Western News: February 15, 2024

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THURSDAY, 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. 

Cycleway 

delayed due 

to design 

clash with 

power cable 


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. 

Since work started in 

January, Bradbury said pothole 

investigations were completed to 

locate services, some kerb and 

channel and drainage works have 

been completed on the north side 

of Waterloo Rd, as well as the site 

clearance on the south side of 

Waterloo Rd where the cycle way 

is located. 

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Lunar New Year Lion Dance 

Workshop – 10-16 years 

Saturday, 10am-noon 

Upper Riccarton Library 

Learn how a lion dance works with 

a workshop delivered jointly by the 

Qiao Yi Lion dance team and library 

staff. Learn how to make a lion head 

with recycled materials and the 

basic movements, then participate 

in a casual lion dance performance 

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Zine Club 

Thursdays, 3-4.14pm 

Upper Riccarton Library 

This is an inclusive club, open to 

intermediate and high-schoolaged 

students. Arrive any time 

from 3pm and stay as long as you 

can. Zines (pronounced zeens) are 

self-published booklets that can 

be hand-made through traditional 

cutting-and-pasting or made online 

using design software. Learn about 

different zine-making techniques, 

Culture Galore, Saturday, noon-4pm at Ray Blank Park, Ilam. Culture 

Galore is an annual multicultural festival which celebrates the city’s 

diverse food, arts and crafts, music and dance performances and culture 

in a fun family atmosphere. Stage performances range from traditional 

dances and songs from Indonesia, Korea, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, 

China, Fiji, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Ireland, Bangladesh and many 

more. There is a range of activities, such as flax weaving, face painting, soft 

archery, bouncy castles, police speed radar and more. Event entry and 

activities are free, but there is a cost for food and craft items. 

meet other creators, and enjoy 

some arts and crafts. Some collage 

resources will be provided – bring 

along your preferred art medium or 

device if you have one. 

Beats Lab 

Friday, 3-4.30pm 

Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre 

Drop in and have a go with music 

gear or work on your own project. 

Have a go at finger drumming or 

performing tracks on the SP-404, 

sample on Logic Pro X or Koala 

Sampler, scratching with a vinyl 

turntable or DJ controller, electronic 

and hip-hop music gear, traditional 

digital piano or electronic drum kit. 

Beginner friendly. Free, drop-in. 

Most gear is suitable for ages 12+, 

some activities can be provided for 

those that are younger on request. 

English Conversation Group 

Wednesday 2-3pm 

Hornby Library 

The conversation group is a drop-in 

group where anyone is welcome to 

come and practice conversations in 

English, in a friendly and relaxed 

environment. This is not a class, but 

an opportunity to talk with others in 

English and to meet new people in 

the community. Especially good for 

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Sorry we’re in your way 

New water pipes on 

Memorial Ave 

We’re replacing old underground pipes on Memorial 

Avenue between Ilam Road and Roydvale Avenue. 

To do this work quickly we need to reduce Memorial Avenue to one lane 

in both directions around our work sites. Expect delays at peak times. 

We’re also working in the area upgrading roads, including the Nor’West 

Arc cycleway, between Memorial Avenue and Ilam Fields. There will be 

lane closures around our worksite. Detours will be in place. 

We know roadworks are disruptive for you, so our contractors are 

working on these projects at the same time so we can get out of your 

way sooner. All work has been planned to keep traffic flowing. 

Avonhead Rd 

Withells Rd 

Roydvale 

Ave 

Burnside Park 

Grahams Rd 

Avonhead Rd 

Memorial Ave 

Waimairi Rd 

Grahams Rd 

Burnside 

HS 

Ilam Rd 

Ilam 

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Park 

Greers Rd 

Ilam Rd 

Creyke Rd 

University 

of Canterbury 

Wairakei Rd 

Clyde Rd 

Ilam Rd 

Fendalton Rd 

Stay updated on upcoming work 

ccc.govt.nz/IlamWorks 

Intersection 

safety upgrades 

Odour control 

works 

Nor’West Arc 

cycleway 

Water pipe 

replacement 

Road 

resurfacing 

Thanks for your patience as we work in your area.


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 Western 

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.” 

In Brief 

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INVESTIGATION INTO 

DAIRY CONTINUES 

A police spokesperson said they 

are following strong lines of 

inquiry in an investigation into 

an alleged armed robbery at the 

Wycola Dairy in Hei Hei. Police 

were called to the dairy on 

Wycola Ave at about 4.05pm on 

Tuesday last week, after a person 

allegedly entered the store with a 

firearm, threatened an employee, 

and left before police arrived. 

Anyone with information is 

urged to contact police on 105. 

