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• By Georgia O’Connor-
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HELENA Dinnissen is living
proof becoming a mother
does not mean having to give
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Goal to become NZ’s fastest mum
FAMILY: Helena Dinnissen with her children Kees, 9, Evelyn, 4, and Imri, 6.
up pursuing a lifelong
dream.
After a long battle with
anxiety and depression
throughout her 20s, the
Wigram resident, 35, decided to
start over with a sport she loved
as a teenager two years ago.
Now Mrs Dinnissen, a
mother of three, has had her
biggest sporting achievement
yet – winning nine gold
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
medals in the Oceania Masters
Athletics Championships.
It is the biggest medal haul
in her career with her winning
nine golds.
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Funding
request to
improve
Riccarton
streets
• By Louis Day
RICCARTON could see 26 streets
become a priority for roading
improvements.
This comes after city councillors
endorsed an investment case
which will ask for $40 million
from the Government’s Christchurch
regeneration acceleration
fund for roading and transport
improvements.
The case proposes using
$25 million to $30 million on
improvements to five suburban
areas, including Riccarton, which
will focus on enhancing “accessibility,
safety and asset condition.”
It sets aside $6,990,000 for 26
Riccarton streets.
Improvements to Linwood
and Woolston are estimated to
cost $5,103,500, $6,677,500 for
New Brighton, $5,879,500 for
Richmond and $5,118,000 for
the wider Spreydon/Somerfield/
Waltham/Beckenham area.
A further $5 million to $7
million is proposed to accelerate
targeted safety improvements to
reduce death and serious injury
crashes.
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BISHOPDALE business owners
DEMOLITION:
want to see the soon-to-bedemolished
former Plunket
The former
Plunket rooms
rooms turned into upmarket
in Bishopdale
(right) will be
public toilets.
demolished,
But the city council has no
to the
plans to upgrade the toilets at
disappointment
the mall.
of My
An earthquake-damaged
Mens Store
former Plunket building is
Bishopdale
being demolished by the city
owner, Barry
council, but one business owner
Souter who
thinks the building should be
thought it
revamped as a toilet facility.
would make a
My Mens Store Bishopdale
great space for
owner Barry Souter said the
former Plunket building would
have been a great spot for a
ladies toilet and family room.
an upgraded
public toilet.
PHOTO: GEOFF
SLOAN
“It would be easy to bring it up
to earthquake standards,” Mr
Souter said.
THe sign on the fences
surrounding the building say
it is surplus to city council
requirements.
Said Mr Souter: “They may
be surplus to the council
requirements, but they are not
have good, clean toilets. But
at the moment, they just
aren’t adequate.
“It’s a permanent issue
in Bishopdale, these are
the things that stop people
going.”
THe city council has been
making improvements to
“If [the city council] was really
genuine about it, they
would make toilets a
priority, because that’s
what brings people to a
mall,” he said.
City council head of
community support,
governance and
Said Mr Filsell: “The Plunket
building is to be demolished
soon because it is 12 per cent
of building code, unreinforced
concrete block.
“THere are currently no
plans to upgrade the toilets at
Bishopdale Mall. The toilets
will be part of our next round
surplus to the needs Bishopdale the Bishopdale area, but
partnerships John of toilet condition assessments
and the users of the mall. Mr Souter said there is still John Filsell Filsell said the Plunket and will be prioritised alongside
“If you’re going to run a
shopping centre, you had better
more to be done to bring
people back to the mall.
rooms are not suitable to
be refurbished as a toilet block.
other toilet blocks based on
condition.”
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Several sport and community
groups have received funding
from the latest round of New
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grants. The Bishopdale Tennis
Club received $6653 for junior
adminstration fees and tennis
balls. Burnside primary
school received $5000 towards
camp activities and costs. The
Burnside Rugby Club received
$36,000 towards club salaries.
The Burwood Academy Trust
also received $10,000 towards
club salaries. The New Zealand
Community Trust allocated
more than $342,000 of grants to
Canterbury-based community
organisations with the help of
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SAFETY TALK
Last week, police, Fire and
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a morning at the Bishopdale
Village Mall to meet residents,
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Islington
DISCOUNT FUEL supplier
NPD has opened a new station in
Islington.
Located on Main South Rd, the
site is open 24/7.
Chief executive Barry Sheridan
says NPD’s aim is to bring lower
fuel prices to South Island motorists.
