North Canterbury News: July 10, 2025

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Hurunui 

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Feral catsinspotlight 

ByROBYN BRISTOW 

Feral cats are in the spotlight at 

the Hurunui District Council. 

The council is urging the 

Department of Conservation to 

consider feral cats in its longterm 

plan to rid the country of harmful 

predators. 

As afirst step it is recommending 

legislation to have domestic cats 

registered, microchipped and 

desexed. 

The council is submitting on the 

Predator Free 2050 Strategy 

Review and the Implementation 

Plan for Te Mana oteTaiao – 

Aotearoa New Zealand 

Biodiversity Strategy 2020. 

Council’s Water and Land coordinator 

Rima Herber, on behalf 

of acouncil working group 

including West Ward councillors 

Tom Davies, Ross Barnes, and 

Dave Hislop, presented draft 

submissions for endorsement at 

last week’s council meeting. 

Ms Herber says the intention of 

Predator Free 2050 is to remove 

rats, mustelids and possums from 

New Zealand by 2050. 

However it was appropriate for 

the council to advocate for cats to 

be included in the longer term — 

along with mice and hedgehogs if 

technologies became available to 

make this possible and practical. 

These measures would help 

reduce the number of stray cats 

that become feral, Ms Herber says. 

‘‘There are an estimated more 

than 2.5 million feral cats in New 

Zealand. 

‘‘As arural council, Hurunuiis 

very aware of the harm feral cats 

are doing to indigenous wildlife, 

and aware of how many cats there 

are in our environment. 

‘‘If feral cats aren’t included as a 

pest species it is questionable if 

predator removal is worthwhile in 

some environments.” 

Hurunui District Mayor Marie 

Black says feral cats are amajor 

issue in looking after Hurunui’s 

Feral cats in focus ... Aferal cat pauses after being disturbed. 

indigenouswildlife and, from a 

farming perspective,the diseases 

feral cats carried were a‘‘massive 

threat’’ to domestic stockacross 

the district. 

Ms Herber says council broadly 

supports both strategy reviews but 

raises several issuesfor further 

consideration, including 

consideration for incentives and 

support for private landowners, 

catchment groups, the QEII Trust, 

and community conservation 

groups working to both eliminate 

predators and protectbiodiversity. 

‘‘Biodiversity protection should 

not be an added financial burden 

on landowners.’’ 

For community groups, support 

could be in the form of funding for 

paid coordinators to optimise 

work already being carried out in 

communities. 

Cr Fiona Harris says many of the 

district’s rural residents and 

Hurunuifarmers haveput 

PHOTO: FILE 

significant time and effort into 

indigenous biodiversity 

protection. 

‘‘It's good to see that we 

recognise that, and support them 

as well, because for many of them 

it’s adeep money hole doing alot of 

this work.’’ 

Cr Harris says many in Hurunui’s 

communitiesand schools are 

supporting Predator Free 

initiatives. 

Acoordinator would make abig 

difference‘‘because sometimesit's 

just knowing where to be and who 

to get in touchwith —it's amassive 

body of work and challenging for 

the whole country, sowehaveto 

optimise what we can’’. 

Ms Herber says it’s important to 

maintain the gains already made in 

predator control ‘‘as apriority’’. 

‘‘It is better to secure the areas 

that are predator free and keep 

them that way, than spread effort 

thinly and lose the gains.’’ 

Large solarfarm 

consent notified 

in the Hurunui 

By DAVID HILL, 

Local Democracy Reporter 

Waipara residents are being encouraged to have 

their say on aproposed 180.8ha solar farm, on a 

242.4ha property near their village. 

The Hurunui District Council has notified a 

resource consent application from Aucklandbased 

Far North Solar Farm Ltd to builda143.8 MWp 

solar farm. 

The Waipara Residents’ Association wrote to the 

council last year calling for the consent to be 

notified, and chairperson Steven Ellis says he is 

pleased the community will have asay. 

He says there are arange of views in the 

community. 

‘‘Everyone has their own views one way or the 

other for different reasons. 

‘‘Some can’t see aproblem and there’s others who 

think it is not agood situation to have asolar farm 

this close to avillage. 

‘‘It is obviously going to be something quite 

substantial.’’ 

Mr Ellis encouraged residents to have alook at 

the application on the council’s website and form 

their own view on how it might effect them and 

‘‘whether it is agood thing for the community or 

not’’. 

Agroup of concerned residents formed Save 

Waipara Valley last year and set up awebsite, 

savewaiparavalley.com. 

Among the group’s concerns are the potential 

impacts on the environment, how the solar panels 

would stand up to ‘‘North Canterbury's notoriously 

strong winds’’, the risks to passing motorists from 

glare from the panels and the impact on property 

values. 

Hurunui District Council staff have determined 

‘‘the adverse effects of the application’’ to the 

landscape and the visual effects are more than 

minor. 

Construction of the solar farm is expected to take 

around two years. 

The proposed solar farm is ajoint venture 

between Far North Solar Farm Ltd, asolar energy 

asset developer based in Auckland, and Aquila 

Clean Energy Asia Pacific, aclean energy platform 

headquartered in Singapore. 

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Young stars ... Rangiora’s Hartley School of Performing Arts students take abow after aperformance ofthe school’s latest musical 

production, Rapunzel, in the Rangiora Town Hall Theatre this month. 

PHOTO: GRANT HARTLEYBROWN 

Theatrical magic in Rapunzel 

BySHELLEY TOPP 

Rangiora’s Hartley School of 

Performing Arts (HSPA) students have 

delivered aslice of theatrical magic in 

the school’s latest musical production of 

Rapunzel. 

They had huge support from HSPA’s 

talented lineup of tutors, community 

volunteers, sponsors and parents, who 

also contributed in some way to the 

success of this charming show. 

The production was based on the 

famous fairytale of the same name, but 

alsoincorporated others including 

Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, 

Little Red Riding Hood, Hansel and 

Gretel, and The Three Little Pigs. 

It was aspectacular showcase of 

theatrical performance, encompassing 

song, dance, music, costumes, scenery, 

storytelling and special effects with a 

lengthy script written specially for the 

show by HSPA’s founder and director, 

Dale HartleyBrown. 

The script was edited by the directors 

of the show, former HSPA drama 

students, Hannah Thompson and 

Michelle O’Brien, who are now tutors, 

but it remained alengthy production of 

almost three hours, with 265 costume 

changes, because Dale wanted to give all 

of the 130 students (aged 1118 years) 

who took part in it ‘‘the opportunity to 

shine’’. 

The hugely talented young cast 

achieved that with energy and style. 

Standouts included Tara Browne as 

Rapunzel,Azaria Westeneng as Finn 

Walker, ReeniRose Dolan as Mother 

Gothel, Tyler Waghorn as Prince 

Charming, Maty Fauth as Footman, 

Alyssa Garrett as Narrator, Emelia 

Coster as Fairy Godmother, Julia Carter 

as Little Red Riding Hood and Jaxon 

Melville as Big Bad Wolf. 

Rapunzel,opened in the main 

auditorium of the Rangiora Town Hall 

on July 3and included five 

performances over three days with 

large, supportive audiences including a 

‘‘sold out crowd’’ for the final matinee. 

Initiative improving roadsides 

Anew‘‘lighttouch’’ initiative to improve 

roadside drainage across the Hurunui 

District is already proving its worth. 

Atotal of 150 kilometres of roadside 

has been cleared in just the first month of 

council’s wheeled excavator programme. 

‘‘Water is the biggest enemy of the 

roading network,’’ says council’s chief 

operationsOfficer Dan Harris. 

‘‘The wheeled excavator programme is 

helping to move water away from our 

roads as quickly as possible, making a 

real difference to road safety and road 

quality. 

‘‘It’sasmart, lighttouch approach,’’ 

says council’s roading manager Charlie 

Hutt. ‘‘We’re opening up culvert ends, 

getting water moving and making note of 

the roads needing alittle more.’’ 

He says the work often occurs where 

largescale drainage work would have 

been too costly or disruptive. 

