If you are thinking of buying, selling or renting, call your local Harcourts Hanmer Springs Ofice today! 03 315 7084 [email protected] Your home for local property Shop 3, 12a Conical Hill Road Four Seasons Realty 2017 Ltd | Licensed Agent REAA 2008 Four Seasons Realty Family Violence – It’s Not OK – To The Pinkie get help on 0800 456 450 As an old local petrolhead I was wondering why the yearly Women’s Refuge 0800 REFUGE (733 843) MotorFest Car Show has been moved out of the domain. Having been to every show most of the locals who have For emergencies ring 111, cars in the show even played rugby for Hanmer or helped North Canterbury Police 105 build the club rooms. I thought it was the ideal place for the show, close to the shops, cafes and bars. Lifeline 0800 543 354, Every weekend we have to put up with cyclists all over the Youthline 0800 376 633 or text HELP (4357) roads. Surely one weekend of cars can’t be that bad. for free, 24/7, confidenOal support . It seems like a case of some people who have been here a couple of months pulling all the strings. Pissed-off local Malcolm Menzies A call out to Hurunui Businesses Join the Hurunui District Council by getting behind the 'I CAN'T WAIT' campaign in support of those struggling with the physical and emotional effects of Crohn's and Colitis (inflammatory bowel disease). What is involved? Displaying a window sticker from Crohn's and Colitis NZ honouring the 'I can't wait' cards held by those with bowel disease, and giving people who display these cards undenied access to your bathroom facilities. To sign up, email [email protected] with your full contact details. Hanmer 0274 337 985 Christchurch, Hanmer Springs, Kaikoura, Cheviot, Waiau, Rotherham, Waikari, Waipara Amberley, Rangiora, Greta Valley, Culverden [email protected] ! Peter Moody Phone 021 927 037 E: [email protected] For all your flooring needs. 59 Jacks Pass Rd, Hanmer Springs 03 315 7503 [email protected] Clinic Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-12:30pm & 2:00pm-4:30pm VISITING PROFESSIONALS • Plunket – Claire – second Monday of every month Electronic Version • Audiologist • Dietician Each week we will send you a CANTERBURY’S COVID-19 VACCINATION PROGRAMME reminder to click on UPDATE h\p://thepinkie.co.nz/ We are excited to announce we have been given approval to start our COVID-19 vaccination programme for our community. If you want to be added to our vaccination waiting list please Cover: frosty sunrise call our dedicated Hanmer Springs Health Centre COVID-19 Photos this issue Richard Tapper, vaccination number 020 4091 0704 and leave your name and number. At this stage we are only able to vaccinate a small historical archives, number of our community each week. We’ll contact you when it’s your turn. Please be patient, as we are following the guidelines provided to us below. ****************************************************** If You Want to Have In Waitaha/Canterbury we’re currently vaccinating people in Group 1, Group 2 and a small number of people in Group 3. Something included in • • Group 1 includes border and MIQ workers and their household The Pinkie contacts. • Please email it to • Group 2 includes frontline health workers, people working and living in long-term residential care, Māori and Pacific people [email protected] aged 70 and over, the people they live with and their carers. • 0274 337 420 • Group 3 includes people aged 65 and over, people with some underlying health conditions, pregnant people, and people with disabilities, older Māori and Pacific people, the people Contact Details they live with and their carers. [email protected] There are more than 170,000 people in Group 3 in Canterbury. Richard Tapper Because of this, we’re inviting people to book their vaccination appointments in stages. 0274 337420 Deadline for material including advertising is 5 We’re pleased to say we’re opening a vaccination clinic at Hanmer Springs Heath Centre. pm Sunday Opinions expressed herein are not When it is your turn to book an appointment, we’ll contact you necessarily those of the editor or publisher directly with instructions about how to book. This will be by text, email, letter or phone call. The Pinkie is published by OurIf you’re after-hours in Group phone is3 always and you answered haven’t by a registeredbeen contacted nurse who to will book yourassess yourvaccination, needs, offer you advice don’t or, if required,need to arrange do anything immediate right assistance now. Hanmer Springs Village News Ltd We’llfrom our contact on-call clinician. you when It can it’s take your several turn minutes. Please to answer be patient. the phone so please be patient and hold, and follow the voice prompts carefully Richard Tapper In the meantime,IN AN you EMERGENCY can find out more DIAL about 111 the vaccination [email protected] programme, the vaccine, and about which group you’re in here: vaccinatecanterburywestcoast.nz 19.Which international newsagency was found in London in 1851? trivia. Quiz 20.Who composed the opera William Tell? 21.What wild animal has versions called Siberian and Bengal? 