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THURSDAY, APRIL <strong>11</strong>, <strong>2024</strong><br />
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Max’s most prodigious<br />
• By Geoff Sloan<br />
pumpkin triumphs<br />
TEMPLETON grower Max<br />
Farrell knows how versatile<br />
vegetables are – especially<br />
pumpkins.<br />
He took out the prestigious<br />
Champion of Champions<br />
trophy at the Little River Giant<br />
Pumpkin Festival.<br />
He was runner-up in last<br />
year’s festival, which has been<br />
running for about 20 years.<br />
“I’m pleased with that, it’s a<br />
good day out. Help the school,<br />
raise some funds. That’s what<br />
it’s all about.”<br />
The master grower was happy<br />
to share a few secrets to growing<br />
a monster pumpkin.<br />
“Quite a bit of fertilizer, quite<br />
a bit of water and plenty of<br />
luck.”<br />
But Farrell’s not resting on<br />
his laurels, vowing to return<br />
next year with an even bigger<br />
pumpkin or two.<br />
Thousands of people flocked<br />
to the small Banks Peninsula<br />
town of Little River on Sunday,<br />
to check out pumpkins of all<br />
shapes and sizes.<br />
The festival, which celebrates<br />
the versatility of the vegetable,<br />
is held as a community fundraiser<br />
helping support Little<br />
River School.<br />
Festival organiser Mel Birch<br />
said the event seems to get<br />
bigger every year, which was<br />
good news for the school.<br />
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WHOPPER<br />
WINNER:<br />
Pumpkin grower<br />
supreme, Max<br />
Farrell with<br />
the Champion<br />
of Champions<br />
trophy.<br />
PHOTOS: GEOFF<br />
SLOAN<br />
High-value<br />
Merivale<br />
experiences<br />
largest<br />
dollar jump<br />
MERIVALE HAS recorded the<br />
biggest housing dollar change<br />
year-on-year in New Zealand.<br />
The average property value<br />
jumped $252,000 to $1.594 million,<br />
on the back of strong sales<br />
activity in the second half of 2023.<br />
The strongest<br />
lifts in the year<br />
to the end of<br />
March <strong>2024</strong> were<br />
in higher-value<br />
Canterbury suburbs,<br />
including<br />
Merivale and<br />
Fendalton.<br />
Christchurch<br />
and Queenstown-<br />
Owen<br />
Vaughan<br />
Lakes were the best performing<br />
major metros, with prices up yearon-year<br />
in every suburb in both<br />
centres.<br />
OneRoof editor Owen Vaughan<br />
said the quarterly figures highlighted<br />
the impact of the sudden<br />
rush to market by vendors across<br />
the country.<br />
“The listings surge has given<br />
buyers a chance to pause and<br />
gives them more bargaining<br />
power than they had six months<br />
ago, when much less stock was on<br />
the market.”<br />
Harcourts agent Cameron<br />
Bailey said some Christchurch<br />
suburbs had been underpriced<br />
since the earthquakes, with some<br />
recording year-on-year double<br />
digit growth.<br />
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Photographic Exhibition<br />
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Explore native flora and fauna<br />
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Korean Book Talk: Hearing<br />
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Friday, 4-5.30pm<br />
Upper Riccarton Library<br />
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Friends of Crosbie Park working bees and planting day,<br />
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My Fale<br />
Wednesday, 1.30-3pm<br />
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Hornby Craft Market<br />
Saturday, 10am-1pm<br />
Hope Reima Centre<br />
A market geared towards crafters<br />
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towels, cards, artwork, crochet items,<br />
paper flowers, sewn dolls clothes,<br />
knitted animals and blankets and<br />
teddies. Held every second Saturday<br />
of each month. Contact Lee on 022<br />
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Wednesday, 4-5pm<br />
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Proximity to CBD<br />
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increasingly popular<br />
• From page 1<br />
“I think Christchurch has<br />
