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Voice of children’s radioA West Melton broadcasting student is now one of the voices of New Zealand’s first ever children’s radio station.

Encouraging newcomersSelwyn residents wanting to try game bird hunting are being encouraged to apply for a day licence.

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West Melton School students pose for a group photograph at the Lincoln Zone cross-country event recently held at Halswell Quarry. The school sent a team of 28 to the event. Teacher aide Rita Spadoni said most age groups consisted of between 80 and 100 competitors. “Our students ended up in the 30s upwards, with quite few in the top 20,” she said. Following on from the event six of the team were selected to compete at the Canterbury Primary Schools Cross-country in June.

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At its latest meeting council approved a LAPP which restricted where pyschoactive substances could be sold in Selwyn.

The policy would allow the sale of the legal highs in one area of Rolleston, along the Rolleston Drive commercial strip, but removed a second site near Rolleston Primary School following a number of objections during the submission process.

Council rues cost of legal high policyu by Kent Caddick

The Selwyn District Council has written to the Minister of Health criticising the way central Government has forced it into developing a Local Approved Products Policy (LAPP) for legal highs.

In a letter to the Minister of Health Dr Jonathon Coleman Selwyn Mayor Kelvin Coe expressed council’s concern at not being able to represent the views of submitters, many of whom expressed concern that legal highs were able to be sold anywhere.

“We are writing this letter as we are frustrated that yet another financial burden has been placed on us by Central Government but that we are

unable to fully represent the views of our community on the matter,” Mayor Coe said in the letter.

“While we understand the government’s view that an outright ban on these products is challenging to enforce and may not always provide the best outcome, we are disappointed how this legislation has been implemented and the impact it has on our community.”

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Applications for the Selwyn Heritage fund are now open.

Selwyn District Council has funding available to meet some of the costs of protecting heritage sites which may include restoring, reinforcing and protecting heritage buildings, and other structures such as war memorials, sites and trees.

Nine properties and three heritage trees received heritage grants in 2014. The grants were used to help restore or improve some well-known historic buildings.

Southbridge Hall, built in 1930 in the art deco style received funding for an acoustic upgrade of the building's interior, while Racecourse Hill Homestead near Darfield, built in 1912,

received funding for the installation of a commercial sprinkler system. Other grants included a repaint of St George's Church in Kirwee.

There is one Selwyn Heritage funding round each year and $40,000 is available to support projects by owners of heritage buildings or protected trees in the Selwyn District. Priority is given to items listed in the Selwyn District Plan. The heritage fund can be used to pay for part of the cost of restoration or protection work, and applicants will also need to fund some of this cost from other sources.

Applications for this round close on June 26 and more information can be found at www.selwyn.govt.nz/heritagefund.

St George’s Church in Kirwee, which was built in 1883, received heritage funding to repaint the church in 2014.

Selwyn residents are being urged to get a flu vaccine before the full force of winter strikes.

Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Ramon Pink said the flu can be debilitating and can take people away from work for weeks.

“This is why it’s important everyone gets immunised to stay healthy, well and stop the spread of this virus,” Dr Pink says.

“The flu can really knock you for six and in some cases lead to complications, resulting in hospital admission and weeks out of action and in the worst case scenario even death.”

Already this year Canterbury has immunised 136,840 people, which is a great effort is considering the late arrival of the vaccine this year, Dr Pink said.

“If we keep going at our current rate, hopefully we will beat last year’s figure of 195,600, when we managed to immunise about 40 percent of our population.”

Dr Pink is also reminding people who have a chronic illness, are 65 or over, or are and eligible for a free vaccine, to

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“It takes about two weeks after receiving your vaccine to be fully immunised, so it’s important to get it sooner rather than later,” he said.

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Otis Sole is one of Chalk radio station’s programme hosts and was involved in the setting up of the station.

The 19-year-old is a second-year student at the School of Broadcasting which is part of the CPIT tertiary institute in Christchurch.

“As part of our course we had to come up with a concept for a radio station,” Otis said.

