Issue 1,104 Friday 22nd September 2023

Local Darfield girl Maddy Judd

(14) has been a force to be reckoned with on the rugby field since she was eight yearsold.

Maddy first started playing rugby for Sheffield Sharks in the Under 8 grade. At the start of Year 9, she went to boarding school at Craighead in Timaru and played in the Under 15 as well as playing for SheffieldUnder 13teams.

Maddy was recognised for her talent and strength, and at the end of the first term this year, while in Year 10, she transferred to Christchurch Girls High determined to play in the1stXVteam.

She achieved what she set out to do and had a successful season with her school team, playing in the number one (prop) position. The team won the Mid Canterbury 2023 Under 18 Girls Series in July. They also recently won the Miles Toyota Final against Avonside Girls 74-5 and on August 19 played in the South Island final against Southland, winning 27-12, which qualified the team for theNZSS National

1st XV Top four, where they placedthirdin thecountry.

Maddy also plays club rugby for High School Old Boys, with a change of position to number eight, and her team won the senior girls U17 pool B section and she was named most valuable player of the year. She was also selected to play for Canterbury U18 in the South Island Tournament on

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Wai. To add to her long list of team selections, Maddy has alsobeen selectedfor theU17 Waitaha Kohine (Canterbury Māori).

A lot of time and dedication is required to compete at this level and Maddy is having to do early morning runs, team trainings, specialised position trainings and look after her own well-being.

Maddy says the time and effort is worthwhile and has enjoyed being part of supportive teams who encourage each other to give ittheir all.

“This season has been the most enjoyable learning experience for me. I have been in an environment that has provided great culture,

coaches with a wide range of experience and getting the best advice from some of our Canterbury/Black Fern players. Being at the Top 4 was another highlight as it allowed me to playagainstsomequalityrugby players and has shown me the commitment required to achieve goals and given me the best mindset of moving forward nextyear.

“It was an amazing feeling pulling on the red and black Canterbury jersey for the first time”.

I would also like to take this opportunitytothankallmypast and present coaches and supporters, especially my family.”

The team at the News look forward to following her future endeavours.

Maddy Judd in action.

EXCITING OPPORTUNITY

Emilia Swale (11) is moving out of her comfort zone with several roles in the large-scale show, Luminaires’ Beauty Within theBeast.

When she auditioned for the role in June this year, she was surprised and delighted to get a call back and offer of not justonerole butthreerolesas a Hobgoblin, a Rosebush, and aVillager.

Emilia’s mum Annette says, “Emilia is super excited. It’s her first large scale show. She has been attending drama classes with Play Drama in Darfield and they perform each year, and she has a lead role in the Darfield Primary School show of Button Box in term four, but Beauty Within the Beast is a much bigger show!”

The young performer’s roles include speaking, acting, singing, or dancing.

“It’s great experience for her, she is learning a lot,” Annette says. “It is a bit of effort getting her to and from rehearsals in Christchurch though.”

Rehearsals are every Tuesday night, all day Sunday and some Friday nights, and increase closer to show openingnight.

The event is held at The event is held at The event is at The event is at McCombs Performing McCombs Performing Arts Centre, Cashmere Arts Centre, from Thursday, October 5 from Thursday, to Sunday, October 8, to Sunday, October 8, Sunday, October 8, Sunday, October 8, 2023.

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MECHANICAL SWAP MEET

The Hororata Mechanical Swap Meet will return to the Hororata Domain on Saturday, September 23.

A true mechanical swap meet catering for vintage, veteran, classic, cars, motorcycles, parts, tools, and mechanicalrelatedstuff.

The Hororata Mechanical Swap Meet sees over 100 sellers and 1,500 buys converge on the Hororata Domain to buy, sell, barter, and find that rare part they have been searching for!

Hororata Community Trust executive officer Cindy Driscoll says, “The event has a ‘no bric-a-brac’ and ‘household junk’ policy. If you bring china and soft toys to this event you willbetoldtogohome”.

This is a Hororata Community Trust event for the benefit of our community. This year groups benefitting from this event are Glentunnel Primary School, Hororata Historical Society and Glentunnel Residents Committee. Darfield Rural Women and Hororata Primary School will benefit by offeringfoodattheevent.

