Bay Harbour: February 22, 2023

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SailGP racing to
stop if dolphins
spotted
• By Tony Simons
SAILGP RACE organisers will
now rely on sighting hector’s
dolphins to keep them safe
during next month’s racing on
Lyttelton Harbour.
A decision not to use a
deterrent device means the
mammals will now be free
to swim where they like, and
racing will be called off if they
are seen or heard anywhere near
the racecourse and high speed
catamarans.
Organisers are employing
several detection strategies
focusing on four zones in
the harbour, stretching from
the harbour mouth to the
racecourse.
The SailGP Marine Mammal
Management Plan states if
dolphins are detected in zone
four,
the
nearest
zone to the
racecourse,
the boats will be ordered to
stop.
•Turn to page 7
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Artists of the sea feature in exhibition
• By Tony Simons
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the shipyards in Belfast,
Northern Ireland, and her
uncle sailed on a sailing
ship as a cabin boy early
last century.
McCulla has a close
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NEWS 3
Water grading assessment rethink likely
• By Tony Simons
A NEW approach by
Environment Canterbury as to
how long-term water quality
grades are assigned at swim sites
around Lyttelton seems likely,
after it has agreed to change the
way it models sites for swimming
suitability.
ECan science
team leader Shirley
Hayward said it is
possible predictive
modelling might
also change the way
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grades for the bays
are assessed, to take
into account predictable rainfall-driven
contamination.
It comes after considerable
public pressure over how ECan
grades swimming sites longterm,
particularly at popular
sites like Corsair Bay and Cass
Bay.
Corsair Bay was graded
“unsuitable for swimming”
for the entire summer because
of high bacteria readings over
the past five years – many of
those readings coinciding with
high rainfall. However, testing
through January this year
showed the water quality was
good to excellent.
In a report due to be presented
to ECan’s water and land
committee today, science team
leader Shirley Hayward said “in
response to concerns raised by
the community this summer, we
will investigate a new approach
whereby rainfall-affected results
can be predicted”.
“We will look at new ways to
communicate the public health
risks adequately to the community,”
Hayward said.
This will include consistent
messaging, including signage, of
those risks.
Staff will also continue with
faecal source tracking and other
investigations to try to find
out why sites have degraded,
Hayward said.
The suggested change in
approach will rely on other organisations,
such as Community
and Public Health Te Mana Ora
agreeing, she said.
The grading issue came into
focus again last Wednesday
when 21mm of rain fell around
the Port Hills, washing faecal
bacteria into the sea.
Te Mana Ora immediately
issued a health warning for most
of Banks Peninsula, which was
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NEWS 5
NOW: The reunion attendees – Karen Coutts, Penny Wright (née Simon), Amanda White
(née Stuart-Jones), Joy Haylock (née Ward), Mary Lovell-Smith, John van Uden, Gaye Meffan
(née Gillman), Debbie Walsh (née Bunny), Ronene Kelland (née Burgess), Mark Brokenshire,
Kathryn Perks, Bart Hanson, Ian Smart, Sophie Jolliffe (née Beaven), Andrea Chapman (née
Gilmore), Iain Gray, Bill Trethewey, Chris Reside, Mark Gardner, Peter Short, and Adrian Cook
met at the The Beach near Cave Rock, known as the Sumner Tea Rooms (right) in 1964.
Return to Sumner
BACK THEN: Sumner School’s form 2 class of 1968. (From
left) Back – Mark Brokenshire, Chris Reside, Ian Smart. Third
row – Mark Gardner, Bart Hanson, Bill Trethewey, Peter
Short Second row – Karen Coutts, Andrea Gilmore, Ronene
Burgess, Gaye Gillman. Front – Kathryn Perks, Mark Lovell-
Smith, Debbie Bunny, and Penny Simon.
inspires reunion
• By Tony Simons
While much of the events industry was shut
down through the peak of the Covid-19
pandemic the Sea2Sky Challenge managed
to navigate through the guidelines better
than most holding events in late 2020 along
with 2021 and 2022. The event returns on
March 12th for the eighth edition without
the restrictions of the last few years. With
individual and team triathlon, duathlon and
trail run options for juniors (5 years and up)
through to Masters of 80+ years there is
something for everyone. “In the last few years
we’ve had to split the event into groups of
100, tell spectators to stay away, mask up
along with other measures. It’s going to be
awesome to welcome everyone back this
year to finish the kiwi summer in style” says
event director John Newsom.
