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THURSDAY, JUNE 3, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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• By Matt Slaughter<br />
CLAUDIA JARDINE is doing<br />
what many poets only dream of.<br />
She is being paid to write<br />
poetry and live in a space known<br />
for breeding creativity, The Arts<br />
Centre.<br />
The 25-year-old, who recently<br />
moved back home to Christchurch<br />
after studying classics at Victoria<br />
University of Wellington, is<br />
one of four artists selected for The<br />
Arts Centre’s Arts Four Creative<br />
Residency programme, between<br />
now and July. It is being funded<br />
with support from Creative New<br />
Zealand and the Stout Trust.<br />
The artists are living in the<br />
residence above Lumiere Cinema<br />
on Rolleston Ave, which opened<br />
in 2019.<br />
By the end of the 12 weeks, each<br />
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their chosen art form.<br />
Jardine aims to complete her<br />
first full collection of poetry,<br />
which explores the themes of<br />
textile manufacture in the ancient<br />
world and the history of the<br />
women in her own family.<br />
A particular focus of her poetry<br />
will be on loom weights, a type<br />
of ancient weaving tool used to<br />
weigh down warp threads, which<br />
hung from looms.<br />
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WEAVING: Claudia Jardine is combining textile themes with family history during her Arts Centre residency.<br />
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parks. The switch to these<br />
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The city council has banked<br />
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Smart bins have a larger capacity<br />
and sensor technology which<br />
TIDY: One of the bins that are being introduced to Christchurch parks. PHOTO: NEWSLINE<br />
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Community parks, with high<br />
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“Not all of the 840 old-style<br />
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parks will be replaced with a<br />
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“The majority of customer<br />
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in order to protect the environment,<br />
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Using science and recycling as a way<br />
• By Bea Gooding<br />
RUDY KRAMERS considers<br />
himself a bit of a mad scientist.<br />
“I love blowing things up. I<br />
used to spend a lot of time at<br />
my kids’ school doing science<br />
demonstrations – the bigger the<br />
bang, the more excited they got.”<br />
For as long as he can remember,<br />
science and technology have<br />
run through his veins. And while<br />
most people shied away from live<br />
electricity, Kramers gravitated<br />
towards it.<br />
It is what made him the<br />
perfect fit to join the team at<br />
Molten Media Trust, a charity<br />
that promotes the ethical<br />
recycling of electronics by refurbishing<br />
devices destined for<br />
landfill.<br />
Said Kramers: “I love the idea<br />
of electrons running through<br />
a wire, you can’t see it, but you<br />
know it’s there. And if there’s<br />
enough of it, you can feel it, even<br />
if it means getting an electric<br />
shock.”<br />
Molten Media stopped 30<br />
tonnes of electronic waste from<br />
going to landfill last year.<br />
Eighty to 90 per cent of<br />
dismantled component parts<br />
are also diverted away from the<br />
dump.<br />
People and businesses donate<br />
unwanted TVs, computers,<br />
phones, printers and other<br />
ZERO WASTE: Rudy Kramers is the perfect fit as trustee of Molten Media because science<br />
and technology run through his veins.<br />
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
devices for the trust to repair or<br />
refurbish.<br />
They are often stripped for<br />
parts that are either sold through<br />
the trust’s online store or put<br />
towards building something new<br />
to donate to community groups<br />
who cannot afford brand new<br />
devices, like computers.<br />
A software developer by<br />
trade, Kramers’ arrival as a<br />
trustee last year came at a time<br />
when the charity was entering<br />
“dangerous territory” as a result<br />
of Covid-19.<br />
It was on the brink of closure<br />
after operating for more than<br />
two decades. Income dropped<br />
to “almost nothing” during the<br />
lockdown as donations stopped<br />
flowing in.<br />
Excluding the trustees, there<br />
were only two staff on hand to<br />
process a massive backlog of<br />
electronics needing to be taken<br />
