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New home for rescued huskies u by Kent Caddick

Husky Rescue New Zealand is setting up its base in West Melton.

Blessing for new school

A site blessing and turf cutting ceremony marked the official beginning …

Gifts from the giving tree

West Melton’s Laura Wong has been amazed by the generosity …

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Selwyn farmers Roger and Francie Taylor are doing their bit …

p Michelle Attwood and her husky Sam are looking forward to the move to West Melton.

The dog rescue organisation has leased a 10 acre block with house on the outskirts the Selwyn township to initially home up to 10 rescued Husky dogs. Husky Rescue NZ was the brainchild of Christchurch woman Michelle Attwood who has been running the centre from her small Hei Hei property for over five years. “We have been looking for somewhere larger for the dogs for around a year now and we were fortunate to come across this beautiful property in West Melton,” Michelle said. “Huskies are a fiercely

independent breed of dogs. They are the seventh closest breed to wolves and as such need a huge amount of exercise. “So to find a property of this size is just ideal as it means we can exercise the dogs from our doorstep rather than having to drive all over the place to get them their exercise.” Michelle started Husky Rescue NZ after noticing a growing number of people looking to sell or give away their dogs on places like the TradeMe. “What some people didn’t realise is that these dogs are a lot of work in terms of exercise and also in providing

photo courtesy Steve Attwood

secure housing for them. “They are very independent and can survive without human contact. Many people expect to have the dog follow them around and come when they are called but Huskies have minds of their own.” Michelle has been personally funding Husky Rescue NZ for the last five years, costing her around $24,000 a year, but the organisation is now in the process of becoming a registered charity which should help with donations and sponsorship. continued on page 4 …

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p The Anderton family from Rolleston receive a family pass for a rail trip on the Tranzalpine link from Selwyn Central Community Board (SCCB) chairperson Diane Chesmar (right). The Andertons entered a SCCB raffle while visiting the board’s stand at last month’s fireworks night in Rolleston with the rail pass valued at around $500 the prize. Tania Anderton said the family was very pleased to win the raffle and it was the first time she had won anything. The raffle prize was donated by Kiwirail.

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p Students from Windwhistle School were visited by a teacher from Science Alive’s outreach programme this term. The students enjoyed learning about robotics and were able to build their own robotic devices using Lego and electrical parts. They then learnt how to programme their robots to get them to move around, stop and reverse.

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Penguins walk the walk

Blessing for new school

u by Belinda Cullen-Reid

Think of penguins and you may think of the movie Happy Feet with the flightless birds dancing on the ice at Antarctica, but one group of Rolleston penguins demonstrated they have feet of another kind which they put to good use.

A site blessing and turf cutting ceremony marked the official beginning of West Rolleston Primary School which will open to Year 1 to 4 students in 2016.

p The Rolleston St John Penguins. Back row from left: Leah Munro, Judith Hoban, and Loretta Adams

The Rolleston St John Penguins, aged between six and eight years old, recently got their feet moving to do a walk-athon to raise money for the St John of Jerusalem Eye Hospital. The Penguins had learnt about the work of the eye hospital, which provides expert eye care in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem, where the rate of blindness is 10 times higher than in the West. “The children learnt about how people were helped to see again with surgery and other methods,” Rolleston Penguins’ leader Leah Munro said. “We were also in contact with the

eye hospital via Facebook,” she said. Together with fellow leader Loretta Adams they decided to do something to raise funds for the hospital. “The children were very excited to know that something little they can do can go a very long way in helping others,” she said. In fancy dress the Penguins marched around the Rolleston Community Centre, their happy feet raising a total of $679.50. Judith Hoban who is Dame Grand Cross of the Order of St John visited the Penguins after the walk-athon and accepted the donation for the eye hospital. ¢

