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$3m grant in pipeline<br />

for Edgeware Pool<br />

• By Fiona Ellis<br />

EDGEWARE Pool campaigners<br />

are excited they may get a muchneeded<br />

$3 million funding boost.<br />

The funds towards reopening<br />

the pool in St Albans have been<br />

added to the city council’s draft<br />

<strong>2022</strong>/23 plan.<br />

However, even if this is approved<br />

the St Albans Pavilion<br />

and Pool Group still faces a<br />

fundraising challenge of up to<br />

$700,000.<br />

Member Lynne O’Keefe said<br />

while the price tag for a new pool<br />

was set at $3 million, this was<br />

calculated early last year and she<br />

believed it had risen since.<br />

“You know where building<br />

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thinking there could be another<br />

million on top of it,” O’Keefe<br />

said.<br />

• Turn to page 4<br />

HOPEFUL: St Albans Pavilion and Pool Group member Lynne O’Keefe believes Edgeware Pool<br />

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Thursday, 12.30– 2.15pm<br />

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Durham St North.<br />

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card or take a prize to the value of<br />

the card. Afternoon tea to follow. Go<br />

along, meet new people, have some<br />

fun. Gold coin donation for nonresidents<br />

attending the community<br />

centre please. Inquiries, phone 372<br />

9224.<br />

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Thursday, 2-3.30pm, at Fendalton,<br />

Friday, 10am-noon, at Papanui,<br />

Saturday, 10.30am-noon and<br />

Wednesday, 1-2.30pm, at<br />

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Bishopdale,<br />

Fendalton, Papanui, Redwood and<br />

Bishopdale Libraries<br />

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or any other handcraft and enjoy<br />

the company of others. Share skills<br />

and be inspired.<br />

Northcote Business<br />

Networking<br />

Friday, 7.30-8.30am<br />

Joes Garage, Cranford St<br />

Go along to this focused yet<br />

relaxed group where business and<br />

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allows everyone to share their challenges,<br />

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Northern Community Market, Saturday, 9am-2pm at the Redwood<br />

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boot sales and more. ​<br />

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if we’re a good fit for you and your<br />

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Fendalton Library Book Club<br />

Friday, 11am-noon<br />

Fendalton Library<br />

Discuss your favourite books and<br />

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Wednesday, 10am-1pm, at<br />

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Bishopdale Libraries<br />

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Tuesday, 7.45-9.45pm<br />

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Thursday <strong>March</strong> 3 <strong>2022</strong> 3<br />

Serial volunteer does ‘the right thing’<br />

• By Emily Moorhouse<br />

A FULL-TIME worker who<br />

juggles five volunteer roles says<br />

it’s all about helping others.<br />

Sanjeewa Thanushka, who<br />

goes by the name AK, moved<br />

here from Dubai 15 years ago,<br />

although he is originally from Sri<br />

Lanka.<br />

He came to New Zealand to<br />

study specialisation in retail<br />

management before becoming<br />

a full-time assistant manager at<br />

Look Sharp.<br />

Back in Dubai, AK worked<br />

long hours so when he arrived<br />

here he was surprised at how<br />

much spare time he had, in spite<br />

of working five days a week.<br />

So he decided to volunteer<br />

on his days off, starting at<br />

Community Patrols of New<br />

Zealand. He now volunteers for<br />

Red Cross, The Salvation Army,<br />

Age Concern and Gap Filler.<br />

“I believe time is really<br />

precious, this time will never<br />

come back to you,” he said. “I<br />

love to work with people, I am a<br />

people oriented person. I don’t<br />

accept money or anything. I do it<br />

for free but I do the good thing,<br />

the right thing.”<br />

AK, of Sydenham, has<br />

been separated from his wife<br />

and daughter for more than<br />

three years now due to border<br />

restrictions. They are in Sri<br />

Lanka, and he said the volunteer<br />

work has helped him cope with<br />

missing them.<br />

PATROL: AK with City Park patrol’s police liaison officer Senior Constable John Way.<br />

