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Halswell ready to expand 

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding 

SIX NEW subdivisions will be 

developed in Halswell to cope 

with a predicted population 

explosion. 

The new subdivisions will be 

developed in north, western, 

south, south-east, south-west 

areas of Halswell and in the 

Hendersons area. 

The areas were approved by 

the Independent Hearings Panel, 

chaired by Judge John Hassan, 

recently, for the city council’s 

replacement district plan. 

In 2013 the population level 

in Halswell was recorded by a 

Statistics New Zealand census at 

20,400 and is expected to grow 

to 48,400 by 2043. 

North Halswell will be 

located between Halswell and 

Hillmorton and has been called 

Meadowlands. Halswell west 

will be off Halswell Junction Rd 

and Hendersons off Cashmere 

Rd. 

South-east Halswell will be 

located near Sparks Rd, south 

Halswell next to Halswell Rd and 

south-west located off Halswell 

Junction Rd by Murphys Rd, 

Sabys Rd, and Quaifes Rd. 

Halswell Community Project 

spokeswoman Chrys Horn said 

she is nervous about how fast the 

population is growing. 

“One of the things is we already 

have a lot of traffic congestion 

here and that is not getting 

any better as the place grows, 

so it would be nice to think our 

transport system is going to keep 

up. 

“We had an earthquake, people 

wanted to move in. We have 

had a whole lot of immigration 

. . . this just happens to be an 

area where the growth can happen,” 

she said. 

A city council spokeswoman 

said a date for when the changes 

take affect has not been set. 

Halswell Residents’ 

Association member Ross 

McFarlane said other 

subdivisions will get their own 

names in time. 

He said people who are living 

in the residential areas most 

likely do not realise how big the 

area will grow. 

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WESTERN NEWS 

FROM 

THE 

EDITOR’S 

DESK News.....................3, 4, 5, 7, 8 

FROM FRIDAY, postal ballots 

for the local body elections will 

start arriving in the mail. 

In the coming weeks we 

will be asking city council 

candidates questions about 

key issues in their areas. This 

week (page 4) we look at what 

city council candidates are not 

living in the ward they have 

put their hand up for. 

The good news for skaters 

is that there will be two skate 

parks in Halswell. It will be 

interesting to see if those 

opposed to the idea will take 

on the recent decision of city 

council to push ahead. With 

the population set to explode 

in Halswell (front page) and 

more subdivisions allowed by 

the city plan, the skate parks 

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will no doubt be well used. 

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Your Local Views......... 6 

Sport ..........................................11 

Schools............................ 13 

Our People..........................14 

Community Events... 17 

Gardening............................20 

Health & Beauty......... 21 

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WESTERN NEWS Tuesday September 13 2016 3 


Yaldhurst dust woes 


TESTING HAS shown that dust 

around Yaldhurst has exceeded 

air pollution guidelines on 16 

occasions and is associated with 

quarry activities. 

Environment Canterbury 

conducted tests around the 

quarrying area from December 

23 through to April 26 with the 

final report released recently. 

Eight of the 

exceedances were 

recorded at two of 

the sites located on 

the West Coast Rd, 

downwind from 

the quarries indicating 

they were 

the source of PM10. 

The report does not specify 

which quarry companies, but 

Winstone Aggregates, Fulton 

Hogan, Road Metals were in the 

testing area. 

The report was a result of a 

monitoring project set up after 

residents raised concerns about 

dust emissions from several 

quarry sites located in Yaldhurst 

at a public meeting last year. 

Residents on the Old West 

Coast Rd are living as close as 

80m to Winstone Aggregates. 

The CDHB’s Canterbury 

Medical Officer of Health 

Dr Ramon Pink (left) said 

PM10 particles inhaled can 

be damaging and exacerbate 

respiratory diseases. 

“Because of the small size of 

the exposed population at Yaldhurst 

we cannot say with any 

certainty what impacts would be 

at an individual level,” he said. 

The report showed concentrations 

of repairable crystalline 

silica measured at all sites on two 

separate days were below the applicable 

guideline value. 

Residents were unhappy with 

the results. 

“They had the dust monitors 

in the wrong place. They didn’t 

have them calibrated for fine 

dust, only the heavier PM10,” 

Yaldhurst Rural Residents Association 

member Ann-Marie 

Youngman said. 

She said she would have liked a 

monitor on her property. 

Meanwhile, a community 

liaison group will be set up to 

address the residents’ concerns 

after a deputation by Mrs 

Youngmann and resident Gavin 

Barclay. 

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left residents 

concerned for 

their health. 

•Photo taken 

on the Old 

West Coast Rd, 

August 30. 

They presented to the commissioners 

who said in response, 

a liaison group would be set 

up, which would be led by the 

quarry operators. 

But Mrs Youngman said she 

is not prepared to meet with the 

quarry operators anymore. 

“They have had every chance 

in the past and it is wasting my 

time . . . we have had meeting 

after meeting,” she said. 

Mr Barclay said if the liaison 

group was successful it would 

be a great result but he was dubious. 

In Brief 

SERVICE CENTRE 

The city council approved 

the Riccarton-Wigram 

Community Board’s bid to 

keep the Riccarton service 

centre in the commercial area. 

When the current Clarence St 

site housing the old Riccarton 

Community Centre is sold the 

city council will either provide 

a co-located space with 

another business or construct 

a temporary building to serve 

as the service centre in the 

interim. This will be until the 

new Riccarton Community 

Centre opens in mid-2018.The 

sale of the Clarence St site is to 

proceed as soon as practicable. 

SPEED LIMITS APPROVED 

Thirty-two speed changes on 

different roads in the western 

area of the city have been 

approved by the city council. 

It is part of a speed limit 

review which is held every 

two years. City council staff 

will undertake additional 

consultation for a further 

reduced speed limits for 

Halswell Junction Rd, Quaifes 

Rd, Marshs Rd and Whincops 

Rd (west of Marshs Rd) and 

Sparks Rd. City council 

staff will report back to the 

community board at the end of 

December. 

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WESTERN NEWS 

Two candidates live outside ward boundaries 

• By Bridget Rutherford 

ONLY TWO candidates 

standing for the city council in 

the western area do not live in 

the ward they would represent if 

elected. 

Riccarton-Wigram community 

board member Peter Laloli 

will be standing for Halswell in 

spite of living in Riccarton while 

Coastal resident Tane Apanui 

will be standing for Hornby. 

