Western News: June 30, 2022

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2022
THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2022
Learning
through
bottle
top
lids
• By Emily Moorhouse
WHILE MOST people throw
away bottle top lids when they’re
finished with them, one man
sees the value they hold, and
collects every lid he can get
his hands on.
In Chris Koch’s garage
lies around one million
bottle cap lids, waiting
to be repurposed into
art, jewellery or his latest
creation, Liddy Boards which
are being trialled at Riccarton
Primary School.
Koch collects bottle lids from
the community at the New
Brighton Seaside Market and uses
them to reduce plastic waste and
raise awareness on how things
can be recycled.
He
moved to
New Zealand
from Germany eight
years ago with his wife
Vicky and they started their
business Poly Lab NZ just before
Covid hit.
• Turn to page 4
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CREATIVE: Chris Koch is
trialling his latest creation
Liddy Boards at a primary
school and said it could
help children who find it
difficult to concentrate or
sit still.
Christchurch Arena
Rugby
league
mainstays
open new
clubrooms
• By Chris Barclay
MERV Whittaker helped
fundraise to build Halswell rugby
league’s now earthquake-doomed
clubrooms back in the 1970s, so
appropriately he was given the
honour of opening its successor.
The 84-year-old and fellow club
life member Peter Lewis, an original
player when the club formed
in 1960, were centre stage when
the new community facility was
opened on Saturday, to coincide
with legends day at Halswell
Domain.
Whittaker cut the ribbon with
Lewis – the club’s longest serving
life member – in support.
Although Whittaker never
played for the club he was a longterm
coach of junior grades and
a committee member when the
previous clubrooms were opened
in 1978.
“Dad was one of the mainstays
behind building the clubrooms
that will be knocked down. They
came up with ‘buy a brick, buy a
chair or buy a table’, that’s how
the club was formed really,” said
Whittaker’s son, fellow Hornets
stalwart Jeff.
“It was a proud moment to cut
the ribbon. It was great to see so
many old players, old coaches,
managers and trainers. It was a
very special day for the club.”
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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
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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
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Thursday, 1-1.45pm
Upper Riccarton Library
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knit or wants to learn.
Thursday Takeover
Thursday, 3.30-4.30pm
Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre
A chance for teens to takeover the
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Friday, 3-4.30pm
Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre
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for those that are younger on request.
Wā Kōrero-Storytimes
Monday, 10-10.30am
Upper Riccarton Library
Meet others in our community
when you and your pre-schooler go
along for a fun variety of stories,
songs and rhymes which foster
children’s literacy. All whānau and
caregivers welcome.
Family History Help
Wednesday, 11am-1pm
Upper Riccarton Library
Go along to Upper Riccarton
Library to find out more about your
family history. A member of the
Canterbury Branch of the New
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be available to help with your family
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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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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 will 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.
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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
Russe l 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.
• Turn to page 4
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Thursday June 30 2022 3
Symbolic gate finds fitting new home
• By John Cosgrove
A SYMBOLIC red torii gate once
located in the gardens by the main
stand at Riccarton Racecourse
has began its move to a new life at
Halswell Quarry Park.
Originally constructed in 2012
as part of the annual Japan Day
festivities, the three-metre-high
gate was placed in open air storage
when the buildings around it
were demolished.
Members of the Christchurch-
Kurashiki Sister City Committee
began the process of relocating the
gate from its racecourse storage
site to the park, where it will be restored
and put up in the Kurashiki
garden.
It will become the gateway to
one of the city council’s six sister
city gardens located in the park
area.
Former committee chairman
David Bolam-Smith said they
were first moving the gate to a
more secure site, inside away
from the elements.
“There, over the next few years,
it will be cleaned and restored
before we reinstall it into the
garden,” he said.
Bolam-Smith said since
Covid-19 the annual Japan Day
parade and festival celebrating
the relationship between
Christchurch and Kurashiki had
faded into history, and it would
be nice to see the red torii gate
back in the public eye.
ON THE MOVE: Christchurch-Kurashiki Sister City Committee
members Gus Fahy, Andrew McGeorge and David Bolam-
Smith relocating the torii gate from Riccarton Racecourse to
its new home at Halswell Quarry Park (top right).