“We’re really pleased with the
support and positive feedback we
are receiving from the Islington
community. We now have 10
sites within Christchurch and
a further 11 in the wider Canterbury
area, highlighting our
commitment and confidence in
the province.”
Mr Sheridan says NPD is looking
to add another 17 retail sites
in the South Island over the next
12 months.
“NPD is a family owned business,
and we are proud to be expanding
our network throughout
the South Island.”
The new Islington site offers
100Plus, NPD’s new high-octane
performance petrol.
“Many modern cars benefit
from a higher-octane petrol
and the special formulation in
100Plus also delivers a number of
other benefits for many engines,’’
Mr Sheridan said.
Mother realising her sporting dreams
•From page 1
“It felt pretty crazy amazing,
some events, in particular, I was
genuinely blown away with my
results, and especially proud of
the records I broke,” Mrs Dinnissen
said.
She won gold for sprints,
jumps and hurdles, 60m, 100m,
200m, 400m, 100m hurdles,
400m hurdles, long jump, triple
jump and high jump.
Mrs Dinnissen’s biggest
achievement was high jump with
her clearing 1.71m.
“I’m only 1.68m tall, and my
previous best was 1.55m so this
was a huge improvement and
to jump over my height just
blew me away. I honestly never
thought I could do that”.
Her goal is to now become
‘New Zealand’s fastest mum’
with her set to compete in the
World Masters Athletics Championships
in Toronto next year.
She is currently training six
days a week for about one-and-ahalf
to two hours each day in the
lead-up to the event.
Mrs Dinnissen is training
to compete in the heptathlon
(200m, 800m, long jump, high
jump, 100m hurdles, shot put
and javelin and said she “would
love to win”.
“I hope to medal in all of them,
of course golds would be amazing,”
she said.
Although she loved athletics as
a teenager, throughout her 20s,
Mrs Dinnissen struggled with
low self-worth, depression and
anxiety.
“I never knew how to ask for
help, or have the skills to persevere.
It was heart-breaking to be
honest, I regretted it all my 20s
that I had not pursued a sporting
career,” Mrs Dinnissen said.
She also believed she could
never pursue her sporting dreams
after starting a family at 25.
But at 32-years-old, following
her third child, Mrs Dinnissen
decided she wanted to get moving
again.
AMBITION:
Helena
Dinnissen is
encouraging
other mothers
to get into
athletics
PHOTO: GEOFF
SLOAN
“I had been doing so much
work on myself mentally and finally
had the strength to fight. It
started with a jog and has turned
into this”.
Mrs Dinnissen is encouraging
other mothers to get into athletics.
“I am totally biased, but yes,
there is something for everyone.
I think when you start competing
and get times it gives you
a focus, to work towards and
challenge yourself rather than
exercising just for the sake of it.”
On top of juggling training
and raising three children, Mrs
Dinnissen runs a small fundraising
business targeted at preschools,
schools and charities
which turns photos and artwork
into jewellery and key-chains.
On top of her high sporting
achievements, Mrs Dinnissen
has overcome serious health
issues including endometrioses,
prolapses discs, a fractured spine
and torn hips.
Mrs Dinnissen will need
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Toronto and training leading up
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Bus priority measures proposed
•From page 1
Another $5 million to $8 million
is proposed for improving
bus priority measures on key
public transport routes across the
city.
The investment case said
without a cash injection traffic
congestion would increase and
“undermine the city’s regeneration.”
The report also stated about
300km of the 3000km of roading
owned by the city council was
severely damaged or needed
to be dug up for repairs to
other infrastructure after the
earthquakes.
But while the city council and
Government spent $2.2 billion
on a five-and-a-half-year programme
to fix horizontal infrastructure,
the report states many
assets need to be repaired over
the next 30 years to bring them
back up to pre-quake levels.
The Christchurch regeneration
acceleration fund was first
announced by Labour in 2017 as
part of its pre-election plan for
Canterbury to accelerate recovery
from the earthquakes.
The $300 million fund was
intended to repair horizontal
infrastructure and advance key
regeneration projects, such as the
multi-use arena.
