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Playing Minecraft pays
off for young designers
TEAM WORK: Liam Homan, Daniel Drury, Will MacIntyre and Finn Butchers put their Minecraft skills to good use in a
national design competition.
PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN ​
• By Fiona Ellis
A PASSION for the video game
Minecraft has been the key to
academic success for a group of
school pupils.
Finn Butchers, Will
MacIntyre, Liam Homan and
Daniel Drury placed second in
a national competition in which
pupils were challenged to design
a new parliament building in
a medium of their own
choosing.
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• By Fiona Ellis
AN ARMED robbery and a
booming population are factors
causing Halswell residents to
consider whether they need their
own police station.
Halswell resident John Alexander
was working nearby when
Armadillo’s Restaurant in Ensign
St was held up by a man with a
shotgun on Saturday.
Learning of the incident from
Armadillo’s staff who left the
building soon after the robbery,
one thought sprang to mind.
“I thought to myself: ‘We need a
police presence’,” he said.
Census data from 2018 showed
29,643 people living within the
Halswell Ward boundary.
His subsequent post on the issue
on the Halswell Community
Group Facebook page received a
flurry of 103 comments.
He was concerned the lack of a
police officer stationed in the area
meant there was no deterrent factor
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Biketober Try the Track
Sunday, 3-5pm
Denton Park Velodrome, 13 Chalmers
St, Hornby
Feel what it’s like to be an
Olympian at one of the events on
the opening weekend of Biketober,
Try the track. Go along and try
riding your bike on the velodrome
at Hornby. Suitable for adults, bring
your bike and helmet and try riding
on the concrete velodrome under the
guidance of seasoned track cyclist Fi
Bennetts.Please take gloves, water
bottle and sunblock, and dress for the
weather. Event is free.
Adult Learn to Skate and
Learn To Derby sessions
Sunday, 5-6.30pm
Wharenui Swimming Pool, 73
Elizabeth St, Riccarton
Ōtautahi Rollers, a Christchurch
Roller Skating Club will provide
a safe, fun, and supportive
environment to learn to skate in
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Orchid Society’s centrepiece. Plant sales will be available from Nationwide
growers alongside their own club sales during the first weekend of October.
Eftpos will be available. Admission $5, accompanied children under 10 free.
Halswell Business Networking
9am meetings
Monday, 9-10am
The Old Vicarage, 335 Halswell Rd
If you’re not into early starts, have
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Monday morning, then this could be
the meeting for you. Start your week
with a relaxed, welcoming, businessfocused
meeting to motivate and
set you up for a productive week in
your business. You can discuss goals
and challenges, celebrate successes
and acknowledge the true value of
genuine relationships, support, cooperation
and collaboration within
this local community. If you’d like
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Saturday, 10am-noon
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the Ōtukaikino River margin. Planting
along the banks is to enhance
biodiversity, stabilise from flooding,
and help keep the waterway clean.
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New bike park instills the basics
KIDS LEARNING to ride bikes
now have a new place where they
can practise the basics in safety.
Contractor Fulton Hogan has
built a new learn-to-ride bike
course in the grounds of Ilam
School that the public can use
on weekends and outside school
hours.
Modelled on the popular learnto-ride
bike park in Westburn
Tce, the course is laid out so that
kids can practise all the skills
they need to ride safely on the
road – balancing, turning, signalling
and passing.
Fulton Hogan project manager
Daniel Squire said the project
was about giving something back
to the community.
“We have been doing a lot of
work in the Riccarton/Ilam area
for Christchurch City Council,
building a new cycleway and
replacing ageing underground
pipes,” Squire said.
“We know this has caused
some disruption for locals.”
“Creating, connecting and caring
for communities is important
to us. We hope that the learn-toride
bike course will be well used
by both the school and the wider
community and will help kids
build their confidence so that
they can cycle safely.’’
Ilam School principal Paul
Dolan said the learn-to-ride
course was a wonderful addition
PEDAL POWER: Cyclists can hone their skills in a safe environment at Ilam School’s new
learn-to-ride bike course.
PHOTO: NEWSLINE ​
to the school environment,
allowing children to practise
road safety skills in a fun, safe
way.
“The school community is
incredibly appreciative of Fulton
Hogan’s support and generosity
in creating this new asset,’’
Dolan said.
Council acting head of
transport Lynette Ellis said it was
good to see contractors getting
involved in the local community.
