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HAVE YOUR SAY: Have you been stuck in traffic at the Amyes and Shands Rds intersection? Does it need a right turning traffic light arrow? Email 

your views in 200 words or less to briar.allen@starmedia.kiwi 

What’s the hold up at 

this busy intersection? 

• By Briar Allen 

MOTORISTS WHO use a 

busy Hornby intersection are 

still waiting for it to be fixed 18 

months after it was damaged – 

because permission to replace a 

traffic light pole still hasn’t been 

granted. 

The city council has been 

communicating with KiwiRail 

since it applied for a permit to 

replace the traffic light pole and 

repair the island, which sits on 

KiwiRail land, at the Amyes/ 

Shands Rds intersection. 

Hornby Ward 

city councillor 

Mark Peters said 

KiwiRail has been 

holding up the 

work. 

Peters is 

campaigning to Mark 

get the intersection Peters 

fixed and a right 

turning light added to reduce 

the heavy traffic congestion 

along Amyes Rd. 

“It brings no joy, we are still 

waiting on KiwiRail to give us 

the permit to be able to do the 

repairs that are needed,” he said. 

Peters attended a site meeting 

on April 14 with Waipuna 

Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton 

Community Board members 

Sarah Brunton and Henk 

Buunk, plus KiwiRail and city 

council staff. 

“I was told to apply for the 

permit (from KiwiRail) and that 

it should not be an issue. I hear 

the community’s frustration. 

It is obscene that it is taking so 

long, and it is a blight on the 

area.” 

Since the site meeting, two 

more poles at the intersection 

have been hit by vehicles. Peters 

and Greater Hornby Residents 

Association chair Kim Moss 

want them replaced and the 

right-hand turning signal put in 

at the same time. 

Said Moss: “It is a bit of a 

problem. We have been trying to 

get a right-hand turning signal 

installed for traffic turning onto 

Shands Rd for a few years.” 

Moss said the removal of 

parking on the street has 

helped, but traffic still backs up 

significantly. “The repairs just 

need to be done. It is part of the 

main thoroughfare of Hornby, 

and it seems like no one is 

taking ownership of it.” 

She said it is disappointing 

nothing has been done. 

“I don’t understand why. 

It’s frustrating, we just want a 

safer community, and you’d 

assume that is the same thing 

the government facilities want. 

Some people get impatient 

waiting which can lead to people 

making dangerous decisions.” 

City council and KiwiRail staff 

were not available for comment.

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Drop-in Session with Hornby 

Ward Councillor Mark Peters 

Today, 10am-noon 

Hornby Library 

Mark will be available at the Hornby 

Library most Thursday mornings 

between 10am and noon, with 

community board members Sarah 

Brunton or Henk Buunk substituting 

if Mark is unavailable. These sessions 

are for anyone wanting to discuss 

local issues or ask questions they may 

have about anything city council 

related. Contact Mark to make an 

appointment: 028 409 5615 or mark. 

peters@ccc.govt.nz 

JP Clinic 

Thursday, 9.30am-12.30pm - 


Tuesday, 10am-1pm - Te Hāpua: 

Halswell Centre 

Tuesday, 9.30am-12.30pm - Upper 

Riccarton Library 

A Justice of the Peace is on site to 

take oaths, declarations, affidavits and 

affirmations; to witness signatures on 

documents and to certify document 

copies. The JP can also witness 

citizenship applications, sponsorship 

applications and rates rebate 

applications. No charge. 

Wā Pēpi – Babytimes 

Friday, 10.15-10.45am 


Meet others in the community 

and join in the interactive songs, 

rhymes and books that will delight 

and develop your baby or toddler. 

Reading to Dogs, Tuesday, 3.30-4.30pm, Te Hapua: Halswell Centre. 

Do you have a reluctant reader? Your child can have 15 minutes to sit with 

a trained dog and read to them. Library staff and a dog handler will be 

present at all times to help facilitate the sessions. Bookings are essential for 

these popular sessions, please call 941 7923. 

All whānau and caregivers welcome. 

Recommended for under twos. Free, 

no bookings required. 

Gen-Connect 

Thursday, 1-1.45pm 

Upper Riccarton Library 

Questions about your iPad, smart 

phone or tablet? This session is about 

connecting generations by sharing 

knowledge. Riccarton High School 

students will be available to help you 

find answers to all your questions. 

Coffee and Games 

Thursday, noon-2pm 

Halswell Community Hub, Halswell Rd 

Drop in for a casual game of your 

choice and grab a coffee while you’re 

there. Cost is $2, all welcome. 

Zine Club 

Thursday, 3-4.15pm 

Upper Riccarton Library 

Learn about different zine-making 

techniques and meet other creators. 

Some collage resources will be 

provided, but bring along your 

preferred art medium or device if you 

have one. Open to intermediate and 

high-school aged students. 

Riccarton Park Menzshed 

Tuesday & Thursday, 1-4pm 

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Retired, looking for something to 

do? Share your knowledge and skills, 

or learn new ones while fostering 

friendships at the menzshed. 

