Southern View: June 20, 2024

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Celebrate Matariki with
Tīrama Mai light show
CHECK OUT new
commissioned artworks, take
home a free tree, and soak
in the city sights illuminated
by Tīrama Mai this Puaka-
Matariki.
The city council’s annual
Tīrama Mai event starts at the
weekend, celebrating Puaka-
Matariki in the heart of the city.
Te Matatiki Toi Ora The Art
Centre, Te Pae and Riverside
Market will feature a range of
art and lighting installations
each evening from 5pm until
10pm, from tomorrow until
Sunday, June 30.
City council manager of
events and arts Lucy Blackmore
said the annual event, which
celebrates the Puaka and Matariki
stars through art and light
installations, projections, music
soundscapes and storytelling is
always evolving with new commissioned
works.
“An installation of
Papatūānuku, titled MOTHER,
will stand four metres high and
two metres wide, featuring a
stunning design by Xoë Hall, lit
up from inside,” Blackmore said.
It will be in the North Quad of
The Art Centre.
“We’ve also partnered with
Trees for Canterbury to give
away 2000 small native trees
over the festival. Planting a new
tree in your backyard is a great
way to celebrate the time of
renewal that Te Tau Hou (the
Māori New Year) brings, and we
encourage people to take up this
opportunity.”
On select nights, the giveaway
will be based in front of Te
Pae.
Te Pae has close to 10 installations,
including new lightbox
artworks and a projection animation
by Ariki Creative.
“Other giveaways during the
festival include light-up yo-yos
from our sponsor, Orion, for the
young and young of heart, and
a free sausage sizzle run by The
Hits FM,” Blackmore said.
There will also be storytelling
and kapa haka performances on
select nights. The “test night” for
Tirama Mai is this evening.
The Arts Centre will be
hosting a number of events,
including Te Waiatatanga Mai
o Te Atua (Song of the Gods),
a brand-new exhibition at the
Observatory tower which tells a
version of the Ngāi Tahu creation
story, as written down in
1849 by Matiaha Tiramōrehu.
The Matariki Midwinter
Celebration invites attendees to
honour a loved one who made
a significant impact this year,
while the two-night Garden
City Mākete will feature local
artisans, live performances, and
food offerings. There will also be
kapa haka in the Great Hall.
PHOTOS: NEWSLINE
Matariki
Matariki, the Māori
New Year, is a time of
cultural and spiritual
significance. The
annual event marks
the appearance of
the Matariki star
cluster, also known as
Pleiades, in the early
morning sky.
When these nine
stars become visible, it
signifies the start of a
new year in the Māori
lunar calendar.
Matariki comes
from the phrase
“Ngā mata o te ariki
Tāwhirimātea”, “the
eyes of the god
Tāwhirimātea” and
translates to “little
eyes”, highlighting the
stars’ role as important
markers of time and
seasonal change.
The exact date
varies each year, as it
is determined by the
appearance of the
Matariki star cluster in
the predawn sky.
But this year, the
public holiday lands on
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Wednesday, 6-7pm
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Wednesdays, 10.30-11am
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Thursday June 20 2024 3
Confusing roadworks information
sees new idea floated at meeting
• By Dylan Smits
A NEW system for giving
the public advance notice of
roadworks closures in Banks
Peninsula has been floated, as a
result of recent confusion.
In the past three months, there
have been three maintenance
roadworks closures on Governors
Bay Rd, one in March and two in
May.
Governors Bay Community
Association chair John Bannock
said residents have been confused
by conflicting information
displayed on the city council
website and roadside signage.
“They’re very rarely saying the
same thing. So that’s set up an air
of confusion straight away.”
Bannock has suggested putting
city council staff in charge of
communications during maintenance
on critical routes, like
Governors Bay Rd.
Currently, when there are major
roadworks, city council staff are
in charge of communicating with
the public. When there
are maintenance works,
contractors are in charge of
communications.
