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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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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. 

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million is proposed to accelerate 

targeted safety improvements to 

reduce death and serious injury 

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Tuesday November 5 2019 3 

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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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GRANTS ALLOCATED 

Several sport and community 

groups have received funding 

from the latest round of New 

Zealand Community Trust 

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 

17 gaming venues around the 

province. 

SAFETY TALK 

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New fuel 

station for 

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 

$20,000 to cover both the trip to 

Toronto and training leading up 

to the event. 

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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, 

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Indeed, for 168 years, St Michael’s has been 

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them, to encourage 

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St Michael’s is a prep 

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secondary school, a foundation 

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Michael’s are the essential values of 

Christian faith and good citizenship: 

respect, integrity, community, faith, 

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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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Located in the 

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Many of our parents now work in the thriving city 

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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 

Desmond had her own “negative 

experience” at the counselling 

service, she asked other students 

to share their thoughts on it, 

good or bad. 

One person shared a positive 

story but 12 others described 

feeling judged, dismissed or 

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“One person who requested 

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counsellor, she walked in and it 

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Mason dominates masters 

SPORT 

• By Jacob Page 

ST MARGARET’S College 

student Abby Mason was 

in a dominant mood at the 

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 

the under-16 girls title. 

The top-seed beat second seed 

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the final. 

Her coach James Meredith 

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TALENT: Abby Mason added another title to her tennis resume 

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before they’re likely to meet at 

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“Lucia is only 11 and did her 

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and Mac Bulman met in the 

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retire hurt with the score at 3-6 

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Sullivan. Liam Barrett finished 

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Lim 1-6 3-6. Eliana Roelofs finished 

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Burnside High’s top sporting talent 

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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 

Zhou, Avon Liu and Sang-Yong 

– winning team of the year. 

Talented New Zealand cyclist 

Sami Donnelly 

took home the 

Principal’s Cup 

for outstanding 

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sport. 

Footballer 

Ellena Firth 

was named 

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Jiayl Zhou 

Avon Liu 

of the year, 

while Haley 

Grimes won the 

contribution 

to sport award 

for her efforts 

on the netball 

court during 

her time at the 

school. 

Sang-Yong 

won his third 

straight New 

Zealand 

secondary 

schools’ teams table tennis 

title in September and finished 

second in the under-19 

individual category. At the South 

Island age-group championships, 

he finished first in the under-18 

singles, doubles and mixed 

doubles. He also competed at the 

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 

which won the Canterbury 

secondary schools’ title. She was 

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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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450g very ripe bananas, weighed 

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1 egg yolk 

120g freshly grated parmesan, 

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100g flour 

1 tsp salt 

freshly ground pepper 

semolina flour 

2 bunches asparagus, woody 

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50g butter 

4 sprigs of thyme, marjoram or 

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