Bay Harbour: December 22, 2021

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Christmas cheer flows 

at rest home 

Street light 

saga moves 

closer to 

resolution 

• By Kristie Boland 

PATRICIA Barrett and 

Gary Hobson enjoyed a 

Christmas-themed happy 

hour last week. 

Edith Cavell Lifecare, 

in Sumner, celebrated 

Christmas this year with a 

party for its residents and 

staff. 

Christmas beverages, 

treats, and decorations 

brought yule time cheer to 

the residents, families, and 

staff alike. 

Lifecare Manager Scott 

Wallace said it was wonderful 

seeing everyone, young and 

old, celebrating Christmas in 

such a joyful atmosphere. 

“Edith Cavell decked the 

halls this Christmas and the 

joyous atmosphere made 

the whole afternoon very 

special,” said Wallace. 

Jan Daffin 

THE LONG-RUNNING street 

light saga at Birdlings Flat may 

come to an end early next year. 

A survey allowing residents the 

chance to give feedback on the 

options for future lighting closed 

on Saturday and the results are 

currently being collated. 

Last week, about 40 residents 

attended a drop-in session to get 

more clarification on options for 

the lighting. 

The first option is to upgrade 

the existing lights to LED. The 

second is to minimise lighting to 

intersection locations only and to 

upgrade to LED. The third is to 

remove street lighting altogether. 

Jan Daffin lives 

on Lake Terrace 

Rd in Birdlings 

Flat, an area that 

hasn’t had street 

lights in the 10 

years she has 

lived there. Daffin 

is advocating 

to have all street 

lights turned off. 

“It’s beautiful, when it’s dark 

you can see every star . . . I feel 

completely safe here and will be 

fighting to have no lights,” Daffin 

said. 

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Street light saga closer to resolution 

• From page 1 

This option would allow for the best 

viewing of the night sky and have the 

least impact on the local ecosystem. 

It would also eliminate future energy 

and maintenance costs. 

However, the removal of lights altogether 

has its disadvantages. 

Resident Douglas Peek is advocating 

against their removal. 

“Darkness is the criminal’s friend. If 

we have enough light and people can 

identify who’s doing what it’s better for 

the security,” Peek said. 

“For people worrying about dark 

sky, my view is that why worry 

about the sky because between 

Elon Musk and his little satellites 

flying around and the rockets 

eventually who’s going to notice 

what star’s what?” 

Banks Peninsula Community 

Board chairwoman Tori Peden said 

if the preferred option was to remove 

all street lights, council staff suggest a 

trial period of disconnecting the lights 

to allow residents’ time to provide 

meaningful feedback. 

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Scarborough surf patrols start again 

Lifesavers 

back after 

60 years 


FOR THE first time in more 

than 60 years, the red and 

yellow flags have returned to 

Scarborough beach. 

The city council-funded lifeguard 

service will be operating 

seven days a week from now 

until January 28. 

Surf Life Saving 

New Zealand 

southern regional 

manager Stu 

Bryce said it has 

been proactively 

working with the 

city council to get 

Stu Bryce 

a patrol there for the summer 

holidays. 

“It’s a popular beach for 

swimmers . . . we’ll work out a 

needs base and go from there, 

it’s the first year and, hopefully, 

the public make the most of it,” 

said Bryce. 

Learn to Surf principal 

instructor Aaron Lock said its 

“fantastic and long overdue” the 

flags were up. 

Lock said the Learn to Surf 

From left to right – Hamish France, Jem Lilburne and Jesse Webb are three of the 

volunteer surf lifesavers at Scarborough beach. 

crew has made 

a lot of rescues 

themselves in 

the area over the 

years. 

“It’s a popular 

area for surfers, 

the rips down Aaron 

that end make Lock 

a good wave for surfing but it 

means it’s quite a strong current 

for swimmers,” Lock said. 

Three guards will be on patrol 

from 10am to 6pm, Monday 

to Friday, and 11am to 5pm on 

Saturday and Sunday. 

The flags will move based on 

tides. 

Lock said it could mean more 

congestion with surfers and 

swimmers but with the flags in 

the right place conflicts should 

be avoided. 

Said Bryce: “We’ll work 

around it, if the surf is rolling, 

surfers are going to want to be 

in the great surf and most of the 

people who swim at that beach 

are only going to be in the closer 

spot of water anyway.’’ 

