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the weather.“As well as the parade along the

main street we also had and Christmas market behind the library which proved very popular and had a great feel to it. Also this year we had a junior buskers competition which was a real hit.”

...continued on page 2

Mr Claus has been making his presence felt across the district and was most recently spotted at the Lincoln Xmas Parade held along the main street of the Selwyn township.

One of the organisers of the event Geoff Malcolm said the turnout was on a par with previous years with several

by Kent Caddick

Christmas has officially arrived in Selwyn with Santa Claus dropping in to get residents into the spirit of the festive season.

Santa and his little helpers arrive in Lincoln to kick off the festive season. Clockwise: Santa, Maggie Poff, Ehren Sturgess, Hunter Smith and Carter Meaclem. Photo by Peter Walker.

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Nominations for candidates for the mayoralty, ward councillors and the Malvern Community Board open this Friday and close at noon on Friday, August 12.

With Mayor Kelvin Coe standing down at this year’s election there will certainly be a new face at the head of the council table, albeit they are currently seated

lower down the table.Current deputy Mayor Sarah Walters,

Ellesmere ward representative Pat McEvedy and Malvern councillor Sam Broughton have already put their hands up for a tilt at the mayoral chains.

Springs ward councillor Grant Miller who was contemplating joining his council colleagues in a mayoralty

bid has decided against going down that line but will again stand in the Springs ward.

Both Crs Walters and Broughton have ruled out standing in their wards, Selwyn Central and Malvern respectively, opening up at least one place for a newcomer in both those wards.

New faces loom for council at electionsby Kent Caddick

There could be a few new faces around the Selwyn district council table when the local body elections are held later this year.

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Selwyn Aquatic Facility manager Kathy Moore said it had been a busy three years for the facility which has received around 830,000 visits since it opened in June 2013.

“The birthday was a chance to celebrate a successful three years with the community,” she said.

The centre's birthday was celebrated at a Birthday Bonanza event in late June, with music, games, cake, inflatables, prizes, a colouring-in competition and

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raised $272 for St John to help fund their new Rolleston building. The centre is also currently hosting a 'Swim to Rio' challenge which is also fundraising for St John's new Rolleston building.

Kathy Moore said the centre is expecting to be busy over the July School holidays and has a range of activities including paddle boats and Flippa Ball running as part of KidsFest.

Aquatic birthdayThe Selwyn Aquatic Centre celebrated its third birthday recently.

Rolleston’s Daniel Drury enjoys a ride in a paddle boat at the Selwyn Aquatic Centre birthday party.

The awards, held every two years, celebrate outstanding local achievement and have nine categories: Agri-Business, Arts and Culture, Community Service, Environmental, Large Business, Small Business, Sport, Tourism and Young Achiever.

"We have some outstanding organisations and businesses in Selwyn and many individuals who make a fantastic contribution to the community through their service so it's great that they will be recognised through the awards," Selwyn Mayor Kelvin Coe said.

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Deputy Mayor Walters said while it was a hard decision not to stand in the Selwyn Central ward she feels it is the right one.

“One of the reasons is to create a known vacancy for someone new to represent this ward,” she said.

“Last election there was only one new face around the council table, which was due to a retirement in the Springs ward, but there were no changes in Selwyn Central representation.”

The Selwyn Central ward includes Selwyn’s largest urban area of Rolleston and none of the current four ward councillors live in the town.

One of those new faces Cr Walters referred to may well be first time candidate Craig Watson of Rolleston.

Mr Watson along with his wife and young daughter moved to Rolleston just last year after spending time in Australia and Auckland.

“I represent a large part of modern Selwyn, those who have moved here in recent years and are part of the newer

face of the district. “We have an incredible wealth

of experience on council, but I also think we want to inject some fresh perspectives around the council table.”

Another fresh face in Selwyn Central could well be current Rolleston Ratepayers Association chair Nicole Reid.

Mrs Reid, who has background in planning and engineering, said standing for council does have its appeal.

“There will be some major issues for council to deal with in the next term including a review of the district plan, which will have a major impact on the future shape of Rolleston.

“However, it is a big decision to make and at this stage I am still mulling it over.”

The Ellesmere ward will have at least one vacancy with the retirement of current councillor Nigel Barnett. There could be another if Cr McEvedy is elected mayor.

Former Selwyn Central Community

Selwyn currently has four rural fire forces located at Arthur's Pass, Darfield, Lake Coleridge and West Melton.

The Darfield volunteer Rural Fire Force was formed last year as a new force and currently has around 12 members but is looking for more volunteers to join them.

Selwyn District Principal Rural Fire Officer Douglas Marshall said volunteer rural firefighters play an extremely important role in the community.

“In the summer Selwyn often experiences hot, dry weather and strong nor' west winds mean that fires can quickly spread and threaten lives and property if they are not brought under control by fire crews.

