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Redcliffs School in breach 

of boundary conditions 

• By Jess Gibson 

PART OF the new $16m 

Redcliffs School has been built in 

breach of a condition set out in 

the District Plan. 

The Beachville Rd campus 

reopened on June 22 after a 

nine-year journey to rebuild the 

school, which was demolished 

at its former Main Rd site following 

the February 22, 2011, 

earthquake. 

But behind 

the scenes, there 

have been issues 

over a breach of 

boundary conditions, 

a report 

has revealed. 

Chris 

Doudney 

Ministry 

of Education 

applied to 

“regularise” the 

breach, which was heard by the 

Resource Management Act hearings 

panel on Friday. 

The meeting was adjourned 

and MoE has two weeks to submit 

a written right of reply. 

Once the commissioner has 

received this information there 

is a further 15 working days for 

the decision. Under the District 

Plan, a rule states no part of a 

building should project beyond a 

building envelope contained by a 

recession plane. 

It is to prevent effects on 

adjoining properties, and in this 

case, the building’s height has 

proven impacts on daylight and 

sunlight into the section at 19 

Main Rd. 

Friends of Redcliffs Park 

spokesman Chris Doudney, who 

was strongly opposed to the new 

school being built at the Beachville 

Rd site, has read the report 

identifying the breach. 

He said the breach “really 

confirms what an unsuitable 

site” Redcliffs Park was for a new 

school. 

Mr Doudney petitioned for the 

school to be built at the former 

COMPLICATION: 

The Ministry 

of Education 

has applied 

to regularise 

a breach of 

boundary 

conditions at 

the newly-built 

Redcliffs School. 

PHOTO: GEOFF 

SLOAN 

site in 2018 but was unsuccessful. 

The owner of 19 Main Rd, an 

empty section neighbouring the 

school, complained to the city 

council about the height of the 

building last year. 

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News 

Pot holes ‘downright depressing’ 


HEATHCOTE Valley residents 

will have to wait until the 

weather gets warmer before 

a road badly damaged by a 

contentious pipeline project gets 

fixed. 

Scruttons Rd has been badly 

chewed up while a $9 million 

pipeline goes in during phase 

four of the city council’s Lyttelton 

Harbour Wastewater 

Scheme, frustrating residents 

Creag Foxton-McCulloch and 

Victoria Foxton. 

“We once had a quiet lovely 

piece of Christchurch where 

people came to walk every day. 

It is now just an appalling mess 

and breaks my heart as well 

as those people who enjoyed 

coming here. No-one bothers 

walking down any more,” Mr 

Foxton-McCulloch said. 

It has now been 14 months 

since Heathcote Valley residents 

began experiencing the impacts 

the pipeline being installed outside 

their property and they say 

it has been “torturous” during 

that time. 

They have previously complained 

to the city council about 

noise, dust, potholes, mud and 

ground-shaking, among other 

impacts. 

Mr Foxton-McCulloch 

and Ms Foxton say they 

were told before the project 

started they would only be 

inconvenienced for about six 

months. 

DEVASTATING: 

Victoria 

Foxton and 

Creag Foxton- 

McCulloch 

say people 

no longer 

walk along 

Scruttons Rd 

due to ongoing 

construction 

and damage 

caused by a city 

council project. 

Now they say the muddy, 

pothole-filled area outside their 

home is “downright depressing.” 

The city council’s project 

team has worked with impacted 

residents over the course of the 

works to find solutions to these 

concerns. 

City council head of Three 

Waters and Waste Helen Beaumont 

said it is Fulton Hogan’s 

responsibility to maintain the 

site in a safe state and restore the 

site once the work is complete. 

“As soon as the warmer 

weather and sunshine returns 

(our usual growing season) the 

contractor will be reinstating 

the land along Scruttons Rd and 

re-grassing the berms.” 

Construction of the pipeline 

is almost complete, with “150m 

of pipeline remaining, plus the 

installation of two access chambers,” 

she said. 

Mr Foxton-McCulloch said he 

and Ms Foxton will be meeting 

with city council staff to discuss 

the issues next week. 

“We’re still in the tunnel and 

I don’t know if we can see a 

light. But once we get out of the 

tunnel we’ll have a look and see 

what they’re actually going to 

do.” 

He said a previous attempt 

to re-grass berms and fix part 

of the road has been ineffective. 

