Nor'West News: June 29, 2023

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Like father, like daughter 

Olympic goal now in 

sight for 21-year-old cyclist 

LEGACY: Sami Donnelly’s father, Nigel (left) won gold in the men’s team pursuit at the 1990 Commonwealth Games alongside Glenn McLeay, 

Stuart Williams and Gary Anderson. Sami has just been selected in the New Zealand team for the world championships. 

PHOTOS: KENNY RODGER, ANDERSON BONILLA 

• By Jaime Cunningham 

SAMI DONNELLY has 

dreamed of becoming an 

Olympian like her father since 

she was a child. 

Following her selection in 

the New Zealand team for August’s 

UCI track cycling World 

Championships in Glasgow, the 

goal is finally within reach. 

It couldn’t be more fitting 

that Donnelly is a reserve for 

the team pursuit at the world’s 

biggest cycling event a year out 

from the Paris Olympics – the 

same category her father Nigel 

competed in at both the 1988 

and 1992 Olympics. 

“Ever since I was little, I 

dreamed of following in my 

dad’s footsteps,” the former 

Burnside High student said. 

“I had my sights set on these 

worlds since last year and 

trained pretty hard through 

our summer. We, as a squad, 

have power targets for worlds 

and Paris, so I knew on paper 

what I was aiming for.” 

Donnelly is one of 17 athletes 

selected in the New Zealand 

squad for this year’s competition. 

The squad includes several 

Olympic medallists, such as 

fellow Cantabrian Ellesse 

Andrews. 

However, Donnelly admits 

her father wasn’t the first to 

hear of her selection, but rather 

her mother Lyndall. 

“I texted my mum straight 

away as she had been nagging 

me all day if I had any news yet. 

“I then had to carry on 

through the rest of my gym session 

before I called my dad and 

Jayden (my partner) and then I 

messaged his family confidentially, 

who I have been living 

with up in Cambridge.” 

The 21-year-old joins 2022 

Commonwealth Games 

silver medallists Bryony 

Botha, Michaela Drummond 

and Emily Shearman in the 

women’s endurance squad 

alongside other new addition 

Ally Wollaston. 

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Dusk to Dawn - All Night Party 

Friday, 7pm - Saturday, 8am 

LOOP Youth Centre, Harewood 

Dusk to Dawn is a fun all-night party 

for teenagers to celebrate the end of 

the school term. Activities include 

Launch Pad Trampoline Park, Hoyts 

abandoned cinema, late night pool 

party, silent disco, Pedalmania, 

extreme quiz, live DJs, food, sport 

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Papanui Toy Library 

Wednesday, 7pm-8.45pm & 

Saturday, 10am-noon 

185 Cavendish Rd 

The Papanui Toy Library encourages 

and supports children’s development, 

with over 800 high quality toys for 

children aged eight months to eight 

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Meditation & Buddhism 

Merivale Weekly Classes 

Tuesday, 7-8.30pm 

Kalpa Bhadra Buddhist Centre, 

24 Rugby St 

Each class consists of a guided 

meditation and a talk based on 

Buddhist wisdom. Join in any week, 

booking is not required. Cost: 

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Community Bible Group 

Monday, 10.30-noon 

Abberley Park Hall 

A community Bible reading group 

that meets Monday mornings. If 

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Mahjong Group 

Friday, 2-4pm 

Fendalton Library 

Interested in playing Mahjong or 

learning how to play. For beginners 

and advanced players. If you have 

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Housie 

Thursday, 12.30-2.15pm 

Mary Potter Community Centre, 442 

Durham St North 

To participate bring $2 per housie 

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card. Afternoon tea to follow. All 

ages welcome, numbers limited. 

Ukrainian Community 

Day, Saturday, 3pm, 

Papanui RSA, 55 Bellvue Ave. 

Go along to the Papanui 

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Ukrainian culture. 

Christchurch Symphony 

Orchestra trombone player 

Karl Margevka will start 

the festivities, playing 

traditional Ukrainian 

music from 3.15pm. 

