Western News: March 10, 2022

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1 – 3 July 

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THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 2022 

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League club comes 

DONATING: 

Halswell Hornets 

Rugby League 

Club secretary 

Michelle Harding 

and president 

Devon Harding 

with one of the 

85 surplus club 

jerseys bound for 

Tonga. 

PHOTO: STAR 

MEDIA 

• see video at 

starnews.co.nz 

• By Fiona Ellis 

BUDDING RUGBY league 

players in volcano-ravaged 

Tonga will soon be running 

around in Halswell colours. 

The Halswell Hornets Rugby 

to Tonga’s aid 

League Club is sending 85 

jerseys to Tonga as part of the 

wider donation drive following 

the January 15 eruption and 

tsunami. 

Club secretary Michelle 

Harding said members had 

heard donations were being 

sought. 

“We as a club thought that we 

would send some rugby league 

football jerseys over to them.” 

PHOTO: NZ HERALD 

Tonga has become a force in 

world rugby league, with many 

playing at top level in New 

Zealand and in the NRL in 

Australia. 

• Turn to page 4 

Christchurch Arena 

Council 

looks into 

right-turn 

arrow for 

busy road 


INVESTIGATIONS have begun 

amid renewed calls for a rightturning 

arrow at a busy Hornby 

intersection. 

The idea of a green-light signal 

for those at the Amyes Rd intersection 

wanting to turn right into 

Shands Rd is supported by 91 per 

cent of residents who responded 

to a Greater Hornby Residents 

Association survey. 

Just five per cent were against it. 

City council acting transport 

operations manager Stephen 

Wright said staff visited the site 

on Thursday. 

“[They] will be bringing the matter 

back to the community board 

once their investigations have been 

completed,” Wright said. 

Association chairman Marc 

Duff said he was pleased the 

council was looking into the situation. 

“It’s something the community 

has asked for a long time,” he said. 

He was not surprised the survey, 

in which about 150 people 

took part, showed the right turn 

arrow to be so popular. 

The association spoke to the 

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board on the need 

for a turning arrow last June, 

after a Facebook post seeking 

community feedback on the issue 

drew over 100 comments. 

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what’s on 

this week 

Mobile Discovery Wall 

Thursday-Wednesday, all day, at 

Hornby 

Hornby Library 

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. 

Mahjong Group 

Friday, 2-4pm, at Fendalton, 

Wednesday, 1-3pm, at Upper 

Riccarton 

Fendalton and Upper Riccarton 

Libraries 

Interested in playing Mahjong? 

Go along and join beginners and 

advanced players for a friendly game. 

Registration is required at Fendalton. 

Riccarton Sports in the Park 

Friday 3.30-4.30pm 

Harrington Park, Peverel St 

Go along and have a go at a variety 

of fun games at this free weekly event 

for years 3-13. Please note due to 

covid protocols if wet the session will 

be cancelled and will not be moved 

indoors for the time being. For more 

information phone Nicki on 021 056 

9315 or Tiffany on 021 028 54313 

JP Clinic 

Saturday, 10am-noon, at 

Fendalton, Tuesday, 10am-1pm at 

Halswell and Upper Riccarton 

SCO Music Trails, Wednesday 10.30-11.15 am, at Upper Riccarton Library. 

Go along and join the musicians of the Christchurch Symphony Orchestra for 

this fun, 45min performance filled with song, dance and storytelling. Catered 

especially for two to six-year-olds. This performance features a brass ensemble. 

Free, no bookings required. 

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. 

Wigram Skies Business 

Networking 

Tuesday, 1.30-2.30 pm 

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Harvard Ave 

This growing business networking 

community brings together business 

owners in a supportive environment. 

Building relationships both personal 

and in business, a willingness to 

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come and join us upstairs to and see 

what The Networkers is all about. 

You may attend two free meetings to 

see if we’re a good fit for you and your 

business. Register your interest on 

The Networkers website https://www. 

thenetworkers.co.nz/visit-group and 

we’ll be in touch. 

Family History Help 

Wednesday, 11 am-1 pm 

Upper Riccarton Library 

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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Thursday March 10 2022 3 

Young person allegedly 

involved in school theft 


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”. 

“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 enquiries to locate the 

offenders, a police spokesperson 

told Nor’West News on Monday. 

SUSPICIOUS: CCTV footage of people allegedly at Waimairi 

School where six fire alarm and school bell speakers were 

stolen last week. Police are investigating. 

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 

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. 

Extension to neighbourhood 

funding requests 

Groups that have applied for 

Summer With Your Neighbours 

funding for community events 

will be allowed an extension until 

June. A report in the agenda of 

the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board’s most recent 

meeting stated subsidies were 

initially for events taking place 

between October 29, 2021, and 

March 31. However, due to the 

red setting on the Covid-19 

protection framework, requests 

for reimbursements will be 

accepted until June 1. 

