Bay Harbour: May 26, 2021

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Cabbage trees 

to rise again 

on causeway 

Page 3 

Firefighters raise 

$30k for blood 

cancer foundation 

Pages 4 & 5 

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Buoyant property market continues 

THE BOOMING property 

market has again been 

underlined with a sale in 

Mt Pleasant. 

The 800 sq m property 

at 5 Signal Rd was sold at 

auction for $1.17 million - 

well above its $890,000 2019 

rateable value. 

Said Paula and Simon 

Standeven of Ray White 

Ferrymead: “There’s no 

doubt the expansive views 

attracted buyers, along with 

the lifestyle, with all three 

of the registered buyers 

competing. 

• Turn to page 6 

BOOMING: This property on Signal Rd, Mt 

Pleasant, sold well over its 2019 rateable 

value. 

Call for 

dedicated 

patrol 

in port 

to tackle 

theft 

• By Samantha Mythen 

LYTTELTON residents want 

to take a stand against theft in 

the port through a dedicated 

community patrol. 

The port is a part of the City to 

Sumner Community 

Patrol’s area, 

however, it does 

not have a dedicated 

team or its own 

vehicle. 

Rhodry Yates 

posted to the 

Lyttelton Facebook 

group on Sunday 

proposing an open 

Rhodry 

Yates 

letter and a petition to “have our 

community safeguarded,” with 

a night watch programme and 

increased police presence. 

He asked for those interested in 

supporting him to submit to the 

online poll on his post. 

Within 24 hours more than 100 

people have already voted yes to a 

petition and letter. 

• Turn to page 5 

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CONGRATULATIONS to 

those volunteer firefighters 

who raised money for a great 

cause during the annual 

Sky Tower stair challenge in 

Auckland (see pages 4-5) at 

the weekend. 

More than $30,000 was 

raised by crews for the 

Leukemia and Blood Cancer 

Foundation. Firefighters had 

to carry 25kg of kit up 51 

flights of stairs (1103 steps), 

competing against crews from 

across New Zealand. 

That means having incredibly 

strong legs, huge stamina 

and great lungs – just the sort 

of qualities firefighters need in 

life and death situations. 

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Cabbage trees to rise again 


OLIVER LEWIS’ passion for 

cabbage trees prompted him to 

start a fundraiser to buy 24 of 

the robust-trunked and swordleafed 

trees. 

His goal: To replace the ones 

poisoned along the causeway 

section of the Coastal Pathway 

in 2018. 

Last week, in four hours, a 

fundraising goal of $633.60 

was reached. In total, $778 was 

raised, exceeding the amount 

needed to buy the 24 cabbage 

trees from Trees for Canterbury. 

Heathcote Ward city councillor 

Sara Templeton and Mayor 

Lianne Dalziel have both supported 

the fundraiser. 

Lewis started the fundraiser 

via a Givealittle page on May 13. 

Lewis, a freelance journalist, 

reported on the 2018 poisoning 

when he was working for The 

Press, calling it a “cold case cabbage 

tree killing”. The offender 

has not been found. 

“I’ve always felt miffed that 

someone had the audacity to 

poison the cabbage trees and on 

petty grounds,” said Lewis. 

“They should be replaced, 

protected and respected.” 

The reason behind Lewis’ 

fundraiser is his long-standing 

like of cabbage trees. “I have 

worked in Marlborough before, 

and along the east coast the 

cabbage trees stand out among 

the gold of the tussocks and the 

rust of the railways. They are 

beautiful trees,” he said. 

“They’re pioneering, they’re 

rugged – I quite like them.” 

Lewis said that unfortunately 

many people dislike the trees 

due to their habit of dropping 

tough leaves that often then get 

tangled up in lawnmowers. 

Lewis has since bought the 

trees and there will be a planting 

day in June in collaboration with 

the Christchurch Coastal Pathway 

Group and any volunteers 

who would like to help out. 

Pathway group chairman of 

the Hanno Sander said: “We’re 

excited that Oli’s fundraising to 

reinstate the trees has been so 

successful, with broad support 

from the community including 

the mayor. 

