Compass FM

Third round of sponsors incoming....

Our fundraising quiz night on Friday 6th of November is proudly sponsored by Aaron Clark - Property Brokers
We have lots of amazing raffle prizes up for grabs - book your table today, to avoid missing out on your chance to win some EPIC raffle prizes!
https://events.humanitix.com/compass-fm-quiz-2026

Here's a sneak peek so far of the amazing sponsors with more to come... We can't thank them enough for their generousity, Please support them as they support us. ❤

Chris De Lury Builders ltd EcoZip Flying Fox Adventures Nanai Alpine Crazy Putt & Village Cruisers XO Gifts Hellers Kaiapoi Golf Club

Keep your eyes peeled to our facebook for more of our amazing sponsors in the lead up to our Quiz night. See less

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Planning a trip to the Canterbury Show in November, add this event to your list - GREAT PRIZES - GREAT EVENT

Love a “Spring Gala” Tiffany from Compass FM will be there this Saturday.
Also a special guest Stan the Builder from the McAlpines Mitre 10 MEGA Rangiora online video tutorials.
Fun for the whole family, we’ll see you there.🌼🌿🌸

Take advantage of the longer, warmer days by joining us this Saturday at our Spring Showcase Gala Day 💐

Come along, get inspired and enjoy a great day out with the family! We've got plenty going on to keep you entertained including -
✅DIY tips and tricks from special guest Stan the Builder
✅New season planting demos with our Garden Team
✅Expert home maintenance advice and gardening tips
✅Games and activities for the wee ones
✅Awesome giveaways and prizes

3rd October 10am - 2pm 2026, McAlpines Mitre 10 MEGA Rangiora only.

Second round of sponsors incoming....

Our fundraising quiz night on Friday 6th of November is proudly sponsored by Aaron Clark - Property Brokers
We have lots of amazing raffle prizes up for grabs - book your table today, to avoid missing out on your chance to win some EPIC raffle prizes!
https://events.humanitix.com/compass-fm-quiz-2026

Here's a sneak peek so far of the amazing sponsors with more to come... We can't thank them enough for their generousity, Please support them as they support us. ❤

ALT Kitchen The Good Drop Brand Mowers and Chainsaws Alpine Ice Sports Centre Wattle Creek Cottage B&B, Amberley, New Zealand Five Stags Rangiora Zaafran Moroccan & Indian Cuisine Restaurant

Keep your eyes peeled to our facebook for more of our amazing sponsors in the lead up to our Quiz night.

Very sad News today hearing of the passing of Phil Gifford.😢
Our thoughts are with his family, friends and the broadcasting community. May he rest in peace. ❤️

New Zealand sports journalist and broadcaster Phil Gifford has reportedly died aged 79.

Gifford had been a journalist for more than 50 years and was a regular contributor to the New Zealand Herald since 2019.

He covered two Rugby World Cups, two Olympics and the appointments of three All Blacks coaches.

Gifford wrote more than 20 sport books and was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2024 New Year's Honours.

His career began in radio where he worked at multiple stations including Radio Sport, ZM and Radio Hauraki.

He is survived by wife Jan and his children Emmalene, Jane, Scott and Adam.

Sports journalist Phil Gifford reportedly dies aged 79 Gifford was a reporter and broadcaster for more than 50 years.

Are you looking for affordable fertiliser solutions? 🚜 🐑 🐄.

Marnco NZ - North Canterbury and Canterbury delivering affordable fertiliser solutions to farmers in the community.
Their range includes nitrogen, phosphate, potash, and specialty fertilisers, available in formats that suit their customers' varied application methods.

Marnco NZ driving agricultural growth for dairy, arable, horticulture, sheep & beef, and mixed farming operations.

Marnco. Together, Let's Grow! Marnco offers a new personal approach to supplying fertiliser to its customers. We pride ourselves on consistency, value for money and providing quality products at the right price and time.

What a fantastic initiative well done team, The Sport Shop love this ❤️.

We are now ready to launch my favourite project yet 🙏

When we took over The Sport Shop two years ago, I had so many ideas and so many things I was excited to one day bring to life.

But the first year was a scramble to figure out how to even run a shop 🫣

The second year has been figuring out how to actually maintain running a shop without dropping too many balls at once🧐

And now, slowly I am finding pockets of time to start allowing some of these exciting ideas to come to life.

And this is one of them - something I’ve wanted to offer for a long time.

It’s not a ‘business’ idea…it’s more of a heart-led, passion project.

This project is designed to help, to give, and to make every child in our community feel a sense of belonging and know that theres a village looking after them.

That’s always felt important to me.

I want all our kids to know that they belong together in sport and in school.

And that footwear won’t ever be a barrier.

