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Chapel elder David Smart said the church was moved from Kirwee to Glentunnel by traction engine around 1937.

“We were faced with a bill of around $60,000 to repair the chapel up to building code standards which for us as a small congregation was a significant amount.”

Mr Smart approached the Stewards

‘Ask, and it shall be given’by Kent Caddick

The biblical quote ‘Ask, and it shall be given’ (Matthew 7:7) may well have been on the minds of members of the Glentunnel Chapel this year when they were faced with replacing the floor of the church.

Trust, which owns the church, for advice on how to approach the repair work, while the chapel’s congregation moved to other premises in early June to allow the work to be undertaken.

“I spoke to David Robinson from the Stewards Trust and he planned out the work to be done following advice from an enginner, which included some

additional piling.“The Stewards Trust funded the

needed materials while Mr Robinson also recommended we approach the New Zealand branch of an international interdenominational church group called MMM, which was formerly known as Mobile Mission Maintenance, to help with the work.”

Mobile Mission Maintenance members, from left, Muriel and Bart Gilmore and Glenys Erskine-Mackie enjoy a morning tea break with Glentunnel Chapel elder David Smart, far right, during a break from replacing the chapel’s flooring.

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The award was presented by Geoff Holgate, New Zealand Walking Access Commission regional field advisor for Canterbury, during an event at Mrs Alexander’s home following the final walk of the Banks Peninsula Walking Festival.

The festival’s final walk went through the new Purple Peak Curry Reserve, and ended at Mrs Alexander’s home where 40 walkers and friends gathered to celebrate her achievements.

New Zealand Walking Access Commission chief executive Mark Neeson said it was an honour to be able to recognise Mrs Alexander’s outstanding devotion over many years to making some of Akaroa’s beautiful scenery accessible to others.

“Thanks to her creativity and

Walking access award Akaroa resident Lynne Alexander has received a Walking Access Award for her significant contribution towards developing some of the area’s finest walks and making them accessible to thousands of people.

commitment, thousands of people have been able to enjoy spectacular walks in the hills above Akaroa.”

In 1990, Mrs Alexander opened the Woodills Track, a two and a half hour circular route that starts at the village. The family-friendly walk cuts across Mrs Alexander’s Tree Crop Farm property, as well as her neighbour’s farm, through which she negotiated access.

The Walking Access Awards recognise those who have made significant and lasting contributions to public access to the outdoors in New Zealand, whether through securing new legal access, championing public rights of access, trail building, or contributing to understanding of access rights and responsibilities.

Lynne Alexander (left) listens to Purple Peak Curry Reserve manager Hugh Wilson during the final walk of the Banks Peninsula Walking Festival.

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In 2016 ECan will move away from being run by commissioners to a mixed governance council with seven elected councillors and up to six appointees.

Mr Sunckell, a Leeston farmer who is also St John Selwyn Central Area committee chairman, is putting himself forward for election in the Mid Canterbury constituency of ECan which covers the Selwyn and Ashburton area.

“The openness created by the commissioners when appointed has provided our communities with the ability to have genuine conversations about our futures.

“This does not mean that we always like the answers but it is a far cry from

Leeston farmer to stand for ECanby Kent Caddick

Former Selwyn National Party chairman John Sunckell is to stand as one of the seven elected representatives on Environment Canterbury.

Leeston farmer John Sunckell has put his name forward to become one of Environment Canterbury’s seven elected representatives when the regional council moves to a mixed governance body next year.

the old, ‘command and control’.”Mr Sunckell accepted some people

may argue there had been a lack of democracy in ECan since the Government sacked elected representatives and put in commissioners.

“But the collaborative process that is the Canterbury Water Management Strategy has seen unprecedented community involvement in both understanding the issues we face and developing the solutions for our catchments,” he said.

“Very simply the collaborative process that we are in the middle of requires governors to give up some control, scientists to advise without agenda and

planners to give options. “This then allows communities

or catchments to make decisions that suit them within the framework set down.

“Is it perfect? No it is not, we can always do a better job of governing, of finding resolution to issues, to managing our future.

“That said any thought of a return to the old adversarial council table of the past fills me with dread. We need to be able to work together to take our futures forward.”

The election of representatives to ECan will take place during the local body elections next October.

MMM travel around New Zealand carrying out maintenance and repairs to Christian buildings from churches to schools and camp buildings.

“We applied to MMM for help in late June and they agreed to help and in mid-November four members of the group arrived to help us,” Mr Smart said.

The MMM group comprised two husband and wife combinations, Andrew Mackie and his wife Glenys Erskine-Mackie and Bart and Muriel Gilmore, who arrived in a mobile home and caravan which they were to stay in for the duration of the work.

Mr Smart said members of the congregation had done some preparatory work on the building to enable the MMM group to get to work as soon as they arrived.

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‘Ask, and it shall be given’ (Matthew 7:7)

Within eight days the chapel had a new floor which complied with Selwyn District Council building regulations.

Mr Smart said they still have some minor work to do, such as painting to both the interior and exterior, and improved lighting, which will be carried out under the guidance of Mr Robinson.

“As well as the building experience that the MMM crew bought to the project it was also about fellowship and encouragement.”

Among the MMM crew which worked on the project were 81-year-old Bart Gilmore and his wife Muriel, who have been with the New Zealand branch of the group for 14 years.

“The MMM motto is ‘to serve those who serve’ and that is why we are involved,” Mr Gilmore said.

It is hoped the Glentunnel Chapel will be able to reopen its doors early in the New Year.

Voluntary workers lived in a mobile home and caravan on the Glentunnel Chapel site while they helped members of the congregation replace the flooring.

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Associate Professor in Property Studies John McDonagh says CBD developers are effectively donating millions of dollars to the city.

“Considering the construction cost, rents and likelihood of no capital gains in the foreseeable future, they should be called philanthropists rather than developers.

“That is why few other developers or overseas investors are lining up to join the party – it does not make financial sense.”

Associate Professor McDonagh said there have already been warnings of an oversupply of office space, a situation which Christchurch experienced

Office space oversupply loomingA Lincoln University expert says new figures are making it clearer that investing in more central business district (CBD) office space makes no financial sense for developers.

