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17 th <strong>March</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
THURSDAY, MARCH <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2024</strong><br />
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Teen track stars eyeing<br />
spots at world champs<br />
• By Sam Coughlan<br />
TWO YOUNG middle<br />
distance runners are chasing<br />
qualification for the junior<br />
world championships – one on<br />
the back of a national record.<br />
Cooper Wightman, 16,<br />
and Daniel Prescott, 17, will<br />
compete in the 1500m at the<br />
U20 national championships,<br />
starting in Wellington today.<br />
Wightman is a year 12<br />
student at Christchurch Boys’<br />
High School while Prescott<br />
finished up at St Thomas’ last<br />
year and will be attending<br />
college in the United States on<br />
an athletics scholarship from<br />
August.<br />
Wightman recently broke<br />
the national U17 record for the<br />
800m in a time of 1:50.46 at<br />
the International Track Meet at<br />
Ngā Puna Wai, a race in which<br />
Prescott set a personal best.<br />
Last year Wightman also set<br />
the record for the fastest time<br />
as a 15-year-old New Zealander<br />
in the 800m.<br />
But neither will run the<br />
800m at the U20 nationals.<br />
Instead they are competing<br />
in the 1500m, with the heats<br />
on Saturday and the final on<br />
Sunday, because it is more of<br />
stacked field.<br />
The junior world<br />
championships will be held in<br />
August in Lima, Peru.<br />
Wightman said it would<br />
mean a lot to represent his<br />
ON TRACK: Cooper Wightman battles Thomas Cowan to<br />
the finish line in the 800m at the International Track Meet.<br />
PHOTO: ALISHA LOVRICH<br />
country if he got the chance.<br />
“One of my goals from<br />
when I started running was to<br />
represent New Zealand. So, just<br />
keep pushing away at it and<br />
we’ll just see how it goes.”<br />
Despite both having achieved<br />
the required qualifying time in<br />
the 1500m, they are far from<br />
confirmed to take part.<br />
Seven runners have achieved<br />
the qualifying time, but<br />
Athletics New Zealand can<br />
only select two to compete<br />
internationally.<br />
It makes this weekend’s race<br />
essentially a straight shootout.<br />
“I don’t know if there’s ever<br />
been that many other runners<br />
that have ran that so it’s just<br />
based off whoever gets top-two<br />
at nationals,” said Wightman.<br />
• Turn to page 5<br />
TEAM-MATES: Selwyn<br />
runners Cooper Wightman<br />
(right) and Daniel Prescott.<br />
PHOTO: ANGIE PETTY<br />
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Cycleway<br />
planning<br />
gets started<br />
despite calls<br />
for delay<br />
• By Sasha Watson<br />
A FIVE-WEEK-long investigation<br />
into the $19 million Wheels to<br />
Wings cycleway started this<br />
week, despite the Government’s<br />
draft proposal to cut funding for<br />
transport projects.<br />
City council staff are looking<br />
into Bishopdale roads to help plan<br />
a construction approach for the<br />
cycleway.<br />
It is concurrent with<br />
investigations into a replacement<br />
water main on Harewood Rd and<br />
wastewater pipes on Chapel St and<br />
Sails St as well as installing traffic<br />
lights at the Langdons and Greers<br />
Rd intersection.<br />
Papanui Ward city councillor<br />
Victoria Henstock said it is<br />
irresponsible to proceed with the<br />
investigation into the cycleway.<br />
“The city council relies on cofunding<br />
from NZTA for over 95<br />
per cent of its transport projects<br />
so NZTA’s funding decision<br />
will determine whether W2W<br />
proceeds.<br />
“Harewood Ward city councillor<br />
Aaron Keown and myself<br />
proposed an amendment in the<br />
Long Term Plan for all works on<br />
the cycleway to be halted pending<br />
full disclosure of the updated costs<br />
and confirmation of funding from<br />
NZTA.<br />
“Our amendment failed with the<br />
majority of councillors voting in<br />
favour of continuing this.”<br />
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Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>14</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 3<br />
Cinema’s new lease of life<br />
• By Dylan Smits<br />
MAJOR renovations to the<br />
Hollywood Cinema in Sumner<br />
are under way.<br />
Contractors from Bushnell<br />