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The Rotary Club of Hornby has 

about $200k out of $1.4 million 

left to fundraise for the Matatiki 

Hornby Centre, which is set to 

open in April/May. The club is 

asking for donations to be sent 

to its ‘Givealittle’ page or its ‘Buy 

a bubble’ campaign website – 

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ALL WELCOME AT AGM 

The Halswell Residents 

Association is hosting its 

annual general meeting on 

Monday, February 26, at the 

Halswell Hub. It will start at 

7pm with guest speaker Mike 

Molloy, the Knights Stream 

School principal, talking about 

the dynamics of teaching 

in a growing community. 

All welcome. Contact 

chairperson John Bennett on 

322 9755 or secretary.hra@ 

gmail.com 

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Cable clash halts 

cycleway work 

• From page 1 

“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,” he said. 

Once a solution has been 

found, it is expected to take about 

two months to complete. 

Also in the area is the Halswell 

Junction Rd Extension project, 

which will create a new link 

from Halswell Junction Rd at 

Foremans Rd over a new railway 

crossing to Waterloo Rd to 

improve safety and the freight 

network connections to Waterloo 

Business Park and to Pound Rd. 

The new road link will redirect 

traffic through the industrial area 

and through to Waterloo Business 

Park. 

“Once the South Express Cycleway 

works are completed, the 

contractor will disestablish their 

site as no further work can take 

place until the KiwiRail works at 

the railway are completed. The 

KiwiRail works on the railway 

line are programmed for line 

closures in June, July, and August 

2024,” said Bradbury. 

“Between now and then, 

KiwiRail plan to undertake enabling 

works that do not involve a 

line closure. Once the KiwiRail 

works are complete, the new 

STOP WORK: Construction 

of the South Express 

Cycleway has been halted 

due to an unexpected 

design clash. 

level crossing will be opened, the 

existing level crossing closed and 

fenced off, and traffic will begin 

using the new link road to travel 

north on Halswell Junction Rd. 

“Following the KiwiRail works, 

Fulton Hogan will return to 

construct the cul-de-sac section 

of Halswell Junction Rd, which 

will have a new name and numbering.” 

The Halswell Junction Rd 

Extension project is funded by 

the city council’s Long Term Plan 

and the South Express Major 

Cycleway has a combination of 

funding from the Long Term 

Plan and the Government’s 

Shovel Ready funding. 

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 

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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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Heavyweight LDV lacking refinement 

WE START this week’s new 

vehicle road test with a question. 

Is there any sort of market here 

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 

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that make this a road going 

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then to find two large captain’s 

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cooling and heating, massaging 

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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 

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detail and too many hard and 

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surfaces in the cabin. 

Also I’d award a 5-star 

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Finding where to silence these 

on the small touch screen was 

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fives all round in the cabin when 

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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 

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CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 

7 8 9 

10 11 

12 13 14 

15 16 17 

18 

335 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

235 

6 

I T P 

C N A 

many 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 21 Very Good 26 Excellent 31 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

from the six letters, using each only 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

Solution 234: apron, hap, harp, hoar, hop, horn, 

nap, nor, oar, opah, ORPHAN, pan, par, phon, pro, 

word. rah, ran, rap, rho, roan. 

Good 21 Very Good 26 Excellent 31 

19 20 21 22 

23 24 

25 26 

Across 

7. Eternal (8) 

9. Throws out (6) 

10. Filth (4) 

11. Artificial body part (10) 

12. Harmony (6) 

14. Landing field (8) 

15. Moved quickly or hastily (6) 

16. Season (6) 

19. And so on (Latin) (2,6) 

21. Yearbook (6) 

23. Causing distress (10) 

24. Thorn (4) 

25. Long, tapering flag (6) 

26. Impediment (8) 

Down 

1. Sidekick (6) 

2. Printed words (4) 

3. Reaction (8) 

4. Person owing money (6) 

5. Walker (10) 

6. Remarkable (8) 

8. Advertising phrase (6) 

13. Snake-like (10) 

15. Comprehensive (8) 

17. Loud, resounding (8) 

18. Extravagant (6) 

20. Chore, task (6) 

22. Overseas (6) 

24. Edge (4) 

Crossword 

Across: 7. Timeless, 

9. Ejects, 10. Dirt, 11. 

Prosthetic, 12. Unison, 14. 

Airstrip, 15. Darted, 16. 

Spring, 19. Et cetera, 21. 

Annual, 23. Disturbing, 

24. Barb, 25. Pennon, 26. 

Handicap. 

Down: 1. Minion, 2. Text, 

3. Response, 4. Debtor, 

5. Pedestrian, 6. Striking, 

8. Slogan, 13. Serpentine, 

15. Detailed, 17. Plangent, 

18. Lavish, 20. Errand, 22. 

Abroad, 24. Brim. 

WordBuilder 

act, actin, ani, ant, anti, 

antic, apt, can, cant, cap, 

cat, CATNIP, inapt, nap, nip, 

nit, pact, pain, paint, pan, 

panic, pant, pat, pic, pica, 

pin, pint, pit, pita, tan, tap, 

tic, tin, tip 

DECODER 

Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the 

given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out 

which letters are represented by the other numbers. 

Decoder 

Sudoku 

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