Bay Harbour: October 06, 2021

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TOP GUY: Craig Todd has received a national award in recognition of his work as a long-time member of the Sumner 

Surf Life Saving Club. 

PHOTO: SAMANTHA MYTHEN 

• By Samantha Mythen 

FOR 47 YEARS Craig Todd 

has dedicated his weekends and 

any spare time lifeguarding at 

Sumner beach, giving back to 

an organisation that has created 

a multitude of memories for 

him. 

His dedicated work protecting 

beachgoers was recognised 

at the Surf Life Saving New 

Zealand National Awards of 

Excellence for 2021. 

Todd, received a 

distinguished service award, 

with seven other members of 

the Sumner Surf Life Saving 

Club receiving service awards. 

• Turn to page 4 

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lifetime of service to surf lifesaving 

(page 1). 

Todd received a prestigious 

distinguished service award at 

the Surf Life Saving New 

Zealand National Awards of 

Excellence. Other Sumner clubies 

and Tisha Bradley (Taylors 

Mistake) also received awards. 

Todd has sporting genes. I 

recall him being a very useful and 

mobile forward for Linwood rugby 

league, his son Alex was named 

Canterbury rugby league forward 

of the decade last year, and his 

brother Brent was a Kiwi and 

winner of a Sydney premiership 

with the Canberra Raiders. 

Said Todd: “I don’t 

do these things for 

recognition or awards, 

I appreciate the 

acknowledgement, but 

for me, it’s just about 

giving back to the community.” 

That sums Todd up. 

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Wednesday October 6 2021 Bay Harbour News 

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Political decision looms for Turner 

• By Chris Barclay 

ANDREW TURNER will have 

a key decision to make if runs 

for mayor next year – represent 

The People’s Choice, Labour or 

both organisations. 

The People’s Choice caucus 

leader is yet to declare whether 

he will contest the mayoralty in 

2022, centre-right independent 

councillor Phil Mauger is the 

only candidate to confirm he is 

targeting the role to be vacated 

by Lianne Dalziel. 

Turner, who is the current 

Deputy Mayor and Banks 

Peninsula Ward councillor, is 

also considering whether he 

would align to The People’s 

Choice, Labour or both, as 

some colleagues chose two years 

ago. 

“All of those decisions are yet 

to be made. There are a number 

of things I’m still considering, 

bearing in mind the election is 

still over a year away,” Turner 

said. 

“Any announcement will be 

made in due course.” 

Should Turner attempt to 

succeed Dalziel, and run exclusively 

with Labour, the party 

could secure the Christchurch 

mayoralty for the first time 

since Neville Pickering’s tenure 

from 1971-1974. 

Turner secured Banks Peninsula’s 

council seat for The 

People’s Choice ticket in 2019, 

with the organisation saying 

candidates may choose to stand 

under the Labour banner. 

Kelly Barber, a People’s 

Choice-Labour candidate when 

unsuccessfully seeking election 

to the Coastal Ward in 2019, 

has opted to run with Labour 

in next month’s by-election to 

replace James Daniels. 

Others could follow Barber’s 

lead to the polls in October. 

“What I think you will see 

next year is you will see people 

just running Labour, which 

will be quite a significant 

difference,” The People’s 

Choice chairman Joe Davies 

said. 

“That might blast open 

the doors to people running 

independent or not Labour. 

“It’s going to be a big year for 

centre-left Christchurch local 

politics particularly going into a 

big mayoral campaign,” Davies 

said. 

“There’s going to be very 

intense discussions internally 

around the mayoral campaign. 

“Are we going to select as 

PONDERING: 

Deputy Mayor 

Andrew 

Turner is still 

weighing 

up whether 

to attempt 

to succeed 

Lianne Dalziel 

at next 

year’s local 

government 

elections. 

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Labour? Are we going to select 

as The People’s Choice? Are we 

going to select as both? These 

(questions) are all ongoing.” 

Selection committees are 

made up of The People’s Choice 

and Labour members. 

Barber said he opted to 

run exclusively as a Labour 

candidate for the sake of transparency. 

“Last time I was The People’s 

Choice and Labour. A lot of 

people don’t actually declare 

who they are and this time I 

thought I’d do that,” he said. 

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licence became void. Co-owners 

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4 NEWS 

‘I’ve had so many good 

times with this club’ 

• From page 1 

“I don’t do these things for 

recognition or awards, I 

appreciate the acknowledgement, 

but for me, it’s just about 

giving back to the community. 

I’ve had so many good times 

with this club,” Todd said. 

Todd has been qualified as an 

active lifeguard for almost half a 

century. 

He became a lifeguard as soon 

as he could at age 14. Prior to 

that he was an active member of 

the club. 

Having grown up in Woolston 

in a well-known sports family 

and then lived in Sumner for 

more than 40 years, he has 

dedicated his life to the Sumner 

SLS club. 

His son Alex was named the 

Canterbury Rugby League player 

of the decade last year, and his 

brother Brent was a Kiwi front 

row forward in the 1980s and 

90s, and a Sydney premiership 

grand-final winner with Canberra. 

Todd, himself, was also a very 

good rugby league player with 

Linwood. 

Todd has worked as building 

officer, junior surf officer and 

patrol captain. 

He was chairman for 17 years 

and during this time was also a 

surf sports team manager and 

competitor in surf life saving 

events. 

“It’s really nice to see the 

young kids come through the 

club, participating in both the 

competitive sport side as well as 

giving back to the community,” 

he said. 

