24 hours in mc

An Ashburton Guardian Advertising feature

Mid Canterbury is an awesome place to live. You know it, because you live and breathe it every day, and we wanted to capture the magic that makes our place and our people so amazing.

Few of us appreciate what happens in our district over a 24 hour period. We are so busy leading our own lives, that we don’t stop to think about what others may be doing at two in the morning while we are sleeping. What time does the postie get up to have the rural mail delivered to some areas before seven in the morning? And how does the Ashburton Guardian manage to capture the days news, and have thousands of copies printed and delivered to many homes before three in the morning?

To find out, we set ourselves a challenge. The advertising team at the Ashburton Guardian worked around the clock, from noon on Friday June 22 to noon Saturday June 23, 2012, to photographically capture as much as we possibly could of what was happening in Mid Canterbury during that exact time. This coincided with Winter Solstice. The sun set behind the Southern Alps casting a magnificent glow behind Mt Somers at only 4.50pm, so while we had the shortest day, we also had the longest night. And for those working through the early hours, boy was it a long night. What we all experienced was truly inspirational, surprising and interesting, all of which is testament to what a fantastic, diverse community we live in.

For this challenge, our advertising team consisted of Nancye Pitt, Alex Green, Lester McLean, Amanda Wright, Brian Tiernan, Emma Jaillet-Godin and Suzanna Macilquham. We teamed up to ensure the full 24 hours

was covered, and captured the happenings of our glorious community, from Longbeach to Mt Somers, Methven, Rakaia and everything in-between.

We knew it would be a challenge to pull this off. We knew it would be exhausting and we knew we were in for an adventure, but we all experienced far more than we had imagined. Here is an in-sight to the fun and frivolity we all experienced while creating this magazine for the community.

“It was heaps of fun being able to get out into the community to see what happens within a 24-hour period. At the start on Friday we were all rearing to go and excited to get into it, and by Saturday lunchtime I had some great feed-back to give to my team-mates about my 24-hours in Mid Canterbury. I met some fantastic people, saw some very camera friendly children and heard some heart-warming stories. It was definitely an experience I will never forget and it was one that made me love the Ashburton community spirit and Mid Canterbury region even more than before,” Suzanna said.

Advertising manager Nancye Pitt not only led the project from the front, but also joined the team in capturing our community.

“Being a veteran of projects like ‘24 hours in Mid Canterbury’, I was delighted to find the locals just as friendly as the other times I looked for the people participating in real life in the darkness of the night.

Being a born and bred Ashburtonian, it was great to see the familiar faces of other locals going about their social life rather than meeting them in a business situation,” Nancye said.

Alex commented, “Working the ‘night shift’ I was surprised at how much really happens in the background in Ashburton. It doesn’t really occur to you how much effort it takes to keep a town running smoothly – security people, fast food and courtesy vehicles nursing the nightlife, retail getting restocked for another busy day – it seems that blessed 5pm knock-off time is only applicable to a tiny portion of the world.

The most entertainment we had would’ve been when we had a few spare minutes to take photos of us pretending to be drunken youths vandalising the boss’s house – made for a hilarious reaction the next day,”

Emma mentioned, “When I started taking pictures at noon, I was really excited about the project, not only because of the community photo album we were about to create, but because of all the new people I was about to meet. I took my last Friday photo after 11pm at Kelly’s and had the chance to meet lovely people that I photographed. I was so happy when they invited me to join them for a wine to celebrate the end of the first day.

I was back on from eight on Saturday morning through until noon, the sun was shining and it was a bit warmer, which was a pleasant change. I will always remember how lovely the people were that I met, and how happy they were to have their picture taken, well almost everyone!”

As a Methven resident, Amanda covered some of the more rural locations.

“I have to admit I was nervous at the start. Taking photos of people I didn’t know was a little outside of my comfort zone, but it got easier as the hours ticked by.

I had an absolute blast, from meeting Doppler at the Blue pub in Methven, to walking through Salmon World in Rakaia, going to the tiny tots disco at St David’s Church, meeting the Chef at Stronechrubie and having a hot chocolate by the fire at Terrace Downs. Unfortunately the ski field was closed due to massive winds, and the closer you got to the Alps, the stronger the rain and wind was. It felt like a whole new world when I arrived back in Ashburton to a mild, blue sky day.“

“At noon Saturday it would be fair to say I was pretty exhausted, but it was a fantastic experience, one I will always remember fondly,” Amanda said.