“We were divided into three groups, with each coming up with a concept which would be scrutinised by industry experts and one selected for all the students to be involved in with.”

Otis said after looking at the radio market in Christchurch they spotted a gap in the market which was a radio station for children aged between 8 and 12 years old.

“Our concept was the winning one, so the whole class then became involved in making it a reality including all the on-air needs as well as generating ad sales to make the station profitable.”

The students’ hard work became

reality this month when Chalk radio went to air of the 96.1FM frequency, with Otis behind the microphone for the 6pm to 9pm shift.

“So far the response has been great especially from parents. Our music playlist is based on what the children tell us but we do not play explicit or highly suggestive music which is played on the more risqué top-40 stations,” Otis said.

The former Lincoln High School student became interested in radio when he was living in Rolleston with his parents a couple of years ago.

“A school mate introduced me to the youth radio station which was based out of the community centre in Rolleston and I loved it,” he said.

Otis plans to make a career in radio once he has finished the broadcasting course.

“I would love to make it to one of the big network stations preferably in this country but it could be in Australia or further afield, anyone who will take me really.”

Voice of children’s radiou by Kent Caddick

A West Melton broadcasting student is now one of the voices of New Zealand’s first ever children’s radio station.

Otis Sole of West Melton one of the voices of New Zealand’s first ever children’s radio station.

Lincoln continues to hold its place in the 51-100 bracket in the field of agriculture and forestry. In all, more than 3000 universities are assessed under the QS ranking system, with just 200 finding their way into the agriculture and forestry subject bracket.

The University also sits within the top 10 for agriculture and forestry in the wider Oceania region.

The ranking methodology employed by QS includes factors such as academic reputation, citations per faculty,

Lincoln stands firm in rankingsLincoln University’s position as a world-leading provider of academic programmes in agriculture was solidified in the latest round of world university subject rankings from Quacquarelli Symonds (QS).

Lincoln University’s Dean of Agriculture and Life Sciences Professor Bruce McKenzie is pleased with the unviversity’s latest international ranking.

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“An issue that we have in Selwyn is that even before this ban was put in place there were no stores in the district selling this product, so some people have viewed the draft policy as us seeking to allow, or even encouraging, stores to operate here.”

Mayor Coe said there may never be any applications to sell these products in Selwyn but despite this council has been faced with considerable time and expense in putting in place a policy which gave it no option other than to provide potential locations for these products to be sold.

Overall, council received 78 submissions on the draft LAPP with the bulk of submitters coming from Rolleston as well as submissions from organisations like the Police, Salvation Army, Ministry of Education

Selwyn Mayor Kelvin Coe is critical of the way the council was forced into developing a policy over where legal highs could be sold in the district.

and the Selwyn Youth Council.Selwyn Central Community Board

chair Diane Chesmar said the board doesn’t have an opinion on the LAPP but may discuss it at its next meeting.

Prime Minister John Key paid a fleeting visit to Selwyn late last week meeting with business owners involved in the Izone industrial park in Rolleston as well as attending a meeting with over 100 local businesspeople in Leeston. Pictured with the PM at the Izone Business Hub are, from left, Westland Milk Products board chair Matt O’Regan, Selwyn MP Amy Adams and Westland Milk CEO Rod Quin, who presented the PM with a package of EasiYo products. EasiYo is wholly owned by Westland, which is currently in the process of building a $43 million extension to its Izone plant.

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Selwyn District Council has extended its rates remission policy which provides rates relief to property owners whose dwellings were made uninhabitable as a result of the September 2010 earthquakes.

The council adopted its current policy in October 2010 which allowed for the majority of rates to be waived if a

Rates remission policy extendeddwelling was uninhabitable following the September earthquake and no one was living at the address.

It also allowed ratepayers to apply to have their rates deferred for a year if they were suffering hardship as a result of the earthquakes.

"The council wanted to keep the rates remission policy in place to recognise

It has been heart-breaking looking at the images coming out of Nepal with the devastation the region has experienced from the recent massive earthquakes.

