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New Community Board Pg 6 & 12 • Woodend School Report Pg 22 • Church & Community Notices From Pg 32
State Highway 1 NZTA Review
This review is being conducted to gain insight from the public on their experiences and possible improvement opportunities to the SH1 corridor in the study area (primarily in the vicinity of Woodend School). The State Highway (SH1) through Woodend (Main North Road) carries approximately 14,000 traffic movements per day, and approximately 10% of these movements involve heavy vehicles. The heavy traffic through Woodend presents significant difficulties for people living there. There are instances where motorists encounter significant delays when trying to access State Highway 1 from side streets, and this influences how and when road users choose to travel. Crossing SH1 to go to school also presents a challenge for children living to the east of the main road and means that higher levels of supervision are needed with greater tendency for
parents to use vehicles to take their children to school than might otherwise be the case. NZTA will be, over the next few weeks, conducting insight surveys involving students, parents and staff to gain insight on their experiences and possible improvement opportunities to the SH1 corridor in the study area (primarily in the vicinity of Woodend School). These insights will include transportation concerns, problems to correct, issues to consider, and potential travel constraints or challenges on SH1 and ideas for improvements. It is also possible that the surveys may provide useful insights into how distance (proximity to school) and how attitudes and perceptions of safety influence school travel choice. More from Woodend School on page 22
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St. John North Canterbury Health Shuttle Take the stress, strain and parking problems out of your next medical appointment in Christchurch. For more information or to make a booking please contact Citizens Advice, North Canterbury on 0800 383 373. The Health Shuttle service has steadily grown since it started over 4 years ago carrying over 600 passengers in the 2014-15 year and 2015-16 is expected to maintain or exceed this number. The service operates Monday to Friday providing transport to and from Christchurch for any type of health-related appointment. Pickup points include Amberley, Pegasus, Woodend, Kaiapoi, Rangiora and Leithfield. The service has two St John volunteers on each shift, both trained in first aid and the shuttle has the capacity to carry up to nine passengers each day. Bookings are essential and should be made by
no later than 2pm the day prior to your appointment. Due to travel times and distances appointments need to be after 10am and completed by 3pm. Hospitals and other medical establishments will endeavour to assist if notified that your travel is by health shuttle. All passengers are contacted by the duty driver the night before a booking to confirm pickup places and times for the following day. The service provided is free, however as St John is a Charity it is hoped that passengers will support us with a donation to help cover the costs of running the service.
Parks are for people – Not vehicles or quad bikes Pegasus Residents Group has recently noticed the increase in people using parks and reserves in Pegasus to ride quad bikes and motorbikes. For the safety of all park users this needs to stop. Quad bike and motorbike riding is causing safety concerns, impacting on people’s enjoyment of the area and is causing damage to the parks. Chris Brown, Manager of Waimakariri District Council’s Greenspace team explains why these vehicles are not allowed in parks: “It is prohibited to drive or ride any motorised vehicle in a Neighbourhood Park, except for carrying out maintenance Page 4 THE WOODPECKER NOVEMBER 2016
of these areas such as mowing. This includes all the areas surrounding the lake because they are still considered neighbourhood parks. While the Western Ridge Conservation area is not yet in Council ownership, Todd Property do not permit the use of cars, motorbikes or quad bikes on this land either. ECan provides facilities for motor biking and quad bike riding in the Waimakariri River Regional Park. These are far more suitable locations and ensures that people enjoying their neighbourhood parks, can do so safely”. Please look after our precious parks and reserves.
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From our Mayor David Ayers
A New Community Board
As I write this, I have just returned from the swearing-in of the new WoodendSefton Community Board at the Waikuku Hall. I have to say that I have never seen a new Board appear so tightly-knit and thinking immediately about how they want to operate. They are new, because only one, Karen Eastwood, was on the previous WoodendAshley Board, although it should be noted that three of that board are now on other boards, their relocation being largely due to changes in Community Board boundaries. It is very clear that the Board wants to closely engage its community and to encourage wider participation in its work. To people outside the “system” that can seem daunting because of the apparent formality of some Local Government processes. Meetings are not always natural places for people to be! If, however, you look at local politics as simply the way local communities make decisions about their future, it might
not seem so bad. The Board knows that people don’t always agree but that is one of their functions to make the final decisions or recommendations to the Council, possibly reconciling those disagreements in the process. Think about talking to your Community Board as just another conversation about your community. One of the questions they discussed tonight was whether to hold all their meetings in one or two places, or whether they should move around their Community and hold their meetings in different places – in Woodend, Waikuku, Pegasus and Sefton. There are advantages and disadvantages both ways. Tell them what you think! – I am sure they would appreciate the feedback. The communities between Woodend and Sefton have some unique characteristics in our Waimakariri District. Having your own Community Board has to got to be an important vehicle for realising your aspirations for the area in which you make your homes.
