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THURSDAY, JULY 9, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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lockdown by primary school<br />
pupils.<br />
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Pupils’ art brings life to community<br />
PRIDE: Year 4 Paparoa Street School pupil Dana Hickey’s lockdown art was displayed on nearby streets as part of a special<br />
exhibition.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
From paintings and chalk<br />
drawings to 3D block art and<br />
sculptures made with natural<br />
material, Paparoa Street School<br />
pupils were proud to have their<br />
hard work exhibited for the<br />
community.<br />
The pieces displayed on<br />
the school’s surrounding<br />
streets were complete with<br />
musical numbers performed<br />
by the pupils, forging a<br />
path for an “Art Walk” in<br />
the area.<br />
Deputy principal Dy Stokes<br />
said the outdoor gallery, which<br />
had an overarching theme of<br />
belonging and kindness, put a<br />
smile on people’s faces.<br />
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• By Louis Day<br />
MORE THAN $9 million<br />
could be deferred from roading<br />
and transport projects across<br />
the north-west for the next 12<br />
months.<br />
This comes as the city council<br />
looks to readjust its priorities in<br />
the face of the Covid-19 crisis<br />
which left it with a $99 million<br />
revenue shortfall.<br />
It has proposed as part of its<br />
draft Annual Plan to defer a<br />
total of $9,216,764 in funding to<br />
various roading and transport<br />
projects across the Innes Ward<br />
for the current financial year.<br />
This would include a $3 million<br />
deferral in funding to the<br />
Marshland Bridge renewal,<br />
leaving $832,416 on budget for<br />
the project.<br />
The council will consider<br />
reallocating funding towards<br />
any deferred projects when it<br />
addresses its Long Term Plan<br />
next year.<br />
It is not all bad news for the<br />
area though, the downstream<br />
intersection improvements<br />
to Cranford St would see a<br />
$1,616,765 increase in funding,<br />
giving it a budget of $1,973,823<br />
for the financial year.<br />
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ACTION: Six city counci lors including<br />
Catherine Chu, Sam MacDonald (top right),<br />
James Daniels (above left) and Aaron<br />
Keown have ca led on Mayor Lianne Dalziel<br />
to lead a conversation on how to achieve a<br />
zero per cent rates increase this year.<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
CALLS HAVE b en made to<br />
stop rates increases in response<br />
to the Covid-19 crisis.<br />
City counci lors James Gough,<br />
Sam MacDonald, Catherine<br />
Chu, Phil Mauger, Aaron Keown<br />
and James Daniels have sent a<br />
le ter to Mayor Lianne Dalziel<br />
asking her to lead a conversation<br />
as to how a zero per cent rates<br />
increase could be achieved this<br />
year.<br />
The city council is proposing<br />
an average rates increase of 4.65<br />
per cent acro s a l ratepayers in<br />
this year’s Draft Annual Plan<br />
which is cu rently under public<br />
consultation until April 5 and<br />
will be finalised before <strong>July</strong> 1.<br />
The 2018-2028 Long Term<br />
Plan also predicts a 50 per cent<br />
rates increase over 10 years.<br />
Said Cr MacDonald: “In<br />
the current environment it’s<br />
clear business as usual is not<br />
appropriate and the council<br />
n eds to l ok at how we enable<br />
this 12-month rates increase<br />
fr eze to o cur, it’s crucial for<br />
the economic confidence of our<br />
city.”<br />
Ms Dalziel said the las thing the council’s budget, which is urchNZ, the Canterbury Employers’<br />
Chamber of Commerce<br />
the city council needed was for not entirely funded by rates, and<br />
someone to hit the panic button. the consequences that will flow and other key players so we are<br />
“Calm heads must and wi l from decisions we make. best prepared for the economic<br />
prevail,” she said.<br />
“The Annual Plan is not challenges that lie ahead.”<br />
“Our residents and busine ses signed off for thr e months so City council chief executive<br />
will be depending on us to we have time to get this advice. Dawn Baxendale did not rule a<br />
make adjustments, and we wi l, A the same time, the council zero rates rise out.<br />
however, we will need advice is m eting with our economic “We’re considering a series of<br />
on the impacts on all aspects of development agency, Christch-<br />
options in light of the extraordinary<br />
circumstances related to the economy in response to the<br />
Covid-19. We wi l discu s these Covid-19 pandemic.<br />
options with elected members The bi gest b ost is $5.1<br />
as we develop the Annual Plan,” billion towards wage subsidies<br />
she said.<br />
for affected busine ses in a l<br />
The push from city counci lors sectors and regions.<br />
for a fr eze on rates rises comes •Tips for weathering virus, p3<br />
shortly after Minister of Finance<br />
•Mayor’s column, p9<br />
Grant Robertson announced<br />
a $12.1 bi lion package to aid •From the editor’s desk, p10<br />
No review<br />
A message<br />
Councillor takes<br />
Davids heads<br />
Views on<br />
Lively group<br />
over<br />
of love, unity<br />
matters into<br />
community board cricket nets<br />
celebrate<br />
multi-storey<br />
and prayers<br />
his own hands<br />
advocating body sought<br />
St Patrick’s Day<br />
house<br />
for peace<br />
Page 3 Page 6<br />
Page 3 Page 5<br />
Page 3 Page 7<br />
Eastern<br />
Motorway<br />
Bid to<br />
suburbs<br />
opening<br />
secure<br />
repairs<br />
delay<br />
funding to<br />
could take<br />
brings<br />
demolish<br />
a while<br />
relief<br />
service<br />
RESIDENTS MOST affected by<br />
• By Louis Day<br />
centre<br />
the new Northern Motorway are<br />
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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IT COULD<br />
WEDNESDAY,<br />
be a while until<br />
MARCH 25, starnews.co.nz<br />
<strong>2020</strong><br />
Connecting Your Community relieved to hear the Christchurch TUESDAY, starnews.co.nz<br />
MARCH 24, <strong>2020</strong><br />
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• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding<br />
the eastern suburbs start to<br />
Northern Corridor opening has<br />
see Lianne Dalziel’s campaign<br />
been delayed by six months.<br />
THE earthquake-damaged<br />
aspirations for the area come to<br />
The CNC was due to open in<br />
former Sockburn Service Centre<br />
fruition.<br />
the middle of this year, but last<br />
could finally be demolished in<br />
During October’s local body<br />
week the New<br />
<strong>July</strong> – if the funding needed is<br />
elections, Ms Dalziel identified<br />
Zealand Transport<br />
Agency<br />
It comes as the<br />
obtained.<br />
repairs to the eastern part of the<br />
city’s footpaths, pipes and roads<br />
announced more<br />
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
as one of her main priorities for<br />
time was needed<br />
this term.<br />
to complete the<br />
Community<br />
“We need a fully integrated<br />
$290m motorwayten<br />
in its draft<br />
Board has writ-<br />
programme of works for the<br />
east, I have loosely called this<br />
The original<br />
submission to<br />
Readers respond<br />
Chance to the eastern alliance, which<br />
scope of the<br />
the city council’s<br />
would essentially be an alliance Helpless to<br />
Victorious<br />
Delay in<br />
Market day<br />
project has been Mark Wilson<br />
Annual Plan<br />
Mike Mora<br />
to supermarket<br />
farewell Holden<br />
of contractors who can take<br />
extended include<br />
stoked<br />
making mall<br />
goes green at 2019-<strong>2020</strong>,<br />
stop property<br />
captain the whole area bit by bit and<br />
a third southbound lane on<br />
requesting the city council addresses<br />
the budget gap so the<br />
rebranding<br />
in style<br />
systematically get the work<br />
the Waimakariri River bridge and<br />
flooding<br />
with cup done,” she said during the<br />
a clip-on win<br />
exit safer<br />
Cashmere HS<br />
cycleway.<br />
buildings can be removed as soon<br />
campaign.<br />
