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TUESDAY JANUARY <strong>10</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 379 7<strong>10</strong>0<br />

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• By Gordon Findlater<br />

TOBY GILLOOLY is the latest<br />

Canterbury basketballer to<br />

secure a United States college<br />

scholarship after a standout<br />

secondary school spell with<br />

Burnside High School.<br />

In 2016, Gillooly averaged 14<br />

points, nine rebounds and three<br />

assists per game, while shooting<br />

57 per cent from the field for<br />

his school. The 18-year-old will<br />

head to New Mexico Highlands<br />

University next week to begin a<br />

four-year scholarship.<br />

Gillooly made the decision to<br />

join the university after visiting<br />

New Mexico late last year.<br />

“The coach was it for me, he<br />

seemed like a really enthusiastic<br />

and smart coach. I really like<br />

where the basketball programme<br />

is heading and I feel like I’ll be<br />

able to fit in well straight away,”<br />

said Gillooly.<br />

The 193cm guard is the second<br />

Christchurch basketballer in<br />

a week to announce he has a<br />

college scholarship.<br />

Last week, Christchurch Boys’<br />

High School’s Quinn Clinton<br />

revealed he will play for the<br />

University of New Mexico.<br />

Clinton was the standout<br />

player in last year’s local<br />

secondary school competition,<br />

with many viewing Gillooly as<br />

the competition’s second most<br />

COURT STAR: Former Burnside High School student Toby Gillooly has secured a four-year<br />

basketball scholarship at New Mexico Highlands University.<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />

valuable player.<br />

Only 90 minutes on the road<br />

will separate the two, with<br />

Gillooly based in Las Vegas,<br />

New Mexico, and Clinton in<br />

Albuquerque, New Mexico.<br />

“We’re really good mates off<br />

the court. We will actually play<br />

each other in pre-season and<br />

it will be really cool having<br />

(Clinton) just down the road,”<br />

Gillooly said.<br />

He has been part of the<br />

Mainland Eagles Academy for<br />

the past two years and played<br />

for the Canterbury Rams under<br />

coach Mark Dickel in 2016.<br />

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About 24,000 vehicles use the<br />

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A New Zealand Transport<br />

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were 19 injury crashes at the<br />

intersection of Main South Rd<br />

and Barters Rd between 2011 and<br />

2015.<br />

The project, led by NZTA, is<br />

intended to ease congestion in the<br />

Hornby business area in response<br />

to increased traffic from the business<br />

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Waterloo Business Park assistant<br />

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Joel Webber said it is expected<br />

between 3000 and 5000 people<br />

will be working at the park when<br />

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The project is expected to take<br />

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<strong>News</strong>....................................3-18<br />

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Today, we reveal another of our<br />

top young basketballers is off to<br />

the United States on a scholarship<br />

(see page 1).<br />

Former Burnside High School’s<br />

Toby Gillooly heads to New<br />

Mexico Highlands University on<br />

Sunday on what he – and we –<br />

hope will be the start of a fantastic<br />

career on the basketball court.<br />

Another Steven Adams? Let’s<br />

hope so.<br />

Not long to go for the big concert<br />

in Lincoln – Selwyn Sounds.<br />

Today we profile Annie Crummer<br />

(page 4) who will perform<br />

with her old mates Debbie<br />

Harwood, Margaret Urlich and<br />

Sharon O’Neill in what promises<br />

to be an amazing day of music<br />

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WESTERN NEWS Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 3<br />