Todd said he originally became 

a lifeguard as he “enjoyed 

the beach” and a few of his 

mates were also part of the club. 

He stayed a member all these 

years as it became more about 

giving back to something he had 

got so much enjoyment from. 

“It’s also a lot harder to get out 

than it is to get in,” he laughed. 

Said Sumner club chairman 

Mark Lodder: “Toddy has been 

involved in the surf life-saving 

movement forever and he has 

done so much for the club.” 

Todd helped in the search for 

14-year-old Jack Sutton, who 

drowned at Scarborough Beach 

in 2018 after he was caught in a 

rip. 

Todd said he will be around 

the club “forever” but would 

like to slowly step aside as new 

members take on club roles. 

“Everyone who received an 

award deserved it. For every bad 

story, there are so many more 

good stories and it’s all because 

of the lifeguards and club 

members,” Todd said. 


Brent Wilson Tom Denman Murray Johnson 

Blair Quane Jonnelle Quane Mark Robberds 

Sumner Surf Life Saving 

Club members Brent 

Wilson, Tom Denman, 

Murray Johnson, Blair 

Quane, Jonelle Quane, 

Mark Robberds, 

Kate Suter and Craig 

Todd received service 

awards. 

The awards are 

given out based on a 

point-based, objective 

system. 

“People who receive these 

Kate Suter 

rewards do so because of a longterm 

commitment. 

They put their hand 

up daily and do daily,” 

said Sumner Surf Life 

Saving Club chairman 

Mark Lodder. 

“It really does boil 

down to the lifeguard’s 

passion for the 

community and to help 

others. These awards 

are not given lightly, 

they take many years to achieve. 

What our lifeguards have done 

is no fluke.” 

The lifeguards received the 

awards as they have held officer 

positions in the clubs, ranging 

from the president, treasurer, 

club captain, IRB officer and 

junior surf co-ordinator, 

they are all skilled lifeguards, 

working as patrol captains, they 

educate new lifeguards, they 

hold national roles with Surf 

Life Saving New Zealand and 

they officiate at surf carnivals. 

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NEWS 5 

Recruitment drive under way for lifesavers 


SUMNER AND Taylors Mistake 

Surf Life Saving Clubs are 

calling for lifeguards. 

Training for both clubs will 

begin this month. 

Taylors Mistake SLS club president 

Viv Bickley said becoming 

a lifeguard is a great way to give 

back to the community. 

“When you save someone 

first hand, the realisation of the 

importance of people’s lives hits 

hard,” she said. 

“It’s also great being a part of 

something bigger than your own 

life and belonging to a club. It offers 

connection, community and 

helps improve your own physical 

and mental well-being.” 

The training programme includes 

having to swim 400m in a 

pool in under nine minutes and 


FOR MORE than 40 years, the 

Taylors Mistake Surf Life Saving 

Club has been Tisha Bradley’s 

second home. 

Her dedication to the club 

has been recognised at the New 

Zealand Surf Life Saving awards 

of excellence, where she received a 

service award. 

Bradley recently stood down 

take part in a “run, swim, run,” 

that involves a run along the 

beach, swim out in the sea, and 

then run along the beach again. 

“This is to show you have the 

fitness level required in order to 

from her role as club captain she 

held for nine years. 

She has been an active guard 

since she was 14 and she took part 

in junior club programmes prior 

to that. 

Bradley grew up in a small 

wooden bach, sitting above a 

large rock called The Crocodile, 

500m from the surf club’s 

deck. 

“I have a strong family 

save someone,” Bickley said. 

“You don’t have to run extremely 

fast, but you must be 

confident and efficient.” 

There is also a tube rescue 

demonstration, theory to learn, 

connection to the club, my 

father was previously president, 

club captain and an active surf 

competitive for many years,” she 

said. 

“My first family home was out at 

Taylors Mistake.” 

Her two children have 

inherited a love for surf lifesaving, 

also club members and familiar 

faces out in the Taylors Mistake 

waves. 

SAVE 

LIVES THIS 

SUMMER: 

Taylors 

Mistake and 

Sumner Surf 

Life Saving 

Clubs are 

starting 

summer 

training 

programmes 

this month 

for new 

lifeguards. 

including basic first-aid and rescue 

techniques, and an exam. 

The training is for six weeks 

with one session each weekend 

with theory and online modules 

to learn in your own time. 

Bradley said it was an honour to 

be awarded this recognition. 

Taylors Mistake SLS Club 

president Viv Bickley said the 

club had also awarded Bradley life 

membership. 

“Tisha has put in so much time 

and effort into the club over the 

years,” she said. 

“Club captain is a very 

demanding role and Tisha has 

given so much.” 

After passing training, a lifeguard 

award is achieved. 

“Generally, the new lifeguards 

will volunteer around 20 hours 

minimum over summer,” Bickley 

said. 

“The lifeguard award is a starting 

point. While on patrol you 

learn so much more and there 

are additional workshops you 

can do.” 

You must be 14 or older to 

become a trained lifeguard. 

People who are unable to 

complete the swimming training 

but still want to be a club member 

are able to work as patrol 

support. 

Sumner Surf Life Saving 

Club’s open day is October 19. 

Taylors Mistake Surf Life 

Saving club’s open day is 

October 17. 

Tisha’s long-standing family connection with club 

Tisha Bradley 

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NEWS 


Sailing season starts with a bang as 

CHRISTCHURCH Yacht Club 

celebrated its 130th opening day 

on Sunday. 