PHOTO: JOHN COSGROVE
A torii gate is a traditional
Japanese gate that symbolically
marks the transition from the
mundane to the sacred.
In October and November
2023, the Christchurch-
Kurashiki Sister City Committee
will be celebrating the 50th
anniversary of the charter
signing, with a range of activities
including a three-month-long
yachting rally from New Zealand
to Japan, various cultural
exchanges, and mayoral visits
between both Kurashiki and
Christchurch.
PHOTO: CCC
SYMBOLIC: A torii gate is typically found at the entrance
to a Shinto shrine and marks the transition from the
mundane to the sacred.
PHOTO: GETTY
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Frustration leads to project
• From page 1
“It’s almost like a Covid lockdown
project . . . we started with
zero money so basically just in
our free time,” he said.
Koch was inspired to start
making things out of recycled
bottle top lids from a group in
Holland who started a precious
plastic movement, recycling
plastic in small quantities.
He was also frustrated with the
amount of waste being produced
after participating in beach clean
ups around New Brighton.
Koch made his first Liddy
Board for his five-year-old twins
Mateo and Rosalie who had just
started school as a way for them
to practice counting.
However, they used it more for
making patterns and pictures,
leaving Koch to believe that it
could be good for fine motor DESIGN: Chris Koch’s son
difficult to do by hand.
Koch, an air conditioning technician
works four days a week,
dedicating Fridays and Saturdays
to Poly Lab NZ.
He started off with a small
sandwich press, melting down
the bottle top lids to shape into
jewellery and art pieces but now
has four large sandwich presses
and always has two on the go.
“I don’t ever use any new materials
when I make something, it’s
recycled, reused, repurposed. It’s
all about the circular economy –
right.” he said.
“I believe we can do so much
with all these amazing materials,
it’s very high quality stuff they
put out there, even the bottle lids,
they’re food grade plastic and
they’re only used once so there’s
nothing wrong with it.”
Koch washes the bottle lids by
skills.
Mateo uses the board to putting them through a double
This gave him the idea to implement
make patterns and pictures. cycle in the washing machine
the boards into primary
and uses about 150 for a board,
schools and donated one to the them and being creative and the depending on its size.
school to act as a test run. kids start talking about recycling He said the feedback he’s received
about the Liddy Boards so
Koch received a text from the and bottle caps, it’s pretty cool,”
librarian that said the pupils he said.
far has been “really encouraging”
use it every single day, mostly Koch makes the boards from and he hopes to make more to
playing imaginary games but wooden off-cuts he collects from start selling eventually.
also a lot of pattern making and joineries, putting it through a “It gets me motivated to carry
conversations about throwing machine called a table top CNC on and make more. At the
away bottle lids.
router that shaves the board moment we’ve all been a bit
Koch said the feedback is down, leaving small cylinders for ick and inflation is rising and
encouraging and he thinks the the bottle lids to slip onto. the Ukraine war and everything
boards could be beneficial for He makes the design of the so it’s a bit of a weird time,” he
kids
263
with special needs who may boards using
x
a computer
180
program
which then gets cut by a “Sometimes I’m a bit
said.
have a hard time concentrating
and sitting still.
router in the machine, allowing demotivated but then this kind
“It’s a calming activity for for precise shapes that would be of gets me going again.”
Thursday June 30 2022
OFFICIAL: Jeff Whittaker, Merv Whittaker, Peter Lewis and
current club president Devon Harding at the opening of the
new Halswell clubrooms.
League club’s new
venue opened
• From page 1
The $2 million
project – financed by
an insurance payout,
plus support from the
Lottery Grants Board,
Canterbury West
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and Kiwi Gaming
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than a decade in the
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TALENT: The combined Christ’s College/Rangi Ruru Girls’ School production of Light at the End of the Tunnel features hit songs from Broadway
productions including Grease, Mamma Mia! and Starlight Express.