“It’s really tough you know, so<br />

I have to keep my mind [busy]<br />

you know, have to have the<br />

proper mindset to work.”<br />

AK joined the City Park<br />

patrollers three years ago and<br />

has since developed a simplified<br />

“in car” communication system<br />

to make recording and reporting<br />

to the police easier.<br />

Last year he was learning<br />

about the patrollers’ reporting<br />

structure when he thought to<br />

himself the system could not<br />

only be simplified to make it<br />

easier to operate, but it could also<br />

be cheaper. It would just be a task<br />

that took a lot of time.<br />

So AK took it upon himself<br />

to organise a meeting with the<br />

developers of the system and<br />

propose his idea.<br />

“I thought okay I can do it, I<br />

just took the risk and asked them<br />

if it was okay,” he said.<br />

Once the test runs were done,<br />

AK’s new system was put in<br />

place and has saved the patrollers<br />

a lot of time and money, said<br />

City Park CPNZ treasurer<br />

John Hammond.<br />

“That’s made things a lot<br />

easier for us because we used<br />

to write in the car and when<br />

you’re writing in the car you can<br />

imagine there’s a whole lot of<br />

scribbles,” Hammond said.<br />

“So he managed to streamline<br />

that for us so it can be read.”<br />

Aside from being a “wiz” with<br />

IT, Hammond said AK was a<br />

great person to be around.<br />

“He’s an awesome guy, he<br />

would do anything for you. It’s<br />

just the sort of guy he is, he’s very<br />

generous with his time.”<br />

“He’s constantly always very<br />

reliable for patrol, I don’t think<br />

he’s ever missed a night with us,”<br />

Hammond said.<br />

City Park CPNZ acting<br />

chairwoman Lynda Cameron<br />

also praised AK for the work he’s<br />

done with the patrollers.<br />

“He’s our observer and he’s<br />

good at it, he often sees things<br />

that I don’t see when we’re<br />

driving around,” Cameron<br />

said.<br />

“He’s so helpful and he knows<br />

so much about IT and just about<br />

people, he understands people<br />

which is great. He’s just lovely to<br />

have around.”<br />

AK said volunteering is a<br />

way of sharing knowledge with<br />

others as well as getting involved<br />

with your community.<br />

“I feel if you can contribute<br />

then it will be very helpful and<br />

taking off the burden from<br />

someone else.”<br />

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4<br />

In Brief<br />

TALLER LIGHTS APPROVED<br />

THe Papanui Redwood Association<br />

Football Club has been granted<br />

permission to install taller lights.<br />

The Papanui-Innes Community<br />

Board approved the club’s<br />

application to replace three<br />

existing lights on 8m poles with<br />

lights on 14.7m poles. The new<br />

lights will only be for use from<br />

Monday to Thursday, and can only<br />

be used until 9pm. Usage may only<br />

begin one month prior to the end<br />

of daylight saving and is to end<br />

within one month after<br />

daylight saving begins.<br />

ONLINE BOARD MEETING<br />

THe public will have the chance<br />

to speak to the Papanui-Innes<br />

Community Board on an online<br />

community forum tomorrow.<br />

The informal 30min meeting will<br />

begin at 9.30am and is a chance<br />

for people to speak about issues,<br />

activities and projects in the area.<br />

Speaking time is usually limited<br />

to five minutes. The forum will be<br />

held via Zoom due to pandemic<br />

restrictions. To take part contact<br />

the board adviser at Mark.<br />

Saunders@ccc.govt.nz.<br />

COMMUNITY MEALS<br />

THe Belfast Community Network<br />

is adjusting its community meal<br />

programme Simply Lunch from<br />

today. The Thursday gold-coindonation<br />

lunches will be prepared<br />

as takeaway meals available<br />

between noon and 12.30 or until<br />

they are gone. People are asked to<br />

collect a meal and then leave.<br />

‘Fundraising has been difficult’<br />

•From page 1<br />

The former pool was demolished<br />

in 2007 by the city council,<br />

and the community have been<br />

pushing to get a new one rebuilt<br />

ever since, but funding has<br />

proved difficult.<br />

Currently, the amount raised<br />

was approaching the $300,000<br />

mark, O’Keefe said.<br />

She was delighted with the<br />

proposed funding boost.<br />

“It just means we’ll be able to<br />

do it a whole lot sooner.”<br />

O’Keefe was unsure how<br />

long the building consent<br />

process would take and said<br />

the group was also waiting<br />

on a geotechnical report to be<br />

completed before plans could be<br />

finalised.<br />

However, if granted funding,<br />

it would go “all out” in hopes of<br />

opening the pool in the summer<br />

of 2023/2024.<br />

“It goes a long way to lessen<br />

the pain of the community losing<br />

its pool and we really thank<br />

the council for addressing that<br />

and reaching out to the community.”<br />

She was unable to say when<br />

the pool might reopen without<br />

the proposed funding.<br />

“Fundraising has been difficult<br />

because there are good fundraising<br />

organisations around but<br />

they like to come in when the<br />

community has made a substantial<br />

amount itself.”<br />

Receiving such a large grant<br />

would motivate the community<br />

PLANS: If granted funding, Edgeware Pool campaigners would go “all out” in hopes of<br />

