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Schools’<br />
growing<br />
pays off<br />
A FOREST FULL: (From left) Zara Clark, Tess Sitjes, Sana Fujii and Ruby Young of St Margaret’s College were part of<br />
24 school teams which played a part in planting more than 30,000 natives this year.<br />
• By Sasha Watson<br />
ST MARGARET’S College<br />
was one of 24 schools which<br />
played a part in planting more<br />
than 30,000 natives in the city’s<br />
red zone this year.<br />
They have been recognised<br />
as part of an outstanding collaboration<br />
with the Eco Action<br />
David<br />
Newton<br />
Nursery Trust, and the wider<br />
community.<br />
Trust chair David Newton<br />
said while it was the trust<br />
which received the outstanding<br />
collaboration award at the<br />
Sustainable Business Network<br />
awards ceremony, it was<br />
the “multiple collaborations<br />
between the trust, the community,<br />
the<br />
council, the<br />
schools and<br />
organisations”<br />
which played<br />
an integral<br />
part in the<br />
win.<br />
Said Newton:<br />
“It shows<br />
us that we can’t do this alone<br />
and recognises the strength of<br />
working together.”<br />
The trust grows native trees<br />
and plants suitable for native<br />
bird food and habitats within<br />
the red zone, sourced from the<br />
Travis Wetlands.<br />
• Turn to page 7<br />
Students<br />
want more<br />
connection,<br />
acceptance<br />
survey finds<br />
• By Sasha Watson<br />
CONNECTION, acceptance and<br />
community are just three of the<br />
most desirable things for Hornby<br />
youth.<br />
These were among the most<br />
prominent themes spoken about<br />
during a Hornby youth meeting<br />
last week, which was held at the<br />
Hornby Club and hosted by Te<br />
Whare Awhero Hope House.<br />
Said director Carey Ewing: “We<br />
hope this is just the beginning of<br />
the conversation. The response<br />
from the youth panel reinforced<br />
what the October Hornby Youth<br />
Voice survey results showed and<br />
a lot of common themes were<br />
echoed throughout the evening.<br />
“Youths are looking for<br />
interpersonal connections and<br />
interactions with a trusted adult,<br />
they want space to learn and have<br />
more opportunities, and they<br />
value being heard and listened to,<br />
which is an important aspect of<br />
their journey from childhood to<br />
adulthood.”<br />
The panel discussion included<br />
Hornby High School students<br />
and staff, youth workers, the<br />
Community Development<br />
Network Trust, the Greater<br />
Hornby Residents Association,<br />
police and the Graeme Dingle<br />
Foundation Canterbury<br />
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audience of about 60 people.<br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong> 3<br />
HIT: St Andrew’s College<br />
band performing the<br />
Led Zeppelin classic<br />
Stairway to Heaven.<br />
Below – Led Zep circa<br />
1970.<br />
‘None of them listened to Led Zep’<br />
St Andrew’s<br />
cover song<br />
goes viral<br />
• By Pierre Nixon<br />
ST ANDREW’S College band’s<br />
performance of the classic<br />
Led Zeppelin song Stairway to<br />
Heaven has gone viral.<br />
The performance at the college’s<br />
prizegiving has become an<br />
internet sensation, accumulating<br />
more than 150,000 views and<br />
4000 likes on Facebook.<br />
The rendition of the 1971 rock<br />
anthem was the main event at<br />
annual prizegiving, leaving the<br />
audience of about 3500 attendees<br />
in awe.<br />
The band, comprising more<br />
than 100 musicians, skillfully<br />
blended the sounds of<br />
the school’s rock band, school<br />
orchestra, senior choir, and jazz<br />
band.<br />
At the helm of the performance<br />
were St Andrew’s head of<br />
the music department, Duncan<br />
Ferguson, and music teacher,<br />
Mark Hodgkinson.<br />
Their guidance, combined<br />
with the talents of lead singer<br />
Grace Burnett, lead guitarist Mia<br />
Fraser, and acoustic guitarist<br />
James McIver, played a pivotal<br />
