Pegasus Post: July 29, 2021

THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2021
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Empty
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transformed
Nothing
like a winter
steak
Page 3 Page 8
Puppeteers get their magic back
• By Bea Gooding
THE ACTIONS of eagle-eyed
residents has fast-tracked the
safe return of a stolen car
containing a lifetime of work.
Veteran children’s
entertainers Kerry and Mary
McCammon (above) have
been reunited with their
Subaru Impreza and a box
full of irreplaceable puppets
after they were stolen from the
driveway at their home in New
Brighton two weeks ago. The
Natural Magic Pirates appealed
for help in Pegasus Post last
week, hoping residents could
help return the handmade
magic box and puppets to the
McCammons if found.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN
Their efforts led to a
tip-off to police and an
observant resident recognised
the missing box when it was
dumped in the backyard next
door to them.
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Bid to stop
another
bottle shop
opening
near school
• By Bea Gooding
RESIDENTS AND parents are
trying to stop another liquor
store from opening near a
school and kindergarten in their
neighbourhood.
Their concerns will be heard at
an upcoming hearing to decide
whether the Bottle-O store at 436
Prestons Rd in Marshland should
go ahead.
Marshland School parents are
against the plan, as the proposed
store would only be 500m away
from the school.
Said principal Leigh Fowler:
“We understand that many of
our parents and whānau have
expressed their position or lodged
an objection.
“As a school we support the
actions of our community
members.”
A date for the hearing has not
been set.
The district licencing committee
will ultimately decide if it will
approve the application made by
Progressive Retails Ltd, which
intends to operate the store on
weekdays from 9am to 10pm.
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Ponds being transformed
THE PADDOCKS between
Cuthberts Rd and the oxidation
ponds in Bromley are gradually
being transformed by the
addition of thousands of native
trees and plants.
“In a few years’ time this strip
of land will be thick with native
vegetation that will improve
the biodiversity of the area and
provide an important habitat for
native birds,’’ said city council
wastewater operations manager
Adam Twose.
“The mass
planting of these
paddocks will
help Christchurch
reduce its carbon
emissions and it
will also ease the
midge problem in
Adam
Twose
the area by providing
a natural
barrier between
the oxidation
ponds and nearby homes.’’
About 40,000 plants have been
planted so far, with thousands
more planned to be added over
the coming years.
“We’re currently preparing the
paddocks for further planting
by spreading a 300mm deep
layer of compost from the
nearby council-owned organics
processing plant over the
ground,” Twose said.
BIODIVERSITY: Thousands of native plants are transforming
the paddocks near the Bromley oxidation ponds.
PHOTO: NEWSLINE ​
“The compost will improve
the soil conditions for the plants,
giving them the best opportunity
to thrive.”
About 6500 tonnes of compost
from the organics processing
plant has been placed on
the paddocks in the last
few weeks.
Removing this large amount of
compost from the plant should
help to reduce the potential for
odour issues at the plant while
the city council undertakes a
$21.5 million upgrade of
the facility.
Musician’s bid for
city council
A MUSICIAN has entered the
Coastal Ward by-election race.
New Brighton resident Caleb
Isaacs, 28, launched his campaign
on Monday, joining three other
candidates who have already
declared their intentions.
Candidate nominations for the
$65,000 by-election opened this
month after former Coastal Ward
city councillor James Daniels
resigned in May in favour of a
new role at NewstalkZB.
Isaacs is standing as an
independent and owns Rattle
and Strum, an entertainment and
music company.
Much of his background has
been spent self-employed across
IT, advertising, retail, hospitality
and events.
“I’m running for council in
the by-election because I think
we need a fresh and independent
voice representing us,” he said on
his campaign Facebook page.
“The same old crowd has
done a lot of good things for our
community but progress has been
crawling, and it’s time to pass the
torch.”
The by-election date is set for
October 8.