NEWS 3 

In Brief 

FAREWELL MAX 

Max the Lyttelton cat that Bay 

Harbour News reported on last 

week has sadly reached the end 

of his nine lives. Max was buried 

in the Port Hills overlooking his 

beloved territory. 

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million last week. Brigadoon is 

positioned on a 1133m2 section 

with five bedrooms and four 

bathrooms. The house is best 

known for the magical fairytale 

creatures and animals that 

adorned the house and were 

recently auctioned. 

STODDART’S ART TO GO 

ON DISPLAY AT COTTAGE 

An upcoming exhibition will 

offer a new glimpse into one 

of New Zealand’s foremost 

19th-century artists, Margaret 

Stoddart. Stoddart Cottage Trust 

is having a new year exhibition 

that highlights the impressionist 

painter’s connection with 

Diamond Harbour. It will 

showcase lesser-known originals 

as well as reproductions of most 

familiar works. The exhibition 

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British Hotel owners hope 

it will be restored post sale 


THE OWNERS of the British 

Hotel, Rebecca Lovell-Smith and 

Christian Carruthers, want to 

see the building restored to its 

full potential, but have decided 

it’s time for someone else to take 

the reins. 

The Oxford St site overlooking 

the port is up for sale. 

Lovell-Smith said she was not 

the right person to complete the 

restoration on the building. 

“We’d be happy to continue 

owning the building but I’d 

really want to see it restored to its 

full glory,” she said. 

The couple began applying 

for a heritage grant from the 

city council earlier this year, but 

chose not to follow through with 

it – to instead leave it for the new 

owners. 

City council heritage team 

leader Brendan Smyth said they 

would be keen to engage with 

the new owner about a heritage 

grant. The level of grant support 

is decided at a committee 

meeting. 

“Applications are generally 

made by the owner at the time 

but approved grants are for the 

works to the building and can be 

transferred if ownership changes 

before they are completed. 

Grants are paid retrospectively 

once the works have been 

completed,” Smyth said. 

Lovell-Smith hopes the next 

owner will be someone with 

the experience and passion for 

heritage work. 

“We’re sad but we’re really 

ONGOING: The owners of 

the British Hotel, Rebecca 

Lovell-Smith and Christian 

Carruthers, have decided 

it’s time for someone 

else to take on the 

building. 

selling it for the good of the 

building, we really want to see it 

completed,” she said. 

Lovell-Smith and Carruthers 

live just next door to the 

building, so they will be able 

to keep a close eye on its 

progress. 

The British is being sold as is 

where is, and will be a deadline 

sale if not sold prior. 


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NEWS 5 

wife team net 

bridge accolade 

MT PLEASANT Bridge Club 

members Louis and Linda 

Smolar turn up early to bridge 

every Friday to set up for the 

afternoon games. 

The Smolar’s efforts have 

been recognised by the club and 

this year they have been jointly 

awarded the Rita Mander trophy. 

The trophy is awarded each 

year to a member who is not on 

the committee, but has excelled 

in helping to make the club a 

great place to go and play 

bridge. 

The annual trophy winners for 

2021 are as follows: 

Anniversary trophy (best 

overall average from three 3-day 

matches) 

1st Raylene Hunter 59.58% 

2nd Dianne Ritchie 58.74% 

3rd Peter Wakeman 58.05% 

KK Cup (best result from three 

3-day matches: Godwit, Winter 

& Spring Tournament) 

1st Grania McKenzie 

Friday afternoon pairs – Nancy 

Alabaster Trophy 

1st Dianne Ritchie & Chris 

Kirkland 59.5% 

2nd Mary Banks & Mary Ling 

58.4% 

3rd Louis & Linda Smolar 56.9% 

Wednesday evening pairs - 

Presidents Trophy 

1st Hilary Plunket & Grania 

McKenzie 59.4% 

2nd Ina Drury & Mona 

Schousboe 55.0% 

3rd Jan Smith & Joan Archer 

53.6% 

Highest score Wednesday 

night – Don Le Page & Rachel 

Cath 69.77% 

Highest Score for Friday – 

Raylene Hunter & Chris 

Kirkland 71.17% 

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770 075 (for Friday afternoon) 

or Mona Schousboe on 027 221 

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Please note after January 1, the 

club requires players to be 

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NEWS 7 

Cuddle Hearts strengthen connection 

between mums and bubs in NICU 

WE ARE ON THE 

MOVE AGAIN... 

