Bay Harbour: September 29, 2021

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
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Former National list MP for Port Hills Nuk Korako is biking 720km from Rāpaki to Bluff to fundraise
for 26-year-old Renee Veal’s life-changing surgery. • Story page 4
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DISCUSSION about making travel
easier for cyclists travelling from
Lyttelton through to Christchurch
city has sparked up again.
Cycle advocate and Lyttelton
resident Sarah Van Der Burch
said she wants it to be easier to get
bikes through the tunnel.
“If you can’t bike through the
tunnel or bus, you will drive
your car. I love biking. If, as a
community, we want to reduce
emissions, reducing our time in
cars is something we can all do as
individuals.”
This issue has been discussed
numerous times in the past.
Environment Canterbury
general manager of public
transport Stewart Gibbon said
ECan had engaged with cycle
advocates from Lyttelton two
years ago to explore options.
Said Gibbon: “We explored the
idea of secure bike storage on
the city side of the tunnel with
the bike advocacy group, but
there was little interest, and an
appropriate location and funding
was not found.”
Instead, the route 28 buses were
fitted with racks that hold three
bikes.
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GOOD ON former MP Nuk
Korako in his bid to help out
Renee Veal (page 1).
Nuk is about to undertake
a 700km-plus journey on
a bike to fundraise for
Renee, who needs a total jaw
reconstruction and jaw joint
replacement operation. It will
be life-changing surgery.
The surgery will cost about
$90,000.
Nuk’s journey will take him
from Rāpaki to Bluff. He sets
off on October 9, covering
about 80km a day. His
wife Christine will be
supporting him.
our people
“It’s not a race, rather it’s an
opportunity to support a local
woman who has a great future
ahead of her, get life-changing
surgery,” he says.
He will be riding an electric
bike. I think I would be too.
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Wednesday September 29 2021 Bay Harbour News
Get to know peninsula on foot
• By Samantha Mythen
TWO-THIRDS OF tickets
available have sold for an annual
walking festival exploring Banks
Peninsula.
The Banks Peninsula Walking
Festival is run over four
weekends in November, offering
guided walks in a variety of
locations all around the Peninsula.
More than 50 per cent of spaces
for the festival sold within the
first four days of sales when the
tickets were released earlier this
year.
Festival
co-ordinator
Sue Church
said the aim
is to promote
“a greater
understanding”
of the area and
“to encourage
Sue Church
good health and well-being.”
“All walks are guided by local
volunteers with a good knowledge
of the walk they intend
to lead and who are passionate
about the area,” she said.
Many of the walks are across
private land and covenanted
areas in remote parts of the peninsula,
otherwise inaccessible.
“These are always popular
with festival-goers, with the
longer, harder tramps usually
the first ones to sell out,”
Church said.
“It’s a novelty for them to be
able to access somewhere they
usually can’t go.”
Walks include exploring
the Kaitorete Spit, Brice Falls,
Camp Bay, Hinewai Reserve, the
Hikuraki covenant and many
more, with hikes varying in
difficulty, length and duration.
The festival began as the
Lyttelton Walking Festival but
expanded in 2013 to include the
whole peninsula.
It is run by representatives
from the Rod Donald Banks
Peninsula Trust and Little
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River/Wairewa Community
Trust, with partners from
Akaroa District Promotions,
Diamond Harbour Community
Association, Governors Bay
Community Association and
Project Lyttelton assisting with
promoting the event.
Church said they are
“extremely grateful” to the
volunteer guides who plan and
lead the walks, as well as “the
generous private landowners”
who allow the festival access to
their land.
The event will go ahead fully if
Canterbury is at alert level 1.
If the region remains in alert
WALKING
FESTIVAL:
Banks
Peninsula
Walking
Festival
co-ordinator
Sue Church
checking
out Akaroa’s
famous Rhino
Walk that is
a part of the
new Childrens
Bay Farm
Walkway. ​
level 2, several events will be
cancelled and masks will be
required for car pooling.
Church, of Robinsons Bay, has
been co-ordinating the event
since 2017.
“For me, one of the most
rewarding parts of this job is
all of the amazing people I have
got to meet along the way. It is
a great chance to showcase our
beautiful area.”
•There are still spaces
available on several great
walks. Tickets are available
through eventfinda.co.nz
– search Banks Peninsula
Walking Festival 2021.
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4 NEWS
Bus capacity
stretched
for cycles
• From page 1
However, Van Der Burch had
heard about times when there was
not enough room for all the bikes
on the rack, with cyclists having
to wait until the next bus.
She has already discussed her
ideas with Deputy Mayor and
Lyttelton resident Andrew Turner.
Said Turner: “This is an important
idea to talk about. We need
to think about whether increasing
capacity to carry bikes on buses
could work or maybe incentivise
cycling where travelling from
Lyttelton to the gondola and back
could be free if you have a bike.”
Turner said these decisions will
be up to ECan.
Cycling through the tunnel
or in any of the side tunnels has
been researched and dismissed as
unfeasible and unsafe.
Gibbon said there will be a
service review of route 28 in the
coming year ahead.
Van Der Burch said she hopes
to talk at ECan’s transportation
sub-committee in late October.
• HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you
think it needs to be easier
for cyclists to travel from
Lyttelton to Christchurch
city? Do you have any
solutions? Email samantha.
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Nuk getting on his bike to help
• By Samantha Mythen
FORMER National list MP for
Port Hills Nuk Korako is biking
720km from Rāpaki to Bluff to
fundraise for Renee Veal’s lifechanging
surgery.
“It’s not a race, rather it’s an
opportunity to support a local
woman who has a great future
ahead of her, get life-changing
surgery,” said Korako.
Veal, who grew up in Rāpaki,
needs a total jaw reconstruction
and jaw joint replacement operation.
