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Thursday July 16 2015 | Issue 658

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Young Oxford talent to represent NZ

Katelyn Inch . . . The 2015Most Improved

Canterbury Bowler of the Year who has

been selected to represent New Zealand.

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By SHELLEY TOPP

Katelyn Inchwas given someexciting

news lastweek, then told to keep it a

secret.

I only toldmy family and close

friends, she said.

But a fewdays later her secretwas out

whenBowlsNewZealandannounced the

NewZealandwomens team toplay at the

AsiaPacific ChampionshipGames in

Christchurch fromNovember 24 to

December 6 this year.

The selectionwas ahuge shock for

Katelyn,who lives nearOxford.

Its a dreamcome true to be given the

honour to representNewZealandplaying

the sport I love, she said.

Dave (Edwards, thenational coach)

phonedmeand I instantly burst into

tears.

I canhardly rememberwhat he said.

Something aboutmy results over thepast

18months hadbeennoticed and the

selectors decided it is time forme tohave

a crack at the international level.

At 19,Katelyn is the youngest player

ever selected for aNewZealandbowls

squad. She is also the youngestNew

Zealandplayer to be selected for theAsia

Pacific Championships. Fellow team memberAngelaBoyd, at 29, is thenext

youngest. Angela is fromChristchurch,

and likeKatelyn shewill also bemaking

her international debut at theAsia

Pacific Championships,where teams

from17 countrieswill compete.

Katelynhas representedNewZealand

at the junior level for twounder18Trans

Tasman series during 2013 and 2014. She

is a pastNZSecondary Schools champion

andwas a runnerup in themixedpairs

with SheldonBagrieHowley at the

JuniorWorldCupheld onAustralias

GoldCoast duringMarch this year, and

has for thepast two years beenpart of the

BowlsHighPerformancePathways

programme.

At this early stage,Katelyn is unsure

what her buildup schedule requirements

will be for theAsiaPacific

Championships, but she is certain itwill

requiremanyhours of training.

I love training, so thiswont be a

problem forme, she said.

WhenOctober comes Ill be playing

regularly during the season, but Iwould

like to be training five times aweek and

playingweekends.

Amentor ofmine toldmenot long ago

thatwhen Imade the stepup to the big

stages itwas not enough just to

participate youhave to be able to

compete against theworlds best, she

said.

Thats how I look at this opportunity. I

amproud to havemade the team, but I

know thehardwork begins nowand Im

looking forward to the challenge.

The tournamentwill be held at the

BurnsideBowlingClub inChristchurch

andnodoubt theNewZealandplayers

will be looking forward to a largehome

town crowdof family and friends

cheering themon.

Katelyn said sheplayed regularly at the

Burnside club grounds throughout each

season. She sees this as a slight

advantage.

I should be comfortable and familiar

with the surroundings, but its such an

even green that anyone canplaywell on

it.

AlthoughKatelynwasnot feeling the

best late lastweek, after undergoing

dental surgery to have twowisdom teeth

removed, shewas looking forward to the

endof the year tournament.

I am so excited to bemakingmydebut

leading the triples and fours playingwith

twoChristchurchbowlers I lookup to,

AngelaBoydandSandraKeith, she said.

They are both fantastic bowlers, and

great people I aspire to be like.

Northern arterial decision under the spotlight

By DAVID HILL

Aresolution for theproposedCranford

Street extension to thenorthernarterial

route is expected soon.

WaimakaririMPMattDoocey sayshehas

metwithTransportMinisterSimon

Bridges,who has aprocess towork

throughwith theNewZealandTransport

Agency (NZTA) and theChristchurchCity

Council.

He (MrBridges)waspretty

disappointedhimself at thedecision.We

broughthimoutherea coupleofmonths

ago todiscuss the regions transport issues

and sohecould see the congestion for

himself.

MrDoocey saysMrBridgeswasdue to

meetwith theNZTA thisweekanda

resolution is likely to be found soon,

howeverhewasunable to elaborate at this

point.

Thecity council voted lastmonthnot to

fund the fourlaningofCranfordStreet as

part of itsLongTermPlanprocess.

Thenorthernarterial,whichhasbeen in

theplanning for several years,woulddivert

traffic to theeast ofBelfast andRedwood to

QueenElizabethDrivebefore connecting

withCranfordStreet, northof InnesRoad,

to ease traffic congestion.

MrDoocey says thenewarterial routes

(thewesternbypass fromBelfast to Johns

Road is expected todivert up to 50per cent

of the traffic)willmakepublic transport

more viable.

Thenewmotorwaydoesnt takeaway

theoptionof light rail, it actually promotes

it. Tohavea good train systemyouneeda

goodbus systemand todo that youneeda

clear road.

Hewelcomed theannouncement of

designatedbuslane fromRangiora,

alongsideFlaxtonRoad, through

SilverstreamandKaiapoi anddownMain

NorthRoad, southofKaiapoi and

continuing intoBelfast.

MrDoocey says thenorthernarterial

route issue showshowdecisionsmade in

Christchurchhavewider implications for

the regionas awhole.He says tourism is

another example.

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Trending down . . . Building consents are

slowing down in North Canterbury. FILE PHOTO.

By DAVID HILL

Building slowing in Nth Canty

North Canterburys residential

building boom is beginning to slow

down.

The regions councils are processing

fewer consents for new houses, as the

recovery continues nearly five years on

from the September 2010 earthquake.

Waimakariri District Council

planningmanager Nick Harrison says

829 consents for new houses were

processed in the year to June 30,

including just 327 in the last six

months.

I expected the consent numbers

would be down, but they are higher

than I thought they would be.

There has been a trend downwards

since August last year and I expect it to

go down to themid600s this coming

year. I expect us to continue tracking

down towards preearthquake levels,

but at a slightly raised level because of

the greater population.

TheWaimakariri districts pre

earthquake record was 624 consents

for new houses issued back in the 2004

calendar year. However, consent

records were broken in the postquake

boom, with the 2012 to 2014 calendar

years all passing the 1000mark, with

1278 consents issued in 2013.

