Ashburton Guardian

JAN 29 2022

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GUARDIAN Rental demand explodes

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Local real estate agents are blaming a growing demand and decreasing supply as the culprits for an increasingly cut-throat Ashburton rental market.

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SHOP smart SHOP loca Treasure to be found in Aladdin’s Cave

Aladdin’s Cave owners Gareth and Patricia Ferrand operate a true treasure trove in Rakaia.

Lili Haydon Local icons Gareth and Patricia Ferrand own a small treasure trove opposite the railway tracks in Rakaia.

The couple have owned and managed Aladdin’s Cave second-hand store for five years and counting.

And before that they had Magpie in Dunsandel.

The difference between the two businesses has been “how much stuff is donated”.

Gareth said Aladdin’s Cave is, “more like an op-shop now than a second-hand shop”.

It was due to how much they are donated at their dropbox on the side of the building.

The only thing they don’t want is large furniture due to the space they have.

The couple have been living in Rakaia for the past 20 years.

“It’s a nice feeling when you leave the traffic lights (in Christchurch),” Gareth said.

The couple, along with Thomas, the next door neighbour’s cat, run the show.

“People come in and they love it,” Patricia said.

And these school holidays have been no exception.

“It’s been full on,” Patricia said.

Since the shop is situated on Thompsons Track, people travel through from Methven or Geraldine, and always make sure they pop in.

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“We like helping people and sell (things) on for cheap.

“If there is ever an epidemic, it’s essential that you get to know people. If you go to [a large corporate supermarket] you are just another figure.”

Prices start from a few dollars and go upwards.

“Some people just come in for a chat. I pray for people to find what they need,” Patricia said.

The couple’s mutual passion for second-hand treasures was the reason they met in the first place.

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pects, a second-hand store in Christchurch, Patricia was on the other side of the desk.

“Patricia started coming in (and buying things) and it just worked,” Gareth said.

Aladdin’s Cave is filled with shoes, clothes, bedding, books, kitchen appliances and other nick-nacks.

One example was a pair of R.M Williams’ boots in good condition, which retail for around $700 new, sold during the interview for $12.

The place is true to its name.

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Good things come in little places Lili Haydon Sue Morren opened Little Red Cafe in Rakaia a few months prior to the first Covid-19 lockdown.

“I have always been in hospo – since I was 16,” Sue said.

After secondary school, Sue qualified as a chef and has since managed Salmon Tales Cafe in Rakaia and the Macaroon Cafe in Hinds.

Sue and her husband John have been a part of the Rakaia community for the past nine years along with their “fur babies”, Belle the dog, and Meg the cat.

Belle is actually a rescue dog which the couple adopted after she was discovered dumped at the Rakaia River nine years ago.

Sue’s decision to open her own business came when Jenny Baler, owner of the building, decided to downsize her giftware shop in September, 2019, providing the ideal spot for a little cafe.

Then last September, Sue also took over the giftware section as well as running the cafe.

She’s keeping that local too.

“All products are New Zealand made,” Sue said.

However, she hasn’t bitten off more than she can chew.

“Being small has worked really well.

“Ninety per cent of the time, it’s just me, but on the weekends John comes and helps out.”

Little Red Cafe can seat up to 30 people.

John has used his Kiwi ingenuity and has turned an old bike pedal into a weapon against Covid-19.

On the inside of the door is a pedal which is used to open to door.

“You don’t even have to touch the door this way,” John said.

The Morrens’ cafe caters for the locals, they said, and it is mostly supported by the locals working in the town centre.

The best thing is “knowing what people will order and it’s already done by the time they ar-

Sue Morren has been operating the Little Red Cafe in Rakaia since 2020. rive,” Sue said.

She gets people calling ahead for their coffee orders most days.

And then there is her most popular bite to eat with the café

famous for its homemade sausage rolls.

When Sue isn’t making them, she is making a roast each month and delivering them to the elder-

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ly community within the Rakaia township.

Sue’s other passion is her 1956 art deco house which the couple purchased three years ago.

“The first lockdown was good because it gave us time to work on it, ” Sue said.

And the best thing is, there is heaps of room for the fur babies.

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Rental demand through roof Jonathan Leask A high demand and low supply is creating a cut-throat Ashburton rental market.

Real estate agents say that the booming housing market is seeing rental properties being snapped up by new resident buyers, decreasing the available stock for a growing list of wouldbe renters.

Harcourts Ashburton business owner, Tammy McDougall said a lot of vendors were looking to make the most of the current market prices and offloading their investment rental properties.

She said that around “80 to 90 per cent of their sales were currently to buyers from outside the district looking to relocate for the lifestyle”.

It is causing a vacuum as the number of rentals disappear off the market.

“There definitely is a growing demand and a decreasing supply,” McDougall said.

“We are filling empty rentals as fast as they come up and often they aren’t even being advertised as we already have a waiting list.

“I don’t know what the answer is.”

Bayleys Mid Canterbury property manager JJ Gilbert said that she too was seeing rental properties across the district going on the market and purchased

Current demand for rental properties in Ashburton is well in excess of supply. to be lived in, with a majority of buyers looking to migrate from larger urban centres.

“It’s definitely a case of high demand and not enough rentals,” Gilbert said.

“A number of rental owners are selling up at the moment and these properties are being bought to be lived in which is forcing the tenants to search for somewhere new.

“Unfortunately that demand is also driving up rental prices.”

A property owner, who asked to remain anonymous, said with an impending move to Christchurch they advertised their home as a rental at midday on Sunday and they were almost immediately inundated with applicants within minutes.

The listing received over 500 views, several applications, and

even had potential tenants for a walk through by Sunday night.

“The Ashburton rental market seems like it’s in short stack,” they said.

Comments from the people asking to view the property all echoed how difficult it was to find rental properties in Ashburton due to the high demand.

The root cause is the current housing market.

In the latest statistics from REINZ, Ashburton District’s median house price was $491,255 in December.

It followed the 2021 trend with the median rising 3.4 per cent from November, and was a 19.8 per cent increase on December 2020 ($410,000).

However, only 48 properties sold compared to 60 the year before, a 20 per cent drop in sales.

Inflation may spark rates rise over 5% Jonathan Leask Inflation hitting a 30-year high of 5.9 per cent will hit ratepayers in the pocket.

The Ashburton District Council’s annual plan budget workshop is requiring a third day to hammer out the details for the next financial year, but the record inflation has guaranteed the impending rates rise will be over 5 per cent.

Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown said that they had set the conservative figure for inflation at 5 per cent and the workshop had started with an average rates rise figure of 9.9 per cent and “that was the ceiling”.

“We won’t be going higher than that and we are working to

trim some which is the process we are going through now”.

Brown said that due to the 30-year high of 5.9 per cent inflation, if all the council did was replicate the last budget there would still be a 5 per cent rise.

However, he said there is still work needed on the district’s roading and water supplies, including Methven’s $3.4 million upgrade.

“There are no new big ticket items, just what was signalled in the long-term plan last year.”

He said there will be a focus on roading and investment in water infrastructure for compliance under the new drinking water regulator.

The complicating factor this year is the revaluation process completed last year, Brown said.

He said that, due to the booming housing market, there has been a shift from an 80-20 rural to urban value split to a 70-30 split, “so the rating base actually

No more library late fees

Neil Brown moves a bit according to that”.

District councillors managed to carve 2 per cent off the 8.27 per cent increase they originally had on the board last year for an average 6.28 per cent increase.

“The percentage increase is important, but what’s more important is what it actually costs in dollars for the services

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One decision to come from the budget workshops was to do away with fines for overdue books at the Ashburton Library.

Mayor Neil Brown said the decision was made as an incentive for more people to get out more books.

“For the dollars we were collecting [in late fees] it wasn’t worth the effort.

“It doesn’t mean you get to keep the book.

“You still have to bring it back in and if that’s late you won’t be fined,” he said. you get. We can compare with other councils if we wanted to, and for the services we get we are efficient with the money we spend.”

The budget workshop is down to the final number crunching which will take place on Thursday.

“There were few clarifications

and question that staff will have the time to answer now.”

Once the draft is completed following the third session next week, the councillors will consider if the changes to annual plan vary enough from last year’s long-term plan process enough to warrant it going out for public consultation.

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Damage devastating Maddison Gourlay

A&P shows face tough decisions

By Jonathan Leask

Ashburton’s Debbie-Lee Powell is devastated with the intentional damage to her organisation’s car.

Powell started a group called Ashburton Angels two years ago that helps families and people that are struggling.

In the early hours of Monday morning the Angels’ car’s back window was smashed and the boot was damaged.

“It just felt like the ultimate kick in the guts,” Powell said.

“I went out to water the garden on Monday morning and saw it and I just lost it, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”

Powell, who lives in a back section down a long driveway, can’t comprehend why someone would do this.

“It was unlocked and nothing was taken,” she said.

Ashburton Angels has helped an estimated 650 families over the last two years, and gained a network of 900 people in the district that also help struggling families.

“I spent one year at the Salvation Army Christmas and queued at City Mission for Christmas presents, now I am a position where I can help,” she said.

“We help with no judgment.”

Recently Powell was diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which is a chronic inflammatory lung disease that causes obstructed airflow from the lungs.

The Ashburton Angels car with damaged window and damaged boot.

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went out to water the garden on Monday morning “ Iand saw it and I just lost it, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

After the diagnosis, Powell had to back away from the Ashburton Angels to focus on herself for a while and was just getting back into it when the incident happened.

“I was gearing up to get back into it,

but now I am intimidated to let people come and get stuff from my house.

“Usually I collect a lot of stuff, then open up my garage to people who need things, but I am not comfortable to do that now,” she said.

A&P Show organisers have been thrown a major curve ball just over a month out from their respective big days.

The Mayfield and Methven A&P Shows are scheduled to take place on March 12 and 19 respectively.

However, with the country moving into the Covid red light on Monday the planning was hit with an unwanted, but not unexpected, hurdle.

Mayfield A&P Association president Suzie King said that “at this stage we will still be going forward with preparation of the show, but this decision will be revised closer to the time when we will have more clarity of what level we will be in”.

Methven A&P Association president Ben McIntosh said the committee will be meeting on Monday night to discuss their options.

The Methven show was cancelled in 2020 due to the initial outbreak of Covid, with Mayfield lucky enough to be held the week before.

With no restrictions in place last year both shows went ahead and reported record crowds.

Then in November the Ashburton A&P Show was able to operate under Covid alert level 2 restrictions but it was a closed to the public show for competitors and exhibitors only using a bubble system.

They had volunteers at each entrance monitoring the bubble sizes and scanning or signing in processes.

However, with the introduction of mandatory vaccination passes for such events under the Covid traffic light system there would be additional responsibility for those volunteers for the Mayfield and Methven organisers to consider.

No rodeo this summer Jonathan Leask

Mid Canterbury’s Local Power Company

There will be no Methven Rodeo this summer.

The annual Methven Rodeo at Labour weekend had to be postponed for the first time in 53 years due to the inability to operate at Covid Alert Level 2 restrictions that were in force at the time.

Rodeo committee secretary Rosa Dekker said that as the national body decided to cancel the 2021-22 championship, meaning no points would be on offer, the Meth-

ven committee decided to abandon its plans to reschedule the event later in the summer.

That decision was made in December and Dekker said as it turns out it was the best decision as now the country is under the Covid red light, they would again be unable to hold the event.

Having made the decision to cancel this summer, Methven’s planning had already switched to next season.

“Now the focus is all on the 2022-23 season and holding our rodeo at Labour weekend,” she said.

The 52nd Methven Rodeo in 2020 had been on shaky ground but a return to Level 1 restrictions in time meant the event went ahead in full, attracting one of its biggest ever crowds and almost 300 entries.

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OUR VIEW

Dollars, sense of a vanity project H

alf a billion dollars.

For a ‘multi-purpose arena’.

In Christchurch.

At a time when councils are struggling to fund their core responsibilities – think roading and water services – here is one spending half a billion dollars on something that sits dormant, I would guesstimate at least 80 per cent of each week.

And the main users take most of the profits with them.

It also has a fair chunk of taxpayer money – some $300m – but when there is no more money for the health sector, education . . .

That’s heading to the political spectrum so I’ll revert to some common sense around the dollars and cents of a half billion dollar stadium.

Simply put, we don’t need

Jonathan Leask a stadium that big, or for that price.

When I say we, I don’t mean Cantabrians, I’m talking nationally.

This country needs a premier venue, for sport and concerts.

But only one. We are not that big, both in population and land.

That population base is in Auckland, and I’m sure they can find some space.

However, the Christchurch City Council approved the preliminary design of the stadium on Thursday, allowing for work

on a more detailed design to proceed on what looms as a rates drain that will continue to miss out on the big games and names.

The seating capacity for Eden Park is 50,000, Mount Smart 30,000 and North Harbour Stadium’s capacity is 25,000, FMG Waikato Stadium 25,800, Sky Stadium in Wellington 34,500,

capacity of the stadium to 25,000 due to budget constraints.

That size won’t attract the big All Black games, or other sports major fixtures, nor the major concerts as it makes commercial sense to hold the marquee matches and concerts in the bigger stadium, with the population base.

Orange Theory or whatever

size won’t attract the big All Black “ That games, or other sports major fixtures, nor the major concerts

Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr Stadium 30,700.

