Nor'West News: September 23, 2021

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Pupils involved in plan to 

fix ‘horrific’ school traffic 

• By Fiona Ellis 

NEW CAR parks will give parents 

just three minutes to complete 

the school run as part of ongoing 

efforts by school pupils to battle 

traffic congestion in St Albans. 

The time-restricted car parks 

are set to be trialled in Courtenay 

St near the back of St Albans 

School after receiving the green 

light from the Papanui-Innes 

Community Board meeting last 

week. 

A report in the board’s meeting 

agenda stated that council staff 

worked with pupils to identify 

safety concerns surrounding the 

school. 

The intention is to draw away 

school traffic from Sheppard Pl, 

the traffic counts at both locations 

will take place one and six months 

after installation to monitor the 

trial’s impact. 

Speaking to Nor’West News last 

week, parent Heidi Goebbels was 

doubtful this would fix the “horrific” 

traffic situation. 

Time-restricted parking was 

already in place in the school’s 

main Sheppard Pl entrance and 

the adjacent Trafalgar St, but some 

parents pushed the limits, she 

said. 

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Drivers become impatient 

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“There’s no one here to 

police the three-minute 

parking. They need someone.” 

She was concerned the 

heavy traffic would lead to a 

child being hit by a car one 

day. 

“You see near misses – 

the number of people is 

crazy.” 

However, she was pleased 

that pupils were thinking 

about how to tackle the 

traffic. 

“[My son] is on the school 

council and he’s all over it.” 

Parent Simon Rogers said 

he avoided driving by the 

main school entrance. 

“It’s a bit of a nightmare, 

I park elsewhere and walk 

in,” Rogers said. 

“[School staff] do what 

they can but as a parent, 

you’re still nervous.” 

He sometimes parked in 

Courtenay St, and although 

he was unsure whether 

restrictions there would 

improve the situation, he 

thought it was worth trying. 

This was also the overall 

attitude of the community 

board, in spite of dissent 

from Emma Twaddell and 

Ali Jones, both of whom 

ON FOOT: Parent 

Simon Rogers, with 

daughter Nina, 

avoids parking by St 

Albans School’s main 

Sheppard Pl entrance 

because it is too busy. 

questioned the safety of the 

trial. 

The restricted parking 

will begin 16m from the 

Westminster St intersection, 

where Jones said traffic 

bottlenecked and drivers 

became impatient. 

“There is no doubt that 

there needs to be more of 

this kind of parking around 

the area, but this is an horrendous, 

and I’m not overstating 

that, intersection,” 

she said. 

MORNING RUSH: St Albans School traffic is heavy 

in Sheppard Pl. 

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“To encourage children 

to be getting in and out of 

vehicles essentially at an intersection 

is just gobsmacking, 

to be honest.” 

Chairwoman Emma Norrish 

was supportive of the 

change because she thought 

new solutions needed to be 

tried. 

“It is aimed to be constantly 

monitored and 

reviewed, and revoked if 

necessary.” 

Board member and Innes 

Ward city councillor Pauline 

Cotter said the board 

needed to trust the council 

staff who recommended the 

change. 

“I don’t believe they’d 

recommend us to put in a 

parking treatment that was 

going to endanger any lives 

anymore so than they currently 

are,” Cotter said. 

“Admittedly it is a busy 

area.” 

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Bin collection changes 

to improve service 


UNCOLLECTED BINS may 

have been bumped from the 

top spot as the biggest concern 

for those in the Papanui-Innes 

Community Board area, but the 

area still stands to benefit from 

changes to the collection service. 

A ticket 

report has revealed 

a breakdown 

of issues 

area residents 

reported to the 

city council 

Ross Trotter 

between July 21 

and August 19. 

Unlike the 

two months prior, bins left 

uncollected were not the biggest 

concern, although they remained 

an issue. 

