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Tripping the light fantastic – at 85
SPIRIT: Margaret Stoddart Retirement Village resident Audrey Burton’s love of ballet hasn’t dimmed in the last 80 years
and still finds time to dance when she can.
AT 85-YEARS-OLD, Audrey
Burton’s love for dancing hasn’t
dimmed one bit.
Ballet has been a lifelong passion
for the Margaret Stoddart
Retirement Village resident and
she still dances whenever she
can.
Burton took part in
Ryman Healthcare’s Pioneers
Campaign earlier this year
which took adifferent tack on
expectations about retirement
life.
The campaign showed the
true spirit and dignity of residents
and her lifelong love affair
with dancing was prominently
featured.
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safety
near
Merivale
schools
• By Bea Gooding
TWO MERIVALE residents say
their street is dangerous because
it has become a drop-off zone for
schools in the area
Claire Baker and Michael Win
presented their concerns to the
Papanui-Innes Community Board
regarding traffic and parking
issues on Andover St.
They say low visibility and
finding a park on the street due to
double-parked vehicles, cars over
driveways, driver behaviour and
traffic congestion is a problem.
They say the problem is caused
by parents stopping to drop
off children and students from
schools in the area, such as Rangi
Ruru Girls’ School on Hewitts Rd,
and Selwyn House School and St
Margaret’ College on Winchester
St, using it for parking.
“Outside our house is pandemonium.
For me to reverse out of
my driveway to go to work, I have
to inch out of my driveway with
cars book-ending either side of
my kerb,” said Baker who lives on
Andover St.
The community board
has asked the city council to
investigate.
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Sports hub to be upgraded
thanks to funding boost
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SPORTS FACILITIES in the
city’s west will soon be upgraded
thanks to crucial funding
recently approved by the city
council.
The Sustainability and Community
Resilience committee
agreed to give a $70,000 grant to
the Upper Riccarton Sport Hub -
a joint project involving the Riccarton
Cricket Club, Riccarton
Tennis Club and the FC2011
Football Club.
It will go towards upgrading
sports facilities at Upper Riccarton
Domain.
The first stage is the relocation
of a building for clubrooms and
changing facilities to meet the
needs of all three codes.
The funding comes because
the city council is partnering
with community groups and social
agencies to support projects
that benefit the community and
to help them achieve their goals.
“By partnering with groups
and social agencies who are
working in our communities,
we can support them to achieve
their goals and also realise our
own goal of creating strong,
connected communities,” said
councillor Sara Templeton, committee
chairwoman.
The city council is also supporting
the redevelopment of the
City Mission site as part of their
collaboration with groups.
The two projects have been
given funding through the city
council’s Capital Endowment
Fund as they will benefit local
communities, both now and in
the future.
“The $155,000 grant to the
City Mission will go towards the
timely redevelopment of its busy
central Hereford St site – home
to the foodbank, transitional
housing and the learning hub,”
Cr Templeton said.
“With a purpose-built site,
the City Mission aims to guide
people from the food bank and
emergency accommodation
towards their own housing, jobs
and self-sufficiency, establishing
a sustainable change in community
welfare.”
Te Ora Hou Ōtautahi, an organisation
that focuses on youth
well-being, has received $150,000
to support the construction of a
contemporary whare or meeting
place in Papanui.
“By helping the most vulnerable
in our society, we can
make the city a better place for
everyone,” said councillor Sara
Templeton, chairwoman of the
sustainability and community
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resilience committee.
“The aim of the new whare
will be to help reconnect young
people and whānau to their
tūrangawaewae (a place to stand)
where they can be empowered.”
A $40,000 grant to Conductive
Education Canterbury has also
been approved. It will help fund
a new home where young people
with disabilities can learn to live
more independently before moving
into the community.
Grants from the Capital
Endowment Fund – set up by
the city council in 2001 – was
established using a share of the
proceeds from the sale of Orion’s
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“If I hit anyone or anything it
would be my fault because I am
reversing. I have to be in the middle
of the road to see if anything
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The issues generally rose during
the hours between 8am and 4pm.
Restrictions on Andover St only
allowed parking for two hours at
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Baker would often have to park
on the street rather than her
driveway to make it easier to leave
home.
But this often resulted in parking
tickets, particularly when she
had no other place to put her car.
“I have got dozens of parking
tickets outside my house because
of the two-hour parking restriction.
