Rolleston News - 1st April 2020

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DIGITAL EDITION

ISSUE 175 Wednesday 1st April 2020

Inside this issue: How are you Coping?

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Messages from Mayor & MP 3 Fire & Emergency NZ

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ANZAC Services

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Selwyn Crea ve Network

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Clearview School Ice Fun

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SPN Children’s Day

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Mortgage Advice

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SDC Lockdown Informa on

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S ck to the Rules!

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Can I Isolate up the back?

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Message from NZ Police

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Benefits of Sediment Control 10 Rolleston Men’s Shed

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Rhododirect in West Melton 11 Cammore Pony Club

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Learner Leader Camp

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Rolleston Girls’ Rugby

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West Melton Bowling Club

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Suppor ng the Mosque

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Classifieds

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Trades

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Email Column

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The informa on and opinions published are not necessarily those of the Rolleston News proprietors.

Rolleston News is usually distributed to over 6,000 homes and businesses in the Rolleston area.

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If it’s newsworthy & you know about it - we’d like to know too!

As we hunker down in these most peculiar of circumstances, and commit ourselves to a period of intense social distancing, it’s an opportunity to really assess priorities.

Seriously - what we are all being asked to do is bloody inconvenient, it’s going to cost us a heap of money, and many businesses will go bust; but don’t do it, and we may well die!

I am appalled by some of the b e h a v i o u r e x h ib i t e d a t supermarkets - can those behaving badly neither hear, nor understand? There’s enough damn food to go round, just don’t hoard the stuff.

Please support our local businesses wherever possible now, if they’re open, but definitely after this is over, or believe me they just will not survive!

While social distancing really isn’t the New Zealand way - in the great scheme of things it’s a small price to pay to stay alive.

Don’t sweat the petty (or is that don’t pet the sweaty?); it’s the

same for everyone and when this is over, and it will be, I think we will all be kinder, less judgmental and look out for those around us. We’ll certainly enjoy a hug or two! For those black-humourists that insist this is natural selection and getting rid of the elderly is the way to go - I’ve got news for you, this old person isn’t ready to leave yet!

We’re assuming the community would like to see the Rolleston and Malvern News’ continue, but right here, right now we’re in the same boat as many other

small businesses - our continuance is on very, very shaky ground. Community support is going to be the key here, but for now we’re just trying to do our best and who knows what the future holds.

The Jans (Jan Jan Crossley and Jan Thomas) Thomas have owned the News since 2002, (with Rolleston News beginning at the start of 2004) on our staff are Chevonn Walker, Walker who’s been with us for five years and knows the job backwards, Lois Haskett who has also been with us for many years and undertaken a variety

of roles, and relative newcomer Lucinda Jarvis.

Jarvis We are all working from home currently, but can only produce an online version of the paper, until this is over. However ongoing business costs continue and so the always appreciated, and much valued, support of our advertisers is critical to avoid shutting our doors, not just for now, but for good.

I recall my parents telling me about living through WWII in Manchester, England.

Continued on page 2…

To quote Jacinda Ardern

“We will get through this together, but only if we s ck together. Be strong and be kind” Take care everyone xxx Jan Thomas, CoCo-owner & Editor Malvern News.

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Both were born during the first world war - lived through the depression, before meeting and marrying after the second world war. The privations they described make the current situation look like a walk in the park! Getting life in perspective, counting your blessings - roof

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over your head, clothes on your back and food on the table (that’s if there was any left after the food hoarders struck!) - can go a long way toward coping with this current situation.

For those with children home from school remember that at the end of all this it’s their mental health that will be way

more important than their academic skills. How they felt during this time will stay with them, long after the memory of what they did during these weeks, is gone.

In the meantime because events have been called off, open days have been cancelled, schools are closed and every other thing

has been postponed - we’re going to be very short of editorial for the News. We’d love to hear from you - about how you’re coping with this social distancing, and in-house quarantining - especially anything humourous!

All the best - take care - please, please abide by the distancing

rules and we’ll all come through this - some a little worse for wear - but hopefully all alive nevertheless!

Jan Crossley,

Co--owner & Editor, Co Malvern News.

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Kia ora, We have now almost completed our first week of lock down.

Staying home and keeping ourselves away from others outside of our home is very important to ensure we do not contribute to the spread of COVID-19 through our community.

Although we all usually look forward to a holiday, being asked to stay home like this is quite a different experience. Life feels uncertain and for many of us this will take a physical, emotional, or mental toll.

It’s important that we remain kind and learn ways to release stress. Laughter, meditation, music or learning a new skill might help. Perhaps you could learn from someone else in your home, or use online resources.

As a Council we have set processes to ensure that the supply of water, wastewater, recycling and refuse collection services remain. Council meetings will continue in isolation, via video, to discuss essential matters.

At home our daughter Elliott has me involved in colouring, building blocks, pretend cooking, and reading to her. Liz and I will spend time cleaning up in the garden and thinking about getting onto those wee jobs that never seem to quite get done.

