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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2020
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Toughing it out for their school
(From left to right) – Katy Fitzsimons, Sienna Robertson, Samantha McGregor and Zara Haworth,
of Kirkwood Intermediate School, after completing the obstacle course at the two-day MASH
Tough Kid endurance test in South Brighton Domain last week. •More photos, page 4
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
Input
wanted
on $25m
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project
RESIDENTS ARE being asked to
share their ideas on how to make
Halswell Rd a better place for bus
users.
The New Zealand Transport
Agency has a $25 million budget
to provide bus lanes along the
2.5km section of the road between
Curletts and Hoon Hay Rds, past
Aidanfield to Dunbars Rd.
It is an area of the city that has
experienced rapid residential
growth in recent years with new
subdivisions opening, resulting in
increased congestion.
NZTA director of regional
relationships Jim Harland
said Halswell Rd is a key
public transport corridor that
experiences significant travel
delays during peak periods.
“We are wanting to achieve
faster and more reliable travel
times for buses along Halswell Rd.
“The project aims to improve
safety, comfort and the
convenience of getting to and
using bus stops. We want to make
bus stops accessible to all users
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choice for people.
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The Conversation Club is a dropin
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Tuesday, 11am-noon at Hornby,
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Wednesday, 11am-1pm
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Community garden to stay for now
• By Bea Gooding
A GARDEN that has been an
integral part of Riccarton for
more than seven years is set to
remain in the community for
now.
The future of the Riccarton
West Community Garden was
stuck in limbo after its closure in
September when the lease for the
land came to an end.
But it has since re-opened on
Peverel St after a compromise
was struck with landowner,
Kāinga Ora, which will allow the
garden to continue flourishing
for the next two years.
The Christchurch South
Community Gardens Trust now
manages the space, which has
been downsized to make way
for new public housing due to be
built soon.
Said trust manager Christine
Blance: “It is very good news
for local Riccarton residents as
the community gardens and
pantry contribute significantly
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“We want to hear the
community’s views on the issues
they experience with their
Greg and lyn marshall
TIME TO GROW: Christine Blance, Nick Te Paa and Bronwyn Saunders at the Riccarton
West Community Garden.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
to their well-being, and to
neighbourhood sustainability.”
Kāinga Ora will soon start
building 12 of the 13 homes
planned for the Peverel St site
journey along Halswell Rd.
We want to hear from all
travellers whether people cycle,
walk, take their own car or catch
a bus.
where the garden is located, and
adjoining sites at Kea St.
This gives the trust two years
to find a permanent location
for the garden while the
“We need help to identify
key features and issues that
we need to be aware of, to help us
find out what is important
to the community and ensure
construction progresses. Once
the garden is relocated and the
land is returned to Kāinga Ora,
it will complete construction on
the 13th and final home.
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In July next year, the Riccarton
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Said Blance: “Complete
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The current site allows
for the Riccarton Community
Gardens Development Group to
have some breathing space while
they form a charitable trust and
identify another suitable, permanent
site.”
The garden was established
in 2013 when members of the
Student Volunteer Army, the
Riccarton West Neighbourhood
Policing Team, and residents
came together to dig and prepare
the land for planting.
Blance said there is no
confirmation on a new location,
which will required access to
utilities, such as power and
water, and good street access.
But she invited anyone with
land to offer for a long-term
lease to email her at info@
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SCHOOLS
More than 5400 pupils from 56 primary and intermediate schools
throughout Christchurch and Canterbury competed in the two-day MASH
Tough Kid endurance event last week. Held at the South New Brighton
Domain, the annual event sees competitors negotiate 17 obstacles along
the 2.7km course. Participants were encouraged to wear fancy dress with
prizes awarded to the best dressed individuals.
(Left) – Pupils from
Medbury School negotiate
the tyre temple obstacle.
(Right) – Kirkwood
Intermediate School pupils
make their way to the start
line.
(Below left) – A watery
welcome at the finish line.
Warming up before the start of the event.
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN
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Yaldhurst Road, Ryans Road and Pound Road
NEW PERMANENT SPEED LIMITS
Speed limits are changing on SH73 (Yaldhurst Road), and on sections of Ryans Road and
Pound Road. From Friday 4 December 2020 the new permanent speed limits will be:
LOCATION
SH73 East of Yaldhurst – from 155m west of SH73/
SH1 (Russley Road) intersection to 200m west of
Sir John McKenzie Drive
SH73 Yaldhurst – a reduction of the existing 70km/h
zone through Yaldhurst to 60km/h, and an extension
of this 60km/h zone to 150m west of Hasketts Road
SH73 West of Yaldhurst – from 155m west of SH73/
SH1 (Russley Road) intersection to 200m west of
Sir John McKenzie Drive
Ryans Road – from 300m east of Pound Road to 300m
west of Pound Road
Pound Road – from 350m south of SH73 to 300m
north of Ryans Road
EXISTING SPEED
LIMIT
80km/h
Yaldhurst – 70km/h
Extension of 60km/h
zone west – 100km/h
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We thank everyone who provided feedback.
