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Peoples' Choice winner ... Rangiora photographer Peter Wright’s stunning image Waimakariri Bridge,was abig favourite with people attending the 18th annual Kaiapoi Art Expo 

at the Kaiapoi Club last weekend. 

PHOTO: PETER WRIGHT, GODZONE PHOTOGRAPHY 

Waimakariri Bridge wins hearts of visitors 

By SHELLEY TOPP 

Afirsttime entrant has won the People’s 

Choice Award at the Corcoran French 

Kaiapoi Art Expo with his image 

Waimakariri Bridge. 

Peter Wright, who owns Godzone 

Photography in Rangiora's High Street, 

also sold the large photograph and one 

of the other three smaller ones he had in 

the expo which was held in the Kaiapoi 

Club last weekend. 

‘‘The exhibition was alot bigger than I 

thought it would be,’’ Peter said. 

‘‘It was really good. 

‘‘I am very pleased Ientered and will 

definitely be entering work in it again 

next year." 

Jackie Watson, chairwoman of the 

Waimakariri Arts Trust, which organises 

the expo, said Waimakariri Bridge was 

‘‘an unusual but beautifully composed 

shot which certainly has the wow 

factor.’’ 

This year’s expo featured 151 artists 

who contributed 752 artworks, alongside 

the efforts of young upandcoming 

artists from 18 Waimakariri schools and 

homeschoolers, in the Pak’nSave 

Rangiora School Kaiapoi Art Expo. 

The expo began with abig crowd 

waiting to get in on opening night last 

Friday, and large crowds attending on 

Saturday and Sunday. 

Blackwell’s Department Store 

complemented the busy artsfocused 

weekend on Saturday with its popular 

Fire and Ice Festival which began in the 

car park at noon. 

It featured Auckland ice artist Victor 

Cagayat, live music, food trucks and 

aerialists, plus face painting and 

workshops for children in the afternoon 

to coincide with the Have AGoevent in 

the Kaiapoi Club. 

The fun continued into the evening 

with Victor’s ice sculptures lit up for the 

occasion, lightemitting diode (LED) 

artists, fire poi dancers, stilt walkers 

and live music from Latin guitarist 

Sanchez, all adding highlights to the 

event, which also attracted large crowds. 

Andrew Blackwell said he was pleased 

with how the event went. 

‘‘A lot of people came out. 

‘‘It had avery family, community feel 

to it which was what we wanted.’’ 

The event took alot of organising, with 

Andrew's daughter, Katherine Williams, 

doing alot of work, with the help of many 

supporters. 

‘‘They don’t come on board wanting 

huge recognition, but they all play avital 

part,’’ Andrew said. 

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Woodend Bypass on the move 

ByDAVID HILL, 

Local Democracy Reporter 

ANorth Canterbury community leader is 

pleased the Woodend Bypass is finally 

going ahead, but hopes promised safety 

improvements will not be forgotten. 

WoodendSefton CommunityBoard 

chairperson Shona Powell says residents 

had been waiting for safety 

improvements since Waka Kotahi New 

Zealand Transport Agency began 

consulting with the communityeight 

years ago. 

TransportMinister Simeon Brown and 

Waimakariri MP Matt Dooceyvisited 

Woodend on Friday (July 5) to announce 

planning will begin on the Belfast to 

Pegasus Motorway, which includes the 

bypass. 

‘‘I am pleased we are making progress 

and we can sort of think, ‘yeah, it is going 

to happen’,’’ Ms Powell said. 

‘‘It has beenreally difficult for alot of 

peoplefor along time and now we just 

want to see things moving. 

‘‘We want to see Woodend being a 

community without State Highway 1 

barrelling through it.’’ 

Proposed safety improvements 

included road widening, wider 

centrelines and safety barriers, 

roundabouts at the Woodend Beach 

Road and Williams Street intersections 

and acrossing refuge for people using 

bus stops near Pineacres. 

Ms Powell has also been advocating for 

apedestrian and cycle underpass 

between Pegasus and Ravenswood, along 

with the cycleways proposed to link 

Woodend with Kaiapoi and Pegasus. 

Ms Powell says there were also safety 

concerns north of Pegasus. 

Residents had successfully lobbied for 

an 80kphspeed limit between Pegasus 

and Waikuku, and a60kph limit through 

Waikuku. 

Waimakariri Mayor DanGordon has 

also been lobbying to replace the Ashley 

River SH1 bridge, with awiderbridge 

and aclipon cycle way. 

Friday’s announcement allows Waka 

Kotahi to get on with planning the 

Woodend Bypass route, design work and 

Back on track ... Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey and Transport Minister Simeon Brown 

announce the BelfasttoPegasus Motorway will be built, at the Pegasus Roundabout on 

Friday morning. 

PHOTO: DAVID HILL 

costing the project. 

‘‘It will help boost productivity and 

facilitatethe fastermovement of freight 

across New Zealand,’’ Mr Brown said. 

‘‘Locally, the Woodend Bypass is 

important for Christchurch, Canterbury 

and the South Island.’’ 

The agency has been asked to consider 

all funding options, including aroad toll 

and public /private partnerships. 

‘‘If tolling is what is recommended, we 

will do it,’’ Mr Brown said. 

Waka Kotahi director regional 

relationships, James Caygill, said the 

announcement allows the agency to talk 

to landowners, and to relook at the route 

to ‘‘see what has changed in the last 10 

years’’. 

‘‘Ravenswood wasn’there 10 years ago 

and there has been alot of growth.’’ 

Aroute to the east of Woodend, from 

Pine Acres, north of Kaiapoi, to the 

Pegasus Roundabout was designated for 

the Woodend Bypass by Waka Kotahi in 

2014. 

Mr Caygill said the Pegasus 

Roundabout would need to be replaced 

and the agency was aware of two shingle 

pit lakes near Pine Acres. 

An underpass and cycle ways linking 

Woodend with Pegasus and Kaiapoi were 

also ‘‘on the table’’, he said. 

Mr Gordon said the Woodend Bypass 

was one of the largest roading projects 

the district has seen. 

‘‘We welcome that direction and we 

want to see it completed. The community 

has been waiting for along time.’’ 

He said the council looked forward to 

seeing the detailed design and was ready 

to partner with Waka Kotahi to see the 

bypass delivered. 

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Nth Canty Wearable Arts show rescheduled 

By JOHN COSGROVE 

The North CanterburyWearable Arts 

show has been rescheduled to the last 

weekend of the October school holidays. 

An organiser Jane Andersonsays the 

new date, Saturday, October 12, will allow 

more time for potential entrants to perfect 

their creations and perhaps persuade 

others to enter. 

She says the venue is still at the 

Rangiora Baptist Church Auditorium 

where the audience will be wrapped 

aroundthe stageand runway for optimum 

viewing. 

As the show now falls past the WOW in 

Wellington's performance dates, the 

Supreme Student and Supreme Adult 

winners will now receive flights and 

tickets to the 2025 show. 

‘‘They will still get to go up to WOW — 

just not this year,’’ she says. 

‘‘There are many great prizes for all 

categories and this is ashow for thewhole 

family. 

‘‘It will not disappoint with the talent of 

local and further afield designers 

showcasing their amazing creativity on the 

stage.’’ 

Categories and themes for this year's 

show are: Students: Years 16 –Space, 

Years 78 Space or Open, Years 913 

Wild, Weird and Wacky or Open. Adults: 

Natural Fibres or Open. 

Jane says this category is very exciting, 

as it asks entrants to ‘‘Get down to earth 

and out of this world by taking natural 

fibres to the next level’’. 

Entrants in the adult category must use 

amajority (80%+) of natural fibres, such as 

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New tee block ... Ron Adams, vice club captain of the Kaiapoi Golf Club, who is also alife member of the club, teeing off from the club's 

new tee block on the fairway parallel to Williams Street. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

Amicable solution to stray shots 


Golf balls straying from the Kaiapoi 

Golf course have teedoff private 

property owners, apreschool, the 

occasional pedestrian and vehicle. 

But asolution has been found to 

wayward balls endangering children, 

pedestrians and property. 

With all parties working together,a 

tee block has been shifted to try to 

avoid stray tee shots going off course, 

instead of down the fairway. 

Club captain Sean Regan says some 

golf balls strayed into Sovereign 

Palms properties and the Sovereign 

Star Preschool and Nurseryacross 

the road in Williams Street. 

The stray balls highlighted the need 

to improve the health and safety of the 

club’s neighbours, pedestrians, and 

vehicles driving past the course. 

Club chairman Jack Oldridge began 

aseries of meetings with 

representatives of Suburban Estates, 

Sovereign Palms property owners, and 

the Nursery and Preschool, to discuss 

the issue. 

There were amyriad of complicated 

contributing factors to consider, and 

the decision process involved input 

from many people. 

However, in the end the solution was 

arelatively simple, but took alot of 

work to achieve the required result. 

‘‘We have changed our tee block on 

the fairway that is parallel to Williams 

Street,’’ Sean says. 

Last Thursday the club marked the 

change at 9.30am with a‘‘ceremonial 

tee off’’ by life member and vice club 

captain, Ron Adams, on the 

reconstructed tee block on the number 

four fairway. 

The club chairman, Jack Oldridge 

says he was pleased with the outcome. 

‘‘The fact that we have been able to 

work together, understand the 

relative positives and take 

responsibility to achieve apositive 

outcome is what has made this 

partnership memorable.’’ 

Tracy Frew, the general manager of 

Suburban Estates is also pleased with 

the solution. 

‘‘It has been an amazing outcome,’’ 

she says. 

Staff recruitment headache for Kaikoura DC 

By DAVID HILL, 


Ever thought of working in Kaikōura? 

Staff recruitment has been headache in 

the popular tourist town in recent years, 

says Kaikōura District Council chief 

executive Will Doughty. 

There have been vacancies in the 

building team for the last two years, but 

the position of building control manager 

has finally been filled, with Glen Vaughan 

having stepped into the role on July 1. 

‘‘We are consistently chasing our tail 

looking to get some replacements and we 

have had good support from contractors 

and other councils in the building space,’’ 

Mr Doughty says. 

‘‘We have had good support remotely for 

the last 18 months with no building control 

manager,sothat team has been doing well. 

But it is good to get afulltime role based 

here.’’ 

Over the last few years the council has 

relied on contractors to get through its 

building consents and inspection 

workload, with support from neighbouring 

councils. 

The council is still looking for abuilding 

control officer. 

Despite the lack of permanent building 

staff based in Kaikōura, the council 

received afavourable accreditation 

assessment earlier this year from 

International Accreditation New Zealand 

(IANZ). 

While the council has filled akey 

position, its long serving three waters 

engineer, Bruce Apperley, has signalled 

his intention to retire at the end of the 

year. The council will also be recruiting 

soon for more staff in the operations and 

finance teams, following the adoption of 

the Long Term Plan, Mr Doughty said. 

Constraints in resources in recent years 

meant councils were having to ‘‘look at 

smarter ways of doing things’’. 

He said the council was able to 

overcome some of its challenges by 

working closely with other councils, 

particularly Hurunui. 

The two councils shared services such 

as information technology and Kaikōura 

has enjoyed good relationships with other 

Canterbury councils and the Marlborough 

District Council. 

Staff recruitment has been achallenge 

for other employers in the district, 

particularly tourism operators seeking 

seasonal workers. Alack of available and 

affordable housing, and ashortage of short 

term rental accommodation were 

contributing to making recruitment 

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Communityfocus for RangioraPromotions 

BySHELLEY TOPP 

Rangiora Promotions has been 

relaunched to showcase the 

organisation's new name and focus of 

‘‘doinggood in our community’’. 

The relaunch was held in conjunction 

with the organisation’s annual meeting at 

the Rangiora RSA Club on Tuesday 

evening last week. 

It was a‘‘call to action’’, prompted by 

changestothe board of directors last 

year, funding challenges, objectives no 

longer fit for purpose, and aneed to 

ensure the Rangiora community's needs 

were being met, the organisation’s 

chairwoman, Debs TaylorHayhurst, said. 

The organisation, which was originally 

known as Our Town Rangiora and reestablished 

in 2009 as Rangiora 

Promotions Association, whichhad a 

businesspromotion focus. 

It will now be known as Rangiora 

Promotions, with aims to ‘‘engage, 

connect and excite’’. 

It will also aim to be aselfsustaining 

organisation which is less/not reliant on 

grants, but also be able to afford to ‘‘give 

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backtothe community’’ and ensure every 

event is financially viable, while also 

fulfillingthe best interestsofthe 

Rangiora community. 

This means some events will not be 

rerun and others will be adapted to fit. 

‘‘Our events need to be financially 

viable and may, or will be ticketed, and 

we will need your help as acommunity 

member, business owner, sponsor or 

supporter,’’ Debs said. 