Lincoln University Associate Professor John McDonagh says an oversupply of office space in Christchurch CBD is looming.

before in the early 1990s and took 15 years to recover from. There were many developer casualties as a result.

He said figures released by Colliers recently show what is under construction now will probably be all that is needed for a long time stalling further development.

“Early developers also had the jump on the rest and have secured the best tenants, reducing the attractiveness of investing further.

“The four big ongoing developments in Cashel Street are pretty much all we will get in the CBD core,” Associate Professor McDonagh said.

He said leasing up of office space is

steady but slowing and an oversupply of office space is looming.

“This also does not take into account any fix ups of pre-earthquake buildings adding to supply.

This oversupply will curtail any further development, and really start to hit suburban office space rents and vacancy levels.”

He said there is also still 30 hectares of vacant commercial land in the city available but with nothing planned for its future.

“Perhaps inner city residential is the solution, but this brings a whole raft of unanswered questions and risks.

"If you're planning to clean up your garden in the spring or summer time this is a great chance to get rid of garden prunings, tree trimmings or weeds," Selwyn District Council's solid waste manager Andrew Boyd said.

“General rubbish, soil, flax, cabbage tree leaves, trees or branches over 10cm in diameter can't be disposed of through this service.”

Mr Boyd said proceeds from the event will be donated to the Malvern Lions

Garden waste disposalThis Saturday Malvern residents will have the opportunity to dispose of their green garden waste at Hawkins Pit near Darfield.

Club and a greenwaste disposal day is being planned for the Ellesmere area early next year.

The greenwaste disposal service will be operating on Saturday, December 5 between 10am and 4pm at Hawkins Pit which is located off Cullens Road just east of Bangor Road, about 5km from Darfield.

The cost is $5 per car, $10 per ute or single axle trailer, $15 per twin axle trailer and payment is by cash only as no EFTPOS is available.

Students from Rolleston School pose for a photograph in the lead up to the school production of Twisted Tales recently. The production was based on six Roald Dahl plays from his Revolting Rhymes book. The Year 7 and 8 classes focused on putting together the work which involved nearly 180 students. The plays were very pantomime themed with lots of audience participation and crazy heroes and nasty villains. Teacher Keri Dekkers said the play was well received proven by the amount of laughter throughout.

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Current mayor Kelvin Coe has

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Selwyn district councillors are beginning to line up at th

e starting gate for next ye

ar’s mayoral race.

public servic

e in clubs mostly rugby,

administrating and coaching for m

any

years and being on the school BOT’s at

both Southbridge Primary and Ellesmere

College for collectiv

ely four te

rms and

being chairman of both.”

Cr McEvedy has been the SDC

representative on Environment

Canterbury’s Selwyn-Waihora Water

Management Zone committee which he

also chaired.

He will not be the only

sitting

councillor to

contest the mayoralty.

Malvern ward councillor

Sam

Broughton, an unsuccessful mayoral

candidate at the last local body

elections, has signalled his intentions

to contest the mayoralty a

gain.

“I will s

tand for the mayoralty

but

will not be standing as a Malvern ward

councillor again,” h

e said.

Councillors Pat McEvedy (p

ictured) and Sam

Broughton will contest th

e Selwyn mayoralty

next October.

YES

Mayor Kelvin Coe (pictured) will n

ot be seeking

a fourth term while councillor Nigel Barnett is

stepping down from council altogether.

Councillors Sarah Walters (pictured) and

Grant Miller are not ru

ling out the possibility

of a tilt at th

e mayoralty.

NO

MAYBE

Cr Broughton was the third highest

polling mayoral candidate at the

2013 elections behind Mayor Coe

and challenger Dr Olive Webb from

Hororata, who has said she won’t be

running again.

Current deputy mayor Sarah Walters is

another “highly li

kely” candidate for th

e

mayoral chains, and, lik

e Cr Broughton

stood for the mayoralty i

n 2013.

“I have yet to

make a final decision

as I am so busy with council work at th

e

moment, so I w

ill take tim

e off during

the Christmas break to consider my

position although I would say it

is highly

likely I

will stand.”

Cr Walters said she was not surprised

at Cr McEvedy’s intention to stand for

the mayoralty as “fo

r the last seven

terms the Selwyn mayor has been a

farmer from the Ellesmere ward”.

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Retired MAF livestock officer John

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property in Selwyn Street to help

feed himself, but a recent dog attack

saw one sheep killed and two others

seriously mauled.

“It appears these two dogs made

their attack at about 4.15am as my

neighbour on hearing a disturbance

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dogs during the attack causing the dogs

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“These dogs are killers as in

my experience the attack was by

throat strangulation normally used

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mongrel animals or animals in natural

wild conditions.

“My concern is these types

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attacking children.”

He said as a superannuitant his

sheep were his annual supply of meat

and also helped to keep the grass down

for fire protection.

“The two surviving sheep were so

stressed they are now unsuitable for

human consumption which means a

loss of around $500 and I will have to

replace the animals.”

Mr Newton said the Selwyn District

Control animal control was informed of

the attack and he was impressed with

their response.

“Animal control was prompt in

attending following a call, taking

descriptions of the animals, photos of

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Dog attacks a concern

by Kent Caddick

A Coalgate man is concerned dogs attacking sheep around the Selwyn township may turn their

attention to vulnerable children.

search for the dogs.”

The dogs were caught on a security

camera and the footage has given to

the council’s animal control department.

Mr Newton said it isn’t the first time

Coalgate residents have had to deal

with dog attacks.

“There have been around 30

sheep killed by dog attacks in the

Coalgate area over the last two years

which have resulted in a loss to the

sheep’s owners of about $3000 and

in many cases the sheep have been

family pets.”

Council’s Senior Animal Control

Officer Steve Clarke said they were

alerted to the attack by Police.

“After the attack a witness was

interviewed and black and white CCTV

camera footage was also reviewed.

