The Woodpecker - July 2021

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July 2021

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Pegasus parkrun 250 A huge Pegasus THANK-YOU to everyone who joined in for the Pegasus parkrun 250!

245 people ran, jogged and walked the course, of whom 50 were first timers and 21 recorded new Personal Bests.

An awesome result!

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Editor’s Note

Kia Ora everyone At the time of going to print last month it was the weekend of the storm, another unprecedented event. I want to acknowledge the loss and suffering people and businesses have suffered due to heavy rain and flooding. It’s heart-warming to see how well our community reaches out to help our fellow humans.

I received a lovely letter from Irving Rutherford’s family thanking The Woodpecker for the articles in last month’s publication and asking if there were any spare Woodpeckers from June that she could give to her family. If anyone does have any you are happy to pass on, please do let me know.

We have been asked lately if there are any spare Woodpeckers left in local shops etc. Due to the continually increasing numbers particularly in Ravenswood and Pegasus we are only just keeping up with the demand. Due to costs we aren’t able to print a surplus, however, we do hope to try and have a few available for those who haven’t received them in their letter boxes soon.

Due to our increased printing numbers, now at 3,010, we will likely have to move to a full colour publication. Advertisers will be advised as and when this happens.

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Mayor Dan Gordon Report The recent flooding has brought significant challenge for our community. The huge amount of rain saw rivers rise and surface flooding and the situation moving and changing very quickly.

The Civil Defence Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) was stood up to make sure our District was in a position to respond. I was present at the EOC and I saw extraordinary leadership from Council staff, Fire Service and Police.

It is never an easy decision to evacuate people from their homes but when faced with the flood information, on ground assessments and modelling, the decision needed to be made to evacuate properties that were considered at risk and to protect lives.

With the help of the Police and Fire Services, properties considered to be at risk were evacuated around the Eyre and Ashley rivers as well as Kairaki Beach. Pines Beach and also the Okuku areas were also evacuated as the week went on.

Thankfully the flood waters didn’t breach as predicted.

As flood water receded the aftermath has seen significant property damage in Okuku, Waikuku Beach and Ashley Gorge. The Council is spending time with the owners of each property to best understand the support they need.

In most instances insurance will look after their main issues but there are needs that go beyond insurance and

our welfare team is connecting with affected individuals, families and businesses to see what support can be offered.

Thanks to the support of the Air Force we have also been able to helicopter into now isolated areas like Lees Valley to better understand the work needed to fix the landslip and wash out to bridge approaches and forwards that has left residents and farmers isolated.

Engineers and roading contractors have already assessed the damage and repairs are well underway. The effects in Lees Valley are far more than just roading with significant fencing repairs and other matters to be considered.

We have appreciated the support of the Government and Minister Kris Faafoi who visited the welfare centres and the EOC to reach out and offer support.

Two weeks ago I again met with Minister Faafoi and following this I authored a letter on behalf of Canterbury Mayors seeking more Government support especially for uninsured and remedial costs.

On the back of this was invited to meet the Prime Minister with other Canterbury Mayors. The Prime Minister listened to our concerns and agreed to a further relief support package of $4M and an extra $100,000 towards the Mayoral Relief Fund for those affected by the flooding events in Canterbury and our District earlier The Woodpecker July 2021 Page 3

this month.

For a lot of our rural community they are still working towards recovering from this event and the additional support will be welcome news to them.

As I have come to see in my role, we have a very caring community that, especially in challenging times, responds above and beyond to make sure our community is safe and cared for.

There will be ongoing challenges in the weeks and months ahead. Seeing our District recover is a priority for our Council and we will make sure we do all that we can to support our community.

We have had challenges before and we will get through this.

If you need help or know of anyone who needs support please contact the Council on 0800 965 468. We are here to help.

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Profiling John Canton Woodpecker Community Trust

I arrived in Woodend in early 1996 with wife and three children.

Soon after arrival I was invited to join the Lions Club of Woodend.

Early just after the formation of the Woodpecker Trust I was asked to join the board as a representative of the Lions Club.

Although I shifted to Rangioria a few years ago, I still consider myself a Woodender.

Having a son shifting in the Pegasus township in the near future also gives me another connection to the area served by the Woodpecker.

I have held various roles in the the trust and have remained on the board to give a bit of continuity throughout the years.

The Woodpecker has continually evolved to what I believe is now a professional newsletter.

We have had excellent editors, intelligent contributors, good advertisers, and a dedicated team of deliverers who have all contributed to its success.

John Canton

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Pegasus parkrun

Winter is here. I know because activewear fashion currently includes thermals, gloves, and beanies!

But that does not deter us from meeting up at Motu Quay every Saturday to run around our beautiful 14-hectare feature lake. Fortunately, Winter solstice has passed, and the days are starting to get longer, and we look forward to a little more warmth.

Usually the walkers, joggers and runners circuit the lake twice, however during the winter months we use an alternate out and back

course to avoid the slippery bridges.

This course follows the same course around the lake, so we still get the views of the lake and of the Southern Alps in this distance.

We find it extremely motivating to see the lakeside residents giving us a wave and a clap as we run past on a Saturday morning.

Our 250th event and 5th Birthday was celebrated on Saturday 26-June. We had a great turn-out and it was awesome to see so many members of the local community showing us their support on the day.

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Pegasus Bay School Kia Ora koutou What a whirlwind term this has been! The students at Te Kura o Manga Kawari have been extremely busy with their learning and taking advantage of all the other opportunities we have at the school.

Despite being quite a cold day, the entire school went down to the lakes for our Cross Country. It was also Anti-Bullying Day so most staff and students wore pink! Children were able to race competitively, or for fun, and showed great sportsmanship by encouraging their peers as they ran.

Our Year 8 students ran with the Year 0/1 students for support and were just amazing with them.

We had a group of our students qualify for the North Canterbury Zones for cross-country and as a result we now have a group representing us at the Canterbury cross country competition. Great result!

A group of year 8 girls organised a disco for students and this was extremely successful. Children and staff dressed in bright colours and danced the night away.

The ‘Famous in Pegasus’ DJ (Mr Kelly - Principal) played some great music and had set up loads of disco lights.

We can’t wait until next year to do it again!

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As an Apple Distinguished School we are always looking for opportunities to upskill in this area. Our staff have been very lucky to have Professional Development in digital teaching and I can see their learning being implemented into the classroom learning.

I have been watching with great interest the animations that are being created by the students.

These fascinate me as you can see the level of difficulty increase as you move through the Active Learning Spaces, and the results are a great compliment to our teachers.

Children are bringing their work to life using different apps on the ipads and are able to share this with family via SeeSaw. Currently everyone is preparing for our Matariki Celebration evening on 8 July. All of our learning spaces are sharing artwork and/or an activity which relates to our local legends. We will have a Whare Kai to share food and local presenters sharing their knowledge and skills.

Although we are heading towards the end of a busy term, staff are already gearing up for Term 3. We have an awesome staff who work extremely hard for our tamariki - they care about every individual in our school and I am very privileged to work with them.

Stay safe and warm!

Nga mihi Di Murphy Deputy Principal

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This Month with Harry First up a little correction to a typing error in last month’s epistle. John Winsloe’s farm on Gladstone Road was “Pencoed” not “Pencoece” as written. Pencoed translates as Woodend in the Welsh language.

A couple of publications ago I referred to Nina Gresson as the local placement and overseer of the children from the Burnham Industrial School that were fostered out to Woodend. This prompted an enquiry from a fan about these children. I have lots and lots of fans and they are both very nice people. So once again at the risk of repeating myself here goes.

