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Jeff Marshall’s customer secret is simple. “You treat every single person who walks through the door exactly the same.’’ At Jeff Marshall Motorcycles that equates to top-class service.

That’s why his business has been such a success with locals and why he and his team were right behind the Guardian’s Shop Smart Shop Local – Put Your $ Where Your Heart Is campaign.

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SHOP smart SHOP loca Keeping up with fashion Family business’s Ashburton connection Maddison Gourlay Talk about being a business owner as part of her DNA and loving local at the same time.

That’s the deal with fashion lover Sophie Preen, who in 2017 became the new owner of what has always been one of Mid Canterbury’s foremost clothing stores, Todd’s of Ashburton.

“It was a nice fit, Todd’s,’’ Preen said.

“It’s only down the road and we have connections here.’’

Preen certainly does have connections and appears every inch a Mid Cantabrian, even though her successful family business started in Timaru.

She’s the third generation of clothing store owners, with her grandfather John Preen starting it all in the 1960s when he developed Miss Timaru.

Sophie’s Dad, Tony Preen, a trained accountant with a keen eye for fashion, took over the family business 30 years ago.

He settled on the name Preen, which has stores in Oamaru, Timaru and now Ashburton.

An important moment was the purchase of Todd’s of Ashburton, which had seen three generations of the Todd family at the helm for 96 years.

Preen also bought The Clothing Rack from Tony and Christine Todd.

“It’s great to be a part of Todd’s.

We kept the name because it has a lot of history in this town,’’ Preen said.

“It is great to be a part of the Ashburton community and keep Todd’s of Ashburton going in Ashburton.”

Preen also decided to rename The Clothing Rack on East Street

The Todd’s of Ashburton store family (from left) Chloe Wilson, Deb Kell, Cynthia Downs, Lyn Hart and Sophie Preen.

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to Preen Ashburton.

“Preen has labels that weren’t in Todd’s. Both stores have the same feel.

“One of the first things we did was put Todd’s online with Preen.”

Todd’s had been laid out like a department store before Preen took over and changed it up, wanting to focus on women’s fashion and not having a menswear section that had been the forte of Tony Todd.

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“We decided to focus on women’s fashion as that is what we do best.’’

Preen has also continued to deliver for the community as the Todd family did before her, helping various groups with fashion shows and fundraisers.

“We try to give back to the community in whatever ways we can,” she said.

That’s why she believed in the Guardian’s Shop Smart Shop Local – Put Your $ Where Your

Heart Is Campaign, saying it was perfect timing with Covid restrictions and the East Street roadworks affecting patronage.

Staying local, rather than heading to Christchurch to shop, was her message.

“It is important that the locals support the locals because Christchurch isn’t that far away.

“But in Ashburton you have everything you need. (It’s) just as good, or even better I would say, than Christchurch.”

Fast facts Business: Todd’s of Ashburton and Preen Ashburton What: Fashion boutiques Where: 314 East Street, Ashburton Phone: 308 5089

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The team at Jeff Marshall Motorcycles.

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Doing it the Marshall way . . .

Maddison Gourlay Jeff and Kerry Marshall are no strangers to doing everything they can for the community – in and out of work.

The owners of Jeff Marshall Motorcycles both grew up in Ashburton are both well known in the community for giving their time to various groups and organisations.

“Jeff is part of the Ashburton Fire Brigade and I am part of St

John through the health shuttle and the major incident support team,” Kerry said.

“When we are away from work, we try to do as much in the community as we can.”

Helping out the community is their way of life, which is why they believe in the Guardian’s Shop Smart Shop Local – Put Your $ Where Your Heart Is Campaign.

It has been instigated to promote and help businesses that have struggled through the pandemic, face goods supply issues and loss of income through the CBD development work that kept customers away.

The Marshalls are firm believers in business owners having each other’s backs.

“This is a great time to be doing the campaign,” Kerry said.

“We don’t want to see people struggle. All businesses have been through a lot over Covid.

“Trying to run a business is hard work, so local businesses should be supported.”

The Marshalls know what they’re talking about, having got into the motorcycle game when they bought an existing motorcycle business on Grey Street in 1995. Jeff was working there at the time.

“Then the bikes got too big so we moved into this building

(West Street) in 2008,” Jeff said.

From there the business grew, adding staff and stock.

In 2015, Jeff Marshall Motorcycles diversified. They added the Stihl specialist outdoor equipment shop and offered petrol and battery equipment for locals and tradies.

“We try to do as much local purchasing as we can, not just for our business, but for ourselves,” Kerry said.

So, through all the challenges of the past two years in particular, what’s been their business secret?

Jeff said it was about providing good service and looking after your customers.

Fast facts Business: Jeff Marshall Motorcycles What: Motorcycle and Stihl shop Where: 187 West Street, Ashburton Phone: 308 2055 “You treat every single person who walks through the door exactly the same,” he said.

“They walked in the door for a reason.”

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Hospitality providers ‘nervous, uncertain’ on certificate checks Adam Burns

Ashburton’s Devon Tavern manager Nicky Box. Inset – a vaccine certificate on a cellphone.

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Café and bar owners in Mid Canterbury are uncertain as to how vaccine certificate requirements will be administered.

A lack of clarity around the management of the vaccine passports through the Government’s new traffic light system, which comes into effect tomorrow, has left some staff flying blind.

The traffic light system replaces the alert level framework with the entire South Island and parts of the North Island moving into the orange setting.

It means there will be no gathering limits at public facilities which have vaccine certificate requirements.

Places that choose not to use vaccination certificates will have stricter restrictions in place.

Gyms, indoor and outdoor events and close-proximity businesses such as hairdressers must operate with certificate requirements.

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Restrictions under the alert level system served up challenges for bars and cafes in Mid Canterbury with some staff copping unwanted abuse from unco-operative patrons.

Devon Tavern owners the Ashburton Trust are seeking further clarification as to the handling of vaccine certificates for patronage as advice remained unclear.

“We’re still waiting on some information from the Government as to how that (vaccine certificates) is going to work,” Ashburton Trust general manager Robert Reid said.

“At the moment there is a lot of contradictory information around the process of somebody handing over their vaccine pass and what’s involved in verifying that.”

Reid said the initial advice from industry leaders had been that premises would verify certificates using an application before cross-referencing with a person’s form of ID. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said last week that businesses could visually verify certificates which contradicted initial advice from the Ministry of Health who stated that the app would be required.

Covid-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins later said that premises can visually verify passes.

Reid said information needed to be much clearer if premises were given such a responsibility.

Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Service (ACADS) health promoter Andrae Gold said she hoped the traffic light system would simplify the situation for people following what had been a “tense” period for some premises.

She said there was potential for tensions to continue around the vaccine passport requirements amid reports that vaccine passes were being fraudulently duplicated.

Ashburton RSA vice-president Alan Johnson said its premises would be requiring vaccine certificates of its members, but were also still unclear as to how the checks would be managed.

“We’re a bit nervous, but I’m sure we’ll be alright.”

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Get your business traffic light ready The COVID-19 Protection Framework replaces the Alert Level system from tomorrow, 3 December. The framework will provide more certainty for businesses as Aotearoa manages COVID-19 in the community, keeping our businesses open and protecting our vulnerable.

The Framework, otherwise known as the traffic lights, will consist of red, orange and green settings.

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To be ready for the move to the traffic lights, businesses can choose whether to require customers to have My Vaccine Passes as a condition of entry. For some businesses, this decision will affect the rules they must operate under at different colour settings.

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Political restructure proposed Holland proposes federal and state government system Malcolm Hopwood A retired Ashburton businessman, “sick and tired” of the way the South Island’s been treated by the Government, wants the Australian federal and state system be introduced to New Zealand.

Lindsay Holland, former Chamber of Commerce chairman and past member of the South Canterbury Business Development Board, has observed the shift of power to Auckland over the past 40 years, leaving the South Island “irrelevant in political terms”.

“Since Muldoon days, the interests of the South Island have been outvoted by either Auckland or Wellington and we’ve been given the rough end of the stick,” he said.

“For example, Mid and central Canterbury produce $1 billion of agricultural produce a year without any political recognition. Instead, we are focussed on propping up Auckland.”

He sees the leadership of New Zealand being totally Auckland based and they’ve used their influence to make the city so attractive to live in through its population base, workforce, head offices, and distribution centres at the expense of the South Island.

Holland said 70 per cent of wage subsides during Covid had gone to Auckland, subsidised by the rest of the country.

“Instead, we pay more for fuel, petrol, building materials, and freight costs.

“I’ve reached the point of frustration where I’m seriously concerned for the future of the South Island and how it’s being treated.”

He knows his views are shared by many people but, rather than complain, Holland is proposing an alternative.

For several years he’s been studying the Australian political system, where the Federal Government is responsible for national interests and State Governments

Lindsay Holland is sick and tired of how the South Island is being treated and is proposing a new political structure similar to Australia.

