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World stage beckons for 

St Andrew’s bagpiper 

• By Claire Reid 

A TALENTED teenage 

bagpiper has been selected 

to take part in two of the 

most prestigious bagpiping 

competitions in the world. 

Maggie McConnochie, 14, 

recently won the New Zealand 

Under 21 Piobrairechd and the 

Comunn na Piobairechd silver 

medal – and has since been 

invited to compete in seven 

competitions in Scotland in 

August. It includes two of the 

most respected solo bagpiping 

events in the world, the 

Argyllshire Gathering and the 

Northern Meeting. 

The St Andrew’s College student 

was the youngest person 

in the New Zealand awards 

categories. 

“It feels pretty good, but it 

feels unreal. It’s really exciting,” 

she said of the result. 

Maggie is likely to be the 

youngest taking part in Scotland, 

according to mum Delwyn, 

but says she tries not to let 

nerves get the better of her. 

“I do get a bit nervous, sometimes,” 

she said. 

“But I don’t get too nervous – 

I feel like I’m prepared 

and try not to think about it 

too much.” 

Maggie spends between five 

and seven hours practising the 

bagpipes every week, alongside 

school, homework and sports. 

She also plays at rest homes and 

took part in the Rolleston Anzac 

parade in 2023, and led the 

dawn service parade in Twizel 

this year. 

Maggie first picked up 

the bagpipes when she was 

9-years-old. Under the tutelage 

of Richard Hawke (NZOM), 

she has gone from strength to 

strength. 

“Maggie wouldn’t be the 

piper she is without the support 

of her tutors. She’s really grateful 

for Richard’s expertise and 

guidance,” Delwyn said. 

Maggie hopes her success 

will inspire other girls to 

get into bagpiping. 

Females are significantly 

underrepresented in the solo 

piping world, making up about 

just six per cent. 

BLOWING UP A STORM: 

Teen bagpiper Maggie 

McConnochie has been 

invited to compete in two 

of the most respected 

solo bagpiping events in 

the world, the Argyllshire 

Gathering and the 

Northern Meeting. 

• Maggie is self-funding 

her trip to Scotland, which 

will cost about $8600. 

She is selling cheese rolls 

and has set up a Facebook 

page – Piping Hot Cheese 

Rolls – where you can 

order and giving her a 

helping hand. 

Location 

key for 

deceased 

estate 

‘do-up’ 

LOCATION WAS the selling 

point for a do-up deceased estate 

in Ilam. 

The three-bedroom, twobathroom 

property sold at auction 

within two weeks of being listed. 

The broughtforward 

auction 

opened and 

was announced 

on the market 

at $980,000. 

After fierce 

competition, it 

sold for $1.071 Julie Proctor 

million after 

hearty competition. There were 

five buyers in the room and three 

who actively bid for it. 

Harcourts Grenadier listing 

agent Julie Proctor told OneRoof 

there was “fast and furious 

bidding” for the Tuirau Pl do-up, 

which offered the opportunity for 

people to get into the area and be 

in zone for popular schools for 

supposedly under $1m. 

The bidding “went on and on 

and on” with eventually an older 

couple and young family both 

fighting for it, she said. 

An older couple eventually won 

the auction. They had plans to 

relocate from Akaroa. 

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Leaf-grinding ‘goat’ is on the job 

THERE’S A new “goat” in 

town and its rolling around 

Christchurch streets helping 

munch through the blanket of 

autumn leaves. 

City council contractors are 

busy with leaf fall season under 

way now till July. 

But this year they’ve got a 

new tool in their kit – a few new 

trucks, including one nicknamed 

the “goat”. 

“We’re always looking for 

ways to work more efficiently 

throughout leaf fall season. One 

of the trucks on our roads can 

now grind the leaves into small 

pieces, which is why they’ve 

called it the goat,” city streets 

maintenance manager Steve Guy 

said. 

“It also reduces the number of 

times they have to empty a load 

so they can do more streets at a 

time.” 

There’s also another new truck 

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“This new truck means we no 

longer need a person on the road 

manually moving the snorkel 

around. The person who previously 

operated the snorkel can 

instead use a leaf blower to direct 

leaves into an area where the 

snorkel can reach like around 

cars,” Guy said. 

And a final new truck set to 

be launched at the end of the 

month, dubbed “Noo-Noo” after 

the vacuum in the 90s television 

show The Teletubbies. 

“Noo-Noo is going to be a 

great addition for our contactors. 

One of these holds about the 

same amount of leaves as three 

smaller trucks.” 

Guy said it’s important for 

people to remember that contractors 

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Winning investor enticed by rental margin 

•From page 1 

Proctor told OneRoof it was 

surprising because people in that 

demographic were not usually 

looking for a do-up. 

“I think they are just looking 

to repaint and replace the bathrooms 

and kitchen, but it’s still 

quite a significant update.” 

