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16 th March <strong>2025</strong><br />

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, <strong>2025</strong><br />

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Cyclist ready to roll for<br />

Youth Hub fundraiser<br />

• By Jack Ward<br />

A SEMI-RETIRED<br />

accountant is about to cycle<br />

the length of the country<br />

to give back to those less<br />

fortunate.<br />

David Barker will embark on<br />

Tour Aotearoa – a 3000km bike<br />

ride from Cape Reinga to Bluff<br />

– on Saturday, to raise $50,000<br />

for Youth Hub Christchurch.<br />

The 64-year-old said he is<br />

no stranger to cycling, but this<br />

journey will be uncharted territory.<br />

“I’ve always done a bit of<br />

biking, done the odd multiday<br />

trip in the saddle but this<br />

is a bit out of left-field.”<br />

He said he had no direct<br />

connection to Youth Hub, but<br />

the work it was doing resonated<br />

with him.<br />

“Youth Hub Christchurch<br />

has the vision of enabling all<br />

young people in Canterbury<br />

the opportunity to lead<br />

healthy, safe and valued lives,<br />

fulfilling their potential and<br />

vibrantly contributing to their<br />

community,” he said.<br />

Youth Hub Christchurch is<br />

New Zealand’s first purposebuilt<br />

youth hub, complete with<br />

supported housing facilities.<br />

Barker, from Upper<br />

Riccarton, said he spoke to<br />

others who had completed<br />

Tour Aotearoa before<br />

deciding. • Turn to page 4<br />

GEARING UP: David Barker and Youth Hub Christchurch chair Dame Sue Bagshaw<br />

ahead of his Tour Aotearoa fundraiser, which starts on Saturday.<br />

Confidence<br />

in the city<br />

council up<br />

9%, survey<br />

shows<br />

A NEW NATIONAL ‘quality of<br />

life survey’ shows most people<br />

do not have confidence in the<br />

city council’s ability to make<br />

decisions in the best interests of<br />

the community.<br />

The biennial survey questioned<br />

6994 Kiwis about their life in<br />

New Zealand’s main centres<br />

– Christchurch, Auckland,<br />

Dunedin, Hamilton, Hutt City,<br />

Porirua, Tauranga and Wellington<br />

– last year.<br />

Out of the 524 respondents in<br />

Christchurch, just 38% said they<br />

have confidence in the city council’s<br />

decisions, compared to 29%<br />

in 2022. Across New Zealand’s big<br />

cities, the average was just 30%.<br />

However, 80% of the survey<br />

respondents said they are enjoying<br />

life in Christchurch, compared<br />

to 81% in 2022. The city ranked<br />

slightly higher than the average<br />

for New Zealand’s big cities of<br />

77%.<br />

Most other cities saw<br />

a larger drop in quality of life<br />

between 2022 and 2024.<br />

Of the respondents, 26%<br />

said their quality of life in<br />

Christchurch had increased,<br />

compared to 12 months ago, up<br />

from 19% in 2022.<br />

Christchurch was also<br />

considered a great place to live<br />

by 77% of people. They cited the<br />

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JP Clinic<br />

Thursdays, 10.30am-1pm<br />

South and Spreydon Libraries<br />

A Justice of the Peace will be on<br />

site for services including: Witness<br />

signatures on documents, certification<br />

of document copies, taking oaths,<br />

declarations, affidavits or affirmations,<br />

applications for the dissolution of<br />

marriage or civil union, citizenship<br />

applications, sponsorship applications,<br />

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Knit ‘n’ Yarn<br />

Thursdays, 1.30-3.30pm<br />

Opawa Baptist Church<br />

During South Library’s rebuild, our<br />

knitting group has found a temporary<br />

home at Opawa Baptist Church. Bring<br />

your current work in progress, share<br />

your fibre art hopes and dreams and<br />

meet like-minded people. For more<br />

information contact Kaylene 021 113<br />

4819 or Bronwen 022 085 0161.<br />

A Walk through Time – The<br />

South Library Story: Timeline<br />

Exhibition<br />

All day until <strong>February</strong> 8<br />

South Library<br />

Visit South Library and walk along our<br />

timeline, showing events from 2003<br />

until today. There are photos, articles<br />