opening the pool in the summer of 2023/2024.<br />

to fundraise for the balance, she<br />

said.<br />

Fundraising had<br />

slowed significantly due<br />

to the Covid-19 pandemic,<br />

which put a stop<br />

to fundraising events<br />

such as quiz nights.<br />

The group recently<br />

launched a website<br />

edgewarepool.co.nz, to<br />

keep the public informed of the<br />

Pauline<br />

Cotter<br />

pool’s progress and enable them<br />

to donate.<br />

“We’re just thrilled that<br />

the council are backing us to<br />

the extent that they’ve put us<br />

into the Annual Plan.”<br />

Although this was still in<br />

the draft phase, she thought<br />

it showed commitment to<br />

the area.<br />

The pool was included<br />

in the Draft Plan in a meeting<br />

Thursday <strong>March</strong> 3 <strong>2022</strong><br />

last week, in which Innes Ward<br />

councillor Pauline Cotter spoke<br />

of the community’s need for the<br />

facility.<br />

“This has been a 16-year<br />

struggle towards the dream of<br />

reinstating their pool,” she said.<br />

The public will be able to<br />

submit their opinions on the<br />

draft plan from <strong>March</strong> 11 before<br />

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Thursday <strong>March</strong> 3 <strong>2022</strong> 5<br />

We are so proud<br />

to announce the<br />

opening of our new<br />

FEDERATION salon<br />

Our aim is to offer as many services and treatments as we are<br />

skilled and qualified to perform under one roof.<br />

Separate from our main hair salon we offer a purpose-built<br />

private hair studio for clients with cultural and spiritual needs<br />

(we offer a safe space).<br />

This serves as a private area for our men and women who<br />

maintain our hair fusion treatments for thinning hair and<br />

hair loss.<br />

Our studio also provides full wheelchair access. We offer plenty<br />

of parking, both at the back of the salon and street frontage.<br />

We warmly welcome you to come on in and see us.<br />

We are a certified Covid 19 Passport salon.<br />

Christine<br />

I have owned a salon and been in the<br />

beauty industry for the last 16 years, with<br />

extensive and certified training in many<br />

treatments relating to skin and all other<br />

beauty therapies.<br />

I am a technician in Cosmetic Tattooing,<br />

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I offer a selection of beautiful facials to<br />

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the best skin you’re in. For all your<br />

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Vanessa<br />

Vanessa comes with over 35 years’<br />

experience in the hair industry.<br />

She has vast experience and<br />

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Thursday <strong>March</strong> 3 <strong>2022</strong><br />

The instigator of smiles and his garden<br />

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ALTHOUGH HE gives away<br />

his home-grown fruits and<br />

vegetables to the community,<br />

Mark Leighs does not see himself<br />

as a gardener.<br />

Instead, the St Albans resident<br />

sees himself as an instigator of<br />

smiles. His Dover Courts garden<br />

contains items of whimsy with<br />

which he aims to brighten the<br />

day of passers-by.<br />

“If you can make one person<br />

smile in tough times, that’s not a<br />

bad thing, is it?” Leighs said.<br />

His favourite items were the<br />

superhero-inspired scarecrows,<br />

although they were not as well<br />

made as some of his other installations.<br />

“That’s simply because of<br />

the reactions they get from the<br />

youngsters that go by, and the<br />

parents with their even younger<br />

ones.”<br />

Iron Man and Superman currently<br />

watch over the garden,<br />

with a possible Spider-Man to<br />

join later.<br />

Just the day before, some children<br />

had walked past, and their<br />

eyes had lit up as they pointed<br />

out the scarecrows.<br />

“Big pay cheque right there. It’s<br />

not a monetary pay cheque . . .<br />

but it’s a hell of a pay cheque.”<br />

The garden also contains<br />

poetry by Robert Frost and Spike<br />

Milligan, as well as Leighs’ own<br />

compositions under the pen<br />

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name Omar Kiam.<br />

Proving the adage that one<br />

person’s trash is another person’s<br />

treasure, Leigh has incorporated<br />

second-hand items into the<br />

displays.<br />

“I go for walks and I do the opshop<br />

circuit and a lot of them have<br />

junk outside the front for free.”<br />

Some junk still had life in<br />

them. For example, he found two<br />

rubber ducks for the garden this<br />

way.<br />

“To be able to create something<br />

that can make at least one<br />

other person in my little community<br />

go ‘oh cool’ well, that’s a<br />

win for me.”<br />

The Covid-19 pandemic has<br />

caused Leighs to spend more<br />

time in the garden.<br />

“When we were all locked<br />

down I got into taking conscious<br />

effort in my garden.”<br />

Until that point, he knew only<br />

a little about gardening, as it was<br />

not a hobby he’d had the time to<br />

cultivate.<br />

He liked the fact it was an activity<br />

that anyone could do that<br />

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Among the crops were corn,<br />

