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THURSDAY, JULY <strong>20</strong>, <strong>20</strong>23<br />
Zephyr<br />
releases<br />
debut<br />
single<br />
• By Briar Allen<br />
A RISING young rock band<br />
is set to release its debut single<br />
tomorrow.<br />
Former and current students<br />
from Christchurch Boys’ High,<br />
Christchurch Girls’ High and<br />
Avonside Girls’ High Schools<br />
make up the band Zephyr.<br />
(She Ain’t Got No) Shame is the<br />
band’s first single since forming<br />
in <strong>20</strong>22. It follows their success at<br />
last year’s Rockquest, where they<br />
were third in the national final.<br />
They also opened the Selwyn<br />
Sounds music festival in March.<br />
There, they performed to<br />
about 5000 people and shared<br />
the stage with renowned New<br />
Zealand musicians Sir Dave<br />
Dobbyn, Stellar, Mi-Sex and Gin<br />
Wigmore.<br />
• Turn to page 6<br />
www.starnews.co.nz<br />
ZEPHYR: Lead singer Cleo Cavell and the band opening<br />
Selwyn Sounds in March. PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
Stores<br />
targeted<br />
in crime<br />
spree<br />
CUTTS RD Mini Mart in Russley<br />
was raided during a smash and<br />
grab spree across the city early on<br />
Monday morning.<br />
Seven business were targeted,<br />
including stores in Halswell and<br />
Wigram.<br />
Cutts Rd Mini Mart owner<br />
Kinjan Shah heard a large “bang”<br />
at 6am and quickly discovered his<br />
shop had been hit.<br />
“I’m always reading the news<br />
and I know the ram-raids happen<br />
so I know it’s going to happen,<br />
they target each and every store,”<br />
he said.<br />
Shah ran to check his shop<br />
and found a car planted in the<br />
building’s entrance.<br />
Footage from the incident<br />
showed the car attempting to<br />
breach the shop entrance but<br />
being unable to.<br />
The break-in followed another<br />
at the MetroMart on Sparks Rd,<br />
Halswell, about 3am, when a large<br />
hole was smashed into the glass<br />
shop front and shards scattered<br />
inside the store’s entrance. Fifteen<br />
minutes later, another shop on<br />
Wigram Rd was hit.<br />
Said Shah of the break-in at his<br />
Cutts Rd store: “The emotion of<br />
my business friends – we feel this<br />
problem but we know it’s going to<br />
happen.<br />
“We have to face the problem<br />
now, that’s normal these days.<br />
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what’s on<br />
this week<br />
Citizens Advice Bureau<br />
Tuesday, 2-5pm<br />
Fendalton Library<br />
The Citizens Advice Bureau<br />
provides free and confidential advice<br />
to everyone and will equip you with<br />
the information, options and support<br />
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JP Clinic<br />
Wednesday, 10am-1pm<br />
Orauwhata: Bishopdale Library and<br />
Community Centre<br />
A Justice of the Peace will<br />
be available to members of the<br />
community to witness signatures and<br />
documents, certify document copies,<br />
hear oaths, declarations, affidavits or<br />
affirmations as well as sign citizenship,<br />
sponsorship or rates rebates<br />
applications. There is no charge for<br />
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Lions Club of Chch Host<br />
2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month,<br />
5.30pm<br />
Papanui RSA<br />
If you would like to join, contact<br />
president Marion McWha on 3861 581.<br />
Papanui Toy Library<br />
Wednesday, 7pm-8.45pm &<br />
Saturday, 10am-noon<br />
185 Cavendish Rd<br />
The Papanui Toy Library encourages<br />
and supports children’s development,<br />
with over 800 high quality toys for<br />
children aged 8 months to 8 years.<br />
Membership is an annual fee.<br />
Community Bible Group<br />
Monday, 10.30-noon<br />
Abberley Park Hall<br />
A community Bible reading group<br />
that meets Monday mornings. If<br />
you’re interested, please call Veronica<br />
on 021 022 92613.<br />
Mandarin Conversation Club<br />
Wednesdays, 5-6pm<br />
Fendalton Library<br />
This is a drop-in group where anyone<br />
is welcome to come and practise<br />
conversations in Mandarin, in a<br />
friendly and relaxed environment.<br />
This is not a class, but an opportunity<br />
to talk with others in Mandarin and to<br />
meet new people in the community.<br />
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Thursday 2-4pm<br />
