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Long-standing rivalry
renewed in latest clash
PHOTO: DARRYN FINDLAY
Traditional rivals
Christchurch Boys High
and Christ’s College will
square off in the semifinals
of the Miles Toyota
Premiership to keep their
title hopes alive.
This will be the
139th meeting between
the teams. Boys’ High
have won 86 games and
Christ’s 43, with nine
draws over the years since
their first clash in 1892.
Most recently, Boys’
High came out on top in
round 3 in June – winning
34-25 – and are riding
an eight-game winning
streak in the competition,
while Christ’s only sealed
their place thanks to
victory over St Thomas in
Saturday’s final round of
games.
The game is at CBHS at
2.45pm on Saturday.
• Story, page 6
Going the
distance to
raise funds
for rescue
helicopters
• By Isabella Adams
MORE THAN 100 individuals
and 14 groups are taking part in a
month-long fundraiser to support
Canterbury rescue helicopters.
The Back to Base challenge
officially began last week, and
will run through August.
Participants can choose from
four distances – 9km, 49km,
97km, and 155km – and can
complete their chosen distance
through walking, running,
riding or skiing, all while gaining
sponsors.
All money
raised will go
towards the
Westpac and Roa
Mining rescue
helicopters.
One person
supporting the
cause is Ron
Towner who
Ron
Towner
gained the nickname ‘Airman
Ron’ in 2022 after raising $91,000
while walking 90km in the area
around his home before his 90th
birthday.
Ron couldn’t take part this
year due to illness, but did a
day of bucket collecting outside
Halswell and Wigram New
World supermarkets last month.
Ron said he was “very pleased”
with the $1500 he was able to
raise.
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Frosty warming hearts at hospital
THERAPY: Frosty works her
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THE ATMOSPHERE inside
Christchurch Hospital always
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Frosty, a two-and-a-half-yearold
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She does her rounds
through wards 16 and 17 every
Wednesday.
Frosty’s journey to her current
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Her story began with Nette,
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Although she did not pass the
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Her visits have quickly become
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Frosty’s gentle, affectionate
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The sight of Frosty trotting
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“The success of this
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“For now, Frosty’s weekly
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• From page 1
More than $78,000 has been
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• By Dylan Smits
COASTGUARD Canterbury’s
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rescue boats out to sea.
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ANTICIPATION: Boys’ High and Christ’s College last met in round 3.
Boys’ High won 34-25.
PHOTOS: DARRYN FINDLAY
Boys’ High, Christ’s
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premiership semi
• By Sam Coughlan
CHRISTCHURCH Boys’ High School
and Christ’s College’s storied rivalry
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Premiership semi-final on Saturday.
The two teams qualified for the semifinals
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The other semi-final will see Tasman rivals
Nelson College take on Marlborough
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Boys’ High and Christ’s first played each
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DEFENCE: Boy’s High’s Hiro
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Nelson College v Marlborough Boys’ College, Nelson, 1pm;
Christchurch Boys’ High v Christ’s College, CBHS, 2.45pm
Plate semi-finals
St Thomas v St Andrew’s, STC, 2.45pm;
St Bede’s v Shirley Boys’ High, SBC, 2.45pm
Round 9
Marlborough 20 St Bede’s 14;
Nelson College 43 St Andrew’s 29;
Selwyn Combined 20 Timaru Boys’ High 12;
Christ’s College 32 St Thomas 24;
Christchurch Boys’ High 64 Shirley Boys’ High 14
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ACHIEVEMENT: Volunteer coastguard Andrew Southen raised $1505 for
Coastguard NZ by swimming 100km during The Big Swim fundraiser in July. ​
Double distance pays
off in fundraising swim
• By Dylan Smits
VOLUNTEER coastguard Andrew
Southen has smashed his goal for The Big
Swim by doubling his swimming and
fundraising targets.
The 64-year-old was raising money for
Coastguard New Zealand as part of the
July fundraiser, where participants were
sponsored for swimming a distance of
their choice.
Southen raised $1505 from sponsors and
swam 100km, averaging about 3.2km a
day.
His original goal was to raise $750 and
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“I’m happy with it. I thought realistically
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“You get pretty sore, because there’s no
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“It was hard work and I’m not a young
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“Hats off to the coastguard for running
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Southen is not taking much time to
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Army exercise a combat skills refresher
ON THE LOOKOUT: Canterbury University law student
Jack Eggleston scans the bush for threats as he patrols
on a training exercise with Canterbury Company 2/4
Battalion, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment.
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“CHALLENGING but fun” is
how Canterbury University law
student Jack Eggleston described
taking part in an army training
exercise in dense West Coast
bush.
Private Eggleston, 20, joined
Canterbury Company 2/4
Battalion, Royal New Zealand
Infantry Regiment, two years
ago, because many of his mates
had signed up and kept telling
him about their adventurous
weekends out in the bush.
“Even today I’m still learning
heaps. It challenges me and I
love being outside away from the
classroom,” he said.