"All fire callouts are routed to the New Zealand Fire Service who call on the nearest brigade with suitable equipment to respond to calls, and in a large fire, urban and rural volunteer firefighters

often work together to control fires."Mr Marshall said volunteer rural

firefighters are provided with ongoing training and protective equipment.

"Before volunteers can attend fires they need to complete two days training and receive NZQA rural fire qualifications. Applicants are also vetted by Police and need to pass a medical exam.

“Once qualified, most brigades also train for two or three hours once a week or fortnight, while the amount of time volunteers spend fighting fires varies a lot throughout the year.

“Generally, callouts in winter and springtime are limited while during a hot summer firefighters can be very busy."

Mr Marshall said they hoping to recruit a number of volunteers for the Darfield Rural Fire Force so the rural Selwyn district area has more capacity to cope with callouts during the busy summer

Volunteer rural fire fighters wantedSelwyn District Council is looking for volunteers to join the Darfield Rural Fire Force.

Selwyn volunteer rural firefighters (yellow truck) often work with NZ Fire Service firefighters on major blazes.

Selwyn deputy mayor Sarah Walters, left, will be standing for mayor this year but not as a councillor in her Selwyn Central ward as she wants to see new faces around the council table, one of which could be Rolleston’s Craig Watson, right, a new arrival in Selwyn and a first time local body candidate.

Board chair Diane Chesmar is lining up a bid for council in the ward.

“I am passionate about community and giving the community the opportunity to be heard as they are experts on their area,” Mrs Chesmar said.

Mrs Chesmar resigned from her role as chair of the Selwyn Central Community Board earlier this year following her decision to support a

Selwyn District Council decision to scrap the board.

In the Malvern ward, deputy chair of the Malvern Community Board Bob Mugford is looking to fill the council seat left vacant my Cr Broughton’s decision to concentrate on his mayoral bid.

And few are willing to bet against perennial candidate, and former Selwyn mayor, Bill Woods of Springfield, from standing for office again.

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Whenever I am out and about in the various communities that make up Selwyn, I am always pleased to see our local businesses doing well. Often I am asked to attend functions for businesses celebrating milestones such as moving to new premises in Selwyn to accommodate growth in their businesses.

After our region’s series of major earthquakes there was some concern that many small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Canterbury may struggle and fail. However, both anecdotal evidence and official statistics are showing that fortunately this has not been the case and our SMEs have bounced back from the quakes.

In fact, figures from the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) show that, in the four tax years since the quakes, GST turnover amongst Canterbury’s SMEs has grown faster than it has in other parts of New Zealand.

The figures show that Canterbury’s GST turnover grew from $3.4 billion in 2011 to $5.2 billion in 2015. This represents an increase of 52%

compared to a 32% increase nationally.Not surprisingly the rebuild has had

a significant role to play in this picture, contributing to the construction industry’s performance as the leading industry in terms of growth in Canterbury’s SMEs, with an increase in GST turnover of $555 million.

This growth has meant the construction industry has replaced retailing as the biggest contributor to Canterbury’s SME economy. Last year construction contributed an estimated $867 million to the local economy, compared to retail’s approximately $700 million.

However, it is not only those in construction who are doing well. Other associated industries involved in the rebuild such as drainage, industrial waste collection, architecture and engineering have also performed well compared to the national average.

Other industries to benefit include manufacturing, particularly producers of concrete, glass, flooring, piping and insulation, as well as real estate, financial and insurance services.

Local small businesses thrivingby Amy Adams, Selwyn MP

Youth in Selwyn are always doing amazing things, but recently there has been a multitude of things being done to benefit the lives of others.

As a teenager myself, I am adamant that youth are changing the world for the better, one step at a time.

Take, for example, Maddie Williams, a 13 year old student living in Prebbleton. Passionate about helping the homeless in Christchurch, last year she started up an initiative at her school and encouraged her fellow students to bring non-perishable and canned foods to school.

In its first week alone, the project had raised 1000 cans which were donated to the City Mission. Maddie has continued to carry on her project, and has set up a group to ensure that the project is continued, even after she has left school.

Because of her efforts to not only help the homeless, but bring awareness to the number of homeless people there are in Christchurch, Maddie was awarded the Youth Champion Award, at the 2016 Canterbury Youth Awards.

This drive to help others has also

been seen in the project Lincoln High School student, Paige Sullivan, has established.

As part of a Social Studies assignment, Paige had to carry out a social action. She created a cookbook, with eight healthy and nutritious recipes that cost under $15 to make. She donated twenty-five copies of the book to the Salvation Army, for anyone who may need help with budgeting.

And, Ella McClure, a student at Ellesmere College, has been selected to be the Canterbury Youth Cadet of the Year, for the Youth Advisory Panel for St John, New Zealand. As part of this, Ella will be facilitating workshops in her community to collate the ideas of young people. This is an amazing opportunity to allow the voices of youth to be heard.

These are just a few examples of the amazing things youth in Selwyn have been up to.

Every day, they are making positive changes in their communities, helping to not only change our district, but also our country, and the world, for the better.

