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Balloons a big drawcard  by Kent Caddick

Balloonists from all over New Zealand descended on Selwyn for the inaugural Hororata Night Glow event put on by the Hororata Community Trust. P4

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During a week of beautiful weather heading into the weekend event, the balloons delighted local communities as they flew en masse over the Selwyn district to the Night Glow event area at Hororata Domain. However, on Saturday the skies turned grey forcing the Night Glow to be postponed. The rain stopped Sunday afternoon as gates opened and 10,000

people were treated to a fun-filled festival and spectacular performance from 12 balloons. “So many people have worked around the clock to make the Hororata Night Glow come to fruition,” event manager, Cindy Driscoll said. “The weather challenged us, but we always believed the event would happen. Our weather team did an

amazing job predicting how things were going to unfold.” She said making the call to postpone was a difficult one. “Our decision was based on providing the best chance for the balloons to perform their show and this proved to be the right one. continued on page 13 …

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 Oscar Purdie, of Middleton Grange School, takes part in an agility exercise under the guidance of Lincoln University Recreation Centre fitness consultant Callum Brown. He was among students from Haeata Community Campus and Middleton Grange School who turned out to celebrate National Biomechanics Day at Lincoln University recently. The event was held simultaneously in universities across New Zealand, as a way to expose secondary school students to hands-on learning activities relating to biomechanics research. The youngsters worked with Lincoln sports science experts to measure their agility and muscular power production, using state-of-the-art equipment at the university’s recreation centre.

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The competition, which is often referred to as the ‘Oscars’ of the meat industry, has been running for three decades now with the titles being highly sought after by competitors. Head judge, Matt Grimes, has been involved in the competition for 14 years and said the highly-skilled butchers we have in New Zealand can be partly attributed to events such as these. “The competition provides a platform for butchers to display their skills, which are then passed on to their peers, so essentially a win-win for everyone in the industry not to mention Kiwis who end up buying more innovative and creative products,” Mr Grimes said. Entrants, in both categories, will compete in one of three regional  Last year’s Butcher Apprentice of the Year was Samantha Weller from New World Rangiora heats with the top butcher and apprentice in each area moving front of industry representatives who on to the grand final. In each category, will be interested in the potential of another seven butchers will be selected, these butchers and what they bring to nationally, based on their regional scores the table. to produce twenty finalists in total. Entries to both competitions close on The 20 butchers who make it to June 29, and the grand final will be held the grand final will then battle it out in at Shed 10 in Auckland in September. 

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NZ first for local prison  by Mike Isle

The first prisoner in New Zealand to achieve The Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award at Gold level has been presented with his award by Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis inside the Youth Unit of Christchurch Men’s Prison near Rolleston.

 Pictured left to right at the awards presentation: Hon Kelvin Davis, Karen Ross (National Director, The Duke of Edinburgh’s Hillary Award), ‘Joe’ with his Gold Award, Chris Allan (Joshua Foundation)

Two other young offenders, who have yet to fully complete the Gold Award, were presented with Gold Sectional Certificates; two more received Silver Awards, while six received the Bronze Award. Karen Ross, New Zealand national director of the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, said the awards challenged young people. “They challenge them to get out of their comfort zones and learn a new skill, give service to their communities, take part in an adventure and get physically active. They not only teach them practical skills like teamwork and communication, but they also challenge them on a personal level — in ways that build identity, confidence and selfesteem,” she said. Joe (not his real name), who received the Gold Award, agrees, saying: “I’ve got a different state of mind now, and I’m

thinking more positively about my future. When I get out, I want to be a role model for my niece and nephew — and my own kids one day — and talk to them about what they can achieve in life.” And that is exactly the objective of Chris Allan, whose Joshua Foundation administers the award in Christchurch Men’s Prison Youth Unit with funding from Kiwi philanthropist Michael Friedlander. “A key for the Joshua Foundation is to ensure that young people have a positive and realistic self-image — they will know and accept their own strengths and weaknesses and be more aware of their own potential,” Mr Allan said. 

