Nor'West News: April 28, 2022

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2 Advertise locally and target customers most likely to shop with you! what’s on this week Thursday April 28 2022 Effective Ad packages start from just $99 (inclusive full colour ad, creative setting, photography and proofing). No contracts required. Your local community newspaper connects neighbours in the following suburbs Harewood • Burnside • Bishopdale • Bryndwr Fendalton • Merivale • St Albans • Mairehau Papanui • Casebrook • Redwood • Styx Mill Regents Park • Northwood • Belfast • Strowan 29,389 homes every week. ADVERTISING Monique Maynard Ph: 021 372 481 monique.maynard@starmedia.kiwi GENERAL INQUIRIES Ph 379 7100 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING Ph 379 1100 www.starmedia.kiwi Finger Puppet Friends Thursday, all day Fendalton Library Head down to Fendalton Library to make your own finger puppet with craft supplies. Free, no bookings required. Te Ao Hou: Travelling Exhibition Thursday, all day Redwood Library Celebrate the tenacity and elegance of the Māori spirit through this display that centres on the magazine Te Ao Hou: The New World, published 1952–75. It also showcases the pōwhiri process (welcoming visitors onto the marae). Bolivia Card Game Thursday, 1-3pm Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre Go along to Ōrauwhata Bishopdale Library for a fun and friendly card game of Bolivia. All are welcome. Redwood School Exhibition – Poppies Friday, all day Redwood Library Redwood School pupils’ artwork features in this month’s community display at Redwood Library. A tribute to Anzac Day, the artwork displays a vibrant use of crayons and water colours. Mobile Discovery Wall, Friday, all day, Fendalton Library. The discovery wall at Tūranga has a smaller, mobile ‘sibling’. Local heritage comes to life with this unique interactive touchscreen technology that lets you explore the history of Christchurch. Go along to try it out as it visits community libraries around the city. Bishopdale Book Club Thursday, 1-2.30pm Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre Go along and join the friendly group of readers and chat about your current reading and old favourites. With no set book to read, this is a relaxed and social group who meet monthly in the library. Held on the last Thursday of each month. Rummikub Club Thursday, 1-3pm Fendalton Library Go along to Fendalton Library to play a game of Rummikub – an exciting and interactive strategy game. Knit ‘n’ Yarn Friday, 10am-noon Papanui Library Head down to Papanui Library with your knitting, crochet or another craft and have fun with a social group. Scrabble Club Friday, 11am-noon Redwood Library Have a way with words? Go along to the scrabble club and test your skills while having fun. All materials are supplied. Free, no bookings required Not-for-profit organisations can send their What’s On listings to norwest@starmedia.kiwi NUMBER ONE SUPPLIER TO THE NZ JET BOATING COMMUNITY FOR OVER 50 YEARS With Love on Mothers Day Ph: 03 359 8207 E: bishopdalepostshop@gmail.com Bishopdale Village Mall Plenty of free parking! • Part Boats & Hulls • Turn Key Packages • New Jet Units • Custom Fabrication • Expert Advice SERVICING Peter Tonkin 03 962 0505 peter.tonkin@hamiltonjet.nz • Spare Parts Retailer • Jet Unit Refurbishment • Engine Tune-Ups • Insurance Repairs • Impellor Reconditioning Restoring your confidence through your smile Full service Denture Clinic and Laboratory Caldent Denture Cleaner Free Consultation No Obligation Ph: 385 5517 + 396 Innes Road, St Albans admin@denturesplus.co.nz + denturesplus.co.nz
Thursday April 28 2022 3 Familiar faces a welcome part of the job for volunteer driver • From page 1 A Meals on Wheels volunteer who has known Roy for three years said she would often get chatting to him while they were waiting for the meals to arrive at the start of their round. “He’s a very special person who worked very hard all his life and cared for others all his life,” she said. She said Meals on Wheels was always looking for drivers and volunteers as good as Roy, with his friendly and helpful nature. What made him such a great delivery driver was “just being Roy” and giving the time each week. Roy said while he can’t stop to chat for long, he enjoys seeing the people he delivers to, and soon becomes familiar with certain faces. “Sometimes you’ll be delivering to a person for a couple of months,” he said. “There’s some now I’ve been delivering to for the last five or six years.” Roy said the secret to a good delivery service is having a reliable car, something he can boast about with his red Toyota Fitz. “People look out the window and see the little red car and