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are preferred. You can contact Victoria<br />
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Share Kai and Korero<br />
Saturday, 10am-noon<br />
St Albans Community Centre, 1049<br />
Colombo St<br />
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Tuesday, 1-3pm<br />
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> <strong>20</strong> <strong>20</strong>23 3<br />
School celebrates with<br />
kite-making and kai<br />
• By Briar Allen<br />
WHĀNAU HAVE been invited<br />
along to celebrate Matariki at<br />
Redwood Primary School.<br />
The school will host a range of<br />
activities from 11am to 2.30pm<br />
tomorrow for pupils, family and<br />
caregivers.<br />
Principal Nick Gunn said the<br />
school has run events in the<br />
past to celebrate Matariki and,<br />
even though the holiday landed<br />
before the school term started,<br />
they still wanted to mark the<br />
occasion.<br />
“We will have a range of<br />
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which involves the children<br />
making a small kite and flying<br />
it around a course that visits<br />
a post that represents each<br />
one of the stars that make up<br />
Matariki.”<br />
Gunn said there will also be<br />
shared kai with veges and fruit<br />
from the school garden used to<br />
make soups, muffins and cake.<br />
“It is really important to<br />
celebrate Matariki as it is a time<br />
to reflect and plan ahead as<br />
well as recognise our treaty. It<br />
provides a chance for the whole<br />
school to come together and<br />
learn.”<br />
FUN AND GAMES: Redwood<br />
Primary pupils Ryder (left) and<br />
Tyrell learn about a marae.<br />
Left – Teacher Kirsty Fletcher<br />
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Gunn said the school is<br />
always looking to improve its<br />
Matariki celebration.<br />
“Our lead teacher Lynda<br />
Selwood, supported by a team<br />
of teachers within the school,<br />
are always planning the<br />
activities and getting new ideas<br />
to improve and evolve the event<br />
each year.<br />
“It is a great opportunity for<br />
families to spend time with<br />
their kids and enjoy being at<br />
the school and getting involved,<br />
especially now we have<br />
Covid-19 more under control.<br />
We love having family and<br />
community involvement.”<br />
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VILLA MARIA College students<br />
and staff have come up with a<br />
plan to make the streets near the<br />
school safer.<br />
Deputy principal Mike Baugh<br />
said the plan started with senior<br />
students and the student council<br />
raising concerns about their<br />
safety when<br />
travelling to<br />
school.<br />
“Our<br />
concerns<br />
revolved<br />
around the<br />
speed limit on<br />
Yaldhurst Rd,<br />
as well as the<br />
lack of signage<br />
indicating<br />
Mike Baugh<br />
there is a school zone and a speed<br />
limit change and the narrow<br />
congestion on Brodie St due to<br />
parking on either side,” he said.<br />
They have been working with<br />
the city council’s community<br />
travel advisor George Booty<br />
to develop a travel plan that<br />
improves road safety and<br />
encourages the whole school<br />
community to use active modes<br />
of transport to get to and from<br />
school.<br />
Baugh said even though some<br />
people may have issues with<br />
a speed limit change, it will<br />
improve safety for their students.<br />
“It will make a significant<br />
difference and we will continue<br />
to promote traffic and students’<br />
safety around the school.<br />
Students’ safety is our first<br />
priority.”<br />
Baugh said they presented<br />
their travel plan to the Waipuna<br />
Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton<br />
Community Board, the city<br />
council and Waka Kotahi NZ<br />
Transport Agency, which came<br />
back with some suggestions.<br />
These included promoting<br />
‘Park and Stride’, which involves<br />
parents parking and dropping<br />
their children off so they can walk<br />
the last bit to school, instead of<br />
dropping them right at the front<br />
gate, to help ease congestion.<br />
Said Baugh: “(The plan<br />
included) adding more signage to<br />
indicate the speed limit change<br />
on Yaldhurst Rd from 60km/h<br />
to 50km/h, with the city council<br />
and transport agency looking<br />
