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Former research and automotive engineer James McKenzie took a large pay drop to enter the ski industry. YOU’s Susan Sandys talks to the Mt Hutt Ski Area manager about his relatively new career and how it fits in with family life.

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t’s 8am on Mt Hutt after 45 centimetres of new snow.

The snow is good news, but throws a curve ball into the start of ski area manager James McKenzie’s day.

There will be guests suffering severe snow fever, needing to get on that fresh snow straight away. But chairs need de-icing, outside access areas need groomer clearing and avalanche blasting is still under way.

James, or JMac as he is referred to by staff, has been on the mountain since 5am, and is getting a workout alongside other staff banging chairs on the quad chairlift with metal poles as they rotate through lower station. Ice flies into the air like sharp rocks and anyone getting close needs to be careful they don’t lose an eye. It is hard work and one of the staff temporarily stops in pain; her hands are cold and she is exhausted.

Skiers start to mill about and by 9am are queueing up at the bottom of the quad, some grumbling that the Summit Six is not open yet. One man questions a staff member and tells his fellow skiers they should have gone to Ohau.

Later in the morning James is called by staff to someone demanding to see the manager and he heads off to deal with the problem.

Today James left Methven around 4.30am, drove up the access road and checked for any tyre tracks or footprints in the fresh snow which would indicate there could be people getting in the way of avalanche blasting.

In touch with ski patrol on the mountain, he gives them the all clear. The first explosion was at 4.45am, following ski patrollers placing a long-fused bomb above the road.

This snowfall has created a particular risk for avalanches, because of wet snow and hoar frosts.

Blasting undertaken and the road cleared, James heads up and co-ordinates the effort to open. By 6am he had called in a 30-strong team to de-ice lifts, and set about recording that day’s snow-phone ski report, telling skiers, ‘yes, Mt Hutt would be open’, and chains would be required on all vehicles due to the new snow. He also updated the ski area’s website page with that day’s report.

One thing staff arriving on the mountain

early for the day did not have to worry about was de-icing the chairlift’s towers.

James had tried something new the night before, getting overnight staff to run the quad chair all night to stop the towers icing up. It was a low cost of just

$20 per hour in electricity to run the chair unloaded, so was deemed worth it if it meant being able to get the lift open on time.

It seems like almost a full day’s work before morning teatime for James, and when he grabs a hamburger and a coffee at 10am he does look tired.

The Summit Six is soon open and that is when James is able to relax.

“Once everything is in place you can get on to the day-to-day jobs,” he said.

It is a Thursday so there will be operations meetings with staff, and he hopes to head home at 3pm when general manager operations James Urquhart takes over.

It is a big day and it doesn’t seem to make sense that one of the reasons he chose employment in the ski industry was so he could spend more time with his family.

James had his own engineering consultancy firm at Oxford before he applied for a job heading operations, called the mountain manager, in 2007.

He and his family had been on the road in the North Island as James undertook a contract up there. His wife Debs saw the job advertised in a newspaper’s situations vacant column, and she told her husband it • Continued over page

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sounded just the ticket for him.

When he got back from the North Island he flicked an email to Mt Hutt’s human resources department to ask if he could get an application in late. He soon had an interview with the then manager of the skifield, Dave Wilson.

He was recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon and hobbled into the interview room. He was also recovering from the flu, and suspects Mr Wilson may not have been convinced he had the physical capabilities required for the hands-on job.

“I think he was a little bit concerned,” James said.

But after further discussion and another interview, Mr Wilson informed James the job was there for him.

While it meant going from running his own company, and a drop in salary to one third of his current pay packet, James didn’t have to put too much thought into whether he would accept. The opportunity of working in the mountains, living in Methven (far more picturesque than Oxford), and the relatively family-friendly hours had him sold.

As James prepared for the job, Mr Wilson took him up to the ski area to look at some pipe work which kept splitting and failing, and to have a general look around.

Mr Wilson also took the opportunity to introduce the new second-in-command to a big group of staff there on the day, and told James to say something to them.

“I hadn’t even signed up and I was standing in front of the staff. What do I say to these guys, do I tell them I know nothing about skiing and ski areas? I had a blank moment,” James said.

“I was very concerned that the first impression I had given wasn’t very good, so I was very keen over the next few months to gain some ground in some respects.”

That wasn’t easy, however. Still recovering from his Achilles tendon surgery he could not put on a pair of skis. And, despite having been a skier, snowboarder and mountaineer, he had never skiied at Mt Hutt.

“I think people were starting to ask questions about me,” he said.

Ultimately he was able to save face and put on a pair of skis, even though his first runs on the mountain were off the magic carpet. He resigned himself in that first season to being helpful and learning as much as possible. The following year

he became more confident and began to look at processes in place and how to improve things.

After four seasons at Mt Hutt, James took up an opportunity with the same employer, nzski.com, at Queenstown, where he became general manager of technical operations.

He and the family sold up the Line Road home they had built and moved south.

They had been there one year and were looking for somewhere to build when Mr Wilson resigned as Mt Hutt’s ski area manager.

James jumped at the opportunity to manage Mt Hutt, doubly attracted by the associated benefit of being able to move back to Methven.

“It wasn’t a difficult decision for us to move back,” James said.

Queenstown had been a spectacular location, but its suburban setting full of commuters and people who lived behind high fences was no contest for the community feel of Methven.

“In small rural towns, you do get to know people and you do feel as though you are part of something.”

Before going to Queenstown he had met a lot of Methven families through his role as a cub leader.

On their return James and Debs bought Whitestone Homestead in Methven and today live there with their sons Josh, 6, and Ben, 11. The home’s front lawn and verandah face out on to Mt Hutt, and from the second storey James can see the mountain in all its glory. At night he will often look out to the moving lights of the ski area’s groomers.

Wife Debs is a human resources manager employed by FarmRight. She works from home, as well as in the company’s Lincoln office, two days per week.

James said it was good that the couple now had common areas in their jobs.

Whereas previously he was engineering and she was people, now his job was far more people orientated.

James was christened JMac by others in Mt Hutt’s senior management team about three years ago to distinguish him from other James in the team, including Mr Urquhart and Jim Giller. He is fine with the new title, and in April this year started signing his emails with the name.

The 41-year-old was born in Cypress, moved to Twizel with his family when he was young, before going to Tokoroa

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slopes, they are exhausted by 3 o’clock,” he said.

In July this year he was driving around the skifield on a snowmobile at 7am when Ben noticed 25 keas flying above their heads. The father and son could still see the moon, and the snow was turning pink around them as the sun rose for the day.