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He’s recommending a State Government for the South Island and one or two for the North Island.

“That’s up to them,” he said.

“Such a State Government, based in Christchurch, with elected representatives, gives us a greater degree of political independence and is able to allocate resources to us instead of our export wealth such as dairying, sheep, and specialist crops being absorbed by the north.

“A State Government would have given Ashburton its second bridge years ago and kicked the Three Waters scheme to touch.”

Of particular annoyance to Holland, was the way the South Island has been treated during Covid and “lumped in with the bulk of New Zealand”.

“A State Government would’ve seen the South Island return to Level 1 and receive the green light months ago,” he said.

“Keeping us in orange is an insult and has seriously damaged

tourism and discouraged our ability to move around.’’

While Holland has strong links with the National Party, he said his proposal was non-political, but totally pro-South Island.

“I’m continuing to research the concept and want to share it further in the new year. I’d encourage other people to join me and push hard for such a political restructure.

“It’s a substantial constitutional change but it has to happen,” Holland said.

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Toot for Tucker sparks Ashburton’s generosity Maddison Gourlay St Vincent de Paul store manager Donna Collins is blown away by the ever growing generosity of Ashburton for the Toot for Tucker food drive.

Toot for Tucker took place on Monday with donations from the public shared amongst St Vincent de Paul, The Community Food Bank at the Salvation Army and Presbyterian Support.

“I am overwhelmed by the generosity of Ashburton every single year, we are able to help more families every year thanks to the help of the community,” Collins said.

“And around this time of year is crucial for us as we are heading into Christmas.”

St Vincent de Paul only gets a portion of the food donations for their community foodbank pantry, which covers a large portion of the year’s needs.

Last year the organisation received 130 boxes of donations, this year that number grew to 178 boxes of donations.

The pantry in the St Vincent de Paul premises is currently filled to the brim holding 50 boxes of donations, and extra storage off premises is holding the remaining 128 boxes.

This year saw lots of cereal varieties, tinned peaches and toilet paper. Tampons and sanitary products weren’t seen in this year’s donations to St Vincent de Paul, but toiletry items increased.

“It is amazing how quickly we will get through this, it will help hundreds of families in the community,” Collins said.

“But the success from Toot For Tucker will keep us helping families until hopefully August next year and that is great.”

Left – Donna Collins, St Vincent de Paul Store Manager is estatic with the generosity of Ashburton

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May road flood damage ‘is being taken care of’ Adam Burns Ashburton District Council chief executive Hamish Riach believes the impact of the historic May floods on the district’s roading network has been underestimated.

Council has again had to withstand probing questions around local roads as Methven Community Board member Ron Smith put the maintenance programme under the microscope at a meeting on Monday.

Mid Canterbury’s 2600 kilometre roading network copped about $5 million worth of damage as a result of the one-in-200 year rain event on May 30-31.

Smith voiced his frustration at the “shocking” condition of Marrs Road, which is situated near the Rakaia River.

“Nothing’s been done . . . not even a grader has gone down,” Smith said.

Riach said the flood was a significant event which impacted normal operations and maintenance.

“There was so much water that you couldn’t repair the roads while they were still wet,” he said.

“We know there is a range

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Ashburton College student, Jack Jesse has been announced by Jo Luxton as her Youth Parliament 2022 representative for Rangitata. Luxton said she was impressed with the calibre of all of the applicants, but was “particularly impressed with Jack’s passion and positivity”. He put a lot of time and research into the issue that he would advocate for as Youth MP, she said and had “obviously done a lot of thinking and work around wanting the voting age lowered”. “He made some excellent points in his submission video and I am so pleased that he will have the opportunity to share them at Youth Parliament.”

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Ashburton District Council chief executive Hamish Riach has acknowledged that the floods have significantly hurt council’s roading programme. Inset: Hamish Riach.

PHOTO ASHBURTON GUARDIAN of issues in the roading network but I don’t think there has been enough acknowledgement of the impact of the flood.”

“It wasn’t just a shower of rain.”

Council is currently utilising six contracting crews to tackle the network, the most ever used at one time according to council staff.

“The frustrations are there from the community to the councillors and to the staff, but it just takes time to fix all that major damage.”

Riach said he had been informed by his staff that the roading programme would have caught up by the end of summer.

“The reports I’m getting is that we’re starting to get on

top of it.”

Community leaders are encouraging the public to use the Snap Send Solve application when identifying roading issues.

Record high speed broadband data use in Ashburton Jonathan Leask Ashburton’s reliance on high-speed broadband connectivity shows no sign of letting up as digital lifestyles increasingly become the norm according to new figures from Chorus’ network reporting.

Despite lockdown restrictions easing, Ashburton residents’ data consumption continues to speed up, with the average Ashburton home and small business using 359 gigabytes (GB) of broadband data in October this year compared to 253GB in 2019, an increase of 43 per cent.

Chorus network strategy manage, Kurt Rodgers, believes the burgeoning data consumption has put connectivity at the forefront of what’s essential in our home and working lives.

“In the first six weeks of the recent lockdown, Chorus’ fixed networks carried more than an exabyte of data, that’s one billion gigabytes.

“It’s more than all the data carried in 2015, the year Netflix launched in New Zealand.

He said that the Covid lockdowns forced people to change their online behaviours and adopt more digital tools and services

The facts Chorus network regional data usage comparison October 2019 and October 2021 Council data use Oct 19 vs Oct 21 (% increase)

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in many aspects of life.

“Video calling, in particular, has absolutely become the new norm, and it’s not just for working-from-home and learning; it’s also for keeping in touch with friends and family.

“All this video drives more demand for data, and more demand for faster and reliable fibre broadband,” said Rodgers.

Nationally, the average New Zealand home used about 515GB of broadband data in October this year compared with 329GB at the same time in 2019, an increase of 57 per cent.

The growing demand for data has prompted Chorus to announce its largest-ever performance upgrade for fibre customers.

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Chorus work closely with broadband retailers to upgrade customers on its wholesale 100 Mbps fibre service this year.

Where broadband retailers flow through the upgrade to their residential customers, the change will triple the download speed to 300 Mbps, while increasing the upload speed five-fold from 20 Mbps to 100 Mbps.

Chorus expects the move to catapult New Zealand up the world’s broadband rankings, with its projections showing the country may move well into the top ten for fastest broadband in the world by early 2022.

“We recognise that it is now time to shift up a gear again to ensure New Zealanders can take real advantage of the connectivity available to them,” Rodgers said.

The Meningitis Foundation’s petition, fronted by Ashburton couple, Claire and Gerard Rushton, closed on November 30 with 6357 signatures. The petition calls for vaccination against all types of meningitis and not just the jab for one strain that children receive in the early years of life. Meningitis Foundation, director, Andrea Brady, described the number of signatures as “a great result”. “The foundation is humbled by the support demonstrated by the community for our petition,” she said.

The foundation is in contact with former Deputy Opposition leader, Dr Shane Reti, who has agreed to present the petition to parliament. “We have yet to set a date although it will now be in the new year,” Brady said.

CBD speeds The speed limit of Ashburton’s CBD officially changes to 30kph from Friday to provide a safer street environment for people to move about. Lowering the speed limit from 50kph to 30kph is part of the Ashburton District Council’s revitalisation project for the inner town centre and applies in the area bounded

by East Street, Moore Street, Cass Street and Havelock Street, including Burnett Street and Tancred Street and Baring Square East in front of council’s new civic and library building. Burnett Street and Tancred Street became one-way a year ago as part of the revitalisation project and now also have angle parking.

Christmas market A last-minute bid for funding of this weekend’s Christmas Market has been approved by the Ashburton District Council. Councillors approved more than $1600 for Saturday’s event at the Tinwald Memorial Hall at yesterday’s council meeting. Organisers requested funding following the cancellation of this year’s Santa Parade, resulting in a market as an alternative event. There is no limit on the size of attendees to the market under the new traffic light system, but social distancing regulations would apply for patrons.

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Videos add interest to Council news New picnic

tables at hall beside moa

Two videos on Council’s social media channels are proving popular, with over 9000 views between them.

Saturday night’s video, featuring Kate Murney lighting up Ashburton’s Christmas tree on East Street, had attracted just over 6000 views at 10am on Wednesday. A video shot when councillors attended the official opening of the Opuke Thermal Hot Pools had attracted 3200 views.

Video is among the many ways Council shares its news. We post regular stories and information on our website ashburtondc. govt.nz and to social media; stories also appear in Council Brief, which is published in both the Ashburton Courier and the Ashburton Guardian.

If you’re on our highways and byways this summer, plan for a picnic stop at the Alford Forest hall, where two picnic tables have been installed and are free for all to use.

Our public event to light up the Christmas tree was not able to happen this year because of covid gathering restrictions, so the video was one way to share the occasion safely. The Murney family was involved as they won an auction to switch on the lights on the tree, helping raise around $40,000 locally for Phill Hooper’s Movember men’s health challenge.