Whether it’s a shoe to wear to school, to PE, or boots for on a field, every child in our incredible community deserves to have what they need on their feet to know they belong in a team, in their class, with their peers.

And I also know that life can sometimes be tough. Life doesn’t dish out rainbows and unicorns to everyone all the time. Sometimes there is struggle, and it’s real, the struggle is real.

And that’s what Second Step is for. For when the struggle feels big, this is for the children in our community, to give them and their parents a little help so they know we see them and they matter.

Because every child matters. Always. And every child deserves the chance to play, run, join in and belong.

But I also know that good sport shoes aren’t always affordable…and at the same time, there are hundreds of perfectly good second-hand pairs sitting unused in wardrobes around our community, that toes have outgrown, or are no longer needed.

When customers come in to get the next size up in shoes, we see so many perfectly ok shoes that don’t have a home to go to, but are just outgrown.

So we’re doing something about it 🤩

We are launching:

▪️SECOND STEP - A COMMUNITY SHOE DONATION INITIATIVE by The Sport Shop▪️

➡️ What is it?

A shoe donation initiative where you can donate your outgrown running shoes, sports shoes and sports boots into The Sport Shop.

Instead of good quality shoes sitting unused in the cupboard, or ending up in landfill, we’re going to help give them their Second Step.

➡️ Then what?

Every pair donated will be inspected by us to make sure they’re still in good condition.

We’ll check that they still have plenty of tread, are structurally sound and have no significant rips, holes or damage inside or out.

Shoes that pass our quality check will then be cleaned, sanitised and deodorised, ready for their next owner.

We want every pair leaving us to be a pair that we would happily put on our own children’s feet.

➡️ Next?

We’ll create a private database of all the footwear we have available, adding new pairs as they come in.

This database will not be publicly available.

Access will be strictly limited to selected schools and approved community organisations throughout North Canterbury that we have personally connected with. This won’t be for anyone to walk in store and ask for.

➡️ How will children receive the shoes?

This is one of the most important parts of Second Step. 🧡

Teachers, principals and other approved people working within our community will be able to identify a child who could benefit from a pair of shoes.

They can privately check with us what’s available and request the appropriate size and type of footwear from us.

The child’s name is not to be provided to The Sport Shop.

There will be no applications for families to fill out, no requirement to prove financial hardship and no child will need to come into the store and ask for help.

The school or organisation simply requests the shoes, and we’ll organise the rest.

We want this to be completely discreet, respectful and dignified.

➡️ Who is this for?

It’s for local children who might otherwise go without appropriate footwear.

Maybe that’s a child playing rugby in boots two sizes too small, or cant play because they have no boots at all.

A student doing PE in worn-out shoes or bare feet.

A young netballer who doesn’t have suitable court shoes.

Or simply a family that’s having a tough time and replacing sports shoes isn’t possible right now.

If we’ve got a suitable pair sitting here, we’d rather see them on that child’s feet.

➡️ And this is where YOU come in!

Have a look in the wardrobe.

Check the garage.

Look through those old bags of shoes. 👀

If you’ve got running shoes, sports shoes or rugby/football boots that your children have outgrown — or you’ve replaced your own shoes while they still have plenty of life left — bring them into The Sport Shop.

All we ask is that they’re still in genuinely good, wearable condition, that you would still put them on your own kids feet if they fitted. And please do not be offended if we say they are just a bit too past it to join in the Second Step family of shoes.

Donations can be dropped into The Sport Shop from now.

Please share this around…the more people who know about Second Step, the more local kids we can help get moving, playing and joining in🧡

As our shoe database builds we will begin reaching out to our local schools. In the meantime, if you are a teacher, principal, or work within the community in an organisation that sees children needing new footwear but they don’t have the means to buy them, then reach out and let us know what you need and we can see what we have available.

➡️You’ll see a donation bin in store!

Please note: This is strictly a free initiative. It’s not a charity, no money will ever be involved, it’s just a simple way we can pass shoes on for their second step in someone else’s life.

Thanks in advance for supporting us with this, so we can bring a little joy into someone’s day🙏

Kerri and The Sport Shop team

Our fundraising quiz night on Friday 6th of November is proudly sponsored by Aaron Clark - Property Brokers.

We have lots of amazing raffle prizes up for grabs - book your table today, to avoid to missing out on your chance to win some EPIC raffle prizes!
https://events.humanitix.com/compass-fm-quiz-2026

Here's a sneak peek so far of the amazing sponsors with more to come...
We can't thank them enough for their generousity, Please support them as they support us. ❤

Studio Pilates Rangiora Lake Pizza Town Hall Cinemas Orana Wildlife Park Ferrymead Heritage Park Cloud 9 Float Club Christchurch Attractions North Canterbury W**e & Food

Keep your eyes peeled to our facebook for more of our amazing sponsors in the lead up to our Quiz night.