SUMNER SCHOOL pupils from
the 1960s reunited on Saturday
thanks to the efforts of a former
student.
Kathryn Perks, who now lives
in Hawke’s Bay, used to attend
the school, and after visiting her
old stomping grounds last year
was inspired to organise a reunion
for her former classmates.
“I looked at old class photos
from 1962 to 1968, then tried
to contact as many as I could
through social media and Google.
I even tried the White Pages,”
she said.
Some proved impossible to
find because their names had
changed but, in the end, she
tracked down 28 – and 19 of
Brad Richards Building Sea2Sky
Challenge returns in March
them met for lunch at The Beach
near Cave Rock.
Mandy White (nee Stuart-Jones)
flew from Australia.
Others came from Auckland,
Masterton, Wellington and
Nelson.
A number of the past pupils
still live in Christchurch and six
are still in Sumner, said Perks.
“Those who couldn’t be there
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sent messages, memories and
photos, which we all got to
share,” she said.
The Beach was a fitting venue
for the reunion. “I remember
it used to be the Sumner tearooms,”
said Perks. “It’s one of
the few landmark buildings still
standing in the village so it had
special significance for all of us.
I remember swimming underneath
it as a child,” she said.
There were different memories
of their teacher at the time, Mr
Sharpe. He was strict but an
excellent teacher and several said
how amazing he was, said Perks.
Others in the group remembered
their student teacher at the time,
John van Uden, who lives in the
area and met up with them all
after the lunch.
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NEWS 7
Measures in place to locate dolphins
•From page 1
Once racing has stopped, a
SailGP spokesperson said the
yachts “will simply wait until (the
dolphins) leave”.
In zones one or two, dolphins
will be reported and tracked. If
they are in zone three, racing will
be delayed.
SailGP is experienced with the
issues and understands the risk,
the spokesperson said.
A key detection strategy will
include trained dolphin observers
and volunteers, stationed along
both sides of the harbour and in
boats, looking out for dolphins.
Experts say they may locate some
of the dolphins but not all of
them due to difficulty seeing the
mammals at any distance, particularly
if the water is choppy.
A second detection measure
will see a drone with artificial
intelligence
criss-cross the
harbour.
However,
the drone can’t
be used when
the boats are
racing because
of broadcast
Matt Pine
interference. It
will scan and
photograph
the surface before and after the
sailing sessions.
Real-time acoustic monitoring,
using two AI programmed
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hydrophones attached to buoys
in the harbour, will operate just
east of the racing zone. They will
monitor continuously for the
echo-location of dolphins.
Underwater acoustic expert
Dr Matt Pine was consulted on
the MMMP and has now been
employed to do the listening.
He said the devices can pick up
dolphins pinging, or echo-locating,
up to a few hundred metres
away, depending on how noisy
they are.
“We expect in murky waters
like Lyttelton Harbour and in
busy environments, they will be
echo-locating most of the time,”
Pine said.
However, dolphin expert
Professor Liz Slooten, formerly
with the Zoology Department at
Otago University, disagreed.
“He (Pine) is wrong,” she said.
“When there is lots of noise it
makes more sense for a dolphin
to listen using its ears, because
sound carries much further than
echo-location. The dolphins may
simply turn their echo-location
off,” she said.
SailGP and ChristchurchNZ
will also be relying on spectators
PLAN: The zone boundaries
map for the SailGP race
shows where observers will
be looking and listening for
dolphins (pale green areas),
the land-based observation
stations (red dots) and the
approximate location of the
AI acoustic listening devices
(dark red line).
and race officials to report
dolphin sightings.
We are not relying on any
single dolphin detection measure,
said race organisers.
SailGP head of event and
commercial director Karl
Budge said:
“Based on the
advice of (the
Department of
Conservation)
and other
experts, we
maintain full
confidence in
the efficacy of
the plan.”