We will get through this together and as a community Selwyn is well placed to support one another and make the most of this time. This disruption is a chance to try doing new things, or old things, differently. Once it’s over the world will be a different place and some of that will be for the better.

There will be some hard days ahead, however our farmers will continue to produce wonderful food, we will rely heavily on the incredible job done by our local supermarkets, doctors, pharmacists, hospital and other essential workers.

The sun will rise again tomorrow.

Be strong and love to you all.

Kia kaha aroha nui,

Sam Broughton -Mayor of Selwyn.

Getting through this together while apart.

I know many of you will be feeling anxious about the health and livelihoods of your families and those of our wider community right now.

I am fully supportive of the Government’s decision to elevate New Zealand’s alert level to Level 4 in order to halt the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. With the growing number of infections across New Zealand and the confirmation of community transmission, there is no room for complacency.

Our job now is to stay local, remain solitary and avoid physical contact with anyone outside of our immediate households. I know this will bring with it a range of challenges for many, including parents trying to juggle working from home with supervising children engaging in online learning, and older people living alone feeling isolated and needing assistance to get supplies.

As your local MP for Selwyn I am here to help and support you. While my staff and I are confined to our homes, like everyone else, we remain available to you by phone, or email.

The most up-to-date health information on Covid-19 is available on the Ministry of Health’s website www.health.govt.nz. If you have symptoms of Covid-19 or have other urgent health needs, call Healthline free on 0800 358 5453.

More general information about New Zealand’s efforts to combat the spread of the virus and responses to the social and economic impacts of the virus can be found at www.covid19.govt.nz.

The Government has released a package of financial support for businesses and employees, contractors and the self-employed. For information on the support that may be available to you and to apply for support, visit www.workandincome.govt.nz.

If you are concerned that you ‘fall between the gaps’ or are having difficulty accessing support, please contact me.

Many people in our community are feeling isolated and vulnerable right now. Some don’t have access to the internet and may need additional information, or help with deliveries, food or other services so it is important we keep in touch via phone or social media. For those over seventies who are not connected to the internet, it is vital to ensure they have a neighbour, or relative, to check on them via phone and drop supplies to their door when needed.

Essential services remain open. These include supermarkets and petrol stations. However, in terms of supermarket shopping the Government has recommended that households nominate one person, who is healthy and well, to go out to get essential supplies.

This is an incredibly challenging time for everybody and it is important to look after yourself. Getting out of the house for a walk, or a bike ride, around your local area can make a huge difference to your physical and mental wellbeing.

If you or anyone you know is feeling overwhelmed and needs to talk to a trained counsellor, they can text, or call 1737.

Amy Adams - MP Selwyn.

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Fire and Emergency is urging New Zealanders to think about fire safety as they self-isolate to prevent spread of COVID-19!

Fire and Emergency Chief Executive Rhys Jones said with people staying home for at least the next four weeks, it’s now more important than ever for everyone to be fire-safe.

"We’re heading into winter, and with households self-isolating together, there’ll be more cooking at home, and more use of open fires, heaters, and dryers - all things which can increase fire risk," he said.

"We regularly attend fires caused by overloaded electrical outlets.

So, if you’re working from home, please check your workspace set up to ensure plugs aren’t overloaded. Make sure your heating source is at least a metre away from everything - including other people, laundry and furniture. Keep your cooking surfaces free from grease and please never, ever leave pans unattended on the stove top."

Rhys said this is a good time to press the button on all your smoke alarms to check they’re working, "A house fire can kill in five minutes - go over an escape plan with everyone in your household.

"At times like this it’s really important to look after each other.

So please also check in with vulnerable family members and neighbours.

Do what you can to help them with their own fire safety preparations, as long as you can do so safely, following the advice about physical distancing on: covid19.govt.nz"

While there will be no national Anzac Day commemorative services, there will be an act of remembrance on behalf of the people of New Zealand at the National War Memorial.

This will be undertaken jointly by the Chief of Defence Force, Air Marshal Kevin Short, Short and the President of the Royal New Zealand Returned and Services’ Association, Mr B.J. Clark.

Clark This will not be open to the public or media but will be recorded for subsequent broadcast.

Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage Chief Executive Bernadette Cavanagh said, “We know that all New Zealanders will be saddened that these public events can’t

go ahead this year. These are unprecedented times and the health and wellbeing of our communities has to be our priority.”

“Regardless of what form it takes, Anzac Day is our national day of remembrance. We know that all those who have served and are still serving New Zealand in conflicts and peacekeeping, will be front and centre in our thoughts and hearts on April 25th.”

“I encourage you to look at alternative ways you can honour these women and men on what will always be a very special day in New Zealand.”

Decisions about Anzac Day services around the country will be made by local communities.

Rhys added that New Zealanders could rest assured that Fire and Emergency was well-prepared and ready to respond to emergencies as usual during the nationwide self- isolation period.

