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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, <strong>2022</strong><br />
Connecting Your Local Community<br />
starnews.co.nz<br />
20 March <strong>2022</strong><br />
Fire still<br />
burns for<br />
Coast to Coast<br />
Page 5<br />
Tributes flow<br />
in for fearless<br />
Queenie<br />
Page 7<br />
EntriEs now opEn!<br />
Juniper taken by electric fault<br />
• By Kristie Boland<br />
THE FIRE that killed Robyn<br />
Jordaan’s dog Juniper and left<br />
her with nothing was caused<br />
by an electrical fault.<br />
Emergency services<br />
were called to the blaze at<br />
Jordaan’s<br />
rental home<br />
on Jacksons<br />
Rd in<br />
Lyttelton last<br />
Wednesday<br />
morning.<br />
Mark<br />
Buckley<br />
Lyttelton<br />
Volunteer Fire<br />
Brigade chief<br />
fire officer Mark Buckley<br />
confirmed said the fire was<br />
caused by an “electrical wiring<br />
fault.”<br />
Jordaan had got up at<br />
5.30am to take her flatmate<br />
Fraser Mackenzie to the<br />
airport. About an hour<br />
later, there was an electrical<br />
explosion in a circuit that<br />
runs from the kitchen to<br />
the lounge where Juniper,<br />
the one-year-old labrador<br />
pointer spaniel cross, was<br />
asleep on the couch.<br />
“I was told from<br />
neighbours that there was<br />
just this big bang and huge<br />
explosion in the roof and<br />
then the rest of the house<br />
caught on fire,” said Jordaan.<br />
She had gone straight from<br />
the airport to a yoga class<br />
and did not have her phone<br />
on her.<br />
About 8.30am, she checked<br />
her phone and found<br />
multiple missed calls from<br />
police and neighbours.<br />
•Turn to page 5<br />
GONE: Robyn Jordaan with Juniper who perished in a house fire caused by an electrical fault.<br />
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NEWS<br />
from the editor’s desk<br />
ELECTRICAL faults.<br />
They can cause all sorts of<br />
fire carnage and in the case<br />
of Robyn Jordaan, one sadly<br />
claimed her dog Juniper last<br />
week (see page 1).<br />
Robyn got up early to take<br />
her flatmate to the airport. Juniper<br />
was asleep on the couch.<br />
About an hour later, there<br />
was an electrical explosion<br />
in a circuit that ran from the<br />
kitchen to the lounge.<br />
The house in Jacksons Rd,<br />
Lyttelton, went up in flames<br />
and Juniper was unable to<br />
escape.<br />
Said Robyn: “She was a<br />
news<br />
really, really special dog. She<br />
was so young, she didn’t even<br />
get to live a full life.”<br />
And on another sad note,<br />
Queenie, Lyttelton’s iconic cat,<br />
has passed away (see page 7).<br />
The tributes are rolling.<br />
– Barry Clarke<br />
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Tongan tsunami: Did you hear<br />
a boom or notice any effects?<br />
RESEARCHERS want to know if<br />
people living on Banks Peninsula<br />
noticed any effects of the Tongan<br />
eruption and tsunami on coastal<br />
areas.<br />
In a nationwide survey by<br />
GeoNet, a geological hazard<br />
monitoring system, researchers<br />
are asking for observations of<br />
the sea and coastal areas as well<br />
as any “booming” sounds heard<br />
around the time of the eruption<br />
on January 15.<br />
GeoNet said the information<br />
received from the survey results<br />
can help improve tsunami<br />
forecasts and can assist in<br />
education about tsunamis<br />
generally.<br />
Banks Peninsula is particularly<br />
vulnerable to tsunamis from<br />
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of the Chatham Rise, a large<br />
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1,400km east of Banks Peninsula.<br />
More than 1500 properties<br />
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those surrounding Lyttelton<br />
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threat of flooding in a tsunami.<br />
Recent tsunami events like that<br />
triggered by the 2016 Kaikōura<br />
earthquake have highlighted the<br />
importance of education and<br />
planning for such occurrences.<br />
The 2016 tsunami was the biggest<br />
local-source tsunami in New<br />
Zealand since 1947.<br />
GeoNet reported that the<br />
tsunami waves caused by the<br />
Kaikōura earthquake would have<br />
been almost unnoticeable as they<br />
silently travelled south through<br />
the open waters off the North<br />
Canterbury coast.<br />
Once the waves reached Banks<br />
