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Celebrating united diversity u by Ann van Engelen

Members of the Christchurch Multicultural Council marked 30 years of helping migrants and former refugees to achieve better outcomes while settling into their respective communities across the region recently.

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p The Christchurch Multicultural Council joined with guests to mark 30 years in Christchurch city

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“For the last 30 years, CMC has been providing advocacy to migrants and community groups for settlement and integration while celebrating diversity and strengthening diverse communities,” says Christchurch Multicultural Council president Surinder Tandon. “We foster unity in diversity, promote social inclusion, equality, integration and respect in diversity. The group encourages migrants for greater civic participation and lobby for greater ethnic representation on boards and trusts. We have been collaborating with several service partners and community groups for achieving tangible outcomes for the wider society. Despite the major earthquakes, the related damage to the city, and the terror attacks of March 15, a large number of migrants and international students are still coming to the city as it treads towards full recovery. “The time after the attacks showed us our strong united diversity and

harmony, which brought out immense solidarity, compassion, love and empathy from people of diverse cultures and faiths. Christchurch and city council is leading the fostering of diversity and multiculturalism nationally. It is a role model in terms of its work on diversity. We need to keep fostering diversity for enriching harmonious relations, and respect and love for one another’s cultures and faiths, and to reap the social, cultural and economic benefits of the greater Christchurch’s rich diversity. “Christchurch is a beautiful multicultural city and represents more than 170 ethnicities. Migrants contribute to our society in every field — public service, business, industry hospitality, science and education. We enjoyed celebrating together and look forward to more community interaction in the future.” Mr Pancha Narayanan, president of NZ Federation of Multicultural Councils

Inc, acknowledged the forebears of Christchurch including professor Kuan Goh, Dame Grace Hollander, Jim Fraser and others for their pioneering efforts. “I also acknowledge our Life Member of MNZ and past president Weng Kei Chen. These are our stalwarts who built not only the Christchurch Multicultural Council but also Multicultural New Zealand. “CMC was one of our very first multicultural councils then called Ethnic Council in NZ. Without their efforts, I am not sure we would have gotten to where we are today.” Councillor Jimmy Chen says: “President Surinder Tandon’s outstanding leadership fosters the cultural diversity in Christchurch. I was delighted to attend the event with the minister Christchurch East MP Hon Poto Williams, Christchurch Central MP Dr Duncan Webb, Cr Anne Galloway and other dignitaries.” 

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Gymnasts celebrating improvements

Affinity Gymnastics Academy has celebrated its first full year of operation with seven gymnasts attending the 2019 Gymsports National Championships held in Auckland and one travelling to the USA. “The gymnasts joined other athletes from other clubs in the region to represent Team Canterbury,” said club president Ryan Jones. “The Canterbury Team topped the medal table during nationals, and it was great to see Affinity gymnasts contributing. The Male Artistic Gymnastics programme at Affinity continues to grow under the recent addition to the management team of head coach, Aaron Clutterbuck, a former senior international gymnast and internationally qualified coach. Aaron has been busy working with senior gymnast Finlay Jones, who was called up to represent New Zealand on an international competitive tour in Texas this month. “Finlay has done extremely well, as you would expect the standard of gymnastics in the USA is very high, and everyone at Affinity is very proud of how he has performed on the tour. “The idea to establish Affinity Gymnastics Academy started because there were no dedicated artistic gymnastics facilities located in the Selwyn district. “The national governing body for the sport, Gymnastics New Zealand, recognised the growth in the Selwyn

p The Affinity Gymnastics Academy senior squad

region in their 2017 National Facility Strategy and called for the creation and development of a dedicated facility in the capacity of a subregional hub. Since opening Affinity, we have seen our membership grow by 200 per cent to around 500 members. “The plan is to continue to grow and include other gym sports codes as well as other sports. Affinity recently welcomed West Side Judo to use their

space when the judo club ran into difficulty with their existing space due to asbestos. This addition was a natural fit for the business strategy of the academy as the founders had always planned to incorporate other sports under the concept of providing a sporting hub. “The plan is still to build a facility that incorporates sports that aren’t currently

