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• By Julia Evans<br />

THE FENDALTON, Waimairi<br />

and Harewood wards are putting<br />

$100 million into the city’s rates<br />

fund.<br />

That’s almost a fifth of the total<br />

$497 million the city council<br />

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But Fendalton-Waimairi-<br />

Harewood Community<br />

Board deputy chairman Sam<br />

MacDonald says the $100 million<br />

doesn’t always match the level of<br />

service local ratepayers get.<br />

Mr MacDonald, an accountant,<br />

has done a fifnancial exercise on<br />

the rates people in the wards pay.<br />

“I wanted to get it particularly<br />

in the lead up to the Long Term<br />

Plan so we can advocate for<br />

things like getting our roads<br />

fifxed and getting the basics<br />

covered,” he said.<br />

Mr MacDonald said although<br />

the wards put a “high” amount<br />

of money into the city council’s<br />

rates fund, residents aren’t<br />

always getting things like good<br />

roading, clean water and rubbish<br />

collected.<br />

“We can say this is how much<br />

we pay into the kitty so it should<br />

translate . . . service shouldn’t<br />

waver,” he said. On top of that,<br />

there are the larger projects such<br />

as the new Fendalton pump<br />

house or regenerating Bishopdale<br />

which also need to be lobbied for.<br />

“The essential point of local<br />

government is to deal with basic<br />

things like water, road repairs<br />

and collecting rubbish,” he said.<br />

“We’ve got to get the basics<br />

right and I don’t think we<br />

always are . . . there are always<br />

improvements that could be<br />

made,” he said.<br />

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AN INTERESTING exercise on our front<br />

page today which Sam MacDonald spent<br />

some of his holidays on.<br />

The Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />

Community Board deputy chairman is an<br />

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Christmas/New Year, the outcome of which is in today’s paper.<br />

The question is: Does he have a valid argument – are ratepayers<br />

in the Fendalton, Waimairi and Harewood wards getting<br />

their money’s worth from the high rates they pay?<br />

MacDonald is questioning whether they are and, as a result, he<br />

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who can use them when talking to interest groups.<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 3<br />

<strong>News</strong><br />

Boards eye traffic, youth issues<br />

• By Julia Evans<br />

FROM FINISHING anchor<br />

projects, to getting the basics<br />

right and keeping rates down –<br />

community boards are set for a<br />

busy year.<br />

Nor’West <strong>News</strong> asked the<br />

Papanui-Innes and Fendalton-<br />

Waimairi-Harewood community<br />

boards what the key issues<br />

are in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Papanui-Innes Community<br />

Board chairwoman Ali Jones<br />

said its plans include a number<br />

of short, medium and longterm<br />

goals.<br />

“The board will be focusing<br />

on mitigating any negatives the<br />

growth in traffic . . . creates,”<br />

Ms Jones said.<br />

This year it will also be vying<br />

to get funding included for a<br />

youth recreation centre in the<br />

Long Term Plan, she said. It<br />

also wants to continue connecting<br />

to the local community<br />

through events like the garden<br />

and the edible garden awards.<br />

Papanui city councillor Mike<br />

Davidson said he was personally<br />

looking forward to seeing<br />

some positive community<br />

outcomes in his area.<br />

“Like the repair of the<br />

Redwood Plunket room being<br />

completed and this building being<br />

used by the community for<br />

Ali Jones<br />

Mike<br />

Davidson<br />

the community,” he said.<br />

Cr Davidson said although it<br />

is currently at an early stage, he<br />

is hoping to see the regeneration<br />

of the historic Papanui Bush in<br />

Bridgestone Reserve started.<br />

“With the Long Term Plan<br />

being adopted, I will be looking<br />

to secure funding for much<br />

needed outdoor youth recreational<br />

facilities in Papanui<br />

and Redwood over the next 10<br />

years.” Fendalton-Waimairi-<br />

Harewood Community Board<br />

chairman David Cartwright<br />

David<br />

Cartwright<br />

Aaron<br />

Keown<br />

said most of the board’s objectives<br />

will come off the back of<br />

the long-term and annual plans.<br />

“It ranges from maintaining<br />

all of the standard projects to<br />

the bigger, chunkier end of the<br />

spectrum like developing Bishopdale<br />

Mall,” he said.<br />

But Mr Cartwright said,<br />

personally, he was particularly<br />

interested in focusing on savvy<br />

spending of city council funds.<br />

“Being responsible with<br />

council money has always been<br />

a concern of mine,” he said. Mr<br />

CONGESTION: Dealing with<br />

traffic is high on the priority<br />

list for the Papanui-Innes<br />

Community Board.<br />

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Cartwright would like to see<br />

the annual general charge on<br />

city council rates reviewed and<br />

increased. “It’s about $80 or<br />

$90 at the moment . . . it doesn’t<br />

even include rubbish removal.<br />

The inequality needs to be<br />

reviewed,” he said.<br />

Harewood city councillor<br />

Aaron Keown said the plan for<br />

lights at Harewood, Breens and<br />

Gardiners Rds is at the top of<br />

his list.<br />

But that isn’t the only goal Cr<br />

Keown’s is shooting for. He said<br />

he will also lobby for rates not<br />

increasing more than inflation.<br />

“We’ve got to get spending<br />

under control. We’ve got these<br />

community facilities that are<br />

really expensive . . . and so<br />

many pools. It’s crazy, we need<br />

to rein it in,” he said.<br />

•HAVE YOUR SAY: What<br />

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Harewood city councillor Aaron<br />

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A major roading project has<br />

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roading crews began work on<br />

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North Avon Rd. The<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

Bill the Botanist leaves his garden<br />

LEGACY: Bill Sykes on his 90th birthday in October.<br />

Well known St Albans botanist Bill Sykes passed away on <strong>January</strong> 5. His<br />

perennial love of nature and adventure meant life was never quiet.<br />

Julia Evans reports.<br />

WILLIAM SYKES was born<br />

with a green thumb.<br />

Fondly called Bill the Botanist,<br />

the well-known St Albans<br />

resident passed away at Nurse<br />

Maude Hospice aged 90.<br />

But it was when he was at<br />

primary school in Suffolk,<br />

United Kingdom, that his<br />

life-long love of all things flora<br />

began during a competition to<br />

collect as many wild flowers and<br />

plants as possible.<br />

From the age of <strong>16</strong>, he went<br />

on expeditions to the Himalayas<br />

in Nepal to study undiscovered<br />

plants and animals, visited<br />

the United States to study<br />

Californian redwoods, and<br />

went on a trip to the Kermadec<br />

Islands which had to be cut<br />

short due to a volcanic eruption.<br />

He published accounts of<br />

his adventures and discoveries<br />

in various journals and<br />

publications throughout his<br />

life. In 2005, he was awarded a<br />

New Zealand Order of Merit for<br />

services to botany.<br />

But one of his proudest<br />

moments was in 20<strong>16</strong>, when<br />

the latest of his books was<br />

published.<br />

WORK: Bill Sykes on an expedition in Nepal.<br />

Flora in the Cook Islands<br />

is based on more than three<br />

decades of work and countless<br />

trips to the Pacific atolls to<br />

study the plant life. It followed<br />

the release of Floras of Niue<br />

and Floras of the Kermadec<br />

Islands in the 1970s. He also coauthored<br />

Floras of New Zealand<br />

Volume IV in 1988.<br />

“But he was an incredibly<br />

humble man. To us, he was<br />

just Bill. But to a lot of other<br />

people, he was incredibly highly<br />

regarded,” Mr Sykes daughterin-law<br />

Marnie Kent said.<br />

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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 5<br />

behind aged 90<br />

In 1961, following an<br />

invitation to work with<br />

the botany division of the<br />

Department of Scientific<br />

Research at Lincoln from<br />

renown New Zealand botanist<br />

Eric Godley, Mr Sykes left the<br />

UK for New Zealand.<br />

In spite of retiring in the early<br />

1990s, Mr Sykes continued to<br />

work as a research associate<br />

in the botany division and<br />

contributed to the New Zealand<br />

Grass Flora, 2000.<br />

He moved to St Albans in<br />

1991. About two years later, he<br />

married Peggy Kelly, then three<br />

years on the pair co-founded<br />

the Packe Street Community<br />

Garden just down the road from<br />

their long-time home.<br />

Mr Sykes and his wife were<br />

made life members of the Packe<br />

Street Association in March,<br />

having spent countless hours<br />

pruning, weeding and tending<br />

the native plants.<br />

An afternoon tea was held in<br />

the garden to celebrate his 90th<br />

birthday in October.<br />

Ms Kent said Mr Sykes’<br />

funeral, held at John Rind<br />

Funeral Services in Richmond<br />

last Tuesday, was “absolute<br />

madness” with people packing<br />

in to pay their respects.<br />

Mr Sykes left behind a large<br />

and loving family, including<br />

son Julian, daughter Claire and<br />

granddaughter Amelia – as well<br />

as step-children Katrinka, Justin<br />

and Louise.<br />

His family, friends and<br />

botanical colleagues were<br />

very dear to him, Ms Kent said.<br />

ADVENTURE: (Left) – Bill Sykes and his<br />

wife Peggy Kelly in China.<br />

LITERARY: Bill and with his co-authors<br />

Colin Webb and Phil Garnock-Jones at the<br />

launch of the Flora of New Zealand Vol IV<br />

in 2000.<br />

• By Julia Evans<br />

WORK IS set to start on<br />

repairing and upgrading St<br />

Albans Park.<br />

The $900,000 revamp of the<br />

park’s drainage and irrigation<br />

system, as well as remediation<br />

of the field playing surface, is<br />

scheduled to start this week.<br />

The upgrade comes on the<br />

back of ongoing frustration<br />

from St Albans residents who<br />

said the park and playground<br />

have been a cesspit of smelly<br />

brown water following the February<br />

22, 2011, earthquake.<br />

“Conditions have deteriorated<br />

for the park since the earthquakes,”<br />

council operation<br />

manager for neighbourhood<br />

and sports parks Al Hardy told<br />

Nor’West <strong>News</strong>.<br />

The Papanui-Innes Community<br />

Board sent an apology<br />

to residents about the delay to<br />

repairs.<br />

A city council pamphlet said<br />

trucks will be entering the park<br />

regularly so it will remain closed<br />

Local<br />

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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

