Western News: January 12, 2023

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THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2023 

WHEN NGAIO Marsh village 

resident George Beard reached 

out to support a women’s refuge 

in the eastern suburbs with 

donated food, his kindness was 

welcomed. 

The women at Te Whare 

Hauora – including Dale 

Johnson and Rachel Tahuri – 

were thrilled someone 

would contact the refuge, 

seemingly out of the blue, with 

provisions. 

Te Whare Hauora, also 

known as Otautahi Māori 

Women’s Refuge, provides 

confidential ‘safe house’ 

accommodation, specific to 

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By George, he’s a great fellow 

GIVING: Dale Johnson, George Beard and Rachel Tahuri with some of George’s donated food. 

the needs of Māori women and 

their tamariki who are victims 

of domestic violence. 

Now George plans to approach 

other residents from Ngaio 

Marsh, in Papanui, and possibly 

other Ryman Healthcare villages 

to gather further donations for 

the refuge. 

For a long time, George 

helped a women’s refuge 

group on the Gold Coast, so 

when he returned to New 

Zealand it seemed natural to 

continue supporting those in 

need. 

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Cars and 

pedestrians 

shot at by 

airsoft gun 

– police 

make arrests 

• By Jaime Morton 

RESIDENTS IN the northern 

suburbs were shot at by airsoft 

guns over the New Year, leading 

to two arrests. 

Police stormed a Northcote Rd, 

Bishopdale, property on December 

27 searching for a man shooting 

BB pellets at passing cars. 

Resident Amanda was awoken 

by the sound of police at 1am in 

the morning “banging the hell” 

out of her door. 

“They said there was somebody 

shooting at cars with a BB gun, so 

they searched my house looking 

for a young male with a gun,” she 

told the NZ Herald. 

She said she felt intimidated as 

six officers searched her home and 

yard. 

Amanda was shown a tiny rosegold 

bullet, which police believed 

was one of many fired at vehicles. 

“I don’t have a front fence so it 

could have been anybody,” she 

said. 

A police spokesperson said 

there were “few further lines of 

inquiry”, which halted the progress 

of the investigation. 

However, in Riccarton the next 

day at least one pedestrian was 

injured after being shot in the arm 

by an airsoft-type gun fired out of 

a car window. 

The police spokesperson said 

two men aged 34 and 26 were arrested 

over the incident. 

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Start at Halswell Quarry 

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Time: 20 minutes one 

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Features: Beaches and 

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You can take a connecting 

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dropping down to the shore 

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There are toilets and 

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return). 

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Imitation firearms can cause damage – police 

• From page 1 

On New Year’s day, someone reported 

a slug pellet or something 

similar flew past them as they 

drove down State Highway 74, 

near Mulberry Place in Redwood. 

A police spokesperson said 

limited lines of inquiry meant the 

investigation faltered. 

“If anyone does have any information 

that may help police, they 

are asked to get in touch,” the 

spokesperson said. 

Based on recent statistics, police 

understand there has not been 

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firearm incidents in the Christchurch 

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– NZ Herald 

‘It’s a very traumatic time for those families’ 

• From page 1 

George said he received $1000 

as part of the deal when he 

moved into Ngaio Marsh and 

decided he would like to convert 

it into food for the refuge. A visit 

this month to the Stanmore Rd 

New World supermarket saw 

him pick up $800 of meat and 

$200 of frozen vegetables. 

The produce was handed over 

to Johnson, the manager for Te 

Whare Hauora, and Tauhiri, 

a residential and community 

worker, to use over the holiday 

period. 

Johnson said the food donation 

went far, particularly during the 

festive season and new year, when 

families are under pressure. 

“This food went straight into 

our safe house. So families 

that come in, sometimes in the 

middle of the night, they don’t 

have anything. 

“They’re standing up in what 

they’ve got pretty much – it’s a 

very traumatic time for those 

families,” Johnson said. 

“To be able to put food on the 

table and make sure there’s a 

warm, safe space for them to go 

and that they’ve got food in their 

belly is our main objective for 

these whanau referred to our safe 

house.” 