Twowheeled diggers are employed to 

carry out the roadside drainage 

improvements, reshaping and clearing 

culverts, removing trees and opening up 

blocked drainage channels. 

Each digger is accompanied by a 

spotter, armed with ashovel and asharp 

eye, ensuring targeted, efficient 

maintenance. 

Councillor Robbie Bruerton, chair of 

the operations committee, says the 

initiative is a‘‘good piece of work, done 

the right way’’. 

‘‘The biggest complaints we were 

getting were about drainage and road 

deterioration.’’ The programme had 

tackled those issues, with real cost 

savings,’’ Cr Bruerton says. 

The programme follows atrial 

undertaken in 2023, with an additional 

pilot carried out in 2024 around wellknown 

hot spots in the district that were 

prone to flooding. 

Mr Hutt said these previously problem 

areas were performing well, even after 

recent rain. 

Funding for this, and the next two 

financial years has been budgeted for in 

the Long Term Plan. 

Part of afurther year will be funded by 

Resilience Improvements money 

granted by Waka Kotahi NZTA, on 

council’s Vulnerable Roads. 

Mayor Marie Black welcomed the 

success of the trial. 

‘‘This is agreat example of innovation 

and partnership delivering better 

outcomes for our communities.’’

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Hard at work ... Montage of Harry Parish (left) and John Lundy hard at work creating their farm. John and Harry were awarded the 2025 

FMG Junior Young Farmer of the Year title at the awards ceremony in Invercargill. 

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ByJOHN COSGROVE 

Just six points separated first and second 

place at the 2025 FMG JuniorYoung 

Farmer of the Year title finale held in 

Invercargill last week. 

Rangiora High School students John 

Lundy and Harry Parish hoisted the 

winner's trophy high at the televised prize 

giving. 

‘‘This was our first time at the finals and 

we won it,’’ says John. 

The sixteenyearolds had won the 

Tasman berth at the FMG Junior Young 

Farmer of the Year regional finals back in 

March, and travelled south to Invercargill 

with their families to take part in the finals 

during the first week of the June school 

holidays. 

‘‘We missed out on qualifying for the 

finals last year, so we were both 

determined to make it this year,’’ says 

John. 

On Thursday, they completed an exam 

which they felt went well, then early on 

Friday morning, the young men lined up 

against the top seven regional high school 

teams for the practical day held at the 

Winton Racecourse. 

The AgriKids, FMG Junior,and FMG 

Young Farmer of the Year contestants 

completed all their practical challenges 

sidebyside,showcasing their skills, 

teamwork, and determination in front of a 

large crowd of family, supportersand the 

public. 

First up, the Rangiora pair had to set up 

afarmlet, 

‘‘There we had to do amixture of 

fencing, stock water, drainage and 

planting —lots of different stuff like that, 

which we had two and aquarter hours to 

Winning team ... Harry Parish and John 

Lundy with their trophy and certificates. 

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do at all,’’ says John. 

In between, they presented aspeech on 

aset topic and then completed seven 

handson modules covering various topics 

related to the event sponsors —amini 

version of what the finalists in the FMG 

Young Farmer of the Year competition 

had to do on the same day. 

On Friday evening the topfive teams 

battled it out in Face Off and Q&A sessions 

overfive rounds, before the FMG Junior 

Young Farmer of the Year was 

announced. 

TheRangiora pair won the title and also 

won first place in the farmlet competition, 

first in the modules competition and were 

third in the preevent fundraiser. 

‘‘It was very close between us and the 

teamfrom Napier Boys’ High School, who 

had made the finals last year as well.’’ 

For John, he thinks it was the tidiness of 

the farmlet which gave them the extra 

points to winagainst schools and 

competitors who had been to the finals 

before. 

‘‘We did avery good job of keeping our 

farmlet nice and tidy, and Ithink that 

madethe difference,’’ says John. 

John and Harry say they had put in the 

long, hard hours of practice in the months 

leading up to the final. 

‘‘We were prepared for everything. We 

had all the tips and tricks sheets from the 

organisers to guide us, to let us focus on 

the things that mattered, and all those 

itemscame up in the competition. 

‘‘The work we did helped us get agood 

general base over all aspects of farmwork, 

which really helped usalot. 

‘‘Nothingwas harder or easier than 

everything else; we just needed to work as 

ateam.’’ 

Harry thanks the parents as they did all 

the organising which allowed the boys to 

focus on learning everything they needed. 

‘‘We learnt alot and it showed as in one 

of the modules we were the fastestto 

change the chainsaw and bar,’’ Harry says. 

John says he is more sheep and beef 

focused, while Harry is more dairy and 

science focused. 

John says everyone was super helpful 

down there. His mum went down with him, 

and Harry's family travelled down to 

support him, while anumber of friends 

and family also watched the competition 

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Rural hospitals play avital role -Mayors 

ByDAVID HILL, 


The future of two North Canterbury 

Hospitals was pushed squarely in the 

spotlight at arural health meeting in 

Hanmer Springs on Monday. 

AssociateHealth Minister and Mental 

Health Minister Matt Doocey visited 

North Canterbury as part of his ongoing 

rural health roadshow, including 

Ministry of Health and Te Whatu Ora 

Health NZ officials, health workers, and 

residents. 

Kaikōura MP Stuart Smith, local 

mayors Marie Black (Hurunui), Craig 

Mackle (Kaikōura) and Dan Gordon 

(Waimakariri) and several councillors 

were also in the audience. 

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in providing respite and end of life care, 

but the facilities were underutilised 

and the buildings badly needed 

maintenance. 

‘‘We would like to have some 

indication ontheir future. If they were 

more broadlyopen we would find they 

would be better utilised.’’ 

Health NZ Waitaha Canterbury rural 

health services hospital and specialist 

services general manager Berni Marra 

said she looked forward to ‘‘getting back 

round the table’’ with the mayors to 

discuss the future of the rural hospitals. 

Hauora Taiwhenua Rural Health 

Networkchief executive Grant 

Davidson, who chaired the meeting, said 

New Zealand had made progress with 

the adoption of arural health strategy 

supported by all parties in Parliament. 

But rural health outcomes continue to 

trail behind urban communities, with 

twice as preventable deaths and 60 

percent moresuicides. 

MrsBlack said there needed to be 

moresupport for support workers 

caring for elderly in their own homes. 

Health NZ Canterbury West Coast 

group manager integration Greg 

Hamilton said Health NZ is working 

with healthcare providers to review how 

they can better serve clients across the 

South Island. 

‘‘Rather than just coming in and doing 

the dishes or doing the cleaning, the 

focus is now on reenabling people to 

achieve the best life they can.’’ 

He said the priority is supporting 

peopletostay in their own homes. 

Mr Doocey said Mrs Black had raised 

concerns about alack of ‘‘wellbeing 

funding’’ alongside more specialist 

mental health services, which had led to 

morefunding to support rural 

communities, including arecent boost to 

Rural health ... Associate Health Minister and Mental Health Minister Matt Doocey 

(centre), and Kaikōura MP Stuart Smith (right) discuss rural health issues with North 

Canterbury mayors Craig Mackle (Kaikōura, left), Dan Gordon (Waimakariri) and Marie Black 

(Hurunui) at the Hanmer Springs Golf Club on Monday, July 7. 

PHOTO: DAVID HILL 

rural support trusts. 

Support foryoung people including 

accessing mental health services, 

support forLGBT+ youth, driver 

licenses, finding work, cyberbullying 

and alack of access to ultrafast 

broadband in rural areas were also 

raised as wellbeing issues. 

Other concerns included access to 

training for health workers in rural 

practises, support for migrants, and a 

lack of awareness of what services are 

available in rural areas. 

Mr Doocey said addressing ‘‘unmet 

need’’ was not just about more funding, 

but also education on ‘‘what is 

available’’. 

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A$56.4m Government investmentinwater 

storage and irrigation will provideamajor 

boost for North Canterbury farmers, says 

Hurunui Mayor Marie Black. 