“It was a truly spectacular sight,” he

said. Being in the outdoors in such a magnificent location, and being with his family at the same time - it doesn’t get much better than that for James McKenzie.

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where he went to high school. He studied engineering at Cambridge University in England, and was sponsored by a company to undertake research into fusion. He met his English wife and went into engineering consultancy.

He and Debs moved to New Zealand in 2006, where he continued with some automotive consultancy and also undertook hydro consultancy work.

James said his career change to the ski industry had been the right move.

The best part of the job was seeing staff (there is a pay roll of 230 in the winter) work through some of the challenges and the fact no day was the same.

“There’s always something interesting going on up here, something challenging.”

He was involved first hand in the case of critical injuries to skiers, where he would communicate with next of kin, but there had not been any serious cases so far this year. Ninety-five per cent of those airlifted so far had been discharged the same day. The injury rate on the skifield was the same as the rest of the ski industry, about three-and-ahalf injuries per 1000 visits.

He likes to take Ben and Josh to work with him on non-school days.

“We drive up together and hit the

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oncreter Corey Eade is your typical hardworking Kiwi bloke, he likes a laugh, a joke and a beer.

The 22-year-old works nine-and-ahalf hour days for Geoff Read Limited, travelling to building sites near and far, and has recently been to Nelson, Omarama and Glenavy.

“I would rather be outdoors than in an office,” he said.

Corey is undertaking a certificate in concreting and is looking forward to becoming qualified in the trade. To the suggestion he works long hours, he said “no, just 7am to 5pm”.

That’s a fair day’s work in his book.

As tradesmen look north to opportunities presented by the Christchurch rebuild, Corey plans on staying put, in Ashburton, the town he moved to about four years ago for work.

“I never liked Christchurch,” he said.

He has been with Reads for three years. He said the firm had plenty of work lined up, and was “flat out with dairy sheds”, 12 already for this coming season.

“I enjoy the work really. You have got to, there’s no point working there otherwise.”

Corey is from Dunedin originally, and tries to

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Getting home from work on one day last week he had time to talk to the Guardian, but was “buggered” and catching up on TV3’s Home and Away after having missed a few episodes.

He had a “stuffed back” after tweaking a nerve at work. His GP had referred him to a physiotherapist the previous week, but he admitted he was a typical bloke in that he was not in a rush to make the appointment.

“It won’t be next week. When I get around to it,” he said, with a laugh.

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from work – chill out and have a beer. He would take his one-year-old huntaway Blue for a walk. When it came to the weekend, he and his flatmate would tidy up around their Netherby house and section, and catch up with mates.

“I had the whole project down in the garage, (with) an off-road buggy,” he said. He had bought it for just $170 and would take it down the Ashburton River, but was not really getting the time lately and was trying to sell it.

Hitting the town was something he would do sometimes, but it was not a regular pastime, too expensive, he said. He had been there, done that, in his teenage years.

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“I could easy spend $300, by the time you play the pokies.”

He would be participating in National Crate Day though, an initiative started by The Rock radio station which sees beer lovers host their own backyard gatherings on the first weekend of December, and bring their own crates. There are 10 commandments of crate day, and they include “thou shalt not drink warm beer”, “thou shalt wear the attire of National Crate Day – a black singlet, stubbies and jandals”, “thou shalt only use thy crate as furniture”, and “thou shalt support the crate of origin, drink the beer where you came from”.

Cory and his friends and workmates would light up the barbie, and always abide by the latter rule. It was easy for Corey, as he was from Dunedin and Speights was his ale of choice anyway.

“Poor bastard if you are Waikato,” he said.

As for his goals, he said winning Lotto was top of his list. “Big Wednesday would be nice at the moment.”

Meeting a nice girl would also be good, but there was still “plenty of time” for that. “I’m in no hurry really,” he said, with a laugh.

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hink Moroccan food and lamb is probably the first meat that comes to mind, lamb cooked until meltingly tender and flavoured with a fine combination of spices that tease the palate.

Moroccan cuisine, valued for its texture, flavour and versatility, is a melting pot of influences from all over the world, to create a distinctive style.

The Moroccan tradition incorporates slow cooking and a huge range of different spices; also less obvious combinations – such as prunes figs and apricots. The classic dish, a tagine, commonly uses lamb from the neck, shoulder or shank, slowly braising until the meat is buttertender.

Traditionally Moroccan dishes include such spices as cinnamon, saffron, ginger, turmeric, cumin, paprika and pepper, which combine to produce wonderfully aromatic dishes that complement the succulent texture of slowcooked lamb.

Moroccan food is savoury yet sweet, enigmatically spiced and intricately aromatic to the nose.

Slow-roasted Moroccan roast lamb.

Beef tagine with carrot, olives and preserved lemon 700g beef in cubes 1 medium onion, chopped 3 cloves of garlic, finely chopped or pressed 1/4 C finely chopped fresh coriander 1 1/2 t ground ginger 1 t salt 1 t turmeric 1/2 t black pepper 1/4 t ground cinnamon cayenne pepper, to taste 1/3 C olive oil 1kg carrots, peeled and quartered lengthwise 1/2 C red or green olives 1 preserved lemon, cut into quarters and

seeds removed 1 t butter – Mix the meat with onion, garlic, coriander, spices and olive oil in a Dutch oven or pot – Brown the meat, uncovered, over medium heat for about 10 minutes, stirring occasionally – Add 3 cups of water, cover, and simmer the meat for about 1 hour – Occasionally check on the level of the broth, and add more water if necessary during the cooking – Add the carrots and enough water so that the broth almost reaches the top of the carrots – Cover and simmer the carrots until almost tender, about 20 minutes – Add the olives, preserved lemon and the

teaspoon of butter – Continue simmering, uncovered, to reduce the sauce until it is quite thick

Moroccan chicken with apricots 6 large boneless skinless chicken breasts, chopped into large chunks 1 t flour 2 large onions, chopped 3 -4 garlic cloves, chopped finely 1 -2 T extra virgin olive oil 2cm fresh gingerroot, finely chopped 300g dried apricots 2 t tomato paste 2 cans chopped tomatoes 2 cans chickpeas (drained) 3 T honey

1/2 pint chicken stock 1 t turmeric 1 t ground coriander 1 t ground cinnamon 1 t ground cumin 1/2 t cayenne pepper salt and black pepper chopped fresh coriander, to serve 1 preserved lemon, chopped into small wedges – Put crockpot on to heat up – Heat up olive oil in a frying pan/skillet and saute chopped onions and garlic for 5-10 minutes – Add chicken stock and gradually mix in flour until well mixed and not lumpy – Add honey and tomato paste and mix well – Add herbs, spices and finely chopped ginger

