

latest bunch of sheep shot.<br />

‘‘There were eight lying on several<br />

spots along the river bed, some had<br />

been gutted or dismembered. It was<br />

obvious they had been shot to order for<br />

their meat.’’<br />

He says it is not uncommon for<br />

farmers in the district to find they are<br />

short adozen or so sheep at times<br />

throughout the year.<br />

Atotal of 30 two tooths wererecently<br />

reported missing off anearby farm.<br />

He says hunters are quickly moving<br />

away from using spotlights as they can<br />

now legally purchase and use high<br />

powered thermal imaging units now.<br />

He says these poachers aresmart ,<br />

but he and others are becoming more<br />

proactive about catching them or<br />

reporting them on the police rural<br />

lookout app.<br />

Official sources say hunters need<br />

permission from the land owner to be<br />

there, and river beds are always an<br />

issue as many are managed by Land<br />

Information New Zealand.<br />

Toitū Te Whenua /LINZ head of<br />

Crown Property, Sonya Wikitera, says<br />

LINZ is not issuing permits for<br />

recreational hunting on riverbeds<br />

they manage on behalf of the Crown.<br />

‘‘It is illegal for the public to<br />

spotlight on any DOC, or LINZ land,<br />

and we ask that the public reportany<br />

suspicious spotlighting to the police<br />

immediately.’’<br />

Sergeant Rob Irvine, the Hurunui<br />

sub­area supervisor, says police are<br />

awareofillegal hunting practices in<br />

Hurunui, including in the Cheviot<br />

area and it remains aproblem that<br />

police can and do respond to.<br />

Enquires are ongoing into these<br />

reports.<br />

‘‘Police are awareoffurther illegal<br />

hunting reports posted to social media<br />

platforms.<br />

‘‘We ask when posting on social<br />

media about this activity you also<br />

report it to Police with as much detail<br />

as possible, as soon as possible.’’<br />

Police are urging residents to keep<br />

an eye out for suspicious or unusual<br />

activity, and report any illegal or<br />

suspected illegal hunting, either to<br />

police on 111 if it is happening now,<br />

and through 105, or the rural lookout<br />

app if it’s after the fact. The app is<br />

available to download on the Apple<br />

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Rural health recruitmentchallenges remain<br />

By DAVID HILL,<br />

Local Democracy Reporter<br />

Recruiting medical professions into<br />

rural areas remains achallenge, says a<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> mayor.<br />