“There are Hororata pies and bacon butties on offer,” Cindy says. “Sites are $20 with no need to book just roll up on thedayfrom7am.”

The event is held wet or fine with gates for the public opening at 7.30pm. Entry is $5for adultsandkidsarefree.

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Evan and Arki from Greymouth found agoodbargain at last year’s swap meet.

POOL’S FUTURE IN QUESTION

Greendale School’s Board is considering the long-term sustainability of the school’s swimming pool. The Board is reaching out to gather feedback on the viability of keepingthepooloperating.

The pool is currently closed for use due to a leak and an unsafe pool building. For the pool to be safe and up to standard, it needs the leak repaired and the pool resurfaced, the building either removed or replaced, changing rooms and toilets upgraded or replaced, the heating system upgraded, and a new sunproofcover.

The Board says the pool requires commitment from the

community with regular water quality management and training to ensure the pool continuously meets all health and safety standards, ongoing maintenance and regular cleaning, including the pool vacuumedweekly.

In 2020, (before COVID), the Board spent up to $4,000 per year on the pool. Funding of $1,000 was received from Selwyn District Council and income from keysales in 2020 was$565.

To make the pool viable long term, a high number of keys will need to be purchased and two to three people trained to test the pool water. Those trained in all aspects of pool

TE REO MARKED IN NZ CHINESE LANGUAGE WEEK

The significance of Te Reo Māori in New Zealand is recognised by the New Zealand Chinese Language Week Trust, which provides its resources in three languages

– Te Reo, Chinese, and English. Chinese Language Week finishes on September 23, 2023.

Language gives an insight into the culture and builds community, NZCLW Trust chair Jo Coughlan says. “The Trust encourages New Zealanders to give Chinese a go, because it benefits New Zealanders and our country to be able to communicate with others, but we also use Te Reo in our resources because it is one of the official languages of our country and it is important to recognisethat.”

The NZCLW Trust distributes a tri-lingual children’s book free of charge to all schools and district libraries throughout New Zealand, with more than 3500 being sent out this year.

“Librarians tell us that the book is hugely popular. Readers recognise themselves in the stories, and the three different languages mean the book is useful for many differentaudiences.”

The book is also available in audio form online in the three languages. This year’s book, Weka’s Waiata, tells the story of four little chicks preparing a song for their grandparents’ visit. It is the sixth year a trilingual picture book has been published. Details on how to buy a copy of the book can be foundon www.nzclw.com www.nzclw.com www.nzclw.com.

care, and all school families and engaged community members would be put on a cleaning/maintenanceroster. The Board says it can commit to a one-off amount of approximately $20,000 to begin the process of getting the pool back up to standard. And while the school has a small fund from donations given at the jubilee celebration, which could be included, the Board says that on its own it wouldn’t be able to contribute anything further to the restoration process of the changing rooms and toilets for at least five to 10 yearsintothefuture. Feedback from the local communitywill be collated this week to determine the future ofthepool.

LOCAL TALENT SHOWCASED

A packed audience attended the Annual Concert for the Malvern School of Music (Inc) held in the Darfield High School Hall last Sunday afternoon. Each year thetalent of the students is showcased through performing wonderful music on guitar, piano, ukulele, keyboard, violin, recorder, celloandvocals. Jakob Coleman gave an outstanding solo guitar performance with Jeff Beck’s ‘Cause We Ended As Lovers’. After performing in these annual concerts for the past six years, Jakob announced this would be his final one as he leaves high school at the end of the year. We wish him well for his future musical endeavours!

The event was also tutor and musical director, Pauline

Sewell’s 30th MSM (Inc) concert. Vice President and Minute Secretary and cello tutor Cecilia Pascoe says, “We congratulate and thank Pauline for her hard work and continual enthusiasm over the years! Plus, special mention goes to all our tutors; we are

very lucky to have such capable musicians and teachers work with our students in this community. Music is such a joy to have in our lives: it helps us emotionally and nourishes us”.

Violin tutor PaulineSewellcelebrates30yearsofannual concertswith theMalvern SchoolofMusic.

Photo:ScottWalters.

JakobColeman playingin hislast Malvern SchoolofMusic Concert

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Reverse mortgages are a tool, offered by select financial providers, for seniors in New Zealand seeking to unlock some of the equity in their existing homes. Whilst a reverse mortgage offers certain benefits, they also come with risks that warrant careful consideration before signing on the dotted line and committing to such an arrangement.

