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Another patrol vehicle<br />
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Residents’<br />
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move<br />
• By Fiona Ellis<br />
COMMUNITY patrols are being<br />
increased as concern grows over<br />
petty crime.<br />
The Christchurch North Community<br />
Patrol has launched a<br />
second vehicle, which will see<br />
more areas covered over a longer<br />
time frame.<br />
Patrol chairman<br />
Sam Hall<br />
said there were<br />
currently three or<br />
four patrols each<br />
week.<br />
“With a new<br />
Sam Hall<br />
vehicle and<br />
our numbers<br />
increasing, we<br />
look forward to having two cars out<br />
there to increase our capabilities.”<br />
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DAMAGE: Some residents say petty crime, such as graffiti, is increasing in the city’s north-west.<br />
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Uncollected bins<br />
top ticket list<br />
• By Fiona Ellis<br />
DAMAGED OR uncollected<br />
bins and littering are the top<br />
three issues currently plaguing<br />
the Papanui-Innes Community<br />
Board area.<br />
A ticket report has revealed<br />
a breakdown of issues that<br />
residents reported to the city<br />
council between May 22 and June<br />
20.<br />
In that time, 1231 tickets, or<br />
jobs, were completed within an<br />
average of 2.6 days.<br />
Incidents fell into a range of<br />
categories, including transport,<br />
wheelie bins, graffiti, and parks<br />
and three waters council assets.<br />
Uncollected bins came out<br />
on top with 114 tickets, with<br />
damaged bins and road litter<br />
placing second and third with<br />
103 and 92 tickets respectively.<br />
Sixty per cent (791) of residents<br />
chose to report concerns by<br />
phone, email or walk-in, while<br />
thirty-nine per cent (518) did so<br />
online through Snap Send Solve<br />
and Hybris Online.<br />
But at the conclusion of the<br />
report last month, 323 tickets<br />
were still open, or not completed.<br />
The ticket report was included<br />
in the agenda for the community<br />
board meeting to be held on<br />
Friday.<br />
Number of tickets (issues)<br />
reported in the Papanui-Innes<br />
Community Board area<br />
between May 22 and June 20:<br />
1. Bin not collected: 114<br />
2. Damaged bin: 103<br />
3. Litter (road): 92<br />
4. Leak (water supply): 82<br />
5. Residential property files: 76<br />
6. Graffiti: 74<br />
7. Missing bin: 44<br />
8. Blocked drain pipe or waterway:<br />
38<br />
9. Road asset (footpath, road,<br />
furniture): 38<br />
10. Tree (road): 31<br />
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Community board to be updated<br />
EXPANDING: The Christchurch North Community Patrol’s<br />
second vehicle will enable them to better monitor the area. <br />
• From page 1<br />
Residents’ groups have<br />
welcomed the move.<br />
Redwood Residents Association<br />
secretary Gayle Freeman<br />
said she believed there had been<br />
an increase in petty crime.<br />
“We’ve heard anecdotally<br />
about break-ins round the area,”<br />
Freeman said.<br />
Graffiti was also an issue.<br />
Freeman said she intended to<br />
join the patrol herself to help<br />
target these issues.<br />
She had been out on a patrol<br />
once to get a sense of the task<br />
and had membership forms<br />
waiting to be filled in.<br />
“I just want to make sure the<br />
community is clean and safe.”<br />
Bryndwr Community Group’s<br />
Marney Ainsworth said she had<br />
not noticed an increase in petty<br />
crime.<br />
It was important to distinguish<br />
between organised crime and<br />
petty crime, such as random<br />
break-ins and graffiti where the<br />
perpetrators were likely to be<br />
bored teenagers with nowhere to<br />
go, Ainsworth said.<br />
“If they’re going to patrol, it<br />
needs to be by the community<br />
for the community, otherwise<br />
they won’t know who [people]<br />
are and it becomes another isolating<br />
factor.”<br />
Northwood Residents Association<br />
president Clive Smith said<br />
he was unable to say whether<br />
petty crime was increasing without<br />
any data.<br />
However, it was an issue in<br />
the area with car break-ins a<br />
particular problem.<br />
“If there’s nothing in the<br />
vehicle, they’ll smash the<br />
window, it’s just vandalism.”<br />
He felt the community patrol<br />
members were doing good work.<br />
“Anybody who gets out on<br />
Christchurch’s streets is doing a<br />
great job.”<br />
Alpha Ave Neighbours Association<br />
member Bernard Del<br />
Rey said Strowan residents were<br />
suffering as a result of a crime<br />
spree.<br />
He gave a presentation at the<br />
Fendalton-Waimari-Harewood<br />
Community Board meeting last<br />
month, headed: ‘We feel unsafe<br />
and underserved.’<br />
Fendalton Ward councillor<br />
and community board member<br />
James Gough said anecdotal<br />
evidence pointed to a recent<br />
spike in crime in the area.<br />
He heard Del Rey present at<br />
the board meeting.<br />
The board decided staff would<br />
look into how environmental<br />
features could reduce crime in<br />
the area.<br />
“There’s some low-hanging<br />
fruit that can be quite helpful,<br />
such as better lighting,” Gough<br />
said.<br />
Staff would look into the<br />
possibility of CCTV camera<br />
installation, while Del Rey’s<br />
concerns would be raised<br />
with police, the Christchurch<br />
North Community Patrols and<br />
Canterbury Neighbourhood<br />
Support.<br />
Adding the Strowan area to<br />
