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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 8, <strong>2022</strong><br />

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NATIONALS: Jacob Lowson (far left) and fellow runner<br />

Christian Murphy are part of a five-person Canterbury<br />

athletics team, which also includes Sam Goddard (above).<br />

Elite event a family affair<br />

• By Diane Keenan<br />

CANTERBURY’S Special<br />

Olympics athletics coach Bryan<br />

Lowson took up both coaching<br />

and running to support his son<br />

Jacob, in a sport all the family<br />

now embraces.<br />

Jacob, who is autistic, is<br />

competing at the Freemasons<br />

New Zealand Special Olympics<br />

National Summer Games in<br />

Hamilton starting today. About<br />

1300 athletes and coaches<br />

from throughout the country<br />

are competing in 10 sporting<br />

disciplines held at eight<br />

Hamilton venues.<br />

Along with her father,<br />

Jacob’s younger sister Taylor<br />

is also now a runner and for<br />

the past four years has been<br />

an assistant coach for the<br />

Canterbury athletics team.<br />

She is in her second year at<br />

Canterbury University and<br />

works at Ignition Health as a<br />

group instructor. Long term she<br />

wants to continue to work with<br />

athletes with disabilities.<br />

Running is now very much a<br />

family affair with Bryan, Taylor<br />

and Jacob recently completing<br />

the 22kms Port Hills Crater<br />

Rim Ultra trail event.<br />

Jacob, 21, has gone from<br />

strength to strength since first<br />

competing in athletics as a<br />

student at Papanui High School.<br />

He started by competing<br />

against other juniors, followed<br />

by Special Olympics, and now<br />

runs whenever he can.<br />

“Jacob needs someone to<br />

run with so as a family we are<br />

all very involved. I’m not the<br />

sort of coach who stands on<br />

the sidelines and yells. I like to<br />

get in there and run with the<br />

athletes,” Bryan Lowson said.<br />

The team trains every week<br />

at Burnside High School.<br />

While Bryan and Taylor are<br />

confident about many aspects<br />

of coaching, they enlisted the<br />

help of George Edwards – the<br />

long-time coach of William<br />

Stedman, who won a silver<br />

medal at the Tokyo Paralympics<br />

– to help with some of the<br />

technical aspects of the sport,<br />

such as starting from the<br />

blocks.<br />

The five-person Canterbury<br />

athletic team includes Jacob,<br />

Sam Goddard, Kevin Horne,<br />

April Gardner and Christian<br />

Murphy.<br />

Special Olympics New<br />

Zealand chief executive<br />

Carolyn Young said the<br />

National Summer Games,<br />

held every four years, are the<br />

pinnacle sports event for people<br />

with intellectual disabilities.<br />

The games has evolved to<br />

become one of the biggest<br />

sporting competitions in the<br />

country since the first national<br />

games were held in 1985.<br />

“The national games are our<br />

flagship event and while it was<br />

disappointing for our athletes,<br />

coaches and volunteers that we<br />

had to postpone the event last<br />

year because of the pandemic,<br />

the additional year has given<br />

everyone the opportunity to<br />

catch up on training, undertake<br />

more fundraising and planning,<br />

so we expect the games to be<br />

spectacular,” she said.<br />

“For many of the athletes, the<br />

National Summer Games is one<br />

of the highlights of their life,<br />

so we want to make sure they<br />

are well looked after and have a<br />

great experience.”<br />

The games will wrap up<br />

on Monday night with a closing<br />

ceremony and the disco before<br />

preparations start for the<br />

2025 National Summer Games<br />

in Christchurch. Mayor Phil<br />

Mauger will attend the closing<br />

ceremony.<br />

Season’s<br />

greetings<br />

I hope you have the chance to relax and spend<br />

time with loved ones this holiday season.<br />

My electorate office will be closed from 22 <strong>December</strong><br />

to 16 January. I look forward to continuing to work hard<br />

for Ilam in 2023 and wish you a very Merry Christmas<br />

and a Happy New Year.<br />

Sarah Pallett MP for Ilam<br />

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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 8 <strong>2022</strong> 3<br />

