Western News: April 01, 2021

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Transparency called for
over cycleway work
• By Bea Gooding
THE CENTRAL Riccarton
Residents’ Association believes
the city council needs to be more
transparent if it was responsible
for any delays to construction
projects.
Construction on the new
South Express Cycleway in
Riccarton started last year, but
shortly after works on Elizabeth
St began, the tools were put
down again for two months.
A letter to residents from the
city council informed them the
project would be delayed in spite
of construction starting as it did
not obtain the archaeological
authority required beforehand.
Transport planning and
delivery manager Lynette Ellis
did not specify whether this was
an oversight by the city council
but said it takes time to apply for
and get the authority.
Association president Dr
Garth Wilson said residents
were not only frustrated the
work would take longer, but
they also did not think the city
council were transparent enough
on whether it was an error on
their behalf.
• Turn to page 5
PROGRESS: A visualisation of Elizabeth St and Division St, which will be re-aligned to make room for a cycleway in both
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Work under way on new
clubrooms for Hornets
• By Chris Barclay
IT’S FINALLY game on at the
site of the new Halswell Hornets
rugby league club headquarters,
thanks to a vital funding
injection for the $2 million
project.
Work has recently got under
way on a former car park at
Halswell Domain, more than
a decade after
the original
clubrooms were
damaged by the
earthquakes.
Protracted discussions
with the
Jeff
Whittaker
club’s insurance
company delayed
the start of the
multi-purpose
building, while the eventual payout
still left a $400,000 shortfall.
Hornets vice-president Jeff
Whittaker said assistance from
the Lottery Grants Board, the
Rata Foundation and Canterbury
West Coast Air Rescue Trust
over the last three months got the
rebuild over the line.
“If they hadn’t come on board
to help we basically couldn’t have
got a loan or refinance to pay
the loan back to build the clubrooms,”
Whittaker said.
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thanks to
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He hoped the new clubrooms,
which will also be utilised by
softball, touch rugby and possibly
netball, should be completed
by Christmas or the New Year.
When the new building is
ready the original must be demolished.
In the interim the Hornets
also had to build a storage room/
gym and changing sheds at the
Domain, costs that diminished
the insurance payout.
“It’s been quite sad in one way,”
Whittaker said.
“We were totally freehold, we
were insured. Then it was costing
$20,000 (a year) to insure the
clubrooms, storage and changing
sheds. We were basically nearly
going broke as a voluntary organisation
that was pretty much
only open Saturday afternoon’s
after footy.”
He credited devoted club
members for raising the funds to
cover those costs.
“The old brigade, our life
members have worked their butts
off to raise funds to get the clubrooms
up and running,” he said.
“They were running raffles on
a Thursday, Friday and Saturday
nights at the (Craythornes)
Halswell Tavern (Craythornes)
and doing barbecues just to raise
enough money to pay the insurance.”
Whittaker hoped the new clubrooms
would be used throughout
the week by sporting and community
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• By Bea Gooding
A COMMUNITY Safety
Initiative Working Group has
been formed to help crackdown
on increasing crime across three
western suburbs.
Avonhead, Russley and
Bishopdale were identified as
hot spots for vehicle-break ins,
stolen cars, smashed windows
and other petty crimes making
residents feel unsafe.
Organised by Christchurch
North Community Patrol and
Neighbourhood Support Canterbury,
with help from police
and the Fendalton-Waimairi-
Harewood Community Board,
the group aims to tackle this.
Patrol chairman Sam Hall said
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Support meant residents on the
ground could provide information
about incidents that patrol
volunteers were unaware of.
Support members knew their
neighbourhoods better which
provided a much better picture
for patrollers to relay timely and
accurate information to police.
“It’s hard to say if it’s an
increase, it moves from area
to area. People seem to target
[places] within two to 5km of
where they’re living,” he said.
“Most of it is people breaking
Lunch and Dinner
into cars, smashing windows
and stolen cars. The Avonhead
community are getting concerned
about crime in the area,
so we’ve been patrolling hot
spots heavily in the past couple
of months.”
The group is in its early stages.
Initial meetings determined
possible next steps, like facilitating
informal feedback from
communities who could selfidentify
hot spots to focus on.
Police statistics did not clearly
show an increase, but mounting
posts on neighbourhood
Facebook groups conveyed a
different story.
