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Thirty-four Kiwibank local heroes were presented with medals by councillor and chairperson of the Christchurch City Council’s Civic Awards sub-committee Yani Johanson as part of the 2019 New Zealander of the Year Awards ceremony. “Our region’s 34 local heroes demonstrate the acts of charity, commitment and selflessness, which is what brings communities together. These individuals are a positive inspiration to us all for what they have done to uniquely

optimism and commitment have had a profound effect on the lives of so many in the community. Yet in the rush of day-to-day lives, we can sometimes forget to properly acknowledge just how special these people are. That is why we have the Local Heroes awards — it’s the community’s way of honouring and saying thanks to these fine people.” The 2019 New Zealander of the Year Awards is to be presented in six award categories on February 13, 2019. 

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Residents on the Springfield water supply are advised to boil their water. The council has issued a precautionary boil water notice following recent heavy rainfall which has increased the turbidity of this water supply. No E coli has been detected in the water supply; however, as a result of the increased turbidity, the council cannot guarantee that the water is safe to drink and the water supply will appear discoloured. The Ministry of Health advises that people should boil or treat all water from taps before drinking, brushing teeth or using it in food preparation. Water used to make ice should also be boiled before freezing. Employers should also ensure their staff are only consuming boiled or bottled water at work. Bringing water to the boil is sufficient to kill all bugs, it does not require prolonged boiling. Water needs to be boiled even if the smell or taste of chlorine is present. If it is not possible to boil water, treat it by adding one teaspoon of household bleach for every 10 litres of water and leave for 30 minutes. Continue to boil water until notified that the boil water notice

is lifted. Anyone showing any symptoms of sickness should visit their doctor. The council will continue to monitor the intake and reticulation system and keep residents informed of any updates. Updates will also be posted on the Selwyn District Council website. ¢

Group tours historic sites Ellesmere’s rich history was brought to life this month when the local historical society treated 60 guests to a tour of some of the area’s most notable sites.

p John McLachlan has an attentive audience while telling the history behind one of the families vintage cars.

These included the new Lakeside Soldiers Memorial Hall, Birdling Book homestead and the McLachlan vintage car and machinery collection at the old seed company store in Leeston. Ellesmere Historical Society president, Stuart Brannigan, said the tour drew people from throughout Canterbury, and some had family links to the area going back to the 1890s. John and Deborah McLachlan provided the tour group with a warm welcome to their home and farm. Birdling Brook was one of the original runs taken up by William Birdling in 1853.

The group was impressed by the collection of vintage cars, fire engines, trucks, farm vehicles collected by the late John McLachlan senior His favourite cars were Cadillacs. Another high point for the Ellesmere Historical Society tour group was, somewhat ironically, something new. The new Lakeside Memorial Hall replaced the former hall, which was damaged in the earthquakes. It opened on August 3 1917, to remember the 13 young men from Lakeside who died in the first world war. ¢

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Summer in Selwyn is back Public transport plan approved

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More than 60 events are coming to the district as part of the 2018/19 Summer in Selwyn event programme, kicking off in December and continuing until late March.

The Greater Christchurch Public Transport Joint Committee approved the draft Regional Public Transport Plan 2018–28 at its meeting on Monday, December 3, accepting the changes suggested through the hearing committee process, and recommended that Environment Canterbury approve the plan.

p Selwyn’s summer fare — the ever-popular picnic in the park

The event programme, a Selwyn District Council initiative sponsored by Spectrum Lighting and Sound, Faringdon and New World Rolleston, is a perennial favourite with local families. This year, the council says, there is something for everyone to enjoy. Council-run events include two outdoor movies at Lincoln and Leeston and two drive-in movies at Rolleston and Darfield, starting with the Christmas classic movie Elf on Sunday, December 16. Pool Parties will include a special Christmas Pool Party at the Selwyn Aquatic Centre, as well as parties at Darfield, Sheffield and Southbridge community pools. The ever-popular Teddy Bears’ Picnic will return to Rolleston Community Centre and Rolleston Reserve with jampacked family fun. Picnic in the Park events and Summer Skate/Scooter Jams are coming to eight

