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THURSDAY, JUNE <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2022</strong><br />

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Sports stars turn to acting<br />

TALENT: The combined Christ’s College/Rangi Ruru Girls’ School production of Light at the End of the Tunnel features hit songs from Broadway<br />

productions including Grease, Mamma Mia! and Starlight Express.<br />

CHRIST’S COLLEGE sports<br />

stars are swapping their singlets<br />

and jerseys for glittering gowns<br />

and heavy make-up to step<br />

into the spotlight as drag<br />

queens for Priscilla, Queen of<br />

the Desert.<br />

They are among the leading<br />

lights more known for their<br />

sporting prowess now starring<br />

in the new Christ’s College/<br />

Rangi Ruru Girls’ School coproduction<br />

of Light at the End<br />

of the Tunnel featuring the biggest<br />

hit songs from Broadway<br />

musicals.<br />

Senior A and reigning champion<br />

basketball players Jacob<br />

Clements, Ed Davidson, Will<br />

Jones and Bruno Vaughan,<br />

who is also a top rower, and<br />

rugby talent Albie Roberts and<br />

Zinzan Bondarenko-Leatua<br />

are at their glamourous best for<br />

their Priscilla song, I Will Survive.<br />

Several of these boys also<br />

feature in a popular song from<br />

Mamma Mia!<br />

Both leading footballer Harry<br />

Sharr and promising rugby<br />

player Max Topham share their<br />

superb roller-skating skills for<br />

one of the musical highlights<br />

from Starlight Express.<br />

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Tūrangawaewae<br />

Thursday, all day<br />

Papanui Library<br />

Papanui Library is proud to be<br />

hosting a selection of artwork from<br />

local schools – Papanui Primary<br />

School, Papanui High School and Te<br />

Kura Mareko/Casebrook Intermediate.<br />

The Tūrangawaewae display is<br />

the realisation of the students hard<br />

work creating an art piece that demonstrates<br />

their sense of belonging.<br />

Wa Pēpi Babytimes<br />

Thursday, 10.<strong>30</strong>-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<br />

for under two-year-olds. Free, no<br />

bookings required. Guardians and<br />

children 12 and over will need to<br />

wear a face mask.<br />

Bishopdale Thursday Book<br />

Club<br />

Thursday, 1-2.<strong>30</strong>pm<br />

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and<br />

Community Centre<br />

Go along to the friendly group of<br />

readers and chat about your current<br />

reading and old favourites. With no<br />

set book to read, this is a relaxed and<br />

social group who meet monthly in<br />

Bolivia Card Game, Thursday, 1-3pm, Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library<br />

