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Sunflowers standing tall 

BLOOMING GOOD: Jimina Weir with her sunflowers, including her 2.4m plant which was named the tallest plant in a 

competition by the Hei Hei Broomfield Community Development Trust. 

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• By Fiona Ellis 

JIMINA WEIR spent the 

summer nurturing her 

sunflowers with plenty of 

water, but the Hei Hei resident 

was still surprised to be 

awarded the tallest sunflower 

in a community competition 

for her 2.4m plant. 

She was one of about 60 to 

take part in the sunflower growing 

competition run by the Hei 

Hei Broomfield Community 

Development Trust, also known 

as “126 On The Corner.” 

Seeds were given away in November 

and on Saturday community 

development worker 

Tracey Buunk spent the day 

visiting people in their gardens 

to judge the results with Henk 

Buunk. 

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Biking and 

walking 

preferred 

to taking 

the bus 


WALKING AND biking are 

common transport methods, but 

taking the bus is not, a Halswell 

Residents’ Association survey has 

revealed. 

Association 

co-secretary David 

Hawke said more 

than 300 people 

had taken part in 

the survey, which 

focused on community 

activities, 

use of facilities 

and transportation 

habits. 

David 

Hawke 

Hawke said the most important 

discovery from the survey was 

the importance of biking and 

walking. 

“We expected cars would 

dominate, which they do, but 

actually walking and biking to 

community facilities is right up 

there,” Hawke said. 

“The importance of active 

transport really surprised us.” 

People were asked to select 

which method of transport they 

used and could select multiple options. 

Car was selected 264 times, 

walking 109 times and biking 45 

times. Just 24 people selected bus 

as a mode of transport. 

“Public transport is only of 

minor importance to access 

recreation and community 

facilities,” Hawke said. 

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Mobile Discovery Wall 

Thursday, all day, at Halswell, 

Friday-Wednesday, all day, at 

Hornby 

Halswell and Hornby Libraries 

Go along and see the discovery wall 

at Tūranga’s smaller, mobile ‘sibling’. 

Local heritage comes to life with 

this unique interactive touchscreen 

technology that lets you explore the 

history of Christchurch. Try it out as 

it visits community libraries around 

the city. 

Knit ‘n’ Yarn 

Thursday, 10.30am-1.45pm 

and Tuesday, 1-3pm, at Upper 

Riccarton, Thursday, 2-3.30pm, at 

Fendalton 

Fendalton, Hornby and Upper 

Riccarton Libraries 

Take your knitting, crochet, stitching 

or any other handcraft and enjoy the 

company of others. Share skills and 

be inspired. 

English Conversation Club 

Thursday, 11am-noon 

Upper Riccarton Library 

The Conversation Club is a relaxed 

drop-in group where anyone is welcome 

to come and practice conversations 

in English. This is not a class, 

but an opportunity to talk with others 

in English and meet new people. 

Great for ESOL learners. Formerly 

known as the Culture Exchange. 

Wā Kōrero-Storytimes, Monday, 10-10.30am at Upper Riccarton 

Library, Tuesday 10.30-11am, at Fendalton Library, Wednesday, 10.15- 

10.45am, at Hornby Library. Meet others in the community when you and 

your pre-schooler go along for a fun variety of stories, songs and rhymes that 

foster children’s literacy. All welcome. Guardians and children over 12 will 

need to wear a face mask and show their My Vaccine Pass on arrival. Room 

capacity is limited and the number of attendees possible at sessions will be 

influenced by the number of users already in the space. 

GenConnect 

Thursday, 1-1.45pm 


Questions about your smartphone 

or tablet? Want to know how to use 

Skype, Facebook, or share your photos 

with family or friends? What is an 

app and which ones are the best ones 

to use? Riccarton High School students 

will be available every Thursday 

during term time to help you find 

answers to all your questions. This 

will continue with a librarian during 

school holidays. 

JP Clinic 

Saturday, 10am-noon, at 

Fendalton, Tuesday, 10am-1pm at 

Halswell and Upper Riccarton 

Fendalton, Halswell and Upper 

Riccarton Libraries 

A justice of the peace will be 

available to witness signatures 

and documents, certify document 

copies, hear oaths, declarations, 

affidavits or affirmations, as well 

as sign citizenship or rates rebates 

applications. There is no charge for 

this service. 

