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A Paddle Fest Hunt for Dumpers Tuesday, Aug 6, 2019 Since Sept 27, 1879 Retail $2 Home delivered from $1.25 THE INDEPENDENT VOICE OF MID CANTERBURY Hunt P24 for dumpers P4 A paddle fest Ashburton College principal Ross Preece tells former students and teachers about plans to replace the school’s leaky library. PHOTO LINDA CLARKE Rebuild highly anticipated BY LINDA CLARKE ing fields and former community “We can get a school we think dents, 14 per cent Maori and 14 The concrete block design [email protected] pool site (now a gravel carpark). will suit our community and the per cent Filipino. served it well at the time, but has The architect for Ashburton Col- Savage said the Ministry of needs of our community in the Alumni chair Peter Gluyas said been found to be too hard to re- lege’s $50 million rebuild will be Education would manage the future.” the gathering marked 50 years model. announced soon, though build- project and the school would be Savage talked about the signif- since the laying of the foundation The current classroom and ing work on the new campus will able to have its say on the space icant build to former students stone at the Walnut Avenue site, technology blocks, and the ad- not begin for another two years. functioned. He also hoped local and staff at an Ashburton College not to be confused with the 50th ministration area, will all be de- Board of Trustees chair Jeremy businesses would engage when Alumni event on Friday. anniversary of the merging of molished once the new school is Savage said the footprint of the it came to awarding contracts for He said the school had changed Ashburton High School and Ash- complete. 76 new classrooms and admin- the work, which is timetabled to a lot since their day and was now burton Technical School in 1965. istration block had not yet been begin after the Ashburton District a multicultural reflection of New The two schools functioned over decided but options included Council’s new building is con- Zealand with a roll that includ- two sites until the college was the existing netball courts, play- structed. ed 14 per cent Pacific Island stu- built. CONTINUED P2 Ph 03 307 7900 Make your money count. to subscribe! Literally. Earn 2.15% p.a. with Heartland’s Direct Call Account. Direct call account terms and conditions apply. News 2 Ashburton Guardian Tuesday, August 6, 2019 www.guardianonline.co.nz Mount Hutt College band prepares for fundraiser Big music is a big focus at Mount Hutt College, and students can not wait to demonstrate their passion at a public performance this Friday, and then at their first-ever big festival later this month. Pupils are flocking to free lessons in flute, clarinet, saxophone and brass, immersing themselves in the grand and symphonic world of concert mu- sic. More instruments are needed to keep up with the demand, and money to buy these will be raised at the con- cert. Music teacher Matthew Wood said rehearsals were going well as the Mount Hutt College Concert Band prepared for the concert, and auction, in the school’s hall at 7pm. Band members would then be on their way to the Christchurch Wind Festival 2019 held on August 24 and 25, no small achievement after the group’s creation at just the start of Term 2. “It’s taken most of that time to get everyone learning and a bit more de- veloped on their instruments,” Wood said. FENZ rep appointed Rebuild highly anticipated From P1 that dripped from the ceiling when Principal Ross Preece said the it rained. campus would be built to cater for The event also included the open- 1350 students and flexible learning ing of a time capsule, created by to road safety group spaces for large groups and individu- the class 3BT for an English project al cells, as well as specialist rooms for in 1996. Teacher at the time Denise subjects like hospitality and wood- O’Halloran did the honours, then BY JAIME PITT-MACKAY it has effects on our people,” would say good luck here you working, where subjects used com- invited four former students to read [email protected] he said. “It is also about seeing go with the charred skeleton mercial machines they would find in their work – students had been asked From today the Ashburton how we can help the commu- of a building, but now we look the workplace. to write about themselves and what District Council road safety nity. We might have informa- at if there is anything else we He said the curriculum was chang- they thought would happen in the co-ordinating committee will tion that could be helpful.” can do.” ing to ensure students had the soft future. have an extra voice from