Nor'West News: March 10, 2022

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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2022 

• By Fiona Ellis 

SHAYLAH SAYERS may have 

only been a competitive track 

cyclist for six months, but she 

is already set to race against 

the best in her age group. 

The 13-year-old Papanui 

High School student will compete 

in the U15 category of 

Cycling New Zealand’s Track 

National Championships in 

Cambridge next week. 

The championships are open 

to U15 and U17 cyclists for the 

first time this year, and Shaylah 

is among the young riders 

from Christchurch heading 

north to represent Canterbury. 

Christchurch Boys’ High 

School student James Aroyo 

will also compete in the U15 

category, while fellow students 

Matt Davidson, Josh Parsons 

and Luca Sanders have qualified 

for the U17 category. 

Papanui High School 

student Kirsty Watts will also 

compete in the U17 competition, 

as will Cashmere High 

School’s Meg Baker. 

In spite of her short time 

in the sport, Shaylah won six 

gold medals and one silver in 

the Canterbury Open Track 

Cycling Championship last 

month. 

“With how good I did in the 

races, and the times I had and 

stuff, I expected to qualify for 

nationals, but when I heard 

that I qualified for nationals, I 

got excited,” she said. 

She was most looking 

forward to representing Canterbury, 

she said. 

“I’m really excited for that, 

and to see what I can do over 

there.” 

Shaylah was a little surprised 

at how quickly she had taken 

to track cycling since last 

October, but attributed it to a 

life-long love of cycling. 

• Turn to page 6 

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Fast-paced rise up the 

rankings for cyclist 

PHOTO: EUGENE 

BONTHUYS 

OUT FRONT: Shaylah 

Sayers, 13, sets the 

pace at the Southland 

track championships in 

December. Last month 

she won six gold medals 

and one silver in the 

Canterbury open track 

cycling championships. 

Christchurch Arena 

Young 

person 

allegedly 

involved 

in theft 

at school 

• By Fiona Ellis 

POLICE ARE investigating the 

late-night theft of school speakers 

in which a child appears to have 

been involved. 

Waimairi school’s CCTV 

cameras captured the incident 

that saw six fire alarm and school 

bell speakers stolen at about 

11.30pm last Tuesday. 

School Principal Mike 

Anderson said one of the people 

caught on camera appeared to be 

“quite young.” 

Possible identities of those 

involved had been passed on to 

the police to follow up. 

CCTV photos were shared to 

the school’s Facebook page with 

a message asking people to get 

in touch if they thought they 

could help identify anyone, a 

method that seems to have been 

successful. 

Anderson said he believed 

he had a good idea of who was 

responsible, although identities 

have not been confirmed. 

He felt frustrated by the 

incident, he said. 

The school would need to 

replace the stolen speakers, 

including hiring technicians to 

install them, and the cost could be 

“in the thousands”. 

• Turn to page 3 

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Thursday, 12.30– 2.15pm 

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Fendalton, Papanui, Shirley and 

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Monday, 10-11.30 am 

Bishopdale Library 

Go along and join this friendly 

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With no set book to read, this is a 

relaxed and social group that meets 

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Cards at the Papanui Club 

Monday, 1.15-3.15pm, Tuesday, 

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After school Activity Zone 

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Redwood Library 

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Manu competition 

grand final, Sunday, 

noon-2pm, at Jellie Park. 

Get amongst the fun at 

the grand final of the city 

council’s summer manu 

competition. There are 

four categories – under 

13s, 13 to 18 years, open 

female and adult. The top 

three queens or kings of 

the manu will be awarded 

an official trophy and 

prizes. Under the red 

setting of the Covid-19 

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summer pool parties 

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in line with government 

guidelines with capacity 

limits. 

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Wednesday, 4-5.30pm 

Shirley Library 

Go along with your Magic: The 

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Cards can also be borrowed. Play, 

swap cards or hang out. Snacks 

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Wednesdays during term time. Free, 

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School theft ‘frustrating’ 

SUSPICIOUS: CCTV footage of people allegedly at Waimairi School where six fire alarm and school bell speakers were 

stolen last week. Police are investigating. 

• From page 3 

“Schools have tight enough 

budgets as it is, we really don’t 

have the budget to be doing this.” 