into changing the speed limit to<br />
30km/h during school hours.”<br />
Baugh said Brodie St will not<br />
be altered in terms of parking. He<br />
has been informed the changes<br />
will be made late <strong>20</strong>23 to early<br />
<strong>20</strong>24.<br />
He also said it was nice they got<br />
a response so quickly.<br />
“It has been an overall<br />
positive experience, especially<br />
for the students who were<br />
involved as it showed them that<br />
they could voice these issues and<br />
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WITH A background as a<br />
bookbinder and as a trainer on<br />
the construction of commercial<br />
books, each day is different for<br />
the city council’s preservation<br />
and distribution team leader<br />
Jane Hackett.<br />
“Whether I’m organising<br />
my team to deliver books and<br />
exhibition items across the city,<br />
or I’m spending time repairing<br />
books, no day is ever the same,”<br />
said Hackett.<br />
Hackett said her team works<br />
hard to make sure books are<br />
relocated to fill customers’ holds,<br />
and to give books that need to<br />
remain in the collection an extra<br />
life.<br />
“Every library book is examined<br />
on return and will be passed along<br />
to my team if it is in need of repair.<br />
We’ll determine what needs<br />
to be done and then restore it to<br />
the best of our ability.<br />
“When I come home with a<br />
huge smile on my face, my husband<br />
can always tell I’ve been repairing<br />
books. I love this aspect<br />
of my job, it’s my happy place.”<br />
Books that are no longer<br />
needed in the collection skip the<br />
repair process and instead are<br />
kept for the Christchurch City<br />
Libraries Big Bargain Book Sale<br />
– an event planned and managed<br />
by Hackett.<br />
Hackett said the preservation<br />
and distribution team deliver a<br />
selection of books to at least 10<br />
rest homes each fortnight.<br />
“This is a joint effort with our<br />
outreach team who put these selections<br />
together, and we deliver<br />
them.<br />
“To encourage tamariki to engage<br />
with books and reading, we<br />
also deliver a range of children’s<br />
books to low decile preschools<br />
three times a term.”<br />
Hackett said another significant<br />
part of her role is to<br />
manage the distribution of books<br />
between the libraries, using two<br />
trucks to visit <strong>20</strong> sites a day,<br />
Monday to Friday.<br />
“During library closures, we<br />
work alongside the facilities team<br />
to assist with the reconfiguration<br />
of shelving, moving furniture<br />
and equipment around and<br />
minor maintenance. We also<br />
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setting up of exhibitions across<br />
the network.”<br />
The collaboration list continues<br />
as Hackett works together<br />
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> <strong>20</strong> <strong>20</strong>23<br />
Release of first track<br />
‘a big process’<br />
LIFE SAVING: A defibrillator has been installed at Cotswold<br />
Mātāhae School. Celebrating the installation were Jackie<br />
Foulkes (Hato Hone St John); Justin, Kristal and Ayden<br />
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Life saving device now<br />
available at school<br />
AN AUTOMATED external<br />
defibrillator has been installed at<br />
Cotswold Mātāhae School.<br />
Administrator Marie Bianco<br />
said it had been a long-term<br />
project for the Bishopdale<br />
school.<br />
“We wanted to have this<br />
vital piece of life saving<br />
equipment available for our<br />
staff and students as well as<br />
our wider community, outside<br />
of school and business hours.<br />
“We were lucky enough<br />
to be chosen . . . to have the<br />
AED installed due to Cotswold<br />
Mātāhae School having Ayden, a<br />
very special heart child enrolled<br />
at our school.”<br />
The device was funded by<br />
Hato Hone St John; Embracing<br />
Hearts, a charity that donates<br />
defibrillators to schools; Heart<br />
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board of trustees.<br />
The AED is located at the<br />
entrance to the school office at 50<br />
Cotswold Ave.<br />
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Guitarist Reuben Anderson,<br />
17, bassist Scarlett Robson, 17,<br />
and drummer Mya Cawood,<br />
18, have been friends since they<br />