the board’s Community Safety<br />
Initiative would also be looked<br />
into.<br />
Staff would update the board<br />
on these issues within six weeks<br />
of the June 28 meeting.<br />
“We hope to see it translate<br />
into improved safety,” Gough<br />
said.<br />
Del Rey said this was a<br />
reasonable response.<br />
A holistic approach was<br />
needed to solve the problem, he<br />
said.<br />
“I don’t think any one<br />
[solution] will be as effective as<br />
they will be together.”<br />
The community patrol would<br />
also start operating in the<br />
Strowan area.<br />
Before Covid-19 caused<br />
membership of the 50-person<br />
patrol to plummet, the patrol<br />
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was out “almost every day and<br />
night”, Hall said.<br />
“We’re up to 25 [members], six<br />
have just joined up in the past<br />
week or so. I think we’ll just keep<br />
growing.”<br />
The second car, a Toyota Vanguard<br />
that cost $20,000, meant<br />
the patrol would be able to run<br />
general monitoring as well as<br />
focusing on trouble spots.<br />
These ever-moving “hot spots”<br />
were supplied by police, based on<br />
fortnightly data.<br />
People were more willing to<br />
report problems to police than<br />
before, which was a positive<br />
thing, Hall said.<br />
However he was unsure if<br />
incidents were occurring more<br />
frequently.<br />
“It’s hard to know if it’s getting<br />
worse or we’re just hearing about<br />
it more.”<br />
Each month the patrol<br />
made an average 50 reports of<br />
suspicious vehicles to police,<br />
and 20 reports of suspicious<br />
behaviour.<br />
Papanui police did not respond<br />
to Nor’West <strong>News</strong>’ request<br />
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‘Olympic’ challenge for village residents<br />
CYCLIST Jeannette Leermakers<br />
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at Ngaio Marsh Retirement<br />
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a cycle challenge as part of the<br />
Olympics@Ryman.<br />
Living in Amsterdam until she<br />
was <strong>15</strong>, Jeannette said she was<br />
on a bicycle from even before the<br />
day she was born.<br />
Her mother would cycle while<br />
pregnant around the Dutch city<br />
which is known for its bike paths<br />
crossing flat terrain within a<br />
compact urban landscape.<br />
“Then from kindergarten to<br />
high school, I biked to school<br />
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Jeannette later emigrated<br />
to Australia, where she didn’t<br />
cycle as often, and then to New<br />
Zealand. A bicycle became top<br />
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“When I came to New Zealand<br />
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“It’s really, really old and rusty,<br />
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The digital screen made a real<br />
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she said.<br />
“I wouldn’t call it motivation,<br />
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on. It’s interesting and [the<br />
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Jeannette says.<br />
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Confidence boosted by popular<br />
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HEADS TURNED when Maggie<br />
the border terrier scampered<br />
through Shirley Library.<br />
Maggie paid a visit one afternoon<br />
last week for the popular<br />
Reading to Dogs programme run<br />
by the city council.<br />
Maggie headed for the far end<br />
of the library where a red mat, a<br />
pint-sized armchair and a little<br />
dog bed awaited.<br />
Excited nine-year-old twins<br />
Keegan and Riley Salt were first<br />
up. They had booked one of four<br />
<strong>15</strong>-minute sessions with Maggie,<br />
who sat obediently while the boys<br />
took turns reading Seriously, Do<br />
Not Open This Book aloud and<br />
petting the patient six-year-old<br />
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Maggie gave the occasional<br />
yawn, but was still an attentive<br />
listener. Keegan kept her on task:<br />
“Sit, Maggie, sit,” he whispered<br />
when she was momentarily<br />
distracted by a passer-by.<br />
Reading to Dogs has helped<br />
hundreds of children since its<br />
inception seven years ago.<br />
“The programme has been a<br />
success from day one,” said city<br />
council animal management<br />
COURAGE: Queenspark School pupils and twins Keegan and Riley Salt love taking part in<br />
Reading to Dogs,<br />
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officer Kym Manuel.<br />
From a pilot programme<br />
at Papanui Library, it quickly<br />
expanded to three locations<br />
each Tuesday, Wednesday and<br />
Thursday during school terms,<br />
with sessions booking out weeks<br />
in advance.<br />
“Our guiding principle was<br />
that the child’s confidence<br />
and enjoyment of reading be<br />
enhanced and their overall<br />
experience with the dog be a<br />
happy one, as many children have<br />
had scary experiences with dogs<br />
in the past,” said Manuel.<br />
Five dogs are involved in the<br />
programme with another two in<br />
training.<br />
All are chosen for their<br />
exemplary behaviour around<br />
children.<br />
Riley and Keegan are sold on<br />
the programme.<br />
“I like that you get to pat the<br />
dogs. I like that there’s all different<br />
types of dogs,” they said.<br />
And it has helped with their<br />
reading, with teachers noticing<br />
improvements in the pair since<br />
they started taking part in<br />
the programme.
