Nor'West News: October 10, 2017

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Tuesday October 10 2017 19
LAwyERS
Make a Cardboard Antarctic
Base
Every weekday from 9am
Go along to the library and
help build an Antarctic base
out of cardboard. This is a collaborative
project. Watch the
base grow and then go back
to read or play in it. Take the
family along and jump into the
fun. All ages are welcome.
Free entry, Shirley Library,
Papanui Library and Redwood
Library
The Wharenui School Boys
in World War 1
Tuesday to Monday, from
9am
The Fendalton Library is
hosting an exhibition featuring
the boys of the Wharenui
School in World War 1. You
can complete the quiz and
watch as the 3D printer makes
your WW1 poppy badge.
There will be ready-made
badges too. Ideal for children
ages eight to 12, though
younger children can take part
with parental help. A formal
programme of commemoration
will be held in the Fendalton
boardroom on Friday at
1.30pm.
Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys
Rd.
Email julia.evans@starmedia.kiwi
by 5pm each Wednesday
Scrabble Group
Tuesday, 9.45am-noon
Go along and play scrabble
with the friendly weekly
group. Exercise your brain and
have fun.
Gold coin donation. Sundbye
House, 100 Farrington Ave.
Chinese Traditional Games
Thursday, 10-11.30am and
1.30-2pm
Want to learn about Chinese
traditional games such as
Chinese yo-yo (diablo) and
Chinese shuttlecock? Want to
challenge yourself, test your
eye and hand coordination
skill and make your own shuttlecock?
This session is bilingual,
with Chinese terms that
will be explained. Places are
limited so booking is essential,
phone 941 5140.
Shirley Library, 36 Marshland
Rd.
Beebots
Thursday, 10.30-11.30am
Help your Beebots find their
way around a map using entry
level coding. An informal
drop-in session to have a look
at how Beebots work. No
Bookings required and free.
Papanui Library, 35 Langdons
Rd.
Friends of the library book talk – Murray Williams. At the
October meeting of the Friends of the Library, Murray
Williams will be talking about his book From Timber
Town to City suburbs. This is the first general history to
be written about Papanui, it was published last year. The
talk will start at 12.30pm. Venue is the board room at the
Fendalton Library and Community Centre, at 4 Jeffreys
Rd. Gold coin donation. All welcome.
Go Well Group – Play
Rummikub
Thursday, 1-3pm
Go along to Fendalton
Library and play
Rummikub. The game is
an exciting, interactive strategy
game that will test your
wits.
Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys
Rd.
Knit ’n’ Yarn
Thursday 2-3pm
Go along and enjoy a chat
with other as you knit. For
anyone who loves to knit or
wants to learn.
Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys
Rd.
Papanui Community Day
Saturday, 9am-5pm
Its Papanui Mega Mitre 10’s
first birthday so to celebrate the
store is having an old fashioned
fun day. There will be a bouncy
castle, balloon twister, sausage
sizzle, face painting, and DIY
activities for children.
Papanui Mega Mitre 10, 54
Harewood Rd
Craft Day
Saturday, 9am-1pm
The Association of Anglican
Women is holding a fair in
the Tui Room of St Barnabas
Church. The proceeds to be
used for a community project.
St Barnabas Church, Fendalton
Rd
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Expertise Built On Family Heritage
For Christchurch real estate agent
Pip Sutton, real estate is a family
heritage spanning four generations
over approximately 93 years.
It all started with her great-grandfather
Frederick in 1924, out of Lyttelton. Her
grandfather, Fred, continued working in
Lyttelton, setting up an office in London
Street, which still stands today.
Pip’s father Dave became a partner in Simes
real estate in Christchurch in the early 1970s
until 2005 when it was sold for retirement
purposes. From the age of just 18 months Pip
became part of it, with many early memories
of attending property auctions, visiting
building sites and regular office visits where
the auction gavel and lectern were often
used as play toys.
“I grew up in the business,” she says. “During
school holidays I worked in Dad’s office. I
spent a lot of time relieving as receptionist,
in accounts and assisting putting marketing
packages and the likes together, oh and lots
of Sunday drives around new developments
within the city and Lyttelton Harbour with
the family.”
On leaving school Pip gained a Bachelor
of Commerce & Management degree with
a marketing major. She gained valuable
experience and skills working as a top sales
and marketer for multi-national market
leaders within New Zealand and the UK.
In 2005, Pip returned to Christchurch to
commence her real estate career under the
guidance and wisdom of her father.
“This involved long hours of intensive
learning. He passed on an in-depth
understanding of Christchurch’s land and
development right through from the early
Lyttelton days. This included understanding
district plans, zoning, the development
process. How to research properties deeply
to uncover potentials for new owners. How
to listen to people and respond to their needs.
“He passed on that little bit of magic,
which had been handed down from three
previous generations of learnings from great
depressions, World Wars and within my
career, the Global Financial Crisis and pre
and post earthquake environments.”
In 2014, Pip joined Ray White Real Estate,
because she liked their in-depth attention to
real estate law and management style at the
Cashmere office, plus being a family brand
itself spanning back to the early 1900s, she
recognised the more caring nature of the
brand, perhaps due to over 100 years of
learnings being passed down too.
“You are working with people during a
milestone time in their life, they are often
already under stress. A real estate agent’s job
is to assist in relieving the stress, not adding
to it.”
Pip has become a successful and highly
regarded real estate salesperson across
the city. For her, the most enjoyable and
important part of the process is to spend
time with both buyers and sellers, using
her in-depth knowledge of the Canterbury
property environment to assist in achieving
the best possible outcome for her clients.
As she puts it: “My measure of success is the
quality of the results I achieve for my clients,
not the number of houses I sell. I would
rather take more time getting my client into
a better position than collecting listings and
making quick sales.”
Your best choice
in the North West
Pip Sutton BCM (Marketing)
Residential Sales & Development
Specialist - Licensee Salesperson
Next Step Realty Limited
Licensed (REAA 2008)
Mobile: 027 224 9524
DDI: 03 421 8417
Email: pip.sutton@raywhite.com