YOU food with salt and pepper to taste – Add tinned tomatoes, chicken and chickpeas and mix well – Add dried apricots and preserved lemon making sure they are covered by juice – Give it a gentle but good stir to mix everything together well – Cook on low in crockpot for up to eight hours – Serve with freshly chopped coriander with couscous

13 Moroccan roast lamb 1kg leg of lamb, bone removed 1 t ground cumin 4 garlic cloves, crushed 2 t paprika 1/4 C of mint leaves 2 t of sea salt 1/4 C of olive oil 1/8 C of lemon juice 1 C of cous cous 1/4 C dried currants 1/4 C of pinenuts, toasted 1 C of vegetable stock 1 t of curry powder 1 T of olive oil Salt and pepper for seasoning 1 1/2 C of natural yogurt 1/2 cucumber, peeled 1 garlic clove, crushed 1/4 t of sea salt 1/2 C of lemon juice 1 T of chopped mint 1 T of chopped cilantro – Put garlic, mint, cumin, salt and paprika in food processor – Ground ingredients into a paste and then add the olive oil and lemon juice. Mix well – Make little incisions in the lamb and then coat it well with the marinade – Make sure you coat the inside and outside

of the lamb thoroughly – Place lamb in a bowl and cover. Place it in the fridge for at least two hours or even overnight – Remove the lamb from the fridge one hour prior to cooking – Pre-heat the oven to 350°F – Place the lamb in a baking dish and roast for 1 hour and 20 minutes for pink meat – Roast the lamb for an extra 20 minutes for medium to well-done meat – Meanwhile, prepare the cucumber sauce – Mix together the yoghurt, cucumber, garlic, lemon juice, mint and coriander – Add the salt and mix well. Set aside – Prepare the couscous about 20 minutes before serving the lamb – Bring the vegetable stock to a boil in small pot – Remove the pot from the heat and add the couscous – Cover and let it sit for about 5 minutes Transfer to a serving bowl – Add 1 T of olive oil to the cous cous. Stir well with a fork. Add the curry powder and stir again. Next, add a pinch of salt – Add the raisins and pinenuts to the couscous and stir with the fork – Remove the lamb when ready and slice it – Spoon some of the liquid from the pan onto the lamb. Serve on a bed of couscous and spoon the yoghurt sauce on top

Warm pumpkin Moroccan salad 400g pumpkin 3 cloves garlic 1 teaspoon ground cumin 1 teaspoon celery salt 1 teaspoon ground coriander 1 teaspoon turmeric 2 teaspoons paprika 3 tablespoons oil 1 C chicken stock ¼ C sun-dried tomatoes in oil Mixed salad greens 2 T walnut pieces – Peel pumpkin. Remove seeds and cut pumpkin into 2cm pieces – Crush garlic. Peel and chop roughly. Mix cumin, celery salt, coriander, turmeric and paprika together – Heat oil in a large frying pan. Add garlic, spice mixture and pumpkin. Toss pumpkin in spice mixture for four min utes – Add chicken stock. Cover and simmer for 25 to 30 minutes or until pumpkin is tender – Cool. Drain sun-dried tomatoes and chop roughly. Mix into pumpkin mixture – Place a handful of salad greens on a plate with pumpkin mixture and roasted walnuts – Drizzle with dressing

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STAY IN SANTA’S GOOD BOOKS WITH THIS BRINKLEY EARLY BIRD CHRISTMAS BONUS BOOK YOUR NEXT WORK FUNCTION AT BRINKLEY BY THE 31ST OCTOBER AND RECEIVE:

BRINKLEY EARLY BIRD BONUS 1. Complimentary cocktail on arrival 2. Lucky door prize to the value of $300 for one lucky guest* 3. Late checkout and stay 2 nights for the price of one for all guests 4. Complimentary use of outdoor spa pools, tennis court and golfing green MENU OPTIONS We offer a selection of Christmas packages to suit those looking for small celebratory Christmas feast or those looking for a large office function.

Meals range from $35-55 per head and can be catered to suit your individual requirements. If you are looking for something different this Christmas then why not try our Christmas BBQ option

TRAVELLING FROM ASHBURTON? We can now provide return travel from Ashburton for guests from just $12PP, minimum numbers apply.

PLEASE CONTACT US FOR MORE DETAILS.

CONTACT US Brinkley Resort 43 Barkers Rd, Methven 7730 CALL 03 302 8885 EMAIL info@brinkleyresort.co.nz

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by Amanda Wright

tŚĞƚŚĞƌ LJŽƵ͛ƌĞ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƟŶŐ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĨĂŵŝůLJ ĂŶĚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ Žƌ ŽƌŐĂŶŝƐŝŶŐ Ă ŐƌŽƵƉ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ͕ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ŚƌŝƐƚŵĂƐ ŝŶ ƐƚLJůĞ Ăƚ dĞƌƌĂĐĞ ŽǁŶƐ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͕ Ă ƐƵƉĞƌď ĂůƉŝŶĞ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŚĞĂƌƚ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚŝŐŚ ĐŽƵŶƚƌLJ͕ ŽīĞƌŝŶŐ ƵŶŝŶƚĞƌƌƵƉƚĞĚ ƉĂŶŽƌĂŵŝĐ ŵŽƵŶƚĂŝŶ ǀŝĞǁƐ͘ 'ŝǀĞ LJŽƵƌ ŐƌŽƵƉ ƚŚĞ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ Ă ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŶ ĂĚƌĞŶĂůŝŶ ƉƵŵƉŝŶŐ ũĞƚ ďŽĂƚ ƌŝĚĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŐŶŝĮĐĞŶƚ ZĂŬĂŝĂ 'ŽƌŐĞ͕ Žƌ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ďŽŶĚŝŶŐ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ DŝŶŝ KůLJŵƉŝĐƐ͕ Ă ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ ŝŶǀŽůǀŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƉĂƟĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ͕ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĞĐŝƐŝŽŶ ŽĨ ĂƌĐŚĞƌLJ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ĞdžƉůŽƐŝǀĞ ĨƵŶ ŽĨ ĐůĂLJ ďŝƌĚ ƐŚŽŽƟŶŐ͘

