Nor'West News: August 03, 2023

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‘Surviving war is 

a matter of luck’ 

THE KOREAN Armistice 

Agreement brought about a 

complete cessation of hostilities 

of the Korean War, and 

Forbes Taylor well knows the 

70th anniversary of that very 

important ceasefire date – July 

27, 1953. 

Back 70 years ago Forbes, who 

lives at Ngaio Marsh Retirement 

Village in Papanui, was near the 

frontline of a war that had been 

running for three years. 

He remembers on the night 

after the ceasefire had been 

announced there were flares 

let off and search lights shone 

into the sky above the new 

division between north and 

south. 

“It took effect at 10 o’clock at 

night. The armistice was read 

out to us, and then suddenly all 

the war zone lit up with search 

lights and rockets and things. 

It was a very colourful display 

with all those lights from the 

flare guns and search lights,” 

he remembered the day 

after celebrating his 92nd 

birthday last week. 

There was a feeling of 

celebration amongst the allies 

in the south because they had 

won further ground to the 

north of Seoul that would form 

part of the new South Korea, 

Forbes said. 

The bitter conflict began in 

June 1950, with North Korea 

supported by China and the 

Soviet Union. Talks concerning 

an armistice had started as 

early as July 10, 1951, but the 

frontline remained a dangerous 

place. Forbes said it was really 

a matter of luck as to whether 

he and other fellow servicemen 

survived. 

It was June 1953 and Forbes 

had not long been flown into 

Gimpo Airport, near Seoul. 

He had joined the Signals C or 

‘Charlie Troop’ to help service 

the telephone lines that were 

used by 1st Commonwealth 

division troops including in the 

‘Battle of the Hook’. 

He remembers desperate 

night-time attacks by the 

Chinese, trying to capture Hook 

valley territory before the July 

ceasefire was called. 

During this time repairs 

were needed on the telephone 

lines. The Chinese were repelled 

by United Nations forces, he 

said. 

On one frontline occasion, a 

shell exploded about 40 yards 

(36.5 metres) away. But it could 

have easily been much, much 

closer. 

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Citizens Advice Bureau 

Tuesday, 2-5pm 

Fendalton Library 

The Citizens Advice Bureau provides 

free and confidential advice to 

everyone and will equip you with the 

information, options and support to fit 

your needs. 

JP Clinic 

Wednesday, 10am-1pm 

Orauwhata: Bishopdale Library and 

Community Centre 

A Justice of the Peace will 

be available to members of the 

community to witness signatures and 

documents, certify document copies, 

hear oaths, declarations, affidavits or 

affirmations as well as sign citizenship, 

sponsorship or rates rebates 

applications. There is no charge for 

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Lions Club of Chch Host 

2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month, 

5.30pm 

Papanui RSA 

If you would like to join, contact 

president Marion McWha on 3861 581. 

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 8 months to 8 years. 

Membership is an annual fee. 

Community Bible Group 

Monday, 10.30-noon 

Abberley Park Hall 

A community Bible reading group 

that meets on Monday mornings. If 

you’re interested, please call Veronica 

on 021 022 92613. 

Knit ‘n’ Yarn 

Tuesday, 1-3pm 

Orauwhata: Bishopdale Library and 

Community Centre 

Come along and enjoy a chat with 

others as you knit. For anyone who 

loves to knit or wants to learn. 

Councillor for Papanui Ward 

Thursday, 2-4pm 

Redwood Library 

Do you have issues that you would 

like to discuss with your local city 

councillor? Victoria Henstock will 

be available to have a chat. Contact 

Thursday August 3 2023 

Empowering Art, Friday, 6-10pm, Saturday 10am-5pm and Sunday 

10am-3pm, Canterbury Aluminium, 31 Sheffield Cr. Christchurch Rotary 

Club’s exhibition brings together artworks that celebrate the power to inspire. 

Funds raised will go to Federated Farmers Hawkes Bay to provide support to 

those affected by Cyclone Gabrielle. Opening night tickets are $60 and can be 

purchased online only. After opening night, the exhibition will be open to the 

public free of charge. 

