THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2021
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Celebrating
Waitangi Day
with a hangi
New faces
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March 2021
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Proving age is no barrier
to keeping fit and mobile
• By Samantha Mythen
LIN CLARK, an 81-year-old
energetic gym-goer believes
age is no excuse for not making
your fitness and mobility a
priority.
Clark makes up a trio of
inspiring active women attending
the Female Federation gym who
all share their birthdays this
month.
Isabel Mundy and Ngaire
Onekawa are both set to turn
80-years-old this month, on
February 7 and 18 respectively.
Clark’s 82nd birthday is on February
15.
All three powerhouse ladies
regularly attend the gym, taking
part in Pilates and balance
classes, as well as working on
their own cardio and weights
routines.
They are choosing to stay
fit and healthy, defying the
stereotype that aging holds you
back from achieving an active
lifestyle.
Decked out with a Crusaders
tattoo and a Rugby World Cup
tattoo on each wrist, Onekawa is
a keen sportswoman.
She has always been active.
• Turn to page 5
STRENGTH: Ngaire Onekawa, Lin Clark and Isabel Mundy show off their strength. Onekawa can do multiple press-ups
and planks.
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JP Clinic
Thursday, 9.30am-12.30pm, at
Hornby, Saturday, 10am-noon, at
Fendalton, Tuesday, 10am-1pm, at
Halswell and Upper Riccarton
Fendalton, Hornby and Halswell and
Upper Riccarton libraries
A justice of the peace will be available
to members of the community
to witness signatures and documents,
certify document copies, hear oaths,
declarations, affidavits or affirmations
as well as sign citizenship, sponsorship
or rates rebates applications. This
service is free.
Knit ‘n’ Yarn
Thursday, 10.30am-2.30pm,
Tuesday, 1-3pm, at Upper
Riccarton, Thursday, 2-3.30pm, at
Fendalton, Tuesday, 10am-noon, at
Hornby
Fendalton, Hornby and Upper
Riccarton libraries
Take your knitting, crochet, stitching
or any other handcraft and enjoy
the company of others. Share skills
and be inspired.
Citizens Advice Bureau
Thursday, Friday, Monday,
Tuesday, Wednesday, 9am-5pm
Hornby Library
Citizen’s Advice Bureau provides
free, confidential advice to everyone.
They take the time to listen and equip
you with information, options and
support that fit your needs. Free,
phone 349 5236 for more information.
GenConnect
Thursday, 1-1.45pm
Upper Riccarton Library
If you have questions about your
smartphone or tablet, ask an expert
for advice. Free, no bookings required.
Free Legal Advice
Thursday, 6.15-8.15pm
Hornby Library
A lawyer will be available to answer
your legal questions. Take relevant
documents. Free. No bookings required.
Wā Kōrero: Storytimes
Tuesday, 10.30-11am, at Fendalton,
Wednesday, 10.15-10.45am, at
Hornby
Fendalton and Hornby libraries
Storytimes is an interactive programme
including books, songs,
rhymes and play. Recommended for
children two-years-old and up.
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Join the musicians of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra as they travel
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dance and storytelling. Catered for two to six-year-olds. Performances start
at 10.30am. Free, no bookings required.
Family History
Wednesday, 11am-1pm
Upper Riccarton Library
A volunteer from the Riccarton
branch of the New Zealand Society of
Genealogists will be available to help
you with finding your family history.
Mah-jong Group
Wednesday, 1-3 pm
Upper Riccarton Library
If you are interested in playing
Mah-jong, go along whether you are a
beginner or an advanced player.
Elizabeth Bridge Club
Wednesday, 1-4pm
Christchurch Bridge Club Rooms, 21
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Go along and join others for a game
of Bridge every Wednesday. Arrive
at 12.50pm for a 1pm start. Visitors
welcome. Parking available. If you do
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Yellow bins not for e-waste disposal
SOME RESIDENTS are
mistakenly disposing electronic
devices in their yellow bins
instead of dropping them off
at the city council’s EcoDrop
Recycling Centres or e-waste
specialists.
City council resource recovery
manager Ross Trotter said, generally,
recycling has improved
across the city,
with the rinsing
of more
bottles and
containers and
the removal of
lids, which go
in the red bin.
Ross Trotter
However,
he said “we
are continuing to see electronic
waste and electronic appliances
in these yellow bins rather than
being left at our EcoDrop centres
or with e-waste specialists.”
“As you enjoy your new phone
and electronic appliances, it’s
important to get rid of the old
ones the right way but e-waste
and household electrical items
are not on the yellow bin list,”
said Trotter.
However, he said there are
plenty of other disposal options
in Christchurch.
Said Trotter: “Well-used
RECYCLE: Electronic devices are being mistakenly put in some Christchurch residents’ yellow bins.
mobiles or laptops – along with a
multitude of redundant gaming
devices – and TVs need not end
up in the rubbish.
