Nor'West News: July 21, 2022

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THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2022 

• By Emily Moorhouse 

MEET SUKI, the deaf dog 

learning sign language to 

communicate. 

The one-year-old heading 

dog has had a bit of a rough 

start to life, surrendered to the 

city council pound as a puppy 

before being taken in by her 

foster mum Rachel Johnston. 

While Suki’s past is unknown, 

it is expected that she 

was born on a farm but handed 

over to the pound once it was 

discovered she was deaf. 

Johnston works part-time at 

the Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust 

where Suki is up for adoption, 

but has welcomed Suki into her 

home until she finds a permanent 

one. 

When Suki arrived, she was 

very “bitey” and Johnston had 

to work patiently with her 

to train her how to behave, 

including teaching her sign 

language. 

Johnston uses hand signals 

to communicate with Suki 

and has taught her sit, stay, 

good dog and come, although 

admitted that’s still a work in 

progress. 

“I’ve never had a deaf dog 

ever so it was a big learning 

curve for me as well, you do 

end up talking to the dog all 

the time,” she said. 

• Turn to page 5 

• Dogwatch, pages 4-5 

BOND: Rachel Johnston 

has been fostering Suki, 

who is deaf, for more than 

a year now, and is teaching 

her sign language. 

PHOTO: EMILY 

MOORHOUSE 

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Deafness not holding Suki back 

Further 

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calls for the temperature to be 

increased at Taiora QEII’s 25m 

lane pool. 

Waitai Coastal-Burwood 

Community Board member Linda 

Stewart last week said she was 

disappointed the temperature of 

27.5 deg C would not be increased. 

Her comments have led to 

readers backing Stewart’s claims, 

saying something needs to be 

done to accommodate for aqua 

joggers who also use the lane 

pool. 

Maria Craig has been a daily 

aqua jogger at QEII for “quite some 

years” now and said she’s had to 

purchase a “pricey” pair of cold 

water gloves for her arthritic 

hands. 

“Many, many people of all ages 

complain daily of the freezing 

cold water. I am now retired and 

doing my best to look after my 

health and leaving QEII in a daily 

semi-hyperthermic state is not 

beneficial at all to my health I feel. 

The water does need to be at least 

half a degree warmer.” 

Said Leonie Bowkett: “For 

goodness sake more stupid 

thinking from the council setting 

the pool temp to suit competitive 

swimmers when by far the 

majority of users are recreational 

and swimmers using the pool for 

daily exercise. It’s too cold.” 


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Centre wins architectural award 

KOHINGA ST Albans 

Community Centre has won a 

coveted local architecture award 

and is now in the running for 

national honours. 

The facility was the winner 

of a New Zealand Institute 

of Architects Canterbury 

architecture award in the public 

architecture category. 

Judges praised the warmth 

and beauty created through 

the use of wood, the careful 

placement of multi-purpose 

spaces, the light-filled gallery and 

the environmentally sustainable 

features. 

Since opening last April, the 

400-square-metre building 

has been managed by the St 

Albans Residents’ Association. It 

includes a large hall and several 

meeting rooms, a kitchen and an 

office. 

Association chairman Jason 

Harvey said hearing about the 

award was great. 

“It just confirms the feedback 

that we receive – people love 

the atmosphere of Kohinga, the 

generous spaces, the light and 

the interior timber finishing,” he 

said. 

“It is quite awesome to see so 

many different groups using 

the facilities and enjoying the 

experience they have here. Public 

spaces like this are important 

to foster a sense of belonging. 

People come together to learn, 

work, exercise, relax, garden, 

WINNER: Kohinga St Albans Community Centre has won a New Zealand Institute of 

Architects Canterbury architecture award. 

PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

share their culture and help 

others.” 

The success of the building 

can be attributed to strong 

partnerships with groups who 

know their community, city 

council facilities specialist Paul 

McKeefry said. 

“The final floor plan was 

developed by a working party 

made up of Waipapa Papanui- 

Innes Community Board 

members and representatives 

from groups, including the St 

Albans Residents’ Association, 

Edgeware Business Association 

and St Albans School. 

“It shows that when people 

work together they can achieve 

something special that will 

continue to be well-used and 

valued for many years to 

come.” 