“We’re looking forward to a 

joint working bee where we’ll 

plant several hundred natives 

along Beachville Rd and the 

cabbage trees in their original 

locations.” 

Lewis still hopes to solve the 

mystery. Last week he dropped 

100 leaflets around Mt Pleasant, 

asking if anyone knew anything. 

If you have any information 

about the poisoning of the trees, 

email Oliver on oli.lewis720@ 

gmail.com 

ON THE CASE: Oliver Lewis has raised over $700 to 

replace cabbage trees on the causeway that were 

poisoned. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

NEWS 3 

June date for work on 

overgrown footpath 

The city council will clear an 

overgrown footpath in Diamond 

Harbour in June. The footpath 

runs from the Diamond Harbour 

shops to the new footpath in 

Pūrau, but is overgrown with 

vegetation and is slumping. Seven 

complaints since 2017 prompted 

the Banks Peninsula Community 

Board to request action. 

Donations help brigade add 

4WD vehicle to firepower 

Diamond Harbour Fire 

Brigade has bought a new 4WD 

emergency response vehicle, with 

donations from the community. 

The double cab and chassis truck 

is having special wheels and tyres 

and a winch fitted. A custom rear 

body with locking cabinets is also 

on its way. 

Worn-out guard rails to get 

replaced this month 

Work will start this week on 

replacing guard rails along 

Main Rd and Beachville Rd. The 

work was not prompted by any 

incidents; rather, the rails were 

due to be replaced. Completion 

of the work is expected in May. 

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4 

NEWS 


Harbour firefighters raise $30k for blood 


MORE THAN $30,000 was 

raised by Lyttelton Harbour’s 

volunteer fire brigades for the 

Leukemia and Blood Cancer 

Foundation. 

Volunteers from the 

Governors Bay, Lyttelton and 

Diamond Harbour brigades 

climbed the 51 flights of stairs in 

the Sky Tower Stair Challenge in 

Auckland on Saturday, wearing 

full firefighting kit. 

Lyttelton was the ninth best 

fundraising team in the annual 

event involving firefighters 

across New Zealand, raising 

$19,166 for the cause. Team 

members were Andrew Legge, 

Craig Smith, Peter Lauryssens, 

Coral Mazlin-Hill, Walter Gray, 

Philip Leabourn and Kevin 

Hurl. 

Leabourn came 21st out of 

139 people in his category with a 

time of 14min 41sec. 

Legge finished 40th in his 

category of 293 people with a 

time of 13min 51sec. 

THe Governors Bay crew 

was made up of Matt Annand, 

Anita Norris, Mike Smith and 

Vaughan Jones, Rob Dantzer 

and Mel Dixon. 

THe most impressive time 

was completed by Jones, who 

completed the challenge in 

12min 36sec wearing full kit 

with breathing apparatus. He 

CHALLENGERS: Members of the Governors Bay Volunteer Fire Brigade stand proudly 

after all completing the Sky Tower Challenge. (Rear) – Mel Dixon, Anita Norris, Matt 

Annand and Vaughan Jones. (Front) – Rob Dantzer and Mike Smith, 

ranked 24th overall, and 13th in 

his age group. 

Dixon was not far behind, 

time wise, at 14min 15sec in the 

rural category, placing second 

in her rural class. Dixon carried 

a chainsaw on a frame, while 

wearing the rural firefighting 

kit. 

Rohin Palmer, representing 

the Diamond Harbour 

Volunteer Fire Fighter Brigade 

raised $2088 and came 54th 

overall. 

Over 900 firefighters from 

around the country competed 

and together they raised more 

than $1.3 million. 

IMPRESSIVE FEAT: Diamond 

Harbour volunteer firefighter 

Rohin Palmer raised $2088 

as part of the Auckland 

Sky Tower challenge on 

Saturday. 