Fire and Emergency NZ (FENZ) advise that Selwyn is currently still in a RESTRICTED Fire season.

This means no-one can light a fire in the open without a permit.

The only permits being issued are to farmers for crop stubble burns. This is to minimise the risk of exposure to Covid19 for volunteer firefighters.

Please do not put them at extra risk by lighting a fire without a permit.

For more information go to www.checkitsalright.nz.

If you do need to call 111 for a fire, we will ask you whether anyone at the address is self-isolating or has a confirmed case of COVID-19.

Where this is the case, we already have necessary measures in place to ensure everyone’s safety including protective clothing, gloves, masks, safety glasses and masks.

"Our top priority is to keep your people and our people safe.

Together we can prevent both the spread of COVIDCOVID-19 and the oftenoften-devastating consequences of household fires!"

PLEASE NOTE!

CORONAVIRUS SYMPTOMS? Please stay home!

PHONE HEALTHLINE

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Selwyn Creative Network’s mission is to enhance, grow, promote and support the creative expressions of the community so that opportunities to belong can flourish. With a vision to provide a platform for the arts’ community to use their work toward benefitting the social and mental wellbeing of the district, they were well placed to support local creative people in their transition to online lessons.

“In the early stages when New Zealand was at level 2, I was thinking about the impact of covid-19 to the wider arts community,” explained Rachael Inch (founder). “I considered its ability to service the people, and still survive as a viable business. I could also see that our sector would be one of the first impacted with the cancellation of events, and gatherings of over 500. So I set about creating an online support group for our area to share ideas and chat to each other about the positive impact we could make,” Rachael added.

“The response was really positive despite the outlook, and several of our creative community took the opportunity to adapt their businesses,” she reported.

“Three key initiatives have been established as a result.”

Katrina McGettigan is keeping students and the community engaged with a four week online art course for people to join during the lockdown period.

The course will offer classes for all abilities and ages. Students will learn how to draw animals, including their own pets, how to draw cartoons, how to draw still life, and how to draw landscapes along with how to render with colour. A few fun brain exercises to get creative and imaginative minds on paper. All using materials that most households own.

To find out more visit: www.facebook.com/ Artclasseschristchurchnz/ Vicky Peacock from Creative Sparks, Darfield, created some at home packs for children and has been busy thinking of ways to keep her students creatively engaged over the next four weeks. Each pack is slightly different and may include a selection of paper, or canvas, felt tips, crayons, modelling clay, paint brushes, paint, pencils and chalk. Vicky has also turned her personal art studio into a temporary You Tube online tutorial space with the help of her own children, Ruby (aged 8) and Annabelle (aged 4). Over the next four weeks tutorials will be free to anyone who would like to take part in some#isolationcreation!

The idea being that students may choose how they create with their materials and then share their creations on www.facebook.com/pg/ artandmusiceducation/posts/ Nickie Hughes from PLAY drama workshops (Rolleston) has also released online classes.

A finished piece by Katrina McGettigan, after showing the step by step guide to achieving this.

“My focus is on extracurricular activities because I believe Drama is important as it contributes to children’s wellbeing, self-esteem and confidence! In these times, where things feel very unsettled, I intend to send out online material for children of all ages in Selwyn and around New Zealand,” Nickie said. “A new YouTube channel has been created called PLAY Discovery and I plan to release mini and main challenges for children of different ages to take part in while they are in isolation. The focus is on creative writing, script writing and performance,” she added.

“Not only does this give children a creative outlet, it also gives them another task to focus on that isn’t school. These activities can be applied when the children relax on their down time; equally these videos are also something that can be applied to home school structure as the main challenges will be educational and informative,” Nickie explained.

“We will also be presenting arts and craft projects such as mini stage building and costume designs,” she added. “Each week a mini challenge will go online and everyone who enters will have their work showcased on the channel,” Nickie concluded.

Mackenzie Kenny’s artwork from Broadfield School.

Nickie Hughes from PLAY.

To showcase work visit: www.facebook.com/ playdramaworkshops/

Artwork by Freddy Kenny.

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When Clearview Primary School set up an Ice Skating Rink they hoped to have it operational from March 23rd until the 29th.

Sadly this wasn’t to be, but before lockdown began some lucky students got to experience the facility. After the School’s proposed week - it was to have been open for public sessions sadly of course this had to be curtailed. A disco and a curling cup competition for the staff had been planned also.

“The Clearview PCG (Parent Community Group) were responsible for bringing the rink to our school,” commented Tina Prince, Prince Teacher and PCG Member at Clearview Primary.

“We actually set it up on the evening of Sunday, March 22nd, but only thirteen classes were fortunate enough to have a lesson on the Monday before the news that we were shutting down came in,” she explained.

“It took twenty two volunteers just under two hours to set up and pack down,” she said.