All Cantabrians will be able to relate to the fear and frustration experienced by the Nepalese people at suffering a second major tremor causing more loss of life and additional damage to property. As we all know it is a long road to recovery.

Here in Canterbury we have made a further step along this path recently with the announcement that a design called ‘The Memorial Wall’ has been chosen from a six-strong shortlist as the memorial to our region’s earthquakes.

The memorial will be built alongside the Avon River near Montreal Street and will be a place where local residents and visitors can reflect on what the region has been through, the struggles people still face as a result of the earthquakes, and the

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outpouring of support we continue to receive.

The design includes a reflective space on the north bank where people can gather opposite The Memorial Wall on the south bank.

It will be a fitting tribute to the victims of Canterbury’s earthquakes, those who suffered through them and the courage of those who participated in the rescue and recovery process.

Funding of up to $10 million from the Government and $1 million from the Christchurch Earthquake Mayoral Relief Fund will be used for the development of the memorial.

Another sign of our recovery is EQC’s announcement that 98% of repairs under its Canterbury Home Repair Programme (CHRP) are complete or underway.

Anyone wanting to have their earthquake repairs undertaken using the CHRP needs to advise EQC of this before June 1 this year.

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that there are still people in Selwyn whose dwellings are uninhabitable," Selwyn Mayor Kelvin Coe said.

"The policy recognises that these property owners may be in a difficult situation financially and while they cannot use their dwellings it is appropriate to provide rates remission."

The policy has been extended twice

since 2010 but was due to expire on June 30. In the past year ten applications have been made under the policy and $12,024 in rates has been waived.

Council has now extended the policy with the same conditions so it is in place until June 2016.

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The Selwyn District Council recently launched a broadband and cellphone survey to determine the extent of blackspots in the district.

Council chief executive David Ward said he was extremely pleased with the response that they have had so far.

“To date the council has received around 400 responses to the survey with people identifying issues with both internet and mobile phone coverage in Selwyn,” Mr Ward said.

“During June survey responses will be analysed and the survey results are expected to be available to be public during June or July.

“Once the survey has been analysed council will consider whether an application can be made for government funding to improve internet or mobile phone coverage.”

The survey closes on May 26 and can be completed online at www.selwyn.

Broadband survey closingSelwyn residents unhappy with their broadband quality and cellphone coverage have less than a week to make their feelings known.

govt.nz/haveyoursay while hard copy survey forms are also available from Selwyn Libraries.

Selwyn District Council chief executive David Ward is pleased with the response to the council’s broadband and cellphone blackspot survey but is urging others to get their survey’s completed before it closes.

He replaces Professor of Environmental Management Ken Hughey, who had held the role for 10 years.

The Director of Postgraduate Studies role aims to ensure excellence in all aspects of postgraduate education across the university, which has over 500 PhD and postgraduate students.

“The appointment marks an exciting strategic emphasis on postgraduate education, training and research,” Professor Brennan said.

“Lincoln University is recognised as a research intensive university, and with the upcoming redevelopment of the university as a major part of the Lincoln Hub.

“This new appointment will help establish a community for postgraduate students, not only within Lincoln University, but amongst our national and international collaborating partners.”

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Studies director appointedProfessor of Food Science Charles Brennan has been appointed Lincoln University’s Director of Postgraduate Studies.

Lincoln University’s new Director of Postgraduate Studies, Professor Charles Brennan.

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university since 2011 and in that time has overseen the establishment of new undergraduate and postgraduate courses in Food Science, and the formation of the Centre for Food Research and Innovation, of which he is the current director.

Rolleston’s newest school, which is set to open in February of next year, has just released its zone boundaries and construction is progressing according to schedule.

“It’s starting to feel very real and exciting,” Ms Fidow said.

“You can get a real feel of how the school will start to look with the steel framing starting to go up. The school is set of 2.4 hectares and will one of the largest primary schools in the country in terms of area.”