“Two dogs were involved in the

attack and they appear to be either

a Mastiff or Staffy cross breed. The

dogs looked very similar and could

well be related so staff also checked

records to identify where there were

registered dogs in the area of similar

breeds and spoke to a number of dog

owners, however, this did not identify the

dogs involved.”

Mr Clarke said they also sent letter

to properties in the Coalgate township

asking for information to help identify

the dogs.

“This also advised dog owners to

check they were responsible for their

dog's activities and that owners need to

ensure they know where their dogs are.

Coalgate superannuitant John Newton is out of pocket and has had his meat supply destroyed after

dogs attack his sheep.

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The Games celebrated its fifth

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Domain with over 9000 people

attending, 300 competitors taking part,

102 stall holders selling their wares and

200 volunteers working tirelessly behind

the scenes.

Chieftain Alex Bruce, managing

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Record numbers for Games

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The Hororata Highland Games 2015 Chieftain has given his seal of approval to this year’s event, which

attracted the highest number of visitors in the Games’ five year history.

number of people who attended, which

was considerably more than most

Highland Games in Scotland,” Mr

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“The Hororata Highland Games is

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enjoyed the new elements that have

been introduced and the Kiwi twist was

very special.

“I was honoured to be involved in the

event and would love to come back.”

Event manager Cindy Driscoll was

delighted with the way this year’s event

turned out.

“The Hororata Highland Games

began out of a community desire to

take charge of its own destiny following

the Canterbury earthquakes,” Mrs

Driscoll said.

“Now five years on, the community’s

passion for the event is just as

strong as ever and this passion flows

through the whole event giving it a very

special atmosphere.”

The Oceania Heavyweight

Championship was once again a highlight

of the event with New Zealander, Ruben

De Jong, taking out the title.

The Hororata Highland Games once again played host to some of the best highland dancers in the country. Photo by Peter Walker

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The ceremony was attended by Christchurch MP Nicky Wagner, Chinese Consulate-General Mr Jin Zhijian, Selwyn District Mayor Kelvin Coe, NZCB directors Mr Jason Ho and Mrs Liz Zhou, and Lincoln’s senior management.

International students are able to enrol in special NZCB-LU pathways to study in Christchurch for bachelors and master’s degrees at Lincoln after being bridged by NZCB’s diplomas in business and commerce.

Lincoln’s business development manager Dr Samuel Yu said the international education sector contributed about $3 billion to the NZ economy last year

“It is important for us to be able to build these important relationships with businesses and industries in order to reach a broader audience that we would not have otherwise been able to reach.

“The collaborative work has been a huge team effort within many units at Lincoln and NZCB, spanning from Lincworks, student enrolment, the University Studies and English Language Division, Faculty of Agribusiness and Commerce, to the Recreation Centre and international and business development teams, all working to making this public-private partnership successful.

“It will give a great Kiwi experience

Classroom village opens on campusThe New Zealand College of Business has opened a new classroom ‘village’ on Lincoln University’s campus as part of a collaboration between the university and NZCB to cater for growing international student demand.

Officially opening the new classroom village at Lincoln University are, from left, NZCB Director Mr Jason Ho, MP Nicky Wagner, Christchurch Chinese Consulate General Mr Jin Zhijian, Selwyn Mayor Kelvin Coe, Lincoln University Deputy Vice Chancellor Murray Dickson, and NZCB chief executive Mrs Liz Zhou.

Chinese Lions were on hand to celebrate the opening of a new classroom village at Lincoln University.

to the overseas students that come to study on this pathway, as students have high expectations to gain as many life skills as possible whilst they are in New Zealand,” Dr Yu said.

“Not only does the special collaboration invest in classrooms and educational pathways, it also extends to joint initiatives in strategic areas

in China on economics, finance and commerce projects.

“We have been able to tap into markets that we would not have otherwise been pursed without those relationships” says Dr Yu.

NZCB director Liz Zhou said NZCB has an obligation to the students, to make it a pleasant and enjoyable time whilst

they are at Lincoln.“We are committed to ensuring

that we do our best to cater for the experience and quality of our students.

“The addition of this new classroom village on Lincoln’s surreal campus will make it an attractive feature for students to consider being in Christchurch,” she said.

Featured artists include Sarah Deans, Jane Thomas and Fiona Moore.

Ms Moore is a Darfield based artist who is exhibiting in her ‘home’ gallery for the first time.

MCAC arts co-ordinator Ingrid Cole said Ms Moore is an emerging artist and enjoys painting different subjects, with flowers and birds being a favourite.

“In the last year Fiona has attended several workshops with artist Min Kim, who has also exhibited at Selwyn Gallery. Min’s teaching has inspired Fiona to be the best that she can be.”

The last couple of years have brought considerable success and recognition for her, with exhibits at the Kaiapoi Art Expo, and one year receiving a

Summer exhibition in DarfieldThe Selwyn Art Gallery is Darfield will Summer Holiday exhibition of artworks from Malvern Community Arts Council artist members in a variety of styles and mediums to suit all tastes.

people’s choice award. Since then private commissions have kept her busy.

Sarah Deans was born into a family of professional artists and is a painter herself, known for her depictions of flowers and landscapes.

She established the highly regarded Sarah Deans Art School at the Christchurch Arts Centre and has recently returned after 10 years in Australia, where she established a second school in Sydney.

She will be in the Gallery on Saturday, December 12 from 10am to 1pm, giving an hourly floor talk about her work.

The exhibition will run from December 5 to January 28 and the gallery will

be open every day, except Mondays, from 10am to 4pm for the duration of the exhibition.

The gallery will be closed for Christmas from December 24 to 28 and again from January 1 to 4 for New Year.

An exhibition programme will be available on the gallery's website www.selwyngallery.co.nz or from the gallery and you can check them out on Facebook (Selwyn Gallery).

The work of Sarah Deans is one of the features in the Selwyn Art Gallery’s summer exhibition.

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His innings, along with 40 from Brent Fleming, was good enough to chase down Greendale’s 190.

Greendale could have racked up a bigger score if not for the economical bowling of Andrew Laffey who picked up two for eight.

