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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER <strong>18</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
New<br />
take on<br />
match<br />
of the<br />
century<br />
• By Fiona Ellis<br />
REMEMBERED as the ‘match<br />
of the century’ Canterbury’s bid<br />
to break Auckland’s then record<br />
of 25 successive Ranfurly Shield<br />
defences on September 14, 1985<br />
was in disarray at halftime when<br />
the challengers led 24-0.<br />
However, before a feverish<br />
crowd of 53,000, many of whom<br />
converged on the sideline before<br />
the old embankment at Lancaster<br />
Park, Canterbury made a<br />
stirring comeback, scoring four<br />
unanswered tries to bridge the<br />
gap to 28-23.<br />
A thrilling contest ended<br />
controversially – in a one-eyed<br />
Cantabrians view – when John<br />
Kirwan punched the ball dead<br />
as Craig Green sought a potentially<br />
match-winning try. Bob<br />
Francis then blew the fulltime<br />
whistle with time, allegedly, still<br />
on the clock.<br />
Peter Harper missed out on<br />
the drama that afternoon, but<br />
36 years later he has brought<br />
the excitement surrounding the<br />
match back to life.<br />
The Cotswold School teacher<br />
and colleague Saskia Sandford cowrote<br />
the school play, Saturday<br />
Night’s Fever, staged last week.<br />
The play follows rugby fan<br />
Barry Room as he attempts to<br />
overcome obstacles and get to<br />
the match.<br />
• Turn to page 5<br />
Connecting you with your neighbourhood<br />
SHIELD FEVER: Jock Hobbs feeds the ball to Bruce<br />
Deans during Canterbury’s captivating tenure-ending<br />
Ranfurly Shield clash with Auckland, the backdrop of<br />
Cotswold School production Saturday Night’s Fever,<br />
which starred pupil Tom Gainsford.<br />
Property,<br />
rubbish<br />
bins top<br />
residents’<br />
query list<br />
• By Fiona Ellis<br />
OBTAINING property<br />
information is the top reason<br />
for people in the Fendalton-<br />
Waimairi-Harewood Community<br />
Board area to reach out to the<br />
city council, but uncollected bins<br />
remain an issue.<br />
A ticket report has revealed a<br />
breakdown of issues that residents<br />
contacted the city council about<br />
between September 20 and October<br />
19.<br />
In that time, 1680 tickets, or<br />
jobs, were completed within an<br />
average of 3.7 days.<br />
Incidents fell in a range of<br />
categories, including transport,<br />
wheelie bins, property information<br />
and Three Waters council<br />
assets.<br />
Property file requests came<br />
out on top with 147 tickets, while<br />
complaints about missed bin collections<br />
or damages bins placed<br />
second and third, with 142 and<br />
140 tickets respectively.<br />
Bin issues have been an ongoing<br />
theme of ticket reports in the area.<br />
For example, in the ticket<br />
report for July 21 to August 19,<br />
uncollected bins were also the<br />
second-largest issue, with 130<br />
tickets issued.<br />
• Turn to page 5<br />
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Christmas Family Photoshoot<br />
Sunday<br />
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Thursday <strong>November</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Scottish Country Dancing<br />
Tuesday, 7.45-9.45pm<br />
Heaton Intermediate School hall, 125<br />
Heaton St<br />
Go along if you want to take part in<br />
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Thursday <strong>November</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2021</strong> 3<br />
Low noise asphalt delayed<br />
A PLAN to cover the new<br />
Northern Corridor motorway<br />
in low noise asphalt has<br />
been delayed due to Covid<br />
disruptions.<br />
Waka Kotahi NZ Transport<br />
Agency had planned to add the<br />
top coating of the low noise<br />
asphalt to the motorway later<br />
this month, but ongoing supply<br />
chain disruptions have delayed<br />
some of the materials.<br />
James Caygill, NZTA’s<br />
director regional relationships,<br />
said the delay is due to a holdup<br />
in getting one of the key<br />
ingredients for the top coat –<br />
epoxy resin – from the United<br />
States.<br />
“We have recently become<br />
aware that Covid-related<br />
shipping problems have delayed<br />
us getting the epoxy here as<br />
planned,” Caygill said.<br />
“We are sorry about this delay,<br />
given the concerns of nearby<br />
residents.”<br />
He said the shipping delay<br />
is part of the Covid-19 supply<br />
chain disruptions being<br />
experienced world-wide.<br />
The epoxy gives the low noise<br />
asphalt a significantly longer life<br />
and maintains its noise reducing<br />
powers for longer.<br />
“We did have the option to<br />
use a low noise asphalt without<br />
epoxy, but this coating would<br />
only last for up to eight years<br />
instead of 30-plus years with<br />
epoxy,” Caygill said.<br />
SUPPLY ISSUES: The low noise asphalt top coating for the Northern Corridor has been<br />
