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9am-12:30pm & 2:00pm-4:30pm VISITING PROFESSIONALS No more checking the spam folder. • Plunket – Claire – second Monday of every month • Audiologist 16th June From now on each week we will • Dietician 18th June send you a reminder to click on NZ COVID Tracer app – Scan upon arrival htp://thepinkie.co.nz/ It’s critical we continue to use the NZ COVID Tracer app to keep track of where we’ve been to improve our chances of quickly stopping the spread of COVID-19.

Cover: Autumn colours We encourage everyone to keep scanning and to turn on Bluetooth tracing. Check that you have Bluetooth tracing Photos this issue Richard Tapper, enabled on the dashboard of the NZ COVID Tracer app. If historical archives, HDC you don’t, please turn it on. www.health.govt.nz/nz-covid-tracer

Prescriptions Just a friendly reminder to call at least 48 hours before you If You Want to Have need a repeat prescription. Your script will automatically be sent to your pharmacy (Amberley or Healthworks Christchurch). Prescriptions sent to Amberley can be picked Something included in up at the Health Centre and those sent to Healthworks Christchurch can be picked up at Healthworks Pharmacy in The Pinkie the village. If you want a hard copy prescription to take away and sort yourself, please ask the clinician.

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0274 337 420 Amuri Historical Society is holding another open day at the

Contact Details HISTORICAL LYNDON HOMESTEAD [email protected] –Waiau, North Canterbury (31 Lyndon Rd) Richard Tapper Sunday, May 9th 2021 - 10.30am to 2.30 pm

0274 337420 This iconic building is being restored by its current Deadline for material including advertising is 5 owner. The restoration is in the early stages and will pm Sunday take some years to be Opinions expressed herein are not necessarily completed. those of the editor or publisher Entry: Adults $10 and children free. Light refreshments complimentary. The Pinkie is published by Also the Waiau Museum and Cob Cottage will also Hanmer Springs Village News Ltd be open 12.30 - 3 pm Richard Tapper For inquires: Don Galletly 0272445150 [email protected] or Sue Harris 0212647198 19.What is the chief city of Mallorca? 20.What is Homer Simpson’s father’s first TTRRIIVVIIAA name? 21.Which film and entertainment company used to feature a strong man striking a gong? 22.Merlot grapes produce what coloured wine? 23.What is the name of Harry Potter’s owl? 24.How should a piece of music marked ‘largo’ be played? 25.In the Harry Potter stories what type of an estab- lishment is The Leaky Cauldron? 26.What type of musical instrument is a snare? 1. Which chemical element is also known as 27.In the Bible, who was the second son of Adam quicksilver? and Eve? 2. In India they are bhindi, they are also called 28.What type of creature is a merganser? ladies’ fingers or gumbo. Which vegetable are we talking about? 29.What is the name of the British royal family’s residence on the River Dee in Scotland? 3. His real name was Eric Blair but what was this famous author’s pen name? 30.In Formula 1 Racing, what do the initials DRS stand for? 4. Liverpool is linked to Birkenhead by which tunnel? 31.Which company is the sole supplier of tyres to Formula 1 racing? 5. It is also called vingt-et-un or pontoon but in the casino this card name is called what? 32.What is the ancient citadel of Athens called? 6. Chillies were originally native to which country? 33.In which country was the actor Richard Burton born? 7. Who wrote the nonsense poem ‘The Hunting of the Snark’? 34.For what is the Victoria Cross awarded, as inscribed on the medal itself? 8. Which actor played Marty McFly in the ‘Back to the Future’ films? 35.How many players are there (on the field) in a rugby league team? 9. Americans call this simple game ‘tic-tac-toe’. What do we call it? 10.What term is given for the standard score of a golf hole or golf course? 11.What type of farm animal has a breed called Tamworth? 12.Palaeontology is the study of what? 13.Which measure of distance equals 1.61 kilometres? 14.Who was Oliver Hardy’s comedy-film acting partner? 15.What is the official language of Brazil? 16.What comes before a fall, according to the proverb? 17.What does the acronym REM stand for in terms of sleep? 18.How many sheets of paper in a ream? Amuri Chambers Will Be Returned to Former Glory Herbal

The Amuri Chambers in Culverden was built in the early Profle 1920’s and is familiar to Hanmer people because it was of the week: the seat of the Amuri County Council until 1989 when it was dissolved and amalgamated into the Hurunui District SAGE Council. The Amuri Council was Culverden, Waiau, Rotherham and Hanmer Springs and many an august Hanmer citizen served on this body during its hundred year existence.