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Pegasus parkrun needs helpers to get results together
Pegasus parkrun started on 18th June 2016, the event is a weekly 5km run around the eastern loop of the lake. Since beginning Pegasus parkrun has seen 166 different participants (as at 15th October) with times varying from 17 minutes to 45 minutes to complete the course. We welcome walkers as well and the course is friendly to babies in buggies & pooches on leads.
On the 5th November we will celebrate our 21st run & it is likely that some of our runners will put on an explosive display (it will be, after all, Guy Fawkes Day) Registering for parkrun is a simple matter of logging on to the website - www. parkrun.co.nz - and following the link. As well as being totally FREE, parkrun
provides participants with a complete history of their efforts, wherever they complete a parkrun event. Currently we are relying on our runners to help out with some of the jobs needed to get the results together, along with some regular help from two local residents who aren’t running. It would be fantastic if we could put together a couple of crews of 4 or 5 people to help us out for an hour, or so, on alternate Saturday mornings. If you are interested in doing this please get in touch by email at pegasusoffice@ parkrun.com , the jobs we are looking to fill are all vital but not onerous. After the run, we retire to the Flat White for a social cup of coffee. Looking forward to having you join us.
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Woodend Combined Club Our October mini-speaker was born, raised and educated near Conical Hill, close to Tapanui, population 800. He grew up on a farm twenty five kilometres from Tapanui and has vivid memories of travelling to school on the school bus. Being so far out of town he was always first on the bus, and also last off, so the school day was a long one. The bus was a style that we don’t see today; each seat was the entire width of the bus, without a centre aisle, and each seat had its own door, which meant that the kerb side of the bus was a row of doors. They lived close to a timber mill, connected with a dam which contained a log pond, big enough for swimming, and used for floating logs downstream. The adjacent camp contained about one hundred huts, about three quarters of which were regularly occupied by mill workers. There was also a Camp Hall where he learnt to play indoor bowls, an interest he retains today, having played outdoor bowls at national level all his life. Born on a farm, he naturally worked on the family farm when he finished school, and moved into ownership, initially shared and later in partnership with his father and his brother. He participated in Farmers’ Tours of Europe in 1976 and later Vancouver, where he saw the Rockies by rail, and visited Seattle and Mount St Helens. He was forty years old before he married and settled down. Our main speaker last month was Carol Rout who shared her experiences as a survivor of the Wahine disaster. Carol was teaching at Lismore school and she and her mother were going to the UK for a family reunion. They were to go up from Lyttleton Tuesday night and spend all day in Wellington before sailing for the UK the following day. In the early hours of the morning the sea became very rough and just before 6 a.m., due to be docking soon, there was a loud graunching sound Page 10
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as the ship hit Barret’s reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. Hurricane force winds forced the ship against the reef and the lights went out. Over loudspeakers came the order “Put on warm clothes and congregate in one of the lounges. We will be docking soon, put your life jackets on.” Carol and her mother went on up to the huge lounge on A deck, with people congregating at the big windows at the stern with dawn breaking accompanied by terrifying wind noise. The crew brought around a breakfast of orange juice , milk and sandwiches. There was no power so there was cold food only and the message was “Keep calm, docking soon”. Carol said there was a lot of noise; clanging & banging, rails being lowered, and cables from tugs snapping as they tried to haul the ferry off the reef. On the vehicle deck cars & trucks had broken moorings and were smashing themselves to pieces. Come morning, with the boat listing severely, there was a big lurch. They were told to dump bags and shoes and were sent to the high side of boat where there were pleasure boats trying to get close enough to help but the wind and the seas were too wild. Carol’s life jacket came untied and she re-tied it which she thinks probably saved her life. There were people bobbing in the sea, people panicking, jumping into the water onto inflatable lifeboats and not able to climb into them. They waited for a wooden lifeboat; Mum climbed in but the swell pushed the boat away. Carol jumped into the water and a crewman pushed her head under water to stop her being crushed between lifeboat and ship, then she was pulled safely into the full lifeboat which moved away as the Wahine rolled onto her side. The crew lifeboat carried Carol and her mother to a small sandy bay. Transport was waiting to carry survivors to the Railway Station; >>>
<<< then came Red Cross dry clothes, warm jerseys and a cafeteria with hot soup. Carol and her mother decided to go to the reunion next year instead; they travelled by air.
