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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, September 23, 2021

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nder-fire Ashburton District Councillor Lynette Lovett says she has received “some very positive responses’’ to her controversial comments about unemployed youth.

Lovett came under attack over the weekend from members of the public up and down the country after she had described many young people as “entitled” and lacking staying power once they reached employment.

Her comments were in response to council’s report on the local economy, which highlighted about 1100 people aged between 16-24 were “disengaged from employment, education and training”, despite numerous open vacancies reported throughout the district.

Councillor Lovett said improving their work ethic was required and that some in the farming industry were “only there for a week because they go out booz-

ing midweek and then want time off’’.

The Guardian asked Lovett to respond to those views and to give them more context by painting a picture of her own life challenges, work ethic and genuine support of young people that did not come through in her comments.

Lovett responded with a written statement. That statement, and a response from Guardian editor Daryl Holden, follows.

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ince the council meeting last Wednesday (September 15), I have received a lot of support and positive feedback in respect of my comments.

I regret that my comments were generalised to reflect all youth when, in fact, I was referring to the recent Household Labour Force Survey from Statistics New Zealand, and the 1100 young people aged between 16-24 years of age, who are disengaged from employment, education, and training in the district.

As a council representative on the Ashburton Youth Council for four years now, I have had the opportunity to see first-hand what well-supported youth can achieve, and I wish that same level of enthusiasm, and motivation, and success to all our youth in the district, in whatever areas of interest they might pursue.

As an employer of youth over the harvesting season for the past 30 years, it has been a privilege to observe the work skills and personal development of these young people.

I believe we each have a responsibility to contribute to our youth’s development where we can, and some organisations have the potential for a greater positive impact to get them work ready.

Guardian editor Daryl Holden

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he Ashburton community should appreciate that councillor Lynette Lovett has fronted up and clarified her “entitled youth’’ comments, which came in for justifiable criticism from many in Mid Canterbury and right across New Zealand. Collective comments on multiple news media sites – and very few in support of Lovett – would probably have numbered close to 1000, such was the polarising views and the manner in which they were delivered on a live stream Ashburton District Council (ADC) meeting.

It was encouraging to read in the follow-up statement about Lovett’s regret. Unfortunately, it was only partial remorse. Lovett’s only stated regret was that her comments were reported as being a general view of all unemployed youth in the 16 to 24-year-old sector. Lovett said her comments were actually referring to the 1100 young people identified in the recent labour force survey. Nowhere does her statement say that she regretted using those comments to have a crack at that labour force survey group. That stance remains disappointing.

For all that, Lovett clearly has youth as a focus point and for that she should be applauded. Not only has she employed young workers on her farm over many years but, as she rightly pointed out, she has also been a council representative on the Ashburton Youth Council for the past four years.

That committee, for those aged 12 to 24, has been set up to drive youth activities and address issues facing young people in the district. One of those issues may well be to work out how they could get ADC elected members to be more self-aware about what to say and how to say it, especially when it concerns unemployed, unmotivated and, perhaps, our most vulnerable young people.

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The show will go on The community is keen to return to an Ashburton A&P Show, last held in 2019, if alert levels allow.

Ashburton show October 29-30

Jonathan Leask Peter Stewart doesn’t want to be the first Ashburton A&P Show president not to run a show.

Twelve months after making the difficult decision to cancel the 2020 show, the Ashburton A&P Show Committee met on Monday and is resolved to run their full show on October 29-30.

That means Stewart will avoid an unwanted achievement.

“I don’t want to be the only president in the A&P Association that has never hosted a show,” Stewart said.

“Everybody is keen to have a show, entries are up, so hopefully we will go ahead.”

Last year the show committee made the difficult decision to cancel for the first time since World War Two, when the showgrounds were used as an army camp, that the show hasn’t been held.

With the gift of hindsight, Stewart said the early decision to cancel in September may have been made too early, as by the time show day rolled round New Zealand’s alert level had been reduced to Level 1.

Ashburton was one of several

Under Level 2 restrictions: Sections and classes segregated into bubbles No trade sites, sideshows or stalls Limited public entry Under Level 1 restrictions: Show in full as normal Entries close October 8 spring shows to cancel, but managed to run an abridged show featuring several sections under level 1 restrictions.

With lessons learned from last year, the plans are now in place for the show to go ahead and run as much of the show programme as possible.

All going to plan the South Island will go down to Level 1 on October 4 allowing the show to go on in full.

The contingency plan is that the show can run in Level 2 in a segregated bubble system, Stewart said.

“We’ll have all the disciplines in their own bubbles and competitions running, there just won’t be any trade sites, sideshows or

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Ashburton A&P Show president Peter Stewart and administrator Lucille Brown go over the contingency plans for the show if it is to be run under Alert Level 2 restrictions next month. those types of displays.”

There is also the potential for some limited public entry to some sections of the show.

Whether its under Level 1 or 2 restrictions, he said October 18 will be the final decision day for the association.

“That gives the site holders some certainty as to what is happening and gives them a window of 10 days to get their sites and

displays ready, if they can go ahead.”

Administrator Lucille Brown said running the show under Level 2 “is going to be a lot more work,” but worth it to put a show on.

“We’ll make it work and do it for the community and the competitors,” Brown said.

Since the announcement was made on Tuesday, Brown said she

has been inundated with entries and queries about trade sites and stalls.

They have extended the entry deadline to October 8 and other than showjumping, no late entries will be accepted.

If the alert levels were to escalate above Level 2 by October 18, Brown said it would force another cancellation and entry fees will be refunded in full.

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, September 23, 2021

Bookarama boxing in full swing Malcolm Hopwood With just under a month to go Ashburton Rotarians have packed 1200 boxes full of books for the annual Bookarama.

Every day during the week, a dozen Rotarians spend their mornings in a produce shed at the Ashburton A&P Showgrounds sorting books that had arrived overnight from collection boxes located around Ashburton and Methven.

Last year they sorted and categorised 20,000 books for the annual event at the Ashburton Sports Hall on Tancred Street and this year they’re hoping for a similar amount.

Organiser, David Mead, is encouraging people to search their garages and bookshelves for books they no longer require and drop them into the boxes around town.

“We’d be keen to receive anything and everything,” he said.

Bookarama is Ashburton Rotary’s biggest fundraising event for the year and will run from October 18-23.

In 2021, they raised $67,000 for several local charities.

Ashburton Rotary’s David Mead and Peter O’Leary sorting out a box of sporting titles ahead of the annual Bookarama sale next month.

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‘In good condition’ – Road report under microscope Adam Burns

Ashburton District Mayor Neil Brown and councillors divulged the contents of NZTA’s audit report in chambers yesterday.

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The integrity of a report into Ashburton’s reviled roads have been brought into question by councillors after the network was found to be in good nick.

The Ashburton District Council revealed details of Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency’s (NZTA) technical audit, claiming the roads in the district were “well-managed and generally in good condition” despite an admission that the network was deteriorating.

The standard of roadside drainage in some rural areas were recorded to be the biggest obstacle facing the network, the report said.

Council’s roading staff was grilled at yesterday’s audit and risk

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committee meeting with some councillors blasting NZTA. Urban councillor John Falloon suggested there was a conflict of interest due to NZTA being both the monitor and part-funder of the network.