About a third of candidates 

standing for council seats do 

not live in the area they would 

represent if elected. 

There are 40 candidates standing 

for the city council across 

the 16 wards. 

However, 14 do not currently 

live in the ward they want to 

represent. 

The Burwood, Cashmere, 

Fendalton, Innes, Riccarton and 

Linwood Wards are the only 

ones that are guaranteed to have 

a councillor representing them 

that lives there. 

But the Waimairi Ward will 

not be, because both candidates, 

councillor Raf Manji and Anthony 

Rimell, live outside of the 

boundary. 

There is no legal requirement 

for councillors to live in the 

Elections 16 

ward they are representing, however, 

most choose to do so. 

Councillor Jamie Gough, who 

was elected to the Fendalton 

Ward unopposed, said strategy 

had definitely come into play, in 

terms of what wards people were 

standing in. 

However, he said it did not 

matter if candidates did not live 

in the ward they were representing. 

“People need to vote for the 

most capable candidate who has 

a strong governance skill-set 

which will add value to our city 

as a whole, not vote for someone 

because they live down the street 

from you.” 

Harewood has the most 

candidates running for the 

council seat out of all the wards, 

however three of the five are not 

residents there. 

Faimeh Burke, Rod D Cameron 

and Rod S Cameron live 

outside the boundary, while 

Aaron Keown and Brian Gargiulo 

are inside. 

Both Jo Kane, who lives at 

Waikuku Beach, and Dean 

Lester, who lives just outside the 

boundary are both running for 

Coastal Ward, while Paul Lonsdale 

is in the mix for Heathcote, 

in spite of living in Fendalton. 

Phil Clearwater, who would 

have been up against Tim Scandrett 

had he run in Cashmere 

ward where he lives, has opted 

for Spreydon. 

Mike Davidson and Peter 

Laloli are running for Papanui 

and Halswell – where they do 

not live, and Tane Apanui will 

contest Hornby. 

In the 2013 elections, of the 

54 candidates going for council 

seats, nine did not live in the 

ward they were running in. 

As part of the city council’s 

representation review, the current 

seven wards will increase 

to 16 after October’s local body 

elections. Each ward will have 

one councillor represent it. 

Cr Gough said the review 

stymied democracy and may 

have put off new candidates, because 

many would have to go up 

against incumbent councillors. 

Tane Apanui: 

Lives in Coastal, 

running for 

Hornby 

“I grew up in Hornby, 

I spent my teenage 

years there, played my sport 

there and started off my working 

life there. My experience is in 

infrastructure and transport. 

Hornby is the gateway of the 

south-west, so I’ve got more to 

offer there than in the suburb I 

am living, which is South New 

Brighton.” 

Peter Laloli: 

Lives in 

Riccarton, 

running for 

Halswell 

“Halswell’s a new 

ward and it’s got rapid growth. 

I’ve been on the community 

board the last 15 years and I 

think the ward needs someone 

with experience. That had a part 

in it [going up against Vicki 

Buck in Riccarton]. She was 

going to be hard to challenge – 

there was an opportunity out in 

Halswell and I’ve been representing 

that area for 15 years.” 

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Red Cafe may get lease 


RED CAFE has been revealed as 

the preferred option by the city 

council for Te Hapua: Halswell 

Centre after a boycott forced out 

a Wellington-based operation. 

The Riccarton-Wigram Community 

Board will consider approving 

a new lease to Xin Ding 

Yi Ltd, the company which owns 

the Red Cafe, at a meeting today. 

Red Cafe currently operates at 

the Upper Riccarton Library and 

South Christchurch Library. 

In June, Western News reported 

that a boycott of Wishbone 

cafe, initiated by the Halswell 

Community Project, had resulted 

in the Wellington-based cafe 

opting to leave. 

The boycott was called because 

the cafe was not a locally-based 

business. 

The city council announced 

in June a new cafe operator 

would be sought after a “mutual 

agreement” was made with the 

Wishbone cafe for it to leave. 

Halswell Community Project’s 

Chrys Horn said she did not 

think it was a boycott that forced 

the cafe out. 

“I just don’t think there were 

enough people who read our 

newsletter and act on it. I think 

the problem was people just 

CHOSEN: The Red Cafe has been revealed as the preferred 

option by council staff to take over from the Wishbone cafe at 

the Te Hapua: Halswell Centre. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

didn’t like what the cafe had to 

offer,” she said. 

Ms Horn said she was happy 

Red Cafe was the preferred option 

because it was local and will 

suit the community better. 

A city council report said Xin 

Ding Yi Ltd provided a “well 

thought out proposal” with a 

high-quality and affordable 

menu and a positive trading 

history. 

Details of the other lease applicants 

were not able to be supplied 

by the city council due to commercial 

sensitivity. 

Red Cafe business manager 

Rome Luo said he did not want 

to comment on the lease until a 

decision had been made. 

•HAVE YOUR SAY: What 

do you think of Red Cafe 

taking over from the Wishbone 

cafe at the Te Hapua: 

Halswell Centre? Email your 

views to georgia.oconnor@ 

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Go-ahead for 

skate park at 

Halswell Domain 


THE controversial location 

of the Halswell Skate and 

Recreation Park was 

rubber-stamped by the city 

council last week. 

The location of the new 

skate park will be in the 

Halswell Domain beside the 

playground. 

A smaller skate park at 

Knights Streams Sports Park 

has also been given the green 

light by the city council. 

The two locations were 

recommended at a Riccarton- 

Wigram Community Board 

extraordinary meeting on July 

27. The city council approved 

that recommendation. 

The city council decided to 

proceed with a skate park at 

Knights Stream Sports Park, 

which will potentially be 

funded from the development 

contributions. 

A workshop was held last 

Sunday at the domain to discuss 

the concept design of the skate 

park with representatives from 

the community including 

the Halswell Domain Action 

Group. 

In July, Western News 

reported the Halswell Domain 

Action Group had presented a 

petition, signed by 570 residents, 

against the skate park to the 

community board. 

James Hight Drive resident 

Brian Bailey, who signed the 

petition, said he would not 

comment on whether other 

opposing residents would take 

further action to fight against 

the installation. 