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Disc golf 

course to 

open soon 


NOW FUNDING is teed up the 

installation of a new disc golf 

course in Hornby is set to go 

ahead this month. 

Christchurch Disc Golf Club 

president Paul Deacon said he was 

excited to be moving ahead with 

the 18-hole course in Warren Park. 

“We’re hoping to get it in, 

middle of this month, so very 

soon,” Deacon said. 

A $30,000 grant from the Rata 

Foundation enabled them to take 

action. 

Although the cost of installing 

the court was also about $30,000, 

this was partially funded by an 

earlier New Zealand Community 

Trust grant of $20,000. 

Some of the Rata Foundation 

funding would also go towards 

installing three other courses 

throughout the city later this year. 

Selecting suitable areas for 

the sport could be challenging, 

as obstacles such as trees were 

needed to keep things interesting 

for players of the game. 

Deacon was keen to encourage 

people of all ages and abilities to 

try the sport, which is similar to 

traditional golf, but played with a 

frisbee. 

“It’s very well suited to modern 

lifestyle because you don’t need to 

book a tee time, you can just rock 

up and play,” he said. 

CONCERNS: Greater Hornby Residents Association members Ross Houliston and Marc 

Duff at the intersection of Amyes and Shands Rds last June. PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN 

Green arrow investigated 

• From page 1 

City council data from August 

15, 2018 showed on that day 

12654 cars went through the 

intersection between 7am and 

6pm. 

Of these, 1216 made the right 

turn from Amyes Rd onto 

Shands Rd. 

Between January 1, 2018 and 

January 1, 2021 seven crashes 

occurred at the intersection, one 

resulting in a minor injury. 

“It’s not the only intersection 

that needs addressing, but if we 

can get one done and keep working 

on them, it’s a start,” Duff 

said. 

The survey results would be 

presented to the community 

board, he said. 

The survey also showed a 

walkway between Countdown 

and the Hub was wanted by 73 

per cent of people, to improve 

accessibility. 

However, the idea of a road 

through Kyle Park to connect 

Hei Hei Rd and Chalmers Rd 

by the Hub proved less popular, 

with 53 per cent against looking 

into this possibility. 

“It was close, but there was a 

majority that didn’t want a feasibility 

study.” 

The final question in the 

survey was whether hash lines 

should be put in for access to 

Tower St and Brynley St from 

Main South Rd, and vice versa. 

This idea found favour with 57 

per cent of respondents. 


League 

jerseys 

donated 

to Tonga 

• From page 1 

The Halswell players would 

like to see the jerseys used by a 

counterpart in Tonga, Harding 

said. 

“We’ve got surplus old jerseys 

that we no longer use. We sorted 

them out and we’ve got enough 

probably to donate five teams.” 

Two of these sets were junior 

jerseys, suitable for those aged six 

to 16, while the other three sets 

were senior jerseys for adults. 

While they were over five years 

old, the jerseys were in good condition 

and had probably only been 

used for one season before going 

into storage, Harding said. 

New seasons meant new club 

sponsors and therefore new 

jerseys for players to wear, but the 

outdated kit was still wearable. 

The old uniforms were in 

storage at the club’s old Halswell 

Domain clubrooms. However, the 

rooms were being cleared out as 

members prepared to move into 

new $2 million clubrooms. 

The much-awaited clubrooms 

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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. 

“We thought it had multiple 

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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Cricket academy a chance to fulfil dream 

CRICKETER Darcy Rose 

Prasad, 15, has scored the 

opportunity of a lifetime being 

named one of the ANZ Next XI. 

ANZ searched the country 

to find eleven passionate young 

cricketers who were ready to take 

their skills to the next level. 

The academy will show New 

Zealand’s young female cricket 

talent a pathway into elite level 

and future World Cups. 

Darcy Rose will get to meet 

her heroes, while attending an 

exclusive White Ferns junior 

training academy later this year, 

where she and her fellow squad 

members will meet the players, 

train with the team, attend 

expert-led master classes, and 

learn valuable skills to inspire 

them to become the very best 

cricketer they can be. 

Darcy Rose was shocked to be 

named in the squad saying: “My 

dad actually applied for me. I 

had absolutely no clue that any 

of this was going on. I’m very 

glad that he did it. I’m pumped 

that I get to go to a camp with 

the White Ferns.’’ 

Darcy Rose, who plays for 

Sydenham Cricket Club’s 

premier women’s team, was 

presented with an training kit 

that includes a uniform, bat, 

helmet and pads to ensure that 

she has everything she needs to 

be White Ferns-ready. 

Darcy Rose’s love for cricket 

started with her playing games 

with her family and she signed 

up to play for Sydenham at five. 

“My dad got me into it when I 

was very young. I’ve always loved 

it and played it all my life.” 

