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Student raising the bar at CrossFit<br />

STRENGTH: Johan Roberts’ favourite part of CrossFit is weightlifting.<br />

• By Maree Mahony<br />

A GYM-BASED programme to<br />

help “a small and scrawny” lad<br />

to bulk up for rugby league has<br />

been so successful the teen may<br />

soon be competing against the<br />

world’s best in his age-group in<br />

the United States.<br />

Johan Roberts, who trains at<br />

the 64 Fitness Club in Wigram,<br />

ditched rugby league as soon<br />

as he caught the CrossFit bug<br />

about four years ago.<br />

CrossFit involves high intensity<br />

interval training which<br />

builds strength and conditioning<br />

through weightlifting, gymnastics<br />

(pullups, bars and rings)<br />

and cardio (rowing machines,<br />

bikes etc).<br />

It was set up in California<br />

in 2000 and has now spread to<br />

around 120 countries, including<br />

New Zealand.<br />

The 17-year-old has just<br />

achieved his best ever result<br />

at competition – finishing as<br />

the top ranked male athlete<br />

in the world in the 16-17 agegroup.<br />

Around 2000 other teens<br />

were in the field when the event<br />

started and they were reduced<br />

to the top 10 per cent.<br />

It was an online competition<br />

with each athlete tasked with<br />

completing five workouts which<br />

were videoed and then submitted<br />

with scores to the event<br />

organisers.<br />

His win was especially<br />

PHOTO: ANNIKA ROBERTS<br />

impressive because some of his<br />

rivals train full-time for such<br />

events, his proud mother Annika<br />

Roberts said.<br />

“The most well-rounded person<br />

is the one who wins.”<br />

Roberts said he never<br />

dreamed he would finish first<br />

and now he needs one more<br />

top 10 finish in an event next<br />

month to qualify for the world<br />

championships in Madison,<br />

Wisconsin, in August.<br />

• Turn to page 3<br />

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Three Waters<br />

meeting<br />

organisers<br />

frustrated<br />

with Pallett<br />

• By Chris Barclay<br />

LABOUR MP Sarah Pallett’s<br />

non-appearance at a public<br />

forum where residents vented<br />

their frustrations over the<br />

Government’s controversial Three<br />

Waters reform has disappointed<br />

organisers.<br />

The Avonhead<br />

Community Group<br />

wanted Pallett,<br />

the representative<br />

for Ilam, to hear<br />

their concerns in a<br />

panel also intended<br />

Sarah<br />

to comprise her<br />

Pallett<br />

predecessor Gerry<br />

Brownlee, and Waimairi Ward<br />

city councillor Sam MacDonald.<br />

Pallett originally accepted the<br />

invitation but when the meeting<br />

was rescheduled from February<br />

21 to last Tuesday night, she told<br />

organisers she was unable to attend.<br />

The Government’s plans to<br />

transfer control of drinking,<br />

stormwater and wastewater<br />

networks from local authorities<br />

to four new public entities across<br />

the country remains a contentious<br />

issue with the city council ceding<br />

$6.9 billion worth of water assets<br />

under the reforms.<br />

Housing intensification – where<br />

three buildings up to three storeys<br />

on a section do not require a resource<br />

consent – and the removal<br />

of a requirement for new houses<br />

to have off street parking were<br />

also discussion points for the<br />

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this week<br />

Te Ao Hou: Travelling<br />

Exhibition<br />

Thursday, all day<br />

Redwood Library<br />

A moment to celebrate the tenacity<br />

and elegance of the Māori spirit<br />

through this display that centres the<br />

magazine Te Ao Hou: The New World,<br />

published 1952–75. The publication<br />

also showcases the pōwhiri process<br />

(welcoming visitors onto the marae)<br />

and encourages readers to engage<br />

with the articles and images to<br />

celebrate, converse and dwell in the<br />

presence of the voices represented in<br />

Te Ao Hou.<br />

Wā Pēpi Babytimes<br />

Thursday, 10-11am<br />

Fendalton Library<br />

Meet others in the community<br />

and join the relaxed, fun group for<br />

interactive songs, rhymes, and books<br />

that will delight and develop your<br />

baby or toddler. Recommended for<br />

under 2-year-olds. Free, no bookings<br />

required. Guardians and children<br />

12 and over will need to wear a face<br />

mask.<br />

Wā Kōrero-Storytimes<br />

Thursday, 11-noon<br />

Papanui Library<br />

Meet others in the community<br />

when you and your pre-schooler go<br />

along for a variety of stories, songs<br />

and rhymes which foster children’s<br />

literacy. Guardians and children 12<br />

and over will need to wear a face<br />

mask.<br />

Bolivia Card Game<br />

Thursday, 1-3pm<br />

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and<br />

Community Centre<br />

Go along for a fun and friendly<br />

card game of Bolivia. All welcome.<br />

Rummikub Club<br />

Thursday, 1-3pm<br />

Fendalton Library<br />

Go along to Fendalton Library to play<br />

a game of Rummikub – an exciting,<br />

interactive strategy game.<br />

Mobile Discovery Wall<br />

Friday, all day<br />

Fendalton Library<br />

The discovery wall at Tūranga has a<br />

smaller, mobile ‘sibling’. Local heritage<br />

comes to life with this unique<br />

interactive touchscreen technology<br />

that lets you explore the history of<br />

Christchurch. Go along to try it<br />

out as it visits community libraries<br />

around the city.<br />

Thursday <strong>May</strong> 5 <strong>2022</strong><br />

Mahjong Group, Monday, 12.30-2pm, Papanui Library. Interested in<br />

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Knit ‘n’ Yarn<br />

Friday, 10am-noon<br />

Papanui Library<br />

Head down to Papanui Library<br />

with your knitting, crochet or another<br />

craft and have fun with a social<br />

group.<br />

Fendalton Book Club<br />

Friday, 11am-noon<br />

Fendalton Library<br />

Discuss your favourite books and<br />

authors with other book lovers. The<br />

group is informal and enjoys serendipity<br />

in both fiction and non-fiction<br />

books.<br />

JP clinic<br />

Saturday, 10am-noon<br />

Fendalton Library<br />

A Justice of the Peace is on site to<br />

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and affirmations; to witness signatures<br />