Woodend Indoor Bowling Club The Indoor Bowling club season has finished and the end of season lunch at Stillwater Restaurant was enjoyed by all. Our season finished on a high note with the Club winning the Fleming Cup for the first time and having one of our junior members, Rebecca Jelfs, selected to play in the Canterbury Under 18’s drawn pairs and winning! Congratulations Rebecca.
Our coach outing in October took 30 of us for a visit to the new Mainpower facility in Rangiora. After an informative presentation on their activities we had a very interesting question and answer session followed by a short tour of the site. A point of interest was that Mainpower have an electric vehicle on fleet. We then enjoyed an excellent 2 course lunch at Pineacres before returning to Woodend. 19 of our members enjoyed coffee and yummy scones at our monthly coffee morning at the ”Five Stags” in Rangiora.
We have two fund raising events still to come this year, a raffle outside New World, Rangiora on Mon 7th, Tues 8th and Wed 9th November and finally a sausage sizzle outside Mitre 10, Rangiora on Saturday 19th November. The new playing season will start in March 2017 and new members of all ages will be very welcome. For further information please contact: President: Helen Power 313 5749 Club Captain: Rex Macauley 313 3627 or Pat Vaughan 312 2335
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A new voice for Woodend-Sefton Councillor John Meyer was elected as temporary Chairperson at the inaugural Woodend-Sefton Community Board meeting on 26 October. Cr Meyer will fill the role for 3 months to give the new board time to become more familiar with their new roles and each other. Andrew Thompson was elected as Deputy Chairperson. While John Archer, Rhonda Mather, Shona Powell and Andrew Thompson are all first time Board members; they are joined by the experience of Karen Eastwood, who was on the previous Woodend-Ashley Community Board and Councillors John Pictured above: from left Karen Eastwood, John Meyer and Al Blackie. Archer, Rhonda Mather, Andrew Thompson, Shona Powell. Present at the meeting, but absent from the photo are Councillors John Meyer and Al Blackie.
Following the swearing in at the inaugural meeting the new Board expressed their intention to get involved with helping the WoodendSefton communities and ensuring that residents know they have a voice and that their contribution is important and welcome. Among the first areas to receive attention from the Board will be the Walking and Cycling Strategy and a workshop with Council Greenspace staff. The next Board meeting is scheduled for Monday 14 November starting at 7pm in the Woodend Community Centre. Members of the public are welcome to attend. Woodend-Sefton Community Board member contact details are available on the WDC website and Board members welcome constructive input from residents.
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OVERGROWN SECTIONS
Spring growth is bringing back the problem of absentee landowners neglecting overgrown sections. Apart from being an eyesore, these sections can become a fire danger when the growth dies off in summer, may harbour vermin and the seeds from the noxious weeds will spread into areas like the wetlands (and other homeowners’ gardens!). Here are some suggestions on what you can do if you are concerned about overgrown sections: • If the section is a fire hazard or contains rubbish or vermin, contact the Waimakariri District Council. This can be done via a service request on their website; waimakariri.govt.nz or by phone to 03 311 8900.
• If the section has noxious weeds such as gorse or broom; contact Environment Canterbury via their website ecan.govt.nz or phone 0800 324 636. ECan gave us the following info: “It is the responsibility of the land owner to control these weeds. We can offer advice on best methods of control and follow up with land owners where infestations are reported. The best way of reporting would be to call Customer Services on 03 353 9007, you would need to make sure that you know the address of the property with the weeds before calling. We will then forward the details to the Biosecurity Officer who will follow up with the owners. If someone is unsure if it is Gorse or Broom they could always email ecinfo@ecan.govt. nz with photos. We can only follow up on reports of weeds covered in our Pest Management Email: prgi@pegasusresidentsgroup.com Page 14
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Strategy. If the property is just overgrown, harbouring pests or a fire risk this would be better to be reported to the Waimakariri District Council. Gorse and Broom are covered in our Pest Management Strategy which can be viewed here - http://ecan.govt.nz/ publications/Plans/canterbury-regionalpest-management-strategy-2011-2015. pdf “ • If the section is unkempt, but doesn’t fit the above criteria, individual residents can request contact details from WDC for absentee landowners and then contact them to express their concern.
GLADSTONE PARK Work is progressing with the trimming and clearing of trees at Gladstone Park and the area has opened up considerably. Space is being made for additional playing fields and dog parks (one each for large and small dogs).
TREES It’s great to see TreeTech busy trimming up the street trees to make passage safer for walkers, cyclists and cars. Work is almost finished in the southern part of town where the oldest trees are. They look great!
