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Merry<br />
Christmas<br />
From the team<br />
at Star Media<br />
THURSDAY, DECEMBER <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
www.starnews.co.nz<br />
Art is a gift<br />
that keeps<br />
on giving<br />
CREATE:<br />
Residents at<br />
Homesteadcare<br />
Ilam have been<br />
having art lessons<br />
from Olgah<br />
Mepham over the<br />
past nine months.<br />
• By Sasha Watson<br />
RESTHOME residents with<br />
little or no painting experience<br />
are turning out masterpieces to<br />
give away to family and friends<br />
for Christmas.<br />
Homesteadcare Ilam has<br />
been hosting art therapy lessons<br />
for residents, including those<br />
with extensive health challenges<br />
from strokes or Parkinson’s<br />
Disease and Alzheimer’s.<br />
Said resident Rodger: “I have<br />
MS (multiple sclerosis) and I<br />
can still do it. Olgah works with<br />
what I can do. (Painting) makes<br />
me feel good, they’ve come up<br />
really well.”<br />
Said another resident, Janice:<br />
“I love working with colours<br />
and seeing what others can do.<br />
It makes me pleasantly surprised<br />
at what I can achieve.<br />
“I’m drawn to landscapes<br />
because I lived rurally in Ellesmere.”<br />
Homesteadcare director<br />
Hamish Rose said painting has<br />
provided an opportunity to<br />
bring residents together, share<br />
time and grow their talents.<br />
Said Rose: “It shows it’s never<br />
too late to learn something new.<br />
Homesteadcare Ilam displayed<br />
their paintings at our friends<br />
and family Christmas party for<br />
all to appreciate.<br />
“Hearing lovely compliments<br />
lifts people’s spirits. It has also<br />
triggered others to think of giving<br />
it a go next year. Many residents<br />
will gift their paintings<br />
– just in time for Christmas.”<br />
The art therapy lessons were<br />
instigated last year by late resident,<br />
Pam, who had met artist<br />
and teacher Olgah Mepham by<br />
chance at a bus stop.<br />
Mepham found herself sharing<br />
a taxi ride with the resident,<br />
after asking Pam if she needed<br />
help in a Subway store at Bush<br />
Inn.<br />
Little did she know the brief<br />
encounter would result in her<br />
heading down a new creative<br />
pathway, from teaching high<br />
school students to working with<br />
residents.<br />
Said Mepham: “In <strong>December</strong><br />
2022, I went to visit Pam at<br />
Homesteadcare Ilam and went<br />
to invite her for Christmas<br />
lunch. I noticed someone wearing<br />
smart clothes. I thought<br />
he must be working there and<br />
helping the manager. I didn’t<br />
know that he was the manager<br />
himself.”<br />
“I jumped out of the chair<br />
and asked him, do you do some<br />
activity here? A few months<br />
later I received a text message:<br />
‘would you like to do an art<br />
class for the residents?’”<br />
Nine months on, Mepham<br />
continues to encourage creativity<br />
by giving the residents art<br />
therapy lessons.<br />
Said Mepham: “Even if this<br />
is a very different type of class,<br />
I don’t worry about if there are<br />
good results. The most important<br />
thing is to give them love<br />
and attention and share my gift<br />
as an artist with them.<br />
“It surprised me how we<br />
ended the last nine months<br />
with very good paintings. They<br />
look forward to giving some of<br />
their artwork to their family<br />
members as will be a nice<br />
memory for them.”
