Western News: July 11, 2024

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THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2024 

• By Sam Coughlan 

ARTISTIC SWIMMER Amelia 

McConnochie is preparing to 

set off for Peru for an historic 

competition. 

Villa Maria student Amelia, 

16, is a part of the first ever 

New Zealand team to compete 

at the biennial World Aquatics 

Artistic Swimming Junior 

Championships in Lima next 

month. 

She is the only member of the 

team from Canterbury. 

“It’s really cool I was able to be 

selected for this,” she said. 

“I hoped I would be when I 

trialled (in January) and I’ve 

been training ever since.” 

Amelia, who represents the 

Selwyn Artistic Swimming Club, 

first started in the sport almost 

10 years ago. 

While learning to swim at 

the Small Strokes Swim School 

in Rolleston, Amelia was 

introduced to the sport through 

teacher Joan Billing. 

“My old swim teacher 

had a syncro (synchronised 

swimming) club,” she said. 

She first competed for New 

Zealand as a 12-year-old, 

and last year attended the 

Pan Asia Artistic Swimming 

Championships in Hong Kong. 

She came away with two 

bronze medals in solo and team 

events, competing in the 16-18 

years age category. 

Amelia said the experience 

will help her when she gets to the 

Lima event. 

“It’s good to have that 

(experience), instead of going 

straight into a big international 

competition like this one.” 

Amelia’s life is devoted to 

swimming – she trains “five or 

six times a week”, often at the 

expense of her social life. 

“I think it’ll be worth it in the 

end. It can be quite tough.” 

She’s not aiming too high for 

the competition. 

“My coaches really want to get 

into finals, but I think it’d just be 

nice to do a good clean swim. 

“It’s going to be really 

exciting.” 

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‘Good clean swim’ the plan 

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KIWI REP: Amelia McConnochie will make the trip to Lima, 

Peru with the New Zealand team for the Artistic Swimming 

Junior Championships. PHOTO: CHANTELLE MURRAY 

New 

principal 

starts at 

Rangi Ruru 

• By Isabella Adams 

RANGI RURU Girls’ School 

welcomed its new principal this 

week. 

Tracy Herft 

joined the school 

on Monday, 

taking over from 

Dr Sandra Hastie 

who left at the end 

of last year. 

Originally 

from Melbourne, Tracy Herft 

Herft was deputy 

principal at Strathcona Girls 

Grammar, where she previously 

held positions as acting principal, 

head of mathematics and dean of 

studies. 

She is looking forward to the 

transition from deputy to principal. 

“There is a mix of excitement 

and determination in taking 

on the role of principal, and I 

am looking forward to having 

a pivotal role in shaping the 

experiences of our Rangi Ruru 

students,” she said. 

Herft said she hasn’t spent much 

time in Christchurch yet, but 

has already noticed similarities 

between the Garden City and 

Melbourne. 

“Arts, sport, food, and of 

course, some of the weather. 

“Christchurch has a real buzz 

to it, and its surroundings are so 

naturally beautiful. I am looking 

forward to exploring more of the 

region.” 

Herft will be the 11th principal 

at Rangi since the school was 

founded in 1889. 

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Thursday July 11 2024 3 

Wandering Larry’s celebrity status 

• By Kate Paterson 

ON THE Thursday before 

Easter, Maria Kennedy, checkout 

manager at Bishopdale New 

World, noticed an unexpected 

guest on the store’s doorstep. 

A tabby cat was sitting right 

outside, enjoying pats from 

passing customers. 

After a couple of hours, a 

worried woman told Kennedy 

she was taking the cat to the 

vet, fearing he was either lost or 

homeless. 

The supermarket was closed 

the following day, Good Friday, 

but when Kennedy returned 

on Easter Saturday, the cat was 

back. 

“He came back the next day, 

which was the Saturday and 

then he just started to appear all 

the time,” Kennedy said. 

Messages about the cat 

streamed onto the Bishopdale 

community Facebook page. 

Members were eager to find 

their new mate’s owner, if he had 

one, and make sure he made it 

home safely each day. 

Worried about him walking 

out in front of cars, a few 

concerned community members 

took him to a nearby vet clinic. 

The mystery cat wound up 

there seven times over the 

next fortnight, becoming well 

acquainted with clinic staff. 

But the cat was not lost or 

homeless. He had a very loving 

home and an owner who was 

starting to get sick of collecting 

him from the vet. 

Three weeks after the cat’s 

first appearance at New World, 

he arrived wearing a collar 

engraved with the name “Larry”, 

and a phone number for the 

owner. 