The signifcant landmark in the North Canterbury service town was put up for tender by Hurunui District Council in Benefts of Sage—It can be used in either its fresh or its January. As of last week the Chambers came under new dried form. The most common means of employing sage ownership. for curative purposes is in the creation of tinctures (when The Croft family from Culverden, a joint venture between using fresh leaves) or infusions (when employing dried husband and wife Voray and David, and their children leaves) of various strengths. Catherine and Robert have bought the building. A tincture of sage leaves has been employed as a remedy Voray has always had her eyes on the Chambers, as she’s always wanted to do up an old building. for "everything" - fevers, fu, coughs, colds, and even indigestion. Sage can also be incorporated as a gargle to The Croft family has been in Culverden since 1962, Voray help remedy gingivitis (bleeding gums), combat halitosis, has been there 33 years. and cure sore throats. Because of its soothing, slightly- Voray and Catherine have a vision for the Chambers minty aromatic properties, sage can also be employed as a being a great community hub, with the board room remedy for stuffy noses, and, if allowed to steep in honey staying as just that, for whoever wishes to use it. along with grated ginger roots, cloves, and orange peel, it They plan on enhancing the historical 1920s features, can even be partaken as syrup that helps to treat and polishing up the most recent back section of the hoarseness of voice and tonsillitis. building.

“A community tradition is local people getting involved to Milder dilutions of sage tea can be drunk prior to bedtime upkeep important properties, both for use by the or after a hard day’s work, as sage not only possesses community and to retain a visual record of our history,” signifcant sedative properties, but it also been found to said Voray.. enhance memory and improve mental recall - this likely being the origin of its name! Sage is also a noted anti-infammatory and antihistaminic herb, making it useful for the treatment of minor to moderate aches and pains. Moderately strong decoctions of sage tea are also benefcial for the digestion and may be drunk after or during meals to achieve such effects.

Courtesy of Wellness Hanmer. • Be a non-smoker and not too much overweight. • Without an excess figure in the policy, a 65 year old couple's HEALTH INSURANCE / annual cost would get to $4,500 - $5,000 very quickly and MEDICAL INSURANCE A keep rising from there. • Get probably three quotes before you actually nail anything FEW THOUGHTS, down. • Private insurance cover will almost always provide access COMMENTS AND earlier to surgery than the public health system. • A comprehensive health insurance package for a family of SUGGESTIONS two adults and two children with no excess but including cover for tests and specialists, can quickly get to $400 per from Pita Alexander month - $4,800 per year – a $1,000 excess would pull this figure, perhaps, back to $3,800 per year.

• There are two types of medical inflation - 'demand pull' and • Public or private. 'cost push' and you and I will pay both of them. • Some would consider private medical cover as a luxury as New Zealand has a wide ranging public health cover. • Focus on the big risks - you accept and pay all the minor costs. • There are various different policies and different levels of cover. • Get involved reasonably early on - not later on. • Basically, our NZ public system is free. • Being eligible for our New Zealand public health system is • With the private insurance having a high excess, say, you sometimes based on your pain threshold and how much paying the first, say, $500 or $1,000 of any claim can reduce you can cope with - very unappealing, but a key part of the the annual cost usefully. present NZ system in some cases.

• Self-insuring is possible but there would need to be quite a • So what is the take home message here: solid cash deposit starting point early on simply because an 1. Run your own financial plan if you can - that is, issue like a hip operation now has a cost of $20,000 - 'self-insure' but start early and put aside quite a $25,000. useful sum at • Pre-existing conditions are confusing and complicated area – the outset – very, very few can cope with this. but time can be a great healer in that not every previous 2. Live healthy. health issue will be excluded – so it pays to check. 3. Manage your financial reserves - including your • As you get older, the annual premium costs increase - there emergency fund. are no fixed policies for life. 4. Let your children take over their health insurance • The annual increase of your health insurance will be well costs when they can afford it. above the New Zealand inflation rate. 5. Have as big an excess in the policy that you can • Be very careful as you get older about cancelling a health afford - an excess of, say, $2,000 per event may insurance policy in case you can't re-insure elsewhere. reduce your annual cost by 40%. • It is worthwhile having as high an excess as you can afford - 6. Expect your net annual premium cost to increase an excess of $1,000 can save between 25% - 35% of the by, say, 12% a year - that is, it will double every annual cost for a 40 year old couple. six years (based on the ‘rule of 72’). • Often using a health insurance broker is worthwhile. 7. A net annual cost at this point of, say, $4,000 per • It is crucial to know what your health insurance does not year (after any excess discount) would mean with cover. an annual retirement disposable income of, say, $60,000 that you are spending 6% of your avail- • Sometimes there is some overlapping regarding your health able cash income - that percentage, though, is insurance, travel insurance, ACC cover and your credit card - looking like 12% within 12 years. there is a high potential hourly return here in doing your homework.