The tables have been a real community effort: Mayfield Lions paid for the materials, Ashburton Forks Engineering built the frames and installed the tables, and Methven Trucking sponsored the concrete.

The Alford Forest hall was formerly the Alford Forest School, which closed in 1948. The community decided to use the building as a hall, and it has provided a valuable service for the area since then.

Take a drive down East Street at dark and you will see the Christmas tree shining brightly in our revitalised CBD. The fairy lights on the trees add extra sparkle.

Councillors had the pleasure of being invited to the opening of the Opuke Thermal Hot Pools in Methven. Council provided funds 10 years ago for a feasibility report on the project, which has since been brought to life by a dedicated group.

The famous Alford Forest moa sculptures were originally outside the local store, but were moved to the hall in 2001, The Alford Forest Hall sits just off the intersection of Alford Forest Settlement Road, Forks Road and Inland Scenic Route 72. Look out for the moas and you’ll know you have arrived!

Check out both videos on Council's Facebook page, or on our You Tube channel.

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Orange rules have arrived Councils around the country have been working out what the new Orange level covid protection framework will mean for Councilrun facilities.

We are currently working through the framework and implementation advice and guidelines from central Government, and we will release more information in the coming days on the implications for specific services and facilities in the Ashburton District.

Our primary focus is through a Health and Safety lens and the protection of both our staff and our community as we move to live with Covid-19, and so we are working carefully through the implications of the new Orange level rules and how that affects all of us.

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passes for many businesses (including our own EA Networks Centre gym) and our library staff have been helping people access digital and paper copies of their passes.

We have a very high vaccination rate in the district so most residents will be able to continue to access the services and facilities we provide as long as they have a valid vaccination certificate.

It seems inevitable that covid will reach our district, so it remains important that our vaccination numbers are as high as possible, that people continue to use the NZ covid tracer app, wear masks where required, and stay home if they are feeling unwell.

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Volunteers crucial at gallery, museum Volunteers play an important role at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum and are often the first people that visitors encounter when they step through the doors.

They also help behind the scenes on exhibitions and collections and are muchloved for giving their time, skills and energy.

Linda Petrie has volunteered at the art gallery for many years and has welcomed many visitors, as well as helped plaster, as and paint walls between exhibitions.

“It’s a privilege to be a volunteer. We get to meet travellers and locals who are interested in art. There is always a conversation to be had about the present exhibition, other exhibitions they have enjoyed and where in New Zealand they are from or going to.

“We get to represent our town and district in a positive light.”

Linda became a volunteer in the “old” gallery and was happy to continue when the gallery and museum moved to their new building on West Street in 2015.

Linda Petrie (left) and Sue Wood volunteer at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum.

“A friend who also volunteers mentioned to me that the museum was looking for more interested people and once I retired I was keen to do more in the community. I thought the museum would be interesting.”

“I enjoy the revolving exhibitions in the Murney Room, particularly because of the huge variety of displays and their relevance to our local population.”

“Being part of the behind the scenes activities was an eye-opener. I didn’t realise how much work and time it took to prepare a new exhibition.

Volunteers are given a variety of tasks, depending on their interests and strengths.

Sue welcomes visitors to the museum and ensures they realise there is no cost to their visit.

“The gallery team are so welcoming and appreciative of the small jobs we volunteers do. Being there as Front of House allows staff time to concentrate on their many other responsibilities.”

“Many visitors give complimentary comments after visiting and are sometimes surprised that a small town has such a great museum.

Sue Wood has been a volunteer at the museum since 2019.

“During the school holidays particularly, it is great to see all the young ones

participating so enthusiastically in our activities and their parents are very complimentary about what is on offer.”

Community Services Group Manager Steve Fabish said all the facility’s volunteers are very much valued and appreciated, for their knowledge and reliability.

“They are absolutely crucial to operations and many play an important role in enhancing the visitor experience.

“Our front of house volunteers come from a variety of backgrounds but are all knowledgeable, friendly and always up for a chat about Ashburton heritage, or our latest art exhibition. Our behind the scenes volunteers work just as hard and often play a major part in getting a new exhibition installed and open on time.”

If you would like to volunteer at the Ashburton Art Gallery and Museum, please get in touch.

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PUBLIC NOTICE PROPOSED ROAD CLOSURE

Pursuant to the Transport (Vehicular Traffic Road Closure) Regulations 1965, notice is hereby given that the Ashburton District Council, for the purpose of allowing the Festival of Pipe Band Music to hold a street march, proposes to close the following roads to ordinary vehicular traffic for the period indicated hereunder.

Roads proposed to be closed: · ELIZABETH STREET, from Walker Street to Grigg Street · GRIGG STREET, from Elizabeth Street to Philip Street · PHILIP STREET, from Grigg Street to Wills Street Period of Closure: From 12.30 am until 1.30 pm on Sunday, 13 February 2022.

Any person objecting to the proposal is called upon to lodge notice of their objection and grounds thereof in writing by 4.00 pm on Friday, 14 January 2022, at the office of the Ashburton District Council, 5 Baring Square West, ASHBURTON 7700.

NEIL McCANN Group Manager Infrastructure Services

STOCK GRAZING CONTRACT: OCEAN FARM

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Tenders are invited for the grazing of sheep at Ocean Farm – Terrace Road, Ashburton. Ocean Farm is the land disposal area for the Ashburton wastewater treatment and disposal facilities. This contract includes the grazing of sheep only, on 340Ha of pasture irrigated with treated wastewater from 1 March 2022 to 1 March 2023.

Documents are available to be downloaded from Tenderlink: www. tenderlink.com/ashburtondc. Hard Copy of the Tender Document can also be arranged and secured from Council. All enquiries should be directed to William McCormick; Phone: (03) 307 7752 or william.mccormick@adc.govt.nz.

Tenders close with the Chief Executive, Ashburton District Council, 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton, at 4.30pm on Tuesday 21 December 2021.

The highest or any tender may not necessarily accepted.

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CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS RUBBISH AND RECYCLING New rubbish and recycling bins with street cred have been installed at Ashburton’s skate park.

Members of the Ashburton Youth Council commissioned the bins after surveying skaters and visitors at their annual Skate Jam. They then worked on a special design for the bins that would fit the skate park environment.

Youth council chair Michael Baker said the bins were installed this week and included glass and recycling units, as well as a separate general waste bin.

“These are at the southern end of the park and we hope out skater community will use them. It makes a difference to all users if the rubbish and recycling goes where it belongs and not just discarded around the

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Youth council members worked with Eco Educate to create the designs for the new receptacles.

Councillor Lynette Lovett said the skate park was a popular hangout and the new bins would encourage users to have pride in the park and help keep it tidy.

“The new bins have their own identity and it was great to have them installed at the same time as the CBD revitalisation project wrapped up.”

The blue glass bin takes glass bottles and jars, no lids. The yellow recycling bin takes plastics 1, 2 and 5, as well as clean cardboard and cans. The bins are emptied

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, December 2, 2021

OPINION

Who is Kieran Whyte?

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hat a mixture of emotions flowed through my veins yesterday.

Relief. I was happy that the month of Movember was done and dusted. To say that it had been a busy and at times stressful month would be understating things.

Disappointment. To come so close to being the number one fundraiser in the country only to have the rug or should that be slug ripped out from under my feet at the last minute was a bit gutting.

Pride. Once I actually stood back and looked at the big picture and the messages of congratulations started flowing in, the realisation of achieving something pretty extraordinary hit home.

Tears. Yep, I admit to shedding a few yesterday morning and some who were tuned in early would have heard them. I think it was during the transition from disappointment to pride.

I talked on air about how the month of Movember had kind of pulled our wee community together, it was like we were looking for something to get stuck into after what has been an incredibly tough couple of years with Covid and CBD up-

Phill Hooper OFF THE AIR grades going on.

It felt like a huge chunk of the community jumped on board my Movember train and rode the rather rocky journey every step of the way.

I admit there was a time when I slipped behind Kieran by $4000 that I thought, this is a gap too big, but oh no we came steaming back and with less than three hours to midnight on Tuesday we had powered out to a $5000 lead.

I knew he would bounce on back and he did that at about 11.57pm with two donations that took him in front.

Although I was disappointed when I opened the leaderboard page yesterday morning, I was also a bit happy for him as well.

Seven Sharp did an excellent piece on him on Monday night and he seems like a cool bloke.

A bloke who had lost a mate to suicide in the last year and wanted to do something to make a difference.

Hoops hits $41,000 Local radio host Phill (Hoops) Hooper raised over $41,000 for Movember.

Hoops said when he signed up to the fundraiser he had no idea the ride he was embarking on, initially setting his target at $500.

In what was a wild ride, Hoops said he was blown away to be able to raise over $41,000.

Hoops was humbled by the big backing he received from the community and businesses that came on board to support his efforts.

As the funds came rolling in he became part of a two-horse

race with Pokeno’s Kieran Whyte to be the top fundraisers in the country.