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Farm opens for fun with fungi<br />
A MUSHROOM-themed<br />
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More than 50 adults and<br />
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and interactive<br />
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people about<br />
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The project<br />
is an initiative of the Riverlution<br />
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Project proponent spokesperson<br />
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encouragement and<br />
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“People have been really interested<br />
in this project and it’s great<br />
to finally be able to open it to the<br />
community,” she said.<br />
“There might not be any<br />
mushrooms growing yet, but the<br />
place will come alive in spring<br />
and autumn.”<br />
“We wanted to create an engaging<br />
space that not only educates<br />
people about living with<br />
nature, but is also somewhere<br />
that a family can spend a whole<br />
day here, next to the Ōtākaro<br />
Avon River, enjoying the regeneration<br />
area.”<br />
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Guglietta says the intention is<br />
to hold monthly workshops with<br />
the community to explore different<br />
methods of growing a range<br />
of different mushroom species.<br />
“This is the first part of a wider<br />
vision we have. We’ve got exciting<br />
plans to transform the area<br />
from Swanns Rd to North Avon<br />
Rd into an educational, familyfriendly<br />
art trail and nature play<br />
area that weaves among the old,<br />
established gardens and fruit<br />
trees that we want to continue<br />
tending to.”<br />
Residential red zone consultative<br />
group, Te Tira Kāhikuhiku,<br />
awarded the project a grant of<br />
$19,600 from the Red Zones<br />
Transitional Use Fund, to help<br />
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TTK is able to issue grants<br />
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Information New Zealand, working<br />
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TTK chairwoman Chrissie<br />
Williams encouraged people<br />
with a vision to use parts of the<br />
regeneration areas to submit a<br />
proposal to the group for consideration.<br />
“I really encourage people to<br />
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“We love ideas that connect<br />
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Sleeping on hospital<br />
floor could soon be<br />
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THE SUPPORT people<br />
of mothers giving birth at<br />
Christchurch Women’s Hospital<br />
often resort to sleeping on the<br />
floor if staying overnight.<br />
It is why the Māia Health<br />
Foundation aims to raise<br />
$44,000 to buy 20 specialist<br />
chairs, providing a comfortable<br />
place for them to stay alongside a<br />
new mother and baby.<br />
Currently, a support person<br />
can stay at the hospital but their<br />
choices of where to sleep are<br />
limited.<br />
They are provided with either<br />
an uncomfortable chair or a<br />
vinyl mattress on the floor.<br />
“That’s not an ideal solution<br />
and it’s not very welcoming,”<br />
said Norma Campbell, director<br />
of midwifery for the Canterbury<br />
and West Coast District Health<br />
Board.<br />
Each year more than 5500<br />
women give birth at the<br />
women’s hospital. It is the South<br />
Island’s largest secondary/<br />
tertiary hospital and the hub<br />
for the Fetal Maternal Medicine<br />
Service.<br />
The specialised chairs the<br />
foundation is fundraising for are<br />
designed for hospital environments.<br />
During the day they can be<br />
used as a sofa chair for visitors<br />
or a breastfeeding chair for the<br />
mother, and in the evening they<br />
convert into a lie-flat bed.<br />
“The staff at Christchurch<br />
Women’s Hospital go above and<br />
beyond every day to care for our<br />
community’s newest families.<br />
It’s time we cared for them and<br />
gave our new mums, babies and<br />
families all the support we can<br />
in those first few days together,”<br />
said foundation chief executive<br />
Michael Flatman.<br />
UNCOMFORTABLE:<br />
Canterbury and<br />
West Coast<br />
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board director of<br />
midwifery Norma<br />
Campbell with the<br />
current sleeping<br />
arrangements for<br />
support people of<br />
women giving birth<br />
at Christchurch<br />
Women’s Hospital. <br />
Campbell said demand for<br />
their services was “incredibly<br />
high.”<br />
The maternity ward on<br />
level five has 45 beds and is 80<br />
to 90 per cent full most of the<br />
time.<br />
“At many times we have been<br />
over capacity as there are increasing<br />
numbers of women and<br />
babies with complex needs or<br />
who are impacted by underlying<br />
health conditions,” Campbell<br />
said.<br />
“These women need our<br />
support and they need their<br />
own support – and it may seem<br />
simple, but these chairs will help<br />
provide that.”<br />
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WHEN NURSE Joeann<br />
Pagulayan goes to work at<br />
Christchurch Women’s Hospital,<br />
she sees an unwelcoming<br />
situation.<br />
Pagulayan spends most of her<br />
