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Rolleston Nines played in good spirit by Mike Isle
The Rolleston Nines is fast becoming one of the high points of the Selwyn sporting calendar— certainly in terms of rugby league and helping keep the Nines alive in New Zealand. P4
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Two of the participating teams, Rolleston Warriors and Burnham Chevaliers, get together after a successful third annual Rolleston Nines. Organisers say the games were played in great spirit and the tournament was a real family day out
Last weekend for the third year the Rolleston Warriors hosted the tournament at their Brookside Park home ground. Each year the crowd numbers continue to grow says the organising committee. It is something of a hold-out for the nines’ version of the code. From 2014 to 2017 the Auckland Nines became a massive attraction, rivalling rugby’s sevens tournament in Wellington. In 2018 the NRL suspended the tournament and at the time stated it was unlikely to return. However, in Rolleston it is a different story — the fast-moving game is growing in strength at the annual event, and one of the attractions, say organisers, is the
alcohol-free day has a real family feel about it. One of those on the organising committee, Tiffany Day, said that this year eight teams from Christchurch and Selwyn competed in the tournament, and many brought their families along for a fun day out in the Rolleston sun. Moreover, there was plenty on offer she said. “We played 16 games over the course of the tournament — each of them hardfought but in good spirits.” Tiffany Day said the event was a remarkable day and turn out for the Rolleston Warriors Rugby League Club. “Rolleston Warriors is a relatively new club, having only been formed in 2016.
We are very much a family orientated club encouraging all members of the family to get involved for the joy of the sport and to support our children. “The Rolleston Nines is an example of that, so we really want to thank the volunteers who gave up their time to make the day possible, as well as the players and supporters who came out to grow the game of league. “It would also not be possible,” she said, “without the sponsorship from local businesses Rosiez Collision Repairs and New World Rolleston. “We also thank them,” she said. The Keas from Linwood won the tournament.
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NEWS briefs Council moves on Masefield Drive
The Selwyn District Council will complete the unfinished footpath outside The Warehouse on Mayfield Drive, despite still being in discussion with Rolleston Square developers about who is going to pick up the final tab. A council spokesperson said the council’s roading contractor HEB Construction would begin work shortly and was expected to have it finished by the end of February. Road widening, new kerbing and a footpath will be installed along the north side of Masefield Drive, connecting from the recently completed traffic signal works at Rolleston Drive through to Dryden Avenue. A new section of footpath will also be installed on McCaulay Street to improve Unfinished Masefield Drive footpath remains a safe pedestrian access to the contentious issue shopping centre. “The work will address concerns path seems to have lost patience and expressed about this area of road has agreed to foot the $93,000 bill and alongside the new shopping centre,” then negotiate to split the costs with the council’s chief executive David Rolleston Square Limited. Ward said. Rolleston Residents’ Association Paying for the footpath has been a chairwoman, Leonie MacLauchlan, contentious issue for the council in said she is happy the footpath is its negotiations with Rolleston Square being repaired. Limited. The latter is believed to feel the “I’m pleased that the council is council is responsible for completing the making it safe and also tidy for the footpath. The council for its part on the neighbourhood,” she said.
High fire risk Fire and Emergency New Zealand has warned that Selwyn District is currently at a high fire risk rating and is likely to remain so until at least the weekend. It is a slight improvement on the extreme fire risk announced by the fire service and the Selwyn District Council last week, but rural fire officers say this offers no room for complacency and extreme care is needed when lighting open fires in and around Selwyn. They suggest keeping an eye on the current fire status before even thinking of lighting a fire. There are several websites that help — Fire and Emergency New Zealand has at least two: checkitsalright.nz has the current status and whether there is a need for a fire permit; and their Fire Weather site, which they share with NIWA, provides short and long-term projections. The Selwyn District Council website is also a good source for information. Other recommendations the council and the fire service recommend are trying to avoid mowing lawns, grass verges and paddocks until the weather cools and taking special care to watch and contain barbecues. The district’s principal rural fire officer Bruce Janes
said one little-known, but common fire risk comes from a surprising quarter — bird nests in machinery such as tractors, quad bikes, even aircraft. “Birds are a real shocker for nesting in and around engines. And maybe when the machinery hasn’t been used for a while, and the engine is started, you have an instant fire.” Bruce Janes recommends farmers check and clear their machinery of nests regularly. The same goes for nests in and around farm buildings. “As harsh as it sounds, it is probably best to get rid of nests before they are finished.” Another risk for farmers is allowing grass to build up around buildings. Bruce Janes recommends cutting and cutting often. Mr Janes said the fireandemergency. nz website has a section focussed on farming. The recommendation from all parties is to look out for smoke and if in doubt call 111 immediately.