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Young flautists<br />
shine in<br />
international<br />
championships<br />
NOTEWORTHY: Natasha Chernousova with winning students Louise<br />
Chen and Claire Kim.<br />
• By Sasha Watson<br />
Said Louise’s mother, Flora Qu<br />
Jun Jie: “Louise is an enthusiastic<br />
LOUISE SHEN and Claire Kim, student with a passion and<br />
two young flute players who thinks winning the prize is not<br />
dream of becoming professional the most important thing.<br />
musicians, are one step closer to “What is more important is<br />
their goal.<br />
the process of the competition<br />
Louise, a year 9 Burnside High especially the tacit understanding<br />
and interaction between her<br />
School student, was first in the<br />
13 to <strong>14</strong>-year-old age category in and the piano accompanist.”<br />
the Lyrical Flute International Both girls are students of Natasha<br />
Chernousova, a musician<br />
Championship, an Australianbased<br />
online competition held with more than 20 years of experience,<br />
who performed in the<br />
last month.<br />
The 13-year-old of Halswell orchestra of the Perm Theatre of<br />
was also third in creative presentation<br />
and highly commended 1999 to 2012.<br />
Opera and Ballet in Russia from<br />
for the U16s ensemble, where she The theatre, often named<br />
performed with Claire.<br />
“Tchaikovsky’s House” after<br />
Year 9 Rangi Ruru Girls’ Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky is<br />
School student Claire, 13, also located in Chernousova’s home<br />
won the 13 to 16-year-old creative<br />
presentation.<br />
city of Perm, about 1000km from<br />
Moscow.<br />
Throughout her time with the<br />
theatre, she performed numerous<br />
stage works of Tchaikovsky,<br />
including the ballets Swan Lake<br />
and The Nutcracker, the 1812<br />
Overture, the Romeo and Juliet<br />
Overture-Fantasy, and several<br />
symphonies all over Europe,<br />
America and Canada.<br />
Said Chernousova: “It was<br />
among my fondest memories, as<br />
every day we met new people, experienced<br />
different cultures and<br />
learnt about many countries.<br />
“After my time in the theatre, I<br />
met a very nice Kiwi man online,<br />
Eric Reeves, and talked to him<br />
for several months before we met<br />
in Phuket, Thailand. We had a<br />
wonderful holiday.”<br />
A short while later, Chernousava<br />
decided to make the move<br />
to New Zealand and married<br />
her now husband in 2016. A few<br />
months later, she began to teach<br />
flute to her first student, Louise.<br />
“Music is my passion. I aim to<br />
inspire and challenge my students<br />
to become the best possible<br />
versions of themselves inside and<br />
outside of music,” she said.<br />
“My goal is to make every lesson<br />
as productive, educational,<br />
and fulfilling as possible. I aim<br />
to provide the students the<br />
tools and resources to be able to<br />
achieve what they wish for.”<br />
She teaches the flute, recorder,<br />
piccolo and piano to both adults<br />
and children, and offers beginner<br />
and advanced lessons privately.<br />
Chernousova also teaches<br />
part-time at Cashmere High<br />
School and Avonside Girls High,<br />
and plays for the Philharmonic<br />
Orchestra and the Risingholme<br />
Orchestra.<br />
Claire, who lives in Ilam, has<br />
been practising under Chernousova’s<br />
guidance for about four<br />
years and has been playing the<br />
flute for about five and a half<br />
years.<br />
“I love the sound of woodwind<br />
instruments. My passion started<br />
from a recorder group of a few<br />
people to playing an instrument<br />
I love and enjoy,” said Claire.<br />
“It is something that can<br />
help me, challenge me, support<br />