He now has 17 wickets for the season, the most in the competition, one ahead of Southbrook’s Darryn Boyle.

Close on Sefton’s heels are Southbrook after they also had a win over Weedons.

Weedons were bowled out for 168 in the final over of their innings. Kane Meyerhoff top scored with 40 with the rest of the runs shared around.

For Southbrook, Dean Power picked up four for 20 while Boyle continued his good form with the ball taking three for 27.

In reply Southbrook had an early wobble losing two quick wickets but regrouped to canter home by five wickets.

Matt Brine notched a half-century

Southbrook too strong for Weedonsby Kyle Knowles

A Lance Taylor knock of 79 has kept Sefton on top of the ladder in Canterbury premier country cricket competition.while Jonty Brown made 42 and Tony Hancox finished off the run chase with 41 not out.

South Malvern kept the pressure on the other middle of the table sides with a win over Leeston-Southbridge.

They now have a four win, four loss record with six rounds to play before the semi-finals.

Batting first South Malvern put up a defendable total of 183. Mike Pauling top scored for South Malvern with 51 while Mike Stott was the pick of the Leeston-Southbridge bowlers picking up three for 35.

Leeston-Southbridge’s top and middle order crumbled in the run chase and were reduced to 60 for six on the back of four for 28 from Mike McCaughan.

Tim Field, batting at number seven, then staged a big comeback. He scored 75 and combined with the lower order to claw Leeston-Southbridge to within touching distance of their target.

However, they fell eight runs short to leave them sixth on the ladder.

Lincoln were too good for bottom-placed Oxford easing past them by seven wickets.

Oxford batted first and could only muster 118 all out. Simon Clark and Jamie Chapman both grabbed three wickets each while Reuben Craw and Ben Harper each picked up two.

Lincoln never looked in trouble chasing down the small total. Opening batsmen Nico Lerm and Arthur Paterson put 50 for the first wicket before Lerm was dismissed for 23.

Paterson then batted through the innings and finished with 54 not out to give Lincoln an easy victory.

It was the battle of the sexes as the Kirwee men cleaned up winning all their encounters in both singles and doubles, while the Courtenay women were as equally dominate on their side of the draw.

The mixed doubles matches were shared with both sides winning two encounters to leave a final scoreline of eight matches each meaning the tie was decided by games countback, with Kirwee coming out on top by 90 games to 86.

In the other A Grade match of the day West Melton dominated Darfield winning their encounter 12-4.

Kirwee sneaks passed CourtenayA countback was needed to separate Courtenay and Kirwee in the latest round of action in the Malvern Tennis A Grade competition on Saturday.

Scott Mitchell, Emma Pennels and Alice Kerr were the only Darfield players to register singles wins with Pennels and Mitchell combining in the mixed doubles to record their side’s only other win of the day.

Weedons’ batsman Shannon Dunnett is all defence in the match against Southbrook.

Results: A Grade: Courtenay 8 (86) lost to Kirwee 8 (90); Darfield 4 lost to West Melton 12. Presidents Grade: Sheffield 1 lost to View Hill 8; Kirwee Red 3 lost to Hororata 6; Kirwee White 7 beat Courtenay East 2; West Melton Blue 2 lost to Courtenay West 7; West Melton Gold 3 lost to Darfield West 6; Darfield North 0 lost to West Melton White 9; Weedons Green 3 lost to Darfield South 6.

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“This has been reflected in the winning rural business woman Joanne Taylor, who has succeeded in pursuing her publishing dream, while also supporting New Zealand’s rural communities.”

Joanne Taylor was the NZ Post sponsored ‘Making it in Rural’ category winner before being named as the supreme award winner.

The Ashburton-based Mrs Taylor said she was thrilled to be in the company of some amazing business owners and it was such an honour to win the Supreme Award.

“Winning this award is fabulous recognition for the hard work that the whole Latitude team has put in to making this business a success.

“I love to be able to bring the stories of the people and places from Canterbury and showcase them in a magazine that people want to keep and share with their family and friends.

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Canterbury woman supreme winnerJoanne Taylor’s rural lifestyle magazine Latitude produced in Canterbury has won the supreme award at the Enterprising Rural Women Awards held in Nelson recently.

attracting young people back, or to stay in, our rural towns. More of this is vital if we are to keep rural towns in New Zealand as vibrant places where people can choose to live and work.”

Mrs Taylor, who along with her husband Deane run an intensive arable farm in Mid Canterbury, started the magazine in 2007.

This year the judges awarded additional certificates of special recognition for two rural women

“who are contributing to their local community through their entrepreneurial spirit”.

“Chanelle Purser owner of Carvin Streetwear in Gore impressed us with her retail success and commitment to youth in rural communities,” Mrs McGowan said.

The judges awarded her a Certificate for Emerging Enterprising Young Rural Woman at the awards ceremony.

“We also recognised another outstanding businesswoman Bridget Canning of WizWireless Limited, for her

Rural publisher Joanne Taylor has taken out the Supreme Award at the Enterprising Rural Women Awards.

contribution to rural telecommunications services for Wairarapa residents.

“The judges admired her dedication and ingenuity, and awarded her a Certificate of Special Recognition as an Enterprising Rural Woman,” Mrs McGowan said.

The other category winners were: ‘Help, I Need Somebody’ category: Bronwyn Muir - OnFarmSafety; ‘Love of the Land’ category: Marie Taylor - Plant Hawkes Bay Limited; ‘Stay, Play Rural’ category: Kate Belcher - Revolution Tours.

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Outlying Canterbury Primary Schools were given the opportunity to compete in livestock judging, similar to what they would experience at an A&P Show. To qualify for the Championships, entrants had to have attended a school pet day within their region.

Canterbury A&P Association president Nicky Hutchinson said youth development was a cornerstone objective for the association.

“The Championship Day is an extremely important initiative,” she said.

Getting children interested in animal care and welfare from a young age is imperative to both the future of the association and the agricultural industry as a whole in New Zealand. It’s wonderful to see them all so involved and having so much fun on the day.

