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Welcome to our May issue.

We have been enjoying some beautiful autumn weather which always makes leaving summer that bit easier!

It seems like we are seeing a bit of a light at the end of the Covid tunnel, and it is wonderful to see events starting to happen again.

The Oxford Club have some fantastic events coming up - there is really something for everyone going on there! Have a look at their ad on page 5 to see what they have on offer, starting with a Mother's Day Brunch.

We hope you are enjoying our countdown to the Oxford Schools Jubilee by Amy Riach.

Amy is doing some amazing stories connecting with past students and teachers of the school.

You can find some more info on the school pages or follow along on Facebook www.facebook.com/oxfordschools150yearsjubilee for updates.

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Sunday morning at the Market.

by Beka Hunt

On Sunday mornings at the Oxford Farmers' market, gazebos are assembled on dewy grass and stallholders arrange their wares in a meticulous fashion.

Easter Sunday was no exception - although it was also extremely overcast and cold enough to numb the tips of your fingers.

To celebrate the Easter holiday, the market boasted a tractor for the kids to climb on, and a display of massive pumpkins.

Visitors were invited to guess the weight of one rather large pumpkin, which weighed a staggering 27.1kgs.

Rick Barr came the closest with a guess of 28kgs, so will finish the month with an Oxford Farmers' Market voucher to his name.

Alongside the pumpkins, chocolate eggs were handed out to the children, who were also offered a game of Scalliwag.

To play, the children decorated hard boiled eggs with sharpies and felts, and then rolled them down a shallow ramp across a table.

The aim was to gain points by rolling the egg into one of the wooden archways opposite the ramp.

With 21 participants, young Jackson managed to score a staggering 41 out of the possible 45 points, with Molly coming in second with a score of 38. Linda Pocock ran the game, and would like to extend a huge thank you to Ray Mertens for the use of his childhood toy.

As always, Sunday saw an incredible range of items for sale - the cheapest eggs I've ever seen (the non chocolate kind), health products, beautiful clothes, candles, meat, cordial, and all kinds of delicious food.

Sarah, who owns the newly dubbed Pure Produce stall, sold Reaper peppers and heirloom vegetables.

Passionate about providing affordable, spray free fruit and veg, she aims to be at the market more often during spring time.

Next to her, Liz, the owner of Balcairn Cordials sources all her ingredients locally, and boasts a great range of elderflower cordials, as well as the lemon classics. Love Ya fudge sells completely eco friendly fudge, right down to the ‘plastic’ biodegradable wrapping. The fudge itself is gluten free, and delicious to boot.

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It happens to the best of us When Isolation Finally Hits.

by Amy Riach

With the end of Term 1 approaching, and the Covid-19 pandemic closing in on its second birthday, I was starting to become awfully impressed with my emerging skills as a germaphobe. And then one Monday morning I woke up feeling worse than Garfield ever did, and my newly determined immunity came crashing down in one fell swoop, courtesy of a birthday over the weekend and a positive at-home antigen test. Cue the string of emails that needed to be formulated and drafted and sent out, the texts that were sent to call in sick from work, and the rapid fire messages delivered to all the friends I had been with unmasked; when finishing my coffee before it went stone cold become an exercise in face covering off, face covering on, face covering off again.

It proved to be a wise decision on my part to handle all communication the moment that second red line appeared, because on the night of Day Zero I went early to bed, and then I didn’t get out of bed again until Thursday. I was pretty much down for the count, and Covid hit me unexpectedly hard.

But while I was certainly feeling it, rest assured many people will simply experience Covid like the rest of my family, who finally tested positive 5 days into isolation number one, and reported nothing but the symptoms of a cold.

Though I’m not resentful at all about drawing that particular short straw, for me it was a little bit different.

And if you do end up feeling like I did, there are one or two things that can make it a little easier, (and one or two others that will only make it harder).

Battle number one on the list of things best avoided is work, and my advice there is simple. Don’t.

Truly, I promise it will all still be there when you get back. Emailing with a pounding head and a fever is never going to go your way, and is likely to only result in tears. As someone who needs to work on taking her own advice, this is one of those do as I say, not do as I do situations; but I can speak from experience when I say that Covid left me incredibly emotional even over the smallest things, and especially over work. Sure, I’m not exactly known for my stoicism, and I’ve certainly cried over one or two emails when in the picture of health. There are even a few adverts that leave me tearing up. But with Covid I found myself a bit of a wreck. Working from home can certainly be a blessing if you find yourself a household contact, but if you wind up sick yourself, it’s really not worth it. And urgent as it may feel, all that time typing away on a screen isn’t going to do a whole lot of good for that headache either.

If you do find that spending time on a screen is taking too much out of you, or only fuels the pounding in your head, one option is picking out a familiar Netflix show, turning on the sound, and just closing your eyes. If you’re an audiobook person even better, but for me it was 'Friends' that I could listen to without any thought or effort.

Chances are you’ll fall asleep eventually, and even if you make through more than just the one episode, it will still allow you to get some rest without going bored out of your mind. The fatigue is one thing that really digs its claws in, and even now that I’m well and asymptomatic, I’m still easily exhausted.

So don’t skimp on resting up.

Actually, I don’t think I’ve slept this much during the day since I was about 4, and frustrating as it can be, it probably did me a world of good.

Equally as important, equally obvious, and just as easily ignored; is remembering to drink water. More than you think you need, because it will help. If you have Ibuprofen handy make the most of it, and if you don’t have any in the cupboard, or if there’s anything you’re missing and can’t do without, reach out to someone a little less housebound, and ask if they can make a remote delivery.

It’s okay to ask for support, and while it’s great if you don’t experience any major symptoms, it is okay to be sick and to take the time that you need to recover.

Getting Covid can feel like a really scary thing, and while some are less anxious than others, I spent most of this year actively worried about getting sick.