There will be a variety of 

Ukrainian foods and a 

chance to see Montank, 

Ukrainian dolls. 

Gold coin donation if you’re not a 

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Monday-Thursday, 9am-noon 

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Thursday June 29 2023 3 

Young deaf actor brings 

sign language to stage 

BEING INVOLVED in a theatre 

show has its challenges for the 

deaf community, but 7-year-old 

Phoenix Kay is proving it need 

not be a barrier. He is playing 

a lead role in Canterbury 

Children’s Theatre’s upcoming 

show, Stories from the Blue 

Chair. 

The show brings two wellloved 

children’s books to life – 

Pumpkin Soup by Helen Cooper 

and Boy by Phil Cummings – as 

actor, director and playwright, 

Nickie Welbourn tells the stories 

from her blue chair and the cast 

acts them out. 

When Phoenix, who was born 

profoundly deaf, heard the Canterbury 

Children’s Theatre was 

looking for a young person with 

some experience of deafness to 

play the role of the deaf boy in 

Boy, he jumped at the chance. 

Phoenix is loving putting his 

sign language to use in the play, 

and watching the rest of the cast 

starting to pick up the language 

too. 

“My cochlear implants give 

me some hearing, but sign 

language is my first language 

so it is special to be able to play 

a role that communicates in 

sign,” said Phoenix, who lives 

in Richmond. 

“It is really cool to see other 

members of the cast working 

on learning how to use sign 

language too, even though they 

don’t have to use it in the show. 

“Our director, Nickie, has 

been learning sign language in 

her own time just so that she 

can communicate better with 

DEAFNESS NO BARRIER: 

Phoenix Kay and Nickie 

Wellbourn in Canterbury 

Children’s Theatre’s 

upcoming show, Stories 

from the Blue Chair. 

me, which is really nice,” he 

said. 

Phoenix’s mother, Liz, who is 

the only member of their family 

of five who is not deaf, is going 

to provide New Zealand Sign 

Language interpretation for the 

opening two shows on Saturday 

(11am and 1pm), to ensure her 

own family as well as other 

members of the deaf community 

are able to come along and 

fully enjoy the show. 

• Stories from the Blue 

Chair will be performed 

at the Malthouse 

Theatre during the 

July school holidays, 

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PURSUIT: Ever since 

she was a child, 

Sami Donnelly has 

wanted to follow in 

her Olympian father’s 

footsteps. Right – she 

was part of the team 

that claimed silver in 

the women’s pursuit 

at the Nations Cup in 

Egypt in March. 

PHOTO: SWPICS.COM 

Sami’s childhood dream within grasp 

• From page 1 

Because of a different schedule 

than previous years, Donnelly 

will also have the opportunity to 

ride in the individual pursuit and 

potentially the scratch race. 

“I have always loved the 

individual pursuit and recently 

placed fourth at Oceania Championships,” 

she said. 

Donnelly said making the team 

was always “plan A” for her, as 

the World Championships is a 

key qualification event ahead of 

the 2024 Olympics. 

“This is being called the ‘mega 

worlds’ – with all cycling events 

in one place at the same time it 

is going to be a pretty busy few 

weeks for everyone involved,” 

she said. 

“This is also a really good 

chance for me to experience the 

pressures of an event like this, as 

we get taught how to ride fast but 

you can’t really understand the 

pressures of race day until you 

live and experience those events.” 

Although it will be Donnelly’s 

first World Championship 

appearance, she has already 

impressed on the international 

stage this year – and claimed a 

silver medal in the women’s team 

pursuit at both the Nations Cup 

and Oceania Championships in 

March. 

“As members of our squad have 

said before, the word ‘potential’ 

has been used heaps for the New 

Zealand women’s team pursuit. 

“It is so inspiring for me to see 

the top four girls pushing those 

limits, breaking national records 

and I definitely use it as motivation 

in training so I can line up 

confidently beside them.” 

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Kai and conversation 

a chance to connect 

• By Briar Allen 

AN INITIATIVE that came 

out of the 2019 mosque attacks 

will be held in St Albans this 

weekend. 