me, ease me . . . I want to make<br />
people love it as well . . . be connected<br />
and feel and understand<br />
what the piece of music is trying<br />
to portray and say.”<br />
To find out more, go to:<br />
nzmusicteachers.co.nz/<br />
natalia-chernousova/<br />
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Boys’ High put their best foot forward<br />
• By Sam Coughlan<br />
A BRILLIANT team effort<br />
from Christchurch Boys’ High<br />
School has won them an historic<br />
double in the New Zealand<br />
secondary schools track and field<br />
championships at Ngā Puna Wai.<br />
Both the junior and senior<br />
boys 4x100m relay teams took<br />
gold – in what is believed to be a<br />
first for the school.<br />
Boys’ High head of athletics<br />
Mike Drury said he believes it is<br />
the first time the school has done<br />
the ‘double.’<br />
“I’ve been checking the archives<br />
and to my knowledge it<br />
is the first time we’ve done this.<br />
It’s really special, the senior boys<br />
were narrowly beaten last year so<br />
a few lads from that team were<br />
determined to go better this<br />
year.”<br />
They were backed up by the<br />
junior boys 4x400m relay team<br />
picking up bronze, to cap off<br />
a successful weekend for the<br />
school who also saw discus<br />
thrower Finn McLeod take gold<br />
in the senior event, followed by<br />
teammate James Moore who<br />
took silver.<br />
Drury said Boys’ High had<br />
worked hard on improving their<br />
throwers – athletes who do discus,<br />
shot put, and javelin.<br />
“Last year we started a thrower<br />
programme so this is our second<br />
year with the group working to<br />
that goal of a medal.<br />
“It was the first time we’ve won<br />
GOLDEN: Christchurch Boys’ High School saw multiple successes at the schools track and field championships. Senior boys<br />
Hunter Scott (middle podium, left), Jordan Veitch, Harry Williamson and Sacha Tahi stand on the winning podium after taking<br />
first in the boys 4x100m relay, and Finn Hawkins runs during the 4x100m junior relay.<br />
PHOTOS: GARY NESBIT <br />
the senior discus event.”<br />
The event was the 50th edition<br />
of the school track and field<br />
championships, celebrated by a<br />
return to the city it was first held<br />
in, back in 1973.<br />
Papanui High School were also<br />
successful, with Lee West and<br />
Adi Pathak taking out the junior<br />
boys para long jump and senior<br />
boys para shot put respectively,<br />
while Daniel Wordsworth was<br />
first in the year 9 3000m road<br />
race.<br />
Una Kinajil-Reding won the<br />
senior girls para shot put for<br />
Rangi Ruru, which also saw twin<br />
sisters Zara and Eliza McDonnell<br />
finish 1st and 2nd in the junior<br />
girls high jump.<br />
Riccarton High School’s para<br />
athlete Connor Carston took<br />
gold in the junior boys para<br />
100m race and shot put.<br />
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Showstopping Christmas treats<br />
Roasted hazelnut and<br />
espresso tiramisu cream<br />
pavlova<br />
Serves 8-10<br />
Pavlova<br />
6 large egg whites<br />
1½ cups caster sugar<br />
1 Tbsp cornflour<br />
2 tsp lemon juice<br />
1 tsp vanilla extract<br />
½ cup roughly chopped roasted<br />
hazelnuts<br />
Tiramisu cream<br />
1 Tbsp instant espresso coffee<br />
granules<br />
2 Tbsp boiling water<br />
250g mascarpone<br />
½ cup cream<br />
4 Tbsp demerara sugar<br />
1/3 cup finely grated dark chocolate<br />
To assemble<br />
300ml cream, softly whipped<br />
Fudgy chocolate sauce (see end)<br />
Hazelnut praline (see end)<br />
Method<br />
Pavlova: Trace a 20cm-diameter<br />
circle on two sheets of baking<br />
paper. Turn the paper over and<br />
place each one on a flat baking<br />
tray.<br />
• Preheat the oven to 120°C<br />