For months I’ve been a teenage hypochondriac, convinced that every headache and every sore throat was the onset of Covid.

And when I did actually test positive, it felt like a massive deal. Now on the other side of the hill, isolation looks a whole lot more manageable than I had feared.

It happens to the best of us!

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Summer items in Winter!

by Kerri Booth

It’s becoming slightly fresh in the mornings don’t you think?

I often feel that we must be scraping the bottom of the barrel for conversation topics when we start talking about the weather.

But it plays a huge part in our choices in the wardrobe.

All of a sudden your ‘go to’ pieces aren’t cutting the mustard.

That light summer top that you have lived in over the last couple of months isn’t enough to keep you warm, but grabbing your puffer jacket to go over it looks slightly ridiculous.

It’s an actual thing, learning to intergrate your summer pieces into your winter wardrobe so you can get the most wear out of them.

My girlfriend was commenting on this the other day.

I gave her some ideas, and she said you need to write them in your next column, because that helps. Plus you have just given me more outfits that I didn’t even know I had!

My first suggestion is remember that a dress is not just a dress.

It also works as a skirt.

Don’t feel like because it’s now cold that all your dresses and summer skirts need to head to the back of the wardrobe.

There are some key winter items that will help you extend the life of your summer dresses and skirts.

If I throw out the words like boots, tights, woollen knits and scarves to you all, then please grab these and run. These are winter basics that will hugely help with extending the life of your summer wardrobe.

I love the colours and patterns that summer items bring and often winter items can lose that summer vibrancy, so it’s a bonus injecting that into your winter outfits.

Even though adding layers is crucial for the winter elements, it’s important not to forget about shape!

You still want to create a waist. The way you can do this is wear a crop knit or go for your oversized jumper but wear a belt with your summer dress and tuck and fluff the front of your jumper.

You don’t have to see your belt, but it’s creating some shape to your knit and keeping you warm AND extending the life of your summer dress.

You can wear long boots, or ankle boots with skirts to keep those legs warm. Even throw a pair of tights in there.

I have a love/hate relationship with tights. Sometimes I think they can disconnect your legs from your body, but other days I wake up and I love them.

Don’t pigeon hole yourself.

All those rules of not being able to mix this with that need to be challenged and tested.

Why can’t you wear your docs with a dress and a knit?

Why can’t you wear those sneakers with that dress?

Keep your fun and creative side. If you are anything like me and run on solar panels, then winter is definitely the time where effort needs to be put into anything fun and creative!

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Countdown to the Oxford School Jubilee

by Amy Riach

The names you might recognise from galleries across New Zealand.

Carol Moffatt, Jack Trolove, Amy Hoedemakers; talented oil painters, abstract artists, and exhibitors.

But these are three names that also appear in an Oxford yearbook or two, and all three of them got their start here at Oxford Area School.

As the Oxford Schools Jubilee approaches, we’ve all been taking a trip down memory lane, and recalling the stories of our Oxford Alumni.

But this is also a chance to take a look at the future for Oxford students, and explore what life can look like after high school.

Not a student but a former principal, Carol Moffatt has since retired from education, but in the years after Oxford she has gone on to build herself a highly successful career in the art world.

From watercolour to oils, painting has always been a passion for Carol, but it was here at Oxford that she got the inspiration she needed to paint professionally, though art was never something that she taught in a classroom. She tells me, “While I taught both in primary and secondary schools before I came to Oxford, music had been my main teaching area!

However, I had always wanted to paint too. At Oxford I had the opportunity through Brent Firkin’s evening classes. Those classes gave me such a good head start”. Once a teacher at Oxford himself, Brent Firkin is an artist whose name appears alongside Carol’s in more than one yearbook photo, and the night classes he ran proved a huge inspiration to many a local artist pursuing a career in exhibiting. It was at these classes that two Oxford teachers explored their passion, and Carol says “I loved being in Brent Firkin’s evening classes. He was so encouraging and an excellent teacher. I was amazed at the standard of work the art students produced”.

Carol herself was one student always working to those high standards, and even once her classes at the evening course concluded, she continued to explore an education in art, before taking the leap and moving to gallery exhibition.

Painting is very clearly Carol’s passion, but she also had a real talent for education, and she says that “I loved my years at Oxford Area School. It was truly an exciting time. Ideas came from everywhere”. It was the excitement of those new ideas, all the creativity, that really inspired Carol, and she goes on to add that “If you put people first then wherever you are, or whatever you are working on, anything you undertake will be enormously satisfying”.

Carol isn’t the only Oxford alumni finding a great joy in painting, and artist Jack Trolove shares her love for oils. A former student of Oxford, Jack is now a professional artist, creating beautiful oil portraits, art pieces that are designed to articulate and display the intangible. He tells me that “I try to make paintings that remind us how much emotional muscle we have. The materiality of paint holds a lot, and the more years I spend painting, the more magical it seems to me”. Jack’s love for art, and for his signature oil paints, began here at Oxford, in the senior art class taught by none other than night class artist Brent Firkin.

Art was certainly a favourite, and Jack tells me that even now he has many wonderful memories of his time at OAS, none too few of them created in Mr Firkin’s art class. Without fail, he says that he could always look forward to “extreme delicious chaos in the art room - where the rules of the outside world didn’t apply and creativity exploded (sometimes literally)”.

Carol Moffat - ‘Lake Marian Falls' Oil on Canvas Carol tells me that her continued education in art was the perfect “launching pad”, and she recalls that “When I finally retired I did a 6 months course with the Design and Arts course in Christchurch, and began to seriously paint”.

Over the years, she has moved from watercolours to oils, and has proudly exhibited in galleries and art events across the country.

In fact, 2022 has been no exception, and right now she is busy getting her work ready to go to Auckland; where it will be displayed at the Auckland Art Show, and following that, by the Christchurch Art Show in June.

Her collection is an arrangement of several large works all based on the South Island, “and the magnificent scenery we have”.