Anderson noticed the theft 

early the next morning when the 

bell failed to ring as usual. 

However, disruption in the 

school schedule was minimal. 

They were now using air horns 

in place of a bell, as the school 

already had this leftover from 

post-earthquake construction 

work. 

Other fire alarms at the school 

had not been affected and so the 

theft did not pose a fire safety 

issue, Anderson said. 

He believed it was likely the 

speakers were stolen so young 

people could attach them to their 

bikes and play music from them. 

“That’s what they’ve been 

doing. It’s fairly common 

knowledge in schools across the 

country.” 

Although he had heard of 

it happening in other schools, 

it was the first time such an 

incident had occurred at 

Waimairi School, and he hoped 

it would be the last. 

Police were continuing to 

make inquiries to locate the 

offenders, a police spokesperson 

told Nor’West News on Monday. 

Christchurch North 

Community Patrol chairman 

Sam Hall said although there 

had been a few incidents in the 

Jellie Park area, young people 

were not generally causing 

trouble in the patrol area. 

“We’re always looking for that 

sort of thing,” Hall said. 

“It’s on our taskings to look out 

for, but we haven’t come across 

anything.” 

In Brief 

Roadworks begin today 

Staged one-way closures are 

taking place on Queen Elizabeth 

II Drive for the application of 

low-noise asphalt between the 

Christchurch Northern Corridor 

motorway overbridge and 

Main North Rd. Westbound 

traffic will be impacted by work 

today, and eastbound traffic 

will be impacted on Sunday. 

Work is weather dependent, with 

Sunday and Monday set as 

reserve dates. Posted diversions 

will be in place while work is 

undertaken. 

Nominations now open for 

community service awards 

Nominations open tomorrow for 

the city council’s Community 

Service Awards. The awards are 

a way of honouring volunteers 

doing good work in education, 

culture, church, recreation, sport 

or community service fields, 

from youth to older adults. 

Nominations close on April 

14. Recipients will receive their 

awards at a ceremony hosted by 

their community board in June 

or July. 

Tech help sessions on hold 

St Albans Neighbour Net is 

not holding its usual drop-in 

technology help sessions at the 

community centre until further 

notice due to the Covid-19 

Omicron outbreak. Those with 

computer queries can phone the 

community centre on 972 5534 

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Springbok tour supporters sought for project 

• By Chris Barclay 

ANTI-apartheid protesters 

and rugby fans who supported 

the Springboks Tour in 1981 

are being sought to recount 

memories of that divisive winter 

for school children through an 

oral history initiative for the city. 

And once the audio interviews 

are catalogued, ideally they will 

be advertised and accessed at 

sites such as Lancaster Park, an 

epicentre of protest action as the 

venue of the series-opening All 

Blacks test against South Africa 

– almost 41 

years ago. 

“What we 

hope we’ll be 

able to do is have 

a mini audio 

documentary so 

Kris Herbert 

you’ll be able to 

walk around the 

park and hear the story from a 

viewpoint of being in the stands, 

a protester and a police officer 

so we can paint a rich picture of 

this event,” Our Stories Project 

director Kris Herbert said. 

The not-for-profit project is 

seeking interviewees from across 

the divide to be quizzed by year 

7 and 8 students at Unlimited 

Discovery (Ao Tawhiti). 

Already police officers who 

were on test duty that Saturday, 

August 15, have agreed to go 

down memory lane to Wilsons 

Rd and Lismore St, where they 

faced off with protesters pre and 

post-match. 

News media who covered the 

protests – and the game (won by 

the All Blacks 14-9) – are also 

sought for their views, likewise 

‘neutral’ Cantabrians who 

watched the drama unfold while 

sitting on the fence. 

Christchurch-based former 

national organiser of Halt 

all Racist Tours John Minto 

provided ample local contacts 

for the protest movement, but 

pro-tour supporters have been 

harder to locate, prompting 

a request by Herbert to make 

contact. 

“We’d love to hear from people 

who were rugby supporters, that 

was another viewpoint on it, that 

sport and politics shouldn’t mix. 

They’re proving a wee bit trickier 

to find.” 

Students aged 11 and 12-yearsold 

have been schooled up 

on interview techniques, and 

should put those skills to the test 

intermittently over the coming 

months when their schedule 

allows. 