Other candidates are Coastal-
Caleb Isaacs
Burwood Community Board
chairman Kelly Barber, New
Brighton Residents Association
chairwoman Celeste Donovan,
and former city councillor David
East.
If elected, some of Isaacs’
priorities included improving
derelict spaces, roads, empty
shops and to “hero” local business
owners.
Although he did not grow up in
the area, the east was a place he
chose to live.
“This is my home for the long
haul and I am completely focused
on the future and how much
better this great place could be.”
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Willowbank a constantly moving feast
Nick Ackroyd has been
looking after keas and
other native species
at Willowbank for the
past 12 years. He talks
to reporter Fiona Ellis
LOKI, BLOFELD, Moriarty
– these are just some of the
names of Willowbank Wildlife
Reserve’s 15 keas.
While the birds may not have
the villainous personalities of
their namesakes, their mischievousness
makes them popular
animals with native species
keeper Nick Ackroyd.
“Probably my favourite, that I
look after every day, is the group
of kea that we have here at Willowbank,”
the St Albans resident
said.
“They . . . are a bit crazy, so
that’s great fun.”
In spite of working in the role
for 12 years, the birds had never
managed to snatch any items
from him, but had been known
to pilfer pompoms, cash and
even credit cards from unwary
visitors.
Kea were as intelligent as great
apes and could solve puzzles that
stumped chimpanzees, he said.
His aim was not to domesticate
animals, but rather to keep
them as wild as possible.
“I think people assume there’s
a lot of cuddling of animals and
patting of things and playing
with stuff. When you’re a zookeeper,
you’re kind of doing the
opposite thing.
“I don’t want them to be playing
with me, I want them to be
going and socialising with the
other animals.”
Not interacting with other
animals could also make them
direct their aggression towards
humans, he said.
This was the case with a
paradise shelduck who had been
hand raised.
“He doesn’t like us and tries to
chase us away whenever we go
into his enclosure.”
Other animals were also in his
charge, from birds such as takahe,
kaka, and whio, to tuatara
and more threatening species.
“We also have a ferret and a
pig and a possum so that people
can see those animals that are
present in New Zealand as well,
and they’re the ones that are
causing issues for our native
animals.”
Conservation efforts were an
important part of Willowbank’s
role, and it was rewarding for
him to play his part in working
towards the Department of Conservation’s
Predator Free 2050
plan, he said.
Although he was concerned
about the future of New Zealand’s
wildlife, there were also
bright points to focus on.
Takahe were doing well and
their numbers increasing, he
said.
Willowbank received two new
takehe from Te Anau earlier
this month as part of a recovery
programme by DOC and Fulton
Hogan.
“Those birds are really
important, they’re genetically
quite unique and we’re hoping
to breed some young from them
this year.”
Signs they would hit it off
come breeding season were
promising, as the pair were
“hanging out” rather than fighting,
he said.
The programme aimed to
breed and release takahe, as Willowbank
had done with other
birds, such as the kaka in Abel
Tasman National Park.
It was always exciting to work
with DOC to do releases, Ackroyd
said.
People’s interest in Willowbank
and learning about native
wildlife was also encouraging,
from strangers to his own children.
“I’ve got two kids who have
both come through here heaps of
times and they love it too.”
However, his favourite aspect
SKILFUL:
Moriarty
looking for
something
to get his
beak into.
of the job was working with likeminded
people.
“We all love working with
animals and want to really make
a difference in that conservation/
native animal area.”
This made up for the less appealing
aspects of the job, such
as working through wicked early
morning frosts, chopping up
chicken to feed the ferret.
People would be surprised at
how much of his role involved
preparing food for the animals
and cleaning their dishes, he
said.
“There are lots more cleaning
and tidying jobs than you might
expect.”
As a child, he would not have
FEATHERED FRIENDS:
Willowbank Wildlife
Reserve native species
keeper Nick Ackroyd is
careful not to have any
potentially pinchable items
on him as he drops in on
his favourite charges, the
keas.