Coffee Morning at the Hub 

Tuesday 10am-noon 

Halswell Community Hub, Halswell Rd 

New to the area and like to know 

more? Feel like a chat? Want to meet 

new friends? Or just want some 

lovely home baking? Please pop in. 

Family History Help 

Wednesday, 11am-1pm 


Looking for more help with your 

family history research? A volunteer 

from the Riccarton Branch of the 

New Zealand Society of Genealogists 

will be available to help you. Meet at 

the family history computer. 

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Speed being monitored after 

residents share safety concerns 


AN INVESTIGATION is under 

way to see if a Wigram road is 

safe. 

Traffic data is being collected 

by the city council following two 

residents of Awatea Gardens raising 

safety concerns. 

Devices for collecting speed 

data were installed last month, 

and the issue was also raised 

by the residents at a Halswell- 

Hornby-Riccarton Community 

Board meeting. 

There had been multiple 

near-misses between traffic and 

pedestrians with traffic not keeping 

to the 40km/h speed limit, 

the pair told the board. 

“There’s near misses every day. 

it’s got to the point where we’re 

just waiting for an accident,” one 

resident said. 

The pair said Awatea Gardens 

had increasingly more traffic, 

and a way to prevent traffic from 

speeding was needed. 

Speed bumps were the solution 

they supported, showing the 

board four locations on a map 

where they believed these would 

be most effective. 

City council acting transport 

operations manager Stephen 

Wright said information from 

the Awatea Gardens devices 

were not yet available, as data on 

vehicle speed and volume was 

still being collected. 

“Once this is complete we will 

analyse the data and report back 

to the board. This will likely be 

within the next three months,” 

Wright said. 

Physical traffic calming 

features, including speed bumps, 

could be warranted depending 

on the traffic analysis. 

SPEED LIMITS: The city council is investigating traffic 

speed and volumes in Awatea Gardens following residents’ 

concerns. 

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WOULD YOU SHOP IN THE 

CBD MORE IF PARKING 

COST LESS? 

The Greater Hornby Residents 

Association is asking people to fill 

in a survey about whether they 

would shop in the central city 

more if the city council reduced 

parking to $2 per hour. The idea 

was considered at a city council 

meeting last week. The survey link 

can be found on the association’s 

Facebook page and feedback will 

impact the stance taken by the 

association when presenting to 

the council on the issue. 

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2022 

off to an 

excellent 

start 

Kia ora koutou. Talofa. Kia Orana. Malo e 

lelei. Bula Vinaka. Fakaalofa atu. Namaste. 

Kumusta. Haere mai haere mai ki Te Kura 

Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka. Warm greetings to 

the Hornby High School community. 

What a fabulous start to the year at Te 

Huruhuru Ao o Horomaka Hornby High School. 

It has been an absolute pleasure to welcome 

back all of our students and whānau, and to 

welcome many new students and whānau into 

our community. 

We continue to experience significant roll 

growth (26 per cent over the past five years), 

and we are now at our build capacity, with 

thinking turning to how we will accommodate 

the predicted future growth. A key question for 

the community is how large you want your kura 

to become. 

We continue to celebrate great NCEA 

achievements from our senior students. In 2020 

we saw a near doubling of Merit and Excellence 

endorsements across all three NCEA levels. 

It has been gratifying to see those levels of 

endorsement hold up in 2021. 

Of special note are the two scholarship 

examination successes gained by 2021 head 

student Cameron (statistics), and Year 12 

student Nathan (English). These two amazing 

successes are the leading edge of a wave of 

success that we see building throughout the 

kura. 

Not only are we proud of these two students, 

we are proud of all of our akonga. Students are 

encouraged to follow their own individualised 

pathway, and for some that means gaining that 

apprenticeship that they have always sought, 

for others it lies in academic success, or sporting 

or cultural recognition. Whatever their choice, 

we celebrate with them and whānau the ability 

of our young people to find meaning in life, to 

find ways to forge great lives for themselves 

with a strong values base of commitment, 

achievement, resilience, and respect, our four 

school values. Despite the pall that Covid places 

across us all, we are excited about what 2022 

holds. 