Peninsula, 90 minutes after the<br />
earthquake, Little Pigeon <strong>Bay</strong> was<br />
hit by tsunami surges at the head<br />
of the bay that were bigger and<br />
more forceful than those seen in<br />
other northern Banks Peninsula<br />
bays, and caused damage to a<br />
100-year-old cottage.<br />
Following this, tsunami evacuation<br />
zones for Canterbury were<br />
updated in 2020.<br />
On most of Banks Peninsula,<br />
there are two tsunami evacuation<br />
zones – a red zone and an orange<br />
zone. In Birdlings Flat there are<br />
three – red, orange and yellow.<br />
The red zone is most likely<br />
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SURVEY:<br />
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The orange zone covers areas<br />
on land that could be flooded in<br />
the event of a large tsunami.<br />
The data collected for the<br />
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FIRE-DAMAGED<br />
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Work has started to repair the<br />
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Birdlings Flat residents are hoping<br />
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Goodall aims for 13th time<br />
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• By Chris Barclay<br />
SAM GOODALL extinguishes<br />
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“The weather’s been pretty<br />
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Training has been a little bit<br />
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However, his chances of<br />
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compromised by a grim weather<br />
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HIGH WATER: Kayaking specialist Sam Goodall hopes his<br />
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“We’re due some pretty horrific<br />
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there’s not going to be a kayak,<br />
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•From page 1<br />
Her first port of a call to find<br />
out what happened was a police<br />
constable.<br />
“He informed me of what had<br />
happened and I asked about<br />
Juniper and he said no, sadly<br />
she’s gone.”<br />
Jordaan drove to Lyttelton to<br />
find all of her and Mackenzie’s<br />
possessions had been burnt<br />
or damaged in the fire. The<br />
only thing salvageable was<br />
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As the shock lessened, the<br />
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had actually occurred and what<br />
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I guess just trying to process the<br />
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said Jordaan.<br />
Juniper was a friendly dog,<br />
with one blue eye and one<br />
brown, who stole the hearts of<br />
many in Lyttelton.<br />
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BURNED:<br />
Robyn<br />
Jordaan<br />
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Mackenzie<br />
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‘I lost my sidekick’<br />
“She was a really, really special<br />
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functioning as humans.”<br />
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Jordaan and Mackenzie did not<br />
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that it is possible to defy the odds, no matter how they are stacked against you. In 2020, partly in<br />
response to the pandemic, Siya and his wife, Rachel, launched The Kolisi Foundation, providing personal<br />
protective equipment to healthcare workers and delivering food parcels throughout South Africa. The<br />
title Rise is inspired by Siya’s mother - Phakama - which translates to the book’s name, as well as a<br />
celebration of his Xhosa heritage.<br />
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When Lanfranco ‘Frankie’ Dettori arrived on British shores in 1985, aged just 14, he couldn’t speak a<br />
word of English. Having left school just a year earlier and following in the footsteps of his father, he was<br />
eager to become a stable boy and apprentice jockey, willing to do everything it took to make it. This was<br />
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with what was clearly a precocious talent, in 1990 he became the first teenager since Lester Piggot to<br />
win over 100 races in a single season. By 1996, Frankie was already established as a celebrity in the<br />