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN
expected to find himself in this
job, in spite of his interest in
animals, he said.
“My zoo keeping career started
a little bit sideways. I trained to
be a teacher and I did a zooology
degree, but I didn’t really want to
work as a teacher.”
Instead, he took on a job tour
guiding at Kelly Tarlton’s Sea
Life Aquarium, which proved
to be a foot in the door of an
animal keeping career.
He was pleased to work mostly
with birds now.
“Mammals are a bit smelly and
difficult, whereas birds are lovely.
“It’s like a constantly moving
feast, Willowbank. There’s
always something new here.”
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Stolen puppets returned
to New Brighton couple
•From page 1
The McCammons have used
the unique animal puppets to
entertain children since 1983.
“It’s a huge relief, it’s why we
publicised our loss. We never
really gave up hope that we
would find them,” said Mary.
“It happened really fast.
Within a week we had our car
and puppets back, so it’s really
fantastic.”
The grey Subaru was found
a few streets away from their
Marine Pde home on Tovey St
last Tuesday.
There was some damage and
the petrol had been siphoned
out, but there were still no
puppets in sight.
Mary said the police told
them a member of the public
called about a suspicious vehicle
that had been parked there for
several days with no license
plates.
Kerry then received a call on
Sunday from a friend who lives
on Union St to say the house
next door had been burgled.
“We were about to begin one
of our holiday shows when
Kerry got a phone call from a
local man who plays guitar with
us sometimes,” Mary said.
“It turns out he and his wife
live next door to an empty house
that was on the market, full of
furniture, to make it look nicer
for buyers.”
The thieves helped themselves
to most of the furniture inside.
But the alarm bells did not
ring for their friend until they
spoke to the real estate agents
selling the house next door
about what happened.
They said a box with
puppets was also found in the
garden.
“The newspaper (Pegasus
Post) article, which the man’s
wife had read, as well as the
buzz on social media, led to this
man knowing we had lost our
puppets.”
Mary said since the good news
broke, police have still not been
able to locate the offenders.
When the puppets were
found, she called the police
in case the incidents were
connected.
In the meantime, the
puppeteers were grateful for the
community’s support.
“Thank you so much to
everyone who shared and
commiserated with us . . .
one friend even prayed to St
Anthony,” Mary said.
“We are going to be supercareful
from now on not to leave
anything in the car overnight.”
Opposition to bottle shop
•From page 1
Coastal-Burwood Community
Board chairman Kelly Barber and
member Linda Stewart will be
speaking at the hearing because
there has been “huge” interest in
rejecting the application.
“We are
therefore looking
to add our voice to
the local residents,”
said Barber.
“The concerns
revolve around
close proximity to
Marshland School
and an abundance
of other outlets nearby.”
Kelly
Barber
The proposed site was also less
than 200m away from Prestons
Preschool on Te Rito St.
Another 1km away, there is also
Liquorland Marshland Road and
New World Prestons.
Prestons Preschool professional
development leader Kristal
Morgan was not able to elaborate
on the their concerns but
confirmed staff held a meeting
about the planned bottle store on
Tuesday.
Owner Tissa Abeykoon said he
was still weighing up the positive
and negative effects a potential
store may have, but he will “stand
with the staff.”
But since he operated a preschool,
the bottom line was he did
not want “drunken people” in the
area.
The board became aware of
the objections after a number
of residents got in touch with
members on separate occasions to
PLANNED:
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Centre on
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Prestons Rd
and Prestons
Park Drive
could be
home to a new
Bottle-O.
PHOTO: GEOFF
SLOAN
voice their concerns.
Because the decision was not in
the board’s hands, the only power
members had was to add weight
to the conversation by voicing
residents’ views.
Barber understood where the
community was coming from.
With Marshland Domain, a
community centre and schools
just a short distance away, there
were a lot of young people to look
out for.
“I think people have to take
concerns of the local community
seriously, there’s a very strong
link between the proliferation of
outlets and problem-drinking,”
Barber said.