The school’s Establishment Board of Trustees recently put on a morning tea for workers with construction company Southbase and its contractors, which was also attended by Ministry of Education staff and staff from the Waitaha School for special needs students in Templeton.

“We will have a purpose built space in the new school and we will be working in with Waitaha School to look after children in the district with special needs,” Ms Fidow said.

New school starting to take shapeu by Kent Caddick

She said the process for setting the school’s zone went very smoothly.

“The process was very consultative and we spent some time talking with other schools in Rolleston as well as Weedons and Burnham and the feedback was very positive.”

Ms Fidow, who was previously principal at Shirley Primary School, has also been hosting a number of parent drop-in meetings to allow parents of prospective students the opportunity to ask and questions on the school’s development.

“Parents were wanting to know everything from what the uniform will look like to what the school’s zone will be.”

The school, which is being built at a cost of $15million, will initially take between 100 and 200 Year 1 to 4 students in its first year and then accept Year 5 to 8 pupils in the following year with the school being built to take up to 750 students.

West Rolleston Primary School principal Sylvia Fidow, left, and Kate Duncan a member of the school’s Establishment Board of Trustees joined construction crew for a morning tea at the site of the new school near the intersection of Burnham School Road and Dunns Crossing Road.

Things are starting to get ‘real’ for new West Rolleston Primary School principal Sylvia Fidow.


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The new game bird season opened this month and Fish & Game policy and planning manager Robert Sowman said the day (24-hour) licence, at $20 a day, is aimed at various groups, such as people who’ve never been game bird hunting before who want to try it without spending $91 on a whole season licence.

“For only $40 someone can go out for a weekend’s hunting to see what they think of it,” Mr Sowman said.

“The game bird day licence is ideal for the seasoned hunter to take a mate hunting.”

Day licences encouraging newcomersAny Selwyn residents wanting to try game bird hunting are being encouraged to apply for a day licence.

The Ecostore founder originally from Wellington, also known as Ecoman, told his story of how and why he set up the business to students at Lincoln University as a visiting speaker in Business and Sustainability and Global Business Environment courses.

Ecostore makes plant-based cleaners, and other products with a focus on the health and wellbeing of people, as well as the planet.

His unconventional story involves how he found in the permaculture village he set up in Northland there were more chemicals inside his house than the ones he had rejected putting on the land.

So in 1993 he set about changing that, by making natural cleaning products, initially sold from his home and which has now become a business which sells throughout New Zealand, and Australia and is moving into the United States, the United Kingdom and Asia.

Mr Rands said there were many factors involved in selling sustainable products.

“Even if people were keen to be green they still were cognisant of price, and that the products were as good as the ones they replaced.

“You have to make it easy and pleasurable to buy them, and of course they have to work,’’ he said.

He said day licences are also popular in a ‘one-off’ situation where a corporate group goes out to hunt on an upland game preserve for the day.

Initially sold at a rate of about 200 a year, now more than 1200 are sold annually.

Mr Sowman says said Fish & Game is constantly reviewing its licence categories so people have choices over how they hunt or fish.

“Currently we are preparing to introduce some new fishing licence categories in response to this review process.” Day licences are encouraging newcomers into game bird hunting.

Ecoman shares his story with studentsLincoln University students got some valuable business knowledge when Ecostore founder Malcolm Rands visited the university recently.

“Imagine the future and do it now,” he told the students.

Organiser of the talk, and course lecturer Dr Michaela Balzarova, said presenting students with an example of an organisation that is successful right in the middle of the sustainability domain is an extraordinary asset to have in any curriculum outlining the

Malcolm Rands tells Lincoln University students his story.

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“These conditions are only likely to worsen in the long term and spread to other parts of the country as a predicted El Nino weather pattern sets in.”

Mr Curtis said concerns about how warm weather patterns will impact the economy were set out in a recent International Monetary Fund report which recommended further investment in irrigation.