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month to shortlist projects for 

the national awards. 

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Helping dogs find their forever home 

Hundreds of dogs 

are abandoned 

or surrendered to 

Dogwatch’s shelter each 

year. Reporter Emily 

Moorhouse chats with 

Bridget Paterson about 

what life is like in the 

shelter and why she 

loves her job 

BRIDGET Paterson pinches 

herself everyday going to work 

and said she is doing her “dream 

job”. 

“My job is basically hanging out 

with dogs and doing what I do for 

dogs, we’re all dog lovers so it’s a 

really, really cool place to be.” 

That place is Bromley’s Dogwatch 

Sanctuary Trust, an organisation 

that rescues, retrains and 

rehomes the city’s unwanted dogs. 

Paterson joined the Dogwatch 

team at the end of March as the 

general manger when the organisation 

underwent restructuring 

due to staff shortages with Covid. 

The trust doesn’t receive any 

funding so relies heavily on 

volunteers, the Dogwatch Variety 

Shop in New Brighton and donations 

from the public. 

Paterson has a background in 

marketing and fundraising, previously 

working for Canterbury 

West Coast Air Rescue Trust 

before owning a jewellery store in 

the central city. 

GOOD BOY: Boss is the Dogwatch Sanctuary Trust’s longest 

stay dog at more than 600 days, while Stanley (below) has 

become an essential member of the admin team. 

However, she closed the store 

during Covid due to a lack of 

tourists, and is now responsible 

for pulling in funding to keep 

Dogwatch running. 

Like the other staff members 

and volunteers at Dogwatch, Paterson 

is a dog lover and admitted 

to becoming attached to the dogs 

that come through the trust’s 

doors. 

“Everyone’s nuts about dogs 

here,” she said. 

“Pretty much everyone that 

works here has a dog from here 

and they also foster them.” 

Paterson has a rescue dog and 

cat, both from the SPCA, and 

said her mother was also a dog 

lover, so was surrounded by dogs 

growing up. 

Because the organisation is 

constantly running at full capacity, 

they often juggle the dogs 

between 14 kennels at the trust, 

various foster homes and monthlong 

adoption trials. 

“Shelter life is hard on lots of 

dogs so if they’re dog nervous or 

don’t do well with other dogs this 

SECOND 

CHANCE: 

Bridget Paterson 

is the general 

manager at 

Dogwatch, 

working with 

staff member 

Rachel Johnston 

(left) to retrain 

and rehome the 

city’s unwanted 

dogs. 

PHOTO: EMILY 

MOORHOUSE 

is a really hard place for them to 

be, they can get quite stressed, so 

we work really hard with them 

on that,” Paterson said. 

One dog in particular that 

struggles with stress and noise 

from other dogs is Stanley, the 

two-year-old Staffy cross who 

became an essential member of 

the admin team. 

Stanley gets stressed from the 

noise of other dogs barking and 

tries to escape, often hurting 

himself in the process, so spends 

time in the office with staff during 

the day. 

“He’s really relaxed there 

because he’s around people,” 

Paterson said. 

The trust gets most of its 

dogs from council pounds like 

Waimakariri, Selwyn, Ashburton 

and the city. 

The majority of them are surrendered 

by owners who can no 

longer care for them, or they are 

abandoned and picked up from 

the side of the road. 

Paterson said the hardest part 

of the job is coming across dogs 

that have been mistreated and 

hearing the stories of their past. 

Two months ago the trust 

had two small dogs dumped on 

the driveway in a crate during a 

“freezing” night, while another 

with a broken tail was dumped 

on the side of the road. 

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things,” she said. 

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“They’re sad stories . . . it’s just 

disheartening the way some 

people treat an animal and when 

you’re an animal lover that’s hard 

to handle.” 

However, staff and volunteers 

work with these dogs to build up 

their trust again, giving them the 

chance to show their true character 

once comfortable. 

In fact, most of the dogs at the 

trust are named after certain traits 

or characteristics they have. 

One dog in particular New 

Brighton residents will be familiar 

with was named Trapper, 

after multiple attempts at trying 

to catch him while he was living 

at New Brighton Beach, causing 

quite the fuss on a Facebook 

community group. 