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Woodend Playcentre You are the most important teacher your child will ever have! I can’t believe we are so busy, our little people are just having an amazing time!!! Firstly we had a visit from Lesley Ottey the Eco Educate lady. Well, what she doesn’t know about rubbish, recycling, worm farms and compost just isn’t worth knowing. The children loved seeing her hat and the cuddly bears she upcycles into puppets, backpacks and other wonderful, creative items. We now separate our soft plastic ready for the supermarket .... thanks Lesley. Personally, I went to hear her again over the holidays and came back reenergised about my own worm farm and ready to make sure Playcentre’s worm farm was going well. Next we had the ‘Turtle Lady’ visit and show the turtles she rescues and looks
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after. I know some parents still aren’t quite so keen as the children about turtles. Keeping it local......a visit to the Waikuku Beach Estuary is planned, to search for crabs and driftwood. With the warm weather we have had, sunhats will be on. If this all sounds like the kind of fun for your 3, 4 or 5yr old, do call in for 3 free sessions to see what we’re all about and then use the ECE hours/ wk so nothing to pay..... can’t get cheaper than FREE!!! A shout out to The RATA Foundation. To keep Playcentre running we employee two coordinators (who want paying) so RATA kindly gave us a $3k grant for their wages. Thank you so much. Do you like walking? A great opportunity to get out and about and see things you wouldn’t normally see. How about ‘WALK TO PLAYCENTRE’ Help us walk from Kaikoura to Akaroa visiting every Playcentre on the way. We are raising money for ‘Variety’, a charity which helps NZ sick, disabled and disadvantaged children reach their full potential. More details to come. Watch this space.... a party will be happening soon for our Woodend Playcentre Reunion so please keep an eye out for more information We’ve just had another baby!!! Well, not Playcentre exactly, but the family is undoubtedly a huge part of our whanau. Welcome to the world little lady and we are all so excited to meet you and have newborn cuddles. Whanau tupu ngatahi - families growing together. Woodend Playcentre, School Rd, (behind the Community Centre) Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri 9:15am-12:15pm Claire 022 122 0452, Kim 027 717 8754
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Woodend Garden Club
We had our Monthly Meeting on 19th September at our usual venue, the Community Centre.
Our visitor this month was Cathy Bouma & her son Lucas. Cathy spoke of the starting up of her business that grew from the love of Herbs. She now has a thriving business, Tuahiwi Herbs, always learning & making different potions from flowers, weeds & grasses that she finds anywhere, she also bought along goods for us to purchase. Our grow & show competitions were a little down on exhibits than usual, the results were: Decorative Novice Pretty in Pink: 1st Rae Miller, 2nd Lois Taylor Polyanthus x 2: 1st Lynn Oliff, 2nd Mary Coates, 3rd Pam Cleeve. Daffodil x 1: 1st Lois Taylor, 2nd Rae Miller, 3rd Donna Richards. Camellia x 1: 1 Rae Miller, 2 Lois Taylor, 3rd Lynn Oliff. st
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Vase of Spring Flowers: 1st Lois Taylor, 2nd Shirley Wheeler, and 3rd Donna Richards. Silverbeet x 2 stalks: 2nd Tricia deHaan, 3rd Lois Taylor.
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2 different Vegetables: 1st Lois Taylor, 2nd Tricia deHaan, 3rd Rae Miller. Lemons x 2: 1st Rae Miller, 2nd Tricia deHaan, 3rd Mary Coates. Best in show: Camellia from Rae Miller.
Most Points awarded: 1st Rae Miller, 2nd Lois Taylor, 3rd Tricia deHaan. Lynn Oliff spoke of her monthly meeting with Christchurch Horticultural Society, they have many interesting places to visit. Shirley Wheeler commented on a visit to one such venue, she thought our club displays & competitions does very well in comparison to the larger clubs in town. Next month we are having one of our bus trips, this one our club is paying for the bus, to which we are all delighted. If you would like to know more about us, please donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t hesitate to contact our president Rae Miller on 03 310 0202 or our new secretary & writer of this report, Joy Collins on 03 323 5258.
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We’re doing it all again next year and we’ve got the date sorted - 17th Sep 2017. Thanks again to everyone. WSSPA - James, Graeme, Brenda, David, Sharlene, Evelyn, Tracy, Tina, Amba-Leigh.
