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Where the magic happens: Selwyn cheesemaker Anna Moorhead’s business Gruff Junction has picked up a national award for its earthquake themed ‘Darfield’ goats cheese. The business is run from her father’s farm near Springston South. Photo: Tom Doudney

A CHEESE inspired by the September 4, 2010, earthquake has earned a small Selwyn business one of the country’s top cheese awards.

Gruff Junction’s ‘Darfield’ cheese, named after the Darfield earthquake, won the Champion Original Cheese Award at the recent New Zealand Champions of Cheese awards in Auckland.

The cheese is a white mould pyramid on the surface but after cutting through the outer rind, a black ash ‘fault-line’ resembling a seismograph is revealed.

The business is run by Anna Moorhead from her father’s 70 acre farm, near Springston South, which is home to the 250

goats from which the cheese is sourced. Just one other cheesemaker and a factory hand help with the entire operation.

Ms Moorhead said the earthquake related troubles of former colleague Kirsty Schmutsch, who had since moved to Australia, had provided the inspiration behind the cheese.

“Her house was destroyed in the quake in September and the epicentre was at Darfield,” she said.

“Her husband’s restaurant fell down so everything was going a bit pear shaped and she wanted to do something positive so we came up with the Darfield.”

Since the business started in 2007, Gruff

Junction cheeses have previously been finalists a number of times at the annual award ceremony and a category winner once before in 2010.

Despite that, Ms Moorhead said she was “blown away” with the win and it couldn’t have come at a better time. Things had been tough in Christchurch since the earthquakes and the recognition could help the business reach other markets.

“We’ve started to get one eye on Australia but we still only produce four to five tonnes of cheese a year so we’ll always be boutique,” she said.

“We’re wanting to work smarter not harder. We want to keep quite a small operation.”

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Meeting the troops: The Governor-General of Australia, Quentin Bryce, centre, spoke with commanding officer of Youth Development Unit Brett Marshall, right, during her visit to Burnham Military Camp last week.

Ms Bryce was accompanied on her visit to Christchurch and Selwyn district by the Governor General of New Zealand Sir Jerry Mateparae, left.Brigadier Sean Trengrove said the visit was a great honour and privilege.

“Her Excellency Ms Quentin Bryce has a personal interest in youth at risk; hence, her visit,” he said.

“We were able to show her Excellency how the skills and culture the New Zealand Defence Force applies in training for military operations can be applied to enhancing the life skills of young New Zealanders who are at risk.”

Ms Bryce also visited Lincoln University during the trip to learn about trans-Tasman agricultural research projects.

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AN honours board bearing the names of Broadfield’s fallen World War II soldiers will be returned to the community.

The board, which bears the name of 13 Broadfield soldiers, has been hanging in the Paparoa Templeton RSA building for more than a decade.

Tomorrow it will be handed over to representatives of the Broadfield District Community Centre Committee.

Committee chairperson Brent Cowan said the existence of the board had been discovered from reading the minutes of former committee meetings.

It had been moved from the community board to the RSA at some stage prior to the year 2000 due to the centre having fallen into a state of disrepair.

However, the centre had since been repaired and was becoming more of a focus point again.

“There has been a stronger focus on the Anzac Day commemorations and honour those that

have gone before us and the community centre is becoming more of a hub so it seemed appropriate for it to come back,” Mr Cowan said.

The fact that many of those whose names were on the board would have been taught in the community centre, which was formerly a school, made it particularly appropriate for it to be displayed there.

“We’ve lost enough from the past and we want some of it back if we can,” he said. “It provides links to the families that are still within the community as well.”

Paparoa Templeton RSA president David Sands said the board had been in poor condition when it arrived at the RSA but had been refurbished since then.

It would be handed back at the conclusion to present local RSA members and other servicemen with their New Zealand Defence Service Medals at the RSA tomorrow night.

“It just seemed to be a very suitable time to incorporate the return of the board,” he said.

Broadfield honours board coming homeTom Doudney

Welcoming the visitors: Darfield High School’s relationship with Yubetsu School in Japan and Yubetsu District’s relationship with Selwyn District is marked with an annual visit to Darfield by a group from Japan. Sumi Hayakawa, Darfield High School’s Japanese teacher, liaises with the school and the visitors, as well as between both councils. For this year’s visit students from Yubetsu School stayed with families of Darfield High School students, attended classes and enjoyed sightseeing and taking part in many of the activities the region has to offer. Mr Matsuda and Mr Matsushita from the Yubetsu town office accompanied the students on their visit.

Cultural exchange builds friendshipsOn tour: New Zealand country singer Dennis Marsh considers himself honoured to work with That’s Country alumni Suzanne Prentice. Photo: Tania Butterfied

TV show tour recalls golden times

IT was a show that took New Zealand, by storm in the 1970s and early 1980s and That’s Country – The Tour newcomer Dennis Marsh can’t be-lieve he is part of the show’s revival.

“I’m really performing with legends,” Mr Marsh said before the That’s Country show at the Aurora Centre on Monday night.

The television show screened for seven years between 1976 and 1983 and was the first New Zealand television programme to sell into the American market.

It launched New Zealand country singers The Topp Twins, Ray Columbus and Suzanne Pren-tice into the limelight of the New Zealand music industry.