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Thursday <strong>May</strong> 5 <strong>2022</strong> 3<br />

PUBLIC INTEREST: Labour MP Sarah Pallett’s absence from an Avonhead Community<br />

Group meeting has been questioned by Waimairi Ward city councillor Sam MacDonald,<br />

who fielded questions.<br />

Decision draws criticism<br />

• From page 1<br />

Brownlee also pulled out<br />

because he was a close contact of<br />

a Covid-19 case, he was replaced<br />

by National MP for Selwyn<br />

Nicola Grigg.<br />

Avonhead Community Group<br />

member Clive Paris was critical<br />

of Pallett’s absence.<br />

“Sarah did herself no favours<br />

by not fronting up and listening<br />

to her constituents. She did not<br />

have to agree but listening is a<br />

big part of being an MP.”<br />

MacDonald, a member of the<br />

right-leaning Independent Citizens<br />

faction, said it was disappointing<br />

Pallett did not attend,<br />

considering members of her staff<br />

were observing.<br />

“If it is good enough to send<br />

along staff,” he asked, “why<br />

couldn’t Sarah attend?”<br />

Pallett said on April 7 she notified<br />

organisers she would not be<br />

attending because cabinet was<br />

still considering recommendations<br />

made by a working group<br />

examining the Three Waters<br />

reform.<br />

She wanted to wait until she<br />

had further details from cabinet.<br />

“My intention was to update<br />

local residents on the response<br />

to feedback from the working<br />

group and hear the community’s<br />

view on the next step,” she said.<br />

“I was hopeful I would have<br />

had information on the next<br />

phase before the meeting, however<br />

that has not been the case.”<br />

Local Government Minister<br />

Nanaia Mahuta actually announced<br />

last Friday that cabinet<br />

had agreed to the bulk of the<br />

working group’s 47 recommendations,<br />

with the overhaul planned<br />

for completion by July 2024.<br />

Pallett added she had<br />

previously met one-on-one<br />

with residents and was part<br />

of a virtual public meeting on<br />

Three Waters held via Zoom in<br />

November.<br />

She also hoped to arrange for<br />

Mahuta to visit Ilam and meet<br />

residents.<br />

Mother is a coach<br />

• From page 1<br />

The year 13 Cashmere High<br />

School student combines schoolwork<br />

with two trips to the gym<br />

each day to work on his skills.<br />

“I just find it really enjoyable,<br />

seeing yourself get better and<br />

seeing how good I can get at<br />

something.<br />

“It’s not too hard to stay motivated,<br />

I’ve done it so long now<br />

that it’s a habit at this point. All<br />

my friends and family are constantly<br />

training.”<br />

Weightlifting is his favourite<br />

part of CrossFit and he has<br />

already secured national and<br />

Oceania age-group records in the<br />

under 17 and under 23 divisions.<br />

His best at the clean and jerk is<br />

160kg while in the snatch he has<br />

achieved 125kg.<br />

Roberts has managed to stay<br />

injury-free to this point in part<br />

because he doesn’t “push it” and<br />

perhaps because he has expert<br />

coaching advice to draw on.<br />

His mum is an experienced<br />

SKILL:<br />

Johan<br />

Roberts<br />

says<br />

enjoyment<br />

helps to<br />

keep him<br />

motivated.<br />

PHOTO:<br />

ANNIKA<br />

ROBERTS<br />

CrossFit participant while coach<br />

Komi Mitchell and his school<br />

weightlifting coach Douglas<br />

Sekone-Fraser also provide guidance.<br />

Asked what it is like to have his<br />

mum as a coach, he said: “It was<br />

harder when I was younger, it’s<br />

gotten easier as I’ve got older. I<br />

usually listen to her.”<br />

Because CrossFit was set up as<br />

a business, it is not recognised<br />

officially as a sport so attracts no<br />

government funding. Athletes<br />

are expected to pay their own<br />

expenses to travel and compete.<br />

So Roberts fits in 15 hours a<br />

week working at his local Mc-<br />

Donald’s to help pay for some of<br />

the costs associated with getting<br />

to high-level competitions.<br />

He hopes to kick on with<br />

CrossFit into the adult<br />

competitions, which he will be<br />

eligible for as soon as he turns<br />

18 and he’s also aiming to start<br />

training as a teacher next year.<br />

– RNZ<br />

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Thursday <strong>May</strong> 5 <strong>2022</strong> 5<br />

Big rigs moving at the touch of a button<br />

• By John Cosgrove<br />

THEY HAVE all the bells and<br />

whistles and when viewed from a<br />

low angle, they really do look the<br />

part – right down to the lugs and<br />

chains and their sound effects,<br />

and yet they are only 1/14th the<br />

size of the real thing.<br />

But that doesn’t stop scores<br />

of keen radio-controlled model<br />

trucking enthusiasts from turning<br />

out on the fourth Sunday of each<br />

month to drive their pride and<br />

joy on the RC Haulers club site<br />

with their multi-use scale roads<br />

in the red zone on the corner of<br />

New Brighton Rd and Brooker<br />

Ave.<br />

The club has installed on-site<br />

200m of concrete roads, also built<br />

to scale, complete with road signs<br />

and garages to reverse into or<br />

store spare trailers in.<br />

RC Haulers club secretary<br />

and co-founder Kris Heslin, of<br />

Halswell, who doesn’t drive trucks<br />

professionally, said the club has a<br />

strong following both nationally<br />

and internationally.<br />

“The attraction is to be creative<br />

and share a passion for trucks, I<br />

can tinker around at home and<br />

then come out and have a bit of<br />

fun,” he said.<br />

He said a radio controlled<br />

model truck might cost over<br />

$1000 to outfit.<br />

“But 80 per cent of the fun<br />

was in making it, and customising<br />

(Clockwise from above), RC Haulers club members check connections on<br />

their 1/14th scale model trucks as they prepare for another day out. Club<br />

member loads up his scratch built trailer unit. Secretary and club co-founder<br />