• By Fiona Ellis 

HUNDREDS HAVE united in 

a heartfelt quest to help babies 

at Christchurch Women’s 

Hospital’s neonatal intensive 

care unit. 

Lisa Paget is the driving 

force behind Cuddle Hearts, an 

initiative to keep babies close to 

mum even when medical needs 

mean personal contact is limited. 

About 2000 handmade fabric 

hearts have been created so 

far, a response the Rolleston 

resident describes as “absolutely 

incredible”. 

Cuddle Heart recipient Nikita 

Christensen said the hearts were 

a good way to bond with her 

seven-week-old baby Flynn. 

Born at 29 weeks, Flynn 

weighed just 1650g and needed 

to stay in the neonatal intensive 

care unit. 

While Christensen spent a lot 

of time at the unit, she could not 

always be there. 

Last year Flynn’s sister 

also needed NICU care and, 

comparing the two experiences, 

Christensen was pleased 

the Cuddle Hearts had been 

introduced since then. 

“I wear one in my bra and give 

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HELPING HEARTS: Lisa Paget gives a set of Cuddle Hearts to Nikita Christensen and baby 

Flynn at the Christchurch Women’s Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit. Baby Flynn 

sleeps with with a Cuddle Heart to remind him of mum. PHOTO: CANTERBURY DHB 

it to him at night so he can smell 

me,” Christensen said. 

“This time around, being split 

between a one-year-old at home 

and Flynn at the hospital has 

new year, but in the meantime 

the hearts made the necessary 

hospital stay feel less clinical. 

“I think it’s a great idea . . . 

it can be so hard to bond with 

them when they’re all hooked 

up to wires and breathing equipment. 

“Mums also take a heart home 

each night that has been with 

baby so we can smell them too, 

which is meant to help with our 

milk supply.” 

Paget said Cuddle Hearts 

began earlier this year as a result 

of her visit to Australia, where 

her twin nieces were born while 

still in the second trimester. 

At just 27 weeks, the two girls 

needed extensive medical care. 

“All I want out of it is just to 

know that these little babies 

and their mums be comforted 

because I know firsthand now 

definitely been one of the hardest 

parts.” 

Flynn was doing well and 

would soon be leaving the NICU, 

she said. 

Christensen was looking for- 

WATCH THIS SPACE 

ward to taking him home in the 

how difficult a NICU journey is,” 

Paget said. 

While there, she saw fabric 

hearts being shared between 

parents and babies. 

“Mum and dad and wee baby 

had to go to one hospital, I was 

left in another hospital with the 

other wee one, and so she had 

the heart to keep her and her 

mum in close contact.” 

One of the twins did not 

survive, and the Cuddle Hearts 

initiative was a legacy for her, 

Paget said. 

“I came home with a real 

passion, I wanted to see whether 

I could make it work here.” 

The Selwyn District Council 

joined the initiative, with 

libraries throughout the region 

functioning as places where 

people can collect fabric and a 

pattern, sew a heart, then return 

the finished product. 

Paget hoped public 

involvement would continue. 

“Although I’ve had an 

overwhelming response from 

the community as far as making 

hearts, supplying fabric, I always 

need more.” 

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LETTER 

Battle over beach rocks 

I AM writing on behalf 

of the Redcliffs Residents 

Association to make some 

corrections to the Bay 

Harbour News article 

Rocks to stay on beach, 

December 1. 

THere has been no 

decision by the Linwood- 

Central-Heathcote 

Community Board against 

the removal of the rocks. 

THe Coastal Pathway 

Group merely expressed 

their own opinion to the 

board that they ‘believed 

the rocks are buried or 

gone” and that therefore 

no action should be taken. 

THe rocks are indeed 

largely, though not 

completely, buried at 

present due to considerable 

current sand accretion, but 

they have not gone. 

The finding of noncompliance 

to the consents 

issued by ECan remains in 

force, though as a matter 

of practicality it will not be 

Akaroa Orion 

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A group of six Peninsula 

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actioned while the rocks 

remain largely buried. 

We are aware that some 

people are not concerned 

about the issue as it does 

not affect them, but we 

represent those residents 

who continue to be 

bothered by this situation 

and by the appalling 

failure of city council 

to act with honesty and 

integrity in acknowledging 

and clearing up their own 

mess. 