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Rolleston College’s inaugural principal Steve Saville

is a busy m

an these days but he doesn’t m

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Rolleston College’s founding principal Steve Saville says construction of th

e school is running to schedule for its 2017 opening.

Clearview Prim

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“Over 450 attended and it was great

to see so many of our future learners

there. It was standing room only.

evening for teachers interested in

working at Rolleston College. Over 100

educators attended for this question

and answer information evening.”

Teacher appointments are a priority

for Mr Saville in the coming weeks

and he has just announced two new

appointments to complete the college’s

senior management group.

Joining the already appointed senior

teachers, Pete Buyers, Hayden Shaw

and Sophie Ralph, will be Rachel

Skelton and Lynda Shanks, who along

with the principal will form the senior

leaders team.

“This followed on from a very

successful evening the previous

Wednesday when we held an information

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Prebbleton’s Mrs Selma Scott receiving

hers for her work with the Pacific

Island community.

As a strong believer in grassroots

community involvement Mrs Gallagher

said she was shocked but a “little

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“I think Dad would be proud as he

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The woman who recently helped lead the successful fight to retain the Malvern Community Board

has been honoured by the Queen in her Birthday Honours list.

in community service,” she said.

Her father, Willie Henderson, was

a long time member and president

and treasurer of the Courtenay A&P

Association, while her grandfather

Davey ‘JD’ Henderson was a also a

president of the association and chair

of the Paparoa County Council, part of

which was merged to form the Selwyn

District Council.

Mrs Gallagher said, as well as

the family influences, community

involvement was just a part of living in

small rural communities like Halkett

and Kirwee.

“When there was something on or

something to do, whether it be an A&P

Show, marking a school centennial or

just a working bee at the domain, the

whole community came along.

“As children that was just a normal

part of our lives and that sense of

community has stayed with me.”

That passion for grassroots

community involvement came to the

fore last year when a Selwyn District

Council representation review initially

recommended doing away with the

Malvern Community Board of which she

was into to her second term as chair.

Kirwee’s Jenny Gallagher received a Queen’s Service Medal in the Queen’s Birthday honours list for her service to the community. Photo by Kent Caddick

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The owners of the historic Racecourse Hill homestead near Darfield are paying tribute to local craftsmen

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CultureFest will showcase the district’s cultures with activities including stage performances, music, food, art and craft demonstrations, ethnic have-a-go sessions, sports and games. There will also be information stalls from agencies working for multicultural communities.

“CultureFest will be a great way to celebrate the contribution that so many groups make to Selwyn,” council’s events and recreation adviser Dave Tippett said.

“With a growing population comes increasing diversity and this event is all about welcoming people of different cultures, and building a community that’s more connected with the world, and with global opportunities.”

The event will be held on Saturday, October 15, as part of the Rolleston 150th anniversary celebrations, with the theme of ‘diversity through the times’.

CultureFest is organised by the council in partnership with Rotary Club of Lincoln, Christchurch Multicultural Council, Canterbury Migrant Centre and Rolleston Newcomers Network.

Dave Tippett said the event builds on

the success of the Lincoln MultiCultural Festival, organised by Lincoln Rotary over the past 12 years in Lincoln.

“As the district has grown, so has our population’s diversity,” Mr Tippet said.

“We’re a very different place to what we were even a couple of decades ago. Recently the Council developed its Newcomers and Migrants Strategy, and identified that a Selwyn-wide multicultural event would be important to acknowledge and celebrate Selwyn’s growing diversity.

“It will also be a great fun day for families and people of all backgrounds, with opportunities to experience the vibrancy of our many cultures, and interact with some of our more recent arrivals.

“CultureFest will be an annual event alternating between Rolleston and Lincoln.”

Any groups or individuals interested in participating in CultureFest are invited to contact Dave Tippett by emailing [email protected] or phoning him on 03 347 2719.

Festival to celebrate Selwyn’s ethnic diversitySelwyn District Council is inviting cultural and ethnic community groups to take part in the first ever district-wide celebration of ethnic diversity in Selwyn later this year.

Works by Philip Beadle, Pamela Hueston and Vicki Knudsen will be on display at the exhibition which runs through until July 28.

Philip Beadle works in oil, water-colour, dry-point and monotype.

“Capturing the light striking a range of subject matter has always interested me whether it is the landscape, nude or cityscapes,” Phillip says.

“I'm interested in our emotional response to the often fleeting memories we retain of something we have seen and how it affected us.”

After the tragic death of her youngest son Tim, Pamela Hueston fulfilled her lifetime dream of formal art training.

She attended Aoraki Polytechnic in Timaru for five years, with part time tuition by the renowned artist Paul Van den Bergh, resulting in a Diploma in Painting and a Diploma in fine Art with distinction.

Pamela describes herself as a realist but likes to combine the abstract in to her work, using predominantly oils.