Victoria for an appointment on: 027 224 

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Wednesday, 12.30-1.30pm 

Redwood Library 

Join other book lovers in a friendly, 

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Thursday August 3 2023 3 

Graham Condon pools 

to close for maintenance 

THE POOLS at Graham 

Condon Recreation and Sport 

Centre are set to temporarily 

close from January for two 

significant maintenance projects. 

Work is scheduled to start 

behind the scenes at Graham 

Condon in September, and the 

pool hall will close from early 

January to approximately mid- 

April 2024. 

The gym and sports halls will 

remain open throughout this 

time. 

The city council’s 

head of recreation, 

sport and events 

Nigel Cox said the 

pellet boiler water 

heating system 

Nigel Cox 

will be replaced 

with electric heat 

pumps, and the 

water filtration system will also 

be replaced. 

“This work will improve energy 

efficiency and water quality, 

while ensuring that the heating 

and filtering systems continue 

to function optimally long-term. 

We’ll also perform general 

maintenance work, as part of our 

planned, regular maintenance 

schedule of our city-wide recreation 

centres,” said Cox. 

MAINTENANCE: The Graham Condon pool hall will close for 

about four months from early January. PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

“While the work won’t make 

the pool hall look significantly 

different, it is essential for maintaining 

the facility to a high 

standard and helping to prevent 

unscheduled shutdowns.” 

Several considerations were 

factored into the timing of the 

closure. 

“We have scheduled this work 

to happen over the summer, 

when our outdoor summer pools 

are open so they are available for 

• Customers with a pool or 

gym-and-pool membership 

or pool multi-visit pass can 

use any of the city councilowned 

pool facilities. 

• Members can also 

request to freeze their 

membership during the 

closure if they prefer. 

• Gym-and-pool members 

can downgrade to a gym 

only membership, provided 

they have been a member 

for over four weeks. 

• Swimsmart customers 

have the option of taking 

lessons at an alternative 

pool or freezing their 

Swimsmart membership. 

the community to use, in addition 

to the indoor pools at Jellie 

Park, Pioneer, Taiora QEII, and 

Te Pou Toetoe Linwood Pool. 

“This timing also means that 

some of our staff at Graham 

Condon can be redeployed to the 

outdoor pools, and our school 

groups are only affected for term 

one,” Cox said. 

“Our team has facilitated 

bookings for schools at alternative 

centres and kept all customers 

informed about what’s happening 

and the options available 

to them.” 

Contractors will begin initial 

preparation work in September, 

while the pools remain open. 

To provide access for contractors 

and construction offices, car 

parking will be reduced. 

“We’ll ensure customers have 

priority access to the car parks 

closest to the entrance,” Cox said. 

“We want to thank everyone 

affected by this disruption 

for your patience and 

understanding.” 

In Brief 

FEEDBACK WANTED ON 

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The city council has called for 

feedback on its Pūharakekenui 

Styx draft stormwater 

management plan. It sets out how 

the city council will meet the 

requirements of its stormwater 

resource consent and promote 

water quality improvements. For 

more information or to provide 

feedback, visit letstalk.ccc.govt. 

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Veteran looks back on Korean War 

• From page 1 

“I thought, good heavens, I 

could have been there (under the 

shell). I came to the conclusion: 

surviving war is a matter of 

luck,” he said. 

Because he had arrived 

towards the end of physical 

warfare, Forbes spent much of 

his 18 months of service during 

the period of ceasefire. There 

were moments of tension, but 

also the chance for rest and 

relaxation. While the Americans 

would fly the Kiwi contingent to 

Tokyo, Forbes would sometimes 

push on to other destinations 

including the post-atomic bomb 

Hiroshima. 

Later it was quite a trip home 

from his period of service. He’d 

sailed from Pusan to Brisbane, 

where he and other troops 

marched and were cheered by 

the crowds, on to Kingsford 

Smith Airport, Sydney, and New 

Zealand. On his arrival back 

in Christchurch his mum was 

there. He was also greeted by 

Government representatives at 

the King Edward Barracks in the 

city. 

