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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2022
‘Miraculous’
return
of
Puff
• By Fiona Ellis
THREE DAYS after going missing,
Simone Li is calling the return of
her adventurous pet cockatiel Puff
a miracle.
She was overjoyed to stop by
Harewood School to collect the
bird, who was found making new
friends at the school after going
missing from Wigram.
“We were all shocked by the
distance she flew, especially in such
horrible weather,” Li said.
It was about 10km (as the
cockatiel flies).
It was the first outing for the
hand-raised pet, who flew out
a door that was open for a split
second.
“We were afraid she could not
survive from the rain, could be
eaten by cats, or could die because
of hunger and cold.”
• Turn to page 4
www.starnews.co.nz
HOME TIME: Simone Li reunites with her adventurous cockatiel Puff at Harewood
School, three days after the bird went missing from Wigram. PHOTO: STAR MEDIA
Plan for
pedestrian
islands a bid
to improve
safety on
busy road
• By Fiona Ellis
A PLAN to install pedestrian
islands in the middle of Langdons
Rd has been approved with the
support of 73 per cent of public
submitters.
However, this alone will
not solve the
traffic problems,
according to
Papanui-Innes
Community Board
members and
submitters alike.
THe board
approved the
installation of two
10.5m islands,
Mike
Davidson
one opposite Northlink shopping
centre and one further along past
the intersection with Sails St.
Papanui Ward councillor
Mike Davidson said it would not
solve all issues but was a step in
the right direction as increasing
development made conditions
worse. Conditions were difficult
for pedestrians, cyclists and
drivers alike.
“We’ve seen the traffic that’s
being generated down there, and
it doesn’t feel safe,” Davidson said.
City council acting transport
operations manager Stephen
Wright told Nor’west News the last
traffic count in Langdons Rd near
Sails St in took place in Feburary
2021. • Turn to page 4
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Thursday February 24 2022 3
Great teamwork pays off
for Young Farmer winners
• By Fiona Ellis
STRONG teamwork is the key
to success for two St Bede’s
College students who have won a
regional farming competition.
Year 12 students Jack Dennehy-Coles
and Finn O’Kane have
been named Tasman FMG Junior
Young Farmers of the Year.
Jack said they had done so well
in the Springston competition
on Saturday because they were a
good combination.
“We complement each other
well and we work together well,”
he said.
His strong points were dairy
farming and practical tasks,
whereas Finn was stronger on
scientific tasks, he said.
Both are boarders, with Jack
coming from a dairy farm on
the West Coast and Finn from a
dairy farm near Timaru.
Next for the duo was the grand
final competition, set to be held
in Whangarei in July.
“If we prepare well, we could
have a pretty good chance going
into it,” Jack said.
Finn said the competition was
challenging at times.
A beekeeping module was difficult
as it was a subject neither of
them knew much about, so they
went by “gut instincts,” he said.
“It was a bit of a surprise, I
didn’t think we’d do as well as
we did.”
Saint Bede’s College agriculture
teacher and team supervisor
John McPhail said the boys had
a relatively short lead-in time to
prepare for the competition.
“I heard they were up quite late
last night reading through different
notes and cramming a bit of
study,” he said.
“It was a tight turnaround this
year because we’d only been back
at school for two weeks before
entries were due.”
McPhail has coached two
teams to grand final success, taking
out the national title of FMG
Junior Young Farmer of the Year
in 2018 and 2020.
“ I will prepare them as best
as I can for what to expect when
you get there. They just have to
go out there and do the best they
can,” he said.
Under the red light system,
each event at the regional final
was held separately and capped
at 35 teams on rotation to comply
with the 100 person capacity
limit.
Amelia Ridgen and Erin
Humm from Christchurch Girls’
High School were named as
the region’s runner-ups for the
second year running.
WINNING: The Tasman FMG Junior Young Farmer of the
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pandemic circumstances.
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now classified as a local purpose
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according to a city council report.
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Facebook
helps with
Puff’s safe
return
• From page 1
Li was devastated by the disappearance
of the bird, which used to follow
her about the house like a dog.
