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THURSDAY, APRIL <strong>18</strong>, <strong>2024</strong><br />
www.starnews.co.nz<br />
‘You only get one dad’<br />
• By Sasha Watson<br />
MADDI McIVOR and Montana<br />
Woods both have a great<br />
relationship with their dads –<br />
but they know it’s not like that<br />
for every teenage daughter.<br />
That is why the two Cashmere<br />
High School year 13 students<br />
are writing and producing a<br />
book, Dadsitting, on some of<br />
the struggles and experiences a<br />
daughter will face as they grow<br />
into women.<br />
“We think a book will help<br />
educate fathers so they can have<br />
more of an understanding of<br />
what their daughter is going<br />
through, so they can become<br />
closer with their daughters.<br />
“You only get one dad,” said<br />
Montana, 17, who hails from<br />
Hillsborough.<br />
Maddi, <strong>18</strong>, said what they<br />
have seen, since starting<br />
the project in February, is a<br />
stereotype that daughters relate<br />
more to their mothers.<br />
“It shouldn’t be that way.<br />
Daughters should feel equally as<br />
close to their dad. Dads should<br />
also feel like they can connect<br />
with their children.<br />
“Having a daughter is<br />
probably really scary for them<br />
– they may not know what<br />
women go through.”<br />
The book, which will be in<br />
an online audio form, will<br />
highlight the experiences an<br />
average teen girl will go through<br />
like periods, starting high<br />
school, friendship conflicts,<br />
first parties, first relationships,<br />
first breakups, social media and<br />
body issues.<br />
FAMILY: Cashmere High School students Montana Woods and Maddi McIvor are writing a book, Dadsitting, about<br />
father and teenage daughter relationships, knowing while they have a good connection with theirs, others may not.<br />
They are pictured with their dads Michael Woods and Chris McIvor.<br />
The pair, who plan to get<br />
in touch with an editor and<br />
a publisher later in the year,<br />
have spent the last school<br />
term exploring what issues<br />
teenage girls face through an<br />
online survey and interviewing<br />
students.<br />
Maddi, who said the next step<br />
will be to gather information<br />
and views from various fathers.<br />
“After the school holidays,<br />
we are going to talk with more<br />
father figures.<br />
“While we both have a good<br />
relationship with our dads,<br />
some girls are struggling to<br />
connect with theirs.”<br />
The pair completed the first<br />
challenge of the YES scheme/<br />
competition last week, which is<br />
where they submitted evidence<br />
on validation of their product<br />
by taking a prototype to<br />
market.<br />
The next challenge for the two<br />
will be pitching their product.<br />
The one-year programme<br />
requires students from across<br />
the country to complete four<br />
• To keep up to date with<br />
the project, go to https://<br />
www.instagram.com/<br />
dadsitting<strong>2024</strong><br />
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Observing the Natural World<br />
with Morgane Merien<br />
Thursday, 10am-2pm<br />
South Library<br />
Drop in to see live stick insects,<br />
cool museum specimens, and sea<br />
creatures and learn about the City<br />
Nature Challenge and iNaturalist<br />
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Canterbury Museum and hear how<br />
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South Library Chess Group<br />
Wednesday, 1-3pm<br />
South Library<br />
Come and have a game of chess and<br />
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JP Clinic<br />
Tuesdays, 10am-1pm<br />
South Library<br />
A justice of the peace is available<br />
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Raranga atu, Raranga mai – Māori Paper Weaving, Tuesday,<br />
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Tuesdays, 10.30am-noon<br />
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Creative Essentials –<br />
Silhouette – 13+ years<br />
Thursday, 10-11am<br />
South Library<br />
Learn how to use the free software<br />
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Thursday, 11-11.30<br />
South Library<br />