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cancer foundation 


The team from the Lyttelton Volunteer Fire Brigade. From left – Peter Lauryssens, Philip 

Leabourn, Coral Mazlin-Hill, Walter Gray, Kevin Hurl, Craig Smith and Andrew Legge in 

front. 

• From page 1 

Yates has been in discussion 

about this initiative with Banks 

Peninsula Community Board 

member Reuben Davidson. 

“There is definitely a place in 

Lyttelton for a community patrol 

to work in tandem with the police,” 

Davidson said. 

A meeting has been organised 

this weekend between community 

patrol members and those who 

may be interested in a community 

watch programme. 

“If people put their thoughts 

and effort together, we can take 

some action and see a result,” 

Yates said. 

Yates said they need 14 active 

participants in order to gain access 

to a community patrol vehicle. 

Said Yates: “From there I’d like 

to see the petition getting a lot of 

notice and input, as many people 

as possible signing it for the next 

steps of action.” 

Yates would also like to see the 

police based in Lyttelton station 

involved in the initiative too. 

Said Yates. “We have great local 

police here. They do good work 

and are good people. 

“I want to see how we can give 

them more noise and support 

so they can get more funding or 

whatever it is they need to make 

something happen.” 

Lyttelton police Sergeant 


NEWS 5 

Bid to get community 

patrol vehicle 

•HAVE YOUR SAY: Do 

you support a stronger 

community patrol in 

Lyttelton? Email samantha. 

mythen@starmedia.kiwi 

Gerard Peoples supports the 

effort. 

“Community patrols are a 

perfect embodiment of how the 

community can not only support 

police in our role but to also enable 

the community to come together 

to perform its own duty to prevent 

crime and disorder,” he said. 

Yates has lived in Lyttelton for 

two years, working as a musician, 

chef, Hope River Pies stallholder 

and gardener. His father, Julian 

Yates, was a Black Cat Cruise boat 

captain in Akaroa, who was killed 

when a detached trailer crashed 

into his van in October last year. 

Yates said he knew theft had 

always been an ongoing grievance 

in the harbour. 

He realised he too could be a 

target after he started his gardening 

business Lyttel Helper last 

year, investing in a company car 

and expensive tools of the trade. 

Yates knew there was a community 

patrol but had never seen 

its presence in Lyttelton. There 

have previously been calls to 

establish a stronger community 

patrol in the port. 

Six years ago I spent several days at Birdlings Flat, 

an area I had not visited for over twenty years. 

It was a visit that would influence my painting 

in many ways. It added to my lexicon of places 

beside the sea that I often draw upon when 

working. 

Visually I was inspired by the shape of the hills 

and the conversations between sea, sky and land. 

I appreciated the austere elemental geology of 

the place. Not to get too esoteric about it, but I 

felt comfortable being uncomfortable there. 

Since then I have visited various parts of Banks 

Peninsula on a regular basis and each time I have 

come away with something new to explore via 

painting. 

Unlike earlier paintings these works are not 

seeking to capture or convey these landscapes. 

They are certainly shaped by it, but essentially 

are by-products of time spent walking, biking, or 

simply sitting and looking at local places. 

Acrylic on canvas 1530 x 1015mm 

Acrylic on canvas 1530 x 1015 

Brent Forbes was born 1968 in Timaru, South 

Canterbury, where he now resides. He completed 

study at Aoraki Polytechnic in 1988 and Nelson 

Polytechnic in 1994. Forbes regularly exhibits 

throughout New Zealand and has works in private 

collections locally and in Australia, Great Britain, 

Germany and U.S.A. 

Brent Forbes’ exhibition runs from 29th May to 22nd June at the Little River Gallery. 

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Round Here 

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NEWS 

‘Market is still 

red-hot right now’ 

• From page 1 

“Our vendor was downsizing, and 

we were able to attract more than 

40 groups through during the open 

homes – that competition was also 

seen come auction day with strong 

active bidding.” 

The three bedroom property has 

panoramic views across to the Southern 

Alps and ocean. 

Ray White New Zealand auctioneer 

Ben East said the auction capped a 

great week for the company with eight 

properties selling for more than $4.8 

million combined in Christchurch. 