He is matter of fact when 

relating how his mother coped 

with men going to war. Forbes’ 

maternal grandfather, Thomas 

Phillips Lloyd, had fought in the 

Second Anglo-Afghan War of 

1878-1880. Forbes’ father was 

one of the 20 survivors within a 

100-strong company caught at 

‘I came to the conclusion 

surviving war is a matter 

of luck’ – Forbes Taylor 

Passchendaele in World War 1. 

Forbes is very proud of his 

siblings. One older brother Lloyd 

served in “Sunderland flying 

boats” safeguarding convoys in 

World War 2, but then died at 23, 

after his return to New Zealand, 

in a motorcycle accident near 

Ashburton. 

His other brother Ross 

was involved Nasa’s space 

programme. He was the first 

geochemist to get his hands 

on the samples of moon rock, 

picked up by Neil Armstrong 

and Buzz Aldrin, and brought 

back to Earth by Apollo 11. 

Forbes has kept up with the 

Korean political standoff, and 

has been part of Christchurchbased 

recognition of progress 

between the two sides. He and 

family members including his 

wife have revisited South Korea 

many times. 

In April 2018, North Korea 

and South Korea agreed to talks 

to end the ongoing 65-year 

conflict. 

SERVICE: Lieutenant Forbes 

Taylor, 21, in 1953. 

Left – Forbes with his medals 

in 2013, and at the Korean 

War Memorial unveiling in 

2005 (below). 

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St Albans pupils 

off to STEM final 

SMART: The St Albans All 

Stars (from left) Hannah 

Lee, Grimm Secrest, Sonny 

Marsh and Franklin Harvie. 

• By Briar Allen 

TWO ST ALBANS School 

teams have put their science, 

technology, engineering and 

math skills to good use as they 

prepare for the EPro8 Challenge 

final. 

The St Albans Allstars won the 

interschool section of the STEM 

competition on Tuesday while 

the St Albans Avengineers 3.0 

finished second. Both teams will 

compete in the final on August 

16. 

The challenge is a nationwide 

initiative which allows schools 

to buy science, technology, 

engineering and math kits that 

children practice with before 

entering the inter-school competition. 

Deputy principal Jo Lidstone 

said the competition and the 

programme is really cool as it 

helps upskill everyone. 

“The children love it and it 

give them a chance to try something 

new, they don’t know what 

they don’t know and don’t know 

if they like something unless 

they are given the chance to try 

it,” she said. 

The semi-final competition 

saw the children build structures 

in relation to arcade games while 

at the inter-school competition 

saw them build a functioning 

grandfather clock with a pendulum, 

an automatic car wash 

and a rat wheel with functioning 

lights all within two and a half 

hours while trying to earn the 

most points. 

“Electronic components have 

become a much bigger thing 

in the builds along with the 

children needing to apply their 

STEM skills.” 

Lidstone said they started the 

programme at the school over 

five years ago and only started 

with one kit as they are quite 

expensive. 

“We usually have three kits 

but this year we put the call out 

to the community to sponsor 

some kits and we managed to get 

another four, so we had seven 

kits for this year which allowed 

us to offer the whole year five 

and six groups a chance to give 

it a go.” 

Helping to create 

an accessible city 

AFTER BEING blinded in a 

car crash more than 35 years 

ago, Paul Barclay has become 

involved in many disabilityrelated 

groups across the city. 

He has spent more than 25 

years in key positions with the 

Blind Foundation, Blind Low 

Vision NZ and Arthritis New 

Zealand. 

He now operates his own 

business, Vision Without Limits, 

which works with organisations 

and disabled people to improve 

accessibility to employment, 

information and services. 

Having worked in the disability 

sector and been involved in 

various disability-based groups, 

Barclay has the background 

to consider accessibility in its 

widest sense – which he does so 

through the city council’s accessibility 

advisory group. 

