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• By Jess Gibson<br />
HEATHCOTE Valley residents<br />
have described a multi-million<br />
dollar wastewater project being<br />
undertaken outside their property<br />
as “torture”.<br />
THe city council is now dealing<br />
with residents at three properties<br />
who have been affected by phase<br />
four of its Lyttelton <strong>Harbour</strong><br />
wastewater scheme.<br />
Creag Foxton-McCulloch and<br />
Victoria Foxton have endured<br />
almost two-and-a-half months<br />
of constant noise, dust, potholes,<br />
muddy roads and groundshaking,<br />
which they likened to<br />
an earthquake. The couple were<br />
never told they would have to<br />
put up with these issues outside<br />
their Scruttons Rd home while<br />
contractors Fulton Hogan work to<br />
install a pipeline at a cost of $8.3m.<br />
The job still has at least another six<br />
months to go.<br />
City council services general<br />
manager David Adamson said<br />
the project was consulted on as a<br />
whole in 2015 instead of on a stageby-stage<br />
basis. He said the public<br />
was invited to give feedback on<br />
two options to connect Lyttelton<br />
<strong>Harbour</strong> communities’ wastewater<br />
to the Lyttelton Rd tunnel in 2015.<br />
•Turn to page 7<br />
DISTRESSING: Victoria Foxton and Creag Foxton-McCulloch have endured almost two-and-a-half months of work outside their<br />
Scruttons Rd home while Fulton Hogan work to install a pipeline.<br />
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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
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YOU HAVE to sympathise with Heathcote<br />
Valley residents currently enduring the<br />
noise, vibrations and shaking that goes<br />
with a major infrastructure project (see<br />
page 1).<br />
Creag Foxton-McCulloch and Victoria<br />
Foxton have gone public in the <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News to air their<br />
frustrations over the Heathcote Valley part of the $53 million<br />
Lyttelton pipeline.<br />
The city council consulted with the public back in 2015 over<br />
what lay ahead. But Creag and Victoria say they weren’t aware<br />
what was going to happen in their part of the valley until work<br />
started a few months ago.<br />
The couple, and others, will unfortunately have to endure it for<br />
another several months.<br />
Fulton Hogan, the company contracted to do the work, isn’t<br />
responding to our questions.<br />
No surprises there.<br />
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Call to crack down on boy racers<br />
• By Jess Gibson<br />
LYTTELTON <strong>Harbour</strong> residents<br />
want police to crack down on<br />
boy racers after an increase in<br />
anti-social behaviour.<br />
Littering, burnout marks,<br />
damage to property and unsafe<br />
driving are some of the issues<br />
which have been of growing<br />
concern in hot spot areas.<br />
The Banks<br />
Peninsula<br />
Community<br />
Board has asked<br />
city council staff<br />
to arrange police<br />
to brief the board<br />
Ken<br />
Maynard<br />
on the issue<br />
within the Banks<br />
Peninsula Ward.<br />
It came after community<br />
board deputy chairman<br />
Tyrone Fields noted that it was<br />
something people are “actively<br />
complaining about” around<br />
Lyttelton.<br />
“Boy racers are generally<br />
pretty disrespectful of the<br />
whole community,” Mr Fields<br />
said.<br />
The Lyttelton Police Station is<br />
only staffed between 8am-5pm –<br />
after that, any calls are taken by<br />
police in Christchurch.<br />
Lyttelton Community Association<br />
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in boy racer activity outside of<br />
those hours.<br />
He said groups have been<br />
gathering in hot spots such as<br />
Summit Rd and Cass <strong>Bay</strong> but<br />
they generally move around to<br />
“share out the misery.”<br />
“I’m not sure that police are<br />
doing enough as they are pretty<br />
thin on the ground, and things<br />
are definitely worse than they<br />
used to be now that there is no<br />
presence,” Mr Maynard said.<br />
Senior Sergeant Stephen<br />
McDaniel said the track around<br />
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CARNAGE: A convoy of boy racers caused damage at<br />
Allandale Reserve in June.<br />
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Lyttelton and Corsair <strong>Bay</strong> is one<br />
which is travelled by a lot of boy<br />
racers in the weekends.<br />
But he did not want to link<br />
damage to boy racers.<br />
“I’m very conscious of categorising<br />
boy racers. It depends who<br />
you deem a boy racer, it could be<br />
a car enthusiast or a person who<br />
is out there damaging property.<br />
You can’t just say that all boy<br />
racers are damaging property,”<br />
he said.<br />
Over the next six to eight<br />
weeks, a number of speed limits<br />
will drop around the peninsula<br />
on highways and roads which<br />
are heavily used by vehicles and<br />
pedestrians.<br />
But Mr Fields said the speed<br />
reductions will not make a<br />
“blind bit of difference” in<br />
stopping unsafe driving for boy<br />
racers.<br />
However, he said it will create<br />
more grounds for enforcement.<br />
“At the moment, some of the<br />
speed limits are so high that you<br />
could be driving around there<br />
like a maniac and still not be<br />
pulled up on it.”<br />
He said the meeting with<br />
police will help the community<br />
board understand what is being<br />
done to stop the behaviour and if<br />
there is a plan in place to prevent<br />
it from getting worse.<br />
In June, a convoy of more than<br />
200 boy racers caused damage<br />
across peninsula in a drive which<br />
paid tribute to a man who died.<br />
Residents took to Facebook<br />
the next morning to post and<br />
share photos and comments of<br />
the damage on Lyttelton and<br />
Governors <strong>Bay</strong> pages.<br />
At Allandale Reserve in<br />
Governors <strong>Bay</strong>, vehicles had<br />
ripped up the grass, a drinking<br />
fountain was leaking, a bin<br />
was dented and posts had been<br />
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Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong> residents can<br />
learn more about a proposal to<br />
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site at Stoddart Point Reserve. A<br />
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a mural on the building after it<br />
became a repeat target for graffiti.<br />
The 145-year-old building exhibits<br />