“There’s no doubt the expansive 

views attracted buyers, along with the 

lifestyle, with all three of the registered 

buyers competing,” he said. 

“The remarkable thing we’re seeing 

is terrific success for our sellers 

across all price points – ranging from 

$366,000 – up into the millions,” said 

“The majority of our auctions attract 

active bidding and once the competition 

really kicks off, and with demand 

still outstripping the supply of property, 

we’re still seeing some excellent 

outcomes for our valued sellers. The 

market is still red-hot right now.” 


TRANSFERRED by road at 

4.30am on May 14 and lifted 

on site via two cranes and the 

help of 20 contractors, the blue 

room – once used as the Mt 

Pleasant Community Centre – 

has found its new home. 

It now sits among the fields of 

flowers at Aromaunga Baxters 

Flowers in Heathcote. 

The Baxter family, who have 

owned the florist business for 

40 years, bought the blue room 

from the city council. 

After the February 22, 2011, 

earthquake destroyed the Mt 

Pleasant Community Centre, a 

temporary building was set up 

in its place – it’s blue walls giving 

it the name of blue room. 

Because a new community centre 

has since been built, the blue 

room is no longer needed. 

John Baxter said they purchased 

the building as their 

business is expanding and they 

needed more shed space. 

The blue room will now we 

used for flower processing, 

where the picked flowers are 

trimmed and bunched for their 

shop and at markets. 

“We’re excited to have the 

blue room here,” Baxter said. 

“It has a lot of history.” 

Baxter said when he and 

one of his brothers Mike went 

to view the blue room before 

purchasing it, he could already 

picture it being on site in 

Heathcote. 

“It was a little building that 


106-year-old is ‘a real gem’ 

• By Samantha Mythen (the organisation that owns Edith 

Cavell is just older than Mary – 

WORLD WAR 1 was in 

having turned 106 in February. 

its second year when Mary 

Mary lived in Bedfordshire 

Brackenbury was born on 

until, at the age of 90, she bravely 

May 13, 1915, in Bedfordshire, 

said goodbye to her friends in the 

England. 

United Kingdom and immigrated 

Now, at 106, Mary has celebrated 

another year of her life 

to Christchurch to be closer to 

her daughter. 

with friends and family out at her 

During World War 2, she 

home at Edith Cavell Lifecare, in 

was a volunteer with the Royal 

Sumner. 

Observer Corps, a civil defence 

The celebrations at Edith Cavell 

organisation that worked to spot 

were followed by a family lunch 

and identify enemy aircraft over 

at 50 Bistro her favourite restaurant 

at The George. As she has 

Britain. 

Still in good health now, Mary 

done for the last six years, Mary 

has been active in the St Andrews 

received cards from the Queen, 

Redcliffs Anglican church. 

Governor-General,Dame Patsy 

Said Wallace: “Mary is not 

Reddy, and Jacinda Adern. 

really sure of the secret to long 

Edith Cavell Lifecare manager 

life, but she tells us her four 

Scott Wallace said: “We are delighted 

to have Mary as a resident 

grandchildren and eight great 

grandchildren give her a constant 

and were even more delighted 

zest for life.” 

to help her celebrate her 106th 

“She is a real gem,” he said. 

birthday.” 

Wallace said Mary is their 

oldest resident, with the next BIRTHDAY CHEER: Mary 

resident aged 102. 

Brackenbury recently turned 

However, he said the oldest 106 at Edith Cavell Lifecare 

resident within Heritage Lifecare rest home.. 

Blue room gets new home at florist business 

needed a home,” he said. 

Said Mt Pleasant Community 

Centre president Rebekah 

McCullough said: “ We’re 

thrilled the blue room has gone 

there and it’s wonderful it can 

still be a part of our extended 

community. 

“We are pleased they can use 

the room and that they appreciate 

its history.” 

Said market and centre co-ordinator 

Di Richardson: “We 

are so delighted it has gone to 

a good home and is still in the 

neighbourhood.” 

