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HAD ENOUGH: Harewood resident Graeme Barber is tired of the effect large oak trees are having on his neighbourhood.<br />

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Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />

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Board deputy<br />

chairman Aaron<br />

Campbell<br />

told Nor’West<br />

<strong>News</strong> last week<br />

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to see alcohol<br />

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Elmwood Park,<br />

Sam MacDonald<br />

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and McLeans Island.<br />

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MacDonald contacted Nor’West<br />

<strong>News</strong> to say other members on the<br />

board, including himself, do not<br />

support Mr Campbell’s view.<br />

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Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong><br />

from the editor’s desk<br />

I GET the feeling there is a bit of<br />

competition brewing between Fendalton-<br />

Waimairi-Harewood Community Board<br />

chairman Sam MacDonald and the board<br />

deputy Aaron Campbell (page 1).<br />

The spark was Campbell’s views in<br />

Nor’West <strong>News</strong> last week on an alcohol ban.<br />

MacDonald was quick to let us know it wasn’t his or other<br />

board members’ views. Nothing wrong with that of course.<br />

MacDonald points out an alcohol ban at Elmwood Park could<br />

have an impact on sports people.<br />

There is an election coming in 2019 and I’ll bet both<br />

MacDonald and Campbell - who come form different political<br />

backgrounds - will put their hands-up to make it onto full<br />

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Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong> 3<br />

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

$25k more for Redwood Plunket rooms<br />

Asbestos and<br />

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discovered<br />

• By Sophie Cornish<br />

ASBESTOS AND “significant”<br />

black mould has been found<br />

in the earthquake-damaged<br />

Redwood Plunket rooms,<br />

increasing the cost of the repair<br />

project by $25,000.<br />

The repair work was originally<br />

planned to be finished at the<br />

end of June, but has now been<br />

pushed back to November.<br />

In June last year, Mayor Lianne<br />

Dalziel questioned whether<br />

repairing the old<br />

building was in<br />

the city council’s<br />

best interests.<br />

She said it was a<br />

challenge to make<br />

the decision to<br />

Lianne<br />

Dalziel<br />

grant a further<br />

$45,000 for the<br />

project, which was<br />

originally budgeted at $30,000,<br />

as the city council was not<br />

provided with a detailed report.<br />

Ms Dalziel said the repairs<br />

would only get the building to<br />

67 per cent of the new building<br />

standard.<br />

“It will still be old, still be<br />

MORE PROBLEMS: The refurbishment of the Redwood Plunket Rooms has hit more speed<br />

bumps meaning a delay to the completion date and further costs.<br />

unimproved, and still be poorly<br />

insulated. It has old services and<br />

contains significant inherent<br />

maintenance issues,” she said.<br />

However, Ms Dalziel said those<br />

comments were made during<br />

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A city council spokeswoman<br />

said Ms Dalziel’s view was not<br />

supported, but in her role as<br />

mayor she supports the decision<br />

that was made.<br />

An extra $25,000 is required to<br />

remove the asbestos and mould,<br />

bringing the budget to $100,000.<br />

A city council spokesman said<br />

the process to get a contractor<br />

has been delayed due to the<br />

initial cost coming in over the<br />

project’s budget allocation.<br />

Once started the project is<br />

expected to take three months<br />

to complete. The building will<br />

be home to a social worker, who<br />

is funded by the Papanui-Innes<br />

Community Board, and a<br />

community gathering space.<br />

When applying for additional<br />

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Debris from trees<br />

cause residents anguish<br />

•From page 1<br />

“These trees are depressing<br />

for us due to the shading and<br />

litter over many months of the<br />

year. Four neighbours . . . have<br />

to cope with copious quantities<br />

of leaves, acorns and seedlings<br />

generated by these oaks.”<br />

However, city council staff<br />

have told Mr Barber that the<br />

trees are “perfectly healthy” but<br />

he believes they need to look at<br />

the bigger picture.<br />

Mr Barber said the reserve<br />

department has a strong priority<br />

to protect trees.<br />

“I’m dealing with people who<br />

are placing trees in higher priority<br />

than people . . . yes, that’s<br />

their job and no one wants to see<br />

healthy trees cut down but when<br />

they’re the height of a five-level<br />

building, there is a problem.”<br />

Pasadena Pl resident Inez<br />

Stevens purchased her home 12<br />

years ago, when the trees were<br />

much smaller, she said.<br />

Now, the 91-year-old said she<br />

has spent hundreds of dollars<br />

paying a gardener to deal with<br />

the leaves and someone else to<br />

clear her gutters.<br />

She fears for her health and is<br />

afraid she may roll or break an<br />

ankle, due to the acorns littered<br />

on her property.<br />

Following a complaint to<br />

council last year regarding the<br />

continual noise of acorns landing<br />

on their roof, contractors<br />

removed 5m branches overhanging<br />

onto their property.<br />

In his recent submission to the<br />

community board, Mr Barber<br />

asked when the rights and wellbeing<br />

of people over shadow the<br />

rights of healthy trees.<br />

“That wrong decision needs to<br />

be corrected by the removal of<br />

these six trees. Something that’s<br />

fit with context . . . the council<br />

staff I have spoken to and the<br />

community board agreed that<br />

trees like that wouldn’t be<br />

planted in a reserve of this size<br />

these days,” he said.<br />

City council acting manager<br />

operations Ryan Rolston said<br />

council now has a set of guidelines<br />

in its infrastructure design<br />

standards, which assist in tree<br />

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“It is unlikely council would<br />

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Mr Rolston said the trees are<br />

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• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />

COASTAL AND Burwood<br />

wards councillors David East and<br />

Glenn Livingstone have pledged<br />

to fight against the annual New<br />

Brighton fireworks event being<br />

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It confirmed last week the<br />

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and if there were to be<br />

any changes, they would not be<br />

implemented this year.<br />

Cr East said he would be debating<br />

strongly and working hard to<br />

persuade other city councillors of<br />

the merit and worth of retaining<br />

a display on the coast.<br />

He said the items he would be<br />

stressing is the event makes for<br />

great viewing, all fireworks land<br />

in the sea, making it easy to clean<br />

up and no one is at risk of being<br />

hit, he said.<br />

“This has been an integral part<br />

of the event programme of the<br />

east,” he said.<br />

Cr Livingstone said the fireworks<br />

should stay.<br />

“The question has been raised<br />

before over safety concerns but<br />

my view is wherever you hold<br />

the fireworks there is going to be<br />

safety concerns that need to be<br />

addressed anyway.”<br />

He said he suspects council<br />

would be faced with a unanimous<br />

resolution from the Coastal-<br />

Burwood Community Board to<br />

keep the event where it is.<br />

City council community<br />

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John Filsell said last<br />

week for a number of years it<br />

has received feedback on traffic<br />

management congestion.<br />

But Cr East said while there is<br />

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event, the east has been compounded<br />

by ongoing roadworks.<br />

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Cr East suggested the event was<br />

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Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong> 5<br />

Chlorine removed from north-west water<br />

• By Julia Evans<br />

NEARLY 30,000 people in the<br />

north-west of the city are now<br />

drinking unchlorinated water.<br />

Remedial works have been<br />

completed and chlorination at<br />

the Burnside and Farrington<br />

pump stations has now stopped.<br />

But city council water supply<br />

improvements manager Helen<br />

Beaumont said it would only be<br />

possible to keep these stations<br />

chlorine-free during low water<br />

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Board chiefs spar over alcohol ban proposal<br />

•From page 1<br />

He said the matter has not<br />

yet been discussed by the board<br />

and a date has not been set for a<br />

submissions committee to convene.<br />

However, Mr Campbell said<br />

the current alcohol ban in<br />

Merivale, which could be extended,<br />

is a night-time ban only,<br />

so that wouldn’t be an issue.<br />

“You aren’t going to be calling<br />

the cops on people having a barbecue<br />

and quiet beer . . . it’s up to<br />

police to use their judgement to<br />

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“It doesn’t have to be a fine, they<br />

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them a verbal warning. No everyone’s<br />

going to be hoarded off and<br />

handcuffed, I think the nannystate<br />

comment is dismissive and<br />

not quite cognitive of what the<br />

idea of the measure might be.”<br />

Board member Shirish Paranjape<br />

said he would like to discuss<br />

the matter together with the<br />

board before commenting on it.<br />

Waimairi Ward councillor<br />

Raf Manji said he has not seen<br />

any formal report on the matter,<br />

back into service and chlorination<br />

would resume at that pump<br />

station,” Ms Beaumont said.<br />

She said the high demand<br />

period for water is generally<br />

November to the end of March.<br />

But a water conservation pro-<br />

FRESH:<br />

Parts of<br />

the northwest<br />

no<br />

longer<br />

have<br />

chlorine<br />

in their<br />

water.<br />

gramme may run in a bid to<br />

continue minimising the need<br />

for chlorination where possible.<br />

The city council is working<br />

through the same process at a<br />

further five pump stations, to<br />

stop chlorination in further<br />

but it doesn’t appear as “a pressing<br />

issue for those parks and<br />

reserves.”<br />

Fendalton Ward councillor<br />

Jamie Gough said he agrees Mr<br />

MacDonald and is surprised<br />

Mr Campbell would express his<br />

views before the board had a<br />

formal or informal discussion<br />

about it.<br />

However, board member<br />

David Cartwright said he wasn’t<br />

aware of any huge issues in the<br />

areas, if the police were to come<br />

to the board about any, he would<br />

parts of the north-west, central<br />

and Ferrymead zones.<br />

That would mean another<br />

52,0000 people will have untreated<br />

water this month, affecting<br />

17,500 households in the<br />

north-west, 6000 in the northeast<br />

and 3700 in Woolston.<br />

“Once the chlorination has<br />

ceased at the seven pump stations<br />

where the below ground well<br />

heads can be isolated, the proportion<br />

of water without chlorination<br />

will increase from approximately<br />

5 per cent to approximately 24 per<br />

cent,” said Ms Beaumount.<br />

Three pump stations in Prestons<br />

and New Brighton, servicing<br />

7500 households, avoided<br />

chlorination altogether.<br />

be the first to move the motion.<br />

“My view is that it’s not<br />

required right now but I’m not<br />

totally ruling it off the table.”<br />

Mr Cartwright said McLeans<br />

Island has proved to be a problematic<br />

area previously, for boy<br />

racer activities, which have attracted<br />

police attention.<br />

City council is proposing<br />

a new alcohol ban by-law to<br />

replace the Alcohol Restrictions<br />

in Public Places Bylaw 2009<br />

which will automatically expire<br />

in December.<br />

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Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