THUMBS UP WELL DONE - WE RAISED AROUND $14,500 FOR OUR SCHOOL!! On the 11th September we hosted our 8th Annual School Fair on a beautiful North Canterbury day. The weather couldn’t have been better and certainly helped attract a number of people to the day. Whilst our visitor numbers were down slightly on the previous years we still managed to pull in around $14500 for the school - WHICH IS FANTASTIC. All of this money, goes back into the school for various resources for the students and staff. WSSPA wants to extend a huge vote of thanks to YOU, the school community, for getting behind the fair and making it the success that it is. It’s the old cliche ‘we couldn’t have done it without you’ - but it’s so so true. Even if you weren’t helping on the day - the chocolate, mystery jar donations etc in the weeks preceding - all help toward making the day what it is. We would like to focus particularly on the wonderful staff (some of whom were here on the Saturday as well making 12 days in a row at school) AND their partners for giving up their Sunday to come and help out. Many hands make light work and it’s warming to see the support from the partners of staff as well. The fact that there is very little arm-twisting is amazing and a credit to the popularity of the fair. Congrats to all the participants in Woodend Schools Got Talent - another great show put together by the RIMU syndicate team. Special congrats to Ezri, Eva, Alex and Eli for taking the top prizes. Page 22
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We started the term with a two day ‘Thumbs Up’ programme involving all students gaining knowledge around truck safety. Our thanks to Constable Ken Terry, Shane Thomson, CWS staff - Harry Rutledge, Maurice McNally and John Bond from RTANZ for all their work involved in this programme. The Police are taking an increasing interest in traffic speeds in and around Woodend so please be very aware of the speed signs.
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Councils re-launch SMART Watering In a bid to help home gardeners cope with another dry summer, the SMART Watering campaign re-launched on the eve of Labour Weekend – New Zealand’s traditional start to summer gardening. The Waimakariri District Council is again at the forefront, along with four other Canterbury districts who have joined forces with IrrigationNZ, Environment Canterbury and two industry partners. The aim of the campaign is to help the region’s home gardeners make the best use of irrigation water this summer. Home gardeners, lifestyle irrigators, small businesses, sports grounds and schools are the target of the public awareness and education campaign which was piloted last summer in the Waimakariri, Timaru, Ashburton and Selwyn Districts
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The SMART Watering campaign teaches urban gardeners how to apply water efficiently. Its wider roll-out follows on from the successful SMART Irrigation programme which guides irrigating farmers to ensure targeted and efficient water use. This year’s campaign will focus on educating people about ‘drip irrigation’ – the most efficient way to apply water, the benefits of timers or controllers for home garden irrigation systems, and how to store and use rainwater within the garden. Case studies have been produced in the five districts taking part showcasing a range of people and groups using water efficiently. These include an organic gardening set-up in Mid Canterbury, Lincoln University’s irrigation modernisation project, a family of four who grow all their own food near Kaiapoi, a park re-grassing project in Twizel and the South Canterbury Rugby Football Union’s collaboration with Timaru District Council which has led to reduced irrigation on its sports fields. “The campaign’s return shows the appetite that exists for SMART Watering information. Home gardeners can learn a lot from irrigating farmers. Knowing how much water plants and crops require, installing efficient systems for water application and the monitoring of soil moisture are practices everyone should employ. Our focus this season will be on introducing more people to drip irrigation, timers and controllers for home irrigation systems and the benefits of water storage,” says IrrigationNZ CEO Andrew Curtis. Simple things like choosing early mornings or evenings to water your plants, setting a timer on the veggie patch sprinkler, investigating rain tanks on the roof, or selecting less water-hungry plants are recommended.
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Championships and Interclub are well under way. This is a very busy time for all players. (Our Junior’s) players who have bowled for less than five years have some separate competitions exclusively for them. Our new members are enjoying the challenge of bowls and the camaraderie of the club member’s, all of whom are willing to help in any way they can. If you want some fun, friendship, and a new challenge come along to the Woodend Bowling Club. Bring a friend, we would love to have you. Feeling a bit shy of coming alone? You can phone Rae Miller 03 310 0202 or Mike Carpenter 03 312 7463 they will give you any information you wish to know. Jenny Hammond, a second year player of our club recently competed in the Deaf Lawn Bowls NZ tournament held in Hamilton. Jenny finished third in the Pairs with her partner whom she hadn’t played with prior. The wind, and playing on a different surface was more than a little challenging but a great effort, well done Jenny. Twenty four members from Woodend went
to Redcliff’s / Mount Pleasant club for their annual challenge. Both clubs won eight games each but Woodend lost by three ends on a count back. This completion has been going for thirteen years and is six wins to us and seven to them.