Councillor Stuart Wilson believed NZTA was exploiting the Ashburton district around maintenance expenditure which was “higher than the national average”.

“If other districts can get up to $11,000 per kilometre,” he said.

“NZTA are taking us for suckers.”

Council roading manager Brian Fauth highlighted that the Ashburton district was the fifth best performing network out of 72 councils, based off data around annual road deaths and other risk analysis.

NZTA approved about $46 million earlier this month leaving council with a $5 million shortfall after its low cost low risk programme was cut back.

Fauth, in response to questions

from Ashburton mayor Neil Brown around the risk of rural intersections, suggested that it was a “behavioural thing not a road thing”.

The report findings have been largely ridiculed online by residents, amid ongoing complaints on the condition of the 2600km network, fuelled by hundreds of reported potholes littered throughout the district.

Potholes were mentioned only twice in the 36-page document.

Councillor Lynette Lovett said more pressure needed to be applied on the government around road funding.

Council chief executive Hamish Riach candidly suggested that council may have reached a funding cul-de-sac due to central gove r n m e n t ’s lack of money in the bank.

“There is no money to make it any different.”

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Auckland is at Alert Level 3

The rest of NZ remains at Alert Level 2 New Zealand continues to make significant gains in the fight against COVID-19.

This has resulted in Auckland moving to Alert Level 3.

It’s great to enjoy this progress, but it’s important to remember the rules. At Alert Level 2, indoor and outdoor gatherings can now be enjoyed by up to 100 people.

What you need to do at Alert Level 2: Get vaccinated Everyone in New Zealand aged 12 and over is eligible to get their free vaccine. It’s your time, Aotearoa, so go to BookMyVaccine.nz or call 0800 28 29 26 to book.

Gatherings All indoor and outdoor social gatherings, including weddings, civil union ceremonies, birthdays, funerals and tangihanga, can now take place with up to 100 people.

Wear a face covering There are new face covering rules at Alert Level 2.

Anyone aged 12 and over must now wear a face covering when: • In shops.

• On public transport (including stations and stops).

• At indoor public facilities like museums and libraries.

• In ride-share vehicles or taxis.

Face coverings are also required by most staff at close contact businesses (like barbers and hairdressers), retail businesses and in public facing hospitality roles.

Check the full list of places face coverings are required at Covid19.govt.nz

Scan in Remember to scan QR codes and turn on Bluetooth tracing. This ensures you are alerted if you come in contact with a positive COVID-19 case.

Businesses also provide alternative ways to manually sign in and record a visit.

NZ COVID TRACER APP

Give each other space Keep 2-metres from others.

Workplaces and schools Businesses, schools, early learning services and tertiary education providers are now all open with additional health measures in place. Alternative ways of working are still encouraged.

Stay home if you are sick Call Healthline on 0800 358 5453 or your GP to get advice about a COVID-19 test.

Wash and sanitise your hands Keep up healthy habits.

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, September 23, 2021

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New rating valuations for Ashburton District Ashburton District property owners will soon receive a Notice of Rating Valuation in the post with an updated rating value for their property.

The new rating valuations have been prepared for 15,764 properties on behalf of the Ashburton District Council by Quotable Value (QV). They show the total rateable value for the district is now $20,494,086,450 with the land value of those properties now valued at $13,742,687,650.

Rating valuations are usually carried out on all New Zealand properties every three years to help local councils set rates for the following three-year period. They reflect the likely selling price of a property at the effective revaluation date, which was 1 July 2021, and do not include chattels.

The value of residential housing within the Ashburton District has increased by an average of 25.5% since 2018 with the average house value now sitting at $486,000, while the corresponding average land value increased by 33% to an average of $200,500.

QV area manager Kris Rodgers said the demand for residential housing had been buoyant across the region, with most townships in the district seeing increases of between 21-30% overall.

“We have seen significant value lifts across the entire residential market since our last rating revaluation back in 2018 with values still rising strongly.

“Lower value properties have seen the most competition from buyers, resulting in the greatest value increases. Demand from buyers coming from outside the region

Hakatere display stays

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Residential Dwelling Value Change

The exhibit, which features photographs and life stories of families living in the Ashburton District, was to have finished on 17 September but will now run to Sunday 10 October and museum staff hope more people will take the chance to view it.

Visitors to the museum are still welcome in Alert Level 2. Masks and scan/sign in required.

The Hakatere exhibition is modelled on a book by the same name initiated by Council’s Welcoming Communities; it features a video, photos and stories of people who have grown up here or moved from other parts of the world.

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has also helped fuel the local residential property market.”

Meanwhile, commercial property values have increased by 12% and property values in the industrial sector have increased by 13% since the district’s last rating valuation in 2018. Commercial and industrial land values have also increased by 4.4% and 8.3% respectively.

“While there has been demand from buyers for good quality properties with favourable leases in place, this has been offset to some degree by online competition for retailers and the start of a post lockdown trend for more people to work from home,” Mr Rodgers said.

“We have seen steady value increases for industrial properties and a limited supply

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of industrial land within the region has seen a boost in land values” Since 2018, the average capital value of an improved lifestyle property has increased by 16% to $790,000, while the corresponding land value for a lifestyle property increased by 20.3% to $417,500.

“Lifestyle properties typically align in value with high-end residential properties and this segment of the market has been strong. A smaller market and less demand has meant there has not been quite the same increase in the land values as seen in the residential market,” Mr Rodgers added.

He said there had been good activity and value growth for dairy, arable and pastoral properties over the past 8-10 months.

“Uncertainties around environmental

issues and availability of capital that had restrained this market in the 18-24 months previous have abated somewhat with lending policy loosened and farmers learning to live and adapt to the environmental restrictions imposed upon them.”

Value levels are still just below that of 2018 on most dairy and arable farms with values for those sectors having decreased 4% on average. Pastoral properties on average have seen a 2% increase from 2021 value levels, with the majority of growth experienced in the foot hills and high country.

Mr Rodgers said it was helpful to remember the effective rating revaluation date of 1 July 2021 had passed and any changes in the market since then will not be included in the new rating valuations.

This means in many cases a sale price achieved in the market today may be different to the new rating valuation set as at 1 July 2021 and that rating valuations are not designed to be used as market valuations for raising finance with banks or as insurance valuations.

The updated rating valuations are independently audited by the Office of the Valuer General and need to meet rigorous quality standards before the new rating valuations are certified.

New rating values will be posted to property owners after 29 September 2021.

If owners do not agree with their rating valuation, they have a right to object through the objection process before 4 November 2021.

Hamish Riach - Chief Executive

Valuations, roads and a drop-in vaccination The new rating valuations for our district are now online and will be of interest to many homeowners.

The popular Hakatere: Home & Heritage exhibition at Ashburton Museum will be extended into the October school holidays.

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The demand for residential housing was strong before covid and continues even now, judging by the number of consents Council staff are processing.

Rating valuations happen every three years and help us allocate to individual properties the overall rates set by Council across the community for the following three-year period; they reflect the likely selling price.

Property owners will be sent letters next week of their new rating valuations by Quotable Value though the information is already online. You can see the information on Council’s website, under property information.

The new valuations will be used to allocate rates to individual properties from July 2022. If you don’t agree, you can object and there is a process for that. Sometimes work that doesn’t require a building consent – such as a

deck, landscaping or a new kitchen has been completed on a property but is not reflected in a valuation.