Adifficult decision had been made not 

to run Big Splash this year as it ‘`no 

longer aligns with our purpose’’, she said. 

However the organisation is looking at 

other ways to assist the Stroke 

Foundation, the charity behind Big 

Splash. 

Eats and Beats has been given a 

reprieve, but anew format is being 

developed ‘‘to suit the economic climate’’, 

with details for that expected next year. 

Rangiora Promotions will also support 

the popular Winter Festival, which is 

expected to be held on August 10, and will 

be running anew event, Harry Potter and 

the Quiz of Champions to be held at the 

Rangiora RSA Club on September 21, 

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Other events this year include arevised 

Rangiora Christmas Fair in November, 

an adapted event previously known as 

Christmas Celebration Night,its 

Christmas favourites, the Rangiora 

Toyota SantaParade and the McAlpines 

Mitre 10 MEGA Party in the Park on 

December 8. 

Next year it will run anew event, 

Rangiora’sFunday Sunday, in March. 

Other possibilities are being 

considered including aDressUp 

Convention, aCinema Night,aHalloween 

Event, aWinter Pool Party, and aDoGood 

in the Community initiative. 

The relaunch was also acall for more 

support from the community. ‘‘We need 

your help,’’Debs said. 

There are many ways people can help, 

such as becoming aboard member, 

sponsor, business supporter, or a 

community member supporter. 

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At large votingonly viable option for KaikouraCouncil 

ByDAVID HILL, 


Electing asmall council at large is ‘‘the 

only viable option’’, says Kaikōura 

District Council chief executiveWill 

Doughty. 

The council has opted to stick with the 

status quo, of electing amayor and seven 

councillors at large, for the 2025 and 

2028 local government elections, 

following its representation review. 

‘‘We’re not looking at instigating any 

geographical wards,’’ Mr Doughty said. 

‘‘There aren’ttoo many options for a 

small district like ours. 

‘‘It is one of the strengths of asmall 

district orsmall communitiesthat 

everyone is elected at large.’’ 

There was some dissatisfaction to the 

north of the district, with some residents 

in the Clarence Valley and Kekerengu 

expressing apreference to be part of the 

Marlborough district, Mr Doughty said. 

‘‘We had some good discussions 

during the Long Term Plan consultation 

when we wentupthere (Clarence and 

Kekerengu). 

‘‘We have justgot to continue having 

thosediscussions and take on board 

those concerns.’’ 

In areport to arecentcouncil 

meeting, corporate services senior 

manager Peter Kearney said award 

system would be ‘‘unworkable’’ because 

of the small population. 

‘‘The council’s view is that acommon 

community of interest exists at the 

district level. 

‘‘Subdividing the district into wards 

would not be apracticable option and 

would riskfragmentation of the 

district’s characterand shared 

community of interest.’’ 

The Kaikōura district’s population 

was 4230, as at June last year, making it 

the second smallestinNew Zealand, 

behind the Chatham Islands. 

In addition to the permanent 

population, there were agrowing 

number of holiday homes. 

The council voted against establishing 

aMāori ward in October, after 

consulting with Te Rūnanga oKaikōura. 

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highest voter turnouts, with more than 

62% voting in both the 2019 and 2022 

local government elections. 

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Boxing helping youths to find their feet 

By ROBYN BRISTOW 

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Boxing turned BoDean Blackburn’s 

life around. 

When she took up the sport she was 

not into exercise, and thought boxing 

would be ‘‘simple and easy’’. 

But on discovering the training 

involved she quickly changed her mind. 

BoDean stuckwith it however, 

becoming afit, trim, successful athlete. 

Now the accomplished boxer, who 

fought for six years with the Leithfield 

Boxing Club gaining alot of success, is 

giving North Canterbury youths a 

chance to follow in her footsteps. 

‘‘I really, really love boxing. For a 

long time it was my life. 

‘‘I am now enjoying seeing what kids 

get out of it, and how they grow,’’ she 

says. 

When BoDean finished fighting she 

went on to spend five years studying 

sport and exercise. 

But the thirst for boxing remained. 

Last year when the Leithfield Boxing 

Club dissolved, BoDean was presented 

with the ideal opportunity to start her 

own club. 

‘‘I’ve always wanted to build my own 

club —aplace where Ican foster a 

sense of belonging and afamilylike 

environment,’’ she says. 

Through hard work and perseverance 

the Hurunui Boxing Club was born. 

Based in Amberley in the old Scout 

Den, whichher former boxing club 

called home, BoDean is training a 

family of boxers. 

She has five registered boxers — 

Jamie Johnson 17, Ted Johnson 14, 

Toby Kirkus 13, Hayley Channings 13, 

Shakaiyah GorrieCashel 12. 

‘‘Eachone of these kids has had 

incredible success. 

‘‘All together they have had 10 fights, 

coming away with some titles, such as 

Team Hurunui ... BoDean Blackburn (centre) with some of her young upandcoming 

boxers. 

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the South Island Golden Gloves.’’ 

BoDean says it is difficult to find 

fights for her two registered girls, as 

there are not many girls in the sports. 

‘‘These girls are incredibly talented 

fighters, but is hard to showcase their 

talents in this sport especially in their 

weight category. 

‘‘We are anew club, and we are the 

new ones to watch. 

Ahuge turning point for the club 

recently was having local Hurunui boy, 

Toby Kirkus, fight an incredibly hard 

fight for the Jack Grant Belt. 

He is now known as one to watch as an 

up and coming prospect. 

Toby was doing karate before joining 

the club, but did not compete at 

competitions. 

It is the first time afighter from 

Hurunui has won the belt which stays 

within the Canterbury Association 

Clubs. 

‘‘We must put it up at every 

Canterbury Club tournament. 

‘‘We must choose adifferent person 

within our club to fight to keep it within 

our club,’’ says BoDean. 

‘‘Shakaiyah GorrieCashel will be 

defending the belt on July 13 to 

hopefully keep the belt in the club.’’ 

Training is held two nights aweek, 

with athird added as competition time 

nears. 

‘‘We train incredibly hard for every 

bout, often training those athletes who 

have upcoming matches with one on 

one sessions.’’ 

BoDean is slowly enlisting some help 

in her endeavours, with arugby coach 

and afew keen parents lending ahand. 

‘‘More help would be great. Iwould 

Winning belt ... Hurunui fighter, Toby 

Kirkus with the Jack Grant Belt he won 

recently. 

love new people to come along and see 

what it’s about,’’ she says. 

But her biggest worry is finding the 

funds to ‘‘keep the lights on’’ at the club, 

and getting some funds together to 

replace the gloves and equipment 

donated to it by the Leithfield Club 

when it was dissolved, much of which 

has been in use since 2014. 

BoDean says despite being anotforprofit 

club, it has to pay $5 aday in daily 

power charges, plus what it uses on top 

of that. 

The bill is around $2500 ayear. 

She says some participants pay fees 

which is awesome, but if they can’t 

‘‘that is okay too.’’ 

‘‘We have run acouple of fundraisers 

and Iamsearching for grants at present 

to upgrade the gloves and gear.’’ 

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Mayor Marie Black 

Forum demonstrates 

strong leadership 

Canterbury Mayoral Forum has recently 

taken the opportunity to meet with 

visiting Members of Parliament, Minister 

Mark Mitchell, Emergency Management 

and Recovery and Police, Minister Chris 

Bishop Infrastructure, Housing and RM 

reform, and this Friday Minister Simeon 

Brown minister for Local Government, 

Transport and energy. 

Mayoral colleagues Mayor Dan Gordon 

and Mayor Craig Mackle met with 

Minister Simeon Brown at Waimakariri 

Council Offices last Friday, along with 

Minister Matt Doocey, to demonstrate 

our shared support for the Woodend 

Bypass and matters of significancein 

regard to the water reform –Local water 

Done well. 

These opportunities provide a 

platform for us collectively to 

demonstrate the joint leadership for 

Canterbury, the country’s largest region 

and to highlight the concerns about the 

level of investment from central 

government for South Island projects. 

Last weekend, we celebrated with our 

granddaughter Hazel at her 5th birthday 

party with all the joy that comes with 

watching alittle person express somuch 

delightand excitement for being abig 

girl and going to school. It certainly 

allowed me to think about all the 

committed educators who live and work 

within our Hurunui District. 

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Ihave the good fortune to be invited to 

some of our schools for avariety of 

celebrations and Iamoften left reflecting 

on the energy and optimism that is 

demonstrated by not only the educators 

but also the students. 

Iwant to take this opportunity to 

acknowledge all educators in our 

preschools, where the teachers nurture 

the minds of our youngest to be curious 

and confident learners to primary and 

secondary students who are fortunate to 

have an opportunity to learn across a 

range of subjects and become competent 

to enter the world of tertiary education, 

trade or skills basedcareers. 

Given we are in weekone of the July 

break, Iwant to acknowledge the work of 

our teachers, and recognise the 

contribution to our district, you inspire 

our students and help them find their 

preferred career path. 

The Hurunui District Council, through 

our community team, is working closely 

with our schools to continue to provide 

some additional means to allow students 

to flourish, our team genuinely caresand 

wants to make adifference and continue 

to support young people on their journey 

to independence with the Mayors 

Taskforce for Jobsprogramme. 

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weave the connection to ensure we 

inspire our leaders of tomorrow. 

Coastguard volunteers sought 

The Coastguard is on the lookout for 

volunteers, including in Kaikōura. 

Coastguard Tautiaki Moana volunteer 

manager Jacqui Arnold says it doesn't 

matter whether you’re aseasoned boatie 

who ventures out every weekend, or 

someone who wants to stick closer to shore 

—there is arole for you with Coastguard. 

‘‘Across diverseroles, backgrounds, and 

communities, our volunteers come 

together as one inclusive whānau, 

reflecting the Aotearoa we know and love,’’ 

she says. 

‘‘Volunteering for Coastguard is more 

than just our onwater assistance. We have 

amazing shore crews from our radio 

operators to training coordinators whose 

efforts enable us to bring people home 

safely.’’ 

For Coastguard Kaikōura, it is looking 

for people to help out as Rescue Vessel 

Volunteer Shore Crew while Coastguard 

North Canterbury would also welcome 

new volunteers. 

Jacqui said it takes acrew to save alife. 

‘‘There are over 2000 highly trained and 

skilled Coastguardvolunteersready to 

respond tocalls for help day or night. With 

more Kiwis than ever enjoying life on the 

water, we’re on the search for new talent to 

ensure we can continue our lifesaving 

mahi long into the future.’’ 

Over the last year, Coastguard 

volunteers in Canterbury contributed a 

massive 18,773 hours, with 1511 hours 

exclusively dedicated just to incidents. 

They responded to 112 incidents and 

assisted 215 people to get back home 

safely. To learn more or apply go to 

volunteers.coastguard.nz. 

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GLOW multicultural cooking courses 

Mexican,Filipino, South African, 

Chinese, Dutch and French cuisine will 

all featureasyummy food topicsatthis 

year’s 2024 GLOW Multicultural 

Cooking Class Series. 

Global Locals of Waimakariri (GLOW) 

is amonthly social group, well known 

for its amazing and diverse range of 

cooking classes. 

The social grouphas three main 

projects each year: monthly meetings at 

The Plough to welcome new people to 

Waimakariri, an annual get together 

with other groups to foster social 

friendship in the district and the now 

very popular series of multicultural 

cooking classes. 

Held in partnership with the 

WaimakaririDistrict Council, the 

10week cooking series begins on 

Wednesday, August 7, at the Kaiapoi 

High School Hospitality kitchen at 101 

Ohoka Rd. 

Awide range of cooking options are 

offered catering to adiverse range of 

tastes and themes. 

Tickets can be booked on Humanitix. 

co.nz. 

RangioraNewcomers Network 

Rangiora Newcomers Network will 

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celebrate its 20th anniversary with a 

function to be held in the McAlpines 

Pavilion at the MainPower Oval cricket 

grounds in Rangiora on Saturday July 

27, starting at 6pm. 

Several of the original founders of the 

social group will be in attendance. The 

group was started by the late Sylvia 

Temple as away newcomers to 

Rangiora and the Waimakariri district 

could make new friends through an 

assortment of social activities 

Everyone is welcome. Contact Ann 

Jamieson on (03)3107191 or visit the 

Rangiora Newcomers Network on 

Facebook. 

Lions Club speech competition 

The HawardenWaikari Lions Club is 

calling for entries for its speech 

competition at the Hawarden Hall, 

Hawarden on Thursday, August 22, at 

4.30pm. The event is open to all Year 7 

to 13 school students as well as those 

who are home schooled or taught 

outside the Hurunui district. They will 

complete for the McIlraith Trophies 

awarded to the winner in 

eachofthe three age groups. Years 7/8, 

Years 9/10 &Years 11/12/13. Entries 

close with JJ Gudopp on August 9. She 

can be reached on 027 438 4140. 