Bannock believes city council
staff with a better knowledge
of affected communities’ needs
should deliver communications
on these routes, rather than contractors.
“I don’t think a contractor
working out of Lyttelton would
consider that Diamond Harbour
and Port Levy would be affected
parties,” Bannock said.
He said having the contractor
communicating road closures for
maintenance work gave them too
much workload.
However, city council head of
transport Lynette Ellis said her
team has “full confidence” in contractors’
abilities to deliver effective
communications to residents.
She said the Governors Bay
resurfacing work in May “was no
exception”.
“Our maintenance contractors
work on approximately 2415
projects a year across the entire
network, therefore if council is to
manage all communications for
this work we need to rely on our
contractor teams.”
Ellis declined to comment on
the merits of giving council staff
responsibility over communications
for critical routes only.
Bannock feels the transport
team is missing his point.
“I think it’s unreasonable to
expect contractors to determine
the extent of contacts required for
some roads.”
He voiced his concerns at the
Te Pātaka o Rākaihautū Banks
Peninsula Community Board
meeting on June 10.
“I really think that the council
needs to understand that the
Banks Peninsula area isn’t a town.
We don’t have multiple detour
options.”
The community board requested
staff advice regarding
community notifications.
Bannock hopes the community
board investigation process will
change the minds of the transport
team.
He also said communications
through more channels would
help the affected residents better
adapt their personal schedules.
“Even a poster in the typical
places people visit would be a big
help.”
On the Governors Bay Community
Facebook page, residents
said signage about recent closures
differed from information they
had received in a flier.
Banks Peninsula city councillor
Tyrone Fields did not have a view
on Bannock’s idea, but believed
staff would find a solution.
CONFLICTING: Residents were confused to see this
sign last month indicating Governors Bay Rd would be
closed daily from May 13 to June 17. On the Governors
Bay Community Facebook page, residents said the dates
differed from those in a flier they received.
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Thursday June 20 2024
Teachers run to raise funds for sick mum
• By Jessie Curran
TWO TEACHERS raised more
than $1000 a day for each day
they pounded the pavement.
Thomas Tennent, of
Cashmere, and Daniel Kahura,
of Yaldhurst, ran 21km before
work for 21 days to support
Kahura’s sister, Kylie Kahura,
who has stage 4B Hodgkin
lymphoma.
Kahura and Tennent both
attended and now teach at St
Thomas of Canterbury College.
Kylie, 35, a mother of four,
received her diagnosis in 2022.
Despite the all-clear after
chemotherapy, her cancer
returned with increased
aggression late last year.
“Now it’s just a waiting game,”
said Kylie, who awaits further
scans after she completed
another round of chemotherapy,
blood transfusions, and a stem
cell transplant.
The Sockburn resident is now
enjoying spending time with her
family.
She said she was “truly blown
away” by the support from the
pair and wider community.
“I am just so grateful and
blessed,” she said.
Tennent, 33, proposed the
idea to Kahura after reading
a book by ultra-runner Ned
Brockmann.
“I was not an ultra-runner
by any means, but I wanted to
do something to make other
FINISHED: Daniel Tennent, right, and Daniel Kahura, back left, meet Kylie Kahura and her
children PepaMo’ale, Eli Mo’ale, and Faith Mo’ale at the finish line of the final stint.
people’s lives better,” he said.
Supported by family, friends,
and the wider community, the
pair trained for eight weeks
before their first run on April 1.
In the two months that
followed, the high-school friends
raised $22,000 through private
donations and their Givealittle
page.
Kahura, 30, said he was
thankful for the support and
generosity of the community.
“I feel super blessed for the
people who have shown their
love and donated to help support
my family.”
But going into the running
challenge, the pair were not
without their doubts.
“I knew doing them back-toback
was going to be tough,”
said Kahura, who feared
he would fail the challenge
after he experienced serious
achilles tendon and lower back
problems.