delayed.<br />
PHOTO: NEWSLINE<br />
“We know Redwood residents<br />
living closest to the motorway<br />
will be disappointed about this<br />
delay, but we hope they can<br />
see a short delay now will reap<br />
benefits longer term.”<br />
The remaining chip sealing<br />
work on the CNC has been<br />
postponed until the epoxy<br />
arrives.<br />
At this stage, Caygill says the<br />
delay is likely to be a “month or<br />
two, into the New Year.”<br />
He said NZTA still hopes<br />
to complete all the low noise<br />
surfacing work for the entire<br />
motorway, from Cranford St to<br />
the Waimakariri Bridge, and<br />
along QEII Drive, between Main<br />
North Rd and the Innes Rd<br />
roundabout, by April next year.<br />
In Brief<br />
WAIRAKEI, GRAHAMS RDS<br />
PETITION SIGNED BY 196<br />
A petition to have green rightturning<br />
arrows installed and<br />
road markings repainted at the<br />
Wairakei and Grahams Rds<br />
intersection in Burnside has now<br />
been signed by 196 people. City<br />
council transport operations<br />
manager Steffan Thomas<br />
confirmed the intersection will<br />
be resurfaced when other utility<br />
works have been completed.<br />
The city council will update the<br />
Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood<br />
Community Board on the<br />
Wairakei and Grahams Road<br />
intersection early next year.<br />
STUDENTS SET TO<br />
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Eight Burnside High School<br />
students are set to get grants of<br />
$150 each from the Fendalton-<br />
Waimairi-Harewood Community<br />
Board. The board approved the<br />
grant from its youth development<br />
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The $1200 will help to fund<br />
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Thursday <strong>November</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2021</strong> 5<br />
SHOWTIME: Cotswold School pupils perform a dance number as part of<br />
the school production last week.<br />
Ranfurly Shield was big<br />
part of Christchurch<br />
Peter<br />
Harper<br />
• From page 1<br />
The work draws on<br />
Harper’s own memories as<br />
a student in Christchurch<br />
who enjoyed following<br />
rugby.<br />
“The<br />
Ranfurly<br />
Shield<br />
was a big<br />
part of<br />
Christchurch.<br />
I just<br />
remember<br />
the<br />
big, huge<br />
crowds.<br />
“I was lucky to be a part<br />
of it.”<br />
However,<br />
on<br />
the day of<br />
the game,<br />
he was out<br />
of town,<br />
visiting<br />
Saskia<br />
Sandford<br />
family in<br />
Nelson.<br />
His idea<br />
of a story about a quest to<br />
attend the game had been<br />
• From page 1<br />
In the most recent<br />
report, 53 per cent (967) of<br />
residents chose to report<br />
concerns by phone, email<br />
and walk-in, while 47 per<br />
cent (851) did so online<br />
through Snap Send Solve<br />
and Hybris Online.<br />
But, at the conclusion of<br />
the report last month, 525<br />
tickets were still open or<br />
not completed.<br />
The ticket report was<br />
included in the agenda for<br />
this week’s community<br />
board meeting.<br />
It comes as the city<br />
council is seeking<br />
residents views on a<br />
flexible wheelie bin system<br />
“bubbling away” for a<br />
while, Harper said.<br />
The production also<br />
included songs, dancing<br />
and pop culture from the<br />
era.<br />
Teacher<br />
Ashleigh<br />
Macdonald<br />
coorganised<br />
the play.<br />
About a<br />
Gary<br />
Tibbotts<br />
term-anda-half<br />
of<br />
rehearsal<br />
time had gone into staging<br />
the production, she said.<br />
Although the show<br />
had a cast of about 250<br />
pupils – the entire senior<br />
school – it came together<br />
well.<br />
“The kids were just great<br />
. . . they were all so excited<br />
to put on a show.”<br />
For Gary Tibbotts, the<br />
performance brought back<br />
memories.<br />
“I was a policeman in<br />
those days and I was on<br />
that would allow<br />
people who choose to<br />
down-size their bins to<br />
pay less.<br />
City council head of<br />
three waters and waste<br />
Helen Beaumont said<br />
currently households get<br />
standard size bins which<br />
they pay for through their<br />
rates.<br />
“Under the new system<br />
we are proposing, people<br />
will be able to choose the<br />
size of their red, green<br />
and yellow wheelie bin,”<br />
Beaumont said<br />
“If they choose to go<br />
small, they will pay less.”<br />
More information<br />
on the proposal will be<br />
the sideline in uniform<br />
that day, so I remember it<br />
well,” he said.<br />
A member of the<br />
Canterbury Rugby Union<br />
Historic<br />
Trust,<br />
Tibbotts<br />
supplied<br />
the school<br />
with<br />
photos,<br />
videos and<br />
memorabilia<br />
of<br />
the game.<br />
“They used the film footage<br />
on a big screen in the<br />
background, and they used<br />
some of the songs that<br />
were played<br />