“If we want to encourage active
forms of transport, we need to
teach kids the skills they need
to bike safely on our roads and
cycleways,” Ellis said.
“It is great to see one of our
contractors taking the initiative
to provide a new course for the
community where kids can
practise the basics in a safe,
traffic-free environment.’’
In Brief
BELT UP, PHONE DOWN
Canterbury police are reminding
drivers to put down their cell
phones and wear their seat
belts following an operation in
Avonhead last week. During the
90min operation, 52 infringement
notices were issued, 44 for using
a mobile phone while driving,
and eight for failing to wear a seat
belt.
VISIBILITY TO IMPROVE
No stopping restrictions are set
to improve visibility for those
turning from Lesley Keast Pl
into Shands Rd. The decision of
the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
Community Board will prevent
parking within 17m south-west
of the intersection and 20m
north-east of the intersection
once road markings are in place.
SEEDS OF CHANGE
A scheme to encourage
community gardening has been
launched by Hornby social
services organisation Te Whare
Awhero – Hope House. Called
Seed Sunday, the scheme is a
partnership with six churches
throughout west Christchurch.
Over 400 packets of seeds have
been donated, and recipients
will include Gilberthorpe
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Crime not on the increase
• From page 1
Crime is not taken as seriously
as it was 10 years ago, he said.
While police did the best job
they could, their scope was limited
by politics, he said.
Armidillo’s did not respond to
request to comment on the issue.
Halswell Convenience Store
owner Brian Jackson has dealt
with robberies in his shop, most
recently in June.
However, he did not think
Halswell needed a police officer
stationed in the area, saying the
area was well serviced by the
Hornby police station, just 7min
from his Lillian St store.
“Hornby is a centralised place.
“The police response was really
good both times, 111 is a tremendous
service really.”
However, he could see the situation
changing as the population
increased.
“I think in 10 years’ time it
might be different with all the
new housing going in.”
Ward councillor Anne Galloway
said it was her experience
that police in Hornby were very
responsive.
“I think there is no need for a
police station in Halswell,” she
said.
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton
community board member
Andrei Moore, who lived in the
area, said Halswell required a
Armadillo’s in Ensign St
bigger police presence, especially
in future.
He also encouraged people to
join the Hornby Community
Patrol, which encompassed the
area and which was in need of
more volunteers to operate more
effectively.
Acting Metro Commander Inspector
Glenn Nalder said Haswell
was not experiencing a rise
in crime.
“The police deployment model
has staff in locations based on the
number of incidents and seriousness
of offending.
The model was based on the
current situation, he said.
“If we get a sense that
Halswell is experiencing a rise
in crime then we will adjust
our prevention patrol plan
accordingly.”
•HAVE YOUR SAY: Should a
police officer be stationed in
the Halswell area. Emailing
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Participation a prize in itself
for both people and pups
• By John Cosgrove
MAN AND beast were running
together at the third annual
4Paws Marathon series held on
Sunday at Bottle Lake Forest
Park.
Observing Covid level 2
spacing rules, competitors
and their dogs from all over
the South Island lined up for
the start of events, including
a marathon, a half marathon,
16km, 10km and 5km runs, and
a 2.4km rascals walk/run.
They ran along tracks
through Bottle Lake Forest
Park and along nearby beaches
– with some going almost as far
as the Brighton Pier.
The day also hosted two
virtual races.
Organisers started lines
of competitors at 10-second
intervals. They also conducted
mandatory vet checks along the
way.
4Paws event organiser and
race director John Molloy said
it was a massive but fulfilling
day.
“In all we were very
impressed with how people
respected the event’s Covid
rules with responsible mask
usage in what is a very
social event (about 100
participants).”
He said dogs bring out the
best in people, and for the
third year in a row there
were no dog –or human –
altercations.
“The smiles on everyones
faces . . . inspires us to keep
hosting this event. [It] is about
participation and not winning
so the winners get no prizes as
such.
“But in due time they will
realise they have won the
best prize of all – sharing
the experience of finishing a
marathon together with their
best friend,” Molloy said.
When it came to the multiple
races, he was unaware of any
event in the world that offered
this experience.
It was good to see both
human and dog winners were
from Christchurch, Molloy
said.
Darryl Cotton and Pip, a
kelpie, of Rangiora won the
men’s marathon in 3hr 46min
31sec, while Holly Weston and
her border collie Billy Knowler
of Beckenham won the
women’s in 3hr 55min 41sec.