BY THE NUMBERS
Street cost
Straven Rd – $170,000
Acacia Ave – $5,000
Auburn Ave – $105,000
Bradshaw Tce – $20,000
Field Tce – $55,000
Hampton Pl – $45,000
Hanrahan St – $80,000
Heathfield Ave – $15,000
Lester Lane – $40,000
Makora St – $45,000
Mayfair St – $5000
Renfrew St – $40,000
Ryeland Ave – $40,000
Tiora Pl – $25,000
Wood Lane – $15,000
Puriri St – $50,000
Athol Tce – $20,000
Burdale St – $20,000
Kyle St – $10,000
Seton St – $10,000
Titoki St – $25,000
Wharenui Rd – $200,000
Middleton Rd – $3,950,000
Waimairi Rd – $2,000,000
DAMAGED: Twenty-six
streets in Riccarton could
become a priority for roading
improvements.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
Council pays
tribute to
Lesley Keast
HORNBY IDENTITY and
Queen’s Service Medal recipient,
Lesley Keast, has died.
A minute of silence was held
before a city council meeting to
honour the former councillor and
Deputy Mayor on Thursday.
Said Mayor Lianne Dalziel at
the meeting: “We offer our sincere
condolences to her family. It can be
hard giving over a family member
to public service, but Lesley’s is a
record of which each and every one
of you should be proud.’’
Mrs Keast served three terms
on the Paparua County Council
before she was elected as the city
councillor for the Riccarton-
Wigram Board in 1992.
She served as Deputy Mayor
from 1998 to 2004, during which
time she ran the Mayor’s Welfare
Fund and advanced numerous
community projects.
Mayor Dalziel said after retiring
from the city council, Mrs Keast
remained active in the community,
including her leadership of
the Riccarton Park Restoration
Charitable Trust.
“In June this year, Lesley also
welcomed the news that families
would start to move into a new
housing development in Hornby
in the street that had been named
in her honour, Lesley Keast Place.”
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Every Day is Open Day
At the heart of our city since the founders laid the
first roads and planted the first trees, St Michael’s
has held dear those early aspirations and visions,
while unleashing our own dreams for a lofty future.
Indeed, for 168 years, St Michael’s has been
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St Michael’s is a prep
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An independent school education
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Our classes are small, with year-groups of 20 pupils,
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Traditional foundations in English and Maths are
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Eco-friendly food wrap wins award
• By Claire Booker
DIRECTORS: The Christchurch Girls’ High School Azul team won an award at the Young
Enterprise Scheme regional awards last week. Team members (from left) Huda Abdulridha, Lina
Eljindi, Strev Balmoria, Nicka Pascual, Caryl Cerro accepted the award.
AN ECO-friendly alternative to
plastic food wrap designed by
Christchurch Girls’ High School
enterprise students has been
recognised as one of the best
products in the region.
The company, called Azul won
the Rotary Club of Christchurch
Sunrise YES Regional Excellence
Award for Social Enterprise at
the Young Enterprise Scheme
regional awards last fortnight.
Azul’s chief executive, year
13 pupil Strev Balmoria, who
lives in Riccarton, said it was a
privilege to be recognised as one
of the top six young enterprise
companies in the region.
Said Strev: “We are grateful
to have had this opportunity to
showcase a solution to the everincreasing
plastic issue facing
our society today.”
The E-Wrap product the company
designed is gelatine-based
and is 100 per cent environmentally
friendly.
The wrap is produced at a
shareholder’s house, and Strev
said the production process is
fairly simple. Once the mixture
is formed, it is left to set for a few
days before it is packaged.
The idea from the product
came from the group members
shared passion for the environment.
“Every day we see single-use
plastics, wrapped in our food
and in abundance in our school
canteen, so we were inspired by
our surroundings to come up
with an alternative to single-use
plastics,” Strev said.
The group has made nine sales
and have profited $76.50.
The five year 13 pupils will
not continue the business after
the school year finishes, but
Strev hopes the initiative of the
company will inspire future
students to look for solutions for
environmental issues.
“We faced a lot of difficulties
producing our product but,
despite that, our passion for
saving the environment became
our driving force to continue
making our product a reality,”
Strev said.
Barbara Harding responds
to last week’s Western
News article on a proposed
liquor store on Memorial
Ave
I am utterly appalled to think
that yet another shop selling
alcohol may be granted a licence
in an area already well served for
alcoholic beverages, and also with
so many schools in the vicinity.
What possible positives could
there be to offering such a retail
outlet? I can only see the negatives
in a country where unfortunately
alcohol is over-consumed and
often the major cause of family
violence and broken homes.