Christchurch, New Zealand’s second largest city, reduced the

it’s called now isn’t a long term solution for a premium venue in Christchurch, but what they are planning is a premier national

venue – that only seats 25,000.

Save the ratepayers and taxpayers the years (read decades) of debt for the vanity project and let them use the savings to choose to fly to Auckland for the big games and concerts Christchurch will miss out on.

England rugby plays all its major games at one place – why cant we?

After all, our biggest city isn’t flush with the suitable premier venue I speak of either, one it will one day need, so why not do that as a country now rather than a miniature version in Christchurch.

People also keep saying it is a regional stadium so we should all chip in.

But it can’t be a regional stadium, paid for by the region that has had no say in it up until the point of helping wipe the tab.

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The caterpillar becomes a butterfly

Peter McQuarters PETE’S PERSPECTIVE

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he silver lining.

The light at the end of the tunnel.

Ashburton, along with the rest of the country, has certainly been doing the hard yards over the past couple of years.

And the indications are that we are not yet out of the woods, but all things must pass.

It doesn’t seem like it at the moment, but there will be a time when we look back from the per-

spective of clearer air and recall this unprecedented period in our lifetimes.

But when the new dawn arrives, one thing is clear.

Ashburton will be ready for it and perfectly positioned to embrace it.

We have had the parallel challenges of having our CBD heart

ripped up and “making do” alongside the nuances of the virus.

But look at it now. There is a fresh energy to the Ashburton CBD. Even the older buildings that haven’t had anything done, seem to sit in the landscape and look fresher. I had reservations when I saw it on paper, but it feels good.

And how fortunate that the water feature survived the redevelopment. It sits there, refreshed, as though it was always part of the plan and continues to echo

the narrative of who we are, and where we live.

Surrounding the business area, construction and regeneration is thriving.

The K Mart precinct which will soon feature my favourite eatery run by a bloke called Joe with his Garage.

I never thought I’d see that day that would happen in Ashburton.

East of that, huge new industrial building development, the new civic complex in Baring Square, and in almost all directions, new residential subdivisions with many lots sold almost upon release, often before titles are issued.

I smile every time I drive past the new digital advertising billboard by Caltex near the bridge.

As corny as it sounds, I take it as a sign we’ve “arrived” as a location, the thing that seals the “Vegas” into AshVegas.

And now, over the bridge, Tin-

wald is seeing regeneration with the old ACL workshops having just been demolished and the site to become a shiny new gas station.

There’s talk of new hangar home developments at the airport and consultation currently in play with the neighbouring community.

Everywhere the signs are there.

Ashburton is going through unprecedented renewal and development.

And when the fog of the virus ultimately clears as it will, this great little metropolis we call home will be perfectly poised.

Keep the faith.

Good times ahead.

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.

HEALTH

Thin does not equal healthy – Prazak Vera Prazak HOLISTICALLY SPEAKING

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But what about health?” is the number one hurdle I hear from people when we are working towards giving up dieting and body acceptance.

We are conditioned to think that only thin or “normal size” bodies can be healthy and if you are living in a larger body that means you must be unhealthy.

I often hear people saying they need to lose weight to be healthy.

But health is not dependent on

the size of your body.

People in thin bodies can be equally or even more unhealthy than someone living in a larger body.

The common myth that gaining weight means not caring for your health is outdated.

Many people are forced to restrict their food intake to achieve or maintain socially acceptable thin bodies which puts a lot of strain on one’s body and metabolism.

Resulting in worsening metabolic health, loss of hair, libido or women’s cycle, stress, anxiety, body dissatisfaction and disordered eating.

Where in fact gaining weight

can have beneficial effects on their body and mental health.

Health looks different for everyone and instead of focusing on body size and weight management, our focus should shift to health-promoting behaviour such as getting our needs met every day, caring for our mental health, managing stress, moving our body for joy and also accepting and respecting our own body and its individual needs.

Dieting in 95 per cent of cases results in weight gain and weight cycling.

There is no safe way to intentionally lose weight and if you must control what you eat or else you would overeat or binge there

is a high chance that you are undereating or restricting your food intake.

Learning to listen to your individual body needs and becoming an intuitive eater, the only proven way to positively impact your quality of life and health, will take some practice and need to be intentional at the beginning.

Here are some tips on how you can start improving your health and wellbeing without dieting: Be intentional with your food choices and aim for balance, satisfaction and variety.

Listen for your body cues such as hunger and fullness and try to respect your body guidance. This might take some practising.

Feel into your movement and be kind to yourself. If you need a rest, slow down and if the way you exercise doesn’t feel good for you, try a different, possibly more gentle way of moving – yoga, walking, water aerobics, dance or give a go to the activity you always wanted to try.

Vera Prazak is a holistic nutritionist and runs the growing Food Freedom for Women group on Facebook. The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

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Bridges across ravines are the short cuts to get around the Arrowtown area plus they give you some spectacular views while on the cycle trails.

Tourism’s poster child remains unblemished Arrowtown’s golden stature as a poster child for New Zealand tourism remains unblemished by the ravages of Covid, writes Mike Yardley.

By Mike Yardley

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he crowds and queues remain conspicuously absent, but Arrowtown’s photogenic allure as a Wild West frontier town, with its delightful clapboard buildings, colonnaded shop fronts and ornate cornicing never fails to charm the pants off all visitors.

Great eats in town? I really enjoyed brunching at The Chop Shop in Arrowtown.

For breakfast, you can’t beat their Turkish eggs with garlic, dill, Greek yoghurt and chilli.

And I went back for lunch to devour their Ricotta hotcakes with roasted quince, cardamom, honeycomb and vanilla bean mascarpone. The Fork and Tap is a great haunt, anytime, day or night. As an aside, right next door to this pub, one of those iconic Buckingham Street cottages just sold for 2 million dollars.

Another local favourite that you’ll definitely want to check out is Slow Cuts.

Comfort food in a convivial setting – and everything on the menu is slow cooked,

whether you want a cheap and cheerful buttermilk chicken burger or Moroccan roast lamb.

From Arrowtown, I struck out to Gibbston by e-Bike on the Arrow River Bridges Trail. Better by Bike is the team to see, located in Dudley’s Cottage, adjacent to the Chinese Village. They offer fully supported, self-guided bike hire with optional return shuttles.

Given the insatiable popularity of e-bikes, they’re currently converting their entire fleet of hire bikes to electric.

Ride at your leisure through some of the most stunning scenery in New Zealand with breathtaking views around every corner. The Arrow River Bridges Trail is a cracking route that’s repurposed the old miners’ trails from the goldrush.

It’s about 13km each way, very undulating, but there are no big hill climbs. Best of all you cross some time-honoured suspension bridges, like the Kawerau Bridge where A J Hackett’s bungy jumps take

Left –The wine cave at the Gibbston Valley Winery is a fantastic place for a wine tasting.

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Ready to be tasted. Some of the partner wines at Kinross.

Above – Gibbston Valley provides a wondrous backdrop to this vineyard.

Left – With an on-site Cheesery, the Gibbston Valley Wine & Cheese tastings and tours are another delightful revelation.

The view from one of the cottages on Lake Hayes.

Below– Arrowtown with its delightful clapboard buildings, colonnaded shop fronts and ornate cornicing never fails to charm the pants off all visitors.

The Gibbston winery and restaurant caters to all tastes.

What better way to experience a tour of Gibbston Valley wineries than on a bike. place. If you’re a Pinot Noir devote like me, Gibbston Valley has a siren-like pull.

Home to some of the most awarded Pinot Noir winemakers and wineries on the planet, this small but bountiful valley punches well above its weight on the global scale.

Vinophiles rejoice at Kinross. Unlike most vineyards who only spruik and sell their own wine, Kinross represents five world-class local Central Otago wineries.

A visit to Kinross enables to you to discern the subtle differences of the Central Otago sub-regions like Gibbston, with side-by-side tastings. In addition to tasting some Kinross varietals, I sipped my way through some very fine product crafted

by Coal Pit, Hawkshead, Valli and Wild Irishman.

During my private tasting session, my charismatic sommelier Marcial shared not only the flavours, but also stories behind the brands, delving deep into the wondrous world of Central Otago wine.

I also ventured to Gibbston Valley Wines, the cradle of the industry. Inspired by his passion for winemaking, Gibbston Valley Winery founder, Alan Brady, planted his first vines in Gibbston in the early 1980s.

By 1995, storage space for the numer-

ous oak barrels used to mature wine was becoming a problem.

The barrels require a very controlled environment with constant temperature and humidity. Alan decided to blast a 1400 cubic metre cave into the schist mountain which provides the backdrop for the winery.

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Valley Wine & Cheese tastings and tours are another delightful revelation, pairing fromage with great wine. For five star dining, you’ll love the Lodge Restaurant, under the command of acclaimed chef, Anthony Gradiska and his revolving a la carte menu.

Adjacent to Arrowtown, I fell in love with the Lake Hayes Walkway. It’s an 8k, loop

Vinophiles rejoice at Kinross. Unlike most vineyards who only spruik and sell their own wine, Kinross represents five world-class local Central Otago wineries.

It continues to be the largest wine cave in New Zealand, doubling as an alluring tourist attraction, alongside its primary purpose as the perfect natural environment for ageing barrels of wine. The cave is home to more than 400 barrels of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay that line its rocky schist wall interior.

It’s also a fantastic place for a wine tasting to taste as part of Gibbston Valley’s Cave and Winery Tours.

With an on-site cheesery, the Gibbston

track, lassooed around the lake, so you can easily knock it off in two or three hours. Be warned, with Amisfield, Akarua and Stone Ridge Estate edging the track, there are seductions aplenty to go off-piste.

It’s an undulating track, so you’re served up delicious viewpoints across the lake and mountains, and you’ll stumble across lonely old crumbling schist cottages, like lingering ghosts from the goldrush. I was also struck by Project Gold, where the hillsides around Lake Hayes have been replanted in

thousands and thousands of kowhai trees, creating a new blaze of gold.

A superlative place to stay is The Cottages at Lake Hayes. Wide, open, unpeopled spaces are going to be a hot ticket this summer and this blissed-out bolthole ticks every box.

They’re secluded, only a year old, loaded up with all the creature comforts and that mirror magic of the lake in the morning calm is well worth waking up to.

Floor to ceiling windows allow for natural light to flood through the properties and the private seating at the front of each cottage provides the perfect spot to sit back and get lost in the dreamily bucolic views.

Each cottage is decked out in a curated art collection of magnificent works, from local artists. Every piece is actually available for purchase, should the mood take you – there are temptations galore!

Each of the five cottages sleep up to four adults with two en-suite bedrooms with private terraces, a fully-equipped kitchen, dining, bar, and lounge with wood-burner.

So if affordable absolute lakefront luxury accommodation is your bag, crowd-free, The Cottages at Lake Hayes are a seriously irresistible new offering. www.lakehayes. com

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AM ER ‘committed ON Carolyn Cameron has utilised her business experience and affinity for her home patch to make her mark around the council table over the past few years.The urban ward councillor spoke to Adam Burns as to why she came home and what she envisions for the Ashburton District.

By Adam Burns

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shburton councillor and businesswoman Carolyn Cameron was always going to return to Mid Canterbury.

The presence of loved ones was enough of an incentive to return to her roots after years away, ploughing the fields of business and life.

Cameron has harnessed the “outgoing, chatty, stickler for detail” qualities she brings to the establishments she runs to serve her community around the council table.

“I’m very committed to the town,” she said.

But it was first as a respected pharmacist where she has forged her identity in recent years.

And what was it which drew her to this vocation as a youngster?

“Why do anything when you’re 18?” she said.

“I was quite good at sciences, and I thought it looked like a cool job.”

The breadth of opportunity that it also provided was another attraction, she said.

“You could do research, you could do community pharmacy, which I’m doing, you could do hospital pharmacy, there’s quite a lot of opportunities.”

She returned to Ashburton on a permanent basis about eight years ago, after claiming co-ownership stakes at Searles Allenton and Three Rivers pharmacies.

Her husband David is also a co-owner of

East Street Pharmacy.

While she has picked up key qualifications along the way, the biggest lesson she has learned is that there is “no substitute for experience” in the workplace.

“You have to have confidence and think ‘I’m going to give that a go’ and work hard,” she said.

“And listening to people.”

The latter quality can parallel her credentials among a diverse line-up of elected representatives at the Ashburton District Council.

She declares proudly that she enjoys the chats with fellow community members during her daily interactions behind the pharmacy counter.

“I’m very accessible,” she said.

“I like talking to people and like to know what they’re thinking.”

Cameron was elected as a first-term urban ward councillor in 2019 and has quietly signalled intentions for a likely bid for a follow-up term.

“That’s why I think I get on well on the council because I appreciate everybody’s perspective.

“I think we all have a different view and they’re all equally valid, they’re all representing some part of the community’s viewpoint.”

And although she does not always agree with the views of the country’s Prime Minister, she does agree with the notion of “being

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d to Ashburton’

kind and empathetic” in difficult times, a message which was easy to be reported with cynicsm by more hard-nosed Kiwis.

Cameron has been probably the most outspoken advocate for economic development and the district’s image management during her council tenure.

She hails from rural Eiffelton which arms her with a balanced perspective to go along with her broad understanding of running a business.

This complements the already strong agricultural lobbyists around the council table.

“I grew up on a dairy farm so I think I have an understanding and appreciation of both sides of the story,” she said.

“I can understand the pressure the farmers are under.

