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Options being sought to
revitalise Bishopdale mall
• By Stu Oldham and
Louis Day
WOULD-BE INVESTORS will
be sounded out and businesses
might grow as the council works
out how to break the cycle of
decline at the ageing Bishopdale
Village Mall.
Some “private sector interests”
in the suburb have already told
council staff they are interested in
development and investment - but
they said that before Covid-19
intervened.
The extent to which those
interests “remain live” needed
clarifying as the council explored
its options, urban regeneration
planner Josh Neville told city
councillors.
The council is one of a clutch
of mall landowners. It wants to
explore ways to revitalise a mall
officials say has been in a state of
decline for more than 20 years.
The council last week endorsed
plans to work with anchor tenants
on small-scale revitalisation, and
to develop an investment case to
see what more can be done, and at
what cost.
Harewood city councillor
Aaron Keown described the mall
in its current state as a “bit of a
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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.
The Zone @ Shirley
Thursday, 4-5pm
Shirley Library
Go along and get to know other
like-minded teenagers. Go headto-head
on the PlayStation, mix
music with GarageBand, get creative
with green screen or play classic
board games. Suitable for ages 12
to 19-years-old. Free, no booking
required.
Mahjong Group
Saturday, 1-3.30pm, at Shirley,
Monday, 1-4pm, at Papanui
Shirley and Papanui libraries
Go along to the free event if you
are interested in playing or learning
about Mahjong.
Wā Kōrero: Storytimes – Bilingual English and Mandarin,
Tuesday, 10.30-11am, Shirley Library. An interactive programme featuring
stories, rhymes and songs in both English and Mandarin. Suitable for young
children and caregivers. No bookings required.
JP Clinic
Saturday, 10am-noon, at
Fendalton, Tuesday, 10am-1pm, at
Shirley and Papanui, Wednesday,
10am-1pm, at Bishopdale
Bishopdale, Fendalton and Shirley
libraries
A justice of the peace will be
available to witness signatures and
documents, certify document copies,
hear oaths, declarations, affidavits or
affirmations, as well as sign citizenship
or rates rebates applications.
GenConnect
Tuesday, 12.15-12.45pm
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If you have questions about your
smartphone or tablet, ask an expert
for advice. Free, no bookings required.
Reading to Dogs
Tuesday, 3.30-4.30pm
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A relaxed, non-threatening event
designed to encourage children to
practise reading skills and develop
a love for reading. Registration
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Upskilling Course
Wednesday, 9.30-11.30am
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test and improve your reading, writing,
maths, and computer skills. Free
for NZ residents and citizens. Registration
required. Phone 379 1916 to
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Scrabble Club
Wednesday, 1.30-3.30pm
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Drink driving: How the numbers
stack up in the Papanui area
• By Matt Slaughter
POLICE CHARGED 915 people
with drink driving offences in
Papanui between 2017 and
2019.
An Official Information Act
request by Nor’West News has
revealed out of eight areas in
Christchurch and Banks Peninsula,
Papanui sits second on
the list of areas where the most
people have been charged for
being over the legal breath and
blood alcohol limits in this time
period.
Christchurch central is first
on this list, with officers there
charging 1993 drivers with such
offences, south Christchurch sits
third with 675 and New Brighton
Police Station was fourth with
658.
The legal breath alcohol limit
in New Zealand is 250mcg/l.
The highest breath alcohol
readings recorded between
2017 and 2019 in the Papanui
area were 1519mcg/l in
2017, 1442mcg/l in 2018 and
1669mcg/l in 2019.
There were 4812 excess breath
and blood alcohol offences in
Christchurch between 2017 and
2019.
The number of drink driving
offences decreased over this
three year period. There were
1742 offences in 2017, 1539 offences
in 2018 and 1531 in 2019.
Canterbury Road Policing
Manager Greg Cottam said these
statistics are promising but any
drink driving at all is too much.
“Over time we’ve seen a drop,
which is great, but it comes back
to the fact that any drink driving
is one too many and the potential
for serious harm for other road
users is unacceptable. We have a
no-tolerance policy for alcohol
and one is one too many.”
Meanwhile, in July a police
CHECKPOINT:
Statistics
have revealed
which areas of
Christchurch
the most
drink drivers
were caught
between 2017
and 2019.
clamp-down on drink driving
saw them stop and breath test
14042 Canterbury motorists.
Of these, 68 were over the legal
breath alcohol limit.
They trialled microcheckpoints
as part of this,
which require as few as one
police car and officer to set up
and carry out.