Lester and Brian were two more of the team that elected to work the ‘graveyard shift’, which incidentally included a trip to the graveyard, to investigate the ‘dead centre’ of town after midnight.

“Working the 11pm to 6.30am shift was a very interesting experience, seeing exactly what does happen in Ashburton in the early hours of the morning.

Most people were in a very jovial mood and one or two did tell me what I could do with the camera, which has not gone missing and can still be seen,” Lester said.

Brian commented “I started at midnight at the graveyard, which reminded me a bit of going to the pub in Ashburton on a Monday night, except there was probably more chance of me scoring at the graveyard!

I also met quite a few of the unsung heroes who are on duty during the wee hours, people like the St John’s ambulance crew and the Fire Service, and a couple of mid Canty’s dedicated dairy workers who get up at 4.30am every morning to make sure I can have milk on my Weet-Bix before work.”

The Ashburton Guardian would like to extend our heartfelt thanks to the Mid Canterbury businesses that supported the production of this publication, and to the people of Mid Canterbury who were friendly and accommodating in allowing us to take their picture.

We hope you enjoy reading this pictorial keepsake of 24 hours in Mid Canterbury as much as we enjoyed putting it together for you.

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Students in Room 7/5 at Ashburton Intermediate School enjoy a healthy lunch delivered by SUBMAN from Subway Ashburton. (12.13pm)

Robert Sampey and Adiva Miller, sorters from G J Preston, getting the recycling from the green bins on Aitken Street. Driver: Shayne Reti. (12.31pm)

Nelson Building Society Branch Manager John Moore (left), along with his brother Ivan from Ivan Moore Construction, begin renovations for the new home of New Zealand’s oldest building society, NBS, soon to become Ashburton’s newest building society. (12.05pm)

Liam Marshell enjoys a ride down the slide while having a play at the park. (12.52pm)

Kim Waghorn, baker assistant at Sim’s Bakery, decorating a cake for a 21st birthday. (12.06pm)

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Hitch-hikers Harley Ireland and Dave Parker from Wellington are hoping to catch a ride south as they pass through Ashburton to attend a winter solstice dance at Whare Flat, Dunedin. They then plan on hitching to Queenstown for the Winter Festival before continuing a South Island tour. (1.24pm)

Steven Symonds, carpet layer at SKIP-2-IT Flooring Xtra, stretching carpet in the living dining area. (1.42pm)

Vicki at Wrights Drycleaners steam pressing table cloths for a local company. (1.36pm)

Nick Wilson, labourer at Smitheram and Frew Housing Company Ltd, drilling some holes in frames for a farm house on Timaru Track Road. (1.13pm)

Alexandra Bridge Club members L to R Estelle Jones, Raylene Phillips, Mervyn Jones and Bev Turton playing their hands at the Waireka Croquet Club fundraiser tournament. (1.14pm)

Chief mechanical engineer Dennis Harris performs maintenance on the K88 steam locomotive at the Plains Historial Railway. (1.20pm)

Dave Wright (left) and Raymond Jones catching up for a chat at the Fountain East Street. (1.40pm)

Fraser Gare setting up milling head to bore precision holes at Bell Engineering. (2.43pm)

Gordon Allan from Ashburton Glass Works moving cathedral glass to the plate table with the help of a crane where it will be free fallen on to the table, ready to be cut. (2.32pm)

Craig Campbell, stay at home dad, sorting out finances with Gavin Templeton, Customer Services Representative at BNZ. (2.08pm)

A group of children at Jigsaw Preschool enjoy afternoon run around the track before home time. (2.55pm)

Louise Jones from Sydney arriving in Ashburton where she will spend a couple of weeks with her local friends. (2.56pm)


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Joshua Porter from Sydney out Shopping in the Ashburton Arcade with his grandfather Wallace Porter, Joshua had just arrived today and was finding it very cold. (3.24pm)

One of the Rainer Irrigation crews putting the wheels on a new irrigator at Peter Blains farm. (3.30pm)