St Albans resident Mark Wilson<br />
as possible.<br />
Page 8<br />
GIRL Page BOSS: Julia 17 Holmes But chief wants executive to be a Dawn geneticist after Page high school, 3 and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will Page help 10 said GIRL the BOSS: community Julia Holmes are “somewhat<br />
her achieve thankful” her for dreams. the delay.<br />
Page 3<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN Page 11 said the final submission is yet to<br />
wants to be a geneticist after high school, and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will help Board chairman Mike Mora<br />
her achieve her dreams. Baxendale said any request to<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
pursue a specific for biology, project in and the from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, •“The By community Bea Gooding will be somewhat<br />
thankful for a reprieve of the<br />
for biology, and from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, be completed but it was likely the<br />
east would have age to has be always agreed been interested women chosen around the with particular focus on science,<br />
technology, engineering<br />
age has always been interested women chosen around the with particular focus on science,<br />
technology, engineering requested.<br />
demolition of the site would be<br />
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD upon Julia by council.<br />
effects of this motorway for six<br />
South New Brighton School pupil Jacob McMillan enjoying the foam pit at Christchurch School of<br />
City councillors are yet to pass<br />
Gymnastics, which opened its doors to pupils while the school was closed due to fire damage.<br />
Holmes is on a mission on to<br />
in how things worked, often country to participate in the<br />
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Julia<br />
Consent<br />
in how things worked, often country to participate in the<br />
months, but it’s still there. Until<br />
taking things apart just to put GirlBoss Advantage programme<br />
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Holmes is on a mission to Rates<br />
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The former service centre, on<br />
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make a difference in the world. them back together.<br />
•Story, more photos, page 5<br />
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Mr Bryce at a ceremony held at tomatoes, berries, nuts make and<br />
Christchurch city councillors to<br />
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should together. be paused<br />
programme next month,<br />
She was shocked to hear the help,” she said.<br />
the worst happens.<br />
Network] are about, that’s why tricky if the supermarkets stop aged not to actually go there if<br />
Which is why the Mt<br />
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The fifteen-year-old until has the Covid-19 outbreak That passion is has landed her designed to mentor the<br />
news from her mother.<br />
Mrs Hodder said there is no “I just think anything to help we exist.<br />
working and things like that, and they’re sick, but to phone in and<br />
to the Covid-19 crisis.<br />
Pleasant resident, who is also award for Best Sustainability Centre earlier this month.<br />
• Turn to page 6 a passion for biology, brought and under control. the opportunity of her dreams. female leaders of tomorrow in • Turn to page 5<br />
need to panic but it is important our community, that’s what we “We’ve got to look after each the doctors, it’s hard for them as things like that,” she said.<br />
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Mairehau community<br />
asset right on track<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
PROGRESS:<br />
Julian Meates<br />
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A SUBSTANTIAL part of the<br />
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now be completed, bringing it<br />
one step closer to reality.<br />
The project was able to secure<br />
enough funding through donations<br />
and fundraisers, raising<br />
more than $100,000 over nearly<br />
two years.<br />
The track will be built on-site<br />
at St Francis of Assisi Catholic<br />
School but will be available for<br />
the community to use, but for<br />
now, the asphalt track can begin<br />
construction.<br />
School board of trustees<br />
member Julian Meates was heavily<br />
involved in the project and<br />
said “exciting” was one way to<br />
describe the milestone.<br />
“It was challenging and it had<br />
taken a while. We were knocked<br />
back a few times but we got<br />
there,” he said.<br />
The community project had<br />
struggled to gain traction due to<br />
a lack of funding, and the process<br />
to receive grants was slowed<br />
down by a number of hurdles.<br />
They were not able to use<br />
grants offered until the organisations<br />
knew the project<br />
had enough money to prove its<br />
viability in the long run.<br />
Earlier in the year, they raised<br />
close to $30,000 at its school<br />
fair, which was “well above the<br />
expectations.”<br />
The remainder was sourced<br />
through donations and grants<br />
from the New Zealand Transport<br />
Authority, Bikes in Schools charity<br />
and the Rata Foundation.<br />
In order to use the funding<br />
from Bikes in Schools, they<br />
needed to have an asphalt track,<br />
provide helmets and somewhere<br />
to store the bikes.<br />
“We’re still aiming to try and<br />
do as much of the work ourselves<br />
as we can to save. The lowest tender<br />
is $160,000, but I’m confident<br />
with $100,000 to do everything<br />
we need,” he said.<br />
The project was important to<br />
the community because there was<br />
nothing like it in the area, and it<br />
got kids “off their devices”, he said.<br />
He noted the success of the<br />
temporary Shirley Pump Track<br />
that was recently installed, which<br />
demonstrated the need for this<br />
asset in Mairehau.<br />
Council could defer<br />
$9m from roading<br />
• From page 1<br />
funding cuts to various<br />
This project focuses on<br />
projects across the city<br />
making improvements to<br />
in order to achieve a zero<br />
Cranford St in order to<br />
per cent rates increase.<br />
be able to accommodate<br />
However, he did not<br />
the expected increase in<br />
agree with the city<br />
traffic from the Northern<br />
council proposing to<br />
Corridor.<br />
defer funding from the<br />
Papanui-Innes Aaron Keown Harewood, Gardiners,<br />
Community Board<br />
Breens Rd intersection<br />
chairwoman Emma Norrish saw which he has been pushing for<br />
this as a positive.<br />
traffic lights to be installed on<br />
“What we see as a priority is since 2016.<br />
the downstream intersection “Those lights should be brought<br />
funding, so we are glad that has forward, the community has been<br />
not only remained as it was but overwhelmingly calling for them<br />
also increased. The other projects for years,” he said.<br />
will still happen, they have only The city council was forced to<br />
been deferred,” she said.<br />
reassess its finances following<br />
Among the city council’s the effects of the Covid-19 crisis.<br />
proposed deferrals in funding to Leaving the lost income and<br />
projects across the area is also the additional costs arising from the<br />
highly anticipated improvements pandemic unaddressed would<br />
to the Harewood, Gardiners and have driven a rates increase of<br />
Breens Rds intersection. A total of more than 21 per cent for the<br />
$235,674 is being proposed to be current financial year.<br />
cut from the project in this year’s The city council is now<br />
budget, which would leave it with proposing an average rates rise of<br />
no funding for the financial year. 3.5 per cent after making cuts to<br />
The local community has certain areas of its budget.<br />
advocated for traffic lights at the It is currently processing<br />
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1990s.<br />
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( for myself included) is: which of these<br />
challenges or opportunities should I truly<br />
focus on and which should I leave behind?<br />
Can you envisage the future?<br />
Are you like me and astounded at the choices –<br />
and at the constant rhetoric about the economy<br />