and Community Centre. Go along to Ōrauwhata Bishopdale Library for a<br />

fun and friendly card game of Bolivia. All are welcome.<br />

the library. Held on the last Thursday<br />

of each month.<br />

Scrabble Club at Redwood<br />

Friday, 11am-noon<br />

Redwood Library<br />

Have a way with words? Go along<br />

to the Scrabble Club every Friday<br />

and test your skills while having fun.<br />

No obligation, just go along when you<br />

can and join the friendly group.All<br />

materials are supplied. Free, no bookings<br />

required.<br />

JP Clinic at Fendalton<br />

Saturday, 10am-noon<br />

Fendalton Library<br />

A justice of the peace is on site to<br />

take oaths, declarations, affidavits<br />

and affirmations; to witness signatures<br />

on documents and to certify<br />

document copies. The JP can also<br />

witness citizenship applications,<br />

sponsorship applications and rates rebate<br />

applications. There is no charge<br />

for this service. Vaccine pass required<br />

Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

Mahjong<br />

Monday, 12.<strong>30</strong>-2.<strong>30</strong>pm<br />

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and<br />

Community Centre<br />

Interested in playing Mahjong?<br />

Learn to play Mahjong at Ōrauwhata:<br />

Bishopdale Library. For beginners<br />

and advanced players alike. If you<br />

have your own set, please take it<br />

along, otherwise go and join in a<br />

friendly game every Monday.<br />

Marshland Table Tennis Club<br />

Monday, 7.<strong>30</strong>-9.<strong>30</strong>pm<br />

Ouruhia Hall, 225 Guthries Rd<br />

Marshland Table Tennis Club<br />

invites those in the community interested<br />

in playing social table tennis to<br />

go along on a Monday night. The club<br />

plays both single and double games.<br />

Ages span from school students to<br />

those in retirement. Club membership<br />

and casual players are welcome<br />

at any time. Casual play fees $5 adult,<br />

$3 school aged. For more information<br />

phone Lynley on 021 205 1106.<br />

Not-for-profit organisations can send their What’s On listings<br />

tonorwest@starmedia.kiwi<br />

A word from Ilam MP<br />

Sarah<br />

Pallett<br />

I’m really proud that we’ve delivered<br />

on Labour’s election commitment to<br />

establish a public holiday to celebrate<br />

Matariki. For the first time this<br />

year, people here in Canterbury and<br />

across the country have the chance<br />

to enjoy a mid-winter holiday that is<br />

uniquely our own.<br />

Matariki heralds the start of the<br />

Māori New Year and has increasingly<br />

become a time of celebration not<br />

just for Māori, but for many people<br />

in Ōtautahi Christchurch and across<br />

New Zealand. By making Matariki<br />

a public holiday, we’re ensuring that<br />

everyone can spend this special time<br />

with friends and family.<br />

We know that there are lots of<br />

benefits to public holidays, and we’ve<br />

seen business leaders around the<br />

country noting that Matariki will<br />

provide a real boost to the tourism<br />

and hospitality sectors, with lots<br />

of families planning mid-winter<br />

holidays.<br />

Alongside New Zealand’s reputation<br />

for manaakitanga and being a<br />

beautiful place to visit, te ao Māori is<br />

another drawcard for international<br />

guests, as it’s unique to Aotearoa.<br />

Matariki is another great opportunity<br />

for us to share our country’s history<br />

and culture with the world.<br />

This Matariki, there were a range of<br />

events on across the country to help<br />

us celebrate and it was pleasing to<br />

see many in our community come<br />

together to mark the start of the<br />

Māori New Year.<br />

Whether your family already had<br />

Matariki traditions, or you took the<br />

opportunity to start new ones – I<br />

hope you and your loved ones got a<br />

chance to come together and enjoy<br />

New Zealand’s first Matariki public<br />

holiday. Mānawatia a Matariki.<br />

Funded by Parliamentary Service. Authorised by Sarah Pallett MP, Parliament Buildings, Wellington.


Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 3<br />

Call to reinstate sandcastle competition<br />

• By Emily Moorhouse<br />

A PLEA HAS gone out to restart<br />

the hugely popular sandcastle<br />

competition at New Brighton<br />

Beach – but it needs people to<br />

organise it.<br />

The competition, organised<br />

by the Pegasus Bay Charitable<br />

Trust, was last held in 2015 and<br />

attracted thousands of spectators.<br />

Key members<br />

Tim Sintes,<br />

Philip Dural and<br />

Brian Keeley,<br />

have decided to<br />

step down from<br />

Tim Sintes<br />

the trust, but<br />

they are urging<br />

others to come on<br />

board and get the New Zealand<br />

Sandcastle Competition going<br />

again.<br />

Sintes said the earthquake<br />

repairs to the pier during 2017-<br />

2018 played a role in putting the<br />

competition on hold, as the construction<br />

equipment and vehicles<br />

took up space in the car parks and<br />

on the beach.<br />

Sintes said it was now hoped<br />

others would step up.<br />

“We’ve been involved for quite<br />

a while and we’ve had a lull of<br />

getting over the earthquakes . .<br />

. then we’ve had Covid,” Sintes<br />

said.<br />

“We’ve put too much work in<br />

to let it go, we’d like to pass it onto<br />

someone else.”<br />

The trust was formed in 2010<br />

as a way to bring people back to<br />

BUILD: Previous New Zealand Sandcastle Competition<br />

entries at New Brighton Beach.<br />

New Brighton with the competition<br />

running every Waitangi<br />

weekend.<br />

Sintes said it attracted professional<br />

sandcastle builders from<br />

overseas, as well as TV coverage,<br />

and saw roughly 20,000 people<br />

flocking to the beach to watch<br />

and to participate.<br />

“We started off from scratch<br />

and a hell of a lot of work was<br />

done,” he said.<br />

“We put a lot of effort into it to<br />

make it successful.”<br />

Waitai Coastal-Burwood<br />

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Zervos expressed her interest in<br />

getting involved with the trust<br />

and is encouraging others to<br />

contact her if they want to help<br />

with bringing the competition<br />

back.<br />

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Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 5<br />