While some donations were still coming in, Hoops said as far as he was concerned Whyte was in the lead at the end of November.

At that point, Whyte had raised $41,388 and Hoops was on $41,073.

Shattered from a big week, Hoops said while he was dissapointed to have been pipped

by Whyte, it was an incredible effort for the pair to combine for over $80,000 towards the Movember foundation.

He, much like I, had the backing of his town in Waikato and was riding that support for all it was worth.

Just for the record, the tears were not because I had lost the top spot to him. It was a text message and a chat on air that kicked me off.

Just after I had mentioned how Movember had pulled the community together, this text exchange with a listener I don’t know happened: “Hi Hoops, I would like to make a correction to your comments. Movember didn’t pull this community together; you did this with all your skill and dedication to our community.

Well done mate, the $40k raised is only a fraction of what you do for this community. Take care, Wayne.”

Me: “That brought me tears!!

Thank you so much for those words.”

Wayne: “Sorry about that, I felt your tears too when you

messages from people like “ Special Pup and Wiggy will stay with me for a

long long time as will each and every message of support I received from those donating or just supporting the cause.

read it out. I think that reinforces the comments nicely. We love listening to you Hoops and long may it continue.”

If that wasn’t tearing at the heart strings enough, my farming correspondent Enda followed it up by saying a whole bunch of really nice stuff when we chatted on air.

Special messages from people who do fantastic work in our community like Pup and Wiggy will stay with me for a long long time as will each and every message of support I received from those donating or just supporting the cause.

Talking a long long time,

that sums up the gap between now and the next time I tackle Movember.

To everyone one who contributed in one way or another, you know who you are.

THANK YOU! Till next week Hoo Roo Hoops (Clean shaven) Phill Hooper is the breakfast host of Ashburton’s Hokonui radio station. The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

Ex-Rangitata candidate heartened by Luxon speech Adam Burns

Megan Hands

Former National Party candidate Megan Hands says she is feeling positive about the new direction of the party.

Hands, who challenged for the Rangitata seat at last year’s election, is backing new National Party leader Christopher Luxon.

Luxon was confirmed as the new leader of the party on Tuesday with Nicola Willis as his deputy after the pair received unanimous support from their caucus.

It follows a dramatic exit by Judith Collins last week after she demoted former leader Simon Bridges due

to inapporpriate conduct at a party function several years ago.

For Hands, who continues to serve as a councillor for Environment Canterbury, said there was a segment of Luxon’s inaugural speech as leader which struck her when he was asked by the media about the ongoing leaks within the party.

“It’s actually a team sport, and its actually about public service,” he said.

“That’s why I’ve come to this place, you know I’ve genuinely come here because I see great problems and great opportunities for New Zealand and I want to go to work on those things.”

“That’s the National Party I want to see moving forward,” Hands said on social media.

The current regional councillor was a last minute National candidate for Rangitata in 2020 after the

resignation of Andrew Falloon three months prior.

Jo Luxon became the first Labour Party MP to win the electorate last year with both Rangitata, and the former Mid Canterbury constituency Rakaia, staunch blue seats historically.

National’s Selwyn MP Nicola Grigg also expressed her excitement at the new leadership on social media, posting a photo of her and Luxon.

“They are both such talented members of our team and have the right mix of experience and skill to lead National to the Beehive in 2023,” she said.

“I’m very excited to be a part of the ‘new’ New Zealand National Party caucus and can’t wait to continue to hold the government to account on behalf of Selwyn under their leadership.”

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TESTYOURSELF Test yourself with the Guardian’s quiz 1: Richard Nixon resigned as President of the United States in what decade? a) 1980s b) 1970s c) 1960s 2: Who directed the 1988 film Beetlejuice? a) Steven Spielberg b) Robert Zemeckis c) Tim Burton 3: What is the name of the fourth Harry Potter book? a) Goblet of Fire b) Prisoner of Azkaban c) Order of the Phoenix 4: What talent show did Stan Walker win in 2009? a) NZ Idol b) Australian Idol c) The X-Factor NZ 5: What board game was originally called Lexiko? a) Pictionary b) Scrabble c) Boggle 6: Who was the ancient Greek god of earthquakes, storms, and horses? a) Ares b) Poseidon c) Apollo 7: “If music be the food of love, play on” is the opening line to what Shakespeare play? a) Much Ado about Nothing b) Twelfth Night c) A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Zonta Ashburton are once again campaigning the message Zonta says no to violence against women. The say no message is an international Zonta initiative that runs over 16 days and Zonta Ashburton are right behind its message. The campaign starts on November 25 and ends on December 10. The club is unable to do as much as previous years due to Covid restrictions, but as in previous years the Ashburton clocktower will be bathed in orange light and on Saturday the group are hearing from a domestic violence survivor who is willing to share their story. Launched in 2012, the campaign is a call to action to end violence against women and girls in communities around the world.

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When a draw’s as good as a win ...

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t’s funny, isn’t it, how a drawn result can rightly be labelled one of our finest test cricket performances in decades.

But that’s how we should all have felt after the Black Caps somehow held on to draw the first test against India on Monday on a crack-laden dust bowl they called a pitch in the smog and fading light in Kanpur.

New Zealand, thanks to the super composed defensive batting efforts of 22-year-old debutant Rachin Ravindra and No.11 Ajaz Patel, kept India’s world class spinners out for 8.4 overs after the fall of the ninth wicket to finish at 165-9 to earn a draw to remember. The irony of two players with deep Indian links saving New Zealand from a loss to India surely not lost on anyone.

And scraping by with a draw really was hard to believe be-

Daryl Holden cause India simply don’t close the deal out in those situations.

They roll through teams with their spin attacks in their own backyard. They have down since day dot. So why not this time?

Good question. We know this Black Caps’ team, even without a true international class spin bowler, is one of our very best of all time. Their world test championship final victory over India proved that.

They have quality performers throughout, led by captain and one of the all-time batting greats in the unflappable Kane Williamson.

Tom Latham, as he showed in Kanpur, is one of the game’s leading openers and possibly even a better player of spin than Williamson himself.

in a test that was unfortunately marred by poor umpiring. There were too many decisions having to be reversed because of correct player reviews. There was also

irony of two players with deep Indian “ The links saving New Zealand from a loss to India surely not lost on anyone.

Tim Southee just seems to get better with age, with his ability to prize wickets with clever swinging deliveries making him dangerous on all surfaces, while the arrival of the towering Kyle Jamieson has provided an extra edge to our attack.

Those four all played vital roles in Kanpur, with others chipping in when it mattered

the bizarre situation of Indian wicketkeeper Wriddhiman Saha not having to field because of a stiff neck that, somehow, didn’t stop him making what could have been a match-defining 61 not out with the bat in the second innings. Work that one out.

India’s pre-test confidence also backfired because of their decision to leave a number of

star players sidelined with an eye to a tour of South Africa, which was now in doubt due to the latest pandemic developments But who cares? Not us. Not Black Caps’ fans. Probably not any test cricket team, who for years have had no answer to combating India in their home conditions.

So now New Zealand has the momentum heading into the second test starting on Friday where, playing on the faster and truer surface at Mumbai, it should assist our quick bowlers.

India, back closer to full strength, including superstar Virat Kohl, will be desperate to make amends. And, honestly, they should probably be at short-priced odds to do so. But stranger things have happened.

We saw that on Monday. Let’s hope we see it again in Mumbai.

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Next step in our Covid-19 plan Your say

Jo Luxton

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his week has been a recess week from the House and I was privileged to host a morning tea for our wonderful people in our NGOs, ethnic community leaders and other local stakeholders.

It’s been a tough couple of years with the challenges of Covid-19 and through it all, the hard work has continued. I want to again extend my thanks and appreciation for all in our community who work to support our locals.

This week we’re also entering a new phase of our Covid-19 response and will be moving into the new Covid-19 Protection Framework.

We are better placed than many other countries, with high vaccination rates, a strong economy, and fewer hospitalisations and deaths.

The entire country is on track to reach 90 per cent fully vaccinated next month – one of the highest vaccination rates in the world.

Here in the Ashburton District nearly 24,000 people are already fully vaccinated.

That is an amazing response, and I thank all of you who have stepped up.

However, we’ve seen overseas that Delta has changed the game.

Many countries that recently removed restrictions are now putting them back in place as

Jo Luxton at a special morning tea for some important people in the community, including NGOs, our ethnic community leaders, and other local stakeholders.

PHOTO SUPPLIED they face fourth and fifth waves.

Our plan will keep New Zealanders safe from Delta, while ensuring we can enjoy summer with fewer disruptions and more certainty.

Businesses can safely operate, big events can go ahead, and people can plan ahead with confidence, because our high vaccination rates mean lockdowns are no longer our main line of defence against Covid.

Vaccine passes are a key part of our plan.

They’ll ensure our commu-

nities, workplaces and events are safe, adding an extra layer of protection for people who can’t be vaccinated like young children.