role in bringing the cover to life.<br />
Ferguson said he “didn’t<br />
expect” the amount of traction<br />
the performance would get<br />
online.<br />
“I sat down at breakfast on<br />
Saturday morning and suddenly<br />
discovered there were 12,000<br />
views, and I thought, oh, that’s a<br />
bit interesting,” Ferguson said.<br />
“Then, over the course of the<br />
weekend, it just got a bit nuts<br />
and, it’s exciting.”<br />
Ferguson said co-ordinating<br />
the band was “about a year-long<br />
process” but “wasn’t as hard as it<br />
seemed”.<br />
“The first time all the groups<br />
came together and heard it was<br />
just three days before the prizegiving<br />
where we had our final<br />
dress rehearsal,” he said.<br />
He admitted none of the<br />
students were that excited about<br />
the performance at the start of<br />
the year because “they were all<br />
quite young, and none of them<br />
listened to Led Zeppelin”.<br />
“But once they saw all the<br />
groups together, they suddenly<br />
caught the vision for it, and they<br />
then got quite excited,” Ferguson<br />
said.<br />
Stairway to Heaven was<br />
written in late 1971 by Led<br />
Zeppelin’s guitarist Jimmy Page<br />
and lead singer Robert Plant<br />
for their untitled fourth studio<br />
album (commonly known as Led<br />
Zeppelin IV).<br />
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one of the greatest rock songs of<br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong> 5<br />
WE WANT MORE: Connection, acceptance and community are just three of the most<br />
desirable things for Hornby youth.<br />
Youth survey prompts<br />
community meeting<br />
• From page 1<br />
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her wisdom and experience,<br />
Riccarton Ward councillor<br />
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Wigram MP Megan Woods<br />
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thoughts and some actions we<br />
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“Our young people have told us<br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong> 7<br />
Creating connections<br />
through crafting cards<br />
THE RICCARTON Card<br />
Making Club has been using<br />
the Upper Riccarton Library<br />
fortnightly on Friday mornings<br />
for more than 15 years.<br />
It’s a support group for those<br />
who have lost loved ones, a way<br />
to stay connected to the local<br />
community and a think tank<br />
dedicated to solving the big issues.<br />
“It’s much more than just a<br />
group that makes cards,” said<br />
group member Anne Davison.<br />
“We really enjoy the social<br />
aspect, as well as being creative.<br />
You meet like-minded people,<br />
and our conversations are so<br />
varied from where you use your<br />
Gold Card, to funerals, and<br />
happenings in Christchurch that<br />
others may be interested in.<br />
“We put the world to right.<br />
“Some of us live on our own<br />
now so come for companionship,<br />
and a couple come to keep their<br />
mental health in check, but most<br />
of all we come to meet with other<br />
people and as a small group, so<br />
we don’t feel overwhelmed by lots<br />
of strangers.”<br />
The best part about using Upper<br />
Riccarton Library, says Anne,<br />
is the room. It is important for<br />
the crafters that the room is very<br />
warm in the winter and large<br />
enough for members to spread<br />
out, with everyone getting their<br />
own table for their supplies.<br />
Members come from all over<br />
Christchurch, Selwyn and<br />
Waimakariri, and enjoy a coffee<br />
at the library’s cafe.<br />
Anne said when she retired,<br />
she felt a need to meet others and<br />
continue to learn aspects of card<br />
making. The group was the perfect<br />
opportunity to do just that.<br />
“About every fourth class, we<br />
will learn something new. The<br />
FRIENDSHIP:<br />
The card<br />
making club<br />
at Upper<br />
Riccarton<br />
Library is<br />
a creative<br />
outlet, a<br />
support<br />
group, a<br />
community<br />
hub and a<br />
think tank for<br />
