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SHOP smart SHOP loca On a winner in Mid Canty

Sometimes perhaps we don’t appreciate just how good life is in Ashburton, but Joeb Bataroa certainly does.

The St Joseph’s Catholic School Year 6 pupil beautifully illustrated some real-world perspective on life in Ashburton to be one of two winners of the Guardian’s community-boosting primary schools’ writing competition.

Pupils, up to Year 8, were asked to write in 50 words or less what they loved about Ashburton and Mid Canterbury as part of the Guardian’s shop local, love local campaign.

Joeb, just 11 years old, highlighted some obvious differences he had noticed since arriving in Ashburton from the Philippines in July.

“I’m new here in Mid Canterbury,’’ Joeb wrote.

“I just came from the Philippines. So far so good! It’s beautiful and the community here is super friendly. There’s barely any trash in the streets or any homeless people. The schools here are fun! And I don’t feel pressured. I love living here!’’

Guardian managing editor, Daryl Holden, who judged the more than 150 entries, said Joeb’s was a standout.

“You could tell from what he wrote that life in the Philippines was clearly much more challenging than what he had

Cover story EA Networks chief executive officer Roger Sutton was ecstatic to hand over iPads to Joeb Bataroa from St Joseph’s School (left) and Hannah Stephens from Hampstead School (right) as they were the winners of the Ashburton Guardian schools’ competition of the Shop Smart Shop Local Mid Canterbury campaign.

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encountered in Ashburton,’’ Holden said.

“His appreciation of life in Ashburton meant even more to him because of that. It was a

real from-the-heart and worldly entry for one so young.’’

For his efforts, Joeb won a brand spanking new iPad courtesy of the generous team at the

EA Networks, who were thrilled to be part of a competition that thrust our next generation into the spotlight as part of a shop smart, shop local campaign

that had touched every aspect of the wider community.

Hampstead School Year 5 pupil, Hannah Stephens (10), was judged the top girl for what Holden said was a very cheery and positive entry, which included a nice turn of phrase.

“I loved her last line about the library being like ‘one huge bookshelf’.’’

Hannah, like Joeb, also won a $500 iPad from the EA Networks for her entry, which read: “I love Mid Canterbury because every couple of weeks I go down to the river next to the Tinwald bridge.’’ Hannah wrote.

“I also like Mid Canterbury because the Domain is very beautiful and there’s ducks and flowers there! I also like the library because it’s like one huge bookshelf!’’

Hampstead School teacher Lois Eaton thanked the Guardian and EA Networks for running the competition.

“The writing competition was great to enter as they really had to think about what they wanted to say, but keep it to 50 words,’’ Eaton said.

“Some wrote more, but had to edit their writing to include the most important info and make sure it was about Mid Canterbury.

“They loved seeing their writing published in the paper.’’

Schools Competition winners Winning boy: Joeb Bataroa, St Joseph’s Catholic School.

“I’m new here in Mid Canterbury. I just came from the Philippines. So far so good!

It’s beautiful and the community here is super friendly. There’s barely any trash in the streets or any homeless people. The schools here are fun! And I don’t feel pressured. I love living here!’’

Finalist: Carter Shepherd, St Joseph’s Catholic School.

“Have you been to Mid Canterbury? If you haven’t I will tell you my reasons why

you need to come on down. Everyone is trustworthy and kind and all the schools are good. Ashburton has no limit to entertainment and fun and that is why you need to come to Ashburton.

Finalist: Fletcher Hampton, St Joseph’s Catholic School.

Mid Canterbury is one of the best small towns. There are shops that have not had that many customers. Come down please to the small, but bright town. I love our people because they are kind. We have a skate park and bike trails. I recommend Ashburton.

Winning girl: Hannah Stephens, Hampstead School.

“I love Mid Canterbury because every couple of weeks I go down to the river next to the Tinwald bridge.

“I also like Mid Canterbury because the Domain is very beautiful and there’s ducks and flowers there! I also like the library because it’s like one huge bookshelf!’’

Finalist: Maia Gallegos, St Joseph’s Catholic School “Is Mid Cantrebury small and boring for you? Well for me it is not! I think that Mid Canterbury is just EPIC! There’s not

many people around in this town and it’s mostly quiet. There’s a lot of road works at the moment. But anyway come to Mid Canterbury because Ashburton truly is awesome!’’

Finalist: Zoey Walsh, Ashburton Borough School “Mid Canterbury is full of things that I was not used to before I moved here. I lived in Winchester. We had nothing like the domain and inside pools. The closest shop was Geraldine, so a lot has really changed. It took some time to get used to it but I love living in Mid Canterbury.’’

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Driving that local message Ho, ho, ho from Mid Canterbury Hyundai Lili Haydon

Christmas won’t be cancelled – thanks to the Santa-loving team Mid Canterbury Hyundai.

Well, sort of. But it’s true that sales staff members Curtis Dawson and Jayden Mably, and the rest of the team at Mid Canterbury Hyundai, have ensured a community Christmas touch would still take place in Ashburton today.

They’ve joined forces with organiser Carol Johns to sponsor the local Ashburton Christmas market. And that’s a great community result after that dreaded Covid fellow, and restrictions, forced the Hyundai Santa Parade to be cancelled.

“We became the sponsor for the Christmas parade three years ago when Hoops (Ashburton radio announcer Phill Hooper) put out the call, asking for it to be saved due to a loss in funding,’’ Mably said.

So, no parade, but Christmas in another form will take place at the Tinwald Recreational Centre from 9am today where they could safely monitor access to the market.

Not surprisingly, the Hyundai team were looking forward to today’s market because they’re a community and customer-focused business.

Dawson, a sales representative, has worked at Hyundai Mid Canterbury for the past five years and said all their customers were “regulars’’.

“People even drive down from Christchurch,’’ he said.

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The team at Hyundai Mid Canterbury (from left) Arnika Trudgeon, Jayden Mably and Curtis Dawson like to keep it local. ber here.”

The team ensured every customer received the best service possible, even, interestingly, when daylight saving came around. The Hyundai team would go and reset customers’ car clocks to the correct time.

The team, itself, are also looked after by the business.

One of the advantages of working at Mid Canterbury Hyundai is that staff get to test drive new vehicles and take one home. And with the new hybrid models,

such as Kona and Santa Fe, coming out next, it’s a dream job for many.

Unfortunately, the supply of those flash new vehicles had been impacted because of the pandemic, but there was now light above the dashboard, with new shipments of Hyundai vehicles arriving each month.

And that’s great news for customers, according to sales manager Jayden Mably, who has been a part of the team since 2008, joining the team when he was

only 18 years old. “I started as a car groomer.”

But Hyundai’s not only about brand new vehicles because you could also buy second-hand cars and even trade in your boat or caravan on a new set of wheels, as long as the trade-in was in ‘‘tip-top shape’’, according to Mably.

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aimed to support and promote businesses and enterprises in the district.

“Hyundai dealerships around New Zealand are 100 per cent Kiwi-owned,’’ Mably said.

Kiwi-owned and maybe an award winner, too because Mid Canterbury Hyundai is up for the 2022 Business People’s Choice Award in a council-run event.

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Vaccine passes required for EA Networks Centre Adam Burns Vaccine certificates are required to access facilities at the EA Networks Centre, council has confirmed.

However it remains unclear whether other council-owned sites will adopt the same requirements under the new traffic light guidelines.

The Government’s traffic light system, which replaces the alert level framework, came into effect yesterday with the South Island starting in the orange setting.

Gyms cannot operate in orange without vaccine requirements.

The centre includes a stadium, gym, cafe and swimming pool area, but the site has been defined by council as one building due to shared ventilation systems, staff spaces and access points.

“We take the health and safety of our staff, centre users and community seriously and we have been working through advice about how to best operate under the new orange traffic light management system,” council community services group manager Steve Fabish said.

“It is easier to manage our high volumes of foot traffic and safer for all to have the whole building under vaccine pass requirements.” chief executive Council Hamish Riach later confirmed a call will be made on other sites including the Ashburton Public Library, Art Gallery and Muse-

Wheat and Wheels Rally postponed Malcolm Hopwood

Vaccine passes are required to access the EA Networks Centre. um, and Baring Square West administration building at the next council meeting in a fortnight.

“All these other facilities still have contact tracing, mask-wearing, and physical distancing measures in place and do not require a My Vaccine Pass at this stage,” he said.

Riach also did not rule out council staff being impacted by Covid restrictions.

“We will be doing all we can to manage those impacts in the most positive way we can,” he said.

“We will work through these

on a case by case basis once decisions on the various facilities and workplaces are made.”

An additional rates rebate will not be offered to those who are unvaccinated.

All visitors to the centre must also remember to scan in and wear a face mask where required.

“Rates are set to have these facilities available for use for the benefit of the whole community rather than just the direct users,” he said.

“There is also an element of taxation to rates, largely based

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on property value, that pays for all services regardless of an individual’s access or use.”

Vaccine passes will also be required at a number of key council facilities in the Selwyn district, including the Selwyn Sports Centre, Selwyn Aquatic Centre and a number of community centres throughout the county.

The Wheat and Wheels Rally planned for April next year is a further casualty of the uncertainty surrounding the ongoing Covid pandemic.

The rally, planned for Anthony Hampton’s Lauriston farm on April 2-3 has been postponed with organisers hoping it can be revived about the same time in 2023.

Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club chairman, John Stewart, said his committee met last week and reluctantly postponed the event because of uncertainty surrounding the pandemic and how it was affecting New Zealand.

“We needed clarity about our ability to manage the safety of the public,” Stewart said.

The club was planning for an estimated 1000 tractors, steam engines, farm machinery, fire engines and classic and vintage cars and trucks to gather on Hampton’s farm next April to impress upon New Zealand the significance of farms and farm implements.

Already two machines were being imported into New Zealand for the rally, but Stewart said they will go directly to farms in the area.

Stewart said a decision had to be made now because Hampton had spent many hours preparing his farm for the event including sowing seven hectares of spring wheat for harvesting in April.

“We feel sorry for him and the work he’s put in,” Stewart said.

Members of the machinery club intend to meet in April or May next year to decide whether to progress with the event in April, 2023.

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Canterbury is at Orange Life at Orange

With My Vaccine Pass you can access everything with no restrictions.

Without My Vaccine Pass there are more restrictions around where you can go and what you can do, including at events and most businesses.

Where My Vaccine Pass is required

Travel around New Zealand

You will be required to provide your vaccine pass to enter places that have vaccination requirements under the COVID-19 Protection Framework (traffic lights). This includes hospitality venues, events, gatherings and gyms.

You will not be required to provide your vaccine pass to access basic needs services, such as supermarkets, public transport and essential healthcare.

Workplaces Workplaces can open at Orange. Some jobs require staff to be vaccinated.

Workers in businesses where My Vaccine Pass can be applied must be fully vaccinated.

You can travel anywhere in New Zealand at Orange, but there are temporary restrictions for travel into and out of Auckland.

If you are travelling into an area with a different colour setting, follow the guidance for the area while you are there. You can check any region’s colour setting at Covid19.govt.nz/map

Gatherings and events All gatherings and events can go ahead at Orange with My Vaccine Pass requirements, with no people limits.

Without My Vaccine Pass, events cannot go ahead, and only 50 people can get together for a gathering.

Continue to scan in everywhere you go and wear a face covering when out and about.

Learn more about life at Orange at Covid19.govt.nz

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Three Waters: Doubts over roading model pitch Adam Burns

The Ashburton District will revolt, alongside multiple councils around the country, as part of a lobbying campaign against the mandating of Three Waters.

Council moved its ongoing involvement with a working group, comprising of more than 20 other councils, at this week’s council meeting.

It will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in joining the group, which will strive to pressure the Government into a Three Waters u-turn.

“This transfer is likely to occur without fair compensation being paid to councils for the compelled transfer of those assets,” the MoU document stated.

Deputy mayor Liz McMillan said joining the campaign was a wise move following overwhelming opposition expressed by Mid Cantabrians.

“I think we ended up with the 400 e-mails who were against the Three Waters reform and we’ve had a lot of phone calls and have been stopped in the street.”

Ashburton District Mayor Neil Brown believes alternatives need to be presented as councils lobby against Three Waters.

PHOTO ADAM BURNS 011221-AB-1399 But an additional recommendation where the Waka Kotahi roading model was floated as an alternative, if the mandate prevailed, sparked doubts for some councillors.

Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta has already ruled

out an NZTA-style funding model for Three Waters infrastructure after it was suggested by the Gore District Council back in September.

Ashburton councillor Stuart Wilson disputed including the agency model in the recommen-

dation.

“We all know how difficult it is to get money out of Waka Kotahi for projects we want to do,” Wilson said.

“How do we propose a Waka Kotahi-type [model] to serve us with Three Waters.

“I think it’s too complicated.”

Councillor Rodger Letham said council was veering off course with debate on the Waka Kotahi model, while councillor Carolyn Cameron also suggested that the district’s innfrastructure woes already highlighted that it was a flawed model.

Diane Rawlinson believed it was too early in the process to advocate for alternatives.

“I just have a fear that we’re sidetracking a conversation,” she said.

However other members and Ashburton District Mayor Neil Brown believed that it was imperative to offer solutions to the working group.

“The Waka Kotahi model as, most of us agree, is the solution to what we’ve been given so far,” Brown said.

Councillors Lynette Lovett, Angus McKay and Leen Braam endorsed the Waka Kotahi approach.

“We’re fighting on one hand and we need to be offering solutions going forward,” Lovett said.

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METHVEN SUMMER SCHOOL

Carvings mean new life

put them on the summer school website.”

While he’s unaware of any former students taking up sculpting professionally, he said several have “come back to the summer school for a second go”.

They’ve loved it so much, he said.

For Green, the satisfaction is watching people get enjoyment from the course, develop their skills and achieve something they’ve never done before.

He regards sculpting as a hobby, rather than a profession and works with stone for his own enjoyment and the work he does on commission.

“I get satisfaction from people admiring and buying my carvings.

“I’ve received comment that they can get very emotional about my work.”

It’s also rehabilitation for him.

“I had a tough beginning in the North Island and carving helps my new direction in life,” he said.

Green works with Maori symbols ranging from the koru to the hei matau (fish hook) and pikorua (interwoven lives and enduring friendship).

A number adorn Mid Canterbury gardens and homes and are often purchased as “originals” to present as gifts.

The Methven Summer School at Mount Hutt College runs from January 5-10.

Malcolm Hopwood Sculptor, Peter Green, will bring his love of Oamaru stone to the Methven Summer School in January.

Green crafts Oamaru stone exclusively because it’s easy to work, in plentiful supply, and relatively inexpensive.

