Nor'West News: July 16, 2020

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• By Bea Gooding 

SHEILA HAILSTONE’S battle with 

breast cancer inspired her to chronicle the 

experience in a new inspirational book and 

plans to donate its profits towards cancer 

research. 

As a seven-year metastatic breast cancer 

survivor, she wrote Dancing around Cancer 

to uplift and inspire those on their own 

journey with the disease. 

The book presented reflections in haibun, 

a form of haiku poems which followed 

her story of undergoing treatment and her 

subsequent pilgrimage on the Camino de 

Santiago in Spain. 

Hailstone said she was “delighted” to be 

able to release the book in the hopes that it 

would support other people. 

“I’ve had a lot of positive feedback, but 

my main goal more than anything else is to 

try raise money for breast cancer research,” 

she said. 

“That was the initial goal, and also to 

help other people who are going through 

their cancer journey.” 

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FEEDBACK FROM residents 

has indicated an increase in 

house and vehicle break-ins 

across Bishopdale, Avonhead and 

Russley over the past year. 

In the Fendalton-Waimairi- 

Harewood Community Board’s 

plan for 2020-2022, the development 

of safety initiatives across 

these areas has been identified as 

one of its priorities in response to 

concerns that have been raised by 

residents. 

“Anecdotal feedback from 

residents indicates that people 

feel there has been an increase in 

house and vehicle burglaries over 

the past year,” the plan reads. 

In response to this, the board is 

planning to work with police to 

educate the community on what 

people can do to keep themselves 

and their property safe. 

It is also looking to work 

alongside the Christchurch 

North Community Patrol to 

increase the number of patrols 

in the Avonhead and Russley 

area, and work with Canterbury 

Neighbourhood Support to 

promote local groups in a bid to 

encourage more being formed 

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Wā Pēpi: Babytimes 

Thursday, 10.30-11am 

Shirley and Fendalton libraries 

Encourage learning through 

language. Babytimes is an interactive 

programme including music, 

movement, rhymes and a story. 

Recommended for under two-yearolds. 

No bookings required. 

Citizens Advice Bureau 

Thursday, 11am-5pm, Friday, 

11am-5pm, Tuesday, 2-5pm, 

Wednesday, 11am-5pm 

Fendalton Library 

Citizens Advice Bureau provides 

free and confidential advice. They 

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with the information, options and 

support that fit your needs. Phone 941 

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Knit ‘n’ Yarn 

Thursday, 2-3.30pm, at Fendalton, 

Wednesday, 1-2.30pm, at Redwood 

Fendalton and Redwood libraries 

Take your knitting, crochet or other 

craft projects and have fun with a social 

group. This is a free, drop-in event. 

Mahjong Group 

Friday, 1-3.30pm 

Shirley LIbrary 

Go along to the free event if you 

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Card Club 

Friday, 1.30-3.30pm 

Shirley Library 

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Makerspace Friday, 3.30-4.30pm, Bishopdale Library 

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Shirley, Wednesday, 10am-1pm at 

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Bishopdale, Fendalton and Shirley 

libraries 

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Skate park to get extension 

BEGINNERS WILL be able 

to join in the fun following a 

decision to extend the St Albans 

skate park. 

The Papanui-Innes 

Community Board has approved 

the extension following feedback 

from local residents concerned 

that the park does not cater to 

beginner skateboarders and 

scooter users. 

The extension at St Albans Park 

will utilise the current gravel area, 

with work expected to start on the 

landscape plan 

in October. 

The local 

community, St 

Albans School 

and skate jam 

participants 

have all 

contributed 

Emma Norrish 

design ideas. 

Community board 

chairwoman Emma Norrish 

said there has been a great 

deal of community support 

for the change, with many 

people wanting additional skate 

elements to help beginners 

improve their skills. 

“We can see the positive role 

that skateboarding can play 

in community unity,” said Ms 

Norrish. 

“Skateboarding is very much a 

mainstream urban sport today, 

UPGRADE: A proposal to revamp the St Albans skate park has been approved. The park will now 

cater for beginner riders. 

PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

helping to keep young people 

healthy and active while also 

encouraging creativity and 

boosting confidence. 

“We have collaborated with 

our community to better 

meet local needs and deliver 

an accessible skate park that 

suits all ages and our diverse 

neighbourhood. 

“By creating a skater-friendly 

area and ensuring that other 

park users also have suitable 

space, St Albans Park can 

be enjoyed by the whole 

community.” 