Robin Sutton 

Tumuaki 

Students dig 

deep to support 

Tongan relief 

After the devastating 

earthquake 

and tsunami 

hit Tonga 

earlier this year, 

communities 

have rallied 

to support the 

islands in any 

way they can, and 

Hornby High School is no exception. 

We held a mufti day last week with all funds 

raised going to Red Cross Tonga. 

Having the theme of red and white to resonate 

with the Tongan flag, the school was a sea of 

red and white on Friday as a show of support. 

Raising almost $900, it was the biggest 

collection at a mufti day for a number of years, 

proving once again the support our students 

wished to show the people of Tonga. 

Top academic students continue to flourish 

at Hornby High School with news of two 

scholarship examination successes. 2021 

Head Student Cameron gained a scholarship 

in statistics, while Nathan (Year 12 last year) 

gained a scholarship in English. 

Scholarships are awarded to students who 

score in the top 1.5 to 2.5 per cent of their 

entire national year group. 

Nathan’s scholarship is especially 

commendable because he was in Year 12 

when he sat the examination. Scholarships are 

more usually attempted by students in their 

last year of secondary school – Year 13. 

This comes on the back of the school’s second 

successive year with high Merit and Excellence 

endorsements across all three levels of NCEA. 

By Nadia 

Theatre has always been one of the biggest 

passions in my life. 

From creating two-minute plays at preschool, 

to performing 40-minute Shakespearean 

pieces in Wellington, drama has always been 

who I am. 

I began my journey as an actor in 2016 

when I joined Hornby High School’s 

Regional Shakespeare Festival team for the 

Shakespeare Globe Centre New Zealand 

(SGCNZ), University of Otago Sheilah Winn 

Shakespeare Festival (UOSWSF). The passion 

of both my teacher, Mrs Joanne Clark, and 

my peers, excited me, and I made a promise 

to continue acting in the Shakespeare 

Festival all the way to Year 13. 

Seven years later and we’re still going strong! 

However, in my sixth year at Hornby High 

School, I was given the privilege of being 

chosen for the annual SGCNZ National 

Shakespeare Schools Production (NSSP) 

event after performing in the regional 

festival in Christchurch. This meant I went 

to Wellington for nine days in October 2021 

to participate in a journey where we worked 

alongside 49 other New Zealand youths to 

create a 40-minute performance piece. My 

piece was Measure for Measure, directed by 

Tom McRory. 

During NSSP there is a selection process to 

be chosen to represent New Zealand as part 

of the SGCNZ Youth Shakespeare Company, 

Spreading 

the love on 

Valentine’s Day 

March 2022 

Cameron, left, winner of a Scholarship in 

Statistics, and Nathan, right, winner of a 

Scholarship in English. 

In 2021 these endorsement rates doubled, 

and this level of endorsement continues to 

hold into 2022. 

and go to London’s Globe Theatre and 

perform. 

To my amazement, I received a call from the 

SGCNZ CEO Dawn Sanders, who informed 

me that I was chosen to be part of Youth 

Shakespeare Company (YSC). 

This was an incredible surprise to me and I 

am so so grateful to have been chosen. The 

plan for London is to go mid-July, so together 

with Hornby High School we are figuring out 

ways to source the $10,000 needed to get 

me there. 

I have set up a Givealittle page titled 

“GetNadiaToTheGlobe” where donations are 

Commitment, 

Achievement, 

Resilience, 

Respect 

Pair’s Scholarships a result 

of consistent hard work 

Successes like these are the result of 

dedication by the student, the mentoring 

and teaching of individual teachers; in fact 

they are the result of the entire six or seven 

years of nurturing and teaching from an 

incredibly dedicated teaching staff. Every 

member of our staff team contributes, 

whether it is the regular cheery “Mōrena, my 

lovely” from Kelly at the front desk, or the 

deeper conversations with a student’s Dean, 

or Learning Advisor, that guide and nurture 

aspiration for our akonga. Every one of these 

moments builds to the eventual success 

of each individual learner. Ka mau te wehi! 