We regularly assist with a wide variety of financing arrangements and summarise a few of the benefits and risks associated with a reverse mortgageasfollows:

Benefits

1. Supplemental Income: Reverse Mortgages provide a means for seniors to access the equity locked up in their existing homes, offering what can be a lump sum payment, or access to the equivalent of an overdraft facility, to support the borrower’s retirement needs and lifestyle.

2. Homeownership Retention: Borrowers can continue to live in their homes without the obligation of needing to make

regular loan repayments, thus maintaining their sense of independence and stability. We often see clients using the Reverse Mortgage funds for necessary home maintenance and repairs which allows them to continue living comfortably and safely at home.

3. Flexibility: Funds from a Reverse Mortgage can be used for various purposes, including covering medical expenses, purchasing or maintaining a vehicle, home renovations, holiday or debt consolidation.

Risks RisksRisks

1. Accruing Interest: Unlike traditional mortgages, the interest on a Reverse Mortgage compound over time. This can lead to a significant debt that erodes the equity in the property.

2. Reduced Inheritance: The loan balance, together with accrued interest, must be repaid when the borrower dies, or the property is sold. This will reduce the inheritance left for the borrower’s beneficiaries.

3. Eligibility Criteria: Reverse Mortgages are generally only available to seniors, and specific eligibility requirements must be met – meaning access

can be limited.

4. Long Term Commitment: Borrowers are committed to the Reverse Mortgage for an extended period, which may not align with their evolving financial needs or lifestyle choices.

There is no such thing as free money! Prospective Reverse Mortgage borrowers are required to consult with legal advisers before proceeding. We work with our clients to ensure careful evaluation of the benefits and risks, and what other options may be available, to determine whether the Reverse mortgage alignswith the borrower’slong -termfinancialrequirements. Given our expertise in this area we can assist in the decision-making process, prior to an application being made, to ensure that the potential benefits outweigh the associated risks and longertermconsequences.

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WARM WEDNESDAYS

Theyscootered, theyran, they biked, there were even some drive-throughs!

Children in their droves descended upon Trinity Church every Wednesday over nine weeks for a cup of hot chocolate. The Warm Wednesday initiative provides hot drinks to students as pass through the Trinity Church on their waytoschool.

Lynmaree Sopoaga (aka Aunty Lyn) says, "Our last serve was

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129 cups of yummy hot chocolate given out between 8am to 8.30am. We thank Fonterra for supplying ninety nine 3-litre bottles of milk over thenineweeks. Oneweek we missed out and some children didn't get the message that there was none that week, so the following week the children genuinely inquired if we were all right as they missed us. It's moments like that makes this such a

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positive engagement with our youth of Malvern. God Bless you all as you go into the holidays".

SHOOTING EXPERIENCE

Locals in the Villa Maria College team competed alongside Darfield High School

at the Secondary Schools Inter -Island Target shooting competition recently. The Villa Maria College team are all locals who shoot at the Darfield range. Darfield High School had two teams entered and both did well. However, it was the Villa team’s first competition and even though they didn’t score highly, they were happy with their scores having only recently started

shooting from the sling in the lastfewmonths.

Thisisthefirsttime VillaMaria has had a team in the event. The matches are held at rangesaroundthecountryand the scores are updated live to the groups at each centre. This year there were teams from Rangiora HS, Darfield HS and Ashburton College competing at Drayton Range in Christchurch.

DARFIELD GUN CLUB

A bit gloomy for this month’s shoot, cloudy with just a hint of a breeze. Twenty-five shooters including four juniors from Darfield High to contest theday’sevents.

20 Single Barrell as the eyeopener, no possibles but 19s for Ron Greatorex and Dave Folley.

Next the 25-target Club Champs and six possibles to shoot off for the trophies including two B graders. And lastly, the 25-target Point Score with a clear winner with 75/75scoredbyLukeJefferis. Afternoon tea was taken before the shoot-offs commenced. Luckily nearly all the contenders were eligible for the same prizes, so a combined shoot-off was held to sort out HOA, A grade, B grade and Veterans with C gradeshootingseparately.