Student sports stars turn to acting
CHRIST’S COLLEGE sports
stars are swapping their singlets
and jerseys for glittering gowns
and heavy make-up to step
into the spotlight as drag queens
for Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.
They are among the leading
lights more known for their
sporting prowess now starring
in the new Christ’s College/
Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
co-production of Light at the
End of the Tunnel featuring the
biggest hit songs from Broadway
musicals.
Senior A and reigning champion
basketball players Jacob
Clements, Ed Davidson, Will
Jones and Bruno Vaughan, who
is also a top rower, and rugby
talent Albie Roberts and Zinzan
Bondarenko-Leatua are at
their glamourous best for their
Priscilla song, I Will Survive.
Several of these boys also feature
in a popular song from Mamma
Mia!
Both leading footballer Harry
Sharr and promising rugby
player Max Topham share their
superb roller-skating skills for
one of the musical highlights
from Starlight Express.
Formidable rugby talent and
standout singer Josh Ratulomai
commands the stage in his solos
from Sweeney Todd: The Demon
Barber of Fleet Street and Rent,
while top volleyball player Matty
Brett rocks out in Grease.
From Rangi Ruru Girls’
School, Canterbury representative
basketball and water polo
player Georgia Dan stars in
Starlight Express, along with top
volleyball player Lucy Aitken
featuring in Chess and The
Rocky Horror Picture Show.
Three talented young sportswomen
also shine in Legally
Blonde, including water polo
and football star Natalya Flood,
dragon-boat specialist Saamya
Gulati and para-athlete Una
Kinajil-Reding.
Light at the End of the Tunnel
was born out of the pandemic
after Covid-19 stymied plans to
produce Starlight Express at College
this year.
College director of drama
Hannah Clarkson and director
of theatre arts Peter Rutherford
say all the disruption of the
past year has prompted a quick
change of plans that has resulted
in a wonderful new production.
“The students have been racing
from sports practices and highpressure
games back to the stage
for rehearsals, costume fittings
and make-up tutorials. They have
brought fresh bounce and deft
steps, along with magnificent
voices and fine acting skills.”
Light at the End of the Tunnel
will be held from July 5 to 7 at
the Christ’s College assembly
hall.
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christchurch
A word from Ilam MP
Sarah
Pallett
I’m really proud that we’ve delivered
on Labour’s election commitment to
establish a public holiday to celebrate
Matariki. For the first time this
year, people here in Canterbury and
across the country have the chance
to enjoy a mid-winter holiday that is
uniquely our own.
Matariki heralds the start of the
Māori New Year and has increasingly
become a time of celebration not
just for Māori, but for many people
in Ōtautahi Christchurch and across
New Zealand. By making Matariki
a public holiday, we’re ensuring that
everyone can spend this special time
with friends and family.
We know that there are lots of
benefits to public holidays, and we’ve
seen business leaders around the
country noting that Matariki will
provide a real boost to the tourism
and hospitality sectors, with lots
of families planning mid-winter
holidays.
Alongside New Zealand’s reputation
for manaakitanga and being a
beautiful place to visit, te ao Māori is
another drawcard for international
guests, as it’s unique to Aotearoa.
Matariki is another great opportunity
for us to share our country’s history
and culture with the world.
This Matariki, there were a range of
events on across the country to help
us celebrate and it was pleasing to
see many in our community come
together to mark the start of the
Māori New Year.
Whether your family already had
Matariki traditions, or you took the
opportunity to start new ones – I
hope you and your loved ones got a
chance to come together and enjoy
New Zealand’s first Matariki public
holiday. Mānawatia a Matariki.
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Thursday June 30 2022
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Sports stars shine at St Margaret’s
WITH THE resumption
of international sports, St
Margaret’s College has a strong
contingent of students wearing
the silver fern when they head
overseas to compete in their
respective sports.
Director of sport Helen
Belcher said while SMC girls
have regularly represented New
Zealand in rowing and tennis,
there has been growing interest
in basketball and kayaking, and
orienteering and fencing have
been introduced as new codes at
the school.
“International competition is
hugely important for the girls
– it exposes them to a higher
level of play and develops their
skills. It gives our athletes
the opportunity to combine
overseas travel and play the
sport they love while having a
strong support system around
them. For those of our girls
looking at applying for overseas
universities, it will enhance
their applications.”
