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Susan Badcock, right, and a guest discuss Susan’s new series The Still Life at its launch.

Trifles - perfume bottle, sea horse, bird’s egg, and others - lie quietly, scattered beneath arranged peonies in hand-coloured digital monochrome photographs. They reference many periods, styles, and themes, eighteenth-century still life painting predominating.

“my approach is to be a painter; to be painterly,” says Susan.

On exhibition concurrently is John Badcock’s River Walk, featuring vernal colour, light, and shade in the Waihi River woodland.

“It’s about that season,” says John. “It’s lovely down there, and it was good being there, painting, and locals saying ‘hello’. I’ll use it every spring now, watch its growth; it’ll be a long series.”

River Walk and The Still Life are on display at Susan Badcock Studio until 26 march.

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At a rehearsal of The Geraldine Players’ production of The Vicar of Dibley, from back left, Laurie Shank, chelley Leov, Paddy O’Reilly, mark Lowen, michael Schaab and Peter heaslip. Front left, chris colson, Lisa mcBride and Lindsay Nelson. Photo: Jo Bates.

many Geraldine people didn’t get to see The Vicar of Dibley show in Timaru so the show is coming to Geraldine. Opening on Thursday, 31 march, Tiger Aspect Productions and the Geraldine Lodge Theatre present an amateur production of the well-loved TV series.

The recent Timaru performance of The Vicar of Dibley sold out three weeks before opening and many Geraldine people were unable to get tickets. Local resident chelley Leov, who plays the central role, says,

“People kept telling us how disappointed they were they couldn’t get tickets so we decided to bring it to Geraldine.”

The director is Don mccully who says, “I would advise people not to leave it to the

Vicar of Dibley coming to geraldine

last minute to book. Audiences will certainly enjoy this production.”

A slightly different cast from the Timaru show will take to the boards in Geraldine. Seven of the original Timaru team members including Geraldine locals, chelley in the role of the Vicar of Dibley and Lindsay Nelson as the redoubtable “No, no, no, no, yes” Jim will appear. Joining them are Geraldine thespians Sharon Bradley, chris colson, Peter heaslip, Andy Palmer and Nadia van der Sanden.

The show features three abridged episodes from the series: The Arrival, Songs of Praise and christmas. Don is confident audiences will recognise characters and plots from the TV series. “People want to see the characters

on stage and we have gone to great lengths to give them exactly that.”

Don says rehearsals are well under way and going well. The cast is adjusting to being on the smaller Lodge Theatre stage and original members are adapting well to the new team. “There is a good mix of characters and they are having a ball.”

evening performances at the Lodge Theatre, Talbot Street, are on 31 march-2 April with a matinee on 3 April. The following week evening shows only are on 7-9 April. Tickets are available from Louk, Talbot Street, Geraldine and Newmans musicworks, Stafford Street, Timaru.

Jo Bates

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The Geraldine Rugby club is hosting a quadrangular tournament this Saturday 12 march.

The tournament kicks off at 1.30pm, is 20 minutes a side, and involves teams from Geraldine, methven, Lincoln and Sydenham.

Over twenty people turned out to the Go Geraldine Business Breakfast at the Orchard café on Tuesday last week. Attendees heard hugh and Fi mccafferty talk about viral marketing using the internet.

using the growth of the Geraldine ukulele Festival as a case study, they encouraged local businesses to support

Geraldine Senior Bs coach Andy cunningham says the club is “hoping the event will attract a few new members and players, and will be good fun.”

If you are interested in playing, contact Andy on 021 360 052; trainings are Tuesday and Thursday nights.

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Various business owners also thanked hugh and Fi for holding ukefest in July, with it being Geraldine’s off-season. Bookings for accommodation for the next ukefest in July are already being made, they were told.

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Peel Forest preschoolers are enthusiastically embracing the concept of five-plus a day fruit and vegetables.

Teacher Stacey holmes is leading the project and has entered the preschool into the 5+ A Day early childhood education challenge 2016. The aim is to set up healthy environments for the year through holding 5+ A Day events.

Stacey says, “We have made a collage, learned the english and Te Reo words for different fruit and vegetables, done crayon drawings and held a f rui t kebab and smoothie making day.”

The children have explored a wide variety of fruit and vegetables including feijoa, eggplant and asparagus.