“In El Niño years, New Zealand tends to experience stronger or more frequent winds from the west in summer, leading to drought in east coast areas and more rain in the west which is exactly why we need to better harvest and distribute water to the areas which require it,” Mr Curtis said.

“Modern storage and distribution infrastructure is essential for New Zealand. It will help futureproof the country against climatic variations, will allow for diversification in primary production and will provide environmental benefits in very hot dry years.

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Overseer is a farm-scale nutrient management tool which calculates nutrient inputs, transfers and outputs from individual farms based on information specific to that farm, producing a nutrient budget.

It helps farmers and their consultants to examine farm-scale nutrient management options to optimise production and minimise losses of nutrients to the environment.

Overseer general manager Dr Caroline Read said incorporating the breadth of irrigation systems and management in use today will allow Overseer to address a known shortfall.

“Our current irrigation module doesn’t reflect the diversity of irrigation systems and the influence irrigation practice can have on nitrate leaching.

“This limitation means gains that can be made through changing irrigation systems and practices are not fairly reflected through to N-loss.”

Dr Read said the new 6.2 version of Overseer will address this by focusing

Nutrient loss measurement tool upgradedEnvironment Canterbury has welcomed a recent upgrade to the nutrient loss measurement tool, Overseer.

on a wide range of irrigation systems, from centre and linear pivots, to long laterals, spray lines, solid set, drip-micro and border dyke.

She said by being able to estimate nitrogen and phosphorus losses to the environment has increasingly seen Overseer become an important tool for regional councils as part of their role in managing water quality.

“The demand for Overseer has grown significantly in the past five years, particularly since the introduction of the National Policy Statement for Fresh Water Management as this requires regional councils to set water quality limits,” Dr Read said.

ECan chief executive Bill Bayfield said improvements to the irrigation component of Overseer would highlight the significant gains to be made from enhancements to irrigation efficiency.

“It is important to note, however, that while the improvements introduced by Overseer 6.2 will change estimated nutrient loss numbers they will not

change the reality with regard to actual nutrient losses,” Mr Bayfield said.

“Overseer provides a method of benchmarking against good management practices. Its strength is the way it can be used in a relative rather than an absolute way. Our challenge is to develop policy that allows for this.”

He said farmers who have made investment decisions based on previous versions of Overseer would not be disadvantaged as a result of these changes.

“The planning framework for land use and water quality interactions is based on management of nutrient outputs rather than inputs,” Mr Bayfield said.

“Landowners have maximum freedom to decide how best to manage their land to minimise nutrient losses. This approach, which is of benefit both to farmers and to water quality outcomes, will not change with a new version of the measurement tool,” Mr Bayfield said. ECan chief executive Bill Bayfield says farmers who

have made investment decisions based on previous versions of Overseer would not be disadvantaged as a result of an upgrade to the measurement tool.

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Ms Grandorge takes over from Emma Taylor, a previous winner of the title, who has overseen a tremendous growth and recognition for the competition over the last few years.

Ms Grandorge brings with her a wealth of experience from many years in the wine industry and plans to grow the competition even further.

She said she is delighted to be involved in such a positive event, which helps encourage and develop young professionals within the industry.

“Not only does it further their own careers through extended learning and networking, but strengthens the skills and relationships within the viticultural sector as a whole, offering an even stronger and exciting future for New Zealand winegrowing.

New head for viticulture competitionNicky Grandorge has been appointed as the new national coordinator for New Zealand Young Viticulturist of the Year.

Nicky Grandorge, left, is taking over from Emma Taylor as the national coordinator for the New Zealand Young Viticulturist of the Year competition.

“It is a fantastic event to be a part of, with a very passionate team of organisers around the country.”

Regional Finals are held throughout July and regional winners go on to compete for the title of national Young Viticulturist of the Year during the New Zealand Winegrowers Romeo Bragato national conference in August.

“The final is tough. It tests a wide range of skills and knowledge, both practical and theoretical, and culminates in each finalist delivering a speech to hundreds of industry members at the Bragato dinner,” Ms Grandorge said.