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BAY HARBOUR<br />
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Thank you for<br />
helping your<br />
Fall Zones<br />
community<br />
To all of you who have had your<br />
trees trimmed before they became<br />
a problem, thank you for keeping all<br />
the families in your community warm,<br />
happy, healthy and connected.<br />
You can be proud of the fact that you have allowed your<br />
neighbours to stay warm, cook dinner and even charge<br />
their mobile phones. You may not have realised that what<br />
you’ve done has had much impact, but from all of us here<br />
at Orion, we just want to say thank you.<br />
Notice and Growth limit zones<br />
B<br />
A<br />
Power line voltage A. Growth limit zone B. Notice zone<br />
66,000 volts 4.0m 5.0m<br />
33,000 volts 2.5m 3.5m<br />
11,000 volts 1.6m 2.6m<br />
400/230 volts 0.5m 1.5m<br />
We’re not exaggerating.<br />
On our network, 10-20% of all unplanned power outages are<br />
caused by trees — including vegetation — coming into contact<br />
with power lines. Other than this, fire damage to property from<br />
branches sparking in dry conditions and serious injury from<br />
electrocution from contact with trees touching power lines are<br />
also possible consequences of not maintaining your trees.<br />
How close is too close?<br />
While most damage is caused by trees falling on power lines,<br />
significant risk exists from trees merely touching them. This risk<br />
increases the higher the voltage of the power line.<br />
The minimum distances that must be maintained between trees<br />
and power lines, as defined in the Electricity (Hazards from<br />
Trees) Regulations 2003, are outlined in the diagrams above.<br />
All vegetation should be kept out of the growth limit zone and<br />
preferably the notice zone.<br />
Sometimes it may not be practical to have a tree trimmed at the<br />
rate at which it grows and unfortunately, this means it may need<br />
to be removed. Other situations may require trees to be removed,<br />
most commonly when they are at a high risk of falling due to<br />
disease or adverse weather events.<br />
Where do I start?<br />
Before you begin, remember to keep yourself, and those around<br />
you, safe. We recognise that not everyone is experienced in tree<br />
trimming and are happy to advise you on what to do. We can arrange<br />
for trees near power lines to be trimmed at your expense, however<br />
we recommend you hire professionals to safely carry out the work.<br />
If you or someone working for you intends to work within four<br />
metres of power lines, a close approach consent is required from<br />
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damage caused by carrying out trimming or felling of trees.<br />
Will I be fined if I don’t comply?<br />
If a cut or trim notice is given to you and you fail to have the tree<br />
trimmed and/or advise us of the time and location of the trim<br />
without a reasonable excuse, this is an offence. This will make you<br />
liable for a fine not exceeding $10,000. If the offence continues,<br />
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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
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BAY HARBOUR<br />
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News<br />
Further progress on<br />
development of Lyttelton<br />
THE WHEELS are in<br />
motion to enhance the<br />
development of Lyttelton’s<br />
town centre.<br />
A draft proposal was presented<br />
to the city council<br />
at its meeting on Thursday<br />
to lift a requirement that<br />
businesses in the port town<br />
must provide a certain<br />
number of car parking<br />
spaces.<br />
The city<br />
council is now<br />
seeking views<br />
from strategic<br />
partners<br />
David<br />
Griffiths<br />
• By Jess Gibson<br />
Environment<br />
Canterbury,<br />
the Waimakariri<br />
and Selwyn district<br />
councils and Te Rūnanga<br />
o Ngāi Tahu on a draft<br />
proposal, under the Greater<br />
Christchurch Regeneration<br />
Act, to amend the District<br />
Plan.<br />
The proposal will<br />
also be sent to central<br />
Government.<br />
After the draft has been<br />
viewed, a final proposal,<br />
including feedback and any<br />
amendments will be prepared<br />
by staff for approval<br />
by Minister of Regeneration<br />
Megan Woods.<br />
The amendment would<br />
remove a restriction in the<br />
plan around the number<br />
of car parking spaces that<br />
commercial businesses in<br />
the port town must provide<br />
A RESOURCE consent is<br />
in the works for Lyttelton’s<br />
Collett’s Corner.<br />
Ohu Development, the<br />
group behind the multi-use<br />
retail building proposed<br />
for Lyttelton’s main street,<br />
has submitted its resource<br />
consent application to the<br />
city council.<br />
The approval process can<br />
take anywhere between<br />
three to 12 months, depending<br />
on if it is notified or not.<br />
If it is notified, people<br />
DEVELOPMENT: A number of empty sites may<br />
be filled on London St and surrounding streets if<br />
the city council is successful in its bid to remove a<br />
barrier to development in Lyttelton.<br />
in order to operate. Its<br />
removal is seen as urgent<br />
as several planned developments<br />
are affected and will<br />
require resource consent<br />
under the current rules.<br />
City council head of<br />
planning and strategic<br />
transport David Griffiths<br />
said the proposal would<br />
remove district plan requirements<br />
that are neither<br />
appropriate nor practical in<br />
Lyttelton.<br />
“The car parking requirements<br />
are causing issues for<br />
several potential developments,’’<br />
Mr Griffiths said.<br />
“It means development<br />
plans cannot meet the<br />
permitted activity parking<br />
requirements.<br />
“Landowners have,<br />
at various stages, raised<br />
will have an opportunity<br />
to have their say on the<br />
project.<br />
Meanwhile, the project<br />
group is in the early stages<br />
of preparing to sell and<br />
lease the building, including<br />
interviewing potential<br />
residents.<br />
Collett’s Corner is<br />
the first commercial<br />
development undertaken<br />
using crowdfunding in<br />
New Zealand. It is designed<br />
to connect the community<br />
in a space that is centred<br />
around well-being.<br />
the issue and the related<br />
length and cost of resource<br />
consent processes as an impediment<br />
to development<br />
in the centre. The regeneration<br />
of Lyttelton has been<br />
affected, with developers<br />
slow to invest and several<br />