were 13.<br />
Vocalist Cleo Cavell, 17, joined<br />
the band after being approached<br />
by Robson to be their singer.<br />
Anderson said it is quite<br />
exciting to be releasing their<br />
debut song.<br />
“It has been a big process but<br />
very happy it’s happening,” he<br />
said.<br />
He said it has taken awhile<br />
because they have been learning<br />
about the process and what<br />
goes on behind the scenes of<br />
recording a song.<br />
“We want to thank Chris<br />
van de Geer from the band<br />
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distribution and everyone at<br />
Big Pop Records and Regan<br />
Barker for helping us with the<br />
recording.”<br />
Cavell said the biggest<br />
obstacle was deciding on the<br />
cover art for the single.<br />
“When you have four people<br />
with all different visions and<br />
styles it can take a while to agree<br />
on something,” she said.<br />
Originally the band was called<br />
The Jhets but they changed the<br />
YOUNG ROCKERS: Zephyr members (from left) drummer<br />
Mya Cawood, guitarist Reuben Anderson, singer Cleo<br />
Cavell and bassist Scarlett Robson.<br />
name as people kept thinking<br />
they were like Bennie and<br />
the Jets. “We didn’t like the<br />
association and we didn’t like<br />
how it wasn’t original, so from<br />
the beginning of this year we<br />
have been Zephyr, which Mya<br />
came up with and we all liked,”<br />
she said.<br />
The single follows the story<br />
of a young female waltzing her<br />
way through life in a groupie<br />
fashion with attacking guitar<br />
riffs, a pounding bass, powerful<br />
drumming and a stunning vocal<br />
range.<br />
With three of the musicians<br />
still at school, Anderson<br />
and Cavell said they hope to<br />
continue the band for a while.<br />
“The goal is to write as much<br />
music as we can and get it<br />
recorded and released,” he said.<br />
• (She Ain’t Got No)<br />
Shame will be available on<br />
Spotify, iTunes and Apple<br />
Music and can be presaved<br />
on their Facebook<br />
and Instagram pages, or<br />
you can catch the band<br />
live at The Bower in the<br />
beer garden from 1pm on<br />
Sunday.<br />
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Civic Awards <strong>20</strong>23<br />
Who will you nominate?<br />
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for Christchurch and its people.<br />
We recognise these valued contributions with<br />
our annual Civic Awards.<br />
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ccc.govt.nz/CivicAwards<br />
or pick one up from any of our<br />
service centres or libraries.<br />
Send your nominations to us by<br />
5pm, Monday 31 <strong>July</strong> <strong>20</strong>23.<br />
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Dive into delicious bounty from the sea<br />
Colleen O’Connor<br />
turns her attention to<br />
delectable kai moana<br />
Seafood chowder<br />
Serves 6<br />
Ingredients<br />
¾ cup dry white wine<br />
1.5kg shellfish (I used mussels<br />
and clams)<br />
1 large potato, cubed 1cm<br />
50g butter<br />
1 leek, diced<br />
1 carrot, diced<br />
2 clove garlic, chopped<br />
½ cup flour<br />
1 litre fish stock<br />
1 bay leaf<br />
2 sprigs thyme<br />
250ml cream<br />
250ml full milk<br />
300g smoked fish (I used<br />
kingfish)<br />
1 fillet of white fish (I used blue<br />
cod)<br />
1 fillet of salmon<br />
Chopped parsley to garnish<br />
Sea salt & pepper<br />
Directions<br />
In a large pot, heat the wine<br />
and add the shellfish, cover, and<br />
steam until the shells open. (I<br />
usually stand ready to extract<br />
each one as it opens with a pair<br />
of tongs). Set the shellfish aside.<br />
Reduce the wine by half then set<br />
aside.<br />
Meanwhile, tip the potatoes<br />
into a small pot of boiling water<br />
to cover and simmer till fork<br />
tender. Drain and set aside.<br />
Heat the butter in a large<br />
saucepan and gently cook the<br />
carrots, leek, and garlic, until<br />
tender. Add the flour, stirring<br />
to form a roux. Add the wine<br />
and a little fish stock and stir to<br />
a thick paste. Gradually add the<br />
rest of the stock, and the bay leaf<br />
and thyme, stirring to ensure no<br />
lumps form.<br />
Add the milk and cream, using<br />
a whisk to form a smooth base.<br />
Add in all the seafood and the<br />
cooked potato and bring to a<br />
gentle simmer then remove from<br />