the crafters<br />
involved.<br />
more experienced members take<br />
turns to teach the rest of us.”<br />
There are currently six members,<br />
each with their own unique<br />
style of card making, and the<br />
group wouldn’t mind increasing<br />
membership.<br />
If you’re interested in joining<br />
the Riccarton Card Making<br />
Group for a club fee each fortnight,<br />
get in touch with Anne on<br />
027 370 8583.<br />
For information on room hire,<br />
visit the library website or ring<br />
on 941 7923.<br />
60,000 goal<br />
for next year<br />
• From page 1<br />
Said St Margaret’s director<br />
of community relations Jane<br />
Lougher: “We are thrilled to<br />
have been part of a collective<br />
effort to plant more than 30,000<br />
native plants this year, 5,500<br />
of which were propagated in<br />
our own St Margaret’s College<br />
nursery with the support of our<br />
middle and senior students.<br />
“Congratulations to<br />
Eco-Action Nursery Trust,<br />
Õtautahi-Christchurch and<br />
Waitaha-Canterbury for this<br />
well-deserved recognition.”<br />
The trust was founded in<br />
2016 as a way to create learning<br />
opportunities for students by<br />
taking action in their communities<br />
to tackle climate change.<br />
Said Newton: “The schools<br />
are a fundamental part of the<br />
project, as the students learn<br />
practical skills, more about horticulture<br />
and the environment.”<br />
“They have expressed how<br />
they feel better about their impact<br />
on climate change through<br />
this project.”<br />
To date, the satellite nurseries<br />
have contributed 20,764 volunteer<br />
hours of planting.<br />
The sustainable business<br />
awards, which have been running<br />
for 21 years, recognise and<br />
celebrate success in sustainability.<br />
Next year, the trust is looking<br />
to double the number of plants<br />
grown to about 60,000.<br />
Said Newton: “We’ll just<br />
keep doing what we do – I want<br />
to get as many plants in the<br />
ground within the next 10 years<br />
before I die.”<br />
Get amongst the fun and show us<br />
your biggest manu!<br />
Giant inflatables,<br />
hydroslide, sausage sizzle,<br />
ice cream and more!<br />
Sunday 10 <strong>December</strong>, 12pm–5pm<br />
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Sunday 10 <strong>December</strong>, 12pm–2pm<br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong> 9<br />
Jump Jam Nationals <strong>2023</strong><br />
After the success of last year’s teams, we knew this was going<br />
to be a tough feat to match. Backing up a national title was<br />
daunting, but a challenge our Year 8 team was ready for. During<br />
our first competition, we performed as a team of 7, with one<br />
student out with sickness and one with injuries. In order for this<br />
team to compete at Nationals, we required a minimum of 12<br />
students to a team. With that in mind, we welcomed Maya, Ella,<br />
and Elizabeth to the team.<br />
With a rigorous practice schedule of three sessions a week,<br />
including holiday practices, they have consistently pushed their<br />
limits and strived for excellence. The countless hours spent<br />
perfecting their routines and refining their skills have truly paid<br />
off, as they continue to shine brighter with each performance.<br />
Competition time<br />
The Strictly Jump Jam competition is renowned for its high level<br />
of competition. What began as a novice grade to integrate more<br />
teams into the typical Jump Jam challenge grades, including<br />
costuming, formation, and routine changes, has now evolved into<br />
an elite grade. The scoring requirements for entry now meet the<br />
highest level challenge grade, making it even more competitive.<br />
Teams from all over the South Island gathered to showcase<br />
their talents and compete at this prestigious event. The level<br />
of competition was extremely high. Mr Brown and I were<br />
overwhelmed with pride when the students stepped on stage.<br />
This was by far their best performance. They had the whole<br />