sites still vacant. “<br />
He said removing the<br />
restriction will effectively<br />
return the Lyttelton situation<br />
to its pre-earthquake<br />
state, where most commercial<br />
sites did not provide<br />
parking.<br />
“Lyttelton is clearly<br />
unique because of its<br />
topography, specific<br />
regeneration needs and the<br />
size and dimensions of the<br />
sites for development and<br />
we see real merit in this<br />
restriction being removed.”<br />
Collett’s Corner multi-use building<br />
in resource consent process<br />
With a floor area of 2710<br />
sq m, the building will<br />
have a wellness centre,<br />
community concierge,<br />
hospitality, retail, coworking<br />
space and<br />
apartments<br />
During the five-week<br />
crowdfunding campaign in<br />
March, 370 people invested<br />
a total of $504,000 in the<br />
project. The opening has<br />
been pushed back from<br />
2020 to 2022 after the<br />
crowdfunding campaign<br />
failed to meet its target of<br />
$2 million.<br />
No appeals against liquor store<br />
• By Jess Gibson<br />
THE REDCLIFFS Fine<br />
Wine and Spirits store will<br />
go ahead.<br />
No appeals were made<br />
to the alcohol regulatory<br />
and licensing committee<br />
against the district<br />
licensing committee’s<br />
decision to grant an offlicence<br />
at 1/87 Main Rd.<br />
Submitters who opposed<br />
Rizak Enterprises Ltd’s<br />
initial application to open<br />
the store were given 10<br />
working days to appeal an<br />
amended version under the<br />
Sale and Supply of Alcohol<br />
Act 2012.<br />
But because none were<br />
made, Rizak Enterprises<br />
Ltd can start refitting its<br />
store in preparation for its<br />
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The amended application<br />
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of guidelines like labelling<br />
the store Redcliffs Fine<br />
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Historic hotel on the market<br />
• By Jess Gibson<br />
THIRTY YEARS of running<br />
and owning The Grand Hotel<br />
has led to a long list of memories<br />
for well-known Akaroa<br />
personality Eric Ryder.<br />
Among them was the time his<br />
pet cockatoo, James, escaped his<br />
cage during<br />
the night.<br />
“He perched<br />
on a tap handle,<br />
pouring<br />
hundreds of<br />
litres of beer<br />
onto the floor<br />
Eric Ryder<br />
of the bar and<br />
draining the<br />
HISTORY: Akaroa’s 136-year-old Grand Hotel is on the market with two neighbouring historic<br />
cottages and a large-scale development site covering almost 4000 sq m of land.<br />
tank dry. That was a hilarious<br />
insurance claim,” he said.<br />
Now, the 74-year-old has<br />
put the town’s oldest hotel on<br />
the market, together with two<br />
neighbouring historic cottages<br />
and a large-scale development<br />
site covering almost 400 sq m of<br />
land.<br />
Located at 4-16 Rue Lavaud,<br />
the popular two-storey hotel,<br />
restaurant and bar are at the<br />
gateway to the Akaroa township.<br />
It was built in 1883 and retains<br />
much of its historic charm and<br />
some of its original features.<br />
Serving as a member on the<br />
late Akaroa Community Board<br />
for 18 years, Mr Ryder was the<br />
main driver in creating the oneway<br />
traffic system in the Akaroa<br />
township that has helped to<br />
create a real tourism hub and<br />
alleviate many traffic issues.<br />
He built many houses in<br />
Akaroa over the years and<br />
bigger projects included the<br />
construction of the La Maison<br />
Restaurant and the school gymnasium.<br />
“I’ve loved it in Akaroa. It’s<br />
the people who’ve kept me here<br />
so long. It’s a small town where<br />
everyone helps everyone. Back<br />
in 1989 when we were snowed<br />
in for 10 days, the Grand was<br />
the only place with a generator<br />
and gas and in the three big<br />
earthquakes the building was<br />
unscathed.”<br />
Colliers marketing agent<br />
Courtney Doig said the property<br />
represents a variety of development<br />
opportunities.<br />
The building’s exterior and<br />
the two neighbouring cottages<br />
are protected from being demolished<br />
but new owners would be<br />
permitted to renovate the inside<br />
of the building.<br />
The property is for sale by<br />
deadline private treaty closing<br />
August 8, unless sold prior.<br />
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More peninsula<br />
speed limits<br />
set to drop<br />
Fire rages, homes at risk<br />
• By Jess Gibson<br />
MORE SPEED limits are set to<br />
drop around the Banks Peninsula,<br />
some by 80km/h.<br />
The city council approved more<br />
than 40 speed limit reductions<br />
around the Akaroa <strong>Harbour</strong>, bay<br />
and Little River areas at its meeting<br />
on Thursday.<br />
It comes after its decision<br />
last month to lower the speeds<br />
limits on Summit Rd and its side<br />
streets to help improve safety on<br />
the road.<br />
High-risk travel routes, roads<br />
near small settlements, unsealed<br />
roads and roads where pedestrians<br />
are likely to be present will all see<br />
reductions within the next six to<br />
eight weeks.<br />
On Childrens <strong>Bay</strong> Rd, the<br />
speed will drop from 100km/h<br />
to 20km/h as it is highly used by<br />
vehicles and pedestrians, unsealed<br />
and has a blind corner.<br />
The entire length of Wainui<br />
Main Rd will be reduced from<br />
100km/h and 70km/h to 60km/h<br />
as it is a high-risk rural route and<br />
has been ranked seventh out of 32<br />
city council priority routes.<br />
Other changes will be made to<br />
roads in Akaroa, the French Farm<br />
and Wainui route, Gebbies Pass<br />
and valley, Le Bons <strong>Bay</strong>, Little<br />
River, Little Akaloa, Takamatua,<br />
Duvauchelle and Okains <strong>Bay</strong>.<br />
Loss of income and damage concern to property<br />
•From page 1<br />
However, regardless of outcome,<br />
the plan to lay a pipeline through<br />
Heathcote and Woolston would<br />
have remained the same.<br />
“We’re addressing each<br />
complaint individually and<br />
working with our contractor<br />
to find a solution for residents.<br />
Complaints are followed up with<br />
emails or phone calls from the<br />
project manager and face-to-face<br />
engagement with the contractor,”<br />
Mr Adamson said.<br />
Mr Foxton-McCulloch, who is<br />
the ex-chairman of the Heathcote<br />
Valley Community Association,<br />
was not aware of the consultation<br />
or the drop-in session in 2015.<br />
The only mention of Scruttons<br />
Rd in the consultation document<br />