While it was being reported on
social media, it was not necessarily
being reported to more
official sources.
Having a dedicated group
with links to community organisations
and police meant
it provided a different way for
residents to report crimes, while
learning how to keep themselves
safe and getting to know their
neighbours.
“These meetings are for us to
brainstorm and get feedback
from people on the ground.
Police are so busy nowadays,
so that’s where the community
patrol comes in,” Hall said.
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Helping cats live out their nine
• By Bea Gooding
JOYCE LATHAM never grew up
with a pet.
But when a furry feline invited
itself into her family home one
day her relationship with cats
changed forever.
Now, the president of the Cats
Protection League Canterbury is
the proud owner of six cats, most
of whom have special needs.
And for the past 13 years, she
has been on a mission to save as
many cats in the city as possible.
“My family didn’t have cats,
but a cat walked in once and
from there, I became very much
a cat person,’’ said the Bryndwr
resident.
It was not difficult to foster
her own felines, she said, having
plenty of experience running a
cattery herself with usually 40 to
50 cats at a time.
The league rescue, rehabilitate
and rehome stray and
abandoned cats, and provide assistance
to those who could not
afford to desex their cats through
its Feline Fix programme.
Desexing your cat, particularly
tomcats, was crucial to help reduce
the rate of feline AIDS and
decrease the number of kittens
being brought into places like the
league.
About 50 volunteers came in
once a week to help out in the
cattery, office and shop, as well
as about four managers who
worked there regularly.
They also often found new
homes for cats that could no
longer be looked after, such as an
owner who was moving into a
retirement home.
Last year, the league rehomed
535 cats and kittens.
But it did not stop there – the
protection league provides emergency
cat food assistance and for
unexpected vet bills as well.
“Sometimes their own cats
have had kittens and we do take
them in when approached to
help rehome them,” Latham said.
“There are enough cats in
Christchurch and Canterbury
to go well around all of the organisations,
we’ve actually got a
MISSION:
Joyce Latham
with Hope
who has
found a new
home.
PHOTO:
GEOFF SLOAN
waiting list.”
Its second-hand shop in Linwood
was also a vital part of the
fundraising efforts, especially
with no government funding.
All store proceeds went towards
work to help the felines of
Canterbury.
When she is not reading or
gardening at home, Latham
volunteers her time feeding the
cats and acts as the matchmaker
when facilitating the rehoming
process.
After leaving a government
office job, she decided to dedicate
most of her energy to the league
and has done so since 2007.
“I like to match appropriate
cats to people with cats that suit
them,” she said.
“Some of them are a little older
or have special needs and need
medication, but we just talk with
people about what the cats are
like; their personalities.”
With so many success stories,
it was hard for Latham to pick
a particular instance that impacted
her the most.
But on the protection league’s
website, there were endless pages
of updates and photos from
owners on how their little furry
friend was getting along in their
new forever home.
There was one case where a lost
cat was brought into the cattery
and eventually reunited with its
owner after four years thanks to
its microchip.
Said Latham: “It’s why all of
us volunteer. When people give
feedback and say how the cats
have settled down, how much
they love them, it’s a constant
reward to know you’ve done a really
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lives
“It’s rewarding to know these
cats have had a second chance in
life and they’ve gone to really loving
homes.”
But there was always a downside.
Even though the league was
sheltered from tending to abused
or injured animals due to the
statutory role the SPCA played, it
was impossible to save them all.
During the Covid-19 level 4
lockdown, things were made
worse when they were unable to
rehome any cats.
But rest assured, the cats that do
need homes end up finding one,
even if it takes a couple of years.
“Cats are being surrendered to
us from homes, so we don’t see
the neglect and abuse – that’s the
SPCA’s role,” Latham said.
“The downside is knowing that
you can’t save every single cat out
there who don’t have homes and
aren’t desexed, therefore are having
kittens after kittens.
“But we save what we can and
focus on the ones we do save, and
that’s the main thing.”
Supervising the cattery did not
come with many challenges most
of the time, but if you had the passion,
it was all one needed.
“If anyone came here not liking
cats, you’d really have to question
why they’re there.”
Removal of parking questioned
• From page 1
Residents were also inconvenienced
as some equipment, such
as barriers, road cones or signage
remained on the road while
the consent awaited approval.
Riccarton ward councillor
Catherine Chu did not respond
to Western
News questions
by the deadline.