and our community – or are you one for just<br />
moving forward anyway? Remaining pragmatic<br />
and purposeful in a sea of uncertainty. At an<br />
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nature, I’m intuitively choosing the latter: to<br />
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to be fair, there’s plenty to work with.<br />
Here are some of the themes I’m noticing.<br />
It’s busy out there.<br />
Yes, it is. It may not stay that way, but at this<br />
point in time there’s a massive push from buyers<br />
to be settled and that demand is creating some<br />
very strong results, especially in the auction<br />
rooms. Three properties that went to auction<br />
at Harcourts gold over a recent ten-day period<br />
stand out:<br />
3 Ashdale Lane – 6 bidders and sold for<br />
$1,505,000<br />
506 Ilam Road – 2 bidders, “on the market”<br />
(selling) at $1,050,000 and additional bidding<br />
saw it sell for $1,143,000<br />
7 Wherstead Road – 3 bidders, “on the market”<br />
(selling) at $340,000 and sold for $460,000<br />
The position of property owners in all of this is<br />
interesting. At a time when many are choosing to<br />
wait-out the post-COVID-19-lockdown world, the<br />
shortage of properties available for sale (usually<br />
referred to in our industry as ‘stock’, a term I use<br />
for soup rather than property!) means those<br />
actually on the market are getting excellent<br />
prices based on scarcity. Markets universally<br />
work this way and to those securing the benefits<br />
of that, well done.<br />
"I’m not travelling, so I’m definitely buying."<br />
That’s right, a whole new demographic – mostly<br />
would-be first-home buyers who had planned<br />
to travel or to take up lengthy overseas working<br />
adventures – is now determined to make<br />
the most of carefully accumulated savings.<br />
Purchasing property is high on the list, in fact,<br />
it’s at the top and this is fuelling interest in both<br />
new homes in outlying locations and character<br />
properties in well-regarded areas (think good<br />
schools close by). This is proving a positive in so<br />
many ways: earlier access to the property ladder<br />
for buyers and large open home attendance<br />
numbers for sellers.<br />
"I’ve got to get some investments."<br />
Yes, at the other end of the property spectrum<br />
are those that are wondering and, in some cases,<br />
worrying about their retirement futures and<br />
therefore looking to supplement their KiwiSaver<br />
with additional rental income.<br />
Buoyed by enticing lending rates and<br />
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someone who actually has investment property<br />
(for obvious reasons).<br />
Now, the last of the trends and perhaps the most<br />
important.<br />
Expectation<br />
Many of us have come out of lockdown with a<br />
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> 9 <strong>2020</strong> 5<br />
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There’s something in<br />
the water for Katherine<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
KATHERINE RUTTER<br />
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by having her research<br />
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scientific publication.<br />
The 16-year-old Rangi<br />
Ruru Girls’ School<br />
student’s paper was<br />
published in the NZ<br />
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bid to improve the quality<br />
of the city’s drinking water.<br />
With the guidance of<br />
her mother, Helen, she<br />
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in groundwater across<br />
Canterbury and felt<br />
proud that their findings<br />
were presented to local<br />
water committees and<br />
Environment Canterbury.<br />
“I was definitely proud.<br />
For me, it was never<br />
something I thought I’d<br />
do,” she said.”<br />
“It started out as a<br />
science day project in year<br />
10, looking at levels of<br />
nitrate, whether it’s high or<br />
low in some areas or what<br />
might be the cause of it.”<br />
Her mother is a<br />
senior hydrogeologist,<br />
focusing on the region’s<br />
groundwater, the<br />
movement of it and its<br />
minerals.<br />
It was her that entrusted<br />
Katherine to take the<br />
research further, working<br />
together to develop it into<br />
a paper.<br />
Nitrate-nitrogen<br />
concentration data was<br />
obtained from ECan for<br />
the science fair project,<br />
which identified anomalies<br />
and patterns such as<br />
potential sources of<br />
contamination.<br />
Results confirmed<br />
the influence of the<br />
Waimakariri River<br />
recharge and limitation<br />
of land-use intensification<br />
in the Christchurch-West<br />
Melton zone kept nitrate<br />
concentrations low.<br />
Concentrations were<br />
higher within the Selwyn-<br />
Waimakariri zone, in<br />
some cases due to land use<br />
activities or local soil and<br />
water conditions.<br />
“I’m interested in it<br />
because of the relevant<br />
implications it has for our<br />
society and where we are<br />
in NZ,” said Katherine.<br />
About three-quarters of<br />
Christchurch’s groundwater<br />
comes from the<br />
Waimakariri River, reaching<br />
a zone from which the city<br />
takes its drinking water.<br />
“Too many nitrates can<br />
have adverse effects on<br />
our health, especially in<br />
babies,” she said.<br />
“When it’s too high, they<br />
don’t have enough oxygen<br />
going through their body<br />
and because they’re so<br />
young it can be severe.”<br />
High concentrations<br />
in drinking water may<br />
prevent blood from<br />
delivering oxygen within<br />
the body effectively, in<br />
some cases causing infant<br />
methemoglobinemia – or<br />
“Blue baby syndrome.”<br />
She was well on her way<br />
towards a career in science,<br />
but instead of hydrology, she<br />
wanted to pursue astronomy<br />
– particularly astrophysics,<br />
cosmology and celestial<br />
mechanics.<br />
Her advice to other<br />
young people with the<br />
same drive was simple.<br />
“Look at something that<br />
interests you and find a<br />
mentor. Do what you like<br />
otherwise it will start to<br />
feel like it’s something you<br />
have to do.”<br />
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Impacted, infected, inflamed, foul smelling<br />
Anal Glands. A slightly weird topic to write<br />
about but becoming a very common<br />
complaint in many dogs and even cats.<br />
This week alone I have removed anal sacs<br />
bilaterally in 2 dogs and 1 cat.<br />
Why do cats and dogs have them? They<br />
are purely scent making glands , situated<br />
between the layers of muscle that make<br />
up the rectum. When all is working right<br />
they are naturally expressed each time your<br />
pet poops! This is another way a pet can<br />
mark their territory, leaving a smell signal,<br />
therefore an important part of dog to dog<br />
communication.<br />
These glands are still not fully understood.<br />
Why some dogs never need them expressed<br />
and some dogs and owners are miserable<br />
because of these glands, sparks some<br />
debate…<br />
Clinically, cats scoot less often than dogs and<br />
are more likely to develop traumatic hair loss<br />
of the tail base or caudal abdomen. Other<br />
signs seen in cats and dogs may include<br />
licking/biting at the anal, perianal, and/or tail<br />
region; matting of perianal hair; reluctance<br />
to sit; reluctance to defecate; straining;<br />
constipation; anal discharge; redness and<br />
swelling of anal area, vocalising, lethargy and<br />
a terrible foul smell.<br />
The most common anal gland<br />
problems are:<br />
1. Impaction - the anal sacs fail to empty,<br />
resulting in thicker secretions, that cause<br />
swelling and pain in the anal sacs<br />
2. Sacculitis- this is inflammation or<br />
infection within the anal sac which can<br />
lead to an abscess or fistula.<br />
3. Hypersecretion whereby dogs express<br />
their anal glands often often due to a<br />
fright or anxiety.<br />
4. An abscessed anal sac<br />
5. Benign or malignant tumours associated<br />
with the anal sacs<br />
What increases your dogs chances of anal gland<br />
issues:<br />
1. Chronic skin infections with bacteria or yeast<br />
2. Skin mite infestation<br />