“You can support a circular
– and clean – economy when it
comes to electronic waste and
any effort to reduce waste, reuse,
recycle or even reboot is invaluable.
“There are several ways to dispose
of unwanted items or even
give old electronics a new life.
“Many of the components
or materials used in electronic
devices can be recycled while
unwanted items can also be rehomed.
Being more aware of the
recycling options close to your
home and taking the time to
ensure responsible disposal can
contribute to an e-waste solution.
“Just remember to delete your
personal data from any electronic
device and remove SIM
cards from cellphones before
disposal.”
People can head to the local
EcoDrop Recycling Centre or
participating retail stores to dispose
of batteries, including those
used in laptops, cellphones and
power tools at no cost.
The EcoDrop Recycling
Centres accept a wide range of
household items in working and
non-working condition for reuse
and for free, with acceptance on
inspection.
Items include stereos, vacuum
cleaners, power tools and printer
toner cartridges. Most metal
items are also accepted – free of
charge – as scrap metal.
Old phones – whatever their
condition – can also be recycled
via Re: Mobile, with collection
spots scattered Christchurch.
Kilmarnock, in Wigram, also
takes e-waste for dismantling
and recycling.
The charity accepts computers,
computer-related equipment,
phones, printers, televisions and
more.
There is a fee, depending on
the items. By taking old electronics
to Kilmarnock, people can
help provide employment opportunities
for individuals with
disabilities.
Another Wigram-based
charity, the Molten Media
Community Trust, accepts a
range of electronic goods to
refurbish and sell or to dismantle
and dispose of unwanted
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Waitangi Day celebrated with hangi at rest home
BRYNDWR REST home Radius
Hawthorne treated
staff and residents to a
homemade hāngī to honour
Waitangi Day.
This annual tradition was
led by Bill Parker, a diversional
therapist who has worked at
Radius Hawthorne for more
than 20 years.
He built the hāngī inside a
beer keg, taking four hours
to cook. Ingredients included
kumara, potatoes, cabbage,
chicken, pork and lamb.
On the morning leading up
to the lunch, Māori residents
were in high spirits, singing
waiata and reminiscing about
celebrating with hāngī in their
earlier years.
A number of elderly Māori
and pakeha residents were
thrilled to be involved in
preparing and eating the
hāngī.
“The smell of the food took
me back and boy it tasted good,”
said kaumātua resident Jeff
Samson.
“Supporting people’s
cultural traditions when they’re
in a rest home environment
is part of truly caring for an
individual and giving them a
full, active life in later years,”
facility manager Jacqui Boylen
said.
Staff at Radius Hawthorne
have backgrounds from a range
of countries, including England,
India, South African, Australia,
Philippines, Nepal, Fiji, Egypt
and New Zealand.
The elderly residents
themselves often have strong
international connections to
countries in Europe, the United
Kingdom and elsewhere.
“Cultural celebrations lift
the spirits of residents,
encourage them to discuss new
topics, and it’s also a great way
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between residents and staff,”
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‘It’s a relief to find you’re still strong’
• From page 1
The mother of three children,
seven grandchildren and 12
great-grandchildren, played
netball until she was 42. She
even competed against her own
daughters.
Clark has always found her
energy outdoors in nature; a keen
hiker, horse rider and gardener.
She owns a remote cabin in
Lewis Pass, and although is not
climbing the nearby mountain
heights, she still loves to wander
through the beech trees.
Mundy used to work in
her family’s fruit and tomato
business which kept her strong
and fit. When she finished up
working, she decided to head to
the gym. She’s been attending
three times a week for the past
four years.
Onekawa has kept up
consistent gym practice for more
than 12 years. She now attends
Female Federation five times a
week.
Onekawa can do multiple
push-ups, straight-backed
with her knees up. She also said
she can do side plank rotations
and dips, and has completed
200m within 15 minutes on the
ski erg.
Clark knows the importance of
rest days. She has been attending
the gym on and off since 1998,
and in spite of a hip replacement
CAMARADERIE: Lin Clark, Isabel Mundy and Ngaire Onekawa all attend the gym multiple
times a week, incorporating cardio, strength training, Pilates and balance exercises into
their practice.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
taking her out of the game for
a while, she is building up her
practice one again. Clark enjoys
chin-ups, the chest press and leg
press.
“It’s a relief to find you’re still
strong,” she said.
When answering why they
attended the gym, Onekawa
promptly stood up from her
chair. “This is why,” she said.
Mundy agreed: “To keep my
core strong!”
Clark said: “As you get older,
the physical stuff becomes
terribly important and you
become more aware of your body
and how it works.”
“Coming to the gym is a
positive step to being a strong
and complete person.”