regular bake.<br />
• Whisk the egg whites to soft<br />
peaks, then gradually add the<br />
sugar, one tablespoon at a time.<br />
Whisk until thick and glossy<br />
and the sugar is dissolved. The<br />
mixture should be smooth when<br />
rubbed between your fingertips.<br />
Any undissolved sugar will cause<br />
the meringue to weep.<br />
• Sift over the cornflour and<br />
add the lemon juice, vanilla and<br />
hazelnuts. Using a large metal<br />
spoon, fold into the meringue.<br />
• Spoon half the meringue<br />
into the centre of each circle on<br />
your baking paper, then, using<br />
the back of a large spoon,<br />
carefully spread it to the edge of<br />
the circles, building up the sides<br />
and swirling the top, keeping the<br />
meringue as high as possible.<br />
• Bake for 1 hour, alternating<br />
the trays after 30 minutes.<br />
Turn off the oven and, with the<br />
door closed, leave the meringues<br />
YUM: Two layers<br />
of crisp and<br />
chewy hazelnut<br />
meringue,<br />
whipped espresso<br />
cream, fudgy<br />
chocolate sauce<br />
and praline shards.<br />
RECIPE AND<br />
PHOTO: Summer<br />
Favourites by<br />
Vanya Insull<br />
inside to cool completely.<br />
Tiramisu cream: Dissolve the<br />
coffee in the boiling water, then<br />
cool. Place all the remaining<br />
ingredients in a bowl, add the<br />
cooled coffee and very gently<br />
whisk until smooth. Don’t over<br />
mix or it will split and curdle.<br />
Cover and refrigerate for at least<br />
1 hour and up to 24 hours.<br />
To assemble: Gently whisk<br />
the Tiramisu cream and softly<br />
whipped cream together to firmish<br />
peaks. Place one meringue on<br />
a serving plate and spread over<br />
half the cream. Top with the second<br />
meringue and dollop on the<br />
remaining cream. Drizzle with<br />
some fudgy chocolate sauce and<br />
scatter with pieces of hazelnut<br />
praline.<br />
Fudgy chocolate sauce (gf)<br />
Makes 1½ cups<br />
1 cup cream<br />
150g dark chocolate, roughly<br />
chopped (72% cocoa)<br />
2 Tbsp golden syrup<br />
1 tsp vanilla extract<br />
Method<br />
• Put the cream in a small<br />
saucepan and heat until just<br />
below boiling.<br />
• Take off the heat and add the<br />
chocolate.<br />
• Leave for 1 minute, then stir<br />
until smooth.<br />
• Stir in the golden syrup and<br />
vanilla and set aside to cool.<br />
Hazelnut praline (gf)<br />
Makes 1½ cups<br />
1 cup whole roasted hazelnuts<br />
1 cup caster sugar<br />
¼ cup water<br />
Method<br />
• Line a greased baking tray<br />
with baking paper and place the<br />
nuts close together on the tray.<br />
• Put the sugar and water in a<br />
clean saucepan over a medium<br />
heat.<br />
• Whisk to combine, then stop<br />
stirring and wait for the sugar to<br />
become golden in colour, swirling<br />
the pan for even colouring.<br />
• Immediately drizzle it all over<br />
the nuts, then leave to harden.<br />
Break into pieces to serve.<br />
Spiced Christmas schnaps<br />
Weihnachtsschnaps<br />
Ingredients<br />
5 cardamom pods, bruised<br />
Peel of 1 orange, sliced and without<br />
pith<br />
250ml (1 cup) high-quality 37% to<br />
40% spirit, such as korn or gin<br />
1 to 2 heaped tsp runny raw honey<br />
½ vanilla bean, split and seeds<br />
scraped out<br />
1 cinnamon quill<br />
1 cassia stick<br />
8 star anise<br />
2 cloves<br />
Method<br />
• Place spices and orange peel<br />
into a glass bottle that will hold<br />
at least 300ml. Add the spirit and<br />
shake. Close the lid and leave to<br />
infuse for 2–4 days.<br />
• Taste daily to see when you are<br />
happy with the infusion. The longer<br />
you leave the infusion, the more the<br />
anise flavour will develop from the<br />
star anise.<br />
• Strain off the liquid, put the<br />
