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Student raising the bar at CrossFit
STRENGTH: Johan Roberts’ favourite part of CrossFit is weightlifting.
• By Maree Mahony
A GYM-BASED programme to
help “a small and scrawny” lad
to bulk up for rugby league has
been so successful the teen may
soon be competing against the
world’s best in his age-group in
the United States.
Johan Roberts, who trains at
the 64 Fitness Club in Wigram,
ditched rugby league as soon
as he caught the CrossFit bug
about four years ago.
CrossFit involves high intensity
interval training which
builds strength and conditioning
through weightlifting, gymnastics
(pullups, bars and rings)
and cardio (rowing machines,
bikes etc).
It was set up in California
in 2000 and has now spread to
around 120 countries, including
New Zealand.
The 17-year-old has just
achieved his best ever result
at competition – finishing as
the top ranked male athlete
in the world in the 16-17 agegroup.
Around 2000 other teens
were in the field when the event
started and they were reduced
to the top 10 per cent.
It was an online competition
with each athlete tasked with
completing five workouts which
were videoed and then submitted
with scores to the event
organisers.
His win was especially
PHOTO: ANNIKA ROBERTS
impressive because some of his
rivals train full-time for such
events, his proud mother Annika
Roberts said.
“The most well-rounded person
is the one who wins.”
Roberts said he never
dreamed he would finish first
and now he needs one more
top 10 finish in an event next
month to qualify for the world
championships in Madison,
Wisconsin, in August.
• Turn to page 3
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Three Waters
meeting
organisers
frustrated
with Pallett
• By Chris Barclay
LABOUR MP Sarah Pallett’s
non-appearance at a public
forum where residents vented
their frustrations over the
Government’s controversial Three
Waters reform has disappointed
organisers.
The Avonhead
Community Group
wanted Pallett,
the representative
for Ilam, to hear
their concerns in a
panel also intended
Sarah
to comprise her
Pallett
predecessor Gerry
Brownlee, and Waimairi Ward
city councillor Sam MacDonald.
Pallett originally accepted the
invitation but when the meeting
was rescheduled from February
21 to last Tuesday night, she told
organisers she was unable to attend.
The Government’s plans to
transfer control of drinking,
stormwater and wastewater
networks from local authorities
to four new public entities across
the country remains a contentious
issue with the city council ceding
$6.9 billion worth of water assets
under the reforms.
Housing intensification – where
three buildings up to three storeys
on a section do not require a resource
consent – and the removal
of a requirement for new houses
to have off street parking were
also discussion points for the
280-strong public gallery.
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Te Ao Hou: Travelling
Exhibition
Thursday, all day
Redwood Library
A moment to celebrate the tenacity
and elegance of the Māori spirit
through this display that centres the
magazine Te Ao Hou: The New World,
published 1952–75. The publication
also showcases the pōwhiri process
(welcoming visitors onto the marae)
and encourages readers to engage
with the articles and images to
celebrate, converse and dwell in the
presence of the voices represented in
Te Ao Hou.
Wā Pēpi Babytimes
Thursday, 10-11am
Fendalton Library
Meet others in the community
and join the relaxed, fun group for
interactive songs, rhymes, and books
that will delight and develop your
baby or toddler. Recommended for
under 2-year-olds. Free, no bookings
required. Guardians and children
12 and over will need to wear a face
mask.
Wā Kōrero-Storytimes
Thursday, 11-noon
Papanui Library
Meet others in the community
when you and your pre-schooler go
along for a variety of stories, songs
and rhymes which foster children’s
literacy. Guardians and children 12
and over will need to wear a face
mask.
Bolivia Card Game
Thursday, 1-3pm
Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and
Community Centre
Go along for a fun and friendly
card game of Bolivia. All welcome.
Rummikub Club
Thursday, 1-3pm
Fendalton Library
Go along to Fendalton Library to play
a game of Rummikub – an exciting,
interactive strategy game.
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.
Thursday May 5 2022
Mahjong Group, Monday, 12.30-2pm, Papanui Library. Interested in
playing mahjong? Learn to play at Shirley Library. For beginners and
advanced players alike. If you have your own set, please take it along,
otherwise go along and join in a friendly 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.
Fendalton Book Club
Friday, 11am-noon
Fendalton Library
Discuss your favourite books and
authors with other book lovers. The
group is informal and enjoys serendipity
in both fiction and non-fiction
books.
JP clinic
Saturday, 10am-noon
Fendalton Library
A Justice of the Peace is on site to
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on documents and to certify
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PUBLIC INTEREST: Labour MP Sarah Pallett’s absence from an Avonhead Community
Group meeting has been questioned by Waimairi Ward city councillor Sam MacDonald,
who fielded questions.
Decision draws criticism
• From page 1
Brownlee also pulled out
because he was a close contact of
a Covid-19 case, he was replaced
by National MP for Selwyn
Nicola Grigg.
Avonhead Community Group
member Clive Paris was critical
of Pallett’s absence.
“Sarah did herself no favours
by not fronting up and listening
to her constituents. She did not
have to agree but listening is a
big part of being an MP.”