The AAG meets monthly to 

help city council staff promote 

inclusion. 

The group provides a forum 

for people with disabilities to 

participate in the planning of 

projects to ensure the needs of 

the wider disability community 

are taken into account. 

Barclay said members of the 

group contribute by bringing 

their own lived experiences of 

the issues they face. 

“Having a range of experiences 

within the advisory group is 

critical to making Christchurch 

a fully accessible city. Being part 

of the group has also broadened 

my perspective on disability and 

accessibility. 

“We each have our own perspectives, 

but it is also great to 

INCLUSION: 

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was blinded 

in a car crash 

more than 

35 years ago 

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people’s 

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get the point of view from others 

with different experiences to 

us. We are currently looking for 

members of the community to 

join the AAG, the commitment 

is two hours every month with 

the opportunity to contribute 

your expertise and insights to 

help us improve accessibility in 

our public spaces, services, and 

programmes,” he said. 

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Sportier, spacious Honda Civic a standout 

A SMALL hatchback hit here for 

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With sales in excess of 27 million 

since its global launch 50 

years ago, the Civic really put on 

Honda on the map. Simple and 

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version from its predecessor. It 

is also now a sportier drive and 

offers greater space, especially 

in the rear seat area, along with 

easier access to the cargo compartment. 

Civic models start with the 

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special edition Mugen. This 

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Motoring with Bob Nettleton 

zippy 1.5 turbo engine is ready 

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torque. It now produces 131kW, 

5kw more than its predecessor 

and 240Nm of torque a 20nm 

gain. In isolation, not massive 

bumps in power and torque. 

However, collectively they take 

performance up a good notch or 

two, with the torque getting to 

work from just 1700rpm. 

In real world driving the 

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A much-improved take on the 

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 

9 

10 11 

307 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

207 

6 

X R T 

O V E 

12 13 

14 15 16 17 18 

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 12 Very Good 15 Excellent 19 

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 206: calf, can, clan, coal, col, cola, con, 

FALCON, fan, flan, floc, foal, focal, lac, loaf, loan, oaf, 

word. oca. 

Good 9 Very Good 13 Excellent 18 

19 20 21 

22 23 24 25 26 

27 28 

29 

Across 

1. Diamonds, sapphires, emeralds 

etc (8,6) 

10. Turn of phrase (5) 

11. Letters sent by post (colloq) (5,4) 

12. Type of rice (7) 

13. An affair (7) 

14. Pry (5) 

16. Detest (9) 

19. Part (9) 

20. Premature (5) 

22. Female ruler (7) 

25. Stance (7) 

27. Chit chat (5,4) 

28. Exposed (colloq) (5) 

29. Biased (14) 

Down 

2. Downpour (9) 

3. Punctuation mark (5) 

4. Stubborn (9) 

5. Delay (5) 

6. Loquacious (9) 

7. Approaches (5) 

8. Absence of sound (7) 

9. Cloud type (6) 

15. Screw (9) 

17. Forthright (9) 

18. Imaginary instrument (3,6) 

19. Folded, wrinkled (7) 

21. Surrenders (6) 

23. Summits (5) 

24. Throng (5) 

26. Brief (5) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Precious stones, 

10. Idiom, 11. Snail mail, 12. 

Basmati, 13. Liaison, 14. 

Snoop, 16. Abominate, 19. 

Component, 20. Early, 22. 

Empress, 25. Posture, 27. 

Small talk, 28. Outed, 29. 

Discriminatory. 

Down: 2. Rainstorm, 3. 

Comma, 4. Obstinate, 5. 

Stall, 6. Talkative, 7. Nears, 

8. Silence, 9. Nimbus, 15. 

Propeller, 17. Outspoken, 

18. Air guitar, 19. Creased, 

21. Yields, 23. Peaks, 24. 

Swarm, 26. Short. 

WordBuilder 

ore, over, overt, oxter, ret, 

rev, roe, rot, rote, rove, toe, 

tor, tore, trove, vert, vet, 

veto, vex, VORTEX, vote, 

voter 

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