#manahoromaka #hornbypride 

R Sutton 

Tumuaki 

Call for help for trip to The Globe 

Even though the start of the year 

is an incredibly busy time and the 

prefects are new to their roles, they 

wanted to make the most of the first 

event of the year. 

Valentine’s Day presented as the 

perfect opportunity to spread some 

love through the school, and the 

prefects, pictured at right, promoted 

the day by helping students to show 

they cared about their friends by 

sending them an anonymous note, 

chocolate or rose for a small fee. 

The day was a great success as the 

cupid-themed prefects delivered the 

treats to the delighted students and 

staff. 

A great way to start the year for 

2022! 

Nadia performing during 

Pyramus in A Midsummer 

Night’s Dream. 

open. 

I also plan to do several raffles and arts 

performance evenings over the next few 

terms – Covid permiting – in order to 

fundraise. 

It is my dream to get to The Globe, and 

every step our kura and community makes 

towards it is so beautiful. Not only as a head 

student, but also as an older sister, friend, 

and person, I hope to express and share the 

incredible themes, lessons and language that 

Shakespeare gifted us all those years ago, 

which couldn’t be more relevant in today’s 

world.


Biking over taking 

the bus – survey 

• From page 1 

“Public transport is only of 

minor importance to access 

recreation and community 

facilities,” Hawke said. 

Although the number seven 

bus had a direct route to the city 

along the main road, large parts 

of Halswell were not served by 

public transport, he said. 

The purpose of the survey 

was to help the association in 

advocating for the community. 

“One of the real concerns that 

we have is how [Environment 

Canterbury] and the city council 

can work together to boost public 

transport.” 

Also in the top three finds were 

the importance of playgrounds 

and skate parks for socialising. 

A minority of 126 people stated 

they rarely or never used such 

facilities and those that did often 

met others there. 

Lastly, the survey showed some 

people were seeking facilities 

further afield than those offered 

in Halswell. 

“People travel quite long 

distances, whether to swim or 

walk their dog. They’re travelling 

out of the Halswell area to do 

either of those things,” Hawke 

said. 

For example, 65 people 

sometimes swam at Pioneer 

Recreation & Sport Centre in 

Somerfield, whereas 88 people 

sometimes swam at Halswell 

Pool in summer. 

The survey is still open and can 

be filled out via the association’s 

Facebook page. 

WINNER: Broomfield’s Wayne Green 

won the prize for widest seedhead at 

22cm. 

• From page 1 

The competition was about encouraging 

people to grow things 

by showing them how easy it was, 

Buunk said. 

“It was great going and 

TEAM EFFORT: Broomfield competitors Lacie and 

Aroha Coulson won the children’s prize for the 

widest seedhead with a 12cm sunflower. 

People encouraged to grow plants 

measuring up everyone’s 

sunflowers and some great 

efforts were put in to grow these 

beautiful sunflowers. 

“This is the third year of having 

these competitions but the first 

year with handing out seeds 

instead of plants.” 

The next competition would 

again see plants rather than seeds 

handed out when registrations 

opened in November. 

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On a mission to keep community hall 

At 109-years-old, the 

Halswell Community Hall 

is busier than ever. It is 

overseen by a committee 

of seven members, 

including Judith Penney 

for whom the hall is 

particularly close to 

home. Fiona Ellis reports 

MOVING HOUSES in 2017, 

Judith Penney did not expect to 

find a sense of purpose alongside 

her new home. 

However, that is what she 

chanced upon when she moved 

next door to the Halswell Community 

Hall. 

Now hall committee secretarytreasurer, 

booking officer and 

caretaker, Judith is one of the 

volunteer team keeping the 

109-year-old community venue 

running. 

“I think I was just being neighbourly, 

I popped in to say hello,” 

Judith said. 

She began chatting with a 

committee member who later 

told her they were on the lookout 

for a new volunteer to act as 

treasurer. 

“I have been on committees 

most of my life, I’ve been treasurer 

most of the time, so I said: ‘I 

can do that’.” 

“What I found there were 

some lovely, lovely people.” 

She believed the 200-person 

capacity hall was busier now 

VOLUNTEERS: Halswell Hall committee chairwoman Brenda Newton (left) and secretarytreasurer 

Judith Penney are part of the seven-member team who keep the 109-year-old 

hall running. 