The other side of the road
where there is no restriction is full
by 7.30am to 5.30pm with school
girl cars,” she said.
Win has lived on Andover St for
more than 28 years and said during
this time, traffic has increased
dramatically, which has contributed
to his concerns.
Baker and Win propose solutions,
such barring student access
from Andover St to schools,
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Light show organisers
receive awards
• By Bea Gooding
SOME MAY assume the force of
a Jedi in the Star Wars universe
brought Luke Murphy and Leia
Austin together.
But in fact, it was a passion
for online gaming and a love of
putting together one of the best
Christmas light displays in the
city.
Over the last 15 years, they
have been renowned for illuminating
the Hornby community
with their “Not Enough Lights”
show, boasting more than
250,000 LED lights at their home
Their dedication to providing
free Christmas joy to more than
1000 people each year was why
they were one of the recipients of
the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Service Awards.
“No one’s really given out
awards for Christmas lights that
I’m aware of so it’s nice someone
has recognised it and that they
enjoy it,” said Murphy.
Murphy blamed his parents
for the obsession, which he said
stemmed from childhood.
“They were the ones that put
a few strings of lights up on the
house when I was younger. I
would always beg them to put
them up earlier and earlier as I
had no sense of time back then
when I was really young,” he
said.
“Ever since then I’ve just taken
over, and now it’s something I
do.”
Setting up begins in September,
with majority of the heavy
lifting completed by mid-October.
The show is now on display
until the end of the year.
Murphy is on the cusp of becoming
an electrician which he
said worked to his advantage.
He was unable to put a price
on the “very expensive hobby,”
which was self-funded, but the
use of solar power helped offset
some of the cost.
“Overall [cost] for the whole
thing, I don’t actually know . . .
$10,000? Maybe a bit more than
that,” he said.
The couple had plans in the
future to build a house purposebuilt
for the light displays.
Said Murphy: “I wouldn’t say
I’m into Christmas, though, I
just like putting up the lights
because it looks amazing. People
don’t believe me when I say
that.”
•Not Enough Lights show
is on every night at 8
Dunluce Pl, Hornby.
RECOGNISING OUR COMMUNITY HEROES
People in the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton area have been
acknowledged for their great service to the community.
Today Western News profiles who they are.
Youth awards
Shardey
Harris –
During her time
at Hornby High
School, Shardey
was a student
representative
on the board
of trustees, was head girl and
guided students through her
involvement with the Stars
mentoring programme.
Shardey raised awareness of
gumboot Friday, for the I Am
Hope campaign, which raises
funds for young people to receive
free mental health counselling
and support.
She has also helped to
raise awareness of bullying,
encouraged cultural
inclusiveness and has been an
advocate for vulnerable people.
Alicia Northe
– Alicia has been
a committed
volunteer at the
Community
Development
Network Trust’s
intermediate
holiday camps
and teen adventure camps.
As a volunteer leader and
programme director, her service
has benefitted hundreds of
intermediate aged children citywide.
Alicia organises the camp
programme and often volunteers
additional hours to help prepare
new ideas and activities.
Teresa
Winward
– Teresa’s
community
service over the
last five years
has positively
impacted many
young people as a dedicated
volunteer with the Community
Development Network Trust’s
Holiday Kids’ Camps.
Initially starting as a leader,
Teresa now brings her nursing
experience to her role as camp
nurse.
She has served as an invaluable
volunteer on multiple holiday
camps and puts in many hours
behind the scenes.
As a volunteer leader at
several different youth groups,
Teresa spends time each week,
mentoring and supporting young
people.
She has also been a children’s
worker at Wharenui School
and assisted in facilitating local
community programmes such as
Sports in the Park.
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Eun Jin Lee – For the past five
years Eun Jin has volunteered
at the Korean Society of
Christchurch.
Every weekend Eun Jin
supports elderly members of the
community and is a friendly face
that provides information and
assistance as required.
Eun Jin helps to organise the
popular Korean K-Pop dance
competition which is enjoyed by
the wider community.
Her passion for the
competition encourages others
to join in activities and have an
open mind to another culture.
Eun Jin also volunteers at
the Christchurch Korean
School which provides language
classes, cultural exchanges and
promotes performing arts and
events.
On Saturday mornings she
assists students with their
various lessons and dance.
classes. She provides a great
environment for students
to study, giving them an
opportunity to find their hidden
talents.