MacDonald, a member of the
right-leaning Independent Citizens
faction, said it was disappointing
Pallett did not attend,
considering members of her staff
were observing.
“If it is good enough to send
along staff,” he asked, “why
couldn’t Sarah attend?”
Pallett said on April 7 she notified
organisers she would not be
attending because cabinet was
still considering recommendations
made by a working group
examining the Three Waters
reform.
She wanted to wait until she
had further details from cabinet.
“My intention was to update
local residents on the response
to feedback from the working
group and hear the community’s
view on the next step,” she said.
“I was hopeful I would have
had information on the next
phase before the meeting, however
that has not been the case.”
Local Government Minister
Nanaia Mahuta actually announced
last Friday that cabinet
had agreed to the bulk of the
working group’s 47 recommendations,
with the overhaul planned
for completion by July 2024.
Pallett added she had
previously met one-on-one
with residents and was part
of a virtual public meeting on
Three Waters held via Zoom in
November.
She also hoped to arrange for
Mahuta to visit Ilam and meet
residents.
Mother is a coach
• From page 1
The year 13 Cashmere High
School student combines schoolwork
with two trips to the gym
each day to work on his skills.
“I just find it really enjoyable,
seeing yourself get better and
seeing how good I can get at
something.
“It’s not too hard to stay motivated,
I’ve done it so long now
that it’s a habit at this point. All
my friends and family are constantly
training.”
Weightlifting is his favourite
part of CrossFit and he has
already secured national and
Oceania age-group records in the
under 17 and under 23 divisions.
His best at the clean and jerk is
160kg while in the snatch he has
achieved 125kg.
Roberts has managed to stay
injury-free to this point in part
because he doesn’t “push it” and
perhaps because he has expert
coaching advice to draw on.
His mum is an experienced
SKILL:
Johan
Roberts
says
enjoyment
helps to
keep him
motivated.
PHOTO:
ANNIKA
ROBERTS
CrossFit participant while coach
Komi Mitchell and his school
weightlifting coach Douglas
Sekone-Fraser also provide guidance.
Asked what it is like to have his
mum as a coach, he said: “It was
harder when I was younger, it’s
gotten easier as I’ve got older. I
usually listen to her.”
Because CrossFit was set up as
a business, it is not recognised
officially as a sport so attracts no
government funding. Athletes
are expected to pay their own
expenses to travel and compete.
So Roberts fits in 15 hours a
week working at his local Mc-
Donald’s to help pay for some of
the costs associated with getting
to high-level competitions.
He hopes to kick on with
CrossFit into the adult
competitions, which he will be
eligible for as soon as he turns
18 and he’s also aiming to start
training as a teacher next year.
– RNZ
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Thursday May 5 2022 5
Big rigs moving at the touch of a button
• By John Cosgrove
THEY HAVE all the bells and
whistles and when viewed from a
low angle, they really do look the
part – right down to the lugs and
chains and their sound effects,
and yet they are only 1/14th the
size of the real thing.
But that doesn’t stop scores
of keen radio-controlled model
trucking enthusiasts from turning
out on the fourth Sunday of each
month to drive their pride and
joy on the RC Haulers club site
with their multi-use scale roads
in the red zone on the corner of
New Brighton Rd and Brooker
Ave.
The club has installed on-site
200m of concrete roads, also built
to scale, complete with road signs
and garages to reverse into or
store spare trailers in.
RC Haulers club secretary
and co-founder Kris Heslin, of
Halswell, who doesn’t drive trucks
professionally, said the club has a
strong following both nationally
and internationally.
“The attraction is to be creative
and share a passion for trucks, I
can tinker around at home and
then come out and have a bit of
fun,” he said.
He said a radio controlled
model truck might cost over
$1000 to outfit.
“But 80 per cent of the fun
was in making it, and customising
(Clockwise from above), RC Haulers club members check connections on
their 1/14th scale model trucks as they prepare for another day out. Club
member loads up his scratch built trailer unit. Secretary and club co-founder
Kris Heslin, of Halswell, guides his truck and trailer unit carrying a large
working scale excavator, past another road train.
it how you want it to look and
then sharing it with everyone,” he
said.
On show were many
semi-trailer trucks, light
trucks, cranes, a working dirt
processor, diggers and
excavators.
All were intricately detailed
and created from model kit sets
or scratch built to replicate the
original long haulers and the
loads they carry.
There is even a M1 Abrams
tank and a police car.
While marveling at their
detail, the many spectators on
hand couldn’t help but notice
the sheer size of these model
trucks.
They are big; with some road
train outfits well over 1.5m long.
All motor around the scale
roads, crossing over a bridge or
driving through the tunnel to
deliver their loads into garages
or one of two scale quarry sites at
the venue, all while making the
appropriate noises on cue.
They start up, they idle, and
then move away, forward under
power or reverse complete with
hazard lights and beepers.
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Thursday May 5 2022
From low angles the big rigs look like the real deal.
Try your hand at driving
• From page 5
But unlike the high speeds of
radio controlled racing cars and
off-road racers, these replica
trucks and excavators also move
at the correct scale speed – about
walking pace.