time on level five, looking after<br />
new mothers and babies.<br />
Having been in the same<br />
situation herself as a patient, she<br />
finds it difficult to witness those<br />
supporting the new mothers<br />
either sleeping on the hospital<br />
floor, or on uncomfortable chairs<br />
if staying overnight.<br />
It is why she is supporting the<br />
Māia Health Foundation’s bid to<br />
raise $44,000 to buy 20 specialist<br />
chairs, which can fold out into a<br />
lie-flat bed.<br />
Pagulayan’s husband Mark<br />
was by her side when she was<br />
admitted to the hospital last year<br />
after the birth of their daughter,<br />
Matilda.<br />
Pagulayan became unwell<br />
after losing a large amount of<br />
blood during birth and needed<br />
monitoring and support.<br />
Her husband ended up sleeping<br />
on a mattress on the floor.<br />
“He just wanted to be there for<br />
me. Because of my condition,<br />
mobilising was a bit challenging<br />
so he stayed all throughout those<br />
first few days to support Matilda<br />
and me,” she said.<br />
“Culturally it was just<br />
what we do – no matter how<br />
uncomfortable his stay was. It’s<br />
such a precious time for a new<br />
family and I want every new<br />
family to be able to be together,<br />
comfortable and safe.”<br />
Pagulayan hails from the<br />
Philippines.<br />
She said in her culture, and<br />
many Asian cultures, a husband,<br />
a partner or a support person is<br />
expected to stay with a<br />
Joeann Pagulayan<br />
new mother.<br />
“They are there to help, to take<br />
turns looking after the baby,<br />
giving the new mum a couple of<br />
hours rest,” said Pagulayan.<br />
“That little bit of support and<br />
rest changes everything for the<br />
mum – how they feel physically<br />
and emotionally and how they<br />
can connect with their new baby.<br />
“As a nurse, I feel really bad for<br />
those mothers who don’t have a<br />
support person to stay with them<br />
overnight, I see how difficult it<br />
can be for many new mums.”<br />
Pagulayan understood why the<br />
current situation of providing<br />
a mattress on the floor or an<br />
uncomfortable chair meant<br />
that for some, having a support<br />
person was not an option.<br />
“Having people on the floor is<br />
not ideal at all for the patients or<br />
the staff,” she said.<br />
“Sometimes when we enter<br />
the room, especially if it’s dark,<br />
we don’t notice straightaway that<br />
there’s someone on the floor.”<br />
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Basketball stars inspire young fans<br />
• By Fiona Ellis<br />
CANTERBURY Rams player<br />
Max Darling may be best known<br />
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A question-and-answer<br />
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Hannen at Cobham Intermediate<br />
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“The kids asked some really<br />
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The importance<br />
of air quality<br />
HOME & HEATING<br />
Keep cosy with<br />
RD Petroleum<br />
this winter<br />
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Pesto-stuffed lamb roast. Try the whisky or mulled wine marinade<br />
instead of your usual gravy. (Below) – Roast venison.<br />
Jazz up your winter roast<br />
with a tasty marinade<br />
It’s certainly the<br />
weather for hot<br />
roasts, try spicing<br />
them up a bit<br />
with ingredients<br />
you are likely to<br />
have at home<br />
Pesto-stuffed lamb<br />
roast with garlic<br />
Serves 4<br />
Ingredients<br />
⅓ cup pesto<br />
⅓ cup ground almonds<br />
2 tbsp fresh oregano<br />
salt and ground pepper<br />
750gm lamb roast<br />
2 cloves garlic<br />
Directions<br />
Heat oven to 200 deg C.<br />
To make the stuffing, place<br />
pesto, ground almonds and<br />
chopped fresh oregano in a<br />
bowl. Season with salt and<br />
pepper to taste and mix to<br />
combine.<br />
Trim any fat or sinew<br />
from the lamb. Season on<br />
both sides with salt and<br />
pepper and lay out flat on<br />
a board, skin-side down.<br />
Spread stuffing over the<br />
lamb and roll it up to contain<br />
filling. Tie pieces with<br />
string to secure it.<br />
Heat an ovenproof<br />
pan, add two tablespoons<br />
oil and sear lamb for<br />
5min, turning to brown all<br />
over.<br />
Add two heads of garlic,<br />
cut in half to the pan and<br />
place in the oven to roast<br />
for 25min for mediumrare,<br />
or longer depending<br />
on your liking towards<br />
pink meat.<br />
Whisky marinade for<br />
roast meat<br />
Serves 3-4<br />
Ingredients<br />
¼ cup whisky<br />
2 tbsp prepared mustard<br />
3-4 tbsp olive oil<br />
400gm beef fillet (or<br />
lamb)<br />
freshly ground black<br />
pepper<br />
1 cup beef stock<br />
1 tbsp thyme leaves<br />
Directions<br />
Whisk whisky, mustard<br />
and 3 tbsp of olive oil<br />
until well combined. Place<br />
beef in a plastic bag. Add<br />
marinade. Refrigerate<br />
for 1 hour. Return to<br />
room temperature before<br />
cooking.<br />
Preheat grill on high.<br />
Remove meat from<br />
marinade and pat dry.<br />
Brush with remaining oil.<br />
Season with black pepper.<br />
Grill for about 8min each<br />
side. To test if done, press<br />
thickest part of meat with<br />
your fingertip. The softer it<br />
is the rarer it is; the firmer<br />
it is, the more cooked. Tent<br />