was to say that the pipeline would<br />
be installed there, as well as in<br />
Godley, Simeon, Norwich and<br />
Gladstone Quays and Port Hills,<br />
and Ferry Rds. It did not mention<br />
anything about disruption to<br />
nearby properties during the<br />
installation of the pipeline.<br />
The city council received 44<br />
submissions in response to the<br />
consultation, five opposed the<br />
project and there was no mention<br />
of Scruttons Rd.<br />
Instead, Mr Foxton-<br />
McCulloch said he found out<br />
about the work which was going<br />
to be done when he saw people<br />
working outside his property and<br />
called the city council.<br />
In an email to the city council,<br />
Mr Foxton-McCulloch said “the<br />
appalling lack of communication<br />
between the city council, those<br />
who you subcontract with and<br />
the people who pay all of your<br />
wages is staggering.”<br />
Mr Foxton-McCulloch and Ms<br />
Foxton have had to temporarily<br />
shut their home-based business<br />
Castle Rock Estate due to the<br />
ongoing disturbance, resulting in<br />
a “massive loss of income.”<br />
“We even left to get away for<br />
a week of sanity,” Mr Foxton-<br />
McCulloch said.<br />
Mr Foxton-McCulloch is<br />
concerned that the work may<br />
eventually lead to damage to their<br />
property with all of the shaking<br />
and banging.<br />
He is also concerned over the<br />
use of a temporary Bailey bridge<br />
to replace the old Scruttons Rd<br />
bridge.<br />
“To have a Bailey bridge<br />
brought up from Timaru to<br />
be thrown over the old bridge<br />
just until the job is finished<br />
seems a huge waste of time<br />
and ratepayer money when<br />
the bridge is supposedly due to be<br />
upgraded next year.”<br />
THe pipeline will run from<br />
the Heathcote side of Tunnel<br />
Rd, under Bridle Path Rd and<br />
through Port Hills Rd to Mauger<br />
Drive and Scruttons Rd.<br />
It will go under the councilowned<br />
paddocks parallel to<br />
Tunnel Rd, under the Heathcote<br />
River and connect to the<br />
Woolston pump station in Alport<br />
Place.<br />
“It’s a necessary evil but the<br />
way they have gone about it<br />
is totally wrong,” Mr Foxton-<br />
McCulloch said.<br />
Fulton Hogan refused to<br />
comment.<br />
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Fundraiser nets almost $2000<br />
• By Jess Gibson<br />
NINE-YEAR-OLD Olive<br />
Harris of Lyttelton will go to great<br />
lengths to help those in need.<br />
The year 5 St Mark’s School<br />
pupil came up with the idea to<br />
walk up to 10km to fundraise for<br />
children in Uganda who do the<br />
same on an empty stomach every<br />
day.<br />
Walk With a Purpose saw<br />
more than 70 of Olive’s fellow<br />
pupils and their parents get<br />
behind the school’s first official<br />
fundraiser last month.<br />
Almost $2000 which was<br />
raised in cash and through a<br />
Givealittle page will be donated<br />
to the Fountain of Peace<br />
Children’s Foundation NZ.<br />
The money will go towards<br />
keeping 501 children fed at<br />
Rwenjaza Hillside School in<br />
Uganda.<br />
Olive said she was “really<br />
proud” that so many of her<br />
friends were willing to get on<br />
board.<br />
Families woke up as early<br />
as 5.30am to walk from<br />
locations like Mt Pleasant,<br />
Halswell and Cashmere into<br />
• By Jess Gibson<br />
A $95,000 funding boost aims<br />
to help biodiversity flourish on<br />
Banks Peninsula.<br />
The money has been allocated<br />
to five biodiversity projects by<br />
the Banks Peninsula water zone<br />
committee.<br />
BIG WALK: Tim, Olive and<br />
Jake Harris with teacher<br />
Emily Wells who joined the<br />
Lyttelton family for part of<br />
a 10km walk which raised<br />
funds for children in Uganda.<br />
Opawa in time for school.<br />
It was Olive’s second year<br />
walking the Stan Helms track<br />
over the Port Hills with her dad,<br />
Tim Harris, and this year she<br />
was joined by her five-year-old<br />
brother, Jake Harris, who is in<br />
year 1.<br />
Last year, Olive and her father<br />
did the walk on their own and<br />
raised more than $500 through<br />
sponsorship which was donated<br />
The committee approved<br />
the grants as part of Environment<br />
Canterbury’s immediate<br />
steps programme.<br />
The projects include Mabel<br />
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Covenant, Bill Hill Little Akaloa<br />
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Fountain of Peace volunteer<br />
co-ordinator Tania Sharr is<br />
the mother of two pupils at St<br />
Mark’s and helped organise the<br />
fundraiser with Olive and her<br />
mum Lottie Harris.<br />
Mrs Sharr said she was blown<br />
away by the school’s response.<br />
“I get quite tearful thinking<br />
about it. It really makes you<br />
realise that the world is a big<br />
community. Even though the<br />
students in Uganda are a long<br />
way away it means a lot to them,”<br />
she said.<br />
Fountain of Peace was<br />
established in New Zealand in<br />
2012.<br />
It aims to create familybased<br />
homes for orphaned<br />
and abandoned children<br />
in rural Uganda, as well as<br />
working to provide clean water,<br />
education, health care and<br />
sustainable projects for the whole<br />
community.<br />
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SUPPORT: One group of pupils from St Mark’s School woke up early and walked up to 10km to<br />
school from areas such as Lyttelton, Mt Pleasant and Cashmere.<br />
Restoration. Each of the<br />
projects will receive between<br />
$6000 and $30,000 from the<br />
programme.<br />
Landowners or project partners<br />
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Rare crabeater seal<br />
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A SEAL rarely seen in New<br />
Zealand popped in for a rest<br />
at Birdlings Flat less than a<br />
week after making its home on<br />
Dunedin shores.<br />
Crabeater seals are usually<br />
found on pack ice around the<br />
Antarctic and seldom make the<br />
trip to New Zealand shores, with<br />
only eight sightings documented<br />
across the country between 1885<br />
and 2015.<br />
But a lone traveller has<br />
been spotted snoozing at<br />
Birdlings Flat after another<br />
sighting on a beach near<br />
Dunedin on <strong>July</strong> 2.<br />
There have been three<br />
sightings this year, including the<br />
recent one in Dunedin, which<br />
may be the same seal who rested<br />
at Birdlings Flat before heading<br />
back out to sea.<br />
One was found dead inland<br />
from Lake Ellesmere in May this<br />
year.<br />