Kaiapoi is leading the way with 314

consents issued in the 12months to

June 30, with 117 issued in the last six

months, while Rangiora has dropped

back to 156 consents in the last 12

months, after approaching the 300

mark in 2012 and 2013.

House consent numbers in Pegasus

and Oxford remain steady, as both

towns continue to experience growth.

MrHarrison says the consent

numbers suggest Kaiapoi has now

replaced themore than 1000 houses

lost in the residential red zone and is

now beginning to experience some

growth. While house consent numbers

are dropping commercial

developments are only really just

starting to pick up speed.

The residential stuff wasmanaged

tomeet themarket and now the

commercial stuff is coming on stream. I

wouldnt say we are dealing with big

numbers, but the jobs are big

certainly big for small North

Canterbury towns.

Hurunui District Council building

controls team leader KerryWalsh says

total consents are similar to last year,

but the growth is not as much as it was

a year or two ago and the values are

down.

We have had 261 consents for the

first half of this year (compared with

273 last year) issued with a total value

of $25million (down from $31million)

with an average processing time of

nine days 100 percent of consents

have been processed within 20 working

days for the last 18 months.

MrWalsh says 59 consents for new

houses were issued in the first six

months of this year and 123 for the year

ended June 30, compared with 69 and

134 respectively for the same period

last year.

Amberley is continuing to lead the

way with a total of 204 consents issued

in the last 12 months at a total value of

just over $18million, down from 212

consents last year which valued at

$36.3 million.

However, consent numbers in other

wards are up on last year. The Amuri

Hurunui ward had 159 consents issued

at a value of $16.6 million (compared to

135 consents at $14.6 million), Hanmer

Springs had 81 consents at $11.2

million (75 at $9.3 million) and Cheviot

had 53 consents at nearly $6million (42

at $2.5 million).

The Glenmark ward has remained

the same, with 47 consents at around

$3.5 million.

A Kaikoura District Council

spokesperson says building consents

are just ticking along, with 17

consents for new houses issued for the

first six months of this year the same

number as the same period last year.

Creativity needed to grow jobs

North Canterbury needs to think

strategically as it looks to grow job

opportunities in the region.

Waimakariri MPMatt Doocey says

there is real potential for growth if the

region is creative enough and he is keen

to get local businesses together to think

about the future of job creation.

As greater Christchurch redraws

itself with all the population changes

after the earthquakes, theres a window

of opportunity for areas likeNorth

Canterbury to encourage industries and

sectors to invest here.

We have got to think of our strengths

and play to them.We are close to a big

city, but we are small enough to have an

outdoor lifestyle.

Being handy to Christchurch is a big

advantage, especially for the

Waimakariri district, as large

businesses could relocate to where

there is a good sizedworkforce, without

having the added costs of operating in

the city, Mr Doocey says.

He says EnterpriseNorth

Canterburys billboard, which says

stop the commute, theres jobs here,

sums up the situation where there is

continuing jobs growth, including 200

new jobs in the newRangiora

PAKnSAVE, in theNgai Tahu farms

expansion, the construction industry,

jobs being advertised at Hellers in

Kaiapoi and being created in the new

Oxford supermarket.

Im really keen to think about how

we can continue the job creativity. A lot

of local business owners in Kaiapoi are

starting to thinkwhether the red zone

can provide opportunities not only for

jobs but also international tourism.

How dowe start thinking about how

to put a coherent case forward for the

red zone?

He says the red zone in Christchurch

is gettingmore expressions of interest

than they can copewith, including

big projects like the Eden Project.

Smaller projects like that need to be

explored for Kaiapois red zone, he

says.

Mr Doocey says a growing number of

North Canterbury people are choosing

to work from home to avoid the

commute into Christchurch and this is

possible thanks to broadband internet.

However, this means reliable internet

is needed and has beenworking with

EnterpriseNorth Canterbury to

promote the issue.

I see these as issues of

infrastructure and the big word is

reliability. There is concern about road

congestion, but there is also congestion

on the internet cables and farmers have

concerns about water storage. So

supporting job creation inNorth

Canterbury is also about reliability.

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Building consents were down in

Oxford and ratepayers were struggling

with the cost of a new sewerage

scheme when Jo and Ross Seagar

arrived in town.

Oxford Promotions Action

committee (OPAC) Vic Allen says their

arrival and opening of Seagars Cafe

and Cooking school helped spark a

renaissance.

The attitude and atmosphere in the

town changed when they arrived and

becamemore positive, says Mr Allen.

They have had amajor input into

the community.

The couple had taken a derelict

building that was once a supermarket

and spruced it up to a cafe and

cooking school which changed that

end of town.

They were not only involved in

business but were also quite

community minded, he says.

Mr Allen was commenting on

Seagars closing last week andWinslow

Trading Company, which operates the

cafe and cook school, being placed

into liquidation on application from

the IRD.

Deloitte Auckland have been

appointed as liquidator.

Seagars has been for sale since

February after the couple tried to

trade their way out of a downturn in

business caused by the series of

Canterbury earthquakes.

Mr Allen says the town is grateful to

the part Jo and Ross had played in

helping spark growth and is pleased

they have opted to remain living in the

town.

Today the town is vibrant and there

is all kinds of building consents being

applied for and granted, says Mr

Allen.

Investors are looking to come in

and invest. There is three cafes, a wine

bar and new shops and businesses

opening up. A new supermarkets is

due to open next month and there are

nowmotels in the town, he says.

The area school had grown with new

classrooms under way to cope with the

growth and there were several

subdivisions that were meeting a

steady market.

Mr Allen says it was a much larger

community to what it was 10 years ago

when the Seagars arrived and the

closing of Seagars was a small

negative among a lot of positives.

Many people took to Facebook in

support of the Seagars with one saying

she would miss her early morning

mocha and the happy, smiling staff

who helped start her day.

Several businesses have also come

out in support of the couple and

thanked them for their input into the

business area and community.

Ice artist creates winter magic

Night lights . . . Victor Cagayats gorgeous ice sculpture outside Blackwells Department

store in Kaiapoi last Saturday night. PHOTO: TRACY THOMPSON.