PHOTO: STAR MEDIA 

than it had ever been before, 

with about seven more groups 

using it as a base than this time 

last year. 

“At the moment we have 25 

groups who come for mostly one 

hour each week.” 

These ranged from active clubs 

offering activities such as tai-chi 

and zumba, to social and artistic 

groups. 

Combined with those attending 

private events such as 

birthdays celebrations, over 

25,000 visits were paid to the hall 

each year. 

“It’s all about binding the community 

together and creating 

that support for people.” 

The committee aimed to provide 

an affordable community 

meeting place, she said. 

Discounted rates for struggling 

small groups were sometimes 

charged, to support them while 

they got started. 

This approach meant finding 

funds to make improvements to 

the building could be challenging. 

“The hall is reliant on [grants]. 

We make enough to cover running 

costs and that’s great, but it 

doesn’t cover upgrades.” 

Opened in 1913 by MP and 

postmaster-general Heaton Rhodes, 

committee meeting minutes 

dating back to 1939 gave a feel 

for times past. 

“It was the old typical country 

hall. It’s pretty much been the 

focal point of whatever was going 

on in the community,” Judith 

said. 

There were frequent discussions 

about buying firewood in 

the minutes, and pianos were 

also in hot demand. 

The need to find a new instrument 

or have a current one tuned 

was a recurring theme in the 

minutes. 

Nowadays people preferred to 

organise their own DJs or bring 

along their own sound system 

when music was called for, she 

said. 

Before the front of the building 

contained Forget Me Knots 

craft shop, it used to be a police 

station, and before that a bank, 

she said. 

The records also show the history 

of repair work at the hall, an 

ongoing issue the committee was 

tackling. 

“There was some major damage 

following the earthquake, 

but it really only affected part of 

the hall. 

“Those bits were replaced, but 

the rest of it is still old. 

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operating 

The committee was on a mission 

to future-proof the building 

with work that would last a long 

time, she said. 

Upgrades could also be longterm 

money-savers, such as replacing 

the old clay pipes rather 

than having a maintenance 

worker coming to repair them 

year after year. 

“As treasurer, that didn’t sit 

well with me.” 

The front and back wall of the 

hall was in line for repair, as was 

the storage section. 

“We’re redoing the whole site 

storage area, hopefully, this 

year.” 

Next June would mark the 

110th anniversary since the hall 

celebrated its official opening, 

and the committee planned to 

mark the occasion. 

“We’ll have a big party next 

year.” 

The seven people on the committee 

all played a part in the 

success of the hall, but would 

welcome new members, she said. 

Finding volunteers was a 

struggle, and short term and 

one-off contributions were 

welcome to contribute what they 

could. 

For Judith, a self-described 

people-person with a 

background in real estate, 

connecting with others was 

the most rewarding part of the 

role. 

“Working with people . . . 

there’s so much buzz.” 

Her last house in Halswell had 

been 500m from the hall, and it 

had not been on her radar at all. 

“We had no involvement with 

the community. It was quite 

isolated.” 

She had so far missed just one 

meeting in her entire time on 

the committee-the very first, as 

she did not realise what time it 

was held. 

Her work created a sense of 

belonging for herself and others. 

“Most of our guys that are 

there are community-minded. 

It’s wonderful, it really is.” 

Fewer issues unresolved 


THOSE LIVING in the 

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board area are 

increasingly likely to have 

problems resolved when reaching 

out to the city council, a report 

shows. 

A ticket report for the board’s 

Tuesday meeting shows less than 

22 per cent of tickets – or issues 

the public contacted the city 

council about – were left unresolved 

in December. 

Of 2586 tickets, 2026 were 

closed and 560 were open by the 

end of the month. 

This is an improvement on the 

number of unresolved issues for 

the previous month, October 20 

to November 19, in which 824 

tickets out of 2684 were unresolved, 

more than 30 per cent. 

It is also an improvement on 

the ticket report from September 

20 to October 19, in which 2270 

tickets were completed but 761 

were left unresolved, a total of 

25.11 percent. 