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Mini and baby gyms are back by Mike Isle
Meet Your Street is back
Selwyn’s Mini and Baby Gyms are back in 2019, and already they are proving their popularity, with many children returning from last year.
Meet Your Street is back in town and, as always, the Selwyn District Council initiative is bringing neighbours together and welcoming new arrivals to Selwyn.
The gyms—the Minis, which cater to one to fiveyear-olds and the Baby Gyms—provide safe, fun and interactive environments for young people to play, dance and engage with each other, with play circuits, music and dance activities all on offer. Sara Fairbrother has been going to the gyms with her two children Scarlet (two and a half years old) and Mackenzie (10 months) since the family Sara Fairbrother pictured with her two children Scarlett and Mackenzie. She says the Selwyn gym programmes arrived in Selwyn. are awesome She said she and her daughters were really looking forward children and encourage them by being to the sessions starting at the active participants themselves.” new West Melton Community and Ms Taylor said getting children moving Recreation Centre. and being active is a passion of hers. “It’s an awesome programme that you “I love watching the connections can come along to without having to sign between children and their parents up for a term,” she said. or caregivers and seeing the joy on Rolleston Community Centre their faces when a child accomplishes instructor Tania Taylor said the gym something new. programmes were designed for children “This is not work for me. I love it. to move in their natural way when they I think I am learning more from the children than they are learning from me.” are ready. To find out when this year’s gym “It allows them to self-direct their own learning by empowering them to sessions are please visit selwyn. choose what they want to do. Parents govt.nz The cost is $5 a child for a and caregivers are able to support their 45-minute session.
The council’s community development adviser Jason Flewellen said Meet Your Street gives long-term residents and new arrivals a great opportunity to meet those living around them. Activities include a free barbecue, music and fun activities for kids. It is the fifth year the council has ‘put it on’ for the community. “We have received great feedback since launching Meet Your Street, and know local communities look forward to it coming to their streets,” Mr Flewellen said. The council initially selected 15 locations as host venues for Meet Your Street gatherings for the period November to February. They have now
announced a further four venues, one from each ward, for March. They are Sheridan Drive, Rolleston (Selwyn Central ward); Landsborough Drive, Darfield (Malvern ward); Farthing Drive, Prebbleton (Springs Ward) and Station Street, Leeston (Ellesmere ward). The gatherings all take place Tuesdays from 5.30pm and 7pm. The council is also encouraging the community to organise their own street parties in addition to the council-organised events, and Jason Flewellen said a $75 subsidy for each event was up for grabs for successful applications. An application form and a list of Meet Your Street locations are on the council’s website: selwyn.govt.nz.
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Ensuring our food remains safe
New prison unit
by Amy Adams, Selwyn MP
by Mike Isle
Food safety scares here in New Zealand and across the Tasman, such as the placement of needles in strawberries last year, have made consumers nervous. In response, the food and grocery sector has recommended tougher laws to help deter individuals from carrying out such dangerous and stupid acts.
A new management unit at Christchurch Men’s Prison will provide a safer, more secure environment for staff and prisoners, says the prison’s acting chief executive Rachel Leota.
Unfortunately, the government has failed to respond to these industry pleas, so my colleague, National’s food safety spokesperson, Nathan Guy, has put forward a member’s bill, which would impose stricter penalties on anyone who intentionally contaminates our food or threatens to do so. Australia has already passed stricter laws in this area, and it is important that our parliament also sends a strong message to anyone who considers food tampering that this will not be tolerated. Food tampering is not only potentially devastating to the livelihoods of our farmers and growers but also poses significant risks for consumers and New Zealand’s reputation as a producer of high quality and safe food. Nathan’s proposed Crimes (Contamination Offences) Amendment Bill would help deter this offending by creating three new offences in the Crimes Act and increasing the associated penalties.