Meet others in the community<br />
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interactive songs, rhymes, and books<br />
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All whānau and caregivers<br />
are welcome. Free, no bookings<br />
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Next Door Neighbours<br />
All week, all day<br />
South Library<br />
An exhibition of acrylic and<br />
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 3<br />
School makes a bid for new campus<br />
• By Dylan Smits<br />
TE PĀ o Rākaihautū students<br />
will travel between Linwood and<br />
Diamond Harbour if a proposed<br />
new campus goes ahead.<br />
A second campus for the<br />
Māori immersion school could<br />
be built on 8 ha of the city<br />
council-owned 39.02 ha block at<br />
the junction of Hunters Rd and<br />
Whero Ave.<br />
Te Pā<br />
board chair<br />
Rangimarie<br />
Parata Takurua<br />
said students<br />
would study<br />
at the planned<br />
new campus<br />
Rangimarie<br />
Parata<br />
Takura<br />
and the existing<br />
Linwood site<br />
on McLean<br />
St (formerly<br />
Linwood Intermediate School).<br />
She said arrival and leaving<br />
times would be staggered<br />
throughout the day, as students<br />
travelled between the campuses.<br />
Many would go to Diamond<br />
Harbour by bus instead of car.<br />
“It’s not like a typical nine-tothree<br />
drop-off plan.”<br />
Parata Takurua said if a land<br />
sale was approved the school<br />
would start releasing more detail<br />
around a transport plan.<br />
The site was chosen to be near<br />
Ngāti Wheke at Rāpaki marae,<br />
who already have a close relationship<br />
with the school.<br />
POTENTIAL: Te Pā o Rākaihautū is looking to purchase 8 ha of a 39.04 ha block of city council-owned land in Diamond<br />
Harbour for a second campus to complement its Linwood site.<br />
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But a survey shows Diamond<br />
Harbour residents are split on<br />
selling the city council land<br />
to Te Pā o Rākaihautū, with<br />
many of those opposed citing<br />
potential increased traffic into<br />
the area.<br />
The survey was conducted<br />
by the Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū<br />
Banks Peninsula Community<br />
Board ahead of a meeting on<br />
Monday.<br />
Provisional land sale agreements<br />
will be approved or rejected<br />
by the community board.<br />
“There’s quite a few people<br />
who probably aren’t too against<br />
the idea of the school, it’s more<br />
we think that there hasn’t been<br />
enough information provided,”<br />
said Diamond Harbour Community<br />
Association chair<br />
Graeme Fraser.<br />
He said it would “go down<br />
quite badly” with people in the<br />
community if a full traffic plan<br />
was only released after a provisional<br />
land sale.<br />
“People will feel much better if<br />
there are concrete details down<br />
in writing.”<br />
Fraser agreed the staggered<br />
arrival of students would help<br />
address traffic concerns, but<br />
more details needed to be made<br />
publicly available.<br />
The survey asked if the proposed<br />
school was a good use for<br />
part of the land.<br />
Of the 424 survey respondents,<br />
168 lived in Diamond Harbour.<br />
The rest were from outside the<br />
area.<br />
<strong>View</strong>s on the proposed school<br />
were split with 50.9 per cent of<br />
Diamond Harbour respondents<br />
opposed, 34.9 per cent fully in<br />
favour, 8.9 per cent somewhat in<br />
favour, and 5.3 per cent unsure.<br />
Fraser said some Diamond<br />
Harbour residents could be<br />
opposed because of the school’s<br />
Māori focus.<br />
“Diamond Harbour people are<br />
a bit of a mixed bag about things<br />
like that, like everywhere else in<br />
New Zealand. That’s why I’d like<br />
the school to make a stronger<br />
case, because then I think people<br />
like that wouldn’t have anything<br />
to complain about.”<br />
Parata Takarua said “there<br />
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got to focus on what the needs of<br />
our communities are.”<br />
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
Six-a-side league tournament about<br />
• By Will Evans<br />