Kris Heslin, of Halswell, guides his truck and trailer unit carrying a large<br />

working scale excavator, past another road train.<br />

it how you want it to look and<br />

then sharing it with everyone,” he<br />

said.<br />

On show were many<br />

semi-trailer trucks, light<br />

trucks, cranes, a working dirt<br />

processor, diggers and<br />

excavators.<br />

All were intricately detailed<br />

and created from model kit sets<br />

or scratch built to replicate the<br />

original long haulers and the<br />

loads they carry.<br />

There is even a M1 Abrams<br />

tank and a police car.<br />

While marveling at their<br />

detail, the many spectators on<br />

hand couldn’t help but notice<br />

the sheer size of these model<br />

trucks.<br />

They are big; with some road<br />

train outfits well over 1.5m long.<br />

All motor around the scale<br />

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Thursday <strong>May</strong> 5 <strong>2022</strong><br />

From low angles the big rigs look like the real deal.<br />

Try your hand at driving<br />

• From page 5<br />

But unlike the high speeds of<br />

radio controlled racing cars and<br />

off-road racers, these replica<br />

trucks and excavators also move<br />

at the correct scale speed – about<br />

walking pace.<br />

Members said they must plan<br />

their journeys because they do<br />

strain under the loads carrying<br />

tanks, excavators, other trucks<br />

and cars, or even scale houses on<br />

their trailers.<br />

Heslin said some of the loads<br />

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“They do get loaded down and<br />

you certainly feel the weight, especially<br />

when they go up over the<br />

bridge and don’t quite make it.<br />

“Trying to make it more realistic<br />

is all part of the fun,” he said.<br />

Enthusiast John Sanders built<br />

a copy of his own house to be<br />

transported by his truck and trailer<br />

unit, just because he wanted to<br />

make something different.<br />

Heslin said there was no age<br />

limit, the club welcomes people<br />

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Growing<br />

shrooms<br />

‘complicated<br />

but fun’<br />

AN INITIATIVE to grow<br />

mushrooms at the fungi farm<br />

in the Avon River Corridor<br />

regeneration area has been labelled<br />

“complicated but fun”.<br />

The project is being led by<br />

the Riverlution Collective and<br />

Richmond Community Garden.<br />

Spokeswoman Hayley Guglietta<br />

said it will take a couple of years<br />

to fully establish the fungi populations<br />

in the area.<br />

“They’ve got to have the right<br />

amount of sunshine, water and<br />

heat – they need moist, warm soil,”<br />

she said.<br />

“It’s complicated but fun.”<br />

Autumn is the best time to grow<br />

fungus and since the farm opened<br />

last July it has seen button and oyster<br />

mushrooms pop up and shaggy<br />

clumps of lion’s mane sprout from<br />

trees.<br />

“We’ve still got a lot of inoculating<br />

to do and there’s different<br />

methods of getting the spores<br />

in, such as in-ground mulching,<br />

mushroom compost and logs,”<br />

said Guglietta.<br />

There are workshops on site each<br />

month where people can learn the<br />

process of mushroom inoculation.<br />

The fungi farm on the corner<br />

of Evelyn Cousins Ave and River<br />

Rd, Richmond, also features<br />

mushroom-themed sculptures and<br />

art.<br />

Bug hotel a bid to boost bee numbers<br />

A BUG hotel shaped like a whare<br />

has been installed at Horseshoe<br />

Lake, Burwood, to help boost the<br />

population of native bees.<br />

City council urban rangers<br />

made and installed the hotel in<br />

the lake’s regeneration area of the<br />

Ōtakaro Avon River Corridor in<br />

a bid to establish more colonies<br />

of native bees.<br />

In turn, the bees pollinate<br />

native plants, including manuka,<br />

kanuka and pohutukawa.<br />

“We’re helping the native bee<br />

population by building a home<br />

so they can do their job more<br />

easily. They have to compete<br />

with the honey bees so want<br />

to give them a bit of a head<br />

start,” city council community<br />

partnerships ranger Courtney<br />

Reid said.<br />

The hotels are filled with flax,<br />

pinecones, bamboo and other<br />

natural products which the bees<br />

can use to establish their habitat.<br />

Said Reid: “We’re supporting<br />

from the bottom up. So if we<br />

establish more habitats for<br />

insects and bees, that helps<br />

increase the number of native<br />

plants and trees in the area,<br />

which then attracts more native<br />

bird life.”<br />

The area around Horseshoe<br />

Lake was a food resource site for<br />

Māori, so the rangers thought<br />

it was fitting to have the hotel<br />

shaped like a whare.<br />

“Staff handmade these<br />

wonderful structures in their<br />

spare time and also made use of<br />

resources that were already here<br />

HABITAT: City council urban rangers install a bug hotel at Horseshoe Lake.<br />

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The whare is the first in a<br />

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There are at least another six<br />

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10<br />

Thursday <strong>May</strong> 5 <strong>2022</strong><br />

More housing choice<br />

is the way forward<br />

Population growth, housing issues – including affordability – and climate change<br />

are prompting a re-think of some of Ōtautahi-Christchurch’s planning rules.<br />

Our proposed plan change<br />

We need to build a wider variety of homes,<br />

and more of them, to suit our changing<br />

housing needs.<br />

For lower emissions – and future generations<br />

– we must build upwards, particularly in and<br />

around our commercial centres within easy<br />

reach of work, school and the shops.<br />

Belfast<br />

Where we’ll grow<br />

Prestons*<br />

The proposed Draft Housing and Business<br />

Choice Plan Change creates a number of<br />

residential and commercial zones in the city<br />

and enables more and higher housing to<br />

be developed. Developments may still be<br />

subject to a resource consent.<br />

Bishopdale<br />

Papanui<br />

Shirley*<br />

Check out our interactive maps* to find out<br />

what the proposed changes mean for you and<br />

your property. Visit ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay<br />