Proctor said the family member 

who she had been liaising 

with over the sale had been in 

tears on the phone when she 

learned of the outcome. She said 

she’d had quite a few auctions 

like it recently. 

Lin Ma 

Location was also key for a 

townhouse that a real estate 

agent thought would be impossible 

to sell because of 

its condition. Instead, it 

sparked a bidding war at 

auction. 

The three-bedroom, 

two-bathroom property 

on Winchester 

St, Merivale, sold for 

$465,000 at Thursday’s 

auction, which saw three 

cash buyers fighting for 

it. 

Harcourts Grenadier salesperson 

Lin Ma told OneRoof she was 

“very surprised by the outcome” 

because only cash buyers could 

purchase the as is, plaster 

home on a cross-lease 

section. 

The bidding opened 

at $250,000 and went in 

mainly $10,000 bids. It 

was announced on the 

market at $415,000 and 

sold for $465,000. 

Ma put the strong bidding 

down to the good 

location, school zones and the 

entry-level price. 

AS IS: Location was a factor for an Ilam deceased estate 

sale (left), which was won at auction by an older couple. 

Above – The new owner of the Merivale plaster townhouse 

plans to keep renting it out to the existing tenants. 

“There were three people who 

really wanted it. It’s just the location,” 

she said. 

Surrounded by private schools, 

the home was also zoned for the 

sought-after Christchurch Girls’ 

High School, Christchurch Boys’ 

High School and Burnside High. 

Both property traders and 

investors were interested in the 

property. It was eventually won 

by an investor who was overseas 

and planned to continue renting 

it out to the existing tenants who 

were paying $580 a week. 

“If people want to buy a rental 

– what can you buy for $400,000 

with tenants who want to keep 

on renting,” she told OneRoof. 

“It’s a good return and even if 

the whole lot was damaged again 

and also no insurance then you 

have the land value cover you for 

that location – so I guess nothing 

to lose to be honest.” 

Ma said the owner had 

approached another agent first 

about listing the home, but 

they had refused to take it on, 

thinking there was no way they 

could sell “cross lease, as is, 

plaster”. 

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Tough game ahead for Boys’ High 

• By Sam Coughlan 

CHRISTCHURCH Boys’ High 

School are making no excuses 

about their 30-19 loss to Nelson 

College. 

Head coach Rhys Archibald 

said they’d made “stupid mistakes” 

on Saturday which cost 

them massively. 

“We made three stupid 

mistakes and they scored 

three 60-metre tries, and we 

were down 19-0 after about 18 

minutes. 

“So, bad defensive effort 

really.” 

The Miles Toyota Premiership 

opener was a rematch of last 

year’s final, which was won by 

Boys’ High. 

Archibald will have to rally his 

troops ahead of this weekend’s 

game against St Andrew’s College 

at home. 

“We’ve got a bit of work to do 

on our defence, especially our 

one-on-one tackling and the 

decision-making around the 

field. 

“It’s obviously going to be a 

tough game out.” 

With Boys’ High celebrating 

their club day and the first 

XV playing in the afternoon, 

Archibald is hopeful of a bumper 

crowd to spur the team on. 

“It should be a good day, hopefully 

the weather plays its part. 

“Should be plenty of people 

FIERCE: Boys’ High players perform their haka before the 

clash with Nelson College. PHOTO: JASON OLDFIELD 

around, playing at 2.45pm you 

normally get more people on 

than at 11am because all the kids 

(are) playing in the mornings.” 

St Andrew’s opened their 

season with a narrow loss to St 

Bede’s, 21-18. 

With both St Andrew’s and 

Boys’ High looking for their first 

win, Archibald said it would be a 

challenging game. 

“They’ll be a tough ask. Like 

BATTLE: Selwyn Combined and St Thomas’ forwards pack 

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Christ’s 5; St Thomas 5; 

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“It’ll be a big challenge.” 

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Christ’s College host Selwyn 

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BHS 26; St Thomas 24 

Selwyn Combined 7; Nelson 

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St Bede’s 21 St Andrew’s 18 

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Tempting autumn tastes and textures 

Nigel Slater offers up 

a silky leek pie and 

crunchy, soft-textured 

biscuits to lift the spirits 

Leek and parmesan pie 

Serves 6-8 

You can make this in a large 

springform cake tin or bake 

freeform on a baking sheet. I 

take the middle route, baking 

the pie freeform, but using the 

outer ring of a 23cm cake tin to 

hold the pastry in shape. The ring 

isn’t essential, but it does stop the 

pastry splitting as it bakes. The 

flavour of leeks is less strident if 

you cook them without colour, 

placing a piece of greaseproof 

paper over the surface of the sliced 

leeks as well as a lid, so they partly 

sauté, partly steam. 

