ISSUE 1,085 - FRIDAY 12TH MAY 2023

Coronation celebrations were happening all around the world last weekend, including various activities in the Malvern area. It was great to see the Hororata community spirit alive and kicking on Saturday, May 6th. Three ladies, Sharon Huck, Sheena Broughton and Aimee

Theobald brought their idea of having a community event that was low key and would bring people together alive. So, the ‘Hororata Coronation Community Picnic’ was organised with the emphasis on ‘getting to know your neighbourhood’. The picnic was held at Hororata Domain on the day of King Charles III's Coronation.

The event was a great success, with people from around the community coming together, sharing afternoon high tea and getting to know each other. Special thanks goes to Sam Adkins , from Sammy’s Rust and Custom for bringing the fantastic Noddy Train and Alice Wright, from Cheap Bouncy Castle Hire Canterbury, for the super fun bouncy castle, both donating their time and equipment for all the kids, young and old to enjoy. One of the royal corgis turned up bearing scones, jam and cream, and we must thank Sarah Barrett from Hororata Cafe and Bar for allowing the corgi to attend.

Selwyn District Council have donated a tree to be planted at a later date and a plaque to commemorate the Coronation. It was agreed that everyone had a

‘jolly good time’. Watch this space for the tree planting ceremony details.

Aimee Theobald, Co- organiser.

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AuntyLyn,alongwiththe residentsfromWestmar celebratedtheKing’sCoronation lastSaturdaywitha weeget-together andsomesparkling grapejuice.

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FELTME SLIPPERS

Wool is one of the world's oldest, most sustainable and renewable fibres in the world. With New Zealand having proudly produced wool for many generations and herself being a sheep farmer, Nicolle Hughes was frustrated with the limited choices of wool slippers and products. Feltme was started after Nicolle began researching and procuring beautiful wool slippers. Feltme Slippers are 100% Handmade Merino Wool Slippers that come in a range of twelve colours and unisex sizes, making them a perfect pair for all people.

Nicolle, alongside her husband Kyle and their three children, Fraser (9), Hadley (7) and Cate (5) farm sheep and beef just outside of Glentunnel. Wool is now sadly no longer a viable income stream for them and most other farmers. This has made many farmers and producers look at other ways to utilise wool and try to reinvigorate the passion for using this amazing fibre.

“I love wool, and it's such a shame that we don't use it more in our everyday lives like in the past. It would be great to see people fall in love with wool again and enjoy its amazing benefits,” commented Nicolle.

The wool for the slippers is currently purchased on the international market, felted in one of the oldest factories in Germany and finally lovingly handmade in Slovenia. Feltme Slippers mold to your feet, have a nonslip natural leather sole, non-odorous and temperature regulating, they are proving very popular with customers. The fun

bright colour range is a nice change from the perceived view of wool is boring.

With new products being designed, Nicolle is looking forward to expanding the range and continuing to promote wool. The whole range of slippers will be available to view and purchase at the upcoming Hororata Glow Festival, stall #54 or check out www.feltme.co.nz

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GARDEN CLUB CELEBRATES

The Sheffield Garden Club recently celebrated its 70th Jubilee in fine style with a beautifully executed high afternoon tea. The tables were suitably adorned with white linen, delicate floral china, silverware, floral centrepieces, and tiered cake plates with a delicious assortment of sweet delights and savoury bites. The result was a picture of elegance and a fun afternoon of friendship and sharing of memories. Past president Peter Williams offered toasts to absent friends and to the Coronation of King Charles with wine donated by Sherwood Estate Wines. Patrons Frances Smith and Judith EarlWilliams cut the celebratory cake, made and donated by Rosie George. Guest speaker Louise Deans talked about early tree planting in the Malvern district which was followed by afternoon tea, where guests were served tea or coffee by table hosts and hostesses. The day wound up with reminisces of the early days of the Club from long serving members; Judith Earl-Williams, Frances Smith, Janet Cullen and Margaret

Holliday. Guests could also participate in formal photo sessions or a fun game of flowerpot toss.

Sheffield Garden Club President Fi Maddison said, “The afternoon was a delightful way to acknowledge the Club’s

lengthy presence and dedication to gardening in the area. The Club looks forward to the future and welcomes new members to their meetings held on the first Tuesday of the month at 1.30pm at St Ambrose Church Hall, Sheffield.

LET’S GLOW CRAZY

The fourth Hororata Glow Festival is being held on Saturday, May 13th, at the Hororata Domain.

This community led event is sold out with 11,000 people booked to attend. This is the only festival of its kind in the South Island.