CONSTRUCTION BEGINS<br />

Work at the Innes Rd and Cranford<br />

St intersection started yesterday.<br />

It includes finishing cable<br />

works and installing new storm<br />

water drainage. New kerbs, street<br />

lights and footpaths will be also<br />

installed. To maintain traffic flow,<br />

lanes will be shifted and temporary<br />

footpaths will be installed.<br />

Some on-street parking will be<br />

removed near the work site.<br />

SLATER STREET UPDATE<br />

Richmond’s Slater St was reopened<br />

last week. The street has<br />

been closed as part of the Dudley<br />

Creek Flood Remediation project.<br />

Three earthquake damaged sewer<br />

laterals have been replaced by City<br />

Care. Downer Group will apply<br />

a permanent seal to the road<br />

and repair any potholes from<br />

Thursday.<br />

QE II MASTERPLAN<br />

The city council is preparing a<br />

draft QE II Park Master Plan<br />

for public consultation. It will<br />

run for eight weeks and is<br />

expected to be complete before<br />

Christmas. The plan will set the<br />

future of the park. Some features<br />

already finalised are Taiora: QE<br />

II Recreation and Sport Centre,<br />

the Shirley Boys’ High and<br />

Avonside Girls’ High campus<br />

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• By Sarla Donovan<br />

STREET WISE is providing<br />

help of a different kind to the<br />

city’s homeless.<br />

Merivale’s River Jayden<br />

helped found the charity three<br />

months ago while working as<br />

a building apprentice in the<br />

central city.<br />

It provides food, clothes and<br />

advocacy for those sleeping<br />

rough.<br />

“We’ve been going for three<br />

months and it’s been pretty full<br />

on,”said Ms Jayden, who is the<br />

charity’s chairwoman.<br />

“We give the guys coffee,<br />

cakes, chats. It’s the fun stuff<br />

mainly, but through that we<br />

can also find out about their<br />

situation and refer them on to<br />

housing programmes or drug<br />

and alcohol support.”<br />

While homelessness is<br />

“definitely” a big problem in the<br />

central city, there is a less visible<br />

homeless population living on<br />

the outskirts which people may<br />

be less aware of, Ms Jayden said.<br />

“It’s those sleeping on<br />

couches, in garages, in cars. It’s<br />

a massive issue – 41,000 people<br />

experience homelessness in<br />

New Zealand. Of them, most<br />

are living with whanau and<br />

friends in overcrowded homes.”<br />

She said a small percentage of<br />

homeless people sleep on the<br />

street.<br />

Funding to support the work<br />

Street Wise does is tight, but Ms<br />

Jayden said “there are creative<br />

ways to find the money to do<br />

these projects. I’m confident we<br />

can make it happen. We have a<br />

good amount of support from<br />

investors.”<br />

A community pot luck for<br />

homeless whanau was held<br />

at non-profit cafe Exchange<br />

Christchurch on Saturday.<br />

The function, called<br />

Everybody Eats provided free<br />

haircuts, barista training,<br />

care packages and baking,<br />

motivational speakers, dinner<br />

and an open jam session.<br />

Ms Jayden said she eventually<br />

wanted Street Wise to provide<br />

a transitional facility to support<br />

people to move into permanent<br />

housing.<br />

•HAVE YOUR SAY: What<br />

do you think of the<br />

current issues around<br />

homelessness? Email your<br />

views to sarla.donovan@<br />

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HELPING HAND: River<br />

Jayden (second from right)<br />

does a late-night coffee and<br />

cake run with charity organisation<br />

Street Wise which<br />

she helped found.<br />

PHOTO: BEN KNIGHT<br />

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Merivale woman gives homeless a chance<br />

Burnside students vie for spelling bee titles<br />

FIVE BURNSIDE High School<br />

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Top spellers from around the<br />

central and upper South Island<br />

have travelled to Christchurch<br />

to compete at the regional semifinal.<br />

Now in its 14 th year, the<br />

New Zealand Spelling Bee is a<br />

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at encouraging year 0-10 students<br />

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✔ Langdons Road<br />

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their spelling capabilities, comprehension<br />

and communication<br />

skills.<br />

The year 9 and 10 students<br />

competing today earned their<br />

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of spellers from more than 100<br />

secondary schools and colleges<br />

around the country.<br />

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3. The winner will receive the<br />

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to put towards their academic<br />

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Founder Janet Lucas started<br />

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being inspired by Spellbound,<br />

a documentary film about the<br />

United States-based Scripps National<br />

Spelling Bee. The calibre of<br />

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as “the toughest and longest competition<br />

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“The talent is stronger than<br />

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sponsor. About 800 primary<br />

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Now<br />

Fire rages, homes at risk<br />

Readers respond to a<br />

story about Ilam MP Gerry<br />

Brownlee joining the<br />

battle to get the Breens/<br />

Harewood/Gardiners Rds<br />

intersection upgraded to<br />

lights and wants NZTA to<br />

fund part of the upgrade<br />

Gary Knight – In spite of<br />

opposing views by some, the<br />

installation of traffic lights at<br />

the 10-lane convergence of the<br />

Breens Rd, Gardiners Rd and<br />

Harewood Rd intersection would<br />

be a pro-active step. Placed at<br />

94 of the 100 most dangerous<br />

Christchurch intersections, and<br />

at close proximity to Breens<br />

Intermediate and other schools<br />

within a 1km distance heralds<br />

the priority for these lights. Planning<br />

roles of NZTA encompasses<br />

investment in transport activities<br />

inclusive of local New Zealand<br />

roads. This would therefore<br />

surely deem funding for this<br />

electronic installation to be the<br />

sole responsibility of this crown<br />

entity as opposed to inclusion of<br />

revenue from any long-term city<br />

council plan. Within this context<br />

and condoned by Aaron Keown<br />

and Gerry Brownlee, the installation<br />

of lights at this volatile<br />

intersection should be sanctioned<br />

from a safety community perspective.<br />

Ross Smith – Don’t let<br />

Brownlee near it, It will end up<br />

costing billions.<br />

Tiffany Cavanaugh – The<br />

intersection does not have the<br />

traffic through it to merit a light.<br />

Roundabout maybe, but certainly<br />

not a light.<br />

Grace Frame – Should’ve<br />

been there ages ago.<br />

Steve Burge – He’s fighting<br />

for traffic lights? Shame he let so<br />

many people down with their<br />

houses.<br />

Damian Elley – Sorry Gerry,<br />

we don’t have money for that, we<br />

are still trying to sort our houses<br />

and roads after the mess you<br />

left – thanks.<br />

Carolyn Fifield – Anywhere<br />

there are right-hand turns across<br />

two lanes of traffic and into two<br />

lanes of traffic needs lights. Given<br />

the upgrade of the Northern expressway<br />

which feeds traffic onto<br />

Gardiners Rd, and especially<br />

in morning peak-hour traffic<br />

when the expressway is back up<br />

1km or more and when children<br />

are going to school. There is a<br />

greater need at this intersection<br />

than Gardiners/Sawyers Arms<br />

intersection.<br />

Nicholas Smeaton – I had<br />

to go through that intersection<br />

yesterday, I didn’t even try, I<br />

turned left and then hung a right<br />

into Leacroft St. Why Sawyers<br />

Arms/Gardiners received lights<br />

and Harewood/Breens, Gardiners<br />

didn’t, is a mystery to me,<br />

perhaps a councillor or high level<br />

city council manager lived near<br />

the Sawyers/Gardiners intersection?<br />

Readers respond to an<br />

article about the Papanui-<br />

Innes and Coastal-Burwood<br />

Community Board’s<br />

meeting with Ministry of<br />

Education representatives<br />

this month to discuss the<br />

new enrolment zone for<br />

Shirley Boys’ and Avonside<br />

Girls’ High Schools<br />

Vicki Ware – Prestons is<br />

closer to Mairehau than QE<br />

II, they weren’t included in the<br />

zone. The school runs their own<br />

zoning every three years I believe<br />

they could include at that stage,<br />

the zone is not well thought out.<br />

South Brighton is included which<br />

is further away than the school<br />

original zone and Prestons. MoE<br />

have failed everyone doing a consulting<br />

through a school holiday<br />

period and wasn’t well publicised<br />

to the area. We were given options<br />

of Mairehau and Haeata.<br />

Prestons have Mairehau not far at<br />

all. This was a closure by stealth<br />

and a new high school should<br />

be built in Richmond. There are<br />

lots of feeder schools here that<br />

will suffer due to no definite high<br />

school options.<br />

Don Gould – Simply no<br />

engagement from the MoE on<br />

this issue with the community.<br />

Where is the data from the MoE<br />

that these calls are being made<br />

on? What is the plan for schooling<br />

for the southern area around<br />

CHANGES<br />

COMING:<br />

Residents<br />

want safety<br />

improvements<br />

at the<br />

intersection<br />

of Harewood,<br />

Breens and<br />

Gardiners Rds.<br />

Richmond now? I really can’t<br />

comment on this issue because I<br />

just know nothing. The MoE has<br />

put nothing in the public domain<br />

that I’ve seen so the only noise in<br />

the room is simply from objectors<br />

who seem very emotive at best.<br />

Readers respond to<br />

mobile butcher Corey<br />

Winder of Redwood parking<br />

up each week in Rolleston<br />

and Marshland Rd<br />

Emma Prestage – Love having<br />

Elite Meats Bush Inn coming<br />

out each week. Always happy to<br />

discuss your needs and take an<br />

order for pick-up the next week.<br />

Keep up the fab work Corey and<br />

team.<br />

Rae Lentz – As a regular<br />

at the Bush Inn shop, I cannot<br />

recommend this butcher highly<br />

enough. Gluten-free sausages<br />

and smallgoods, pre-seasoned/<br />

marinated meats . . . pretty much<br />

everything is coeliac safe except<br />

for the crumbed items. (And I<br />

live in hope that Elite Meats Bush<br />

Inn do a deal with Fogdog for the<br />

crumbs they use).<br />

Lynda Whitlow – Corey is a<br />

fabulous butcher, we used to go<br />

to his shop before the quakes on<br />

Papanui/Main North Rd.<br />

Aaron Campbell – This<br />

was common on the coast, I still<br />

remember Burrows Butchers’<br />

green Bedford truck coming to<br />

the house.<br />

Ole ‘Milton’ Hansen – Awesome<br />

butcher. Love what he produces<br />

and sells at Bush Inn. We<br />

travel right across the city to buy<br />

his meat.<br />

Jonathan Andrews – Like<br />

the good old days when the fresh<br />

fish truck would come around.<br />

Kathleen Chase – Great<br />

butcher, best meat ever.<br />

Tania Watson – Great idea,<br />

should come out Pegasus way.<br />

Vanessa Davidson – Fantastic.<br />

Adam Smith – Well done<br />

Corey and Paula.<br />

Helen Jolly – Great news for<br />

Rolly.<br />

Phoebe Thompson – It’s<br />

awesome.<br />

Edna Morrison – Had a mobile<br />

butcher in the 60s in Hornby,<br />

Islington. He was called Chop,<br />

my dog jumped in the back of his<br />

van once and took off with some<br />

sausages, oh such memories back<br />

in the day.<br />

Readers respond to an<br />

article about Fendalton-<br />

Waimairi-Harewood<br />

Community Board deputy<br />

chairman Aaron Campbell<br />

wanting to extend alcohol<br />

restrictions to include some<br />

parks and reserves.<br />

Nic Davies – No, why ruin it<br />

for those who are responsible and<br />

respectful. Often on a nice day I<br />

enjoy a quiet beer when reading<br />

my book in a park.<br />

Saar Vl – Unfortunately the<br />

behaviour of a few people means<br />

those who want to enjoy a drink<br />

on a family picnic or barbecue<br />

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transparency around the interactive touch wall for Tūranga, Christchurch’s new<br />