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

Retired coroner gets new year honour<br />

• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />

TWENTY-ONE YEARS of<br />

investigating deaths has led to<br />

retired coroner Richard McElrea<br />

being recognised on the New<br />

Year Honours List.<br />

Mr McElrea, 72, of Fendalton,<br />

who was instrumental in<br />

establishing the Coroners’<br />

Council in 1998, was awarded<br />

the Companion of the Queen’s<br />

Service Order.<br />

He said it was a privilege to<br />

work as a coroner, and he was<br />

lucky enough to have worked in<br />

both the old and the new coroner<br />

system which was established in<br />

2007.<br />

Born in Dunedin, Mr McElrea<br />

attended Otago Boys’ High<br />

School before going on to gain<br />

a Bachelor of Arts at Otago<br />

University and a law degree at<br />

Canterbury University.<br />

He became a partner at law<br />

firm Duncan Cotterill in 1970<br />

before being appointed a coroner<br />

for the Canterbury region in<br />

1994.<br />

“It wasn’t something I always<br />

thought I would go into but it is<br />

just an opportunity that arose<br />

and I have had the privilege of<br />

having two careers in the law,”<br />

he said.<br />

In 1998, Mr McElrea helped<br />

HONOURED: Richard McElrea has been recognised in the New<br />

Year Honours List for his work as a coroner and the work he<br />

did to preserve the original explorer bases in Antarctica.<br />

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />

found and chaired the Coroners’<br />

Council which, he said, was an<br />

important part of the coroner<br />

support system.<br />

“We started having meetings<br />

. . . we worked together to try<br />

and bring about change which<br />

would mean more resources for<br />

corners and that all occurred,”<br />

he said.<br />

After the establishment, the<br />

council began liaising with the<br />

Ministry of Justice and other<br />

coroners from overseas, setting<br />

up a best practice.<br />

As well as his services as a<br />

coroner, Mr McElrea was recognised<br />

for his former role as chair<br />

of the Antarctic Heritage Trust,<br />

which is responsible for the care<br />

of the original explorer bases in<br />

the Ross Dependency region of<br />

the Antarctica.<br />

Before he became a lawyer,<br />

he worked as a New Zealand<br />

Antarctic volunteer in the<br />

1970s.<br />

He continued his interest by<br />

interviewing survivors from<br />

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton’s<br />

Trans-Antarctica expedition of<br />

1914-1917 and co-authored a<br />

book Polar Castaways.<br />

In the mid-1980s as president<br />

of the New Zealand Antarctic<br />

Society, he became involved in<br />

the formation of the Antarctic<br />

Heritage Trust which ensures<br />

EXPLORER:<br />

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Cape Royds,<br />

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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