been undervalued in the last few<br />
years. Auckland and other parts<br />
of New Zealand have enjoyed<br />
substantial capital gain during<br />
the 2010s, whereas the growth in<br />
Christchurch had been average,”<br />
Bailey told OneRoof.<br />
He said Merivale was a standout<br />
suburb, largely due to its<br />
proximity to the CBD and being<br />
in zone for some the city’s best<br />
schools.<br />
“The CBD is still not running<br />
at full steam but it’s getting<br />
closer and people are getting<br />
more excited about living close<br />
to it, which is why Merivale has<br />
moved ahead.”<br />
Bailey said Christchurch had<br />
become a favourable destination<br />
for buyers from other parts of<br />
the country, reported One Roof.<br />
“We’re finding quite a few<br />
people moving to Christchurch<br />
from Auckland and Hamilton<br />
because it is so attractive. You<br />
can get the same for a lot less<br />
down here.”<br />
And not every home for sale<br />
in Merivale is at the upper end<br />
of the city’s price bracket. Bailey<br />
expects a two-bedroom Peter<br />
Bevan-designed townhouse at<br />
1 Rugby St is likely to sell in the<br />
DESIRABLE: A four-bedroom home on Heaton St,<br />
Merivale, recently sold for $2.33m.<br />
$700,000 to $800,000 range. The<br />
1968-built home had 50 groups<br />
through in the first two weeks,<br />
he said.<br />
“There were investors, firsthome<br />
buyers and people looking<br />
for a Christchurch pad.”<br />
Bayleys agent Adam Heazlewood<br />
told OneRoof many of the<br />
buyers looking in Merivale and<br />
neighbouring Fendalton were<br />
impressed by the quality of the<br />
homes there.<br />
He cited as an example of<br />
a recent sale on Heaton St, in<br />
Merivale. The four-bedroom<br />
Heathcote Helmore-designed<br />
home sold for $2.23m in January<br />
– more than $300,000 above its<br />
2021 RV.<br />
“These types of property<br />
always get a lot of focus. It was<br />
perfectly presented and sold<br />
to a family from wider Canterbury<br />
who were wanting to lessen<br />
their commute to school and<br />
work.”<br />
He agreed with Bailey that<br />
outside buyers were driving the<br />
market in the city’s top suburbs.<br />
“There are a lot of buyers from<br />
outside Canterbury buying and<br />
moving to Christchurch. A lot<br />
from Auckland, Wellington and<br />
Otago are looking in the upper<br />
end of the market.”<br />
SUPREME: Max Farrell is presented the Champion of<br />
Champions trophy by festival organiser Mel Birch. Below –<br />
Margot Keymer, 6, won the perfect pumpkin title.<br />
PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN<br />
Growing a winner<br />
• From page 1<br />
“Tamariki like to receive<br />
microscopes and sunblock and<br />
tissues in class, all sorts of things<br />
we raise money for,” said Birch.<br />
Hamilton’s annual pumpkin<br />
carnival got cancelled this year,<br />
making the Little River event<br />
the country’s biggest pumpkin<br />
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growers from across the district<br />
lined up in eight categories,<br />
including the smallest, the ugliest<br />
and the best children’s decorated<br />
pumpkins.<br />
Six-year-old first-time grower<br />
Margot Keymer was proud to<br />
claim the perfect pumpkin title.<br />
Festival organisers have already<br />
started planning for next year’s<br />
event, which they have just<br />
announced will be held on <strong>April</strong> 6.<br />
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Nature inspires artists to tackle<br />
CREATIVE: Artists Reng Yu Chen and Amelia Green<br />
working on their murals at the Climate Action Campus.<br />
PHOTOS: NEWSLINE<br />
AN OUTDOOR gallery,<br />
featuring artists young and old, is<br />
breathing life into an old school<br />
site.<br />
The new A-MAZE-INK art<br />
trail is being developed by the<br />
Climate Action Campus, with<br />
assistance from the city council<br />
graffiti team. It takes place at the<br />
former Avonside Girls’ High site.<br />
“We feel incredibly privileged<br />
to be able to come to work each<br />
day and be greeted by beautiful<br />
art from so many diverse<br />