Share Kai, a collaborative 

project between InCommon and 

Mahia Te Aroha, is focused on 

communities being more inclusive 

– over food. 

InCommon 

project manager 

Holly Griffin said 

the event gets 

people to connect. 

“Especially 

those we might 

Holly 

Griffin 

assume we have 

nothing in common 

with because 

we look different,” she said. 

The event at the St Albans 

Community Centre on features 

the Nepali Share Kai group, followed 

by the Eritrean group on 

July 8 and the Afghan group on 

July 22 (all from 10am to noon). 

They will each serve brunch 

of traditional food and drink, 

ranging from dumplings, to coffee, 

hot chai and curry. 

“We have been planning this 

for a year, but Covid-19 delayed 

our plans, so now seemed the 

perfect time to connect,” said 

Griffin. 

GET TOGETHER: Diners connect at the Eritrean Share Kai 

night earlier this year. 

“Share Kai features the 

Nepali, Eritrean and Afghan 

communities that call 

Christchurch home but may not 

be well known.” 

She said the first time they 

held the event earlier this year 

it was very popular, with 600 

attending. 

The events are open to the 

public. 

“It is not just about the 

great food; these events are 

an opportunity for people to 

connect and learn about others. 

We want to continue to make 

our communities inclusive.” 

People can bring their own 

container to the St Albans 

Community Centre if they wish 

to take food away. Prices will 

range from $5 and $12 with 

vegan, gluten free and halal 

options available. Cash only. 

UP CLOSE: Burnside High School students learn about the 

inner workings of an Air Force A109 helicopter. 

Defence visit 

expands horizons 

Burnside High School students 

were fortunate enough to learn 

about the inner workings of a 

New Zealand Defence Force 

helicopter earlier this month. 

Invited students got the chance 

to watch the Air Force A109 helicopter 

land on the school field 

and were able to step inside the 

helicopter and view first-hand 

the complexity and sophistication 

of its controls. 

Students also had the opportunity 

to engage with members of 

the New Zealand Defence Force, 

who discussed the helicopter’s 

capabilities and its role in the 

defence force operations. 

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as they gained insights into the 

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The public feud between two of 

SAINT: Nurse 

Sibylla Maude 

started what 

would become 

New Zealand’s 

district nurse 

programme. 

TWO OF the city’s favourite 

daughters once went head to 

head in a public scrap that was 

rather unbecoming of their 

status as ‘saints in the making’. 

The redoubtable nurse Sibylla 

Emily Maude – originator 

of what would become New 

Zealand’s district nurse 

programme and this country’s 

answer to Florence Nightingale 

– took on women’s suffragist 

and mother of the nation, 

Kate Sheppard, in a public 

disagreement which resonated 

in the letters to the editor pages 

of the Christchurch Star and the 

Lyttelton Times over the last few 

days of 1898. 

The interaction features in 

Judith Devaliant’s book Kate 

Sheppard: A Biography. 

“The issue concerned an 

anonymous woman who 

had had the misfortune of 

contracting what was clearly 

a rather nasty disease,” says 

Helen Osborne, property lead 

for Te Whare Waiutuutu Kate 

Sheppard House. 

Kate Sheppard’s Ilam home is 

today cared for by Heritage New 

Zealand Pouhere Taonga. 

“Suffragist Kate Sheppard 

and fellow women’s advocate 

Ada Wells wrote a letter to the 

editor highlighting the plight of 

the woman and her family and 

describing her condition as ‘a 

disease of loathsome form, the 

details of which are so revolting 

they cannot be here explained’. 

The zealous duo petitioned 

for the removal of the two sons 

of the woman in question so 

they could be lodged elsewhere 

in healthier surroundings as 

the boys were unable to isolate 

themselves within the rather 

pokey confines of their cottage. 

They argued the sons were in 

danger of becoming “a fruitful 

source of contamination to 

those with whom they come in 

contact”. 

