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Poet living the dream
at Arts Centre residency
• By Matt Slaughter
CLAUDIA JARDINE is doing
what many poets only dream of.
She is being paid to write
poetry and live in a space known
for breeding creativity, The Arts
Centre.
The 25-year-old, who recently
moved back home to Christchurch
after studying classics at Victoria
University of Wellington, is
one of four artists selected for The
Arts Centre’s Arts Four Creative
Residency programme, between
now and July. It is being funded
with support from Creative New
Zealand and the Stout Trust.
The artists are living in the
residence above Lumiere Cinema
on Rolleston Ave, which opened
in 2019.
By the end of the 12 weeks, each
artist will complete a project in
their chosen art form.
Jardine aims to complete her
first full collection of poetry,
which explores the themes of
textile manufacture in the ancient
world and the history of the
women in her own family.
A particular focus of her poetry
will be on loom weights, a type
of ancient weaving tool used to
weigh down warp threads, which
hung from looms.
• Turn to page 4
WEAVING: Claudia Jardine is combining textile themes with family history during her Arts Centre residency.
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TIDY: One of the bins that are being introduced to Christchurch parks. PHOTO: NEWSLINE
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Textile traditions at heart
of poet’s new creations
• From page 1
Jardine said: “My sort of
research-poetic job is like a
poetic essay on the loom weights
research and how it relates to my
own life and my own relationships
with women in my family.
“It’s highly likely that mothers
were passing on loom weights to
their daughters.
“There are still these connotations
around textile manufacture
in the modern world as being
sort of a woman-centric job, and
it’s an interesting relationship to
explore.”
Jardine developed a passion for
poetry as a student at Cashmere
High School and said it is growing
in popularity in Christchurch
and New Zealand-wide.
“I think that, although New
Zealand has always had quite a
rich writing scene, poetry in particular
is really hot right now. I
think more people are writing it,
more people are appreciating it.”
Jardine’s poems have been
published before, including in
Auckland University Press’s AUP
New Poets 7, which was the number
nine best selling book in New
Zealand at one stage in August
last year.
Some of Claudia Jardine’s poems from AUP New Poets 7
Sulpicia 3.16 – Nina Simone
how nice it is
your surrender to apathy
me
in decay
let you have your harlots and
their baskets
pinned down in a pile of their
own togas
not this daughter of Servius
sting of the pessimists
fancy me giving in
to a nameless bed
Sulpicia 3.17 – Madonna
surely surely
your piety extends to the temple
of your girl
altars afire with fever?
why choose to conquer
wretched infection
you not wishing it too
what is the use in evisceration
if you can stomach it
heart unmoving?
Jardine is also a accomplished
musician, who released her first
ep, North, in 2019.
The other artists completing
the residency are Jo Burzynska, a
High Functioning
I’m being eaten by my feelings
face down in the mud
like a farmer with a brain
aneurysm
surrounded by piglets
face down in the mud
nudged and kneaded
hither! the scoffing piglets
me?
fat pheasant flushed from the
thicket
nudged and kneaded
tossed mid-air between kārearea
flat present smushed under a
winglet
ex-lab rat on pingers on a
treadmill
receiving Aro Park autopsy by
absent-minded accipiter
like a farmer with a brain
aneurysm
chewed by swine and birds and
rodents
I’m being eaten by my feelings
Lyttelton multi-sensory artist, Ana
Iti, a visual artist from Wellington
and Julie Hill, a playwright,
essayist and documentary maker
based in Auckland.
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The popular children’s festival
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Tickets for this year’s KidsFest
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While many of the events and
activities during KidsFest are offered
at no cost, tickets are often
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amount of space available.
“If you want to make sure
you’ve got lots of activities lined
up for the kids over the school
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get in early and secure tickets,’’
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“If you leave booking tickets to
the last minute, you might miss
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be high demand for many of the
events and activities that we have
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Christchurch Symphony Orchestra’s
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Further progress on city to Rolleston cycleway
• By Susan Sandys
CYCLING safely from the city
to Rolleston is one step closer
with construction of a path to
Templeton under way.
City Care has been contracted
by the Selwyn District Council
and construction of a 1km section
of cycleway has started. It
runs from Dawsons Rd, between
Rolleston and
Templeton, to
meet up with
an existing
path at Globe
Bay Drive at
Templeton.
District
Mark
Chamberlain
council
transportation
asset
delivery manager Mark Chamberlain
said the $190,000 project
was due for completion next
month.