central library.<br />

Transparency in spending<br />

is vitally important<br />

Fendalton-Waimairi-<br />

Harewood Community<br />

Board member Shirish<br />

Paranjape talks about<br />

transparency in<br />

governance<br />

TRANSPARENCY is<br />

one of the prime tenets in<br />

governance, including local<br />

governance.<br />

Transparency is a very<br />

broad subject and can<br />

include transparency in<br />

decision-making as well as<br />

transparency in spending.<br />

Transparency in spending<br />

is critically important,<br />

particularly when it is<br />

someone else’s money.<br />

As a country, New<br />

Zealand can be justifiably<br />

proud of its reputation<br />

globally. If we look at the<br />

indices published annually<br />

by Transparency International,<br />

New Zealand has<br />

consistently been among<br />

the top three. In 2017, New<br />

Zealand had the No 1 position.<br />

However, if we go by the<br />

happenings around us, the<br />

city of Christchurch will<br />

perhaps not be a contender<br />

for any such high ranking<br />

for transparency. Sadly,<br />

more than once, the city<br />

council has come under<br />

fire for not being transparent.<br />

It is always a sorry state<br />

of affairs when taxpayers<br />

or ratepayers have to knock<br />

the doors of the Ombudsman<br />

against a city council.<br />

Even worse when the directives/recommendations<br />

issued by the Ombudsman<br />

are ignored by the city<br />

council, and the Ombudsman<br />

has to knock on the<br />

doors of the Attorney-<br />

General to step in.<br />

Without going through<br />

who is right, who is wrong<br />

– those in public offices, including<br />

the employed staff<br />

and elected members of<br />

city council – must recognise<br />

that if they are hiding<br />

something – intentionally<br />

or otherwise – things will<br />

catch up sooner or later.<br />

Also, full/more transparency<br />

ought to be exercised<br />

particularly when the price<br />

of the item is high, or the<br />

“value” is subjective. For<br />

example, a million dollar<br />

spend on a piece of art will<br />

always incur more public<br />

scrutiny than the same<br />

amount spent on a roading<br />

or pumping project.<br />

The worst thing those<br />

in office can do is either to<br />

hide behind “commercial<br />

sensitivity” or delay, block<br />

or ignore requests.<br />

Chances are, if one is<br />

hiding something, something<br />

is not right.<br />

One can only hope<br />

that the digital wall was<br />

an isolated incident with<br />

city council, and that the<br />

authorities will not act as a<br />

wall in future, figuratively<br />

speaking.<br />

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Readers respond to<br />

a proposal to move<br />

a bus stop 150m on<br />

Innes Rd, meaning<br />

up to eight nearby<br />

businesses could lose<br />

their parking<br />

Jo Kirwan – Definitely<br />

a safety issue having the<br />

bus stop so close to the<br />

school and way too close to<br />

the pedestrian crossing too.<br />

As a parent of a child at<br />

Mairehau Primary, I hope<br />

people rethink this move.<br />

Jan Driscoll – Typical<br />

idiocy from the planners<br />

. . . they don’t have a<br />

clue, hope to heavens the<br />

business owners get it<br />

stopped.<br />

Trevor Taylor –<br />

Council doesn’t care. It will<br />

say, the shoppers should be<br />

riding a bike or taking the<br />

bus, not driving evil cars.<br />

Aaron Campbell – At<br />

the top end of Innes Rd they<br />

are moving two houses so it<br />

is closer to a walk through,<br />

just goes to show how lazy<br />

and stupid this council really<br />

is. The new proposed bus<br />

stop is outside an elderly<br />

person’s property who I<br />

mow lawns for and she is<br />

outraged, and rightly so,<br />

come on council sharpen up.<br />

I don’t know the cost to shift<br />

a bus stop but I wouldn’t<br />

have thought it would be a<br />

cheap exercise, just another<br />

way this council is wasting<br />

ratepayers hard-earned<br />

money.<br />

Don Gould – Catch<br />

the playback of yesterday’s<br />

council meeting. Community<br />

board isn’t keeping up<br />

with events happening in<br />

their area. These bus issues<br />

aren’t even hitting their<br />

radar. Lianne Dalziel had<br />

more than a few interesting<br />

comments to make.


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Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong> 13<br />

StAC footballer off to Sydney FC<br />

RISING STAR: St Andrew’s College footballer Riley Caswell is<br />

off to train with Sydney FC.<br />

ST ANDREW’S College<br />

footballer Riley Caswell is one of<br />

two Christchurch United stars<br />

set to get an invaluable taste of<br />

professional football at Sydney<br />

FC, the glamour club in the<br />

A-League.<br />

Caswell and St Thomas’ Hamish<br />

Cooper, who both turned 17<br />

last month but already play for<br />

the Christchurch United first<br />

team, have been invited to train<br />

with the Sydney club. Sydney FC<br />

were last season’s A-League minor<br />

premiers and losing finalists<br />

and won the A-League in 2017.<br />

The opportunity arose through<br />

the contacts of Christchurch<br />

United head coach Fernando<br />

Lambert who coached at Manly<br />

United in Sydney for five years.<br />

Lambert also spent four months<br />

as an apprentice coach at Sydney<br />

FC with Robert Stanton, who<br />

runs the club’s first team and<br />

young league side.<br />

Lambert says that both players<br />

have a big potential and the<br />

Yaldhurst-based Christchurch<br />

United wants to give its players<br />

the best opportunities to<br />

develop.<br />

“This may not be ideal for<br />

our club as they will miss a few<br />

games, but our club is focused<br />

on developing great players for<br />

the future and for New Zealand<br />

football, and not just looking at<br />

short-term results,” said Lambert.<br />

“This trip to Sydney will show<br />

our youngsters the next level<br />

they need to be aiming for and<br />

what is required in a professional<br />

environment.”<br />

Caswell headed over on<br />

Sunday to train with the Sydney<br />

first team, which is the feeder<br />

team for the A-League squad and<br />

regularly trains with the club’s<br />

superstars.<br />

The central defender feels he<br />

has earned this opportunity with<br />

his performances in Christchurch<br />

United’s first team.<br />

“I’m definitely excited and<br />

slightly nervous, but I’m grateful<br />

to have the opportunity to<br />

travel across to Australia,” said<br />

Caswell.<br />

SPORTS<br />

“It is a great opportunity to experience<br />

what football is like in<br />

other countries and to compete<br />

against top players”<br />

Cooper will go over the following<br />

week to spend a fortnight<br />

with the Sydney FC academy<br />

squad. The right fullback is<br />

grateful to Christchurch United<br />

and coach Fernando Lambert for<br />

giving him first-team experience<br />

at 16 and to open the doors to<br />

overseas opportunities.<br />

“The move to Christchurch<br />

United had definitely paid off<br />

because I am not sure if I would<br />

have had those opportunities at<br />

my previous club,” says Hamish<br />

who is pursuing a career in football,<br />

as player or coach.<br />

“At Sydney FC, I want to compare<br />

myself to the other players<br />

my age in Australia to see where<br />

I need to improve,” said Cooper.<br />

Late goal seals game for St Andrew’s College<br />

• By Jacob Page<br />

THE ST Andrew’s College first<br />

XI boys hockey team used a<br />

transplanted Timaruvian to take<br />

the Connetic Challenge Shield<br />

from Timaru Boys’ High School,<br />

on Wednesday.<br />

Former Timaru primary<br />

and intermediate hockey star,<br />

Harrison Darling scored the<br />

lone goal of the game with two<br />

minutes to play.<br />

The win also helped St<br />

Andrew’s earn a semi-final spot<br />

in the Canterbury secondary<br />

school competition.<br />

The shield was introduced<br />

at the start of the season and<br />

initially given to Christ’s College<br />

as champions before TBHS won<br />

it off them.<br />

St Andrew’s coach Ben Owers<br />

said it was a thrilling game<br />

against a quality team.<br />

“It looks like both teams will<br />

make the semi-finals and (TBHS)<br />

had a goal disallowed so it was a<br />

very good game,” he said.<br />

Owers said having a maximum<br />

of three more games in the<br />

competition would be beneficial.<br />

We even pulled off our goalie<br />

in search for the goal which is<br />

always good to try for when we<br />

might need it at Rankin.”<br />

The Rankin Cup is the top<br />

tier national secondary school<br />

tournament and is the pinnacle<br />

of the secondary school season.<br />

“It’s a tough tournament, not<br />

just with the quality of teams but<br />

the need to play seven games in<br />

six days.”<br />

St Andrew’s will play St Bede’s<br />

on Friday in the final match of<br />

the season where the shield is on<br />

the line.<br />

The Rankin Shield tournament<br />

will be held at Blake Park in Mt<br />

Maunganui from September<br />

3 to September 8 with Owers<br />

believing his team had the<br />

chance to go deep into the<br />

play-offs if their fitness was<br />

maintained.<br />

WINNERS: St Andrew’s College first XI hockey team won the Connetic Challenge Shield 1-0<br />

from Timaru Boys’ High School on Wednesday. The Shield is the equivalent of rugby’s Ranfurly<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

Special medal for successful golfer<br />

WINNER: Waimairi Beach golfer, Allison Doell will<br />

be presented with the Coronation Medal after she<br />

won the national links competition for <strong>2018</strong>.<br />

• By Jacob Page<br />

HAREWOOD resident<br />

Allison Doell was<br />

surprised as anyone when<br />

she won the Coronation<br />

Medal.<br />

The medal was presented<br />

to the New Zealand<br />

Ladies Golf Union by<br />

the Ladies Golf Union in<br />

19<strong>07</strong> to commemorate<br />

the Coronation of King<br />

Edward VII.<br />

The medal, first played<br />

for in 1908, is a silver division<br />

award in the national<br />

home links competition.<br />

It is played for by women<br />

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• Geshe-la graduated from the largest<br />