PLANS:<br />

An artist’s<br />

impression of<br />

the new toilet<br />

pavilion at St<br />

Albans Park<br />

which will be<br />

built as part<br />

of the park’s<br />

revamp.<br />

Park upgrade to finally start<br />

for the duration of the work,<br />

which is expected to be complete<br />

by July.<br />

“There will be heavy machinery<br />

operating during the day.<br />

They will be stripping the existing<br />

surface, installing drainage<br />

and irrigation, and installing a<br />

new playing surface,” the pamphlet<br />

said.<br />

There may be increased noise<br />

but it said dust would be kept to<br />

a minimum.<br />

The skate park and flying fox<br />

will remain open with portable<br />

toilets available for use as the<br />

toilet pavilion was pulled down<br />

at the end of last year.<br />

“There is also a new pavilion<br />

being erected under a separate<br />

contract. Work for this will run<br />

concurrently with the park upgrade,”<br />

the pamphlet said.<br />

Board chairwoman Ali Jones<br />

said the board worked hard last<br />

year to get the redevelopment of<br />

St Albans Park under way.<br />

“After delays that were disruptive<br />

and far too long,” she said.<br />

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FOR ALL AGES<br />

As we start the new year I am<br />

looking forward to being in your<br />

area and catching up with you as<br />

your local MP. I will once again be<br />

ensuring I am accessible to you over<br />

the year in a range of ways.<br />

<strong>2018</strong> looks to be a busy year in<br />

the Waimakariri electorate. I am<br />

still getting positive feedback on<br />

how well the Western Belfast<br />

Bypass is working and we look<br />

forward to the Northern Corridor<br />

progressing. When completed, the<br />

Northern Corridor is anticipated to<br />

significantly reduce traffic volumes<br />

on Main North and Marshland<br />

Roads.<br />

We also anticipate work starting on<br />

a cycle facility on the Waimakariri<br />

Bridge to connect to the wider<br />

cycle network on either side of<br />

the bridge. Providing safe cycling<br />

connections to our communities<br />

underpinned the cycleways<br />

Funded by Parliamentary Service and authorised by<br />

Matt Doocey MP, Level 1, Conway Lane, Rangiora.<br />

projects under the National-led<br />

Government’s Urban Cycleways<br />

Programme.<br />

I will be holding a series of<br />

community conversations around<br />

our shared experiences with<br />

mental health issues to encourage<br />

discussion and reduce the stigma<br />

about mental health and asking<br />

for help. Further details will be<br />

available closer to the time but do<br />

look out for these and I encourage<br />

you to bring family members and<br />

friends to these.<br />

If you are new to the electorate,<br />

you will be receiving a new<br />

residents’ letter from me welcoming<br />

you to the Waimakariri. My contact<br />

details are at the bottom of the<br />

letter, so please do not hesitate to<br />

make contact if you would like help<br />

with any issue or to just meet with<br />

me as your local MP. Remember, I<br />

am here to help.


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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

Rehoming unwanted and<br />

With the SPCA and<br />

other organisations<br />

rehoming hundreds<br />

of animals this<br />

summer, reporter<br />

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checks out some of<br />

the potential pets<br />

desperately in need<br />

of some love and<br />

attention<br />

PASCAL THE cat is looking for<br />

a new home.<br />

And if she gets one, the nineyear-old<br />

will become one of<br />

hundreds of cats rehomed by<br />

the Society for the Prevention of<br />

Cruelty to Animals Canterbury<br />

this summer.<br />

Pascal is an affectionate and<br />

loving animal, according to<br />

SPCA southern region general<br />

manager Barry Helem. But the<br />

furry feline has been without a<br />

home for two months.<br />

Mr Helem said Pascal was<br />

found lost in Ashburton and was<br />

taken to a vet clinic as she had an<br />

injured tongue and some dental<br />

issues. She was collected by the<br />

SPCA ambulance and had a few<br />

teeth removed as well as other<br />

treatments to help her heal.<br />

Pascal then went to a foster<br />

home where her foster parents<br />

said she loved “rolling around,<br />

chilling out in front of the fan<br />

and sleeping on the pillows.”<br />

Mr Helem said the perfect<br />

home for Pascal would be one<br />

with no young children, “so<br />

she can live out her golden<br />

years calmly being the centre of<br />

attention.”<br />

“She has two disclaimers –<br />

one regarding the teeth which<br />

she had removed and another<br />

WAITING GAME:<br />

Pascal has been<br />

at the SPCA for<br />

two months and is<br />

eagerly awaiting a<br />

new home.<br />

regarding a historic soft tissue<br />

injury to her right hip,” he said.<br />

Mr Helem said SPCA<br />

Canterbury has had a very high<br />

adoption rate during summer<br />

but also a very high influx of<br />

animals coming into its care.<br />

“Our adoptions for the<br />

November and December period<br />

totalled 3<strong>16</strong>. This included<br />

201 cats and kittens, 14 dogs<br />

and puppies, 59 rabbits and<br />

32 livestock. This total is an 11<br />

per cent increase over the same<br />

period last year,” he said.<br />

Pascal is one of about 20 cats<br />

SPCA Canterbury is currently<br />

trying to rehome.<br />

The organisation has 321<br />

animals on-site at present and<br />

139 animals in foster homes.<br />

Adoption fees for an adult cat<br />

like Pascal are $150, kittens $250,<br />

adult dogs $250, puppies $350<br />

and rabbits $50.<br />

In a bid to continue rehoming<br />

animals, SPCA Canterbury has<br />

a Facebook page which profiles<br />

different animals in their care.<br />

The page has more than 22,000<br />

followers.<br />

SPCA is a charity which<br />

helps protect animals that are<br />

sick, injured, lost, abused or<br />

simply abandoned. Every year,<br />

the 40 SPCA centres across<br />

the country receive more than<br />

45,000 animals through their<br />

doors and 14,000 animal welfare<br />

complaints.<br />

•Visit https://www.<br />

facebook.com/<br />

SPCACanterbury/ for more<br />

information on the animals<br />

available<br />

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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 7<br />

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Northlands revamp starts<br />

CONSTRUCTION OF the<br />

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Called Langdons Quarter, it<br />

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plus two new external buildings<br />

expected to open in October.<br />

The new food precinct will be<br />

built under the existing cinema<br />

complex, with a new pedestrian<br />

entrance providing direct access<br />

to the south-western car<br />

park building, as well as the<br />

refurbishment of the existing<br />

bathrooms.<br />

The development will include<br />

the reconfiguration of the existing<br />

food court and improved<br />

pedestrian flow within the<br />

southern end of the centre.<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

MUSICAL: Former<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

CBHS, Rangi Ruru stand out<br />

• By Andrew King<br />

IT WAS a successful outing for<br />

Christchurch Boys’ High and<br />

Rangi Ruru Girls’ School<br />

rowers at the weekend with<br />

more than 10 golds won<br />

between them at the Canterbury<br />

championships.<br />

More than 900 competitors<br />

from 28 clubs and schools in<br />

Canterbury competed for medals<br />

on Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel, on<br />

Saturday and Sunday.<br />

CBHS won eight golds – which<br />

included a blistering fast time of<br />

6min 13.42sec to win the men’s<br />

open eights – as well as three<br />

silver and three bronze medals.<br />

Rangi Ruru won six golds,<br />

with two of those coming in the<br />

women’s novice eights and ​intermediate<br />

eights, two silver and<br />

three bronze medals.<br />

St Margaret’s were nipping at<br />

their heels with five golds and<br />

four silvers.<br />

Christ’s College won three<br />

gold, two silver and three bronze<br />

medals.<br />

St Andrew’s won seven silver<br />

and two bronze medals.<br />

Results:<br />

•Womens under-19 coxed<br />

four: St Margaret’s, 7:44.95, 1<br />

and Rangi Ruru, 7:51.04, 2.<br />

•Men’s under-19 coxed<br />

four: CBHS, 6:48.93, 1, Christ’s<br />

TOP STUFF: Rangi Ruru was strong in the eights winning the women’s novice and ​intermediate<br />