University of Otago student<br />
ECan biodiversity officer Helen<br />
Greenep said the chosen projects<br />
are set to make a real difference<br />
to Banks Peninsula’s natural<br />
environment.<br />
“Protection is the priority,<br />
followed by restoration,” she<br />
said.<br />
“What gives these projects legs<br />
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she believed the seal near<br />
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and appeared to be in good<br />
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However, it had some scars on<br />
its back, and a few scratches and<br />
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be signs of a recent encounter<br />
with a leopard seal at sea.<br />
Crabeaters form an important<br />
part of the diet of leopard seals<br />
and the pups are frequently<br />
eaten.<br />
Ms Forbes said its name was a<br />
misnomer and the seals do not<br />
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seals but they’re actually very<br />
specialised in hunting krill, they<br />
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is that they are all partnership<br />
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Forest expedition no walk in the park<br />
AFTER A long week of caring<br />
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A guide to one of Canterbury’s<br />
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To begin this stunning tour of<br />
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Don’t worry, they’re small<br />
dogs.<br />
Stepping out onto the street,<br />
the warm sun will fill you with<br />
joy and remind you that you<br />
forgot to bring a sunhat.<br />
Bask in the brilliant rays<br />
before immediately halting<br />
the walking party to put more<br />
clothes on the toddler when the<br />
clouds roll in.<br />
Keep up a brisk toddler pace<br />
for the 6000 years it will take to<br />
get 100m up the street.<br />
VITTORIA<br />
& Matt<br />
Unfortunately, it’s likely all<br />
four members of your group will<br />
be going at different speeds and<br />
two of them are attached to the<br />
slowest one.<br />
Solution? Wait until the<br />
slowest one (clearly the toddler)<br />
gives up and hands over one of<br />
the dog leads.<br />
Plunge head long into the still<br />
frosty forest and allow yourself<br />
time to think things are going<br />
pretty well.<br />
Don’t take the easy path, that’s<br />
for people who didn’t grow up<br />
in the village and you definitely<br />
did. So just head off on a rough<br />
cut path through a thick grove of<br />
pines.<br />
Some of your group (again,<br />
clearly the toddler) will trip<br />
on the loose pine needles<br />
and sand. This may (will) lead<br />
them to hand over the second<br />
dog.<br />
While carrying the bag and<br />
holding both dogs, enjoy the<br />
short walk until the last thing<br />
you aren’t holding gives up<br />
completely and cries to be picked<br />
up.<br />
Now, holding everything<br />
and everyone, slog your way<br />
up the sand dunes to reach the<br />
beach.<br />
Savour the irony that the<br />
moment you picked to enjoy<br />
one of this region’s great<br />
walks coincides with a high<br />
tide so full that there’s not<br />
actually any beach to walk on<br />
anyway.<br />
Finally, with a last look at a<br />
wonderful view, turn around<br />
and carry everyone back.<br />
•Former <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News<br />
journalist Matt Salmons<br />
has become a stay-at-home<br />
dad. We follow his journey<br />
weekly.<br />
EXERCISE: Vittoria enjoying a forest ramble, moments before<br />
giving up and asking for a ride.<br />
Landlords – know your obligations<br />
Ferrymeadbased<br />
Morris<br />
& Co Property<br />
Management<br />
operations<br />
manager<br />
Katrina Green<br />
writes about<br />
the new Healthy Homes<br />
Standard legislation<br />
AS PART of a commitment to<br />
providing Canterbury landlords<br />
with the correct information,<br />
Ray White Morris & Co Property<br />
Management is hosting a landlord<br />
information breakfast, designed<br />
to educate landlords on their<br />
obligations, and dispel any myths.<br />
(See details below).<br />
I was surprised that overall<br />
landlords really do not<br />
understand what their obligations<br />
are, or what the time lines are.<br />
There is a lot of misinformation<br />
out there including what heating<br />
will be acceptable and where it is<br />
required, right down to people<br />
thinking that they are required<br />
to double glaze their rental<br />
property.<br />
We want to ensure that<br />
landlords make well informed<br />
decisions, and certainly don’t<br />
panic and decide to get out of<br />
investment property ownership.<br />
The repercussions of this will<br />
likely be a shortage of properties<br />
throughout New Zealand and<br />
make it difficult for tenants to<br />
find affordable good quality<br />
homes.<br />
The Healthy Homes Standards<br />
came into effect from <strong>July</strong> 1<br />
this year and include five key<br />
components – ventilation,<br />
heating, drafts, drainage and<br />
insulation.<br />
While a lot of landlords will<br />
know the basics, what they may<br />
not know is that as yet we have<br />
not been furnished with all of the<br />
details.<br />
So, while I certainly<br />
recommend planning for<br />
upgrades, it is equally important<br />
to ensure you have the correct<br />
information before you begin<br />
spending any money.<br />
Another factor to consider is<br />
time frames. There are several<br />
differing time lines we are<br />
working from, and these started<br />
from <strong>July</strong> 1 with all new tenancy<br />
agreements now needing to<br />
include a statement of intent.<br />
•The event, which is being<br />
held at the Christchurch RSA in<br />
Armagh St, at 7am on <strong>July</strong> 24 is<br />
free although there is a cost of $29<br />
per person which covers their full<br />
buffet breakfast, tea and coffee.<br />
•For more information and<br />
to register please log in at<br />
https://canterburypm.co.nz/<br />
events/landlords<br />
Should board seminars<br />
be open to the public?<br />
Linwood-<br />
Central-<br />
Heathcote<br />
Community<br />
Board member<br />
Darrell Latham<br />
argues the<br />
public should<br />
not be excluded from<br />
regular board seminars<br />
WOULD AN outbreak of<br />
democracy be a good thing<br />
and should we allow greater<br />
accessibility to our Linwood-<br />
Central-Heathcote Community<br />
Board seminars? My answer is a<br />
resounding yes.<br />
At a recent board meeting,<br />