Landscape art is Carol’s main focus, and she draws her inspiration from our beautiful natural environment. Her art is designed to capture the emotion of a landscape, and she says “I always visit places to understand and get the ‘feel’ of the land”. ten

Jack Trolove - In the studio with painting called Henge

Meet the artists who got their start at OAS !

Messy experimenting is always the best kind, and Jack goes on to say that he still remembers all the “piles of melted crayons left on old oil heaters, claimed as a “colour blending” exercise!”

That mess in the art room looks much the same now as it did when Jack was a student, but no matter how much paint is spilled, the artwork that goes up on the walls always looks incredible; and Jack says that even now his strict studio-lore begins, “the studio is first and foremost a messy place!”

Though melted crayola’s are no longer a daily sight at Jack’s studio, he continues to explore new creative possibilities, proudly leaving a “massive mess” in his wake! Of course oil paint imposes some restrictions, and he reveals that “Drying time is definitely one of the tricky parts of working with really thick oil paint. It turns out though, in spite of many noble attempts by OAS teachers to get me to understand deadlines - oil paint was the one thing that has taught me to be organised!”

So organised in fact, that all Jack’s paintings are completed well before an exhibition opens.

Jack’s newest show will open in July this year, but because all his art needs to be finished many months ahead of time, Jack is down to his final weeks of painting right now. He also has a solo show called Keening, on at Te Manawa Museum at the moment, and having spent the last 4 years working full time in the studio, all his hard work is paying off; and being very well received at that. Jack’s thrilled to be dedicating full time hours to his art, and he says “after 20 years of working towards this, it’s heaven getting so much time on the tools”.

Back when he still had the time, Jack also did his own teaching, lecturing in Fine Arts at Uni as well as teaching creative process and art making in various community contexts. He tells me that in teaching his own students, he returned time after to time to the things he learned from Mr Firkin, and he says “so many of the things he used to say (that I no doubt appeared to ignore at the time) were exactly what I found myself saying to students and artists I worked with!”

Jack has clearly loved being able to pass down all the things he’s learnt, but alongside teaching he also spent years juggling his creative work with activism, working in suicide prevention, mental health and homelessness, as well as in LGBTI community organisations. But there was one common thread, and he says that “Everything is connected. It’s all creative practice and problem solving”.

Balancing a career in art with time spent on everything else you love is no easy task, and Amy Hoedmakers is an abstract artist busy with the same juggling act that Jack is.

A full time painter and a mother, Amy tells me that of all her achievements,“I’m most proud to work in my hometown as an artist and solo mother, in what is an incredibly competitive and rewarding environment”. Competitive art may be, but Amy is at the top of her game, recently named a finalist for the ‘Zonta Female Art Award’, and exhibiting in galleries across New Zealand, something which has been a dream of hers from the beginning.

Amy was a student at Oxford in primary school, where her love of art was first kindled; and she recalls all the good memories she has of her local town, saying that even now “I have so many wonderful memories of making friends that I still have today”. She later moved to Rangiora High in her senior years, and even as a young girl in high school, Amy always knew that she wanted to go into art. It was a passion that she pursued her whole life, and she left for art school after graduation, where she experimented with all kinds of different mediums, before arriving at her own unique style.

“My painting is always evolving”, Amy says. “I think as you grow as a person your work changes too. It’s quite reflective in that regard”.

Another fan of oil paint, which by all accounts is the running favourite, Amy paints abstract landscapes, all interpretations of the natural beauty in the rivers and mountains of Canterbury.

She says that “I only paint with oils now, and I just love their luminosity and depth”. But although you’ll never catch her painting in acrylic, she does incorporate metallic gold and silver leaf into some of her art, which she reveals can be incredibly hard to work with as it has to be applied to the canvas first, before the painting is developed over the top.

But she goes on to add that “metallic leaf adds another layer, another dimension, and it’s really so beautiful when it catches the light”, so clearly it was a technique worth the perseverance.

Amy Hoedemakers Amy is a highly dedicated creative, and even when her young daughter was a baby she continued to paint whenever she could, which usually meant in the early hours of the night when her daughter was asleep! She tells me that part of her process is getting out to paint daily, and not simply waiting for inspiration to strike, saying “Some days it flows easier, and other days it’s more of a grind, like anything you work hard at! But I’m always painting, sometimes up to 20 paintings at a time”.

Amy’s art is in high demand, and while she does paint for exhibitions, she goes on to say that she works to commission as well, and it’s one of her favourite parts of the job. She says “I love this side of my work too, and I always get so energised by the people engaging with my paintings. It allows me to meet so many diverse people, who I might never have had anything in common with.

But our common ground is my art, and that’s really special”.

Amy loves the work she’s doing, and she has a piece of advice for anyone else like her who wants to pursue art professionally.

So, “to any young student wanting to be an artist, you only need to be passionate and driven. Develop your own voice”.

If there is anyone in our community who would be interested in registering, the programme and registration can be found at the Jubilee website. All details will also be posted to the Facebook page Oxford Schools 150 Years Jubilee. Any issues or questions, please email the event coordinator Mary Chinsnall at jubilee@ oxford.school.nz, or contact the school at 033124297 for inquiries. eleven

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Basque burnt Cheesecake with roasted fig & quince (A baseless spanish style cheesecake)

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24CM SPRING FORM TIN

750g Cream Cheese 1Cup Caster Sugar 4 large Eggs 1½ Cups Cream ½ tsp Salt 1 tsp Vanilla essence ¼ cup Flour (GF if prefer)

METHOD Oven 200oC, line sides and base of spring form cheesecake tin.

Beat cream cheese and sugar in a cake mixer until super smooth, stopping to scrape down the side a couple or times.

Add eggs slowly one at a time, adding the vanilla essence and salt.

Scrape sides down and slowly add cream, mix well.

Lastly sift in flour and mix. Make sure the mix is smooth.

