Western News: January 09, 2018

TUESDAY, JANUARY 9, 2018 

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• By Julia Evans 

NEW RESEARCH reveals the 

controversial Glandovey and Idris Rds 

intersection is not suitable for heavy 

vehicles. 

The Glandovey, Idris and Straven 

Residents’ Association commissioned 

a tracking analysis to look into traffic 

using the intersection. 

The report from traffic engineering 

company Traffic Design Group 

showed heavy vehicles could not 

navigate any turns of the Fendalton 

intersection without cutting into other 

lanes. 

It comes during a year-long 

campaign from residents to improve 

safety at the intersection. 

Residents want to see heavy vehicles 

banned from driving through the area 

and this report only cements that, 

group member and Glandovey Rd 

resident Nigel Francis said. 

The report has been sent to the city 

council. City councillor Raf Manji told 

the Western News that when council 

resumed after the Christmas break, it 

would look into banning heavy vehicles 

from the area. 

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from the editor’s desk 

THE SAGA rolls on. 

On page 1 today we reveal the latest 

chapter in Fendalton residents’ bid to make 

an intersection in their suburb safer. 

The very proactive Glandovey, Idris and 

Straven Residents’ Association commissioned a private engineering 

company to provide data which they say strengthens 

their case that big trucks need to be banned from using the 

intersection. 

The residents have a very valid point. It’s the same across 

Christchurch in fact: Trucks now take short cuts through 

suburban streets to get to their destinations quicker. Shades of 

Lodestar Ave. 

On page 3 we reveal Templeton residents are gearing up to 

battle against plans for a new quarry development. 

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Tuesday January 9 2018 3 

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Battle against quarry plan begins 

• By Julia Evans 

TEMPLETON residents are 

gearing up to battle against 

plans for a new quarry 

development. 

Last week Fulton Hogan 

put forward a plan for a 170ha 

quarry on Templeton’s Dawsons, 

Curraghs and Jones Rds. 

The announcement comes as 

Yaldhurst residents continue 

to battle the noise and dust 

effects from nearby quarries, 

which have forced them to wear 

protective face masks outside 

their own homes. Testing 

stations have been set up in 

Yaldhurst to monitor air quality. 

Templeton Residents’ 

Association chairman Garry 

Kilday said the proposal has 

sparked “major concerns” for 

nearby homes in terms of dust, 

noise and heavy traffic. 

“The more we look into it, 

there are more and more issues 

there are . . . the dust and noise 

has the potential to reduce 

house prices. People could be 

out of pocket because of this,” 

he said. 

In a letter sent to residents 

near the proposed quarry, 

Fulton Hogan said it would 

be there for 25 to 40 years to 

“keep up with ongoing demand 

for aggregates for greater 

Christchurch.” 

PLANS: The letter from Fulton Hogan included a map showing the location of the proposed 

170ha quarry on Dawsons, Curraghs and Jones Rds. 

“We see this location as being 

suitable because the site has few 

neighbours and is close to State 

Highway One.” 

Mr Kilday said during a 

southerly wind, homes could 

be inundated with dust, which 

could have an impact on health. 

“Reading up on the impact 

silica in dust can have on 

respiratory health is a huge 

concern,” Mr Kilday said. “We 

just don’t want it to get to the 

point where we have to wear 

masks.” 

But Fulton Hogan said in 

the letter it is working on “key 

quarry management plans” 

regarding noise and dust. 

The company will apply for 

resource consents from the 

Selwyn District Council and 

Environment Canterbury in 

February. 

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Mr Kilday said although going 

up against Fulton Hogan was a 

“David and Goliath” situation, 

he believed the voices of the 

people should be heard. 

There will be a meeting 

between the Templeton and 

Weedons residents associations 

tomorrow at 7.30pm in St 

Saviour’s Anglican Church on 

Kirk Rd to establish the next 

move. 

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School students received funding 

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Lopas, Sean McKeon, Cullen 

Moody, David Ni, Brandon 

Prinsloo and Luke Timms were 

all given $200 to go towards the 

trip by the Fendalton-Waimairi- 

Harewood Community Board. 

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Volunteers have been busy 

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watering the Halswell Community 

Garden. The group which 

takes care of the garden on 329 

Halswell Rd, is looking for more 

people to help out on a Saturday 

morning between 10am and noon 

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go along between those times or 

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page to organise another time. 

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Your Local Views 

Rent rises cause for alarm 

Ilam and 

Upper 

Riccarton 

Residents’ 

Association 

chairman Phil 

McGoldrick 

writes about 

how the 

Labour Government may 

affect their community 

and how landlords need to 

step-up 

Our new Government has 

moved very swiftly to deliver 

on some of its pre-election 

promises. 

Real estate has traditionally 

thrived under a Labour-led 

Government but early moves 

suggest it may not be quite the 

same during this term. 