sport and an adopted national treasure, but it was his extraordinary achievement of winning all seven<br />
races in a single day at Ascot that cemented his reputation as the greatest rider of his generation. Nearly<br />
25 years later, and having won the Longines World’s Best Jockey for three consecutive years running,<br />
Frankie has demonstrated an unparalled level of longevity at the pinnacle of his sport. But his story is not<br />
simply one of uninterrupted success, but also of personal anguish, recovery and restoration – both in and<br />
out of the saddle.. Heartfelt and poignant, this is not simply a memoir, but a celebration of perseverance<br />
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As a reporter, Jacques Peretti has spent his life investigating important stories. But there was one story, heard in<br />
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survived Auschwitz.<br />
In the few last months of the War, thirteen-year-old Alina Peretti, along with her mother and sister, was one of<br />
thirteen thousand non-Jewish Poles sent to Auschwitz, in the wake of the Warsaw Uprising. Her experiences there,<br />
which she rarely discussed, cast a shadow over the rest of her life. Now ninety, Alina has been diagnosed with<br />
dementia. Together, mother and son begin a race against time to record her memories and preserve her family’s<br />
story. For the first time, Alina recalls her experiences as a child during the Second World War, the horrors that she<br />
witnessed in Auschwitz, and the miraculous story of how she survived a firing squad.<br />
Along the way, Jacques learns long-hidden secrets about his mother’s family; his mysterious grandfather who lived<br />
a double-life, his grandmother who read tarot cards in a Soviet labour camp, and his aunt and uncles, whose fate<br />
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NEWS 7<br />
Queenie’s reign comes to an end<br />
• By Kristie Boland<br />
TRIBUTES HAVE flooded<br />
in for Queenie, the famous<br />
Lyttelton cat.<br />
Also know as Frederick, Horse,<br />
Sausage, Smokey and The Mayor,<br />
the iconic feline – thought to<br />
have been about 18 – was a favourite<br />
of people in the port.<br />
Queenie, who died last Saturday,<br />
frequented businesses on<br />
London St, including pubs and<br />
dog cafes.<br />
Lyttelton Coffee Company<br />
owner Stephen Mateer said<br />
Queenie wasn’t afraid of dogs.<br />
“We’re kind of a dog cafe, and<br />
that cat would come in and basically<br />
hold its own. It must have<br />
been some sort of tough cat to<br />
come in and mix it up with the<br />
dogs,” Mateer said.<br />
Civil and Naval former owner<br />
Louis Dyer knew Queenie by<br />
the name Horse (he was unsure<br />
why). The cat visited the pub regularly<br />
over the nine years Dyer<br />
owned it.<br />
“He just strolled in. He owned<br />
London St as far as he was concerned.”<br />
Queen would even have the<br />
occasional sleepover.<br />
“You’d lock the place up at<br />
1am not even noticing him and<br />
come back the next morning<br />
at 9am, only to have him<br />
casually stroll out the front door<br />
FAREWELL: The footpath outside the Cassels’ home has been covered with tributes since Queenie died. The Cassels<br />
took Queenie to his final resting place 10 days ago.<br />
like it was a fully intentional<br />
manoeuver,” Dyer said.<br />
The Lyttel Kiwi owner Huia-<br />
Rei Couch remembers Queenie<br />
sleeping in the shop on cold<br />
winter days.<br />
Queenie’s owner of 14 years<br />
Hana Cassels (or housemate,<br />
as Cassels called it) said the cat<br />
chose them.<br />
“One day he just walked in and<br />
he just never really left. It was<br />
like . . . this is my house, I live<br />
here now.”<br />
Cassels later learned Queenie<br />
had originally been called<br />
Frederick and had belonged to a<br />
neighbour up the road, who had<br />
a dog Queenie disliked.<br />
Cassels and her husband Zak<br />
have three children, Coco, 16,<br />
Lula-Mae, 14, and Manu, 12.<br />
The children renamed the cat<br />
Queenie when they were young<br />
and the name stuck.<br />
“He used to help discipline<br />
our children. If one of them was<br />
having a noisy tantrum and he<br />
thought it was too loud he<br />
would go up to them and sort<br />
of bat them, a clawless bat,”<br />
Cassels said.<br />
The family lived a few doors up<br />
from the main street, which soon<br />
became Queenie’s second<br />
home.<br />
He had his own routine, knew<br />
