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TOM DOUDNEY

The Lincoln parking issue is heating up with a leading busi-nessman wading into the debate.

Lincoln Hammer Hardware owner Lynn Townsend said it was unbelievable to think the district council was looking to remove the car parks.

He was one of three local busi-ness owners to raise concerns about the loss of car parking on Gerald St with the Selwyn Times.

Mr Townsend said there was plenty of room for cyclists as it was but businesses like his would feel the impact of losing the car parks.

The whole place where our shops are situated was built

around the fact that car parking was available on the street, Mr Townsend said.

People come to my shop to buy shovels and brooms and bags of cement and potting mix and things like that. I cant see them doing that and carting it away on a bicycle. We have got to have car parking and its got to be adjacent to the shop.

Under the draft Lincoln Town Centre Plan, the car parks would be removed from the north side of Gerald St.

The plan also recommends offsetting some of the loss by in-creasing the number of car parks

in connecting streets and the creation of shared off-street car parks behind existing shops.

Although 69 of the 74 submis-sions have been described by the district council as generally in favour of the draft plan, a sum-mary of points raised by submit-ters showed that car parking and cycleways were points of con-tention for many.

Mr Townsend said it was one thing to talk about plans to en-courage the development of shared off-street car parking ar-eas but that was unlikely to hap-pen unless the various business-es which owned the land could

agree to work together to make that happen.

I know we have been in dis-cussions with the council in re-gard to the car parking behind The Famous Grouse [Hotel] but its all stymied by people who wont sell their land.

District council urban designer Gabi Wolfer said it was too early to speculate on how shared parking spaces would be imple-mented and funded as the plan was not final and hearings were still to be held.

Many submitters provided detailed submissions that con-tained valuable feedback, which

could be incorporated into the plan. Council is also having meetings with landowners and stakeholders to address specific issues.

A hearings panel will consider issues raised by community on the draft plan. The date is yet to be set but it is expected to be in February.

Spokes Canterbury chairman Don Babe said the inclusion of cycleways in the plan was a positive move and would make it easier and more appealing to get around Lincolns spread-out town centre which stretched from the Gerald St shops to the university.

I think the plan has been very well thought out.

WORRY: Lincoln Hammer Hardware owner Lynn Townsend is worried about plans to remove car parks from Gerald St, in Lincoln. PHOTOS: TOM DOUDNEY

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FUNDING FOR NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONSMore than $50,000 in Government funding has been granted to non-profit organisations in the Selwyn area. Selwyn organisations receiving funding under the Community Organisation Grants Scheme include play centres in Darfield, Dun-sandel, Lincoln, Prebbleton, Rolleston, Southbridge and West Melton; Ellesmere Community Care; Ellesmere Toy Library; Lincoln Com-munity Toy Library; Lincoln and Districts Community Care Association; Lincoln Area Senior Citizens; Lincoln Envirotown Trust; Malvern Community Vehicle Trust; and the Selwyn Parenting Network.

RAIL LINE FIREThe Aylesbury to Kirwee railway line was closed for 20 minutes on Wednesday afternoon while firefighters dealt with a small grass fire next to the tracks. The Kir-wee Volunteer Fire Brigade put out the fire which was about 10m by 5m in size. On the same afternoon, a fire on Leeston Rd, near Irwell, de-stroyed about 200m of fence line before being put out by firefighters from Leeston and Southbridge.

GRANT BRYANT

Lightning strikes sparked four sepa-rate fires in quick succession in the district keeping firefighters scram-bling during Sundays storms.

The first struck a pine plantation on a steep hillside near Holmes Rd in Tai Tapu.

Lincoln Volunteer Fire Brigade chief fire officer Jeremy Greenwood said crews could not access the plantation, so immediately utilised a helicopter with a monsoon bucket.

It was steep terrain that was not easily accessible, so we called in a helicopter, and the fire was put out with four sweeps dumping a mon-soon bucket, he said.

The next lightning strike hit a shelter belt on Robinsons Rd in Ladbrooks.

This one was a bit more acces-sible, but as we were putting that one out there was another lightning strike a few hundred metres down the road. Both were reasonably easy to put out.

Safety was a big concern in such circumstances, but with lots of tall trees acting as potential easy tar-gets for lightning, firefighters got to work keeping an old saying in their minds.

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the same place twice, so we just got on with the job and hoped that held true, Mr Greenwood said.

Lightning then struck again, hit-ting scrub near the Waihora Gun Club in Motukarara.

The Lincoln brigade was still in attendance at the shelter belt fires, so firefighters from Governors Bay scrambled to deal with the scrub fire.

Unlike the rest of Christchurch we didnt actually get much hail in the storm, but got a lot of heavy rain, which really helped in terms of keeping the fires caused by light-ning strikes under control.

The many tornadoes that were triggered by the storm on the Can-terbury Plains did not make it as far north as Lincoln. Many alarms were triggered by the heavy thunder that accompanied the storms, which meant firefighters also had to at-tend what turned out to many false alarms, Mr Greenwood said.

The West Melton volunteers attended a house fire in Templeton, then a lightning strike caused a tree to fall on power lines in Yaldhurst.

Rolleston firefighters were quiet in comparison, attending mostly false alarms caused by rain getting into ceiling cavities.