She took the day off work to look
for Puff, alongside partner Ivan
Yu, but heavy rain made the search
difficult.
After looking around the
neighbourhood on foot and by car,
the couple turned their focus to
Facebook, where Li posted photos
of Puff to ‘Lost & Found Pets in
Christchurch’ with photos and
a message offering $100 for her
return.
Li had lost hope by the third day
when several people alerted her to a
post from Harewood School, where
a “very friendly” pet bird had been
found. She recognised the bird as
Puff by details such as a dark beak
and two broken tail feathers.
Li’s photos and videos proved to
the school it was Puff, as did the
reaction of the bird. Puff jumped to
her usual spot on Li’s shoulder and
began biting her finger and glasses.
“This miracle happened because
of everyone’s support on the internet
and real life.
“We really appreciated everything
and felt so warm be in such a
wonderful community,” Li said.
Majority of submitters approve plan
• From page 1
It showed a daily average traffic
level of 11, 713 vehicles per
day.
“Prior to the development
opening a traffic count undertaken
in March 2020 at the same
location recorded [an average] of
8,682 vehicles per day,” he said.
A report contained in the
meeting agenda stated the wider
area was being investigated by
the city council’s network planning
team.
This included the possibility
of signalised intersections and a
signalised entrance and pedestrian
crossing to the shopping
centre.
However,
such changes
are unlikely to
occur anytime
soon.
“Nothing
is confirmed
Emma
Norrish
at this stage
and any such
treatments are
beyond the
traffic operations team’s budget
capabilities.”
Public submissions on the
planned islands closed in
December, with 37 people
taking the chance to voice their
opinions, 27 in favour of the
plans.
Board chairwoman Emma
Norrish said she was pleased to
see positive public feedback.
BUSY: Langdons Rd could soon have pedestrian islands in place.
“We all know about the
safety issues on Langdons Rd
and it is going to take a lot to
fix them, but this is a quick
win.”
Issues raised in the submissions
included the need for
traffic signals and signalised
crossings, cycle safety, and visibility
issues at the intersection
of Chapel St and Langdons Rd.
Submitter Sheryl Croft was
among those who predicted the
need for more changes.
“I can see that at some point
traffic and crossing lights will
probably be needed but I think
the islands are a good idea in the
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meantime,” she said.
However, submitter Scott
Campell was among those who
did not like the design, criticising
it as “timid”.
A pedestrian crossing would
be more effective as it would let
vehicles yield to pedestrians and
cyclists, he said.
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I know that the news of Omicron in
the community and the subsequent
rise in COVID case numbers
has been quite confronting for
some. But even as we see case
numbers rise across the country,
it’s encouraging to know that
the safeguards of the traffic light
framework and our exceptional
vaccination rates are helping to
reduce the risk and keep our most
vulnerable safe.
That said, boosters are our strongest
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If you’re eligible but haven’t yet
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Thursday February 24 2022 5
Leaving town: Make way for the old
• By John Cosgrove and
Susan Sandys
A GRAND two-storey Papanui
house has left town after
a mammoth removal and
transport operation.
New owner Vanessa Nikolaidis
said shifting the 11m-wide upper
and lower sections went according
to plan, bar one squashed temporary
fence and two popped tyres.
The 1920s-era building and
former eye clinic at St George’s
Hospital on Papanui Rd was sold
off as the hospital plans a cancer
treatment ward at the site.
Nikolaidis loves old homes,
and was thrilled with her find,
now located in Tai Tapu.
“I wanted to build a new heritage
homestead, but I looked at
the price and then found this
lovely old house was available,”
she said.
After a two-week delay with
wet weather and a crane hold-up,
it was all go last week.
A large crane lifted the upper
section onto a transporter, before
the journey out of town, around
past the airport.
“Papanui Rd wasn’t an issue.
Belfast Rd got a bit tight in a few
areas, because there was parked
cars they had to kind of wiggle
it around. Halswell Junction Rd
was quite tight as well, half on
the footpath half on the road,
hovering over people’s yards to
get down there,” Nikolaidis said.
PREPARING: The former eye clinic at St George’s Hospital
on Papanui Rd waits to be separated in two and lowered
onto a transporter.