At an attempt to solve a growing problem, in 1883 the Canterbury Provincial Government established the Burnham Industrial School to cater for children in need.

These institutions were a central government directive and opened in most national cities. Up until this time Canterbury was catered for by the Lyttelton orphanage but this establishment was becoming overwhelmed by numbers and a disastrous fire didn’t help either.

Unfortunately, there is very little written about these schools. In his memoir “Children of the poor”, the radical 1930s labour politician John A Lee refers to his time at Burnham.

He more or less implies his stay set him up for a life of petty crime.

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Brown archives at the Canterbury University, and gives a good insight to conditions of the day.

The Burnham Industrial School was established on the present site of the military camp. Dormitories, staff quarters, workshops, bakery and even a swimming pool were constructed.

In short, a miniature town. The “inmates” were usually directed by a magistrate following a court case. It is generally accepted that most were boys though this is not necessarily the case. In her thesis, Jan Beagle makes the following observation” a high proportion of the boys were catholic, some 30% were illegitimate, most came from poverty-stricken homes often with no father, and many parents were habitual drunkards, loafers, prostitutes and vagrants” There is no doubt things were pretty tough for those interned. Sadistic overseers who gave out thrashings at will and hanky panky of a sexual nature was common.

This mainly involved older boys with younger ones. There was the regular absconding and several suicides. One youngster drowned himself in the town water tank and wasn’t found for a few days. Just to make this narrative a little more interesting we will chuck in the occasional court report regarding those poor buggers committed to Burnham.

In June 1883 the Lyttelton Times reported that William Henry Amos was charged with stealing a bird and cage valued at 1 pound ($2). He was 12 years old, the mother, father and 2 sisters were addicted to drink. His worship ordered him to receive a good whipping and to Burnham till 15.

In May 1883 an order was made by W h Parker, a bailiff, to have the 5 Brown children committed to Burnham.

He described the conditions these children; Bridget, Annie, Maggie, Michael and William, aged 2 to 7 years, were living in when he took possession of the father’s whare at Lincoln. The mother and children lived in the whare, there were no windows or chimney only a hole in the roof to carry off the smoke. No furniture, no bedding except for sacks, empty tins served as cups, there appeared to be neither food or drink in the place, the children were filthy and almost destitute of clothing. The father spent every penny on drink. However, at the last moment the children were spared Burnham when the grandmother agreed to take them.

Not so fortunate were the Cogan boys, John 8 and George 5. In March 1888 they appeared before the magistrate as destitute children. They had been found by the police wandering Hereford Street with no visible means of support. The boys were sons of a ship mate, the mother was dead and the woman who’s in charge they had been left was no longer able to keep them and had formally turned them in to the street. Boys committed to B.I.S. till age 15. The father was to appear regularly in court for failing to pay maintenance.

Not long after its establishment the B.I.S. drew up a set of rules for boarding out some of its residents.

Applicants for the children had to meet a strict criteria. Females had to be of good moral character, in good health and not over 55 years old. If married the husband was to be of the

same religion as the wife and not on charitable aid. The family could not consist of more than 6 children, with separate sleeping arrangements for boys and girls over 7 years of age.

The home had to be near a school, a place of worship and a doctor. Regular attendance at day school and church were compulsory. The foster parent was required to treat his or her ward with “all the care and kindness suited to the child’s tender age” At the start of the scheme the carers received 7/-(70 cents) per child per week. Out of this the child’s clothing, initially supplied by the school had to be replenished. In 1889 during a government retrenchment the fee was cut to 6/- (60c) making it harder to find suitable homes. Each district had an honorary “visitor” whose job it was to place the children and pay the parents. They would make monthly unannounced visits to check up on the general well being of the children and forward a report to the Education Depart. For many years, Woodend’s local visitor was Nina, the eldest daughter of Judge Gresson. It would seem that Nina did the job with great enthusiasm and involved the whole family. Whilst it could be said that she had nothing else to do, the daughters of the landed gentry never worked, she handled the hard bits and sad events with aplomb.

TBC I have a herd of ducks. There are muscovys, aylesburys, a couple of French ones, several of indeterminate breed and of course the obligatory wild ones. One of these, Dolly, and I have a bit in common. She has only got one leg too! Dolly gets a bit of special The Woodpecker July 2021 Page 11

attention. Each morning they get fed a bucket of wheat or barley. The dining area is down the yard away from the house. However, a couple of weeks ago a Muscovy father duck, known as a drake, decided to come up and sit on the veranda of my new cottage and look at his reflection on the glass door. He also crapped on my veranda!!

Which is something up with we do not put. He was warned and had several items thrown at him.

As a farm boy I am fully aware you have to have a father animal to get babies. It is not a bit of good asking a sparrow or pigeon or even a pheasant to fill in as a dad for a mummy Muscovy. A saviour appeared when a younger Muscovy drake graced the scene. So, after endless warnings the old crapper got shot. There was a cackle of relief from the females it was generally accepted that besides crapping on my veranda all the dirty old bugger wanted to do was eat sleep and mate. However, a problem arose when all the mob came up near the house. Probably to establish whether I had died during the night and they had to get their own breakfast. This called for drastic action. I still have some fireworks. I buy enough each year for the next in case the pansy brigade gets them banned. And of course, I buy good stuff., None of this coloured spark in the air for me. I go for the big stuff that sends exploding balls of fire into the air with lots of noise.

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heard asking the control tower at Greymouth for permission to land on the sewerage ponds. The second explosion caused all others, except the young Muscovy man, to rush about in several directions before they remembered where the creek was.

The father duck remained wondering what all the fuss was about when the next explosion landed at his feet, he stopped wondering and took off. He then made the mistake of looking back over his shoulder and flew head first into a willow tree where he became entangled. This enabled the person in charge of the firework, me, to aim the last two salvos at his backside. They exploded pretty close.

None of them have returned. There are still 3 fireworks left in the pack. I do so hope they’ll come back.

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Four disciplines were run during the evening with four crews competing. As well as being a competitive fun night and team building exercise, it put into practice important skills learnt.

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July 2021

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MARKETS

JULY EVENTS

7th: Matariki Night Walk 6.00pm – 7.30pm, Te Kōhaka o Tūhaitara Trust, 1 Woodend Beach Road, Woodend. Join the Tūhaitara Coastal Park rangers for an evening of storytelling and poetry on a guided walk under the stars. FREE event, bookings required; places are limited.

10th – 24th: How Does Your Garden Grow 7.30pm, Rangiora Players, Rangiora. This play is nothing about gardens, or how they grow. Nathan Pond: Once a mega rockstar, now a shadow of his former self, (mostly) off the drugs and booze after (several) spells in rehab, but on the comeback trail. Tickets $25pp.

14th – 17th: A Midsummer Night’s Dream – Rewritten 2.00pm and 7.30 pm, Rangiora Town Hall.

A modern language adaption of Shakespeare’s tale of magic and mayhem in the forest. Staged by intermediate & senior students from Hartley School of Performing Arts.

Tickets $15pp.

14th – 16th: INFLATAFEST 10.00am – 3.30pm, Rangiora New Life School Sports Hall, 2 Denchs Road, Rangiora.

The sports hall will be filled with inflatables for the kids to race around on. Three sessions daily: 10am, 12pm and 2pm. Tickets $15,

booking required, places limited.

24th: Fire & Ice Festival 12.30pm – 8.00pm, Blackwell’s Department Store carpark, Raven’s Quay, Kaiapoi. The day will kick off with ice artist Victor Cagayat from Auckland sculpting ice surprises from 12.30 - 3.30pm. At 5pm, the festive fun begins! Enjoy hot food and mulled wine as you wander the night market and listen to live music.