Subcontractor EnviroWaste 

Services Ltd has been appointed 

to help with Christchurch’s 

kerbside collection service issues, 

starting on September 6. 

The impact of this is not yet 

reflected in ticket reports, but 

is intended to help contractor 

Waste Management NZ Ltd, 

UNCOLLECTED: Bins remain an issue for those in the 

Papanui-Innes Community Board area. 

which has struggled to meet 

some performance targets. 

City council resource recovery 

manager Ross Trotter said a 

shortage of class 4 drivers was a 

factor in this. 

“They have been working hard 

to recruit new drivers and increase 

the size of their fleet, but 

unfortunately there continues to 

be days when a small number of 

streets have not been collected 

due to the driver shortage. 

“We want everyone’s bins 

though to be collected on 

the scheduled day so we have 

appointed a subcontractor to collect 

bins on one of the collection 

routes each day,’’ Trotter said. 

“This should ease the pressure 

on our contractor and help 

ensure that all the scheduled collections 

happen on the right day 

to provide a high level of service 

to our residents.’’ 

The most recent ticket report 

shows leaking water supplies to 

be most common cause of complaint, 

with 136 tickets, while 

uncollected or damaged bins 

placed second and third with 124 

and 115 tickets respectively. 

Last month 161 tickets for 

uncollected bins were issued in 

the area, while 118 tickets were 

issued for water leaks. 

The most recent report also 

showed a general decrease of 

tickets, at 1042 completed in 

an average 3.1 days, down from 

1363 tickets completed within an 

average of three days the previous 

month. 

The most recent ticket report 

for the Fendalton-Waimairi- 

Harewood Community Board 

area also shows collection issues 

to be a concern. 

In the ticket report for July 21 

to August 19 contained in last 

week’s meeting agenda, uncollected 

bins were also the second 

largest issue, with 130 tickets 

issued. 

However, the main reason 

people in the area reached out to 

the council concerned residential 

property files. 

In Brief 

FUNDING APPLICATIONS 

THe city council has received 251 

Summer with Your Neighbours 

funding applications for 

community-focused events, 

including 60 from north-west 

Christchurch. Community boards 

will consider the applications 

in early to mid-October. The 

Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood 

Community Board has $4000 to 

allocate between 36 applications 

and the Papanui-Innes 

Community Board has $3500 to 

allocate between 24 applications. 

NEW SEAL FOR ROADS 

THe Christchurch Northern 

Corridor and QE II Drive are set 

to receive a layer of top seal that 

will reduce the noise of traffic 

and its impact on those who live 

nearby. The work is expected 

to begin in late October or early 

November. 

TENNIS COURT SURFACE 

Burnside Park is set to upgrade 

its four Astro Grass tennis courts 

following a grant of $16,000 

from the Fendalton-Waimairi- 

Harewood Community Board 

last week. The board approved 

the grant to the Burnside Park 

Tennis Club to replace the current 

surfacing, which was worn and 

slippery, and therefore unsafe. 

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Ray White Bishopdale and Strowan have been 

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annual awards and the Ray White New Zealand annual 

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These awards honour businesses that go above and 

beyond in their local area and have had a positive 

impact on the community. 

Ray White Bishopdale and Strowan owners, Barry & 

Karen Ellis, said it was a great honour to receive the 

awards. 

“It was an absolute honour to receive these awards. 

We are driven by our core purpose to proactively 

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Sweet fundraiser for Starship 

• By Samantha Mythen 

SEVEN-YEAR-OLD Lucy 

White is on a waiting list for 

heart surgery due to a shortage 

of intensive care beds. But it has 

not stopped her family from 

fundraising to help alleviate the 

shortfall. 

Starship’s Paediatric Intensive 

Care Unit (PICU) in Auckland 

is currently at critical capacity 

every 48 hours. It is the only 

dedicated children’s intensive 

care unit in the country, where 

the most critically ill and injured 

children are treated. 