apart.<br />
Tasks like separating plastic<br />
away from steel were timeconsuming<br />
enough as it is.<br />
“Covid was the final nail in the<br />
coffin. Having the money to pay<br />
rent each month was the crux of<br />
whether the place was viable or<br />
not,” Kramers said.<br />
“Trying to sell stuff is getting<br />
harder because companies like<br />
PB Tech and Noel Leeming are<br />
selling stuff so much cheaper<br />
than they ever have.<br />
“We’d be lucky to get $50 for a<br />
second-hand TV.”<br />
Selling parts and refurbished<br />
devices to help cover funding<br />
shortfalls got more challenging<br />
because people were willing to<br />
pay less.<br />
“Metal prices are trending<br />
downwards,” said Kramers.<br />
“Countries like China who are<br />
big buyers of steel and scrap were<br />
paying less for it, so the amount<br />
of money we were getting from<br />
metal recyclers has [also] gone<br />
down.<br />
But following personal cash<br />
injections from the pockets of<br />
trustees, Kramers felt confident<br />
the trust can be self-sufficient<br />
again without relying on grants,<br />
which were hard to come by.<br />
His confidence derives from<br />
a place of wanting to see the<br />
charity succeed and a passion for<br />
sustainability, even if it did come<br />
with its frustrations.
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to look after the environment<br />
If only businesses took more<br />
steps to reduce waste by being<br />
actively involved in where it went<br />
next and ensuring products were<br />
made to last in the first place.<br />
Things like household appliances<br />
produced en masse to be<br />
sold in chain stores may lower<br />
the cost for consumers, but not<br />
the cost it has on the environment.<br />
Said Kramers: “I’m disappointed<br />
that we haven’t dealt with this<br />
sooner because it’s a problem that<br />
people have talked about for a<br />
long time, everyone keeps sweeping<br />
it into the too hard basket.<br />
“It blows me away what comes<br />
through the door, you can tell<br />
someone purchased it earlier in<br />
the year and it’s already in the<br />
bin.”<br />
Kramers channels this energy<br />
into educating the next generation<br />
the reason why organisations<br />
like Molten Media exist.<br />
He has been involved with the<br />
trust since its early days to enable<br />
better access to raw materials for<br />
this purpose.<br />
Along with teaching children<br />
how to code, the workshops allow<br />
them to experiment with recycled<br />
parts.<br />
It could be using a motor that<br />
used to power a printer – perfect<br />
for building robots.<br />
After all, they are the ones who<br />
have to deal with the waste later<br />
on, he said.<br />
“It gives kids an opportunity to<br />
see what happens to old computers<br />
when they die, and we can<br />
explain to them how much bad<br />
materials are inside them.<br />
“I think phones are one of<br />
the worst as far as the number<br />
of toxic chemicals that go into<br />
building it.<br />
“One of the things they enjoy<br />
the most is ripping something<br />
apart or throwing too many volts<br />
into something and finding out<br />
how much it takes before smoke<br />
comes out.”<br />
A portion of laptops and desktop<br />
computers are donated back<br />
to charities.<br />
This was something Kramers<br />
was proud of, particularly when<br />
helping vulnerable families have<br />
access to technology through a<br />
partnership with 0800 Hungry,<br />
Canterbury’s largest foodbank.<br />
But ultimately, the most rewarding<br />
part was when people<br />
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The Molten<br />
Media Trust<br />
promotes<br />
ethical<br />
recycling of<br />
electronic<br />
equipment<br />
and last year,<br />
it diverted<br />
30 tonnes of<br />
waste away<br />
from landfill.<br />
made an effort to reuse waste.<br />
“I really like that side of it<br />
where people come in and want<br />
to do the right thing,” said Kramers.<br />
Even though he was “spreading<br />
himself a bit thin” juggling a day<br />
job, raising three children with<br />
his wife and helping the trust<br />
survive, he enjoyed what he did<br />
more than he ever has.<br />
What kept him going was the<br />
ability to combine his love of<br />
building electronics with giving<br />
‘It gives kids an<br />
opportunity to see<br />
what happens to old<br />
computers when they die’<br />
– Rudy Kramers<br />
back to the community.<br />
A fascination with artificial<br />
intelligence meant his latest project<br />
was building a robot, but that<br />
was still a work in progress.<br />
In the meantime, Kramers had<br />
