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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, 12.30– 2.15pm

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Take your knitting, crochet,

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enjoy the company of others. Share

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Manga Club

Thursday, 3.30-5pm

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club to share your favourites, find a

new one or just for a chat. All ages.

Free, no bookings required.

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A justice of the peace will be

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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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No-stopping restrictions are

set to be extended in Roydvale

Ave following a meeting of the

Fendalton-Waimairi Harewood

Community Board. Six on-street

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Thursday March 17 2022 5

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

overload it, please don’t put your

bin out,” Trotter said.

Collection hours could be

altered in future, he said.

“We will advise you if we move

to this situation.”

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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.

Thursday March 17 2022

“I have realised that

often when individuals are

overwhelmed in the face of

life’s big challenges, it is the

community that comes to the

rescue in a spirit of resilience

and compassion.”

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Thursday March 17 2022 7

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Compared to $638,000

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TOTAL NUMBER OF SALES

145

(-30%)

Compared to 208

in February 2021*

(-18%)

Compared to $168m

in February 2021*

MEDIAN DAYS TO SELL

28

(-3%)

Compared to 27

in February 2021*

Chart Title

11.1%

Passed in

Now under

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88.9%

SUCCESS RATE

sold passed in

88.9%

SOLD

Under the

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HOME & HEATING

Thursday March 17 2022

Keep cosy with

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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,

who also designed houses

for author Margaret Mahy

and artist Doris Lusk.

After Sutton’s death in

2000, the property was sold

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

the property but leases it to

Sutton Heritage House and

Garden Charitable Trust,

which runs it as an artistin-residence

facility and

opens it to the public.

RD Petroleum (RDP) is a familiar sight

for farm and rural residents around the

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in rural communities, through their home

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RDP began its home heating diesel delivery

service to the lower South Island’s main urban

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and Invercargill a number of years ago.

Customer demand has continued to increase

year upon year, and RDP has responded

with specialised improvements to its delivery

equipment.

The trucks that deliver RDP’s home heating

diesel in each urban centre are drawn from

the company’s extensive vehicle fleet. This

means they have the latest communication

and GPS tracking technology on board, so

the operations team always know where they

are and how far away they are from their next

delivery stop.

RDP’s home heating diesel trucks come

equipped with a specially-designed hose,

through which the diesel is pumped from

the truck into house tanks. The length of

the hose allows the trucks to access tanks

without having to enter the property, avoiding

damaging the driveway. RDP is the place to

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you’re offered discounted pricing and can

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Thursday March 17 2022 9

HOME & HEATING

Get the balance

right this winter

The importance

of air quality

Enviro Master has been helping

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Their team of expert sales people, qualified

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Christchurch’s widest range of heat pumps,

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They will recommend the most energyefficient

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Help is currently available with a

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The subsidy is part of the Warmer Kiwi

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The applicant’s home must also have been

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With new regulations now in place for

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Inadequate heating and ventilation can

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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

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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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