“I am basically a Realist although I explore the abstract world and hopefully can combine a bit of both. I love the beauty of form, the rhythm, movement, the song and flow in painting.”

Vicki Knudsen is no stranger to

Nudes uncovered in DarfieldThe nude comes under the spotlight in this month’s Malvern Community Arts Council exhibition at the Selwyn Gallery in Darfield.

the Selwyn Gallery having previously exhibited there as well as exhibitions at the Oxford Gallery and Southland Art Society and as a guest artists for the Ashburton Art Society.

The exhibition is open daily (except Mondays) from 10am to 4pm until July 28.

‘Woman drying herself’ by Phillip Beadle.

Selwyn’s growing ethnic diversity will be celebrated later this year.


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Unbeaten Southbridge and close rival Waihora have locked in the two top spots, and home ground advantage for the semis, after wins over the weekend. Lincoln sealed third spot with a 30-26 win over Hornby and has now completed all its matches.

Southbridge thumped Prebbleton 52-0 on Saturday, while Waihora was well and truly tested by the combined Burnham Dunsandel Irwell side, with the defending champions eventually edging

BDI 31-25.Despite the loss BDI remains in

contention for the fourth semi-final spot and it has Rolleston to thank for that after the Rolleston side scored a last gasp win over Darfield on Saturday afternoon.

Rolleston had a strong first half and had built a 21-5 lead by halftime. Three second half tries to the home side, two of which were converted, gave Darfield a 24-21 lead with just a few minutes

left to go.Time was almost up on the clock

when Rolleston began its final attack from deep in its own territory.

Rolleston swept down the field and reserve prop Tristan O'Connell plunged over to score the match winning try, which was converted by Wiremu Gray, to give the visitors the match, 28-24.

The loss means Darfield trail BDI in fourth place by just one point with one round to go, which will take place

after this weekend’s Southbridge Shield fixture between Ellesmere and North Canterbury in Darfield.

When the competition resumes, Burnham Dunsandel Irwell will travel to take on winless Hornby while Darfield will be at home to West Melton, which currently sits just above Hornby on the points table.

Results: BDI 25 v Waihora 31; Darfield 24 v Rolleston 28; Hornby 26 v Lincoln 30; Prebbleton 0 v Southbridge 52.

Rolleston disrupts Darfield’s semis runby Kent Caddick

Three of the four Ellesmere division one rugby semi-finalists have been found but it will go down to the last round before the fourth is found.

Lincoln has finished round two of the Selwyn premier netball competition without tasting defeat.

Lincoln notched up its fifth win of the round with a 42-30 win over Halswell at the Lincoln Events Centre on Saturday.

Rolleston secured second spot in the round with a win over Southbridge, running in almost 100 points in the 91-

22 thrashing.Southbridge will now meet premier

two leaders Halswell in a playoff for the next round at the Rolleston Community Centre on Thursday night.

Broadfield moved ahead of Greenpark on the points table when the two clashed in the final match of the round, with Broadfield winning 55-50.

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In its 13th year, the Semex On-Farm Competition is one of the largest dairy cattle competitions held in New Zealand with over 700 cows from 96 herds judged on-farm for their inherent structural correctness without grooming.

The annual competition is aimed at attracting entries from members and non-members alike to promote the Holstein Friesian breed.

Individual cows are judged on type at their home property in natural conditions

without being fitted or halter led. Six in-milk age groups classes are open to all Holstein Friesian cattle.

Breeders enter their cattle for regional judging. The top two animals in each class in each region then move on to be judged in national competition to compete for the Champion and Reserve Champion titles for each class.

The winners were announced by Judge Warren Ferguson of Ferdon Genetics, Otorohanga.

Holstein Friesian winners namedThe winners have been announced in the annual Holstein Friesian New Zealand Semex On-Farm Competition Awards

Deloraine James Valmal took out the top award for veteran cow. Te Puke bred Tahora Pilot Tonisha from Waihou Friesians was named best cow in the two-year-old class.

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Te Puke2. Cresslands Windbrook Dena VG87,

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GRASS ISSUE #1: When plants can’t access the food

Healthy, nutritious food has been produced. It’s packaged up and ready to eat. It’s even close by. But what good is that if you can’t get your hands on it?

Something like this happens every day on farms throughout New Zealand. Farmers spend hard-earned money on fertiliser that’s meant to feed and grow their grass. But a lot of the minerals within the fertiliser isn’t making it to the plants – they’re close by but not within reach.The problem is transportation.

Before we explore the issue of nutrient transportation, we need to talk about the range of foods that plants need in order to thrive. It’s more than you think.

Grass needs 16 nutrients

In spite of the fixation with NPK, grass actually needs a combination of 12-16 nutrients if it’s going to add healthy weight to your animals. Among them are Calcium, Magnesium, Nitrogen, Potassium, Sodium, Phosphate, Sulphur, Zinc, Boron, Copper, Manganese, Iron, and Selenium.Some of these minerals directly impact plant growth. Others help plants by feeding the soil microbes that convert nutrients into forms that plants can uptake. Some minerals condition the soil and suppress plant diseases while others promote root development.