“I think that’s a really good attribute for anybody living in Ashburton.”

The urban versus rural divide tightrope is one that more of the elected representatives are now prepared to walk, Cameron said.

“I think I’ve noticed that transition,” she said.

“A lot of people around the table who may have had a fixed view on rural are now talking about the town.”

But she also takes great joy in other local successes within the town and wider district, pointing out the Murney Main building as a recent example within the town’s new-look CBD.

Above – Carolyn Cameron in action in the council chambers.

Below – Carolyn Cameron and employee Georgina Tuck outside the Allentom Pharmacy.

Going hand-in-hand with her science and pharmaceutical prowess, Cameron is one of the more meticulous of the elected representatives, examining the reporting of council staff vigorously.

“My job requires me to notice the detail so I’m very honed in on finding fault, I can’t really help that.”

She is also simply a member of the community, which has served her well around the council table.

As a business community which has endured a myriad of challenges amid Covid-19, one of the biggest obstacles she feels facing retailers and business owners is the fast-moving and high-tech modern world.

“The retail community have to commu-

nicate their skills and their passion for the town to their customers,” she said.

“I think that’s a challenge, especially after Covid, where people have new habits.”

From a wider business perspective, she suggests that some of those hurdles are not helped by the ongoing transport and infrastructure challenges within a district with a signifcant service presence.

But amid challenges, there are good things happening.

“Thanks to the Guardian’s [Shop Local campaign] and support around town branding, I think we are getting better at seeing Ashburton as more of a destination.

“We have to communicate that better, but we are getting some traction,” she said.

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he was a Hollywood TV and movie actor, he was an adventurer who’d travelled the length of Mongolia in a kite buggy, and they met in Ashburton.

Denesa Chan was in New Zealand on a six-month photographic assignment.

Gavin Mulvay was selling a van on Trade Me for American friends, Tucker and Della.

The meeting was meant to take a few minutes while Denesa bought the van and headed to Mount Cook.

But, on that day, in May 2017, it lasted a little longer.

They fell into conversation, Denesa met the Americans who were travelling around the world and they all had dinner together.

“We talked about our lives and adventures and stayed up all night,” she said.

“In the end I didn’t get to Mount Cook.”

Denesa fell in love with the van, but was also attracted to the man who was selling it.

Instead, the four friends went on a tramping trip to the Julia Hut on the West Coast.

They tramped through mud, across rivers and relaxed in hot springs.

Through hours of being together they got to know each other.

“I’d made a contract with myself that I wasn’t going to date for 12 months,” Denesa said. “But I broke it. He was worth it.”

Gavin, who’s a private person, didn’t let much away during the interview while Denesa reminisced, but he did admit to being attracted to her from the start. ery quickly Denesa made Ashburton her base for her photographic, cinematography and performing career while Gavin continued to develop his business scaring birds.

Four years, four months on, they’re together, living in Ashburton, enjoying their relationship and pursuing their careers.

“We have the kind of relationship where I don’t have to sacrifice myself or my art,” Denesa said.

“As partners we can achieve things together,” Gavin said.

They’re a couple with an exciting future but they’ve also had an equally exciting past.

Denesa, who grew up in Los Angeles to a Swedish/American mum and a Chinese dad from Hong Kong, has photographed endangered sea turtles, swum with sharks and humpback whales and met the world’s rarest penguin.

She’s been a neutral international observer in Mexico where

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Gavin Mulvay scares birds for a living but he didn’t scare American actor and photographer, Denesa Chan, just over four years ago. Quite the opposite. Now their creative journey is based in Ashburton, sometimes together, sometimes apart, but always together afterwards. Malcolm Hopwood reports.

By Malcolm Hopwood Below – Gavin Mulvay powers along a lonely stretch of the Mongolian desert with the kite catching the wind high above him.

Denesa Chan.

she was threatened by militants as she checked violations to the peace accord and acted in supporting roles in TV and movies for five years in Hollywood.

“Everything was superficial and there were sexual predators out there.

“The environment wasn’t safe.”

She said the sort of behaviour that Harvey Weinstein reputedly enjoyed was replicated many times in tinseltown. ventually her love of photography became paramount. She travelled to Iceland to photograph the aurora borealis, to Hawaii to record the rain forest and active volcano and to the Gulf of Mexico where she photographed coral reefs, dolphins, endangered sea turtles and swam with sharks.

Life in Ashburton hasn’t stopped her creativity.

Denesa’s journeyed to the Southland coastline to snap the yellow-eyed penguin and our rarest sea lion and photographed

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the Southern Lights.

In another incredible adventure nearly three years ago she was based in Tonga as cinematographer for a documentary/fairy tale entitled Ama’ara: The Song of the Whales.

Denesa swam and filmed humpbacks.

“Up to eight whales at a time surrounded me on all sides,” she said.

The movie has won seven international awards including the director’s choice award at the Illuminate Film Festival at Arizona, the best environmental film at the Toronto International Women Film Festival and the best feature documentary at the Topanga International Film Festival in California. She’s proud of that.

It’s also been an official selection at three film festivals including the International Art Film Festival in London.

Ama’ara continues to be entered into competitions around the world.

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his year Denesa has turned her attention back to acting.

“I saw on the Facebook for Acting page a movie called Energy Engines. The director was looking for talent and I auditioned on Zoom.”

It’s a sci-fi/fantasy movie based on mythology and Denesa’s won a supporting role as Gaia, a mythological spirit who’s part of a race of beings capable of creating or destroying the earth.

“She’s a creative force battling a destructive force,” she said.

“The climax of the movie is when good confronts evil. In a way the role was written for me as it has such a strong connection with mother nature and the environment.”

Denesa said the movie has both animation and live action. When it’s live she plays Gaia, when it’s animated, she voices the character and visualisers imitate her own movement.

“The movie involves kung fu movement and I’m in training

with both kung fu masters in Christchurch and America,” she said.

The movie is scheduled for mid-year in Auckland once the movie company confirms funding.

Short-term Denesa is part of Valency, a multi-sensory ensemble that creates performances of dance, live original music, poetry, visual arts and even scent.

They are presenting I Wish Someone Would Call at the Isaac Royal Theatre in Christchurch on March 25 as part of the Made for Canterbury Festival. avin’s life is also played out on the local, national and world stage.

As well as selling a van to Denesa which she still owns, he’s a director of a business making bird-scaring lasers.

Initially they were manufactured for indoor use. The beams, moving in a line or pattern, would scare birds out of a grain storage or dairy shed but Gavin, as

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Above – There’s something about the New Zealand outdoors that makes you want to celebrate the Mount Cook scenery.

Left – Denesa Chan toured the United States with a contemporary dance company. Her performance included some Pink-like aerial moves.

Below – Ready to attempt the record. On his kite buggy about to start the journey.

On his record-breaking journey with some Mongolian locals looking on. designer and mechanical engineer, saw a greater use for them outdoors.

Now they project a green laser dot on to a paddock. It’s a focused light which scares the birds and encourages them to fly to someone else’s territory.

Gavin has sold hundreds of both models around New Zealand and, via a distributor, to Ireland.

But when Gavin isn’t building leading edge technology, he’s an adventurer. hile working for Peter Lynn Kites, he’s made three incredible trips to Mongolia and China to attempt and beat existing kite buggy records.

The winds there are fierce and relentless and most of the terrain is flat. In his first trip, eight years ago, Gavin and Ashburton’s Craig Hansen travelled 1570km in 30 days through Mongolia and across the Altai mountains, beating the previous record for wind propelled kite buggies by 370km.

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It was an unsupported record meaning they had no crew on hand or van with them.

A year later he was back, this time with Joe Steffert, travelling 3693km across Mongolia and part of China.

It was also a new kite buggy distance record for a 49-day stretch, beating the previous one set in Africa by Craig Hansen, Steve Gurney and two Australians.

But if 49 days wasn’t enough, Gavin and Joe wanted to attempt something bigger and better. In the halcyon, pre-Covid days of 2016, they returned and travelled 5377km through Mongolia and the inner Mongolia/Heibei province of China. hey created a new record for the longest overland distance travelled using wind power, achieving it through three

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snowstorms and with only one day without wind.

“The trips were amazing, so different from anything else I’ve ever done before,” Gavin said.

“Normally people just go up and down a beach of a few square kilometres of sand dunes.”

Instead, they travelled the whole of one country and part of another.

“In Mongolia we had a vast area of kiteable terrain while being exposed to ancient cultures, eagles, wild animals and even the black plague which still exists and is spread by ticks,” he said.

“They’d jump on us as we rode and, at the end of the day, we’d have to do tick checks on each other.”

Gavin said you take the good with the bad on expeditions like these.

They experienced sand storms, blizzards, army and police arrests, getting robbed by bandits, being

held at gunpoint by the Chinese army for wandering into a forbidden area and riding with packs of wild Mongolian horses.

But there were many positives.

The vistas were breath-taking and they were welcomed into many yurts (portable round tents), giving away kites and prescription reading glasses to elders and “watching their faces light up when they could see again for the first time in years”.

“We ate traditional foods such as warm alcoholic, fizzy fermented mare’s milk and every part of every animal imaginable.

“We felt an incredible sense of achievement and didn’t want it to stop.” hen the world is safe, Gavin wants to return for another expedition.

This time he could bring along his lasers to scare the eagles and Denesa might accompany him on this trip as cinematographer.

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DriveThru All things motoring and otherwise

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with Bernard Egan

Cliff and Cindy Begg with their Morris Oxford

Oxford reunion

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liff and Cindy Begg certainly took a great opportunity to create a significant experience when they drove their 1962 Morris Oxford on the Vintage Car Club New Year’s Day Rally.

The car was sold new by Drummond and Etheridge and knowing the rally included afternoon tea in the amazing garden created by Peter and Lois Etheridge, the Beggs thought it would be a chance to reacquaint Peter with the car.

When his family firm sold the car Peter was well into his apprenticeship.

Back in those days cars like the Beggs’ Morris were assembled in Auckland then shipped to Greymouth.

A team from the local dealer would go over and bring them to Ashburton.

Our colleague Roger Hart delved into his records and came up with the article below of the Morris Oxford printed by the Daily Express when the model was displayed at the 1962 London Motor Show.

Optional extras

Oxford overview

Peter Etheridge recalls cars of the time often were devoid of many of the features we now take for granted.

For example a heater was usually an optional extra, not standard.

But for Peter therein lay an opportunity to develop a special skill.

He fitted a grand total of 48 heaters into Morris 1100s.

Just three owners The Beggs are just the third owners of their Morris Oxford which has spent all its life in Mid

Canterbury, its done 150,000 miles.

It’s been repainted but the interior is original.

Cliff Begg says “it’s a great car for classic motoring”.

A good thing done The Beggs are glad they showed the car to Peter Etheridge and he is delighted they did so.

It brought back memories for Peter especially as he and Lois had a similar car soon after they were married.

Show time

Morris Oxford is a series of mod-

els produced by Morris Motors later BMC beginning in 1913.

The manufacture of Morris Oxford cars, named by W R Morris after the university town in which he grew up, would turn Oxford into an industrial city.

From 1913 to mid-1935 Oxford cars grew in size and quantity. In 1923 the Oxford, along with its sibling the Cowley, accounted for 28.1 per cent of British private car production. In 1925 Morris sold almost double the number and they represented 41 per cent of British production.

Unused for some years the Oxford name was recycled in 1948 and lasted another 23 years until 1971 – during which time three styling changes occurred.

Saloons, travellers and station wagon versions were produced.

A car named the Ambassador which was similar to the Oxford was produced in India until 2014.

Right – Reunited. Peter Etheridge with the Beggs’ Morris Oxford.

Below – The article on the Morris Oxford that appeared in the Daily Express.

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Jack Ross

Words of wit and wisdom

Ranger delivers more W

hether next-generation Ranger is being used for work, family or play, Ford knows its customers rely on a pickup that is functional, convenient and durable.

And Next-Gen Ranger goes all-out with a wider cargo box packed with features and opportunities to transform the space into a total cargo management makerspace.

Customer-centered design led to innovative features throughout the truck, while a relentless testing and engineering programme ensured every facet of the Ranger’s versatility was truly Built Ford Tough.

“Our intent was not to simply create a good truck. We wanted to deliver an exceptional one that people would want to own – one that customers around the world could trust to tackle anything,” said Gary Boes, enterprise product line management director, global trucks.

Redefining versatility Next-Gen Ranger offers an array of organisation and storage solutions to secure cargo, make fitting accessories a cinch and even DIY customisation. For instance, owners can create segmented DIY storage spaces, both big and small, by sliding pieces of wood into slots moulded into the bedliner, or even get creative and build things like a bike rack.

There are tie-downs mounted in the bed, and on the Wildtrak variant there are external tie-down rails and sliding cleats that can be adjusted into nine positions to help secure odd-shaped cargo. The new rear load box access step is the result of more than 5000 interviews with pickup owners, learning how they used their trucks and what they wanted from their next one.

For those who use their vehicle for adventure, the addition of six structural attachment points in the protective load box capping, make it easy to fit accessories like a canopy, cross bars or a tent, truly making the Ranger the most versatile ever.

There’s now more storage space on the inside too, from under-seat storage to retractable cup holders and a raft of cubby holes stashed around the cabin.

Versatility as a workspace Ford’s design team studied the ways customers used the cargo box – be they a tradesperson, adventurer or family who needed to carry ‘stuff’ – and developed many innovative ways to help them access and use the space more effectively.