Paterson said while staff and 

volunteers form a bond with each 

dog, they are stoked to see them 

get adopted into a loving family 

who looks after them. 

“We couldn’t survive without 

those volunteers, they’re amazing,” 

Paterson said. 

The trust has 120 volunteers, 

with animal behaviourists and a 

qualified dog trainer in the mix, 

retraining dogs with traumatic 

pasts that can make rehoming 

difficult. 

Paterson said some dogs have 

experienced being hit by things 

such as a leash, so have developed 

a fear of leashes that has to 

be worked through. 

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little challenges. When we get 

a dog, we don’t know their full 

history so we don’t know what 

we’re dealing with until we get to 

know them.” 

Occasionally, when a dog gets 

adopted it will be returned to the 

trust if the owners can’t care for 

it properly, which Paterson said 

was quite hard. 

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kind to people that need to surrender 

dogs because often it’s a 

hard thing to do . . . so we need 

to be supportive.” 

Three-year-old Boss, a Rottweiler 

cross rescued from the 

city council pound, is the trust’s 

longest-stay dog, having spent 

more than 600 days in the shelter. 

He is currently undergoing 

an adoption trial, which staff 

hope will be a success. 

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adoption. 

“We do tend to have long-term 

relationships with people and 

they’ll adopt a dog but then come 

back to get a second dog,” Paterson 

said. 

This year marks 40 years of 

the trust operating. To celebrate, 

staff want to build an adventure 

park for the dogs on the five-acre 

patch of land at the trust. 

The park will be fit with tunnels, 

obstacle courses, sprinklers, 

a paddle pool, a sand pit and 

everything else a dog needs to 

play with. 

There is currently a Givealittle 

page with a goal to raise $40,000 

by the end of the year. 

Paterson said they had “a long 

way to go” with having only raised 

a little under $3000, but the trust 

will soon be approaching funders 

and launching a separate campaign, 

which she hopes will bring 

in more donations. 

“Shelter life for dogs is quite 

hard, they don’t get the one-onone 

attention they would if they 

were in a home so something 

like that, that enables them to 

be challenged and do different 

things and just enable them to 

play, would be fantastic.” 

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• From page 1 

“I still talk to her a lot but obviously 

it’s not something you can 

use in training.” 

Johnston tried using high pitch 

whistles and clicker training as 

the vet suspects Suki can hear 

some loud noises, but when she 

didn’t respond to these Johnston 

made up her own hand symbols. 

“I looked at a few things online 

. . . I just went with what was 

easiest at the time and what made 

sense to me,” she said. 

Suki has been in Johnston’s care 

for just over a year now, a longer 

stay than most foster dogs. 

“She’s been my longest term. I 

wasn’t expecting to have her for 

this long,” Johnston laughed. 

Fostering and rescuing dogs is 

second nature to Johnston, who 

has volunteered in India and 

Thailand to help care for street 

dogs. 

She has also taught animal care 

at Ara when it was called Aoraki 

Polytechnic several years ago, and 

is currently completing a masters 

in clinical animal behaviour 

through The University of Edinburgh. 

Johnston also has a ridgeback 

shar-pei cross named Keke, 

rescued from the city council 

pound, who doesn’t mind being 

rounded up by Suki when they go 

on walks. 

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Suki has been in a foster 

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for Keke, Suki will often chase 

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a heading dog would do with 

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“She’s a smart dog, she needs a 

lot of mental stimulation as well 

as the right exercise . . . it will be 

great as well to get her into a nice 

home,” Johnston said. 

“I’ll definitely miss her, I will, 

you always do. You always miss 

your fosters, you always shed a 

tear, but I want her to have a good 

home.” 

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WITH THE 2022/23 season in 

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Fairley as its new head coach and 

Amanda Marchant as its new 

junior administrator. 

Fairley, a Scot originally from 

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club and subsequently playing 

events and progressing to become 

competing juniors. 

“I enjoy being on court and 

working in all areas of the 

coaching programme,” he said. 

“I’m exciting about working 

with Waimairi club members and 

helping them achieve their tennis 

goals. I want to see the club grow 

even better and for there to be 

opportunities and potential for 

everyone involved.” 