When Quotable Value carries out a rating revalution, it uses a team of local property experts to do a mass appraisal factoring in the recent sale of similar properties and establishes a market trend that can be applied to other properties.

Following that, the rating values are independently audited by the Office of the Valuer General and rigorous quality standards must be met.

The new valuations reflect what we have seen in the property market here, demand is buoyant across the district and most townships saw increases between 21 and 30 per cent.

Another big piece of work that has come across my desk this week is the technical roading audit by Waka Kotahi NZTA. It is pleasing to see our roading network was assessed as well-

managed and generally in good condition. We know we can always do better, of course, and there are issues like potholes (urban and rural) and roadside drainage in some rural areas.

The enemy of any road is water, and we are doing our best with what is one of the larger roading networks in the country, with 2614km of sealed and unsealed roads – 92 per cent in rural areas.

Lastly, please take the opportunity to have your free covid vaccination. There are several clinics operating around Ashburton with spare bookings in the next few weeks, and a drop-in clinic will operate at Hinds, from the Southern Rugby Club, on Tuesday 28 September from 11 am until 3 pm. ashburtondc.govt.nz

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, September 23, 2021

Wind strap district rollout resumes Contractors working for Ashburton District Council will resume putting wind straps on wheelie bins next week, with Methven up first on Monday 27 September.

Parts of Ashburton, Rakaia and other townships had wind straps fitted earlier this year and now the remaining parts of the district will be targeted over a twoweek period, starting next Monday 27 September.

The wind straps are attached to both yellow recycling wheelie bins and red rubbish wheelie bins and people can clip the lids shut when they roll their bins to the kerb on windy days.

The straps are specially designed to be undone as the bin is picked up and emptied by the collection trucks, ensuring efficient collection. A trial of the straps

showed they were 95 per cent effective at keeping lids shut on windy days, even when the bin was blown over. Council’s collection contractor, EnviroWaste, had also reported the straps worked well since they had been rolled out.

Infrastructure Services Group Manager Neil McCann said that in the two-week period starting Monday 27 September, people will need to put both yellow and red bins out on their usual recycling day, whether they needed emptying or not.

EnviroWaste contractors will be working on the streets, attaching straps or checking bins had straps installed.

"Doing these straps on recycling day is the best way to get as many bins as possible, and after Methven on 27 September they will move to Ashburton on 28 September.

"The straps certainly make a difference.

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Residents can also rest easy on collection day knowing their rubbish and recycling will make it to the truck, instead of blowing down the street when there’s a good nor’wester.”

ShakeOut 2021: Be earthquake ready Schools, businesses, families and individuals in the Ashburton District are among thousands around the country preparing for New Zealand ShakeOut 2021, our national earthquake drill on Thursday 28 October.

The drill, which will happen at 9.30am that day, is so people can practise Drop, Cover and Hold.

This is something you should ideally do twice a year and you can prepare in advance by identifying a safe space, like under a strong table or next to an interior wall, to take refuge in a quake. Being prepared and having supplies on hand for several days is also part of advance planning.

Drop, Cover and Hold stops you being knocked over, makes you a smaller target for flying and falling objects and protects your head, neck and vital organs.

If you are driving when an earthquake happens, pull over to a clear location, stop and stay there with your seatbelt fastened until the shaking stops. If you are in bed, stay there.

Earthquakes are in the top five emergency risks for Ashburton District and while we can’t predict when earthquakes will occur, scientific research has shown that the South Island’s alpine fault has a regular history of producing large earthquakes.

Scientists say the next severe one is likely to occur within our lifetimes.

Ashburton District Council Strategy and Compliance Group Manager Jane Donaldson said Council had an important role in civil defence emergency management as part of a Canterbury and national response team.

“While Covid-19 is an event that has been drawing our attention lately, people need to be prepared for other sorts of emergencies. We have about 30 local businesses, schools, preschools and families or individuals signed up for the drill next month and we’d love to see others will take part too.”

Sign up for the ShakeOut at

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UPCOMING MEETINGS Meetings are held in the Council Chambers, 137 Havelock Street,

Extraordinary Council meeting, Wednesday 29 September, 9am. Grove St Park disposal submission hearings and deliberations (live-streamed) Council Agencies – 6 month reports, Wednesday 29 September, 1.30pm

PUBLIC NOTICES

We are accepting feedback until 5pm, Wednesday 6 October 2021.

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Ashburton District Council gives public notice of a road closure for the purpose of allowing the Ashburton Car Club to hold “Standing Quarter Mile Sprint” (with the exception of emergency vehicles) for the period indicated hereunder.

Road to be closed: WINSLOW WILLOWBY ROAD, from the Longbeach Road intersection to approximately 500 metres from the intersection of State Highway 1.

Period of Closure: From 9.00am until 5.00pm on Saturday, 02 October 2021.

This notice of closure is made under the Local Government Act 1974 - Schedule 10 (11 (e)). It will be an offence under the above regulations for any person otherwise than under authority of an authorised permit to use the roads / streets for ordinary vehicular traffic during the

period of closure.

NEIL McCANN Group Manager Infrastructure Services

VALUATION ROLLS

The Valuation Rolls for Ashburton District Council have been revised by Quotable Value Limited (as the Council’s valuation service provider).

The revised Rating Values are effective as at 1 July 2021 and the new notices of valuation will be posted to owners and ratepayers from 29 September 2021. The District Valuation Rolls will be open for public inspection, free of charge, during regular office hours, at the offices of: Ashburton District Council 5 Baring Square West, ASHBURTON 7700 The revised values can be viewed until 4 November 2021.

Objections to the revised valuations must be lodged, in writing or on line at www. ratingvalues.co.nz , no later than 4 November 2021.

Objection forms are available from Ashburton District Council or Quotable Value Limited and should be posted to: Quotable Value Ltd – Business Support Private Bag 39 818 Wellington Mail Centre LOWER HUTT 5045 More information about “Understanding your Rating Value” can be found at www.ratingvalues.co.nz

PAUL BRAKE Group Manager Business Support

COMMUNITY NOTICEBOARD

Draft Ashburton District Parking Strategy & Ashburton Town Centre Parking Management Plan

PUBLIC NOTICES

RUBBISH & RECYCLING The Ashburton Resource Recovery Park will be CLOSED on Monday 27 September for upgrades to the power supply.

Neil McCann Infrastructure Services Group Manager

GRAZING TENDER

The Ashburton District Council, on behalf of the Rakaia Reserve Board, seeks tenders to graze the land described below: Michael Street, Rakaia - Area 2.0234 ha approximately - Legal Description: RES 2986 RAKAIA TSHIP-RECREATION RES A five (5) year grazing licence is proposed which a commencement of TBA. Tenderers may tender by completing the appropriate tender documentation which may be obtained from Council’s Customer Services Department at 5 Baring Square West, Ashburton, by phoning Council on 03 307 7700 or by e-mailing info@adc.govt.nz Tenders are to be enclosed in an envelope enfaced “Rakaia Reserve Board Licence to Occupy” and are to be either delivered or posted to reach Council by closing time of 4pm, Friday 22 October 2021.

Tenders for the sections close with: The Chief Executive Officer, Ashburton District Council, PO BOX 94, ASHBURTON 7700.