artists, enhancing our space,”<br />
campus learning advisor Rachel<br />
Cummins said.<br />
The oldest artist who<br />
responded to the call-out was<br />
82-year-old Reng Yu Chen – who<br />
goes by Mr Chen.<br />
His pink and blue mural<br />
featuring lotus and swans<br />
takes up the back wall of an old<br />
classroom, and is the first thing<br />
you see when you step foot into<br />
the grounds from Avonside<br />
Drive.<br />
“I wanted to paint beautiful<br />
life, flowers, and swans. The lotus<br />
is a sign of beauty and kindness<br />
in Asian culture,” Mr Chen<br />
explained through a translator.<br />
“I love Christchurch. I love the<br />
life here, the people here, the city,<br />
the water, the air, the sunshine,<br />
and the climate.”<br />
Seventeen-year-old Amelia<br />
Green is one of the youngest<br />
artists featured in the series. Her<br />
lifelike renditions of native New<br />
Zealand birds cover an otherwise<br />
bland toilet block.<br />
“I’m on a gap year thinking<br />
about what I want to do for a<br />
career, and I thought how can<br />
I put myself out there as an<br />
artist. I’m not the type of person<br />
who can just sit around,” Amelia<br />
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“I was inspired by nature, it’s an<br />
important part of New Zealand<br />
culture. I had a lady walk past<br />
recently and she got emotional<br />
because the tui reminded her of<br />
her mum who had passed away.<br />
That was special.”<br />
Council graffiti co-ordinator<br />
Mel Hillier said the trail<br />
showcased the value of art.<br />
“The MAZE is showcasing<br />
the art community by valuing<br />
the voices of artists of every age<br />
and encouraging creativity with<br />
another opportunity to celebrate<br />
art in our city,” she said.<br />
“Giant wall murals of beauty<br />
painted by artists of every genre<br />
with their varied perceptions of<br />
treasuring and protecting the<br />
climate are everywhere.”<br />
What is the Climate Action Campus?<br />
The campus offers a place to learn, develop and initiate<br />
climate change ideas and actions. It has more than 1000<br />
students and not-for-profits working at it every week.<br />
Tunnel houses, bee hives, a bush kindy, a chicken farm,<br />
butterfly and skink habitats, and vegetable gardens are<br />
just a few of the projects onsite.<br />
Chopper drops<br />
in to Boys’ High<br />
A DEFENCE force Super<br />
Seasprite helicopter dropped<br />
into Christchurch Boys’ High<br />
School on Friday.<br />
Its arrival saw many students<br />
take to the field and get up close<br />
and personal with the aircraft.<br />
Headmaster Nic Hill said the<br />
New Zealand Defence Force was<br />
an exciting organisation that<br />
created pathways for students<br />
to explore a range of career opportunities.<br />
“Activities such as a navy<br />
helicopter visiting the school<br />
help spark interest with students<br />
and the community to explore<br />
options they may not have considered.”<br />
The chopper is primarily used<br />
for anti-surface and underwater<br />
warfare, as well as maritime<br />
patrols and surveillance.<br />
It is also used in search and<br />
rescue, utility operations,<br />
domestic tasks for agencies like<br />
the Department of Conservation<br />
and the Ministry of Primary Industries,<br />
as well as the training<br />
of pilots, observers, helicopter<br />
loadmasters and ship flight deck<br />
teams.<br />
It is operated by a three-person<br />
crew – a pilot, an observer<br />
who specialises in warfare and<br />
mission command, and a helicopter<br />
loadmaster who directs<br />
utility operations.<br />
Hill said the NZDF will be<br />
holding an information evening<br />
at 6.30pm on May 15 at the<br />
Wigram Air Force Museum.<br />
“It is an opportunity for people<br />
and their families to hear more.”<br />
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continuing education<br />
80 years of lifelong Term 2 at WEA<br />
learning at Risingholme<br />
A curious mind opens the door to<br />
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 7<br />
New life for neglected garden<br />
• By Emiily O’Hagan<br />
COMMUNITY gardeners in<br />
New Brighton have been given<br />