The club was founded in 1891 

and sails out of Moncks Bay. It 

is one of the oldest sailing clubs 

in the country and has produced 

world-class sailors, including 

Olympic medal-winners Peter 

Mander, Jack Cropp and Leslie 

Egnot. For the start of the sailing 

season, the club is running ‘learn 

to sail’ courses over the next six 

weeks. 

New members are welcome. 

Email sailcyc@gmail.com to find 

out more. 

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NEWS 7 

yacht clubs hold opening days 


CHARTERIS BAY Yacht Club’s 

sailing season has begun and the 

club wants to teach you how to 

sail. 

Over the weekend, cannons 

were fired heralding the season’s 

start. 

Vice Commodore Kim Clinch 

said the club is the perfect place 

to learn how to sail. 

“It’s a very safe space to learn 

as it’s shallow and sheltered,” she 

said. 

“The club is also very family-orientated 

with multiple 

generations competing against 

each other for fun.” 

Clinch said her husband Shane 

and 17-year-old son, Aston, often 

sail against each other. 

The club trains in dinghy 

yachts, which are smaller boats 

compared to keelers. 

It has also produced national 

competition winners, including 

13-year-old Will Leech, who is 

the current New Zealand optimist 

national champion. 

Will started sailing when he 

was six and went on to do the 

learn to sail programme with the 

club. 

“The things I love about 

sailing are meeting new people 

who have become some of my 

best friends, travelling which 

takes you to new places all 

the time. I also love sending it 

OFF WITH A BANG: Charteris Bay Yacht Club life member 

Malcolm Pearson firing the cannon at open day. 

downwind on big waves and not 

being able to see from the spray,” 

he said. 

Will said the yacht club is his 

second home during summer. 

“The culture down there 

is really cool and all of the 

senior classes would help out 

the juniors and it is great. I have 

been very lucky to have some 

amazing coaches right through 

from learn to sail, green fleet 

to the top end of optimist open 

fleet,” he said. 

The club’s learn to sail junior 

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Both teams played good running rugby but Lyttelton 

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•From page 1 

Blue Arrow Rescue can 

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south of Banks Peninsula. 

Although it’s a unit of 

Coastguard New Zealand, 

Sumner Lifeboat is an 

independent charity and 

must cover its own costs. 

The crew are all 

volunteers who freely give 

their time to be on call 24 

hours a day, seven days a 

week. 

Nicholls, who is a crew 

member, said it is a great 

team. 

He said the crew is 

“giving back to the 

community with a search 

and rescue operation on 

their doorstep.” 

Sumner Lifeboat is now 

hoping for community 

help to meet the funding 

shortfall. 

“Blue Arrow Rescue 

has played a vital role in 

saving lives at sea,” said 

Nicholls. 

In 2019, Sumner Lifeboat 

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a sailor off a stricken trimaran yacht. 

was called out at 1am 

to search for a sinking 

trimaran yacht south of the 

Banks Peninsula. 

“Blue Arrow Rescue’s 

volunteer crew faced heavy 

seas, pitch-black conditions 

and a three-hour journey 

to the target area,” said 

Nicholls. 

The yacht was located 

and the solo sailor was 

transferred to Blue Arrow 

Rescue and returned to 

Sumner safely. 

The yacht sank several 

hours later. “All credit to 

the crew and rescue vessel, 

a life was saved at sea that 

night,” said Nicholls. 

•To donate, visit 

sumnerlifeboat.org.nz 

•To learn more about 

the fundraiser and 

the vital role Sumner 

Lifeboat plays in saving 

lives at sea, phone 

Howard Nicholls on 027 

545 9105 or Christine 

Toner - 027 433 9598. 

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Call to remove boneseed 


A REDCLIFFS resident is on a 

mission to rid the Port Hills of 

a noxious weed, allowing native 

plants to thrive in its place. 

Sue Cooke 

is hoping to 

raise awareness 

about a yellow 

flowering 

plant called 

boneseed and 

encourage 

Sue Cooke 

residents to 

remove it from 

their properties. 

She is involved with the 

“re-greening” Barnett Park 

group. 

“We want to remove as much 

bone seed as possible in the area 

to allow the native flora and fauna 

to flourish, and to especially 

bring back the birds,” she said. 

The city council and Department 

of Conservation have been 

trying to control boneseed in the 

area for many years. 

However, the city council 

was prevented from working 

in the park after it was closed 

following the February 22, 2011 

earthquake. 

As a result, Cooke said: “The 

boneseed, which was largely under 

control, has gone rampant, 

and now covers much of the 

reserve.” 

“If left unchecked for another 

five years, it will form a complete 

cover of the whole area, 

killing all native vegetation and 

preventing regeneration, which 

would otherwise occur quite 

successfully.” 

Boneseed is an introduced 

species and can produce up to 

50,000 seeds a year. 

COLOURFUL PEST: Redcliffs 

resident Sue Cooke is 

encouraging people to 

remove a noxious weed 

seen all over the Port Hills. 

“Not many people know but 

it is a noxious and vivacious 

weed,” she said. 

Working bees are being held 

over the coming two months to 

tackle the bone seed epidemic in 

Barnett Park but Cooke wants to 

encourage people to remove the 

plant wherever they see it. 

“Now is the perfect time to 

get rid of the bone seed plants as 

you are more aware of it and can 

see it easily as it is flowering at 

the moment, just before it seeds 

and spreads,” she said. 

Boneseed can be controlled 

by cutting the stem near the 

ground and pasting the stump 

with a suitable herbicide gel and 

small seedlings can be pulled 

from the ground. 