Starship needs to raise $40 

million to meet its shortfall to fix 

the bed shortage and upgrade its 

PICU. 

Lucy’s mother Charlotte 

Easton said due to an 

overwhelming need for PICU 

beds, mostly due to the RSV 

virus, they needed to wait one to 

two months before Lucy could 

have her surgery. 

While they waited, they 

wanted to help with Starship’s 

fundraising efforts. 

As Lucy’s father Myles White 

has 100 beehives, the family 

decided to spend a weekend 

selling honey from their stall on 

Blackpoint Rd in Charteris Bay. 

They sold 43 jars and raised 

more than $600, all with the 

“incredible support” of the 

RAISING MONEY: Myles, Max, Lucy and Charlotte in front of their honey stall, and Lucy in 

hospital at five weeks old. 

PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

harbour community. 

Easton said Lucy, her first 

child, had been a “perfect 

pregnancy” and nothing 

“troublesome” had been picked 

up during her scans. 

It was a normal birth until 

they realised Lucy was not 

breathing and she needed to be 

resuscitated. 

Lucy was diagnosed with 

Williams Syndrome, a rare 

genetic condition affecting only 

one in 10,000 births. 

It is characterised by 

medical problems including 

cardiovascular disease, 

developmental delays, learning 

challenges, and a highly social 

personality. 

The family took Lucy home 

after she was born with several 

oxygen tanks in tow. 

At five weeks old, Lucy and 

Easton were flown up to Starship 

on a “life flight” for emergency 

surgery. Lucy had a cardiac 

arrest on the operating table but 

the medical staff saved her. 

She had further surgery at 

15-months-old and has since 

travelled up to Auckland a 

further 15 times. 

“We were told they didn’t 

know if she would get to age one 

but getting her to three would be 

great,” said Easton. 

“And yet, she’s now made it to 

seven.” 

Lucy is waiting for surgery 

because the stents in her 

descending aorta are too small 

and need to be replaced. 

The Government has already 

provided $25 million to 

Starship’s fundraiser. 

Visit starshipicu.org.nz/home 

to donate. 

New bowling hub 

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$10m sale of land 


THE $10 million sale price of 

a former bowling club site in 

Merivale will help to fund the 

building of a new bowling hub. 

The 5107 sq m former St 

Albans Bowling Club site at 5 

Donald Pl sold for $10 million 

last week. 

Elmwood Park Bowling Club 

president Peter Smith said 

$2 million of this will go to 

funding the planned rebuild of 

the club’s Heaton St site. 

Smith hopes the demolition 

stage of the $3.5 million 

project will be under way by 

December. 

The merger of the Elmwood 

Park and St Albans bowling 

clubs prompted the sale after the 

two clubs joined in 2018. 

The Heaton St upgrade project 

prevented the club from leaving 

the Merivale site. 

“We’ll still get the use of 

Donald Pl,” Smith said. 

“The settlement date is 

December 2023 [although] it 

could be brought forward. That 

gives us plenty of time to get the 

new one up-and-running.” 

The remaining sale proceeds 

of the “very satisfactory” deal 

will be reinvested by the club, 

he said. 

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‘Phenomenal’ support for Wig Wednesday 

HALFWAY POINT: New World Bishopdale grocery team 

member Jess Scarsbrook celebrates her haircut before 

scissors are swapped out for a razor. 


A CHILD Cancer Foundation 

fundraiser caused a buzz in 

Bishopdale last week, as four 

people underwent a close crop to 

help raise $2783. 

New World Bishopdale owner 

Marc Brokenshire was one of 

four to lose their locks during the 

supermarket’s first Wig Wednesday 

event. 

“My best friend died when he 

was 10. Everyone’s got a link with 

cancer,” Brokenshire said. 

The support for the event was 

“phenomenal”. 

“It’s fantastic that the Bishopdale 

community has got behind 

it.” 