Mr Marsh said he was invited by the tour pro-ducers to join That’s Country icons Ms Prentice, Toni Williams, Ray Columbus and Jade Hurley on the tour as a guest artist.

“Every show on the series they had invited a guest. The guest would normally come from overseas so I was really, really surprised but very honoured to come on board as the guest,” he said.

Mr Marsh’s album Maori Songbook debuted on the New Zealand charts on March 14 last year. By April 4 the album ranked number one.

Country music was always part of his house-hold growing up, he said.

“Then all of a sudden I’m singing country mu-sic. It was something I didn’t think I would get into.”

His main influences were Elvis Presley and Marty Robbins.

“I loved the look- the black hat and black suit. It was kind of what I wore growing up on a farm and riding horses.”

But while Mr Marsh was aware of the “leg-end” status of his co-stars, he believed he fitted in quite nicely.

“Last year I was given an award for New Coun-try Legend, so I’m probably a country legend at the moment as well. I just feel so honoured to be part of this [That’s Country the Tour].”

Tour producer Stewart Macpherson said the show featured a tribute to CTV managing direc-tor Murray Wood who was the musical director on the series.

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DRIVERS travelling along Days Rd near Springston South over the last few months have been captivated by a strange scene gradually evolving on the road side.

It all revolves around a family of dummies, who have appeared one by one on the road side.

According to nearby resident Robyn Anderson, it all began a few months ago when an old chair was dumped upside down on the grass berm, near the intersection with Powells Rd. A few days later, the chair was turned upright and then over the next few weeks, things began to get more interesting.

First, a male dummy stuffed with straw appeared in the chair, then a second chair

appeared, which was later occupied by a female dummy. Next, a pram was added to the scene, followed after a few more days by a baby dummy. The most recent addition was a road cone with a flower in it, which appeared around February 22, the anniversary of the 2011 earthquake.

Ms Anderson said she drove down Days Rd several times a week and the scene always brightened her day.

“When the man first appeared, we were highly amused and then it just grew and so you kind of drove past with interest.”

She had asked other locals if anyone knew who was behind the display, but no-one had answers.

Happy family: The evolving scene on Days Rd. Photo: Tom Doudney

Strange scene greets Days Rd driversTom Doudney

AFTER a week of orientation, Lincoln University students were officially welcomed on to campus last week by vice-chancellor Professor Roger Field to kick off the academic year.

Professor Field said that whilst final student numbers were not yet available, a significant increase in numbers of students studying in agriculture was evident.

“The most significant increase is notably in

our agriculture and life sciences faculty, which shows a nearly eight per cent increase over last year and 35 per cent up on 2010,” he said.

“All 2011 Lincoln University agriculture graduates had secured jobs by the end of the year, with some having multiple offers. However, New Zealand does still need more people to choose a career in the land-based industries, which are so essential to the national economy.”

Sweet treats: Lincoln University students enjoy some candyfloss during orientation.Photo: David Hollander

Lincoln University welcomes students’ return

TWO schools in the Selwyn District are set to get ultra fast broadband by the end of the year.

Greendale School and Hororata School along with Halswell and Oaklands Schools will be connected to ultra fast broadband through the Government’s Rural Broadband Initiative which was launched last year.

The initiative means most rural schools will be able to ultra-fast broadband at speeds of 100 mega-bites per second.

Halswell Primary School principal Bruce Topham said he was told last week that the school was expected to be connected to the network before June.

Workers had already started laying out the cable in the area, he said.

“It’s very exciting,” Mr Topham said.“It [our internet] can be quite slow especially

during the peak hours when people in the area are all using it as well. When all the computers are on at the same time, it does slow the

network down tremendously.”Computer technology was integrated into

a large part of the school’s curriculum, and communication and general administration of the school was conducted online or via email, he said.

Greendale School principal Matthew Thompson said the ultra fast broadband would make a “huge difference” to his school.

“A huge part of our learning programme is online. It means we can use our teaching tools to their full potential,” he said.

“We have got the tools but we’re held back by slow broadband. It’s like a river being cut down to a dribble. You can’t do much with it.”

The school recently ordered interactive whiteboards. The introduction of fast broadband meant teachers could prepare their lessons at home and use video clips off YouTube to compliment their lessons, Mr Thompson said.

Fast broadband for Selwyn schoolsTania Butterfield

Massive milk silo to be installed at DarfieldTHE biggest silo ever made in a New Zealand workshop and transported in one piece will roll out of the Mercer Stainless manufacturing plant in Christchurch tomorrow morning and make its way to Darfield.

The 500,000-litre silo, which weighs 28 tonnes empty, will be transported 48kms to Fonterra’s new dryer factory at Darfield. The road trip is expected to take nearly four hours.

Ross Coppard, branch manager of the Mer-cer Christchurch operation, said the giant silo was one of 22 of varying sizes being built for Fonterra’s site, an order worth several million dollars to the company.

“We started work on the first of the silos back in September 2010 and are now getting to the end of the order, which has been a substantial one for the company. South Island dairy is very

buoyant at present and as the largest stainless steel fabricator in the region we are optimistic about the future in this sector,” he said.