The 2.5-3m wide, asphaltsealed
path for pedestrians
and cyclists, would match and
link up with what Waka Kotahi
NZ Transport Agency had
provided from Rolleston –
along Jones Rd up to Dawsons
Rd.
The construction project
included safety fencing along the
railway reserve boundary.
The district council and city
council plan for the cycleway
to eventually connect with the
South Express cycleway from
Kirk Rd at Templeton, about
580m away.
Construction of the South
Express cycleway, to run from
Templeton to Hagley Park, is
under way.
City council acting head of
transport Lynette Ellis said
work was currently under way
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Express.
“Construction on the first section
from Deans Ave to Craven
St will be completed later this
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towards Templeton.
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Using science and recycling as a way
• By Bea Gooding
RUDY KRAMERS considers
himself a bit of a mad scientist.
“I love blowing things up. I
used to spend a lot of time at
my kids’ school doing science
demonstrations – the bigger the
bang, the more excited they got.”
For as long as he can remember,
science and technology have
run through his veins. And while
most people shied away from live
electricity, Kramers gravitated
towards it.
It is what made him the
perfect fit to join the team at
Molten Media Trust, a charity
that promotes the ethical
recycling of electronics by refurbishing
devices destined for
landfill.
Said Kramers: “I love the idea
of electrons running through
a wire, you can’t see it, but you
know it’s there. And if there’s
enough of it, you can feel it, even
if it means getting an electric
shock.”
Molten Media stopped 30
tonnes of electronic waste from devices for the trust to repair or A software developer by
going to landfill last year.
refurbish.
trade, Kramers’ arrival as a
Eighty to 90 per cent of
They are often stripped for trustee last year came at a time
dismantled component parts parts that are either sold through when the charity was entering
are also diverted away from the the trust’s online store or put “dangerous territory” as a result
dump.
260
towards building
x
something
180
new of Covid-19.
People and businesses donate to donate to community groups It was on the brink of closure
unwanted TVs, computers, who cannot afford brand new after operating for more than
phones, printers and other devices, like computers.
two decades. Income dropped
ZERO WASTE: Rudy Kramers is the perfect fit as trustee of Molten Media because science
and technology run through his veins.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
to “almost nothing” during the
lockdown as donations stopped
flowing in.
Excluding the trustees, there
were only two staff on hand to
process a massive backlog of
electronics needing to be taken
apart.
Tasks like separating plastic
away from steel were timeconsuming
enough as it is.
“Covid was the final nail in the
coffin. Having the money to pay
rent each month was the crux of
whether the place was viable or
not,” Kramers said.
“Trying to sell stuff is getting
harder because companies like
PB Tech and Noel Leeming are
selling stuff so much cheaper
than they ever have.
“We’d be lucky to get $50 for a
second-hand TV.”
Selling parts and refurbished
devices to help cover funding
shortfalls got more challenging
because people were willing to
pay less.
“Metal prices are trending
downwards,” said Kramers.
“Countries like China who are
big buyers of steel and scrap were
paying less for it, so the amount
of money we were getting from
metal recyclers has [also] gone
down.
But following personal cash
injections from the pockets of
trustees, Kramers felt confident
the trust can be self-sufficient
again without relying on grants,
which were hard to come by.
His confidence derives from
a place of wanting to see the
charity succeed and a passion for
sustainability, even if it did come
with its frustrations.
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Thursday June 3 2021 7
to look after the environment
If only businesses took more
steps to reduce waste by being
actively involved in where it went
next and ensuring products were
made to last in the first place.
Things like household appliances
produced en masse to be
sold in chain stores may lower
the cost for consumers, but not
the cost it has on the environment.
Said Kramers: “I’m disappointed
that we haven’t dealt with this
sooner because it’s a problem that
people have talked about for a
long time, everyone keeps sweeping
it into the too hard basket.
“It blows me away what comes
through the door, you can tell
someone purchased it earlier in
the year and it’s already in the
bin.”
Kramers channels this energy
into educating the next generation
the reason why organisations
like Molten Media exist.
He has been involved with the
trust since its early days to enable
better access to raw materials for
this purpose.
Along with teaching children
how to code, the workshops allow
them to experiment with recycled
parts.
It could be using a motor that
used to power a printer – perfect
for building robots.
After all, they are the ones who
have to deal with the waste later
on, he said.
“It gives kids an opportunity to
see what happens to old computers
when they die, and we can
explain to them how much bad
materials are inside them.
“I think phones are one of
the worst as far as the number
of toxic chemicals that go into
building it.
“One of the things they enjoy
the most is ripping something
apart or throwing too many volts
into something and finding out
how much it takes before smoke
comes out.”