“It’s also fantastic to have the support of Synlait who are so involved at a community level and share the association’s values.”

Synlait’s milk supply relationship manager Mark Burnside said supporting children showing an interest in animals is something the Selwyn company is very happy to do.

“We want to support those youngsters who commit time to seriously looking

Showcasing Selwyn’s farming potentialBudding young farmers from Selwyn have done the district proud at the Synlait Boys and Girls Agricultural Club Championship Day held at the ASB Agricultural Park near Christchurch recently.

after their animals,” Mr Burnside said.“Our hope is they hold on to their

interest in livestock and farming, and will in time, establish futures in the sector.

“Whether it is in a farming capacity or in the wider agriculture sector, we are going to need a growing number of people looking at these roles as serious career opportunities.”

Over 80 entries were received, comprising beef calves, dairy calves, lambs, poultry, pigs and goats. Entries were received from: Springston School, Oxford Area School, Ohoka School, Tai Tapu Primary, View Hill School, Darfield High School, Darfield Primary, Leeston Consolidated School, West Melton School, Broadfield School, Hororata Primary School and Lincoln Primary.

Students were judged across three sections: Care and Attention, Leading and Handling and their Project Books.

Each participant was required to parade their animal in front of the judges and answer questions on their care. After some serious deliberation, winners across all sections and classes were decided. Entrants received a certificate and Tip Top ice cream. Winning entries also received ribbons and trophies.

Sam Stalker from Lincoln Primary School after taking out the Dairy Calves Senior Champion trophy.

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Beef Calves – Junior: Champion: Claire McConchie (Tai Tapu School), Reserve Champion: Sophie Lilley (Ohoka School); Senior: Champion: Jack Drage (Oxford Area School), Reserve Champion: Marshall Stokes (Oxford Area School).

Lambs – Junior: Champion: Lucy Bain (Springston School), Reserve Champion: Sam Rawston (Leeston Consolidated School); Senior: Champion: Kieran Prendergast (Lincoln Primary), Reserve Champion: Zoe Bain (Springston Primary).

Poultry - Junior: Champion: Toby Benison (Springston Primary), Reserve Champion: Amelia McConnochie (Leeston Consolidated School); Senior: Champion: Emily Neal (Tai Tapu Primary School); Reserve Champion: Sonya Benison (Springston Primary School).

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Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurised (heat treated) to kill harmful bacteria like Campylobacter and Salmonella which are potentially present in the milk.

“Many people who drink raw milk do not always fully understand the risks and don’t realise that there is the possibility of getting sick from the harmful bacteria in the milk,” Mr Stone said.

Take care when drinking raw milkThe Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is reminding Selwyn residents to take care when drinking raw unpasteurised milk, which is considered a high-risk food.

“Pregnant women, young children (particularly babies), the elderly, and people with weakened immune systems should not drink raw milk as they are at greatest risk of getting sick and the consequences for them can be more severe, and in some cases can lead to death.

“No matter how carefully the animals are milked there is always a risk that harmful bacteria can get into the milk.

“There is no way of telling by taste, sight or smell if the milk you are drinking contains any harmful bacteria so we recommend that people heat their raw milk until just boiling (or to 70°C for one MPI’s director of animal products Matthew Stone.

minute) before drinking it.”Keeping raw milk refrigerated (4°C

or less) also reduces the risk of any harmful bacteria in the milk growing to levels which make people sick when they drink it. People should discard the milk if it has been left out of the fridge and has reached room temperature.

“People who choose to drink raw milk should make sure they are getting their milk directly from the farmer and are only buying it for personal and household consumption.”

More information on raw milk and food safety can be found at www.foodsmart.govt.nz/rawmilk.

Westland chief executive Rod Quin said the company hit its peak in mid-November.

“In total, Westland processed 3,843,250 litres of milk by peak flow, compared with 3,931,022 the season prior,” Mr Quin said.

“This slight drop, combined with our new dryer seven coming into commercial production meant we had greater capacity to put more of the peak milk flow into higher value products.

“In previous years peak milk has all been channelled into bulk milk powders to maintain throughput, which give a lower return compared to products such as infant formula.

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Westland records slight drop in productionWestland Milk Products says its 2.5 percent drop in peak milk processing has meant more capacity available for the co-operative and its shareholders, enabling more focus on added-value product.

end of season results will show that we have sold more value-add product at a higher profit margin.”

Mr Quin said the trend for reduced production at Westland and across the New Zealand dairy industry as a whole is expected to continue and global markets should not be banking on New Zealand lifting or even maintaining its production this season.

He said the predicted El Nino weather pattern in the coming months is also likely to keep production down.

“Canterbury farms are expected to face dryer conditions and possible irrigation restrictions, while West Coast Farms are predicted to experience a wetter and colder season, with both of those conditions tending to result in less milk coming off-farm.”

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This year the competition had an overhaul with the overall winner being decided on a combination of yield, tender test and taste results as opposed to just taste alone.

Mr Sidey drafted the lamb himself, and after entering for the past four years, believes that experience helped him take out the win.

“A little bit of it comes down to luck but you do start to get an eye for it and get an idea of the type of lamb that does well in the competition,” Mr Sidey said.

“Conformation is vital – so I’m looking for those lambs that are meaty through the loin and over the hindquarter.

“Genetics are important too - the lamb was a cross between two meat breeds that have those valuable traits that help lambs to grow fast.”

Mr Sidey said that the competition was promoted well by the Canterbury A&P Association and urged other farmers to enter in 2016.

“I help organise the gift lamb competition for the local Hawarden A&P Show so I know the amount of work that goes on behind the scenes to bring

Texel Poll Dorset Cross wins mint lamb trophyHawarden farmer, and long-time corriedale exhibitor, Andrew Sidey took out the 2015 Mint Lamb Competition at the Canterbury A&P Show recently.

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by donating a lamb – and the prizes are worth it too thanks to the support from an excellent host of sponsors.”

Lambs from all over the country were judged on the hook at an Alliance plant for best overall yield, with the top four lambs in each class moving on to the tender test stage at Lincoln University before being taste tested at the 2015 Canterbury A&P Show.

