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Quake-hit home delivers 

major surprise at auction 

AN ABANDONED earthquake 

damaged property bordering 

a golf course has sold for $1.01 

million at auction – $160,000 

above the on-market price. 

The Bower Ave property, alongside 

Waimairi Beach Golf Club in 

Parklands, was marketed as being 

in “as is, where is” condition. 

Bayleys listing agent Shaun 

Creek told OneRoof a family 

member had been looking after 

the property as best he could 

since the owners departed for 

Japan 14 years ago. 

He said the four-bedroom 

house would have been amazing 

when it was first built in the 

1970s, but had lost its shine. The 

decor was dated, the in-ground 

swimming pool was littered 

with branches and leaves and 

the quakes had caused structural 

damage. 

But that didn’t put off the nine 

bidders – a mixture of developers 

and renovators, OneRoof 

reported. 

The auction opened at 

$600,000 and the house was 

announced on the market at 

$850,000. A couple who plan 

to renovate the house made the 

winning bid, beating a developer 

in the final minutes of the 

auction. 

Creek said the new owners had 

ambitions to live in the house. 

“They have plans to restore 

the home, which is pretty cool. 

DAMAGED: The 

abandoned house on 

Bower Ave still features 

some of the original, dated 

decor. The in-ground pool 

has been decommissioned 

and is full of garden debris. 

It should be quite stunning to 

watch that progress. The underbidder 

was looking at it more as 

a development opportunity,” he 

told OneRoof. 

Creek said the vendors had 

wanted to get fair market value 

for the house and that’s exactly 

what they got. 

“We had no idea it was going to 

sell for that much and neither did 

the owners, but clearly for these 

guys, it was at value at that level.” 

He said there was nothing else 

like it in the area. 

“It’s always been a home that’s 

captured people’s attention. 

There are some good sales in 

the suburb but nothing comparable 

to this when it comes to 

land size.” 

Most homes in Parklands are 

on sections of around 600sq 

m and usually sell for between 

$800,000 and $1m. The Bower 

Ave house is on a 2000sq m section 

bordering the golf course. 

“This was one out of the 

box, which was exciting. It was 

a really interesting one. The 

owners needed it sold, it was 

going to be sold,” Creek told 

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THE OWNERS of a Papanui Heazlewood told OneRoof there 

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The luxurious four-bedroom eight bidders registered for the 

property on Paparoa St sold auction. 

at auction for $225,000 more He said the auction price was 

than what the owners had been a “phenomenal” result. 

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The house was snapped up at which is held by a much larger 

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Paralympian shares celebration with Ryman 

ALISON SMITH’S sharp 

shooting instincts memorably 

took her to the Big Apple to 

compete successfully for an air 

rifle bronze model in the 1984 

Paralympic Games. 

Four decades on, in the same 

year Ryman is celebrating its 

40th anniversary, Alison, a 

bronze medallist, has been 

keeping a close eye on the Paris 

2024 Paralympic Games along 

with fellow residents at Ryman’s 

Diana Isaac Retirement Village in 

Mairehau. 

For Alison, it was a memorable 

games, not least for seeing 

President Ronald Reagan 

officially opening the New 

York event supported by heavy 

security, she remembers. More 

than three years earlier, in March 

1981, Reagan was the target 

of an assassination attempt 

by John Hinckley Jr outside 

the Washington Hilton. 

Alison remembers that at the 

games, Reagan remained within 

a very tight protective cordon. 

“The big excitement was the 

President of the United States was 

arriving via helicopter to open 

the games. 

“I had never seen so many 

policemen, and snipers on top of 

the buildings. Four helicopters 

arrived, hovering over the 

stadium. Eventually one landed 

and out hopped Ronald Reagan 

along with his entourage,” she 

says. 

“A lot of us had never seen 

anything like that . . . looking 

around and seeing all these guys 

in dark clothing with their rifles 

at the ready.” 

While Alison was competing in 

New York, back in Christchurch, 

Ryman co-founders Kevin 

Hickman and John Ryder were 

laying the foundations for what 

would become a network of 40 

villages across New Zealand and 

eight in Victoria, Australia. 

On September 19, Alison, 

along with fellow residents, will 

be celebrating Ryman’s 40th 

anniversary at special events 

being held at each village. 

Alison is now enjoying life in a 

townhouse and watching events 

in Paris on TV. Other residents 

are well aware of her Paralympic 

efforts, especially with the 2024 

games taking place. 

There were lots of other 

highlights from the 1984 trip to 

the USA. 

She and other Kiwi competitors 

were provided accommodation 

at Hofstra University campus in 

Hempstead, New York. 