The winner not only claims the title and a significant prize package, but goes on to compete at the Young Horticulturalist of the Year as the sole representative for viticulture.

Selwyn District Council is reminding farmers and motorists to be extra cautious on the roads around this time.

Observed nationally, Gypsy Day falls on June 1. It marks the changeover of the dairy seasons when farms change ownership and families move entire households, farm equipment and cattle to a new property. Cows can be moved around Gypsy Day or from May to July as they are moved on to winter feed.

Care should be taken when driving on rural roads in Selwyn over winter as many cows will be moving between farms if it's a short distance, or shifted in trucks if they need to travel further.

Motorists also need to be patient. When approaching a mob of animals being moved on the road, motorists need to slow down and assess whether they can wait for the mob to reach their destination, or quietly move through the mob if it is safe to do so. Drivers should not sound the car’s horn as it may cause the animals to panic and

Cows on the move for annual Gypsy DayHundreds of cows will be on the move next month for the start of the new dairy season, also known as Gypsy Day.

behave unpredictably.Farmers who are droving their stock

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be moved in mobs smaller than 400 on roads in Selwyn.

It is highly recommended that drovers wear high visibility garments to ensure they are clearly visible from 150metres. They should use flashing lights and temporary warning signs.

Gypsy Day tips for farmers

• Plan ahead - choose the most direct route to move cattle and only cross or follow the road if it is necessary.

• Move stock in the day time and avoid peak driving times. Keep the stock off well maintained verges.

• If you need consent from the council for the move, apply for one at least two working days in advance. Applications can be made online www.selwyn.govt.nz/stock

• Be particularly cautious when moving stock on roads with bends. Signs or a pilot vehicle will be needed around the corner to warn motorists of the stock ahead to avoid a crash.

• If moving machinery drive slowly and, if necessary, have a pilot vehicle to warn other drivers of the wide vehicle following.


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The couple, who farm near Timaru, produced a staggering 13.8 tonnes of barley per hectare – smashing the previous record of 12.2 tonnes, which has been held by a Scottish grower since 1989. This is equivalent to the weight of more than 17,000 loaves of bread per hectare.

In New Zealand, the average yield for winter barley, the type grown by the Darlings, is about 9.5 tonnes per hectare. The new record of 13.8 tonnes is a massive 45 percent more than the average yield.

Dr Holger Detje, managing director and head of CropScience for Bayer New Zealand said the new record is an exciting achievement for New Zealand, and the world.

“Producing greater harvests from the same amount of land will have a big part to play in helping solve the world hunger problem, and feeding a growing population.

“We are absolutely delighted for Warren and Joy and the role Bayer played in the generation of this record-breaking yield.

“There are many factors that determine the success of a great harvest like this - soil, climate, technologically advanced farming machinery as well as farm inputs like the seed variety, nutrients and crop protection solutions.

“Applying all of these factors with skilled farmers like Warren and Joy means we can produce a staggering amount of food,” Dr Detje said.

“This just goes to show how New Zealand farmers are among the best in the world and people like Warren and Joy will help ensure healthy and sufficient food supplies will be available for everyone.”

South Island farmers set world recordSouth Island farmers, Warren and Joy Darling have entered the Guinness World Records list, after producing the world’s largest crop of barley – breaking a 25 year record.

Barley fact box• Barley is a member of the grass family and is thought to be the world’s oldest cultivated grain.

• It has been found in pre-historic settlements dating back 23,000 years.

• Today it is used for livestock feed, human food and malt production.

• Barley is the fourth most important cereal crop in the world after wheat, maize and rice.

• New Zealand grows some of the highest barley yields in the world thanks to ideal climatic conditions.

• Roman gladiators believed barley gave them greater strength and stamina than other foods.

• Eating barley has been shown to lower LDl “bad” cholesterol and may help reduce the risk of heart disease.

• Most of the world’s barley crop is used for animal feed.

• The world record barley crop from Timaru will be used for dairy cow feed.