for a truly memorable occasion

&Žƌ ĂŶ ŝŶĚƵůŐĞŶƚ ƚƌĞĂƚ͕ Ŭ Ă ƌĞůĂdžŝŶŐ ƐƉĂ ƚƌĞĂƚŵĞŶƚ ĂĐĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞĚ ďLJ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚŽƌLJ ďƵďďůĞƐ͘ tŚĂƚ ďĞƩĞƌ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ƚƌĞĂƚ LJŽƵƌ ĨĂŵŝůLJ͕ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŶĚ ĐŽůůĞĂŐƵĞƐ ƚŚĂŶ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚŝǀŝŶĞ ƉĂŵƉĞƌŝŶŐ ƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ ƚŽ ƐŽŽƚŚĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŝŶĚ ĂŶĚ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚ ƚŚĞ ďŽĚLJ͘ ,ƵŶƚĞƌ͛Ɛ ^ƚĞĂŬ ,ŽƵƐĞ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐŽƌƚ͛Ɛ ƐŝŐŶĂƚƵƌĞ ƌĞƐƚĂƵƌĂŶƚ͕ ŬŶŽǁŶ ĨŽƌ ŐƌĂŶĚŝŽƐĞ ĐƵƚƐ ŽĨ ĮŶĞ ƋƵĂůŝƚLJ ŵĞĂƚ ĐŽŽŬĞĚ ƚŽ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƟŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ Ă ůĞǀĞů ŽĨ ƐĞƌǀŝĐĞ ƚŽ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐ ĞǀĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ĚŝƐĐĞƌŶŝŶŐ ĚŝŶĞƌ͘ /ŶĚƵůŐĞ ŝŶ Ă ŚĞĂƌƚLJ ƐŝƌůŽŝŶ͕ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚ LJŽƵƌ ƉĂůĂƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ ũƵŝĐLJ ůĂŵď ĐƵƚůĞƚƐ Žƌ ĚĂƌĞ ƚŽ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ǁŝůĚ dŚĂƌ͕ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ƐƵƉĞƌď ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ ǁŝůů ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐ LJŽƵƌ ŐƵĞƐƚƐ͘ dŚĞ 'ƌŝůů ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ ƚŽ dĞƌƌĂĐĞ ŽǁŶƐ ZĞƐŽƌƚ͕ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐŝŶŐ ŝŶ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ

ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ǁŽŽĚ ĮƌĞĚ ŽǀĞŶ͘ dŚĞ 'ƌŝůů ŝƐ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŽŶ Ă ƐƵŵŵĞƌ͛Ɛ ĚĂLJ͘ ZĞůĂdž ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƚĞƌƌĂĐĞ ǁŝƚŚ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ĂŌĞƌ Ă ŐĂŵĞ ŽĨ ŐŽůĨ͕ Žƌ ƚƌĞĂƚ LJŽƵƌ ŐƌŽƵƉ ƚŽ ĚƌŝŶŬƐ ĂŶĚ ŶŝďďůĞƐ ŝŶͲďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƌŽƵŶĚƐ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ŵŝŶŝ KůLJŵƉŝĐƐ ĐŚĂůůĞŶŐĞ͘ ƐŬ ƵƐ ĂďŽƵƚ ŚŽǁ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ĐŽŵďŝŶĞ ĂŶ ĂǁĞƐŽŵĞ ĂĐƟǀŝƚLJ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ƐƵŵƉƚƵŽƵƐ ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ͕ ƚĂŝůŽƌĞĚ ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ ƚŽ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ ĂŶ ĞǀĞŶƚ ďƌŝŵŵŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ŵĞŵŽƌŝĞƐ ƚŽ ůĂƐƚ Ă ůŝĨĞƟŵĞ͘ &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ƵůƟŵĂƚĞ ĂĚǀĞŶƚƵƌĞ͕ ŝŶĐůƵĚĞ ĂĐĐŽŵŵŽĚĂƟŽŶ ŝŶƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉĂĐŬĂŐĞ ƚŽ ĨƵůůLJ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƚĞ ƚŚĞ ĨƵůů ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂůŝƚLJ ƚŚĂƚ dĞƌƌĂĐĞ ŽǁŶƐ ĐĂŶ ŽīĞƌ LJŽƵƌ ŐƌŽƵƉ͕ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ͕ ƵŶƐƵƌƉĂƐƐĂďůĞ ŝŶ ĞdžĐŝƚĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ŝŶĚƵůŐĞŶĐĞ ĂŶĚ ůƵdžƵƌLJ͘

Terrace Downs Christmas Functions

Golf

Jet Boating

Spa Treatments

Mini Olympics

Helicopter Rides

River Yakking

From $50 per person 18 holes of golf on our championship golf course.

From $50 per person 30 minute rides for: 10- 20 Pax - $60pp 21+ - $50pp

From $75 per person 30min back, head or foot massage at the day spa.

Only $80 per person Claybird shooting, archery & closest to the pin.

Helicopter Rides Combine any of these activities with a heli ride from the resort.

River Yakking River Yak combined with a jet boat ride on the Rakaia River.

Combine any of these activities with lunch or dinner. Buffet menus available for $55 or $75 per person.

All enquiries please contact Lisa - events@terracedowns.co.nz or 03 318 6943

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Add a Sensational

advertising feature

to your Christmas party

by Amanda Wright ^ĂůŵŽŶ dĂůĞƐ ŝŶ ZĂŬĂŝĂ ŝƐ d, ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƵƚŚͲǁĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ƐĂůŵŽŶ͕ ĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚĞ ĂďŝůŝƚLJ ƚŽ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚĂďůLJ ĐĂƚĞƌ ĨŽƌ ƵƉ ƚŽ ϴϬ ƉĞŽƉůĞ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ǀĞŶƵĞ ƚŽ ŚŽƐƚ LJŽƵƌ ŶĞdžƚ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ͘ dŽƉ ĐŚĞĨ ZŽĚ WĂŐƵŝŽ ďƌŝŶŐƐ Ă ǁŽƌůĚ ŽĨ ŇĂǀŽƵƌƐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƉůĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ Ă ŇĂŝƌ ĨŽƌ ƐĞŶƐĂƟŽŶĂů ƐĞĂĨŽŽĚ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ^ĂůŵŽŶ dĂůĞƐ͛ ŽǁŶ ŚŽƚͲƐŵŽŬĞĚ ƐĂůŵŽŶ͘ ,ŝƐ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ŵĞŶƵ ĨĞĂƚƵƌĞƐ ĚĞĐĂĚĞŶƚ ƚĂƐƚĞƐ ƚŽ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚ ĞǀĞƌLJ ƉĂůĂƚĞ͕ ĨƌŽŵ ĚĞůŝ ŵĂĚĞ ĐƌŝƐƉLJ ƉŽƌŬ ǁŽŶƚŽŶƐ ƚŽ ƚĞŶĚĞƌ ƐĐŽƚĐŚ ĮůůĞƚ͘ ŝƐŚĞƐ ƐƵĐŚ ĂƐ ŝƚƐ ŽǁŶ ŚŽƚͲƐŵŽŬĞĚ ŬĂƌŽĂ ƐĂůŵŽŶ͕ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ ŽŶ Ă ďĞĚ ŽĨ ŵĂƐŚ ĂŶĚ ƉĞĂƐ ǁŝƚŚ ƐƚĞĂŵĞĚ ǀĞŐĞƚĂďůĞƐ ĂŶĚ Ă ůĞŵŽŶ ƉĂƌƐůĞLJ ƐĂƵĐĞ͕ ŝƐ ũƵƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƌƚ ŽĨ ĂŶ ŝŵƉƌĞƐƐŝǀĞ ĂƌƌĂLJ ŽĨ ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ĨŽŽĚ ŽŶ ŽīĞƌ͘ tŚĞƚŚĞƌ ŝƚ ďĞ ĞŶũŽLJŝŶŐ ŝƚƐ ĨĂŵŽƵƐ >͛ īĂƌĞ ŽīĞĞ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĚĞůŝĐŝŽƵƐ ƐůŝĐĞ͕ ƐŝƫŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŶ ďĞƐŝĚĞ ƚŚĞ ĮƐŚͲĮůůĞĚ ƉŽŶĚ͕ Žƌ ĮŶĞ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚŝĐ ƐƵƌƌŽƵŶĚƐ͕ <ĂLJĞ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƚĞĂŵ Ăƚ ^ĂůŵŽŶ dĂůĞƐ ĐĂŶ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ ĂīĂŝƌ ƚŽ ƐƵŝƚ ĂŶLJ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚ͕