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Lincoln University land and property graduate Anna Radovonich has taken out this year’s Property Institute of NZ Student of the Year award. The Property Institute of NZ (PINZ) award recognises the top graduating student in Lincoln’s bachelor of land and property management course. Ms Radovonich said it was “an absolute honour” to receive the award. Property is in the blood for Anna, whose father John Radovonich, a former hockey Olympian, completed a bachelor of commerce at Lincoln in the 1980s. John Radovonich was captain of the New Zealand men’s hockey team and played for the Black Sticks at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona. He is now a shareholder and director of FordBaker, Christchurch’s largest privately owned independent valuation and property advisory company. Anna has followed in her father’s footsteps in more ways than one, attending Lincoln on a hockey scholarship from 2015 to 2017. Since completing her degree last year, Anna has been learning the trade at FordBaker. “I’m picking up as much as I can about the profession before going overseas in June,” she said. She’s headed for Europe and South America, where she hopes to

 Property Institute of New Zealand vice president Luke Van Den Broek presents Lincoln University graduate Anna Radovonich with PINZ’s Student of the Year award

hone her property industry skills on an international scale. Long-time Lincoln land and property lecturer, Cedric Croft, said the PINZ award was a reflection of Anna’s dedication. “Anna showed all-round excellence, which is the basis of the award, in that it’s given to someone who’s not just successful academically but across the board. She always gave it her best,” Mr Croft said. 

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One of the most poignant moments in this year’s Anzac Day services around Selwyn was a parade by members of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Trust and their horses, which passed by the homesteads of Malvern soldiers who had taken their horses to form the Canterbury Mounted Rifles brigade in World War I.

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The event took place as part of the Anzac Day service held at the memorial gates in the Greendale Domain. The trust and its horses took a circuitous route to the domain to pass by several properties, which were homes to a number of local men who joined up after the outbreak of war in 1914. Chair of the Greendale Reserve Committee, John Clarkson, said have the Mounted Rifles trust made it a special occasion. “This is only the second time, we have held an Anzac memorial in recent times and having the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Trust and their horses, made it a memorable occasion,” Mr Clarkson said. “We would like to thank the trust for their presence and Ian Warren from Greendale for making it happen, as well as the Red Cross

 Logan Edwards, left, wears his great-great-grandfather Anthony Todd’s New Zealand Army medals while his sister Hanna wears the British Army medals of their great-grandfather James Todd at the Prebbleton Anzac Day service photo by CommsKiwi

for putting on the afternoon tea.” Children from the local Greendale School presented purple poppies to the horses of the New Zealand Mounted Rifles Trust in remembrance of the 10,000 New Zealand horses, which went to the war. Only four returned. In Prebbleton the largest crowd for many years gathered around the District War Memorial to pay tribute to those who have served their country in the world wars and other areas of conflict. Selwyn Deputy Mayor, Malcolm Lyall, led the service and read a message from New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to the Prebbleton community. Mr Lyall thanked the volunteers from the Prebbleton Community Association who had organised the event and display and in particular, Daphne McAven, who was presented with a plaque for her work in commemorating the 100 years since WWI including helping to put

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 Daphne McAven who was presented with a plaque to recognise her efforts in making the 100 year anniversary of World War 1 a special event for the Prebbleton community. At the presentation were (from left): Lieutenant Colonel Don Bulmer (New Zealand Army), Commander Mike Humphreys (Royal New Zealand Navy), Major James Russell (New Zealand Army), Daphne McAven (Prebbleton Community Association), Selwyn Deputy Mayor Malcolm Lyall and Lieutenant Corporal Blue Young (Royal Marine Commando Brigade) photo by CommsKiwi

 Members of the Prebbleton Pippins have been responsible for lowering and raising the flag at the local Anzac service for the last five years photo by CommsKiwi

 The horse of the fallen soldier leads the New Zealand Mounted Rifles into the Greendale Domain

 Selwyn Mayor Sam Broughton speaks at the Anzac service in Greendale

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Keeping in touch with Selwyn App Residents and visitors to the Selwyn District will be able to have all the information they need at their fingertips from Tuesday, May 1 thanks to the Selwyn App. The new players on the news and information scene in the Selwyn region, the app launches this week after months and months of preparation and planning. A gathering of local identities gathered last night in Rolleston to recognise the launch of the app, which has been developed by the Ashburton Guardian Ltd who run the successful Ashburton App — which has now been operating for eight months. Ashburton Guardian Ltd general manager, Desme Daniels, said that they saw potential in the Selwyn region and didn’t hesitate to look into bringing an app to the market. “There was a gap in the market for daily news — we provide this in Ashburton, but we also have strong business links in Selwyn,” Daniels said. “Our focus is on grassroots community news, filling the gap left by other daily newspapers. Whilst there are some established weekly news providers, we know that people now want news delivered daily — at the tips of their fingers — on smartphones. “Over 89% of people want to access local news and information through their smartphones. The app gives users

both daily news along with community information, such as local events, walk and cycle tracks, places to eat, drink and stay and much more.” While developed in Ashburton, the Selwyn App will have a fully dedicated team including full-time journalist, Jonathan Leask who will be working closely with local schools, sports group, community groups and the Selwyn District Council to deliver great stories — which will be added to the app three times a day. “I see the app as an exciting opportunity to provide community news daily to a bustling and growing district straight to your phone,” Leask said. “It is unique, as the app delivers the local news and information directly to the audience on a simple to use platform.” The app officially launches on May 1 and will contain eight great sections, jam-packed with information. This will be increased as more content is developed. “We want the Selwyn App to be for the people of Selwyn,” Daniels said. “So, we are wanting people to let us know what they’d like to see and if they have any interesting ideas for the app to contact us.