the heat.<br />
Serve garnished with parsley.<br />
Fish cakes<br />
Serves 4<br />
Ingredients<br />
400g Agria potatoes, peeled and<br />
quartered<br />
2 Tbsp olive oil<br />
Finely grated zest and juice of 1<br />
lemon<br />
2 thyme sprigs<br />
½ lemon, sliced<br />
300g fish (I use a combination<br />
of salmon and white)<br />
300g smoked fish<br />
Handful of flat leaf parsley,<br />
chopped<br />
½ cup plain flour<br />
2 medium eggs, lightly beaten<br />
1½ cups of panko crumbs<br />
¼ cup canola oil<br />
Anchovy dressing<br />
2 Tbsp capers<br />
2 small shallots, peeled and<br />
finely chopped<br />
Zest of a lemon<br />
Bunch flat leaf parsley leaves,<br />
chopped<br />
1 small tin of anchovies,<br />
chopped (about 6)<br />
½ cup of good quality extra<br />
virgin olive oil<br />
Directions<br />
Put the potatoes in a pot of<br />
well-salted water to cover and<br />
bring to the boil.<br />
Cook for 10-15 minutes until<br />
tender when pierced with a knife.<br />
Drain well and mash. Mix in the<br />
first measure of olive oil, zest and<br />
juice. Season to taste, cool.<br />
Add thyme, lemon slices and<br />
all the fish to a wide pan of<br />
slowly simmering salted water<br />
and gently poach for a few<br />
minutes until cooked. Transfer<br />
to a plate lined with a paper<br />
towel to cool down.<br />
Flake the fish and add with the<br />
parsley to the mashed potatoes,<br />
gently mixing with your hands.<br />
Taste and adjust seasoning.<br />
Divide mixture into four<br />
rounded patties.<br />
Season the flour with salt and<br />
pepper, coat the patties with the<br />
flour then dip into the egg and<br />
finally into the panko crumbs,<br />
turning to evenly coat all over.<br />
Chill in fridge to set<br />
(minimum ½ hour).<br />
To cook, heat the oven to<br />
180 deg C. Heat a thin layer of<br />
canola oil in a wide ovenproof<br />
frying pan. Fry the fish cakes<br />
for 2-3 minutes until golden<br />
brown, then flip over and fry<br />
for a further 1-2 minutes. Finish<br />
cooking in oven for 5-7 minutes.<br />
To make the dressing, gently<br />
warm the ingredients in a small<br />
pot for 3-4 minutes. Spoon a<br />
dollop on each warm plate and<br />
place the fish on top, with a<br />
further spoonful on top. Serve<br />
with steamed greens. – ODT<br />
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REAL ESTATE<br />
Stunning Family Home<br />
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4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, 1 living,<br />
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With four bedrooms in total and the bonus of<br />
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Through a separate external entrance, you will<br />
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The living areas are impressively large,<br />
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CROSSWORD<br />
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10 11<br />
12 13 14<br />
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Thursday <strong>July</strong> <strong>20</strong> <strong>20</strong>23 11<br />
HOME & HEATING<br />
Ground moisture barrier<br />
under low sub-floor<br />
Now with the colder and wetter weather on<br />
its way, home owners are focusing on ways<br />
to make their homes comfortable, warm<br />
and healthy for their families throughout<br />
winter. Rising damp is an issue that affects<br />
many of our older properties which suffer<br />
from poor, or no, ground moisture barrier.<br />
In Canterbury especially, post-quake, many<br />
people have relocated to homes that suffer<br />
from rising damp which can be associated<br />
with health problems. Independent tests have<br />
shown that up to 40 litres of water can rise<br />
from the ground and enter a house every day,<br />
leading to mildew, mould, condensation and<br />
musty smells. Moulds can produce various<br />
allergic reactions and the frail, elderly and<br />
very young are especially vulnerable.<br />
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While insulation is important, it has been<br />
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villain in the house. The new Healthy Homes<br />
Standards introduced by the government<br />
effective from the 1st <strong>July</strong> <strong>20</strong>19 now has<br />
a requirement to install ground moisture<br />
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moisture in the home.<br />
