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16 th March <strong>2025</strong><br />
THURSDAY, JANUARY <strong>23</strong>, <strong>2025</strong><br />
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Athletes shine with medal<br />
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Athletes from the <strong>Western</strong> <strong>News</strong> area have starred at the South Island Colgate Games at<br />
Ngā Puna Wai, which ran from Friday to Sunday. Christchurch Avon picked up 38 medals<br />
at the games, second only to Papanui Toc H, while Awatea took home 11 and Phoenix 8.<br />
Awatea’s Olliver Unger was dominant in the 12th grade, winning the 100m, 200m, long jump,<br />
high jump, and was part of the relay team that won the 4x100m, alongside Ollie Karst, Eli<br />
Waghorn and Bruno Ash. A full list of results can be found by scanning the QR Code or at<br />
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SPEED: Salesi Mahe from Awatea moves around the outside<br />
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STRENGTH: Frankie Hanssen prepares to throw the discus.<br />
Right, Awatea’s Brynn Fenwick-Wilson goes stride-for-stride<br />
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ROAR: Olliver Unger celebrates after winning the 12th<br />
grade boys’ 200m.<br />
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Fly tipping<br />
in Riccarton<br />
Ward cost<br />
city $35,000<br />
THE RICCARTON Ward has<br />
cost the city council $35,000 in<br />
cleaning up illegally dumped<br />
rubbish since the start of the<br />
financial year.<br />
It comes as the amount of<br />
on-street fly tipping around the<br />
city. and cost of cleaning it up. is<br />
starting to come down.<br />
“Our stats are showing we’re<br />
getting back on the right track<br />
with a 38% reduction in service<br />
requests coming through and<br />
a 27% reduction in costs to<br />
ratepayers from the start of the<br />
financial year until the beginning<br />
of December,” said city council<br />
city streets maintenance manager<br />
Steve Guy.<br />
From July 1 to November 30,<br />
20<strong>23</strong>, contractors attended and<br />
closed out 5742 tickets for fly<br />
tipping costing the city council<br />
$428,124.<br />
For the same period in 2024,<br />
contractors attended and closed<br />
out 3548 tickets, at a cost to the<br />
council of $313,122.<br />
“While the $300,000 we’ve spent<br />
on cleaning up fly tipping, is less<br />
than last year, it’s still hundreds<br />
of thousands of dollars that could<br />
have gone towards maintaining,<br />
resurfacing and resealing roads<br />
around Christchurch and Banks<br />
Peninsula,” Guy said.<br />
The Burwood Ward was the<br />
worst for fly tipping, with about<br />
$100,000 spent collecting illegally<br />
dumped rubbish, particularly<br />
from around Aranui and the<br />
red zone.<br />
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Today, 10am-noon<br />
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Harmony Waitaha’s New Chorus – Info Session, Saturday,<br />
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Craft Snippets: Amy Rickman<br />
Wednesday, 6.30-7.30pm<br />
Upper Riccarton Library<br />
Craft Snippets is a way to learn<br />
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month we will hear from Amy<br />
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textiles. Go along to hear Amy speak<br />
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Thursday, 11am–noon<br />
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Dog’s second chance brings positive change<br />
ADOPTING NINE-year-old<br />
Dozer was one of the best things<br />
to happen to Jay Lowe last year.<br />
The pair are inseparable and<br />
Lowe knew Dozer was the<br />
perfect fit from the moment<br />
they met.<br />
“I was looking for a dog. I’m<br />
big on responsible breeding<br />
and rescuing so I had my heart<br />
set on a rescue dog. I thought<br />
I better check out the animal<br />
shelter,” Lowe said.<br />
“He’s so calm and knows<br />
who he is which is just such a<br />
sweetheart, the sweetest boy.<br />