3. Food allergies<br />
4. Hypothyroidism<br />
5. Obesity<br />
6. Environmental allergies ( Atopy)<br />
7. Diarrhoea and Inflammatory Bowel disease<br />
8. Frequent anal gland expressions , which may<br />
happen at groomers. This can cause inflammation<br />
of the anal gland, scarring and narrowing of the<br />
anal gland duct.<br />
Chase eagerly awaiting his surgery<br />
with Michele.<br />
Dani and Chase enjoying a walk<br />
Typically I will squeeze the glands and assess the size<br />
and shape and material extruded. If I think allergies (<br />
either food or environmental) are a contributing factor,<br />
I discuss hypoallergenic diets, fiber added, fish oils as<br />
a natural skin anti-inflammatory and possible a steroid<br />
trial. Antibiotics is usually only prescribed if there is<br />
blood in the secretion or the sac has abscessed.<br />
Sometimes with abscessed anal glands I will<br />
recommend flushing and packing the anal sacs with<br />
antibiotic lotion under sedative. This can be effective<br />
at controlling an abscessed gland and requires no<br />
further treatment.<br />
If the anal gland disease is long standing and<br />
persistent and causing the patient<br />
discomfort, I will recommend bilateral<br />
anal sacculectomy. When done<br />
correctly, this procedure is highly<br />
effective with very few complications.<br />
A good discussion needs to be had<br />
with the owner so they are clear of<br />
possible complications. In the “end”<br />
this procedure is often the only way to<br />
completely resolve the problem and give<br />
a patient its quality of life back.<br />
Chase, a 3 year old Beagle, owned by<br />
one of our vet nurses and her partner,<br />
was presented for anal gland removal<br />
as he was constantly getting his glands<br />
go in their home. The anal sacs were<br />
not abscessed nor impacted but its very<br />
hard to live with the smell of anal glands<br />
on your furniture, carpet or bedding.<br />
The surgery is delicate and care needs<br />
to be taken working around the anal<br />
area to ensure you don’t damage any<br />
nerves risking the complication or fecal<br />
incontinence. Like with anything, the<br />
more you do the better you get at it and<br />
at the end of the day your dog can easily<br />
live without his glands, BUT can you live<br />
that smell.<br />
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Students go shopping for a cause<br />
A SHOPPING spree isn’t<br />
necessarily common during a<br />
school day, but for four Selwyn<br />
House School students, it was<br />
all part of a mall mission with<br />
meaning.<br />
Year 8 students Qiana, Mia,<br />
Narin and Lillie have taken on<br />
a project to provide care packages<br />
for women and children in<br />
Women’s Refuge shelters.<br />
The group are part of the<br />
school’s Innovation Hub, which<br />
sees students come<br />
up with innovative and authentic<br />
projects to improve their school<br />
or the wider community.<br />
Prior to lockdown, the group<br />
decided to focus on supporting<br />
women and children while taking<br />
refuge. When Covid-19 hit<br />
and schools closed down, the<br />
project was put on hold.<br />
“While we were in lockdown we<br />
started thinking about how the<br />
resources for play and learning<br />
we had at home helped to make<br />
things easier for us, but that some<br />
children might not be so lucky.<br />
“So when we got back to school<br />
we contacted Women’s Refuge and<br />
they suggested that some activity<br />
packs for children would be really<br />
helpful,” Qiana said.<br />
The packs were donated to the<br />
Battered Women’s Trust who<br />
empower women to create a safe,<br />
KINDNESS: Lillie, (left), Mia, Sarah, of Battered Women’s Trust, Qiana and Narin with children’s<br />
activity packs which were donated to the trust. <br />
healthy life for themselves and<br />
their children, free from family<br />
violence.<br />
“Sarah from the Battered<br />
Women’s Trust explained that,<br />
since Covid-19, they had not<br />
been able to provide toys to<br />
families like they normally<br />
would because of the risk of<br />
spreading germs,” said Mia.<br />
“We thought about how hard<br />
that would be, especially for<br />
children who might have to leave<br />
their own toys at home when<br />
they went to Women’s Refuge.<br />
“So we started looking for<br />
some sponsors to help us create<br />
individual activity packs that<br />
can be given to children when<br />
they arrive at a shelter.”<br />
Kmart answered the students’<br />
call for help, providing a voucher<br />
to be spent in-store, and<br />
the students have now created<br />
more than 18 care packages for<br />
various ages and hope to make<br />
more.<br />
Sarah, from the Battered<br />
Women’s Trust, said the donated<br />
packs will be much appreciated<br />
and a wonderful way to support<br />
other young people in the community.<br />
“We were blown away by the<br />
thoughtfulness of Lillie, Mia,<br />
Qiana and Narin and their<br />
awareness of our services in the<br />
community,” said Sarah.<br />
“The activity packs are an ideal<br />
way to put a smile on a child’s<br />
face at such a stressful time for<br />
the family.”<br />
Selwyn House teacher and<br />
Innovation Hub leader Fiona<br />
McKenzie said the hub gave<br />
students the freedom to pursue<br />
meaningful projects based on<br />
their own passions.<br />
“These girls identified a<br />
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community, worked as a team to<br />
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can-do attitude to making their<br />
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> 9 <strong>2020</strong> 7<br />
NOR’WEST PROPERTY UPDATE<br />
Is now the right time to sell?<br />
As we wake up to single digit<br />
temperatures and look out the window<br />
at almost non-stop rain it may seem<br />
like completely the wrong time of year<br />
to consider putting the house on the<br />
market.<br />
However, as Karen Ellis, owner of Ray<br />
White Bishopdale points out, in fact this<br />
is an ideal time.<br />
“There are not so many properties<br />
on the market at present, but plenty of<br />
potential buyers, which we can see from<br />
the numbers coming to our open homes.<br />
“The demand is there now, and if you<br />
waited until spring there may be more<br />
competition from other sellers,” Karen<br />
says.<br />
Of course, taking your home to market<br />
requires some preparation, and at this<br />
time of year what’s most appealing to<br />
potential buyers is a home that’s warm<br />
and dry, she says. Condensation, or<br />
leaves blocking drains and guttering can<br />
be off-putting to potential buyers.<br />
Buyers will understand the garden won’t<br />
be at its best but adding a few pops of<br />
colour with winter annuals can enhance<br />
its appearance.<br />
Inside, a light, bright house is always<br />
more attractive, so keep the blinds open<br />
and drapes pulled back, with fresh<br />
flowers on the coffee table to set the<br />
scene.<br />
Having the carpets cleaned will also<br />
create a fresher, brighter environment,<br />
Karen says, and<br />
she advises kitchen, bathroom and<br />
laundry surfaces be kept clean and<br />
uncluttered.<br />
Beyond the basic cleaning and<br />
freshening-up, staging has become a<br />
popular way of presenting a home for<br />
sale and this can make a big difference,<br />
Karen says.<br />
“It has become more cost-effective but<br />
get quotes from the different staging<br />
companies and find out what they offer<br />
before you decide who to use.”<br />
Staging can be especially helpful if the<br />
house is empty, as some people find it<br />
hard to visualise what furniture will fit<br />
into the various spaces and how rooms<br />
will look when they are furnished, Karen<br />
says.<br />
“Whether you are living there or not, a<br />
well-presented home may attract a higher<br />
price and may also sell quicker,” she says.<br />
Another aspect to keep in mind when<br />
preparing your property for sale is the<br />
target market – who are the potential<br />
Karen Ellis, Ray White Bishopdale owner<br />
buyers and what will they be expecting.<br />
This is important if you are considering<br />
whether to spend money on replacing<br />
the carpet or repainting the interior, for<br />