Pour into lined tin and bake for 60 mins.

The cheesecake will have a dark almost burnt top and should still be wobbly.

Remove from oven and leave to cool, once cooled leave in the tin and refrigerate, overnight is best.

When wanting to serve the cheesecake, cut using a hot, wet knife for a clean cut.

At this time of year roasting autumn fruits makes for a beautiful dessert or decadent afternoon tea!

ROASTED QUINCE & FIG 4 Quince peeled, cored cut into 4 4 Figs cut in halves Juice of one Lemon 2 Cinnamon sticks Vanilla Bean or Splash of Vanilla Essence Strips of Orange Zest Use a Peeler 2 Cups Caster Sugar 2 Cups Water

METHOD Oven 200oC Mix Sugar, Water, Lemon Juice, Orange Peel and Cinnamon stick together.

Line roasting tin with tin foil, place Quince wedges in the roasting tin, pour over the Sugary water mix.

Cover with tin foil and pop in oven to roast for 50 mins, remove the top foil and add the figs, spoon over sugar syrup, continue to cook for a further 20 mins or until the quince has a good pinkie red colour and starting to caramelize on the edges.

Leave to cool then chill before serving.

Great with Ice Cream or Yogurt. keeps in fridge for a week.

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CREATING CERTAINTY

Mayoral update with Dan Gordon.

Anzac Day 2022 Having been able to gather to remember the sacrifices of New Zealanders made this year’s ANZAC Day special. It is important to recognise the contributions of our service people in conflicts including the South African War, World War One, World War Two, the Korean War, the Malayan Emergency, the Borneo Confrontation, the Vietnam War and Afghanistan, along with peace-keeping roles in places including Iraq, Cambodia, East Timor, and the Solomon Islands.

The invasion of Ukraine serves as a stark reminder that war is not limited to previous conflicts. It is disturbing and of great concern that lessons from the past have not been learnt.

2022 marks the 100th anniversary of New Zealand’s first Poppy Day. Colonel Alfred Samuel Moffatt visited New Zealand in 1921 and proposed selling poppies to commemorate fallen service personnel and assist returned veterans. The concept was created by a French woman called Madame Guerin who sold silk poppies to support veterans’ organisations, widows, and orphans in Northern France.

An order for 350 000 poppies was placed with Madame Guerin’s French Children’s League; however the poppies didn’t arrive in time for Armistice Day, so the Returned Services Association (RSA) held New Zealand’s first Poppy Day on 24 April 1922.

From 1931 the Returned Services Association (RSA) produced its own poppies which were made by disabled returned service people at the Auckland and Christchurch RSAs. Today, almost one million poppies are made each year in Christchurch for the annual Poppy Appeal.

Poppy Day is New Zealand’s longest running appeal and this year the RSA wanted to raise awareness of New Zealand’s younger veterans and the support they need when they return home from active duty.

Our local RSAs offer outstanding support in our communities from organising commemorative events but also assisting those in need of welfare support of every kind. I would like to take the opportunity to thank them on behalf of all our communities.

Each year on ANZAC Day we remember the sacrifices made by our Armed Forces across each generation. They are our great grandparents, grandparents, parents, sons, daughters, brothers and sisters and they all deserve our respect and support.

It is important to remember the bravery of people who headed into the unknown so we can have the freedoms we enjoy today.

We remember them – today, tomorrow, and forever.

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By now, you may have read the articles from Hank at Portfolio Partners and Dennis from Mighty Mortgages. I am the last of the threesome.

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We originated in Southland many years ago.

Over time our business has grown and expanded to the point where we needed to be more centrally located.

Being small-town people, Rangiora seemed a perfect blend of a community where everybody knows their neighbours; while having all the larger city amenities close by.

We loved Rangiora when we moved here four years ago, and this feeling has remained with us to this day.

Part of a larger team As you will have gathered, we work alongside Hank and his team at PPNZL. His team looks after Life Insurance and related products, and we look after the more tangible assets. Recently Dennis has joined our small team to bring his expertise with Mortgages and Banking. Our overarching goal is to provide the highest standards of specialist knowledge, combined with dealing with real people at a local level.

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Many clients became tired of overseas call centres where you wait for ages on the phone. We believe all our clients want to deal with real people, who, over time, they get to know.

Expertise If were are placing your business with someone, we all want to know they have things right. That they are an expert in their field. Many clients found that when they were with some large international brokerages, they weren’t dealing with experts.

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Mike Hart Tumuaki |Principal Update

Year 7/8 Mears Bush Trip

Kia ora e te whānau, Last term was a term to mark in history.

Our school successfully navigated the adaption to individual and household isolation rules for both students and staff.

With Covid in our community we continued to operate without interruption each day in term one!

This is something we can all be very proud of.

Our students and staff have come and gone all term seamlessly moving their learning from home to school. We are so proud of the way our students, with the huge support from their families, have managed themselves this term.

When we sat down at the beginning of the term to ensure our safety plans would allow us to continue to operate unaffected the last term we wondered just how our young people would manage it. Masks, ventilation (even on cooler days), good hygiene, staggered breaks and class groupings - were all handled with responsibility and positivity.

We are currently reviewing how we operate in light of the changes that have taken place asking ourselves:

Our Year 7/8 tamariki visited Mears Bush as part of our 'Great New Zealand Outdoors' programme.

On Monday 18th of March, Years 7/8 went to Mears Bush.

ML and CF went first from 9 to 12, while MR and JE went later from 12 - 2:55. We went because of our Social Studies topic ‘The Great New Zealand Outdoors’ where we learn about our amazing home Aotearoa.

During our bushwalk, we discovered lots of different varieties of trees, birds, and insects.

For example, there was a lot of Black Beech there, as well as clearings of cabbage trees. We saw Fantails and heard Bellbirds.

There were also many bees, wasps, sandflies and spiders.