The cuts of meat were cooked by leading New Zealand chef Graham Hawkes and taste tested in front of Show crowds by Jonny Schwass from Harlequin Public House, Adam Morris from Elanco, Phil Manera from Hazlett Rural Limited and Rae Finlay, former event director of the Canterbury A&P Show.

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Full Results: Overall Winner: Andrew Sidey, Hawarden - Texel/Poll Dorset. Class 1 - Dual

Purpose x Dual Purpose: 1st Martin Kelly, Waiau - Composite/Texel; 2nd Chris and Gwenda

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St John is a charity devoted to caring for communities and Project Rolleston will see the establishment of a St John facility in the Selwyn town, including garaging for ambulances and training space.

If you can help please call John Sunckell 0274 243 006 or Danielle Gillespie 021 284 8094

St John in Selwyn is looking for your support to develop its new base in Rolleston.

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If we delve deeper though, this can be very good advice, which when taken to a fuller meaning can help to change how we feel and the choices we are able to make.

Perspective can be both visual and conceptual. We determine perspective of an image on paper with objects drawn smaller to portray a sense of being further away. We also consider the relative importance of ideas, determining whether one is more important than another.

When we are said to ‘lose perspective’ it is thought that we have muddled what is important and what is not. Our thinking is deemed flawed.

From an Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) viewpoint (a great perspective term), our brain is always working to present us with what it thinks will serve us best.

Many talking therapies ask us to question the self-talk that makes up our beliefs and ideas about ourselves and others (always useful, and worth checking to see if our internal chatter is serving us well).

NLP takes this a step further, often

getting us to scrutinise the images we make (generally unconsciously), and determine the qualities of the picture that affect how we feel. Our brain will often skew the proportions in order to have us avoid or crave certain things.

For example we may want to avoid an upcoming event which could place us in danger of being judged or rejected. Our mental image of the event will be larger than life, seeming huge and overwhelming.

We will often speak about it in these terms without being aware of the mental perspective creating these feelings. We say things like, ‘meeting new people is huge for me’, or ‘I can’t see past this interview’.

Convincing our brain that we will be better off feeling calm and resourceful will mean that we can often mentally reduce it down to size, getting it ‘in perspective’. As soon as we reduce the enormity of it we feel better about it. We can ‘see past it’, ‘overcome it’, or ‘take it in our stride’.

You will notice that once we are past the event it reduces down to size automatically. By manually manipulating

the size of our upcoming events, maintaining perspective, we can take control of how we are feeling.

In both body and mind, flexibility is often a term we associate with youth, becoming less flexible as we get older. The more flexible we can be however, the more we can respond to challenges and make wise decisions.

Being flexible enough to consider another point of view, or to review the size of internal images that determine how we feel, will allow us to make choices that serve us well.

Putting things into perspectiveby Anna Dalzell, NLP Master Practitioner

Often dished out as advice to someone struggling over issues or feeling overwhelmed by events, ‘maintain your perspective’ can feel a bit like ‘get over it’ or ‘pull yourself together’ - well-meaning but somewhat hollow.

Anna Dalzell, Dip Tchg, is a NLP Master Practitioner and NZANLP coach based in Darfield, and can be contacted at 0800 2CHANGE or online at www.change.net.nz

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Cherry PieThe chocolate-vanilla scent of

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LavenderA mass of bright blue or purple

flowers is not the only unforgettable trait of much loved lavender. All lavenders are perfumed but the classic lavender scent belongs to the summer flowering ‘English lavenders’ (L. angustifolia, L. intermedia and their cultivars). English lavender loves a hot dry climate, with well-drained soil.

DianthusLow carpet forming Dianthus

(aka ‘pinks) are tough little perennials that bloom from spring till the first frost, and produce a wonderful spicy perfume. Modern hybrids such as the fully double ‘Magnifi-Scent Pinks’, which have flowers like ‘miniature carnations’ and the ‘Scent from Heaven’ pinks that produce masses of single or semi- double offer a wide choice of colours. All are beautifully fragrant, ideal for garden borders or pots.

Mock orangeRomantic Philadephus has

branches packed with creamy white flowers that will fill a room with fresh, orange blossom perfume. There are double flowered forms and singles with showy golden stamens. Plant them in sun for best flowering.

Star JasmineWith its sweet jasmine scented

flowers, Trachelospermum, is one of the most useful landscaping plants of our time. A dense sprawling evergreen, it can be grown as a wall cover, groundcover or low clipped hedge. Tiny propeller-shaped flowers smother the glossy foliage from early summer.

Angels trumpetsBrugmansia is a genus of small,

quick growing trees loved for their large fragrant trumpets, which hang from the branches in summer. The intoxicating evening scent from tree in full bloom, can be overpowering so ideally planted a distance from the main sitting area. Brugmansias come in a range of colours. They can be trained as a tree, pruned hard as a large shrub or grown as an espalier against a fence. They need a frost free location with full sun. All parts of this plant are poisonous (if ingested).

Lemon myrtle Lemon myrtle (Backhousia citriodora)

is loved for the fragrance of both its leaves and flowers. In late summer when there is not much else about it flowers profusely. A great feature tree for urban gardens, this Queensland native is slightly frost tender when young but can be grown outside in frosty areas provided it is planted in a sheltered position in semi-shade. Untrimmed it reaches four or five metres tall but it responds well to trimming.

Plan for perfume around outdoor living spaces, entrance ways, and under windows and those long summer evenings will be all the more enchanting.

Here’s a starting lineup of some summer-scented favourites.

RosesAll roses have a scent but some

are more fragrant than others. Take the opportunity to walk in a rose garden this summer to discover your favourites. Among the most loved in NZ gardens are hybrid tea picking roses, ‘Aotearoa’ (pink), ‘Auckland metro’ (cream), and ‘Deep Secret’ (red), and also the ‘David Austin’ roses. For a truly romantic fragrance try the old fashioned French varieties such as ‘Anais Segales’, ‘Fantin Latour’ and ‘Zephirine Drouhin’.

