Nor'West News: December 01, 2022

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Six personal bests: Luka 

blazes a trail in the pool 

• By Jaime Cunningham 

LUKA WILLEMS has qualified 

for the Virtus Global Games, 

after a successful six weeks of 

international competion as the 

only Down Syndrome athlete 

representing the country in the 

pool. 

The Jellie Park JASI club 

athlete was the first and only 

New Zealander to compete at 

the World Down Syndrome 

Championships in Portugal 

last month, celebrating his 20th 

birthday as well as six personal 

bests in eight races over the six 

days. 

Although sometimes he 

“wanted to go home,” Willems, 

of Papanui, produced some 

strong results, particularly 

in the T21 senior 50m 

breaststroke, where he finished 

13th. 

“My breaststroke is really 

improving, and I like it more 

and more,” he said. 

Shortly after the Portugal 

event, he was one of 15 New 

Zealanders to participate in the 

Virtus Oceania Asia Games in 

Brisbane. 

As the first Kiwi athlete to 

compete in the II-2 (Down 

Syndrome) category, Willems 

certainly made his mark, 

winning bronze in the 50m 

freestyle as well as gaining three 

fourth placings in the games. 

He has now qualified for the 

2023 Virtus Global Games. 

Swimming NZ disability and 

para-swimming participation 

manager Cameron Leslie 

travelled with the 13-strong 

swimming team to Brisbane 

and said 

they 

did an “amazing 

job”. 

• Turn to 

page 3 

STOKED: Luka Willems has qualified for next year’s Virtus Global Games after a stellar six 

weeks of international competition. 

PROUD: Luka Willems, 

pictured with sister 

Kirah Willems, mother 

Angelique van der 

Velden and father 

Eric Willems, was the 

first and only New 

Zealander to compete 

in the World Down 

Syndrome Swimming 

Championships in 

Portugal last month. 

Dr Duncan 

Webb 

MP for Christchurch Central 

03 366 5519 

chchcentral@parliament.govt.nz 

/DuncanWebbLabour 

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Thursday December 1 2022 3 

Packed with festive spirit 

• By Natalie Pham 

PUPILS AT a primary school in 

Richmond have been given an 

early Christmas surprise. 

A new mud kitchen and 30 

backpacks filled with essential 

school supplies have been delivered 

to Pareawa Banks Avenue 

School after being the lucky 

winner of a Christmas giveaway. 

Principal Toni Burnside said 

it was nice for some pupils to 

get a bit extra at this time of 

year. 

“We are proud of our school 

and our tamariki. And it’s nice 

to have that positive community 

recognition. We know that when 

our tamariki get those backpacks, 

they will be so excited,” 

she said. 

The giveaway, which was 

open to all schools across New 

Zealand, received more than 150 

entries. 

Two pupils from each class 

who represent the school’s 

values will be selected to receive 

the backpacks. 

Burnside said there will also 

be a small, added criteria. 

“We know some of the 

children in those classes need 

a wee bit ‘pick me up’. Things 

are tough at the moment for 

families and the community, so 

teachers will be looking through 

that lens as well.” 

The new mud kitchen is now 

ready to go, but has not yet 

been installed in the school 

playground. 

Said Burnside: “To get that 

as part of the prize, it’s amazing. 

Our juniors love playing with 

water and pretending to make 

plates.” 

This year marked the fifth 

annual Christmas giveaway by 

Furnitoyz – a Hornby-based 

company that makes children’s 

toys and furniture by hand. 

Owner Michelle Dickie said 

the school giveaway was a 

chance to give back to the community. 

Since opening the business, 

the former pre-school teacher 

and her husband Euan have 

been trying to have a giveaway 

every year. 

“Last year we were watching 

the news . . . and people were 

struggling to get schoolbags 

and all the bits and bobs that 

go along with it to get kids into 

school,” she said. 

“So we thought this year, we 

will see if we can do roughly a 

classroom-size worth of schoolbags.” 

Last year, the business 

donated three pallets of foods 

and hygiene products to 

Christchurch, Auckland and 

Wellington city missions. 

GIVEAWAY: 

Ebony-Rose 

(left) and Claire, 

with two of the 

backpacks won 

by Pareawa 

Banks Avenue 

School. Below 

– Principal Toni 

Burnside (right) 

with Furnitoyz 

owner Michelle 

Dickie, who 

delivered 30 

backpacks and 

a new mud 

kitchen to the 

school. 