For the past 10 years, she
has struggled to sleep and eat
properly. She often experiences
migraines.
Veal has significant widespread
musculoskeletal pain due to
an underlying hypermobility
syndrome. This makes her joints
hyperflexible, causing soft tissue
injuries, bone wear, joint tear
and early arthritis.
The most disabling area of pain
is her jaw, which often dislocates.
This is known as hypermobile
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
“Imagine having a bad toothache
that you can’t get rid of,”
Korako said.
The specialised jaw surgery
costs approximately $90,000.
Replacing Veal’s jaw will ease her
chronic daily pain and greatly
PEDAL POWER:
Nuk Korako and
the electric bike
he’ll be riding
all the way from
Rāpaki to Bluff.
PHOTO: GEOFF
SLOAN
improve her life.
The public health system is not
able to fund Veal’s procedure.
Veal said Korako’s fundraising
efforts mean “everything” to her.
“It’s literally life-changing for
me,” she said.
Korako said Rāpaki is a Ngāi
Tahu ancestral community,
which Veal was brought up in.
“Every child is looked after, not
just by their parents but by the
community as a whole. Rāpaki is
their safe haven,” he said.
After hearing about Veal’s
need for the specialised and
high-cost surgery, Korako began
to brainstorm how he could help,
settling on the bike ride.
Korako will start his ride
on October 9, aiming to travel
approximately 80km each day
for nine days, passing through
several Ngāi Tahu rūnanga.
He will be riding an electric
bike, sticking to level two out
of five for electrical assistance,
which Korako said is “not bad for
a Gold Card holder”.
“I hope there will be a strong
north-westerly to blow me down.”
His wife Christine will be supporting
him along the way.
Korako has been training for
four months, using his Port Hills
backyard, biking from Rāpaki to
Gebbies Pass, Halswell, into the
city, through to Sumner and then
over Evans Pass back home.
He has already raised more
than $6000 of his $50,000 goal.
Veal was originally sceptical
about starting a Givealittle
page, believing her pain was
something she could live with,
compared to people needing
money to save their lives.
“I am extremely grateful for
everyone who has donated and
offered words of encouragement,”
she said.
“I’ve been blown away by the
support of friends, family and
strangers. This all means so
much to me.”
• People can donate to
Veal’s surgery at givealittle.
co.nz/fundraiser/nukkorako-is-riding-for-renee
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CYCLING FOR HEALTH: Ronnie Kelly from Lyttelton has picked up cycling to improve his fitness, as well as balance out his guilt over driving his
beloved Ford Mustang GT.
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Mustang takes back seat to cycle saddle
• By Samantha Mythen
LYTTELTON resident Ronnie
Kelly, 72, has recently taken up
biking to improve his health
but he says it will never replace
his love of his treasured Ford
Mustang GT.
Ronnie started biking last
month, 15 or so years since he
had last rode on two wheels.
“It doesn’t balance it out, but
I do feel a little bit less guilty
about taking the Mustang out
for a drive now that I’m doing
some cycling,” he said.
While he is renovating his
house, his Mustang, imported
from the United States, is stored
in a garage meaning he has only
been taking it out once a month.
Meanwhile, his bike is being
used almost every weekend.
“Unfortunately,” he laughed.
Ronnie said he is still regaining
his confidence on a bike.
“The reason I wear gloves isn’t
because of the cold – it’s to protect
my hands from gravel rash if
I fall off,” he said.
“I’m a bit wobbly when I first
get going, but I get better. I’m
okay once I’m on it and travelling
along at a reasonable speed,
but going really slowly or getting
the bike started is still a little bit
of a problem.’’
He is diabetic and recently
bought a bike in order to improve
his fitness and lose some
weight, which he gained while
recovering from a broken leg.
The Coastal Pathway is his
trail of choice.
“I love it as it’s nice and quiet
and offers great views.”
Ronnie said he is currently
enjoying short, gentle bike rides,
but as his fitness improves he is
hoping to explore more terrain.
“I’ve always enjoyed biking,
but I got out of the habit of it,’’
said Ronnie.
“I like the pace of it and being
able to look around. It’s quite a
leisurely thing. I’m not out to go
really quickly or anything like
that. I just like the feeling of it.”
Ronnie confessed he had
thought about biking down to
the Lyttelton shops recently but
then changed his mind as biking
back up seemed “a bit too much.”
“Lyttelton’s a bit too hilly for me.
Maybe if I had an electric bike.”
The Otago Rail Trail is a potential
future goal of his.
“I’ll just have to persuade my
wife though, hopefully an e-bike
would help,” he said.
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6 OUR PEOPLE – ROB FROST
Making a life of trekking the hard way
Rob Frost may live
in a Lyttelton villa
but his true home is
touring the Southern
Alp’s main divide.
This is something he
has made his day
job, recently starting
Mountain Journeys,
a guided hiking
company. Reporter
Samantha Mythen
talks to Frost about his
love of the outdoors
How would you introduce
yourself to someone new?
I am a transalpine tramper,
that’s the main thing I like to do.
I like going into really remote,
off-track places in New Zealand.
I’ve recently set up my business,
Mountain Journeys, so I can
both take people there on guided
trips and give people skills to
be able to do those sorts of trips
on their own. I used to be an
engineer. I do photography. I’m
a celebrant. I’ve done writing.
I grew up in a combination of
New Zealand and the United
States. Most of my high school
and university days were in
Auckland. I came to the South
Island 15 years ago to be closer
to the Southern Alps.
When did you first discover a
love for tramping?
It first began when my family
went on day hikes when we were
young. We did a lot of walks
in the hills but there was never
anything overnight. As soon as I
heard there was a tramping club
at high school, I joined. I also
joined the Auckland Tramping
Club when I was 16. I was the
youngest member, about half the
age of the next youngest. I joined
the uni clubs already with a huge
love of tramping and getting
into remote places. The clubs
were a pathway to find more
keen people to go on trips with
and essentially fulfil my own
ambitions with the sort of trips I
wanted to do.