I raised this issue and sought<br />
clarification as to why the public<br />
was unable to attend our regular<br />
seminars. Basically, these<br />
seminars are persona non grata,<br />
public excluded events.<br />
I was advised that the public<br />
could attend seminars when<br />
it was deemed appropriate.<br />
However, a comment was made<br />
that public attendance at board<br />
seminars could stifle discussion.<br />
This is a viewpoint which I<br />
reject. We are elected members<br />
and it is our job to ask the hard<br />
questions of city council staff<br />
and others on behalf of our<br />
ratepayers.<br />
At seminar briefings, staff<br />
and specialists update elected<br />
members on matters. Board<br />
members then vote at publicly<br />
accessible community board<br />
meetings usually after the<br />
serious discussion has already<br />
been held at public excluded<br />
seminars. Most of our<br />
seminars are suitable for public<br />
attendance. Very few deal with<br />
sensitive or private information.<br />
Examples of interesting<br />
seminars include the highly<br />
topical St Andrews Hill traffic<br />
light phasing, <strong>Bay</strong>s Area Skate<br />
park site selection, Redcliffs<br />
and Sumner Village<br />
enhancement Projects, Crime<br />
cameras, Scott Park Landscape<br />
plan and the list of local projects<br />
goes on. The local community<br />
would have been well informed<br />
with the information presented<br />
at these board seminar briefings.<br />
Closed seminars take matters<br />
of local importance out of the<br />
public arena. The opportunity<br />
to attend seminar briefings<br />
would allow the public to hear<br />
the discussions and to be better<br />
informed.<br />
Residents have clearly stated<br />
in their survey review of city<br />
council services they would<br />
like to see more involvement<br />
earlier on to help them<br />
understand why and how<br />
decisions are made.<br />
There have been far too many<br />
meetings held behind closed<br />
doors, which means the public<br />
don’t get to hear the input into<br />
issues.<br />
•HAVE YOUR SAY: do you<br />
think the public should be<br />
able to attend community<br />
board seminars? email your<br />
thoughts to jess.gibson@<br />
starmedia.kiwi
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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Odds firmly stacked against Sumner<br />
• By Gordon Findlater<br />
SUMNER WILL need to<br />
overcome a bogey team which<br />
has put 124 points on them in<br />
two matches this year if they are<br />
to have a chance of finishing the<br />
season with silverware.<br />
On Saturday, the premier<br />
side suffered their third defeat on<br />
the trot when they fell 19-35 to<br />
Sydenham.<br />
The result means they<br />
finished fifth in the bottom six<br />
competition and will now travel<br />
to Linfield Park to play Linwood<br />
in a bowl semi-final.<br />
Linfield hasn’t been a happy<br />
hunting ground for Sumner.<br />
Their previous two meetings<br />
with Linwood both ended in<br />
heavy defeats, 22-76 in April and<br />
15-48 earlier this month.<br />
On Saturday Sumner found<br />
themselves on the back foot<br />
less than 2min into the match<br />
against Sydenham by conceding<br />
a try to find themselves seven<br />
points down. However, they<br />
rebounded and tries to winger<br />
Erik Thomson and halfback<br />
James Elliot had them trailing<br />
14-21 at the break.<br />
“We were pretty happy at<br />
half-time. Having said that, they<br />
scored 5min before half-time and<br />
5min after . . . they we’re absolute<br />
sucker punches,” said Sumner<br />
coach Martin Dodgson.<br />
One positive Dodgson took<br />
from the game was his side’s late<br />
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evenly fought with seven points<br />
a piece each while a number of<br />
division two Sumner players<br />
were called upon due to injuries<br />
and illness.<br />
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their attention to a third meeting<br />
with Linwood at Linfield this<br />
year. The home side will come<br />
into the match with a huge<br />
BIG THREAT: Sumner will need to nullify Linwood playmaker Gibson<br />
Popoali’i’s ability to off-load the ball if they are to get a result in Saturday’s<br />
plate semi-final.<br />
PHOTOS: ROZELLE MAY<br />
mental advantage after bashing<br />
their way through the wave in<br />
the past two meetings. However,<br />
Dodgson says if Sumner can<br />
show some of the resolve they<br />
did at the weekend then they are<br />
a strong chance of turning the<br />
tide.<br />
“When we drop off they’re<br />
really good at busting through<br />
tackles and once they get in<br />
behind you they can off-load<br />
. . . every time we’ve played<br />
them every single off-load has<br />
stuck. If we can play like we<br />
did at the weekend we could<br />
do a number of them,” said<br />
Dodgson.<br />
•Saturday’s bowl semi-final<br />
against Linwood kicks off at<br />
2.45pm.<br />
Ferrymead <strong>Bay</strong>s juniors<br />
impress at football cup<br />
TWO FERRYMEAD <strong>Bay</strong>s junior teams<br />
had impressive results at the Christchurch<br />
International Cup.<br />
The three-day tournament at Christchurch<br />
Football Centre on Yaldhurst Rd saw<br />
<strong>Bay</strong>s’ under-11 team finish fourth and<br />
their under-12 team finish fifth.<br />
The under-11 side finished second in<br />
their pool with two wins against Nelson<br />
Suburbs and St Albans Shirley, and a loss<br />
to Maori Hill.<br />
They then defeated Waimak United<br />
3-0 in a quarter-final before a dramatic<br />
semi-final against Nomads United which<br />
saw them lose on penalties after the match<br />
finished 1-1.<br />
In the third place play-off the side were<br />
again denied by penalties against Waterside<br />
Karori.<br />
Meanwhile, the under-12 team also<br />
finished second in their pool after wins<br />
against Christchurch United White and<br />
West End.<br />
Their only loss came against Nelson<br />
Suburbs. In the quarter finals they were<br />
defeated 0-8 by an impressive All Stars<br />
Academy side.<br />
However, they rebounded to win on<br />
penalties against Western Springs.<br />
The result saw them face Nelson for the<br />
second time in the fifth place play-off.<br />
This time <strong>Bay</strong>s took the honours 4-2.<br />
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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Email jess.gibson@starmedia.kiwi by<br />
5pm each Wednesday<br />
Knit ’n’ Yarn<br />
Today, 10am-noon (Lyttelton),<br />