• The main use for barley in human consumption is beer. Half of the barley grown in the USA is used for making beer.

Joy and Warren Darling, centre, with other family members after being informed of their new world record.

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When the nervous system becomes caught in fight or flight mode (sympathetic activation) long past the time of perceived danger or stress, the doorway to your intuition and spiritual connection becomes clogged with an overload of information. Like an antennae receiving too many signals all at once, we are unable to hear, feel, and sense our inner knowing and spiritual connection.

Early life traumas, including birthing challenges, activate the nervous system into a fight or flight response with varying degrees of intensity. If the trauma remains unhealed within the system the stressed response may become chronic.

Your system may also fall into an habitual stress response through accumulative daily stress that is not relaxed. So if you are in a stressed state day after day, week after week, this activated state may become a long term pattern in your body.

Stress and your intuitionu by Meegan Care

Our mind-body system is designed to move into a stress response, fight or flight, for short periods of time to deal with dangers when needed and then to literally shake it off, release the tension, and restore a relaxation response in the body.

nervous system is greater connection to your intuition and a deeper capacity for spiritual connection that you can actually feel within your being.

Feelings of safety, groundedness and calm are signs that your parasympathetic nervous system is turned on, relaxation response is activated, your breathing is calm, heart rate steady and slower, and digestion working. During this time your personal doorway to spiritual awareness, peace and joy is open.

During times of deep relaxation and inner silence, spiritual insight, answers to our questions and deep understandings to the nature of our problems arise within us. We cannot use our rational thinking mind to access this level of intuition.

If you want a clear connection to your inner wisdom, intuition and a sense of your spiritual self you need to do that from a place of a calm nervous system.

Without this, exploration of your spiritual nature becomes a mental exercise and you will miss the ‘deep falling into soul’ that is available for us all.

Meegan Care is a registered Craniosacral Therapist and holds a Diploma of Psychosynthesis Counselling. For more go to meegancare.co.nz

Here’s how to tell is your nervous system is spending sustained periods of the time activated in a stressed state:• frequent headaches, digestive trouble, muscle tension

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This chronic activation in fight or flight mode differs from an in the moment reaction to actual danger and emergency, during such times we may act effectively and intuitively without thought.

This ‘knowing’ or intuition of right action is well known to arise in emergency situations, however our system is not designed to remain in this heightened state for long periods of time.

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Now I work with people who are often a product of this misguided although well-meaning attempt to raise confident adults.

Placing our self-worth in the hands of others’ praise and attention, and having it rely on external achievements as a measure of success or failure, leaves us vulnerable.

People who rely on ‘achieving something’ in order to ‘measure up’ often feel they lack confidence, and that they won’t ‘have confidence’ unless they ‘succeed’ at something.

It’s great to feel pleasure when you achieve something. But what’s really important to you? How do you ‘measure’ a person? Is it some external thing that they managed to do that made you think well of them?

I would guess that it is the manner in which they did that, the qualities that they displayed, that caused you to think well of them. Did they show perseverance, tenacity, patience, tolerance, intelligence, skill, kindness or generosity? What are the qualities that you admire in everyday people? How can you display and encourage these qualities in yourself?

You will generally find that you do a lot of them already and that they don’t

How is your self-esteem?When I was a beginning teacher, many years ago, building children’s self-esteem with stars and praise and certificates for effort was all the rage.

require you to pass some ‘achievement measure’. It is important though for you to realise that you value these qualities and appreciate them in yourself as well as others.

Think of someone you know who you believe to be confident. How do you know? What are the specific things that they do that cause you to think that?

People who are confident are not so because of their achievements, or because they are an extrovert (people can be quietly confident). They are confident because they are in a state of mind that feels aligned with their values.

They understand what is important to them and they behave in ways that support and enhance the qualities they appreciate in themselves. They validate their own behaviour, not relying on others to tell them they are doing well.