Commune, by Olive Jones 

In 1979, teenager Olive Jones was one of agroup of 

hippies, idealists, and subsistence farmersthat set 

up an alternative community on afarminthe 

Motueka Valley near Nelson. Commune documents 

the rise and fall of this 

community. 

Air Chief Marshall Sir 

Keith Park, by Murray 

Rowlands 

While credit for The 

Battle of Britain rightly 

goes to ‘The Few', 

victory could never 

have happened without 

the inspirational 

command and 

leadership of New 

Zealander Keith Park. 

Refood, by Emily King 

Refood traverses the 

full food system, and 

unpacks its issues along 

the way, while 

providing timely and 

relevant ideas and inspiration for readerstosolve 

these problems themselves. 

These titles areavailable in both Waimakariri 

and Hurunui libraries. 

Find out more about recent additions to the library 

collection by going to the library catalogue at 

waimakariri.kotui.org.nz or hurunui.kotui.org.nz or 

contact your local library. 

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AScottish dance loveaffair 


Scottish dance brings Audrey 

Mattinson joy. 

‘‘It is good for the body and brain, as 

its good exercise and you can not stop 

thinking otherwise it all goes wrong,’’ 

she says. 

Audrey has retired from teaching 

Scottish dance at the RangioraScottish 

Country Dancing Club after more than 

three decades. 

‘‘I am 85 after all,’’ she says. 

But despite arthritis taking its toll on 

an ankle, she still keeps her hand in 

teaching asmall group of eight at the 

Oxford Scottish Dancing Club every 

Thursday afternoon during the winter 

months. 

‘‘I decided to keep that up while I 

can,’’ she says. 

Audrey says people enjoy the 

camaraderie of Scottish dancing, and it 

is agreat way to meet people. 

‘‘You dance in sets of three, four or 

sometimes five couples. 

‘‘Its great and very social,’’she says. 

‘‘You dance with someonedifferent 

in all the dances, because you change 

partners.’’ 

Audrey started Scottish dancing 

because it was something she ‘‘always 

wanted to do. 

She went along to aclub in Rangiora 

in the early 1980s, and learnt all the 

steps she could from an excellent tutor, 

along with patterns, and the dances. 

When the club stopped operating she 

went to the Rangiora ScottishDancing 

Club under the tutelageofJean 

Saunders, and began helping her with 

teaching, taking over when Jean 

retired. 

‘‘I am only slightly musical, anddid 

find one step difficult, but eventually 

picked it up.’’ 

The club meets on Friday evenings 

Farewell ... Audrey farewelling meals on wheels five years ago. 

in the winter, because dancing during 

the summer months is too hot. 

Audrey bought books and music from 

the Royal Scottish Country Dance 

Society in Scotland, building up 

resources, and agood following. 

‘‘We started with records, then 

moved to tapes, and finally to CDs 

which we put into the computer and 

played,’’ she says. 

Audrey’s sparkling personality kept 

everyoneontheir toes,and reeling to 

the music. 

Audrey belonged to two clubs in 

Christchurch whereshe shared her 

knowledge of Scottish dancing, and 

danced for athird. 

‘‘I had to give teaching up because 

you couldn’t teach dancing while using 

awalking stick,’’ she says. 

Dancing did not occupy Audrey’s 

every waking moment. She also 

PHOTO: FILE 

delivered meals on wheels in 

Rangiora. For 30 years she drove the 

same route, after beginning the 

volunteer work in her 50s. 

She did it for enjoyment, and just 

like her dancing, she loved meeting 

and helping people. 

Audrey made some great friends 

during her time, as she does at the 

Dudley Park pool which the Scottish 

Dancing Club helped raise funds for 

through dance. 

She learnt to swim in her 30s, and 

today walks in the pool due to torn 

tendons in her arms, and her painful 

ankle. 

Audrey was also aRangiora Library 

volunteer for more than 20 years. 

Today Audrey enjoys reading, doing 

jigsaws, and relaxing in the sunshine at 

home in Ashley Village on the outskirts 

of Rangiora. 

From the movies 

to Broadway 


Aconcert featuring well known music from 

movies, along with Broadway hits, is being held 

in Rangiora next month. 

The Rangiora RSA Club Band will present The 

Movies to Broadway,onSaturday, August 10, in 

the Rangiora Town Hall. 

The band, formerly Rangiora Brass, 

amalgamated with awellknown Christchurch 

based band, Canterbury Brass, earlier this year. 

With difficulty in retaining players, Canterbury 

Brass approached Rangiora about 

amalgamating, the result being astrong wellresourced 

band. 

It’s played on Anzac Day at the Christchurch 

Citizens Anzac service in the Christchurch 

Transitional Cathedral, as well as at the 

Rangiora RSA Cenotaph service and afternoon 

concert. 

The band also recently travelled to Greymouth 

to compete in the Marlborough Wast Coast Brass 

Band Contest, winning the combined Cand D 

grade section. 

The band will compete in the Canterbury 

Provincial contest later in September. 

Following their success last year in winning 

the Dgrade National contest in Dunedin, and 

again winning at the Canterbury contest, they 

were promoted into the CGrade, adding anew, 

exciting challenge for the band. 

It is now in the process of forming an auxiliary 

band, which will perform in the community and 

provide apathway into the main band or beyond. 

The band can offer tuition and instruments for 

anyone, especially youths, who are keen to earn 

an instrument or pickup from where they left off. 

Any enquiries can be made to 

rangiorabrass@mail.com. 

The concert will start at 2pm in the Town Hall. 

Tickets —$20 for adults, children under 14, $10 

—from the Town Hall Cinemas booking office, or 

online at townhallcinemas.co.nz/liveshows. 

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BUILDING THE 

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There’sanair of excitement 

building atRyman’s Northwood 

RetirementVillageinChristchurch. 

Thosewho call this brand newvillage home 

will be the first to tell youwhy. 

“Our villagecentre is underway, 

and we’rereallylooking forward to it,” 

says Rose,who movedinto her apartmentlastyear. 

Thevillagecentrepromises to be so much more 

than the amenitiesithouses. It will be the lively 

heartofthe village, whereconnections form 

and friendshipsgrow. 

Bev, John &Rose, Residents 

AHUB OF POSSIBILITIES 

Construction on the village 

centre began inApril under the 

guidance ofproject manager 

Nigel and his team. Residents 

have much to look forward to, 

including abeautiful swimming 

pool, hair and beauty salon, 

sun-soaked bowling green, 

activities room with apool table, 

and an on-site café for coffee 

catchups with friends and family. 

Additionally, the village 

centre will house the eagerly 

awaited serviced apartments 

and arange ofcare options 

including rest home, hospital, 

and specialist dementia care. 

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THOUGHTFULLYDESIGNED 

Alot of thought and research has 

been poured into the design of 

the village centre and surrounding 

area,says Nigel. “We’re maximising 

light but also allowing for great 

spaces for the grandkids to come 

over and kick aball around too.” 

Bob, aretired builder and 

resident, couldn’t be morethrilled. 

“It’sbeen greatwatching 

it alltakeshape,” he says, 

his eyes lighting up. “I’m 

alreadyplanning my 

first game of pool.” 

AVIBRANT COMMUNITY 

Home to agrowing community of over 50 

residents, Ryman’s Northwood Village ismore 

than just aplace tolive; it’s acommunity where 

neighbours quickly become friends. Activities 

such as cycling and walking groups, weekly 

exercise classes, daily morning teas, village 

outings and shopping trips tothe nearby Supa 

Centa contribute tothe lively atmosphere. 

As the village continues to grow and the 

village centre comes to life, it fosters 

awelcoming community where every 

resident feels truly at home. 

Joan &Bob, Residents 

Nigel, Project Manager 

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Amilestonebirthday bashfor Four Squares 


The Hawarden Four Square has 

been in operation as agrocery 

store for 120 years —all in the 

same building. 

Now allied with Foodstuffs, 

the store is part of the 

nationwide Four Square 

birthday bash this month as the 

brand celebrates 100 years of 

serving local communities. 

Hawarden is one of four Four 

Square stores in North 

Canterbury along with 

Culverden, Hanmer Springs and 

Cheviot, and its owners Dan and 

Wendy Hodgen say they are 

proud to continue providing 

grocery services to their small 

rural community. 

The couple bought the 

business in 2007 as an 

investment, expecting to move 

on after five years. 

‘‘But we’re still here today, 17 

years later, which has gone by 

very quickly,’’ says Wendy. 

They and their two young 

children moved back to Dan’s 

hometown of Hawarden, after 

working in Christchurch. 

Wendy, originally from 

Masterton, had been working for 

Rabobank, while Dan worked in 

the insurance industry. 

‘‘We saw the opportunity come 

up to buy the lease on the store 

so we took it.’’ 

Today Wendy runs the Four 

Square while Dan works on the 

nearby family farm in 

partnership with his family. 

‘‘The people here in the 

Hurunui are lovely, they keep us 

going,’’ says Wendy. 

‘‘To us they are like our 

Business coowner... Wendy Hodgen in front of the Hawarden Four Square. 

extended family, all are very 

loyal and we all work together in 

our small rural community 

looking out for each other. 

‘‘We’ve been through alot 

since we came here with three 

earthquakes, Covid and some 

tough years. 

‘‘But I’m still amazed at the 

generosity of the locals here. 

‘‘At times it’s been very 

humbling, like when Covid 

stopped everything, we had 

former staff members call us up 

offering to come down and help 

out if our staff were sick.’’ 

She says the staff they have 

had over the years are still 

amazing. Many still come down 

and chat as they consider them 

their local store. 

The couple bought the lease 

off John and Dorothy Andrell 

who had run the store for the 15 

years prior. 

Kevin and Annette Thom had 

leased it in 1989 and rebranded 

it as aFour Square store, four 

years before the Andrells took it 

on. 

Before the Thom’s, Eric Wood 

had changed the store from 

being an original Farmers Cooperative 

store into an A1 

grocery, whiteware and 

haberdashery store in 1984. 

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

Eric’s son Brian later bought 

the store off his father in the mid 

1990s and still owns the land and 

building today. 

Brian says his father Eric had 

migrated his family from 

Christchurch to Hawarden in 

1974. 

‘‘He was transferred from his 

role as the menswear manager at 

the Riccarton branch of 

Farmers, to become the 

manager of the Hawarden store. 

‘‘He managed the store until 

he bought it outright in 1984.’’ 

Brian says he father loved 

motoring around the Hurunui 

District selling whiteware and 

all the bits and bobs families 

need.’’ 

The Hawarden Farmers Cooperative 

store was opened in 

1902, quickly becoming the main 

supplier of goods for the area as 

well as amajor employer for 

people in the township. 

It had agrocery department, 

hardware, drapery, shoe repair 

and counter staff worked off lists 

provided by customers. 

Staff would select all the 

produce and materials then 

bring them back for the 

customers. 

They even installed aSanta 

cave at Christmas with a 

resident Santa in attendance. 

Four Square’s roots stretch to 

July 4, 1924, when asquare was 

drawn around the number ‘4’ in 

the calendar by local grocer and 

Four Square founder, JHeaton 

Barker, of Auckland, to 

remember adate for acoop 

meeting. 

He liked the design and 

selected it as the name he would 

give to the cooperative buying 

group of local grocers because 

they ‘‘would stand Four Square 

to all the winds that blew’’. 

Barker’s cooperative made 

history by opening New 

Zealand’s first ever selfservice 

supermarket, in 1948 in 

Onehunga, Auckland. 

This soon became the norm for 

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NEWS 


11 

Ohoka book author Sue Heazlewood has 

followed up her recent award winning Tails of 

Tangleby Gardens series with her latest offering 

Tea Party Recipes. 

The book is part of an ongoing commitment by 

Sue to produce one children’s and one adult 

cook book ayear going forward. 

Her latest children’s story/cook book focuses 

on 24 recipes, with photography and 

illustrations, and is designed to help children 

learn to create in the kitchen. 

It all started for this known property 

developer, back in 2015 when while on holiday 

she says she got bored one day and decided to 

write achildren's story book. 

‘‘When Ifinished Idiscovered Ienjoyed the 

experience so much, Iwanted to write more, so 

Isat down and wrote an adult cook book.’’ 

The popular Tails of Tangleby series was 

inspired by the oversized playhouse Sue built 

on her expansive garden in Ohoka for her six 

children, hoping they would have some grand 

children for her to spoil in the coming years. 

In the meantime the grandmother of three is 

writing books combining her passion for 

children, cooking and gardening. 

‘‘I was in the tree house one day when I 

thought, kids love Peter Rabbit so let’s create 

stories about the animals who have come out to 

live in Ohoka from the city.Detailing their 

adventures and discovering what they cooked as 

they went along on their journey.’’ 

The tales tell the story of two delightful little 

rabbits and ahost of friends including frogs and 

hedgehogs, discovering the world around them 

through travel, exploration and food. 