Results Results

ClubChamps: ClubChamps: ClubChamps: ClubChamps: HOAD Jefferis25, AGradeR Greatorex 25, BGradeGLemon 24, C Grade RPartlington 20, VeteransD Jefferis.

PointScoreTrophy(Meat

Prizes): Prizes):

AGrade. 1stL Jefferis75, 2nd D Jefferis72,3rdD Folley69; BGrade: 1stMRobertson 73, 2ndMElliott70, 3rdAWatson 66; C Grade: 1stRPartlington 66, 2ndJJackson 56, 3rdRCross52; andJefferis Cup-LukeJefferis115/120.

Many thanks to all those who assisted on the day and those with the usual great afternoon tea. The next shoot is Sunday, October 1 at Hurst Waimak 100 with a 10am start. All welcome.

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ELECTION COMING SOON

A general election is scheduled for 14 October this year with voting beginning as early as Monday October 2 and ending at 7pm on Election Day. You must be on an electoral roll before you canvote.

The Citizens Advice Bureau The Advice offers the following advice … offers the … If you are enrolled, you should receive a voting information pack in your letterbox a few weeks before Election Day. This pack includes an EasyVote Card. To make voting faster, find a voting place close to home and bring along your EasyVote card. But you can vote without the card. Just show up at a voting place, and sayyour nameandaddress. You don’t need ID. The vote issuing person will look you up on theelectoralrollandask you to confirm out loud that you are who you say you are.

Take the voting paper behind the cardboard screen. Yes, cardboard furniture – no expense sparedbytheElectoralCommission. When you've finished ticking your voting

paper, fold it in half and place it in the voting box for your electorate. Boxes are grey for Māori electorates and orange for general electorates.

Voting is secret in New Zealand. No one will knowif youvotefor theCannabisParty.

In NZ, it’s one person, one vote, so don’t go votingin multiple places.

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NEW STEERING GROUP NEEDED

Sustainable land and water use and community beautification projects were the focus of a town hall meeting at Glentunnel Community Centre on September 5. The meeting was well attended, with over 20 locals attending to discuss the potential formation of a new catchment group for the area. Lydia Gliddon, Malvern Councillor, has been championing the project and invited supporting agencies including NZ Landcare Trust, the Selwyn-Waihora Waterzone Committee, Environment Canterbury and MPI On-Farm Support team to give locals an idea of what assistance and funding might be availabletogetstarted.

Lydia presented potential beautification projects as being highly important in the catchment such as Whitecliffs, as they would have the added benefit of increasing biodiversity and green spaces for public use, as well as decreasing water temperature over time. The projects included weed and pest species removal from the Upper Selwyn Riverbank in areas where there is potential for funding to support the project. Lydia told the group that there was a lot of support in place for work like this in the area, and what they were looking for is a supported steering group from the community to make some enduringchange.

NZ Landcare Trust representative Tracey Perkins presented on behalf of the Trust and its services as well as standing in for Kathryn Bates, who was unable to attend. Kathryn, a Whitecliffs local who now lives in Christchurch but remains passionate and connected to the area, initiated the project two years ago with a town hall meeting and a community survey seeking public opinions on the catchment issues.

Tracey says, “Locals are predominantly concerned with water quality and would like the river to be consistently swimmable. They also questioned the trigger point for signs going out and expressed interest in having a water quality scientist come out to the hall and discuss that. It makes sense to have a catchment group in this area, Kathryn has done an impressive amount of groundwork and the number of people who attended indicate there’s a desire for both more information and action. A catchmentgroupwillfacilitatethat”.

“The next steps for the community are to form a steering group to get this off the ground and we’re interested in hearing from anyone who would like to take part in that,” Lydia says. “We are here to support a ‘gumboots up’ approach so that the decisions are made by locals for locals, enabled by supporting organisations wherethey’reneeded”.

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• Lifestyle Driveways - Free Quotes

• Rotten Rock Dairy Lanes

• AP20

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• AP65

• Drainage

• Erosion

• Landscape

The Malvern Hockey Association had a great season this year. All our teams worked really hard with some great results. Our Women’s team came 5th overall. Well done ladies. We would also like to Thank all the coaches, managers and committee members for their commitment and hard work this season supportingour teams.

AwardRecipients:

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BACK ON TRACK!