He carved the memorial stone to the victims of the Winz shootings and has been engaged by the summer school for several years to teach Oamaru stone carving.

He starts with a block of stone, then carves a koru and encourages his students to try their hand at sculpting the symbol. Green changes from artist to adviser and moves from student to student, nurturing and helping.

The koru, which represents the unfurling of a fern frond, is the symbol of new life and Green said it also means a new beginning in art.

Oamaru stone carving is a twoday course, and once the students have completed their koru, they’re challenged to use their imagination and carve whatever’s in their mind on a bigger block.

“I want them to express their

Peter Green shows a hei matua (fish hook) with inlaid paua, that he recently completed. own thoughts and ideas on the larger stone,” Green said.

“In the past they’ve sculpted animals, a penguin, other Maori

symbols, and anything else from their imagination,” he said.

Green spends the final day helping and advising.

“If they make a mistake, I work with them to fix it.

“At the end we come together, talk about it, take photos and

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Pools changing rooms to be demolished

The Rakaia and Hinds community swimming pools will remain closed to the public until the earthquake-prone changing rooms are demolished.

The changing rooms at each of the community pools have been red stickered and the demolition has been programmed for mid to late January.

The Ashburton District Council has allocated $27,800 for the demolition costs, and to provide fencing and portaloos, to replace toilets in the changing rooms.

Community services group manager, Steve Fabish, said both changing rooms had been highlighted as a possible risk when the council undertook an independent condition assessment of six community-based public pools earlier this year.

A seismic assessment in late October found the Hinds changing rooms were between 10-20 per cent of national building standards and the Rakaia changing rooms were 13-15 per cent.

“The Hinds and Rakaia pool committees only have funds to operate their pools for the season and not enough in reserve to pay for the demolition and site restoration costs,” he said.

“The sad thing is that no contractors are available to do the demolition work until mid to late January, so the pools will have to stay closed until then.”

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Methven burglary

Ski Time Restaurant in Methven was burgled in the early hours of Thursday morning. The cash register was taken as well as an antique rifle that was by the kitchen window.

Wilful damage Police responded to a report of wilful damage at a bakery on Burnett Street at around 8.40am on Friday. The offender is reported to have left on foot and follow up enquiries are being made, a police spokeswoman said.

Forecast lift

The changing rooms at both the Hinds (above) and Rakaia pools are to be demolished due to being red stickered.

Fabish said the council had been working with the two pool committees to get the work done.

Both changing rooms are about 70 years old.

The Rakaia rooms showed cracks in some walls and no vertical reinforcement, plus evidence of the foundations settling.

At Hinds, the block wall ma-

sonry was found to be hollow and unreinforced, and parts of timber wall plates and rafters had rotted while the changing rooms’ roof was at risk of collapse.

Engineers said it was past quake damage at both sites.

Fabish said both changing rooms presented a high risk, given they were for public use.

“We need to act quickly to demolish these buildings so that the pools can open for their communities over the summer.

“Their swimming season will be shorter, but it will also give both committees time to work with council and the community to look at long-term solutions for new changing rooms and toilets.”

Fonterra Co-operative Group has lifted its 2021/22 forecast Farmgate Milk Price range, reported a solid start to the 2022 financial year and revised its earnings guidance. The co-op has lifted and narrowed the forecast Farmgate Milk Price range to $8.40 - $9.00 per kgMS, up from $7.90 - $8.90 per kgMS. This increases the midpoint of the range, which farmers are paid off, to $8.70 per kgMS.The higher milk price has seen the co-op revise its earnings guidance to 25-35 cents per share from 25-40 cents per share.

Clarification The Guardian apologies for the incorrect use of the name, Ashburton Trust, in a story on Thursday. The Ashburton Licensing Trust has undergone a name and branding change. It is now known as Braided Rivers Community Trust, Ashburton. We apologise for what was an innocent error.

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Alaskan doctor excited for warm Christmas Malcolm Hopwood There’s something exciting about Ashburton for recent Alaskan arrival, Dr Val Edwards.

Ashburton’s a bigger town with great communication links compared to her home for the past 15 years in the isolated fishing village of Sitka.

That’s a small community off the coast of Alaska where the only connection with the mainland is by air or ferry.

So why Ashburton?

“It was time to find something different and have an international experience with my family,” Dr Edwards, who has been joined by partner Brent and sons Phineas and William, said.

She’s been welcomed into the team at Three Rivers Health in Ashburton and was looking forward to getting involved in rural health.

The good doctor has been here a few weeks and has signed up

Doctor Val Edwards, from Alaska, is looking forward to working in Ashburton. as a general practitioner locum, continuing the international flavour of GPs at Three Rivers.

She will replace Dr Anibal Martinez, who returns to Colorado next year and was attracted to Ashburton because of the strong

recommendation from a friend, Dr Richard Kraft.

He practised here about seven years ago, but now runs a fishing lodge in Sitka.

Dr Edwards and her family were especially looking forward

to a warm Christmas and some hiking, camping and other outdoor pursuits.

That’s a far cry from Sitka at the moment where the temperature was at freezing point or below.

Great for the humpback whales that feed off the coastline and are one of the tourism attractions for an area that was once the capital of Russian America until the US purchased the territory in 1867.

Colombians deny charges in massive cocaine bust Kurt Bayer/NZ Herald

Three Mid Canterbury farm workers are among the number of Colombian nationals charged over an alleged massive cocaine smuggling ring that have denied the allegations and will stand trial.

In one of New Zealand’s biggest ever drug busts, eight people were arrested as part of a joint 10-month National Organised Crime Group (NOCG) and Customs sting, dubbed Operation Mist.

The alleged drug smugglers are accused of bringing 50kg of cocaine worth millions of dollars from Colombia into New Zealand.

They all appeared before Judge Quentin Hix at Christchurch

District Court on Wednesday on various charges, ranging from importing cocaine, conspiring with others to import drugs and money laundering.

Those who entered not guilty pleas will be back in court on February 24 for a Crown case review hearing.

No trial dates have yet been set.

Esteban Blanco Gaviria, a 34-year-old dairy farm worker from the Ashburton District, denies charges of conspiring with “persons unknown in Colombia” to import cocaine, seven charges of importing or attempting to import the drug and four charges of money laundering, amounting to $605,000 and alleged to have happened in Auckland, Christchurch and Rolleston

stretching back four years.

Maria Emilia Otero, a 30-yearold from a property in Rakaia, denies participating in an organised criminal group to import cocaine, along with attempting to import cocaine into New Zealand between May and September this year.

Ruth Yanid Ramirez Alfonso, 38, from a rural address in Mid Canterbury, pleaded not guilty to being involved in importing drugs going as far back as January 2018.

She has been charged with being in an organised criminal group involved in importing the class A drug methamphetamine, along with six charges of importing or attempting to import cocaine.

Anderson Pelaez Garcia, a

28-year-old who had been working in the Ellesmere area, pleaded not guilty to nine charges of importing cocaine in 2019 and 2020 and of being in an organised criminal group since around January 1, 2018.

Patrick Chand denied one charge of possession for supply cocaine.

A 24-year-old man, who was granted continued interim name suppression, has been charged with conspiring “with persons unknown in Colombia” to import cocaine, seven charges of importing or attempting to import the drug, and four counts of money laundering, totalling more than $600,000.

He also faces charges of being a member of an organised criminal group involved with import-

ing the class A drug.

Felipe Montoya-Ospina, a 34-year-old from outside Christchurch, earlier pleaded not guilty to eight charges, including importing cocaine last year, and participating in an organised criminal group to import cocaine between 2018 and 2021.

Christchurch bar owner Rene Bell, 44, also faces an allegation that he jointly offended with two other men to launder $200,500 in cash. He is yet to enter a plea and will be back in court on January 18.

A 29-year-old bar manager, who has continued interim name suppression, is also yet to enter a plea to a charge that between March 29 and September 2 this year he laundered $10,000.

– NZ Herald

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COVID VACCINATIONS

Canterbury hits 90%, Ashburton nudges closer Adam Burns Canterbury is 90 per cent fully vaccinated against Covid-19, health leaders have confirmed.

The vaccination milestone for the region’s 464,000 eligible population was accomplished yesterday, the same day the new traffic light system came into effect.

The 90 per cent target for district health boards was initally set as a trigger for a shift from the alert level system into the traffic light system but the plan was scrapped by the Government a fortnight ago.

The Ashburton district is nudging closer to the 90 per cent mark and was sitting on 88.3 per cent fully vaccinated according to latest figures on Tuesday.

Ashburton District Mayor Neil Brown said it was a result of a big promotional push.

“We put a lot of effort into getting people vaccinated, even though it’s not council’s role,” he said.

He said he was unsure how challenging it would be to target the remaining few who were not vaccinated.

Malcolm Hopwood

The Canterbury region is now 90 per cent fully vaccinated.

“It might be difficult, it might not, it’s hard to tell.”

The Canterbury District Health Board (DHB) said its vaccination teams had worked incredibly hard to reach the 90 per cent milestone.

“To see 90 per cent of our population fully vaccinated as we head into summer and the Christmas break is just amazing,” Canterbury’s senior responsible officer for the Cov-

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id-19 response Dr Helen Skinner said.

“I’m hopeful that we won’t see many Cantabrians falling seriously ill, even if they catch Covid-19 due to our high vaccination rates.”

Data highlighted that Ashburton had the seventh lowest percentage of its eligible population that were unvaccinated with more than 1200 (4.5%) in the district yet to get a jab.

“We are committed to continuing to encourage all eligible Cantabrians to get vaccinated, and to encourage people who are already protected to reach out to those who still may feel hesitant,” Skinner said.

Entry by vaccination pass at church Malcolm Hopwood Ashburton Christian Ministers are following the directive of their churches and requiring parishioners to have vaccination passes when they attend church tomorrow.

Christian Ministers’ Association chair, Rev Heather Kennedy, said members had a long

More than $250,000 allocated in trust’s latest grants

discussion on Thursday and agreed to abide by the directives sent by their respective provincial or national church leaders.

They acknowledged that, because New Zealand is in the traffic light system, entry to services asks church members to be vaccinated and have their vaccination passes with them.

“If churches don’t request vaccination passes, worship numbers would be reduced to 50 people,” Rev Kennedy said.

Archdeacon of the Anglican

Parish of Ashburton, the Venerable Joan Clark, said such a reduction “would be unworkable for our parish”.

“It’s vital we are committed to doing what it takes to be safe and give others confidence that we are practising safe habits in our attendance at church and participation in other events on church premises,” she said.

St Stephen’s Anglican Church “also expects mask wearing when in church”.

However, the Methodist Church which meets at Pat-

erson’s Funeral Services, said masks can be removed during the service.

“Because we worship on business premises, church members will also be asked to scan in as well as having their vaccination passes,” Rev Kennedy said.

She said the agreement reached at the Christian Ministers’ Association was not binding on everyone and churches would make their own decision on the requirement for vaccination passes tomorrow.

Ashburton Learning Centre is delighted it has received $38,000 towards administration costs in the latest round of Braided Rivers Community Trust grants in partnership with The Lion Foundation.

Manager, Mary Philip, said the grant will enable the learning centre to maintain its literacy, numeracy, and language services to Ashburton’s adult population.

“The funding will meet the ongoing costs of operation to continue our work,” she said.

“The amount is very significant to us.”

Just over quarter of a million dollars has been allocated in the latest round as 12 Mid Canterbury organisations have received $256,130 following a meeting last month between the community trust, Lion Foundation, Ashburton District Mayor Neil Brown, and two trust appointed representatives.

Braided Rivers Community Trust chief executive, Rob Reid, said it’s the first series of grants since the trust rebranded and “demonstrates our commitment to the community”.

“It’s great to return local funding from where it’s generated and put it to good use.”

Every two months the Trust and Lion Foundation meets to allocate funding from the profit of gaming machines in the region.

The next funding round closes on December 17 with funds allocated at the end of January 2022.

The latest recipients are: Ashburton Learning Centre $38,000 Ashburton Multi-Cultural Trust $15,000 Ashburton College $38,741 Hampstead School $30,000 Hinds School $45,000 Ashburton Community Alcohol and Drug Services $20,000 Cancer CWC $4986 Chris Ruth Centre Trust $14,000 Ashburton Harness Racing Museum Charitable Trust $2900 Ashburton Racing Club $29,318 Waireka Croquet $5000 Water Ski Lake Hood $13,185.

Time capsule unearthed Year 6 Hampstead School pupils were excited to dig up the time capsule they buried several years ago (from left), Bella Broadbent, Travis Andrews and Jake Tillyshort. They had an afternoon sitting down with their old classmates reading letters of past classmates, perfect timing in the last weeks of their time at Hampstead School.

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OUR VIEW

Luxon moving in right direction

T

he Chris Luxon roadshow is under way – and you’ve got to be impressed.

The new National Party leader has been a breath of fresh political air since taking over from the polarising Judith Collins. He’s been polished and comfortable in his gazillion media interviews and early public appearances, talking sense and assuredly.

And it’s true that, apart from the chrome dome look on top, there’s almost an uncanny resemblance to his mentor and former PM, Sir John Key. He even sounds like him and has that same twinkle in the eye. Let’s just hope Luxon doesn’t have that same interest in pulling ponytails that got Key in trouble a few years back.

Interestingly, there’s been a lot of focus on Luxon’s property portfolio, with social media keyboard warriors even attacking him for his success.

Daryl Holden The former Air New Zealand CEO owns seven properties and says he doesn’t know how much money he’s making from them.

“You can attack me for being successful. I can’t defend that,” he said.

Good on Luxon, but why should it be an issue anyway?

I couldn’t care less whether he owned seven or 47 properties. To be honest, I would be disappointed and worried if a guy of his business standing and someone who’s run major companies across the globe – and our potential future Prime Minister at that – didn’t have a significant property

portfolio and a bank balance to be proud of. Thank God he has, I say.

And Luxon has revealed his smarts, too, with the appointment of Simon Bridges as his finance minister.

Yes, it may have been obvious, but it was still a critical first move for Luxon, even though it didn’t all go to plan.

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pack. Bridges had stayed out of the public eye since he had withdrawn from the leadership contest and conceded to Luxon.

Unfortunately, the master plan came unstuck when Bridges had to dash to hospital with his boy, who had an accident on a swing.

So Luxon turned up at the Tauranga photo shoot alone, but it remained a key moment. Luxon

He’s clearly a fresh leader with fresh ideas. Now, of course, that has to start to translate to fresh and improved poll results.

Luxon travelled to Bridges’ hometown of Tauranga to make the announcement in what was to be a very public show of unity in front of the cameras and media

clearly wanted to announce Bridges’ appointment early and he did so in a clear sign that the two men had put any difficulties from the last week behind them.