Health Minister Dr Shane Reti says<br />

Health New Zealand has made good<br />

progress in recruiting staff, but<br />

Hurunui Mayor Marie Blacksays rural<br />

areas are missing out.<br />

Mrs Black says it is reassuring to<br />

know progress has been made in<br />

recruitment.<br />

However she says there is little<br />

evidence of it in ‘‘primary health<br />

provision in country areas’’.<br />

The Hurunui districthas been doing<br />

its bit to encourage health students to<br />

consider working in rural areas, she<br />

says.<br />

Third year Otago Medical School<br />

students have been visiting the district<br />

eachAugust for several years.<br />

The initiative has been running for 10<br />

years, with the students visiting<br />

medical centres, St John, District<br />

Nurses, police, the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

Rural Support Trust and alocal<br />

preschool.<br />

‘‘If we can grow our own people, that<br />

is the best solution,’’ Mrs Black said.<br />

Training more health professionals is<br />

apriority in Budget <strong>20</strong>24, with $22<br />

million set aside for doctor training.<br />

‘‘That will take us from an intake of<br />

589 this year to an intake of 614 from<br />

next year,’’ Dr Reti said.<br />

‘‘We are also progressing acost<br />

benefit analysis for aproposed third<br />

medical school through Waikato<br />

University, which will focus on primary<br />

and rural care.’’<br />

While overseas­trained medical<br />

professionals make avaluable<br />

contribution, Dr Reti said training<br />

young New Zealanders was more<br />

sustainable in the long term.<br />

‘‘Health workforce shortages are a<br />

problem in every country around the<br />

world.<br />

‘‘That is why it is so important we<br />

invest in training doctors and other<br />

health professionals here in New<br />

Zealand.’’<br />

In the year to December <strong>20</strong>23,Health<br />

NZ recruited more than <strong>20</strong>0 full­time<br />

equivalent senior doctors, 2500 nurses,<br />

nearly 100 midwives, and more than 230<br />

scientific and technical staff.<br />

There were still shortages in mental<br />

health, critical care and midwifery, Dr<br />

Reti said.<br />

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon says<br />

he is pleased the Government is<br />

addressing workforce shortages.<br />

Anew medical centre is being<br />

planned in Rangiora to offer urgent and<br />

after hours medical care, but it would<br />

need more medical professionals, he<br />

says.<br />

‘‘I am pleased with the Government’s<br />

announcement that funding will be<br />

allocated to ensure we are training<br />

more doctors and health care<br />

professionals here in New Zealand.<br />

‘‘This will help to alleviate doctor<br />

shortages particularly in the regions<br />

and rural communities.’’<br />

The Kaikōura district faced similar<br />

challenges, and its over 65 population<br />

was expected to increase to one­third<br />

over the next 30 years.<br />

Takahanga Marae has hosted tertiary<br />

health students from around Aotearoa<br />

in recent years for athree­day Noho<br />

Marae visit.<br />

The initiative is apartnership<br />

between Te Tai oMarokura, aMaori<br />

health and social service provider in<br />

Kaikōura, and Hauora Taiwhenua /<br />

Rural Health Network’s careers<br />

programme.<br />

LDR is local body journalism cofunded<br />

by RNZ and NZ On Air.<br />

Libraries holdingMatariki poster comp<br />

Waimakariri libraries are holding a<br />

poster competition for primary and<br />

secondaryschool children to<br />

celebrate Matariki on Friday, <strong>June</strong><br />

28.<br />

Participants are asked to create a<br />

poster featuring their favourite<br />

whetu/star, the night sky, aportrait<br />

of aloved one, or something<br />

depicting what Matariki means to<br />

them.<br />

There arenolimits to the<br />

creativity of the entries.<br />

Atable has been set up in each of<br />

Waimakariri’s three public libraries<br />

in Oxford, Rangiora and Kaiapoi, for<br />

participants in the competition to<br />

create their posters with materials<br />

for the artwork provided.<br />

However, work done outside the<br />

libraries will also be accepted.<br />

Entries must be submitted at one of<br />

the libraries by 5pm on Friday, <strong>June</strong><br />

21.<br />

The posters will be displayed in<br />

the libraries for the duration of the<br />

competition and for ashort time<br />

after the winners have been<br />

announced.<br />

Two competition entries have<br />

already been installed in the<br />

children’s section of the Kaiapoi<br />

Library.<br />

The Waimakariri Library team<br />

leader, learning and heritage, Janina<br />

Good, who is based at the Kaiapoi<br />

Library, says she is excited to see<br />

what the children come up with.<br />

‘‘We always get beautiful art when<br />

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the plantings, but everyone was<br />

happy to see many were still<br />

growing despite the trying<br />

conditions.<br />

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clearing around the plants and<br />

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PHOTO: STEVENSCENES PHOTOGRAPHY <strong>20</strong>24<br />

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E/W: Peter Whitehead/Richard Luisetti 1, Murray Messervy/<br />

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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>June</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong>24<br />