PHOTOS: JOHN COSGROVE/STARMEDIA
“The only thing they managed
to drop it on was a temporary
fence. We looked at it when
they picked it back up, it kind of
squished it sideways.”
In addition, the trailer burst
a tyre under the weight of its
23-tonne load.
“They didn’t change it, they
just kept driving.”
The following night the bottom
storey was shifted and all
went well, although another tyre
blew out.
The upper and lower storeys
have been reunited at their
new Michaels Rd residence and
will be lifted in one piece onto
a new foundation when this is
completed.
Nikolaidis said she and
her partner would live in the
four-bedroom, two-lounge,
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Leaking water supplies still an issue
LEAKING WATER supplies
remain the most common
reason why residents of the
Papanui-Innes Community
Board area are reaching out to
the city council.
A ticket report has revealed a
breakdown of issues that residents
contacted the city council
about between December 1 and
December 30 last year.
The report shows leaking water
supplies to be the most common
cause of complaint, with
173 tickets, or jobs, undertaken
for this. Water leaks were also
the top issue last year, with 178
tickets issued between October
20 and November 19.
The second and third
most widespread issues in
the most recent report were
uncollected bins and damaged
bins, with 140 and 117 tickets
respectively.
A total 1213 tickets, or jobs,
were completed.
However at the conclusion of
the report, 429 tickets were still
open, or not completed.
Incidents fell in a range of
categories, including transport,
property information, three waters
council assets, and parks.
Phone, email and walk-in
were the most common way to
contact the council, with 912
people using these methods.
The city council website was
used by 397 people to report
their issue, while 333 did so using
Snap Send Solve.
Number of tickets (issues)
reported in the Papanui-Innes
Community Board area in
December 2021.
1 Leak (water supply) – 173
2 Bin not collected – 140
3 Damaged bin –117
4 Flooding (road) – 88
5 Litter (road) – 74
6 Residential property files –
58
7 Residential LIM – 53
8 Litter (park) – 46
9 Road asset (eg footpath,
road, furniture) 43
10 Found dog 40/
graffiti – 40
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continuing to cause
problems for those
in the Papanui-
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Board area, as are
damaged and
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Thursday February 24 2022 9
READERS’ LETTERS
Final Nor’West Arc cycleway plan draws criticism
Our family has lived close to
the intersection of Aorangi and
Wairakei Rds for over 50 years
(in three different houses).
We have all made submissions
regarding the cycleway.
My main concern is the proposed
closing of the intersection
to through traffic to the other
half of Aorangi Rd and the no
right-hand turn from Aorangi
Rd into Wairakei Rd.
I also don’t like the two directions
of the cycleway on the
same side of Aorangi Rd. It will
be very dangerous trying to exit
private driveways. I did get support
from three city councillors
before submissions closed. –
Phyllis A Holden
I am a resident of Aorangi Rd,
living close to the Wairakei Rd
corner.
I am not convinced that the
consultation process was particularly
fair or well-timed, as
consultation occurred with just a
few day’s notice before the public
meetings.
This was in part due to the late
delivery of information pamphlets,
likely due to the August/
September Covid-19 lockdown.
However, it definitely didn’t allow
much time for the public to
get involved and then comment.
I would have to agree with
Alister Metherell that the
Aorangi/Wairakei Rds intersection
plans are particularly
concerning.
In its current plan, I firmly
believe that there will be unintended
consequences in all
nearby streets with the closing
off of the majority of traffic both
in and out of Aorangi Rd.
I mentioned this in both my
written submission and in my
5min oral submission at the
online city council hearing.
I am very sceptical about the
number of cyclists who would
ever even use this cycleway (how
common is it to cycle from the
university through to Harewood
Rd), and to unnecessarily
disrupt the daily commute and
vehicle movements of thousands
of other residents for the sake of
a few cyclists seems crazy to me.