with foil and cover with a<br />
thick towel. Rest for 10min<br />
before slicing.<br />
Bring marinade, stock<br />
and thyme to the boil.<br />
Simmer for 10min. Serve<br />
with the meat.<br />
Mulled wine venison<br />
roast<br />
Serves 3-4<br />
Ingredients<br />
Marinade<br />
½ cup mulled wine<br />
1tsp cinnamon<br />
6 whole cloves<br />
1 tbsp honey<br />
Small strip orange peel<br />
1 tbsp olive oil<br />
Roast<br />
400gm venison roast<br />
Freshly ground black pepper<br />
to taste<br />
2 tbsp olive oil<br />
Sauce<br />
1 cup (250ml) meat glaze<br />
or good beef stock<br />
Directions<br />
To make the marinade,<br />
combine wine, spice,<br />
honey and orange peel in a<br />
saucepan. Slowly bring to<br />
the boil. Simmer for 1min,<br />
then cool. When cold, add<br />
olive oil.<br />
Place venison in a plastic<br />
bag. Pour marinade over.<br />
Move meat around so it is<br />
well coated. Refrigerate for<br />
at least 60min or up to 8<br />
hours.<br />
Return to room<br />
temperature before cooking.<br />
Preheat oven to 200<br />
deg C.<br />
Remove meat from<br />
marinade and pat dry.<br />
Reserve marinade for the<br />
sauce. Season.<br />
Heat olive oil in a pan.<br />
Sear venison until lightly<br />
browned on all sides.<br />
Place in a small roasting<br />
pan in the oven. Roast for<br />
20-25 minutes for medium<br />
rare.<br />
Remove from oven and<br />
tent with foil. Cover with<br />
a thick towel and stand for<br />
10 minutes.<br />
Meanwhile, strain<br />
marinade and bring to the<br />
boil. Add meat glaze or<br />
stock and simmer for 1-2<br />
minutes. Serve with the<br />
venison.<br />
Great accompanied by<br />
baby red jacket potatoes,<br />
plus 4cm cubes of pumpkin<br />
and large broccoli<br />
florets, roasted with the<br />
venison.<br />
RD Petroleum (RDP) is a familiar sight<br />
for farm and rural residents around the<br />
Canterbury region, however now days urban<br />
residents also enjoy the same excellent<br />
customer service for which RDP is known for<br />
in rural communities, through their home<br />
heating diesel.<br />
RDP began its home heating diesel delivery<br />
service to the lower South Island’s main urban<br />
centres of Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin<br />
and Invercargill a number of years ago.<br />
Customer demand has continued to increase<br />
year upon year, and RDP has responded<br />
with specialised improvements to its delivery<br />
equipment.<br />
The trucks that deliver RDP’s home heating<br />
diesel in each urban centre are drawn from<br />
the company’s extensive vehicle fleet. This<br />
means they have the latest communication<br />
and GPS tracking technology on board, so<br />
the operations team always know where they<br />
are and how far away they are from their next<br />
delivery stop.<br />
RDP’s home heating diesel trucks come<br />
equipped with a specially-designed hose,<br />
through which the diesel is pumped from<br />
the truck into house tanks. The length of<br />
the hose allows the trucks to access tanks<br />
without having to enter the property, avoiding<br />
damaging the driveway. RDP is the place to<br />
go if you require diesel conveniently delivered<br />
to your home and as a loyal RDP customer<br />
you’re offered discounted pricing and can<br />
become eligible for value-added benefits.<br />
For all enquiries please phone<br />
0800 44 00 14, or visit the RDP website at<br />
https://www.rdp.co.nz/home-heating or<br />
signup at apply.rdp.co.nz/home-heating
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HOME & HEATING<br />
Get the balance<br />
right this winter<br />
Enviro Master has been helping<br />
Cantabrians get the balance right when it<br />
comes to choosing the perfect heat pump or<br />
air conditioning system for their home or<br />
office since 2002.<br />
Their team of expert sales people, qualified<br />
electricians, heating and refrigeration<br />
engineers, help to supply and install<br />
Christchurch’s widest range of heat pumps,<br />
and because they have no affiliation with any<br />
one brand, you can be assured their advice<br />
on the benefits and differences between each<br />
product is unbiased.<br />
They will recommend the most energyefficient<br />
and cost-effective system for your<br />
individual situation, and will have you<br />
regulating the heat in your home or office in<br />
no time.<br />
Nowadays, customers are often wanting<br />
whole home solutions to be able to maintain<br />
even temperatures throughout the home both<br />
in Winter and Summer. This can be achieved<br />
by using ducted systems or multi systems<br />
and Enviro Master are experts in designing,<br />
installing and commissioning these systems.<br />
Help is currently available with a<br />
government subsidy covering 80 per cent of<br />
the cost of a new heat pump up to $3000.<br />
The subsidy is part of the Warmer Kiwi<br />
Homes initiative and is available to Home<br />
owner/occupiers with a Community Services<br />
Card, a SuperGold combo card or who live in<br />
a low-income area as determined by deciles<br />
8-10 on the New Zealand Deprivation Index.<br />
The applicant’s home must also have been<br />
built before 2008, have insulation up to code<br />
(insulation subsidies also available) and have<br />
no fixed heating in a living area, such as an<br />
existing operational heat pump or fireplace.<br />