grades. PHOTO: STEVE MCARTHUR ©<br />

College, 6:57.88, 2 and CBHS<br />

6:58.25, 3.<br />

•Men’s open coxed octuple<br />

sculls: CBHS, 6:40.26, 1, and<br />

St Andrew’s College, 7:02.44,<br />

2.<br />

•Boys under-<strong>16</strong> double<br />

sculls: St Thomas’, 7:31.83, 1.<br />

•Girls under-<strong>16</strong> coxed<br />

four: Rangi Ruru, 8:06.21, 1,<br />

St Margaret’s, 8:<strong>16</strong>.11, 2, and<br />

Christchurch Girls’ High,<br />

8:19.76, 3.<br />

•Girls under-17 coxed four:<br />

Rangi Ruru, 8:11.75, 2, and St<br />

Margaret’s, 8:15.96, 3.<br />

•Women’s novice coxed<br />

four: Rangi Ruru, 8:<strong>16</strong>.60, 1,<br />

and St Margaret’s, 8:20.99, 2.<br />

•Women’s intermediate<br />

coxed four: St Margaret’s,<br />

8:33.92, 1, and Rangi Ruru,<br />

8:37.11, 2.<br />

•Girls under-15 coxed four:<br />

Christchurch Girls’ High,<br />

8:17.46, 1.<br />

•Boys under-<strong>16</strong> coxed<br />

SPORTS<br />

eights: CBHS, 6:30.17, 1, St<br />

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Christ’s, 6:42.85, 3.<br />

•Boys under-17 coxed<br />

eights: CBHS, 6:25.41, 1,<br />

Christ’s, 6:29.42, 2, and St<br />

Thomas’, 6:52.30, 3.<br />

•Men’s novice double<br />

sculls: CBHS, 7:43.98, 2.<br />

•Boys under-15 double<br />

sculls: St Andrew’s, 7:56.84, 2.<br />

•Women’s under-19 coxless<br />

pair oars: St Margaret’s,<br />

7:50.11, 1.<br />

•Boys under-<strong>16</strong> coxed four:<br />

St Andrew’s, 7:24.63, 3.<br />

•Boys under-17 coxed four:<br />

CBHS, 6.57.79, 1, and CBHS,<br />

7:03.00, 2.<br />

•Girls under-<strong>16</strong> coxed<br />

eights: St Margaret’s, 7:<strong>16</strong>.08,<br />

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•Girls under-17 coxed<br />

eights: Rangi Ruru, 7:02.46, 1,<br />

and St Margaret’s, 7:10.28, 2.<br />

•Boys under-15 coxed<br />

eights: St Andrew’s, 7:06.01,<br />

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•Men’s under-19 coxless<br />

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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 11<br />

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•Girls under-<strong>16</strong> coxed<br />

quadruple sculls: Rangi Ruru,<br />

7:43.48, 1, and St Andrew’s,<br />

7:53.<strong>16</strong>, 3.<br />

•Girls under-17 coxed<br />

quadruple sculls:<br />

Christchurch Girls’, 8:04.70, 3.<br />

•Women’s novice coxed<br />

eights: Rangi Ruru, 7:42.09,<br />

1 and Christchurch Girls,<br />

7:58.86, 3.<br />

•Women’s intermediate<br />

coxed eights: Rangi Ruru,<br />

7:46.87, 1.<br />

•Boys under-17 coxed<br />

quadruple sculls: CBHS,<br />

6:56.25, 1, and St Thomas’,<br />

7:01.64, 3.<br />

•Women’s under-19 coxed<br />

eights: St Margaret’s, 7:04.82,<br />

1, Rangi Ruru, 7:11.83, 2, and<br />

Rangi Ruru, 7:18.12, 3.<br />

•Men’s under-19 coxed<br />

quadruple sculls: CBHS,<br />

6:51.41, 1 and CBHS, 6:56.20,<br />

2.<br />

•Men’s novice coxed<br />

quadruple sculls: Christ’s,<br />

7:37.49, 1.<br />

•Men’s intermediate coxed<br />

quadruple sculls: CBHS,<br />

7:35.21, 3.<br />

Boys under-15 coxed<br />

quadruple sculls: St<br />

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•Girls under-15 coxed<br />

quadruple sculls: St<br />

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Christchurch Girls, 8:23.27, 3.<br />

•Women’s under-19 double<br />

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•Men’s under-19 coxed<br />

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Papanui pupils always<br />

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the year with his monthly look into Papanui’s rich history. He<br />

writes about the adventures of Papanui Primary School pupils<br />

through the 1920s and 30s<br />

THE immediate<br />

post-World War 1 period<br />

was significant for<br />

Papanui Primary School.<br />

The Canterbury Education<br />

Board finally agreed<br />

that the original school,<br />

built in 1870 on the corner<br />

of the North and Winters<br />

Rds, was no longer fit for<br />

its purpose.<br />

In 1926, the move to a<br />

larger site, featuring modern<br />

buildings between<br />

Winters and Tuttons<br />

Rds (now Cranford St),<br />

was welcomed as a new<br />

beginning for the school –<br />

although one feature that<br />

did not change was the<br />

institution of the annual<br />

school picnic.<br />

The school committee<br />

was prepared to permit<br />

lessons to be suspended<br />

for a day for the event,<br />

which was usually held<br />

at a venue that entailed a<br />

train trip.<br />

Perhaps that experience<br />

was seen as an integral<br />

part of the annual treat.<br />

But another issue was<br />

the timing of the muchanticipated<br />

event.<br />

Perhaps the ideal date<br />

would have been in December<br />

in the last week<br />

of school when juvenile<br />

concentration span in<br />

standard lessons would<br />

have been naturally flagging<br />

as the long summer<br />

holidays approached.<br />

However, in the interwar<br />

period, the committee<br />

tended to favour February,<br />

March or April, possibly<br />

as the weather was seen to<br />

be more settled.<br />

In both 1925 and 1926,<br />

the chosen venue was<br />

Pearson Park, Oxford.<br />

The school committee<br />

minutes included quotes<br />

from the railways department<br />

for the return trip:<br />

Children’s fares were 1/6<br />

(15 cents) teachers, 2 shillings<br />

(20 cents) and other<br />

adults 2/6 (25 cents).<br />

In 1927, the venue was<br />

Little River. The train was<br />

scheduled to leave Papanui<br />

at 9.15am.<br />

This would have been a<br />

long day for children (and<br />

staff) as the train did not<br />

leave for the return trip<br />

until 4.30pm.<br />

Later events were held in<br />

Ashburton and Amberley,<br />

although in 1934 the<br />

children had to be satisfied<br />

with a walk to the Papanui<br />

Domain in Sawyers Arms<br />

Rd.<br />

Perhaps a sign of hard<br />

times in the depression of<br />

the early 1930s.<br />

A school committee<br />

minute from 1932 gives<br />

some idea of the activities<br />

involved in the annual<br />

picnic.<br />

Committee responsibilities<br />

were defined and<br />

assigned – for example,<br />

judges, recorders, handicappers,<br />

and the provision<br />

of milk, soft drink and<br />

lollies, a measuring tape,<br />

bell and sacks.<br />

In 1938, athletic events<br />

were not the only activity<br />

on offer, the Amberley<br />

baths were available for<br />

swimming and the pupils<br />

were then given free ice<br />

cream and soft drink to<br />

complement the healthier<br />

snack provided by local<br />

orchardist, Frank Sisson,<br />

who donated four cases of<br />

apples.<br />

•Reference: Transcription<br />

of the Papanui Primary<br />

School minutes sourced<br />

from the Mollie Chalken<br />

Papers.<br />

CLASS TRIP:<br />

The second<br />

Papanui<br />

Primary<br />

School when<br />

it was opened<br />

in 1926.


