Nor'West News: November 04, 2021

Influenza vaccines 

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2021 

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Aussie Rules not just for kicks 

St Margaret’s College student Indy Gibson (right) contests the ball from Jess Howison during round 

one of the inaugural Canterbury Australian Football League’s new women’s league, which started on 

Saturday. CAFL president Matt Cawley said the idea for the women’s league came from a growing 

national interest in the sport. He said several women’s players had already travelled to play at 

tournaments in the North Island so they thought they could help them and the sport by starting a 

women’s league here. In a tight game the Ferns beat the Korus 7-7-49 to 6-4-40. PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE 

Hearing next 

step in bid 

to open 

contentious 

rehabilitation 

centre 

• By Fiona Ellis 

A HEARING to be held next 

week is the next step in the 

Department of Corrections’ 

contentious bid to open a 

rehabilitation centre for violent 

offenders in St Albans. 

The proposed site at 14 Bristol 

St may in the future house 12 

men over 18-years-old taking part 

in a four-month rehabilitation 

programme. 

The hearing will begin on 

Monday and finish on Thursday, 

with a panel of two independent 

commissioners. 

Among those listed on the 

hearing schedule are Department 

of Corrections representatives, 

city council staff, and specialist 

experts such as criminal justice 

expert Dr Jarrod Gilbert. 

In a statement of evidence, 

Gilbert supported the proposal, 

calling it “an example of the 

innovative service that is much 

needed in a modern justice 

system.” 

Sixteen named submitters 

will also be heard, as well more 

anonymous submitters who 

would be represented by others. 

Alanya Limmer and law 

firm Chapman Tripp would 

represent a group that included 

the Bristol Street Community 

Network. 

A statement of evidence on 

behalf of the network by Brett 

Giddens opposed the plan. 

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this week 

Housie 

Thursday, 12.30-2.15pm 

Mary Potter Community Centre, 442 

Durham St North 

To participate, take $2 per housie 

card or take a prize to the value of 

the card. Afternoon tea to follow. Go 

along, meet new people, have some 

fun. Gold coin donation for nonresidents 

attending the community 

centre please. Inquiries phone 372 

9224. 

Women’s Public Speaking 

Friday, 12.30-1.30pm 

The Village Presbyterian Church, 460 

Papanui Rd 

Do you get tongue-tied when 

you are asked to speak? Or are you 

already a confident speaker, but want 

to become even better? Go along 

to this Toastmasters group where 

you can gain the skills you need to 

become a better, more confident 

speaker. 

Ride Forever Urban 

Commuter Course 

Sunday, 8.30am-12.30pm 

Mcdonalds Airport, 512 Memorial Ave 

Think you are tough in the concrete 

jungle? Don’t be a fool, you’re 

extremely vulnerable. Half day of 

training subsidised by ACC for just 

$20. You will learn and practice 

all the essential skills to make that 

commute to/from work or wherever 

Papanui Business Networking, Wednesday 9.30-10.30am, Carlton 

Bar & Eatery, 1 Papanui Rd. This 9.30am meeting has a strong business 

focus. It suits people with family responsibilities, people who work late 

hours and those who like to check in with the office before coming out 

for business networking over a coffee. You will find a warm, inclusive 

“welcome” is extended to you at this group. Members are always creating 

connections, synergies and business opportunities at each meeting. If this 

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stress free and enjoyable and most 

importantly safer. 

Bible Reading Group 

Mondays 10.30am - noon 

Abberley Park Hall, 15 Abberley Cres 

A small non-denominational 

group reading the Bible for hope and 

encouragement. Phone Veronica on 

960 7655 or 021 022 92613. 

Cards at the Papanui Club 

Monday, 1.15-3.15pm, Tuesday, 

1-3.15pm, Wednesday, 1.15- 

3.15pm 

Papanui Club, 310 Sawyers Arms Rd 

Join others for a different card 

game each day. Monday is Flag 500, 

Tuesday is cribbage and Wednesday 

is euchre. All welcome for $2. Masks 

are required to attend under alert 

level 2. Phone Alan on 021 173 3388 

for more information. 