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Local MP slams ECan (The Record February 5 2020) It is a bit rich that Selwyn MP Amy Adams should slam ECan for its decision to limit the notification of the proposed Prebbleton Waste Management treatment facility resource consent application. In 2017, it was her very own government that amended the Resource Management Act to limit public participation and give local government murky powers

of discretion on the notification of resource consent applications. Under the illusion of improving the affordability of housing, the then National-led government stripped the public of the right to participate in matters that affect their communities, in favour of fast decision-making over good decision-making. Ms Adams clearly has a very short memory. Nicky Snoyink Forest & Bird

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Fire and water a “crazy” mix u by Mike Isle

“Not crazy, but not good either.” That is the concise and current condition of the fire risk in Selwyn according to principal rural fire officer Bruce Janes. Janes says that recent rains have diluted the fire risk somewhat. However, the overall condition remains high, and in such areas as Southbridge and West Melton — the fire risk is very high. Janes, who has just returned from a two-week stint in Australia fighting the bushfires there, says the risk in Selwyn remains tenuous and even one day in the high 30s with strong winds could return the condition to extreme risk. He said that emergency services are still asking people to take care with open fires. “It is not the time to take the foot off the accelerator. We need to take all the precautions we can to both reduce the risk of a fire starting or to minimise its effects if one starts.” The Fire and Emergency New Zealand website checkitsalright.nz/ includes a wealth of information about how to assess and reduce the fire risk around homes and rural properties. A total fire ban, other than those permitted, is in place for all of Selwyn. Meanwhile, the Selwyn District Council is encouraging people to use water wisely to avoid water restrictions.

It says that through good planning and investment in water supplies, the council is in a good position to meet increased water demand during summer, and there is no immediate need for mandatory water restrictions. However, if demand for water increases during summer then water restrictions may be introduced requiring households to avoid watering lawns at specific times, council infrastructure group manager Murray Washington said. “Water supplies are often placed under pressure during summer as many people decide to water their lawns and gardens at the same time. “So, we’re encouraging people to think about their water use. “If everyone plays their part, we should be able to avoid restrictions and provide water at good pressure all summer long.” To help this happen, the council is recommending people limit garden and lawn watering to after 9pm, to keep it away from peak usage times and ensure the sun doesn’t quickly evaporate the used water. ¢

Tai Tapu’s skate jam u by Ann van Engelen

People of all ages are invited to head to Tai Tapu School to show off their moves or experience the art of skateboarding at Tai Tapu’s Skate Jam event on Wednesday, February 19. “It is a great way to introduce children and young people to skating with free gear hire, prizes, music and coaching from Cheapskates Skate Skool,” says SDC senior events and recreation adviser Dave Tippett. “Summer Skate Jams are a popular and alternative way to help children get active and enjoy learning some new skills or honing their existing skills. They are a really fun and relaxed atmosphere that p Young people are encouraged to learn from scratch or upskill at the upcoming Skate Jam events attracts everyone, young and old with a very supportive and people of abilities. Participants are able encouraging environment, so it’s a to team up with one of the Cheapskates cool community activity. Skate Skool friendly instructors and “Everything is free. Attendance either get some free tips on the basic is free, as are the tips from the skills or a helping hand learning some Cheapskates Skate Skool instructors. new tricks.” The other skate jams this year For people who don’t have their own gear, they can borrow a skateboard are Darfield Skate Park, Wednesday, or inline skates, helmet and pads February 26 3.30–5pm. West Melton for free on the day — so they don’t Reserve, Wednesday, March 4, 5–7pm, miss out. Prebbleton Community Park, Wednesday, “It is a relaxed environment, which March 11, 5–7pm, Lincoln Skate Park, allows participants to have a go, cheer Wednesday, March 18, 3.30–5.30pm, friends and family on and ease their Leeston Skate Park, Wednesday, March way into skating if they have not tried 25, 3.30–5.30pm and Rolleston Skate it before. There is something for all Park, Saturday, March 28 from 1–3pm. ¢

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Jewellers gift a diamond

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Auckland jewellers Mark and Pamela Beckett are showing their love for New Zealand dairy farmers by giving away a two-carat diamond valued at $12,000 to show their support and their appreciation for the work dairy farmers do every day of the year.