Had it been a member 

of the public who had 

littered a 400m length of 

a popular and beautiful 

beach with excavation 

material, do you think city 

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The RRA will continue 

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SANTA’S HELPERS: Martin Thompson leads the Santa 

Claus Workshop Charitable Trust in making toys to donate 

to children. Above, Andrew Grant (left), Alistair McDonald 

and Neil Pugh are already making toys for next Christmas. 

PHOTOS: JOHN COSGROVE 

Keeping the tradition of wooden toys alive 

• By Fiona Ellis 

CHRISTMAS IS fast 

approaching, but the elves in 

Santa’s Workshop are reluctant 

to down tools for the holidays. 

Co-ordinator Martin 

Thompson leads volunteers, 

handcrafting wooden toys for 

donation to children who might 

not otherwise receive a gift from 

Santa, from the technology block 

at Shirley Intermediate school. 

With around 1000 toys now 

awaiting the big day, Santa Claus 

Workshop Charitable Trust is 

taking a break until the school 

opens again on January 31. 

However, Thompson plans to 

keep working at home. 

“I’ve probably got 10 boxes of 

toys to be painted. I’m doing it 

over the holidays and some of 

the other guys will be doing the 

same,” the 70 year-old said. 

In addition to several off-site 

workers, the group has a core 

of 10 regulars who attend the 

workshop twice a week, mostly 

retirees. 

“All these guys are keen to 

come back, they would come all 

over the holidays if we let them.” 

The toys will be distributed to 

families by organisations such as 

the Mayor’s Welfare Fund and 

children’s charity Pillars. 

From trains to tractors and 

from penguins to gorillas, a wide 

range of toys are crafted using 

top-quality pine. 

Plastics and metals were 

avoided, and dowelling rods 

were used to turn wheels. The 

quality evoked toys from his own 

childhood, Thompson said. 

Even if left outside, the toys 

would still last 10 years. 

A builder by trade, Thompson 

said his involvement in Santa’s 

workshop felt like coming full 

circle. 

“I love playing with wood, 

but it didn’t end up that way – I 

ended up playing with concrete. 

Now I’m back to playing with 

wood.” 

Thompson is taking over the 

reins from Malcolm Westgarth, 

“a good man” who passed away 

last month after 18 years with 

Santa’s workshop. 

Thompson has been a part of 

the workshop for eight years. 

“I got involved because my 

wife decided that I needed 

something to do in early parts of 

retirement. 

“I came along here with a 

Thermos flask one day and they 

just got me painting.” 

Creating toys from scratch 

could be a complicated process, 

as it took weeks to craft small details 

and perfect the paintwork. 

This was especially so in the case 

of the toys that moved, such as a 

rolling gorilla. 

“There’s lots of moving parts. 

We’ve got a leg, we’ve got a 

shoulder, we’ve got three wheels,” 

Thompson said. 

Woodwork came as second 

nature to him, but painting the 

toys was more difficult, requiring 

time and precision. 

“There’s a lot of satisfaction when you see a toy finished 

. . . it’s worth it.” – Martin Thompson 

The Covid-19 pandemic also 

posed a difficulty to the volunteers. 

“When I came here in 2014, I 

think we were making close to 

1400 [toys], but of course with 

Covid-19 we were shut for five 

weeks this year. Last year was 

similar, we were cut down a lot.” 

Lockdown happened so 

quickly they were unable to take 

unfinished toys with them to 

continue working from home. 

The toys the group were currently 

crafting were all for next 

Christmas. 

Toys for this Christmas were 

collected from the workshop in 

November by Lions Club members, 

who then co-ordinated the 

donations. 

This meant the volunteers did 

not often see the responses of the 

children, but they had received 

heartwarming feedback in the 

past, Thompson said. 

He had been told of a boy who 

was overwhelmed to learn he 

could keep his toy and said he 

had never been given a present 

before. 

Another time, he gave a toy 

truck to a family with a boy 

and a girl. The girl sent him a 

thank-you letter containing three 

M&Ms. 

“I’d given it to her little brother, 

but she said ‘thank you very 

much for the toy, I will get the 

most use out of it’.” 

All toys were popular, but the 

volunteers tweaked their range 

each year. The intricate toy sewing 

machines would not be made 

next year. 

However, Thompson had a 

new design for “gorgeous” stacking 

tower blocks, and toy boats 

were also being made. 

New volunteers were welcome 

and no background in woodwork 

was necessary, although 

those involved tended to be good 

with their hands. 