at the time,” he said.<br />
“I supplied them with an<br />
Auckland rugby flag and a<br />
Canterbury rugby flag and<br />
they used [them] in the<br />
production.”<br />
He thoroughly enjoyed<br />
the show, he said.<br />
“It was nothing short of<br />
brilliant.”<br />
525 tickets still<br />
open or not<br />
completed<br />
Ashleigh<br />
Macdonald<br />
provided next year when<br />
the city council prepares<br />
its 2022/23 Annual Plan.<br />
Number of tickets<br />
reported in the<br />
Fendalton-Waimairi-<br />
Harewood Community<br />
Board area (September<br />
20 to October 19):<br />
1. Residential property<br />
files: 147<br />
2. Bin not collected: 142<br />
3. Damaged bin: 140<br />
4. Residential LIM: 139<br />
5. Leak (water supply): 129<br />
6. Tree (road) 70<br />
7. Graffiti: 69<br />
8. Litter (road) 67<br />
9. Road asset: 52<br />
10. Missing bin: 34<br />
Gosh its fast approaching<br />
that magical, happy, exciting<br />
time of the year - the lead up<br />
to Christmas and the summer<br />
holiday season. I really love<br />
December, although there is<br />
never enough hours in the day<br />
for all the things I need to get<br />
done. While it’s a chaotic time<br />
for us, it can also spell disaster<br />
for our pets. Below are some<br />
Christmas dangers to keep a<br />
watch on.<br />
Here is a list of FOODS to look<br />
out for<br />
1. Chocolate is poisonous<br />
(tachycardia , seizures, vomiting, diarrhoea) so<br />
make sure you don’t leave chocolate under the<br />
tree or in easy to reach places as chances are, it<br />
will be found. Chocolate contains the stimulant “<br />
theobromine” which is lethal.<br />
2. Christmas pudding and fruit cakes contain<br />
raisins (grapes) which are toxic to your pets<br />
kidneys leading to lethargy, vomiting and thirst.<br />
3. Alcohol and caffeine are also toxic too. Alcohol<br />
can be found also in Christmas cakes and as little<br />
as one ounce of alcohol can kill a cat.<br />
4. Avocados contain persin which causes<br />
symptoms from vomiting and diarrhoea to<br />
cardiac arrest.<br />
5. Macadamia nuts cause vomiting, weakness<br />
and tremors.<br />
6. Onions and chives contain disulphides which<br />
damage your pets RBCs.<br />
7. Pits and seeds of plums, peaches and apples<br />
have a substance that degrades to cyanide<br />
which is toxic. Large stones can also cause<br />
intestinal blockage.<br />
8. Xylitol (an ingredient in chewing gum) causes<br />
HYPOglycaemia in dogs and can lead to seizures<br />
and liver failure in severe cases.<br />
9. Corn cobs should never be allowed to be<br />
chewed on as they will obstruct in the small<br />
intestine requiring surgery.<br />
10. Turkey, crackling, salmon skins, fatty meats,<br />
sausages can all cause vomiting and diarrhoea<br />
and may lead to pancreatitis.<br />
11. Blue cheese contains<br />
Roquefortine C, which is very<br />
sensitive to dogs.<br />
Other potential hazards<br />
include<br />
- Christmas decorations that<br />
can be swallowed.<br />
- SNOW Globes as they contain<br />
“Anti Freeze”. 1 tsp is lethal to<br />
a cat.<br />
- Cover up cords used to light<br />
the tree to avoid an electric<br />
shock or any tongue/ gum<br />
lacerationsl<br />
- Secure the tree so if scaled by<br />
your cat, it wont fall over and crush<br />
the cat.<br />
- Keep tree lights and candles away<br />
from pets to avoid shocks and burns.<br />
- Pine needles are toxic if ingested<br />
and can cause internal puncture<br />
wounds.<br />
- Sparkley tinsel is attractive to cats,<br />
but if ingested will require surgical<br />
intervention as it gets bound up in the<br />
gastrointestinal tract.<br />
- Wrapping paper - if enough is ingested it will<br />
obstruct the bowel.<br />
Heading into this festive season, make sure you<br />
have their vaccinations, flea and worming up<br />
to date, so if a vacation stay is likely, their health<br />
McMaster & Heap<br />
Veterinary practice<br />
The lead up to CHRISTMAS….<br />
Open 7 days<br />
Cnr Hoon Hay & Coppell place<br />
phone 338 2534, Fax 339 8624<br />
e. mcmasterandheap@yahoo.co.nz<br />
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won’t be compromised. We<br />
have a warm, well ventilated,<br />
very clean and quiet upstairs<br />
CATTERY if you fury friend<br />
needs a place to be cared<br />
for while you take a summer<br />
holiday. Do thorough research<br />
before selecting a a boarding<br />
facility to make sure its the<br />
right fit for your pet.<br />
Avoid HEATSTROKE by never<br />
leaving your dog in a car with<br />
inadequate ventilation. Four<br />
windows opened a fraction<br />
doesn’t qualify. Dogs can also<br />
suffer heatstroke left in a yard<br />
with no water or shade, if exercising heavily in<br />
the heat, dogs being muzzled for long periods in<br />
the heat or being exposed to a hairdryer for too<br />
long. Dogs with a restricted airway (such as the<br />
brachycephalic breeds, pugs, boxers, bulldogs)<br />
are at an increased risk again.<br />
A dogs body temperature can elevate quickly<br />