For more information on SH73 and local road
speed limit changes visit:
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November 2020
WESTERN NEWS
Commitment,
Achievement,
Resilience,
Respect
Term 4 a
celebration
of student
achievement
Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e lelei. Bula. Fakaalofa
atu. Namaste. Kumusta. Haere mai haere mai ki Te Kura
Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka. Warm greetings to the Hornby High
School community.
I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I love term 4. It is the time
when we celebrate so much achievement, so much creativity,
from our students.
It began several weeks ago. Our electric vehicle entry in the
Evolocity Challenge took three prizes – first in the speed
section, second in the endurance, and third in the gymkhana.
We had two student entries in the Ara-sponsored ‘Schoolshorts’
short film competition. The documentary Waterloo Road won
best documentary, and the lead female actor in another won
Best Actor Female. The weekend also saw us host the Hornby
Lions Floral show with some amazing creative entries from new
entrant to Year 8 students from across our cluster.
Then we celebrated our academic, cultural, and sporting,
achievement with our senior prizegiving, and you can see lots
of photos of our wonderful prize winners elsewhere on this
page. In 2016 I began my own tradition of shouting a morning
tea for any students who gain their NCEA with an Excellence
endorsement before they leave to sit their exams. The number
of students I take out has increased each year, with 2020
featuring the greatest number since I began the tradition. I
know such numbers can’t go on increasing forever. The upward
trajectory is however a great cause for celebration.
These things all speak to the increasing levels of achievement
that our students continue to produce. Each student is
encouraged to find her or his niche, whether it be in technology
or history, music or PE, whatever it is that inspires them. As
Sir Ken Robinson described it in his book of the same name,
we want each student to find their “Element”. I’ll leave you to
enjoy the photos that speak volumes for our student pride and
achievement.
Ngā mihi nui
Robin Sutton
Tumuaki
Success recognised at
Senior Prizegiving
Our students’
success across
all aspects of
their school lives
was celebrated
at Hornby High
School’s Senior
Prizegiving event
held on Monday,
November 9.
Sportsperson of the Year – Adi McGoon
2020 Hornby High School Dux sponsored
by Unanimity Sumner Freemasons Lodge –
Jessania Gallagher
School formal delights in spite of delays
After several cancellations,
Hornby High School
students and staff were
delighted to finally attend
their school formal on
November 6 at Pemberton
Gardens. There was a lot
of hard work and planning
prior to the evening, and it
was fantastic to see all that
hard work pay off with such
a fabulous event.
Hornby Rotary Award for Creative
Excellence – Zoe Evans
The Jim Anderton Trophy for Proxime Accessit
sponsored by XCM Group Limited – Amy
Woermann
The Paul Ryan Trophy for Service to the
School – Paris Halliday
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Oaklands gala starts Halswell
Christmas celebrations
OAKLANDS Te Kura o Ōwaka’s
annual gala will begin a series of
activities to celebrate Halswell
and replace regular celebrations
cancelled due to Covid-19.
The school’s twilight gala will
be held on December 11 from
5pm.
The following day is celebrate
Halswell family fun day. Held at
the Te Hapua Halswell Centre,
the event will run from 10am to
3pm and include crafts, games,
a Christmas story time, robots,
a photobooth, and virtual reality
technology for people to try.
Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka’s
parent teacher association organises
its annual gala.
PTA member Karen White
said the year had been a challenging
one for many people
and bringing the community
together to connect and have fun
was a focus of the gala. It would
be a chance for pupils to perform
songs and dances for their
families, and for people to get
something to eat and catch up
with each other.
Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka
principal Margaret Trotter said
she was proud this year’s school
gala was part of a series of activities
for locals to enjoy in the
lead-up to Christmas.
“We love seeing our community
at the gala and welcome
everyone to come and join in the
fun.”
Trotter said the gala would be
a chance for people to tour the
school and see changes from its
major redevelopment.
The redevelopment included
a number of new learning and
administration spaces and the
upgrade of original red brick
blocks. The redevelopment
would be completed by early
2021, with the school’s hall getting
an upgrade and the addition
of a new central courtyard and
sports courts, she said.
Halswell Community Project
spokesperson Kate Cleverly said
FUN TIMES:
Kaela,
Marcus and
Amelia White
deliver fliers
promoting the
twilight gala
and Halswell
family fun day.
carols at Westlake, Christmas
in the Park, and the city’s Santa
Parade had all been cancelled
due to Covid-19.
The Celebrate Halswell
initiative aimed to bring the
community together, give people
alternative events to attend in
the lead-up to Christmas, and
celebrate the suburb and its
residents.
Summer
pool hours
extended
A $22,000 funding boost will
allow Halswell’s Te Hāpua
summer pool to remain open for
longer on weekdays.
The extra funding was approved
by the Halswell-Hornby-
Riccarton Community Board,
which means from next month,
the pool can open at 9.30am daily,
instead of 11.30am.
It also enables them to close at
8pm close Fridays, rather than
7pm.
The pool will be open to
concession-card holders for lane
swimming on Tuesdays and Fridays,
from 6.30am to 9.30am.
Board Chairperson Mike Mora
said that with both the main pool
and the wave pool at the Pioneer
Recreation and Sports Centre
out of action because of essential
maintenance, there is likely to
be more people flocking to Te
Hāpua.
