Nor'West News: February 15, 2024

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Dancer stepping up 

• By Sasha Watson 

LUKE STREET is going to 

jig, step and kick his way onto 

the stage at the World Irish 

Dancing Championships in 

Glasgow, Scotland, in late 

March. 

Luke has been training four 

times a week with his instructors, 

Shannon Dilger and 

Argene Flack, at the Southern 

Cross Irish Dance School’s new 

facility in Phillipstown. He 

will go to the championships 

alongside fellow dance student 

Cameron Murray, 11. 

It will be the Hillmorton 

High School year 11 student’s 

second time competing at the 

world championships, having 

competed in Montreal, Canada 

last year. 

• Turn to page 5 

HIGH KICKS: Luke Street 

has been learning Irish 

dancing at the Southern 

Cross Irish Dance school 

for about five years and 

has competed regularly 

for about two. 

Work on 

shared 

pathway 

finished 

PREVIOUSLY delayed renewal 

works on a section of the 

Northern Line Cycleway shared 

path, between Sawyers Arms 

Rd and the Langdons Rd rail 

crossing near Papanui High 

School, is now complete and 

open. 

The renewal works began in 

early January and finished last 

week after a four-month delay, 

having been postponed in September. 

Said Waipapa Papanui Innes 

Central Community Board chairperson 

Emma 

Norrish: “The 

works were 

postponed as the 

contractors needed 

to use Papanui 

High School land 

for access and 

stockpiling. This 

was not possible 

earlier due to construction 

work at the school. 

Emma 

Norrish 

“The work was urgently needed 

due to the poor state the heavily 

used path was in.” 

The goal was to make the path 

a safe and convenient option 

for both to travel along and the 

renewal included repairing and 

widening the cycleway, alongside 

the rail corridor, as well as vegetation 

clearance, asphalt surfacing, 

and line marking. 

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this week 

Lunar New Year - Learn how 

to play Mahjong 

Monday, 10am-noon 

Fendalton Library 

Come along to celebrate Lunar New 

Year and learn to play Mahjong. 

Open for beginners with no Mahjong 

or Chinese characters knowhow 

necessary. Come by yourself 

or with a friend to enjoy this braintraining 

game. Ages 13+. Free. 

Afterschool Activity Zone 

Friday, 3.30-4.30pm 

Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and 

Community Centre 

Every Friday during term time. Join 

in for a variety of activities including 

technology, crafts and games 

in a fun learning environment. All 

whānau welcome. Caregivers, please 

stay in the library during the session. 

Free, drop-in. 

Sensory Hour 

Mondays, 5-6pm 

Redwood Library 

Sensory hour is aimed specifically 

at children and adults with 

sensitivities, who may experience 

difficulties using a large, busy library 

with lots of noise, lights and people. 

They may be easily distracted by 

their external environment and find 

it hard to focus and concentrate. 

During the hour artificial lighting 

will be turned off and the activities 

happening in the library will be 

minimised. Library staff will be 

Lunar New Year Bilingual Wā Kōrero: Storytimes, Wednesday, 

10.30-11am at Ōrauwhata: Bishopdale Library and Community Centre. 

Celebrate the Year of the Dragon with a special bilingual storytime. Meet 

others in the community and join in for a fun variety of stories, songs and 

rhymes which foster children’s literacy. Perfect for 2-5 years. All whānau 

and caregivers are welcome. Free. 

available but will maintain a low 

profile. 

Non-denominational Bible 

reading group 

Mondays, 10.30am-noon 

Abberley Park hall 

The non-denominational Bible 

reading group meets at Abberley 

Park hall, Abberley Crescent on 

Monday mornings from 10.30am to 

noon. Call Veronica on 02102292613 

if interested. 