Associate Regional Development 

Minister Mark Patterson visited the region 

last week to announce three Canterbury 

water storage and irrigation projects will 

receive loans from the Government’s 

Regional Infrastructure Fund. 

Mr Patterson made the announcement 

at the Taggart family’s woolshed at Cust on 

Thursday, July 3, and was joined by 

Waimakariri MP Matt Doocey, Kaikōura 

MP Stuart Smith and WaimakaririMayor 

Dan Gordon. 

Mrs Black was unable to attend the 

announcement, but later said the 

investment is good news for the region. 

The Balmoral water storage facility run 

by the Amuri Irrigation Company (AIC) 

will receive $20m, Waimakariri Irrigation 

Ltd (WIL) will receive $15.6m, and the 

Opuha Dam and irrigation scheme in 

South Canterbury $20.8m. 

‘‘Amuri Irrigation Company has been 

progressive in its vision for storage on the 

north side of the Hurunui River to build 

resilience for its shareholders,’’ Mrs Black 

said. 

‘‘This announcementisasignificant 

step in achieving this goal.’’ 

AIC chairperson David Croft said his 

company plans to build apond to store up 

to 10 million cubic metresofwater and can 

be used in the winter and shoulder 

seasons, using existing resource consents. 

‘‘It is quite clear the rural sector is 

leading the New Zealand economy, and 

this investment can help our economic 

recovery. 

‘‘And we will end up with agreatasset 

for the whole of North Canterbury.’’ 

The company has 132 shareholders 

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environmental outcomes. 

WIL chief executive Brent Walton said 

his company’s shareholders included a 

mix of lifestyle blocks, and sheep, 

cropping and dairy farmers. 

He said the $15.6m loan was the boost 

needed to kickstartthe project. 

‘‘The key thing is it benefits alltypes of 

farmers, and it is aboutthe future of the 

district and the benefits we will bring to 

future generations.’’ 

Mr Walton said water storage could 

enhance rivers and groundwater and be 

used for other uses beyond irrigation. 

Work on the new facility will begin next 

year and is expected to be completed for 

andmaintaining steadierenergythroughout 

theday -althoughresearcherscautionthat 

studies arestill in early stages. 

Theproductlaunchcomes as New 

Zealand’spopulationagesrapidly, with 

one in four Kiwisexpected to be over65 

by 2051. Many in this demographicreport 

energy declineastheir primary health 

concern. 

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forefront of healthyageingscience,”says 

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boosting productivity and creatingjobs. 

‘‘Water is agamechanger for our 

farmers. 

‘‘They say water is gold in farming,’’ she 

said. 

Mr Patterson said the announcement 

was ‘‘a momentous day for Canterbury’’. 

‘‘It strengthens water resilience and 

unlocks new economic opportunities. 

‘‘Accesstoreliable manageable water is 

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Securingthe futureof 

NZ’sinfrastructure 

Our Government is taking decisive 

action to ensure New Zealand’s 

infrastructure is fit for the future. 

We’ve launched a30year National 

Infrastructure Plan,apractical, 

forwardlookingblueprint that lays out 

how we’ll plan, fund, and maintainthe 

essential services Kiwis rely on every 

day. 

For too long, shortterm thinkinghas 

left us with crumbling assets, delayed 

projects, and poor value for taxpayer 

money. 

Despite being one of the highest 

infrastructure spendersinthe OECD, 

New Zealand ranks near the bottomfor 

outcomes. 

That’s simply not good enough and 

we’re changing it. 

This Government is putting 

infrastructure at the heart of our 

economic strategy. 

We’ve introduced new funding tools, 

revitalised the PublicPrivate 

Partnership model, and established the 

National Infrastructure Funding 

Finance Limited (NIFFCo) to help 

finance growthenabling projects. 

We are also replacing the outdated 

RMA to streamline consenting and get 

critical projects under way faster. 

CHECK IT OUT 

Movement, migration and weather 

An exhibition exploring themes of 

movement, migration and the untamed 

nature of New Zealand/Aotearoa's 

weather will open at the Oxford Gallery 

toi oWaimakariritoday (on July 10). 

What Has the Wind Blown In is a 

collection of artwork produced by The 

Critique Group Ōtautahi Christchurch, 

featuring: Ursula Dougherty, Anne 

Fountain, Maxine Inglis, Yinghua Jiang, 

Jenny Lee, Alison Lowe, Gaby Reade, 

Judy Rogers and Anne Spicer.The 

exhibition will run until August 17 and 

there will be afree demonstration and 

artist talk on Sunday, July 20 from 

12.30pm to 1.30pm with everyone 

welcome to attend. 

Rangiora Museum 

Apresentation will be given at the 

Rangiora Museum on sunday, July 27, by 

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But infrastructure isn’t just about 

newbuilds, it’s also about looking after 

what we have already got. 

Too many government agencies lack 

basic asset registers or maintenance 

plans. 

That’s led to mouldy classrooms, 

leaky police stations, and costly repairs. 

We are fixing that with anationwide 

programme to lift asset management 

standards across the public sector. 

What sets this draft Plan apart is its 

independence, its evidence base, and 

its longterm focus. 

It identifies where investment is most 

needed, sets clear priorities, and 

proposes reforms to improve how 

governmentmanages infrastructure. 

The Infrastructure Commission has 

released the draft, and we are inviting 

New Zealanders to have their say. 

The finalPlan will be delivered by the 

endofthe year, with aformal 

Government response in 2026, and afull 

Parliamentary debate to ensure crossparty 

input. 

Thisisour opportunity to build the 

infrastructure backbone New Zealand 

needs to support growth, strengthen our 

economy, andleave alegacy we can be 

proud of. 

David Laird,asustainable woodworker 

and qualified carpenter who creates 

furniture from end of life trees. He 

specialises in transforming Elm and Oak 

trees, using traditional knowledge about 

milling, seasoning and steam bending 

timber, when combined with some modern 

methods. There will be samples of his work 

on display and the talk willbeillustrated 

with photos by David Petrie. David Laird 

wasraised in Rangioraand was an 

accomplished rugby player who played for 

senior teams and also travelled to Scotland 

to play rugby. All welcome at the museum 

at 29 Good Street ,behind the Bowling 

Club, at2pm. No need to book. Free, 

although donations appreciated from nonmembers 

ofthe Rangiora Early Records 

Society. Afternoon tea served along with 

our community chat.The Museum is open 

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NC Mayors call for 

clarity on regional 

council alternatives 



North Canterbury’s mayors say they 

are not opposed to change, but they 

want to know whatwould replace 

regional councils. 

There has been abit of chat about 

scrapping regional councils, but 

Hurunui Mayor Marie Black and 

Kaikōura Mayor Craig Macklesay 

they haveyet to see abetter 

alternative. 

Prime Minister Christopher 

Luxon and Resources Minister 

Shane Jones havesuggested 

regional councils could be abolished 

aspart of the Resource Management 

Act(RMA) reforms. 

Christchurch Mayor Phil Mauger 

has expressedsupport for forming a 

unitary authority, but the North 

Canterbury mayors are not so keen. 

Theysay the present model is 

working, with Environment 

Canterbury (ECan) as the regional 

council, supportedbythe 

Canterbury Mayoral Forum aforum 

of the region’s mayors. 

Mrs Blacksaid the mayoral forum 

has worked well together this term. 

‘‘We haveall brought into the 

mantra, if it’s good for one, it’s got to 

be good for all. 

‘‘If we can all hold true to that, you 

don’t lose the voiceofthe small 

ruralareas against the big metro.’’ 

Hurunui District Council chief 

executive Hamish Dobbie said 

geographically his districtisthe 

same size asregions like Taranaki, 

but has just9205 ratepayers. 

‘‘Those places with unitary 

authoritiesact as aonestop shop, 

but you probably need acertain 

population base to make it viable, 

and what that population base is,is 

the question.’’ 

Mr Mackle said with just 3082 

ratepayers, there is no way his 

council could take on ECan’s 

functions, such as looking after 

rivers, environmental issues, pest 

control and flood mitigation. 

It would mean amalgamating with 

either the Marlborough District 

Council, aunitary authority in the 

north, or other Canterbury councils 

to the south. 