Dr Larry Bellamy BE (hons) PhD in a<br />
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ARMED WITH a raft of<br />
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the road to success smoother<br />
than its underwhelming<br />
predecessor.<br />
It borrows some bits from the<br />
old model, including the same<br />
3.5-litre petrol V6, but has had<br />
an emphatic styling overhaul to<br />
make a telling and compelling<br />
difference. This Pathfinder demands<br />
attention with its strong,<br />
muscular appearance, shorter<br />
front overhang, slimmer pillars,<br />
C-shaped LED headlights and a<br />
“floating” roofline.<br />
Seven drive and terrain<br />
settings are available for the<br />
all-wheel drive system. A new<br />
innovation is Pro-PILOT featuring<br />
semi-autonomous driving.<br />
Safety is nailed in one, thanks to<br />
nine airbags, including curtain<br />
Motoring with Bob Nettleton<br />
bags spanning all three rows of<br />
seats. Towing of braked trailers<br />
up to 2700kg is made safer and<br />
easier with a two-mode on-board<br />
trailer-stability programme.<br />
Sold here initially in <strong>20</strong>22 as a<br />
three model line-up, Nissan NZ<br />
didn’t wait long to hit the delete<br />
button on the entry-level ST.<br />
Instead, they’ve opted for a two<br />
high-spec line-up starting with<br />
the $83,490 Ti. The lavishly appointed<br />
Ti-L I road tested is the<br />
‘cherry on the cake’ model.<br />
The engine’s maximum power<br />
of <strong>20</strong>2kw is about the same as<br />
the old model, while the 340Nm<br />
of torque is under done in an<br />
SUV of this size and weight.<br />
Consequently, low-speed pulling<br />
power suffers and isn’t as<br />
strong as it needs to be to cope<br />
with long punishing hill climbs<br />
under load. This leads to the<br />
transmission hunting between<br />
gears in search of more power to<br />
keep the vehicle moving along<br />
at a respectable clip. At times, all<br />
nine gears the transmission has<br />
at its disposal need to be called<br />
into play to do their bit.<br />
A large and welcoming cabin<br />
looks and feels the real large<br />
upmarket SUV deal. Comfort is<br />
assured regardless of what the<br />
weather is doing. Making this<br />
happen is the excellent tri-zone<br />
climate controlled air-conditioning<br />
with air vents all the way<br />
through to the back row of seats.<br />
Rear sunshades do a good job of<br />
reducing heat and glare.<br />
A huge 10.8-inch Head Up<br />
Display is standard, projecting<br />
key information, including turnby-turn<br />
satellite navigation, to<br />
keep the driver focused on the<br />
road ahead. An upgraded infotainment<br />
system has integrated<br />
wireless Apple CarPlay and<br />
wired Android Auto, four USB<br />
charging points plus two 12-volt<br />
outlets.<br />
There’s a comprehensive safety<br />
package from Nissan’s Intelligent<br />
Mobility Suite. Included is a<br />
rearview camera, an Advanced<br />
Drive-Assist instrument cluster<br />
and LED dusk-sensing headlights<br />
with high-beam assist.<br />
A well-sorted double wishbone<br />
front suspension and an<br />
independent multi-link rear end<br />
with coils, brings a fair degree<br />
of handling composure to the<br />
road holding table. However, the<br />
Pathfinder’s sheer size and <strong>20</strong>00-<br />
plus kg kerb weight compromises<br />
the vehicle’s handling at its outer<br />
extremities. This comes to the<br />
fore when driving on tight,<br />
twisty terrain, which we have an<br />
abundance of on our roads. The<br />
vehicle’s handling limitations<br />
aren’t helped by light steering.<br />
To my mind, the latest Ford<br />
Everest is the road-holding<br />
benchmark model for our large<br />
SUV market. Because it’s based<br />
on the latest Ford Ranger ute,<br />
it has genuine go anywhere<br />
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superior to the Pathfinder. It’s<br />
okay on ski-field access roads<br />
and that type of driving, but<br />
little more with its average<br />
ground clearance.<br />
Rating out of 10:<br />
Performance 7; Handling<br />
6; Build Quality 7;<br />
Comfort 7; Space 8;<br />
Test consumption<br />
12.9L/100km; Value for<br />
money 6; Safety – 5-star<br />
ANCAP crash rating.<br />
Overall points out of 10: 8<br />
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