Glenmark-Cheviot to hostthe grand final<br />

RUGBY<br />

Collated BY PETER WILLIAMS<br />

Itwill be abig day at the Omihi<br />

Domain on Saturday when<br />

Glenmark­Cheviot host<br />

Prebbleton in the final of the<br />

Luisetti Seeds Combined<br />

competition.<br />

In very contrasting matches<br />

they were the teams to emerge<br />

victorious from two pulsating<br />

semi­finals.<br />

Waihora led throughout its<br />

semi­final against Prebbleton at<br />

Tai Tapu, but at 24­15 with only a<br />

few minutes remaining,<br />

Prebbleton scored aconverted<br />

try and aclutch penalty goal in<br />

injury time to take it through to<br />

the final with a24­25 win.<br />

Glenmark­Cheviot lookedto<br />

make no race of it as it piled on<br />

five first half­tries, leading 35­7 at<br />

one stage.<br />

But Southbridge showed what<br />

atalented and determined side it<br />

was by storming back and closing<br />

to within just six points with four<br />

minutes of play on the clock, but<br />

fallingshort 41­35.<br />

Two other <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

teams secured some silverware<br />

for themselves in the lower<br />

divisions.<br />

Ashley’s victory overKaiapoi<br />

secured it the <strong>Canterbury</strong> Rugby<br />

Supporters Club Trophy, while<br />

Woodend’s decisive 24­3 victory<br />

over Saracens in the Plaque<br />

section won it the trophy.<br />

Given three weeks ago they<br />

were languishing at the bottom of<br />

the table without awin, it is<br />

particularly gratifying for the<br />

club to have finished this<br />

competition with two wins.<br />

With no other senior matches<br />

beingplayed this Saturday, it is<br />

hoped <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> rugby<br />

supporterswill head to Omihi for<br />

the Grand Final for the Luisetti<br />

Seeds Cup.<br />

Glenmark­Cheviot vSouthbridge<br />

It took Glenmark­ Cheviot just<br />

two minutes to post the first try. It<br />

stormed immediately on to attack<br />

and from a5metre lineoutitwas<br />

veteran prop, Andrew Zuppicich,<br />

arguably playing the best rugby of<br />

his lengthy career, who barged<br />

over.<br />

Two minutes later,<br />

Southbridge retaliatedwith a<br />

converted try of its own, but from<br />

that point on Glenmark­Cheviot<br />

took control, dominating the<br />

territorial battle and piling on a<br />

constant flow of points.<br />

Up front, Harry Allen and<br />

Zuppicich led the way. Flanker<br />

Richard Taylor turned in a‘‘manof<br />

the­match’’effort. Indeed, it<br />

was an impressive performance<br />

from the whole pack. and the<br />

backs did their bit too.<br />

Before the first quarter was<br />

over, the home team had scored<br />

four tries,two of them to fullback<br />

Harry Murray, playing his first<br />

game for five weeks.<br />

He twice exploited gaps on the<br />

blind side to go over untouched.<br />

Mike Keane, playing at first­five,<br />

also found space on the blind and<br />

his perfectly weighted grubber<br />

kick was gatheredupbythe evervigilant<br />

flanker, James Kellow<br />

for another try in the right­hand<br />

corner.<br />

By winningvirtually all the<br />

possession, Glenmark­Cheviot<br />

had camped in Southbridge<br />

territory virtually all half,<br />

meaning whenever it was<br />

awarded apenalty kick it was<br />

likely to be inakickable position.<br />

While the free­flowing nature<br />

of the rest of the half was<br />

anythingbut the traditional<br />

finals footy,captain Andrew Hull<br />

did doff the cap to the ‘‘Finals<br />

Blueprint’’ by taking two shots at<br />

goal when they presented<br />

themselves.<br />

The multi­talented goalkicking,<br />

hooker, Nick Hide<br />

obliged andwhen rangy lock, Ben<br />

Morriss capped afineindividual<br />

performance by scoring.<br />

Glenmark­Cheviot shot out to a<br />

35­7lead andthe game seemed<br />

all but over as acontest.<br />

However, with halftime up on<br />

the clock acouple of<br />

indiscretions spoiled anear<br />

perfect half from the home team.<br />

Avery easy penalty opportunity<br />

was spurned andtwo phases<br />

later aloopy pass that wenthalf<br />

the width of the field was<br />

gathered by the Southbridge<br />

winger who showed aclean pair<br />

of heels andsprinted the length<br />

of the field, completely against<br />

the run of play, to score between<br />

the posts at the other end.<br />

Southbridge seemed to come<br />

out for the second half witha<br />

differentgame plan and amuch<br />

more attacking intent. Soon after<br />

the resumption it scored a<br />

converted try from aquick tap<br />

penalty andall of asudden it was<br />

‘‘game on’’.<br />

Two further penalties by Hyde<br />

kept Southbridge at arm’s length,<br />

but when the visitors scored a<br />

fifth try (all of which were<br />

converted) Glenmark­Cheviot<br />

was left to defend just asix point<br />

buffer for the last four minutes.<br />

Some local supporters’<br />

Rampaging run ... Glenmark­Cheviot winger, Jake Vincent fends off a<br />

Southbridge opponent, with team mate Nic Hyde in support.<br />

PHOTO: KATE JENSEN<br />

fingernails took ahammering but<br />

it survived and will be back to do<br />

it all again this Saturday.<br />

Glenmark 41 (Andrew Zuppicich,<br />

Harry Murray (2), James Kellow,<br />

Ben Morriss tries, Nick Hyde 2<br />

conversions, 4penalties) beat<br />

Southbridge 35.<br />

Ashley vKaiapoi<br />

Aclosely contested Division 2<br />

curtain­raiser between Ashley<br />

and Kaiapoi, won by the home<br />

team 30­26, set the scene<br />

perfectly for the senior match,<br />

being even throughout. Tight<br />

forwards, Sam Regan (Ashley)<br />

and Zac Andrews (Kaiapoi)<br />

traded early tries.<br />

If anything,Ashley had the best<br />

of the first half. It was helped in<br />

no small measure by Kaiapoi’s<br />

ill­discipline –they were down to<br />

13 players at one point. The best<br />

try of the half came when Luke<br />

Gold, showing his versatility by<br />

filling in at halfback, latched on<br />

to asimple 8to9move, delivered<br />

awell­timed pass to Anthony<br />

Tavendale who celebrated his<br />

50th appearance for Ashley by<br />

hitting the gap at speed and<br />

scoring on the right edge.<br />

This allowed Ashley to take a<br />

15­7 lead into the second half, but<br />

the game really sprung to life<br />

when Lance Taylor, playing at<br />

half back, caught the home side<br />

napping with aquick tap which<br />

created anumerical overlap for<br />

Jared Gilmore to score in the<br />

corner.<br />

Taylor’s excellent conversion<br />

and subsequent penalty gave<br />

Kaiapoi the lead for the first time<br />

in the match, and the game’s<br />

intensity lifted with Ashley<br />

launching aseries of attacks<br />

which went unrewarded because<br />

of Kaiapoi’s excellent defence.<br />

Eventually, though, Ashley did<br />

find away through when Gold<br />

attacked the line and displaying a<br />

slight­of ­hand with aperfectly<br />

timed pass, feeding Matt Couch,<br />

who went over unchallenged.<br />

Ashley also got good value from<br />

their bench which was<br />

highlighted when Blake Walesby<br />

ran 30 metres before being<br />

tackled just short of the line. The<br />

subsequent pop pass fed to the<br />

ever­green Andre Barrett, filling<br />

in as reserve hooker, saw him<br />

score afairytale try that will get<br />

longer in running metres the<br />

more times it is told.<br />