Luka set 

for global 

games after 

making a 

splash 

• From page 1 

The three-time Paralympic 

gold medallist said Willems is 

a “unique” athlete in the way 

he is “blazing a trail for others 

living with down syndrome and 

swimming”. 

“While as a swimming nation 

we are very early into our Down 

Syndrome inclusion, we are 

committed to helping Luka 

and the next generation of 

swimmers with Down Syndrome 

who haven’t made it into our 

competitive events as yet,” Leslie 

said. 

Willems’ mother Anqelique van 

der Velden said without Leslie’s 

help, the opportunity for Willems 

to compete at the Virtus Games 

“wouldn’t have happened”. 

“He is trying to open up 

accessibility for swimming 

athletes with disabilities at an elite 

level. It’s so awesome.” 

For Willems, it’s just the start 

of a successful international 

swimming career, as he begins 

preparations for the Virtus Global 

Games, held in France next year. 

“I hope my journey inspires 

people to do something new and 

maybe challenging too.”

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Apprentice baker’s swift rise to the top 

• By Natalie Pham 

EMILY BAILLIE was in the 

third year of her apprenticeship 

when she rose to become the 

best young bread baker in the 

country. 

The Edgeware 20-year-old 

said she never expected to win 

the New Zealand Association of 

Bakers competition. 

“I was in shock. I was the 

youngest competitor with the 

least experience and I thought 

my competitors would win it. I 

actually almost cried.” 

Besides the title, Baillie was 

also awarded a $10,000 research 

grant. 

This year, there were four 

craft bakers and two plant bread 

bakers taking part in the twoday 

competition in Auckland, 

which included a presentation on 

a given topic, a 90-minute theory 

test and a five-hour baking 

session. 

Each participant was required 

to make a range of breads, 

including two loaves of white 

sandwich bread, two different 

types of white loaves, four 

different types of smallgoods, 

two variety loaves of grain or 

wholemeal bread, and four 

different types of sweet bun. 

Baillie said recipes for the 

breads were given two months 

before the competition so 

participants could memorise and 

use them on the day. 

However, there were many 

things that could affect the result 

of the breads, in spite of having 

the same recipe. 

“My competitor had the same 

recipe, but she didn’t know them. 

So in one of the breads, it was 

supposed to be 1.5 per cent salt 

but she put 1 per cent salt. Little 

things like that can really affect 

the bread and how it works,” 

Baillie said. 

“It’s also personal skills like 

how you shaped it, how you mix 

it, how long you let it rest for – all 

sorts of different things.” 

The young baker is now 

planning to represent New 

Zealand at the prestigious LA 

Judge Awards in 2024 – a threeday 

competition recognising the 

best young baking apprentices in 

Australia and New Zealand. 

Baillie discovered her love for 

baking in a one-year cooking 

course, which then led to an 

apprenticeship with a bakery in 

TALENTED: Emily Baillie became the best young bread 

baker after winning a two-day competition in Auckland 

with this impressive selection. She also received a $10,000 

research grant as part of the award. PHOTO: STAR MEDIA 

Hokitika in her final year of 

high school. 

Six months later, she moved 

to Christchurch to broaden her 

horizons. Since then, Baillie has 

been working at the Bohemian 

Bakery. 

So far, the unusual working 

hours have been the biggest 

challenge. 

“It’s not normal to wake up 

and get to work at 1am. It’s 

definitely a challenge to change 

your body clock completely and 

working at a completely different 

time to everybody around you. 

“It’s a bit hard to have any type 

of social life,” she said. 

The $10,000 award will go towards 

a baking course overseas. 

However, Baillie has not decided 

where to go yet. 

At the moment, she is looking 

to specialise in pastry after 

completing her qualification in 

baking. 

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Shirley Boys’ High School student 

cooks his way to prestigious award 

AN ASPIRING young cook from 

Shirley Boys’ High School has 

earned a prestigious award. 

Zane Roberts was among three 

students who have scooped the 

Prime Minister’s Vocational Excellence 

Award. 

The award was launched in 

2019 to celebrate the top highschool 

students enrolled in 

vocational study with a $2000 

prize. 

Along with Hillmorton High 

School’s Tyler Spatcher-Harrison 

and Lincoln High School’s Adam 

Barker, Roberts has juggled 

school this year along with two 

days a week completing cookery 

level three at Ara-Te Pūkenga’s 

department of hospitality, 

business and service industries. 

Wanting to get beyond washing 

dishes in a restaurant and 

working toward becoming a chef, 

Roberts said his plans are set for 

next year. 