“When I got into work, he had 

a wee collar on. I rang the owner, 

and he said Larry’s not homeless, 

and doesn’t need people to take 

him to the vet, he just comes 

visiting,” Kennedy said. 

The man who answered 

Kennedy’s phone call was James 

Cole, an engineer at Air New 

Zealand, and the owner of the 

wandering cat. 

ROAMING: James Cole’s cat Larry has been a daily visitor at Bishopdale New World since 

Easter and has become a minor celebrity. 

PHOTOS: KATE PATERSON 

“I got a call from the vet, so I 

went and picked him up. And 

then another day I got home 

delivery from a veterinary 

nurse”, said Cole who lives a 

few streets down from the New 

World, across Harewood Rd. 

Cole hoped Larry’s collar 

would put locals’ minds at 

ease but it quickly led to 

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from concerned community 

members. 

“When someone rings, it will 

come up with a number that I 

don’t recognise. They’ll say, ‘I’m 

so and so’, and I’ll break in the 

conversation and say, ‘you’ve 

got Larry at New World, haven’t 

you?’” 

Messages about Larry are 

still flooding the Bishopdale 

community Facebook page, with 

one user commenting “Larry for 

local electorate”. 

“Honest to god, he’s a 

celebrity,” said Kennedy. 

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Lego ‘fun park’ 

vision nets awards 

TWO PRIMARY school pupils 

have won first place in a Legobuilding 

competition. 

The Build for Change competition 

was created by Imagination 

Station and the Christchurch 

Brick Show. 

Tasked with the challenge of 

solving a community issue, pupils 

used Lego to arrive at creative 

solutions. 

Jacob York, 10, and Noah Heise, 

10, from St Albans Primary took 

first place with their ‘fun park’ 

vision for the red zone. 

They are looking forward to 

having their exhibit on display 

this weekend at the Christchurch 

Brick Show at Wolfbrook Arena. 

“Our project is titled ‘Future 

versus past battle’. It features two 

ships, one from the future with 

atomic weapons and zappers, and 

an old pirate ship with a cannon 

and a plank,” said Noah. 

Jacob said the idea was to create 

a playground for the red zone, 

inspired by the pair’s collective 

love of pirates and carnivals. 

“It’s really fun, and for the most 

part we built it using only our 

imaginations,” he said. 

The pair recently exhibited 

their work at Tūranga, where 

they won the people’s choice 

award as well. 

“I was just really surprised . . . 

and happy,” said Jacob. 

“We’ve both been using Lego 

for as long as we can remember, 

probably since we were fouryears-old.” 

Jacob and Noah belong to the 

school’s Lego club, which now has 

close to 60 pupils. 

“We fundraised to buy the Lego 

for the competition,” said supervising 

teacher Sam Pelham. 

“We wanted to enter multiple 

teams in the Build for Change 

competition. The school hosted 

a colour run fundraiser, and our 

PTA kindly donated $1000 of the 

proceeds for Lego. It’s been really 

FIRST 

PLACE: 

Jacob 

York (left) 

and Noah 

Heise 

with their 

awardwinning 

Lego 

build. 

amazing to see the students following 

their passion.” 

Noah said his favourite thing 

about the pair’s build is “all 

the different stories” contained 

within it. 

“The guy at the cannon we’ve 

called Dynamite Joe . . . I really 

like just being able to open up my 

mind and build something new.” 

Jacob agreed. 

“We work really well together, 

and we just brainstorm and build 

as we go . . . we’re really happy 

with the end result.” 

The school is already eying 

up its next project – Waitākiri 

School’s ‘Brick by Brick’ show in 

September. 

Māori teen picked 

to face Hawaii side 


A VILLA Maria student will 

represent her heritage at the 

Hawaiian International Football 

Festival. 

Hannah Hoare, 16, who plays 

for Selwyn United’s senior 

women’s side, will represent 

Māori Football Aotearoa’s 

under-20s against Hawaii in a 

three-match series. 

Hannah’s call-up comes after 

her recovery from a torn ACL, 

which she suffered last year, just 

a month before what would have 

been her first appearance for the 

Māori side. 

She has previously represented 

South Island Māori U16 and 

U18. 

Late last year, while still 

recovering, Hannah learned she 

would be selected to travel with 

the team this year. 

“I think it drove me to work 

harder and put more effort into 

it to make sure I was ready,” she 

said. 

Hannah, who is Ngāi Tahu, 

said she’s enjoyed being able 

to connect with her heritage 

through the team. 