FREE event.

24th – 25th: Kaiapoi Art Expo 10.00am – 5.00pm, Kaiapoi Club, Raven Quay, Kaiapoi. Come and check out over 800 artworks from 125 artists all under one roof including painting, photography, ceramics, woodwork and more. Take part in the have a go day on Saturday. Entry by gold coin.

27th: Property Brokers Presents Nigel Latta: Adventures in Parentland Rangiora Baptist Church, 111 East Belt, Rangiora. An entertaining and fun evening to explore kinder, simpler, and more enjoyable ways to parent in an increasingly challenging world. Tickets $39pp + BF, bookings essential.

Kaiapoi Farmers Market Morgan Williams Reserve.

Charles St, Kaiapoi.

Every Sat 10am–12pm.

North Canterbury Sunday Market Rangiora Racecourse.

Sunday 25th 9am–1pm.

Ohoka Farmers Market Ohoka Domain, Mill Road, Ohoka.

Every Fri 9am–12.30pm.

Oxford Farmers Market Main St, Oxford.

Every Sunday 9am–12pm.

Oxford Craft Market Oxford Town Hall, Oxford.

First Sun of each month, 10am-2pm.

Rangiora Sunday Market

Blake St Carpark, Rangiora.

Every 2nd Sun, 10am-2pm

ART EXHIBITIONS Art on the Quay Our Studio, until July 14th.

Kaiapoi Library, 176 Williams Street, Kaiapoi Arts in Oxford Nigel Borell: Haumanu Hauora, until August 15th.

72 Main Street, Oxford Chamber Gallery Rangiora Uncovering Hidden Talent, until July 8th. Rangiora Library, 141 Percival Street, Rangiora.

KIDSFEST EVENTS

KAIAPOI

Every day of KidsFest The Great Fairy Hunt Dino Mystery Trail 14th Dino Puppet Show 15th Dino Craft 16th Elements: Wild Adventures 22nd Family Quiz Night 23rd Waimakariri Aquatics Pool Party

RANGIORA

Every day of KidsFest Dino Mystery Trail 12-16th So do you want to be a train driver?

13th Dino Story Time 15th Waimakariri Aquatics Pool Party 16th Dino Craft 16th The Great Rangiora Kid’s Market 19th – 22nd HSPA Performing Arts Winter Camp 21st Family Quiz Night 23rd Brendan Dooley Magic Show

OXFORD

Every day of KidsFest The Great Fairy Hunt Dino Mystery Trail 13th Dino Puppet Show 14th Dino Craft 22nd Family Quiz Night 23rd Brendan Dooley Magic Show

WOODEND

14th Roller Disco 21st Roller Disco

Check our website for locations and times of KidsFest activities

MORE INFO AT: visitwaimakariri.co.nz/events or Kaiapoi i-Site Visitor Information Centre Ph: 03 327 3134 | E: info@kaiapoivisitorcentre.co.nz

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Pegasus Info Page – July 2021 PEGASUS RESIDENTS GROUP (PRGI) 2021 AGM SUMMARY

The PRGI AGM took place on Tuesday 25 May at 7.00pm with 105 people attending along with representatives from Waimakariri District Council, Woodend Sefton Community Board, Mayor Dan Gordon, and guest speaker Chris Simpson from Templeton Group. Special thanks to the Pegasus school for use of the facility.

PRGI Aims During his President’s Report presentation, Matt James summarised the PRGI's outcomes framework which included their vision and the external and community focus.

PRGI Achievements Matt presented PRGI's achievements over the last 12 months which included submissions to the Long Term Plan (LTP), submission of Plan Change 30 (Ravenswood), moving the 2 Degrees cell tower, repairing the emergency exit gate, replacement of the defibrillator battery (funded by Templeton Group and the Red Cross), the repair of the waterfall and bridge lights, the reinstatement of the Website: pegasusresidentsgroup.com Page 16 The Woodpecker July 2021

Lake Management Plan, the commissioned Golder’s Lake status report, regular lake stakeholders meetings, along with lake updates and reports. It was also noted that the PRGI are this year celebrating 10 years since the association began.

New PRGI President, Matt James and Vice President, Roger Rule.

Rhonda Mather from the PRGI Pegasus Community Centre Team gave an update on the centre, which included thanking the 26 active volunteers who staff the PCC for two hours each Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday. In her presentation, Rhonda demonstrated how valuable the centre is to the Pegasus community. She said the approximate hours of use at the centre was 1,171 hours over 11 months, 106 hours per month (average), 25 hours per week (average).

PRGI focus for the coming year Matt advised the PRGI's key focus areas for the coming year include the Pegasus Lake water quality, a new Community Centre, engagement with proposed WDC youth initiatives, the new PRGI website, biennial membership survey, return of community events (Post COVID), hosting of more “drop-in” information sessions, Facebook: Pegasus Residents’ Group Inc

Pegasus Info Page – July 2021 membership growth, and overall community wellbeing.

Dan Gordon (Mayor) advised that the Waimakariri Council had identified ‘Option A’ as their preferred option for the Community Centre and funds for this project had been set aside. Dan said this was a two-year project and thanked the Residents’ Group and those residents who had put forward submissions.

PEGASUS LAKE STATEMENT FROM TEMPLETON GROUP Chris Simpson from Templeton Group has provided the following statement for those who missed the AGM and to update the residents of Pegasus on the lake and land development at Pegasus.

Templeton has been working hard on the lake water quality with ECAN, WDC and the Pegasus Lake committee. They have engaged with Golders and international experts to understand the makeup of the lake. NIWA has also been involved in understanding the lake and the annual bloom. Like most shallow lakes in the area, it is affected by the nutrient-rich groundwater that enters the lake – it is from the surrounding water inflows and the aquifers which feed the lake. The lake is the symptom, not the cause of the blooms has been the findings. The experts have investigated all the different options, and based on their opinion, managing the Website: pegasusresidentsgroup.com

water quality, unless you can manage the nutrient inflow is always going to be difficult. They have suggested a number of trials to see what can be done to mitigate the condition of the lake. The trials can’t stop the inflow of water though.

The lake will be owned by Pegasus ratepayers as it will be vested to Council, hence why it is in everyone's interest to understand the lake's dynamics.

Templeton is looking at a development proposal for the land by the lake. They are now doing research for this land and as part of that we would very much like to have an open workshop with the residents and the wider community within Pegasus to determine what uses would be viable.

As part of that workshop, we will be asking and researching what other services or facilities would the community like to see. Templeton has had feedback that the community would like a proper community “centre” and others refer to the desire for a “clubhouse”. We will be discussing these options at that workshop.

All and any ideas need to be supported by the community and be economically sensible.

COMMUNITY CUPPA The date for the July cuppa is Wednesday 14th July from 10.45am at the Pegasus Community Centre. We hope to have Mayor Dan Gordon and WDC Chief Executive Jim Harland as our guest speakers (subject to their availability).

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Tūhaitara Coastal Park Update Tūhaitara Coastal Park is a wonderful fusion of nature and culture. Cultural values underpin the 200-year vision for the park and all the environmental conservation work we are doing to rehabilitate the indigenous coastal wetlands.

Over the past month we have hosted lots of school groups who have enjoyed visiting and learning about the cultural and ecological significance of the site, especially Tūtaepatu Lagoon. A recent visit from Rangiora Borough School was a great example of connections between nature and culture in action. The school visited the park’s Pā Harakeke with a local weaver who showed the tamariki the correct way to harvest the mature outer leaves for weaving, whilst ensuring that the young inner leaves were left untouched and able to grow strong. The group went on to create beautiful woven flowers.