“We need to remain agile in
meeting local needs and the extra
funding is an important investment
in providing recreational
facilities to a wider community,”
said Mora.
The $22,090 Discretionary
Response Fund grant will cover
the extra operational costs of the
extended hours from December 7.
HAVE YOUR SAY ON
Proposed travel improvements
to SH75 Halswell Road
We’d like your feedback on how we can make
Halswell Road (between Dunbars and Curletts
Roads) better for bus users.
For more information and to provide feedback,
visit nzta.govt.nz/sh75-halswell-road
An information brochure, including a
freepost feedback form, is available
during normal business hours
from: Te Hāpua Halswell Centre,
341 Halswell Road.
Please
provide your
feedback by
5pm on
Friday 4 December 2020.
SH75 Halswell Road
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Leaders in Learning
The PETER BRYANT MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
…is awarded to the Dux of the school E Wen Wong
This is an annual award, established by the Board of
Trustees, to acknowledge the outstanding contribution
to Burnside High School of the late Dr Peter Bryant, in
his role as the Chairperson of the Board.
E Wen’s ability was summed up by her teacher at
Intermediate who stated that, “This student is an
outstanding example of resilience, responsibility,
positivity and respectfulness”. They went on to
say in her mid-year report “To complete the year in
much style, this student merely needs to sustain her
endeavour and savour the good things that come her
way”
It would seem that good things came the way of this
student in the form of a Burnside High School Entrance
test where scores of 100% where achieved in both
English and Mathematics, along with 98% in Reasoning.
From that point on, E Wen has thrown herself into
every facet of school life with success across the
board, but also developing real passions
with her involvement in music where
she is a Lead Oboist in the school
orchestra, writing, where she has won
several awards including the 1st and
2nd she gained for two poems in the
2019 Guernsey International Poetry
Competition and she was this year’s
winner of the Secondary Schools
National Poetry Award.
Equally impressive was her Zonta Young
Women in Public Affairs Award earlier
this year where she was one of just 10
International Award Winners across 58
countries.
Her academic record is outstanding and the 65 NCEA
credits she has earned this year are exclusively at
Excellence level she is entered for no less than seven
Scholarship exams on top of her other five subjects.
At this year’s prizegiving, we saw her collect awards
for First Place in English, Geography
and Mathematics with Statistics and
Excellence Awards for History and
Chemistry and the Suzanne Hay Cup
for Creative Writing and a Noeline Clark
Scholarship for General Excellence. She
has been offered various substantial
scholarships by competing Universities
to entice her their way, but has settled
on the University of Canterbury where
she will study Law and Science and
perhaps work for the UN in the future.
Her teachers this year have described
her as “massively driven” and an
“absolute dynamo” to have in the classroom. We are
positive that whatever E Wen chooses to do, it will be
with great success.
What an absolute honour and a privilege it has been to
have this young woman in our school community for
the past 5 years.
Proxime Accessit
Aimee Wang
When Aimee came to Burnside High
School in Year 10, her prior academic
record boasted grades of “A” across
every subject for the previous three
academic years.
As her time at Burnside High School
progressed, Aimee has been described
by her Physics teacher as an “eminently
capable student who is quick to pick
up ideas” and that “she adds a lot to
the classroom environment with her
diligence and focus”. This year her
Cambridge Pure Mathematics teacher
reports that “she has that much admired ability to find
the most elegant solutions to the hardest problems”.
She is also described as generous and genuine in her
approach to learning and is massively
willing to use her knowledge to help
others in a friendly and unassuming
manner. She is described as considerate,
inclusive and friendly by her classmates
and is highly respected by all of her
teachers.
Whilst quiet on the surface, it would
seem there is a busy, enquiring and
engaging mind underneath that exterior.
At Burnside High School, it is no mean
feat to be a high profile academic, but
she takes her place easily amongst the
academic heavyweights. There are plans
to study at Auckland University next year, however this
student could well be one of the next crop of Burnside
High School students to take up an offer from one
of the prestigious United Kingdom or United States
Universities and she is currently investigating options in
this direction.
Her Cambridge and NCEA results are impressive
reading. In NCEA, she has amassed 249 credits at
Excellence Level, with not many at lower grades and
she enters her exams with 43 Excellence credits at
level three already in the bag. She also will tackle
Scholarship examinations in her preferred two subjects
this year – Economics and Calculus.
Aimee earned first place in Economics, Cambridge
Calculus and Cambridge Statistics, and excellence in
Chemistry, English and Physics.
We wish Aimee well as she determines the pathway on
her very impressive and exciting future as she looks to
embark on a career where she tells me she hopes to
reduce poverty for people in the world.
Musician of the Year
Sportsman of the Year
Sportswoman of the Year
Emica Taylor
Emica has been a member
of the Specialist Music
Programme for five years. In
this time she has established
herself as a versatile performer
across genres and at the very
highest level. As a flautist she
has been a section leader
for the Burnside Orchestra
and Symphonic Band, with whom this year she
showed truly exceptional leadership qualities in
her role as student conductor, helping the band
win the “Best Concert Band” at the Christchurch
Wind Festival. She has been involved in chamber
music for five years, the highlight being selected
as a national finalist in 2019. Emica has been
a member of the Big Band saxophone section
for four years, including one year as lead alto,
winning countless awards along the way. She
is a member of the UC Christchurch Youth
Orchestra and has been selected many times for
the NZSSSO. Despite her formidable talent she
undertakes all this with a sense of fun, service
and humility for which she is respected equally
by her peers and the staff and we look forward to
following her progress as she prepares to move
to Wellington to study flute at the NZ School of
Music.