WESTERN NEWS<br />

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

Crummer looking forward to reunion<br />

Annie Crummer found<br />

fame with hits such as<br />

Language and See What<br />

Love Can Do. She spoke<br />

to Tom Doudney about<br />

working on new material<br />

and seeing dyslexia<br />

as a blessing, ahead<br />

of her performance<br />

with Debbie Harwood,<br />

Margaret Urlich and<br />

Sharon O’Neill at<br />

Lincoln’s Selwyn Sounds<br />

concert in March<br />

IT HAS been a long time since<br />

we’ve heard anything new from<br />

Annie Crummer but the singer<br />

is hopeful her fans won’t have to<br />

wait too much longer.<br />

Crummer hasn’t released a full<br />

album of original material since<br />

1996’s Seventh Wave. Since then<br />

fans have had to make do with<br />

a best of collection in 2002 and<br />

three songs released in 20<strong>10</strong> as<br />

singles only.<br />

While she is reluctant to talk<br />

about release dates, she has been<br />

working on songs for an album<br />

which has a working title of Project<br />

Annie C.<br />

“I have got a bunch of songs<br />

that I am dying to get out of the<br />

demo situation and get into the<br />

studio and smash that stuff out,<br />

I’m the only one stopping me,”<br />

she said.<br />

“I’ve got a lot more to say musically,<br />

I will just have to get over<br />

myself and get on with it.”<br />

Crummer said that while she<br />

was known more as a singer than<br />

a songwriter, she had become<br />

more confident dabbling in song<br />

writing.<br />

“Melodies come really good to<br />

me but the way I write lyrics is<br />

quite odd because I am fully dyslexic<br />

so the way I explain things,<br />

I don’t think it’s the same as a<br />

non-dyslexic song writer.”<br />

Crummer only discovered she<br />

was dyslexic well into her adult<br />

years but the revelation came as a<br />

big relief.<br />

“When I look back I think: ‘Oh,<br />

I have been blessed with dyslexia,<br />

that’s all.’ I just learn things differently,”<br />

she said.<br />

“I forgave myself for feeling<br />

so dumb all these years because<br />

I left school really early and<br />

now when I look back at all the<br />

subjects I took it had nothing to<br />

do with anything technical, it all<br />

had to do with creative stuff.”<br />

Those subjects included<br />

classes on art, Maori culture and,<br />

perhaps surprisingly, typing –<br />

because she could just copy the<br />

patterns without thinking about<br />

the words.<br />

That ability to recognise patterns<br />

helped her land a leading<br />

role in the Australian version of<br />

Ben Elton’s hit musical-theatre<br />

production We Will Rock You,<br />

based on the songs of British rock<br />

band Queen, in 2003. To get the<br />

part of Killer Queen, Crummer<br />

had to audition in front of Queen<br />

guitarist Brian May and drummer<br />

Roger Taylor.<br />

“I had to learn the English phonetically<br />

and that is actually how<br />

I learn music too, I listen to where<br />

heart is needed and where anger is<br />

needed and all the emotions, I just<br />

SONGSTRESS: Annie<br />

Crummer has been working<br />

on material for her first album<br />

of original material in two<br />

decades.<br />

emulate those inflections without<br />

really knowing what I am talking<br />

about, but I have just fooled everyone,”<br />

she said.<br />

“I can’t believe I got that role, if<br />

only they knew how I did it. But<br />

it did catch up on me a couple of<br />

times on stage where I’d fumble<br />

BEST OF FRIENDS: From left, Margaret Urlich, Debbie Harwood<br />

and Crummer will perform together at Selwyn Sounds, along<br />

with Sharon O’Neill (not pictured).<br />

over a word because I didn’t fully<br />

understand it and I had to dig my<br />

way out of it, live.”<br />

She said that while the way<br />

dyslexic people figured things out<br />

might be different, the outcome<br />

could be incredible.<br />

Crummer, who lives in<br />

Auckland, said she loved that<br />

performing enabled her to travel.<br />

She always looked forward to<br />

playing with Harwood, Urlich<br />

and O’Neill, sometimes joined<br />

by Shona Laing, with the singers<br />

typically doing about three or<br />

four shows together a year.<br />

She was looking forward to<br />

reuniting with them for Selwyn<br />

Sounds.<br />

“I’m a huge fan of theirs and we<br />

have the utmost respect for each<br />

other so it’s a joy all round, a real<br />

buzz.”<br />

The concert will also feature<br />

Kiwi rock heavyweights Mi-Sex,<br />

Dragon, The Jordan Luck Band<br />

and Jason Kerrison.<br />

When she was not performing<br />

with Harwood and co or<br />

going solo, she often joined her<br />

father’s band, Will Crummer<br />

and the Rarotongans, playing<br />

songs which mostly sung in Cook<br />

Island Maori. Crummer took a<br />

more low key role in the band,<br />

playing the pahu and putting in<br />

some occasional backing vocals.<br />

She didn’t mind stepping back<br />

from the spotlight and credited<br />

her father with setting her on the<br />

path to stardom.<br />

“He gave me the gift of music,”<br />

she said.<br />

“I do count my blessings, that’s<br />

a daily ritual for me, the fact that<br />

I can do music and have never<br />

had a job.”<br />

•Selwyn Sounds will be held<br />

on March 4, from 11.30am-<br />

8.30pm. Tickets can be<br />

purchased via Ticketek and<br />

buyers will be able to prepurchase<br />

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and Lincoln Domain.