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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 

INTERSECTION SET TO 

CLOSE FOR TWO NIGHTS 

The Carmen Rd and Main South 

Rd intersection in Hornby will 

be closed from 8pm to 5am on 

Tuesday and Wednesday. Waka 

Kotahi NZ Transport Agency will 

undertake maintenance on the 

traffic lights at the intersection. 

The work is weather dependent 

and may be postponed at short 

notice. A detour will be set up via 

Parker St and Waterloo Rd or via 

Main South Rd and Racecourse 

Rd. 

MORE PEST TRAPS 

PLACED AT RESERVE 

Halswell Predator Free Group 

volunteers placed 20 more 

tunnel traps at the Quaifes Rd 

Springlands reserve to catch 

pests. To date 300 pests have been 

caught in 40 traps at the reserve, 

mainly mice, rats, weasels and 

hedgehogs. The removal of the 

pests will help increase native bird 

life in the area. 

HELP TO FIX HALSWELL 

COMMUNITY HUB 

The Halswell Community Project 

needs volunteers to help with 

maintenance at the Halswell 

Community Hub. It is currently 

putting together a package of 

improvements for the hub and is 

working with the city council and 

funders to resurface the car park, 

replace the roof, paint the exterior 

of the building and improve 

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Veteran came to the conclusion 

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, 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 nighttime 

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. 

HISTORY: A tankled 

patrol hunt 

down North 

Korean guerrillas 

somewhere in 

the mountainous 

region of Korea in 

January 1951. 

PHOTO: GETTY 

Right – Korean 

War veteran Forbes 

Taylor relaxing at 

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‘surviving war is a matter of luck’ 

“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 

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). 

Sustainable furniture sought for city’s parks 

PHOTOS: NEWSLINE 

PARK BENCHES, picnic tables, 

bike stands and loungers made of 

reclaimed or recycled materials 

could soon grace the city’s parks 

network. 

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’s team will be leading the 

project, which will start with the 

Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor 

and be rolled out across the 

parks network over time. 

“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,” said Luttle. 

“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, lowcarbon 

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/ 

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Working 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, 

Paul 

Barclay 

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. 

SPEED RACER: Karter Henry Fisher will travel to Italy in October to 

compete in the ROK Cup Superfinal. 

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Karter gets international call up 

• By Briar Allen 

A HALSWELL boy’s karting 

passion has led him to represent 

New Zealand overseas. 

Henry Fisher, 11, has worked 

and raced hard to have the chance 

to compete in the ROK Cup 

Superfinal in Lonato, Italy, in 

October. 

Teammate Zach Tucker, 12, 

from Medbury School, will also 

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Penny Fisher said the rest was 

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“We asked if he wanted to give 

it a go and he said, ‘yes please’. 

We had no idea what we were 

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“He has worked really hard 

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children to be safe, but I have to 

trust him that he is in control and 

that he knows what he is doing.” 

Henry is part of the WKS Kart- 

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“You have to practice and 

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His favourite part about racing 

are the friendships, the fun and 

the energy. 

“I’m really excited and proud 

to be representing my country. I 

hope to keep progressing and get 

better as I go up the classes.” 

• In mid-August Henry 

will be running a raffle to 

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Sportier, spacious Honda Civic a standout 

A SMALL hatchback hit here for 

decades, the Honda Civic isn’t 

feeling the same amount love 

from buyers these days, with 

many seduced by SUVs. 

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 

clean lines distinguish this latest 

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 

price leading $47,000 Sport being 

reviewed here, or the $52,000 

special edition Mugen. This 

makes clever use of a variety of 

high quality Mugen body kit 

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and 240Nm of torque a 20nm 

gain. In isolation, not massive 

bumps in power and torque. 

However, collectively they take 

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work from just 1700rpm. 

In real world driving the 

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and satisfying and gone is the 

coarse edge the previous engine 

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A much-improved take on the 

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Generously proportioned cabin 

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Attention to detail is evident 

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windshield reflections. The 

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driver’s display. 

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knob and hard buttons for Home 

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system providing a longer, wider 

field of view than its predecessors 

radar-and-camera based 

system. Honda Sensing also adds 

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camera- based system improves 

on existing functionality, such as 

more natural brake application 

and quicker reactions when using 

Adaptive Cruise Control. 

The suspension and steering 

were developed in Europe and 

feel like it from behind the wheel. 

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a real stand out. 

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Performance 7; Handling 

7; Build Quality 7; 

Comfort 6; Space 7; Test 

consumption 7.4L/100km; 

Value for money 6; Safety 

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X R T 

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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 

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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) 

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2. Downpour (9) 

3. Punctuation mark (5) 

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5. Delay (5) 

6. Loquacious (9) 

7. Approaches (5) 

8. Absence of sound (7) 

9. Cloud type (6) 

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17. Forthright (9) 

18. Imaginary instrument (3,6) 

19. Folded, wrinkled (7) 

21. Surrenders (6) 

23. Summits (5) 

24. Throng (5) 

26. Brief (5) 

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Snoop, 16. Abominate, 19. 

Component, 20. Early, 22. 

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21. Yields, 23. Peaks, 24. 

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

tor, tore, trove, vert, vet, 

veto, vex, VORTEX, vote, 

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