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Bellyful Selwyn serving up support u by Kent Caddick
Bellyful Selwyn turns two this month and recently marked the occasion by cooking its 1,000th meal for a family in need. P3
Family home for Christmas
West Melton woman Chris Lee is looking forward to having all the family around her for Christmas …
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Hall farewelled in style West Melton residents said goodbye to their community hall in style on Saturday night …
p Bellyful Selwyn was one of four charities chosen to be part of Z petrol stations’ ‘Good in the Hood’ programme receiving $920 to support their services in the district. Pictured, from left, are, Harry Dhaliwal (Z Hornby manager), Rachel Rolton (Bellyful Selwyn recipient co-ordinator) and Sarah Dewes (Bellyful Selwyn branch co-ordinator)
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Bellyful is a national not-for-profit organisation which provides meals for families with newborn babies, and families with young children who are struggling with illness. “Our volunteers deliver free cooked meals to these families,” Selwyn branch co-ordinator Sarah Dewes said. “There’s no catch or payment involved, we just understand that these periods in life are hard enough as it is, without having to try and worry about getting
dinner to the table.” The Selwyn branch was set up in June, 2015 due to the growth in demand for its services which couldn’t be catered for by being part of the Christchurch branch. Sarah Dewes said with an ever-growing community in Selwyn, their volunteers have been kept very busy cooking, delivering meals and fundraising. “To date we have 27 active volunteers, have had 10 cookathons and have delivered 1,058 meals to 194 families
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Selwyn’s largest tertiary institute, Lincoln University, is celebrating its first financial surplus in a decade which it puts down to a ‘comprehensive ongoing programme of organisational change’. Vice-Chancellor Professor Robin Pollard, said the excellent progress in returning Lincoln University to profitability is the result of a clear strategy, strong leadership, and sustained teamwork at every level of the organisation. “In February 2016, a review jointly commissioned by the Tertiary Education Commission (TEC) and Lincoln University was announced to consider ways to p Lincoln University has recorded its first financial ensure the University’s future. surplus in 10 years This was extremely useful in focussing minds,” he said. leadership team in a short period of The report entitled ‘Strategic Options time and they have driven changes Assessment’ was completed by EY including implementing a new business (formerly Ernst & Young), and received by model,” he said. Lincoln University’s Council in mid-2016. “There is still much work to be Vice-Chancellor Pollard said done but it is significant that at the the ‘Refreshing Lincoln’ initiative end of 2016, for the first time in a began in August 2016 which decade, Lincoln University achieved a addressed a number of the financial, financial surplus before unusual items academic and organisational which the EY report predicted would issues raised in the EY report. not be achieved for at least another “We brought together a new executive 10 years.” ¢
Aquatic centre turns four The Selwyn Aquatic Centre will mark the fourth anniversary of its opening with a Birthday Bonanza event this month.
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The district pool complex in Rolleston, which was built at a cost of a round $15million, first opened its doors in June, 2013. Selwyn aquatic facilities manager Kathy Moore said more than 1.1 million visitors have been recorded since its opening. “The Selwyn Aquatic Centre is used for a wide variety of community events and programmes such as swim meets, sports club trainings, family fun pool parties, disability care, injury recovery and aquafit classes. As well as this the
swim school provides swimming lessons for all ages and abilities and currently over 1,500 children attend weekly swim lessons.” The Birthday Bonanza event is being held on Sunday, June 25 from 2pm to 4pm. Ms Moore said a variety of fun activities will be on offer for the whole family, including inflatables, games, colouring-in competition, music, sweet treats, chalk drawing, spot prizes and a birthday cake. Normal pool admission fees will apply. ¢
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Family home for Christmas
Life-saving donations
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West Melton woman Chris Lee is looking forward to having all the family around her for Christmas after winning a major prize in a supermarket competition.
Rolleston’s Wayne Cooper just keeps giving when it comes to blood donations.
p West Melton Four Square owner Brent Little presents Chris Lee with her travel package prize
Mrs Lee won a $6,000 travel package from Foodstuffs after her entry into the competition was picked out of thousands from around the South Island following a purchase at the West Melton Four Square supermarket. She said she will be using it to bring family over from Australia for Christmas. “My daughter, her husband and their two children, my grandchildren, live in a relatively remote part of central New South Wales and getting to New Zealand from there is a long and expensive trip.