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Pine Cones For Sale Hanmer Springs Bowling Club fundraiser. Dry, clean pine cones for sale. How much: between $5 and $10 a bag. Bag sizes vary. Larger quantities we will deliver. Phone Graeme 0274335597 or email [email protected] PHONE 027 45 27 834 Moroccan Lamb Harira This traditional soup is eaten throughout the year in Morocco, but even more so during the month of Ramadan to break the fast once the sun sets. It is typically made with lamb but chicken thighs or gravy beef could be used as an alternative, or it's just as good as a vegetarian meal. Ingredients 400g lamb neck boneless fllet or lamb shoulder, cut into 3cm cubes 1 red onion, coarsely grated Moroccan Butterfly Chicken 2 celery stalks, cut into 1cm cubes 2 tsp each ground turmeric, ginger and cinnamon Ingredients 1 large pinch saffron threads, soaked in 1 tbsp water 1.5 kg (3 lb) chicken 3 teaspoons olive oil ½ bunch each parsley and coriander, fnely chopped, including 1½ teaspoons ground cumin stalks 1½ teaspoons ground coriander 2 x 400g can chopped tomatoes Olive and lemon stufng 750ml chicken stock 2 tablespoons fnely chopped preserved lemon, rind 75g dried chickpeas, soaked in water overnight, rinsed and only drained ¼ cup (55 g/2 oz) chopped pitted green olives ¼ cup (40 g/1¼ oz) pine nuts 55g dried green lentils, rinsed and drained 2 tablespoons chopped fresh fat-leaf parsley lemon wedges, to serve 1 teaspoon harissa Method Method 1. Combine the lamb, onion, celery, turmeric, ginger, 1. Preheat the oven to moderate 180°C (350°F/Gas cinnamon, saffron with soaking liquid, stalks from the parsley 4). Tuck the wings underneath the chicken, then split and coriander, tomatoes, stock, 750ml water, chickpeas and the chicken down the length of the back with a pair of kitchen scissors. Open the chicken out and lentils in the slow cooker. Cook on low for 8 hours until the fatten it down with your hands. pulses and lamb are tender. 2. To make the olive and lemon stufng, place the 2. Season to taste with salt. Stir in the chopped parsley and preserved lemon rind, green olives, pine nuts, coriander and serve with lemon wedges. parsley and harissa in a bowl and mix well to Serves 4-6 combine. 3. Loosen the skin covering the chicken breast and legs by sliding a hand between the fesh and the skin. Push the stufng under the skin, working it across the breast and down to the legs. Skewer the legs to the side of the body. 4. Brush the chicken lightly with the olive oil. Combine the ground cumin and ground coriander and sprinkle over the chicken. 5. Place the chicken on a rack in a baking dish and bake for 1 hour. Test for doneness by inserting a skewer into a thigh. If the juices that run out are clear, then the chicken is cooked. If the juices are pink, bake the chicken for another 10 minutes before testing again. 6. When cooked, remove the chicken from the oven and allow to rest in a warm place for 10 minutes before carving into portions. Serve with steamed cous- Moroccan Dishes for Cold Nights HS MTB club is holding its West Ward By-election 2021 AGM in the Library It's about giving back to your community - on Are you up for it? Saturday 8th May at 7pm. Have you thought about becoming a councillor in the West Ward? No matter your background or experience, this could be a great opportunity for you.

Training and guidance will be supplied.

A By-election is required to fill ONE extraordinary vacancy in the West Ward, nominations close 12 noon, Thursday May 20, 2021.

