Nor'West News: August 31, 2023

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 31, 2023 

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Season of success 

for St Andrew’s 

• By Jaime Cunningham 

ST ANDREW’S College 

have had a near-perfect leadup 

to this week’s national 

tournaments with four of their 

girls’ sides making finals within 

a week of each other. 

The school’s girls football 

and basketball senior teams 

clinched regional titles in the 

Connetics premier first XI and 

Whelan Trophy competitions 

respectively. St Andrew’s also 

made finals for netball and 

hockey. St Andrew’s senior 

basketball side won the first 

title of last week on Tuesday 

HISTORY: Sasha 

McIntyre chases 

the ball down 

field during the 

premier final. 

with a dominant 82-61 win over 

Rangiora High. Year 13 Lauren 

Whittaker was awarded most 

valuable player with a 25-point, 

21-rebound, 8-steal statline. 

• Turn to page 6 

More 

groups in 

need of 

ratepayer 

grants 

• By Briar Allen 

MORE ORGANISATIONS are 

applying for financial help from a 

community fund pushing it to its 

limit. 

The Waimaero Fendalton- 

Waimairi-Harewood Community 

Board had 65 applications for 

grants from its strengthening 

communities fund 

with 64 approved. 

The applicants 

requested just over 

$1 million in total, 

but the board only 

has a funding pool 

of $491,658. 

Last year 46 applications 

requested 

Sam 

MacDonald 

about $800,000 from a funding 

pool of about $441,905. 

Waimairi Ward city councillor 

Sam McDonald said the 

increase in applicants is due to 

the expansion of the community 

board boundary line last year, 

which now includes more of the 

Harewood area. He believes the 

rising cost of living has also had 

an impact. 

McDonald said people are making 

sacrifices to pay their rates 

and there are no plans to increase 

the funding pool. 

“I don’t think increasing the 

funding pool is the way to go – it 

is more being mindful about how 

we invest it.” 

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what’s on 

this week 

Te Kahui Ohua 

Friday, 5.30-6.30pm 

Fendalton Library 

Te Kāhui Ōhua is a casual, monthly 

reading group that celebrates our Ngā 

Pounamu Māori Collection. Each 

month you’ll choose any book from 

the collection to read - Fiction or Non- 

Fiction, in English or Te Reo. Share 

your reads with the rest of the group. 

All are welcome, bring the whānau. 

Wa Korero: Storytimes 

Fridays, 10.30-11am 

Redwood Library 

Meet others in our community when 

you and your preschooler join us for 

a fun variety of stories, songs and 

rhymes which foster children’s literacy. 

All whānau and caregivers welcome. 

Wa Pepi: Babytimes 

Fridays, 10.30-11am 

Orauwhata: Bishopdale Library and 

Community Centre 

Meet others in the community 

and join our relaxed, fun group for 

interactive songs, rhymes, and books 

that will delight and develop your baby 

or toddler. 

Citizens Advice Bureau 

Tuesdays, 2-5pm 


Citizens Advice Bureau provides free 

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crafts will entertain your 4-7 year olds, but the whole family is more than 

welcome. Don’t forget to wear your PJs. 

and confidential advice to everyone. 

We take the time to listen to you 

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Technology Help 

Thursday, 11am-noon 


A drop in session set up to help you 

with your device. Discussing help with 

email, searching the internet, using the 

library catalogue, eBooks, and general 

computer queries. Bring your own 

device. Free, no bookings required. 

Bolivia Card Game 

Thursdays, 1-3pm 

Orauwhata: Bishopdale Library and 

Community Centre 

Everyone is welcome to come along 

and try their hand at this fun and 

friendly card game. 

Thursday August 31 2023 

Mahjong Group 

Fridays, 2-4pm 


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Drop-in Session 

Thursday 2-4pm 


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available. Appointments are preferred, 

but time will be available for enquiries 

and chats on a drop-in basis. You can 

contact Victoria for an appointment 

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THEN AND NOW: St Albans Primary School in 1890, its old entrance, and the school today. 