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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 15<br />

Stretch<br />

your way back to it<br />

As we return to our normal daily routines after the holidays you<br />

may begin to find the odd ache or pain creeping in.<br />

This is a good indicator from our<br />

bodies, that the holiday routine<br />

was somewhat different. Perhaps<br />

you sit a lot for work and you<br />

were on the go or, you are normally more<br />

active and the holiday break was more<br />

sedentary. Either way the sooner you pay<br />

attention to these signals the easier it will<br />

be to deal with it.<br />

So what can you do to ward off pain<br />

and stiffness and boost your energy and<br />

alertness? 10 simple stretching exercises<br />

at your desk that will release tension from<br />

head to toe. They take only a few minutes.<br />

Set the alarm on your cell phone or<br />

computer to go off every hour to remind<br />

you it’s time to get up and stretch.<br />

Just stand up and sit down - no hands<br />

If you stand up and sit down (over and<br />

over) without using your hands it can be a<br />

challenge, do it while you’re on the phone;<br />

no one will know.<br />

Shrug your shoulders - to release the neck and shoulders<br />

Inhale deeply and shrug your shoulders,<br />

lifting them high up to your ears. Hold.<br />

Release and drop. Repeat three times.<br />

Loosen the hands with air circles<br />

Clench both fists, stretching both hands<br />

out in front of you.<br />

Make circles in the air, first in one direction,<br />

to the count of ten. Then reverse the circles.<br />

Shake out the hands.<br />

Point your fingers - good for hands, wrist, and forearms<br />

Stretch your left hand out in front of you,<br />

pointing fingers toward the floor. Use your<br />

right hand to increase the stretch, pushing<br />

your fingers down and toward the body.<br />

Be gentle do the same with the other hand.<br />

Now stretch your left hand out straight<br />

in front, wrist bent, with fingers pointing<br />

skyward. Use your right hand to increase<br />

the stretch, pulling the fingers back toward<br />

your body. Do the same on the other side.<br />

Release the upper body with a torso twist<br />

Inhale and as you exhale, turn to the right<br />

and grab the back of your chair with your<br />

right hand, and grab the arm of the chair<br />

with your left. With eyes level, use your<br />

grasp on the chair to help twist your torso<br />

around as far to the back of the room as<br />

possible. Hold the twist and let your eyes<br />

continue the stretch see how far around<br />

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Do leg extensions<br />

Grab the seat of your chair to brace yourself<br />

and extend your legs straight out in front of<br />

you so they are parallel to the floor.Flex and<br />

point your toes five times. Release. Repeat.<br />

Stretch your back with a “big hug”<br />

Hug your body, placing the right hand on<br />

your left shoulder and the left hand on your<br />

right shoulder. Breathe in and out, releasing<br />

the area between your shoulder blades.<br />

Cross your arms - for the shoulders and upper back<br />

Extend one arm out straight in front of you.<br />

With the other hand, grab the elbow of the<br />

outstretched arm and pull it across your<br />

chest, stretching your shoulder and upper<br />

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Stretch your back and shoulders with a “leg hug”<br />

Sit on the edge of your chair (if it has<br />

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feet together, flat on the floor.<br />

Lean over, chest to knees, letting your arms<br />

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Look up to release upper body<br />

Sit up tall in your chair, or stand up. Stretch<br />

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<strong>16</strong> Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

Excitement building along<br />

with new campus<br />

<strong>2018</strong> edition<br />

Enormous progress is being made in<br />

the construction of a new campus for<br />

Avonside Girls’ High School and Shirley<br />

Boys’ High School.<br />

Some 5000 piles have now been driven<br />

into the ground at the site in QEII Park.<br />

The state of the art campus is on track<br />

to be opened for term two of 2019.<br />

Avonside Girls’ Principal Sue Hume<br />

expects the campus will become a<br />

crucial asset for the east of Christchurch.<br />

“Residents in the east of Christchurch<br />

have long been calling for a new<br />

high school, and the new campus<br />

will be a place where the community<br />

is welcomed. Many of our facilities,<br />

including the sports facilities will be<br />

available for community use,” says Sue<br />

Hume.<br />

Among the facilities are a Performing<br />

Arts Centre with a 750-seat theatre, a<br />

second smaller<br />

100-seat theatre and three full-sized<br />

indoor Gymnasiums.<br />

Shirley Boys’ Principal John Laurenson<br />

says the new school will be the ultimate<br />

campus for providing high quality single<br />

sex education.<br />

“We’ll still be offering all the benefits of<br />

a single-sex education, but our students<br />

will have the advantage of being able<br />

to learn and grow alongside students<br />

from our partner school, in what will be<br />

a truly incredible campus,” says John<br />

Laurenson.<br />

In the meantime, as work continues<br />

onsite, the schools are gearing up for a<br />

busy <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

The schools will make New Zealand<br />

history in 2019 when they become the<br />

first two single sex schools to co-locate.<br />

Avonside Girls’ High School<br />

Start of Year <strong>2018</strong><br />

“Kiwi soul, global vision”<br />

SHIRLEY BOYS’<br />

HIGH SCHOOL<br />

A warm welcome to all new<br />

and returning students<br />

Tuesday 30 <strong>January</strong><br />

11.00am - 12.15pm Year 12 Course confirmation.<br />

International Student Orientation – Day 1.<br />

*BYOD set up for Year 10 students new to AGHS<br />

and for Year 11 students new to BYOD in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

1.00pm – 2.30pm Year 13 Course confirmation.<br />

*BYOD set up for Year 10 students new to AGHS<br />

and for Year 11 students new to BYOD in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

*Students may choose to come at 11am or 1pm session for BYOD and must bring<br />

their device.<br />

Wednesday 31 <strong>January</strong><br />

9.30am<br />

Year 13 Peer Support training,<br />

10.00am International student orientation - Day 2.<br />

Thursday 1 February<br />

9.00am<br />

3.00pm<br />

Friday 2 February<br />

8.30am<br />

10.00am<br />

11.30am – 2.30pm<br />

3.00pm<br />

Years 9, 13 and International students to Gym 1 for<br />

assembly. Parents welcome.<br />

International student orientation - Day 3.<br />

Students dismissed.<br />

All levels to whanau classes.<br />

Powhiri. Parents welcome.<br />

Pou activities. House colours needed for this time.<br />

Students dismissed.<br />

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL <strong>2018</strong><br />

Uniform to be worn from Wednesday 31 <strong>January</strong><br />

Monday 15 <strong>January</strong> School office re-opens 8.30am – 4.00pm<br />

Tuesday 30 <strong>January</strong> Year 11-12 Course Confirmation Day<br />

Only those ineligible to re-enrol online required<br />

–individuals will be emailed<br />

Wednesday 31 <strong>January</strong> Year 9 Orientation Day 1 8.30am – 3.00pm<br />

Year 9 students - report to Sports Hall Gym<br />

Powhiri commences at 8.40am in the Assembly Hall (parents welcome)<br />

Year 10-13 students (Attendance not required)<br />

Thursday 1 February Year 9 Orientation Day 2 8.30am – 3.00pm<br />

Student Executive<br />

8.00am – 3.00pm<br />

Year 10-13 students (Attendance not required)<br />

Friday 2 February<br />

Bring House shirts for Tabloid Sports in the afternoon<br />

SBHS school buses commence<br />

All students<br />

8.30am – 2.10pm<br />

Aoraki and Blake students report to Assembly Hall<br />

Mullins and Snell students report to form rooms<br />

Monday 5 February All students report to form rooms 8.30am – 3.00pm<br />

Tuesday 6 February Waitangi Day School Closed<br />

Wednesday 7 February All students report to form rooms 8.30am – 3.00pm<br />

Normal timetable, school photos and Can Do Card photos<br />

Stationery and Uniform Information available by clicking on the respective button on the school’s<br />

website www.shirley.school.nz<br />

Enrolment enquiries at all levels, please phone the School<br />

Office, 389 7199 between 8.00am to 4.00pm Monday to Friday.<br />

Office open from Monday 22 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2018</strong>.


