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Wednesday 9 September 2015
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New home, but no internet A Richmond family who had been told it would be nine months before they’d have access to internet or a phone line in their brand new house are hopeful of a back-flip from the company installing fibre cable. Simon and Lara Gordon built the first house of a new nine-home subdivision near Champion Rd and moved in last week. They were told during the building phase that all new subdivisions have to be in-
stalled with fibre cable, not copper. So they installed the fibre and were only told after they moved in that there are no fibre cables on their road and that they’ll have to wait until March to be connected. They had been in touch with Spark and Chorus to try and find a solution, but have been told repeatedly that there is none. In the meantime, Lara had increased her mobile plan as high as it could go so the family could check their emails.
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andrew@nelsonweekly.co.nz They say a quote to have copper installed was over $3000. “The thing that annoys us is that they’re putting fibre into streets that already have copper, so already have the internet and a phone,” says Lara.
“The majority of them aren’t going to connect to it and you have all these new subdivisions that have been told they have to have fibre, but they’re not doing those streets.” But, after enquires from Waimea Weekly into the situation, Chorus released a statement saying they would in fact upgrade the Gordons street “within three weeks”.
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School fair a ‘crowd pleaser’
The Appleby School Country Fair has always been a crowd pleaser and a magnet for sunshine, fun and community spirit. The school’s major fundraiser has been a popular event since the 90’s and every year it has grown in size, offering the public an array of food, entertainment, fair ground activities, bargains and competitions. “It was fantastic, we had a huge turn out, everybody pitched in and we had a great day,” says fair manager, Laura Southward. “As usual, we worked on parking to make it as smooth as possible for people coming to the fair and we always try and bring something new in, this year it was laser tag and that went really well, particularly for the older kids.” Last year the school managed to raise a record total of $43,500, although the amount raised this year is still to be counted. Laura says because the school didn’t run its art auction this year, they
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APPLEBY SCHOOL FAIR: Hugh Wallis, 3, having a blast playing laser tag at the Appleby School Country Fair on Saturday afternoon. Photo: Jessie Johnston.
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