In the most recent report, tickets 

fell in a range of categories, 

including wheelie bins, transport, 

three waters council assets 

and property information. 

Bin-related problems continued 

to be a major issue for the 

area in December. 

Uncollected bins were the top 

reason for a resident to contact 

the council, with 261 tickets, 

and damaged bins came third 

BINS: Uncollected bins continue to top the list of issues 

reported to the city council in the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board area. 

with 213 tickets. 

The previous month uncollected 

bins were also the top 

issue, with 266 tickets issued, 

while damaged bins were the 

third most frequent issue with 

239 tickets. 

The December report shows 

an increase in road litter being 

reported, with 227 tickets issued, 

up from 184 the previous month. 

A total 1921 tickets remain 

open for the area, with the 

average unresolved ticket open 

for 95 days, the latest report 

shows. 

Fifty per cent of open tickets 

are less than 32 days old, but 25 

per cent are more than 104 

days old. 

Number of tickets (issues) 

reported in the Halswell- 

Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board area 

between December 01 and 

December 31: 

1. Bin not collected: 261 

2. Litter (road): 227 

3. Damaged bin: 213 

4. Leak (water supply): 174 

5. Graffiti: 135 

6. Missing bin: 86 

7. Residential LIM: 74 

8. New service: 70 

9. Residential property files: 

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Charity founder runs for cause 

• By Kristie Boland 

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

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

CAMERON Haylock discovered 

the ‘runners high’ during 

lockdown – and used that high 

to run 100km to raise $5500 for 

Christchurch youth. 

The Thanks Foundation 

founder from Sumner has added 

endurance running to his list of 

sports. 

He’s also a surfer, snowboarder 

and skater and his not-for-profit 

organisation helps young people 

in Christchurch access these 

sports. 

“I just see how many young 

people would want to be a part of 

these sports,” he said. 

Haylock, along with others 

from the Thanks Foundation, 

have started taking young people 

on weekly skating trips and hope 

to do the same with surfing and 

snowboarding. 

The 30-year-old recently ran 

the Port Hills Ultra. Leading up 

to the race, he set up a Givealittle 

page with a goal of raising $5000. 

The money will go towards 

surf equipment to give young 

people around the city. 

“We all know the benefit of 

surfing on your well-being so 

we want to make sure more and 

more young people get the opportunity 

to get out there,” said 

Haylock. 

After the lockdown last year, 

he decided he needed to do 

something different to “just surfing 

or drinking coffee” and took 

up running. 

“I actually managed to get that 

thing they call the runners high 

and then I started educating 

myself around the endurance 

and trail-running. I got curious 

about how far I could push 

myself physically and mentally,” 

said Haylock. 

He pushed himself to his limits 

three weeks ago in torrential ran 

and fierce wind. 

It took him 17 hours and 15 

minutes to complete 90km of 

the 100km ultra run through the 

Port Hills, but due to freezing 

and dangerous conditions he had 

to stop there. 

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pretty stoked to go that far, it 

just wasn’t worth it carrying on. 

I still had the ability to process 

and analyse what was going on 

with my body and everything 

else around me,” said Haylock. 

He went back last Wednesday 

to complete the final 10km. 

The Givealittle page has now 

raised more than $5500 for 

the equipment and Haylock is 

“stoked” with the outcome. 

He said he sees young people 

challenging themselves all the 

time to learn new things and he 

wants to do the same. 

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profit I always want to be seen 

challenging myself mentally, 

physically, spiritually or emotionally,” 

he said. 

Haylock said Thanks Foundation 

exists to share the power of 

continuously saying thanks. 

“Thanks Foundation 

creates opportunities for 

young people of all abilities to 

build stories collectively and 

individually, intentionally 

focusing on their mental health 

and well-being, while having 

fun,” said Haylock. 

BOARD: Cameron Haylock surfs, snowboards and skates 

and is helping young people take the sports up. 

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Serial volunteer says it’s all about people 

• By Emily Moorhouse 

A FULL-TIME worker who 

juggles five volunteer roles says 

it’s all about helping others. 

Sanjeewa Thanushka, who 

goes by the name AK, moved 

here from Dubai 15 years ago, 

although he is originally from Sri 

Lanka. 