With new regulations now in place for<br />
Landlords to provide heating in rentals, it’s<br />
time to ensure you are meeting the new<br />
standards.<br />
Inadequate heating and ventilation can<br />
lead to mould growth and dampness in your<br />
property, leading to costlier maintenance<br />
and an unhealthy living environment.<br />
Providing a fixed heater with a higher heat<br />
output and lower running costs, like a heat<br />
pump, will enable your tenants to heat the<br />
area effectively. Enviro Master are well<br />
experienced with the Tenancy Services<br />
software to ensure that you are meeting your<br />
requirements.<br />
To ensure you choose the right system<br />
for your home or business, one of Enviro<br />
Master’s experts will visit to assess your<br />
individual situation, offer advice and<br />
answer any questions you may have. This<br />
consultation is at no cost to the customer<br />
and is always provided before a heat pump is<br />
installed.<br />
Anyone wondering about their eligibility<br />
for a subsidised heat pump are welcome to<br />
get in touch for details and help with the<br />
application process. To find out more, call<br />
Enviro Master on (03) 366 0525 or visit<br />
their website www.enviromaster.co.nz<br />
The importance<br />
of air quality<br />
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 result, air<br />
quality can decline.<br />
Ventilation includes<br />
both the exchange of air<br />
to the outside as well as<br />
circulation of air within<br />
the building. It is one of<br />
the most important factors<br />
for maintaining acceptable<br />
indoor air quality in<br />
buildings. Filtered air<br />
supply for summer and<br />
filtered and warmed air in<br />
winter creates a healthy<br />
environment in which<br />
to live and work. In cases with poor<br />
or insufficient air intake from outside,<br />
the oxygen content decreases, humidity<br />
and dustiness levels increase. If exhaust<br />
ventilation is not provided or it is not<br />
effective, polluted air, smells, humidity<br />
and harmful substances are not removed.<br />
To ensure the quality of your air, contact<br />
the experts. Smooth-Air Products can<br />
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They have an extensive range of fans<br />
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continuing education<br />
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Spreading<br />
kindness<br />
through craft<br />
Crafting For a Cause is a group of<br />
crafters meeting weekly at WEA to<br />
create things people need. These clever<br />
crafters knit, crochet, sew, and repurpose<br />
materials generously donated to WEA<br />
Canterbury. Creating social capital,<br />
this group are helping reduce stash<br />
cupboards and keep materials from<br />
going into landfill, while sharing skills<br />
and ideas.<br />
Polar fleece has been turned into<br />
kitten blankets for the SPCA and over<br />
50 children’s beanies and mittens for<br />
It Takes a Village, who told them “The<br />
mittens have been a life saver for our<br />
families”. Wool yarn has been knitted<br />
up as hats, scarves and baby blankets;<br />
handmade paper has been turned into<br />
Thank You cards; cotton yarn knitted<br />
and crocheted into dishcloths, facecloths<br />
and cat toys; curtains recycled into tote<br />
bags and net curtains into vege bags and<br />
laundry bags and sold as a fundraiser to<br />
members of the WEA.<br />
To find out more or join the group,<br />
visit www.cwea.org.nz or drop into<br />
the WEA office at 59 Gloucester Street<br />
between 9:30 am and 3:00 pm Monday<br />
to Friday.<br />
Papanui High School<br />
Term 3, <strong>2021</strong> nightclasses<br />
Whether you are wanting to learn something<br />
new to improve your fitness, to challenge<br />
yourself, for relaxation, or to master a new<br />
skill Papanui High School offers plenty of<br />
choices for everyone in their<br />
Term 3 Adult Education Programme. Our<br />
Term 3 classes begin week of 2 August and<br />
we do have some weekend workshops on<br />
offer as well. We have a wide range of classes<br />
available from cooking, crafts, languages,<br />
and fitness through to photography,<br />
astronomy and cheese making. We are<br />
confident regardless of your age, or interest,<br />
you will find a course that will give you the<br />
opportunity to extend your personal skills<br />
and knowledge and meet some new people<br />
in an enjoyable friendly environment. Our<br />
tutors are well-qualified in their chosen field<br />
and wanting to help make your learning<br />
experience rewarding.<br />
One of our new courses on offer for<br />
Term 3 is an Introduction to Aromatherapy<br />
taught by Rebecca Dollery. This course<br />
will guide students through some of the<br />
best known, most researched and effective<br />
essential oils looking at their actions and<br />
best mode of use. The course will be a<br />
mixture of hands on practical preparations<br />
with guided learning covering the basics of<br />
what essential oils are, the safety precautions,<br />
how to purchase, store and use oils to gain<br />
maximum effect.<br />
For further information and enrolment<br />
in any of our Term 3 classes please visit our<br />
website https://www.papanui.school.nz/<br />
com-ed/categories or email Barbara Roper<br />
rpb@papanui.school.nz or telephone our<br />
office on 033520701.