‘‘I’m not opposedtochange, but 

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district,’’ Mr Macklesaid. 

‘‘What representationwould we 

have? Do we want to loose our voice 

to save acoupleofbucks?’’ 

Former Waimakariri District 

Council chief executive Jim Palmer 

led areview of local government, 

with areport presented to 

Parliament in 2023. 

He said looking at the structure of 

local government in isolation was 

unlikelytoachieve asustainable 

outcome. 

Other issues such as funding, 

partnership with central 

Government, empowering local 

government to developlocal 

solutions, enabling ‘‘citizenled 

democracy’’, improved governance 

arrangements and embracing the 

Treaty ofWaitangi also needed to be 

addressed. 

‘‘Local government needs to be 

given the opportunity to lead the 

design process, supported by central 

Government,’’ Mr Palmer said. 

Unitary authorities or ‘‘combined 

networked councils’’ were possible 

alternatives, but each regionis 

different. 

‘‘In my view, just transferring 

regional council functions to 

existing councilswould be 

unworkableasmost local 

authorities do nothave the 

capacity,’’ Mr Palmer said. 

‘‘It requires acertain critical mass 

to operate effectively.’’ 

Combined networked councils is 

where local councils appoint 

representatives to make decisions at 

aregional level, similar to the 

Greater Christchurch Partnership, 

which brings together 

representatives from the 

Christchurch, Selwyn and 

Waimakariri councils and ECan. 



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Moving on ... The Reverend Sandy Constable says she won’t forget the fun she’s had and 

people she’s met serving the Parish of Kaiapoi. 

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

Reverend moving on 

By JOHN COSGROVE 

Over the pasteight years,the 

Reverend Sandy Constable has 

affectionately been called the ‘flying 

nun' for racing around Kaiapoi on her 

electric scooter to attend functions or 

services,orthe Vicar of Dibleyfor her 

bubbly, effervescent personality. 

But now she is moving on. 

‘‘Being the Vicar of the Parish of 

Kaiapoi has been alot of fun and is full 

of memories,’’she says. 

‘‘I have so many amazing memories 

of the parish, its people and the 

wonderful community of faith here, 

but now it’s time for me to move onand 

help the church in other ways.’’ 

Rev Sandy will be taking some time 

off to study, attend some conferences 

and write apaper on her study topic 

before she embarks on the next step in 

her career. 

It is acareer that spans 20 years, 

serving in the North and Central 

Canterbury regions. 

It will be alife that’s quite different 

from her time spent looking after the 

faithful atthe four districts in the 

parish: Kaiapoi, Clarkville, Ohoka, 

and Eyreton and the threechurches in 

herparish—StBartholomew’s, St 

Augustine’s and St Thomas’. 

“After aperiodofstudy, Iamlooking 

forward to taking on the role of 

chaplaincy with the Anglican Church. 

‘‘It’s about looking at agreater 

pastoral focus in Ministry in a 

community, or ahospital or school,” 

she says. 

The former New Zealand Army 

Reservist says she is even considering 

joining the armed forces as a 

Chaplain/Padre. 

‘‘I have had so much joy over the 

years working with the team at the 

KaiapoiRSA as their padre, and I 

wouldlike to continue serving the men 

and women ofour armed forces. 

‘‘I will miss the wonderful times I 

have had in Kaiapoi, the midnight 

Christmas services, the GoodFriday 

and Seafarers services. 

‘‘I have enjoyed them all, including 

the weeklyLast Post service at the 

RSA,’’ she says. 

Rev Sandy says it is nowuptothe 

diocese to begin the process of 

appointing anew vicar, and to pass on 

the baton of the KaiapoiParish to 

another. 

In the meantime, aPriestinCharge 

willcontinue the services while the 

parish finds areplacement. 

Newroad names 

The naming of the two private roads, 

both in the Amberley Country Estate 

Retirement Village, have been 

approved by the Hurunui District 

Council. 

The new McEwan Crescent will pay 

homage to Gordon McEwan, a 

blacksmith who worked forArthur 

Burke Ltd Blacksmith Shop during the 

20th century, and was put forward as a 

‘‘tribute to local craftsmanship and 

community backbone’’. 

The second namesake lives in the 

Amberley Country Estate, closetothe 

new road that will bear her name: 

Lodge Lane ‘‘in honour of Helen 

Lodge, arecent recipient of the 

Hurunui District Council Community 

Service Award’’. 

Helen and her husband, formerly 

Amberley’s local police constable, 

have served the community for 

decades. 

There are few community 

organisations Helen hasn’t served on. 

Her Community Service Award, 

awarded last year, recognises her 

service to the Amberley Lions’ Club, 

the Amberley District Community 

Vehicle Trust, Amberley Returned 

Services Association, Poppy Day 

Appeal, Hato Hone St John, Cancer 

Support, the Dementia Unit in 

Amberley, IHC, and more. 

Arriving in Amberley 40 years ago 

from Otago, Helen has been a 

volunteer for most of her life and, she 

says, her husband Mike was amember 

of the Lions Club for 50 years. 

‘‘He was the last of the solecharge 

policemen,’’ she says. 

Council’s Planner Scott Rose says 

while councils are responsible for the 

naming of public roads, it is common 

for privatelyowned retirement 

villages to request the naming and 

registration of private roads for easy 

navigation around the villagefor 

residents, visitors,postal services and 

emergency services. 

‘‘Council involvement ensures 

consistent naming and avoids 

duplication and confusion with any 

existing public roads. It also ensures 

these names are known to council for 

future road naming.’’

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EARLY LEARNING /NEWS 

10 The North Canterbury News, July 10, 2025 

FamilyBoost to benefit more families 

TheEarly Childhood Council says 

changes to FamilyBoost are welcome 

and will have apositive effect across 

the sector. 

The announcement this week 

means more families can access 

support with their costs, and 

increase children’s ability to access 

quality childcare, ‘‘potentially for 

longer than before for families who 

were struggling”said 

EarlyChildhood Council CEO Simon 

Laube. 

‘‘Adjusting the thresholds also 

means the payments households get 

from IRD are nearly doubling after 

today’s changes. 

‘‘I’m pleasantly surprised how 

much more generous FamilyBoost 

has become, it’s sure to stimulate 

great interest from parents.’’ 

Finance Minister, Nicola Willis, 

says the changeswill mean families 

receive much higherFamilyBoost 

payments,and more families will 

now be eligible for the scheme asof 

July 1. 

‘‘The long term ECE funding 

shortfall means many families are 

finding rising centre fees 

unaffordable, so boosting 

FamilyBoost should help. 

‘‘Including FamilyBoost in the 

FundingReview’s scope is avery 

wise move. 

‘‘We need the whole system to work 

togethertoaddressthe real 

challenges facing families who need 

childcare,our rising expectations in 

NewZealand about the quality of 

ECE services that should be provided 

and the current sharedcost model 

between government subsidies/ 

schemesand families’ability to pay.” 

Mr Laube says “We welcomed 

FamilyBoost from the start, and have 

supportedIRD with its changes. 

‘‘If you were sitting on the fence 

about FamilyBoost, the 

announcement makes it so much 

more attractive. 

‘‘We strongly recommend parents 

with childreninECE register to 

access the rebates. 

Remember you can still claim 

FamilyBoost for child care costs from 

last year as well,’’ Mr Laubesays. 

Boost ... More families can nowaccess 

support through FamilyBoost. PHOTO: FILE 

Learning through seeing, feeling, smelling 

Early learning helps children to be 

confidentand curious about the world. 

It also helps them do better when they 

go to schoolorkura. 

Already your child is learning through: 

Everything they do, see, feel, smell, taste 

and hear. 

Everywhere they go. 

Everyone who talks, smiles and plays 

with them. 

Research shows that children who are 

involved in quality early learning services 

benefit in many ways, and that their family 

and whanau and the wider community 

benefit too. 

Early learning services build on the early 

learning your child is already doing: 

Athome with whanau. 

Onthe marae or at church. 

Playing with their friends. 