If you would like to help with 

Barnett Park’s re-greening, meet 

at the Bay View Rd entrance 

on Wednesdays and Sundays at 

1pm. 

•For more information, 

email Sue Cooke at cooke. 

shepherd@gmail.com. 

NEWS 11 

Plan to start 

jetty rebuild 

next year 


THE GOVERNORS Bay 

Jetty Restoration Trust’s new 

chairwoman is confident work 

will start next year to rebuild the 

quake-damaged 

structure. 

Miller, a “parttime 

construction 

lawyer and fulltime 

mum,” has 

lived in Governors 

Bay since 2015. 

The Miller family 

previously lived in Dongguan, 

China, a “small-town of nine 

million,” for six years. 

Miller became involved with 

the trust in April, helping it to 

start the tender process. 

Prue Miller 

When the previous chair stepped 

down, she took on the role. Miller 

said a tender is likely to be chosen 

for the jetty rebuild within six 

weeks and then the “middle phase” 

of fundraising can start. 

“It will be important to have 

not only the support of the 

harbour community but wider 

Christchurch, too.” 

•The trust’s next fundraising 

event will be a vintage fair 

and tour of the historic 

Waitahuna homestead in 

Governors Bay on 

October 26. 

Claim Southern Response 

compensation now 

Deadline to opt out of the Ross Class Action: 20 December 2021 

If you are one of 3,000 Southern Response earthquake claimants who settled 

before 1 October 2014, you are likely to be entitled to compensation. 

The average compensation is approximately $100,000. 

Anthony Harper has set up a dedicated website to provide access to independent legal advice on your compensation, 

and importantly, how to opt out of the Ross Class Action before the court-appointed deadline of 20 December 2021. 

Fixed fee of $2500 + GST for legal advice, of which Southern Response reimburses $2000. 

Apply online at www.SouthernResponsePayment.co.nz 

The website is provided by Anthony Harper. Anthony Harper is not part of the Ross Class Action. Further information about Anthony Harper can be found at www.anthonyharper.co.nz


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NEWS 13 

Treasures from the past: Return of the lighthouse 

THIS WONDERFUL 1882 

image by Burton Brothers 

photographers shows 

Whakaraupō/Lyttelton 

Harbour’s lighthouse on the 

eastern mole, at the entry to the 

inner harbour. 

Plans were approved by the 

Lyttelton Harbour Board in 

July 1878 and, from its first 

days of service, it was an 

essential element in the port’s 

navigational infrastructure. 

Like many lighthouses in New 

Zealand, the lens was made by 

Chance Brothers in England. 

Early lights were powered by 

paraffin or acetylene and the 

relatively feeble output was 

the reason behind the multisegment, 

prism design of the 

dioptric lens. 

The light source was electrified 

around 1920 when electricity 

supply became available in 

Ōhinehou/Lyttelton. 

The devastating 2010 and 2011 

earthquakes caused irreparable 

damage to the eastern mole, 

resulting in the lighthouse’s 

dramatic 15 degree lean. There 

was significant damage to 

port infrastructure generally, 

however, in spite of the immense 

challenges port wide, the 

Lyttelton Port Company worked 

quickly to remove the lighthouse 

from its vulnerable position. 

In 2011, it was carefully 

transported across the inner 

harbour for temporary 

safekeeping on more stable 

ground below the tunnel 

entrance. 

Lyttelton Port Company 

engineering adviser Neil 

McLennan said the management 

team always anticipated the 

lighthouse would be returned to 

its original position. 

“We all understood that it 

was part of our port heritage, 

important to the Lyttelton 

community and that we needed 

to take care of it,” he said. 

As a timber structure, the 

lighthouse itself had survived 

relatively unscathed, apart from 

Above – The lighthouse on 

the end of Gladstone Pier 

in the 1890s, with the 

orphanage across the water. 

Right – the lighthouse on a 

lean in 2010 and the Chance 

Brothers dioptric lens. 

PHOTOS: NEIL MCLENNAN/ 

LYTTELTON MUSEUM 

some damage to a lens and some 

age-related issues. 

In October 2020, after a 

sensitive restoration and 

ready for a fresh coat of paint, 

the lighthouse was carefully 

transported by truck down 

Norwich Quay to its original 

position. 

The construction of the cruise 

berth, which is designed to 

withstand significant seismic 

events, provided the sturdy base 

for the old lighthouse to see out 

another century. 

The soft, glowing light 

now able to be seen from the 

lighthouse at night, is similar 

to that which would have shone 

in the late 19th and early 20th 

centuries. 

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CELEBRATE 20 

Popular bookshop marking two decades in business 

When local businessman Barry decided 

to open a bookshop in Ferrymead back 

in the day, the naysayers said it wouldn’t 

work, it wasn’t the right location, a mall 

would be better. Not to be deterred, 

Barry went ahead with his plans, and 

as it turned out, proved those naysayers 

wrong. 

On November 26 this year, the 

bookshop, nowadays trading as Take 

Note, will mark 20 years in business. 

Barry runs the popular bookshop in 

partnership with his wife Kerry. And 

with their daughter Tayla having joined 

them full-time four years ago and their 

other daughter Renee also helping out 

it’s truly a “family affair”. 

“The girls were three and five when 

we started so they’ve 

grown up in the 

business, and many of 

our customers have 

enjoyed seeing that 

over the years,” Kerry 

says. 