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This Month with Harry Continuing on from Septembers diatribe about the dopey suggestions for street names for the new Ravenswood subdivision. In order that the history and heritage of this fair village be retained I suggested past Methodist ministers be honoured. I also promised that the Anglicans, Buddhists, Muslims, Hari Krishnas, Catholics and other assorted believers be included. Motor bike shop owners, knife sharpeners, motor mechanics and all those with cirrhosis of the liver will not be included. The Rev. John Aldred was another early minister. He acquired considerable wealth through land deals which enabled him to purchase a flash coach and even employ a coachman. One observer was reputed to have said that the Methodist church needed to cut down on the stipends. Jack Sharplin was another to grace the pulpit at Woodend. He once walked from Oxford to Woodend to attend a tea meeting. The journey obviously sharpened his appetite. When asked to carve the two fowls one found its way to his plate whilst the other was divided amongst the invited guests. The early part of the 1900s saw such names as A.Ashcroft, J.R.Clarke, F.Greenwood, C.B. Jordan, C.A.Foston and F.E.Foot, all ministers appointed to Woodend. Probably the most illustrious man to administer to the flock during this time was the Rev. J.H.Haslam, pictured above, who was appointed in 1909. By all accounts Haslam became involved with community affairs in a big way especially with the rugby and cricket clubs. He was also responsible for starting the first scout troop in Woodend. Haslam was the Page 28
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resident minister when the ‘new’ church opened in 1912. However all was not as sweet as it seemed when it came to his last sermon. The following is the ‘Press’ report of the occasion. “It was not quite all fire and brimstone, but the valedictory sermon of the Rev. Mr Haslam at the Methodist Church, Woodend, was not exactly a basket full of roses either. Church matters had not been running as smoothly as they might have been, so a large congregation arrived in a state of heightened anticipation. They got more than they bargained for. “As you know, my stipend is very small,” said Mr Haslam. “So small, indeed, that we have enjoyed but few of the luxuries of life, and when some of my friends presented me with a purse of sovereigns as a mark of their esteem, I should like to know why this act should rouse a feeling of indignation against me and cause certain folk to say very unkind things. It has been said by some that I had no right to accept a presentation so long as there was a debt upon the church. What in the name of common sense has that to do with the actions of my friends?” In conclusion, Mr Haslam said: “I had hoped to speak in quite a different strain tonight, but you have been naughty children. However, like a good old mother, I forgive you, but whether you will forgive me is your concern.” T.B.C. We managed to get a couple of trips up to the hut with the boys over the holidays. Unfortunately the weather wasn’t the best for the first one, but it didn’t seem to faze the guys. However drizzly weather seems to bring out the best of good old bush know how especially when lighting a fire
with matches only. 50% of the 1st crew were born in South Africa, our “Yarpie” brigade, who fit in well and are fast becoming good Kiwi jokers. You don’t have to worry about lions, snakes, buffaloes or tsetse flies in our bush but the sandflies are a bloody nuisance. An added bonus for team 2 was the spotting from the hut window of a couple of magnificent fallow stags on the neighbouring hill. With the purchase of a side by side Honda from old mudguts at Canty A.T.V.s we now travel to the hut via the riverbed. This really adds to the fun of getting there. Our first trailer was a 4 wheel job on bouncy tyres but proved unsuccessful as at the first ford two of the guys ended up in the drink. Our second version of single axle type has proved to be a bit unstable with a tendency to lie on its side. We have just finished a third edition. She’s a beauty being totally stable and safe. The Boys’ club has just been awarded a package
worth $2000 from Spark to be spent on camping and safety gear. We chose some mountaineering helmets to be worn when travelling up the river, day packs, climbing harnesses, cookers and other items for expeditions into the bush. Many thanks to Spark and ‘grandma’ who endorsed us. One of the dislikes of our youngsters is the long drop toilet. They don’t like the smell and don’t accept our explanation that they have to stink a bit so blind people can find it. They don’t accept that flies are Gods creatures too. They don’t think that the notices on the wall such as ‘Patrons are requested not to bite woodwork whilst straining’ or ‘All loads over 700kg must be lowered by rope,’ are all that funny. So they don’t go and don’t care being told if you don’t go you’ll get cobwebs up your bottom. So we are installing a flush toilet. The hut may be a bit rough but it has really modern facilities. They won’t be getting hot water at the basin though.
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When associating with youngsters one of the delights is trying to keep up with the new sayings, fads and strange little competitions. We learnt two on these camps. Like bottle flipping. An exercise where one flips a bottle trying to land it the right way up. Or doing a ‘Borat’, a boys only thing where one pulls his undies up as far as they will go to form a skimpy ‘mankini’. You have a bit to answer Sasha Baron Cohen. Friday 28th saw the annual Boys’ Club bonfire night. The usual fare of hogget, pork, beef and hot ham along with the salads received a bit of a hiding amongst the 75 children and 60 adults. We had to hurry proceedings up as it threatened rain so the fire was lit and the fireworks let off. We love fireworks, especially those that traumatise all the animals in the district and cause anything pregnant within 200 kilometres to miscarry. Pudding this year was the usual icecream and jelly. 60 jellies of 4 different flavours and 25 litres of ice-cream were amazingly devoured.