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Become A Bowling Club Turf Sponsor *Contact the Deputy Electoral Officer, Naomi Woodham, on 029 770 For $50 you can get into Hanmer Springs 9151 or [email protected]. Property $50 buys you the sponsorship of a square *Look on the HDC website. meter of turf of the new bowling green adjacent to the golf club. *Drop into the Hurunui District Council Amberley office or any of our The purchase of one (or more) square meters will not only be of Service Centres. great assistance in funding the new all-weather green, but also your name (or your company name) will be featured on the *Or ring Council office, 03 3148 816. sponsorship board for the life of the green and you will receive a sponsorship certiﬁcate. All you have to do is email [email protected] Or phone Janet on 0272 210 653 for an application form or more information

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Resilient Hurunui presents Dylan Muggeridge " A Beef and Lamb Perspective". Dylan is the Environment Policy Manager for Beef and Lamb NZ based in Havelock North, Hawkes Bay. He is an advocate for the interests of Beef and Lamb farmers, on climate change issues. Thursday May 20th, Amberley School, Rewi Alley Room, Douglas Road, Amberley, 7.30p.m. $5 donation appreciated.

Last Saturday saw the Four Square Half Marathon plus the 5 & 10K Fun Runs held after a two year hiatus because of lock-down last year. There was a combined entry of over 1,200 runners and walkers. Pictured here are some scenes from the day. The four kids, (facing page top right) took it upon themselves to be cheer squad, singing out, “Come on, you can make it” to each runner as they passed.

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Hurunui District Councillors Hanmer Please feel free to contact us, as your Springs Golf closest representatives. Club Mary Holloway, Hanmer Springs Results Saturday 0274 983764 1st May Twos [email protected] Net Medal Fred Saunders Mike Gibbon Nicky Anderson, Rotherham 1st Les Mitchell 65 2nd Mike Gawith 67 0275 315997 Nearest the Pin 3rd Allen Latimer 67 [email protected] Sam Gavin 4th Brent Foster 68 Ross Barnes, Mount Lyford 5th Mark Minson 68 03 315 6583 6th Colin Hight 69 [email protected] 7th Mike Gibbon 69

TRIVIA ANSWERS 1. Mercury 2. Okra. 3. George Orwell 4. Mersey Tunnel 5. Blackjack. 6. Mexico 7. Lewis Carroll 8. Michael J Fox JPs in Hanmer Springs 9. Noughts and Crosses 10. Par 11. A pig Alice Stielow 315 7219 12. Fossil animals and plants 13. A mile 14. Stan Laurel Joy Wilson 315 7147 027 2202511 15. Portuguese 16. Pride 17. Rapid Eye Movement. Rod Ell 315 7222 027 4372464 18. Five hundred 19. Palma de Mallorca 20. Abe Jonathan Gardiner. 315 7925 0276859276 21. Rank Organisation 22. Red 23. Hedwig 24. Very slowly 25. A pub 26. Drum 27. Abel 28. A duck 29. Balmoral 30. Drag Reduction System 31. Pirelli. 32. The Acropolis 33. Wales 34. For valour 35. 13 HANMER SPRINGS BRIDGE CLUB Results 29/04/2021 North / South - P Ensor & C Fraser Hanmer Heritage Forest Trust East / West - R Ferguson & J Pillidge AGM Monday 10th May 2021 6pm. Waikari Hospital Centennial 4th September 2021 Anglican Church meeting room We are looking for any information past or present !"#$%#&'()#&$"(*+&$*,&%-$.#&/(0.&12#3%4&$*,&52*,&(06& regarding the Waikari Hospital/Staff or patients. $7(06&6-#&3(.8&(5&6-#&9.0%6: We are also looking for any memorabilia ;.2*8%&$*,&*277"#%&32""&7#&%#.1#,&< regarding the hospital. Registrations will be 5(""(32*+&6-#&)##62*+:& available from April. For any further information please contact either Michele 0210341632 or =*/&*()2*$62(*%&6(&6-#&>($.,&)0%6&7#&326-&6-#&%#'.#6$./& Sandy 0273439921 or email 7/&?$60.,$/&@6-&A$/4&$*,&%#*6&6(&< [email protected]. !B&>(C&DEF4&G$*)#.&?H.2*+%: Community Events