Mr Foxton-McCulloch said 

potholes filled with mud have 

also been attracting anti-social 

behaviour from people driving 

through them recklessly. 

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A 326 sq m plot of land in 

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the public. The unused space at 

10 Shakleton Tce currently has 

“reserve status” which prevents 

the land from being disposed 

and sold by the city council. 

However, the Banks Peninsula 

Community Board has 

recommended to the city council 

that it revokes the status of the 

area. If approved, the public will 

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Volunteers recognised 

DEVOTED: Mike Smith has been named the top surf 

lifesaving volunteer in Canterbury. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 


MIKE Smith’s dedication 

to saving lives goes beyond 

his career as a road safety 

specialist. 

The Stantec principal 

transport engineer has 

been patrolling with the 

Taylors Mistake Surf Life 

Saving Club for more than 

20 years and is chairman 

of its committee, as well as 

vice-president of the national 

Surf Life Saving New 

Zealand committee. 

And now, he has been 

named the top regional 

volunteer in SLSNZ’s 

Canterbury awards of 

excellence, which were 

announced online over the 

weekend. 

He was one of a long 

list of people from the 

Bay Harbour News area 

recognised in the regional 

awards, which cover clubs 

at Nelson, Rarangi, Buller, 

Kotuku, Waikuku Beach, 

Spencer Park, Waimairi, 

North Beach, New 

Brighton, South Brighton, 

Sumner and Taylors 

Mistake. 

One of Mr Smith’s 

most memorable rescues 

included saving Irish tourist 

Cormac O’Brennan’s 

life when he fell more than 

20m from rocks above 

Taylors Mistake head first 

in January last year. 

Mr O’Brennan was taken 

to Christchurch Hospital 

in a critical condition and 

doctors gave him a less 

than 10 per cent chance of 

survival – but he made a 

remarkable recovery. 

Another big rescue for 

Mr Smith was when a Taylors 

Mistake team member 

had a cardiac arrest during 

a major competition. 

“[We had] such a fantastic 

team that had an amazing 

outcome.” 

Mr Smith is no stranger 

to victory at the annual 

awards – he has won a 

range of awards including 

official of the year in 2019 

and surf life saving club 

rescue of the year with his 

team of nine in 2018. 

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for dedication to lifesaving work in the surf 

However, he still said the announcement 

came as “a bit of a 

surprise.” 

“There’s just so many people 

out there who are deserving of 

that.” 

Mr Smith said both his sons, 

Nick, 30, and Hamish, 27, were 

raised with surf lifesaving and he 

said it was “a good time” being 

involved together. 

SLSNZ’s southern regional 

manager Stu Bryce said Mr 

Smith has been named in recognition 

of his involvement at a 

club, regional and national level, 

particularly in the health and 

safety sector. 

“Mike’s service to surf is 

decades old and it is people like 

him who are the backbone of 

the sport and the service side of 

lifeguarding.” 

Taylors Mistake’s Louis Clark 

has been named sportsperson 

of the year, after he represented 

the Junior Black Fins at the 

international surf rescue 

challenge in Durban, South 

Africa, in 2019. 

He returned home to compete 

at the 2019 New Zealand pool 

rescue championships, where he 

won the under-19 male 200m 

swim with obstacles and placed 

third in both the under-19 male 

100m rescue medley and 50m 

manikin carry. 

Back at the beach, Clark won 

the under-19 male board rescue 

alongside Ben Regan, and 

placed second in the under-19 

male rescue tube rescue with 

Ben, Jacob Clements and Zach 

Goldsmith. 

Said Mr Bryce: “Louis 

excelled in the local and 

regional pool and beach events 

winning both the open and 

under-19 run swim run and 

surf races at the southern region 

championships.” 

Another Taylors Mistake 

SLSC volunteer, Luke Smith, 

was named lifeguard of the 

year. 

List of Canterbury awards of 

excellence 2020 winners from 

the Bay Harbour News area: 

HONOURS AWARDS 

Distinguished regional service 

awards 

Anthony Nunnick – Taylors 

Mistake 

Craig Jamieson – Taylors 

Mistake 

SURF SPORTS AWARDS 

Canterbury championships 

Top senior club – Sumner 

APPLAUDED: 

Mike Smith 

(left) and Luke 

Smith were 

two of many 

volunteers 

from the 

Bay Harbour 

News area 

recognised at 

the Surf Life 

Saving NZ’s 

Canterbury 

awards of 

excellence. 