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FILLING THE BUCKET: A Lincoln firefighter watches as a helicop-ter, enlisted to put out a fire caused by lightning strike, fills up its monsoon bucket.

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Any chairperson that speaks out against the committee that he/she stands for is, I believe, out of order and with no clear mandate from his/her committee prior, there is a need for immedi-ate resignation or vacation of the chair. It is then that he/she can state their personal comments.

With Diane Chesmar hav-ing been a district council staff member for more than six years and holding the title of commu-nity development adviser, where does her allegiance lie?

The two old chaps that Mrs Chesmar refers to (Bruce Russell and Alan French) bring experience, honesty, wisdom, forward thinking and best of all mana. She has failed in all of these.

She points out that the oppos-ing submissions for the axing of community boards come from around the two old chaps areas and that they have failed to support their view with a strong argument.

If Mrs Chesmar was carrying out her community duties as chairwoman of the community board, she should have made sure that the opposing submis-sions had a very strong argu-ment in support of community boards not to criticise them.

A chairperson needs to be honest with integrity to lead our communities from the front and to pursue in the best interest of the community.

It is disappointing that the dis-

trict council has decided to forge ahead with axing the Selwyn Central Community Board.

Whether councillors can do justice to the 90 or so com-munity committees in this ever increasing Selwyn population is a big concern

Therefore, in the best interest of the Selwyn Central Com-munity Board and the wider community, Diane Chesmar should resign from her position as chairwoman.

Environment Canterbury is investigating why its widespread bus changes from last year have not seen an upsurge of patronage. Prebbleton residents A and C Fifield respond:

We have lived in Prebbleton for nearly 50 years. Our clos-est shopping centre is the Hub Hornby, the next biggest is the Bush Inn Centre.

However, when the bus routes were changed about 12 months ago, it was decided we all wanted to go to Riccarton and directed the buses down Springs Rd and Blenheim Rd, by-pass-ing both our usual and preferred shopping areas.

The bus patrons were not asked if this was our preferred option.

We do not want to go to Ric-carton, for our everyday shop-ping needs.

Now that we are gold card holders, we have changed our dentist, optician, chemist (etc) to the areas closest to us. But to get to these it makes more sense to go by car, because we do not want to spend all day back-tracking on buses to where we

want and need to go. Having to change buses also

makes it difficult to arrive in time for appointments.

Of course, sometimes when we want to travel into the city, the service is fine.

Surely, it would make sense, to alternate the routes, so we have a choice as to where we go?

This would also help the school students who were greatly affected by the changes, eliminating the need for the special bus services which have now been made for them, before and after school.

Common sense should prevail.

Ken May, Kirwee: There is no good reason for not returning to a full elected ECan council, just as there was never a valid reason for replacing the elected council with the appointed commissioners.

There was no retention of ex-perience then, therefore there is no valid reason for retaining the commissioners when democracy is restored.

Terry Shepperd, Leeston:I read your article (Stream

Project Success November 10 pumping groundwater into Boggy Creek) with interest but there were a few questions that sprung to mind which you may be able to do a follow-up article on.

1.Who is responsible for the experiment and is the aim to continue the pumping perma-nently?

2. How much water is being pumped?

3. Has ECan given approval

and how does this fit with its water quality plan?

4. It may improve the water quality in stream but how does it affect Lake Ellesmere? Is the flushed out nitrate then concen-trated in the lake?

5. There is talk of nitrate concentrations increasing in the shallow aquifers so how does pumping water from the deep aquifers affect these? Surely there will be a draw down of the water table contributing to the nitrate issue.

6. Is this really the best use of the limited water resource and is this approach not literally dilut-ing the issue and masking the root cause of the problem?

ECan Canterbury water management strategy programme manager Christina Robb responds:

1. The experiments are a response to the Selwyn-Waihora Zone Committee recommenda-tion that The Sub-regional Section [of the Land and Water Regional Plan] will support use of managed aquifer recharge, targeted stream augmentation or other methods of augmenta-tion to increase base flows in lowland streams subject to a source of water being available, feasibility, and acceptability from a cultural viewpoint about the unnatural mixing of water from different sources, and other issues such as potential adverse effects from groundwater mounding in the lower catch-ment.

The only experiment involv-ing pumping was the Boggy Creek experiment in June.

There are no plans at this time for implementing the concept. It is very unlikely that any implementation would involve significant pumping due to the expense.

The 2016 experiment on the Waiwhio-Irwell River system is using spare stockwater as its supply.

2. The Boggy Creek experi-ment involved delivering 60l/s for 28 days.

3. ECan approval was granted through the consenting process for the experiment. Conjunc-tive management of surface and

groundwater in this catchment means that moving groundwater to surface water is classified as a nil net take. Management of nutrients at the input end (on the land surface) is key to improv-ing the health of the connected aquifer, streams and lake.

The Boggy Creek experiment showed that deep groundwater supply is beneficial to a lowland stream in this situation, but at a cost if significant pumping is required.

4. At the time of the experi-ment the deep groundwater was significantly lower in nitrate-nitrogen than the surface water. The dilution effect was benefi-cial to lowland stream health but did not reduce the mass of nitrogen reaching the lake. When lowland stream flows are low, the lake is also likely to be low so the extra low nutrient water at that time is expected to be beneficial.