CitrusRefreshing, rich and pervading

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Chilean JasmineThe pure white trumpet flowers

of Mandevilla laxa exude an exotic gardenia-like perfume, especially lovely in the evening. This quick growing deciduous vine is ideal for archways, fences and pergolas. Or try it over an obelisk in large pot.

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Late last week two-term councillo

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McEvedy became the firs

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ally

announce his intention to contest th

e

Selwyn mayoralty at next y

ear’s local

body elections.

Current mayor Kelvin Coe has

already signalled he will n

ot to stand

for re-electio

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n.

Mayor Coe has held the positio

n for

three terms.

Cr McEvedy is

in his second term as

a councillor re

presenting the Ellesmere

ward and is a cousin of fo

rmer mayor

Michael McEvedy.

Pat McEvedy said he has decided to

declare early so as to get any ambiguity

out of the way.

“When folks have asked me I have

been saying yes, so this cle

ars things up.

“I stood for Selwyn Distric

t Council

five ye

ars ago after a long record of

Mayoral hopefuls lining up

by Kent Caddick

Selwyn district councillors are beginning to line up at th

e starting gate for next ye

ar’s mayoral race.

public servic

e in clubs mostly rugby,

administrating and coaching for m

any

years and being on the school BOT’s at

both Southbridge Primary and Ellesmere

College for collectiv

ely four te

rms and

being chairman of both.”

Cr McEvedy has been the SDC

representative on Environment

Canterbury’s Selwyn-Waihora Water

Management Zone committee which he

also chaired.

He will not be the only

sitting

councillor to

contest the mayoralty.

Malvern ward councillor

Sam

Broughton, an unsuccessful mayoral

candidate at the last local body

elections, has signalled his intentions

to contest the mayoralty a

gain.

“I will s

tand for the mayoralty

but

will not be standing as a Malvern ward

councillor again,” h

e said.

Councillors Pat McEvedy (p

ictured) and Sam

Broughton will contest th

e Selwyn mayoralty

next October.

YES

Mayor Kelvin Coe (pictured) will n

ot be seeking

a fourth term while councillor Nigel Barnett is

stepping down from council altogether.

Councillors Sarah Walters (pictured) and

Grant Miller are not ru

ling out the possibility

of a tilt at th

e mayoralty.

NO

MAYBE

Cr Broughton was the third highest

polling mayoral candidate at the

2013 elections behind Mayor Coe

and challenger Dr Olive Webb from

Hororata, who has said she won’t be

running again.

Current deputy mayor Sarah Walters is

another “highly li

kely” candidate for th

e

mayoral chains, and, lik

e Cr Broughton

stood for the mayoralty i

n 2013.

“I have yet to

make a final decision

as I am so busy with council work at th

e

moment, so I w

ill take tim

e off during

the Christmas break to consider my

position although I would say it

is highly

likely I

will stand.”

Cr Walters said she was not surprised

at Cr McEvedy’s intention to stand for

the mayoralty as “fo

r the last seven

terms the Selwyn mayor has been a

farmer from the Ellesmere ward”.

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Retired MAF livestock officer John

Newton runs a few sheep on his small

property in Selwyn Street to help

feed himself, but a recent dog attack

saw one sheep killed and two others

seriously mauled.

“It appears these two dogs made

their attack at about 4.15am as my

neighbour on hearing a disturbance

entered my property and disturbed the

dogs during the attack causing the dogs

to take off.

“These dogs are killers as in

my experience the attack was by

throat strangulation normally used

by undomesticated, uncontrolled

mongrel animals or animals in natural

wild conditions.

“My concern is these types

of dogs could well be capable of

attacking children.”

He said as a superannuitant his

sheep were his annual supply of meat

and also helped to keep the grass down

for fire protection.

“The two surviving sheep were so

stressed they are now unsuitable for

human consumption which means a

loss of around $500 and I will have to

replace the animals.”

Mr Newton said the Selwyn District

Control animal control was informed of

the attack and he was impressed with

their response.

“Animal control was prompt in

attending following a call, taking

descriptions of the animals, photos of

the aftermath of the attack and doing a

Dog attacks a concern

by Kent Caddick

A Coalgate man is concerned dogs attacking sheep around the Selwyn township may turn their

attention to vulnerable children.

search for the dogs.”

The dogs were caught on a security

camera and the footage has given to

the council’s animal control department.

Mr Newton said it isn’t the first time

Coalgate residents have had to deal

with dog attacks.

“There have been around 30

sheep killed by dog attacks in the

Coalgate area over the last two years

which have resulted in a loss to the

sheep’s owners of about $3000 and

in many cases the sheep have been

family pets.”

Council’s Senior Animal Control

Officer Steve Clarke said they were

alerted to the attack by Police.

“After the attack a witness was

interviewed and black and white CCTV

camera footage was also reviewed.

“Two dogs were involved in the

attack and they appear to be either

a Mastiff or Staffy cross breed. The

dogs looked very similar and could

well be related so staff also checked

records to identify where there were

registered dogs in the area of similar

breeds and spoke to a number of dog

owners, however, this did not identify the

dogs involved.”

Mr Clarke said they also sent letter

to properties in the Coalgate township

asking for information to help identify

the dogs.

“This also advised dog owners to

check they were responsible for their

dog's activities and that owners need to

ensure they know where their dogs are.

Coalgate superannuitant John Newton is out of pocket and has had his meat supply destroyed after

dogs attack his sheep.

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The Games celebrated its fifth

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Domain with over 9000 people

attending, 300 competitors taking part,

102 stall holders selling their wares and

200 volunteers working tirelessly behind

the scenes.

Chieftain Alex Bruce, managing

director of Adelphi Distillery an

independent bottler of single cask

Scotch whisky, and a direct descendant

of Robert the Bruce, travelled all the way

from Glasgow for the event.

“I was impressed with how well

organised the event was and by the

Record numbers for Games

by Kent Caddick

The Hororata Highland Games 2015 Chieftain has given his seal of approval to this year’s event, which

attracted the highest number of visitors in the Games’ five year history.

number of people who attended, which

was considerably more than most

Highland Games in Scotland,” Mr

Bruce said..