Originally a Paper 

Plus outlet, the 

bookshop changed to 

a Take Note nine years 

ago. 

“We are still part of 

the Paper Plus group, it was really just a 

name change,” Kerry explains. 

“It is an independently New Zealandowned 

and -operated organisation and 

all the stores are independently owned. 

There are advantages to being part of the 

group in terms of discounts, which we 

can pass on to customers.” 

More than simply a book and 

stationery store, Take Note Ferrymead 

also offers postal services, vehicle 

registration and bill payment services. 

The postal services have been an integral 

part of the business from the beginning, 

then five years ago banking services 

were introduced as well as the vehicle 

registration and bill payments. The 

banking operation was recently closed, 

but the other 

services still 

remain, and are 

an important 

feature of 

the store’s 

commitment 

to customer 

service. 

In terms 

of books, 

Sporting titles are among the wide range 

of magazines on display. 

Take Note 

Ferrymead has 

The friendly family team from TakeNote Ferrymead Barry, 

Tayla and Kerry are always here to help 

titles to suit all tastes, ages and interests. 

These include A-Z fiction, non-fiction, 

cookery books, health and well-being 

publications, children’s books from 

toddlers to teens, and special interest 

books. 

“We obviously can’t stock everything, 

but if there is a book or stationery 

item a customer wants that isn’t in 

stock, we do our very best to get it for 

them,” Kerry says. “Of course, this can 

Keen home cooks will find a wide range 

of recipe books to spark their imagination 

NEW RELEASES 

Lost and Found 

My story of heartbreak and hope by Toni Street 

Toni Street’s easy on-air style and warm personality has made her a firm favourite with thousands 

of New Zealanders. But behind the bubbly persona, is a story of heartbreak and resilience. Toni 

and her twin brother Lance were the much-loved first children of Taranaki dairy farmers Geoff and 

Wendy Street. At nine months old, Lance was diagnosed with Acute Myloid Leukaemia, passing 

away a year later. Soon after baby Tracy was born, but only lived for a couple of hours. Wendy then 

gave birth to Stephen followed by Kirsty. But when Stephen was 14, the unthinkable happened he 

was killed in a quad bike accident. His death would become the seismic marker of Toni’s life, as 

she vowed to do everything in her power to bring happiness to her parent’s life. Toni would go onto 

become one of New Zealand’s most popular and successful television reporters and hosts and was 

determined to raise her own large family, with husband Matt. But after giving birth to their second 

child, she became seriously unwell, and was admitted to hospital, in agony. Eventually diagnosed 

with a rare immune disease, Churg-Strauss syndrome. As a result, they found that she was unable 

to carry another child but her best friend offered to be her and Matt’s surrogate. Toni and her family’s 

story is one of almost unbelievable trial and tragedy, but also love, determination and incredible 

resilience and will strike a chord with anyone who has gone through difficult times. 

My Remarkable Journey - A Memoir 

by Katherine Johnson and Joylette Hylick 

The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning 

film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work at NASA, help 

land the first man on the moon, and live through a century of turmoil and change. In 2015, at 

the age of 97, Katherine Johnson became a global celebrity. President Barack Obama awarded 

her the prestigious Presidential Medal of Freedom—the nation’s highest civilian honor—for 

her pioneering work as a mathematician on NASA’s first flights into space. Her contributions 

to America’s space program were celebrated in a blockbuster and Academy-award nominated 

movie. In this memoir, Katherine shares her personal journey from child prodigy in the 

Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia to NASA human computer. In her life after retirement, 

she served as a beacon of light for her family and community alike. Her story is centered 

around the basic tenets of her life—no one is better than you, education is paramount, and 

asking questions can break barriers. My Remarkable Journey ultimately brings into focus 

a determined woman who navigated tough racial terrain with soft-spoken grace—and the 

unrelenting grit required to make history and inspire future generations. 

Salad 

70 delicious recipes for every occasion 

by Rosa & Margo Flanagan 

Margo and Rosa firmly believe that a Two Raw Sisters salad is the perfect starting point to any meal. 

All eaters are welcome in this cookbook, with these recipes suitable for anyone and everyone, whether 

you’re gluten free, dairy free, plant-based, flexitarian, FODMAP or an absolute meat lover. Packed full 

of delicious flavours, amazing textures and bright, vibrant colours, these recipes bring raw, whole 

unprocessed ingredients such as vegetables, grains, nuts, seeds and spices to life. You’ll be amazed 

by the quick, inventive ways on how to cook these otherwise simple, everyday ingredients. There are 

more than 70 versatile recipes to suit everyone’s tastebuds and dietary requirements - from garlic 

zucchini with mint pine nut salsa; to pumpkin, lentil avocado with roasted lemon oil; spiced eggplant, 

butter beans and pomegranate tahini; to something a little different ... extraordinary sweet salads such 

as walnut and date baked pears with dulce de leche. Margo and Rosa show how to create the perfect 

salad, including a step-by-step guide to your essential ingredients, pantry staples, the layering process, 

a guide to dressings, and how to combine flavours and textures, giving you the confidence to put 

together sensational salads with what you have on hand.


Wednesday October 6 2021 Bay Harbour News 15 

YEARS IN BUSINESS 

LESS THAN 

12 WEEKS TO 

CHRISTMAS 

With the current SLOW 

shipping to avoid 

disappointment please 

make sure you secure 

your Christmas pressie 

books and gift 

orders early! 

Take Note Ferrymead was the first postal services outlet in the South 

Island to have the new logo on display. 

be challenging at present, with Covid 

causing delays in delivery.” 