It is the combination of these minerals, working together, that causes grass to grow in a nutrient-rich fashion.

But it’s not enough for these nutrients to be in the soil, or even around the roots (micro-organisms bring the minerals there). Something has to transport the food up into the plant.

Calcium is the Transport Truck

Calcium is known as the King of Minerals. That’s because it is the nutrient that transports all the other minerals up the roots and into the engine room of a plant. Calcium is the mineral truck which is why plants and animals use it more than any other nutrient (by weight/volume).

What else does Calcium do?

Apart from transporting nutrient food up into your grass, Calcium performs these other curcial functions:

• Calcium enhances the uptake of many other nutrients.,making them available to plants.

• Calcium promotes healthy root, stem and leaf growth.• Calcium improves the soil environment for micro-organisms• Calcium flocculates the soil• Calcium allows Nitrogen fixation to occur on the root

nodules of legumes• Calcium is important for microbes – fungi and bacteria

rely on calcium for their reproduction

Can you have too much Calcium?

Applying to much Calcium can create as many problems as not having enough.

Calcium works in partnership with Magnesium to determine soil structure. Calcium loosens soil by flocculating soil particles together and increasing air space, while Magnesium decreases particle size causing less air space and tighter soils. You need a degree of space to allow for water, air, and nutrient movement and enough compactness to enable these crucial elements to be retained in the soil.

What happens if too much Calcium is applied? The soil structure becomes too loose allowing water to flow through unimpeded which washes vital elements away from plant root systems. It also causes soils to dry out more readily.

It is therefore important to have between 60-70% Calcium and 10-20% Magnesium base saturation to achieve the desired structure, depending on your soil type. Once we have achieved these levels we can be assured to have provided the ideal environment for the soil biology to thrive.

The Calcium - pH Mistake

Many farmers are familiar with Calcium and use it primarily to shift the pH levels of the soil. There are a couple of misunderstanding behind this practice.The first mistake is thinking that pH alone is a good indicator of soil health. When you read the list of 16 key minerals that grass requires, you can see that soil health is more complex than pH. Soil and plant (and animal) health is a complex

interconnected system that includes micro-organisms, organic matter, water and air flow, and the right balance of minerals to feed the whole soil food web.The second mistake is thinking Calcium is the only mineral that lifts pH, where in fact Magnesium, Potassium and Sodium all lift pH more than Calcium, 1.6x, 2x and 4x respectively. It is therefore important to have these minerals in the correct base saturation percentages to achieve the optimum 6.3 pH.

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Lincoln University ecology master’s student Shannon Gilmore’s research into the effect lunar phases and illumination have on activity levels in possums, stoats, rats and mice is aimed at finding more effective and efficient means of targeting and managing these pests.

“We’re waging a kind of war on pests and it costs millions every year to control their populations,” Ms Gilmore said.

“We need to discover their weaknesses.

“For example, what trait do all four have in common that we can take advantage of?

“They are all nocturnal, and many nocturnal animals dramatically reduce their activity with the full moon, while others can become more active.

“If I can discover their preferences and am able to predict whether a full moon would make a pest more active, increasing the likelihood of it encountering bait or a trap, then we could decide when it is worth deploying controls. It’s a fine tuning of our battle plan. ”

Ms Gilmore’s research follows on from similar studies, but past researchers were unable to accurately measure illumination levels, a significant drawback as they couldn’t determine whether the animals were responding to the moon’s cycle or the change in light levels.

She said the recent availability of

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“I’ll be able to calculate an illumination level throughout a night and this may give some insight.

Conditions such as cloud cover, season, weather and urban light pollution will also be considered.”

Ms Gilmore is conducting her fieldwork on Banks Peninsula, which provides a variety of habitats and easy access to possums.

Camera traps and bite marks on non-toxic wax tags at each field site record the activity levels of the pests.

“Discovering the lunar phase and illumination preferences of pest animals has the potential to provide organisations such as the Department of Conservation, regional councils and other agencies with practical information they can use.

“Streamlining pest control operations means less material assets wasted and reduced labour intensity. Conservation work has a reputation for a general lack of cash and any savings tend to be warmly welcomed.”

Ms Gilmore study is being funded by the Brian Mason Trust, whose mission is to advance scientific objectives in Canterbury and has facilitated efforts to make New Zealand pest free.

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A report into European farming policy ‘Does the CAP still fit?, co-authored by Lincoln University Professor of Farm Management Alison Bailey, says there is overwhelming evidence at local, national and global levels that food systems need to change.

The paper was for the Food Research Collaboration on the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) which provides support to Europe’s farmers.

Professor Bailey said, although the CAP is subsidy based, the report contains messages for the New Zealand farming community.

“Agricultural policy across the globe has always tried to do a number of things under the umbrella of

supporting the farming community in commodity production.