For Clark, getting to the gym
is also important for the mental
benefits. Her life passions have
been education and theatre;
in 2019, she was awarded the
prestigious Drama New Zealand
President’s Award, given to
someone who has significantly
contributed to the drama space
over their lifetime.
They all share the same goal:
To keep going.
There is strong camaraderie
between the three women,
and they love being part of
the community at Female
Federation.
Onekawa said she gets coffee
twice a week with her new found
gym friends.
“It’s a sisterhood here,” said
Clark.
Jill Kennedy, their personal
trainer is 64-years-old. She
only has glowing reviews of
the fitness levels of the three
women.
“I cannot wait til I retire to
be able to work out with them
all.”
Clark said: “We are lucky
enough to be able to work out,
and so we choose to make the
most of this and continue to stay
fit.”
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Full steam ahead in Bill’s backyard
• By Susan Sandys
BILL STANLEY, 67, has created a
model train lovers’ fantasy land in
his backyard.
When he and wife Maggie
moved to their new home in Canterbury
five years ago, Stanley saw
“a blank canvas, just waiting for a
garden railway layout.”
He set to work, and today has
eight model trains which run
on more than 200m of track, set
amongst a 27m diorama of buildings,
settlements, fields and bridges.
The trains pass through all sorts
of activity amongst the Playmobil
people, vehicles and buildings,
including a wedding outside
Lincoln Union Church, fields being
harvested, and a quarry being
mined.
Some of the buildings, including
the church, Stanley has made
himself, learning first through
the Canterbury Garden Railway
Group of which he is a committee
member, and then teaching himself
along the way.
The track and its impressive
setting, at the couple’s home in Lincoln,
is complete with a pond and
real goldfish. It has been a labour of
love, and one that has its origins in
Stanley’s childhood.
“Trains just fascinated me as a
child and they still do, we have
been from LA to New York by
train,” he said.
His grandfather William Stanley
gave him a Hornby double O
railway set when he was about
five.
William had worked on the
railways, and Stanley has inherited
the whistle that William used
in his job, believed to be as an engineer,
and keeps it on his garden
railway key ring.
Stanley kept the passion for
trains and railways moving
down the generations; he and
Maggie bought their 29-year-old
son Richard his first engine when
he was a baby.
They continued to add to the
collection, and always incorporated
train travel in their overseas
trips. These were for professional
purposes in earlier years
as Stanley travelled as part of his
job as a pharmaceutical company
director.
The trip through the United
States was in the 1990s, while
they also lived in Thailand for
five years to 1998 and travelled
extensively through Europe.
“You can set your clock by the
trains in Switzerland,” he said.
While trains in Thailand at
the time were substandard in
comparison, they had been just as
enjoyable to travel on as the country’s
elephants and longboats.
Stanley sometimes has groups
come and view his backyard
garden railway creation, and it is
a hobby he enjoys with others in
the garden railway group, which
will be hosting the National
Garden Railway Convention
in Christchurch on Waitangi
Weekend.
He said setting up the train
track, which runs from a purpose-built,
life-size shed, takes 90
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“It’s quite a lot of work to have
them running to precision, it’s
quite common to have derailments,”
Stanley said.
Obstacles such as stones or
grit on the track, or interception
by creatures such as the Stanley
household’s pet cats or dogs, were
the cause of such frustrations.
One of the biggest challenges
had been securing the track in
ballast that wouldn’t move when
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• By Louis Day
the new Northern Motorway are
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 25, 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
as possible.
Page 8
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.
Page 3
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
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 of this motorway for Julia six 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.
of tension for years with residents
College student has a passion •Turn to page the 5
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think
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that
because
we are
most
just
of
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what you’re
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at how we
are
respond
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hard
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shop a run for its money. Garden Awards.
Mr Bryce at a ceremony held at tomatoes, berries, nuts make and
Christchurch city councillors to
a difference continue, the world.
should together. be paused
programme next month,
She was shocked to hear the help,” she said.
the worst happens.
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to the Covid-19 crisis.
Pleasant resident, who is also award for Best Sustainability Centre earlier this month.
• Turn to page 6 a passion for biology, brought and under control. the opportunity of her dreams. female leaders of tomorrow in • Turn to page 5
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CALLS HAVE been made to
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City councillors James Gough,
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letter to Mayor Lianne Dalziel
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The city council is proposing
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The 2018-2028 Long Term
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rates increase over 10 years.
Said Cr MacDonald: “In
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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
city.”
Ms Dalziel said the las thing the council’s budget, which is
the city council needed was for not entirely funded by rates, and
someone to hi the panic button. the consequences that will flow
“Calm heads must and will from decisions we make.
prevail,” she said.
“The Annual Plan is not
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will be depending on us to we have time to ge this advice.
make adjustments, and we will, A the same time, the council
however, we will need advice is meeting with our economic
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dinary circumstances related to the economy in response to the
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options with elected members The biggest boost is $5.1
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