Once families are settled, the 

refuge team members work with 

individual women and their 

tamariki to prioritise their needs 

and help them achieve what they 

want. 

The work includes navigating 

legal systems and applying for 

protection orders, custody orders 

and tenancy orders. 

They also liaise with early 

childhood education centres or 

schools. 

“Whatever the need is we are 

there to support them,” Johnson 

said. 

Te Whare Hauora, is an 

independent refuge contracted 

to provide Government-funded 

refuge services in Christchurch. 

As a Kaupapa Māori Service 

it’s an affiliated member of 

the National Collective of 

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Jellie Park Recreation and Sport Centre has been a popular place to cool down and relax in over the 

Christmas/New Year break 

PHOTOS: NATALIE PHAM 

Henry Tweddie (middle) spent time with his friends Hunter Hobson (left) 

and Ari Marino at the complex for his birthday. 

Thousands of visitors tried to escape the summer heat last week as 

temperatures reached 29 deg C. 

Aranui residents Te Ori Wa, Kaia, and Johnny Tawki were 

among more than 2000 visitors who went to the pool on 

Friday last week. 

Elle Kavermann-Akurangi, Alexis Anderson, 

Olivia-Rose Kavermann, Miriam Kavermann, 

Alyson Kavermann and Jo Le Gros went to the 

centre to celebrate Gabrielle Kavermann’s (in 

olive-coloured swimming suit) 12th birthday. 

Natasha Johnson has been working 

at Jellie Park Recreation and Sport 

Centre for four years and a half 

while Josie Steyn (right) has been 

with the lifeguard team for more 

than three years.


Turner pushes for walkway completion 

• By Tony Simons 

NEW ROD Donald Trust 

manager and former city 

councillor Andrew Turner wants 

the Head to Head Walkway 

between Godley and Adderley 

heads to be nearly completed 

within the next three years – and 

has a plan to make it happen. 

Turner is pushing for the Te 

Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks 

Peninsula Community Board to 

partner with the trust to reinvigorate 

the project. 

The trust 

has experience 

working with 

landowners 

and 

community 

groups to 

create access, 

and can 

Andrew 

achieve more 

than the city 

council could 

Turner 

achieve on its own, Turner said. 

“Just look at the experience 

and success we have had 

securing land and public 

access across DOC and private 

property for the entire Te Ara 

Pātaka track network,” he said. 

The Head to Head Walkway 

has been an aspirational project 

for more than 10 years. 

“It is time to see some 

real progress and a plan for 

completion finalised within the 

term of the current council and 

within budget,” Turner said. 

COMPLEX: Some sections of the Head to Head Walkway have been completed but 

others are missing. 

He says the trust can bring 

a co-ordinated and joined 

up approach to the creation, 

promotion and maintenance of 

the track across different land 

ownerships and could work 

closely with city council staff 

and the community board if 

a partnership approach was 

adopted, he said. 

The community board has 

voted to re-establish a joint 

community-city council working 

party to lead the project but 

wants that group to report back 

before deciding next steps. 

That working party may 

include the Rod Donald Trust 

and various peninsula reserve 

committees, residents, business 

associations, Te Whaka Ora, and 

Rāpaki Rūnanga. 

This project could be 

the legacy of the current 

community board, Turner said. 

Asked if he is concerned about 

money for the project being 

pulled by the city council in its 

search for savings, Turner said: 

“If we are talking about value for 

money and getting things done 

quickly and more cheaply, the 

project aligns exactly with the 

conversation being held around 

the city council table right now. 

“It is my hope the focus will be 

on the application of funds to get 

value for money, rather than a 

budget reduction.’’ 

The walkway was first mooted 

back in 2010. 

Turner was on the community 

board and city council at the 

time and admits progress was 

slow at times due to earthquakerelated 

disruption, budgetary 

constraints and resource 

constraints. 

“This is a complex project,” he 

said. 

Some sections of the route, 

about 29km, already exist as 

public walking tracks, but access 

is needed over other public and 

private land to fill in the gaps. 

Some existing sections of the 

route also need to be upgraded, 

city council head of parks, 

Andrew Rutledge said. 