MAY JANUARY ’22 1st ½ Marathon, 10 K etc Hanmer Springs 14/15 Great Southern Alps Miler 8th MTB Club AGM Library 7 pm 15th MacPac Mountainman (tougher than the 14-15th Old Forest Hanmer 100 Run Coast to Coast) 15-16th Ukulele for Beginners Workshop* The Alpine Adventure Race 15-16th Physical & Devised Theatre Workshop* The High Country 100km (Run) 15-16th Creative Arts Therapy* The Stampede 50km (Run) 20th Nominations Close West Ward by-election The Homestead Half 21km Run 22nd Mt Isobel Challenge The James Epic 103km MTB Race 22nd ACAC’s Molly’ Remedy @ 5 Stags ++ GroundEffect Pony Express MTB Race 24th LTTP Sessions @ The Library *If you have any questions about these half, one and JULY two day workshops please go to the website 3rd-31st Mid-winter Festival http://musicandarts.co.nz or telephone Graham Frith 3rd-31st Ice Skating 027 539 8484 2nd Hanmer Springs Midwinter Fete 3rd Winter Ball ** By-election will only be held if there is more than one 10th-11th Kid’s 10K Night Run nomination for the seat 16th. (Possible)** West Ward by-election 17th Midwinter Dinner Hanmer Springs Hotel ++ Check Amuri Arts Council website 24-25th Upholstery Workshop*

OCTOBER ’21 If You Have Any Events Coming 2-3rd Upholstery Workshop* 2-3rd Basket Weaving Workshop* Up In the Next 12 months please 2-3rd Soap Making Workshops* let us know so we can include 2-3rd Harmonica Beginners Workshop* 9-10th Ukulele for Beginners Workshop* them here. A lot of people use 9-10th Catonnage Workshop* 9-10th Urban Aerosol Street Art Workshop* this page looking forward to 9-10th Sax, Trumpet Trombone Clarinet when events are on Workshop* 28th-31st Hurunui Garden Festival 29th Hanmer Springs Fete 30/31 Hanmer Halloween Howler 12hr/24hr MTB race

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HANMER SPRINGS ADULTS’ CHOIR YOGA TUESDAY WALKERS No experience necessary! Wednesday during Tuesday's 5:15pm @ 12 Amuri Ave Tuesday morn walks in local forest area. the school term. 7 - 8.30 Sunday's 10am @ Amuri Estate, Approx 1½ - 2 hours. Meet 9.45 am at Hanmer Springs School 128 Medway Rd Jollies Pass Rd Forest Entry car park (by Cost $10 casual or $60 full term. Please call/txt Olivia 021 548 776 to old DoC house) More info Anne Contact Rosalind Kelly for further enquiries 0212777515 or Julian 021 148 2811 conﬁrm your spot 027 733 4405 Check the FB page for changes in days/times each week Tramping group Day tramps in local mountains and Hanmer Springs Tennis Club surrounding areas. Every Wednesday. During season twilight tennis plus kid’s PILATES For more information contact Janet coaching. Contacts:, Olivia Reid 021548776 Pilates classes @ 12 Amuri Ave 021 103 4303. Mt Isobel Tramping (adults), Sarah Currie (Kids) 02108264557 Mon 5.30pm Thursday 8.45 am 10 am Group Corrie 0210457666 Wendy 027243 2123 HANMER SPRINGS BRIDGE HANMER SPRINGS COMMUNITY GYM CLUB For use by members. Located downstairs @ THURSDAYS AT THE ANGLICAN Sports Pavilion. Machines for cardio & weight LINE DANCING CHURCH HALL @ 7.15 pm exercise. Membership enquiries Call Joy 315 7147 or Type to enter text Phone Shane Adcock 021 921 109 Memorial Hall Monday 1 pm Contact Penny 0272 408 321 - 027 2202511 visitors welcome Cost:donation MORRIS DANCING Listings on these pages are free 7.30 pm Memorial Hall every AQUACIZE and are the responsibility of Thermal Pools Entrance, Monday Thursday those listed to keep up-to-date mornings at 10am Contact John Dumsday Informal group will need an Aqua Stick Phone 021395022. For more information contact Linda 021 223 8188 FACILITIES & VENUES

HANMER SPRINGS GOLF CLUB SPORTS PAVILION AVAILABLE FOR HIRE FOR FUNCTIONS, Available for sports groups, weddings, functions WEDDINGS, FUNERALS ETC. Fully equipped etc. Fully equipped kitchen. Large carpeted kitchen, Spacious, warm, carpeted room. Bar function room. Changing rooms, showers facilities. Phone 315 7110 Contact the library

ANGLICAN CHURCH HALL Available for hire for groups, worships, REMNANT CHURCH NZ retreats etc. 5pm shared ﬁnger food fellowship Contact Rev Natasha Glenderran 317 7211 6pm a Worship n Word service Includes Children’s Church 7 Coleridge Street Phone 0210767236 CHURCHES an Outreach of Living Waters Hurunui