Early learning services can help your 

child learn important skills that will help 

them become strong, happy, and 

successful in later life. 

Early learning services help your child 

learn to get on well with other children 

and with adults by learning to: 

Make friends, to share and take turns, 

and to cooperate. 

Listen to others and to communicate 

their own ideas. 

Beindependent and to take 

responsibility for others needs as well as 

for their own. 

Children who take part regularly in 

quality early learning services are likely to 

be confident and curious about the world, 

and this can help them do better when 

they go to school or kura. Early learning 

services support your child to: 

Become resilient to manage challenges 

and to stick at it when things get difficult. 

Settle more easily at school or kura and 

Artistic endeavours ... Attending an early learning service helps children learn howtoget along with others and explore their 

creativity. 

to get the benefitsofeducation more 

quickly. 

Early leaning will help them become lifelong 

learners, for example: 

Talking, singing, and listening to stories 

build children's language skills and help 

them to love books and reading. 

Painting, dancing, making music, 

dressing up, and pretendplay help to 

develop children's imaginations and 

creativity. 

Puzzles, number play, and counting 

games help children to understand maths 

concepts. 

Building or construction activities, 

helping to preparefood, caring for plants 

and animals, and playing with water and 

sand (measuring and mixing) support 

children to learnabout maths and science 

concepts. 

Early learning service is fun and friendly 

it is something the whole family can share. 

PHOTO: FILE 

Whānau are welcome at early learning 

services. 

Early learning services support whānau 

to help children learn and grow. 

Whānau understand the importance of 

education and get involved in their child's 

education early. 

The benefits of early learning services 

spread to the whole whānau and to the 

wider community as well. 

Source: education.govt.nz 

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Waimakariri’sTree of the Year, Rangiora 

Borough School’s giant redwood, has been 

voted runner up to abeloved North Otago 

landmark, in the national Tree of the Year 

competition. 

The Chook Tree, aquirky chickenshaped 

macrocarpa (Hesperocyparis 

macrocarpa), situated in the rolling hills of 

Waianakarua, took the 2025 Tree of the 

Year New Zealand title ahead of ashortlist 

of six finalists. 

Waimakariri’s Tree of the Year 

competition was organised by the 

WaimakaririDistrict Council’s 

Greenspace team. 

Aspokesman for the team, senior 

biodiversity ranger Mike Kwant said trees 

provide ‘‘hugely significant benefits for 

everyone’’, but these were often taken for 

granted. 

The Waimakariri and the Tree of the 

Year New Zealand competitions were 

‘‘really about taking the time to stop and 

acknowledge that our trees are important 

to us for lots of different reasons and the 

kids at Rangiora Borough School showed 

us this in bucket loads’’. 

The annual competition, which was 

established in 2022, is run by the New 

Zealand Notable Trees Trust (NZTT) to 

encourage the public to think about the 

role trees play in our lives, culturally, 

environmentally,and socially. 

‘‘We believe this year was our most 

successful yet in that regard,’’ trusteeBrad 

Cadwallader said. 

‘‘We saw the highest numberofvotes 

ever cast, ahuge increase in public 

awareness, and great media coverage 

across the board. 

‘‘All finalists gained national visibility 

and local celebration, and that is awin in 

itself,’’ he said. 

``We have been genuinely impressedby 

the passion, creativity, and local pride 

Runner up ... Rangiora Borough School’s 

Redwood has come runner up in the Tree of 

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shown by all the tree supporters thisyear. 

‘‘The Tree of the Year campaign isn’t 

just about selecting awinner, it is about 

shining alight on the incredible trees that 

shape our communities, spark our 

imaginations, and connect us to place and 

history. Each of the six finalists brought 

something unique and valuable to the 

national conversation, and all of them 

were deserving of the broader recognition 

they gained as aconsequence,’’ he said. 

This year’s result also showed ‘‘just how 

much New Zealanders love agreat story 

and atree with real personality’’, he said. 

‘‘While all six finalists were remarkable 

in their own right, there was something 

about TheChook Tree’s quirky shape and 

downtoearth origin that really struck a 

chord with the public. It is areminder that 

treesdon’t have to be ancient or enormous 

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Go Wireless NZ ... The company’s new premises in the Rangiora Business Hub. 


GoWireless expands business 


Nineteen years ago Dale and Alison 

Robertsstarted their information 

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in their garage at Woodend. 

As they grew, and expanded their 

business, they moved to Kaiapoi, then after 

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Today, the company is aleading supplier 

of wireless networking equipment 

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the South Pacific. 

Last Friday, the couple and their 28 staff 

members officially opened their new 

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further down the road at number 34. 

‘‘It’s double the space and abetter fit,’’ 

says Allison. 

‘‘Our thanks to builder Tuatara 

Structures for putting on the day to thank 

all their subbies and contractors.’’ 

The couple also credit EnterpriseNorth 

Canterburywith helping them on their 

journey that expanded from their garage to 

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buildingand 1886sqm warehouse space. 

Dale says the business was hamstrung in 

the previous building for space and the 

new warehouse will provide the freedom 

to grow. He says it took staff just three days 

to move the 230,000 product items from 

their old premises down the road to 

number 34. 

Tuatara Structures project manager 

Cameron McLean says it started working 

on the site in August 2024. ‘‘We worked 

very closely with Dale and his designers on 

what they wanted in the building and it is 

exciting to see it grow hereinthe business 

hub.’’ 

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officially opened the building, saying it 

was aproud day for Dale and Alison and 

all their staff. ‘‘Thanks for showing your 

confidence in our district. We are right 

behind you and thank you for making such 

ahuge investment in not only your future, 

but in the future of businessand economic 

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Recent media coverage has prompted 

the Canterbury Regional Council to 

proactively engage in the debate on the 

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Environment Canterbury (ECan) held 

aworkshop yesterday (Wednesday, July 

9) to debate possible models for regional 

government. 

The workshop follows comments from 

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and 

Resources Minister Shane Jones 

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Management Act (RMA) reforms. 

ECan chairperson Craig Pauling said 

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‘‘Significant local government and 

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proactively been doing work at our 

council to understand how the reforms 

might impact Canterbury,and what we 

can do to ensure good outcomes forour 

natural resources, our communities and 

our economy.’’ 

Mr Pauling said the workshop will 

give councillors an opportunity to 

discussrepresentation, local voice, and 

what services and regulatory functions 

could be best delivered at anational, 

regional or local level. 

‘‘We’re not going to land on aspecific 

structure, or proposed futurestate. 

‘‘The workshop gave us the 

opportunity to discuss the whole 

ecosystem of local government decision 

making, and to test some ideas with each 

other.’’ 

Deputy chairperson Deon Swiggs said 

the workshop builds on the momentum 

from the May council meeting, where 

councillors reached shared positions on 

key issues for the region. 

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landscapes, and active economies 

present both opportunities and 

responsibilities. 

‘‘We’re aregion shaped by aunique 

environment and strong local 

industries, and require tailored 

approaches to our place.’’ 

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Five people rescued offboat after incidentonMotunau bar 

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anchor about 400m offshore in rocky 

conditions between Motunau Island and 

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Others onboard were able to recoverthe 

person and get them back onboard safely. 

Meanwhile the North Canterbury 

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River base to reach the stricken vessel and 

rescue its five occupants. 

The vessel was spotted by an individual 

near Motunau Beach about 5pm, and 

seeing it in difficulty alerted police. 

Around 8pm, afaint ‘mayday’ distress 

call was heard on VHF channel 63. The 

individuals onboardalso used amobile 

phone while the battery lasted, as well as 

aPersonal Locator Beacon (PLB) and an 

Emergency PositionIndicating Radio 

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At about 8:45 pm, five volunteers from 

CoastguardNorth Canterburyonboard 

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way through the dark, rocky conditions, 

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Breakaway rugby comp proposal ‘elitist’ 

ByDAVID HILL, 


ANorth Canterbury school says a 

proposal by South Island boys 

schools to establish abreakaway 

rugby competition is ‘‘elitist’’ and 

‘‘discriminatory’’. 