Hayato Miya
Hayato was selected in the NZ
Junior Squad to play in the
Australian Junior Boys Golf
Championships in Canberra
in April. Unfortunately due
to Covid he was unable to
compete. He was also selected
in the Canterbury U19 team to
play in the South Island U19
Champs in April, which was also cancelled. From
January through to July he has played in at least
10 tournaments throughout the South Island,
and in his three U19 age group tournaments he
placed 1st twice and 2nd. In Open events, he
placed between 2nd and 7th place in different
tournaments around the South Island. Hayato
was the captain of the school Mixed A team, who
came 2nd in the Canterbury Secondary Schools’
Stroke Play Team Champs in Term 1, and near
the end of Term 3, this team won the Canterbury
Secondary Schools’ Match Play Team Champs.
In December, in the re-scheduled NZ Age Group
Championships to be held at the Ngaruawahia
Golf Club, Hayato will again represent Burnside
High School in the U19 age group.
Payton Anderson
Payton has represented
school this year in four
sports - Girls Hockey 1st XI,
Volleyball Senior A, Beach
Volleyball and Ki-o-rahi, as
well as being this year’s female
Sports Leader. In Beach
Volleyball, partnered with Mia
Porteous, this pairing finished
7th in Div. 1 at the National Secondary Schools
Championships in Mount Maunganui in February.
As captain of the Girls Hockey 1st XI, Payton
was awarded the Highest Goal Scorer at the
South Island Premiership Girls tournament
held in Christchurch. She was recently selected
into the Canterbury U18 Womens’ team for the
second year. She has also been awarded a full
sports scholarship in Field Hockey to Boston
University, starting in August 2021 for four years.
In Athletics, she is this year’s winner of the Senior
Girls Field Cup.
Office Hours 7am-5pm weekdays. Please telephone (03) 358 8383 for all enquiries. www.burnside.school.nz
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Discovering
Positive
retirement
Late nIght
tours at
the art gaLLery
Take a free guided tour of Christchurch Art Gallery’s
collection highlights with one of their friendly,
knowledgeable guides.
Late-night tours happen every Wednesday and last
45 to 60 minutes.
No booking required, meet at the front desk on
the ground floor and take a tour with one of our
friendly, knowledgeable guides.
The Gallery is open late until 9pm every
Wednesday, look out for great events, talks and
films, designed to give your hump day a bit of a
boost.
ChrIstMas
nIght Market
When: Fri 4 Dec 2020, 4:00pm–8:00pm
Where: Avebury House, 9 Eveleyn Couzins Avenue,
Richmond, Christchurch
Restrictions: All Ages
Ticket Information: Admission: Free
Information: Facebook Event Page. Avebury House
Holiday
EvEnts
living
life
events
new BrIghton
seasIde Market
Every Saturday, New Brighton’s pedestrian mall is filled with colour
and creativity!
Come down to the seaside and enjoy, live entertainment, great food,
fresh produce, arts, crafts, jewellery and more. There’s also a bouncy
castle and free face-painting for the littlies.
Life is Better By the Sea.
Enquiries please text 0275174250 or email - seasidemarket@xtra.
co.nz.
A New Brighton Project initiative. “Creating Community Together”.
When: Saturday Nov. 21-Dec. 19 - 10am-2pm
Where: New Brighton Pedestrian Mall
Brighton Mall, New Brighton, Christchurch
Restrictions: All Ages
Admission: Free
Website: New Brighton Seaside Market Facebook Page
notenoughLIghts
LIght show
notenoughlights Christmas light shows brings you another year of
twinkly flashy music synchronised lights here in Christchurch City.
this light show features 256,000 Led lights synchronised to music.
when visiting, you are welcome to come onto the driveway to look
at the lights.
It is recommended that younger children be accompanied by an
adult as lights can be tempting to play with.
If you wish to stay in your car, you are more than welcome to listen
to the music by tuning your radio to 90.0fM while outside the
display
website: www.notenoughlights.co.nz
when: evenings 8:30 pm-11pm
where: notenoughlights Light show, 8 dunluce Place, Christchurch
379 9920 | www.johnrhind.co.nz
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law
Puzzle
trusts aCt 2019 –
tIMe to aCt
The Trusts Act 2019 comes
into effect on 30th January
2021. The 18 month delay
from when the Act was passed
to allow time for settlors,
trustees and advisors to
familiarise themselves with the
changes and requirements and
review their trust is nearly up.
If you have not already started
your review then put it on your
reading list for this summer.
eXerCIse the MInd
While there are many new
living provisions in the new Act,
life the main ones that will be all. It is time to now locate and
gather these deeds and records.
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of interest to trustees are the
setting out of the mandatory
and default duties of trustees,
the core documents to be
held by trustees and the
information that is required to
be provided to beneficiaries.