Highest or any tender not necessarily accepted.

Officer for enquiries – Ann Smith, Property Officer - 03 308 7742

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, September 23, 2021

Just wasting her time Bin recycling woes continue for local woman Maddison Gourlay An Ashburton woman is angry that her allegations about a wheelie bin worker throwing a broken coffee mug onto her lawn have been dismissed by the council.

The incident happened last month when, according to Carla Nelson, the mug was thrown on to her front lawn by a recycling contractor because it had accidentally been placed in the wrong wheelie bin.

The incident was also witnessed

by Nelson’s daughter, who vented her anger at the recycling woman’s actions.

Now, as part of Nelson’s ongoing wheelie bin worries, a senior Ashburton District Council (ADC) manager has rejected the allegation as part of a written response to the Guardian about recycling questions.

Infrastructure group services manager, Neil McCann, said the contracted waste collection personnel “deny the allegations made that a broken mug was thrown in their lawn’’.

That has infuriated Nelson, especially because no-one from the council had officially sought her side of the story.

“I am beyond frustrated. I am furious,” she said.

“I witnessed her doing it from

Waste woes: Carla Nelson’s recycling bin issues are continuing but the council is standing by their response and processes.

PHOTO MADDISON GOURLAY 210921-MG-001 inside my house. I witnessed it with my own eyes, so I know the truth, that she did throw the broken mug back on the lawn.”

Nelson phoned the council to complain last month, but she felt their response had put the blame back on her for poor recycling.

She also received a letter from the council’s operations and services officer, Justin Bloom-

field, who wrote that Nelson had breached the solid waste bylaw and misuse of kerbside collection requirements.

“It feels like they are just adding rules when they feel like it,’’ Nelson said.

Nelson’s wheelie bin woes continued last week and she was certainly not without some blame, as innocent as it may be.

Last Tuesday, the same recycling contractor from the coffee mug incident placed a templated Bin it Right council correct usage letter in her mailbox.

Nelson incorrectly had a tetra product, believed to be a plastic wrapped Up & Go energy drink packet in her yellow wheelie bin, which was then not emptied by the council’s waste team.

Nelson was convinced she was being targeted because of the coffee mug incident and that she had received no warnings for incorrect usage.

“They are making it up as they go along and I really do think it’s because I called them out last time,” she said.

McCann, though, backed the council’s recycling process, explaining that to improve its service the ADC had introduced a three-strike recycling rule for residents last year.

“After three warning notices, (the) council will remove the yellow bin if inappropriate material continues to be discarded in the recycling bin after being contacted and/or advised of reasons for not collecting material.’’

He said a council contractor would perform wheelie bin manual checks as part of the monitoring process and provide educational resources detailing what items belonged in either the rubbish or recycling bin.

“While (the) council regrets that any member of the public reports feeling targeted and harassed by (the) council, our compliance monitoring activities are intended to educate and help district residents become more aware of proper recycling behaviour,’’ McCann said.

“It’s important to note that (the) council’s enforcement and education programme have improved the district’s overall recycling and residents are generally pleased with the information we provide.’’

Housing demand keeps market hot Ashburton District housing market

Jonathan Leask The median house price in Ashburton is up 12 per cent on the same time last year according to the latest data from the Real Estate Institute of New Zealand (REINZ).

The median price in August was $440,000, up from $391,500 12 months ago, however, it was slightly down from the July mark of $458,000.

Sales volume remained consistent, with 52 homes sold in August compared to 55 in August last year – and followed 50 sales in July.

Regionally the median house price in Canterbury reached a new record of $619,000 in August, up 24.3 per cent from in August 2020 ($498,000) caused by demand outstripping supply.

“Canterbury is experiencing a low level of stock down 49.6 per cent annually,” REINZ chief executive Jen Baird said.

“These low levels of stock have meant that competition has remained high for available properties, and these are selling quick.”

Harcourts Ashburton owner,

Median Price August 2021: $440,000 July 2021: $458,000 August 2020: $391,500 Sales volume August 2021: 52 July 2021: 50 August 2020: 55

The Ashburton median house price is up 12 per cent on last year and according to Harcourts Ashburton owner Tammy McDougall (inset), the market is experiencing strong demand from buyers.

Tammy McDougall, said in the Ashburton District demand from buyers is still high “and there aren’t enough properties coming onto the market to keep up”.

“Online enquiries on our listings have noticeably increased.

“There are still a huge number of buyers coming from other main centres who are planning to

move to Ashburton. We are also getting enquiry from overseas buyers planning to move back to New Zealand.”

Listings were starting to increase heading into spring, but the lockdown slowed things down with REINZ reporting new listings are down 35.5 per cent when compared to August last

year in Canterbury.

Auctions continued online throughout the lockdown and August saw Canterbury sell 28.0 per cent of properties by auction, up from 13.8 per cent the year prior.

McDougall said they are selling the majority their properties via auction and it was now the preferred method of sale due to it

“being an honest and open process, where buyers have access to property information up front, and can bid in good faith being able to see who they are bidding against, at what price and make an informed decision whether to purchase”.

Nationally, the median house price for New Zealand excluding Auckland increased by 22.8 per cent from $570,000 in August last year to a new record of $700,000 in August 2021.

Including Auckland it was a record of $850,000 after the super city hit a record median of $1,200,000 – up 26.4 per cent from $949,500 in August 2020.

Check out this week’s Guardian Property liftout

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, September 23, 2021

John Hall’s 60-year-old Massey combine harvester is one of several which will harvest the wheat Anthony Hampton sows spring wheat with the latest technology on his Lauriston farm last week. during the rally next April.

Farming efficiency has kept takeaways affordable Malcolm Hopwood If it wasn’t for modern machinery, the cost of a Big Mac with fries would be three times the price.

Committee member for the 2022 Wheat and Wheels Rally, John Hall, is emphasising the importance of farm machinery to the New Zealand economy.

He’s estimating about 1000 tractors, steam engines, farm machinery, fire engines and classic and vintage cars and trucks will assemble on Anthony Hampton’s Lauriston farm on April 2-3 next year to impress upon New Zealand the significance of farms and farm implements.

Hall, a member of the Mid Canterbury Vintage Machinery Club, is aware of how tractors, drills and harvesters have improved over the last 70 years and efficiencies farmers have made.

“New combines can harvest up to 100 tonnes of wheat in an hour,” he said “Older ones from the 1950s and ’60s, could harvest two to three tonnes.

“If we didn’t have modern ma-

chinery, the price of a Big Mac would increase threefold.”

To make his point, Hampton sowed seven hectares of spring wheat last week with a Swedish drill pulled by a Massey Ferguson tractor.

The same paddocks of wheat will be harvested at the Wheat and Wheels Rally by several 60-year-old Massey combine harvesters.

As well as pointing out the significance of farming to the economy, Hall said farming is the backbone of Mid Canterbury and the rallies, held every few years, remind people of the crucial part rural New Zealand plays.

But the rally and the range of activities planned over the two days isn’t devoted to the biggest and best.

It’s also an opportunity for farmers to display their vintage tractors and farm machinery.

Hall, a former crop farmer from South Canterbury, now has 13 vintage tractors on his lifestyle block just outside Ashburton.