The silo, which stands 22 metres tall with a diameter of 5.8 metres, is too large to load on to a truck in the factory. It has to be taken out by crane for loading on to the truck out in the yard.

It will take about four hours to load the silo on to the truck, then several more hours to secure the tank and put a skid pipe on top.

“We will leave the factory before 3am Friday as we have to be off the road by 6.30am.”

Once at the site, it will take Mercer Stainless a day to erect the silo and three more days to complete assembly. The silo will be used to col-lect the raw milk from tankers before it goes into the factory for processing.

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There’s a story about a farmer who flagged down a woman driving a convertible BMW on a country road and called over to her, from his ute, “fat cow…”

Before he could finish his sentence, she’d made a rude sign and called him something unprintable that suggested he wasn’t married.

She revved up her flash car and shot around the corner, driving straight into a fat cow being driven down the road and wrote off her car.

The point is that no-one listens to farmers.

Whether the fancy coffee drinkers like it or not, the majority of our income as a nation still comes from the land. Yup, the country still lives from the produce grown out of the city limits.

While many think the rural areas are just bits that keep the towns apart, and let’s face it that buffer is getting smaller and smaller, few realise what happens in that green zone.

Now, in this world of international produce being winged into our supermarkets all year round, few give a thought about their rural cousins with mud on their boots.

Farmers try to explain that they work very hard, but sadly the image of flash cars and holidays overseas still lingers from the 1950s.

They try to explain that the weather is a very mean mistress, but those tucked up in their nests, with their heat pumps on 22 degrees, can’t be expected to understand.

Farmers try to point out that when produce such as vegetables are in season, there’s a glut, so the prices plummet; and when there isn’t a glut, the supermarkets often use it as a loss leader and screw the prices right down for the growers.

Farmers will explain to anyone who will listen about the qualities and benefits of wool, but fashion leads the consumers into the field of synthetics.

Consumers wallow in the luxury of low prices for meat that have stayed low for years and years, but will scream abuse at the mere hint

of café coffee prices increasing. When the market does recognise the meat

producers, there’s an urban swing away from red meat that would make your head spin.

Try to get someone to listen to you when you want to tell them that it costs a lot to produce a leg of lamb and that there are a raft of others who ‘click the ticket’.

The response is basically, “tell someone who cares”.

Have we become a self-centred society who has turned the farming community into second-class citizens?

We may never know unless the rest of New Zealand starts listening to the farmers about what is really going on out there and takes pride in what we produce.

The funny thing is, though, look at the number of small holdings there are as people pretend they are farmers, and how many four-wheel drive vehicles are on our city streets.


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No-one listens to the farmers

LINCOLN University has appointed Andy West to be its new vice-chancellor from mid-April.

The former chief executive of two crown research institutes - Geological & Nuclear Sciences and AgResearch, West will take over the role from Roger Field who announced his intention to retire last August.

West’s career spans education, science and innovation, agriculture, process manufacturing and tourism, following a BSc in Ecology from the University of Westminster and a PhD from the Council for National Academic Awards prior to immigrating to New Zealand.

He was also instrumental in the establishment and early leadership of the New Zealand Tertiary Education Commission and in running the New Zealand Qualifications Authority.

Lincoln chancellor Tom Lambie said an international executive search process

had taken place over the summer. Given recent Canterbury earthquakes and the need to increase land-based productivity, the university was “fortunate to have been able to secure the skills of Dr West for this role,” he said.

Dr West received the Royal Society’s Thomson Medal for outstanding contributions to the development of science and technology in 2008, an honorary fellowship of Waikato Institute of Technology in 2009 and most recently, a Companionship of the Royal Society of New Zealand in 2010.

Dr West said Lincoln had a well-earned global reputation.

“Lincoln University is New Zealand’s only specialist university and the only university to be located in the countryside, true to the spirit of its land-based specialisation,” Dr West said. “Long may that continue.”

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LEESTON’S business community isn’t getting worked up over the Selwyn District Council’s list of potentially earthquake-prone buildings, despite 11 of the 37 buildings being in the town.

The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) has already sent letters to the owners of the buildings concerned, giving them eight weeks to have independent engineering reports completed to assess whether they should be considered earthquake-prone.

Eight of the 11 buildings in Leeston are on High St, the town’s main street, but Leeston Business Association member Sarah Crozier said tenants and business owners were not worried about the situation at this stage and were just waiting to see how things panned out.

“It’s a big number of buildings for a small town, but until the reports come, it might not mean a

lot,” she said.“None of them may need to

close. They just might need further work on them.”

The Hillyers building, one of those on the list, houses four businesses including Matson & Allan Real Estate. Matson & Allan’s Leeston branch manager Stephan Knowler said the building owner previously had engineering reports completed and assured him they were favourable.

“We obviously hope it doesn’t get pulled down and we’ve always felt quite safe in there,” he said.

“I’ve sat in there through some pretty big earthquakes and I’ve got no qualms about being in there. It feels extremely solid to me, being a triple brick building, but I guess the authorities will let us know.”

The Building Act (2004) defines an earthquake-prone building as one that is at risk of collapse in a moderate earthquake or which does not meet at least 33 per cent of the current building code.