“How many more do we need?
We’re already very well served in
this area with alcohol outlets.”
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Winter salads sit well
with cooked meat
There’s nothing
like a thick
porterhouse on
the grill, instead
of sharing it with
vegetables try
our salads as
sides
Grilled beef
porterhouse steak
with mustard,
mayonnaise and
broccoli salad
Serves 4
Ingredients
800gm porterhouse or
rib eye steaks, 4 x 200gm
pieces
1 to drizzle vegetable oil
1 to taste salt and freshly
ground black pepper
3 tsp dijon mustard
4 tbsp mayonnaise
Broccoli, almond and
tomato salad
2 broccoli heads
2 tomatoes
1 clove garlic
2 tbsp tarragon
2 tbsp chives
3 tbsp extra virgin olive
oil
3 tbsp lemon juice
50gm slivered almonds
1 to taste salt and freshly
ground black pepper
Directions
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Flame grill or use a frying pan to cook your steak. Short, hard cooking
should produce tender meat.
Heat a grill, ridged grillpan
or frying pan. Use a
sharp knife to make several
cuts through the fat and
slightly into the meat as
this will stop it curling as it
cooks.
Lightly oil the steaks
before putting them onto
the heat. For juicy and
medium rare steaks, cook
them for about seven minutes
per side, turning once
and seasoning with salt
and pepper once you have
done so.
Remove from the heat,
wrap loosely in foil and
leave them to rest for five
minutes.
Mix the mustard and
mayonnaise, then spread
across the upper side of the
meat.
Salad: Cook the broccoli
in boiling salted water for
about four minutes, then
drain and set aside in a
warm bowl.
Chop and seed the
tomatoes, then add to the
broccoli. Chop the garlic
and tarragon finely, then
chop the chives into 2cm
lengths.
Mix the herbs with
the oil, lemon juice and
almonds, then gently toss
through the broccoli and
season with salt and pepper.
Serve warm.
Roasted tomato,
butter bean and
watercress salad
Serves 4
Ingredients
2 tsp salt
8 tomatoes
2 cloves garlic
1 tbsp Olive oil
1 tsp brown sugar
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
1 freshly ground black
pepper, to season
1½ cups butter beans
4 handfuls watercress,
100gm almonds, roasted
and salted
2 tsp lemons, juice
1 tbsp fresh herbs, such
as parsley, oregano, marjoram,
finely chopped
1 cup creme fraiche
Directions
Preheat the oven to 220
deg C. Arrange the tomatoes
in a dish.
Drizzle over the oil,
sprinkle the salt, pepper
and brown sugar.
Finely slice the garlic
and add with the rosemary.
Bake for 20min then let
cool.
Combine the butter
beans with the watercress.
Arrange on a platter or
individual dishes then
add the tomatoes and the
almonds.
Mix together the creme
fraiche, lemon juice and
herbs. Spoon over the
salad before serving.
Roast chicken legs
with stuffed green
olives and lemons
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 tbsp olive oil
4 chicken legs
½ tsp cinnamon
½ tsp Turmeric
1 tbsp liquid honey
1½ cups chicken stock
2 lemons, thinly sliced
3 bay leaves
1 cup stuffed green
olives
Directions
Heat oven to 190 deg C.
Separate the chicken legs
into drumsticks and
thighs.
Rub the pieces all over
with olive oil, then with
cinnamon and turmeric
and season well with salt
and pepper.
Place the chicken in an
oven pan and drizzle with
liquid honey.
Arrange the lemon slices
over the chicken pieces.
Surround the chicken
pieces with the chicken
stock, bay leaves and olives.
Cover with foil and bake
for 40min. Remove covering
and bake for a further
40min until the chicken is
golden brown and cooked
through.
Test by putting a sharp
knife into the thickest part
of the thigh to the bone – if
the juices run clear, then
the chicken is cooked.