SHARP SHOOTER: Diana Isaac Retirement Village resident 

Alison Smith shows off the air rifle bronze medal she won at 

the 1984 Paralympic Games. 

The accommodation was by 

no means up to the standard of 

paralympics today, but Alison has 

no regrets about travelling such 

distances and making the most of 

the facilities available at the time. 

“When I went it was pretty 

basic,” she laughs. 

“For transport they took the 

seats out of one of the yellow 

school buses and of course you 

weren’t wearing seat belts or that 

sort of thing, so you sort of held 

on for grim death.” 

Alison is the first and only 

female shooting para athlete to 

date to have represented New 

Zealand at a Paralympic Games. 

She won bronze in the women’s 

air rifle integrated category. 

Alison said every four years 

the Paralympics are a reminder 

of her mid-80s adventure, 

particularly the accommodation 

and transport to the venue, 

though obviously times have 

changed. 

She remembers travelling 

alongside two other Kiwi 

paralympians, athlete Michael 

O’Callaghan and field eventer 

Denise Cook, to and from the 

events. She remains in regular 

contact with both. 

Alison got into air rifle 

shooting via the Canterbury 

Paraplegic Association, starting 

first in archery, training with 

disabled athlete Neroli Fairhall. 

Then in the late 1970s she joined 

in with a memorable ‘games 

night’. 

One of the air rifle tutors that 

night at the Ollivers Rd rugby 

league hall, Len Smith, later 

became her husband. 

Winning the bronze medal of 

course meant a phone call home 

to New Zealand, to share her 

incredible news with her parents, 

brother and three sisters. 

In those days the games were 

only set up for paraplegic and 

quadriplegic competitors rather 

than those with a much wider 

range of disabilities. 

“I competed in a threepositional 

shoot competition: 

prone, kneeling, and standing, 

all from the wheelchair. It was 

60 shots in each position … 

I proudly came home with a 

bronze medal,” Alison says. 

In 1984, another competitor 

was Graham Condon who 

helped source a wheelchair from 

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for Alison, to make her sporting 

achievements easier. 

Alison is upfront about her life. 

She was born on September 13, 

1950, minus her right leg, from 

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Long-time village resident a 

part of rest-home journey 

Ryman Healthcare 

celebrates its 40th 

birthday this month. 

Helen Grofski has lived 

at its Ngaio Marsh 

Village in Papanui since 

1999 

HELEN, WHO still lives in her 

original townhouse, says she’s 

loved being part of Ryman’s 

journey and witnessing its growth 

and advancement over a good 

portion of the company’s 40 years 

in the retirement village sector. 

She now has 25 years as a village 

resident and recalls that she and 

many of the other early Ngaio 

Marsh move-ins were a very 

social bunch. 

“That was the lovely part of it, 

because there weren’t many of us. 

There have been so many things 

you can do as a resident here and 

have a lot of fun.” 

Helen is now looking forward 

to fun-filled birthday celebrations 

for Ryman’s four decades of care 

and kindness on September 19 

and will dress up to enjoy a special 

Ngaio Marsh Village occasion. 

After 25 years of village life, 

she says she feels lucky to have 

experienced the early days. 

When she and her mother 

Vera first became residents, they 

were looking to their future, 

anticipating the turn of the 

millennium and also excited 

about a new-build village. 

“To see the village centre atrium 

was just a stunner,” she says. 

They had been living together 

in their family home in Erica 

St, Papanui, and enjoyed time 

tramping together in the South 

Island. Given her mum had just 

celebrated her 90th birthday, the 

two were very happy to relocate 

to the Ngaio Marsh village which 

was just around the corner. 

Helen remembers talking to 

then-village sales adviser Debbie 

Jarratt about moving in with her 

mum and being told that with 

her outgoing personality, Helen 

would likely be a big part of the 

village’s social gatherings and 

events. 

Their conversation proved 

correct, and Helen remembers 

many wonderful friendships that 

emerged from the early days. 

Regular weekly outings were a 

popular choice. While two vans 

were always available, they would 

usually be quickly filled for a trip 

to a café or eatery nearby. 

Extra residents were always 

keen to come along, so those who 

had cars made them available 

so everyone could join in on an 

adventure. 

Ryman was founded in 1984 

by entrepreneurs John Ryder 

HOME: Helen Grofski was a keen tramper and spent a lot of time enjoying the South 

Island high country. She has been a resident at Ryman’s Ngaio Marsh Village for 25 years. 

and Kevin Hickman, who died 

last month after a long illness, 

with its first villages opening in 

Christchurch before expansion 

around New Zealand and into 

Australia. 

But of course, there were 

challenges. 

Both Ryman’s Christchurch 

team and village residents 

remember the disruptions of 

2010/11. 