Trustees are required to know
the terms of the trust and act
honestly and in good faith in
accordance with the terms
and to be actively involved
with the management of the
trust. While this was always
expected, it was not set out in
the legislation before and so
possibly not well understood
by people when they agreed to
become a trustee on a trust.
All trustees must hold
copies of the core trust
documents, the trust deed
and any variations made to
the trust deed, and at least
one trustee must hold all the
trust documents, including
records of assets, minutes
and financial records. For
some existing trusts those
documents might be missing,
spread across several lawyers
and accountants, or not exist at
The new Act includes a
presumption that basic trust
information (the fact that they
are a beneficiary and who the
trustees are) must be made
available to every beneficiary.
Beneficiaries are also to be
made aware that they are
able to request additional
trust information. This may
possibly pose the biggest
challenge for many settlors
and trustees. However this
presumption as to the supply
of information is qualified by
certain considerations that
trustees may take account of
in deciding what, if any, information to
provide.
Many family trusts were set up with a
wide class of beneficiaries including
the nieces and nephews and partners of
beneficiaries in addition to the settlors
and their children and grandchildren. It
may never have been intended that most
of these beneficiaries would ever receive
a benefit under the trust but they were
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included as possible recipients. If your
trust deed allows a change to beneficiaries
this should be included in your review
now.
At Harmans we have a team with
specialist knowledge available to provide
you with legal advice about your trust.
You can contact Phillipa Shaw at
Harmans on 03 352 2293 to arrange an
appointment to discuss this.
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LeMons and a
touCh of ItaLIan
InfLuenCe
C ommunity inf luencer
Ali McGregor has rolled her passions for Italy
and lemons into her business, Ali’s Lemons. Her
love for creating delectable recipes of lemon based
desserts, liquor, and curds have patrons around the
country enjoying her products.
A Cantabrian local, Ali has a diversified
background, which enhances her love for being in
the kitchen and creating lemon masterpieces.
we asked ali about her
background and where her love
for lemons came from?
Growing up on a Wairarapa farm, the kitchen of
Ali’s family home was the hub of the farm and the
home, the place where family, friends, visitors, and
workers all gathered and shared food together.
Meals were prepared from produce grown on the
farm.
Morning and afternoon teas have always been
symbols of country hospitality. On the farm,
an array of freshly made treats along with iced
cakes and biscuits from the twenty-plus regularly
replenished cake tins, welcomed all visitors.
Ali learned how to cook by osmosis: by
watching and helping, and as she became more
accomplished and confident, making the timetested
recipes handed down from generation to
generation. For Ali, food and friendship continue
to be intertwined: preparing delicious food to
share gives great satisfaction. Consequently, she
made a career shift to include teaching food and
nutrition as well as English.
A life-long fascination with Italy has grown from
singing Italian opera and enjoying Italian art and
architecture. She learned the language and many
Italian cities including Italy to Venice, Rome,
Tuscany, the Amalfi Coast, Le Marche, the Cinque
Terre.
Against this background, the devastating
Christchurch earthquakes of 2011 that forced
many to re-evaluate their lives, were also the
catalyst for Ali to establish Ali’s Lemons. Her range
of products draws on her experiences, and belief
that food sustains not only the body and soul but is
also a celebration of life and love.
Ingredients are everything
Locally sourced ingredients including organic,
Yen Ben lemons are the foundation product which
offers the sharp, tart flavour. Yen Ben are a true
lemon, unlike the much sweeter Meyer lemon
which is the most prolific lemon grown in the
Canterbury region.
Free range eggs are used in the curds and saffron
from Wynyard Estate which uses the international
standard of quality and is premium grade 1.
Green Bee Honeydew is used in both the Lemon
Honeydew Reviver and the Lemon Caramelised
Onion.
how do you spend your down
time?
I love music, particularly classical and opera, has
been a passion all my life. I studied singing at
Victoria University and then moved to Auckland
to study with Dame Sister Mary Leo and then was
a singer and I still love to sing.
I love reading and belong to a book group,
working in my working and travelling.
what is your earliest memory of
lemons ?
Growing up on the farm in the Wairarapa, there
was an enormous lemon tree which grew right
up against my bedroom window and on warm
evenings the delicious perfume of the waxy
blossoms filled my room, perhaps this was the
beginning of my love affair with lemons !
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BIoteCh
IMProvIng
everyday LIfe
Graeme Muller.
living
life
technology
Biotech is improving everyday life without
most Kiwis realising, a new BioTechNZ
research report says.
The landmark BioTechNZ study analysed
the state of biotechnology and its impact and
benefits for the New Zealand economy and
society.
BioTechNZ is a member of the NZTech
Alliance, which brings together 20 technology
associations with more than 1500 member
organisations who employ more than 10
percent of the workforce, who are working to
help create a more prosperous New Zealand
underpinned by technology.
NZTech chief executive Graeme Muller says
the report, due for public release this month,
captures the major impact that biotechnology
is quietly having on all Kiwis.
“Biotechnology is being applied in New
Zealand to reduce waste, create vaccines,
develop healthier food and more efficient
crops,” Muller says.