example. If it is a family home, installing<br />
a new kitchen or bathroom may not be<br />
a good idea as potential purchasers may<br />
have different ideas about colour and<br />
style, and you may not recoup the full<br />
cost. The question is, are you making<br />
the home more valuable or just more<br />
sellable?<br />
However, a fresh cost of paint on the<br />
front door or a new letterbox could be<br />
the finishing touch that clinches the deal.<br />
So, if you have selling on your mind<br />
either now or in the future, Karen and<br />
her team at Ray White Bishopdale will<br />
be happy to advise on all aspects of<br />
property preparation. For a consultation<br />
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Addressing the needs of disabled<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
LIVING WITH an invisible<br />
disability produces its own<br />
challenges, but it’s often an<br />
uphill battle when it comes to<br />
being treated as equal to others.<br />
With Covid-19 throwing<br />
more Cantabrians into financial<br />
uncertainty, getting a job<br />
and retaining it while having<br />
disabilities such as Asperger’s<br />
syndrome, attention deficit<br />
hyperactivity disorder and<br />
autism turns the experience into<br />
an ordeal.<br />
Facing discrimination and his<br />
own struggles with Asperger’s<br />
inspired disability advocate<br />
Nick Stoneman to start the NZ<br />
Disability Advisory Trust.<br />
“We provide support for<br />
those with neurological mental<br />
health disorders, foetal alcohol<br />
syndrome and now, physical disabilities,”<br />
he said.<br />
“The diagnosis pathway is convoluted,<br />
so there needs to be an<br />
agency on the ground that can<br />
do advocacy work.”<br />
The trust provided referrals to<br />
appropriate agencies and advocated<br />
for clients to the Ministry<br />
of Social Development, along<br />
with personal assessments before<br />
a diagnosis.<br />
It also held presentations and<br />
workshops to further educate<br />
those accessing their services.<br />
Getting diagnosed by a mental<br />
health professional was difficult<br />
in itself; sometimes taking two<br />
years for a child to get an assessment<br />
which could result in a late<br />
diagnosis.<br />
Said Mr Stoneman: “It’s really<br />
hard to get a diagnosis, they<br />
[mental health] just refuse to talk<br />
about it.<br />
“The disability sector has been<br />
ignored, we don’t get our voices<br />
heard and we’re often underrepresented.<br />
There’s just nowhere<br />
to go.<br />
“In NZ there’s about 90,000<br />
adults on the spectrum between<br />
the ages of 18 to 65.”<br />
Although the lockdown was<br />
difficult for some, Mr Stoneman<br />
said the disability community<br />
struggled in particular due to the<br />
ADVOCATE:<br />
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founded the<br />
NZ Disability<br />
Advisory Trust<br />
to address<br />
“injustices” in<br />
the disability<br />
community.<br />
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SLOAN<br />
rapidly changing environment.<br />
“One of the biggest barriers<br />
is change, especially in routines<br />
and social isolation. Some don’t<br />
cope well in a new environment,”<br />
he said.<br />
Even though Mr Stoneman’s<br />
Asperger’s – a form of autism<br />
– was mild, he said coping was<br />
another story.<br />
“It’s actually really difficult<br />
to cope because I’m reliant on<br />
others, but overall it’s definitely<br />
been a learning experience,” he<br />
said.<br />
“I’m now an autism educator<br />
and I talk in the community;<br />
it’s not as much of a stigma as it<br />
used to be.”<br />
The trust has kept him busy<br />
over the last few months – a job<br />
he can truly enjoy without fear of<br />
discrimination.<br />
“It’s a struggle to get jobs and<br />
even harder to keep it by being<br />
put in situations where we have<br />
to reveal [symptoms], then face<br />
discrimination.”<br />
This often discouraged people<br />
to seek employment in the first<br />
place, contributing to a higher<br />
number of the community on<br />
benefits.<br />
He encouraged more people<br />
to get involved and support the<br />
trust to educate themselves and<br />
understand the importance of<br />
inclusion.<br />
Said Mr Stoneman: “We<br />
want people to engage and<br />
to be treated like normal,<br />
everyday people. Showing<br />
more compassion and working<br />
alongside us in a professional<br />
field is helpful.<br />
“Start acknowledging that<br />
mental disabilities actually exists<br />
and that it’s not just limited to<br />
the physical [disabilities].”<br />
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MASTER PLAN<br />
A Master Plan for the redevelopment of Burnside High School<br />
was approved recently by the Board of Trustees and is now<br />
awaiting sign off from the Ministry of Education. As part of the<br />
Canterbury Schools’ Rebuild Programme, $19.1 million has been<br />
allocated to our school for Stage 1 of our redevelopment. The<br />
Master Plan is the culmination of 12 months’ work, will inform<br />
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Education, BCN has consulted widely on learning spaces, building<br />
locations, landscaping, links between buildings, school entrances,<br />
parking, and internal flows of people around the school. While<br />
there will be construction of new learning spaces, water-tightness<br />
problems will be addressed and existing spaces refurbished, with<br />
the aim of aligning all learning spaces to future need. Completed<br />
in stages, the work will be completed over five years.<br />
The Aurora Centre was upgraded in 2018, and the Hunter Gym<br />
and Cross Gym in 2019. These projects, enormous in scope, were<br />
the first steps in our school’s redevelopment. It is envisaged<br />
that by September 2021, a start will be made on a new Science<br />
and Technology Block that will include 26 learning spaces. Also<br />
planned for 2021 is an upgrade of our school swimming pool,<br />
resurfacing of courts, and the creation of a new drop off, pick<br />
up point on Memorial Avenue. Plans are underway to minimise<br />
the impact on students and staff during this first stage of our<br />
redevelopment plan.<br />
This is an exciting opportunity for BHS to enhance its facilities<br />
and provide the best possible campus for our school community.<br />
Phil Holstein<br />
Principal<br />
WINTER SPORTS<br />
Much to the delight of our students,<br />
the Canterbury Secondary Schools’<br />
Wednesday winter sport season kicked<br />
off on 24 June, ensuring that after a<br />
delayed start the winter sport season<br />
for Burnside High School has continued<br />
gaining momentum. Many of our sports<br />
teams are also enjoying competing in<br />
local community competitions and the<br />
commencement of a final few sports<br />
in Term 3 will see our winter sports<br />
programme hit full speed.<br />
Early in Term 3, we will hold our school<br />
Cross Country, allowing us to select<br />
students to represent Burnside High<br />
School at a Regional and National<br />
level. Whilst there was a great deal of<br />
disappointment with the majority of the<br />
NZ and South Island Secondary Schools’<br />
Winter Tournament Week events being cancelled, our Girls and<br />
Boys 1st XI Hockey teams, Girls Football and the Senior A Netball<br />
team are looking forward to competing in regional tournaments<br />
over those dates (31 August - 04th September). The Ice Hockey<br />
team will also be travelling to Dunedin to compete in a regional<br />
tournament during that week. The Thomson (Boys) and Whelan<br />
(Girls) Basketball Trophy competitions are now in full swing, and<br />
competitive and social Basketball is once again proving extremely<br />
popular, expertly managed by our Basketball Coordinator, Adam<br />
Morgan.<br />
We are enormously proud of all our 52 teams and 187 individual<br />
competitors who are representing Burnside High School across<br />
21 different sporting codes and are looking forward to watching<br />
them compete throughout this winter sport season.<br />
UNIFORM SHOP<br />
The Burnside High School PTA<br />
Uniform Shop is situated in<br />
A Block, adjacent to the<br />
staff car park off Greers<br />
Road. The shop stocks a<br />