in a car getting up over 41 degrees. A dog in<br />
heat stroke is agitated, breathing rapidly, has dry<br />
dark red gums, can be disorientated and can<br />
seizure. Animals have only a small amount of<br />
sweat glands located in their footpads making<br />
sweating minimal, so their primary way of<br />
regulating body temperature is by panting. Safe,<br />
controlled reduction in body temperature is<br />
achieved by pouring cool water completely over<br />
the dog, and then draping wet towels over and<br />
taking regular temperatures.<br />
Holiday house plants decorate a room but can<br />
be lethal to pets. Most cause intestinal upsets<br />
or renal disease. Some common plants to watch<br />
for are lillies, Azaleas, Ivy, Mistletoe, Holly and<br />
Chrysanthrmums.<br />
Toys and batteries are a no go too. Ingested<br />
they can cause renal damage and pancreatitis<br />
if they contain Zinc. Intestinal blockage is also<br />
a real possibility - not an expense you want on<br />
Christmas morning at the After Hours.<br />
There are more folks out and about enjoying<br />
their dogs, so please keep social distancing, and<br />
keep a close eye on doggie interactions. Dog<br />
fight wounds can be real nasty<br />
and require an anaesthetic to<br />
debride and close.<br />
Also make sure your pet is<br />
MICROCHIPPED and registered<br />
on the NZL database in case of<br />
misadventure or wandering off.<br />
On an aside, Macy (our <strong>18</strong><br />
month old Lab) and Maximus<br />
(our 7.5kg Ginger cat) both<br />
underwent surgical operations<br />
recently, successfully I<br />
might add. Macy had<br />
her big girl operation<br />
- Ovariohysterectomy”<br />
and Maximus got into<br />
a nasty altercation with<br />
a newcomer to the<br />
neighbourhood, which<br />
resulted in a corneal<br />
laceration. Very lucky<br />
his dad is the EYE vet.<br />
Steve operated after work<br />
one night by suturing a<br />
conjunctival graft over the<br />
lacerated cornea. Max now<br />
has full sight back in both<br />
eyes and no more “heats”<br />
for Miss Macy.<br />
Merry Christmas to you all and THANKYOU for<br />
supporting McMaster & Heap during a trying and<br />
difficult year living with Covid and trusting Steve,<br />
Michele and our brilliant team with your special<br />
furry friends, who we adore I might add.<br />
Dr Michele McMaster<br />
McMaster & Heap
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Thursday <strong>November</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2021</strong> 7<br />
Pupils get a taste of farm life<br />
THE SHOW did go on,<br />
in a sense, although the<br />
Covid-19 restrictions forced<br />
the cancellation of the NZ<br />
Agricultural Show for a<br />
second successive year.<br />
School groups were still<br />
able to experience farm life<br />
at Canterbury Agricultural<br />
Park last week, as they were<br />
herded through the facility<br />
with the skill associated with<br />
the collies involved in the<br />
dog trials.<br />
“We are lucky we have a<br />
huge park. There was an area<br />
where people came in and<br />
sanitise, they then went in<br />
their school group and go<br />
in a circular route for two<br />
hours,” said show general<br />
manager Tracy Ahern.<br />
“They’d look at the animals<br />
inside then go outside<br />
and, while they had their<br />
free lunch before exiting,<br />
another group would start<br />
the process.”<br />
More than 2700 primary<br />
and pre-school children<br />
filtered through the venue<br />
from Wednesday to Friday.<br />
With the general public<br />
unable to attend, Ahern was<br />
delighted to offer the pupils a<br />
taste of agricultural life in a<br />
secure environment.<br />
“It was really important<br />
for us to still open the show<br />
to as many young children as<br />
possible, so we’ve been able<br />
to achieve that by hosting<br />
organised visits of schools.<br />
“We’re so pleased to have<br />
been able to offer them<br />
something. Everything<br />
we’re doing is free, which<br />
is particularly tough for us<br />
financially, but we have been<br />
determined to do as much as<br />
we possibly can,” Ahern said.<br />
FARM LIFE: Christchurch Adventist School pupils take a trip through the farmyard zone at the New Zealand Agricultural Show. Right – Mitchell Curtis, 5,<br />
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Thursday <strong>November</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
Scholarship win<br />
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BURNSIDE HIGH School<br />
student Braden Sole is one step<br />
closer to achieving his dream of<br />
becoming a biomedical engineer.<br />
The Year 12 student intends to<br />
combine his passion for STEM<br />
(science, technology, engineering<br />
and mathematics) subjects and<br />
his drive to help people with help<br />
from a $12,000 OCS<br />
New Zealand and<br />
First Foundation<br />
scholarship.<br />
Braden is heavily<br />
involved with the<br />