ĨƌŽŵ Ă ŚĂŶĚĨƵů ŽĨ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ƚŽ Ă ĐŽƌƉŽƌĂƚĞ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ͘ tŚLJ ŶŽƚ ƐƚĂƌƚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽƵƌ ^ǁŝŶŐ :Ănjnj ŝŶĞ ĂŶĚ ĂŶĐĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ĐŽŵŝŶŐ ƵƉ ŽŶ KĐƚŽďĞƌ ϲ͕ ƟĐŬĞƚƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ůŝŵŝƚĞĚ ƐŽ ŐĞƚ LJŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĞŶĚƐ ƚŽŐĞƚŚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ďŽŽŬ ŶŽǁ͊ tŝƚŚ Ă ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ ĂƌĞĂ͕ ^ĂůŵŽŶ dĂůĞƐ ŝƐ Ă ƐƵƉƌĞŵĞ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ůƵŶĐŚĞŽŶƐ͕ ũƵƐƚ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ LJŽƵƌ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞŵĞŶƚƐ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ĨƌŝĞŶĚůLJ ƐƚĂī ŵĞŵďĞƌ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞLJ ĐĂŶ ƉƌĞƐĞŶƚ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ ĐĂƚĞƌ ƚŽ ĂŶLJ ďƵĚŐĞƚ͘ tŝƚŚŝŶ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ďƵŝůĚŝŶŐ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ^ĂůŵŽŶ tŽƌůĚ ĐŽŵƉůĞdž͕ ^ĂůŵŽŶ dĂůĞƐ ĐĂŶ ŽīĞƌ ĨƵŶ ĂŶĚ ŝŶƚĞƌĂĐƟǀĞ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ƚŽ ŵĂŬĞ LJŽƵƌ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ ƐƚĂŶĚ ŽƵƚ͘ dĂŬĞ ĂŶ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ũŽƵƌŶĞLJ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ DŝĚ ĂŶƚĞƌďƵƌLJ͛Ɛ ĮŶĞƐƚ ůŽĐĂƟŽŶƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ϰ ŵŽǀŝĞ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƌŝĚĞ͕ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞŶ ĚŝƐĐŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ůŝǀĞ ŵĂƌŝŶĞ ůŝĨĞ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ĂƋƵĂƌŝƵŵ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĨĂĐŝůŝƟĞƐ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ŽƉĞŶĞĚ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĞǀĞŶŝŶŐ ďLJ ĂƌƌĂŶŐĞŵĞŶƚ͕ ĞdžĐůƵƐŝǀĞůLJ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵƌ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ ŵĞŵďĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĞŶũŽLJ͘ ^ƵĐĐƵůĞŶƚ ƐĂůŵŽŶ͕ ĚĞĐĂĚĞŶƚ ĚĞƐƐĞƌƚ ĂŶĚ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ ĂŵďŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ^ĂůŵŽŶ dĂůĞƐ ŝƐ ĂŶ ĞdžĐŝƟŶŐ ĚĞƐƟŶĂƟŽŶ ĨŽƌ ďƌĞĂŬĨĂƐƚ͕ ůƵŶĐŚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝŶŶĞƌ͘

Try a

Christmas Party

with something extra this year Small and large groups welcome We can cater for up to 80 people comfortably Our outdoor decking overlooking our pond is ideal for summer evenings A wide range of delicious menu options available to suit all tastes.

Call Kaye today to find out more about having your Christmas Party at Salmon Tales

State highway 1 Rakaia - Ph 03-303-5450 www.salmonworld.co.nz - email: enquiries@salmontales.co.nz

back into

your Christmas

by Amanda Wright ƌĞĂƚĞ Ă ƚƌƵĞůLJ ƵŶĨŽƌŐĞƩĂďůĞ ĞǀĞŶƚ ǁŚŝĐŚ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƌĂǀĞĚ ĂďŽƵƚ ůŽŶŐ ŝŶƚŽ ŶĞdžƚ LJĞĂƌ͊ ůĂĐŬ Ăƚ͛Ɛ ĐŚĂƌƚĞƌ ĐƌƵŝƐĞƐ ŐŝǀĞ LJŽƵ ƚŚĞ ŽƉƉŽƌƚƵŶŝƚLJ ƚŽ ĐĞůĞďƌĂƚĞ ŝŶ ƐƚLJůĞ͘ dŽĂƐƚ ƚŚĞ ƐƵĐĐĞƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ LJĞĂƌ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵĨŽƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ƐƉĂĐŝŽƵƐ ĐĂƚĂŵĂƌĂŶ͕ ƚĂŬŝŶŐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŐŽƌŐĞŽƵƐ ƐŝŐŚƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >LJƩĞůƚŽŶ Žƌ ŬĂƌŽĂ ,ĂƌďŽƵƌ ĂƐ LJŽƵ ŐůŝĚĞ ŐƌĂĐŝŽƵƐůLJ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ͘ &Žƌ ƚŚĞ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ŽŶͲǁĂƚĞƌ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ͕ ƚƌĞĂƚ LJŽƵƌ ƐƚĂī ƚŽ ƚŚĞ ƐƵŵƉƚƵŽƵƐ ĐƵŝƐŝŶĞ ŽĨ Ă ĨƵůůLJ ĐĂƚĞƌĞĚ ƐƉŝƚ ƌŽĂƐƚ ďƵīĞƚ ĂŶĚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŵĂŐŝĐ ŽĨ ĚŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŵŽŶŐƐƚ ĂŶ ĞĐŽͲǁŽŶĚĞƌůĂŶĚ͘ ŶũŽLJ ƚŚĞ ĐƌƵŝƐĞ ĂƌŽƵŶĚ