‘‘The books are so popular they have become 

bonding books between generations. 

‘‘Grandparents have them in their homes 

already for when their grandchildren come to 

stay. 

‘‘The books are read at nighttime and the 

next day the children want to cook the recipes,’’ 

she says. 

She has also launched an online Kids' Club 

Food and fun ... Ohoka book author Sue 

Heazlewood with her latest cook book for 

children. 


through her website that includes lots of 

recipes, crafts, activities and acompetition 

every month. 

Two of her books have recently won awards. 

Atable at Tangleby Gardens was judged the 

best entertaining cookbook at last year’s 

Gourmand World Cookbook awards, while Tails 

of Tangleby 2 picked up the best children’s 

recipe book in Oceania award at the same event. 

The Gourmand Awards are the major food 

culture event in the world, which started in 1995 

for authors of cookbooks and wine books, at 

Frankfurt Book Fair. 

Sue continues to write using the farm animals 

to discover the wider world around them based 

on her own travels to many exotic destinations. 

The next children’s book will see them in the 

United Kingdom, followed by one about their 

journey through France and Italy. 

Sue says her cats and expansive garden in 

Ohoka feature prominently in all her books. 

‘‘All the photos are taken here on site and the 

garden might be ready for people to look at it in 

the new year, it’s alot of hard work juggling 

writing and gardening.’’ 

Tea Party Recipes is available from book 

stores locally and at tangleby.co.nz. 

Making adifference ... Impressive progress has been made on Hurunui’s 

Birdsong project after just one season of planting at the Scargill Motunau 

Recreational Reserve. More planting days are planned this winter. PHOTO: SUPPLIED 

Planting days for 

Birdsong Project 


Impressive progress has been 

made on Hurunui’s Birdsong 

project after only one season of 

planting at the Scargill 

Motunau Recreational Reserve 

last winter. 

The communitydriven 

project aims to eventually 

restore more than 10 hectares 

ofland back to native 

vegetation and bring back the 

abundant birdlife the area 

previously supported. The 

ecological restoration project 

was made possible by a$100,000 

anonymous donation from a 

Christchurch couple who 

wanted to put money towards a 

project that had both 

community and environmental 

outcomes. 

The community planting days 

for the project this winter are 

this Sunday, July 7; Sunday, 

July 28 and Sunday, August 18. 

All planting days start at 1pm 

at the reserve. 

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Birdsong Project go to 

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CD levy called for 



North Canterbury councils are calling 

for aCivil Defence levy to help 

councils respond to emergencies. 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon 

raised the idea of alevy based on the 

Earthquake Commission model with 

Local Government Minister Simeon 

Brown, during his visit to Rangiora 

last week. 

He was joined by fellow mayors 

Marie Black (Hurunui) and Craig 

Mackle (Kaikōura) and Waimakariri 

MP Matt Doocey. 

The Government is preparing new 

legislation to update the Civil Defence 

Emergency Management Act (2002). 

The Waimakariri District Council 

has spent $10 million of unbudgeted 

expenditure over the last years due to 

weather events in the district. 

‘‘I outlined to Minister Brown my 

desire to see alevy in place for Civil 

Defence emergencies, similar to that 

of the Earthquake Commission 

model,’’ Mr Gordon said. 

‘‘This would help alleviate some of 

the huge costs faced by local 

authorities in the wake of extreme 

weather events and natural 

disasters.’’ 

Mr Gordon says the idea has 

previously been raised with Waka 

Kotahi New Zealand Transport 

Agency and Emergency Management 

and Recovery Minister Mark Mitchell. 

Arecent Canterbury Civil Defence 

and Emergency Management 

committee meeting found the region’s 

mayors were wary of new legislation 

introducing centralised control in an 

emergency. 

‘‘We have avery good system in 

Canterbury,’’ Mr Gordon said. 

‘‘The system we operate isn’t 

broken, but there are things which 

may be beneficial to other parts of the 

country.’’ 

He says Canterbury has shown 

resilience in its response to 

earthquakes, weather events, fire and 

drought. 

Mrs Black says the latest flood 

events in Hawke’s Bay showed the 

importance of good communication 

between councils. 

‘‘Often it is the district council 

which bares the brunt of support for 

its community in anatural disaster, as 

we are more in touch with our 

community. 

‘‘Your own neighbourhood is the 

cavalry coming to support you, it is not 

about waiting for the cavalry to 

arrive.’’ 

The 7.8 magnitude earthquake in 

2016 reinforced how important local 

systems were in an emergency, 

Hurunui District Council chief 

executive Hamish Dobbie says. 

While there was good support from 

Christchurch and Waimakariri 

following the earthquake, it was local 

people who stood up and organised 

stuff. 

‘‘When people talk about largescale 

events, like if the alpine faultline goes 

off, you know support is going to go to 

Christchurch, but it may not come out 

to the rural areas. 

‘‘So it is all very well having 

centralised systems. 

‘‘We all need to be masters of our 

own destiny.’’ 



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13 

Swim for water safety 


Swimming 28 laps of the Dudley Park 

Aquatic Centre pool every day for a 

month is the goal of aRangiora High 

School student. 

Ruby Beckdahl, aged 16, plans to swim 

20 kilometres, or 800 laps of the 25m long 

pool, in the Big Swim fundraiser for 

Coastguard Tautiaki Moana. 

She will be supported by her family, 

including her older brother Elijah, (21), 

who also plans to swim 62 kilometres, 

and her friends and teachers at the high 

school. 

As aformer competitive swimmer and 

now lifeguard/swimming instructor at 

MainPower Amberley Pool, Ruby is no 

stranger to churning out the kilometres 

training for competitions. 

She says this is the first time she has 

undertaken anything so big, but believes 

the Coastguard are agood community 

cause to support, and she loves 

swimming, plus it’s afun event to be part 

of. 

The Big Swim is anationwide 

fundraiser for Coastguard Tautiaki 

Moana. 

Coastguard invited participants to get 

fit, have fun and raise money to keep 

Kiwis safe on the water, whatever their 

waka. 

Over 1200 swimmers have registered 

to swim lengths of their local pools in 

July as part of the national sponsored 

swimming challenge, choosing five, 10 or 

20 kilometre distances to swim. 

Joining Ruby in the pool is fellow 

Amberley lifeguard Anne Frankland 

who has set 10 kilometres as her 

swimming target. 

The pair are using the Dudley Park 

Aquatic Centre pool because the 

Amberley pool is closed now for winter. 

Big swim ... Rangiora High School student 

Ruby Beckdahl (16) leads her friend and 

fellow MainPower Amberley pool lifeguard, 

Anne Frankland, as they complete another 

lap of the pool at the Dudley Park Aquatic 

Centre while taking part in the Coastguard’s 

Big Swim fundraiser. PHOTO: JOHN 

COSGROVE 

Anne says it is agood cause to support 

as it helps to keep people safe as they 

enjoy the waters of New Zealand. 

Coastguard Tautiaki Moana’s senior 

communications advisor Ben Parsons 

says they are New Zealand’s primary 

water safety, rescue and education 

organisation. 

‘‘We are the people Kiwis turn to for 

help, advice or assistance. And as a 

charity, we're dependent on the 

generosity of people like Ruby and Anne 

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Atargeted rate is being considered to 

fund flood protection works on aNorth 

Canterbury river. 

Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon says 

he is open to an Environment 

Canterbury (ECan) proposal for an 

Ashley /Rakahuri River rate to protect 

Rangiora. 

He said it was time to consider 

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timely to review.’’ 

There were river rating areas in place 

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the lower reaches, making it difficult for 

the two councils to fund river resilience 

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skills through aworldwide network of 

clubs. 

Since 1924, Toastmasters 

International has helped people from 

diverse backgrounds become more 

confident speakers, communicators, and 

leaders. 

The organisation’s membership 

exceeds 364,000 in more than 16,200 

clubs in 145 countries. Formally 

established in April 1993, the Rangiora 

and Kaiapoi Toastmasters clubs are just 

two of asmall number of clubs left 

serving North Canterbury. The next 

Toastmasters meeting on July 15, at 

7.30pm, at the Prosser Quirke 

Conference Room, MainPower Stadium. 

‘‘We usually have one or two speeches 

and table topics, an opportunity to 

practice our impromptu speaking so we 

are given atopic relating to the theme 

selected for the night, and speak on it for 

up to three minutes. 

‘‘What Ilove about table topics is that 

you learn so much about other people. It 

is often atime for stories from people's 

lives or thinking outside the square. 

‘‘It can be challenging but challenge is 

good,’’ she says. 

Every speaker gets evaluated but it is 

done in acaring way using the CRC 

method commend, recommend, 

commend. 

So it is quite apositive evaluation and 

the improvements are only 

recommendations. Everyone learns 

from these evaluations so it is great that 

everyone hears them. 

Louise says her husband also belongs 

to Toastmasters. 

‘‘He started because he lacked 

confidence when talking to anyone in 

authority at work. He has worked on his 

confidence and now has had difficult 

conversations with many people. ‘‘We 

are all works in progress.’’ 

She says there are many reasons why 

people attend the club. ‘‘We have people 

who own businesses, people who have a 

change of job, and suddenly need to 

present to others for work, job 

interviews, people who want to know 

how to talk less and people who are 

terrified of public speaking any 

number of reasons.’’ 

critical and aged flood management 

infrastructure across the region to make 

it more resilient to the changing climate. 

Further work on the Rangitata flood 

resilience programme and projects in 

South Canterbury will also be funded. 

Councillor Pauling said the council’s 

priority was building up the strength of 

its various catchments, with many of 

them not already rated. 

‘‘It helps us to get on and get it sorted 

and get those rivers more resilient and 

communities protected. 

‘‘Otherwise it will take us ageneration 

to do it.’’ 

Atargeted rate was introduced for the 

Selwyn district as part of Environment 

Canterbury’s 2024/34 Long Term Plan 

and now the council is looking at other 

rivers, including the Ashley River. 

Cr Pauling said he was hopeful of 

receiving more funding, with afurther 

$100 million still to be allocated. 

Environment Canterbury has also 

called for abraided river definition to 

be included in the Government’s 

legislation to replace the Resource 

Management Act. 

‘‘Because there hasn’t been a 

definition we have had all sorts of issues 

come up and it is part of our wider river 

resilience work,’’ Cr Pauling said. 

‘‘The current definition in the RMA is 

based on ariver, but what is ariver? 

‘‘Some rivers don’t move much, but 

braided rivers are different and change 

path alot and so there needs to be an 

understanding of where the natural 

system is.’’ 

Braided rivers were defined in the 

previous Labour Government’s Natural 

and Built Environments Act, which has 

since been repealed by the Nationalled 

Government. 



Reserve plan complex 



Writing anew reserves management 

plan is proving to be a‘‘complex’’ 

process, says Hurunui District Council 

chief executive Hamish Dobbie. 

The council received nearly 200 

submissions during its consultation, 

which coincided with the Long Term 

Plan submissions process. 

After two days of hearings and 

deliberations last week, Mr Dobbie 

said the process had been adjourned 

until August 6. 

‘‘There is alot of complexity in our 

reserves and how they work,’’ he said. 

The Reserves Management Plan was 

adopted by the council in 2012, with 

the review beginning last year. 

The new Eastern Reserve in 

Amberley, also known as the village 

green, has attracted plenty of interest 

among the submitters, Mr Dobbie said. 

‘‘It is about setting atemplate. 

‘‘It is just aparcel of land at the 

moment. 

‘‘There is growth in the town and 

new people come in and they might 

have adifferent view about how things 

should operate. 

‘‘Communities change.’’ 

Cricket is proposed to be the main 

sport at the four hectare Eastern 

Reserve, leaving the Amberley 

Domain as the main football ground. 

An area has been set aside for other 

sports and it will include achildren’s 

play area and apump track. 

There was potential for tennis 

courts, croquet and various other 

sports, as well as amodest sports 

pavilion, Mr Dobbie said. 

Mayor Marie Black said the 

development of the Eastern Reserve 

was an opportunity to ‘‘bring our 

community together’’. 

‘‘We have an ageing demographic, 

but it is not just older people. 

‘‘But older love to walk across and 

see little kids playing cricket.’’ 

Submitters noted the Amberley 

Cricket Club had played cricket at the 

Amberley Domain since the 1890s. 

But cricket has not played there for 

several years due to the overlapping 

season with football. 

It meant children were travelling to 

Sefton and Rangiora to play cricket. 

They hoped anew, developed cricket 

ground in the Eastern Reserve would 

revive interest in the game in the town. 

Submitters also advocated for 

outdoor areas for light exercise and 

fellowship for the growing elderly 

population. 

Other submissions addressed 

reserves in Cheviot, Hanmer Springs, 

Glenmark, Omihi, Leithfield, Waipara 

and other parts of the district. 