Citizens Advice Bureau 

Monday, Wednesday-Friday, 11am- 

5pm, Tuesday, 2-5pm, 

Fendalton Library 

Citizens Advice Bureau provides free 

and confidential advice. They take 

the time to listen and equip you with 

the information, options and support 

that fit your needs. Phone 351 

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JP Clinic 

Fendalton Library – Saturday, 10amnoon 

Shirley Library – Tuesday, 10am- 

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Papanui Library – Tuesday, 10am- 

1pm 

Bishopdale Library – Wednesday, 

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Festival-goers show their love 

• By Geoff Sloan 

AN ESTIMATED crowd of 

up to 15,000 descended on 

Thomson Park for the 13th 

annual ‘I Love Brighton’ festival. 

Event co-organiser Martha 

Baxendell said the free festival 

was a great way to start the year. 

“This is a family friendly event 

that we put on every year with 

activities for children, a little 

market area, we’ve got entertainment 

happening. I mean, just a 

fun day for everyone.” 

Community groups and sports 

clubs took the opportunity to 

showcase their offerings, keen 

to recruit new members by running 

games and activities. 

The event began after the 

Christchurch earthquakes as a 

way of lifting the spirits of the 

New Brighton community and 

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encouraging locals to re-engage 

in activities. 

“We wanted to create something 

that helped bring our 

community together, just show 

that unity and also to encourage 

our tamariki to see what they 

could get involved in.” 

Baxendell was delighted with 

the great community support 

for the event held on Tuesday 

last week. The key sponsors were 

the Home Foundation, Tangata 

Atumotu Trust and the Waitai 

Coastal-Burwood-Linwood 

Community Board, which allowed 

all the activities to be free. 

And with major 

redevelopments planned for 

the seaside suburb over the 

next year, there’s confidence 

the community will be able to 

stage an even bigger festival next 

Waitangi Day. 

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offering a range of new services. 

These include bill payments, 

IRD applications, Kiwi Access 

applications and New Zealand 

Transport Agency Waka Kotahi 

services – in addition to the usual 

posting of letters and parcels. 

“We started providing postal 

services at the Fendalton Service 

Centre back in 2016 in response 

to the community’s needs,” said 

city council head of citizen and 

customer services Sarah Numan. 

“Since then, we have included 

PostPlus services at our Papanui, 

Riccarton, Linwood and Shirley 

service centres, and we’ve had 

great community feedback from 

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“With these additional services, 

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Shared pathway 

finally completed 

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Northern Line Cycleway shared path, between Sawyers 

Arms Rd and the Langdons Rd rail crossing near Papanui 

High School, is now complete and open. 

Dancer off to world champs 

• From page 1 

“Being there will be a good 

experience, I’ve never been to 

Scotland before. While I’d like to 

place higher than I did last year, 

which was 42nd, getting into the 

top 50 per cent would be awesome,” 

said the 15-year-old, who 

is from Hoon Hay. 

However, travelling to and 

from the competition, staying in 

accommodation and the cost of 

airfares will be expensive – upwards 

of $15,000. 

Luke’s mother Kendra Street 

said: “If anyone is keen to donate 

and help, that would be amazing. 

We have already paid for entry 

into the competition, our airfares 

are on the credit card and we are 

awaiting the council’s response to 

Luke’s Youth Development funding 

application. 

“With every . . . donation, yours 

or your business name will be 

printed onto an ‘I have your back’ 

t-shirt, which Luke will wear out 

and about to say thank you to his 

supporters and sponsors.” 

Luke qualified at the 2023 New 

Zealand Irish Dancing national 

championships, held at Burnside 

High School, having won all 

three of his dances for the overall 

title and gaining a perfect score of 

300 in the U15s age group. 

He has been dancing for about 

five years at the Southern Cross 

Irish Dance School and has 

competed regularly for about 

two years. Said Street: “We first 

went to a boys-only class before 

he joined. Luke thought this was 

quite a unique and fun dance and 

he had rhythm and could learn 

the steps. He loves it, when he 

first started, he would just keep 

dancing all the time.’’ 

