Rangiora Menz Shed Fundraising Pre Xmas Market
The Rangiora Menz Shed Pre Xmas Fundraising Market is on this weekend. Sat 10th October 9am - 2pm. A & P Showgrounds on Ashley Street Rangiora.
35 Stalls so far, looking for more! If you have items to sell new or old give Steve a call 0279090240
Come along and support our Market, we are fund raising for a new Menz Shed.
What can you expect at our Big Market
Lofty the Train.. Rides for the children ( new to South Island)
New Untreated Pine Coffins on display $450 (made by the Menz Shed)
Sausage Sizzle, Hot Potatoes,
Preloved and New Items
Toys, Clothing, Honey, Model Cars, Leather Goods, Household Items, Arts & Crafts, Alpacas, Jewellery, Green Stone, Sentsy, Records, Candles, Jam, Home Baking, Out Door Furniture, Wooden Crafts, Tools, Car Boot items plus much more!
Our Great Raffle $5 per ticket. 500 tickets only, drawn on the day 1pm by our mayor Dan Gordon so grab yourself a ticket or a book!
15 Great Prizes to be won!
1st Prize: Trailer load wood + 1 Voucher for Warrant
2nd Prize: Air Fryer
3rd Prize: Tool Kit
4th Prize: Russell Hobbs Kettle
5th Prize: Full Body Massage
6th Prize: Cosmetics
7th Prize: Car Cleaning Kit + 1 Voucher for Warrant
8th Prize: Deep Fryer
9th Prize: Food Voucher + 1 Voucher for Warrant
10th Prize: Food Voucher + 1 Voucher for Warrant
11th Prize: Hair Care Products + 1 Voucher for Warrant
12th Prize: Food Voucher + 1 Voucher for Warrant
13th Prize: Warehouse Voucher
14th Prize: Cinema Tickets
15th Prize: Pots & Fry Pan
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Proposed Canterbury landfill faces huge opposition
By David Hill, Local Democracy Reporter
More than 500 submissions have been received in response to a proposed managed fill landfill in North Canterbury.
Christchurch-based Protranz International Ltd has applied to Environment Canterbury and the Waimakariri District Council for resource consents to establish and operate a quarry and landfill operation at White Rock.
Waimakariri District Council planning manager Wendy Harris said the applicant was up against ‘‘probably the most organised local group I’ve ever seen’’.
‘‘They organised a protest march, they’ve got signs all around and they’ve got a website and a Facebook page.’’
She said the 548 submissions was more than the 421 submissions to the draft Waimakariri District Plan, which was notified in 2021.
A proposed housing development at Ohoka, near Rangiora, in 2022 received 630 submissions.
While the details of the submissions have yet to be released, it is understood the majority are opposed.
Harris said planners from the two councils will plan joint hearings early next year.
More than 100 people marched from Southbrook in Rangiora to the Waimakariri District Council lawn in High St in September to express their opposition.
Organiser Mike McCaleb said residents are concerned about the potential environmental damage to the Karetu River, which feeds into the Okuku River, and then the Ashley/Rakahuri River.
He said he was surprised there were not more submissions but said he was aware of several people who had issues with Environment Canterbury’s website timing out.
‘‘It will be interesting to see the details of the submissions.’’
Protranz is seeking to restore the Whiterock Quarry, at 150 and 174 Quarry Rd, North Loburn, to near its previous landform, by filling it with managed fill, building and demolition waste and contaminated soil material, including asbestos.
The company bought Whiterock Quarry in 2022 with plans to fill it with soils and inert construction rubble removed from building and land development sites in Christchurch and North Canterbury, which are sent to Kate Valley Landfill.
‘‘Sending this stuff to Kate Valley adds a massive cost to developers, homeowners and community organisations who have dirt to move, and fills Kate Valley with material that can be better managed somewhere else,’’ Protranz founder Gerard Daldry said.
He said Protranz commissioned a wide range of testing including site investigations, technical assessments and design of the managed fill to support the resource consent applications.
The reports found environmental risks were ‘‘extremely low and able to be mitigated’’, Daldry said.
■ LDR is local body journalism co-funded by RNZ and NZ On Air.
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