Following changes to the 

initial concept plan, two walnut 

trees will be moved to a more 

suitable area while proposed 

seating will be shifted near a 

shady section where people can 

still watch the skate park users. 

A low pyramid, wollie ledge 

and rectangular grind rail will 

replace the skate area’s double 

rollover bumps while a cork-type 

surface laid behind the quarter 

pipe over the mound will protect 

the skate area from gravel. 

A small barrier section at the 

top of the hipped quarter pipe 

will also protect pedestrians 

using the nearby path. 

The extension will be 

completed by April next year. 

Board lays 

out priorities 

for north-west 

• From page 1 

Another priority for the board 

is the installation of bins at high 

usage parks such as Abberley 

Park, Bishopdale Park and 

Avonhead Park. 

“Over-flowing rubbish bins in 

our parks is a constant issue. The 

solar-powered Big Belly bins have 

a built-in compactor that crushes 

the rubbish, giving them a capacity 

six times greater than a standard 

waste bin,” the plan reads. 

The board also plans to increase 

improved access to on-street 

parking for residents in Russley 

and Roydvale after regularly receiving 

complaints from the community 

around a lack of parking. 

Other priorities include the 

demolition of Old Caretaker’s 

House at Burnside Park, an upgrade 

or replacement of the public 

toilets at Bishopdale Mall, construction 

of a shared footpath on 

Gardiners Rd from Wilkinsons 

Rd to Sawyers Arm Rd and an upgrade 

of the toilets and changing 

facilities at Nunweek Park. 

Fixing the water flow issues 

with the Ilam stream, an upgrade 

of playing fields at Tulett Park 

and investigation into the possible 

usage of land next to it have also 

been cited as priorities. 

 

 

The withdrawal of a consent 

application to store 40,000 bales 

of waste, including domestic 

rubbish and commercial rubbish 

from hospitals and schools, on a 

site in Belfast close to houses, a 

large aquifer and a stream, a meat 

works and a cemetery, is great 

news for our community. 

The announcement, made at the 

end of last month, has brought 

huge relief to residents, who were 

concerned about odour, vermin 

and leaching from the proposed 

site in Blakes Road. 

In March, residents packed out 

the Belfast Rugby Football Club at 

my public meeting to voice their 

concerns to Environment 

Canterbury. 

ECan set up a live webpage on 

their website to keep residents 

updated. The news last month that 

the project won’t 

 

go ahead on the 

Belfast site has been welcomed by 

 

the community. 

 

 

I’ve been contacted by 

Northern Christchurch 

residents who are concerned 

about the lack of a footpath and 

cycleway to allow them to safely 

access shops and public transport 

in Belfast. With traffic travelling in 

excess of 80 kilometres per hour, 

they’re worried about walking 

alongside the road. Please get in 

touch if you would like to meet 

with me over an issue that is 

concerning you. 

Volunteer Week last month was 

a great opportunity for me to pop 

into some of the local 

organisations helping our 

communities. I regularly connect 

with the Belfast Community 

Network, which provides a great 

community hub, working with 

local groups and volunteers to 

provide a wide range of support 

for residents. Our communities 

are carried by our volunteers and 

it’s great to have an opportunity to 

say thank you. 

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Dangerous intersection to get fix 

Cancer survivor’s new book inspires courage 

• From page 1 

The reality of cancer treatment 

was “harsh,” including nausea, 

pain and hair loss, which was 

why she wanted people to “have a 

laugh” and enjoy the book in spite 

of what they were going through. 

Her experiences ultimately 

led to the decision to do the 

Camino de Santiago pilgrimage 

after watching The Way – a film 

about a grieving father who also 


A BISHOPDALE intersection 

which is among the city’s 50 most 

dangerous will get a $150,000 

makeover. 

The Wairakei and Grahams 

Rd intersection’s current layout 

has resulted in a number of car 

crashes and is described by the 

city council as a source of “much 

driver frustration.” 

The city council is now planning 

to rectify some of the issues 

with the intersection in 2022. 

The current configuration 

of the intersection results in 

late lane changing as vehicles 

approach it with drivers going 

straight often making a lastminute 

decision on which lane to 

use depending on which way the 

vehicle in front indicates. 

The new lane layout will provide 

a dedicated right turn lane 

walked this route. 

She said the film struck a 

chord with her as she was also 

grieving the loss of her husband 

who died in a car crash in 1997. 

Many embarked on this path 

for spiritual growth which often 

took weeks to achieve. 