5. Consents for bores require a pumping test to determine the effects of proposed draw down. In the vicinity of the lowland streams the shallow aquifer pressure is upwards to feed the springs. Any future implementa-tion of this concept would not proceed at a level that showed any negative effects such as drawdown from a more shallow aquifer.

6. The targeted stream aug-mentation concept is a small part of the wider package of solutions to achieve sustainable management of water and nu-trients. Control of point source and non-point source pollution before they reach an aquifer or stream is the most significant part of the solution.

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Providing more things to do and improving public transport should be prioritised if Selwyn wants to stop its young people leaving the district behind.

Thats the message behind a new strategy aiming to encourage Selwyns youth to either stay in the district or, if they are leaving, to return.

The district council adopted its youth policy and strategy at Wednesdays meeting, provid-ing guidelines for the setting of priorities and the development of annual action plans.

Selwyns estimated population is 52,000, with young people aged between 12 and 24, making up about 16.78 per cent of the total.

About 77 per cent of those young people live in the Selwyn Central and Springs wards which include the districts largest towns, Rolleston and Lincoln.

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Recovery Authoritys 2014 Youth Wellness Survey found the majority of young people grow-ing up in Selwyn intended to leave the district to study, work or travel.

About 47 per cent planned to remain and eventually raise fami-lies in Selwyn.

A survey of about 300 young people who attended the Be The Change Leadership Day in Lincoln, found 32 per cent felt there were not enough social activities or events in the district, while 23 per cent felt insufficient public transport was a prob-lem, especially for those living outside Rolleston, Lincoln and Prebbleton.

Under the strategy, the Selwyn Youth Council will host biannual conversation cafes in each of the districts main townships Lincoln, Leeston, Rolleston, Darfield and Prebbleton to discuss how improvements can be made. Responses will be presented to an advisory group comprised of representatives from the districts high schools and community groups which work with youth.

The group will work with Selwyn youth adviser Chris Martin and community stakeholders to plan and prioritise projects.

PROUD MOMENT: George Steele, left, was presented with a life membership of the Selwyn Youth Council on Wednesday. Also pictured: Mayor Kelvin Coe, right, and current youth council chairman Rafael Clarke.

Transport, more activitiesneeded to keep youth in district

GRANT BRYANT

Police do not believe the attempted abduction of schoolgirl and a sexual assault on a jogger in the Lincoln-Prebbleton area are connected.

No new leads have been made in either case. An 11-year-old girl was allegedly the victim of an attempted abduction which occurred around 7.15am on Thursday at a bus stop on Springs Rd, Prebbleton.

The girl gave a detailed de-scription of a man who tried to grab her and drag her away.

Police are continuing to investigate an alleged sexual assault on a lone woman jog-ging near Lincoln University last week.

Detective Sergeant Colin Baillie, who is heading the attempted abduction inquiry said while nothing would be ruled out there did not appear to be any link between the two incidents.

The girls school principal praised how she handled the incident.

The important thing is that our pupil handled herself very well in such a situation, was not physically injured and has a lot of support from both family and our school com-munity.

The girl had undertaken a

nationwide school programme called Keeping Ourselves Safe and also volunteered for a girls self defence programme.

She followed the learnings from these programmes and we are absolutely proud of the way she handled herself. As a school principal I would urge anyone who has any knowl-edge of this incident to contact police.

Detective Senior Sergeant David Harvey urged lone female joggers to be especially vigilant around the Lincoln University area. Further details of the incident, or the offender, were not being released in order to protect the identity of the victim and prevent her any further distress.

A Lincoln University spokeswoman said the major-ity of students had finished their study and exams for the year.

The halls of residence are empty and there are only a handful of post-graduate students on campus at the mo-ment, she said.

Anyone with any information on either incident is urged to phone Christchurch Central Police Station on 363 7400.

Information can also be pro-vided anonymously by phon-ing Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Attempted abduction, sex attack not linked

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Home gardeners, lifestyle irriga-tors, small businesses, sports grounds and schools are the target of a new water-saving campaign.

The district council has part-nered with IrrigationNZ and other organisations to deliver the SMART Watering campaign which is also being rolled out in other Canterbury districts.

The focus is on teaching home gardeners and community irriga-tion projects how to apply water efficiently.

SMART stands for Sustainably Managed, Accountable, Respon-sible and Trusted.

The roll-out follows on from the successful SMART Irrigation programme which was aimed at farmers.

It comes as residents and author-ities prepare for what is predicted to be another hot, dry summer.

IrrigationNZ chief executive An-drew Curtis said there were a lot of parallels between home garden-ers and farmers.

Both need to know how much water their plants and crops require, have efficient systems for application and be monitoring soil moisture levels, he said.

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With its lush paddocks and irrigation flowing, its hard to imagine Beacon Farm was once a dryland sheep farm.

The 263ha property near Dunsandel was converted to dairy about eight years ago and its fields are now produc-ing some surprisingly positive scientific results.

A dryland area remains ad-jacent to the irrigated area and together the two sites, owned by Purata Farming, have provided the perfect opportu-nity for Landcare Research to analyse how intensive dairy management has affected water and carbon losses from the soil.

The study is the first of its kind carried out in New Zealand.

Early indications are that there was a net gain in carbon over the year contrary to other longer-term studies conducted around the country.

The irrigated and intensive-ly-grazed area also doubled its production and increased

water use efficiency by 30 per cent.