Once we’ve shifted into the new framework, you’ll need proof of vaccination to do many of the things you enjoy – like going to concerts and music festivals, meeting friends at bars and restaurants, and going to the gym and sports events.

I don’t want anyone in Ashburton to miss out, so I strongly encourage those of you who

haven’t yet been vaccinated to take that step now.

Once you’re fully vaccinated, you’ll need to visit myCovidrecord.health.nz or call 0800 222 478 to request your Vaccine Pass.

The pass, which has a QR code that can be scanned when you arrive at a venue, will become part of our daily routine – like carrying a driver’s licence and wearing a mask.

You can either download your pass onto your phone or print it out and carry a hard copy. I

strongly encourage you to organise this now, so you’re ready to go on December 3.

If you’re vaccinated and have a pass, you’ll be able to do more of the awesome things our community has to offer.

We’ll need to keep scanning in and wearing masks in certain spaces, but overall, we’ll face fewer disruptions and will have more certainty.

This is a significant shift, I know – but we have a plan.

As we move to safely open up, we have huge opportunities ahead of us.

I hope you’re all looking forward to doing the things you love and connecting with loved ones over summer, as we transition into a new way of managing Covid-19.

Jo Luxton is a Labour MP. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

Walking in nature the ideal prescription

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occasionally do walk and talk sessions with my clients, especially those suffering with depression. Being close to the forest and beach, it’s a lovely add on to my service.

I take my clients for a stroll through the forest for about an hour and we talk.

When we start, the pace is brisk, the talk is rapid and we walk – first on the well trodden paths and then, I gradually lead them off the beaten track into the core of the forest.

When I do this, the talking becomes more measured, their attention moves to where their feet are treading. The pace eases and they start to notice where they are, at which point they

Sahera Laing LIFE COACH often ask “Are we lost?”

“Nope, we are not lost. But do take a look around.”

And I wait.

It’s a jolly good pause in which I see them loosen up their shoulders and back. They stop and relax their ears to listen. They might comment that they can hear the sea (something they were unaware of before). They breathe more deeply and more open, smile and in that moment … come

undone.

At the start of our walk the focus is exercise and talking about problems. Towards the end of the walk, the focus is more relaxed, taking in the surroundings, the beauty, the sounds that the problems ease.

Now, we could have done a lot of this in my office. But I find a prescription of walking in nature, on uneven ground where there are no straight lines, where bird song replaces the sound of traffic, the distant whoosh of the surf, alters the internal state …for the better.

When we are feeling low, everything becomes about “us” and we get trapped in our own story and thoughts. We become

prisoners to our ego.

Being outside in the wilderness (no matter how tame) is the opposite of this sensation, it’s about being in awe. In that moment our concerns lessen in the grandeur of our surroundings, making them a little more manageable. Our ego shrinks as our view of the world grows.

The human race has spent most of its history out-of-doors … it’s our natural habitat! We have evolved in the open space of our planet for thousands of years. In recent times, we spend so much of our days inside and attached to devices, that we forget where our species was designed to live … in nature … outside.

* * * Toot for Tucker 2021 has been a huge success and the shelves at the Salvation Army and St. Vincent de Paul Foodbanks, and Presbyterian Support, are full.

Ashburton County Lions extend a huge thank you to the community who so generously donated the goods.

Also to all the people who gave their time to be drivers, runners, and sorters on the night.

The support of Property Bro-

kers and their sponsorship of the bags, and the venue at the Racecourse all contribute to its success.

We benefit from returning to natural surroundings because not only is it our evolutionary home, it reminds us of just how small we, and our problems, are.

And … do we not have an innate love of landscapes … hmmmm … I wonder why?

Sahera Laing is a mental fitness consultant, columnist and speaker. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof.

LETTERS Toot for Tucker Thank you so much to the Ashburton County Lions Club and Property Brokers Ashburton for another very successful Toot For Tucker on Monday.

To all the individuals, clubs, and organisations who collected the food, the many hands sorting the food and especially to the generous folks who donated food items for the three local foodbanks, a huge thank

you.

We are very appreciative of the support to the Ashburton Society of St Vincent de Paul.

We now have 178 banana boxes full of food items that will replenish our pantry shelves in time for Christmas.

Blessings to everyone involved.

Evans Chibanguza Ashburton Society of St Vincent de Paul president

Thank you everyone.

Sue Green [President}, Lilian Wakelin and Jill Stephen.

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Methven ready to open the gates Vaccination pass will be required for entry to Christmas meeting ...

Matt Markham The Methven Trotting Club will get to host one of the first major events in Mid Canterbury on the calendar under the new traffic light system, when they hold their annual Christmas meeting next Sunday.

Tonight’s shift into the orange setting in the Covid Protection Framework allows double-vaccinated racegoers back on to courses around the country for the first time in a number of months, with previous restrictions only allowing for small bubbles of industry participants, sponsors and breeders.

But from tomorrow, the general public are allowed back through the gates, and with the lure of a Sunday out at New Zealand’s best grass track harness racing venue, the expectations are big for a huge crowd next weekend.

“We’re excited to be able to provide the opportunity for people to get out and head to the races again,” club president, Carl Markham said.

“It’s been a trying time for clubs around the country who have had to conduct race meetings behind closed doors without the public there to create atmosphere.

“We’re known as a club who put on a great day for our visitors, and we’re looking forward to being able to do that once again at

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one of our biggest meetings for the season.”

Dubbed Green Mile Day, the meeting next Sunday, will see some of the best pacers and trotters in the land in action competing in two $25,000 Green Mile events for each gait, and with a fantastic undercard set to form around those two races, the meeting promises to be a belter.

Traditionally the meeting would generate a crowd of anywhere between 1000 and 1500 people, but due to the lack of events over recent months and the likelihood of the meeting being one of the first social gatherings since the change in settings, that number could be exponentially bigger.

“We’ll be doing everything we can to give those who do come along a great experience including the young ones as well with Santa coming on course to make an appearance.”

Restrictions issued by Harness Racing New Zealand earlier this week see the meeting only open to those who are double-vaccinated and can produce a Covid Pass upon arrival unless they are Ministry of Health exempt.

Children under the age of 12, who cannot legally be vaccinated, are also allowed to attend.

The settings include everyone

on course during the day, from casual racegoers right through to horse trainers and drivers, with

those licensed individuals who aren’t yet vaccinated unable to enter the meeting.

The car park at the Mount Harding Racecourse can be filled again for the club’s meeting next weekend.

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Southee magic sets up grandstand result What do you think?

Matt Markham

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im Southee, for much of his career, has polarised cricketing fans around the world.

Most seem to see him as a player who has promised a lot but failed to deliver on many occasions.

And, in some cases the results would back that up.

But like a fine bottle of red out of the Marlborough region, Southee’s value to this Black Caps team in all formats of the game is growing with value as each season goes by.

In fact, you could argue that some of his most recent cricket has been his best.

He’s a lot like a fisherman, out on the water – throwing his cast out in the hope of snaring a bite, but all the while knowing that on any cast, he can make a slight alteration and give himself a shot at landing the big one.

Take this week for example.

When India was cruising at the start of

day two of the first test – arguably just an hour or so away from batting New Zealand out of the match – Southee did what only he can do.

He went wide from around the wicket.

And as each delivery slipped by, he edged his way closer towards the stumps.

Luring both Jadeja and Sheryas Iyer into a false sense of security that ultimately led to their downfall.

It was masterful to watch.

Cricinfo, that reputable website of all things cricket worldwide, perhaps summed it up best.

“This was high quality swing bowling, but not swing bowling that burst through line-ups.

“He had to persevere.

“He had to create angles and confusion.

“The control was immaculate.”

Moments in cricket are magic.

That one good piece of fielding, the ultimate delivery or shot, but in this test

match it was a spell of bowling that tipped the pendulum back from obscurity and gave the Black Caps a chance.

And considering less than 12 hours earlier he’d hobbled off the field with what

Where does Tim Southee rate in the list of New Zealand cricketing greats?

Is he up near the likes of Hadlee, or is there still work to be done? Let us know your thoughts, email matt.m@ theguardian. co.nz

looked like a game-ending injury, Tim Southee’s efforts deserve to be rated as one of the best by a cricketer wearing the silver fern.

And Southee deserves his place as one of the greats of the game from New Zealand.

A mantle, that every time he seems to begin to steam in to bowl, gains another supporter who previously sat on the fence.

CLUB NEWS Ashburton Bowling Club

Ashburton Bowling Club’s Covid Vaccination Policy will start on Friday December 3 at the Friday Triples. To members and visitors alike, please make sure you and your teams are fully vaccinated and have your passes with you. We will be asking everyone to show Covid Vaccination status at the gate and we ask for your patience, thank you. Anyone not vaccinated and wishing to gain entry to the Club, must firstly contact our President or our Secretary.