No. 1 team fording the Leader: Camp Grandad Ed Brown, Zavier Cotton, Harry Hurst, Edwin de Swardt, Ryan De Swardt, Jesse Barnard and Schalk van Rensburg.
Above: Schalk van Rensburg and Edwin de Swardt using their one match several times.
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CHURCH NOTICES Woodend Methodist Church
86 Main Road, Woodend. State Highway One. Rev. Philomeno Kinera Office (03) 313 3448, Home (03) 313 1912, Mob 021 521 118 The movie afternoon on Wednesday 2 November at 1 p.m. sharp will be a musical starring John Travolta. The final movie for the year on Wednesday 7 December will be a comedy. Any queries phone Ruth 3122094 or Evelyn 3127740. Free entry and a gold coin donation for the afternoon tea. The movies will recommence the first Wednesday in February 2017 which will be the 1st. For any bookings of the Church Hall can you please contact Evelyn on 3127740. Just a reminder – if you have any drapes that you no longer require and are in good condition, there is a Curtain Bank bin outside the Church Hall. If you wish to acquire some drapes contact Andrea at the Rangiora Office on 313344
The Community Carol Service will be held on Friday 23 December at 7.30 p.m. at Woodend Methodist Hall followed by a Christmas supper. The Christmas Service on Christmas Day will be combined with Rangiora and held at the Rangiora Trinity Church in King Street opposite the Rangiora Borough School and the Rangiora Town Hall at 9.30 a.m. All the Church Services in January will be combined at Rangiora Trinity Church at 10.30am. THERE WILL BE NO SERVICES AT WOODEND. Woodend Services will recommence on Sunday 5 February 2017 at 9am. WATCH THIS SPACE – a fine china and linen sale is to be held in March – the date to be confirmed.
Anglican Parish of Woodend-Pegasus - St. Barnabas Church Vicar, Rev Gerard Jacobs Phone: 027 858 9595 A community of believers, serving the wider community in love.
This month one of our youngsters from the contemporary 4.32 service was baptised and it was lovely to see some of the young families from that service in attendance. For those who only attend in the morning, it made a great opportunity to meet the young people. And for the many from the 9.30 a.m. congregation who enjoy helping with the meals for 4.32, it was a pleasure to share time with the young families without a serving spoon in hand!
November, from 5.30 to 6.30 p.m., in place of our usual 10 a.m. session. Typical session music will be followed by a meal, dessert and birthday cake. We hope as many of our current and former Mainly Music youngsters will attend as possible, along with their siblings, grandparents and caregivers. Not forgetting past and present volunteers, for without them the sessions wouldn’t happen. Look forward to seeing you there!
During the after service refreshments, we heard that several of the young parents had attended our youth group, back in the days when it was known as ‘Rob’s Mob’. Which was quite a few years ago!
The Packing Party for Operation Christmas Child took place on 13 October, with a good number of boxes being filled. It is always a pleasure to be involved in such a worthwhile mission.
On the subject of the 4.32 service, their Home Group has embarked on a new study, the Grace Course. It started on 12 October and is running on Wednesday nights. Mainly Music has been held at St Barnabas for 10 years this month! To celebrate, we are holding it a birthday party on Wednesday 2 Page 32
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It hardly seems possible that it is already November and Christmas is just ‘around the corner’. It is always a busy time of year, here’s hoping we can all make time to enjoy the blue sky and the warmer weather whilst we are getting everything done. And if you would like to come along to one of our services this month, to see what we are about, we would be delighted to make you welcome.
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NORTH CANTERBURY Do you need assistance with CONSUMER ISSUES AND RIGHTS? We can help you with a range of enquiries, such as faulty goods, online buying, voucher purchases, extended warranties, buying on credit, contracts, quotes, and misleading advertising. Consumers are protected by the Consumer Guarantees Act. Come and see us to discuss any concern you may have about the goods and services you have purchased. You are welcome to call in at the Trevor Inch Memorial Library 141 Percival Street, Rangiora, Monday to Friday from 9 am until 4.30 pm, or you can phone us on 03 313 8822 – free phone 0800 367 222 or email us at northcanterbury@cab.org.nz
LETTER TO THE EDITOR We are told if you have had chicken pox when you were a child you have the shingles virus in your system and will get SHINGLES later in life. This is a very painful illness which weakens your immune system so you can get “Acute Leukaemia” and could fie in 4-6 weeks. If this injection can help prevent this happening, could seniors be given this FREE as many of us cannot afford the present cost of the injection. Concerned.