Tom Doudney

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New venture: Leeston based artist Melissa Sharplin will open a new café and gallery in the town this month.Studio87 will open on March 19 and feature works by Ms Sharplin and fellow local artist Anneke Stewart who is also working at the café.Ms Sharplin, who has held exhibitions in New Zealand, Australia and England, moved from Christchurch to Leeston in April last year, after the February 22 earthquake destroyed her studio opposite the ChristChurch Cathedral.She was excited about opening the café and gallery.“I had heaps of support, obviously a little nervous, but I’ve had heaps of positive support and I can’t wait to just see what happens.”A grand opening and art exhibition featuring works on paper by Ms Sharplin and Ms Stewart will be held on May 4.

Artist to open gallery in Leeston

New arrivals: Five-year-old Leeston Consolidated School pupils Jacqueline Hardcastle, Noah Alexander, Jack Hague, Byron Stephens, Emily Price, Myles Adams, and Matthew Pfister were welcomed to the school on January 31.

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DOYLESTON’S Osborne Park will celebrate its centennial on Sunday with displays, activities of the past and the opening of a new playground.

The Ellesmere Historical Society shows from minutes records that a meeting was called in January 1910 to discuss ways and means of gaining a grant from the Ellesmere Domains Board for a badly needed recreation ground for Doyleston.

In October 1910 a meeting was held following the donation of five acres by local resident Mr Job Osborne. Donation of the land came with one stipulation - the ground was not to be abused on Sundays.

Mr Osborne wanted the domain kept so that any lady or gentleman could promenade there without witnessing the desecration of the Sabbath. It was decided that the domain would be called Osborne Park.

A wooden bridge was built to provide access over the drain into the park followed by an archway over each of the small gates, one bearing the words Coronation May 1911, the other George V. These gates are now listed with the New Zealand

Heritage Trust. A review of the minutes show many uses have

been made of the park including football, cricket, hockey, basketball, tennis and for some years in the 1950s motor car and motor cycle racing.

A well was bored to give an independent water supply and buildings erected including a grandstand, pavilion, toilets, secretary’s office and dressing room and a Peace Memorial recognising the Great War.

The community is busy collecting memorabilia of the township to add to displays of vintage machinery and vehicles at the park on Sunday.

Vintage games and BMX races along with the wearing of period costumes from the 1900s onwards will contribute to the atmosphere. Visitors are encouraged to share their stories and hear those of others about past endeavours in Doyleston over the last 100 years.

Selwyn mayor Kelvin Coe along with Job Osborne’s great great grandson Simon Osborne will unveil a centennial plaque and open the new playground at 1pm.

Doyleston’s Osborne Park to celebrate centennial

Welcoming: Osborne Park’s historic bridge and heritage gates still greet visitors as they did 100 years ago.

THE development director of Porters Ski Field says he does not know what would have happened to the Crystal Valley land the com-pany acquired in a land swap had commission-ers not approved the ski field development.

Commissioners gave the company the nec-essary consents and plan changes for the $500 million proposal to expand Porters Ski Area into Crystal Valley and build a year-round alpine village at the foot of the ski area last week.

Australian company Blackfish which owns the Porters Ski Field purchased two pieces of high conservation land to give to the Depart-ment of Conservation in exchange for the land in Crystal Valley and to obtain freehold for the

village site.Porters development director Michael Sleigh

said they talked with the department about their expansion plans right from the start and agreed to purchase and restore two high con-servation value indigenous forestry sites in exchange for the Crystal Valley land, he said.

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They committed $400,000 over 10 years to restoring Lords Bush and are currently nego-tiating the cost of restoring Steep Head Gully with the department.

Restoration work began at Lords Bush 18 months ago despite the company not gain-ing resource consent for the project until last week.

Already 1000 trees have been planted as part of the restoration programme and pest

and weed control initiatives had also started in the area.

Mr Sleigh said the land exchange was not conditional on the company gaining consents for the ski field expansion and he did not know what would have happened had com-missioners turned down the resource consent application.

“I guess we were confident we would get resource consent but it wasn’t guaranteed.

We believed in the project and so did a lot of the community (we received over 2250 submissions in favour of it).

We put some weight on that people in Sel-wyn had been very supportive and we were really humbled by their support.”

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Last year, the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee, part of the Canterbury Water Management Strategy, supported an ongoing joint project between Selwyn District Council (SDC) and Waihora Ellesmere Trust (WET) adjoining the Hororata River at Mitchells Road. This project increases native biodiversity in an area with very little remaining indigenous vegetation. Around 13,500 plants were planted on the site.

WET manager Adrienne Lomax said the grant from the zone committee allowed them to secure the gains they had made at this site.

“As the plants at this site continue to mature, it is going to be a great place for people to visit, enjoy, and see what can be achieved by reintroducing native plants into this area,” she said.

The committee has identified the Hororata River Catchment as a priority for supporting biodiversity protection projects through the Immediate Steps Funding programme for the next four years.

The committee has funding of up to $100,000 per year to support on the ground

actions focusing on protecting and connecting springs and wetlands with remnant native biodiversity values.

Examples of projects that may be supported by funding are fencing out of springs or wetlands, weed control in wetlands, and planting to improve habitats for native fish populations.

Landowners in the Hororata River Catchment are encouraged to contact Donna Woodley (0272 256396, [email protected]) if they have any wetlands, springs, or streams on their properties where this fund may be able to support protection or enhancement.