Rangiora High School is 

concerned aproposed South 

Island boys first 15 rugby 

competition will be detrimental 

to coed schools. 

The proposed competition 

would comprise up to eight boys 

schools across Canterbury and 

Tasman, and five boys schools in 

Otago and Southland, media 

reports have suggested. 

Rangiora High School board of 

trustees presiding member 

Simon Green the development is 

‘‘deeply concerning’’. 

‘‘As acoed school, we’re 

deeply concernedthat locking 

toplevel rugby behind aboysonly 

door harms inclusivity and 

risks pushing talented players 

away from the very school 

communities where many first 

learned the game at grassroots 

level. 

‘‘This isn’t just about rugby it 

undermines fair competition, 

encourages aggressive 

recruiting, and could fracture the 

spirit of school sport that benefits 

all of our students.’’ 

Around 45 principals from 

Canterbury and West Coast coeducational 

secondary schools 

had come together to speak out 

against the move. 

‘‘We believe it is an attempt to 

be elitist,’’ Rangiora High School 

principalBruce Kearney said. 

Schools behind the initiative 

said they aimedtoexplore 

initiatives including the arts, 

culture,sport and professional 

learning ‘‘designedtofoster 

connection, belonging and pride 

among our young men’’. 

But Mr Kearneysaid it risked a 

promoting male culture, after 

schools have made progress in 

recent years at changing ‘‘sexist 

behaviour’’. 

‘‘Eventhough they are talking 

about improving educational 

outcomesfor boys, it is difficult to 

understand how it will improve 

outcomes, especiallywhen coeducational 

schools have boys 

too. 

‘‘We are not against South 

Island boys schools playing 

against other boys schools, but we 

are against acompetition which 

excludesschools because they 

have girls attending.’’ 

Thecoedschools signed a 

letterlast month which was sent 

to New Zealand Rugby and 

provincialunions asking the 

sport’s leaderstostep in. 

RangioraHigh School’s boys 

first 15 competes in the 

Crusaders schools premiership 

against boys schools including 

Christchurch Boys’ High School, 

Christ’s College,StBede’s 

College,StThomasof 

Canterbury, Shirley Boys’ High 

Stopped in his tracks ... Rangiora High School first 15 player Suliasi Uhatafe is tackled during last year’s 

Miles Toyota Championship rugby final against the Christchurch Boys’ High School second 15 at Rangiora. 

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School, Marlborough Boys’ 

College and Nelson Boys’ 

College. 

Other coed schools in the 

competition include St Andrew’s 

College and acombined Selwyn 

schools team. 

While thereare concerns top 

young rugby players are often 

snapped up by boys schools, Mr 

Kearney said he did not believe it 

has amajor impact on his school. 

‘‘I don’t believe people come to 

our school for rugby. They come 

here because we offer all sorts of 

opportunities.’’ 

One of schools named in the 

breakaway group, Waitaki Boys’ 

High School of Oamaru, recently 

said it had opted out of joining 

the new competition in 2026. 

The school’s rector Darryl 

Paterson cited the financial 

commitment,lack of player depth 

and the amount of time required 

off school as reasons for 

withdrawing for now. 

CanterburyRugby and New 

Zealand Rugby said while they 

did not control schools rugby, 

they had an interest in ensuring 

there were ‘‘accessible and 

inclusive rugby pathways for all 

young people, regardlessofthe 

type of school they attend’’. 

The two unions said they 

hoped to meet with school 

principals to discuss their 

concerns. 

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Funding foryouthjobs significantly less 


LocalDemocracy Reporter 

New contracts have been signed and 

two North Canterbury councilsconfirm 

theyhave significantly less funding to 

support local youth into jobs. 

The Hurunui and Kaikōura district 

councils will receive just $130,000 and 

$100,000 respectively over the next 12 

months to fund their successful 

Mayors’ Taskforce for Jobs (MTFJ) 

programmes, ayouth employment 

scheme. 

The Government is targeting getting 

young people off ajobseekers' benefit, 

which has led to the MinistryofSocial 

Development changing its funding 

criteria for the MTFJ programme. 

It now means instead of helping 

school leavers, the new programmes 

will be primarily supportingthose ona 

jobseekers’benefit. 

Hurunui Mayor Marie Black said her 

council’s new target is to place 15 

young people into sustainable 

employment, with the new measure 

meaning they need to be in the job for 

at leastsix months instead of three 

months. 

Despite asignificant funding cut, Mrs 

Blacksaid she is confident her team 

will surpassthe new target and achieve 

other goals. 

But she admits she is disappointed at 

the changes to the scheme. 

‘‘Thereisabit of atrend. Alot of 

16yearolds are leaving school and 

some are ready for work and others 

need alot more support and we can’t 

let those young people down. 

‘‘The MTFJ programme has really 

reached into the community. Our 

schools understand it and our 

wonderful employers understand it 

and people reach out to see if there’s a 

way to help, and it’s important we keep 

that strength. 

‘‘The part that saddens me the most 

is the scheme was put in place to 

support rural job seekers who were 

disadvantaged by distance, but 

because it has been successful our 

larger neighbours have taken it up. 

‘‘But we won’t lose sight of the 

purpose of the scheme.’’ 

To ensure young school leavers are 

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It is similar to programmes being run 

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funded, with no ratepayer money 

required, Mrs Black said. 

She said the new course will 

complement the MTFJ programme and 

provide support to young people before 

they enter employment or further 

study. 

Kaikōura Mayor Craig Mackle said 

his worst fears were confirmed, as his 

council’s new contract has seen its 

funding slashed from $260,000 to 

$100,000 from July 1. 

‘‘We’ve still got to do what we can, but 

I’m very disappointed. 

‘‘We are going to have to go through 

things with afinetooth comb. 

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see if can pull it off.’’ 

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‘‘We received around 540 pairs of 

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July 31. 

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How-to for beginner gardeners with Shannon Hunt 

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trees in late spring, as bursting blossoms 

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Shootinghoops ... Dylan Moore takes part in the 

wheelchair basketball event at the North Canterbury 

Inclusive Sports festival. 

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Awinning throw ... Brittany Graham, from the Chris 

Ruth Centre in Kaiapoi, competes in the bocciaevent at 

MainPower Stadium on Friday. 

Aiming high ... Jane Howard,ofIdea Services Riccarton, throws 

hoops during the teams challenge activity, one of four activities at 

the festival of inclusive sport. 

Batting practice ... Ryker Saxon (5), of Rangiora, takes part in the 

Loose Parts Play section at the North Canterbury Inclusive Sports 

festival. 

Odds on ... Bruce Hyland, of Idea Services 

Riccarton, tries to make the mark as he throws hoops 

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Gently does it ... Adan (Bucky) Buxton, of Hōhepa 

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Clearing ... Woodend halfback Tenaya Stokes clears from ascrum during her team’s 

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Got you ... Determined defence by Woodend’s captain Caitlin Kennett against Belfast 

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Breaking through ... Belfast's Tokasa Drulidruli tries to 

muscle her way through the Woodend defence led by 

Maddie Bell early on in their women’s match. 

Making abreak ... Belfast's June Manning clears away 

from tackles by Woodend. 

Lofty tackle ... AWānaka player leaps in to tackle aGreen 

Island player during their match at the Alan Fraser Memorial 

Girls Football Tournament last week. 

Sidestep ... AWaimakariri United player competes against 

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girls taking part in the tournament. 

Shot ... An Ōtākaro U16 Girls’ team member aims for the 

cross during her team’s match against Cashmere Technical. 

Ōtākaro came third in the U16 competition. 

Missed me ... AWaimakariri United player steps around a 

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Mayoral support ... Hurunui Mayor Marie Black (left), former Climate ChangeCommission 

chairpersonDrRod Carr, Timaru Mayor Nigel Bowen, Ashburton Mayor Neil Brown, Climate 

Change Minister Simon Watts, Mackenzie Mayor Anne Munro, Christchurch Mayor Phil 

Mauger, Environment Canterbury chairperson Craig Pauling and Waimakariri Mayor Dan 

Gordon launched the Canterbury Climate Partnership Plan in December. 