22.What slab or rock, discovered in 1799, enabled the deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphics? 23.During which war did the Gallipoli campaign occur? 24.What type of entertainment do you associate with Saddlers Wells? 1. Doric, Ionian and which other style make up 25.In which country is the plateau known as Massif the three orders of Greek architecture? Central? 2. For what purpose did the Emperor Shan Jahan 26.Oboes are a part of which section of the build the Taj Mahal? orchestra? 3. What name is given to a sun-dried brick and a 27.What name is given to to the distance across a brand of computer software? circle, through the centre? 4. Peter Sellers played which military scientist in a 28.Samuel Langhorne Clemens was the real 1964 Stanley Kubrick film? name of which American author? 5. What name is given to a gathering of witches? 29.Which fictional city is associated with Batman? 6. Which two winter months were named after 30.Which of Shakespeare’s plays features the Roman emperors? character of Shylock? 7. Who played Edina’s mother in ‘Absolutely 31.Kate Hudson is the daughter of which famous Fabulous’? actress? 8. What was Red October in the film of the same 32.What is the religion of a follower of Guru name? Nanak? 9. The active volcano Cotopaxi is in which range 33.What is the currency unit of Nepal? of mountains? 34.Port Said is in which country? 10.What is the capital of Bosnia Herzegovina? 35.What is the highest possible score in a game of 11.Which Italian city is the centre of their fashion ten-pin bowling? industry? 12.What is the art of growing miniature trees in pots? 13.Which ship transported the ‘Pilgrim Fathers’ to America? 14.The winter resort of Zermatt is found in which country? 15.In which country was Salma Hayek born? 16.What do you call the small Italian dumplings made from potato or semolina? 17.Which Australian state was formerly known as van Diemen’s Land 18.The southern part of which African country seceded in 2011? Council News Non-Resident Ratepayers Can Vote in West Ward Election From Cr. Mary Holloway You don’t have to live in the west ward permanently to vote in the upcoming by-election, but you do need to register if you are going to cast a vote. Have a look at the advertise- What’s happening ment on page 9 or you can go to The Long Term Plan process has been finalised and will https://www.hurunui.govt.nz/council/local-body-elections be formally adopted by Council next week. There were two ‘bottom lines’ which Councillors adhered to- the Rates cant go higher than the level consulted upon, and Congratulations the roading debt must be paid off, keep the roads Congratulations to Anette Pais formerly co-owner of maintained well enough to protect the network. Malabar and one of the nicest people you will ever meet. Anette has been appointed to a manager’s position at Did you know Homeland, the new Auckland eatery of renowned chef, Peter Gordon. We wish her all the best in her new job and If you have a rural address, your RAPID number is not speak from experience when we say she will doubtless end your postal address. Make sure that you have a RAPID up running the show. number at your gate so that emergency services can find your house in a hurry! A pothole in the road as deep as a golf ball and as wide as a side plate needs attention, a pothole as deep as a Don’t forget tennis ball and as wide as a dinner plate needs attention NOW! The Council provide an un-chlorinated A road corrugation (on a maintained road) should not be water fountain inChisholm reserve. deeper than 70mm. There was a number of requests for Hurunui has a few un-maintained roads, Jollies Pass this, but usage has been light. being one of them. Ideally the Community needs to find a The message is basically, use it way to rectify this. Currently, this road is only suitable for or lose it. Note that you can fill high clearance 4WD vehicles. containers with this water if you want to use it at home! More in depth Every 3 years the Council submits a roading maintenance Plan to Transit NZ(now Waka Kotahi).