Herbert, who secured $25,000 

of funding through the city 

council’s Intangible Heritage 

Grant Fund, envisaged the 

collection comprising about 15 

interviews. 

Our Stories Project started 

in 2016 and focused on 

Lyttelton, where schoolchildren 

interviewed long-standing 

residents about growing up in 

the port. 

Herbert said the project was 

headed in a new direction, by 

focusing on one of the most 

contentious issues to split the 

city. 

“Although there were some 

heartfelt moments with the 

Lyttelton stuff, a lot of it was 

quite light like: ‘My favourite fish 

and shop was …’” 

Now the project could 

potentially go from the frying 

pan into the fire. 

PITCH BATTLE: Police armed with 

batons confront anti-apartheid 

protesters who made it on the ground 

at Lancaster Park, delaying the start of 

the first test between New Zealand and 

South Africa in 1981. 

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“We wanted to collect stories 

from the central city and 

we thought we’d attach it to 

the 40th-anniversary of the 

Springbok tour,” Herbert 

said. 

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aspects to understand, it’s not 

just black and white, there’s a lot 

of grey, and it’s connected 

to physical places around the 

city.” 

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Bridge over Avon opened 

THE FIRST of three new 

pedestrian bridges in the 

Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor 

opened to the public last week. 

The Avondale bridge crosses 

the river from the end of 

Briarmont St to the regeneration 

area adjacent to New Brighton 

Rd. 

City council head of parks 

Andrew Rutledge said the new 

bridge provides an important 

connection between Avondale 

and the ecologically-restored 

wetlands planned for the future 

Eastern Reach. 

“It’s an exciting time for the 

Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor, 

with a lot of work under way to 

fulfil the vision and objectives 

of the Regeneration Plan for the 

area,” he said. 

“This is the first of three new 

footbridges currently being built 

in the 602ha regeneration area, 

to provide valuable cross-river 

connections for neighbouring 

communities and users of the 

Regeneration Area. 

“These bridges will also plan 

an integral role in the future 

City to Sea Pathway that will 

follow the river from Barbadoes 

St to New Brighton.” 

The three bridges at Avondale, 

Medway St and Snell Pl and 

a new riverside landing at 

Dallington were funded by a 

$13.7 million grant from the 

Christchurch Earthquakes 

Appeal Trust. 

“We’re grateful to the 

Christchurch Earthquake 

Appeal Trust for the funding 

they provided to bring these 

bridges and the landing to life,” 

Rutledge said. 

The Dallington Landing will 

open to the public on Saturday 

followed by the Medway St and 

Snell Pl footbridges in April. 

Inclusion of youth 

categories ‘natural 

pathway’ for cyclists 

• From page 1 

“I’ve mountain biked since I 

was little, with my dad, and then 

I started mountain bike racing at 

the start of last year.” 

While she was unable to choose 

a favourite between track cycling 

and mountain biking, track 

cycling came with a lower risk of 

injury. 

She once tore a hole in her leg 

mountain biking, which was 

unlikely to happen on the smooth 

velodrome surface. 

“I’ve been mountain biking for 

a long time, but track cycling is 

pretty awesome.” 

In preparation for the nationals, 

Shaylah had stepped up her 

training regime. 

“I’m doing a lot of mountain 

biking and road cycling, and track 

training too. I do maybe 30-40 

kilometres a day. I try to get my 

training done early in the morning, 

so then I have the rest of the 

day and I can do other stuff too.” 

She was used to the early starts 

and loved to be on her bike whenever 

she could. 

“Sometimes I ride on the cycle 

path out to Kaiapoi, and I ride 

up in the hills, and I spend lots 

of my time in Bottle Lake forest 

mountain biking.” 

However, people would be 

surprised to know how serious it 

could get, she said. She and many 


others trained hard. 

She would like to win an U15 

national title, and to represent 

New Zealand one day. 

Shaylah watched other riders 

whose sporting careers she admired, 

such as Ellesse Andrews. 

“I know she got a silver medal 

at the Olympics and she wasn’t 

expecting it so I thought that was 

pretty cool.” 