A great night was had by all recently at the Friends of the Darfield Hospital Fundraising Tournament. Laughter echoed through the Darfield Recreation and Community Centre as 28 teams, each consisting of four enthusiastic locals, took to the indoor bowling mats to raise funds in a fun way for the benefit of the Friends of Darfield Hospital.

Volunteers from the Darfield Indoor Bowls Club and Friends of the Darfield Hospital combined their talents to bring the night together and put the event back on the calendar again, after a Covid related absence of four years. It was a successful evening and the event raised $7,134 via raffle sales, entry fees and donations.

Friends of the Darfield Hospital chairperson Elisabeth

(Elly) May says, “The support from the Darfield Indoor Bowling Club was huge and we enjoyed working alongside them to bring this Tournament toDarfield”.

The Committee plans to use these funds for many little jobs including maintenance at the front entrance way to the hospital as the area needs freshening.

“On behalf of the Friends of the Darfield Hospital, thank you to everyone who has made this tournament possible,” Elly says. “Thanks to all the many sponsors who have sponsored us either with monetary donations or prizes and to all the teams that participated.”

“Congratulations to all our prize winners and to the Committee for all their hard work.”

Supporters of the 2023 Darfield Indoor Bowling Club Hospital Tournament

• Alex McDonald (Merch) Ltd

• Baileys Real Estate

• Barenbrug NZ

• Barnhill Builders

• Bray Street Engineering

• Butler Plumbing

• Café on the Green

• Canterbury Clay Bricks

• Challis Motorcycles

• Countdown

• Cut Clothing

• D & J Wright

• Darfield ITM

• Darfield 4 Square

• Darfield Automotive

• Darfield Bakery

• Darfield Collision Centre

• Darfield Dentist/Lumino

• Darfield Hospital

• Darfield Pharmacy

• Darfield Physio & Gym

• Darfield Post Shop

• Dough Boys

• Fable Terrace Downs Resort

• Gnomes Alpine Sports

• Graeme & Helen Dawson

• Greendale Butchery

• Greg Mitchell Cartage

• Hororata Golf Club

• Ilve Ovens

• Johnny Fresh, Darfield

• Kirwee Challenge

Darfield Genealogy & Local History Group

The Malvern Farmers Vet Club Charitable Trust (MFVCCT) would like to invite individuals, community groups and organisations to apply for grants from our organisation.

The MFVCCT purpose is to advance the welfare of our rural community and the individuals connected to the community.

This involves distributing grants that meet the following criteria:

• The strengthening of charitable community and voluntary organisations involved in the relief of poverty

• The advancement of education

• The provision of financial support for specific community projects that advance charitable purposes

• The strengthening of charitable community and voluntary organisations

• The provision of financial and other support in anticipation of or in response to emergencies or adverse events

• The enhancement and retention of essential services that advance charitable purposes.

To apply for grants please visit: mfvc.org.nz for more information on the application process. All applications to be received by the 30th September.

26 September 2023

7:30pm

SPORTS RESULTS

HORORATA GOLF HORORATA GOLF HORORATA GOLF HORORATA GOLF

• Kirwee Thirsty Acres

• Kiwi Creative Travel

• L.R. Construction

• Lamb & Hayward

• Leech Drainage

• Malvern Lions

• Malvern News

• Mitchell Bros Sawmill

• Moore Builders

• New Image Hair Salon

• PGG Wrightson Ltd

• PIC NZ Ltd

• Property Brokers, Darfield

• Roger Knowles

• SPM/Affco

• Selwyn District Council

• Selwyn Engineering & Machinery Ltd

• Standard Wool NZ

• Taege Engineering

• The Fat Beagle

• The Salon, West Melton

• The Sewing Room

• The Shearing Shed

• Two Fat Possums

• Thirsty Liquor

• Val Gibbs

• Vet-Ent Darfield

• W.A Boyes Contracting Ltd

• W.J. Brooks

• Willy & Jo Parker/Latter

• Exquisik Wool Traders (Yaldhurst Wools)

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Windwhistle District Society AGM

Friday 6 Oct ‘23

4.30pm

Terrace Downs Golf Resort

AGM

Tuesday 17th October 2023

7:30pm

At the Cookshop Dining Room

NEW MEMBERS WELCOME!