tomatoes, strawberries, beans,<br />

rhubarb, peas, and cabbages.<br />

“I used to just do veggies but<br />

then I realised that bees don’t eat<br />

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Now he also grew flowers as<br />

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A sign notified people the<br />

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and invited them to help themselves<br />

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This was in part a homage to<br />

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“Of course, I have a nice<br />

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Leighs also has a desire to give<br />

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People of all walks of life were<br />

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A former street kid, he empathised<br />

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Charity founder runs for cause<br />

• By Kristie Boland<br />

DRIVEN: Cameron Haylock is the founder of the Thanks Foundation, which helps improve the well-being of young<br />

people. He plans to do more endurance running after the Port Hills Ultra. PHOTOS: ALEX GRIMSHAW & JOE LEEPER<br />

CAMERON Haylock discovered<br />

the ‘runners high’ during<br />

lockdown – and used that high<br />

to run 100km to raise $5500 for<br />

Christchurch youth.<br />

The Thanks Foundation<br />

founder from Sumner has added<br />

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After the lockdown last year,<br />

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3 yellow squash (thinly<br />

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Directions<br />

Combine the sake/soy<br />

sauce/mirin/caster sugar/<br />

root ginger/cornflour, stir<br />

well and set aside.<br />

Heat first measure of<br />

peanut oil, stir fry beef<br />

in batches for 2-3 minutes<br />

each batch or until<br />

browned. Transfer to a casserole<br />

dish and keep hot.<br />

Heat second measure of<br />

oil, stir fry spring onions/<br />

broccolini/red capsicum/<br />

squash for 2-3 minutes or<br />

until tender crisp.<br />

Return beef to frypan<br />

with prepared sauce mixture.<br />

Stir fry for 2-3 minutes<br />

or until sauce boils and<br />

thickens.<br />

Simmer for 1-2 minutes.<br />

Serve on a bed of noodles.<br />

Lamb, ginger and<br />

broccoli stir fry<br />

Serves 2 - 4<br />

Ingredients<br />

2 tablespoons olive oil<br />

Up to 600gm lamb, thinly<br />

sliced<br />

8 cloves garlic, thinly<br />

sliced<br />

2.5cm piece root ginger,<br />

sliced into very thin strips<br />

1 bunch spring onions,<br />

shredded<br />

3 tablespoons sweet chilli<br />

sauce, place in mixing<br />

bowl with:<br />

1 tablespoon tomato sauce<br />

3 tablespoons soy sauce<br />

1 pinch dried red chilli<br />

flakes<br />

100 millilitres water<br />

1 red capsicum, cut into<br />

very thin strips<br />

1 head broccoli (cut up<br />

very small and microwave<br />

for 2min)<br />

Directions<br />

Heat oil in frypan or wok,<br />

add lamb in small batches,<br />

stir frying for 3min (add<br />

more oil if necessary).<br />

Remove lamb with slotted<br />

spoon and set aside in<br />

the warming oven.<br />

Add garlic, root ginger,<br />

spring onions, capsicums<br />

and broccoli to the frypan<br />

and stir fry for 1min, then<br />

add the three sauces, chilli<br />

flakes and water.<br />

Bring to the boil, then<br />

reduce the heat and simmer<br />

for 5min, then return the<br />

lamb to the pan and cook<br />

for a further 2-3min to heat<br />

through before serving.<br />

HOME & HEATING<br />

Keep cosy with<br />

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this winter<br />

RD Petroleum (RDP) is a familiar sight<br />

for farm and rural residents around the<br />

Canterbury region, however now days urban<br />

residents also enjoy the same excellent<br />

customer service for which RDP is known for<br />

in rural communities, through their home<br />

heating diesel.<br />

RDP began its home heating diesel delivery<br />

service to the lower South Island’s main urban<br />

centres of Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin<br />

and Invercargill a number of years ago.<br />

Customer demand has continued to increase<br />

year upon year, and RDP has responded<br />

with specialised improvements to its delivery<br />

equipment.<br />

The trucks that deliver RDP’s home heating<br />

diesel in each urban centre are drawn from<br />

the company’s extensive vehicle fleet. This<br />

Thursday <strong>March</strong> 3 <strong>2022</strong><br />

means they have the latest communication<br />

and GPS tracking technology on board, so<br />

the operations team always know where they<br />

are and how far away they are from their next<br />

delivery stop.<br />

RDP’s home heating diesel trucks come<br />

equipped with a specially-designed hose,<br />

through which the diesel is pumped from<br />

the truck into house tanks. The length of<br />

the hose allows the trucks to access tanks<br />