who was working on what day –<br />
and who would feed him.<br />
Cassels said Queenie had been<br />
seen swiping cat biscuits off the<br />
shelf in the supermarket, and<br />
would regularly sit up at the bar<br />
in the pubs.<br />
Walking down the main street<br />
of Lyttelton and mentioning the<br />
name Queenie to locals resulted<br />
in tales of an overly confident,<br />
cheeky and sociable cat that<br />
visited bus stops, made cars wait<br />
for him to cross the road and<br />
shared lunch with the kids at<br />
school.<br />
But Queenie wasn’t always<br />
popular at the school, not<br />
when he strolled into an empty<br />
classroom a few years ago and<br />
ate the school goldfish.<br />
The Cassels had a funeral<br />
for Queenie last Sunday and<br />
buried him up in the Port Hills<br />
overlooking Lyttelton.<br />
“He was one in a million,”<br />
Cassels said.<br />
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NEWS 9<br />
Treasures from the past:<br />
Robert and Mary Harris<br />
ON JUNE 9, 1851, Robert and<br />
Mary Harris, aged 41 and 39<br />
respectively, arrived in Lyttelton<br />
aboard the Steadfast after a<br />
record-breaking journey from<br />
Gravesend of just 101 days.<br />
With them were their nine<br />
children ranging in age from<br />
infancy to 19 years.<br />
Robert was listed in the<br />
passenger list as a labourer,<br />
and was clearly willing to turn<br />
his hand to anything to provide<br />
for his family, as evidenced<br />
by this advertisement in the<br />
Lyttelton Times on November 8,<br />
1851:<br />
“On sale – 10,000 well burnt<br />
bricks. Apply to Robert Harris,<br />
left hand side of the cemetery<br />
ground Lyttelton.”<br />
Robert moved his family to<br />
Ōhinetahi/Governors <strong>Bay</strong> where<br />
their first home was a hole cut<br />
out of the hill with bullock skins<br />
to shelter the opening. He laid<br />
the cobblestones in the porch of<br />
St Cuthbert’s Church and also<br />
worked on the construction of<br />
the Lyttelton rail tunnel in the<br />
1860s.<br />
Many settlers were granted<br />
land as compensation for<br />
fulfilling contracts for roading,<br />
fencing etc; Robert got 34 acres<br />
at the base of Omawete/Coopers<br />
Knob, the highest peak behind<br />
Ōhinetahi/Governors <strong>Bay</strong>. He<br />
and Mary had another five<br />
children there.<br />
Elizabeth was born on<br />
September 11, 1857. As a young<br />
child, because her father worked<br />
on the tunnel construction<br />
(which was officially opened<br />
in December 1867), she was<br />
privileged to accompany<br />
him through it prior to its<br />
completion.<br />
She sat on the front of a trolley<br />
holding a candle in a bottle to<br />
light the way and thus laid claim<br />
to being the first female to travel<br />
its length.<br />
Later in her life, when the<br />
tunnel was electrified in the<br />
1920s, Eliza was a proud guest<br />
of the government for the<br />
celebrations.<br />
The Harris children had a pet<br />
bullock they raised from a calf<br />
which they taught tricks, such as<br />
to sit on a tree stump (looking<br />
perfectly ridiculous); when<br />
grown the animal refused to pass<br />
said stump without perching on<br />
it.<br />
One playtime nearly ended in<br />
disaster for Eliza as while playing<br />
with the tail of the bullock it<br />
turned and gored her in the<br />
stomach. Robert stitched her<br />
wound with a needle and thread;<br />
his amateur doctoring proved<br />
satisfactory as Eliza later bore<br />
nine children.<br />
Tragically, in 1874 Robert<br />
was thrown from his horse on<br />
Dyers Pass Rd and although<br />
attended by a doctor, died five<br />
days later.<br />
At the time of his death most<br />
of the children were married,<br />
owned property and had<br />
established themselves in lives<br />
that would have been impossible<br />
had Robert and Mary not made<br />
their courageous journey to<br />
Canterbury.<br />
Mary spent her later years<br />
living with family in Little River<br />
until her death aged 90.<br />
Robert and Mary Harris,<br />
who arrived in Lyttelton on<br />
the Steadfast in June 1851.<br />
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Twilight Bowls<br />
Friday, 5.30-7.30pm (recurring<br />
event).<br />
All members of the<br />
community welcome to bring<br />
a team for lawn bowls. No<br />
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JP Clinic<br />
Saturday, 10am-noon<br />
A justice of the peace will<br />