People were able to donate in 

store, and a $10 contribution was 

made for each customer to wear 

a wig. 

Taking advantage of the 

chance to have “a bit of fun” 

some staff donned colourful wigs 

or wore creative hairstyles. 

Staff contributions alone were 

over $1000, and three others 

joined Brokenshire to have their 

heads shaved near the store 

entrance by Valentino’s Hair 

Design hairdressers. 

They were head of retail operations 

for Foodstuff South Island 

Ross Martin, deli manager Etan 

Taner and grocery team member 

HANDS-ON: Owner Marc Brokenshire takes part in the 

store’s first Wig Wednesday event last week. 

Jess Scarsbrook. 

Scarsbrook said she had been 

growing out her hair since last year 

and the idea of having it shaved 

to combat cancer had been in the 

back of her mind for a while. 

When the call for volunteers 

went out at work, she saw an opportunity. 

“I’ve always wanted to do it 

and it’s for a good cause,” she 

said. 

The event was originally set 

to take place a week earlier, 

but as that was the first day 

out of the Covid-19 lockdown, 

Brokenshire said it was better 

to wait until people were feeling 

more comfortable with level two 

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TEAM WORK: 

(From left) – 

Deli manager 

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RAY WHITE PAPANUI NEWS 

The Power of Auctions 

Onsite Auctions 

The traditional auction method, 

usually conducted outside 

the property with bidders 

in attendance along with 

neighbours and bystanders. 

These onlookers increase 

the attendance size and 

therefore add to the feeling of 

competition for the registered 

bidders. 

The fact bidders are making 

offers outside their possible 

future home can make buyers 

bid emotionally. This type 

of auction, with the right 

auctioneer, can add a touch of theatre to 

the auction process. 

In-room Auctions 

This type of auction will usually be 

held in an office, auction house, hotel 

or other large space and will normally 

have several properties going under 

the hammer over a short period of time. 

This type of event allows us to control 

factors that we otherwise couldn’t such 

as weather, noisy neighbours, traffic 

etc. It gives the bidders an increased 

feeling of competition as there will be 

many registered bidders spread over 

properties, thereby giving perceived 

extra competition. 

Online Auctions 

Born out of necessity, this method offers 

an online solution allowing bidders to 

purchase from the comfort of their 

own homes. It also allows buyers from 

interstate/overseas to bid. Since the 

full-time introduction of online auctions 

throughout the COVID-19 restrictions, 

bidder numbers have increased 

dramatically. Online auctions can be 

offered either as a stand-alone product 

or to complement the on-site and 

in-room auctions allowing bidders the 

option to attend the home or venue or 

bid from a laptop or other device. 

There are several options for online 

auctions such as BidTracker, Gavl and 

Auction Now. 

You can watch all of the Ray White Morris 

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Licensee Agent & 


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Katrina Green 

Operations Manager 

Property Management 

027 606 0030 

Richie Eggelton 


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When do I have to comply with 

Healthy Homes Standards? 

I continue to see a massive 

misunderstanding of what notice 

period is required for what reason 

amongst landlords out there and it has 

not of course been made any easier 

by introducing new legislation while a 

lot of people are still working through 

understanding the timelines for Healthy 

Homes standards. 

So, let’s talk about the Healthy Homes 

key dates this week. 

All periodic tenancies dated prior to 1st 

December 2020 will have until 1st July 

2024 to comply with the Healthy Homes 

standards, including not having to supply 

a Healthy Homes Statement. 

Any periodic tenancy prior to 1st July 

2021 which may be extended for any 

lesser period than the original period, so 

a 12 month fixed term that is extended 

for 11 months, will not be required 

to comply, or have a Healthy Homes 

Statement. Also, any Government 

housing is not required to comply until 

1st July 2024. 