School prepares for 150th jubilee 


CELEBRATING the past, the 

present and the future, people 

a part of the St Albans Primary 

School community are invited to 

its 150th jubilee. 

The school was founded in 

1873, and teacher Sam Pelham 

said they are looking forward to 

the weekend of celebrations on 

September 15-17. 

“We are really excited, it is 

really awesome to be able to 

connect with the community 

through the past, present and 

the future of the school, we value 

those connections,” she said. 

Celebrations include school 

tours, performances, and the 

tree and time capsule planting 

on Friday. On Saturday, tickets 

are available for $25 to attend a 

morning tea, or $75 to attend the 

evening celebrations. On Sunday, 

there will be a gala with food 

trucks and a community picnic 

with musical performances. 

“It is a wonderful way to 

celebrate the community and 

how strong they have been,” said 

Pelham. 

“It is also nice to be able to 

celebrate with so many people 

post Covid-19.” 

In the lead-up to the official 

celebration, the school has been 

holding activities, such as a 

Back in Time Day where pupils 

and staff dressed up as it was 

150 years ago. 

Pelham said it was a fabulous 

day and the children loved the 

authenticity, as the teachers 

made an effort to act like how it 

was back then. 

“We used chalk instead of a 

whiteboard, had them sitting in 

rows, I don’t think we have had 

such quiet classrooms. It was 

really cool to see them playing 

old games like knucklebones and 

marbles under the oak tree.” 

She said current tamariki 

interviewed past students – with 

the eldest being 96 – and many 

remembered playing marbles 

under the same oak tree. 

The school has also been 

preparing a time capsule to bury 

and each pupil is contributing 

something to it. 

“About 550 items will be added 

to the capsule, some things 

include drawings, fingerprint 

paintings and pictures of children 

with their favourite toy. 

It allows the children to leave 

behind a legacy and represents 

them looking to the future.” 

Another time capsule was 

buried about the time of the 

125th anniversary, but Pelham 

said they have dug up the whole 

field and not managed to find 

it, so the latest one will be well 

documented. 

She said the jubilee and learning 

about their cultural narrative 

is important for staff and pupils, 

as it ties them to the past and 

shows them where they have 

come from. 

“It is a beautiful story to learn, 

it allows us to reflect on how 

things weren’t always like this 

and how life was back then. 

“All these people have one 

thing that connects them and 

that is the school, they have all 

gone on to live very different 

lives but are connected by their 

time here.” 

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Council’s computers to 

the community scheme 

Donation for 

dementia care 


A COMMUNITY organisation 

in Redwood is giving the city 

council’s old laptops a new lease 

on life. 

The scheme is administered 

by the Waimaero Fendalton- 

Waimairi-Harewood community 

governance team based at the 

Fendalton Library. 

The city council’s computers 

to the community Scheme has 

allowed Styx Living Laboratory 

Trust to save money and 

electronic waste by using secondhand 

laptops. 

Programme manager Anita 

Spencer said the laptops have 

allowed staff to work from home, 

the office or out in the field. 

“It has been great for the trust. 

The laptops may be older, but 

they are good quality and we 

don’t need the flashiest or newest 

ones to get the job done,” she 

said. 

Spencer said they have applied 

for the scheme three times, with 

the latest being this year where 

they received two laptops. 

“It has been really helpful 

when we have had some staff 

isolate for a week due to Covid as 

one of the laptops can have work 

loaded onto it that the person 

could work on at home and keep 

them engaged.” 

City council head of 

REUSE: Old council laptops are distributed among 

organisations who can make use of them. PHOTO: GETTY 

community support and 

partnerships John Filsell said 

the scheme started in 2007 as 

a partnership between the city 

council’s community support 

unit and the information and 

technology unit. 

“The computer replacement 

programme allows the older 

model surplus staff laptops and 

desktops to be repurposed and 

gifted to local not-for-profit 

community organisations,” he 

said. 