Because the mother’s 

condition was a chronic one, 

the Charitable Aid Board had 

advised it had done all it could 

reasonably do. Both Sheppard 

and Wells asked people to send 

money to the newspaper to 

help out if they possibly could, 

adding “much could be said of 

the pitiful life of the children 

brought into hourly contact 

with hideous disease, but we 

refrain”. 

“From 1885 all hospitals 

were run by Charitable Aid 

Boards whose role was partly 

to assess patients to determine 

whether they could pay for their 

treatment. People assessed as 

‘paupers’ were treated for free,” 

says Osborne. 

“Boards and some members 

of the public were quick to 

expose people they believed 

were ripping off the system. The 

way patients were perceived by 

the Charitable Aid Boards was 

very important. Sensitivities 

about communicable diseases, 

including venereal disease, 

made public health and fair 

access to treatment a hot 

issue that left many women 

particularly vulnerable.” 

The Lyttelton Times started to 

receive donations as a result of 

the letter, and before long, it also 

received another contribution 

from a reader – a letter from 

Maude, who had a few things to 

say about the original Sheppard/ 

Wells letter. And when Maude 

said something, people had a 

tendency to sit up and listen. 

A word from Ilam MP 

Sarah 

Pallett 

Having a warm home is an essential 

part of preventing respiratory 

illnesses through the winter season 

and lowers the risk of other health 

issues. But the cost can be a real 

barrier. 

That’s why we’re continuing to 

support over a million Kiwis with the 

Winter Energy Payment. I’ve heard 

from many constituents what a relief 

it is to not have to worry so much 

about turning the heating off to save 

on power bills. 

When I worked as a midwife, I saw 

first-hand what it means to be unable 

to heat your home. To have to choose 

between getting a prescription filled 

or buying a few loaves of bread. 

Therefore, when Finance Minister 

Grant Robertson came before caucus 

and told us that we were going to be 

scrapping the $5 prescription fee, I 

felt quite emotional because I know 

what a massive difference this is 

going to make to the health of our 

people. 

We know that more than 135,000 

adults did not collect their 

medications because of cost in 

2021-22. But when people are able 

to pick up all of the medication 

that their doctor has prescribed for 

them, it reduces the chance of small 

issues becoming big problems that 

require hospitalisation. This eases the 

pressure on our health system, which 

benefits everyone. 

I know that these actions, alongside 

our recent 1 April income boosts, 

will help many families make ends 

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months. 

As always, I’m here to help. Please get 

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the city’s most powerful women 

Maude announced in her letter 

that she knew the woman in 

question because – even though 

the patient wasn’t identified by 

Sheppard and Wells – it was 

obvious who they were referring 

to. She also said the woman had 

been under her personal care for 

years. 

And then she got stuck in: 

“The unfortunate sufferer is 

much distressed at the publicity 

now sought to be given, first 

without her knowledge or 

consent, and secondly because 

of the incorrect and alarming 

statements circulated as to the 

alleged contagious nature of her 

complaint,” she wrote, adding 

that the patient hadn’t actually 

talked to anyone about her 

plight, not least Sheppard and 

Wells. 

“She is not ‘lying prostrated 

from a disease of loathsome 

form’. She is able to walk about, 

enjoy fresh air, and I have 

taken her out and sent her for 

a drive, which I should be very 

unlikely to do if her condition 

were ‘a fruitful source of 

contamination’.” 

Maude also advised that 

the patient had refused any 

additional help beyond what she 

“receives already from private 

friends and the Charitable Aid 

Board” and that her sons were all 

healthy and in no danger from 

infection. 

The letter was followed by a 

CONTRIBUTION: Kate Sheppard was the leader of New 

Zealand’s women’s suffrage movement. 

note from the editor advising 

that donations would be 

returned to readers should it be 

found that the woman and her 

three sons were the ones at the 

centre of the original letter – 

such was Maude’s mana. 

It seemed that maybe this 

storm in the Royal Doulton 

teacup might be over. Until 

the zealous Kate and Ada 

double-downed on their original 

assertions in a second letter that 

appeared in the paper a couple of 

days later. 