For the National Party to pick itself up off the turf, and to start to become a credible opposition and then to maybe govern the country, then the bond between the two must be strong.

History has shown us that the relationship between a Prime Minister and Finance Minister can actually be more important than that of a PM and deputy.

Finance ministers have a lot of influence, which is often why the deputy is also the official bean counter. Even for the Opposition, it’s vital that element of their leadership structure is sorted.

So far so good then for Luxon in week one.

He’s clearly a fresh leader with fresh ideas. Now, of course, that has to start to translate to fresh and improved poll results.

The hard work is about to begin.

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The social media dilemma A

family friend this week announced with a brief goodbye post that he was leaving the book of faces.

Fed up no doubt with the sewer that frequently runs through it and the repeated hacking of accounts.

To be fair, I have often considered scrapping it myself.

This week gave me even more reason to ramp up that urge.

There’s a paradox though and at its best social media can be brilliant, if not sometimes mind-numbingly trivial.

And it is full of the “I bet you can’t name a city with the letter e in it” shite.

I’m amazed how many of my relatively intelligent fb friends leap into that stuff. Clearly believing they are genius to have worked it out. It is clearly a

Peter McQuarters PETE’S PERSPECTIVE ploy to engage hits for whatever reason. Nothing more.

I can almost suffer through the trivial vacuous “content” people feel inclined to put up, but what I have decided I won’t tolerate any longer is the crass and offensive bullying that creeps into otherwise innocent posts.

For some reason, there’s a generally accepted feeling amongst some in the community, many otherwise good people, that politicians are fair game for personal attacks.

Well, they are not. No matter which side of the fence you sit, all of them are human beings with families, partners, kids, parents who, like you and me, have a skin. Theirs may of necessity be fairly thick due to the career they’re in, but you can bet the cruel stuff hurts.

And it’s not good enough. We are better than that. Surely?

This week National made a fresh new start and before the echoes of that first breaking news had diminished, the personal attacks began.

About the man’s head, about his faith, about his success. The world-famous Kiwi-knocking machine swung straight into gear as it has a solid reputation for doing so.

Give the man and his new deputy a break. Play the issues,

but not the personal physical characteristics.

If you are a human being with a full head of hair and impossibly straight teeth, lucky you, you won the gene pool lottery.

But most of us work with what we’ve got.

The country needs a healthy democracy of government and opposition, each with their vital role to play. Both need to be strong. The stronger the better.

A number of posts that appear on my social feed from people I consider “friends” frequently knock the physical characteristics of our current prime minister, as well as players on all sides of the political divide.

Whether they are crucifying my team, your team or the other team, none of it is acceptable.

The respect, the decency, the

sense of fair play has fled from our lives.

To be frank, I find it bloody frightening. And soul destroying.

In an age where bullying and mental health are such highlighted concerns, what sort of mature individual, adults, resort to childish schoolyard bully crap.

It’s time we all took stock and a chill pill and thought about the consequences.

Which can sometimes be fatal.

Broadcaster Peter Mac is Ashburton born and bred and the afternoon host on the Hokonui Radio Network.

The views expressed in this column are his and do not reflect the opinion of his employer or the Ashburton Guardian.

What we need is some peace and security A

common description of our world at this time is chaos and fear.

We are moving into a new traffic light Covid management framework that seems anything but clear.

Our society is being split by vaccine mandates with the resultant job losses.

Our prime minister seems to be happy to create a large group of second-class citizens in our nation. We could go on, however the result of all that is going on is that we live in a time of chaos

Mark Taylor CHRISTIAN COMMENT and fear.

But this is not what we, as a nation, need, what we need at this time is peace and security.

Which is why it is so exciting that we are in the countdown to Christmas.

I am reminded of the amazing

words of Isaiah as he foretold the birth of Jesus in Isaiah 9:6.

“For a child is born to us, a son is given to us. The government will rest on his shoulders. And he will be called: Wonderful Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.”

At this time of uncertainty, chaos and fear it is so important that we are reminded it doesn’t have to be this way.

Jesus came so that we could find a new way of doing life, a way that is so different than society in general is living.

When we acknowledge that Jesus is God, that He came into our world to help us, to rescue us and when we ask for His help, then He will show us a radical new way of living.

A life where He is our counsellor, where He is our source of peace, where He is our mighty God and everlasting Father.

If today you are struggling with the chaos and fear that Covid has brought into our society then I encourage you to meet with Jesus your Prince of Peace.

While He doesn’t promise to

make our problems go away, He does promise that He will never leave us.

What that means is that we can live at peace right in the middle of the storm. Because when we know Jesus He is our peace, He is our support, He is our counsellor, He is our solid rock.

If you want to know Jesus the Prince of Peace, then get along to a local bible believing church this Sunday to find out more.

Mark Taylor is the pastor at Mt Hutt Elim Church

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The big season that have been

D

espite a three-week closure in peak season for the delta lockdown, Mt Hutt Ski Area went close to a record season.

Mt Hutt closed for the season on October 25 after extending the season to Labour weekend for the first time in 13 years and ended up with around 150,000 visitors over the season – just shy of the 165,000 record from 2019.

“It could have been an absolute record buster of a season,” Mt Hutt Ski Area manager James McKenzie said.

“Even with the additional 21 closed days [over lockdown] we had one of our best seasons on record.”

In June the combination of plenty of pre-season snow – a benefit of the big storm at the end of May, the installation of the new high-speed eight-seat Nor’West Express chairlift and clear conditions were a perfect recipe to

Mt Hutt Ski Area had a season of two halves – two very good halves that would have produced a record season had it not been for Covid restrictions causing a three week mid-season break. The big season followed big investment in infrastructure, a high-speed eight seater chairlift, and there is more on the way this summer as they look to a bigger 2022 and beyond.

By Jonathan Leask smash the opening day record.

The previous record of 2093 people on opening day set in 2009 was smashed by lunchtime with more than 2200 people descending on Mt Hutt.

The good snow, clear days and big turn-outs continued until the outbreak of the Covid-19 Delta strain put a halt to what was on pace for a record season.

Instead the slopes and lifts sat idle for three weeks in the peak of the season.

The staff and would-be patrons spent three weeks looking up at a picturesque snow-capped skifield, waiting for the opportunity to make the most of the quality conditions.

Missing out on almost a month of peak skiing in the middle of a four-month window of operation was a big hit for the skifield.

However, when Mt Hutt was able to reopen under Alert Level 2 restrictions in September the skiers came flocking.

“We had our best spring on record.

“We had strong visitation levels both sides of the lockdown but October was a standout – beating all prior Octobers by at least double.

“This was driven by fantastic snow coverage and mostly stable weather.

“Once we reopened, we had really solid numbers which meant we could push through to Labour weekend for the first time since

2008.”

The final weekend of the season saw over 4000 make the most of the quality spring conditions over Labour weekend for a big finish, but the extra week wasn’t enough to make up for the lost time.

Across the season Mt Hutt was able to operate for around 96 days, with 40 closed days – 21 of which were due to Covid restrictions.

Some rough maths suggests that equates to around 1560 visitors per open day so without the lock-

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down Mt Hutt could have finished around the 180,000 mark.

The total number of people taking to the slopes this winter was up 5 per cent on last year, McKenzie said, but was down by around the same margin on the 2018 and 2019 seasons – when they had international visitors.

The biggest day of the season was on July 24 when over 4000 people hit the slopes, aided by a First Tracks and then the Moonski night events.

The guest injury rate was also down on last year by around 20 per cent, McKenzie said.

However, there was a death on the slopes for the first time since 2010 when 41-year-old Rupert Smith was found unresponsive on the slopes on October 10.

Smith had been skiing on an intermediate groomed trail before the medical event and his death was referred to the Coroner.

It was a dark day in what was a

season of big days.

Investing in infrastructure Helping the big numbers for the season was the Norwest lift which enabled the skifield to open in conditions that would have previously shut operations down.

“It’s great to have such a strong season after such a big investment”.

McKenzie said they plan another big infrastructure investment this summer to continue to improve the skifield and the customer experience.

“We have a big investment in snowmaking going on.

“We are putting in fully automated fan guns all the way along our broadway trail which is one of our key mid-mountain trails that comes down from the top of the Norwester.

“It’s a big deal for us with that trail being so important us to get open, our bread-and-butter trail.”

Replacing the old manual snow guns, that were “slow to get going”, with the state-of-the-art, automated fans will be another big boost to the mountain’s ability to operate in trying weather conditions.

“It we don’t get the natural snow we still get the temperatures so can definitely make snow, easier and faster.”

McKenzie said the mountain has been increasingly reliant on snow-making early in the season.

“With climate change, we are starting to see different weather patterns.

“We are still getting good snowfalls, but early season snow is definitely not what it used to be.”

Added with the change in school holiday dates, McKenzie said there was pressure to be ready to open by July.

“Typically, we will still be able to open in the first week of June but as soon as we get a cold window,

with the new guns we can fire up and be making snow in a second.”

They will also be adding a new cleaner-running groomer, McKenzie said.

Having had a few weeks to wind down from the end of another Mt Hutt winter, McKenzie is looking to next winter and the new challenges that lie ahead as the impact of Covid continues.

The challenge for 2022 season will be the introduction of vaccine passports.

McKenzie said they will be monitoring how Coronet Peak’s summer operations handle managing vaccine passports as a testing ground for NZSki’s operations.

Season-pass holders will likely be able to sort out a pre-validation of the vaccine pass, McKenzie said, and they have plenty of time to consider what to do around day-pass users.

“We are downstream of the process so we are just watching what

happens and things may change

by June next year.”

With vaccination rates climbing, easing the threat of another lockdown, Mt Hutt may just be on track to smash a record season next year.

McKenzie said the capacity is still capped as “when the carpark is full that’s it”.

“Some of our focus now, as well as keeping ahead of climate change, is to look at what’s next from an expansion and capacity perspective.

“We are looking at things like the access road and our base lodge, and in the process of looking at what the future of Mt Hutt is.

“The last couple of years have been strong financially for Mt Hutt so we are able now to look at the next thing which is a great position to be in spite of some pretty challenging trading conditions in the last couple of years,” McKenzie said.

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Rakaia School’s 150th anniversary next March will be an opportunity for former students to catch up with one another.

A trio of reunion organisers want them to talk, talk and talk, exchange names and keep the contact going until next time.

By Malcolm Hopwood

T

he name Fraser Barton will surely arise in conversation when former Rakaia School pupils gather early in March.

The school will celebrate its 150th anniversary and Barton, a disciplinarian, is one of those teachers whose control of the classroom and punishments will be remembered by students who attended the school in the 1960s.

Three of them, Carolyn Nordqvist, Carol Muckle and Dawn Whiting, were at Rakaia School together and are part of the committee organising the March 4-6, 2022, celebrations.

They’ve been working on the anniversary since early this year and still have vivid memories of when students lined up and marched into class each morning.

Carolyn Nordqvist recalls her years at school with apprehension. “I remember the disciplining and what would happen if I misbehaved,” she said.

Carol Muckle remembers starting the morning with basic facts. “We’d begin with the times tables using chalk on the board and we’d try to avoid it being thrown at us,” she said.

School for Dawn Whiting meant lots of sporting opportunities and getting her gymnastic badges. “We’d have exchanges with Dorie, Chertsey and Dunsandel Schools,” she said. Dawn also remembers carrying her desk out to the school goalposts if she misbehaved and sitting there alone.

Carol was sent to the school library and told to count every book. There was no naughty chair.

But, despite their memories, good and bad, the three of them have spent hundreds of hours preparing for the anniversary, writing the history, updating the previous publication, organising the three-day reunion and sorting the photos.

While there’s a structure to the anniversary, they all agree the reunions will be the most important part of coming together.

Many former students won’t have seen each other for decades and they’ll enjoy catching up they said.

“We’re hoping they keep the connection going when they leave,” the three said.

Rakaia School has played a significant part in the town’s life over the century and a half.

“It’s been the hub of the community and has brought us all together,” Carol said. ”Many of

Left (from left) – Carolyn Nordqvist, Dawn Whiting and Carol Muckle are a trio of organisers up to their elbows in photos as they plan the 150th anniversary of Rakaia School next March.

Left below – Captain Robert Falcon Scott’s party reaches the South Pole in January, 1912, and display their flags and insignia. Among them is a flag from Rakaia. Dr Edward Wilson is in the front row (right).

Below – Rakaia resident Anne Hardy’s flag which Dr Edward Wilson carried to the South Pole and part-way back.

us who’ve remained in the community have stayed in touch as life-long friends.”

“I’m still in touch with contacts I made at Rakaia School,” Dawn said.

The anniversary begins with a get-together on Friday night, March 4. Former students, teachers and staff have been invited and the emphasis is on talking, something that was frowned on in class 60 years earlier.

Saturday begins with a street parade from Railway Terrace to Rakaia School. The trio are organising floats, marching girls and a pipe band from Ashburton and want as many former students to take part as possible.

The afternoon begins with a picnic lunch at school, followed by speeches, cutting the cake and decade photos.

In the evening there’s a social with Sunday reflections the following morning. This is the time when former students can share their memories and experiences, Carolyn Nordqvist said. Fraser Barton will certainly enter conversations.

Rakaia School itself is holding its own celebration, but everyone is invited to share the reflections on Sunday morning.

While no foundation pupils will attend – the youngest would have to be 155 – ages will range from 97-year-old David Cornelius to the latest five-year-old at Rakaia School. The organising committee doesn’t have a

clear idea about who’s attending as replies are steadily arriving, but they hope there’ll be many attracted to the significance of the milestone.

While Rakaia has changed since the centenary in 1972 when 600 former students and family members gathered at Canterbury Malting Company, they believe the town will hold fond memories for many.

“Rakaia’s grown because of farming, particularly dairying, and the business hub is important to serve the rural community,” they say. “It’s also a stopping off place for travellers and ideal for life-stylers as it’s close to Ashburton and Christchurch.”

While the school is celebrating its 150th anniversary next year, it wasn’t until 1874 when the

school buildings were completed and it officially opened on March 31 with 24 students.

However, in Rakaia, Our History, written by Janine Irvine and the Rakaia History Group, a meeting was held around October 15, 1872, at Little Rakaia, and residents agreed to ask the provincial government to declare Rakaia a school district.

That milestone was seen as the reason for Rakaia School’s centenary in 1972 followed by the 150th next March. The first teacher was Joseph Hutt, followed by William Cox in 1876, when an inspector’s report the year before declared behaviour at the school was “very unsatisfactory.”

The book runs to over 700 pages but there’s one gem of a

story concerning Rakaia School pupils.