One petition signed by 

800 residents was in support 

of a skate park in the Halswell 

suburb. The petition was 

presented by Halswell resident 

Brendon Miller to demonstrate 

how much support there was 

in the suburb for a skate 

park. 

Mr Miller said the approval 

was “fantastic news” and 

puts children in the centre of 

Halswell. 

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Your Local Views 

Lone candidate not ideal 

City 

councillor 

Jamie Gough 

writes this 

week’s 

opinion piece 

on being the 

Lone Ranger 

of Fendalton and how the 

system may not encourage 

people to get involved with 

the city council. 

Being the Lone Ranger of Fendalton 

– due to an unopposed 

re-election to the city council – 

is a slightly odd feeling. 

I’m torn with emotion as my 

successful bid for a third term 

was obviously a goal for the year, 

however, I’m disappointed about 

what it says for democracy. 

The new representation model, 

which the city council adopted 

earlier this year, changed the way 

our council is elected – the ward 

sizes were shrunk, so instead 

of multiple councillors elected 

over a wider area, it became a 

winner-take-all system with one 

councillor elected per small area. 

Further to this, more councillors 

were added in total. 

I cannot see how this achieves 

anything positive as it virtually 

ensures incumbents have 

a stranglehold on their small 

patch. 

Dare I say it, but I suspect 

this may have been exactly what 

some people wanted. 

What it will mean for the 

working dynamics is also worrying; 

the system will incentivise 

councillors to loose sight of the 

bigger picture, which is the vital 

ingredient of good governance. 

I come from a private-enterprise 

background and don’t plan 

on being a councillor for life, so 

to be perfectly frank, having a 

cushy re-election road is of no 

interest to me. 

What I actually care about is 

having a system that encourages 

capable people to put their hand 

up, because having quality councillors 

around the table is what’s 

really important. 

This is exactly why I voted 

against the model we now have. 

Having the most conflicted 

people in the world – the councillors 

themselves – effectively 

driving the process which dictates 

their re-employment is a 

complete nonsense. 

Something needs to change 

and I plan on trying to have this 

self-serving model kicked for 

touch. 

HAVE YOUR SAY: Does the 

new system discourage 

people from putting their 

hand up to become city 

councillors? Share your 

views with us. Email andrew. 

king@starmedia.kiwi 

FLAME FILES 

Wild weather havoc 

• By Mark Thomas – Fire Risk 

Management Officer 

JUST WHEN we were getting 

used to warmer days and 

shorter nights on Wednesday we 

got reminded just how winter 

could have been with a polar 

blast sweeping through the city. 

While there was a bit of hail, 

a bit of wind and a lowering of 

temperature before 2pm it was 

from 4.35 pm on wards that 

everything went off for our fire 

crews. 

Between then and 2am the 

next morning we attended 37 

incidents caused by the weather. 

It wasn’t a great night to be 

a tree with 18 of these being 

uprooted right across the city, 

interrupting power and blocking 

roads. 

There were also garden sheds, 

trampolines, a car port, some 

roofs and even a campervan 

near Akaroa blown over or 

away. 

WESTERN NEWS 

A wild night that included 

some impressive rain coming in 

sideways where I live. 

Hopefully, now we’ll cruise 

towards summer with no more 

winter blasts. 

In fact we’ll probably be 

moaning about nor’westers 

soon. 

Which means we need to be 

careful with anything, including 

barbecues, that might start fire. 

Friday a week ago saw fire 

in Bottle Lake Forest which is 

always a concern. 

Normally, we go to deliberately-lit 

fires started by idiots who 

seem to think it a good idea. 

However, this time a loader 

working at the landfill had a fuel 

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Western News readers 

respond to an article on 

a proposed new primary 

school in Halswell 

Carolyn Murphy 

I think it’s fantastic news that 

western Halswell will be getting a 

new primary school. This area of 

Halswell is undergoing exciting 

times post-earthquake, with lots 

of new houses, shops and facilities 

already completed or under 

way. A primary school can surely 

only encourage more young 

families to the area and will be 

a real asset to the community. 

Definitely exciting times ahead 

for this area of the city. 

Gary Knight 

As the gateway to Banks 

Peninsula and beyond, the established 

suburb of Halswell has, 

through a mix of urban/rural 

lifestyles plus botanical beauty 

within parks and reserves, created 

an idyllic situation for many. 

Within this context, an appropriate 

academic protocol is essential. 

Secondary schools neighbouring 

Halswell, ranging from years 7 

to 13 and 9 to 13 status, including 

Cashmere High School (roll 

1914) Hillmorton High School 

(711) Hornby High School (653) 

Christchurch Girls’ High School 

(1107) and Riccarton High 

School (1001) would deem an extra 

secondary school in Halswell 

a retrograde step. In comparison, 

however, is the minimal amount 

of primary schools in this area. 

In close proximity are Oaklands 

School (605) and Halswell School 

(618), with the addition of West 

Spreydon School (275), Addington 

School (244) and Hoon 

Hay School (437). Making the 

proposed $15 million primary 

school for Halswell is a vital and 

positive step. To cater for the 

rapid population growth of this 

suburb projected to rise to between 

34,000 to 40,000 by 2035. 

A Western News reader 

writes about the Halswell 

bus system 

Rose Thorner 

Recently a prospective candidate 

for the local elections 

came to my door to introduce 

herself. She asked my view on 

a local safety matter and took 

notes when I launched into my 

concerns. Within a short distance 

from the Anthony Wilding 

Retirement Village, there are 

two potential traffic hazards. The 

local bus services are excellent, 

they run on time and frequently, 

encouraging us to make use of 

them. The Orange Line runs 

from Halswell along Halswell Rd, 

Lincoln Rd to the Christchurch 

Hospital and into town. On the 

return journey, we take our lives 

in our hands to cross Halswell 

Rd to return home. There is no 

pavement on which to alight and 

we then have to run the gauntlet 

of traffic in both directions at 

80km/h. It is impossible to get 

safely across in rush hour traffic. 

To assist elderly people to get 

home safely, it would be helpful if 

there was a flat surface to alight 

onto and a centre island would 

get us half-way at a time across 

the road when traffic allows. The 

speed limit should be reduced to 

60km/h. The second concern is 

turning right out of the retirement 

village on to Bibiana St. 

The road is narrow and, if a car is 

parked on the far side of Bibiana 

St, we have to drive on the wrong 

side of the road towards the 

roundabout on Aidanfield Drive. 