By SHELLEY TOPP

With recent temperatures inNorth

Canterbury someof the lowest inNew

Zealand itwas surprising to learn that ice

had tobebrought into thearea last

weekend fromAuckland.

However, thatwas the casewhen

Auckland iceartistVictorCagayat,madea

brief visit toKaiapoi last Saturday.

MrCagayatwas invited toKaiapoi by

BlackwellsDepartment store todoan

exhibitionof ice sculpting. The large ice

blocksheused forhis sculptures last

Saturdaywere transportedby road from

Auckland for theevent.Hedidnt knowwhy

the ice couldnot be sourcedcloser to the

event.

TheeventwasorganisedbyTracy

Thompson forBlackwells in conjunction

with theKaiapoiArtExpowhichwasalso

held inKaiapoi lastweekend.

She saidBlackwellswanted toprovide a

bit ofwintermagic for the community, to

celebrate their 10 years of sponsorship for

theKaiapoiArtExpo.

The ice camesouth ina refrigerated

truck, arrivingonFriday, she said. Itwas

stored in theKaiapoiNewWorld

Supermarket chilleruntil requiredat the

exhibition. The supermarket also let ususe

their forklift tomove the ice, she said.

The ice sculptingwasdoneundera

marquee in the carparkingareaat the

backofBlackwellsDepartmentStore,

opposite to theKaiapoiClubwhere theArt

Expowasheld in theRiverviewLounge.

When the sculptureswere finished lighting

was set upwhichmadea spectacular show

later that night.

MrCagayat learnthis craftworkingas a

chef andkitchenartist inManilahotels,

beforeemigrating toNewZealand in 1987.

Henowworks fulltimeasan iceartist for

theSheratonStamfordPlaza, inAuckland

andalsohotels inQueenstown, including

theamazingMinus 5 IceBar.

HisKaiapoi exhibitionwaspopularwith

people gathering round towatchhim

transform largeblocks of iceusinga small

chainsawandchisels. After bitter coldand

overcast days inNorthCanterbury, the sun

returned forMrCagayats outdoor

exhibition.Whilewelcome for those

watching, thewarmthhelpedcreatequite a

largepuddleofmelted icearoundhiswork

area.MrCagayat,who is originally from the

Philippines,wears thick,warmclothes and

gloves to insulatehimself against the cold

anddouble insulateshis electric power

tools toprotect them fromgettingwet and

becoming toodangerous touse.He first

learnt to carve, usingwood, as a youngboy

and still does somewoodcarvingandalso

creates sculptures in chocolate.


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FreeWiFi . . . ENC chief executive HeatherWarwick and Hurunui MayorWinton Dalley

with a sign advertising freeWiFi in Culverden. PHOTO: SUPPLIED.

FreeWiFi is nowavailable inCulverden.

The townhasbecomeoneof the first

ruralNorthCanterbury towns tooffer free

WiFi along itsmain street.

The service comes thanks to a

partnershipbetweenAmuri.net, a local

broadbandprovider andEnterpriseNorth

Canterbury (ENC), thedevelopment arm

of theHurunui andWaimakaririDistrict

Councils.

ENCchief executiveHeatherWarwick

saysCulverden joins a growing list of

regional centres aroundNewZealand

offering freewifi.

Wehope this successful collaboration

sendsa strongmessage to other

communities to band together to stay

ahead in technology, she says.

ENC isworkingdirectlywith councils,

local businesses andcommunities tomake

broadbandavailable throughoutNorth

Canterbury.

It is becomingaprerequisite that

businesses andcommunities are

connected toadequate and reliable

broadband.Manybusinesses, likemotels

andcafes areoften chosenbecause they

offer a freeWiFi service.Ona rural town

scale itwill be illuminating to seewhat

economicbenefitsCulverden reapswith

this new initiative, saysMrsWarwick.

HurunuiDistrictCouncilMayorWinton

Dalley, is enthusiastic about theproject.

Its important becausemobiledevices

are thewayan increasingnumberof

peopleare getting connected, finding

information, and interacting. The

availability of freeWiFi indicates that the

town is forwardthinking, aplacewhere

new ideas and technologyarewelcomed

and is a community that values its visitors.

It is great that this initiativewasdriven

byENC, ourbusinessdevelopmentunit,

supportedby the community and

deliveredbyour local technology

entrepreneurChrisRobertswhohasdone

anamazing service to ourdistrict by

providing internet solutions, saysMr

Dalley.

MrRoberts, ownerofAmuri.net, has

provided Internet solutions tomost of the

Hurunuidistrict inhard toaccess areas

for broadband.He is also sponsoring this

initiative andbelieves freeWiFi is a great

victory forCulverden.Usershavean

unlimitedamount of timeandacapof

200MB.

Imhappy to support an initiative that

will havenothingbutpositive

ramifications for our community, he says.

Culverden is an ideal stoppingpoint for

visitors andbusinesspeopledriving to

HanmerSprings, theWestCoast or

Nelson.With thousandsof traffic

movements aday itwill encouragepeople

to stopand takeadvantageof this free

serviceandother facilities in the town.

WorkingalongsideENC iswhat turned

this initiative into a reality.

Ownerof the localRedPost cafe, Trent

Allison says it is a fantastic initiative

whichwill encouragemorepeople to stop

inCulverden.

I think itwillmakeahugedifference to

ourbusiness, especially in the summer

touristmonths.

CheviotPromotions andENCare

working together tomakeCheviot thenext

to get freeWiFi.

Signage isupwith its placement

showing theboundaries of freewifi from

thepublic toilets on themain road through

toAmuriTransport.

Business park by Christmas

Kaiapois newbusinesspark is expected to

openbeforeChristmas.

Local developer JeddPearce says the

WaimakBusinessParkonSmithStreet,

just off theChristchurchMotorway, has an

anchor tenant, Placemakers, signedup

andhopes tobeupand runningby theend

of the year.

Whilenoother tenantshavebeen lined

upyet,MrPearce sayshe is confident once

the50,000 squaremetre sitehasbeen

developedandPlacemakers opens for

business, other companieswill come.

Wehavent really donemuch to

promote it.Wearebusydoing thebuild for

Placemakers anddeveloping the site.We

justwant to get everything inplacebefore

we jump in.

