Western News: March 21, 2024

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THURSDAY, MARCH 21, 2024 

• By Sasha Watson 

HAVING A baby can be scary 

– especially if you’re on your 

own. 

That’s why Halswell resident 

Mickenzi Askin started making 

baby bundle packs to donate 

to mums in need of some 

help. 

The packs contain 

blankets, lotions, 

lip balms, toys, 

creams, clothing, 

bottles and 

more. 

“Each pack 

is different but 

all are designed 

for mums to be 

or struggling 

mums with 

newborns to one-year-olds. The 

only thing we ask is 

what the gender 

is as we don’t get 

enough gender 

neutral items. 

“They’re 

based on who 

needs it most and 

if we don’t 

have any 

available, 

we 

also 

offer 

other 

help 

like 

referrals 

to organisations 

who can give 

the right support. 

“In today’s 

world, 

the need 

to support 

women, 

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Helping mums 

who need it most 

especially if pregnant, has 

grown. It makes me happy 

knowing the help I once 

received is being passed on,” 

said Askin. 

She became pregnant at age 

17 with her daughter, Scarlett, 

who is now eight-and-a-half. 

“I was still in school so I 

lost a lot of friends, had 

no money and, at that 

time, there was not a 

lot of help out there 

for young mums. 

Askin and her 

friend Amber 

Braxton 

make up the 

packs. She is 

helping Braxton 

through her first 

pregnancy. 

•Turn to 

page 5 

Milns Rd 

closure on 

the table 


THE SOUTHERN end of Milns 

Rd could be closed to improve 

safety near the busy intersections 

of Sparks and Sutherlands Rds. 

If it goes ahead, motorists will 

have to take nearby Collier Drive 

to connect to Halswell Rd. 

The Sparks Rd end of Milns Rd 

will be turned into a cul-de-sac 

and a new road/intersection will 

be built 180m up Sparks Rd. 

This moves the intersection 

further from the bend, improves 

visibility, and simplifies the layouts 

for both Sutherlands/Sparks 

and Milns/Sparks traffic. 

The closure was discussed at 

last week’s Waipuna Halswell- 

Hornby-Riccarton Community 

Board meeting and is now up to 

the city council to approve. 

Halswell city councillor Andrei 

Moore said the key thoroughfare 

between Sparks and Halswell Rd 

will not be Milns Rd. 

“That will be Collier Drive, 

which will connect Sparks Rd 

with the Dunbars/Halswell Rd 

intersection.” 

He said the exact timing of the 

project will be development-dependent, 

but the work on the road 

last week was changes to road 

markings, which are low-cost and 

minor in nature. 

City council transport 

operations manager Stephen 

Wright said the closure of 

Milns Rd will be part of the 

resource consent conditions 

for the adjacent subdivision 

development, which is currently 

being processed. 

• Turn to page 4 

Thanks for your patience 

While work is underway on the construction of a new roundabout 

on Candys Road, SH75 and the entrance to RIVERSTONE. 

The intention of the new roundabout is to greatly 

improve the safety of vehicles, pedestrians 

and cyclists . 

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what’s on 

this week 

Easter Hunt 

Wednesday, March 27, 10.30amnoon 

Riccarton House and Bush 

Bring the family for a nature-themed 

Easter egg hunt. Free fluffy with 

every large hot drink purchased at 

The Quarters Café, and there will 

be prizes for every completed hunt. 

Participation is a gold coin donation. 

Craft Snippets 

Wednesday, 6.30-7.30pm 

Upper Riccarton Library 

Craft Snippets is a way to learn about 

artisan crafts from enthusiasts and 

experts who love to share. Come 

along this month and meet Rie 

Natalenko, editor of Yarn Magazine 

and a passionate textile artisan. After 

the talk, feel free to look at craft books 

new to the library as well as chat about 

what is happening or coming up craftwise 

in and around the city. 

Auahatanga - Creative Time 

Wednesday, 10-11.30am 

Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre 

Drop in and have a go with creative 

technologies including 3D printers, 

Roland BN-20 vinyl printer, photo/ 

slide scanner, craft cutter, badge 

maker, USB vinyl turntable music and 

DJ Gear, VR, music software, design 

and photo editing software including 

Adobe Creative Cloud apps for iMac 

studio computers, cameras, tripods 

Te Hāpua Dungeon Delvers Introduction – 10-14 years, Friday 

3.30-4pm. Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre. Be the hero in a tabletop roleplaying 

game where everything rests on a roll of the dice. Create a character and 

join in a shared story to adventure across unexplored lands, slinging spells, 

or fighting against the dangerous denizens of dungeons. The Dungeon 

Delvers programme provides free introductory drop-in sessions in March 

and April. Suited to ages 10-14 years. 

and microphones. Staff will be on 

hand if you need help. These sessions 

are geared towards people aged 16 and 

older. 