SCHOOL OPTIONS
Golden Key at Merrin
Golden Key Canterbury offers talented
primary school pupils the opportunity
to work on a project with a university
student who has a shared interest.
Here’s what Merrin Students have
to say about their experience on the
Golden Key Mentoring Programme...
“I enjoyed Golden Key because I learnt
lots of new things. I enjoyed making the
slideshow and I had fun collaborating
with some great mentors.” Nina, Yr 6.
“I enjoyed working with my friends
and working with Marijke, we learnt
about the evolution of food.
I learnt what the people of the past ate;
Papanui Primary is a small school
where families and teachers work
together for the benefit of children’s
learning and development.
We believe that children need to feel
safe and happy before they can learn, so
our terrific staff work collaboratively to
create an inclusive and welcoming place
for children to learn and grow.
We have a strong focus on our school
values of - Personal best - Eke Panuku,
Resilience - Aumangea, Learner -
Ākonga, Kindness - Atawhai.
Prospective students and whānau
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fish, vegetables and meat.
My favourite part was getting to eat
afterwards and making a slideshow
about the evolution of food.”
Malia, Yr 6.
“Golden Key was a lot of fun, the
activities were constructive. I enjoyed
meeting the mentors and seeing what
other people had done.” Aston, Yr 6.
“The reason I enjoyed Golden Key
was because I liked working with other
students from Merrin, I learnt lots of fun
facts about the evolution of food! I also
enjoyed getting to eat some of the food
afterwards.” Loretta, Yr 6.
Papanui Primary
Merrin School is a full primary school in
Avonhead, situated in the north west of
Christchurch. We have a roll of approximately
490 children from New Entrants to Year 8.
Merrin School is a warm and vibrant school
with a supportive community at its heart. Our
vision is for all children to shine, by purposefully
providing a learning environment that nurtures
and grows every child.
Merrin School has an enrolment scheme
to manage our roll numbers and avoid
overcrowding. If you live within the zone your
child is welcome to enrol at Merrin anytime.
To discuss enrolling your child please
phone the school office 03 358 8369, or
alternatively you can email the office at
office@merrin.school.nz and we will contact
you with regards to enrolment.
www.merrin.school.nz
are invited to view our website www.
papanuiprimary.school.nz and visit the
school.
Papanui
Primary School
The Papanui Pathway
Kimihia te ara tōtika – seek the right path
Papanui Primary School caters for new entrants to
Year 6 children in the Redwood and Papanui areas.
The school has an enrolment scheme and zone but
will have places available for out of zone children
starting school in 2021/2022.
We view education as an active partnership
between home and school with parents / caregivers
and teachers working together for the benefit of
children’s learning.
We have an enthusiastic and dedicated team who
provide a supportive learning environment where
the children are engaged, challenged and supported.
If you wish to find out more about the school or
make an appointment to visit, please phone
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SCHOOL OPTIONS - early & middle years 2022
Welcome to
Casebrook
Intermediate
Year 7 & 8 students are a unique age
group that we specialise in educating.
Our staff and school resources are
all geared for this stage of personal
development and focus on providing a
diverse range of learning opportunities to
create a rounded and engaged individual.
Our learning environment is supported
by a strong focus on our school values
of Respect (Whakaute), Excellence
(Panekiretanga) and Perseverance
(Hiringa). Through these ‘REP’ values
we develop within each student a sense
of self worth to realise their importance
as a member of our Casebrook
community.
Our school environment is one where
students are safe and have the confidence
to take risks with their learning. In
this way the students at Casebrook are
supported and encouraged to become
self-motived, independent learners.
We value the partnership between
home and school. Together we can
create an environment where we foster
feelings of pride and belonging. We are
sure you will enjoy being a part of our
Ngutuawa School
10 Gould Cres, Woolston, Chch
Ngutuawa School is a beautiful,
newly built year 0-8 school
which is situated in Gould Cres,
Woolston. We have small classes
and amazing staff.