“I haven’t been so connected 

with it so being a part of Māori 

football has really connected me 

more,” she said. 

“We just look at how special 

our whenua is, our land and our 

ancestors, just along those lines.” 


KEEPER: Hannah Hoare 

representing South Island 

Māori U18 last year. 

PHOTO: MĀORI FOOTBALL 

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Hannah is one of the youngest 

members of the team, but said 

her experience playing senior 

women’s football with Selwyn 

United since she was 14 would 

help. 

“I’ve been with a lot of older 

players for a while, so I’m not 

really worried about that.” 

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Tight tussle for final spot in playoffs 


TWO TEAMS have secured spots 

in the Miles Toyota Premiership 

semi-finals as the competition 

breaks for the school holidays. 

Frontrunners Nelson College 

and defending champions 

Christchurch Boys’ High will 

finish in the top four, with a host 

of teams lining up to join them 

with two rounds to go. 

Boys’ High coach Rhys 

Archibald said he was happy to 

have secured a semi-final spot. 

“That’s what we were aiming 

for. Hopefully we can win one of 

our last two games and secure a 

home semi, it’ll be a bit nicer.” 

Following them are St Thomas, 

who have a seven point buffer to 

fifth-placed St Bede’s and look 

set to join Nelson and Boys’ High 

in the playoffs, needing one win 

from their final two games. 

Currently in fourth place is 

Christ’s College – who are just 

three points ahead of St Bede’s, 

and the two teams will go headto-head 

in the penultimate round 

after the break. 

Christ’s College head coach 

Reuben Thorne said it would be a 

huge game. 

“They (St Bede’s) look to have 

had a bit of a slow start, but they 

look like they’re playing really well 

at the moment. 

“Our guys are well aware of the 

situation. If we win, then we’ll stay 

in the top four, if we lose, then it 

PACE: Christ College’s PJ Palamo on the charge with Franklin Barry in support against St 

Andrew’s College. 

PHOTOS: CHRIST’S COLLEGE 

makes that next game afterwards 

super vital. It sort of takes that 

destiny out of our hands, so it’s a 

big one for us.” 

Thorne said his side would be 

looking for more consistency at 

the business end of the season. 

“At times we’ve played some 

really fantastic rugby. If anything 

we want to find a way of being 

more consistent, and particularly 

finishing games off well. 

“We’re in control now. We’re 

not chasing or relying on other 

results. If we can try and win 

those games, then we’ll stay in 

that top four.” 

Marlborough Boys’ College 

are level on points with St Bede’s, 

although they have an inferior 

points difference. 

Shirley Boys’ High and St 

Andrew’s are still in the fight, 

sitting five and seven points 

outside the playoffs as things 

stand. 

They will square off in the first 

STEPPING: Luke Woodwiss 

looks for space to run into. 

Miles Toyota Premiership 

round 7 

Nelson College 40 St 

Thomas 14; Christchurch 

BHS 46 Marlborough 

BC 14; Shirley BHS 34 

Timaru BHS 26; St Bede’s 

71 Selwyn Combined 12; 

St Andrew’s 25 Christ’s 

College 19 

Points 

Nelson 35; CBHS 30; St 

Thomas 26; Christ’s 22; St 

Bede’s 19; Marlborough 

19; Shirley 17; STAC 15; 

Timaru 2; Selwyn 1 

game after the break in what is 

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semi-finals. 

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continuing education 

It’s all on in Term 3! New courses 

and exciting events at Risingholme 

A new line-up of courses and events 

are on the way at Risingholme, offering 

a range of opportunities to expand your 

knowledge and flex your creative muscles. 

As part of our 80th anniversary celebrations 

we are thrilled to present our free taster 

programme ‘Have a Go’ Day which will 

be running between 19-25 August. These 

mostly 1-hour sessions are a great way to 

try something new in a supportive smallgroup 

environment without having to pay 

for a full course. The tasters span our course 

offerings and a full timetable and booking 

link is available on our website. Terms and 

conditions apply. 