“One of New Zealand’s largest companies used
biotechnology to develop milk with the A2
protein only, to help people who have trouble
drinking regular cow’s milk.
“Another growing New Zealand success story
is a company that uses biotechnology processes
to extract gold and other precious metals from
electronic waste.
“While Kiwi families are concerned about
the enormous use of petroleum products
for energy, new plastics are coming into the
home, made with corn and other plants, not
petroleum, via a biotechnology processes.
“Biotechnology is also being applied in
more direct ways to environmental cleanup.
A process called bioremediation uses
microorganisms to reduce, eliminate, or
contain contaminants in the soil or other
environments.
“As obesity rates climb to epidemic levels,
biotechnology is helping to create a new
generation of healthier plant-based oils. These
oils are free of the trans fats that can raise
cholesterol and contribute to heart disease.
Soybeans, corn, cotton and canola have
been enhanced to resist insects, herbicides
and drought conditions, allowing farmers to
increase productivity.
“New Zealand scientists have developed grasses
that reduce methane emissions from livestock,
which will help reduce greenhouse gases.
“Tomorrow, biotechnology will bring better
health and treatments for disease that will
produce all kinds of medical products for New
Zealanders.
“There are a growing number of global
opportunities for biotech and New Zealand’s
strengths allow scientists and companies to
identify global niche opportunities, particularly
in the animal sciences, horticulture, marine
and biomedical industries.”
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Start a new
Christmas tradition
What could be better than starting some new family traditions this year? Christmas traditions are memories
in the making and help spread a little festive cheer whether with your loved ones or out in the community.
10 great ideas to help make Christmas a magical time of the year
1. Create a Christmas playlist with some of
your favourite carols and songs – play it
loud and every day, if that’s your thing.
Or plan a pre-Christmas sing-along
evening – don’t forget to supply the song
sheet so everyone can join in too.
2. Get into the spirit of Christmas by getting
together with family or friends to help
decorate each other’s houses – turn up
the music, drink the wine and go all out
to deck the halls.
3. Make and send homemade Christmas
cards – there’s nothing more exciting
than getting mail, right? Or how about
writing some generic ones and dropping
them into your nearest retirement
home to brighten up an elderly person’s
Christmas.
4. Buy your family Christmas tee-shirts or
Santa hats to wear on the day and don’t
forget to take a family selfie.
5. Fill a shoebox with gifts for a child, wrap
it with a bow, and deliver to the nearest
community gift tree – check with your
local library and label with age and
gender.
6. Have a yearly family, friends or neighbour
outdoor games night with drinks and
nibbles leading up to the big day – think
Pétanque, hoopla, mini golf, giant chess,
or croquet.
7. Take a leaf out of Iceland’s traditional
‘Jolabokaflod’ or Christmas Book Flood,
and give a book as a gift on Christmas
Eve each year – don’t forget to write
inside the cover who it’s from and the
date.
8. Make a list of must see Christmas movies
to watch a week before Christmas day
and tick off the ones you’ve watched.
Don’t forget the popcorn and hot
chocolate or nibbles and wine.
9. Make and give a handmade ornament
as a gift each year – the lucky receiver’s
Christmas tree will be covered with
beautiful, handmade memories.
10. Make homemade hot chocolate on
Christmas Eve or on Christmas morning
to drink while the presents are being
opened – decorate with whipped cream,
grated chocolate, marshmallows, or
crushed candy canes.
Give a Christmas
gift to remember!
With summer on the way there’s
never been a better excuse to take
a break and head to Hanmer Springs.
Just 90 minutes north of Christchurch,
Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and Spa
offers something for everyone - whether
it’s that hard-to-buy-for friend or a well
deserved treat for yourself.
We’ve got packages to suit every
occasion. Relax and unwind in our
22 open-air thermal pools, enjoy the
adrenalin of Conical Thrill, New Zealand’s
largest aquatic thrill ride, or get totally
pampered at The Spa.
Whether it’s a day-trip or a longer stay,
give the gift of fun and relaxation at
Hanmer Springs Thermal Pools and
Spa this Christmas.
• Pools & slide entry for
2 adults and up to 3 children
• Two standard 12 inch pizzas
from our pizza oven from
our onsite Tea Kiosk Café
and Grill
Normally $129
2 adults and
up to 3 children
under 15 years
$
99
• Two night’s accommodation
• Two days single Hanmer
Springs Thermal Pools & Spa
entry (incl. slides)
• ½ hour Village Cruiser bike rental
• One round of Mini Golf
at Alpine Crazy Putt
$
349
2 adults and
up to 3 children
under 15 years
• One night accommodation in
a Hanmer Springs motel/hotel
• One day Hanmer Springs
Thermal Pools & Spa entry
• ½ hour private thermal pool
• ½ hour sauna or steam room
• ½ hour Unwind Revival Massage
at The Spa at Hanmer Springs
$
429
For two
people
0800 4 HANMER
hanmersprings.co.nz
Open seven days
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
Christmas is a great time for passing down recipes that are tried and true becoming
traditional family favourites. The owner of this recipe says her mum used to make
the pudding on Christmas Eve and would take the bowl and wooden spoon around
everyone in the house to stir the mixture and make a wish.