NOR’WEST NEWS Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 17<br />

<strong>2018</strong> edition<br />

Chisnallwood Intermediate Casebrook - ʻA school<br />

highly resourced environment will capture<br />

your interest and attention in a manner of opportunity that will<br />

that will ensure your success.<br />

engage and challenge<br />

Established as a Junior High School,<br />

Chisnallwood is specifically designed to<br />

meet the needs of students in their preadolescent<br />

years. This design has been<br />

carefully developed over many years and<br />

is based on the best that has been seen in<br />

New Zealand and Internationally.<br />

By enrolling at this school you are opening<br />

doorways to opportunities that will<br />

prepare you fully for secondary school<br />

and beyond. A well-balanced mixture of<br />

specialist and home room teaching in this<br />

Recognised as a leader in its field,<br />

Chisnallwood is nationally renowned for<br />

its achievements particularly in the areas<br />

of music, the arts, sport and all academic<br />

endeavours. This success is brought about<br />

by the quality of the resources we have<br />

and by the commitment of the highly<br />

trained and dedicated teaching staff.<br />

Breens Intermediate<br />

Breens Intermediate School prides itself<br />

on providing top quality specialist Year 7<br />

and 8 education. Breens has a strongly<br />

embedded school values, which focuses<br />

on quality learning and raising student<br />

achievement. We expect our students<br />

and staff to be BOLD, be BRAVE, be<br />

BEAUTIFUL and be BRILLIANT and to<br />

BELONG.<br />

Our teachers are dedicated professionals<br />

who have a sound understanding of the<br />

specific needs of pre-adolescent young<br />

people. We strive to ensure Breens is<br />

a place where our students can feel at<br />

ease with who they are as individuals and<br />

achieve to their very best ability.<br />

Relationships are at the core of what we<br />

do and our teachers pride themselves on<br />

knowing their learners and families well<br />

and taking responsibility to ensure that<br />

each child is working towards achieve<br />

personal excellence.<br />

Our specialist staff and facilities in Foods,<br />

Textiles, Digital Technologies and Design,<br />

Manufacturing, Science and Visual Arts<br />

ensure high quality, authentic learning<br />

experiences.<br />

We actively look for ways to encourage<br />

students to extend themselves in all sorts<br />

of areas including traditional academic<br />

areas, technology, cultural, the arts, sport,<br />

outdoor pursuits and student leadership.<br />

There are many, many opportunities<br />

for all of our students to be involved in<br />

extra-curricula activities outside of their<br />

classroom programme.<br />

You can learn more about our school<br />

by visiting www.breens.school.nz. We<br />

welcome visits from prospective families<br />

at any time during the year.<br />

Casebrook Intermediate students will tell<br />

you they love their school and the learning<br />

Happy students are engaged students.<br />

Engaged students succeed. At Casebrook,<br />

we constantly review our programmes<br />

to find the best possible way to excite<br />

and challenge. We provide a flexible<br />

programme that moves with the needs of<br />

the students and the learning that excites<br />

them.<br />

Our classrooms promote innovative ways<br />

of learning, with all students having access<br />

to modern digital technology, and learning<br />

through researching, thinking and acting<br />

on new understanding. All our students are<br />

catered for by adapting our programmes<br />

to find the best ways to teach our students<br />

and providing learning support and<br />

extension where needed.<br />

Casebrook’s school culture is driven<br />

by our REP programme. We expect our<br />

Casebrook REPs to demonstrate Respect,<br />

Excellence and Perseverance to provide<br />

a positive environment where student<br />

wellbeing is central to our school and<br />

community. We celebrate their success<br />

as Casebrook REPs through our school<br />

houses and REP badges. Our students tell<br />

us they love being part of the Casebrook<br />

REP community and are proud to display<br />

their achievements.<br />

Beyond the classroom we look for<br />

opportunities to engage our students<br />

in cultural, artistic, musical, technical,<br />

sporting and community programmes.<br />

We have expert teachers who strive to<br />

involve as many students as possible in<br />

our groups. It is our aim to find the right<br />

extra-curricular programme for every one<br />

of our students.<br />

Our students leave Casebrook filled with<br />

new experiences, great friendships and<br />

most importantly a newfound confidence<br />

that can be found in a supportive,<br />

learning-rich environment like ours.<br />

CASEBROOK<br />

Intermediate School<br />

Office Hours<br />

Will be available from Thursday 25th <strong>January</strong><br />

<strong>2018</strong>, from 10.00am - 2.00pm.<br />

School commences<br />

Year 7: Thursday 1st February.<br />

Students to assemble in the Hall at 9.00am.<br />

School finishes at 2.00pm.<br />

Year 7/8: Friday 2nd February –<br />

Full school. All students to go to their classrooms<br />

at 8.40am. School finishes at 2.50pm.<br />

Sharon Keen, Principal<br />

www.casebrook.school.nz<br />

Email: office@casebrook.school.nz<br />

Phone: 3597428<br />

Welcome to new Breens students for the <strong>2018</strong> school<br />

year. Our staff are looking forward to meeting you and<br />

we anticipate yet another ‘Brilliant’ year at Breens<br />

Intermediate School.<br />

Welcome back to our Year 8 students. Hopefully you<br />

have all had a good holiday and are excited about your<br />

learning for this year.<br />

<strong>2018</strong> school year commences:<br />

Year 8 students – Monday 29th <strong>January</strong> at 8.50am<br />

Year 7 students – Tuesday 30th <strong>January</strong> at 8.50am<br />

On Tuesday 30th <strong>January</strong> – Year 7 & the new Year 8<br />

students are to assemble on the front courts as we<br />

are holding a Mihi Whakatau at 9am to welcome new<br />

students to Breens. Parents & Whanau are invited to join<br />

us for the welcome to the Breens school community.<br />

School office will re-open on<br />

Wednesday 24th <strong>January</strong>, <strong>2018</strong><br />

Chisnallwood<br />

Intermediate<br />

School<br />

Chisnallwood Intermediate School welcomes<br />

students to the <strong>2018</strong> School year.<br />

Year 7 Students commence<br />

Thursday, February 1st at 11am.<br />

Year 8 Students commence<br />

Friday, February 2nd at 8.40am.<br />

For further information contact:<br />

The Principal<br />

Breezes Road<br />

Christchurch<br />

Phone: 3884-199<br />

Fax: 3884-803<br />

E.mail: kim@chisnallwood.school.nz<br />

Web Site: www.chisnallwood.school.nz<br />

“A school proud of its academic,<br />

cultural and sporting success”<br />

Banks<br />

Avenue<br />

School<br />

Learning today to succeed tomorrow<br />

Kia mau ki nga akoranga, kia tau ai apopo<br />

Banks Avenue School welcome enrolments for <strong>2018</strong> and beyond.<br />

We are a continuing school looking forward to providing high<br />

quality teaching and learning programmes for many years to come.<br />

• The school office will be open and staff available from<br />

Monday 29 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2018</strong> (8.30am – 3.30pm daily).<br />

Call in or phone 03 385 4<strong>16</strong>3.<br />

• School opens for instruction at 8.55am on<br />

Wednesday 31 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

• Stationery packs may be purchased from school between<br />

12.30 – 3.30pm on Monday 29 <strong>January</strong> and from<br />

9.00am – 12.00noon on Tuesday 30 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Principal: Toni Burnside<br />

For further information contact our school office:<br />

91 Banks Avenue, Shirley • Phone: 385 4<strong>16</strong>3<br />

Email: office@banksave.school.nz<br />

Website: www.banksave.school.nz<br />

CBHS<br />

Christchurch Boys’ High School<br />

Kia Ora, Welcome<br />

Our opening procedures for <strong>2018</strong> are as follows:<br />

Office Opens: Monday 15 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2018</strong>, 9:00am-3:00pm daily<br />

email: enquiries@cbhs.school.nz 03 348 5003<br />

Enrolment enquiries: email: larterjtl@staff.cbhs.school.nz<br />

Uniform Shop: www.cbhs.school.nz (click on new students & select PTA uniform shop)<br />

Stationery:<br />

www.cbhs.school.nz/events/school-stationery-and-art-supplies-for-<strong>2018</strong><br />

eLearning Information: www.cbhs.school.nz/students/curriculum/e-learning<br />

Monday 29 <strong>January</strong><br />

8:30am – 4:00pm Staff Only Day Staff and Department Meetings<br />

Tuesday 30 <strong>January</strong><br />

9:00am – 3:00pm Staff Only Day Department Day<br />

Monitors & Peer<br />

Support Leaders<br />

Peer Support Training (School uniform not required)<br />

Wednesday 31 <strong>January</strong><br />

9:45am<br />

All Year 9 and New<br />

Students<br />

(Years 10-13)<br />

Assemble at the Te Kura St Gates for Mihi whakatau<br />

(Parents welcome) (Full school uniform)<br />

10:30am – 2:30pm Year 9 Year 9 Induction (Full school uniform)<br />

Thursday 1 February<br />

9:00am – 2:00pm Year 9 Year 9 in Form groups with Kaitiaki and One Note introduction<br />

(Full school uniform)<br />

9:30am – 12:30pm Year 11-13<br />

A-G 9:00am<br />

H-N 10:00am<br />

O-Z 11:00am<br />

Compulsory course confirmation for all Year 12 & 13 students,<br />

including hostel students. All students must attend. Year 11<br />

students who have course selection concerns or timetable<br />

issues can see the Dean at this time.<br />

(School uniform not required for Years 11-13)<br />

Friday 2 February<br />

9:00am – 9:30am Year 9 Go to Form class to meet Kaitiaki<br />

9:30am – 10:00am Year 9-13 Full School Assembly (Full school uniform)<br />

10:00am – 10:45am Year 9-10 John Parsons – Cyber Safety<br />

10:00am – 10:45am Year 13 Big Room (Full school uniform)<br />

Year 12<br />

Small Gym (Full school uniform)<br />

Year 11<br />

Big Gym (Full school uniform)<br />

11:15am-12:30pm Year 11-13 John Parsons – Cyber Safety and students in Form groups<br />

11:15am-2:30pm Year 9 & 10 Students with Kaitiaki & activities (PE and Swimming Kit)<br />

Monday 5 February<br />

8:45am – 3:00pm Year 9-13 Full school timetable for all year groups<br />

Tuesday 6 February Waitangi Day School closed<br />

NOTE: The school canteen will not be open until Wednesday 7th February. If your son is in for a full day they will need to bring lunch with them.<br />

Stationery is not required for Year 9 students from Tuesday 30th Jan – Friday 2nd Feb apart from their device and a pen.