Managing humans to walking dogs<br />

• By Tina Grumball<br />

STEPH WATSON works in<br />

human resource, managing new<br />

staff, organising reviews and<br />

other tasks that go with the role.<br />

But outside of her day job, she<br />

has a passion for things of the<br />

four-legged kind.<br />

It led to her setting up a pet<br />

sitting business in her spare<br />

time, which has taken off.<br />

“I thought I’d give pet sitting<br />

a go as a hobby in my free<br />

time,” Watson said.<br />

Watson created ChCh Pet<br />

Sitter in March, inspired by<br />

her friend and fellow dog lover<br />

who also owned a pet sitting<br />

business.<br />

“I was finding that I was<br />

spending my spare time (at<br />

home) doing almost pointless<br />

things like scrolling on my<br />

phone, and I just thought, why<br />

don’t I do something that can<br />

actually benefit people and<br />

that’s enjoyable?” Watson said.<br />

She started by helping out<br />

friends and gaining some<br />

exposure, but she was not<br />

getting many bites.<br />

“At the start, I was feeling<br />

a bit disheartened and gutted<br />

because I wasn’t getting many<br />

bookings and I was just about<br />

to stop trying,” Watson noted.<br />

“I think when I put in a lot<br />

more effort and really built<br />

it up to a community and<br />

brand and positive style, that’s<br />

when I started getting all the<br />

bookings.”<br />

Her first client was a border<br />

collie called Odin.<br />

“I was so nervous and excited<br />

for my first job, looking after<br />

Odin. I think he was too. It was<br />

like a first date.”<br />

She has looked after Odin<br />

twice and loved it when he<br />

smiled at her as she walked back<br />

in the door.<br />

“I’ve got a couple of repeat<br />

clients now and the relationship<br />

with the dog is really<br />

rewarding,” Watson said.<br />

Requests for pet sitting<br />

and dog walks soon started<br />

booming.<br />

Rather than turning people<br />

away, Watson hired a small<br />

team, which now includes three<br />

staff, and she is advertising for<br />

two more.<br />

“A lot of people wanted help<br />

with their pets. I have pet sitting<br />

contractors and I couldn’t do it<br />

without them,” Watson said.<br />

Her team all study at<br />

university and have more<br />

flexibility during the day while<br />

she works full-time.<br />

“It’s really humbling that I<br />

can provide young people low<br />

stress and enjoyable work while<br />

they potentially study or do<br />

their other jobs.”<br />

Watson said she was very<br />

keen on her day job and does<br />

not intend to take over ChCh<br />

Pet Sitter as a full-time gig.<br />

“If anything, what I would do<br />

is look to take on a couple more<br />

contractors,” she said.<br />

Fendalton resident Megan<br />

Taylor is one client who truly<br />

appreciates the service. She<br />

first came to ChCh Pet Sitter<br />

in September and has never<br />

looked back.<br />

Taylor never thought<br />

about having someone else<br />

in her home to look after her<br />

18-month-old labradoodle Ellie<br />

before she heard about Watson<br />

through a colleague.<br />

Her nerves went away after<br />

Watson came over for a meet<br />

and greet before she looked<br />

after Ellie who has severe<br />

anxiety.<br />

“After that meeting I felt quite<br />

good about her as a person,”<br />

Taylor said.<br />

“When we came home from<br />

holiday, Ellie was looking<br />

around, she didn’t care that<br />

we were home. That just sort<br />

of told me that Ellie loves her<br />

and (Watson’s) great with the<br />

communication so I never<br />

thought for a second that I’ve<br />

left (Ellie) with a stranger.”<br />

ChCh Pet Sitter offers one on<br />

one personalised pet care, as<br />

well as 30, 45 or 60-minute dog<br />

walks, house sitting, and drop<br />

ins once or twice a day to feed<br />

your animals and give them<br />

some love.<br />

FRIENDS: Odin the border collie was the first animal Steph<br />

Watson looked after.