Together as a group, we brainstormed different ways we could improve the bush to make it even better for public use.

Some ideas were making more obvious signs and colour coding them for tracks. Making the muddy spots easier for public use by putting things like logs, as well as nice little details like signs at the bottom of trees with their name and some information.

This has been an awesome opportunity for us, and we can’t wait to go back to Mears Bush and make it even better.

Written by Jade Saunders, Amelia Bay, Scarlett Griffiths

What traditions need to be reinstated?

What things do we want to keep? and what we want to change?

Our staff and students have begun to share their voices on these topics. We will share this with our community once summarised.

Noho ora mai, nā, Mike Hart

OXFORD SCHOOLS BOT News By Aaron Campbell Recently I was privileged to attend the farewell hosted for long term staff member, Yvonne Stephenson recently, who has ensured that each day students arrive to a clean environment.

From the speeches offered by the members of staff, it is clear that Yvonne has been a dedicated, kind, generous and hardworking member of the team for somewhere in the vicinity of 30 years or more. School documents showed Yvonne as a member of staff since 1991. However through the discussions held, it was clear Yvonne was on staff from around 1986 or so, onwards.

Yvonne, you have dedicated so much of your time to our community and the many generations of children that have attended Oxford Area School.

On behalf of the current and past members of the Board of Trustees I wish you all the best as you settle into your well-deserved retirement. I'm sure I'm not speaking out of turn when I say you will always be welcome to visit your school whanau. It's clear from what was said that you will be dearly missed.

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Years 5-8 Basketball Term 1 By Julie Evans

As part of our Year 7/8 Health Education programme, each Year 7/8 class completed a mural based on Mason Durie's Te Whare Tapa Wha model of Hauora - a cornerstone of the Health and Physical Education Curriculum.

The 4 classes worked together to produce the most colourful mural which would be put on the wall of their homeroom class.

They were also competing to win a Hot Chip Lunch on Mrs Don! Here is the winning entry from class 7/8MR, Miss Robb's Homeroom.

Great work team! Very well deserved winners.

Thanks to all Year 7/8 classes, Miss Robb, Miss Lowen and Ms Whitlow for judging the murals to select a winning entry.

Emma Don

It was great to achieve a six-week competition in the North Canterbury Basketball Friday Night competition last term during these challenging times for our tamariki.

We started training and selecting the teams as soon as the new school year began and had about 40 Year 5-8 students keen to participate.

Not knowing if the competition would get off the ground due to the traffic lights levels set by the government, we were determined to at least give the Oxford students keen to play basketball, the opportunity at school.

With protocols in place, the NCBA Friday Night competition began with much to the delight of the players, coaches and referees. We entered one Year 5/6 girls' team, two Year 5/6 boys' teams and had three Year 7/8 teams.

Term 1 was more about development of players and teams which gives us an opportunity to mix teams up a bit with different coaches to see how they improve as players, and play as a team. It was great to see the improvement across our six teams, and most importantly, the enjoyment and fun players had playing a team sport.

Thanks to all players for taking this opportunity and contributing to basketball at Oxford Area School.

We did have our challenges with families isolating, but with some players keen to play two games, coaches coaching other teams other than their own, and parents willing to step in to coach, we managed to play all games except one!!!

It took a community team to achieve this, so a massive thanks to everyone who did their extra efforts to keep everyone playing this term. Huge thanks to all Oxford referees, to our two beginner referees, to our Volunteers who use your valuable time to support your teams as without your input, it would be impossible to field six basketball teams each week.

Thanks to those that help with training on Friday Night games when coaches were unavailable. Thank you to whānau for your support in transporting players to games, and being on the score bench or sideline to cheer the teams on.

Every tamariki appreciates your support so they can play.

We are looking forward to basketball in Terms 3 and 4.

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End of an era, Tawera Masonic Lodge to close.

by Alistair Houston Established in 1912. - Closed 2022.

110 years of service to the local school, the district and the country.

In its path have been many a fine man, a credit to all concerned.

Yes, a few have joined for the wrong reasons, some politicians, and others with different motives, but soon our unwritten rules and views have sorted them out. Our rule is that there is no talk or discussions at meetings of religion, sex or politics.

A number of the men came long distances on horseback, or horse and gig, in all weathers to go to ‘the Lodge’. One of whom came from Lees Valley for close to 60 years, and hardly missed a meeting.

Masonry has played a big part in education in New Zealand and worldwide. It has financed Chairs in Education and Medicine. It has been responsible for bursary and scholarships, which have helped many young students to get started in their education and careers.

The Oxford Lodge helped the people affected by the Oxford fire on Thongcaster Road.

They handed out substantial meat vouchers to the residents of the area. The Lodge has for years provided money to Oxford Area School for the purchase of books as prizes at the annual prize giving ceremony.

Members of the Lodge look out for the widows of deceased members, taking them out for meals twice a year and giving gifts at Christmas. Covid has of course cancelled this effort for the past two years. Santa still delivered at Christmas though!

It is sad to see organisations as old as the Lodge crumble. Masonry was at its strongest in mining, wartime, and the depression. It is one of the few organisations that you could join at 21 and stay with for the rest of your life. It gives friendship and the company of like-minded people who place their faith on the bible and regularly take the oath of allegiance to Queen and country. Mason’s wives played a key part in the society, by supplying a delicious supper, ensuring members were well turned out and, in the old days, ensured that milking and other jobs were finished so that their husbands could attend the Lodge meetings.

Unfortunately, with so many members now in their senior years, having been masons in the Lodge for many decades, there simply are not enough able-bodied members to run the local branch. The author of this article has been a mason for just short of 50 years and is proud of that fact and the association with the craft and friendships he has made along the way.

Finally, a mason is usually a genuine caring man proud of his Lodge, family, district and country. Few go wrong, some make mistakes, but masonry can fairly be described as an informal friendship of men with much in common.