NGĀ PUNA Wai played host<br />
to Canterbury Rugby League’s<br />
innovative Backyard Footy<br />
primary school tournament<br />
last week, bringing together 42<br />
teams from 26 schools – with<br />
an unprecedented 400-plus kids<br />
participating in partnership<br />
with Primary Sports<br />
Canterbury.<br />
Backyard Footy is six-a-side<br />
rugby league with modified<br />
rule to encourage high player<br />
involvement and exciting, freeflowing<br />
10-minute long games.<br />
“Backyard Footy is all about<br />
kids getting their hands on a<br />
rugby league ball and having<br />
fun,” CRL director of football<br />
Jamie Lester said.<br />
“We want the kids that already<br />
play rugby league to continue<br />
their love for the game and for<br />
the kids experiencing rugby<br />
league for the first time to create<br />
a love for rugby league.<br />
“Games are six versus six,<br />
played on a small field so all<br />
players are heavily involved, and<br />
games are action-packed.<br />
“There are no scrums, and<br />
minimal kicks or stoppages in<br />
play.<br />
“We don’t give out medals or<br />
trophies to the winners. Instead,<br />
we encourage a great attitude<br />
and your best effort. That’s<br />
the message from Canterbury<br />
Rugby League and Primary<br />
Sport Canterbury.”<br />
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 5<br />
growing love for the game<br />
After 24 teams featured in the<br />
2023 edition, this year’s tournament<br />
included 12 year 5 and 6<br />
teams, 26 sides in the year 7 and<br />
8 boys grade and four year 7 and<br />
8 girls teams, the first time all-girl<br />
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Schools from all corners of the<br />
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– Greymouth Greyhounds made<br />
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“It was cool to have four all-girls<br />
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Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
Kirkwood Intermediate<br />
School of Choice<br />
Celebrating Kirkwood<br />
House Captains for <strong>2024</strong><br />
Year 7 Camp<br />
Our Year 7 pupils have recently<br />
attended a camp at Ōnuku. This<br />
is a great way for the children to<br />
get to get to know each other<br />
and forms the start of our NZ<br />
Histories programme.<br />
“Ōnuku marae is home to the hapū (sub-tribe) of Ngāi<br />
Tārewa and Ngāti Īrakehu. Our home has been the<br />
setting for some of the most significant and historic events<br />
seeded in the founding of our nation including the signing<br />
of the Tiriti o Waitangi (Treaty of Waitangi) by our Tīpuna<br />
(ancestors).”<br />
Back row: (from left to right): Inian, Juliet, Fergus, Pippa, Harry, Rose,<br />
Xander, Wenwen<br />
House Captains for Mansfield/Hillary<br />
Juliet - Ilam Primary School<br />
I love the values that Kirkwood Intermediate School has and the way<br />
Kirkwood Intermediate School has a whole range of activities that students<br />
can take part in. I would like to encourage more activities so students can<br />
put themselves out there and showcase their talents and interests. I wanted<br />
to be a House Captain as I know I am a great leader and I always want to<br />
find solutions to any issues I can.<br />
Inian - Lincoln Primary School<br />
I like that Kirkwood has many different opportunities and there are a lot<br />
of leadership roles for students to develop new skills. I want to be a good<br />
House Captain and good role model. I will also try out new sports and<br />
achieve my academic goals. This year, I would like to encourage more<br />
spirit within the school and encourage others to participate in the many<br />
opportunities Kirkwood Intermediate School has to offer. I would also like to<br />
lead my house to victory!<br />
House Captains for Sheppard/Freyberg<br />
Pippa - Lincoln Primary School<br />
I enjoy Kirkwood Intermediate School for the smaller classes and the many<br />
opportunities that the school offers. This year I would like to make sure<br />
everyone is included and treated equally. I wanted to become a House<br />
Captain so I could be a good role model for my peers.<br />
Fergus - Clearview Primary School<br />