“I knew he was the one<br />
instantly.”<br />
And while Dozer may be<br />
an older dog, Lowe said he<br />
certainly doesn’t act like a nineyear-old.<br />
“He’s really helped me getting<br />
out and doing more things.<br />
Going for walks, going to the<br />
dog park and meeting new<br />
people. Doing things like that<br />
makes you feel better about<br />
yourself.”<br />
Dozer needed a bit of dental<br />
work done but Lowe said the<br />
city council’s animal shelter<br />
team were open about that from<br />
the beginning.<br />
“The team really helped out,<br />
so it was more manageable<br />
financially,” Lowe said.<br />
“I absolutely would encourage<br />
anyone looking for a dog to have<br />
a look at adopting a rescue, It’s<br />
so cool to be able to give a dog<br />
at home.”<br />
Dog adoptions<br />
• 95 dogs were adopted/<br />
rehomed in 2024<br />
• 79 dogs adopted/<br />
rehomed in 20<strong>23</strong><br />
• People wanting to adopt<br />
a dog from the shelter are<br />
required to complete an<br />
adoption application form<br />
• Animal Services<br />
undertake a property<br />
inspection to ensure the<br />
property is suitable for the<br />
breed of dog. An adoption<br />
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Costs<br />
• $80 for the adoption +$20<br />
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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2025</strong> 5<br />
Strong start from stitchers<br />
at sensory mat sewing bee<br />
• By Jack Ward<br />
A PLAN to make sensory mats<br />
for the pupils at Ferndale School is<br />
off to a roaring start, thanks to a<br />
sewing bee on Saturday.<br />
Organiser Heather Smith said<br />
the Make Charity Fidget Mats for<br />
Ferndale School sewing bee held at<br />
Sew Far Sew Good in Hoon Hay<br />
had been a success.<br />
“It was a really positive day, people<br />
were vibing and bubbling with<br />
enthusiasm.”<br />
“We had 20 ladies through,<br />
people were jostling for sewing<br />
machines, which is why we didn’t<br />
make as many as we would have<br />
liked.<br />
“We had 22 made and I have<br />
25 at home, so we’re aiming for at<br />
least 50 by next week,” Smith said.<br />
The mats are equipped with zips,<br />
clips, button-holes, and laces to tie<br />
to help students learn the skills for<br />
dressing.<br />
Smith said the sewing bee had<br />
attracted participants from across<br />
Canterbury.<br />
“Two ladies came in from West<br />
Melton and Darfield so word is<br />
getting out, which means help for<br />
many more people.”<br />
Smith said the event had made<br />
people excited to continue creating<br />
the mats, and has led to her<br />
branching out.<br />
“There was one lady from<br />
Ashburton who came to learn how<br />
to make them for her husband’s<br />
FINISHED PRODUCT: From<br />
left; Heather Smith, Rachael<br />
Oakey and Jo Lim proudly<br />
display completed sensory<br />
mats at the sewing bee on<br />
Saturday. The event attracted<br />
more than 20 people.<br />
nursing home, so I’m going to do<br />
a teaching day down there at the<br />
library.”<br />
Heather is committed to making<br />
120 sensory mats for the students.<br />
“That’s the end goal. In the next<br />
few months, they will get them.<br />
“Many of the ladies (who took<br />
part) are going to make more at<br />
home and get them to me, so help<br />
is on the way.”<br />
COST: The city council spent $1m on cleaning up illegally<br />
dumped rubbish during the 20<strong>23</strong>/24 financial year.<br />
PHOTO: CCC<br />
Fly tipping cost down<br />
• From page 1<br />
The Central Ward cost the city<br />
council $60,000 in fly tipping<br />
since the start of the financial<br />
year.<br />
In the 20<strong>23</strong>-24 financial year<br />
the city council spent just over<br />
$1 million collecting illegally<br />
dumped rubbish from roadsides.<br />
“One area that has had the<br />
biggest impact is how we have<br />
streamlined the way we attend<br />
callouts, collect and dispose of<br />
waste,” Guy said.<br />
“We’ve also increased the<br />