Any periodic tenancy dated after 1st 

December 2020 does require a Healthy 

Homes Statement and has 90 days from 

the commencement of the tenancy 

to comply with the Healthy Homes 

Standards. Any fixed term tenancy 

from 1st July 2021, or any variation to a 

fixed-term tenancy after 1st July 2021, 

must include a Healthy Homes Statement 

and again, has 90 days to comply with 

the standards. So, this means that even 

though the original date of a fixed-term 

may have commenced 1st January 2021, 

upon renewal of this tenancy for another 

12 months in January 2022 the property 

will have to have a Healthy Homes report 

completed and also comply within 90 

days. 

And lastly, if a fixed-term tenancy rolls 

into a periodic tenancy any time from 

1st July 2021, this will also need the 

statement and have 90 days to comply. 

My advice is to plan ahead. If you have 

a fixed-term tenancy that is due to end 

soon you need to ensure you have the 

Healthy Homes report ready so you can 

provide a copy to the existing tenant, 

or have it ready for any new tenancy 

agreement, and of course, if there is any 

work which is required to be done to 

comply with the Act, don’t put it off. Get 

the work organised now to ensure you 

are well and truly compliant in time to 

avoid any potential fines. 

Next time I will talk about the new notice 

periods under the 2020 Residential 

Tenancies Amendments Act. 

Katrina Green, 

Operations Manager 

Property Management 

027 606 0030 

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Yachties tacking for competitive season 

• By John Cosgrove 

AN EASTERLY wind made 

racing fun at the Pleasant 

Point Yacht Clubs 101 st season 

opening held last Saturday at 

South Brighton. 

About 50 members and 

guests joined in the opening 

ceremony before 17 crews and 

their yachts tackled the blustery 

conditions in an assortment 

of multi-hulls, trailer and 

sunburst yachts. 

Club official Nigel Humphrey 

said it was a great turnout for 

the start of the season as the 

yachts took their turn at 

lining up for the Mark Foy 

handicap formatted race, 

whereby the slowest starts first 

for the hour and a half race 

around the estuary at South 

Brighton. 

In the multi-hull race for 

the Eric Orange trophy, Ian 

Douglas and Simon Thompson 

won aboard Iznerz, a Weta 

trimaran, from James Cains 

in Neva Weta, while in the 

Pet Cup Noémi Gulliver 

and Graeme Hore were first 

aboard Tafua (Sunburst class). 

In the Nina Mander trophy 

Dan O’Sullivan in Humbug 

(Firebug) was first from Arthur 

Mahon in Aphid (Firebug). 

HELPING HAND: Brigid Sheen helps Ruaraidh Forster, 14, rig 

their boat before heading out to tackle the course. 

Below – The complexities of racing a multi-hull make 

yachting fun for the Pleasant Point Yacht Club Commodore 

Ian Douglas. 

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lifting was Matthew Lancaster, 7, as he helps guide their 

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The School of Opportunity for 

Year 7 & 8 Students 

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 community 

and I would welcome the opportunity 

to meet with you to discuss your child’s 

future at Casebrook. 

Sharon Keen 

Casebrook Intermediate School 

Principal 

WE HAVE A SMALL NUMBER OF ‘IN ZONE’ & 

‘OUT OF ZONE’ PLACES STILL AVAILABLE FOR 2022 

ENROLMENT CLOSES 18th OCTOBER 

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Join the annual seaside spruce-up 

• By John Cosgrove 

COMMUNITY groups are 

rallying for New Brighton’s big 

annual clean-up. 

Brighten Up Brighton will be 

held on October 10 after being 

delayed due to recent Covid 

restrictions. 

The New Brighton Residents 

Association and New Brighton 

Project are leading the event 

which has attracted big interest 

from other community groups. 

NBP co-ordinator Martha 

Baxendell said she and her team 

were very appreciative of the 

assistance and resources offered 

by others including The Graffiti 

Programme, City Care, New 

Brighton Volunteer Fire Brigade, 

PEEEP Trust, Keep Christchurch 

Beautiful, Coastal Time Bank, 

Sustain South Brighton, New 

Brighton Lions, the Union 

Parish, Christchurch Archery, 

and volunteers from the Student 

Volunteer Army and several 

others in the community. 