Painting and pottery in Darfield by Kent Caddick

One of New Zealand’s foremost watercolourists and a local potter will be part of the latest exhibition at the Selwyn Gallery in Darfield. Painter Bernadette Parsons and potter Allan Hooper along with Debbie Lambert will feature in the Oil and Water exhibition, which opens in the gallery on May 4. Malvern Community Arts Council arts coordinator, Katrina Ellis, said a love of the natural environment, and an influence of spontaneity, threads the three artists together in the May exhibition. “While this title of the exhibition, Oil and Water, suggests two paint media it has yet another meaning for this show, since it includes two very different kinds of art — painting and pottery.” Bernadette Parsons, who  Pottery by Allan Hooper will feature in the latest exhibition at the Selwyn Gallery in Darfield has been painting for more than 20 years, is regarded as one of about pottery, kilns, and the processes New Zealand’s foremost watercolourists. involved in working with clay. Her work is held in private collections He engineered his own potter’s wheel, nationally and internationally, while as well as other machinery and tools for books about painting include her work. working in clay and with the knowledge She is passionate about painting the and skill he developed, he was able to humble landscapes near her home, the open Albion Brick and Pottery in Darfield Whangamarino Wetland area in Mercer. early in 1984. “Spontaneity is something I value Now in his seventies, Mr Hooper still most in my paintings, as this is what will enjoys working with clay and firing up make them special,” Bernadette said. his kiln. “Watercolour is a medium that you Debbie Lambert is a popular tutor and work with in a partnership allowing it artist of oils and watercolour both in the a freedom, which create never to be studio and outdoors. repeated happenings.” Recent trips to the Arthur’s Pass and Allan Hooper was working as a general Greymouth regions have resulted in engineer when he became interested her current works, which celebrate the in working with clay. After a visit to the moods and diversity of the countryside Darfield Brickworks in 1972 searching in oils. The Oil and Water exhibition opens on for a specific kind of brick to build a smelting furnace, he began to read May 4 and runs through until May 31. 

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Lincoln crushes Greenpark in opening round  by Kent Caddick

Defending champions Lincoln started the Selwyn premier netball season in the same form they finished last season’s competition with a big win over newcomers Greenpark B.

 Greendale centre Hannah Patten takes a pass one-handed

Lincoln was too good for Greenpark, which has two teams in the premier division, running out comfortable winners 73–34 in the opening round of this year’s competition. Lincoln is aiming for its sixth title in a row this season. Last season’s beaten finalists Broadfield also recorded a big win, brushing aside the challenge of West Melton, 67–23. The final match of the opening round was a more closely fought affair

between Greenpark A and Southbridge. While Greenpark A took out the match 54–37, Southbridge was in the hunt for most of the match with Greenpark pulling away in the final quarter to register its first points of the season. In the Premier two grade Rolleston started the season with a bang, thumping Burnham 71–17, while Halswell was a comfortable 51–16 winner over Lincoln B, and Southbridge B eased past Broadfield B, 44–28. 

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West Melton water expert recognised with award A West Melton man, who is one of New Zealand’s foremost experts in water management and irrigation, has been recognised with an award from IrrigationNZ. Dr Terry Heiler, whose career has spanned 50 years and has seen him working in more than 20 countries — is now retired and lives near West Melton. Dr Heiler, was born in Australia and gained a civil engineering degree at the University of New South Wales. In 1967, he arrived in New Zealand. He initially worked for the NZ Agricultural Engineering Institute where he built a team of soil and water researchers. In 1982, he was appointed director of the institute. It worked to introduce new irrigation technology to New Zealand like drip irrigation, and pioneer new computer-based design methods for storing flood run-off for irrigation. In 1990, Dr Heiler established his own consultancy firm — specialising in natural resources. He carried out a range of local and international work for both public and private sector clients. Dr Heiler also led the establishment of Lincoln International Ltd — a business enterprise tasked with marketing the research resources of Lincoln University and the wider agricultural community in the Lincoln area to international aid and development projects. He has also served on the Landcare Research Board, and as chairman of WoolPro, Eco-link and Tectra and on the regional committee of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy. He led Lincoln University’s expansion into commercial research and