crowd behind them, cheering them on, with Elizabeth, one of our<br />
yr 7’s getting a special shout from Brett (Mr Jump Jam) for her<br />
outstanding performance.<br />
Results<br />
Excellence - Technical<br />
Excellence - Presentation<br />
Overall - 2nd<br />
Senior Kapa Haka @ Tūhono<br />
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Halswell Quarry Park Adventure - Junior Park Rangers<br />
The highlight of our Term 4 has most definitely been the Year 0/1 trips to Halswell Quarry. What a<br />
fantastic programme run by the council. The tutors who delivered the programme were amazing - so<br />
knowledgeable and patient. Our Junior Park Rangers became bird watchers and bug spotters. They<br />
also learned about pollination, seed dispersion and decomposition. All big WOW words for the children<br />
to write about when they got back to school.<br />
Thank you to the<br />
amazing parent<br />
helpers who came<br />
along and allowed<br />
themselves to be<br />
dressed up as trees<br />
(all whilst being<br />
attacked by a toy<br />
chainsaw!)<br />
An amazing<br />
experience for our<br />
tamariki.<br />
Ngāti Moki Marae visit<br />
Our ākonga were greeted onto the marae with<br />
a mihi whakatau. Our students did very well<br />
in showing respect during this time and Kaira<br />
Rapana our Kapa Haka Kaea, led our waiata.<br />
I was proud to see how well our students<br />
represented Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka.<br />
Our ākonga were then invited to mihi to whaea<br />
Fiona to which they did an awesome job. Thank<br />
you to Kaira and Kharmony who role-modelled<br />
for our Year 5/6 and spoke first. It showed a lot<br />
of courage to stand up amongst your peers and<br />
mihi to everyone.<br />
After having a quick morning break with some<br />
kai our students followed whaia Fiona into the<br />
learning space where our students learned about<br />
māhinga kai and the history of the area. Our<br />
ākonga commented much about the interesting<br />
stories and had many questions about the<br />
māhinga kai. It was really awesome to see them<br />
so engaged. They learned a lot about the local<br />
area and how it has been shaped over time.<br />
After having a decent lunch break with some<br />
rolling down some slopes the ākonga went on a<br />
hikoi following the creek down to Hone Wetere<br />
Church. The students had just learnt about the<br />
church and as they followed the creek there, they<br />
were able to spot a lot of the native plants along<br />
the way. This was a great experience for them as<br />
they also got to see some of the tāngata whenua<br />
who were buried next to the church.<br />
Following the hikoi our students then made<br />
their way back to the marae where they thanked<br />
and were farewelled by whaea Fiona. They then<br />
performed the haka to show our appreciation for<br />
the cultural experience they had given us.<br />
The senior Kapa Haka group performed at Tūhono on Saturday 25th November in the Full Primary School competition. The competition was tough, many of the schools<br />
having been in the competition for over 6 years or more, and this was Oakland’s first time competing at Tūhono.<br />
Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka had three amazing achievements in the afternoon:<br />
• We came 3rd overall at Tūhono, an amazing feat considering we had<br />
many schools who had won Tūhono in our category.<br />
• Our Waiata-a-ringa song Tenei Matou placed 2nd in the category.<br />
• Our Haka Tika Tonu was placed 3rd in the category.<br />
The Senior Kapa Haka group would like to acknowledge our amazing<br />
leaders who lead our group on stage, all of the tamariki stood up and<br />
performed to a packed crowd at the Town Hall, and Matua Steve, Mr<br />
Brown, Miss Booth, and Mr Meyrick for their time and effort in training<br />
the students. We are all extremely proud of our tamariki representing<br />
Oaklands Te Kura o Ōwaka on the big stage at Tūhono.<br />
We’ve already signed up for next year since we’ve had a taste of what’s<br />
coming....Watch out Tūhono, we’re coming for first next year!