Luke will be competing in 

the soft-shoe and hard-shoe 

15-16-year-old boys categories at 

the championship, where, if he 

places in the top 50 per per cent, 

he will then be eligible to compete 

in the set dance category. 

There will be a panel of five adjudicators 

to judge and score each 

dance out of 100 points in aspects 

including rhythm and musicality, 

turn and crossover, elevation, 

speed, power, posture, carriage 

WINNER: Luke 

Street won all 

three of his 

dances for the 

overall title in 

the U15s age 

group at the 

New Zealand 

Irish Dancing 

Championships, 

where he 

also qualified 

for the world 

competition. 

and presence. 

The overall result is based on 

the total points a dancer received 

from their three dances. 

“Luke has pulled up his socks 

in terms of training and his presentation 

during the dances. It was 

good for him, in his first world 

championships last year, to see 

the standard of dancing from all 

of the other boys, and learn what 

he needs to do,” said Street. 

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donate to the bank account: 06- 

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Merv and Anji say goodbye 

after 29 years of service 


THE HEI Hei and Hornby 

communities have said goodbye 

to well-known dairy owners, 

Balvant “Merv” Ravji and his 

wife, Anjana. 

After nearly three decades, the 

couple has sold the shop. They 

finished up on Sunday. 

Said Ravji: “We just need a 

break. It was an (open) seven-day 

business, which we have been 

running for 29 years. We’re not 

retiring, but want to enjoy our 

time and life while we still can. 

“We would like to humbly 

thank the whole community for 

their understanding . . . there has 

been an outpour of people who 

have thanked us and wished us 

well. We have been so welcomed 

by everyone throughout the 

years. We cannot thank them 

enough.” 

More than 200 well-wishers 

have bid the couple farewell 

online and in person. 

Said Greater Hornby Residents 

Association chair Derek Phelps: 

“Being the people they are, Merv 

and Anji wanted to keep it quiet, 

but we could not let them get 

away with that. 

“They are a fantastic couple 

who always give the most 

outstanding service and will 

be greatly missed. Merv has 

advised the new owners have had 

experience running a similar 

operation.” 

One well-wisher on Facebook 

mentioned their father, who was 

in a wheelchair, being greeted by 

Ravji at the door, so the owner 

could collect necessary items and 

take them back out to his father, 

which made life a bit easier. 

Wycola Hair Design’s Heather 

Jackson, who works at the salon 

next to the dairy, told Nor’West 

News she wished the couple “the 

very best for their next journey”. 

“They wanted their leaving to 

go under the radar – but I told 

them that’s not happening. Merv 

COMMUNITY ICONS: Hei 

Hei Dairy owners, Balvant 

“Merv” Ravji and his wife, 

Anjana have sold up after 

almost three decades. 

PHOTO: GHRA 

is very humble and doesn’t want 

to be in the spotlight. 

“Most businesses around 

here have changed owners 

over the last few years, but not 

the dairy. They become a part 

of the community’s daily life, 

taking an interest with everyone, 

supporting those who need it day 

and night,” she said. 

“During Covid-19 and 

throughout the restrictions, 

Merv had set himself up with a 

box outside the shop with bits 

and bobs. He continued to serve 

Hei Hei in any way he could.” 

Cycleway 

delayed 


THE LATEST stage of 

construction of the South Express 

Cycleway on Waterloo Rd from 

Halswell Junction Rd to Fulham 

St has been halted. 

Work began in January and 

was due to finish in early March. 

It has been delayed due to an 

unexpected design clash with an 

underground power cable. 

Said city council transport 

planning and delivery manager 

Jacob Bradbury: “Due to an unexpected 

design clash with buried 

underground services, work has 

temporarily ceased on Waterloo 

Rd while a solution is found. Traffic 

management has been reduced 

and two-way traffic has resumed. 

