December 21 2016
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Merry Christmas
Lincoln settles quake claim
Lincoln University and its insurers have agreed to a further $25 million partial settlement …
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A slice of Hororata for Xmas
If you’re looking for a Christmas gift with a touch of Selwyn then a Hororata tartan cushion maybe the ideal choice …
p Evie Taylor, left, and Emily Keene, two six-year-olds from Rolleston, got to speak to Santa at Hornby Hub recently. The pair presented Santa with their Christmas wish list, with Evie hoping for a radio, either pink or purple in colour, while Emily has her heart set on an Orange Blossom doll. The Record would like to wish all its readers a Merry Christmas and hopes they too will get their Christmas wish. Photo by Peter Walker
Award recognises huge effort u by Kate Guthrie
Despite not having a huge population to call on for its conservation work, the Selwyn based Arthur’s Pass Wildlife Trust has taken out a top honour at the recent Canterbury Aoraki Conservation Board awards. P9
Records fall at athletics meeting
A number of club records and personal bests were set by Selwyn Athletics Club members …
The Arthur’s Pass Wildlife Trust (APWT) was named the recipient of the conservation board’s Biodiversity Award for its Predator Free Arthur’s Pass initiative, which aims to rid the area of introduced predators to enable the native wildlife to flourish and increase in numbers.
With only around 30 people living permanently in Arthur’s Pass village, that hasn’t stopped the trust from taking action to eliminate the stoats which threaten local kea and great spotted kiwi. Along with a trophy and certificate for the Conservation Board award, APWT
also received a $2,000 grant from the Isaac Wildlife Trust. APWT chairman, Peter Neale, said they already have some ideas on how the grant might be spent.
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