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Santa’s toy-makers in 

need of a new home 

• By Natalie Pham 

VOLUNTEER elves have given 

thousands of wooden toys to 

many deserving children across 

Canterbury for 50 years. 

But this year the volunteers 

at the Santa Claus Workshop 

Charitable Trust are hoping 

their wish for a permanent 

home will come true. 

The hunt for a new premises 

began in December last year 

after the technology block at 

Shirley Intermediate School was 

demolished. It was home to the 

workshop for almost 10 years. 

Since then, many volunteers 

have been working from home 

to get about 1100 handmade 

toys ready for the festive season. 

From cars to wheelbarrows 

and wooden chairs to cots for 

dolls, they craft a wide range 

of toys using high-quality 

timber. While some only take 

a few hours to complete, more 

intricate toys can take up to 20 

hours. 

Trust chairman Stewart Williams 

said the workshop’s elves 

might not be able to produce 

the toys next year if they cannot 

find a new home. In the worst 

case, the trust could be forced to 

take a break from toymaking. 

“We really don’t have much 

option. We’re still actively looking 

with the council, but we 

haven’t had much luck to date,” 

Williams said. 

“It’s not practical going forward 

from our perspectives . . . 

GIFTS: Stewart Williams with some of the toys that will be given to deserving children 

this Christmas. 

PHOTO: RHYVA VAN ONSELEN 

various toys are made by more 

than one person, so it’s not just 

the matter of cutting it out with 

a jigsaw or something like that.” 

The search for a new site has 

been difficult – but Williams 

said the trust is not alone. 

“I know most volunteer 

groups are also struggling with 

the same issue.” 

In August last year, the workshop 

was offered a vacant site 

at 280 Westminster St by the 

city council. However, the site 

was vandalised beyond repair a 

week before the equipment and 

tools were moved in. 

Said Williams: “They trashed 

the place, smashed all windows, 

and tore out all the wiring. 

Basically made the building 

uninhabitable. 

“It restricted us from being 

able to support people that need 

WORKERS: Andrew 

Grant, Alistair McDonald 

and Neil Pugh making 

toys at the trust’s former 

Shirley Intermediate 

School base before it was 

demolished. 

PHOTO: STAR MEDIA 

help in our society. We just want 

to be able to make toys to make 

kids happy.” 

City council head of city 

growth and property Bruce 

Rendall said it has tried to help 

the trust find a new home. 

“Unfortunately, the council 

has few vacant buildings and 

those it does have are generally 

being held for broader site 

redevelopment, such as park 

enhancements.” 

•To help the trust find a 

new home, phone Williams 

on 027 471 4624 or email 

santasworkshoptrust@ 

gmail.com 

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Barrier Free Computing 

Saturday, 10am-noon 

New Brighton Library 

Tutors will be on hand to help 

beginners as well as provide assistance 

with emailing, accessing the 

internet, playing games, researching 

a homework assignment, and literacy 

or numeracy development. There is 

also the opportunity for socialising 

with others with similar interests. 

Standard library printing and copying 

costs apply. Free to attend, no booking 

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Weekend Creative Time 

Saturday, 2-3pm 

New Brighton Library 

Take this opportunity to use the 

exciting range of equipment available 

at New Brighton Library – 3D printer, 

craft cutter, sewing machine, badge 

maker, cameras, tripods and microphones. 

Staff will be on hand to support 

you with equipment. These are 

not structured sessions, but a chance 

for you to try out the equipment available 

and work on your own creative 

projects. These sessions are geared 

towards people aged 16 and older. 

Shirley Library Book 

Discussion Group 

Monday, 10.30-11.30am 

Shirley Library 

For those who love reading and 

want to share in discussion with 

other friendly book lovers. Places are 

Reading to dogs, Wednesday, 3.30-4.30pm 

New Brighton Library. Do you have a reluctant reader that just needs 

to build confidence with a non-judgemental audience? Then reading to 

dogs is a great option for them. They can go to the library and have a oneon-one 

session with one of the friendly dogs taken by the animal management 

community liaison dog team. Your child can have 15 minutes to 

sit with the dog and read their favourite book or one they’ve found at the 

library. Bookings essential. 

limited so phone 941 7923 or email 

library@ccc.govt.nz to inquire about 

availability and cost. 