10<br />
Thursday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong><br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong> 11<br />
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12<br />
Thursday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong><br />
[Edition datE]<br />
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in<br />
Start a new<br />
Christmas tradition<br />
What could be better than starting some new family traditions this year? Christmas traditions are memories<br />
in the making and help spread a little festive cheer whether with your loved ones or out in the community.<br />
10 great ideas to help make Christmas a magical time of the year<br />
1. Create a Christmas playlist with some of<br />
your favourite carols and songs – play it<br />
loud and every day, if that’s your thing.<br />
Or plan a pre-Christmas sing-along<br />
evening – don’t forget to supply the song<br />
sheet so everyone can join in too.<br />
2. Get into the spirit of Christmas by getting<br />
together with family or friends to help<br />
decorate each other’s houses – turn up<br />
the music, drink the wine and go all out<br />
to deck the halls.<br />
3. Make and send homemade Christmas<br />
cards – there’s nothing more exciting<br />
than getting mail, right? Or how about<br />
writing some generic ones and dropping<br />
them into your nearest retirement<br />
home to brighten up an elderly person’s<br />
Christmas.<br />
4. Buy your family Christmas tee-shirts or<br />
Santa hats to wear on the day and don’t<br />
forget to take a family selfie.<br />
5. Fill a shoebox with gifts for a child, wrap<br />
it with a bow, and deliver to the nearest<br />
community gift tree – check with your<br />
local library and label with age and<br />
gender.<br />
6. Have a yearly family, friends or neighbour<br />
outdoor games night with drinks and<br />
nibbles leading up to the big day – think<br />
Pétanque, hoopla, mini golf, giant chess,<br />
or croquet.<br />
7. Take a leaf out of Iceland’s traditional<br />
‘Jolabokaflod’ or Christmas Book Flood,<br />
and give a book as a gift on Christmas<br />
Eve each year – don’t forget to write<br />
inside the cover who it’s from and the<br />
date.<br />
8. Make a list of must see Christmas movies<br />
to watch a week before Christmas day<br />
and tick off the ones you’ve watched.<br />
Don’t forget the popcorn and hot<br />
chocolate or nibbles and wine.<br />
9. Make and give a handmade ornament<br />
as a gift each year – the lucky receiver’s<br />
Christmas tree will be covered with<br />
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10. Make homemade hot chocolate on<br />
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Thursday [Edition <strong>December</strong> datE] 7 <strong>2023</strong> 13<br />
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Shops bursting with<br />
festive gift ideas<br />
The countdown to the big day is well underway, so making up the<br />
Christmas gift list will now be a top priority… if you haven’t already done so.<br />
Finding those special gifts and stocking fillers as<br />
well as the Christmas treats for the table is so easy at<br />
our city’s malls and shopping centres, where the shops<br />
are bursting with festive merchandise.<br />
Every woman likes to receive body pampering<br />
gifts, and there is a huge selection of these priced<br />
to suit all budgets at the many pharmacies and gift<br />
shops around the city. Perfume is another favourite<br />
and again there is a wide selection to choose from,<br />
ranging from exciting new releases to the well-known<br />
fragrances that have stood the test of time. Lingerie,<br />
jewellery, fashion accessories, homewares and decor<br />
items – there’s no end to the ideas for the women on<br />
the list.<br />
The men are equally well catered for, from the<br />
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Speaking of smiles, nothing gives families more joy<br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong><br />
Just a little bit naughty<br />
Banana and chocolate<br />
chip mug cakes<br />
Serves 2<br />
Ingredients<br />
2 very ripe bananas, peeled<br />
2 eggs<br />
1 tsp vanilla extract<br />
25g butter, melted<br />
½ cup flour<br />
1 tsp baking soda<br />
1 tsp cinnamon<br />
pinch of salt<br />
½ cup milk chocolate chips<br />
walnuts, roughly chopped, to<br />
serve<br />
Cream cheese icing<br />