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 ESOL 

learners. Free. Bookings not required. 

Mobile Discovery Wall 

All week, all day 

Hornby Library 

The Discovery Wall at Tūranga has 

a smaller, mobile ‘sibling’. Heritage 

comes to life with this unique 

interactive touchscreen technology 

that lets you explore the history of 

the city. Try it out as it visits the 

community libraries. 

Judge A Book By Its Cover 

Tuesday, 3.30-4.30pm 

Upper Riccarton Library 

Go along and explore the community 

library’s rainbow reads for young 

adults in the style of speed dating. 

Judge the book by its cover and 

then take a deeper look – you might 

make a surprising connection with 

a truly amazing book. Explore 

the rainbow reads at https:// 

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or request a custom list of reading 

recommendations. Suitable for ages 

12-14. Free. 

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Gnome away from home for Judy 


JUDY RICE, a self-proclaimed 

‘mistress’ to her gnome Winkle, 

is about to store her collection 

of indoor and backyard buddies 

and embark on a country-wide 

adventure. 

The 69-year-old Sockburn 

resident has collected more than 

400 garden friends since 1990, 

but when she and her partner 

Murray Wilson move into a 30ft 

Rockwood caravan, only a few 

will join. 

“The house is on the market, 

and we have already placed a 

deposit on our caravan. I’m 

getting old – if we don’t go now, 

we will never do it. 

“Winkle, his girlfriend Trixie, 

Moonshine the Joker and a few of 

Murray’s will come. The rest will 

go into storage – they won’t be 

happy about it either.” 

Judy hopes to be off by 

June, picking up Murray from 

Ashburton and then following 

the warmer weather around the 

country. 

Having left in November 2022 

for a five-month trip across the 

North Island, she is not new to 

travelling for long periods. 

“It was on my bucket list for a 

long time and came to fruition 

after my mother died from agerelated 

issues in January 2022 and 

my husband’s death five weeks 

later, from surgery complications 

and dementia. 

“I’ve lived in Christchurch for 

about 45 years and I needed to go. 

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I looked around while planning 

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myself? Then I noticed Winkle 

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He makes me laugh, and other 

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Some highlights of the prior 

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Judy documented their 

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written from the perspective of 

Winkle and has attracted more 

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She has also written a children’s 

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hopefully going on sale this year. 

“I’ll keep writing as long as 

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book is planned and will be about 

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Day collectors 

on Friday 21 and 

Saturday 22 April at Riccarton, 

Hornby, Rolleston, Halswell, 

Avonhead, Wigram, West Melton 

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BUS TIMETABLE CHANGE 

To allow Hillmorton High School 

students more time to get to class, 

the 75 Halswell to Hillmorton bus 

will leave from Halswell School 10 

minutes earlier than scheduled. 

The time change will be effective 

from March 25. The bus was at 

8.50am and will now leave at 

8.40am. The service will also start 

leaving earlier from Dunbars Rd/ 

McMahon Dr, at 8.50am, and 

from Hillmorton High School at 

9.05am, effective the same date. 

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public meeting on Sunday at 2pm. 

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Subdivision 

linked to 

Halswell 

road closure 

• From page 1 

“Subject to resource consent, 

the southern part of Milns Rd 

will be realigned through the 

subdivision. As part of that work, 

the existing southern section will 

be closed. 

“The anticipated 

timeframe is May 

2026. However, 

this is dependent 

upon private 

development and 

outside of the 

Stephen 

Wright 

council’s control.” 

Implementation 

will be covered 

by a private 

development agreement between 

the city council and the developer, 

and will align with Long Term 

Plan capital projects. 

A report on the new road, 

which was discussed at the 

community board meeting, 

follows two briefings in 

September 2022. 

It said the city council will likely 

only have this opportunity, as 

once the land is developed there 

will be no practical alternative 

solution to the problems being 

experienced at the intersection. 