“We will meet at the Our 

Bright Town mural at 10am and 

from there we are looking to 

head out into the community to 

undertake a variety of tasks for a 

couple of hours,” she said. 

Coastal-Burwood-Community 

Board deputy chairwoman Jo 

Zervos said those tasks included 

removing tagging, picking up 

rubbish, pruning and weeding 

while others may be washing 

windows, washing seats or undertake 

a bit of painting, sweeping, 

removal of stickers, tidying 

up planter boxes and tidying the 

toilet block area.” 

“We are hoping for more volunteers 

so would like to get the 

word out and make this a really 

good community effort,” Zervos 

said. 

New Brighton Residents 

Association chairwoman Celeste 

Donovan added that while they 

will be removing tagging, they 

will be trying to preserve the 

many unique graffiti-style artworks 

around the mall area. 

CLEAN UP CREW: 

Community groups and 

residents in New Brighton 

are well known for their 

efforts during appeals for 

clean-up operations. This 

crew assembled for the 

last event, in preparation 

for July’s Matariki night of 

nights festival. 

Work begins 

on woodland 

playground 

WORK HAS started on the 2ha 

childrens accessible woodland 

playground at Rawhiti Domain, 

after five years of planning. 

Contractor Creative Intentions 

owner Geg Howell said the work 

came together very quickly after 

years in the making. 

“This is only the start of what 

the community can do with this 

space,” he said. 

The pathway around the site is 

wide enough for two wheelchairs 

to move side by side, while the 

open space at the front will have 

equipment for children of all 

physical abilities. 

The woodland area will have 

physically challenging activities to 

get children back to nature. 

More fundraising will be 

needed to fully complete the 

playground, but the current work 

should be finished by Christmas. 

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Make beef steaks go the distance 

Beef and chicken are 

the basis for many 

family favourites, 

this wholesome 

stroganoff may well 

provide enough for 

a snack lunch the 

following day 

Beef stroganoff 

Serves 5 

Ingredients 

600gm sirloin steaks, pat with 

paper towels and slice into large 

bite-size pieces (leave sitting at 

room temperature) 

2 tablespoons flour, place in 

bowl with: 

½ teaspoon salt 

2 measures of 2 tablespoons 

olive oil, place in 1 measure into 

frypan 

½ cup red wine (can use beef 

stock) 

1 large onion, chopped 

6 cloves garlic, crushed 

250gm mushrooms, halved 

1½ teaspoons paprika 

2 tablespoons onion flakes 

¾ teaspoon garlic powder 

1½ tablespoons tomato paste 

1 cup beef stock 

Peppercorns 

1 x 125gm pottle (½ cup) sour 

cream for thickening once 

cooked 

Parsley 

Directions 

Toss beef in flour/salt to coat as 

much as possible. Heat first measure 

of olive oil and stir fry beef 

in batches for about a minute, 

until browned. 

Transfer to largest casserole 

dish that has been lined with two 

layers of non-stick tin foil and set 

aside. 

Add wine (or first measure of 

stock) to deglaze pan, simmer 

while rubbing loose any pan 

brownings, until wine has almost 

evaporated. 

Add second measure of oil, 

then onion and garlic and saute 

until soft. Add mushrooms and 

cook for two minutes, then add 

onion powder, paprika, garlic 

powder and peppercorns and 

cook a further one minute. 

Add tomato paste and second 

measure of stock, bring to a simmer 

and cook for one to two minutes 

or until slightly thickened. 

Pour over beef and stir through. 

Bake at 160 deg C for two hours. 