At school, Darcy Rose joined 

in with the boys’ games, which 

spilled over into weekends. 

“I remember it being quite 

daunting because I was one of 

the only girls, but it was quite 

fun. They were pretty encouraging 

and cool about me playing,” 

she said. 

In year 6 Darcy Rose joined 

the all girls team at her club, 

she found a lot of differences 

between playing with the girls 

rather than the boys. 

“It’s a lot less competitive, but I 

really enjoy the social aspect. 

“I’ve got some great friends 

in my team now. Nobody in my 

cricket team is from my school 

so it’s a cool way to meet new 

people and make new friends,’’ 

she said. 

Darcy Rose made the tough 

decision to pursue cricket over 

football this season after she 

realised cricket had taken her 

heart. She was spread too thin 

with three club trainings a week 

plus the extra hours she likes to 

put in at home. 

OPPORTUNITY: 

Darcy Rose 

Prasad is excited 

to be part of a 

cricket squad 

that will train 

and develop 

with the White 

Ferns. 

“I work on wicket-keeping or 

I get my brothers to bowl at me. 

They’re both fast bowlers. We do 

cricket first and then try to fit 

homework in after. 

“I want to be the best cricketer 

I can. It’s my dream to play for 

the White Ferns. I’d like to think 

that I’m better than my brothers 

but they’re quite a bit older 

than me so I try to keep up with 

them.” 

The academy won’t be 

Darcy Rose’s first run in with 

the White Ferns. After climbing 

the ranks at Sydenham to make 

the premier women’s team, she 

was inducted into a new level of 

competition, facing the bowling 

of White Ferns Lea Tahuhu 

and Amy Satterthwaite fielding 

behind her in the slips. 

“I was about to bat, I had padded 

up and turned around to see 

Lea and Amy walking out. I was 

like: ‘Oh no’.” 

“I blocked the first one she 

bowled at me. The next bowl, 

I hit back at Lea’s head, she 

reached for it but couldn’t get it. I 

got a couple runs off her,’’ Darcy 

Rose said. 

However, she was dismissed 

with the next ball. 

“It was pretty cool to face a 

White Fern,’’ she said. 

ANZ New Zealand chief executive 

Antonia Watson says it’s 

important to support women in 

pursuit of their goals. 

“We’re proud to be able to offer 

these passionate young sportswomen 

this opportunity to meet 

and train with their heroes. I’m 

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Bake or stir fry lamb to tantalise the family 

There are endless 

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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 

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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 

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• Prepare in advance – 

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Ingredients 

½ cup soy sauce, place in 

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2 tablespoons olive oil 

2 tablespoons sherry 

1 teaspoon dry mustard powder 

4 cloves garlic, crushed 

Directions 

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possible. Overnight gives the best 

results. 

•This quantity is suitable 

for up to four large chicken 

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chops or up to six porterhouse 

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CONTENT MARKETING 

Helping the kids buy their first home 

THE AVERAGE asking price in 

all regions across the country has 

reached record heights, making it a 

tough and competitive landscape for 

first home buyers, who will now need 

a deposit of $187,000 for the national 

average asking price and a whopping 

$250,00 for the Auckland average 

asking price. 

So, what can you do to 

help your kids finance their future? 

How it usually works 

The most common case of parents 

stepping in is where the kids have 10 

per cent or 15 per cent of a deposit 

saved and Mum and Dad are topping 

that up to get them to 20 per cent. 

There are several ways you can go 

about leveraging the equity in your 

own assets to provide the shortfall the 

kids need. 

A good number of young 

savers have been adding more 

to their KiwiSaver fund this 

year, so it’s accrued very well and is a 

great starting point for a deposit. 

Know what you’re letting 

yourself in for 

If you are well resourced, you as 

parents can provide a guarantee on 

the whole loan, but this is a big step, 

and unusual, as most of you will want 

your children to be responsible for the 

mortgage. 

Be clear about the responsibility you 

are prepared to shoulder, and bear in 

mind the children still have to prove 

they can service the loan, and with 

increasingly stringent lending criteria, 

without a good deposit, securing 

finance could be tricky. 

Remember, it can just be a temporary 

solution to help them get a head 

start with a foot on the property ladder, 

which is becoming increasingly 

difficult without parental help. 

This can be a temporary 

arrangement, with them repaying 

the money when they sell the house, 

ensuring they leave you with a decent 

retirement nest 

egg. 

Put everything in writing 

Document everything you agree on 

to avoid getting in a tangle, including 

what happens to the money if your 

child and their partner break up. 

If it is going to be a gift 

of money with no strings 

attached, viewed as an early inheritance, 

then make this clear to the child 

and the rest of the family. 

Do you expect the money to be 

repaid? If so, consider having the legal 

document state it does not have to be 

repaid until the property is sold – it 

doesn’t bear interest, it comes behind 

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