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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 8 <strong>2022</strong><br />

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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 8 <strong>2022</strong> 5<br />

CELEBRATION: Garden City Orchestra’s performance rounded out the evening at Avebury<br />

House’s Christmas Night Market. Right – Staff and volunteers with Santa.<br />

Festive spirit shines through at market<br />

• By Natalie Pham<br />

MORE THAN 600 people<br />

have gathered to celebrate an<br />

early Christmas market night<br />

in Richmond, in spite of the<br />

gloomy weather.<br />

Avebury House manager<br />

Tanya Didham said the<br />

number of visitors attending<br />

the Christmas Night Market<br />

exceeded her expectations.<br />

“Given the circumstances,<br />

I was absolutely stoked. It<br />

was a great amount of people<br />

coming along all day and the<br />

music really kept things going<br />

on.<br />

“We almost called it because of<br />

the forecast, which was looking<br />

pretty hairy.”<br />

This year marked the fourth<br />

Christmas event at the grand<br />

Victorian mansion, which is<br />

classified as a category 2 historic<br />

place by Heritage New Zealand<br />

Pouhere Taonga.<br />

More than 40 stallholders were<br />

at the market, offering a wide<br />

range of homemade and locallycrafted<br />

products.<br />

Said Didham: “We have so<br />

many fabulous, creative people<br />

in our neighbourhood. We don’t<br />

charge a whole lot for the stall so<br />

they can come along and share<br />

what they have made through<br />

the year.”<br />

There were also live<br />

performances throughout the<br />

evening and a special activity<br />

called Santa Selfies, where<br />

children of all ages could take<br />

photos for free with Santa.<br />

Besides the annual Christmas<br />

market, the house is also home<br />

to various community groups<br />

and classes.<br />

It also holds multiple vintage<br />

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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 8 <strong>2022</strong> 7<br />