Builders have torn down the<br />
front canopy facing Marriner St<br />
as part of the first stage of the<br />
makeover.<br />
“It’s been a long time coming,<br />
so it’s good to see things finally<br />
under way,” said project manager<br />
Andy Wilkinson.<br />
Built in 1938, the oldest<br />
cinema in Christchurch will become<br />
part of the high-end Silky<br />
Otter Cinemas chain.<br />
It was owned by cinema<br />
pioneer Lang Masters for more<br />
than six decades. He died, aged<br />
92, in August last year.<br />
Masters sold the cinema to<br />
the Doig family in September<br />
2021, who are leasing it to Silky<br />
Otter.<br />
Wilkinson said the construction<br />
part of the renovation will<br />
hopefully be complete in December<br />
with the opening date<br />
yet to be determined.<br />
“What we’re figuring out right<br />
now is how the tenant’s needs<br />
are going to integrate with that.<br />
They have to install the seating,<br />
the audiovisual equipment and<br />
the fit out of the bar.”<br />
It will be determined in<br />
the coming weeks whether<br />
VISION: Work has started on the Hollywood Cinema in<br />
Sumner. Below – an artist’s impression of the cinema<br />
after it is converted into part of the Silky Otter Cinema<br />
chain.<br />
Silky Otter can refurbish the<br />
interior at the same time as the<br />
construction work, Wilkinson<br />
said.<br />
Three 48-seater luxury cinemas<br />
and a bar will be created.<br />
Wilkinson said the back end<br />
of the building will be extended,<br />
making room for an additional<br />
cinema to complement the<br />
previous two.<br />
The city council issued a<br />
building consent in November.<br />
Bushnell Builders was selected<br />
as the contractor last month.<br />
Before major structural work<br />
can begin, asbestos in the walls<br />
and ceilings will be removed.<br />
Then new foundations for<br />
the existing building and the<br />
extension will be constructed.<br />
“There’s quite a lot of work<br />
that’s got to be done inside<br />
with the structure before that<br />
rear wall can be taken out,”<br />
Wilkinson said.<br />
The neighbouring Coffee<br />
Culture, which is attached<br />
to the building, will also be<br />
renovated with designs still in<br />
the planning stage, he said.<br />
The owner of Sumner Bar<br />
and Grill next door, Shubham<br />
Kumar, welcomed the start of<br />
the renovations.<br />
“It will definitely be good. If<br />
customers go there, they will<br />
come here too.”<br />
Community<br />
board chair’s<br />
resignation<br />
on the table<br />
• By Chris Barclay<br />
HELEN Broughton’s future as<br />
chair of the Waipuna Halswell-<br />
Hornby-Riccarton Community<br />
Board should be clarified today,<br />
despite her resignation from the<br />
role following<br />
pressure from<br />
colleagues.<br />
Although the<br />
city’s longestserving<br />
local<br />
government<br />
politician tendered<br />
her resignation<br />
ahead of the<br />
board’s monthly<br />
meeting, standing down was<br />
Helen<br />
Broughton<br />
contingent on Broughton being<br />
able to act as board spokesperson<br />
on planning and housing<br />
intensification.<br />
Broughton, who has represented<br />
Riccarton on the board since 1995,<br />
included that caveat, which was set<br />
to be a major talking point on this<br />
afternoon’s agenda.<br />
If her stipulation is denied she<br />
planned to revoke her resignation,<br />
exacerbating an impasse.<br />
Appointed unopposed as chair<br />
in 2022 elections, Broughton’s<br />
final term before retirement came<br />
under scrutiny following a difficult<br />
meeting on February 15.<br />
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Mixed Messages in<br />
the Current Market<br />
Whether it’s the newspaper, the television<br />
or online commentary, there’s currently<br />
plenty of optimism around the property<br />
market and – to be fair – it’s contagious.<br />
But the real question we need to ask<br />
ourselves is whether it’s true.<br />
Let’s face it, after the rollercoaster of the<br />
past four years, including the highest price<br />
increases ever seen post-Covid and a harsh<br />
correction in 2023, who doesn’t want to<br />
celebrate just a little? But I’m of a mind we<br />
need to take a pause and reflect.<br />
So, why don’t we dive in together, look at<br />
what’s happening locally and then decide<br />
what’s fact, fiction or even conjecture?<br />