Eun Jin is an amazing role
model. She has a positive
mindset, and an eagerness to
supports others, impacting many
people through her community
service.
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Skyla Cosgrove –
Skyla has been a senior
leader at Our Lady of Victories
School, and actively served the
community for six years through
her involvement with St John.
As a St John youth cadet leader,
Skyla manages others with ease
and confidence. She recently
achieved her 500 hour service
award and corporal stripes, a
great achievement for someone at
the beginning of their journey as
a leader.
She has shared her time,
knowledge and skills in many
capacities.
Skyla’s encouragement and
support of anyone she works
with is evident in her leadership
sessions, and the cadets enjoy her
fun but firm approach.
Skyla is extremely diligent,
takes great pride in her service,
and has the utmost integrity
and honesty. She truly engages
in whatever service or task she
is involved with, and has a quiet
natural empathy with people.
Skyla is an exemplary role
model of unconditional service
who leads by example, inspiring
those around her.
Community service
awards:
Polly Warren –
Polly’s work supports the
Citizens Advice Bureau which
provides a range of services to
all sections of the Christchurch
community. Since joining the
west branch in 2013, Polly has
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recipients for 2020.
taken on multiple roles and
duties with compassion, honesty
and fairness. Polly joined the
west branch committee as health
and safety officer and has also
held the position of deputy chair.
Polly is a respected interviewer
and her friendly, competent
manner has put clients at ease
and has helped them to discuss
their issues freely. Polly has also
assisted with fundraising at
community events and last year
took on the additional roles of
mentor organiser and managing
the Justice of the Peace roster.
Every voluntary organisation
needs people who are willing to
do that little bit extra. Polly is
one of those increasingly rare
individuals, and her service is
highly valued and appreciated.
Gerald Thorner –
Gerald
has been a
volunteer at
Citizens Advice
Bureau west
branch since
2012, supporting
the provision
of services,
advice and information to the
community.
Gerald is a respected
interviewer, providing advice
and support to the Hornby
community. Life is never dull
when Gerald is around, and
his is one of the first people to
volunteer when extra help is
needed.
Gerald uses his computer
skills to mentor new trainees,
represents the branch at the
monthly Hornby community
workers’ lunch, and assists with
community events such as Hello
Hornby.
Gerald is interested in helping
people at the frontline, which
he does competently and with
passion. Gerald is an asset to
Citizens Advice Bureau, working
long term with clients when
necessary.
Barbara
Withers –
For more
than 20 years
Barbara has
supported the
Hornby Rugby
Football Club’s
housie sessions and for the past
four years has taken on the role
of organiser. Barbara’s service
ensures the smooth running
of sessions, allowing people an
enjoyable and social activity
every week.
Many great friendships have
been made over the years and
housie members enjoy the
hospitality that Barbara provides.
Barbara has made a huge
contribution to the rugby
club which acknowledge and
appreciate the incredible service
she has provided over the
years. Barbara is strong willed,
resilient, and always concerned
for other people. She continues
to positively impact people every
week through her commitment
and dedication to the local
community.
William Hunt – For more
than 25 years
William has
provided
outstanding
service, calling
numbers at
Hornby Rugby
Football Club’s
housie sessions.
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• From page 5
William always has a smile
on his face and enjoys seeing
the weekly visitors to the club.
Housie members appreciate the
hospitality that William and the
team provide. Each week older
members of the community
especially enjoy the fellowship of
getting together to play housie.
The rugby club appreciates
and values the longstanding
commitment William has
provided over the years. His
valued service has greatly
benefitted the club and the wider
Hornby community.
Lynlea and
Robert
Willan – Lynlea
and Robert’s
dedication
and passion
for netball is
well known
and appreciated in the Hornby
community.
Lynlea founded the Hornby
Netball Club in 2009, which
focuses on encouragement and
participation. The amount of
time and effort they have given,
from mending bibs and bags to
coaching and managing teams, is
immeasurable. Lynlea holds the
roles of senior A team manager
and committee president and
during the season Robert is at
the netball courts every Saturday,
supporting both Lynlea and the
club.
Lynlea and Robert were also
involved in the Save Denton Park
project. This group of dedicated
local residents were successful
in lobbying that Denton Park
remain for outdoor recreation
and sport only.