Andrew 

Fairley 

Amanda 

Marchant 

Fairley succeeds Waimairi’s 

long-serving head coach Stu 

Chalmers who is moving to North 

Canterbury. 

A keen competitive player 

Marchant now plays socially 

and actively supports two of 

her children who are members 

of the Waimairi junior interclub 

teams. 

“Tennis is such a fantastic 

game that so many can enjoy at 

whichever level they choose to 

play at. The challenging aspect 

of being out on the court in a 

single match is great for children’s 

confidence, and then the social 

aspect of playing doubles is so 

beneficial for them as well.” 

Marchant, who has been 

engaged in the hospitality 

industry in recent years, says she’s 

looking forward to expanding the 

role. 

“I’m really looking forward to 

a fantastic upcoming season of 

tennis.” 

Cool temperature a hot topic 

• From page 1 

Last week, 

city council 

head of recreation, 

sports and 

events Nigel Cox 

said the pool 

temperature 

would not be Nigel Cox 

adjusted at this 

stage. 

Cox said the pool, which is 

used for both aqua exercise and 

competitive swimming, is based 

on user’s preferences with competitive 

swimmers preferring a 

cooler temperature so they don’t 

get dehydrated during training. 

Aneta Green said she finds 

the lane pool is too cold and has 

stopped going. 

“I am sick of not being able 

to use the lap pool, as it is being 

used by other recreation groups, 

but still being charged full price 

for half the service, as a local 

who tries to use local city council 

services, it is a very disappointing 

service, and I will no longer be 

using the pool facilities.” 

Jenny Walkinshaw does aqua 

jogging at QEII and said she has 

got out of the pool feeling “shivery 

and cold” in spite of moving 

around a lot. 

“The cool temperature of the 

water is always a topic of conversation. 

There is a noticeable 

decrease in numbers using the 

aqua jogging area – however, this 

may be due to Covid. This week 

we counted a maximum of seven 

aqua joggers in the pool at any 

one time – there used to be 20+.” 

Stewart said she’s disappointed 

that the community board “isn’t 

taking leadership” on this issue. 

“The community board 

chairperson holds the top job in 

the ward. His/her role is to lead 

that board in advocating for its 

community, not disempower 

another elected member,” she 

said. 

“Here we see staff saying they 

won’t improve water temperature 

supported by the chairperson 

who incidentally swims at Graham 

Condon Centre.” 

However, community board 

chair Kelly Barber said he swims 

at both Graham Condon and 

QEII, and sometimes thinks 

Graham Condon is colder than 

QEII. 

“If people think it’s cold then 

I guess that’s an operational 

matter,” he said. 

“We asked staff for an answer 

and they gave us that and we 

were happy with that, except for 

maybe Linda . . . I don’t know 

what she expects of us really.” 

Barber said it was a difficult 

situation and if staff increased the 

temperature then he wondered if 

complaints would arise from the 

competitive swimmers as well. 

Diane Hale-Fielding said QEII 

is her main pool and has “got 

colder” as time goes by. 

“Linwood pool much warmer 

probably by a degree or so but it 

makes a difference. I do Aquafit 


at QEII and we all feel the same 

it truly is uncomfortable. The 

pool is supposed to be for all not 

just the swimmers who say they 

sweat. We pay as well.” 

Sandra McCarthy thinks the 

pool is too cold and said the aqua 

fit class has mentioned this to 

staff often. 

“There are up to two classes on 

most days of the week, with at 

least 25 of us in each class paying 

at least $8.70 and up to $11.50 a 

session. Surely this give us some 

say and consideration.” 

Vivien Coulter has been 

attending aquafit classes every 

weekday for the last two years at 

QEII, Pioneer and Linwood and 

said the QEII pool makes her feel 

“chilled to the bone.” 

“Many of the people who 

attend are limited to exercising 

only in the water because of 

age, injury or disabilities and 

if they stop doing this because 

of the cold there wellbeing is 

compromised. 

“Perhaps the instructors 

could do a head count of the 

class attendees who find the 

temperature too cold?” 

HAVE YOUR SAY: Do you 

think the temperature 

in the 25m lane pool at 

Taiora QEII is too cold? 