Scottish Country Dancing 

Tuesday, 7.45-9.45pm 

Heaton Intermediate School hall, 125 

Heaton St 

Go along if you want to take part 

in the fun exercise. All you need 

to take is some soft shoes. The first 

night is free for beginners. Phone 021 

480 802 for more information. 

Elizabeth Bridge Club 

Wednesday, 1-4pm 

Christchurch Bridge Club Rooms, 21 

Nova Pl 

Go along and join others for a 

game of bridge every Wednesday. 

Arrive at 12.50pm for a 1pm start. 

If you do not have a partner, phone 

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Thursday November 4 2021 3 

Market that will give back to community 


A MARKET with a community 

focus is set to open this Saturday, 

making the long-held wish of one 

of its organisers a reality. 

The Northern Community 

Market will be held at Northcote 

School, and a portion of funds 

raised at the event will also be 

donated to the school. 

Market secretary Stephanie 

Heaver said the idea of a market 

was to give back to the community. 

“I thought ‘this will be good: 

get everyone together and then 

we can put the proceeds back 

out into the community again,” 

Heaver said. 

The idea of a local market for 

northern Christchurch had been 

in the back of Heaver’s mind for a 

long time. 

She had lived in the area for 20 

years and had always wanted one, 

she said. 

Finally, she sprung into action 

after reading an online comment 

asking why the area did not have 

one, she said. 

“Other markets have been 

doing rather well throughout 

Christchurch. 

“Let’s just do it.” 

Initially, funds raised 

would go towards meeting 

needs at the Northcote School, 

for example, sports equipment, 

she said. 

As the fortnightly market 

became more established it would 

also look for other causes to support. 

“We pay all our bills and things 

first and then over and above that 

we can divvy out what we need to 

put into other things. 

“We want to get as much back 

out to the community as we can.” 

The first market would have 

about 40 or 50 stallholders, selling 

a variety of products. 

“It ranges from fruit and veg, 

arts and crafts, homemade products, 

car boot sales, food stalls, all 

sorts of things.” 

She would be among the 

stallholders, selling her own 

handiwork, such as “mandala 

type” wall hangings. 

The opening of the market 

had been pushed back due to 

Covid-19, but she was excited 

that the vision she and others had 

been working towards was finally 

set to become reality. 

Opening at 10am, the market 

would run until 4pm and would 

adhere to pandemic alert level 

regulations. 

ALL SET: Secretary of the 

Northern Community 

Market Stephanie Heaver 

is organising the market’s 

opening and will also have 

her own crafts stall. 

Belfast 

Community Trust 

Applications open on 1st November 

2021 to appropriate charitable 

organisations in Belfast. The grant 

is for the purpose of benefiting the 

residents of Belfast. 

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please refer to our website: 

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grants-open-upcoming/ 

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No business like show business 

NORMAN FORSEY describes 

himself as a ‘retired thespian’ but 

that description may underplay 

the significant roles he has 

played on stage, on film and on 

television sets. 

The Riccarton man has rubbed 

shoulders with many industry 

greats over the years. There was 

even a rock star or two, including 

David Bowie. 

The Margaret Stoddart Retirement 

Village resident’s penchant 

for performance may have come 

from his humble upbringing, 

which included periods of malnutrition. 

Concern about his skinny legs 

led to some training in ballet, 

Norman said. 

Norman was born in 1937 in 

London’s Whittington Hospital, 

on Highgate Hill, to a seventeenyear-old 

mother. 

He was adopted by a Welsh 

couple at two months old. 

“When I was about four, to 

quote the family doctor, he said: 

‘I think we should get Norman 

either skating or dancing to 

strengthen his poor little legs, to 

build him up’.” 

His skills in tap dancing and 

classical ballet, plus the ability to 

perform before a crowd, led on to 

three years of studying drama at 

the Welsh College of Music and 

Drama at Cardiff Castle. 