Make a Wish Christmas Pudding
You will need:
• 1 ½ tbsp butter
• 1 ½ tsp baking soda
• 1 ½ cups of boiling water
• 1 ½ cups flour
• 1 ½ cups mixed fruit or sultanas
• ¾ cup sugar
Method:
1. In a glass or stainless steel bowl,
melt the butter (over hot water)
and dissolve the baking soda.
2. Add the boiling water and
sugar.
3. When cool, add flour and
mixed fruit.
4. Stir all the ingredients together
and make a Christmas wish.
5. Cover bowl with a tea towel and
allow to stand overnight.
The next day:
• Place mixture into a greased
bowl or ice-cream container,
cover with tinfoil and place in a
pot of water, just deep enough
so the bowl doesn’t float.
• Boil pudding for four hours and
check regularly to make sure
the water has boiled dry. Top
up carefully with extra water if
required.
• Serve with heaps of Chantilly
cream!
Chantilly
Cream
You will need:
• 1 x bottle of cream
• ½ tsp vanilla essence
• 1 tbsp icing sugar to
sweeten
Method:
Put cream, vanilla essence
and icing sugar in a bowl and
whisk until light and fluffy with
softly formed peaks. Cover and
refrigerate until ready to serve.
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Santa’s Brekkie Pancakes
with fresh berries
This one is not just for the kids – the sweetness of the bananas makes these
pancakes scrumptious and a delicious, healthy breakfast hit for everyone!
You will need:
• 4-5 bananas (soft enough to mash)
• 4 eggs
• ½ cup rice flour
• 2 tbsp whole linseed
• ½ tsp salt
• grated lemon rind
• juice from 1 lemon
• splash of vanilla
• butter to cook the pancakes
Method:
1. Peel and mash the bananas in a bowl.
2. Stir in the eggs, vanilla, linseed, salt
and lemon ingredients.
3. Add flour and mix to a smooth batter.
4. Cook pancakes in frypan on one side
until they bubble on the surface or hold
together enough to be flipped over.
5. If the mixture is thick, flatten the
pancakes out once they’ve been turned
over. Each pancake should be around
1cm thick.
Kid’s version:
Decorate each pancake with red berries
for Santa’s hat, Greek yoghurt or
whipped cream for Santa’s beard and
chocolate buttons or grape halves for
Santa’s eyes.
Adult’s version:
Serve with a mix of fresh strawberries,
blueberries, raspberries, and
boysenberries. Top off with Greek
yoghurt.
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The countdown to the big day is well underway, so making up the
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Finding those special gifts and stocking fillers as
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Every woman likes to receive body pampering
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shops around the city. Perfume is another favourite
and again there is a wide selection to choose from,
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or snuck under the tree by mum and dad, the cuddly
toys, games, dolls and building blocks, the candy
canes, toy trucks and pretty dresses currently filling
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Big win for
Medbury
School crew
TALENTED YOUNG musicians
took to the stage last week in the
10th annual Rockquest Bandquest
competition.
Nearly 200 bands from schools
across New Zealand battled it out
at the competition for intermediate
and primary students.
Among the 44 Canterbury bands
competing was a group from
Haeata Community Campus.
Said judge Dayna Sanerivi:
“There was heaps of talent in
Christchurch, and all three nights
was a great vibe. I can’t wait to
see what music they make in the
future. I was really impressed.”
Results from schools in the
Western News area include:
•First: Winning $400 credit with
The Rockshop for their school –
The Creyke Rd Crew, Medbury
School.
•Second: Winning $200 credit
with The Rockshop for their school
– Wicked, Cobham Intermediate.l
•Best original song: Winning
$100 cash for their school – What
About Love? by Wicked, Cobham
Intermediate.
•Best vocalist: Savanna from
Anonymous Rock, Templeton
Primary School.
•’Killer’ guitarist award:
Mason from Wicked, Cobham
Intermediate.
Rotary recognises community heroes
DEDICATED: City council
community recreation
adviser Lisa Gregory with her
Vocational Excellence Award.
LISA Gregory’s dedication
to ensuring her community
stays connected has been
recognised.
For more than 25 years, the
Rotary Club of Bishopdale-
Burnside has been awarding
people who go above and
beyond for their community
at its annual Community
Service Awards.
The awards celebrate the
achievements of businesses
and individuals in the city’s
northwest.
They were held at the
Elms Hotel on November
16. The accolades handed
out included a Vocational
Excellence Award and a
Small Business Award.
Gregory, who is a city
council community
recreation adviser, was
recognised for her dedication
to the Bishopdale community
with the Vocational
Excellence Award.
It is presented to a person
who has contributed
significantly over a period of
time to a specific vocation to
a high standard of excellence.
Based at the Fendalton
Service Centre, one of
Gregory’s responsibilities
for the past five years has
been to organise the now
established annual Celebrate
Bishopdale event, which last
year attracted more than
2000 visitors.
Organising the event
is a “huge undertaking”,
which Gregory handled in
a professional and efficient
manner, contributing hugely
to its ongoing success.
The Small Business Award
recognises a business that
has set a high standard of
performance, service quality
and customer satisfaction.
This year the recipient
was Burgess Automotive
– a family-owned business
which has been operating in
the north-west for more than
40 years.