Members said they must plan
their journeys because they do
strain under the loads carrying
tanks, excavators, other trucks
and cars, or even scale houses on
their trailers.
Heslin said some of the loads
can weight up to 14kg.
“They do get loaded down and
you certainly feel the weight, especially
when they go up over the
bridge and don’t quite make it.
“Trying to make it more realistic
is all part of the fun,” he said.
Enthusiast John Sanders built
a copy of his own house to be
transported by his truck and trailer
unit, just because he wanted to
make something different.
Heslin said there was no age
limit, the club welcomes people
to go along and try their hand at
driving one of the trucks..
• See the video on
starnews.co.nz
(Clockwise from left), Brendon McFarlane (left)
watches as Jace Kemp, 8, operates a digger model
while the pair clear rubble at the RC Haulers site.
A scale model M1 Abrams tank. One of the many
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Growing
shrooms
‘complicated
but fun’
AN INITIATIVE to grow
mushrooms at the fungi farm
in the Avon River Corridor
regeneration area has been labelled
“complicated but fun”.
The project is being led by
the Riverlution Collective and
Richmond Community Garden.
Spokeswoman Hayley Guglietta
said it will take a couple of years
to fully establish the fungi populations
in the area.
“They’ve got to have the right
amount of sunshine, water and
heat – they need moist, warm soil,”
she said.
“It’s complicated but fun.”
Autumn is the best time to grow
fungus and since the farm opened
last July it has seen button and oyster
mushrooms pop up and shaggy
clumps of lion’s mane sprout from
trees.
“We’ve still got a lot of inoculating
to do and there’s different
methods of getting the spores
in, such as in-ground mulching,
mushroom compost and logs,”
said Guglietta.
There are workshops on site each
month where people can learn the
process of mushroom inoculation.
The fungi farm on the corner
of Evelyn Cousins Ave and River
Rd, Richmond, also features
mushroom-themed sculptures and
art.
Bug hotel a bid to boost bee numbers
A BUG hotel shaped like a whare
has been installed at Horseshoe
Lake, Burwood, to help boost the
population of native bees.
City council urban rangers
made and installed the hotel in
the lake’s regeneration area of the
Ōtakaro Avon River Corridor in
a bid to establish more colonies
of native bees.
In turn, the bees pollinate
native plants, including manuka,
kanuka and pohutukawa.
“We’re helping the native bee
population by building a home
so they can do their job more
easily. They have to compete
with the honey bees so want
to give them a bit of a head
start,” city council community
partnerships ranger Courtney
Reid said.
The hotels are filled with flax,
pinecones, bamboo and other
natural products which the bees
can use to establish their habitat.
Said Reid: “We’re supporting
from the bottom up. So if we
establish more habitats for
insects and bees, that helps
increase the number of native
plants and trees in the area,
which then attracts more native
bird life.”
The area around Horseshoe
Lake was a food resource site for
Māori, so the rangers thought
it was fitting to have the hotel
shaped like a whare.
“Staff handmade these
wonderful structures in their
spare time and also made use of
resources that were already here
HABITAT: City council urban rangers install a bug hotel at Horseshoe Lake.
PHOTO: NEWSLINE
in the OARC, it’s all natural.
Even the paint is made from
ochre.”
The whare is the first in a
number of hotels being installed.
There are at least another six
which will be placed in different
parts of the OARC over the
coming months, including one
in Adventure Ave and another at
the intersection of Linwood Ave
and Avonside Drive.
“It will take a while for the
bees to make their home, so it
won’t be until after winter that
we start seeing them going in
Thursday May 5 2022
and out of the whare and other
hotels,” Reid said.
“We want to bring a public
awareness to native bees and
plants in this area, but we
also just want to encourage
people to get out and explore
the OARC.”
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We specialise in Children’s, Cooking, and Crime and mystery books and also have a terrific range
of general fiction and non-fiction titles too. Sorry no toys, games or stationery, just wonderful books!
Hungry for cookbooks?
We’ve got 100s and 100s of Books for Cooks and
Food Lovers. Vegetarian, Vegan, Baking, Countryby-Country,
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“Children are made readers on the laps of
their parents.” – Emilie Buchwald.
The Clocks has gentle children’s books for the big issues
of emotions - loss, love, anxiety, gratitude, sharing and
friendship, alongside quality children’s non-fiction, and
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The Clocks Bookshop
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and Spy Novels.
We have the spy classics of John le
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10
Thursday May 5 2022
More housing choice
is the way forward
Population growth, housing issues – including affordability – and climate change
are prompting a re-think of some of Ōtautahi-Christchurch’s planning rules.
Our proposed plan change
We need to build a wider variety of homes,
and more of them, to suit our changing
housing needs.
For lower emissions – and future generations
– we must build upwards, particularly in and
around our commercial centres within easy
reach of work, school and the shops.
Belfast
Where we’ll grow
Prestons*
The proposed Draft Housing and Business
Choice Plan Change creates a number of
residential and commercial zones in the city
and enables more and higher housing to
be developed. Developments may still be
subject to a resource consent.