Sports stars shine at St Margaret’s<br />

WITH THE resumption<br />

of international sports, St<br />

Margaret’s College has a strong<br />

contingent of students wearing<br />

the silver fern when they head<br />

overseas to compete in their<br />

respective sports.<br />

Director of sport Helen<br />

Belcher said while SMC girls<br />

have regularly represented New<br />

Zealand in rowing and tennis,<br />

there has been growing interest<br />

in basketball and kayaking, and<br />

orienteering and fencing have<br />

been introduced as new codes at<br />

the school.<br />

“International competition is<br />

hugely important for the girls<br />

– it exposes them to a higher<br />

level of play and develops their<br />

skills. It gives our athletes<br />

the opportunity to combine<br />

overseas travel and play the<br />

sport they love while having a<br />

strong support system around<br />

them. For those of our girls<br />

looking at applying for overseas<br />

universities, it will enhance<br />

their applications.”<br />

Belcher said that competing<br />

internationally helps the girls<br />

to develop confidence, gives<br />

athletes the opportunity to<br />

experience other cultures and<br />

perspectives, and to develop<br />

independence and adaptability.<br />

“These athletes are particularly<br />

humble about their achievements<br />

and grateful for the opportunities<br />

that are available to them<br />

this year.”<br />

The girls heading or already<br />

offshore are:<br />

• Ivy Brown is in the under-17<br />

national basketball team vying<br />

for honours in the under-16<br />

women’s FIBA Asia Cup in<br />

Jordan. Finishing in the top<br />

four will earn them a spot in the<br />

under-17 women’s FIBA World<br />

Cup, which is held next month in<br />

Hungary.<br />

• Katherine Babington is in the<br />

NZ Junior World Orienteering<br />

Championship team of six young<br />

women and six young men competing<br />

at the upcoming Junior<br />

World Orienteering Champs in<br />

Portugal.<br />

• Grace Farrell and Jemma<br />

Burrowes are part of the under-19<br />

New Zealand women’s<br />

eight competing at the <strong>2022</strong><br />

World Rowing under-19 championships<br />

in Varese, Italy, from<br />

July 27 to 31.<br />

• Lucia Gale made the under-15<br />

tennis team that will<br />

compete in Queensland at the<br />

Australian teams event.<br />

• Milo Neil has been on guard<br />

in Sydney at the Oceania and<br />

Australian cadet (under-17)<br />

fencing championship. She’s<br />

also has been selected for<br />

the New Zealand team in<br />

the Commonwealth fencing<br />

championship (under-17/cadet<br />

grade) to be held in London,<br />

August 9-20.<br />

• Brie Cox has won selection<br />

for the New Zealand under-18<br />

sprint kayaking team and will<br />

compete in the Asia Pacific Cup<br />

in Japan, September 29-October<br />

2. She is also in the Canoe Racing<br />

New Zealand talent ID training<br />

squad.<br />

• Sisters Katherine and Anna<br />

(Left to right): Ivy<br />

Brown, Katherine<br />

Babington, Anna<br />

Babington, Brie<br />

Cox, Lucia Gale<br />

(kneeling), Milo<br />

Neil, Grace Farrell,<br />

Jemma Burrowes.<br />

Babington are in the New<br />

Zealand schools orienteering<br />

team travelling to the Australian<br />

schools championships in<br />

September. Both girls are also<br />

competing at the European<br />

youth orienteering champs in<br />

Budapest in early July although<br />

not representing New Zealand.<br />

• Ruby Young is shortly heading<br />

to Australia and Fiji to compete<br />

in under-18 International<br />

Tennis Federation tournaments,<br />

although isn’t part of a New<br />

Zealand team as players enter<br />

themselves.<br />

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he says “we have an absolute obligation<br />

