Nor'West News: March 17, 2022

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THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2022 

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Christchurch Arena 

Buyers race to snap up 

beachside apartments 

• By Anne Gibson 

THE DEMAND for planned 

apartments in New Brighton, 

even though none has a carpark 

or garage, has taken developers 

by surprise. 

The allure of the as-yet-unbuilt 

block of 37 units at 180-183 

Marine Pde and 19 Keppel St was 

so strong that 344 offers were 

made within a day of their going 

on sale. 

All 37 units were pre-sold in 

contracts struck last week. 

Matthew 

Horncastle, 

managing 

director and 

co-founder 

of Williams 

Corporation, 

said buyer 

Matthew 

Horncastle 

appetite was 

so strong 

when presales 

opened 

that day many buyers had to be 

turned away. 

“Within 24 hours of releasing 

these 37 townhouses, we received 

a total of 344 conditional contracts 

and 231 unconditional 

contracts, all from 81 buyers. 

This makes this our most successful 

development release to 

date,” Horncastle said. 

One-bedroom units started 

at $449,000 and two bedrooms 

from $629,000. All up, 29 units 

BEFORE AND AFTER: The location (right) and how the 

finished homes could look. 

PHOTOS: NZ HERALD 

are one-bedroom and only eight 

are two-bedroom. 

Eight buildings are planned. 

Those facing the street are threelevel. 

Some units are just 55sq m 

but others are a little over 90sq m. 

Communal outdoor space is 

planned for a central area of the 

intense housing project. 

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Thursday March 17 2022 3 

Leaking water tops complaints 

• By Fiona Ellis 

COMPLAINTS OF leaking 

water supplies leapt by more than 

54 per cent in the most recent 

report of issues impacting the 

Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood 

Community Board area. 

A ticket report for the board’s 

meeting this week has revealed 

a breakdown of issues that 

residents contacted the city 

council about between January 1 

and January 31. 

The report shows leaking water 

supplies to be the most common 

complaint, with 307 tickets – or 

jobs – undertaken for this. 

Water leaks were also the 

top complaint in December, 

although a comparatively smaller 

199 tickets were issued. 

The second and third most 

widespread issues in the most 

recent report were uncollected 

bins and damaged bins, 

with 204 and 169 tickets 

respectively. 

These were also the second 

and third most common issues 

in December, although instances 

were fewer, with 177 uncollected 

bins and 122 damaged bins 

reported. 

A total of 1398 tickets were 

completed in January. 

However, at the conclusion of 

the report, 615 tickets were still 

open, or not completed. 

Incidents fell in a range of 

categories, including transport, 

ON THE RISE: Already a top issue in the Fendalton-Waimairi-Harewood Community Board 

area, reports of leaking water supplies have increased. 

property information, three 

waters council assets, and 

parks. 

Phone, email and walk-in 

were the most common ways to 

contact the council, with 1087 

people using these methods. 

The city council website was 

used by 540 people to report 

their issues, while 386 did so 

using Snap Send Solve. 

Number of tickets (issues) 

reported in the Fendalton- 

Waimairi-Harewood 

Community Board area 

between January 1 and 

January 31: 

1. Leak (water supply): 307 

2. Bin not collected: 204 

3. Damaged bin: 169 

4. Litter (road): 86 

5. Residential property files: 82 

6. Residential LIM: 75 

7. Road asset (e.g. footpath, 

road, furniture): 71 

8. Tree (road): 71 

9. Graffiti: 65 

10. Enhanced Service: 58 

In Brief 

GARDEN AWARDS MAY BE 

HAND-DELIVERED 

The Fendalton-Waimairi 

Harewood Community Board 

is considering how it will 

deliver Garden Pride Awards 

under the Covid-19 protection 

framework. At a meeting on 

Monday, the board was advised 

most community boards in the 

city have decided to post out the 

certificates, as a ceremony would 

likely exceed gathering limits. 

Instead, the possibility of trophies 

to be hand-delivered by board 

members will be looked into. 

DUDLEY CREEK 

WATERWAY UPGRADE 

The city council is warning 

of increased noise, dust and 

vibrations as it undertakes work 

along Scotston Ave to upgrade 

a section of the Dudley Creek 

waterway lining. Work by 

contractor City Care Ltd began 

last week and will continue until 

late May. 

NO STOPPING EXTENDED 

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Huge demand for property 

• From page 1 

“We love the demand for 

our homes and we can’t wait 

to continue to provide new 

and affordable housing. Keep 

your eyes peeled for more 

developments like this coming 

soon,” Horncastle told buyers 

who missed out this week. 