• The rear load box access step makes

Because he did and achieved so much Jack Ross, who passed away recently, will be widely remembered.

There wasn’t much Jack couldn’t do and everything he did do, he did very well.

Back in the turbulent times of the 1980s Jack, an accountant and sharebroker, was asked to write 12 weekly columns for this newspaper centred on financial matters.

Jack’s columns immediately proved very popular so he was asked to write more and they morphed into a series under the title Money and Other Matters which were published most weeks and 12 weeks became almost 12 years.

In all Jack produced 581 hand written stories and in the process probably set a record.

Forty-five of Jack’s often witty tales were selected for his book One More Read Before LIGHTS OUT – one of several books he published.

As a former contributor Jack retained his interest, often commenting on our stories and encouraging contributors who followed him.

In offering our condolences to Jack’s family we want them to know he is remembered and his words will continue to be enjoyed.

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climbing up into the cargo box much easier. You no longer need to climb onto the wheel to access gear, tools or equipment in the back of Ranger.

• Load box lighting means that setting up or packing camp sites or finding gear in the dark is a lot easier.

• Zone lighting can be controlled via the infotainment system inside the vehicle or via the FordPass app on your smartphone. A combination of the headlights, puddle lamps, numberplate lamps and box lighting can be set to illuminate a 360-degree area around the truck, or in specific areas. It is perfect for safely inspecting the area around the vehicle at night.

• The easy-lift tailgate, which can be raised and lowered with one hand, doubles as a mobile workbench. The tailgate work surface is designed to help owners with professional or DIY jobs. Two clamp pockets concealed by spring-loaded caps in the tail gate are designed to help secure timber or other project materials, while a built-in ruler with 10mm increments (on models not fitted with a drop-in bedliner) makes measuring convenient.

• Power to the box comes in the form of a 12V socket, meaning customers can power a range of 12V appliances by plugging directly into the Ranger.

Innovations for load carrying The cargo box includes several new innovations that help customers customise the load area to suit their needs.

• The new drop-in bedliner incorporates functional divider locators so that owners can create their own compartments to store gear that they might otherwise have to carry in the cabin.

Dividers can be custom-made from timber at home and then installed and removed as required. As a bonus, the

improved and wider moulded profile on the bedliner is more comfortable on your knees, is much easier to clean and also means items are less likely to slip around.

• Loading and unloading the Ranger has never been easier. At 1233 litres, the cargo box has best-in-class volume, meaning customers can carry more.

With Ranger now 50mm wider, the cargo box can accommodate a standard European pallet (1200mm x 800mm) in the bed, while the loadbox length runs from 1544mm to 2305mm depending on the variant.

• An internal rail with spring-loaded, adjustable cleats on either side of the cargo box allows customers to configure their cleats and tie-downs to suit every load. Cleats slide and lock into nine locations along the rail. There are also six fixed tie-down points in the cargo box.

• Durable plastic box top and tail gate capping protects the load box edges and tailgate upper edge from damage.

That means owners can load equipment into the cargo box without fear of damaging the paint on the top surface of the load box or tail gate.

Versatility inside too Ford designers have redesigned the interior of the Ranger to help customers keep their vehicle organised. More storage space inside and the new centre console design with dedicated storage compartments means owners can keep their Ranger more organised than ever before.

A redesign of the under-seat storage has created more room in the bins underneath the rear seats allowing for the ‘over-filling’ of the bins while still allowing the seats to be dropped in place.

The rear seat back also folds flat, allowing you to carry more gear inside.

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C5 significantly revamped C

itroën has unveiled significant changes to C5 Aircross, including an updated front end design. The updated front end design is not the only noticeable feature of the new-look C5 Aircross.

The V-shaped LED daytime running light gives a hi-tech, stronger-looking 3D effect to the front lights, whilst the upright design of the front grille adds to the robust stance of the vehicle.

• A distinctive new three-dimensional light signature at the rear.

• New C5 Aircross is now available in a new colour called Eclipse Blue.

• Four new Colour Packs are available: Glossy Black, Dark Chrome, Anodised Bronze and Anodised Blue.

• The Aircross gets a new 10-inch touchscreen in the passenger compartment. This new, larger screen improves ergonomics by offering direct-access to climate control functions and is positioned higher on the dashboard.

• The central console has been modernised. There is the new, hi-tech e-Toggle gear selector, a new driving mode selection button.

The central console also integrates a large storage compartment housing

connectivity solutions, with two USBports and a wireless charger.

• New C5 Aircross is equipped with a new generation of seats already present in New C4. Composed of high-density foam in the core of the seat, with an extra 15mm layer of foam and a specific structure, the seats offer the best in terms of passenger and driver comfort.

Support is assured for the longer term, thanks to a special type of durable foam that resists sagging over time.

• The grey-toned interior has been replaced with a new black grained leather and new grey leather-effect fabric.

New electric hybrid • For the very first time in New Zealand, the New C5 Aircross Facelift will be offered with a petrol plug-in hybrid (PHEV) powertrain.

This new model will be the first Citroen LEV to be launched in New Zealand from Spring 2022.

• The PHEV further enhances the C5 Aircross on-board well-being, thanks to the benefits of the full electric mode and its 55 km range (final figure to be confirmed for New Zealand), combined with the 225hp and 320Nm of torque.

From zero to 1000: Nissan Navara PRO-4X A

ustralian automotive manufacturing is once again booming in Victoria, with more than 750 examples of the Nissan Navara PRO-4X Warrior

by Premcar having already rolled off the production line.

Premcar’s Epping facility has been abuzz with activity since the launch of the Warrior 2.0, with the 35-strong Warrior team on track to produce its first 1000 vehicles by the end of March 2022.

The Nissan Navara PRO-4X undergoes extensive re-manufacturing at the advanced Premcar facility to deliver the world’s toughest Navara, with the team engineering a unique flagship vehicle that is tailor-made for Australia and Australian conditions.

Key updates include enhancements to performance and capability with wheel, tyre and suspension changes to deliver improved ground clearance, a wider stance and improved ride and handling.

“We’ve been hard at work on Warrior 2.0 from almost the moment we finished work on the first Warrior, first in the design and engineering space, and now on producing what we consider to be the world’s toughest Navara,” says Premcar engineering director, Bernie Quinn.

“This is so much more than some kind of sticker pack. This is an extensively re-engineered vehicle that’s designed, engineered and built by some of the world’s most talented automotive manufacturing experts, right here in Victoria.

“That’s not just a win for Nissan, and for Premcar, but for the automotive manufacturing industry more generally. We have

ready delivered to Australian customers.

To ensure the new Warrior more than lives up to its title of world’s toughest Navara, key enhancements include:

always had world-beating talent, and it’s so rewarding to watch them produce world-beating vehicles again.”

The commencement of deliveries of the Warrior 2.0 was a cause for huge celebration at Premcar, as a project that dozens of engineers and manufacturing experts had spent years perfecting roared into life.

The new flagship model in the Navara range is based on the rugged PRO-4X, but that’s only the beginning of the Warrior story, with Nissan’s ute put through 10 manufacturing stations at Premcar’s facility.

Each station takes around an hour to complete, with the full Warrior transformation taking more than 10 hours,

including the fitting of the winch compatible bulbar, full underbody protection, fully revised suspension and a unique towbar.

“It’s a buzz for the whole team every time we see a Warrior out in the wild, whether it’s on the road or on a bush track or beach,” Mr Quinn says.

“We know how much hard work and expertise has gone into producing every single Warrior, and to see owners out enjoying the final product is the ultimate in job satisfaction.”

Premcar has the capacity to produce up to ten cars a day, five days a week, with more than 600 examples of the Nissan Navara PRO-4X Warrior by Premcar al-

A new winch-compatible, Safari-style bullbar and integrated light bar A new Warrior-specific towbar A new ‘Navara’ branded red bash plate and a 3mm steel second-stage under body protection plate 275 / 70 / R17 Cooper Discoverer All Terrain AT3 tyres with increased tread depth, and an off-road focused tread pattern A 961kg payload for vehicles equipped with a manual transmission (952kg automatic) Increased ground clearance, from 220m to 260mm Wider track, from 1570mm to 1600mm Improved approach angle, from 32 degrees to 36 degrees, and near-identical departure angle, from 19.8 degrees to 19 degrees (owing to full-sized spare tyre with alloy wheel) Revised suspension with new spring rates for more front-end support and more accurate transient response Revised front and rear damping for greater control of wheels and better compliance, improved isolation from impacts and reduced float when towing or carrying a load New larger, taller jounce bumper for better control of wheel movement at maximum suspension travel, and reduced transmission of large impacts into cabin.

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Feel the fizz, feel summer

By Natalie Liverant

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shhhhhhttttt. Click. Riiiiiiiiiiiip.

There are many sounds of summer but the one I remember with childhood fondness is the treat of opening a cold can of soda on a blistering hot day.

The history of beverages spans centuries, cultures and ingredients. However, the advent of that fizzy carbonated sweet drink stored in a sealed bottle or can that many of us know as fizzy drink or soda (among its many other names) is the rabbit hole we are going down today.

A brief history of soda While drinks containing fizzy properties existed before the 18th century, they were mostly mineral waters siphoned from a spring or made through a process of fermentation.

This limited the idea of drinking bubbly beverages to geographic locations.

Today however, if you have ever enjoyed the tongue tingling sensation of bubbly water (sweetened or not), you most likely owe a bit of gratitude to Joseph Priestly, inventor of artificially carbonated water or ‘aerated water’.

While Priestly was unsuccessful in turning his invention into profit, another fellow whose name might be more familiar, Jacob Schweppe, was successful in engineering a machine that could aerate water reliably.

So, dear reader, what does the history of soda have to do with anything?

Well, as a human born and bred abroad, I have to say that one of the easiest topics to talk about with anyone from anywhere is food and drink. And so, it is perhaps quite a natural thing that I find items in the museum’s collection relating to food and drink fascinating.

The particular items that grabbed my interest this week was a selection of Codd-neck bottles bearing the name HY & Milsom.

The Codd-neck bottle, for those of you who are unaware, was named after Hiram Codd, who designed a bottle that is sealed by use of a rubber gasket and glass marble.

This method was much more reliable in keeping sweet drinks full of sparkling carbonation than cork with a wax seal.

You may already know of a

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modern example, if you’re of a younger generation. I grew up drinking a soda called Ramune that was sold at the local Japanese supermarket in a similar glass bottle.

Local fizz wizards The Milsom family set up several businesses selling aerated waters and cordials both within and outside the Canterbury region. Ashburton’s own piece of the story is noted several times in the Ashburton Guardian.

It appears that Hitchings and Milsom set up shop on Moore Street from roughly 1897 to 1900, and there was an H. Milsom listed as a soda manufacturer, later adding cordial, on West Street from 1902-1920.

Earlier than this, there was a J Milsom & Co which operated as early as 1878 on Cameron Street.

In 1904, a certain Harry Paget Milsom found himself in a bit of trouble.

He was raided by local Ashburton police who found several boxes of beer and whiskey in his residence.

Mr. H Milsom was charged with the illegal sale of liquor in the no-licence district of Ashburton on March 9 and 12.

Milsom wasn’t the only one; another local cordial manufacturer by the name of Alfred Bray was also

charged with the same offence.

While soda, fizz and pop might all sound like modern drinks, many people may not realise that variations of these drinks actually have a long (and in some cases sordid) history, even within our own district.

Above – The building that was once Milsom’s factory, mid-to-late 1990s.

Far left – Milsom’s cordial bottle with label.

Left – Soda siphon with Hitchings & Milsom, Ashburton etched/inscribed/printed? on it.

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All events are subject to change under Covid restrictions Every day

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

10am Ashburton Aviation Musuem Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display from 1-3pm.

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

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.

Ashburton Aviation Museum Static displays, collection of aircraft and memorabilia on display daily from 1-3pm .

Ashburton Airport, Seafield Road.

Monday

St David’s Union Church Circuit training in the hall at 6am at 48 Allens Road, Allenton on Monday and Tuesday.

Age Concern Ashburton Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am. Enquiries to 308 6817.

Ashburton Community Walking Group Walking for about 30-40 minutes on Mondays and Fridays at 10.30am. Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

R and R Linedancing Upper Improvers/intermediate weekly line dance classes from 7-9.30pm at Balmoral Hall, 240 Cameron Street.

Tuesday

Justice Of The Peace JP available for all signing services on Tuesdays and Fridays at 12pm-2pm. No appointment necessary. No fee. Community House, 44 Cass Street.

Ashburton Menz Shed Call in and have a chat and a cuppa from 9am-2pm at 8 William Street.

St David’s Union Church Walking group meets outside church at 9.30am at 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Mid Canterbury Badminton Club.

Badminton, daytime section from 9.30am and Club night from 7-9pm. All abilities welcome at EA Networks Centre.

Waireka Croquet Club Golf Croquet, handicap singles from 9.45am then Golf Croquet, singles -6 to 8 handicap and 9 to 16 handicap at 1.15pm at the Ashburton Domain off Philip Street.

MSA Tai Chi. Classes at 10am. Cost $3 per session at the MSA on Havelock Street.

Age Concern Ashburton.

Steady As You Go. Fall prevention programme at 10.30am at the All Saints Anglican Church on Chapman Street, Methven.

Ashburton MSA Petanque Club.

Competition and social play, all welcome from 1pm at 115 Racecourse Road.