They like to support New Zealand 

authors and publishers as much as 

possible. Two examples of current books 

in stock, and which are proving popular, 

are one on the late artist Bill Hammond 

and another on the late sculptor Llew 

Summers, both of whom lived in the Bay 

Harbour area. 

In addition to books, Take Note 

Ferrymead has an enormous range of 

greeting cards for all occasions, gift 

wrap, soft toys, school and home office 

stationery and magazines. 

The last 20 years in business, has 

brought Kerry’s experience in the 

stationery industry to 38 years and 

for Barry, it has been around 40 

years in books and stationery, and 

for the couple getting to know their 

customers is something they have 

always particularly enjoyed. 

“I think that’s what sets us apart 

from the bigger chains,” Kerry says. 

“We’ve met some fabulous people 

over the years and we have many 

loyal customers.” 

For her, the children that come 

into the store are special favourites. 

“I’ve seen 

children grow 

up and now 

come in with 

their own 

children. I’m 

finding it hard 

not being able 

to give the little 

ones a cuddle at 

the moment.” 

Kerry says it was 

good to see customers after lockdown, 

while the customers also enjoyed seeing 

each other again, with the store being a 

kind of community hub. A decade ago, 

following the earthquakes, the 

store sold bread and milk as a way 

All your stationery needs for 

home or office 

Colourful gift bags and wrapping paper will add style to your gift 

giving. Great selection of greeting cards an giftwrap. 

of helping locals get 

through challenging 

times, Kerry says. 

“Even now, people 

ask us if we still sell 

bread and milk.” 

With the approach of 

their 20th anniversary 

in business, Barry and 

Kerry remain dedicated 

to providing customers with 

all their book and stationery 

requirements and other services, while 

continuing to build and maintain the 

warm relationships that are at the heart 

of Take Note Ferrymead. 

NEW RELEASES 

Shed Couture 

a Passion for Fashion by Peta mathias 

An entertaining celebration of sustainable fashion, buying well and finding your style in the 

twenty-first century. ‘The point of this book is to explore my ideas for sartorial satisfaction, to 

tell the stories associated with my love of clothes and fashion, and to share the message of 

accidental sustainability.’ When Peta Mathias dug through the clothes she had stored away 

for twenty years in her shed, she realised it was full of valuable, beautiful items that were 

crying out to be worn again: ‘Fashion is mysterious, irresistible and alluring . . . they are not 

just frocks — they are beauty, art, history, emotion, memory, identity and, above all, joy.’ 

From this arose a new appreciation of buying well but cannily, so your clothes will not 

bankrupt you nor go out of fashion. Reviving her neglected wardrobe, Peta revelled in mixing 

fabrics, colours and patterns, considering how to make an impact and how that dull pair of 

shoes can be transformed into something just a little bit fabulous. 

Before & Laughter 

by Jimmy carr 

*A memoir and self-help manual by one of the country’s most treasured comedians – for 

anyone who feels stuck in a rut but doesn’t have the tools or self-belief to shake things up* 

In his mid-20s, Jimmy was bored, boring, unfulfilled and underachieving. He wasn’t exactly 

depressed, but he was very sad. Think of a baby owl whose mum has recently died in a 

windmill accident. He was that sad. This book tells the story of how Jimmy turned it around 

and got happy, through the redemptive power of dick jokes. 

Written to take advantage of the brief window between the end of lockdown and Jimmy getting 

cancelled for saying something unforgivable to Lorraine Kelly, this book is as timely as it is 

unnecessary. Because you might be interested in Jimmy’s life but he’s damn sure you’re a lot 

more interested in your own, Before & Laughter is about both of you. But mainly him. It tells 

the story of Jimmy’s life – the transformation from white-collar corporate drone to fake-toothed 

donkey-laugh plastic-haired comedy mannequin – while also explaining how to turn your own 

life around and become the you you’ve always dreamt of being. 

National Identity 

confessions of an outsider by simon Bridges 

An open, honest and at times intensely personal memoir about race, fatherhood, marriage, 

masculinity, fitting in, and the things that shape our national character. Simon Bridges grew up as the 

son of a working-class Baptist preacher in Te Atatu, as the youngest of six children. In many ways he 

had a typical Kiwi upbringing, at a time when having little didn’t seem to matter much. Yet for Bridges, 

his was the life of an outsider: experiencing otherness for being Maori, and yet an otherness from 

other Maori; a Westie with a thick accent, trying to break into the upper reaches of society; distanced 

from his father, an ageing man in his own world. As a young politician, Bridges soon came to realise 

he was an introvert in an extrovert’s world, and a male leader who has never identified with New 

Zealand’s idealised version of the strong, laconic, rugby-loving man. In National Identity, Bridges offers 

an attempt to question himself and the country he loves. Politics, crime, kai, music, nature: these are 

the stuff of a life. Through candid and self-aware reflections, he points out that politicians have become 

less robust, and that people don’t participate as much anymore - eroding our institutions and national 

life. He speaks his mind on an education system in crisis, the decline of Christianity, and how being 

the smallest, most isolated developed country in the world explains why we are how we are. 

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Great to see 

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Vietnamese Fresh Spring Rolls, 

Pad Thai or a Green Curry... 

You are only a short drive away 

from your Local Bay Harbour 

Asian Restaurant! 

Halswell 

Only a 10 minute drive from Beckenham 

Hoi An House 

Thai and Vietnamese cuisine 

Hoi An House means “The perfect meeting place” a 

place to come relax, eat, enjoy, and never leave the 

table hungry! Function area caters up to 80 people. 

