Western News: September 16, 2021

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Cutting it off for cancer 

BEFORE AND AFTER: Nathaniel Willis is donating his locks to Hair Collect and also raised $850 for child cancer. 

PHOTO: SARAH WILLIS 

• By Fiona Ellis 

ALTHOUGH many people may 

be seeking a haircut as lockdown 

restrictions ease, seven-year-old 

Nathaniel Willis went in for a 

more dramatic chop than most. 

After growing his hair for 

three years, he had it cut off on 

Friday to donate to Hair Collect, 

raising $850 for the Child Cancer 

Foundation in the process. 

His mother Sarah Willis said 

they originally aimed to raise 

$100 but quickly surpassed 

that goal. 

They changed their aim to 

$500, and again surpassed the 

goal. 

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Shipping 

delays 

hold up 

community 

centre 


Nigel Cox 

SHIPPING DELAYS have held 

up construction of Hornby’s new 

$35.7 million community centre. 

Previously set to begin this 

month, the build is now expected 

to start in late October, as 418 

tonnes of essential steel earmarked 

for the Kyle Park centre 

are still on a ship near Taiwan. 

This has pushed the expected 

opening date back into early 2023. 

Also delayed was the confirmation 

of a building contractor, 

which was announced as Naylor 

Love Canterbury last week, in 

spite of earlier expectations a 

contractor would be named at the 

start of August. 

City council 

head of recreation, 

sports and 

events Nigel Cox 

said this was 

because it took 

longer than expected 

to agree 

on the fixed 

price of a lump 

sum contract. 

“We now have an agreement 

that mitigates the risk of price 

escalation for the Christchurch 

City Council,” Cox said. 

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Delays with new Hornby 

community centre build 

• From page 1 

The budget for the build 

had not changed, the council 

confirmed. 

Cox said the start of the build 

was dependent on the arrival of 

the 147 steel piles, which were 

18 metres long and weighed 158 

kilograms per metre. 

The city council ordered them 

in early May, but they were held 

up by Covid-19 pandemic-related 

shipping changes. 

“This delay is typical of the 

current global supply and 

shipping challenges facing the 

construction sector,” Cox said. 

He understood the piles were 

loaded into a ship in Taiwan last 

week. 

Earthworks were completed 

at the site over winter, so Naylor 

Love Canterbury would be able 

to “hit the ground running,” Cox 

said. 

Examples of the construction 

company’s handiwork included 

the EA Networks Centre in 

Ashburton and the Selwyn 

Aquatic Centre in Rolleston, the 

Ballantynes redevelopment and 

the Spark Square building. 

“I am sure many in the 

community will watch progress 

on the building with great 

interest.” 

A range of community and 

recreational spaces would be 

accommodated within the 

3600sqm centre, including a 

library, a creative activities room, 

a lane pool, a learn-to-swim 

pool, a toddlers’ wet play area, a 

spa pool and a customer services 

zone. 

The new Hornby centre would 

be a “fantastic asset” for the 

community, Mr Cox said. 

The city council is currently 

seeking 

feedback 

on what 

facilities and 

programmes 

people would 

like the centre 

to offer. 

Submissions 

Marc Duff are open until 

COMING SOON: 

The Hornby 

Centre, with a 

pool and library, 

is set to open in 

2022. 

October 1. 

Greater Hornby Residents 

Association chairman Marc Duff 

said the pandemic was a time 

when people needed to be patient 

about delays. 

“It just means we’re going to 

enjoy it more,” Duff said of the 

upcoming facility. 

“I’m appreciative negotiations 

take time, if it gets a better 

deal [and] leads to savings, 

that’s awesome.” 

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donation 

• From page 1 

“Every time a donation 

or message came through 

[Nathaniel’s] face lit up,” she said. 

“My brother had cancer when 

he was a child, so anything we 

can do to help.” Fortunately, her 

brother had recovered and the 

family remained close. 

Two years ago, when 

Nathaniel’s hair started getting 

long, Sarah and her husband 

asked him if he wanted to grow 

his hair to 25 centimetres, the 

minimum length for a donation 

accepted by Hair Collect. 

Nathaniel’s hair was about 

30cm long when it was cut for free 

by Anna Reed of Halswell salon 

BYond The Fringe on Friday. 