Following this we are celebrating the 

best of our creative learners with a public 

art exhibition on the weekend of 14-15 

September. Rise Up: Celebrating 80 years 

of Creativity at Risingholme showcases a 

curated collection of works made by tutors 

and learners at Risingholme. Covering 

a range of media from painting, pottery, 

patchwork, textiles, wood sculpture and 

more, Rise Up is a chance to celebrate 

artistic achievement, empower and support 

emerging artists, and contribute to the 

wellbeing of our community through a 

meaningful engagement with art. Visitors 

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local artists by purchasing their work. If 

you would like to exhibit your work and fit 

the eligibility criteria, submit an entry from 

by the 19th July. Entry forms are available 

from the 80th Anniversary Events tab on 

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New courses are also on the menu for 

Term 3! Take a food journey across the 

globe with our newly launched Tastes 

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Developed in partnership with the team 

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Music enthusiasts will be thrilled with 

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WEA Term 3: Food for Thought 

The Canterbury WEA has a long 

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Glance at the Term 3 programme and 

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Join Margaret Taylor to view then 

discuss “The Power of Activism”. Young 

Australian climate activists feature in a 

documentary that moves beyond critique 

of the world’s inaction on climate change. 

Instead, it celebrates the example set by 

this group of gutsy future-proofers, while 

Regular physical activity is key to 

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Night Class Programme has Pilates 

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New in Term 3 is Easy Weeknight Meals 

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Thursday 25 July; 3.30-5.30pm, koha. 

Peace & Disarmament: Remembering 

the Past to Protect the Future. Lucy 

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peace and disarmament approach to global 

tensions. Monday 5 August; 12.45-2.15pm, 

koha. 

Human Nature since the dawn of time is 

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Find a learning pathway to suit 

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Adding ginger for 

warmth in winter 

Ginger’s warming magic makes these ginger kisses in a lined muffin tray, 

it a great edition over the winter simply because it’s easier and tidier than 

months, writes Penelope Maguire piping on to oven trays and sandwiching 

with butter cream, but you can do that too. 

Topped with fluffy ginger buttercream and 

glacé ginger, these pack a gingery punch. 

Pear and ginger layer cake with 

chocolate ganache 

This is a beautiful 

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pudding (and is 

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ice cream) but is 

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sophisticated layer 

cake sandwiched 

between rich dark 

chocolate ganache. 

Ingredients 

340g butter 

1½ cups firmly packed brown sugar 

1½ cups golden syrup (540g) 

3 ¾ cups flour (450g) 

2 Tbsp ground ginger 

2 tsp ground cinnamon 

1½ tsp baking powder 

1½ tsp baking soda 

½ tsp salt 

1½ cups of milk (375ml) 

3 eggs, lightly whisked 

4 large ripe pears, sliced 

Method 

• Preheat oven to 180°C and grease and line 

two deep 20cm cake tins. 

• Melt butter, brown sugar and golden syrup 

in a saucepan until smooth and combined. 

• With a whisk, stir together flour, salt, 

ginger and cinnamon then sift in the baking 

powder and baking soda in a large bowl. 

• Mix eggs and milk in a separate bowl. 

Then very gently combine the eggs and milk 

with the dry ingredients and butter/sugar 

mixture in the large bowl, folding until 

combined. It should be a reasonably wet 

mixture. 

• Pour batter into the cake tins and top with 

sliced pear, then bake for 50-60 minutes 

until a skewer comes out clean. 

• Allow to cool in pan for 20 minutes before 

turning out on to a cake rack and allowing 

to cool completely before layering together 

with the whipped chocolate ganache (see 

below). 

Whipped chocolate ganache 

Ingredients 

375g 70% dark chocolate, finely 

chopped 

1½ cups cream 

Method 

• Place the finely chopped dark chocolate in 

a heatproof bowl. 

• In a saucepan, heat the cream until it 

barely comes to a simmer, but do not let it 

boil. 

• Pour the heated cream over the chopped 

chocolate. Let it sit for about 2-3 minutes to 

soften the chocolate. 

• Gently stir the chocolate and cream 

together until the chocolate is completely 

melted and the mixture is smooth and 

glossy. 

• Allow the ganache to cool completely in 

the fridge then whip in an electric mixer on 

high till doubled in size before topping each 

cake and sandwiching together. 

Triple ginger and 

cardamom kisses 

Similar to the classic; however, I like to do 

Ingredients 

Makes 12 medium cupcakes 

2 cups flour (240g) 

¾ tsp baking soda 

¾ tsp baking powder 

3 Tbsp ground ginger 

2 tsp ground cardamom 

1 tsp ground cinnamon 

115g butter, softened 

¾ cup white sugar (150g) 

4 Tbsp golden syrup 

3 large eggs 

½ cup milk 

Ginger butter cream and 

glacé ginger to serve 

Instructions 

• Preheat your oven to 180°C. Grease and 

line a 12-cupcake tin with paper liners. 