“My son and his family live in Darfield so it will be great to have the whole family together for Christmas so they can all catch up.” West Melton Four Square owner Brent Little said he was delighted for Mrs Lee. “It’s great to have a local win this competition and what a great way to spend her prize.” The supermarket opened in the new shopping centre in West Melton late last year. ¢
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Mr Cooper was among around 80 local people who came along to the Rolleston Community Centre last week to give blood as part of a New Zealand Blood Service drive to boost their supplies. For the 64-year-old retired Rolleston man it was the 137th time he had given blood, which he said began in the late 1970s. “I had been in hospital following a surgical procedure p Rolleston’s Wayne Cooper gives blood for the 137th time under the watchful eye of registered nurse Jane Isaacs. and I couldn’t believe the amount of blood they went through for the blood drive, which netted just to support the patients and I thought on 34 litres of blood. She said they had as soon as I am well enough I will 81 people turn up for the donation drive with 72 being able to give blood on the give blood.” He hasn’t stopped since and day, including five new donors which was even credits the New Zealand Blood particularly pleasing. “Currently we have 248 active donors Service (NZBS) with saving his life. “In 2002 I went in to give blood on our Rolleston panel and they are a and during the pre-donation check committed bunch of donors who keep they found I had critically high on giving. “With the continued growth in the blood pressure. “It was straight off to the doctor Rolleston area we are hoping to increase and now I am on medication and my the frequency of our visits to Rolleston in 2018 as we need to continue to grow condition is under control.” NZBS donor recruitment team the number of donors for our region.” She said currently only 4% of eligible leader Alison Keast said they were pleased with the turnout in Rolleston kiwis actually donate. ¢
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Regional communities have different challenges to our urban centres when it comes to crime prevention and police coverage.
p Bellyful Selwyn volunteers received special gift packs to help celebrate the organisations second birthday
Bellyful Selwyn not only services Selwyn but also parts of Christchurch including Hornby, Hei Hei, Wigram, Halswell and Tai Tapu. “The key to our service is that we are here to provide some practical support in the form of cooked meals for those families who wouldn’t have that support otherwise. “We don’t want to take over from all of the other wonderful forms of support
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available to families, like support from family, friends, church, Play Centre and other family groups and networks. We only step in where none of those exist.” Ms Dewes said families can selfrefer or if people know someone who could use the service then contact them either by ringing 0508 Bellyful or go to their website www.bellyful. org.nz. She said they are also looking for volunteers to help out. “The 27 volunteers within the Selwyn branch are locals, wanting to help our own community.” ¢
The Government is committed to delivering a better police service for our local communities, which is why we’re putting more police on the beat in Selwyn. Selwyn is going to receive four additional staff for a mobile policing team for emergency response and dealing with crime, as well as four new police staff to provide a 24 hour police presence based in Rolleston. Rolleston is one of 20 towns across the country that is being upgraded to round-the-clock patrolling police coverage over the next four years. The Government’s target is to have 95 per cent of New Zealanders within 25 kilometres of a 24 hour/7 day per week response base. As part of the Government’s $503 million Safer Communities package, a total of 880 officers will be deployed across all police districts over the next four years. Our Safer Communities package also sets challenging targets
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for police, including higher attendance at home burglaries, seizing more assets from organised crime, reducing deaths from family violence, and reducing reoffending by Maori. Across the country, a number of officers are being allocated to regions with rising crime, and areas of focus that require specialist staff, such as robberies, child abuse, adult sexual assault, and serious crime. This will free up other constables to work on the frontline. We want to ensure that we send police to areas where they can make the most difference and support existing police operations. Police are best-placed to determine how these additional officers should be deployed as they understand and experience first-hand the local needs and concerns. District Commanders have also taken into consideration things like projected population growth, crime patterns, and police demand when allocating staff for the next 12 months. Selwyn is a rapidly growing region, and the additional staff will help boost local police capacity, support rural policing teams and enable officers to respond faster to call outs. ¢