The chop was planned to 

take place last week, in time for 

the Child Cancer Foundation 

fundraiser Wig Wednesday. 

Often a school event, Wig 

Wednesday encourages 

participants to “wear a wig, 

shave your head or style a funky 

hairdo.” It was not widely held 

last week due to the Covid-19 

pandemic restrictions. 

Nathaniel wanted to make 

someone happy with his donation 

and was excited to get his hair cut, 

he said. He was also pleased to 

have short hair again. 

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Thursday September 16 2021 3 

Lockdown sees rise in graffiti in the west 


THE COVID-19 lockdown 

contributed to a rise in graffiti 

reports in parts of western 

Christchurch, rather than the 

decrease seen in other parts of 

the city. 

Council data also showed a 

drop in graffiti reports in the 

Halswell ward between July and 

August, from 45 to 15. 

However, both Riccarton and 

Hornby experienced a rise, from 

64 to 100 and 21 to 28 respectively. 

Hornby Community Patrol 

secretary Anne Smith said it did 

not seem that graffiti lessened 

during the lockdown. 

The patrol began operating in 

level two but had yet to run its 

dedicated graffiti patrol, she said. 

However, she said she had 

personally observed “a slight 

increase” while out and about. 

Wycola Park stood out to her 

as a place where she had seen 

graffiti recently. 

“You’d always hope that people 

would behave and not do it, but 

you are allowed to go out walking,” 

she said of the opportunity 

for graffiti under lockdown. 

In north-west Christchurch, 

Harewood also experienced a 

rise in graffiti reports last month, 

but most areas had a decrease 

between July and August. 

RISE: Reports of graffiti were up during lockdown in the west, in contrast to other parts of the city. 

A graffiti report for the 

month of August in Tuesday’s 

Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood 

Community Board meeting 

agenda showed just 55 incidents 

were reported to the city council, 

down from 102 in July. 

Of these, 24 were reported in 

the Fendalton ward, where the 

July total was 71, and five were 

reported in Waimairi, where the 

July tally was 13. 

However, Harewood saw a rise 

in reported incidents, increasing 

from 18 in July to 26 in August. 

City council manager of 

community partnerships and 

planning Gary Watson said the 

Covid-19 Alert Level 4 lockdown 

was a likely factor behind this, 

following last year’s pattern in 

the board area. 

“We had 32 reports of graffiti 

in the March-May 2020 lockdown 

compared to 70 reports 

over the same period in 2019,” 

Watson said. 

Considering Harewood’s rise, 

he emphasised that “five people 

could report the same graffiti at 

one site and it would create five 

incident reports.” 

“We had reports of graffiti that 

required removal at the skate 

park and along the fence line 

at Bishopdale Park. This is a 

frequented area, even during 

lockdown when people were doing 

their regular exercise close to 

their homes.” 

Although not included in the 

report, the city council confirmed 

that reports of graffiti in 

the Papanui ward also dropped, 

albeit slightly, from 57 in July to 

55 in August. 

In the Innes ward, the drop 

was more significant, falling 

from 50 in July to 29 in August. 

Christchurch North 

Community Patrol chairman 

Sam Hall said the downturn 

was “absolutely” related to the 

lockdown. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

However, the community 

patrol was back in action in Alert 

Level Two, and it seemed that the 

taggers were also back. 

Across the wider patrol area, 

which encompassed both the 

Fendalton-Waimari-Harewood 

and Papanui-Innes areas, last 

week’s three-hour graffiti patrol 

found 15 tags. 

This was was almost average, 

he said, 

In July, 47 tags were found in 

12 patrol hours. 

“We’ve yet to actually nab 

someone [doing graffiti]. It 

doesn’t take long, they can have 

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Water contamination sites highlighted 


THREE AREAS have been 

highlighted as potential 

stormwater contamination sites 

in a Haswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board submission 

to the city council. 

The board was among 29 

submitters on the draft stormwater 

management plans for the 

Halswell and Heathcote Rivers. 

Adjacent to the Owaka Pit on 

Wilmers Rd, a 

former stormwater 

retention 

basin was one 

of the three 

sites the board 

recommended 

for early 

Mike Mora 

investigation 

in the board’s 

Halswell River submission. 