Because it’s all there!<br />
Here’s what I’m currently seeing …<br />
Let’s start with listing numbers, which are<br />
up.<br />
As are auction numbers. Our own company<br />
currently has some 74 auctions booked for<br />
the month ahead at the time of writing and<br />
this is creating significant buyer interest.<br />
Although the number of auctions reflects a<br />
strong push by people to be on the market<br />
in February, it’s by no means unusual.<br />
Who doesn’t dream at Christmas and<br />
through the New Year of changing<br />
direction, whether that means purchasing<br />
instead of renting, upsizing, downsizing<br />
or leaving the city? So, I’m not one for<br />
jumping to conclusions based on the<br />
current increase in available properties.<br />
It’s definitely seasonal and this summer<br />
momentum can often be seen ebbing in<br />
the autumn months of April and May.<br />
But here’s something not so customary<br />
of late: being pleasantly surprised by the<br />
number of those auctions brought forward<br />
(a term used when the owners receive an<br />
unconditional offer that brings everything<br />
forward from the scheduled auction date).<br />
It’s a sign that people don’t want to wait<br />
because they fear competition – and that<br />
happens when there are more buyers<br />
around. Only this week, out of a catalogue<br />
of 19 properties, we had four that were<br />
brought forward, and all had additional<br />
strong, competitive bidding. Tears, smiles<br />
and applause from those in the busy room<br />
followed.<br />
Attendances at open homes are also up, as<br />
are multiple offers, so these three elements<br />
are certainly supportive of a strengthening<br />
market which owners, realtors and the<br />
media are taking heart from.<br />
Now let’s look at what I’m currently<br />
hearing.<br />
Most of us have short memories and it’s<br />
easy to slide into a belief pattern that all<br />
is well and prices will jump back to those<br />
extraordinary figures we came to expect<br />
two years ago. For context, prices across<br />
New Zealand peaked in November 2021,<br />
then were seen to drop by almost 18% to<br />
bottom-out in May of last year.<br />
Since then, they have increased by 4%<br />
according to statistical data up until<br />
December of last year.<br />
So, it’s a cautious journey and although<br />
banks and others are sticking with low<br />
growth figures, there’s still room for<br />
optimism – though it needs to be mixed<br />
with realism too.<br />
Finally, what am I thinking?<br />
There is still a world of pain out there for<br />
many people.<br />
Increased interest rates are hurting and<br />
that’s across every demographic. Banks are<br />
proving extremely pedantic in what they<br />
expect of their clients. It means that some<br />
people are finding it too tough to hang on.<br />
Despite the promise of Brightline and tax<br />
deductibility changes, that includes recent<br />
landlords. And other vendors are preferring<br />
to downsize rather than struggle with hefty<br />
monthly mortgage payments.<br />
There’s also a belief that we are likely at<br />
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Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>14</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 5<br />
Investigation work questioned<br />
in face of possible funding cut<br />
• From page 1<br />
Henstock said the budgets in the<br />
LTP are based on the original costings,<br />
which are now out of date.<br />
“Those figures are misleading.<br />
We have been told that on average<br />
our transport projects have<br />
increased by about 27 per cent<br />
so we can reasonably expect the<br />
W2W project costs to increase<br />
substantially.”<br />
She said many people were<br />
confused about the project’s status,<br />
with media reporting earlier in<br />
the Long Term Plan process that<br />
council staff had proposed the<br />
cycleway be deferred, due to it not<br />
being a priority project.<br />
“The public generally were not<br />
aware the project was back in the<br />
LTP.<br />
“Now they see a CCC <strong>News</strong>line<br />
article and social media post about<br />
investigative works soon to be undertaken.<br />
Residents are now asking<br />
how can this project continue<br />
if funding is not available.’’<br />
Canterbury Charity Hospital<br />
chief executive Carl Shaw said the<br />
hospital board was not looking<br />
forward to seeing the project<br />