Improving biodiversity in Selwyn-Waihora

Finish in sight: Selwyn district mayor Kelvin Coe and Colby Currie, 10, arrived at Prebbleton Domain on Sunday after completing the Mayoral Challenge bike ride along the ‘rail trail’ from Lincoln Primary School.

The event was part of Selwyn District Council’s Bikewise Month, which runs from February 20 to March 18.

Around 50 cyclists of various ages participated despite wet and windy conditions.

The morning’s Children’s Day activities were cancelled, but the Lincoln Guides put on a sausage sizzle.

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Expansion underway: Selwyn District Council’s representative Tim Ure and project engineer Werner Du Plessis inspect plans onsite at the Pines II Waste Water Treatment Plant near Rolleston. Work on the $28 million new plant is picking up, with earthworks now complete and construction underway. Work is due to be completed in mid-November. The plant will serve about 30,000 people initially and help cope with growth in eastern Selwyn including Rolleston, Prebbleton, Lincoln, West Melton and Springston.

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Libraries receive internet boostLIbRaRIEs in the Selwyn District received a boost to their internet systems this week.

The free internet system has been running for nearly four years offering two mega bits per second (mbps) download speeds.

On Monday they installed a wired solution through the phone lines which means the libraries can now offer up to 20mbps download speeds and 9mbps upload speeds.

Selwyn Libraries manager Glen Walker said the internet was “easily the fastest public internet access anywhere around”.

Access to the internet was still free through wireless or using the library computer, he said.

Local manufacturer donates $9,000 worth of garage doors to Canterbury groups in need.CHARITIES, community groups and sports clubs in the Canterbury region will have their storage or parking dilemmas solved if they win one of two fully installed garage doors being donated by local manufacturer B&D Doors.The promotion, a partnership between B&D Doors, Mainland Press, and its new title Selwyn View, gives charities, sports clubs and community groups the chance to win one of two garage door and automatic opener packages. Valued at up to $4500, the prize-winning packages will each be supplied and installed by B&D Doors’ dealerships, Garador and Dominator.Announcing the promotion, B&D Doors New Zealand country manager Tim Dalzell said the company was delighted to be able to give something back to Canterbury.“We know there are community groups still in need – either due to quake damage, or because the charity dollar has been harder to find this past year.”

Groups simply have to put in 250 words why they are most deserving, and submit their entry plus photos to Mainland Press by March 19. Entries will be judged by Mr Dalzell, Selwyn District mayor Kelvin Coe, and Mainland Press special projects manager Gareth Bines.“We’ve been a proud local manufacturer for many years, employing 70 people at our Bromley site,” Mr Dalzell said. “Our factory was hit hard in February 2011 but with everyone pulling together, and great support from suppliers, distributors and customers, we were back into full production within a week and have managed to retain all jobs on site.“It’s an achievement we’re proud of when so many businesses are forced to question their ability to stay in the region.”So, if your group or club is sick of that drafty, leaky or jammed garage door, put pen to paper and send your entry plus photos in to [email protected] by March 19 and be in to win.

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Is your charity, sports club or community group in need of a new garage door?B&D Doors, leading local manufacturer of Garador and Dominator, are generously donating two fully installed garage door and opener packages valued up to $4,500 each to sports clubs, community groups or charities in the Canterbury region that can present the most compelling case.How to enter:Simply write and tell us why your group deserves to win. Be as creative as you like with your entry and include photos, but it must be no more than 250 words. Email your entries to [email protected] competition closes on Monday 19th March, so get your entries in fast!Judges:Tim Dalzell, Country Manager NZ, B&D Doors, Kelvin Coe - Mayor Selwyn District Council,& Gareth Bines - Special Publications & Projects, Mainland Press.

B&D Doors are New Zealand’s leading manufacturer of residential and industrial garage doors and openers, available nationwide through its Garador and Dominator dealer networks. With products known to meet the toughest tests for performance, long life and durability, B&D Doors is a proud Christchurch manufacturer.

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EQC Update

EQC has completed most of its assessments in the residential white-zone areas of the Port Hills. EQC Canterbury Event Manager, Reid Stiven, says any properties that remain to be assessed will most certainly have Council section 124 notices on them.

“Our teams have mostly finished assessments in the Port Hills area. We have been running a programme that allows us to complete the initial assessment on most homes with section 124 notices. Due to the notices, there is only so far we can take these claims, but at least people know that we have pushed them as far as they can go in the system.”

Mr Stiven says that although there are many issues in the Port Hills area, settling claims is a relatively straight forward 4-5 step process for EQC. This is unlike some of the flat areas in the east of the city where the scale of the liquefaction damage and continuing seismic activity pose many ongoing problems.

“The Port Hills issues are bread and butter for us in terms of settlement. Rock-fall, cliff-collapse and landslides are issues that we deal with every year around New Zealand.

“Where there are no issues with life-risk, Council notices have been removed and the land is zoned Green then we are in a good position to move forward and settle with homeowners.

“People do however need to be aware of a few issues around land, particularly retaining walls. The Earthquake Commission Act provides indemnity cover for retaining walls, not replacement cover. This means EQC pays out the value of the wall when it was damaged – not the cost of building a brand new retaining wall or the total current cost of the wall.”