Tennent, who gave up many
hours of sleep and time with
family, even experienced a
severe case of rhabdo one week
after finishing the last run.
Rhabdo is when muscle
breaks down, releasing contents
into the bloodstream that can be
life threatening if left untreated.
“We made sacrifices and went
through hard times to help
someone who’s going through
harder times than us,” said
Tennent.
He has now recovered.
Craig Watson, head of
supportive care for the Cancer
Society Canterbury West Coast
and Otago Southland, said the
financial burden on families
after diagnosis is significant.
“I know of people refusing
treatment because they have had
to choose between travelling to
treatment, or putting food on
the table for their families,” said
Watson.
He said community support
was vital to get families through
a diagnosis.
Kahura and Tennent said
they were thankful they had
experienced the of power of
people.
“It’s important to celebrate the
small wins,” said Kahura.
Celebrating Thirty Years of Community Service
2024 is a special year for Christchurch South
Community Patrol. It marks thirty years of
working with the police and members of the
community to make Christchurch a safer place.
The patrol’s vehicle with its distinctive livery
and number plate can be seen at Z Addingtonwhen
it is not on patrol.
Christchurch South is one of eight community
patrols in the Christchurch metro area, and
is part of a nationwide organization called
CPNZ which ensures that all patrols and their
patrollers are trained and operate in a safe way.
The patrol is out and about monitoring the city
streets and carparks day and night six days a
week.
Each patrol is planned. Patrollers use
information from the community and from
the police to plan their route. Their key task
is to observe, record and report- to be the
additional eyes and ears for the police,
noting the little things that may form part of a
larger picture. The patrol provides additional
security in surrounding areas when major
events are held at locations such as Apollo
Projects Stadium, the A & P Showgrounds
and Hagley Park. Christchurch South is also
trained and equipped to respond to personal
and community emergencies. In the past six
months, patrollers have assisted at the scenes
of traffic accidents, crime scenes and fires.
During the Port Hills fire in March, the patrol
helped the police man the cordons controlling
access to the affected area.
Community Patrols have an expanding
relationship with the police, a relationship
that is growing in importance as the police
seek to significantly increase their numbers.
Police recruits are encouraged to join a patrol
while under-going their selection and pretraining
process. Currently Christchurch South
has three police recruits as part of its team.
Patrolling gives the police of the future the
opportunity to practice some of the basic skills
they will need when fully fledged members of
the Force.
During National Volunteer Week, Christchurch
South will have a display at Barrington Mall
between 10.00am and 3.00pm on Friday 21
and Saturday 22 June. Call by and see what
we do. If you are interested in joining the patrol
or supporting it in any way, contact Ken on 027
748 0697 or email us at Christchurch South @
CPNZ.org.nz. If you want to see more about
what we do, check out our Facebook page.
Christchurch South on patrol in
the Terrace. Close co-operation
with the police is a feature of
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Thursday June 20 2024 5
Mental health mission for Tama the Tui
• By Emily O’Hagan
THE AUTHOR behind a new
children’s book, Tama the Tui has
been down for a while hopes it will
encourage children to open up
when they feel “sad and blue”.
The book, written by Alvante
Harris and illustrated by Maria
Carroll, follows the journey of
Tama the young tui who is feeling
down but learns to share his
feelings with friends and family.
Harris shared his book with
pupils from Our Lady of the
Assumption School in Hoon Hay.
Harris hopes it will encourage
children to share their feelings.
“Not only will it give them the
tools to open up, but it might even
give them the tools to be able to
support people when they need to.
“So, if a friend does open up to
them that they’re not feeling so
good, they’ll have the tools they
need to actually be able to help
them and support them through
that,” he said.
It is the first book Harris has
written after completing his first
draft in 2022.
He admits mental health is
a difficult topic to discuss in
New Zealand, but believes it is
important for kids to learn about.