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•Dolphin expert considered
resigning, page 8
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Bay Harbour News Wednesday February 22 2023
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NEWS
• By Tony Simons
A MEMBER of the team that
came up with a plan to protect
hector’s dolphins during next
month’s SailGP has revealed they
wrestled with their conscience
and considered resigning from
the group.
Many experts and stakeholders
were consulted over the Marine
Mammal Management Plan,
including Te Hapū o Ngāti
Wheke Rāpaki, the Department
of Conservation, Environment
Canterbury and university
marine specialists.
One expert has now told Bay
Harbour News they seriously
considered opting out, in part
because they were required to
sign a confidentiality agreement.
The expert said they had a real
problem with being gagged,
given the plan to hold the event
in a dolphin sanctuary was so
much in the public interest.
Once it was clear the SailGP
event was going ahead, members
of the group had to decide
whether they were in or out, the
expert said.
“Sometimes it is better to stay
in so you have some influence, so
I stayed in.”
Significant redactions were
made to the plan before it was
released by ChristchurchNZ in
December last year.
An un-redacted version was
leaked to Bay Harbour News
last week. It showed SailGP
organisers intended to use a
controversial acoustic deterrent
device to keep dolphins off the
racecourse. Organisers believed
the device would “help to protect
dolphins from the risk of vessel
strike, which is very likely to be
fatal”. However, the device was
later dropped when it became
clear no one knew how hector’s
dolphins might react to it.
When ChristchurchNZ
announced in early 2021 the
international sailing event was
coming to Lyttelton, it was
described as a massive coup.
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Expert considered resigning over SailGP plan
New Zealand team member
Peter Burling said at the time
“we can’t wait to start racing
and sharing our Live Ocean
conservation message along the
way”.
Work started on the
MMMP soon after.
Said the expert: “I think
the final version of the
MMMP is probably not
far from the best you can
do, if you’ve already made
a very bad decision to hold
the race in a completely
inappropriate place.”
Dolphin researcher,
retired Otago Professor of
Liz Slooten
Zoology, Liz Slooten, said there
are likely to be up to 30 dolphins
in the harbour every day in
March. Many will have calves
with them, so they will be slower
and reluctant to dive deep.
The F50 catamarans will
also be practising at high
speeds in the day or days
preceding the event. The
expert said this is where
the real danger to dolphins
lies, because the MMMP
designates ‘free practice’
areas across most of the
harbour.
SailGP organisers did
not respond to a request by Bay
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have never interacted with these
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have experienced anything like
this, the foils or the speeds with
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DOMINANT: Taylor Chamberlain (left) was awarded top
overall open male competitor, winning 10 events, while Lucy
Stroud helped Taylors Mistake to seven team event wins.
Taylor’s winning streak continues
• By Jaime Cunningham
TAYLOR Chamberlain has
taken out another surf life saving
title, this time at the southern
region championships over the
weekend.
The 20-year-old helped Taylors
Mistake finish second on the
overall club points table with
500, behind winners South
Brighton (783) and ahead of
third-placed Sumner (150).
Chamberlain won 10 events
over two days of competition at
New Brighton beach, finishing
as the top overall open male
competitor.
He won the ski race, run swim
run, board race, surf race, and
iron events in the open category.
He was also a key part of five
team event wins.
Lucy Stroud starred in several
winning teams for Taylors Mistake,
including the open female
double ski event with Pieta Luthi
and the open mixed double ski
with Liam O’Loughlin, as well as
five relay events.
Sumner had a handful of
event winners, including Carl
Tresfield, who won the under-15
beach flags and sprints, while
Ben Isles won the under-19 run
swim run and iron events.
Surf Life Saving New
Zealand southern sports
manager Luke Smith said the
weekend was a “great event”
in the lead-up to the TSB New
Zealand surf life saving championships
at New Brighton on
March 9-12.
“We had some really great conditions
for an awesome weekend
of competition at New Brighton,”
Smith said.
Both Taylors Mistake and
Sumner will compete in
the postponed Canterbury
championships when it resumes
with canoe racing on Friday
with the remaining events on
March 5.