without having to enter the property, avoiding<br />

damaging the driveway. RDP is the place to<br />

go if you require diesel conveniently delivered<br />

to your home and as a loyal RDP customer<br />

you’re offered discounted pricing and can<br />

become eligible for value-added benefits.<br />

For all enquiries please phone<br />

0800 44 00 14, or visit the RDP website at<br />

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signup at apply.rdp.co.nz/home-heating


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HOME & HEATING<br />

Get the balance<br />

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Enviro Master has been helping<br />

Cantabrians get the balance right when it<br />

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air conditioning system for their home or<br />

office since 2002.<br />

Their team of expert sales people, qualified<br />

electricians, heating and refrigeration<br />

engineers, help to supply and install<br />

Christchurch’s widest range of heat pumps,<br />

and because they have no affiliation with any<br />

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on the benefits and differences between each<br />

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They will recommend the most energyefficient<br />

and cost-effective system for your<br />

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Nowadays, customers are often wanting<br />

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even temperatures throughout the home<br />

both in Winter and Summer. This can be<br />

achieved by using ducted systems or multi<br />

systems and Enviro Master are experts in<br />

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Help is currently available with a<br />

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The subsidy is part of the Warmer Kiwi<br />

Homes initiative and is available to Home<br />

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Services Card, a SuperGold combo card or<br />

who live in a low-income area as determined<br />

by deciles 8-10 on the New Zealand<br />

Deprivation Index.<br />

The applicant’s home must also have been<br />

built before 2008, have insulation up to code<br />

(insulation subsidies also available) and have<br />

no fixed heating in a living area, such as an<br />

existing operational heat pump or fireplace.<br />

With new regulations now in place for<br />

Landlords to provide heating in rentals,<br />

it’s time to ensure you are meeting the new<br />

standards.<br />

Inadequate heating and ventilation can<br />

lead to mould growth and dampness in your<br />

property, leading to costlier maintenance<br />

and an unhealthy living environment.<br />

Providing a fixed heater with a higher heat<br />

output and lower running costs, like a heat<br />

pump, will enable your tenants to heat the<br />

area effectively. Enviro Master are well<br />

experienced with the Tenancy Services<br />

software to ensure that you are meeting your<br />

requirements.<br />

To ensure you choose the right system<br />

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individual situation, offer advice and<br />

answer any questions you may have. This<br />

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installed.<br />

Anyone wondering about their eligibility<br />

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application process. To find out more, call<br />

Enviro Master on (<strong>03</strong>) 366 0525 or visit<br />

their website www.enviromaster.co.nz<br />

What makes a great<br />

Heat Transfer System?<br />

There are a number of Heat Transfer<br />

systems on the market. Smooth-Air<br />

ventilation specialists offer a range of HTU<br />

Heat Transfer Units with carefully selected<br />

components to optimise the system:<br />

They use insulated duct to transfer the<br />

heated air with as little heat loss as possible.<br />

The fan moves sufficient air for the distance<br />

and number of rooms, without being noisy.<br />

The diffusers send the heat to the floor,<br />

not to skim the across the ceilings. All<br />

components are good quality - designed to<br />

operate for years without problems.<br />

Smooth-Air’s HTUs come in a range<br />

of options: One to four rooms, with or<br />

without thermostat and with a choice<br />

of grilles and diffusers. HTUs improve<br />

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power consumption - only 80watts for<br />

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You can also choose the HTU<br />

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floor. These downjet diffusers can also<br />

be adjusted to regulate which room<br />

receives the most warm air.<br />

An average size living room requires<br />

2-4 kw of heating, yet appliances such<br />

as log burners generate heat in the<br />

region of 10 -20kw. This leaves an<br />

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Heat transfer units work best where<br />

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