“And among my fellow students 

was a young chap called 

Anthony Hopkins.” 

During this time, Norman met 

his future wife, Chrissie. 

Norman, Chrissie and Hopkins 

toured Welsh theatres and 

village halls together, appearing 

in a Thornton Wilder play, The 

Skin of Our Teeth. 

Chrissie and Norman married 

in 1960, soon after he’d finished 

his National Service. 

He became wardrobe master to 

BBC Wales, a job he loved. 

The wardrobe fittings included 

working with the likes of Bill 

Travers, known for his appearance 

in Born Free, and Susan 

Hampshire, who appeared on the 

United Kingdom theatre circuit 

and on television. 

In 1973, Norman and Chrissie 

decided to emigrate to Auckland, 

where Norman worked in the 

‘rag trade’ for many years, producing 

costumes for stage, film 

and television. 

He also acted, appearing in an 

early episode of Close to Home, 

as well as featuring as one of 

the two “baddies” in Hunter’s 

Gold, a South Pacific Television 

production based on the Otago 

gold rush. 

Then there was an extended 

five-week trip to the Cook Islands, 

to work with David Bowie 

and the Japanese production 

team on the set of Merry Christmas, 

Mr Lawrence. 

Norman’s costumes work 

extended into generally helping 

out. In the initial Auckland 

filming, he would drive Bowie 

THESPIAN: Norman 

Forsey today and on the 

set of Merry Christmas, Mr 

Lawrence, pictured to the 

right of David Bowie. 

around the suburbs incognito, 

while on a break from filming. 

“We tried to keep it secret 

to avoid the crowds and stuff. 

When he arrived, he said: ‘What 

are you driving Norm’, and I said 

‘I’m driving your campervan, 

your dressing room’.” 

Another film that Norman 

worked on was the Ron Howarddirected 

Willow, starring Warwick 

Davis and Val Kilmer. 

He also worked on Lord of the 

Rings, and alongside Lucy Lawless 

on Xena: Warrior Princess. 

Norman and Chrissie 

eventually moved to 

Christchurch, to be closer to 

their son and his family. 

For some years Norman acted 

with the Canterbury Repertory 

Theatre and The Court Theatre. 

Later, he became a full-timecarer 

for Chrissie until her death. 

He is now enjoying the 

camaraderie of the retirement 

village. 

Residential 

centre bid 

pushes on 

• From page 1 

“I consider that the applicant 

has not demonstrated a strategic 

or operational need for the 

activity to be located in a 

residential zone,” Giddens stated. 

Submissions on the project 

closed earlier this year, and those 

who shared their opinions were 

broadly unsupportive. 

Nor’West News reported in June 

that the city council received 173 

submissions against the project 

and just 20 in favour. Many who 

submitted were residents who 

cited safety as a concern. 

In response to this, the Department 

of Corrections changed its 

proposal, including reducing the 

maximum number of residents 

from 16 to 12, and increasing the 

maximum number of staff on-site 

to 14. 

The resource application said 

residents at the facility will be 

intensively supervised and monitored 

by GPS while living there, 

supervised on trips to places like 

the supermarket, and CCTV 

cameras will be installed. 

Those convicted of sexual 

offences would not be eligible for 

the programme. 

It also did not include offenders 

needing specialised intervention 

for drug, alcohol and significant, 

untreated mental health issues. 

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Avonhead School pupils are the young quiz masters 

PUPILS IN the Western News 

area have come out on top in 

a national quiz competition 

grilling contestants on their 

general knowledge. 

The ODT Extra! Current 

Events Quiz took place last 

week, with more than 1000 

teams of three participating in 

the online quiz across three age 

divisions. 

Avonhead School pupils 

placed first in the year 5 and 6 

category of the event, and also 

took second in the year 7 and 8 

category. 

Medbury School also did well, 

with pupils placing second in 

the year 5 and 6 category. 