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continuing education<br />
Risingholme’s Adult and<br />
Community Education<br />
Courses for Term 3, <strong>2021</strong><br />
now is the perfect time to learn something new, christchurch!<br />
ever fancied learning to sew, play the guitar or learn a new<br />
language? Whatever your interest and whatever your adult age,<br />
learning something new is not only fun, it can also be good for you.<br />
With Risingholme having over 80 courses on<br />
offer, at four different locations across Ōtautahi<br />
there is something that will spark your interest, for<br />
sure!<br />
We are expanding our programme by offering<br />
some new and exciting courses from Term 3<br />
onwards. New topics offered are in the health and<br />
wellbeing space, sculpture, arts, Hispanic cuisine,<br />
compassion communication, financial wellbeing<br />
and memory keeping techniques. We have other<br />
courses in the pipeline too, so keep an eye on our<br />
website.<br />
Visit our website www.risingholme.org.nz to see<br />
our full range of courses, locations and enrolment<br />
info. If you have any questions, please email us at<br />
info@risingholme.org.nz or feel free to phone us for<br />
a chat 03 332 7359.<br />
Course brochures are available on our website,<br />
at the Risingholme office and the CCC public<br />
libraries. We look forward to meeting you.<br />
Spaces are<br />
limited in some<br />
courses, so enrol<br />
now to secure your<br />
place and avoid<br />
disappointment!<br />
Adult and Community Education Term 3, <strong>2021</strong><br />
Come learn with us<br />
Risingholme Community Centre offers<br />
a wide range of short courses, each<br />
term, at a range of venues.<br />
Risingholme Community Centre<br />
Art (Creative Art, Mixed Media, Painting with Acrylics, Drawing &<br />
Sketching), Fabric & Craft Skills, Guitar, Pottery, Sewing Skills, Upholstery,<br />
Sewing Retreat, Yoga, Wood Sculpture, Woodwork, Woodwork for Women,<br />
Zentangle, Fermented Foods, Te Reo Maori, Patchwork and Quilting, NZ<br />
Sign Language, Reiki, Junk Journal (Memory Keeping), Picture Framing,<br />
Pattern Drafting, Getting Yourself Out There, Compassion Communication,<br />
Mastering Wealth & Abundance Seminar, Printmaking, Visual Merchandising.<br />
Christchurch Girls’ High School<br />
Te Reo Maori, Drawing & Sketching, German Language, Painting with<br />
Acrylics, Spanish & Go, NZ Sign Language, Pattern Drafting,<br />
Watercolour Introduction.<br />
Hornby High School<br />
Sewing for Beginners, Te Reo Maori, NZ Sign Language, Hispanic Cuisine.<br />
Riccarton High School<br />
Calligraphy, Indian Cuisine Beginners, Italian Language, NZ Sign Language,<br />
Russian Language, Te Reo Maori, Photography, Simple Healthy Meals on<br />
a Budget, Sewing Skills, ESOL - English for Migrants & Second Language<br />
Speakers, Tastes from Around the World, Found Object Sculpture.<br />
Full details available on www.risingholme.org.nz<br />
Risingholme office at 22 Cholmondeley Ave, Opawa, Chch<br />
Phone 03 332 7359 | Email info@risingholme.org.nz<br />
www.risingholme.org.nz
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Bidding to win at auction<br />
How do you navigate the adrenalinecharged<br />
auction environment without<br />
overpaying, overplaying or missing out?<br />
Here are four tips that might help you.<br />
1. Stick to the game plan<br />
Preparation is key, so it is important for<br />
you to devise a game plan while making<br />
allowances for incremental changes<br />
without overcommitment. Although<br />
difficult, removing emotion from the<br />
equation is primary. If you are unable<br />
to bid with a cool head under pressure,<br />
enlisting the agent, a representative<br />
or trusted friend to bid on your behalf<br />
ensures you won’t waver from your<br />
financial limit.<br />
2. Do your homework<br />
By researching prices, you’ll discover<br />
that most sales normally occur for<br />
unusual figures, such as $412,500 or<br />
$728,500. With this in mind, set your<br />
limit slightly above a round figure<br />
(for example, $527,000 rather than<br />
$525,000). In this way, you can try to<br />
eliminate opposition bidders with a<br />
minimal increase.<br />
3. Lateral thinking<br />
To a degree, the auctioneer is the<br />
director and each bystander has a<br />
role to play. Some industry insiders<br />
recommend that serious bidders start<br />
with a high bid that will blow the other<br />
buyers out of the race. The theory is<br />
that doing so eliminates most of the<br />
opposition from the outset and proves<br />
your purchase commitment. Others<br />
say you should only start bidding<br />
when the reserve price is reached,<br />
Healthy Homes Reminder!<br />
We have just completed our series of<br />