Training as a platoon in a
company context, 54 NZ Army
Reserve Force soldiers headed
into the bush near Maruia as
part of ‘Exercise Ramshead
North’.
The Canterbury Company 2/4
Battalion soldiers’ goal was to
combine core infantry fire and
movement drills into platoonsized
battle scenarios as they
prepared for a major exercise in
Tekapo later this month.
The soldiers from Nelson,
Blenheim, Christchurch
and Timaru spent two days
relearning dismounted infantry
combat skills as they faced
ambushes, patrolling and
conducting platoon-sized attacks
against an elusive enemy.
“Working in such a large
group makes it very different
from just training within your
section,” Eggleston said.
Commanding Officer 2/4
Battalion Lieutenant Colonel
Gareth Seeds said the battalion
was focused on relearning the
core infantry battle skills needed
to conduct light infantry combat
operations, as this is a vital requirement
of Plan Anzac.
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and commanders getting back
in the close country and putting
these skills into action.
“Plan Anzac is the NZ Army’s
refocus on inter-operability with
our Australian ally and other
regional partners.
“Exercise Ramshead North
was a great chance for our young
soldiers and commanders to
learn how to work again as a
fighting team. Prepared to face
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situations they could face in
combat.”
Seeds said it was also a chance
for junior officers to learn
how to manage a larger number
of soldiers in a fluid environment.
“Especially given the unit’s
next field activity is ‘Exercise
Ypres’, which involves a platoon
live field firing exercise in
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Kirkwood Opportunities
Schooling for the Whole Child
The focus of a successful school is the pupil. The growth of our children at Kirkwood is
supported by the many extension opportunities we offer over and above our classroom activities.
We work on extending learning opportunities in a number of areas.
Technology
Some of the highlights in our technology
area include:
• Robotics
• 3D Printing
• EPro8 Challenge
• Fashion Design and Make
Technology is a favourite area for many
students due to the ‘hands-on’ problem
solving approach to learning.
Sports/
Hākinakina
Apart from the regular physical
education programmes within the
classrooms there are many other
sports offered at Kirkwood.
Extension Opportunities,
Competitions and Events
Some of the sports
played are Netball,
Football, Cross Country,
Swimming, Rugby,
Basketball, Water polo,
Orienteering, Korfball,
Mountain Biking, Touch
Rugby, Tchoukball
Rugby League and
Table Tennis.
Music
Music is taught as part of the performing arts curriculum in all classrooms however, extra
opportunities are available for students to learn a wide variety of music.
We offer opportunities for the Guitar, Piano, Violin, Drums, Flute, Brass, singing in the Choir
and playing in the Orchestra as well as Music extension classes.
Our students have many opportunities to participate in various
competitions and events offered at Kirkwood.
These include:
• University of Canterbury
Academic Competitions;
• Cantamath;
• Science Badges;
• Otago Problem Solving;
Awards
We value and encourage
personal excellence which
is recognised with our
‘Blues’ Awards system.
• Toi toi Writing and Art
Competition
• Kids’ Lit Quiz;
• Orchestra;
• Choir;
• Kapa Haka;
• House Captains;
• Librarians;
• School Production;
• School Council;
2025 Enrolments
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applications, including those out-ofzone
applications, to be in before 31
August 2024 for the 2025 school year.
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Thursday August 8 2024
CROSSWORD
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9
10 11
12 13 14
15 16 17
18
360
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
260
6
L A E
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many words of three or more letters,
How
including
many
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words
can you
of
make
three
from
or
the
more
six
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once?
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Good 17 Very Good 25 Excellent 33
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
Solution 259: ail, air, all, alp, aril, ill, lair, lap, liar, lip,
lira, pail, pair, pal, pall, par, pill, PILLAR, rail, rap, rial,
word. rill, rip.
Good 17 Very Good 25 Excellent 33
19 20 21 22
23 24
25 26
Across
7. Totally uninformed (8)
9. Vinegary (6)
10. U.S. coin (4)
11. Think again (10)
12. Salvage (6)
14. Clear and precise (8)
15. Smart (6)
16. Ship’s kitchen (6)
19. Fleet of ships (8)
21. Appetiser (6)
23. Funeral director (10)
24. North Briton (4)
25. Mysterious (6)
26. Merchant (8)
Decoder
Down
1. Rinse (6)
2. Sequence of DNA (4)
3. Recover (8)
4. Short sleep (6)
5. Antibiotic (10)
6. Faithfulness (8)
8. Holy (6)
13. Talk socially (colloq) (4,3,3)
15. Relating to cooking (8)
17. Factual (8)
18. Supporter (6)
20. Suds (6)
22. Push forward (6)
24. Put into words (4)
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Across: 7. Clueless, 9.
Acetic, 10. Dime, 11.
Reconsider, 12. Rescue,
14. Explicit, 15. Clever,
16. Galley, 19. Flotilla, 21.
Canapé, 23. Undertaker,
24. Scot, 25. Arcane, 26.
Retailer.