In 1910 a Rakaia resident, Anne Hardy, received a request from the husband of her friend.

He was Dr Wilson about to embark in Scott’s expedition to Antarctica. He wrote to Hardy asking if she could send him a flag about the size of a lady’s handkerchief that he would take to the South Pole and then return to her.

“I was thrilled to the boots,” Hardy said.

Tragically Scott’s party perished on the way back from the Pole. Their bodies were found eight months later and buried where they died. Their belongings and final letters were brought back to New Zealand and the flag returned to Anne Hardy along with a photograph of Wilson holding it on the ice.

She hung the keepsake over the mantlepiece in her cottage and each year pupils from Rakaia schools visited her to see the flag and hear about Scott’s journey. It’s now displayed at Canterbury Museum.

Carolyn, Carol and Dawn are not sure about their whereabouts in 2047 but are hoping the anniversary in March will encourage someone to consider organising a 175th reunion.

“We want the younger generations to step up to the mark and consider taking over in 25 years’ time,” they said.

They’re delighted their job will be completed in March.

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No-license: all eyes on Ashburton

By Connor Lysaght

Above – View of a building in the Triangle with a sign reading “Dominion no-license votes, are you in favour of majority rule?” from 1914.

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n November 1902, a vote was carried that would have a huge effect on Ashburton both socially and economically.

After much debate and support from groups such as the Women’s Christian Temperance Union and the Protestant Church, a majority of voters in Ashburton had supported the town’s transition to ‘no-license’.

From the time when existing liquor licences expired in 1903, until 1949, the sale of alcohol was prohibited in town.

Residents could still get alcohol via licensed premises in Chertsey, Rakaia and Methven, and if someone had liquor delivered to Ashburton they had to prove that it was for personal consumption only.

A decades-long era of dry hotels and sly-grogging in Ashburton had begun.

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Left – Women’s Christian Temperance Union convention in Ashburton, 1921.

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A snifter in secret As licences lapsed and the town dried up, liquor consumption moved away from the public eye for the most part.

In a 1904 issue of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union publication White Ribbon, it was reported that “during the last year of license Ashburton recorded ninety-one convictions for drunkenness in the town; during the first year of No-license there were nineteen.”

While fewer cases of intoxication surfaced over the prohibition years, there were many occasions when illegal suppliers of alcohol were exposed in the courtroom.

One such case occurred in 1923 when two men named James and Gideon Scott appeared on the charge of keeping liquor for sale in Ashburton, also known as sly-grogging.

The Ashburton Guardian reported that the defendants bought liquor at Rakaia and had hidden several bottles of Scotch around their house which were discovered by police.

After the initial raid, the police returned the next day and after Gideon denied having any more

alcohol on the premises, another full bottle was found in his hip pocket.

A witness said that they had “seen many people going there” and that they “had the place under observation for years”.

It was revealed that the Scotts were engaged in stock sales and odd jobs, so it was plausible that the comings and goings observed at their home were related to this business.

However, when Gideon was asked to explain some of his previous business transactions, the Magistrate “could not listen any longer to such lies”.

James Scott was convicted and fined £25, but Gideon’s case was dismissed due to the fact that “only a bottle of whisky had been found in this defendant’s room, and it did not provide sufficient evidence to warrant a conviction”.

Strong words against the Scotts came from one constable involved, as the Guardian recounts: “The police stated that Gideon Scott had ‘a shocking record’.

“James Scott, he considered,

was one of the worst men in Ashburton. He loafed about with drunken men at night. So far as the police knew, he had never done a day’s work here.”

When Gideon denied this, the Magistrate cut across him and said that “the only thing is to put them on a desert island and let them work out their own salvation. They are a menace to the community. Respectable citizens would like to see the last of them.

They make a boast of having so much money, and the best they could do was to pay some to the Government.”

According to The Wet, the Dry, the Trust by local historian Rita Wright, Ashburton is said to have had about a 100 sly-grog shops.

Outside views By 1911, Ashburton was one of 12 no-license electorates in New Zealand.

Opinions published by the media on Ashburton’s status as a dry town were generally positive, as evidenced by various articles from publications around the country.

Some of the most noteworthy

columns analysing Ashburton during prohibition came from Wellington’s weekly Free Lance newspaper, which weighs the issue with a bit of humour.

One piece from 1905 begins with an excerpt from an Australian newspaper, which alleges that the state of affairs in our Ashburton was “worse than the old days” on account of the men forming clubs and acquiring barrels of beer or cases of whisky from Dunedin for the purpose of having “a royal time”.

The Free Lance writer follows up this woeful account with a sarcastic remark: “Makes you tremble, doesn’t it?”

Dismissing this account as pure rumour, the columnist goes on to express a popular opinion of the time which was that the brewers were the real problem, on account of how heavily they lined their pockets with profit.

“Thefts and assaults have been fewer under no-license. The Ashburton people may wake up to their terrible mistake, and may reinstate the brewery plenipotentiaries as the ruling class of Ashburton – perhaps.

“We take it that the people in prohibition areas vote no-license not so much because of the evils arising out of intoxication, but because of the excessive hold the brewers have on the country, the enormous profits made, and their greedy habit of mopping up every bit of land they can get their hands on with extremely little trouble, and at the expense of the people.”

Ashburton’s dry era is arguably one of the most interesting periods of our district’s history, as it put our town in the spotlight nationally and our decision to go no-license was seen by many as somewhat of an experiment.

What do you think would happen if prohibition laws were passed in Ashburton today?

CONTACT Material for this page is co-ordinated by the Ashburton Museum and Art Gallery. Articles from other organisations are welcomed, as is any feedback on what appears.

Email: museum@adc.govt. nz Mail: PO Box 94, Ashburton 7700 Phone: 307-7890 Copies of the photos on this page are available for purchase from the Ashburton Museum and Art Gallery.

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DriveThru Got a car question? Maybe Roger can help.

Ashburton Guardian Saturday, December 4, 2021

Roger Hart

subs@theguardian.co.nz

Adventures await

M

itsubishi is really rocking along in 2021, with MIA new vehicle sales figures to October 31 showing they are second only to

Toyota.

And that’s something this bold, sharply modern-looking new Outlander range has recently contributed to.

There are currently six models all with 2.5-litre petrol engines.

PHEV versions (details below) arrive early 2022.

Outlander VRX AWD Costs: $54,990. Others from

$41,990 to $49,990 (all plus ORCs).

Engine: 2.5-litre 4-cylinder petrol, 135kW @ 6000rpm and 245Nm of torque at 3600rpm. 185gm CO2.

Transmission: 8-step, sport-mode CVT with on demand all-wheel-drive.

Quoted Overall Fuel Use:

8.1L/100km. CO2: 185 g/km Safety: Driver assist/safety technology systems – 5 star ANCAP rating awaited.

Size: 4710 mm long, 1862mm wide, 1745mm high, 2706mm wheelbase.

Tows: 1600kg (braked) Warranty: Five year,130,000 km warranty (10years/160,000km for powertrain).

Longer, wider, taller

They are built on an entirely new platform which has been co-developed with Renault/Nissan. This, and the distinctive new exterior, which hosts many interior and technology upgrades, is shared across the three 2WD and 4WD models in different trim and equipment levels.

The line-up

Starting from $41,990 (+ORCs for all), the five-seat entry-level 2WD LS (4WD adds $3000) has an impressive array of standard features, including sat-nav and an advanced driver-assistance system/ safety suite.

Next up are the seven-seat XLS, in either 2WD ($44,990) or 4WD ($49,990).

They have suede and synthetic leather upholstery, 20” alloy wheels and triple zone climate control.

The premium, also seven-seat VRX with AWD as driven ($54,990), was kitted out with black leather upholstery with heated, eight-way power adjustable seats for the driver and navigator.

Other standard fare includes a panoramic sunroof, power tailgate, ten-speaker Bose sound system, and 360-degree view camera. In 2WD format, the VRX is $49,990.

VRX’s cabin

The levels of accommodation and comfort available within the well-designed and equipped cabin, whose technology, and controls for which are placed where you expect to both touch and use with minimal distraction impressed.

So did the comfy and cossetting, quilted leather seats, the presentation from

both the12.3-inch digital screen and large head-up displays, as well as the quality Bose sounds.

The second row of seats slide, and there’s pull-up sunshades in rear doors.

The two seats in the third-row best suit smaller folk.

Luggage space There are 478 litres available, with third row folded and 163 litres with seven seats occupied. A space saver spare is positioned below.

Engine/drive system The 2.5-litre, naturally aspirated (non-turbo) petrol engine showed it produces a good balance of 135kW of power (at 6000rpm) and 245Nm of torque at 3600rpm.

This, in concert with the 8-step, sport mode CVT, certainly contributes to its very easy to drive nature, being suitably responsive, both about town and on the open road.

With lots of open road driving in Normal of the six selectable modes, the trip computer showed 7.3L/100km – somewhat less than the stated overall figure of 8.1L/100km.

The fuel tank holds 55 litres.

On the road

Thereon it does everything without fuss, wafting along so quietly at open road speeds with an appropriately comfortable ride delivered by the compliant suspension (Macpherson strut front multi-link rear), even with its 20-inch wheel/tyre combo.

Then with nicely direct steering (2.6

turns lock to lock) the handling is pleasingly agile for an SUV, while remaining safe, predictable, and surefooted with the latest version of Mitsi’s on-demand allwheel-drive system.

Off road

Of course, it’s not a hard-core 4WD, but for adventures, in addition to said allwheel-drive, it has a 210mm ground clearance, Mud/Snow drive modes, a 400mm wading depth and hill descent control.

PHEV a-coming

The new PHEV models arrive in early 2022.

As well as all the new stuff the petrol models have, upgrades to the front and rear electric motors and battery result in a 185kW maximum output and 450Nm of torque (previously 130kW/ 332Nm). Plus, the EV range, previously 55km is now 84km.

There’s LS, XLS and VRX versions, all arriving with special launch pricing of $59,990, $66,990 and $72,990 (all plus ORCs) respectively. All qualify for a $5750 ‘Clean Car Discount’.

Finale What we have with this new

Outlander is an all-round easy driving, practical, family and adventurecapable SUV complete with style, technology and safety, with a model to suit many budgets or needs.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, December 4, 2021

Unfinished business T

he Aston Martin Bulldog supercar restored by Classic Motor Cars in Shropshire, has hit three major milestones in just nine days. The car won the Royal Automobile Club restoration of the year award, CMC won specialist of the year at the Octane Historic Moring Awards, and last weekend the car hit 162 miles an hour on its first shakedown session. It was the first time in over 40 years, the car has been driven at speed.

Richard Gauntlett, who represents the owner of the car Phillip Sarofim, was elated: “Seeing the car run like this for the first time in forty years is a dream come true.

“I grew up with the car, I had a poster of it on my bedroom wall. I cannot thank the team at CMC enough for the hard work that they have put into this project.”

The supercar was planned to be the first production car to exceed 200 mph, but the project was axed after the car reached nearly 192 miles per hour in 1980.

Honda’s legendary Civic reimagined

H

onda Australia has announced pricing and specifications for the all-new 11th-generation Civic, which raises the bar for the company’s iconic small car nameplate in every conceivable way – design, performance, quality, safety and technology.

The all-new Civic has been reimagined for a new generation of drivers, with a clean and modern interpretation of Honda’s longstanding Man-Maximum/Machine-Minimum design philosophy that has produced sophisticated styling, premium quality and an intense focus on the user experience.

The arrival of the all-new, 11th-generation Civic is the first step in a three-phase rollout for Honda’s iconic small car in Australia, with an e:HEV hybrid variant to join the line-up in 2022, followed by the high-performance Type R version, which is set to be the best performing Civic Type R ever produced.

The all-new Civic hatch will initially be offered as a single, highly specified VTi LX grade powered by an uprated 1.5-litre turbocharged four-cylinder petrol engine producing 131 kW of power and 240Nm peak torque, driving the front wheels via a redeveloped and improved continuously variable transmission (CVT).

YOUR LOCA

PARTS & SERV

Honda Service S

Lambo-powered ‘Vette

A

1960s Chevy Corvette C2 restomod with a Lamborghini engine is a dream that’ll soon be a reality.

American Legends Builds is the restomod specialists responsible for this exciting build,

with the assistance of designer Karan Adivi.

Adivi posted some renderings to his Instagram account earlier this month, saying “It wasn’t easy to blend modern Lamborghini looks with a classic Split Window Corvette but here we are.

I’m extremely happy with the outcome.”

The design maintains the spirit of the original, but updates the details to look a bit more modern.

The pop-up headlights have been replaced by skinny

LED strips, and the front fascia looks like it could be on sale today, rather than a vehicle from the 1960s.

The wheels sit tucked into the top of the fenders, the shoulder line is sharper in shape, and the window lines appear to be more angular.

But the modern take on the bodywork isn’t all that’s being updated in this 60s C2 restomod.

A 5.2-litre V10 from a 2014 Lamborghini Gallardo LP 5604 now sits under the Corvette’s long bonnet. In its original form, it makes 412 KWs power and 540 Nm torque.

In the Gallardo, the Lambo could reach 100 km/h in less than 4.0 seconds.

The performance estimates suggest this C2 should be even quicker.

BOOK IN FOR YOUR SERVICE PRIOR TO THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS!

Honda Service Store Ashburton We are open for business.

8am to 5pm Monday to Friday.

Can pick up / deliver your vehicle.

Phone 03 308 9109 Corner Cass and Havelock St (use Cass St entrance)

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299 0329 3 03 hond

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20 WHAT’S ON

Ashburton Guardian Saturday, December 4, 2021

All events are subject to change under Covid restrictions

Every day

Mt Hutt Memorial Hall 160 Main Street, Methven NZ Alpine and Agriculture Encounter, Art Gallery and Hall of Memories.

10am

Weekdays Mid Canterbury Connector Mid Canterbury Connector provides low-cost return trips to Ashburton from smaller towns or rural areas in an on demand service, Mondays to Fridays, any time between 9am and 4.30pm. Book via the direct phone line for bookings, which is 03 928 8164.

Every Tue and Fri Methven Museum Methven Pubs and Liquor history, call time and come visit our new display on the history of our magnificent hotels, supplemented by some interesting historical liquor laws and consumption trends. Admission free but donations welcome.

Every Wednesday

Ashburton open coffee mornings If you are new to town or been living here all of your life, come and have a coffee and chat

at a child-friendly location. All are welcome at the Plunket rooms, 222 Cameron Street.

Please contact Adi 027 220-8791 or Sue-ann 021 679-348 to register.

Free Device Help Sessions at the Ashburton Public Library every Wednesday between 2pm and 4pm.