Stacey says she and co-teacher, Janet harding, focus on talking about how good fruit and vegetables are for us. “you have to eat five-plus a day to stay healthy and active.”

many of the fruit and vegetables sampled come from the preschool’s vegetable garden, which the children help to weed and maintain.

Janet says that the children have harvested cherry tomatoes and they have had a lot of strawberries – “they were fantastic”. Rhubarb muffins, zucchini fritters and strawberry meringues are some of the other delights the children have helped produce on regular baking days. “The children were great and they all tried the zucchini fritters but they were not half as popular as the strawberry meringues and cream. We will

mcKenzie healthcare residents and staff are enjoying a newly carved noticeboard gifted to them by Geraldine high School students.

The carving depicts a Māori health and wellbeing model called Te Whare Tapa Whā, which supports holistic health. It is shaped as a marae, with the four walls each representing a side of the health model.

The board was created by 2015 class 8Sk using woodcutting and carving tools under the guidance of art teacher mike Deavoll. “It was really fun and special to be involved in,” says student ella Rose. “It took a lot of work from everybody.”

Residents Allen Stevens, George crump, Graham Green, and Peter cornelius accompanied by GhS class 8Sk and staff members. Photo: Jordyn Te Rahui-Dobbs.

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each student carved a specific section of the panels, with carvings depicting the local trees, oceans and other landmarks which work together to tell a story of holistic health. “my piece had lots of trees,” says student Lachie chisholm.

The students gifted the carving to mcKenzie healthcare just before christmas. Staff member Lynne mccosh accompanied four residents to the high school last week to meet the students and teachers who put time and effort into creating the board.

Lynne addressed the gathered students, saying, “On behalf of mcKenzie, we’d like to thank you all for the incredible work you’ve all done. What you’ve done is made a focal

point in our hallway, given everyone something beautiful and significant to look at.”

“There’s a part of each of you in that board and it will always be there, which is special.”

A detailed description of the significance and meaning behind each individual carving was presented to the residents.

“It’s really been quite a special project,” says mike Deavoll. “This is the first time a year eight class has been involved in a community project.”

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From left, Liam, Penny, Grace and George try their hand-made fruit kebabs. Photo: Jo Bates.

use other vegetables as they become ready. The next thing is to make is a cake with our zucchini.”

To date, making the fruit kebabs has been the most popular activity but Janet says the children have been “pretty keen” on everything relating to fruit and vegetables. Grace (4) was quick to make her fruit kebab and says, “We put them on our kebab stick and you have to have a little bit down the bottom so you can hold it.”

Next week, Janet and Stacey are taking some of the older children to the Orchard Farmshop and café in Geraldine to see some of the vegetables they are growing there and what happens to them before they go on sale.

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at work actNew Zealand workplaces are not as safe as they

should be. every year about 50 people die in a workplace incident. hundreds more die an early death as a result of work-related ill-health. Our workplace health and safety record is three times worse than the uK’s.

On 4 April the health and Safety at Work Act comes into force. This is the first in a series of three articles from WorkSafe New Zealand designed to give businesses and workers an overview of the new law.

We need to lift our game – and there has never been a better time for businesses to review their health and safety practices.

So what do you need to know about the new law? Let’s dispel a couple of myths.

The new law does not suddenly mean that a whole bunch of new risks have to be managed – health and safety risks at work have always had to be managed.

The health and Safety at Work Act does not require you to eliminate all risks in the workplace at any cost. That’s not realistic and not what WorkSafe expects. And it doesn’t have to mean a whole lot more paperwork. health and safety is about identifying and managing risks – not a folder full of documents gathering dust.

The law is designed to encourage communication and co-operation. everyone from directors down to the casual labourer has a role to play in keeping our workers and others safe and healthy. A casual labourer doesn’t have the same ability to influence how a job is undertaken, so they have different levels of responsibility. Where there’s more than one business working at site, businesses need to agree on sensible health and safety measures based on the level of risk and who is best placed to manage that risk.

The law expects a business to do what is reasonably practicable to eliminate or manage health and safety risks (that’s much the same as the current law has required for the last 25 years). So if, for example, workers are working with dangerous chemicals, you need to make sure they’re trained, there’s proper ventilation and they have appropriate personal protective equipment. Or if they are working at height, think about how to prevent falls by using scaffolds, edge protection, nets or the like.

It’s about taking sensible precautions to keep people safe. That’s not just the law, it’s good business and the right thing to do.