Landcare Research re-searcher John Hunt said the results were not what had been expected.

We went into the project thinking itd probably be los-ing carbon, he said.

Purata Farming general manager environment Lucy Johnson said the interim find-ings were good news not only for the dairy industry but for anyone in agriculture.

They showed reasonably positively that moving to irri-

gated pasture could potentially build up soil carbon.

The project has recently been moved to Lincoln Universitys Ashley Dene, a dryland farm thats being converted into a commercial dairy farm. This will allow researchers to follow changes in soil carbon right from the start of the conversion.

Landcare Research science general manager Peter Millard said the interim findings were very significant as they could offer a potential carbon miti-gation option for farmers.

FIELDWORK: Curious cows watch Landcare Researchs Gabriel Moinet work at Beacon Farm. PHOTO: LANDCARE RESEARCH

DELIVERING THE MESSAGE: District council major property projects manager John Reid, left, and district councillor Pat McEvedy at Rollestons Foster Recreation Park at the launch of the SMART Watering campaign.

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Family ties spark interest for war

Tell me about this war memorabilia collection of yours it sounds pretty extensive.

Mostly what I collect is pre-1945 New Zealand uniforms, badges, equipment, hats, packs all that sort of thing. Mostly World War 1 and World War 2 stuff Ive got a smattering of Boer War stuff as well but not as much.

What got you interested in collecting?

There was a photograph of a World War 1 soldier on the wall of my childhood home and growing up with it in the house sparked my interest.

There was another photograph I found later in my fathers belongings of a chap wearing what they call a lemon squeezer hat and I thought at the time that if I could ever get one of those I would like to. The opportunity arose about 10 years ago when I saw one on Trade

Me. I thought that would be it but it basically kicked off my interest [in collecting] so I have expanded.

How much stuff have you got?

I have got a spare bedroom at home and its getting pretty full now. There are several uniforms, mostly World War 2 officers uniforms and hats a lot of hats. Also other paraphernalia such as pay books and leave passes. Anything to do with the military history of New Zealand.

What would be some of the most interesting, or perhaps your favourite items in your collection?

There are probably two or three things. I have got a World War 1 lemon squeezer hat that belonged to a chap by the name of Charles Gair who went away with the Samoan Advance Party that were the first to leave New Zealand shores in 1914, before the Main Body left for Gallipoli,

so that is certainly a standout.I also have a diary and little

Union Jack flag which belonged to Private Joseph Arthur Havill who was in the North Canter-bury Regiment who was killed in action in the Somme. The wee flag has supposedly got his blood on it because it was put on his face when he was brought back to the casualty clearing

station. The flag and diary were shipped home to his mother and I secured them through his fam-ily links, basically.

I have a tunic which belonged to a chap by the name of Harry Selwyn Kenrick who was a brigadier and chief medical officer of New Zealand forces during World War 2.

I also have a tunic from a 28th

Maori Battalion officer by the name of Albie Bennett.

Have you done any military service yourself?

Not myself but a lot of my family have. I had an uncle who served with the SAS in Vietnam. When I grew up as a child he was always around and helped spark my interest [in the military].

Lincoln resident Paul Wright is a prolific collector of war memorabilia. He spoke to reporter Tom Doudney about what got him started, his most treasured items and what is on his wish list

Paul Wright

AVID COLLECTOR: Paul Wright holding the first item he bought, a World War 1 New Zealand Infantry lemon-squeezer hat. PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN


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I had two great uncles who were killed in World War 1. Also, my brother served in the Australian army for several years and served in places like Timor.

How do you find the items you collect?

Through dealers there are a few dealers out there; the inter-net I snoop around on places like Trade Me; second-hand stores used to be okay but you dont get such rich pickings out of them any more. There is an annual military show at Riccar-

ton Racecourse with sales tables and I usually pick a couple of items up from that. There is an antique military arms associa-tion as well.

What is on your wish list?A World War 1 New Zealand

uniform would be on my list they are pretty rare these days.

What do you do for work?I run a cool storage facility in

Prebbleton, Polar Coldstores.Outside of your collecting,

what are your other hobbies and interests?

My son plays cricket so I love following his cricket. I play a bit of golden oldies rugby for the Lincoln rugby club as well not very well.

Another thing is that the Prebbleton heritage society is putting on an annual display at the Prebbleton Hall during Anzac Day weekend and that is running through from 2014 to 2018 to commemorate the cen-tenary of World War 1. I have been helping out with providing some things for that.

On one of the days, they take the children from Prebbleton School through and give them a bit of education on what uni-forms and equipment New Zea-land soldiers used in the wars.

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box to store my special things in, robo fish, a bunch of Lego Movie stuff, a super soaker water gun, a slushy maker.

This is my big present which is Star Wars Lego. Kylo Rens command shuttle. But please Santa, buy it when its on sale. Normally its $199. I dont want you to use up all your money. Especially when theres 120,000,000 more people in the

world. But I know Santa, youre very, very, VERY rich.

Make sure all of my friends get what they want for Christ-mas as well. They are Jona-than, Maisie, Dylan, Cohen, Saga, Zandre, Bill, Nathan and Hayley.

Merry Christmas, Santa.