“It has been filled in now but 

will likely still be contaminated,” 

the submission stated. 

Catering to the nearby industrial 

area, the stormwater 

retention basin by the intersection 

of Halswell Junction Rd and 

Springs Rd was also listed. 

The site of a former timber 

treatment plant by the same 

intersection was the final area of 

concern. 

Chairman Mike Mora said 

the plans were important to the 

board because the headwaters of 

both rivers were in its area. 

The impact of high levels of 

residential development also 

made it an important issue. 

“We’ve just got to keep the water 

quality as high as possible,” 

Mora said. 

The draft plans are the first of 

seven being prepared between 

2020 and 2023 for the district’s 

different stormwater catchments. 

They set out the ways in which 

the city council will meet the 

requirements of its 25-year Comprehensive 

Stormwater Network 

Discharge Consent which was 

granted by Environment Canterbury 

in 2019. 

The board’s submissions 

supported the goals outlined in 

the plans and recognised the 

potential for transport changes 

and cycleways to result in fewer 

vehicles on roads. 

This would mean would less 

contamination, particularly 

FEEDBACK: The city 

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stormwater picked up from 

roads. 

Although no dates had been 

set to progress the plan, the city 

council said it was likely to go to 

its three waters infrastructure 

and environment committee in 

October for endorsement. 

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Knitters give babies a warm welcome 

FOUR WOMEN from 

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almost 100 garments for babies 

born at the Christchurch 

Women’s Hospital this year. 

Pat Edward, Debbie Woolf, 

Kathryn Tovgaard and Barbara 

Crooks began the project about 

four months ago, although the 

Ferrymead Rotary group has 

been providing knitted clothing 

to the hospital for some time. 

Kathryn has personally been 

knitting for the hospital for five 

years. 

Barbara said they intensified 

their efforts this year after 

receiving a call for help from the 

hospital. 

All babies born at the hospital 

are given a woollen hat at birth, 

while woollen singlets, matinee 

jackets and booties are available 

for mothers to take home. 

So far, the group has knitted 

more than 60 woolly hats, with 

Pat heading the count. 

The hats produced are a variety 

of different sizes and colours. 

Barbara said Ferrymead 

Rotary has funded some of the 

wool, but all of the knitters’ time 

is given voluntarily. 

They estimate up to seven 

hours goes into making each hat. 

Most of the knitting has been 

done individually, although the 

four have got together from time 

to time to share wool and 

swap notes. 

Acknowledging Rotary clubs 

used to be men only, Kathryn 

said: “People don’t necessarily 

connect Rotarians with knitting 

but anything is possible.” 

She said being a part of 

a Rotary club was a family 

tradition. 

“One thing I said a long time 

ago was that I always wanted 

to help out in the community 

throughout my life,” she said. 

“A group of people can do 

so much more than just an 

individual.” 

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Ferrymead Rotary’s Kathryn 

Tovgaard, Debbie Woolf, Pat 

Edward and Barbara Crooks 

have knitted almost 100 

garments for new babies, 

while Pat tries on a hat for 

size (above). 

Ferrymead Rotary community 

director Debbie Woolf said the 

club is also working on making 

singlets and booties for Plunket 

and supplying the Methodist 

Mission with bedding, jerseys, 

hats, scarves, gloves and shoes. 

The Mission gives these items, 

donated or sourced by Rotary 

members, to homeless people. 

For more information about 

Ferrymead Rotary and its 

community projects, phone 

secretary Kathryn Tovgaard 

on 384 9485. 

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Line dancer, fundraiser remembered 


WHETHER OR not former 

Governor-General Jerry 

Mateparae can line dance 

remains unclear, but he can not 

say he was never asked. 

Bromley resident Mary 

Stanley-Shepherd, who passed 

away last month, offered to show 

him the ropes in 2016 while 

receiving her Queen’s Service 

Medal for services to dance and 

the community. 

Daughter Karen Mather said 

he was one of many who had 

the chance, as the founder of the 

Cathedral City Line Dancers was 

a brilliant teacher, who led young 

and old alike. 

She would teach classes to 

children with cancer at the 

annual Camp Quality camp 

each summer, and constantly 

fundraiser for the cause for over 

20 years. 