the challenge of restoring an<br />
eight-year-old sensory garden.<br />
The space was originally<br />
designed by Smile Dial NZ to<br />
enable children and people with<br />
disabilities to be able to feel,<br />
smell, see, taste and hear the<br />
garden.<br />
New Brighton community<br />
gardening<br />
manager<br />
Catherine<br />
O’Neill said<br />
over the years<br />
the facility has<br />
become a little<br />
neglected.<br />
“Over time<br />
it’s got a little bit<br />
overgrown so<br />
Catherine<br />
O’Neill<br />
we’re giving it a bit of love to get it<br />
back into shape.”<br />
The sensory garden is located<br />
on a plot of land at the back of<br />
the New Brighton Community<br />
Garden.<br />
The team is hoping to connect<br />
the two gardens to be able<br />
to better showcase the work<br />
of staff and volunteers, like<br />
newly-appointed assistant Vic<br />
Nebbeling, pictured right.<br />
Funding and administration<br />
manager Lin Klenner said visitors<br />
might start getting to know Vic.<br />
“Then maybe if they’re not too<br />
shy, they might feel like coming<br />
into the community garden as<br />
well.”<br />
The restoration process has<br />
started slowly, with the gardeners<br />
cutting through tall bushes.<br />
Workers from Christchurch<br />
company Naylor Love have also<br />
volunteered their time and a<br />
chainsaw to demolish some of the<br />
overgrown trees.<br />
Klenner believes they’ve made a<br />
great start by clearing everything<br />
out.<br />
• Watch the video at<br />
Starnews.co.nz<br />
– Made with the support of NZ<br />
On Air<br />
THEN<br />
NOW<br />
OVERGROWN: The sensory garden in its prime eight years ago and in its current neglected state.<br />
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
Quinoa makes for light<br />
and tender meatballs<br />
Quinoa & Chicken Meatballs in a<br />
Tomato Sauce<br />
Serves 4<br />
GLUTEN-FREE quinoa is a great<br />
addition to these chicken meatballs, as it<br />
acts as a binding ingredient, helping to<br />
hold the meatballs together (in place of<br />
the usual breadcrumbs that most recipes<br />
use for this purpose) producing lovely<br />
light and tender meatballs.<br />
Ingredients<br />
Meatballs<br />
1/2 cup Alison’s Pantry Quinoa, plus<br />
extra to serve<br />
400g chicken mince<br />
1 small onion, grated<br />
2 garlic cloves, crushed<br />
1/4 tsp dried chilli flakes<br />
1/4 cup chopped parsley, plus more for<br />
garnish<br />
1 medium courgette, grated<br />
Salt and freshly ground black pepper<br />
1/3 cup Alison’s Pantry Pinenuts, toasted,<br />
to garnish<br />
Tomato sauce<br />
2 tbsp olive oil<br />
1 small onion, finely diced<br />
500ml tomato puree<br />
Method<br />
• Place quinoa in a fine sieve and rinse<br />
under cold running water for 1 minute.<br />
Cook rinsed quinoa in a pot of boiling<br />
water for 12-15 minutes until tender to<br />
the bite. Drain well and set aside to cool.<br />
• Preheat oven to 200°C. In a large bowl,<br />
place chicken, quinoa, onion, garlic, chilli<br />
and parsley. Squeeze excess moisture<br />
from grated courgette; add courgette to<br />
the bowl. Season with salt and pepper<br />
and mix well to combine.<br />
• With damp hands (to stop the mixture<br />
sticking), take one tablespoon of mixture<br />
and roll into a ball. Repeat until you have<br />
24. Place meatballs on a baking tray lined<br />
with baking paper, leaving space between<br />
them. Bake for 20 minutes until lightly<br />
browned and firm.<br />
• At the same time, heat oil in a saucepan.<br />
Add onion and cook over a medium heat<br />
for 5 minutes. Add tomato puree and<br />
simmer for 10 minutes. Taste and adjust<br />
seasoning with salt and pepper.<br />
• Once meatballs are cooked, transfer<br />
them to the tomato sauce and gently stir<br />
to coat. Scatter with parsley and pine<br />
nuts and serve with extra cooked quinoa<br />
or pasta, and vegetables or a green salad,<br />
as preferred.<br />
Tip: Make sure you use a fine sieve to<br />
rinse the quinoa otherwise the tiny<br />
grains of quinoa will fall through the<br />
coarse holes in the sieve and be lost down<br />
the sink.<br />
– This recipe was created by Julie Le Clerc<br />