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White zone updates TC3 geotechnical assessmentsLast month we advised that geotechnical assessment for the building claims on TC3 properties with foundation damage begins this month.

The assessment, which involves on-site testing and off-site geotechnical analysis, is to get the foundation repair/replacement exactly right, and is a Department of Building and Housing requirement.

The assessment is needed for any repair or rebuild to foundations, regardless of whether the house claim is being managed by EQC or a private insurer. EQC will contact homeowners before inspections begin so you can allow us access, keep pets secure, etc.

Keeping you informed

With an average of 80 home repairs completed per day, the Canterbury Home Repair Programme is well underway.

Over 10,000 full repairs have been completed to-date and as at 28th February, 16,920 are currently being scoped, priced or are under construction. Our priority is for repairs over $50,000 to be completed by June 2013.

Eighty percent of all repairs will be completed by the end of 2014. Priority will also be given to the vulnerable in the community.

Remember, Fletcher EQC will contact you when they are ready to start work on your home. Home owners who’s houses are being repaired by Fletcher EQR will be contacted by their local hub to arrange a scoping meeting.

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Pedalling on: Georgia Millar finished the women’s race.

JUST over 200 hardy cyclists defied wet and windy conditions to ride in the inaugural Ride the Rakaia race on Saturday.

Although 239 people had registered, only 205 competed on the day, which race director John Moore put down to the conditions. He said it had been a great turnout considering the race was in its first year and had only been organised in the last few months.

“We’re pretty rapt in the first year to have that many partake because basically in November there was no Ride the Rakaia,” he said.

Cyclists began with a controlled ride over State Highway One’s Rakaia Bridge, which was temporarily closed for their safety. From their, they headed inland up to the Two Gorges Bridge where they again crossed bridge before heading to Methven and then on to the race finish in Rakaia.

Simon Acker became the event’s first winner with a time of two hours, 49 minutes and 22 seconds.

Mr Moore said the race had gone very well. “When the race started it wasn’t raining but the rain

came in after that. It was a really good challenge for everyone, they seemed to enjoy it.”

Mr Moore said organisers were hoping to make the race an annual event and grow it to attract 1000 competitors.

He said the fact the Ride the Rakaia Facebook page had more than 1300 followers on Facebook was positive.

Cyclists battle weather in Rakaia eventTom Doudney

Rewards reaped: Prize-winning children from a scavenger hunt at Lincoln University’s nature picnic on Sunday received a swan plant for their efforts. During the picnic, staff and students from the university’s ecology department spent time helping primary school-aged children learn about nature.

Among other activities were talks by experts on subjects including ‘getting to know your good beasties in the garden’, a cycle ride to an organic farm, and identifying bugs and plants. During the event, there were ten fun activity stations around campus.

The university is now looking at making this an annual event after some good feedback from members of the public such as Rach O’Carroll.

“I brought my four children along, who range in age from six to 15,” she said. “They all had a great time. My daughter won a beautiful insect book and a swan plant for the scavenger hunt.”

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earthquake affected communities, more than 1,000 contracting firms and 500 project management staff co-ordinating the work. About 11,000 people – contractors and staff – have been inducted to the programme at this point. Our client EQC has set us a tough target – to finish 80 percent of the estimated 100,000 homes in the repair programme by the end of 2014.

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Burnham Country Montessori has a wonderful promotion on at the moment for your young child with a third free session for all new enrolments “If you book your two-year-old child in for two sessions per week with us, we are offering a third weekly session free for two months - if spaces are available,” says Managing Director Jasmine Adam who built the pre-school.At two and three-years-old, children are looking for new experiences and challenges, and this is where the Montessori style of education comes into play.“At this age, they are like absorbent sponges, constantly looking for more information, challenges and experiences,” says Jasmine.The Montessori philosophy believes that children and adults learn from one another and everyone’s contribution is valued and

respected. Respect for the person, the physical environment and the ideas of others helps create a strong and respectful community of learners.“The unique blend of this philosophy and early childhood curriculum empowers the children to attend Burnham Country Montessori,” says Jasmine. Children at the pre-school have daily opportunities to use practical life skills to develop their concentration and prepare them for more focused work.“If one of our children cooks - they cook food that can be shared with classmates. Flowers are arranged by the children, windows cleaned, shoes polished, tables scrubbed, decks swept - all activities that young children relish! And becoming competent with these tasks develops a strong sense of self esteem.”With one of the largest natural playgrounds in Christchurch, Burnham Country Montessori has four individual classrooms that cater for different age groups. There are plenty of

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Claire suggests that one great way to get kids to eat more fruit and veges is by involving children in the process of preparing lunches.

“Whilst kids may be reluctant to eat whole pieces of fruit, they love food they can eat with their fingers,” says Claire.

“Choose colourful fruit and vegetables and chop them up into small bite-sized pieces that can be stored in small containers or slipped into sandwiches and wraps.

“Incorporating fruit and veges into lunches doesn’t need to be a covert operation,” adds Claire.

“Kids love the opportunity to help mum and Dad in the kitchen and they are more likely to eat lunches they have helped make themselves. It’s also a great way to teach kids how to make healthy choices.”