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Lyttelton Library<br />
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Wednesday, 10am-noon<br />
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Monday, 10.30-11.30am<br />
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<strong>Harbour</strong> Basin Dance Classes<br />
Thursdays 3.30-8.30pm New<br />
Light & Landscape exhibition by Andris Apse, 10am-4pm Friday-Sunday until <strong>February</strong> 27.<br />
Award-winning photographer, Andris Apse is presenting a selection of his best landscape<br />
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school term. Email Georgina at<br />
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Community Hall, 2A Waipapa<br />
Ave, Diamond <strong>Harbour</strong>.<br />
Little River Farmers Market<br />
Sunday, 9.30-2pm<br />
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I VAGUELY remember when I<br />
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You see, the MU-X as it has<br />
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as important is its ability to<br />
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there are three rows of seats and<br />
each offers acceptable levels of<br />
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The MU-X has just undergone<br />
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car where form meets function,<br />
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mechanicals biased toward<br />
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The latest MU-X comes in<br />
just one specification – it is high<br />
spec and lands here at $80,990.<br />
If you compare that to other<br />
vehicles of similar construction,<br />
it is priced not far from Ford’s<br />
Everest and Nissan’s Pathfinder,<br />
however, Toyota’s Fortuner and<br />
Mitsubishi’s Pajero Sport sit<br />
lower.<br />
Nevertheless, the MU-X is<br />
well specced with full leather<br />
trim (heated seats up front),<br />
electric front seat adjustment,<br />
satellite navigation, keyless<br />
entry and ignition and adaptive<br />
cruise control, the latter is<br />
part of an extensive suite of<br />
safety packages that earns it a<br />
five-star Australasian New Car<br />
Assessment Program rating.<br />
Under the bonnet is also a<br />
new engine from Isuzu, it’s a<br />
turbocharged four-cylinder<br />
diesel that displaces 2999cc.<br />
While its basic design would<br />
appear similar to its predecessor,<br />
there have been a lot of changes<br />
to boost power and to glean<br />
efficiencies, and bear in mind<br />
that it’s the same unit that is<br />
fitted to the D-Max and Mazda’s<br />
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MODERN: The interior of the MU-X is comprehensively<br />
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ISUZU MU-X: Off-road tracks are no problem with a wading depth of 800m.<br />
Isuzu is no stranger to building<br />
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models.<br />
Power is rated at 140kW<br />
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both outputs are delivered<br />
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1600rpm respectively, and that’s<br />
where experience counts, power<br />
outputs that are delivered just<br />
above idle are perfect. Coupled<br />
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transmission the engine simply<br />
ticks over without strain, it<br />
works the lower part of the rev<br />
band constantly and that is what<br />
you want in a vehicle like this.<br />
Weighing in at almost<br />
2.2-tonne, the MU-X is no<br />
lightweight, so to have the<br />
engine unstrained is best for<br />
economy, Isuzu claiming a<br />
combined cycle average of<br />
8.3-litres usage per 100km.<br />
I took the evaluation car<br />
on a long highway run to<br />
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100km/h it sips fuel at the rate<br />
of 7.6l/100km, the engine is<br />
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of maximum torque at 1500rpm,<br />
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is required. When I took the<br />
car back to the dealership the<br />
fuel usage readout was sitting<br />
at 9.8l/100km (these figures<br />
converted from a km/l readout).<br />
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At highway speed the MU-X<br />
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The spring and damper rates<br />