Rolleston College welcomed 975 learners along with 20 new staff members as the new school year began with a variety of opportunities creating an exciting new buzz of energy around the school. “Included in the 20 staff has been the appointment of our Future Pathways coordinator Jo Ager to assist our senior advisory framework in paving the way for our senior learners beyond school,” says principal Rachel Skelton. “Our NCEA Certification rates for our first year of NCEA are pleasing. We had a staggered start for students returning, which allowed each year level some time to integrate back into p Students at Rolleston College participated in various events at the whanau sports day last Friday school life. We also had a great day at whanau sports that we held at was able to meet up with friends and Brookside Park on Friday.” play some games with them, and get to Senior Learner Leader Jacinda Tucker know our new ako (from class). It was says being able to meet other year surprising just how much the school nine students before the other classes had grown with only two of four whanau returned for the year was appreciated. taking up the whole auditorium. “The year nines had time to meet “We were introduced to some new each other and their teachers and learn opportunities available this year, such how the school works before the other as different clubs, sports, competitions students returned. I joined in on the day and other extracurriculars. It was really helping to plan games and getting to exciting to see so many different know the new students,” says Jacinda. options for all kinds of students. “I really enjoyed getting to meet so Although starting senior year and NCEA many new people and was glad to be can be somewhat nerve-racking, I am able to help them out. On the second really excited for the year, opportunities, day, the whole school was there, and I and challenges to come.” ¢

“It is not just any old diamond. It is a rare green diamond, and quite possibly the only one in New Zealand,” says Mr Beckett. He discovered the diamond in a collection of estate jewellery in Australia where it was in a family collection for several generations. The diamond is the prize in a promotion organised by DairyNZ. p Mark and Pamela Beckett are gifting a green diamond ring “Our lives during the to a dairy farmer as a way to say thank you past 40-plus years have revolved around precious gems, and green than most. Certainly greener than we believe Kiwi dairy farmers are gems many non-farming people because of the too. We reckon this rare green diamond work they do to protect the environment. is the perfect way to celebrate our dairy “We see some dairy farmers getting farmers who are committed to caring bad press for allegedly stuffing up for our land and environment, and, we the streams, and their cows get the believe, just like diamonds, that they blame for global warming. We saw are here forever.” the opportunity to give away this Mark was raised on a dairy farm, appropriately green-coloured diamond and as a child, Pamela often visited to thank the good farmers for their hard her grandparents’ dairy farm. work, both as stewards of the land and “Our farming families had a also in bringing us milk. It feels like the long-term view of environmental natural thing for us to do.” stewardship. Everything my father did To nominate a dairy farmer, visit on the farm was to care for the land dairynz.co.nz/diamonds by March 10. and his animals. It is my opinion that The winner will be announced between dairy farmers are more environmentally March 16 and 18. ¢

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Family fun in Malvern

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The Two Rivers Community Trust held a day for people to join together as part of the vision to help create a resilient community where people belong, contribute and flourish.

p The giant bumper balls were a hit at the Malvern Family Fun Day

“More than 1,400 community members got to feel that connectedness, as they came together and enjoyed some good old-fashion fun, at the annual Malvern family fun day held on Waitangi Day,” says event organiser Rachael Inch. “The weather was glorious, and the vibe was high with enjoyment by those attending showing everywhere you looked. The day began with good oldfashioned sack and wheelbarrow races, and quickly the activities were filled with families enjoying the fun. “The local volunteers, including Malvern Community Vehicle Trust, St John, Malvern Hub, Foodbank, Two Rivers Community Trust and community patrol turned up to showcase what they do for our community. The Darfield Volunteer Fire Brigade took families for rides on