The Bowman Cup Ladies Fours, sponsored by Property Brokers, was successfully managed on a lovely day on Monday, and all the hard work done beforehand bore fruit. It was a great success for Ashburton Bowling Club and the men did sterling work in the kitchen and their service was impeccable! A big thank you to them. The raffle made $406.50 and the sales table, which is turning out to be a worthwhile new venture, made $141 on the day, now adding up to $634.

Placings: 1st (Ashburton) D King, J Ryk, K Muir, L Spargo 3w,18e,+14 pts diff 2nd (Methven) W Carter, L Fensom, D Callaghan, J Thomas 3w, 14e, +12 diff 3rd (Allenton) M Middleton, L Osborne, D Watson, M Foggo 2w,1d,17e,+17 diff 4th (Rakaia) D Vanderweg, M Lloyd, S Lysaght, J Bell 2w,1d,17e,+11 pts diff. Congratulations to all, and especially to our Ashburton winners!

And a warm thank you to our generous sponsors who were in attendance.

The Ashburton Ladies Championship pairs has been won by Diane Gutberlet and Shirley Maw. Congratulations ladies, and the runners-up have yet to be decided. There will be a play off.

Very unfortunately our inhouse Quaich Trophy to have been played on Saturday was rained off in spectacular fashion! It was a great disappointment! A re-scheduling of this competition has yet to be discussed.

The Friday Triples at Hampstead saw Ashburton’s Wendy Suttie, skipping a composite team, come third. Good bowling everyone! Please keep your Vaccine Pass with you, along with your mask! Thank you.

Level 2 requirements.

Club member Michael Voss outlined his career, growing up in Whanganui and on leaving school joining the NZ Railways Whanganui drawing office, where he trained in Civil Engineering. Whanganui looked after the main trunk line from Tauramunui to Fielding including the landmark Raurimu Spiral. Michael worked on many realignment and bridging projects and the electrification of the main trunk line. Railways was reorganised in the 1980s, so Michael worked for Downers and later Opus on roading.

In the early 2000s he and his partner made a lifestyle change and ran a Backpackers business in Otautau, Southland.

Later Michael returned to roading engineering working in Southland and Waitaki before retiring to Ashburton.

Our main speaker, Toni McKee from Eco Educate, enthusiastically talked about rubbish! Eco Educate promotes recycling and audits yellow recycling bins for Councils. Up to one third of food is thrown away, this wastes food and adds to landfill.

Food is needlessly discarded because the Best Before Date has passed. Toni advised us to trust our senses and discard only if the food is smelly or spoiled. The Use by Date is more important but food that is only a day or two past date is perfectly wholesome if it passes the smell test.

Plastic classes 1, 2 & 5 can be recycled mixed, and machine sorted at the recycling centre. The machine can’t sort small plastic or flat lids. If in doubt throw out Meat trays are recyclable, but they must

be clean and the soft plastic over wrap removed. Packaging which is a mix of materials can’t be recycled.

Meetings second Tuesday of month, Gallery Room Hotel Ashburton, 9.30 am. Visitors welcome. Phone Joe 0274 339 018. ashcomboclub@gmail.com

Ashburton County Lions

President Sue welcomed everyone, and apologies were accepted. There was a festive atmosphere with Christmas decorations etc. Several lists of upcoming events, were circulated for members to indicate their participation: Toot for Tucker November 29; a Xmas Stall which is being held on East Street, Friday December 17; Meals on Wheels; Member’s “Spud in a Bucket” competition, (judging to take place at a function at Lion Jackies Sun December 19) Club Christmas Party; and donations of Baking for the local Hospice.

Due to covid restrictions, the Daycare driving roster is on hold until Mid-January.’22. During the month several members had been to the movies, (next movie night not until February next year) and some members had attended the informal monthly lunch at Taste Café. Members enjoyed a lovely meal and lots of chat and laughter.

President Sue gave a brief outline on the role of some of the club members other than Club Directors, eg Daycare co-ordinator, paper reporting, Health & Safety, Members Birthday acknowledgement, Club Historian, and Membership welfare acknowledgement.

Ashburton Writers’ Group

President Julie Fechney welcomed members to the November meeting held recently. Julie Sergeant gave the quotation – A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. Rae Magson and Stacey Broadbent reported on their talk at the Altrusa Service Club. This had gone well, and they had shown the members the Anthology.

The assignment was “Bargain vacation with a stranger in a shared cabin”. Members wrote of Helicopter, Facebook Ad, Radio Competition, Hotel Lobby, British Empire, snoring, orange lipstick, the escape, new woman, Energiser Battery and six-hour drive. Members voted the best beginning as written by Heather.

Discussion point: Must we write a complete sentence each time, every time? Members agreed that this was not always necessary.

The instant exercise was “If only I had thought of that”. Members wrote of beatup car, man in uniform, googled it, chocolate, too late, walking track, planting seeds, pot luck, car tyre, essay and boyfriend.

The January assignment is First Date.

Visitors are welcome, please phone Rae at 308-8927.

Lions Club Of Ashburton Pakeke

Ashburton Combined Friendship Club

We missed our September and October meetings because of Covid Lockdown so we changed our venue to Hotel Ashburton where it is easier to comply with the

Members then set about making a floral arrangement under the guidance of Lions Jackie & Janet. This was a fun time, everyone having a lovely arrangement to take home –there are some good florists in our midst.

The Directors gave their reports, the raffle was won by Lion Coleen and the Tailtwister had her usual ‘fines’ and jokes to bring the evening to a close.

John Ferguson spoke to the Lions Club of Ashburton Pakeke about his years as a firefighter.

Our November tea meeting was held last Monday, 22 November. President Robert Spencer welcomed everyone, especially District Governor Christine Stewart and guest speaker John Ferguson. Apologies for eight Lions was read by Past President, Jim Martin. Five social ladies were present.

Our annual Charity Market is scheduled to be held on Saturday morning January 29 and again on Sunday morning January 30 2022, from 9am until 1pm on both days. Planning is well advanced for this event, but we really need a Covid “green light” for this event to go ahead. We have started collecting goods from donors around the town with pick-ups occurring on a Thursday afternoon.

Our car trial has been planned for this Sunday. Our guest speaker, John Ferguson, a seasoned firefighter with FENZ, attended wildfires in NZ, the US and Australia. He spoke about the way the different countries approach extinguishing these massive wild fires. The largest fire John ever attended burnt over a million acres in West Coast USA. Very hard to imagine the scope and destruction such fires cause. Lion Bob Rogers and Judy Chisholm did the tail twisting, extracting fines from members.

President Robert closed the evening and wished everyone a safe trip home.

Mid Canterbury Provincial Rural Women

May I congratulate Mid Canterbury RW members for the tremendous amount of work they have done, both physically and supportively throughout the past year.

As we head towards the Festive Season when “good will to all” is bountiful, I humbly thank you for a year filled with it, not just for now at Christmas time. It is when a disaster happens that an extra effort is made and to be sure, this is what Rural Women did in our Region, supporting those in need, especially those who were affected by the Flooding in late May/ June.

Because of members safety around ‘Covid 19’ restrictions and rules, the Rural Women National Conference to be held in November in Christchurch, was cancelled.

But as we are all adaptable the AGM went ahead, via a Zoom meeting, instead. With the help of Jenni, 12 members were able to listen, observe and add comment, when necessary, via the big screen, a very useful tool.

It was with great joy some of our local members were successful in the National competitions. Congratulations to Marilyn Ellis who won first prize for her “Upcycled Tote Bag”, Sandra Curd won the knitted hat for a Child and Marg won the Best Provincial Presidents Annual Report.

Our next meeting will be held at Bev Bagrie’s, 22 Torbay Ave, Lake Hood on Friday December 10, starting at 10am.

I send our Rural Women and the Rural Community best wishes for Christmas and the New Year. Times have been challenging and will continue to make us think differently in the coming year, so may we “stay calm, serene and gentle” to get through difficult issues.

Take care and enjoy special times with family and friends.

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GOLF

Perfect beginning to men’s interprovincial Matt Markham The Golf New Zealand Men’s Interprovincial kicked off on Tuesday morning and the large contingent of players were given the perfect Mid Canterbury welcome with a great day for golf to begin the week.

The 13-team event runs through until Saturday – finals day – but action will be hot all week as the best players in New Zealand do battle against rival regions in the match play event.

Waikato made the best start of the sides at the event, winning both their games on the opening day while Canterbury, Hawke’s Bay and Wellington also started the tournament with an unbeaten first day, but did enjoy a bye round.

For the locals, Aorangi, it was a day of what might have been with a drawn fixture against Bay Of Plenty in the morning to open their card before a narrow loss to Hawke’s Bay in the afternoon.

In the morning round, drawn matches for Kris O’Neill, Jeff Hewitt and Ryan Cockburn were complemented by a victory for Tim Leonard. But with Bay Of Plenty also claiming a victory the overall fixture finished a draw.

