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Since Sept 27 1879 Wednesday, November 18, 2020 $2.20 Motor show Hey there, a success Delilah P4 P22 P4 MIDWEEK GOLFING DREAM TEAM FULL STORY P27 DOMAIN AVIARY SET FOR DEMOLITION – P7 Ph 03 307 7900 to subscribe! 2 NEWS Ashburton Guardian Wednesday, November 18, 2020 INSIDE TODAY Motor show a success P4 Assault a common theme P5 Aviary’s days numbered P7 Kakapo garners most votes P8 Recycling bins confiscated P9 Television liftout P13 Compliance out of hand P23 CONTACTS Editor Matt Markham 03 307-7969 Journalists Jonathan Leask 03 307-7971 Sue Newman A fun head of steam 03 307-7958 Adam Burns 03 307-7957 Families and holidaymakers were out in force at The Plains Vintage Railway and Historical Museum open day. Visitors from all over the South Island enjoyed the site under 26 degree sunshine whilst taking shelter aboard the steam loco K88. The stationary engines and museum village buildings were also open to patrons. Iona Rogers (9) finds a prime spot alongside steam train operator Gary Kirton. PHOTO ADAM BURNS 151120-AB-4249 Heather Mackenzie 03 307-7956 Unique experience on offer at The Plains Heather Chalmers 03 307-7900 to watch the show. have a rail theme. manager Roger Farr said they are By Heather Mackenzie Plains Railway chairperson Lo- “First and foremost, it is an ec- pleased to be working with the [email protected] rayne Oakley said this is the first centric and fun live music show, Plains Museum to try something time the church has been used for with synthesizers, lights, humour, different. After hours Ashburton Trust Event Centre and a performance like this. and an attention to show-craft,” “The Plains Railway and His- [email protected] The Plains Railway and Historical “I am really looking forward to Tonnon said. torical Museum is such a great Museum have teamed up to offer seeing the show, the church is the Lyrically Tonnon likened his space and we are lucky to have it Advertising a unique show on Thursday night. perfect venue for it.” style to that of folk music. in town,” Farr said. Sales manager Sonia Gill Songwriter, musician and Described by Tonnon as a show “It could be called electronic Farr went on to say they are Call 03 307-7976 performer, Anthonie Tonnon is loosely based on the rail theme, folk or future folk.” looking forward to holding other advertising@theguardian. bringing his Rail Land – Arts on he said the show is 80 per cent Those attending are invited joint shows down the track. co.nz Tour show to town for one night. live music, which has nothing to to journey through a charming Tickets cost $29.00 per person The night gets under way at do with railways, however there space where story, song and Ton- and are available online at www. General enquiries 6.30pm with a rail car ride and will be old NZR railway posters non’s beautiful voice combine. ateventcentre.co.nz or call in to Call 03 307-7900 then back to the Waterton Church on display and some of the songs Ashburton Trust Event Centre the event centre. 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LYNN BELLEW WILLIAM AND CHARLIE STOCKER NICKY ARNOLD JASON BRUCE TORIKA WAQASOKOLALA “A high rise carkpark. And William: “A big John Deere tractor.” “Something for people to “More stuff at the EA Centre, “I’d like to see a mall.” parks which can fit a car Charlie: “Another big playground with a big slide.” safely jump off at the lake as I’d like to see a bit more and trailer. We are a rural opposed to the bridge. It’d be development there to make it a community after all.” quite fun for the kids.” one-stop sporting shop.” Smallest schools get smaller By Jonathan Leask current roll of 36. 8.8 per cent from 382 to a roll of field principal Richard Kidd said. jumped 7.7 per cent (29 pupils) In the last 10 years, it reached 351, having previously had a roll “I expect that our roll in March to 378. [email protected] a peak of 68 students in 2013, but of 434 in 2018. will be around 85 as we have a Hinds School’s roll had the following year dropped to 45 “Enrolments come and go over few children due to leave at the dropped from 141 in 2018 to 126 The two smallest schools in the and has steadily declined since. time and certainly over the peri- end of the year. in 2019, but was back up to 133 district have become even small- The district’s smallest school, od of a year,” Ashburton Borough “We have had quite a few new this year. er in 2020, according to the Min- Chertsey School, was down 11.5 School principal Hilary Boyce entrants start in the last year, Lauriston School had been the istry of Education’s (MOE) official per cent but that only equates said. many that we haven’t expected. big mover in 2019, topping 100 roll data. to three pupils, with a roll of 26 “There are no concerns over “We also have a very support- students for the first time, but Roll numbers are provided to compared to 29 last year. our current or future roll. ive board of trustees who fund an dipped from 104 back to 99. the MOE as at July 31 each year Chertsey Board of Trustees “We are focused on providing extra teacher to keep class sizes Mount Hutt College had an in- to provide an official count, how- chair Fiona McFall said the the best education for all those small.” crease of 31 students (6.4%) to a ever, rolls across the district’s school was now at 28. who come through our gate, it Ashburton Christian School roll of 481 while Ashburton Col- schools fluctuate throughout the “Things at Chertsey School are doesn’t really matter how many had an 8.5 per cent increase, lege remained steady at 1181, up year. pretty great,” McFall said. that is or is not. from 118 to 129 in July, but Prin- 8 students (0.7%). The total school roll for the dis- “The ministry’s figures are “What is important to us is that cipal Tim Kuipers said that the The student roll in the Ash- trict at July 31 increased by 1.3 from July to July and it’s once a students are happy, engaged and roll had since grown to 139. burton District is 5356 for 2020, per cent in 2020, with an even year, but a lot can happen in that learning.” As the school is set to become a increasing from 4760 in 2010 – a split between schools increas- time. Wakanui School’s roll of 114 fully combined primary and sec- 12.5 per cent increase over the ing and decreasing, but the two “It is just the ebbs and flows of was a 7 per cent drop, down from ondary school next year, Kuipers decade. smallest schools had the biggest families moving in and out of the 122. is forecasting a big jump in 2021. In comparison, Selwyn has percentage drop in roll numbers. area.” Mayfield School had the big- “We look to start next year on grown from 6958 in 2020 to have Our Lady of the Snows (OLS) Since 2000, Chertsey’s roll has gest increase, growing 11 per cent 155, partly due to retaining pu- a 2020 total roll of 10691 (34% in- in Methven had the biggest per- fluctuated widely from a 10 year from its 2019 roll of 73 to 82 pu- pils for the high school and partly crease) while to the south Timaru centage roll drop of 25.9 per cent high of 41 in 2010 to a low of 22 pils in 2020 and was still growing.