February 4

R.S.A. Indoor Bowls.

Weekly social indoor bowls from 1.15pm at the RSA Linton Lounge on Cox Street.

Pickleball Ashburton Come and have a go at EA Networks Centre from 5-7pm. Paddles are provided.

Age Concern Ashburton Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am. Enquiries to 308 6817.

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.

10.30am - 12 noon Hip Hop for Seniors Every Wednesday 10am-11am at the Ashburton Senior 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.

3 - 4.30pm Little Groovers Every Wednesday during school terms Hakatere Presbyterian parish, 127 Thomson Street, Tinwald. Musical fun for 0-5-year-olds.

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

10-10.30 Device Drop-In Sessions Free Device Help Sessions at the Ashburton Public Library every Wednesday between 2pm and 4pm.

St David’s Union Church Circuit training in the hall at 6am at 48 Allens Road, Allenton.

Ashburton Menz Shed Call in and have a chat and a cuppa from 9am-2pm at 8 William Street.

Pickleball Ashburton.

Check out this fast growing racket sport.

Come and have fun every Wednesday from 9.30am - 11.30am at EA Network Centre.

St Stephen’s Anglican Church.

Holy Communion at 10am on Park Street.

Age Concern Ashburton Programme for the elderly runs Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at 10am. Enquiries to 308 6817.

MSA Tai Chi. Classes at 10.45am. Cost $3 per session at the MSA on Havelock Street.

Waireka Croquet Club.

Association Croquet 10am - 12am, doubles from 1-4pm at the Ashburton Domain off Philip Street.

Thursday

Age Concern Ashburton.

Ladies exercise class at 9.30am at theAshburton Seniors Centre at 206 Cameron Street.

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Mid Canterbury Badminton Club.

Weekly morning games, free racket hire, all welcome from 9.30am-11am at the E A Networks Sports Centre.

Ashburton Menz Shed Call in and have a chat and a cuppa from 9am-2pm at 8 William Street.

Fit Kidz Fit kidz for pre schoolers and caregivers at 10am at St David’s Union Church, 48 Allens Road.

MSA Tai Chi. Classes at 10.45am. Cost $3 per session at the MSA on Havelock Street.

Steady As You Go Falls Prevention Exercises designed to strengthen and improve muscles in a supportive environment. Contact Age Concern Ashburton 308 6817. Sessions at 11am at at Holy Spirit Church. Thomson Street. Tinwald, 1pm at St Stephen’s Church. Park Street, and Buffalo Lodge Hall. Cox Street Ashburton MSA Petanque Club.

Social play for beginners and experienced players from 1.30pm at 115 Racecourse Road.

Ashburton.

Friday

Ashburton Community Walking Group.

Walking for about 30-40 minutes on Mondays and Fridays at 10.30am. Meet Walnut Avenue Pavilion.

12pm-2pm Ashburton Justice Of The Peace.

JP available for all signing services from 12-2pm. No appointment necessary. No fee.

Community House. 44 Cass Street.

Age Concern social group.

Seniors Social Group with speaker, entertainment, quiz, exercises and morning tea at 10am in the Seniors Centre on Cameron Street.

Pickleball Ashburton Come and have a go at EA Networks CentreCentre from 6-8pm. Paddles are provided.

Saturday

Ashburton’s Farmers Market Support local stall holders selling local fresh produce, plants, hot food and drinks. North end of West Street car park Ashburton from 9am - 12.30pm.

Craft market.

Plants, woodwork, toys and much more weekly from 9am - 12pm in the West Street carpark.

Ashburton Vintage Car Club.

Museum and parts shed open from 10am12pmat 86 Maronan Road. Tinwald.

Ashburton Aviation Museum A great selection of many aircraft, from the past to the future at the Ashburton Airport from 10am - 3pm.

Run And Walk Ashburton.

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

Waireka Croquet Club.

Association croquet. Singles and doubles from 10am - 4pm at the Ashburton Domain off Philip Street.

Extravaganza The Ashburton Aviation Museum Laugh Club Ashburton Relay For Life Mid Canterbury is joining forces with the Military New Zealand’s premier comedy night Relay For Life is an inspiring hits Ashburton. 2 hours of gag packed community event that gives everyone Adventure Group to put on an laughs at the Hotel Ashburton at 8pm. a chance to celebrate cancer survivors extravaganza over a two day period.

Laugh Club Ashburton will have two and carers; remember loved ones lost The display will see one of the largest presentations of military uniforms, of New Zealand’s finest comedians to cancer; and fight back by raising weapons, and equipment ever performing in New Zealand’s premier awareness and funds to support the clean stand up comedian Nick Rado work of Cancer Society. Relay For Life assembled at one display. Dates in history ranging from the New Zealand and Tarun Mohanbhai. is for people of all ages and fitness Maori Wars through to Timor. This levels - anyone can take part. Gather February 5-27 will be situated in the Superhanger Ashburton Embroiderers’ Guild your relay team and sign up for an generously provided for use by the amazing event at the Ashburton Braided Threads museum. 9am-4.30pm both days.

Domain Oval.Any questions, please The biannual embroidery exhibition Postponed from February 2022. email mcrelay@cancercwc.org.nz at the Ashburton Art Gallery of work April 8-10 completed over the past two years by March 19-20 members of the guild.

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Sunday

St Stephen’s Anglican Church.

Holy Communion at 8am and 10am on Park Street.

St David’s Union Church Worship Service led by Rev Jim Young from 9.30am at 48 Allens Road, Ashburton.

St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church Combined Service with Hakatere and Methodists at Thomson Street at 10am.

Vaccine passes mandatory. No service at St Andrew’s.

Hakatere Presbyterian Parish Morning Worship at 65 Oxford Street led

by Rev. Johanna Warren at 10am. Note - My Vaccine Pass mandatory please.

St Andrew’s Anglican Church.

Holy Communion at 10am on Thomson Street. Tinwald.

Pickleball Ashburton Come and have a go at EA Networks Centre from 5-7pm. Paddles are provided.

Waireka Croquet Club.

Golf Croquet. Casual games from 1.15pm at the Ashburton Domain off Philip Street.

Every Tues and Fri

Blacksmiths Come and view the new display at the Methven Museum on blacksmiths who were operating in and around Methven. You will be surprised how many were in operation.

View horse and blacksmith equipment and learn more about this fascinating part of our history. So forge on in and learn about swingle-trees and much more. Open Tuesday and Friday 2-4. Admission is free but donations are welcome.

Every Thurs and Sat

Ashburton Toy Library Open every Thursday and Saturday from 9.30am - 12.30pm, , plus every alternate Tuesday afternoon 3.30pm-5pmat 106 Victoria Street.

Second Fri of every month

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

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

10.30am - 12 noon

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

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 held on the first Saturday of the month 10.30am - 3.30pm, second Thursday of the month 1pm - 3.30pm, third Tuesday of the month 7pm - 9pm, and the fourth Thursday of the month 10.30am - 3.30pm.

EA Networks are partnering with Ashburton District Council to celebrate 100 years of serving the community by staging a three-day lighting spectacle in the Ashburton Domain.

Glow in the Park will feature 13 artistic and interactive light installations, including a thunder tree, water reflections, glow football, mirror balls, and an archway of trusses designed to mimic the flow of electricity.The show will start at 6 pm on Friday 8 April 2022 with a display of fireworks and an official “switching on” of the light installations in the Ashburton Domain.

Information panels will also tell EA Networks’ story, from its beginnings

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.

April 19

Kevin ‘Bloody’ Wilson The outrageously funny Kevin ‘Bloody’ Wilson returns to NZ, bringing Kiwis another side-spitting dose of his original fair-dinkum Aussie humour supported by Jenny Talia from Australia. His latest stage show, F.U.P.C, spotlights Political Correctness for what it is and how Kev sees it. At the Ashburton Trust Event Centre at 7.30pm.

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FinalWhistle The Guardian’s sports wrap

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Mid Canterbury’s leading sports writer Matt Markham

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STARS OF THE WEEK Braden Currie Do we need to say anymore? Tauranga Half Ironman in the bag and a big win it was too. 2022 should be exciting.

One-day Coast to Coast confirmed It looked a little unlikely at one point there this week, but those aiming to tackle the beast that is the one-day Coast to Coast next month will get their chance.

Organisers of the iconic event, including race director and Methven’s own, Glenn Currie, confirmed publicly yesterday that the decision had been made to forge ahead with the one-day aspects of the event following the cancellation of all the two-day races earlier this week.

The decision’s come following the move to the red setting under the traffic light

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THINGS TO DO THIS WEEKEND

Tennis

The best of the best in local tennis are locking horns all weekend in the Gala Cup. Play begins at 9am each day, but you might need to watch through the fence.

Cricket

Allenton face Pleasant Point this afternoon at the Ashburton Domain. A lay down misère perhaps, but entertaining cricket non the less. 12 noon first ball delivered.

Races

We should all be going to enjoy a day in the sun, but we can’t hit up the Methven Trots this weekend. Well, you might be able to if you register with the club. Pods of 100 include one for public. First race 12 noon.

system as laid out by the Government, but after some hasty and deep discussions this week the Coast to Coast team were pleased to be able to hold at least some part of the annual race.

“Government feedback has been that they do not want events to cease altogether, rather they’re asking events like ours to restructure to minimise the contact of people as much as possible and reduce the potential of a mass spread as a result of an event,” Currie said.

Two hundred and eighty-four competi-

Bevan Ravenscroft It seems like Bevan’s been around forever, but he’s shown over the past two weeks he’s just as dangerous as ever with the ball in hand. Ominous signs with playoffs looming.

tors will now line up for the Longest Day and One Day Teams categories, starting in pods of less than 100, while 90 athletes in the mountain run, who start from a completely different section of the course will also get their opportunity to compete.

This is a significant decrease from the initial 1400 registered athletes.

The event will officially begin from Kumara beach at 7am on Saturday, February 12 with the first finishers expected to arrive in New Brighton from about 4.30pm that afternoon.

Who am I?

Born in 1968, I grew up in Mid Canterbury where I have remained all my life.

From a young age I took up a sport that almost my entire family was nationally renowned for.

Years on, I can now lay claim to being a dualinternational in two variations of my sport.

I’ve represented New Zealand on the world stage in Cyprus where I claimed a gold medal.

While I don’t play one variation of the sport anymore, I have four national titles in the variation I do continue to play.

My association with the sport locally is with a club based in Allenton.

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Hamish Bond

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A legend of New Zealand sport who this week retired from rowing. So many incredible memories of him wearing the silver fern and a genuinely top bloke to boot.

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Otago Country awaits for Hawke Cup clash Matt Markham With a spot in the Hawke Cup zone playoff still within reach, there’s a lot on the line today and tomorrow for the Mid Canterbury senior cricket side.

The team travelled south to Alexandra yesterday and will step out onto Molyneux Park this morning for the first of two days of cricket against Otago Country with a victory this weekend a major steppingstone towards advancing to the next stage of the competition.

To this point, it’s been a frustrating campaign for the baggy green and golds.

Their first match against South Canterbury was washed out with minimal play conducted and then a fortnight ago they were unable to pick up first innings points against Southland – in a match which ended as a stalemate.

So, a little momentum and a bit of success wouldn’t be a bad result from two days of cricket over the weekend.

One change has been made to the side that faced Southland with Ben Innes

Mid Canterbury XI William Southby © Sam Clark Ryan Bell Devon Flannery Alex Hooper Ben Innes Tom Innes Angus Jemmett Des Kruger Harry McMillan James Southby joining the side, replacing opening batsmen, Nick Gilbert.

A handy batsman with a steady head on his shoulders, Innes comes into the side and will provide another top of the order batting option for the side this weekend, with runs on the board being the priority, especially if they end up yielding the willow first.

Just who walks out into the middle with regular opener, Angus Jemmett won’t be known until just before the match, but there’s plenty of options there with Devon Flannery and potentially even Sam Clark.

The latter was in good form last weekend for Tech scoring a big total in their victory over Pleasant Point.

On the bowling front, there’s plenty of options.

Alex Hooper will again spear-head the attack with Harry McMillan, Innes’ brother Tom and the always present Ryan Bell expected to do the majority of the grunt work.

The weather is expected to play ball on both days with typically hot Central Otago sunshine on the cards, but some decent cloud cover which will prove conducive to getting the ball to move around on the always lively Molyneux Park wicket.

Play begins at 10.30am and scores can be followed through the Mid Canterbury Cricket Association social media channels.

Meanwhile, club cricket continues this weekend with the final day of the round robin in the Tweedy Cup. Tech, who are already assured another crack at Pleasant Point in next week’s preliminary final, will take on Celtic in what could prove to be a very important match for the Timaru based side and determine their final standing while Allenton will have to face the might of Pleasant Point on the Allenton wicket.

Tom Innes will play a vital role in the Mid Canterbury bowling line up this weekend.

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Behind closed doors, almost Matt Markham They should have been gearing up for one of their biggest meetings of the season, but instead the Methven Trotting Club are working hard to just ensure they keep everyone safe.

Tomorrow’s meeting on the famed grass track of the Mt Harding Racecourse should have seen a crowd of more than 2000 people in attendance, but will now be limited to just a few hundred as the racing industry tightens its belt in an effort to keep Covid- 19 at bay.

Included in that crowd would have been a group of 650 people as part of Clubs of Canterbury

The Methven Trotting Club will go behind closed doors again this weekend.