Its quite exciting. Thiswill be the first

Placemakers inNorthCanterbury, so you

dont have to go roaring into town

(Christchurch) todo you shopping.

Hopefully it creates abit of employment

andgenerates abitmorebusiness for the

district.

MrPearce says it dependson

prospective tenants as tohowmany shops

will be in thenewbusinesspark.

Meanwhile therehasbeen littleprogress

onhisproposedRiverviewdevelopment

on the1300 squaremetre formerHansens

Mall site on thenorthbankof theKaiapoi

River. Thecouncil endorsedhis concept

plan inNovember last year, todevelop10

to 12 shopsandoffice space.However,

there is still a lotwork todo, including

creating awalkwayand stopbankwork, he

says. TheWaimakaririDistrict Council has

approveda report from theKaiapoi

CommunityBoardauthorising staff todo

detaileddesignworkandacost estimate

for the connectionbetween theWilliams

StreetBridge, the formerHansensMall

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Canterbury freezingwater andplumbing

with theHurunuiDistrict Council advising

peopleearlier thisweek that if theywant

to spendapenny they shoulddo soearly in

their travels as the loos atCulverdenand

HanmerSpringswere frozen.

The snowand frostsmaybeamagical

sight, but ourpublic toilets inCulverden

andHanmerSprings are freezing,

literally, a post on the councilsFacebook

page says.

Councils contractorswereworking to

get the toilets upand running in the

mornings andkeep themoperational

throughout theday, but itwasproving tobe

quite a challengedue toa string of frosts

sending themercurydown toas lowas

10degat times. Thecouncil sent out aplea

to thoseused to the colder climes to let

themknowof any tricks to stop the toilets

freezing.

Farmerswhohavebeen feedingout for

thepast sevenmonths sayat least there is

a firmsurface to feedout onandmost feed

is beingeaten insteadof being trampled

into the ground, as it often iswhen it iswet.

While farmers and residents arehoping

fromabit of respite from the freezing

temperatureswith thenortherly flow, ski

fieldoperators arehoping itwont blow

their precious snowaway.

After adismal season last yearboth

HanmerSprings andMtLyford ski fields

havehadanearly seasonopening.

Witha gooddumpof snow from the last

southerly blast and fineand frosty

weather, the fields areupand running.

MtLyfordhasa 50cmbaseandall lifts

and services areoperating. TheWildRide

terrain ismarginalwith somehazards off

piste. Chains areneeded for all vehicles as

roadconditions canbe slippery.

HanmerSpringshas a 40 cm lowerbase

with 63cmson theupperbase. Theyhave

early seasonconditions and theBordeau

Poma isnot going.Withmarginal snow

covering someareas thereare some

unmarkedhazards so careneeds tobe

takenoff piste.Both ski fields are looking

forward toa good seasonwith thepowder

packed snowproviding great skiing.

Three wards proposed

David Ayers

TheWaimakariri district is set to change

toa threeward systemwith 10

councillors for the 2016and2019 local

bodyelections.

A recommendation to

adopt a threeward

system,while retaining

thepresent 10elected

councillors andMayor,

wasapprovedby the

WaimakaririDistrict

Council lastweekas

part of the

representation review

process.

MayorDavidAyers

says theproposal,

whichwould see two

largewards centredon

Kaiapoi andRangiora

eachwith four

councillors anda

smallerward in the

southwest of the

districtwith two

elected

representatives,meets

withhis goal of retaining the same

representation for theeachof the

districts twomain towns.

Under theproposal theeasternward

wouldhave twocommunity boards, one

based inKaiapoi and theotherbased in

Pegasus,with four to five elected

members each.The centralwardwould

haveonecommunity boardbased in

Rangiorawitheight elected

representatives.

MrAyers says the council is seeking

furtherpublic feedbackbeforedeciding

whether theproposed southwestward,

incorporating theexistingOxfordEyre

ward,wouldhaveanelected community

boardor anappointedadvisoryboard.

Its theonlypart of thedistrictwhich

doesnt have theability to elect its own

boardandwhile there is a cost, the

annual cost per ratepayer is not huge.

Administration costs

are the same,with the

maindifferencebeing

that electedmembers

arepaid.

Noone goeson toa

community board for

the salary, thepay is

not verymuchanyway,

he says.

Theadvisory board

is actually supposed to

beappointedat a

publicmeeting, but

weveneverhad

enoughnominations.

Soover the years

peoplewhoveput their

names forwardare

automatically on it.

The functions of the

wardadvisoryboard

aremoreor less the

sameas community boards, but there

are forums, likeearthquake related

forums,whereonly electedmembers get

invited. So theOxford /Eyreboard

membershavent been involved.

Wardandcommunity board (in the

caseof theeasternward) boundaries

have yet to bedetermined.Thecouncils

recommendationswill go out for further

public consultationduringAugust and

September, beforeapublichearing in

earlyOctober.A reportwill be sent to

theLocalGovernmentCommissionby

theendof this year. Submitters can

appeal the councils report to the

commission, beforea final decision is

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North Canterburys Mayors have

welcomed the announcement that

the Government has committed to

the restoration of a fullyelected

regional council in 2019.

Environment Minister Dr Nick

Smith and Associate Local

Government Minister Louise Upston

last week announced Environment

Canterbury (ECan) will move to a

mixed governance council at next

years local body elections as a

transition to a fully elected council

in 2019.

ECan has been governed by six

government appointed

commissioners since the last elected

regional councillors were sacked by

the Government inMay 2010.

Themixed governance council will

consist of seven elected councillors

and up to six appointedmembers.

Four councillors will be elected at

large in Christchurch, one from

North Canterbury to represent the

Hurunui, Kaikoura andWaimakariri

districts, one frommidCanterbury

and one from South Canterbury.

Environment Canterbury has

made huge progress in developing a

comprehensive water plan,

supporting the earthquake recovery

and in rebuilding relationships with

the regions 10 councils, Dr Smith

says.

This phased approach ensures we

maintain themomentum in

completing Canterburys water plan

and work on the earthquake

recovery, while providing an orderly

transition to a fully elected council

in 2019.