“I’m going to do level four in 

the workplace. I’ll go to work, 

and they’ll teach me everything 

but every so often I’ll get to come 

back to Ara to do assessments 

which is cool. I’ll get paid to learn 

so I’m happy.” 

Tutor Arnya Watson said the 

award is a wonderful bonus for 

these students who have gone 

above and beyond. 

“They’re my high achievers. 

They’ve worked hard out of 

class to practice and do extra 

competitions. Anything that was 

available to do – they pushed 

themselves. 

“I still can’t believe we had three 

in one class though.” 

Most of her 2022 class are 

planning to return to Ara, which 

Watson said demonstrates how 

the supportive approach to learning 

gives students a firm pathway 

to staying in education. 

And because the level three 

course is managed through 

school, there is impact on their 

fees – free first year of tertiary 

study. 

Watson said it is rewarding 

helping these students find where 

their future lies. 

OUTSTANDING: 

(From left) – Tutor 

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Prime Minister’s 

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Excellence Award 

recipients Zane 

Roberts (Shirley 

Boys’ High School), 

Adam Barker 

(Lincoln High 

School) and Tyler 

Spatcher-Harrison 

(Hillmorton High 

School). 

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shown everything they’ve 

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Young tennis stars to play on big stage 

FOUR YOUNG tennis players 

have earned the opportunity 

to play centre-court in a new 

tournament in the lead up to 

Auckland’s ASB Classic early 

next year. 

Bishopdale players Aliyah 

Daly, 11, and Nicholas Rayner, 

12, along with Burnside Park’s 

Sakeri Parnell, 13, will compete 

in the Road to the ASB Classic 

competition in January after 

qualifying through regional 

playoffs last week. Cashmere’s 

Emmeline Gale, 11, has also 

qualified. 

The inaugural Road to the ASB 

Classic is presented by Jaguar 

and the Lavie Tennis Academy, a 

performance tennis organisation 

based in Auckland. 

The tournament consists 

of players under the age of 14 

from all areas of the country 

competing in a 16-player pool, 

with finals of the competition 

being played before the ASB 

Classic men’s singles final on 

January 14. 

Academy founder and owner 

Sebastian Lavie said the organisation 

is “delighted” to give 

young tennis players the opportunity 

to compete on the courts 

of the ASB Classic. 

“It’s going to be an exciting 

time to see the best young talent 

from around the country compete 

surrounded by big crowds 

and some of the world’s best 

tennis players,” he said. 

Winners will receive a prize 

SKILLED: (From left) – Emmeline Gale (Cashmere), Aliyah Daly (Bishopdale), Sakeri Parnell (Burnside Park) and Nicholas 

Rayner (Bishopdale) will compete in front of thousands of tennis fans at the Road to the ASB Classic tournament in 

January. 

from Jaguar along with a $2500 

credit for international travel 

coaching with Lavie Tennis 

Academy. 

The ASB Classic is New 

Zealand’s premier tennis tournament, 

with many international 

players competing before the 

Australian Open starts in late 

January. 

It will be the first time the 

tournament has gone ahead in 

three years, with former No 1 

Serena Williams the most recent 

women’s singles champion 

and young French player Ugo 

Humbert the 2020 men’s singles 

winner. 

The tournament will be 

held from January 2 to 14 

with players such as Emma 

Raducanu, Casper Ruud and 

Coco Gauff confirmed to be 

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THE BELLEVUE 

Meet Sandy, the new 

Care Manager at 

The Bellevue. 

Ready to offer care without compromise. 

For Oceania, great care is about building a supportive environment that feels like 

home. For Sandy, The Bellevue’s new Care Manager, there’s a simple way to tell 

when they’ve got it just right. 

“Smiling and happy residents. That’s what great care looks like. Being part of the 

community and participating in activities.” 

Sandy admits her favourite part is building bonds with the residents. “It’s great 

hearing all the stories of their lives and their experiences. They put their trust in us, 

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What’s her vision for The Bellevue? An environment where everyone feels valued 

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Guests inbound for Christmas? From the kitchen to the spare 

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Start a new 

Christmas tradition 

What could be better than starting some new family traditions this year? Christmas traditions are memories 

in the making and help spread a little festive cheer whether with your loved ones or out in the community. 

10 great ideas to help make Christmas a magical time of the year 

1. Create a Christmas playlist with some of 

your favourite carols and songs – play it 

loud and every day, if that’s your thing. 