A portion of laptops and desktop
computers are donated back
to charities.
This was something Kramers
was proud of, particularly when
helping vulnerable families have
access to technology through a
partnership with 0800 Hungry,
Canterbury’s largest foodbank.
But ultimately, the most rewarding
part was when people
SCRAPS:
The Molten
Media Trust
promotes
ethical
recycling of
electronic
equipment
and last year,
it diverted
30 tonnes of
waste away
from landfill.
made an effort to reuse waste.
“I really like that side of it
where people come in and want
to do the right thing,” said Kramers.
Even though he was “spreading
himself a bit thin” juggling a day
job, raising three children with
his wife and helping the trust
survive, he enjoyed what he did
more than he ever has.
What kept him going was the
ability to combine his love of
building electronics with giving
‘It gives kids an
opportunity to see
what happens to old
computers when they die’
– Rudy Kramers
back to the community.
A fascination with artificial
intelligence meant his latest project
was building a robot, but that
was still a work in progress.
In the meantime, Kramers had
a few simple messages to consumers
about the power they had
to instil change.
“When you’re buying something
always go for the next
model up, never go for the cheapest
item. It will find itself in our
waste stream much quicker,” he
said.
“More pressure on the council
on what they’re doing about
waste minimisation would hopefully
mean people like us are
brought to the forefront.”
•If you want to donate
electronics, phone the
trust on 377 1154 or email
dispatch@molten.org.nz in
the first instance. There is
usually a minimum charge
of $5 depending on what is
being received to help the
trust with overhead costs for
recycling.
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The importance
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HOME & HEATING
Keep cosy with
RD Petroleum
this winter
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Pick up some pork and
try something different
Pork is often
considered a treat,
but there are many
ways to present this
versatile meat
Sirloin roast pork
with stuffed baked
apples
Ingredients
Serves 3-4
500g trim pork sirloin
roast or mini roast
1 tbsp olive oil
Salt and pepper to taste
4 small apples
3/4 cup fresh breadcrumbs
2 tbsp finely chopped sage
leaves
1 shallot, diced
1tsp crushed garlic
2 tbsp table spread
Directions
Preheat oven to 200 deg C.
If using a traditional
roast, brush it with oil
then season with salt and
pepper.
Core apples with an apple
corer. Using tip of a sharp
knife, cut through skin
around the circumference
of each apple.
Combine breadcrumbs,
sage, garlic, salt, pepper and
shallot. Mix in 1 tablespoon
of spread. Stuff apples with
this mixture.
Dot tops with remaining
tablespread.
Place in a roasting pan
with pork. Cook roast
for 35min according to
packet instructions. Cook
traditional roast for 10
minutes at 200 deg C.
Reduce heat to 160 deg C,
and continue cooking for
35-40min.
Cover and rest roast for
10min before carving.
Remove apples once soft
and cooked. Keep warm.
Great served with a kumara
mash and steamed green
beans.
Pork sirloin and stuffed apples are a good
combination for the dinner table.
Mustard and
pomegranate BBQ
pork
Serves 4
Ingredients
500gm pork steaks
1 tbsp wholegrain
mustard
¼ cup pomegranate glaze
1 tsp Chinese five-spice
Directions
Cut steaks into four portions.
Combine mustard,
pomegranate glaze and five
spice.
Brush over cutlets. Cover
and refrigerate for 30min.
Preheat a barbecue or grill.
Remove steaks from fridge,
scraping off any excess
marinade. Grill on mediumhigh
for about 8-10 minutes
depending on thickness,
turning often.
Brush with reserved glaze
near the end of cooking.
Great served with risotto or
creamy polenta.
Schnitzel with Asian
flavours
Serves 4
Ingredients
300-400gm pork schnitzel
½ cup flour
Flaky sea salt and freshly
ground black pepper to
taste
1 large egg
2 tbsp coconut milk or
plain milk
1 cup dried breadcrumbs
3 kaffir lime leaves,
deveined and finely
chopped
2 tbsp each: chopped
coriander leaves, mint
2-3 tbsp rice bran oil
Directions
If necessary, pound
schnitzels with a rolling pin
until thin.
Combine flour, salt and
pepper in a shallow dish.
Whisk egg and coconut
milk or milk in another
shallow bowl.
Place breadcrumbs, kaffir
lime leaves and chopped
herbs in a third shallow
dish.
Coat schnitzels with flour,
dip in beaten egg, then coat
with crumb mixture. Chill
for 5min.
Heat oil in a large,
non-stick frying pan on
medium.