for Alison’s Pantry<br />
SCHOOL OPEN DAYS<br />
Papanui High School<br />
Our School, Our Success, Our Responsibility<br />
“Our aim is simple... to provide the best<br />
education possible for every student.”<br />
At Papanui High School positive<br />
relationships are at the forefront of<br />
what we do. Connecting through a<br />
responsive local curriculum we provide<br />
an opportunity for all students to learn<br />
in a productive and future-focused<br />
environment.<br />
The opportunity to learn from an<br />
innovative and broad curriculum is<br />
critical to providing a pathway that meets<br />
each student’s individual needs. Papanui<br />
High School allows for a greater range<br />
and flexibility in subject choice including<br />
the utilization of the secondary/tertiary<br />
interface. This reinforces the philosophy<br />
underpinning personalised learning and is<br />
strongly supported by understanding our<br />
students’ interests, passions, talents, and<br />
ultimately their career aspirations.<br />
We understand that for effective<br />
learning to take place, it has to be<br />
implemented in such a way that students<br />
will be highly engaged. The school<br />
does this in a ‘forward thinking’ way by<br />
creating learning environments that allow<br />
our students to see value in what they do<br />
and achieve. Papanui “PRIDE” is what<br />
we represent, and we demonstrate this by<br />
having young adults leave our school as<br />
confident learners who have gained the<br />
appropriate qualifications and social skills<br />
to become valued contributing members<br />
of society.<br />
All that we do here is reinforced by<br />
positive relationships, an ethos of caring,<br />
cultural responsiveness, inclusion, and<br />
high expectations. The school highly<br />
values the connectedness between<br />
curricular and co-curricular learning<br />
and forming partnerships with our<br />
wider school community. We have a<br />
philosophical understanding that the<br />
holistic development of the student is<br />
critical to individual success.<br />
The school is working hard to<br />
consolidate recent initiatives to ensure<br />
sustained and continuous improvement.<br />
You are invited to view our website, school<br />
charter, ERO report, and/or contact the<br />
school for more information.<br />
We look forward to welcoming all<br />
prospective students and their families/<br />
whānau to visit our school at our Open<br />
Evening on Thursday 23rd May.<br />
Papanui<br />
High School<br />
OPEN NIGHT<br />
Thursday 23rd May 6.30pm<br />
The evening will consist of an address from the principal and student<br />
representatives, followed by guided tours of the school’s facilities.<br />
30 Langdons Road | www.papanui.school.nz<br />
Phone: 03 352 6<strong>11</strong>9<br />
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Meet staff and<br />
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TUESDAY 14 MAY<br />
9am to 12pm<br />
69 Middlepark Road, Sockburn, Christchurch<br />
Phone: 03 348 7010 | www.stc.school.nz
Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2024</strong> <strong>11</strong><br />
SCHOOL OPEN DAYS<br />
Te Aratai College inspiring diverse learners<br />
Te Aratai College has a clear focus – to meet the<br />
individual needs of every learner in a safe, caring<br />
environment. Te Aratai College is a place where<br />
every learner is known and valued as an individual<br />
and where whānau-school relationships matter.<br />
From 1954 and the opening of Linwood High<br />
School, to <strong>2024</strong> and our first full year as Te Aratai<br />
College, our kura continues its proud history of<br />
serving its diverse community.<br />
We remain a truly community school, in the<br />
community and of the community. Our large and<br />
diverse catchment contributes to a richness that<br />
reflects Aotearoa-New Zealand’s current identity and<br />
prepares our learners to be active, global citizens.<br />
We have a vibrant, globally-rich culture that<br />
creates a stable, connected learning and social<br />
environment. All our learners therefore can expect<br />
to be challenged, enriched and supported to reach<br />