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This month also sees the start of our Matariki celebrations with the first of two-night walks happening on Wednesday 30 June. A second walk is planned for Wednesday 7 July – see below for booking details. The walks will include storytelling and participatory poetry making inspired by, yes you guessed it, nature and culture. The reappearance of the Matariki star cluster in the night sky is such an important time in the Māori calendar and it is the inspiration behind our latest environmental project, which we will be launching during the night walks. Come along to find out more!

Visit our website to find out more about the coastal park and Te Kōhaka o Tūhaitara Trust: www.tuhaitarapark.org.nz; or follow us on Facebook at Friends of Tūhaitara Coastal Park.

Dates for your diary: Wednesday 30 June. 6.00 – 7.30pm.

Matariki Night Walk Wednesday 7 July. 6.00 – 7.30pm.

Matariki Night Walk Children over 10 years are welcome with an accompanying adult. Places are limited, and booking is essential Please call Adele on 03 313 1768 or 021 0260 6676 to book your place.

Photo 1 Harakeke fan Photo 2 Tamariki of Rangiora Borough School weaving in the Pā Harakeke.

Photo 3 Woven flowers

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‘Found Woody’- Successful Entrants from June Harvey Munro – Age 5 - Woodend Hollie Schaare – Age 7 – Pegasus Lochie Cleghorn – Age 6 - Woodend

Estelle Greyling – Age 8 - Woodend Carter Bastings – Age 8 – Woodend Aisling Spollen – Age 11 - Pegasus

They did it!

Well done to all the ‘Found Woody’ entrants Note from the Editor

Almost within the first few days of The Woodpecker being delivered six wonderful children found Woody Woodpecker!

They successfully sent in their photo of them pointing to Woody in The Woodpecker via their parents or Nannas.

PLEASE REMEMBER – if you find Woody you MUST email a photo of YOU pointing to Woody to have your photo in The Woodpecker – just the finger pointing to Woody won’t do!

Well done and congratulations to our six lovely entrants.

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Woodend Spring Flower Show

The Show Committee were very disappointed to have to postpone the 2020 Show due to Covid-19 restrictions.

However planning is now under way for the 2021 show to be held in the Woodend Community Centre on Saturday 2 October 2021.

Eighty-eight years ago a group of farmers’ wives, many of whom were members of the Woodend Anglican Church, started the show.

At one stage the name was

Woodend Horticultural Society.

The light green vases used for the Daffodils and some of the trestles have WHS marked on them.

Several of our Cups / Trophies have the names of people and families of those involved, Barker, Bourne, Edwards, Jelfs, MacDonald, Moody and Percy.

The early schedules catered for farmers, with classes for various grains, root crops, eggs, potatoes, and vegetables.

The wives could enter in baking, preserves, handcrafts, daffodils, and cut flowers.

Cont’d on Pg 36

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Friendship Club Speakers

Our minispeaker’s talk was a brief guide to “Positive happiness, wellbeing and improved focus on life”. She proceeded to list 44 ideas to achieve this, starting with (1) hugs (another person, a pet, teddy bear or tree) and ending with (44) enjoying each day and helping those around you.

Some standouts in this long list where we can eat chocolate, sing, read, exercise, dance, laugh and join with others in fellowship.

She concluded by sharing one thing that made her very happy. Her daughter had asked her to write some of her earliest memories (from cot to 80yrs) so for four months she wrote 1/2 – 1 hour daily and found so many memories over the decades (one memory leading to another) some sad, some joyous; and best of all it has left her family a history of her life so far, and she encouraged us all to do the same.

The mainspeaker was Michael Gousmett, who is an independent researcher and historian.He spoke about the taxation of District Health Boards and the practice of running them in deficits.

In 1997 Treasury instituted a 6% tax on assets with no extra funding, which means it has to be paid from Vote Health, along with all the other operating costs of running the health system. (Charity Hospitals do Page 24 The Woodpecker July 2021

not pay this asset tax).

In Canterbury there is chronic underfunding as it is based on a population based funding formula, which is a flawed system and there is no clear information on how it operates.

A new enterprise is in the process of evolving, Health NZ, where all DHBs will be abolished. Dr Gousmett had doubts of its efficacy and expects that patients will be moved around the country to be treated, on the basis of better use of resources and therefore save money.

He then moved onto the subject of charities. He believes that charities running a trading operation on a large scale should pay tax.

There have been many reviews over the years to discuss this with no resolutions. He gave a history of examples of people not paying tax as far back as 1200AD in the UK and also Genghis Khan, so it is nothing new.

To qualify to be classed a charity in New Zealand you would need to prove you would enhance religion, or enhance education, or relieve poverty or other purposes beneficial to the community.

He then gave examples of well known charitable businesses and questioned the evidence of ‘beneficial to the community” in some cases.

This is very much an abridged version of a thought provoking and informative talk.

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One of the aims of Citizens Advice Bureau is to help people find the community services they need. We can’t achieve this without good quality information, and this includes us knowing about local services and community organisations.

We have a whole section of our website dedicated to this and we call it the Community Directory.

To make this the best service we can to our community, we’d like to make sure we list as many providers, organisations and clubs as possible.

You can check our database to see if you are listed by going to our website www.cab.org.nz. From the menu choose Community

Something Lost

A Short Story by Kevin Warren “Hold my hand, Daddy.”

“Okay,” says Daddy as he takes his sons little hand in the large, calloused appendage at the end of his still muscular left arm; a hand that has experienced many years of very hard work. He looks at his son and an old saying comes to his mind; ‘Give me the child until he is seven and I will show you the man.’

He wonders at what sort of man this boy will become.

“How old are you now, son?”

“Don’t be silly, Dad, you know I’ll be seven next month.”

“True enough,” he laughs. “You’re getting to be a big boy.”

Directory and type in the name of your provider, organisation or club.

If you’re not on there and would like to be, please get in touch with us.

Volunteering for CAB In July we will be advertising for volunteers with training taking place in September.

If you’d like to apply, please get in touch with us for an application form.

All trainees are fully supported with initial and ongoing learning plus a mentoring programme as they come up to speed with the challenges and pleasures of being a CAB volunteer.

You can find us in the Trevor Inch Memorial Library, 141 Percival Street, Rangiora, or you can phone us on 03 313 8822 or 0800 367 222, or send us an email northcanterbury@cab.org.nz

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“Uncle Brian says I’m almost a metre tall,” he beamed proudly at his dad and his grip firms.

“Does Uncle Brian hold your hand?”

“Nope, never.”

“Does Mummy hold your hand?”

“Not anymore. She says I’m too big now.” Daddy feels his son’s grip loosen.

“Am I too big to hold your hand, Daddy? Shall we just walk side by side like men?”

Daddy lets go his hand and they walk that way a while. He looks at his son again and wonders at the ever so slightly more mature look that has appeared there; “Did we just lose something or was it only me?” he asks himself.