“The city council sees this as a 

way to acknowledge the amazing 

efforts of local groups who work 

hard to help build strong and 

inclusive communities.” 

He said about 400 devices 

are donated each year to a wide 

range of groups and that many 

of them struggle to compete for 

limited funding and priority is 

given to key costs such as staff 

wages and programme costs. 

“Obtaining funding for 

computers is often quite difficult 

and feedback from the groups 

says that this scheme has been 

a life-saver. It was particularly 

useful following the February 22, 

2011 earthquake. 

“It was also heavily relied on 

during Covid with isolation and 

many groups needing devices 

for staff working from home. We 

have also been able to give some 

of the older devices to help out 

Tonga, the Solomon Islands and 

Fiji following devastating natural 

disasters as one-off donations.” 

The scheme is open all year 

round and groups can download 

an application form on the city 

council’s website. 

KIND DONATION: Bishopdale-Burnside Rotary president 

Rod Finch (left) hands over the keys to Dementia Canterbury 

chief executive officer Darral Campbell. 

DEMENTIA Canterbury 

has a new car courtesy of the 

Bishopdale-Burnside Rotary 

Club. 

Club president Rod Finch said 

due to the amazing support the 

club receives from the public 

they were able to donate a Suzuki 

Baleno. 

“The support from the public 

when we run our annual 

Bookarama has meant we have 

been able to undertake a number 

of meaningful community 

projects such as providing 

this much needed vehicle for 

Dementia Canterbury,” he said. 

Dementia Canterbury provides 

services that include home visits 

for assessment and support, 

cognitive stimulation, activity 

and support groups, community 

cafes and education to a diverse 

range of groups. 

Dementia Canterbury chief 

executive officer Darral Campbell 

said the new car will be used by 

staff to help them reach out to the 

community. 

“We are very grateful for this 

generous donation from the 

Bishopdale-Burnside Rotary. 

Club. The new vehicle will be 

used by our staff when they 

deliver a range of services in 

Christchurch and the wider 

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Girls’ teams claim multiple titles 

• From page 1 

It was also the fourth 

consecutive year St Andrew’s 

claimed the Canterbury 

secondary schools’ 

championship. 

A day later, the success 

continued for St Andrew’s in 

football. 

With the Challenge Shield 

already secured, St Andrew’s 

were favourites to claim the 

Connetics schools premier 1st XI 

competition for the third year in 

a row, having gone through the 

regular season unbeaten. 

Kyra Lazor (Year 13) led the 

charge for her side, scoring three 

goals, while Amber de Wit (Year 

11) and Alyssa Sanders (Year 10) 

both scored one goal each in St 

Andrew’s 5-0 win over Avonside 

Girls High. 

It capped off a dominant week 

for St Andrew’s, which was 

preceded by the school’s netball 

and hockey sides making their 

respective finals. 

Despite losing to rivals St 

Margaret’s College 34-26 in 

the SuperNet final, St Andrew’s 

senior A netball side will go 

down to Invercargill for South 

Island secondary schools with 

confidence after their strong 

MATCH-UP: Goal keeper 

Charlotte Galvan defends 

St Margaret’s goal 

attack Ivy Brown in the 

SuperNet final. 

showing against last year’s 

national finalists. 

They managed to fight back 

in the second half following 

an 11-4 second quarter to St 

Margaret’s. 

Meanwhile, the school’s girls 

first XI hockey side will be 

looking to record their best-ever 

finish at the Federation Cup in 

Christchurch this week. 

St Andrew’s go into the 

tournament after they were 

narrowly pipped by Rangi Ruru 

in the school’s first appearance 

in the Connetics secondary 

schools premier final. 

Despite losing 1-0, St 

Andrew’s made Rangi fight for 

their win after they scored in 

the first four minutes of the 

game. 

This week’s secondary schools 

national winter tournaments are 

run in various locations, with 

most sports finishing up on 

Thursday, Friday or Saturday. 