Hot air balloons are travelling from all around New Zealand and Buster the Bulldog balloon has landed from the UK! In days leading up to the event ten visiting balloonists will take to the skies with Ballooning Canterbury. They will then be the main attraction in the centre of the Hororata Glow Festival as they perform a choreographed ‘Night Glow’.

While the hot air balloons are the centre attraction the magical festival surrounding their performance is set to wow the young and young at heart. Glowing performers are practicing, University of Canterbury are preparing their interactive science

demonstrations, Capitol City and Bad Revivals bands are polishing their set lists, stalls holders are busy organising their products and one hundred and thirty volunteers are busy setting up to welcome everyone to our community!

This is a community run event staged by the Hororata Community Trust in association with Ballooning Canterbury.

“The Hororata Glow Festival is

put on by our community, to benefit our community. The support has been amazing and humbling, people have really got behind us. We were blown away to be sold out a week before the event. It is exciting to be able to host such a unique event in Hororata, this is like nothing else. We can’t wait to glow with everyone,” said Hororata Community Trust Executive Officer Cindy Driscoll .

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CHECK THE RULES

The most important rule to remember when burning outdoors is that if your property is under two hectares (20,000 square metres), you can’t burn outdoors, even if you live in a rural area.

If your property is over two hectares, you can burn dry waste material from your property and a neighbour's property, but smoke must not cause a nuisance beyond your property boundary or be blown towards a township. If you live in a Clean Air Zone, you may only burn between 1st September and 30th April.

Before lighting any fires, visit checkitsalright.nz to find out whether your area is in an open, restricted or prohibited fire season and what you should do to keep yourself and others safe. No matter how large your property is, you must not burn rubbish. Burning rubbish causes toxic chemicals to be released into the air and creates a health hazard as well as a nuisance for you and your neighbours.

Materials that must not be burned in Canterbury include:

• plastic

• metals

• batteries

• painted or treated wood

• rubber

• coated wire

• oil

• chemicals

• tar and bitumen

• materials containing asbestos

• containers that have stored hazardous materials. Plastic and wood can be disposed of with general rubbish, but batteries, paint and hazardous materials need to be taken to a transfer station.

Visit your local council's website to find out how to sort your waste and the location of your nearest transfer stations. Around this time of year, ECan receive many complaints about outdoor burning. Callers describe how they have to stay indoors to escape the 'putrid', 'toxic' or 'chemical-smelling' smoke. Some people experience watery eyes, itchy throats and asthma

symptoms because of the smoke, while others are annoyed that their washing smells smoky or that their backyard gets covered with ash.

To avoid complaints from your neighbours or a visit from one of ECan’s incident response officers, get familiar with the outdoor burning rules and consider alternatives to burning.

Consider smoke-free alternatives for dealing with your green waste. Garden waste can go in the green bin or the compost. Grass clippings and leaves can also be used as mulch in the garden.

Whether you prefer a barbecue, pizza oven, hāngī or umu, you can cook outdoors as long as the smoke is not offensive or objectionable beyond your property boundary.

If smoke from outdoor burning is causing a nuisance for you, call ECan on 0800 765 588 (24 hours) or use the Snap Send Solve app to report an issue from your mobile phone.

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NICOLA GRIGG - OPINION PIECE

It’s been a busy few weeks in and around Selwyn. Parliament has been in recess so I've been able to spend more time in the electorate than usual - this means I've been able to hold eight coffee meetings at cafes around the district, host a pub politics night in Dunsandel, attended four Anzac Day services, speak to the Rolleston Central Probus group, collect for the Templeton RSA on Poppy Day, as well as meet with dozens of constituents in my office. I have also knocked on hundreds of doors in different towns and delivered thousands of fliers - all to try and make myself as accessible as possible to our community.

There have also been several key policy announcements from the National Party - we're aiming to tackle the issues that matter to New Zealanders.

As we all know, New Zealand’s health system is in crisis, with a severe shortage of nurses and midwives contributing to

ballooning waitlists, delays accessing treatment and dangerously overcrowded emergency departmentssomething we are particularly vulnerable to here in Canterbury.

Rural healthcare is in desperate need of more resourcing, as I’m sure many of you have experienced first-hand.

New Zealand does not train enough nurses or midwives to address this shortage, and the ones we do train are being aggressively recruited to move overseas.

Recently, Dr Shane Reti announced our plan to deliver more nurses and midwives into the health workforce. Under National, the Government will pay nurses’ and midwives’ student loan repayments up to $4,500 a year for the first five years of their career. This means that a nurse, or midwife would be $22,500 better off over five years, and incentivise them to stay working in New Zealand after graduating.