Santa’s other volunteers included 

Neil Pugh, a former Lions 

Club member for 34 years who 

was awarded a QSM in 2020 for 

his work with Lions recycling 

spectacles to the Pacific region, 

and Alistair McDonald, a former 

woodwork teacher who joined 

six months ago because he enjoyed 

the sense of purpose. 

“There’s a lot of satisfaction 

when you see a toy finished . . . 

it’s worth it,” Thompson said. 

IN PRODUCTION: Neil 

Pugh, of Heathcote, in 

the workshop at Shirley 

Intermediate School. 

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE


Wednesday December 22 2021 Bay Harbour News 11


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AS SCHOOLS close for the year, 

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about the transition to high 

school; some with excitement 

and some with a little bit of 

trepidation. 

And the parents are thinking 

about the transition too because 

its not an inexpensive exercise 

with need for new uniforms, new 

technology . . . 

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If you’re travelling and away from home, know how you will 

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While isolating, you will need to have all of your food and 

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5. Motoring club that turned up a limousine (3) 

6. Meal that may lead to one being confused 

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Treasures from the past: 

NEWS 17 

Christmas in Whakaraupo 

ON CHRISTMAS Eve 1942, 

in the midst of a world gone 

mad, with the Royal New 

Zealand Navy and Royal 

New Zealand Air Force seeing 

action in Guadalcanal, and the 

NZ Army fighting Rommel’s 

forces in North Africa, the 

valiant men and women of the 

Lyttelton Volunteer Fire Brigade 

were confronted by a major 

emergency of their own when 

500,000 sacks caught fire in the 

Rhind & Co Grain Store on 

Norwich Quay. 

The fire cut the town’s 

electricity supply thus 

complicating the firefighting 

efforts and continued to burn 

for several days afterwards. 

Finally, with the assistance 

of soldiers from the Fortress 

Command, it was brought 

under control. 

Today we celebrate their 

courage and fortitude, and the 

wonderful resilience of the port 

community that came together 

to support them all. 

And so it is, in the best of this 

Lyttelton spirit, that we wish all 

a very merry Christmas 2021 

and a happy New Year. 

Nurses serve 

supper to 

helpers of 

the fire in 

Lyttelton on 

Christmas 

Eve, 1942. 

Have some fun in Toyota’s C-HR hybrid 

I THINK I missed my true 

vocation. 

Instead of spending an entire 

working life in the printing 

industry, work as a suspension 

engineer was probably my calling. 

You see when I took technical 

drawing classes at school, instead 

of drawing isometric and oblique 

designs out of the curriculum, I 

used to secretly draw simple car 

axle systems, front and rear. 

I’ve always been fascinated by 

how suspension geometry works 

in any car – the spring rates, shock 

absorber types, steering angles 

– caster and camber – all that 

type of stuff, and today when I’m 

evaluating any car that’s the first 

thing I relate to, how the car feels 

underneath, how well it steers and 

how balanced it is in a corner. 

That being the case, I couldn’t 

help but be delighted with Toyota’s 

GR C-HR Sport. The C-HR 

needs little introduction, it is the 

cheeky, edgy small sport utility 

vehicle that has drawn much favour 

in today’s market. Where the 

GR variant is different is that it 

gets considerable suspension fettering, 

all under the umbrella of 

Gazoo Racing, the Toyota Motor 

Company’s performance arm. 

I’ve driven two or three models 

carrying GR badging, and I 

can report they have been very 

memorable performance cars 

and the GR C-HR carried a lot of 

expectation. 

I’m pleased to report I’m not 

disappointed, the GR C-HR is 

the hybrid I’d be tempted buy, it 

simply has feel and precision that 

I relate to, and yes, the GR C-HR 

has Toyota’s Synergy Drive system, 

it’s by far the most fun you 

can ever have in a hybrid, well 

that and the Lexus IS250h, a car I 

also have a strong affinity for. 

The GR C-HR is only available 

in hybrid form, and therein lies 

its appeal. If you want something 

just a little bit different in your 

hybrid purchase then it is there 

to tempt, not only does it get the 

excellent work underneath, it 

looks sporty, there are big wheels 

(19in), a flashy body kit, special 

badging and an interior upgrade. 