When the last rally was held in 2016, hundreds of tractors, classic trucks, fire engines, harvesters, tractor trekkers, chainsaws, military vehicles and steam and stationary engines from throughout New Zealand were on display.

The oldest was an 1896 Fowler

John Hall holds aloft the illustrated book, published to celebrate the rally five years ago.

PHOTO MALCOLM HOPWOOD 210921-MH-03

steam engine.

Hall said the Wheat and Wheels Rally will celebrate 175 years of Massey farm machinery and he

anticipates hundreds of Massey tractors and implements will be dusted off and displayed.

“Massey was one of the dom-

inant players in Mid Canterbury over the decades and we owe a huge amount to the role it played,” he said.

Poor migrant treatment adds to labour woes Adam Burns Migrant families are said to be facing further drawbacks which is contributing to Mid Canterbury’s labour and employment troubles.

Ashburton community group Hakatere Multicultural Council says there needs to be greater understanding from the district’s community leaders around some of the issues facing disillusioned

Hakatere Multicultural Council chairman Selwyn Price PHOTO ADAM BURNS 220921-AB-6461

migrants who have been “poorly treated” in some instances.

Chairman and former district

councillor Selwyn Price said many employers were struggling to come to grips with key issues facing some of their overseas employees, who they had grown to rely on.

“They just haven’t been treated well,” he said.

“A lot of employers are not used to dealing with immigration issues, cultural issues, bringing employees from overseas.”

The group, who assist migrants and newcomers to the district, said the “ruthless” criteria implemented by Immigration NZ had added further adversity for both workers and farm owners.

“If a sharemilker employs an

overseas worker and they move from one farm to another, those workers have to re-apply for their visa and in that period they have to stand down,” he said.

“That becomes the issue for the employers and that just creates a lot of tension.”

The rural sector’s dependence on a migrant labour force had been exposed as a result of the borders being closed.

There are thousands of open vacancies reported in the agricultural sector throughout the Canterbury region, including about 2000 in the dairy industry alone.

A petiton from an Ashburton immigration advisor which had

gone to Parliament asking for the reintroduction of a South Island visa had received nearly 1000 signatures.

The request was in response to reports throughout the country of migrant workers being lured offshore due to speedier routes to residency in other countries.

See also letters to editor, P13

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TAURUS (Apr 20-May 20): You’ve automated certain parts of adulting. Today, do the same for temptation. With simple changes, the correct behaviour will also be automatic.

GEMINI (May 21-Jun 21): You treat all constraints as creative challenges. You come from a place of trying to make things work. Your attitude is beautiful, which will make all the difference.

CANCER (Jun 22-Jul 22): Minds can be changed, but not with facts. More information probably won’t sway beliefs that were established inside the context of a group who said, “People like us believe this...”

LEO (Jul 23-Aug 22): There are some around you who complain about having to show up to certain daily tasks. And maybe you’ll nod to appease them, but really you know that all the good stuff in your life is augmented by routine.

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If, after more consideration, you deem the idea worthy, then, over time, it will take on the mental steel and concrete it needs to be a full-blown pursuit.

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OUR VIEW

The holes in NZTA’s roading audit

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urely, they’re taking the mickey. And surely, in the words of umpire-slagging tennis super brat from the 1980s John McEnroe: “They cannot be serious.’’

The “they’’ are our friends at Waka Kotahi New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA), the organisation, which, among other things, provides funds for councils to maintain roading networks.

They also, it seems, conduct technical audits every three years on councils’ roading expenditure management and the state of their roads.

Now, this is where it gets really funny because NZTA’s latest audit on the Ashburton District’s roading situation says it’s well managed and generally in good condition.

If you can just sit up for a min-

Daryl Holden ute, and compose yourself from fits of laughter, please read on because, honestly, it gets better: The report generously admitted that our roading network condition and management needed some improvement, but general maintenance overall had “resulted in good ride quality on both sealed and unsealed roads’’.

Hello, were the report and data-gathering writers looking at the right roads?

Were they even in the right district? Were they even in the South Island?

Because everyone and anyone

in Ashburton understands that many of our roads are shite, to put it bluntly. They are riddled with potholes.

I only have to drive one minute beyond the central business district development to come across a couple of annoying potholes past the police station.

And they’re relatively small potholes, not the big, dangerous mamas we’ve had residents contact us about for weeks.

Many of the district’s roads, especially rurally, are simply in a sorry state after the devastating late May floods, with decades-plus roading legacy maintenance issues adding to the pain.

And yet the central government body, which our council has to go crawling over bitumen to beg for funding and assistance, thinks on the whole that

we’re doing okay.

Oh. My. God. Quite clearly, we’ve got some work to do to paint a true picture to NZTA about how serious the roading network issue is here.

Our council has already been knocked back by over $4 million in funding from them for the next three years and that’s despite the fact that Ashburton’s 2600km roading network is one of the biggest in the country.

So what should happen? Firstly, it’s true that you don’t want to risk upsetting the paymaster, and well-considered views and correspondence should be used, but there’s also a time where greater action and table thumping has to take place.

We’re now at that stage with NZTA. Without being slightly more forceful we will, dare I say it,

just keep hitting roadblocks. Or potholes, as the case may be.

And one more thing …

It is a poignant time for family and friends of Peg Noble and Susan Leigh Cleveland, who were shot dead in one of Ashburton’s darkest days in 2014.

From tomorrow, loved ones of Noble and Cleveland will be able to show their respect at a new memorial statue in Ashburton outside Community House Mid Canterbury.

The original statue, created after the horrific Winz office shootings, was vandalised by a couple of thugs in June.

Now a new and more robust memorial statue, with security camera protection, will take its place in what is an important moment for all the community.

TAKING ISSUE 13

Ashburton Guardian Thursday, September 23, 2021

Seventy-six per cent of the Ashburton District’s population have now engaged with the vaccination rollout programme.

Flood recovery, vaccinations Jo Luxton

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wanted to take this opportunity to also give an update on the flood recovery fund.

As you are aware, an additional $4 million flood recovery fund was announced in early July.

Grants are to help clear flood debris from farm paddocks, such as shingle, boulders, trees, and silt, enabling land to be brought back into production as quickly as possible.

The fund means that MPI will contribute up to half of the clean-up cost for uninsurable works.

It’s important to note that industry representative bodies (Beef + Lamb, DairyNZ, Feder-

local communities.

Sector groups and local mayors helped to select the panel members.

They’re local experts and community leaders who will help ensure a fair and equitable distribution of funds.

did not meet the criteria. Four have come back with additional information currently being considered by the panel.

Once grants are confirmed, these will be paid out after the work has been completed.

Now onto another important

local issue. I know Mid Cantabrians are excited to be back at Alert Level 2 (and for those new hospitality rule changes!) – but the job’s not done yet.

We all still need to play our part to stamp out Delta.

As we’ve seen with this outbreak, the Delta variant moves faster and is more infectious.

High vaccine uptake is part of our path to opening up confidently.

I’m proud that (as at September 17) 76 per cent of the Ashburton District’s population have now engaged with the vaccination rollout programme– meaning they’re either fully vaccinated, had one dose or are booked in to be vaccinated.

I myself have had my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and am booked in for my second dose soon.