National will also make New Zealand more competitive in the global competition for skilled workers, by allowing qualified overseas nurses and midwives to come here on a six-month temporary visa without a job offer to look for work and to bring their immediate family members with them.

We have also announced that we will help deliver faster access to mental health services for vulnerable New Zealanders by boosting community providers and NGOs. Our policy, named the Mental Health Innovation Fund, will increase access to mental health and addiction support and power up charitable organisations that are delivering positive outcomes for New Zealanders where the Government is failing.

We believe that rather than trying to run everything from Wellington, this fund will deliver more resources to the frontline by scaling up NGOs and community providers - such as Gumboot Friday - who are delivering better mental health outcomes, faster and more efficiently than the Government. This $20 million investment could deliver the equivalent of more than 130,000 additional free counselling sessions over four years.

If we can form a Government, National has committed to increasing health funding in line with inflation. We will also cut Labour's wasteful spending on contractors and consultants by $400 million a year in order to fund these vital frontline services.

Nicola Grigg, Selwyn MP.

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SPORTS RESULTS

HORORATA GOLF

Results 2nd May 2023

Aotearoa Cup and Coronation Medal

- 18.4 J. Wilson 82

- 25.2 M. Morten 74 25.3 + H. Beaumont 71on count back B. Bryant 71 F. Taylor 71

J. Helmore 73

Men: R. Frampton 35 Stablefords

Closest to the Pin 1 x 2's

Next Week:

Captains Trophy Qualifying Round 2

3rd LGU and Putting

Starter: Pauline Results 6th May 2023

Best Gross: Simon Edwards 73

Nett Round:

George Deans 67 Simon Edwards 69

Kelvin Hicks 71 Martin Wills 71

Ross Hamilton 71 Matt Steffersen 73

Jum Morten 73

Jodie Monk, Dan Reardon, Spencer Deverall, Greg Overall 74

Closest to the Pins:

#2 in 2: Kelvin Hicks #6: Dan Reardon

#11: Murray White

#14: Spencer Deverall

Malvern Cancer Support Group

SPORTS RESULTS

WAIMAK GOLF

R Benny V McKenzie

Nearest to Pin for 1, 8/17: Not struck

Nett Eagle #9: Not struck

Gee Gee Jar: S Macdonald

Captains V Secretaries: Halved 3 all

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AUTOMOTIVE

DARFIELD Automotive, service & warrant centre. 3D wheel aligner. 7:30am - 5:30pm, Monday - Friday. Your onestop auto shop! Please phone 03 318 8113.

CHURCH NOTICES

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BIRCHFIELDS Firewood

Horse Manure

Can load onto trailer for you with tractor. Well ro ed manure, great for garden! $20 a trailer load. Phone 027 285 6069

GARDENING

GARDENING, handyman. All jobs considered. Interior and exterior. Please phone 021 207 0532.

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CHURCH NOTICES

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MALVERN NEWS DEADLINES:

COAL FOR

SALE

FOR SALE

LUCERNE hay. Conventional bales. $10. Good quality but stalky. Shed stored. Kirwee area. Ph 318 1964.

DOGS

OXFORD BOARDING KENNELS

PEASTRAW for sale. Small bales - $8 delivered (minimum delivery 21 bales), Medium bales $80 delivered (no minimum foe delivery). Phone 021 077 3692.

WOOD shavings - untreated, clean shavings suitable for horse stables, calving sheds, chicken houses and rabbit hutches. Available in 70L bags, 1m 3 bales (compressed) and bulk delivery. Phone 021 243 8378 for more details.

7 DAYS 9am-11am, 4:30pm-6:30pm

DRIVEWAYS

GENERAL garden maintenance in Darfield area. Domestic hedge trimming, pruning & edging. Please phone Kane 027 467 6613.

LIVESTOCK

SUFFOLK cross ram. 3 years old, good breeding. $400 (plus GST if applicable). Black Highland bull calf, pure bred, 8 months old. $850 (plus GST if applicable). Phone 021 1498 108.

LOCKSMITH

LOCKSMITH Selwyn based 24hr mobile service, keys cut and general lock and safe maintenance. EFTPOS available. Call Locktight Security 021 171 8060.

& FOUND

MISSING book ‘Hidden Art’ by Edith Shaeffer. Please look on your shelves. Dorne Broughton Phone 318 8079.

• Small kitchenette and toilet

• Heat pump/air conditioned

• Fully alarmed parking.

Contact: Gerald 021 340 990 Vivien 021 340 991

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CHIMNEY CLEANING

CARRS Chimney Cleaning. Servicing the Selwyn district. $70 per chimney. Phone Rodney on 03 324 2999 and leave a message.