Linwood Library Book Club 

Monday, 10.45am-noon 

Linwood Library 

It is a very relaxed and friendly 

group of people who meet to chat 

informally about any books that they 

have read over the past month, fiction 

or non-fiction. Free no bookings 

required, just turn up on the day and 

enjoy. 

Mobile Discovery Wall 

Sunday, all day 

Parklands 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. 

Wā Pēpi-Babytimes 

Friday, 10.30-11am 

Parklands Library 

Meet others in the community 

and join our relaxed, fun group for 

interactive songs, rhymes, and books 

that will delight and develop your 

baby or toddler. All whānau and 

caregivers welcome. Free, no bookings 

required. 

Rummikub Club 

Thursday, 10am-noon 

Linwood Library 

Go and join in a game of 

Rummikub, a tile-based game for two 

to four players, combines elements of 

the card game rummy and mahjong. 

Cards at Shirley 

Friday, 1-3.30pm 

Shirley Library 

Go along to play 500. Free, no 

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Thursday November 24 2022 3 

New safety platforms among 

raft of proposed improvements 

• By Natalie Pham 

PROPOSED changes for a busy 

intersection in Shirley are a 

step closer after a heated debate 

among community board 

members. 

The Waitai Coastal-Burwood- 

Linwood Community Board had 

to undergo additional discussion 

before giving the green light to 

the safety improvement proposal 

for the Briggs/Marshland/Lake 

Terrace Rds intersection. 

It came after a number of 

board members expressed 

concern about raised safety platforms 

on all approaches to the 

intersection, which was among 

the proposed changes. 

Raised platforms are a traffic 

calming measure to reduce the 

speed of vehicles entering an 

intersection to 30km/h. 

They were first installed 

in Christchurch at the busy 

intersection of Lincoln Rd, Barrington 

Rd and Whiteleigh Ave, 

but the city council is proposing 

to use raised platforms at other 

high-risk intersections. 

City council senior transportation 

engineer Gemma Dioni said 

they would be a key tool in the 

Road to Zero strategy. 

“From a system perspective, we 

CHANGES: New traffic calming measures are proposed for the intersection of Marshland, 

Briggs and Lake Terrace Rds. 

PHOTO: STAR NEWS 

are trying to reduce the number 

of death and serious injury 

crashes on our network,” Dioni 

said. 

Other proposed changes 

include a new traffic island, kerb 

extensions and a new cycle lane 

on Lake Terrace Rd. 

With five out of nine board 

members giving the proposal the 

thumbs up, it is now awaiting 

the approval of the Waipapa 

Papanui-Innes-Central Community 

Board, as Briggs Rd is part 

of the Innes Ward. 

If both boards approve it, 

construction is expected to start 

in May next year. 

At the meeting on Monday, 

Linwood Ward city councillor 

Yani Johanson voted against the 

proposal and questioned potential 

damage to vehicles from the 

raised platforms. 

“Because the one at Lincoln 

[Addington] is pretty bad. People 

don’t expect them,” he said. 

There have been complaints 

from drivers on social media 

after the bottom of their vehicles 

were scraped by the new safety 

platforms at the Lincoln Rd 

intersection. 

Burwood Ward city councillor 

Kelly Barber was also not 

in favour of the raised safety 

platforms 

“Road to Zero is an admirable 

goal. It’s very easy to achieve if 

we drive everywhere at 20km/h. 

But I don’t think in our society, it 

is practical. 

“I think these are the sort of 

intersection changes that give 

council a bad name.” 

However, deputy chairperson 

Jackie Simons said the raised 

platforms are not going to damage 

vehicles if drivers slow down. 

“I actually go through the Lincoln 

Rd intersection every week. 

This is about drivers’ education. 

“They’ve been used all over the 

country. It’s new to Christchurch, 

it’s new to us. But they are 

a good system that does slow the 

traffic down.” 

There have been four serious 

injury crashes in the last 10 years 

at the Shirley intersection. 

City council staff has identified 

red light running, right turning 

traffic failing to give way, and 

right-angle crashes being the 

most significant crash problems. 