Ingredients 

For the pastry: 

180g butter, fridge cold 300g plain 

flour 

1 egg yolk 

1 egg, lightly beaten 

About 50ml water for brushing 

For the leeks: 

1kg leeks 

60g butter 

3 heaped tbsp plain flour 

100g crème fraîche 

80g parmesan, grated 

Method 

• Make the pastry: cut the butter 

into small pieces and rub into 

the flour with your thumbs and 

fingertips or use a food processor. 

• When the mixture resembles 

coarse breadcrumbs, add the yolk 

and enough water to bring it to 

a rollable dough. Using lightly 

floured hands, pat the dough into 

a ball and refrigerate for half an 

hour or so. 

• Remove and discard the roots 

and very darkest green tips of 

the leeks. Slice the leeks thickly 

(1-2cm), then wash thoroughly 

in cold water to remove any grit 

that can get trapped between the 

layers. Put them in a colander and 

shake dry. 

• Melt the butter in a large pan 

with a heavy base. Put the leeks 

into the pan, cover with a disc 

of greaseproof paper or baking 

parchment, push it down to cover 

the surface, then cover with a 

lid and let them cook – a cross 

between sautéing and steaming 

– for about 25 minutes, lifting 

the paper and stirring once or 

twice, until they are soft, but not 

coloured at all. Season with black 

pepper and a little salt. 

• Sprinkle the flour over, stir, 

and cook for a further 5 minutes. 

Stir in the creme fraiche and 

grated parmesan, then set aside. 

Set the oven at 200°C and place an 

empty baking sheet in the oven. 

• Line another baking sheet 

with baking parchment. 

• Lightly oil a 23cm cake tin, 

place it on the lined baking 

sheet, then place the pastry 

over it, pushing it gently down 

into the corners and leaving the 

overhanging pastry in place. If 

you are taking the freeform route 

simply lay the pastry on the lined 

baking sheet. 

• Fill the middle of the 

pastry with the leek and cheese 

mixture. Now fold the edges 

of overhanging pastry over the 

filling, leaving the middle free of 

pastry. Brush the pastry with the 

beaten egg. 

• Place this baking sheet on top 

of the hot baking sheet already 

in the oven and cook for about 

45 minutes until the pastry is 

golden. If the leeks are colouring 

too much, then place a piece of foil 

loosely over the surface 

• Remove from the oven 

and leave to settle for about 10 

minutes. If you used a cake tin, 

run a palette knife around the 

edge to release the pie, then cut 

into thick slices and serve. 

Peanut butter cookies 

Makes roughly 38-40 little 

cookies 

Ingredients 

225g butter 

100g caster sugar 

100g soft brown sugar 

1 egg 

150g plain flour 

1 tsp baking powder 

200g peanut butter 

Roasted, salted peanuts to 

decorate 

Method 

• Line a baking sheet with baking 

parchment. Cut the butter into 

small pieces and put them in the 

bowl of a food processor with the 

sugars. Beat until soft and fluffy. 

In a small bowl, beat the egg with 

a fork, just enough to mix the 

yolks and white together, then 

add little by little to the butter and 

sugar. (I do this in 3 or 4 stages, 

so the mixture doesn’t curdle. If 

it does, stir in a spoonful of the 

flour.) 

• Sieve together the flour and 

baking powder, then add to the 

mix and continue until the flour 

has been incorporated. Stir in 

the peanut butter. Set the oven at 

170°C. 

• Place level heaped tbsps of 

the mixture on to a baking sheet, 

lined with greaseproof paper, 

leaving plenty of room around 

each to allow the biscuits to 

spread. With the back of a floured 

dessert spoon press lightly on each 

one to flatten the top. 

• Roughly chop the salted, 

roasted peanuts, then sprinkle 2g 

(about 1 tsp) on each biscuit. 

• Bake for about 12 minutes 

until the biscuits have spread and 

turned pale gold. They should 

still be soft to the touch. While 

the biscuits are baking, prepare a 

second tray and repeat until the 

mixture is all used (I do about 4 

batches). 

• Let the cookies firm up a little 

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BMW’s beefy 2-Series an SUV superhero 

VISUALLY, THE BMW 2-Series 

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‘Ultimate driving machine persona’, 

with its quirky compact urban 

mini SUV styling, masking a 

vehicle with serious performance 

credentials. 

This new generation version 

2-Series launched last year is only 

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form, a heady price for 

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However, you get a decent 

amount of bang for your performance 

buck. It packs plenty of 

power as it delivers a highly entertaining 

and engaging driving 

experience, as I quickly discovered 

during a recent test drive. 

Those prepared to look past 

the understated appearance will 

Motoring with Bob Nettleton 

discover an unlikely small performance 

SUV superhero. 