There is only a short distance 

between the exit from the retirement 

village and the roundabout. 

Cars are prone to race round the 

roundabout and there is a catastrophe 

in the making. The yellow 

lines need to be extended past the 

retirement village exit so drivers 

could drive on the correct side of 

the road. 

Disappearing 

Election Signs 

My name is Catherine 

Chu and I am 

standing at the 2016 

Local Elections 

for the Riccarton 

Community Board. 

I was born in 

Christchurch and 

raised in Riccarton my 

whole life. Even the 

bank where I currently 

work full time as a 

Business Banking 

Manager is also 

located in Riccarton. 

Having spent all my 

childhood, teenage 

years in the Riccarton 

area, I have grown 

emotionally attached 

to this place. 

As I have very strong interest in foreign languages and cultures, I spend a couple of hours 

every week at the University of Canterbury studying Chinese and Japanese during my 

spare time. 

The story about my stolen signs was published in last week’s Western News. My signs 

have continued to be stolen even after last week’s article. Ten had been stolen on the night 

of Saturday, September 3 alone. It is clear that the method of removing of the signs are 

consistent and has been suggested by many others that there is a higher possibility that one 

or two people would be doing this consistently and intentionally. 

Travelling on foot to find sites to put signs up is a struggle, and getting approval to do so is 

another. Putting up one sign takes a lot of time and effort. It took me 2-3 hours every night 

after work to be able to get approval from 2-3 sites. It has been quite overwhelming as I have 

had 30 signs gone missing from 23 sites. 

The New Zealand Police are also looking into this issue. I am also very grateful to have 

supportive family, friends and residents showing interest to this incident. I hope that moving 

forward this does not continue to happen. I would very much appreciate if you could please 

contact me on 021 176 0985 should you find any of my signs. 

On a positive note, I truly appreciate all the support and encouragement I have been 

receiving from the Riccarton residents. I am very grateful to have this opportunity to be able 

to become one step closer to our residents and I look forward to working together with them 

to make sure our voices are heard and make a positive impact to our community. 

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ICELANDIC HORSES, said to 

have been brought to Iceland by 

the Vikings, are increasing in 

number around Canterbury. 

Inga Currey, owner and operator 

of Christchurch Icelandic 

Horse Treks, is using them in her 

business. There are other owners, 

and breeders, of icelandic horses 

around Christchurch, Rangiora, 

Oxford, Waikuku, Ashburton, 

Oamaru and Twizel. 

“The first sort of bigger breeder 

was in Oamaru, the stud was 

called Vindholar Southern Icelandics, 

they were the pioneers 

here. There is a breeder in Ashburton,” 

she said. 

She said three of her clients in 

Christchurch had bought icelandic 

horses, and two of them have 

bred their first foal. 

“For the last two years we have 

TREKKING. A group rides on Spencer Park Beach with Christchurch Icelandic Horse Treks. 

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even had some horses in the 

Christchurch AMP show,” she 

said. 

Mrs Currey, originally from 

just south of Frankfurt, Germany, 

has lived in New Zealand 

since moving here with her Kiwi 

husband in 2000. She has ridden 

icelandic horses since she was 18. 

“They were brought into Iceland 

by the Vikings, over 1000 

years ago. They have been purebred 

there since then. No icelandic 

horse that leaves Iceland can 

ever go back and no other horses 

can be imported either,” she said. 

Her trekking business stems 

from her passion for the breed 

and being conveniently located 

near Spencer Park Beach. 

“I collected horses for the family, 

who then weren’t interested 

… I had the horses and I had 

the location. You couldn’t ride 

icelandic horses anywhere here 

yet, that’s why I had the idea.” 

Mrs Currey said one of her favourite 

traits of icelandic horses 

was “definitely the tölt.” 

“When people experience the 

tölt for the first time, their expressions 

and the things they say 

are lovely to see,” she said. 

The tölt is a unique gait allowing 

the horse to move in a 

similar fashion to walking, but at 

a running speed. This makes for 

a very smooth ride. 

Jennie Boerema, president 

of the Icelandic Horses New 

Zealand association, explained 

riding with a full glass of beer 

has been used to demonstrate 

how smooth the tölt can be. 

“[During] the beer tölt, we 

have a glass of beer in hand and 

we use a wooden plank to ride 

over so you can hear the hoof 

beats. You can just sit still and 

drink your beer while riding. We 

thought that was very conveni- 

FLUFFY: Skjoni, one of Inga 

Currey’s trekking horses, 

displaying a winter coat. 

ent, especially in New Zealand 

where you love your beer,” she 

said. 

Mrs Boerema said icelandic 

horses were well suited to the 

terrain of the south. 

“If you look at the terrain, 

especially of the south, it is very 

easy for the icelandic horse to fit 

in. It’s similar to Iceland,” she 

said. 

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for national schools’ team 

SPORTS 

• By Gordon Findlater 

PERRY KARATI has been 

named in the New Zealand 

Schools’ rugby squad after 

a stand-out season with the 

Burnside High School first XV. 

The hooker was all nerves last 

Monday, hoping for the phone to 

ring and hear that he had been 

named in the squad. 

He knew that those selected in 

the team would be given a call at 

some stage on Monday. 

However, it wasn’t until the 

evening that Karati’s phone rung 

to deliver the good news. 

“It was a long day, (but) when 

I found out I was stoked. I had 

finally made it – one more step towards 

the next goal,” said Karati. 

Karati will now take part in a 

three-day training camp at the 

end of the month in Auckland. 

He is also hopeful of gaining 

a rugby scholarship at Lincoln 

University through the Crusaders 

academy as he looks to push his 

case for provincial and Super 

Rugby in the future. 

The year 13 student is now in 

his fourth year with the Burnside 

first XV and has been one of the 

school’s longest serving players, 

bringing up his 50th cap earlier 

this year. 

Karati’s time at Burnside has 

come with plenty of ups and 

downs. When he first played for 

NATIONAL HONOURS: Burnside hooker Perry Karati will take 

part in a three-day camp with the New Zealand Schools squad in 

Auckland later this month. 

the first XV as a year 10 student, 

they were considered one of the 

easy beats in the UC Championship. 

That has certainly changed in 

recent years. Burnside won the 

championship plate 12 months 

ago and last month advanced to 

the national top four co-ed tournament 

after winning the South 

Island co-ed title by defeating 

South Otago High School 20-14. 