I am getting vaccinated to protect our community, to pro-

in our district open, and often excel in our school system, yet when they reach tertiary education they are penalised by being treated as overseas students and charged at a rate many families simply cannot afford.

For young people whose parents are not permanent residents, it is impossible to undertake any work because they do not qualify for an IRD number, and accessing most health services is equally beyond the reach of many migrant families that do not have permanent residency.

Many do not access health ser-

vices out of fear it will negatively impact their visa applications.

The financial and psychological cost of the constant need to renew visas, and rapidly changing requirements of immigration rules, often send these families off-shore, and it is no surprise that many will be enticed by other countries, such as Canada and Australia, who offer more stability for migrant workers’ families.

Others become disillusioned, and regard the poor treatment they have received in our country as a step too far to pursue their dreams, and return to their

country of origin.

Hakatere Multicultural Council would like to work alongside Ashburton District Council in order to help them better understand the many issues facing migrants in our district, to encourage the implementation of measures that will improve their situation, and to advocate to central government to amend legislation that impedes their ability to become productive and respected members of our community.

Selwyn Price, chairperson, Hakatere Multicultural Council

ated Farmers and Deer Industry NZ) helped set the criteria for the fund focusing on greatest need, and how the funding could have the greatest impact.

Grant applications are being considered by an independent panel made up of people with knowledge of farming and our

At this stage, 82 farmers and growers have been offered a grant for clean-up costs.

About 50 applications are pending, with these either with the panel for assessment, or back with the applicant to provide further information.

Thirty-eight applications

50 applications are pending, “ About with these either with the panel for

assessment, or back with the applicant to provide further information.

tect those that I love.

I have some close family members that are vulnerable – I am doing it for them. What is your why?

There is no magic number of vaccinations that can define success. If everyone who can be vaccinated is vaccinated, you are potentially saving the life of someone who can’t be.

If you haven’t already been vaccinated, there are plenty of available appointments – please go to the Book my Vaccine website or call 0800-28-29-26 to book your spot now.

Letters to the editor

Jo Luxton is MP for Rangitata.

The views, opinions, positions or strategies expressed by the author and those providing comments are theirs alone, and do not necessarily reflect the views, opinions, positions or strategies of the Ashburton Guardian Co Ltd or any employee thereof

LETTERS Migrant treatment Much can be, and has been, commented on in response to the discussion around the district’s current economic situation by some Ashburton District councillors at their September 15, 2021 meeting.

Hakatere Multicultural Council wish to highlight additional impediments that young people whose parents are migrant workers face in accessing employment.

The children of migrant workers have kept many rural schools

We welcome your letters and emails, but: Ideally, no more than 200 words.

We reserve the right to edit or not publish Email: editor@ theguardian.co.nz

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Mid Canterbury’s horse and dog racing action

Cup meeting on the move The Methven Trotting Club has lost its race to repair the damage sustained to its track in the high winds earlier this month.

And so, at a committee meeting earlier this week, the decision was made to shift the club’s biggest meeting of the year, Methven Cup Day from the Mt Harding Racecourse venue.

The dangerous winds, which caused havoc across the wider Canterbury Plains, shifted a significant amount of topsoil from nearby paddocks, and also crusher dust from the track in-

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side the grass surface onto the eastern bend of the track.

Despite a considerable effort in the past week to try and remedy the action, it’s been determined that having the track in a state fitting of hosting a traditional lead-up race to the New Zealand Trotting Cup was going to be untenable, and thus a decision was made to relocate.

Methven had a number of options available for shifting the meeting, but felt that Orari was the most suitable venue given the grass track nature of the track

there and its close alignment with the Methven club.

The decision to race there was ultimately in the hands of Harness Racing New Zealand who are expected to make a final call on where at some stage this week.

It seems unlikely that they would force the shifting of the meeting to anywhere other than Orari, although it is understood that the Banks Peninsula Trotting Club have signalled their interest.

If there’s a silver lining in the decision for the club, it would

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appear as though the meeting will be held behind semi-closed doors anyway, with the unlikely possibility of the rest of New Zealand moving out of Alert Level 2 before the October date anyway.

There’s a reasonable level of confidence that the club may be able to return to its own track for the next meeting of the season – a twilight meeting on Friday, October 29.

If not then, the club’s following date is Green Mile Day, its second biggest day of the year, on Sunday, December 12.

Today at Winton Raceway

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The Methven Trotting Club, Cup Meeting, set down for Saturday, October 10 is to be relocated. This is due to significant damage caused to the track during the high winds earlier this month.

The club’s preferred choice of venue for the meeting is the Orari Racecourse near Geraldine, but the final determination of venue rests with Harness Racing New Zealand, whom the club has sought approval from.

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Track damage

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Matt Markham’s Addington Selections

Race 1: Deny Everything, Gliding Away, Glenthorne, Styx Sweetie Race 2: Crackasmile, Pampelonne, Amore Vita, Mitsi Gaynor Race 3: Simone Lindenny, Royal Del, Maui, Wanna Play With Me Race 4: Woodstone, Sods Law, One Over All, Escargo R10 DAKINS GROUP MBL TROT $12,500 2600m 21:29 Race 5: Somekindawonderful, Franco Niven, Yossi, Bettor 1 0X453 KD Hawk Bob Butt Believe It John Morrison 2 88583 Bella Button Race 6: Franco Indie, Swagger Man, Casino Action, Cya Doit 3 8X097 Bryan Boru John Dunn Race 7: Lancewood Louie, Life Of Art, Nikki Noto, Mr McLaren Michael House 4 20058 Prince Envy Race 8: Darling Me, Stylish Memphis, Plutonium Lady, Adieu Flirt 5 277P2 Tyene Blair Orange Race 9: Got You Covered, Cardinal Sin, Uncle Chan, GivemeGerard O’Reilly 6 31325 Listen Easy whatineed 7 0X530 Idle Stuartia Craig Thornley Race 10: Tyene, Idle Stuartia, KD Hawk, Zealous Spur 8 57449 Rachmaninov Trevor Grant Race 11: Terry’s Brother, Black Mach, Arabian Blue, Best Trio 9 P5550 Bright Glow Ian Cameron BEST BET: Crackasmile (Race 2) Matty Williamson VALUE: Got You Covered (Race 9) 10 41384 Zealous Spur

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Ashburton Guardian Thursday, September 23, 2021

Season comes to a close Matt Markham The Methven division two women’s hockey team lifted silverware on the weekend, without lifting a hockey stick.

The delayed end to play in the Watson Shield, the final piece of silverware for the season in the grade, was determined before Friday night’s final round had even begun, but a default in their final round match meant no play on the final week of the season.

It’s been a dominant season for

Top goal scorers Women’s Division One

Sam Dalziel (Wakanui) 11, Bridget Sheed (Methven) 9, Sarah Wilson (Wakanui) 8.

Men’s Division One

Scott Marshall (Wakanui B) 15, Tim Harford (Wakanui B) 13, Hayden Sinclair (Wakanui B), Jayden Etheridge (Wakanui W), Jeremy Moore (Wakanui B), Stephen Blain (Wakanui W) 7.

Women’s Division Two

Holly-Jayne Feutz (Wakanui B) 17, Nicole Marsh (Methven) 13, Gracie Trotter (Wakanui P) 8.