Kaiapoi was rewarded late in<br />

the piece with aintercept try to<br />

Max Dunbar who relished every<br />

opportunity he had on attack.<br />

For the purist the battle of the<br />

two number 6’s was ahighlight of<br />

the game with both having ahuge<br />

work rate. Kaiapoi’s Gilmore was<br />

outstanding over the ball at ruck<br />

time while Nick Sim was<br />

industrious, and particularly<br />

stoic on defence for Ashley.<br />

Ashley 30 (Sam Regan, Matt<br />

Couch, Andre Barrett tries,<br />

Anthony Tavendale 1try, 1<br />

penalty, Cannan Elvines, 1<br />

penalty, 1conversion, Corbin<br />

Mechin 1conversion) beat<br />

Kaiapoi 22 (Zach Andrews, Jared<br />

Gilmore, Max Dunbar tries,<br />

Lance Taylor 1conversion, 2<br />

penalties).<br />

Hurunui vRakaia<br />

Rakaia scored inside the opening<br />

five minutes which set the tone<br />

for the rest of the first half.<br />

Mistakes in general play and<br />

poor defence gifted the visitors<br />

too many opportunities to strike<br />

as they added two more triesto<br />

their advantage before half­time.<br />

The second half saw Hurunui<br />

make some inroads with<br />

possession, and it struck back<br />

twice, through Digby Heard.<br />

Rakaia then extended its lead<br />

again, with winger Laisiasa<br />

Bogitini finding space on the<br />

edge and racing over to score.<br />

Hurunui finally found some<br />

hard earned attacking<br />

momentum after that, and<br />

swinging the ball from sideline to<br />

sideline saw it make some metres<br />

and eventually score again<br />

through Logan Topp. Jono<br />

Schwass closed the eventual<br />

deficit to 7, identifying a<br />

mismatch on the shortside, and<br />

linking with Gus Waghorn, to<br />

dive over in the corner. Man­ofthe­match,<br />

Louie Bethell, carried<br />

hard in close quarters and<br />

brought ahard edge to the<br />

contest with his chop tackling,<br />

while Logan Topp’s physicality<br />

with ball in hand set the platform<br />

to go wide.<br />

Hurunui 29 (Isaac Francis, Digby<br />

Heard (2), Logan Topp, Jono<br />

Schwass tries Heard 2<br />

conversions) lost to Rakaia 36.<br />

Ohoka vOxford<br />

Oxford kept the ball close and<br />

treasured possession. Its reward<br />

was atry by fullback Jack Muir.<br />

Ohoka responded positively with<br />

agood try to Tom Taylor, after<br />

some good forward drives, but<br />

Oxford dominated the second<br />

quarter scoring three further<br />

tries —Muir completing ahattrick.<br />

This gave the visitors avery<br />

handy 24­7 half­time lead.<br />

After aspirited half­time<br />

speech from their coach, Ohoka<br />

responded with two converted<br />

tries, narrowing the gap to just<br />

three points.<br />

It looked like Ohoka might take<br />

the lead, but Oxford fought well,<br />

and in the 77th minute the<br />

irrepressible Dan Brooker<br />

scored his second try of the day to<br />

put Ohoka away.<br />

Kurt Johnstone, Zane<br />

Patterson, Ricky Allin, and<br />

George Wedlake all impressed<br />

for Ohoka while, as usual,<br />

Brooker had an outstanding<br />

game for Oxford while the Muir<br />

brothers, Harry and Jack both<br />

contributed significantly to<br />

Oxford's win.Ohoka 21 (Tom<br />

Taylor, Kurt Johnstone, Scott<br />

Allin tries, Allin 3conversions)<br />

lost to Oxford 31 (Jack Muir (3),<br />

Dan Brooker (2) tries, Seamus<br />

Smyth 3conv)<br />

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Hands on ... Swannanoa School students and their parents planted 567 seedlings at Brian<br />

and Rosemary Whytes <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> farm last month.<br />

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Seedlings planted<br />

Agroup of Year 5Swannanoa School<br />

students saw their year long native<br />

seedling project come to fruition when<br />

they planted their seedlings at Brian and<br />

Rosemary Whyte’s Swannanoa farm in<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> last month.<br />

The students have been raising native<br />

seedlings in agreenhouse at their<br />

school.<br />

The greenhouse and plants were<br />

provided by Waimakariri Irrigation<br />

Limited (WIL) as part of abiodiversity<br />

project which aims to enhance and<br />

improve ecological values throughout<br />

the 44 000­hectare area covered by the<br />

irrigation scheme.<br />

WILs biodiversity project lead Dan<br />

Cameron says the students were excited<br />

to get involved with planting their<br />

seedlings, and it was positive to see<br />

parents join the planting day.<br />

‘‘We have been working together with<br />

the school for acouple of years now.<br />

‘‘The idea is for the students to grow<br />

their own seedlings and for them to<br />

decide which project they would like to<br />

contribute the plants to once they are<br />

mature enough to plant out.<br />

‘‘In this case, we had 160 plants from<br />

the school with the remaining 367 plants<br />

grown in agreenhouse on Brian and<br />

Rosemary’s property.’’<br />

Dan was also heartened to get positive<br />

feedback from another WIL shareholder<br />

who attended the planting day who<br />

indicated interest in holding asimilar<br />

planting day at their farm.<br />

‘‘The key to the success of this type of<br />

project is that farmers can see what<br />

their peers are doing and then put up<br />

their hand to get involved.<br />

‘‘The idea is for it to happen locally,<br />

and organically, as it is about farmers<br />

and the community working together<br />

with the irrigation co­operative to<br />

improve the environment for everyone.<br />

Other local schools involved in the<br />

biodiversity improvement project<br />

including, West Eyreton School and Cust<br />

Preschool, will be planting their native<br />

seedlings at reserves and along riparian<br />

margins near Oxford this month.<br />

RURAL LIFE<br />

The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>June</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong>24 21<br />

Disestablishment welcome<br />

Federated Farmers welcomes the<br />

Government announcement the He Waka<br />

Eke Noa partnership will be<br />

disestablished immediately.<br />

‘‘The previous Government were too<br />

focused on pricing farmers, driving blindly<br />

towards unachievable, political,<br />

unscientific methane reduction targets,’’<br />

Federated Farmers president Wayne<br />

Langford says.<br />

‘‘There was acomplete disregard for the<br />

significant and unjustifiable costs this<br />

would place on hardworking farming<br />

families and the wider New Zealand<br />

economy.’’<br />

Mr Langford says Federated Farmers<br />

would never accept aplan that would see<br />

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of dairy farmers, priced out of existence.<br />

‘‘From day one Federated Farmers<br />

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‘‘As soon as it became clear He Waka<br />

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Federated Farmers’ bottom lines were<br />

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‘‘There is aclear acknowledgement that<br />

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without reducing our production or<br />

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‘‘It’s positive to see the Government<br />

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FARM MAINTENANCE /CLASSIFIEDS<br />

22 The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>June</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong>24<br />