ĂŶ ĞdžƟŶĐƚ ǀŽůĐĂŶŝĐ ĐƌĂƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ŵĂƌǀĞů Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵĂũĞƐƟĐ ƐĐĞŶĞƌLJ ĂŶĚ ƐƚƵŶŶŝŶŐ ǁŝůĚůŝĨĞ ƚŚĂƚ ĂƌĞ ĂďƵŶĚĂŶƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚŽƵƚ ĂŶŬƐ WĞŶŝŶƐƵůĂ͘ ZĞůĂdž ǁŝƚŚ Ă ŐůĂƐƐ ŽĨ ďƵďďůLJ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĚĞĐŬ Ăƚ ƐƵŶƐĞƚ͕ ĨĞĞů ƚŚĞ ǁĂƌŵ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ďƌĞĞnjĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ LJŽƵƌ ŚĂŝƌ ĂƐ ƚŚĞ ďŽĂƚ ŐĞŶƚůLJ ůĂƉƐ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ǁĂƚĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĞdžƉĞƌŝĞŶĐĞ ƐŚĞĞƌ ĚĞůŝŐŚƚ ĂƐ LJŽƵ ŵĂLJ ŐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ĐŚĂŶĐĞ ƚŽ ƐƉŽƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞůŝŐŚƞƵů͕ ƉůĂLJĨƵů ,ĞĐƚŽƌ͛Ɛ ĚŽůƉŚŝŶƐ͘ tŝƚŚ Ă ĨƵůů ďĂƌ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƚĞƌŝŶŐ ŽŶ ŚĂŶĚ͕ ĚĂŶĐĞ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ ĂǁĂLJ ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ĐŚŽŝĐĞ ŽĨ ŵƵƐŝĐ ŽŶ LJŽƵƌ ƉĞƌĨĞĐƚ ŇŽĂƟŶŐ ĨƵŶĐƟŽŶ ǀĞŶƵĞ͘ DĂŬĞ Ă ŵĞŵŽƌĂďůĞ LJĞĂƌ ĞǀĞŶ ŵŽƌĞ ƵŶĨŽƌŐĞƩĂďůĞ ďLJ ůĞƫŶŐ ůĂĐŬ Ăƚ ƌƵŝƐĞƐ ƐĞƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽŽĚ ĨŽƌ LJŽƵ͘ >Ğƚ ƚŚĞ ĨĞƐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ďĞŐŝŶ͊

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The pleasing view

By Detlef Berg

Q

ueen Victoria ascended by mule and Mark Twain came especially from America in order to scale this peak â&#x20AC;&#x201C; without any assistance. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The mountains were not bare and foreboding but covered in a green both soothing and pleasing to the eye,â&#x20AC;? the author noted. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were sometimes so steep, indeed almost perpendicular, that it was impossible to imagine how anyone could keep a footing. There are, however, paths on the slopes which the Swiss go up and down every day.â&#x20AC;?

The harsh and hauntingly beautiful landscapes surrounding the lodge will take your breath away.

Stroll up near-by Mt Sunday, made world-famous as the backdrop to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Edorasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; in the Lord of the Rings films.

Then come and dine in our newly opened restaurant, experience fine dining, sumptuous desserts and a drink whilst continuing to admire the beautiful scenery that is Mt Potts.

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Restaurant and bar service open year round, Wednesday â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Sunday, 12noon â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 9pm Driving directions - Drive past Lake Clearwater village for 10 minutes and youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll arrive at Mt.Potts Lodge.

For information and reservations please call | 03 303 9060

from the Rigi summit

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Rigi has been one of the most popular excursion destinations since the 18th century,â&#x20AC;? says Hans Osterwalder, who heads the local tourist authority.

Whether on foot, in a litter or on horseback, adventurous travellers were keen to tramp up the mountain and view the legendary sunset from the highest point, Rigi Kulm. As then, the Rigi towers still majestically above Lake Lucerne.

Rising to almost 1800 metres, the Rigi summit maintains its reputation among the Swiss and visitors from all over the world as being a unique and relaxing experience that oďŹ&#x20AC;ers incomparable views of lakeland mountains and scenery.

From up here, the panorama encompasses

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trailâ&#x20AC;?

Ralph Waldo Emerson

almost the entire whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s who of the Swiss alpine world, including the celebrated triumvirate of Jungfrau, Eiger and Moench.

The countryside around Rigi also oďŹ&#x20AC;ers 120 kilometres of trails, paths and muletracks, which can be used to explore an area bounded by Lake Lucerne along with Lake Lauerz and Lake Zug. To get the feel of this highland world, it is a good idea to start oďŹ&#x20AC; by taking one of the easier paths. The rack railway has been taking visitors to the heights since 1871.

On its way to Vitznau, on the northern shore of Lake Lucerne, the Rigi Kaltbadbound train passes through lush alpine meadows carpeted with wild flowers.

From here passengers can alight before embarking on a panoramic hike lasting between four and five hours. The glimpses of Lake Lucerne from the steep slopes of the Rigi peak are seldom less than breathtaking.

The natural spec-

tacle is particularly impressive in the early morning, when the landscape is often draped with banks of mist. Only the mountain peaks can be seen above the clouds and their snow-capped tops are bathed in dramatic light as the sun gains in altitude.

Within a short time the curtain of clouds is torn asunder to give a grand view. The lakes are like liquid blue eyes in a sea of natural green. Before long the sunâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s warmth disperses all trace of cloud.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s worth hiking to the actual summit, and from Rigi-Kaltbad it only takes two hours on foot. An attractive path leads to the Felsenkapelle (rock chapel) and on to the Kaenzeli lookout point.

From here, hikers can gaze down on the city of Lucerne and its local mountain, Pilatus.