number of cameras we have<br />
around Christchurch so we can<br />
investigate offenders.”<br />
Guy said the cameras are<br />
mobile, have very clear day/night<br />
visibility, record sounds and are<br />
monitored 24 hours a day. The<br />
council has been placing them<br />
in locations where dumping<br />
has been occurring frequently,<br />
and Guy said they have had a<br />
significant effect in many areas to<br />
change behaviours.<br />
Costs have been steadily<br />
increasing over the last few years<br />
in line with the Government’s<br />
waste levy increasing from $10 a<br />
tonne in 2021 to $60.<br />
Guy said the best thing people<br />
can do is use the facilities already<br />
offered.<br />
“The council provides fantastic<br />
red bin service, and the EcoDrop<br />
Transfer Station is open for any<br />
bigger loads.”<br />
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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2025</strong>
Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2025</strong> 7<br />
Kaupapa Māori school’s ground-breaking<br />
project receives top international award<br />
THE KAUPAPA Māori school<br />
Te Pā o Rākaihautū has been<br />
named winner of the <strong>2025</strong> Zayed<br />
Sustainability Prize in the global<br />
high schools – East Asia and the<br />
Pacific category.<br />
The school was recognised<br />
in Abu Dhabi for its groundbreaking<br />
Puku Māra project,<br />
which uses indigenous<br />
biocultural technology to<br />
address global challenges such as<br />
climate change, food insecurity<br />
and land degradation.<br />
The Puku Māra project draws<br />
on sustainable practices of Māori<br />
ancestors, integrates traditional<br />
knowledge and applies modern<br />
solutions to restore ecosystems<br />
and strengthen communities, the<br />
NZ Herald reported.<br />
The project will benefit over<br />
100,000 people, including Te<br />
Pā’s 280 students, their families<br />
and wider community networks,<br />
by promoting food sovereignty,<br />
carbon sequestration, land<br />
restoration, waste reduction, and<br />
cultural empowerment.<br />
Zayed Sustainability Prize<br />
director Lamya Fawwaz praised<br />
the school’s initiative, the<br />
Herald reported.<br />
“Te Pā o Rākaihautū’s project<br />
exemplifies how indigenous<br />
wisdom can lead the way in<br />
tackling modern challenges.<br />
By combining traditional<br />
practices with innovative<br />
approaches, the school<br />
has created a blueprint for<br />
sustainability that not only<br />
preserves the environment but<br />
also strengthens cultural identity<br />
and community resilience.”<br />
Te Pā o Rākaihautū principal<br />
Terina Ranginui Tahau said the<br />
school wanted to grow the next<br />
HONOURED: Te Pā o Rākaihautū has won the Zayed<br />
Sustainability Prize in the global high schools – East Asia<br />
and the Pacific category. PHOTO: CHRIS LYNCH MEDIA<br />
generation of explorers, leaders,<br />
gardeners and navigators, the<br />
Herald reported: “Culturally<br />
grounded, connected, smart,<br />
taiao literate, pā kids – Tū ki<br />
te ao, tau ana! Mō tātou, mā<br />
tātou, e ai ki a tātou – for us, by<br />
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Giving back to our taiao is the<br />
right thing to do. It is honest<br />
work and true to our Māori<br />
values. Love is the heart of<br />
everything – without it this<br />
project would not be possible.”<br />
The $267,000 (US$150,000)<br />
award will allow Te Pā o<br />
Rākaihautū to consolidate<br />
current efforts of the Puku Māra<br />
project and extend it into new<br />
areas such as Te Waipapa on<br />
Banks Peninsula.<br />
The Herald said the initiative<br />
will also establish long-term<br />
platforms for knowledgesharing,<br />
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and partnerships, empowering<br />
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Pea is for preparing perfect provisions<br />
If you have dried or<br />
frozen peas, you’re<br />
well on your way to a<br />
super-delicious store<br />
cupboard supper,<br />
writes Nigel Slater<br />