Waimakariri Mayor David Ayers

says he welcomes the commitment to

restoring full elections in 2019, as

the discussion document the

Government put out was pretty vague

about it.

Our understanding is the

elections from 2019 will be for a fully

functioning Canterbury regional

council and not just a land and water

body, which has been suggested by

some parties, with the possible

exception of public passenger

transport.

The Christchurch City Council has

expressed an interest in having

complete control of the citys public

transport network, which includes

theWaimakariri and Selwyn

districts. However, Mr Ayers says no

decision has beenmade.

I think the position of

Waimakariri and Selwyn is that any

change in arrangements has to give

us a say over services into our

district. Waimakariris position is

that any new arrangement has the be

at the same level involvement or

better.

Questioned whether the

Waimakariri District Council felt

confident in working with the city

council, following the recent Uturn

on the Cranford Street extension to

the proposed northern arterial

route, Mr Ayers said no comment.

KaikouraMayorWinston Gray also

welcomed the commitment to

restoring a fullyelected regional

council, which was what we were

calling for.

Im definitely pleased that they

took heed of what we were saying.

Hurunui MayorWinton Dalley has

previously said he believed a fully

elected regional council should be

restored immediately. Themixed

member council will do a

representation review in 2018 under

the Local Government Act provisions

to determine themakeup and wards

of the 2019 fully elected council.

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Change needed to

engage youth

In the past week I have had the

opportunity to attend amayoral

taskforce for jobs seminar inRichmond

hosted byDanielHenderson from the

taskforce and presented byDave Turner.

The daywas a success and the

changing employmentmarketmeanswe

must keep abreast of change if wewish

our young to fully engage in the labour

market.

Australia andNewZealand youth

unemployment rates are significantly

higher than theOECDaverage, and 30

percent higher than theworlds best

practice in Switzerland.

In Switzerland 70% of all 15 to 19year

olds take up a youth friendly pathway of

high quality learning, nurturing and

network building These students spend

three days aweekworking outside of

school as an apprentice in their chosen

field.

Students will work through an

apprenticeship thenmaymove on to

University to continue the learning at an

advanced level. Action starts as early as

year 6/7 at school and their approach

combines and their approachworks and

combines across theworlds of education

and employment.

It is too late to start by respondingwith

youth unemployment programmes.

Rather it is preferable to invest in

eliminating the gap between school and

work.

How is it resourced?

Employers pay thewages of young

people and fund high quality learning

andmentoring in theworkplace and

contribute to the design of curriculum

development.

The education system offers a

seamless system of learning

opportunities one to two days perweek,

provides independent career

counsellors and inspectors thatmonitor

and assist young apprentices and their

employers.

This system requires strong

partnerships on the ground between

students, employees, schools and career

advisers. Both Central and local

government have roles to play in support

if wewant to strengthen these pathways

and get better outcomes for all.

This is an interestingmodel andwe

will certainly be talking to stakeholders

in our local area.

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Recovery . . . Building sites on KaiapoisWilliams Street are creating new

opportunities. PHOTO: DAVID HILL

By DAVID HILL

WilliamsStreet retailers are continuing

to feel positive aboutKaiapois

recovery.

WaimakaririDistrict Councillor

NevilleAtkinson,whoholds the

councils town centres portfolio, says

there is an air of positivity on

WilliamsStreet.

Ive always saidKaiapoi is the

QueenstownofChristchurch, so now

weve just got tomake that happen.

Ive beenopenly critical of the slow

progress, but Im confident that nowwe

have turned a corner.

There is certainly an air of positivity

out there anda lot of good things are still

to happen for this town.

CrAtkinson says the twomain issues

for local businessesmoving forward are

questions aroundaccessibility to the

town centre and the timing ofmajor

recovery projects and none of the

requests are unreasonable.

Its beena longprocess, but the local

businesses have beenmore thanhelpful

and their input has always been

constructivewhich is helpful.

BlackwellsDepartment Store co

ownerAndrewBlackwell says there are

plenty of positive signs of recovery on

WilliamsStreet.

Weare getting good support from the

local community andbeyond.More and

morepeople are saying if they can avoid

going toChristchurch, they prefer to

shop locally if they can.

Theres new stores poppingup right

throughNorthCanterbury, so theres got

to bemore job opportunities out there.

MrBlackwell says his store has taken

onmore staff sincemoving to being open

sevendays aweek sinceChristmas.

Theres a demand for it (Sunday

trading). Since the earthquakes the

worldhas changed abit sowe thought

wewould give it a go and theres

certainly people out andabout.

The coffee shops are openand

theres a lot people out onSunday so its

a very busy day.

EnterpriseNorthCanterbury

business developmentmanagerMiles

Dalton says thedemographics of

Kaiapoi have changed since the

earthquakes.

Kaiapoi has becomemore a

professionalworker town.

It alwayswas, but since the

earthquakes theres a lotmore families

andmoreprofessional people, so its

becomemore andmore of a satellite

town toChristchurch.

The change in demographicsmeans

there aremore franchises, including

pizza restaurants and takeaway shops

openingup in the town,which in turn is

creatingmore local jobs,MrDalton says.

Blakeleys ofKaiapoimanagerGrant

Blakeley says business is nice and

steady at themoment.

The town is starting to pickupagain.

Its goingwell. Theres a lot of new

buildings out there andpeople seem to

behappy and cheerful right now.

Within thenext year or sowith all the

newbuildings,Kaiapois going to be a

nice town to live in. Its becoming a

prosperous little townwith thenew sub

divisions and retail developments, so

its all good.

In thenext few yearsKaiapoi is

really going to go ahead.

Local family keen to offer

good customer service

Open for business . . . Tim and Tanya Huffadine, with their children Payton (4) and Tate

(6), are ready to serve the community.

Adesire to serve the local community

has led aRangiora family to establish

awindscreen repair service based at

Southbrook.

Tim andTanyaHuffadine started out

two years ago as 100%Mobile offering

an onsite service to clients in

Christchurch andNorth Canterbury,

and have recently opened a new

workshop in the newSouthbrook

industrial area and relaunched as

Precision Autoglass.