ODT Extra! marketing 

manager Jeff Paterson said the 

quiz was broken down into 10 

rounds covering questions from 

local and international geography, 

history, current events and 

general knowledge. 

Earlier this year Allied Press, 

publisher of the Otago Daily 

Times, teamed up with Dunedin 

digital educator Education 

Perfect to run the competition 

online. 

Education Perfect chief 

operations officer Emma McAllister 

said the quiz provided an 

interactive, digital competition 


which was extended to those 

still experiencing lockdown 

conditions. 

The top 10 teams in each year 

group will join the top teams 

from the ODT Extra! Spelling 

Bee, which took place earlier this 

year, for the grand final at the 

Otago Museum later this month. 

Students’ drink bottle formula successful 

ST MARGARET’S College 

students are making a splash 

with their business idea of selling 

‘drink bottles with a difference’. 

Nicola Crosbie, Nikita Bloy, 

Henrietta Osborne, Charlotte 

Gilray, and Olivia Peter won 

the Young Enterprise Scheme 

Regional Awards for North Canterbury 

last week. 

Twelve secondary school teams 

came in one after the other for 

a day of exciting Dragons Denstyle 

pitches, hosted at regional 

partner Ara Institute of Canterbury’s 

Christchurch campus. 

Splash for Change, by the St 

Margaret’s College team, was 

pitched as a business with charity 

at the heart of its mission. 

A total 50 per cent of the profit 

from each high-quality drink 

bottle is donated to a specific 

charity it represents, with colours 

or slogans to match. 

The business has an active 

presence selling drink bottles 

online which supports its three 

chosen charities: the Breast Cancer 

Foundation NZ, the Mental 

Health Foundation of New 

Zealand and Educating Girls 

Globally– a charity set up by two 

St Margaret’s College alumna. 

YES Canterbury regional coordinator 

Idoia Alday Gonzalez 

said social awareness was clear in 

the ideas of the regional winners. 

“I continue to be humbled by 

our YES youth. Their awareness 

of social issues, their passion and 

resourcefulness to find solutions 

and drive change – this all shines 

WINNING TEAM: St 

Margaret’s College students 

(from left) Nicola Crosbie, 

Nikita Bloy, Henrietta 

Osborne, Charlotte Gilray, 

and Olivia Peter pitch their 

charity drink bottle idea 

in the Young Enterprise 

Scheme regional finals. 

through.” 

This year’s Regional Awards 

were held online with an 

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YouTube livestream, including 

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the students’ 2021 YES journey. 

Winning teams will go on 

to represent their regions in 

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50-year gathering for former post office workers 

• By John Cosgrove 

I REMEMBER: For (from left) Mike Harris, of Middleton, Robert Evans, of Marshland, and Graeme Fraser, of Halswell, 

rediscovering the memories of the fun they had while working in the record section at the iconic Cathedral Square chief 

post office building, made them all smile and laugh. On the reunions commemorative plate, former shorthand typists 

from the typing pool Colleen Eathorne, of Redwood (left), and Ann Matheson, of Waimairi Beach, spot the windows of the 

rooms they used to work in. 

PHOTOS: JOHN COSGROVE 

STORIES OF adventures and 

shenanigans had in the typing 

pool or in the mail rooms 

were recounted as 50 former 

employees of the Post Office met 

for the first time in 50 years. 

The former administration 

staff members had all worked at 

some stage of their careers in the 

old Christchurch chief post office 

in the Cathedral Square. 

Chief postmasters office reunion 

committee chairman Rod 

Cameron of Beckenham, said it 

was a good time to reminisce. 

Cameron, a former post 

investigations officer, said that 

over the past year a group of 

ex-employees had been working 

online organising the staff reunion 

held at the Cashmere Club 

on Saturday. 

“It has been quite difficult 

trying to track down all these 

people with who we previously 

worked with, but not seen for 

some 50 years. 

“We were fortunate however 

in tracing and contacting a total 

116 personal and managed to 

get 50 people to come along to 

the reunion. 