the vintage fire engine. Selwyn Parenting Network had a great time with children at their gumboot throwing competition. There was an array of colour flying at the hugely popular Selwyn Creative Network water gun painting station. “The team of volunteers who pulled the event together made it special. It is our local people who are on the ground giving their time and energy to serve the community that makes all the difference. “During the years they have built upon our community spirit, and people at the event took care of their rubbish and left nothing lying around. Our rural community of Malvern is strong, and together we will continue the ethos of what a neighbour can do for a neighbour.” ¢

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Eco farming concept closes the loop u by Andy Bryenton

This year saw a new category instigated in the Tractor of the Year awards at Europe’s Agritechnica — a top prize for sustainable tractors. The inaugural winner goes above and beyond reducing fuel consumption or relying on electricity alone, however. New Holland decided to take a whole-farm approach with their T6 tractor concept. It means a closedloop, removing harmful gases from the atmosphere and using them instead to power a full-sized, diesel equivalent working tractor. As their engineer explains: “The T6 Methane Power tractor is a key element in New Holland’s Energy Independent Farm Concept, closing the loop of a true circular economy, from fields to energy generation and back to fields in a complete CO2—neutral cycle.” “Farmers can grow energy crops and use agricultural waste to generate biomethane, and power their T6

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negative footprint. Farmers can also use the by-products of biodigestion as natural fertilisers on their fields, closing the circular economy loop.” Yes, that’s right; the future of farming propulsion may very well be based on poo. An issue, which has caused massive consternation and arguments over taxation, legislation and farming costs may be swept away by new technology,

turning allegedly climate-cooking waste into efficient fuel. It’s no weakling wither, delivering 180hp and 720Nm of torque with 30 per cent less running costs than an equivalent common rail turbo diesel. Of course, there’s an investment of biomethane producing infrastructure along with the tractor itself. However, in the long run, this could be the way all farming is done. ¢

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Reforging the katana The use of the name ‘katana’ for Suzuki’s 1980 range of new, sporty motorcycles was a bold one. The Japanese manufacturer would have been fully aware of the implications. The katana was the legendarily sharp form of sword used by the ancient samurai, a symbol of Japanese engineering excellence. Anything less than a masterpiece would have been a public relations disaster. Thankfully, the team at Suzuki had two things on their side when it came to living up to the name. The first was a clever, compact new design aesthetic developed by Target Design in Germany. The second was a hot 16 valve engine that made the GSX 1100 Katana the fastest massproduction bike on the street when it launched. Victory, and positive sales, came because they sweated the little details, such as offsetting the fuel filler cap to allow a tidy centre weld on the fuel tank. Little snips to cut out weight, lower the rider’s seating position and increase agility paid off. It meant that the compact Katana four-pot beat Honda’s wide CBZ six-cylinder. Classic Katanas are hard to come by now, but there’s good news from Suzuki. A new, fully reimagined Katana is available for those who want to experience the next generation. They’ve started with a street-tuned version of the GSXR-1000 engine from the mid-2000s, then added that menacing semi-fared ‘shark’ look of the original bike. Moreover, they’ve gone further, as well. You can tell the engineers are serious when they claim they have shaved three per cent of the weight of the pistons and rings. They’ve also precision-tuned the cam profiles and tuned the exhaust system

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Trade & Services CARRS CHIMNEY Cleaning, servicing the Selwyn district, $60 a chimney. Phone Rodney on 03 324 2999 and leave a message. ROOFING REPAIRS & property maintenance. Leak repairs (incl Butynol) & two storey work. Moss control, Silicone seal & Roof painting. Spouting clean & repairs, Spouting mesh/leaf guard installations, pest controls. LOCAL AREA CLIENT DISCOUNTS. Call Arthur’s 03 347 2635. Email: enquiries@arthursroofandproperty.co.nz or check out Arthurs at www. arthursroofandproperty.co.nz.