The next article in this three-part series will look at some of the changes under the health and Safety at Work Act, including the requirement for businesses to engage with workers about health and safety. To find out more visit the WorkSafe website worksafe.govt.nz/hswa.

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Since its earliest times, farming here has seen industries establish, wax and wane; varying fortunes seem the sector’s most dependable feature. Despite their range of circumstances, Federated Farmers’ South canterbury provincial president mark Adams says his constituents are presently in harmony on one thing: “There’s been a spectacular response to the January rain; the general consensus is we’re out of jail weather-wise.”

Beyond that, however, situations are diverse across the sector. “The flip-side is that commodities are under pressure. Beef has been stronger – though, if you’re a trader it’s not so straightforward – and venison’s been firm. Wool’s a bright spot from coarse to super-fine, with its diminishing supply. But lamb and dairy are under real pressure,” he says.

For all farmers, especially people in dairy, he says the pressure is more complicated than farming harder will fix. “you have a land business, property values and a farming business. Banks will give you more rope because they can see your land value.” To that scenario, he adds, “a general urban-rural divide where we don’t understand each other well”, and that “at the moment farmers are price-takers,” concluding with, “We’ve got some work to do.”

Alister Woodley, managing director at Geraldine-based transport and contracting business Woodley’s, says dairying’s price decline is reverberating throughout Geraldine’s broader agricultural sector. “Now, most dairy farmers are just doing the basics. If they’re dropping stocking rates and putting on less fertiliser, there’s less carting, less of everything; there’s a flow-on effect to other parts of farming... It’d be nice to have some stability in prices, but we’re exposed to fluctuations in global trade.”

The big factors Alister and mark identify – weather and international exposure – figure largely in PGG Wrightson wider-canterbury regional manager chris Adam’s assessment of the present and future also: “you can’t underestimate the effect the rain had... but economically, everything we do is in international commodity markets.” The company deals in

Farmers face diverse challenges

Adaptations and transitions are part of local farming’s history. There’s “real pressure” in parts of the sector at present, but in future higher value primary products “will pay for the irrigation infrastructure that’s been built”, South canterbury Federated Farmers’ provincial president mark Adams says. Photo: Jan Finlayson.

retail, real estate, livestock, seed, financial and other farm services, and chris cites real resilience in that spread of interests: “Our half-year result was slightly back, but having a diversified company is our strength.”

An eye for the future is necessary in his job. he says, “People need to look at their businesses differently and maybe look at other avenues. Flexibility in your operation is a good thing; chasing markets is not.”

Alister has a similar view. “you’ve got to have a plan, and you’ve got to be resilient in your business.” he says, “resilience – the human thing, the social thing”, is part of that.

For now, mark says, “Banks will back a person who has a work ethic and is going to meet them halfway.” he sees a fruitful, albeit complex, future. “Dairying is going through a transition to food production of higher value that’ll pay for the irrigation infrastructure that’s been built. But we’ll run into other issues as we move from dairying and nitrogen [leakage]. Farmers have to prove we’re endeavouring to work better with our environment.”

Those future-focused questions are bread and butter to Lincoln university chancellor and Totara Valley farmer Tom Lambie. he says, “We’ve just published Transform, about the types of research we’re doing.” The 2016 edition of this regular publication covers topics from native earthworm re-establishment and tourism’s impact on small communities to a concept called precision agriculture.

In agricultural research circles, Tom says, “There are people looking at alternatives. For example, for the central Plains Water area, they’re looking at process vegetables, specialist malting barley, specialist seeds... It’s about finding the niches. If they get it right, people can do well. We need to match to the market and get things as right as we can.”

Transform is available online at www.lincoln.ac.nz. To access help ph 0800 327 646 or go to www.fedfarm.org.nz for information on Federated Farmers’ When Life’s a Bitch rural mental health campaign.

Jan Finlayson

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Neighbours Day planning is enjoyable “community glue” for civil Defence welfare team member Anne Duggan, Rob coleman of Neighbourhood Support, Julie Newton of civil Defence welfare, and Geraldine community Patrol chair melanie Page. Photo: Jan Finlayson.

“Neighbours Day’s a stand-alone event; it’s New Zealand’s biggest celebration of neighbourliness. Bring you r p i cn i c and you r neighbours to the domain on 19 march,” says South canterbury Neighbourhood Support co-ordinator Rob coleman. “We’re reinforcing the community glue.”