10.30am - 12 noon

In Colour, art and craft club In Colour is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s monthly programme for unleashing your creativity.

Hip Hop for Seniors Every Wednesday 10am-11am at the Ashburton Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street, Ashburton. $5. Phone 308-6817

Art Addicts Art Addicts (AA) is the Ashburton Art Gallery’s weekly art space for kids. Wrap up your Wednesday school day and head to the gallery to get creative and explore themes in art. A great space for children to learn and interact with each other. Children of all ages are welcome. Donations appreciated.

Second Fri of every month

Bring along your art and craft projects to share with others over morning tea once a month.

10.30am - 12 noon

Ashburton Farmers’ Market Local fresh food and produce, hot drinks.

North end of West Street car park.

9am start

Little Groovers

The Ashburton Toy Library

Every Wednesday during school terms

Open for toy exchange. 106 Victoria Street, the Triangle.

10am-10.30am

Every Wednesday

Ashburton Aviation Museum A great selection of many aircraft, from the past to the future at the Ashburton Airport.

Last Sun of every month Nor’Westers Muso’s Club A monthly open mic afternoon at Feeney’s Lounge in the Devon Tavern, Ashburton. All the gear is set up, just bring your talent - all are welcome, as is any style of music.

2pm - 6pm.

Every Sat

3 - 4.30pm

Hakatere Presbyterian parish, 127 Thomson Street, Tinwald. Musical fun for 0-5-year-olds.

Gold coin donation. Call 03 308-5272 for more information.

Every Sun to Fri

9.30am - 12.30pm

Ashburton Aviation Museum A great selection of many aircraft, from the past to the future at the Ashburton Airport.

First Sunday of every month Methven Market A local produce and craft market at the Methven Resort on the first Sunday of each month from 9am to 1pm.

Monthly Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild Meet Seniors Centre 206 Cameron Street.

1st Saturday of the month 10.30am - 3.30pm, 2nd Thursday of the month 1pm - 3.30pm 3rd Tuesday of the month 7pm - 9pm 4th Thursday of the month 10.30am - 3.30pm

10am - 3pm

Device Drop-In Sessions

December 18-19

air site with craft vendors.

All I Want For Christmas

February 19 Relay For Life Mid Canterbury

Some of Mid Canterbury’s leading performers bring song and dance to the stage in a two-hour concert filled with both modern and traditional Christmas music. Tickets from $10 + fees. December 18 at 7.30pm and December 19 at 2pm. Held at the Ashburton Trust Event Centre.

Relay For Life is an inspiring community event that gives everyone a chance to celebrate cancer survivors and carers; remember loved ones lost to cancer; and fight back by raising awareness and funds to support the work of

December 28

Cancer Society. Relay For Life is

Hot Rod & Custom Car Show

levels - anyone can take part. Gather

for people of all ages and fitness your relay team and sign up for an

A fantastic day out in Methven to view hot rods, customs cars and bikes, Methven Township (around the Blue Pub Carpark) from 10am - 3pm.

Entry $5 kids free under 12.

amazing event at the Ashburton Domain Oval. Any questions, please email mcrelay@cancercwc.org.nz

April 8-10

January 5-10

Ashburton Glow In The Park

Methven Summer School

EA Networks are partnering with

A fantastic adult learning opportunity through great Art, Food and Lifestile Courses. Amazing tutors, relaxed atmosphere.

Ashburton District Council to celebrate 100 years of serving the community by staging a threeday lighting spectacle in the

January 29-30 Ashburton Pakeke Lions Charity Market The 2022 Annual Ashburton Pakeke Lions Charity Market will be held at the Ashburton Racecourse on the mornings of January 29 and 30 from 9am. We are collecting quality second-hand furniture, collectables, china, household, sporting, garden, and workshop items etc. No TV’s or computers, please. Contact John: 3076229, Dave 3074349 or Clarrie 3089629. Charity Market subject to Covid restrictions in force at the time.

Ashburton Domain. The show will start at 6pm on Friday 8 April 2022

Methven will once again be overrun with Hot Rods on December 28.

with a display of fireworks and an official “switching on” of the

February 5-6 Militaria and Aviation Extravaganza The Ashburton Avation Museum is joining forces with the Military Adventure Group to put on an extravaganza over Waitangi weekend 2022. The display will see one of the largest presentations of military uniforms, weapons, and equipment ever assembled at one

display. Dates in history ranging from the New Zealand Maori Wars through to Timor. This will be situated in the Superhanger generously provide for use by the museum. 9am-4.30pm both days. Tickets: Family pass $38, Adult: $16, Child $5, MotorHome Parking: $5.

February 17

light installations in the Ashburton

St John Garden Fete

also tell EA Networks’ story, from its

Held at Ted & Sue Rollinson’s property at 282 Awaroa School Road, RD 11 Rakaia from 10am - 4pm.

All proceeds being donated to St John Mid Canterbury (Ashburton, Methven, Mayfield) to support local services. The beautiful garden is located 10 minutes from Rakaia and 30 minutes from Ashburton. Open

beginnings as the Ashburton Electric

Domain. Information panels will

Power Board to the present day as a provider of electricity lines and fibre-optic cables for the internet.

On Saturday and Sunday, Glow in the Park will operate from 5.30pm until 9.30pm.

LIST YOUR EVENT FREE Publish your event here for free! Just send the details of the event and some contact details to

editorial@theguardian.co.nz

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FinalWhistle The Guardian’s sports wrap

Ashburton Guardian Saturday, December 4, 2021

calling time on a week of sport

Leading the game P23

Champions crowned Team FKW were crowned winners of the Mid Canterbury Women’s A Grade basketball competition last week after two months of intense competition at the EA Networks Centre.

FULL STORY: P24

SI champions

P22

Allenton’s turn

P23

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, December 4, 2021

Blindside

matt.m@theguardian.co.nz

Mid Canterbury’s leading sports writer Matt Markham

STARS OF THE WEEK Meg Cunneen Back for another turn in the Stars column. She is a star on the rise and things are only going to get better for her.

South Island champions With a big focus on tennis locally this weekend with the Mid Canterbury Junior Age Group championships, a couple of South Island champs will be walking amongst the line-up of players.

Late last month, two of Mid Canterbury’s most promising players – Riley Breen and Josh Gilbert – tasted success at the South Island Primary and Intermediate Schools’

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THINGS TO WATCH THIS WEEKEND

Tennis The local youngsters go in to battle today on the final day of the Mid Canterbury Junior Age Group tournament. The best of the best from around these traps.

Check them out, on all day!

Cricket Cellar-dwellers Allenton get a huge opportunity to get a win on the board today at the Ashburton Domain when they take on Star beginning at 12 noon.

Rugby Local names will feature when the NZ Heartland XV takes on the NZ Barbarians tomorrow from Delany Park in Taupo. Watch the match live on Sky Sport 1 from 2pm.

Championships in Timaru.

The duo, who can boast a long list of achievements in the sport despite their young age, added the title of South Island champions for their victory in the Year 7 and Year 8 boys’ doubles.

Facing an elimination style event, the pair worked their way through to win the final.

Just a really good golfer, he’s been flying the flag for Aorangi and this district with great aplomb this week.

Breen added to his good results by taking out the singles event at the same tournament as well.

It’s a further nod towards his tremendous promise in the sport.

For both players the result was even more impressive, given the fact that next year they can return and play in the same category as Year 8 students.

Time to have a flutter . . .

We got a little bit back from Swift Guy running second fresh-up on one of the wettest racing dates we’ve seen for a while.

Nice enough return on investment for the first starter.

He heads to Motukarara tomorrow, and could be well worth backing again.

This weekend, it’s small fish but it should be sweet.

The Wellington Firebirds will look to go two-from-two in the Super Smash after a great first round victory.

With a strong roster including some big name players like Hamish Bennett, Finn Allen and Logan van Beek, the $1.71 for them to beat the Central Stags looks really tasty.

Ryan Cockburn

Hamish Bennett

Ben Smith In a team that’s been struggling on the courts recently, Ben has been a shining light for the Country Mid Canterbury Premier side.

Ashburton Guardian Saturday, December 4, 2021

Rain’s gone away; the cricketers can play Matt Markham After a week out in the rain, Mid Canterbury’s two senior cricket sides will be looking forward to getting back to work today in South Canterbury Cricket’s Tweedy Cup competition.

The second weekend of play for the season was cancelled last weekend due to the weather, but it will have done nothing to dampen the spirits and hopes of both Tech and Allenton as they head toward very important matches at different ends of the points table today.

Tech will make the trip to South Canterbury’s western edges to take on the might of the table-topping Pleasant Point this afternoon, with revenge still fresh in their minds from a missed opportunity during the first round of the season.

The Stags had the defending champions on the ropes after rolling them for a very modest 161 – but were unable to make the most of the opportunity with the bat, falling to a 36-run loss in what was their worst batting performance of the season.

But confidence that they can roll arguably the best top-order in the competition will serve the side well as they attack today’s match, and they’ll be keen to get stuck in and do the same again.

That means the onus is again on the quick bowlers at the top of the order.

Alex Hooper, Richard Print and Harry Jones

have all been mercurial and devastating with the ball this season, and Ryan Bell has chimed in whenever needed and offered a nice foil to the

RUGBY

natural speed of the openers.

If they can limit damage and get wickets, then there’s no reason why the Stags can’t join their rivals today at the top of the leader board by the close of play.

For Allenton, today also presents an opportunity.

Without a win they get the chance to face Star today, the side closest to them at the bottom of the points table.

They met back in October for their first clash of the season, and after keeping Star to 229 with the ball they looked on song for victory, until the batting order self-imploded, and they were rolled for 190.

That was their first real chance to win a match, and today may well provide their second.

With a good nucleus of players who are all getting plenty of time out on the wicket, the Allenton side is improving, and the constant exposure to higher level cricket through the representative side so far this season will only further advance their key players.

Captain, Karmjeet Singh, will be looked to today to set the tone for the match, while the likes of Satveer Singh and Satwant Singh are the sort of players who can turn a match on it’s head in an instant.

They’ll host Star on the Technical wicket with both games beginning at 12 noon.

Allenton captain Karmjeet Singh will be out to play a huge role today and hopefully help his side to their first win of the season.

SPORT 23 Locals run out for New Zealand Heartland XV

BY MATT MARKHAM Three Mid Canterbury names will feature in the starting line up tomorrow when the New Zealand Heartland XV takes on the Barbarians in Taupo.

After a week-long training camp, Seta Koritamana, Nick Foxley and Raitube Vasurakuta will all run out on to the paddock in the starting line-up, while both Callum Burrell and Manasa Bari will warm the pine.

Head coach Nigel Walsh said that there was a real excitement about the clash at Owen Delany Park tomorrow afternoon.

“It’s a really exciting time for us to go out there and do the job for New Zealand Heartland provincial unions around the country.”

Koroitamana, who was one of the leading try-scorers in the Heartland competition this season, will pack down in his usual No.8 spot, while Foxley will play at centre and Vasurakuta is on the wing.

Walsh said the camp had been a great time for the team to build together as one.

“The first couple of days was about connectivity with the boys, making sure they get the comms going and talking.

“The boys are coming together well, and you can see that they’re all happy and smiling.”

“We want to be a proud New Zealand Heartland 2021 team in what we do and how we go about things.”

The team has put a real emphasis on the vaccination plan for New Zealand and will wear the tag line Two Jabs, Job Done on their playing jerseys for the match.

The match kicks off at 2pm and will be televised live on SkySport 1.

Former Fern takes rugby helm Matt Markham The Mid Canterbury Rugby Union will welcome a new leader to the helm early in 2022.

Former Silver Fern netballer, Tanya Dearns was this week announced as the person appointed to fill the role left vacant in November when longstanding chief executive, Ian Patterson, resigned.

Dearns, who has been involved in sports administration for over 25 years, brings an extensive knowledge and expertise in community and high performance sport to the role, Mid Canterbury Rugby Union chairman, Ged Rushton said this week.

“Tanya is passionate about effecting positive change, from creating opportunities to grow the grassroots game to restoring Mid Canterbury to the top of the Heartland competition,” he said.

As well as playing netball at the highest levels, Dearns brings a wealth of experience from other corners of the sporting globe with her to Ashburton.

She spent time working in central government for the Minister of Sport, and has been a high-performance netball coach for a number of notable sides, both here in New Zealand and overseas.

In the statement announcing her appointment, Dearns said she was looking forward to working with all stakeholders in rugby in Mid Canterbury.

“This opportunity to lead and work with such a proud rugby community is exciting,” she said.

Dearns played 31 games for the Silver Ferns through the 90s, where she was a firm part of the defensive end, playing both goal keep and goal defence.

Her son, Warner, is currently playing rugby in Japan and last month made his debut for the Cherry Blossoms when they played Portugal.

Dearns will begin her role in mid-February next year.

Right – Tanya Dearns has been named as the new Mid Canterbury Rugby Union chief executive and will take over the role in February of next year.

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Chance for lower teams to shine Matt Markham

With their premier counterparts sitting out for the weekend, there’s a good opportunity for Country Mid Canterbury’s other two tennis sides to steal a little limelight this weekend.

Mid Canterbury’s Premier team get the chance to enjoy a bye over the course of the weekend in Tennis Canterbury’s elite competition – something that team captain, Jack Tiller is pretty happy about.

After a string of tough losses, the chance to sit back and recharge and refocus is welcomed – and avoiding having to play on the grass courts is a bit of a bonus too.

“It’s come at a good time for us,” he said.

“Being a reasonably tall team of players, the grass courts aren’t really suited to our style, so getting the bye this week is actually a good thing, I think.

Their bye means the attention over the course of the weekend can be turned to the Division One and Division Two sides, who are staring at completely differ-

ent scenarios as the Christmas break looms.

The Division One team are contesting for top spot in their competition and looking the goods to go deep into the season, but it’s been tough for the Division Two team, who are still searching for that elusive first win.

Both teams will be in action at Wilding Park tomorrow morning, with the Division One team taking on Edgeware as they look to maintain an unbeaten run for the season.

Second, just a few points off the top of the ladder – the side boasts some experienced heads including ten-time Gala Cup singles winner Rhys Cromie – and they’re showing what they can do away from the comfort of the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre and their local competitions with great aplomb.

For the Division Two team, it’s proving a little trickier though.

They will play against the third-ranked side in the competition, Burnside Park, today and be out to try and get their first win on the board.

There is no local interclub matches today in Ashburton due to the Mid Canterbury Junior Tennis Age Group Championships which got under way yesterday afternoon.

Right – Rhys Cromie is an important cog in the Division One side.