Dairy farmer Allan Broomhall and his son Kaidyn got their new Deutz tractor delivered by Simon Jackson, Manager at PowerFarming Ashburton. (3.44pm)

Ashburton intermediate school students head home after a hard day of learning. (3pm)

Jan, Daile and Wendy from the Robilliards Showcase Jewellers Team showing some of there extensive range of Jewellery to clients. (3.23pm)

Liam O’Connell welds the top of a land roller drum at Pluck’s Engineering at Rakaia. (4.15pm)

Paul Rowland at Palmer Agri Parts Direct Ltd assembling a hydraulic tractor wheel changer from Spaldings UK. (4.23pm)

Ed Body, fencer and owner of Ed Body Fencing Ltd picking up his new Toyota Hilux which will be well utilised for his business. (4.52pm)

From left: Aarya, Mihik and father Raviraj Advilkar enjoy some family time in Rakaia. The local family moved from Southland to Dorie. (4.25pm)

Georgia Rowland, 7 years old, enjoys a Jazz class at Dance Worx every Friday. (4.21pm)


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Chocolatier Nadine Porter makes Turkish Delight at BullRush Chocolate. (5.10pm)

Kate Ferguson-Cooke enjoys the Tiny Tots Disco at St David’s Church. (5.45pm)

Billy Nolan, Gerry Trudgeon, Brent Smith & Henry Cook enjoy a nice cold beer after a hard day’s work at Ashburton Joinery. (5.20pm)

Coaches of the Nuggets Basketball team Kieron Hunt and Karl Clement didn’t want to miss the season final, so they arrived at the game in their pre-ball attire. Alin Onocas and Liam O’Connor were proud to line up with their tuxedo clad coaches. (5pm)

After having their make-up and hair done, twin sisters Monica and Carmen Leadley, Year 12, are having a relaxing time at home before going to the Ashburton College Ball. (5.13pm)

Jeremy Halkett, a Talley’s Truck Driver, Kindly stops for a photo while on his way through to Timaru. (5.09pm)

Who’s cooking tea tonight? Lets get fish & chips from Beach Road Fish & Chips pictured owner Tan Nguyen preparing our tea. (6.24pm)

Devon Hotel locals catching up for after work drinks and the nibbles supplied by the hotel. (6.40pm)

After Works relaxation and drinks time at Braided Rivers Restaurant and Bar and time to tell tales on what a busy week it has been. (6.05pm)

Three of Ashburton’s newest residents, all the way from Ireland, Tina, Fintan and Dennis enjoying a “Friday after work” drink at Kelly’s. (6.20pm)

Alistair Benfell enjoys a night out playing social Pool at the MSA. (6pm)


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Stronechrubie’s award-winning Chef de Cuisine, Sean Brown, prepares fresh scallops and salmon for a diner in the restaurant. (7.42pm)

Tania Fechney prepares the film for the next screening at the Regent Cinema. (9.24pm)

Rashmi Kumar Nightfiller at Countdown East Street restocking the shelves after a busy day. (7.10pm)

Donovan King impresses us with his early evening skateboarding manoeuvres. (7pm)

Ayleen Beatty, Lorraine Boud, Barbara Field, June Bain, John Hollis and Anthony Bartlett enjoy a meal while waiting for the RSA’s Friday night Karaoke to start. (7.15pm)

Savanna Sewll and Will Wright arriving at Ashburton College School Ball. (8.23pm)

Dominika Can and Zac Milne arriving to the Ashburton College school ball. (8.11pm)

Left to right) Jessica Ross, Lucy Dynes, Chloe Ashworth, Stef Bennett and Meghan De Maroussem at the Ashburton College school ball. (8.43pm)

Delma Rutherfurd keeping the house warm for his wife Lyn and himself. (8.01pm)

Hayley Tunnicliffe pours a drink at Speights Ale House. (8.13pm)

Mike Friend, Artistic Director of The Loons Theatre Christchurch, rehearsing young actors from The Big Little Theatre Company as they prepare their forthcoming production “Sparrows”. (7.24pm)

