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TREE STUMPS pre-dating
human arrival in New
Zealand have been unearthed
in Halswell, providing new
insights on the area’s history.
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The matai tree stumps
were discovered on Quaifes
Rd during stormwater basin
excavation works and were
part of a subfossil matai forest
underneath the ground.
Radiocarbon dating
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• By Bea Gooding
ORGANISATIONS, charities and
community groups are concerned
about the future of volunteering
in Christchurch following
Covid-19.
Some reported a surge of volunteers
post-lockdown as a way to
support their community during
trying times, but retaining them
was a different story.
In an annual report by Volunteering
New Zealand which examines
the voluntary sector, 36.6
per cent of organisations reported
a lack of volunteers as their single
biggest challenge.
St Martins Community Menzshed
provides a place for people
of all walks of life to get together
and offer building work to community
organisations that were
unable to afford it, such as equipment
for churches and schools.
Secretary Gary Payne said acquiring
volunteers in the past year
since its inception was not difficult
in itself, but due to Covid-19,
many volunteers were now unable
to attend workshops.
“The Menzshed association
have stated that getting older
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been challenging,” he said.
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Secure future for historic hall
• By Matt Slaughter
THE FUTURE of the historic
Coronation Hall in Spreydon
is now certain.
Suburbs rugby and netball
clubs will lease the building
on Domain Tce from the city
council, which will repair
and reopen
it at a cost of
$580,000.
Spreydon-
Cashmere
Community
Andrew
Rutledge
Board
chairwoman
Karolin
Potter said
the future of the hall has been
uncertain since 2015 when a
motorcyclist crashed into and
fled the scene.
The bike caught fire causing
the building to ignite.
Said city council head of
parks Andrew Rutledge:
“Following an expression of
interest process the Suburbs
Rugby Football Club Inc was
approved as the preferred
applicant to lease Coronation
Hall as its home base and
clubrooms. Construction
funding becomes available
in July 2021, exact start date
will depend on contractor
methodology. Construction
is expected to take six to nine
months.
“Repairs include
replacement of the fire
damaged portion of the roof,
rewiring of the electrical
system, reconfiguration
of the toilets (including
installation of accessible toilet),
reconfiguration of kitchen,
and cosmetic repairs,” he said.
Suburbs rugby and netball
clubs have been sharing
clubrooms with Kereru Sports
and Cultural Club down the
driveway from Coronation
Hall since the fire.
Club secretary Sarah Direen
said it is exciting to have
secured a new home for its
teams and the hall will be able
to used by other community
groups when it is repaired.
“It will obviously be our
rugby and netball clubrooms,
so we’re excited about that.
But we’re also really looking
forward to it having a
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community and having it as a
meeting space.”
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subsidy to commemorate the
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1911.
In 1997 the hall was leased
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Club, who occupied the
building until the fire.
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Traffic and safety measures treated with urgency
AN ADULT playground has
been pitched as the Spreydon-
Cashmere Community Board
plans for the next couple of
years.
In its new 2020-22 plan,
the board also commits to
advocating for a slew of planned
traffic and safety measures to be
finished as a matter of urgency.
They are underpinned by
community consultation which
found people wanted better
and more of such measures
in Huntsbury, Hoon Hay, St
Martins, Addington, Hillmorton
and Cashmere and Spreydon.
People also wanted more cycle
ways and linking extensions, but
were critical of the constraining
effects of their design on other
road users, especially on Sparks
Rd and Strickland St.
The board says it wants
traffic and safety work
completed for the intersection
of Cashmere, Hoon Hay and
Worselys Rds, and at the
Barrington Mall entrance onto
Barrington St.
Cycle lanes are identified as
important to support the use
of sustainable transport and to
provide safe routes to school for
young people.
The board plans to ask for an
extension to the proposed Nor
West Arc Cycle way west to
Westmorland, and will advocate
IN DEMAND: There are calls for more cycleways in
Spreydon-Cashmere but the contraining effects of the
Sparks Rd design (above) have received criticism.
for it to be finished earlier than
planned.
It will work with council staff
to investigate the inclusion of a
Heathcote River cycle route as
part of the city’s cycle network
and will investigate and promote
low cost initiatives to increase
the safety and use of active
transport.
Improved road safety and
travel efficiency on Dyers Pass,
Hackthorne and Cashmere
roads has also been identified as
a priority.
The board will work with
council staff to identify issues,
including anti-social road behaviour,
and look at short-to-long
term solutions.
People told the board they supported
Hoon Hay Park enhancements,
and were keen to develop
more or all of the parks and
amenities across the area.
Toilets, changing room facilities
and sports storage at Hoon
Hay Park would be upgraded.