The three-day camp begins on 

September 24. 

The New Zealand Schools’ 

team will play against Australia 

Schools and Fiji Schools in early 

October. 

SOUTH ISLAND CHAMPS: Christchurch Boys’ High School 

have been crowned South Island basketball champions 

after defeating Otago Boys’ High School 92-57 in the grandfinal. 

The South Island schools tournament took place over 

four days at Ashburton’s EA Networks Centre. CBHS faced 

some familiar opposition on their way to the title, defeating 

Cashmere High School 94-75 in the semi-final. Jack Lang 

proved the difference hitting eight three pointers in the 

semi-final victory. The tournament win means that CBHS 

have booked a spot in the national tournament, which will be 

played in Palmerston North at the end of the month. They will 

be joined by Cashmere and Christ’s College. Meanwhile, the 

Rangi Ruru Girls’ School, Middleton Grange and Rangiora High 

School girls’ teams have also qualified for nationals. 

SCIRT programme on 

the home straight 

SCIRT’s five year programme of repairs to pipes, roads, bridges 

and retaining walls is almost complete and we’re aiming to finish 

construction in December. 

The City Council and NZ Transport Agency will continue completing 

ongoing repairs to the city's earthquake-damaged infrastructure 

after SCIRT. 

Progress in your neighbourhood 

• We’re just finishing off repairs to the wastewater network in Upper Riccarton 

and Ilam. 

• Repairs to underground pipes and roading throughout the Hornby area are 

more than halfway through and will be completed in October. 

• Essential wastewater repairs in Aikmans Road in Merivale are progressing well 

and will be completed at the end of the year. 

Your support is helping us to get the job done. Thank you from the SCIRT team. 

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WESTERN NEWS 

highlights 

GOLF 

Burnside High School’s latest National Champions qualified 

to compete in the National Golf Teams Final after winning 

the Canterbury Secondary Schools’ Title in March this 

year. The Nationals were held at the Nelson Golf Club in 

very windy conditions. We had the Best Team Stroke 

Play score and Juliana won the Individual score as well. 

Congratulations! 

Left to right: Juliana Hung, Amelia Garvey, Hiroki Miya, Hayato Miya 

SENIOR PRODUCTION 

Our Senior Production was an adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland. Held over three nights in The Aurora 

Centre the visually stunning production captivated young and old alike. 

RUGBY 

The 1st XV Rugby team won the South Island co-ed final 

against South Otago High School which was played in 

Balclutha. This is the first time the 1st XV have won this 

South Island title. This meant the team qualified for the 

National co-ed finals weekend held at the Sport and Rugby 

Institute in Palmerston North. 

The first game the team played Aorere College - final score 

13-32 to Aorere. The second game was against St Peters 

College - final score 37-10 to St Peters. 

BIG SING 

The Annual New Zealand Choral Federation Big Sing was held in Dunedin over three days in August. Senior Chorale and 

Bel Canto both received Gold Awards. This places both of them within the top five choirs in New Zealand. 

CANTAMATH 

This year’s Cantamath competition was 

held on 24th August at Horncastle Arena. 

Up to fifty teams competed in this annual 

event and what a great night for Burnside 

Maths! We won the Year 9 and Year 10 

award - the first time we have held both 

titles in five years. 

A special mention to the Year 13s who 

have been helping Mrs Risbridger to run 

Year 9 training sessions at lunchtimes all 

year: Hamish Gunasekara, Paddy Cheah, 

Zach Withers and Jess Dunn. Thank you 

and congratulations to both our teams. 

Back row left to right: Felix Backhouse, Andrew 

Cai, Andrew Chen 

Front row left to right: Jonathan Voon, Nini Ose, 

E Wen Wong, Jordan Peters 

Absent: Ricki Lee 

PIANO 

Lixin Zhang won the presitigious bi-annual Wallace Junior 

Piano Competition in Auckland last month. A member of 

the Specialist Music Programme, Lixin also won the Best 

Performance of a Classical Sonata at the same competition 

which is open to all school age students and is considered 

as one of the premier music competitions in New Zealand. 

Burnside High School 

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8540, New Zealand 

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WESTERN NEWS Tuesday September 13 2016 13 

For some of the children gathered at the Debra International conference recently, 

skiing was something they never thought they would be able to do. The conference 

SCHOOLS 

was held for people with a rare skin condition, epidermolysis bullosa, which can mean 

their skin is so fragile it can blister or break when touched. The event drew more than 

100 people from Australia and New Zealand. 

IN THE GARDEN: Oaklands School year 4 pupils Deacon 

Stevens and Lincoln Castles planting potatoes donated by 

gardening company Fiesta Bulbs. 

Pupils sow spuds 

OAKLANDS SCHOOL has been 

busy making the most of spring 

planting their new European 

seed potatoes. 

The school was one of 40 

schools nationwide to receive 

a donation of potatoes from 

gardening company Fiesta Bulbs. 

It comes after a recent partnership 

with the Garden to Table 

project. 

Garden to Table is an educational 

programme designed 

to equip pupils with food and 

gardening skills. 

“We love to see children growing 

their own in the garden, 

especially potatoes, so it made 

perfect sense for us to get on 

board,” Fiesta Bulbs managing 

director John Harrison said. 

Riccarton Primary, St 

Martins School and Diamond 

NEAT: Year 4 pupil Deacon 

Stevens digs deep. 

Harbour School were some of 

the other primary schools in 

the city to benefit from the new 

programme. 

REUNITED: 

Former Villa 

Maria College 

students 

Stella Smith, 

Kerri Mason 

and Holly 

Gilshnan had 

no idea they 

had the rare 

skin condition 

in common 

until they 

met at the 

conference. 

ON THE 

SLOPES: 

Because of 

their delicate 

skin, skiing is 

something 

children with 

EB are not 

usually able to 

do. But Lucas, 

Monique and 

Angie De Ville 

of Darfield 

were able to 

experience 

the snow 

at Mt Hutt 

during the 

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WESTERN NEWS 

Volunteer work at home and abroad 

Chris Allan started the 

Joshua Foundation 11 

years ago, which helps 

troubled youth in the 

city. He spoke to Caitlin 

Miles about how the army 

saved him from a bad 

path, serving in Sierra 

Leone and throwing 

people out of planes. 