PHOTO LAURA BAGRIE 070321-LB-001

Ashburton Guardian Saturday, December 4, 2021

RESULTS ■■ Bowls

Allenton Bowling Club

Women’s Charene Trophy Sponsored by Heartland Bank: First: Sharyn Fowler, Barbara Tiffen, Lorraine Williams Ruth Gold 3 wins 15 ends 32 points. Second: Diane Gutberlet, Shirley Taylor, Alison Gibbs, Shirley Maw 3 wins 13 ends 28 points. Third: Rosie Croft, Annie May, Sonya Churton, Wendy Clucas 2 wins 1 Draw 18 ends 26 Points. Fourth: Rosemary Bennett, W Watson, N Blackwell, S Doig 2 Wins 1 Draw 15 Ends 38 points. Upcoming events this week: Sat 4th Combined Club Day, Sat 4th Centre Interclub Round 5 9.00 am, Sun 5th Methven Stuart Gordon Open 4s 9.00 am, Sun 5th REPS: Southern Quad - Men & Women, Tues 7th Ladies Club Day.

■■ Squash

Celtic Squash Club

Results from the finals night of the Celtic Squash Club’s spring league competition: Team Euro-Agri (Nick, James, Karen, Amy and Alex) were crowned the Spring League champions for 2021. Team Robbies Speedy Exhaust & Brake Shop managed to beat Team Kirsty Clay Property Brokers to avoid the wooden spoon/toilet seat.

Team Alps Continuous Spouting lost to Team NZ Farmers Livestock 7-9: Ben Kruger lost to Chris O’Reilly 1-2, Rob Giles lost to Shane Muckle 1-3, Ian Dolden lost to Nick McKain 1-2, Hayden Robinson beat Kate O’Reilly 3-0, Jacinda Ryan lost to Craig Henshilwood 1-2.

Team Pat Summerfield Electrical beat Team J&N Hedgecutting 7-6: Neil Keenan lost to Wouter Myburgh 0-3, Barry DeSitter beat James Bowker 3-0, Andre De Beer lost to Chrissie Stratford 1-2, Sarah Forbes beat Meagen Bell 3-1.

Team Kirsty Clay Property Brokers lost to Team Robbies Speedy Exhaust & Brake Shop 8-10: Chris Thompson beat Chris O’Reilly 2-1, Neil Keenan drew with Shane Muckle 2-2, Kirsty Clay drew with Jordy Hooper 2-2, Neil Thompson drew with Andre De Beer 2-2, Hollie Morgan lost to Kate Williams 0-3.

Team EuroAgri beat Team McCrea Paint & Decorators 13-2: Nick Marshall beat Paul Cousins 3-0, James McCloy beat Mick Hooper 3-1, Karen Nieman beat Donna Brown 2-1, Amy Muckle beat Nicky Dryland 2-1, Alex Forbes beat Tate Dryland 3-2.

■■ Tennis

Twilight Tennis

Round 9 – December 1 Famous Grouse 15 Hackers 18, Family Affair 15 We Are Stihl Suzuki 18, Late Comers 18 What’s The Score 15, Grand Slammers 15 Know Eye Deer 18, The Newbies 11 Tridents 22, MST 14, Donald’s Dux 19.

Team FKW claim local hoops glory Women’s basketball supremacy was found late last month when the Mid Canterbury Basketball Women’s A Grade season came to a close at the EA Networks Centre.

The season, which began back in October, saw six teams vying for bragging rights as the best senior female team in the district, and in the final wash-up it was Team FKW who led the way by winning the Grand Final.

They beat Bricklayers in the final night of play to claim the title.

As well as the Grand Final, Basketball Mid Canterbury also dished out a number of other awards to reflect both teams and also individual performances.

Barrine Ross from the Bricklayers was named season MVP, while Olivia Hood from the winning side was named the competition’s best defensive player.

Lily Williams picked up the award for the competition’s most improved, while the Basketbrawlers were named the most improved team for the season.

Mark Douglas with Barrine Ross, season MVP.

Lily Williams, most improved player, with Mark Douglas.

Left – Runners-up Bricklayers. Above – Grand Final winners FKW.

Olivia Hood, best defensive player, with Mark Douglas.

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RightonTrack Guardian racing

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Mid Canterbury’s horse and dog racing action

One Apollo ready for liftoff he should be with some good performances.

He heads to Addington tonight for a rare Saturday meeting off the back of a bold fourth at Orari last week in the slop, a performance that surprised even his trainer.

“I was thinking about scratching

Trotting Free-For-All during Cup Week behind Oscar Bonavena, One Matt Apollo heads to Addington for a lower-grade $15,000 trot tonight, Markham and with key rival American Pride scratched, it’s a prime opportunity for the gelding.

Gerard O’Reilly will be doing the A key scratching tonight at Addingdriving tonight. ton may have opened the He’s one of three door for a return to the He went really well and hit the line strong, horses White has enwinners’ circle for Mid so he’s definitely on the way up at the gaged tonight, with Canterbury trotter, One young trotter Sassy Apollo. moment Star and talented filly The Brent White-trained Better’s Tart also getfive-year-old has had an him to be honest,” White said. ting in the float for the trip up the in-and-out sort of 12 months on the “But he went really well and hit the road. track, with glimpses of his best form Better’s Tart looks a really strong and some indifferent stuff as well, line strong, so he’s definitely on the chance from a good draw in the last but has hinted in the past month that way up at the moment.”

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Leading local lights Addington – Saturday

Race 7 – One Apollo – Brent White Race 6 – Laver – Gerard O’Reilly* Race 7 – Time Up The Hill – Ricky May* Race 8 – Angel Of Montana – Stephen Anderson Race 9 – Better’s Tart – Brent White

Motukarara – Sunday

Race 6 – DD’s Super Stuart – Carl Markham Race 7 – Swift Guy – Kerry O’Reilly Race 8 – Little Gee – Leo O’Reilly* Race 10 – Maren Franco – Leo O’Reilly* Race 11 – Navara – Jason Ford *Denotes local driver

Today at Addington Raceway

R1 BOMBAY - GIN & TONIC MOBILE PACE $12,000 1980m 17:56 1 73336 Best Trio M J Williamson 2 Anything Goes Devon Van Til 3 x0064 Fascinate John Morrison T M Williams 4 983 Hikoi Hine 5 3x02 Joes Rock S R McNally K G Cameron 6 x0925 Opawa Louie 7 44 Ranger Rick Korbyn Newman B N Orange 8 802 Sir Monty 9 5x463 Cut N Run Mark Purdon R2 IRT. YOUR HORSE. OUR PASSION. MOBILE PACE $12,500 1980m 18:30 1 16304 Hiranya S J Ottley C J Dalgety 2 13712 Mitsi Gaynor 3 61290 Reggie Golightly G D O’Reilly J F Curtin 4 56565 Styx Sweetie 5 x6264 Cover Girl G D Smith John Morrison 6 60 Idealingold 7 34331 Snow Robyn T S Chmiel M J Williamson 8 99008 Oliver North 9 1x803 Major Memphis R D Close 10 58551 Southern Storm R T May 11 70930 The Terrorfier 12 34007 Lancewood Louie T M Williams

13 6x652 Franco Stefan B N Orange 14 1867 The Conqueror Olivia Thornley R3 BOMBAY - GIN SOUR TWO-YEAR-OLD MOBILE TROT $15,000 1980m 19:02 1 9 Sassy Star S R McNally 2 Paramount Empress Mark Purdon 3 Albizia R D Close S J Ottley 4 Hot To Trot 5 5x742 Brother Love G D Smith John Morrison 6 3x5 La Dama 7 1 Regal Sierra B N Orange 8 217 Minnie Mcgoogan M J Williamson R4 COMMERCIAL DOOR SERVICES HANDICAP TROT $15,000 2600m 19:30 1 20066 Cochy Malc B N Orange P J Davis 2 x9190 Overzealous 3 x0700 Andoverlov S J Ottley S J Ottley 4 54660 Escargo 5 63101 I Dream Of Jeannie 6 68471 The Dominator Craig D Thornley 7 7504 One Apollo G D O’Reilly 8 3x513 American Pride Mark Purdon R5 BOMBAY - TOM COLLINS PACE $12,500 2000m 19:55

1 1055 Nikol Franco John Morrison 2 34007 Lancewood Louie 3 1000 Takemybreathaway R L Houghton 4 88008 Hilarious Prince T M Williams 5 73240 Emma’s Boy G D O’Reilly 6 58551 Southern Storm 7 235x9 Don’t Write Me Off S R McNally 8 8822x Madame Frost R D Holmes 9 x4052 Motor Mouth J Herbert 10 3930x Le Pole Dancer P J Davis M J Williamson 11 x9650 Kusanova 12 14365 Boom R D Close 13 1768x Play Philly 14 5157x The Morning Star J F Curtin 15 32724 Angel Of Montana S J Ottley 16 2021 Selsey Bill B N Orange 17 1365x Woodlea Diego K M Cox 18 61222 Cyrus Mark Purdon R6 THE CROSSING - FASHION STARTS HERE MOBILE PACE $17,500 1980m 20:20 1 73561 Jack Ryan Ben Hope 2 15012 No Time Like Now B N Orange 3 1x214 Archman Korbyn Newman Olivia Thornley 4 x8512 Samhara 5 32234 Steel The Show T M Williams

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6 44683 Laver G D O’Reilly 7 0x011 It’s All About Faith Mark Purdon R7 GRANITE BENCHTOP COMPANY 3YO FILLIES MOBILE TROT $15,000 1980m 20:45 1 3x285 Harbour Queen G D O’Reilly S J Ottley 2 9x516 Murano 3 0x16x Light Of Da Moon R D Holmes 4 18x00 Aldebaran Floss S R McNally 5 2117x Time Up The Hill R T May 6 x1205 Wanna Play With Me T M Williams R8 HRS CONSTRUCTION HANDICAP TROT $12,500 2600m 21:10 1 43652 Idle Stuartia B N Orange John Morrison 2 31041 Boss Kenny 3 x9190 Overzealous P J Davis T M Williams 4 11x Repeat Pat 5 11x80 Blink N Bones B J Ford 6 20x12 Love N The Port M J Williamson 7 0 Sods Law J B Geddes 8 39425 Majestic Action G D Smith 9 51533 The Bloss B J Borcoskie Mark Purdon 10 6xl15 Regal Attire 11 22442 Show Me The Gray R D Close R9 FIRST DIRECT TAXIS MOBILE PACE $15,000 1980m

21:35 1 16x00 Off The Edge G D O’Reilly S R McNally 2 x4040 Better’s Tart 3 92013 Acento R D Holmes B N Orange 4 60x93 Tom Martin 5 4180 Fire Fox S J Ottley G D Smith 6 4x13 Smart Watch 7 89009 Taumata Vc J Herbert T M Williams 8 70710 Silk 9 87234 Dashing Major Korbyn Newman 10 x4321 Franco Mac Mark Purdon 11 57366 Eastwood Isabella R D Close 12 55900 Givemewhatineed P J Davis Matt Markham’s Addington Selections Race 1: Cut N Run, Ranger Rick, Anything Goes, Best Trio Race 2: Hiranya, Cover Girl, Franco Stefan, Mitsi Haynor Race 3: Paramount Empress, Regal Sierra, La Dama Race 4: American Pride, One Apollo, The Dominator, Overzealous Race 5: Cyrus, Play Philly, Boom, Angel Of Montana Race 6: Laver, It’s All About Faith, Samhara, Steel The Show Race 7: Time Up The Hill, Wanna Play With Me, Murano Race 8: Love N The Port, Regal Attire, Show Me The Gray Race 9: Better’s Tart, Smart Watch, Franco Mac, Dashing Major BEST BET: Hiranya (Race 2) VALUE: Better’s Tart (Race 9)

Tomorrow at Motukarara Raceway

R1 LINCOLN GOLDEN OLDIES MOBILE PACE $8000 2000m 12:05 1 0960x Canardly Remember Blair Wilmott C P Negus 2 7779 Mark Dunnett 3 7x783 Ruby’s A Delight G A Cook Sh Manawatu 4 82435 Jeremy Wells 5 96900 Flamboyant S Blake R A Reekie 6 4709 Shards Fury 7 7x308 The Go To Man Kevin Mcclintock A Fitzgerald 8 22331 Jenabella 9 21512 Moody River S P Murtha 10 10624 Senorita Margarita J-A Buckland-Stevens A N Edge 11 7409x Bolzano 12 80x90 Daggy Lamb J P Reardon B G White 13 21269 Wolfenstein R2 THE FAMOUS GROUSE TROT $9000 2170m 12:30 1 9x059 Nordic Prince C J Markham K G Cameron 2 28629 Show The Way 3 5 Tyron Arohanui J R Dunn I R Cameron 4 98436 Ginas Majesty 5 0 The Fiery Spirit K A Butt P J Wakelin 6 4x643 Musclynn 7 50x20 Far More Zealous P J Davis 8 78x4 Heavenly Strings Craig D Thornley 9 46 Lavra Segil Tom Bamford 10 7x002 Muzz M P Edmonds G D O’Reilly 11 x9x75 Moonlight Angel 12 9807 Kahntdoitalone S R McNally Scott Iremonger 13 Ruthless Lizzie 14 4x Belisma R H Jenkins B F Crothers 15 900 Rose Isle 16 8504 Magnifique Dimanche K M Cox L F O’Reilly 17 x8qx4 Mentalist 18 95790 Galleons Ambassador John Morrison R3 CLUBS NZ FAMILY RACE DAY 22 JAN MOBILE PACE $9,000 2000m 12:55 1 64764 Fly Lika Falcon J D Harrington C J Markham 2 800x0 Ars Gratia Artis 3 x3306 Lochart Shard J W Cox J F Curtin 4 02x58 Melando Chief 5 3 Johnny Nevits T M Williams M J Williamson 6 507x Atomic Traveller 7 Mister Blue Sky J R Dunn

