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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, 

a former Woolston resident 

who now lives at Ngaio Marsh 

Retirement Village, 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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Thursday, 1.30-2.30pm 

Shirley Library 

Let’s speak and build our te reo 

Māori skills together! Join us for a 

friendly kōrero, share your learning 

and learn from others. Everyone is 

welcome, at any stage of your te reo 

Māori journey. 

JP Clinic 

Tuesday, 10am-1pm - Linwood 

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Tuesday, 10am-1pm - Shirley Library 

Friday, noon-2pm - Parklands 

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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. 

Seaside Market 

Saturday, 10am-2pm 

New Brighton Mall 

Enjoy the warm atmosphere of 

the New Brighton Market, with 

live entertainment, food, stalls and 

activities for tamariki, such as free 

face painting. Take a stroll along the 

beach, visit the beachside playground 

or have a drink nearby. 

Women’s Wednesdays, Every Wednesday, 3-9.30pm, Te Pou Toetoe: 

Linwood Pool. Unwind in the spa, swim some laps in the lane pool, splash 

with your kids on the wet deck or sign up for a swimming lesson. All women 

are welcome, including transgender women and people who identify as a 

woman. Standard pool entry fees apply. 

Cards at Shirley 

Friday, 1-3.30pm 


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Wa Korero: Storytimes 

Thursday, 10.30-11am 

Parklands Library 

Join with your preschooler for a fun 

variety of stories, songs and rhymes 

that foster children’s literacy. All 

whānau and caregivers welcome. 

SayGo: Falls Prevention 

Exercise Class 

Friday, 10-11am 

New Brighton Library 

Steady As You Go (SAYGo) is the 

exercise class designed to help older 

people reduce their likelihood of 

having a fall. Registration required. 

Manga and More 

Friday, 3.30-5pm 

Linwood Library 

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welcome. Free, no bookings required. 

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Thursday August 3 2023 3 

Gateway to New Brighton revealed 

A PLAN to repair earthquake 

damage and improve emergency 

evacuation to and from New 

Brighton has been released. 

The city council is seeking 

public feedback on a significant 

new project called Gateway to 

New Brighton. 

The project focuses on Pages 

Rd, east of Anzac Drive, and 

the surrounding streets. It is 

estimated to cost $65 million. 

City council 

head of transport 

Lynette Ellis said 

the Gateway to 

New Brighton 

will include major 

improvements to 

Pages Rd, a new 

Lynette 

Ellis 

bridge, better 

traffic flow and 

improved safety 

for motorists, pedestrians and 

cyclists. 

“Most importantly, this project 

will deliver a quicker and safer 

exit route from the area in 

emergency evacuations,” Ellis 

said. 

“Our traffic modelling shows 

that improvements along Pages 

Rd and at some feeder roads 

could shave up to 40 minutes off 

the evacuation time.” 

Under the plan, the new bridge 

will be built slightly north of the 

existing bridge. 

“We’ll realign Pages Rd to the 

new bridge and install traffic 

lights to replace the roundabout. 

IMPROVEMENT: The planned new Gateway to New Brighton will replace the old Pages Rd bridge. 

The lights will be slightly north 

of the current roundabout and 

the roundabout area will become 

a pocket park featuring the 

existing palm tree. 

“Critically, moving the bridge 

location means people will be 

able to use the existing bridge 

while the new bridge is built.” 

Ellis said a lot is planned for 

the area over the next few years, 

and Gateway to New Brighton 

has taken all known plans into 

account. 

Among them is the new 

wetlands in red-zone land along 

the west bank of the river, flood 

protection work, the City to 

Sea Pathway, and new housing 

developments. 

“We can safely predict that this 

part of our city is going to be an 

increasingly popular place to 

visit, so we’ve made sure the road 

and the bridge will be resilient, 

not just to earthquakes, but to 

increased traffic. 

“It needs to be a safe route 

for all modes of transport, 

whether that’s public transport, 

PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

heavy vehicles, cars or people 

walking or cycling.” 