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• By Jacob Page<br />

A FAMILY visit to<br />

England has earned former<br />

Christchurch Boys’ High<br />

School squash player, Joe<br />

Williams a national callup.<br />

The 22-year-old will<br />

represent New Zealand for<br />

the first time at the World<br />

University Squash Championships<br />

in Birmingham,<br />

England, in September.<br />

Williams will be one of<br />

four Kiwi players at the<br />

event and the only one<br />

from the South Island.<br />

He took up squash when<br />

he started boarding at<br />

Christchurch Boys’ High<br />

School and now plays for<br />

the Lincoln University club<br />

where he has just completed<br />

studying.<br />

It was a far cry from the<br />

sheep and beef farm he<br />

grew up on a sheep and<br />

beef farm in Little Akaloa<br />

and is hoping to one day<br />

run it himself.<br />

“At home the nearest<br />

squash court was over an<br />

hour away,” he said.<br />

“CBHS was also very<br />

good at squash during the<br />

time I was there with Paul<br />

Coll (current world No 10),<br />

the head boy at Adam’s<br />

House where I boarded<br />

when I first started.”<br />

Both his parents played<br />

squash socially and that<br />

motivated him to give it<br />

a go.<br />

“I wasn’t much of a fan of<br />

football or rugby,” he said.<br />

“I quickly fell in love<br />

with the sport and after a<br />

few low level junior tournaments<br />

and I started to<br />

take it more seriously when<br />

Paul McFadzien offered to<br />

coach me.<br />

“My first memory of<br />

SPORTS<br />

with a handicap between<br />

0-18.<br />

The competition is a<br />

compilation of national<br />

club results where women’s<br />

golfers play on their<br />

home turf, and their score<br />

is adjusted to account for<br />

their playing handicap<br />

before being compared to<br />

other players, both in the<br />

district and nationally.<br />

Doell’s Waimairi Beach<br />

Golf Club played its<br />

Coronation Medal round<br />

in April and she shot 81,<br />

which was adjusted to a 63<br />

nett.<br />

Now that all other<br />

participating clubs have<br />

played their round, Doell<br />

was crowned the winner,<br />

something she was elated<br />

about.<br />

“To be honest I’d forgotten<br />

about it and when<br />

I saw the email come<br />

through I thought it was<br />

an award the whole club<br />

had won and it wasn’t until<br />

I received another email<br />

I read that it was for me,”<br />

she said.<br />

“It’s an amazing feeling,<br />

like winning lotto.”<br />

Doell, who plays off an<br />

eight handicap when on<br />

form, will be presented<br />

with the medal later this<br />

year at the end of the<br />

season.<br />

Doell, who lives in Harewood<br />

has been playing at<br />

the Waimairi Beach club<br />

for more than 35 years after<br />

she moved to Christchurch<br />

from Cheviot to work<br />

in the city.<br />

She said while she only<br />

gets to play once a week,<br />

she said it was a privilege<br />

to play a good or bad<br />

round.<br />

“I don’t practice often,”<br />

she said. “When I have<br />

squash would have to be<br />

playing against my family<br />

at Squashways, particularly<br />

playing my Dad who beat<br />

me easily,” he said.<br />

“I have never beaten<br />

him as he gave up before I<br />

could.”<br />

A trip England to visit<br />

relatives offered him the<br />

chance to pull on the silver<br />

fern.<br />

“In finishing my B.Ag, I<br />

decided that I would like<br />

to go overseas to England<br />

to visit my mother’s half of<br />

the family and experience<br />

the high level of squash<br />

played in England.<br />

“New Zealand Squash<br />

time to play that’s what I<br />

love to do.<br />

“When I shot that round<br />

of 81, I couldn’t wait to get<br />

back out on the course and<br />

play again,” she said.<br />

“Even when it’s not going<br />

well, I’m still grateful<br />

for the chance to have<br />

some exercise and walk in<br />

the sun and I often think<br />

of all the ladies I used to<br />

play with who can’t play<br />

golf any more and I think<br />

I’m lucky.”<br />

Doell said while there<br />

were many closer golf<br />

courses to her home, she<br />

would always remain loyal<br />

to Waimairi Beach.<br />

“The club has been good<br />

to me and even through<br />

the earthquakes we still<br />

have a very nice course out<br />

there with great people,”<br />

she said.<br />

“It’s a very technical<br />

course and one that requires<br />

a lot of thought and<br />

skill and that’s what I like.”<br />

Chance call-up for squash player<br />

NZ REP: Former CBHS squash player Joe Williams<br />

will represent New Zealand at the World University<br />

Squash Championships in Birmingham, England in<br />

September.<br />

advertised about these<br />

championships being on<br />

in Birmingham and I was<br />

more than keen to play as<br />

I may never get a chance<br />

to play in a world event<br />

again.”<br />

Williams had no expectation<br />

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standard of people playing<br />

in the event I can not say,<br />

although being able to play<br />

squash in Yorkshire has<br />

already started to improve<br />

my game and fitness, so<br />

I’m hoping I can surprise<br />

myself by doing quite well,”<br />

he said.


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Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong> 17<br />

It’s<br />

happening<br />

at the...<br />

Bishopdale Village Mall NEWS<br />

Chairwoman of the Bishopdale Business<br />

Association Amanda Nuttall talks about<br />

upcoming changes to the area...<br />

We recently had the BBA annual meeting.<br />

The main news from that is we have<br />

decided to call ourselves Bishopdale Village<br />

and we have a new logo.<br />

There has been a lot of discussion about<br />

what we are and what we are not – with the<br />

carparks and outdoor area being owned by<br />

city council, numerous landlords leasing to<br />

individual businesses and being a mix of<br />

retail and services, we are quite unique.<br />

Our strapline – The heart of your<br />

community – this emphasises that we<br />

are central to the wider community of<br />

Bishopdale and the surrounding area.<br />

After the AGM we had a presentation<br />

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implement the redevelopment of specific<br />

areas.<br />

The committee met with them in<br />

October 2017 and since then they have<br />

conducted a shopper survey and talked to<br />

individual landlords and businesses to get<br />

an understanding of the issues.<br />

We hope that this will lead to improved<br />

lighting and security in the village. It would<br />

be great to involve some of our local schools<br />

and community groups in the project too.<br />

The next couple of years will be a very<br />

exciting time for Bishopdale as new<br />

businesses join us in the currently vacant<br />

buildings and our area is rejuvenated.<br />

Pamper<br />

yourself<br />

• Facials<br />

• Full body massages<br />

• Manicures<br />

• Pedicures<br />

• Eyebrow tinting<br />

• Eyelash tinting<br />

• Waxing<br />

• Men and women<br />

welcome<br />

Euphoria<br />

body & beauty clinic<br />

Harewood Road, Bishopdale (inside the YMCA)<br />

Phone 359 3445<br />

www.euphoriabodybeauty.com<br />

Ma Baker - your local<br />

Kiwi bakery<br />

They say that if you want to know the<br />

best place to find a great bakery, follow the<br />

locals, and in Edgeware and Bishopdale,<br />

you’ll find both the residents and those<br />

working in the area are regularly heading<br />

straight for Ma Baker.<br />

Their yummy food options in-store can<br />

be described as honest Kiwi tucker and<br />

there’s something for everyone. Everything<br />

is baked daily by their team of bakers, from<br />

the fresh bread displayed in store which<br />

is also used in their sandwiches and rolls,<br />

to their delicious and so-moreish cream<br />

cakes, scones and slices. It’s a perfect spot<br />

to call in for lunch or afternoon tea with<br />

friends, to share a cuppa and a cake with<br />

someone special, or for tradies to fill up<br />

on their large selection of pies, stuffed<br />

sausages, toasties, buns and donuts, and<br />

they can be comfortable knowing they are a<br />

tradie/hi-vis/workboots-friendly bakery. It<br />

is also a popular spot for business people to<br />

hold casual weekly meetings.<br />

When cooking a meal is too much after<br />

a busy day, parents can select something<br />

from their large deli-bars and take home<br />

large-sized bacon and egg or family meat<br />

pies or pizza breads with fruit pies to follow<br />

– their budget-friendly prices mean that<br />

take-out or eating out doesn’t need to be<br />

a weekly treat any more. Their savoury<br />

• Sandwiches<br />

• Rolls<br />

• Savouries<br />

• Pies<br />

• Cakes<br />

• Slices<br />

• Barista coffee<br />

• Cold drinks<br />

Ma Baker, Bishopdale<br />

135 Farrington Ave, Bishopdale<br />

P 03 359 1020<br />

E mabaker@mabaker.nz<br />

Also at 1066 Colombo St, Edgeware<br />

packs, authentic Southland cheese rollups,<br />

biscuits made with real butter, cream<br />

sponge rolls, iced madeira cakes, tarts<br />

and slices are also ideal if you are having a<br />

family get together , party or even just a few<br />

friends round to watch the footy.<br />

Ma Baker is one- hundred percent Kiwi<br />

owned and operated by Paul and Nicky,<br />

who opened their first bakery in 1995 and<br />

still have a faithful following of regulars<br />

– no surprise when they have continued<br />

their winning formula of a welcoming<br />

environment with excellent customer<br />

service, a wide selection of affordable food,<br />

matched with delicious hot coffee or tea<br />

and convenient parking.<br />

Find them at 135 Farrington Avenue,<br />

Bishopdale and 1066 Colombo Street,<br />

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SCHOOL OPTIONS - early & middle years 2019<br />

Small co-ed classes at St Michael’s<br />

Is your child one of 15 or 50? Is their<br />

classroom calm and productive<br />

or a disharmony of noise and<br />

movement? How much of their<br />

teacher’s attention does your child<br />

actually receive?<br />

At St Michael’s, our small co-ed classes<br />

and specialist teachers ensure your child is<br />

an individual, well known by staff and fellow<br />

pupils alike. For at the heart of St Michael’s<br />

are the essential values of Christian faith<br />

and good citizenship: respect, integrity,<br />

faith, hope and love.<br />

St Michael’s is a prep school so your<br />

child is assured of a traditional foundation<br />

in English and Mathematics. This<br />

academic rigour then underpins our wider<br />

curriculums in Science, History, Geography<br />

and Spanish. IT literacy is taught, not<br />

assumed, and computer use is measured.<br />

We like teaching and talking to our pupils!<br />

Cultural and sports’ programmes<br />

develop your child’s foundation further,<br />

as creativity and problem-solving come<br />

in many forms. Specialist art and music<br />

classes are enjoyed weekly; and most pupils<br />

play at least one instrument, whether piano<br />

or flute, bassoon or bongos. There are two<br />

choirs, and drama lessons.<br />

And our extended campus is spectacular:<br />

today, the Art Gallery; tomorrow, the<br />

Gardens; next week…<br />

St Michael’s has been nurturing and<br />

educating children for 167 years, and our<br />

pupils come from city-wide, arriving via<br />

the bus exchange only a block away or<br />

with parents who work in the thriving city<br />

centre.<br />

You and your child are warmly welcome<br />

to discover for yourselves our purposeful,<br />

wholehearted and inclusive prep school.<br />

Our Open Day is Wednesday 15 <strong>August</strong> or<br />

contact our registrar, Bec Hitchcock, for<br />

a personal tour: 03.379.9790; registrar@<br />

saintmichaels.co.nz.<br />

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

St Michael’s<br />

School<br />

✓ Co-educational, Years 1-8<br />

✓ Small classes<br />

✓ Specialist teachers<br />

✓ Traditional classrooms;<br />

academic rigour<br />

✓ Musical excellence<br />

✓ Christian values<br />

✓ Before & after school care:<br />

7.30am - 5.30pm<br />

✓ Cental city location,<br />

easy access<br />

Open Day: Wednesday 15 <strong>August</strong><br />

www.saintmichaels.school.nz 249 Durham Street 379 9790<br />

Cathedral Grammar<br />

The Cathedral Grammar School is an<br />

independent school providing high-quality<br />

education for pre-school, primary school<br />

and intermediate aged girls and boys.<br />

This is a place of ambition alongside<br />

preparation where students learn from the<br />

best right from the start. Every year level<br />

benefits from the expertise of our highcalibre<br />

specialist teachers across multiple<br />

subjects. And small class sizes means a<br />

lot of individual attention so every child’s<br />

strengths are identified and built on and<br />

support provided where and when needed.<br />

Our school structure is unique and<br />

designed to ensure students have the<br />

opportunity to make the most of their<br />

formative school years. We understand<br />

learning happens in different ways at<br />

different ages; our students work in both<br />

co-educational and single-sex learning<br />

environments at times when this best suits<br />

their learning styles. In Pre-School and<br />

the Junior School children learn in a coeducational<br />

environment. Students in Years<br />

4 to 8 attend either our Boys’ or Girls’ School.<br />

Allowing students the best of both worlds,<br />

single sex classes offer the opportunity to<br />

target and deliver the curriculum in the<br />

most effective and interesting style possible,<br />

while social skills are developed by sharing<br />

mixed-environment break times, specialist<br />

classes and activities.<br />

Creativity and culture play a<br />

big role here with four choirs and<br />

hundreds of individual music,<br />

speech and drama lessons every<br />

week. We’re also a proud sporting<br />

school, providing students with<br />

the facilities and encouragement<br />

to try their hand at a range of<br />

sports and recreation activities.<br />

Ultimately, we are committed<br />

to providing a balance of<br />

tradition and rigour, while being<br />

curious and adventurous every<br />

day.<br />

Let the learning<br />

adventure begin<br />

Come and experience what The Cathedral<br />

Grammar School has to offer. To register<br />

for the Open Day please contact Lydia<br />

Hemingway on 03 3650384 or email<br />

hemingwayl@cathedralgrammar.school.nz<br />

OPEN DAY<br />

28 <strong>August</strong>, 9.30 am


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Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong> 19<br />