The amount of people
that Lynlea and Robert have
supported or influenced over the
last twelve years is vast. Hornby
is much richer for their service,
not only to netball but the wider
community.
William Thorne – William
and Chris Thorne’s property
borders West Broken Run in
Wigram, a reserve on the upper
banks of the Ōpāwaho Heathcote
River.
Over the last five years William
has continually mown, trimmed
and generally maintained the
reserve single-handedly, using
his own time, equipment and
resources.
He has incredible dedication
and often spent the best part of
his week, mowing the 4ha reserve
with a push mower.
Since contractors began
mowing the flat area three years
ago, William has continued
mowing the bank area of the
reserve. Not even the theft of his
push mower last year deterred
him, as he promptly purchased
another mower to continue his
service at the reserve.
It is vital that communities
have volunteers like William
who are committed and reliable.
William is industrious, kindhearted
and a highly valued
member of the community.
IMPACT: Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton Community Board
chairman Mike Mora (left) and member Jimmy Chen, with
Nola Moffett who, along with her twin sister, the late Nova
Mayo, were honoured for their long-standing dedication to
activities in Hornby.
Nola Moffett and the late
Nova Mayo
Twin sisters Nola and the late
Nova have had a longstanding
involvement in the community
which began at age 14, when
they assisted in organising the
Paparua Plunket Barn Dance.
Since this time they were
involved in countless community
projects, events and groups such
as the Hei Hei Kindergarten
committee, the Branston
Intermediate PTA, Hornby
Primary PTA , and the Hornby
Inner Wheel Club to name a few.
As an active member of
Islington Methodist Church,
Nola has provided baking for
countless church fairs in the
area and currently bakes once a
month for Age Concern.
Both Nola and Nova were huge
advocates for a high school to be
built in Hornby, with Hornby
High School opening in 1975.
In the early years of the school
they were both involved in
many of its aspects, in particular
the PTA. Nova took over the
running of the school tuck shop
for many years and enjoyed
the interaction with students
immensely.
She remained connected with
the school and was present for
the official opening of the first of
the new buildings last year.
Nova was widely known
around the school and in the
community as Hornby High
School’s No 1 supporter.
In recognition of their
service on various community
fundraising initiatives and
committees, Nola and Nova
received a suffrage award, and
Paul Harris Fellowship Medals
from Rotary International.
For their outstanding
community service, they also
received a New Zealand 1990
Commemoration Medal for
Services to New Zealand from
the Queen.
Many have benefitted from
Nola and the late Nova’s
thoughtful and generous nature,
which is highlighted through
over fifty years of community
service.
Their dedication in supporting
others and the betterment of the
community is remarkable, and
truly worthy of recognition.
Gayle Cook – Gayle first
registered as a tag spotter
volunteer with the city council’s
Off the Wall programme in
2013.
Since this time she has been
one of the programmes most
active volunteers, providing
administrative support, advice,
and reported countless acts of
graffiti vandalism incidents.
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• From page 7
To ensure that graffiti
vandalism is removed within a
timely manner, Gayle has also
taken the time, on numerous
occasions, to contact the
contact centre when follow up
graffiti removal work is deemed
necessary.
Tag spotters like Gayle
contribute to the successful
outcomes of the Graffiti
Programme and together support
its goal of reducing the impact of
graffiti vandalism. The Graffiti
Programme could not do its
work without its amazing team
of volunteers and appreciates
Gayle’s continuing service in the
community.
Cathi Andrell – Cathi has
assisted the Riccarton West
Community Garden for six years
and volunteers at Te Pataka
Pantry providing rescued food to
the community.
She is a popular team member
and the community enjoy
her friendly banter. Cathi
bags produce for numerous
households with Food Together
Riccarton and following this task,
helps the community cafe by
operating the coffee machine for
the rest of the session.
You can often find Cathi
supporting community
events such as the Riccarton
Community Day and Connect.
She also joins the Riccarton
Community Development
Worker, visiting new people to
the area. Cathi was a founding
member of the Riccarton
Neighbourhood Support Group
and is also a part of a team that
folds the Riccarton Community
Newsletter. For three years
Cathi assisted the Riccarton
Community Church’s Mainly
Music sessions, serving morning
tea to children and their parents.
Cathi leads by example as she
constantly gives her time and
energy for the good of others.
She is greatly appreciated by the
Riccarton community.