FOCUSED: Chris and Pamela Allan. Their children Joshua, Rachel and Becky all inherited his adrenalin gene, getting ready to 

zipline while in Vanuatu, Chris is on the right. 

Chris can you tell me a bit 

about the Joshua Foundation? 

Well, it started with the aim to 

help troubled and at-risk youth. 

Now it is about helping all young 

people, getting them integrated 

into and working with their local 

community better. We do a lot 

of work with youth in Linwood 

and Aranui, but our work is 

expanding. We want to create 

projects that could be accessible 

to everyone. 

You said we, who does that 

include? 

My wife Pamela and I set it up. 

Why did you decide to set up 

the project? 

We wanted to give kids a 

chance, show them that they can 

be heading down a bad track and 

turn them around and get them 

focused on making positive steps 

in their own life and in their 

communities so they can give 

back to them. Once you change 

one person in a family, that will 

have a run-on effect when they 

have a family and that will continue 

down the line. That’s what 

we want to do. Keep supporting 

and pointing young people in a 

positive direction for their lives. 

Where did the name Joshua 

come from? 

We wanted to get a name sorted 

very early on and my wife and 

I were both trying to come up 

with ideas. As a Christian-based 

organisation we were thinking 

of biblical names. We decided 

to go into separate rooms and 

not come out until we had it. 

But then we both walked out 

of the rooms at the same time 

and thought of the same person. 

Joshua. He was hard working 

and had strong determination 

and they are key values we want 

to install in other young people. 

Did your time in the army 

contribute to your idea? 

It’s fair to say I was one of those 

kids that I now teach. I was not 

in a good way, I had left school 

at 15 and was starting to get into 

some bad things. Then I joined 

the army and those guys basically 

became my second family. They 

really helped to pull me out of 

that place and gave me purpose 

VOLUNTEERING: 

Pamela and Chris 

took their children 

to volunteer to 

work with villages 

and children in 

Mele-Mart Village, 

Port Vila Efate, in 

Vanuatu. 

and that kind of thing. They have 

definitely had an influence on me 

and my life and that’s what I hope 

to do for these other kids. 

What was your time in the 

army like? 

Like I said they are like my 

second family. I also became a 

jump master in the army so it 

was my job was to throw people 

out of C130 planes. I skydived for 

25 years and it was really great. I 

was a bit of an adrenalin junkie. 

You spent time working in 

Sierra Leone with the army, 

what was that like? 

It was horrendous. It was just 

after the Civil War in 1993 so it 

was a really unstable time over 

there. It encouraged me to do 

more work in other areas. 

You have also done volunteer 

work in Vanuatu, can you tell 

me about that? 

We bought a property over 

there when I was a training sergeant. 

Just loved the people and 

the place. We wanted to serve 

the villages with the kids in it. 

We wanted to take our kids there 

and show them how other people 

have to live and show that we can 

help them, so we went to some 

villages and volunteered with 

the people, we took over clothes 

and supplies and things they 

need. I think it really changed 

their perspective on things. Now 

we might go shopping and my 

kids will point out things that we 

could send to Vanuatu. They say: 

‘Dad how about we take that over 

next time.’ It’s really great to see 

them take notice. We just want 

to install a passion in them to 

help other people. 

Is volunteering over there 

something you hope to bring 

to your programmes with the 

Joshua Foundation? 

It is, it’s something we are 

currently working on actually. 

We have partnered up with the 

Student Volunteer Army to do 

volunteer work in Vanuatu. Then 

we plan to open that to kids 

across Canterbury. They would 

need to fund themselves, but the 

plan is to go over for 14 days and 

help and live in villages so they 

can understand what life is like 

and why it is important to help 

out these people. They really appreciate 

the work that people do 

to help and that’s why we do it. 

Talking about funding how 

do you manage? 

We are non-Government 

funded and do it all ourselves. 

We decided it was worth taking a 

risk and setting it up because we 

felt so strongly about it so we got 

the money ourselves and started. 

We’re the same now, we don’t 

like to ask people for money. We 

know that people make contributions 

to other places and have a 

lot on their plate already. 

What have been some of the 

stand out moments from the 

organisation? 

That’s a hard one to answer. 

There have been so many over 

the years to be honest it’s hard 

to pull out a few. There were two 

sisters though who we worked 

with, they have actually just got 

scholarships for university. One 

of the girls has received a scholarship 

for Canterbury University 

and the other for Otago, so it’s 

moments like that that have been 

really cool. I don’t want this to 

sound bad but I think after a 

while you get desensitised to it. 

So you still work as well? 

Yes, I’m the Officer Commanding 

Canterbury Company 

for the 2/4 RNZIR (Royal New 

Zealand Infantry Regiment). 

Do you get any spare time? 

Not really. But I don’t mind. 

My version of downtime is getting 

to sit with mates, couple of 

beers and watch the rugby. 

You’re a Canterbury supporter 

right? 

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WESTERN NEWS 

In the business of lending 

• By Annabelle Dick 

IN ANOTHER life, Mary 

Outram could have been a 

librarian. 

In some ways she is but in the 

fashion sense. 

The 24-year-old Riccarton 

woman has carved a niche not 

by selling designer clothing – but 

by lending it out. 

She established a business 

called Borrowed by Mary, which 

allows other young fashionistas 

to wear her designer-label clothing. 

Her business has gained 

thousands of followers on social 

media. 

Miss Outram lends out more 

than 50 pieces of clothing, in 

sizes six to 14, which are usually 

worth several hundred dollars 

each. 

She has spent years building 

up her wardrobe and saw the 

opportunity to help others who 

want to wear designer clothing 

without the price tag. 

“For me, when I was younger 

you’d have to fork out money 

to buy a beautiful item that you 

were going to wear to a 21st or a 

special occasion, but often you 

can’t afford it,” she said. 

“Just because you don’t have all 

the money in the world doesn’t 

mean you can’t wear these $300, 

$400 and $500 items,” she said. 

She stocks all sorts of dresses, 

skirts and playsuits in brands 

from Sass & Bide to Shona Joy, 

Alice McCall and Camilla. 

Miss Outram began the business 

venture when she launched 

her website in April after leaving 

her retail job. 

She started the business herself 

and was responsible for everything 

from creating the website 

to gaining a social media following 

and modelling garments. 

Miss Outram also works in 

PR and marketing and runs 

her business from home where 

women can try on garments 

before renting them out. 