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COMMUNITY CONTACTS

GLADSTONE PARK ADVISORY GROUP Chairperson, Mark Paterson 312 7439 LIONS CLUB OF PEGASUS President Amanda Smith 027 422 2648 LIONS CLUB OF WOODEND President John Canton 310 8157 Youth Centre Lois Inch 312 7732 LOLLIPOPS PRESCHOOL PEGASUS 943 4935 cm.pegasus@ledu.co.nz lollipopseducare.co.nz/location/pegasus MENZSHED PEGASUS / WOODEND COMMUNITY TRUST Clive Jones 027 245 5770 John Burns 021 347 805 menzshedpegasuswoodend@gmail.com MOTORCYCLE CRUISING GROUP Pete Carrington 021 1911 776 - Pegasus Sharon & Chris Woodruff 021 164 4795 MUSIC AND PLAY Meaghan 027 392 6409 PEGASUS COMMUNITY CENTRE Bookings and enquiries contact: Waimakiriri District Council Freephone: 0800 965 468 www.waimakariri.govt.nz PEGASUS COMMUNITY CENTRE TEAM Email: pcc@pegasusresidentsgroup.com PEGASUS MONDAY MORNING WALKING GROUP Christine Johnston 021 179 7330 PEGASUS RESIDENTS GROUP INC prgi@pegasusresidentsgroup.com www.pegasusresidentsgroup.com Facebook: Pegasus Residents’ Group Inc. PEGASUS WOODEND WOMEN’S INSTITUTE Helen Power 313 5749 Pam Cleeve 03 3138120 / 021 170 9895 RADIO SAILING CLUB Ian McGregor 027 595 9000 Page 30 The Woodpecker July 2021

Paul Johnson 021 295 2587 ST BARNABAS ANGLICAN CHURCH Men’s Group: Andrew 021 073 5730 Women’s Group: Amy 021 234 4253 Hall Hire: Elizabeth 313 4612 THE ASHLEY LODGE Norme Shore - Secretary theashleylodge28@gmail.com http://www.ashley28.net.nz TIMEBANK WAIMAKARIRI Email: tbwaimakariri@gmail.com Phone: 021 0265 4071 Website: waimakariri.timebanks.org Facebook: facebook.com/ timebankwaimakariri TOY LIBRARY rangioratoylibrary@gmail.com TUAHIWI COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL 313 2141 tuahiwipreschool@xtra.co.nz Facebook: Tuahiwi Community Preschool www.tuahiwicommunitypreschool WAIKUKU BEACH SURF LIFE SAVING CLUB Danelle Asher wbslsc@wbslsc.com WOODEND BADMINTON CLUB Paul Henderson 0274 925 936 WOODEND BOWLING CLUB President Alan Pegley 310 6772 Secretary Phil Harris 327 6553 WOODEND BOYS’ CLUB John Harris 313 7832 WOODEND COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION INC President Mark Paterson Secretary Andrea Rigby woodend.community.association@gmail. com WOODEND CRICKET CLUB Robert Davey 021 762 963 WOODEND FLOWER SHOW President Evelyn Paget 314 9195

COMMUNITY CONTACTS

Secretary Helen Power 313 5749 Treasurer Pam Cleeve 313 8120 WOODEND FRIENDSHIP CLUB President John Fortster 327 3681 Secretary Lynn Muir 312 2027 WOODEND GARDEN CLUB President Brenda Batchelor 313 9556 Secretary Lynn Oliff 310 0575 Treasurer Pam Cleeve 313 8120 WOODEND GOLDEN OLDIES RUGBY & NETBALL President Tony Hurley 312 7311 WOODEND GYM CLUB Simone Templeton 027 514 8363 WOODEND INDOOR BOWLING CLUB Club President Andrew Petrie 022 592 8389 Club Captain Rex Macauley 313 3627 or 021 126 3344 WOODEND JUNIOR CRICKET Amy Hallmark 021 127 6711 WOODEND METHODIST CHURCH Minister Rev. Veitomoni Siufanga 313 1912 Hall Bookings, Evelyn 312 7740 WOODEND NETBALL CLUB President Caitlin Loose 027 787 5365 Secretary Rachael Paterson 021 166 2740 WOODEND PLAY CENTRE Phone: 027 353 2131 Email: woodend@playcentre.org.nz Facebook: www.facebook.com/ woodendplaycenter WOODEND PRESCHOOL / NURSERY Jana Thorn 312 7654 Email: office@woodendpreschool.co.nz www.woodendpreschool.co.nz WOODEND RUGBY CLUB Senior Club Captain, Matthew McLeod 027 722 8011 Junior Club Captain, Michelle Tocker 021 267 1429 WOODEND SEFTON COMMUNITY BOARD

Chairperson Shona Powell 021 0231 6152 shona.powell@wmk.govt.nz Deputy Chairperson Andrew Thompson WOODEND TENNIS CLUB Jim Bucknell 313 9405 WOODEND VOLUNTEER FIRE BRIGADE Chief Fire Officer Lew Grant 021 1311 780 lewsandra@xtra.co.nz www.fireandemergency.nz WOODEND / WAIKUKU PLUNKET Clare Hewett 312 2640 * * * * * * * * * *

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If you are listed in our Community Contacts, please do check to see the details we have are up-to-date and correct.

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Pegasus Woodend WI

This is a photo of our members taken on the 8 June 2021 at the Pegasus Community Centre. The members are from left Mary, Ingrid, Joan, Janet, Helen, Julie, Helen and Kathryn, in the front are from left Lorraine, our President Mavis, and Dawn. It was our 7th birthday, and we had a cake and played some games and we also had to do some knitting using Spaggitte for knitting needles. If we broke the needle, we could not say a swear word, they broke quite often. We also had Julie and Helen Wells visit us as they are our buddies.

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If you have a story to tell why not share this with The Woodpecker readers.

Young or old, local or from afar.

Personal story Funny story Send us a photo too!

Kaiapoi Community Garden Volunteer Days

Hilton Street on the playing field of Kaiapoi Borough School, by the railway line.

Wednesdays 10am – 12pm and the last Saturday of the month 10am – 11.30pm.

Come and join the Community Garden, a great place to make new friends or to share your love of gardening.

For more information follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/KaiapoiCommunity-Garden contact kaiapoicg@xtra.co.nz; or phone Debbie 027 313 1234

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Woodend Methodist Church

As we are in the coldest months of the year, we will be having a break from fundraising events.

Monthly movie – Wednesday 7 July 2021 at 1pm the movie will be an adventure / drama ‘Australia’ starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. An English aristocrat travels to Australia in order to save the cattle ranch she inherited and befriends a local called Drover who helps her accomplish her mission.

Afternoon Tea to follow. Gold Coin donation. Please phone Ruth on 312 2094 if you have any queries.

The August movie will be ‘The Bridges of Madison County’.

Just a reminder that our Church Service on a Sunday is at 9am. All welcome.

Our minister Veitomoni Siufanga is available at Rangiora Methodist Church, 176 King Street, Rangiora – 313 3448 or rangioramethodist@ gmail.com. He is at the Church from 9am to 5pm on Tuesday and Wednesday. If you need to see him on Thursday or Friday, please ring and make an appointment. He is available to provide prayer, support and a welcome for anyone with any needs, or who wants to drop in. * * * * * * * * * *

Regional CWKA Championships

Tournament Medal Winners from the Seiko-Kai Karate Dojo (Kaiapoi) Jack Brown, Daisy Little, Dan Visker (Squad Coach), Chris Flanagan, Jake Dale, Liam Visker, Jasveet Singh, Lucas Anderson, Annie Visker. (Additional medal winners

not present: Aidan Leigh, Shauna Manera Barclay) all representing North Canterbury at the CWKA Regional Karate Championships in Kumite (Fighting) and Kata (form).

The tournament is organised and run by the Canterbury & Westland

Karate Association (CWKA) who hold the event every year. It has become established as a one New Zealand’s most prestigious Karate Tournaments, with hundreds of competitors from around the country taking part.

Team Coach Dan Visker had been preparing the athletes for the event over recent months said “All of the students have performed exceptionally well and represented North Canterbury with pride. It is evident that the number of medals we secured is a testament to their instruction, their skills and ability with only one person narrowly missing out on a medal, but still placing 4th”. He added, “It is just reward for the hard work they have all put in and they are all thirsty for more.