LEADER: Rachael Clemett
with Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Board
member Mark Peters.
Rachael Clemett – Rachael is
a passionate and valued member
of the St John Hornby Youth
Division. Joining the division
seven years ago, Rachael was a
parent helper with the Penguins
Programme, and soon became a
penguin leader.
Over the years Rachael has
progressed to the voluntary role
of assistant divisional manager,
spending many hours providing
direction and support to youth
leaders and members.
Rachael is passionate about
ensuring the smooth running
of the programme, and
provides clear leadership and
communication. She enjoys the
division camps and can always
be found in the kitchen, cooking
and organising meals.
Camps on Mother’s Day
weekend are a special event, as
her family are in attendance
and are also involved with camp
activities.
As a way to build
connections between parents,
Rachael started a parent support
group at Hornby Primary School
in 2012.
She also assisted the school’s
lunch club since it was established
in 2015 until late last year.
Rachael is an amazing person
in the community who would do
anything for others.
She is always willing to help
those in need and does valuable
work behind the scenes.
The St John Hornby Division
greatly appreciate and highly
commend Rachael for her
ongoing and valued service to the
community.
‘I started dancing
when I was four’
• From page 1
Burton still remembered the
first time she saw the Royal New
Zealand Ballet perform and has
closely followed the artistic directors
over the years.
“I started dancing when I was
four and haven’t really stopped
since then,” she said.
“It’s [ballet] just been a part
of my life. The biggest change
in the company over the years
has been the technique of the
dancers. The difficulty just keeps
going up and it’s a much larger
company now.”
Burton and her daughter, Wendy,
had the opportunity to watch
RNZB’s Christmas performance
of The Sleeping Beauty this year at
the Isaac Theatre Royal.
Not only did the pair attend the
opening performance, but they
were also invited as
special guests of the RNZB for a
backstage tour as Burton is planning
a ballet performance at the
village early next year.
She will also be designing all of
the costumes herself next year at
the village showcase.
Touring wardrobe master
Alison Roigard showed Burton
and her the intricacies of
preparing for a show, how the
costumes were sorted and how
it works behind the scenes at the
PERFORMERS: Audrey
Burton with ballet dancer
Madeleine Graham, of the
Royal New Zealand Ballet.
RNZB. “We have roughly
330 costumes, but for this
show, we only have two quick
changes which is tricky,” said
Roigard.
However, the day did not
end there. The mother and
daughter also got to meet dancer
Madeleine Graham.
They exchanged stories of their
dancing and performances and
Graham shared back-stage titbits
and tales, and even gave her a
signed pair of pointe shoes.
Although Audrey has never
danced in The Sleeping Beauty
she did perform once in The
Nutcracker.
“I so much wanted to be the
Sugar Plum Fairy but I’m short,
so I ended up dancing Clara,”
said Burton.
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Harbour cruise with a difference for pupils
TWO GROUPS of year 8 pupils
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day tacking and gybing on the
Fox II around Lyttelton Harbour
recently.
THe three-hour trips were
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Students took turns steering,
rigging, hoisting the sails and
other jobs on the Akaroa-based
rigged ketch, while the other
group played basketball and
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Mahy Playground.
Highlight for both groups
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who came over to say hello.
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The excited Year 8 Wharenui School crew of the Fox II get
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Sili Taufao Manu and Joshua Rocha Martins enjoy the
ride.
‘Captain’ Queenie Holden
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Cedric Paguyo at the helm.
Lili Boyd gets some tips on how to
tie knots.
Ethan Lai gets his turn at the helm.
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Game to test your bin waste knowledge
PEOPLE ARE being invited to
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The game, which people can
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The game requires players to
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The items used in the game
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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 township – from 155m west of
SH73/SH1 (Russley Road) intersection to 200m west
of Sir John McKenzie Drive
SH73 Yaldhurst township – a reduction in the existing
70km/h section to 60km/h through the village and
an extension of this 60km/h zone to 150m west of
Hasketts Road.
SH73 West of Yaldhurst – from 150m west of
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Ryans Road – from 300m east of Pound Road to 300m
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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!
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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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Deck the halls
Christmas isn’t Christmas without a decoration or two around the home.
Whether its outdoor lights with a waving Santa or
just draping tinsel across your mantelpiece, there are
many ways to celebrate the festive season in your home.