Breath and blood alcohol
offences by police station
between 2017 and 2019
Christchurch Central Police
Station
2017 – 713
2018 – 634
2019 – 646
Papanui Police Station
2017 – 358
2018 – 289
2019 – 268
Christchurch South Police
Station
2017 – 250
2018 – 214
2019 – 211
New Brighton Police
Station
2017 – 200
2018 – 220
2019 – 238
Hornby Police Station
2017 – 185
2018 – 154
2019 – 130
Sumner Police Station
2017 – 21
2018 – 19
2019 – 19
Lyttelton Police Station
2017 – 10
2018 – 6
2019 – 13
Christchurch Airport Police
Station
2017 – 5
2018 – 3
2019 – 6
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Connecting people across globe through art
• By Bea Gooding
A JAPANESE artist’s dream of
connecting people through art
from across the globe has come
to life.
Nearly 400 pieces of art are on
display in a wave-like form at
South Library in Cashmere, with
its bright colours and symbols of
life representing world peace of
the future.
St Albans artist Haruko
Furukawa is behind the art
extravaganza and said the theme
of her exhibition, Big Bang 11,
was something she held close to
her heart.
“My intention is to save the
world with art, and to connect
people’s hearts and lives through
artwork,” she said.
“This exhibition makes people
feel closer to one another.”
Artists of different generations
far and wide from chipped into
the project, from New Zealand,
Japan and Singapore, to the
United States, Europe.
By combining the artworks
from across the world, it represented
a multitude of cultures
and how they would interpret
a future world where peace was
celebrated.
“Imagination can be a medium
for happiness,” said Furukawa.
“I believe the power of art can
turn a negative experience into a
positive one.”
Furukawa’s father died of
a heart attack when she was
4-years-old.
Dealing with the raw emotion
following on from his death at
such a young age was the catalyst
behind her love and passion for
painting.
“When I was four, my father
passed away. I woke up one
morning and he’d had a heart attack.
He was a writer,” she said.
PRIDE: Traditional Japanese
painter Haruko Furukawa’s
new exhibition, Big Bang
11, contains more than 400
pieces from artists around
the globe.
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“I was so young and couldn’t
understand the meaning of
death and I didn’t know how
to deal with the empty feeling I
had.
“Then I discovered that art and
painting gives me so much happiness,
and I knew in the future
from then that I wanted to make
other people happy through my
art too.”
Born in Osaka, the avid
painter moved to Christchurch
18 years ago and teaches art to
many groups in her community.
She also created murals across
the city and took part in a number
of events which showcase
the world of art, such as live
paintings.
The Big Bang 11 exhibition will
run each day until September 30
at South Library.
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Warm and sunny, the property offers
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Digital needs increasing
• By Bea Gooding
A SCHEME to provide
computers to community
organisations in need across the
city has proven popular, with
digital needs increasing due to
Covid-19.
The city council’s Computers
to the Community Scheme offers
computers for free to not-forprofit
groups to help them deliver
services more efficiently.
Excluding the lockdown,
between July 2019 and June this
year, 220 laptops and desktops
were distributed to organisations,
such as St Christopher’s Anglican
Church, Delta Community
Support Trust and the
Multicultural Youth Association.
Charity Kilmarnock
Enterprises employs people
with intellectual disabilities to
provide outsourcing solutions for
businesses, such as packaging or
refurbishing needs and received
four desktops and laptops.
Said chief executive Michael
Toothill: “We haven’t had the
budget to purchase new ones
ourselves, and we needed to find
an alternative way to save costs.
“We started to sell eco-friendly
cleaning products and needed
equipment to run the dispatch
side of things. We had a gap
to fill in business because we
refurbished headsets for Air New
HELP: Chief executive Michael Toothill (left) with Mark
Russell and Robert Spence, of Kilmarnock Enterprises, with
a new laptop they received from the city council to help
operations run smoothly.
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Zealand’s international flights,
but that’s gone on hold.
“Directly for us, it ensures
we can retain jobs and has
been
a huge benefit to our employees.”
In the past few months, the
city council noted an increase in
requests from groups working
with multi-cultural communities
and have allocated about 50
computers to organisations
with a variety of cultural
backgrounds.
City council head of
community support, governance
and partnerships John Filsell
said the cost associated with
purchasing the technology was
often a barrier.
Said Filsell: “Covid-19
highlighted the need and use of
technology to feel connected, to
keep in touch with friends and
family both overseas and within
New Zealand to get information,
continuing education and
support the ability to continue to
work.
“Some groups have made the
computers available to those who
do not have them.’’
Meeting demand was not a
major issue but at times the city
council experienced a higher
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‘It is an absolute
embarrassment’
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“There is great opportunity
here but like we have said, this
was developed in the 60s and
things have changed a little.
He said he could envisage the
mall becoming more boutique
and similar to the Tannery.
“That type of boutique mall on
this side of town would work really
well, there is a big catchment
for it.”