Pea and mushroom cakes<br />
Ingredients<br />
(Makes six cakes)<br />
400g frozen peas<br />
40g butter<br />
200g button mushrooms<br />
20g tarragon<br />
2 egg yolks<br />
6 soft burger buns<br />
salad leaves to serve<br />
For the sauce:<br />
200ml yoghurt or kefir<br />
4 Tbsp mint, tarragon and parsley<br />
chopped<br />
To coat and fry:<br />
2 eggs<br />
6 Tbsp white breadcrumbs<br />
vegetable oil for shallow frying<br />
Method<br />
• Bring a pan of water to the<br />
boil, salt lightly and add the peas.<br />
Cook for 3 minutes, then drain in<br />
a colander. Tip the peas into the<br />
bowl of a food processor and add<br />
the butter, button mushrooms and<br />
tarragon. Process for a few seconds,<br />
then add the egg yolks and<br />
continue until you have a smooth,<br />
green paste.<br />
• Transfer the paste to a mixing<br />
bowl. Take out one sixth of the<br />
mixture and shape it into a thick<br />
cake about the diameter of a<br />
digestive biscuit. Place on a baking<br />
sheet lined with baking parchment<br />
or foil and continue with the rest<br />
of the mixture. Put the tray of pea<br />
cakes in the fridge and leave to<br />
chill for 30 minutes.<br />
• Put the yoghurt or kefir into<br />
a bowl, stir in the chopped herbs<br />
and a little salt. Set aside, in the<br />
fridge, until you need it.<br />
• Scatter the breadcrumbs on a<br />
plate. Break the eggs into a shallow<br />
dish and beat them lightly<br />
with a fork. When the cakes have<br />
been chilling for a good half hour,<br />
remove them from the fridge, then<br />
one at a time, lower them first<br />
into the beaten egg, then into the<br />
breadcrumbs, turning and patting<br />
the crumbs into them until they<br />
are lightly coated.<br />
• Warm a thin layer of oil in a<br />
shallow nonstick pan, then lower<br />
the cakes into the hot oil. Keeping<br />
the heat at no higher than a<br />
moderate level, let the cakes cook<br />
until golden, then turn and lightly<br />
brown the other side. As they are<br />
ready, lift out on to a warm baking<br />
sheet or plate.<br />
• Halve the buns and toast<br />
lightly. Spread with some of the<br />
herb sauce and add a few of the<br />
salad leaves. Lay a pea cake on top<br />
and put the top of the bun in place.<br />
Split pea soup with<br />
roast carrots<br />
Ingredients<br />
(Serves 6)<br />
250g yellow split peas<br />
2 litres hot vegetable stock<br />
2 medium onions<br />
3 Tbsp olive or groundnut oil<br />
2 garlic cloves<br />
2 bay leaves<br />
2 tsp ground turmeric<br />
2 tsp ground coriander<br />
2 tsp yellow mustard seeds<br />
1x400g tin chopped tomatoes<br />
small handful of mint leaves<br />
For the roast carrots:<br />
18 spring carrots<br />
3 Tbsp olive or groundnut oil<br />
8 thyme sprigs<br />
2 Tbsp sunflower seeds<br />
Method<br />
• Put the peas in a large, deep<br />
saucepan, cover with 1.5 litres of<br />
stock (you can use water at a push)<br />
and bring to the boil.<br />
• Lower the heat, scrape off and<br />
discard the froth that accumulates<br />
on the surface, then partially cover<br />
with a lid and leave to simmer for<br />
about 20 minutes, until tender.<br />
• Meanwhile, peel the onions,<br />
then roughly chop them. Warm<br />
the oil in a large, deep pan, add the<br />
onions and let them cook over a<br />
low heat for a good 10 minutes or<br />
until they are pale gold in colour<br />
and soft enough to crush between<br />
finger and thumb. Give them a<br />
regular stir.<br />
• Peel and finely slice the garlic,<br />
then stir into the onions with the<br />
whole bay leaves, ground turmeric,<br />
coriander and mustard seeds.<br />
• Continue cooking for 5<br />
minutes until fragrant, stir in the<br />
chopped tomatoes and cook for<br />
a further 5 minutes, then pour<br />
in the remaining stock. Bring to<br />
the boil, then lower the heat and<br />
simmer for 10 minutes. When the<br />
peas are tender, add them, together<br />
with their liquid, to the tomato<br />
and onions, add salt and simmer<br />
for about 20 minutes, stirring from<br />
time to time.<br />
• Ladle some of the soup into a<br />