Belcher said that competing
internationally helps the girls
to develop confidence, gives
athletes the opportunity to
experience other cultures and
perspectives, and to develop
independence and adaptability.
“These athletes are particularly
humble about their achievements
and grateful for the opportunities
that are available to them
this year.”
The girls heading or already
offshore are:
• Ivy Brown is in the under-17
national basketball team vying
for honours in the under-16
women’s FIBA Asia Cup in
Jordan. Finishing in the top
four will earn them a spot in the
under-17 women’s FIBA World
Cup, which is held next month in
Hungary.
• Katherine Babington is in the
NZ Junior World Orienteering
Championship team of six young
women and six young men competing
at the upcoming Junior
World Orienteering Champs in
Portugal.
• Grace Farrell and Jemma
Burrowes are part of the under-19
New Zealand women’s
eight competing at the 2022
World Rowing under-19 championships
in Varese, Italy, from
July 27 to 31.
• Lucia Gale made the under-15
tennis team that will
compete in Queensland at the
Australian teams event.
• Milo Neil has been on guard
in Sydney at the Oceania and
Australian cadet (under-17)
fencing championship. She’s
also has been selected for
the New Zealand team in
the Commonwealth fencing
championship (under-17/cadet
grade) to be held in London,
August 9-20.
• Brie Cox has won selection
for the New Zealand under-18
sprint kayaking team and will
compete in the Asia Pacific Cup
in Japan, September 29-October
2. She is also in the Canoe Racing
New Zealand talent ID training
squad.
• Sisters Katherine and Anna
(Left to right): Ivy
Brown, Katherine
Babington, Anna
Babington, Brie
Cox, Lucia Gale
(kneeling), Milo
Neil, Grace Farrell,
Jemma Burrowes.
Babington are in the New
Zealand schools orienteering
team travelling to the Australian
schools championships in
September. Both girls are also
competing at the European
youth orienteering champs in
Budapest in early July although
not representing New Zealand.
• Ruby Young is shortly heading
to Australia and Fiji to compete
in under-18 International
Tennis Federation tournaments,
although isn’t part of a New
Zealand team as players enter
themselves.
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Budget 2022 is
DELIVERING
for Wigram
We know that the last few years
have been challenging for
everyone and many of those
challenges are still with us.
Everything in Budget 2022
is about putting Kiwis at the
forefront and supporting people
now while securing their future.
Hon Megan Woods MP for Wigram
With Budget 2022, we’re delivering:
• More support for families with our cost of living
package.
• Extra support for first home buyers, by lifting the price
caps on First Home Grants.
• Lifesaving healthcare with more paramedics and
ambulances.
• New classrooms and extra funding for schools.
• An extension to the fuel tax cut, reduced road user
charges and half price public transport.
• Dental grants for low-income Kiwis tripled from $300
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Budget 2022
At its core, Budget 2022 is about people’s
wellbeing and strikes a careful balance to build
on our successful response to COVID-19, but
also looking forward to support Kiwis to seize the
opportunities of a more secure future.
Despite the impacts of COVID-19, our
unemployment rate is at record low 3.2%, we are
keeping debt low, and New Zealand’s economy has
grown faster than other countries with the GDP up
3% in the last quarter.
This Budget creates economic security for all. We
are investing to secure our future, making sure
Kiwis can access world class healthcare, growing a
skilled workforce and accelerating our transition to
a low emissions economy.
I’m proud to be part of Government that is putting
Kiwis at the forefront and is supporting people now
while securing their future.

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Youth MP
2022!
I’m delighted to say that the
Wigram electorate will be
represented again by one
of our fantastic rangatahi
at Youth Parliament 2022,
Josh Craig.
Josh is a year 11 student at
Hillmorton High School and
is passionate about reducing
New Zealand emissions and
climate change.
For over a year now he has
been involved in the School
Strike for Climate advocating
to many local companies.
Where to find me
Megan Woods MP for Wigram
(03) 338 6347
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