He came to New Zealand to 

study specialisation in retail 

management before becoming 

a full-time assistant manager at 

Look Sharp. 

Back in Dubai, AK worked 

long hours so when he arrived 

here he was surprised at how 

much spare time he had, in spite 

of working five days a week. 

So he decided to volunteer on 

his days off, starting at Community 

Patrols of New Zealand. He 

now volunteers for Red Cross, 

The Salvation Army, Age Concern 

and Gap Filler. 

“I believe time is really precious, 

this time will never come 

back to you,” he said. “I love to 

work with people, I am a people 

oriented person. I don’t accept 

money or anything. I do it for 

free but I do the good thing, the 

right thing.” 

AK, of Sydenham, has been 

separated from his wife and 

daughter for more than three 

years now due to border restrictions. 

They are in Sri Lanka, and 

he said the volunteer work has 

helped him with missing them. 

“It’s really tough you know, so 

I have to keep my mind [busy] 

PATROL: AK with City Park’s CPNZ police liasion officer Senior Constable John Way. 

you know, have to have the 

proper mindset to work.” 

AK joined the Christchurch 

City Park Patrollers three years 

ago and has since developed a 

simplified “in car” communication 

system to make recording 

and reporting to the police 

easier. 

Last year he was learning 

about the patrollers’ reporting 

structure when he thought to 

himself the system could not 

only be simplified to make it 

easier to operate, but it could also 

be cheaper. It would just be a task 

that took a lot of time. 

So AK took it upon himself 

to organise a meeting with the 

developers of the current system 

and propose his idea. 

“I thought okay I can do it, I 

just took the risk and asked them 

if it was okay,” he said. 

Once the test runs were done, 

AK’s new system was put in 

place and has saved the patrollers 

a lot of time and money, said 

City Park CPNZ treasurer John 

Hammond. 

“That’s made things a lot easier 

for us because we used to write 

in the car and when you’re writing 

in the car you can imagine 

there’s a whole lot of scribbles,” 

Hammond said. “So he managed 

to streamline that for us so it can 

be read.” 

Aside from being a “wiz” with 

IT, Hammond said AK was a 

great person to be around. 

“He’s an awesome guy, he 

would do anything for you. It’s 

just the sort of guy he is, he’s 

very generous with his time,” 

Hammond said. “He’s constantly 

always very reliable for patrol, 

I don’t think he’s ever missed a 

night with us.” 

City Park CPNZ acting chairwoman 

Lynda Cameron also 

praised AK for the work he’s 

done with the patrollers. 

“He’s our observer and he’s 

good at it, he often sees things 

that I don’t see when we’re driving 

around,” Cameron said. 

“He’s so helpful and he knows 

so much about IT and just about 

people, he understands people 

which is great. He’s just lovely to 

have around.” 

AK said volunteering is a way 

of sharing knowledge with others 

as well as getting involved 

with your community. 

“I feel if you can contribute 

then it will be very helpful and 

taking off the burden from 

someone else.” 

RESCUE

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Use Asian spices to 

bring out flavour 

If you have some 

left over roast 

meat here is an 

economical and 

flavoursome way 

to make sure it is 

not wasted 

Moroccan-style 

left-over roast 

lamb stew 

Ingredients 

Serves 6-8 

2 tablespoons olive oil, 

place in frypan with: 

15gm butter 

2 onions (chopped) 

6 cloves garlic (crushed) 

1 x 400gm can chickpeas 

(drained and rinsed) 

1 x 425gm can chopped 

tomatoes (any variety) 

Peppercorns 

1 teaspoon turmeric 

½ teaspoon ground 

ginger 

1 teaspoon cinnamon 

Juice of 1 lemon (can use 

a lime) 

450ml vegetable stock 

(can use chicken stock) 

1 teaspoon salt 

Parsley or coriander – or 

a mixture of both (finely 

chopped) 

Mint – can use 2 tablespoons 

Mint sauce, or 2 

teaspoons dried mint, or 

can use a couple of sprigs 

of fresh mint 

1 teaspoon paprika 

¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper 

Left-over roast lamb 

(diced) 

Mixed herbs and dried 

apricots (to sprinkle over 

top when done) 

Directions 

Heat oil/butter, add 

onion and garlic and gently 

fry for at least 10min until 

softened and coloured. 