Claire also recommends introducing children to new foods at home first before including them in their lunchbox.

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Here are five fun, tasty, and healthy lunchbox ideas that will go some way to achieving 5+ servings of fruit and veges during the school day:

For a nutritiously packed lunch that helps to maximise your kid’s brain power, try egg and lettuce wholemeal sandwiches cut into triangles for fun and easy handling. Pack a low-fat yogurt and a small banana and try drawing a face on the skin for some added fun! For a delicious and healthy alternative to sandwiches, make a potato frittata wedge packed with chopped courgette, onion, corn, spinach, mushroom, and/or tomato; anything goes in this great lunch option! Pop chunks of cheese and cherry tomatoes in a small container for added protein, vitamins, and minerals to help your children’s bodies and brains work to their full potential. To

complement the frittata, a homemade mini banana bran muffin adds extra fibre to this lunchbox and makes it a great filling snack, so that the kids don’t run out of steam before the day is out. Finally, add a piece of fruit of your choice to round out the nutrition content. Kids love pizza! Leftover homemade pizza slices, with their favourite vegetables such as mushrooms, tomato, baby spinach, corn, courgette, and onion, are always a lunchbox favourite and a great way of getting a few extra vegetables in at lunchtime. Making a wholemeal pizza base will add a little more fibre and keep kids fuller for longer. Add a small container of berries and grapes, which are packed with antioxidants. Cucumber sticks make a fresh, healthy addition to this lunchbox combo, too. Sushi with tuna and avocado, along with a handful of carrot sticks, makes a tasty lunch providing carbohydrates for brain fuel and a good vitamin boost. Add strawberries or

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There is no doubt that The Garden City is growing ahead in leaps in bounds. This years Ellerslie flower show certainly proves that without a doubt.

Hagley Park is literally packed to the rafter with flowers – exciting and world class gardens.

Convenor of judges, Jim Fogarty, says “the standard of gardeners and plants is world class, and considering what has happened in this city over the past 12 months, the results are even more astonishing.”

I totally agree with Jim, this year’s show is a crowd pleaser – pure escapism.

I was mesmerised by the gold medal and supreme award winner of the show, ‘Max’s Pipe Dream’.

I struggled to leave the garden after judging it. It’s quirky, innovative and quite secretive courtyard garden brings together innovative ways to use hard landscape materials, such as asphalt, pipes, cattle stops and reinforcing mesh with such a harmony that once you get inside you totally feel at home.

For those that enjoy a bit of Wow, Ben Hoyles gold medal garden ‘She loves me, She Loves me not’ is pure joy. He has created a giant pink lily pad in the middle of a pond and with whimsical planting

has created a piece that will struggle not to win people’s choice.

Next to it, the darling of the show, Xanthe White, has pulled off another gold medal exhibit with her ‘Garden for Christchurch’. The wonderful soft plantings and use of local rock and lime stock captivates you as soon as you walk around the corner. Top work Xanthe!

For anyone with an interest in veggie gardens you will love Wellington designer, Rachel Matthews, Her hedge garden design is a show stopper – her innovative composting system and ways she has used all the nooks and crannies of her garden to grow her own food is innovative, romantic and classy.

For something a little quirky to make you giggle, the Hort Galore tent is sure to tickle your fancy. The Belfast garden club cemetery garden is truly a sight to be seen, and sitting beside it the exceptionally large and gold medal winning botanical gardens piece of living theatre is magnificent.

Audrey Hepburn will wow you in the floral marquee, she is strutting her stuff as if it’s her first day on screen. The roses, pearls, fascinators all complemented this regal beauty.

As a judge I see the show from numerous

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Breathtaking says it all; this year’s Ellerslie flower show tickles all your senses.

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Dan Rutherford’s creative exhibit in the starlight marquee takes you on an emotional journey of the quake hit region.

Visitors to the show are able to enter the marvellous new competition to win a Peugeot for a year by simply subscribing

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I have been whizzing round in one of this wee rippers for the past few days and it’s simply ‘a must have’ beauty, with plenty of room in the boot for lots of plants!

I can’t wait to take the top down and go for a cruise with the wind in my hair.

I urge anyone who hasn’t seen the show to add it to your to do list this week. Tickets can be bought at the gate on any day you choose to go. Tickets are available at the gates or visit the show website www.ellerslieflowershow.co.nz

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With modern equipment, including commercial treadmills, stepper, a new Smith machine, and spin bikes, along with personal instructors available to help you achieve your goal and various gym membership plans (offering two free classes a week), it’s the perfect kick-start to a new you.Rolleston Gym caters for men and women

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It’s all in the application, says retiring professorKNOWING how to “do stuff” is not sufficient in the fast moving world of computer science and information technology. It’s knowing how to “apply” what you know that counts, Lincoln University’s retiring professor of Applied Computing Dr Alan McKinnon says.

Professor McKinnon’s career at the university stretches back to 1981 when he began as a senior programmer analyst in computer services after several years in medical and biological sciences computing.

“Applied computing has been our teaching and research strength at Lincoln University.”

The Dunedin-born University of Canterbury electrical engineering graduate took time out

in 1985 to 86 for a stint as interim director of computer services at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji, and then returned to Lincoln University where he shortly became director of the University’s Centre for Computing and Biometrics. His career since then has taken him to the academic rank of professor in his field of applied computing.