CHIM Chim. We'll sweep your log-burners flue, check the firebricks, baffles, air-tubes and controls. We're experts on coal-ranges, also sweeping any sized open fire. We quote and undertake repairs, flue extensions and install bird netting. Please phone 021 939 113. Members of the NZHHA.

FIREWOOD & COAL

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DUNSANDEL STOP SHOP

In a busy retail environment that is always changing. You will need to be quick on your feet with good me management. With poten al for role advancement for the right person.

A variety of hours and days.

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KIRWEE TREE HOUSE ARE HIRING

We have vacancies for a permanent and casual, qualified certificated teachers (ece or primary).

• We have an architecturally designed centre with lots of great resources and equipment.

• We have a fruit orchard and vege gardens at our centre for all to enjoy.

• We offer extended pay parity.

• We are locally owned and like to do the little things for our team like subsidised cooked lunches and regular paid team events.

• Our values are underpinned by Manaakitanga to ourselves, each other, and the environment.

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ROOF MAINTENANCE

ROOF & house maintenance. All aspects covered including spouting, mortar, tiles, re-roofing, roof painting, moss, mould & silicone sealing. General repairs. Please phone 03 347 6702

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ROOF & property services. 2 storey work! Roof leak repairs (incl Butynol), moss control, silicone seal, spouting clean & repairs, spider & fly control, bird proofing, roof painting. All roof & spouting types. Call Arthur’s, 7 days, 03 347 2635n or 027 584 7980.

Is looking for a grill cook with excellent coffee making skills. Approximately 35 hrs per week. Please email your CV in to: dunsandelstopshop@gmail.com

SCRAP METAL

WANTED! Best prices! Amalgamated Scrap Ltd. Buying cars & farm machinery. Specialising in farm clean-ups. Rod McQuoidbuyer. Please phone either 027 695 0480 or alternatively 0800 030 712.

MOBILE SHEEP SHEARING

• Drenching

• Foot Trimming

• Crutching

• General Animal Welfare Advice. Call Shaun Adams for a quote on 021 204 1274

WANTED

TOOLS wanted - mechanics, engineering, wood working etc. Garage, shed, barn clearances, deceased estates etc. Please phone Rob on 03 342 5885.

DEAD Cars - we buy dead cars, end of life cars, scrap cars, old farm vehicles. Cash paid. Please phone 027 484 8121.

WANTED

INDUSTRIAL SHED WANTED 300+m2 secured shed wanted for lease for engineering use, 3 phase power with 4x4m doors. In or around the Darfield area. Ph Mike 027 817 2468

WINDOW TINTING

TINT-A-WINDOW Solar Protective films. Fade UV block. Heat Glare control. Privacy. Safety/Security. Frosted films. Free online quotes. Please phone 0800 368 468. info@tintawindow.co.nz www.tintawindow.co.nz

TRADES

Darfield based with over 43 years of local knowledge and experience

• Septic Tank Cleaning

• Jetting Unit for Blocked Drains

• Camera Investigations

• Port-a-loo Hire

JAMES Hunt Residential Ltd. Renovation Specialists. Registered Master Builder. Please phone 027 466 0092. www.jameshuntresidential.co.nz

UPHOLSTERER - Recover lounge suites, dining chairs, squabs etc. Free quotes. Based in Weedons. Please phone 03 980 4979.

CARPENTER available, repairs, renovations, cabins & sleepouts. Call Grant 021 167 1718 anytime.

House & Roof

Pre-Paint Wash

Hydro Drain Cleaning

Cleans most surfaces: fences, paths, brick, block, wood, concrete & machinery.

Moss

Treating: roofs, footpaths & driveways.

Free Quotes. Ph Mike Richards 03 318 8380 or 021 179 0584

GRANNY

FLATS AND SLEEPOUTS. At Kebon Kabins we build your investment on your land. Proper concrete floor and foundation house designed to suit. Please phone Ian 027 372 4609.

we’ll be there when you need us. guaranteed. on time guaranteed or your first hour is free! conditions apply.

NEXT ISSUE: Friday 19th May

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DEADLINE: 10am Tuesday

A blonde women gets job as physical education teacher. On her first day she notices a boy at the end of the field standing alone, while all the other kids are running around having fun and kicking a ball. She takes pity on him and decides to go over the see him.

“You ok?” she says.

“Yes.” he replied.

“You can go and play with the other kids you know,” she commented.

“It’s best I stay here, “ he says.

“Why’s that sweetie?” says the blonde.

The boy looks at her incredulously and says, ……… “Because I am the goalie!”