COMMUNITY LIFE CHURCH Anglican Church of the Epiphany Catholic Parish of the Good Resuming10.30 am shortly Sundays. Enter behind 31 Jollies Pass Road - Sundays 10 am Shepherd, Hurunui Twice but Nice Charity Shop Tea & Coffee after Sunday service. St Roch’s Church 27 Amuri Rev Natasha Glenderran 315 7221 People’s Warden Jonathan Gardiner 315 7925 Ave.Mass 5 pm each Saturday For wedding information & church hall bookings Culverden Church Mass 6.30 pm phone Natasha ﬁrst Sunday of each month &, 2nd 3rd Saturday each month Fire, Ambulance and Police Dial 111 residents. The best advice we can give right now is to buy products in types 1, 2 and 5 plastics if you can and Big Recycling put all other plastic types in your rubbish.” There are things residents can do to ensure the district’s Changes for recycling doesn’t end up in the landﬁll including: • Check plastic containers for a plastic type – if it’s numbered 3, 4, 6 or 7, put it in the rubbish. This Canterbury goes for all lids as well, regardless of the plastic type

• Keeping recycling clean – dirty recycling will be Changes with rejected and could contaminate a whole load of Acceptable Items otherwise good materials. • Keeping soft plastics out – soft plastics are a Canterbury’s recycling sorting facility is reopening common contaminant. Put anything that can be under Alert Level 3, and kerbside recycling will scrunched into a ball into the rubbish, regardless start being processed again, rather than stored, of the plastic type from Monday 4 May. The move brings changes to the types of plastics that can be recycled, and • Look before you buy – if it’s not a plastic type 1, residents are asked to implement the changes 2 or 5, look for alternatives or contact the maker straight away. to ask them to consider alternative packaging • Tighter acceptance criteria from overseas, lower 50 percent of the mixed paper that comes commodity prices and limited access to ports has through the recycling stream is junk mail. A no changed the global market for plastics so only types 1, 2 circular/junk mail sticker on your letterbox is a and 5 can be accepted now. great way to signiﬁcantly reduce this.

Mixed plastics 3, 4, 6 and 7 and any soft plastic that can be scrunched into a ball will need to go in the rubbish. ACCEPTABLE NOT ACCEPTED

Plastic types 1 and 2 are things like soft drink, juice, milk and cream bottles and ice cream containers. Type 5 plastics are often used for large yoghurt containers, margarine, spreads and less rigid containers.

Waste Minimisation Team Leader Sally Cracknell said the changes are a flow on effect of the international plastic Out of hours recycling facilities for paper, card, market and global environmental movements. cans, plastics types 1, 2 & 5 only and glass bottles are provided; please ensure recycling is “We’re asking residents to check the number in the clean, loose and all lids are removed. Soft plastics (i.e. those you can scrunch in your hand) triangle on the bottom of their plastic is 1, 2 or 5 before areOut not of hours recyclable recycling and facili2es must be for placed paper, incard, the cans, refuse. putting it in their recycling,” she said. “Plastic types 3, 4, Kerbsideplas2c bo7les, refuse small and plas2c recycling containers, collection glass – bo7les 6 and 7 have now become a landfill item.” Mondayare provided, 8am ensure recycling is loose and clean and all lids removed. “We are in the process of drawing up a notice that can Only offcial refuse and recycling bags will be col- go out with our recycling bags as a reminder, but it’s Kerbside Refuse and Recycling Collec2on lected;Service - theseMonday can 8am be purchased from Hanmer important our residents make this change as soon as Springs Four Square and the library. they hear the news” she said. When using the Council’s kerbside refuse and recycling collec7on service, please remember only official Hurunui “Prior to Level 4 lockdown the Hurunui had a great track Council refuse and recycling bags will be collected. These can record for low contamination rates in our recycling, be purchased from Hanmer Springs Four Square and the meaning less of our recycling was diverted to landfill.” Hanmer Springs Library. Non-complying bags and recycling bags containing glass bo7les will not be collected “We are grateful for the effort our district put in to its recycling and we know this is a big change for our

Taken from the front door of The Lodge Hotel looking across the tennis court to Bennington’s Bakery (left) and the NZRR Bus Garage (now Adventure Centre) 1940s/50s Licensed REAA 2008

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