“One thing that’s been common
throughout my life, throughout
my friends and family, is people
aren’t very good at opening up
and talking about their feelings,”
Harris said.
“So I figured that if you write a
TEACHING: Alvante Harris shared his book Tama the Tui
has been down for a while with pupils from Our Lady of
the Assumption School who had plenty of questions for
the author.
PHOTOS: EMILY O’HAGAN
book for kids, then they can learn
early and get the tools they need
to be able to open up when they
need to.”
And the idea seems to be working.
He received positive responses
from pupils who clearly
understood its meaning.
“Always tell someone when
you’re sad so then they know.
“I liked that Tama was sad and
then his dad said to talk about his
feelings and then he felt a lot more
better,” one pupil said.
Harris has also started an
initiative to help spread his
important message. For every
four books he sells, he’ll donate
another to an organisation,
school, or mental health worker
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Thursday June 20 2024
Mid-winter plunge all for a good cause
• By Dylan Smits
A DARING group jumped into
the wintry water of Governors
Bay to help pay for its jetty
restoration.
Sunday’s relatively warm
weather was encouraging for the
45 jumpers who raised $2077
for the cause.
Jetty Trust secretary Louisa
Eades is pleased the mid-winter
jetty jump and swim met its
funding goal.
“There was a lot of whooping
and excitement when people got
out of the water. It feels really
good to get in the water and get
out again,” she said.
Some participants showed
their enthusiasm by jumping in
multiple times.
“We were really lucky with the
weather. The sun came out and
it was actually a really beautiful
day,” Eades said.
Members from the Canterbury
Open Water Swimming
Association also swam to the
buoy in the bay after their jump.
Eades and Jetty Trust chair
Prue Miller also had a go,
jumping off the jetty dressed as
Superwoman.
“It was actually nowhere near
as bad as I thought,” said Eades.
After the jump, participants
were treated to a well-earned
sausage sizzle with hot drinks
while they dried off.
The jetty trust has $465,000
left to pay on its loan from the
city council, which helped fund
the rebuild.
If the city council includes
funding for the jetty in its final
Long Term Plan, the loan will
decrease to $240,000.
• Donations can be
made to support the jetty
rebuild until June 30 at
https://givealittle.co.nz/
cause/mid-winter-jettyjump-and-swim
TEAMWORK: Louisa
Eades and Prue Miller
were among the 45 jetty
jumpers.
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Expect delays at the
Dyers Pass/Colombo roundabout
We’re making the roundabout way safer for
everyone. Improvements will include pedestrian
crossings, new road markings and safe speed
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In addition to these safety improvements, we’re currently
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Work will be completed by late July.
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Red zone work a fun escape from class
NURTURING nature in the red
zone is where you’ll find George
and Emma each week.
Rain or shine, the pair spend
their Friday mornings mulching,
uncovering hidden plants
and picking up rubbish in the
Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor.
George and Emma belong to
Riccarton High’s Kohanga Ako
class, which is purpose built for
students with special education
needs.
As part of the class’s work
experience programme, the
students collaborate with
the city council parks team,
volunteering their time and
contributing to the red zone
regeneration.
Twenty-year-old George,
who started volunteering due
to his passion for the outdoors,
has an eagle eye for spotting
small pieces of rubbish to be
collected or plants in need of
releasing.
“It’s cool to get away from
the classroom and spend time
outside,” George said.
“I like using the parks tools to
pick up rubbish, it makes it a lot
easier to keep the place clean.”
Eighteen-year-old Emma, on
A DESERTED residential
playground has been brought
back to life as a sensory nature
play park.
Te Kohanga Taiao Sensory
Nature Play Park opened last
weekend on Brooker Ave in the
red zone after two businesses –
Hummingbird Coffee and The
Green Lab – teamed up to work
with the city council on the
project.