Owners Wayne and Janet
Burgess started their first
automotive business in North
Rd in 1977 before moving
to their present location in
Sturrocks Rd 20 years ago.
They have now been joined
at the business by their son
Jeremy.
From humble beginnings,
they have grown the business
and now have a seven
staff, as well as premises
and equipment which are
the envy of some larger
automotive companies in
Christchurch.
They understand that the
north west is constantly
expanding to keep up to date
with the changing needs.
TOP COMPANY: Janet and
Wayne Burgess, of Burgess
Automotive, with their Small
Business Award.
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2020
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MARCH 24, 2020
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• By Georgia O’Connor-Harding
the eastern suburbs start to
Northern Corridor opening has
see Lianne Dalziel’s campaign
been delayed by six months.
THE earthquake-damaged
aspirations for the area come to
The CNC was due to open in
former Sockburn Service Centre
fruition.
the middle of this year, but last
could finally be demolished in
During October’s local body
week the New
July – if the funding needed is
elections, Ms Dalziel identified
Zealand Transport
Agency
It comes as the
obtained.
repairs to the eastern part of the
city’s footpaths, pipes and roads
announced more
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
as one of her main priorities for
time was needed
this term.
to complete the
Community
“We need a fully integrated
$290m motorwayten
in its draft
Board has writ-
programme of works for the
east, I have loosely called this
The original
submission to
Readers respond
Chance to the eastern alliance, which
scope of the
Delay in
Market day the city council’s
would essentially be an alliance
project has been Mark Wilson
Annual Plan
Mike Mora
to supermarket
farewell Holden
of contractors who can take
extended to include
a third southbound lane on
requesting the city council ad-
making mall
goes green at 2019-2020,
the whole area bit by bit and
rebranding
in style
systematically get the work
the Waimakariri River bridge and
exit safer
Cashmere dresses the HS budget gap so the
done,” she said during the
a clip-on cycleway.
buildings can be removed as soon
campaign.
St Albans resident Mark Wilson
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GIRL Page BOSS: Julia 17 Holmes But chief wants executive to be a Dawn geneticist after Page high school, 3 and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will Page help 10 said GIRL the BOSS: community Julia Holmes are “somewhat
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PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN Page 11 said the final submission is yet to
wants to be a geneticist after high school, and feels the GirlBoss Advantage programme will help Board chairman Mike Mora
her achieve her dreams. Baxendale said any request to
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
• By Bea Gooding
pursue a specific for biology, project in and the from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, •“The By community Bea Gooding will be somewhat
thankful for a reprieve of the
for biology, and from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, be completed but it was likely the
east would have age to has be always agreed been interested women chosen around the with particular focus on science,
technology, engineering
age has always been interested women chosen around the with particular focus on science,
technology, engineering requested.
demolition of the site would be
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD upon Julia by council.
effects of this motorway for six
South New Brighton School pupil Jacob McMillan enjoying the foam pit at Christchurch School of
City councillors are yet to pass
Gymnastics, which opened its doors to pupils while the school was closed due to fire damage.
Holmes is on a mission on to
in how things worked, often country to participate in the
FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD Julia in how things worked, often country to participate in the
months, but it’s still there. Until
taking things apart just to put GirlBoss Advantage programme
next month, designed She was shocked to hear the
and maths.
Holmes is on a mission to taking things apart just to put GirlBoss Advantage programme
next month, designed She was shocked to hear the Main South Rd, has been a source
and maths.
The former service centre, on
make a difference in the world. any guidance them to back staff together. around
decisions are made to put our
make a difference in the world. them back together.
•Story, more photos, page 5
PHOTO: GEOFF The SLOAN year 11 St Margaret’s this, she said.
community first, then there is no
That passion has landed her to mentor the female leaders news from her mother.
The year 11 St Margaret’s That passion has landed her to mentor the female leaders news from her mother.
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CALLS HAVE been made to
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City counci lors James Gough,
Sam MacDonald, Catherine
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le ter to Mayor Lianne Dalziel
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increase could be achieved this
year.
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per cent across a l ratepayers in
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wi l be finalised before July 1.
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appropriate and the council
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freeze to occur, it’s crucial for
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city.”
Ms Dalziel said the las thing the council’s budget, which is urchNZ, the Canterbury Employers’
Chamber of Commerce Covid-19. We wi l discuss these Covid-19 pandemic.
dinary circumstances related to the economy in response to the
the city council needed was for not entirely funded by rates, and
someone to hi the panic bu ton. the consequences that wi l flow and other key players so we are options with elected members The biggest boost is $5.1
“Calm heads must and wi l from decisions we make. best prepared for the economic as we develop the Annual Plan,” bi lion towards wage subsidies
prevail,” she said.
“The Annual Plan is not cha lenges that lie ahead.” she said.
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“Our residents and businesses signed off for three months so City council chief executive The push from city counci lors sectors and regions.
wi l be depending on us to we have time to ge this advice. Dawn Baxendale did not rule a for a freeze on rates rises comes
make adjustments, and we wi l,
•Tips for weathering virus, p3
A the same time, the council zero rates rise out.
shortly after Minister of Finance
however, we wi l need advice is meeting with our economic
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