continue.<br />
City council city infrastructure<br />
general manager Jane Parfitt said<br />
it is common practice that detailed<br />
investigations are commissioned<br />
in advance of construction, which<br />
will not start until later this year.<br />
PLANNING: Investigations<br />
into potential construction<br />
plans for the Wheels to<br />
Wings cycleway have<br />
started. The investigation will<br />
also look into water system<br />
upgrades on Harewood Rd<br />
and traffic light installation<br />
at the Greers and Langdons<br />
intersection.<br />
When Copenhagen Bakery<br />
owner Donna Thomsen was<br />
approached for a comment by<br />
Norwest <strong>News</strong>, it was the first time<br />
she had heard about the investigations<br />
going ahead and she said she<br />
couldn’t comment further without<br />
having all the facts.<br />
NZ rep<br />
dream<br />
closer for<br />
athletes<br />
• From page 1<br />
“They will get the advantage for<br />
selection, so it really just comes<br />
down to one race.”<br />
The pair represent Selwyn at club<br />
meets and are coached by former<br />
New Zealand Commonwealth<br />
Games representative Angie Petty<br />
and her partner, Briton Sam Petty.<br />
Angie Petty said it would be<br />
‘insane’ if the pair were to qualify<br />
together.<br />
“Of those runners (that have<br />
made the qualifying time), Daniel<br />
is second-fastest and Cooper is<br />
fourth,” she said.<br />
“But Cooper ran his in a local<br />
event while all the rest were in<br />
big meets like (the Sir Graham<br />
Douglas International in Auckland<br />
last weekend).<br />
“It’s easier to run faster in those<br />
big meets with other runners<br />
around you and I know Cooper’s<br />
got more in him.”<br />
Wightman said the prospect was<br />
exciting.<br />
“It’s just down to one simple race,<br />
who comes out better on that day.<br />
“I quite like that instead of<br />
having points and stuff where you<br />
have to worry about all the races<br />
you’re running.”<br />
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Ryman’s Northwood village ticking all the boxes<br />
CHOOSING Northwood<br />
Retirement Village has worked<br />
out very well for David and<br />
Eileen Jorgensen, allowing for<br />
pastimes including David’s<br />
passion for outdoor spaces.<br />
His volunteer work in a nearby<br />
memorial garden allows him<br />
to both stay part of the wider<br />
community, and to keep fit.<br />
When the couple decided<br />
to sell their lovely home in<br />
Rangiora, they eyed up a couple<br />
of Canterbury villages – and<br />
are now very happy with their<br />
Ryman Healthcare choice at<br />
Northwood.<br />
They love that they get all-day<br />
sun in their swish townhouse<br />
and that they can keep up a<br />
social whirl in both their village<br />
setting and within their existing<br />
circle of friends from Rangiora<br />
and Christchurch.<br />
David has been keeping busy<br />
with his gardening tools. As<br />
well as tackling the garden and<br />
vege patch that surrounds their<br />
home, he has recently started<br />
volunteering at Belfast-based<br />
Otukaikino, a living memorial<br />
garden that allows people to<br />
honour their loved ones after<br />
they’ve passed away.<br />
There is also an Otukaikino<br />
walk, that gives people a chance<br />
to walk around a 13-hectare<br />
freshwater wetland reserve.<br />
David says there is always<br />
weeding to do at Otukaikino,<br />
even in the winter season.<br />
“The weeds keep growing. . .<br />
HAPPY HOME: Eileen and David Jorgenson couldn’t be happier with their decision to<br />
relocate to Ryman Healthcare’s village at Northwood.<br />
And Otukaikino can really use<br />
people to volunteer.”<br />
Gardening is a way to keep<br />
active while working with others<br />
on a worthwhile project. His<br />
friend Ian Pitt, whom he has<br />
known since their children were<br />
in scouts together, alerted him to<br />
the project and has built seats for<br />
the large garden space.<br />
Eileen says the couple moved<br />
into the Northwood village<br />
in mid-September last year,<br />
following their house sale. The<br />
couple agree it has a great aspect<br />
looking onto the gardens outside<br />
a set of apartments within the<br />
village.<br />
“I think we’ve got one of the<br />
pick of the setups. We get the sun<br />
all day,” David says.<br />
“Here there is an amazing<br />
group of people with similar<br />