“The Hororata Highland Games is

most definitely authentic, paying tribute

to many Scottish traditions, but I really

enjoyed the new elements that have

been introduced and the Kiwi twist was

very special.

“I was honoured to be involved in the

event and would love to come back.”

Event manager Cindy Driscoll was

delighted with the way this year’s event

turned out.

“The Hororata Highland Games

began out of a community desire to

take charge of its own destiny following

the Canterbury earthquakes,” Mrs

Driscoll said.

“Now five years on, the community’s

passion for the event is just as

strong as ever and this passion flows

through the whole event giving it a very

special atmosphere.”

The Oceania Heavyweight

Championship was once again a highlight

of the event with New Zealander, Ruben

De Jong, taking out the title.

The Hororata Highland Games once again played host to some of the best highland dancers in the country. Photo by Peter Walker

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Malvern Anglican Parish — 8.00 a.m. Trinity Darfield; 9.30 a.m. St Ambrose Sheffield & Sunday School; 11.00 a.m. St Peter’s Springfield, Carol Service; 12.30 -3.30 Parish Picnic at 365 Dalethorpe Road; The Ven Canon Susan Baldwin, 03 3179079; www.malvernanglican.wordpress.comSt Paul’s Anglican West Melton — 9.30am Holy Communion at Westmelton – with Rev Barry Williams; Bible study Mondays and Tuesdays 7.30pm; Prayer time Thursdays 2.00pm-3.00pm. Everyone is Welcome; for more info contact Penny 3478139 or Colin & Gail 347 8443 Church @ Rolleston — 40 Brookside Road. 9:30am Union Service & Sunday School Rev P Harris; 5.00pm Catholic Mass; Contact Secretary Lynette Ph 347 4599 lynlen50@hotmail.comParish of Hororata Anglican — 9.30 St Johns at Hororata; 11.00 St Andrews at Glentunnel www.hororataparish.co.nz Rev Jenni Carter 318 0858. Kirwee Community Church — 10am Kirwee Sports Pavilion, High Street, Kirwee, Morning Tea to follow, Pastor: Brian Booth 03 318 1309.Darfield Catholic Church — Sunday Masses 8.30am For Weekly Masses, and the Liturgy Timetable refer to the church newsletter. Parish Priest: Fr Paulo Filoiai’i 03 342 9763. Email: hornbyparish@xtra.co.nz. Hornby Presbytery.Hope Presbyterian West Melton — 9.30am weekly, West Melton (1136 West Coast Rd). 11.00am first Sunday of the month, Halkett (668 Halkett Rd). Intern Pastor: Jordan Redding. Pastor available Wednesdays 9.00–12.00, 03 347 7509. Youth Leader: Sage Harris 03 980 2296 Ext 217.Glentunnel Chapel Temporary Venue— St Andrews in the Glen, Glentunnel . Sundays 10am. Worship & Communion. Ph 03 318 8948. Hope Presbyterian Rolleston — Service 10am, Rolleston School Hall, Kidman St. Pastor: Brent Richardson, 03 347 4007. Youth Leader: Courtney Forrest, 03 347 4007, www.hopechurch.net.nz.Malvern Cooperating Parish — 9.30am Trinity, Darfield; 11am St Peter’s, Springfield – Carols; 11am St Andrews of the Glen, Glentunnel - Morning Prayer (led by Rev Jenni Carter)Darfield Baptist Church — Services and Sunday School, Darfield 15 Greendale Road, 10.30am every Sunday, Glenroy Hall 9am 2nd & 4th Sundays. Ph 03 318 7360 Pastor – Paul Cossey; Youth Pastors Danielle Duff, Poiema Heine.Darfield Life Church — 17 North Terrace - 6.30pm Sunday Service; Pastors Wayne and Nicky Watson 03 318 7979 or 027 281 8340; Origin Youth 7.30pm Friday – Youth Leader James Sutherland 021 029 5223.Cornerstone — Rolleston/Burnham. Meeting Sundays @ 10am, Rolleston Community Centre and Sundays @ 6pm, Burnham Community Hall 1. www.cornerstonechurch.kiwi.nz : admin@cornerstonechurch.kiwi.nz: 021 221 6003.Rolleston Baptist Church - 9:30am, Children’s Sunday School & Bible Class; 10:30am, Main Service. We meet at Weedons School on Weedons Ross Road. Contact: Pastor, Joe Fleener; www.rollestonbaptist.org.nz; 03 260 1406;admin@rollestonbaptist.org.nz

Verse of the week: And the angel came in unto Mary, and said, ‘Hail, thou that art highly favoured, the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among woman. Luke V28

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Rolleston604 Springston Rolleston Road

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ClearwaterPainting

Renovating & Decorating

0800 766 378clearwater.painting@xtra.co.nz

Specialising in kitchens & bathrooms.

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• Industrial & Residential• Generator Switching

• New Housing• Repairs & Maintenance

• Mitsubishi Electric Heat Pumps

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MB FENCING CONTRACTINGSelwyn Area & Surrounds

All types of rural fencing, latest equipment.

All work guaranteed

FREE QUOTES

Ph. (evenings) 324 4111 or 0273-395-695

Ph 03 318 8609leechdrainage@xtra.co.nz

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• Hire Portable loos

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Qualified and Licensed BuilderQuality and professional service for

all your carpentry needs

For all enquiries contact: Dean Brewster 021 842 242

info@brewsterbuilding.co.nz

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40 Carmen Road, Hornby

Park at the door

03 344 3070

SHEARINGMachines and Blades

Small Mobs - Lifestyle BlocksAlso Crutching and Dagging

Throughout the Selwyn Area

Phone ROB 021 413 270

Monday – Thursday 9am – 4.30pmFriday 9am – 4.30pm & Saturday 10am – 12pm

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2014The 2014 Frank Veale Memorial Award for Most Improved Newspaper

SELWYN’S AWARDWINNING COMMUNITYNEWSPAPER

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RecordRecordThe The‘The voice of your community’

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