“We have no wish to enter 

upon a controversy with Miss 

Maude whose “amour propre” 

[self esteem] as professional 

nurse seems to have been 

wounded,” they wrote. 

“Our object in writing to you 

was to obtain healthy conditions 

for the children.” 

They also challenged Maude’s 

medical assessment with the 

contrary view of an unnamed 

“medical man” they consulted. 

They also had a wee dig at 

Maude’s assertion that the two 

hadn’t actually talked to the 

woman concerned. 

“Miss Maude endeavours to 

throw doubt on our statement 

that we called at the cottage . . . 

we are sorry she should have so 

poor an opinion of our veracity.” 

The letters to the editor page – a 

slower, and only slightly more 

genteel 19th-century version 

of Facebook – drew further 

comment from readers keen 

to wade in. One ‘troll’ signing 

themselves as ‘A Rank Outsider’, 

for example, suggested “a little 

closer inquiry and a glance at 

a medical dictionary [by Mrs 

Sheppard and Mrs Wells] might 

have saved a certain poor sufferer 

a heartache instead of adding to 

her suffering.” 

And there the matter appears 

to have landed – a brief though 

very public spat between two of 

colonial New Zealand’s foremost 

female movers and shakers. The 

clash is revealing, Osborne said. 

“The debate illustrates the 

very different approaches taken 

by these women to the pressing 

social issues of the day – in this 

case healthcare,” she says. 

“Both were on the same ‘side’ 

and shared common values. Kate 

Sheppard and Nurse Maude were 

both strong Christians with a 

very solid social conscience and 

sense of duty to the community, 

the poor and the welfare of 

women in particular. The fact 

that their different approaches 

appear to have put them at 

loggerheads in this situation is 

fascinating.” 

Politically astute Sheppard 

– the reformer and advocate 

– was interested in changing 

institutional structures that 

kept women and their families 

poor and powerless. Nurse 

Maude’s approach was to roll up 

her sleeves and help. Sheppard 

affected lasting institutional 

change by skilfully building up 

networks of influence around 

the country and the world. 

Maude crammed every waking 

hour with hands-on service 

to the poor and dispossessed, 

fuelled by compassion and bacon 

sandwiches, and in her latter 

years terrorising motorists in a 

donated car with her somewhat 

loose interpretation of the road 

code as she went about her 

rounds. 

“The two women epitomised 

policy v practical help; strategy 

versus sympathy. Both were 

reformers in their different ways 

and both left a lasting legacy,” 

says Osborne. 

When Sheppard died in 1934, 

the Christchurch Times wrote: 

“A great woman has gone, whose 

name will remain an inspiration 

to the daughters of New Zealand 

while our history endures.” 

A year later, almost to the 

day, Maude passed away. Loved 

by countless patients and their 

families, hundreds of mourners 

lined the streets as her funeral 

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Artists embrace city’s heritage building 

A WARM, affordable studio 

space at Toi Auaha, Rolleston 

House means Elizabeth Moyle 

can focus on making art. 

Moyle moved into her downstairs 

studio in February. The 

painter and printmaker had been 

teaching painting full-time at 

Cashmere High School when 

a diagnosis of breast cancer 

changed the landscape. After a 

year of successful treatment in 

2022, an opportunity for a studio 

came up at Toi Auaha, and she 

embraced it. 

The heritage-listed building at 

5 Worcester Boulevard became 

a community arts venue in 

December last year as part of 

the city’s Arts Strategy – Toi 

Ōtautahi. It is owned by the city 

council and provides studios for 

up to 18 artists, along with bookable 

office and meeting spaces. 

“You know when things hit 

the fan and you reassess? I was 

like, ‘this is my thing, making 

art is what I need to do’. Having 

this space means I can focus on 

my art and have other artists 

around, which helps cross-pollination 

to happen,” said Moyle. 