WESTERN NEWS Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 5<br />

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

While the summer holiday weather has<br />

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Mahy Family Playground has still been<br />

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Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

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

Missing war<br />

medals still<br />

a mystery<br />

• By Andrew King<br />

WELL-KNOWN rugby league<br />

identity Bill Whitehead’s war<br />

medals are still missing in action.<br />

Mr Whitehead, of Bishopdale,<br />

approached Star Media about 12<br />

months ago to try and locate his<br />

Queen’s Service Medal and Defence<br />

Service Medal.<br />

But he is yet to hear anything<br />

about them. He gave them to a<br />

friend, but cannot remember who.<br />

They had planned to combine the<br />

medals together.<br />

The friend noticed the medals<br />

sitting on the top of Mr Whitehead’s<br />

cabinet, and said they knew “a place<br />

that could connect those together.”<br />

“I can’t for the life of me remember<br />

who it was,” Mr Whitehead said.<br />

He said he wanted to hand them<br />

on to his “heirs” and is asking<br />

anyone who may know something<br />

about the medals to get in contact.<br />

War historian Alan Polaschek<br />

said he does most of the work<br />

on medals in Canterbury, but had<br />

not seen Mr Whitehead’s medals.<br />

His QSM was presented in 1987<br />

and he was awarded his DSM for his<br />

army service from 1950-1952.<br />

If you can help Mr Whitehead<br />

recover his medals, email andrew.<br />

king@starmedia.kiwi<br />

Basketballer headed<br />

for new heights in US<br />

•From page 1<br />

“(Gillooly) has earned this<br />

opportunity. His new coach<br />

Craig Snow is getting a player<br />

who can play right away. Toby is<br />

a winner,” said Dickel.<br />

New Mexico Highlands<br />

University competes in the<br />

NCAA Rocky Mountain<br />

Athletic Conference.<br />

Last season, they finished<br />

with a 12-8 record in the<br />

conference and a 14-14 record<br />

overall.<br />

A number of current Australian<br />

National Basketball League<br />

players have competed in the<br />

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference,<br />

including Mark Worthington,<br />

David Barlow, Jesse<br />

Wagstaff, Mitch McCarron and<br />

Nicholas Kay.<br />

Gillooly leaves for New<br />

Mexico on Sunday.<br />

RISING HIGH: Toby Gillooly<br />

(left) played for Canterbury<br />

in the under-19 national<br />

basketball championships<br />

last year.<br />

WESTERN NEWS<br />

Coupland’s Bakeries managing director<br />

Lance Coupland presented the keys to a<br />

new Volkswagen Polo to Louisa Sinclair,<br />

the winner of a Coupland’s competition.<br />

While Mrs Sinclair, 34, described the win<br />

as an “amazing Christmas present,” she will<br />

be trading in the car valued at $25,000 to<br />

support a trip to her homeland, Northern<br />

Ireland, next April. Living in Dunedin for the<br />

past seven years, Mrs Sinclair, her husband<br />

and two daughters will travel to Bangor<br />

for the first time since she moved to New<br />

Zealand. Mrs Sinclair won the competition<br />

through Coupland’s Bakeries at Andersons<br />

Bay, South Dunedin. She said the bakery is<br />

a regular stop for milk and thick sliced white<br />

bread, while her favourite bakery item are<br />

the citrus truffles.<br />

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Sprintcars set to tear up Ruapuna<br />