local St John youth<br />
programme, which<br />
led him to consider<br />
biomedical engineering.<br />
“This field would<br />
allow me to do what<br />
I love in terms of<br />
technology and<br />
engineering by creating devices<br />
such as robotic prosthetic limbs<br />
and organs,” Braden said.<br />
“This area of study will help<br />
me to achieve my overall goal of<br />
making a positive difference in<br />
the world.”<br />
Braden is a Year 12 prefect, a<br />
junior class leader and a leader<br />
of the school robotics club. This<br />
year he is also the St John District<br />
Cadet of the Year in North Canterbury,<br />
which sees him act as the<br />
‘cadet voice’ for the district.<br />
The three-to-four-year scholarships<br />
include $12,000 to go<br />
towards tuition fees, work experience<br />
and access to a mentor<br />
within their field of study.<br />
Braden said the scholarship<br />
will make a massive difference to<br />
his future study at university.<br />
“Engineering is by no<br />
means a cheap course to<br />
study and the money will<br />
give me the freedom to<br />
study with little worry<br />
or concern about student<br />
loans.”<br />
“Instead, I will be able<br />
to focus on doing what<br />
I want to do, which is<br />
helping people through<br />
the power of science and<br />
technology.”<br />
Braden Sole <br />
The calibre of scholarship<br />
applications<br />
in <strong>2021</strong> was so high that four<br />
scholarships have been awarded<br />
nationally.<br />
OCS ANZ managing<br />
director Gareth Marriott said:<br />
“Braden’s involvement with St<br />
John is worthy work and it’s clear<br />
to see that he’s passionate about<br />
a future that allows him to help<br />
people and explore his love for<br />
engineering at the same time. I’m<br />
looking forward to following<br />
his journey.”<br />
YOUNG AND HEALTHY: Mairehau School pupils gather to listen to All Black, Crusader and<br />
Canterbury NPC player Cullen Grace.<br />
PHOTO: KIM HARVEY<br />
All Black visit kicks off<br />
sports star programme<br />
ALL BLACK, Crusader and<br />
Canterbury NPC player Cullen<br />
Grace visited Mairehau School<br />
last week to encourage pupils to<br />
stay healthy and<br />
get active.<br />
Other primary<br />
schools around<br />
the country<br />
are also being<br />
surprised by visits<br />
from sports stars<br />
Cullen as part of the<br />
Grace Zespri Young and<br />
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Along the way, they are met<br />
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including Ardie Savea, Kane<br />
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healthy habits such as exercising,<br />
eating extra fruit and vegetables,<br />
drinking more water, and reducing<br />
leisure time spent on screens.<br />
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Thursday <strong>November</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2021</strong><br />
No smooth journey back home to<br />
Mountain biker Ethan<br />
Rose is back home in<br />
Merivale after competing<br />
in his first UCI Junior<br />
World Series. He talks<br />
to Fiona Ellis about the<br />
highlights<br />
and challenges that<br />
come with seven months<br />
of competing in Europe<br />
AS ETHAN ROSE tumbled to<br />
the ground in a tangle of spokes<br />
and handlebars, he knew the<br />
under-19 UCI mountain bike<br />
world championships race<br />
was going to contain an extra<br />
challenge.<br />
Half a year after Rose won the<br />
national under-19 championships<br />
in February, he was in Italy,<br />
competing in the world-class<br />
event for the first time.<br />
“Me and<br />
some other guy<br />
tangled bars<br />
going over the<br />
first 400 [metres]<br />
and both<br />
tumbled down<br />
the bank,” the<br />
Ethan Rose<br />
<strong>18</strong>-year-old said.<br />
Although<br />
uninjured, once he was back on<br />
track he realised he had lost precious<br />
time.<br />
“I came through the start<br />
loop, I think, two minutes back<br />
already, like 50th.”<br />
Pushing hard throughout the<br />
AIRBORNE: Ethan Rose hurdles an obstacle during a mountain bike race in Austria.<br />
rest of the race, he made a good<br />
recovery and finished in 12th.<br />
“I looked at my lap times at<br />
the end and I think they were<br />
like top-five kind of lap times,<br />
which was a bit frustrating,”<br />
Rose said.<br />
Although crowded tracks were<br />
a hazard of the sport, it was not<br />
one he often encountered on<br />
home territory.<br />
“There are way more people<br />
[in Europe] and they’re all quick<br />
people as well . . . the depth of<br />
field is just massive.<br />
“In New Zealand, you don’t<br />
really get that because there’s not<br />
that many of you.”<br />
Rose returned home last<br />
month after spending seven<br />
months in Europe competing<br />
in the junior world series, with<br />
the world championships as the<br />
main event.<br />
Based in Switzerland, he<br />
travelled around Europe to<br />