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Hall farewelled in style u by Kent Caddick, photos by Sara-Jane Ludemann
West Melton residents said goodbye to their community hall in style on Saturday night. The residents held a ball in the West Melton Community Hall which is set to be removed to make way for a $6.9 million multi-purpose community and recreation centre. The old hall has seen school concerts, wedding receptions, dances, horticultural shows, reunions, district farewells and local group meetings, as well as ballet and gym classes. For the last time the hall resonated with people having a great time as residents gathered to mark the passing of the hall which began its life as a wool shed for the West Melton Sale Yards and Dip Company, before being turned into a social hall in the 1920s. The original hall burnt down in 1935 but with the help of community fundraising was rebuilt and in the 1960s
further fundraising saw the addition of a kitchen, supper room and lounge as well as the addition of a stage, and a room for Plunket. At the ball a presentation of a West Melton Medal was made to John Pearce, the oldest living resident on West Melton. Mr Pearce was born in West Melton in 1931 and has lived his whole life in the Selwyn township, attending primary school at West Melton School which had only 14 students at the time. He said he and his brother used to help in the potato fields around the town after school and during lunch hours before going on to establish his own farm growing potatoes which became well-known throughout the district. ¢
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Lincoln too strong for Broadfield u by Kent Caddick
Defending champions Lincoln were pushed hard by Broadfield in the latest round of the Selwyn premier netball competition. However, Lincoln held tough to take out the close fought match, 60-55, at the Lincoln Event Centre on Saturday. Meanwhile, Greenpark moved into a share of first place with Lincoln on the points table with a convincing 64-39 win over Halswell. In the other match of the
round Southbridge moved into fourth place on the ladder with a 51-33 win over Rolleston. This weekend Rolleston will face Lincoln, Broadfield take on Greenpark, and Southbridges comes up against the winless Halswell. ¢
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Darfield in command u by Kent Caddick
Recently crowned Canterbury Country rugby champions Southbridge has kicked off the defence of its Ellesmere division one title with a loss to Waihora. In a repeat of last season’s Ellesmere final, the Tai Tapu-based Waihora extracted revenge for that loss taking the match 29-24. Darfield began its title tilt with a commanding 54-10 win over West Melton although the ‘Westies’ matched Darfield in the first quarter of the match. As the game progressed Darfield exerted its control in all facets of the game to run out convincing winners. Lincoln, which like Darfield made the Canterbury Country semi-finals
this year, was also a big winner in its match against the combined Burnham Dunsandel Irwell team, running out convincing winners 57-10. In the other match of the first round of the Ellesmere competition, Prebbleton was in full command of its clash against Rolleston, racking up 41 unanswered points. Results: Waihora 29 v Southbridge 24; Darfield 54 v West Melton 10; Prebbleton 41 v Rolleston 0; BDI 10 v Lincoln 57; Hornby-bye. ¢
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Students’ art work on display u by Kent Caddick
Artwork by Darfield High School students will feature in a new exhibition at the Selwyn Gallery in Darfield. The exhibition, entitled ‘Paint is Pain and Drinking T’, is a collaborative show featuring the work of Years 11, 12, and 13 art students from Darfield High School. Malvern Community Arts Council coordinator Rose Gerard said the art displayed in this exhibition is work from Terms 1 and 2 when students are beginning to find their feet and explore the initial ideas set out in a selfdriven proposal. “As the year progresses, students will continue to pursue these concepts, working towards the end-of-year folio examination for NCEA, due in October and November,” Ms Gerard said. “Having the exhibition at this point is a rewarding break for the senior students. It allows them to view and
enjoy their accomplishments thus far, and to take a step back, take a large breath, and carry on their journey into Term 3 and the completion of their folio in Term 4.” She said the visual arts programme at the high school offers students an exciting opportunity to travel on a journey of self-expression and personal interest, and to develop a conceptual way of thinking. “In return for their passion, perseverance, and time, they are rewarded with a body of art which is a reflection of themselves and their yearlong journey.” The exhibition will open on June 23 and run through to July 6 and the gallery will be open daily, except Mondays, from 10am to 4pm for the duration of the show. ¢
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Pointing the way ahead u by Andy Bryenton