When community, culture 

and cuisine converge 

COLOURFUL FLAGS and 

traditional garments were 

on show at Arvida Mayfair 

village’s international food and 

dance event last week. 

The Upper Riccarton 

retirement community 

has more than 22 different 

nationalities represented by its 

residents and team members, 

and the event was a celebration 

of diversity and inclusion. 

Arvida Mayfair village 

manager Vicky Knipe said 

more than 80 people enjoyed 

the day, including residents’ 

families. 

“The centrepiece was the 

large display of flags that were 

actually sewn together by one 

of our residents. It represented 

our diverse backgrounds that 

come together to form our 

community.” 

A haka, traditional Nepalese 

and Filipino dances, classical 

Indian dance, a Japanese choir 

and dynamic West African 

drumming were highlights 

from the day. 

The performances were 

matched by the selection of 

fresh international cuisines for 

everyone to enjoy. 

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Drumming up 

deep connections 


“MUSIC connects communities” 

is the reason registered music 

therapist Liz Bolwell is running 

an all-inclusive group called 

ReSet Performers ‘24. 

The group has been set up to 

encourage those aged 9-16 from 

migrant families to connect and 

participate in their communities. 

Bolwell said she started the 

group after thinking about the 

potential barriers to connection, 

like language or culture. 

“It’s about building 

relationships between 

individuals, groups and music 

and building up the self 

confidence and self-esteem. 

Another goal is to value people 

resettling in New Zealand and 

respecting ethnic differences. 

“We use African drums as a 

tool to express ourselves, learn 

vocal and instrument skills and 

use rhythm for wellbeing.” 

She said it is great to see the 

diversity among participants and 

their joy in working together 

musically towards performance 

opportunities later in the year. 

“Some are experiencing 

drumming on African drums for 

the first time and an opportunity 

to use microphones to develop 

PERFORMING: Chris Harbin,10, Jemimah Samaila, 9, 

and Esther Altaner, 9, play African drums during a ReSet 

Performers ‘24 music therapy session. 

PHOTO: NEIL MACBETH 

vocal skills.” 

Bolwell started the group in the 

first week of March and has four 

to six members already – but the 

group is looking for more. 

“I’m hoping to have about 12 

performers but we can take on 

up to 20. I’m looking forward to 

building up the group and then 

performing in community spaces 

from July to October. 

“The whole idea is to attract 

children, collaborate with 

community musicians and 

hold workshops which focus on 

different cultural influences.” 

The free music therapy 

group is funded by the city 

council’s Creative Communities 

and is supported by the Oak 

Development Trust, which assists 

migrant families to transition 

into their new homes. 

“(They) have been very helpful 

in providing us a creative space to 

grow and flourish. Music therapy 

is about building relationships 

alongside others with established 

therapeutic goals and outcomes,” 

she said. 

The public is invited to join 

in a group session from 4-5pm at 

the Riccarton Baptist Church on 

April 10, during Music Therapy 

Week. 

• To find out more, email 

Liz Bolwell at lizbolwellmt@ 

gmail.com 

‘I basically 

raised my 

children alone’ 

•From page 1 

Said Askin: “With Madeline, 

who is five-an-a-half, my second 

pregnancy, I had a partner 

who wasn’t physically there so 

I basically raised my children 

alone. 

“I also wasn’t producing any 

milk so a stranger donated 

theirs to the hospital. 

“They’ll never know how 

much I needed that and I can’t 

ever thank them. So I wanted to 

give back because I know how 

much it’s needed.” 

Askin knows situations 

change all the time, having 

made a “quick move” from 

Geraldine to the city about five 

years ago. 

“I moved without having 

much of anything but my 

children into my nana’s house. 

“I ran to St Vinnies in Hornby 

and said to the ladies there: ‘I 

really need some help’. 

“They were about five minutes 

from closing the shop but I 

explained my situation and they 

stayed to help me with sheets, 

clothing and much more. 

“Just what I needed, so it gives 

me joy someone else might get a 

smile and a bit of support out of 

this too.” 

Askin sent her first six packs 

out last week and said the 

mums were very grateful to 

receive them. 

“It went very well. 

“We’ll keep doing bundles 

as long as we keep getting 

donations. 

“I didn’t think it would take 

off but after asking my small 

following on Instagram, we’re 

receiving donations from all 

over New Zealand.” 

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wooden baby rattles and healthy 

skin creams and lotions, Askin 

volunteers at the St Vincent de 

Paul shop in Hornby. 