A ban on overseas buyers, 

mooted changes to the Residential 

Tenancies Act placing 

further onus on landlords, the 

almost inevitable imposition 

of a capital gains tax, and serious 

property investors may be 

questioning the future viability 

of what they do. 

My wife and I are serious and 

long-term residential investors 

and will adapt to these changes, 

albeit obvious the returns for 

providing this essential and responsible 

service will diminish. 

Free university education and 

more handouts to students concern 

me because such handouts 

are always inflationary. 

The day that student loans 

were introduced and students 

were given unfettered and increased 

spending power, student 

rentals started to soar. 

Early speculation that the next 

quantum rise in rents will occur 

as a result of further Government 

handouts is a cause for 

alarm. Landlords who seek to 

gouge this handout in my book 

will be socially reprehensible. As 

a group, we must exercise social 

responsibility. 

My biggest beef as a fellow 

landlord and chairman of the 

Ilam Upper Riccarton Residents’ 

Association, is that far too 

many landlords do nothing to 

maintain their properties, and 

more particularly their gardens 

and grounds, and are decimating 

our international reputation 

as the Garden City – and I do 

not limit my criticism to student 

landlords. 

I think it is essential in a 

tenancy agreement that either 

the landlord or the tenant is 

burdened with grounds maintenance 

so that uniform standards 

are maintained in areas where 

hard-working, decent families 

with community pride do their 

bit to maintain aesthetics and 

protect their investments. 

And property management 

companies must perform as well 

in protecting the assets of their 

clients and upholding values in 

the communities where they 

derive their livings. In the forthcoming 

year, my association will 

introduce several initiatives to 

ensure standards are brought 

back to days gone by. 

Readers respond to 

the article about plans 

for Denton Park’s mega 

facility not including a 

cricket pitch 

Matt Reid – 

Embrace change. 

Think of the 

benefits to the 

wider community. 

Diane Adams 

– My sister said why 

not put the library, 

council building 

and swimming pool 

etc in the Islington-Waterloo 

industrial area? There is plenty 

of ground, not far from the 

school, car parking, and over the 

weekend (there are) more car 

parks as most firms are closed . . . 

Waterloo also has the bus service 

going through there. 

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Readers react to 

Wendy’s worker Rose 

Williams’ disappointment 

that her union and the 

fast food chain are 

negotiating on lieu days 

after she won a 

long battle on the 

issue 

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a public holiday 

should get a day in 

lieu. That would put 

an end to fast food 

restaurants and others 

manipulating the system. 

Stephan Lance Gardiner 

– All fast food outlets monitor 

that . . . the rule is you have 

to have worked the same day 

at least three weeks in a row 

prior. 

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Report highlights danger at intersection 

•From page 1 

Mr Francis said the sooner 

trucks are banned from the 

area, the better. 

He said the design of the 

intersection means there is no 

room for heavy vehicles, cars 

and cyclists, which makes it 

dangerous. 

“There’s a lot of heavy traffic 

that jams its way down here, 

down these narrow streets. It’s 

dangerous for us and anyone 

using the roads,” Mr Francis 

said. 

Group spokesman James 

Wilding said heavy vehicles 

are common in the area since 

it was upgraded from lights 

to a roundabout three years 

ago. 

The report comes following 

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of Glandovey and Idris 

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• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding 

WHEN JACK Cusack, 9, first 

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But hard work and discipline 

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dancer, who attends the Sharon 

Howells School of Dance, walking 

away achieving the highest 

exam results in his ballet class. 

Jack, of Avonhead, achieved 

two gold medals and a distinction 

in both grade one and two 

in Royal Academy of Dance New 

Zealand ballet exams recently. 

His mother Dale Cusack 

said Jack hopes to one day dance 

for the Royal New Zealand Ballet. 

She said her son struggled to 

skip, he went home and practised 

all week until he could. 

Liking ballet so much, Jack 

then decided to study two ballet 

exams simultaneously. 

“He was nervous at the beginning 

as he was the only boy 

in his class but the girls have 

warmed to him and love the 

opportunity of dancing with a 

young prince for a change,” Mrs 

Cusack said. 

Director Sharon Howells said 

taking a boy into ballet is very 

special and Jack’s mind and 

heart is in dance. 

“I said to his father: ‘Do you 

realise he may be the only boy 

amongst all the girls?’ But it 

didn’t worry him, he really 

wanted to dance,” she said. 

She said because there is a 

stigma about male ballet dancers, 

she tells all her male dancers 

“if you are going to do this you 

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exams 

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have got to be good.” 

Miss Howells said Jack’s 

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“He couldn’t skip. He was 

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he was skipping. Every lesson he 

improved,” she said. 

A TRUST has donated more 

than $3000 to Community 

Patrol Riccarton for 

radiotelephones. 