After a short ascent to Rigi StaďŹ&#x20AC;elhoehe, the path follows the trackbed of the Vitznau-Rigi railway and wends its way to the Rigi summit through colourful alpine meadows. â&#x20AC;&#x201C; DPA

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Dental care Dr Juan Gray Veterinarian

from your vet makes a very happy pet

Hidden beneath your pets’ lips if you are brave enough to take a peek, rests an army of bacteria slowly causing a nuisance to your pets’ teeth and gums. Four ŽƵƚ ŽĨ ĮǀĞ ƉĞƚƐ ŽǀĞƌ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚǁŽ ĂƌĞ ůŝǀŝŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚĞŶƚĂů ĚŝƐĞĂƐĞ ǁŚŝĐŚ ŝĨ ůĞŌ ƵŶŵĂŶĂŐĞĚ ĐĂŶ ůĞĂĚ ƚŽ ďĂĚ ďƌĞĂƚŚ͕ ƉĂŝŶĨƵů ŐƵŵƐ͕ ƌŽƩĞŶ ƚĞĞƚŚ ĂŶĚ ŵŽƌĞ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐ illnesses, such as heart, liver and kidney disease. /ƚ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ǀĞƌLJ ĚŝĸĐƵůƚ ĨŽƌ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ƚŽ ĐŚĞĐŬ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ early signs of dental disease as our pets will carry on ĞĂƟŶŐ ĂŶĚ ďĞŚĂǀŝŶŐ ĂƐ ŶŽƌŵĂů ĞǀĞŶ ǁŝƚŚ ǀĞƌLJ ƉĂŝŶĨƵů and severe gum disease.

Keep your furry companion’s chompers in top condition with this amazing offer.

For the month of September, book your pet in for a dental check at VetEnt and receive the dental examination for FREE!

Signs of dental disease ͻ ĂĚ ďƌĞĂƚŚ ͻ ŝƐĐŽůŽƵƌĂƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚĞĞƚŚ ͻ ƌŝďďůŝŶŐ ͻ ƉŝŶŬͬƌĞĚ ůŝŶĞ ǁŚĞƌĞ ƚŚĞ ƚŽŽƚŚ ŵĞĞƚƐ ƚŚĞ ŐƵŵ͘ ͻ dŽŽƚŚ ůŽƐƐ ͻ WĂǁŝŶŐ Žƌ ƌƵďďŝŶŐ Ăƚ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƵƚŚ ͻ ŚĂŶŐĞ ŝŶ ĞĂƟŶŐ ŚĂďŝƚƐ ͻ ŚĞǁŝŶŐ ŽŶ ϭ ƐŝĚĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƵƚŚ ͻ EŽƚ ŚĞĂƌŝŶŐ LJŽƵƌ ƉĞƚ ĐƌƵŶĐŚ ƚŚĞ ďŝƐĐƵŝƚƐ WůĂƋƵĞ ŝƐ Ă ĐŽůŽƵƌůĞƐƐ Įůŵ ŽŶ ƚĞĞƚŚ ĐŽŶƚĂŝŶŝŶŐ ůĂƌŐĞ ŶƵŵďĞƌƐ ŽĨ ďĂĐƚĞƌŝĂ͘ tĞ ƌĞŵŽǀĞ ƉůĂƋƵĞ ĚĂŝůLJ ǁŚĞŶ we brush our own teeth, but for a lot of pets and ƚŚĞŝƌ ŽǁŶĞƌƐ ƚŚŝƐ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĂďůĞ͘ WůĂƋƵĞ ĐŽŶƟŶƵĞƐ to build up on our pets’ teeth and eventually tartar forms which is a hard layer that tends to form on teeth near the gum line. Once tartar forms this has to be ŵĞĐŚĂŶŝĐĂůůLJ ƐĐƌĂƉĞĚ Žī ĂŶĚ ŝƐ ǁŚĂƚ ƚŚĞ ŚLJŐŝĞŶŝƐƚ ƌĞŵŽǀĞƐ ǁŚĞŶ LJŽƵ ǀŝƐŝƚ ƚŚĞ ĚĞŶƟƐƚ͘ dŽ ŚĞůƉ LJŽƵ ƚĂŬĞ ĐĂƌĞ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ƉĞƚƐ͛ ƚĞĞƚŚ͕ ƚŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŶŽǁ ŵĂŶLJ ǁĂLJƐ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ LJŽƵ ƌĞĚƵĐĞ ƉůĂƋƵĞ ĂŶĚ ƚĂƌƚĂƌ ďƵŝůĚ ƵƉ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƟŶŐ ŵĂŶLJ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƐŝŐŶƐ ůŝƐƚĞĚ ĂďŽǀĞ͘ /ƚ could be as simple as feeding a special food or adding ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ƚŽ ƚŚĞŝƌ ĚƌŝŶŬŝŶŐ ǁĂƚĞƌ͘ LJ ƉƌĞǀĞŶƟŶŐ den ntal disease you will also reduce the need for more

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expensive dental procedures in the future.

If you come in to see me for a free dental check ĚƵƌŝŶŐ ^ĞƉƚĞŵďĞƌ ǁĞ ĐĂŶ ĚŝƐĐƵƐƐ Ăůů ƚŚĞ ŽƉƟŽŶƐ available to you and tailor a plan to suit you, your pet and your wallet! I will also take a close look at your ƉĞƚ͛Ɛ ŵŽƵƚŚ ĂŶĚ ƚĂŬĞ ƟŵĞ ƚŽ ƐŚŽǁ LJŽƵ ĂŶLJ ƐŝŐŶƐ ŽĨ dental problems which you can then start to take care of at home.

Call VetEnt on 308 2321 to book your free check now.

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YOU do it yourself

This month Shane Woods tackles exterior painting, starting with the all-important preparation. Next month we get down to the business of painting.