We decided to open this up to offer

something nobody else offers.

We offer free loan vehicles for

people to come and drop off their cars

and continue on their way towork,

Tim says.

We are here for the customers.We

discovered therewas a real need for

some quality customer service and

workmanship, as well as an affordable,

flexible servicewith hassle free

results for the customer.

This is howPrecision Autoglass

built its foundations and began to

rise.

Timhasworked in the industry for

well over a decade and is fully

qualified at windscreen repairs,

replacement and servicing, working on

awide range of vehicles including

cars, racing cars, boats, caravans,

trucks, tractors, loaders, expensive

oneoff vehicles and anythingwith

glass andmoves.

People can turn up at the

Southbrook site or phone andmake an

appointment for a same day service.

Precision Autoglass uses only the best

quality products which are OEM

approved and their work comeswith a

lifetime guarantee.

As Precision Autoglass is in the heart

of the newSouthbrook industrial area,

customers can visit other businesses or

check out one of the new cafes while

theywait.

We dont take short cuts, we do it

once and do it right.We try and get you

back on the road and your vehicle back

in action as quickly as possible, Tim

says.

Precision Autoglass is happy to do

insurance jobs in a stress freeway,

with staff taking care of the paperwork

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Customerswith no insurance cover

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If someone has a better price, Im

surewe can challenge it, Tim says.

TheDIY customer is also catered

for, with Precision Autoglass supplying

a range of window cleaners, products

and advice.

Precision Autoglass is continuing to

offer a call out service, allowing for all

customers, large companies and

farmers to carry onwith their business

while repairs aremade onsite.

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Two dogs kills alpacas, llama and geese

Like losing family . . . An alpaca lies dead in its paddock following a dog attack.

By ROBYNBRISTOW

DeliaMa says losing a llama and four

alpacas, alongwith five geese to a dog

attack, is like losing her family.

It is devastating.

It was a ritual to come out and feed

themafter breakfast, she says.

Merrick andDeliaMa smuchloved

animals were killed by two

Staffordshire bull terrier dogs in the

early hours of last Fridaymorning at the

Mas KowaiRiverRoad property, near

Amberley, where they have lived for 17

years.

They have farmed the animals and

geese as a hobby.

The two dogs have since been put

down after the ownerwitnessed the

devastation they had caused.

The animals lay dead in the corners of

their paddocks bloodiedwith their faces

and legs torn open by the dogs. All that

remained of the geesewere feathers.

Merrick heard dogs barking and

discovered them in a paddock on the

blockwhich is a short distance from the

KowaiRiver.

In themorning light he could see at

least a couple of the animals dead in the

paddock and called theHurunui

District Councils dog control

contractor.

Delia had nothing but praise for the

dog owner.

He had been up all night looking for

them.Hewas devastated and took a very

responsible attitude and had the dogs

put down straight away.

He had no idea his dogs could do

anything like this, says Delia.

A dog control spokesman for the

Hurunui District Council says the two

dogs had travelled about 3km from their

home.

The council had not been notified the

dogsweremissing from their property

but responded quickly when rung by

Delia andMerrickMa.

Dog owners have to be responsible

for keeping their dogs on their

properties, particularly with lambing

coming up.

If they are outside the boundaries

they have to be on a leash unless they

are in a designated nonlead area of

which there are very few, the

spokesman said.

While there is no council involvement

in discussing compensation it is hoped

the two parties can come to some

mutual agreement over compensation

in any instance of stock beingmauled

and destroyed by dogs.

Terror . . . Simon and CareyAnn Barber

with their cat Adoradolls Zimba The Terror.

Purrfection . . . Visiting Australian judge

Roger Frittel working at the Longhair Cat

Breeders Association 38th Championship

Show in Rangiora last Sunday. PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP

No mood to schmooze

The catswere in nomood to schmooze at

theLonghair Cat Breeders Associations

38th Championship Showat theRangiora

Bowling Club last Saturday.

Visiting judge, RogerFrittel said one

catwhichwas reluctant to come out of its

cage, should have had a do not disturb

sign on its cage door.

Hehad beenhoping for a cuddle from

one of the domestic and companion

feline contestants, but it was not to be.

MrFrittell, an international cat show

judge based inVictoria, Australia, is a

popular judge atNewZealand cat shows

andproved a big hit at theRangiora

event.

He loves his job, has a lot of funwith it,

and has a great affection for cats and the

peoplewho own them.

As one of five judges at the showhehad

to choosewinners, butwas not short of

praise for the other cats also.

However, it was aRagdoll BlueBi

Colourwith the showname, Adoradolls

ZimbaTheTerrorwho stole his heart at

theRangiora show.

The neuter/spayKitten of theYear for

2014, who answers to Simba at home on

theKapiti Coastwith his owners Simon

andCareyAnnBarber, has alsowon

threeBest in Shows.

OnSaturday,MrFrittel added a

covetedBreeders Award ofMerit to

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By AMANDA BOWES

ForFinnishdoctor Jarkko

Saramaki andhispartnerAnna

Alexanderson, shifting to

Waikari from theirnative

Finlandhasbeenapositive

experience.

Dr Jarkko, ashe is known to

hispatients and staff at the

WaikariHealthCentre, has

beenworkingas aGPat the

practice for thepast few

months and sayshehopes to

take someNewZealand

initiatives back toFinlandwith

him,while implementing some

Finnish ideashere.

Althoughhe toldhis

grandmother at theageof three

hewas going tobeadoctor,

classical percussionwashis

first career choiceat high

school andheattendeda

school that specialised in

music anddance.

Realising that beinga

musicianwasprobably going to

lead toanuncertain career

pathway, after leaving school,

Dr JarkkoworkedasaNurse

Assistant inhishome townof

Kuopiowhich reinforcedhis

plan to go tomedical school.

After six years of training to

becomeadoctor,Dr Jarkko

then spent another six years

specialising tobecomeaGP.

Heworked inbothurbanand

rural hospitals andgained in

depthknowledgeof emergency

medicine, anaesthesiology,

intensive careandgeriatrics.