• By Allan Batt<br />

THE PITS will be bursting at<br />

the seams this weekend when<br />

the Racecourse Hotel and Motor<br />

Lodge Ruapuna Speedway host<br />

the 47th New Zealand Sprintcar<br />

Championship.<br />

With 35 entries, this will be<br />

the biggest turn out of the V8-<br />

powered sprintcars at any event<br />

in the South Island.<br />

Hopes are high for a good<br />

showing by the local drivers who<br />

are now more used to racing<br />

longer distance events and bigger<br />

fields than in the past.<br />

Christchurch hopes will probably<br />

rest on the shoulders of<br />

sprintcar rookie, Luke Keegan,<br />

who is currently leading the<br />

prestigious War of the Wings<br />

Series which is contested at numerous<br />

South Island tracks.<br />

Keegan is a three-time winner<br />

of the national modified championship<br />

and he has looked fast<br />

and smooth this summer.<br />

Other Christchurch-contracted<br />

drivers expected to feature<br />

include the current New Zealand<br />

Sprintcar Grand Prix title-holder<br />

Matt Honeywell, veteran Ray<br />

Baughan, Shaun Ashton, Jackson<br />

Lovelady and Ben Gilmore.<br />

There will also be strong support<br />

for the event from Cromwell<br />

and Nelson drivers, including<br />

previous South Island champion<br />

Jason Scott and former national<br />

champion Jamie Duff who contracts<br />

to the southern track.<br />

The format will see a host<br />

of sprintcar races on the programme<br />

with the entry list split<br />

into six groups. The groups will<br />

race each other once, with the<br />

top 16 point scorers going to the<br />

25 lap final. An additional four<br />

drivers will qualify for the final<br />

through a last chance race.<br />

American Jonathan Allard, of<br />

Chico, California, will defend<br />

his title and will be keen to make<br />

up for his last appearance in<br />

Christchurch, when a crash in<br />

his last heat race caused damage<br />

that saw his engine overheat<br />

when he was in a strong position<br />

during the championship race.<br />

Top Auckland drivers Dean<br />

Brindle, Jamie Larsen, Jamie<br />

McDonald and Daniel Eggleton<br />

are all well-known to Ruapuna<br />

regulars and know the track<br />

well, while another Aucklandcontracted<br />

driver, Matthew<br />

Leversedge, will make his first<br />

appearance of the season in his<br />

home town after campaigning<br />

at <strong>Western</strong> Springs this summer.<br />

Leversedge is currently studying<br />

in Auckland and has registered<br />

some good results at North<br />

Island events.<br />

Other prominent entries from<br />

the far side of the Cook Strait<br />

SPORTS<br />

HIGH SPEED:<br />

Christchurch’s Ben<br />

Gilmore held the inside<br />

running from hard<br />

charging Cromwell<br />

driver ‘Slammin’ Sam<br />

O’Callaghan at a recent<br />

Ruapuna race.<br />

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include former national champion<br />

Rodney Wood (Tauranga),<br />

former North Island champions<br />

Steven Taylor (Wellington) and<br />

Skinny Colson (Tauranga) and<br />

leading Palmerston North driver<br />

Tony Uhlenberg.<br />

•Racing will take place on<br />

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Design Your Own Flag<br />

Today, <strong>10</strong>am-noon<br />

Have a go at designing your<br />

own colourful flag using the<br />

Quiver app to make the flag<br />

3D. The programme will suit<br />

children.<br />

Te Hapua Halswell Centre,<br />

341 Halswell Rd<br />

Summer Babytimes<br />

Wednesday, 11-11.30am<br />

Get along to the library for<br />

a fun babytimes session and<br />

sing along to rhymes and<br />

songs. The programme will<br />

suit babies.<br />

Te Hapua: Halswell Centre,<br />

341 Halswell Rd<br />

Email georgia.oconnor@starmedia.kiwi<br />

by 5pm each Wednesday<br />

CREATIVE: Go along to the library and<br />

design your own summer hat, jandals<br />

or sunnies. The programme will suit<br />

toddlers through to primary<br />

school-aged children. No bookings<br />

necessary, but a caregiver will be<br />

required. The session will be held on<br />

Thursday, 11am-1pm, at the Upper<br />

Riccarton Library, 71 Main South Rd.<br />

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Scrabble Club<br />

Wednesday, 1.30-3.30pm<br />

Go to the library to play<br />

a fun game of scrabble. No<br />

obligation, just attend when<br />

you can and join the friendly<br />

group. Some boards provided,<br />

but feel free to bring your<br />

own. No fee.<br />

Te Hapua: Halswell Centre,<br />

341 Halswell Rd<br />

Mobile library<br />

Thursday, 9-11.45am<br />

Visit the Margaret Mahy<br />

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fun day out. There will be<br />