PHOTOS: 

SLSNZ 

K-Day awards 

Black and White Trophy – 

Sumner 

Top senior club – Sumner 

Southern regional championships 

Overall top club – Taylors 

Mistake 

Coach of the year 

Dave Smith – Taylors Mistake 

Sports person of the year 

Louis Clark – Taylors Mistake 

LIFESAVING AWARDS 

Rookie lifeguard of the year 

Noah Fanene – Sumner 

V.S.E trophy regional lifeguard 

of the year 

Jake Simpson, Sumner 

Beach education instructor of 

the year 

Jade Jeffrey, Sumner 

Lifeguard of the year 

Luke Smith – Taylors Mistake 

Volunteer of the year 

Mike Smith, Taylors Mistake 

Club of the year 

Sumner 

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BAY HARBOUR 

PAGE 7 

News 

Funding woes for water projects 

• By Louis Day 

MORE THAN $5 million could 

be deferred from wastewater, 

stormwater and water supply 

projects across the Banks 

Peninsula over the next 12 

months. 

This comes as the city council 

looks to readjust its priorities in 

the face of the Covid-19 crisis 

which left it with a $99 million 

revenue shortfall. 

It has proposed 

as part 

of its draft 

Annual Plan 

to defer a total 

of $5,791,627 

in funds to 

water-related 

Tori Peden 

projects across 

the peninsula 

for the current financial year. 

This includes a deferral of 

almost $1.3 million on work towards 

the new Okains Bay water 

supply, which would leave the 

project with no money for the 

next 12 months. 

Residents and the councilowned 

Okains Bay campground 

source water from a private 

scheme administered by a committee 

in the community. 

The supply does not meet the 

Drinking Water Standards for 

New Zealand. 

INCONVENIENCE: A readjustment of the city council’s Annual Plan could see a deferral of $1.2 

million on work towards the new Okains Bay water supply for the next 12 months. 

Banks Peninsula Community 

Board chairwoman Tori Peden 

thought this posed a health 

and safety risk for the Okains 

Bay community and the campground 

in particular. 

“Making sure every camper is 

boling their water is difficult and 

it is a health and safety risk when 

the campground can have up to 

500 people in it,” she said. 

The city council is also proposing 

deferrals to two other 

water supply projects on the 

peninsula, with $499,340 to the 

Lyttelton Rail tunnel pipeline 

and $390,000 Libeau Lane 

and Chemin Du Nache mains 

renewal in Akaroa, which would 

leave both projects with nothing 

for the financial year. 

It would also see $1,076,149 

taken away from the Akaroa 

Wastewater scheme, leaving the 

project with $1,263,783 for the 

financial year. 

A further $2,526,139 could 

also be taken away from the 

Lyttelton Brick Barrels renewals 

stormwater package, leaving the 

project with $750,000. 

The city council will consider 

reallocating funding towards 

any deferred projects when it 

addresses its Long Term Plan 

next year. 

The city council was forced to 

reassess its finances following 

the effects of the Covid-19 crisis. 

Leaving the lost income and 

additional costs arising from the 

pandemic unaddressed would 

have driven a rates increase of 

more than 21 per cent for the 

current financial year. 

The city council is now proposing 

an average rates rise of 

3.5 per cent after making cuts 

to certain areas of its budget. It 

is currently processing submissions 

made to its draft Annual 

Plan before councillors sign off 

on a final one by the end of this 

month. 

Breach to have 

minor effect 

•From page 1 

A city council spokesperson 

said it was then identified the 

recession plane angle was incorrectly 

drawn on plans by Tennent 

Brown Architects following a 

review of the consent documentation 

in October. 

“There have been ongoing 

discussions between the architect 

and the neighbours which didn’t 

resolve the 

matter. Subsequently, 

an 

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the designation.” 

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News 


STRIKING: 

Sumner 

resident 

Eleanor 

Grimshaw 

had her 

vibrant 

pieces on 

show at 

The Rock 

recently. 

Evoking positive emotions 

aim of art exhibition 

VIBRANT artwork on show 

in Sumner has been designed 

to lift spirits and evoke positive 

emotions of viewers. 

Sumner artist Eleanor Grimshaw 

recently held her first-ever 

exhibition at The Rock, Wakefield 

Ave, and her paintings will remain 

on display until July 20. 