18 Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

Christchurch Girls<br />

Last year our school was 140 years old<br />

and in that 140 year history we have never<br />

doubted what we stand for. We know<br />

what we are. From our beginnings in<br />

1877 we have only ever been a purpose<br />

built school for girls. When our school<br />

first opened on that September day in<br />

1877 who could have envisaged 140<br />

years later: three site moves, a number of<br />

earthquakes, 13 principals and a fabulous<br />

new building? In that time we have seen<br />

the move from ink pens to ball points,<br />

from blackboards to whiteboards to<br />

laptops. It makes you wonder what the<br />

future holds in store and how can you<br />

prepare for what may or may not be? At<br />

Christchurch Girls’ High School we work<br />

hard to build capacity in our students so<br />

that they are able to embrace the future<br />

with confidence.<br />

Students strive to pursue personal<br />

excellence on the sporting field, in cultural<br />

activities, through community service and<br />

academically. They do so with energy and<br />

enthusiasm, supported by an experienced,<br />

professional and caring staff. We are<br />

traditional in aspects such as uniform,<br />

courtesy and the high expectations we<br />

have of our students but innovative in the<br />

wide range of opportunities we provide<br />

both inside and outside the classroom.<br />

Hence our vision: Embrace Tradition,<br />

Embrace Innovation, Embrace Excellence.<br />

Education takes us from darkness into<br />

light.<br />

Kia tu ki tenei taumata – o te Whai Ao – ki<br />

te Ao Marama<br />

Kia mohio hei whakatuwhera mou<br />

Nau mai, Haere mai.<br />

So stand at this threshold – Te Whai Ao –<br />

The World of Light and know that it is open<br />

for you. You are welcomed.<br />

Christchurch Girls’ High School Te Kura o<br />

Hine Waiora looks forward to welcoming<br />

you in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

CGHS Start Dates for <strong>2018</strong><br />

MONDAY, 22 JANUARY<br />

FRIDAY, 26 JANUARY<br />

Week 1<br />

MONDAY, 29 JANUARY<br />

TUESDAY, 30 JANUARY<br />

WEDNESDAY, 31 JANUARY<br />

THURSDAY, 1 FEBRUARY<br />

FRIDAY, 2 FEBRUARY<br />

Week 2<br />

MONDAY, 5 FEBRUARY<br />

TUESDAY, 6 FEBRUARY<br />

WEDNESDAY, 7 FEBRUARY<br />

OFFICE OPENS FOR ENQUIRES<br />

New Staff Orientation<br />

Peer Support Leader Training (10am-2pm)<br />

School runs from 9am through to 2.30pm<br />

Teacher Only Day<br />

International Student Orientation<br />

Year 9 Orientation and Year 13 Prefects (9am – 2.30pm)<br />

Year 13 Peer Support Leaders (11am – 1.30pm)<br />

Year 10-13 New Student and<br />

International Student Orientation (10am – 11.30am)<br />

Sports and Cultural Roadshow<br />

Year 9 Orientation (9am – 2.30pm)<br />

Year 13 Peer Support Leaders (11am – 2.30pm)<br />

Year 13 (9am – 11am)<br />

Sports and Cultural Roadshow<br />

Year 9 Orientation (9am – 2.30pm)<br />

Year 11 9am – 11am<br />

Year 12 1pm – 2.30pm<br />

Sports and Cultural Roadshow<br />

Year 9 Orientation (9am – 2.30pm)<br />

Year 10 (9am – 2.30pm)<br />

Sports and Cultural Roadshow<br />

School runs on normal times (8.40am - 3.10pm)<br />

All years Extended Form Time (Timetables)<br />

Powhiri<br />

Timetabled Classes from Period 3<br />

Waitangi Day<br />

Timetabled Classes<br />

School office phone 03 348 0849<br />

Hornby High<br />

<strong>2018</strong> edition<br />

<strong>2018</strong> Pathways at Linwood College<br />

Education is about the well-being of the<br />

whole person and how developmentally<br />

positive experiences enrich our<br />

students’ understanding of who they<br />

are and broaden their outlook. They<br />

nurture students’ classroom focus by<br />

contextualising their learning and sowing<br />

the seeds of positive ambition.<br />

Linwood College believes in a ‘pathwayed<br />

curriculum’. This means the school,<br />

students and families knowing:<br />

1. Students’ prior learning and skills as they<br />

come into LC from our partner primary<br />

schools and building on these successes<br />

2. How the learning at LC connects to<br />

what the students want to do when they<br />

leave school. “What are my post-school<br />

pathways and how does my time at LC<br />

help me achieve these pathways?”<br />

In this way learning is meaningful to the<br />

individual and strengths-based.<br />

Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e<br />

lelei. Bula. Fakaalofa atu. Namaste. Kumusta.<br />

Haere mai ki Te Kura Huruhuru Ao o<br />

Horomaka. Warm greetings to the Hornby<br />

High School community.<br />

What an exciting year we have ahead of us<br />

in <strong>2018</strong>. We will move into the first two of our<br />

new buildings around the middle of the year.<br />

Our new gymnasium offers a second full<br />

sized basketball court to complement the<br />

court in the existing Gymnasium. It will also<br />

contain a fitness and weights room (a new<br />

addition for students) and teaching spaces.<br />

Marian College<br />

welcomes all students<br />

and whānau to the new<br />

school year.<br />

Visit www.mariancollege.school.nz<br />

for <strong>2018</strong> starting dates and times<br />

Late enrolments for preference<br />

students are still being received.<br />

Follow us!<br />

www.facebook.com/mariancollegechch<br />

Te Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka<br />

Start of year <strong>2018</strong><br />

Monday 22nd <strong>January</strong><br />

School Office Opens. New Enrolments welcome<br />

Tuesday 30th <strong>January</strong><br />

2 - 3pm Years 7 & 8 Open Afternoon<br />

Wednesday 31st <strong>January</strong><br />

9am - 2pm – Years 7, 8 & 9<br />

9am – Mihi Whakatau for new students.<br />

Whanau welcome<br />

10.30am - 11.30am – Year 10 assembly & form time<br />

11am - 12pm – Year 11 assembly & form time<br />

12pm - 1pm – Year 12 & 13 assembly & form time<br />

Thursday 1st February<br />

8.30am – Years 7 - 11 Normal Timetable all day<br />

Friday 2nd February<br />

8.30am – Years 7 - 13 Normal Timetable all day<br />

180 Waterloo Rd, Hornby - Ph 03 349 5395<br />

www.hornby.school.nz<br />

Students learn best when who they are in<br />

terms of language, culture and identity – is<br />

affirmed. Enhancing the mana and dignity<br />

of the individual is at the heart of Linwood<br />

College.<br />

Our school’s Year 7-13 curriculum creates<br />

aspiration and community. There is<br />

age-appropriate educational and social<br />

continuity and multiple opportunities for<br />

leadership so students excel and develop<br />

independence.<br />

At our school all students can make<br />

their mark whether academic, cultural<br />

or sporting and set their direction for life<br />

after secondary school. An LC leaver is<br />

confident and well-prepared for the future.<br />

Our leavers continue to join thousands of<br />

former LC students who have achieved<br />

personal success both within New Zealand<br />

and overseas.<br />

The main building (the one you see from<br />

Waterloo Road) will contain specialist<br />

teaching spaces for technologies, visual arts<br />

and sciences. It will also include our learning<br />

commons, Whare, student cafe and wellness<br />

resources, staffroom, and administration.<br />

We all know of course that a school is much<br />

more than its buildings, and a huge amount<br />

of work has gone into adapting how we<br />

cause learning.<br />

The Manaiakalani pedagogy (Learn Create<br />

Share), and the use of digital devices<br />

(Chromebooks) is having a huge effect on<br />

student achievement, with achievement<br />

surpassing growth and improvement<br />

nationally by a significant margin. We ask<br />

all students to come to school equipped<br />

with a Chromebook, apart from your time,<br />

there is little better you can invest in your<br />

child’s education than the purchase of that<br />

Chromebook.<br />

Junior students are increasingly approaching<br />

their learning via real world contexts<br />

(whether it’s the arts or business, or project<br />

based learning designed to improve our<br />

community in real ways). This is contributing<br />

to improved engagement and improved<br />

learning.<br />

We are a very values based school, and our<br />

students repeatedly show that they have a<br />

heart for our values, for their community, and<br />

for what is right.<br />

What an amazing year we are going to have.<br />

Please make sure you follow us on<br />

Facebook for the latest and most up to<br />

date news https://www.facebook.com/<br />

hornbyhighschool/ .<br />

Ngã mihi nui, Robin Sutton<br />

‘Success through Learning’<br />

Located in the heart of Linwood<br />

High quality education - Year 0 to 6<br />

The office is open for enrolments from<br />

Wednesday 24 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

Term 1 commences Tuesday 30 <strong>January</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

Empowering children to aim high,<br />

persevere and succeed.<br />

Respect Resilience Curiosity Caring<br />

260 Linwood Avenue, Christchurch 8062<br />

Telephone: 03 389 9256 - www.linwoodave.school.nz


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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 19<br />