There was also support for
developing adult recreation
facilities, which the board says
indicates the need for further
SAFETY: An upgrade at the intersection of Hoon Hay,
Cashmere and Worsleys Rds is a priority.
feasibility work.
It will talk further with the
community about what is needed
at Hoon Hay Park and will
advocate for any rebuilding work
to be included in the council’s
spending plan.
It will also talk more about
the potential for an adult playground.
If there is a need, it will
ask for a feasibility study and
work to establish where it could
be made.
The board also wants to work
with the community to support
the increased and future use of
90 Hoon Hay Rd as a community
centre.
It will also investigate the viability
of its continued use as a
centre into the future.
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Funding for charity denied
• By Bea Gooding
VOLUNTEERS AT a charity
that provides crucial support to
those experiencing traumatic
events have resorted to selling
face masks to stay afloat.
NZ Gifts of Love and Strength
started selling handmade, affordable
face masks when their
application for Government
funding of $15,000 was declined
by the Community Organisation
Grants Scheme.
The charity’s operational costs
are $17,000 per year.
Founder Vicki-Anne Parker
said they were not expecting the
full amount, but anything was
“better than nothing.”
“It was gut-wrenching because
this is the second time it’s happened
and we know we do a
damn good job,” said Parker.
They work hand-in-hand with
other organisations, such as the
Red Cross providing refugees
with unique care packages upon
arrival.
Partnerships like this prevented
the organisation from
having their funding application
accepted.
“The excuse they gave us was
pretty sad. They told us we had
duplicated services because the
Government already provided
funding for the Red Cross, so
IMPACT: NZ Gifts of Love and Strength volunteers Lynette
Hill (left), Rafia Chaudry, founder Vicki-Anne Parker and
Jessica Campbell-Beardsell have sold hundreds of face
masks to get by after the charity’s funding was denied.
they said we didn’t need it,” she
said.
Parker believed the funding
decline for the second time
highlighted issues within the
voluntary sector when it came to
accessing funding.
“We haven’t been established
for two years so it’s always
hard to get funding. Bigger
charities always get funding,”
she said.
“Lots of charities are also
being set up, but they’re failing
because of it.”
Selling face masks has made
“a huge impact” in many ways
as they have been inundated
with hundreds of orders, raising
nearly $2500.
“Former clients come back and
volunteer with us, so it shows
we’re making a difference,” she
said.
“One of the fathers from the
Vivian St fire lost his only child
and helped make face masks for
us to pay it forward.”
Lack of young volunteers
• From page 1
“All we want to do is provide
a safe working space for people
who don’t have a social circle
to come along and make new
friends while helping other community
organisations.”
In the Volunteering NZ report,
involving 3000 people in the voluntary
sector across the
country, 35.8 per cent
of respondents noted
an ageing volunteer
workforce as a concern,
and a lack of younger
volunteers.
During the pandemic,
many vulnerable
volunteers, young and
old, were forced to
stop volunteering in
order to protect their
health, which further decreased
workforces.
Volunteering Canterbury strategy
and finance manager Alison
Marshall said many organisations
have had to “re-think” the way
they ran their volunteer programmes
since the lockdown.
“Lockdown, and then the impact
of different levels, has meant
that they have had to, for example,
factor in social distancing,
taking extra precautions where
their regular volunteer team includes
older adults or those who
may be vulnerable,” she said.
Alison Marshall
“Re-thinking and re-organising
the way you do things is always
challenging, especially for organisations
that are already often
stretched and working around
tight time frames.”
A “spike of interest” in people
wanting to volunteer in Canterbury
since the lockdown was put
down to the increased
sense of community
or a change in circumstances,
said Marshall.
But feelings of
uncertainty about
the future – as it was
highlighted postearthquakes
and now,
Covid-19 – reflected
people’s readiness
to make long-term
commitments,
hindering recruitment rates.
“Many prospective volunteers
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or episodic volunteering
opportunities,” said Marshall.
“This can be a challenge as
it takes time and resources to
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New church launching 13 September
Looking for a church?
Want to connect with GOD in a COVID world?
Anchor Charismatic Anglican Church meets on Sundays at Te Ara
Koropiko West Spreydon School, 2 Halswell Road, and if you’re
exploring the big questions in life and wondering whether there are
answers that will give you security in these uncertain times, Anchor
is inviting you to its official launch: Sunday 13 September at 10.30am.
Anchor is keen to share the Good News with the community of
South-West Christchurch, and a light lunch will follow the service.
Why plant a new church?
“While I was on a Camino pilgrimage to Santiago, Spain in May 2018,
I believe God asked me to establish a new parish for charismatic
Anglicans within the new Church of Confessing Anglicans Aotearoa
New Zealand,” says Vicar Rev. Andrew Allan-Johns, a charismatic
Anglican of long-standing. “The two key Bible verses in the calling
were Isaiah 40:3 ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight’
and Jeremiah 4:3 ‘break up your unploughed ground and do not sow
among thorns’.”