• For full results from
the weekend, go to www.
wavesresults.surflifesaving.
org.nz/competition/491/
wavesresults
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Wednesday February 22 2023 Bay Harbour News 11
ITM NEW ZEALAND SAIL GRAND PRIX
CHRISTCHURCH
SAILGP’s
LONG-AWAITED
NEW ZEALAND
DEBUT
In a few short weeks, SailGP
will be hitting the shores
of Whakaraupō, Lyttelton
Harbour for the inaugural
ITM New Zealand Sail
Grand Prix | Christchurch
18 - 19 March.
Thousands of fans are set to
witness heart-pumping action
and near misses just metres
from the shoreline at Te
Nukutai o Tapoa, Naval Point.
GETTING AROUND: WHAT
YOU NEED TO KNOW
If you managed to secure tickets to the event,
the best way to get to Lyttelton will be via official
event shuttles. Shuttles will depart from the
city centre live site, located opposite Te Pae
Christchurch Convention Centre each day, and
return to Te Pae after racing. Additionally, SailGP
tickets include free access to Metro buses and
ferries across Christchurch to get to and from the
shuttle bus location on the date of your ticket.
Public access to Lyttelton will be limited with road
closures and restrictions in place from 12pm - 6pm
Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 March, with entry to
Lyttelton blocked from Sumner and Governors
Bay, and there will be no access to Lyttelton via
Tunnel Road at Port Hills Road. Between the
controlled period, only emergency vehicles, official
event vehicles (buses and branded shuttles), taxis
and vehicles with a clearly-displayed pass will be
able to access Lyttelton.
Lyttelton residents and businesses will be able to
access their homes and workplaces during the
controlled period via Bridle Path Road on both
days using an allocated vehicle access pass,
distributed via mail to all affected households.
Cycle access to Lyttelton will not be affected by
the restrictions and at all times traffic will be able
to leave Lyttelton via the Tunnel, Governors Bay
Road and Evans Pass Road. Emergency vehicles
will be able to pass through road closures at all
times, as will public buses.
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The ITM New Zealand Sail Grand Prix Live Site
powered by Enable will screen live racing on
both days of the event (18-19 March), with some
programming on Friday.
The site is located at the Green between Te Pae
Christchurch Convention Centre and Cathedral
Square. For fans tuning in from home, racing will
be broadcast live on Sky Sport NZ and free-to-air
on Three and ThreeNow.
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possums, rats, mice, stoats and
ferrets – and planting natives
are two steps we can all take to
encourage native birdsong back
to our communities.
“Now is the time to set your
traps,” said Predator Free Sumner
Bays member Paul Cragg.
“This is the prime breeding
time as the weather is warm and
there is plenty of food in your
garden and compost heap. This
means we have a lot of ‘naive’
youngsters out there who will be
curious about the traps, unlike
the more mature trap-shy rats.
“If we all become backyard
trappers we can make a difference
to the number of predators.
Besides protecting native birds,
rats and mice will be less likely
to live in your walls and ceilings
in winter, and eat your garden
produce in summer.”
Predator Free Sumner Bays
is one of several community
groups under the auspices of
Predator Free Port Hills. And,
Predator Free Port Hills is part
of the Summit Road Society;
as the name suggests, it takes a
leadership role in eliminating
predators on the Port Hills.
Founded by the late Jeremy
Agar, the focus is backyard
trapping in the urban fringe
surrounding the Port Hills and
Lyttelton harbour. It aims to
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have a trap in one of every five
households.
Predator Free Port Hills co-ordinator
Marie Gray said it is a
simple concept, so it’s easy for
everyone to get involved.
“We are at the Mt Pleasant
markets on the second Saturday
of the month providing advice
and selling traps. We would love
to welcome you to our stall, and
to explain how you can help us
achieve more birdsong in our
community.
“We also have community days
where kids and their parents can
come and make traps for their
own gardens. Sign up online via
www.predatorfreeporthills.org.
nz”
Cragg has been a keen backyard
trapper for many years.