In the afternoon round against Hawke’s Bay, Aorangi went mighty close to success.

O’Neill and Hewitt both lost their matches by close margins while Leonard maintained an unbeaten day with a drawn match and Cameron Grant achieved the same result in his headto-head.

Cockburn kept his form up with the side’s only victory as they lost 3-2.

Opening day results left the side in 10th place heading into yesterday’s play where they were set to take on both Poverty Bay East Coast in the morning and then Southland and Taranaki in the

afternoon.

Today they are back on the greens from 8.40am to take on Southland before all teams have the afternoon off today.

Tomorrow’s final round of pool play, from which the top four teams will advance to the final sees Aorangi with the bye in the morning before kicking off against Tasman – who they beat in the South Island Men’s Interprovincial in the afternoon with a 12 noon tee off time.

Young tennis stars on show

By Matt Markham

Some of the best young talents on a tennis court in Mid Canterbury will battle it out over the coming two days for local glory in the Mid Canterbury Tennis Junior Age Group Championships.

The event, which officially begins tomorrow and then runs into Saturday will see a large number of local youngsters out on the court over the course of the competition in both singles and doubles action.

A closed association only event, only players registered in Mid Canterbury are able to take part.

Spread across 20 different events, just shy of 50 players will take part in the event including some of the bigger names of the sport here in Mid Canterbury in both the boys’ and girls’ divisions.

There will be a number of quality matches across the weekend, especially in the highly competitive boys’ singles divisions which sees the likes of Tyler Leonard, Jake Parsons, Oliver Bubb and Lachlan Adam included in the line-up.

The Under 16/18 girls’ field is a little lighter in numbers but packs a bit of a punch with Holly-Jayne Feutz, Isabella Van Dooren and Angela Ciora set to take to the court. Down in the lower age brackets players such as Riley Breen and Josh Gilbert will be expected to perform well.

Players will compete in both singles and doubles matches across the tournament with winners found late on Saturday afternoon in the majority of the divisions.

The tournament means that no interclub events will be held on Saturday to free up court space.

It’s the first of two tournaments to be held at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre in December with the Mid Canterbury Secondary Schools’ singles tournament taking place on Monday, December 13.

BOWLS

Local bowlers gain selection into Canterbury squad for Southern Quad Matt Markham

one of the two sides with Raylene Heads featuring at two in the fours team and Pat McElwain at two in the second women’s triples team.

Three local men will also wear the red and black in the senior side.

Craig Carter will skip one men’s triple team, while an in-form Brentton Donaldson will step out as lead in the pairs.

Methven’s Rob Fensom also gets his chance as the two in one of the men’s fours teams.

play, having only dropped three of their fifteen matches.

Teams play against rival clubs on Saturday mornings, with three games of fours undertaken.

Allenton sit well clear of the pack with a round in hand with fellow Mid Canterbury side, Ashburton, in third position, having won seven of their 12 matches.

Methven is the current leader in a much more compacted Division Four with eight wins from their 15 matches.

A host of Mid Canterbury lawn bowling names feature in the Canterbury squad for this weekend’s Southern Quad tournament.

The annual fixture between Canterbury, Canterbury Country, North Otago and South CanterBowman Cup goes Unsurprisingly, the senior women’s side bury will this year down to the wire be held in both Last week the ladies features Allenton’s Sandra Keith – a former Temuka (womtook to the green of Black Jack and multiple national champion. the Ashburton Bowlen) and Geraldine (men) on Sunday, ing Club for the annucatering for both al Women’s Bowman senior and development squads Cup fours.

Allenton bowler Jock O’Connor from across all four regions.

After a tight tussle throughout the will skip the men’s pairs in the deThe Canterbury Country side day, it was the Diana King-skipped velopment team as the sole Mid will also feature a number of local side who emerged victorious.

Canterbury representative. players as well, but the chance to King was joined by Judie Ryk, represent Canterbury is one that Allenton leading the way in Men’s Kath Muir and Leonie Spargo to doesn’t come along too often for Pennants win with three wins and 18 ends local players.

The Allenton Bowling Club is for the day’s work, four ends clear Unsurprisingly, the senior wom- holding all the right cards through of the Methven quartet of Wendy en’s side features Allenton’s Sandra the early stages of Bowls Canter- Carter, Lyn Fensom, Di Callaghan Keith – a former Black Jack and bury’s Men’s 3x4 Pennants. and Joyce Thomas with Melva Midmultiple national champion.

The club leads the Division Three dleton, Linda Osborne, Millie FogShe’ll skip the women’s triples in competition after five rounds of go and Donalda Watson third.

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Pat McElwain will swap the Canterbury Country colours for the full red and black this weekend at the Southern Quad.

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): Insecurity can cause people to claim skills and competencies beyond what they’ve earned. Overlook these exaggerations and faults in the name of social grace.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’re constantly challenging your own thinking along moral and ethical lines. What you consider to be a minimal act of kindness goes above and beyond what others would do.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’ve been unaware of subtle pressures around you that were influencing you. But something happens today to wake you up and help you better understand the dynamics affecting you.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): You want to feel another person’s pain so they won’t have to. That’s not possible. But can they prove it? Your solution may be counterintuitive or illadvised, but it’s yours.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): The thing has been broken for a while now. Still, there’s hope. Tinker. Keep jiggling the parts and poking around for the problem. You’ll hear the whir of this engine yet!

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): As soon as you think you can’t do a thing, you must embark. This isn’t really about proving yourself wrong. In fact, you may be quite right. Failure may be inevitable.

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LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Because you’re a hard worker, you sometimes work whether or not that’s what the situation needs. Today, there’s a chance that what’s really needed is more awareness, which can prevent wrong action.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Conversational skill will have little to do with saying things the right way.

Choose a relatable topic where interests are likely aligned and let that do the work for you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’ll pay more attention to your thoughts, partly because they are so loud today and opaquely colour your moods. Some of these thoughts need to be taken on, reasoned with and calmed down.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): Discipline is followthrough. Whether you are in charge of making the rules for children, employees or yourself, you have to follow through with what you said you’d do or it’s not going to work.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Stress reduction starts with noticing the actualities of the moment.

Thoughts are the biggest problem source.

Culprits like, “This all has to be done immediately,” can be dismissed as untruths.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You relax differently from those around you and that’s just the nature of relaxation. Even twins will have different ways of reaching calm. Ask yourself what you need, and then provide it.

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Daily Diary THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2

9am - 2pm (summer hours) ASHBURTON MENZ SHED. Call in and have a chat and cuppa. 8 William Street.

9.30am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON. Ladies exercise class. Please phone 3086817. Ashburton Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

9.30am-11am PARK STREET LINE DANCERS. Join our friendly group for fun low impact dance. St Stephens Church Hall, Park Street.

9.30am-11.30am MID CANTERBURY BADMINTON CLUB. Weekly morning games, free racket hire, all welcome. E A Networks Sports complex. River Terrace.

9.30am-12.30pm ASHBURTON TOY LIBRARY. We are open every Thursday and Saturday morning, plus every alternate Tuesday afternoon 3.30pm-5pm. check our fb page for which Tuesday. We are based in the Triangle, 106 Victoria Street.

10am

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2 10am AGE CONCERN. Seniors Social Group with speaker, entertainment, quiz, exercises and morning tea.

Seniors Centre. Cameron Street.

10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART

Ashburton Guardian Thursday, December 2, 2021

SITUATIONS VACANT

2021

Store Manager

ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Fit kidz for pre schoolers and caregivers. 48 Allens Road.

10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall, 160 Main Street. Methven.

10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’GUILD. Meet on the 4th Thursday of each month at the Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

10.45am MSA TAI CHI. Cost $3 per session. MSA. Havelock Street.

11am STEADY AS YOU GO FALLS PREVENTION. Exercises designed to strengthen and improve muscles in a supportive environment. Contact Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. This session at Holy Spirit Church. Thomson Street.

Tinwald.

1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALLS PREVENTION.

Exercises designed to strengthen and improve muscles in a supportive environment. Contact Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. This session at St Stephen’s Church. Park Street. (note new venue).

1pm STEADY AS YOU GO FALLS PREVENTION. Exercises designed to strengthen and improve muscles in a supportive environment. Contact Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. This session at Buffalo Lodge hall. Cox Street.

1pm-3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSUEM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display.

Ashburton Airport. Seafield Road.

1pm - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’GUILD. Meet on the 2nd Thursday of each month at the Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

1.30pm ASHBURTON MSA PETANQUE CLUB. Social play for beginners and experienced. 115 Racecourse Road.

Ashburton.

GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial Hall. 160 Main Street. Methven.

10.30am ASHBURTON COMMUNITY WALKING GROUP. Walking for about 30-40 minutes on Friday’s and Mondays. Meet Walnut Avenue hockey Pavilion.

12pm-2pm ASHBURTON JUSTICE OF THE

PEACE. (Signing Centre).

JP available for all signing services on Tuesdays and Fridays. No appointment necessary. No fee.