In spite of the blisters on her 

feet, she said it was a meaningful 

journey with many insights and 

revelations. 


on each approach to the intersection 

as well as a shared straight 

and left lane to prevent this from 

happening. 

The intersection is currently 

“It’s just the people you meet 

and the connections you make; 

the value of it was taking some 

time out and focusing on the 

walking and talking,” she said. 

Hailstone is an awardwinning 

speaker and established 

the Papanui based Christchurch 

Women’s Toastmasters and 

Boaters Toastmasters club, 

where she often raised awareness 

around the importance of 

DANGER: There have been 12 

accidents at the Grahams and 

Wairakei Rds intersection over 

the last five years. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

the city’s 45th most high-risk 

and there have been 12 accidents 

there within the last five years, 

four were serious and the other 

eight were recorded as minor or 

non-injury accidents. 

One of the most recent serious 

crashes at the intersection 

involved a car making a 

right turn hitting two elderly 

pedestrians on the crosswalk. 

finding a kinder alternative to 

cancer treatment. 

Last month, she won the New 

Zealand Micro Flash Fiction 

“Lockdown” competition with a 

piece entitled, “Waiting for and 

Avalanche when you Live by 

the Sea.” 

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Safe traffic 

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a priority 


ENCOURAGING a “safe 

traffic network that supports 

a connected community” will 

be one of the Papanui-Innes 

Community Board’s priorities for 

the remainder of the term. 

The board’s 2020-2022 plan 

sets out that it will achieve this by 

engaging with and supporting the 

community on local transport issues, 

with particular attention being 

paid to the effects of the Christchurch 

Northern Corridor and the 

increasing development of Papanui. 

It also plans on advocating for 

traffic lights at the Greers and 

Langdons Rds intersection and 

improvements to address Northern 

Line cycleway safety concerns. 

The board is also prioritising 

a push for improvements and 

increased support to community 

facilities across its jurisdiction. 

This will include advocating 

for improvements to the Belfast 

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ongoing development of Rutland 

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Airport Ambassadors celebrate 10 years 

• By Bea Gooding 

WHETHER IT’S to help 

frantic passengers locate 

missing luggage or providing 

expertise on what makes the 

city so special, the Christchurch 

Airport Ambassadors are the 

first point of call. 

Volunteers at the airport’s 

ambassador programme work 

hard to help visitors find their 

feet in the city and beyond, and 

are now celebrating their 10th 

year of service. 

The group initially started off 

with 16 ambassadors, but that 

number has grown to nearly 50, 

who come from all walks of life 

and have a passion to serve others. 

Ian McDonald, 74, has been 

an ambassador for the last eight 

years and said the best part 

about the job was its spontaneity 

and the lifelong friendships he’s 

made. 

“Every day is different. I’ve 

been involved in other community 

groups, but the airport has 

to be the top one,” he said. 

“When people come off planes 

really stressed, like if they’ve arrived 

and their luggage has gone 

missing - you’ve just got to turn 

those people around and make 

them feel better. 

He said it was satisfying being 

able to help people in times of 

great stress, especially when they 

had no family or friends in the 

area. 

An ambassador’s role included 

answering any questions travellers 

had about where to locate 

things in the airport, what 

activities Canterbury had to offer 

and to help sort out any issues 

such as last-minute accommodation 

or transport. 

With international travel 

restrictions not set to change for 

the time being, the volunteers 

were not able to resume their 

posts at the airport since before 

the lockdown began. 

Mr McDonald was eager to 

get back into the job, but he was 

grateful he could still meet up for 

a coffee with the other volunteers 

while there was no work. 

Said Mr McDonald: “They’re 

a great bunch of people, they all 

want to be there to help and it 

makes a difference. 

“Once you retire, you don’t just 

SERVICE: The Christchurch 

Airport Ambassador 

programme has celebrated its 

tenth anniversary, who provide 

crucial support for travellers 

visiting the region and beyond. 

want to sit down and read library 

books all day. You’ve got to keep 

active, have interaction with 

other people and give back to the 

community.” 

Park to Plane support manager 

Jacqui Robertson said the programme 

was established during 

major redevelopments of the 

airport’s terminal. 

“Every time someone arrived, 

the layout inside was different so 

they needed people to help direct 

travellers who were bit lost,” she 

said. 

The more people they assisted, 

it became more apparent that 

the service needed to become a 

permanent fixture. 

Although there were no international 

visitors, she said this 

would not make a difference in 

their services now that they were 

catering for domestic travellers. 