On February 22, 2011 the 

most damaging earthquake of a 

long sequence hit the high-rise 

Clarendon Tower in the central 

city. 

The 6.3 magnitude quake 

severely damaged the building 

which was home to the Ryman 

offices, meaning many of the staff 

had to temporarily relocate to 

Ngaio Marsh Village to do their 

daily work. 

“But we left the team alone. 

Everybody was all a bit shocked 

really,” Helen said of that time. 

Taking up residence in the 

village townhouse followed on 

from Helen’s medical career. 

For more than 30 years 

she was a registered nurse, 

working for a lot of that time in 

Burwood Hospital’s plastic and 

reconstructive theatres. 

There was a brief early career 

interlude which sparked a lifelong 

interest in cars. 

Helen worked in the new 

car department for Croydon 

Motors which was involved in 

the assembly of Japanese cars, 

including Datsuns. She still 

regularly uses her 2001 Toyota, 

and has owned a number of 

vehicles including her first, an 

Austin A30. 

“I’ve always liked cars . . . I 

travel quite a lot, always have.” 

This interest led to a campervan 

trip after meeting up with her 

parents in the United Kingdom 

in 1959. The three took to 

adventuring for six months 

around the UK in a Bedford 

Dormobile – a 1950s-era 

campervan. 

Helen celebrated 25 years of 

living in Ngaio Marsh Village on 

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Enjoying the benefits 

of prior preparation 

The best meals are ones 

you can prepare in advance, 

writes Nigel Slater 

THERE ARE PLUMP, crumb-coated 

croquettes of peas and tarragon waiting 

to pop into sizzling oil and slices of 

potato, partly cooked and ready to toast 

under the grill. The pea croquettes will 

sit on a tangle of pea shoots and herbs. 

The potatoes will get a sauce of sweet, 

golden onion, curry paste and yoghurt. 

Both are the sort of recipes you can 

prepare in advance, leaving only the 

cooking to the last minute. 

Grilled potatoes with curry 

yoghurt sauce 

Serves 4. Ready in 45 minutes 

Ingredients 

400g potatoes, medium-sized 

30 curry leaves 

1 large onion 

3 Tbsp ground nut vegetable oil, plus a 

little extra 

1-2 Tbsp mild curry paste 

250ml yoghurt 

Method 

• Bring a deep pan of water to the boil, 

then salt it generously. Peel the potatoes, 

then add them, whole, to the water. 

Let them cook for about 15 minutes or 

until they are tender enough to pierce 

easily with a metal skewer. Remove the 

potatoes from the water and set aside to 

cool a little. 

• Warm the oil in a shallow pan, 

scatter in half the curry leaves, fry for a 

minute or two until almost crisp, then 

remove from the pan with a draining 

spoon and set aside. 

• Peel the onion, slice it thinly, then 

stir it into the remaining oil in the 

shallow pan. Let it cook over a low to 

moderate heat for 15 minutes or so, 

stirring from time to time, until soft and 

pale gold. 

• Line a baking sheet with kitchen foil 

and preheat an overhead (oven) grill. Cut 

the potatoes into slices, each roughly the 

thickness of a couple of $1 coins. Place 

them flat on the baking sheet. Brush 

each slice with a little groundnut or 

vegetable oil, then season lightly with 

salt and cook under the preheated grill 

until they start to colour. 

• Scatter the remaining curry leaves 

into the onion and let them cook for a 

minute or two. When they darken, stir 

in the curry paste. Continue cooking for 

a couple of minutes until the onion is 

coated with the paste and very fragrant, 

then stir in the yoghurt and remove 

from the heat. 

• When the potatoes are golden and 

sizzling, serve with the curry sauce and 

scatter with the reserved curry leaves. 


Pea and wasabi croquettes 

with pea shoots 

Makes 8, serves 2. Ready in 30 minutes, 

plus chilling time 

Ingredients 

500g shelled peas, fresh or frozen 

15g tarragon 

2-3 tsp wasabi paste 

40g butter 

2 egg yolks 

40g breadcrumbs, dry, white such as 

panko 

To coat and fry: 

2 eggs 

4 large handfuls of breadcrumbs 

vegetable or groundnut oil to shallow fry 

To serve: 

a handful of pea shoots, mint and 

coriander 

a little olive oil 

a little lemon juice 

Method 

• Put a deep pan of water on to boil 

and salt it lightly. When it is boiling, tip 

in the peas and let them cook for about 

4 minutes, a little longer for fresh peas, 

then drain them. Strip the tarragon leaves 

from their stems. You will end up with 

about 10g. 