Or plan a pre-Christmas sing-along 

evening – don’t forget to supply the song 

sheet so everyone can join in too. 

2. Get into the spirit of Christmas by getting 

together with family or friends to help 

decorate each other’s houses – turn up 

the music, drink the wine and go all out 

to deck the halls. 

3. Make and send homemade Christmas 

cards – there’s nothing more exciting 

than getting mail, right? Or how about 

writing some generic ones and dropping 

them into your nearest retirement 

home to brighten up an elderly person’s 

Christmas. 

4. Buy your family Christmas tee-shirts or 

Santa hats to wear on the day and don’t 

forget to take a family selfie. 

5. Fill a shoebox with gifts for a child, wrap 

it with a bow, and deliver to the nearest 

community gift tree – check with your 

local library and label with age and 

gender. 

6. Have a yearly family, friends or neighbour 

outdoor games night with drinks and 

nibbles leading up to the big day – think 

Pétanque, hoopla, mini golf, giant chess, 

or croquet. 

7. Take a leaf out of Iceland’s traditional 

‘Jolabokaflod’ or Christmas Book Flood, 

and give a book as a gift on Christmas 

Eve each year – don’t forget to write 

inside the cover who it’s from and the 

date. 

8. Make a list of must see Christmas movies 

to watch a week before Christmas day 

and tick off the ones you’ve watched. 

Don’t forget the popcorn and hot 

chocolate or nibbles and wine. 

9. Make and give a handmade ornament 

as a gift each year – the lucky receiver’s 

Christmas tree will be covered with 

beautiful, handmade memories. 

10. Make homemade hot chocolate on 

Christmas Eve or on Christmas morning 

to drink while the presents are being 

opened – decorate with whipped cream, 

grated chocolate, marshmallows, or 

crushed candy canes. 

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas 

Christmas is a great time for passing down recipes that are tried and true becoming 

traditional family favourites. The owner of this recipe says her mum used to make 

the pudding on Christmas Eve and would take the bowl and wooden spoon around 

everyone in the house to stir the mixture and make a wish. 

Make a Wish Christmas Pudding 

You will need: 

• 1 ½ tbsp butter 

• 1 ½ tsp baking soda 

• 1 ½ cups of boiling water 

• 1 ½ cups flour 

• 1 ½ cups mixed fruit or sultanas 

• ¾ cup sugar 

Method: 

1. In a glass or stainless steel bowl, 

melt the butter (over hot water) 

and dissolve the baking soda. 

2. Add the boiling water and 

sugar. 

3. When cool, add flour and 

mixed fruit. 

4. Stir all the ingredients together 

and make a Christmas wish. 

5. Cover bowl with a tea towel and 

allow to stand overnight. 

The next day: 

• Place mixture into a greased 

bowl or ice-cream container, 

cover with tinfoil and place in a 

pot of water, just deep enough 

so the bowl doesn’t float. 

• Boil pudding for four hours and 

check regularly to make sure 

the water has boiled dry. Top 

up carefully with extra water if 

required. 

• Serve with heaps of Chantilly 

cream! 

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• 1 x bottle of cream 

• ½ tsp vanilla essence 

• 1 tbsp icing sugar to 

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whisk until light and fluffy with 

softly formed peaks. Cover and 

refrigerate until ready to serve. 

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Santa’s Brekkie Pancakes 

with fresh berries 

This one is not just for the kids – the sweetness of the bananas makes these 

pancakes scrumptious and a delicious, healthy breakfast hit for everyone! 


• 4-5 bananas (soft enough to mash) 

• 4 eggs 

• ½ cup rice flour 

• 2 tbsp whole linseed 

• ½ tsp salt 

• grated lemon rind 

• juice from 1 lemon 

• splash of vanilla 

• butter to cook the pancakes 

Method: 

1. Peel and mash the bananas in a bowl. 

2. Stir in the eggs, vanilla, linseed, salt 

and lemon ingredients. 

3. Add flour and mix to a smooth batter. 

4. Cook pancakes in frypan on one side 

until they bubble on the surface or hold 

together enough to be flipped over. 

5. If the mixture is thick, flatten the 

pancakes out once they’ve been turned 

over. Each pancake should be around 

1cm thick. 

Kid’s version: 

Decorate each pancake with red berries 

for Santa’s hat, Greek yoghurt or 

whipped cream for Santa’s beard and 

chocolate buttons or grape halves for 

Santa’s eyes. 