locations around the district, while a new event — Summer 3X3 Basketball Jam — encourages anyone to jump into a game and have a go. Other entertainment includes live music at local parks with A Month of Sundays in February. Residents can bring a picnic and relax while listening to an outstanding line-up of our local talented musicians at the Lincoln Green. A number of Selwyn District Libraries events are also taking place over summer including craft and storybook workshops, Summer Reading Bingo and games challenges, spurring on multigenerational fun. A great range of community-organised events is on offer too, including Christmas parades, fetes and picnics and fitness-related events. For a list of Summer in Selwyn events, visit the council’s Facebook page or website. ¢

The committee comprises representatives from Environment Canterbur y, Christchurch City Council, Selwyn District Council, Waimakariri District Council and the NZ Transport Agency. A significant component of the plan relating to Greater Christchurch has been developed by the Greater Christchurch Public Transport Joint Committee agencies. The draft plan was put out for community consultation in September. Joint committee member and Environment Canterbury chair, Steve Lowndes, said the consultation period was comprehensive, engaging a high number of people. “At final count, we received 726

submissions, along with 8,944 quick polls taken across the community,” he said. “Most pleasing was the high level of youth engagement, traditionally a group less likely to submit on these sorts of things. We had 71 submissions from young people, reflecting their sense of ownership and desire for a futurefocussed public transport system.” Following the consultation stage, the joint committee formed a hearing committee to review the submissions and hear from those who wished to speak to their submission. The final Regional Public Transport Plan, will be submitted to Environment Canterbury at its meeting on Thursday, December 13. ¢

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New World’s new cafe Roy and Lynne Bridgman marked 18 years at New World in Rolleston last week and celebrated with the opening of the newly refurbished New World Dragonfly Cafe as an integral part of their business.

“We opened the store on December 5 2000, and for the last three months we have had half of our entranceway blocked off to combine the cafe into the store, which made it really inconvenient for our customers, but we are sure they will love the completed project, it came up beautifully,” says Roy. “Our daughters, Amber and Courtney, have owned the cafe next door for 13 years and we purchased it off them — combining it with the supermarket. We use Supreme coffee roasters, and we have people come from all around the district because we ensure we have

well trained and passionate baristas lead by Jules, the cafe manager. This is a full sit down cafe with beautiful cabinet food available that is mostly made fresh on site and a feature handcrafted artwork by Andrew Steel, which contains some classic Kiwiana images. “We are excited for the future of New World Dragonfly Cafe and our customers enjoying what we have to offer. We also take this opportunity to thank our loyal customers for your support, and we wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas.”

A time to give Summer holidays are upon us, and while that spells relaxation and fun times for most, our emergency services face a busy time of year. The New Zealand Blood Service donor team will be set up at the Rolleston Community Centre on December 20 from 2.30pm to 7pm. Donors can walk in, or book with a downloadable app, and the service stresses your blood donation is needed and welcome, especially at this time of year. “If you live outside of Rolleston, the Blood Donation Team visits lots of other suburbs so check their page out for more info,” a spokesman says, adding that “only four per cent of us currently roll up our sleeves and donate. “We require approx 3,000 donations each and every week to meet hospital needs. You can get tea, coffee, juice and chocolate biscuits after every donation.” Much of today’s medical care depends on a steady supply of blood from volunteer donors, and just one donation can help save the lives of up to three people. One donation can be separated into several components — red blood cells, platelets and plasma — each of which is used to treat different types of patients, for example, accident and burns victims,

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New centre opened

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Weedons School pupils will be a lot safer when they bike or walk to school thanks to new safety vests gifted by the Selwyn Business Group, a support network for small and mediumsized businesses.