“Close to 10 years ago Redcliffs
resident John Cook held a meeting
in Sumner to discuss trapping
in the Upper Mahoe-nui
and Jollies Bush areas, and it
sparked my interest. Then Gabe
Ross started up Predator Free
Sumner Bays in 2017. And the
rest is history, as they say.”
Said Cragg: “Whilst we don’t
have accurate monitoring data,
we know we are making a
difference . . . So far, over 300
households have signed up, and
well over 1000 rats have been
trapped between Taylors Mistake
and Balmoral Hill.”
He said if we all become
backyard trappers, and plant
native trees and shrubs, we can
help bring about change in our
communities.
Tips for those new to
trapping:
· Set your trap along
the fenceline, in areas
with bush, or beside
the compost
· Set up the trap as a
rat café for a few days
i.e., bait but do not set
the trap. If it is being
cleared then the rats
and mice are happy to
feed there, so it’s time
to set the bait
· Trapped rodents
can be buried in the
garden, or placed in
the red bin
· If you have any
questions, come and
talk to Predator Free
Port Hills at the Mt
Pleasant market
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TREASURES FROM THE PAST
The leprosy colony on Quail Island
BETWEEN 1906 and 1927,
Ōtamahua Quail Island in the
middle of Whakaraupō Lyttelton
Harbour was host to the South
Island’s only leprosy colony with
14 men incarcerated there.
Leprosy (or Hansen’s disease,
after the Norwegian doctor who
discovered its bacterial source
in 1873) is a disease known to
humankind for many thousands
of years.
Prior to advances in modern
medicine it was widely misunderstood
to be highly infectious,
and in many cultures sufferers
were ostracised. This was, in
part, because it can result in
disfiguring skin lesions and even
loss of extremities due to injuries
and infections. Infected people
suffer nerve damage, a consequent
lack of sensation, a decline
in muscle strength, and some go
blind. Public fear was exacerbated
by racial prejudice.
In early 20th century New
Zealand, health authorities
took a similar approach to
other Western countries in the
management of the disease by
embracing isolation practices.
In 1906, the first man diagnosed
with leprosy in Ōtautahi
Christchurch and held in isolation
on the island was Will
Vallane; although provided with
meals by a matron resident on
the island, he spent 18 months
primarily alone with his eyesight
and mobility failing. Initially
housed in the barn-like old quarantine
barracks, a purpose-built
cottage was constructed a year
after his arrival, more suitable
for a sole occupant. In 1908, he
was joined by a second sufferer
and a third in 1909.
More small cottages were built
as the population continued to
grow. Although the bay (now
called Skiers Bay) could be
delightful in summer, it lost the
sun behind a ridge as early as
2pm in winter.
The men had regular visits
from Lyttelton’s popular and
compassionate Dr Upham,
gardened and swam if health
permitted, listened to the radio
and kept pets (notably canaries,
a parrot and the wild island rabbits,
which they tamed). There
were occasional church services,
family visits and humanitarian
delegations, with visitors keeping
at least six feet away from the
men; white picket fences surrounding
the cottages marked
the dividing line between the
two groups. But their main
support was each other, although
the tensions arising from their
situation sometimes threatened
that vital camaraderie.
There is no doubt that the
enforced isolation weighed upon
the men, especially for those
whose health was declining.
A few men were released as
cured; George Philips, who was
declared free of the disease but
required to wait 18 months for
clearance before release, could
not tolerate that extra time. He
absconded via Moepuku Point,
arriving at Orton Bradley’s
house in Te Wharau Charteris
Bay so convincingly dressed
as a clergyman that he was
able to make a telephone call
and was last seen heading to
Christchurch in a taxi cab, where
PHOTO: SARAH LAMONT
he changed his name and disappeared
from public scrutiny.
There were two leprosy
deaths on the island. The most
well-known was a 25-year-old
Samoan-born man, Ivon Crispen
Skelton, who died on October
20, 1923, and was buried on the
headland facing Aua King Billy
Island with Reverend A.J. Petrie
of Holy Trinity presiding.
Apparently forgotten by history,
there was also 55-year-old
Te Iringa from Kirikau Pā on the
Whanganui River, whose death
and burial in 1922 were recorded
in The Press at the time; Father
Patrick Cooney of St Joseph’s
Catholic Church conducted his
service.