Plantings protecting significant sites<br />

During the last seven years<br />

over 5000 native seedlings<br />

have been planted as part<br />

of Waimakariri Irrigations<br />

biodiversity project.<br />

The project was<br />

launchedin<strong>20</strong>18 after 297<br />

sites of ecological interest<br />

were identified across the<br />

irrigation schemes<br />

44,000­hectare command<br />

area.<br />

Fourteen projects are<br />

under way with two<br />

projects at the Cust River,<br />

three projects at Burgess<br />

Stream and one project<br />

each at the Old Eyre and<br />

Hunters streams.<br />

WIL biodiversity project<br />

lead Dan Cameron says the<br />

initiative aims to protect<br />

existing areas of ecological<br />

significance while also<br />

identifying sites for<br />

restoration that can<br />

improve biodiversity<br />

across the entire<br />

catchment.<br />

‘‘It’s not about doing<br />

projects here and there.<br />

We focus on areas of<br />

significance and look at<br />

sites that are connected to<br />

shareholder land and the<br />

wider catchment.’’<br />

The concept of<br />

connectivity is key to Dan’s<br />

work, and he believes this<br />

will drive the success of the<br />

project over the long term.<br />

‘‘Connectivity is akey<br />

Ecological sites ... WIL biodiversity project lead Dan Cameronwith WIL CEO Brent Walton at<br />

abiodiversity project site on the Burgess Stream in Swannanoa.<br />

PHOTO: SUPPLIED<br />

principle of biodiversity,<br />

and we can’t work on<br />

habitat creation and<br />

restoration in isolation.<br />

‘‘We need to consider<br />

connections between each<br />

site to eventually create an<br />

ecological corridor that<br />

provides pathways for<br />

nativefauna to follow.<br />

‘‘This is along­term<br />

projectover 30 to 40 years<br />

that extends beyond the<br />

irrigation scheme.’’<br />

We havealready<br />

included local schools in<br />

this project and over time<br />

will broaden the scope to<br />

other organisations and the<br />

wider community.<br />

WIL CEO Brent Walton<br />

says the map of key sites<br />

producing during the <strong>20</strong>18<br />

biodiversity survey has<br />

proved to be auseful tool<br />

for engaging with<br />

shareholders.<br />

‘‘Having this map of all<br />

the sites has given our<br />

farmers avisual idea of<br />

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from the mouth of the<br />

Waimakariri River there<br />

are areas where we have<br />

connections, and if we can<br />

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The project has used<br />

technology such as drones<br />

to efficiently gather data<br />

from each restoration site<br />

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While improving and<br />

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regulatory requirement for<br />

WIL, Brent and the cooperative<br />

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commitment to the broader<br />

community.<br />

‘‘Primarily, it’sthe right<br />

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‘‘When you look at it from<br />

acatchment approach<br />

what we do here on our<br />

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community downstream.<br />

‘‘We want to improve<br />

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in terms of biodiversity,<br />

and then work together<br />

with other organisations<br />

and the community to<br />

create those long­term<br />

connections from the sea to<br />

the mountains.’’<br />

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filled fairground!<br />

Friday 28 <strong>June</strong> |4–8pm<br />

Norman Kirk Park, 10Day Place<br />

Free event.<br />

COMMUNITY<br />

EMERGENCY<br />

HUB<br />

OPEN<br />

DAY<br />

Loburn School Hall<br />

2–4pmSaturday29<strong>June</strong><br />

HowpreparedisLoburn<br />

forthe next emergency?<br />

If youliveorworkinthe Loburn area,you’re<br />

invitedtojoinyourcommunity forthe opening<br />

of theLoburnCommunity EmergencyHub.<br />

Chat with locals andhelpput together a<br />

bespokeplanfor Loburn.Experiencethe<br />

“shaky house” andgrabafree sausage<br />

offthe BBQ!<br />

All lids and<br />

tops belong<br />

in the bin.<br />

Even if it’s a<br />

plastic type 1, 2<br />

or 5, please don’t<br />

put them in the<br />

recycling bin.<br />

rethinkrubbish.co.nz<br />

Matariki at theKaiapoi Food Forest<br />

Celebrate Matariki atthe Kaiapoi Food Forest<br />

and enjoy live music, market stalls, ahangi and<br />

several performances.<br />

Friday 28 <strong>June</strong> |11am–3pm<br />

32 Cass Street<br />

Free event but hangi tickets are $15.<br />

Let’s Talk about our Beaches —<br />

Consultation Extension<br />

We’veextendedthe consultation period forthe<br />

<strong>North</strong>ern PegasusBay BylawtoSunday23<strong>June</strong><strong>20</strong>24.<br />

Based onyour feedback we have proposed some<br />

changes tothe <strong>North</strong>ern Pegasus Bay Bylaw.<br />

The <strong>North</strong>ern Pegasus Bay Bylaw has been in<br />

place since <strong>20</strong>10 to explain what activities are<br />

permitted onour beaches and what activities are<br />

prohibited. There are also rules and guidelines<br />

around some of these activities and how they<br />

need to be carried out.<br />

To see the proposed changes and to have your say,<br />

go to waimakariri.govt.nz/ourbeaches<br />

NEED FUNDING<br />

FORA<br />

COMMUNITY<br />

PROJECT?<br />

Your Community Boardcan support<br />

your projectwithgrant funding.<br />

Applicationforms andgrant criteria are<br />

availableonlineorfromany Council Service<br />

Centre.For more informationabout funding<br />

visitthe Council website.<br />

Find outmoreat<br />

waimakariri.govt.nz/communitygrants<br />

RUATANIWHA<br />

KAIAPOI CIVIC CENTRE<br />

176 WILLIAMS STREET<br />

KAIPOI<br />

06/06 -11/07 HARIKOA EXHIBITION


CLASSIFIED<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>June</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong>24<br />