a storytimes session with<br />

songs, rhymes, bubbles and,<br />

of course, a story by Margaret<br />

Mahy. The event will be<br />

held outside if the weather is<br />

good or inside the van if the<br />

weather is cold or raining.<br />

Margaret Mahy Family<br />

Playground, 177 Armagh St<br />

Paper Hot Air Balloons<br />

Friday, 11am-noon<br />

Head to the library to create<br />

a 3D paper hot air balloon<br />

to hang in your room or<br />

somewhere special at home.<br />

The programme will suit<br />

children.<br />

Te Hapua: Halswell Centre,<br />

341 Halswell Rd<br />

Summer Storytimes<br />

Thursday, 11-11.30am<br />

Go along to the library for<br />

stories, rhymes and songs.<br />

The session will suit preschoolers<br />

and young children.<br />

No bookings required but a<br />

caregiver will be needed.<br />

Te Hapua: Halswell Centre,<br />

341 Halswell Rd<br />

CONTINUING EDUCATION<br />

Christchurch School of Music<br />

The Christchurch School of Music is a family-oriented<br />

community aimed at providing quality music education in and<br />

around Christchurch.<br />

We have an exciting offer for all new enrolments for <strong>2017</strong>,<br />

where you will receive $775 worth of lessons for just $450! All<br />

you have to do is click here to enrol before <strong>January</strong> 15th, <strong>2017</strong>:<br />

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This deal includes: 1 year of group lessons for beginners on<br />

recorder, flute, clarinet, violin, ukulele, guitar or voice (worth<br />

$525), FREE instrument hire where instruments are available<br />

(worth $1<strong>10</strong>), FREE joining of a performance ensemble for the<br />