However, city councillor Sara
Templeton said she could not
support the plan as she did not
see it as a priority for council
resources.
“We have got clear evidence
. . . that shows that the inner-city
east and New Brighton areas
should be the priority for revitalisation,”
she said.
City councillor James Gough
labelled this as “disgusting.”
“We have massive influence
here, it is one of the few areas
where the council is actually the
main landowner in a major retail
area,” he said.
“We are essentially the mall
owner here, we have large
tenants that are crying out to
partner with us, you have a
community that is desperate
to see the council re-invest in
something that it has a duty to,
you look at the private sector
that will re-invest in malls every
five to seven years in a major
re-vamp, nothing has happened
from the council.
“It is an absolute
embarrassment and we have the
ability to do something about
this in existing budgets and I
have got councillors wanting
to vote against it, absolutely
disgusting.”
In spite of Templeton’s protests,
the plan passed.
The Fendalton-Waimairi-
Harewood Community board
will now play a leading role in
the development of the investment
case. The progression of the
case to the council table for sign
off will hinge on the approval of
the community board.
Board chairman David
Cartwright said while he was
“excited” by the progress, there
was still a lot of work to do.
“It is one thing to get the
fish on the hook but to get it in
the boat is another thing,” he
said.
Cartwright said he was
looking forward to working
alongside key stakeholders in the
development of the case.
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A FIRST: Selwyn House School year 8 pupils Alice (left), Freya, Rain, Honor
and Coco apply their new artificial intelligence learnings to “Cosmo the
Robot.”
Artificial intelligence
curriculum at
Selwyn House School
THE RAPID growth
of artificial intelligence
in today’s world has
prompted a Merivale
school to establish
the country’s first AI
curriculum for pupils.
The programme will be
available for year 8 pupils
at Selwyn House School
and will cover subjects
such as AI perception,
machine learning, human
AI interaction and societal
impact.
Principal Dr Lyn Bird
said the course has so far
been well received by the
pupils, who have been taking
part over the last eight
weeks.
“With a technology that
is developing as rapidly as
this, I think it is crucial
that we give our
future workforce an
understanding of the opportunities
and risks that
this technology
brings,” she said.
“As far as we are aware,
there is no other AI curriculum
in the country
catering to this age group,
and only one or two
around the world.”
With the help of science
and mechatronics teacher
Simon Christie, they
started developing their
own curriculum last year,
which was introduced to
pupils for the first time this
term.
The school’s mechatronics
curriculum had covered
AI in the past, but there
was no dedicated course
for it.
“Having a course
dedicated to this particular
technology has been
fantastic and the understanding
that these pupils
are going to walk away
with is so important,” said
Christie.
Selwyn House student
Honor Forbes said learning
about AI was important
in helping others.
“People should not take
it too lightly because, while
it can be really useful by
helping to eliminate human
errors, such as with
self-drive cars, if we are
not aware of algorithmic
bias then we completely
defeat that purpose,” she
said.
“The more people that
are aware of those risks,
the more chance there is
that we will avoid those
mistakes, so I think that
this is a really important
thing to learn about at
school.”
Following its successful
introduction, the AI
curriculum will become a
regular part of year
8 learning at Selwyn
House School.
Said Christie: “Our year
8 pupils now have not only
increased knowledge about
the current and potential
uses of AI, but also a welldeveloped
awareness of the
ethical issues surrounding
it such as algorithmic
bias – an understanding
that most adults would not
have.”
GROWTH: Selwyn
House School
principal Dr Lyn Bird
and year 8 students
learn more about
artificial intelligence
technology – the
country’s first
dedicated course
catering for this age
group at school.
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Churches join forces
to form foodbank
• By Bea Gooding
THREE CHURCHES
in Avonhead have joined
forces to form a foodbank
in response to an increased
demand for social support
services in the city’s
northwest.
The foodbank will be
located at St Christopher’s
Anglican Church and is in
partnership with St Mark’s
Presbyterian Church and
Avonhead Baptist Church.
St Christopher’s vicar
reverend Michael Brantley
said the churches decided
to work together because
it was a task better served
where resources could be
shared to provide the new
service for the community.
“There’s been a great increase
in need. The reality
is many of the people living
in this area have never
been in that place before.
They’ll probably go hungry
before they ask for help,”
he said.
“These people are pilots,
own businesses directly
related to tourism and own
homes that have become
food vulnerable for the first
time due to unemployment.
But they still have
bills to pay.”
Brantley said they were
partly relying on people in
the churches to distribute
food parcels to people they
knew in a bid to connect
with those who do not
reach out themselves.
“We know some people
won’t come out and queue
up. They won’t be asking
but we know they’re vulnerable.”