“A model of one policy objective one policy tool becomes a complex mix of multiple policy objectives achieved through the implementation of additional policy tools. This never thoroughly addresses the original, nor additional, objectives.”

The report says that for a number of reasons – environmental, public health, economic and social – the model of food based on producing ever more food, ever more ‘cheaply’, has had serious negative impacts.

This includes the environmental costs of intensive farming and biodiversity loss, while overall food production is a

major cause of climate change.“This is true for both Europe and New

Zealand,” Professor Bailey said.The report calls for the CAP to move

away from focusing on farming to become a Common Food Policy.

“We should not continue to eat diets which add to climate change, pile on costly burdens of disease, and maintain a fantasy that food systems can continue to be fossil-fuel based in an era of rapid climate change,” Professor Bailey said.

“CAP was still too focused on farming when it needs to reconnect with public health, ecosystems and feeding people well.”

Cheap food has high price A Lincoln expert is warning of the cost of focusing on producing food cheaply.

This year’s conference theme was ‘Your Business from Start to Finish’, and it also celebrated the 20 year anniversary of Rural Contractors (RCNZ) as an organisation.

RCNZ national president Steve Levet said he was delighted with the record conference turnout given the current economic climate.

“This is the largest turnout that I can recall and it seems many rural contractors have decided to ignore some of the doom and gloom merchants and are clearly focused on looking forward to better times.”

Mr Levet said the conference had an exciting agenda of relevant and pertinent issues to the rural contracting sector along with a number of top-line speakers.

“We had an agenda chock-full of presentations focusing on how to get

Record numbers for RCNZ conferenceA record turnout of 153 contractors, from all around the country, descended on the Bay of Islands for this year’s Rural Contractors New Zealand annual conference.

smarter in running your business and the use of the latest technology,” he said.

Presentations, over the three days, covered a myriad of topics including: fuel management, insurance, taxation, ACC, machinery valuation, employment law, succession planning, looking after your workers and yourself.

Each year, as part of RCNZ’s annual conference a charity auction is held each year with the proceeds going to St John in the local area.

“Wednesday night also saw our annual charity auction for St John raise more than $21,000 for the ambulance service in the Bay of Islands,” Mr Levet said.

“Rural contractors have a great affinity for the work of St John around the country and RCNZ is proud to help support such a worthy and valuable charity that plays a vital role in rural New Zealand.”

RCNZ life members Bryan Murray and Colin Mackenzie cut the anniversary cake to celebrate 20 years of the association of Rural Contractors New Zealand.

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The Enterprising Rural Women Awards (ERWA) offer women, who run their own rural businesses, the opportunity to showcase their innovative rural enterprise and gain recognition for their success.

Rural Women New Zealand (RWNZ) is inviting entries from businesswomen who have strong entrepreneurial skills, are innovative and embrace new technology, and are active in their rural community.

“We look forward to hearing from many amazing businesswomen telling us about their achievements and how they have contributed to their rural community,” RWNZ national president Wendy McGowan said.

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Each category winner receives $1,000 in prize money and a trophy,

with a further $1,000 being awarded to the supreme winner who is judged as an outstanding rural businesswomen.

Latitude Magazine’s Joanne Taylor, winner of last year’s supreme award encouraging rural women to ‘just do it’ and enter the competition.

“It makes you look at all aspects of your business, from where you started, the journey of your business and seeing how far you have come,” she said.

“The support you get from the many people within Rural Women New Zealand is fantastic.”

For more information got to www.ruralwomen.org.nz. Entries close on Wednesday, August 31.

Entries open for enterprising womenRural Women New Zealand is calling on Selwyn women to put in an entry for this year’s Enterprising Rural Women Awards.

RWNZ national president Wendy McGowan is encouraging Selwyn women who run their own rural business to enter this year’s Enterprising Rural Women Awards.

The national agritech business accelerator, is searching the country for eight budding entrepreneurs with embryonic agritech businesses operating in the paddock to the plate space, and using technologies that improve yield, efficiency and profitability.

The chosen eight will receive a cash investment of $20,000 and be placed in a five month part time and remotely delivered programme that will see them flown around the country for mentoring and training from world-class leaders in technology, research and business growth.

The programme will culminate in an opportunity to pitch for investment to a handpicked group of potential investors, corporate partners and potential customers.

Sprout business strategy advisor Stu Bradbury said Sprout wants to help entrepreneurs grow their start-ups from great ideas into investment-ready early stage companies.

“We know that many early-stage entrepreneurs find it difficult to articulate their ideas and in turn gain support from customers, stakeholders and investors.

“We’ve addressed this with the Sprout programme and are happy to report that our first group of eight alumni all experienced strong business growth as a result,” he said.

AgriTrack was one of the eight companies that participated in the 2015 programme and that pitched to a broad range of investors from Auckland to Otago.

AgriTrack secured $550,000 of capital and is on track to grow sales by 80% year on year, and has achieved a 100% conversion rate from product trial to sales with Australian farmers this year.