The collection is a colourful 

mix of watercolour and acrylic, 

some with pen and wash over the 

top, with flowers being the central 

theme. 

The Rock, a not-for-profit community 

organisation in Sumner, 

asked Grimshaw to do an exhibition 

in February after seeing her 

Instagram art page and it was 

meant to be held in April. 

But plans were put on hold 

when the country went into alert 

level 4 lockdown and Grimshaw, 

who is known for her photorealistic 

portraits, used the time 

to explore a different art-form. 

“I thought if I’m going to be 

doing an exhibition where people 

might potentially buy this stuff 

it would be nice for them to have 

some colourful cheery art, that 

when they look at it, it makes them 

feel in a positive way rather than 

that serious photo-realistic stuff. 

Grimshaw was first inspired to 

switch up her style when she was 

house hunting in the area with 

her sister earlier in the year and 

fell in love with the homes which 

had colourful stand-out art. 

“Without being corny I think 

having a bit of happy stuff to look 

at around the home is probably 

quite nice in case we get stuck in 

our houses again.” 

More than 80 guests attended 

Grimshaw’s exhibition and 

she sold more than half of her 

paintings, making about $2500. 

BIRDS OF THE ESTUARY 

Tanya Jenkins is the manager of the Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust, a nonprofit 

organisation formed in 2002 to protect one of New Zealand’s most important 

coastal wetlands. Each week she introduces a new bird found in the estuary. Her 

column aims to raise the understanding of the values and uniqueness of the area. 

Gull in declining numbers 

THE RED-billed gull/tarapunga 

is commonly seen anywhere 

around the estuary, along the 

rivers and even in the city – 

particularly when you are trying 

to enjoy your fish and chips on 

one of the many car parks with 

a spectacular view over the 

estuary. 

But this once common gull is 

not so common anymore … it is 

now on the list with a classification 

of at risk and declining. 

Only five years ago it was 

normal to count 8000 and more 

around the estuary alone but 

numbers have been declining to 

just more than 4000 today. The 

well-known, well studied and 

one of the largest red-billed gull 

colonies in New Zealand near 

Kaikoura has seen a drop of 49 

per cent in the population. 

So, what is going on? Firstly, 

cats, rats and stoats are stealing 

eggs and chicks, which are easy 

prey when the red billed-gulls 

nest on the ground. Secondly, 

due to climate-induced weather 

changes and water temperatures 

the krill population is declining. 

Krill is the main food supply for 

these gulls and this is no longer 

always available to them. Some 

of you may remember the ‘rafts 

DECLINE: The red-billed gull is now listed as at risk. 

PHOTO: PAUL CORLISS 

of red krill floating on the surface’ 

in and around the estuary. 

This sight has indeed been less 

common. 

Gulls will also eat small fish, 

insects, worms as well as any 

human scrap found near rubbish 

bins and landfills or bread fed by 

many locals. 

However, this is the third 

cause of their demise as processed 

food is detrimental to any 

bird, resulting adults to produce 

weak chicks making them 

vulnerable to harsh weather and 

predators, as well as shortening 

their lifespan. 

How can we help prevent 

losing not only our red-billed 

gulls but also other bird species? 

Control near your home. Place a 

collar and bell on your cat so the 

birds at least have some warning 

while nesting but preferably 

keep your cat indoors during the 

night. 

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[Edition datE] 

Compact venue faces 

tough competition 

QUITE SIMPLY, I don’t 

understand how it works, 

two companies under the 

one umbrella selling similar 

models. 

I’m talking about Hyundai 

and Kia, both of which have 

released the Venue and 

Seltos respectively, small 

sport utility vehicles that 

have just landed in the New 

Zealand market. 

I’m a big believer in 

shared product development 

and componentry, it makes 

for cost savings which 

then trickle down to the 

customer, but these two 

models compete in a tight 

market where choices will 

be made solely on cost and 

value. 

Regular readers may recall 

my Kia Seltos evaluation in 

late March. The car in this 

review is Hyundai’s Venue, 

and while both share the 

same floorpan and many 

similarities,there are plenty 

of differing features such 

as exterior design and 

drivelines. 

The Venue also has a 

shorter wheelbase than 

the Seltos, and measures 

just 4m against the Seltos 

at 4.3m. But therein lies a 

bit of a trick, for those who 

definitely want, or need, a 

small SUV then the Venue is 

the pick. 