The patrol applied to the 

Canterbury Masonic Charitable 

Trust for the funding to provide 

extra security to members when 

patrolling in vehicles. 

The group had previously 

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obtained funds which helped 

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Patrol treasurer Joan Pearson 

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She said members needed the 

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UPBEAT: Star Media events manager Vanessa Fleming and 

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When you run, walk, 

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Andrew King reports 

IN MARCH last year, Juliet and 

Hamish Gray got some of the 

worst news a parent could receive 

– their eight-year-old son had 

cancer. 

Jonty Gray had been “offcolour” 

for a few weeks and 

was having regular headaches. 

On a family trip over Easter 

weekend last year he became 

breathless while walking up a 

hill and developed bruises on his 

body. 

His family returned from 

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he was diagnosed with T-cell 

leukaemia. 

Fast-forward 21 months and 

the 10-year-old’s outcome is 

looking positive after numerous 

hospital visits, about six to 

nine months of intensive 

chemotherapy, and plenty of 

support from his family, friends 

and hospital staff. 

In March next year, Jonty has 

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It seems fitting considering 

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Mrs Gray, who is a dentist, 

said Jonty is responding well to 

chemotherapy, which he will 

finish in July 2019. 

Then doctors will monitor his 

bone marrow and watch for any 

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When he first started showing 

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“I had a game with another 

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could think of while attached to 

the pump. So I scooted around 

the wards with it. But then she 

brought in a unicycle and carried 

a baby around while attached 

to her pump. That was hard to 

beat,” he laughed. 

He also has fun with the 

hospital staff. 

“We play a game with the 

anaesthetist where he will set a 

total for me to count to before I 

fall asleep,” he said. 

He said he had beaten the 

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some times he would cheat. 

“I would pretend to push the 

button that started the drugs and 

start counting, by time they had 

realised that I hadn’t pushed it 

I had already counted to about 

10,” he laughed. 

Jonty attends Cashmere 

Primary School and will be 

starting year six next year. He 

loves to draw and has taken to 

designing houses. 

Earlier in the year, he designed 

new railroad lines 

for Kaikoura to replace the ones 

damaged in the earthquakes. 

While he does get tired easy, 

he loves to get out and play 

sports including touch for his 

school and hockey for Southern 

United. 

“I like hitting balls and scoring 

goals and blocking them,” he 

said. 

HELP: 

Jonty Gray 

and mum 

Juliet have 

been blown 

away by 

the support 

they have 

received 

from the 

Child Cancer 

Foundation, 

friends and 

hospital staff 

during his 

battle with 

leukaemia. 

PHOTOS: 

MARTIN 

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The one thing that really gets 

under his skin is he can’t eat 

sushi, unless it is freshly made, 

because of his low immunity. 

“It annoys me. I love sushi,” he 

said. 

Jonty has an older brother and 

sister. 

Olivia, 20, recently raised more 

than $2800 for the foundation 

by running in the Dunedin 

Marathon. His brother Angus, 

18, who he just calls ‘Gus’, is an 

idol of Jonty’s. 

•To enter the Star Media 

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•The City2Surf on March 18 

will be split into 6km 

and 14km sections. 

•The 14km fun run will start 

at Centennial Park, Spreydon, 

at 9am. 

•The Sport Canterbury 6km 

fun run will start at Hansen 

Park, Opawa, at 10am. 

•Both events will finish 

at the Ferrymead playing 

fields. 

•There will be 

entertainment with live music, 

food and free children’s 

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SCHOOLS 

ALL SMILES: 

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Galappaththi and 

Seth Fernando 

wait for their turn 

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United States as Westburn School pupils celebrated diversity with an international assembly. 

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by 5pm each Wednesday 

Scrabble Group 

Tuesday, 9.45am-noon 

Go along and play scrabble 

with the friendly weekly group. 

Exercise your brain and have 

fun. 

Gold coin donation. Sundbye 

House, 100 Farrington Ave. 

Storytimes/Wā Kōrerō 

Tuesday, 10.30–11am 

Encourage learning through a 

love for stories. Storytimes is an 

interactive programme including 

stories, songs, rhymes and play. 

This is a free session. 

Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys 

Rd. 

Avonhead Exercise Classes 

Tuesday, 10.45-11.45am 

Designed for people living with 

long-term health conditions. 

Classes generally occur weekly, 

however, they will not occur on 

public holidays and also school 

holiday periods. Please phone 

0800 663 463 to register. 

Avonhead Baptist Church, 104 

Avonhead Rd. 

Scrabble Club 

Wednesday, 1-3pm 

Go along to scrabble club. 

There’s no obligation, just go 

along whenever you can and join 

the friendly group. All materials 

are supplied. 

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library 

and Community Centre, 13 

Bishopdale Court. 