So how did Williams decide 

who could buy and who couldn’t? 

Horncastle said it was a ranking 

system: Company directors got 

first priority, then staff. 

“Directors and staff purchased 

around five,” he said. 

Repeat buyers making unconditional 

offers were ranked 

third, he said, followed by 

repeat buyers with conditional 

contracts. 

They might need to get finance 

approved or even sell another 

property to buy. 

Then came conditional buyers 

who had not bought from Williams 

before. 

Conditional new buyers were 

ranked by those who sought to 

do due diligence and those who 

didn’t need to. 

Williams pitched the small 

units to landlords and firsthome 

buyers, saying its project 

was within walking distance 

of the relatively new He Puna 

Taimoana hot pools and many 

other amenities. 

Fisher & Paykel ovens, hobs 

and dishwashers are offered with 

Haier fridge/freezers and LG 

LOCATION: The terraced homes planned for 180 Marine Pde. 

PHOTO: WILLIAMS CORPORATION 

microwaves. 

Landlords were one target of 

the sales campaign. 

A Harcourts rent appraisal 

on the apartments assesses 

one-bedroom unfurnished units 

could be rented for up to $465/ 

week and two bedrooms for up 

to $540/week. 

Williams says it strips soil 

down on its sites and replaces 

that with compacted gravel. 

An engineered concrete slab is 

poured on top of that containing 

steel and polystyrene pods for 

strength. 

Laminated veneer lumber 

frames are erected, insulation is 

Fletcher’s Pink Batts fibreglass 

and walls have solid air barriers 

as stipulated by the building 

code. 

Williams is New Zealand’s 

busiest privately owned nonfranchised 

builder. 

The company was named by 

BCI Central as second only to 

the franchised national housebuilder 

G.J. Gardner. 

Williams built 761 homes in 

the year to October 2021 for 

$107 million, selling houses for 

what might seem like an unbelievably 

low average $141,164. 

That low price doesn’t include 

the land. 

In 2019, Williams Corporation 

Capital was founded and now 

has $145m funds of which 

around $130m is drawn. 

Qualifying wholesale investors 

are drawn to a 10 per cent 

guaranteed return. 

Williams is soon planning 

to launch a property-owning 

syndicate and raise millions 

more from investors. 

–NZ Herald 

Covid-19 

impacts 

kerbside 

collection 

• By Fiona Ellis 

KERBSIDE BIN collection is 

already an issue in the Nor’West 

News area, but the city council is 

warning this may get worse. 

City council 

resource recovery 

manager Ross Trotter 

said the service 

is being affected 

by staff shortages 

caused by rising 

Covid-19 case 

numbers. 

Ross 

Trotter 

“Staff shortages are starting to 

impact on services such as bin 

swaps and repairs,’’ Trotter said. 

Damaged and uncollected bins 

are consistently among the top 

issues people contact the city 

council about, as shown in ticket 

reports for both the Papanui- 

Innes and Fendalton-Waimairi- 

Harewood community boards. 

“If your bin is not full and you 

can hold off until the next collection 

cycle without having to 

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bin out,” Trotter said. 

Collection hours could be 

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Landing 

opens 

up river 

A CEREMONY and community 

picnic was held to mark the 

official opening of a new riverside 

landing on Saturday. 

Dallington Landing next to 

Gayhurst Rd features two shelters, 

public toilets, a koru-shaped 

pathway, picnic tables, and 

access to the Avon River. Some 

vegetation planting at the landing 

will be finished in April-May. 

City council 

head of parks 

Andrew 

Rutledge said the 

completion of 

the project in the 

regeneration area 

will draw more 

Andrew 

Rutledge 

visitors to the area 

and encourage 

people to explore 

the 602ha Ōtākaro Avon River 

Corridor. 

“Geographically, the Dallington 

Landing is situated near the 

centre of the corridor, and 

we envisage it becoming an 

important feature of the City to 

Sea Pathway that will run from 

Barbadoes St to New Brighton,” 

he said. 

The landing is the second 

project funded by the 

Christchurch Earthquake 

Appeal Trust to be completed 

this month. 

Kindness inspires volunteer 

THE SUPPORT he received 

when he unexpectedly became 

homeless after the September 

4, 2010, earthquake sparked 

Manish Pandey’s interest in 

volunteering. 