There is white-stitched leather 

trim elements, alcantara and 

leather-trimmed seats and large 

centre console display. Altogether 

you are getting a rather special 

package and it’s only going to cost 

you $43,290, just $1500 above 

the Limited hybrid. For interest’s 

sake, the C-HR range starts at 

$35,790 and also includes 1.2-litre 

petrol-only variants. 

To me, the GR is a bargain and, 

what’s more, you are satisfying 

your conscience by buying into 

the hybrid market, doing just that 

little bit extra for the environment. 

The GR C-HR hybrid utilises 

the well-proven 1.8-litre driveline 

that is used in Corolla and Prius. 

It’s a unit that not only gives you 

INFORMATION: Large digital console dominates the interior. 

TOYOTA GR C-HR HYBRID: Special suspension treatment from Gazoo Racing. 

• Price – Toyota GR C-HR 

Sport hybrid, $43,290 

• Dimensions – Length, 

4390mm; width, 1795mm; 

height, 1550mm 

• Configuration – Fourcylinder, 

front-wheeldrive, 

1798cc, 72kW 

(+18kW), 142Nm, 

continuously variable 

automatic 

• Performance – 

0-100km/h, 9.8sec 

• Fuel usage – 4.3l/100km 

satisfying fuel usage returns, 

but there is adequate power and 

torque to cope with a five-occupant 

journey. Toyota claims 

72kW and 142Nm, add in an 

extra 18kW from the battery and 

electric motor system and you 

have solid response from under 

the bonnet. 

Today’s hybrid systems, especially 

Toyota’s, are seamless in 

their operation; other than the 

display graphics that explain what 

is happening in terms of propulsion, 

it’s not always easy to determine 

what is driving the vehicle 

at any given point. Sure, if you 

want sudden, instant momentum 

the petrol engine bursts into life 

and it is audible, but under gentle 

operating conditions the entire 

system is almost silent. 

Toyota claims a 4.3-litre per 

100km combined cycle fuel usage 

average for the GR C-HR, that 

would be easily achievable, the 

on-board readout was listing at 

around 6l/100km when I took the 

evaluation car back to the dealership 

after a week of inner-city and 

highway running. 

Other relevant figures include 

a 9.8sec standstill to 100km/h 

run, while a highway overtake 

will take 7sec to reach 120 from 

80km/h. 

The acceleration figures may 

pale in comparison to other 

Gazoo Racing products, but that 

means little, what makes the 

C-HR in this form so special is 

its all round ability, it simply dispenses 

with distance comfortably, 

and if you are a push-on type of 

driver you know that it is going 

to behave wonderfully when the 

high country or Port Hills corners 

present themselves. 

As I’ve alluded to, the GR 

C-HR is perfect in a corner, even 

considering the weight distribution 

is all wrong, comparatively 

there’s a lot of weight up front and 

with a tube beam rear axle you 

could be forgiven for thinking 

handling would be ordinary. 

However, that’s far from fact, 

steerage is delightful, it is accurate 

and precise, turn-in just feels 

so natural and body balance is 

amazingly stable. Even if road 

ripples are struck mid-corner 

the GR C-HR sits controlled and 

unaffected, the rear suspension 

by way of its simplicity could be 

excused for being a bit jittery but 

that is not the case either, the 

quality within the dampers and 

the pairing of them to firmish but 

compliant spring rates ensures 

control and stability. 

Contributing to that feel and 

precision, I must mention the 

tyres, they are a performance 

Yokohama compound and with 

their low profile (225/45) they 

have high grip properties. 

That is another area where suspension 

quality comes in, there 

are no uncomfortable moments 

when bumps are struck. There’s 

a road west of Darfield I drive on 

frequently when I’m returning 

to the city, tree roots growing 

under the surface have made it 

a real teeth-rattler but the C-HR 

absorbed the hits without jarring. 

I’ve mentioned some of the 

GR C-HR’s special features, they 

sit on top of what is a reasonably 

well-specced car in the first 

instance. Major items include 

satellite navigation, keyless entry 

and ignition, dual zone climate 

control and radar cruise control, 

the latter part of a full Toyota 

Safety Sense package that earns 

the car a five-star Australasian 

New Car Assessment Program 

rating. 

If you are drawn to the C-HR 

through its bold, in-your-face 

styling, then there are nine 

models to choose from. For me 

there would be no contest, the 

GR variant is a blast, and who 

would have thought I’d have been 

saying that about a hybrid, that 

concept took a long time for me 

to warm to.


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