There is also a high collective 

and medium high personal risk at 

this intersection as it has a death 

and serious injury score of 1.86. 

Collective risk refers to the 

number of fatal and serious 

crashes per kilometre or within a 

set distance of an intersection. 

While personal risk refers to 

the likelihood of an individual 

being involved in a fatal or 

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For birds’ sake, keep dogs off mudflats 

Avon- 

Heathcote 

Estuary 

Ihutai Trust 

manager 

Tanya 

Jenkins 

writes about issues with 

dogs 

IN 2018, the Avon-Heathcote 

Estuary was classified as a 

wetland of “international 

importance”. A prestigious and 

well-deserved title indeed. 

Did you know that 149 different 

bird species have been 

identified in the estuary? Or that 

the estuary and nearby oxidation 

ponds host a number of endemic 

bird species, which are classified 

as vulnerable, declining and/or 

endangered? 

Who does not enjoy watching 

the spoonbills sifting water for 

food, observing cormorants sitting 

along the edge with wings 

spread, drying their feathers, 

seeing the black and white oystercatchers 

digging for cockles or 

the godwits looking for worms? 

Or perhaps you enjoy watching 

the kingfishers perched on rocks 

and tree branches, ready to dive 

down for a “crab dinner”. 

Few people realise that some 

birds can only feed when the 

mudflats are not covered by 

water during low tide – when 

their mud source is accessible. 

SMALL WINDOW: Dogs off lead are chasing birds (and have killed penguins), disturbing their feeding patterns. 

Whereas other birds will be able 

to feed at low tide during the 

night, not all birds can. So, the 

combination of daylight and exposed 

mudflats provide the only 

window – for a few hours – for 

these birds to feed. 

This is also the time many 

dog owners enjoy walking along 

the estuary. And fair enough, 

as dogs love to run around, and 

dog owners enjoy the freedom 

of space to let their four-legged 

friends off the lead. 

However, the birds see people’s 

pets as predators and aim to stay 

well clear of them. 

When dogs are on lead being 

exercised along paths and walking 

tracks, this does not pose any 

issues. When dogs are let off lead 

to run around the mudflats and, 

even worse, allowed to chase 

birds, this becomes an absolute 

disaster. 

The estuary trust has conducted 

multiple surveys and 

observations of bird behaviour 

to gain ample evidence and concluded 

that, when birds see a dog 

running around, the birds will 

stop feeding and fly away. 

It can take up to 45 minutes 

for birds to regain confidence to 

settle down again and continue 

feeding. 

When this disturbance happens 

once or twice during a 

low tide the birds will have lost 

the chance to feed, as the tide 

returns to cover their feeding 

ground, and they will go hungry 

for the day. 

When this happens a few 

days in a row it means no food 

to gather, so no food for their 

chicks. No food means weight 

loss and, for migratory waterbirds, 

not enough strength come 

winter to fly to warmer areas 

like the North Island, Australia 

or beyond – across the world to 

Alaska in the godwits’ case. 

So please, dog owners, we are 

asking you to consider one of the 

reasons our estuary is unique is 

because of its stunning bird life. 

But our shorebirds are disappearing, 

with numbers declining every 

year. Keep dogs off the mudflats 

and on the lead when walking 

along the estuary. There are ample 

red zone areas and dog parks in 

Christchurch where your furry 

friends can run around, have fun, 

and chase a stick or ball – where 

they do not disturb birds. Let’s 

work together on this to keep our 

estuary a wetland of “international 

importance”. 

If you are not a dog owner 

or are a responsible dog owner 

and you see offenders – where 

dogs are off lead and not under 

effective control – then please 

note the details, such as the 

location, time and date, and 

report this to the city council 

for dog control officers to 

follow up. 

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dizziness, vertigo or BPPV? 

These issues can be treated with vestibular 

physiotherapy. 

Vestibular rehabilitation therapy is a specialised 

form of therapy, in which physiotherapists 

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Another year has rolled by with Christmas just around the corner. It has been a 

crazy, busy year for all of us in the travel industry. 

After two years of almost no international travel it is safe to say that when the 

borders opened in April this year things went a bit mad!! At House of Travel 

we have never experienced such a rush from our community looking for an 

overseas holiday. 