“It was brilliant though. The students who did participate absolutely loved it. All helmets, gloves and skates were provided, and the organiser Robin had a large sound system which blasted out music, keeping students energised,” she added.

The Ice Rink uses state of the art, artificial ice which has 97% same gliding capacity as natural ice. It looks like ice, skates like ice, but isn't cold. It’s slightly easier for children and learners as it’s not as slippery as natural ice it was explained.

Lessons on the ’ice’ are developed to give children from Year 1 - 8 an unique and fun introduction to ice skating. The children are taught the basics of balance, co-ordination and skating with the aim to have

them all skating by the end of the session.

“We have the philosophy that children learn best by falling and getting up themselves,”

commented one of the organisers.

Clearview Primary are hopeful they can reschedule for the same time next year!

The ice rink all set up and ready to go.

Children in action on the ice.

Children from Clearview Primary enjoying time on the ice rink.

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IS NOW THE RIGHT TIME? Selwyn Parenting Network (SPN) Children’s Day 2020 proved to be ‘everything and more’. Thousands poured into Foster Park, Rolleston for three hours of free family fun on Sunday, March 1st. An abundance of volunteers including the newly formed young and dynamic Rolleston Rotary - Provisional Club, helped make light work of assembling some much needed shade tents; along with supporting SPN and other key supporters to get everything set up!

The day, which was made possible thanks to the support of principal sponsors Faringdon, saw dozens of attractions specifically chosen to cross a spectrum of ages. Wipeout: an inflatable obstacle area with rotating arms proved incredibly popular with the older children whilst magical faerie Lily Peas Blossom appealed to those looking for imaginative fun.

Henna Art, Kirituhi Skin Drawings and Tock.earth with its environmental messages were all new to Children’s Day 2020.

The regular bouncy castles, free pony rides, face painting and animal balloons truly satisfied the delighted regulars, it was reported.

“Children's Day is about putting tamariki first. It’s an opportunity for families, and communities to celebrate and nurture children, and an opportunity for us all to

engage in the responsibility of supporting the lives of tamariki in our communities,” commented Kate Webb SPN Coordinator.

“This year saw us collaborate with even more community organisations, and the volunteer support that we received was truly outstanding,” she added.

The free event saw numerous family and community providers showcasing factual and empowering resources for

parents, whilst many early childhood providers brought along fun, tactile, engaging and educational activities and games.

Stage entertainment included young up and coming band Out of Control, along with dance performances from Star Jam, highland dancing from Jacqueline Jones School of Dance and pre-school dance fun with home based childcare providers Paua.

Buying a home is fraught with big decisions - not the least of which “is it the right time?”

With Coronavirus, talk of ensuing recession, housing prices and endless other potential hiccups, you can be forgiven for hesitating.

However with buying a home you need to decide if you are ready. The world will always pose complications, but if you are house ready then you can lessen the impact of outside influences.

Do your homework. Get your accounts in order and budget for a mortgage to see if you can safely pay one, and still live comfortably.

Save an extra $100 or $200 a fortnight, over and above your rent to prove to yourself and the bank that you are able to manage your money effectively. If you are already paying a high rent and figure the mortgage repayments would be less, remember interest rates can and will rise - you need to factor this in.

Learn to live within your means - chop up your credit and store cards and future proof for things that can go wrong - car and house repairs and maintenance are a given.

The ‘right time’ is always going to be very obvious in hindsight but make 2020 your year of 20-20 vision!

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Wednesday, March 25th Draft Annual Plan adopted for consultation: The Council agreed to adopt the draft Annual Plan as it was presented, to go out for public consultation in April. Under the current COVID-19 restrictions, information and consultation will predominantly be available online.

The key proposals identified for consultation in the draft Annual Plan include: • Deferring the Prebbleton Community Centre project to allow for more detailed consideration in the LongTerm Plan 2021-2031.

• Reviewing wider community needs for community facilities in Leeston.

• Establishing Council investment and developer partnerships for the Rolleston town centre retail development.

• Increasing water supply charges to provide for quality improvements and demand management.

• Planning and building a new wastewater system for central Darfield and new developments.

The Council acknowledged that in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and its impacts on the economy, there were likely to be significant changes to the final plan. Many of the projects and services proposed may now

prove to be unnecessary and some projects may not progress. At the same time, other projects that were not a priority may now become a focus over the next twelve months.

The Council will also have to consider how public consultation might proceed given the Level 4 Alert, and what form hearings will take, as in person may not be appropriate. It’s hoped that more information will be available towards the end of April.

Selwyn Huts Licences to be renewed and new charges consulted on: The Council agreed to start the process for a new licence for Selwyn Huts hut owners and proposed the new Licence and Other Charges Fee. Councillors voted to circulate a revised ‘draft’ Deed of Licence to Hut owners for comment, before presenting a final Deed of Licence. It also supported a proposal to raise the licence fee and other charges for the licence to fund the new wastewater system needed for the Huts, along with other ongoing costs.