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The new school will be situated on the corner of Burnham School Road and Dunns Crossing Road and will provide a third state primary school facility for the growing town of Rolleston. A Maori blessing was led by Kaumatua Henare Edwards for the safety of those working on the site and for the children who will attend the school. Prayers were given by Denise Sheat from Taumutu Marae, who also p Henare Edwards digs a patch of soil which will be housed in the office of the Board of Trustees until the new West led a waiata. Rolleston School is completed A patch of turf was dug by Mr Edwards and Pat Nutira Education, the school’s newly appointed and placed in a box held by seven- principal Sylvia Fidow, Board of Trustees year-old Sam Scott from Rolleston. chairperson Simon McDermott, Selwyn This will be returned to the ground mayor Kelvin Coe and district councillor after the construction of the school Mark Alexander. is finished. Mr McDermott said he hoped Also in attendance were construction of the school would get representatives from the Ministry of underway in December. ¢

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Growing our economy through trade

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New home for rescued huskies

u by Amy Adams, Selwyn MP

To grow our economy so we can improve our standard of living, we need access to overseas markets. R e c e n t l y, the Government has taken another positive step towards achieving this goal by completing free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations with Korea. There are 50 million people in Korea and it is currently the sixth-largest export destination for Kiwi goods and services. At the moment, our exporters pay $229 million a year in duties to get their products into the Korean market. Under this FTA, they stand to save $65 million in the first year alone. Initially, tariffs will be eliminated on 48 per cent of current New Zealand exports. Within 15 years, most tariffs will be gone completely. The value of this deal is illustrated by our dairy industry. New Zealand dairy products are sought after in Korea — it is the fourth-largest market for our cheese. However, our exporters paid around $89 million in duties on the $220 million worth of dairy products we sent there in the past year.

This deal will make New Zealand products more competitive with goods from places like the United States, Chile, and the European Union, which already have an FTA with Korea. When businesses earn more, they can expand and can afford to hire more staff at higher rates. Building our trade and business links is part of the Government’s plan to create more jobs and boost incomes. This FTA will also give Kiwis better access to Korean goods, such as motor homes, transport vehicles, heavy machinery, and home appliances. Korea is the eighth-largest import source of goods and services in New Zealand. We import about as much product from Korea as we export — a win-win situation. With a strong history of working together, this free trade agreement will take New Zealand’s relationship with Korea into the future.

p Rehabilitating rescued huskies through sled dog work is an important part of Michelle Attwood’s programme. Here Michelle races a team of rescue huskies along with her partner’s black lab Scout who has been raised with huskies and loves sledding as much as the huskies do.

“In moving to the new property we will be deer fencing at least an acre of the land to allow the dogs to roam free on a permanent basis, as well as giving us the space to sled run them. “Currently we have 11 dogs on our books, with five of them living with us on our 800sqm property in Hei Hei and six others in foster care around New Zealand.” Michelle said once they are established in West Melton all the dogs will return and they are in the processing of receiving permission for the operation from the Selwyn District Council.

photo courtesy Steve Attwood

“Once that is in place and we are a registered charity we will be looking to take more dogs in but a lot will depend on what we are able to secure in the way of donations and sponsorship.” At the moment Husky Rescue NZ is looking for sponsors who can assist them with the deer fencing they require for the West Melton property and farm style dog kennels with runs. To find out more on Husky Rescue NZ people can visit their Facebook page www.facebook.com/pages/HuskyRescue-NZ or call Michelle on 021 145 9557. ¢

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Bid to lift noise level fails

u by Belinda Cullen-Reid

West Melton’s Laura Wong has been amazed by the generosity of people from her town who have responded to her call to help children in need this Christmas.