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Climate change boost 



Arecent study of carbon storage in 

nativeforests could boost the efforts of 

Canterbury’s mayors to address 

climate change. 

The NationalInstitute of Water and 

Atmospheric ResearchLtd (Niwa) 

recently completed astudy of native 

forests and found they could be 

absorbing more carbon dioxide than 

previously thought. 

The Canterbury Mayoral Forum, 

whichbrings together the region’s 

mayors,and Environment Canterbury 

(ECan) havebeen working to address 

climate change,with the forum 

launching the Canterbury Climate 

Partnership Plan in December. 

While more research is needed, 

ECansaid initial indications were 

indigenous forests and some grazed 

pasture areas in the South Island 

could be effective at absorbing carbon. 

‘‘The recent Niwaled study is an 

exciting development in the way we 

look at carbon in the atmosphere and 

the types of ecosystems that absorb 

carbon,’’ an ECan spokespersonsaid. 

ECan adopted its own climate action 

plan last yearand is reviewing its 

forest management strategiesto 

address climate risks and and carbon 

opportunities. 

‘‘We havebacked nativeplanting 

and restoration of ecosystems on 

marginal farmland as it supports 

climate resilience,biodiversity and 

water quality goals,’’ the ECan 

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‘‘We keep up to date with research 

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nature to address the dual climate and 

biodiversity challenges we face. 

‘‘We recognise the importance ofour 

native forests and the multiple 

benefits that native vegetation 

provides, including absorbing 

greenhouse gas emissions and 

improving indigenous biodiversity.’’ 

But Mr Bowen said whileabsorbing 

greenhouse gas emissions willhelp 

the helpthe country meet its 

international emissions reduction 

targets, reducing emissions at source 

remained the priority. 

Niwa atmospheric scientist Dr Beata 

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Bex Green takes reins at NC Fed Farmers 

With an eye to the future, all good 

farmers have asuccession plan —and 

that’s also the case with North 

Canterbury Federated Farmers. 

Karl Dean’s election as national dairy 

chair at the Federated Farmers AGM 

recently sees Bex Green step up as 

North Canterbury’s president. 

‘‘Dairy farming is my passion, but I’m 

really excited that as president I’ll get to 

broaden my horizons and come to grips 

with the issues in meat, wool and arable 

as well,’’ Bex says. 

‘‘In many respects, farmers are 

farmers no matter what we produce. 

Many of the issues, challenges or 

opportunities we have in front of us are 

shared.’’ 

The provincial president role has 

been in Bex’s sights for some time — 

she's just been waiting for the right 

moment for her family and her farming 

business. 

Bex, who contract milks 1000 cows 

with her husband Blair in Culverden, 

was the province’s vicepresident under 

Caroline Amyes. 

When Caroline stepped down in 2022, 

Green’s third child was still atoddler, so 

Karl took over as president. 

Bex stayed on as vicepresident and 

took on the province’s dairy chair role. 

She’s matching Karl stepforstep on 

the national front too. Bex has also just 

been elected national dairy vice chair; 

the role Karl has just vacated. 

Bex was named Federated Farmers 

2024 Dairy Advocate of the Year for her 

leadership on issues such as a 

streamlined path to work in the dairy 

sector for immigrants. 

She is keen on tackling the challenges 

within meat, wool and arable areas. 

‘‘I like to have agoal in front of me. 

That’s what keeps me focused and 

motivated. There’s also plenty of 

supportfor me to call on when Ineed it 

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‘‘Federated Farmers have avery 

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and grow our membership and 

engagement in the community. 

‘‘We’ve gotasolid track record of 

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‘‘Our North Canterbury sheep and 

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Kaiapoirugby player’snew life in Scotland 

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By LINDSAY KERR 

The sight of Josh McKay on the 

sideline of the Oxford /Kaiapoi 

senior rugby match on Sunday 

prompted the question of 

whether he was in hiding for a 

call up to the Scotland rugby 

side that is in New Zealand. 

McKay, aproduct of the 

Kaiapoi Rugby Club, where his 

father Doug, aprevious player, 

is the President. 

Josh has made anew life for 

himself as aprofessional rugby 

player and now plays for the 

Scottish side Glasgow Warriors 

in the British United 

Championship. 

His reply about being on call 

for Scotland, and in hiding 

nearby, was ‘‘no, Iamhome on 

holiday in between the rugby 

seasons. Iwill though be 

eligible for Scotland at the end 

of 2026’’. 

Ironically the day at Oxford 

felt similar to awinters day in 

Glasgow, however there was 

one difference. 

The time here was 4pm, a 

time that Joshsuggested would 

be darkifithad been in 

Scotland. 

His own career, flourished 

when being chosen forthe 

Canterbury NPC side along 

with the New Zealand Under 20 

side. He played four games for 

this national side, along with 15 

for the Highlanders over three 

seasons,two for the Crusaders 

and 50 forthe Canterbury team. 

Playing in the outside backs, 

since 2021 McKay (27) has 

played 68 games for the 

GlasgowWarriors. 

In the 2023/24 season they 

won the United Championship, 

securing afamous victory 

againstthe Bulls at Loftus 

Versfield in South Africa. In 

that season he was awarded the 

‘‘Playerof theSeason’’ forthe 

club. 

He looks forwardtohis 

parents onceagain visiting 

Glasgowand seeing him play. 

‘‘The only time they have 

seen me play forthe Warriors 

was early on, and we suffered a 

heavy defeat,’’ he said. 

Scottishsuccess ... Josh McKay 

holds the trophy for his Scottish 

side Glasgow Warriors which won 

the United Championship in the 

20232024season. PHOTO: SUPPLIED 

Oxford takes last gasp win over Kaiapoi 

RUGBY 

Compiled BY LINDSAY KERR 

Oxford enhanced its position 

on the Luisetti Seeds North 

Canterbury senior rugby table 

last Saturday, with alast gasp 

2519 win over Kaiapoi. 

Inspite of the greasy under 

foot conditions both teams 

played aconstructive style of 

rugby scoring six tries in the 

process. 

Elsewhere Glenmark 

Cheviot comfortably 

accounted for Saracens 468, 

Ohoka beat Woodend 4215 

and Ashley was too good for 

Hurunui winning 337. 

Points to date: Glenmark 

Cheviot 30, Ashley 24, Kaiapoi 

20, Oxford 17, Ohoka 16, 

Hurunui 7, Saracens 5, 

Woodend 1. 

OxfordKaiapoi 

Although the ground 

conditions became greasy, 

there was little wind that 

favoured either side. 

Early exchanges indicated 

therewas little between the 

two sides, and this played out 

forthe 80 minutes. 

Oxford did the attacking in 

the opening exchanges and 

was rewarded with aOscar 

O'Brien try down the left flank 

after 17 minutes. 

It tookKaiapoi 35 minutes to 

open its scoring, when aclever 

try was scored by hooker Josh 

Youngman who beat his 

opponent with abacklike 

dummy pass. 

Oxford No 8Daniel Brooker 

crashed over to score on the 

stroke ofhalf time, and Oxford 

went to the break ahead 127. 

Kaiapoi was onimmediate 

attack fromthe kick off and 

first five eight Taine Jacobs 

Lawson scored in the corner to 

level the scores. 

Oxford duly slotted two 

penalties and held afour point 

advantage until 10 minutes 

from time when Syd Coster 

was rumbled over the line to 

score. 

With five minutes remaining 

Oxford missed ahandy penalty 

attempt that would have put it 

into the lead. 

The momentum was 

retained and with time up on 

the clock, replacement Joshua 

Brown was driven over the line 

to score. 

Hooker Callum Renwick was 

aprominent figure in the 

Oxford line up and Matt 

Roberts directed play well 

from first five eight. 

Number eight Wiremu 

Herewini was to the fore in the 

Kaiapoi effort and Youngmans 

try was one of his teams 

highlights. 