A few interesting facts:-In 1912 it cost 30 Pounds to purchase the Lodge section, and 307 pounds to erect the building.

- The intention of the Freemason Lodge was to give some measure of protection to its members and their families in tough times as well as to recognise its craftsmen or followers.

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New mural for Oxford Playcentre.

by Beka Hunt

The Oxford Playcentre mural is a testament to good things taking time.

The painting itself took only two days, but the finished product has been a few years in the making- especially as the undercoat needed some decent weather to be completed in. The mural incorporates the beauty of the natural world with bright colours and stunning detail work, something that the Playcenter hopes will draw the attention of visitors when they pass by. As the Playcentre is set back off the roadside, it is sometimes easy to miss. Many people have admitted that for the longest time, they didn’t know it existed. Now, the beautiful imagery will mark the Playcenter for any curious eyes.

The original mural idea included sunflowers and native trees - a concept that was adopted and brought to life when Mark Adams came on board.

An incredible artist, Mark donated his time and skill to take the original idea and expand it fully. The Oxford Playcenter encourages and celebrates growth in its nurturing environment, teaching through exploration and discovery. Mark wanted to bring this magic to the plain, flat wall, so he incorporated living greenery with the painted scenery. In front of the mural is a garden of native grasses, in which a small pathway was installed, leading towards the mural. This is designed in such a way that the viewer can walk forward and be completely immersed in the landscape, about to embark on a new adventure.

This concept ties in perfectly with the introduction of Explorer days - a new venture where the Playcenter family heads out into the community. Each Friday, they travel somewhere new to experience play, exploration and learning in nature.

Their recent trips include the Oxford forest, Castle Hill and Ashley gorge. Although the mural scene is not a recreation of any real destination, the imagery used is recognisable. The trees, braided rivers and native birds are familiar enough for the children to identify with, making connections between their surrounding environment, their community and Playcentre.

If you’re ever passing by, don’t forget to stop by the mural, and take it all in.

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Matt Doocey MP FOR WAIMAKARIRI My family and I spent much of our Easter holidays stuck at home in isolation after testing positive for Covid-19. Thankfully we were all vaccinated and did not suffer any major symptoms, although the fatigue and brain fog were fairly challenging to work through.

Many residents and business owners in Waimakariri continue to struggle without a reliable phone signal and internet connection, so I invited representatives from Spark, Chorus, Enable and AmuriNet to come and update the community on what’s happened since my Connectivity public meeting in December. While it was encouraging to hear, following my meeting, funding has been announced for parts of Waimakariri for increased roll out of ultrafast fibre broadband, if you are one of those still waiting on improvements to your phone and internet service I will continue to advocate on your behalf.

In order to make sure I’m communicating efficiently with everyone in the electorate, I recently launched my new Facebook Live sessions, a monthly chat about the hot topics in Waimakariri. It was great to see people engaging with plenty of questions coming through in the comments section, covering after-hours healthcare, the temporary closure of Oxford Hospital, and the Woodend Bypass. I look forward to more of you joining me for my monthly Around the Electorate Live! sessions, and encourage you to send in your questions ahead of time if you’d like, at matt.dooceyMP@parliament.govt.nz.

As local MP it’s important for me to continue thinking about new ways such as social media to enable me to connect with as many people as possible. I still, however, enjoy meeting constituents face-to-face at my Oxford constituent clinics, so if you’ve got something to discuss, please get in touch to make an appointment.

Some of you will have seen Leader of the Opposition Christopher Luxon while he was in the district recently. It was great to be able to showcase Waimakariri’s fantastic weather and people, and it was a good opportunity for him to help me put up signage to signal National’s intent to repeal the Three Waters reform once we are in government.

The current Labour government’s Three Waters asset grab is certainly something I hear a lot of opposition to, and it’s clear the overwhelming majority of Waimakariri is against it. A number of people have approached me offering their fences, and you may have seen a growing number of signs across the district as a result, so thanks to all those who have accommodated one of them.

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Bringing back the birds to the foothill forests

by Sara Ensor Community Ranger - Department of Conservation Important message to all stoats, rats, possums, feral cats, and hedgehogs creating carnage in our local beech forests: BE AFRAID. Be very afraid, as voluntary community groups are closing in with numerous trapping lines throughout the Oxford and Mt Thomas foothill forests.

Local heroes Ash Adams working on the eastern faces of Mt Oxford (Coopers Creek / Ryde Falls), John Burton leading the Ashley Gorge Track and Trapping Group and, Tom Elliot from the Foothill Hunters Conservation Group, collectively manage well over 500 traps in the local beech forests.

Most of the traps are the standard DOC200 traps targeting rats, stoats, and hedgehogs.

These custom-made wooden boxes are fitted with very effective trapping mechanisms which have international recognition for humanely and quickly killing pests. The traps are not light, with each weighing up to 8 kg, so for Tom and his group it was no mean feat carrying 100 traps to the top of Mt Richardson to set up their trapping line.

Traps are placed at 100-150 m intervals, and depending on the time of year, are checked and reset every 2-8 weeks. The groups also catch possums with approved humane traps as well as feral cats.

All groups have a Community Agreement with DOC, which is a legal requirement for anyone undertaking voluntary work on public conservation land. Although this may seem unnecessarily officious, it helps in ensuring all the groups are working together to target the right pests, use approved humane traps, ensure traps are safe so kea, kiwi and weka cannot interfere with them, have insurance cover (through DOC) for any public liability, and are kept up to date with latest information and funding opportunities.

The plan is for more groups to become established, or to join existing groups to expand the trapping lines throughout Oxford and Mt Thomas forests, and watch the native birds thrive again.If interested in finding out more on how you can get involved, contact waimakariri@doc.govt.nz But it doesn’t stop there!

Putting out the traps and managing trapping lines is just one part of the plan to make the foothill forests predator free. Behind the scenes we also have Lynn Andrews from Ryman’s Charles Upham Village in Rangiora making traps to DOC specifications for community trapping projects.