Baxter joked that although 

the space was needed for their 

flower processing, he loved table 

tennis, and the space looked 

perfect for setting up a table 

tennis tournament. 

“We’ll see what happens,” he 

said. 

Baxter and his two brothers, 

Mike and Richard – ‘the Baxter 

boys’ – run and own the florist. 

BAXTER BOYS: John and Mike Baxter are excited to fill their 

new blue room with flowers. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN



NEWS 7 

Peninsula drought worst in 25 years 

Frank Film reports 

on farmers doing 

it tough. To watch 

the video go to 

nzherald.co.nz 

TIM DAVIE, director of science 

at Environment Canterbury, 

pauses in a stony gully, a narrow 

trough between banks of 

browning grass. It was not what 

he expected to see. 

“I was hoping 

to show you 

some water on 

the Port Hills,” 

he tells Frank 

Film. 

“But there’s 

nothing here. 

Tim Davie 

Normally this 

pond would be 

full of water, up 

to my waist.” 

On the western flank of 

Pigeon Bay, Edward Aitken of 

Craigforth farm walks across the 

parched ground of his sheep and 

cattle farm. 

The scenery is dramatic, the 

hills a uniform brown against a 

relentlessly blue sky. “These paddocks 

would normally have new 

grass and established greenfield 

crops. 

“They’ve been fallow now since 

last November. There is absolutely 

no moisture in the sub-soil.” 

Sixth generation Banks Peninsula 

farmer Hamish Craw of 

Ridgecliff farm said he has never 

seen it this bad. 

“In the 25 years I’ve farmed, 

this is by far the worst I’ve 

experienced. The risk is, we get a 

cold winter with minimal grass 

growth and we’ll struggle to feed 

stock to their potential.” 

“The dry” – it is a term normally 

associated with the arid 

landscape of Australia. Now it is 

being repeated through much of 

New Zealand’s east coast. 

Data from the eastern bays of 

Banks Peninsula recorded only 

44mm of rain between January 

and March – the average for that 

period is 148mm. 

Last year, the region received 

only half the usual annual 

rainfall. 

PARCHED: Dry pastures on Banks Peninsula are causing headaches for farmers. 

Droughts, of course, are part 

of a natural cycle on the peninsula, 

MetService meteorologist 

Lewis Ferris said. 

“If you have been farming 

around Canterbury long enough 

you probably would have been 

through a few big ones.” 

Rain records show a pattern of 

dry patches throughout the year, 

followed by wet ones. 

The drought of 1988-89 hit 

Banks Peninsula farmers hard. 

“We were unable to sell stock. 

The market price was terrible,” 

said Ferris. 

“We sold lambs for $2 and 

ewes for $10. What saved us here 

Lewis 

Ferris 

Edward 

Aitken 

on the east coast is the irrigation 

– there is always someone now 

with irrigation who can buy your 

stock.” 

The difference now, said Ferris, 

is that both the air and the land 

are hotter. 

FRUSTRATED: Hamish and Annabel Craw are moving 

stock for grazing elsewhere. PHOTOS: FRANK FILM 

“So we see evaporation happening 

more readily.” 

Said Davie about hydrology: 

“The water across Banks Peninsula 

is not connected to the 

Canterbury Plains aquifers. 

“Rather, it comes from rain 

seeping down through the 

cracks and fractures of the basalt 

rock before emerging as small 

springs that feed into the rivers 

and streams. 

“Climate change predictions 

are for longer dry periods, and 

when it does rain, it is more 

intense rain which runs off more 

quickly. There is less held in the 

rocks, so there are significant 

changes we are likely to see in 

the streams of Banks Peninsula.” 

The long dry spells are expected 

to continue, at least until July. 

For the farmers of Banks Peninsula, 

their choices are limited. 

You sell the stock, feed the 

stock “or send them out to grazing,” 

Aitken said. 

“If you can, grazing is usually 

the best option.” 

Due to limited grass growth, 

the Craws are moving stock off 

the peninsula for grazing over 

winter. 