The bill would: • Criminalise the contamination of food to cause public alarm, national economic loss or harm to public health, with a penalty of 14 years imprisonment. • Criminalise making threats to contaminate food for those purposes, with a penalty of 10 years imprisonment. • Criminalise hoax statements that cause public alarm, national economic loss or harm to public health, with a penalty of up to 10 years in prison. • See the maximum term of imprisonment for intentionally contaminating food increase from 10 to 14 years. This bill recognises the serious physical, psychological and economic effects of such actions. New Zealanders need to know their food is safe and manufacturers should be protected from the economic losses these types of offences can cause.
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Toxic algae warning — Selwyn River Canterbury District Health Board’s Community and Public Health unit has issued a health warning after potentially toxic blue-green algae was found in Selwyn/Waikirikiri River downstream of the popular Glentunnel swimming hole. People and animals, particularly dogs, should avoid the area until the health warning has been lifted. There are also other access points along the river that may have algae present and people are advised to check for the presence and avoid contact. Dr Alistair Humphrey, Canterbury Medical Officer of Health, said the algae looks like dark brown to black mats and can produce toxins harmful to people and animals. “Exposure may cause skin rashes, nausea, stomach cramps, tingling and numbness around the mouth and fingertips,” Dr Humphrey said. “If you experience any of these symptoms, visit your doctor immediately, also let your doctor know if you’ve had contact with dark brown/black algal mats or water in this area.” “No-one should drink the water from the river at any time, even after boiling the water from the river, it does not remove the toxin, therefore, should not be consumed,” Dr Humphrey said. The Selwyn District Council, as the drinking water supplier, is following agreed procedures and monitoring their nearby drinking water intakes.
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by Mike Isle
It promises to put you between a rock and a good place. That’s the initiative of the Selwyn Lions Club, which is inviting the public to a rock-themed event at the Lincoln Centre on Sunday, February 17. The family orientated fundraiser will include rock painting, face painting, raffles, bouncy castle, sausage sizzle, games and much more. Rock painting is based on similar events held in Auckland and the United States and, is a popular pastime, but this is the first time it has been held The intricate detail that can go into painting rocks as an organised event in Selwyn. “We have recently launched a Selwyn Lions Club member Amy Facebook group (SelwynRocks) and Pearce said the aim was to hold a have started hiding some painted rocks fun day for local children and engage around Rolleston. Some have made them in an activity, which has gone their way as far south as Oamaru and global since being launched in the US as far north as Auckland. “One of our members has recently in 2015; to try and attract younger members to join the club so that been on holiday in the USA and has Lions can continue to serve the managed to hide rocks from Iowa to local community. Los Angeles!” Lions Club International is a Amy Pearce said the Selwyn club was worldwide organisation of men and one of only a very few Lions clubs to be women working in different ways to comprised solely of women. help their communities. “Many of our younger members have “Funds from the rock painting children, and so we are becoming a event will allow us to continue funding more family-oriented club,” she said. projects, which will benefit the Selwyn “We hope that launching Selwyn Rocks District,” Pearce said. will be a fun event for all involved.”
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Burglars have open door philosophy by Mike Isle
Joining forces on Waitangi day by Ann van Engelen
It seems summer could bring out the worst of us as well as the best, as Canterbury police warn that this is the burglary season and we need to be extra vigilant.
The Selwyn baseball, Rolleston rugby and softball clubs, Fembots netball and Golden Rollys rugby teams along with the Rolleston Reserve committee are presenting a family day out whilst fundraising at Rolleston Reserve on Waitangi Day.
Summer is the season for burglaries
Unfinished Masefield Drive footpath remains a contentious issue
In these hot sultry days, many of us succumb to the temptation to keep doors and windows open to keep cool — but police warn that is also an irresistible temptation for thieves on the prowl. Metro area prevention manager Inspector Leairne Dow says thieves and burglars will take every chance they can to get what they are after and that includes entering a house even if they know someone is working out the back or in the garage. “Whether you are home or not, you should be thinking about security,” she said.