50g butter, melted<br />
100g cream cheese, at room temperature<br />
2 heaped Tbsp icing sugar<br />
Method<br />
• For the cream cheese icing,<br />
The creator of the sweet chilli jam, ham and cream<br />
cheese scrolls that went viral during lockdown, Kitty<br />
Williams, is sharing more of her “naughty, indulgent’’<br />
recipes in her first cookbook, Kitty’s Kitchen: Just a<br />
Little Bit Naughty.<br />
The city centre resident started out with a<br />
sandwich making business, then a food truck,<br />
followed by a small catering business before she<br />
discovered the power of Instagram. It enabled her to<br />
fully indulge in her passion for “naughty ingredients”.<br />
As she says, “butter is good for the soul”. – ODT<br />
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put the butter in a small bowl.<br />
Heat in the microwave on high<br />
for 30 seconds or so, until melted.<br />
Add the cream cheese and icing<br />
sugar. Whisk until smooth then<br />
set aside.<br />
• Mash the bananas in a large<br />
bowl until smooth. Add eggs,<br />
vanilla essence and melted butter<br />
and stir until well combined.<br />
• Sift in the flour, baking soda,<br />
cinnamon and salt. Stir until well<br />
combined but take care not to<br />
over-stir. Fold in chocolate chips.<br />
• Divide the mixture between<br />
two mugs. One at a time, cook<br />
the mug cakes in the microwave<br />
for 2 minutes on high. (Every<br />
microwave is different so test after<br />
1 minute and go from there.) It’s<br />
better to be undercooked than<br />
overcooked – when you press<br />
the cake it should feel light and<br />
springy.<br />
• The cakes will be quite hot so<br />
it’s best to leave them for a couple<br />
of minutes to cool down slightly<br />
before icing. Pop the cream<br />
cheese icing into a snap-lock bag,<br />
or use a piping bag. You want<br />
to fill the corner. Twist the bag<br />
around until it feels tight, then<br />
snip the corner off using scissors.<br />
Do whatever design you desire,<br />
then top with the walnuts.<br />
Spicy prawn spaghetti<br />
with whipped parmesan<br />
ricotta<br />
Serves 4<br />
Ingredients<br />
500g tomatoes, halved (I used<br />
vine tomatoes)<br />
1 red onion, roughly chopped<br />
4 garlic cloves<br />
2 Tbsp balsamic vinegar<br />
2 Tbsp olive oil<br />
500g ricotta<br />
150g Parmesan, grated<br />
juice of ½ lemon<br />
200g spaghetti<br />
2½ cups thawed frozen prawns,<br />
peeled and deveined<br />
1 tsp chilli flakes<br />
butter for cooking<br />
handful of parsley, roughly<br />
chopped<br />
handful of basil, roughly<br />
chopped<br />
handful of coriander, roughly<br />
chopped<br />
Method<br />
• Preheat the oven to 180°C.<br />
• Put the tomatoes, red onion,<br />
garlic, balsamic vinegar and a<br />
drizzle of olive oil in an ovenproof<br />
dish and season with<br />
salt and pepper. Give it a good<br />
toss then chuck in the oven for<br />
35-40 minutes. The tomatoes<br />
should collapse into a sauce by<br />
this point and the house should<br />
smell divine!<br />
• Put the ricotta, Parmesan,<br />
lemon juice, a pinch of salt and<br />
a glug of olive oil into a blender<br />
and blitz until smooth.<br />
• Bring a pot of water to the<br />
boil and add the spaghetti.<br />
Cook until al dente.<br />
• Drain, reserving a cup of the<br />
starchy cooking water.<br />
• Drain off any excess liquid<br />
from the prawns, then pat them<br />
dry with a paper towel.<br />
• Coat the prawns in chilli<br />
flakes then pop them into a<br />
hot pan with a knob of butter.<br />
Once the prawns are almost<br />
cooked (they should still be just<br />
a touch translucent), add the<br />
tomato sauce to the prawns, stir<br />
through, then add the spaghetti<br />
and the reserved starchy water.<br />
Turn off the heat and add all of<br />
the fresh herbs, then stir again.<br />
• Grab a large serving dish.<br />
Put the whipped Parmesan<br />
ricotta on first, then top with<br />
the prawn spaghetti.<br />
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Thursday <strong>December</strong> 7 <strong>2023</strong><br />
Trailblazing Jeep Renegade leads the way<br />
THE ICONIC Jeep is trail blazing<br />
a new path for the brand as<br />
it enters for the first time the low<br />
emission world or electrification,<br />
by offering a plug-hybrid<br />
(PHEV) option across many of<br />
its models.<br />
The Renegade fires the opening<br />