Said Wilson:
“The council
sent a letter to
residents but it
didn’t tell the
Catherine
Chu
whole truth, the
council was not
transparent to
residents about
the cause of the delay and they
didn’t admit it as their error.”
“Residents were inconvenienced
for two months, the
barriers set out on the roadside
adjoined their driveways and
had to stay there.
“How much has this incompetence
by the city council cost the
ratepayer?”
The South Express cycleway
will connect the edge of the city
in Templeton to the central city,
with part of it being built in Riccarton.
Connecting to Ballantyne
Ave from Main South Rd, the
INCONVENIENT: Artist impression of the cycleway being built on Perverel St next to
Harrington Park which has been a cause for concern.
IMAGE: CITY COUNCIL
cycleway will make its way
through parts of Suva St, Middleton
Rd and park, Lochee
Rd, Wharenui Rd, Peverel St,
Elizabeth St, Picton Ave and
Blenheim Rd to Hagley Park.
Along the northern side of
Peverel St, on-street parking will
be removed next to Harrington
Park to make way for the 3m,
two-way separated cycleway.
Wainui St resident Stephen
Kennington questioned whether
the removal of parking would
make access to Harrington Park
unsafe for pedestrians.
In the city council’s plan,
raised platforms are being built
at the Piko Cres, Centennial Ave
and Tika St intersections to improve
crossing points and slow
vehicles down as they approach
the road.
“The park is used by families,
on family fun days [there]
hundreds of adults and children
enjoy it,” he said.
“The problem I see is that
the cycleway is being placed
on the Harrington Park side
of Peverel St; losing the shady
parking. It will entail crossing
the street and a two-way cycle
lane to access the park from
parking on the other side of the
street.
“Is that a great idea?”
Ellis said the north side of
Peverel St was chosen to provide
better access for people walking
or biking to and through the
park.
It minimises the number
of vehicle entranceways the
cycleway needs to cross and
reduces parking impacts on
Harrington Dairy.
But in terms of delays on
Elizabeth St, Ellis said investigation
work on-site was done to
assess whether archaeological
authority was needed.
“It takes some time to apply
for and get an archaeological
authority, as there is some investigation
work that needs to be
done before it can be issued.”
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Air Force vet sponsors student for solo flight
WHEN AIR Force veteran
Derrick Hubbard flew solo
on his 90th birthday with the
Canterbury Recreational
Aircraft Club, he and his now
late wife, Vera, decided to pay it
forward.
Now 94, the Summerset at
Wigram retirement village
resident and his wife of 70 years
wanted to sponsor a young
person to experience the same
opportunity.
Derrick, originally from
England, joined the Royal Air
Force as an aircraft apprentice at
RAF Halton in 1943.
After serving as an engineer
alongside some Kiwis in No 24
Squadron during World War 2,
it cemented his desire to move to
New Zealand, which happened
in 1958.
He later joined the RNZAF
where he served for 24 years.
Amid the height of Covid-19
and following his wife’s death
last year, Derrick approached
CRAC flying instructor, Dave
Mitchell, and Air Force Museum
of New Zealand education
officer, Chris Davey, to seek out a
deserving young trainee pilot.
After a rigorous application
process, 16-year-old Rangiora
High School student Armani
Hansen received funding from
Derrick and Vera for lessons on
how to achieve a solo flight.
Armani has had a passion
for flight from a young age and
was already working part-time
at the Rangiora New World
supermarket to save for his longterm
goal to become a pilot.
He was also selected for a
Gateway Aviation programme at
high school to enhance his flight
theory knowledge.
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first solo flight. ​
Flight instructor Mitchell put
Armani through his paces in
weekly flying lessons. At the
Rangiora Airfield last week
Armani was scheduled for a
further flying lesson.
As with most trainee pilots,
he had no prior warning of his
solo flight, as it is only when
the student is deemed ready by
the instructor who gives the goahead
to take off on their own.
With Armani’s family secretly
escorted into the
CRAC clubrooms, the group
watched as Mitchell instructed
Armani through “touch and go”
circuits, before taxiing to the
clubrooms.
“I told him we were taxiing
back to the threshold for another
take-off, and when near the
clubhouse I added – ‘but this
time you are doing it on your
own. I am getting out now’,”
Mitchell said.