Trapper committed to saving wildlife<br />

EVERY TUESDAY you’ll find<br />

Quentin McDonald doing his<br />

weekly trap check in Cracroft<br />

Reserve, next to the Sign of the<br />

Takahe.<br />

A retired chemist, McDonald<br />

lives in nearby Hackthorne<br />

Rd and he’s been doing this<br />

volunteer work for the past four<br />

years, after his son’s scout den in<br />

Cashmere started getting “eaten<br />

alive” by rats gnawing through<br />

everything they could find,<br />

including books.<br />

After contacting Predator Free<br />

Port Hills and making a formal<br />

arrangement with city council<br />

rangers, he set up and started<br />

monitoring 11 traps placed<br />

around the reserve.<br />

“The scouts assembled those<br />

original wooden boxes and<br />

placed them as a map-reading<br />

exercise,” McDonald said.<br />

“I’ve caught 160 rats over four<br />

years and 80 of those were in the<br />

first year, 2019. They’ve nearly all<br />

been ship rats, which you can tell<br />

if you fold the tail over the body<br />

and the tail’s longer.”<br />

He uses American-made Victor<br />

traps and places them inside<br />

the wooden boxes. Catches are<br />

recorded on graphs that show<br />

rats are far and away the most<br />

common predator, along with<br />

a few mice, a very occasional<br />

hedgehog and one or two stoats.<br />

Using an ink card to track<br />

animal footprints is another way<br />

of monitoring the rat population<br />

in the reserve.<br />

It’s the winter months that see<br />

the biggest spike in catch numbers<br />

as there’s less natural food<br />

available, so they come in closer<br />

to where humans live.<br />

Perhaps due to his scientific<br />

background, McDonald enjoys<br />

recording the data and experiments<br />

with different types of<br />

food and trap placement.<br />

“They love the trees, it’s like a<br />

highway for them in here. They<br />

like drains and damp areas as<br />

well; I try and choose places that<br />

‘feel ratty.’<br />

“I do move the traps but not<br />

very far because they don’t have<br />

a big range, it’s generally only<br />

around 50m.”<br />

Because rats are known to be<br />

or become shy of the boxes, at<br />

times he places ink cards nearby<br />

that creatures walk over, leaving<br />

their foot prints on the un-inked<br />

part of the card.<br />

“It’s another way of monitoring<br />

the population.”<br />

For bait McDonald has traditionally<br />

used walnuts and Nutella,<br />

as rats are thought to have<br />

a sweet tooth, but he’s currently<br />

trialling a ceramic bait to see if it<br />

is more attractive.<br />

McDonald is one of hundreds<br />

of people across Christchurch<br />

and Banks Peninsula who are<br />

helping to reduce the population<br />

of predators through backyard<br />

and community trapping.<br />

Their work is helping to protect<br />

our native bird species and<br />

our skinks, beetles and rare<br />

invertebrates.<br />

“It feels like you’re part of a<br />

REDUCING PREDATORS:<br />

Volunteer trapper Quentin<br />

McDonald doing a weekly<br />

trap check in Cracroft<br />

Reserve. Above – Ink<br />

cards are used to monitor<br />

populations.<br />

PHOTOS: NEWSLINE<br />

movement, something bigger<br />

than yourself,” said McDonald.<br />

“I do feel sad every time;<br />

they’re beautiful animals, they’re<br />

well adapted but they don’t<br />

belong in this environment and<br />

we brought them here so we’ve<br />

got to deal with it. There’s no joy<br />

– but there’s a certain satisfaction<br />

in knowing we’re going in the<br />

right direction.”<br />

• For more information<br />

about backyard trapping<br />

visit the Predator Free Port<br />

Hills website.<br />

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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 8 <strong>2022</strong><br />

New book a window into surfing<br />

A COFFEE table book by surf<br />

photographer and writer Warren<br />

Hawke showcases New Brighton<br />

beach’s surfing community at its<br />

best.<br />

The 192-page NZ Surf Windows<br />

is the fourth in his series<br />

of hard cover coffee table books<br />

and may be Hawke’s last surfing<br />

photo book.<br />

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east side of the city as well as a<br />

smattering of local surfers in the<br />

Window into the Past, People<br />

Who Surf and Logging chapters.<br />

The book would not be<br />

complete without New Brighton<br />

legend Ron Carter (below right)<br />

who has a prime spot in the Log<br />

Jam Gallery.<br />

Hawke surfed for 40 years and<br />

has been taking surf shots since<br />

1975.<br />

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teachers’ college he specialised<br />

in a related arts paper, learning<br />

photography and processing<br />

skills.<br />

Hawke had worked<br />

over the Christmas holidays to<br />

buy himself a cheap SLR camera<br />

and a 400mm lens. Since then,<br />

he’s had photos published in<br />

nearly every major surfing<br />

magazine in the world, as well<br />

as numerous books and surfing<br />

guides.<br />

Local features include South<br />

Shore Stories which covers<br />

the surfing experiences of Ian<br />

Ellingford, Lynton Douglas,<br />

Dave Poyner and John Foxton in<br />

the 1950s and 60s.<br />

There’s a piece by New<br />

Brighton identity Alan Coburn<br />

about a truck load of Midshore<br />

Boardriders’ trip to Gisborne<br />

for the NZ surfing champs in<br />

1966.<br />

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Hawke meeting Peter Wilkes,<br />

the former president of Midshore<br />

Boardriders, on the New<br />

Brighton pier in 2021.<br />

Wilkes was a highly talented<br />

early surfing photographer and<br />

this spread includes a sample of<br />

his beautiful photos from the<br />

early 1960s.<br />

There are also spreads on local<br />

residents and surfers, Mikayla<br />

Dyer, Jess Galbraith, Katherine<br />

Edyvean and Yutaka Mizuno.<br />

Nineteen-year-old North Wai<br />

surfer Myka Black features with<br />

four crisp action photos in the<br />

Surf Action chapter.<br />

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theme of surfers using “windows<br />

of opportunity” to either surf<br />

locally or travel to catch the best<br />

waves possible.<br />

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surf breaks from around New<br />

Zealand, there is even a chapter<br />

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Beneath the Glass.<br />

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nzsurfwindows<br />

Warren Hawke<br />

RIDE: Surfer Mikayla Dyer out for a ride.<br />

Left – A barrel wave forms at New Brighton beach.<br />

PHOTOS: WARREN HAWKE<br />

Dan Rosewarne<br />

Labour list MP<br />

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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 8 <strong>2022</strong><br />

REAL ESTATE<br />

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What is it about <strong>December</strong> that has<br />