UNBEATEN: St Andrew’s 

College capped off an 

unbeaten season with a 5-0 

win over Avonside Girls’ to 

claim the Connetics premier 

1st XI football title for the 

third year in a row. 

• To find out more about 

each tournament go to: 

https://www.schoolsportnz. 

org.nz/Sport-1/Events/ 

School-Sport-NZ-Events 

DOMINANT: 

The Whelan 

Trophy was 

won by St 

Andrew’s 

College for the 

fourth year 

in a row last 

Tuesday. 

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Survey shines a light 

on youth concerns 


ISSUES AROUND school, 

mental health, trust, emotional 

struggles, and growing up are 

some of the issues concerning 

young people in Hornby. 

These issues have been 

revealed through a survey 

conducted by Te Whare Awhero: 

Hope House. The survey will 

close next Wednesday but has 

already had more than 200 

responses. 

Director 

Carey Ewing 

said community 

groups and 

organisations 

have supported 

the survey, while 

Carey 

Ewing 

the city council 

is keen to see the 

results. 

“We will analyse 

the content before compiling 

it into a report, which will be 

available on our website. 

“I’m hopeful it will provide 

information to inform and have 

the opportunity to create further 

ways to engage with our youth.” 

Ewing said the survey 

came about after he and a few 

others attended the Greater 

Hornby Residents Association 

community meeting in June 

where concerns were raised 

WHAT MATTERS: A survey by Te Whare Awhero: Hope 

House highlights the concerns of youth in the Hornby area. 

PHOTO: GETTY 

about offending youth. 

“There was a great deal of 

concern around youth and 

how they are travelling, and 

them engaging in antisocial 

behaviours,” he said. 

Ewing said they decided to put 

out the survey to gain insights 

into what matters to youth. 

“It is really important. We 

need to be hearing from them. 

It is really insightful to hear 

from our youth and what it is 

like growing up in this world, 

because it is completely different 

to the world I grew up in.” 

He said young people have 

had to deal with the rise of social 

media, Covid-19, the Canterbury 

earthquakes and teacher strikes. 

• The survey can 

be completed at 

tewhareawhero.org/youthvoice-survey-2023 

before 

September 6 

Board aims to get 

‘value for money’ 

•From page 1 

“There is more competition 

which means the board has to 

really look into how it invests 

the money it has available and 

what is the best return for the 

community,” he said. 

McDonald said there is only so 

much the board can take from 

ratepayers while ensuring they 

are getting something out of it 

too. 

“The fund is such . . . value 

for money. If the value of 

an investment is $1 and the 

return is $11, it really makes it 

worthwhile.” 

Papanui Community Toy 

Library grants officer Chantal 

Rosenhart said the organisation 

was only granted one year of 

funding in the latest round. 

“The fund allows us to 

continue operating without 

having to increase our fees, 

although we are absolutely 

struggling to get people to sign 

up due to cost of living,” she 

said. 

Rosenhart said the fund helps 

pay for one employee, its toy 

librarian, who provides a good 

service to the community. 

“This year we applied for a 

multi-year grant from the board, 

but we were only granted one 

year. But we are lucky as where 

we are based we also come under 

the Waipapa Papanui-Innes- 

GIVING: The strengthening 

communities fund helps 

pay for one employee at the 

Papanui Community Toy 

Library. 

Central Community Board, and 

we were granted a three-year 

grant from them. 

“Others are not so lucky. It 

is worrying more people are 

applying but every one of them 

has a very valid reason for 

applying and it is concerning if 

the money cannot be increased.” 

McDonald said the board 

always aims to get the best 

return for its investment. 

“When I attend some of the 

community events and they 

thank me for giving them the 

money I tell them: ‘This is your 

money’. 

“I think if we keep thinking 

about it that way the better, this 

is the community’s investment, 

we just redistribute it.” 