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Raceday while the remainder would have been made up of industry participants such as trainers, drivers and owners along with sponsors and general public.

The club will instead have four

separate pods on course at the meeting.

One for owners, one for sponsors, one for licence holders and essential race day staff and another for general public. The general

public bubble is through registration only which can be done through the club.

While disappointed not to be welcoming all and sundry onto the course, the action on the track is still set to be of the highest quality – including a $20,000 race – the Little Green Jug for the three-year-old pacers.

With a 12-race card it is still hoped racing followers will get in on the action and enjoy a flutter or two throughout the day with big, even fields the order of the meeting including a number of good local chances.

One of the better local chances on the day looks to come in the last race when Simon Adlam and Ricky May combine with the ultra-consistent Wavethebill.

The first race is at 12 noon.

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The 2022 Shoot Out This weekend golfing bragging rights go on the line at the Brandon Links when the Property Brokers Shootout is held. As always, Paddy Bradford has done the form and broken down the field for this year’s event.

7 Perry Hunt: This shy and unassuming gelding does not always show it, but he is a supremely confident beast with a never-say-die attitude. Living proof of Einstein’s law that light travels faster than sound, as from a distance he looks quite bright, until you get closer and hear him speak. Runs well on firm ground, but really struggles in loose footings, like sand. If he gets past one, he will go deep.

19 Rob Coyle:

This stallion is a new one on me, he has qualified under the radar. I have been told he has a sporty background and something about a short fuse. He will have to lead the way in the great race and starting from the front has ruined many top runners. I suppose I could have done more homework to find out about the fella and do an in-depth guide, but who cares he won’t be here long. Out in 2. Welcome to the race Rob!

18 Ron Carlson: This

The steady plodder, Bruce Day, still the favourite.

stayer has run in a few big races before but has never shown the full promise that we know he has. He can be a bit erratic when slow and steady is the name of the game. His lady owner may well need to be present early on to rein him in. If she can get him through the first nine, then unleash him to canter free he might have a chance. Final 6.

17 Seb McMillan: One

of the best finds of the club in recent years.

This young foal has bounced around the course without a care in the world, just like

Bambi. He still thinks the world is all buttercups and rainbows.

Well, it’s time to grow up quickly or he is going to get stomped.

He will be desperately looking for his sire, in the field for some protection, but dad will have his own problems. Could well be a surprise package. Final 5.

16 Hamish Niles:

Previous winner of the great race and massive supporter of the concept. Only a fool would write a derogatory guide for him. This once perfectly presented stud horse is just starting to show a bit of wear and tear, signs of a life well lived. Botox and foundation will only mask things for a while.Will be a contender again.

Final 3.

15 Tufuga Sa: Laid back

is an understatement. This trotter would make Bob Marley look hypo and stressed out. Has definitely got the game and the nounce to go all the way and he would certainly be a people’s champion. I am not sure if he can step up his game for a sprint finish, but if he can find second gear, watch out! Final 3.

14 Bryan Donaldson:

Strong warhorse, loves the rough and tumble of a dirty race. Will attempt to bully the younger and smaller horses. He will also certainly keep the referees on their toes as underhand tactics are not below him. He could well be a contender with this game plan, or he could bank on skill and talent and fall at the first.

Out in 3.

13 Adrian Hopwood:

One of only a few proper sized horses. This big clydesdale had a few early visits to the great race but always struggled around the turn. Handicap or lack of it may well be a problem. Was recently let go from his part-time job at the undertakers. He was working at the funeral of Fred Boggs the inventor of the Hokey Pokey dance. Hoppy was trying to get Fred in the coffin. First off, he got his left leg in and that was when it all went wrong. This could be his year. Out at the turn.

12 Hayden McMillan:

Bambi’s Dad will have to be ruthless and cut the apron strings on junior or he may get dragged down in the carnage.

Everyone knows that he is the stables best chance of a victory, but he can’t waste precious time and energy checking on bubs.

He should just throw him to the pack. It’s like running away from a lion, you don’t have to be faster than the lion, just faster than the scapegoat next to you, and if they are faster, trip them up. Is no chance a chance? Out front 9.

11 Dave Hampton:

Well-seasoned shetland pony has run on the Brandon for many years, but only recently has he started to take it seriously.

Will be very nervous and skittish around the big broncos, may well run most of his race in the trees for safety. For God’s sake do not make any sudden moves or loud noises around him, because if he gets scared and bolts, we have lost him for the day. Startled by a rabbit on 4.

10 Ray Lambert: This

quiet and unassuming trotter will attempt to play the sympathy card. He will be bandaged up with joint supports and the odour of Deep Heat will be overpowering. He will smile and joke with anyone who will listen.

Don’t get sucked in, he is a battle-hardened warrior and everyone else in the race better watch out as he is not averse to driving his sulky over the odd foot here or there. Will make the turn.

9 Brad Fallaver: Another virgin to the great race but has shown plenty of ticker around the track. Will not really be sure of the the big game tactics and may try and sprint too early.

Though he does seem like quite a cool customer, who will just take life with a pinch of salt and with a slice of lemon and a big slug of tequila. Out early.

8 Jen Shepherd: This wonderfully presented filly has put herself in the firing line for the first time. There can be no doubts around her ability, she has run with the best of them, matched them all and beat most.

Does she actually know what she has let herself in for? If she can keep her head early, then could well be a contender. Final 4.

6 Terry Molloy: This sprightly bronco has had a couple of tilts at the great race before, with differing outcomes.

I don’t think he has got his head around the race day tactics yet, but if he gets his game plan right could well be a contender. One drawback is the early pace, some say that 40 minutes for the first fence is a bit too quick for his blood. Out before the turn.

5 Kevin Smith: This strong high stepper has won many races around the Brandon track. Recent snip by the handicapper did a bit of damage, but he is bouncing back again. No doubts that he has all the skills to form a good race. No-one will plan the race better. No-one will plot all the fences more methodically. He knows the course inside out. Out in 3.

4 David Robertson:

Just back in Ashburton after representing the lollipop guild in the wonderful world of Oz. Rumour has it that he was freelancing there fixing potholes in the yellow brick road. Very classy show pony who could go well. If you want to follow him, you better get out early. I reckon he only has 8 or 9 shots in him. All on the first hole. First faller.

3 Bev Chinn: An almost ever present in the great race.

This feisty filly has been bridesmaid a couple of times before, but that last fence is a big one and she struggles to get her leg over big ones. No-one can doubt her skill and tenacity, she just needs the rub of the green to go her way. Will be well backed in the sweepstake. Is this finally going to be her year? Out at 13.

2 Chris Lovelock: One

of the steadiest runners on the course, never far from the prize table. Out of the famous Olympian Lovelock stable so distance is not a problem. Has got a bit of a chequered history in the great race. He ran very well last time out, but anyone who was there will never forget his first fence fall a couple of years back.Will this play on his mind? I reckon not, he will make it into the back 9.

1 Bruce Day: What can we say about this steady plodder, he is a giant amongst dwarves.

A legend in his own lunchtime.

Has won everything that he has entered. Already the only double champ of the great race and nobody would back against a third title. One straw to clutch at is that the handicapper has given him a decent snip, but then again, lady owner says that if he doesn’t win so will she. Can’t really see past him. In fact, race organisers are that confident they have told him to not turn up until the last three holes. His to lose!

RACING 25

Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 29, 2022

Meg’s black type hungry Meg Cunneen has developed a taste for black-type racing less than a month since the first stakes win of her fledgling training career.

The Riccarton trainer produced William Wallace to win last month’s Listed Timaru Cup, her first black-type win, bringing up just her third training success.

Today, Cunneen will produce Coupland’s Bakeries Mile runner-up Seriously in the Listed Timaru Stakes at Riccarton, a possible precursor to the White Robe Lodge Stakes at Wingatui a week later.

Cunneen also has William Wallace earmarked for the White Robe Lodge Stakes, while Bully Boy is on track for the Listed Dunedin Gold Cup the same day and Mamma Sans will head north next week for a shot at the Listed Wairarapa Thoroughbred Breeders’ Stakes at Tauherenikau on February 7.

“It’s crazy how quickly everything has happened, but chiefly through the Ridley family, my family and the Bull family,

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Meg Cunneen’s rapid rise continued on Sunday when Mamma Sans won at Cromwell.

PHOTO SUPPLIED I’m privileged to have really good support and hopefully I can carry on getting results for them,” said Cunneen, who has a team of seven in work.

Seriously emerged as a flagbearer with his gallant front-running performance to nearly grab

an upset win in the Coupland’s Mile for jockey Chris Johnson, who again rides in the Timaru Stakes.

The O’Reilly six-year-old gelding had a good hit-out between races in an exhibition gallop with William Wallace at Riccarton last

week, delighting Cunneen with his effort.

“Chris Johnson rode him in the exhibition gallop, but Brett Murray rides him in a lot of his work and he said since he’s had the gallop he’s really switched on and he’s forward going into Saturday,” she said.

“The race came up a bit stronger than I thought it would with the White Robe the next weekend, but it will be a really interesting race because there are a lot of good form lines.

“We’ll try and get across. If he’s not in front, it’s no big deal so long as he’s settling well which he usually does in the open.”

A winner of three of his 20 starts, Seriously began his career with Neill Ridley and briefly switched to Riccarton trainer Terri Rae when Ridley died, before joining Cunneen.

She had been considering Seriously for a trip north for this weekend’s Thorndon Mile at Trentham, but after he finished second over 1400m at Cromwell in late November she decid-

Riccarton gallops Today at Ruccarton Park

Vickezzrose T R Moseley (5) 55 16 72 Burgundy Gold K Chowdhoory (14) (A1) 54 15:43 R1 Riccarton Pk Function Ctre Mdn $15,000 6 R3 Karaka 2022 7-12 March (Bm74) $30,000 R5 Odt Sthrn Mile Qualifier-Bm74 $35,000 1 83578 Final Savings J D Laking (4) 1400m 12:10 1600m 14:33 1 2355x Ideal Warrior Y Atchamah (18) (A4) 58.5 1200m 13:20 2 22x23 The Buffer T R Moseley (14) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

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Mr Ghibson S Toolooa (5) (A3) 58.5 58.5 J D Laking (15) Bentley Ataahua Pipedream Ms K Williams (17) 57 Beau Rouge K Chowdhoory (21) (A1) 57 Tenzing A Comignaghi (19) 57 Savvy Boy D I Montes De Oca (11) (A1) 57 57 The Arctic Blast J R Lowry (2) Folktale Rohan Mudhoo (8) (A1) 56.5 56.5 Bluegrass Dixie C A Campbell (9) Honey Honey

56.5 L Callaway (10) 56.5 Santiago Miss R Cuneen (1) 56.5 Deny Baby Cheeses K Mudhoo (13) 56.5 A Balloo (16) 56.5 Chamonix Theunnamedfeeling T R Moseley (12) 56.5 55 Taimate Diva

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55 Ashvegas Girl 57 Sir Vintage 4860x Eulogy Show

56.5 56.5 0x87 Heads Up

R2 Nobby Bussell Memorial 2yo $30,000 800m 12:45 1 2 3 4 5

Correction No Drama Haggle 66x Shazza Bienvenue

J D Laking (1) R Cuneen (2) J R Lowry (3) S Toolooa (6) (A3) C W Johnson (4)

ed to change tack and focus on late-summer southern targets.

“He lightened off after the Cromwell trip so we opted to put him out for three weeks,” Cunneen said.

“He’s been back now just over a month and we’re really happy with him. He looks well and he should be a good chance despite the draw, but there will be further improvement to come.

“On the White Robe Lodge Stakes, he’s got to pull up well, but if he does, that’s where we’ll be heading.”

Cunneen will also produce Bully Boy in the Kam Transport Marlborough Cup, reporting the Rock ’n’ Pop seven-year-old had thrived since his Greymouth Cup win and second placing in the Kumara Gold Nuggets earlier this month.

“He went super both days on the coast,” she said. “If he races well on Saturday and pulls up well, he’s likely to head towards the Dunedin Gold Cup. “He’s got a good record at Riccarton so he should be a good chance.”