shot in the new electrified<br />
Jeep range in the form of a<br />
$69,990 AWD plug-in hybrid<br />
being reviewed in this road test.<br />
It is pricey for an aging, small<br />
and quirky looking SUV. Carrying<br />
the 4xe badge, PHEV and EV<br />
Motoring with Bob Nettleton<br />
models will underpin the most<br />
efficient and environmentally<br />
responsible Jeeps ever. The company<br />
is shooting for the electrified<br />
stars and aiming to have EV<br />
offerings in each SUV segment<br />
in the next few years. It’s already<br />
started that journey here with<br />
the recent launched fully electric<br />
Avenger.<br />
4xe models offer strong performance<br />
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and everything between.<br />
Each model features legendary<br />
4x4 abilities fine tuned for more<br />
than 80 years, while still an ideal<br />
choice for everyday city driving<br />
with an average all electric range<br />
of 45-50km.<br />
With E-Select modes – the<br />
4xe driver can tailor the hybrid<br />
power train to best suit each<br />
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pure-electric mode to extended<br />
Incorporating<br />
best motorbuys<br />
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highway road trips with no range<br />
anxiety, except for the totally<br />
paranoid. All three modes are<br />
selectable via three buttons. In<br />
the test vehicle these are located<br />
in the centre console.<br />
The 4xe hybrid solution combines<br />
enhanced performance<br />
up to 177kW. This is a lot of<br />
power for a small SUV. Given<br />
its off-beat looks, it’s a performance<br />
wolf in sheep’s clothing.<br />
This impressive power output is<br />
achieved by pairing a 1.3-litre<br />
turbo petrol engine with an electric<br />
motor nestled between the<br />
rear axle, which is powered by an<br />
11.4kW battery that can be recharged<br />
while driving or through<br />
an external power outlet.<br />
While not the smoothest or<br />
sweetest sounding motor, it is, if<br />
nothing else a highly entertaining<br />
drive – a little less so when<br />
it runs out of battery power to<br />
hurry things along. A six-speed<br />
automatic does a competent<br />
enough job. The test vehicle’s<br />
transmission isn’t the most polished<br />
in its class, with a few more<br />
rough edges than you would<br />
expect given its lofty price tag.<br />
If you are looking for loads of<br />
Ratings out of 10: Performance 7; Handling 7; Build<br />
Quality 6; Comfort 6; Styling 6; Average fuel consumption<br />
on road test 6.1L/100km; Value for money 5; Safety – Five<br />
Star ANCAP crash rating. Qualifies for a $4025 clean vehicle<br />
rebate until Dec 31, <strong>2023</strong>.<br />
Overall points out of 10: 6.5<br />
cargo and cabin space the Renegade<br />
offers little of either. Back<br />
seat passenger space is particularly<br />
tight, as is access in and out<br />
of the rear doors. When it comes<br />
to room it is shaded, or should<br />
that be eclipsed, by the cheaper<br />
top spec VRX Mitsubishi Eclipse<br />
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design is neat, but a bit<br />
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much hard plastic trim on show<br />
for a vehicle in this price bracket.<br />
For a small SUV this one<br />
makes a big play for the safety<br />
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features that include Full LED<br />
headlights, Forward Collision,<br />
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Traffic-Sign Recognition. Also<br />
making the safety cut for this<br />
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225<br />
6<br />
L E G<br />
N U T<br />
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kite, peck, pet, pic, pick, PICKET, pie, pike, pit, tic,<br />
word. tick, tie, tip.<br />
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19 20 21 22<br />
23 24<br />
25 26<br />
Across<br />
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17. Footpath (8)<br />
18. Ghost (6)<br />
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22. Swollen, distended (6)<br />
24. Incinerate (4)<br />
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gel, gelt, gen, gent, get,<br />
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leu, lug, luge, lune, lung,<br />
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