It is just a matter of time before some of them get selected to represent New Zealand on the International Stage”. (wrong names provided - article rerun) The Woodpecker July 2021 Page 35

St Barnabas Church

Whilst we search for a fulltime Priest to lead us, we much appreciate the time and help of clergy from the Rangiora Parish, who have been generously presiding over our Sunday services.

Their warm and friendly approach complements the warm welcome offered by our congregations, both at the traditional 9.30 am service and the more contemporary 4.30pm service.

Our youth groups continue to offer faith, fellowship and fun to our delightful young people, thanks to their awesome leaders.

During the 4.30pm service, the youngsters split into three agebased groups to learn, with the oldest, intermediate group currently doing a course on Influential Christians in the Bible.

There is a twice monthly Teen Bible study held on Thursday evenings; and a monthly meeting of The Tribe Youth Group for 10 to 18 year olds, on a Saturday from 5.30pm to 8pm.

For the adults, our great Men’s and Women’s Home Groups continue to run on alternate fortnights during term time.

Having Men’s Home Group one week and Women’s the next, is an ideal way of ensuring parents of young children won’t have to look far for a baby-sitter!

Music And Play, our Wednesday programme for preschoolers, also only runs during term time.

So it will be closed on 14 July 2021 Page 36 The Woodpecker July 2021

and 21 July 2021.

But our volunteers will be using that time to plan the next terms fun – don’t forget to come back and find out what they’ve come up with!

It would be a pleasure to see you at any of our services or groups this month, we’d love the chance to get to know you.

But whether we see you or not, look after yourself in this cold weather and keep warm!

* * * * * Woodend Spring Flower Show Cont’d from Pg 23

Over a period of time other classes were added; increased Daffodil Classes, Children Classes, Photography, increased Decorative Floral Classes, and the Blokes Section.

This year we have introduced a new Intermediate Decorative with a cup presented in Memory of the late Shirley Tull, a dedicated Committee Member.

Also adults and secondary school pupils are able to enter the Colouring Contest.

Schedules, containing information and instructions for entering, which is free, will be available shortly online, in local shops and libraries.

We are holding a craft morning for children at the Woodend Community Centre on Saturday 25 September 2021 at 10am until 12noon, entry fee $2.

We would like to see many people come to these two events.

Woodend-Sefton Community Board Land for Community Facilities for Pegasus and Ravenswood Thanks to all those that provided feedback to the Council as part of the draft Long-Term Plan on whether land should be acquired now in Pegasus and Ravenswood.

To secure future opportunities for these fast-growing communities the Council has decided to acquire land and will look to build a community facility in Pegasus in 2024/2025.

They will also purchase land in Ravenswood/North Woodend, looking to develop that around 2029/2030.

This will be an exciting time ahead for the area and the Board look forward to working with the communities to help ensure that the facilities will be suited to their needs.

Update from Board The Board heard an update from

North Canterbury Neighbourhood Support at their last meeting. Andrea Allen, Chair and new Manager Sarah Saunders said they were focusing on building up “Get Ready” registrations and setting up new neighbourhood support groups. As part of their core role, they assist and encourage communities to connect and support each other during times of stress or crisis. This was put into practice during the recent heavy rain and flooding.

Flooding Thanks to all those that helped their neighbours and communities during the flooding in May/June, particularly in Waikuku Beach.

New Road Names The Board approved the following street names for the new subdivision in Woodend, Woodland Estate: • McQuillan Avenue • Cleaver Street • Salkeld Place

• Thirlwall Street • Ligget Place • Cutler Street

What’s Happening Locally Exciting to hear the date for the opening of the supermarket at Ravenswood is Wednesday 25 August. The Board will continue to advocate for safe crossing at the SH1 roundabout for pedestrians. This is becoming more and more important with the opening of Bob Robertson Drive and now a date for the supermarket opening.

Got something to say about Parking?

This is your chance. The Council is asking for feedback as they plan for the future parking needs of this rapidly growing District. They want to know what parking issues there are, your thoughts on whether the Council should invest in providing further parking, and how you would feel about parking charges, if they were introduced. Closes 4 July 2021 https://letstalk.waimakariri.govt.nz/parking

Next meeting

You’re very welcome to come along to our next meeting on Monday 12 July starting at 6pm, in the Woodend Community Centre.

Contact us More information about the Board, and members contact details are at waimakariri.govt.nz/your-council/councilboards-and-committees/woodend-seftoncommunity-board.

Facebook page: @WoodendSeftonCommunityBoard The Woodpecker July 2021 Page 37

NEED FUNDING FOR A LOCAL ARTS PROJECT? Assistance is available for groups and individuals who are keen to provide arts and cultural activities in the Waimakariri District from the Creative Communities New Zealand Scheme.

The next Creative Communities round will close Monday 23 August 2021, for events or activities that take place between 1 October 2021 and 1 October 2022.

The Application Form and Guide for Applicants is available from Council Service Centres and Libraries or from the Council Website at waimakariri.govt.nz

If you have any questions please contact the administrator, Ben Eldridge Phone 03 311 8901 or 0800 965 468 Email ben.eldridge@wmk.govt.nz

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Woodend Primary School

We are now nearing the end of Term 2 at Woodend School. It has been a busy term with our Year 1 - 4 students attending the Wai Swim Programme at Dudley Pool, Jump Jam competitions, Speech competitions, and 3 students competing in the Primary Schools’ Cross Country at Halswell Quarrythis week.

We have very exciting news that both our Year 5/6 and Year 7/8 Jump Jam teams won in their respective age groups last weekend at the Strictly Jump Jam Competitions. We are super proud of them all with special thanks going to the teachers involved and Pip who have given so much time to getting them to where they are now.

End of Term Learning Celebration All parents and members of the community are invited to our End of Term Learning Celebration being held on Friday 9

July 2021 in the Community Centre.

We will also be farewelling Mrs Megan Watson who leaves to take up a new Team Leader position at Te Kura Whakatipu O Kawarau in Queenstown where she is relocating with her family.

Our Ethel and Bethel Fundraising night held last month was such a good event with much laughter and many prizes given away on the night. Once again our thanks to parents, staff and the following businesses for their generosity in making it the success it was; Kostas Marks & Sheree Roberts, De Lury Builders, Town & Country Autoglass, Rivers & Ranges Rangiora, Propaganda Rangiora, Animates, The Butcher’s Mistress, Street Legal, Woodend Tavern, Vogue Hair & Barbers, Paws Woodend, Life Pharmacy, Woodend Honda Shop, Sefton Hair Design, Woodend Vege’n Out, Amanda Newson, The 3 Llamas and the Neylon Family.

We wish all families a restful break and look forward to the start of Term 3 on 26 July 2021!

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CORCORAN FRENCH

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Come check out over 700 artworks from 120 artists all under one roof including painting, photography, ceramics, woodwork and more.

PLUS for something a little different Have-A-Go yourself at weaving, painting, pottery and more on Saturday all at the Kaiapoi Club. www.kaiapoiartexpo.co.nz

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PAK’N SAVE RANGIORA SCHOOL EXPO Ashley Rakahuri Kaiapoi Borough Kaiapoi High Kaiapoi North North Loburn Rangiora Borough Rangiora New Life St Joseph’s Catholic Rga St Patrick’s Swannanoa Te Kura o Tuahiwi Woodend

Friendship Club

On a stunning, warm autumn day we set off for Ayelsbury to visit the largest Hazelnut farm in New Zealand, with 6,600 trees. Our host Alan told us about the history of the property, which he moved to after previously beef and sheep farming in Southland.