Pandey, who recently 

moved to Northcote, received 

a community service award 

from the city council last 

year following a decade of 

volunteering in the Riccarton 

area. 

Now 34, Pandey moved to 

New Zealand from India in 

2008 as a student to pursue 

a career in information and 

communication technologies. 

“Way back in 2010, the house I 

was renting was badly damaged 

in the earthquakes, leaving 

me and my friends suddenly 

homeless,” Pandey said. 

“When a good Samaritan – a 

complete stranger – invited us 

to stay at their home for almost 

a week without accepting 

anything in return for their 

generosity, I decided it was 

time for me to give back to my 

community.” 

Being recognised with 

the award for his volunteer 

work came completely out of 

the blue for Pandey. But this 

year, he is helping promote 

the awards, which opened for 

nominations on Friday. 

Pandey wears many different 

hats in the community, but 

never expected anything in 

return for his work. 

SERVE: Manish Pandey says it is satisfying to help people in the community. 

PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

He joined the Riccarton 

Community Patrol in November 

2011 and the Christchurch 

Multicultural Council in 

January 2012. 

He never looked back and 

is now a justice of the peace, 

White Ribbon ambassador, 

multilingual facilitator 

for the Ministry of Ethnic 

Communities and national coordinator 

for Bihar Jharkhand 

Sabha Australia and New 

Zealand, which endeavours to 

raise money to help people in 

Bihar, India. 

Helping the community is 

satisfying, he said. “My father 

always said the essence of life is 

to do good for communities and 

serve others, so I think serving 

the community is in my blood. 

“At the end of the day, I 

want to see my kids growing 

up in a society where we value 

humanity and help each other 

without any expectation of a 

return. 


“I have realised that 

often when individuals are 

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life’s big challenges, it is the 

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and compassion.” 

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MEDIAN SALE PRICE 

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TOTAL SALES VALUE 

$137m 

(+22.3%) 

Compared to $638,000 

in February 2021* 

TOTAL NUMBER OF SALES 

145 

(-30%) 

Compared to 208 


(-18%) 

Compared to $168m 


MEDIAN DAYS TO SELL 

28 

(-3%) 

Compared to 27 


Chart Title 

11.1% 

Passed in 

Now under 

offer 

88.9% 

SUCCESS RATE 

sold passed in 

88.9% 

SOLD 

Under the 

Hammer 

*Statistics sourced from Real Estate Institute of New Zealand for the following suburbs: 

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STUDIO: About a third of the floor space in the house was taken up by a 

studio where Bill Sutton would work on his paintings. PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

Artist Bill Sutton’s house 

gets national recognition 

THE HOUSE and garden 

that once belonged to 

celebrated Christchurch 

artist Bill Sutton have been 

nationally recognised for 

their heritage value. 

Heritage New Zealand 

Pouhere Taonga has listed 

Bill Sutton House and 

Garden, at 20 Templar St, 

Richmond, as a Category 

1 property on the New 

Zealand Heritage List. 

It is the first listed artist’s 

home in Christchurch. 

Sutton, who was 

renowned for his large abstract 

landscapes, lived in 

the house from 1963 until 

he died in 2000. 

The house was designed 

by his friend and colleague 

at the Canterbury College 

School of Art, Tom Taylor, 

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for author Margaret Mahy 

and artist Doris Lusk. 

After Sutton’s death in 

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to former Christchurch 

Art Gallery curator Neil 

Roberts. 

Roberts lobbied to have 

the city council place a 

protective conservation 

covenant on the property, 

which he intended to 

eventually gift to the 

city. 

However, after the 

earthquakes the property 

was red-zoned because of 

the extent of the damage to 

the surrounding land. 

The council now owns 

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Sutton Heritage House and 

Garden Charitable Trust, 

which runs it as an artistin-residence 

facility and 

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Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WORDBUILDER 

WordBuilder 

135 

6 

L D A 

W E D 

CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 

7 8 9 

235 

many words of three or more letters, 

How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six 

letters, using including each letter plurals, only once? can No you foreign 

words or words beginning with a capital are 

make 

allowed. 

from 

There's 

the 

at 

six 

least 

letters, 

one six-letter 

using 

word. 

each only once? TODAY 

No Good words 17 beginning Very Good 21 with Excellent a capital 26 

Solution 134: air, are, ave, aver, awe, ear, ire, rave, 

are allowed. There’s at least one 

raw, rev, rive, via, vie, view, waive, WAIVER, war, 

ware, wave, waver, WAVIER, wear, weir, wire. 

six-letter word. 