Kind regards, William Crawford, 7,

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FESTIVE: Lincoln University Library Teaching and Learning staff have been creative this year with their festive decorations and in finding a use for weeded, or out of circulation, books. Becky Dames, left, and Sarah Fraser constructed this tree out of around 500 volumes for the university library

TIS THE SEASON: Johanna Hughes, with her twins Ruby and Xavier, were among those in attendance when Rolleston Playgroup held its Christmas party at the Rolleston Community Centre on Thursday. Parents brought along a small gift for their child and a plate of food for a shared morning tea, before Father Christmas arrived to give out all the presents.

SANTA PAWS: Rolleston resident Jane Hicklings dogs Boy and Jess getting in the Christmas spirit. PHOTO: JANE HICKLING

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A FAVOURITE: The Union Jack flag and diary which belonged to Private Joseph Arthur Havill from the North Canterbury Regiment who was killed in action in the Somme.


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George Watson was named Dux at Darfield High Schools senior prize-giving held recently at the Darfield Recreation and Com-munity Centre.

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Weedons have won a nail biter against Oxford scraping home by one wicket in Canterbury premier country cricket.

Playing at home, Oxford batted first and put up a com-petitive 143 all out on the green pitch.

Terry OLoughlin was the best of the Oxford batsmen scoring 44 runs, including six boundaries.

Josh Watson and Devon Nightingale were the bowl-ers who did the damage for Weedons, both taking three wickets.

Watson finished with figures of 3/14 off nine overs, while Nightingale finished with 3/18.

Weedons started their run chase well but lost regular wickets as Kerry Maddock and Graham Taylor each took four scalps.

Josh Earl then put together a well-compiled 59 to put Weedons in the box seat and Jamie Theile guided the side

home with an unbeaten 28 with one wicket to spare.

In other results a brilliant 73-ball century from Lesston-Southbridges Caleb Bate has guided his side to a win over Lincoln.

In just his second game for the senior side this season the opening batsman was eventually out for 104 off 76 balls in an in-nings that included 13 fours and two sixes.

The next highest score from a Leeston-Southbridge batsman was 30 by Harry Singh as they were bowled out for 216 in the 37th over.

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picked up three for 35 while Si-mon Clark and Arthur Paterson both bagged two wickets.

In reply Lincolns top order collapsed, reduced to 62-5 in the 16th over.

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They could not get the job done though as Ben Roborgh grabbed four for 29 stifling any chance Lincoln had.

Competition leaders South-brook continued their winning ways with a tight four wicket win over Greendale.

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In reply Southbrook were in early trouble at 23 for three but a 68-run partnership between Tony Hancox and Pete Rayner steadied the ship.

Southbrook lost another two wickets before reaching the target to record their third win in a row.

ResultsOxford 143-10 (T OLoughlin

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Greendale 121-10 (W Sewell 20, D Boyle 2-25, M Brine 2-17) lost to Southbrook 123-6 (P Rayner 30, T Hancox 29, J Clayton 3-20, H Jebson 2-16) by four wickets at Greendale.

Leeston-Southbridge 216-10 (C Bale 104, H Singh 30, R Craw 3-35, A Paterson 2-27, S Clark 2-50) beat Lincoln 193-10 (J Chapman 70, B Roborgh 4-29, C Norton 2-33, A Hooper 2-6) by 23 runs at Southbridge.

South Malvern 205-10 (P Reardon 60*, M Rowe 2-29, A Laffey 2-27, L Courtney 2-22) beat Sefton 145-10 (J Young-man 48, D Beatty 4-23, M Mc-Caughan 2-32, W Inch 2-26) by 60 runs at Glentunnel.

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Halswell went into the game on Saturday, leading the two-day competition, on the back of their two wins in October against Richmond and New Brighton.

Halswell won the toss and elected to bat, with contributions from a number of batsmen.

Matt McClintock started the innings well, batting at the top of the order with and finished with a tidy 49 runs.

While Geoff Barclay hit some big sixes in a quick fire 35, Dayle Eathorne batted well in the middle stages scoring 65 and Mike Mccardle had his best knock of the season with 20 not out.

Halswell finished their 50 overs with the score of 250/7.

Merivale got to 215/7 after there 50 overs with all the Halswell bowlers bowling tidily.

With Halswell holding a 35 run lead they will need to put in a strong performance next week against Sumner to maintain their lead in the competition.

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BOWLED: Weedons batsman Lachie Stove bowled for eight runs. PHOTO: KAREN CASEY

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ADDITIONAL ATHLETICS RESULTIn last weeks edition of the Selwyn Times, the results for the Canterbury Primary Schools Athletics tournament ommitted to mention Sheffield School pupil Brody Simpson-King who finished second in the 10-year-old boys 50m sprint.

A Selwyn United Football Club player has made the top Can-terbury mens side for the first time.

SUFC club captain Dan Ede was called into the Canterbury United Dragons team for their match against Waikato-Bay of Plenty United at Christchurchs ASB Football Park on Thursday night.

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SUFC youth players Aiden Barbour-Ryan and Luke Fowler have been playing for the Drag-ons youth side this year.

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Huge advances in DNAgene editingD

ESIGNERBABIES andan end to intractableillnesses?Revolutionary new

technology is enabling scientiststo rewrite the genetic code toalter DNA inways that, amongother things, could erasedisease-causing genes.

How far should theseexperiments go fix only thesick ormake changes that futuregenerations could inherit?