Bishopdale
Papanui
Shirley*
Check out our interactive maps* to find out
what the proposed changes mean for you and
your property. Visit ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay
(Draft Housing and Business Choice Plan
Change).
Merivale
Ōtakaro Avon River
The Government wants
us to grow up!
Church Corner
Riccarton
Ōtakaro Avon River
City
Centre
Linwood
We’ve been given direction
by the Government to enable
more housing.
Hornby
Barrington
Sydenham
This means in most urban residential
zones of the city people will be allowed
to build up to three houses per section,
and up to 12 metres high (three storeys,
depending on building design) without
a resource consent.
Even greater building development –
both residential and commercial – would
be allowed within and around the central
city and suburban commercial centres.
To find out more about the Government
legislation visit
ccc.govt.nz/enablinghousing
Key
North Halswell
City Centre Zone: unlimited height
High Density Zone: 32 metres enabled (10 storeys, depending on building design)
High Density Zone Precinct: 20 metres enabled (six storeys, depending on building design)
Town Centre that may emerge into a Metropolitan Centre: 20 metres enabled
(six storeys, depending on building design)
Town Centre: 20 metres enabled (six storeys, depending on building design)
Local Centre (Large): 14 metres (four storeys, depending on building design)
Local Centre (Significant): 20 metres enabled (six storeys, depending
on building design)
Medium Density Zone Precinct: 14 metres enabled (four storeys,
depending on building design)
Rest of the city – Medium Density Zone– enables at least 12 metres
(unless Qualifying Matters apply).
*For areas outside of the vacuum sewer wastewater constraints only.
* You may need to view these maps at a different time if demand is high.

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Our growth challenge
Changing the way we do things is challenging but it also brings opportunity.
Our climate is changing, the population is growing and there’s increasing pressure on our infrastructure and environment.
For the sake of future generations, we need to make good decisions now about how and where we grow so our city remains
a great place to live and do business, and that we are well positioned to respond to climate change and population growth.
Indicative illustration only: Medium Density
Residential Standards (3 units and 12 metres max.)
Indicative illustration only: High Density Residential
Zone (20 metres max.)
Indicative illustration only: High Density Residential
and Commercial Zones (20 metres max.)
Growing in the right places
While we must follow the Government’s direction, we’re proposing that
some areas have qualities, known as Qualifying Matters. This means the
rules enabling increased development would not apply, or would be
limited, and development remains subject to resource consent approval.
This could be because of their significant heritage or character value, or
because of specific hazards like rockfall, erosion, tsunami or flooding.
Planning ahead is way smarter
We have the water and wastewater pipes in place for additional housing
in most parts of the city, but there are some areas where we may not
have the capacity to service more homes.
Ōtakaro Avon River
We propose adding a district-wide engineering provision to the
District Plan which will require anyone wanting to develop land to
check water and sewer network capacity with us prior to planning
a new development. Call us on 03 941 8999 or 0800 800 169.
Coastal hazards – preparing for change
We’re already feeling the impacts of climate change. We need to plan
now for the effects of coastal hazards on our communities, infrastructure
and environment, so that we are ready for what we will be facing in
the future.
We’re proposing changes, via our Draft Coastal Hazards Plan Change,
to avoid an increased risk of harm to people and property from coastal
hazards such as flooding, tsunami, and erosion.
Protecting our Residential Heritage Areas
We want to protect the special heritage in some of our residential areas.
Through a separate Draft Heritage Plan Change we’re proposing to create
11 Residential Heritage Areas, which have buildings and features that
are collectively of significance to Christchurch’s heritage and identity.
This means there will be less intensification enabled than in standard
residential areas.
The plan change also proposes adding around 65 buildings, items and
building interiors to the Schedule of Significant Historic Heritage.
Protecting our Character Areas
We’re also proposing changes to the 15 Character Areas in the city,
with these to become Qualifying Matters. Character Areas are residential
neighbourhoods that are distinctive from their wider surroundings,
and are considered to be worthy of retaining.
While some infill development will be allowed, the Council will have
more flexibility in declining a resource consent where the design of
a new house, or changes to an existing house aren’t in keeping with
the Character Area.
Protecting our trees
We know trees are important to people and they play a vital role in
helping tackle climate change.
We’re working on ways to ensure that new housing development does
not come at the expense of the city’s tree canopy. This includes seeking
Financial Contributions from anyone wishing to develop land and who
does not retain or plant 20 per cent tree canopy cover on a site. We’ll
use these contributions to plant more trees on Council owned land.
We propose further protecting trees by making the list of protected
trees in the current District Plan a Qualifying Matter.
Have your say
We welcome your feedback on our Housing and Business Choice,
Coastal Hazards, Heritage, and Radio Communication Pathways
draft plan changes from 11 April until 13 May 2022. This will help us
shape the draft changes needed to bring our District Plan in line with
government direction, ahead of formal consultation before 20 August.
ccc.govt.nz/haveyoursay

12
Make tasty meals
using mushrooms
Mushrooms
are plentiful,
good value and
versatile, they also
add much flavour
to dishes
Mushroom and beef
casserole
Serves 6
½ cup flour, place in large
bowl
1500gm rump steak (cut
into cubes, toss into the
flour)
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon olive oil
250gm button mushrooms
(halved)
2 carrots (cut into thirds,
then sliced)
1 large brown onion
(sliced)
4 cloves garlic (crushed)
½ cup tomato paste
500ml beef stock
Directions
Dust the steak cubes in
the flour.