“Many of those interested 

in attending now live overseas 

and were really keen to come 

but unfortunately were unable,” 

Cameron said. 

Cameron started in 1961 as a 

telegram boy before eventually 

becoming an investigating officer 

chasing up stolen mail or 

fraud scams. 

“Much of what we got up to on 

the job we can’t tell anyone about 

as people today would think 

we’re mean or they wouldn’t get 

the joke but we got away with it 

in those days,” Cameron said. 

His funniest memory was 

discovering marijuana growing 

implements and seeds sent from 

overseas. 

“We called the police who 

followed the parcel to its destination 

in a rural community, there 

they discovered a massive growing 

operation. 

Fellow postal investigator 

Wayne Butterworth of Spreydon 

recalls starting in 1965 as a toll 

operator having to juggle calls 

because they only had 40 lines to 

Wellington to work with. 

“Then one day I was looking 

out of a window overlooking 

the square when I saw a woman 

learner driver crash into the only 

phone box we had in the square.” 

Butterworth said: “ I was on 111 

calls that day and had everyone 

calling was to report it, all at the 

same time.” 

Ann Matheson of Waimari 

Beach, was a typist during the 

late 60s early 70s and recalled 

the day a younger woman came 

to work in a very, very short 

mini skirt, “She was sent home 

to change into something more 

appropriate so she returned in 

a maxi dress just to annoy the 

supervisor,” she said. 

Matheson recalls in 1970 being 

paid $1195 per annum for their 

work which came out to $39 per 

week. 

Fellow typist pool member 

Colleen Eathorne of Redwood, 

said she remembers they had 

a great social life there and 

many life-long relationships or 

friendships were made there. 

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AN ASPIRING young actress is 

set to go global as one of a team 

of students bringing the plays of 

Shakespeare to life. 

Hornby High School’s Nadia 

Officer will represent New 

Zealand in London as a member 

of the Shakespeare Globe 

Centre New Zealand Young 

Shakespeare Company 2022. 

The year 12 student said it felt 

both exciting and nerve-racking 

to be the only student from 

Christchurch chosen to represent 

New Zealand overseas. 

“I didn’t expect it at all,” Nadia 

said. 

A long-time fan of The Bard, 

Nadia took part in the regional 

SGC University of Otago Sheila 

Winn Shakespeare Festival for 

the fifth time this year, performing 

a scene from A Midsummer 

Night’s Dream with a group of 

classmates. 

For the first time, her team 

was then selected to take part in 

the national competition, and 

she was then chosen for the SGC 

national schools production in 

Wellington last month. 

“That’s where they choose the 

people to go to London.” 

STANDOUT: Nadia Officer as Pyramus in A Midsummer Night’s Dream, alongside fellow Hornby High School students 

Meagan MacKinnon and Jessica Lilly 

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Back in Christchurch, she 

learned of her selection via an 

unexpected phone call. 

“I just started screaming 

around the house, it was an 

amazing thing to get the call.” 

Over the course of the two 

weeks in London in mid-2022, 

the selected students will take 

part in workshops at Shakespeare’s 

Globe theatre, and will 

also perform on stage. 

Comedy was Nadia’s preferred 

acting genre, although she was 

also open to the challenge of 

doing a tragedy, she said. 

“When I’m on stage, I just love 

looking at the audience and seeing 

their faces and making them 

laugh. 

“Acting-wise I love performing 

comedies . . . but if I were to read 

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Her favourite plays, Macbeth 

and Measure for Measure, reflected 

this. 

“I really like the ideas in Macbeth 

of toxic masculinity, as well 

as all the gory bits and witches. 

“[In Wellington] I did Measure 

for Measure, which is a very dark 

play. 

“It was quite difficult for me, 

so it was a really good learning 

opportunity.” 

Nadia said she had been 

captivated by Shakespeare’s style 

of writing, especially his distinctive 

use of iambic pentameter 

rhythm. 

“It’s like a heartbeat within the 

text.” 

