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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.
And congratulations also to
the Charteris Bay ladies (page
9) for their outstanding form
again this season in the Boyle
Cup.
Their latest match saw a 3-2
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Cabbage trees to rise again
• By Samantha Mythen
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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Harbour firefighters raise $30k for blood
• By Samantha Mythen
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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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
Wednesday May 26 2021 Bay Harbour News
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.
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‘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.”
• By Samantha Mythen
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
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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
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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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School carving on
track for Matariki
• By Samantha Mythen
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
• By Samantha Mythen
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.
Bay Harbour News Wednesday May 26 2021
10
NEWS
LITTLE LANDSCAPER: A Governors Bay pupil helps with the
landscape design of the new school entrance.
PHOTO: SABINE FRIELINK
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Youth development funding criteria broadened
• By Samantha Mythen
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
• By Samantha Mythen
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
the Bay Harbour area who has
donated, entered our Spot the
Tops photo competition and
supported the new Te Ahu
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
become a foundation sponsor
of Te Ahu Pātiki park through
donating to the trust’s fundraising
appeal.
“The land purchase settles
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McCloy said.
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“The future shape of the park
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QE II National Trust regarding
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park,’’ McCloy said.
Said Thompson: “We are
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Company has come on board
as our first operational funding
sponsor.’’
The port company has offered
a 10-year financial commitment
to help with the core maintenance
work involved with managing the
new park. The trust is working
with sustainability manager Phil
de Joux to sort out details.
“We’ve asked both the city
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through their Long Term Plan
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hopeful that carbon credits will
provide an income once the
native forest regeneration is under The gulls look on, with the peaks of Mt Bradley and Mt
way,” Thompson said.
Herbert/Te Ahu Pātiki in the background.
“In the meantime, back in the
PHOTO: SAM BARROW
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Sue Church said.
“We’ve had some incredible
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wonderful cloudscapes –Te Ahu
Pātiki is such an amazing and
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ESTUARY MATTERS
Huge turnout for planting day
The Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutai Trust is a non-profit
organisation formed to protect one of New Zealand’s
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
into the Charlesworth Reserve
car park ready with spades,
gloves and enthusiasm.
Eighteen-month-old Hugo carried
by mum Merodie Rose was
keen to show me his wee spade
and the plant he was going to
plant in the reserve.
Fabulous to see 85 keen locals
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seedlings in the reserve to add to
the some 120.000 already planted
here since the start of this wetland
restoration project in 2004.
Even more encouraging was
the number of families present
this year (our 17th annual planting
event) to show the youngsters
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
roosting sites for birds, offsetting
carbon emissions, soil erosion
prevention, filtering polluted
water before it enters the estuary,
safe cycling and walking, providing
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All in all, a successful day organised
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the fabulous staff of Trees for
Canterbury native tree nursery.
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.
•For more information email
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KEEN HELPER: Merodie Rose and 18-month-old son
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Heathcote Community
Morning Tea
Wednesday, 10am-12pm
Everyone is invited to pop in
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Heathcote Community Centre
Harbour Toastmasters
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Held on the second and
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Community Garden Working
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Ferrymead Sumner Men’s
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Akaroa Library Book Club
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Thursday, 10.30-11.30am
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Saturday, 10am-12pm
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Drayton Reserve Working
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Saturday, 2-4pm
Help keep up with weeding,
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seedlings, and continuing
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area of Drayton Reserve. Meet at
the water bin below the junction
of Main and Avery tracks.
Drayton Reserve, Mt Pleasant
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Mercedes sedan high on luxury
I’LL BE brutally honest, I prefer
cars with big engines.
However, as time goes by any
engine that is honest has charmed
me, and it’s fair to say Mercedes-
Benz builds beautiful engines,
strong, smooth and efficient.
I mention big engines because
the new Mercedes-Benz E-Class
sedan has a V8 engine option,
and from previous experience
with that engine in other models
I can report it is an absolute
cracker in terms of performance.
The E-Class sedan also comes
in two four-cylinder variants
– the E300 e that is also a plugin
hybrid model, and the E200
which this evaluation focuses on.
I’m not complaining, the
E200 is a beautiful car and it’s
turbocharged four-cylinder
engine surely has the goods to
propel the vehicle in a manner
fitting of the Mercedes-Benz
brand.