and information about the library,<br />

community events, programmes, and<br />

staff. It is also an opportunity to learn<br />

more about Ōmōkihi, the new South<br />

Library which will connect the building<br />

back to its riverside site.<br />

Lunar New Year Bilingual Wā Kōrero Storytimes, Friday, 10.30-<br />

11am, Spreydon Library. Celebrate the Year of the Snake with our special<br />

bilingual storytimes. Meet others in our community when you and your<br />

preschooler join us for a fun variety of stories, songs and rhymes which<br />

foster children’s literacy. Perfect for 2-5 years. All whānau and caregivers<br />

welcome. Free, no bookings required.<br />

Let’s Have a Cuppa!<br />

Tuesday, 10.45-11.45am<br />

Spreydon Library<br />

Join us for a social morning with<br />

free hot drinks and snacks! Make<br />

yourself comfortable and spend some<br />

time talking to other members of the<br />

community and your local librarians.<br />

Take a trip down memory lane as we<br />

share some photos and stories from<br />

Canterbury’s rich history.<br />

Technology Help Drop-In<br />

Session (BYO Device)<br />

Tuesdays, 10.30-11am<br />

Spreydon Library<br />

Do you need help using your<br />

smartphone, iPad, or tablet? Come<br />

along to our drop-in sessions with<br />

one of our librarians for help with<br />

email, searching the internet, using the<br />

library catalogue, eBooks, and general<br />

computer queries. Bring your laptop,<br />

tablet, or smartphone for help.<br />

Spreydon Library Book<br />

Discussion Group<br />

Wednesday, 10-11am<br />

Spreydon Library<br />

For those who love reading and want<br />

to share in discussion with other<br />

friendly book lovers. We subscribe<br />

to the Book Discussion Scheme so<br />

there is a cost involved. Held on the<br />

second Wednesday of the month<br />

Places are limited so please phone<br />

03-941 7923 or email library@ccc.<br />

govt.nz to enquire about availability<br />

and cost.<br />

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Thursdays, 1-3.30pm<br />

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Thursday <strong>February</strong> 6 <strong>2025</strong> 3<br />

Hard work pays off for dedicated<br />

gardener with host of accolades<br />

• By Geoff Sloan<br />

AVIDA PARK Lane Retirement<br />

Village & Rest Home has scooped<br />

three major awards in the<br />

<strong>2025</strong> Christchurch Beautifying<br />

Association summer garden<br />

competition.<br />

The retirement village’s<br />

beautifully landscaped<br />

grounds have won the premier<br />

commercial award, Peter<br />

Lawrence Challenge Trophy and<br />

the Russley Retirement Village<br />

Premier Challenge Trophy.<br />

The complex is home to 210<br />

residents on Whiteleigh Ave,<br />

Addington.<br />

Village manager Leigh​ Tabak<br />

and her gardener husband Jaron<br />

Tabak said it was a great team<br />

effort, and credited a number<br />

of residents pitching in to help<br />

where they could.<br />

Leigh said there was “a wee<br />

bit of competition” between the<br />

retirement villages, and it wasn’t<br />

uncommon for residents to go<br />

around and view each other’s<br />

gardens.<br />

Jaron’s gardens are a mix of<br />

different arrangements, with a<br />

variety of plants strategically<br />

placed to bloom all year round.<br />

He said the secret was “just<br />

keeping on top of things and not<br />

BLOOMING LOVELY: Arvida Park Lane manager Leigh​<br />

Tabak and her gardener husband, Jaron Tabak. Jaron’s<br />

gardens at the retirement village have won three awards<br />

in the Christchurch Beautifying Association summer<br />

garden competition.<br />

PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN<br />

letting them get away on you”.<br />

Keeping everything well watered<br />

and fertilised was also key.<br />

Gardening could be a lot of<br />

hard work, he said.<br />

“Especially when you’re sweating<br />

away in the hot sun.”<br />

The Christchurch Beautifying<br />

Association garden awards<br />

started more than 70 years ago<br />

to encourage civic pride. They<br />

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Thursday <strong>February</strong> 6 <strong>2025</strong><br />