It fits into a market where 

the buyer will benefit from 

the easy access up front and 

tall seat height, it’s great for 

those in my generation who 

are advancing in years. If 

you don’t have young ones 

in tow or seldom have rear 

seat passengers and like the 

manoeuvrability short cars 

offer, then the Venue has 

advantages. 

It also has a more 

traditional driveline, its 

1.6-litre engine is paired 

to a six-speed automatic 

gearbox, as opposed to 

the continuously variable 

transmission in the Seltos. 

And if you are already 

thinking that the Venue’s 

1591cc engine wouldn’t 

compete against its 

stablemate’s 2-litre unit, 

then think again. Hyundai 

rate the Venue at 90kW and 

151Nm, and although both 

outputs are realised tall in 

the rev band at 6300rpm 

and 4850rpm respectively, 

the engine doesn’t work 

overly hard. 

HYUNDAI VENUE ELITE: Short-wheelbase 

translates to manoeuvrability. 

That’s because at just 

over 1100kg, the Venue in 

total is a lightweight, and 

that doesn’t ask much from 

under the bonnet. 

This engine is used widely 

across the Hyundai/Kia 

range, in turbo and nonturbo 

form, it is a sweet 

unit that delivers smoothly 

and quietly. The naturally 

aspirated unit in the Venue 

is responsive and fills the 

close gaps between gears 

easily. 

• Price – Hyundai 

Venue Elite, $31,990 

• Dimensions – 

Length, 4040mm; 

width, 1770mm; 

height, 1592mm 

• Configuration – 

Four-cylinder, frontwheel-drive, 

1591cc, 

90kW, 151Nm, sixspeed 

automatic. 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 11sec 

• Fuel usage – 

7.2l/100km 

In terms of performance, 

the Venue will reach 

100km/h from a standstill in 

11sec. It isn’t a fast car, but 

then again the market it is 

destined for doesn’t require 

speed, it is capable amidst 

the hurly burly of today’s 

traffic, and that is all that 

would be requested from it. 

Hyundai claims a 

combined cycle average fuel 

usage figure of 7.2-litres per 

100km. That fits well with 

the consumption gauge in 

STYLISH: The Hyundai Venue is characterised 

by a short, squat rear quarter. 


the test car, it was showing 

8.4l/100km when I returned 

it to the dealership. 

In Elite form the Venue 

rides on 205/55 x 17in 

Nexen tyres, that is quite a 

sizeable amount of rubber 

for a small car, but the 

benefit is the grip that 

can be gleaned and the 

associated ride benefits. 

The Venue gets a torsion 

beam rear suspension; put 

simply, each wheel is not 

independent from the other, 

there’s an axle tying them 

together which doesn’t allow 

as much freedom as there 

would be otherwise. 

That’s fine, so long as the 

spring and damper rates 

have been well chosen; 

thankfully, Hyundai have 

done a lot of development 

work for Australasian 

roads and the Venue has a 

comfortable, absorbent ride 

with tidy handling manners. 

At almost 1.6m, you would 

expect some gravitational 

effect, but it is arrested well, 

body movement over the 

suspension won’t lurch 

occupants. 

In Elite form the Venue 

has enough wizardry to 

keep buyers happy. Major 

items of fitment include 

part leather trim, keyless 

entry and ignition, central 

screen touch display, Apple 

Car Play and Android 

Auto capability and heated 

steering wheel, the latter 

ideal for those frosty 

Canterbury mornings. 

If you don’t need all the 

bells and whistles of the 

Elite, the Venue also lands 

here in entry-level form, it 

doesn’t miss out on much 

and will still give plenty 

of satisfaction within the 

buying experience. 

The Venue lands at a 

special launch price. It lists at 

$27,990 for a limited time. It 

will go up to $29,990 at any 

given point, and you’d need 

to add $4k for Elite trim. 

That doesn’t quite meet 

the keen price of Kia Seltos, 

but it is close and with the 

Venue’s extra goodies I guess 

buyer choice will come 

down to whatever feels right 

on the day of purchase. 

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his employer Brosnan Construction and 

he’s enjoying being able to use his new 

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Ara’s short upskilling courses can reap 

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BAY HARBOUR 


GREAT WINTER 

READS INSTORE 

NOW! 

NEW RELEASES 

Pull No Punches 

Memoir of a political survivor 

by Judith Collins 

The most anticipated political memoir of the year. 