Rather than seeing the end of its Australian manufacturing in the near future as a blow to the brand, Holden is embracing the opportunity to shift its focus and present a totally new selection of vehicles from 2017 onward. With more than 20 fresh models in the pipeline, Holden is determined to bring the best of General Motors’ global catalogue to the antipodes. The new Astra is a key part of that strategy, shaking off the image of Holden as ‘those Commodore guys’ and igniting interest in a whole new slice of the auto market. There’s no better way of doing that than sharing the success of what is branded as Vauxhall or Opel in Europe, but which will be all Holden here in Australia and New Zealand. That level of success is stunning, because the new Astra doesn’t just challenge the likes of BMW, Mercedes
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A century behind the wheel u by Andy Bryenton
In 1917 the automobile was still a novel sight in New Zealand — a growing trend replacing the trusty horse, but nevertheless a futuristic machine. New cars came with complimentary driving lessons, and the state of the art was still defined by spoked wheels and hand-cranked starters. One would have to have been a visionary indeed to foresee a time when every household had a car in the driveway, and when road transport stood behind a vast swathe of the economy. But two such people existed — Mr J Bett and Mr E Wackrill of Fielding. They convened a small ‘town hall’ meeting of early motor trade professionals in the local library, attracting fifteen contributors. From here the discussion went national, with a meeting just a month later in Palmerston North drawing a crowd of 52 early auto importers, repairers, servicemen and garage owners. Their intent was unanimous — a national organisation should be formed to ensure best practice, foster talent, engage with the public and the government, and make motoring in New Zealand an all round better experience. Today the MTA — the Motor Trade Association — boasts a roll of over 4,000 members, spanning the nation.
Their advocacy and oversight role means they are often called upon to weigh in on debates at a governmental level, while still speaking up for the Kiwi motorist. MTA apprenticeship programmes seek to grow the skills and confidence of a new generation of auto mechanics and technicians for the future. The ubiquitous MTA gift card has become New Zealand’s most long established stocking filler and birthday card addition. On all levels, the modern association continues to uphold the spirit of its hundred-year-old charter, ensuring a better experience from buying a car through to keeping it safe and reliable. Massive celebrations this year have seen events unfold, such as a display of classic and rare automobilia in Wellington, and the publication of a book charting the rise of the automobile alongside the MTA itself. A special group of scholarships are being awarded to
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Ford’s field day firsts u by Andy Bryenton
At an event famed for showcasing the best tools for the agricultural trade, it would normally be a safe bet that Ford’s perennially popular Ranger ute should take pride of place on their stand. And while there was certainly plenty of buzz around the Ranger, continuing its run of dominance in the Kiwi light commercial market, it was a pair of Mondeos which proved the surprise of the show. The mid-sized Ford sedan has been shown in two new forms at Mystery Creek, with each one taking a different direction. The ST Line Mondeo is a long, low station wagon with 19 inch alloys, aggressively aerodynamic lines, and a powerful twin turbo 2 litre diesel under the hood that’s good for over 200hp. This is a definite step away from the image of the Mondeo as a responsible, businesslike fleet car and into the territory of European rivals such as BMW — and it’s also proof that the long-distance cruising wagon is not a thing of the past in this age of the SUV. It’s the other Mondeo on show which has generated the most gossip however — a fully fledged hybrid
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packing in a 35 kilowatt electric motor alongside a petrol engine. It’s a setup seen before in the likes of Toyota’s Prius, and Porsche’s 918 Spyder — but the hybrid drive Modeo sits firmly between these poles of technology and performance. Attractive features of course, include the fact that this is a less ostentatious way to announce that you’re saving the planet while saving petrol, and that despite a sliver of boot space being sacrificed to batteries this is still a full sized Mondeo. That fuel consumption figure, razed down to a frugal 2.7 litres per 100 kilometres,
is sure to impress corporate fleet managers who already like the petrol powered Mondeo for its combination of reliability and affordability. It’s going to be an order-only option here in New Zealand when it arrives in the late stages of 2017, but with a price not so high above the Prius, this might be another front Ford are opening up on their big rival. In the meantime, steady sales of the custom Ranger in all its forms will keep the Blue Oval bosses happy throughout the post Field Days season. ¢
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