all of us taking a deep breath and<br />

waiting for that beautiful time of<br />

year when we can finally rest, relax<br />

and look forward to the New Year.<br />

And what a year it's been. November was one<br />

of the busiest of months, it's a countdown<br />

month and everything is geared towards<br />

activity, momentum and that biggest of<br />

expectations, results.<br />

People want results – and good ones. There’s<br />

also a push to be either sold or settled into<br />

property before Christmas and contracts<br />

must be carefully worded to allow enough<br />

working days to accommodate this.<br />

But things are a little different because<br />

everything has changed.<br />

Change is a powerful determinant: it excites<br />

some and cripples others, and although you<br />

may wish it hasn’t occurred, like time itself, it’s<br />

hard to stop.<br />

Our market has adjusted to accommodate<br />

several new elements, and these are creating<br />

the changes I’m witnessing every day.<br />

The biggest change is that The Party is Over.<br />

The party being the market we experienced<br />

last year and up until February of this one.<br />

That incredible abandon with which people<br />

purchased new property for huge figures off<br />

the back of exceptionally low interest rates<br />

has gone.<br />

If, as an owner selling, you believe it hasn’t<br />

and your property will somehow escape this<br />

market realignment, then you will most likely<br />

be disappointed.<br />

I say ‘most likely’ because occasionally<br />

premiums occur and they do so especially in<br />

the auction rooms, but these properties are<br />

usually exceptional. Beautifully presented,<br />

in locations that are highly sought after and<br />

possessing an ‘X’ factor or a big potential gain.<br />

In this market you should be represented by<br />

a real estate professional deeply committed<br />

to your agenda whilst being brave enough<br />

to challenge any beliefs you have that aren’t<br />

helpful.<br />

These can include: the market hasn’t changed<br />

at all; there’s never any problem with a home<br />

that doesn’t have a cavity system; open<br />

homes don’t work; and I have to get ‘X’<br />

dollars because I’m moving to Auckland and<br />

property values are higher than here.<br />

If this sounds familiar, it is, and it can take<br />

courage to try to address issues like these<br />

when emotion and money requirements<br />

collide. I happen to believe – having worked<br />

with thousands of owners – that all of us,<br />

myself included, want the best possible price<br />

for owners and our current market has got a<br />

lot still going for it. You just have to be realistic<br />

whilst maintaining a sense of optimism.<br />

So, what’s realistic? Prices, as I mentioned,<br />

have pegged back from last year, but not so<br />

much that all those gains achieved in 2020<br />

and 2021 have been eroded.<br />

Auctions are still working and delivering<br />

that most beautiful of components: an<br />

unconditional sale. With increasing numbers<br />

of offers either falling over or being<br />

renegotiated at the last minute, this is a<br />

critical point.<br />

I’ve already mentioned open homes, and I do<br />

so in the knowledge that consultants who<br />

say they aren’t needed or that only do one a<br />

week need to be put on notice.<br />

In this market, everything is needed. Extra<br />

open days, marketing that includes motivation<br />

because that draws attention, regular reviews<br />

and meetings with your chosen professional,<br />

patience and commitment. Be happy you<br />

reside in Christchurch and not Wellington or<br />

Auckland!<br />

There you have it, I’ve provided a current<br />

state of the market, your market and mine.<br />

Next year, who knows? Some of the written<br />

rhetoric says it could get more difficult, whilst<br />

others say the reverse.<br />

Time will tell.<br />

In the meantime, wherever you are here's<br />

to a peaceful Christmas break and may your<br />

2023 be kind to you and those you love.<br />

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Harcourts gold Business Owner<br />

027 432 0447<br />

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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 8 <strong>2022</strong><br />