compete in a variety of countries,<br />
and had some good results, he<br />
said. This included winning a<br />
race in Austria, coming second<br />
in Switzerland, and third in races<br />
in Italy, France and Spain.<br />
“I was pretty happy with<br />
it. It was just good to get over<br />
there, really. Last year was a<br />
bit disappointing because we<br />
couldn’t do anything.”<br />
His plans to compete in<br />
Europe last year were scrapped<br />
after the outbreak of the<br />
Covid-19 pandemic, which also<br />
forced him to return to New<br />
Zealand shortly after arriving in<br />
the United States for what<br />
would have been a fourcompetition<br />
set.<br />
“It was quite hard to know<br />
what to do, really . . . it was<br />
training but without purpose.”<br />
Next year he will leave the<br />
junior category and compete in<br />
the under-23 age bracket and<br />
would be eligible to compete in<br />
the World Cup series, which was<br />
his goal.<br />
“It’s going to be a big step up<br />
but it should be good.”<br />
Older riders, who had made<br />
the jump from junior champions<br />
to World Cup competitors, were<br />
on hand for advice.<br />
“I do plenty of riding with<br />
them. They kind of tell you how<br />
it works.”<br />
Training six days out of seven<br />
for a weekly total of up to 25<br />
hours, the sport was almost a<br />
full-time job.<br />
When not training or<br />
competing, he also worked in<br />
an engineering workshop that<br />
allowed him a flexible schedule.<br />
He got into mountain biking at<br />
nine because Christchurch had a<br />
good cross-country scene, he said.<br />
“The first race I did was<br />
up in the Port Hills, at the<br />
Christchurch Singletrack Club.<br />
They just had races every week,<br />
so I belonged to them.”<br />
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Thursday <strong>November</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2021</strong> 11<br />
Merivale for up and coming rider<br />
PEDAL POWER: Ethan<br />
Rose on the podium after<br />
finishing third at the Coupe<br />
de France de VTT Ussel in<br />
August.<br />
Right - Rose representing<br />
New Zealand at the UCI<br />
mountain bike world<br />
championships.<br />
Rose’s father was also a keen<br />
rider, which encouraged him to<br />
take up the sport.<br />
“We used to always ride<br />
together, and he took me to races<br />
and did them as well.”<br />
For years his father was the<br />
quicker of the two, before Rose<br />
eventually overtook him.<br />
“I was maybe 16, so I think he’s<br />
got over it now.”<br />
On leaving school, Rose<br />
struggled with the decision of<br />
whether to pursue his racing<br />
career or to study instead.<br />
“It’s kind of hard, you’ve got to<br />
bite the bullet and get over that.”<br />
His career highlight so far<br />
was winning the national<br />
championships.<br />
Arriving back in New Zealand<br />
in October, he had already taken<br />
part in the tour of Southland<br />
earlier this month.<br />
Coming from two weeks of<br />
MIQ isolation, he enjoyed being<br />
back in the saddle.<br />
He was now working more,<br />
aiming to save money for next<br />
year’s wave of competitions.<br />
Now living in Merivale, Rose<br />
said the biggest challenge of his<br />
cycling career was finding the<br />
funds.<br />
“It’s not hard to ride your<br />
bike all the time, I enjoy it. It<br />
doesn’t feel like I’m forcing it<br />
or anything, it’s just getting the<br />
money to do it.”<br />
His dream was to follow in<br />
the footsteps of other New<br />
Zealand riders who were part of<br />
professional European teams, he<br />
said.<br />
“It’s every rider’s dream to<br />
get on a pro team and make it<br />
your job – get paid to ride your<br />
bike.”<br />
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CREMATORIUM<br />
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<strong>18</strong> Valley Road, Cashmere<br />
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A bathroom and two bedrooms are downstairs, whilst the<br />
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the upper level. Such a convenient location being so close<br />
to walkways in and around the hills, Cashmere Tennis Club<br />
across the road and all necessary amenities just a short drive<br />
away. On the lower slopes to be easy living but high enough to<br />
gain the views and tranquility that this property has to offer.<br />
Our vendors are on the move across the ditch and woefully<br />
saying goodbye to this home of eight years.<br />
Your educational needs are well taken care of, being in zone<br />
for Cashmere Primary and Cashmere High.<br />
Auction Thursday 25th <strong>November</strong> <strong>2021</strong> (Unless Sold Prior)<br />
(98 Moorhouse Avenue, Christchurch)<br />
View harcourts.co.nz/BE193733<br />
Debbie Pettigrew<br />
M 027 777 0411<br />
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by the other numbers. As you get the letters, enter them into<br />