Prepare yourself

Build your dream home in the semi-rural area of Racecourse Road, Ashburton.

for exterior painting

>ŽĐŚůĞĂ ƐƚĂƚĞ ŝƐ Ă ŶĞǁ ƐƵďĚŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ͕ ƐŝƚƵĂƚĞĚ ũƵƐƚ Ă ĨĞǁ ŵŝŶƵƚĞƐ͛ ĚƌŝǀĞ ĨƌŽŵ ƚŚĞ ƐŚďƵƌƚŽŶ ƚŽǁŶ ĐĞŶƚƌĞ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ŽīĞƌ Ă ƵŶŝƋƵĞ ĂŵďŝĞŶĐĞ ŽĨ ƚƌĂŶƋƵŝůůŝƚLJ ĂŶĚ ƉƌŝǀĂĐLJ ǁŝƚŚ ĂŵĂnjŝŶŐ ǀŝĞǁƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ^ŽƵƚŚĞƌŶ ůƉƐ͘

Stage 1 – now selling ϰϵ ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ƉƌŝĐĞĚ ĨƌŽŵ Ψϭϲϳ͕ϱϬϬ ƚŽ ΨϮϮϬ͕ϬϬϬ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ƐĞĐƟŽŶƐ ĂƌĞ ŝŶ ĚĞŵĂŶĚ ǁŝƚŚ ŽŶĞͲ ƚŚŝƌĚ ĂůƌĞĂĚLJ ƐŽůĚ͊

ŽŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ >ŽĐŚůĞĂ >ŝĨĞƐƚLJůĞ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ŝƐ ƐŽŽŶ ƚŽ ĐŽŵŵĞŶĐĞ ĂĚũĂĐĞŶƚ ƚŽ ƚŚĞ >ŽĐŚůĞĂ ƐƚĂƚĞ͘ dŚĞ >ŝĨĞƐƚLJůĞ ZĞƐŽƌƚ ǁŝůů ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞ Ă ƌĂŶŐĞ ŽĨ ŝŶĚŽŽƌ ĂŶĚ ŽƵƚĚŽŽƌ ĂĐƟǀŝƟĞƐ ĂŶĚ ďŽƚŚ ƵƉůĞdž ĂŶĚ ^ƚĂŶĚͲĂůŽŶĞ sŝůůĂƐ ĂŶĚ ŐĞĚ ĂƌĞ hŶŝƚƐ͘ ĨƵůůLJ ĞƋƵŝƉƉĞĚ ŚŽƐƉŝƚĂů ŝƐ ĂůƐŽ ƉůĂŶŶĞĚ͘ dŚŝƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ƐŚďƵƌƚŽŶ͛Ɛ ĮƌƐƚ ĐŽŵƉůĞƚĞ ůŝĨĞƐƚLJůĞ ƌĞƐŽƌƚ ʹ ĐŽǀĞƌŝŶŐ ĞĂĐŚ ƐƚĂŐĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƌĞƐƚ ŽĨ LJŽƵƌ ůŝĨĞ͘

Enquiries to Tony Sands Ğůů ƉŚŽŶĞ ϬϮϳͲϮϳϮͲϳϴϯϳ Ͳ &ƌĞĞ ƉŚŽŶĞ ϬϴϬϬͲϮϳϮϳͲϴϯϳ ŌĞƌ ŚŽƵƌƐ͗ ϬϯͲϯϬϮͲϲϴϴϳ Ͳ ŵĂŝů͗ ƚŽŶLJƐĂŶĚƐ͘ůŽĐŚůĞĂΛŚŽƚŵĂŝů͘ĐŽ͘Ŷnj

Shane Woods Ordinary Kiwi bloke Shane ‘Woodsy’ Woods is handy around the house with a hammer. Each month we’ll check in on what his latest DIY project has been.

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ow that the weather is on the improve, we can venture out and start that exterior painting.

The main differences between exterior and interior is the variety of surfaces and the paint is more expensive due to the UV qualities, and containing more pigment for colour and more resin for moisture resistance and durability.

With proper preparation, a clean surface and the right paint it is a job you can easily handle yourself, making it the ideal DIY job.

The best time to paint is now before it gets too hot as too much heat makes your surface dry out too quickly, which may cause the paint to fail.

Ideally paint just after sunrise when the dew has dried off, follow the sun around your home and paint on the shady side. Paint manufacturers recommend painting in temperatures between 10°C and 40°C and not in direct sunlight.

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Above – As with any good paint job, it starts with good preparation and a good waterblast is a great place to start.

Left – Replace or fix any defects before you start painting.

Like interior paints, exterior paints are available in either water-based or solvent-based enamel.

Water-based paints offer a number of advantages as they are easy to apply, dry rapidly and there is an easy clean-up.

Acrylic gloss paints are commonly used on weatherboard homes and exterior cladding as a gloss finish offers more durability and longevity.

Generally solvent-based enamel paints are preferred wherever a tough hard-wearing surface is required. It takes a little extra time to apply but can be well worth the trouble on high wear areas like windows and doors and it means they are less likely to stick.

As with interior enamels the trend is leaning towards water-based exterior enamels which come in a variety of sheen levels, dry fast and offer easy water wash-up. As with any new product, technology is improving all the time, as will their longevity.

But among the trades, debate between waterbased and solvent-based paints is well and truly alive.

As with any painting job, you need good preparation. If you are lucky and your house has

had regular maintenance, it may only need a wash-down and a light sand, but if it has fallen short of attention it may require scraping back and sanding.

Or if the paint has lost all adhesion it may require a chemical strip to remove all the old defective paint and start again.

Waterblasting is a great place to start.

The condition of the surface will dictate the pressure required and is the ideal way to see what defects require attention.

Waterblast from the top down – the roof we will cover in a separate article – starting with the spoutings and facias then soffits and walls. Light wash over windows and doors squirting down, doing one side at a time. Include anything that is to be painted.

Now is the time to replace any rotten, split or cracked boards or fix any defects that will affect the longevity of the paint job.

Don’t be in a hurry to get painting. Attend to the defects – you will regret not doing it when the house is painted and looking fantastic, apart from those bits that now stand out and catch your eye every time.

YOU and your toys

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The back end of the 500hp classic.

Above – Brendan Patrick and his 1967 Camaro.

Far right – Patrick overhauled the interior of his left-hand drive American muscle car.

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Birthday specials in store!

Available only in September.

Brendan’s a first time

muscle fan

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rendan Patrick has owned all types of cars over the years, but a 1967 Camaro is his first American car.

“I had a lot of Falcons over the years and was into the Mazdas for a while before that so this was a bit different,” Brendan said.

With a change of car, Brendan noticed a change of scene.

“It came with a different crowd. The Falcons have the Ford lovers and when I had the Mazdas they were more of a younger crowd’s car.

The Camaro seems to attract a more mature following.”

That is probably because the Camaro is a clas-

sic. He bought it a-year-and-half-ago and in that time has put some work into it.

“It was pretty good condition but just needed a bit of a tidy up. I did the interior, the motor and gearbox, put a trim kit on it, disc brakes, mags and a new nine-inch differential.”

A 500-horsepower 406 cubic inch-small block gives off the distinct rumble of a muscle car, a sound Brendan has spread across the South Island.

“I’ve taken it all over the South Island with the kids in the back and wife in the passenger seat. Although she’s not that keen on being in the suicide seat.”

That is the other thing about being an authentic American muscle car, it’s left-hand drive.

“It didn’t take long to get used to.”

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