27<br />

Public Notices<br />

Upcoming Council<br />

meetings<br />

Unless otherwisestated, the<br />

followingmeetingswillbeheldin<br />

July <strong>20</strong>24 in theCouncil Chamber,<br />

215HighStreet, Rangiora.<br />

WaimakaririWater Zone Committee<br />

Monday 1July at4pm.<br />

Council<br />

Tuesday 2July at 9.30am at the<br />

Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre<br />

176 Williams Street, Kaiapoi.<br />

Oxford-Ohoka CommunityBoard<br />

Wednesday 3July at7pm at the<br />

Oxford Town Hall, Main Street, Oxford.<br />

(The Public Forum section of the<br />

agenda will occur from 7pm to 7.15pm.)<br />

Woodend-Sefton CommunityBoard<br />

Monday 8July at5:30pm atthe<br />

Woodend Community Centre<br />

School Road, Woodend.<br />

Rangiora-AshleyCommunity Board<br />

Wednesday 10 July at 7pm.<br />

Kaiapoi-TuahiwiCommunity Board<br />

Monday 15 July at 4pm atthe<br />

Ruataniwha Kaiapoi Civic Centre<br />

176 Williams Street, Kaiapoi.<br />

Utilitiesand RoadingCommittee<br />

Tuesday 16July at9am.<br />

District Planning andRegulation<br />

Committee<br />

Tuesday 16July at1pm.<br />

<strong>North</strong>ern PegasusBay BylawHearing<br />

Wednesday 17 July at 2pm.<br />

Communityand Recreation Committee<br />

Tuesday 23 July at 3.30pm.<br />

Agendaswillbeavailable twoworking<br />

days before themeeting. Agendas,<br />

Minutes, andaudio recordings of<br />

meetings canbefound on theCouncil's<br />

website: waimakariri.govt.nz<br />

Sarah Nichols<br />

Governance Manager<br />

Have you signed up for<br />

the Waimakariri District<br />

Council <strong>News</strong>letter?<br />

To join visit:<br />

waimakariri.govt.nz/subscribe<br />

DOG REGISTRATION FEES <strong>20</strong>24/<strong>20</strong>25<br />

Dog registration fees are now due and may be paid online at waimakariri.<br />

govt.nz or at your local Council Service Centre.<br />

Dog Registration Fees<br />

Owner/Administration Fee<br />

(Including National DogData<br />

Base Levy)<br />

Fee if paid on or<br />

Before 31 July <strong>20</strong>24<br />

PLUS FEE FOR EACH DOG<br />

Fee if paid on or<br />

After 1August <strong>20</strong>24<br />

$45.00 $67.50<br />

Working Dog (1) $13.00 $19.50<br />

PetDog (2)<br />

Entire,not neutered<br />

$50.00 $75.00<br />

Spayed/Neutered Dog (3) $27.00 $40.50<br />

Dangerous Dog Total Fee (4) $108.00 $162.00<br />

Replacement tag $5.50 $5.50<br />

Disability Assist Dog (5)<br />

No fee<br />

(1) Working Dog –isadog classified under Section 2ofthe Dog Control<br />

Act 1996.<br />

(2) PetDog –are dogsnot included in the specific categories of Neutered/<br />

Spayed Dogs, Working Dogs or Disability Assist Dogs.<br />

(3) Spayed/Neutered Dog –For dogsneutered or spayed before 1August<br />

in the current registration year. Evidence in the form of veterinary<br />

certificate, or adeclaration from the owner to the effect that the dog<br />

is spayed or neutered, will be required where the fact is not already<br />

recorded on the Council’s dog register.<br />

(4) Dangerous Dog –isany dog classified by the Authority in terms of<br />

Section 31 of the Dog Control Act 1996.<br />

(5) Disability Assist Dog –isadog certified by one of the organisations<br />

listed in Schedule 5ofthe Dog Control Act 1996 as trained or being<br />

trained to assist aperson with adisability.<br />

Other Dog Control Fees<br />

Permit to keep 3ormore dogs inurban areas initial<br />

application fee<br />

Impounding Fees:<br />

•First Offence<br />

•Second and Subsequent Offence<br />

•Daily Sustenance Fee (per day)<br />

Fee for<br />

<strong>20</strong>24/<strong>20</strong>25<br />

$167.00<br />

$53.50<br />

$160.00<br />

$16.00<br />

Microchipping $21.50<br />

Callout fee (including after hours) $75.00<br />

ANNUAL DOGREGISTRATIONFEES <strong>20</strong>24/<strong>20</strong>25<br />

The Hurunui District Councilhas fixed thefollowing dogregistrationfees<br />

for the period 1July <strong>20</strong>24 to 30 <strong>June</strong> <strong>20</strong>25. All fees are GST inclusive.<br />

REGISTRATION FEES<br />

Standard domestic dog: $47.00<br />

Responsible dog owner category: $33.00<br />

Workingdog: $33.00<br />

Workingexemptdog (exemptfrommicrochipping): $33.00<br />

Disability assist dog:<br />

No charge<br />

Probationary dogowner -Working/working exempt dog: $33.00<br />

Probationary dogowner -Domesticdog: $47.00<br />

Dangerous dog: $70.50<br />

If registration is not completed by 1August<strong>20</strong>24, a50% penaltyfee will<br />

be applied to the registrationfee after that date.<br />

Dogs are not considered registered until full fees, as applicable, have<br />

been paid.<br />

Registration forms will be forwarded out to known dog ownersin<strong>June</strong>.<br />