Kirkwood Intermediate School gives you many opportunities to grow and<br />
prove yourself which makes you become a better person. I would like to<br />
make Sheppard/Freyberg the best house in the school and I would like to<br />
encourage other students to try and gain a range of new experiences. My<br />
reason for wanting to be a House Captain is so I have an opportunity to<br />
show myself and be a good role model to others.<br />
House Captains for Britten/Te Kanawa<br />
Rose - Ilam Primary School<br />
What I like about Kirkwood Intermediate School is the relationship between<br />
students and teachers. Also, I like how the teachers have found teaching<br />
methods that everyone enjoys and understands. I would like to improve<br />
my leadership skills and be more able to help my peers by knowing what is<br />
happening within the school as well as knowing what students might need<br />
help with. Being a House Captain will give me more responsibility and will<br />
help me in high school.<br />
Harry - Broadfield Primary School<br />
I enjoy the sports opportunities Kirkwood has to offer. I also like the<br />
Blues awards you get when you work really hard. This year I would like to<br />
encourage others to become high achievers and try get in to as many teams<br />
as possible. I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and I felt like being a<br />
House Captain would be the best way.<br />
House Captains for Rutherford/Batten<br />
Xander - Clearview Primary School<br />
I like Kirkwood because there are always new things to do and learn. There<br />
are a lot of opportunities available from sporting, academic and leadership.<br />
This year I would like our students to have a productive year and I want to<br />
achieve my personal goals. I wanted to become a House Captain so I can<br />
grow and gain experience in leadership.<br />
Wenwen - Lincoln Primary School<br />
I like the single-cell classrooms, the teachers, and the way everyone is so<br />
friendly. I want to contribute to as many events as possible and represent our<br />
school well. I wanted to be a House Captain and help listen to others more,<br />
making it a better school community<br />
I enjoyed all of<br />
the camp, especially<br />
sleeping in the whare<br />
which was so much fun. I<br />
also enjoyed getting to<br />
know our class.<br />
My favourite part<br />
of camp was learning<br />
about the Māori culture<br />
and playing Māori<br />
games. The food was<br />
also delicious!<br />
My favourite part of<br />
camp was sailing on the<br />
Cansail sailing boat. We found<br />
it really interesting. Our group<br />
were given instructions then we<br />
were allowed to go up the front of<br />
the boat to help with the sails. We<br />
also got to steer the wheel and<br />
rotated the boat so we went<br />
in different directions<br />
OPEN DAY<br />
We will be hosting groups by appointment for our Open Day<br />
sessions. Details on how to book a time will be posted on our<br />
website in May. If you are unable to access our booking system<br />
then please contact the school office by phone on 348 77<strong>18</strong> or<br />
email: school.information@kirkwood.school.nz.<br />
We look forward to seeing you.<br />
You may also visit our website www.kirkwood.school.nz to view our<br />
Prospectus for further information and to download an enrolment form.<br />
Alternatively, you may contact the school office.<br />
Phil Tappenden, Principal<br />
260 Riccarton Road, Christchurch<br />
Email: school.information@kirkwood.school.nz<br />
Phone 03 348 77<strong>18</strong><br />
www.kirkwood.school.nz
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Thursday night is<br />
POKER NIGHT!!<br />
Three<br />
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menus<br />
available<br />
Two pool<br />
tables plus<br />
10 dart<br />
boards<br />
Pub Poker Night 6.30pm - Hosted in our Function Room.<br />
Registration opens 6pm<br />
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• Deposit / Bond required<br />
• House rules apply<br />
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Megameat<br />
raffles<br />
Courtesy<br />
coach<br />
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MONDAY<br />
Jugs for $10 (House Beers)<br />
99 cents Smoke Chicken Wings<br />