We provide opportunities and
experiences so our students:
• are enthusiastic and see
themselves as learners
• are confident, independent and motivated
• form positive relationships with diverse groups of people
• are literate and numerate
• embrace leadership roles
• are proud of themselves and others
• can connect with their cultural identity, their land and the
environment
• regularly attend and participate in school
• value learning experiences and connect this to their future
• learn about their own well-being and the well-being of others
Phone: 03 982 0206
Email: office@ngutuawa.school.nz
community and would welcome the
opportunity to meet with you to discuss
your child’s future at Casebrook.
ResPeCt exCelleNCe PeRseveRaNCe
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WhakaUte PaNekiRetaNGa hiRiNGa
Celebrating 170
years at St Michael’s
This year is an exciting one for St
Michael’s. As the country’s oldest
independent preparatory school, we are
celebrating our 170th year nurturing and
educating the children of Christchurch,
at the heart of our city.
And as the heart of our city has
bounced back, so too St Michael’s, with
a 69% roll increase since the post-quake
low in 2017. Such is the interest in the
school, that the Board has recently
announced two new classes: a new
entrant Year 0 for Term 3; and a second
Year 7 for January.
A legacy of 170 years is not built on
fresh air. It’s built on hard work and solid
expectations.
As once again NZ’s Maths standards
come under fire – and this time from
our own Education Review Office who
report ‘slippage in expectations’ and
several years of ‘relative deterioration’ in
pupil performance* – today’s St Michael’s
families enjoy the reassurance of our
legacy of traditional foundations and
academic rigour.
We teach reading and handwriting,
spelling and grammar, and good oldfashioned
Maths. This academic rigour
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languages.
Our small classes offer your child
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attention, and a sense of identity and
✓ Co-educational, Years 1-8
✓ Small classes
✓ Specialist teachers
✓ Traditional classrooms
✓ Academic rigour
✓ Musical excellence
✓ Christian values
✓ Before & after school care:
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✓ Central city location
Taking enrolments for 2023.
Some places available for 2022.
place at St Michael’s.
As a church school, our musical legacy
is guaranteed: everyone plays and sings.
And talking of playing, have you seen
extended campus?
You and your child are warmly
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wholehearted and inclusive prep school.
Do drop in on Open Day: Wednesday
4 August, or contact registrar, Bec
Hitchcock, to book a tour.
* https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/
politics/300344123/education-reviewoffice-warns-of-slippage-of-expectationsin-maths-teaching
St Michael’s
Your school at the heart
of the city since 1851
OPEN DAY: WED 4 AUGUST
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a new chapter
Te Aratai
College
Linwood High School 1954 – Te Aratai College 2022

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Dreams into
Reality
Te Aratai College
From Linwood High School
1954 to Te Aratai College 2022,
our school continues its proud
history.
Next year we return to Aldwins Rd and
our completely rebuilt and stunning new
school. We thank our architects, Architectus;
our construction company, Southbase;
our project managers RDT Pacific and
the Ministry of Education. Architectus and
Southbase are the designers and builders
of a number of prominent Christchurch
buildings including the Central Bus
Exchange and Tūranga, the central library.
We are fortunate to have such a team.
Te Aratai College is inspiring from the
650 seat theatre-standard auditorium
to the sunny student centre and the
student-friendly courtyards. Our design is
for community-whanaungatanga, kōreroconversation
and personalised student
success. It reflects the new name gifted
to us by Ngāi Tūāhuriri, Te Aratai College,
Pathway to the Sea.
In 2016 there was extensive community
consultation about what the community
wanted for their new school. The key
summary point from this community voice
was:
The school should nurture individual
excellence by providing varied opportunities
to meet individual needs. It should foster a
‘love to learn’ culture that returns high levels
of achievement and success at a cost that is
accessible for all.
Reflecting this, our classroom design is
based on responsiveness to the needs
of the students at that moment. Our
classrooms are the standard, time-honoured
size but with the flexibility to open up.