It took just two years for Neighbours Day to outgrow i ts Auckland roots and become Neighbours Day Aotearoa in 2011, and now, each year, as the initiative’s kōrero goes, it’s “a catalyst for thousands of kiwis to connect with their neighbours and turn their streets into neighbourhoods”.

Locally, as well as your neighbours, you’ll see people from Geraldine community Patrol (GcP), civil Defence, the Senior citizens Association, the fire, ambulance and police services and other community organisations: as Rob says, it’s about “community glue”.

GcP chair melanie Page is treating 19 march as a red letter occasion. “We’re using Neighbours Day as our first Geraldine public presence. Training’s happening over the next few weeks then we’re on patrol starting at easter.”

community Patrols of New Zealand is a national body with over 4,000 volunteers in more than 150 patrols, but the local group is brand new and welcomes additional volunteers. melanie explains its role. “Our main goal is to be a connecting body between the public and the police. One of our projects is a package for vulnerable people to get security lights. GPc’s about connecting people, helping, befriending people...”

The wellbeing that comes from those connections is the point of Neighbours Day. Geraldine senior constable murray Thatcher says, “It’s a really good concept; it’s a great idea for people to get out and meet. It’s positive stuff.”

Day-to-day, it means everything from neighbourly chats to joining civil Defence (cD) to help in crises, as district emergency management advisor Lamorna cooper says, “until the usual agencies - police, fire, St John, government

turning streets into neighbourhoods

agencies - are able to cope”.cD has deep roots – it was established during the second

world war – but is keen to increase its local capacity also. Tony cameron is the cD area co-ordinator; a pragmatic role he says is “about logistics, radio work [and] map-reading”. Similarly hands-on is the organisation’s welfare section, which Geraldine cD welfare team member Anne Duggan describes as being “about comfort; caring for people who are displaced and need reassurance”.

Fellow team member, Julie Newton, says, “We’d love more people to be part of the team. It’s really just about human basics; there’s some basic training, basic first aid... And it’s fun.”

celebrate Neighbours Day Aotearoa at Geraldine Domain, 19 march, 10am-1pm. meet voluntary support groups, people in the next street, police dogs – the community. For more information, contact Rob coleman on 03 687 9802 or at [email protected]. For information on volunteering with Geraldine community Patrol, contact melanie Page at [email protected]. For more information on about the civil Defence or the cD welfare team, call Tony cameron on 021 266 3391.

Jan Finlayson

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February weatherTe Moana. 27mm of rain. Summer finally arrived with

several days of high temperatures in the low 30s.Tripp Settlement Road. 22mm of rain. Temp high

38°c, temp low 6°c.

TDC auditThe Timaru District council has just undergone a

three-day two-yearly audit of its building unit by IANZ (Internal Accreditation NZ). This audit allows Building consent Authorities (BcAs) to issue building consents and undertake building work inspections.

The audits were introduced in 2008 and this is the first time that the IANZ assessment team have left the council without issuing any corrective Action Requests (cARS).

TDc group manager regulatory services chris english said, “This has been a massive turnaround from the last assessment when we had six cARS and the assessment team returned within 12 months to ensure they had been fixed. I am very proud of the team as very few councils achieve no cARS.

“The council had also processed and issued 100 per cent of building consents this financial year within the statutory timeframe; another excellent achievement, particularly as building consents have increased by over 100 from this time last year.”

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Hayden Paddon‘We knew mexico was going to be a challenging rally

so we are happy to achieve a top five finish. We showed some speed at times but some problems cost us another podium.”

“most of our three-minute deficit was the result of two broken suspension arms. We slightly touched a bridge on day one and a bank on day two.”

“even when we struck problems we never panicked, as we knew this was a rally of survival rather than outright speed,” says hayden. “It could have been very easy to throw the toys out of the cot when we had the issues but John and I stayed calm and focused on one stage at a time, knowing anything could happen. It was clear that Sébastien Ogier and Jari had the edge on everyone out front and we were only going to put the car off the road if we tried to match that pace. So we concentrated on making setup changes to the car to gain more information, learn the stages and work on future ideas. In that respect it was quite successful and we know the areas we need to work on.”

“Now we return to europe before heading back to New Zealand and on to Argentina. Rally Otago is on while we’re in the country, so we’re working on trying to be there.”

“After a bad start in monte, we’ve strung together two good points-scoring rounds and are in the top five in the championship. Sébastien Ogier has a huge lead, but with 11 rounds to go, anything can happen.”