With Derrick watching from
his home at Summerset via video
call, Armani took off and did a
circuit of the airfield, with an
empty seat next to him.
As he executed “a textbook
landing,” he finally spotted his
family next to the clubhouse.
Said Armani: “It was a very
exciting and exhilarating
experience that I will never
forget. When Dave got off the
plane and said I was going to
go up solo, I couldn’t keep the
grin off my face, even though it
was nerve-racking; the thought
of knowing that I would be at
1200ft all alone.
“Thank you so much to
Derrick for giving me the
Hubbard flying opportunity
– I will be forever grateful.
Thanks to Chris for all of your
organising and for choosing me,
and to Dave for getting me ready
to go solo.”
Said Armani’s mother Serena:
“I was nervous and scared but,
above all, just so excited for him.
He’s worked so hard and been so
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HOME & HEATING
Ground moisture barrier
under low sub-floor
Now with the colder and wetter weather on
its way, home owners are focusing on ways
to make their homes comfortable, warm
and healthy for their families throughout
winter. Rising damp is an issue that affects
many of our older properties which suffer
from poor, or no, ground moisture barrier.
In Canterbury especially, post-quake, many
people have relocated to homes that suffer
from rising damp which can be associated
with health problems. Independent tests have
shown that up to 40 litres of water can rise
from the ground and enter a house every day,
leading to mildew, mould, condensation and
musty smells. Moulds can produce various
allergic reactions and the frail, elderly and
very young are especially vulnerable.
Canterbury Foam Concrete Ltd is a
locally owned and operated firm. The team
understands the problems caused by rising
damp and are there to help. They will come
to your damp home and pump a lightweight,
flowable foam concrete under your timber
floored home.
While insulation is important, it has been
recognised that it is dampness that is the real
villain in the house. The new Healthy Homes
Standards introduced by the government
effective from the 1st July 2019 now has
a requirement to install ground moisture
barriers, a key element in the armory to fight
moisture in the home.
Dr Larry Bellamy BE (hons) PhD in a
report dated 1988: Foam Concrete Under
Timber Floors: An Energy Analysis assessed
the effects of placing Foam Concrete over
damp soil and had this to say: Condensation
on the underside of a timber floor can occur
where the floor is suspended over damp
ground and the inside air temperature falls
close to the crawl space air temperature.
Much energy is required to vaporize moisture
that penetrates the structure. By avoiding
underfloor condensation, foam concrete can
reduce floor heat losses by up to 90%.
• Canterbury Foam Concrete Ltd can in most
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• We offer a free measure and quote in the
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Phone 03 376 4608, 0508FOAMCO or www.
foamconcrete.nz for more information.
Bathroom ventilation
The extraction of air from the bathroom
should be a priority for all houses and
commercial buildings.
Bathrooms can generate a large quantity
of steam and odours. It is important
this compromised air does not circulate
around the house.
Bathroom odours can be unpleasant,
especially when near living, sleeping or
working areas.
The moisture generated by showers and
baths can be damaging to your home and
furnishings and be a major contribution
to condensation. Damp houses are not a
healthy environment for anyone to live in,
especially for children or other vulnerable
people.
By extracting air from the bathroom to
outside, warmer air from inside the house
will move in to the bathroom. Whereas
opening a window can draw cold air
into the bathroom and blow the smelly,
moisture laden
bathroom air into
the house.
Modern houses
are built to be
very airtight and
require mechanical
ventilation such
as extraction fans
or heat exchanger
systems. Although
older houses can
be draughty, the air
often flows in the
wrong direction.
Therefore, they also
usually require mechanical ventilation to
keep the air quality higher.
The quality of the air we breathe affects
our health and ability to perform. We
breathe in and out approximately 20,000
litres of air every day. It is therefore very
important to ensure good air quality
indoors through adequate ventilation.
To ensure the quality of your air, contact
the experts. Smooth-Air Products can
calculate the required extraction for your
bathrooms, and look into air exchange for
your whole building. Smooth-Air offers a
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They have an extensive range of
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Maundy Thursday 1 April
12:05pm Midday Prayer
7:00pm Eucharist of the Last Supper
Good Friday 2 April
8:30am Morning Prayer
10:00am Children’s Service
12:00noon Celebration of the Lord’s Passion
Holy Saturday 3 April
12:noon: Midday Prayer
9:00pm The Great Vigil with the First
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Holy Communion &
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