(Draft Housing and Business Choice Plan<br />

Change).<br />

Merivale<br />

Ōtakaro Avon River<br />

The Government wants<br />

us to grow up!<br />

Church Corner<br />

Riccarton<br />

Ōtakaro Avon River<br />

City<br />

Centre<br />

Linwood<br />

We’ve been given direction<br />

by the Government to enable<br />

more housing.<br />

Hornby<br />

Barrington<br />

Sydenham<br />

This means in most urban residential<br />

zones of the city people will be allowed<br />

to build up to three houses per section,<br />

and up to 12 metres high (three storeys,<br />

depending on building design) without<br />

a resource consent.<br />

Even greater building development –<br />

both residential and commercial – would<br />

be allowed within and around the central<br />

city and suburban commercial centres.<br />

To find out more about the Government<br />

legislation visit<br />

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Key<br />

North Halswell<br />

City Centre Zone: unlimited height<br />

High Density Zone: 32 metres enabled (10 storeys, depending on building design)<br />

High Density Zone Precinct: 20 metres enabled (six storeys, depending on building design)<br />

Town Centre that may emerge into a Metropolitan Centre: 20 metres enabled<br />

(six storeys, depending on building design)<br />

Town Centre: 20 metres enabled (six storeys, depending on building design)<br />

Local Centre (Large): 14 metres (four storeys, depending on building design)<br />

Local Centre (Significant): 20 metres enabled (six storeys, depending<br />

on building design)<br />

Medium Density Zone Precinct: 14 metres enabled (four storeys,<br />

depending on building design)<br />

Rest of the city – Medium Density Zone– enables at least 12 metres<br />

(unless Qualifying Matters apply).<br />

*For areas outside of the vacuum sewer wastewater constraints only.<br />

* You may need to view these maps at a different time if demand is high.

Thursday <strong>May</strong> 5 <strong>2022</strong> 11<br />

Our growth challenge<br />

Changing the way we do things is challenging but it also brings opportunity.<br />

Our climate is changing, the population is growing and there’s increasing pressure on our infrastructure and environment.<br />

For the sake of future generations, we need to make good decisions now about how and where we grow so our city remains<br />

a great place to live and do business, and that we are well positioned to respond to climate change and population growth.<br />

Indicative illustration only: Medium Density<br />

Residential Standards (3 units and 12 metres max.)<br />

Indicative illustration only: High Density Residential<br />

Zone (20 metres max.)<br />

Indicative illustration only: High Density Residential<br />

and Commercial Zones (20 metres max.)<br />

Growing in the right places<br />

While we must follow the Government’s direction, we’re proposing that<br />

some areas have qualities, known as Qualifying Matters. This means the<br />

rules enabling increased development would not apply, or would be<br />

limited, and development remains subject to resource consent approval.<br />

This could be because of their significant heritage or character value, or<br />

because of specific hazards like rockfall, erosion, tsunami or flooding.<br />

Planning ahead is way smarter<br />

We have the water and wastewater pipes in place for additional housing<br />

in most parts of the city, but there are some areas where we may not<br />

have the capacity to service more homes.<br />

Ōtakaro Avon River<br />

We propose adding a district-wide engineering provision to the<br />

District Plan which will require anyone wanting to develop land to<br />

check water and sewer network capacity with us prior to planning<br />

a new development. Call us on 03 941 8999 or 0800 800 169.<br />

Coastal hazards – preparing for change<br />

We’re already feeling the impacts of climate change. We need to plan<br />

now for the effects of coastal hazards on our communities, infrastructure<br />

and environment, so that we are ready for what we will be facing in<br />

the future.<br />

We’re proposing changes, via our Draft Coastal Hazards Plan Change,<br />

to avoid an increased risk of harm to people and property from coastal<br />

hazards such as flooding, tsunami, and erosion.<br />

Protecting our Residential Heritage Areas<br />

We want to protect the special heritage in some of our residential areas.<br />

Through a separate Draft Heritage Plan Change we’re proposing to create<br />

11 Residential Heritage Areas, which have buildings and features that<br />

are collectively of significance to Christchurch’s heritage and identity.<br />

This means there will be less intensification enabled than in standard<br />

residential areas.<br />

The plan change also proposes adding around 65 buildings, items and<br />

building interiors to the Schedule of Significant Historic Heritage.<br />

Protecting our Character Areas<br />

We’re also proposing changes to the 15 Character Areas in the city,<br />

with these to become Qualifying Matters. Character Areas are residential<br />

neighbourhoods that are distinctive from their wider surroundings,<br />

and are considered to be worthy of retaining.<br />

While some infill development will be allowed, the Council will have<br />

more flexibility in declining a resource consent where the design of<br />

a new house, or changes to an existing house aren’t in keeping with<br />

the Character Area.<br />

Protecting our trees<br />

We know trees are important to people and they play a vital role in<br />

helping tackle climate change.<br />

We’re working on ways to ensure that new housing development does<br />

not come at the expense of the city’s tree canopy. This includes seeking<br />

Financial Contributions from anyone wishing to develop land and who<br />

does not retain or plant 20 per cent tree canopy cover on a site. We’ll<br />

use these contributions to plant more trees on Council owned land.<br />

We propose further protecting trees by making the list of protected<br />

trees in the current District Plan a Qualifying Matter.<br />

Have your say<br />

We welcome your feedback on our Housing and Business Choice,<br />

Coastal Hazards, Heritage, and Radio Communication Pathways<br />

draft plan changes from 11 April until 13 <strong>May</strong> <strong>2022</strong>. This will help us<br />