“There’s another artist upstairs, 

for example, and we’ve just 

put in a proposal for a show next 

year. Gallery staff, artists and the 

wider art world can come into 

this space so being in that professional 

environment enables those 

Toi Auaha, 

Rolleston 

House 

became a 

community 

arts venue in 

December. 

conversations to happen. 

“As an artist, you can have 

long periods of time in-between 

being paid so the space has been 

set up in a really supportive way.” 

In a sunny, north-facing 

room upstairs is Nic Low, 

author of Uprising and partnerships 

editor of New Zealand 

Geographic. He shares the room 

with fellow writer Rachel King, 

with whom he used to share 

co-directorship of the WORD 

Christchurch Festival. 

For Low, the space offers a 

perfect mix of solitude and connection 

after an intensely busy 

two-year period. 

“I wanted to concentrate on 

writing, and I didn’t want to be 

sitting in my bedroom or staring 

out the window at home. 

I’d spent most of the last two 

decades in Melbourne and I was 

craving community and fellow 

writers and artists. 

“It’s that combination of having 

space to concentrate, shut the 

door and go into your own work 

and thoughts but then when you 

come out to be able go down to 

the kitchen and find interesting, 

like-minded, curious people who 

value the arts and are committed 

to it.” 

City council principal arts 

advisor Kiri Jarden said she was 

pleased with how the facility is 

developing. There are currently 

17-18 artists with studio space 

HUB: Artist Elizabeth 

Moyle and writer Nic Low 

are among 18 creatives 

working from studios at Toi 

Auaha, Rolleston House. 

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and a growing waiting list. 

“We’re continuing to develop 

the shared spaces and fine-tune 

how the building operates at a 

practical level. It’s important that 

our resident artists are able to 

achieve what they want to here.” 

There are outbuildings that 

may in future become working 

spaces for sculpture or other 

‘messy’ work and a small room 

off the kitchen that’s been earmarked 

for soundproofing. 

The initiative is cost neutral for 

the city council. Toi Ōtautahi has 

been supported with funding 

from Manatū Taonga Ministry 

for Culture and Heritage for the 

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Ingredients 

1kg potatoes 

Salt 

4 Tbsp olive oil, divided 

Black pepper, to taste 

2 Tbsp chopped fresh green 

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Any colour kūmara is fine for 

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vary, depending on vege size. 

Serves 4 

Ingredients 

4 orange kūmara 

1 Tbsp olive oil 

½ tsp salt 

Salad 

2 Tbsp olive oil 

½ red onion, sliced 

2 cloves garlic 

1 cup drained cannellini beans 

1 cup chopped tomatoes 

½ cup chopped Italian parsley 

¼ cup green olives, halved 

Salt and pepper 

1 Tbsp balsamic vinegar 

1 tsp brown sugar 

100g feta, crumbled 

Directions 

Preheat the oven to 170 deg C. 

Rub kūmara with 1 tablespoon 

oil, season, then place them onto 

a baking tray. 

Cook in the middle of the 

oven for 35-40 minutes or until 

softened. 

While they bake make the 

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302 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

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202 

6 

C N A 

E C R 

12 13 

14 15 16 17 18 

many 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 14 Excellent 17 

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 201: age, ague, ale, alee, eagle, eel, gal, 

gale, gee, gel, glee, glue, lag, lea, LEAGUE, lee, leg, 

word. leu, lug, luge. 

Good 7 Very Good 10 Excellent 15 

19 20 21 

22 23 24 25 26 

27 28 

29 

Across 

1. Livelihood (colloq) (5,3,6) 

10. Preen (5) 

11. Distressing (9) 

12. Hug (7) 

13. Underwater missile (7) 

14. Bush (5) 

16. Custom (9) 

19. Doubting (9) 

20. Military exercise (5) 

22. Apprehends (7) 

25. Landscape (7) 

27. Not sure (9) 

28. Clan (5) 

29. Irrelevant (6,3,5) 

Down 

2. Pay back (9) 

3. First in importance (5) 

4. Genuine (9) 

5. Preliminary version (5) 

6. Single (9) 

7. Designation (5) 

8. Ring-tailed mammal (7) 

9. Races (6) 

15. Slaughtered (9) 

17. Suddenly (3,2,4) 

18. Fake (9) 

19. Give in (7) 

21. Dally (6) 

23. Mexican meal (5) 

24. Minimal (5) 

26. Fashion reminiscent of the past 

(5) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Bread and butter, 

10. Primp, 11. Traumatic, 

12. Embrace, 13. Torpedo, 

14. Shrub, 16. Tradition, 

19. Sceptical, 20. Drill, 22. 

Catches, 25. Terrain, 27. 