“When we started out with Sprout, we had a product on the market but we didn’t have a coherent plan for growth, talent strategy, working capital or a strong sales and distribution model,” AgriTrack CEO Andrew Humphries said.

“Those five months were the hardest I’ve worked in my life, but the support and advice has allowed us to develop all areas of our business plan and now the capital we've raised means we’re well-equipped to take our business to the next level.”

The Sprout accelerator programme

Search on for next agritech superstarSprout is scouting the Selwyn region to find the next agritech superstar to take part in the second serving of its accelerator programme.

was designed by BCC, a Palmerston North-based business incubator. Over the last two years BCC has helped establish four globally focused agritech startups, BioLumic, CalfSMART, CropX and Polybatics, which have raised in excess of $15 million in

growth capital from New Zealand and overseas investors.

To register to apply for the 2016-17 Sprout programme go to www.sproutagritech.com.register. The programme commences on October 6.

Sprout graduate Andrew Humphries from AgriTrack shows local farmers how to use his farm tracking service. Photo by Hamish Johnson


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Health specialists are using Sleep Awareness Week this month to highlight concerns that too many people in are living with undiagnosed and untreated sleep disorders that steal their health and happiness.

“It’s a sad fact that more than a third of adults have sleeping problems, but it’s even more concerning that most of them are suffering through their bad sleep and waking unrefreshed without realising help is at hand,” Professor Alister Neill, President of the New Zealand Branch of the Australasian Sleep Association and spokesman for Sleep Health Foundation, said.

“This poor sleep is adversely affecting their health, their mood, their relationships, their diet, their driving, their motivation to exercise and their ability to do their job safely and effectively. Just about every aspect of life suffers.”

Studies show sleep problems like disrupted sleep, inadequate sleep duration, daytime fatigue, excessive sleepiness and irritability are experienced by 25% to 35% of all adults on a daily or several times a week basis.

About half of these problems can be attributed to specific treatable sleep disorders, particularly insomnia and the snoring condition obstructive sleep

apnea. The remainder are largely due to poor sleep habits or choices to sleep less.

“Sound sleep is a critical function of good health along with a balanced diet and adequate exercise,” Dr Neill said.

“If you’re not getting it then your health and happiness will be bearing the brunt.”

The Sleep Health Foundation says it can be helpful for people to realise there are three crucial elements to good sleep - duration, continuity and depth.

“Your sleep needs to be uninterrupted, long enough to feel rested and alert the next day and deep enough to be restorative and refreshing,” Professor Neill said.

He has some simple advice for those looking to improve their sleep.

“Consider what effect environmental conditions like temperature, noise, light, bed comfort, and electronic devices could be having on your shut eye.

“It might be that you can make one or two small changes that dramatically improve your sleep and how you feel the next day.”

He also advises people to keep regular sleep hours, avoid sleeping in and take care not to nap too late or too long.

Damaging sleep problemsInsomnia and severe snoring problems are widespread in New Zealand but just one in every three sufferers seek the help they need, according to sleep experts.

Sleep Tips

• Keep regular sleep hours. Try to go to bed at about the same time every night and get out of bed about the same time every morning. An alarm clock can help with this.

• Avoid sleeping in, even if you have had a poor night's sleep and still feel tired. If you happen to wake early, think about getting out of bed and starting your day. Regular sleep habits strengthen the internal body clock’s sleep-wake rhythm.

• Take care with naps. An afternoon nap may interfere with sleeping at night. This is often a problem if the nap is late in the afternoon or lasts longer than 15-20 minutes. The best approach is to experiment to find what works best. It is important to take into account that sleep needs and sleep patterns change with age and different circumstances.

• Talk to your doctor about your sleep problems and try to work out the cause of your difficulties. You may require referral to a sleep specialist.

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The following items do not make up an exhaustive list, they are just a few examples of things to watch out for.Sprays

Because of their widespread use herbicide sprays have become accepted as ‘safe’.

There is a gathering body of evidence to suggest exactly the opposite, and products containing Glyphosate (such as Roundup) have recently been banned in many countries after the World Health Organisation reclassified them as ‘probably carcinogenic’ (cancer causing).

We often see cats and dogs suffering from vomiting and diarrhoea after even brief exposure to sprays in the garden, of course it’s harder to assess the long term impacts.Slug pellets

The commonest ingredient in

slug pellets is metaldehyde, a very toxic chemical.

To make it attractive to slugs and snails it is prepared in a sweet tasting base, and this is what attracts pets.

The chemical causes vomiting, seizures and death, and a pet only needs to eat a small amount to be in danger.Rat bait

The rodent poisons used in New Zealand are almost always anti-coagulants. These chemicals cause uncontrolled bleeding which will then kill the rat or mouse.

They have exactly the same effects in cats and dogs and are, just like slug pellets, prepared to be tasty and attractive.