What two things could you do today that would support what you value? It may be as simple as smiling at a neighbour, or taking five minutes to play with your child.

u by Anna Dalzell, www.change.net.nz

Anna Dalzell, Dip Tchg, is a NLP Master Practitioner and NZANLP coach based in Darfield, and can be contacted at 0800 2CHANGE or online at www.change.net.nz

What causes low self-esteem?Article courtesy of www.overcoming.co.uk

The beliefs you have about yourself often appear to be statements of fact, although actually they're really only opinions.

They are based on the experiences you've had in life, and the messages that these experiences have given you about the kind of person you are. If your experiences have been negative, your beliefs about yourself are likely to be negative too.

Examples of early experiences that could lead to your thinking badly of yourself include:

• systematic punishment, neglect or abuse

• failing to meet parental standards

• failing to meet peer-group standards

• being on the receiving end of other people's stress or distress.

• belonging to a family or social group that other people are prejudiced towards

• an absence of praise, warmth, affection or interest

• being the odd one out, at home or at school.

Sometimes negative beliefs about yourself are caused by experiences later in life, such as workplace bullying or intimidation, abusive relationships, persistent stress or hardship, or traumatic events.


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There are various species to choose from, all with small evergreen leaves, and dense growth of desirable darkest green.

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CorokiaNew Zealand native Corokias rate

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‘Cappuccino’ is regarded by experts as one of the best for little hedges, with tight growth, and tiny leaves that hold well, all the way to the base. Coprosma ‘Middlemore’ is bright shiny green, ideal as a medium size hedge. For a really bright colourful hedge try Coprosma ‘Tequila Sunrise’ or new Coprosma‘Inferno’. Coprosma hedges are quick growing and need regular trimming. New growth is sensitive to frost.

Autumn a good time to plant garden hedgesThere is nothing like a neat little hedge to bring a beautiful a garden into sharp focus and Autumn is an ideal time to plant new hedges.

Berberis (barberry)Don’t rule out a deciduous hedge.

Berberis thunbergia varieties make stunning little hedges with vibrant tones of red, purple, orange or yellow. In mid-winter, the textured framework of leafless branches has a character all of its own. There are spines, but these can be very useful for traffic control.

FeijoaFeijoas make wonderful hardy hedges,

with flowers and fruit as extras, but until now they have been mainly for taller hedges. Just released, Feijoa ‘Bambino’ presents an exciting new option for a low wall of small grey-green leaves, spring flowers and dainty autumn fruit. Prune early in spring to ensure growth for autumn fruit.

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• String lines will help you achieve a straight, even trim.• Most hedges require clipping twice annually - in spring and again in late summer.

Fast growing hedges may need up to 4 trims per year.• Beware of pruning too heavily later in autumn, as the resulting fresh growth will

be susceptible to frost damage.• Shaping hedges with slightly sloping sides so that they are slightly narrower at

the top encourages leaf growth all the way to the base, as this means more light reaches lower branches.

• Give your hedges a good soaking during dry periods, but avoid overhead sprinklers.• Feed hedges in spring with controlled release fertiliser.

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Public NoticesLOCAL MARRIAGE & CIVIL UNION CELEBRANT now available. Bruce Russell - Findlays Road, West Melton. Ph 03 347 9692

Malvern Anglican Parish — 8.00 a.m. St George’s in Kirwee; 9.30 a.m. St Matthew’s in Courtenay; 11.00 a.m. St Ambrose in Sheffield; 5.00 p.m. Trinity in Darfield The Ven Canon Susan Baldwin, 03 3179079 http://malvernanglican.wordpress.com

St Paul’s Anglican West Melton — 9.30am Holy Communion with Rev Barry Williams; Bible study Mondays and Tuesdays 7.30pm – for more info contact Colin & Gail 347 8443 or Penny 347 8139

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þ Panelbeating/spraypaintingþ Insurance collision repairsþ All makes and modelsþ Private and commercial workþ Bake-oven spraypaintingþ Boat refinishing

10 Station Street, Leeston

Contact Phil & his team today for a free quote

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Ph: 03 324 3622

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