Healthy salads with a difference<br />

Salad season is<br />

approaching, try<br />

these cold and<br />

warm vegetablebased<br />

meals<br />

Beetroot salad<br />

Serves 4-6<br />

Ingredients<br />

300gm young beetroot, peeled<br />

and shredded<br />

½ small red onion, thinly sliced<br />

1 red capsicum, seeded, diced<br />

1 apple, peeled, cored, shredded<br />

½ cup chopped parsley<br />

1 tsp toasted cumin seeds<br />

Grated orange rind and juice<br />

½ cup toasted walnuts, chopped<br />

Directions<br />

Place vegetables, apple, parsley,<br />

cumin seeds and orange rind in a<br />

large bowl.<br />

Drizzle with orange juice.<br />

Cover and refrigerate for at least<br />

60min. Garnish with walnuts.<br />

Great served with plain yoghurt.<br />

Potato gnocchi with<br />

roasted tomato sauce<br />

Serves 4<br />

Ingredients<br />

Roasted tomato sauce:<br />

1.5kg tomatoes, halved<br />

Shredded beetroot,<br />

onion, apples and<br />

capsicum make a<br />

delicious combination.<br />

4 each: garlic cloves, thyme<br />

sprigs<br />

1 sprig rosemary<br />

2 tbsp olive oil<br />

Flaky sea salt and freshly<br />

ground black pepper to taste<br />

Gnocchi:<br />

500g floury potatoes<br />

1 cup plain flour<br />

1 egg, lightly beaten<br />

1-2 tbsp olive oil<br />

Directions<br />

To make roasted tomato sauce,<br />

preheat oven to 180 deg C. Place<br />

all ingredients in a large roasting<br />

pan. Roast for about 45min or<br />

until tomatoes are soft and pulpy<br />

and starting to caramelise. Cool<br />

a little, then puree in a blender<br />

and pass through a sieve. Reheat<br />

when required. Makes about<br />

three cups.<br />

Meanwhile, prepare the gnocchi.<br />

Peel and chop potatoes. Boil<br />

in salted water, until soft. Drain<br />

well and mash.<br />

Beat flour and egg into potato<br />

in the saucepan. Mix until a soft<br />

dough forms. Add a little more<br />

flour if too soft. Knead until<br />

smooth and sticking together.<br />

This could take up to five minutes.<br />

Divide dough into four. Roll<br />

out on a lightly floured bench to<br />

form long skinny sausages, about<br />

2cm in diameter.<br />

Cut into 2cm-long pieces.<br />

The tops can be indented with a<br />

fork.<br />

Bring a large saucepan of salted<br />

water to the boil. Gently poach<br />

gnocchi in batches until they rise<br />

to the surface.<br />

Drain and drizzle with a little<br />

olive oil to prevent sticking. Serve<br />

topped with roasted tomato<br />

sauce.<br />

Great finished with freshly<br />

ground black pepper, basil and<br />

parmesan.<br />

Capsicum, kumara and<br />

pesto salad<br />

Serves 2<br />

Ingredients<br />

250gm orange kumara, peeled<br />

and cut into 2cm cubes<br />

4 stalks asparagus<br />

2 yellow or red capsicums<br />

1 tbsp olive oil<br />

1 cup wild rocket, chopped<br />

3 tbsp basil pesto<br />

Flaky sea salt and freshly<br />

ground black pepper to taste<br />

1 medium tomato sliced<br />

1 tbsp finely grated parmesan<br />

cheese<br />

Directions<br />

Preheat oven to 200 deg C.<br />

Boil or steam kumara until<br />

just tender. Meanwhile, trim<br />

asparagus and cut into 2cm<br />

lengths.<br />

Add to kumara during the last<br />

two minutes of cooking.<br />

Halve peppers lengthwise.<br />

Remove ribs and seeds. Brush<br />

with olive oil.<br />

Place on a baking paper-lined<br />

tray and bake for two to three<br />

minutes until slightly softened.<br />

Combine kumara, asparagus<br />

and rocket with pesto and<br />

seasonings. Spoon into peppers.<br />

Top each with a slice of tomato.<br />

Bake for about 15min.<br />

Great garnished with small<br />

rocket or basil leaves.<br />

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Sunday 19th March 2023<br />

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in<br />

Shops bursting with<br />

festive gift ideas<br />

The countdown to the big day is well underway, so making up the<br />

Christmas gift list will now be a top priority… if you haven’t already done so.<br />

Finding those special gifts and stocking fillers as<br />

well as the Christmas treats for the table is so easy at<br />

our city’s malls and shopping centres, where the shops<br />

are bursting with festive merchandise.<br />

Every woman likes to receive body pampering<br />

gifts, and there is a huge selection of these priced<br />

to suit all budgets at the many pharmacies and gift<br />

shops around the city. Perfume is another favourite<br />

and again there is a wide selection to choose from,<br />

ranging from exciting new releases to the well-known<br />

fragrances that have stood the test of time. Lingerie,<br />

jewellery, fashion accessories, homewares and decor<br />

items – there’s no end to the ideas for the women on<br />

the list.<br />

The men are equally well catered for, from the<br />

sophisticated metro-male boyfriends, to the car-crazy<br />

brothers and the DIY enthusiast and keen gardener<br />

husbands and dads. Choose from clothing, books,<br />

tools, personal grooming items and gadgets to put a<br />

smile on their face on Christmas morning.<br />

Speaking of smiles, nothing gives families more joy<br />

than seeing the excitement of the children opening<br />

their presents. Whether they are delivered by Santa<br />

or snuck under the tree by mum and dad, the cuddly<br />

toys, games, dolls and building blocks, the candy<br />

canes, toy trucks and pretty dresses currently filling<br />

the shops will bring squeals of sheer happiness from<br />

the smallest family members.<br />

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in<br />

Santa’s Brekkie Pancakes<br />

with fresh berries<br />

This one is not just for the kids – the sweetness of the bananas makes these<br />

