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TREE STUMPS pre-dating 

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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 

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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, 

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News 

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- 

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Community 

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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 feel and hosting 

different groups from the 

community and having it as a 

meeting space.” 

Coronation Hall was 

constructed under government 

subsidy to commemorate the 

coronation of George V in 

1911. 

In 1997 the hall was leased 

as dedicated club rooms to the 

Keruru Sports and Cultural 

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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 


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 

are seeking one-off, shorterterm 

or episodic volunteering 

opportunities,” said Marshall. 

“This can be a challenge as 

it takes time and resources to 

recruit, orientate and train 

volunteers; something which is 

limited for many. 

“Volunteering can provide a 

sense of focus and positiveness at 

a time of uncertainty. Knowing 

that you are making a positive 

difference is really good for 

people’s mental health,” she said. 

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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) 

For more information 

please email Vicar 

Andrew Allan-Johns: 

andrewallanjohns@gmail.com 

@anchorchurchnz 

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News 

App challenges consumer behaviour 


“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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“It’s also giving items destined 

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be repurposed and slows down 

manufacturing,” he said. 

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Their experiences couchsurfing 

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Said Skilton: “My partner and 

I – we’re both into the outdoors – 

packed all of our stuff and went 

to Europe for a year. We stayed 

with locals with garages full of 

stuff they hardly ever used, so we 

wanted to access it. 

“They felt a huge amount of joy 

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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 

PAIN 

KNEE PAIN 

(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, 

some maintenance therapy may be 

necessary, but that is often more affordable 

and, for older patients, better tolerated 

than surgery. After only one treatment you 

should know that it will work for you. Call 

and only pay $50 on that treament. 

Physical Sense Gym and Physio is located at 300 Colombo Street, Sydenham. The Blue Line Bus stops in front of the 

door and there is ample parking. To enquire about joint pain treatment, phone 377-2577 or visit www.triggerpoints.co.nz 

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SENIOR LIVING 

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Bilberry and marigold are two natural 

herbs with a long history in supporting the 

health of the eyes and good vision. 

During World War 2, British bomber 

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nightly dose of bilberry jam before missions. 

Subsequent research suggested that bilberry 

extract may improve microcirculation 

within the eye, with the most significant 

effects found in people with impaired visual 

acuity. 

Bilberries contain powerful antioxidant 

compounds called anthocyanins that may 

play a major role in supporting eye health 

and even in improving the vision. 

One of the main causes of degenerative 

eye diseases such as macular degeneration 

relates to an increase in free radical activity 

that damages healthy cells in the eyes. The 

anthocyanins from the bilberry help reduce 

this free radical damage that could lead to 

serious eye disease. 

Bilberry has also been shown to improve 

oxygen and blood delivery to the eye, 

important factors for maintaining eye 

health. 

Bilberry is commonly used to support 

night vision and alleviate tired eyes, 

eye strain and dry eyes. It is considered 

beneficial for most eye conditions, including 

cataracts, disorders of the retina, and to 

prevent eye problems, especially in people 

with diabetes or high blood pressure. 

The retina is a thin layer of tissue at 

the back of the eye that transforms light 

information into neural signals for the brain 

to see images. 

The retina is very fragile and can be 

damaged by bright light, especially blue 

light. Computer monitors, cellphones, 

electronic notebooks, televisions, LED and 

fluorescent lighting all emit significant 

amounts of blue light and may have long 

term effects on the retina. 

The carotenoid lutein, as found in marigold 

flowers, is concentrated in the macula, the 

functional centre of the retina. The macula 

gives us the ability to see detail and provides 

the best colour vision. 

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 

of lutein can reduce the risk of macular 

degeneration, the leading cause of blindness 

in older people. 

One study of people in India, where 

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those with the highest blood levels of lutein 

had a 41% lower risk of developing cataracts, 

compared to those with the lowest levels. 

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SOUTHERN VIEW 

News 

Trees pre-date human 

arrival in New Zealand 


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 

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