Why not put a florist there?
New World offers some flowers,
but very few. With the church just
down the road, and being on a
main road for commuters, I could
imagine that this would be a very
worthwhile and attractive retail
option.
Why not send out the message
to tourists heading to the
airport that we are a garden
city? Failing that, a sushi shop
could most certainly be a great
option as there are none nearby,
and this could provide some
healthy snack options for passing
schoolchildren, as well as workers.
Please, do not allow this
proposed off-licence. It is a terrible
and ridiculous idea. Locals will
fight it all the way and hope that
those we have chosen to represent
us on the council will hear our
voices.
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Uni health centre
cops criticism
CRITICISM about
unprofessional counselling and
lengthy wait-lists has prompted
Canterbury University to
consider changes to its Health
Centre.
Student magazine Canta says
an overwhelming number of
students have been leaving the
free on-campus counselling
feeling worse-off, after being
told to try harder to get better, or
feeling dismissed before they’re
ready to stop counselling.
After writer Frankie
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good or bad.
One person shared a positive
story but 12 others described
feeling judged, dismissed or
uncomfortable during recent
counselling sessions, including
a woman driven to panic attacks
by her treatment.
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told she would get a female
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was a male counsellor. People
have had very inappropriate
quotes [made] when they went
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to get better,’ that kind of thing,”
she said.
This year students paid a
collective $499,000 for five fulltime
health centre counsellors,
extra staff during exam times,
and a triage counsellor being
trialled this year.
In a written statement, the
university said it had upped
the health centre’s resources
each year since 2017 and
students who declare urgent
needs are seen by nurses or GPs
if there’s no counsellors readily
available.
It also detailed other
changes being made because
of feedback and was urging the
complainants to come forward.
A spokesperson said they
hoped to make the triage
counsellor permanent, to make
sure students on the wait-list
were safe and provide interim
assistance, and that counsellors
were designing a questionnaire
to gather anonymous feedback
from every client.
The health centre’s medical
director, Joan Allardyce, said
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feedback given directly to the
health centre.
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Mason dominates masters
SPORT
• By Jacob Page
ST MARGARET’S College
student Abby Mason was
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New Zealand Masters tennis
tournament in Wellington last
week,
Abby lost just 11 games
and did not drop a set in four
matches on her way to winning
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The top-seed beat second seed
Lucy Xu, Auckland, 6-1 6-0 in
the final.
Her coach James Meredith
said the tournament was a good
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players to match-up against each
other prior to the big event.
The rest of the Canterbury
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The best performer was
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Meredith said Lucia had a
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eventually told. “This was a good
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• By Jacob Page
TABLE TENNIS players had
a night to remember at the
Burnside High School sports
awards.
They took away two of the
major awards, with Sang-Yong
Park named sportsman of the
year and the mixed A table
tennis squad – made up Jiayl
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Oceania junior championships
in Tonga, where he was part of
the boys team which claimed
silver and also earned a mixed
doubles bronze.
Ellena was captain of the
Burnside High School first XI
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Mainland Pride side
and the Coastal Spirit premier
women’s team which reached the
final of the New Zealand Cup
knockout tournament.
Sami continued her stellar
progression in track cycling.
She took silver in the team
pursuit at the junior world track
Left –
Sportsman of
the year
Sang-Yong
Park and
sportswoman
of the year
Ellena Firth at
the Burnside
High School
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Makes 14-15 slices
Ingredients
270g self-raising flour
½ tsp baking soda
1 tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp ground cloves
80g butter, melted
140g dark cane sugar
3 large eggs, size 7
1 tsp vanilla extract
450g very ripe bananas, weighed
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Preheat the oven to 170 deg C
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Sift the flour, baking soda,
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Gnudi with asparagus
Serves 4
Ingredients
400g ricotta
2 eggs
1 egg yolk
120g freshly grated parmesan,
plus extra for serving
100g flour
1 tsp salt
freshly ground pepper
semolina flour
2 bunches asparagus, woody
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pieces
50g butter
4 sprigs of thyme, marjoram or
basil
juice of ½ a lemon,
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regrettably, this can cause hearing
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if hearing loss is found
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if you suspect you may have hearing
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9. if you have hearing loss caused by
a reversible condition, take steps to
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10. if any permanent hearing loss is
diagnosed, choose hearing aids to
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