Please remember to update us with changes to your contactdetails and<br />

dog records.<br />

To findonlineinformation,visit www.hurunui.govt.nz andclickthe DOGS<br />

tab at the topofthe page, or visit your nearest Council service centre.<br />

Educational<br />

TUITION available. Primary<br />

and secondary (Math,<br />

English, Science) up to<br />

NCEA level 3. Each<br />

student on an individually<br />

tailored programme. Kip<br />

McGrath Rangiora has<br />

been serving the local community<br />

for 30 +years. Give<br />

us acall (03) 313 3638 or<br />

book your free assessment<br />

online https://www.<br />

kipmcgrath.co.nz/rangiora.<br />

Poultry<br />

BROWN SHAVER LAYERS<br />

POL,18-weeks-old, ready<br />

mid-July, pickup Clarkville;<br />

$35 order now. — Ph.<br />

027-433-77<strong>20</strong>.<br />

Gardening<br />

A+ GARDEN hedges cut<br />

to perfection. Tree &arbor<br />

work. For aquote, phone<br />

021 111 4322.<br />

Firewood<br />

2686880<br />

SPLIT Old Man Pine 3.7m<br />

@ $300, Split Hardwood<br />

Mix 3.7m @$400. Mobile<br />

021 993 497.<br />

Wanted To Buy<br />

CARAVAN wanted with<br />

shower and toilet, needing<br />

repairs ok or any condition.<br />

Also wanting ahorse float<br />

and atrailer. Ph Steve 027<br />

62<strong>20</strong> 011<br />

RESOURCE MANAGEMENT<br />

ACT1991<br />

WAIMAKARIRI DISTRICTPLAN<br />

Public Notification of<br />

Application forResource<br />

Consents<br />

The full application can be viewedonline at www.<br />

waimakariri.govt.nz and may also be examined<br />

during office hours at the Rangiora Service Centre,<br />

215 High Street, Rangiora.<br />

Submissions can be made bynotice in writing on<br />

the Council's Notice of Submission toResource<br />

Consent Form or to the like effect, and will be<br />

receivedatany Waimakariri District Council Office<br />

until 5.00pm on Friday 19 July,<strong>20</strong>24.<br />

Your submission may also be sent via email to<br />

RCsubmissions@wmk.govt.nz A Copy of any<br />

submissionmust also be sent to the applicant.<br />

Location:<br />

107 Bradleys Road OHOKA<br />

Proposal:<br />

To construct and establish adwelling on asite less<br />

than 4ha inarea which breaches the <strong>20</strong>-metre<br />

road boundary and internal boundary setbacks<br />

in the Rural Zone including the cancellation ofa<br />

covenant under s240(5) of the RMA.<br />

Applicant: John Raymond Latham<br />

Applicant'saddress for service:<br />

JRLatham<br />

C/- Scope Resource ManagementLimited<br />

57 Camwell Park<br />

RD 1<br />

KAIAPOI 7691<br />

The closing date for submissions is 5pm on<br />

Friday, 19July <strong>20</strong>24. Your submission may also<br />

be sent via email to: RCsubmissions@wmk.govt.nz<br />

For any queries regarding this resource consent<br />

application, please contact Nirosha Seelaratne at<br />

the WaimakaririDistrict Council on 0800 965 468.<br />

WendyHarris<br />

Planning Manager<br />

KAIAPOI<br />

CHRISTADELPHIANS<br />

“The Key ofknowledge (Luke 11:52)<br />

BIBLE PROPHECY AND THE<br />

BIRTH OFISRAEL<br />

Throughout history, Israel, the people, have been<br />

a focus in World events. They have been treated<br />

inhumanely in Pogroms(Russian-devastation,orriot),<br />

mob attack against the persons and property of a<br />

religious, racial or national minority, banishment and<br />

forced conversion. But still,after centuries of attempted<br />

genocide, they remain a vital people who have<br />

contributed to mankind, in all the arts,music, science<br />

and medicine. Israel, the land, although renamed by<br />

Emperor Hadrian as Palaestina, orPalestinian Syria,<br />

so that Israel would be ‘lost’ to the World, has been<br />

brought back from ignominy. What isthe explanation<br />

for this amazing event? The Bible is the only place<br />

that prophetically reveals the movements of Israel, the<br />

people and the land.<br />

Sunday, 23 rd <strong>June</strong>, 7.00pm<br />

Blue Skies Convention Centre,<br />

Williams Street, Kaiapoi,<br />

All welcome<br />

Forinformation phone03352 5453<br />

website-Biblechannel<br />

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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>June</strong> <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong>24<br />