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KAIAPOI ART EXPO 


Celebratingthe manyart works on show 

Opening night ... Part of the large crowd of art lovers who attended opening night of the 18th annual Corcoran 

French Kaiapoi Art Expo, held last Friday evening at the Kaiapoi Club. 

Winner of the Drawing Room Award for Best Panel ... Woodend 

artist Ashleigh Ritchie, with her award winning collection of exhibits. 

Young artist ... Sophie Tonkin, of Rangiora, taking part in the 

Have AGoevent. 

Admiration ... Auckland teacher Elizabeth HydeHills enjoying 

work by Year 4and 5pupils from St Joseph’s School in Rangiora, 

who recreated Vincent van Gogh’s famous paintingsSunflowers, 

and The Starry Night for their exhibition. 

Packing apunch ... Fernside School 

teacher Annabel Wilson with the Popping 

Heads art work created by her Year 7and 8 

students for the Pak’n Save School Art Expo 

section . 

Busy night ... Joan Whillans,left, and Clare Giffard, who are both 

trustees of the Waimakariri Arts Trust,which organises the Expo, 

had abusy time processing art sales during last Friday’s opening 

night of the expo. 

Striking ... Aselection of exhibits by Rangiora artist Gaye McElroy.

KAIAPOI ART EXPO 


at the Corcoran French KaiapoiArt Expo 

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Sad story ... Carnival Monkey, an exhibit by guest artist 

Simon van der Sluijs, at the 18th annual Corcoran French 

Kaiapoi Art Expo. 

Asmile changes everything ... Smiling Emu, by Rangiora 

artist Anniece Rickard. 

Equine beauty ... The Mirror, by Rangiora artist Josie 

Warring. 

Art admirers ... Heather and Alan Halder, of Rangiora, on opening night. 

Awardwinning work ... Fendalton artist Jenny Phillips, alongtime supporter of the Expo with her 

panel of work, which was awarded Best Landscape Panel.

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FIRE &ICE 


All thefun of the fairatthe Blackwell’s 

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Cool work ... Auckland ice artist Victor Cagayat sculpting large blocks of ice into works of art with achainsaw 

during the Blackwell’s Department Store Fire and Ice event in Kaiapoi last Saturday. 

Sweet treats ... Lisa Stewart behind the counter at her Springles 

Bakehouse stall. 

Pretty in pink ... Artwork by Auckland ice artistVictor 

Cagayat was illuminated for the Night Market . 

Glowing in green ... More of the ice carved artwork by 

Auckland ice artist,Victor Cagayat. 

Birdseye view ... Amelia Officer, aged two, of Kaiapoi, gets agood 

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EARTHMOVING 


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Detours while new water line is installed 


tisabusy time of the year for contractors 

servicing the Waimakariri District as 

many civil engineering projects are 

started before the summer months 

arrive. 

Communications and engagement 

manager at the Waimakariri District 

Council, Alistair Gray, says several of the 

bigger projects are already under way. 

‘‘The works on the Blackett St/ Kings St 

roundabout are expected to be 

completed within six weeks. They are 

being undertaken to install anew water 

supply main to service East Rangiora. 

Following this they will proceed 

eastwards.’’ 

A375mm diameter water supply main 

will be installed along Blackett Street 

(from King Street to the Toy Library) 

across the railway corridor and along the 

full length of Keir Street to the Bellgrove 

Development.” 

He says anew wastewater main will be 

installed between 208 King Street to 60A 

Blackett Street to meet council’s level of 

service requirements and facilitate the 

removal of wastewater mains from 

private properties. 

The existing stormwater pipes at the 

Blackett/King Streets intersection will 

also be upgraded. 

To facilitate this work the existing 

roundabout has been removed and will 

eventually be reconstructed once the 

underground work is complete. 

While the works are under way, 

wastewater from properties will be 

discharged into the wastewater main 

installed within the roading corridor 

where it is then sent to the waste water 

treatment plant. 

The contractors are using an open 

trench method for installing the new 

main, which is typical for this type of 

Road closed ... The Blackett/King Streets roundabout is removed to allow stormwater 

upgrade work to be undertaken. 

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work. 

He says there are about six other water 

main upgrade projects planned for 

Rangiora this financial year, however 

the actual timing for these is still to be 

confirmed. 

While the King Street and Blackett 

Streets works are under way detours will 

be signed posted for the surrounding 

roads, 

Mr Gray advises users to plan ahead 

and look to use alternative northsouth 

and eastwest routes through Rangiora, 

Scout Den refurbishment 


The Rangiora Scout Group’s den is 

getting aspruce up. 

The group’s existing home was built 

in 1961 with the supportand 

generosity of the local community and 

businesses. 

But the unreinforced concrete block 

structure, with awooden floor and 

iron roof, needed an upgrade to meet 

new building codes. 

The scout group is in the process of 

making the den fit for purpose with 

filing of consents, and fundraising is 

well under way. 

The group has the approval of Scouts 

New Zealand which sees Rangioraasa 

progressive group, in agrowing town. 

It has been based in its den in 

Church Street since the group was 

formed over 100 yearsago. 

There is around 80 to 90 youth 

members across the Keas, Cubs, 

Scouts and Venturers sections which 

use the den weekly. 

It also has awaiting list which it says 

could be reduced if new leaders or 

adult helpers could be found. 

Agroup spokesperson says scouting 

is very rewarding, satisfying and fun. 

‘‘Scouting teaches life skills and at 

the same time youth members and 

leaders can enjoy lots of outdoor 

activities and games, in apositive 

environment. 

‘‘Also there is an opportunity for the 

youth to work towards and earn 

badges, learning new or improving on 

existing skills.’’ 

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the group, phone Greg Heaven (03) 313 

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Pastoralsupport benefits young employees 

ANorth Canterbury processing 

plant is extending its successful 

pastoral support model to 

benefit Hurunui’s young people. 

Harris Farms General 

Manager Nick Tobin says the 

businesses rapid expansion 

about10years ago had 

established aneed for 

additional workers from further 

afield, including Samoa, Fiji 

and the Philippines. 

‘‘We set up asystem of 

pastoral support to help our 

migrants successfully 

integrate.’’ 

Hurunui Council’s Chris 

Sutherland, who was appointed 

this year as Hurunui Mayors 

Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ) 

Programme Lead, immediately 

saw the potential for MTFJ 

placements to benefit from the 

support system. 

‘‘The more young people we 

can attract the better,’’ says Mr 

Tobin. ‘‘We encouraged Chris to 

visit us and have adiscussion.’’ 

Hawarden’s Laura Clyma (24) 

was placed at Harris Farms 

three months ago, working in 

the packing room. 

Her success paved the way for 

Horton McKay (18) from 

Amberley to start amonth ago. 

‘‘Moving into an affordable 

rental in the township, it’s a 

secure way for ayoung person to 

start outindependently,’’ says 

HurunuiDistrict Mayor Marie 

Black. 

‘‘The support from the MTFJ 

programme, which is acrucial 

part of helping our young 

people, alongside Harris Farms 

pastoral support, offers wraparound 

support for young 

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Pastoral support ... Hurunui District Mayor Marie Black, Harris Farms General Manager Nick Tobin, Operations Coordinator Bridget Galbraith, 

Laura Clyma, Horton McKay and Hurunui Councils MTFJ Youth Connector Anna Scott gather to discuss wraparound pastoral support at Harris 

Farms. 

PHOTO: SUPPLIED 

people transitioning into the 

workplace. 

‘‘They’re setting up their own 

living space, with the security of 

having other staff members 

living not far away,’’ Mr Tobin 

says. 

‘‘It’s providing support with a 

high level of accountability, and 

they know we’re here if they 

have any questions.’’ 

Operating from its factory in 

Domett, the business has its own 

processing plant, about 1000 

hectares of sheep and beef 

farms, and both wholesale and 

retail components. 

It employs around 60 staff. 

Last month the business won 

the Foodstuffs South Island 

Fresh Partnership Award for 

2024 in recognition of its 

achievement distributing 

directly to Foodstuffs South 

Island stores. 

‘‘The company’s success 

provides opportunities for 

young people wanting to take 

that first step into acareer,’’ Mr 

Tobin says. 

‘‘There’s plenty of scope in the 

business to try different things. 

We want to give young people 

the opportunities —ifwesee 

potential, we will make it work.’’ 

Horton started his first day in 

the yards, but quickly realised 

his strengths lay in adifferent 

direction. 

After adiscussion with 

Operations Coordinator 

Bridget Galbraith, he moved to 

the boning room, with the 

opportunity to start abutchers 

apprenticeship. 

He and Laura agree the 

opportunity to be able to work 

within the district is abig win. 

‘‘This is my first fulltime 

position,’’ Horton says. 

Laura relishes being close to 

family, and being exposed to all 

sides of the business. ‘‘It’s an 

opportunity to be in the 

workforce.’’ 

Mayors Taskforce for Jobs 

Community Employment 

Programme is anationwide 

partnership between Local 

Government New Zealand and 

the Ministry of Social 

Development that has astrong 

focus on getting young people 

into sustainable employment. 

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RURAL LIFE 


Young farmer studying hard for YFC finals 

There’snot enough minutes in the day for aCanterbury dairy farmer who’s packing 

in homework for the Young Farmer of the Year final, on top of his job, writes Tim 

Cronshaw. 

Early morning starts don’t faze 

Charing Cross dairy farmer 

George Dodson. 

Getting up before the sun rises 

is part of the job and he finds it 

relatively easy to get his head off 

the pillow when the alarm rings. 

The 22yearold is secondincharge 

for owner operators 

Andrew and Hayley Slaterat 

their 430cow farm on 113 

hectares halfway between 

Canterbury’s Dunsandeland 

Darfield. 

‘‘The early starts aren’t too bad 

and I’m pretty used to it now. 

‘‘I’m not one of those people 

that needs ahelluva lot of sleep. 

‘‘I suppose if you are one of 

those people who needed that, 

it’s not well suited for you,but 

I’ve just got used to it.’’ 

As for the double daily grind of 

milking, he’s at peace with that 

too. 

‘‘You just sort of zone out and 

daydream and listen to music 

with abit of singing and you’ll be 

right. 

‘‘The more you focus the 

harder it gets Isuppose.’’ 

Through the milking season 

he’s up at 4am and out the door 

getting the cows to the milkshed 

with the cups on at 5am. 

Milking followed by the 

cleanup is usuallyfinished by 

7.30am at the 36bale rotary shed 

with cup removers, auto drafting, 

feeding and cow manager tags. 

Milking wound up for the 

season on May 30 and, again in 

theory, this is typically the quiet 

stage of the season when the busy 

rush of dairyingslows down. 

Except the Tasman finalist for 

the Young Farmer of the Year 

grandfinal in Hamilton from 

today until Saturday, July 1113, 

has had his nose buried deep in 

book work preparing for the 

event. 

‘‘Normally it would be quiet, 

but I’m doing alot of studying and 

work is almost the relaxing part.’’ 

This was his second crack in 

the regional final, finishing 

fourth in2022 and last year 

missing out in the final cutfor the 

Southland regional competition. 

He’s one of seven finalists after 

being somewhat taken aback to 

surface ahead of a22strong field. 

Now he’supagainst asmaller, 

but arguably sharper,lineup 

who are all older than him with 

the exception of another 22yearold. 

People tell him he has an old 

head on his shoulders. Being 

fairly young totake on leadership 

—and more older opponents in 

the competitive arena —doesn’t 

deter him. 

Undaunted, he’s taking a 

pragmatic approach to the 

challenge and leavingnostone 

unturnedinhis preparation. 

That’sincluded working on his 

knowledge of sheep farming — 

perceivedasamain weakness — 

and brushingupon his 

homework for seeds, fertiliser 

and plants. 

Trusted experts in forestry 

George Dodson 

‘‘There’s acouple of sheep 

farmers around the area so I’ve 

done abit of shearing and 

crutching with them, Just enough 

to get the wool off the sheep, but 

it’s not that pretty. That’s 

probably my main focus and 

there’s alot more stuff to do with 

business that I’ve had to learn.’’ 

Part of making the final was 

completing atimeconsuming 

3000wordinnovationproject 

that was handed in afew weeks 

ago, under ascenario of 

inheriting afarm from parents 

and having to pay out siblings. 

That’s involved putting 

together an investment plan, 

which he believes will come in 

useful later when he tries to get 

onafarm, set budgets and 

possibly bring in outside 

investors. 

His prep work for the 

Canterbury/North Otago dairy 

manager of the year competition, 

where he finished runnerup, 

might also be invaluable. 

Research which included new 

freshwater management policies 

will hopefully come to play out in 

his favour. 

In the past he’s had agood 

measure of success in the Dairy 

Industry Awards, finishing third 

in the Canterbury/North Otago, 

dairy trainee of the year contest 

in 2022, of which North 

Canterbury is part of, and 

runnerup for Otago/Southland 

dairy manager of the year last 

year. 