4 56642 DD’s Super Stuart J D Markham 5 3100x Classic Call 6 44x06 Global Flight R H Jenkins T M Williams 7 5x682 Trixton Time 8 8980 Bourbon On The Rocks J P Versteeg 9 32703 Bryan Boru J R Dunn Kerryn Tomlinson 10 40350 Zsahara 11 47747 Shiffty 12 39055 Tres Magnifique Craig D Thornley 13 x2543 Regal Appointment G D Smith G D O’Reilly 14 7x008 Ideal Invasion 15 97x60 Merlot Leonie Newton 16 x0000 This Time Gamble R J Butt P J Wakelin 17 x9085 Ready I Am 18 9200 South Park John Morrison R7 CAVALIER TROTTING PRODUCTS PACE $9000 2170m 14:35 1 x7634 Somedreamsomewhere T M Williams R T May 2 44393 Major Arma 3 78343 Cute Art M J Williamson B Weaver 4 6 Rocketman 5 49x40 Charnui A L Lethaby R5 ROB HARNEISS THELMA MEMORIAL MOBILE 6 R D Close 5 Don’t Bring Lulu PACE $10,000 2000m 13:45 7 4 Let’s Go Ringo Jo Herbert 1 40587 Manzini Gemma Thornley 8 My Ultimate Johnny G D Smith 2 75 Sheza Manipulator M P Edmonds 9 3 Jimmyray John Morrison 3 8x050 Kali B J R Dunn 10 2 Swift Guy L F O’Reilly Korbyn Newman 11 4 34 Kayser R D Holmes Honey Favourite 5 6x549 Millwood Indie T M Williams 12 725 Bono Brown Kerryn Tomlinson B N Orange 6 694x4 Get Back C J Markham 13 800x0 Ars Gratia Artis 7 8 Sports Queen G D O’Reilly 14 4323x Watching Our Coin M P Edmonds Wilson House 8 24 Joanie Magic Craig D Thornley 15 808 Webs Reactor 9 x67x8 Emma’s Girl Craig D Thornley R8 BRIAN HUMM CONTRACTING MOBILE PACE 10 89x67 Lunar Legend R D Close $9000 2000m 15:04 K M Cox 11 62 Watch Me 1 9x70x Ride In A Concorde Nathan Delany 12 25 Chambray Olivia Thornley 2 x4057 The Artful Dodger R T May R D Holmes 13 5930 Cheekygrin 3 6874 Songbird S J Ottley 14 000x0 Amarla G D O’Reilly 4 90030 Sister’s Delight R6 PERFECT PACKAGING LTD TROT $9000 2170m 5 21876 Little Gee L F O’Reilly 14:10 Korbyn Newman 6 9000 Aveross Rustler 1 158x8 Aldebaran Heather M J Williamson 7 84586 Refine Alana Cameron 2 0x310 Love Rose B N Orange 8 58551 Southern Storm 3 23529 Make My Sundon S J Ottley 9 52345 Krystal Delight Ben Hope 8 x5093 Rock’n Kiwi 9 6047 Mikis Shineing Star Sarah O’Reilly 10 Hutasa 11 Whiskey Cavalier K G Cameron 12 62897 All Together Now John Morrison 13 3x Bender R D Close R4 TEMPS BAR SUPPORTS MOT’ WORKOUTS MOBILE PACE $9000 2000m 13:20 1 5769 Mr Asia Craig D Thornley 2 90800 Sheelasinleague Kerryn Tomlinson 3 70903 Beeps L F O’Reilly R D Holmes 4 60817 Prodigal Son 5 96595 Evidently J F Curtin B N Orange 6 x9626 Magic Sign 7 31840 Expressive Love Sh Tomlinson J W Cox 8 054q0 Kennedy 9 46001 Times Are A Changin R D Close Ben Hope 10 59617 Morries Girl Korbyn Newman 11 44164 Rollyarrrz 12 49928 Journo J R Dunn M J Williamson 13 x2149 It’s A Shawthing

4 7x008 Ideal Invasion G D O’Reilly R T May 5 3784 Girls Let Loose 6 734 Madeleine Stowe P J Davis 7 70405 Beyond The Horizon J W Smith John Morrison 8 45806 Take After Me 9 8505 Navara Jason Ford J F Curtin 10 66080 Mikemaro 11 76202 Royal Pride Sam Thornley T M Williams 12 18920 Martha Stuart 13 3x064 Monrika S R McNally Craig D Thornley 14 43652 Idle Stuartia 15 x0000 This Time Gamble R J Butt 16 06x09 Kowhai Sundown J R Dunn 17 101 Majestical R12 TOWNSEND SEEDS MOBILE PACE $9000 2000m 16:55 1 1563x Reflectionsofmylife John Morrison 2 x5908 Not Really Blonde P J Davis 3 9790x Not Over Sheree Tomlinson Wilson House 4 59698 Smokin Annie 5 64130 Stephs Boy B N Orange K M Cox 6 426x8 Spot On 7 34140 Where’s Daddy T M Williams Ben Hope 8 2360x Smiffy’s Terror R10 HAASE MARSHALL DRAINAGE MOBILE PACE 9 1017 Chal Be R D Close $9000 2000m 15:57 K G Cameron 10 x9000 Dixie Reign 1 568x4 Elo Louise K G Cameron 11 98973 High Flying Harry J R Dunn 2 0x002 Glen Elgin Tomson B N Orange 12 x0008 Teds Legacy M P Edmonds 3 61090 Better Fly J R Dunn 13 55900 Givemewhatineed P J Davis G D Smith 4 63010 Classey Robin Matt Markham’s Akaroa Selections 5 7777 I’ll Write The Story Craig D Thornley Race 1: Jenabella, Wolfenstein, Ruby’s A Delight, The Go To Man L F O’Reilly 6 x4728 Maren Franco Race 2: Mentalist, Tyron Arohanui, Show The Way, Musclynn 7 0x234 Wavethebill R T May Race 3: Lochart Shard, Johnny Nevits, Bender, Hutasa S J Ottley 8 22600 Immer Besser Race 4: It’s A Shawthing, Magic Sign, Expressive Love, Journo 9 25374 Arden’s Sweetheart J F Curtin Race 5: Chambray, Get Back, Watch Me, Millwood Indie 10 40x00 Star Reactor Gemma Thornley Race 6: Make My Sundon, DD’s Super Stuart, Bryan Boru Sheree Tomlinson Race 7: Swift Guy, Jimmyray, Major Arma, Somedreamsomewhere 11 0160x Don’t Quote Me 12 29x00 Pialligo Korbyn Newman Race 8: Little Gee, Songbird, My Mate Ben, Southern Storm R11 CLINT FORD CONTRACTING TROT $9000 2170m Race 9: Rivereed, Kiss The Girls, Above N Beyond, Katherine Race 10: Maren Franco, Wavethebill, Glen Elgin Tomsone 16:22 Race 11: Royal Pride, Prince Teka, Navara, Girls Let Loose 1 90153 Sally Lindenny Race 12: Smiffy’s Terror, Stephs Boy, Not Really Blonde K G Cameron 2 92134 Prince Teka BEST BET: Chambray (R5) VALUE: It’s A Shawthing (R4) 3 63157 Bright Glow I R Cameron T M Williams 10 8000x Cheapcheap 11 36898 My Mate Ben R D Close Kerryn Tomlinson 12 80899 Honour Scroll R9 CABINS 2U NZ AKAROA CUP (HANDICAP PACE) $15,000 2810m 15:32 1 13185 Kiwi X Factor G D Smith S J Ottley 2 67361 Lulu Le Mans 3 20250 Bettor Believe It Craig D Thornley R T May 4 0x000 Just Holla 5 916 Katherine J J A Young-Grant Mark Purdon 6 16532 Riveered 7 740x1 Sam’s Town Korbyn Newman 8 26453 Got You Covered T M Williams 9 621x0 Frankie Jones G D O’Reilly John Morrison 10 43x99 Manjimup Sarah O’Reilly 11 5025 Buckskin 12 7x506 Gilligans Island B N Orange D J White 13 x2417 Kiss The Girls 14 x4541 Above N Beyond J R Dunn Ben Hope 15 66705 Homebush Lad 16 4831 Corravally Star Sam Thornley J F Curtin 17 8666x Kruizr 18 67805 Cheezel R D Close

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): You’ll hit it off with new people.

Don’t be afraid to be the first to call and establish a relationship beyond the original circumstance that brought you together.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): Treat your mind by feeding it the stories and equations, art and movement that gets the mental wheels whirring. Your receptive synapses will spark with brilliant ideas.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You’ll likely bear witness to graciousness and good manners, but if you don’t see such behaviour, it’s a signal to start the cycle. One good-hearted action will ripple out to the whole world.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): How you get things done will be more important than what you get done.

Approaching mundane tasks with great and fanciful gusto is so you – shine on!

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Everyone wants to feel better and there won’t be a lot of consensus as to how it’s best accomplished. Today will bring new things to try and you’ll have fun experimenting to find out what’s best for you.

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): The moment is with you everywhere. It’s a portable power source. By trying to run on your own power, you run your battery down needlessly. But when you plug into the moment, you are supercharged.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Everything you do bears your signature, so there is no such thing as an anonymous act. Even when you go undetected by others, the witness inside you keeps very thorough notes.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Because of your excellent relationship with yourself, you’re able to have satisfying friendships with others.

Whatever you do that brings you joy is for them, too, even if they aren’t there with you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): You’ve a gift for seeing the potential in things and getting excited about their development. It’s not that you want them to be otherwise though. Every stage has beauty in it. Don’t push or rush to results.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): You don’t have to go anywhere exotic to find beauty and, in fact, you don’t have to go anywhere at all.

Because you’ve learned to see that beauty is everywhere.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Giving advice is a kind of pleasure. So, to ask for advice is to give a gift. Older family members will be especially deserving of this kindness from you today.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): You become quite aware of the energy flow – who adds to it, who sucks from it, and how things tend to unfold depending on who gets involved. Think of this as good data. Collect it and refrain from judgment.

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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

MID CANTERBURY CONNECTOR COMMUNITY TRANSPORT SERVICE •

Need to get into Ashburton Township from around the District?

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Got no transport? Don’t drive any-more?

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Phone 03 928 8164 to book a seat on the Mid Canterbury Connector

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Service operates Monday to Friday between 9am and 4.30pm, on demand for you

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Reasonable fares

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Last day for the service in 2021 is 22nd December and first day back in 2022 is Monday 17th January

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.

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.

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

SITUATIONS VACANT

To apply, email chris@redmonds.co.nz

Maintenance Person Part Time

Store Manager

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

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

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

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 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

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; • •

ASHBURTON Home Delivery Contractor

• • •

The Christchurch Press is looking for a suitable person to deliver our newspapers in the Ashburton Town area.

You will also be delivering The Ashburton Guardian three times a week.

We are looking for someone that enjoys early morning work, are reliable, has a current drivers licence, capable of keeping accurate records and a customer focussed attitude.

This position is six days a week, Monday to Saturday, and would suit someone living in the local area.

Deliveries are to be completed by 6.30am.

If you think this might be for you and you require more information please contact distribution@stuff.co.nz Warren Riley Distribution Team Leader - Southern Region distribution@stuff.co.nz (021) 944 865

Honest. Trustworthy. Local.

Honest.

Honest. Trustworthy.

Trustworthy. Local.

Local.

Call Call me me Call me for all for for all all your your your real real real estate estate estate needs needs needs Mick Hydes Mick MickHydes Hydes

027 437 9696 027437 4379696 9696 027 mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz mick.hydes@bayleys.co.nz

WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS,

LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008 WHALAN AND PARTNERS LTD, BAYLEYS, LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008 LICENSED UNDER THE REA ACT 2008

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Learning Support Assistant – Te Whare Manaaki (SLSU) 3 Positions The role of the Learning Support Assistant is to support (both educational and personal cares) of students with high to very high learning and physical needs.

The successful applicants would ideally have a passion for, or experience in, working with high needs students as part of a team, a willingness to positively work in a variety of settings, using a range of learning support methods to remove barriers to learning, and celebrate the successes of these students.

This is a fixed-term, term-time only position for the 2022 secondary school year,for commencement 1 February 2022.

Hours: 17 hours per week, to be confirmed with the successful applicants.

Employment is under the Support Staff in School’s Collective Agreement, Grade B. Initial payment step commensurate with experience.

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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; 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.

Applications close noon, Monday 13 December 2021 Information package enquiries and applications please contact Jodee Ross, Principal’s Secretary Phone (03) 308 4193 ext 809 Email: rj@ashcoll.school.nz Ref: TWM22

Guardian Situations Vacant

307 7900

Buying or selling a vehicle?

Call the Guardian today for your motoring advertising requirements.

307 7900

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

HOUSE WANTED ASHBURTON! One six bedroom property or two three bedroom properties and one four bedroom property Long-term lease with great tenants.

Contact Nicolee at the Refugee Settlement Support Service E: nicolee.ayton@ safermidcanterbury. org.nz M: 027 236 1114

ADULT ENTERTAINMENT NEW Asian, hot and sexy, friendly, busty dd. Good massage and good service with no rush. Please phone 021 0904 0157.

CHURCH SERVICES

“Transforming

“Transforming Lives through Lives through Gospel Power”

Gospel Power” 63 Princes Street Two services 10.30am 9:30 and 11:00 am are Welcome 63You Princess Street Rev. David Bayne AllPhWelcome 307 7355

Easter Sunday Service

Rev. David Bayne Ph 307 7355

FOR SALE ASHBURTON SOCIETY OF ARTS. Christmas Show Opens Sunday 21 November to Sunday 12 December. 11am-4pm, other days when the sign is out.

Private viewing Ngaio 308 4533. Short Street Studio.

GARAGE SALES COLLECTING NOW for Ashburton Pakeke Lions Charity Market, January 2022. Quality second hand furniture, household, garden and workshop items. No TV’s or computers. Phone John 307 6229, Dave 307 4349, Clarrie 308 9629.

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.

SATURDAY 4 and Sunday 5 December. 9am-1pm.

Manse Place off Manse Street. New and used ladies lingerie, tops and pants. All $10. New baby gift packs and knitwear, soft toys, Christmas lights and decorations, stereo, household items and lots more.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, December 4, 2021

SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Rural Content Editor

West Farms Refugee and Migrant Post Settlement Support Worker Safer Mid Canterbury Offices, Ashburton 16 hours per week

CASUAL HARVEST STAFF

West Farms is a 900ha cropping farm in Mid Canterbury, Ashburton.

We are fully irrigated growing a variety of crops including Cereals, Ryegrasses, Peas and Potatoes.

We are looking for extra casual staff to assist with intake in our busy yard and some field duties over the busy harvest period from midJanuary until the end of March 2022.

General duties would include but are not limited to: •

Operating Tractors, including auger placement into silos

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Unloading trucks – boxing off seed for storage

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General yard duties – recording intake and forklift work in storage sheds.

You will need to have some experience with tractors/machinery, but consideration will be given to the right applicant with a great attitude and keenness to learn. A minimum of a full driver’s licence is required.

Be a team player who shows initiative and can work alongside others or individually. Tidy appearance and safety conscious with reliability, as the hours may vary and there will be some weekend work required when it’s all go!

We can offer a competitive renumeration package, an excellent safety record and a happy team environment.

Accommodation is available if required.

Please reply via email to janine@westgroup.nz with two relevant work references.