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GaRaGe sale. 12 march, 425 Orari Station Road, 9am. Fishing rods, reels, garden tools, building timber and tools, furniture, household items, sundries.

GaRaGe sale. Saturday 12 march, campbell Street at 9am. Books, household and garage items, baby cots, highchair, sundries.

GaRaGe sale. Saturday 8.30am-12pm. Tools, garden tools and sundries. 2A George Street.

GaRaGe sale. connolly Street, 8.30am, 12 march. Bargains galore.

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WooD splitter for hire. Ph Village Landscapes & hire 693 7321.

FRiDGe freezer, F&P, old, runs well, $30 ono. Quilting frame on stand, rimu, $40 ono. Ph 693 8420.

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BaRk chip. Two grades in stock at Village Landscapes. Ph 693 7321. Loan trailer and delivery available.

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Our repairs and alterations extraordinaire is taking a well earned break for a couple of weeks from

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the art of FramingDavid and Jex Allison

will be at Saffron Gallery 325 Pages road, Timaru from 10am, Monday 14 March

for consultations and collections. All framing collected will be returned to the Gallery

in April or may be couriered directly to the client if required earlier. Please ring Rose at 03 686 3616.

vaLuing our voLunteerSCommunity awards 2016Let’s honour the legends in our community

by nominating them for a 2016 Timaru District Community Award.

for more details visit timaru.govt.nz or call into the TDC office via the Temuka or Geraldine Services

Centres and get nominating our legends.If you need to know more about the

Timaru District Council Community Awards then contact Teresa Heap 03 687 7258.

nominationS CLoSe 5Pm Friday 6 may 2016

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Geraldine District Golf Club. Tuesday 1March. LGU. 0-18:GBolderston74-5-69,DKenny85-12-73,SBensemann88-15-73.19-25:MCampbell92-23-69,PGoodman92-19-73,TPutze94-19-75,MBolton 98-22-76,DDewe100-24-76. 25-36:RHarper 94-26-68,FBlake97-28-69,SDwyer99-30-69,AReid100-29-71.36:JKidd117-48-69bylotMGregan107-38-69.9-holers:JStevens56-10-36,SAnderson67-23-44,GHamilton60-16-44.Nearestpin:ARomeril.Twos:SBensemann.Netbirdie:JKidd,MGregan,FGrant.

Saturday 5March.KerrQuaich 3RoundParCompetition.KerrQuaichD Lapthorne +12. Senior/Intermediate: D Lapthorne +5, IMcDonald +4, SBlake +4. Junior:GFifield +6,GWaldron + 4, JTomlinson+4,CPaton+3c/bRPutze+3.Stableford:JTomlinson39,JLawson33.Twos:GWaldron,KStevens,JShirtcliff,MMatthews,GLeslie.Nearestpin:BWaller,SBensemann.

Grande Vue Golf Club.Sunday6March.SinglesKnockout–StrokeRound.GAPatrick75-15-60,CPatrick72-11-61,JPatrick74-11-63,POliver84-20-64,MLang84-20-64,DStenhouse95-31-64,JRate94-30-64,DBruce78-13-65,DLaw80-14-66.Twos:JMuff,DLaw,GAPatrick,MWaldron.Nearestpin:DLaw,JanePatrick.BRiDGe

Geraldine Bridge tournament:Sunday28February.Session1.N/S:LAndrew&KNicholas62.18%,ELyon&HRinaldi56.41%,GSullivan&SStoddart54.81%.E/W:NNewburn&BlMecchia69.23%,JFechney&SRosevear60.90%,CFitchett&JGiles57.0%.Session2.N/S:MCopland&AMcGarry60.42,LAndrew&KNicholas57.21,BTurton&RBrownlie57.05%.E/W:NNewburn&BMecchia60.74%,ELyon&HRinaldi60.58%,MGreenall&MThatcher58.65%.Overallresults.Open:NNewburn&BMecchia, LAndrew&KNicholas,ELyon&HRinaldi.Intermediate:MGreenall&MThatcher,RBrownlie&BTurton,SStoddart&GSullivan.Junior:DPrice&DWilliams,BBannehr&RDolan,L&JHornsey.

PuBLiC noTiCeS / Pānui a whānui

MCkenzie Lifestyle Village, 33 connolly Street, open this Saturday and Sunday, 11am-3pm.