What can you expect at a service?
“We’re a church where everyone’s welcome. Our focus is on inviting
people to meet Jesus and mentoring them to become true disciples
of Jesus, not just followers in the crowd. Now more than ever, people
need to know that God is in control and that they can put their hope
and trust in Jesus His son!”
Vicar Rev.
Andrew Allan-Johns
“Anchor meets at 10.30 am on Sundays
for worship, teaching and ministry in
the school Staff Room. Children worship
with their families, then go to a separate
programme during the teaching time.
Holy Communion is celebrated every
second Sunday.”
Rev. Allan-Johns adds, “For Christians a
relationship with Jesus is crucial and the
best place to explore faith is in a small
group where you can ask questions in a
safe environment. We run an eight-week
Christianity Explored course, which is easy
to relate to and relevant to the issues we
all face.”
Check out the official launch of Anchor Charismatic Anglican
Church on 13 September, or visit www.anchorchurches.org
and www.facebook.com/anchorchurchnz
Anchor Charismatic Church
Official Launch
Sunday, 13 September 2020 10.30am
Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School
Tēna koe
This is an invitation to a celebration of the official launch
of Anchor Charismatic Church!
Sunday, 13 September 2020 10.30am
Te Ara Koropiko West Spreydon School, corner Halswell
& Annex Roads (look out for the white and blue flags).
Parking on-site.
We’d love you to join us as we celebrate the launch
of Anchor in South-West Christchurch. As part of the
Church of Confessing Anglicans Aotearoa New Zealand
(CCAANZ) we’re excited to be declaring and sharing the
good news of Jesus and getting to know our community.
A light lunch and refreshments will be served afterwards.
Jesus answered. “I am the
way and the truth and the
life. No one comes to the
Father except through me.”
John 14:6 (NIV)
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App challenges consumer behaviour
• By Bea Gooding
“IMAGINE A platform where
you can rent everything as
opposed to buying brand new.”
Toby Skilton’s dream of developing
a renting and lending
app has come true in a matter of
months and launched last week
in a bid to challenge consumer
behaviour.
Mutu will enable users to
acquire or lend items on a temporary
basis – anything from
paddleboards and bikes to do-ityourself
tools and camping gear,
to name a few.
“I couldn’t be more excited.
This platform is a tool to reduce
waste and really solves a massive
issue we have in New Zealand
with overconsumption.”
The launch comes at a time
when people were more conscious
of their spending and
were taking the time to explore
their backyard due to Covid-19.
“It encourages tourism and
trying something new while
saving money on our platform,”
he said.
“Cantabrians can spend that
money on cafes, accommodation
and amazing outdoor adventure
facilities right on our doorstep.”
Skilton said the app and
website will also enable users
to make money by renting the
under-utilised items they own.
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for the landfill an opportunity to
be repurposed and slows down
manufacturing,” he said.
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SOUTHERN VIEW
Joint pain: Do I have arthritis or
could it be mainly my muscles?
The team at Physical Sense in Sydenham
sees clients with a range of symptoms but
many of their middle-aged and senior clients
visit complaining of pain in one of their joints.
Physiotherapist Ietje van Stolk suggests
that a major part of the pain could be due
to muscle pain rather than simply arthritis.
“Even if an x-ray shows arthritis, the reason
for the pain may be the muscles around
the joint,” she explains. The images show
how a muscle knot (the crosses) in a back
muscle can give hip pain (aches and pain
are the red areas in the drawings), a knot
in a muscle on the back of the shoulder
blade can give a deep pain in the front of
the shoulder and a muscle knot all the way
near the groin can give an ache in the knee
(especially at night in bed).
Ietje recalls one case where an 89 year
old client with severe arthritis who walked
with a stick, told her, “I will end up in
a wheelchair, I cannot put any weight
through my right leg due to pain in my hip
and buttock”. “Within 4 treatments, she
was walking with her stick but without the
severe pain,” says Ietje. “The arthritis was
one of the factors that made her muscles
spasm but the other was that older people
move less and the flexed position the hip
is in when we sit is particularly bad for
the hip.” Ietje is happy with the fact that
although the client was 89 and could have
been “given up on” or told to live with the
pain, she made a difference to her health
and wellbeing.
The same lack of movement can be the
reason for your knee pain or your shoulder
pain and the same few treatments could
make a huge difference for you.
At Physical Sense, hands-on techniques
(massage and triggerpoint deactivation
techniques) are used to release the muscles.