SCHOOL OPTIONS - early & middle years 2019<br />

Middle schooling<br />

makes a difference<br />

Having a curriculum and learning<br />

environment designed specifically for<br />

learners in the “middle years” (Years 7-10) is<br />

essential to ensure high levels of motivation<br />

and engagement in learning during this<br />

crucial stage of schooling.<br />

At Hillmorton High School having a<br />

consistent approach without a transition<br />

to a new school between Year 8 and 9 is<br />

proving to be positive in terms of<br />

accelerating student learning within<br />

the Middle School.<br />

We are currently working with<br />

our architects designing a new<br />

Middle School building with 22<br />

“General Learning Areas”. These<br />

areas are flexible and can operate as<br />

single cell classrooms or be opened<br />

up to allow more open learning<br />

spaces – the best of both worlds.<br />

This building will not disrupt<br />

learning as it is being built on the<br />

current tennis courts.<br />

This environment fits well<br />

with our broad Middle School<br />

curriculum allowing learners to<br />

explore and find both their strengths<br />

and passions.<br />

The advantage of combining<br />

the skills of Year 7 and 8 specialist<br />

teachers with the subject specialists<br />

of a high school gives our Middle<br />

School learners a huge advantage.<br />

Additionally, our “Big Day Out”<br />

events and end of year student<br />

electives allow our young people to learn in<br />

a range of environments often participating<br />

in social action such as planting, working<br />

with the elderly, along with exploring the<br />

city, the Art Gallery and the university.<br />

Our Middle School is ensuring real<br />

educational success and positive future<br />

prospects as students move into the Senior<br />

School for Years 11-13.<br />

Providing<br />

our students<br />

with learning<br />

and personal<br />

growth<br />

opportunities<br />

At St. Francis of Assisi Catholic School,<br />

our mission is that we are “choosing<br />

to be an innovative, catholic learning<br />

community that inspires and empowers<br />

learners to succeed.”<br />

We are committed to inspiring and<br />

empowering students for success,<br />

through the implementation of innovative<br />

instructional practices, leveraging digital<br />

technology, ensuring equity of access for<br />

all.<br />

We offer a range of sporting and cultural,<br />

innovative and creative opportunities.<br />

Teaching and learning experiences are<br />

personalised for our students and value<br />

student voice.<br />

Within our new flexible learning spaces<br />

every child has the opportunity to learn<br />

through authentic contexts, solving real<br />

world problems.<br />

Together we continue to innovate within<br />

a Catholic learning environment where all<br />

learners are inspired to learn, create and<br />

share. We are creating learners who will<br />

not only be successful but will become<br />

people who will positively impact on their<br />

world.<br />

Accepting enrollments<br />

for 2019<br />

Located in the heart of Linwood<br />

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

Accepting enrolments now for 2019<br />

Empowering children to aim high, persevere and succeed.<br />

37 Cunningham Place, Halswell 8025<br />

Phone: 03 322 8735<br />

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

www.oaklands.school.nz<br />

Community • Active thinking • Respect • Excellence<br />

St. Francis Of Assisi Catholic School<br />

is a Year 1 - 8 school in Mairehau.<br />

370 Innes Road Mairehau<br />

www.stfrancischch.school.nz<br />

03 595 <strong>07</strong>30<br />

For information involving enrolment<br />

contact: principal@stfrancischch.school.nz<br />

SUCCESS<br />

Through Learning<br />

At Linwood Avenue School we are keeping it R.E.A.L.<br />

Respect Excellence Attitude Lifelong Learner<br />

260 Linwood Avenue, Christchurch 8062 Telephone: 03 389 9256 - www.linwoodave.school.nz<br />

MEET IN THE MIDDLE<br />

INSPIRING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, LEADERSHIP AND A LOVE OF LEARNING<br />

MIDDLE SCHOOL | YEARS 7-10<br />

TE KURA TUARUA O HOROMAKA<br />

HILLMORTON HIGH SCHOOL<br />

hillmorton.school.nz<br />

We specialise in great<br />

schooling for years 1 to 10<br />

·<br />

·<br />

·<br />

years 1 to 6 establishing strong<br />

foundations<br />

years 7 to 10 great preparation<br />

for the senior years<br />

well prepared for life beyond<br />

the gate<br />

Growing in Wisdom & Stature<br />

Application closing date<br />

for 2019 enrolments<br />

at all year levels is:<br />

<strong>August</strong> 24, <strong>2018</strong><br />

Limited places in Year 7 to 10<br />

applications are invited<br />

Working together with<br />

families in the south west of<br />

Christchurch. Our students<br />

benefit from our specialist<br />

teaching with emphasis on<br />

pastoral care and our special<br />

focus on personal character<br />

development and learning.<br />

For more information, contact us on: (03) 338 8153 or enrol@aidanfield.school.nz<br />

or go to our website www.aidanfield.school.nz


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SCHOOL OPTIONS - early & middle years 2019<br />

Selwyn House School -<br />

small class sizes and talented<br />

teaching staff<br />

For primary school, every parent wants<br />

to ensure their child is receiving the best<br />

foundation for their academic future.<br />

Selwyn House School has small class sizes<br />

and a talented teaching staff set within a<br />

nurturing environment and an extensive<br />

range of opportunities.<br />

Selwyn House offers the International<br />

Baccalaureate (IB) Primary Years<br />

Programme (PYP) and is proud to be a<br />

leading STEAM focused school. We not only<br />

encourage our girls to work in advanced<br />

STEAM fields, we want our girls to lead<br />

them. Our STEAM Hub provides every<br />

student from Year 1 to 8 access to stateof-the-art<br />

equipment. In Mechatronics,<br />

girls learn the foundations of mechanical<br />

and electrical knowledge. Robotics is<br />

introduced as an interdisciplinary, projectbased<br />

learning activity drawing mostly<br />

on mathematics, science and technology.<br />

Learning is also enhanced by additional<br />

opportunities including the <strong>2018</strong> Space<br />

Camp trip where 18 girls will travel to the<br />

United States to attend a week-long Space<br />

Camp.<br />

A supportive all-girl learning<br />

environment encourages girls to take<br />

risks without fear of failure. As the girls<br />

progress they are confident in their<br />

abilities, understanding that perseverance<br />

helps them grow. A school-wide buddy<br />

programme provides each girl with support<br />

and mentoring.<br />

Learning is personalised and each<br />

teacher has the time to foster authentic<br />

and meaningful relationships. Strong<br />

relationships between the class teacher and<br />

family ensure each girl’s learning journey<br />

is nurtured by a partnership of support.<br />

Teachers construct learning activities<br />

to help each girl identify their personal<br />

strengths.<br />

Selwyn House believes these strengths<br />

can be applied to academic tasks<br />

and become more powerful with the<br />

acquisition of skills and knowledge, aiding<br />

intellectual development and academic<br />

achievement. For this reason core learning<br />

in reading, writing and mathematics is<br />

a priority. Specialist teachers in Spanish,<br />

Mechatronics, Art, Science, Physical<br />

Education, Swimming, Performing Arts<br />

and Music work with classroom teachers to<br />

help identify the strengths of every girl.<br />

The environment at Selwyn House<br />

empowers each girl to embrace their future<br />

and develop a love of learning. A Selwyn<br />

House girl will learn to define herself,<br />

accept responsibility, form opinions,<br />

and have compassion for the world. This<br />

combination of achievement, confidence,<br />

and character makes a Selwyn House<br />

education a powerful and transformative<br />

experience.<br />

For more information about Selwyn<br />

House or to schedule a personal tour<br />

please contact c.johnson@selhouse.<br />

school.nz or 03 355 7299.<br />

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Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong> 21<br />

SCHOOL OPTIONS - early & middle years 2019<br />

St Joseph’s<br />

School, Papanui<br />

St Joseph’s School Papanui is a Catholic<br />

integrated primary school that provides a<br />

quality faith based education for children<br />

aged 5-13 years. The promotion of strong<br />

Christian values fosters a caring learning<br />

environment where children can excel in all<br />

aspects of school life.<br />

The school provides a range of academic,<br />

sporting, cultural and artistic experiences<br />

that enable students to discover and nurture<br />

their unique potential. This year the school<br />

featured in Christchurch’s J Rock which<br />

involved over 80 students in performances<br />

that celebrated the importance of books.<br />

More recently the school has held a Science<br />

Fair which included over 50 exhibits from<br />

its senior students. Throughout the year the<br />

school has had representatives for a range of<br />

sports including cross country, swimming,<br />

and a range of winter sports.<br />

St Joseph’s School is a member of the<br />

Christchurch Catholic Community of<br />

Learning. It is working collaboratively with<br />

other Catholic primary and secondary<br />

schools within the Christchurch Diocese.<br />

This colaboration includes the sharing of<br />

expertise and the development of a cohesive<br />

educational pathway for students from Years<br />

1-13.<br />

Transforming lives through the<br />

St Mark’s story<br />

St Mark’s is an Anglican full primary stateintegrated<br />

school – the only one in the South<br />

Island.<br />

We are a Christian School. A school with<br />

strong connections to the local community.<br />

A school which celebrates the gifts and<br />

talents of everyone in the community. And<br />

a school that strives to live every aspect of<br />

school life by the values of Grace (Huatau),<br />

Excellence (Hiranga), Courage (Māiatanga)<br />

and Faithfulness (Piriponotanga).<br />

A brand new campus with excellent facilities<br />

including science room, music rooms, all<br />

weather turf and hall with stage supports the<br />

delivery of a full curriculum with specialist<br />

programs.<br />

Year 7 & 8 students are a unique age<br />

group that we specialise in educating. Our<br />

staff and school resources are all geared<br />

for this stage of personal development<br />

and focus on providing as a diverse range<br />

of learning opportunities to create a wellrounded<br />

individual.<br />

Our learning environment is supported<br />

by a strong focus on our school values<br />

of Respect (Whakaute), Excellence<br />

(Panekiretanga) and Perseverance<br />

(Hiringa). Through these ‘REP’ values<br />

we develop within each student a sense of<br />

self worth to realise their importance as a<br />

member of our Casebrook community.<br />

With the school marking it’s centennial in<br />

2021 tradition remains important to us, as we<br />

partner with all whanau to bring innovative<br />

teaching and learning to all Ākonga.<br />

Even with limited spaces in 2019 you are<br />

always welcome at St Mark’s School.<br />

Welcome to Casebrook<br />

Intermediate School<br />

Our school environment is one where<br />

students are safe and have the confidence<br />

to take risks with their learning. In this way<br />

the students at Casebrook are supported<br />

and encouraged to become self-motived,<br />

independent learners.<br />

We value the partnership between home<br />

and school. Together we can create an<br />

environment where we foster feelings of<br />

pride and belonging. We are sure you will<br />

enjoy being a part of our community and<br />

would welcome the opportunity to meet<br />

with you to discuss your child’s future at<br />

Casebrook.<br />

ST JOSEPH’S SCHOOL<br />

PAPANUI<br />

Te Kura o Hato Hohepa<br />

Catholic Primary School<br />

for girls and boys,<br />

Primary and Intermediate.<br />

Phone: 352 8779<br />

www.stjopapa.school.nz<br />

2019 enrolments close on Friday 2nd of October <strong>2018</strong><br />

• Year 0 - 8 Anglican State - Integrated<br />

• Holistic education inspired by the Gospel through<br />

Grace/Huatau, Excellence/Hiranga, Courage/<br />

Maiatanga and Faithfulness/Piriponotanga.<br />

• Caring family atmosphere<br />

• Specialist programmes<br />

• Exciting new campus<br />

• Transforming lives<br />

• Limited places available in 2019<br />

St Mark’s School<br />

Grounded in tradition, enlivened by innovation and inspired by God<br />

Cholmondeley Avenue, Christchurch | Phone: 03 332 7339<br />

Email: office@saintmarks.school.nz | www.saintmarks.school.nz


22 Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong><br />

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

•The Papanui Heritage group welcomes new members. If you are interested,<br />

email Murray Williams at papanuiheritage@gmail.com or phone 3554 841.<br />

SENIOR LIVING<br />

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

Plenty to do at<br />

McKenzie Lifestyle<br />

Village<br />

HISTORY: The Papanui Memorial Hall was built largely because of an initiative<br />