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1 10720 Rock Sensation D I Montes De Oca (7) (A1) 62 2 77315 All About Magic C W Johnson (8) 60.5 58 3 42122 Phelan The Power J R Lowry (6) 4 11335 Colossal C A Campbell (5) 57.5 T R Moseley (4) 57 5 69951 Awatane 6 61414 Treybon J D Laking (9) 57 7 72812 Easy On The Eye K Chowdhoory (14) (A1) 56.5 8 33411 Demand Respect Ms K Williams (13) 56.5 9 0x116 Its So Easy K Mudhoo (2) 55.5 10 52110 Royce Roca Rohan Mudhoo (10) (A1) 55.5 11 7586 Yamuna B M Murray (1) 55.5 R4 Plough Hotel (Bm65) $30,000 1100m 12 0480x Kaareraway G A Jogoo (3) 55 13:55 54.5 13 x0540 Itsonlymoney A Comignaghi (11) 1 16544 Leroy J R Lowry (8) 59 14 50233 Namibia Miss A Balloo (12) 54 59 R6 Kam Transport Marlborough Cup $60,000 2 28631 Postcode Envy A Comignaghi (3) 3 x8512 O’jessica C W Johnson (15) 58.5 2000m 15:08 60 57.5 1 10656 Mr Intelligence J R Lowry (11) 4 73058 Bolt From The Blue J D Laking (11) B M Murray (1) 58 5 8x310 Lady Cora G A Jogoo (16) 57 2 73512 Bully Boy T R Moseley (8) 58 K Mudhoo (7) 57 3 24613 El Gladiador 6 70486 Make Believe 57 7 10723 Sassy Susan T R Moseley (6) 57 4 21048 Southern Ocean G A Jogoo (5) C W Johnson (7) 56 Rohan Mudhoo (5) (A1) 57 5 9000 Whale Song 8 7x020 Gas Monkey C A Campbell (6) 54 9 7630 He’s Ready D I Montes De Oca (1) (A1) 57 6 x890x Miss Tavi 54 10 35x08 Mozzarella C A Campbell (4) 56 7 20357 Original Gangster Ms K Williams (10) K Mudhoo (4) 54 Ms K Williams (2) 56 8 76388 Rainman 11 x3472 Medalza A Comignaghi (9) 54 12 73x12 Hello Mary Lou A Balloo (12) 55.5 9 x0313 Aljay K Chowdhoory (2) (A1) 54 L Callaway (10) 55.5 10 91813 Da Vinci Girl 13 9870x Venturesome 54 T Jonker (9) 55.5 11 75318 Saigon Hot Night A Balloo (3) 14 90380 Our Rosette 15 00x64 Papagena S Toolooa (13) (A3) 55 R7 Rangiora New World (Bm65) $30,000 1400m

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54 60 60 59.5 Hunter Villain J R Lowry (3) Sacred Giant Ms K Williams (11) 59.5 Wild Rover K Chowdhoory (15) (A1) 59.5 Light Up C W Johnson (6) 57.5 56.5 O’jude A Comignaghi (10) 56 Selfie C A Campbell (8) Pure Class A Balloo (13) 55.5 Sweet Fields Rohan Mudhoo (7) (A1) 55.5 Ceddy Smith D I Montes De Oca (9) (A1) 55.5 Holy Loch S Toolooa (2) (A3) 55.5 55 Fame Shines L Callaway (5) Zacat C K Kwo (1) 54.5 54.5 A Little Vague K Mudhoo (16) She’s Recommended B M Murray (12) 54.5

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Matt Markham’s Riccarton Selections

Race 1: Savy Boy, Tenzing, Ataahua Pipedream, Folktale Race 2: Correction, No Drama, Haggle, Shazza Race 3: Challa, Anduin, Kopua, First Rock Race 4: Lady Cora, O’Jessica, Medalza, Leroy Race 5: Phelan The Power, Itsonlymoney, Rock Sensation, Colossal Race 6: Bully Boy, Aljay, Southern Ocean, Original Gangster Race 7: The Buffer, Wild Rover, Sacred Giant, O’Jude Race 8: Miss Tycoon Rose, Beneficial, My World, Harbourside Race 9: Madam Sequoia, Too Ferlaxed, Lochwinnoch, Panzer BEST BET: Challa (Race 3) R9 Racecourse Htl& Mtr Lodge-Bm65 $30,000 VALUE: Madam Sequoia (Race 9)

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Tomorrow at Mt Harding Raceway

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1 8487 Essence Of Easton M Williamson R T May 2 37342 Wavethebill 3 20034 Krystal Delight B Hope (J) 4 47346 Arden’s Sweetheart B Orange 5 40969 Little Gee L O’Reilly J Dunn 6 54005 Donegal Carrickfin J Dunn G Thornley (J) 7 57006 The Artful Dodger S Ottley R Close 8 12689 Whiskey Cavalier K Cameron B N Orange 9 80904 Times Are A Changin R Close M Williamson R10 RICHMOND CLUB AT THE BOROUGH 10 46086 Conquer Me C Butt HANDICAP PACE NZD $9,000 2400m 16:47 11 x9538 Baileys Diamond J Morrison 1 33610 El Sirrar K Cameron 12 20690 Luminite S Thornley (J) G O’Reilly 2 9665 Sweet Belle 13 00x80 Frosty Reception C McDowell 3 81668 Maren Franco L O’Reilly S Tomlinson 14 8000 Honour Scroll M Williamson 4 701 Szybka Lane 15 x8996 Bettors Atom 5 34321 Missmollygoodgolly L McCormick 16 35896 Betterthanhope J Hay Matt Markham’s Methven Selections 6 286 Bettor Believe It C DeFilippi Race 1: Vertigo, Jesper Fast, Unico Vacanza, Rush 7 8689x Hidden Desire K Cox Race 2: Watch Me, Stellar Arden, Twice Shy, You Fly With Me 8 44425 Eastwood Isabella R Close Race 3: Vincent Vega, Atomic Traveller, Beyond A Shadow, 9 4357 Silk B Orange Jute 10 26520 Artatac Race 4: Best Trio, Morries Girl, Kohwai Shadow, With Grace 11 20752 A Bettor Act T Williams Race 5: Awesome Impee, Bright Glow, Pruince Ranier, Mu12 11470 Lulu Le Mans G Smith rano 13 73627 Passion And Power J Dunn Race 6: Boudica, Journo, Charlie’s Ace, Not Over 14 8x60x Georgie Zukov R T May R11 ASHBURTON MSA CLUB & SUPER LIQ- Race 7: Mr Perfect, Katherine, Elo Louise, Moody River UOR HANDICAP TROT NZD $9,000 2400m Race 8: Aardie’s Express, Star Casino, My Ultimate Chevron, 17:17 Ideal Dance 1 1x007 Repeat Pat T Williams Race 9: Kyran, He’s Tough, Saint Waitaki, Sophia Bromac 2 16q77 Test The Boundaries J Ford Race 10: Passion And Power, A Bettor Act, Maren Franco, 3 34766 Sally Lindenny G O’Reilly Sweet Belle 4 83100 Dd’s Super Stuart J Markham Race 11: Sioux Princess, Prince Teka, Franco Josiah, Royal 5 23 Franco Josiah J Morrison Del 6 38500 Rogie Falls Race 12: Whiskey Cavalier, Little Gee, Wavethebill, Arden’s 7 54317 Bryan Boru Sweetheart 8 70415 Take After Me BEST BET: Aardie’s Express (Race 8) 9 57661 Beyond The Horizon J Smith VALUE: Vincent Vega (Race 3)

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Exercise your grey cells with our weekly sports crossword and quiz

Sportsword

No 89 © Copyright Peter Thomson 2022

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as NZ’s prime strike bowler (8) 5 Crusaders All Black lock 2001-07 (4) 7 NZ men’s cricket captain 1995-97 (6) 8 Waikato ABs lock 1989-93 (6) 10 Long-time Kiwi F1 racer emerged early 1960s (4) 12 Backline general 1924-25 All Black “Invincibles” (8) 14 First Kiwi to coach State of Origin rugby league team (4) 16 Central Stags cricket stalwart, Greg -- (3) 17 Highlanders All Black firstfive 1999-2001 (5) 20 – spinner (3) 22 All Black prop, -- Laulala (4) 23 Teen ABs wing sensation 1970 South African tour (8) 25 Otago swing bowler figured men’s historic away Test victory v South Africa 1961 (7) 27 Waikato All Black hooker 1953-60 (4) 29 Kiwi two-time road cycling Olympian, -- Bennett (6) 30 ABs captain 1974-76 (6)

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to play 200 games across all formats, Sara -- (9) 2 Crusaders All Black lock 2012-17 (6) 3 Black Caps allrounder scored maiden Test century v England 2019 (7) 4 Colloquial term for horse (3) 5 NZ rugby league centre/ second-rower 1990s, -McCracken (6)

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3. After his unsuccessful stint with the warriors, which Union did Marc Ellis sign with? a) Northland b) North Harbour c) Auckland 4. Where is the New Zealand Sports Hall Of Fame? a) Christchurch b) Wellington c) Dunedin

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6. How many Gala Cup singles titles does Rhy Cromie have? a) 10 b) 11 c) 12 7. Hamish Bond began his rowing career at which school? a) St Bede’s College b) Dunedin Boys’ High School c) Waitaki Boys 8. Kiwi tennis player, Michael Venus called Nick Kyrgios a “absolute” what this week? a) Tosser b) Idiot c) Knob

Answers: 1. b) apprentice butcher. 2. a) Shane Bond. 3. b) North Harbour. 4. c) Dunedin.

5. b) Pool. 6. a) 10. 7. b) Dunedin Boys’ High School.

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Ashburton Guardian Saturday, January 29, 2022

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ARIES (Mar 21-Apr 19): When talking to someone you’re trying to understand where they are coming from. You can picture their life outside the interaction with greater accuracy because of the excellent questions you ask.

TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You like to be the one giving, but if you don’t let others help you, you deprive them of something meaningful. Part of generosity is being a gracious receiver of what people contribute to you.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You don’t have to be overly sensitive to every internal distress signal or constantly let yourself off the hook. But do acknowledge when the hard work hurts. That acknowledgment is enough to avoid burnout.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): The rules are in place for a reason, but it’s not always good. Today, you may find it’s not a very solid or enforceable one either. If someone is going to make an exception, it will be for exceptional you.

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): Emotional investment is like any other – a risk. One thing you can count on is that, sooner or later, everyone gets hurt in love. If there’s no hurt, it’s not love. So the question is, who are you willing to hurt for?

VIRGO (Aug 23-Sep 22): What you like will agree with you, make you look good, and inspire lots more of the good stuff. Who you love will love you back. What you do will matter. It’s an all-around fantastic day.

LIBRA (Sep 23-Oct 23): Projects have a beginning, middle and end, though that is not the best order of approach. Begin with the end. If you don’t have an end in mind yet, assist someone who does and you’ll learn a lot.

SCORPIO (Oct 24-Nov 21): Be extremely careful which collective you align with. Groups can be destructive and stupid or highly intelligent and even brighter as an entity than the most intelligent person within the group.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov 22-Dec 21): Trying to connect with an emotionally distant person is futile. The wind touches you; you do not touch it. But if you position yourself well, you can use its power to do any number of things.

CAPRICORN (Dec 22-Jan 19): An old joke: Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. So make like a fruit fly and get into the sweetness of the day. Work to get past the peel and a little humour to get past this horoscope.

AQUARIUS (Jan 20-Feb 18): Be like the honeybee. Send out scouts in every direction so that later you can concentrate all your efforts on the direction where the flowers are open and inviting.

PISCES (Feb 19-Mar 20): Even though you are affiliated with a group, you will act independently, cooperating as it suits you and compromising when it’s beneficial. The approach produces coordinated results everyone will be proud of.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

CCS Disability Action job vacancy

The Ashburton Club and MSA

Our Doors Are Still Open

Experienced pharmacy technician

OPENING HOURS Ashburton Club & MSA Sunday, Monday & Tuesday Wednesday & Thursday Friday & Saturday

11am-6pm 11am-8pm 11am-9pm

Ashburton Super Liquor Sunday, Monday, Tuesday Wednesday, Thursday Friday, Saturday

10am-6pm 10am-8pm 10am-9pm

Under Red Traffic Light regulations while you join us in the Main Bar you must scan in and wear your mask unless you are eating or drinking.

Experienced pharmacy technician required for our small community pharmacy.

We are looking for a person who is customerfocused and dedicated to providing high quality health care to our patients.

Please email office@eaststpharmacy.co.nz Or call Carolyn on 021 729098 for more information.

ACCOMMODATION, RENTAL

CHURCH SERVICES

AN honest respectable reliable Christian lady in her 50,s,requiring a long For all up-to-date news and regulations keep an eye out on term rental, very clean the website www.ashburtonclub.co.nz “Transforming and tidy, would like a town “Transforming Lives through or call the office 03 308 7149 Lives through house or modern flat with Gospel Power” garages between. Has to Gospel Power” Easter Sunday Service be immaculate. Heat pump, 63One Princes Street service HIRE spacious. 2 or 1 bed room.

10.30am 10:00am GENERAL hire. References available. Private Lawnmowers, chainsaws, and quiet. Hampstead or are Welcome 63You Princess Street concrete breakers, trailers, close by. Ph.027 557 6093.

Rev. David Bayne AllPhWelcome and more. All your DIY / party 307 7355 hire, call and see Ashburton LONG term rental required for Rev. David Bayne U-Hire. 588 East Street. two to three bedroom home Ph 307 7355 Open Monday-Friday 7.00am with garage preferred Town – 5.30pm; Saturday 7.30am or country – able to move - 5pm; Sunday 8.30am - in within a couple of weeks.

12.30pm - Phone 308 8061.

FOR SALE www.ashburtonuhire.co.nz Willing to pay between $300 and $400 a week. Please FIREWOOD, Dry shed phone or text 0273595171 stored old man pine $300 Talk to your local team at per 3m³, Oregon $330 per 3m³, Blue gum $390 per the Ashburton Guardian 3m³, Macrocarpa $360 ADULT per 3m³, Poplar $270 per to promote your company 3m³ Delivered. Free bag E NTERTAINMENT in a feature of kindling with every 6m³ LOVELY Looking lady for ordered. Please phone genuine callers. No texting. Jimmy on 0274414073 Phone 021 0275 9055

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WEEKEND SERVICES

CCS Disability Action’s vision is to see every disabled person included in the life of their family and community.

We have been working with disabled people and their families since 1935 and are now at the forefront of service provision, advocacy and information sharing in the disability sector New Zealand-wide. Our people are professional, innovative, dedicated and knowledgeable. We hold ourselves to the highest possible ethical and professional standards and are known for our partnership approach to support.