Oxford 25 (Oscar O'Brien, Dan 

Brooker and Joshua Brown 

tries; Jack Murtagh 2 

conversions and 2penalties) 

beat Kaiapoi 19 (Josh 

Youngman, Syd Coster tries; 

Taine JacobsLawson try and 2 

conversions). 

GlenmarkCheviot 

vSaracens 

It was very wet underfoot at 

Omihi after the recent rain. 

Saracens came out firing and 

with abit of ill discipline from 

GlenmarkCheviot, the visitors 

took a3nil lead thanks to a 

penalty by Oscar Burney. 

The hosts then settled into 

their work grafting away 

through the forwards before 

Ethan McDuff put Archie 

McBride away to open the 

hosts’ scoring. 

GlenmarkCheviot then 

found momentum leading to 

Ethan McDuff finding space 

and running in along range 

individual try. 

Although the field was 

starting to rip up both teams 

still tried to play running 

rugby, with, at times the last 

pass hitting the ground. 

Stand outs for Saracens was 

half back Oscar Burney who 

had agreat battle with 

opposite Jordy Gray. 

Willy Kerr also tried hard 

forthe visitors. 

For GlenmarkCheviot 

Ethan McDuff was Man ofthe 

Match. 

He was supported well by 

Hayden O’Donnell in his 100th 

appearance. Hamish Gibb also 

worked tirelessly both on 

attack and defence. 

Glenmark 46 (Archie McBride 

2, Ethan McDuff 2, Andrew 

Zuppicich, Jordy Gray, Guy 

Jensen, Nick Hyde tries; 

Cruickshank 3conversions) 

beat Saracens 8(Giles atry; 

Oscar Burney penalty). 

Ashley vHurunui 

Ashley 33 (Matt Couch, Josh 

Duckworth, Louis James, Jack 

Regan tries; Josh Langridge 

try and 3conversions, Callan 

Elvines conversion) beat 

Hurunui 7 (Digby Heard atry, 

Logan Topp conversion). 

OhokaWoodend 

Ohoka 42 (Narto Fifita 2, Kafu 

Misiuata 2, Josh Borkcoskie, 

Tana Faitohonu tries; Scott 

Allin 3conversions, Taylor 

Direen 3conversions) beat 

Woodend 15(Shuto Nobuhara, 

Jayden Stokes, Aaron 

Karouria tries). 

Next Saturday Saracens 

meets Oxford, Kaiapoi plays 

GlenmarkCheviot, Ohoka v 

Ashley and Hurunui will play 

Woodend. 

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Jazzing up fundraising 

Lovers of jazz are encouraged to get in 

behind Rangiora High School’s jazz band. 

The band of six is holdingafundraising 

concert on Thursday,July 17, as the 

students prepare to participateinthe 

MarlboroughSouthern Jam youth jazz 

festival from August 6to9. 

The school’s head of music Sophia 

Bidwell says it is the first time the school 

is sending aband. 

‘‘It is really afestival of music. The band 

will be playing at aprimary school and 

have anumber of gigs throughout the 

week. 

‘‘They will do aworkshop and get some 

feedback and the festival finishes witha 

gala concert.’’ 

Having ajazz bandisnew the school, 

with the first such band only formed last 

year. 

It is led by Luke Belcher, aparttime 

teacher at the school. 

Music is growing in popularity at the 

school with more and more students 

taking the subject each year,MsBidwell 

says. 

As it is expensive to send aband to 

Southern Jam, the students have been 

busy busking on High Street, running a 

sausage sizzle, completing astocktake at 

The Warehouse and next week’s concert. 

Bass guitarist Lola Halliwell (17), has 

been playing electric bass for two years 

and took up doublebass last year. 

‘‘I just love being able to play music,’’ 

she says. 

Lola says she has put abig focus on 

music this year and admits it is a 

challenge to balance it with her school 

work and other commitments. 

Matt Monk (15) has been playing the 

electric guitar since year8. 

‘‘When you are playing solo you can 

express your feelings,’’hesays. ‘‘It’s hard 

to explain. It brings me peace.’’ 

Matt says he has given up basketball to 

concentrate on music and thanks his 

Hitting ahigh note ... Lola Halliwell (17) 

and Matt Monk (15) are gearing up for the 

Southern Jam youth jazz festival being held 

in Marlborough next month. PHOTO: SUPPLIED 

parents for driving him around his gigs. 

It is abusy year for the pair, as they 

were also part of aschool rock band which 

featured in Rockquest, whileMatt is also 

avocalist withacombined Rangiora and 

Kaiapoi high schools band. 

The fundraising concert will be held in 

the school hall from 7pm to 9.30pm on 

Thursday, July 17, and will feature other 

school bands. 

Tickets are $10. Go to events.humanitix. 

com/rhsjazzband. 

Maintenance... Kylie, amechanic with Rangiora MotorGroup,demonstrates how to 

check fluids in the engine at the ‘Girls Can Do Car Maintenance’ evening held there. 


Car course popular 


Learning how to change atyre, check your 

vehicle's fluids, or jump start acar using 

jumper leads were some of the many 

topics covered in a‘Girls Can Do Car 

Maintenance’ evening that attracted over 

30 participants of all ages to alocal garage 

last week. 

Organisers of the 'Girls Can Do Car 

Maintenance' evening say all 40 spots 

snapped up when advertised. 

Waimakariri District Council road 

safety coordinator Peter Daly says he was 

impressed by the numbers who applied 

and turned up for the twohour training 

and information seminar held last 

Tuesday evening.. 

‘‘This is the first time we have run one 

of these in the Waimakariri district, and 

with the help of the Waimakariri District 

Council,Rangiora Motor Group, and 

Zonta, it has been agreat success.’’ 

He says it is clear there is astrong 

interest in learning the basics of car care 

in afriendly, handson setting in 

Rangiora. 

Judith Paget, president of the Zonta 

Club of Waimakariri, said the event was 

held within asupportive atmosphere for 

women to learn about caring for their 

motor vehicles. 

‘‘It is an excellent idea and Iampleased 

to see such awide variety of women here 

of all ages, keen to learn and ask questions 

of the wonderful people here at the 

Rangiora Motor Group.’’ 

Mechanics from the Rangiora Motor 

Group, in Southbrook, covered many 

aspects of what to look for when checking 

vehicles, how to check oil and brake fluid 

levels, how to change the battery, proper 

vehicle safety, where the spare wheel is 

located and how to safely change it on the 

side of aroad. 

Participants went from station to 

station with 15 minutes allocated to each 

presenter before alight snack was served, 

and each received agoodie bag. 

Participant Sandy Gottermeyer, a 

teacher at Rangiora High School, says she 

hasn’t changed atyre since she was 18, 

and it was agood chance to learn those 

skills all over again. 

‘‘I didn’t realise that you can still do so 

much to check your vehicle’s health, and 

this seminar has been well worth it,’’ she 

says. 

Mr Daly says he was very pleased with 

the turnout, and as demand was so high, 

he is working with the supporters to plan 

another seminar evening in the future. 

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• Visit aservice centre at Rangiora, Oxford 

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If your multi-year dog tag needs tobereplaced, you 

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To update your details and topay your annual 

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On Friday 11 July from 10-11am, join us for a 

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This isn't your typical herb garden, think native, lowgrowingplantsthathelpsupport 

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Led byour passionate biodiversity team, this 

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Free event. Postponement date Wednesday 16July. 

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Thursday 10 July –Sunday 17 August 

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Alcohol Control Bylaw comes into 

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Council adopted the Alcohol Control Bylaw 2025 on 

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at 10.00 am. 

The bylaw,controls the consumption, bringing into,or 

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ANNUAL DOG REGISTRATION FEES 

2025/2026 YEAR 

The Hurunui District Council has fixed the following dog registration fees 

for the period 1July 2025 to 30 June 2026.All fees are GST inclusive. 

REGISTRATION FEES: 

Standard domestic dog $50.00 

Responsible dog owner category $35.00 

Working dog $35.00 

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If registrations are not completed by1September 2025 a50% penalty fee 

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Dogs are not considered registered until full fees, asapplicable, have 

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in July. 

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