“We are currently working with 

the service provider on a solution 

and once we have that, we can provide 

an updated completion date.” 

The cycleway project includes 

installing a temporary traffic 

management layout, new kerbs, 

channels, footpaths and drainage, 

and building a new shared twoway 

path. 

“Due to the design clash 

being identified early in the 

programme, the bulk of the works 

which is focused on the south 

side of Waterloo Rd is still to be 

completed,” Bradbury said. 

Once a solution has been found, 

it is expected to take about two 

months to complete. 

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for a huge Chinese made luxury, 

all electric seven-seat people 

mover costing $119,000? 

Chinese automotive giant LDV 

reckon there is because that’s 

exactly what they have launched 

here in the form of the MIFA 9. 

If nothing else this imposing, 

futuristic looking giant is hard to 

miss. 

From every angle, this is a big 

vehicle at 2-metres wide and 

5.3 metres long, and making a 

long story longer is MIFA 9’s 

3.2-metre wheelbase. 

New Zealand gets a threemodel 

MIFA 9 range, each with 

drive away pricing that leads 

Motoring with Bob Nettleton 

off with the entry level Elite at 

$79,990, while the mid-spec 

Luxury retails for $99,990. Easily 

the most expensive model is the 

$119,990 Premium provided for 

this road test. 

This luxury heavyweight of 

the giant people mover brigade 

possesses a remarkably good 

turn of pace for such a high, 

wide, long and hefty vehicle at 

nearly 2.6 tonne. Providing the 

performance fireworks is an 

180kW electric motor driving 

the front wheels with three drive 

modes, Sport, Normal and Eco 

available. That motor manages a 

decent 350Nm of torque, enough 

to propel it from 0-100km/h in a 

sharpish 8.9 seconds. All models 

are fitted with a large 90kWh 

Ratings out of 10: Performance 7; Handling 5; Build Quality 

5; Comfort 7; Passenger and Load Space 8; Value for money 

6; Safety – Five Star ANCAP crash rating. 

Overall points out of 10: 6.5 

lump of a battery pack, giving 

the car a real world EV driving 

range of 430km. Smooth strong 

acceleration had the test vehicle 

moving with almost indecent 

haste from traffic light standing 

starts, much to the surprise of 

drivers it left in its wake. A single 

speed automatic keeps things 

moving along nicely in both 

town and highway driving. 

The cabin is seriously large. 

This means heaps of space to 

pile in a whole bunch of features 

that make this a road going 

luxury cruise liner. No surprises 

then to find two large captain’s 

chairs in the second row, with 

cooling and heating, massaging 

function, with one touch fully 

electric reclining. There are 

three memory positions, eight 

massaging options. 

This is a bold breakout vehicle 

for LDV, who are intent showing 

the automotive world they can 

design and build to top class 

luxury vehicle – as a first attempt 

it shows plenty of promise. 

However, these aren’t enough 

to ignore its flaws that you 

don’t expect in $120K vehicle. 

These include inconsistent build 

quality, variable attention to 

detail and too many hard and 

lower grade plastic trims and 

surfaces in the cabin. 

Also I’d award a 5-star 

annoying rating for the vehicle’s 

over zealous and loud audible 

warnings that burst into their 

fullest voice for even the most 

minor driving transgressions. 

Finding where to silence these 

on the small touch screen was 

a mission, but there were high 

fives all round in the cabin when 

we finally hushed this electronic 

nagger. 

As expected, the ride is skewed 

toward comfort and it delvers 

that well enough over favourable 

road surfaces. It’s less adept on 

demanding roads where noise is 

more noticeable. 

Handling at moderate speeds 

over undulating terrain, and 

during cornering was better 

than expected, but it’s a vehicle 

that doesn’t enjoy being hurried 

along over these sorts of roads. 

Knowing and understanding 

the MIFA 9’s road holding 

limitations and driving to these 

is one of the keys to enjoying this 

unique people mover. 

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