Hundreds of scientists andethicists from around the worldhave gathered inWashington todebate the boundaries of humangenome editing, sort of abiological cut and paste tool thatallows researchers to spot agene defect inside living cellsand swap it out.

Already, China has set up thefirst laboratory to experimentwith embryos.

Marcy Darnovsky, of theCenter for Genetics and Societyadvocacy group, which opposesheritable gene editing, calls itpotentially a society-alteringtechnology.

But pioneer Jennifer Doudnaof the University of California,Berkeley, warns that a ban oneven basic gene-editing researchin embryos could blockimportant discoveries.Writingin the journalNature, she urgedscientists to find an appropriatemiddle ground.

What is gene editing?

While scientists have long beenable to find defective genes,fixing them has been socumbersome that its slowed

development of genetictherapies.With gene editing,scientists hone in on a piece ofDNA and usemolecular toolsthat act as scissors to snip thatspot deleting a defective gene,repairing it or replacing it.

There are some oldermethods but a new tool calledCRISPR-Cas9 has been adoptedby laboratories worldwide toallow altering of multiple genessimultaneously.

Whatmight it treat?

The biggest use so far is toengineer animals with human-like disorders for basic research,but promising gene-editingexperimentsmake regularheadlines.

Much like a bonemarrowtransplant, researchers hope touse CRISPR for diseases likesickle cell, correcting the faultygene in someones own blood-producing cells rather thanimplanting donated ones.

Similarly, doctors in Britainrecently treated a 1-year-oldwith leukemia using donatedimmune cells that had beenexperimentally altered with anolder editingmethod to targether cancer. A Californiacompany is testing a non-CRISPRway tomake HIVpatients immune cells betterable to resist the virus.

The University ofMassachusetts just reportedusing a CRISPR technique toswitch off, rather than cut and

repair, a gene inmuscle cellsthat causes one form ofmuscular dystrophy.

And Harvard researchersrecently edited 62 spots in pigDNA, part of work to use theanimals to grow organs forhuman transplant.

The biggest hurdle

Safety is a key question becausegene editing isnt always preciseenough; theres the possibility ofaccidentally cutting DNA thatssimilar to the real target.

The ethics controversy

Altering genes in sperm, eggs orembryos can spread thosechanges to future generations,

so-called germline engineeringthat might one day stop parentsfrom passing inherited diseasesto their children.

Chinese scientists reportedthe first-known attempt to edithuman embryos last spring,working with leftovers fromfertility clinics that never couldhave developed into foetuses.They aimed to correct a deadlyinherited gene, but uncoveredproblems that will requiremoreresearch.

Germline engineering hasbeen viewed almost universallyas a line that should not becrossed, National Institute ofHealth Director Francis Collinssaid at the time.

After all, future generationscouldnt consent, and any long-term negative effects might notbecome apparent for years.Theres also concern aboutbabies designed for betterintellect, athleticism orappearance rather than toprevent disease.

Beyondmedicine

Human gene editing aside, thereare environmental concerns,too. Experiments are underwayto force genetic changes tospread rapidly throughpopulations of animals andplants changes that couldwipe out invasive species ordisease-carrying insects.

A California team reported afirst step last week, hatchingmalaria-resistant mosquitoesthat could easily spread theirnew protective gene to theiroffspring. AP

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Bellbird SpringHomeBlockWhite2013, $30Guy Porter hasblended together aneyebrow-raisingcombo of riesling,muscat,gewurztraminer andpinot gris to create awine redolent of yellow rosesand grandmas overnight bagperfumed and sweet on thenose. In themouth it has juicywhite peach and persimmonnotes, refreshingly creamy andcomplex. Its amazing partneredwith spicy butter chicken.

NaturalWine Co. OrganicPinot Gris 2015, $19 1/2This straw-gold pinot grisshows a lifted,chalky, nutty aromaand a rich quince andbaked applecharacter. Its full,generous and hasintriguing layers ofcomplexity on thefinish. Its a stepsideways in terms ofwhat youd normallyexpect from pinotgris, but I really likethis wine.

Id like you tomeat . . ....Christmas simply isnt Christmaswithout specialmeat treats asthe focus of festive dinners. JanBilton shares her toppicks

Turkey

BeefWellington

BEEFWELLINGTONThis recipe has been inspiredby Andrew Clarke, a recentlyappointed Beef + LambAmbassador for 2016.

INGREDIENTS

600g-700g whole beef filletsalt and freshly ground blackpepper to taste2-3 tbsp olive oil1 small onion, diced75g mushrooms, diced350g ready-rolled puff pastry (Iused Maxwells)2 tbsp hot English mustard1 egg yolk, lightly beaten

METHOD

Trim the fillet of silverskin, ifrequired. Season.

Heat a little oil in a frying panand sear the meat briefly on allsides, until browned. Removefrom the pan and cool.

Add more oil to the frying pan.Saute the onions and mushroomsuntil tender and there is no liquidleft in the pan. Season. Cool.

Roll out the pastry (35cm x24cm) on a clean bench. Spreadthe mustard over the top of thefillet. Turn the fillet mustard-sidedown. Place lengthwise acrossthe pastry in the centre. Top thebeef with the mushroom mixture.Fold the pastry over to enclosethe meat and filling. Fold the endstogether and press neatly andfirmly together. Ensure anyoverlapping edges are not toothick or it will not cook properly.