READY TO GO: Glen Black of
Halswell and Bailey.
PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE
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Beehive expansion sees young
designers take second place
• From page 1
They were among 42 teams to
enter the Technology Education
New Zealand competition.
Finn said he and his schoolmates
were able to put their skills
in the building-themed game to
good use, using it to design their
3D model.
“I’ve been playing Minecraft
for about five years,” Finn said.
They scrapped their first
design to make their entry more
eco-friendly, a decision which
paid off.
“It was probably halfway
through and we just decided to
go again.”
The boys were pleased but
extremely surprised to have done
so well and planned to continue
studying technology in future.
“We’re obviously not bad at it,”
Finn said.
Technology teacher Julie
Andrews said she could see the
boys as engineers already.
It was the first year digital
technology had been included in
the school’s technology curriculum
and it was exciting to have
pupils doing well in the subject,
she said.
TENZ resource, professional
learning and promotion
portfolio-holder Sarah
Washbrooke said she chose this
year’s theme after noticing a
news piece in which Speaker of
the House Trevor Mallard spoke
about changes to parliament
buildings.
“I jumped on that brief and
that’s what we did.”
The Queenstown teacher
won the Prime Minister’s 2020
Science Teacher Prize in part
due to her efforts promoting
the technology curriculum
nationally.
The competition was now in its
second year.
Competitors were told their
designs should be a three-storey
building complementing the
existing executive wing and with
a link to parliament house.
A green star sustainability
rating of six was also a
requirement.
Washbrooke said she sent the
designs to Prime Minister Jacinda
Ardern and Mallard last week
and hoped they would be shared
with members of parliament.
“Hopefully they’re going to be
looking over them . . . hopefully
they’ll give us some feedback.”
INSIDE AND OUT: The
Technology Education
New Zealand competition
asked participants to
design a new parliament
building, suitable for use by
parliamentarians. The boys’
used skills gleaned from
playing Minecraft to create
their 3D model.
Young explorers
invited to
honour Worsley
TWENTY-FIRST century
explorers will face their fears head
on in a challenging Antarcticafocused
weekend aiming to
highlight an unsung hero.
Canterbury-based school students
in years 7 to 9 can now apply
for the 2021 Young Inspiring
Explorers Worsley Weekend.
Run by Antarctic Heritage
Trust in partnership with William
Pike Challenge, the weekend celebrates
Antarctic explorer, Frank
Worsley.
Worsley was part of Sir Ernest
Shackleton’s Endurance expedition
and is known for navigating
the rescue party to safety after the
ship was crushed by ice floes.
Trust commercial and partnerships
general manager Marcus
Waters said not many people
know about Worsley.
Twenty students will spend the
weekend of November 20 and 21
in Akaroa and Wainui, learning
about Worsley and taking part in
a range of activities that will teach
them to overcome challenges,
including high ropes and rafting.
Applications close
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Leaders in Learning
Well done to the BHS Community!
Kia ora whānau
Kia kaha, kia mau, kia haere tonu:
Stay strong, hold fast, keep on course.
This is our school mantra for 2021. We adjust and adapt to
living in a COVID environment, endeavouring to make the best
of the situation we find ourselves in.
How quickly things change. Term 3 began at Alert Level 1,
almost with a sense of normalcy. Learning, events, competitions
proceeded as usual. Then, overnight, on 18 August we were
at Alert Level 4. The 16 school days of lockdown brought the
challenges of online learning and forced the cancellation or
postponement of many key school events. I know a lot of the
school community were disappointed by the cancellation of
Winter Sports Tournament week, the National Big Sing finale
and South Island Cadenza, Drama and Dance competitions to
name a few.
Thankfully, we have returned to school at Delta 2 from
9 September. No school assemblies can be held. The Senior
School exams, which provide a practice exam situation for
students plus provide evidence for derived grades if needed,
were moved until late this term. NZQA announced that the
NCEA exam period will start two weeks later, to give senior
students more time with their teachers. This affected our
Term 4 calendar. Winter sports activities have restarted with a
shortened season; and we were very pleased that the Year 13
Formal could be moved into Term 4.
I do want to thank the students, the staff, and whānau for the
way they responded to the lockdown; and for the way that they
have now returned to school under restrictions, making the
very best of the situation we are in.