“It has been immensely satisfying to help guide the development of applied computing at Lincoln University, to be involved with its contribution to industry and application in the world beyond the campus, and to see the careers of colleagues, undergraduates, and postgraduates flourish.”

Appreciating the importance of ensuring that the University’s teaching and research were relevant to the needs of industry, Professor McKinnon established an industry liaison group to bring together the university’s applied computing academics with industry representatives.

Professor McKinnon’s academic career has taken him on study sabbaticals to Australia, Britain, Canada, and the United States of America. His research areas have included visualisation, image processing, and modelling in relation to biological systems. He said he had enjoyed the challenging and varied nature of the research.

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This way up...The Liffey Gallery in Lincoln hosted the latest offering from artists Ross Gillies and Neville Sinclair on February 28. Entitled

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Excluding stock from waterways Public Information MeetingDo you have any stock on land you own or manage?If so, you should come to a meeting on the new rules excluding certain stock from waterways.

Some of these rules came into force in June last year and stricter rules take effect from June this year.

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SWIMMER Sophie Pascoe, 19, has had an exciting start to what promises to be a huge year.

The former Lincoln High School student was named the first ever Halberg Trust Disabled Sportsperson of the Year at the prestigious Westpac Halberg Awards held in Auckland on February 9.

She gained the award for winning two gold medals in world record time at last year’s Pan Pacific Para Swimming Championships.

Pascoe, who lost her lower left leg in a ride-on lawnmower accident as a toddler, said it was a huge honour to receive the award in the new category.

The Halswell resident said one of her goals was for disabled sports to have more recognition.

“We’re just as elite as everyone else sitting in that room who won awards in their fields and categories, so hopefully this is a start of the recognition we deserve,” she said.

It was her third year going to the Halberg Awards and she said this time, the atmosphere was different, with the excitement surrounding the Rugby World

Cup winning All Blacks.She said last year was a big one for

her swimming as it was “make or break” ahead of the London Paralympics.

“I had to be sitting at my best just basically as stepping stones leading towards this year and that’s exactly what I did. I came away with two world records and I couldn’t ask for much more than that.”

The full-time athlete is now looking forward to April to qualify for the London Paralympics, which start on August 29.

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Top talent: Swimmer Sophie Pascoe has her sights set firmly on this year’s London Paralympics. Photo: File photo/Dave Englesfield

Searching for Olympic hopefuls in SelwynTHE New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) is in the Selwyn district this week in search of Women’s Sevens Olympic hopefuls as part of their Go4Gold programme.

Burnham Military Camp is hosting one of 14 open trial camps around the country, with approximately 80 female athletes from the Canterbury region signing up to test out their skills. A trial was held on Tuesday evening and a skills session will be held on Saturday.

New Zealand Women’s Sevens coach Sean Horan said they were encouraging all types of athletes to give the sport a go.

“To be a great Sevens player you need to be fit, have speed, and be highly motivated, with a great work ethic,” he said.

“We have some great 15s players in this country, some of whom will make fantastic Sevens players, but we also have untapped talent out there and

we are hoping that these trial camps unearth some of that.”

Once potential Olympians were picked, their progress would be monitored as they went through development programmes to boost fitness and help them learn the game.

NZRU general manager of professional rugby Neil Sorensen said the inclusion of Sevens in the 2016 Olympics would see the game grow massively.

“It’s exciting that we can now realistically offer young female athletes a chance at winning an Olympic Gold medal, something that all athletes aspire to achieve,” he said.

The trial camps would test players in three key areas, namely speed, skill, and endurance, and character tests.

The Go4Gold programme in 2012 aims to build a base of female Sevens players, with the aim of competing in international invitational tournaments later in the year.

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At Kitchen Appliance Specialists they have slashed their prices just for you!When the earthquake struck on 22 February 2011, Kitchen Appliance Specialists were forced to close their premises in Manchester Street. They re-opened in March that year and retained all of their fantastic staff, apart from two who left after the earthquake and one who moved to Auckland. “Everyone was paid and we struggled through but still felt ourselves very lucky to have a building,” says owner Paul Anticich.“Now we need to move out of the building again for two weeks while strengthening of the back wall is done. Because of this, we have reconstructed our own ‘Pop Up’ shopping container and moved a lot of our display stock in and to be sold at heavily discounted prices.”

Customers wanting a bargain, best visit the friendly team and knowledgeable staff at Kitchen Appliance Specialists at their ‘Pop Up’ site.“We see this as a great opportunity for our customers,” says Paul.New stock is up for negotion, and if you are looking for a ‘house lot’, which is the store’s specialty, talk to the helpful staff, or email them.They are only too happy to discuss any appliance you are wanting to puchase.“With these latest deals we are also offering giveaways on top of whatever price we agree on.” Visit Kitchen Appliance Specialists and snap up a bargain today!

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Kitchen Appliance Specialists started business in 1988 and has remained at its original site at 320 Manchester Street Christchurch since then. Kitchen Appliance Specialists is privately owned and operated by proud Cantabrians who were directors at the time of the businesses inception. They took full ownership of the business in 1995 and have continued to grow the range of appliances and services up to the present day.

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