It would be awesome to be at 

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CRICKETER Darcy Rose 

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choices in the way 

you serve lamb. These 

recipes add taste yet 

enhance the flavour 

of the meat 

Italian-style baked lamb 

chops 

Serves 3 

Ingredients 

Up to three lamb leg fillets or 

six lamb chops, place in frypan 

with two tablespoons olive oil 

and brown thoroughly 

1 large onion (sliced) 

1 400gm can tomatoes (any 

flavour but Moroccan is best), 

place in small bowl with 

1 lamb Oxo cube (crumbled into 

tomatoes) 

Cracked pepper (can use ordinary 

black pepper) 

1 teaspoon sugar 

1 heaped teaspoon origanum 

40gm tasty cheese (grated), mix 

in bowl with: 

55gm breadcrumbs (wholemeal 

is best) 

27gm butter (melted) 

Directions 

Line ovenproof dish with nonstick 

tin foil. 

Place browned leg fillets/chops 

into dish, put onions over top 

of meat, then pour tomatoes/ 

Oxo cube/peppercorns/sugar/ 

origanum over onions, then cover 

with cheese/breadcrumbs/butter. 

Bake, uncovered, at 140 deg C 

for 2½ hours. Serve on rice or 

with baked potatoes. 

Lamb, ginger and broccoli 

stir fry 

Serves 2-4 

Ingredients 

2 tablespoons olive oil 

Up to 600gm lamb, thinly sliced 

4 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 small bowl with 

1 tablespoon tomato sauce 

3 tablespoons soy sauce 

1 pinch dried red chilli flakes 

TANGY: 

Baked lamb 

chops can 

be served 

on rice 

and use 

potatoes 

as an extra 

vegetable. 

100ml water 

1 red capsicum, cut into very 

thin strips 

1 head broccoli (cut up very 

small and microwave for 2min) 

Directions 

Heat oil in wok or frypan, add 

lamb in small batches, stir frying 

for 3min (add more oil if necessary). 

Remove lamb 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. 

Marinade for meat and 

poultry 

• Prepare in advance – 

overnight 

Ingredients 

½ cup soy sauce, place in 

shallow dish with 

½ cup fruit juice 

2 tablespoons olive oil 

2 tablespoons sherry 

1 teaspoon dry mustard powder 

4 cloves garlic, crushed 

Directions 

Place meat or poultry in 

marinade for as long as 

possible. Overnight gives the best 

results. 

•This quantity is suitable 

for up to four large chicken 

breast fillets, up to eight small 

chops or up to six porterhouse 

steaks. 

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Traditional snack food to keep hunger at bay 

If you have lost your 

recipe book, these 

simple snacks are 

family favourites and 

will keep them satisfied 

between meals 

Bacon and egg pie 

Mix ingredients thoroughly. 

Fry in olive oil on skillet until 

browned on both sides and 

cooked through. 

Chicken and corn 

savouries 

Makes 12 

Serves 4 

Ingredients 

Ingredients 

2 sheets flaky pastry 

8 eggs 

1 cup baby peas 

1 large onion, chopped 

250g middle eye bacon 

Directions 

Grease baking dish and line 

with one sheet of pastry. 

Cover with half the bacon. 

Sprinkle peas over the bacon and 

add onion. 

Place the eggs over the peas/ 

bacon/onion, cover with the 

remaining bacon. Place second 

sheet of pastry over top. 

Bake at 200 deg C for 40min. 

Corn fritters 

Makes 16 

Ingredients 

4 slices bacon (cut into small 

squares), place in saucepan with 

2 medium onions, chopped 

Boil bacon and onion until 

onion turns clear while other 

ingredients get weighed out and 

prepared. 

2 eggs, place in small bowl with 

½ cup sugar 

2 cups flour, sifted with 

2 teaspoons baking powder 

½ cup blue milk 

880gm can cream-style corn 

Olive oil (for frying fritters in) 

Directions 

Beat eggs and sugar until thick, 

add with milk to flour/baking 

powder, then add corn, 

bacon/onion and mix 

thoroughly. 

Heat oil in frypan and place 

large spoonfuls of mixture 

into hot oil and fry until dark 

brown on both sides and cooked 

through. 