Rural Transport Ltd stock truck driver Mark Fox delivers the day’s kill to CMP Canterbury Ltd down from Blenheim. CMP worker Turi Rakauruaiti unloads a transit tank containing blood for processing. (8.56pm)


Blair Purvis on the graveyard shift at BP West Street. (9.14pm)

Auckland based hard-rock-quartet Doppler relax after an all ages gig at the Blue Pub in Methven. (9.21pm)

Gary McCormick collecting his Thames Harness winning ticket from Michael Rankin, bar manager at The Tinwald Tavern. (10.38pm)

Jamie Braven and David Henson, volunteers with the Ashburton Town Watch, patrol their vehicle keeping an eye out for suspicious behaviour. (9.59pm)

Gary Lilley from Video Ezy hires Battlefield 3 to enthusiastic gamer Gareth Evans who intends on playing it all night long. (9.52pm)

Steve Devereux Ashburton Guardian Sub Editor proofing the front page of Saturdays paper before electronically sending to Guardian Print. (11.21pm)

Dougal Anderson and Jason Morrison sing a Cat Stevens classic at the Brown Pub’s karaoke evening in Methven. (10.10pm)

Terry McNab and Miriam Davison celebrating a birthday and having a good time at Kelly’s. (11.16pm)

First print run stacked on a pallet ready to go to the sorting machine later at Guardian Print. (1.28am)

Dairy farmer Tim Bradshaw and his truck driving mate Neal Price enjoy cold beverages at the Tinwald Tavern. This is a regular Friday evening catch up for the friends. (10.19pm)

Barbara Hintz and Hilary Singlewood keeping things running smoothly at the MSA bottlestore. (10.24pm)

Nick from Halls Transport filling up at the BP truck stop East st on his way through from Palmerston to Christchurch. (1.01am)

Ashburton Trust courtesy van taking home patrons of The Shed. (1.57am)

A late night snack being picked up from KFC drive through.

Keep Blowing Keep Blowing Keep Blowing, the NZ Police operating the BoozeBus on West Street. (11.31 pm)

Like all true firemen Warren Maslin, Craig Wakelin and Rob Hampton are at their happiest when they’re getting their kit off for the camera. (1.12am)

The clock strikes 12 midnight at Baring Square.

Warren Maslin and Craig Wakelin get in after a midnight callout to Westerfield. (1.10am)


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Chris Bennett with his face painted up as a Rubik Cube enjoying the evening at The Shed. (1.43am)

Entrance to The Shed. (1.31am)

To our photographer’s great relief it’s all quiet at the cemetery at midnight.

Partying in The Shed. (1.51am)

Town Centre Community Ambassadors Neil Alexander and Renato Alves patrolling the streets of Ashburton before going to Methven to continue patrolling. (2.10am)

Sam from Z service station East Street serving a customer through the night pay window. (2.41 am)


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Jocelyn Appleton delivering the Ashburton Guardian for readers to have. (3.21am)

Heartland Clock showing the temperature. (3.33am)

Mitchell Craig from Talbot Security Group on his rounds doing building checks. (3.41am)

Another truckload of goods arriving to be unloaded at New World. (4.15am)

Peter Knight NZ Post Rural Delivery Contractor loading the Guardian paper to be delivered to rural subscribers. (4.27am)

Fresh Produce arriving at New World at 4.01am to be unloaded to restock for another busy day. (4.03am)


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Daisy, one of the 350 cows to be milked, waits patiently for her turn. (5.40am)

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Priti Nadan, owner of ENC Cleaning Services, cleans behind the reception of the Ashburton Guardian on the third floor of the Somerset Building. Priti is back at work after giving birth to her third son Krishant on June 8. (6.43am)

Ashburton Contracting’s readymix concrete manager Hamish Wright batches a load of concrete. (6.22pm)

Tim Chapman slumps concrete at Ashburton Contracting’s readymix concrete yard. (6.32am)

Dairy farmer Hayden Padden and Dave Le Heron from Waikato winter milking at Dorie. (5.42am)


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Dan Dwyer from Grieve Construction trowels concrete at the entrance of a new dairy shed on Poplar Road, Longbeach. (7.25am)

Grieve Construction workers wheelbarrow concrete onto a building site. (7.25am)