‘It sounded like a<br />

great challenge’<br />

Sensory mat success<br />

Occupational therapist Anne Bridgman (left) and teacher aide Sharyn<br />

de Garnham at Ferndale School in Merivale with one of the sensory<br />

mats which have been made to help students learn how to dress<br />

themselves. Ferndale School is a specialist school catering to pupils and<br />

students aged 5-21 who have complex needs. The mats were made<br />

by a group of volunteers at a sewing bee. Organiser, St Martins resident<br />

Heather Smith said the school staff were very impressed with the first<br />

instalment of 45 mats. “They will be a great teaching aid for the children,”<br />

Smith said. There was still more sewing to do to accommodate every<br />

student at the school. “It has been a great journey so far and hopefully,<br />

the children will be able to practise their dressing skills more often on the<br />

mats,” Smith said. She felt a sense of pride for what has been achieved so<br />

far. “It’s a great feeling to know I can help – a great way to say thank you<br />

and pass the love forward. I’m very grateful to have the opportunity to do<br />

this with everyone’s support and kindness.” ​<br />

• From page 1<br />

Barker said Tour Aotearoa “sounded like<br />

a great challenge.”<br />

He started fundraising in September,<br />

when he reached out to his network.<br />

His target of $50,000 was a nice number<br />

to aim for, he said.<br />

As of Tuesday, he had raised $24,450.<br />

“I’ve been surprised by the amount of<br />

people who have given already, it’s quite a<br />

good kickstart.<br />

“People will be able to track my progress<br />

and I have to finish the challenge to activate<br />

the money,” he said.<br />

Barker suggests potential donors give a<br />

certain amount per kilometre travelled.<br />

“One cent per kilometre raises $30,<br />

10 cents raises $300, $1 raises $3000 – it<br />

depends on the person or business.”<br />

Said Youth Hub Christchurch chair<br />

Dame Sue Bagshaw: “This project (Youth<br />

Hub)has attracted people who just want to<br />

give.<br />

“It’s fantastic we have such people in our<br />

community.”<br />

Stage one of the hub was unveiled in October<br />

by Governor General Dame Cindy<br />

Karo.<br />

The first purpose-built youth hub in the<br />

country, it includes a youth services building,<br />

outdoor activities courtyard and supported<br />

housing wing for 22 young people.<br />

“The focus of the hub is to develop<br />

young people because those social connections<br />

have been severed,” Bagshaw said.<br />

“A place to be, a place to help and a<br />

place to connect.”<br />

Barker won’t be alone in his quest – he<br />

will joined by friends and fellow cyclists<br />

Jeremy Gould and Derek Ensor.<br />

“I talked to people who were bikers to<br />

see if they would be interested and up for<br />

it and they said ‘yes’. We are all similar<br />

ages and stages and abilities.<br />

“It is great having company and three is a<br />

good number<br />

– the more people, the<br />

more chance of something going wrong.”<br />

The goal is to complete the 3000km in<br />

under 30 days.<br />

“Time will tell,” Barker said.<br />

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Thursday <strong>February</strong> 6 <strong>2025</strong> 5<br />