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Production the<br />

result of disruption<br />

• From page 1<br />

Formidable rugby talent and<br />

standout singer Josh Ratulomai<br />

commands the stage in his solos<br />

from Sweeney Todd: The Demon<br />

Barber of Fleet Street and Rent,<br />

while top volleyball player Matty<br />

Brett rocks out in Grease.<br />

From Rangi Ruru Girls’ School,<br />

Canterbury representative<br />

basketball and water polo player<br />

Georgia Dan stars in Starlight<br />

Express, along with top volleyball<br />

player Lucy Aitken featuring<br />

in Chess and The Rocky Horror<br />

Picture Show. Three talented<br />

young sportswomen also shine in<br />

Legally Blonde, including water<br />

polo and football star Natalya<br />

Flood, dragon-boat specialist<br />

Saamya Gulati and para-athlete<br />

Una Kinajil-Reding.<br />

Light at the End of the Tunnel<br />

was born out of the pandemic<br />

after Covid-19 stymied plans to<br />

produce Starlight Express at College<br />

this year.<br />

College director of drama<br />

Hannah Clarkson and director of<br />

theatre arts Peter Rutherford say<br />

all the disruption of the past year<br />

has prompted a quick change of<br />

plans that has resulted in a wonderful<br />

new production.<br />

“The students have been racing<br />

from sports practices and highpressure<br />

games back to the stage<br />

for rehearsals, costume fittings<br />

and make-up tutorials. They have<br />

brought fresh bounce and deft<br />

steps, along with magnificent<br />

voices and fine acting skills.”<br />

Light at the End of the Tunnel<br />

will be held from July 5 to 7 at<br />

the Christ’s College assembly<br />

hall.<br />

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Club bowled over by award<br />

MORRISON AVENUE Bowling<br />

Club has been named 2021-<strong>2022</strong><br />

club of the year at the recent<br />

Bowls Canterbury annual awards<br />

dinner.<br />

This is the first time the club<br />

has won, although it was a<br />

finalist three years ago.<br />

President Ray Blyth said the<br />

club was very proud of the award,<br />

as it was the result of much hard<br />

work by many members.<br />

Blyth said: “Many hundreds<br />

of hours of volunteer work has<br />

contributed to the club’s success.”<br />

The club had another win at<br />

the awards night with Tom<br />

Hogg named 2021-<strong>2022</strong> official<br />

of the year for the second year<br />

running.<br />

Blyth said Hogg has worked<br />

tirelessly for both the club and<br />

Bowls Canterbury over many<br />

years as a club member and<br />

as an umpire, and the club<br />

congratulates Hogg on this<br />

deserved achievement.<br />

He said the club has been on<br />

its Morrison Ave site for over<br />

60 years, and made the decision<br />

several years ago to improve<br />

both the natural greens and its<br />

facilities.<br />

The improvements saw it host<br />

play in both the <strong>2022</strong> Summerset<br />

Nationals and the New Zealand<br />

Blind Lawn Bowling Association<br />

championships.<br />

On the local front, the club has<br />

hosted many events for Bowls<br />

Canterbury, including the very<br />

successful 2021-<strong>2022</strong> Champion<br />

AWARDED: Morrison Avenue Bowling Club president Ray<br />

Blyth with the Bowls Canterbury 2021-<strong>2022</strong> club of the<br />

year certificate.<br />

of Champions finals weekend,<br />

where teams from clubs across<br />

the region played for the<br />

honour of being the Canterbury<br />

“champion of champions”.<br />

Blyth thanked Bowls<br />

Canterbury for the club of the<br />

year award. He said it could not<br />

have been achieved without the<br />

many volunteers who did an<br />

amazing job.<br />

All clubs needed this volunteer<br />

base and “we were very fortunate<br />

Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

at Morrison Avenue to have such<br />

a group”.<br />

• Morrison Ave is a<br />

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members. It offers plenty<br />

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Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 7<br />