development, transforming a number of organisations into LinLink, establishing Lincoln Ventures (now known as Lincoln Agritech Ltd). Dr Heiler left the university in 1993 to focus on international consultancy projects. In 2006, he was appointed chief executive of Irrigation New Zealand. At the time he joined IrrigationNZ — farmers, schemes and water user groups had no overarching organisation. “The government and regional councils wanted to talk to one organisation about water policy issues — so there was a need for a national representative organisation. It also seemed clear that there was going to be more need to engage with scientific and environmental groups and IrrigationNZ allowed this to happen,” Dr Heiler said. In 2013, Dr Heiler was awarded the Bledisloe Medal by Lincoln University. This award recognises those who have made an outstanding contribution to their chosen field of expertise, advanced New Zealand’s interests, or brought credit to Lincoln University. Dr Heiler said that in most areas of the world sorting out water allocation can be very complex — as rivers cross international borders. “This means that New Zealand is much better placed to manage water than most other countries, however, we are still struggling to resolve many issues in the economic and environmental space.

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Young farmers behind ploughing competition Selwyn residents are in for a treat this weekend with members of the New Zealand Ploughing Association and their machines, and horses, set to descend on Kirwee. Held over two days, the ploughers will once again test their skills at the property of Jeff Cridge on Highfield Road. Saturday’s event will be run by the Courtenay Paparua Ploughing Match Association, while the West Melton Young Farmers Club will step up to the plate to run the competition on Sunday, which is open to the public. West Melton YFC chair, Rebecca Legat, said some of the country’s best ploughing skills will be on show. “This is the second time we as a club have run the event in recent years,” she said. While the Courtenay Paparua PMA will be in charge of the judging for the event; West Melton YFC is in charge of the weekend’s administration and feeding both competitors

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Dining & Entertainment continued from front page …

Balloons a big drawcard

 Those attending the Hororata were given the opportunity to walk inside an inflated balloon Photo by John De Vries

 Balloons over Selwyn prior to the weekend’s Night Glow event

“The balloonists really wanted to perform not only for the crowd — but also for our wide community of locals and volunteers from both near and far. They have been overwhelmed with the hospitality they have experienced this week. We are lucky to have Ballooning Canterbury based in our community as they have the experience to coordinate the Night Glow.” Once the gates opened on Sunday, the public were given the opportunity to walk through a cold inflated balloon, climb in a basket and fire the burners, watch a special shaped balloon float above the grounds and learn the science behind hot air balloons with a display from the University of Canterbury.

“The festival surrounding the balloons was really special,” Mrs Driscoll said. “Live music created a great vibe while people enjoyed the huge range of food, arts and craft stalls, the famous Hororata Pie and much more. Ten community groups took the chance to run their own fundraisers. “Thank you to all the balloonists, partners, stall holders, suppliers and of course the huge team of volunteers who made this event possible. “We have been humbled by the support we received from everyone who came, and even those who couldn’t. Our community has big dreams, and the Hororata Night Glow is part of us being able to achieve them,” she said. 

 Balloons being readied for lift off in the Hororata Domain

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CHURCH NOTICES — Sunday 6th May Lincoln Baptist Church — Everyone welcome! Sundays, 10am, 530 Birchs Road Lincoln. www.lincolnbaptist.org.nz / 03 325 3396 / office@lincolnbaptist.org.nz. Malvern Anglican Parish — 8.00am St Peter’s Springfield; 9.30am St Ambrose Sheffield with Baptism; 5.00p.m. St George’s Kirwee, Prayers and a Pint; Contact Archdeacon Susan Baldwin, 03 317 9079 http://malvernanglican.wordpress.com. Church @ Rolleston — 40 Brookside Road. Each Sunday 9.30am 1st/3rd Sundays Lincoln Union Clergy with Reverend Phyllis Harris 027 352 7886 and supporting clergy, 2nd/4th Sunday with Lincoln Anglican Clergy Reverend Sampson Knight, 021 335 168, Secretary Lynette 03 347 4599 lynlen50@hotmail.com. Parish of Hororata — 9.30am St Johns at Hororata; 11.00am St Andrews at Glentunnel; www.hororataparish.co.nz; Rev Jenni Carter 03 318 0858. Kirwee Community Church — 10am Kirwee Sports Pavilion, High Street, Kirwee, Morning Tea to follow, Pastor: Brian Booth 03 318 1309. 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. 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. Glentunnel Chapel— Victoria Street, Glentunnel. Sundays 10.30 am, Worship and Communion. Ph 03 318 8948. 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; 11:00 am St Andrews at the Glen in Glentunnel “Morning Prayer” (Rev. Jenni Carter). 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: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. – Hebrews 13 v8.

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Mingimingi

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