Western News: June 23, 2022

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what’s on
this week
JP Clinic at Hornby
Thursday, 9.30-11am
Hornby Library
A justice of the peace is on site to
take oaths, declarations, affidavits
and affirmations; to witness
signatures on documents and to
certify document copies. The JP can
also witness citizenship applications,
sponsorship applications and rates
rebate applications. There is no
charge for this service.
Knit ‘n’ Yarn
Thursday, 10.30am-1.45pm
Upper Riccarton Library
Go along and enjoy a chat with
others as you knit. For anyone who
loves to knit or wants to learn.
English Conversation Club
Thursday, 11am-noon
Upper Riccarton Library
The Conversation Club is a relaxed
drop-in group where anyone is welcome
to come and practice conversations
in English. This is not a class,
but an opportunity to talk with others
in English and meet new people.
Great for ESOL learners. Formerly
known as the Culture Exchange.
GenConnect
Thursday, 1-1.45pm
Upper Riccarton Library
Questions about your smartphone
or tablet? Want to know how to
use Skype, Facebook, or share your
Wā Kōrero-Storytimes, Monday, 10-10.30am, Upper Riccarton
Library. Meet others in our community when you and your preschooler go
along for a fun variety of stories, songs and rhymes which foster children’s
literacy. All whānau and caregivers welcome. Guardians and children 12
and over will need to wear a face mask.
photos with family or friends? What
is an app and which ones are the
best ones to use? Riccarton High
School students will be available
every Thursday during term time
to help you find answers to all your
questions.
Thursday Takeover
Thursday, 3.30-4.30pm
Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre
A chance for teens to takeover the
computer lab and creative space.
Get creative and relax with bad art,
play some board games, play some
Minecraft, try mixing music with
DJ Decks or jamming on Logic Pro
and Garage Band, have a go with
3D printing or cutting vinyl sticker
slaps, or just chill and chat and use
the PCs. Different activities are
provided every week. Suitable for
teens 12 years and above. Please
note, some sessions this term will be
unsupervised drop-in.
Free Legal Advice
Thursday, 6.15-8.15pm
Hornby Library
Needing advice with legal questions?
A lawyer is available online to
Thursday June 23 2022
provide expert help. Phone 349 5236
to make a booking.
Beats Lab
Friday, 3-4.30pm
Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre
Drop in and have a go with the
music gear or work on your own project.
Have a go at finger drumming
or performing your tracks on the SP-
404, and flip some samples on Logic
Pro X or Koala Sampler. Beginner
friendly. Free, drop-in. Most gear is
suitable for ages 12+, some activities
can be provided for those that are
younger on request.
Mahjong Tournament
Saturday, 9.30am
Aldersgate Centre, corner of Durham
and Chester Sts
The Lions Club is putting on a
mahjong tournament to support
Christchurch Charity Hospital.
Meeting at 9.30am to start playing at
10am. There will be free parking. For
more information phone Diane on
387 0987 or Cecelia on 027 507 1144.
Not-for-profit organisations can
send their What’s On listings to
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 20, 2022
Commonwealth Games
logo back on grandstand
• By Fiona E lis
THE NAVY and red logo was a staple of Christchurch’s 1974
Commonwealth Games.
Forty-eight years later, it can once again be seen at
Hornby’s Denton Park, where the games’ cycling events took
place at the velodrome. • Turn to page 4
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THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 2022
Garden,
pantry
on the
move
• By Fiona E lis
CURRENTLY thriving in
peak season, this summer will
be the last in Peverel St for the
Riccarton Community Garden
and Pātaka.
However, Nick Te Paa (right)
is staying positive abou the
move that wi l be required
when the lease on the 151
Peverel St site expires in September.
Te Paa and his wife Loretta
helped set up the community
garden in 2013, later expanding
the projec to include a community
pantry, or pātaka.
At not quite 4 sq m, the
pātaka was too sma l for the
weekly average of about 40
people it helped to feed, Te Paa
said.
“We don’t have the capacity
to store here, so a lot of the stuff
is stored at my place, in the
garage.”
He hoped to rebuild it at
twice the current size when a
new location was settled on.
“A l that extra wi l be just
storage space, and that’ l
free up my garage. One side’s
completely taken up with food.”
The end of the Kāinga Ora
lease was likely to mean the
separation of the garden and
the pantry.
• Turn to page 7
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tasked with
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• By Fiona E lis
A VOLUNTEER community
patrol has been tasked with
policing dangerous intersections
in a bid to improve driver
behaviour.
The Hornby Community
Patrol has been monitoring three
intersections, including one where
a cyclist died after co liding with a
truck.
Patrol
secretary Ann
Smith said
the patrol had
been tasked
by police with
focusing on the
three locations,
including the
intersection of
Shands and Halswell
Junction Rds, where cyclist
Russell Ramsden was ki led last
May.
The Buchanans and Carmen
Rds intersection was also being
monitored, along with the
Main South and Springs Rds
intersection.
This is part of a steady but
quiet summer for the 45-member
volunteer team, who patrol
between five and six times per
week.
Simply being seen made a
difference, Smith said.
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