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rear axle is the job of multiple<br />
links and coil springs, much<br />
of the jiggle you get with that<br />
design has been eliminated, it<br />
sits controlled even over rough<br />
ground. Thompsons Track,<br />
inland from Rakaia, is a disgrace<br />
in terms of ruts and holes, those<br />
that I didn’t miss were absorbed<br />
without in-cabin shock nor<br />
vibration.<br />
Interestingly, the evaluation<br />
car had aftermarket wheels,<br />
while the 20in diameter remains<br />
the same as standard, the big<br />
Maxxis tyres soaked up the<br />
rough patches well and provided<br />
vast feedback to the steering<br />
wheel. On my journey heavy<br />
rain made for treacherous<br />
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I also had to take a shingle road<br />
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in those conditions the MU-X<br />
was stable and controlled.<br />
Bearing in mind there is a<br />
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has relative accuracy if a corner<br />
is presented too quickly.<br />
All factors considered the<br />
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it is the family wagon that will<br />
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ground clearance, 800mm<br />
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I never explored the<br />
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the evaluation car. I presented it<br />
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169 SOLEARES AVENUE<br />
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22 <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News Wednesday <strong>February</strong> 9 <strong>2022</strong> Latest Canterbury news at starnews.co.nz<br />
H O M E<br />
<strong>2022</strong> | MARKET INSIGHTS<br />
The question that we all want answered for <strong>2022</strong> - where is the<br />
property market heading? On 1 st December 2021, we saw changes to<br />
The Government’s Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act<br />
(CCCFA), having a major impact on our first homebuyers, now<br />
requiring a minimum deposit of 20% on any property purchase.<br />
After two months of continuing on with marketing campaigns &<br />
auctions, we are still finding that buyers have the fear of missing out<br />
in this current market. The buyers that we are seeing through our<br />
open homes now are genuine buyers, with pre-approvals ready to<br />
buy and determination to get a foot-hold on the property ladder.<br />
Desirable locations such as our Coastal Suburbs are forever in hot<br />
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moving forward.<br />
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for sale which will increase the demand. To take full advantage of<br />
these opportunities, talk to your coastal HOME specialist today!<br />
2021 | SALE STATISTICS<br />
MT PLEASANT<br />
REDCLIFFS<br />
SUMNER<br />
SCARBOROUGH<br />
AVERAGE SALE PRICE<br />
AVERAGE SALE PRICE<br />
AVERAGE SALE PRICE<br />
AVERAGE SALE PRICE<br />
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$981,355<br />
$837,481<br />
$1,526,238<br />
99 SALES<br />
45 SALES<br />
54 SALES<br />
21 SALES<br />
WOOLSTON<br />
HEATHCOTE VALLEY<br />
LYTTELTON<br />
DIAMOND HARBOUR<br />
AVERAGE SALE PRICE:<br />
AVERAGE SALE PRICE<br />
AVERAGE SALE PRICE<br />
AVERAGE SALE PRICE<br />
$529,235<br />
$773,189<br />
$654,510<br />
$714,258<br />
268 SALES<br />
37 SALES<br />
49 SALES<br />
31 SALES<br />
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Wednesday <strong>February</strong> 9 <strong>2022</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Harbour</strong> News 23<br />
H O M E<br />
169 SOLEARES AVENUE | MT PLEASANT<br />
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Perched on the crest of the hill, at the very top of Soleares Avenue, on a north-facing<br />
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On the upper level of the HOME you have an open plan kitchen and dining sprawling<br />
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Positioned on approx 622 sqm flat section with drive-on access and plenty of off-street<br />
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EDDIE SPRY<br />
021 156 5884<br />
eddie@homechch.co.nz<br />
AUCTION: 11.30AM, 26 FEBRUARY <strong>2022</strong>, ONSITE (UNLESS SOLD PRIOR)
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SOLD PROPERTY<br />
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