Western News: February 29, 2024

17 th March 2024 

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2024 

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Baffling 

case of 

padlock 

openers at 

Edmonds 

ALLEGED OFFENDERS: 

The Friends of Edmonds 

Factory Gardens Society 

believes these men are 

responsible for opening 

padlocks and removing 

them from implements 

sheds. 

gardens 

• By Chris Barclay 

THIEVES WHO open 

padlocks securing implement 

sheds at the Edmonds Factory 

Gardens and remove them, 

without taking anything else, 

are baffling volunteers who 

tend to the city landmark. 

While the Friends of 

Edmonds Factory Gardens 

Society’s work off Ferry Rd is 

routinely undermined by vandalism 

and rubbish dumping, 

the curious actions of two men 

present an unusual headache. 

How the duo, who targeted 

the sheds on December 8, January 

23 and February 7, opened 

the padlocks concerned society 

president John Hoskin. 

“These guys somehow or 

other have managed to get a 

key. It’s a complete and utter 

mystery why they’re doing 

this,” the 86-year-old said. 

Hoskin said police had been 

notified on each occasion and 

he was surprised they had not 

been able to trace the pair. 

With six CCTV cameras 

on site, Hoskin said they have 

footage of the men arriving by 

car, removing the locks and 

departing, always in broad 

daylight. 

“We’ve given them ideal 

photos . . . the car they come in 

and the registration and they 

still don’t seem to be able to nail 

them down.” 

Police were contacted for 

comment but had not responded 

before deadline. 

NO LIGHT SHED: Society president John Hoskin 

(right) is puzzled and frustrated by the theft 

of padlocks. 

PHOTO: CHRIS BARCLAY 

Hoskin said they have lost 

five padlocks, and only on the 

first incident did the men try 

and continue to enter the sheds, 

only to be thwarted by another 

layer of security. 

Now they are content to just 

take the padlocks. 

Waipapa Papanui-Innes- 

Central Community Board 

member John Miller was also 

perplexed about why padlocks 

were targeted. 

“It’s very bizarre. The obvious 

reason is metal value, they are 

made of brass, but a merchant 

told us they’re $5 each, so it 

seems like a hell of a lot of work 

and risk,” he said. 

The city council’s acting head 

of parks Rupert Bool was also 

puzzled. 

“We are unsure how these 

padlocks are being taken, we 

are looking into a new style of 

padlock to hope to alleviate 

thefts,” he said. 

Between September 5 last 

year and February 20 council 

staff had to replace 33 padlocks 

at community parks. 

The city council oversees 

infrastructure at the gardens, 

including a toilet block and 

rubbish removal. A band of 

devoted volunteers take care of 

the gardens’ upkeep. 

In recent months the toilet 

block has been vandalised on 

several occasions, while cyclists 

are ignoring signs barring access 

and damaging the lawns. 

Nine brass memorial plaques 

have also been removed 

from benches. 

“That is purely for scrap. 

We’re trying to get them 

replaced,” said Hoskin, who 

also lamented some benches 

had been gouged, and rose beds 

uprooted. 

”There’s always something 

going on, it’s very heartbreaking.” 

Thomas Edmonds, manufacturer 

of the iconic Kiwi baking 

powder brand, commissioned 

the gardens around his Ferry 

Rd factory in 1923. 

The factory, which was 

demolished in 1990, and 

gardens are recognisable 

nationwide thanks to featuring 

on the front cover of the 

Edmonds Cookery Book since 

1955. 

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Walk for Dementia 

Sunday, 10.30am–noon 

Ngā Puna Wai Sports Hub 

Join the walk in memory or support 

of a loved one with dementia 

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Dementia Canterbury’s work 

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Revamp Vintage Market: The 

Collab 

Sunday, 10am–3pm 

Air Force Museum of New Zealand 

This indoor vintage market is a tad 

French flea market and a smidgeon 

car-boot sale. There is a selection of 

stalls from stores, dealers, traders 

Japan Fiesta 2024, Saturday 10am-6pm. Riccarton Racecourse. This 

an event that focuses on anime and manga with all Japanese Culture. 

There’s a range of activities such as outdoor free anime movie screenings, 

manga exhibitions, cultural experiences, a local artist market, food stalls, 

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and one-off sellers with a collection 

of unusual, eclectic and interesting 

things to sell. The Crown Lynn & 

NZ pottery traders will also be there 

with a selection of iconic pieces of 

Kiwi work alongside historic planes, 

and the national collection of the 

Royal New Zealand Air Force from 

war efforts. 

Playcentre Open Week 

Monday-Friday, 9.30-11.30am 

Playcentre Upper South Island 

Region Office 

Playcentres across the region are 

inviting whānau with tamariki 

aged 0-6 years to come along for 

a free visit. Playcentre is a place to 

play, learn and grow together – to 

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with other whānau in the community. 