Book your table online! 

Order takeaways online! 

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • 265 Halswell Road, Halswell • 03 260 1799 • www.hoianhouse.co.nz 

sumner 

Le Xōm 

Inodchina, Vietnamese cuisine 

Here you will find the delectable flavourings of 

Asia served up in an environment that creates an 

enticing atmosphere. 

Open 7 days from 5pm - 8.30pm • 6 Wakefield Ave, Sumner • 03 326 4352 • www.lexom.co.nz 

BeckenHam 

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Pottery Social Night 

Wednesday, 7-9.30pm 

Are you hooked on pottery? 

This is an opportunity for you to 

work alongside others on your 

own pottery projects. Tuition 

is not provided. There are two 

working electric wheels, benches 

and some equipment to share. 

Take your own clay, glazes, tools 

and ideas. $5 koha per session 

(cash only). Email Nikki to book 

artatsumnerhub@gmail.com 

Sumner Hub, 57 Nayland St 

Sumner 

Creative Wednesdays 

Wednesday, 11.30am-2.30pm 

All welcome and you can come 

and go as you please. This group 

is focused on bringing people 

together and getting creative, 

no matter what level your art 

practice is, beginner or expert. 

Go along to this event to make 

connections and express yourself 

freely. Every Wednesday. 

The Rock, 10 Wakefield Ave, 

Sumner 

Heathcote Community 

Morning 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 

Email samantha.mythen@starmedia. 

kiwi by 5pm each Wednesday 

Kintsugi: embracing the scars 

of healing exhibition 

Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 

10am-4pm and public holidays 

Kintsugi is group show 

presented by Artists Against 

Slavery exploring the concept 

of brokenness, its repair, and 

how it can become part of a 

new whole. Interpretations 

of Kintsugi are made in the 

exhibition through ceramics, 

pottery, painting and printing. 

The artists are Tania Bostock, 

Nina Brown, Julia Dower, Bev 

Frost, Renate Galeztka, Naomi 

Goto Garrett, Sarah Harper, 

Aamira Jain, Jane McCulla, 

Janie Porter, Gaby Reade, Soon- 

Lee Spicer, Kaylene Worrall. 

As an organisation, Artists 

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women and children who have 

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AAgS gives 100 per cent of 

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Sumner Bridge Club 

Monday 7.15pm, Wednesday 

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Lyttelton Harbour TimeBank 

Drop-in Session 

Tuesday, 10am-12pm 

The Lyttelton Harbour Time- 

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more connected harbour community. 

Come in for a chat – get 

help with joining or managing 

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request, or anything else. 

Lyttelton Library 

Heathcote Valley Food Forest 

Wednesday, 3.30pm 

Go along and help out with 

this garden working bee, meeting 

every fortnight. Go on the 

group’s regular emailing list for 

more information by emailing 

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Birdsey Reserve, Heathcote 

Valley 

Craft Group 

Monday, 10am-12pm 

Enjoy knitting, crocheting or 

sewing with a wonderful group 

of people each Monday. The cost 

is $3 per session with morning 

tea and great company provided. 

Heathcote Community Centre 

The Heathcote Valley Wool 

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Thursday, 9.15-11.45am 

This group of enthusiasts 

meets weekly to spin, knit and 

create with wool. Anyone is 

welcome to join. Email Felicity 

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Auction Sat 16 Oct at 11am, 

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MY WIFE AND I have called it 

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Firstly, our power went off 

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carryover. That’s fine, the 2.3-litre 

four-cylinder diesel engine is a 

cracker in terms of sophistication, 

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The Navara also has a complex 

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the Navara has a coil spring, multiple-link 

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At the other end the twin-turbocharged 

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There’s no lumpy diesel throb here, 

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and is very responsive. Not 

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Nissan claims a 7.6-litre per 

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My time with the evaluation 

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FOUR-WHEEL-DRIVE: Genuine off-road ability. 

NISSAN NAVARA ST-X: Home appliances are easily catered for on the ute’s deck.. 

introduction. That being the 

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those modes are there to help. 

Elsewhere, the Navara is also 

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In terms of transportation it 

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The ST-X on the other hand 

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The new Navara comes at an 

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From the beat 

to the ward 

After 18 years in the New Zealand 

Police Force, Ally Ealam has embarked 

on a whole new career. 

The former frontline senior sergeant recently graduated from 

Ara Institute of Canterbury with a New Zealand Diploma in Enrolled Nursing 

and is now working in aged care in Rangiora where she grew up. 

Ally says she’d “seen it all” as a police officer. “I attended some pretty horrific 

jobs over the years. Some of them I’ll never forget, but those experiences 

made me the person I am today.” 

Although Ally decided to step away from enforcement, she wanted to do 

something that drew upon her many years of work experience and her past 

involvement in St John Ambulance. Enrolled nursing fit the bill perfectly. 

“I’d heard Ara was a fantastic place to learn. I loved the whole learning 

environment and the buzz of learning - it reminded me of my Police College 

days.” 

During her studies, Ally had clinical placements in a variety of health 

settings. “I got to watch two emergency caesarean sections,” she says. “That 

was amazing - I cried under my facemask!” 

When she was in the Police, Ally loved working with the elderly. Now that 

she’s gained her nursing diploma, she’s thrilled to be working with seniors 

again – this time as an enrolled nurse at Bainswood on Victoria in Rangiora. 