thoughts.”<br />
He has reflected on what the<br />
couple have in terms of a safety<br />
net. He’s talked to friends of<br />
their age and they agree people’s<br />
health and retirement needs can<br />
change very quickly.<br />
David says he can maintain<br />
his fitness through weeding<br />
some of the gardens near their<br />
townhouse, and he also helps<br />
with other gardens for friends on<br />
the east side of Christchurch.<br />
“I don’t see gardening as work<br />
really. I enjoy it as it helps me<br />
keep fit and I like things being<br />
tidy,” he says.<br />
It is also the people who are<br />
important at Northwood, and<br />
these include fellow residents<br />
and the wonderful village team,<br />
who help organise outings and<br />
events such as the once a week<br />
Happy Hour for residents.<br />
“They’re brilliant. . . couldn’t<br />
be better,” he says of the staff.<br />
He and Eileen like the ‘lockup<br />
and leave’ aspect of the<br />
village.<br />
Eileen, for example, has<br />
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cruise, and the couple plan to<br />
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Eileen says she loves the<br />
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time. It’s great.”<br />
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Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>14</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 9<br />
Mix it up with tasty<br />
vegetarian dinners<br />
Nutritional therapist Amelia<br />
Freer’s book The Organised<br />
Cook not only has recipes<br />
but also plenty of advice and<br />
practical tips to turn people<br />
from frazzled and frustrated<br />
into calm and organised in the<br />
kitchen<br />
Season to taste with salt and pepper.<br />
Serve warm with a little yoghurt (or dairyfree<br />
alternative) swirled through, if you<br />
fancy, and coriander sprinkled on top.<br />
Best black bean burger<br />
This is definitely<br />
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Haydn, a revered name in the Painting<br />
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decades, proudly announces the opening<br />
of its first-ever factory seconds shop. As a<br />
100% New Zealand owned and operated<br />
family business, Haydn has been a trusted<br />
supplier for more than 50 years, serving<br />
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Located at 8 Detroit Drive in the<br />
Rolleston Industrial Zone area of<br />
Christchurch, Haydn Outlet Store<br />
accessories, cleaning products, tapes and<br />
much more.<br />
CEO Trevor Haydon explains, “Our<br />
main goal with the outlet store is to<br />
provide our customers with access to<br />
items that, for commercial reasons, would<br />
not be available through our traditional<br />
retail channels. In practice this means<br />
we will stock anything from short run,<br />
discontinued or deleted lines, through<br />
to products with minor imperfections,<br />
Makes 4<br />
Haydn Outlet Store at 8 Detroit Drive<br />
Head Office at 2 Link Drive, Izone<br />
One-pot green dahl<br />
This is a one-pot wonder that we often<br />
make for Sunday night dinner at our<br />
house. Nourishing and wholesome,<br />
it really sets us up for the week ahead. I’ve<br />
added extra greens here with some Swiss<br />
chard, but you could easily swap this for<br />
spinach, beet leaves or even a couple of<br />
handfuls of peas, if that’s what you have<br />
to hand. Gluten free, dairy free, vegan/<br />
vegetarian.<br />
Ingredients<br />
2 × 400g tins of black beans, drained and<br />
rinsed<br />
1 Tbsp olive oil, plus extra for drizzling<br />
½ red pepper, deseeded and roughly<br />
chopped<br />
1 shallot or small onion, roughly chopped<br />
220g mushrooms, roughly chopped<br />
2 cloves garlic, crushed<br />
1½ tsp ground cumin<br />
½ tsp sweet smoked paprika<br />
½ tsp dried mixed herbs<br />
65g breadcrumbs (use gluten-free, if necessary)<br />
80g feta, crumbled<br />
1 large free-range egg<br />
1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce<br />
promises to be a haven for DIY aficionados<br />
& tradies alike that are seeking an eclectic<br />
range of painting and decorating tools and<br />
hardware at incredible prices.<br />
The outlet store will offer a constantly<br />
changing array of products including<br />
paint brushes, artist and cosmetic brushes,<br />
rollers, roller sleeves, paint tools and<br />