a few simple messages to consumers<br />
about the power they had<br />
to instil change.<br />
“When you’re buying something<br />
always go for the next<br />
model up, never go for the cheapest<br />
item. It will find itself in our<br />
waste stream much quicker,” he<br />
said.<br />
“More pressure on the council<br />
on what they’re doing about<br />
waste minimisation would hopefully<br />
mean people like us are<br />
brought to the forefront.”<br />
•If you want to donate<br />
electronics, phone the<br />
trust on 377 1154 or email<br />
dispatch@molten.org.nz in<br />
the first instance. There is<br />
usually a minimum charge<br />
of $5 depending on what is<br />
being received to help the<br />
trust with overhead costs for<br />
recycling.<br />
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Textile traditions at heart<br />
of poet’s new creations<br />
• From page 1<br />
Jardine said: “My sort of<br />
research-poetic job is like a<br />
poetic essay on the loom weights<br />
research and how it relates to my<br />
own life and my own relationships<br />
with women in my family.<br />
“It’s highly likely that mothers<br />
were passing on loom weights to<br />
their daughters.<br />
“There are still these connotations<br />
around textile manufacture<br />
in the modern world as being<br />
sort of a woman-centric job, and<br />
it’s an interesting relationship to<br />
explore.”<br />
Jardine developed a passion for<br />
poetry as a student at Cashmere<br />
High School and said it is growing<br />
in popularity in Christchurch<br />
and New Zealand-wide.<br />
“I think that, although New<br />
Zealand has always had quite a<br />
rich writing scene, poetry in particular<br />
is really hot right now. I<br />
think more people are writing it,<br />
more people are appreciating it.”<br />
Jardine’s poems have been<br />
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Auckland University Press’s AUP<br />
New Poets 7, which was the number<br />
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Zealand at one stage in August<br />
last year.<br />
Some of Claudia Jardine’s poems from AUP New Poets 7<br />
Sulpicia 3.16 – Nina Simone<br />
how nice it is<br />
your surrender to apathy<br />
me<br />
in decay<br />
let you have your harlots and<br />
their baskets<br />
pinned down in a pile of their<br />
own togas<br />
not this daughter of Servius<br />
sting of the pessimists<br />
fancy me giving in<br />
to a nameless bed<br />
Sulpicia 3.17 – Madonna<br />
surely surely<br />
your piety extends to the temple<br />
of your girl<br />
altars afire with fever?<br />
why choose to conquer<br />
wretched infection<br />
you not wishing it too<br />
what is the use in evisceration<br />
if you can stomach it<br />
heart unmoving?<br />
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me?<br />
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thicket<br />
nudged and kneaded<br />
tossed mid-air between kārearea<br />
flat present smushed under a<br />
winglet<br />
ex-lab rat on pingers on a<br />
treadmill<br />
receiving Aro Park autopsy by<br />
absent-minded accipiter<br />
like a farmer with a brain<br />
aneurysm<br />
chewed by swine and birds and<br />
rodents<br />
I’m being eaten by my feelings<br />
Lyttelton multi-sensory artist, Ana<br />
Iti, a visual artist from Wellington<br />
and Julie Hill, a playwright,<br />
essayist and documentary maker<br />
based in Auckland.<br />
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Derek’s daily visit to hot pools<br />
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Going for a soak in the<br />
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After about 10 minutes in the<br />
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THERAPEUTIC: Derek Lowe with his book in the seaside hot pools. PHOTO: NEWSLINE<br />
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500g trim pork sirloin<br />
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1 tbsp olive oil<br />
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4 small apples<br />
3/4 cup fresh breadcrumbs<br />
2 tbsp finely chopped sage<br />
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1 shallot, diced<br />
1tsp crushed garlic<br />
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HOME & HEATING<br />
Ground moisture barrier<br />
under low sub-floor<br />
Now with the colder and wetter weather on<br />
its way, home owners are focusing on ways<br />
to make their homes comfortable, warm<br />
and healthy for their families throughout<br />
winter. Rising damp is an issue that affects<br />
many of our older properties which suffer<br />
from poor, or no, ground moisture barrier.<br />
In Canterbury especially, post-quake, many<br />