Heat oil in frypan and
brown beef in batches, set
aside.
In the same pan, add second
measure of oil, add onion,
garlic, and mushrooms
and cook for 3-4min until
mushrooms start to brown
and the onions soften.
Add stock and tomato
paste, stir to combine, bring
to the boil, then remove
from heat.
Place beef in slow cooker,
then pour hot stock and
mushroom mixture over
beef, add carrots, cover and
cook on high setting for
four hours, or low setting
for 6-8 hours.
Mushroom-stuffed
schnitzels
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
27gm butter, place in frypan
and melt, then add:
24 mushrooms (peeled
and halved or quartered)
1 bunch spring onions
(sliced)
2 cloves garlic (crushed)
4 large slices, or 6 smaller
slices plain wiener schnitzel,
lay out on sandwich
board and cover half of
each piece with generous
amount:
Cracked peppercorns
Rosemary
Oregano
Tarragon
Thyme
1 cup cheese (grated)
½ cup flour
4 eggs, beaten with
8 tablespoons milk – can
use trim or homogenised
2 cups breadcrumbs (may
need more)
Olive oil
Directions
Saute mushrooms/spring
onions/garlic. Cover the
peppered half of each of the
schnitzel slices with quarter
(if making four, or 1/6th if
making six) of the cheese,
then a quarter (if making
four, or 1/6th if making
six) the mushroom/spring
onion/garlic mixture.
Fold the plain half of the
schnitzel over to cover the
filling and pin together with
kebab sticks.
Dust each schnitzel
thoroughly with flour, then
dunk into the egg/milk
mixture, then roll in the
breadcrumbs.
Repeat by dunking back
into the egg/milk mixture,
then roll a second time in
the breadcrumbs so that
each schnitzel has been
double-dipped.
Refrigerate for at least an
hour before cooking to allow
them to set, the longer
the better, overnight is best.
Can either fry in oil until
golden brown all over and
meat is cooked through
or, for best results, line
an ovenproof dish with
non-stick tin foil, paint a
generous layer of olive oil
over it using a brush, place
the schnitzels onto the tin
foil, then pour olive oil over
the top, painting it all over
the schnitzels.
Turn the meat over, and
make sure every part of the
schnitzel is coated in olive
oil.
Bake in the oven at 180
deg C for 40min; if possible,
turn them over after 20min
and bake for the remainder
of the time.
Mushroom and
pumpkin risotto
Serves 4-5
Ingredients
Olive oil
1 large onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, crushed
250gm pumpkin, grated
250gm (or a small plastic
punnet) brown button
mushrooms, peeled and
halved
1 cup rice (uncooked)
4 cups vegetable stock
Pepper
1 cup frozen peas
1 tablespoon pesto
3 tablespoons parmesan
cheese
Directions
Above:
Mushroom
and beef
casserole.
Left:
Mushroom
and
pumpkin
risotto.
Heat two tablespoons
olive oil in frypan and saute
onion and garlic, remove
from pan.
Put another tablespoon
olive oil in frypan and add
pumpkin and mushrooms,
saute them for about 5min,
remove from pan.
Add another tablespoon
of olive oil to the frypan,
add the raw rice and cook
for a couple of minutes,
then add three cups of
the vegetable stock and
pepper.
Bring to the boil, reduce
heat and let it simmer until
most of the liquid has disappeared.
Add the remainder
of the stock, return the
onion/garlic/pumpkin/
mushrooms to the pan and
add the peas.
Let it simmer until all
the liquid has been taken
up, test the rice to make
sure it’s done, and add
the pesto and parmesan
cheese.
Heat through thoroughly
and serve.
HOME & HEATING
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this winter
RD Petroleum (RDP) is a familiar sight
for farm and rural residents around the
Canterbury region, however now days urban
residents also enjoy the same excellent
customer service for which RDP is known for
in rural communities, through their home
heating diesel.
RDP began its home heating diesel delivery
service to the lower South Island’s main urban
centres of Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin
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
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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
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HOME & HEATING
Ground moisture barrier
under low sub-floor
Now with the colder and wetter weather on
its way, home owners are focusing on ways
to make their homes comfortable, warm
and healthy for their families throughout
winter. Rising damp is an issue that affects
many of our older properties which suffer
from poor, or no, ground moisture barrier.
In Canterbury especially, post-quake, many
people have relocated to homes that suffer
from rising damp which can be associated
with health problems. Independent tests have
shown that up to 40 litres of water can rise
from the ground and enter a house every day,
leading to mildew, mould, condensation and
musty smells. Moulds can produce various
allergic reactions and the frail, elderly and
very young are especially vulnerable.
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While insulation is important, it has been
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effective from the 1st July 2019 now has
a requirement to install ground moisture
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moisture in the home.