personalised excellence. With this, they develop<br />
core attributes that will ensure their success<br />
throughout life.<br />
Individuals learn best when who they are<br />
- language, culture and identity - is affirmed.<br />
Enhancing the mana and dignity of the individual<br />
is at the heart of Te Aratai College inspiring our<br />
diverse learners to be their best person. We focus<br />
on personalised success through a pathwayed<br />
curriculum, whereby learners progressively<br />
self-manage and direct their learning pathway<br />
- university, polytechnics and the workforce -<br />
reflecting our name gifted to us by Ngāi Tūāhuriri:<br />
Te Aratai College, Pathway to the Sea.<br />
We would love you to be part of this and we<br />
welcome whānau who wish to know more about<br />
their community’s completely rebuilt and stunning<br />
school.<br />
The Christian Education Network<br />
Working together for the good of students and<br />
families has been a successful recipe for Christian<br />
Integrated Schools in Christchurch.<br />
The Christian Education Network has been in<br />
existence for over ten years. Aidanfield Christian<br />
School, Emmanuel Christian School, Hillview<br />
Christian School, and Middleton Grange School<br />
decided in 2005 that there was much to be<br />
gained by working together cooperatively. They<br />
recognised opportunities to share successful<br />
teaching practice, curriculum development<br />
initiatives across a wide spectrum of school<br />
operations as well as cooperatively strengthening<br />
their special Christian Character. They recognised<br />
that their ability to serve students and families was<br />
greatly enhanced by working together in a close<br />
and trusting relationship.<br />
The success of the network has seen other schools<br />
wanting to join in. Early in the piece Rangiora<br />
New Life School became part of the network. The<br />
schools joined together to support the genesis of<br />
Ashburton Christian School and also culminated<br />
in with the opening of Rolleston Christian School<br />
in 2015.<br />
The schools have developed interlocking<br />
enrolment schemes which assists in providing<br />
transparent pathways in Christian education from<br />
new entrant through to Year 13.<br />
A further strength has been a cooperative<br />
engagement with the Ministry of Education<br />
who have been pivotal in assisting the network’s<br />
successful development.<br />
Te Aratai College Open Days<br />
Thursday 23rd May, Friday 24th May, <strong>2024</strong><br />
These will run during the kura day. This is an opportunity for whānau to bring their tamariki/<br />
rangatahi in for a small guided tour and to see our kura in action. Whānau must book these<br />
visits by contacting our taupaepae-reception.<br />
For Open Days please contact reception to make a booking by calling 03 982 0100 or<br />
emailing office@tearatai.school.nz<br />
Te Aratai College Open Evening<br />
Tuesday 28th May, 4.30pm - 5.30pm and 6pm - 7pm<br />
These sessions will start promptly at 4.30pm and at 6pm, with Principal, Maria Lemalie<br />
addressing our visitors, followed by a guided tour of the kura, connecting with ākonga,<br />
kaiako, our cultural narrative and all that Te Aratai College has to offer. Everyone is welcome.<br />
Ad: 85 Aldwins Road, Phillipstown | Ph: 03 982 0100 | Em: office@tearatai.school.nz | Wb: tearatai.school.nz<br />
Hillview Christian School<br />
Yr 1–10<br />
Open Days: 7 & 9 May<br />
p: 332 6923<br />
e: office@hillview.school.nz<br />
w: www.hillview.school.nz<br />
Middleton Grange School<br />
Yr 1–13<br />
Open Days: 21 & 23 May<br />
p: 348 9826<br />
e: office@middleton.school.nz<br />
w: www.middleton.school.nz<br />
Emmanuel Christian<br />
School Yr 1–10<br />
Open Days: Viewing by appointment<br />
p: 359 3595<br />
e: office@emmanuelchristian.school.nz<br />
w: www.emmanuelchristian.school.nz<br />
Aidanfield Christian<br />
School Yr 1–10<br />
Open Days: Viewing by appointment<br />
p: 338 8153<br />
e: enrol@aidanfield.school.nz<br />
w: www.aidanfield.school.nz<br />
Yr 1–8<br />
Open Days: Viewing by appointment<br />
p: 550 2653<br />
e: office@rcs.school.nz<br />
w: www.rollestonchristian.school.nz<br />