Email emily.moorhouse@ 

starmedia.kiwi. Keep 

responses to 200 words or 

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NOR’WEST CHRISTCHURCH - JUNE 2022 

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MEDIAN SALE PRICE 

MEDIAN VALUATION 

TOTAL NUMBER OF SALES 

MEDIAN DAYS TO SELL 

$720,000 

$470,000 

118 

33 

(+11.6%) 

Compared to $645,000 

in June 2021* 

(-2%) 

Compared to $480,000 


(-39%) 

Compared to 196 


(-27%) 

Compared to 24 


*Statistics sourced from Real Estate Institute of New Zealand for the following suburbs: 

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from Wellington just over four years ago. 

Kids ‘gutted’ after 

bucket bike stolen 


THE OWNER of a 

unique cargo bike that 

was stolen from his garage 

is overwhelmed by the 

supportive response from 

the community. 

Al Duncan’s bucket 

bike was stolen earlier this 

month from his home 

in Waltham and after 

nearly three weeks of no 

sightings, he has decided 

to replace it. 

Duncan bought the bike 

from Bicycle Junction in 

Wellington and made the 

bucket box in his friend’s 

workshop, after measuring 

his children to make sure 

they would fit. Every 

morning Neema, 10, and 

Malo, 8, would climb in 

for what many would say 

is a unique ride to school, 

30min across town to 

Burnside. 

However, earlier this 

month, Duncan left a 

garage door opener in his 

unlocked car, which was 

parked up his driveway. 

When he returned that 

night, he noticed his car 

was unlocked, so locked it 

without thinking much of 

it and put his bike in the 

garage. 

The next morning his 

garage door was wide 

open and his bike was 

gone along with power 

tools, cycling gear and 

hiking packs. 

He said someone must 

have taken the garage door 

opener out of his unlocked 

car during the day and 

returned that night to steal 

his belongings. 

“It’s not the kind of 

bike you can throw in the 

back of a car and take off 

because it’s got a really 

long wheel base so you 

need a long van or trailer 

to pick it up and take it 

somewhere,” Duncan said. 

Duncan phoned police 

MEMORIES: Duncan took a selfie with his 

children Malo (left) and Neema each time they 

took a ride in the bucket bike. 

to file a report straight 

away but after not hearing 

anything back and 

contacting his insurance 

company, he has decided 

to replace the bike. 

The bike originally cost 

Duncan $8000, with extra 

costs to build the bucket 

box, but now the price 

has hiked up to $13,000 

due to supply chain issues 

and inflation, something 

Duncan is willing to pay 

to get it replaced. 

Duncan was “blown 

away” by the support he 

received online about his 

stolen bike and has more 

than 30,000 views on his 

LinkedIn post and more 

than 100 likes on his 

Facebook post. 

He had received 

comments from members 

of the community saying 

they’ve seen him ride 

through the city with his 

kids. 

“When you’re on a bike 

like that and you’ve got 

kids in it you get people 

giving you a wide birth 

and people winding down 

their window and talking 

to you at traffic lights and 

just real engagement with 

people around you so it’s 

been really noticed in the 

community.” 

Duncan said the bike 

was a big part of time 

spent with his children, 

taking it to Little River for 

a camping trip and taking 

selfies in it together each 

time they ride. 

“I’ve got four years 

of pictures of them 

growing up in the bucket 

so it’s really close to my 

heart.” 

Duncan said he was 

nervous to tell Neema 

and Malo the bike had 

been stolen but said while 

they were “gutted” they 

handled it well and his 

friend has even let them 

use his, which is a similar 

model. 

“There’s been a beautiful 

response from people 

and I’m really grateful for 

that,” Duncan said. 

“To be burgled is a 

pretty horrible feeling 

but to have that love and 

support around instantly 

from the community 

has been uplifting and 

helps you remember the 

positive things rather than 

focusing on the negative.” 

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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 

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RDP began its home heating diesel delivery 

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Customer demand has continued to increase 

year upon year, and RDP has responded 

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equipment. 