Courgette and chicken 

fritters 

Makes 6 

Ingredients 

2 large courgettes, grated and 

Bacon 

and egg 

pie is 

always a 

satisfying 

hunger 

buster. 

as much liquid squeezed out as 

possible, place in mixing bowl 

with 

300gm corn kernels 

1 cup cooked shredded chicken 

2 spring onions, thinly sliced 

1 cup wholemeal flour 

1½ teaspoons baking powder 

2 eggs, beaten 

¼ cup blue milk 

½ cup tasty cheese, grated 

1/3rd of a cup parmesan cheese, 

grated 

2 tablespoons fresh thyme 

leaves, chopped 

Peppercorns 

Olive oil 

12 slices white sandwich 

bread, crusts removed 

180gm shredded chicken 

880gm cream-style corn 

¼ cup grated tasty cheese 

1 spring onion, sliced 

2 eggs, beaten with 

½ cup blue milk 

2 tablespoons parsley 

(chopped) 

Directions 

Press bread into holes of 

muffins pans which have been 

well greased. 

Use the largest pans 

available. 

Divide the shredded chicken/ 

sweetcorn mixture evenly into the 

bread linings, scatter spring onion 

over top. 

Pour egg mixture evenly into 

the bread cases and top with 

cheese 

Bake at 180 deg C for 10-15min 

until egg is set and bread cases are 

golden. 

Can be eaten warm or cold. 

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RAY WHITE PAPANUI NEWS 

The Humble Letterbox 

The humble letterbox can be a quite forgettable everyday 

item and one that doesn’t evoke much feelings of excitement 

when it comes to home design. However, it is typically one of 

the first things people see when they arrive at your house so 

it’s worth selecting one that not only boasts function but form 

as well. 

Letterbox Rules 

Did you know that here in NZ we have specific mailbox 

specifications from NZ Post? Every day each of our Posties 

delivers to around 1,000 mailboxes, some positioned in 

difficult places with hard to reach slots. 

• Ensure the main mail slot is big enough to take several A4 

size magazines without needing to fold them. If you receive 

parcels, you should consider having a separate parcel area 

in your mailbox. 

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now take the length of an A4 size item so that mail can be 

pushed in far enough to drop out of sight securely. 

• Your mailbox should be large enough to hold all of the mail 

you receive. If you frequently receive parcels, ensure your 

mailbox is large enough to accommodate them, out of sight 

from the street. 

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newspapers. 

• You can still have fun with your mailbox design - just allow 

for the minimum internal dimensions shown in the diagram 

below to make mail delivery easy and safe. 

• Spring loaded flaps must not be fitted on mailboxes as they 

may cause injury to your Postie. 

Setting up your mailbox 

• Make sure your street number is clearly visible. 

• Position your mailbox on the property boundary, close to 

the footpath on the nearest flat area, in a position that is 

easy and safe for your Postie to access. Where your Postie 

delivers by cycle the terrain before and after your mailbox 

needs to be flat and free of obstructions. 

• Avoid locating your mailbox on a hill, slope, bank or up steps. 

• Maintain safe and clear access to your mailbox, with no 

shrubbery or obstacles in the way. 

• The height of your mailbox must be between 900mm – 

1200mm from the ground to the mail slot. 

Mailboxes for flats or apartments 

Outside mailboxes Groups of outside mailboxes for flats or 

apartments should be at right angles to the footpath or road 

way. The height from the ground to the mail slot must be 

900mm-1200mm. 

Inside mailboxes If you have mailboxes located inside a block 

of five or more apartments, they should be lockable, on the 

ground floor and with a common entrance. 

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and Licensee Agent 

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Licensee Agent 

& Auctioneer 

027 422 6395 

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Operations Manager 

Property Management 

027 606 0030 

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Licensee Agent & 


027 662 4822 

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Licensee Salesperson 

& Auctioneer 

027 427 7232 

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027 440 3035 

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Executive Assistant 

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Property Manager 

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1/40 Windermere Road, Papanui 


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Executive Assistant 

Joy Coughlan 

Mortgage Broker 

027 223 3572 

Level 1, 7 Winston Avenue, Papanui 

Phone (03) 352 0567 | rwpapanui.co.nz | /RayWhitePapanui Morris & Co Limited | Licenced REAA 2008

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