There’s no line or bait required in Henry’s unique technique, you just point and stare at where you would like the fish to jump out of the water and into your net. (7.25am)

Braden tries some flyfishing. (7.28am)

Two of Ashburton’s most serious looking fisherman, Henry Cook (left) and Braden Kenny (right) get ready to try their luck on Lake Hood. (7.20am)

Ben Young Prepares a side of beef to go into cuts for the hungry customers at Allenton Meat’s. (8.03am)

Jenny Hayes from Salmon World in Rakaia cleans a tank containing Chinook Salmon smolt. (8.32am)

Kezia Murphy training Tropical punch the horse on a beautiful sunny morning at the Ashburton Race course. (8.36pm)

Dan Bruce, fast fix service technician at Hydraulink Mid Canterbury removing a hydraulic ram from a truck mounted crane for repair. (8.11am)

Volunteers at the Rakaia Resource Recovery Park sort out the town’s recycling. (8.10am)


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Teacher Anna Hurst & Helper Jessie Thompson hold a ballet class for young fairy students. (9.50am)

Aroha and Edward Connew play in the igloo at the New Zealand Alpine & Agriculture Encounter in Methven. (9.41am)

With wind gusts of more than 120km/hr Mt Hutt was closed, so this bus load of tourists from Brisbane Australia were excited to be heading on a sightseeing journey. (9.18am)

Storeman James Burrowes picks up a chain saw and a petrol can from Pete at Ashburton U-Hire to spend the afternoon cutting firewood to keep warm this winter. (9.14am)

Juliet Kingsbury (3yrs) attends the fairy ballet classes at Balmoral Hall. (9.53am)

Noeline and Pete White-Driver enjoy time out at the Somerset Grocer, Pete enjoying the coffee while Noeline catches up on local news and events in the Ashburton Guardian. (10.44am)

A rainbow formed over the Rakaia Gorge as Nor’West rain blew over the Southern Alps. (10.56am)

21 month old Marika Tavendale enjoys a ride on a toy car pushed by her mother Zoe at the Ashburton Toy Library. (10.31am)

Debbie Power is looking for a new family home to suit herself and fiance Kyle along with their 9 week old baby girl Holly, so she met Sue Prendergast from McGregor Real Estate at an open home on Bridge Street. (10.22am)

Dunedin Technical AFC travelling to Christchurch for a Chatham Cup game against Coastal Spirit.

Sofia Karagiannis, Stuart Finnigan and Paul McKenna from Melbourne enjoy the warmth of the roaring fire in Tilly’s Restaurant at Terrace Downs Resort. (10.19am)


For enquires contact:Terrace Downs ResortDarfield, Canterbury03 318 6943

With its stunning location, friendly and efficient staff and sumptuous cuisine, the Clubhouse at Terrace Downs

offers three on-site restaurants open to both in-house and casual guests. Tilley’s Bar & Brasserie/Café, Hunter’s

Steak House, and The Grill.

When accompanied by a paying adult, children aged 10 years and under can dine FREE at Terrace Downs this

winter season!

Less than one hours drive from Ashburton, why not take the opportunity to treat the family to world-class resort

quality, that won’t cost you the earth.

The kids are free, so why not indulge?

Cows being shifted to a new farm on the Methven Highway. (11.08am)

Julie Wightman with son William dropping off their recycling at Mastagard.

Ruby Wright (left) and Michelle Cripp prepare the lunch trolley for the residents of the Rosebank Resthome Hospital. (11.42am)

Caleb ward & Ethan Green doing their rugby warm ups before the big game. (11.46am)

Tony Todd from Todd’s of Ashburton sells a cap to Bill Broadley, an ex patriot from England who has resided in Ashburton for the past year. (11.09am)

Owner of a 1947 Jailbar Ford Pickup, Blacky Chesmar, watches Alister Brokenshire from Neumanns Tyres put the front wheels back on after initially balancing them. (11.19am)

Mid Canterbury Magic leisure marchers Eleanor Joyce and Lyn Cameron fundraise for new uniforms and up-coming trips to Nelson and Auckland, with a sausage sizzle in the Warehouse car park. (11.31am)

Erica McNab from Paper Plus selling a lotto ticket to a hopeful winner Saturday. (11.32am)

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