Remove from oven and stir the 

sour cream through. Garnish 

with parsley 

Cauliflower and chicken 

pasta bake 

Serves 5 

Ingredients 

FLAVOURS: 

Beef 

stroganoff 

traditionally 

uses 

mushrooms 

and assorted 

spices to 

enhance 

taste. 

500gm penne, place in largest 

saucepan 

1 head of cauliflower, broken 

into small florets 

300gm tub sour cream, place in 

bowl with: 

1 cup thickened cream 

1 cup tasty cheese 

Parsley, chopped 

Peppercorns 

Directions 

Boil penne in salted water for 

five minutes, add cauliflower and 

boil for a further five to seven 

minutes until pasta is tender, 

drain and transfer to a 12-cup 

baking dish that has been lined 

withf non-stick tin foil. 

Add combined sour cream, 

cream, cheese, parsley and peppercorns. 

Ingredients 

Topping 

3 cups breadcrumbs, place in 

bowl with: 

Either 150gm shredded chicken, 

or two chicken breast fillets, 

diced 

½ cup parmesan cheese 

1 tablespoon fresh thyme leaves, 

or one heaped teaspoon dried 

thyme 

Sprinkle topping over pasta 

mixture and bake at 200 deg C 

for 15-20min until golden and 

bubbling. 

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The Flower Show 

Little River Gallery 25 September – 26 October 

25 September – 26 October 

Celebrating the season’s proliferation of vibrant blooms, 

‘The Flower Show’ is a timely homage to Spring, interpreted by four 

artists who are all new to exhibiting at the Little River Gallery. 

What exactly do flowers show? For a careful observer they show the 

fragility and power within us. Flowers show us that regardless of our 

colours, shapes, characters, places we live in, we can bloom freely 

simply by allowing all that we are to shine. - Galina Kim 

Galina Kim is an award-winning Christchurch artist renowned for her 

contemporary acrylic and mixed-media works. Her artistic studies 

focused predominantly on textiles, and this influence is evident in 

her rich, visually tactile style that is distinctively her own. 

Motueka artist Kerry Fenton-Johns paints in both acrylic and 

oils, expressing her love of nature through her intricately detailed 

botanical paintings. Kerry paints mostly in a realistic style, inspired 

by the contrast of light and dark and the use of subtle tones in the 

natural world. 

Informed by her print and pattern design background, Nelson artist 

Georgina Hoby Scutt develops distinctive earthy colour palettes and 

paints with broad expressive brushstrokes. Working across a range of 

media, her work is primarily semi-abstracted landscapes, still life and 

portraits. 

Christchurch artist Harriet Millar’s works are hugely inspired by her 

love of New Zealand landscapes, flora and fauna. Painting mainly 

with acrylics, her interpretive style involves substantial layering of 

paint with thick loose strokes and hints of unexpected colour. 

1 - 25 May 2021 

OPENING 1 May 11.00am 

Harriet Millar Galina Kim Kerry Fenton-Johns Georgina Hoby Scutt 

The Flower Show 

25 September – 26 October 

‘Bolero’- Galina Kim 

‘Nouveau Floral’ 

- Georgina Hoby Scutt 

Main Rd, Little River | 03 325 1944 | art@littlerivergallery.com



Village Centre 

Now Open! 

OPEN WEEKEND, 25 & 26 SEPTEMBER 

BETWEEN 10AM AND 3PM 

Summerset Avonheads’ brand-new village centre is open! 

The village centre is the heart of our village and offers a wonderful range of 

resort-style facilities, like the pool, spa, bowling green, library, bar, exercise 

room, and the café. 

We’d love to show you around. Come along to our Open Weekend, 

Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 September, between 10am and 3pm, 

and see for yourself why our residents love the Summerset life. 

Summerset at Avonhead 

120 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead | 03 357 3202 

*Licence to occupy. 

Please note that the format of this event may change if we are not in COVID-19 Level One. For the latest criteria 

and information on visiting our villages, please call the sales manager or visit www.summerset.co.nz 

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