“I started volunteering about 

four weeks ago. It’s a nice wee 

cycle, going back to help the 

beautiful women there.” 

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Runners play the waiting game 

MEDALLIST: Cooper Wightman 

finished second in the under-20 

1500m event at the national track 

and field championships. 

PHOTO: ALISHA LOVRICH 

• By Sam Coughlan 

TWO YOUNG runners 

will have to wait until next 

month to see if they have 

made the New Zealand 

team for the junior world 

championships in Peru in 

August. 

Christchurch Boys’ High 

School student Cooper 

Wightman, 16, and recent 

St Thomas’ alumnus Daniel 

Prescott, 17, are among seven 

runners who have achieved 

the qualifying time for the 

1500m event, but only two 

can be selected. 

The pair, who both run 

for the Selwyn Athletic 

Club, went head-to-head at 

the national track and field 

championships over the 

weekend. 

Wightman finished second 

in a personal-best time of 

3min 47.11sec, and Prescott 

was fourth 3sec behind 

Wightman. 

But, even if selected, 

Prescott said he is unlikely to 

be able to travel to Lima due 

to upcoming United States 

college commitments. 

He has also already been 

selected to represent New 

Zealand at the world crosscountry 

championships 

in Serbia which start next 

Saturday. 

“I’ll just be focusing on 

that now,” he said. 

Prescott is a member of 

the six-strong New Zealand 

team who will run in the 

under-20 race – and the only 

one from the South Island. 

“It’s going to be a good 

international experience,” he 

said. 

He said the 

competition in the 

race will be fierce. 

“There’s a lot of 

quick people from, 

for example, Africa. 

And usually they 

always go out and 

they’re the ones that 

are leading, so I’ll 

just be doing the 

best I can, I guess. 

“I’ll see what I can do.” 

Prescott has “three or 

four” US college running 

scholarship offers on the 

table for the school year 

starting in August, but hasn’t 

decided where he’ll go yet. 

His potential college 

commitments mean he 

is unlikely to be able to 

represent New Zealand at the 

junior world championships 

if selected. 

“I was hoping to (be able 

to travel to Peru), but I’ll 

have my commitments to US 

colleges,” he said. 

“But just to know that I’d 

be selected, if selected, would 

Mike Drury 

be good to know.” 

Christchurch Boys’ High 

School head of athletics 

Mike Drury said he thinks 

Wightman now has a “very 

good chance” to make the 

squad for junior worlds 

after his silver medal at the 

weekend. 

“Of the ones that 

have been competing 

in New Zealand 

over the summer, he 

certainly ranks second 

out of those athletes. 

“The only thing that 

could now come in as 

a complication would 

be if there was a New 

Zealand athlete who’s 

overseas on a scholarship or 

something, who happened 

to stake a claim by running 

the qualifying time overseas 

in the next three or four 

weeks.” 

Drury said Wightman 

is looking forward to 

potentially getting the 

opportunity. 

“He’s got to the point 

where, I think, he’s keen to 

go and measure himself up 

against the best under-20s 

in the world. I’m sure he will 

have another opportunity 

in a couple of years time but 

you never know the sorts of 

things that life might throw 

up.” 

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MITSUBISHI’S mid-size 

Outlander is on track to 

eclipse, yes that’s the name of 

its smaller sibling, and become 

the company’s biggest selling 

passenger vehicle in New Zealand. 

It was second behind the 

market-leading Toyota RAV4 

on our best selling SUV charts 

for 2023. Launched here at the 

end of 2021 it arrived here as the 

first model off the production 

line from the Mitsubishi, Nissan, 

Renault Alliance. 

Its success provided a dream 

start for this partnership. 

While the styling doesn’t send 

the heart racing, it won’t spark 

a bout of yawning. A clean and 

uncluttered contemporary lines 

are a little to generic to stand out 

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Outlander may not excite, won’t disappoint 

Motoring with Bob Nettleton 

from the automotive crowd, being 

more of a blend in type. A facelift 

is due in the next 12 months to 

provide a welcome visual refresh. 

New underpinnings improve 

safety, body strength and 

steering stability, while multilink 

suspension and dual pinion 

electric power steering raises the 

ride quality and comfort bar. 

The Outlander’s 10-year 

150,000km new vehicle warranty 

is one of the better ones in New 

Zealand, although some rivals are 

starting to catch-up. 