Out of Zone Enrolments<br />

Commencing Term 3<strong>20</strong>24<br />

Fernside School<br />

Fernside School haslimited places<br />

available forcommencementinTerm3<br />

as follows:<br />

1xYear 2, 1xYear 5, 1xYear 7.<br />

Formoreinformation or foracopy of the<br />

application form,pleaseemail<br />

fernsideschool@fernside.school.nz.<br />

Applications close at11:59 pm on<br />

Wednesday, July 3. Aballot, if required,<br />

will be held on Friday,July5.<br />

DEB’S Private Transport.<br />

Appointments, outings,<br />

shopping, airport transfer.<br />

Phone 021 289 9256. Email<br />

dtooby.nz@gmail.com<br />

Situations Vacant<br />

We are looking for Team Members<br />

For our Bathroom, Power Tools,<br />

Heating and BBQ departments<br />

McAlpines Mitre 10 MEGA are seeking<br />

applications from outgoing, friendly and<br />

enthusiastic people to join our successful.<br />

Work local<br />

Public Notices<br />

2686605<br />

RANGIORA BOWLING<br />

Club, Annual General<br />

Meeting, Saturday 6th July<br />

<strong>20</strong>24, at 2pm. the clubrooms,<br />

Good Street, all<br />

welcome.<br />

To be successful you will be:<br />

• Customer focused<br />

• Enjoy working inside and outside<br />

• Physically fit and strong<br />

• Able to climb ladders and use lifting<br />

equipment<br />

• Enjoy working aspart ofateam<br />

• Able tothink proactively<br />

• Able to work hard and smart<br />

• Familiar ineither DIY orCustomer<br />

Service or quick to learn<br />

• Weekend work will be required<br />

McAlpines have an active drug &alcohol<br />

policy in place, apre-employment drug test<br />

and medical will be required.<br />

Applicants must be aNew Zealand resident<br />

or hold avalid New Zealand visa.<br />

Please send your application and CVto:<br />

Retail Team Member<br />

McAlpines Mitre 10 MEGA<br />

Private Bag 1003<br />

Rangiora 7440<br />

or email: applications@mcalpines.co.nz<br />

2681596<br />

Situations Vacant<br />

Eyre Community<br />

Environmental<br />

Safety Society<br />

(ECESS)<br />

AGMwillbeheld<br />

Thursday 25 th July<br />

at 7:00pm<br />

West EyretonHall<br />

All members and interested<br />

residentswelcome.<br />

Cars Wanted<br />

CARS, vans, 4WD’s<br />

wanted for dismantling or<br />

repair. Please phone 027<br />

258 8366.<br />

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ABEL &Prestige Chimney<br />

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned<br />

& operated. Covering all<br />

areas from Waimak to Hanmer.<br />

Professional, guaranteed,<br />

service. Firebox<br />

repairs, carry most parts. Ph<br />

0800 661 244.<br />

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Copper Beech Tree<br />

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pruning, height reduction,<br />

hedge trimming, shaping,<br />

tree planting, firewood.<br />

Free quotes. Contact Angus<br />

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copperbeechtreeservices@gmail.com<br />

ATTIC LADDERS and<br />

roof storage Free noobligation<br />

quotes. Integrated<br />

Trade Services<br />

021 351 900<br />

BRIAN’S Tree Services.<br />

Tree felling, topping,<br />

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish<br />

removed, stump grinding,<br />

branch chipping.<br />

Affordable rates. Phone 03<br />

327 5505 or 021 124 4894.<br />

CHIMNEY SWEEPS.<br />

Time to service your fire.<br />

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DRESSMAKING Bev’s<br />

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your alterations, repairs,<br />

dressmaking, curtains.<br />

Phone 327 5535.<br />

GUTTER CLEAN, professional<br />

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prices. House wash, roofs,<br />

driveways, pathways from<br />

$150. Phone 022 469 0767.<br />

HAP’S FARM and<br />

gardening service, sheep<br />

shearing, crutching,<br />

drenching etc, fencing<br />

repairs, gardening, pruning,<br />

small tree trimming etc.<br />

Phone 021 267 4025.<br />

HIGH SPEC PAINTERS.<br />

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PH 0800 4546 546<br />

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PAINT & wallpaper<br />

services. Wayne Bryant,<br />

exterior, interior. Qualified<br />

tradesman. Free quotes. Ph<br />

313 5337 or 027 654 4568.<br />

PAINTER & Decorator.<br />

25 + years experience.<br />

Interior /exterior, roofs &<br />

waterblasting. For a free<br />

quote, please ph Steve 03<br />

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POWER TOOLS repairs,<br />

parts &sales for over 40<br />

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free quotes, matching &<br />

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Phone021 344 023<br />

SUPERVISORWANTED<br />

<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />

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advertising material &local newspapersintohouseholdletterboxes.<br />

This isapart-time contract position where you can co-ordinate most<br />

of your work from home, allowing the opportunity to continue or apply<br />

for work in other fields. The position may include managing ateam of<br />

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For further information please contact Mark<br />

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2502479<br />

Trade &Services<br />

2684666<br />

RUST REPAIRS, minor<br />

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work & restorations of<br />

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phone 027 727 0481.<br />

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236<strong>20</strong>02<br />

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CRAIGS Trees<br />

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from $23 per cube<br />

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from $30 per cube<br />

all +gst<br />

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house excavations, driveways, subdivisions<br />

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Ph: KEN 027 <strong>20</strong>1 3302<br />

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TrustedTrades&<br />

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Trusted Trades & Professional Services<br />

To book your spaceinthis guide,phone Amanda Keys 3132840 or email amanda.keys@ncnews.co.nz<br />

Accountant<br />

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Gardening Services<br />

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Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821<br />

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Convenient Locations<br />

Rangiora 313 6948<br />

Christchurch 379 0178<br />

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Plumber /Gas Fitter<br />

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


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Multi-Purpose Storage Shed<br />

<strong>20</strong>m x 10m x 3m with 5x Roller Doors, 2x Whirly Birds & PA Door<br />

Multi-Purpose Storage Shed<br />

10.5m x 8m x 3.6m with 3x Roller Doors, 3x Ampelites, PA Door & Awning<br />

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7m x 6m x 3.6m<br />

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