free Landlord Information Seminars,<br />
offering rental property owners<br />
some insight into the new Residential<br />
Tenancies Amendments Act 2020, as<br />
well as an update on healthy homes and<br />
the changes with taxes and the bright<br />
line test.<br />
The seminars were very well received,<br />
with many questions around the<br />
implications of the RTA Amendments<br />
as we expected, however, what I was<br />
not expecting quite so much was the<br />
confusion around the healthy homes<br />
standards. One landlord said that his<br />
property complies with the ventilation<br />
requirements in his bathroom as, while<br />
he does not have an extractor fan, the<br />
window opens!<br />
No, this is not correct and this is what is<br />
going to get landlords into trouble. It is<br />
so important that landlords understand<br />
and the property is declared to be “on<br />
the market”. Using this method, you<br />
won’t declare your hand too early. Try<br />
and watch a few auctions via online<br />
streaming or in person and see which<br />
strategy might be for you.<br />
4. Be confident in your bidding<br />
It is often very clear in the auction<br />
room when the bidding increments<br />
decrease that the limits are starting<br />
to be tested. If you bid like you have<br />
bottomless pockets and are there to<br />
purchase the property at any cost (even<br />
though you’re not) via big bold bidding,<br />
a confident voice, quick responses to<br />
other bids and offering a bigger bid<br />
to a smaller increment, ie. when the<br />
bidding drops to $5,000 increments up<br />
the actual requirements and avoid<br />
what people are talking about. For the<br />
correct information ask a Property<br />
Manager or have a look on the Tenancy<br />
Services website, there is loads of<br />
information, or phone them and clarify<br />
if you don’t know.<br />
I do think the next few months will be<br />
interesting, now that the standards<br />
are in full force. We will likely see<br />
an increase in cases at the Tenancy<br />
Tribunal where tenants will be<br />
attempting to catch landlords out for<br />
non-compliance and reap the rewards<br />
of being awarded exemplary damages.<br />
This has risen to a maximum of $7400<br />
now, which will be a huge cost to the<br />
landlord, and then the required work to<br />
comply will still have to be carried out,<br />
making this a considerable expense.<br />
Even if your tenant tells you that they<br />
are not worried that the insulation or<br />
it back to a $10,000 or $<strong>15</strong>,000 bid. It<br />
will rattle the competition and they will<br />
think ‘this guy isn’t going to let this go’.<br />
Happy bidding and if we can help you<br />
with any further questions about<br />
bidding at Auction please get in touch.<br />
It would be our pleasure to assist you.<br />
Content inspired by the realestate<br />
voice.<br />
Vanessa Golightly,<br />
Business Owner<br />
and Licensee Agent<br />
Ray White Papanui<br />
027 664 9292<br />
heating does not comply, get it done,<br />
it is not worth the risk as they could<br />
change their mind and you won’t be<br />
complying with the current legislation.<br />
If your Healthy Homes Statement says<br />
that there is an area where you don’t<br />
comply if it is a new or renewed tenancy<br />
dated after 1st <strong>July</strong> you then have only<br />
90 days to bring the property up to<br />
scratch.<br />
My advice is as always, seek the experts<br />
advice, don’t listen to rumours and<br />
make NO assumptions.<br />
Katrina Green,<br />
Operations Manager<br />
Property Management<br />
027 606 0030<br />
Vanessa Golightly<br />
Licensee Agent &<br />
Business Owner<br />
027 664 9292<br />
Stuart Morris<br />
Licensee Agent<br />
& Auctioneer<br />
027 422 6395<br />
Tracy Thomson<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
027 440 3035<br />
Maria Paterson<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
027 543 4689<br />
Hasna Ngara<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
021 262 4943<br />
Olivia Hendry<br />
Executive Assistant<br />
NOR’WEST NEWS<br />
Claire Morris<br />
Licensee Agent &<br />
Business Owner<br />
027 662 4822<br />
Katrina Green<br />
Operations Manager<br />
Property Management<br />
027 606 0030<br />
Richie Eggelton<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
021 089 65594<br />
Paul Nicholson<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
027 921 2160<br />
Jana Schleehauf<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
022 090 1227<br />
Georgia Tuuta<br />
Excutive Assistant<br />
Feature Properties<br />
Sold Properties<br />
Estelle Schuurman<br />
Property Manager<br />
Joy Coughlan<br />
Mortgage Broker<br />
027 223 3572<br />
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