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3. Retrieve, 4. Catnap, 5.
Penicillin, 6. Fidelity, 8.
Sacred, 13. Chew the fat,
15. Culinary, 17. Accurate,
18. Backer, 20. Lather, 22.
Propel, 24. Said.
WordBuilder
age, agley, ale, amyl, aye,
elm, elmy, gal, gale, game,
gamey, gamy, gay, gel, gem,
glam, gleam, GLEAMY,
GAMELY, gym, lag, lam,
lame, lay, lea, leg, ley, lye,
mag, mage, male, may,
meal, mealy, mega, yam,
ylem.
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Ways to save on warming winter food
Good hot food is
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Winter produce such as pumpkin,
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Freeze winter harvests
Blanch and freeze vegetables
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throughout the year. Squeeze
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and transfer into a resealable
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drinks when citrus can be more
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Serve soup
Soups are a wonderful way to
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Additionally, soups can be
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throughout the week.
Use a slow cooker
Slow cookers are a game-changer
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Green leek & potato soup
Ingredients
50g butter
3 large potatoes
1 large leek
Salt, to taste
Pepper, to taste
4 cups vegetable stock
1 cup milk
200g bacon (optional)
Method
1. Melt butter in a large saucepan
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2. Wash potatoes, leaving skin on,
and cut into 1cm cubes. Add to
the pan.
3. Cut white part of leek into small
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and pepper. Turn down heat to
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5. Add vegetable stock to the pan,
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6. Use a potato masher to roughly
break up the potato to thicken the
soup.
7. Add milk and bring to a
simmer.
8. If you are using bacon, heat a
frying pan on a medium heat.
Thinly slice the bacon and add to
the frying pan. Fry until crispy or
cooked to your liking.
9. Ladle soup into bowls and
sprinkle with the bacon.
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Four-wheel drive CR-V a smooth operator
OF THE THREE latest Honda
CR-V SUVs sold here, the AWD
to me is the best fit with our
active Kiwi outdoor lifestyles
and sense of adventure, and the
fact it’s the cheapest model is an
added bonus.
The feisty 1.5-litre
turbocharged petrol engine
carries over unchanged from
the previous model. Two of the
three variants use this motor, the
seven-seat $57,000, 2WD Sport
and the $53,000 five-seat AWD
Sport being reviewed here. A
2.0-litre four-cylinder hybrid
power train is exclusive to the
flagship $67,000 RS.
Punting the test vehicle along
with enthusiasm and almost
Motoring with Bob Nettleton
boundless energy is an upgraded
version of Honda’s proven 1.5L
turbo engine. The upgrade hasn’t
changed the headline maximum
power and torque figures that
remain at 140kW and 240Nm
respectively. Its newfound
smoother post-upgrade
drivability is more important
than these numbers.
Torque enters the fray from just
1700rpm, and is all about work
and honest endeavour as it digs
deep to unearth as much lowspeed
pulling power as possible.
In real world driving, the
motor is flexible enough,
although no class-leader with
good, rather than exhilarating
acceleration.
Ratings out of 10: Performance 7; Handling 7; Build Quality
8; Comfort 7; Passenger and Load Space 8; Styling 7; Value
for money 7; Safety – not yet tested.
Overall points out of 10: 7.5
A Constant Variable
Transmission (CVT) shared
with the Honda Civic gels nicely
with the motor for consistently
smooth gear changes. However,
the transmission is noisier when
worked hard on hilly terrain.
An impressively proportioned
and finished cabin adds plenty of
appeal with generous passenger
and load space dimensions that
are bettered by few of its rivals. I
would like to have seen a larger
and better quality scuff plate for
the door openings in such a high
wear area.
Honda has a put a big effort
into getting the small things right
in the passenger compartment.
A good example is the clever
combination of big buttons
and digital controls that merge
seamlessly into the honeycomb
ventilation system which is
spread across the full length of
the dashboard.
Oddly enough, the AWD
variant is the most affordable
CR-V.
This one is particularly good
value with a generous list of
standard features including
wireless Apple CarPlay/Android
Auto viewed on a nine-inch
display, and wireless charging.
Not such a good look is the lack
of a head-up display and manual
rather than automatic retracting
exterior mirrors.
Safety has also been upgraded
to the latest Honda Sensing
Safety System. Torso airbags are
the most significant addition,
and complement the rear curtain
airbags.
The latest version of Honda’s
Intelligent Real Time AWD
System offers a noticeable
increase in maximum rear wheel
torque delivery for greater grip
across range of surfaces.
The front MacPherson strut
and rear multi-link suspension
uses Honda’s amplitude reactive
dampers, featuring tubular
front and solid rear stabilisers
for crisper steering turn-in and
flatter and more stable cornering.
The suspension is more
measured in its responses to
sudden and unexpected road
surface deviations. In town
driving, the ride feels a little
stiffer than the old model, but
this is something I could live
with, given the vehicle’s greatly
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