full range of new uniform<br />
items along with second<br />
hand items. Opening<br />
Hours are Monday<br />
lunchtime 1.00-2.00pm<br />
and Tuesday after school<br />
2.45-4.00pm.<br />
Payment is by cash, eftpos<br />
and debit card only<br />
- no credit cards.<br />
www.burnside.school.nz/uniform/<br />
Office Hours 7am-5pm weekdays. Please telephone (03) 358 8383 for all enquiries. www.burnside.school.nz
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CONTINUING EDUCATION<br />
Term 3 at Papanui<br />
High School<br />
TALENT: Paparoa Street School musicians and artists.<br />
Art with a feel-good factor<br />
• From page 1<br />
“We wanted to<br />
showcase arts with a feelgood<br />
factor, we’ve been<br />
through a significant<br />
time in our lives so this<br />
brings people together,”<br />
she said.<br />
During the lockdown,<br />
the original task was to<br />
create the artwork for a<br />
virtual exhibition, but the<br />
audience was limited to<br />
the school community.<br />
“These kids have done<br />
an amazing job, so when<br />
we came back to school<br />
after the lockdown I<br />
thought, why don’t we<br />
take it to the community?”<br />
Mrs Stokes was proud<br />
of the whole-school effort<br />
and believed it was important<br />
to foster themes<br />
COLOURFUL: Neve Browning, year 5 with her<br />
artwork Belonging. PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
of belonging and kindness,<br />
especially through<br />
art.<br />
“Art really encompasses<br />
so much, it’s a sense of<br />
well-being and we need<br />
it now more than ever to<br />
connect with each other,”<br />
she said.<br />
“Being creative is<br />
an important part of<br />
learning.”<br />
Whether you are wanting to learn<br />
something new to improve your fitness,<br />
to challenge yourself, for relaxation, or to<br />
master a new skill Papanui High School<br />
offers plenty of choices for everyone in<br />
their Term 3 Adult Education Programme.<br />
We offer a wide range of classes such as<br />
cooking, crafts, languages, fitness and<br />
photography etc . Our tutors are wellqualified<br />
in their chosen field and wanting<br />
to help make your learning experience<br />
rewarding. We are confident regardless of<br />
your age, or interest, you will find a course<br />
that will give you the opportunity to<br />
extend your personal skills and knowledge<br />
and meet some new people in an enjoyable<br />
friendly environment.<br />
Our Term 3 classes begin week of 27<br />
<strong>July</strong> and a full list can be found on our<br />
website https://www.papanui.school.<br />
nz/com-ed/categories for further<br />
information and enrolment please email<br />
Barbara Roper rpb@papanui.school.nz<br />
or telephone our office on 033520701.<br />
Paige in charge<br />
Six-year-old Paige McLeod was made the owner of a supermarket in<br />
what was a shared birthday treat. The Bryndwr girl spent her birthday<br />
running the West Melton Four Square store, marking the brand’s<br />
96th anniversary. Paige’s mother, Kylie Phaup-Stephens said it was a<br />
birthday to remember. “It was a really, really cool day. Paige was a bit<br />
shy at first but she really warmed to it and I couldn’t get her out of the<br />
shop in the end.” A Four Square spokeswoman said when they found<br />
out about Paige being their biggest fan, they decided to make it a<br />
special birthday for her.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION<br />
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Learning returns<br />
to the heart of<br />
the city<br />
The WEA is delighted to be opening<br />
its doors again for the return of adult<br />
and community educational classes<br />
this coming term. During lockdown a<br />
shortened programme of 20 online items<br />
was offered free of charge. The 300+<br />
registrations showed there was a real<br />
desire to keep learning through the<br />
crisis. Wendy Butcher from the CWEA<br />
Council (governance team) said that<br />
“for some of our members with limited<br />
computer knowledge, learning online<br />
was a huge challenge, we commend<br />
those in our community who embraced<br />
technologies like Zoom and showed<br />
their determination to stay connected”.<br />
Now that people can be back in the<br />
building however, there is a real sense<br />
of the importance of face to face<br />
interactions: for learning, for depth of<br />
communication and for well-being.<br />
There is an exciting programme<br />
of events and courses on offer,<br />
from: Looking and Understanding<br />
Polynesian Art to Understanding the<br />
Treaty of Waitangi in <strong>2020</strong>. To find<br />
out more visit cwea.org.nz or pick<br />
up a programme from 59 Gloucester<br />
street in the central city.<br />
89 year old<br />
Ivan Hibberd –<br />
participating in<br />
a zoom class.<br />
Christchurch<br />
School of Music<br />
The Chinese philosopher, Confucius<br />
said long ago “Music produces a kind of<br />
pleasure which human nature cannot do<br />
without”. Playing an instrument has many<br />
benefits and can bring a great deal of joy<br />
to the performer and the listener. Studies<br />
continue to prove that participating in<br />
musical activities, has many positive<br />
effects on the brain as well as a student’s<br />
health and well-being. Some of the proven<br />
benefits include:<br />
1) Increased memory capacity<br />
2) Improved language ability<br />
3) Increased empathy<br />
4) Improved self-confidence<br />
5) Increased attention span and focus<br />
6) Self-discipline<br />
The Christchurch School of Music is<br />
a family-oriented community aimed at<br />
providing quality music education in and<br />
around Christchurch.<br />
On a Saturday morning the whole family<br />
can find something to<br />
suit. Preschool and<br />
junior school children<br />
can start their musical<br />
journey by joining<br />
in our “Take Off<br />
with Music” classes<br />
while older children and adults may<br />
opt for lessons on a specific instrument<br />
(including voice). Those who already play<br />
are welcome to join in one of the great<br />
ensembles which all take part in regular<br />
concerts.<br />
Age is no limit - our Late Starters<br />
programme provides the opportunity for<br />
adults to learn an instrument and join an<br />
ensemble with other like-minded adults.<br />
If Saturday isn’t an option, CSM also<br />
offers a range of weekday opportunities<br />
for learning and playing music and, if<br />
affordability is an issue, CSM may be<br />
able to offer a discount through funding<br />
provided by the Rata Foundation and<br />
CERT.<br />
Term 3 starts on Saturday 25 <strong>July</strong> and<br />
we can take new enrolments in most<br />
instruments and ensembles.<br />
Please contact us via our website www.<br />
csm.org.nz and let us start you on a<br />
musical journey that will bring pleasure<br />
for a lifetime.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION<br />
Risingholme’s Adult and<br />
Community Education<br />
Courses for Term 3 <strong>2020</strong><br />
Did you have plans to learn something new in Term 2 but your plans were disrupted?<br />
Did you develop a new interest during lock down and want to learn more?<br />
Or have you simply missed getting out and about?<br />
Enrolling in a Risingholme course maybe the<br />
solution you are looking for. Risingholme has<br />
over 89 courses on offer ranging from Art & Craft,<br />
Exercise, Wellbeing & Health, Fabric Arts, Food<br />
& Cooking, Languages, Music, Pottery and Wood<br />
Crafts. Check out our website www.risingholme.<br />
org.nz<br />
Risingholme Community Centre is fully<br />
operational, and we are currenting taking<br />
enrolments for Term 3 courses starting the week<br />
of 27 <strong>July</strong>. Due to the cancellation of our Term 2<br />
programme, many of our courses for Term 3 are<br />
almost full so don’t delay, enrol now to secure your<br />
place.<br />
We also have a number of new courses being<br />
offered this term.<br />
• Dollmaking Journey Course. Here’s your<br />
opportunity to learn about the tradition and<br />
therapeutic benefits of dollmaking using hand<br />
stitching and all natural materials.<br />
• Saturday Woodworking Course. Do you have a<br />
wood project to make and not enough time – then<br />
the Saturday Woodwork Course run over three<br />