He grows a variety called Whiteheart, which is not selffertilising and requires pollinator trees to grow close by. The hazelnut is a very slow growing tree and unless cut out for any reason will grow indefinitely. This crop is farmed in shallow stony soils and needs irrigation approx 34L/hr in a dry season.

There is a constant need to fertilise (depending on what mineral is needed), keep the ground around trees clean, deal with suckers (spraying as needed) etc. They use a bagger nut machine which is approx the size of a lawn mower and has spikes and a catcher to harvest.

A helicopter is on site which Alan uses to prevent frost on his property, and also on vineyards as far away as Marlborough.The cracking and processing plant was built on the property when commercial premises became too expensive. They are part of a shareholding enterprise called HazelZ and also process nuts from other properties. We toured this facility in two groups and tasted freshly roasted nuts, which had been sorted by hand.

Products range from oils, roasted/ unroasted nuts, nut butter,

ground ingredients used by many manufacturers, including Cookie Time and Whittakers. We were able to purchase a range of these products.

They went from processing 15 tonne/ yr to 80 - 90 tonne/yr and process approx 80% of Hazelnuts grown in NZ. After a delicious lunch at Darfield Hotel we went to Kirwee Bee Farm, where Glynn specialises in breeding queen bees, and ships them all over the country, sometimes overseas.

He runs 600 organic bee hives at a variety of places including Hanmer, Banks Peninsula, Springfield and Golden Bay,so spends time travelling to check the health of these hives. He also runs education sessions for new/ hobby bee keepers.

He tries to farm non-aggressive bees.

Some varieties are Italian (imported from Australia), English and now the Caledonian bee originating in Russia and Turkey. He described how he raises his queen bees, the life of hives, pests, wasps, pros/cons of feeding bees over winter.

We were able to purchase from an extensive selection of honey and bee products from their shop. A lovely drive home via Oxford completed a wonderful day out.

Our minispeaker took us back to 1956 in the UK when he had completed an electrical engineering apprenticeship and was faced with the choice of 2 years in the military, six years working in a coal mine or 6 years in the merchant navy. He chose the navy and obtained a position as 3rd electrical engineer with the NZ Shipping Co. His first voyage left Liverpool to NZ via the Panama Canal.

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Friendship Club - Cont’d from Pg 41

It took a few days to gain his sealegs and he described the various ports on the way, including anchoring off a leper island in French Polynesia, where the skipper organised a raft loaded with ‘bits and pieces’ for the inhabitants, who thanked them by lining up and singing (they also sent letters of thanks).

The ship arrived at Auckland and took 3 weeks to unload at various ports. The ship was then cleaned, loaded with frozen meat and tinned fruit products and they set off for the UK via Suez Canal, discharging cargo at many ports on the way. What a memorable first voyage around the world.

Our main speaker was Lesley Ottey, wearing her fabulous eco-warrior hat.

She proceeded not only to educate us but entertain us about the right stuff to put in our recycling bins.

Basically, if you only put in plastics no 1,2,5; flattened cardboard; paper no smaller than a foolscap envelope; clean unflattened aluminium cans, tins, kitchen and bathroom aerosols, clean glass bottles and jars – you should be right.

Definitely no dead cats, dead sparrows, cow stomachs or chainsaws! And NO LIDS. Everything else (especially if you are unsure) goes in the red bin/rubbish bag. She described the trials and tribulations of the life of a recycling educator and it is not an easy one dealing with some of the public.

She displayed a banner depicting the computerised machinery at Eco Central Wigram where all the ‘clean’ recycling is processed and rebailed into various commodities for resale.

As a member commented she was ‘completely astounded a talk on rubbish could be so entertaining’.

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A Short Story By Kevin Warren “Stop reading,” she tells herself. “Put the book down and go do something else, ring someone.” But she knows there is no way she is going to be able to do that.

She had seen the book on top of a pile of ‘cheapies’ outside the mall bookshop and she was immediately intrigued by the scary cover and the lack of an author’s name. She thought it had been a long time since she’d read a good scary book.

On impulse she bought it and on the bus home she read the first few pages.

“Oh yes,” she thought as the bus pulled up at her stop. “You and I are going to have a lovely time tonight.”

She didn’t feel the book bend like a half-smile as she stuffed it into her bag.

After dinner, dishes done, she stoked up the fire, turned off all the lights, bar the one small lamp behind her, tucked her legs beneath her on the couch and settled down to be frightened.

The fire had burned out and she was cold. The tale was terrifying. Its gruesome detail and evil characters had made her whine on several occasions, but she was unable to put the book down. Now she was almost at the end; the terrifying climax was on the next few pages.

As she read the penultimate page her finger already bending the top corner a hand-written note began to appear – ‘Yes! Yes! Do it…Turn the page, Sally, I dare you.’

KW

parkrun - Cont’d from Pg 7

FM, one of our parkrunners was featured on Seven Sharp and you may have seen us at the Volunteer Expo at the Pegasus Community Centre. We event managed to squeeze in a tututhemed run!

Volunteering at a parkrun is fulfilling, fun and inspiring. The time commitment is not significant, and we provide full support and guidance.

Please do email us at pegasus@ parkrun.com if you would like to give it go.

Remember – parkrun is for everyone and you are very welcome to join us around the lake if you would like some company, or if you would like to meet some interesting people and get some fresh air at the same time. It is also totally free to be a part of.

Visit the link below to find our more and to sign up for a barcode so then you receive an email with your results: https://www.parkrun.co.nz/register

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PEGASUS COMMUNITY CENTRE NEWS JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (JP) AT PEGASUS COMMUNITY CENTRE Starting in July we will have JP drop-in sessions on the first and third Saturday of the month from 10.30 – 11.30am.

July dates: Saturday 3rd and 17th.

No appointment needed. All are very welcome. Just come along on the day.

‘KEEPING ON’ MAGAZINE New to the PCC is the Age Concern produced Keeping On magazine. It’s a great source of news and useful information for the over 60 age group.

Call in for a copy of the winter edition during our open hours (see below). It includes an article about the Pegasus SAYGo Falls Prevention group.

WELCOME TO PEGASUS WOODEND The new ‘Welcome’ booklet is now available for people new to the PegasusWoodend-Waikuku area. The booket will be available in Welcome Bags at the Pegasus Community Centre, Ravenswood Sales Office and other local outlets.

This booklet is a great source of info about local clubs, groups, organisations and essential services.

Big THANKS to Ray White Pegasus for sponsoring the printing of the Welcome to Pegasus Woodend booklet.

VISITOR 1,000 Visitor number 1,000 came through the door on Monday 31st May. Thanks to The Good Home and the Flat White Café, we were able to reward both the visitor and the volunteers on duty at the time with vouchers.

Photo: Visitor 1,000, Chris (centre), with volunteers Loretta (left) and Pat.

Pegasus Community Centre Open Times – All Welcome Monday 2 – 4pm : Wednesday and Saturday 10am – 12noon Located on Pegasus Main St, by the Flat White Café.

For books, jigsaws, Welcome Bags, buckets, bus timetables, loads of pamphlets and information. Our volunteers are here to help.

WOODEND - RAVENSWOOD - WAIKUKU - PEGASUS Come visit us soon; you are all VERY WELCOME. To book the PCC: visit https://www.waimakariri.govt.nz/leisure-andrecreation/facilities/wdc-halls-and-meeting-venues/ or phone 0800 965 468 To contact the PCC Team: Email pcc@pegasusresidentsgroup.com

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Our Reception Staff, Nurses and Doctors continue to work extremely hard to provide you with the best service possible – Often under difficult circumstances, especially when we have emergencies to deal with. We appreciate your understanding and kindness when dealing with our team members.