When you were younger had
you ever dreamed of starting a
tour guiding company?
No, not at all actually. The
guiding that has existed for a
long time in New Zealand has
either been more about giving
people a nice comfortable time
on defined trails, staying in
huts. Or, it’s been very skilled
mountain guiding taking people
up summits, like Aoraki and
Aspiring. About three years
ago, it occurred to me there was
this huge gap between the nice
comfy trail-based stuff and the
extreme mountaineering. The
gap in what was being provided
DISCOVERY:
Rob Frost
loves getting
off the
beaten track
and he is
now sharing
this passion
with others.
was exactly the sort of trips I
like doing, the remote, off-track
tramping, that needs a few
mountaineering skills. As soon
as I thought of starting up that
kind of business, I couldn’t think
of anything else I’d rather be
doing. So I thought, whatever
it takes to get established, I’m
going to do it.
What makes going off the
beaten track so appealing?
When I started really getting
into tramping, I discovered this
guidebook called Moir’s Guide.
It highlighted all these routes
through the Southern Alps that
don’t have marked tracks or huts
but people have been there and
there are recommended ways
to go through. That opened my
eyes. When you start looking
at maps of the back country to
where there are no tracks, you
link up all these potential places.
It ends up becoming a problemsolving
exercise, taking you to
places where hardly anybody
has been, so you have a feeling
of discovery and it makes it feel
very special and unique when
you know it’s not a commonly
visited place. It’s really satisfying
when it takes experience and
skill to be able to execute the trip
successfully.
When did you start dreaming
up Mountain Journeys?
About 10-12 years ago I
had already spent some time
working as a glacier guide on
the West Coast at Franz Josef
and Fox. I knew for this venture
I needed more work experience
and a qualification through the
New Zealand Mountain Guides
Association. It was about
mid-2018 it occurred to me I
could start this. I then started
looking at what qualifications I
needed and enrolling in them;
multi-day first aid courses,
week-long snow and ice guiding
courses, week-long avalanche
assessments. That was early
2019. It’s been coming up three
years the time I’ve spent getting
work experience and getting
qualified.
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OUR PEOPLE 7
but not taking it to the extreme
Wednesday September 29 2021 Bay Harbour News
I submitted my concession
application to run Mountain
Journeys on 60 places of
conservation land to DOC in
October last year and because of
Covid they’ve been pretty busy
but it is on the home straight
of being assessed now. In the
meantime, I applied for a one-off
concession for Canterbury and
the West Coast, with my first few
trips running next month.
What would a typical journey
with you entail?
We carry everything we need
with us on our backs. There
are no pre-placed equipment
or food or camps set up. We go
everywhere on foot. Occasionally,
we would use a four-wheel-drive
to access further up a valley but
it’s a point of difference I like
to make that we don’t use any
helicopters for access. It feels
more satisfying knowing you’ve
got there under your own steam
and it also ensures you don’t
end up somewhere really remote
with people who aren’t capable of
moving through that terrain. We
don’t have to stick to a set
itinerary, we don’t have to get to a
certain destination to camp.
What are your favourite hikes
in New Zealand?
I really like getting into the
Landsborough. It’s a stunning
setting, along the edge of a
designated wilderness area.
The biggest soft spot for me in
my heart is South Westland,
MAIN DIVIDE: With his new company Mountain Journeys,
Frost takes people on exploratory trips throughout the
South Island.
although it’s a very difficult place
for trips. Essentially Hokitika to
Haast and all those valleys and
ranges in there.
When I got asked to write
the Aoraki Guidebook for
Mountaineers, the first thing I
asked the New Zealand Alpine
Club, who were publishing it,
was do you mind if I expand the
guidebook area to cover all of
(Westland) Tai Poutini National
Park as well and they said go for
it. There are some amazing valleys
and ranges there people just don’t
know about. So that was a lot of
fun researching those, through
both journals and books but
also through doing a few trips
of my own in these places. I do
also appreciate having the Port
Hills right here. There are some
amazing pockets of bush with
nice trails going through them
and being able to walk out the
front door is pretty cool.
Have you ever hiked overseas?
I’ve done a couple of trips to
the Himalayas in Nepal. Once
for trekking and once to try
and climb an unclimbed peak
there. It’s called Anidesh Chuli
or White Wave, it’s almost
7000m in the far east of Nepal.
You can’t even see it from the
nearby trekking route, it’s pretty
obscure. Beautiful peak, not too
dissimilar to Mt Tasman in how
it looks but it’s a lot bigger and
has never been climbed. It still
hasn’t been climbed. The far east
appealed as it wasn’t popular
like the Everest region. I still
felt though, because there were
villages scattered throughout
these valleys, I actually get
more of a feeling of true remote
wilderness in New Zealand than
I did in the Himalayas. You
can just go for so long in New
Zealand with no civilisation.
Tell me about your hike up
White Wave?
The trip was inspired by
this book by mountaineer
Graeme Dingle. He did a trip
in 1975 to try and climb up a
mountain called Jannu and they
did remarkably well given the
horrific weather they had. But
they didn’t quite make it to the
top. In this book, there are some
photos of White Wave. “White
Wave soars skyward on the other
side of the valley” and then “To
date this beautiful mountain
reminds unclimbed” the photos
were captioned. But this book
came out in 1975 and I thought,
well, it must be climbed by now.
So I went online to try and find
more information on what it was
like but there was no record of it
at all. After a bit more research, I
found the Nepalese Ministry of
Tourism has a list of unclimbed
peaks you can apply for
permission to attempt and White
Wave is on it.