the main grid, and the reference grid. To keep track of the<br />
letters you have found, cross them off the alphabet provided.<br />
Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different<br />
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.<br />
Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers.<br />
120<br />
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />
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14 15 16 17 <strong>18</strong> 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />
S M K G Y I D A H X B Q F<br />
DECODER<br />
120<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Pester, 4. Crisis,<br />
9. Barn, 10. Tyrannical,<br />
11. Poison, 12. Keepsake,<br />
13. Insistent, 15. Bale, 16.<br />
Pass, 17. Vehemence, 21.<br />
Grandeur, 22. Mislay, 24.<br />
Relentless, 25. Agog, 26.<br />
Trendy, 27. Veneer.<br />
Down: 1. Platoon, 2. Sinus,<br />
3. Extinct, 5. Renter, 6.<br />
Shipshape, 7. Sparkle,<br />
8. Brokenhearted, 14.<br />
Insincere, 16. Perfect, <strong>18</strong>.<br />
En masse, 19. Clamour, 20.<br />
Bested, 23. Shave.<br />
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Fresh spring veges signal warmer days<br />
Spring bouquet focaccia<br />
Ingredients<br />
3 tsp active dry yeast<br />
1 ½ cups hot (not boiling)<br />
water<br />
4 cups high grade flour<br />
1 ½ tsp Himalayan salt<br />
Olive oil (for drizzling)<br />
Rock salt (for sprinkling)<br />
Selection of spring<br />
vegetables, such as asparagus,<br />
spring onions and colourful<br />
baby carrots.<br />
Directions<br />
Place yeast, hot water, flour,<br />
Himalayan salt in a stand<br />
up mixer with the K attachment.<br />
Beat slowly to start then<br />
increase the speed and beat<br />
another 2-3min until it stops<br />
being sticky and starts to come<br />
together. It will be a wetter mix<br />
than traditional bread dough.<br />
Scrape the dough into a<br />
oven proof round or oval dish<br />
drizzled with a lot of olive oil<br />
then decoratively place veggies<br />
on top.<br />
Think about a bouquet of<br />
flowers while you are doing it.<br />
Drizzle with more olive oil and<br />
set aside for an hour to prove.<br />
Once it has doubled in size<br />
(at least), drizzle with more oil,<br />
sprinkle with salt and pop into<br />
a pre-heated 190 deg C oven for<br />
around 30min until browned<br />
on top but the veggies still hold<br />
their colour.<br />
Eat with all the yummy things<br />
(like asparagus lentil salad with<br />
walnut sauce).<br />
Spring asparagus and<br />
lentil salad with walnut<br />
sauce<br />
Ingredients<br />
•Walnut and garlic sauce<br />
1 cup toasted walnuts<br />
2 slices white bread without<br />
crusts<br />
1/4C olive oil<br />
3 cloves garlic<br />
1 C milk (use soy)<br />
Juice 1 lemon<br />
Salt and white pepper<br />
•Salad<br />
1 bunch of blanched<br />
asparagus<br />
2 tins brown lentils, drained<br />
1 punnet cherry tomatoes<br />
3-4 handfuls baby lettuce,<br />
baby spinach or rocket<br />
•Dressing<br />
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil<br />
2 Tbsp lemon juice<br />
1 tsp maple syrup<br />
1 tsp grainy mustard<br />
1 clove garlic, crushed<br />
Salt and pepper<br />
Directions<br />
Place all ingredients for the<br />
CIRCLE: When creating your spring tart, place your<br />
vegetable slices on their side in the filling tightly together<br />
in a circular pattern until you reach the edge.<br />
walnut sauce (except lemon<br />
juice) in a high-speed blender<br />
and let soak for 30min. Add<br />
lemon juice and blend until<br />
smooth and thick. Season to<br />
taste, then chill.<br />
Layer all salad ingredients<br />
together (except baby greens)<br />
and pour over the dressing and<br />
let sit for about 30min for the<br />
flavours to develop. Add fresh<br />
greens just before serving.<br />
Serve salad with walnut and<br />
garlic sauce and bread.<br />
Spring tart<br />
Ingredients<br />
Pastry of your choice<br />
•Filling<br />
2x tins chickpeas<br />
1x 270g jar sun-dried<br />
tomatoes in oil<br />
3 Tbsp tahini<br />
1 Tbsp fresh rosemary<br />
2 Tbsp capers (optional)<br />
Zest and juice of 1 lemon<br />
½ tsp salt<br />
•Topping<br />
1 eggplant<br />
1 carrot<br />
1 zuchinni<br />
1 x purple or orange kumara<br />
Fresh herbs and flowers to<br />
garnish<br />
Directions<br />
Roll your pastry into a large<br />
circle and line your tart tin and<br />
prick a few times with a fork.<br />
Add all the filling ingredients,<br />
including the oil from the<br />
sun-dried tomatoes, into the<br />
food processor, and blend until<br />
smooth.<br />
Taste for seasoning and pour<br />
into your pastry-lined tart tin.<br />
With a vegetable peeler or<br />
mandolin slice, thin strips of<br />
your veggies. Working from the<br />
inside out, place vegetable slices<br />
into the filling tightly together in<br />
a circular pattern until you reach<br />
the edge. Brush with olive oil and<br />
bake for 30min or until pastry is<br />
golden brown and the vegetables<br />