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Finding Joy<br />

Gary Andrews<br />

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How to Raise<br />

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Esther Wojcicki<br />

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Joyful<br />

Ingrid Fetell Lee<br />

An exploration on<br />

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4<br />

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Finding Calm 6<br />

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Dr Sarb Johal<br />

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away<br />

The Divorce<br />

Diaries<br />

Sarah Quigley<br />

‘Funny, honest,<br />

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2<br />

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10<br />

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My Elephant is Blue<br />

Melinda Szymanik &<br />

Vasanti Unka<br />

One Morning I woke to<br />

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10<br />

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Apple Cake: a<br />

Gratitude<br />

Dawn Casey & Genevieve<br />

Godbout<br />

‘Thank you, hedge, thank<br />

you, tree, thank you,<br />

flower, thank you, bee.’<br />

A simple story that<br />

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Ages 2-6.<br />

2<br />

to give<br />

away<br />

Leaves<br />

Stephen Hogtun<br />

A story of bereavement,<br />

the cycle of life and<br />

of intergenerational<br />

relationships and the<br />

memories we hold dear.<br />

“I will always be with you.<br />

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Ages 5+<br />

Sometimes I Feel<br />

Sarah Maycock 4<br />

An exploration of to give<br />

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Ages 4+<br />

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Letters to You<br />

Jazz Thornton<br />

Words of support and<br />

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My Journey Starts<br />

Here: A Guided<br />

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Jazz Thornton &<br />

Genevieve Mora<br />

A practical and creative<br />

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6<br />

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6<br />

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All of this is for You:<br />

A Little Book of<br />

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Ruby Jones<br />

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4<br />

to give<br />

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Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2022</strong> 9<br />

Symbolic gate finds fitting new home<br />

• By John Cosgrove<br />

A SYMBOLIC red torii gate once<br />

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stand at Riccarton Racecourse<br />

has began its move to a new life at<br />

Halswell Quarry Park.<br />

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years, it will be cleaned and restored<br />

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its new home at Halswell Quarry Park (top right).<br />

PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE<br />

the garden,” he said.<br />

Bolam-Smith said since<br />

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263 x 180<br />

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cultural exchanges, and mayoral<br />

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Thursday <strong>June</strong> <strong>30</strong> <strong>2022</strong><br />