Our challenge as a nation right now is to stop the spread of
Delta in our communities. We have shown our determination
and strength of character as Kiwis before; and we can do
it again. Yes, we might be frustrated and anxious, but let’s
continue to all do our bit, and follow the government’s clear
instructions. We have so much to be grateful for; and let’s not
forget all those people in Auckland who have borne the brunt
of this outbreak.
Things will work out well!
Ngā mihi nui
Phil Holstein
Principal
Burnside High School
Outstanding Sporting Achievements
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students/staff members who have excelled in their sporting field.
This may be by either representing their country (age grades or
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as an athlete or in a management position. Once completed these
achievements will be displayed on an Honours Board within the
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New Zealand Programming
Competition Success 2021
Burnside’s top team Steve++
The New Zealand Programming contest ran on Saturday 11th of September as an online
event just one week after our second lockdown ended. Burnside teams got together at
our own school with four teams coming to use the school lab.
The national event had 32 High School teams from all over NZ and a similar number of
Tertiary student teams competing with the same problems at the same time.
Burnside’s top team “steve++” consisting of Nicholas Grace, Isaac Siu and Hanan Fokkens
took first place in the High School grade with 342 points; an awesome total, managing to
answer all but one of the increasingly complex questions in the five hour competition.
This is Burnside High Schools 2nd year in a row winning the competition and we’re
continuing to develop a strong tradition of success.
The other teams from Burnside had some success also with a team consisting of Year
12 programmers coming in 4th overall. “Steven Script” who were leading earlier in the
competition scored really highly and students Matthew Mercer, Jacky Zhang and Tim
Fisher-Taylor should be very pleased with their final result.
Grady Kenix competed as a solo programmer ending up in 23rd place, another
impressive result considering he had to answer all the questions himself Ricky Chen and
Shivam Shankar, two Year 10 students had a great result, ending up in 19th place in the
first ever NZ Programming Contest.
The programming club has lots more students in training for these teams and we are
looking forward to continued success in competitive programming in the following years.
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Art class inspires cancer patient
• By Fiona Ellis
FOR RUTH Caukwell, art has
provided a new lease on life, in
spite of her ongoing fight against
cancer.
The 58-year-old Edgeware
resident started attending
therapeutic art classes run by
the Cancer Society after she was
diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
in June last year. An operation and
chemotherapy quickly followed.
A long-time art enthusiast, it
had been several years since she
attempted any artwork, but she
found a new perspective on life had
ushered in a new style.
“I’m finding things are freer and
richer. I did some lovely work prior
to [cancer] but I think there’s more
passion in it now,” Caukwell said.
“Since having cancer I thought:
‘Oh, what the heck, I’m just going
to do it’.”
Her chemotherapy stopped in
February but restarted again this
month after her illness returned.
“It is what it is and I’m going to
keep on fighting.
“The art is a great outlet. You can
express yourself and lose yourself.”
Even when she felt unwell, she
was still able to plan and outline
her artworks.
From ducks to lions, animals are
a recurring theme in her work, and
pastel is her preferred medium,
making French artist Edgar Degas
a firm favourite.
“He was a forerunner of pastels,
and some of the stuff he did with
pastel is just amazing.”
The classes include art history
segments and technical lessons as
well as plenty of time to work on
her projects. It is also a place to
make friends and meet people to
discuss art and life with.
“It doesn’t matter where you’re at,
we just go there and have fun. We
learn and we help one another and
encourage one another. That’s what
I love about it.”
An image of a galloping horse
was her contribution towards
an exhibition by the class at the
Eastside Gallery late last year.
“It was quite a success, lots of
people came and saw it, it was quite
a lift really.”
Artist Karen Greenslade was one
of three volunteers who lead the
Monday morning art classes at the
Cancer Society’s Fitzgerald Ave
location, along with Viv Kepes and
Giselle Fortune.
All three are qualified artists
with teaching backgrounds.
Greenslade, a 70-year-old from
Burnside, followed a long-held
dream of attending art school
and graduating from Canterbury
University with a fine art degree in
2016.
She then wanted to give back
to the community so became
involved in the classes in 2017
at the suggestion of her friend
Sandy Gottermeyer, who now runs
sessions in Rangiora.
The morning and afternoon
sessions meet different needs,
and the two groups share lunch
together.
A Cancer Society care worker
regularly drops in to touch base
with class attendees, and the group
also take monthly trips to the
Christchurch Art Gallery.