Any scraps can be made intoshapes to decorate the top. Chilluntil ready to cook.

Preheat the oven to 220C.Place the beef package in an oiledroasting pan. Brush all over withegg yolk. Bake for 10 minutes,then reduce the heat to 190C andcontinue cooking for 10-15minutes, depending on thickness.The pastry should be golden andcrisp. Stand for 5 minutes beforeslicing.

Excellent served with a beefglaze or red wine sauce.Suggested wine match: Syrah

Serves 6

ROAST TURKEYA L ORANGEBecause Croziers FreeRange turkeys are lean,you need to protectthem with foil or anoven bag to preventthem drying out duringcooking.

INGREDIENTS

4.5kg Crozier Free-range Turkey2 oranges200g packet sage &onion stuffingsalt and pepper to taste1/4-1/2 cup orangejuice50g butter, meltedGlaze:1/4 cup orange juice1 tbsp each: powderedgelatine, sugar

METHOD

Ensure the turkey is thawedenough to remove the giblets.Run cold water through the inside

of the turkey then pat dry insideand out with paper towels.Sprinkle with the salt and pepperand pat in.

To make the stuffing, finelygrate the rind of the oranges.Remove the pith and dice theflesh. Place the rind and flesh in abowl with the stuffing mix,seasonings and enough orangejuice to bind

Preheat the oven to 160C.

Loosely fill the neck and maincavity with the stuffing. Secure thelegs and neck with skewers tohold the stuffing in, or place alarge onion at the entrance to themain cavity to hold the stuffing.

Place the turkey in a largeroasting dish, breast-side up.Brush with the butter. Place about2 cups of water in the roastingpan. Cover the pan loosely withfoil.

Roast for about 40 minutes per500g of turkey plus 30 minutesextra, until the legs ease awayfrom the body with gentle pulling.Baste at least twice duringcooking. Remove the foil duringthe last 30 minutes of cooking.

Combine the glaze ingredientsand heat until the gelatine andsugar are dissolved. Prick theturkey skin with a needle thenbrush with the glaze. Continuecooking for 5 minutes. Brush withthe glaze again and continuecooking until the skin is goldenand crisp. Stand for about 10minutes before carving.

Suggested wine match: A well-rounded Chardonnay.

Serves about 10

BEEF WELLINGTON

This recipe has been inspired by Andrew Clarke, a recently appointed Beef + Lamb Ambas-sador for 2016. INGREDIENTS 600g-700g whole beef filletsalt and freshly ground black pepper to taste 2-3 tbsp olive oil 1 small onion, diced 75g mushrooms, diced 350g ready-rolled puff pastry (I used Maxwells) 2 tbsp hot English mustard 1 egg yolk, lightly beaten

METHOD Trim the fillet of silverskin, if

required. Season. Heat a little oil in a frying pan

and sear the meat briefly on all sides, until browned. Remove from the pan and cool.

Add more oil to the frying pan. Saute the onions and mushrooms until tender and there is no liquid left in the pan. Season. Cool.

Roll out the pastry (35cm x 24cm) on a clean bench. Spread the mustard over the top of the fillet. Turn the fillet mustard-

side down. Place lengthwise across the pastry in the centre. Top the beef with the mushroom mixture. Fold the pastry over to enclose the meat and filling. Fold the ends together and press neatly and firmly together. En-sure any overlapping edges are not too thick or it will not cook properly.

Any scraps can be made into shapes to decorate the top. Chill until ready to cook. Preheat the oven to 220C. Place the beef package in an oiled roasting pan. Brush all over with egg yolk.

Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 190C and continue cooking for 10-15 minutes, depending on thickness. The pastry should be golden and crisp. Stand for 5 minutes before slicing.

Excellent served with a beef glaze or red wine sauce. Sug-gested wine match: Syrah

Serves 6 ROAST TURKEY A L ORANGE

Because Croziers Free Range turkeys are lean, you need to

protect them with foil or an oven bag to prevent them dry-ing out during cooking.

INGREDIENTS 4.5kg Crozier Freerange Turkey2 oranges 200g packet sage & onion stuff-ing salt and pepper to taste 1/4-1/2 cup orange juice 50g butter, melted Glaze: 1/4 cup orange juice 1 tbsp each: powdered gelatine, sugar

METHODEnsure the turkey is thawed

enough to remove the giblets. Run cold water through the inside of the turkey then pat dry inside and out with paper towels. Sprinkle with the salt and pepper and pat in.

To make the stuffing, finely grate the rind of the oranges. Remove the pith and dice the flesh. Place the rind and flesh in a bowl with the stuffing mix, seasonings and enough orange juice to bind.

Preheat the oven to 160C. Loosely fill the neck and main

cavity with the stuffing. Secure the legs and neck with skewers

to hold the stuffing in, or place a large onion at the entrance to the main cavity to hold the stuffing.

Place the turkey in a large roasting dish, breast-side up. Brush with the butter. Place about 2 cups of water in the roasting pan. Cover the pan loosely with foil.

Roast for about 40 minutes per 500g of turkey plus 30 minutes extra, until the legs ease away from the body with gentle pulling. Baste at least twice during cooking. Remove the foil during the last 30 minutes of cooking.