Nestled within restoration
plantings thanks to the efforts
of Avon-Ōtākaro Forest Park
Trust, the new park aims to
serve as an educational hub and
a nature haven to encourage
a deeper connection with the
environment.
Its design encourages children
to discover nature by feeling
HAPPY PLACE: Riccarton High students Emma and George spend their Friday mornings
working in the Ōtākaro Avon River Corridor as part of their Kohanga Ako class.
PHOTOS: NEWSLINE
the other hand, has developed a
keen love for the environment
and after months of practice has
mastered the art of mulching.
“I search for treasure when
I’m looking around too, but so
New sensory park a
space to inspire play
different textures of leaves and
wood, to smell a variety of native
plant aromas, and listen for the
variety in natural sounds like
tapping on wood and rustling
leaves.
“This kind of opportunity
to invent play, to utilise
found materials and discover
interesting spaces to play
are really important for our
children’s sense of independence,
creativity and confidence,” said
city council play advocate Louise
Van Tongeren.
“The play spaces are
deliberately set up to inspire
children to head off and explore,
without being overly prescriptive
about what to actually do.”
Children learn through all
of their senses – for some that
far have just come across old
concrete,” Emma said.
Learning on the job is all part
of the experience, as the students
develop skills and experience to
help them into the work force.
is running and climbing and
others may learn better through
sensory elements, Van Tongeren
said.
“When we provide spaces
that allow for other kinds of
exploration, including calmer
play experiences, we are being
much more inclusive of a wider
range of needs within our
community.”
Last year, the pair brought
the full Kohanga Ako class
down to help with planting
season, proudly showing their
classmates around the area.
City council community
FREEDOM: Te Kohanga Taiao Sensory Nature Play Park has
been set up to encourage children to explore the space
without restrictions.
PHOTO: NEWSLINE
Once a former residential area,
the park is now home to multiple
wētā ‘hotels’ and ‘apartments’
made at workshops held at
Phillipstown Community Hub.
These are warm and dry spaces
where ecologically important
native wētā, bees and wasps can
keep safe from predators like rats
and birds.
The park has been designed
partnership ranger Sarah
Mankelow says the work is
a two-way street, providing
valuable experience while
regenerating the area.
“It’s a huge help for us having
these students work in the
ŌARC, and after months on
site they’re experienced enough
that they can occasionally work
unsupervised,” Mankelow said.
“Maintenance is such an
important part of red zone
regeneration, and we’re
grateful to have a helping hand
while providing workplace
experience.”
Maintenance days are
advertised on the city council’s
website, and the council is
always looking for volunteers to
help.
to significantly increase and
encourage the biodiversity of the
area.
A recent ‘bioblitz’ held at the
site as part of the City Nature
Challenge uncovered more than
100 different species of plants,
insects, spiders and fish in just a
few hours.
Council community
partnership and residential
redzone ranger Sarah Mankelow
says the Avon Ōtākaro River
corridor will be a green spine
that stretches from the city to
the sea.
“The opportunity to restore
and protect the river that runs
through the heart of our city and
plan ahead for climate change is
a once in a lifetime opportunity.
“Created for community by
community, it is a beautiful
space for all ages and abilities to
picnic, play and enjoy.”
The Avon-Ōtākaro Forest
Park Trust will take on the
kaitiaki role of ongoing care and
maintenance of the play space.
Mānawatia
a Matariki
With the coming of this special time
next week, we at Saunders & Co wish
you and your whānau the very best
for the year ahead.
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Thursday June 20 2024
Fresh flavours to keep out the cold
A chill in the air calls for
something warming,
writes Nigel Slater
Coppa, fig and gorgonzola
tarts
One of the ready-rolled frozen
pastry sheets works perfectly
here. If you don’t have coppa, use
thin slices of pancetta, torn into
stamp-sized pieces. The tarts are
at their best when eaten straight
from the oven, while the cheese is
still soft and melting. A few salad
leaves would be good on the side.