“It is frustrating having to do 

this,” Annabel Craw said. 

“It’s not what we’ve budgeted 

for, or planned for, but we need 

to make sure our stock stay in 

good condition ready for calving 

next spring.” 

Aitken is selling some of his 

cows, some have been moved for 

grazing elsewhere. 

“Apart from one small mob, 

the whole cow herd really has 

gone, and lots of other stock as 

well.” 

If the effects of the dry continue 

for a couple of years, “we will 

get some pasture damage. And it 

will take us a while to build our 

stock numbers back up again,’’ 

he said. 

As with other Banks Peninsula 

farmers, he will be asking the 

hard question: “Do we have the 

right numbers and the right type 

of animal on properties such as 

this?’’ 

Already he is looking at changing 

his grass mix, aiming for a 

hardier, more robust drought-resistant 

species. 

The Craws too are looking at 

improving the resilience of their 

farm. 

“We probably are going to 

experience drier patterns so we 

have to adjust the way we farm 

the land and look after our pastures,” 

said Hamish Craw. 

“Other strategies we’ve got is 

making sure we’ve got a good 

genetic basis – we are targeting 

intra-muscular fat in our cattle 

and sheep.” 

The Craw family has also been 

planting native trees to improve 

the biodiversity of their farm but 

it has been a challenging season 

to start the venture. 

While trees in the gully and in 

the wetter spots have done well, 

“there’s a few up on these ridges 

that have been hammered by the 

dry,” Annabel said. 

“We’re looking at planting 

more drought-tolerant species 

next year.” 

As the dry continues, these 

farmers are being forced into 

planning not just for the seasonal 

blip but for long-term changes 

on the land. 

“The climate has been changing,” 

Ferris said. 

“We’ve been seeing it changing. 

It’s not a future problem. It’s 

a problem now.” 

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NEWS 9 

School carving on 

track for Matariki 


A POUWHENUA designed 

by the children who attend the 

Kidsfirst Diamond Harbour 

kindergarten is expected to be 

completed in time for Matariki, 

on June 24. 

The work is part of a project 

by local Damian Mackie and the 

Whakaraupo Carving Centre 

Trust in Lyttelton to create three 

pouwhenua. 

Mackie said Diamond Harbour 

School had been upgrading 

classrooms and school grounds 

based on a cultural narrative, 

collaborating with Te Hapū o 

Ngāti Wheke in Rapaki. 

Traditionally, pouwhenua 

were carved by Māori to mark 

territorial boundaries or significant 

areas. 

One of the other pouwhenua 

carved by Mackie will be donated 

to the Diamond Harbour 

community. The community 

itself, like the kindergarten, will 

WORK IN PROGRESS: Damian Mackie carves the first 

pouwhenua to stand at Diamond Harbour School. 

provide input on its design. 

The final pouwhenua, 5.4m 

high, will be created by the 

carving centre for the school. All 

three will be located on school 

grounds. 

“This project helps to shape 

and create a community that 

is inclusive of every race and 

colour, not only for the community 

of today but also for their 

descendants,” said Mackie. 

The first intricately painted 

wooden post was designed by 

Mackie and the children who 

attend the kindergarten. 

Kidsfirst teacher Rebecca 

Thomas said they had been 

teaching the children what a 

pouwhenua stands for and had 

asked them to brainstorm what 

is important to them about 

Diamond Harbour and its place 

in Lyttelton Harbour and the 

Banks Peninsula. 

Local Wally Hemapo supported 

the kindergarten community 

to sand and prepare the pouwhenua 

on the kindergarten 

deck and the children have been 

part of each step in the creation 

of their pouwhenua. 

The kindergarten children 

learned how to draw paua, kina, 

fish and octopus. Mackie then 

took these designs as inspiration 

for carving the 1.7m pouwhenua. 

The final design represents 

the ebb and flow of the tide in 

Lyttelton Harbour. 

“Our pou signifies kaitiakitanga 

[guardianship], which is a 

key value for us at the kindergarten,” 

said Thomas. 