I thought, holy moly, it’s still
unclimbed and it’s a beautiful
looking peak in the part of Nepal
I already had a fascination with,
the far east. There was a cool
New Zealand connection, the
far east of Nepal was interesting
and this beautiful mountain was
unclimbed, I thought well, that’s
all pretty appealing.
Three friends and I gave it ago
in April-May 2013. Two of the
others had an accident. Scott
Scheele fell, probably from an
avalanche that wiped him off
the slope. He had a huge fall of
90m, the rope caught him but he
got a pretty major concussion.
Ben Dare, the guy he was with,
spent a day and a half getting
him down. A totally heroic
effort and Ben ending up getting
an award from the governorgeneral.
Would you ever go back for
another try?
I probably wouldn’t now. I
wanted to for a long time after
that because it felt like unfinished
business but it would just be
going back to the same place
I’ve already been and it’s a lot of
resources, money and time to
put into a goal that is very much
defined by success or failure if
you get to the summit or not.
With a lot of journeys, you
don’t have to get to the summit
for it to be regarded as a success,
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been on a cool journey to
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Weekly bike rides paramount for Hunter
• By Samantha Mythen
SMILES: Hunter, his mother Angela Abel and assistance
dog Cooper, visit Sumner every week to make the most of
the esplanade and beach, a perfect spot for Hunter to ride
his trike.
HUNTER ABEL, 16, known as
a 2m three-year-old with SATB2
syndrome, has always loved
riding bikes at Sumner.
Hunter and his mother Angela
Abel travel there from their
home in Cashmere every Sunday,
where Hunter rides his adultsized
trike along the esplanade
and along the beach.
After speedy e-bike riders
were causing some trouble for
Hunter along the esplanade, Abel
decided to use social media to
introduce Hunter to the Sumner
community, posting on the local
community group page.
“When you put yourself out
there, being vulnerable and kind,
it’s scary, but people reacted so
much better than I could have
hoped.”
“People have started to say
hello to Hunter, and I feel bad
for not knowing their name. It’s
amazing the difference a wave
and smile can make.”
Abel said the interactions are
great for Hunter as he can use his
iPad to say hello back, or let the
passer-by know the name of his
assistance dog, Cooper.
The fresh air, sensory inputs,
and endorphins from the exercise
have a positive impact on
Hunter.
Abel and Hunter look
forward to a coffee and scone at
Scarborough Fare Cafe.
During the recent lockdown,
they visited Sumner every day,
with a special note from police
allowing them to continue Hunter’s
routine.
With the cafe shut, Abel
brought along homemade baking
and a milkshake for Hunter,
“who didn’t even realise anything
was different.”
Hunter was only diagnosed
with SATB2 at the beginning of
this year.
SATB2 is a rare gene deletion
disorder, which only 450 individuals
have been diagnosed with
globally.
As a result, Hunter is non-verbal,
has low muscle mass paired
with a tall height, and has cognitive
difficulties.
“Genetics are like the Great
Wall of China with millions of
bricks making up our composition.
Hunter has a few bricks
missing,” said Abel.
Although it was a seemingly
perfect birth, at four weeks old,
Abel suspected something was
wrong.
“He was always looking
straight through me or was
staring at the ceiling,” she said.
The family took Hunter to
hospital where he underwent a
multitude of different tests but
the medical staff returned with
empty answers.
“It was so scary,” said Abel.
Abel said she does not want
to sugarcoat how hard raising
Hunter has been.
“I had terrible depression
for years and I still throw
wobblies all the time,” said
Abel.
“But I wouldn’t change it for
the world. Having a disabled
child is like having a superpower.
You have so much empathy for
the world around you.”
Abel worked as a project manager
and had this idea of “fixing
Hunter,” always known at work
as the “problem-solver.”
“I Googled and read and practised
everything that could help
Hunter,” she said.
Throughout this journey, Abel
recognised the importance of
nurturing her own well-being.
“If I’m in a good space,
everything else is better,” she
said.
“I wish someone could have
told me about the importance
of self-care earlier, it’s the best
advice, especially for new
mothers.”
As a result, Abel dived into
cold water swimming last year at
Sumner beach.
“My mornings can include
wiping poo off walls and cleaning
Weet-bix off myself. I walk
out of the door with all these
negative thoughts on the messy
whiteboard of my mind,” said
Abel.
“Then, although, it can be
excruciatingly cold, dunking my
head under cold water triggers
me into different thought processes.
The whiteboard is cleared
and I can write back on it in a
much calmer way.”

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‘Diabolical’ bathroom makeover
• By Samantha Mythen
A SINGLE mother of five
children is “unbelievably
grateful” after her “diabolical”
bathroom was renovated as part
of a community initiative.
Helping Hands, a nationwide
co-operative run by Mitre 10,
saw staff at Mitre 10 Mega
Ferrymead join alliances with
Southbuild for the renovation
after hearing about the family.
The bathroom needed
significant work. There were
holes in the walls, a broken
window, a rotting bath, and
a leaky tap. Rain often came
through the window.
Unfortunately, the family
could not afford to fix it up.
“It was so awful and
overwhelming and not fair for
my kids,” said the mother, who
wanted to remain anonymous.
“Every day I walked past
the bathroom and I just didn’t
know where to even begin
with starting to fix it. It was an
impossible task to do on my
own.”
Southbuild offered labour
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The bathroom was completely
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“My kids are always brushing
their teeth now, they always want
to be in there and they keep the
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“I am unbelievably grateful for
Helping Hands and Southbuild.
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A community
collaboration
between
Mitre 10 Mega
Ferrymead and
Southbuild
helped renovate
a family’s
‘diabolical’
bathroom.
They may not remember us one
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Governors
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closer to
rebuild
• By Samantha Mythen
FUNDRAISING efforts to rebuild
the Governors Bay jetty will soon
be amped up as the tender process
nears completion.
