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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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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
OUTSIDE RETIREMENT
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No-stopping restrictions are
set to be extended in Roydvale
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Fendalton-Waimairi Harewood
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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
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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RESCUE
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MEDIAN SALE PRICE
$780,000
TOTAL SALES VALUE
$137m
(+22.3%)
Compared to $638,000
in February 2021*
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
offer
88.9%
SUCCESS RATE
sold passed in
88.9%
SOLD
Under the
Hammer
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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.
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Customer demand has continued to increase
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RDP’s home heating diesel trucks come
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HOME & HEATING
Get the balance
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The importance
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Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WORDBUILDER
WordBuilder
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CROSSWORD
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letters, using including each letter plurals, only once? can No you foreign
words or words beginning with a capital are
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No Good words 17 beginning Very Good 21 with Excellent a capital 26
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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