Inspector Dow said homeowners could take some simple measures to avoid offering thieves an opendoor invitation. They include keeping the front door locked, even if at home; keeping a screen door locked as well, and securing windows and using locks and security latches where possible. Inspector Dow said that anyone who sees any suspicious behaviour should contact police immediately by dialling 111. Information can also be provided anonymously through Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.
“We are excited to join with the Selwyn community and celebrate Waitangi Day, play some touch rugby, backyard cricket, listen to kiwi music and meet new people,” says organiser James Andrew Fleck. “There will be children’s activities, a variety of food and coffee available, stalls, car boot sales, bouncy castles, a sausage sizzle and hangi by the Scout Den corner. The funds raised will go toward the dugouts at the new shared diamond at Foster Park, sending our junior teams to the national championships and other activities and projects.
“We plan to make this an annual baseball versus softball team challenge in a fun atmosphere for all to enjoy. As we celebrate Waitangi weekend would love individuals and families to come and join us. Any other local organisation are also welcome to fundraise for themselves.” For those interested in fundraising the costs are $20 a car boot sale and $25 for a tent site. Hangi is $10 a silver tray and presales are available. Contact James Andrew Fleck on Facebook. The event is 10am till 4pm on Waitangi Day — Wednesday, February 6 at the Rolleston Reserve.
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Wheel had pivotal ‘roll’ in town history
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by Mike Isle
The old water wheel now located on the corner of Lowes and Goulds roads, known colloquially as Cream Can Corner, gets a lot of local and tourist interest. What is not widely known is that behind the wheel is a story of remarkable preservation and restoration thanks to the diligence of the local Rolleston and District Lions Club. Life member Brian Whittington said the wheel played a pivotal role in Rolleston’s history, particularly during the steam era. “Whilst its exact age is unknown, for decades it was used to pump water to the railway tanks where the water was used to fill the railway’s steam trains,” Mr Whittington recalls. “The water wheel was mounted in the water race that flowed down Railway Road along the West Coast Railway line. The water then flowed into a man-made reservoir, between Jones Road and the Main South Road from where the water was then pumped from the reservoir; using the water wheel to drive the pump and pump the water to the water tanks by the second railway station where the third station now stands.” Mr Whittington said it is not known whether the wheel ever supplied water to the first railway station, which was opposite the Rolleston Hotel. Remarkably, both the first and second stations were burnt down. The wheel ceased operations in the 1960s at the end of the steam era. For years it lay dormant and slowly
deteriorating — but then it came to the attention of Rolleston Lions who presented a successful business case to their membership for the wheel’s restoration. The club’s past-president Bill Pickering explains why it was important to the town: “Rolleston would not exist without starting as a railway junction, so anything to do with railway history is relevant to the town’s progress.” Mr Pickering said that with Lions International celebrating a century of service the local club decided to make restoration of the historic wheel a legacy project for the club. He said the removal of the wheel, its restoration and installation on the present site in June 2018 took several years and cost many man hours. The monetary cost was insignificant considering in excess of $200,000, has been donated into the community, during the last 10 years, to various causes. “It was immensely satisfying for the club to have the opportunity to provide Rolleston with such a lasting legacy feature,” Mr Pickering said.
The old water wheel in its new location Cream Can Corner
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World first trial in Selwyn Lincoln University’s Kowhai Farm is part of a pioneering arable farming technology trial expected to help boost New Zealand’s primary export revenue. New Zealand has a low understanding of how the Internet of Things (IoT) can assist with farm management and sustainability and adoption of precision agriculture techniques also remains low, says NZ IoT Alliance executive director, Kriv Naicker. The trial is a New Zealand IoT Alliance pilot in collaboration with the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment. “The pilot aims to demonstrate that with the better use of digital technologies New Zealand primary sector businesses will be more productive, and more competitive irrespective of their size or the sector they are operating in,” says Naicker “Worldwide, the adoption and implementation of precision agriculture have become possible because of the development of sophisticated sensors, robots and sensor networks combined with procedures to link mapped variables to appropriate farming management actions. “Sensors, either wired or wireless, integrated into an IoT system gather essential data needed for cost-effective and sustainable farm management.”