The trucks that deliver RDP’s home heating 

diesel in each urban centre are drawn from 

the company’s extensive vehicle fleet. This 

means they have the latest communication 

and GPS tracking technology on board, so 

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 

equipped with a specially-designed hose, 

through which the diesel is pumped from 

the truck into house tanks. The length of 

the hose allows the trucks to access tanks 

without having to enter the property, avoiding 

damaging the driveway. RDP is the place to 

go if you require diesel conveniently delivered 

to your home and as a loyal RDP customer 

you’re offered discounted pricing and can 

become eligible for value-added benefits. 

For all enquiries please phone 

0800 44 00 14, or visit the RDP website at 

https://www.rdp.co.nz/home-heating or 

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CROSSWORD 

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253 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

153 

6 

A L Y 

G E C 

11 12 

13 14 15 16 17 

18 19 20 

How many words of three or more letters, 

How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six 

letters, using each letter only once? No foreign 

words or words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There's at least one six-letter word. 

once? 

TODAY 

Good 15 Very Good 19 Excellent 23 

Solution 152: age, anger, are, ear, earn, era, erg, 

err, gar, GARNER, gean, gear, gen, gran, nag, near, 

rag, rage, ran, rang, range, RANGER, rare, rear, rag, 

word. reran. 

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 

Good 15 Very Good 19 Excellent 23 

21 22 23 24 

25 26 

27 28 

Across 

1. Hollers (7) 

5. Puku (7) 

9. Taxonomic group (5) 

10. Pact (9) 

11. Adamant (9) 

12. Marsh plant (5) 

13. Dodge (5) 

15. Persecuted (9) 

18. Onlooker (9) 

19. Wild dog (5) 

21. Tropical fruit (5) 

23. Neat, orderly (9) 

25. Wipe out (9) 

26. Components (5) 

27. Unrelated line of thought (7) 

28. Novice (7) 

Decoder 

R 

A 

B 

Down 

1. Charm, enchant (7) 

2. Scenery (9) 

3. Watering hole (5) 

4. Person made to take the blame 

(9) 

5. Swagger (5) 

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6. Exceed budget (9) 

7. Alter (5) 

8. Reckless, impetuous person (7) 

14. Repatriate (9) 

16. Having relevance (9) 

17. Feeling (9) 

18. Propose (7) 

20. Supervise (7) 

22. Once more (5) 

23. Minimal (5) 

24. Steam bath (5) 

J Y E S L W N M X K B A H 

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P G T F C R U V O Q Z I D 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 

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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

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A R 

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SOLUTION 

No.153 

20 23 5 23 23 9 20 23 1 13 

25 21 4 14 10 9 1 12 9 

3 15 16 3 13 8 24 4 5 20 15 

23 11 9 3 3 2 17 3 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Bellows, 5. 

Stomach, 9. Genus, 10. 

Agreement, 11. Insistent, 

12. Sedge, 13. Evade, 15. 

Oppressed, 18. Spectator, 

19. Dingo, 21. Guava, 23. 

Shipshape, 25. Eradicate, 

26. Units, 27. Tangent, 28. 

Trainee. 

Down: 1. Beguile, 2. 

Landscape, 3. Oasis, 4. 

Scapegoat, 5. Strut, 6. 

Overspend, 7. Amend, 8. 

Hothead, 14. Extradite, 16. 

Pertinent, 17. Sensation, 18. 

Suggest, 20. Oversee, 22. 

Again, 23. Scant, 24. Sauna. 

WordBuilder 

ace, age, agley, ale, aye, 

cage, cagey, cagy, cay, clay, 

cleg, gal, gale, gay, gel, lac, 

lace, lacy, lag, lay, lea, leg, 

LEGACY, ley, lye, yea. 

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 into the 

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. 

3 12 3 14 7 3 6 12 8 25 18 

9 6 26 9 16 16 

20 25 12 18 8 16 20 13 16 3 3 25 

E N D 

12 7 24 17 16 9 23 

5 9 21 1 25 6 12 17 9 20 25 

1 12 17 18 2 

16 22 26 25 18 16 25 6 6 12 8 16 

10 17 9 9 2 

7 25 4 12 5 12 9 20 25 13 9 

25 19 7 16 23 21 5 

24 6 16 16 11 12 18 15 4 16 3 16 

18 12 11 9 20 25 

16 25 6 18 15 3 19 9 3 12 20 

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 

D 

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

E 

N 

SOLUTION 

No.152 

153 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 

X W I G D C L B H O S R P 

N A M Z K E V F Y Q U J T 

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 

14 7 1 9 5 24 9 20 5 17 24 9 

1 23 23 26 3 

14 24 5 1 26 21 15 9 12 12 1 

24 15 21 5 5 10 4 15 

9 22 9 20 14 10 4 22 22 11 15 

5 8 9 4 24 

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Deals for not-quite-perfect-yet homes. 