Enjoying a timeless afternoon treat<br />

Nigel Slater whips up<br />

some flavoursome<br />

treats for a truly<br />

glorious afternoon tea<br />

in the garden<br />

AFTERNOON tea is a timeless<br />

treat that rarely fails to delight,<br />

and never more so than in a<br />

shady corner on a summer’s<br />

afternoon.<br />

Homemade scones, freshly<br />

baked biscuits and a pot of<br />

tea is a treat beyond measure,<br />

especially if the rain stops for<br />

long enough to set them up on a<br />

table outside.<br />

Feta scones with<br />

watercress and cucumber<br />

butter<br />

Ingredients<br />

Makes 9 scones<br />

Ready in 45 minutes<br />

225g plain flour<br />

3 tsp baking powder<br />

A fat pinch of salt<br />

75g butter<br />

1 Tbsp thyme leaves<br />

100g feta cheese<br />

150ml sheep’s yoghurt<br />

Egg and milk for glazing<br />

For the butter:<br />

120g butter<br />

120g cucumber<br />

3 Tbsp watercress leaves, chopped<br />

You will need a baking sheet lined<br />

with baking parchment<br />

Method<br />

• Preheat the oven to 220°C. Sift<br />

together the flour, baking powder<br />

and salt. Cut the butter into small<br />

pieces and rub into the flour with<br />

your fingertips, or blend in a food<br />

processor until the texture is that<br />

of fresh soft breadcrumbs.<br />

• Chop the thyme leaves, stir<br />

them in, then add to the mixture.<br />

Crumble the feta cheese into<br />

small pieces, then stir in with the<br />

yoghurt. Bring together into a<br />

ball and place on a floured board,<br />

then pat or roll into a thick disc<br />

about 2.5cm in depth.<br />

• Using a 6cm round cutter, cut<br />

out 9 scones (8 from the original<br />

disc of dough, one from the cuttings,<br />

pressed together and patted<br />

into shape.) Place them on the<br />

lined baking sheet. Break the egg<br />

into a small bowl and pour in a<br />

splash of milk, beat briefly with a<br />

fork. Brush the top with a little of<br />

the egg wash, taking care not to<br />

let it run down the sides. Bake for<br />

15 minutes until risen and pale<br />

gold, leave to cool a little, then<br />

transfer to a cooling rack.<br />

• For the cucumber butter:<br />

remove the butter from the<br />

fridge and leave to soften at room<br />

temperature. Coarsely grate the<br />

cucumber into a colander or<br />

sieve, place it on a shallow dish or<br />

in the sink and sprinkle it with<br />

salt. Leave for 30 minutes.<br />

• Beat the butter until soft<br />

and creamy. Squeeze the water<br />

from the cucumber in the palm<br />

of your hand, then stir into the<br />

butter with chopped watercress<br />

(if you don’t have watercress,<br />

add a grinding of black pepper).<br />

• Serve the cucumber butter<br />

with the scones.<br />

Vanilla shortbread with<br />

pistachio and cherries<br />

Ingredients<br />

Makes 16 pieces of shortbread<br />

Ready in 1 hour, plus cooling<br />

For the shortbread:<br />

250g butter<br />

125g caster sugar<br />

1 tsp vanilla bean paste, or a few<br />

drops of vanilla extract<br />

250g plain flour<br />

50g fine semolina<br />

50g cornflour<br />

2 good pinches sea salt<br />

To finish (for six):<br />

18 cherries<br />

250ml cream<br />

A little vanilla bean paste, or<br />

vanilla extract<br />

3 tbsp shelled pistachios<br />

Method<br />

• Set the oven at 180°C. Line a<br />

shallow-sided baking tin measuring<br />

20cm x 30cm with a piece of<br />

baking parchment.<br />

• Cut the butter into small<br />

pieces, put it in the bowl of an<br />

electric mixer with the sugar, then<br />

beat until light and creamy. Mix<br />

in the vanilla paste or extract. Stir<br />

together the flour, fine semolina,<br />

cornflour and a couple of<br />

generous pinches of sea salt.<br />

• Mix the dry ingredients into<br />

the creamed butter and sugar,<br />