West Melton’s new $8.5 million community and recreation centre is now officially open. Selwyn District Council Mayor Sam Broughton opened the centre on Friday at a ceremony attended by representatives of Te Taumutu Runanga, Hon Amy Adams MP, members of West Melton Residents’ Association and the public. Students of West Melton School performed a kapa haka. West Melton Community and Recreation Centre committee chair, Bruce Russell described the centre as a brilliant new facility, which will greatly enhance the social and recreational opportunities available to the West Melton Community — which continues to grow rapidly. Council major projects property manager, John Reid, said the new facility, which took about 13 months to complete, will cater to the future demands of the West Melton residents as well as the wider Selwyn community. “This modern, high-quality community facility will serve the needs of the West Melton area, but it will also add a significant asset to the growing network of community facilities across the Selwyn district,” Mr Reid said. The centre has community meeting spaces, indoor sport and recreation (including an indoor court), a scout hall, a Plunket room and Playcentre. There is also space for community group

p Year eight student Brock Cottrell showing off the new vest with principal Kathy Bell

p Mayor Sam Broughton at the official opening

activities such as service, gardening and film clubs. The facility has a new pedestrian promenade, which connects to the entrance of the building and is lined with trees. There are also a number of native and exotic plant species. The new centre replaces an outdated and earthquake damaged hall located on the same site. ¢

The idea was suggested by Shona Cottrell, who runs local sewing school Creative Edge Studio and has children at Weedons School. During her school runs, Shona had noticed that many of the children would be walking or biking around high-speed rural roads and often were not that visible to motorists. “We have a number of children who catch buses to and from school on busy roads, as well as some who cycle along 80 and 100km/h roads,” said school principal Kathy Bell.

“The new shiny vests will make them a lot more visible and will be greatly appreciated by these students and their families.” Shona presented 25 vests at the school assembly. “Keeping our kids safe on the roads is a priority, and as a small business owner in Selwyn, it’s great to contribute in this way.” Ms Bell said the vests would be used to provide a full class set for any activities outside the school grounds. ¢

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Council’s water warning Selwyn District Council is reminding commercial water users about restrictions on extracting water from fire hydrants.

Aspirations of young Maori got an earnest work-out at a twoday summit last week hosted by Lincoln University. Around 150 students from 41 high schools across the country (including 15 students outside the formal school system) and three tertiary institutions were on campus to talk about their future. Developed for Maori students between the ages of 16 and 24, the Taiohi (Youth) Summit provided a forum to discuss key issues relevant to Taiohi today and to discuss their aspirations for the future in key thematic areas. Lincoln University director, Maori and Pasifika, Dr Dione Payne, said the hui engaged Taiohi across Aotearoa and publish a manifesto with their strategy for the future. “We see the significant contribution that Maori p Lincoln University Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Professor Bruce McKenzie, left, and Vice-Chancellor James McWha greet make to both our economy students at the summit’s powhiri. and the world, and as the world changes, we want to make sure with other like-minded Maori throughout the voice of our Taiohi have been heard, New Zealand. so they have access to the tools and “From the boardroom to the paddock, skills to help them grow their future,” we wanted to make sure Taiohi add their Dr Payne said. voice to the discussion,” Dr Payne said. Attendees collaborated with key Lincoln University hosted the summit innovators, engaged in workshops, in partnership with the Ministry of wrote their manifesto and networked Youth Development. ¢

The council does not provide a permit system for contractors to extract water from fire hydrants on the public potable (drinking water) network and contractors must not connect any equipment to it. “The only exception to this is on development subdivision sites where the council permits developers to apply for a single connection point, which has a range of conditions including payment for the use of the water,” says council asset manager, Murray Washington. “This policy is different to neighbouring authorities but is needed to reduce the level of potential risk. “We take a cautious approach to protecting the health of our residents,

and this has to take priority over the convenience of contractors,” he says. “The council has considered the potential risks of contractor equipment being connected to the public supply, and decided there is potential for the equipment being unsterilised — and this is too great a risk.” Mr Washington says contamination events have occurred in the past after contractors connected to the public supply to extract water. The council is getting in touch with contractors across the district to make them aware of the policy. For further information contact the Water Services Team on 03 347 2800. ¢