Thiswork ledhim toa strong

belief in thenecessity for

primary careandpreventative

medicine.

Dr Jarkko sayswhileworking

as a ruralGP inWaikari is

similar toFinlandas far as

patients go, thehealth system

structure is different. In

Finland, theGovernmentpays

forGPpractices, so after the

first coupleof visits,

subsequent ones are free,

whereas inNewZealand, the

majority of practices are

privately ownedandpeople

pay for eachvisit.

Backhome,whileworking

for a locumagencyNuovo

NordicHealthCare, his boss

JaniKorpela,waspart of a

delegationof government

officialswhovisitedPacific

countries to seehow their

health systemsworked.

Theywere trying to findout if

there couldbecooperation

betweenFinlandand the

Pacific to learn from their

respectivehealth systems.

NewZealandwaswilling to

participate andneeding rural

GPs,Dr Jarkkowasasked if he

would like to establishapilot

schemebetweenFinlandand

here.

He says it is anopportunity

for both countries to learn from

eachother, particularlywhen it

comes toprimary care.

Close contact is keptwithMr

Korpela,who is excited to

learnabouthowNewZealand

is approachingprimary care

issues amongother things.

Dr Jarkko says one thinghe

would like to takeback to

Finland is the concept of

havingapracticemanager. In

Finland therearent any

managers and so thedoctors

endupdoinga lot of the

managerialwork.

When I seewhatWendy

Allandoesmanaging this

practice, it is amazing.

Itmeans Ihave time to get

onanddowhat I amemployed

todo beadoctor.

I dont have toworry about

theadministrative side,which

backhome Iwouldbedoing.

WhileDr Jarkkohasbeenat

Waikari, hehas startedan

extendedannual consultation

programme forpatientswho

arealreadyor eligible tobe

registeredas careplus

patients.

Thesearepatientswith

chronic conditions and the idea

is to integratepracticenurses,

GPsandpatients to give the

patientsmore time tobe

informedandbe involvedwith

their treatment.

Theplanhasworkedwell in

Finland so itwill be interesting

to seehow itworkshere.

It is a betterwayof looking

afterpeoplewith chronic

conditions as there ismore

input from thepatient and

allows them tomakedecisions

about their careand treatment

plan.

Dr JarkkoandAnnawill be

here for at least a year.Both

are glad theymade the journey

toWaikari andhave found the

peoplewelcoming.

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their childrens anxieties has beenwelcomed by

WaimakaririMPMatt Doocey.

MrDoocey attended theWorry Bug Project

launch at St Albans School last week of the twopart

resource that will be going out free to schools and

Year one to four children inWaimakariri and

Selwyn districts, and Christchurch city.

TheWaimakaririMP, who has a background in

mental health, said young children often couldnt

describe their worries in language that adults

could understand and presented these anxieties

through behaviour such as being clingy or lashing

out at siblings and others.

I know from conversations that I amhavingwith

schools inmy electorate that some of our children

are suffering from anxiety issues that are linked to

the earthquake events.

We knowpostrecovery that years three to five

are themost significant psychologically and

socially in any recovery process. Families have

been through tough times and some are dealing

with knockon effects such as separation,Mr

Doocey says.

He thanked the Canterbury Community Trust and

the Canterbury EarthquakeAppeal Trust for

providing the funding thatmadeTheWorry Bug

Project, the brainchild of Christchurch

psychologist Julie BurgessManning and teacher

SarinaDickson, a reality.

The resource consists of two books: one for use at

school and another for use at home.


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Tea dance . . . TheMainland Big Bandwill perform at a Tea Dance in Amberley next

month. PHOTO: SUPPLIED

A chance conversation between two

friends has set the platform for an old

tradition to be resurrected an

afternoon TeaDance.

The pair turned to the Amberley

Probus Club and the Lions Club of

Amberley to help turn their idea into a

reality.

As a result the first TeaDancewill be

held on Sunday afternoon, August 9

from 2pmat the Tin Shed in the

AmberleyDomain.

TheMainlandBig Band, a popular

dance bandwith a big following in the

Christchurch area, will provide the

music towhich people canwaltz,

quickstep, foxtrot, chacha, rumba,

samba, twist and jive to or simply sit

back, listen and tap their feet and

enjoy an afternoon of nostalgia.

While themusic will cater for all

tastes, an afternoon teawill also

provide plenty of variety, alongwith

spot prizes and a raffle.

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in the past inNewZealandwhere

ballroomdancing once provided

plenty of entertainment.

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programmes such asDancingwith the

Stars have revived public interest.

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sessions in theBalcairnHall and

pupils from the school will be giving a

demonstration at the dance, she says.

Tickets are $10 and can be bought in

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Piano recital in Rangiora

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Gifted youngmusicianBenedict Limwill

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Librarys Chamber Gallery inRangiora,

on July 19, at 2pm

His programmewill featuremusic by

Bach, Schumann andProkofiev.

The concert is presented by the

Waimakariri Community Arts Council in

associationwith Creative Communities

NewZealand. All welcome.

Benedict was born inWellington in

2002 and incredibly has been performing

on the violin and piano since the age of

four.

He has performed at the Chamber

Gallery previously and is a popular

performer.

A taste of performing arts

Wicked . . . Students try out some

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Around35 students got a taste of the stage

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Thewinter campwasorganisedby the

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aspart ofKidsFest.

School directorDaleHartleyBrownsays

students studied everything from

Broadway through toShakespeareand

everything inbetween.

Theprogrammeranat capacity andMrs

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havebeen sopositive about it she is keen

to runa similar event againnext year.

Itwas great tohave somanykids keen to

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Art expo birthday a success

Another Dark Horse . . . Rangiora artist Karin

Werner won the Public Choice vote at the

annual Kaiapoi Art Expowhichwas held at

the Kaiapoi Club last weekend. PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP

By SHELLEY TOPP

KaiapoiArtExpos 10thbirthday

celebrationat theKaiapoiWorkingMens

Club lastweekendwasahuge successwith

big crowdsandgood sales.

Openingnight (lastFriday) had really

good sales and therewasa lot of interest in

the three guest artists, coordinator

TheresaSmith said.