whole ingredients in the compost<br />
and return the infused spirit to the<br />
bottle.<br />
• Add the honey to taste and<br />
shake vigorously to dissolve it,<br />
about 2 minutes.<br />
• Add the vanilla bean and seeds<br />
and swill the bottle to disperse the<br />
seeds. Let this infuse for at least<br />
another week before serving.<br />
• You can then either remove the<br />
vanilla bean or leave it to continue<br />
infusing.<br />
• Store indefinitely in your drinks<br />
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to stay safe on our roads<br />
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Finance Available T.A.P. Ph: 027 344 4488<br />
$25,990<br />
$24,990 $26,750 $27,250<br />
20<strong>14</strong> NissaN atlas BOX tRUCK<br />
3Ltr turbo diesel, 5 speed, 84,064kms, barn doors<br />
at rear, super tidy example.<br />
2016 NissaN NV350<br />
Auto, 2Ltr petrol, 5dr, ABS, ESC, 1<strong>14</strong>,000kms,<br />
very tidy example.<br />
2018 NissaN NV350<br />
Auto, 2.5Ltr diesel, 5dr, window tints, 105,000kms,<br />
very popular diesel.<br />
2019 NissaN NV350<br />
2.5Ltr diesel, auto, 5 door, silver, 118,000kms,<br />
immaculate order, drives superb.<br />
$27,750 $12,250<br />
$9,250<br />
$18,990<br />
2018 tOyOta hiaCe<br />
2Ltr VVT-I auto, 119,000kms, 5 door, air/con, ABS,<br />
ESC, drives superb.<br />
SALE<br />
$10,990<br />
2010 MiNi COOpeR CaMdeN<br />
Hi Spec, alloys, 1600cc auto, ABS, drives superbly.<br />
$11,750<br />
2013 sUzUKi sWift<br />
<strong>14</strong>00cc auto, NZ new, 66,328kms, alloys,<br />
economical, stunning in bright red pearl.<br />
$12,750<br />
$6,250<br />
2016 Kia spORtaGe<br />
Immactulate order, 4 wheel drive, air con, ESC, air<br />
bags, alloy wheels, towbar, finance available<br />
$7,990<br />
20<strong>14</strong> tOyOta Vitz<br />
1300cc, auto, ABS, airbags, ESC,<br />
economical, 61,000kms.<br />
2004 NissaN NOte 2010 NissaN MaRCh<br />
5 door hatch, auto, alloys, air/cond, ABS,<br />
ESC, 360˚ camera, 5 Star Safety rating,<br />
economical.<br />
$16,990 $10,950<br />
2009 tOyOta Wish<br />
7-seater, 87,879kms, alloys,<br />
drives superbly.<br />
$15,990<br />
2005 daihatsU siRiON<br />
NZ new, 5spd manual, very economical,<br />
immaculate, attractive in light blue Mica.<br />
$11,490<br />
Auto, ABS, airbags, air/con, alloys, CD/<br />
Radio, only 72,000kms, economical, very<br />
tidy example.<br />
$29,990<br />
20<strong>14</strong> Mazda aXela 20<strong>14</strong> Mazda aXela 2018 daihatsU hi Jet<br />
2 litre, 5 speed manual, 90,252kms,<br />
dark blue pearl, alloys, ABS, ESC.<br />
$11,750<br />
2010 tOyOta Wish<br />
1800cc auto, alloys, 7-seater,<br />
ideal family wagon.<br />
$16,490<br />
2 litre auto, alloys, CD, Cruise, ABS, ESC,<br />
deep blue pearl, immaculate.<br />
$26,990<br />
5 door van, auto, ABS, ESC, Lane Depart,<br />
airbags, economical, ideal commercial.<br />
$15,990<br />
2018 NissaN NV350 VaN<br />
Auto, 2500cc turbo diesel, air/cond,<br />
ABS, ESC, 5 door, roof carrier, rear<br />
ladder.<br />
$31,990<br />
2007 sUzUKi apV VaN<br />
5 speed, 1600cc, manual, NZ new,<br />
5 door, alloys, very clean example.<br />
2011 NissaN NV200<br />
113 Main South Rd, RiccaRton • 027 344 4488 • www.RoadwayS.nz<br />
• Free On Road Costs<br />
• NEW Warrant Of Fitness<br />
5 speed manual, 1600cc, 5 door, alloys,<br />
air conditioning, very nice example.<br />
2016 NissaN atlas BOX tRUCK<br />
5spd manual, 3 Litre turbo diesel, large<br />
rear cargo capacity, excellent example.<br />
• 6 Months Registration<br />
• Finance available T.A.P<br />
2011 NissaN NV200 VaN<br />
1600cc auto, air conditioning, reverse<br />
camera, very popular 5 door model.<br />
We Accept:<br />
2018 NissaN NV350<br />
High roof, LWB, 2.5 t/diesel, 5dr auto, ESC,<br />
ABS, dual sliders, accident avoidance<br />
system, super tidy.