weeks may be ideal!<br />
• Pattern Drafting Courses. Do you have a love<br />
of sewing but want that perfect fitting garment?<br />
Learn how to draft a pattern block to your own<br />
measurements. Once you have your block learn<br />
how to develop your own patterns – you won’t<br />
be disappointed!<br />
Our full range of courses and their<br />
locations can be viewed on our website<br />
www.risingholme.org.nz<br />
If you have an enquiry, please do not hesitate<br />
to email us at info@risingholme.org.nz or<br />
telephone the office on 03 332 7359.<br />
Course brochures are available at the<br />
Risingholme office and CCC public libraries.<br />
Spaces are limited in some courses, enrol now<br />
and avoid disappointment!<br />
www.risingholme.org.nz/courses/<br />
Adult and Community Education Term 3, <strong>2020</strong><br />
Come learn with us<br />
Risingholme Community Centre offers<br />
a wide range of short courses, each term,<br />
at a range of venues.<br />
Risingholme Community Centre<br />
Art (Creative Arts, Mixed Media, Watercolour, Painting with Acrylics,<br />
Drawing & Sketching), Embroidery, Fabric & Craft Skills, Guitar, Pottery,<br />
Sewing Skills, Upholstery, Using your Overlocker, Sewing Retreat, Yoga,<br />
Wood Sculpture, Woodwork, Woodwork for Women, Zentangle, Printmaking,<br />
Fermented Foods, Plastics Free, Te Reo Maori, Patchwork and Quilting, ESOL<br />
Intensive Level 2-3, NZ Sign Language, Dollmaking, Pattern Drafting, Reiki.<br />
Christchurch Girls’ High School<br />
Sewing Skills, Te Reo Maori, Watercolour Painting, Drawing & Sketching,<br />
German Language, Painting with Acrylics, Spanish Language, NZ Sign<br />
Language, Pattern Drafting.<br />
Hornby High School<br />
Sewing for Beginners, Te Reo Maori, Crochet, NZ Sign Language.<br />
Riccarton High School<br />
Calligraphy, ESOL English Intermediate, Indian Cooking,<br />
Italian Language, NZ Sign Language, Russian Language, Sewing Skills,<br />
Spanish for Travellers, Te Reo Maori, Egyptian Cooking, Picture Framing,<br />
Mediterranean Cooking, Yoga, Basic Photography.<br />
Full details available on www.risingholme.org.nz<br />
Risingholme office at 22 Cholmondeley Ave, Opawa, Chch<br />
Phone 03 332 7359 | Email info@risingholme.org.nz<br />
www.risingholme.org.nz
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HOME & HEATING<br />
What makes a great<br />
Heat Transfer System?<br />
There are a number of Heat Transfer<br />
systems on the market. Smooth-Air<br />
ventilation specialists offer a range of<br />
HTU Heat Transfer Units with carefully<br />
selected components to optimise the<br />
system:<br />
They use insulated duct to transfer<br />
the heated air with as little heat loss as<br />
possible. The fan moves sufficient air<br />
for the distance and number of rooms,<br />
without being noisy. The diffusers send<br />
the heat to the floor, not to skim the<br />
across the ceilings. All components are<br />
good quality - designed to operate for<br />
years without problems.<br />
Smooth-Air’s HTUs come in a range<br />
of options: One to four rooms, with or<br />
without thermostat and with a choice<br />
of grilles and diffusers. HTUs improve<br />
energy efficiency in your house, as you are<br />
using excess heat. They have low power<br />
consumption - only 80watts for the three<br />
room system. Circulating air through the<br />
house also reduces the risk of damp.<br />
You can also choose the HTU version<br />
with downjet diffusers, which throw the<br />
warm air downwards to the floor. These<br />
downjet diffusers can also be adjusted to<br />
regulate which room receives the most<br />
warm air.<br />
An average size living room requires 2-4<br />
kw of heating, yet appliances such as log<br />
burners generate heat in the region of 10<br />
-20kw. This leaves an excess of 8 -16kw of<br />
heat which sits at high level in the heated<br />
room, usually above door level.<br />
Heat transfer units work best where very<br />
hot air has ‘stratified’ into a layer near the<br />
ceiling. So heat pumps, which circulate<br />
warm air around the room with no<br />
layering, are not suitable as a heat source<br />
by themselves. However, if you have both<br />
log burner and a heat pump, heat transfer<br />
systems with thermostat can work very<br />
well: The heat pump stops operating once<br />
the heat from the fire has heated the room,<br />
and the heat transfer kicks in above this<br />
point, once there is a layer of hot air at the<br />
ceiling.<br />
Contact Smooth-Air on 0800<br />
SMOOTH (0800 766 684) to ask how<br />
they can help you with your Heat<br />
Transfer, as well as any other ventilation<br />
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Warmer Kiwi<br />
Homes grants<br />
The Government is offering Warmer<br />
Kiwi Homes grants to make Kiwi homes<br />
warmer and healthier and recently the<br />
grant has increased to 90% of the cost of<br />
the supply and installation of a heat pump<br />
(capped at $3000 including GST).<br />
Enviro Master Ltd are proud to be a<br />
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Warmer Kiwi Homes programme.<br />
You may be eligible if you own your own<br />
home and have a Community Services<br />
Card, Super Gold Combo Card or live in<br />
a lower income area and your home was<br />
built prior to 2008. Heat pumps are for the<br />
main living area only and there must be<br />
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Enviro Master Ltd are your air<br />
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A walk along memory lane<br />
A USAF Sikorsky UH-34 Seahorse helicopter on the tarmac at Christchurch Airport during the opening ceremony of the new terminal building in 1960.<br />
Pupils from Russley<br />
School on the hydroslide<br />
at Sockburn Park in 1986.<br />
(From top) – Lincoln Chung,<br />
Nicholas Clarke, Stephen<br />
Rose, Melissa Hussey, Jacki<br />
Brewer and Melanie Knight.<br />
The Farmers department store and adjoining car park prior to its<br />
opening at Bishopdale Mall in 1971. The design of the store is in<br />
line with changes in retail with fewer display windows.<br />
The Northside Theatre at 39 Main North Rd in Papanui in 1980.<br />
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TOUCHSTONE HOMES<br />
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Memorial Ave<br />
in 1959, as<br />
yet unsealed,<br />
showing the<br />
plaque at<br />
the junction<br />
with Clyde Rd<br />
dedicating the<br />
avenue to those<br />
who gave their<br />
lives in World<br />
War 2.<br />
Kendal Ave Post Office<br />
in Burnside, 1965.<br />
Christchurch chief<br />
postmaster J.W Lincoln<br />
(right), deputy-chief<br />
postmaster M Johnson<br />
and Mrs Briggs,<br />
manager of the office.<br />
Cars parked on Ilam Rd outside the student union building at Canterbury<br />
University in 1975.<br />
A family with kites at<br />
Christchurch Airport<br />
in 1958. A USAF<br />
Globemaster, used for<br />
Operation Deep Freeze<br />
flights to the Antarctic is in<br />
the background.<br />
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Director of Orana Park,<br />
Paul Garland, in a cage<br />
on the back of a truck<br />
feeding meat to the lions<br />
in 1976.<br />
A group of pupils from Papanui High School with a<br />
placard reading ‘Is long hair all that bad?’ in protest of<br />
a long hair ban put in place at the school in 1971.<br />
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is a vibrant community with art galleries,<br />
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with a never-ending schedule of music<br />
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Natural vision support<br />
Bilberry and marigold are two natural<br />
herbs with a long history in supporting the<br />
health of the eyes and good vision.<br />
During World War 2, British bomber<br />
pilots reported improved night vision after a<br />
nightly dose of bilberry jam before missions.<br />
Subsequent research suggested that bilberry<br />
extract may improve microcirculation<br />
within the eye, with the most significant<br />
effects found in people with impaired visual<br />
acuity.<br />
Bilberries contain powerful antioxidant<br />
compounds called anthocyanins that may<br />
play a major role in supporting eye health<br />
and even in improving the vision.<br />