The missing parts are from 

Rapaki to Sandy Bay and from 

Ohinetahi-Allandale across the 

Teddington Flats and around to 

Charteris Bay. 

A third section is also needed 

from Purau to Adderley Head. 

The track will be about 70km 

when completed. 

The city council’s current 

capital spending programme 

has $550,000 allocated for the 

walkway over the next three 

years. But there are no estimates 

for the total cost to completion 

because it was dependent on 

route options and their design 

which were still to be determined, 

Rutledge said. 

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Surf lifesaver earns top honour 

• By Tony Simons 

SUMNER lifeguard Will 

Simmons has been awarded 

the prestigious Top Candidate 

honour at Surf Life Saving New 

Zealand’s national lifeguard 

school. 

Simmons was one of 15 

candidates chosen to attend 

the school from all over New 

Zealand and one of only three 

from the South Island. The 

school is needed as preparation 

towards achieving the advanced 

lifeguard award, the highest surf 

lifesaving qualification in New 

Zealand. 

The Waihi beach event 

involved days that started 

early and finished late. All 

the candidates were put into 

high-stress situations including 

orchestrated patrol, first aid 

and search scenarios. They were 

constantly tested, observed 

and evaluated by staff and 

instructors, said SLSNZ national 

education manager Belinda 

Slement. 

“They also had to complete the 

practical elements in challenging 

conditions with a big swell 

running directly into Waihi 

beach,” she said. 

At the end, Simmons, who 

lives in Redcliffs, was chosen as 

the standout. 

“Everything about the school 

was challenging,” he said. 

“Many of the tasks really put 

me out of my comfort zone but I 

enjoyed the theory and practical 

elements equally. I learned so 

many new skills and knowledge, 

all of which I can take back to my 

club’s patrols to help develop our 

lifeguards.” 

Simmons has been a lifeguard 

for the Sumner Surf Life Saving 

Club for the past five years, he 

was 14 and a student at Shirley 

Boys’ High School when he 

started. He comes from a surfing 

and surf lifesaving family. His 

father Wayne is president of the 

club, mother Tracy Blackwood 

along with brother Jack who is 

also a lifeguard. 

He intends to continue as a 

lifeguard for as long as he can. 

“Once you are in it you are in it 

for life,” he said. 

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A FREE, community-led 

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About 100 runners on 

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Broad Park car park near 

Waimairi Beach for the 

5km parkrun each Saturday 

morning. 

Volunteer Lisa McGonigle 

said up to 120 runners 

have previously taken part 

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fewer than this at its 15th 

run on Saturday due to the 

wet weather, but McGonigle 

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and about 12 volunteers 

attended. 

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community is among the 

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parkrun. 

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Author takes another deep dive 

BANKS PENINSULA has a 

unique history – and within the 

area itself the small bays and 

communities all have their own 

individual stories to tell. 

Le Bons Bay is one such 

community and, over the past 45 

years, Garry Brittenden has been 

gathering and publishing the 

history of the bay. After being 

out of print for some time, a 

revised and updated Le Bons Bay 

the story of a settlement is now 

available at bookshops. 

The Le Bons Bay history book 

was first published in 1978, 

and has sold more than 2000 

copies as interest in local history 

continues to flourish. The latest 

revision will be the seventh 

printing of the now 200-page 

book. 

Brittenden says there is an 

increasing interest in family 

history and this has led to many 

descendants of pioneer families 

providing of photographs, 

diaries and information to add 

to the depth of the book. 

“The digital age has 

certainly provided wonderful 

opportunities for history to 

be sourced and shared. It has 

enabled families to find their 

personal histories without 

leaving home and this has 

resulted in a growing interest in 

this area,” Brittenden said. 

“I am constantly being 

contacted by folk from all 

over the world regarding their 

historic connection with Le 

Bons, either seeking information 

or sharing their own research.” 

This edition features a 

chapter on the quite extensive 

Scandinavian migration to New 

Zealand that saw around 25 

families settle at Le Bons in the 

1870s. 

“The New Zealand 

Government actively recruited 

immigrants from Scandinavia 

at this time, and much has been 

written about the settlements 

of Dannevirke, Norsewood and 

Ekatahuna in the North Island,” 

said Brittenden. 