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CHRISTCHURCH 

CREMATORIUM 

FUNERALS 

CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

9 

10 11 

272 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

172 

6 

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12 13 

14 15 16 17 18 

words of three or more letters, 

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words 

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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 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 21 

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 171: deer, den, edge, edger, end, ere, erg, 

erne, gee, geed, gen, GENDER, gene, genre, greed, 

word. green, need, nerd, red, reed, reg, rend. 

Good 14 Very Good 18 Excellent 22 

19 20 21 

22 23 24 25 26 

27 28 

29 

Across 

1. Pasta dish (8,6) 

10. Icecream flavour __ frutti (5) 

11. Rejoice (9) 

12. On the way (Fr) (2,5) 

13. Underwater missile (7) 

14. Burn with water (5) 

16. Chatty (9) 

19. Husband or wife (colloq) (5,4) 

20. Heron (5) 

22. Flight company (7) 

25. Reduce (7) 

27. Unlawfully (9) 

28. Levy of one tenth (5) 

29. Particular locality (4,2,3,5) 

Decoder 

Down 

2. Consequences (9) 

3. Farewell (Fr) (5) 

4. Large group of musicians (9) 

5. Small island (5) 

6. Sleep for winter (9) 

7. Make happy (5) 

8. Something unsightly (7) 

9. Tension (6) 

15. Act of heroic courage (7-2) 

17. Manner of living (9) 

18. Annoyed (9) 

19. Applause (7) 

21. Painful (6) 

23. Antiquity (5) 

24. Brilliance (5) 

26. Get the better of (5) 

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

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

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www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz 

21 1 5 21 17 22 

A N D 

SOLUTION 

No.172 

7 9 15 26 17 8 9 25 15 19 9 2 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Macaroni 

cheese, 10. Tutti, 11. 

Celebrate, 12. En route, 

13. Torpedo, 14. Scald, 

16. Talkative, 19. Other 

half, 20. Egret, 22. Airline, 

25. Shorten, 27. Illegally, 

28. Tithe, 29. Neck of the 

woods. 

Down: 2. Aftermath, 3. 

Adieu, 4. Orchestra, 5. 

Islet, 6. Hibernate, 7. Elate, 

8. Eyesore, 9. Stress, 15. 

Derring-do, 17. Lifestyle, 18. 

Irritated, 19. Ovation, 21. 

Tender, 23. Relic, 24. Éclat, 

26. Outdo. 

WordBuilder 

issue, its, set, sets, sis, 

sit, site, sites, sits, sties, 

sue, sues, suet, suit, suite, 

SUITES, suits, sus, tie, ties, 

TISSUE, use, uses. 

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. 

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21 4 18 8 4 12 26 4 24 24 4 10 

21 3 18 11 18 4 13 

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

24 13 14 3 12 11 26 

14 4 10 12 6 25 1 11 12 

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26 26 22 15 9 21 16 

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 

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

O W N 

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SOLUTION 

No.171 

172 

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

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

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 

6 2 19 21 19 12 19 4 21 4 

22 25 19 10 20 

26 3 15 5 21 22 14 16 13 18 

15 26 19 8 7 26 

5 17 22 5 22 7 

7 17 8 19 24 26 18 13 7 4 5 21 

14 16 7 15 7 10 4 

CHRISTCHURCH 

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CREMATORIUM 

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RAY WHITE PAPANUI NEWS 

Being A Subject To Sale Purchaser 

hen buying a property subject to the sale of 

Wanother you need to consider all your options 

carefully 

Buying a property when you are a cash buyer 

is reasonably straightforward in that you find 

a house you like then put an offer in subject to 

usually ten working days due diligence and then 

you go unconditional. Purchasing a home when you 

already own one is another scenario altogether and 

usually more complicated. Many people are selling 

for up-sizing, downsizing, schooling, proximity to 

work, changing suburbs, upgrading in style, location 

or property age. Below I have outlined some of the 

more common scenarios that could play out when 

you are in a subject to sale position. 

Purchasing another property without selling first 

Maria Paterson 

Licensee 

Salesperson 

027 543 4689 

Eneka Burroughs 

Licensee 

Salesperson 

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Vanessa Golightly 

Business Owner 

and Licensee Agent 

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027 664 9292 

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Licensee 

Salesperson 

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If you are lucky enough to have your home freehold 

or close enough to it (a big chunk of equity will 

help) then the bank may be happy to offer you a 

mortgage so you can go and purchase something 

else without having sold your current house first. 