•The therapeutic art classes
are held at 97 Fitzgerald
Ave on the first and second
Monday of the month,
10am-noon. Phone 379 5835
or email groups@cancercwc.
org.nz to find out more.
ROAR: Ruth Caukwell’s artworks often feature
animals, such as lions or ducks.

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“I can be
myself here.
Everyone is
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and we have a
lot of fun.”
Our viewings have strict COVID-19 protective measures in place
Parkstone. The space to be yourself.
Come and see a retirement village where the communal garden
is big enough to feed the community, where a lap of the pool isn’t
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Come to Bupa Parkstone where you have the space to be yourself.
Situated in Ilam this new development is ready to move in now.
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Mouth-watering traditional puddings
There’s nothing
quite like a hearty
pudding to go with
the evening meal.
Try these two fruit
puddings before
warm summer
weather calls for cold
desserts
Fruit pudding
Serves 8
Ingredients
600gm dried fruit, place in
largest casserole dish with
¼ cup sherry
125gm butter, melt, then add
Finely grated rind of 1 large
orange
1 egg, beaten with a fork
2 cups flour sifted with one
teaspoon baking soda, one
teaspoon mixed spice and one
teaspoon ground cloves
½ cup brown sugar
Directions
Select a heatproof bowl (or loaf
tin) which will hold five cups and
will fit into crockpot.
Grease the bowl/tin with butter,
then line with microwave-proof
cling film.
Microwave fruit/sherry for five
minutes or until all the fruit is
hot, plump and shiny. The
liquid will soak into the fruit as it
cools.
Cool the fruit mixture to room
temperature before using it.
Turn the crockpot onto high
and fill with two cups hot water.
Add brown sugar to the flour/
baking soda/mixed spice/ground
cloves, then tip butter/orange
rind/egg into dry ingredients and
mix well.
Add the fruit mixture and mix
gently, but thoroughly.
Spoon mixture into prepared
bowl/tin and level off the top.
Cover with tin foil, folding the
edges down over the bowl.
Lower the bowl/tin into the
crockpot and put the lid on.
Cook on high to eight to 12
hours.
Take out while still warm as it
will be less likely to stick to the
container at this stage, then wrap
and cool completely.
Serve with brandy sauce,
custard and/or whipped cream.
Caramel sticky date
pudding
Serves 8
Ingredients
RICH:
Dried fruit
is a sweet
ingredient
to use in a
pudding and
the taste is
divine.
1 cup water, place in largest
casserole dish with
400gm pitted dates, chopped
roughly
150gm butter
2 tablespoons golden syrup
2 tablespoons sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup plain flour, sifted with two
teaspoons cinnamon
2 eggs, lightly beaten
Directions
Microwave water/dates/butter/
golden syrup/sugar for 5min, stir,
zap for another 5min, stir (liquid
needs to have reduced right
down, leaving dates just moist).
Remove from microwave and
leave to cool for 15min, while still
warm add baking soda to the date
mixture and stir to combine, then
add flour/cinnamon and the eggs,
stirring until everything is evenly
combined.
Pour into small springform pan
that has been well greased and
lined with baking paper, and bake
at 180 deg C for 50min.
While it is baking, make
caramel sauce, as follows:
½ cup brown sugar, place in
largest casserole dish with
½ cup golden syrup
50gm butter
1 cup cream
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
Microwave for a minute at a
time until all the ingredients have
dissolved, stirring in-between.
Keep heating and stirring until
sauce turns a golden caramel
colour. Pour over the pudding.
Serve with ice cream.
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Village centre
now open!
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Summerset at Avonhead’s village centre
is now open!
Our brand-new village centre is the heart of our village,
providing a multi-purpose community hub and a
spectacular range of resort-style facilities.
Our village centre is also home to our fully-certified,
industry-leading memory care centre especially
designed for those living with dementia, and our serviced
apartments which are selling now from just $350,000.*
We’d love to show you around at one of our October Open
Days. Open Day tour numbers are limited in Alert Level
Two, so call Anne today on 03 357 3202 to secure your
spot, or to book a private appointment.
Village Centre
Open Days
Every Sunday in October
10am - 3pm
Summerset at Avonhead
120 Hawthornden Road, Avonhead
03 357 3202
*Licence to occupy.
If we are in Alert Level 2, an RSVP will be required due to
restricted numbers, please call the sales manager to RSVP.
For event information, visit www.summerset.co.nz/events
03 357 3202 | summerset.co.nz/avonhead
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