Job title: Service Co-ordinator Job location: Ashburton Hours: Permanent, Part-Time (30 hours per week) Job specific information: This role offers you an exciting opportunity to use and develop your service co-ordination skills within the Mid Canterbury Community.

Our work is undertaken alongside disabled people, their family/whanau, and develops individuals needs in a directed, creative way that satisfies individuals’ needs.

We work within a Human Rights framework and are an EEO employer, meaning we make accommodation and openly encourage people with lived experience of disability to apply.

To be appointed the successful candidate will have: • An understanding of working with Families, Youth and Adult and the ways to support people to continue to grow and develop • Working knowledge of the Social Model of Disability, including person directed planning and community development practices.

• A strong commitment to providing quality support and outcomes to disabled people and their families.

• A strong commitment to positive action and diversity in the disability sector • A willingness to be flexible and seek opportunities to work in innovative ways • Be a person that looks for opportunities to develop and maintain community connections and networks with a focus on supporting the community towards greater inclusion for all people • Have experience working with disabled people would be a distinct advantage How to apply: If you are passionate about supporting people to live independently and engage in their local community, we want to hear from you. Please contact our Business Support team (03) 365 5661 or email Southern.Recruitment@ ccsDisabilityAction.org.nz for an application pack. We are committed to ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone, please let us know if you require an alternative method of application.

Application closing date: 5pm, Friday, 11th February, 2022 CCS Disability Action builds our work around three core documents; UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Te Tiriti o Waitangi and the NZ Disability Strategy.

We work within a Human Rights framework and are committed to equal opportunity in all our employment policies and procedures. We welcome enquiries from everyone and value diversity in our workforce. This position offers you flexibility in how you manage the role and we openly encourage people with lived experience of disability to apply.

Please respect any COVID-19 restrictions or requirements

MEDICAL SERVICES

HELPLINE SERVICES COMMUNITY SERVICES

services please phone Methven Medical Centre on 302 8105 or Rakaia Medical Centre on 303 5002 DUTY DOCTORS for details on how to access the For all other medical assistance outside after-hours service each weekend. of normal hours please phone your Pharmacies general practice team, 24/7, to speak with a health professional who will give Wises Pharmacy, Countdown you free health advice on what to do or Complex, East Street, will be open from 9am - 1pm Saturday, from 10am where to go if you need urgent care.

1pm Sunday.

If you don’t have a regular general practice, call any GP team 24/7 for free Ashburton Rest Homes telephone health advice.

Please contact directly for hours.

Please bring your Community Services Card. All non-New Zealanders should Emergency dentist bring their passport with them, New If you do not have or cannot contact Zealanders should bring some form your regular dentist, please phone 027 of ID. 683 0679 for the name of the rostered weekend dentist in Christchurch. Hours Methven & Rakaia areas 9am - 5pm, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.

For weekend and emergency

Healthline is a free health advice service.

IN EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY PHONE 111.

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

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

Direct dials to a volunteer.

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.

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.

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SITUATIONS VACANT

SITUATIONS VACANT

Class 5 Harvest and Tanker Drivers

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS DEATHS

Surface Water Project Coordinator

Hilton Haulage began trading in Washdyke Timaru in the late 1960s with 20 staff. Having been on a significant growth journey, we now have numerous locations spread throughout New Zealand.

The 2022 harvest season is approaching, and we need to dig up some new talent to help us tackle the crops. This season we will have V-Bin truck and trailer units and drivers based at Pendarves (North East of Ashburton).

We have both fixed term and permanent positions available.

The fixed term will run from mid-March to mid-May, these dates are weather, and harvest depended. The permanent positions will see you helping out with harvest until around May then you will operate a Milk Tanker out of Dunsandel.

If your application is successful you will find yourself carting potatoes to storage sheds or onions to a local packaging shed. Harvest will be on a rotating roster of one week of day shift (Monday to Saturday) followed by one week of nightshift (Sunday to Friday). Milk tanker season will see you operating on a 3 day, 3 night and 3 off roster.

Fixed-term role implementing our Surface Water Strategy.

This fixed-term role will see you tasked with identifying stockwater races within the districts 2500 km network that can be closed.

Building effective relationships with Iwi, ECan, DOC and Irrigation companies, providing sound advice to groups and increasing the knowledge and community understanding of our surface water strategy and how this will affect parties across Mid Canterbury.

We are looking for a a self starter and practical minded, strategic thinker who delivers results through their ability to interact with people and organisations.

Previous experience coupled with your practical abilities will see you rewarded with a role that will provide challenge, autonomy and great satisfaction.

If this sounds like you then please email people@hiltons.co.nz Honest. Trustworthy.

Local. or contact Newton on 027 564 9448.

Honest. Trustworthy.Chris Local.

For more information about this role or to apply online visit our website www.ashburtondcgovt.nz

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© Copyright Meteorological Service of New Zealand Limited 2022

27 MIN 12

Saturday: Fine, apart from a few areas of morning cloud. Northeasterlies dying out by afternoon, then northwesterly developing in the evening.

SUN PROTECTION ALERT PROTECTION REQUIRED

Seek shade, reapply sunscreen

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Mountain weather hazards: None issued.

Fine.

Wind at 2000m: W 40 km/h.

Freezing level: Above 3000m.

Monday: Fine. Northeasterlies.

Christchurch Darfield Lake Coleridge Methven Rakaia Timaru

Sunday: Fine. Light winds and daytime easterly breezes.

Wind at 1000m: NW 30 km/h, rising to 50 km/h in exposed places in the afternoon.

Sunday: Fine. Light winds and daytime easterly breezes.

Saturday

WILSON, Barry Denniston – Son of the late Cecil and Josie Wilson. Loved brother and brother-in-law of Brian and Doreen, Shirley and Ian (Behrnes) and Leicester and Lidka and loved uncle of Craig, Michelle and Paul Behrnes and Ryan, Karla and Adam Wilson. An informal get together in memory of Barry’s life is to be held in the Hotel Ashburton on FEBRUARY 3 at 2pm. We are required to follow all Covid protocol and vaccine pass will be required.

JAMISON, Howard – To our respected brother-inlaw and much loved uncle.

We will miss you. You will always be in our hearts, thoughts and memories. Our love always. Vince, Chris, Robert, Matthew, Kara and Arena and family.

JAMISON, Howard – On January 25, 2022.

Howard sadly passed after a courageous fight with cancer. Respected friend of Pete and Lorraine Nolan together with the extended Nolan family.

Fly High Howie R.I.P

Canterbury owned, locally operated

Patersons Funeral Services and Ashburton Crematorium Ltd Office and Chapel Corner East & Cox Streets, Ashburton

Ph 307 7433

73 Burnett St, Ashburton

Jo Metcalf

Saturday: Mainly fine. Northeasterlies dying out in the morning, then light winds.

Around The Region

SUMMERFIELD Rachel Ann – The Stara and Summerfield families would like to thank everyone for their phone calls, cards, baking, flowers and visits, and those that attended Rachel’s service.

Your love and support to us as a family is very much appreciated by us all. We would also like to thank the Ashburton Hospital and the Netherby Pharmacy. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

FOR PEACE OF MIND

Canterbury Plains

A ridge of high pressure persists over the country for the next few days, while a few fronts approach southern New Zealand from the southwest.

JACK, Doug – We would like to express our sincere appreciation for all the love and support received during this sad time. The beautiful flowers, cards and the number of phone calls were a tribute to Doug and showed the high regard in which he was held.

Please accept this as a personal thank you.

Ruby, Alyson, Warren, Karen and families

Level 2, 73 Burnett St, Ashburton | Members of I.B.A.N.Z & Brokernet NZ Ltd.

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GARDE, Peter Barry – 14.04.1953 – 2.11.2021 Annette, Katie, Emma, Julia and families wish to sincerely thank family and friends for the beautiful flowers, cards, emails, texts, baking/food, gifts, phone calls and visits at the time of our sad loss.

Thank you to Heather McKimmie for conducting a heartfelt service of remembrance. We would like to acknowledge the care given by Methven Medical Centre, district nurses, Ward 1 Ashburton Hospital, Methven Pharmacy, Mid Canterbury Hospice and St George's Cancer Care to Pete during his illness. It was very much appreciated.

Please accept this acknowledgement as a personal thank you for your support in the remembrance of Pete.

WILSON, Barry Denniston – At Cairns Australia on January 23, 2022. Dearly loved husband of Pam and much loved father and father-in-law of Barbara and Stephen, Tracey and the late Sandra. Special granddad of Max, Courtney, Izaac and Eva. A private family ceremony will be held for Barry in Cairns.

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BOON, Michael John (Mike) – Maureen, Paul and Debs, Stephen and Lane, and Katie would like to thank everybody for the beautiful flowers, cards, visits, phone calls and hugs. Your love and support to us is very much appreciated. Please accept this as a personal acknowledgement.

Sunday Sunday

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Mountain weather hazards: None issued.

Mainly fine.

Wind at 1000m: Light.

Wind at 2000m: NW 40 km/h dying out in the morning.

Monday: Fine. Light winds and daytime northeast breezes.

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

Methven 19.4 8.8 – – – – – – –

Tides, Sun and Moon Saturday

Sunday

Christchurch Timaru Airport Airport 19.5 19.5 10.7 10.4 6.1 – 0.0 0.0 36.4 37.8 NE 35 SE 26 3:13pm 2:05pm 12.1 – 244.0 – Tide data sourced from MetOcean Solutions

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Ashburton H 1:31am 1:57pm 2:27am 2:51pm 3:19am 3:42pm Mouth L 7:41am 8:03pm 8:38am 8:58pm 9:33am 9:51pm Rakaia Mouth Rangitata Mouth

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Freezing level: Above 3000m.

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

Ashburton Airport 20.8 10.8 10.3 0.0 68.4 NE 24 9:42am 11.1 202.1

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Advertorial

dedicating her singing teaching to Ashburton

Left – Kathi Craig passes on her lifelong passion for singing.

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fter a busy year commuting to the North Island and back to teach students and hold master classes, Kathi Craig MNZM is keen to encourage and support the musical scene in Mid Canterbury this year.

She found it difficult to sever ties with students and classes in the Manawatu, especially those sitting exams, but loves being back in the South Island and wants to devote her time to Ashburton.

Craig, originally from Dunedin and latterly Christchurch, enjoys living in Mid Canterbury.

“The heart of Ashburton is its people.

They are warm, friendly and encouraging,” she said. “When I first arrived, I didn’t know anyone, but I’ve been made to feel so welcome by people in my area and around the town.”

Craig received the MNZM (Member of the NZ Order of Merit) in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours in 2020 and she wants to pass her skills, background and commitment to singing on to Mid Canterbury students.

Craig loves teaching people starting their musical journey, or returning after some time away from singing.

“There’s a wealth of talent in this community. My preference is to teach adults, however, I’ll listen to and advise any student who wants me to hear their voice,” she said.

Her first interview is free. She meets

One of her productions this year is directing Born Free – The Oscar Winners in association with Variety Theatre, Ashburton.

The production, which Kathi helped conceive, direct and musically direct in the North Island, celebrates 90 years of magnificent Oscar winning songs from Lullaby of Broadway and Somewhere Over the Rainbow from the 1930s to recent winners such as Adele’s Skyfall and songs from Frozen and The Greatest Showman.

Auditions for the show are on February 12 and 13.

Craig has previously devised and and the operatic voice needs specialised with students so she can assess what directed such productions as Night Of care and training,” she said. However, she Stars, Sing, The Experience, Wine, Womshe can do for them and, if it’s a young enjoys teaching all voice types including en and Song, Broadway Goes to Church person, she welcomes parents. “Your voice is your instrument,” Craig explains. those who want to sing for their own and Fly Me To The Moon, to celebrate “Many people say they can’t sing. My re- enjoyment. the 40th anniversary of Neil Armstrong’s Craig delights in training students for ply is that if you can speak, you can sing. landing.

Singing is an extension of your speaking Trinity College exams from lower grades Kathi, a former Mobil Song Quest winthrough to ATCL and LTCL qualifications. ner, has sung opera extensively throughvoice.”

“I follow with pride, former students who out New Zealand and given recitals in “Your mind might say you can’t do it are now playing leading roles in opera but, with correct training, you can beAustralia, Holland and the United States. and musical theatre in New Zealand, come a good singer.”

She’s toured major centres, including Australia, United Kingdom and the US,” In addition to singing, Craig teaches Ashburton, with twin daughters, Marissa she said. voice production and aerobic breathing and Marla and son-in-law “America’s As well as individual students, Kathi to engage the diaphragm. Her lessons Beloved Tenor”, Daniel Rodriguez. enjoys teaching classes, workshops, and also include movement and dramatiWaiata and Wine, where recently she sation. Above all she tries to free peoKathi Craig can be contacted at accepted the challenge of teaching a local ple from anxiety they might feel about kathi.malcolm@inspire.net.nz group of professional women to sing and singing. or on 027-496-4446. perform a song at the end of two hours.

“My love is opera and musical theatre

Kathi Craig MNZM Teacher of singing, voice production, performance, ensemble singing and Start Singing for Beginners.

Kathi welcomes new and existing singers.

Classes begin February 7, 2022.

Contact Kathi Craig Phone 027 496 4446 Email: kathi.malcolm@inspire.net.nz