GeRaLDine District Golf club wood raffle result. 1st Laraine marshall, 2nd michael Jones, 3rd Diana Pye, 4th mel Pipsen. Thank you to everyone who supported the raffle.

you aRe inviTeD! Living Waters christian Fellowship, a non-denominational authentic christian fellowship, meets every Sunday at 10am at the Orari Domain hall in Orari.

A meaningful time of worship and a special children’s time every Sunday. Grab a comfy family couch, enjoy a Living Word and experience what christianity is really all about.

come and see for yourself what God is doing. We look forward to welcoming you. enquiries:

693 8056 or 03 688 8702. www.headingforhim.com

LivinG WaTeRS. In-depth Bible Study, Wednesdays at 7pm, the Orari hall, Orari. Ph 03 688 8702.

eLeCTRiC appliances we may able to assist your needs at Geraldine hammer hardware.


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WoMen’S SeLF DeFenCe CLaSS. Fundraiser for the Geraldine Seido Karate club, Saturday 19 march, Bowling club. $10 per session. Pre-registration on 021 0228 7049 (Gisell) 027 232 1316 (Liz) or come on the day.viCaR’S MaRMaLaDe, Greenvale plum sauce, fantastic cakes. St mary’s Fair this Saturday. Donations (no clothes/electrical) to church Friday please or ph Jan 693 7573.Quiz niGHT. To help Nichole cochrane get to camp America. Thursday 17 march, 7pm, Grande Vue clubhouse. Teams of four, $10 per person. Awesome prizes up for grabs. Limited to the first 18 teams registered. Ph Nichole 027 882 1178.yoGa CLaSS, Woodbury hall, Wednesdays 6-7pm. Ph 692 2980.oPen THiS SaTuRDay anD SunDay, mcKenzie Lifestyle Village, 33 connolly Street, 11am-3pm.CLiMaTe CHanGe anD HeaLTH. The medical world is waking up to health challenges resulting from climate change. In NZ, professionals in the climate and health council (Ora Taiao) are taking a lead.www.orataiao.org.nz/climate_change_and_health. Friday 11 march a young nurse, will give a presentation on climate, health and food, Academy of Performance & Arts, gold coin admission, all welcome.

WanTeD / Hiahia

MiLiTaRia wanted to buy by collector. Firearms, badges, bayonets or any items of military interest. German items are of particular interest. Ph Pete young 693 8876 a/h.

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geraldine rugby Club

WantedPlayers interested in joining

Seniors or Senior bsPractice nights Tuesdays and Thursdays 7pm

Please contact:Seniors coach Kieran Blogg 022 431 2311

Senior B coach Andy Cunningham 021 360 052

quadranguLar tournamentmethven, Lincoln, Sydenham,

and geraldineThis weekend Saturday 1.30pm

Geraldine rugby Groundsfree entry

Ph 693 9616

oPen For breakFaSt daiLy From 6am

Come and enjoy our extensive rangeof fresh baking, salads (gluten-free,

vegetarian and vegan options).

44 talbot Street

Ph 693 9770

SChooL buS driverSLooking for some extra cash?• Have spare time on your hands in the mornings and • afternoons?Require school holidays off from work?• Would like to join a friendly and dynamic company?•

Then perhaps school bus driving is for you! We are currently recruiting drivers to join our team based in Geraldine. Class 2 and P endorsement a bonus, however assistance to achieve these will be funded for successful applicants. If you are interested in joining us then please phone David on (03) 688 7300 or email [email protected]

Invoice to:

The Anglican Parish of Geraldine, 11 Talbot St, Geraldine or email [email protected]

Bargains Books Baking St Mary’s Church Fair

alongside Farmers’ Market Sat 12th March 9am -12.30

Cream Teas plants and more…

Written by richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-ArcherDirected by Don McCully

Geraldine Lodge, Talbot Street31 Mar-2 Apr 7.30pm; 3 Apr Matinee 2pm; 7-9 Apr 7.30pm

Tickets available from Louk, Geraldine and Newmans Musicworks Timaru

Tiger Aspec Productions together with...