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Thursday February 29 2024 3 

Supersized 

sunflowers win 

competition 

THE WINNERS of the Hei 

Hei Broomfield Community 

Development Trust sunflower 

growing competition were 

revealed over the weekend. 

Trina Gregg won the tallest 

plant with a height of 2.260m 

and tied for the biggest head 

category with 19cm. 

Young growers Lacie and 

Aroha also grew a 19cm flower 

head. 

Jean Sailsbury had the 

second tallest plant with a 

2.250m sunflower and also 

won the most heads with 15. 

Jan Devereux grew 13 heads 

and came second in the most 

heads category. 

Theo Singh, Sian Ellis, 

Ruhamah Khan, Emily Razzato 

and Jasmine Familton also won 

prizes in the junior section. 

Henk and Tracey Buunk 

from 126 on the Corner 

grew the competition seeds 

and joined Greater Hornby 

Residents Association member 

Marc Duff and Les Memory in 

judging. 

Community 

patrol buys 

$50,000 Kia 

Sportage 

FIVE YEARS of fundraising has 

come to fruition for the Hornby 

Community Patrol. 

It has finally bought a $50,000 

2024 Kia Sportage to replace the 

patrol’s current vehicle, which has 

high mileage and requires a lot of 

money to maintain. 

Hazard lights and signage are 

being installed on the vehicle 

this week. It will be able to carry 

equipment like an automatic 

external defibrillator, road cones, 

and a fire extinguisher. 

The patrol services Hornby and 

Halswell, Sockburn, Templeton, 

Prebbleton, Broomfield, Hei Hei, 

Islington, and Wigram. However, 

the Halswell Community Patrol 

will cover its area once it finishes 

fundraising for its own vehicle. 

Hornby patrollers will host 

an event to show off the vehicle 

on March 10 from 4pm at the 

Hornby Bowling Club. It will 

include a ribbon cutting ceremony 

by the patrol’s patron, Hilary 

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Serving community a point of pride 

AWARD RECIPIENTS: The Canterbury Society of Model and Experimental Engineers is 

getting behind the city council community services awards. 

PHOTO: NEWSLINE 

BEING RECOGNISED with 

a community services award 

is a badge of honour the 

Canterbury Society of Model and 

Experimental Engineers display 

proudly. 

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been volunteers for 20 years at 

the CSMEE, an organisation 

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and operation of models in 

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“We have around 160 members 

in the CSMEE, with 15 to 20 of 

our members volunteering to 

work on Sundays where we offer 

train rides to kids and families,” 

said Howie, a CSMEE volunteer 

and president. 

The group has been located 

in Halswell Domain for 

nearly 20 years, catering for 

many activities including the 

building and running of model 

steam, electric and InterCity 

locomotives, radio-controlled 

boats, traction engines, 

stationary steam and internal 

combustion engines. 

The CSMEE warehouse holds 

several petrol-powered locomotives, 

with about 12 locomotives 

running every Sunday. 

“We’re always astounded by 

the amount of people who turn 

up on Sundays to ride the trains 

– it’s a lot of enjoyable work,” 

said Howie. 

In 2023, the group received a 

city council community service 

award in recognition of their 

volunteering – an award that 

now proudly sits in the 

CSMEE clubroom. 

This year, CSMEE is helping to 

promote the awards, which open 

for nominations on March 1. 

“Our train shed, rail tracks, 

ticket booth and club house have 

all been built with the revenue 

we’ve collected over the years 

from the train rides,” said Howie. 

“We’re always looking for new 

CSMEE members to join and help 

out and invite anyone with model 

engineering like-minded interests 

to get in touch with us.” 

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NZSO Quartet 

Live Performance 

We are delighted to announce that a quartet from the New Zealand 

Symphony Orchestra will perform at Summerset Prebbleton on 

Friday 8 March at 10am followed by a Q&A session. 

We invite you to join us and our village residents to listen to a very 

special musical performance. 

Spaces are limited so you’ll need to RSVP by Tuesday 5 March 

to Grace on 03 353 6312.


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Join us for an exclusive NZSO performance and meet 

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Join us in the village at our Open Day and see for yourself why our residents love the Summerset 

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available,* and meet some of the residents who happily call the village home. 

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about things.” ANN & BRIAN - SUMMERSET PREBBLETON RESIDENTS. 

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Don’t forget to RSVP your spot today. We look forward to seeing you! 