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good value and<br />

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Mushroom and beef<br />

casserole<br />

Serves 6<br />

½ cup flour, place in large<br />

bowl<br />

1500gm rump steak (cut<br />

into cubes, toss into the<br />

flour)<br />

2 tablespoons olive oil<br />

1 tablespoon olive oil<br />

250gm button mushrooms<br />

(halved)<br />

2 carrots (cut into thirds,<br />

then sliced)<br />

1 large brown onion<br />

(sliced)<br />

4 cloves garlic (crushed)<br />

½ cup tomato paste<br />

500ml beef stock<br />

Directions<br />

Dust the steak cubes in<br />

the flour.<br />

Heat oil in frypan and<br />

brown beef in batches, set<br />

aside.<br />

In the same pan, add second<br />

measure of oil, add onion,<br />

garlic, and mushrooms<br />

and cook for 3-4min until<br />

mushrooms start to brown<br />

and the onions soften.<br />

Add stock and tomato<br />

paste, stir to combine, bring<br />

to the boil, then remove<br />

from heat.<br />

Place beef in slow cooker,<br />

then pour hot stock and<br />

mushroom mixture over<br />

beef, add carrots, cover and<br />

cook on high setting for<br />

four hours, or low setting<br />

for 6-8 hours.<br />

Mushroom-stuffed<br />

schnitzels<br />

Serves 4-6<br />

Ingredients<br />

27gm butter, place in frypan<br />

and melt, then add:<br />

24 mushrooms (peeled<br />

and halved or quartered)<br />

1 bunch spring onions<br />

(sliced)<br />

2 cloves garlic (crushed)<br />

4 large slices, or 6 smaller<br />

slices plain wiener schnitzel,<br />

lay out on sandwich<br />

board and cover half of<br />

each piece with generous<br />

amount:<br />

Cracked peppercorns<br />

Rosemary<br />

Oregano<br />

Tarragon<br />

Thyme<br />

1 cup cheese (grated)<br />

½ cup flour<br />

4 eggs, beaten with<br />

8 tablespoons milk – can<br />

use trim or homogenised<br />

2 cups breadcrumbs (may<br />

need more)<br />

Olive oil<br />

Directions<br />

Saute mushrooms/spring<br />

onions/garlic. Cover the<br />

peppered half of each of the<br />

schnitzel slices with quarter<br />

(if making four, or 1/6th if<br />

making six) of the cheese,<br />

then a quarter (if making<br />

four, or 1/6th if making<br />

six) the mushroom/spring<br />

onion/garlic mixture.<br />

Fold the plain half of the<br />

schnitzel over to cover the<br />

filling and pin together with<br />

kebab sticks.<br />

Dust each schnitzel<br />

thoroughly with flour, then<br />

dunk into the egg/milk<br />

mixture, then roll in the<br />

breadcrumbs.<br />

Repeat by dunking back<br />

into the egg/milk mixture,<br />

then roll a second time in<br />

the breadcrumbs so that<br />

each schnitzel has been<br />

double-dipped.<br />

Refrigerate for at least an<br />

hour before cooking to allow<br />

them to set, the longer<br />

the better, overnight is best.<br />

Can either fry in oil until<br />

golden brown all over and<br />

meat is cooked through<br />

or, for best results, line<br />

an ovenproof dish with<br />

non-stick tin foil, paint a<br />

generous layer of olive oil<br />

over it using a brush, place<br />

the schnitzels onto the tin<br />

foil, then pour olive oil over<br />

the top, painting it all over<br />

the schnitzels.<br />

Turn the meat over, and<br />

make sure every part of the<br />

schnitzel is coated in olive<br />

oil.<br />

Bake in the oven at 180<br />

deg C for 40min; if possible,<br />

turn them over after 20min<br />

and bake for the remainder<br />

of the time.<br />

Mushroom and<br />

pumpkin risotto<br />

Serves 4-5<br />

Ingredients<br />

Olive oil<br />

1 large onion, chopped<br />

4 cloves garlic, crushed<br />

250gm pumpkin, grated<br />

250gm (or a small plastic<br />

punnet) brown button<br />

mushrooms, peeled and<br />

halved<br />

1 cup rice (uncooked)<br />

4 cups vegetable stock<br />

Pepper<br />

1 cup frozen peas<br />

1 tablespoon pesto<br />

3 tablespoons parmesan<br />

cheese<br />

Directions<br />

Above:<br />

Mushroom<br />

and beef<br />

casserole.<br />

Left:<br />

Mushroom<br />

and<br />

pumpkin<br />

risotto.<br />

Heat two tablespoons<br />

olive oil in frypan and saute<br />

onion and garlic, remove<br />

from pan.<br />

Put another tablespoon<br />

olive oil in frypan and add<br />

pumpkin and mushrooms,<br />

saute them for about 5min,<br />

remove from pan.<br />

Add another tablespoon<br />

of olive oil to the frypan,<br />

add the raw rice and cook<br />

for a couple of minutes,<br />

then add three cups of<br />

the vegetable stock and<br />

pepper.<br />

Bring to the boil, reduce<br />

heat and let it simmer until<br />

most of the liquid has disappeared.<br />

Add the remainder<br />

of the stock, return the<br />

onion/garlic/pumpkin/<br />

mushrooms to the pan and<br />

add the peas.<br />

Let it simmer until all<br />

the liquid has been taken<br />

up, test the rice to make<br />

sure it’s done, and add<br />

the pesto and parmesan<br />

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RD Petroleum (RDP) is a familiar sight<br />

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customer service for which RDP is known for<br />

in rural communities, through their home<br />

heating diesel.<br />

RDP began its home heating diesel delivery<br />

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Customer demand has continued to increase<br />

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equipment.<br />

The trucks that deliver RDP’s home heating<br />

diesel in each urban centre are drawn from<br />

the company’s extensive vehicle fleet. This<br />

Thursday <strong>May</strong> 5 <strong>2022</strong><br />

means they have the latest communication<br />

and GPS tracking technology on board, so<br />

the operations team always know where they<br />

are and how far away they are from their next<br />

delivery stop.<br />

RDP’s home heating diesel trucks come<br />

equipped with a specially-designed hose,<br />

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the truck into house tanks. The length of<br />

the hose allows the trucks to access tanks<br />

without having to enter the property, avoiding<br />

damaging the driveway. RDP is the place to<br />

go if you require diesel conveniently delivered<br />

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Now with the colder and wetter weather on<br />

its way, home owners are focusing on ways<br />

to make their homes comfortable, warm<br />

and healthy for their families throughout<br />

winter. Rising damp is an issue that affects<br />

many of our older properties which suffer<br />

from poor, or no, ground moisture barrier.<br />

In Canterbury especially, post-quake, many<br />

people have relocated to homes that suffer<br />

from rising damp which can be associated<br />

with health problems. Independent tests have<br />

shown that up to 40 litres of water can rise<br />

from the ground and enter a house every day,<br />

leading to mildew, mould, condensation and<br />

musty smells. Moulds can produce various<br />

allergic reactions and the frail, elderly and<br />

very young are especially vulnerable.<br />

Canterbury Foam Concrete Ltd is a<br />

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damp and are there to help. They will come<br />

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While insulation is important, it has been<br />

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Standards introduced by the government<br />