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New public toilets for Selwyn Sun care family affair In response to demand from residents and visitors, the Selwyn district has new public toilets being installed with the help of the government’s Tourism Infrastructure Fund.

p Mayor Sam Broughton and Cr Bob Mugford with at the new toilet built at Lake Coleridge

Community projects manager, Cam Warr, says the funding from the government has allowed the council to quickly provide more toilet facilities across the district to meet demand and they are currently installing toilets at Castle Hill. “Early next year toilets will be installed at Lake Georgina and Lake Selfe as well as Dunsandel. Toilets that are non-funded include one at Ryton Bay, which was opened last November, and early next year there will be one added at the Lincoln Domain.” The Tourism Infrastructure Fund provides financial support for local tourism-related infrastructure where tourism growth is placing pressure on

or potential growth is constrained by, existing infrastructure and the local community is unable to respond in a timely way without assistance. The fund provides up to $25 million per year for the development of tourism-related infrastructures such as carparks, freedom camping facilities, sewerage and waterworks and transport projects. “The government funding has allowed us to increase the number of available toilets at sites that have large numbers of visitors. We have also been able to replace older and less environmentally friendly toilets. It is important to provide quality facilities, especially if we want people to use them,” says Mr Warr. ¢

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Early childhood educators are leading the way in finding creative and conscientious ways of protecting young children from skin damage from our harsh New Zealand sun. A recent survey by the Cancer Society and Canterbury District Health Board of 26 early childhood education settings showed how teachers are proactively protecting children by providing spare hats and sunscreen. All of the early childhood providers surveyed also have sun protection guidelines, which include provisions for shade, requiring children to wear widebrimmed hats outside, and reapplying sunscreen throughout the day. Amanda Dodd, deputy manager health promotion for the Canterbury West Coast Cancer Society said early childhood educators are doing a great job, sometimes with limited resources, to protect our smallest children. “We realise we need to emphasise the ‘Slip Slop Slap and Wrap’ message again for everyone. One thing that we may all overlook is covering up tamariki with clothing that falls below elbows and knees,” Dodd said. Jocelyn Wright, director at Hagley Community Preschool said: ‘I talk with families new to New Zealand and they are not always aware of how harsh our sun can be. We talk with them about how children are best protected.’ In conversation with educators, the Cancer Society and Canterbury DHB have found the biggest barrier to effective sun protection is how costly

p Zephaniah Esera applying sunscreen

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Quirky Christmas fun worldwide u by Andy Bryenton

Christmas in New Zealand must seem strange and interesting to those in the northern hemisphere, where a snowy yuletide with all the traditional trimmings is the norm. Looking at our pohutukawa flowers, festive barbecues and trips to the beach on a day, which is usually associated with snowmen and reindeer, must make the English and North Americans chuckle. Nevertheless, there are other ways to celebrate the holiday around the world which are even stranger — and no less fun. In Caracas, the capital city of Venezuela, it has become traditional for people — especially children — to roller skate the church on Christmas

morning for a blessing. The deeply Catholic nation takes the birth of Jesus very seriously, but injecting a bit of fun into the proceedings by adding wheels has grown to be a big part of the holiday. Children even sleep with one lace of their rollerskates tied around one toe on Christmas eve so they can be woken with a gentle tug on the boot in

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ornament on the Christmas tree with a pickle — yes, that’s real — cultures around the world have found hundreds of ways to make this holiday their own. Here in New Zealand, the addition of sunshine, pavlova, a trip to the beach and a game of cricket on the back lawn