Skelton’s grave was originally
surrounded by a picket fence
and was the subject of an
archaeological dig in 2015.
Surprisingly, no remains were
found; it is postulated his grave
near the cliff edge was washed
away in a storm. His resting
place is now commemorated by
a simple wooden cross, though
Te Iringa’s gravesite is not
Eight patients on a balcony in Quail Island’s leprosy colony.
Unnamed man (left), Ivon Skelton, Will Vallance, Ah Yip, Jim
Lord, George Phillips, Ah Pat and one other, unidentified.
Te Ūaka The Lyttelton Museum ref.14907.1
https://www.teuaka.org.nz/online-collection/1135818
documented or marked.
In 1925 the eight remaining
men were moved to Makogai
Island in Samoa, joining 300
other sufferers and benefitting
from a greater sense of
community. Five of them were
never to leave, including the
original sole resident of Quail
Island, Will Vallane. He died on
Makogai in 1937 in his early 60s,
having spent over 30 years in
isolation.
The tragedy of the long human
history of leprosy is that it, in
fact, has low pathogenicity with
95 per cent of people exposed to
the bacterium not going on to
develop the condition.
Advances in Western medicine
in the 1940s mean that leprosy
is curable if diagnosed early and
treated with multidrug therapy.
Nevertheless, it is still a serious
disease in parts of the Americas,
Africa and the Western Pacific,
associated with poverty, lack of
access to medical intervention
and continuing misunderstanding.
With the wisdom of hindsight,
the Quail Island men could have
been saved from two difficult
decades of isolation.
The leprosy settlement on Quail Island. Te Ūaka The
Lyttelton Museum ref.7977.1
https://www.teuaka.org.nz/online-collection/1128143
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9 10 11
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19 20 21
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24/2
Across
2. It is dug out and planted with explosives (5)
5. Part of a lamp necessary to Warwickshire
(4)
7. It is as old as a pike can be (4)
8. Having stuck fast in the reed, softened
one’s attitude (8)
9. RM perhaps providing the school with time
off (4-4)
11. They get doffed if one tells a better story
(4)
12. The setter observes duties from 4-6 and
6-8 (3,3,7)
15. Be after rating with a clergyman abroad
(4)
17. Title may be given to revolutionary who
strewed paper about (8)
19. The principal bit of country that juts out
to sea (8)
21. A nip that could hurt one (4)
22. Gardener’s basket it’s right to haul
around (4)
23. An appointment to put to the test on the
street (5)
Down
1. Porcine equivalent of the sheep-dip is
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2. Almost made it deranged (3)
3. Manage with care and economy to be a
nanny (5)
4. Problem situation that gives me a mild
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5. How anorexia shows one looking pallid (3)
6. The sound a chick makes sounds
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10. How to fake a patch inserted in the
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11. Secret store of carbon each can supply
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13. Is as brave as a lady’s-man can be (7)
14. Is smoothing things out a bit late in the
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16. Watery top to beer leading to real trouble
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18. Hot drink of rum used in thirsty extremes
(5)
20. Do some spadework as a taunt (3)
21. Is this the shot used to sink a snooker
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Across
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Start dreaming of driving electric
BUILD YOUR Dreams –
abbreviated to BYD, that’s the
name for one of the newest
entrants into New Zealand’s
electric vehicle market.
More specifically, the BYD Atto
3 is the key model here for the
all-electric Chinese car building
company, and it’s a tidy, stylish
sport utility vehicle that already
I’m seeing in good numbers on
our roads. If you are wondering
where Atto comes from, it is
inspired by the Attosecond –
the smallest time scale unit in
physics – and according to BYD
it represents speed, energy and
dynamics.
The Atto 3 lands here in two
model variants distinguished by
their battery size. The extended
range vehicle incorporates the
larger of the lithium-ion battery
capacities – a 60kWh unit
– giving a 420km range and the
standard battery unit – 50kWh –
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there is 150kW of power on tap
with 310Nm of torque in both,
offering a standstill to 100km/h
time of 7.3sec.