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Dr Larry Bellamy BE (hons) PhD in a<br />

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The quality of the air<br />

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Invisible harmful substances like a high<br />

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Even bad smells can cause discomfort or<br />

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however as winter approaches, we start to<br />

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Ventilation includes both the exchange<br />

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Filtered air supply for summer and filtered<br />

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In cases with poor or insufficient air<br />

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SCHOOL OPEN DAYS<br />

Tena Koutou, Talofa<br />

lava, Afio Mai, welcome<br />

to Marian College<br />

Thursday <strong>May</strong> 5 <strong>2022</strong><br />

‘A centre<br />

of creative<br />

excellence’<br />

Hornby High School<br />

We are a family school built on Catholic<br />

faith and values with the vision of<br />

empowering our students to be confident,<br />

committed, faith-filled learners, enabling<br />

them to fulfil their potential and to<br />

contribute to the common good of society.<br />

The staff and students are resilient and<br />

have managed the challenges of Covid-19<br />

and hybrid learning well. We are proud<br />

of our students who have continued<br />

to achieve in academic, sporting, and<br />

cultural areas.<br />

2023 is going to be a big year for us as<br />

we farewell our Barbadoes Street location<br />

and move into our new home on Lydia<br />

Street, Papanui mid-2023. You can check<br />

out the innovative plans and follow the<br />

progress of the build on our website.<br />

We look forward to meeting you<br />

during our Open Day. Bookings are<br />

essential and can be made on our<br />

website.<br />

Open Evening<br />

Wednesday 18 <strong>May</strong><br />

6pm - 8pm<br />

There will be an opportunity to<br />

meet the staff and have a guided<br />

tour of the school.<br />

Commitment, Achievement,<br />

Resilience, Respect.<br />

180 Waterloo Road, Hornby<br />

Ph 03 349 5396<br />

www.hornby.school.nz<br />

Haere mai! Talofa lava!<br />

Welcome!<br />

You are invited to<br />

Marian College<br />

Thursday 19 <strong>May</strong>, 2 - 6.30pm<br />

Tours will begin on the hour with the<br />

Principal’s Welcome.<br />

Bookings essential<br />

www.mariancollege.school.nz/openday<br />

exec@mariancollege.school.nz<br />

03 385 8449<br />

When choosing the right school for<br />

our tamariki we often go by the ‘feeling’<br />

we have when we visit, as much as by the<br />

programmes that schools have on offer.<br />

The world demands fewer people who can<br />

do repetitive tasks and more people who<br />

can think creatively and critically. That’s<br />

why our vision, our aspiration, as a school<br />

is to be ‘A centre of creative excellence’<br />

in everything that we do, whether visual<br />

arts or chemistry, volleyball or music,<br />

management or curriculum organisation.<br />

In doing this we haven’t forgotten the<br />

importance of the strong relationships that<br />

we build with all of our students, and the<br />

importance of individualising learning<br />

pathways so that we come as close as we<br />

can to meeting every individual student’s<br />

needs. Hornby High School’s feeling is<br />

one of positive relationships that support<br />

learning. Students often comment that<br />

we feel like whānau, like family. Visitors<br />

without exception comment on the calm<br />

learning focussed environment that they<br />

see and feel when they visit our learning<br />

spaces. This all takes place within our<br />

amazing new facilities that are allowing<br />

us to develop a new curriculum crossing<br />

old subject boundaries and catering for<br />

individual needs, that support student<br />

passions, and help our students to grow<br />

their heart for their community. The<br />

growing list of student achievements<br />

support our students’ opinions that we<br />

offer a wide range of sporting and other<br />

activities for them during their time at<br />

school. And we expect nothing but the<br />

next from every student, we expect every<br />

student to create the best version of<br />

themselves that they can be. We emphasise<br />

our values, promoting the ethos of<br />

kindness, of manaaki. I personally invite<br />

you to come along and meet with our<br />

skilled staff, and the amazing young people<br />

who make Hornby High School such a<br />

wonderful place to be.<br />

Robin Sutton, Tumuaki

Thursday <strong>May</strong> 5 <strong>2022</strong> 15<br />

SCHOOL OPEN DAYS<br />

Villa Maria College has served the<br />

Catholic community in Christchurch for<br />

over 100 years. The College was established<br />

by the Sisters of Mercy as a Catholic school<br />

for girls in 1918, and in 1981 Villa Maria<br />

became an Integrated School providing<br />

education with a Special Character. It is the<br />

vision of Catherine McAuley, founder of<br />

the Sisters of Mercy, that is implemented,<br />

tested and challenged in all our education<br />

at Villa Maria. It is this Mercy character<br />

that makes Villa Maria special, and we<br />

seek to live the Gospel values and infuse a<br />

Catholic culture with our Mercy charism,<br />

throughout all aspects of College life.<br />

The staff at Villa Maria are committed<br />

to creating life-long learners and nurture<br />

each girl and her academic needs. We<br />

are extremely proud of our academic<br />

success. NZQA data shows that Villa Maria<br />

Villa Maria College<br />

students consistently perform well above<br />

the national average for all New Zealand<br />

schools. Striving for excellence is part of<br />

the College culture, and girls are guided<br />

and supported to set goals and achieve<br />

their potential. Our smaller class sizes are<br />

a significant advantage, and our teachers<br />

are specialists in their field and passionate<br />

about educating girls.<br />

In an all girls’ environment, girls are<br />

taken seriously. They can work through<br />

the challenges of adolescence safely and<br />

they thrive and excel with strong female<br />

and male role models to inspire them. The<br />

family atmosphere at Villa Maria College<br />

is no accident. Students are encouraged<br />

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to look after each other and give back to<br />

the life of the College. All students are<br />

placed in one of our six Houses, designed<br />

to encourage camaraderie and a sense<br />

of belonging between students across all<br />

year levels. Each House is led by a Head<br />

of House who oversees the pastoral care<br />

of the students. The entire staff work in a<br />

caring fashion to help students through<br />

their teenage years. It is this deliberate<br />

focus on the whole person that makes Villa<br />

Maria a safe and secure place of learning.<br />

Cultural opportunities play a significant<br />

role in the life of a Villa Maria girl. We offer<br />

a vibrant cultural programme, where girls<br />

can seize opportunities to develop their<br />

musical interests, or be part of our Kapa<br />

Haka or Pasifika Group.<br />

Villa Maria offers more than 30 different<br />

sports, so there truly is something for<br />

everyone. Students are encouraged to<br />

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lifestyle. This is central to our inclusive<br />

philosophy at Villa Maria College.<br />

With a full and vibrant College<br />

experience, balancing academic study and<br />

the many co-curricular activities on offer, it<br />

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from Villa girls into confident and caring<br />

young Mercy women.<br />

We invite you to take a Villa virtual<br />

tour and see our classrooms in action via<br />

our website at www.villa.school.nz<br />

Shirley Boys’ High School – Ngā<br />

Tama o Ōruapaeroa is a school of 1200<br />

boys that serves the eastern suburbs of<br />

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continues to develop at our new site at<br />