know it’s me sometimes,” he said. “It does the job, I call it my WHEELS: Roy Labrum uses his own car to deliver Meals on Wheels, calling it his “little shopping basket.” PHOTO: GEOFF SLOAN little shopping basket.” Each delivery varies depending on the needs of the person receiving the meal. Sometimes Roy will drop it at the door; sometimes he takes it inside to the kitchen. “Each time you go you don’t know who’s on your list really, you know who your regulars are but then again you can’t guarantee because your regular might be in hospital or might be away on holiday.” Before Roy became a volunteer deliverer, he and Shirley were caretakers for Cobham Intermediate School in Burnside for 10 years. Before that, they owned two dairies in Marshland for six years. Roy does three separate rounds of deliveries, mostly in the eastern suburbs, and said he’ll definitely miss going around the town. “I’m delivering meals to places that I normally don’t go as part of my other life,” he said. “I’ve been doing it for so long, it’s become a sort of pattern of my life if you know what I mean.” Roy still hasn’t decided what he’ll do in place of his delivery rounds, but said he’s looking forward to some rest and relaxation – and will even order the meals for himself during the winter. Vandalism prompts patrols to be reinstated • By Emily Moorhouse AN INCREASE in vandalism and theft around the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor has finally prompted patrols to be reinstated. Avon River network manager Hayley Guglietta brought the issue to the Coastal-Burwood Community Board at its latest meeting and said she has been raising concerns over vandalism in the area for 10 months. Board member for the Burwood Ward Bebe Frayle said the concern about vandalism in the area was also raised at a Dallington Residents Association meeting. “This prompted me to request that staff follow up the possibility of reinstating the patrols, which the RRZ [residential red zone] team actioned almost immediately,” she said. “They will be reinstating in early May.” Frayle said the patrollers will be organised and funded by the city council. When Land Information New Zealand managed the OARC area of the red zone it contracted a group to patrol the area, but when the city council took over from LINZ in mid 2020, patrolling stopped. We care about your hair Donate an hour of your time to help save a life. Christine Vanessa Kieron NEXT BLOOD DRIVE Today, 83 Kiwis will need lifesaving blood or plasma. Unseen emergencies happen every day. DON’T WAIT TO SAVE A LIFE. Federation Barber / Hair / Beauty/ Medi-Clinic Phone 352 7684 98 Main North Rd, Papanui Bishopdale Reformed Church 90 Highsted Road Wednesday 14 April 3:00pm – 6:30pm Bishopdale Blood Drive NEXT BLOOD Wednesday DRIVE 11th May Bishopdale Reformed Church GIVE 90 Highsted THE GIFT Road OF BLOOD - COSTS NOTHING! 2:30pm PAY IF - FORWARD. 6:30pm Hornby Blood Drive Denton Park A word from Ilam MP Sarah Pallett The school holidays are nearly over and I do hope everyone was able to find some time to relax over Easter and Anzac weekends. Ilam is such a diverse electorate and I really enjoy engaging with businesses, schools, and community organisations that service our community. Papanui Youth Development Trust is one such organisation. It was really interesting to hear about the amazing work they do to support young people and their families in north west Christchurch. Another recent highlight was my visit to the Christchurch Engine Centre. This is such a great facility to have here in Ilam, employing a large local workforce to service aircraft engines from all over the world. At my constituent clinics a range of issues have been raised, from traffic concerns to immigration issues. One issue raised was concern over the lack of Spark coverage in the McLeans Island area and the possible impact on emergency calls. I met with Spark regarding this as it is essential that calls are able to be made in an emergency. Spark confirmed that the Vodafone site with 2degrees co-locating on it provides coverage in the McLeans Island area. This is good news as it ensures that calls to 111 can be made by anyone with a mobile phone, including Spark customers. Spark is aware of their coverage issues in the McLeans Island area and have advised me that this area is being considered as part of the evaluation for their national build programme. If you have an issue that you’d like to discuss with me, please get in touch with my office on 0800 727 244 or sarah.ilamMP@parliament.govt.nz. Funded by Parliamentary Service. Authorised by Sarah Pallett MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington.
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