The Governors Bay Jetty
Restoration Trust is currently
evaluating the tenders submitted.
It will then select a contractor for
the jetty’s rebuild.
Said Trust secretary Louisa
Eades: “The announcement
of a start date will then be the
beginning of our publicity
campaign, that will take
fundraising to the next level.”
For the past few weeks, trust
volunteers, including Eades, have
been inspecting timber to be used
for the jetty’s decking.
At the trust’s annual general
meeting on Sunday, several
new trustees joined the group,
expanding the group’s “skillset.”
The trust has already received
more than $900,000 from the
city council for the project, and
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BACK IN 2015, the then Prime
Minister announced a goal
of eradicating all non-native
predators – primarily rats,
possums and stoats as they
inflict the worst damage – by
2050 in order to protect the
country’s indigenous wildlife.
To achieve such a goal it was
essential to connect the efforts
of a range of interested parties;
from government and scientists
through to private businesses
and philanthropists, and to communities
and iwi.
There has long been an interest
in making the Port Hills a
predator-free zone. With the formation
of the Predator Free Port
Hills, a grass roots conservation
charity, the work began. Over
time, Predator Free Sumner Bays
was formed to focus on a discrete
area of the Port Hills, which was
further niched with the formation
of Predator Free Redcliffs.
Like any voluntary organisation,
funding is always a problem
so when the Sumner Ferrymead
Foundation launched their Environment
Award earlier this year
“it just made sense to apply” said
John Cook, one of the Volunteers
with Predator Free Redcliffs.
“We needed to invest in more
traps and later-model traps too.
To be the inaugural winner, to
see our hard work being recognised,
was extremely gratifying.”
John Christensen, a trustee of
the Sumner Ferrymead Foundation,
said the Foundation was
impressed with their structured
approach, starting with the baseline
survey to understand types
and numbers of predators in the
bush surrounding Barnett Park,
and the initial deployment of
traps in the bush areas along the
west side of the sports ground.
“They needed funds to buy
more possum traps to establish
the trapping lines into the upper
valley in order to catch even
more predators. With their
proven track record it was not a
difficult decision.”
The six-week baseline survey
undertaken by Predator Free
Redcliffs identified the hot spots
in the area through the use of
ink pads inserted in tracking
tunnels to identify the different
paw marks, and chew cards
attached to the base of trees to
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identify the various teeth marks
of different animals. Rats were
concentrated near homes while
possums were found in the bush
further up the valley.
The next step was to introduce
the traps.
“Up in the valley the results
were alarming; 10 possums were
caught in a six-week period by a
single trap” said Martin Ward,
another volunteer.
“Additional possums were
caught by residents living on
the section of Moncks Spur Rd
that backs onto Barnett Park
with their own traps. One of
the residents is known to have
caught at least 15. This gives
us the confidence to put more
traps in, and the grant from the
foundation enables this, so we
are very grateful.
“With the scale of our trapping
increasing we are hoping to liaise
Wednesday September 29 2021 Bay Harbour News
Predator Free Redcliffs – making it a reality
MISSION:
Predator
Free Redcliffs
volunteers (from
left) Matthew
Hellicar, John
Cook and
Martin Ward
with Sumner
Ferrymead
Foundation
trustee John
Christensen
more closely with residents so
to create a better co-ordinated
approach to rid this area of
possums.“
Partnerships are essential if
communities want eradicate
predators, and not just with
residents who already have their
own traps.
Predator Free Port Hills has a
goal of one-in-five households
having a ‘backyard’ trap by 2024.
“To support their goal we are
looking to work with both Redcliffs
Community Shed and Redcliffs
School children to make
the wooden rat boxes that house
the rat traps. The completed trap
can then be taken home by the
kids,” said volunteer Matthew
Hellicar.
“We also need to partner with
interested groups and persons
within the community for the
eradication of weeds within
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We all want to
enjoy the sound of
the birdsong so what
can you do to help
to increase our native
wildlife?
Place a rat trap and/
or a possum trap in your
garden. Give your time
to help clear the trap
lines. Provide materials,
or funds to purchase
materials, to make the
rat traps.
Email Predator
Free Redcliffs
(predatorfreeredcliffs@
gmail.com) if you can
help in any way.
Barnett Park beyond the dog
walking paddock, especially the
banana passionfruit plant. This
is a popular food source for both
birds and possums, but of course
they then disperse the seeds
wide and far, compounding the
problem.”
While no quantitative
research has been undertaken
there is a general consensus
that the number of fantails
and bellbirds have increased in
the area as a result of the work
of Predator Free Redcliffs; a
rewarding outcome for not just
the volunteers who have made
this happen, but for the residents
too.
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12 Bay Harbour News Wednesday September 29 2021 Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Issue 21 September 2021
Lyttelton Port Company Community Newsletter
OUR PEOPLE
COVID-19:
lockdowns,
bubbles and
vaccines
As August brought New
Zealand back into lockdown,
LPC remained committed to
keeping Canterbury’s supply
chain moving 24/7.
With the support of our COVID-19 response
team, we were able to quickly snap back
into lockdown protocols to keep our people,
customers and community safe. This included
increased PPE and hygiene measures, social
distancing, creating work bubbles and all
non-essential staff working from home.
We have also been working closely with
Canterbury District Health Board and
our unions to vaccinate our team against
COVID-19.
As at the end of August, we are now
sitting at over 95% of our border-facing staff
vaccinated, with remaining staff and their
household contacts being vaccinated over the
next couple of months with a range of on-site
and community clinics.
We know that the vaccine provides an
added layer of protection for our people,
and we are committed to protecting our
workmates, our whānau and the community.
PORT NEWS
Coal dust
resource
consent
application
lodged
GM Engagement and Sustainability Phil de
Joux says he’s appreciative of the community’s
support throughout the process.