It is proposed that the Council would pay for the new wastewater system by way of a loan to the Huts community that would be gradually paid back over the time of its use. The Council supported a gradual increase in fees, from $977 a year from July 1st, 2020 and

increasing annually in line with costs and the time to build the new wastewater system.

The existing licences for the Huts to be on the site expire on June 30th, 2020. The Council voted to support extending those licences to June 30th, 2023, with the new fees and other charges system in place.

It would then issue new licences for fifteen years.

Council to consult on future use of Rolleston Community Centre: The Council will consult with the community on the future use of the Rolleston Community Centre.

The Council agreed to support in principle a proposal to develop the building as a district centre for arts, while keeping some space for community-delivered recreation and public gatherings.

Consultation with the community will be undertaken as part of the Long-Term Plan 2021-2031, and the Council noted that it would consider other options that may be put forward through the consultation.

The building is currently used for indoor sports, Council-run recreation services and to house the Rolleston Library.

Most of these functions will move to the Foster Park Indoor Courts and Te Ara Ātea, when these buildings are completed.

Full reports can be found in the Council meeting Agenda at: www.selwyn.govt.nz

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Police launched their specialist site for the reporting of suspected breaches of Alert Level 4 restrictions on Sunday, March 29th. However almost immediately the site came under stress as it experienced extremely heavy traffic. Users were advised to be patient and to keep trying.

The new online form can be used to report isolation breaches, or cases of businesses continuing to operate, when they are not part of the essential workforce.

Police Commissioner Mike Bush urged people to use the online form instead of calling Police.

“We know that people want to do the right thing if they see people flouting the restrictions, but we want to ease the load on the non-emergency phone number.

“Police will take the information reported online and make contact to remind those breaching the restrictions of their responsibilities.

“We are continuing to take the approach of educating and

informing people of their responsibilities in the first instance, but we will not hesitate to take enforcement action if people continue to ignore the restrictions.”

“Police do not want to have to arrest anyone or visit people because they doing are the wrong thing.

“Please stay at home, follow the guidelines on www.covid19.govt.nz and don’t give people a reason to report your behaviour to Police.”

During this Level 4 Alert people should stay at home as much as possible, except for going for a walk, or picking up essentials. You should not enter other people’s houses, or arrange meetings in public places.

Anyone leaving their homes needs to keep a two-metre distance from other people at all times. When returning home from being in public, hands need to be thoroughly washed.

Stopping physical contact with people outside your household is the single most important

thing New Zealand can do right now to stop further community transmission.

People may want to act as enforcers of others, but report any concerns to the correct authorities by calling Police on 105, or filling out their online form - remember to be kind!

Using private vehicles for transport is allowed, but only to access essential services, or if drivers are essential workers travelling to, from, or as part of, essential work. Only travel in the car with people from the immediate household.

Personal walks and other active travel like cycling, or scootering, is fine, provided a two-metre distance from anybody outside of the household is kept. Stick to simple outdoor exercise and avoid areas where injury, or getting lost, could take place.

It’s important the emergency services remain available to support the response to COVID19.

Remember, any unnecessary COVID--19! travel may spread COVID

The online form can be found at… www.police.govt.nz/105support

Can I drive up the back and go hunting or fishing?

Fish & Game New Zealand are calling for anglers and hunters to stay at home during the four-week lockdown.

While they are calling for people stay home, the Government says people can still go outdoors as long as they stick to the 2m rule.

"The advice we have is that at Alert Level 4 anglers and hunters should not undertake activities that expose them and others to higher levels of risk," says Fish & Game New Zealand Chief Executive Martin Taylor.

"We are also advised that DOC huts and campsites are closed as they do not meet minimum separation requirements."

Fishing and hunting, even close to home, inherently carry a degree of risk and it is important for anglers and hunters not to further burden our emergency services and healthcare system, says Fish & Game.

"It's heart-breaking to not be able to spend time in the outdoors, especially as for many of us this is our main way to destress, but we all have our part to play to beat COVID-19,"

"The point of the next four weeks is to kill the virus in New Zealand so that life goes back to normal as quickly as possible.

Let’s stay home until we are told otherwise then we can get outdoors and back into angling and hunting."

Police are appealing to the public to only call 111 in an emergency or life-threatening situation!

• The 111 line has come under significant pressure as a result of a larger than usual volume of calls.

• However, it is absolutely vital that people only call 111 if they are facing an emergency situation - for example, someone is badly injured or in danger; there’s a serious risk to life or property, such as a house fire; a crime is being committed and the offenders are there or have just left; or you’ve come across a major public inconvenience, like a tree blocking a road.

• OUT & ABOUT If people don't fit into any of the prescribed categories of why you're allowed to be out there, we'll be out there, we'll be highly visible. We'll be stopping people, we'll be having a chat to find out whether they're compliant. The first part of that is we'll be really educating people and encouraging them to comply.