Y1 - Y8

SEASONSTARTS

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Team or individual

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REGISTRATIONS:

‘DarfieldTouch’

IfyouarenewtotheClub,please email:darfieldtouch@gmail.com orphoneVictoria0272080581 $30perplayer(discountforfamilies &coaches)+$30forTouchTop. Coachrequiredtosupportteam. EmailusifyoucancoachorRef.

At Darfield Food & Clothing Bank, we are always grateful for the amazing support the Malvern community has given us, currently we are reaching out for help.

This fortnight we are short on: toiletries (including toilet paper), cleaning products and flour.

Any donations can be dropped o at the Malvern News o ce (open Mon-Fri, 9am - 4pm).

If you need food assistance, please get in touch or if you want to make a financial donation, please contact Rose Craven 027 532 4888. 027 532

Darfield Touch Competition (6 aside) for the 2023/2024 season will be held on Wednesday Nights - $300 per team. Teams and individuals welcome!

Registrations Due:

Fri 22nd Sept

First/grading game Wed 4 Oct Comp starts Wed 18 Oct

TEAM REGISTRATIONS

‘Darfield Touch’

ENQUIRIES TO: Victoria Leech 027 208 0581 or darfieldtouch@gmail.com

(Please note date change).

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Eric Lester Kars

Our family would like to o er our grateful thanks to the Darfield Fire Brigade, Rolleston St John, Rev Tom Innes and the Darfield Rugby Club committee for their help and guidance during Eric’s sudden passing on 23 July 2023.

To the many family and friends who travelled from far and near to attend Eric’s funeral we are most appreciative of your support and help. We are all proud to know he had earned the love and respect of so many.

Thank you to those who visited us, sent text messages of sympathy, phone calls, sympathy cards, baking and the beautiful flower arrangements we received in his memory. As many of your addresses are unknown please accept this acknowledgement of behalf of Eric’s family.

Kathy, Don and Raewyn, Jared and Jess, Ben, Toby and Sadie-Mae Kars.

CHURCH NOTICES

Darfield

Life Church

SUNDAY 24 SEPT 2023

At 10:30am

Steve & Patience Pona

Ph: 022 642 5805 17 North Terrace, Darfield

10:30am every Sunday. Darfield Baptist Church 15 Greendale Rd, Darfield

on the 2nd & 4th Sunday of every month. Glenroy Hall Windwhistle Rd, Glenroy

ACCOUNTANTS CELEBRANT

ARE ARE you wasting your valuable time trying to keep up with accounts? Call us now for hassle-free accounting, tax and business advice - right on your doorstep. Sterling Accountants @ Malvern Business Hub, Ann-Maree 0212150981.

AUTOMOTIVE

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

CARPET

NEED NEED carpet? Go local! Very competitive pricing, seldom beaten. 30 years servicing this area. In home sample service, also repairs and installations. Please ph Alan Roberts 021 227 2080.

Jo Babe - Wedding Celebrant 0274323360

jobabenz8@gmail.com www.jobabecelebrant.co.nz

For your personalised wedding ceremony

FIREWOOD & COAL

CARRS CARRS CARRS Chimney Cleaning. Servicing the Selwyn district. $70 per chimney. Please ph Rodney on 03 324 2999 and leavea message.

CHIM 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 us on 021 939 113.

SPRING

LIFESTYLE LIFESTYLE LIFESTYLE LIFESTYLE, farm tracks, yards and dairy lanes our speciality. Screened rottenrock, it’s local and lasts better. Phone Springfield Quarryon 318 4132.

R K FIREWOOD

Supplying wood for this Spring!

LOCKSMITH LOCKSMITH Selwyn based 24hr mobile service, keys cut and general lock and safe maintenance. EFTPOS available. Call Locktight Security021 171 8060.

ARE ARE ARE you in need of a refinance, first home loan, buying a new home, investment property or a property development? I deal with all the lenders, and I can get you the best deal to suit you. I have 30+ years of lending experience, and I am local. I can come to you.

Loan Market 027 2516644. I bring the banks to you.

FOR LEASE FOR LEASE FOR LEASE FOR LEASE OFFICE SPACE SPACE SPACE SPACE

HEDGE TRIMMING

PEST CONTROL SPIDERBAN NC LTD

Darfield owned and operated since 2008. Call Brian Walker for your pest control requirements!

0800 667 778

PLANTS FOR SALE

PONGA PONGA trees for sale x10.