COVID 19 Immunisation: Canterbury DHB has created a public website (vaccinatecanterburywestcoast.nz) to provide information about the vaccination roll out, including frequently asked questions, resources, and links through to sites with more information. Eligible groups will receive a text message with instructions on how to book. You do not need to ring the medical centre. There are 2 Covid Immunizations sites in Rangiora at present and will be more in the future.

Flu vaccine programme is now underway by appointment.

We would like to remind you that at Level 1, we are still required to have patients sign in at Reception either using the manual tracer or the QR code. Any patients with respiratory symptoms, should call first and discuss their condition with a nurse. The nurse will do an assessment over the phone and if you need to be seen at the practice, you may be asked to wait in the car. If you meet the Ministry of Health criteria, a free COVID swab will be offered at the Centre. If you need to see a GP, this will be arranged, and you will be asked to wear a mask. Results of COVID swabs are texted to you as soon as they become available.

If you have a medical emergency or are acutely unwell, please call 111.

If you have an urgent /acute condition, do not use Manage My Health, call us to speak to a nurse You can book a consultation by calling us or alternatively online via our website and go to “Manage My Health (MMH)”. You can also use this portal to access lab results and request repeat prescriptions. If you need assistance to register with MMH, please contact our reception team who will be happy to help. If you have any issues with MMH, contact NZsupport@mmhglobal.com . You can download the app from the App store or Google Play, or our website https://www.managemyhealth.co.nz Please note fees for phone consultations are the same as regular consultations.

Phone Calls to nurses: Nurses will take your phone call if they are available. Otherwise, please leave a message and you will be called back in a timely manner.

Test results can take some time to be available and reviewed by the Doctor. You will be contacted if further action is needed. They can be viewed on Manage My Health as well. Thank you for your patience.

Please, arrive on time as your Doctor may not be able to see you if you are late. If you are not able to make it to your appointment, please cancel the previous day or at least 2 hours prior, so another patient can utilise that time slot. Otherwise, there may be a charge for non-attending.

Appointments are 15 minutes to cover 1 or 2 issues. If you have more issues, please book 2 appointments.

Mole Checks, Musculoskeletal issues, New Patients, Insurance / Full Medicals, need 2 appointments.

Pegasus Skin Cancer Clinic ( Southern Cross Affiliated Provider) offers full mole checks, Skin Cancer Diagnosis and Management, Minor Surgery for Skin lesions. If you have a mole of concern or which has changed, book a single appointment and we will see you within a week. There might be a wait for full mole checks. _____________________________________________________________________________________ 52 Pegasus Main street, Pegasus Town Ph 03 920 4060

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Hailstorm

A Short Story by Kevin Warren He stood at the big bay window and watched the large hailstones destroy what remained of his dear departed wife’s flower gardens; her one-time pride and joy, now more weed than garden.

His large, gnarled hands, the skin of the fingers thickened from years of hard slog getting the farm to produce, were busy rolling a cigarette with a level of dexterity that belied the state of those hands; he was so skilled and confident in his ability to complete the task he didn’t have to watch what he was doing.

He moistened the paper with his tongue and stuck the cigarette in his mouth, lit it and took a deep lungfull of the acrid tobacco smoke; ‘to hell with what the bloody quack says anyway’ he muttered as he exhaled lustily and felt the nicotine go to work’.

His years of farming experience had guided him well yet again, he had just finished the wheat harvest not two hours ago and it was all safely stored away from this weather. He knew that several farms around him were still not finished, and they would pay dearly with their crop profits for being slow.

He felt no regret that they were

being badly hurt. He had told them several times that a bad weather year was due and that they should plant early and harvest early. Only old Tom Burrows from three farms up the road had listened and agreed.

Tom only had a small crop and he only farmed enough nowadays to keep himself busy; he didn’t really need the money.

The fact that they; the oldest farmers in the area, had their crops in was good, told these smart-alec youngsters not to rely so much on their technical bull-shit and listen to their elders more. But the young buggers thought they knew better and now they’d pay the price.

But he was sad to see the garden getting smashed around, it was pretty much all he had left of her, and he knew he wouldn’t bother to replant.

He’d let it do its own thing. Eventually it would revert to bush and scrub, he supposed.

He opened a window and flicked his stub out into the wet, feeling the chill draft as he did so, and quickly shut it again.

If his crop had still been in the paddock, He’d have thought it an ill omen but instead he knew that the other farmers destroyed crops would guarantee him a good price for his.

Fifteen minutes later the hailstorm had passed, and the clouds cleared. The sun touched the horizon turning the sky to gold on what was going to be a beautiful evening for him.

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Pegasus Plus

Pegasus Plus is a social group for semi-retired and retired residents of Pegasus and surrounding areas.

Our aim is for people to socialise while enjoying a variety of activities plus enjoying social chat over a cuppa and biscuit. Activities may include Quiz, Bingo & Cards.

We meet every FOURTH Wednesday of the month from February through to November at the Pegasus Community Centre from 1.00 - 3.00 pm.

There is a $2 charge to cover room hire and beverages. Refreshments and a raffle are available at each get together.

For further information contact Kay or David Mills 03 920 0126 or just come along, everyone welcome.

Dates for 2021: 28 July; 25 August; 22 September; 27 October; 24 November

Dancewear & Alterations

For all your costume needs, Clothing alterations and Repairs Call Paula 027 627 7212 Check us out on Facebook

Justice of the Peace (JP) Drop In Sessions Where: Pegasus Community Centre, 8 Tahuna St, near the Flat White Cafe.

When: 10.30 – 11.30am, first and third Saturday of the month.

July dates: Saturday 3rd and 17th.

No appointment needed. All are very welcome. Just come along on the day.

Pegasus Gardening

General maintenance, weeding, pruning and planting. Also available for painting.

Please contact Jodie 0276898234

Lions Club of Pegasus Town

Fundraising for local community projects as a volunteer. Support to club activities but having fun and friendship. New members are very welcome.

Dinner meetings on 4th Wednesday of month (own cost). For more details contact Brian on 027 958 8888.

Can you find Woody Woodpecker!

Mr Woody Woodpecker is ‘hidden’ amongst one of the publication pages.

For fun, search for him and if you find him and are the first to text the Editor with a photo of you pointing to the very page, we will give you a mention in the following month’s publication.

Who’s going to find him first?

Are you going to be the first?

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NEXT ISSUE AUGUST 2021

Deadline for advertisements and community articles is 25 July 2021 The Woodpecker Digital Issue Available on: www.issuu.com/thewoodpecker4 Email: debs.thewoodpecker@outlook.co.nz Cell: 021 863 877 Post / Cheques: Debs Taylor-Hayhurst, Editor PO Box 78333, Pegasus 7648

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Vaccination

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Why vaccinate my pet?

Vaccines are the mainstay of veterinarians preventing infectious diseases, many of which are very hard to treat and can cause serious illness or even death.

We at PAWS vets have been concerned to see many deciding not to vaccinate. It is very distressing to see Kennel cough rearing it’s head yet again and cat panleucopenia (cat parvo) returning to the Hurunui.

If your cat or dog has not been vaccinated in the last year please give us a call.

Vaccination can save lives.

PAWS VETS CONTACTS:

PHONE: 03 312 2669

EMAIL: pawsvets@gmail.com ADDRESS: 71 Main North Road, Woodend (between vegetable and coffee shops) HOURS: 8.30am - 5.30pm Monday to Friday 8.30am - 6.30pm Wednesdays

OPENING SOON IN

WOODEND

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Nick Deane.