Operating the foodbank
in recent weeks proved its
importance in the community
due to high demand.
Brantley anticipated that
this will continue to be a
growing need in the coming
months as the country
begins to see the full economic
downfall caused by
Covid-19.
“We anticipated that this
will be a growing need,”
he said.
“We know by next June
WORKING
TOGETHER: St
Christopher’s
Anglican
Church youth
pastor Josiah
Langan (left)
and Jocelyn
Murray, of
Avonhead
Baptist Church,
help distribute
parcels at a
new foodbank
set up by three
churches in the
area.
that we’ll see the bottom of
this economic trough, that
means another whole year
of recovery.”
The “sophisticated” food
parcels were pre-packaged
and can be picked up at the
church and can be tailored
for individual dietary
needs.
To help the churches
run the foodbank, the city
council provided a laptop
and desktop computers as
part of its Computers to
the Community Scheme.
Making the process
more efficient meant they
had to spend more than
$2000 to set up the service
to make it usable, such as
refurbishing the space.
Brantley was grateful
for the support of the city
council, the effort of the
three church teams and of
the public’s contributions.
“I feel like we’re making
a real difference in our
community. Having the
rug ripped from under you
can really knock the wind
out of you,” he said.
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Think 70 is the new 50.
Just because your hair might be grey, doesn’t mean your life needs to be.
Today’s 70 year olds are the healthiest, strongest, and most mentally agile history has ever
known. So Summerset Retirement Villages are designed for the active lifestyles of the
youngest “oldies” there’s ever been. Think this sounds like you or someone you love?
To find out more about our three Christchurch
villages, visit summerset.co.nz
For up-to-date information on visiting our villages, go to summerset.co.nz/covid-19
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Summerset at Avonhead
120 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead
Nestled in the beautiful suburb of Avonhead, our newest Christchurch
village has a range of brand new homes available now from just $510,000!*
Our homes are warm, modern and designed with everything you could
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Brand new homes available from just $510,000!*
Summerset on Cavendish
147 Cavendish Road, Casebrook
As well as our stunning new 2 and 3 bedroom villas, our full continuum
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dementia care. Think this sounds like you or someone you love? Get in touch
with Deborah or Jude today on 03 741 3340.
Serviced apartments available from just $315,000!*
Summerset at Wigram
135 Awatea Road, Wigram
Summerset at Wigram’s homes are warm, modern and designed for a low
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in a warm and friendly community where you’ll feel completely at home.
Get in touch with Daniel today on 03 741 0870 to find out more about the
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Only a few homes left in this popular village!
To find out about our three Christchurch villages, visit summerset.co.nz
*Licence to occupy.
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Love the Summerset life
Love the Choice
At Summerset, you’ll find a wide range of homes specifically designed
for the over 70s. Choose from one of our stylish, modern, purposebuilt
homes, then make it your own. All our homes are designed with
accessibility as a priority.
Love the Community
At Summerset, you can continue to live the life you choose with the
added peace of mind of living in a warm and friendly community where
you’ll feel completely at home.
As a Summerset resident, you’ll enjoy all the benefits of being part of
a thriving community including easy access to village facilities, events,
activities and community spaces. And there’s support on hand should
you need it in the future.
Love the Confidence
At a Summerset village you can live fully independently or, should
you need it, you can receive support and care in your own home or
apartment, or in our fully certified care centre. So, if your needs change,
you can be confident you’ll get the support you need without having to
leave the village.
As a Summerset resident, you’ll have access to a range
of community facilities, including;
Divine Café
Exercise room
Communal vegetable
gardens
Residents’ bar
All-weather bowling green
Residents’ workshop
Hair and beauty salon
Swimming pool and/or
spa pool
Regular visits from
health practitioners
For your free information pack visit summerset.co.nz
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Love the Summerset Life
Ready to relax in a worry free home?
Summerset homes are warm, modern and designed with everything you
could need for the perfect retirement lifestyle.
There’s no need to worry about maintenance and upkeep. You have the
freedom to choose if you want to make your garden your own, or if you’d
prefer us to take care of it.
Like to holiday? Lock up and leave your home, knowing everything is safe
while you enjoy your next adventure.
It’s all about living the life you choose.
Think Summerset sounds like you? Get in touch with our friendly and
professional teams today, there’s three stunning Christchurch villages to
choose from, each offering their own unique outlooks and lifestyle.
We’re sure we’ve got a home that’s right for you.
Summerset
at Avonhead
120 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead
03 357 3202
Summerset
on Cavendish
147 Cavendish Road, Casebrook
03 741 3340
Summerset
at Wigram
135 Awatea Road, Wigram
03 741 0870
To find out more about Summerset,
visit summerset.co.nz
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