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Shopping local benefits us all by Andy Bryenton
There’s an old saying — ‘what goes around comes around’. It’s true of good deeds and perhaps hints at the eastern philosophy or karma. Moreover it’s also the principle behind shopping locally to boost the local economy. From small ex-mining towns in the north of England to little communities along America’s classic Route 66, the wheels of local commerce are turning to the benefit of all and it’s happening here too. Think of it in simple terms. Drive out of town to buy a ten dollar t-shirt, and that banknote is gone. Buy the same item locally, and the shop owner will spend it again — maybe buying a steak from the butchers. Who pays for a pint at the tavern. Where the landlord pays his bartender, who gets a WOF for his motorcycle — and so on — the same ten dollars has been spent several times, and each time it benefits local business. It also helps create jobs. Spending just a few dollars a week adds up if everyone is doing it. In fact, it adds up fast — to literally hundreds of thousands of dollars. Enough to make sure local people find work locally. That cuts travel time and gives them disposable income, which boosts the cycle of wealth in a town. That’s not to mention the fact that thriving local businesses are often the pillars on which community clubs, sports teams and charitable societies rest. Small business owners are big contributors to things like Christmas parades, fundraisers for people who need medical operations overseas, uniform for junior sportspeople and a host of other causes. Then there’s the case for diversity. Boutique shops, small businesses manufacturing speciality goods and of course the ever-popular farmers’ markets are all examples of local companies maintaining and enhancing the character of our small towns. Perhaps a large proportion could be replaced by one big generic big-box retailer, but as we have seen in the United States, this often comes at the cost of good wages, shopping variety
and the unique personality of a small town. Some towns in America have rallied to keep the big retailers out and enjoy; as a result the custom of out-oftown tourists and visitors who appreciate fresh, interesting and most of all different local crafts, foods and produce. We’re lucky to have a huge range of businesses at our disposal here in Selwyn. It’s a region with character and plenty on offer. In fact, there are not many excuses to leave the local area to find everything you might need — and plenty of reasons to support the community, keeping it strong for the future.
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A fresh look at apprenticeships by Andy Bryenton
In the Middle Ages, when very few could read but many hands were needed in specialist crafts, becoming an apprentice was a big turning point in a young person’s life. As business ramps up for a new year, there will be many companies in Selwyn where a new young person is learning the ropes, and that’s respectable, as those companies are investing in the region’s future. An old-time apprenticeship meant access to the big guilds — like the Armourers and Smiths, Bakers and Tailors — who are still prominent in modern England. In fact, so greatly do they value their status, that the term ‘at sixes and sevens’ to describe a fierce argument refers to whether or not the Furriers or Tailors were the sixth guild to be granted a charter, or the seventh. Guilds managed pensions and medical bills for their members, sorted legal disputes, collected debts from troublesome customers, and served as research and development centres, where masters created new technology. Guilds were the first to offer equal status to skilled women in certain crafts, in a time 1,000 years before the idea of gender equality. Today, an apprenticeship offers some of those same advantages. Learning is hands-on, on the job, which benefits those who learn better by example than
from a book. Master craftspeople work one on one with the young folks they may very well intend to replace them when they retire. During a period of up to seven years, young folks progress while assisting with real jobs in the field — that’s a similar study time to becoming a doctor. Sharing vital knowledge — apprenticeships have returned as a It’s something we valuable method of teaching skills for the future need as a nation — there are well-publicised shortages who aspire to be their own boss — and in many trades due in part to a lack a tribute to the apprenticeship process, of apprenticeship programmes late which has endured since ancient Egyptian times. It also means that we last century. Best of all, the path from apprentice should, as customers, support those to skilled master comes with a very high businesses who have the vision to train statistical chance of owning one’s own local young folks for future success. business compared to other means of They’re investing in local talent — and study. That’s good news for young folks so should we.