Go natural
Driftwood painted white with LED lights wrapped
around, or pine cones with a touch of silver spray
paint, make beautiful natural additions to the home
at this time of year. If you have a tree branch around
the home, why not cut it up into discs and spray paint
white stars and reindeer on the disc. Drill a hole in the
top and thread some gardeners string through the hole
and you have an instant decoration to hang on the tree
or somewhere around the home. Cover polystyrene
balls in ripped linen, hessian and cotton strips. These
can either be hung up or a number placed in a bowl on
the table.
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Many love the glitter and sparkle that tinsel brings
but how about using it in different ways. A threetiered
cake plate with tinsel laid on each plate with
baubles then placed on top, can look really impressive
as a centrepiece for the table. Make your own wreath
by wrapping tinsel around and around a polystyrene
circle. Hang just as it is, or hot glue gun baubles on to
create extra wow.
Table setting
Sometimes the simplest decorations on the table
can look the most stunning. A beautiful napkin rolled
up with a piece of red and white ribbon, or rosemary
wreath looks amazing. Why not place a hessian runner
down the middle of the table and add greenery and
candles in jars on top to create a wonderful centrepiece.
If you have a children’s eating table, why not put a
long piece of brown paper as a table cloth. Draw large
circles where the plates can go and write Christmas
questions beside each plate outline. A little bottle with
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red and green crayons on the table. When the kids are
finished their dinner, they can play noughts and crosses
or hangman or just draw pictures.
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year.
city.”
Davids heads
community board
advocating body
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2020starnews.co.nz
RESIDENTS MOST affected by
• By Louis Day
the new Northern Motorway are
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 2020
Connecting Your Community
IT COULD
WEDNESDAY,
be a while until
MARCH 25, starnews.co.nz
2020
Connecting Your Community relieved to hear the Christchurch TUESDAY, starnews.co.nz
MARCH 24, 2020
Connecting Your Community
• 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
the city council’s
would essentially be an alliance
Victorious
Delay in
Market day
project has been Mark Wilson
Annual Plan
Mike Mora
to supermarket
farewell Holden
of contractors who can take
extended include
stoked
making mall
goes green at 2019-2020,
captain the whole area bit by bit and
a third southbound lane on
requesting the city council addresses
the budget gap so the
rebranding
in style
systematically get the work
the Waimakariri River bridge and
flooding
with cup done,” she said during the
a clip-on win
exit safer
Cashmere HS
cycleway.
buildings can be removed as soon
campaign.
St Albans resident Mark Wilson
as possible.
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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
her achieve thankful” her for dreams. the delay.
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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
“The community will be somewhat
thankful for a reprieve of the
from a young Julia is one of 25 young were often male-dominated, • By Bea Gooding
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.
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make a difference in the world. any guidance them to back staff together. around
decisions are made to put our
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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.
of tension for years with residents
College student has a passion •Turn to page the 5
relief,” he said.
opportunity of her dreams. of tomorrow in industries that • Turn to page 6
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we are
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of
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just
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think
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of
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species in his garden, Dave
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• By Louis Day
CALLS HAVE been made to
stop rates increases in response
to the Covid-19 crisis.
City counci lors James Gough,
Sam MacDonald, Catherine
Chu, Phil Mauger, Aaron Keown
and James Daniels have sent a
le ter to Mayor Lianne Dalziel
asking her to lead a conversation
as to how a zero per cent rates
increase could be achieved this
The city council is proposing
an average rates increase of 4.65
per cent across a l ratepayers in
this year’s Draft Annual Plan
which is currently under public
consultation until April 5 and
wi l be finalised before July 1.
The 2018-2028 Long Term
Plan also predicts a 50 per cent
rates increase over 10 years.
Said Cr MacDonald: “In
the current environment it’s
clear business as usual is not
appropriate and the council
needs to look at how we enable
this 12-month rates increase
freeze to occur, it’s crucial for
the economic confidence of our
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
dinary circumstances related to
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
“Calm heads must and wi l from decisions we make. best prepared for the economic as we develop the Annual Plan,”
prevail,” she said.
“The Annual Plan is not cha lenges that lie ahead.”
“Our residents and businesses signed off for three months so City council chief executive The push from city counci lors
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, 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 “We’re considering a series of Grant Robertson announced
on the impacts on a l aspects of development agency, Christch-
options in light of the extraor-
a $12.1 bi lion package to aid
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