This will take some of the pressure off and the 

worry that you may sell but not find anything else. 

The fish hook here can be evidencing to your lender 

your ability to service the mortgage until your 

current home has been sold. Retirees or those near 

to retirement, this could affect you if you have no 

‘income’. The other mistake I see people making 

with this option is that they make an assumption 

on what their current home is worth and purchase 

the next one based on this ‘figure’ only to find out 

when they do go to sell that this figure is overly 

optimistic. 

Selling your current home without 

having yet purchased another property 

This option is often taken up by those who would like 

to know a) exactly how much their current home will 

sell for so they have a concrete purchasing budget to 

work with and b) would like to be cash purchasers in 

the marketplace. Being ‘cash purchasers’ does allow 

you to be more competitive in multi offer situations 

and also allows you to purchase property at auction 

and therefore opening your buying options up to 

homes being sold under all methods of sale. The 

biggest risk here is that you won’t find anything to 

buy and settle on before your own home handover 

date. Many however keep renting or staying with 

family as backup options. 

The security of knowing where you are going 

versus having the confidence that you are 

spending what you only have seem to be valued 

quite differently by purchasers in my experience, 

the thought of not knowing where you are going 

worries some while the the idea of spending money 

that you might not end up having in the hand gives 

others the cold sweats. 

Offering on a property subject to the 

sale of your current home 

This is an option that interestingly I notice many 

people beginning with but often not completing on. 

I know this sounds like a strange comment but let 

me explain. When homeowners have been sitting 

comfortably for some years in a home then start 

to think a move might be an idea, the nest is finally 

empty, the stairs are getting a bit much, they would 

like to be closer to family and so on they will often 

go out and have a look around and then make an 

offer subject to the sale their home. 

I will outline the pro’s and con’s for this scenario; 

Pro’s. You have found a home you like to move into. 

Con’s. Your offer will highly likely contain a 

‘rollover’ or ‘cash out’ clause. What does this 

mean? If the owners of the home that you have 

made your offer on receive a cash offer (or more 

favourable depending on the terminology used in 

the clause) from another buyer you will be given 

via your lawyer a few working days notice (2-5 is 

standard) to confirm on the purchase, this means 

you need commit to the purchase without having 

sold your property – not something many people 

are in a position to do because if they were they 

would have purchased the home outright in the 

first place. You could end up in the position of being 

in the middle of selling your home only to have the 

property you were hoping to purchase taken away 

from you, this can be emotionally very upsetting 

and stressful. 

The second drawback to the ‘subject to sale’ offer 

can be one that I touched on earlier which is not 

selling your home for the figure that you had in 

mind or worse not selling it at all. Predicting market 

trends is somewhat a crystal ball gazing activity and 

relying on RV figures, the figure that a website told 

you your home was worth, what your son told you 

or even appraisal figures from agents are all guess 

work to some extent until the market is tested and 

the current buyer pool has spoken. You can want 

or hold out for a certain sale price all you like but 

don’t expect the homeowners you have put an offer 

to subject to the sale of your home to wait around 

for you. 

The third drawback which is one less considered 

until you arrive in the situation, is that as a subject 

to sale purchaser your negotiation powers are at 

an all time low. In smaller or slower marketplaces 

or for example rural or high end properties this 

may not so much be the case but in general 

metropolitan areas shopping in the price bracket 

of the majority your subject to sale offer is always 

going to be weaker than a cash offer unless you 

can come up with the magic figure that will give the 

homeowners enough confidence to accept your 

offer over a cash one. I often say putting a low offer 

in subject to the sale of a property is like wanting to 

have your cake and eat it too. Cash is king so your 

subject to sale offer needs to win out with a solid 

offering price, especially in multi offer situations. 

Summary 

If you sell first and are in a cash position then you 

certainly have stronger negotiation powers and 

the opportunity to secure the home you want. 

This is the reason for my earlier comment that 

purchasing subject to sale is an ‘option that I 

notice many people beginning with but often not 

completing on’. It doesn’t take long before many 

are awakened to the limitations and frustrations 

of trying to purchase subject to sale. Sometimes it 

will work out and again in a less competitive market 

you shouldn’t have quite the same frustrations. 

Otherwise my best advice is to sell first then you 

know a) exactly what you have to spend and b) you 

can go out and purchase your new home as a cash 

buyer. Yes it will be a mucky six months or so and 

yes you might have to stay with family, short term 

in and AirBnB etc but in the long term scheme of 

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