Lynn and a group of up to six volunteers at the village Men’s shed have a production line to make the wooden trap boxes, and so far, have supplied over 400 traps to local groups.

They have just completed a massive job of 200 traps at the Nina Valley, working with the Diana Isaac and Anthony Wilding Ryman villages in Christchurch to fill this order.

These guys are looking for more projects, so if you are a community group running a trapping programme on public land, please contact the DOC Rangiora Office.

Every little bit counts And if you can’t make or set a trap up, take a leaf from Finlay Robinson’s book. This thoughtful enterprising North Loburn student collected and sold pinecones over the school holidays to fundraise for some predator traps. Finlay, his mother, and brother Oliver, brought his generous donation to the DOC Rangiora office on the same day DOC staff were involved in a trapping workshop. So Finlay got the see what is involved in trapping and meet some of the DOC trappers.

Finlay’s donation will go to the Ashley Gorge Track and Trapping Group who can show him their local trapping programme and the fantastic bird life due to their selfless hard work. Everyone can get involved to help bring the birds back to the foothill forests.

If you would like to find out more about local opportunities, please e-mail the Rangiora office waimakariri@doc.govt.nz

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Wendy Doody.

Road Signs Vandalised along Tram Road and South Eyre Roads around the Mandeville/Diversion Roads.

The new (7) - 80km signs on Tram Road have been cut down two weeks ago and last weekend the South Eyre Road signs “Give Way – Stop – School – and other road alert signs” 15 of them have been knocked over and damaged beyond repair. This is a dangerous and stupid thing to do and could have caused a serious accident not to mention the cost to replace these signs which will come out of the roading budget that could have been used more wisely on road repairs. If you have any information on both of these incidents please contact the Waimakariri District Council.

Over the past two months Council has been in semi lockdown due to Covid, the staff have been allocated into two working groups to lessen the impact of spreading the virus and Councillors are not allowed into the building and all meetings are done by Zoom. We can only contact staff by email or telephone which has caused us to all feel very isolated. The Management have had to make serious calls at times to close the weekend libraries and pools to transfer staff to cover duty due to staff contacting Covid.

On a brighter note the Main Power Stadium is now running at full speed. They have had over the Easter and Anzac holiday weekends tournaments from around the South Island.

They started with the Area Schools Top of the South tournament Basketball, Volley Ball and Netball competitions to select Students to go to the National Tournament.

Last weekend from 23rd – 25th SIPT South Island Primary Schools Basketball Tournament, this was a very busy weekend and a great showcase for this fantastic Stadium. The competitors came from South Canterbury to Nelson along with their families and the accolades regarding Main Power Stadium was huge. They could for once hold the whole tournament in one venue.

Not only was this a great tournament for the players, it was also great for the Referees as well and included in this is Emily Evans from Oxford (well done Emily).

Coming up events Queens Birthday Weekend Championship U19 Nationals Basketball Tournament North Canterbury Netball Club Competitions start from 8am – 6pm Saturdays.

ANZAC Day- how great we were able to go to and show our respect. My role as a Councillor was to attend Cust and West Eyreton this year.

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Community Trust supports businesses with I've got your back campaign

by Emily Chapman

The Oxford Community Trust have been working on a new I’ve Got Your Back Campaign.

I’ve Got Your Back was first launched back in 2014, and is a community support initiative aimed at encouraging people to look out for others in the town, and to recognise the signs that people might be struggling. The messaging is simple, say hello to people, have a coffee with someone you think might be feeling isolated, be a friend.

The last few years have been testing for people on many levels, and continue to bring challenges. The first focus of the new campaign was to support business owners in the area. Unfortunately, our businesses owners and their staff, have often borne the brunt of people’s frustration at the current situation, and of the regulations imposed.

Trust Manager Jo Ealam says, “We wanted to show our businesses that they have huge support in the community and that all of their hard work in this challenging environment does not go unnoticed.” Trust staff delivered Easter baskets, as a token of appreciation and a treat for Easter for staff.

With the campaign refresh, organiser, Emma Woods, wants people to remember what a great town Oxford is, and to continue to offer support and friendship to others.

Emma says “This town has so much to offer, and we sometimes need to remember how lucky we are to live here.”

Keep your eye out for some billboards and posters which will be going up around the town soon.

For more I’ve Got Your Back updates check out the facebook page IveGotYourBackNZ.

Oxford Community Trust

Social Services We have opened our office again & our office hours are back to normal.

9AM-3PM

Monday to Friday

Volunteers We are looking for medical drivers to take people to their appointments in Christchurch, Rangiora and locally.

If you would like to be involved with this, or would like some more information, please contact Jo Ealam on jo@oxfordtrust.co.nz.

Thank you to the Oxford & Districts Lions for providing firewood, pumpkin and potatoes for distribution in the community.

Oxbox Youth We have some awesome events coming up - see our ad on this page, and follow our OxBox Youth facebook page for updates.

ank You ers Fund To Our Fab 4

Oxford Community Trust

is responsive to the physical, social, emotional,and financial needs of individuals, families and groups of people within the community of Oxford and Districts.

37 Main Street, Oxford 03 312 3006

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OXFORD DISTRICT

UNION PARISH

Sharing Christ in our Fellowship and Community UNION (METHODIST & PRESBYTERIAN) PARISH SERVICES FOR MAY 2022

ALL SERVICES WILL BE HELD ON SUNDAYS AT 9.30AM IN THE OXFORD UNION CHURCH, 85 MAIN ST.

MASKS TO BE WORN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

Sunday 1st May - Communion Service.

8th May - Mothers’ Day Service.

15th May - Service.

Salvation Army Service at 6.00pm.

22nd May - Service.

29th May – Service.