Guardian Real Estate

307 7900

Safer Mid Canterbury Ashburton, is seeking a Refugee and Migrant Post Settlement Support Worker to support newly settled refugee families into the Ashburton Community. We are wanting someone who is looking for a challenging and rewarding role organising events and activities with newly settled families, to help encourage and grow social connections with their local region and community. We are looking for someone who enjoys being social and having fun, likes engaging with people from diverse cultures and can work both collaboratively and independently. Our service is currently assisting in the settlement of former refugees from Afghanistan.

The person applying for this job must have relevant experience and/or training in a field that furnishes them with the skills and experience needed for a position of this type.

We are looking for candidates with the following key attributes: • • • • • • • • • • • •

Applications close Monday 20th December For further question’s please contact Ani Koperu on 03 308 1395

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Ability to relate with and support people from different cultural backgrounds.

A good understanding of relevant social services and agencies.

Understanding of confidentiality and privacy act practices.

Knowledge and experience working with children, youth and families.

Computer skills, including Excel and Word Excellent time management and organisational skills Hold a current motor vehicle driver’s license and willing to travel to fulfil job requirements Live and work in the Ashburton region Empathy with humanitarian causes Enthusiasm and commitment to work collaboratively with others.

Ability to use initiative and work independently.

High degree of cultural competency

2021

food and drinks. North end of West Street car park Ashburton.

9am-3pm ASHBURTON AVIATION MUSEUM. Static displays with collections of up to 30 aircraft and memorabilia.

Ashburton Airport. Seafield Road.

10am-12pm ASHBURTON VINTAGE CAR CLUB. Museum and parts shed open. 86 Maronan Road. Tinwald.

10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE ENCOUNTER AND THE ART GALLERY. Open for viewing. Mt Hutt Memorial

Hall. 160 Main Street Methven.

10am - 4pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Association croquet. Singles and doubles, the domain, Philip Street.

10.30am - 3.30pm ASHBURTON EMBROIDERERS’GUILD. Meet on the 1st Saturday of the month at the Seniors Centre, 206 Cameron Street.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet, drawn Pairs. The domain, Philip Street.

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 5

Morning worship service led by Rev Eric Mattock, all welcome. Covid protocols will be in place. Sinclair Centre. Park Street.

10am ST ANDREW’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Thomson Street.

Tinwald.

10am HAKATERE PRESBYTERIAN PARISH. Morning worship and communion at Oxford street led by Rev Johanna Warren. Note; My Vaccine pass mandatory from 19 December 2021.

65 Oxford Street.

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

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

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

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

1.15pm WAIREKA CROQUET CLUB. Golf Croquet. Casual games. The domain, Philip Street.

4pm ASHBURTON STROLLERS CLUB. Christmas barbeque, phone Jenny 308 6862. Alford Forest Hall.

MONDAY, DECEMBER 6

ENCOUNTER AND THE ART 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 Mondays and Fridays. Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

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

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

6pm ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Circuit training in the hall, 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

7pm-9.30pm R AND R LINEDANCING ASHBURTON. Upper Improvers/intermediate weekly line dance classes. Balmoral Hall, 240 Cameron Street.

7.30am RUN AND WALK ASHBURTON. Meet outside frontrunner, Moore Street, runners and walkers, all fitness levels welcome. Coffee and chat at Columbus Cafe afterwards.

9am - 12pm CRAFT MARKET. Plants, woodwork, toys and much more weekly. West Street carpark.

9am - 12.30pm ASHBURTON DISTRICT FARMERS MARKET. Support local stall holders selling local fresh produce, plants, hot

8am ST STEPHEN’S ANGLICAN CHURCH. Holy Communion. Park Street.

9am - 1pm METHVEN LOCAL CRAFT AND PRODUCE MARKET. Held the first Sunday of each month.

Methven Resort. Main Street.

Methven.

9.30am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Worship Service led by Rev Henry Mbambo. 48 Allens Road. Allenton.

10am ST ANDREW’S PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

6am ST DAVID’S UNION CHURCH. Circuit training in the hall. 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

10am AGE CONCERN ASHBURTON, 206 CLUB. Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

Enquiries to 308 6817.

10am-4pm NZ ALPINE AND AGRICULTURE

UAL N N A ERAL GEN

The Ashburton Guardian, in association with NZ on Air, has an exciting unique new role for a reporter with a passion for agricultural issues and cultural engagement. The hours are fulltime for two years.

Your focus would be covering farming issues in the wider Mid Canterbury region, supplying copy, photographs and, from time to time, video. There would be a strong requirement to provide content on our ethnic rural and farming communities to get total engagement and community involvement in such a key industry for the region.

You would provide copy for the Guardian, which is published Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Plus, and importantly, you would also manage and deliver all necessary content for our very successful Guardian Farming publication, which is published monthly.

You would report to the Ashburton Guardian’s managing editor. The successful candidate would have most, if not all, of the following attributes: • Understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti o Waitangi and some knowledge of Te Reo Maori • Self-motivation with a strong work ethic • An ability to generate stories and meet deadlines • A record of producing lead stories • The ability to take compelling news and feature photos • A passion for informing the community • Full NZ driver’s licence In return the role offers a very competitive salary and there could be some flexibility for the location of the right candidate, though there would be an expectation to work out of the Ashburton office at some stage each week.

Informal inquiries about the role are welcome and should be directed to: daryl.h@theguardian.co.nz To apply please submit your cover letter, CV and work examples by Friday, December 10, 2021.

Please note you must have the right to work in New Zealand to apply for this role.

To advertise in AGM phone Classifieds 03 307 7900

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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DEATHS

YOUR ONLY LOCALLY AND FAMILY OWNED Canterbury owned, locally operated

Patersons Funeral Services and Ashburton Crematorium Ltd

Jo Metcalf

Angus Couper

Happy 8th birthday Angus.

Lots of Love from Nana, Grandad, Aunty Anna, Uncle Jon, Libby and Greta. xxx .

Happy 8th birthday for tomorrow Angus Lots of love Mum, Dad, Jackson and Hadley x

WEEKEND SERVICES

CURREY, Peter John – At home in Ashburton, on December 1, 2021. Aged 81 years. Loved father of Peter; Nikki; Debbie and their partners and a loved grandad and great-grandad.

Messages to, the Currey Family, c/- PO Box 6035, Ashburton 7742. A private service for Peter will be held.

McCORMICK, Hamish Malcolm Argyle – On December 2, 2021 peacefully. In his 98th year.

Dearly loved husband of the late Enid. Much loved dad of Gordon, Duncan, Catherine, and the late Fergus. Loved grandad of James, Charles, Annabel, Harry, and Lily, and a great grandad of his great grandchildren. Messages to the McCormick family PO Box 472 Ashburton 7740. A service to celebrate Hamish’s life will be held at “Manaton” 230 Montalto Road, Montalto on Wednesday, December 8 commencing at 11am followed by private cremation at the Ashburton Crematorium. “At the family’s request, Vaccine Passes will be required”.

GREASLEY, Joyce – Passed away at Christchurch Hospital on November 25, 2021. Although ill, it was MASTER MONUMENTAL MASON unexpected. Sorry Cathrine, lost your number. Thank you E.B. CARTER LTD to the people of Rakaia for For all your memorial the last 29 years. Randell.

Ph 307 7433

Birthday Greetings

Angus Couper

DEATHS

Office and Chapel Corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton

18-22 Moore Street, Ashburton | 0800 263 6679 027 637 1229 | www.memoryfunerals.nz

Birthday Greetings

DEATHS

requirements New headstones and designs Renovations, Additional inscriptions, Cleaning and Concrete work Carried out by qualified tradesmen.

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

ENGAGEMENTS REITH – DYMOND Grant and Anthea Reith of Winslow, Ashburton are delighted to announce the engagement of their daughter Rebecca Jane to Fraser William, son of Brett and Sue Dymond of Masterton.

Please respect any COVID-19 restrictions or requirements

MEDICAL SERVICES

HELPLINE SERVICES COMMUNITY SERVICES

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

Healthline is a free health advice service.

For all other medical assistance outside of normal hours, please phone your General Practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give you free health advice on what to do or where to go if you need urgent care.

If you don’t have a regular General Practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free telephone health advice.

DUTY DOCTORS Ashburton Health First, 308 Havelock Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice Saturday until 8am Sunday. To make an appointment call your regular GP. Eastfield Health, 135 Tancred Street, Ashburton, will be the duty practice for Sunday until 8am Monday. To make an appointment call your regular GP. Emergency phone until 8am Monday: 0800 700 155 Please bring your Community Services Card. All non New Zealanders should bring their passport with them, New

Zealanders should bring some form of ID.

Methven & Rakaia Area For weekend and emergency services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Centre on 303 5002 for details on how to access the after-hours service each weekend.

Pharmacies Wises Pharmacy, Countdown Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am - 1pm Sunday.

Ashburton Rest Homes

It operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

The toll-free number to call is 0800 611 116.

Healthline is staffed by registered nurses who are trained to assess health problems and offer advice over the phone. The service is free and confidential.

Alcoholics Anonymous Call 0800 AA WORKS (0800 229 6757) or visit www.aa.org.nz for more information.

Mental Health - Call free on 0800 222 955. Ask for the Crisis Team.

Safe Care - 24hr Rape and Sexual Assault

Crisis Support. Phone 03 364 8791

Victims Support Group

Please contact directly for hours.

24hr - Freephone 0800 VICTIM (0800 842 846).

Direct dials to a volunteer.

Emergency Dentist If you do not have or cannot contact your regular dentist, please phone 027 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

Ashburton Office - 307 8409 week-days, 9am - 2pm, outside of these hours leave a message.

Alcohol Drug Help Line Call us free on (0800 787 797).

Lines open 10am - 10pm seven days.

Ashburton Weather

Saturday: Often cloudy. A few light showers possible. Light winds.

Midnight Saturday

Canterbury Plains

© Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2021

MAX

27 MIN 16

Saturday: Mostly cloudy. Isolated showers.

Northerlies.

Sunday: High cloud with a few spots of rain becoming widespread in the afternoon. Northerlies, strong in exposed places, changing strong southerly in the afternoon.

Monday: Rain easing in the morning and becoming confined to the foothills in the afternoon. Winds tend southeast and dying out.

A high centred southeast of the Chatham Islands, directs a northerly flow over the country. The high gradually drifts further east on Saturday, while a number of weak frontal features affect the country. A trough, preceded by strong northwesterlies moves onto the South Island on Sunday and the North Island on Monday. A cold front brushes the lower South Island early on Monday, followed by strong southerlies and a ridge.

SUN PROTECTION ALERT PROTECTION REQUIRED

Even on cloudy days

Data provided by NIWA

: 30 9 : 10 am – 5 pm

Around The Region Saturday

Christchurch Darfield Lake Coleridge Methven Rakaia Timaru

27 24 23 24 24 24

17 17 14 17 17 14

Sunday

28 9 25 8 22 5 25 8 25 10 26 8

Monday

16 14 13 13 13 15

7 7 4 6 6 7

Art Gallery

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 308 1133.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

Ashburton Museum

327 West Street, Ashburton, phone 307 7890.

Open daily: 10am – 4pm.

Ashburton Public Library

Havelock Street. Ph 308 7192. Saturday: 10am - 1pm.

Sunday: 1pm - 4pm.

EA Networks Centre - Pools

20 River Terrace - phone 03 308 4020. WEEKEND HOURS: Sat and Sun 7am - 7pm. Public holidays 10am - 5pm.

Information Centre

Methven - Saturday and public holidays 10am until 2.30pm. Phone 302 8955 or isite@ midcanterburynz.com

ANIMAL SERVICES Dog, Stock & Noise Control

Ashburton District Council 03 307 7700 - 24hr service.

Animal Welfare Centre

All enquiries - phone 308 4432 or 027 3329286.

Veterinarians

WEEKEND EMERGENCIES Please call your usual vet to be transferred to the emergency vet.

Sunday: A few spots of rain becoming widespread in the afternoon. N, strong in exposed places, strong S afternoon.

MAX

Canterbury High Country

27 MIN 8

Saturday Mountain weather hazard: Wind.

Mostly cloudy. Showers, but rain near the divide, possibly heavy.

Wind at 1000m: NW 40 km/h.

Wind at 2000m: NW 40 km/h, rising to gale 65 km/h in the afternoon and to gale 80 km/h in the evening.

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

Sunday Mountain weather hazards: Snow, Wind, Wind Chill.

Rain, possibly heavy about the divide, and scattered rain becoming widespread in the east. Snow lowering to 1000m.

Wind at 1000m: NW rising to severe gale 90 km/h in exposed places. Changing S 50 km/h in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: NW rising to severe gale 90 km/h in exposed places.

Freezing level: Above 3000m, lowering to 1400m in the south at night.

For the very latest weather information, including Weather Warnings, visit

metservice.com

Monday: Rain easing in the morning and becoming clearing in the afternoon. Winds tend southeast and dying out.

MAX

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

Ashburton Airport 23.8 13.8 13.8 0.4 0.4 NE 26 3:12pm 0.9 0.9

Methven 22.2 11.6 – – – – – – –

Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 19.8 21.6 14.7 13.6 14.2 – 0.4 0.6 1.2 1.2 E 35 N 22 12:20pm 2:17pm 0.0 – 3.1 –

Tides, Sun and Moon Saturday

15 MIN 6

Sunday

Monday

Ashburton H 4:02am 4:26pm 4:57am 5:20pm 5:53am 6:16pm Mouth L 10:16am 10:36pm 11:12am 11:33pm 12:09pm Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

H 4:00am L 10:18am H 3:46am L 10:00am

new Dec 4

4:21pm 4:57am 5:19pm 5:54am 6:18pm 10:38pm 11:15am 11:36pm 12:12pm 4:10pm 4:41am 5:04pm 5:37am 6:00pm 10:20pm 10:56am 11:17pm 11:53am

5:43am 9:04pm

5:43am 9:05pm

5:43am 9:06pm

5:17am 9:03pm

6:01am 10:21pm

6:57am 11:30pm

first qtr Dec 11

full Dec 19

last qtr Dec 27

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, December 4, 2021

Terrace Downs Resort is a premier destination for luxury getaways, golf, weddings and corporate events alike. Based at the foothills of the Southern Alps, there are few scenic alpine golf courses around the world like it.

Enjoy a relaxed taste of the High Country at The Clubhouse restaurant, with all-day dining options and views over the golf course to Mt Hutt.

A CPG Hotels property, Terrace Downs Resort offers a range of self-contained villa accommodation, an onsite restaurant and bar and complimentary wifi.

Terrace Downs Resort 623 Coleridge Rd, Windwhistle 7572 P 03 318 6943 E reservations@terracedownsresort.com W terracedowns.co.nz