If people don't comply then we'll be using the authority that we have, either under our own legislation or under other law, to ensure people do comply. We don't want to be out there with a big stick.

That's not our normal approach.

But if people don't comply, that's where we've got to go, because - and I can't say this often enough - complying with this will save lives.

All other matters should be reported to police either by online reporting, or by calling 105.

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By Anna Bensemann, Sediment build up also has the sediment control can be Senior Planner, Baseline Group potential to affect township and planned for, and monitored

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The management of sediment laden water is a big part of modern land development, and for good reason with fines for accidental discharges to the environment in the order of thousands and charged to landowners, contractors and even engineers overseeing the project.

The impact of accidental discharges of sediment laden water to our freshwater stream, rivers, lakes and coastal waters can have huge impacts. Putting aside the obvious environmental effects such as reducing habitat for native freshwater fish, sediment in our waterbodies has potential economic effects as well.

Marine farms for mussels, oysters and salmon rely on particular levels of water quality and clarity for product growth and health. Sediment runoff from coastal forestry works, farm tracks or building site excavations have the potential to reduce coastal water quality for adjoining marine farm activities. Nutrients carried in the sediment can also impact on the ability to harvest product from marine farms.

Further inland, subdivision construction, farming development, forestry activities, or any earthworks where sediment may run off into a stream or river, can have local economic effects. This can include sediment build up in farm irrigation pipes creating inefficiencies and additional maintenance issues for irrigation takes. In operations where trickle or drip irrigation is applied, such as vineyards, sediment in water can block outlets putting pressure on irrigation systems, leaving some plants without water.

city water supplies where they are sourced from rivers, or reservoirs fed directly from rivers. This may lead to increased filtration and maintenance costs, or a sediment build up in the base of a reservoir reducing the area available for water storage.

A certain amount of sediment naturally flows overland and into our water bodies and this is largely unavoidable. Natural slips and areas of exposed soils will always generate sediment laden water. However, our desire to develop our land to make a better more productive environment means that the human contribution to sediment in o ur w at erbo di e s i s significantly more than naturally occurs.

Council’s manage this issue through the need for resource consents on large scale earthworks where details about

through consent conditions. Any non-compliances can be accordingly remedied. Silt fences, settlement areas, requirements to re-grass exposed soils, and simply managing where sediment laden water goes during construction, can have a massive impact in reducing effects.

While the requirements to manage sediment during construction can seem over the top, the reasons for doing so are both environmental and economic in nature. While the benefits for the environment of good sediment management are obvious, the economic benefits to surrounding water users may not be so clear. Good sediment practices can avoid economic costs down stream and therefore are worth investing in.

See the contact details for Baseline Group in this issue.

Due to the COVID-19 virus situation, and as with many other organisations, the Shed has closed until further notice.

One project which unfortunately now looks like not being urgent has been the making of wooden poppies on sticks for the RSA ANZAC day. However their painting and assembly has been completed. Two metal arches for a garden were also recently made and delivered to a Shed member and Ralph Wilkins, Wilkins who was making an electric guitar, recently showed the finished item to the Shed.

Donated shelving has been installed in the engineering section and cupboards and additional shelving, built in the woodwork section, has also been fitted. Once Shed activities resume, the new section will be used for dirty and noisy projects.

See the Shed’s website at: Rollestonshed.wordpress.com for further details.

Sandy Ferguson,

Rolleston Men’s Shed.

Ralph Wilkins who made an electric guitar, recently showed the finished item to the Shed.

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Recently Lisa and Stephen Williams relocated the RhodoDirect business to West Melton. RhodoDirect, as its name suggests, specialises in rhododendrons and they stock over four hundred varieties! While they are predominantly an online business, distributing rhododendrons throughout New Zealand, RhodoDirect do welcome visitors to their property in West Melton (although not until the current crisis has passed).

The business has a large following of fans from all over the country, who are active on their Facebook page or visiting their website www.rhododirect.co.nz Both Lisa and Stephen are keen gardeners and both have experience in the horticultural field. The pair love the challenge of designing new gardens, and choosing plants that suit the climate and soil conditions.

The couple purchased the white borchii truffiere ‘Tresillian Truffles’ property at West Melton three years ago and it has created an amazing and unique environment for the relocation of the rhododendron nursery. The rhododendron shade house is protected from the winds by pine trees, and the oak trees have created a dappled shaded area for the large rhododendrons to grow under.

Lisa and Stephen are currently developing a rhododendron di spl ay garden featuring all the varieties currently stocked, along with deciduous azaleas. This will definitely be something to put on the calendar for a visit in October and November, when the rhododendrons will be in full bloom.

The Nursery carries plants to suit all budgets; from $20 to $120, depending on age and size. RhodoDirect are currently establishing a landscaper’s instant

rhododendron range of plants; these are over six years old and in excess of a metre in height. This grade of plant has been extremely popular for gardeners who want the instant effect of well grown plants, or maybe to fill a gap in their established garden.