<strong>2018</strong> edition<br />

Kiwi Christmas<br />

visits South New<br />

Brighton Primary<br />

Marian College<br />

Stress-Free Day 2017 at Marian College.<br />

South New Brighton Primary School<br />

children were delighted to see a Christmas<br />

Sleigh in their playground area on<br />

Wednesday morning.<br />

There was much excitement around a<br />

visit from Tony Simpson, the writer and<br />

director of the newly released movie ‘Kiwi<br />

Christmas’ and the sleigh from the movie.<br />

Tony visited the school to share the<br />

process of making a movie from<br />

developing the idea, writing the script,<br />

casting the actors and adding the special<br />

effects. The children were in awe listening<br />

to him and asked some fantastic questions<br />

about the journey of making the movie.<br />

The children from the Ruru and Kuaka<br />

teams then got to sit inside the sleigh<br />

that was used in the actual movie. Even<br />

Principal John Bockett got in on the action<br />

by sitting inside the sleigh and making<br />

it go faster than the speed of light by<br />

pressing the red button on the dashboard<br />

of the sleigh! The children had so much<br />

fun and loved enjoying the magic of a ‘Kiwi<br />

Christmas’.<br />

First day of School for <strong>2018</strong><br />

Thursday, 1st February, 8.55am<br />

All students are to meet<br />

in the school hall.<br />

New enrolments welcome<br />

Contact us at 03 348 5700 or<br />

office@riccartonprimary.school.nz<br />

Marian College is a Catholic state<br />

integrated school for girls with a reputation<br />

for ‘punching above its weight’.<br />

With a maximum roll of 430 students,<br />

Marian College is fortunate in having a<br />

friendly, family atmosphere which comes<br />

from teachers and students knowing each<br />

other well.<br />

Student wellbeing is important at Marian<br />

College and each individual is nurtured<br />

Estuary Road • South New Brighton<br />

Christchurch 8062<br />

Telephone 388-9426 • Fax 388-1810<br />

www.snbs.school.nz<br />

Our vision: To be a community<br />

of learners who Create, Achieve,<br />

Relate and Engage.<br />

Our start date will be Monday 5th February<br />

Enrolments taken from Friday 2nd February<br />

To contact us for further information<br />

ph 388 9426 or email: admin@snbs.school.nz<br />

Full Primary Years 1-8<br />

37 Cunningham Place, Halswell 8025<br />

Phone: 03 322 8735<br />

Email: admin@oaklands.school.nz<br />

NEW ENROLMENTS<br />

/ PAYMENT OF FEES<br />

Monday 29th <strong>January</strong>, 10am - 2pm<br />

Tuesday 30th <strong>January</strong>, 10am - 2pm<br />

STATIONERY SALES<br />

<strong>2018</strong> stationery packs are available online.<br />

Please visit the school website for more<br />

information.<br />

www.oaklands.school.nz<br />

TERM ONE BEGINS<br />

Wednesday 31 <strong>January</strong>, 9am<br />

and her skills and talents fostered.<br />

Students have every opportunity to<br />

contribute through participation, service<br />

and leadership.<br />

At the Zonta Sports Awards, three<br />

Marian College students were named as<br />

finalists. Renee Rae won the top award for<br />

contribution to netball umpiring. A judge<br />

commented on a long tradition of Marian<br />

students winning the award, and there<br />

was something very special about Marian<br />

College and its tradition of service.<br />

Marian College has a genuine<br />

commitment to the values inherent in the<br />

traditions of the religious orders of the<br />

Sisters of St Joseph of the Sacred Heart<br />

and the Sisters of Mercy.<br />

Late applications for preference<br />

enrolments at Marian College are still<br />

being received in <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

PAPANUI HIGH SCHOOL<br />

START OF SCHOOL YEAR <strong>2018</strong><br />

NB: SENIOR STUDENTS (Year 11 – 13). Students will be notified if<br />

course changes are required. The Senior Course Tutor will be available<br />

from <strong>January</strong> 22 for consultation.<br />

Monday 22 <strong>January</strong> - School Office opens<br />

Wednesday 24 <strong>January</strong> – Friday 26 <strong>January</strong><br />

Peer Support training camp<br />

Monday 29 <strong>January</strong><br />

Teacher Only Day<br />

Tuesday 30 <strong>January</strong><br />

New International students report at 8.45am<br />

Year 9 students report in full uniform to Hall, 9.00am – 2.30pm.<br />

Transferring students (Years 10 – 13) in full uniform to Hall, 9.00am – 12.00noon<br />

Powhiri for all new students – 9.00am<br />

Wednesday 31 <strong>January</strong><br />

All Year 9 students report to form classes at 8.30am – 2.30pm<br />

All Year 12 students report to hall in uniform at 9.00am – 10.30am<br />

All Year 13 students report to hall 10.00am – 11.30am<br />

Thursday 1 February<br />

All Year 9 students report to form classes at 8.30am – 2.30pm<br />

All Year 10 students report to hall in uniform at 9.00am – 10.30am<br />

All Year 11 students report to hall at 10.00am – 11.30am<br />

Friday 2 February<br />

Timetable starts<br />

Monday 5 February<br />

Normal school<br />

Tuesday 6 February<br />

Waitangi Day - School closed<br />

Papanui High School<br />

30 Langdons Road, Christchurch 8053<br />

Tel: (03) 352 6119<br />

Email: admin@papanui.school.nz<br />

Jeff Smith - Principal


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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

Villa Maria College<br />

<strong>2018</strong> edition<br />

Hagley Community College<br />

Villa Maria College is a state integrated<br />

Catholic secondary school for girls in Years<br />

7 – 13. The foundation for everything we<br />

do is our Catholic faith, which we express<br />

through our Mercy charism.<br />

We aim to offer spiritual formation and<br />

pastoral care in the tradition of Catherine<br />

McAuley, and the Sisters of Mercy who<br />

founded the College in 1918. This year we<br />

turn 100 years old and will be celebrating<br />

in style on <strong>16</strong>,17,18 February.<br />

Our Mission is to: “Empower each young<br />

woman to determine her potential, live<br />

Gospel values, confidently embrace lifelong<br />

learning and as a Mercy woman be<br />

inspired to make a difference”.<br />

We have a proud academic history,<br />

annually achieving academic results<br />

which are among the best in the country.<br />

Students set high goals and the College<br />

supports them in striving for excellence.<br />

Our most recent NCEA results included<br />

pass rates of 93.5% at Level 1, 95.2% at<br />

Level 2 and 97.4% at Level 3. UE 86.4%.<br />

Villa Maria College offers many sporting<br />

opportunities, our Sports Director coordinates<br />

over 30 sports for girls to choose<br />

from. It’s not surprising that we have<br />

extremely high participation levels along<br />

with impressive regional and national<br />

successes!<br />

The cultural life of the College is also<br />

filled with extensive musical and choral<br />

opportunities along with bi-annual<br />

Productions and Stage Challenge entries.<br />

We invite you to visit our Open Day on 8<br />

May, <strong>2018</strong> and see for yourself our special<br />

character. You will also find a wealth of<br />

information on our website –www.villa.<br />

school.nz<br />

Over 1,000 students enrol into Hagley<br />

each year. They choose Hagley because<br />

of the great choice of subjects and<br />

the unique programmes Hagley offers.<br />

Students go to Hagley because of the<br />

way they are treated and supported.<br />

Every student at Hagley knows that<br />

it is cool to be different and they<br />

celebrate this difference in a dynamic<br />

environment.<br />

With over 150 senior subjects available,<br />

Hagley creates opportunities that you<br />

never imagined were possible at school.<br />

Imagine being able to be an animator,<br />

a dancer, a scientist, a film producer, a<br />

fashion designer, or a chef. At Hagley<br />

When Shirley Intermediate School’s<br />

two swimming pools were earthquake<br />

damaged the SIS Board of Trustees, having<br />

found no likely help sources, undertook<br />

costly repairs. Now, after six summers<br />

their pupils continue to reap the benefits.<br />

In addition to swimming almost daily,<br />

pupils can also join the endurance club.<br />

As few SIS pupils attend swim clubs, It is<br />

significant whenever the 1km continuous<br />

swimming certificate is awarded.<br />

In addition to hosting Banks Avenue and<br />

Shirley Primary schools (who can use the<br />

you can live your dream.<br />

Shirley Intermediate<br />

St Mark’s School<br />

Transforming Lives<br />

Through the St Mark’s Story<br />

If you are looking for a high school<br />

where you can be yourself while<br />

achieving your goals, where high<br />

standards are set and maintained, and<br />

staff will work closely with you to ensure<br />

you get the very best out of your high<br />

school years, then consider enrolling at<br />

Hagley College for <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Head to one of Hagley’s Enrolment<br />

days on Wednesday 31st <strong>January</strong><br />

and Thursday 1st February from<br />

10am- 2.30pm to discuss your options,<br />

personalise your programme, meet their<br />

teachers and enrol into Hagley for <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

15m pool), and Shirley Boys High School<br />

sports groups, the school has hosted<br />

the St Albans Swimming Club – formerly<br />

based at the now-closed Edgeware Pool -<br />

for several years.<br />

Principal, Geoff Siave said the pools<br />

provide achievement opportunities -<br />

and fun - for pupils, local schools, and<br />

the community. “Learning to swim is<br />

achievable, and we’’re also building<br />

community connections.” Children need<br />

to see connections between school and<br />

real life.<br />

An Anglican integrated, co-educational<br />

school for children in Years 1-8 (Ages 5-13)<br />

St Mark’s School welcomes all pupils on<br />

Monday 29th <strong>January</strong> <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