In the long-term future, 

she hoped to make a career in 

theatre, and as well as acting 

she could see herself owning her 

own theatre company, or 

passing on her love for the 

craft by becoming a drama 

teacher. 

In the short term, her goal was 

to raise $10,000 to fund her trip 

to London. 

She planned to do this by 

holding school events such as 

mufti days, and by setting up 

a Givealittle page, which she 

planned to call Get Nadia to 

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• By John Cosgrove 

THERE WERE more treats than 

tricks at Halloween on Sunday 

night, as hundreds of children 

gathered in small groups and 

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candy. 

Back for a second year in a 

row, the Hoon Hay Community 

Association chairwoman Jenny 

Goodman said the group was 

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event they hosted at the Hoon 

Hay Community Centre. 

“Due to Covid-19, we primarily 

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children’s trick or treating route 

around the streets of Hoon Hay,” 

she said. 

Association member Kaitlyn 

White said the witches, goblins, 

fairies, spacemen, ghouls and 

ghosts started appearing for their 

lollies and games an hour before 

the event was due to start. 

“It was great to see them all 

walking along with their mums 

and dads. We put on lots of simple 

games for them to play, including 

ten pin bowling using toilet rolls 

as pins and large-scale Jenga plus 

indoor games,” White said. 

She added they had packed 240 

packets of lollies for distribution, 

which all went very quickly. 

“It was busier than last year and 

it was good to see so many parents 

had also dressed up and got into 

the spirit of it all,” White said. 

SCARY FUN: Best friends Ariella Machiso 5, (left) and Zahara 

Cording, 6, came dressed as a witch and a fairy. 

 

BEWITCHED: Hazel Hope (left) and Scarlett O’Dell, both 

eight years old, at the Halloween kids’ night. 

SWEET TREAT: Kaitlyn White loads up Coda Bovitt, 4, with 

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2 large carrots (diced) 

2–3 sticks celery (sliced) 

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Sauce: 

1 cup blue milk 

1½ cups chicken stock 

Directions 

Topping: 

1 cup breadcrumbs, place in 

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1 large onion (chopped) 

1 rounded teaspoon mixed 

herbs 

27gm butter (melted) 

3 rashers bacon (cut into small 

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263 

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2 level tablespoons cornflour, 

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1 x 425gm can apricot halves in 

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50gm sultanas 

2 tablespoons white vinegar 

½ teaspoon salt (optional) 

Directions 

Saute onion, add 

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Chicken and corn 

savouries 

Serves 6 

12 slices white sandwich bread, 

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200gm shredded chicken 

330gm can creamed corn 

2tbsp mayonnaise 

1 spring onion (sliced) 

2 eggs, beaten with: 

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2 tablespoons parsley (chopped) 

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Guests Coming to Stay this Christmas? 

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Design the Room Around the Bed 

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027 440 3035 

Feature Properties 

Richie Eggelton 


021 089 65594 

Maria Paterson 


027 543 4689 

47 Te Hurunui Drive, Pegasus 

Vanessa Golightly & Maria Paterson 

1/64 Ranfurly Street, St Albans 

Tracy Thomson & Hasna Ngara 

42 Wales Street, Halswell 


Sold Properties 

Hasna Ngara 


021 262 4943 

Jana Schleehauf 


022 090 1227 

9 Park Street, Rangiora 


106 Prestons Road, Redwood 


161 Mays Road, St Albans 


Olivia Hendry 

Executive Assistant 

Georgia Tuuta 

Executive Assistant 

Estelle Schuurman 

Property Manager 

Joy Coughlan 

Mortgage Broker 

027 223 3572 

22 Kendal Avenue, Burnside 


258B Greers Road, Bryndwr 


2/22 Buccleugh Street, Phillipstown 


Level 1, 7 Winston Avenue, Papanui 

Phone (03) 352 0567 | rwpapanui.co.nz | /RayWhitePapanui Morris & Co Limited | Licenced REAA 2008

Nor'West News: November 04, 2021

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