Ranging from 1m - 1.2m. From $30. Please phone 027 439 3926

ROOF MAINTENANCE

MOSS MOSS MOSS control, silicone seal (waterproofing), spouting clean & repairs, bird proofing, spider & fly control. Roof leak repairs (incl Butynol) all roof & spouting types incl 2 storey work! Call Arthurs Roof & Property Services, 6 days. 03 347 2635 or 027 584 7980.

ROOM TO RENT

SINGLE SINGLE lockable rooms in Darfield Hostel. Internet, Sky TV. $180pw. Please phone 027 479 1431 or 318 3660.

Come join the amazing team at Challenge Springfield

As a Customer Service RepresentaEve

 More than just pumping fuel  May suit someone studying

Please phone Sue on 027 5015 774 for more informa on.

We would love to hear from you.

Shed Sales & QuoEng Specialist

Darfield ITM is seeking a dedicated and enthusias c individual to join us as a Shed Sales and Quo ng Specialist. If you have a passion for sales, excellent communica on skills, and the ability to provide excep onal customer service, this could be the opportunity for you.

ResponsibiliEes:

• Assist customers in selec ng the right shed for their needs.

• Provide accurate and detailed quotes.

• Follow up with poten al customers.

• Organise supply and delivery of materials.

• Assist with compliance.

Requirements:

• Previous experience in the building industry or a strong sales background preferred.

• Excellent verbal and wri%en communica on skills.

• Outstanding organisa onal skills and a%en on to detail.

• Proficient computer skills required.

To apply please send your CV and a cover leFer highlighEng your relevant experience to: faye@darfielditm.co.nz.

MALVERN NEWS DEADLINES:

SITUATION VACANT

DUNSANDEL STOP SHOP

has two positions to fill!! Grill Cook 38 hrs p/w & Front of House 29hrs p/w. Email CVs to: dunsandelstopshop@gmail.com

SITUATION WANTED

EXPERIENCED EXPERIENCED EXPERIENCED EXPERIENCED stockman looking for work. Tractor driving experience. GST registered. Please phone 0225747805

SCRAP METAL

WANTED! WANTED! Amalgamated Scrap Ltd. Buying cars & farm machinery. Specialising in farm clean-ups. Best prices Rod McQuoid - buyer. Please phone either 027 695 0480 or alternatively0800 030 712.

STUMP GRINDING

PHONE: 027 222 1632

WANTED

AMMUNITION AMMUNITION and reloading equipment. Powder projectiles, presses etc. Any caliber rifle / shotgun. Anything hunting related. Cash buyer. Please contact Rob 03 342 5885.

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

WINDOW CLEANING

WINDOW CLEANING SERVICES

Andrew Love Contract Window Cleaning

Commercial  Residential Free Quotes

E: torque_roll@hotmail.com M: 021 818 816

TRADES

KITCHENS KITCHENS - new or renovate existing with new doors and bench tops, wardrobes, laundries, vanities made to size. Built-in bookcases and wall units, melamine or timber desks, buffets, tables or any furniture. Great prices and advice. Please phone Lex 027 439 3926 or 349 0150.

TENANCY

Rural Rural Tenancy Inspections Inspections

.. Also providing Total Rural and Residential Property Management Solutions.

Phone Rebecca 027 313 2270 or rebecca@ruraltenancy.co.nz

WINDOW REPAIRS

WINDOW TINTING

TINT-A-WINDOW

Solar Protective films. Fade UV block. Heat Glare control. Privacy. Safety/ Security. Frosted films. Free online quotes. Ph 0800 368 468. info@tintawindow.co.nz www.tintawindow.co.nz

WINDOW REPAIRS

Locally owned and operated 03 318 3003 www.hunterglass.co.nz

TRADES

TRADES

• Furniture Repairs & RestoraEon

• Kitchen, Bathroom & Laundry Upgrades

• Deck, Fences & Light Building

• Contract Labour.

An Irishman father passed away in his sleep. In the morning, he calls 911 to come pick up the body. The 911 operator told him that she would send someone out right away.

"Where do you live?" asked the operator. He replied, "At the end of Eucalyptus Drive." The operator asked, "Can you spell that for me? There was a long pause and finally he said, "How 'bout if I drag him over to Oak Street and you pick him up there?"