• Tip the cooked peas into the bowl of 

a food processor and reduce to a thick 

purée, then add the tarragon leaves and 

the butter. Beat the egg yolks, then stir 

them into the puréed peas together with 

the wasabi, breadcrumbs and a generous 

seasoning of salt. Transfer to a mixing 

bowl, cover and leave to chill. 

• Gently shape the pea mixture into 8 

barrel-shaped croquettes. (A little flour 

on your hands will make this easier.) 

• Break the eggs into a shallow dish 

and beat lightly with a fork. Put the 

breadcrumbs into a second shallow dish 

or deep plate. Lower the croquettes, one 

by one, into the beaten egg, then into 

the breadcrumbs. Pat firmly to help the 

crumbs stick to the croquettes, then lift 

them out on to a baking sheet. 

• Warm a 1cm deep layer of vegetable 

or groundnut oil in a shallow pan. 

Keeping at a moderate heat, lower the 

croquettes into the oil and fry for a few 

minutes until the underside is golden 

and crisp. Gently turn them and cook the 

other sides, then remove and drain on 

kitchen paper. 

• Toss together the pea shoots, mint 

and coriander leaves, dress with a little 

olive oil and lemon, then nestle the 

croquettes among them.


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Skylights, the superb use of timber, a 

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comes complete with a spa bath. 

With an expansive lawn area and the 

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Values: 

garden at the rear of the property 

both epitomise peace and privacy and offer 

access up to the top of the section where 

Business Made Meaningful 

you can sit and admire the ocean vistas over 

Leeann Marriott 

Licensed Sales Consultant REAA 2008 

Harcourts Strowan 

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Recently I took part in a thoughtprovoking 

and extremely considered 

discussion on values and their 

significance in everything we do, be it 

personally or professionally. You see 

values, especially corporate or business 

values, can be notoriously difficult to 

articulate. This is particularly the case 

if you’re working to avoid the wellrehearsed, 

often over-used terms that 

currently reign. Identifying the exact 

values that sincerely represent your 

hopes and ethos can take time and 

poses questions to both the individual 

and the group, particularly if you’re 

endeavouring to find values that are 

deeply meaningful. 

Values are defined as our guiding principles 

or standards and they demonstrate what 

we consider to be important in our lives. 

It’s therefore no surprise that the top three 

values worldwide are: 

- Family, for its ability to generate joy and 

comfort whilst providing security and a 

sense of belonging; 

- Honesty, because it builds trust which 

contributes to sincere and healthy 

relationships and elicits respect, which is 

another of the top three values; 

- Respect builds trust, safety and wellbeing, 

whilst providing a foundation of 

acceptance for different cultures and 

communities. 

So, what do you find when you look at 

companies and the values that they purport 

to offer? 

Traditionally you would find a commitment 

to honesty and integrity front and centre, 

but today there’s a more nuanced grasp 

of what lifts and anchors the people that 

make up organisations and companies 

throughout the world – and that translates 

to a wider array of values. 

Through my research, I now know that 

Adidas values Creativity (no surprise there!), 

Collaboration (an essential component of 

teamwork and understandable given they 

sponsor many of the world’s top teams 

including a strong involvement with our 

very own All Blacks) and Taking Risks. 

I imagine that risk-taking would not have 

been considered a value in times past and 

yet today it appears liberating and forward 

thinking! It’s also not a value I noted for any 

other company. 

Sony has values of Diversity, Curiosity and, 

most importantly, Sustainability. 

Given their potential to leave a large 

footprint on the global stage, it is significant 

that they have committed to Road to Zero, 

a major sustainability project aimed at 

helping to build a healthier planet. Well 

done there. 

Lego nailed their values with Creativity, 

Learning, Fun, Imagination and Quality. 

Having had children who loved this company 

and its product, I can say that every one of 

these values was endorsed with every Lego 

playtime or creation that we did. 

And of the older companies or institutions 

I investigated, I found the following to have 

kept their promise to their community and 

their clients. 

American Express for their pursuit of 

Excellence, Reliability and Trust, and 

Harvard University for its “conscientious 

pursuit of excellence in one’s work.” 

Both of these institutions have been in 

existence for a very long time, and I give 

credit to the forebears who created such 

clearly determined principles. 

As I read through all of these values, I could 

feel the desire of each organisation to stand 

up for something deeper, and whether these 

values were represented as a single word or 

a sentence, they resonated and identified 

what sat at the core of their business. 

A mission, attached to a deeply attuned 

value, will – it seems – always stand out. 

With that said, next month it seems only 

appropriate to share our own and I hope 

they will demonstrate the significance and 

care we hold for our team and community. 

Meanwhile enjoy September and spring in 

this beautiful city of ours. 

Lynette McFadden 

Harcourts gold Business Owner 

027 432 0447 

lynette.mcfadden@harcourtsgold.co.nz 

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