NZSO String Quartet Performance 

Friday 8 March, 10am - 11am 

RSVP to Grace by Tuesday 5 March 

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VIBRANCY, FLAIR, and 

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Born, the performance division 

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This compact Spanish dynamo 

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Skoda Enyaq and Volkswagen 

ID.4 and soon to be launched 

here smaller ID.3, that’s similar 

in size to the Cupra Born. 

The Cupra Born is the wild 

child of the Seat family and 

putting brand on the map here, 

Motoring with Bob Nettleton 

after years of living in the shadow 

of its higher profile Volkswagen 

and Skoda siblings. 

A fun, affordable, quality 

European performance hatch 

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the $74,990 Cupra Born EV is a 

genuine x-factor vehicle, without 

the usual mega price tag. 

It looks the part with LED 

Daytime Running Lights 

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LED headlights, and 19-inch 

Copper Typhoon alloy wheels. 

Completing the picture are 

aerodynamic side sills, floating 

C-pillar and Copper CUPRA 

badging. All this made the 

test vehicle a bit of a people 

magnet when it was parked up, 

most knowingly nodding their 

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Ratings out of 10: Performance 9 Handling 8; Build Quality 

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

7; Safety – Five Star ANCAP crash rating. 

Overall points out of 10: 8.5 

The test car had heaps of heft 

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150 kW of power and 310 Nm 

of torque. However, the Cupra 

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The vehicles standard battery 

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contain the digits 1 to 9. 

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allowed. There's at least one six-letter word. 

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allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

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fug, fugal, fur, furl, gal, gar, gaur, guar, gulf, lag, lug, 

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1. By the shortest and most direct 

route (2,3,4,5) 

10. Protective garment (5) 

11. Appear again (9) 

12. Stress (7) 

13. Drastic reorganisation (5-2) 

14. School group (5) 

16. Climax (9) 

19. Go right ahead (2,2,5) 

20. Annotations (5) 

22. Hard worker (colloq) (7) 

25. Organise (7) 

27. Wash kit (6,3) 

28. Measure of liquid (5) 

29. Formal close to a letter (5,9) 

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3. Capital of Vietnam (5) 

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5. Calm spot (5) 

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17. Sluggish (9) 

18. Before birth (9) 

19. Discrimination (7) 

21. Metal pin (6) 

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Oasis, 6. Formation, 7. 

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Trades & Services 



PLUMBER 

Need your 

hot water fixed 

quicksmart? 

Call your 

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0800 468 928 

hotwatershop.co.nz 

SCRAP METAL 

Dominion Trading Co Ltd 

• Scrap metal buyers 

• Canterbury owned & operated 

• Top prices paid $$$ 

• Open Saturday morning 

Open Mon-Fri 8am – 4.30pm Sat. 8.30am-12.30pm 

www.happyscrappy.co.nz 

03 343 9993 333 Blenheim Rd 

BRICKLAYING 

We’ve been bricklaying in Canterbury 

for over 20 years and have experience 

in all aspects of bricklaying. 

If you’d like quality 

work completed 

on time, call us 

today! 

• New builds 

• Renovations 

• Fences 

• Letterboxes 

• Brick cleaning 

Phone 0277 031 472 

Masonry_solutions@outlook.com 


ROOF 

PAINTING 24/7 

Rope & harness 

a speciality, 

no scaffolding 

required, 

30 years of 

breathtaking 

experience. 

FREE QUOTES 

20% OFF other 

roof quotes 

Exterior staining, 

exterior painting, 

water blasting. 

Moss and mould 

treatment $300. 

Phone Kevin 

027 561 4629 


BRICKLAYER 

George Lockyer, 

Governors Bay. UK 

trained with over 40 years 

exp. Smaller jobs & brick 

repairs preferred. No job 

too small. 027 684 4046 E: 

georgelockyer@xtra.co.nz 

CARPET LAYING 

Exp. Repairs, uplifting, 

relaying, restretching. 

Phone John on 0800 

003181, 027 240 7416 

jflattery@xtra.co.nz 

PAINTING 

Indoor / Outdoor, over 30 

yrs exp, same day quotes, 

ph Steve 021 255 7968 

ROOF PAINTING 

All roof repairs, 

Waterblasting, Moss 

Treatments, Re pointing, 

Gutter cleans, Repairs, 

Snow straps, Exterior 

painting & more. Free 

quotes, call Vinnie 027 

505 7779 

STUMP GRINDING 

Best price guarantee Tony 

0275 588 895 

STUMP GRINDING 

Best price guarantee Tony 

0275 588 895 

Wanted To Buy 

Caravan wanted with 

shower and toilet, needing 

repairs ok or any condition. 

Also wanting horse float. 

Ph 027 6220 011 

TOOLS, Garden garage, 

saw benches, Lathes. Cash 

buyer Phone 355-2045 

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17 th March 2024 

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