A developer’s hope to lift noise restrictions at Rolleston’s industrial area has stumbled at its first hurdle. The Selwyn District Council has decided not to include noise modifications in its Land Use Recovery Plan (LURP) which will go to Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee this month. Tim Carter of Rolleston Industrial Development at Rolleston’s Izone lobbied council to have changes to noise level allowances included in the LURP action so he could fast track changes and have them included in the LURP’s public consultation process. Mr Carter said noise level restrictions were set at a very low level at night, and rightly so, but he wanted a change to where those noise level readings were taken from. “Where the noise levels are assessed is not actually at the houses, its assessed at the rural boundary. The rule that we’re proposing is to restrict the

noise based on where the notional boundaries of the dwellings are,” Mr Carter said. Mr Carter said the Tauranga Port Company based in the Izone had successfully gone through a resource management act process of changing their noise restriction allowances and the Lyttleton Port Company would follow the same process. He asked for all industrial land that borders Rolleston’s greenfield land to be included at this time, but said he would eventually like to see a plan change resulting in noise level restrictions eased throughout the entire Izone. Council is to seek advice on how changes to noise restrictions can be made to future district plans. “It’s opening a can of worms with wider implications. It’s something we need to give far more consideration to,” Councillor Mark Alexander said.

p Laura Wong with some of the presents donated by West Melton residents

Ms Wong, who works as at ANZ bank’s Riccarton branch said she felt challenged to do something for disadvantaged children after community group Round Table Christchurch put a wooden Christmas tree at her branch. The group had decorated the tree with cards which had the gender and age of a child which the Christchurch City Mission had identified as someone who might go without this Christmas. Ms Wong decided to let the people of West Melton know about the giving tree and put a message on the town’s community Facebook page.

“I wanted to see what our community could do,” Ms Wong said. “I wasn’t expecting such a big response. Within half an hour I had 10 or 11 people saying they wanted to give a present and could I drop a card to them.” Ms Wong is now busy picking up presents from her community to go under the Christmas tree. She said she had around 30 so far. “I’m really amazed by the support. I think at Christmas we have to remember there are lots of children who will go without.” ¢

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Place to pamper pooch Rolleston dog owners will be able to give their canine friends a bath in a new coin-operated dog wash machine which has opened up at Foster Dog Park.

New park to host fun day u by Belinda Cullen-Reid

Prebbleton’s new park will play host to a community fun day this weekend.

p K9000 owner Jacqui Rosewall and Barkley try out the dog wash

The K9000 Dogwash is the first of its kind in Selwyn and has been set up by Rolleston operator Jacqui Rosewall who leases the space from the Selwyn District Council. Miss Rosewall said the machine usually takes about 10 minutes to give a dog the full treatment from shampoo to blow dry. “There are a huge number of dogs in Selwyn and a lot of people will be bringing them to the dog park anyway, so it makes

sense to clean them here. “Any sized dog can be washed. There is also a clip you can tether the animal to before they get washed,” she said. Selwyn has around 12,000 registered dogs and more than 70 new dogs are registered in the district each month. The self-service wash machine is permanently based at the dog park, and operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

p Prebbleton’s new community park will host a family fun day

The Prebbleton Community Park was opened to the public in July after construction and landscaping were complete, and the family fun day event will feature live local music, a bouncy castle, children’s games, a free sausage sizzle, mini-Skate Jam and a number of spot prizes. Selwyn District Council’s youth advisor Chris Martin said it will be a great opportunity for families from Prebbleton to enjoy the summer sun and celebrate the new shared space they have. “There will be an afternoon packed full of fun activities in the new park so whether it’s kids rolling

around on scooters and playing on the colourful playground, or families sharing a picnic in the sun on the benches, there will be something for everyone to enjoy.” He said the park has a range of areas to suit all age groups including a colourful playground with swings, a large train and a 7.5 metre climbing net. There is also a skate and scooter area, a covered area, picnic tables and a walking and cycling track. The fun day will be held from 1pm to 3pm on Saturday, December 6 at the Prebbleton Community Park off Stationmasters Way. ¢

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Art focus on Selwyn landscape

u by Belinda Cullen-Reid

Snowy peaks and river valleys were on display at Clearview Primary School’s first art exhibition at the school hall last week. Young artists from Years 4 to 8 were chosen to be part of an art enrichment group lead by teachers Vicky Peacock and Tracey Young. The group visited Ms Peacock’s art gallery and property at Springfield and took photographs and made sketches of the Torlesse mountain range and Waimakariri River. “The students came back and spent two more days putting their compositions together,” Ms Young said. Twelve-year-old Olivia Duder’s work focussed on the majestic Torlesse range. Olivia said she was taught to paint the sky first, followed by the mountains and hills before finishing with the foreground. “The mountains were the most difficult. We learnt how to mix greys, blacks and whites,” Olivia said.