from Leonard Brannan Hart.<br />

Biscuit importer’s<br />

gimmick adverts<br />

were a cracker<br />

Papanui Heritage Group chairman Murray Williams looks at the life<br />

of businessman and Hawthorne St resident Leonard Hart<br />

LEONARD Brannan Hart<br />

was born in Christchurch<br />

in 1874 to Ellen and<br />

Michael Hart. Mr Hart<br />

spent his formative years<br />

in the city and his early<br />

business career was also<br />

based there.<br />

He specialised as an<br />

importer and wholesaler<br />

of Huntley and Palmers<br />

biscuits from<br />

England,<br />

and it is<br />

interesting to<br />

see the way in<br />

which he used<br />

contemporary<br />

events as an<br />

advertising<br />

gimmick,<br />

especially in<br />

exploiting<br />

the imperial<br />

sentiments of<br />

the day.<br />

For<br />

example,<br />

in November 1911, Mr<br />

Hart was advertising<br />

Huntley and Palmers<br />

‘famous polar biscuits’<br />

to coincide with Robert<br />

Falcon Scott’s preparations<br />

for his Antarctic<br />

expedition. Later, Mr Hart<br />

became manager of the<br />

Christchurch branch of<br />

Abels Ltd, a margarine<br />

manufacturing business.<br />

By 1919, he and his<br />

family were living in<br />

Hawthorne St, Papanui,<br />

and he threw himself<br />

into local politics.<br />

His most significant<br />

achievement was to lead<br />

the campaign to lobby<br />

for the construction of a<br />

war memorial in Papanui.<br />

Rather than settling for<br />

an obelisk or statue, Mr<br />

Hart lobbied for a ‘utility<br />

object’, specifically a new<br />

town hall.<br />

As chairman of the<br />

memorial<br />

committee,<br />

he argued<br />

successfully<br />

that the<br />

bulk of<br />

the money<br />

should be<br />

provided<br />

by raising<br />

a council<br />

loan,<br />

although<br />

the<br />

committee<br />

also raised<br />

funds<br />

directly by organising a<br />

very successful Queen<br />

Carnival. The new<br />

memorial hall with library<br />

facilities on the corner of<br />

Horner St and Papanui Rd<br />

was finally opened in 1923.<br />

However, Mr Hart’s<br />

other foray into local<br />

politics was less successful.<br />

Since 1910, Papanui had<br />

been administered by<br />

the Waimairi County<br />

Council but there was<br />

some feeling that the area<br />

would do better as a part<br />

of Christchurch city.<br />

Mr Hart disagreed –<br />

he was convinced that<br />

this would result in a<br />

disproportionate increase<br />

in rates for Papanui<br />

property owners.<br />

The fact that he had a<br />

financial interest in a large<br />

tract of then undeveloped<br />

land off Hawthorne St<br />

may have been at least<br />

a partial motivation for<br />

his campaign, which was<br />

fought at public meetings<br />

and through lengthy<br />

letters to The Press.<br />

However, in 1922,<br />

ratepayers in the most<br />

urbanised section of<br />

Papanui voted to secede<br />

from Waimairi in favour<br />

of absorption into the<br />

growing city. Thus in 1923<br />

– the year that marked<br />

his triumph in driving<br />

the successful campaign<br />

for the memorial hall –<br />

the change in the local<br />

territorial boundary<br />

was officially gazetted.<br />

Both the memorial hall<br />

and Mr Hart’s property<br />

in Hawthorne St had<br />

officially become part of<br />

Christchurch. Later Mr<br />

Hart moved to the Bay<br />

of Plenty and died in<br />

Tauranga in 1960.<br />

•References: Papers<br />

Past.<br />

•A future article will<br />

examine the history of<br />

Hartley Ave, a Papanui<br />

street named after<br />

Leonard Hart.<br />

The final stage of Villa<br />

development is progressing well<br />

at McKenzie Lifestyle Village in<br />

Geraldine.<br />

Just a hand full of sites<br />

available to secure off plan, so<br />

don’t be the one to miss out.<br />

From humble beginnings<br />

the 12 acres of farm land has<br />

grown to an impressive modern<br />

architecturally designed development.<br />

Offering Independent Living for the over<br />

55yr across 115 Villas, you can secure<br />

your future lifestyle here. Priced from<br />

$335,000 choosing from a collection of<br />

2 bedrooms / single garage through to<br />

3 bedrooms / ensuite / Spacious Living<br />

Dining / Double Garage( 160sqm). 2019<br />

will see 2 bedroom Terraced Apartments<br />

take shape close to all the amenities of<br />

the Leisure Centre. The hub of village<br />

life the Leisure Centre offers everything<br />

from Indoor Swimming Pool / Spa,<br />

gymnasium, Hair Salon, Treatment<br />

Room (Podiatrist/ Nurse / Massage<br />

Therapist), Craft Room, Lounge and<br />

a well-stocked library of some 2,000<br />

books and dvds. Outside take in the<br />

generous seating surrounding the<br />

IT’S LIKE HOLIDAYS<br />

ALL YEAR ROUND<br />

Lots of people spend their holidays<br />

here in Geraldine. But why just have a<br />

holiday when you can move here instead?<br />

Make the move to Geraldine’s McKenzie<br />

Lifestyle Village. We take care of everyday<br />

maintenance so you can enjoy<br />

a holiday lifestyle all year round.<br />

Talk to Hayley Grant today<br />

on 03 693 8340.<br />

M E M B E R O F R V A<br />

Bowling Green, Petanque, Mini Golf,<br />

Table Bowls, Croquet and Putting Green.<br />

If that wasn’t enough to fill your day the<br />

activities calendar boasts monthly events<br />

from concerts, lunch outings, shopping<br />

Trips and Qigong to name just a few.<br />

Geraldine is a great little town with<br />

a big heart - welcoming all. Nestled<br />

among the foothills of the Southern Alps<br />

where people still greet one another by<br />

name and popping to the supermarket<br />

for a pint of milk often becomes a social<br />

outing in its own right. The town has a<br />

long proud diverse history and being<br />

along the gateway to the southern lakes<br />

and Mt Cook/Aoraki, your friends and<br />

family will be visiting regularly!.<br />

To see if McKenzie Lifestyle Village<br />

is right for you, pop in or call Hayley<br />

Grant on 0800 845524.<br />

you can stop him<br />

snoring with a<br />

SNOREX<br />

Why put up with a broken<br />

night’s sleep?<br />

Ph 377-4318 or 027 682 1752<br />

DENISE LIM<br />

FOR A FREE INFO PACK<br />

Website: www.snorex.co.nz


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

Tuesday <strong>August</strong> [Edition 7 datE] <strong>2018</strong> 233<br />

SENIOR LIVING<br />

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health benefits!<br />

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antioxidant that have been shown to<br />

support the natural healing process and<br />

even slow the aging process.<br />

Grape Seed Extract (GSE) has been shown<br />

to reduce inflammation, pain, increase<br />

cell energy, protect protein structures and<br />

increase collagen production. The powerful<br />

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the blood vessels, improve blood flow,<br />

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Recent studies on people with elevated<br />

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but with no effect on people with normal<br />

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A growing number of studies show that<br />

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Numerous studies on GSE show it can<br />

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deficient in B12<br />

Emerging research has shown as many as 50% of older adults and<br />

as many as 25% of younger adults are deficient in vitamin B12.<br />

Scientists at Rush University Medical<br />

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Another study showed that older people<br />

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shrinkage and declining cognitive function.<br />

B12 is essential for energy production, cell<br />

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The reason so many people lack B12<br />

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it declining with age as the digestive<br />

system becomes less efficient. Anti-reflux<br />

medication and other drugs further reduce<br />

B12 absorption. The good news is B12 in<br />

the form of Methylcobalamin sublingual<br />

tablets that are dissolved in the mouth and<br />

thru bypassing the digestive tract have<br />

been shown to effectively raise B12 levels in<br />

the body.<br />

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24 Tuesday [Edition <strong>August</strong> datE] 7 <strong>2018</strong><br />

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

This series of short New Zealand plays titled Matariki will be presented by<br />