There is no safe way to have or use rat baits on your property – there are supposedly ‘pet safe’ bait

Dangerous products in the gardenby Nick Howell (BVetMed, MRCVS), Selwyn Veterinary Centre

Many products which are commonly used in our gardens can be harmful to our pets.

stations available, but these are anything but safe. Rats often carry foodstuffs away from where they find it to eat it elsewhere, and can easily leave bait exposed for a pet to then access it.

We see rat bait poisonings in pets far too often, and a significant proportion of these cases end sadly.

If a product is designed to kill something it is poison, and nothing that is poisonous can be viewed as safe for us, our children or our pets.

The long term implications of repeated exposure to many household and garden chemicals is only now being properly evaluated, and it is likely that many things that people currently view as safe will soon be going the way of DDT.

I guess the bottom line is why take the risk?

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Cold-hardy plants like cabbages are triggered by a drop in temperature to produce more sugars. This is how the plant protects itself from frost damage, because the higher the concentration of sugar solution inside the leaves, the lower the temperature must be before it freezes. Frost damage only occurs when the fluid inside the leaves freezes.

Another good reason to grow cabbages in the cooler months is because they like plenty of water. Dry conditions cause them to bolt, meaning they form flower stalks prematurely. This is a common problem with seedlings planted in spring if the weather suddenly turns warm and dry in November.

A third reason to grow cabbages through winter is that once cooler weather hits, white butterflies and diamondback moths stop laying their eggs.

Unfortunately though, they don’t stop flying quite early enough and we still need to protect our young seedlings from voracious caterpillars during the key planting time, which is in late summer and autumn for winter harvests.

Be ready for slugs and snails too. As soon as the cool damp weather arrives these pests are out in force.

Planting time Planting times for cabbages depend

on where you live. In warm subtropical parts of the country, cabbage seedlings can be planted any time of year. But if you want to be munching into your homegrown brassicas by mid-winter you need to get them growing through autumn, which means planting in

late summer.Vege gardeners in colder parts

of the country plant out their winter crops of cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli and Brussels sprouts in January or February.

If that’s not you, don’t despair. Planted in May, your cabbages will still grow, albeit a little more slowly, and they should be ready for picking in spring. Alternatively you can plant in early spring for harvesting in mid to late spring.

While cabbages are very cold hardy, they are vulnerable to hard frost as young seedlings, especially if they have come straight out of a green house. For late plantings a cloche will give extra warmth while they get going. Make a simple tunnel using wire hoops to support a clear plastic cover.

Varieties Delicious for spring eating are the

quick maturing conical shaped cabbages such as Flower of Spring and Sugarloaf.

The favourites for winter crops are the drumhead types, including red varieties and crinkly Savoy cabbages.

For a small family the smaller growing (and hence faster maturing) varieties like Cannonball, Little Cutie and Space Saver make sense, especially as you’re less likely leave a cut cabbage languishing in the fridge for too long. Eating fresh from the garden is by far the healthiest way to go.

The humble cabbage is packed full of nutrients and such a handsome vege to grow. Those shapely globes, in shades of purple and green, are a real focal point of the winter garden.

Cabbages a winter sweetenerArticle supplied by www.gogardening.co.nz

Cabbages can be grown 365 days of the year, but they are particularly rewarding in winter when the cooler temperatures turn them sweeter than ever.

Article courtesy of www.gogardening.co.nz. For more information on all things gardening go to: www.gogardening.co.nz.

Cabbage growing tips

• Choose a sunny spot with well-drained soil, or plant in raised planting beds.

• Never plant brassicas in the same place two years in a row (this helps avoid a debilitating soil born fungus disease called clubroot). A three-year rotation is even better.

• Never let cabbages dry out. Mulching with straw helps retain water in summer and blocks weeds.

• Be careful when weeding. Cabbages have roots close to the soil surface.

• Before planting, enrich the soil with lots of compost and well rotted animal manure.

• Add half a handful of lime per square metre, especially in a new garden, in an acidic soil or if you have had problems with clubroot disease.

• Weekly liquid-feeding during the first month after planting helps get seedlings off to a strong start.

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thousand turning up to enjoy the day.“There was really a lot going on all

around Lincoln, so it was quite hard to get an exact number of those who turned up

“It was really great to be able to hold the parade this year after last year’s event was cancelled due to

the weather.“As well as the parade along the

main street we also had and Christmas market behind the library which proved very popular and had a great feel to it. Also this year we had a junior buskers competition which was a real hit.”


Mr Claus has been making his presence felt across the district and was most recently spotted at the Lincoln Xmas Parade held along the main street of the Selwyn township.

One of the organisers of the event Geoff Malcolm said the turnout was on a par with previous years with several

by Kent Caddick

Christmas has officially arrived in Selwyn with Santa Claus dropping in to get residents into the spirit of the festive season.

Santa and his little helpers arrive in Lincoln to kick off the festive season. Clockwise: Santa, Maggie Poff, Ehren Sturgess, Hunter Smith and Carter Meaclem. Photo by Peter Walker.

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