“Ara equipped me with the skills and confidence to work with our elderly 

and I’m really enjoying it. I’m looking after and connecting with the residents 

and their families, getting experience in assessing and dressing wounds, 

managing medication, working with our local GPs and palliative care nurses 

and so much more. I feel absolutely privileged to be able to do what I do.” 

“ 

There’s definitely a place 

for women in engineering. 

” 

Mechanical engineer 

Steph Crossan. 

Digger driver becomes 

design engineer 

Not so long ago, Steph Crosson 

(Ngāti Whātua) was working in the civil 

works industry, driving a digger all day. 

That was until she decided she wanted 

something more out of life. 

“ 

I loved the whole learning 

experience and the buzz of 

learning. 

” 

Enrolled nurse 

Ally Ealam. 

“I had this overwhelming feeling that it wasn’t enough,” she says. 

Her job involved working around engineers and she started to become 

interested in what they were doing and why. “I kinda just wanted to be 

part of that.” So, she took the “daunting” step of enrolling in a mechanical 

engineering degree at Ara. 

Three years later and instead of driving a digger, Steph has the skills to 

design one. “I could design the hydraulic systems, the components within it 

and even the things the diggers are building.” 

Before coming to Ara, Steph’s last experience of education was at high 

school in Timaru. She never thought she’d come back to study, but once she 

took the plunge, she thrived in Ara’s hands-on learning environment. 

“Ara was great – the whole way through. I wouldn’t study anywhere else. 

The class sizes were perfect to me because you got to know everyone, and 

everybody helped each other out. The facilities were awesome, and the 

tutors were great, really supportive.” 

Steph says being a woman in engineering has been no problem. “There’s 

definitely a place for women in engineering because we bring a new 

perspective to problem solving and creativity. I never felt excluded at Ara – it 

was a really supportive learning space and so much fun.” 

International consultancy company Beca offered Steph a job as she neared 

the completion of her studies and she says she couldn’t have asked for a 

better end to her degree. 

“I just really want to encourage anyone – it doesn’t matter your age or your 

background – that study is a viable option. Life’s too short to muck around. 

Just own your life and make it happen. Learn more, know more, do more.”



Building skills for a 

brighter future 

Tony Siva is proudly Samoan and 

even prouder since he took a trades 

course at Ara and got himself an 

apprenticeship to become a builder. 

Why did you choose to learn a trade? 

To build a better future for my family by becoming a qualified builder. Also, 

the course was free through Ara’s Pacific Trades Training scheme. 

What was your experience at Ara like? 

I thought it would be awkward because of my age, being surrounded by 

kids who just finished school. But my tutors were great – they made learning 

relevant and fun – and I was encouraged all the way. 

What did you enjoy most about your course? 

As well as learning how to build a house and things like retaining walls, decks 

and fences, we learned how to interpret our culture through woodwork, so I 

also made a To’oto’o (Samoan chief’s staff). 

What kind of support did you receive through 

Pacific Trades Training? 

There’s lots of care and support provided - like bus money, petrol vouchers, 

food vouchers, counsellors and advisors. And Ara’s 

Pacific Island Students Association offers a lot too. 

What are you doing now? 

I’m doing my apprenticeship at Home NZ Construction. 

What are your plans for the future? 

I want to buy or build my own house and hopefully go back to Samoa to help 

rebuild my village. 

What advice would you give to anyone contemplating study? 

It’s never too late to study or change your career path. If you work hard and 

put the time and effort into a trade, I guarantee you’ll reap the benefits. 

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It’s never too late 

to study or change 

your career path. 

” 

Carpentry graduate 

Tony Siva. 

“ 

We’re here to support you 

in the best way we can. 

” 

Support at the ready 

for all learners 

Ara’s dedicated Disability Services 

team has a simple objective: equity 

in education. 

“We aim to level the playing field to allow students with impairments to have 

equitable access to their chosen course and future path,” explains Ara disability 

advisor, Rose Edgar. 

Ara can help support students with almost any impairment or long-term medical 

condition including dyslexia, epilepsy, autism spectrum conditions, chronic 

fatigue, mental health difficulties (e.g. depression), traumatic brain injury, or 

hearing, visual and physical impairments such as spina bifida and paralysis. 

The team works with students to find supports or adjustments that will help 

reduce any barriers they face due to disabilities or health conditions. “That 

might be extra time for exams, finding technology which supports their learning, 

communicating with tutors about changes that need to be made during classes, 

or connecting students with other support services in and around Ara,” says 

student advisor, Kirstie McHale. “Once a student signs up with us, we work 

with them to create an individualised access plan which outlines the targeted 

support in place for them.” 

Kirstie adds that for some students, reader/writer assistance in an exam can be 

the difference between passing and failing. “Timed exams can be a real barrier 

for students with learning difficulties that affect their reading or writing. Having 

a support person to read questions aloud, 

or write down verbal answers, allows students to show what they know in an 

exam situation more accurately.” 

Support is available across all Ara campuses and Rose encourages individuals 

to contact Disability Services as soon as they’re thinking about studying at Ara. 

“We understand that people are sometimes apprehensive about asking for help. 

Often people attach a stigma to the word disability and won’t seek the help 

they’re entitled to, but we encourage anyone who could benefit from our help to 

get in touch. We’re here to support you in the best way we can. The smartest thing 

you can do for your study is to make use of all the support available to you.” 

For more information, email disability@ara.ac.nz 

or phone 03 940 8089.


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Bay Harbour: October 06, 2021

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