blender, taking care to fill no more<br />
than half of the jug. Process until<br />
smooth, pour into a saucepan and<br />
continue with the rest of the soup.<br />
Cover and set aside.<br />
• Roast the vegetables. Set the<br />
oven at 200°C. Trim and scrub the<br />
carrots, then slice them lengthways.<br />
They will cook more quickly<br />
that way. Put them in a roasting<br />
tin, pour over the olive oil, tuck in<br />
the thyme sprigs and season generously<br />
with salt and black pepper.<br />
• Roast in the preheated oven for<br />
about 40 minutes, turning once or<br />
twice until spoon soft.<br />
• A few minutes before they are<br />
ready, scatter the vegetables with<br />
the sunflower seeds, then return<br />
them briefly to the oven. Reheat<br />
the soup, ladle into wide bowls,<br />
add the roasted carrots and a few<br />
mint leaves and serve.<br />
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How many words of three or more letters,<br />
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letters, using each letter only once? No foreign<br />
words or words beginning with a capital are<br />
from allowed. the There's six letters, at least one using six-letter each word. only<br />
once? TODAY Good 15 Very Good 22 Excellent 29<br />
Solution 283: bed, bel, ben, bend, bled, blend,<br />
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boned, den, dob, doe, dole, don, done, ebon, eld,<br />
word.<br />
end, eon, led, lend, lob, lobe, lobed, lode, loden,<br />
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letters, including plurals, can you make<br />
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24 25<br />
26 27<br />
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4. Entices (6)<br />
9. Action (4)<br />
10. Allegedly (10)<br />
11. Strict (6)<br />
12. Biased (3,5)<br />
13. Broke (9)<br />
15. Overcome (4)<br />
16. Medicine container (4)<br />
17. Constant (9)<br />
21. Queasy (8)<br />
22. Collection of star systems (6)<br />
24. Exposed or vulnerable (3,2,1,4)<br />
25. Walk wearily (4)<br />
26. Giggle (6)<br />
27. Stroke lightly (6)<br />
Decoder<br />
Down<br />
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2. Scrounge (5)<br />
3. Deluge (7)<br />
5. Gained by effort (6)<br />
6. Exactly (9)<br />
7. Most noticeable (7)<br />
8. Self-serving (13)<br />
14. Move something or someone (9)<br />
16. Road or rail bridge (7)<br />
18. Branch of mathematics (7)<br />
19. Toxic (7)<br />
20. Quantity (6)<br />
<strong>23</strong>. Expire (5)<br />
Crossword<br />
Across: 1. Excite, 4.<br />
Tempts, 9. Deed, 10.<br />
Reportedly, 11. Severe, 12.<br />
One sided, 13. Destitute, 15.<br />
Best, 16. Vial, 17. Unvarying,<br />
21. Nauseous, 22. Galaxy,<br />
24. Out on a limb, 25. Plod,<br />
26. Titter, 27. Caress.<br />
Down: 1. Exegete, 2.<br />
Cadge, 3. Torrent, 5. Earned,<br />
6. Precisely, 7. Salient, 8.<br />
Opportunistic, 14. Transport,<br />
16. Viaduct, 18. Algebra, 19.<br />
Noxious, 20. Dosage, <strong>23</strong>.<br />
Lapse.<br />
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den, dent, doe, don, done,<br />
dot, dote, end, eon, neon,<br />
net, nod, node, none, nonet,<br />
not, note, noted, ode, one,<br />
ted, ten, tend, TENDON,<br />
tenon, tod, toe, toed, ton,<br />
tone, toned, tonne.<br />
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Thursday <strong>January</strong> <strong>23</strong> <strong>2025</strong> 11<br />
Summer HOLIDAY FuN<br />
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JurassiC adVenture<br />
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ashburton art Gallery & MuseuM<br />
This vibrant and growing arts and cultural heritage<br />
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education programmes and whānau-friendly activities.<br />
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hiGh Country salMon<br />
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If you’re looking for an action-packed and fun day out for the<br />
whole family, then head to Supa Karts where you can get a real<br />
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