A frank account from National MP Judith Collins of the highs and lows of 

a political life. From her humble beginnings as the youngest daughter of 

Labour-voting farming parents, Judith Collins has carved a path to almost 

the very top of New Zealand politics. Collins grew up in rural Walton, 

Waikato, on a dairy farm. At the age of 10 she entered politics, running 

for class president. She won. 

After a successful career as a lawyer, Collins became the MP for Papakura 

in 2002, alongside fellow new recruit John Key. When Key and National 

won office in 2008, Collins became the Minister for Police, Corrections 

and Veterans. Funny, forthright and fearless, Collins reveals what it is like 

to survive-and thrive-for two decades as a senior female politician 

Merchant, Miner, Mandarin 

the life and times of the remarkable Choie sew hoy 

one of dunedin’s most prominent entrepreneurs. 

by Jenny sew hoy agnew and trevor Gordon agnew 

In 1869, a businessman from China’s Guangdong Province first set foot 

on New Zealand soil at Port Chalmers. It was the beginning of an illustrious 

career that would change the shape of commerce and industry in Otago 

and Southland. ‘Merchant, Miner, Mandarin’ depicts the fascinating life of 

Choie Sew Hoy – from his early days in China before emigrating to 

Australia and then NZ, to his death in 1901 as one of Dunedin’s most 

prominent entrepreneurs. Richly illustrated and deeply researched, 

‘Merchant, Miner, Mandarin’ is both the compelling biography of one of the 

most distinguished figures of New Zealand business and an 

intriguing account of late 19th-century society, industry and race relations. 

Weed 

a new Zealand story 

by James Borrowdale 

A fascinating journey through the life and times of cannabis in New 

Zealand. Pot, Mary Jane, dope, skunk, grass, hash, green, hooch, herb, 

ganja, reefer. New Zealand loves weed. It’s the most popular illegal drug 

in our country and third most popular drug overall, behind alcohol and 

tobacco, yet it also represents a troubled relationship. In Weed, awardwinning 

journalist James Borrowdale dives in deep to understand that 

relationship, meeting a fascinating cross-section of New Zealand along 

the way – a nineteenth-century nun who allegedly grew pot, a bystander 

to the Mr Asia syndicate, a convicted heroin dealer turned criminologist, 

people both using and offering the drug for medicinal relief, politicians 

and law-makers old and new. Fusing insightful, personal stories with 

analysis and historical research, Weed lays out the facts as they are – 

about an issue that can no longer be ignored. 

Plants Only Kitchen 

by Gaz oakley 

Plants-Only Kitchen offers an explosion of flavour, with more than 70 

vegan recipes that work around your lifestyle. With symbols flagging 

whether recipes are high-protein, take less than 15 minutes, or are 

suitable for meal prep and batch cooking, Plants-Only Kitchen explains 

how best to make a vegan diet work for you. No fuss, no fancy 

ingredients - just fantastic food using plants, only. 

Gaz Oakley (aka @avantgardevegan) has amassed well over a million 

followers on social media with his exciting vegan dishes, which 

emphasise that a plant-based diet doesn’t mean missing out on taste. In 

Plants-Only Kitchen, Gaz’s recipes are easier than ever before - following 

his step-by-step instructions, tips and advice, anyone can cook great 

vegan food. 

Not That I’d Kiss a Girl 

by lil o’Brien 

Lil O’Brien accidentally outed herself to her parents at the age of nineteen 

when they overheard her talking to a friend about liking girls. Half an hour 

later she found herself on the side of the road, with instructions to come 

back and pick up her suitcase the next day. What follows is a heartbreaking 

yet hugely funny story of a young Kiwi girl - the deputy head girl from a 

posh private school - coming to grips with her sexuality in the face of stark 

disapproval from her parents. Bit by bit, Lil finds the inner strength to pull 

herself into an entirely new world. Along the way she’s called out for looking 

too straight in a gay bar, tries to break in to the lesbian in-crowd and figures 

out how to send her internet lover back to America…and explores how the 

hell to have sex with a girl and dates four women at once - unsuccessfully. 

Lil’s story is an insightful and honest look at how you figure out whether 

you’re gay, bi or whatever - and deal with what comes next. 

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We Wish 

you Well and 

hope to see you 

all soon! 

Barry & kerry

Bay Harbour: July 08, 2020

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