Tuesday, 10.30-noon (Sumner)<br />
Take your knitting, crochet or<br />
other portable craft project and<br />
enjoy time with other crafters.<br />
Have a look at the range of books<br />
to get ideas for your next project.<br />
Free, no bookings required.<br />
Beginners welcome.<br />
Lyttelton Library and Matuku<br />
Takotako: Sumner Centre<br />
One Stitch at a Time<br />
Tomorrow, 10am-noon<br />
Have a natter over needles at<br />
One Stitch at a Time. All are<br />
welcome from people who have<br />
never crafted and aren’t sure it is<br />
for them to experienced crafters<br />
who feel like a bit of a chat while<br />
they sew, knit and weave.<br />
Mt Pleasant Community<br />
Centre<br />
A Very Pleasant Playgroup<br />
Tomorrow, 9.30-11.30am<br />
Drop-in playgroup for preschoolers<br />
and their grown-ups.<br />
Stay for the whole session or<br />
drop-in when it suits.<br />
Mt Pleasant Centre<br />
JP Clinic<br />
Tomorrow (Little River), 11am-<br />
12.30pm, and Saturday, 10amnoon<br />
(Sumner)<br />
A justice of the peace will<br />
be available to members of<br />
the community to witness<br />
signatures and documents,<br />
certify document copies, hear<br />
oaths, declarations, affidavits<br />
or affirmations, as well as sign<br />
citizenship, sponsorship or rates<br />
rebates applications. There is no<br />
charge for this service.<br />
Little River Library and<br />
Matuku Takotako: Sumner<br />
Centre<br />
Tai Chi<br />
Friday, 7-8.30pm<br />
This is a gentle exercise for<br />
people of all ages and fitness<br />
levels, bringing many health and<br />
other benefits. All are welcome<br />
to attend this weekly class. Phone<br />
Lucida for more information on<br />
022 697 7420.<br />
105 Bridle Path Rd<br />
Lens on the World<br />
Friday, Saturday and Sunday<br />
10am - 4pm<br />
An exhibition of art<br />
photographs by members of<br />
the Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong> Camera<br />
Club which includes images<br />
from club field trips and travels<br />
abroad. All works for sale. Free<br />
entry. Historic Stoddart Cottage<br />
is a great place to visit with<br />
the family during the school<br />
holidays. Hop on the ferry from<br />
Lyttelton.<br />
Using googly eyes, pompoms, pipe cleaners and popsicle sticks, create your own weird and<br />
wonderful mini bookmark for yourself or for a friend. Head to Matuku Takotako: Sumner Centre<br />
today from 10.30-11.30am to create a quirky bookmark for free.<br />
Stoddart Cottage Trust, 2a<br />
Waipapa Ave, Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong><br />
Shoreline Toastmasters<br />
Monday 7.30-9pm<br />
Nervous about speaking?<br />
Gain confidence by practising<br />
speaking, listening, learning<br />
and laughing in a warm,<br />
friendly non-threatening<br />
environment.<br />
Mt Pleasant Yacht Club<br />
Akaroa Craft Group<br />
Monday, 1.30-2.30pm<br />
Go along and join the very<br />
friendly Akaroa Craft Group.<br />
Sit in comfy chairs and have a<br />
relaxing chat while working on<br />
your craft project. Share skills in<br />
a wide range of crafts, including<br />
needlework, knitting, quilting,<br />
handicrafts, making dolls, teddy<br />
bears and spinning.<br />
Akaroa Library<br />
Mt Pleasant Walking Group<br />
Tuesday and Thursday,<br />
9.30am<br />
A mix of flat and hill walks for<br />
people with a medium level<br />
of fitness. Walks are in nearby<br />
areas and further afield. There<br />
will be carpooling with shared<br />
costs. Phone Judy 384 1269.<br />
Various locations<br />
Technology Help<br />
Sessions<br />
Monday, 2-3pm<br />
If you need help using your<br />
computer, smartphone, iPad,<br />
or tablet, go along to a drop-in<br />
session. It will cover off email,<br />
searching the internet, using<br />
the library catalogue, eBooks,<br />
and general computer queries.<br />
Take your laptop, tablet, or<br />
smartphone, or use one of the<br />
centre’s computers for help<br />
with anything digital. No<br />
bookings required at this free<br />
event.<br />
Matuku Takotako: Sumner<br />
Centre<br />
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Ingredients<br />
150g flour mix (see below)<br />
180g sugar<br />
2 tsp ground cinnamon<br />
1 tsp baking powder<br />
½ tsp salt<br />
80ml canola oil<br />
40g sweetened soy yoghurt<br />
2 eggs<br />
200g grated carrot<br />
Icing<br />
100g spreadable cream cheese<br />
50g butter<br />
100g icing sugar<br />
Decoration<br />
25g crushed pistachios<br />
Pecans<br />
Toasted flaked coconut<br />
Edible flowers<br />
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6g salt<br />
100g butter or margarine<br />
150g flour mix (see carrot cake<br />
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Wednesday <strong>July</strong> <strong>17</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Strong styling from Mercedes-Benz coupe<br />
Motoring<br />
Ross Kiddie<br />
MY THOUGHTS are that if you<br />
are paying over $180k for a new<br />
car you’d at least expect it to look<br />
the part.<br />
That is certainly what Mercedes-Benz<br />
has done with its E<br />
Class coupe line-up. Well, the<br />
entire E Class series looks pretty<br />
spectacular, it arrives here in<br />
sedan, coupe and convertible, and<br />
each has presence, its size, shape<br />
and detailing combine to give an<br />
overwhelming sense of purpose.<br />
The latest generation E Class<br />
has been around since 2016 and<br />
I’ve driven three variants, culminating<br />
in this evaluation, the E53<br />
AMG coupe.<br />
I’m very enthusiastic about<br />
the turbocharged V8 engine that<br />
powers many models in the Mercedes-Benz<br />
AMG performance<br />
range, that generally has the<br />
nomenclature 63, and at around<br />
$200k the sedan would probably<br />
be my pick.<br />
However, the E53 coupe is not<br />
disgraced as it, too, is a true performance<br />
vehicle. Under the bonnet<br />
sits a twin-turbocharged V6<br />
engine of 2999cc. That engine is<br />
also carried across the Mercedes-<br />
Benz range with varying outputs<br />
and in each case has remarkable<br />
sound through the exhaust. In<br />
the E53 that sound is still there, it<br />
barks and spits during gear shifts<br />
both up and down. The constant<br />
rumble out the pipes can’t quite<br />
be heard to the same extent as it<br />
is in the soft-top, but the coupe<br />
definitely has an audible presence.<br />
I simply love it, I was forever blipping<br />
the throttle and forcing shifts<br />
just to hear the boom and crackle.<br />
In terms of power outputs,<br />
Mercedes-Benz claims 320kW<br />
and 520Nm. If you add to that the<br />
constant turbocharged boost you<br />