• In a large mixing bowl, cream together 

the softened butter, sugar and golden syrup 

until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a 

time, beating after each addition. 

• In a medium bowl, sift together the flour, 

ground ginger, ground cardamom, ground 

cinnamon, baking soda and baking powder. 

Set aside. 

• Gradually add the dry ingredients to the 

butter mixture, add milk and mix until just 

combined. 

• Spoon the batter into the prepared muffin 

tin, filling each cup about ⅔ full. 

• Bake in the preheated oven for 18-20 

minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into 

the centre of the cake comes out clean. 

• Allow the muffins to cool in the tin for a 

few minutes before transferring them to a 

wire rack to cool completely. Then pipe on 

big dollops of the buttercream (see below) 

and top with glacé ginger. 

Ginger buttercream 

Ingredients 

225g softened butter 

4 cups icing sugar, sifted 

1 tsp ground ginger 

1 tsp vanilla extract 

2-3 Tbsp milk or cream 

Method 

• With the whisk attachment, beat softened 

butter on medium speed until smooth 

and creamy and gradually add icing sugar, 

beating on low, then medium speed until 

well combined. 

• Add salt and vanilla extract, beat until 

combined. 

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time, until desired consistency is reached. 

• Beat on medium-high speed for 3-5 

minutes until light and fluffy. 

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 

8 9 

10 11 

356 

SUDOKU 

Every row, column and box should 

contain the digits 1 to 9. 

WordBuilder 

WORDBUILDER 

256 

6 

O C T 

R F A 

12 13 14 15 

16 

17 18 

19 

20 21 22 23 24 

How 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 

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

once? TODAY Good 17 Very Good 26 Excellent 36 

Solution 255: aeon, age, ago, anger, are, argon, ear, 

earn, ego, eon, era, erg, ergo, gar, gean, gear, gen, 

goer, gone, goner, gore, gran, groan, nag, near, nog, 

nor, oar, ogre, ONAGER, one, ORANGE, ore, organ, 

word. 

rag, rage, ran, rang, range, roan, roe. 

letters, including plurals, can you make 

No words beginning with a capital are 

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter 

Good 17 Very Good 26 Excellent 36 

25 26 

27 28 

29 30 

31 32 

33 34 

Across 

1. Cheerful (6) 

5. Endure (6) 

10. Come to light (7) 

11. Spread from (7) 

12. Astounded (6) 

15. Sequence (6) 

16. Dedicated (7) 

17. Simple (4) 

18. Small valley (4) 

19. Spear (7) 

20. Dodge, avoid (4) 

22. Dull pain (4) 

25. Abundant (7) 

27. Plaid (6) 

28. Position (6) 

31. Twinkle (7) 

32. Caution (7) 

33. Free (6) 

34. Detective (6) 

Decoder 

Down 

2. Maybe (7) 

3. Overjoyed (6) 

4. Adolescent (abbr) (4) 

5. Stalk (4) 

6. Imperfect (6) 

7. Shifty (7) 

8. Abscond (6) 

9. Ship (6) 

13. 10-sided figure (7) 

14. Clique (7) 

15. Solemn (7) 

20. Loathe (6) 

21. Pirate (7) 

23. Comprise (7) 

24. Vigour (6) 

25. Coffin (6) 

26. Deprive of food (6) 

29. Military dining room (4) 

30. Possesses (4) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Upbeat, 5. Suffer, 

10. Surface, 11. Emanate, 

12. Amazed, 15. Series, 

16. Devoted, 17. Easy, 18. 

Dell, 19. Javelin, 20. Duck, 

22. Ache, 25. Copious, 27. 

Tartan, 28. Stance, 31. 

Sparkle, 32. Warning, 33. 

Gratis, 34. Sleuth. 

Down: 2. Perhaps, 3. Elated, 

4. Teen, 5. Stem, 6. Flawed, 

7. Evasive, 8. Escape, 9. 

Vessel, 13. Decagon, 14. 

Coterie, 15. Serious, 20. 

Detest, 21. Corsair, 23. 

Consist, 24. Energy, 25. 

Casket, 26. Starve, 29. Mess, 

30. Owns. 

WordBuilder 

act, actor, aft, arc, arco, art, 

car, cart, cat, coat, cor, cot, 

craft, croft, fact, FACTOR, 

far, faro, fat, for, fora, fort, 

frat, fro, oaf, oar, oat, oca, 

orc, orca, ort, raft, rat, roc, 

rot, taco, tar, taro, tor, torc. 

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