“However, significant numbers 

SETTLERS: The Condon family at their Le Bons Bay home 

in the 1870s. Alfred Condon was the bays first mailman, 

walking through the bush to Takamatua and back three 

times a week to collect and deliver mail. Left – Garry 

Brittenden has been gathering and publishing the history 

of the bay for 45 years. 

came to Lyttelton and ended 

up in Robinsons Bay and then 

on to Le Bons to work in the 

sawmills, where they bought 

land and settled. Denmark had 

a disastrous war with Prussia 

in the 1860s, and many Danes 

lost land as a result. In Le Bons, 

four Danes who served together 

in the war came out with their 

families and ended up with 

adjoining farms in the bay.” 

One of the Danish families, 

the Hemmingsens, are holding 

a family reunion at Le Bons 

later this month. While there 

is extensive evidence of Maori 

occupation of the bay for 

hundreds of years prior to 

European settlement, no Maori 

lived in the bay when John Cuff 

brought his sawmill up the Le 

Bons Bay stream in 1857 and 

began the clearance of the dense 

native forest. 

The sawmills did not just bring 

a steady stream of settlers to the 

bay, the clearance of the forest 

enabled dozens of small farms to 

be established, accompanied by 

thriving cocksfoot and cheesemaking 

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FRONTIER: A shot of Le Bons Bay beach taken in 1952. 

PHOTO: DONALD MCKAY 

Unlike the other 

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never had large land 

holders, so by 1890 the bay 

supported more than 300 

people. 

It is no surprise then that 

their numerous offspring 

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continued interest in their 

forebears. 

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appear in the book. 

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Young hopefuls out to impress 

• By Jaime Cunningham 

THE BEST young netballers 

in the city will be hoping to 

impress the New Zealand 

secondary school selectors at a 

national development camp in 

Ashburton. 

A majority of the 15 players 

selected from the Mainland 

area, which is made up of 17 

netball centres from Canterbury, 

Tasman, Malborough and 

the West Coast, are from the 

Christchurch and Selwyn netball 

centres. 

Ninety secondary school players 

were picked in December to 

attend one of the three camps 

taking place across New Zealand. 

The players will undergo movement 

competency screening, 

skill development and tournament 

match play. The Mainland 

representatives and 15 Southern 

players will attend the camp in 

Ashburton from January 20-22. 

LOOKING IN: Maddy Laing 

is hoping to impress the 

New Zealand secondary 

school selectors at an 

upcoming national 

development camp. 

The camps are the first step on 

an elite path for young netballers 

still at high school. 

It will be the second consecutive 

camp for Sienna Stowers- 

Smith (STAC), Madi Smith 

(CGHS), and Maddy Laing, who 

also participated last January. 

Maddy, who plays for the 

Halswell Rugby League Netball 

Club, said she is feeling confident 

after going through “a lot harder” 

selection process than last year. 

“This year it was different 

. . . everyone who wanted to be 

selected participated at a camp in 

Rangiora with (Mainland Tactix 

assistant coach) Tania Hoffman. 

From there, another camp was 

held with people chosen from the 

first one . . . that was at a higher 

level.” 

“I was very nervous last year, 

but now that I’m . . . in that older 

year group I feel more confident 

for this year’s camp,” she said. 

The 16-year-old said the skills 

she learnt at the 2022 camp 

helped her in the following 

season. 

“When it came to my season, 

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so much easier after having to 

meet new people and play with 

them at the camp,” she said. 

Former Central Pulse assistant 

and current NZSS head coach 

Pelesa Semu will lead the camps 

with former Silver Ferns and 

Southern Steel assistant coach Jo 

Morrison. Maddy, who plays in 

the midcourt, is looking forward 

to working with both coaches 

again, particularly on defence. 

“They’re really specific . . . 

sometimes with club coaches . . . 

you need to ask lots of questions 

to understand. 

“But these coaches were really 

clear and used whiteboards for 

understanding, which was helpful 

visually,” she said. 

The camps in Ashburton, 

Auckland and Hastings over the 

next two weeks signal the start 

of the NZSS team’s campaign. 