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CHURCH NOTICES Anglican Church @ Rolleston — 40 Brookside Road (Church of the Resurrection) 9.30am Sunday services with morning tea to follow. Combined service 10am at St Stephens Anglican church Lincoln on fifth Sunday of month. Contact: Reverend Sampson Knight; Phone 021 334 168 Email: revsampsonnz@gmail.com. Catholic Mass at St Patrick’s Catholic Church — 31 Gerald Street, Lincoln. Saturday Vigil: 5.30pm, Sunday Mass: 8.30am, Weekday Mass: Tuesday to Friday 9am. Fr Job, Parish Priest Phone 325 2770, Email: lincolncatholicparish@gmail.com. Cornerstone — Rolleston. Meeting Sundays @ 10am, Rolleston Community Centre. Contact: Ps Andre Powell 027 871 1424, admin@cornerstonerolleston.org or www.cornerstonerolleston.org. Darfield Baptist Church — Services and Sunday School, Darfield 15 Greendale Road, 10.30am every Sunday, Glenroy Hall 9am 2nd & 4th Sundays. Ph 03 318 7360, Youth Pastor Hannah Cossey. Darfield Catholic Church — Sunday Masses 8.30am For Weekly Masses, and the Liturgy Timetable refer to the church newsletter. Parish Priest: Fr Paulo Filoiai’i 03 342 9763. hornbyparish@xtra.co.nz. Hornby Presbytery. Darfield Life Church — 17 North Terrace, 10.30am Sunday Service; Pastors Steven and Patience Pona, Ph 022 642 5805. Glentunnel Chapel — Victoria Street, Glentunnel. Sundays 10.30 am, Worship and Communion. Ph 03 318 8948. Hope Presbyterian Rolleston — Service 10am, Rolleston School Hall, Kidman St. Pastor Mark Ambundo, 021 0228 4791, Youth Pastor Emily-Jane Squires, 027 366 2900. Hope Presbyterian West Melton — 9.30am weekly, West Melton (1136 West Coast Road). 11am first Sunday of the month, Halkett. Pastor: Murray Talbot 022 344 1039. Youth Leader: Mitch Shaw Ph 03 974 9120 or ext 1 021 411 800. www.hopechurch.net.nz. Leeston Life Church — 2 Station St, Leeston, Sunday 10am Ps Wayne & Nicky Watson 027 281 8340. Youth Friday 7.30pm Ben & Nicky Gullery 027 722 2406. Lev Shel Torah Congregation Shabbat (Saturday) — 1.30pm Irwell Hall ,Corner Leeston & Selwyn Lake Road; Contact: Sue Boyd 03 324 2612. Life Church Selwyn — 10am every Sunday at Lincoln High School Hall (entrance from North Belt). www.lifechurch.nz or email selwyn@ lifechurch.nz. Lincoln Baptist Church — Everyone welcome! Sundays, 10am, 530 Birchs Road Lincoln. www.lincolnbaptist.org.nz / 03 325 3396 / office@lincolnbaptist.org.nz. Lincoln Union Church — We would love to greet you at 10am Sundays. James St, Lincoln, opposite Lincoln Primary School, 03 325 2257. Malvern Anglican Parish — 16 February, 8.00 a.m. St Ambrose Sheffield 9.30 a.m. Trinity Darfield 7.00 p.m. St Peter’s Springfield Facebook page: Malvern Anglican Parish. Malvern Co-operating Parish — 16 February 9.30 am Greendale Church in Greendale. 10.00am (St James Sheffield) St Ambrose in Sheffield (note date change) Rolleston Baptist Church — 9.30am, Children’s Sunday School & Bible Class; 10.30am, Main Service. We meet at Rolleston Christian School, 571 Springston Rolleston Rd, Rolleston. Contact: Pastor Joe Fleener; www.rollestonbaptist.org.nz; 03 260 1406; admin@rollestonbaptist.org.nz. St Paul’s Anglican — Parish service at St Paul’s 9am.

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