“Renting has been a popular 

concept for a while. It’s been 

done over in Australia and 

there’s some people here in New 

Zealand, but when I started, 

there wasn’t anyone big in 

Christchurch so I saw a gap in 

the market,” she said. 

Miss Outram started off as a 

fashion blogger in 2014, where 

she gained a number of dedicated 

followers. 

BORROWED: Mary Outram 

(left) stocks designer clothing 

to lend out for a small fee to 

people like Isabella Stone 

(below) for special events. 

She believes Borrowed by 

Mary’s success comes down to 

her investment in her fashion 

blog and her marketing background. 

“I think my difference is that 

I’ve had this blog and I have a 

sense of style. I think I know 

what looks good and I’m smart 

about who I’m buying for,” Miss 

Outram said. 

With Borrowed by Mary’s 

popularity soaring, Miss Outram 

plans to keep growing her 

stock. 

She also intends to start her 

own PR agency. 

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by 5pm each Wednesday 

Knit ‘n’ Stitch 

Tuesday, September 13, 1-2pm 

Pop along with your crochet, 

knitting, mending, card-making, 

tapestry, or anything you like 

that’s portable and crafty. If you 

fancy learning, there will be 

people who can help. 

Upper Riccarton Library, 71 

Main South Rd 

UR Club 

Tuesday, September 13, 3.30- 

4.30pm 

Go along and join the fun at 

the library’s after school club. 

Open to all school-aged children, 

there will be stories, crafts, 

games and more. 


Main South Rd 

Roald Dahl 100th birthday 

celebration 


7.15pm 

Get along to the library for 

some “after dark” delights to celebrate 

Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday. 

Don’t forget to wear your 

pyjamas. The session is suitable 

for children aged between four 

and seven. A caregiver is required. 

Fendalton Library, cnr of Clyde 

and Jefferys Rds 

Musical Instrument Practice 


7pm 

Book a time to go solo or have 

a silent practice with up to four 

band-mates. There will be electronic 

drums, a digital piano, 

a Roland session mixer, mics 

and headphones available for 

budding musicians. You can also 

take in your own electric instruments 

and plug into the session 

mixer. 

Te Hapua Halswell Centre, 341 

Halswell Rd 

Baby times 

Wednesday, September 14, 11- 

11.30am 

During each session, the 

library will share a variety of stories, 

songs, rhymes, finger-plays 

and other book-related activities. 

The programmes are especially 

suitable for under two-year-olds. 

Te Hāpua Halswell Centre, 341 

Halswell Rd 

Scrabble Club 

Wednesday, September 14, 

1.30-3.30pm 

Go along to the scrabble club. 

No obligation, just go along 

when you can and join the 

friendly group. Some boards 

provided, but feel free to bring 

your own. 


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held at Halswell Quarry Park, Kennedys Bush Rd on Saturday, September 24 from 10am-noon. 

New Zealand Chinese Language 

Week 

Wednesday, September 14, 3.30- 

4.30pm 

Learn how to make your own 

Chinese dragon. Dragons start 

out really small, then they grow 

really long. You can make them 

as colourful as you want in celebration 

of New Zealand Chinese 

Language Week from September 

12-18. 


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Rummikub 

Thursday, September 15, 1.30- 

3pm 

Go along to the library and 

play Rummikub – an exciting, 

interactive strategy game suited 

for all ages. 



Learn to play Mahjong 

Friday, September 16, 2-4pm 

Go along to the library and 

learn to play mahjong – a game 

that will stimulate your brain and 

keep you on your toes. 



Card Making Class 

Friday, September 16, 9-10am 

Go and learn how to make 

beautiful handcrafted cards. The 

cost for your first class is $5 and 

you’ll make two to three cards, 

depending on how long it takes 

you to put things together. Your 

classes after that are free. 


Main South Rd 

Handy Dandy Craft Group 

Saturday, September 17, 1-3pm 

Go along to the sitting room in 

the library for a relaxing ‘crafternoon’.Take 

along your knitting, 

crochet, stitching or any other 

handcraft and enjoy the company 

of others. Share skills and be 

inspired in a friendly, relaxing 

environment. Don’t forget to 

bring your library card to borrow 

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WESTERN NEWS 

Getting to the root of Canterbury 

By the time an average 

Canterbury child turns 

five, they will have 

had at least one tooth 

decayed, extracted 

or filled. Gabrielle 

Stuart looked into the 

problem, and the work 

local groups are doing 

to turn it around 

FOUR-YEAR-OLD Leah 

Gibbons is proud of her sparkly 

white teeth. 

Some of her peers are not so 

lucky. 

One in every three children in 

Christchurch will have problems 

with their teeth before they start 

school – a filling needed, or even 

rotten teeth removed. 

In the worst cases local dentists 

have seen, pre-schoolers 

have had to have all their teeth 

removed. 

Some pre-schoolers are already 

so self-conscious about their 

teeth, they are afraid to smile. 

Fizzy and sugary drinks – now 

often cheaper than buying water 

– take a share of the blame, as 

do a lack of regular brushing 

SMILES: Four-year-old Walnut Tree Preschool children Ayla Kittelty, Tyson Taukiri and Leah 

Gibbons have been to their dental check-ups – but many of their peers have missed out. 

PHOTO: MARTIN HUNTER 

or missed dental appointments 

which could have caught problems 

early. 

But missing appointments did 

not mean someone was a bad 

parent, CDHB community and 

public health advisory committee 

member Rochelle Faimalo 

said. 

“A lot of the hubs are open 

during school hours, which 

makes it very hard for working 

parents,” she said. 

As a busy parent, it was easy to 

lose track of when children were 

due for check-ups, she said. 

Part of the problem is families 

falling through the cracks in the 

dental system. 

Pre-schoolers are supposed to 

have free dental check-ups each 

year, when they are two, three 

and four, and then when they 

start school. 

BY THE NUMBERS: 

•One in every three 

Canterbury children will 

have problems with their 

teeth, from cavities to 

extractions, by the time 

they start school 

•The average Canterbury 

pre-schooler will have 

problems with one tooth, 

a Māori child two teeth, 

and a Pasifika child three 

•One in every six preschoolers 

had their dental 

enrolments cancelled 

because their family 

could not be contacted – 

1184 children in total. 