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ZR-V a premium passenger experience 

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ZR-V, one of the most complete all 

round models we’ve seen from the 

company in ages, in this part of the 

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In essence, it’s an SUV spinoff 

of the thoroughly competent 

Honda Civic. With that quality 

DNA underpinning it, the ZR-V 

is much more capable than your 

typical urban SUV. It replaces 

the popular HRV that ended its 

successful run on our market 18 

months ago. With no suitable 

replacement available out of Japan 

until 2025, Honda here decided to 

whistle up the ZR-V as an interim 

replacement. It is sold in North 

America, as a larger version of the 

HRV and does exceptionally well 

in one of the world’s toughest new 

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If that doesn’t take your interest 

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The hybrid power train is 

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ZR-V Sport, but not the with 

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transmission that rarely puts a foot 

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A generously proportioned cabin 

and an equally commodious rear 

cargo hatch is among the best in 

the compact urban SUV class. A 

60-40 split rear seat quickly folds 

down for more load space. Quality 

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of the passenger compartment, 

and you can only admire the 

methodical way Honda have gone 

about achieving this. Much of this 

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quality materials throughout the 

cabin, especially on touch points. 

Plenty of effort has also gone into 

providing a premium look and feel 

to the switchgear and controls. 

ZR-V Sport and Turbo are 

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

8 9 

10 11 

311 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

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211 

6 

E G I 

P N O 

12 13 14 15 

16 

17 18 

19 

20 21 22 23 24 

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 15 Very Good 19 Excellent 24 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

from the six letters, using each only 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. Solution 210: There’s elm, imp, impel, at least lei, lie, one lime, six-letter 

limp, lip, 

mil, mile, pep, pie, pile, pimp, PIMPLE, pip, pipe. 

word. 

Good 11 Very Good 15 Excellent 21 

25 26 

27 28 

29 30 

31 32 

33 34 

Across 

1. Portable computer (6) 

5. Choose (6) 

10. Goes up (7) 

11. Beguile (7) 

12. Linger (6) 

15. Tradition (6) 

16. Business income (7) 

17. Swarm (4) 

18. Shambles (4) 

19. Relate to (7) 

20. Food staple (4) 

22. Lowest of the low (colloq) (4) 

25. Poignant, moving (7) 

27. Uproar (6) 

28. Stress (6) 

31. Gun dog (7) 

32. Remarkably typical (7) 

33. Trickery (6) 

34. First-born (6) 

Decoder 

Down 

2. Attribute (7) 

3. Dabble (6) 

4. Shove (4) 

5. Pip (4) 

6. Ancient unit of distance (6) 

7. Chuckle (7) 

8. Dance form (6) 

9. Food fragments (6) 

13. Daydream (7) 

14. Grounded (7) 

15. Inquisitive (7) 

20. Reject (6) 

21. Bloodshed (7) 

23. A car’s frame (7) 

24. Threaten (6) 

25. Commend (6) 

26. Leave high and dry (6) 

29. Move swiftly and lightly (4) 

30. Throb (4) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Laptop, 5. 

Select, 10. Ascends, 11. 

Enamour, 12. Loiter, 15. 

Custom, 16. Revenue, 

17. Teem, 18. Mess, 19. 

Pertain, 20. Rice, 22. Scum, 

25. Piteous, 27. Furore, 

28. Strain, 31. Spaniel, 32. 

Classic, 33. Deceit, 34. 

Eldest. 

Down: 2. Ascribe, 3. Tinker, 

4. Push, 5. Seed, 6. League, 

7. Chortle, 8. Ballet, 9. 

Crumbs, 13. Reverie, 14. 

Centred, 15. Curious, 20. 

Refuse, 21. Carnage, 23. 

Chassis, 24. Menace, 25. 

Praise, 26. Strand, 29. Flit, 

30. Ache. 

WordBuilder 

ego, eon, gen, gin, gip, gone, 

ion, nip, nog, nope, one, 

open, opine, peg, pen, peon, 

pie, pig, PIGEON, pin, pine, 

ping, pion, poi, pone, pong 

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DECODER 

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which letters are represented by the other numbers. 

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