the Findlay said there had been Findlay said there is a lot of skills and disposition needed for the The former students, Steve Carr, emergency services in the a big focus on risk-reduction scope for what FENZ could modern workplace, where they were Jackie Hurst, Amy Clark and Laura form of a representative from from FENZ, at that it not only contribute, and that he was more likely to have a succession of Davidson, were a bit nervous read- Fire and Emergency New Zea- applied to fires. looking forward to seeing short-time employment contracts ing their 14-year-old thoughts aloud, land. “In emergency response what they could add to the rather than be in the same job for 40 but did, with some minor editing to Ashburton’s fire risk man- circles, we talk about the four committee. years. avoid embarrassment. agement officer Bevan Find- R’s, reduction, readiness, re- The committtee had pre- He said computer labs would be Steve, now an accountant, had lay will fill the role as the or- sponse and recovery,” he said. viously consisted of council- a thing of the past as almost all stu- predicted he might become a builder ganisation looks to improve “In the fire service, we have lors, council roading officers, dents now brought their own digital or a mechanic and own a Harley-Da- its risk reduction roles within traditionally been very good at and representatives from the devices. “They don’t need to remem- vidson motorbike. the community for fires and the middle two things (readi- New Zealand Transport Agen- ber the periodic table, they can just Former teacher Lynne McDonald emergencies like vehicle acci- ness and response), but not so cy, New Zealand Police, ACC, ask Siri.” had a surprise of her own and pre- dents. much the other two. Ashburton Community Alco- The alumni group visited several sented a framed and embroidered “We didn’t have anyone “A lot of the work I do is in hol and Drug Service and the classrooms and the school library, Ashburton College crest (a raffle there previously. It is about the reduction space, and with NZ Automobile Association, where staff had prepared for an ex- prize from the 25th jubilee) to alum- recognising firefighters do at- recovery stuff in the past when and will meet today for their pected overnight downpour with ni chair Peter Gluyas, to act as his tend a lot of crashes and that the firefighters were done they quarterly meeting. buckets positioned to collect water badge of office. South Places to eat Notifications News Canterbury Places to eat and drink Event guide Timaru Sport Chamber of and drink council Commerce Shopping Weather Win Shopping Timaru District at your fingertips. Download the App free at the App Store or Google Play WINNER DOWNLOAD NOW! News www.guardianonline.co.nz Tuesday, August 6, 2019 Ashburton Guardian 3 Mt Hutt aiming for increased birdlife BY SUSAN SANDYS dangered mountain parrot on the [email protected] mountain so far this year, the last Fantails, bellbirds, kereru and kea being at the top of the quad chair at do not buy ski lift passes, but Mt the start of the ski season. Hutt staff and management are The birds once gathered at the ski hoping they will flock to the area area in flocks each ski season, en- nonetheless. tertaining skiers with their antics. The ski area is involved in a pest “Certainly with the trapping we trapping operation in the valley be- are doing, we can make it safe for low its snowy slopes, and has just kea to start coming back and get announced it is to replant an area back into their native habitat,” Mc- around the lower access road in Kenzie said. 1000 natives. It was believed the birds bred in Manager James McKenzie said the upper alpine part of the valley the ski area was working with the below the skifield. Department of Conservation for The mountain’s trapping pro- the planting project, which would gramme launched last year was begin after ski season. The natives going well, catching plenty of in- would mainly be manuka, followed troduced mammals which prey on by beech trees, and would cov- birdlife. As of last week there had er about six hectares, in the area been 143 humane kills to date. This about three kilometres up from the comprised 14 hedgehogs, 30 pos- information booth. sums, 57 stoats, and 42 miscella- McKenzie said coupled with neous. The miscellaneous had not the trapping programme already been able to be identified due to under way, the planting project their carcasses having been scav- would assist in helping native birds enged. which populate the southern beech Meanwhile, the ski area is looking forests around Mt Hutt to thrive.
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