The six model range is evenly 

split between two and four-wheel 

drive models in three trim levels 

LS, XLS and high spec VRX. 

Prices start at $41,990 for the 

2WD LS and top out at $75,990 

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

8; Comfort 7; Passenger and Load Space 7; Styling 7; Value 

for money 7; Safety – Five Star ANCAP crash rating. 

Overall points out of 10: 7.5 

Incorporating 

best motorbuys 

for the flagship PHEV (Plug-in 

hybrid electric). 

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135kW 2.5L motor or 185kW 

PHEV. Having to haul, depending 

on the model, an SUV weighing 

anywhere between 1575kg 

make is a big ask for this modest 

performing motor, but livelier 

with the PHEV power train. It’s 

mostly under load when driving 

over hilly terrain when the 

engine’s energy levels begin to flag 

and progress slows. 

A 245Nm war chest of torque at 

3600rpm doesn’t really get the job 

done that convincingly. Pleasantly 

smooth and responsive on flatter 

going, there is enough thrust to 

safely waft past slower moving 

traffic. 

A well resolved eight-speed 

sport mode constant variable 

transmission is one of Mitsubishi’s 

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once an undesirable trait of these 

transmissions. 

A generously proportioned 

passenger compartment earns 

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range from normal to snow, and 

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demanding undulating roads. 

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10 11 

12 13 14 

15 16 17 

18 

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from allowed. the There's six letters, at least one using six-letter each word. only 

once? 

TODAY 

Good 20 Very Good 26 Excellent 32 

Solution 239: Cent, chi, chin, chine, cite, echt, etch, 

ethic, ETHNIC, hen, hie, hint, hit, ice, inch, itch, net, 

word. nice, niche, nit, nth, tec, tech, ten, tench, the, then, 

thin, thine, tic, tie, tin, tine. 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

Good 20 Very Good 26 Excellent 32 

19 20 21 22 

23 24 

25 26 

Across 

7. Side on (8) 

9. Attack from concealed position (6) 

10. Join (4) 

11. Demoralise (10) 

12. Spin around (6) 

14. Accent (8) 

15. Mark of disgrace (6) 

16. Become smaller (6) 

19. Relating to ships or shipping (8) 

21. Exile (6) 

23. Simultaneous (10) 

24. Trim (4) 

25. Neutralise (6) 

26. Tuition (8) 

Down 

1. Quirk (6) 

2. Pack of cards (4) 

3. Reverie (8) 

4. Cosmetics (4-2) 

5. Lapse of normal standards (10) 

6. This symbol: * (8) 

8. Method (6) 

13. Nobleman (10) 

15. Experienced (8) 

17. Inveterate (8) 

18. Although (6) 

20. Vocation (6) 

22. Powerful (6) 

24. Sharp feeling of regret (4) 

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Across: 7. Edgeways, 

9. Ambush, 10. Link, 11. 

Dishearten, 12. Gyrate, 14. 

Emphasis, 15. Stigma, 16. 

Shrink, 19. Nautical, 21. 

Banish, 23. Concurrent, 

24. Pare, 25. Negate, 26. 

Training. 

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3. Daydream, 4. Make-up, 

5. Aberration, 6. Asterisk, 

8. System, 13. Aristocrat, 

15. Seasoned, 17. Habitual, 

18. Albeit, 20. Career, 22. 

Strong, 24. Pang. 

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lite, litre, pelt, per, peri, peril, 

pert, pet, pie, pier, pile, pit, 

rep, ret, riel, rile, rip, ripe, 

rite, tie, tier, tile, tiler, tip, tire, 

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Family Fun Open Day at 

Summerset Prebbleton 

You’re invited to our first ever Family Fun Open Day at Summerset Prebbleton. 

An ice cream truck will be handing out ice creams, a BBQ will be sizzling, freshly 

made barista coffee brewed and there will be an Easter-themed treasure hunt for 

all ages to enjoy. 

So gather the grandkids and friends and join us for a fun day on Sunday 24 March. 

Plus with a range of stunning new show homes, it’s the perfect time to visit the 

village and take a look around. 

We hope to see you there! 

Love the life you choose 

Family Fun Open Day 

Sunday 24 March, 10am - 2pm 

Summerset Prebbleton 

578 Springs Road, Prebbleton 

03 353 6312 | summerset.co.nz/prebbleton 

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