Uncertain, 28. Tribe, 29. 

Beside the point. 

Down: 2. Reimburse, 3. 

Alpha, 4. Authentic, 5. Draft, 

6. Unmarried, 7. Title, 8. 

Raccoon, 9. Speeds, 15. 

Butchered, 17. All at once, 

18. Imitation, 19. Succumb, 

21. Linger, 23. Tacos, 24. 

Scant, 26. Retro. 

WordBuilder 

ace, acne, acre, arc, can, 

CANCER, cane, car, care, 

crane, ear, earn, era, nacre, 

narc, near, race, ran 

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RAY WHITE PAPANUI 

Enthusiasm and opportunities 

in the auction room 

Sam Steele 

Lead Auctioneer, 

Ray White New Zealand 

May saw an increase in activity across 

the Ray White group’s auctions. This 

heightened level of engagement 

resulted in a series of competitive 

auctions and a success rate of 52.40 

per cent. 

Auctions saw a significant increase 

in bidders, with double-digit 

registrations reported, validating our 

salespeople’s observations of a rise in 

buyer interest and attendance at open 

homes. 

An average registered bidders metric 

of 2.70 indicates buyers are seeing 

fresh opportunities in a market that 

may have previously eluded them. Our 

busy auction rooms have garnered 

media attention lately too, thanks to 

the increasing number of attendees 

and a more enthusiastic atmosphere. 

Auctions conducted by Ray White 

outperformed other methods of sale 

in May, and our latest data highlights 

the method’s efficacy. 

Properties listed for auction spent 

an average of 37 days on the market, 

whereas those listed for private 

treaty took 56 days to sell. This 

stark difference underscores the 

confidence buyers and sellers have 

in the auction process, with auctions 

accounting for 28 per cent of all 

properties listed in May. 

Another positive trend observed 

during this period was the resurgence 

of first-home buyers entering the 

market. Our salespeople noted a 

considerable increase in the number 

of buyers taking their first step onto 

the property ladder. This, coupled with 

indications of stabilising mortgage 

lending rates, sets a strong foundation 

for auction success in the second half 

of 2023. 

Overall, the Ray White group’s May 

campaigns have been characterised 

by heightened activity and 

competitiveness. The success of our 

auctions, and the growing interest 

from first-home buyers, point towards 

a positive outlook for the remainder of 

the year. 

If you are interested in learning 

more about Auctions please 

contact the team, we look forward 

to hearing from you. 

Feature Properties 

61 Sutherland Drive, Kaiapoi 

Eneka Burroughs and Tracy Thomson 

31a Britannia Street, New Brighton 

Eneka Burroughs and Tracy Thomson 

Just Sold 

28 O’Leary Street, Hoon Hay 

Vanessa Golightly and Maria Paterson 

Vanessa Golightly 

Business Owner 

and Licensee Agent 

Ray White Papanui 

027 664 9292 

Maria Paterson 

Licensee 

Salesperson 

027 543 4689 

30 Newmark Street, Bishopdale 

Tracy Thomson and Eneka Burroughs 

Tracy Thomson 

Licensee 

Salesperson 

027 440 3035 

Eneka Burroughs 

Licensee 

Salesperson 

021 117 0380 

11 Evans Place, Kaiapoi 

Tracy Thomson and Eneka Burroughs 

Phil Mac 

Licensee 

Salesperson 

021 057 6489

Nor'West News: June 29, 2023

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