Theywere contemporarypainterPhilip

Trusttum, ceramicist, AndrewCarran, and

sculptorRaymondHerber.All three

attended theopeningnight.

MrsSmith said fewerartists exhibitedat

this years expo, but they showedmore

work, and therewasa great variety on

show.

Itwasalso great to see somany schools

exhibitingpupilswork, she said. Pupils

fromClarkville,KaiapoiBorough,Kaiapoi

High,KaiapoiNorth,NorthLoburn,Ohoka,

RangioraBorough, St JosephsRangiora, St

PatricksKaiapoi, Swannanoa,TeKurao

Tuahiwi, andWoodendall contributed

exhibits.

Every yearpeople attending theExpo

are invited to vote for their favouritepiece

of art. This yearLot 489,KarinWerners

magnificentAnotherDarkHorse,won the

PublicChoice vote.

The inauguralKaiapoiArtExpowas

held in 2006, thebrainchild of a groupof

artists andart loverswhowerekeen to

create anannual exhibition for the town.

It hasnowbecome the largest art event in

Waimakariri andattracts up to 4000 visitors

to theKaiapoiClubannually to view the

wide rangeof artworkondisplay.

At this yearsExpomanyof theartists

includedbusiness cardsalongside their

workondisplay, andabrief profilewith

their list ofworks in theexhibition

catalogue.However, itwouldhavebeen

good to seeprofiles of theartists,with a

photoof themdisplayednext to theirwork.

Muchof theworkappeared to reflect

personal interests heldby theartists, so a

profile andphotoalongside their exhibits

wouldhaveadded interest to theirwork.

Rangiora kids market

Rangioras annual kids market is the

place to shop tomorrow.

The Great Rangiora KidsMarket

has become the traditional finale to

KidsFest in theWaimakariri district

and tomorrow it will be held at the

Rangiora Borough School from 10am

to 1pm.

Organiser Trilby Keen says around

60 stalls have been booked so far,

which is down on the last couple of

years, but children can still turn up

on the day and set up a stall.

Its a good opportunity if Mum and

Dadwant the kids to have a clean up

over the holidays and get rid of some

old toys and books.

Instead of having a school holiday

garage sale, why not come along to the

market andmake some pocket

money.

Ms Keen says there will be all sorts

of bits and pieces on sale, including

toys, books, clothes, games, buskers

and sideshows, and theres always a

bargain to be had. She says her

daughter will be selling trick

sticks.

The kids dream up all sorts of

competitions. Some of them are really

creative.

The one feedback Ive had over the

years is theres some fantastic

bargains to be had. The kids clear out

their toy boxes and their parents

dont want to drag it all home again,

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Gentle giant . . . Rosie Evanswith one of her favourite horses, Callenberg, a gentle giant

in Robert Dunns stable atWoodend Beachwhere sheworks. PHOTO: SHELLEY TOPP

By SHELLEY TOPP

When Ohoka teen Roisin (Rosie) Evans

was given the opportunity of work

experience at one of New Zealands

leading harness racing stables she

worked hard to make the most of it.

Rosie spent three days working as a

stablehand at Robert and John Dunns

Woodend Beach stable in North

Canterbury last November. The

opportunity to work at the Dunn stable

came after Rosie completed a 12month

intensive training course at the

National Equestrian Academy, at the

North Canterbury Community College

in Rangiora.

The course covered theoretical and

practical aspects of equine

management, with a solid grounding in

horse riding, working with sport

horses.

Although she hadnt had much

experience with horses before

beginning the course, she wanted to

give it a go to see how she liked it.

It was awesome and really full on,

Rosie said.

She discovered she really enjoyed

working with horses and wanted to

continue doing so.

However Rosie, who is 19, was keen

to learn more about the racing

industry. So she took an unpaid job

working with Rangiora harness racing

trainer Bevan Heron where she learnt

how to drive horses in work.

While working for Bevan, Rosie was

asked to take a horse over to Woodend

where it was to join the Dunn stable

and where she told John Dunn what she

had been up since doing work

experience with them.

A week later John phoned to offer her

a fulltime job.

Robert Dunn is in second place on

the New Zealand trainers premiership

table this season.

He operates two stables, one at

Pukekohe, in Auckland, and one at

Woodend Beach, near Rangiora, where

John is in charge. The Dunns have

trained 102 winners so far this season.

John and his brother Dexter are both

top drivers. Dexter is New Zealands

leading driver with 210 wins so far this

season while John is in fourth place

with 83 wins.

Rosie said she was really enjoying

her job.

I work with really cool people. We

all get along well and racing industry

people are really helpful and

supportive, she said.

Computer courses popular

By AMANDABOWES

Computers . . . Paul Munnerleys computer

courses are popular. FILE PHOTO

Computer courses run byHurunui

College Librarian PaulMunnerley have

been extremely popular over the past 10

weekswith adults of all ages attending to

learn about their own devices.

With technology changing faster than

most people can keep upwith, the night

courseswere held on an informal basis

once aweek, to allow people to attend the

ones that weremost relevant to them.

Most classes werewell attended and

Paul enlisted extra helpwhen needed for

group sessions.

NavigatingWindows 8with orwithout

a touchscreenwas a favourite as the

operating systemhas leftmany frustrated

trying to find their way around.

Using the internet, searching, book

marking, saving and printing, using email

formaximumefficiency and learning

aboutWindows Cloud andDropBox kept

minds busy in a couple of the sessions.

Paul also looked at computer safety

backing up data, computer care, anti

virus programmes and scamming.

Another popular sessionwas

downloading photos from camera to

computer and how to save them, either

on the hard drive or a flash drive.

The session usingmobile phoneswas

divided into four groups andPaul says he

couldnt have done it without the help of

others as everyones phonewas different.

One night was spent looking at ipads

and how to use themproperly.

Sometimes it was themost basic

applicationswhichwere the ones people

wanted to know about, so they had a clear

idea of where to go on their computers.

Paul says he is planning another series

of night classes next term and is hoping

to look at tablets using the Android

system, among other things.

The classes are five dollars per person

andmoney raised goes back into the

Hurunui College li

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