Good 17 Very Good 21 Excellent 26 

10 11 

12 13 14 

DECO 

13 

15 16 17 

19 20 21 22 

23 24 

18 

25 26 

SOLUTION 

No.135 

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

Z A B N D C X Q S V T J K 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 

E R P L M W G H O Y F U I 

Decoder 

Across 

7. Many (8) 

9. Lacking principles (6) 

10. Deflating sound (4) 

11. Lobster or shrimp, e.g. 

(10) 

12. Natural hot spring (6) 

14. Cadge (8) 

15. Accentuate (6) 

16. Interweave (6) 

19. Objects (8) 

21. Set alight (6) 

23. Base (10) 

24. Matured (4) 

25. Idle (6) 

26. Propensity (8) 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 

E L A 

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

4 4 22 18 22 21 

10 4 14 26 19 22 16 26 8 5 15 6 

26 11 26 4 5 12 26 

Down 

1. Pointless (6) 

2. Shambles (4) 

3. Worries (8) 

4. Repartee (6) 

5. Ending (10) 

6. Lecture at length (8) 

8. Flatten (6) 

13. Examine closely (10) 

15. Encircle (8) 

17. Touching (8) 

18. Help (6) 

20. Mild alcoholic drink (6) 

22. Ditch (6) 

24. Clearing the throat (4) 

2 12 13 4 7 5 4 6 19 15 7 25 

18 12 12 12 12 14 25 

All puzzles copyright 

9 11 25 21 4 8 2 15 4 

8 25 24 4 5 5 1 

14 11 6 4 19 14 15 6 25 

T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y 

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4 11 25 21 4 6 23 

3 6 15 1 26 6 21 20 15 11 8 4 

DECODER 

Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different 

letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet. 

Each Enter number the given represents letters into a different all squares letter with of the matching alphabet. numbers. Write the 

given The challenge letters into now all squares is to work with out matching which letters numbers. are Now represented work out 

which 

by the 

letters 

other 

are 

numbers. 

represented 

As you 

by the 

get 

other 

the 

numbers. 

letters, enter 

As you 

them 

get 

into 

the 

letters, 

the main 

write 

grid, 

them 

and 

into 

the 

the 

reference 

main grid and 

grid. 

the 

To 

reference 

keep track 

grid. Decoder 

of the 

uses all 26 letters of the alphabet. 

letters you have found, cross them off the alphabet provided. 

15 22 3 8 15 4 24 19 4 1 15 2 

17 12 9 4 20 15 

26 13 2 26 12 17 24 9 6 15 2 18 

4 13 15 7 13 5 13 

1 20 24 13 17 7 12 13 22 8 19 

15 14 11 12 22 21 25 

14 4 21 12 7 4 18 12 10 4 14 6 

15 24 1 24 1 15 

14 13 17 17 13 15 26 1 17 17 1 4 

K E N 

1 22 21 22 2 23 

A L E 

17 12 19 16 17 26 

Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different 

letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet. 

Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers. 

The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented 

by the other numbers. As you get the letters, enter them into 

the main grid, and the reference grid. To keep track of the 

letters you have found, cross them off the alphabet provided. 

22 19 12 2 24 22 1 10 13 17 7 

24 25 15 2 18 22 2 

11 2 12 13 24 13 9 17 4 15 19 1 

12 17 1 16 7 1 

135 

4 13 26 1 18 1 15 22 24 1 2 17 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 

E 

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

N 

K 

136 

Crossword 

Across: 7. Numerous, 

9. Amoral, 10. Hiss, 11. 

Crustacean, 12. Geyser, 

14. Scrounge, 15. Stress, 

16. Splice, 19. Protests, 

21. Ignite, 23. Foundation, 

24. Aged, 25. Unused, 26. 

Tendency. 

Down: 1. Futile, 2. Mess, 

3. Concerns, 4. Banter, 5. 

Conclusion, 6. Harangue, 

8. Squash, 13. Scrutinise, 

15. Surround, 17. Poignant, 

18. Assist, 20. Shandy, 22. 

Trench, 24. Ahem. 

WordBuilder 

add, addle, ale, awe, 

awed, awl, dad, dal, dale, 

DAWDLE, dead, deal, dew, 

eld, lad, lade, law, lea, lead, 

led, lewd, wad, WADDLE, 

wade, waded, wale, weal, 

wed, weld. 

Sudoku 

SOLUTION 

No.134 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 

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