The client also gets a home exercise
program designed to mobilize and stretch
the joint, strengthen the important core
muscles and increase general strength and
SHOULDER
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(the crosses are the areas of the muscle spasms, the red areas is where the pain is felt)
balance. They teach a movement sequence
that stretches the joint in all directions
whilst the client is able to lie safely on their
bed, perfect for older or less mobile clients.
In many cases having the muscles
released and being taught how to maintain
it, is enough to stay on top of the problem.
HIP PAIN
If severe arthritis is the underlying cause,
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Bilberry and marigold are two natural
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health of the eyes and good vision.
During World War 2, British bomber
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Bilberries contain powerful antioxidant
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One of the main causes of degenerative
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Bilberry has also been shown to improve
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Bilberry is commonly used to support
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The retina is a thin layer of tissue at
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The retina is very fragile and can be
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The carotenoid lutein, as found in marigold
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functional centre of the retina. The macula
gives us the ability to see detail and provides
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Lutein appears to be vital in protecting the
macula from blue light damage. Multiple
studies have shown that people with eye
diseases have much lower levels of lutein
in their eyes and that increasing intake
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degeneration, the leading cause of blindness
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One study of people in India, where
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SOUTHERN VIEW
News
Trees pre-date human
arrival in New Zealand
• By Bea Gooding
A NEW site dedicated for
community use may be
a possibility for Halswell
residents.
Surplus land on Quaifes
Rd owned by the city council
was due to be sold, but
the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Board,
the Halswell Residents Association
and the Halswell
Community Project were
against the proposal.
The land was purchased
by the city council for a
UNEARTHED: A subfossil matai tree forest has
been discovered on Quaifes Rd, it is said to
reveal more about Halswell’s history.
• From page 1
“We’re absolutely astonished,
we talked to a number
of people who thought they
were only a couple hundred
years old, but they were
amazed that they’re nearly
1000-years-old,” he said.
“People really value
understanding and finding
out more about the place we
live in.”
The trees were discovered
by Environment
Canterbury councillor
Craig Pauling, who noticed
similar stumps excavated at
the Longhurst subdivision
a few years ago which they
were unable to access.
Since the stumps on
Quaifes Rd were located on
city council property, they
granted the HRA $1800 to
get the trees radiocarbon
dated.
After discussions with
Canterbury University and
Lincoln University environmental
experts, Hawke
said it was likely that the
trees were killed after the
Waimakariri River flooded
the area before humans arrived
in NZ.
Hawke said the discovery
will add another dimension
to discussions of Halswell’s
heritage.
“We’re interested in
trying to broaden out the
narrative of heritage in
Halswell and extend that
discussion a bit,” he said.
“Most people think
of Halswell’s heritage of
the quarry and farming
activity, but people have
been living in this area for
hundreds of years.
“What this means is
stormwater retention and
detention basin which was
no longer required.
Community groups
believed there was now a
“rare” opportunity to use
the space for community
purposes.
Said HRA secretary
David Hawke: “We don’t
want the land to be sold,
we just want a good range
of opportunities for people
to use community spaces
in Halswell.”
Karen White, of the
Halswell Playcentre, told
that Halswell is built on
this amazing matai forest
literally under our feet. If
you think of a matai [tree],
the forest itself would have
hosted an enormous variety
of native animals.”
The city council is determining
how the surplus
land on Quaifes Rd should
be used where the matai
trees were located.
Hawke hoped the city
council did not sell the land
in the hope of turning the
space into a community
hub of activity.
New community space mooted
BIRDS OF THE ESTUARY
the board that the area’s
population continues
to increase and needed
new community spaces
because of this.
Said White: “There are
currently 12-plus subdivisions
under construction
in Halswell. There appears
to be no community
spaces allocated except for
playgrounds.’’
A workshop will be
held in coming months
to inform the community
board about potential
options for the space.
Tanya Jenkins is the manager of the Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust,
a non-profit 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.
Vocal duck pairs for a lifetime
THE PARADISE duck,
or putangitangi, are a
colourful and very vocal
endemic waterfowl species
– and they are only found
in New Zealand.
Numbers of these birds
have drastically increased
since European settlement
as these ducks adapted well
to farmland and open areas
created by the colonists and
can now be found throughout
NZ.
The females are easily recognised
by their white heads
but also by the loud highpitched
shrieking noises they
make when constantly communicating
to the males.
Charming to know that
most paradise ducks pair
up for life; feeding, nesting,
flying together and protecting
their territory. It is only
during the moulting season
that they will team up with
other pairs as in larger
groups they feel safer from
predators.
Pairs build their nest
in long grass along our
streams, rivers and
estuary and the female
will incubate the some
nine eggs while the male
fiercely protects his family
from anyone or anything
coming near.
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