Ōruapaeroa. We have a purpose-built<br />

school with first-rate facilities designed<br />

to support the learning of boys. Although<br />

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respectful Shirley Men.<br />

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to preparing young men to succeed in<br />

their world. We provide learning that<br />

is designed to enrich boys and prepare<br />

them for success. It is our belief that all<br />

boys have the capacity and the support<br />

to achieve personal success, and we<br />

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Thursday <strong>May</strong> 5 <strong>2022</strong><br />

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Go Kart<br />

Landrover Series 2a Project<br />

Audi Quattro Wagon<br />

Classic 1974 Ford D1011<br />

Holden Spark<br />

Learning Cube/Walker<br />

$100<br />

ID 40039<br />

$4,000<br />

ID 39890<br />

$32,000<br />

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$10,999<br />

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2017 Honda Jazz RS1.5<br />

CVT Auto<br />

Matchbox Toy<br />

Fridge Freezer Medium Size<br />

Old-fashioned Telephone<br />

Nissan Tiida Hatchback<br />

$150<br />

ID 40036<br />

$20,000<br />

ID 40032<br />

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ID 39739<br />

$80<br />

ID 40031<br />

$100<br />

ID 40022<br />

$7,500<br />

ID 39975<br />

5-piece Dining Table & Chairs<br />

Boat Trailer & Fibreglass<br />

over Ply Hull<br />

Fridge Freezer Large<br />

Toyota 1800cc<br />

2006 Suzuki Swift<br />

Roller Team T590<br />

$160<br />

ID 39630<br />

$1,000<br />

ID 39333<br />

$250<br />

ID 40028<br />

$2,400<br />

ID 39461<br />

$4,500<br />

ID 39999<br />

$138,000<br />

ID 39941<br />

Werthiem Sewing Machine<br />

Stock Crate<br />

Datsun 240C-P230<br />

Dexter Cross Cattle For Sale<br />

Mitz Triton 2WD Diesel<br />

5-speed Manual<br />

Canon 70d DSLR<br />

$60<br />

ID 40019<br />

$500<br />

ID 37674<br />

$20,000<br />

ID 37893<br />

$600+GST<br />

ID 39527<br />

$19,000<br />

ID 39507<br />

$850<br />

ID 39917<br />

An Electric Drive System for<br />

an early Morris Mini<br />

Need a Unique Spareroom?<br />

1960’s Slot Car<br />

Wheel Hubs 1/32<br />

Near-new Haier 7.5kg Frontloading<br />

Washing Machine<br />

Massage Table<br />

Audi A3 2.0T<br />

$4,600<br />

ID 39988<br />

$4,500<br />

ID 39655<br />

$20<br />

ID 5590<br />

$600<br />

ID 39621<br />

$80<br />

ID 38630<br />

$5,000<br />

ID 38940<br />

Briggs & Stratton Sprayer<br />

Near-new Westinghouse<br />

340 Fridge Freezer<br />

Giant Boulder Ladies Bike<br />

Slatted Solid Pine Bunks<br />

Frozen Yoghurt/<br />

Ice Cream Machine<br />

2013 Buccaneer Schooner<br />

Sleeps 4<br />

$200<br />

ID 39807<br />

$1,300<br />

ID 39620<br />

$190<br />

ID 38939<br />

$200<br />

ID 39393<br />

See Seller<br />

ID 39124<br />

$52,500<br />

ID 39227<br />

Ashford Spinning Wheel<br />

& Ashford Chair<br />

Marine Ply Sea Kayak<br />

Wattwheels Bighorn<br />

LS E Bike<br />

Teddy for learning<br />

to do buttons etc<br />

Ulti-mates Garden Shed<br />

Race Car Transport Trailer/<br />

Field Workshop<br />

$300<br />

ID 39417<br />

$250<br />

ID 39668<br />

$3,500<br />

ID 39792<br />

$12<br />

ID 40037<br />

$1,<strong>05</strong>0<br />

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$18,000<br />

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Thursday <strong>May</strong> 5 <strong>2022</strong><br />