“We are very conscious of the impact
we can have on the community, so the
consultation and research processes were
important to us, and it’s great to now have
this monitoring data we can share with the
community.”
Although this research supports LPC’s
current methods of coal delivery and export,
it also highlights areas of potential upgrades
to reflect new technology and products that
have been developed.
“This includes real-time air quality
monitoring that will trigger the yard
operators and dust suppression systems to
respond accordingly.”
LPC has volunteered to have the resource
consent application publicly notified,
and processing is now under way by
Environment Canterbury, which will notify
the application in due course.
For more information, please visit our
dedicated web page www.lpc.co.nz/
community/coal-dust-resource-consentrenewal,
or if you wish to discuss this
application with LPC, please contact
lpccommunications@lpc.co.nz.
“ Monitoring
and mitigation
techniques have
evolved over
the years, and
we are looking
forward to
modernising
our facilities
to strengthen
our response to
high-risk dust
situations.”
After months of planning,
extensive monitoring, research
and consultation, LPC has
lodged an application for a coal
air discharge resource consent,
which enables us to store and
handle coal for export.
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OUR PEOPLE
LPC leads
the way
with new
employee
award
Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz
Paki Tamehana
receiving award from
CEO Roger Gray.
Hédy van Zyl
receiving award from
CEO Roger Gray.
Wednesday September 29 2021 Bay Harbour News 13
PORT NEWS
Reaching
record
heights for
container
volume
In July, LPC started the
Leading the Way values award
– an opportunity to highlight
those who are living the LPC
values every day.
In a time of global shipping
congestion, it’s great to see our
passionate and skilled team
working together to set
new records.
With almost 50 nominations and four winners
already, it’s off to a great start.
LPC values are pride, communication,
integrity and one LPC team and were chosen
through a collaborative effort from people
across the business.
It was essential that the values came
from our staff as they need to reflect what’s
important to them.
The Leading the Way award was developed
to recognise those who demonstrate the
values in their work, with anyone across LPC
able to nominate their workmates.
Once a month, our executive leadership
team comes together to choose a winner or
two. LPC CEO Roger Gray says celebrating
success is such an important thing to do, and
for the nominees, it’s often the small things
they do every day that get them recognised.
“It’s been fantastic to see the team
acknowledge each other’s hard work,
commitment and excellent performance.”
Some of our first winners included
CityDepot Site Foreman Paki Tamehana and
Container Controller Hédy van Zyl. Paki was
nominated because he constantly goes above
and beyond his role – all with a smile on
his face.
“Paki takes a lot of pride in his work and
strives to get the depot running to its full
potential. He will happily help out wherever
needed to keep things going – be that driving,
washing, coming in early or helping with
training,” says Paki’s nominator.
For Hédy, it was a great act of teamwork
that got her nominated.
“While doing normal routine checks for
cargo coming into the Port that would head
for MidlandPort, Hédy spotted that several
containers were showing the wrong line
operator. While this would have had no
impact on MidlandPort, it would have caused
issues for multiple teams down the track.
Thanks to Hédy, this issue was raised and
fixed before the vessel berthed,” says Hédy’s
nominator.
The creation of LPC’s values is part of our
wider cultural change and helps us define
how everyone should go about their work.
“These values reflect the proud and
dedicated workforce we have at LPC and give
us the tools to take LPC forward,” says Roger.
44,847
TEU in July
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One container moved
per minute
July saw a new record for TEU volume in
a single month with 44,847 TEU moving
through the terminal, breaking a record set in
December 2019.
TEU is the term used to measure
containers, with a 20ft container being one
TEU and a 40ft container two TEU.
GM Container Operations Simon Munt
says this success comes down to great
teamwork across the business.
“These numbers are only possible with
support from a range of teams. From everyone
in the container terminal who move the
containers to our teams at our depots in
Woolston and Rolleston who help manage
capacity and the maintenance team to make
sure we have the equipment needed to keep
us moving.”
As July is considered a quieter time, we
expect to see volumes continue to increase as
we head towards the peak important season
leading up to Christmas.
“Moving 44,847 TEU in July is almost one
a minute for the entire month – I’m looking
forward to seeing if we can break that record
later this year,” says Simon.
ENVIRONMENT
Gold standard
commitment
to our
environment
Part of ensuring that
we protect the beautiful
environment around us
is having plans in place to
prevent and reduce our
operational impacts.
That’s why we joined Toitū Envirocare’s
enviromark programme to help us develop
and implement an annually audited
environment management system (EMS).
LPC is proud to announce that it is now
enviromark gold certified.
To reach this, LPC worked with Toitū
through an audit that looks at a range of
factors like our environment and health and
safety compliance, policies and procedures,
support from leaders and project management.
Environmental Business Partner Crystal
Lenky says that a key part of LPC’s success
is having support from leaders and the
workforce.
The audit also looks at key improvements
that were needed – a target for LPC’s EMS
was to improve the way we store, track and
use hazardous substances.
“We now have better systems in place to
help us understand how we use different
substances in places like our mechanical
workshop,” says Crystal.
“ Protecting the
environment
and biodiversity
of the harbour
really takes a
team effort, so
it’s fantastic to
see the wider
workforce get
involved.”
Our next goal is to reach the final level of
certification (diamond) in 2022 and have this
across all three of our sites.
“Our hope is that this gives further
confidence to the communities in which
we operate that we take our environmental
responsibilities seriously,” says Crystal.

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One picture is worth a thousand words
DO YOU HAVE a box of photos
at the top of the wardrobe or
under the bed?
Do you think no-one would be
interested in your old photos?
Think again.
Christchurch City Libraries is
running the annual Christchurch
photo hunt this October.
The popular event is part of the
Christchurch Heritage Festival
from October 9 to 25.