50 % off 

Sleepyhead Matrix MKII 

and Matrix MKII Ultra beds # 

If you can’t stand the cold, 

get into the kitchen. 

Matrix MKII Medium Queen Bed 

$2999 

less than 

$15 

9070936 

per week for 

50 months on 

interest free* 

was 

$ 

5999 

Give your kitchen 

a big upgrade with 

deals on Smalls 

Appliances. 

Get new whiteware 

without going into 

the red at Smiths. 

Syros Leather 5 Seater Lounge Suite 

Available in White (Pictured), Cement, Midnight and Light Grey 

$2999 

9060418 

was 

$ 

5999 

Valid until 16th August 2022 

less than 

$15 

per week for 

50 months on 


Buy one, get one half price 

on selected nursery* 1 

Excludes bundles, cots and clearance items 

Seen a better price on the same item, elsewhere? 

We’ll match it^, plus you’ll earn Airpoints Dollars ṬM 

Bramshaw 

Queen 4 Piece Slatbed Bedroom Suite in Grey 

Ergomaxx’x Bagged 

Vacuum Cleaner 

BONUS Gift Card 

$2799 

was 

less than 

per week for 

on selected 2022 Samsung $ 

TVs* 

50 months on 

$15 3999 


$499 

less than 

9071422 Valid until 16th August 2022 

per week for 

24 months on $7 interest free* 

9058050 

was 

$ 

649 

24 

MONTHS 

$499 & over* 

INTEREST FREE 

on purchases 

INTEREST FREE 

50MONTHS 

$999 & over* 

on furniture and beds 

Offers valid until Tuesday 26th July 2022, while stocks last or unless otherwise stated. Some products on display in selected stores only — please call 0800 764 847 to check availability. *Apple, selected computers, game consoles, gift cards, clearance 

items and some promotional items are not available in conjunction with interest free offers. Flooring available on a maximum of 18 months interest free. Exclusions, fees, terms, conditions and credit criteria apply. Equal instalment amounts include 

one-off establishment fee of $45.00, a maintenance fee of $3.75 per month and exclude any insurance premium financed. Current interest rate of 23.95% applies to any unpaid minimum payments during the interest free period, and any balance 

after the expiry of (any) interest free period. See in-store or visit smithscity.co.nz/interest-free for details. **Weekly equal instalments are based on a 52 week finance period commencing 7 days from the date interest is first calculated. Setting up an 

Automatic Payment authority will help you to avoid missed payments and additional interest charges. Available in-store and online. Current interest rate of 23.95% applies. There are no set-up, annual, or account maintenance fees – a $19 notification 

fee may apply in circumstances of default. Terms, conditions, and credit criteria apply. See in-store or visit smithscity.co.nz/easycard for more details or to apply for your EasyCard. #Discount is off our full retail price. Not available in conjunction with 

any other offer. *1 Valid 6 – 26 July 2022. Buy any two qualifying Phil & Teds or Mountain Buggy items and get a second item half price. Second item must be of equal or lesser value than the first item. Applies to qualifying products purchased at the 

same time within a single transaction. Subject to availability. Exclusions. Excludes bundles, cots and clearance items, terms and conditions apply. ^Terms, conditions, and exclusions apply. Visit smithscity.co.nz/price-promise for details. *2 Offer valid 6 

July - 16 August 2022 only or while stocks last. One gift card per qualifying transaction. Availability may vary between stores. Not available in conjunction with any other offer. Limits and other exclusions may apply, ask in-store for details. In the event 

of an order cancellation or refund, the bonus product must also be returned. Personal shoppers only. Trade not supplied.

Nor'West News: July 21, 2022

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