8 June 2015

St John Temuka is hoping to raise $100,000 for its new station.
The St John Temuka Area Committee has started a fundraising appeal to ensure the project to build a new station can be completed debt free.
The current building suffered damage after the earthquakes and was in need of replacement as the cost of restrengthening was "prohibitive".

Letters were being distributed to the Temuka community asking for support.
In the letter, chairman Rodger Hilliker said the needs of the community were ever changing and the arrival of two permanent paid staff meant the station, including the team of volunteers, could better cover the Temuka Districts area and backup Geraldine, Fairlie, Pleasant Point and Timaru areas.
He said the committee required the community to support the one-off appeal for funds to ensure the facility was completed debt free.

High quality components and quick construction times have seen Washdyke's Thompson Construction and Engineering secure a multi-million dollar contract for designing and constructing a hospitality and shopping complex at the new Arlington Park residential development in Rangiora.
Construction of the $8 million complex started mid-July this year, and is expected to be completed by November.
The 2500sqm building is constructed of steel portal frames and warpped in precast tilt slab panels fabricated by Thompson Precast.
The complex will comprise 12 to 14 shops with 95 cars parks, and will be anchored by a restaurant and bar.
Developer Geoff Taylor also owns Du Velle Properties, which owns a number of commerical properties in Timaru, including the Mitre 10 Mega store on Bank Street, where Thompson Construction and Engineering had impressed with the quality of precast components it provided as a subcontractor.

The story of Timaru's new flour mill is on of parchialism, staunchly based on leveraging off local expertise and resources, and seed and grain varieties developed for New Zealand's highly variable environment. Farmers Mill Ltd chairman Murray Turley - a local arable farmer - is confident the new mill will open up a whole lot of opportunities for growers, for South Canterbury, and for the South Island. Turley says the $10-million mill is the result of arable farmers wanting to secure their future after milling-industry control moved overseas and the number of cropping farms within Canterbury shrank as many converted to dairy. Bringing back milling production in South Canterbury was the obvious step, he says. "We knew there was no better way to do this than to get 12 South Canterbury arble farmers to team up, mill their own grain, and work closely with our customers and the New Zealand public."

A Washdyke company has landed the contract for constructing a multi-million dollar shopping complex in Rangiora next year. Thompson Construction & Engineering will start the $8 million development in January and it is expected to be completed by November. The 2500-square metre complex at the recently completed Arlington Park will comprise 12-14 shops, with 95 car parks, and be anchored bu a restuarant and bar. The Timaru business was handpicked by Du Velle Properties director Geoff Taylor, who was impressed with the work Thompson did as subcontractors on Mitre 10 Mega store on Bank St.