Ingredients
Makes 4 tarts
320g puff pastry
4 figs
250g mozzarella
200g gorgonzola
4 heaped Tbsp creme fraiche
2 Tbsp thyme leaves
80g coppa
a little beaten egg
Method
• Line a baking sheet with
parchment. Preheat the oven to
220°C. Roll the pastry out to a
rectangle roughly 36cm x 23cm.
With the longest side towards
you, cut down into 4 rectangles,
measuring 9cm x 23cm. Place
each one on the parchment-lined
baking sheet. Using a sharp
knife, score a second rectangle
inside each one, leaving a 1.5cm
rim around the edges, taking
care not to cut through the
pastry. Chill in the fridge for
20 minutes. (This prevents the
pastry from shrinking in the
oven.)
• Cut each fig into 6 wedges.
Tear the mozzarella and
gorgonzola into small pieces and
drop them into a bowl. Add the
creme fraiche, the thyme leaves
and a grinding or two of black
pepper.
• Bake the pastry in the
preheated oven for 8 minutes
until it is just starting to colour
and crisp. Remove from the oven
and, using the back of a teaspoon,
push the inner rectangle of
pastry down to form a hollow.
• Spoon the filling into the
hollows, tucking pieces of coppa
and slices of fig into the filling.
Brush the pastry rim of the tarts
with a little of the beaten egg,
taking care not to let it run down
the sides of the pastry.
• Return the tarts to the oven
and bake them for a further
10-15 minutes, until the pastry
is crisp and golden. Eat straight
away, while they are still warm.
French beans and cabbage
Lovely lemony, mustard and basil
notes going on here. This would
be good with the tarts above,
but would also work as a main
course salad, especially if you
introduce some smoked mackerel
or mussels, steamed and pulled
from their shells.
I like to use one of the pointed
spring cabbages, though a crisp
round white cabbage is also
fine. I leave the darker, crinklyleaved
Savoy types for the winter
months. This is a salad I like
to serve just warm rather than
chilled, when the flavours are
at their fullest. The beans need
their stems removing, but not
the tender, curving points that
make these late-season beans so
elegant.
Ingredients
Serves 4 as side dish
250g French (haricot) beans
450g cabbage
50g hazelnuts
2 Tbsp tarragon leaves
10 medium-sized basil leaves
Dressing
1 Tbsp Dijon mustard
2 Tbsp red wine vinegar
1 Tbsp lemon juice
1 tsp honey
150ml olive oil
Method
• Make the dressing first. Put the
mustard in a small bowl, then
stir in the red wine vinegar and
lemon juice, honey and a good
pinch of sea salt, then beat in
the olive oil, either with a fork or
small whisk. Set aside.
• In a dry, shallow pan, toast
the hazelnuts over a low to
moderate heat, moving them
around the pan so they colour
evenly. When they are toasted
and fragrant, remove from the
heat and roughly chop. Then
chop the tarragon leaves and
basil and stir together with the
hazelnuts into the dressing.
• Bring a deep pan of water
to the boil and salt it lightly.
Remove the stalk and (if you
wish) the pointed tips of the
beans. Drop the beans into the
boiling water and let them cook
for 3 or 4 minutes until they
have darkened and will gently
bend without snapping. Remove
the beans from the water with a
draining spoon and set aside. Let
the water come back to the boil.
• Shred the cabbage into fingerthick
strips, removing the core
as you go, wash under running
water, then drop into boiling
water. Leave to cook for 1 minute,
then drain into a colander, shake
dry and add to the beans. (Make
sure to shake the cabbage well,
so the dressing does not become
diluted.)
• Toss the beans and cabbage
with the dressing and pile
generously on to a serving dish.
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dan, don, lad, lam, land, load, loam, loan, mad,
man, moa, moan, mod, modal, monad, nod, nodal,
word.
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letters, including plurals, can you make
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21 22 23 24
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(5)
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6. Rotating gate (9)
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