TUESDAY<br />
Quiz Night & Tuesday Tacos - 2 for $10 all day<br />
WEDNESDAY<br />
Tradies Day Burgers - Buy 2 for 1 all day<br />
(All Smoked Burgers)<br />
THURSDAY<br />
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Poker Night starts at 7pm<br />
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Fries & Salad<br />
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SATURDAY<br />
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SUNDAY<br />
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Maadi<br />
success<br />
Piece selected for national festival<br />
An incredibly special week starting March<br />
26, on the water at Lake Ruataniwha with<br />
all CHS Rowing Crew performing to a high<br />
standard and rowing technically well across<br />
the week.<br />
Of the 21 crew members, each featured in a<br />
final and 15 returned as national champions!<br />
With more than 2100 students from 103<br />
schools attending the championship regatta,<br />
it saw fierce and tough racing with students<br />
even being eliminated on Monday.<br />
CHS on the points table<br />
• No.1 Sculling School in NZL shared with<br />
Wakatipu High School<br />
• 1st Co-Ed School<br />
• 4th overall Rowing School<br />
Big congratulations to our students who<br />
performed at the recent annual regional Sheilah<br />
Winn Shakespeare Festival.<br />
One of our five-minute pieces, taken from<br />
Hamlet, was chosen to represent Canterbury<br />
At the beginning of the year, we invited<br />
our NZQA Scholarship recipients and<br />
their parents back to Cashmere to<br />
acknowledge their success and to<br />
reconnect with their teachers before<br />
they headed off to university/work.<br />
NZQA Scholarship is the highest form<br />
of academic achievement in school and<br />
we are incredibly proud of their success.<br />
Special mention to Luke McPherson<br />
who achieved four scholarships with an<br />
Outstanding in Statistics.<br />
at the National Festival in Wellington, making<br />
this the eighth year out of nine that we will be<br />
represented at the national festival.<br />
Thanks to Mr Ussher who has been coaching,<br />
teaching and supporting our students.<br />
Pasifika<br />
students<br />
perform<br />
We are super proud of<br />
our Pasifika group who<br />
performed at Polyfest on<br />
March 16! They may have<br />
been small in number but<br />
they were huge in heart.<br />
They did our school and<br />
community proud.<br />
Students and staff help<br />
raise funds, awareness<br />
for Cancer Society<br />
On Saturday, <strong>April</strong> 6, a number of<br />
our staff and students took part<br />
in the "Relay for Life" event at<br />
Lancaster Park.<br />
This is a great community event<br />
that involves taking turns relaystyle<br />
walking/running around a<br />
track in remembrance of those<br />
who have suffered from cancer<br />
and to celebrate with survivors.<br />
It also raises funds for the Cancer<br />
Society.<br />
Thanks to all of our staff and<br />
students who participated. A<br />
special thanks to Ms Glading who<br />
was instrumental in organising<br />
our involvement. Also to Grace<br />
Billings, Ben Loughlan, Jaimeson,<br />
Arkless, Arthur Norman, Lucy<br />
P Moore and Greta Prince<br />
who walked more than a half<br />
marathon during the 12 hours.<br />
Year 13 Molly Callaghan was also<br />
the youth ambassador for the<br />
Christchurch Cancer Society who<br />
did a fantastic job.<br />
www.cashmere.school.nz
Thursday <strong>April</strong> <strong>18</strong> <strong>2024</strong> 9<br />
CLEAN-UP CREW: From left: Rod Tiplady, Leilani, Honor, Te Aratai staff member Naomi<br />
Faga, Josephine, Irene, Donna, PJ, Talya and Tagi.<br />
Pupils aid Rotary in track work<br />
• By Barbara Crooks<br />
EIGHT TE Aratai College<br />
students have joined Ferrymead<br />
Rotary to help with Christchurch<br />
360 Trail maintenance.<br />
“They were a willing,<br />
enthusiastic, and hard-working<br />
group, they were fun to be with<br />
and keen to help” said Rotarian<br />
Rod Tiplady, who worked with<br />
the group.<br />
Ferrymead Rotary has helped<br />
fund the Positive Hauora<br />
Resilience programme at Te<br />
Aratai College for year 7 and 8<br />
students.<br />
The programme provides Life<br />