Dr Larry Bellamy BE (hons) PhD in a
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The importance
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The quality of the air
we breathe affects our
health and ability to
perform. We breathe in
and out approximately
20,000 litres of air every
day. It is therefore very
important to ensure
good air quality indoors
through adequate
ventilation. Ventilation
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Invisible harmful substances like a high
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Even bad smells can cause discomfort or
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as a result, air quality can decline.
Ventilation includes both the exchange
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of air within the building. It is one of the
most important factors for maintaining
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Filtered air supply for summer and filtered
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In cases with poor or insufficient air
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SCHOOL OPEN DAYS
Tena Koutou, Talofa
lava, Afio Mai, welcome
to Marian College
Thursday May 5 2022
‘A centre
of creative
excellence’
Hornby High School
We are a family school built on Catholic
faith and values with the vision of
empowering our students to be confident,
committed, faith-filled learners, enabling
them to fulfil their potential and to
contribute to the common good of society.
The staff and students are resilient and
have managed the challenges of Covid-19
and hybrid learning well. We are proud
of our students who have continued
to achieve in academic, sporting, and
cultural areas.
2023 is going to be a big year for us as
we farewell our Barbadoes Street location
and move into our new home on Lydia
Street, Papanui mid-2023. You can check
out the innovative plans and follow the
progress of the build on our website.
We look forward to meeting you
during our Open Day. Bookings are
essential and can be made on our
website.
Open Evening
Wednesday 18 May
6pm - 8pm
There will be an opportunity to
meet the staff and have a guided
tour of the school.
Commitment, Achievement,
Resilience, Respect.
180 Waterloo Road, Hornby
Ph 03 349 5396
www.hornby.school.nz
Haere mai! Talofa lava!
Welcome!
You are invited to
Marian College
Thursday 19 May, 2 - 6.30pm
Tours will begin on the hour with the
Principal’s Welcome.
Bookings essential
www.mariancollege.school.nz/openday
exec@mariancollege.school.nz
03 385 8449
When choosing the right school for
our tamariki we often go by the ‘feeling’
we have when we visit, as much as by the
programmes that schools have on offer.
The world demands fewer people who can
do repetitive tasks and more people who
can think creatively and critically. That’s
why our vision, our aspiration, as a school
is to be ‘A centre of creative excellence’
in everything that we do, whether visual
arts or chemistry, volleyball or music,
management or curriculum organisation.
In doing this we haven’t forgotten the
importance of the strong relationships that
we build with all of our students, and the
importance of individualising learning
pathways so that we come as close as we
can to meeting every individual student’s
needs. Hornby High School’s feeling is
one of positive relationships that support
learning. Students often comment that
we feel like whānau, like family. Visitors
without exception comment on the calm
learning focussed environment that they
see and feel when they visit our learning
spaces. This all takes place within our
amazing new facilities that are allowing
us to develop a new curriculum crossing
old subject boundaries and catering for
individual needs, that support student
passions, and help our students to grow
their heart for their community. The
growing list of student achievements
support our students’ opinions that we
offer a wide range of sporting and other
activities for them during their time at
school. And we expect nothing but the
next from every student, we expect every
student to create the best version of
themselves that they can be. We emphasise
our values, promoting the ethos of
kindness, of manaaki. I personally invite
you to come along and meet with our
skilled staff, and the amazing young people
who make Hornby High School such a
wonderful place to be.
Robin Sutton, Tumuaki

Thursday May 5 2022 15
SCHOOL OPEN DAYS
Villa Maria College has served the
Catholic community in Christchurch for
over 100 years. The College was established
by the Sisters of Mercy as a Catholic school
for girls in 1918, and in 1981 Villa Maria
became an Integrated School providing
education with a Special Character. It is the
vision of Catherine McAuley, founder of
the Sisters of Mercy, that is implemented,
tested and challenged in all our education
at Villa Maria. It is this Mercy character
that makes Villa Maria special, and we
seek to live the Gospel values and infuse a
Catholic culture with our Mercy charism,
throughout all aspects of College life.
The staff at Villa Maria are committed
to creating life-long learners and nurture
each girl and her academic needs. We
are extremely proud of our academic
success. NZQA data shows that Villa Maria
Villa Maria College
students consistently perform well above
the national average for all New Zealand
schools. Striving for excellence is part of
the College culture, and girls are guided
and supported to set goals and achieve
their potential. Our smaller class sizes are
a significant advantage, and our teachers
are specialists in their field and passionate
about educating girls.
In an all girls’ environment, girls are
taken seriously. They can work through
the challenges of adolescence safely and
they thrive and excel with strong female
and male role models to inspire them. The
family atmosphere at Villa Maria College
is no accident. Students are encouraged
Better Than Before
Shirley Boys’ High School
to look after each other and give back to
the life of the College. All students are
placed in one of our six Houses, designed
to encourage camaraderie and a sense
of belonging between students across all
year levels. Each House is led by a Head
of House who oversees the pastoral care
of the students. The entire staff work in a
caring fashion to help students through
their teenage years. It is this deliberate
focus on the whole person that makes Villa
Maria a safe and secure place of learning.