Applications are currently being accepted for<br />

2019 new entrants. Contact the school office<br />

for further information. Limited vacancies<br />

currently exist in other year levels.<br />

Cholmondeley Avenue, Christchurch<br />

Phone: 03 332 7339 | Fax: 03 332 4485<br />

Email: office@saintmarks.school.nz<br />

www.saintmarks.school.nz<br />

The new school year begins!<br />

School opens Wednesday 31 <strong>January</strong> 9am<br />

Y7 and new pupils assemble on grass inside<br />

North Parade gates<br />

Y8 take bags to rooms and assemble in hall<br />

for Powhiri<br />

Full correct uniform, including school<br />

sunhats please<br />

Enrolment forms at school office or<br />

www.sis.school.nz<br />

03 385 2229<br />

office@sis.school.nz<br />

Full and satisfying lives<br />

Waltham<br />

Primary<br />

School<br />

We look forward to seeing all of our students<br />

and families back at 8.55am on Thursday 1 st<br />

February <strong>2018</strong>. New enrolments are welcome.<br />

If you are new to the area come in and find out<br />

why we are such a fast growing and successful<br />

Full Primary School (Years 1-8).<br />

Feel free to leave a phone message or email if<br />

our office is unattended over the holiday period.<br />

Gordon Caddie, Principal<br />

Email: principal@waltham.school.nz<br />

Waltham Primary School<br />

Cnr Waltham Road & Hastings Street East, Christchurch<br />

Ph: 379 3137<br />

At Wairakei School we aspire to be Absolutely<br />

Brilliant because:<br />

• We work hard<br />

• We think<br />

• We communicate effectively<br />

• We care<br />

• We make meaningful connections<br />

Our school year starts for children on Monday 29th<br />

<strong>January</strong>. The office is open for enquiries from Monday<br />

22nd <strong>January</strong>. We look forward to seeing you and<br />

showing you around our absolutely brilliant school.<br />

250 Wairakei Rd, Bryndwr<br />

Phone: 351-8033<br />

www.wairakeichch.school.nz<br />

office@wairakeichch.school.nz


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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 21<br />

Hagley College <strong>2018</strong><br />

Enrolment<br />

Days<br />

JANUARY<br />

FEBRUARY<br />

WEDNESDAY<br />

THURSDAY<br />

10am-2:30pm<br />

Hagley College Student Centre<br />

Corner of Hagley Avenue and St Asaph Street<br />

Our Enrolment Centre re-opens on <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong>th, please phone<br />

them on (03) 364 5156 to find out what you need to bring.<br />

Hagley College Start Dates and Times <strong>2018</strong><br />

Friday<br />

2 February<br />

Monday<br />

5 February<br />

Tuesday<br />

6 February<br />

Wednesday<br />

7 February<br />

2 0 1 8<br />

YEAR 9<br />

YEAR 10<br />

YEAR 11<br />

YEAR 12<br />

AND 13<br />

Year 9s at home<br />

Year 10s<br />

10am - 12noon<br />

Assembly in Cafe<br />

Year 11s 9am - 2.45pm<br />

in Gym 2 - Mihi Whakatau<br />

& Orientation with Tutors<br />

Lunch provided<br />

Year 12s and 13s<br />

at home<br />

Year 9s and 10HG only<br />

10am - 2.00pm<br />

Mihi Whakatau & Orientation<br />

BBQ Lunch provided<br />

Year 10s at home<br />

Year 11s at home<br />

11.30am - 2.30pm<br />

Mihi Whakatau &<br />

Orientation programme<br />

Lunch provided<br />

School closed for Waitangi Day<br />

Normal timetabled<br />

classes from<br />

10.00am<br />

Normal timetabled<br />

classes from<br />

10.00am<br />

Normal timetabled<br />

classes from<br />

10.00am<br />

Normal timetabled<br />

classes from<br />

10.00am<br />

<strong>16</strong> Jan<br />

Catch Up College<br />

Classes start <strong>16</strong>th Jan 10am. Please ring 03 379 3090 for an Appointment<br />

Spaces Available


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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong> 23<br />

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by 5pm each Wednesday<br />

Scrabble Group<br />

Tuesday, 9.45am-noon<br />

Play scrabble each week with<br />

this friendly group. Exercise your<br />

brain and have fun.<br />

Gold coin donation. Sundbye<br />

House, 100 Farrington Ave<br />

Holiday Activity – Treasure<br />

in the Library<br />

Tuesday, 10-11.30am and<br />

1-2.30pm<br />

Did you know there is treasure<br />

in your local library? It’s hidden<br />

all over the place, all you’ve<br />

got to do is look for it. Are you<br />

up for the challenge? Enjoy<br />

storytelling, go on a scavenger<br />

hunt in the library and discover<br />

treasures and then get crafty by<br />

making your own little treasure<br />

box to take home with you. Free,<br />

but bookings are essential on 941<br />

7923.<br />

Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd<br />

Holiday Activity – Create a<br />

Lion Note Holder<br />

Tuesday, 10-10.45am<br />

Use a special quilling tool<br />

and bright craft materials to<br />

create your own lion note holder<br />

for your desk at home. Library<br />

staff will assist you with your<br />

creations, and all craft materials<br />

supplied by the Make Company.<br />

Free, but bookings are essential<br />

on 941 7923.<br />

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library<br />

and Community Centre, 13<br />

Bishopdale Court<br />

Holiday Activity – Make a<br />

Pinwheel Fan<br />

Tuesday, 10.30-11.30am<br />

Using simple materials, such as<br />

straws, paper, scissors and pins,<br />

create a spinning fan to cool<br />

you off this summer. Free, no<br />

bookings required.<br />

Redwood and Shirley libraries,<br />

339 Main North Rd and 36<br />

Marshland Rd<br />

The Wizard of Oz<br />

Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and<br />

Saturday, 6.30pm<br />

Act 2 Drama Group is off<br />

to see The Wizard of Oz. Join<br />

Dorothy, Toto, Scarecrow, Tin<br />

Man and the Lion down the<br />

yellow brick road. But evil is<br />

around every corner when<br />

the Wicked Witch of the West<br />

tries everything in her power<br />

to get back the ruby slippers<br />

that Glinda the Good Witch<br />

of the North gifted to Dorothy<br />

for killing the Wicked Witch of<br />

the East. The Wizard of Oz is a<br />

classic story for all generations.<br />

Call 027 852 003 to book tickets<br />

for $9 each.<br />

Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, 59<br />

Hewitts Rd<br />

Elmwood Players Kidz Theatre returns with Goldisnowerellahood. This is the story of Goldilocks but<br />

there’s only one problem, the players can’t remember how it goes. But with some help from the audience,<br />

they attempt to tell the story, taking side trips into well-known fairy tales like Snow White and the Seven<br />

Dwarves, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding Hood, The Three Little Pigs, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty,<br />

before eventually (or accidentally) ending up with Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Tickets cost $8.<br />

Phone 355 8874 for more information. Elmwood Auditorium, Elmwood Normal School, Aikmans Rd.<br />

Thursday-Sunday.<br />

Bridge Club<br />

Wednesday, 11am-2.30pm<br />

A fun, social group to get you<br />

out and talking over a game of<br />

cards. The Bishopdale Bridge<br />

Club meets every Wednesday<br />

from 11am to 2.30pm. New<br />

members are always welcome<br />

to go along. Table fees are $5.<br />

Phone president Janet Stokes on<br />

352 1440 for more information.<br />

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale<br />

Library and Community Centre,<br />

13 Bishopdale Court<br />

Go Well Group – Play<br />

Rummikub<br />

Thursday, 1-3pm<br />

Go along to Fendalton Library<br />

to play Rummikub, an exciting,<br />

interactive strategy game that<br />

will test your wits.<br />

Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd<br />

Card Club<br />

Friday, 1.30-3.30pm<br />

This weekly card club is on<br />

every Friday, just go along and<br />

join in the fun.<br />

Shirley Library, Marshland Rd<br />

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russleyvillage.co.nz<br />

03 357 9392<br />

73 Roydvale Ave,<br />

Christchurch<br />

For enquiries contact<br />

Nola Lamb<br />

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The Homestead where you will find Abode Café & Brasserie, a cinema, library, arts & crafts space, hair salon<br />

and wellness rooms. The Sefton Apartments are now completed and residents are enjoying the magnificent<br />

new pool and spa complex which completes the stunning range of facilities available at the village.<br />

Holly Lea Village is nestled in the heart of Fendalton within beautifully tailored grounds with an extensive<br />

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hollylea.co.nz<br />

03 351 2679<br />

123 Fendalton Rd,<br />

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24 Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2018</strong><br />

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Luxury on a grand scale<br />

48 Revelation Drive, Clifton Hill - Auction 1 February <strong>2018</strong>, unless sold prior<br />

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The house was designed by Architect Jonty Rout<br />

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making this huge home an unparalleled offering<br />

in the hills of Christchurch. Upon entry into the<br />

home, luxury surrounds you combined with<br />

the connection to the views beyond. Gaggenau<br />

appliances, granite benchtop and a butler’s pantry<br />

are just the start, the kitchen continuous with a<br />

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that sets the tone for the rest of the property.<br />

The 350m2 house spreads across 3 levels, and<br />

embodies the openness of its Tuscan influences,<br />

with high ceilings, tiled and wooden floors, and<br />

large outdoor balconies. The main living level is a<br />

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impressive 180- degree views, and opens out to a<br />

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external access and a connecting bathroom of the<br />

highest standard. Storage throughout has been well<br />

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you to keep the home in immaculate order.<br />

The lower level comprises another large living<br />

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