Lisa loves rhododendrons for their range of colours and wide choice of flower heads.

“They can also make a real statement in your garden,” she explained. “They are a versatile plant, and can even be used for hedging!”

“I’m really excited to be your new rhododendron go-to person,” she added. “I’m really looking forward to discussing rhododendrons with you in the near future, once this covid crisis has been beaten.”

“As we are a new site, we would love to take you along on the journey of developing the extensive display garden, and share tips we’ve learnt

Lisa and Stephen Williams with their new RhodoDirect sign.

along the way,” Lisa and Stephen said.

When the lockdown is off, the Nursery will be open by appointment to the public Monday to Friday, as well as each weekend from mid morning, till mid afternoon during May and June.

See the advertisement in this issue for contact details - order online and make lockdown time, gardening time!

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RhodoDirect’s Shade House.

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Carnmore Pony Club, based on Jones Road, is run by Amelia and Cheryl French and recently had six of their members attend the Scandal Trophy.

This prestigious pony club competition for both individuals and teams took place at the Canterbury Agricultural Park on Sunday, February 16th.

Carnmore members attending performed extremely well, coming away with the highest combined scores to win the Huntley Cup team event.

Individually their riders also had good performances. Oliver

Grayling winning the Scandal Trophy itself, riding one of Amelia and Cheryl’s horses; ‘Leo Dreams of Gold’.

“Oliver does not have his own horse, but he comes to Carnmore every week to train.

He was competing in a large class of Canterbury's top young riders,” Amelia commented.

Along with this success he also won the Saladin Cup for his age class.

Madeleine Collins also competed in the Scandal Trophy class on her pony ‘Dalmar Rhinestone’, and came a

credible seventh place out of the fourteen in that class, and was placed third in her age group.

The other members of the Carnmore team were Paige Foot riding ‘Brookfield's Forget Me Not’ who was placed first in her class; Bridget Morris riding ‘Tex’ fourth in her class; Millie Lough riding ‘Missy’ also fourth in her class and Alice Wainwright riding ‘Tess’.

To find out more about Carnmore Pony Club visit their Facebook page: ‘Carnmore Equestrian’.

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Carnmore Pony Club’s winning team: Millie Lough, Oliver Grayling, Alice Wainwright, Bridget Morris, Paige Foot and Madeline Collins.

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- SERVICING NORTH CANTERBURY -

Rolleston College held their Leadership Camp in week four of this term. Leaders from all their four whanau’s attend, each going for one night and two days. The camp was held at Orton Bradley Park to develop leadership skills and team bonding.

“Personally, I had no idea what to expect, apart from the fact everyone in the older levels couldn’t stop talking about how amazing it was last year,” commented Year 10 Rolleston College Learner Indigo Sterling.

Sterling “I knew that it would be a blast; team bonding activities and problem solving in the outdoors sounded good to me,” she added.

“Now looking back on camp afterwards, I understand why everyone was so excited. I got to know the rest of the team better than just being at

school,” Indigo explained. “We could be ourselves and I got to see what others were like camping, whether they were comfortable or if it wasn't really their cup of tea. The fact I jumped off the Diamond Harbour Wharf, multiple times,

when I don’t usually like swimming was a big leap for me. Seeing others going through similar fears makes me proud of everyone who jumped off the wharf, and who went on camp, myself included,” she said.

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On Sunday March 15th, players “It was an amazing sight seeing enjoy playing rugby together,” from the Rolleston Rugby Club so many girls coming along to commented a spokesperson. attended the All Girls’ Quick Rip, and Tackle Rugby Series at Woodend Rugby Football Club’s, Gladstone Park. The event was organised by Bridget Johnstone from Canterbury Rugby Football Union (CRFU) and her coaching team.

All the players attended a skill based training session for half an hour, with the Tackle teams running tackle skills and the Quick Rip (non contact) teams running catch and pass training Rolleston Rugby Club members that attended the All Girls’ sessions. The girls were Quick Rip, and Tackle Rugby Series at Woodend Rugby coached by members of the Football Club’s, Gladstone Park.

CRFU community coaching team Back L to R: Shelby, Isabella, Lily, Olivia, Tessa as well as some of the amazing Front L to R: Katie, Mikayla. players from many of the CRFU Women’s teams, which included some of the Farrah Palmer Cup players and Black Fern players.

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The season for West Melton bowlers is drawing to a close as most interclub and Malvern competitions have finished and club championships have been decided.

There were a number of Malvern events in which West Melton bowlers acquitted themselves very well. On Sunday, February 23rd three singles finals were played. Mike Leigh, Leigh playing in the Malvern Men’s Open Singles at Darfield, won the final 21-14. Also playing at Darfield, Paul Williams won the Malvern Men’s Under 5’s final 21-15. Jean Gubb, Gubb playing in the Malvern Women’s Under 5’s Singles at Coalgate won her final as well. Huge congratulations to these players. With Gretta Leigh winning the Malvern Women’s Open Singles earlier in the season, this completed a clean

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sweep for West Melton bowlers playing in Malvern Singles events and is probably unprecedented.