Denise Wood, to whom Mary 

passed leadership of the line 

dancing club, estimated Mary, 

who she remembered as caring 

and encouraging, had raised 

about $50,000. 

This had been done from 

methods ranging from raffles 

and craft sales, to donating the 

payments the club received to 

dance at the yearly Spencer Park 

gala. 

However, no one was too old 

to dance, and Mather recalls 

her mother visiting old peoples’ 

homes to teach them some 

moves. 

“She’d go and see the older 

people, even though she was 

AWARD: Mary Stanley-Shepherd receives her Queen’s 

Service Medal from former Governor-General Jerry 

Mateparae in 2016. 

probably older than them,” 

she said. 

“She just loved people, she was 

a true extrovert.” 

Even as her health started 

to fail last year, she would still 

attend line dancing classes, 

giving instructions and advice. 

This was typical of the tenacity 

and positivity her mother 

embodied, her daughter said. 

“She would always find the 

good thing, the joy, the positive 

aspects.” 

She also enjoyed the fact that 

line dancing brought joy to 

those who might be lonely, and 

as it did not require a partner, 

it was suitable for single people, 

widows, and widowers. 

Mary’s life was not always easy. 

Born in England in 1933, she 

lived through the Blitz. 

“I remember her saying the 

war years in London were 

terrible, bombs night after 

night.” 

She left England aged 17 to 

stay in Kenya with relatives, 

and although the country was 

unstable, she stayed upbeat, 

enjoying the weekend dances. 

Shortly after moving to New 

Zealand, her first husband left 

her and moved back to Kenya. 

“She brought me up on 

her own. She was a pretty 

independent, feisty woman. This 

is before feminism was really 

defined.” 

“She had to argue a few times.” 

Mather remembers choosing 

a bike for 10th birthday in the 

early 1970s. 

Her mother was not allowed 

to buy it because she needed 

her husband’s name for the hire 

purchase agreement. 

“We had to leave that shop 

and leave the bike because they 

wouldn’t sign it off. The next day, 

mum was on the phone to the 

big boss.” 

In the end, the bike made it 

home. 

“She had perseverance . . . 

those were the women who really 

trail-blazed for us, I think.” 

Aged in her 60s, Mary married 

“the love of her life”, the late Art 

Stanley-Shepherd. 

Always a keen dancer, she took 

to it quickly after being introduced 

to line dancing in the 1970s. 

“I always thought she’d die on 

the dance floor.” 

Even when unwell, Mary 

took care to look stylish, and 

her beautiful nails even drew 

comments from the nurses at 

Nazareth House, where she 

passed away. 

Because it was lockdown 

at the time, the family was 

unable to hold a funeral, but 

memorial festivities were in the 

works. 

“We will be having a birthday 

bash in November.” 

“We’ll be having a line dance 

and entertaining afternoon, 

combined with pictures and 

stories and things.” 

“That’s really the send-off 

mum would have wanted.” 

JOY: Mary and her 

husband Art Stanley- 

Shepherd shared a 

love of line dancing. 

LEADER: Mary 

Stanley-Shepherd 

calls the count 

during a line 

dancing session 

at Spencer Park in 

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WESTERN NEWS 

Dinghy races start yachting season 

OPEN DAY: The new Pleasant Point Yacht Club facilities will host a dinghy race meeting this weekend. Senior boats compete in one of the many races 

the club holds each sailing season out on the estuary. 

New Brighton Park as they host 

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“Despite Covid we’ll be out 

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Add cheese to your accompaniments 

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Ingredients 

28gm butter, place in frypan 

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4 cloves garlic, crushed 

4 large portobello mushrooms 

8 grape tomatoes, halved 

Mozzarella cheese, sliced 

¼ cup balsamic vinegar, place 

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Directions 

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Grilled mini peppers with 

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1 small onion, chopped 

Pinch cayenne pepper 

Salt (to taste) 

Peppercorns 

1 x 390gm can chickpeas, 

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¼ cup parsley, finely chopped 

125gm mozzarella, grated 

350gm mini peppers 

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1 x 400gm can tomatoes (can 

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1 tablespoon brown sugar 

½ teaspoon salt 

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