are cooked through but not<br />
browned (it’s still nice if they are a<br />
little crunchy/raw).<br />
Drizzle with oil, fresh herbs and<br />
flowers and eat in the sunshine<br />
with friends.<br />
Discounts offered for<br />
2nd birthday celebrations<br />
Specialist shoe store The Shoe Room in Upper<br />
Riccarton is celebrating its second birthday, and to<br />
mark the milestone they are running a week-long<br />
discount promotion.<br />
From Monday, <strong>November</strong> 22 through to Saturday,<br />
<strong>November</strong> 27, customers are invited to participate<br />
in a Lucky Dip, in which they will receive discount<br />
vouchers ranging in value from 20 per cent to 50 per<br />
cent for any purchase made on the day.<br />
The locally owned business was established by<br />
Podiatrist Charlotte Russell in <strong>November</strong> 2019 to<br />
complement her podiatry clinic Feet First, located in<br />
Main South Road.<br />
Carol, left, and Maxine display examples of the<br />
new summer collection at The Shoe Room.<br />
Charlotte freely admits, it has been a hard two years.<br />
“We opened just a few months before the first<br />
lockdown and with the ongoing Covid restrictions it’s<br />
been difficult. But we are still here and very excited to<br />
celebrate our second birthday!”<br />
Despite the pandemic-related problems retailers<br />
have faced, The Shoe Room has established a loyal<br />
customer base, which Charlotte attributes to the<br />
service and personal attention customers receive<br />
from the team.<br />
“That’s our point of difference. The shop manager<br />
Maxine and shop assistants Carol and Maree are<br />
friendly and welcoming, so they are able to build<br />
a rapport with customers by providing that allimportant<br />
personal service and expertise, making<br />
sure customers get shoes that fit correctly, are<br />
comfortable and look fabulous on their feet.”<br />
Now, with the arrival of spring, The Shoe Room has<br />
received an exciting new range of footwear for the<br />
warmer months ahead. The selection includes the<br />
popular Archie jandals from Australia. Made from EVA<br />
rubber, these jandals mould to the shape of the foot,<br />
making them very comfortable and easy to wear, plus<br />
they are available in several fresh, summery colours.<br />
Among the other quality brands on display are<br />
Frankie 4, also from Australia, and the ever-popular<br />
Ziera, with many styles designed to accommodate<br />
orthotics.<br />
The Shoe Room is located at Unit 3, 355 Riccarton Road, opposite the Lone Star.<br />
Opening hours are Monday 10am - 5.30pm, Tuesday to Thursday 9.30am - 5.30pm,<br />
Friday 9.30am - 4.30pm, Saturday 10am - 3pm. Off street parking available.<br />
P. (03) 929 0927 E. info@theshoeroom.co.nz www.theshoeroom.co.nz<br />
Customers are offered discounts on any purchase<br />
from the wide selection for The Shoe Room’s<br />
birthday celebrations.<br />
Customers are invited to choose their new summer<br />
footwear during next week’s birthday celebrations<br />
and take advantage of the Lucky Dip discounts.<br />
The Shoe Room is located at Unit 3, 355 Riccarton<br />
Road, opposite the Lone Star. Opening hours are<br />
Monday 10am-5.30pm, Tuesday to Thursday<br />
9.30am-5.30pm, Friday 9.30am-4.30pm, Saturday<br />
10am-3pm.<br />
A convenient off-street parking area is located behind<br />
the shop, with access from Auburn Avenue. Dedicated<br />
Shoe Room parking spaces are right by the back<br />
door.<br />
For online shopping visit theshoeroom.co.nz<br />
Fashionable • Functional • Footwear
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Halloween In The Park<br />
(Level 2 Version) A Great Success!<br />
28 Doncaster Avenue, Lincoln<br />
Vanessa Golightly & Maria Paterson<br />
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027 664 9292<br />
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027 662 4822<br />
We have absolutely loved hosting this free local<br />
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Thank you for your support.<br />
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Tracy Thomson<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
027 440 3035<br />
20 Dacre Street, Linwood<br />
Tracy Thomson & Hasna Ngara<br />
Richie Eggelton<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
021 089 65594<br />
Maria Paterson<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
027 543 4689<br />
Just Sold<br />
Hasna Ngara<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
021 262 4943<br />
Jana Schleehauf<br />
Licensee Salesperson<br />
022 090 1227<br />
42 Wales Street, Halswell<br />
Tracy Thomson & Hasna Ngara<br />
Olivia Hendry<br />
Executive Assistant<br />
Georgia Tuuta<br />
Executive Assistant<br />
Estelle Schuurman<br />
Property Manager<br />
Joy Coughlan<br />
Mortgage Broker<br />
027 223 3572<br />
47 Te Hurunui Drive, Pegasus<br />
Vanessa Golightly & Maria Paterson<br />
Level 1, 7 Winston Avenue, Papanui<br />
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