Jackson Cunneen (13) chose to paint the Waimakariri River. He decided to do a tonal painting, using various shades of black, grey and white, with a contrasting red tree in the foreground. “I wanted the tree to be the main focus. It’s something a bit different,” Jackson said. Charlotte Ward (11) invented her own composition taking a view of the Torlesse range and combining it with a scene from the Waimakariri River. “I mixed them up and put them together,” Charlotte said. “The rocks were really difficult to paint. There was lots of detail and they were different sizes and they had shadows.” Charlotte said she loved painting the water and was given special paint to use. ¢

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Selwyn farmers Roger and Francie Taylor are doing their bit to clean up the district’s waterways. The Coalgate couple are planting trees along a polluted stream running through their property at Coalgate, upstream of the Selwyn River and Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere. Since the Taylors settled at Glendore Farm seven years ago, water quality has abruptly declined as much of the farm’s 600-hectares was converted from sheep and beef to intensive dairying. Happy Jack Creek, which runs through the property and into the Selwyn River near Hororata, was once where their grandchildren swam until it filled with sediment. Black beech, totara, ribbonwood, kowhai and kahikatea now grace the banks of Happy Jack Creek together with shrubby species grown by Southern Woods Tree Nursery from seeds and cuttings collected in the area. Newer plantings along a tributary and a hillside spring include native pittosporum, toe toe, flax, carex and coprosma. Mr Taylor said close to 100 per cent of trees have survived since he started using protective guards with built-in woollen mulch pads to exclude pests and herbicide spray while holding moisture.

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“Fencing sure took away the worry about stock getting stuck in waterways,” he said. “And we’re enjoying an increase in native skinks, weta and birds including kingfishers and bellbirds.” The Honda TreeFund this year contributed $4,000 towards planting and fencing native trees, shrubs and

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Many people jog, walk or cycle which is good, but if you add resistance training to your exercise regime you will speed up your metabolism, improve strength and decrease body fat. Resistance training increases the amount of calories you burn even while sitting on the couch. This is because after each strength workout your

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up 18% more space than muscle. The best thing is unlike wrinkles you can reverse these signs of ageing (without an expensive operation) by simply conducting resistance training. Not only will you have stronger muscles, ligaments and tendons, but resistance training can reduce the odds of injuries and back pain whilst improving blood pressure and increasing bone density. Moreover, various studies have proved that you will have a healthier heart and lungs, be less stressed, more productive, feel happier and live longer. With the many benefits associated with resistance training it is overwhelming why more people don’t do it. I believe this is due to a lack of knowledge and the misconception that dieting and/or cardio training is enough. Unfortunately, there are a lot of females who still believe that if they do resistance training it will cause them to gain huge muscles similar to a body builder. This is a myth. To attain a body builder’s physique it requires extremely heavy lifting and supplementation to enhance growth hormones. If I have managed to convince you to start resistance training then never forget that muscle weighs more than fat so if you continue to eat as normal, initially your weight may not drop but your clothes will start to feel loose and you will start to see a more toned reflection in the mirror. The key to being slim, strong and fit is quite simple — eat healthily and conduct a balanced cardio and resistance training programme at least three to four times a week. Happy lifting and remember to seek medical advice before beginning an exercise regime and/or ask for guidance from an exercise professional. ¢