Mackie is the centre manager 

and a kaiwhakairo/carver at the 

Carving Centre Trust, based in 

Lyttelton. 

PINK POWER: Lyttelton Primary School showed its colours 

for Pink Shirt Day. (Above) – Addison, Blaise, Heidi, Tao and 

Zaza. (Below) – Alain and Charlie; Rita and Rosa. 

Pupils don pink to take a stand 

LYTTELTON PRIMARY School 

was coloured pink on Friday as 

pupils took part in Pink Shirt 

Day, encouraging people to stand 

up against bullying. 

The student council organised 

a sausage sizzle, the meat 

donated by the Mad Butcher on 

Aldwins Rd, and raised $315 for 

the Mental Health Foundation. 

During the day, pupils handed 

out compliments, identifying 

good qualities in each other. 

Pink Shirt Day showcases the 

school’s values of respect, empathy 

and perseverance. 

Lady golfers keen to keep hands on Boyle Cup 


THE CHARTERIS Bay Golf Club is hoping to hold the highly 

sought after Boyle Cup for the third season in a row. 

Last Wednesday they retained the cup with a 3-2 win over 

the Everglades. 

The Boyle Cup is a prestigious interclub challenge trophy for 

Canterbury golf teams. 

It was presented to the Christchurch in 2014. The women’s 

committee of that club has since administered the tournament. 

Challengers for the cup may only be golf clubs associated 

with Canterbury Golf. The cup is held by the holder until they 

are challenged and beaten by another club. 

Charteris Bay has held the cup since 2018, although last 

year’s competition was missed due to Covid-19. 

Their first challenger for 2021 was Christchurch, and the 

Charteris Bay ladies won by a slim margin. 

They have four more games to go, with their next challenger 

being Rangiora, competing on June 24. 

Club secretary Robin Williams said: “We are looking forward 

to it.” 

Teams are made up of five players and five caddies. The maximum 

handicap index is 35.0. 

Clubs wanting to challenge, send an application to the club 

holding the cup. Challengers are selected by ballot and notified 

accordingly. The games are held on the current cup holder’s 

golf course. 

WINNERS: The winning team and their caddies – Chris Brodie, Denise Whitebread, Carole Steele, 

Debbie Redmond and Julie Sims. Caddies are Sue Doak, Robin Williams, Jan Barkle, Nicky Coop 

and Ron Kennedy.


10 

NEWS 

LITTLE LANDSCAPER: A Governors Bay pupil helps with the 

landscape design of the new school entrance. 

PHOTO: SABINE FRIELINK 


Youth development funding criteria broadened 


A YOUTH development fund 

has become more accessible, 

allowing young people aged 

between 10 and 20 years to now 

apply. 

The decision to change the 

age from 12-20 to the broader 

age range was approved by 

the Banks Peninsula 

Community Board last Monday. 

Community board 

chairwoman Tori Peden said 

they made this decision as they 

all wanted to make sure the 

fund was available to as many 

young people as possible. 

“This is a great thing we 

can do for youth in our 

community,” she said. 

The board was prompted 

to reassess the eligibility 

criteria after they were 

approached by two sisters for 

funding. 

Unfortunately, one of the 

sisters was outside of the criteria 

and so had to miss out. 

Said Peden: “If a young 

person is going to represent 

their city or country, they 

should have the chance to 

Governors Bay School entrance nears completion 

apply for this fund.” 

The board had investigated 

the eligibility age range and 

although it currently falls 

within the ranges used to 

identify ‘youth’ within New 

Zealand, they could see no 

reason barring them from 

increasing the range, aligning 

with other national and 

international definitions of 


THE NEW school entrance to 

Governors Bay School is nearing 

completion, and the pupils 

cannot wait to get amongst it 

and play. 

Over the school holidays in 

April, contractors worked away 

on creating the new space. 

The entrance includes a 

concrete path leading from the 

gate into the grounds and a new, 

natural play area. 

The play area is made up of 

three mounds, which reflect the 

Port Hills. 