Cultural opportunities play a significant
role in the life of a Villa Maria girl. We offer
a vibrant cultural programme, where girls
can seize opportunities to develop their
musical interests, or be part of our Kapa
Haka or Pasifika Group.
Villa Maria offers more than 30 different
sports, so there truly is something for
everyone. Students are encouraged to
participate in sport, whether they strive
to become elite athletes, or just want to
have fun. Through sport, girls make new
friends, learn new skills, and live a healthy
lifestyle. This is central to our inclusive
philosophy at Villa Maria College.
With a full and vibrant College
experience, balancing academic study and
the many co-curricular activities on offer, it
is a pleasure to watch our students develop
from Villa girls into confident and caring
young Mercy women.
We invite you to take a Villa virtual
tour and see our classrooms in action via
our website at www.villa.school.nz
Shirley Boys’ High School – Ngā
Tama o Ōruapaeroa is a school of 1200
boys that serves the eastern suburbs of
Christchurch. It has a rich history, which
continues to develop at our new site at
Ōruapaeroa. We have a purpose-built
school with first-rate facilities designed
to support the learning of boys. Although
our current site is new, we still focus on
the traditions, customs and values of a
school that has proudly been part of the
community since 1957.
Our staff are expert in the learning
needs and strengths of our akonga.
Teachers deliver high quality teaching
and learning based on the New Zealand
curriculum. The learning is challenging,
engaging and fit for boys. It is directed
by the teacher in a calm and ordered
environment. Our focus and our kaupapa
is on developing positive and strong
relationships, with a goal of producing
high levels of academic and personal
achievement in academic, sporting,
cultural and service endeavours.
At Shirley Boys’ High School, boys
are encouraged to participate in a vast
array of sporting and cultural activities
that are designed to prepare them for
success at and beyond school. The
desired outcome for our boys is that they
enjoy school and find it a positive and
rewarding experience. We support this
with our core values of Respect, Whānau,
Belonging, Character and Better Than
Before. These values contribute in
making our school strong across all
areas. Through living and demonstrating
these values, our boys will continue
to learn and grow, and will be positive
role models, contributing citizens and
respectful Shirley Men.
Shirley Boys’ High School is committed
to preparing young men to succeed in
their world. We provide learning that
is designed to enrich boys and prepare
them for success. It is our belief that all
boys have the capacity and the support
to achieve personal success, and we
encourage them to be Better Than Before.

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Thursday May 5 2022
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Every row, column and box should
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142
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words of three or more letters,
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allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.
once?
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Good 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 22
letters, including plurals, can you make
from the six letters, using each only
No words beginning with a capital are
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter
Solution 141: ail, air, airy, aril, aryl, fail, fair, FAIRLY,
fairy, far, fay, fir, flair, flay, fly, frail, fray, fry, lair, lay,
word. liar, lira, rail, ray, rial, riyal.
Good 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 22
22 23 24 25 26
27 28
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1. Judgement time (3,2,9)
10. Type of coffee (5)
11. Cede (9)
12. Seafarer (7)
13. NZ reptile (7)
14. Burn with water (5)
16. Take place (9)
19. Diagram (9)
20. Sunday meal (5)
22. Put into order (7)
25. Dishevelled (7)
27. No longer needed (9)
28. Perfect (5)
29. Enthusiastically (14)
Decoder
Down
2. Consequences (9)
3. Body of water (5)
4. Revive (9)
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6. Diva (5,4)
7. Asian country (5)
8. Rubbish (7)
9. Holds responsible (6)
15. Superiority (9)
17. Meet (9)
18. Warning sound (5,4)
19. Common bird (7)
21. Idle gossip (6)
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24. Rub out (5)
26. Dagger (5)
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SOLUTION
No.142
Sudoku
Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different
letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.
DECODER
Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers.
The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented
Each by the number other represents numbers. a As different you get letter the of letters, the alphabet. enter them Write the into
given the main letters grid, into all and squares the reference with matching grid. numbers. To keep Now track work of out the
which letters letters you are have represented found, cross by them other off numbers. the alphabet provided.
23 22 8 26 4 10
3 21 2 22 16 13 14 15 1 16 14 15
21 2 14 22 26 22 7
10 21 14 19 26 4 6 9 6 26 6 14
7 18 21 5 9 17 16
14 12 14 18 21 14 12 14 18
18 13 9 18 13 11 4
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9 5 22 11 24 11 10 21 14
4 26 14 10 20 25 18
16 26 1 14 16 9 6 3 13 14 21 6
22 26 12 14 26 21 10
8 3 6 6 14 18 15 24 9 14 16 2
9 14 13 9 13 24
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No.141
142
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2 4 3 5 24 23 17 4 3 21
26 2 11 9 20 11
19 11 3 2 9 25 10 23 9 3 1 24
17 8 4 10 24 4 4
24 2 12 1 26 12 4 25 3 4 26 20
Crossword
Across: 1. Day of reckoning, 10.
Latte, 11. Surrender, 12. Mariner,
13. Tuatara, 14. Scald, 16.
Eventuate, 19. Schematic, 20.