Men’s Division Two

Hayden Sturm (Hampstead Lowcliffe) 12, Robert Harris (Hampstead Lowcliffe) 7, Harsh Patel (Tinwald) 6).

Holly-Jayne Feutz finishes season with 17 goals the team, having also won the AWHA Competition Cup in the early stages of the season, scoring an impressive 48 goals and conceding just 13 across their 12 matches.

While they didn’t take to the court on Friday night, there was some gameplay.

Wakanui Black, who have led the chase behind Methven all season, were assured second place, but put the icing on the cake with a 3-1 win over Hampstead Tinwald in the final match.

Abbey Marshall showed she’s just as at home on a hockey turf as she is on the musical stage by scoring twice while the competition’s clear leading goal scorer, Holly-Jayne Feutz, grabbed Wakanui’s other.

Ella Shapland scored the only goal for Hampstead/Tinwald.

On Sunday the men’s division two competition wrapped up for the season, with Hampstead Lowcliffe taking out a top-of-thetable battle to beat Wakanui 2-1 in a gripping match to claim the Hyde Trophy.

The Combined team scored through Grant Wilson and Robert Harris to seal the win, while Jed Amos found the back of the net for Wakanui.

The other match of the final round was an all-Tinwald affair, with Tinwald Black emerging victorious 3-0 over club-mates Tinwald Orange.

Harsh Patel, Keiran McCall and Jason Vannini all scored for the Orange side, with their result enough to lift them to third posi-

Members of the Methven Hockey Club women’s division two side who claimed honours for the season.

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tion on the final standings.

Close to 500 goals have been scored across the four senior competitions this season, but one player has stood head and shoulders above the rest for most of the season when it comes to finding the back of the net.

Holly-Jayne Feutz finished the

season with an impressive 17 goals from her side’s 12 matches during the season – the highest tally of anyone across all four competitions.

Her efforts included two hattricks and four matches where she scored a brace.

Wakanui Black’s Scott Marshall

netted an impressive 15 for the season in the men’s division one competition to finished second overall in the unofficial golden stick column, while his teammate, Tim Harford bagged 13, the same amount as Methven’s Nicole Marsh in women’s division two.

Good luck to all of them.

That will do for now. Good golfing.

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CLUB NEWS Ashburton Bowling Club

I am very happy to report that Ashburton Bowling Club has successfully enjoyed its Opening Day which was on Saturday the 18th!

It is business as usual now, under the constraints of Level 2, but we are all hopeful of a drop to Level 1 before this week is out.

Fingers crossed!

Our season was started off on Friday 27th, not by Ashburton, but by MSA having their first “home” Friday Triples at the club. This is because, as has been previously explained, MSA are using our greens for their “home” matches whilst remedial work is being carried out at the MSA green. But we did play a significant part in the day as 1st place went to the Ashburton team of Murray Anderson, John Kewish and Raymond Suttie; Min Hill came 2nd as part of a composite team; and Ashburton’s team of Doug Kinvig, Des Prendergast, Peter Quinn came 3rd.

Well done gentlemen!

We were delighted to welcome our Mayor, Neil Brown, Mrs Brown and Councillor Cameron to our Opening Day’s proceedings, along with Tony Inwood, the Sub-Centre’s President and Murray Young from one of our main sponsors, Property Brokers. Tony Inwood bowled the first jack, and Mayor Brown bowled the first bowl. We had an enjoyable couple of matches, and we kept to certain protocols for playing under Level 2. But it was bitterly cold, and we were very glad to get inside!

We have 3 qualifiers from the Sub Centre triples on Sunday: Brentton Donaldson, Gavin Eder and Winston Lee. On this coming Tuesday 21st, we will be playing the Ashburton Ladies Drawn Triples at 9.30, and on Thursday 23rd we will play the Ladies Championship Triples at 9.30.

The first of our Saturday Combined Rollover Triples which start at 1.15 pm will be on the September 25.

Club days will be on Tuesday and Thursday at 1.15 pm.

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Brentton Donaldson skipped his side through to the next round of the sub centre triples on Sunday.

Have a wonderful season everyone, and very good bowling.

Ashburton Golf Club

Some cracking games last week in the club champs, a couple of shocks, one or two alltime firsts and some great quarter finals in store.

In the top half of the seniors, all the games went to seeding so Jeff now plays Terry and the Hopster fronts up to Dave Morrison. In the bottom half of the draw, we have a cracker with Blair and Owen facing off, and the round is finished off by Hamish and Peter Walker.

Some chalk and cheese games in the intermediates. Blair Snowball will be out for revenge over Brucey, Ron Carlson and Steve Mc will have a ding dong. Dave Fisher will try to put rising star Seb McMillan into the shade, and Old Arkright will be taking two shots to reach Sean’s drives, but he hopes that Sean will be taking 3 putts to his one.

Junior A, late ring-in Perry smashed his way through the first round and now takes on top seed Young Spud. Ram Clark and Kenny C will lock horns. Davey Hampton and AJ will have a good battle, then Jim

Mac and ever steady Terry will be hard to separate.

Junior B sees Jamie Stone take on Phil Kerr, Chris Scott play George Brown. Stu Dunlop and Alan White will be a great game and the round is finished off with Brian Fauth playing Don Mac. There is a couple of ever-present names missing from the Seniors. One club legend is in the plate for the first time in, well ever! Then one club stalwart missed the first-round cut. I only got told about this at the weekend, so I had to do some digging through the club records to find out when Mr G Sparrow last missed the Senior first round proper; turns out it was in 1944, but that was excused because he was away in Europe on the Western Front peeling spuds in the mess tent. I am sure these two lords of the greens, just like Arnie “will be back”.

Last Sunday saw the Patterson pennants finish with a whimper, both teams lost and now their seasons are over.

The Only Ashburton teams alive still in the semis are both of the scratch teams playing semi’s and hopefully finals on Sunday at the Brandon and Davo’s Redpath boys have their semi at Methven.

The end of level four was a welcome relief for members who had entered in the Natural History Competition.

This was one of the largest competitions for the year and we had to delay the results until we were all able to meet. Unfortunately, our judge was not able to attend, but we had a full meeting just looking at the entries.

Natural History Digital Acceptance: “Kotare” Annette Whyte, “Apis Mellifera” and “Xanthocnemis Zealandica” Bill Cabout, “Kāruhiruhi” and “Pūkohu” Cindy Lovett, “Passer Domesticus” Clarrie Brake, “Bald Eagle” Dale Abbott, “Variable Oystercatcher” David Oakley, “Bellbird” Gary McIntyre, “North American Brown Squirrel” Gaylene Smith, “Umbrella Fern” Gaynor Hurst, “Box Fungi” Jesse Oakley, “Cortinarius Ursus” and “Tui” Lester Hurst, “Weta” Megan Ellis, “Hector’S Dolphins (Cephalorhynchus Hectori)” Nicky Foden.

Natural History Digital Honours: “Platalea Regia” Bill Cabout, “Yellowhammer” Gary McIntyre, “Limestone Outcrop” Maria Chamberlain, “Gastropoda” Nel Davison.