Many of you have asked, how on earth did we survive Covid and there is no sugar 

coating that situation, it was tough. But survive we did and now we are making up 

for lost time! Travel agents (& unfortunately there are less of us around now…) are 

in high demand so we have been working tirelessly around the clock to meet the 

demand we are facing. Thank you to those who have stuck with us and showed 

their patience while we navigate this ever changing environment. 

Some of you may be aware but we recently moved locations - we are still in the 

Merivale Village, but now just a bit further down the road, at 233 Papanui Road 

(next door to Coffee Culture). Normally you can get a park right outside the 

office which is a definite bonus (but beware from 3pm it turns into a bus lane). Our 

opening hours are currently Monday to Friday 9am until 5pm. 

Our team has also grown with the need to upstaff due to the demand for our 

services. Now we have our existing consultants, Janine Mckay and Kelly Gainsford. 

Plus, recently joined is Teresa Hodge (ex House of Travel Invercargill) and Julia 

Metcalfe in a sales support role. 

All of our team are very experienced consultants, extremely well-travelled and 

passionate about what they do. 

For the next couple of years we expect travel will remain in high demand and for 

this reason we recommend you book as early as you can to secure your holiday. 

Many of the Pacific Islands and the popular resorts are booking up at least one 

year (or more) in advance. Europe sales are going through the roof for 2023 

and we do not anticipate this will slow down anytime soon. While we have been 

hopeful of special sale fares from the airlines, they too are recovering from 

the covid downturn and we are unlikely to see as many “deals” as we did 

pre-covid. 

So, we do recommend that you get in touch with us about your next holiday, 

whenever and wherever that may be. Or, if you are out of 

ideas come in and have a chat and we can hopefully find 

something to inspire you. 

In the meantime we wish you 

the very best Christmas and 

New Year and here’s to a 

nice, hot summer ahead. 

Kind regards, 

Nicky de Clifford 

& Lisa Hutchison 

Owner/Operators 

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Merivale-Shirley 

merivaleshirley@hot.co.nz 

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Nicky de Clifford 

Owner/Operator 

Years in the travel industry: 30 

Favourite destination: TURKEY 

Where to next? GREEK ISLANDS 

Top travel tip? 

Use packing cells (keeps thing tidy!) 

Lisa Hutchison 

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Favourite destination: FRANCE 

Where to next? JAPAN 


Take a real book (no batteries 

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Favourite destination: ITALY 

Where to next? EUROPE 


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Favourite destination: AFRICA 

Where to next: BALI 

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Where to next? CROATIA 


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The Cecilian Singers celebrate 40 years 

ALTHOUGH NOW in their 

42nd year, The Cecilian Singers 

are celebrating the 40th 

anniversary of the choir, with a 

special concert at The Piano on 

November 26. 

An equal voice choir for 

women, The Cecilian Singers 

was founded in 1981 by Nan Anderson. 

It is an auditioned choir 

with a varied repertoire, ranging 

from medieval to modern, both 

sacred and secular. 

The choir quickly established 

a national reputation with 

broadcasts on Radio New 

Zealand and Praise Be. 

It has also recorded two CDs 

that went to No. 1 on Concert 

NZ Classical Hits. Works by 

New Zealand composers, some 

especially commissioned, are 

frequently performed and the 

choir has twice travelled to 

Australia to showcase New 

Zealand music. 

There has always been an 

emphasis on supporting local 

musicians and encouraging 

outstanding talent. Featured 

artists have included Teddy 

Tahu Rhodes, Ann Lamont 

Lowe, Louisa Pilkington, 

Helen Charlton, and many 

instrumentalists who have gone 

on to NZSO or international 

careers. 

Over the past 40 years, the 

Cecilians have performed at 

least 100 times at concerts, plus 

events like weddings and music 

festivals. Events range from 

poetry and music at the Old 

Municipal Chambers, to singing 

in Hebrew with the Washington 

Women’s Choir at the Great 

Hall. 

They have performed at many 

iconic Christchurch venues that 

were casualties of the February 

22, 2011 earthquake – the 

Provincial Council Chambers, St 

Luke’s Church, the Music Centre 

Chapel and The Chapel of St 

John of God in Halswell. 