Prices start at $55,490 for the
standard model, the extended
range variant adds $4500. Those
prices both easily qualify for the
full New Zealand Government
Clean Car Programme rebate of
$8625.
The Atto is a compact SUV,
it measures just 4.45m but the
designers have done a good job in
making the interior comfortable
and spacious considering. There’s
also good load space at 440-litres
which easily translates to a weekly
family supermarket shop.
Specification items are numerous,
I can report that for its price
there’s a good level of fitment. The
evaluation car was the range-topper,
but most of what is in that is
also included in the entry-level
model, it’s just the battery capacity
that is different and, the colour
choices vary from level to level.
For those of you who like to see
the stars when you’re travelling at
night, the Atto 3 gets a full length
panoramic roof, along with
heated and electric seats, keyless
entry and ignition, and electric
tailgate just to mention a few of
the major items. When you take
into account the value you get for
the money, it’s no wonder BYD
is showing much appeal in this
country.
The interior is very space age.
The design and trim elements are
styled with ideas that I’ve never
STYLE: The BYD Atto 3 is chock full of delightful surprises,
including novel guitar-type strings on the inside of each door.
BUILD YOUR DREAMS ATTO3: An electric vehicle that is becoming very popular downunder.
seen before in any car. I particularly
like the guitar strings that
are fitted to the front doors, you
can play music to the beat of the
radio while sitting at the ever-increasing
traffic light queues.
Another design I like are the
wheel-like door release mechanisms,
they are functional yet also
futuristic.
There is also much depth within
the display graphics and control
functions. The touch screen
dash panel sits centre console and
looks very much like an enlarged
iPad and works similarly, even
though it is comprehensive I
found it to be quite intuitive and
user-friendly.
Driving the Atto 3 requires little
familiarity, just select drive (or
reverse) on the selector and you
are moving just like you would in
any automatic car.
It is quiet, of course, and for
that reason it takes some time
to get used to the whirr and the
whine of the electronics instead
of hearing the sound that you
would normally get from an
internal combustion engine.
What’s more, it is quite quick, the
initial launch off the line provides
immediate acceleration and it
takes no time at all before the
legal speed limit is reached. The
high torque output is also handy
for the highway overtake, an 80
• Price – BYD Atto3, $59,990
• Dimensions – Length,
4455mm; width, 1875mm;
height, 1615mm
• Configuration – Electrosynchronous
motor,
front-wheel-drive, 150kW,
310Nm, one-speed
automatic
• Performance –
0-100km/h, 7.3sec
to 120km/h overtaking time of
5.5sec means you are on the right
hand side of the road for minimal
time.
I only had the evaluation car
for three full days and that was
during a working week, so I
didn’t get to travel as far as I normally
would, but I did head west
towards Darfield and returned
home through the winding back
roads of Dunsandel, Burnham
and Lincoln.
It must be said the Atto 3 has
a sublime ride. It is soft in the
suspension offering huge levels
of comfort. Given that there is
little firming, it comes as some
surprise that it has neutral
handling characteristics. Sure,
there’s a lot of energy heading out
the front wheels, and on strong
accelerator request you do feel
a bit of tugging at the steering
wheel when exiting a tight corner,
but I’m pleased to say there is a
fully independent suspension
system and it is high class, having
the ability to provide that smooth
ride and predictable handling
manners.
I travelled 200km in the evaluation
vehicle, when I picked it
up there was 86 per cent charge
on the battery capacity display
offering a distance to empty of
400km. It panned out so that
plugging in for several hours
each night meant I could keep
the batteries well within a range
that minimised anxiety, although
at a short 4m the domestic cable
is only just long enough to reach
my garage plug.
Of course, fast charging at a
designated port will boost the
batteries from 20 to 80 per cent in
around 30min.
It’s quite clear the direction the
world is heading in terms of new
vehicle sales, electric vehicles
are in demand, but BYD in New
Zealand says supply is relatively
constant.
A good friend of mine who
lives in Australia has had a hefty
deposit on an Atto 3 for six
months and there’s still no sign of
his car arriving, but every market
is different and I’d like to think
that any prospective buyer here
will be satisfied with their buying
experience.
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