This is because there are occasions when
learning can be more open but equally there
are times for some students when this is a
learning disaster. Te Aratai College also has
smaller rooms for students who learn best
in reduced, very quiet environments, and
bigger spaces for larger student gatherings.
The building design has flexibility for staff
and students to respond to the many factors
that personalise success.
Of course, new buildings alone do not
necessarily improve education. The
relationship with the teacher - he tāngata, he
tāngata, he tāngata - and the personalisation
of learning are the key for this. However,
there is also no doubt that new, purposebuilt
buildings and spaces that arise from
these community values of relationships and
personalisation contribute hugely to student
success. This is Te Aratai College.
Southbase Construction is a leading construction management
company, recognised for building state-of-the-art educational
facilities where our tamariki can learn and grow.
We are proud partners delivering Te Aratai College.
www.southbase.co.nz

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Linwood College
through the years
Science Lab
1965
Samoan
Culture Club
1989
Production
1991
New uniform
1954
Bookbinders in the library
1963
School Fire 1975
Emily Hough,
Year 10
“I’m excited to see how
the new kura is going
to look. The plans
look great and we
are looking forward to
returning to Aldwins Rd
and Te Aratai College.”
Alexsandra Laufiso,
Year 11
“Moving to Te Aratai and seeing the
new school is going to be amazing.
Te Aratai means a lot to me
because there are going to be new
students attending and the new
design is exciting. And no more
sitting on the floor for assembly!”

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Te Aratai College - A New School for our Community
When Linwood College reopens its doors in
term two, 2022 it will be known as Te Aratai
College.
Te Aratai College is the name gifted to us by Ngāi
Tūāhuriri and means Pathway to the Sea. This name
builds on Linwood College’s history of being the local
secondary school for communities from Linwood-
Woolston, the eastern hill suburbs, and out to the coast.
The 780 students and 120 staff are excited about this
wonderful opportunity.
The school’s initial fitout budget however will not stretch to
all the equipment and services identified as needed.
To help make our new school a centre of excellence
we now call upon our community, past pupils and local
businesses to support this amazing new educational
opportunity by donating to the Linwood College
Foundation. Please join with us in making the vision of a
well-resourced school for our community a reality.
Together let us create a school which will provide every
educational opportunity for all students. Let us help each
one to succeed to their potential.
It is only through education and by
supporting where there is need, that we
can transform our communities and create
exciting futures for all our students.
Items requiring funding:
• Technology and creative courses -
specialised equipment
• The new Performance Centre fit out
including retractable seating, lighting
boards, stage curtains and sound system
• Commercial kitchen specialist equipment
• Playgrounds for Year 7 and 8 students
• Furniture and equipment for the Kimihia
Parental College, the teen parent unit
• Music recording equipment
• Bouldering – a rock climbing wall
• Whakairo (carvings) for the whare
(meeting house)
• Pastoral care resourcing
• Trees, shrubs and general planting
Dick Edmundson has been Principal at Linwood College since 2016. He taught
English at Linwood in the 1990s. He was previously Principal at Hornby HS and
has taught in a variety of schools in New Zealand and overseas.
“As a current Linwood College parent, I
know how great this school is and would
love your help to make the new Te Aratai
College amazing. Let us support our young
people to become the best they can be.”
Sara Templeton,
Christchurch City Councillor –
Heathcote Ward
“I know that people are clear on how
important a strong, local school is for strong,
local communities. Donating to the new
school will be a way for many people to help
make this a reality.”
Dick Edmundson
Principal
Linwood College
Donate: Please make your gift today by going to www.givealittle.co.nz/cause/linwood-college-rebuild-fund or
direct to the Linwood College Foundation Charitable Trust bank details: SBS 031369 0312180 00 All donations
tax deductible. The Linwood College Foundation Charitable Trust www.linwoodcollegefoundation.org.nz was
established in 2018 to enable the community to support the development of the new school and its students.
Foundation enquiries: 021 2398946