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A passion for local produce which is healthy, fresh and delivered direct to the door has led one Rolleston mum to start her own online produce store. Keryn Pascoe started Lucy’s Online Growers Market in 2011 as a part time venture as a change of career after the birth of her second child. Previously she had led a high flying life, working in an advertising agency in Auckland. Keryn and husband Grant decided to move to Selwyn to be closer to family and to have a change of lifestyle while raising their two young boys. “I had lots of ideas for things I wanted to do,” Keryn said. “I came up with the idea of the online grower’s market because I liked visiting the markets but found it hard to get there on a Saturday morning. “I thought, if I’m having this kind of trouble, there must be others too. I wanted to bring them whole, natural, artisan food.” Being married to a graphic designer had its advantages with Grant designing the business website and doing photography and brochures. The business started off small with just a few family members and friends but soon grew with word of mouth. Now Keryn is packing in a 40-hour week, processing orders and delivering to

customers in West Melton, Rolleston, Broadfields and Halswell. Where possible Keryn supplies produce that is fresh and from local growers, including pork from Cressy Farm in Greendale, salads from Broadfields and locally grown tomatoes. Keryn loves learning more about where food comes from and says you can’t beat a fresh apple that’s been picked straight from the tree. “When apples are put in the cold store, like some of the supermarket apples, they lose their smell. p Keryn Pascoe is passionate about fresh food “When I go and pick up a crate of apples from the grower they “I don’t think there’s a perfect diet. really smell like apples.” It’s all about eating real and eating Keryn says in general there’s a what’s in season.” growing trend worldwide of people She enjoys meeting people in her wanting to connect more with their food job that feel the same way as she does and eat produce that is natural and about food and nutrition. fresh. While there is a lot of conflicting “People are always excited to see information about food out there Keryn us. Some customers have become believes the food message is simple. good friends.” ¢

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Kate’s Kitchen: Fresh from the garden to the plate u by Kate Brunner

Springtime in the garden is a joy.

When I come home from work I head straight for the vegetable patch, ignoring the grass that requires cutting, the weeds waving to me as they attempt to overcome the cultivated bits in the garden and the greenhouse that has yet to be reassembled in its new position. Today I smiled as I noted the redcurrants just starting to colour then my heart sank as I remembered the tedious picking of those tiny berries and the race to possess them before the birds do. The rhubarb has great fat

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100 YEARS OF COLERIDGE POWER STATION Sunday 7th December | 10am – 4pm Lake Coleridge Village

• Tour the station, open for viewing • View historical displays and memorabilia • Watch traction engine and vintage car parade • Ride the Clydesdale wagon • Enjoy a pre-1930’s cars’ posh picnic competition • Indulge the craft markets and food stalls • Discover the Coleridge Arboretum • Sheep sharing and a colonial school • Prizes for the best dressed man, lady or child of yesteryear • Heaps of family fun CASH ONLY – ADULTS: $10 • CHILD: $5 • FAMILY PASS: $20 Held wet or fine, all proceeds to local community groups. For updates and further information visit: www.lakecoleridgenz.info

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Oxford Modern: 12.9m x 7.2m Priced from

$169,000

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+ foundations, delivery & services

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Oxford 2: 10.2m x 7.2m

Huxley Size: 17.4m x 7.8m

Priced from

$139,000

OXFORD 2

+ foundations, delivery & services

$235,000

HUXLEY

+ foundations, delivery & services

The Oxford 2 has an open plan living area and 2 double bedrooms with built in wardrobes.

Spacious 4 bedroom home & full length front deck. The master bedroom has an ensuite.

Genius Homes come fully finished including quality kitchen, bathroom & laundry fixtures, heat pump & floor coverings. Building with Genius is faster & more efficient with their two production lines in Timaru.

Customise our designs to suit your requirements!

Full project management from design & consent to site works & delivery!

smart homes for busy people

Call us today for more information!

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Freephone 0800 522 225 www.geniushomes.co.nz

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