The launch of the original 

model a decade ago added a new 

dimension of functionality, space 

and comfort to what was BMW’s 

first excursion into the premium 

compact urban SUV class. It 

was the company’s response to 

growing demand for vehicles that 

meet people’s diverse lifestyles, a 

market arch-rival Mercedes Benz 

have successfully tapped for years 

with their B-Class. 

The BMW 225xe Active Tourer, 

should be renamed hyper Active 

Tourer, with its exhilarating acceleration, 

outstanding in-gear 

throttle response and levels of 

smoothness bettered by few in its 

class. 

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

8; Comfort 8; Passenger and Load Space 8; Styling 6; Value 

for money 6; Safety – Five Star ANCAP crash rating. 

Overall points out of 10: 8 

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hill climbs surging over them 

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A crisp seven-speed dualclutch 

Steptronic transmission 

works a treat with this powertrain 

in a gear-changing match 

made in automotive heaven. 

The generous yet versatile 

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is further enhanced by a 

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legroom in the rear or the load 

compartment capacity to be 

increased if needed. 

Despite its compact exterior, 

there is ample room for five people, 

with the elevated driver and 

front seat seats affording good 

all-round views. 

Switches and control for major 

functions such as windscreen 

wipers, lights, and indicators are 

positioned to perfection. This 

means the driver isn’t second 

guessing where they are, which 

is always right at the your finger 

tips. 

Apple CarPlay preparation enables 

easy, wireless use of selected 

iPhone functions inside the car. 

The car’s built-in SIM card provides 

seamless access to BMW 

services regardless of whether a 

paired smartphone is present. 

One of these is Intelligent 

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emergency services and let them 

know exactly where you are in 

the event of crash, and crucially 

get the services and assistance 

there faster to provide whatever 

help is required. 

A first-rate suspension strikes 

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The ride is firm, but cleverly 

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amount of suppleness. This is 

there in sufficient measure to 

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road surfaces, even those with a 

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described as washboard surfaces. 

Their mission is to wring the 

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engineered underpinnings. 

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CROSSWORD 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

8 

9 10 

349 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

249 

6 

T V O 

E L I 

11 12 

13 14 15 

16 17 18 19 

many words of three or more letters, 

How 

including 

many 

plurals, 

words 

can you 

of 

make 

three 

from 

or 

the 

more 

six 

letters, using each letter only once? No foreign 

words or words beginning with a capital are 

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

once? 

TODAY 

Good 19 Very Good 23 Excellent 27 

Solution 248: ace, acne, age, ale, alec, angel, angle, 

cage, can, cane, clan, clang, clean, cleg, elan, gal, 

word. 

gale, gean, gel, gen, GLANCE, glean, glen, lac, lace, 

lag, lance, lane, lea, lean, leg, nag. 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

from the six letters, using each only 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

Good 19 Very Good 23 Excellent 27 

20 

21 22 23 

24 25 

26 27 

Across 

1. Fugitive (6) 

4. United (6) 

9. Bundle (4) 

10. Unremitting (10) 

11. Disposable handkerchief (6) 

12. Invention (8) 

13. Ceaseless (9) 

15. Confine (4) 

16. Dice (4) 

17. Slur (9) 

21. Respite (8) 

22. Muffle (6) 

24. Hurry up (3,1,4,2) 

25. Not here (4) 

26. Sampled (6) 

27. Condition (6) 

Down 

1. Loud applause (7) 

2. Lock of hair (5) 

3. Stuffy (7) 

5. Surgical knife (6) 

6. Uncomfortable (3,2,4) 

7. Undress (7) 

8. Poorly thought out (3-10) 

14. Humiliate (9) 

16. Mild (weather) (7) 

18. Rhythm (7) 

19. Repeat (7) 

20. Rest (6) 

23. Modify (5) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Outlaw, 4. Allied, 

9. Bale, 10. Relentless, 11. 

Tissue, 12. Creation, 13. 

Incessant, 15. Cage, 16. 

Cube, 17. Discredit, 21. 

Reprieve, 22. Deaden, 24. 

Get a move on, 25. Away, 

26. Tasted, 27. Fettle. 

Down: 1. Ovation, 2. Tress, 

3. Airless, 5. Lancet, 6. Ill 

at ease, 7. Disrobe, 8. Illconsidered, 

14. Embarrass, 

16. Clement, 18. Cadence, 

19. Iterate, 20. Repose, 23. 

Adapt. 

WordBuilder 

evil, lei, let, lev, lie, lit, lite, 

live, lot, loti, love, oil, olive, 

tie, tile, toe, toil, toile, tole, 

veil, vet, veto, vie, vile, viol, 

VIOLET, voile, vole, volt, 

vote. 

DECODER 

Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the 

given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out 

which letters are represented by the other numbers. 

Decoder 

Sudoku 

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We need your help to fill our beds. 

Cholmondeley Children’s Centre has 

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