The E200 sedan lands here at a
touch over $106,000, if you want
hybrid that will add an extra
$40k, while the E63 S V8 comes
in at a substantial $239,900, but
I’d be saving my pennies for that
one.
That aside, the E200 is a worthy
luxury car, and all those who
know me will tell you I like the
sedan concept and I also like rearwheel-drive.
Obviously the engine sits
longitudinally up front and drives
through a nine-speed automatic
gearbox.
Mercedes-Benz claims
power outputs of 145kW and
320Nm, these are up slightly
from previous generations of
this engine, those fitted in other
models from this high profile
German manufacturer.
The E200 is a big car (4.9m)
and it weighs in quite tubby
at around 1700kg, so it needs
as much energy under the
bonnet as it can get, and being
a turbocharged boosted unit it
develops strong torque through
the mid range, maximum spread
is available from just 1650rpm.
If you take into account peak
power registers at just 5500rpm
then there is little boost drop-off
anywhere in the rev range.
There’s also a claimed standstill
to 100km/h time of 7.5sec, which
is pretty smart for that bulk, and
it will also scamper through a
highway overtake in 5sec (80-
120km/h).
More importantly, though,
is the sophistication within the
driveline, the complex array of
gearbox ratios means that gaps
are filled seamlessly, the entire
transfer of power to the wheels is
smooth and controlled.
That’s the way it is in a
premium car, and the E200 is
quite simply built for the luxury
market, it cocoons the occupants
with plush deep dish seats
MERCEDES-BENZ E200: Vast array of specification and fitment, especially for safety.
covered in leather. There are all of
the trimmings you would expect
for $100k and the functions are
sophisticated yet laid out in an
intuitive manner. I particularly
like the steering wheel controls,
they have a non-haptic feel, you
just simply slide your fingers over
them to adjust settings.
There is also a wide touch
screen which extends almost the
entire width of the dash panel,
some of the functions can also
be manipulated by a centre
console mouse-like device. This is
something Mercedes-Benz does
well, the trim quality and fitment
is nothing short of exceptional.
That feel extends all of way to
ride comfort. The E200 doesn’t
get the air suspension of some of
its stablemates, but it does have
adaptive damping that imparts a
soft, supple ride.
SEDAN: The E200
is also available
with coupe or
cabriolet body
styles, and a
choice of engines.
• Price – Mercedes-Benz
E200 sedan, $106,600
• Dimensions – Length,
4935mm; width,
2065mm; height,
1460mm
• Configuration – Fourcylinder,
rear-wheeldrive,
1991cc, 145kW,
320Nm, nine-speed
automatic
• Performance –
0-100km/h, 7.5sec
• Fuel usage – 8l/100km
Saying that, there is little
handling compromise. The
E200 sits low so there is little
gravitational force working
over the suspension. Add in the
feel you get from rear-wheeldrive
then the E200 could also
be considered a driver’s car, it
feels lithe and nimble, which is
something you don’t ordinarily
experience in a bulky car. The
steering is absolutely delightful,
feedback from the low profile
19in Pirelli tyres is generated fully
to the wheel.
I took the test car west to
Darfield and through the scenic
route to Glenroy, the E200
covers open stretches quickly,
good use of the cruise control is
recommended. When the flowing
corners are presented turn-in
is sharp, while the push from
the rear end promotes a natural
handling sensation, and in the
tight stuff any feeling of oversteer
is quickly arrested by a complex
traction control system.
You don’t buy a prestige car
without receiving all of the safety
kit, the E200 is simply loaded
with features way too numerous
to mention. Much of it has been
upgraded from the previous
generation model, notably the
lane keep system which allows
the driver to relax his/her hands
on the wheel.
The E200 is also remarkably
thrifty. Mercedes-Benz claims
an eight-litre per 100km
combined cycle average. The
comprehensive fuel usage
displays were constantly listing
around 9l/100km during my
time in the evaluation car. That
aided by a 5.5l/100km figure
sitting at 100km/h on the
highway, the engine very relaxed
turning over at just 1500rpm in
ninth gear.
Mercedes-Benz doesn’t sit back
and let grass grow. The company
has a strong generational system,
and with such an extensive range
new models are arriving almost
on a constant basis.
The E200 sedan is very
classy and any purchaser will
be delighted with the way it
makes you feel inside the car.
The E-Class also has coupe or
cabriolet options.
I certainly I hope the E63 S
heads my way.
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