Rangiora New Life School<br />
Yr 1–13<br />
Open Day: 28 May<br />
p: 313 6332<br />
e: admin@rnls.school.nz<br />
w: www.rnls.school.nz<br />
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• New Zealand Curriculum delivered from a<br />
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• Christian virtues modelled and encouraged<br />
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Sumner surfers clinch top spots<br />
STAR: 17-year-old Jack Tyro is cementing his place as a<br />
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Single Fin Mingle. He beat long time Sumner surfing great<br />
and former Mingle winner Luke O’Neill.<br />
• By Dylan Smits<br />
SUMNER SURFERS Jack<br />
Tyro and Luke O’Neill made a<br />
splash at the Single Fin Mingle<br />
coming in first and second<br />
place respectively in the men’s<br />
longboarding competition.<br />
Onlookers and competitors<br />
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and waves over Friday and<br />
Saturday, said festival director<br />
Ambrose McNeill.<br />
“Jack is just such a fierce<br />
competitor. He is unrelenting in<br />
hunting for the right waves and<br />
won’t stop until he gets the score<br />
he needs.”<br />
In a surprise outcome, only<br />
New Zealanders made it to<br />
the men’s final despite tough<br />
competition from successful<br />
international surfers Kai Ellice-<br />
Flint and Thomas Bexon.<br />
“If you told me there<br />
were going to be only New<br />
Zealanders in the final before<br />
the event, I would have said<br />
that’s pretty unlikely. So it was<br />
very special,” McNeill said.<br />
Tyro clinched the top spot<br />
with a heat total of 15.040<br />
points compared to O’Neill’s<br />
13.66.<br />
Each wave surfed was scored<br />
out of 10 with the surfer’s top<br />
two scores combined for their<br />
final total.<br />
McNeill said Tyro was a<br />
favourite after the 17-year-old’s<br />
standout victory at the Noosa<br />
Longboard Festival of Surfing<br />
BUSY: Organisers estimate there were 1000 spectators for<br />
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“It felt like a passing of the<br />
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Sumner for how talented he is.”<br />
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>11</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8<br />
9 10<br />
343<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
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243<br />
6<br />
U D B<br />
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<strong>11</strong> 12<br />
13 14 15 16 17<br />
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How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six<br />
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letters, including plurals, can you make<br />
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No words beginning with a capital are<br />
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heron, hie, hire, hoe, hoer, hone, horn, ion, ire, iron,<br />
word. nor, one, ore, rein, rhino, rho, roe.<br />
Good 19 Very Good 23 Excellent 27<br />
18 19 20<br />
21 22 23 24<br />
25 26<br />
27 28<br />
Across<br />
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Transient, 7. Icing, 8.<br />
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In addition to her impactful work, Jo has recently embarked on globetrotting adventures across<br />
Morocco, Italy, France and Scotland. She has curated food tours for House of Travel and led<br />
captivating local tours to the Chatham Islands and the Napier Art Deco Festival, demonstrating<br />
her unwavering commitment to providing enriching experiences.<br />
Don’t miss the opportunity to hear from a New Zealand icon. Refreshments will be provided,<br />
and there will be time to mix and mingle.<br />
Friends and family are welcome, but seats are limited so please RSVP by Tuesday 16 <strong>April</strong>.<br />
Jo Seagar Speaker Event<br />
Thursday 18 <strong>April</strong>, 10am<br />
RSVP to Grace by Tuesday 16 <strong>April</strong><br />
Summerset Prebbleton<br />
578 Springs Road, Prebbleton<br />
03 353 6312 | summerset.co.nz/prebbleton<br />
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