RAY WHITE PAPANUI NEWS<br />

How to present your property for<br />

winter-warming sales<br />

Winter is an ideal season for selling your<br />

home. For one, there are typically fewer<br />

listings than in the warmer months,<br />

coupled with the same numbers of<br />

potential buyers.<br />

Secondly, home buyers know you mean<br />

business when selling your property in<br />

winter. Without the benefit of blooming<br />

spring gardens and inviting summer<br />

temperatures, the unique qualities of<br />

your property can come to the fore.<br />

We cover the highlights and areas<br />

of promotion designed to sell your<br />

home well in the traditional season of<br />

hibernation.<br />

Selling tips that reap rewards:<br />

Clear the home of clutter<br />

A clutter-free home provides the<br />

illusion of extra space and also paints a<br />

picture of potential uses or scenarios for<br />

interested buyers. It pays to be ruthless<br />

in the culling process, where clear, clean,<br />

uncluttered spaces always supplant<br />

sentimentality. If you can afford to move<br />

much-loved but extraneous furniture and<br />

objects into storage, you are advised to<br />

do so.<br />

A neat garden should define your great<br />

outdoors<br />

With the absence of leafy greens and<br />

bright blooms, winter gardens are<br />

traditionally spare. This is why they<br />

should be presented in meticulous detail.<br />

Removing a smoke alarm in your rental<br />

could cost you $4000<br />

Part of our normal 3 monthly inspection<br />

process which we conduct every three<br />

months is to ensure that the smoke<br />

alarms in our rental properties are in<br />

place and in working order. However<br />

over the past few weeks I have been<br />

alarmed at the amount of smoke alarms<br />

that have been removed by tenants.<br />

We know some of the alarms will be<br />

beeping at some ungodly hour of the<br />

night resulting in them being pulled down<br />

to quieten them, what seems to happen is<br />

that there is either a time delay in getting<br />

them back up, or they don’t go up again at<br />

all! This creates a major safety issue.<br />

Part of our induction process with our<br />

tenants is advising them that if they have<br />

Ensure that hedges are trimmed,<br />

overhanging branches are pruned<br />

and the weeding is regularly<br />

maintained.<br />

If you have a spa, make sure that<br />

it is cleaned and/or covered at all<br />

times.<br />

Mowing lawns and the removal of<br />

inappropriate outdoor furniture<br />

also provide for extra ground<br />

cover in your garden.<br />

Keep your interiors warm and<br />

inviting<br />

Creating a cosy atmosphere, combined<br />

with the suggestion of reduced energy<br />

bills, is essential for ambience and<br />

savings on running costs. Fireplaces are<br />

an obvious example for inspirational<br />

warmth, scene-setting and energy saving.<br />

Similarly, the aroma of winter spices,<br />

such as clove and cardamom, the scent of<br />

freshly baked goodies, and the additional<br />

background music, creates a warm and<br />

inviting atmosphere that can prove<br />

irresistible to aspirational buyers.<br />

Complete any DIY projects before<br />

listing your property<br />

It’s imperative that decking, painting and<br />

landscaping projects are completed to<br />

a high finish before the Open Homes<br />

begin. There’s little that can enhance<br />

this process quite like a professionally<br />

finished deck, paintwork or a pristine<br />

garden with the multi-seasonal appeal.<br />

any battery alarms in their property, they<br />

need to ensure they have a spare battery<br />

so that they can replace it immediately<br />

and reinstate the alarm.<br />

Most people will likely know that it is a<br />

legislative requirement for landlords<br />

to ensure there is at least one working<br />

smoke alarm within 3 metres of each<br />

bedroom in a rental property, and for<br />

any new alarms to be a long-life photoelectronic<br />

alarm. Failure to provide<br />

alarms and ensure they remain working<br />

can result in huge fines for landlords,<br />

not to mention the danger to both the<br />

tenants and the property.<br />

What people may not know is that there<br />

is also a responsibility on the tenant, and<br />

Ray White<br />

Papanui are<br />

delighted to<br />

offer you a 10%<br />

discount on our<br />

service fee to<br />

SuperGold<br />

Card holders.<br />

Contact us<br />

today to find<br />

out more!<br />

Feature Property<br />

Shine a light on your home’s best<br />

features<br />

With the shorter days and reduced<br />

natural light of winter, it’s important to<br />

display your property’s selling points<br />

to your advantage. Showcasing openplan<br />

spaces with zoned lighting works<br />

wonders for opening up a world of<br />

possibilities to potential buyers. Large<br />

kitchens, dining rooms and living rooms<br />

can be staged to feature areas within<br />

wide-open spaces. These include home<br />

offices, entertaining hubs and children’s<br />

areas.<br />

Content inspired by Real Estate Voice<br />

Vanessa Golightly,<br />

Business Owner<br />

and Licensee Agent<br />

Ray White Papanui<br />

027 664 9292<br />

according to the Residential Tenancies<br />

Act they may not tamper with the<br />

alarm. Tampering does of course include<br />

removing it. If a tenant is found to have<br />

tampered with an alarm they could be<br />

fined up to $4,000, and of course once<br />

again they are endangering themselves.<br />

It is important to remember, whether<br />

you are renting, or in your own home,<br />

that even the long-life alarms can fail, so<br />

ensure they are checked regularly, after<br />

all smoke alarms save lives. Keep safe.<br />

Katrina Green,<br />

Operations Manager<br />

Property Management<br />

027 606 00<strong>30</strong><br />

26 Hollard Crescent, Lincoln<br />

Tracy Thomson<br />

TradeMe Listing ID - #3640311255<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 />

Tracy Thomson<br />

Licensee Salesperson<br />

027 440 <strong>30</strong>35<br />

Olivia Hendry<br />

Executive Assistant &<br />

Licensee Salesperson<br />

021 337 250<br />

Ben McNab<br />

Licensee Salesperson<br />

& Auctioneer<br />

027 427 7232<br />

Staci Burnett<br />

Mortgage Broker<br />

027 233 9989<br />

Claire Morris<br />

Licensee Agent &<br />

Business Owner<br />

027 662 4822<br />

Katrina Green<br />

Property Management<br />

Operations Manager<br />

027 606 00<strong>30</strong><br />

Maria Paterson<br />

Licensee Salesperson<br />

027 543 4689<br />

Georgia Tuuta<br />

Executive Assistant<br />

Estelle Schuurman<br />

Business Development<br />

Manager<br />

021 054 5003<br />

Rodney King<br />

Mortgage Broker<br />

0274 555 863<br />

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

Phone (03) 352 0567 | rwpapanui.co.nz | /RayWhitePapanui Morris & Co Limited | Licenced REAA 2008

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