hardware, protective wear, clothing and<br />
accessories, surface protection, painting<br />
incorrect or obsolete packaging,<br />
essentially lines that are either no longer in<br />
production or possessing any defect that<br />
will not adversely affect any performance<br />
characteristic.”<br />
Operating from Monday to Friday, 7:30<br />
am to 4:00 pm, the store welcomes both<br />
trade professionals and the general public<br />
to explore this unique selection of painting<br />
and decorating items.<br />
Serves 4<br />
Ingredients<br />
1 shallot or ½ medium white onion,<br />
sliced<br />
1 Tbsp coconut oil or mild olive oil<br />
1 large piece of fresh root ginger (about<br />
3cm), peeled and grated<br />
2 cloves garlic, grated<br />
1 green chilli, deseeded and chopped<br />
1 tsp mustard seeds<br />
1 tsp ground coriander<br />
1 tsp ground cumin<br />
1 tsp ground turmeric<br />
300g dried black/brown lentils<br />
1 × 400ml tin of coconut milk<br />
200g Swiss chard, washed and roughly<br />
chopped<br />
Natural or dairy-free yoghurt, to serve<br />
(optional)<br />
Fresh coriander, chopped<br />
Directions<br />
In a shallow saucepan, fry the shallot<br />
or onion in the coconut or olive oil over<br />
a medium heat for 5 minutes, until it<br />
starts to soften and caramelise, stirring occasionally.<br />
Add the ginger, garlic and chilli and all<br />
of the spices, and fry for another 5 minutes,<br />
stirring often.<br />
Mix in the lentils, coconut milk and<br />
650ml water.<br />
Bring to the boil, reduce the heat and<br />
simmer for about 40–50 minutes, stirring<br />
occasionally, until the lentils are soft and<br />
the water absorbed. Add the Swiss chard<br />
and cook for 5 minutes, until wilted.<br />
Directions<br />
Preheat the oven to 150degC<br />
fan/170degC.<br />
Spread the drained beans on a baking<br />
tray and bake for 15 minutes until slightly<br />
dried out. (This is important.) Add the oil to<br />
a medium-large saucepan over a mediumhigh<br />
heat. Add the pepper, shallot or onion,<br />
mushrooms, garlic, cumin, paprika and<br />
mixed herbs and saute for around 8 minutes<br />
until soft. Remove from the heat and set<br />
aside to cool a little.<br />
Place the sauteed vegetables and all the<br />
remaining ingredients, including a good<br />
pinch of salt and grind of pepper, in a large<br />
food processor and pulse until combined,<br />
leaving some larger chunks.<br />
Using wet hands (as it helps prevent the<br />
mixture sticking), shape the mixture into<br />
6 patties (each roughly 8–10cm). Line a<br />
baking tray with parchment paper and place<br />
the patties on top. Put the tray in the fridge<br />
for a couple of hours, to help the patties stick<br />
together.<br />
Preheat the grill to a medium heat or the<br />
oven to 190degC fan 210degC.<br />
If grilling, drizzle a little olive oil over the<br />
patties and place them under the grill for<br />
8 minutes. Turn them over, then grill for 4<br />
minutes on the other side, checking every<br />
few minutes as every grill is different. They<br />
should look a little golden.<br />
If baking, drizzle a little olive oil over<br />
the patties, then bake in the oven for 10<br />
minutes.<br />
Flip them over and bake for a further 10<br />
minutes.<br />
–ODT
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CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8<br />
9 10<br />
339<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
239<br />
6<br />
T E N<br />
I C H<br />
11 12<br />
13 <strong>14</strong> 15<br />
16 17 18 19<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 20 Very Good 25 Excellent 30<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 />
Solution 238: DEFORM, demo, doe, doer, dome,<br />
dorm, fed, foe, for, ford, fore, form, FORMED, fro,<br />
word. from, mod, mode, more, ode, ore, red, redo, ref,<br />
rod, rode, roe.<br />
Good 20 Very Good 25 Excellent 30<br />
20<br />
21 22 23<br />
24 25<br />
26 27<br />
Across<br />
1. Persistently annoy (6)<br />
4. Entry (6)<br />
9. Foreshadow (4)<br />
10. Comforting (10)<br />
11. Tawdry or tasteless (6)<br />
12. Noise (8)<br />
13. Famed (4-5)<br />
15. Fossil fuel (4)<br />
16. Particle (4)<br />
17. Sickened (9)<br />
21. Too young (8)<br />
22. Claim (6)<br />
24. Put in a trance (10)<br />
25. Lump of earth (4)<br />
26. Abandon (6)<br />
27. Pickled flower buds (6)<br />
Down<br />
1. Supply (7)<br />
2. Searches (5)<br />
3. Made of clay (7)<br />
5. Informal (6)<br />