ALLWELCOME WELCOME. ALL

UNION PARISH MINISTER: REV. JULIA DE GROOT PH: 022 567 9914 PARISH CLERK: KEN WALKER Ph: 03 312 1464

ALTERATIONS DRESSMAKING

From Alterations to Wedding dresses, mending to soft furnishings.

Anything considered Ph or txt Bianca 0273458900

OXFORD MUSEUM

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 17th May 2022 at 2pm to be held in the Museum All Welcome

VALPY FARRIER SERVICES For all your horse shoeing and trimming needs.

PH: 020 4111 2569

For Beautifully Handcrafted Books Tessa Warburton BOOKBINDER • Restoration • Repair • Private Tuition

Phone: 03 312 4399/027 419 6311 Email: tessawarburton@gmail.com

St Peter Chanel Catholic Parish Sacred Heart Church, Oxford

ENQUIRIES: Waimakariri Parish Ph: 03 313 6285

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Marina Vermaat 64 High Street Oxford 7430

03 312 4731

027 311 1140

REGULAR SUNDAY MASS: 8.30am EVENING MASS Every 1st & 3rd Wednesday of the month at 7pm

Small Prayer & Reflection Groups Held every 2nd Tuesday at 1.30pm Oxford Church Centre

ALL WELCOME | Call Josie 022 089 8331

Yoga ~ Oxford A 75 minute class offering a mix of classical yoga with a taste of tantra.

Discover awareness of breath, body & mind.

Create space with slow/flow movement.

Invite interception and awaken to your unique vibration.

When: WEDNESDAY 9.30am & 7.00PM $80 per term. $110 per term for ‘energy’ membership (incl. moon ceremonies) $15 casual class.

To book Text Cindy on 0212969819 or email maitriyoganz@gmail.com

Probate application

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Cheryl Simes

021 701 838 / 03 312 1508 Oxford Local - Nationwide Service ‘Just because a lawyer holds the will, it doesn’t mean they hold the purse strings.

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EARTHWORKS? EXCAVATIONS?

“...Unite all. Let the religions agree and make the nations one,so that they may see each other as one family and the whole earth as one home...”

Abdu’l-Baha’ Bahai.org.nz

Online Will $69

Kiwilaw – www.kiwilaw.co.nz

‘Just do it!’

Hours: 8am-11am & 4pm-6pm Phone: 03 312 5744 Mob: 027 457 4431 Email: Theresa@coolcats.nz “Time spent with cats is never wasted” 1891 South Eyre Rd

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Angel Cats Boarding Cattery & Pet Supplies (ukmax on Trade Me)

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Phone 312 1452 & 0210 424367 Email: angelcats@xtra.co.nz

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Thanks for taking the time. And as always, be safe. Feel safe.

Hi, did everyone remember to either check their smoke alarms or replace their batteries at the end of day light saving?

OXFORD CHIEF FIRE OFFICER

Trevor Ealam

The Brigade attended seven calls in March.

We were asked to assist the Cust Brigade twice. In both cases they were to private smoke alarm activations and were false alarms. In our area we attended two private smoke alarm activations which were false alarms due to faulty alarms. One to the smell of smoke in a residential building for which a cause was not found, one to a house where the owners thought they could hear electrical arching in the ceiling walls but no evidence of this could be found but there was clear evidence of mice being present, and the other call was to a large pine hedge fire.

This brings our total calls for the year to 20.

This months message is; With the colder months approaching it may be a good time to consider having your chimneys cleaned and the condition of the fire boxes checked.

OXFORD ST JOHN STATION MANAGER

M el Brooker

Winter is fast approaching, and with it we could see some different flus and colds to lessen the effects of these, try to keep yourself fit and healthy. Drink plenty of water, and do some exercise.

I have noticed on my travels, that where there are a cluster of mailboxes, there are often no numbers on gateways. This could take extra time for us to find you in an emergency.

Please check your gateways and make sure your rapid number is displayed very clearly so we can find you when we need to.

I know I go on about new recruits often, but it is a slow process to get up to being able to respond on the ambulance, and we really do need some more coming through.

At the moment we are down to minimum numbers and we want to be there for you in your time of need.

St John medical alarms are another way to keep yourself safe and are a very good idea for anyone living alone. It is a way to know that our loved ones can have help available quickly when we can’t be there.

If you would like more information on joining Oxford St John please ring the station on 03 312 3516, leave your name and number, and our recruiting officer will be in touch.

The ambulance station at Oxford is not manned 24 hours a day. If you require emergency assistance please call 111.

Keep safe and stay positive.

FOR ALL EME RGENC IE S DI A L 111

EME R GE NC Y S E RVIC ES A MB UL L A N CE FIRE RESC UE POLICE

OXFORD CONSTABLE

Hi everyone. I hope you are all keeping well and are making it through the school holidays without incident. Autumn is upon us, and with the days getting shorter, and the nights getting colder we are having the odd foggy morning, so please drive to the conditions. The roads are not a race track, but I am still seeing high speeds out there. I hate to say it, but speed kills, it really does. Also, with the change of season it’s time to give the old car the once over. Especially tyres with the icy roads on the way.

I am hearing by all accounts it has been a good roar, and without incident. On the down side, I have heard from a number of land owners of people not being where they are supposed to be. Either taking short cuts over private , or hunting on private property. The onus is on you, the hunter, to know where you are hunting, and the path you take to get there. If you are found hunting on private property, there are consequences. One being your firearms licence. I have said this to many a person, a firearm licence is a privilege not a right. So treat it as such.

On another note, I am seeing a lot of tagging about the township. If you see any, please report it.

And if you know who is tagging, let Police know.

It puts a real stain on the community. It’s a great place to live and enjoy, so let’s all keep this place looking that way.

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THE BUSINES Sales, servicing and repair of all major brands.

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GARDENING TOOLS & SUPPLIES weed killer , fertilliser

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Earth Moving • • • • • • • •

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Silage & Agriculture • • • •

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