The final squad will be selected 

in a few months for the first 

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the NZSS team in more than 

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no hesitation on the goal for 

the upcoming netball year: “It’s 

getting into that squad.” 

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CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

9 10 

278 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

178 

6 

N M T 

E M O 

11 12 

13 14 15 16 17 

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 10 Very Good 13 Excellent 16 

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 177: dele, eel, eels, eld, ELDEST, else, led, 

lee, lees, lest, let, lets, see, seed, set, sled, sleet, 

word. steed, steel, stele, ted, teds, tee, teed, tees. 

Good 10 Very Good 13 Excellent 16 

18 19 20 

21 22 23 24 

25 26 

27 28 

Across 

1. Undermine (7) 

5. Edible mollusc (7) 

9. Blunder (5) 

10. Stress (9) 

11. Travel schedule (9) 

12. Quarrel (5) 

13. Peanut sauce (5) 

15. Unwilling (9) 

18. Startled (9) 

19. Praise (5) 

21. Vestments (5) 

23. Financial downturn (9) 

25. A lengthy rebuke (7-2) 

26. Waken (5) 

27. A little spot of colour (7) 

28. Piece (7) 

Decoder 

Down 

1. Grouping below genus and 

subgenus (7) 

2. Lawyer (9) 

3. Spooky (5) 

4. Book of synonyms (9) 

5. Sentimental (5) 

6. Landslide (9) 

7. Deceitful (5) 

8. Gift (7) 

14. Standard for comparison (9) 

16. Preposterous (9) 

17. Quality (9) 

18. Low level clouds (7) 

20. Tolerant (7) 

22. Misrepresent (5) 

23. Rascal (5) 

24. Small branch (5) 

K T Y F P M Q Z J C X S G 

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

A V W N I H U O D R B L E 

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

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

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

D 

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

E U 

All puzzles copyright 

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SOLUTION 

No.178 

18 13 5 2 18 4 18 16 18 11 18 

20 8 3 22 25 8 

8 6 26 1 20 26 3 26 9 6 12 26 

E 

U 

D 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Subvert, 5. 

Scallop, 9. Error, 10. 

Emphasise, 11. Itinerary, 

12. Argue, 13. Satay, 15. 

Reluctant, 18. Surprised, 

19. Extol, 21. Robes, 23. 

Recession, 25. Talking-to, 

26. Rouse, 27. Speckle, 28. 

Segment. 

Down: 1. Species, 2. 

Barrister, 3. Eerie, 4. 

Thesaurus, 5. Soppy, 6. 

Avalanche, 7. Lying, 8. 

Present, 14. Yardstick, 16. 

Ludicrous, 17. Attribute, 18. 

Stratus, 20. Lenient, 22. 

Belie, 23. Rogue, 24. Sprig. 

WordBuilder 

memo, men, met, MOMENT, 

monte, mot, mote, net, not, 

note, omen, one, ten, toe, 

tom, tome, ton, tone. 

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 the them other off numbers. the alphabet provided. 

17 6 9 25 3 18 

13 24 5 12 13 18 10 8 2 13 10 11 

5 12 4 10 10 15 13 

22 8 12 12 5 15 16 12 5 15 6 13 

L I T 

8 8 19 9 16 23 

1 10 23 6 18 25 1 12 19 6 

14 23 14 16 17 

12 15 8 24 5 23 23 12 1 3 

5 26 4 9 8 5 

15 6 5 13 17 25 20 7 1 3 14 25 

10 21 5 1 19 13 13 

13 10 19 5 4 13 25 19 8 10 1 12 

8 13 6 16 16 16 

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 

I 

L 

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

T 

SOLUTION 

No.177 

178 

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

H Y Z M D B V T L P R A I 

J N C X O U K E G W S Q F 

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

5 6 14 26 3 

14 4 5 9 24 5 18 13 18 3 5 

3 18 23 5 3 9 21 6 20 10 25 11 

18 24 24 17 25 

24 22 6 10 22 18 17 17 26 10 12 

26 17 19 5 11 9 17 

CHRISTCHURCH 

5 3 25 4 12 24 2 

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26 20 18 26 5 26


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