Education NZ visits, “attitude<br />
presentations,” and a journal<br />
for each student to increase<br />
self-awareness and encourage<br />
self-belief.<br />
This is the third year<br />
Ferrymead Rotary has helped<br />
fund this programme. Helping<br />
with the 360 trail maintenance<br />
is the students’ way of giving<br />
back to the community.<br />
Twice a year, Ferrymead<br />
Rotarians walk the trail from<br />
Ferrymead Bridge to Cowles<br />
Stadium – the stretch the club<br />
has been allocated to maintain.<br />
Members and friends check<br />
that all signs are visible, and<br />
in place, and replace them if<br />
necessary. As they walk, they<br />
also collect rubbish.<br />
• For further information<br />
about Ferrymead<br />
Rotary visit: www.<br />
ferrymeadrotary.org.nz<br />
Medals entrusted<br />
to fire brigade<br />
• By Dylan Smits<br />
THE SERVICE medals of<br />
the oldest surviving former<br />
Lyttelton fire chief have been<br />
accepted by the brigade in<br />
recognition of his long service.<br />
John Fogarty, 93, wanted to<br />
display his medals at the fire<br />
station.<br />
He served in the brigade from<br />
1946 to 1977 and received a<br />
Queen’s Service Medal in 1975<br />
for his long service to the community<br />
and leadership of the<br />
brigade.<br />
“We wanted to honour him<br />
for his service and receive his<br />
service medals to look after<br />
them for safekeeping,” said chief<br />
fire officer Dwayne Pool.<br />
Forgarty served as the brigade’s<br />
senior station officer from<br />
1972 until his retirement.<br />
The role was equivalent to the<br />
modern chief fire officer role.<br />
Pool accepted the medals for<br />
the brigade in a ceremony,<br />
where Fogarty gave a presentation<br />
on his awards with family<br />
support.<br />
Fogarty and his daughter<br />
Christine had approached<br />
Pool about permanently displaying<br />
the medals in the station.<br />
Other medals in the display<br />
case include accolades for<br />
Fogarty’s life membership, long<br />
service and good conduct, and<br />
awards for waterway (hose<br />
running and pump operating)<br />
competitions.<br />
The case will soon hold pride<br />
of place when it is hung at the<br />
station.<br />
“I hope the takeaway when<br />
people look at it will be recognising<br />
John’s long service and<br />
commitment to the brigade and<br />
community.”<br />
Pool hopes Fogarty’s example<br />
will encourage younger<br />
members to stay with the<br />
brigade for longer.<br />
50 years in the trade a major milestone<br />
Five decades, 50 years, half a century – no<br />
matter how you put it, that’s a long stretch of<br />
time in anyone’s reckoning. And that’s how<br />
long Greg Box, owner/operator of Amazing<br />
Auto Electric, has been involved in the autoelectrical<br />
trade.<br />
It all started when he began as an apprentice<br />
with Benson Bros in Gisborne on June 24,<br />
1974, learning the nuts and bolts of the trade<br />
and acquiring the skills needed to pursue<br />
a successful career as an auto-electrical<br />
engineer.<br />
After spending almost seven years there,<br />
Greg headed overseas, and over the following<br />
eight years he worked in the motor trade in<br />
the UK, and for a large part of the time, in<br />
the mining industry in Alaska, Australia and<br />
Africa.<br />
Family matters brought him back to New<br />
Zealand, plus he was also keen to start his own<br />
business here. With that in mind he re-located<br />
to Christchurch in 1989, initially working for<br />
a local firm, before launching out as a sole<br />
trader in 1993.<br />
A decade later he established his current<br />
business, Amazing Auto Electric, opening a<br />
workshop in Coleridge Street and employing<br />
staff.<br />
As a business it has proved a great success,<br />
and while it is a challenging trade, and<br />
one that can be stressful, it’s a trade he has<br />
thoroughly enjoyed over the last 50 years. He<br />
says for a person that enjoys working with<br />
machinery and fixing things as he does, it’s an<br />
ideal career.<br />
“For an apprentice starting out it takes five<br />
years to qualify, but for those that can stick to<br />
it, it’s a great trade to be in.”<br />