The choir has been fortunate 

to have worked under the baton 

of only four music directors in 

its history. Nan Anderson, who 

received the QSM in 2020 for 

services to choral music, was the 

director for 27 years. Anderson 

was followed by Jean Cumming, 

Rosemary Allison and the 

current director, renowned 

contralto Rosemary Turnbull. 

As has been the case for so 

many organisations, the choir’s 

original plans for celebrating 

the milestone were disrupted 

by Covid-19, resulting in 

three cancellations of planned 

concerts. The celebration on 

Saturday will be the culmination 

of two years of planning, 

rehearsing, and waiting. 

It will offer traditional and 

modern classical compositions 

(Brahms, Britten and Orban) 

and a piece by NZ composer 

David Hamilton. The choir will 

be accompanied by pianist Sarah 

Kang, harpist Helen Webby and 

horns Emma Eden and Bernard 

Shapiro. 

JOYOUS: The Celician Singers choir has been performing 

for more than four decades. 

All welcome for a cuppa at Braintree 

BRAINTREE, the first wellness 

centre of its kind in New 

Zealand to support people with 

neurological conditions, is 

holding an open day in Papanui 

on Saturday. 

The centre at 70 Langdons Rd 

will be open to the public from 

10am to noon. 

“We have had such positive 

feedback from everyone attending 

either an activity or support 

session since we opened in June 

this year, we want to give the 

public the chance to see just how 

special this facility is and why 

it is earning such high praise,” 

BrainTree general manager Phil 

Marshall-Lee said. 

“We hope people will pop in, 

have a look around and enjoy a 

coffee.” 

BrainTree is the new home for 

Dementia Canterbury, Multiple 

Sclerosis and Parkinson’s Canterbury, 

the Southern Stroke 

Foundation, Southern Music 

Therapy, Aspire Canterbury and 

Adult Conductive Education 

Trust. 

“The centre is already making 

life so much better for the many 

people living in the community 

with neurological conditions,” 

Marshall-Lee said. 

Conditions such as Multiple 

Sclerosis, Parkinson’s and 

dementia are progressive, and 

while some people become 

severely disabled, most can 

live with relatively moderate 

symptoms for longer periods of 

time. The wellness centre is a key 

component to ensuring those affected 

can still live a full life after 

a diagnosis of a neurological 

condition. 

Marshall-Lee said the centre 

is equipped with a gym, studio, 

cafe and meeting spaces for individual 

or group use, as well as 

being a place to share and learn 

from real-life experiences, take 

part in activity support groups 

and access specialist well-being 

services. It can also host conferences 

for up to 80 people, with 

all inquiries welcome. 

The $8 million complex is the 

culmination of a huge community 

effort since Dementia Canterbury, 

and Multiple Sclerosis and 

Parkinson’s Canterbury joined 

forces in 2017 in the Canterbury 

Brain Collective, a registered 

charity, to build a home for the 

two societies. 

The cost has been almost 

entirely funded by private 

individuals, businesses and community 

trusts in Christchurch. 

The donors, many of whom have 

known someone personally affected, 

have opened their hearts 

and contributed generously, all 

sharing the vision of creating 

BrainTree, Marshall-Lee said. 

“The team at BrainTree wishes 

to thank everyone for their 

support.” 

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CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

8 9 

10 11 

271 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

171 

6 

R E E 

N G D 

12 13 14 15 

16 

17 18 

19 

20 21 22 23 24 

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 12 Very Good 16 Excellent 20 

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 170: for, fort, forth, four, FOURTH, fro, 

froth, fur, hot, hour, hurt, hut, oft, our, rho, rot, 

word. rout, rut, ruth, thou, tofu, tor, tour, turf. 