Elmwood Players from Wednesday to Saturday at 7.30pm. As part of its<br />

70 th anniversary season, Elmwood Players will show four plays in cabaret<br />

style with a question and answer session and live musical entertainment<br />

between each. The performances will include The Wonderful Miss Ward:<br />

Monologue, Drama by Stuart McKenzie and Miranda Harcourt, Comedy by<br />

Neil Troost and Thriller by Richard C Harris. Tickets cost $18 and bookings<br />

can be made at http://www.elmwood-players.org.nz<br />

.JP Clinic<br />

Tuesday, 10am-1pm<br />

A justice of the peace will be available<br />

to members of the community to witness<br />

signatures and documents, certify document<br />

copies, hear oaths, declarations,<br />

affidavits or affirmations as well as sign<br />

citizenship, sponsorship or rates rebates<br />

applications. There is no charge for this<br />

service.<br />

Fendalton and Papanui libraries<br />

A Laugh with Carlton – Comedy<br />

Night<br />

Tuesday, 7.30-10pm<br />

Go along to the Carlton for a laugh and<br />

a celebration of Christchurch’s rapidly<br />

growing comedy scene. There will be a<br />

mix of new talent and seasoned professionals.<br />

Admission is free. Event runs<br />

every Tuesday night.<br />

Carlton Bar and Eatery, 1 Papanui Rd<br />

Scrabble Club<br />

Wednesday, 1-3pm<br />

Go along and enjoy a friendly game<br />

of scrabble in the library. Boards will be<br />

provided but you are welcome to take<br />

your own. No need to book, just turn up<br />

and play.<br />

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and<br />

Community Centre, 13 Bishopdale Court<br />

Technology Help Drop-in Sessions<br />

Thursday, 10-11am<br />

These free drop-in sessions are available<br />

to help you with specific issues, such<br />

as using email, searching the internet,<br />

using the library catalogue, using electronic<br />

resources and any other general<br />

computer-related queries. Go along with<br />

your laptop, tablet, or smartphone or use<br />

one of the desktop computers if you need<br />

help with anything digital. This session is<br />

free and no bookings are required.<br />

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and<br />

Community Centre, 13 Bishopdale Court<br />

Email gilbert.wealleans@starmedia.kiwi<br />

by 5pm each Wednesday<br />

Reading to Dogs<br />

Thursday, 3.30-4.30pm<br />

These sessions have been designed to<br />

provide a relaxed and non-threatening<br />

atmosphere to encourage children to<br />

practice and develop a love of reading.<br />

This programme uses dogs which are pets<br />

of the city council animal management<br />

team and have been trained and tested<br />

for health, safety and temperament. Sessions<br />

are 15min. Phone 941 7923 to book<br />

a spot.<br />

Papanui Library, 35 Langdons Rd<br />

Knit ’n’ Yarn<br />

Thursday 2-3.30pm<br />

Go along and enjoy a chat with others<br />

as you knit. For anyone who loves to knit<br />

or wants to learn.<br />

Fendalton Library, 4 Jeffreys Rd<br />

Yoga Class<br />

Thursday, 6.15-7.15pm<br />

Go along and join a Hatha Yoga class to<br />

encourage your body to move. This event<br />

is all ages and runs every Thursday.<br />

St Albans Tennis Club, 37 Dover St<br />

Papanui Mega’s Kids Club<br />

Saturday, 11-3pm<br />

Go along to Mitre 10 Mega Papanui for<br />

kids’ arts and crafts every weekend. No<br />

need to book just go and enjoy the fun.<br />

54 Harewood Rd<br />

Songs from School Days<br />

Sunday, 2.15-4pm<br />

The Christchurch Liedertafel Male<br />

Voice choir will perform music both old<br />

and new. Songs that echo the memories<br />

of school days will be featured, including<br />

I Vow To Thee My Country, Gaudeamus<br />

Igitur and Battle Hymn of the Republic.<br />

Tickets can be purchased via door sales<br />

only and cost $15. Eftpos is available.<br />

St Andrew’s College Centennial Chapel,<br />

347 Papanui Rd<br />

HOME & HEATING<br />

Choosing the<br />

right heat pump<br />

for your home<br />

Whether it be a new build, or a retrofit,<br />

most homes include at least one heat pump,<br />

if not a whole heating solution. They can<br />

provide cheap, clean heat and are much more<br />

convenient than a log burner as you just need<br />

to press a button. But how do you decide what<br />

is best? Choosing the right sized heat pump is<br />

key to ensuring optimum comfort levels. Every<br />

situation varies and it is therefore important<br />

to get professional advice from heat pump<br />

experts.<br />

The range varies from wall mounted high<br />

walls, floor mounted systems, multi systems,<br />

ceiling cassettes, right through to ducted<br />

central heating systems allowing you to have a<br />

very discreet way of heating your whole home<br />

to a constant temperature throughout.<br />

Firstly, you must select a heat pump that<br />

is suitable for the size of the space you wish<br />

to heat. Usually a site visit is the best way to<br />

ascertain this. Not only is the size of the area<br />

taken into consideration but also, insulation,<br />

building orientation, windows and ceiling<br />

space. There are a wide range of heat pumps<br />

available with different heating outputs so it<br />

is important to select the correct size for your<br />

requirements that will handle the job but not<br />

be unnecessarily overpowered.<br />

Secondly, the location of your heat pump<br />

is also extremely important. The cheapest<br />

installation is a back to back where the outdoor<br />

unit is positioned directly behind the indoor<br />

unit however this is not necessarily always<br />

the best option. It is vital that the indoor<br />

unit is positioned in a place that will not be<br />

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constantly blowing on you. Also important, is<br />

the location of the outdoor unit. Most people<br />

do not want their outdoor unit sitting directly<br />

in their outdoor entertaining area or right<br />

outside their bedroom window.<br />

Choose a brand you can trust. Many brands<br />

have come and gone over the years but there<br />

are a number of manufacturers who provide<br />

reputable and reliable products. All brands vary<br />

in their energy efficiency, quietness of systems<br />

and price, so it depends on your application as<br />

to which will be most suitable. Major brands<br />

such as Panasonic, Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, Daikin,<br />

Toshiba and Hitachi are all reliable brands<br />

backed up by good technical after sales service.<br />

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Tuesday <strong>August</strong> [Edition 7 datE] <strong>2018</strong> 253<br />

HOME & HEATING<br />

Get rid of<br />

dampness<br />

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Now with the colder and wetter weather on<br />

its way, home owners are focusing on ways<br />

to make their homes comfortable, warm and<br />

healthy for their families throughout winter.<br />

Rising damp is an issue that affects many of<br />

our older properties which suffer from poor, or<br />

no, insulation. In Canterbury especially, postquake,<br />

many people have relocated to homes<br />

that suffer from rising damp which can be<br />

associated with health problems. Independent<br />

tests have shown that up to 40 litres of water can<br />

rise from the ground and enter a house every<br />

day, leading to mildew, mould, condensation<br />

and musty smells. Moulds can produce<br />

various allergic reactions and the<br />

frail, elderly and very young are<br />

especially vulnerable.<br />

Canterbury Foam Concrete<br />

Ltd is a locally owned and<br />

operated firm. The team<br />

understands the problems<br />

caused by rising damp and are<br />

there to help. They will come<br />

to your damp home and pump<br />

a lightweight, flowable foam<br />

concrete under your timber<br />

floored home. Specially adapted<br />

for our New Zealand conditions and<br />

applications it provides a layer of protection<br />

against rising moisture. An unexpected<br />

benefit that the team at Canterbury Foam<br />

Concrete have noticed recently, is that many<br />

owners of properties which had underfloor<br />

foam concrete installed, reported that it also<br />

provided protection against liquefaction after<br />

the earthquakes.<br />

Contact Canterbury Foam Concrete Ltd<br />

now for your free, no obligation quote and<br />

complimentary appraisal of your underfloor<br />

ventilation needs. Phone 03 376 4608 or<br />

0508 362626 for more information.<br />

20 years<br />

and still smiling<br />

Smooth-Air Products Ltd, supplier of<br />

ventilation equipment to trade and retail<br />

is proud so many staff members have been<br />

happy to stay with the company for so long.<br />

Recently Jason Hansen was awarded<br />

with his 20 year certificate by Allan Doak,<br />

Managing Director, who set up the company<br />

in 1990. Jason started as a teenager in 1998<br />

as general hand and now is very skilled<br />

at manufacturing castellated spigots and<br />

Madonna Cowls.<br />

Over the past 28 years, Smooth-Air staff<br />

have grown in numbers from two to over 80.<br />

Eleven of whom have worked for Smooth-<br />

Air for at least 10 years. Their certificates<br />

are proudly displayed in the Head Office<br />

entrance.<br />

Jason with his certificate for 20 years<br />

employment with Smooth-Air.<br />

Of the 23 Christchurch Workshop team<br />

members, seven have been there for over ten<br />

years, making for a very experienced team<br />

manufacturing a wide variety of ventilation<br />

equipment.<br />

Several other staff have been with<br />

Smooth-Air since near the beginning,<br />

even if not continuously, such as Russell<br />

Warnock, who was a great innovator during<br />

the early years and is now back in R&D.<br />

Also, Paul Shaw, who worked with Allan<br />

even prior to Smooth-Air, and has been in<br />

the Ventilation industry for nearly 40 years.<br />

Paul is now Smooth-Air’s HVAC Product<br />

Manager.<br />

Smooth-Air is looking forward to the next<br />

30 years with many of the current team.<br />

Jason in the Workshop, making an<br />

inline damper.<br />

Ventilation Equipment Suppliers<br />

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

Air Con Christchurch <strong>August</strong> Specials<br />

Tucker Electrical<br />

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NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

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<strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong> 27<br />

Air Con Christchurch<br />

While ordinary Approved heat Home Performance pumps produce Assessors less with heat below<br />

only Mitsubishi Electric<br />

Christchurch<br />

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all the heat you paid for.<br />

Save<br />

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What does this mean if you have a tenant? It is very likely they will be checking, as what an incentive!<br />

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®<br />

Save<br />

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28 Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong><br />

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

Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong> 29<br />

REAL ESTATE<br />

The perfect quinella<br />

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Auction: Thursday, 30 <strong>August</strong> <strong>2018</strong>, unless sold prior<br />

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An easy-care section will keep your<br />

weekends free to enjoy the amenities in the<br />

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therapy, or the many exception amenities<br />

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This is an exceptional chance to buy<br />

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Viewing by appointment only so to<br />

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With her powerful treatment, results are<br />

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This unique powerful<br />

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Phone: (03) 323 4168 or 027 231 8388