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CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8 9<br />
10 11<br />
326<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
226<br />
6<br />
D B A<br />
N T I<br />
12 13 <strong>14</strong> 15<br />
16<br />
17 18<br />
19<br />
20 21 22 23 24<br />
many words of three or more letters,<br />
How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six<br />
letters, using each letter only once? No foreign<br />
words or words beginning with a capital are<br />
allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.<br />
once?<br />
TODAY<br />
Good 15 Very Good 19 Excellent 23<br />
Solution 225: gel, gelt, gen, gent, get, glen, glue,<br />
glut, GLUTEN, gnu, gun, gut, leg, lent, let, leu, lug,<br />
word. luge, lune, lung, lunge, lute, net, nut, teg, ten, tug,<br />
tun, tune, ute.<br />
letters, including plurals, can you make<br />
from the six letters, using each only<br />
No words beginning with a capital are<br />
allowed. There’s at least one six-letter<br />
Good 15 Very Good 19 Excellent 23<br />
25 26<br />
27 28<br />
29 30<br />
31 32<br />
33 34<br />
Across<br />
1. Diminish (6)<br />
5. Surplus (6)<br />
10. Insensitive (7)<br />
11. Illness (7)<br />
12. Straight, honest (6)<br />
15. Beginner (6)<br />
16. Repulsive (7)<br />
17. Professional cook (4)<br />
18. Liability (4)<br />
19. Fan (7)<br />
20. Join (4)<br />
22. Exploited (4)<br />
25. Non-religious (7)<br />
27. Make worse (6)<br />
28. Find (6)<br />
31. Small dog (7)<br />
32. Late (7)<br />
33. Peek (6)<br />
34. Come to rest (6)<br />
Decoder<br />
Down<br />
2. Expand (7)<br />
3. Stoop (6)<br />
4. Bird home (4)<br />
5. Whirlpool (4)<br />
6. Universe (6)<br />
7. Beach (7)<br />
8. Bitter (6)<br />
9. Current (6)<br />
13. Undersized fish (7)<br />
<strong>14</strong>. Entourage (7)<br />
15. Digit (7)<br />
20. Evasive (6)<br />
21. Clothing (7)<br />
23. Disgraceful event (7)<br />
24. Further down (6)<br />
25. Ape-like (6)<br />
26. Rat or mouse (6)<br />
29. Hillside (Scottish) (4)<br />
30. Sound of an accident (4)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Lessen, 5.<br />
Excess, 10. Callous, 11.<br />
Disease, 12. Direct, 15.<br />
Novice, 16. Hideous, 17.<br />
Chef, 18. Debt, 19. Admirer,<br />
20. Seam, 22. Used, 25.<br />
Secular, 27. Impair, 28.<br />
Locate, 31. Terrier, 32.<br />
Overdue, 33. Glance, 34.<br />
Settle.<br />
Down: 2. Enlarge, 3.<br />
Slouch, 4. Nest, 5. Eddy,<br />
6. Cosmos, 7. Seaside,<br />
8. Acidic, 9. Recent, 13.<br />
Tiddler, <strong>14</strong>. Retinue, 15.<br />
Numeral, 20. Shifty, 21.<br />
Apparel, 23. Scandal, 24.<br />
Deeper, 25. Simian, 26.<br />
Rodent, 29. Brae, 30. Oops.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
adit, aid, and, ani, ant,<br />
anti, bad, bait, ban, band,<br />
BANDIT, bat, bid, bin, bit,<br />
dab, dan, din, dint, nab, nib,<br />
nit, tab, tad, tan, tin<br />
Sudoku<br />
DECODER<br />
Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the<br />
given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out<br />
which letters are represented by the other numbers.<br />
All puzzles copyright<br />
T H E P U Z Z L E C O M P A N Y<br />
www.thepuzzlecompany.co.nz
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SCRAP METAL<br />
Dominion Trading Co Ltd<br />
• Scrap metal buyers<br />
• Canterbury owned & operated<br />
• Top prices paid $$$<br />
• Open Saturday morning<br />
Open Mon-Fri 8am – 4.30pm Sat. 8.30am-12.30pm<br />