“They make the airport a 

happier place. They’re often the 

first and last friendly face when 

people leave to travel the South 

Island,” said Ms Robertson. 

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A walk along memory lane 

The 1905 photograph shows Daresbury, 

67 Fendalton Rd, a 50-room house on 25 

acres, designed by S. Hurst Seager and 

built between 1897 and 1901 for George 

Humphreys, co-founder of the wine and 

spirits merchants Fletcher Humphreys. 

School children cross at the intersection of Cranford St and Main North Rd 

in 1978. 

Emily Harrison and Kelly Hamblyn with 

school patrol gear at Fendalton School 

in 1988. 

Aerial view of Christchurch International Airport in the 1990s. 

Passengers waiting at Christchurch International Airport 

in the 1960s. 

A security guard at the entrance gates to the 

lion reserve at Orana Park with a shotgun 

containing blanks in 1977. 

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NOR’WEST PROPERTY UPDATE 

Pathway to success 

For Maria Paterson, the real estate 

industry has proved to be her niche – the 

job she was cut out to do. And while the 

path to reach it was diverse, every step of 

the way was establishing a foundation of 

skills that would bring her success in real 

estate. 

Born and brought up in Hokitika 

on the West Coast, Maria moved to 

Christchurch in the early 2000s, starting 

work in a customer services role at 

Countrywide Bank. She left that job after 

about six years to have her family, with 

three children (now 27, 25 and 18). 

Then came the next step on her career 

path. Maria was approached by an 

insurance broker to join the insurance 

business, and starting out in customer 

service, over the next nine years she 

worked in an advisory role across the full 

spectrum of insurance services. 

All these experiences were adding 

to the deep fund of knowledge and 

expertise that she would bring to real 

estate. But there was one more important 

chapter before that would happen. Maria 

joined forces with a friend to purchase 

The Store at Tai Tapu, and between them 

the pair turned the struggling business 

around to become a thriving enterprise. 

Mission accomplished, Maria left there 

and made her move into real estate. She 

joined another brand, spending the next 

eight years crafting her skills, knowing 

that real estate was where she wanted to 

be. 

“I’d always had a strong interest in 

property and had owned rentals, and 

with my sales and customer service 

background it just made sense,” she says. 

“I’d finally found my niche.” 

Two weeks after she started, the 

September 2010 earthquake devastated 

much of the city, but fortunately the 

offices weren’t affected, and Maria was 

on her way. Her negotiation skills and 

aptitude for marketing and selling 

property soon became apparent, and she 

received the Rising Star award for her 

first two years in the industry. 

Two years ago, Maria made the move to 

Ray White because, “their more humble 

approach appealed to me”. 

“Ray White’s focus on customer service 

fits with what I like to do in my business.” 

She was one of the founding members 

of the Ray White Strowan team, which 

has since grown and is still growing. 

Meeting and helping people from all 

walks of life buy or sell their biggest asset 

is one of the key reasons Maria finds her 

work so enjoyable and fulfilling, with her 

natural warmth helping her establish a 

rapport with her clients. 

“I’m in someone’s life every day for 

around six weeks guiding them through 

the whole process from 

listing to settlement, and 

helping them achieve 

their goal is what drives 

me. And often, I make 

friends along the way, 

too.” 

Maria buys and sells 

across the full range of 

property types – from 

first homes to milliondollar 

listings, with 

the contacts she makes 

bringing many referrals. 

“My data base has 

grown through my 

contacts, and often 

it’s a real family affair 

with different family 

members seeking my 

help with buying or 

selling property.” 

The flexibility that 

comes from running her 

own business is another 

plus for Maria, as it allows her to enjoy 

some favourite activities. 

“I play tennis on Wednesdays and I 

enjoy mid-week skiing, though it needs 

to be a bit warmer before I’ll go. I also 

like walking and a friend and I started a 

hill walking group – we do that once a 

week. I like going to the movies too. 

Maria Paterson 

“Family is also very important to me – 

I love spending time with my family.” 

Professionalism, innate skills and a 

warm personality have taken Maria 

Paterson to the top of the real estate 

industry, and balancing work with her 

extra-curricular activities sees her living 

a rewarding life, with her clients also 

reaping the benefits. 

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property 

worth? 

Get a market valuation in 60 minutes, 

call 0800 YELLOW 

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Proudly owned by 

Karen Ellis 

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Barry Ellis 

021 519 274

Nor'West News: July 16, 2020

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