pancakes scrumptious and a delicious, healthy breakfast hit for everyone!<br />

You will need:<br />

• 4-5 bananas (soft enough to mash)<br />

• 4 eggs<br />

• ½ cup rice flour<br />

• 2 tbsp whole linseed<br />

• ½ tsp salt<br />

• grated lemon rind<br />

• juice from 1 lemon<br />

• splash of vanilla<br />

• butter to cook the pancakes<br />

Method:<br />

1. Peel and mash the bananas in a bowl.<br />

2. Stir in the eggs, vanilla, linseed, salt<br />

and lemon ingredients.<br />

3. Add flour and mix to a smooth batter.<br />

4. Cook pancakes in frypan on one side<br />

until they bubble on the surface or hold<br />

together enough to be flipped over.<br />

5. If the mixture is thick, flatten the<br />

pancakes out once they’ve been turned<br />

over. Each pancake should be around<br />

1cm thick.<br />

Kid’s version:<br />

Decorate each pancake with red berries<br />

for Santa’s hat, Greek yoghurt or<br />

whipped cream for Santa’s beard and<br />

chocolate buttons or grape halves for<br />

Santa’s eyes.<br />

Adult’s version:<br />

Serve with a mix of fresh strawberries,<br />

blueberries, raspberries, and<br />

boysenberries. Top off with Greek<br />

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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas<br />

Christmas is a great time for passing down recipes that are tried and true becoming<br />

traditional family favourites. The owner of this recipe says her mum used to make<br />

the pudding on Christmas Eve and would take the bowl and wooden spoon around<br />

everyone in the house to stir the mixture and make a wish.<br />

Make a Wish Christmas Pudding<br />

You will need:<br />

• 1 ½ tbsp butter<br />

• 1 ½ tsp baking soda<br />

• 1 ½ cups of boiling water<br />

• 1 ½ cups flour<br />

• 1 ½ cups mixed fruit or sultanas<br />

• ¾ cup sugar<br />

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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 8 <strong>2022</strong><br />