Good 12 Very Good 16 Excellent 20 

25 26 

27 28 

29 30 

31 32 

33 34 

Across 

1. Warmth of passion or feeling (6) 

5. Cease (6) 

10. Refers to (7) 

11. Smokestack (7) 

12. Departs (6) 

15. Dainty (6) 

16. Cuddle (7) 

17. Adolescent (abbr) (4) 

18. Single sheet of paper (4) 

19. Grille (7) 

20. Elderly (4) 

22. Wading bird (4) 

25. Missives (7) 

27. Merchant (6) 

28. Hold in custody (6) 

31. Lack of guile (7) 

32. Obstruction (7) 

33. Interfere (6) 

34. Stitch (6) 

Decoder 

Down 

2. Liberate (7) 

3. Lots (inf) (6) 

4. Danger (4) 

5. Cut into cubes (4) 

6. Evening party (Fr) (6) 

7. Dawn (7) 

8. Vote (6) 

9. Me (6) 

13. Canvas shoe (7) 

14. Cause trouble (7) 

15. Poster, advertisement (7) 

20. Take care of (6) 

21. Look at in detail (7) 

23. Fire pit (7) 

24. Various (6) 

25. Myth (6) 

26. Confidential (6) 

29. Youngster (4) 

30. Recedes (4) 

B Z J T F I W P X K R E D 

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

G U H V M O L C S N Y A Q 

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

All puzzles copyright 

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 

O W N 

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

T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y 

www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz 

SOLUTION 

No.171 

Crossword 

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. 

8 3 12 5 6 19 9 8 6 24 1 19 

6 13 2 6 6 10 

11 6 2 24 6 21 25 10 20 6 24 23 

21 19 25 21 4 5 20 

2 10 18 12 5 19 7 19 12 24 25 

P 

L 

25 14 11 7 6 7 

16 12 24 1 6 10 10 25 2 24 12 7 

2 9 2 9 9 1 

9 19 8 6 10 6 8 7 12 9 5 

17 7 3 19 25 10 12 

19 10 19 13 2 19 17 11 15 19 10 8 

8 25 24 8 8 12 

25 22 2 26 25 3 12 10 26 9 12 20 

Y 

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 

L 

Y 

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

P 

SOLUTION 

No.170 

171 

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

Z N J T W S C X K B Q V R 

Y H A M P G E I O D L U F 

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

21 3 18 11 18 4 13 

6 4 21 13 17 19 13 17 13 

20 10 1 20 26 6 3 

17 11 13 21 2 17 25 23 18 11 22 9 

13 17 4 11 18 15 14 

12 11 3 3 17 11 26 13 17 13 15 25 

14 5 11 14 12 14 

Across: 1. Ardour, 5. Desist, 

10. Alludes, 11. Chimney, 

12. Leaves, 15. Petite, 16. 

Snuggle, 17. Teen, 18. Leaf, 

19. Lattice, 20. Aged, 22. 

Ibis, 25. Letters, 27. Trader, 

28. Detain, 31. Naivety, 32. 

Barrier, 33. Meddle, 34. 

Suture. 

Down: 2. Release, 3. 

Oodles, 4. Risk, 5. Dice, 6. 

Soirée, 7. Sunrise, 8. Ballot, 

9. Myself, 13. Sneaker, 14. 

Agitate, 15. Placard, 20. 

Attend, 21. Examine, 23. 

Brazier, 24. Sundry, 25. 

Legend, 26. Secret, 29. 

Tyke, 30. Ebbs. 

WordBuilder 

deer, den, edge, edger, end, 

ere, erg, erne, gee, geed, 

gen, GENDER, gene, genre, 

greed, green, need, nerd, 

red, reed, reg, rend. 

Sudoku 

26 26 22 15 9 21 16 

O W N 

14 4 10 12 6 25 1 11 12 

4 20 17 4 12 19 26 24 11 20 18 3 

24 13 14 3 12 11 26 

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74A MONCKS SPUR ROAD | REDCLIFFS 

36A LONDON STREET | LYTTELTON 

Please note that this is walk-on access only and the access is next to 26 Canterbury Street. 

With the ever-changing tides, here at 36a London Street, you will enjoy views from your living space like no other: 

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14 DRIFTWOOD LANE | RECORD SALE | $2,162,500 

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MERRY CHRISTMAS FROM THE TEAM AT HOME 

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After a busy year here at HOME, we will be taking time out to spend the 

holidays with our loved ones. 

We wish you all a safe and Merry Christmas. Enjoy the holidays with your 

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We look forward to seeing you in new year! 

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