Add schnitzels. Cook
for 1-2 minutes each
side, until golden. Serve
immediately.
RD Petroleum (RDP) is a familiar sight
for farm and rural residents around the
Canterbury region, however now days urban
residents also enjoy the same excellent
customer service for which RDP is known for
in rural communities, through their home
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RDP began its home heating diesel delivery
service to the lower South Island’s main urban
centres of Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin
and Invercargill a number of years ago.
Customer demand has continued to increase
year upon year, and RDP has responded
with specialised improvements to its delivery
equipment.
The trucks that deliver RDP’s home heating
diesel in each urban centre are drawn from
the company’s extensive vehicle fleet. This
means they have the latest communication
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the operations team always know where they
are and how far away they are from their next
delivery stop.
RDP’s home heating diesel trucks come
equipped with a specially-designed hose,
through which the diesel is pumped from
the truck into house tanks. The length of
the hose allows the trucks to access tanks
without having to enter the property, avoiding
damaging the driveway. RDP is the place to
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to your home and as a loyal RDP customer
you’re offered discounted pricing and can
become eligible for value-added benefits.
For all enquiries please phone
0800 44 00 14, or visit the RDP website at
https://www.rdp.co.nz/home-heating or
signup at apply.rdp.co.nz/home-heating
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HOME & HEATING
Ground moisture barrier
under low sub-floor
Now with the colder and wetter weather on
its way, home owners are focusing on ways
to make their homes comfortable, warm
and healthy for their families throughout
winter. Rising damp is an issue that affects
many of our older properties which suffer
from poor, or no, ground moisture barrier.
In Canterbury especially, post-quake, many
people have relocated to homes that suffer
from rising damp which can be associated
with health problems. Independent tests have
shown that up to 40 litres of water can rise
from the ground and enter a house every day,
leading to mildew, mould, condensation and
musty smells. Moulds can produce various
allergic reactions and the frail, elderly and
very young are especially vulnerable.
Canterbury Foam Concrete Ltd is a
locally owned and operated firm. The team
understands the problems caused by rising
damp and are there to help. They will come
to your damp home and pump a lightweight,
flowable foam concrete under your timber
floored home.
While insulation is important, it has been
recognised that it is dampness that is the real
villain in the house. The new Healthy Homes
Standards introduced by the government
effective from the 1st July 2019 now has
a requirement to install ground moisture
barriers, a key element in the armory to fight
moisture in the home.
Dr Larry Bellamy BE (hons) PhD in a
report dated 1988: Foam Concrete Under
Timber Floors: An Energy Analysis assessed
the effects of placing Foam Concrete over
damp soil and had this to say: Condensation
on the underside of a timber floor can occur
where the floor is suspended over damp
ground and the inside air temperature falls
close to the crawl space air temperature.
Much energy is required to vaporize moisture
that penetrates the structure. By avoiding
underfloor condensation, foam concrete can
reduce floor heat losses by up to 90%.
• Canterbury Foam Concrete Ltd can in most
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Contact Canterbury Foam Concrete Ltd
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Phone 03 376 4608, 0508FOAMCO or
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The importance
of air quality
The quality of the air we breathe affects
our health and ability to perform. We
breathe in and out approximately 20,000
litres of air every day. It is therefore very
important to ensure good air quality
indoors through adequate ventilation.
Ventilation is the process of air exchange
to provide the necessary air quality that
meets the needs of the occupants for clean,
fresh air. Low oxygen with high carbon
dioxide causes stuffiness in the room
and occupants can feel drowsy. Invisible
harmful substances like a high content
of dust and tobacco smoke are harmful
and can cause various diseases. Even bad
smells can cause discomfort or irritate the
nervous system.
In summer, it’s easy to open windows
for cross ventilation, however as winter
approaches, we start to shut up out houses
to trap in the heat and as a
result, air quality can decline.
Ventilation includes both
the exchange of air to the
outside as well as circulation
of air within the building. It
is one of the most important
factors for maintaining
acceptable indoor air quality
in buildings. Filtered air
supply for summer and
filtered and warmed air in
winter creates a healthy
environment in which to live
and work. In cases with poor
or insufficient air intake from
outside, the oxygen content decreases,
humidity and dustiness levels increase. If
exhaust ventilation is not provided or it is
not effective, polluted air, smells, humidity
and harmful substances are not removed.
To ensure the quality of your air, contact
the experts. Smooth-Air Products can
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your building requirement. Smooth-
Air offers a wide range of ventilation
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They have an extensive range of fans
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You can contact Smooth-Air on
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