Knit ’n’ Yarn 

Thursday, 10am-noon 

Those who want to have a 

chat while they construct their 

favourite woollen creations can, 

with the weekly knit ’n’ yarn 

meetings. From crochet 

to knitting or a craft of your 

choice, have fun with this social 

group. There are a variety of 

books to help inspire ideas for 

your next project or even to 

help a beginner. Everyone is 

welcome. 

Upper Riccarton Library, 71 

Main South Rd. 

Go Well Group – Play 

Rummikub 

Thursday, 1-3pm 

Go along to Fendalton Library 

and play Rummikub. The game 

is an exciting, interactive strategy 

game that will test your wits. 

Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys 

Rd. 

Musical Instrument Practice 

Slots 

Thursday, 3.30-7pm 

Book a time to go solo or 

have a silent practice with up 

Go along to the library for a fun morning using a special quilling tool and lots of bright craft 

materials to create your own super cute lion note holder for your desk at home. The library 

staff will assist you with your creations, and all craft materials are supplied by the MAKE 

Company. It’s a free course but bookings on 941 7923 are essential. Recommended for ages 

five to 12 year. Monday, 11-11.45am at the Te Hāpua Halswell Centre, 341 Halswell Rd. 

to four bandmates. 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 Hāpua Halswell Centre, 341 

Halswell Rd. 

Upper Riccarton Library 

Korean Book Club 

Friday, 6-7pm 

The Korean Book Club meets 

every second Friday of the month 

at 6pm. Go along and share your 

ideas with other Korean book 

lovers. 


Main South Rd. 

Maker Space 

Saturday, 1-2.30pm 

Go along for fun activities 

every week in the Maker Space. 

There will be a variety of activites 

and fun to be had for all. 

Te Hāpua Halswell Centre, 341 

Halswell Rd. 

Bishopdale Book Club 

Sunday, 10-11am 

Go and join a friendly group 

of readers and chat about your 

current reading or old favourites. 

With no set book to read, this 

is a monthly relaxed and social 

group who meet in the library. 

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library 

and Community Centre, 13 

Bishopdale Court. 

Holiday Programme – Chill 

Out Tunes 

Monday, 9.30am-noon 

Do you live music and like the 

idea of making your own using 

an iPad? Pitched at a beginner 

level using Garageband, you can 

make your own funky original 

music tracks. Places are limited 

so booking is required. For 

children aged seven to nine. $7 

per child. 


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½ tsp mixed herbs 

½ cup red wine 

1 Tbsp flour, mixed with 1 Tbsp 

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1 sheet puff pastry 

1 egg, for glazing 

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Plenty to do at McKenzie 

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The last stage is under construction at 

McKenzie Lifestyle Village but there are still 

good sites available. We also have a number 

of affordable villas ready for immediate 

occupation. Prices range from $330,000 

and our monthly outgoing fees are fixed for 

life. 

Our beautiful Leisure Centre is very 

popular with the residents who make 

full use of the swimming and spa pools, 

gymnasium, craft room, library and lounge 

area. Outside, the Bowling Green is also 

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Table Bowls. This coming summer will see 

Croquet being played on our Village Green. 

The residents’ monthly activities calendar 

boasts the following; bowls events, concert 

going (Operatunity), shopping trips, lunch 

outings, yoga, housie, Qigong (Tai Chi), 

happy hour, knitting, quiz nights, cards 

and games, book club, Bible discussion, 

craft sessions, and there are regular visits by 

the hairdresser, massage therapist and the 

podiatrist. 

Geraldine is a great little town with a 

very pleasant microclimate. There is plenty 

to do in and around the town with art 

galleries, theatre and cinema, interesting 

shops and boutiques, two museums and a 

wide range of good places to eat. For the 

more adventurous there are river and forest 

walks nearby, opportunities for biking and a 

choice of two local golf clubs. 

For more information you can 

talk to David Connolly about this on 

0800 84 55 24. 

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persons. Their aim is to assist people in 

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services or choosing products that will 

assist them in their daily lives. 

They have taken their services on the 

road and out into communities, meeting 

people in their environments to make 

daily living easier. Aspire Mobile is a 

response to the need to reconnect, giving 

disabled people easier access to services 

and introducing them to new products 

which can make their lives more enjoyable 

and provide them with a sense of inclusion 

in the wider community. 

They will show you how to choose a 

walker or walking stick that is the correct 

height, provide information about both 

their services and other resources available 

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for community, disability and health 

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Disability Information Service – a ‘one stop 

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organisations or services that can provide them 

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Aspire Canterbury Shop – shop online or call in 

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range of easier living products We also hire out 

wheelchairs, ramps and walkers. 

Total Mobility Discounted Taxi Service – a scheme 

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as many as 25% of younger adults are deficient in vitamin B12. 

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