second semester (worth $140).<br />

We also have individual lessons and ensembles for a wide<br />

range of instruments available too, for any age and from<br />

beginner through to experienced - explore our website www.<br />

csm.org.nz to learn more.<br />

CSM is a not-for-profit organisation with a strong focus on<br />

community. On a Saturday morning the whole family can find<br />

something to suit. Preschool children can start their musical<br />

journey by joining in our experiential “Take Off with Music”<br />

while older children and adults may opt for group or individual<br />

lessons on a specific instrument (including voice). Those who<br />

already play are welcome to join in one of the great ensembles<br />

which all take part in regular concerts including Saturday<br />

soirees and the popular annual Showcase Concert. Recitals<br />

where individuals can perform are also held regularly.<br />

CSM also provides a comprehensive music education to<br />

participating primary schools via its Outreach programmes.<br />

With programmes offered in band, strings, recorder and ukulele<br />

in a wide range of Christchurch schools this is an area of the<br />

School, which has grown fast over the last few years.<br />

Another area that has grown rapidly over the last few years<br />

is the Late Starters programme where adults approaching<br />

retirement with more time on their hands have really enjoyed<br />

learning an instrument they never had the chance to play in<br />

their early years and join an ensemble with other like-minded<br />

adults.<br />

If Saturday isn’t an option, CSM also offers a range of<br />

weekday opportunities for learning and playing music.<br />

If affordability is an issue, CSM may be able to offer a<br />

discount through funding provided by the Rata Foundation.<br />

Please contact us via our website www.csm.org.nz and let<br />

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Pine bark may support<br />

brain function<br />

Recent news from Auckland University<br />

of Technology has people excited about a<br />

pine bark extract called Enzogenol. AUT<br />

reported that patients suffering memory<br />

loss and other brain problems after a<br />

traumatic brain injury recovered better<br />

when taking Enzogenol compared to a<br />

control group.<br />

Enzogenol is not a new product, though.<br />

In fact, it was developed at Canterbury<br />

University and has been in our health<br />

food shops for over <strong>10</strong> years. According to<br />

ENZO Nutraceuticals, the company that<br />

produces the product, a number of research<br />

studies have shown how Enzogenol can<br />

help improve brain function and support<br />

healthy blood circulation.<br />

The amazing thing is, it is made from<br />

the bark of New Zealand Pinus Radiata<br />

with an extraction method that uses only<br />

purified water. Apparently, the pine bark<br />

is full of healthy plant compounds that<br />

are naturally part of our diet when we eat<br />

fruits and vegetables. Yet, the pine bark is<br />

loaded with these natural antioxidant and<br />

anti-inflammatory compounds and makes<br />

a great starting material for this health<br />

product. Keen on a chewing a bit of pine<br />

bark?<br />

Further detailed information is available<br />

from the Natural Health Advisers at<br />

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All the benefits of<br />

double glazing<br />

Amazing Glazing has been going from<br />

strength to strength since it’s inception in<br />

2004. Max Dorfliger who established the<br />

business that offers specially run mouldings<br />

of Peninsula macrocarpa to secure a second<br />

pane of 4mm glass onto existing wooden<br />

frames, has recently brought Gunter Dehne<br />

into the business. Gunter, a Cabinetmaker<br />

by trade and a technology teacher for many<br />

years, was keen to be back on the tools and<br />

excited to be adding such value to people’s<br />

lives. Existing timber joinery is preserved<br />

while a home is effectively double ‐glazed.<br />

All the benefits of double ‐glazing like<br />

insulation, reduced heating cost and<br />

noise reduction are obtained, without the<br />

prohibitive cost of complete replacement.<br />

The insulation of Amazing Glazing is<br />

better than many standard double glazing<br />

solutions due to the increased air space<br />

between the panes.<br />

The dryer conditions during the summer<br />

months make this the best time to install<br />

Amazing Glazing.<br />

Frames can be oiled for a natural wood<br />

finish, or painted in the colour of your<br />

choice, to blend in with the existing look.<br />

Call us for a free quote, for individual<br />

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Phone Gunther on 027 263 3592 or email<br />

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SENIOR LIVING<br />

The importance of<br />

good blood<br />

pressure!<br />

Aspire<br />

Canterbury<br />

Blood Pressure is an indicator of<br />

cardiovascular as well as overall health.<br />

Healthy blood flow is vital for a healthy<br />

body as the blood plasma transports<br />

nutrients, hormones, metabolic waste,<br />

oxygen and CO2 throughout the body. An<br />

area in the brain keeps check on blood flow<br />

to ensure health of all cells and the organs<br />

they make up. If blood flow is reduced the<br />

brain will try to normalise blood flow by<br />

adjusting the heart strength, frequency<br />

(Pulse Rate) as well as the width of blood<br />

vessels all via the nervous system. Over<br />

a period of time the blood pressure may<br />

keep increasing due to the deterioration<br />

of blood flow. A higher B/P is not ideal<br />

and is considered a major risk factor for<br />

strokes, aneurysm, organ failure and heart<br />

failure. Even moderate elevation of B/P is<br />

considered a major reason for shorter life<br />

expectancy. If we can maintain our B/P in<br />

the normal range our overall health will be<br />

improved. Systolic B/P (The upper figure)<br />

is when the heart contracts and pushes<br />

blood around the body. Ideally at rest this<br />

should be between <strong>10</strong>0 to 120. The diastolic<br />

B/P (The lower figure) is the pressure in the<br />

arteries between beats and ideally at rest<br />

this should be between 60 to 70.<br />

It has been found in around 90% of<br />

cases high blood pressure is caused by<br />

an increase in the resistance to blood<br />

flow in the blood vessels. It is believed<br />

inflammation and stiffness of the blood<br />

vessels are major reasons for this increased<br />

resistance. Checking our blood pressure on<br />

a regular basis allows us to adjust our diet<br />

and lifestyle and see the benefits in our B/P<br />

readings.<br />

Blood Pressure monitors and further<br />

information on how to improve your<br />

overall health and B/P naturally is<br />

available from the natural health advisers<br />

at Marshall’s Health & Natural Therapy,<br />

1<strong>10</strong> Seaview Road, New Brighton, Phone:<br />

388-5757.<br />

We are Always<br />

Happy to Help!<br />

Aspire Canterbury offers support, advice and resources<br />

to older people and those with impairments, their<br />

families and caregivers.<br />

Removing barriers to everyday living for<br />

individuals, Aspire Canterbury inspires people<br />

to live life to the fullest no matter what their<br />

difficulties. The Disability Information Service<br />

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various services available to people with short<br />