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Supra heroism by Andy Bryenton
There’s a new legend in town — one, which is overshadowing not only the latest crop of sports coupes, but also its more prestigious stablemates and its drop-top German brother. It’s the Toyota Supra — teased and hinted over the years in the auto equivalent of the dance of seven veils, and now finally unleashed to take on its biggest rival. The old Supra it replaces. With generation four Supras — made famous by the Fast and the Furious movie franchise — commanding huge prices of up to $50,000 and more, the new lad has a mountain to climb. A combined effort between Toyota and BMW, this Supra is light, tight and powerful, with swooping curves evoking not just the gen four, but a hint of Alfa’s 8C Competizione. It’s tight in the corners thanks to a tiny wheelbase —
smaller than that of the Toyota GT86, which made the Supra’s resurgence possible with its sales success. Arguably without the fun factor of the 86, there would have been no deal with the Germans, and thus no Supra or 2019 BMW Z car. Under the hood, the new Supra packs a replacement for the iconic 2JZ — a straight six displacing three litres and armed with dual turbos. That’s not the
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rigid than the old one, and handles, we’re told, like a surgeon’s knife. Tellingly, it also wins in terms of torque, by 50 foot-pounds. That being said — upgrading the new Supra may prove tough, as it’s packed with computer wizardry. The old machine could top 1,000hp with readily bolted on mods. Still, one thing is for sure. As the auto world debates old v new Supras, it’s a great time to snap up a bargain on the similarly 2J-turbo powered Toyota Aristo — the four-door version hardly anyone knows about — or brace for the onrush of second-hand 86s.
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The release of the new Toyota Supra has had people musing on which is better — the 21st-century model or the ‘original’ — by which they usually mean the mark four. Then there are those who will cheerfully remind you that the old twin-turbo Nissan Fairlady is faster and better looking than the new one or that the old Civic Type-R is cooler than its high tech grandson. It’s a phenomenon we’ve seen once before — in the 1980s. Back then, kids born in the 1950s had grown up enough to remember the cars of their youth with nostalgia and pride. Some of these were the mighty hot rods, which were a symbol of newly rebellious teenage freedom in the rock ‘n’ roll era. Piloted by the likes of a young Marlon Brando and James Dean in movies, they were factory coupes and convertibles, tuned up in suburban garages and let out to shock the sensibilities of their time. Kids of that era — now grown-ups — lovingly restored those classics and we still enjoy seeing them today. Now flash forward, because this might shock the hardcore of hot rod purists. For the 1980s and 1990s kids, there are Japanese classics, which fit the same role. Their James Dean is Paul Walker. Their Bel Air is a Supra, and their Model A Ford is a Skyline. So perhaps it’s time for big car shows to include a section for JDM (Japanese Domestic Market) classics. New Zealand is the perfect nation in which to collect these cars, as our auto importing laws mean we have the whole deck of cards right here. If you’re from a certain era, you will know the names — CRX, Silvia, 3000
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Hope Presbyterian Rolleston — Service 10.00am, Rolleston School Hall, Kidman St. Pastor: Steve Talbot, 03 347 4007. Youth Leader: Courtney Forrest, 03 347 4007, www.hopechurch.net.nz. Malvern Co-operating Parish — 9.30am Trinity in Darfield 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 Pastor — Paul Cossey; Youth Pastor Hannah Cossey. Darfield Life Church — 17 North Terrace — 6.30pm Sunday Service; Pastors Wayne and Nicky Watson 03 318 7979 or 027 281 8340; Origin Youth 7.30pm Friday — Youth Leader James Sutherland 021 029 5223. Cornerstone — Rolleston. Meeting Sundays @ 10am, Rolleston Community Centre. Contact: Ps Andre Powell 027 871 1424, admin@cornerstonerolleston.org or www.cornerstonerolleston.org. 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. Lev Shel Torah Congregation Shabbat (Saturday) 1:30pm Irwell Hall ,Corner Leeston & Selwyn Lake Road; Contact: Sue Boyd 03 3242612. St Paul’s Anglican — Parish service at St Paul’s 9.30am. Verse of the week: The hand of our God is upon all them for that seek Him. — Ezra 8 v22..
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