•The CDHB aims to 

have 95 per cent of 

preschoolers enrolled in 

dental services. Last year 

just 61 per cent were, a 

drop from 69 per cent in 

2014 

Under the current system, 

families are called three times 

within the space of a month to 

remind them of a check-up. 

But if they don’t respond or 

can’t be reached within that 

time, they are cut from the 

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children’s tooth decay 

Then unless the family approaches 

a dentist, the child may 

completely miss out on check-ups 

until they start school. 

In Canterbury, one in every 

six pre-schoolers had their enrolment 

in the programme 

cancelled. 

That was even worse for Māori 

or Pasifika children. 

One in every four pre-schoolers 

who identified as Māori had their 

enrolment cancelled, and almost 

half of Pasifika children. 

CDHB health board member 

Jo Kane said the numbers showed 

the system had been “an epic fail 

in many areas”. 

“This model has been around 

for a long time, and I think it is 

time now to ask has it made a difference?” 

she said. 

The children’s enrolments are 

being cancelled even though 

other departments within the 

CDHB often have up-to-date 

contact information for those 

families. 

Planning and funding project 

specialist Bridget Lester said 

they were not allowed to share it 

between departments, because of 

privacy laws. 

That could change next year, 

Oral health concerns for 

Maori and Pasifika children 

IF THE dental problems for 

the average child are bad, the 

problem for Māori and Pasifika 

children are dire. 

The average Māori five-yearold 

will have had problems 

with at least two teeth, and the 

average Pasifika child three. 

That compares with one 

tooth, on average, for children 

of other ethnicities. 

Dallas Hibbs, chief executive 

as a new “opt out” system is 

rolled out. 

Under the new system, families 

will register their children at 

birth with a range of health 

providers, and give permission to 

have their contact 

information 

shared within the 

services, unless 

they opt out. 

Community 

Dental Service 

clinical director 

Martin Lee (above) said it could 

make a big difference. 

“I would be very disappointed 

of community health provider 

He Waka Tapu, supported the 

idea of an opt-out system. 

He said that needed to start 

when children enrolled in early 

childhood education. 

“Given the ongoing costs to 

the health system of poor oral 

health, and the personal costs 

to individuals with poor oral 

health – the status quo should 

not be option,” he said. 

if we did not see significant 

changes within two years,” he 

said. 

But it will only catch children 

born or signed up after it is rolled 

out. 

In the meantime, hundreds of 

children could still miss out. 

Fluoridation has also been 

raised as an option to try to 

improve pre-schoolers’ teeth. 

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give district health boards rather 

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Gardening 

WESTERN NEWS 

Quick and easy 

to grow endive 

Gazania likes the heat 

• By Tod Palenski 

IF YOU’RE looking to add 

some spark to your garden this 

summer, look no further than 

gazania. 

This flame-like plant produces 

incredibly striking orange, yellow, 

cream and red flowers and 

loves hot, dry, sunny and even 

windy growing conditions. 

For a perfect planting buddy, 

partner it with livingstone 

daisies. These bright coloured 

plants thrive in the same conditions 

as gazania. Because of 

this, both plants are great for 

mass planting on dry slopes, 

bedding, ground cover, edging 

and in pots. 

And for the same reasons, 

gazania and livingstone daises 

are both perfect to plant now as 

the weather warms up. They’re 

especially good to grow if you 

plan on being out and about 

or away a bit over the warmer 

months – once planted, they 

require little to no care. 

Grab your gazania and livingstone 

daisy plants 

Make sure the area you 

choose to plant in is welldrained, 

rather than hard and 

wet. Dig a hole and pop a seedling 

in. Plant them quite close 

together – about 200mm apart – 

as they don’t tend to spread far 

when they grow. 

In around six to eight weeks 

your garden should have some 

extra spark of summer colour. 

• By Tod Palenski 

SPRING HAS arrived, which 

means salad season is just around 

the corner. And there’s nothing 

like picking fresh salad ingredients 

straight out of your garden. 

I’ve talked a lot about the 

different salad plants (typically 

lettuces) – iceberg, baby cos, 

red, triumph, just to name a few. 

But for some reason I’ve never 

mentioned endive in one of these 

articles. And I’m not really sure 

why. 

Endive is a great addition to 

any salad. I like to partner its fine 

curled, mid-green leaves with 

rocket. 

To my mind, endive is a bit bitter 

and rocket is a little peppery, 

together they’re a great combo. 

What’s equally important, and 

another reason why I’m surprised 

I haven’t mentioned endive in 

the past, is it’s so easy and quick 

to grow. Unlike most lettuces, it 

doesn’t need to create a heart in 

the centre so it’s very quick to 

produce. Simply pick the leaves 

off as you need them. 

To plant, look for a welldrained 

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WESTERN [Edition NEWS datE] 

Tuesday September 13 2016 21 

HEALTH & BEAUTY 

Joint pain: Do I have arthritis or 

could it be mainly my muscles? 

The team at Physical sense in sydenham sees clients with a range 

of symptoms but many of their middle-aged and senior clients 

visit complaining of pain in one of their joints. 

PhysiotheraPist ietje van 

stolk suggests that a major part of the 

pain could be due to muscle pain rather 

than simply arthritis. “even if an x-ray 

shows arthritis, the reason for the pain 

may be the muscles around the joint,” 

she explains. The images show how 

a muscle knot (the crosses) in a back 

muscle can give hip pain (aches and pain 

are the red areas in the drawings), a knot 

in a muscle on the back of the shoulder 

blade can give a deep pain in the front 

of the shoulder and a muscle knot all the 

way near the groin can give an ache in 

the knee (especially at night in bed). 

ietje recalls one case where an 89 

year old client with severe arthritis who 

walked with a stick, told her, “i will 

end up in a wheelchair, i cannot put 

any weight through my right leg due to 

pain in my hip and buttock”. “Within 

4 treatments, she was walking with 

her stick but without the severe pain,” 

says ietje. “The arthritis was one of the 

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in when we sit is particularly bad for 

the hip.” ietje is happy with the fact that 

although the client was 89 and could 

have been “given up on” or told to live 

with the pain, she made a difference to 

her health and wellbeing. 

The same lack of movement can 

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at Physical sense, hands-on 

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joint, strengthen the important core 

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and balance. They teach a movement 

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THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX | 110 MARSHLAND RD 

www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132

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Western News: September 13, 2016

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