One of the main causes of degenerative<br />
eye diseases such as macular degeneration<br />
relates to an increase in free radical activity<br />
that damages healthy cells in the eyes. The<br />
anthocyanins from the bilberry help reduce<br />
this free radical damage that could lead to<br />
serious eye disease.<br />
Bilberry has also been shown to improve<br />
oxygen and blood delivery to the eye,<br />
important factors for maintaining eye<br />
health.<br />
Bilberry is commonly used to support<br />
night vision and alleviate tired eyes,<br />
eye strain and dry eyes. It is considered<br />
beneficial for most eye conditions, including<br />
cataracts, disorders of the retina, and to<br />
prevent eye problems, especially in people<br />
with diabetes or high blood pressure.<br />
The retina is a thin layer of tissue at<br />
the back of the eye that transforms light<br />
information into neural signals for the brain<br />
to see images.<br />
The retina is very fragile and can be<br />
damaged by bright light, especially blue<br />
light. Computer monitors, cellphones,<br />
electronic notebooks, televisions, LED and<br />
fluorescent lighting all emit significant<br />
amounts of blue light and may have long<br />
term effects on the retina.<br />
The carotenoid lutein, as found in marigold<br />
flowers, is concentrated in the macula, the<br />
functional centre of the retina. The macula<br />
gives us the ability to see detail and provides<br />
the best colour vision.<br />
Lutein appears to be vital in protecting the<br />
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RAY WHITE PAPANUI NEWS<br />
Property Sellers Take Control – Get a<br />
Building Report Prior to Going to Market!<br />
One of the very first things I would<br />
do as a property seller would be to<br />
get a building report done on my own<br />
property. Why would you do that you<br />
ask? Wouldn’t we normally go under<br />
offer with a contract and then the<br />
buyers get their own building report<br />
done?<br />
A large majority of the time where<br />
something causes a contract to crash<br />
it will be the building report condition<br />
(another reason would be cancelling<br />
on the finance condition, which by<br />
coincidence might also be declined on<br />
a building report the bank isn’t happy<br />
with).<br />
I have had many previous sellers<br />
who hand on heart could vouch that<br />
‘their property’ had ‘no known issues’<br />
which is what they truly believed at<br />
that time, and then a building report<br />
has brought up unknown issues<br />
which hold up, or worse, cause the<br />
purchaser to cancel the contract.<br />
That’s devastating.<br />
Often things come up that you would<br />
never imagine. Have you heard of<br />
‘Dux Quest’ plumbing (this is a no<br />
go for insurance), does your open<br />
plan living have beams where walls<br />
were removed by previous owners,<br />
were your EQC repairs done up to<br />
standard (a repair sign-off doesn’t<br />
mean yes), is your ceiling insulation<br />
over your inset non-LED lights,<br />
is there a slow leak somewhere<br />
you didn’t realise, and for some<br />
properties, are your floors level?<br />
Building report issues brought up<br />
during the due diligence period<br />
creates nothing but stress, stress and<br />
more stress and often reductions are<br />
taken off the agreed purchase price<br />
for an issue(s) that might have been<br />
easily and more cheaply fixed before<br />
going to the market when a seller has<br />
time on their side.<br />
For the $500-$600 approximate<br />
(depending on the size of your<br />
property and detail of the report)<br />
spent on getting a building report<br />
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whole lot of stress and a reduction on<br />
your sale price.<br />
Yes, buyers may still choose to get<br />
their own report done additional to<br />
yours and sometimes their lawyer<br />
and lender encourage them to get<br />
their own which is fine (and this<br />
would be at their cost of course)<br />
but at least you know as a seller the<br />
likelihood of anything major coming<br />
up as an issue is very low as you have<br />
already had the property looked at.<br />
Strike a Pose! Make Sure Your<br />
Rental Property Stands Out<br />
From The Competition<br />
By getting your own pre-sale building<br />
report done you give yourself the<br />
opportunity to:<br />
a) fix anything prior to going to<br />
market, in your own time and with<br />
the opportunity to get proper quotes,<br />
book in tradespeople etc, or<br />
b) to disclose to purchasers that<br />
something needs repair/remedy/<br />
maintenance which hasn’t been<br />
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can write this into the contract also.<br />
Buyers often don’t mind if they are<br />
told there is something that needs<br />
doing, they will usually just factor<br />
this into their offer amount and<br />
then carry on from there. It’s when<br />
surprises come up that the issues can<br />
start.<br />
This investment at the beginning of<br />
the selling process could turn out<br />
to be the best money you have ever<br />
spent. And if you pay for a pre-selling<br />
building report only for nothing to be<br />
found, remember this is a good thing!<br />
Vanessa Golightly,<br />
Business Owner<br />
and Licensee Agent<br />
Ray White Papanui<br />
027 664 9292<br />
Feature Property<br />
Vanessa Golightly<br />
Licensee Agent &<br />
Business Owner<br />
027 664 9292<br />
Stuart Morris<br />
Business Owner<br />
& Auctioneer<br />
027 422 6395<br />
Tracy Thomson<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
027 440 3035<br />
Claire Morris<br />
Licensee Agent &<br />
Business Owner<br />
027 662 4822<br />
Katrina Green<br />
Operations Manager<br />
Property Management<br />
027 606 0030<br />
Tania Ikin<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
022 5<strong>09</strong> 2755<br />
When advertising your property for<br />
rent, whether yourself or via your<br />
property manager it is very important<br />
to present your investment property<br />
to its absolute best!<br />
This starts with photography. Ensure<br />
the property is free of clutter, with<br />
the lawns and gardens nice and tidy.<br />
The photographs need to showcase<br />
to prospective tenants the best parts<br />
of the property, particularly living<br />
rooms, kitchen and bathrooms, and of<br />
course outdoor living.<br />
It is important also that the photos<br />
are the right dimension, for example<br />
rental listings on Trademe.co.nz<br />
require only landscape photos.<br />
Portrait images will not display<br />
correctly and don’t present well.<br />
Bright and well focused photos are<br />
also key.<br />
It is also important to provide enough<br />
photos to get people’s interest and<br />
some informative text about the<br />
property outlining not only the<br />
features but the benefits of living<br />
there too. If you have lived in the<br />
property yourself, what did you like<br />
most about living there? Make sure<br />
you pass that on in the property<br />
description.<br />
If you can, employ a professional<br />
photographer. At Ray White Morris<br />
and Co Property Management we<br />
want to make our clients rental<br />
properties stand out from the<br />
competition, and great photos<br />
make this happen. We employ a<br />
professional photographer to capture<br />
all of our new rental listings, and the<br />
response from prospective tenants<br />
has been fantastic.<br />
To find out more tips on marketing<br />
your rental to its full potential please<br />
feel free to give me a call. I look<br />
forward to sharing more with you.<br />
Katrina Green,<br />
Operations Manager<br />
Property Management<br />
027 606 0030<br />
4 Jackmin Lane, Burwood<br />
Vanessa Golightly<br />
Just Sold<br />
195 Springs Road, Hornby<br />
Vanessa Golightly<br />
Ashleigh Pattullo<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
027 865 9672<br />
Estelle Schuurman<br />
Property Manager<br />
Joy Coughlan<br />
Mortgage Broker<br />
027 223 3572<br />
Olivia Hendry<br />
Executive Assistant<br />
Allie McConnell<br />
Property Management<br />
Assistant<br />
Level 1, 7 Winston Avenue, Papanui<br />
Phone (03) 352 0567 | rwpapanui.co.nz | /RayWhitePapanui Morris & Co Limited | Licenced REAA 2008