Roast, 22. Arrange, 25. Unkempt,
27. Redundant, 28. Ideal, 29.
Wholeheartedly.
Down: 2. Aftermath, 3. Ocean,
4. Resurrect, 5. Carat, 6. Opera
star, 7. India, 8. Garbage, 9.
Blames, 15. Dominance, 17.
Encounter, 18. Alarm bell, 19.
Sparrow, 21. Tattle, 23. Radio,
24. Erase, 26. Knife.
WordBuilder
act, aim, amp, apt, cam, camp,
cap, cat, imp, IMPACT, mac,
map, mat, mica, pact, pat, pic,
pica, pit, pita, tam, tamp, tap, tic,
tip.
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19 3 21 24 15 11
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4 24 21 15 12 11 4 22 12 26 9 1
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RAY WHITE PAPANUI NEWS
Preparing your home for the big chill!
With the weather still comfortable and
families enjoying the great outdoors in
most states, now is the time to prepare
your home for the approaching winter.
A little planning and preventative
maintenance go a long way towards
cleaning and sprucing up your home and
garden in readiness for the colder months
ahead.
The benefits of forward planning
Regular home maintenance ensures that
breakdowns or expensive repairs are not
on the agenda — allowing you to coast
into an easy winter.
In addition, you will save on energy costs
and eliminate the need for emergency
repairs with a sound winter-preparedness
plan in place.
Taking advantage of clement conditions
We know that soon enough the days will
shorten as the night-time temperatures
slowly plummet. You should use this
trans-seasonal time wisely to fuel the
imagination for a cosy-style scene-setting
at home.
Changes and Healthy Homes
Standards Announced
As you are likely aware I have been
waiting with baited breath for the changes
to the Healthy Homes Standards to be
confirmed and I am excited to advise
that it has just been confirmed that The
Residential Tenancies (Healthy Homes
Standards) Amendment Regulations
2022 have been gazetted.
This means the legislation to change
the Healthy Homes standards has been
finalised, and a date is now confirmed
for when the changes come into force
(12 May 2022).
The amendments make changes to the
heating, ventilation, moisture ingress, and
drainage healthy homes standards.
So – what will this actually mean?
Here is a summary of what the changes
will look like :
• The Heating Formula changes
reducing the required level of
heating for any dwelling built to the
2008 building code, and most
apartments. It is important to
remember however that the current
heating assessment tool remains in
place for most of the rented housing
stock in New Zealand. The same
requirement for the heating to still
heat the largest living area to
18 degrees C or more will still apply,
just under a different calculation,
however in most cases it will mean that
instead of the old calculation requiring
in many cases a larger heat source to
be installed, they will now likely comply
with a smaller one.
With the cold conditions fast approaching,
if not already upon us, take action to
prepare your home and garden for the
cooler months to come.
Getting your home ready for the
forthcoming season allows you to fully
immerse yourself in the interior warmth
of winter.
How to ensure your Canterbury home
is ready for cold weather
Here’s a checklist of must-do tasks for you
to perform when preparing your house and
garden for late autumn and winter:
• Clean and cover your outdoor
furniture
• Plant your bulbs for springtime
flowers
• Clean the gutters and install gutter
guards to prevent backups
• Cleaning on and around your heat
pump can cause up to a 30 percent
energy increase
• Prepare your chimney for cosy nighttime
fires with an annual sweep and
Stock up on plenty of firewood
• Replace the batteries in your smoke
detectors
• Keep the cold weather at bay by
replacing dry or damaged weather
stripping on all doors and windows
• Check your home for drafts and
potential cold spots
• Check your electrical blankets and
replace any that are due
• Changes to ‘top up’ heating
requirements and the tolerance of
existing heaters are also coming in
which will make it easier to comply.
Existing heaters will now comply if
they come within 80% of the required
KW (this was 90%), and if the heater
was installed prior to 1st July 2019 a
‘top up’ heater of up to 2.4KW can now
be installed, (up from the previous
1.5KW maximum).
There are a couple of other small changes
around heating experts being able to
provide a statement that the heating does
in fact heat to the required minimum
temperature in certain situations, and
allowance for continuous mechanical
ventilation systems to satisfy the
standards set for ventilation. Plus there
will be no further requirement to install
alternative moisture barriers where it is
not reasonably practicable to install a
polythene barrier.
I am sure you will join me in celebrating
that common sense has finally prevailed
and landlords of warm and modern homes
will no longer need to unjustly have to
change heating that is in fact doing a good
job in keeping tenants warm!
Katrina Green,
Operations Manager
Property Management
027 606 0030
• Clean out the garage so you can
store your car away from the frosts
and save time in the morning
• If you live in a area that gets hard
frosts, ensure that all exterior-wall
water pipes are insulated to prevent
freezing and burst pipes
• Check all flashlight batteries and
stock up on supplies for potential
power outages.
• Check and trim your landscaping for
dead or damaged tree limbs.
Last, but not least, sit back and admire
your handiwork/maintenance efforts, as
they will surely stand you in good stead
for the chilly months ahead.
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