CHRISTCHURCH<br />

CREMATORIUM<br />

FUNERALS<br />

CROSSWORD<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />

9 10<br />

273<br />

SUDOKU<br />

Every row, column and box should<br />

contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />

WordBuilder<br />

WORDBUILDER<br />

173<br />

6<br />

B L O<br />

E G T<br />

11 12<br />

13 14 15 16 17<br />

words of three or more letters,<br />

How many words of three or more<br />

including plurals, can you make from the six<br />

letters, using each letter only once? No foreign<br />

words or words beginning with a capital are<br />

allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.<br />

once?<br />

TODAY<br />

Good 20 Very Good 25 Excellent 29<br />

letters, including plurals, can you make<br />

from the six letters, using each only<br />

No words beginning with a capital are<br />

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter<br />

Solution 172: issue, its, set, sets, sis, sit, site, sites,<br />

sits, sties, sue, sues, suet, suit, suite, SUITES, suits,<br />

word. sus, tie, ties, TISSUE, use, uses.<br />

Good 20 Very Good 25 Excellent 29<br />

18 19 20<br />

21 22 23 24<br />

25 26<br />

27 28<br />

Across<br />

1. Indecent (7)<br />

5. Collusion (7)<br />

9. Customs and conventions (5)<br />

10. Reproduce (9)<br />

11. Foolish (9)<br />

12. Overweight (5)<br />

13. Unemotional (5)<br />

15. To begin with (9)<br />

18. Sanitise (9)<br />

19. Fabled author (5)<br />

21. Japanese dish (5)<br />

23. Cede (9)<br />

25. Say again (9)<br />

26. Giant (5)<br />

27. Genuine (7)<br />

28. Instructor (7)<br />

Decoder<br />

Down<br />

1. Absorption of ideas, knowledge<br />

(7)<br />

2. Gruelling (9)<br />

3. Result from (5)<br />

4. Curse (9)<br />

5. Annoyed (5)<br />

6. Mouth organ (9)<br />

7. Talk pompously (5)<br />

8. Landscape (7)<br />

14. Insect (9)<br />

16. Impede (9)<br />

17. Final desperate attempt (4-5)<br />

18. Abandons (7)<br />

20. Associate (7)<br />

22. Descendant (5)<br />

23. Garden tool (5)<br />

24. Additional (5)<br />

B L U N P E Q T Y V X F A<br />

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />

G H Z C O W I D S K M J R<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />

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<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />

E L<br />

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />

I<br />

All puzzles copyright<br />

T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y<br />

www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz<br />

SOLUTION<br />

No.173<br />

1 18 18 20 18 19 16 4 18 20 1<br />

Crossword<br />

Across: 1. Obscene, 5.<br />

Cahoots, 9. Mores, 10.<br />

Procreate, 11. Senseless,<br />

12. Obese, 13. Stoic, 15.<br />

Initially, 18. Disinfect, 19.<br />

Aesop, 21. Sushi, 23.<br />

Surrender, 25. Reiterate,<br />

26. Titan, 27. Sincere, 28.<br />

Teacher.<br />

Down: 1. Osmosis, 2.<br />

Strenuous, 3. Ensue, 4.<br />

Expletive, 5. Cross, 6.<br />

Harmonica, 7. Orate, 8.<br />

Scenery, 14. Centipede, 16.<br />

Intercept, 17. Last-ditch, 18.<br />

Deserts, 20. Partner, 22.<br />

Scion, 23. Spade, 24. Extra.<br />

WordBuilder<br />

beg, begot, bel, belt, bet,<br />

blog, blot, bog, bogle, bole,<br />

bolt, bot, ego, gel, gelt, get,<br />

glob, globe, gob, GOBLET,<br />

got, leg, let, lob, lobe, log,<br />

loge, lot, ogle, teg, toe, tog.<br />

Sudoku<br />

Each number in our DECODER grid represents a different<br />

letter - there is a number for all 26 letters of the alphabet.<br />

DECODER<br />

Enter the given letters into all squares with matching numbers.<br />

The challenge now is to work out which letters are represented<br />

Each by the number other represents numbers. a As different you get letter the of letters, the alphabet. enter them Write into the<br />

given the main letters grid, into all and squares the reference with matching grid. numbers. To keep Now track work of out the<br />

which letters letters you are have represented found, cross by them other off numbers. the alphabet provided.<br />

11 14 14 8 2 25<br />

7 17 15 26 22 26 6 19 9 5 11 19<br />

17 26 6 21 11 26 21<br />

17 7 13 23 26 17 26 15 22 11 18 2<br />

5 17 22 5 22 7<br />

6 2 19 21 19 12 19 4 21 4<br />

22 25 19 10 20<br />

26 3 15 5 21 22 14 16 13 18<br />

15 26 19 8 7 26<br />

7 17 8 19 24 26 18 13 7 4 5 21<br />

14 16 7 15 7 10 4<br />

7 9 15 26 17 8 9 25 15 19 9 2<br />

A N D<br />

21 1 5 21 17 22<br />

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<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />

D<br />

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />

N<br />

A<br />

SOLUTION<br />

No.172<br />

173<br />

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13<br />

X H T O Z V J P Y W E N A<br />

D M K L U G B C F Q R I S<br />

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26<br />

17 1 26 10 11<br />

25 12 22 1 18 25 20 18 10 19 10<br />

18 20 20 22 1 24 12 14 1 26 21 4<br />

1 26 24 11 17<br />

11 19 21 8 20 11 12 19 22 17 21<br />

L<br />

17 2 8 15 24 25 20<br />

I<br />

1 24 6 21 12 22 1 24 8 1 23 16<br />

E<br />

13 18 17 26 12 19<br />

CHRISTCHURCH<br />

20 12 22 21 21 22 26<br />

CREMATORIUM<br />

FUNERALS<br />

11 4 26 7 8 12 21 17 1 26 24 12<br />

14 20 1 6 6 18


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