‘‘It’s an aggravating one to tick 

off my list after two seconds in a 

row so Ihaven’t quite cracked the 

nationals yet and you have to get 

first to do that. That’s one to do, 

but if I’m going to be owning my 

own business next year this is my 

last crack this year and it will 

certainly be on the watchlist. I 

will have acouple of months to 

calve and mate and then recover 

and get back into it again.’’ 

Already, he’s overachieved on 

his goal in the Young Farmer of 

the Year competition —making a 

national final before ‘‘ageing out’’ 

at 31 years old. 

His strength in the Tasman 

final was agrisports, but he was 

consistently in the top three for 

most of the events to find him 

top of the leaderboard before 

the quiz. 

Finishing second in the rapidfire 

quiz, he’s brought his 

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parents in again to sharpen his 

buzzer skills. 

‘‘I’ve certainly done alot of 

buzzer practise. We try to have 

one here every week because 

we’ve got practise buzzers in the 

region. Ihave afew mates 

around and afew beers and 

Fred Dodson, his dad is the quiz 

master. 

‘‘He loves it as well and 

competed in the grand final in 

2000 and my uncle has won it as 

well. Dad was down in 

Southland and his older brother 

was in Marlborough and won it 

for Tasman. So no pressure.’’ 

The quiz master makes sure 

the questions come thick and 

fast and having his mates 

around makes it fun, as so much 

of the prep work he has to do 

himself. 

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Environmentalists ... Pupils from 

Rangiora High School and Comcol North 

Canterbury with teachers, Eru Metcalfe from 

Comcol North Canterbury, far left and 

Richard Chambers, from Pest Free 

Waimakariri, far right, alongside David 

Woodcock, from Rangiora High School. 

Pest Free Waimakariri, Rangiora High 

School and Comcol North Canterbury are 

collaborating on atrap building project in 

preparation for atreecorridor planting 

programme, stretching from the schools to 

AshleyRakahuri Regional Park. 

PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP 

Native corridor planbegins to 

take shape for pupils at RHS 


Atrapping programme from Rangiora 

High School to the AshleyRakahuri 

Regional Park, is helping create a 

native tree corridor. 

It is acollaboration between Pest 

Free Waimakariri, the school, and 

Comcol North Canterbury. 

The ambitious, longterm goal once 

the tree corridor has been established 

along East Belt, says school’s 

technology teacher David Woodstock, 

is for the high school and college to 

supportthe AshleyRakahuri 

Rivercare Group to grow the trapped 

area south through Rangiora. 

‘‘Additionally, we could support 

trapping activities around Matawai 

Park and Northbrook Wetlands,’’ he 

says. 

‘‘We intend to engage with our 

neighbours, offering traps in 

exchange for monitoring and 

maintenance of those traps.’’ 

The first traps, which have been 

made at RangioraHigh School by one 

of David’s Year 9technology groups, 

were laid on the school grounds last 

Friday. 

The trapping programme is avital 

component to the tree corridor project 

❛Hedgehogs are aspecific 

pest in our district due to their 

predation on ground nesting 

eggs and chicks, particularly 

around our braided rivers.❜ 

—RHS technology teacher David Woodstock 

because it will improve biodiversity 

which will help ensure the survival of 

the expected increase in native birds 

to the area. 

‘‘We started by using tracking 

tunnels placed around the high school 

property in an effort to establish 

which pests we have on site,’’ David 

says. 

This identified mice, and afew rats 

but far more hedgehogs. 

‘‘Hedgehogs are aspecific pest in 

our district due to their predation on 

ground nesting eggs and chicks, 

particularly around our braided 

rivers,’’ he says. 

‘‘They also eat our native reptiles; 

geckos and skinks.’’ 

Consequently David and his pupils 

have designed and made traps 

suitable for eliminating hedgehogs, 

using aDepartment of Conservation 

150 trap mechanism. 

Next term they will focus on making 

smaller traps to catch mice and rats. 

Across the road from the school, at 

Comcol North Canterbury, tutor Eru 

Metcalfe has been preparing for the 

planting programme needed to create 

the native tree corridor by growing 

trees in the college’s Living 

Laboratory Native Nursery. 

He has also been collecting 

superfluous native trees, saplings and 

seedlings donated by community 

members from private gardens to add 

to his collection. 

Arisk assessment is done on each 

plant to make sure it is healthy, before 

it is added to the Living Laboratory 

collection. 

It is estimated 10,000 trees will be 

needed for the native tree corridor 

which will require community support 

to succeed. 

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tree corridor initiative, by allowing a 

rodent trap to be placed on their 

property, or by donating healthy 

native trees, saplings and/or 

seedlings, can contact Eru at Comcol 

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Ohoka,Hurunui in battle for semi-final spot 

33 

RUGBY 

Collated BY PETER WILLIAMS 

The most significant result last 

Saturday in the North 

Canterbury senior rugby 

competition was Hurunui’s 

victory over Ohoka. 

While it still leaves Hurunui 

two points behind Ohoka with 

just one Saturday of roundrobin 

play remaining, Ohoka 

has to front in ahome game 

against high flyers Glenmark 

Cheviot this Saturday, while 

Hurunuitravels to Loburn and 

will probably have to beat 

Ashley if it is to make the semifinals. 

Points with just one round 

remaining are: Glenmark 

Cheviot 29, Kaiapoi 24, Ashley 

20, Ohoka 18, Hurunui 16, 

Oxford 15, Woodend 1, Saracens 

0. 

Hurunui vOhoka 

After a20minute tussle for 

control, Hurunui opened the 

scoring with aDigby Heard 

penalty. 

Ohoka quickly equalised, 

before centre Scott Allin scored 

an easy try under the posts, 

giving his side a133 lead. 

Hurunui managed to get the ball 

into space often, but Ohoka’s 

pressure successfully slowed 

any momentum, allowing its 

cover defence to clean up. 

Hurunui finally unlocked that 

defence three minutes before 

halftime, with apick and go try 

to Cale Dobby. 

Hurunui got itself back in 

front 10 minutes into the second 

half, when Gus Waghorn 

snapped up an opportunity off 

loose lineout ball to dive over 

and score. He was involved 

again moments later, grabbing a 

turnover penalty which 

Hurunui kicked for touch. It 

drove the lineout towards the 

posts, shortening the defence up 

the middle, with Jono Schwass 

then cutting back to the right 

and toeing apinpoint grubber 

through to put winger, Andrew 

Murdoch, over in the corner. 

Trailing by 14 points with 8 

minutes to go, amidfield cut out 

pass allowed Taylor Direen to 

pierce the line, setting Ohoka up 

five metres out. Its forwards 

jibed for another eight phases 

before quick ball to prop Connor 

MacKinnon, delivered the blow. 

As the intensity of the game rose 

in the final stages, Hurunui 

managed to hold on when 

replacement flanker Ryan 

Nesbit won abreak down 

penalty. 

Hurunui 27 (Cale Dobby, Gus 

Waghorn, Andrew Murdoch, 

Ben Funnell tries, Logan Topp 2 

conversions, Digby Heard 

penalty) beat Ohoka 20 (Connor 

MacKinnon try, Scott Allin, try, 2 

conversions, 2penalties). 

GlenmarkCheviot vAshley 

GlenmarkCheviot started very 

well against agood Ashley side 

with Nick Hyde and Andrew 

Zuppicich crossing inside five 

minutes to get the home side off 

to an early lead.Ashley fought 

back with awell worked try to its 

fullback Anthony Tavendale. It 

was converted by sharp shooter 

Korbyn Gray wresting the score 

back to 127. 

Nick Hyde bagged another try 

on the quarter hour mark, 

quickly followed by a 

touchdown from Guy Jensen. 

Ashley kept in touch through a 

Korbyn Gray penalty. However, 

GlenmarkCheviot kept the acid 

on with winger James Kellow 

crossing for awell worked try. It 

was an impressive display from 

him. He normally plays flanker 

but filled in very ably on on the 

wing. Credit to Ashley as it kept 

fighting with James Ensor and 

Jack Regan scoring. 

Alate Anthony Tavendale try 

was the last of the scoring for 

Ashley. 

The scoreline then blew out 

courtesy of astrong second half 

display from man of the match, 

Jacob Vincent, and some well 

worked tries to Ben Morris and 

Will Chaffey. 

GlenmarkCheviot 61 (Nick 

Hyde (2), Andrew Zuppicich, 

Guy Jensen, James Kellow, 

Jacob Vincent, Ben Morris, Will 

Chaffey tries) beat Ashley 29 

(Anthony Tavendale (2) James 

Ensor, Jack Regan, tries Korbyn 

Gray 3conversions, 1penalty) 

Oxford vWoodend 

On asurface that was slippery 

after morning rain, Oxford 

prevailed in abattle of attrition 

between two evenly matched 

teams. The slippery conditions 

did make the ball difficult to 

handle which explains why 

there were aplethora of scrums 

in the match. 

After 15 minutes Woodend 

manoeuvred itself into a 

position where it likely to score, 

as its hardrunning backs 

mounted an assault on the 

Oxford line. One dropped pass 

changed it all. 

Clean take ... Oxford lock, Joseph Lockwood, gains uncontested 

lineout possession against Woodend. 

PHOTO: PETER WILLIAMS 

An Oxford defender gratefully 

grasped the loose ball 

unleashed amassive kick into 

Woodend territory. Oxford’s left 

wing, Harry Muir, showed a 

clean pair of heels, was able to 

speculate it deep into 

Woodend’s red zone and then 

gathered up akind bounce to 

score in the left hand corner. 

As if stung by this unfortunate 

turn of events Woodend’s inside 

backs fired out two long passes 

that gave second five, Takaye 

Kaito plenty of room to move. 

He still had to brush off acouple 

of wouldbe tacklers before 

crossing wide out for afine try. 

The seesaw nature of the 

scoring continued when Oxford 

captain, George Prain, made a 

good break before offloading to 

Andrew Shipston to score. Then 

Woodend’s loose head prop, 

Yusaku Sihara, found himself in 

the clear with asolitary Oxford 

defender between him and the 

goalline20metres away. 

The massive sidestep, at full 

pace, that took him past the last 

line of defence would have done 

an All Black winger proud and 

gladdened the heart of any prop 

who saw it. 

Jordy Swain’s second 

conversion gave Woodend a 

shortlived 1410 lead, but 

Oxford got its nose in front right 

on halftime when fiveeighth, 

Korbyn Newman, scored. 

This lead was extended soon 

after the resumption when 

Prain was rewarded for afine 

game by scoring for Oxford what 

proved to be the last points of 

the match. Lock, Joseph 

Lockwood was another Oxford 

player to impress. 

Woodend’s two tries in this 

match were scored by interns of 

the Panasonic Wild Knights 

academy who have joined 

Woodend for the second half of 

this season. 

It is heartening to see that 

these players were pointed 

towards Woodend, aclub which 

had been languishing at the 

bottom of the competition as 

there is no doubt that 

Woodend’s performances have 

been lifted as aresult of having 

these players join their ranks, 

and the players themselves are 

sure to be learning alot from 

being immersed in atotally 

different style of rugby to what 

they experience in Japan. 

Oxford 20 (Harry Muir, Andrew 

Shipston, Korbyn Newman and 

George Prain tries) beat 

Woodend 14 (Takaye Kaito, 

Yusaku Sihara tries, Jordy 

Swain, 2conversions). 

Saracens vKaiapoi 

Kaiapoi all but locked up 

second spot in the competition’s 

round robin stage with a 

comprehensive nine try 5814 

romp over long time rival 

Saracens. 

The scene was set in the 

opening exchange when 

Kaiapoi effectively scored from 

the kick off. With aconversion 

that looked to be astray, 

Saracens returned the 

compliment by doing the same 

thing from the next kick offand 

after less than five minutes the 

scores were locked at sevenall. 

Kaiapoi’s domination was 

quick to be revealed with a 

scrum that began to dominate, 

and it was this that laid the 

foundation for their win. 

Saracens held on for the first 20 

minutes until Kaiapoi number 

eight Sidney Coster was on hand 

to score and five minutes prior 

to half time, half back Leo 

McConchie scooped up aloose 

ball near the Saracens line to 

score. 

Following the half time break 

and 197 lead, Kaiapoi scored 

five tries in the first 20 minutes 

of the second spell, often 

leaving Saracens defenders outnumbered 

and wrong footed in 

attacks on their line. The third 

of these tries was aided by a 

lucky bounce which simply 

rubbed more salt into Saracens’ 

season long wounds. 

In the final quarter, Saracens 

kept Kaiapoi scoreless until 

right on full time, but not before 

it cored its second try after a 

rare raid into the Kaiapoi 22. 