Principal Meagan Kelly explained 

this links to the school’s 

cultural narrative. 

“We will use these ‘hills’ as 

part of our learning when looking 

at local stories and histories,” 

she said. 

“We consulted with mana 

whenua on this space and we are 

really excited about being able 

to connect to our local environment.” 

The final phase of the project 

is creating a safe cultural space 

at the entrance for visitors to 

the school including important 

guests, new whānau and 

tamariki. 

Visitors will wait in space 

before they are invited onto the 

school grounds. 

The school has been working 

with Te Hapū o Ngāti Wheke 

and Matauraka Mahaanui for 

this part of the project. 

Board of trustees member 

Terry White has been in charge 

of the project. 

youth. 

The new range acknowledges 

that individual youth mature 

at different ages due to a varied 

array of factors such as culture 

and disability. 

The fund was established a 

decade ago. 

“Hopefully this means we will 

get more applications coming in 

for the fund,” said Peden. 

Landscape architect Bex 

Jenkinson designed the space. 

Her daughter attends the school, 

providing a special connection 

for the project. 

She said her brief was to create 

an entrance way that would be 

multi-use. 

“I wanted it to have the aspect 

where children could quickly 

run away from their parents, 

enter the school and instantly 

feel at play,” she said. 

Family members of pupils 

helped with the planting, as well 

as the pupils themselves. Landscapes 

Unlimited and the Big 

Little Tree Company also helped 

out with supplies. 

Said Kelly: “We are really 

excited to have a better-defined 

school entrance and will enjoy 

the lack of mud this winter.” 

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Te Ahu Pātiki project gains traction 

“THANKS TO everyone in 

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donated, entered our Spot the 

Tops photo competition and 

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Pātiki park in a myriad of 

ways,” says Rod Donald Banks 

Peninsula Trust manager Suky 

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June is the last month to 

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The port company has offered 

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Herbert/Te Ahu Pātiki in the background. 

“In the meantime, back in the 

PHOTO: SAM BARROW 

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Huge turnout for planting day 

The Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust is a non-profit 

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most important coastal wetlands. Each week, board 

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its rich history and what makes it unique. This week 

Tanya Jenkins writes about a successful planting day at 

Charlesworth Reserve 

IT IS 10am on Sunday, May 16, 

and volunteers are streaming 

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car park ready with spades, 

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Eighteen-month-old Hugo carried 

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Even more encouraging was 

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how and why we plant here. 

The why of course being a list 

NATURE: More than 80 volunteers flocked to 

Charlesworth Reserve to plant 1400 native trees as part 

of the Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust’s restoration 

projects. 

of very good reasons including 

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food for birds, nesting and 

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And now? We have another 

1400 trees to be weeded. You are 

welcome of course, to assist on 

Sundays between 2 and 4pm for 

this task. 

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Hugo with his spade ready to help planting. 

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Heathcote Community Centre 

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Community Garden Working 

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Mercedes-Benz doesn’t sit back 

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5. A measure of what one plants on the 

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7. It is merely that this child has no 

siblings (4) 

8. Step down might do: no time to 

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9. Setback for French poetry in genuine 

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11. Something that’s done backwards 

and forwards (4) 

12. From which people look down on 

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15. One may study a religious portrait 

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17. Tug one with 7 that may be remote 

(8) 

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21. Why include the additive number as 

it separates from the curd? (4) 

22. Cinders, a disreputable woman? (4) 

23. Classic race may go ahead in the 

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dandy (7) 

2. The hound will give voice in the 

recess (3) 

3. They are taken by partisans of both 

the Left and the Right (5) 

4. Sort of meal everybody turns up to, 

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5. Being well, it’s what one’s clothes 

do (3) 

6. Bracing air, a belt of which starts with 

oxygen (5) 

10. Girl on Ecstasy put up by another 

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11. Lady, about fifty, to exchange 

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16. State that takes me in if I’ve got the 

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20. Urge one on with a lay product (3) 

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7. Regret (3) 

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9. Male feline (6) 

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