WOODEND TOY LIBRARY urgently needs committee members to fill all roles to ensure the service continues to operate. Please contact us via our facebook page woodendtoylibrarynz or toylibrarywoodend@gmail.com. Next meeting November 24. ‘FLOWERS WITH PANACHE’ Floral Art North Canterbury invites you to attend an evening of ‘FLOWERS WITH PANACHE’ with leading NZ Floral Artist Vanita Patel on Wednesday 23 November 2016 at the Rangiora Methodist Church Hall, King St, at 7pm. Doors Open 6.30pm. Tickets $10 & supper to follow at conclusion of demonstration. Tickets can be purchased from Heather Sibley 03 313 6671 or Helen Power 03 313 5749
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COMMUNITY CONTACTS
WOODPECKER Editor & Advertising Rebecca Harris Phone: 312 5458
Email: richardandrebecca@xtra.co.nz Drop Box: The Grub Hub, Main Rd, Woodend. NEXT ISSUE DECEMBER 2016. Deadline 28/11/16 Acorn Early Childcare 03 312 2179 Email; jointhefun@acornearlychildcare.co.nz Website: www.acornearlychildcare.co.nz
Woodend Community Association Inc President, John Archer 0274 332 558 Secretary, Jacqui Miller 021 890 358
Community Emergency Response Team Rick Cable. Email: rcable@clear.net.nz
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Woodend Community Centre Advisory Group Chairperson, John Batistic 310 0654
Gladstone Park Advisory Group Chairperson, Mark Paterson
312 7439
Lions Club of Pegasus President Ian McGregor Secretary Sharon Divall
920 1955 920 0102
Lions Club of Woodend President David Marks Youth Centre Co-ordinator, Lois Inch
03 352 1016 312 7732
Nature’s Play Preschool -Pegasus 943 4935 Email: pegasuspreschool@naturesplay.co.nz Website: www.naturesplay.co.nz Pegasus Residents Group Inc Email: pegasus residentsgroup@gmail.com Website: www.pegasusresidentsgroup.com Pegasus Woodend Women’s Institute Elaine 312 7963 Kathryn 03 327 6621 or 027 335 5771 St Barnabas Church, Woodend Anglican Parish of Woodend-Pegasus Vicar: Rev. Gerard Jacobs 027 858 9595 Hall Hire Bookings – Audrey 313 6034 Home Groups - Anne Graham 313 4457 Mainly Music – Keith Heyworth 03 745 9181 or email rurukid@gmail.com cell 027 688 5597 Tuahiwi Community Pre-School
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Woodend Ashley Ward Community Board Chairperson, Chris Prickett 310 7308 Deputy Chairperson, Karen Eastwood 027 600 794 Waikuku Beach Surf Life Saving Club Richard Marsom wbslsc@wbslsc.com Woodend Bowling Club President, Mike Carpenter Secretary, Doreen Williams Woodend Boys’ Club John Harris Woodend Combined Club President, Sandra Benson Secretary, Rae Miller
312 7463 (03) 327 9519 313 7832 03 327 9050 310 0202
Woodend Country Music Club Robert Jongenburger (President) 0274 885297 Marilyn Johnston (VPres) 312 7589 or 0211 362929 Woodend Cricket Club Bruce Davey
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Woodend Garden Club Rae Miller, President Joy Collins, Secretary
310 0202 323 5258
Woodend Golden Oldies Rugby & Netball President, Tony Hurley 312 7311 Woodend Gymnastics Club Astrid Breach 310 0212 Woodend Indoor Bowling Club Helen Power Pat
313 5749 312 2335
Woodend Junior Cricket Amy Hallmark 021 127 6711 Woodend Methodist Church Minister, Rev. Philomeno Kinera Hall Bookings, Evelyn Woodend Netball Club Jenny Loffhagen, President Rachael Paterson, Secretary
313 1912 312 7740 027 882 4605 312 7439
Woodend Play Centre Claire Cameron 022 122 0452 Woodend Preschool/Nursery Sheryl Rule 312 7654 email woodendpreschool@xtra.co.nz website www.woodendpreschool.co.nz Woodend Rugby Club www.woodendrugby.co.nz President, Wendy Giles 021 355 336 Secretary, Karen Giles 021 126 7917 Senior Club Captain, Phil Kennett 027 717 2569 Junior Club Captain, Wendy Giles 021 355 336 Club Room Bookings, Karen Giles 021 126 7917 Woodend Tennis Club Jim Bucknell
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