With auto-electrical systems<br />
being re-designed every five to<br />
10 years, ongoing training with<br />
online and on-site courses<br />
is also an important part of<br />
keeping up in the industry,<br />
Greg says.<br />
He is proud of the service<br />
Photographed<br />
in his Coleridge<br />
St workshop,<br />
Greg Box is<br />
about to mark<br />
50 years in the<br />
auto-electrical<br />
trade.<br />
Greg Box,<br />
left, with staff<br />
members<br />
Anton Weir,<br />
centre, and<br />
Shane Gallop.<br />
We have some<br />
of the latest and<br />
greatest scanning<br />
tools and software<br />
available to help<br />
diagnose and solve<br />
problems, nine in<br />
total.<br />
he and his two staff – one<br />
fully qualified and the other<br />
undergoing his apprenticeship,<br />
offer customers.<br />
“Many of the problems<br />
people have with their vehicles<br />
are related to the electrical<br />
system. When that warning<br />
light comes up on the dashboard, it<br />
indicates there’s something wrong, and we<br />
can fix it,” Greg says, adding, “Over the years<br />
we have been blessed with the best customers<br />
and staff any business could wish for and we<br />
wouldn’t be here without them.”<br />
Amazing Auto Electric provides service for<br />
all types of vehicle from trucks, to commercial<br />
vans to family cars. Located at 65 Coleridge<br />
Street, it is open 8am to 5pm Monday to<br />
Friday.<br />
And in just a few weeks’ time, Monday June<br />
24 will be a red-letter day for owner Greg, as<br />
he reaches his 50th anniversary in the trade, a<br />
significant milestone by any measure.<br />
Amazing<br />
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Phone 03 379 4250<br />
www.amazingautoelectric.co.nz
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CROSSWORD<br />
1 2 3 4 5 6 7<br />
8<br />
9 10<br />
344<br />
SUDOKU<br />
Every row, column and box should<br />
contain the digits 1 to 9.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
WORDBUILDER<br />
244<br />
6<br />
R R H<br />
T A E<br />
11 12<br />
13 14 15<br />
16 17 <strong>18</strong> 19<br />
How 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 19 Very Good 23 Excellent 27<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 243: bed, bel, bled, blue, bod, bode, bold,<br />
bole, boule, bud, dob, doe, dole, DOUBLE, dub, due,<br />
word. duel, duo, eld, led, leu, lob, lobe, lobed, lode, loud,<br />
lube, ludo, ode, old.<br />
Good 19 Very Good 23 Excellent 27<br />
20<br />
21 22 23<br />
24 25<br />
26 27<br />
Across<br />
1. Solidly built (6)<br />
4. For ever (6)<br />
9. Fete (4)<br />
10. Reinforce (10)<br />
11. Swimsuit (6)<br />
12. Roy G Biv, for example (8)<br />
13. Healthy (9)<br />
15. Surety (4)<br />
16. Make reference to (4)<br />
17. Adamant (9)<br />
21. Branch of mathematics (8)<br />
22. Group with shared<br />
characteristics (6)<br />
24. Person who overreacts (5,5)<br />
25. Shaft of light (4)<br />
26. Butterflies (in your stomach) (6)<br />
27. Middle (6)<br />
Down<br />
1. Blindly imitative (7)<br />
2. One of the five basic tastes (5)<br />
3. Sack (7)<br />
5. Connected (6)<br />
6. Spaceman (9)<br />
7. Significant (7)<br />
8. Head of government (5,8)<br />
14. Straggler (9)<br />
16. Humiliation (7)<br />
<strong>18</strong>. Infuriate (7)<br />
19. Tell a story (7)<br />
20. Select group (6)<br />
23. Custom (5)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Sturdy, 4.<br />
Always, 9. Gala, 10.<br />
Strengthen, 11. Bikini, 12.<br />
Mnemonic, 13. Wholesome,<br />
15. Bail, 16. Cite, 17.<br />
Insistent, 21. Calculus, 22.<br />
Cohort, 24. Drama queen,<br />
25. Beam, 26. Nerves, 27.<br />
Centre.<br />
Down: 1. Slavish, 2. Umami,<br />
3. Dismiss, 5. Linked, 6.<br />
Astronaut, 7. Special,<br />
8. Prime minister, 14.<br />
Latecomer, 16. Chagrin, <strong>18</strong>.<br />
Incense, 19. Narrate, 20.<br />
Clique, 23. Habit.<br />
WordBuilder<br />
are, art, ate, ear, earth, eat,<br />
era, err, hare, hart, hat, hate,<br />
hater, hear, heart, heat, her,<br />
rare, rat, rate, RATHER,<br />
rear, ret, rhea, tar, tare, tea,<br />
tear, terra, the<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 />
Decoder<br />
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