This was awarded to Alex 

Kennedy who was playing his 

first game of the season. 

The Kaiapoi effort was led by 

half back McConchie who 

dictated terms behind the 

dominant pack, and Crusaders’ 

squad member Brodie 

McAllister who was the anchor 

figure in the front row. The 

inside back combination of 

Lance Taylor and Taine Jacobs 

Lawson regularly opened gaps 

in Saracens’ defence. 

Nathan Goodwin put in an 

aggressive eighty minutes for 

Saracens and Hadrian Jackson 

made the most of the limited 

opportunities he received. The 

longer the game went the more 

Kennedy at number eight got 

himself into the action. 

Kaiapoi 55 (Sidney Coster (2), 

Leo McConchie (2), Shak Bassi, 

David Cook, Lance Taylor tries. 

Taine JacobsLawson 2tries, 5 

conversions) beat Saracens 14 

(Hadrian Jackson, Alex 

Kennedy tries. Oscar Burney 2 

con). 

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More people are taking the bus, 

as the cost of living crisis 

continues to bite. 

Environment Canterbury says 

it has seen asignificant increase 

in bus patronage since it 

introduced its $2 and $1 fares 

trial last year, particularly in 

Waimakariri and Selwyn. 

Passenger numbers were now 

above preCovid levels and close 

to levels before the 2010 and 2011 

earthquakes, acting chairperson 

Craig Pauling said. 

The regional council launched 

the twoyear flat fares trial, of a 

$2 standard fare and $1 for 

students, children and 

community service card holders, 

on July 1last year. 

Whether the trial will be 

continued will depend on 

funding from Waka Kotahi New 

Zealand Transport Agency. 

Cr Pauling said the council 

planned to continue the trial 

until June 30 next year, but could 

review it once it knew what 

funding was available. 

Plans to increase the 

frequency for route 7 

(Queenspark) had been delayed 

from July 1toJanuary, while 

reviews of other routes were on 

hold. 

‘‘We have put our money in, but 

now we have to wait to see what 

funding we will get,’’ Cr Pauling 

said. 

‘‘If we need to reconsult then 

❛People really value the 

express buses (from 

Rangiora and Kaiapoi to 

the city) and I 

understand they are 

being well used.❜ 

—Waimakariri Mayor Dan Gordon 

wewill. We weren’t going to 

preempt it (Waka Kotahi’s 

funding) by not funding it 

ourselves.’’ 

Cr Pauling said he had raised 

with Infrastructure Minister 

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the regional council obtaining a 

share of development 

contributions to fund transport 

planning. 

‘‘The regional council needs to 

be included because when there 

is anew subdivision it may need 

to have public transport and we 

can’t just turn it on if we don’t 

have the funding.’’ 

He said the council will also 

look to protect apotential route 

for the proposed mass rapid 

transport (MRT) by designating 

the land. 

‘‘We want to see MRT and 

public transport in general 

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how Greater Christchurch is 

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Bus user and Waimakariri 

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‘‘I don’t use it as often as I 

would like, but having used it 

extensively overseas Irecognise 

the benefits of agood public 

transport service and we are 

keen to see improvements. 

‘‘People really value the 

express buses (from Rangiora 

and Kaiapoi to the city) and I 

understand they are being well 

used.’’ 

Mr Gordon said his council had 

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district to include the Rangiora 

western bypass route and local 

suburbs. 

He would like to see amini bus 

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best-read communitynewspaper in North Canterbury.We 

are owned locally by Allied Press, aNew Zealand-owned 

and operated companyproducing quality newspapers, 

magazines andon-linemedia. 

We areonthe search for an excellentsales communicatorwitha“can do” 

attitude to join oursales team. This is afulltimeposition. 

Youwill be responsible forgrowing new and existingbusiness in the NorthCanterbury area. 

In order to be successful in this role, it is essential thatyou have: 

•Sales skills and an adaptable approach to business; 

•Innovative thinking; 

•Anabilitytorelatewellwith awide range of people; 

•Sales-hunting skills and atruehunger to succeed; 

•Afaultless workethic. 

Youalso mustbe: 

•Passionate,positive and proactive; 

•Flexible and able to workacross multiple media platforms if required; 

•Creative and deliver fresh ideas for ourcustomers; 

•Enjoy being part of small, dedicated team. 

Youwill be joiningacompanythat is passionate about publishingand looksafter its people. 

Agenerousremunerationpackage plusincentive is on offer for the right candidate. 

If this rolesounds likeyou, applyinconfidence withyour 

CV andcover letter to: 

Steve Mc Caughan 

steve@starmedia.kiwi 

Thursday,August2,2018 | Issue808 | www.ncnews.co.nz 

Phone 021372 479

38 The 

CLASSIFIEDS 


The Department of Conservation will be 

carrying out an aerial operationusing 18g 

meat baits (dyedgreen)containing4.5mg 

sodium fluoroacetate (1080) in a5000ha 

block inthe Edwards Valley (St James 

Conservation Area). Baits will beaerially 

appliedtothe treatmentareabyhelicopter 

at arateof1bait perhectare.The purposeof 

thisoperation is to conductfurther research 

on anovel bait targeting feral cats, which 

is an important step innational efforts to 

broadenthe toolbox of controltools forferal 

cats. 

Public Notices 

NOTICEOFAERIALAPPLICATIONOFTOXICBAITSTO 

EDWARDSVALLEY(STJAMESCONSERVATIONAREA) 

Descriptionofarea: 

Thetreatment area is ~5000 ha blockin the 

EdwardsValley, St James ConservationArea. Thearealiesnorth east of Hanmer Springstownship, directly to the 

westoftheWaiauToa/ClarenceRiverandTophouseRoadinNorthernCanterbury. 

Methodofcontrol: 

Oneapplicationofnon-toxic meat baits will be undertaken from the1st August 2024, with thetoxic application to 

takeplaceapproximately10daysafterthis(weatherdependent).Warningsignswillbeinerectedatallpublicpoints 

ofentrytothetreatmentareapriortothetoxicbaitapplication.Thesewillbeinplaceforthedurationofthecaution 

period(at least6months).Presenceofthesesignsindicates pesticideresiduesmayremaininbaitsand/oranimals. 

Whilstsignsremaininplace; 

•DONOTTOUCHpoisonbaits 

•WATCHCHILDRENatalltimes 

•DONOTEATANIMALSfromthisarea 

•PoisonbaitsorcarcassesareDEADLYTODOGS 

Theremovalofsignswilltellyouthatyoucanresumenormalactivitiesinthearea.Ifindoubt,checkwithDOC. 

Forfurtherinformationontheoperationpleasevisit 

https://www.doc.govt.nz/parks-and-recreation/places-to-go/canterbury/places/st-jamesconservation-area 

oralternativelycontacttheNationalEradicationTeambyemailatnationaleradicationteam@doc.govt.nz 

50 th Anniversary 

Celebration. 

21 September2024, 

from 4pm 

Come celebrateGod’s 

faithfulnessand goodness 

with us,everyone who 

has everbeen partof, or 

involved in thelifeofour 

church is welcome! 

Therewill be abeautiful 

threecourse meal, 

Wonderfulspeakersand a 

greatcelebration. 

ThethemeisBlack and 

White. Wear BlackorWhite 

or Both. 

We arelookingforward to 

hosting youorreconnecting 

with youatthisevent. 

Reservations arenecessary. 

Ticket sales close 

20 July 2024. 

For further information 

please contact 

Sharon Eloffonemail 

address admin@ 

gatewaylifechurch.co.nz 

Personal 

ALONEISNOFUN! 

2682838 

Joinourcommunityofpeopleseeking 

friendship/love! 

Connectviapersonalphonecalls 

notacomputer. 

City/Rural&Outbackmembersofallages 

(seniorswelcome) 

Call0800315311tomakecontacttoday! 

www.newbeginningsnetwork.co.nz 

30+yearsexperiencein 

helpinggenuinepeoplefindlove! 

2691922 

Sefton Public 

HallSociety 

Specialmeetingtobe 

held on Wednesday 

24th July 2024, at 

7.30pm, Sefton Hall. 

To electofficersand 

change rules ready for 

applying to become a 

charitable status. 

DEB’S Private Transport. 

Appointments, outings, 

shopping, airport transfer. 

Phone 021 289 9256. Email 

dtooby.nz@gmail.com 

Cars Wanted 

CARS, vans, 4WD’s 

wanted for dismantling or 

repair. Please phone 027 

258 8366. 

Property Wanted 

To Let 

Poultry 

BROWN SHAVER LAYERS 

POL,18-weeks-old, ready 

mid-July, pickup Clarkville; 

$35 order now. — Ph. 

027-433-7720. 

Firewood 

SPLIT Old Man Pine 3.7m 

@ $300, Split Hardwood 

Mix 3.7m @$400. Mobile 

021 993 497. 

MAINPOWERTRUST 

AMENDMENTTOTRUSTDEED 

TheTrustDeed has been amendedto 

allowfor differingpublicationdates in 

localnewspapers. Acopy of theamended 

Deed is availableonthe Trustwebsite 

www.mainpowertrust.co.nz 

For further information, pleasecontactthe 

Secretaryon(03) 313 8103orbyemail 

info@mainpowertrust.co.nz 

Gardening 

A+ GARDEN hedges cut 

to perfection. Tree &arbor 

work. For aquote, phone 

021 111 4322. 

Stock Feed 

Meadow 

Hay 

Med Sq –90bales 

Average Quality - 

$60 inc GST 

Delivery can be 

arranged 0274 361 707 

Wanted ToBuy 

Wanted To Buy 

2691786 

CARAVAN wanted with 

shower and toilet, needing 

repairs ok or any condition. 

Also wanting ahorse float 

and atrailer. Ph Steve 027 

6220 011 

PENNYLANE RECORDS 

always buying records. 

Excellent prices paid. 430 

Colombo Street, Sydenham 

366 3278 Open 7days 

For Sale 

GLORY BOX approx 90 

years old, good cond, fur 

coat, raccoon, like new, 

size 10-16, 3/4 length, 

Gavin Cox solid rimu table 

& four chairs, excellent 

cond, bids close 20th July 

Phone 021 669 066. 

QUALITY meadow hay, 

shed stored, small $8, 

round $75, baleage $80. 

Rangiora area. Phone 03 

310 7574. 

ExpressionsofInterest 

ForTrustee forTe 

Kōhaka oTūhaitara Trust 

TeKōhaka oTūhaitara Trust was settled 

by the Waimakariri District Council and 

Te Runanga oNgāi Tahu for the purpose 

of administering the Tūhaitara Coastal 

Reserve and the Tūtaepatu Lagoon in North 

Canterbury. The land administered bythe 

Trust extends north from the Waimakariri 

River to Waikuku Beach. 

TheTrust hassix trustees,three of whom are 

appointedbythe WaimakaririDistrictCouncil 

andthree of whom areappointedbyTeRunanga 

oNgāiTahu. Thetrustees meet monthly. 

TheTrust hasdeveloped andiscurrently 

implementing theReserve Management Plan for 

thearea, whichincludesalong-termvisionto 

restorethe area to itsnatural state. 

TheCouncil is seekingsomeone with the 

necessary skills andexperiencetoserve as a 

Council-appointedtrustee of this Trust. The 

appointmentwould be forathree-year term 

starting on 1November2024and ending on 

31 October2027. Youwill be someonewho has 

astrong interest in theprotection, restoration, 

andpromotion of naturalhabitatsand are 

interestedinmakingadifference in your 

community.You will also be astrategic thinker 

with afinancial inclination. Experience as a 

trusteeand/ordirectorandinaccessing and 

managing resourcesisalsohighlydesirable. 

To register your interest in this position,please 

sendaCV alongwithacoverletter, to be 

received no laterthanSunday, 28 July 2024,to: 

General Manager Finance and Business 

Support, Waimakariri District Council, 

Private Bag 1005, Rangiora 7440 or email 

human.resources@wmk.govt.nz 

If you have any enquiries regarding this role, 

please contact Greg Bell on0800 965 468. 

NORTH CANTERBURY 

Ploughing Match, Assn, 

annual ploughing match to 

be held 14th July, starting 

at 10am to 2pm, at 411 

North Eyre Road, Swannanoa. 

All welcome, bring 

own lunch, sorry strictly no 

dogs. Enquiries to Bill 

Ward 313 4395. 

Educational 

TUITION available. Primary 

and secondary (Math, 

English, Science) up to 

NCEA level 3. Each 

student on an individually 

tailored programme. Kip 

McGrath Rangiora has 

been serving the local community 

for 30 +years. Give 

us acall (03) 313 3638 or 

book your free assessment 

online https://www. 

kipmcgrath.co.nz/rangiora. 

Trade&Services 

A trusted &quality assured 

tradesman, Tim Green 

Painting Ltd. For all your 

painting services. Phone 

021 154 7110. 