6. Shocking (9)<br />
7. Sultry (7)<br />
8. BSE (3,3,7)<br />
<strong>14</strong>. Unfinished business (5,4)<br />
16. Irritated (7)<br />
18. Female relative (7)<br />
19. Absorb all attention (7)<br />
20. Trade (6)<br />
23. Money (5)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Pester, 4.<br />
Access, 9. Bode, 10.<br />
Reassuring, 11. Kitsch, 12.<br />
Clangour, 13. Well-known,<br />
15. Coal, 16. Atom, 17.<br />
Disgusted, 21. Underage,<br />
22. Allege, 24. Hypnotised,<br />
25. Clod, 26. Desert, 27.<br />
Capers.<br />
Down: 1. Provide, 2. Seeks,<br />
3. Earthen, 5. Casual, 6.<br />
Egregious, 7. Sensual, 8.<br />
Mad cow disease, <strong>14</strong>. Loose<br />
ends, 16. Annoyed, 18.<br />
Grandma, 19. Engross, 20.<br />
Barter, 23. Lucre.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
Cent, chi, chin, chine, cite,<br />
echt, etch, ethic, ETHNIC,<br />
hen, hie, hint, hit, ice, inch,<br />
itch, net, nice, niche, nit, nth,<br />
tec, tech, ten, tench, the,<br />
then, thin, thine, tic, tie, tin,<br />
tine<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 />
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Tiny SUV packed with pep and personality<br />
ALONG WITH the new<br />
generation Jimny and the Ignis<br />
are the funky, fun and affordable<br />
members of the otherwise staid<br />
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They are the smallest new<br />
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personalities. Alongside the<br />
popular Swift hatch, they are<br />
driving the brand’s continuing<br />
strong sales growth.<br />
With a unique design and<br />
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Motoring with Bob Nettleton<br />
The Ignis gets runs on the<br />
board right away with its cute<br />
front end, chunky wheel arches<br />
and eye catching angled roofline.<br />
I like how the styling touches<br />
pay homage to previous Suzuki<br />
models from the mists of time.<br />
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slits from the 1970s Giugiarodesigned<br />
Fronte coupe, while the<br />
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guard garnish are a nod to the<br />
original 1988 Vitara SUV.<br />
The three-strong model lineup<br />
leads off the $22,990 GLX<br />
manual with a $1500 premium<br />
for the automatic. The higher<br />
spec LTD reviewed here is only<br />
available as an automatic sells for<br />
$26,500.<br />
A 1.2 litre 4-cylinder, 16-valve<br />
Ratings out of 10: Performance 6 Handling 7; Build Quality<br />
7; Comfort 6; Passenger and Load Space 6; Styling 7; Value<br />
for money 7; Safety – No ANCAP crash rating.<br />
Overall points out of 10: 7<br />
Incorporating<br />
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double overhead camshaft engine<br />
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models. This multi-point fuel<br />
injected power plant has variable<br />
valve timing technology and<br />
produces 66kW and 120Nm of<br />
torque at 4400rpm.<br />
Dualjet engine technology<br />
engine reduces emissions. It does<br />
this brilliantly, with the manual<br />
producing just 107 grams per<br />
litre of CO2, and the automatic<br />
slightly more at 1<strong>14</strong> grams per<br />
litre. These figures better several<br />
hybrids costing considerably<br />
more than the humble Ignis.<br />
While these aren’t the<br />
ingredients for fire breathing<br />
performance, the engine<br />
has sufficient flexibility and<br />
responsiveness to satisfy most<br />
owners without sending their<br />
pulses racing.<br />
Acceleration is lively and the<br />
motor shows far more tenacity<br />
than its modest capacity would<br />
suggest. However, at higher revs<br />
it does become coarse and lumpy.<br />
The automatic in the test car<br />
proved smooth and efficient in<br />
lower speed urban driving. At<br />
open road pace it’s less agreeable,<br />
proving slow to kick down under<br />
hard acceleration when you need<br />
that extra burst of power.<br />
The cabin is modern, inviting<br />
and offers a decent amount of<br />
space for a diminutive hatch.<br />
There is plenty of head and leg<br />
room for both front and rear<br />
occupants, while good ground<br />
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and leave.<br />
The LTD is well appointed<br />
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Playful and surprisingly<br />
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