Community House. 44 Cass Street.

1pm-3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display.

Ashburton Airport. Seafield Road.

Guardian Classifieds

Maintenance Person

Call the Guardian for all your classified requirements.

Part Time

We require a physically fit person to undertake light maintenance duties at our Supermarket premises.

This position will involve 10 to 12 hours per week and may suit a semiretired tradesperson. Days of work are negotiable.

If you enjoy working as part of a friendly team and think this role may suit you, please apply - including a cover letter and current CV to: donalda.hartley@newworld-si.co.nz

We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic Store Manager who wishes to advance their career within our Supermarket.

This is a key strategic position where you will lead the team and report directly to the Owner/Operators, and will be responsible for assisting in developing and implementing strategies which enhance our busy Grocery Store. You will be a ‘people person’ able to plan, direct and work alongside our Managers and general staff to ensure the day to day operational targets are met, drive sales and meet set KPI’s, and develop mutually beneficial supplier relationships, all the while ensuring our Customers receive the very best.

This role is a salaried role, based off 50 hours per week (including one weekend day per week), where additional hours will be required to be worked over our peak trading times.

Preferably coming from a FMCG background, you must be able to demonstrate these key attributes; • • • • • • •

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Clean and tidy presentation, good communication skills and reliable work habits are essential.

Do you love challenging yourself, leading teams, and delivering strong commercial growth and customer service in FMCG?

307 7900

• • • •

Have a high level of self-motivation, and thrive on achieving targets and goals Demonstrate outstanding leadership qualities, being able to get the best out of people Have excellent communication skills Demonstrate excellent Customer Service skills Have experience in setting and achieving company targets at all levels Being able to help out wherever required in the store Be able to understand, manage achieve and dissect financial results Have a great sense of humour Have great organizational skills Be able to project a professional persona with all types of people Be able to act within our key store values

We can offer the successful applicant a fantastic working environment within an excellent community, a competitive salary package, including health Insurance, discounted Gym memberships and groceries, Funeral cover, and a company vehicle. Ongoing training within Foodstuffs can also be offered to the right applicant.

The commencement date for this position is February 2022.

If you are wanting to take the next step in your career, and are looking for a challenge, while being part of an excellent team, then please forward your CV along with a minimum of two referees to;

FOR SALE NEW Potatoes, come and see Farmer Brown in his corner at the Farmers Market.

GARAGE SALES HOSPICE Mid Canterbury are holding a garage sale this Saturday, 4 December from 9am - 12pm at 70 Havelock Street, we have a wide range of products.

HOUSEHOLD items, furniture, whiteware, kitchen appliances, dinnerware, camping equipment, barbeque and gardening equipment. Loads more, dont miss out. Signs out 10am Saturday 4 Dec, Baker Street off Alford Forest Road.

HIRE GENERAL hire.

Lawnmowers, chainsaws, concrete breakers, trailers, and more. All your DIY / party hire, call and see Ashburton U-Hire. 588 East Street.

Open Monday-Friday 7.00am – 5.30pm; Saturday 7.30am - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am 12.30pm - Phone 308 8061. www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz

MOTORING WHEEL alignments at great prices. Maximise the life of your tyres with an alignment from Neumanns Tyre Services Ltd, 197 Wills Street. Phone 308 6737.

PLANTS, PRODUCE NEW Potatoes: 2kg $5; 4.5kg $10; Also available a good selection of concrete garden ornaments.

Bennett, 22 Melrose Road.

Store Manager Position The Owner/Operator Ashburton New World, PO Box 444, Ashburton Emma.Rooney@Newworld-si.co.nz Final date for accepting applications is 12 December 2021.

Looking for a new person to join your business?

Call the Guardian today for your situations vacant advertising requirements.

307 7900

NOW HIRING

Interior Consultant We have an opportunity for a motivated professional to join our small team of interior decorators, specialising in flooring, curtains, blinds and interiors.

Experience is preferred but if you have the style and initiative to learn we will offer a full training package.

To apply, email chris@redmonds.co.nz

For just $10!* Book your birthday greeting, including a photo, for just $10!

Ten words only.* (Under 12 children’s birthday greetings remain FREE) *Terms and conditions apply.

P: 03 307 7900 E: classifieds@theguardian.co.nz Level 3, Somerset House, 161 Burnett Street

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, December 2, 2021 MASTER MONUMENTAL MASON

E.B. CARTER LTD For all your memorial requirements New headstones and designs Renovations, Additional inscriptions, Cleaning and Concrete work Carried out by qualified tradesmen.

Show off your new arrival in our Welcome to the World adverts

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DEATHS

We are the only Mid Canterbury funeral home providing local, caring and dignified cremations.

620 East Street Ashburton Ph/Fax 308 5369 or 0274 357 974 ebcarter@xtra.co.nz NZMMMA Member

CHARGE

FROST, Len – On November 30, 2021, suddenly but peacefully at home, Ashburton. Aged 79 years. Dearly loved husband and best friend of Kate.

Much loved Dad and fatherin-law of the late Emma, and Christopher and Kristine (USA). Treasured Poppa Len to London, and Gretchen.

Messages to the Frost family c/o PO Box 472 Ashburton 7740. At Len’s request a private cremation will be held.

Complete Local Care Since 1982

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South Island Agricultural Field Days aims to give farmers and others in the rural sector the opportunity to see the latest in agricultural machinery and services that are available on the market, particularly home-grown products.

The field days is the only agricultural show in New Zealand to feature side-byside demonstrations, with 80 to 100 tractors, headers, mowers, seed drills and other machines being put through their paces each day.

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Ashburton Weather © Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2021

Thursday: Mostly cloudy in the morning and evening, but fine in the afternoon.

Northeasterlies.

MAX

Midnight Thursday

Canterbury Plains

20 MIN 13

Thursday: Mostly cloudy in the morning and evening, but fine in the afternoon. Northeasterlies.

Friday: Mostly cloudy with scattered rain or showers.

Northeasterlies.

A high is centred to the east of the South Island, and is directing a moist east to northeasterly flow back over the country. A complex trough with strong northwesterlies ahead of it approaches from the west on Saturday, then moves onto the South Island on Sunday.

SUN PROTECTION ALERT

Data provided by NIWA

: 30 9 : 10 am – 5 pm

Friday: Mostly cloudy. Some rain possible in the morning and afternoon. Northeasterlies.

MAX

Canterbury High Country

24 MIN 15

Thursday

Mountain weather hazards: None issued.

Low cloud clearing to fine in the morning.

Showers in the afternoon and evening, possibly heavy.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Saturday: Isolated showers near the foothills, otherwise high cloud with a few spots of rain.

Northeasterlies.

Wind at 2000m: Light, then NW 30 km/h after dark.

Around The Region

Friday Mountain weather hazards: None issued.

Mostly cloudy with showers, but rain near the divide, possibly heavy.

Wind at 1000m: NW 40 km/h, rising to 60 km/h in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW 40 km/h, rising to 60 km/h in the evening.

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

Thursday

Christchurch Darfield Lake Coleridge Methven Rakaia Timaru

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Freezing level: Above 3000m.

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For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit metservice.com

Dairy Focus Saturday: High cloud with spots of rain.

Northeasterly breezes.

MAX

25 MIN 15

Readings to 4pm Wednesday Temp °C Maximum Minimum Grass min 24hr Rain mm Month to date Wind km/h Strongest gust Sun hrs on Tue Month to date

Ashburton Airport 16.7 12.2 11.9 0.0 0.0 E 31 1:17pm 5.8 206.5

Methven 15.5 9.0 – – – – – – –

Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 17.4 15.8 7.1 12.4 3.8 – 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.6 NE 35 NE 31 12:55pm 3:06pm 6.0 – 210.3 –

Tides, Sun and Moon Thursday

Friday

Saturday

Ashburton H 2:15am 2:43pm 3:08am 3:34pm 4:02am 4:26pm Mouth L 8:30am 8:53pm 9:22am 9:43pm 10:16am 10:36pm Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

H L H L

2:08am 8:23am 1:59am 8:14am

2:31pm 8:45pm 2:27pm 8:37pm

3:03am 9:20am 2:52am 9:06am

3:26pm 9:40pm 3:18pm 9:27pm

4:00am 4:21pm 10:18am 10:38pm 3:46am 4:10pm 10:00am 10:20pm

5:44am 9:02pm 5:43am 9:03pm 5:43am 9:04pm 4:14am 6:16pm 4:42am 7:39pm 5:17am 9:03pm

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full Dec 19

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FinalWhistle The Guardian’s sports wrap

Ashburton Guardian Thursday, December 2, 2021

all your sporting news

Canterbury call-up P16

Back on track

Black Caps great? P15

With the move to the orange setting in the traffic light system, crowds will be allowed back on course for the big Methven Trotting Club meeting next weekend provided they produce a Covid Pass upon arrival.

READ MORE

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Club news

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Christmas baking!

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