to Saint Nick in Italy who doubles down on holiday cheer. Belfana, the Witch, is definitely a sorceress of the good persuasion, and on January 5 she emulates Mr Claus, bringing children a second round of goodies to fill their stockings. Not so nice if you are on the ‘naughty list’ is Austria’s scary Krampus, who serves and a kind of anti-Claus. Before Christmas on Krampus Night this goat-headed being is said to stalk the streets, playing pranks on naughty kids. A big parade is held in which people dress as the horrible holiday figure, though these days the message is ‘be good until Christmas and you might just make the nice list after all’. In Catalonia, Spain, they celebrate the strange tradition of Tio de Nadal — the Christmas poop log. For days before Christmas, a small log with a smiling face drawn on one end is ‘fed’ candy and treats by local children in each household. On Christmas Eve, comical songs are sung to the log, and it is ceremonially beaten with twigs. That causes the log to ‘poop’ out presents — actually revealed by the no doubt uproariously laughing parents. When it’s all over, the Tio de Nadal is thrown in the fire for warmth! From the Dutch leaving carrots in their shoes on Christmas Eve to feed Santa’s reindeer, to watching certain movies every year as a family, to the German tradition of replacing one

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“We need a bigger, faster sleigh this year because more kids have made the nice list than ever before. It’s possible that it has something to do with operation ‘elf on the shelf’, but in general, I think that there’s just a lot of Christmas spirit sloshing around,” said Santa, blocking his ears as the twin candy cane powered turbojets were fired up. “The extra boost on this model will give the reindeer a bit of a helping hand, which is nice. It means we can go faster, which means more time in each house to really enjoy those plates of biscuits.” As usual, Santa has been busy popping out from his North Pole workshop and command centre in recent weeks to check out what’s cool in New Zealand. He’s joined his helpers at parades and in shopping malls, taking the pulse of what kids want this December 25 and relaying the info back

to his teams of elves. “It’s a big year for unicorns, slime and robots, apparently,” smiles Saint Nick. “These things always come around again. I’m betting dinosaurs, and race cars are back for next year, but as for now — it’s important to remind the elves to only stick one horn on each unicorn. Otherwise, you just end up with antelope.” A little-known fact — Santa’s elves can make brand-name toys because the original inventions are often come up with by elf labs in any case! Toy companies make them for the rest of the year and pay for the designs. All of this money funds Santa’s yearly pudding and trifle bill, which is, according to Mrs Claus, ‘gigantic’. Santa’s weather elves report a clear run this December 25, with optimum conditions to deliver close to a billion

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The weather, the mayor, the people, the town — they all came together to turn it on for Leeston’s Christmas Parade.

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with the way the community had got in behind the parade this year. She said she was particularly impressed that new businesses that had started up in the area took the trouble to organise and build floats. “There were not only 20

plus floats, but the Ellesmere Vintage Car Club, the NZ Caravan Club who were holidaying locally and others all joined in too,” she said. Selwyn’s mayor, Sam Broughton, led the parade off on his motorbike accompanied by some

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a good job ona proppitty, wot also is a bit parshill to sum cracklin.” Well readas, wen she sed that I turn me eye dog button on an’ give the Boss me very Best Stare, an’ held it wile I held me breth. An it werked, Boss give me a grin. “Ya reckin ya desrve it Dog,” he sed.”Well, I reckin ya do. Tell ya wot deah, lets jump ina ute, go inta town. We kin have lunch atta pub, an do our shoppin’ downa main street. Support the lokil shops.Yoo kin come too Dog an help choose a porker ona way back.” Now I tells yer wot readas, a farm dog’s life isint too bad wen yer get to help choose yer Krissmiss tucker. An’ getting the afternoon off ina town? I hope Boss parks near tha bakery. Or outside the buchers maybe? Ya git a bit tied of smellin’ sheep wool an cows, ana rabits been a bit few an far between lately. Thena Boss sed: “We betta hava shower, I’ll hava shave, an you Dog, yer kin go an jump ina dam an’ hava good shake ina sun, before we go.” Yep readas I hada good roll ina cow paddick this mornin’ an’ Boss gotta go an spoil it. Still, I get to pick cracklin’ onna trotter, and read alla emails in town too. Krissmiss! Ya gotta love it eh? Cheers an’ hava good one an’ like Sharlene always ses. Drive safe. Billy

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