With the City to Sea Pathway 

in mind, Pages Rd and the bridge 

will feature a 4m-wide path for 

cyclists and pedestrians. 

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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). 

Nurturing nature a dream come true 

PASSION: Community partnership ranger Sarah Mankelow 

(centre) said her job is ‘a privilege’. PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

WORKING AS a ranger in the 

residential red zone is a dream 

come true for Sarah Mankelow. 

The Hillsborough resident is a 

community partnership ranger, 

a role she recently started and 

described as a privilege. 

“Conservation has been my 

passion my whole life. My dream 

job as a teen was to work as a 

conservation officer, so I feel 

privileged and blessed to do this 

work,” Mankelow said. 

Monday marked World 

Ranger Day. The city council 

celebrated the work of all of its 

rangers as the key protectors of 

parks and conservation for the 

organisation. 

Mankelow is often the first 

contact for people who have 

questions and concerns about the 

red zone. She works to connect 

the many community groups 

who operate in it. 

“There are all sorts of people 

doing all sorts of creative and 

interesting things in the red 

zone. Compost-making, disc 

golf, community gardens and 

restoration, nature play, the 

foraging community – these 

groups are all passionate users of 

the red zone. 

“This is a once in a lifetime 

opportunity to nurture nature 

right on our doorstep, to turn 

our city into a wetland forest 

city.” 

Her role involves talking to 

groups, working with schools, 

and helping community shape 

their green spaces. 

A pilot programme is also 

under way for high school 

students to gain practical work 

experience by working on 

restoration projects in the red 

zone, and maybe inspire 

them to follow a career in 

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CUTTING EDGE: The city council is looking for a supplier to design furniture for 

its parks, with emphasis on sustainable construction. PHOTOS: NEWSLINE 

Sustainable and 

innovative furniture 

sought for parks 

PARK BENCHES, picnic tables, bike 

stands and loungers made of reclaimed 

or recycled materials could soon grace 

the city’s parks network, including the 

Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor. 

The city council will soon be going 

out to tender for a supplier to design 

and fabricate the furniture, with a heavy 

emphasis on sustainable construction 

practices and materials. 

Red zone manager 

David Little said the 

OARC regeneration plan 

describes the area as a 

‘living laboratory’. For this 

reason his team is leading 

the project, which will be 

David Little rolled out across the parks 

network over time. 

“It was envisaged that the land could 

be used to test and trial new ways of 

doing things, and we’re keen to use the 

project’s scale to drive more sustainable 

construction practices and materials,” 

said Little. 

“We see a great opportunity to reduce 

our city’s reliance on imported hardwood 

timber and steel, by investigating the local 

use of reclaimed or recycled materials. 

“For instance, much of Christchurch’s 

plastic recycling is either shipped to Asia 

or landfilled, meaning we pay to import 

it, then pay to get rid of it. We also have 

a large supply of recycled hardwood 

available. If we think creatively, we can 

reduce our emissions, keep money in the 

local economy and create an attractive 

and inspiring suite.” 

Little said the city council is keen 

for potential suppliers to explore other 

creative, low-carbon alternatives to 

traditional furniture, which could scale 

up into other end uses and products. This 

could include using waterjets to machine 

reclaimed timber, or even 3D printing or 

injection moulding of recycled plastics. 

“The tender will be published on the 

Government Electronic Tendering Service 

website in mid-to-late August, and we 

want to find out if there are companies 

out there who either have the capacity 

– or are keen to explore – different, 

sustainable ways of doing things,” Little 

said. 

Organisations who do not use GETS 

but would be interested in submitting a 

tender proposal should make sure they 

register on www.gets.co.nz as soon as 

possible. 

For more information on the OARC, 

visit ccc.govt.nz/oarc 

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A SMALL hatchback hit here for 

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With sales in excess of 27 million 

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CREMATORIUM 

FUNERALS 

CROSSWORD 

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 

DECODER 

Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the 

given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out 

which letters are represented by the other numbers. 

Decoder 

Sudoku 

All puzzles copyright 

T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y 

www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz 

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