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Junkman comes to FROM<br />

you & takes it away $<br />

65 *<br />

*Prices vary depending on items and volume – minimum charge $65<br />

Trades & Services<br />

****************<br />

CARPET & Vinyl<br />

lAying<br />

Exp. Repairs, uplifting,<br />

relaying, restretching.<br />

Email jflattery@xtra.co.nz<br />

ph John on 0800 003 181<br />

or 027 24<strong>07</strong>416<br />

ElECTRiCiAn<br />

Registered, electrical<br />

installation and repairs,<br />

Gorbie Electrical, ph 021<br />

026 73375 or 03 322 4209<br />

PAinTing<br />

& DECoRATing<br />

Wingfields Contracting,<br />

all interior & exterior<br />

painting & all forms of<br />

interior plastering & jib<br />

fixing, ph Mark 021 171-<br />

1586 or 355-5994<br />

PAinTER AVAilAblE<br />

All aspects in painting.<br />

Very competitive in roofs<br />

and fences. Please call 027<br />

241-7471 or 335-0265<br />

PlASTERER<br />

Gib Stopping, Small<br />

job specialty. 30 + years<br />

experience. Ring 0800<br />

387-369<br />

PlUMbER<br />

ALF THORPE<br />

PLUMBING Certifying<br />

Plumber for all types of<br />

plumbing, maintenance,<br />

spouting, alterations etc.<br />

Phone 352-7402 or 0274-<br />

350-231<br />

complete PlUMbER<br />

A Top Plumbing job<br />

completed at a fair price,<br />

prompt service, all work<br />

guaranteed, Ph Brian 960-<br />

7673 or 021 112-3492<br />

0800 586 5626<br />

www.junkman.co.nz office@junkman.co.nz<br />

Public Notices<br />

“Living Fully in Dying<br />

and Death?”<br />

Dying and especially death have become<br />

increasingly taboo subjects in our modern<br />

western society. This course will involve reflective<br />

consideration of the recent important literature<br />

of how to live life to the full when facing the last<br />

of life’s major stages of dying and death. This is<br />

at a time when more people are living longer and<br />

are becoming more removed from the reality of<br />

what it means to be mortal. Attention will also<br />

be drawn to recent research on palliative care and<br />

how it informs people to face approaching death<br />

not with trepidation but openness, clarity and<br />

understanding. This is an information sharing,<br />

reflective course and is not therapeutic in format.<br />

It will be a six-week course of 2 hour sessions; held<br />

on Thursday afternoons, 2 – 4 pm, commencing<br />

on 23rd <strong>August</strong>. The course will be facilitated by<br />

Rodney Routledge and others and be interactive<br />

in format.<br />

VENUE: Iona House, Aranui<br />

Enrolments by 17th <strong>August</strong> by email to<br />

office.stgeorgesiona@gmail.com<br />

or 355 6601<br />

(leave a message please)<br />

Trades & Services<br />

RooFing REPAiRS<br />

Fully qualified, over 40<br />

yrs experience. Ph John<br />

027 432-3822 or 351-<br />

9147 email johnchmill@<br />

outlook.com<br />

RoSE PRUning &<br />

CliMbERS<br />

Great ideas for your<br />

garden. Ph Graeme 027<br />

341 8596 / 342-5151<br />

SPoUTing ClEAning<br />

Spouting Unblocked,<br />

Cleaned Out and Flushed<br />

Out. Call Trevor 332 8949<br />

or 021 043 2034<br />

TilER/CARPEnTER<br />

35 years exp, no job<br />

too small. Ph Ross 027<br />

4311440.<br />

Tiling<br />

Flooring - Splashbacks -<br />

Wall incl tile removal, reg<br />

master tiler, ph Dave 027<br />

334 4125<br />

T.V. SERViCE CEnTRE<br />

Repairs, tvs, microwaves,<br />

stereos, DVD. Aerial<br />

installations and kitsets,<br />

480 Moorhouse Ave, ph 03<br />

379 1400<br />

VHS ViDEo TAPES<br />

& all camera tapes<br />

converted to DVD, video<br />

taping special occasions,<br />

www.grahamsvideo.co.nz<br />

ph 03 338-1655<br />

Wanted To Buy<br />

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quality furniture,<br />

Beds, Stoves, Washing<br />

machines, Fridge Freezers.<br />

Same day service. Selwyn<br />

Dealers. Phone 980 5812<br />

or 027 313 8156<br />

TOOLS Garden,<br />

garage, woodworking,<br />

mechanical, engineering,<br />

sawbenches, lathes, cash<br />

buyer, ph 355-2045<br />

ADVERTISE YOUR BUSINESS HERE<br />

Phone for further details<br />

(03) 379 1100


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

Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong> 31<br />

What’s On<br />

Entertainment<br />

To advertise, contact<br />

Jo Fuller 027 458 8590<br />

jo.fuller@starmedia.kiwi<br />

The original gang’s back<br />

together for this one!<br />

GRAND NATIONAL<br />

RACING<br />

CARNIVAL<br />

8, 11 <strong>August</strong> | Riccarton Park Racecourse<br />

We are proud to sponsor Saturday 11th <strong>August</strong><br />

144th NZ Grand National Steeplechase<br />

Start your day with us<br />

Race Day<br />

Breakfasts<br />

COOKED<br />

BREAKFASTS<br />

$19<br />

HOOFBEATS is open from 6.30am<br />

BREAKFAST - LUNCH - DINNER<br />

Party on with us<br />

LIVE MUSIC |SPORTS BAR<br />

Wednesday 8th: DnD DUO<br />

Saturday 11th: Medium Rare<br />

The<br />

RACECOURSE HOTEL<br />

& Motorlodge<br />

118 Racecourse Rd, Ph 03 342 7150<br />

www.racecoursehotel.co.nz<br />

THAT’S right folks! DND Showband returns<br />

to the Hornby Club this Saturday with the<br />

original line up.<br />

“We’ve had a lot of fun putting this show<br />

together, ”said Jo-Anne Davern, performer<br />

and manager of the band. “It’s been a good<br />

couple of years since this line up last<br />

performed together and I’m amazed at how<br />

simply we all slotted back in place. It’s like<br />

we were never apart.”<br />

Joining Jo on stage will be regular<br />

members Ben Harvey (guitar, vocals); Grant<br />

McPhie (bass, keys); and Mark Newburn<br />

(drums, vocals), along with showband<br />

chanteuses Michele Webb, Gina Gilbreath,<br />

and Mel Lawson.<br />

Christchurch based DnD Showband has<br />

been delighting audiences across the<br />

country with their multi-tribute theme<br />

shows for an incredible ten years. In<br />

rehearsal mode for Saturday’s show, the 7<br />

piece troupe has been busy fine tuning show<br />

content, sorting costumes and tightening up<br />

moves.<br />

“We’ve put together a great play list<br />

guaranteed to get everyone up dancing.<br />

We’re opening with a set of 50s/60s tunes,<br />

followed by our Moulin Rouge theme set<br />

that brims with disco dance anthems of the<br />

70s/80s, and concluding with our tribute to<br />

ABBA,” said Jo. “And for those who prefer to<br />

listen and watch, our professional tech’s<br />

Peter Standring and Peter ‘Pedro’ Buchan-Ng<br />

will be out front running our audio and<br />

light systems to ensure it sounds and looks<br />

wonderful.”<br />

Tickets $20 on sale now at the Hornby<br />

Club, 17 Carmen Rd, ph 03 349 9026. Door<br />

sales $25.<br />

What’s On<br />

TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS<br />

MEMBERS LUCKY CARD DRAW<br />

CLUBBISTRO<br />

DOWNSTAIRS<br />

Open Tues to Sat 12pm - 2pm<br />

& from 5pm.<br />

GAMING ROOM<br />

TAB POD<br />

Dine by the Beach<br />

PIERVIEW<br />

RESTAURANT<br />

UPSTAIRS<br />

Open from 5.30pm Fri, Sat,<br />

Sun, and Sunday Brunch<br />

from 10.30am to 2pm.<br />

MONTH-END<br />

SUNDAY NIGHT<br />

BUFFET $25pp<br />

Sunday 26th Aug<br />

from 5.30pm<br />

BOOK NOW!<br />

SORRY, CLOSED FOR BRUNCH ON SEPT 2<br />

FATHER’S DAY BUFFET<br />

Sunday 2nd Sept. 11.30am - 2pm<br />

BOOK NOW 388 9416<br />

BOOKINGS ESSENTIAL<br />

202 Marine Pde | Ph 388 9416 | www.newbrightonclub.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome<br />

Lunch & Dinner<br />

All you can eat<br />

7 days<br />

Bookings Essential<br />

PH 386 0088<br />

fb.com/GardenHotelRestaurant<br />

www.gardenhotel.co.nz<br />

SERVING<br />

HAPPY HOUR<br />

5PM - 7PM DAILY<br />

STARTS THIS FRIDAY!<br />

OUR CABINET ITEMS<br />

ARE HOMEMADE<br />

CREATED FRESH ON SITE DAILY<br />

$12<br />

LUNCH<br />

SPECIALS<br />

Live Music:<br />

6PM.SAT 11 AUG<br />

COFFEE<br />

HAPPY<br />

H O U R<br />

2PM-4PM<br />

DAILY<br />

$3.50<br />

Offer available for a limited time<br />

and includes tea, hot chocolate<br />

MON: ROAST MEAL<br />

TUE: FISH & CHIPS<br />

WED: FISH BURGER<br />

THU: ROAST MEAL<br />

SAT: FISH & CHIPS<br />

AVAILABLE<br />

FROM<br />

11.30AM-2PM<br />

FOR A<br />

LIMITED TIME<br />

Rhonda Campbell<br />

& John Bevin<br />

PHONE 385 8880 FIND US ON FACEBOOK fb.com/GBCCHCH<br />

THE GARDEN HOTEL COMPLEX | 110 MARSHLAND RD<br />

www.gardenhotel.co.nz | phone 385 3132<br />

H ORNBY<br />

WORKINGMEN’S<br />

CLUB<br />

THIS WEEKEND<br />

SATURDAY 4.30PM:<br />

BARROSS<br />

SATURDAY 8PM:<br />

BIG DADDY<br />

Club CAFÉ<br />

OPEN<br />

EVERY DAY<br />

LUNCH & DINNER<br />

FAMILY FRIENDLY DINING<br />

DND SHOWBAND<br />

LIVE SHOWCASE<br />

Featuring Costumed Themes<br />

ROCKABILLY<br />

MOULIN ROUGE<br />

ABBA<br />

SATURDAY 11 AUGUST<br />

Pre-sale tix $20. Door sales $25<br />

Chalmers<br />

Restaurant<br />

OPEN<br />

FRI, SAT, SUN<br />

FROM 5.30PM<br />

5-8PM SUNDAY NIGHTS<br />

MEMBERS, GUEST & AFFILIATES ALL WELCOME<br />

ADULTS $27, KIDS 12 & UNDER JUST $1 PER YEAR OF AGE<br />

The Hornby Club | ph 03 349 9026 | 17 Carmen Rd | Hornby<br />

www.hornbywmc.co.nz | Members, guests & affiliates welcome


32 Tuesday <strong>August</strong> 7 <strong>2018</strong><br />

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

NOR’WEST NEWS<br />

386 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch.<br />

Sales, Service, Parts & Finance: 03 379 0588<br />

TRITON 2WD GLX-R DOUBLE CAB MANUAL<br />

The Triton Runout is on. Drop everything, and if you’re quick you can pick up<br />

• 17” Alloys • 2.4L Turbo Diesel • 7.1L per 100km efficiency (manual) • Sports<br />

Suspension • Cruise Control • Smartphone Connectivity • Reversing Camera<br />

• Daytime Running Lights • 5-Star Safety and a 10 Year Powertrain Warranty † .<br />

Call Christchurch Mitsubihsi 03 379 0588 to book a test drive.<br />

$29,990+ORC *<br />

*Price listed is for Triton 2WD GLX-R manual and excludes on road costs, which includes registration, WoF, 1,000km road user charges and a full tank of fuel. Available while stocks last. Automatic model available for $31,990 plus on road costs.<br />

†<br />

Visit mmnz.co.nz for full Diamond Advantage warranty conditions.<br />

PRE-OWNED SELECTION AVAILABLE FROM CHRISTCHURCH MITSUBISHI<br />

2017 Mitsubishi Outlander XLS,<br />

2.4L Petrol, Auto, 7 seats, Reversing<br />

Camera, 21,700km $33,990<br />

2017 Nissan Qashqai ST<br />

2.0L Petrol, NZ New, Auto, Reversing<br />

Camera, 13,900km $27,990<br />

2006 Mitsubishi Pajero<br />

3.0L Petrol, 4x4, Auto, tow bar,<br />

Bluetooth, 64,000km $19,990<br />

2015 Kia Sportage Urban LX,<br />

2.0L Petrol, NZ New, 6spd Auto,<br />

28,700km $22,990<br />

2006 Toyota RAV4,<br />

2.4L Petrol, 4WD, Auto, Tow bar,<br />

130,800km $13,990<br />

2015 Mitsubishi Outlander LS<br />

2.0L Petrol, CVT Auto, Reversing<br />

Camera, 67,700km $20,990<br />

2015 Nissan Qashqai ST-L,<br />

2.0L Petrol, Auto, Reversing Camera,<br />

Bluetooth, 49,400km $25,990<br />

2011 Ford Ranger Wildtrak, 3.0L<br />

TD, 4x4, manual, deck liner, tow bar,<br />

sliding lid, 157,000km $27,990<br />

386 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch. Sales, Service, Parts & Finance: 03 379 0588

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