A fully signalised intersection
is the only viable option to me
and, no doubt, to many other
residents. – Jenni Holden
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14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26
27 28
29
SOLUTION
No.132
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
G Q B V Y N Z F I E U D R
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
A L X H P W K J M S T C O
Across
1. Attainment (14)
10. Speck (5)
11. Take turns (9)
12. Irony (7)
13. Garb (7)
14. Turns to liquid (5)
16. Uncertain (9)
19. Nose; beak (9)
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
U T
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
Decoder
R
4 3 4 8 12 7 23 16 12 19 6
20. Mistake (5)
22. Cherubic (7)
25. In the middle of (7)
27. Relaxed, tolerant (4-5)
28. Decipher (5)
29. Disappointing (14)
13 13 1 10 19 21
8 14 20 1 23 2 13 2 3 5 21 3
Down
2. Lowest female singing voice
(9)
3. Musical drama (5)
4. Matter-of-fact (9)
5. Entomb (5)
6. Tropical storm (9)
7. Make happy (5)
8. Surgical room (7)
9. Feral pest (6)
15. Illuminate (9)
17. Longing for the past (9)
18. Variable (9)
19. Level off (7)
21. Decomposed (6)
23. Pants (5)
24. Stone damage in
paintwork (5)
26. Commencement (5)
20 12 24 21 12 4 8
3 25 23 1 17 23 19 13 12 21 2
All puzzles copyright
21 19 3 22 19
25 5 13 1 12 3 9 3 19 23 20 14
5 21 2 15 20
T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y
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5 1 16 13 7 2 21
T
DECODER
Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.
Each Enter number the given represents letters into a different all squares letter with of the matching alphabet. numbers. Write the
given
The challenge
letters into
now
all squares
is to work
with
out
matching
which letters
numbers.
are
Now
represented
work out
which
by the
letters
other
are
numbers.
represented
As you
by the
get
other
the
numbers.
letters, enter
As you
them
get
into
the
letters, write them into the main grid and the reference grid. Decoder
the main grid, and the reference grid. To keep track of the
uses all 26 letters of the alphabet.
letters you have found, cross them off the alphabet provided.
U
5 26 16 6 23 21
P
23 19 23 9 18 22 19 15 24 23 10 11
E
11 12 6 26 24 2 4
T
1 2 26 23 1 25 18 22 26 13 19 18
2 24 18 19 19 9
21 23 3 15 18 3 19 5 3 11 19 12
10 4 22 19 9 1 8 13 26 23
11 16 26 3 17
18 16 24 2 7 18 6 22 9 5
1 7 11 21 12 1
12 18 19 22 12 14 26 13 6 11 4 10
4 23 4 26 26 13 11
11 26 1 5 23 20 23 12 24 26 17 23
25 26 6 23 18 2
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
P
T
14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
E
SOLUTION
No.131
8 21 19 21 5 8
R
2 13 7 4 23 20 11 5 21 2 7
The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented
by the other numbers. As you get the letters, enter them into
the main grid, and the reference grid. To keep track of the
letters you have found, cross them off the alphabet provided.
Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.
Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers.
133
132
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
W D N F H R Y G S P K U E
X Q L J V C B Z O M I T A
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Crossword
Across: 1. Accomplishment,
10. Ounce, 11. Alternate,
12. Sarcasm, 13. Raiment,
14. Melts, 16. Tentative, 19.
Proboscis, 20. Error, 22.
Angelic, 25. Amongst, 27.
Easy-going, 28. Solve, 29.
Unsatisfactory.
Down: 2. Contralto, 3.
Opera, 4. Pragmatic, 5.
Inter, 6. Hurricane, 7. Elate,
8. Theatre, 9. Possum, 15.
Spotlight, 17. Nostalgia,
18. Irregular, 19. Plateau,
21. Rotten, 23. Gasps, 24.
Chips, 26. Onset.
WordBuilder
ace, act, acute, ape, apt,
ate, cap, cape, cat, cep,
cue, cup, cut, cute, eat,
eta, pace, pact, pat, pate,
pea, peat, pet, puce, put,
tap, tape, tau, taupe, tea,
TEACUP, tec, tup.
Sudoku
DECODER
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The Complexity of Rental
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Part of my role is in assisting our Morris
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Being heavily entrenched in the industry
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My role as operations manager allows
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It is equally important that there are
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