Combine the glaze ingredients and heat until the gelatine and sugar are dissolved. Prick the turkey skin with a needle then brush with the glaze.

Continue cooking for 5 min-utes. Brush with the glaze again and continue cooking until the skin is golden and crisp. Stand for about 10 minutes before carving. Serves about 10

bite bite.co.nzNZshomeoffoodWow, thatsonecrazy savBy Yvonne Lorkin

The thing I love about wine isthat just when I think Ive gotmy head around how each styleis supposed to taste, a wine willland onmy desk that blowsmeout of my comfort zone.

Marisco Pride andGloryMarlborough SauvignonBlanc 2011, $65For BrentMarris andhis team this hasbeen a special projectto produce a sassilycomplex sauvignonsourced from theWaihopai Valley thatoozes white peach,lemon verbena,creamy tropicalcharacters andshows soft, chalky,nougat-like layers onthe finish. Its a wine that offerssomething different with everysip, something that makes yousay, Wow, thats crazysauvignon.

Bellbird SpringHomeBlockWhite2013, $30Guy Porter hasblended together aneyebrow-raisingcombo of riesling,muscat,gewurztraminer andpinot gris to create awine redolent of yellow rosesand grandmas overnight bagperfumed and sweet on thenose. In themouth it has juicywhite peach and persimmonnotes, refreshingly creamy andcomplex. Its amazing partneredwith spicy butter chicken.

NaturalWine Co. OrganicPinot Gris 2015, $19 1/2This straw-gold pinot grisshows a lifted,chalky, nutty aromaand a rich quince andbaked applecharacter. Its full,generous and hasintriguing layers ofcomplexity on thefinish. Its a stepsideways in terms ofwhat youd normallyexpect from pinotgris, but I really likethis wine.

Id like you tomeat . . ....Christmas simply isnt Christmaswithout specialmeat treats asthe focus of festive dinners. JanBilton shares her toppicks

Turkey

BeefWellington

BEEFWELLINGTONThis recipe has been inspiredby Andrew Clarke, a recentlyappointed Beef + LambAmbassador for 2016.

INGREDIENTS

600g-700g whole beef filletsalt and freshly ground blackpepper to taste2-3 tbsp olive oil1 small onion, diced75g mushrooms, diced350g ready-rolled puff pastry (Iused Maxwells)2 tbsp hot English mustard1 egg yolk, lightly beaten

METHOD

Trim the fillet of silverskin, ifrequired. Season.

Heat a little oil in a frying panand sear the meat briefly on allsides, until browned. Removefrom the pan and cool.

Add more oil to the frying pan.Saute the onions and mushroomsuntil tender and there is no liquidleft in the pan. Season. Cool.

Roll out the pastry (35cm x24cm) on a clean bench. Spreadthe mustard over the top of thefillet. Turn the fillet mustard-sidedown. Place lengthwise acrossthe pastry in the centre. Top thebeef with the mushroom mixture.Fold the pastry over to enclosethe meat and filling. Fold the endstogether and press neatly andfirmly together. Ensure anyoverlapping edges are not toothick or it will not cook properly.

Any scraps can be made intoshapes to decorate the top. Chilluntil ready to cook.

Preheat the oven to 220C.Place the beef package in an oiledroasting pan. Brush all over withegg yolk. Bake for 10 minutes,then reduce the heat to 190C andcontinue cooking for 10-15minutes, depending on thickness.The pastry should be golden andcrisp. Stand for 5 minutes beforeslicing.

Excellent served with a beefglaze or red wine sauce.Suggested wine match: Syrah

Serves 6

ROAST TURKEYA L ORANGEBecause Croziers FreeRange turkeys are lean,you need to protectthem with foil or anoven bag to preventthem drying out duringcooking.

INGREDIENTS

4.5kg Crozier Free-range Turkey2 oranges200g packet sage &onion stuffingsalt and pepper to taste1/4-1/2 cup orangejuice50g butter, meltedGlaze:1/4 cup orange juice1 tbsp each: powderedgelatine, sugar

METHOD

Ensure the turkey is thawedenough to remove the giblets.Run cold water through the inside

of the turkey then pat dry insideand out with paper towels.Sprinkle with the salt and pepperand pat in.

To make the stuffing, finelygrate the rind of the oranges.Remove the pith and dice theflesh. Place the rind and flesh in abowl with the stuffing mix,seasonings and enough orangejuice to bind

Preheat the oven to 160C.

Loosely fill the neck and maincavity with the stuffing. Secure thelegs and neck with skewers tohold the stuffing in, or place alarge onion at the entrance to themain cavity to hold the stuffing.

Place the turkey in a largeroasting dish, breast-side up.Brush with the butter. Place about2 cups of water in the roastingpan. Cover the pan loosely withfoil.

Roast for about 40 minutes per500g of turkey plus 30 minutesextra, until the legs ease awayfrom the body with gentle pulling.Baste at least twice duringcooking. Remove the foil duringthe last 30 minutes of cooking.

Combine the glaze ingredientsand heat until the gelatine andsugar are dissolved. Prick theturkey skin with a needle thenbrush with the glaze. Continuecooking for 5 minutes. Brush withthe glaze again and continuecooking until the skin is goldenand crisp. Stand for about 10minutes before carving.

Suggested wine match: A well-rounded Chardonnay.

Serves about 10


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