Take your
photos into
your local library
and they
will scan and
return them
or you can
upload photos
Carolyn
Robertson
to discoverywall.nz
The winning
photograph from last year’s
photo hunt (shown above) was
taken by Barbara Newcombe’s
father Peter Basire in October,
1953.
It shows a British European
Airways Vickers Viscount 701
near the hanger at Christchurch
Airport – surrounded by admirers.
“We really liked how this
particular photograph combines
being artistic with telling a great
story about the crowds inspecting
the planes following the
London-Christchurch Air Race,”
says city council head of libraries
Carolyn Robertson.
“The image captures an event
very much of its time and the
great excitement of Christchurch
being the final destination of the
race.
“The air race is a well-known
event but it wasn’t well represented
in the digital heritage collection
so this image, along with the
12 others contributed as part of
this collection, provide the public
with an insight into this historic
event.”
Another notable find last
year came from Ron Cone, who
brought in a box of old photos
he had taken of everyday life and
work around Christchurch.
Some of Mr Cone’s photos
show crowds gathered outside
the State Theatre, an aerial shot
of Papanui High School in the
1960s and the intersection of
High and Cashel Sts in 1967.
They’ve now become an
important part of the libraries’
digital collection.
“Thanks to Mr Cone we now
have precious photos of how
Christchurch was, and some
really interesting colour photos
from the 1950s and 60s,” Ms
Robertson says.
Mr Cone’s collection of over
80 images are available to view
online at Canterbury Stories.
Photo Hunt 2021 is open to
enter online from October 1 to
31.
Crowds gather at Christchurch
Airport to view the Vickers
Viscount that flew here in the
London-Christchurch Air Race.
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ticket outside the State Cinema in
Colombo St. If you have historic
photos of Christchurch take them
to your local library and have them
scanned for the Discovery Wall.
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Tea
Wednesday, 10am-12pm
Everyone is invited to pop in
for a cuppa, some fresh baking
and to get to know some of the
locals. Every Wednesday.
Heathcote Community
Centre
Pest Free Banks Peninsula
Thursday, 11am-4pm
Tim is there to answer
any questions you may have
about this “collaborative
programme designed to protect
and enhance biodiversity on
the Peninsula through the
widespread eradication of animal
pests.” Every Thursday at the
same time.
Akaroa Library
Spring Quilting Collection
Exhibition
Friday, Saturday and
Sunday, 10am-4pm and public
holidays
The spring quilting collection
embraces a seasonal theme in
showcasing fresh new work from
members of the Bays Harbour
Quilting Group for sale or display.
Quilts and wall hangings
make up the majority of works
featured, including cot quilts. The
exhibition also encompasses general
sewing items, which range
from fabric-covered notebooks,
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bags, cushions and tea cosies, to
soft toys.
Stoddart Cottage, Diamond
Harbour
Sumner Bridge Club
Monday 7.15pm, Wednesday
1pm
For fun, friendly and competitive
bridge. If you have any
questions, send an email to sumnerbridgeclub@gmail.com
57 Dryden St, Sumner
Coffee and Conversations
Monday, 10.30am
Sumner Bays Union Trust host
tea and talk. Join in for a social
morning with free hot drinks and
snacks. Make yourself comfortable
and spend some time talking
to other members of the community
and your local librarians.
Everyone welcome.
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Lyttelton Harbour TimeBank
Drop-in Session
Tuesday, 10am-12pm
The Lyttelton Harbour
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a stronger, more connected
harbour community. Come in for
a chat – get help with joining or
managing your account, posting
an offer or request, or anything
else.
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The Narova in Lyttelton
Port
The Narova, photographed
here in Lyttelton Port, was built
sometime in the 1910-20s and so
would be around a century old
today.
Shown on board are the then
owner, Jack ‘Lucky’ Luxton with
his son Pete, possibly preparing
for another crayfishing
expedition six hours north to
Nape Nape.
Word has it, oftentimes they
were so successful they would
return with the wheelhouse
knee-deep in crays.
However, The Narova’s
crayfishing career was nearly
cut short in the 1950s when it hit
the harbour breakwater in
a storm and the hull was
breached.
With a full load of crays
on board, it is said half had
to be thrown back before the
stricken craft could be lifted off
the breakwater by a pile driver
barge – as possibly shown in the
second photograph of the pile
driver lifting the Narova.
Sent to Melbourne and
patched up, she resumed her
fishing career and could be seen
around the harbour for many
more years to come.
Scrapped sometime in the
last decade, the hull remained
in storage until the Narova was
resurrected for the next stage of
her century-long journey – as
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Treasures from the past
the beautiful Arbour Bar on
Lyttelton’s Oxford St. If you
happen to visit at some point,
maybe have a toast to Lucky and
his fine old boat.
Many thanks to Russell
Luxton and Dick Brown for
their recollections.
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How we aspire to meet our students
A “culturally responsive pedagogy” is a term that
many outside of the education sector may have heard
from time to time but have little grasp of. Such is the
way of many government departments with their
reliance on such jargon and assertions to stay the
course. What this means for us at Linwood College
at Ōtākaro is an endeavour to deliver an accessible
practice of our teaching and learning that values an
individual’s culture. It is a genuine attempt of our
educators to recognise, celebrate and utilise every
ākonga for their unique and meaningful identity and
background. We recognise as educators our tried
and true purpose is to advance academic progress
but we also aspire to ensure all our students feel their
cultural identity is strong, secure and fundamentally
valued along the way. Using this practice ensures
we are bicultural and upholding the principles of the
Treaty of Waitangi for both parties, and when we
succeed it benefits every student. For all ākonga, we
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without compromising who they are.