Presents an amateur production of

Written by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer

Directed by Don McCully

Geraldine Lodge, Talbot Street

31 Mar-2 Apr 7.30pm; 3 Apr Matinee 2pm; 7-9 Apr 7.30pm

Tickets available from Louk, Talbot St, Geraldine and

Newmans Musicworks Timaru



Written by Richard Curtis and Paul Mayhew-Archer

Directed by Don McCully

Geraldine Lodge, Talbot Street

31 Mar-2 Apr 7.30pm; 3 Apr Matinee 2pm; 7-9 Apr 7.30pm

Tickets available from Louk, Talbot St, Geraldine and

Newmans Musicworks Timaru



Junior netbaLLregiStration

friday 1 April: 2.45pm – 3.45pmSaturday 2 April: 10.00am – 11.00am

Netball Courts, Geraldine DomainFutureFerns

NNZ Year 1-2 Program:Wednesday afternoonsNNZ Year 3-8 Program:

friday afternoonsmarissa grant

Home – 693 9724 Cell – 027 422 326registration forms also available on our website

www.sportsground.co.nz/geraldinencOr by emailing [email protected]

PLayerS muSt be regiStered by a Parent/guardian to be eLigibLe to PLay

Coaches and umpires wanted for Wednesday evenings and friday afternoons

Geraldine Netball Centre AGM

Monday 7th March 2016

7.30pm

Geraldine Resource Centre

Peel Street

New Committee Members Welcome

The �lm you all have been waiting for! An absolute delight!

LADY IN THE VAN (M) NO COMPS

THUR & WED (16th) AT 4.30PM FRI AT 2PM

SAT AT 1.30PM & 4.30PM SUN AT 1.30PM & 6.30PM

TUES AT 5PM

Temuera Morrison stars in the great NZ �lm MAHANA

(M) NO COMPS

WED (16th

Back for one �nal screening! The Oscar winning �lm

THE REVENANT (R16) - ID Required

A beautiful & moving biopic, Eddie Redmayne stars in (M)

THE DANISH GIRL NO COMPS

An Irish Gem! Jim Broadbent & Julie Walters star in (M)

BROOKLYN th)AT 2PM

The British Empire strikes back! It’s all out laughs in this great

British comedy! (PG) DAD’S ARMY

GERALDINE CINEMA Cinema Ph: (03) 693 8118 Country Hospitality at its best

Screenings from Thur 10th to WED 16th MARCH

Coming Soon....

eaTinG ouT / Kai wahi kē

For all your interior plastering needs

Ph 027 313 8338 hm 693 9013

Usingonlyhighqualitycertifiedconcrete,AorakiKerb&Channelspecialisein:

Driveways ▪ Car parks ▪ Garden edges▪ Machine-laid continuous kerbingWithexperienceacrosssmallandlarge

commercialandresidentialprojects,wecancatertoanyofyourconcretingneeds.

P. 0800 688 000e: [email protected]: www.aorakikerb.co.nz

34 High St Geraldine

Ph 693 1401 Dedicated WOF inspector

Waiting room available or

Pick up and delivery of vehicle

All mechanical Repairs

Servicing of all modern vehicles

Prompt efficient service National Superannuation card holders now get 15% discount

The team who cares about your car.

With

BOOKINGS: Louk Clothing (old Post Office)(03) 693 9070 Info www.eventfinder.co.nz

MA BELL & GUESTSJames Wilkinson,

Izzy Miller Bell & Jon Maxim HookerMadame Tragedie & Accomplices

Saturday 19th March

Town & Country ClubGeraldine Doors Open 7.00pm. Concert 7.30pmLIMITED SPACES – BOOK NOW!

The Pop Up Concert Series in Association with Geraldine Community Arts Council

An evening of Classic Blues & JazzHigh-brow Art Music & Low Glaswegian Banter

Tickets $25


Prices apply from Thursday 10th March to Sunday 13th March 2016, or while stocks last. Trade not supplied. We reserve the right to limit quantities. All limits specifi ed apply per customer per day. All prepared meals are serving suggestions only. Props not included. Certain products may not be available in all stores. Proprietary brands not for resale.

FreshChoice GeraldinePeel Street, Geraldine. Phone 693 8529.Open 7am-8pm, 7 days.

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Griffin’s Toffee Pops/Choco-ade/Chit Chat/Macaroon 200g

Talley’s Ice Cream 2L

$399each

Montana Classic/White Cliff 750ml

$799each

WINE DEAL

OF THE WEEK

Corona Extra 12 x 355ml Bottles

Fishers Corned Silverside Fresh Cut Broccoli

Sweetcorn Mainland Butter 500g

$349each

$699kg

each59c

Fresh Tegel NZ Chicken Drumsticks

99chead

$599kg

Keri Fruit Drink/Juice 2.4-3L

$400each

$250each

$2399pack

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