Congratulations to Bob Burnett who prevailed in the Club Men’s Open Singles Championship against Mike Leigh. Both players played excellent bowls which made for an entertaining game. Congratulations also to Paul Williams who defeated Roye Daniels in the Club Men’s Under 5’s Singles Championship.

Bob Shorter and Jeff Mugford played Bob Burnett and Paul Williams in the Club Men’s Open Pairs final with Bob and Jeff overcoming a deficit to go on and win 22-13. Well done Bob and Jeff.

A keenly contested Super Pairs competition which is played on Saturday afternoons at the Club, and is sponsored by Ken

Sharplin, Sharplin saw Dennis Herrick, Herrick and Graeme Aynsley Williams Will Hessey finish the ten rounds as the winning team.

The Slipper Trophy was donated to the Club by David and Ana Gooch and on the night of March 18th the competition for it was played in the form of Target Bowls. Congratulations to Warren Knox, Knox John Waller, Waller Anne May and Mike Leigh who won both games and were presented with the trophy by David and Ana. On Saturday, March 14th West Melton hosted Kirwee Bowling Club to defend the Le Comte Cup which is played for annually.

I am happy to report that West Melton retained the Cup by defeating Kirwee by six games to three.

On Tuesday, February 25th Graeme Hessey, Adriaan Kroon, Kroon Ross Sadler and Syd Horgan

travelled to Rakaia to their annual Farmers Tournament.

They were the only side to win four games out of four to win the Boag Trophy.

Congratulations and well done.

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To find out more about West Melton Bowling Club visit: www.westmeltonbowlingclub.com

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On March 20th, they held a mufti day for students to commemorate the one year anniversary of the March 15th, 2019 Mosque Attack. Additionally ‘Impact’ a year 10 class at the College, assisted by teacher Jordan Jefferis created and designed posters, as well as T-shirts and hoodies, with the intention of selling them to raise funds. They set about contacting clothing manufacturers to get the garments produced before marketing them to students and staff during break time from March 16th to 20th. All donations received from mufti-day, plus the profits from the hoodies and t-shirts will go towards the Linwood Mosque in Christchurch as they are revamping their building. Above: Rolleston College supporting the Linwood Mosque with a mufti day while wearing the student designed tees and hoodies.

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The South Island farms vary in size between 900-1150 cows and are all located within 5-10 minutes of the nearest township and 15-20 minutes from Rolleston.

The successful applicant will: • Be a proven Farm Manager, with examples of prior performance • Have priorities that align with ours: people, animals and pasture • Have an excellent understanding of pasture management • Have a proven record of positive people management skills • Have excellent animal health standards • Have a sound understanding of compliance • Demonstrate ability to operate within farm policies & procedures • Have an excellent understanding of Health & Safety procedures • Have the ability to lead your team with confidence and intend to be an involved leader of your team.

In return, we offer a competitive remuneration package, warm family home with log burner, great location close to good schools and welcoming townships, and opportunities to further train and progress your career both within farming and within the T H Enterprises Ltd business.

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Wishing everyone the best through these trying times!

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A man walks into a restaurant with an emu by his side. The waitress asks for their orders. The man says: “A burger, chips and a coke, please.” He then turns to the emu and nods. “I’ll have the same,” says the emu.

A short time later the waitress returns with the order and says: “That will be $18.40 please.” The man reaches into his pocket and, without looking, pulls out the exact change for payment. The next day, the man and the emu go to the restaurant again and the man says: “A burger, chips and a coke, please.” The emu says: “I’ll have the same.” Again the man reaches into his pocket and pays with exact change. This becomes routine until one night they enter the restaurant and the waitress asks: “The usual?”… “No, this is Friday night, so I will have a steak, baked potato and salad,” says the man. “Me too,” says the emu. The waitress brings the order and says: “That will be $42.62.” Once again the man pulls the exact change out of his pocket and places it on the table.

The waitress can’t hold back her curiosity any longer and says: “Excuse me, sir. How do you manage to always come up with the exact change out of your pocket every time?”... “Well,” says the man, “Several years ago I was cleaning my house and found an old lamp. When I rubbed it a genie appeared and offered me two wishes.

My first wish was that if I ever had to pay for anything, I would just put my hand in my pocket and the right amount of money would always be there.”….“That’s brilliant!” says the waitress. “Most people would wish for a million dollars or something, but you’ll always be as rich as you want for as long as you live!”

“That’s right. Whether it’s a litre of milk or a Rolls Royce, the exact money is always there,” says the man.

The waitress asks: “But, sir, what’s with the emu?” The man sighs and answers: “My second wish was for a tall chick with long legs who agrees with everything I say.”