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So what does this look, sound and feel like in
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learning practices that are responsive to a range of
relevant contexts. It maintains, advances, and shares
knowledge and develops intellectual independence,
while assisting the use of knowledge regarding
ahuatanga Māori (Māori tradition) according to
tikanga Māori (Māori custom). This can be found in
our science classes where Y10 students learn about
genetics and how a cancer threat helped singer
Stan Walker identify how the mutated CDH1 gene
was expressed in his whakapapa. It can be seen
and heard in the karakia recited at the beginning
of Tāhuhu classes. It can be found in the cultural
narrative names gifted to us by Ngāi Tūāhuriri for the
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Our commitment to cultural responsiveness is also
addressed in our practice of ako and mahi ngātahi,
a philosophy of not only sharing the content, context
and responsibility of teaching and learning between
student and teacher but also in the wider community
with ongoing kōrero and consultation with whānau.
Perhaps the best example of this is our Wā Whakanui
conferencing we hold twice every year. These
conferences replace the traditional parent-teacher
interviews where whānau are given 10 minutes
intervals to digest a student’s progress by individual
teachers. Instead, Wā Whakanui is a presentation
delivered by our students to their whānau, sharing
and speaking to 3 pieces of their best work. These
are empowering, inspiring presentations where the
self-determination and success of our ākonga is
evident for their loved ones.
Our commitment to strong community bonds is
also ever-present in our Tausala Night where our
Pasifika Students and Polyfest group perform for
their family, friends and kaiārahi, and Te Roopu
Kapa Haka o Kimihia, the school’s kapa haka group.
This group is a combination of 5 kura from around
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whanaungatanga, personal success and a sense
of belonging and identity within the kaihaka for all
ākonga to be proud of who they are and their cultural
identities.
A school is not an isolated silo where we prepare
our students for the ‘real world’ outside. A school is
part of that real world, where the experiences and
expressions are as real and lived as anything that
flows in, through and beyond it. This is why we believe
that a successful kura, a school that delivers success
for its taonga, is engaged with the communities,
histories and identities of all that come to tread life
and experience into its hallowed halls.
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YOU COULD say Mitsubishi
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company first introduced its Outlander
PHEV, it arrived at a time
when plug-in electric cars were
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The Outlander sport utility
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engine has traditional hybrid
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through domestic supply or
charging station.
The Outlander PHEV is still
with us, better than ever before,
it’s a car I particularly like, and
judging by the number I’ve seen
on our roads it has been a worthwhile
investment for Mitsubishi.
Well, it was only a matter of
time before Mitsubishi put that
technology to further use, it’s now
available in the new-generation
Eclipse Cross, a smaller SUV, but
one that has already carved out a
solid reputation in terms of sales
since it was released here in 2018.
Of course, the Eclipse Cross is
still available with its 1.5-litre turbocharged
four-cylinder power
that lists from $35,990, an extra
$15k will buy you into the PHEV,
and for my money it would be the
Eclipse Cross that I would buy.
The PHEV’s driveline is biased
well towards electric power, it
wants to use that 55km electric-only
range at first priority,
the petrol engine reluctant to
come in until there’s no charge
left. Sure, it works in traditional
hybrid fashion, petrol to charge
batteries and also supplement
drive, but if electric vehicle transport
is your first priority then the
Eclipse Cross would be perfect
for your daily commute.
Push-button modes can also
alter the way the combination
works, there are applications to
save battery power or drive in
electric mode-only at will.
The evaluation car came with
two cable types, one for domestic
supply and one for charging
stations. If I was a purchaser I’d
insist on both, just so that battery
top ups can be made from almost
anywhere there is electrical
supply. For the record, a 25min
charging station plug-in will take
the batteries up to 80 per cent.
On the subject of figures,
Mitsubishi also lists a total travel
distance of 660km using both
hybrid systems. A petrol consumption
combined cycle average
of 1.9-litres per 100km is claimed
at best possible usage.
The Eclipse Cross in this form
is also pretty handy under acceleration,
it will reach 100km/h
from a standstill in 9sec and will
make 120km/h from 80km/h in
6.8sec, a result of solid mid-range
urge thanks to the strength of
electric drive.
In petrol-only mode the driver
has access to 94kW and 199Nm,
add in 60kW and 70kW for the
motors front and rear and you
will find the Eclipse Cross gets
about its business without strain
or stress. Drive is channelled
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through a continuously variable
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is a quiet, seamless operating
system and one that Mitsubishi
has developed well in terms of
refinement.
Before you think the Eclipse
Cross can’t be a true SUV without
four-wheel-drive – take stock,
as I’ve just alluded to there is
an electric motor over the rear
axle which in turns makes it
all-wheel-drive. There are also
complicated electronic and
mechanical functions that you
can treat as normal four-wheeldrive
functions.
This is something Mitsubishi
does well, it builds on the 4WD
systems that have made Pajero,
Outlander, Triton and Lancer
Evo models the benchmark in
four-wheel-drive technology. The
Eclipse Cross PHEV is very much
a worthy cross-country and allroad
conqueror, easily fitting into
the soft-roader category with its
188mm of ground clearance.
I never took the evaluation
car off-road as such, it was
pristine when I picked it up
and I didn’t want to take it back
overly grubby. But I did tackle a
short shingle road loop near the
Hororata River and can report it
has wonderful suspension control
over corrugations, affording a
controlled in-cabin ride.
On the seal the Eclipse Cross
cruises capably and quietly,
just as you would expect from
any of today’s SUVs, it is the
quintessential compact wagon
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• Performance – 0-100km/h,
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young family.
In terms of handling it steers
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tyres and has controlled body balance
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generate gravitational force over
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suspension.
The Eclipse Cross hybrid comes
in two specification levels, the
evaluation car was the top spec
VRX that has full leather trim,
heated seats front and rear, heated
steering wheel, electric sunroof,
head-up display and paddle
gearing shifters. Without those I
would be satisfied with the XLS
variant to save $8000.
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