Natural History Print Acceptance: “Bowdleria punctata” and “Larus novaehollandiae Mating” Bill Cabout, “Matuku moana” Cindy Lovett, “White Faced Heron” Gary McIntyre, “Foliosie Lichen” Gaylene Smith, “Monarch Butterfly” Jess Chamberlain, “Kea’s” and” North Island Kaka” Lester Hurst, “Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae (Tui)” and “Red Sea Anemones” Maria Chamberlain, “Danaus plexippus” Megan Ellis.

Natural History Print Honours: “Seaweed” Gaynor Hurst, “Juvenile South Island Robin” Lori Rusbatch. Top Natural History Image: “Tui” Malcolm Whyte.

Well done to everyone, this was a tough competition, and it is great to see more of our newer members names in the results above.

2021 Interprovincial – Canterbury v South Canterbury The day dawned with sun shining and temperatures moderate. However this didn’t last and by late morning a cold easterly had arrived to make things less pleasant. Despite this the 40 association croquet players competing had a very enjoyable day and some good croquet was seen.

And some bad.

Canterbury arrived bearing Basil the Ram, which they took home last season. The first round was fierce, and the lunchtime score was South Canterbury 112 Canterbury 111.

That set a few tails wagging and Canterbury pulled out all their best shots to be leading by 35 points at afternoon tea time. It was a deficit too big for South Canterbury to conquer and the end result was Canterbury 376. South Canterbury 333 enabling Basil the Ram to return to the Canterbury province until next year – when I think perhaps South Canterbury shouldn’t stop for lunch.

All in all, an excellent day and a great catchup with old friends and colleagues.

20 players from each province made it the biggest Interprovincial held for a number of years – here’s hoping that we can reach the same next year.

The lawns played well, and many compliments were given – and the odd complaint.

Mainly some of our rough corners – especially the sou west side of lawn 5. I would recommend that g.c. players perhaps start a little further up – I am not sure if that would help or not. But big thanks to Colin and his team – we are looking forward to a very good season.

Also, Janice Allen and her kitchen helpers – once again having contented players with excellent catering.

Dulcie Pierre was her usual outstanding best with the raffle making more money for our coffers. And Logan ably assisted

by Brax for dressing the lawns – a job well done. The teamwork at Waireka was very much appreciated. It certainly made my job a whole lot easier.

– Raylene Phillips.

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Season pathways revealed Matt Markham

Local derby to kick-start South Canterbury comp

There might be no Saturday afternoon senior cricket competition in Mid Canterbury, but it will feel like it when the South Canterbury competitions begin early next month.

Cricket, at a senior level, will begin for the new season on Saturday, October 9 and the competition will kick off with a local derby here in Ashburton when Tech Stags play newcomers, Allenton in an all-Mid Canterbury fixture.

The two sides make up a third of the teams competing for the Tweedy Cup – a 50-over competition which runs through until early in 2022, and the same sides will also square off in a T20 competition which is held in February.

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The Tweedy Cup consists of 15 rounds of pool play, with the first 11 rounds played prior to a Christmas break before a return on January 8 for the final four weeks before the finals.

Changes this year also include the T20 competition shifting to the end of the season, as opposed to slotting into the representative windows available while both Mid Canterbury and South Canterbury compete in the Hawke Cup. The first round of the shortened format is set down for Thursday, February 10 with again, Tech Stags and Allenton facing off in the first round, with the finals set to be held early in March.

It’s new ground for Allenton, who have stepped away from the Canterbury Country Cricket scene in search of a stronger, different style of cricket.

They were beaten finalists in last year’s Canterbury Country competition.

For Tech, there is unfinished business. They made it to the semi-finals of the South Canterbury competition last season, and showed that on their day they are more than capable of going far.

The implications of Covid have meant that the two local sides have endured interrupted preparations leading into the competition which is now just a fortnight away, and also meant that no pre-season matches have been organised either.

The South Canterbury Senior cricket competition will begin with an all-Mid Canterbury match between the Tech Stags and newcomers Allenton on October 9.

Last year’s Country Ashburton tennis squad (from left) Peter Leonard, Cameron McCracken, Jack Tiller, Sam Bubb, Ben Smith, Nathan McKenzie and Rhys Cromie.

Back to the well Matt Markham It’s back to business again this year for the Country Ashburton tennis team.

Fresh off their remarkable return to the Tennis Canterbury Division One interclub competition last year, where they finished runners-up, the side will be back in action on weekends again this season, looking to go one better.

Mid Canterbury Tennis head coach and centre manager, Jack Tiller confirmed that the side would be entered in the competition again this year when the draw is released in the coming weeks.

“Off the back of last season, where we went so close, there’s a lot of unfinished business there,” he said.

“So, the plan at this stage is to be back there with the same team again for this season and hopefully we can do the job.”

The results achieved by the side, who

lost to Cashmere in the final, was a huge boost in profile for outreaching clubs in the wider Canterbury area, showing that there is a pathway available for players to take on some of the best in the region.

Locally, the effort was seen as a huge result, considering the length of time that it had been since an Ashburton-based side competed in the Division One competition, and how well they performed against the biggest clubs in Canterbury.

“I think, when we look back it now, it was massive. For tennis in this district to be up there competing against the best of the best was a huge result and it opened a lot of people’s eyes to the level of tennis that you can actually compete at.”

The final make-up of the team for this year is yet to be confirmed, but Tiller expected many of the familiar faces from last season to be back in action for the side when the competition does begin.

It will sit alongside the local competitions here in Ashburton at the Ashburton Trust Tennis Centre with some matches played in Ashburton, although the majority will be held up in Christchurch.

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Thursday: Low cloud, with a few showers until evening, then becoming fine overnight. NE, turning NW evening.

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Thursday: North of Timaru: Low cloud, with a few showers until evening, then becoming fine overnight.

Elsewhere: Fine. Northeast breezes, turning northwest in the evening.

Friday: Mainly fine high cloud. Northwesterlies gradually turning northeasterly.

Saturday: Scattered rain developing in the morning, clearing later in the evening. Strong northerlies turning westerly by evening.

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Thursday Mountain weather hazard: Wind Chill.

North of Mount Cook: Scattered rain, clearing in the evening, then becoming fine overnight.

In the South: Fine.

Wind at 1000m: Light, then NW 40 km/h developing in the evening.

Wind at 2000m: Light, then W 40 km/h developing in the afternoon, rising to 60 km/h in the evening.

Freezing level: About 2800m.

Friday Mountain weather hazard: Wind.

Mainly fine.

Wind at 1000m: NW rising to severe gale 100 km/h in the morning, easing to gale 70 km/h for a time in the afternoon.

Wind at 2000m: NW rising to severe gale 100 km/h in the morning, easing to gale 75 km/h for a time in the afternoon.

Freezing level: 2000m lowering to 1700m for a time.

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TWAMLEY, Brent John (Twams) – On September 21, 2021, at Ashburton, aged 54 years. It is with great sadness that we have to say farewell to a much loved amazing friend, companion, and husband to Anita and loved Dad to Katie, and Rosie. Much loved son of Marg and the late Brian, and brother of Grant, Debbie, and Nicola. Loved son-in-law of Lynette and Allan Tweed, and brother-inlaw to Jo, and Tweedie. A loved uncle of all his nieces and nephews and loved “Uncle Bingley” to his extended family. Messages to the Twamley family c/- PO Box 472, Ashburton 7740. ”We have so many loving memories of a mischievous, fun loving Twams” A private service will be held.

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