know you are in for some excitement<br />
when the roads allow a bit<br />
of freedom.<br />
Mercedes-Benz also claims a<br />
4.4sec standstill to 100km/h time,<br />
and by my stopwatch it will lunge<br />
through a highway overtake in<br />
just under 4sec (80-120km/h).<br />
These are impressive times, but fit<br />
well with the sporty nature of the<br />
coupe, it has the performance to<br />
match its powerful looks.<br />
Yet, the big coupe is also docile<br />
when the roads don’t allow for<br />
performance, it will dawdle the<br />
city streets without taxing the<br />
driver, indeed the entire driving<br />
experience is one of comfort<br />
and relaxation. So competent is<br />
MERCEDES-BENZ E53 COUPE: Dynamic performance and looks.<br />
it at speed that the driver doesn’t<br />
need to work hard to maintain<br />
momentum, everything the E53<br />
does, it does with ease.<br />
On a stormy early winter<br />
weekend I took the evaluation car<br />
to Windwhistle before returning<br />
to the city through Hororata<br />
and Dunsandel. I had intended<br />
to go further west towards Lake<br />
Coleridge power station, but the<br />
roads were tricky with snow piled<br />
to the sides and ice a major threat.<br />
However, I felt at ease in the E53,<br />
it is majorly competent because<br />
drive is channelled through a<br />
nine-speed automatic transmission<br />
to all four wheels.<br />
On the greasy wet roads it was<br />
great to have the reassurance<br />
4WD offers, grip is high, and<br />
even though there was a lot of<br />
water under the tyres they never<br />
felt like they would lose traction.<br />
What’s more the driveline feels<br />
biased towards the rear, promoting<br />
a sporty feeling, powering out<br />
of a corner lends to the sensation<br />
that oversteer would be available,<br />
of course, you can’t break traction<br />
thanks to the trick control<br />
systems, but the car does provide<br />
all of the feel-good factors that a<br />
dynamic suspension and driveline<br />
offer.<br />
There are also suspension settings<br />
the driver can dial in for<br />
him/herself. That’s the beauty of<br />
an air suspension set-up, the ride<br />
is glorious, yet can be firmed or<br />
softened at will. If you haven’t<br />
driven a car which utilises air<br />
underneath, then I suggest you<br />
give it a try, it is the ideal compromise<br />
for comfort and handling,<br />
the cushioning effect is simply<br />
amazing.<br />
In AMG form the E53 is fully<br />
• Price – Mercedes-<br />
Benz E53 AMG coupe,<br />
$181,300<br />
• Dimensions – Length,<br />
4826mm; width,<br />
1860mm; height,<br />
1430mm<br />
• Configuration – V6,<br />
four-wheel-drive,<br />
2999cc, 320kW, 520Nm,<br />
nine-speed, automatic.<br />
• Performance –<br />
0-100km/h, 4.4sec<br />
• Fuel usage –<br />
8.8l/100km<br />
specced with all of the upmarket<br />
and luxury kit you’d expect for a<br />
car of this price, they are all laid<br />
out in the traditional Mercedes-<br />
Benz style, the layout of the controls<br />
is intuitive once familiar. It<br />
also has the tweaks which provide<br />
the performance factor, and that<br />
is where the AMG badging comes<br />
in, it adds to the dynamics of both<br />
performance and looks.<br />
As mentioned, if I was an E Class<br />
buyer, I’d pay the extra $20k for sedan’s<br />
V8 power and its five seats (as<br />
opposed to four seats in the coupe).<br />
However, don’t be misled, the E53<br />
and its V6 engine represents true<br />
performance and has the benefits<br />
of beautiful styling. I’m a big coupe<br />
fan, and I particularly enjoyed my<br />
time in the evaluation car, the grace<br />
with which it travels and the overall<br />
design is something to surely<br />
treasure.
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When the owners of this stunning home<br />
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The gift of travel<br />
AND THE GREATER GIFT<br />
OF GIVING BACK...<br />
Recently House of Travel Owner Operators<br />
from across the country congregated on the<br />
Coral Coast of Fiji for their annual partnership<br />
weekend which involved the usual schedule of<br />
conference rooms, strategy, hosted dinners and<br />
team building.<br />
However, what was different about this conference is that<br />
on the last day all attendees and partners were taken to a<br />
local school on the Coral Coast to ‘lend a helping hand’ to<br />
a primary school that apparently received little government<br />
funding. Little did we know what was in store – as we drove<br />
for about an hour via narrow winding roads through deep<br />
forestation we appeared at a humble building block located<br />
on a stunning coastal setting. We were split into teams of 4-5<br />
and the three hour working bee began!<br />
All teams had a local tradesman giving guidance and we were<br />
delegated a range of tasks from sanding and preparation for<br />
painting, painting interior walls and exterior walls, assembling<br />
of new computer work stations/desks, building bookcases,<br />
building new outdoor seating and sanding and painting the<br />
outdoor seating.<br />
As we worked away at our tasks in the warm sun in our<br />
allocated teams, it’s fair to say it was the most rewarding<br />
team building activity I’ve ever taken part in – let’s just say<br />
communication was critical as we worked with the local bendy<br />
nails and particularly for the teams building bookcases which<br />
included us as we realised we had all nailed the backing on<br />
the wrong side of the bookcase. Nevertheless we overcame<br />
the challenges and got the jobs done!<br />
Another team had assembled all the carefully curated<br />
gifts requested including stationery supplies and toys and<br />
divided them up into backpacks House of Travel provided.<br />
We were then given the task of handing these out to the<br />
gleeful school children who had lined up to meet with us.<br />
My husband watched a young child taking the goodies out<br />
of the bag, face beaming with the pure joy of brand new<br />
pencils. As we departed the school that afternoon with that<br />
weary yet exhilarated feeling, I have to say emotions were<br />
running high as I thought of the simple joy a new pencil can<br />
bring to a school child and how the joy of travel is amplified<br />
and enhanced by authentically giving back.<br />
So proud and honoured to work for an organisation that has<br />
these values. Mel Hubber<br />
“ TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE YOUR NEXT HOLIDAY EVEN BETTER”<br />
BETTER TOGETHER<br />
987 FERRY ROAD, FERRYMEAD VILLAGE I 376 4022 I FERRYMEAD@HOT.CO.NZ