Add chickpeas and 

tomatoes, stir. Lower heat, 

add pepper, turmeric, ginger, 

cinnamon and lemon 

juice, mix thoroughly. 

Add the stock and the 

salt, turn frypan back on 

and bring to the boil, then 

simmer for about 20-30 

minutes until liquid has 

reduced right down, but 

don’t let it dry out completely. 

Add parsley (and/or 

coriander), mint, paprika 

and cayenne pepper, then 

Noodles 

will help 

bulk out 

this beef 

stir fry. 

AROMA: Moroccan stew will tantalise your taste 

buds. 

lastly add lamb and dried 

apricots. 

Heat through thoroughly. 

Sprinkle with mixed 

herbs and serve. 

Asia-inspired beef 

stir fry 

Serves 4 

Ingredients 

2 tablespoons cooking 

sake, place in jug with: 

2 tablespoons dark soy 

sauce 

1 tablespoon mirin 

1 tablespoon caster sugar 

1 tablespoon root ginger 

(grated) 

2 teaspoons cornflour 

2 separate tablespoons 

peanut oil, place 1 tablespoon 

in frypan (or wok) 

750gm rump steak 

(trimmed and thinly 

sliced) 

4 spring onions 

1 bunch broccolini 

(halved) or equivalent of 

broccoli 

1 red capsicum (seeded 

and thinly sliced) 

3 yellow squash (thinly 

sliced) 

400gm packet Udon Noodles 

(soaked, drained) 

Directions 

Combine the sake/soy 

sauce/mirin/caster sugar/ 

root ginger/cornflour, stir 

well and set aside. 

Heat first measure of 

peanut oil, stir fry beef 

in batches for 2-3 minutes 

each batch or until 

browned. Transfer to a casserole 

dish and keep hot. 

Heat second measure of 

oil, stir fry spring onions/ 

broccolini/red capsicum/ 

squash for 2-3 minutes or 

until tender crisp. 

Return beef to frypan 

with prepared sauce mixture. 

Stir fry for 2-3 minutes 

or until sauce boils and 

thickens. 

Simmer for 1-2 minutes. 

Serve on a bed of noodles. 

Lamb, ginger and 

broccoli stir fry 

Serves 2 - 4 

Ingredients 

2 tablespoons olive oil 

Up to 600gm lamb, thinly 

sliced 

8 cloves garlic, thinly 

sliced 

2.5cm piece root ginger, 

sliced into very thin strips 

1 bunch spring onions, 

shredded 

3 tablespoons sweet chilli 

sauce, place in mixing 

bowl with: 

1 tablespoon tomato sauce 

3 tablespoons soy sauce 

1 pinch dried red chilli 

flakes 

100 millilitres water 

1 red capsicum, cut into 

very thin strips 

1 head broccoli (cut up 

very small and microwave 

for 2min) 

Directions 

Heat oil in frypan or wok, 

add lamb in small batches, 

stir frying for 3min (add 

more oil if necessary). 

Remove lamb with slotted 

spoon and set aside in 

the warming oven. 

Add garlic, root ginger, 

spring onions, capsicums 

and broccoli to the frypan 

and stir fry for 1min, then 

add the three sauces, chilli 

flakes and water. 

Bring to the boil, then 

reduce the heat and simmer 

for 5min, then return the 

lamb to the pan and cook 

for a further 2-3min to heat 

through before serving. 

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22. Word that precedes 

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Across: 1. Clamour, 5. 

Leisure, 9. Nerve, 10. 

Potential, 11. Archetype, 

12. Rungs, 13. Epoch, 15. 

Encompass, 18. Dissenter, 

19. Sonic, 21. Plaza, 23. 

Destroyer, 25. Old school, 

26. Singe, 27. Acolyte, 28. 

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Atrocious, 3. Obese, 4. 

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Enlists, 14. Hierarchy, 16. 

Chrysalis, 17. Annoyance, 

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Audio, 23. Drone, 24. Risks. 

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sue, sun, swine, UNWISE, 

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