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TREES<br />
Our services include:<br />
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P: 027 2299 454<br />
E: craigstrees@xtra.co.nz<br />
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Fully insured<br />
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PAINTING 24/7<br />
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a speciality,<br />
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FREE QUOTES<br />
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Exterior staining,<br />
exterior painting,<br />
water blasting.<br />
Moss and mould<br />
treatment $300.<br />
Phone Kevin<br />
027 561 4629<br />
BRICKLAYER.<br />
George Lockyer. Over<br />
40 years bricklaying<br />
experience. UK trained.<br />
Insurance work, EQC<br />
repairs. Heritage<br />
brickwork & stonework<br />
a speciality. No job too<br />
small. Governers Bay.<br />
Home 329 9344. Cell<br />
027 684 4046. E mail<br />
georgelockyer@xtra.co.nz<br />
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the trade has given me<br />
ability to build to a high<br />
standard. Free quotes. Ph<br />
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CARPET LAYING<br />
Exp. Repairs, uplifting,<br />
relaying, restretching.<br />
Phone John on 0800<br />
003181, 027 240 7416<br />
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003181, 027 240 7416<br />
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505 7779<br />
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Best price guarantee Tony<br />
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Sunday 17th Dec<br />
The story of Christmas told through carols,<br />
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RAY WHITE PAPANUI<br />
Merry Christmas<br />
As the year comes to a close, the team at Ray White Papanui want to take<br />
a moment to express our deepest gratitude to all our valued clients and<br />
those who have generously referred business to us. Your trust and support<br />
have been the cornerstone of our success, and we are truly thankful for the<br />
opportunities to work alongside you on your property journey..<br />
Thank you for choosing Ray White Papanui. We look forward to continuing<br />
our journey together in the coming year. Wishing you a Merry Christmas<br />
and a safe and happy holiday season.<br />
From all the team at Ray White Papanui<br />
Little Ray of Giving<br />
Ray White Papanui has been extremely proud to partner with<br />
Ronald McDonald House for our Little Ray of Giving campaign<br />
this Christmas, thank you to our community for your support<br />
with donations.<br />
Every family staying at Ronald McDonald House deserves the<br />
magic of Christmas and our team here at Ray White Papanui are<br />
passionate about helping<br />
make that happen! While<br />
we have collected and<br />
delivered an amazing<br />
selection of gifts it is<br />
never too late to support<br />
this great charity by<br />
donating gifts for infants,<br />
kids, teenagers, parents<br />
and their caregivers to<br />
help brighten their day.<br />
Your support will make a<br />
difficult time for families<br />
so much brighter.<br />
Please deliver your gifts<br />
to Ray White Papanui,<br />
Level 1, 7 Winston Avenue,<br />
Papanui (above Black<br />
& White Coffee Cartel)<br />
and we will ensure they<br />
are delivered to Ronald<br />
McDonald House.<br />
rwpapanui.co.nz<br />
Scan to book<br />
in your free<br />
appraisal<br />
with one of<br />
our team