or long term impairments and professionals<br />

from community/health organisations.<br />

Visit Aspire Canterbury’s shop at 314<br />

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information and resources. They also have an<br />

online shop selling a wide selection of easier living<br />

aids, and offer rental services for wheelchairs, ramps<br />

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Aspire also has a mobile service which is available<br />

for free, fun, interactive presentations of all their<br />

equipment and services to retirement homes/<br />

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For more information visit<br />

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Support and Resources for Independent Living<br />

walkers to<br />

purchase<br />

(FroM $230)<br />

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per week<br />

Can we help you or someone you support?<br />

Disability Information Service – a ‘one stop<br />

information service’ which offers unbiased<br />

advice to assist people navigate their way to<br />

organisations or services that can provide them<br />

with support or advice.<br />

Aspire Canterbury Shop – shop online or call in<br />

to our shop at 314 Worcester Street and view our<br />

range of easier living products We also hire out<br />

wheelchairs, ramps and walkers.<br />

Total Mobility Discounted Taxi Service – a scheme<br />

which provides 50% discounts on taxi journeys to<br />

eligible people in the Christchurch area who, due<br />

to health conditions, are unable to access public<br />

transport. Contact us for more information on<br />

03 366 9093 or visit our website.<br />

Mobile Service – Fun interactive presentations of<br />

our information, services and easier living<br />

equipment. We come to you! To book our<br />

presenter to speak to your group call Richard<br />

at numbers below or email mobileservices@<br />

aspirecanterbury.org.nz<br />

Mobility scooter demonstrations available.<br />

Aspire Canterbury is a not-for-profit organisation<br />

providing services to the community since 1981<br />

Physical Address:<br />

314 Worcester Street<br />

Linwood Christchurch<br />

Postal Address:<br />

PO Box 32074<br />

Christchurch 8147<br />

Ph: 03 366 6189<br />

Freephone: 0800 347 242<br />

Ph: (Total Mobility) 03 366 9093<br />

Mobile Service: 027 588 9700<br />

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Builder<br />

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New Homes<br />

Renovations<br />

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Function Facilities<br />

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RETRO ROAST<br />

LUNCH<br />

12PM-1.30PM<br />

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0274 933 529<br />

email: vicki@paintmasters.co.nz<br />

www.newbrightonclub.co.nz<br />

GREAT<br />

DINING<br />

- downstairs -<br />

ClubBISTRO<br />

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FRIDAY, SATURDAY<br />

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FRIDAY SPECIAL:<br />

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& SALAD BAR<br />

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3 courses: $25<br />

NOW OPEN FOR<br />

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By the Seaside!<br />

<strong>10</strong>.30am-2.30pm<br />

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Members, guests and affiliates welcome<br />

H ORNBY<br />

WORKINGMEN’S<br />

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Phone 03 349 9026<br />

www.hornbyworkingmensclub.co.nz<br />

Members, guests & affiliates welcome


WESTERN NEWS Tuesday <strong>January</strong> <strong>10</strong> <strong>2017</strong> 15<br />

HAPPY NEW YEAR<br />

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Special available lunch only<br />

Monday - Saturday 12pm - 2.30pm<br />

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Lunch & Dinner<br />

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Bookings Essential PH 386 0088<br />

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WE WISH OUR CUSTOMERS A VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR<br />

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THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX | 1<strong>10</strong> MARSHLAND RD<br />

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