RAY WHITE PAPANUI NEWS<br />

Preparing your home for the big chill!<br />

With the weather still comfortable and<br />

families enjoying the great outdoors in<br />

most states, now is the time to prepare<br />

your home for the approaching winter.<br />

A little planning and preventative<br />

maintenance go a long way towards<br />

cleaning and sprucing up your home and<br />

garden in readiness for the colder months<br />

ahead.<br />

The benefits of forward planning<br />

Regular home maintenance ensures that<br />

breakdowns or expensive repairs are not<br />

on the agenda — allowing you to coast<br />

into an easy winter.<br />

In addition, you will save on energy costs<br />

and eliminate the need for emergency<br />

repairs with a sound winter-preparedness<br />

plan in place.<br />

Taking advantage of clement conditions<br />

We know that soon enough the days will<br />

shorten as the night-time temperatures<br />

slowly plummet. You should use this<br />

trans-seasonal time wisely to fuel the<br />

imagination for a cosy-style scene-setting<br />

at home.<br />

Changes and Healthy Homes<br />

Standards Announced<br />

As you are likely aware I have been<br />

waiting with baited breath for the changes<br />

to the Healthy Homes Standards to be<br />

confirmed and I am excited to advise<br />

that it has just been confirmed that The<br />

Residential Tenancies (Healthy Homes<br />

Standards) Amendment Regulations<br />

<strong>2022</strong> have been gazetted.<br />

This means the legislation to change<br />

the Healthy Homes standards has been<br />

finalised, and a date is now confirmed<br />

for when the changes come into force<br />

(12 <strong>May</strong> <strong>2022</strong>).<br />

The amendments make changes to the<br />

heating, ventilation, moisture ingress, and<br />

drainage healthy homes standards.<br />

So – what will this actually mean?<br />

Here is a summary of what the changes<br />

will look like :<br />

• The Heating Formula changes<br />

reducing the required level of<br />

heating for any dwelling built to the<br />

2008 building code, and most<br />

apartments. It is important to<br />

remember however that the current<br />

heating assessment tool remains in<br />

place for most of the rented housing<br />

stock in New Zealand. The same<br />

requirement for the heating to still<br />

heat the largest living area to<br />

18 degrees C or more will still apply,<br />

just under a different calculation,<br />

however in most cases it will mean that<br />

instead of the old calculation requiring<br />

in many cases a larger heat source to<br />

be installed, they will now likely comply<br />

with a smaller one.<br />

With the cold conditions fast approaching,<br />

if not already upon us, take action to<br />

prepare your home and garden for the<br />

cooler months to come.<br />

Getting your home ready for the<br />

forthcoming season allows you to fully<br />

immerse yourself in the interior warmth<br />

of winter.<br />

How to ensure your Canterbury home<br />

is ready for cold weather<br />

Here’s a checklist of must-do tasks for you<br />

to perform when preparing your house and<br />

garden for late autumn and winter:<br />

• Clean and cover your outdoor<br />

furniture<br />

• Plant your bulbs for springtime<br />

flowers<br />

• Clean the gutters and install gutter<br />

guards to prevent backups<br />

• Cleaning on and around your heat<br />

pump can cause up to a 30 percent<br />

energy increase<br />

• Prepare your chimney for cosy nighttime<br />

fires with an annual sweep and<br />

Stock up on plenty of firewood<br />

• Replace the batteries in your smoke<br />

detectors<br />

• Keep the cold weather at bay by<br />

replacing dry or damaged weather<br />

stripping on all doors and windows<br />

• Check your home for drafts and<br />

potential cold spots<br />

• Check your electrical blankets and<br />

replace any that are due<br />

• Changes to ‘top up’ heating<br />

requirements and the tolerance of<br />

existing heaters are also coming in<br />

which will make it easier to comply.<br />

Existing heaters will now comply if<br />

they come within 80% of the required<br />

KW (this was 90%), and if the heater<br />

was installed prior to 1st July 2019 a<br />

‘top up’ heater of up to 2.4KW can now<br />

be installed, (up from the previous<br />

1.5KW maximum).<br />

There are a couple of other small changes<br />

around heating experts being able to<br />

provide a statement that the heating does<br />

in fact heat to the required minimum<br />

temperature in certain situations, and<br />

allowance for continuous mechanical<br />

ventilation systems to satisfy the<br />

standards set for ventilation. Plus there<br />

will be no further requirement to install<br />

alternative moisture barriers where it is<br />

not reasonably practicable to install a<br />

polythene barrier.<br />

I am sure you will join me in celebrating<br />

that common sense has finally prevailed<br />

and landlords of warm and modern homes<br />

will no longer need to unjustly have to<br />

change heating that is in fact doing a good<br />

job in keeping tenants warm!<br />

Katrina Green,<br />

Operations Manager<br />

Property Management<br />

027 606 0030<br />

• Clean out the garage so you can<br />

store your car away from the frosts<br />

and save time in the morning<br />

• If you live in a area that gets hard<br />

frosts, ensure that all exterior-wall<br />

water pipes are insulated to prevent<br />

freezing and burst pipes<br />

• Check all flashlight batteries and<br />

stock up on supplies for potential<br />

power outages.<br />

• Check and trim your landscaping for<br />

dead or damaged tree limbs.<br />

Last, but not least, sit back and admire<br />

your handiwork/maintenance efforts, as<br />

they will surely stand you in good stead<br />

for the chilly months ahead.<br />

Content by the Real Estate Voice<br />

Vanessa Golightly,<br />

Business Owner<br />

and Licensee Agent<br />

Ray White Papanui<br />

027 664 9292<br />

Feature Properties<br />

273 Hills Road, Mairehau<br />

Tracy Thomson & Hasna Ngara<br />

292 Greers Road, Bryndwr<br />

Vanessa Golightly & Maria Paterson<br />

SOLD Properties<br />

21 Fairview Street, Somerfield<br />

Vanessa Golightly & Maria Paterson<br />

21 North Parade, Richmond<br />

Richard Eggelton<br />

Vanessa Golightly<br />

Licensee Agent &<br />

Business Owner<br />

027 664 9292<br />

Stuart Morris<br />

Licensee Agent<br />

& Auctioneer<br />

027 422 6395<br />

Katrina Green<br />

Property Management<br />

Operations Manager<br />

027 606 0030<br />

Ben McNab<br />

Licensee Salesperson<br />

& Auctioneer<br />

027 427 7232<br />

Olivia Hendry<br />

Executive Assistant &<br />

Licensee Salesperson<br />

021 337 250<br />

Staci Burnett<br />

Mortgage Broker<br />

027 233 9989<br />

Claire Morris<br />

Licensee Agent &<br />

Business Owner<br />

027 662 4822<br />

Tracy Thomson<br />

Licensee Salesperson<br />

027 440 3035<br />

Maria Paterson<br />

Licensee Salesperson<br />

027 543 4689<br />

Hasna Ngara<br />

Licensee Salesperson<br />

021 262 4943<br />

Richie Eggelton<br />

Licensee Salesperson<br />

021 089 65594<br />

Georgia Tuuta<br />

Executive Assistant<br />

Rodney King<br />

Mortgage Broker<br />

0274 555 863<br />

Level 1, 7 Winston Avenue, Papanui<br />

Phone (03) 352 <strong>05</strong>67 | rwpapanui.co.nz | /RayWhitePapanui Morris & Co Limited | Licenced REAA 2008

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