ABEL &Prestige Chimney 

Cleaning. Nth Cant owned 

& operated. Covering all 

areas from Waimak to Hanmer. 

Professional, guaranteed, 

service. Firebox 

repairs, carry most parts. Ph 

0800 661 244. 

ARBORIST qualified. 

Copper Beech Tree 

Services. Tree removal, 

pruning, height reduction, 

hedge trimming, shaping, 

tree planting, firewood. 

Free quotes. Contact Angus 

Edwards 027 259 6741 

copperbeechtreeservices@gmail.com 

2684112 

ATTIC LADDERS and 

roof storage Free noobligation 

quotes. Integrated 

Trade Services 

021 351 900 

BRIAN’S Tree Services. 

Tree felling, topping, 

shaping, firewood cut, rubbish 

removed, stump grinding, 

branch chipping. 

Affordable rates. Phone 03 

327 5505 or 021 124 4894. 

BUILDERS Father & 

son’s team. Amac Builders 

are available to help you 

with your building needs. 

High standards, low 

overheads, no job too 

small. Check us out on fb. 

Amac Builders Ltd. Phone 

027 318 4400. 

CLEANING Residential 

homes, $40ph, 25 years 

experience, reliable, 

honest, trustworthy, i am 

very thorough, excellent 

references. Phone/txt 

Alaina 0220 649 334. 

FARRIER 

Available for horse shoeing. 

Ph Joshua 0274 967 

195. 

FENCING: All Residential, 

Subdivisions and 

Rural. FCANZ Certified 

Contractor. 20yrs experience. 

Call 021 640 748 or 

www.highcountryfencing. 

co.nz 

PAINTERS 

RegTradesman 

Interior,exterior. 

NorthCanterburyPainters 

specialising in decoratingfor 

over 65 at adiscount rate. 

Free quotes. 

Covering NthCanty,Oxford, 

Kaiapoi, Rangiora, Amberley. 

Rob03327 7899 

or 027432 3520 2227597 

PAINT & wallpaper 

services. Wayne Bryant, 

exterior, interior. Qualified 

tradesman. Free quotes. Ph 

313 5337 or 027 654 4568. 

PAINTER & Decorator. 

25 + years experience. 

Interior /exterior, roofs & 

waterblasting. For a free 

quote, please ph Steve 03 

314 4620 or 027 477 1930. 

POWER TOOLS repairs, 

parts &sales for over 40 

years. All main brands serviced. 

Grossman Trade 

Tools, 23 Watts Road, 

Christchurch. Ph389 9230. 

Trade &Services 

CHIMNEY SWEEPS. 

Time to service your fire. 

Accumulation ofsoot seriously 

affects performance. 

Latest rotary brush technology. 

Free moisture check 

on wood. Safety inspection. 

All work insured and guaranteed. 

From $80 single 

story. 0800 SWEEPME or 

www.sweepnz.co.nz. 

HAP’S FARM and 

gardening service, sheep 

shearing, crutching, 

drenching etc, fencing 

repairs, gardening, pruning, 

small tree trimming etc. 

Phone 021 267 4025. 

a 

No job 

too 

small 

ANTHONY SYMONDS 

Plastering &Painting 

Services 

Locals with 30 years 

experience 

Allworkmanship 

Guaranteed. 

Phone021 344 023 

2502479 

ROOF PAINTINGAll 

roof repairs, Waterblasting, 

Moss Treatments, Re 

pointing, Gutter cleans, 

Repairs, Snow straps, 

Exterior painting &more. 

Free quotes, call Vinnie 

027 505 7779 

MOSS 

SPRAYING 

20yrs local 

experience. 

allroofs.co.nz 

027 416 0530 

2575446 

2362002 

Plastering 

Gib Stopping 

Skim Coating 

Patching 

Free Quotes 

027 345 0561 

027 216 0000 

SEPTIC TANK 

CLEANING 

Bill’sLiquid 

Waste 

45 

yrs 

exp 

You dump it... 

Blair pumps it... 

Blair Tavendale 

Ph 03 314 9371 

0275 379-694 

2225862 

TILER all aspects of tiling, 

24yrs experience in Canterbury. 

Phone 022 191 7678 

Paul. 

CRAIGS Trees 

(03) 327-4190 

TREE REMOVALS 

THINNING &PRUNING 

STUMPGRINDING 

FELLING &TOPPING 

FULLY INSURED 

QUALIFIEDARBORIST 

Free Quotes 

027 2299 454 

craigstrees@xtra.co.nz 

WINDOW TINTING 

tintawindow 

advanced film solutions 

99% uv block 

fade protection 

heat control 

reduce glare 

25 Years Experience 

privacy films 

frosting designs 

non-darkening films 

Workmanship Guaranteed 

Lifetime Warranties on Most Films 

UV 

block 

Free Quotes Canterbury and Districts 

03 365 3653 0800 368 468 

2434390

TRUSTED TRADES &PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 


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Trusted Trades & Professional Services 

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

Air Conditioning 

Automotive &Recovery 

Butchery 

Construction &Concrete 

2638408 

Ph Aaron Rowlands 

0272 588 366 

Eftpos available 

• WOF Cars &Trailers 

• Vehicle Servicing & 

Repairs 

• Tyres&Punctures 

• Jump Starts 

• Towing &Salvage 

• Courtesy Car Available 

13 Stone Eyre Place, 

Swannanoa 

Mon –Fri 8am –5pm 

Oxford Butchery 

Shane Frahm 

We cankill&processyour stock 

FourGenerations of Frahms 

since1957 

Ph 312 4205 

Oxford 

Number one 

old-fashioned bacon 

&ham curing. 

A/H 021 269 1817 

2227889v3 

All Construction & Concrete Work 

•Driveways, patios &paths 

•Bridges and Culverts 

•Floors, foundations 

•Sheds and buildings 

•Dairy Sheds, Herd homes 

•Silage pits, effluent ponds 

•Excavation and cartage 

•Precast concrete 

•Insulated panels 

Daryl Power 

027 230 9401 

concretepower@scorch.co.nz 

www.concretepower.co.nz 

2273277 

Ear Health 

• EarHealthchecks. 

• Wax removalusing Microsuction 

• Removal of foreignbodies 

• Basic hearing aidcare 

• ACC provider 

• WarVeteran provider 

• No medicalreferral 

required 

ClinicsinRangiora, Amberleyand Kaiapoi 

Rest homes/retirement villages,bookingbyprior arrangement. 

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

Email alison@earcare.nz | Ear Care Canterbury 

2324849 

2269236 

Engineering 

For your Engineering needs 

187d Ohoka Road, Kaiapoi 

Phone 03 327 5246 |027 495 2821 

toppeng@xtra.co.nz 

Funeral Director 

HAL L & Co. 

Funeral Directors 

Death Is But AHorizon ... AHorizon Is But The Limit Of Our Sight 

Give our friendly team acall and let us look 

after all of your funeral needs 

•Full funeral Services 

•Pricing Plan Options 

•DirectCremation options 

•Memorial Services 

2611645v3 

Convenient Locations 

Rangiora 313 6948 

Christchurch 379 0178 

www.undertaker.co.nz 

Landscaping 

STEWART CONTRACTING 

Landscaping -Fencing 

& Earthworks 

ENJOYABLE STRESS FREE LANDSCAPING 

03 313 9375 •027 369 3974 

www.stewartcontracting.co.nz 

contact@stewartcontracting.co.nz 

2136148 

Painter &Decorator 

30 YearsExperience 

PENSIONERDISCOUNTS 

Commercial&Residential 

Exterior &InteriorPainting 

SprayPainting 

Roof Cleaning &Painting 

Waterblasting 

PhoneMike027 931 1876 

mikewattspainting@hotmail.com 

Portaloo Servicing/Temp Fence 

2679115 

Servicing yoursand our portaloos 

2677427 

Need something done aroundthe house? 

Need something done around thehouse? 

Find help on our ‘Trusted Trades & Professional Services’ page. 

Phone 03 313 2840 to find out more 

YOU 

COULD 

BE 

HERE 

Advertise 

your business 

in our Trades 

and Services 

Phone 

Amanda Keys 

on 

03 3132840 

Plumber /Gas Fitter 

• New Builds 

• Renovations 

• Maintenance 

• Blocked 

Drains 

• Pump 

Services 

Real Estate 

• Spoutings 

• Gas Hobbs 

• Hot Water 

Gas 

Conversions 

• Travel 

Anywhere 

2660908 

Plumbing 

Forall 

general 

aspects of 

plumbing 

Discounts forover 

65 yearsold 

Fast friendly service 

Allworkguaranteed 

Aaron McCartney 

Certifying Plumber 

Cell 027 366 9091 

A/H 03 310 2137 

FreeCall: 

0508 44EVER 

EMAIL: 

plumber_27@yahoo.com 

Selling or Searching 

forsomething? 

Youcan find it here in ourclassifieds... 

Phone 03 313 2840 to findout more 

2172994 

Plumber &Gasfitter 

FOR ALL YOUR PLUMBING 

&GASFITTING NEEDS 

Phone 03 310 7102 |027 280 0653 

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

Scrap Metal 

CASH PAID FOR SCRAP 

•Car Bodies •Scrap Steel•Specialists in Farm 

Machinery•Allnon Ferrous 

Turf Aeration 

MAINLAND 

METALS LTD 

Ph (03) 338 7000 

Mike 0274 818 544 •Robbie0274 818 027 

Locally owned and operated 

Lawns·Sportsfields·Parks·Golfcourses 

SOLIDTYNEAERATING+CORING+VERTICUTTING 

Greatresultsinimprovingturfhealthusingless 

fertilizerandwater!Allowsbetterdrainage,plusair 

andmoisturetoreachtherootzone.Self-propelled 

andtractormountedmachinesavailable. 

Booknowtogetthisworkdonethroughwinter/spring,and 

seetheresultsthroughnextsummer. 

PhoneRogeron0274 324352 

AMPLIFY YOUR BUSINESS AND BE 

THE NAME THEY REMEMBER FIRST 

Advertise with us and get noticed today! 

Phone ustoday on 03 314 8335 or email 

sales@ncnews.co.nz tofind out how we can help! 

1902273 

2679956 

2625877 

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

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2022 Corolla 

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2019Yaris GX 

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2013Toyota 

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2014Yaris 

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1.3L PetrolAuto, 

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2013 Toyota 

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1.8L Hybrid Petrol, 

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2021 Camry 

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2012Prius 

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2018Toyota 

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2023 Toyota 

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2020 RAV4 

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2018 C-HR 

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2017C-HR 

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2016AquaCross 

$ Hybrid 

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1.5L petrol auto 

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2018 Toyota 

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62,890km 


$ 

24,995 

2017 Corolla 

FielderHybrid 

1.5L Petrol Hybrid Auto, 

96,950kms 

$ 

18,995 

2017 RAV4 GXL 

AWD 


90,750kms 

$ 

24,99595 

2020 Yaris 

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25,000kms 

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35,995 

2018 Corolla 

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d 

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2022 Yaris 

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only21,000kms 

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2019 Rav4 Hybrid 

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2.5L Petrol Hybrid Auto, 

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2022 Toyota 

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, 3.5LPetrolAuto, 

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$ 

60,995 

2021 RAV4 

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$ 

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2022Highlander 

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27,550km 

$ 

60,995 

2021RAV4GX 

Hybrid 

2.5L HybridPetrol 

Auto, 135,200kms 

$ 

31,995 

2019 Fortuner GXL 

2.8LTurboDieselAuto, 

105,750kms 

$ 

41,995 

2018 Hiace 

10-SeaterMinibus 

3.0L TurboAuto, 

80,800kms 

$ 

39,995 

2020LandCruiser 

200 VX 

4.5LTwinTurbo Diesel 

V8,Auto, 108,500kms 

$ 

95,995 

2024Hilux 

SR5Cruiser 

Hybrid 4WD 

150Kw 2.8L Turbo 

Diesel,Auto, 1,600kms 

$ 

71,995 

2023 LandCruiser 

300 GR 

3.3L Twin Turbo V6 

Diesel,21,700kms 

WAS$154,995 

NOW 

$ 

149,995 


PradoVX 

150kW2.8L 

TurboDieselAuto 

$ 

72,995 


PradoVX 

150KW2.8L Turbo 

Diesel,41,350kms 

$ 

72,995 

2022Landcruiser 

PradoVX 

2.8LTurboDiesel 


$ 

72,995 

2022Hilux 

SR54WD 

150Kw2.8L 

Turbo Diesel Auto, 

30,100kms 

$ 

56,995 

2018 HiluxSR 

4WD 

2.8L Turbo Diesel, 

Auto, 205,950kms 

$ 

31,995 

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Philips 

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396694. Also comes in E27 variant. 

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Focus Flashlight 

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$34 88 Energizer 

Philips 

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390729 

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