people have relocated to homes that suffer<br />
from rising damp which can be associated<br />
with health problems. Independent tests have<br />
shown that up to 40 litres of water can rise<br />
from the ground and enter a house every day,<br />
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Dr Larry Bellamy BE (hons) PhD in a<br />
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The importance<br />
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The quality of the air we breathe affects<br />
our health and ability to perform. We<br />
breathe in and out approximately 20,000<br />
litres of air every day. It is therefore very<br />
important to ensure good air quality<br />
indoors through adequate ventilation.<br />
Ventilation is the process of air exchange<br />
to provide the necessary air quality that<br />
meets the needs of the occupants for clean,<br />
fresh air. Low oxygen with high carbon<br />
dioxide causes stuffiness in the room<br />
and occupants can feel drowsy. Invisible<br />
harmful substances like a high content<br />
of dust and tobacco smoke are harmful<br />
and can cause various diseases. Even bad<br />
smells can cause discomfort or irritate the<br />
nervous system.<br />
In summer, it’s easy to open windows<br />
for cross ventilation, however as winter<br />
approaches, we start to shut up out houses<br />
to trap in the heat and as a<br />
result, air quality can decline.<br />
Ventilation includes both<br />
the exchange of air to the<br />
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is one of the most important<br />
factors for maintaining<br />
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humidity and dustiness levels increase. If<br />
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A Buyer’s Guide to Viewing A Property<br />
Conducting effective inspections is a key<br />
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Voice<br />
Vanessa Golightly,<br />
Business Owner<br />
and Licensee Agent<br />
Ray White Papanui<br />
027 664 9292<br />
Vanessa Golightly<br />
Licensee Agent &<br />
Business Owner<br />
027 664 9292<br />
Stuart Morris<br />
Licensee Agent<br />
& Auctioneer<br />
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Claire Morris<br />
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Katrina Green<br />
Operations Manager<br />
Property Management<br />
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Free Landlord Seminar<br />
With all of the recent legislation changes<br />
that have come into effect I thought it<br />
timely to host another landlord education<br />
seminar.<br />
The Residential Tenancies Amendments<br />
Act 2020 is, to say the least confusing and<br />
even after 15 years working in the property<br />
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Naturally, I am extremely passionate<br />
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Not only will it assist a lot of landlords to<br />
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Our Property Management division<br />
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Saturday 26th <strong>June</strong> from 10.00am –<br />
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Thursday 1st July from 5.30pm – 7.00pm<br />
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Tracy Thomson<br />
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Richie Eggelton<br />
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021 089 65594<br />
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The content of these events will be the<br />
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We will cover all of the new legislation, as<br />
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We would love you to join us. All you need<br />
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raywhite.com or phone <strong>03</strong> 331 6755.<br />
Katrina Green,<br />
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Property Management<br />
027 606 0<strong>03</strong>0<br />
Maria Paterson<br />
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Olivia Hendry<br />
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Paul Nicholson<br />
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027 921 2160<br />
Estelle Schuurman<br />
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Joy Coughlan<br />
Mortgage Broker<br />
027 223 3572<br />
Georgia Tuuta<br />
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Mel Cook<br />
Property Management<br />
Administrator<br />
10 Hideaway Gate, Parklands<br />
Vanessa Golightly & Maria Paterson<br />
28 Glencoe Street, Burnside<br />
Tracy Thomson<br />
55 Bailey Street, Templeton<br />
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