then turn out the dough onto<br />

the lined baking sheet and press<br />

it into shape. Be gentle, taking<br />

care not to compact the dough,<br />

carefully patting it out to fit the<br />

baking sheet. Prick all over with<br />

a fork.<br />

• Cut the dough into 16 pieces<br />

(8 across the long side, 2 across<br />

the short), then bake in the<br />

preheated oven for 15-18 minutes<br />

until pale gold. Remove from the<br />

oven, sprinkle with sugar. (I also<br />

go over the score marks with a<br />

knife to make the biscuits easier<br />

to separate.)<br />

• Remove the stalks from the<br />

cherries, halve them and discard<br />

the stones. Pour the cream into<br />

a chilled bowl, stir in half a<br />

teaspoon of vanilla paste or a few<br />

drops of extract and whip until<br />

thick.<br />

• Place a shortbread biscuit on<br />

each of 6 plates and serve with<br />

cream and cherries. Roughly chop<br />

the pistachios and scatter over<br />

the cream. Keep the remaining<br />

shortbread in an airtight tin.<br />

Bin good with recycling<br />

These are the only items that can go in the yellow bin<br />

Lids in<br />

the red<br />

bin<br />

Clean cardboard and paper<br />

(now including empty pizza boxes)<br />

Clean food and drink<br />

tins and cans<br />

Clean plastic bottles and containers<br />

(4 litres and under, numbered 1, 2 and 5)<br />

Clean glass bottles<br />

and jars<br />

Remember to rinse your containers before putting them in the yellow bin. All lids go in the red bin.<br />

Download our free Christchurch Bins app<br />

to keep up to date with your rubbish and<br />

recycling information.<br />

Thanks for bin good.<br />

Find out more at<br />

ccc.govt.nz/yellowbin<br />

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Thursday <strong>February</strong> 6 <strong>2025</strong><br />

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Thursday <strong>February</strong> 6 <strong>2025</strong> 7<br />

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20 21 22 23 24<br />

How many words of three or more letters,<br />

How including many plurals, words can you of make three from or the more six<br />

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 11 Very Good 15 Excellent 18<br />

Solution 285: are, arm, armed, army, aye, dam,<br />

dame, dare, day, dear, derma, dram, dray, dream,<br />

DREAMY, drey, dry, dye, dyer, ear, era, mad, made,<br />

word.<br />

mar, mare, may, mead, ram, ray, rayed, read, ready,<br />

ream, red, rye, yam, yard, yea, year.<br />

letters, including plurals, can you make<br />

No words beginning with a capital are<br />

allowed. There’s at least one six-letter<br />

Good 11 Very Good 15 Excellent 18<br />

25 26<br />

27 28<br />

29 30<br />

31 32<br />

33 34<br />

Across<br />

1. Respiratory condition (6)<br />

5. Entry (6)<br />

10. Viral disease (7)<br />

11. Absurd pretence (7)<br />

12. Dusk (6)<br />

15. Trouble (6)<br />

16. Plant support (7)<br />

17. Challenge (4)<br />

18. Component (4)<br />

19. Gather (7)<br />

20. Shut forcefully (4)<br />

22. Freshwater fish (4)<br />

25. Unsettle (7)<br />

27. Incarnation (6)<br />

28. Misprints (6)<br />

31. Fissure (7)<br />

32. Negligible (7)<br />

33. Alternative route (6)<br />

34. Reliable (6)<br />

Decoder<br />

Down<br />

2. Wrench (7)<br />

3. Headgear (6)<br />

4. Part of a church (4)<br />

5. Curved structure (4)<br />

6. Fashions by hand (6)<br />

7. Large farm (7)<br />

8. Entertained (6)<br />

9. Command (6)<br />

13. Cavalryman (7)<br />

14. Wail (7)<br />

15. Earnest (7)<br />

20. Grab (6)<br />

21. Educational institute (7)<br />

23. Frightened (7)<br />

24. Plays for time (6)<br />

25. Thin layer or sheen (6)<br />

26. Alloy of copper and tin (6)<br />

29. Possessive of she (4)<br />

30. Rascals (4)<br />

Crossword<br />

Across: 1. Asthma, 5.<br />

Access, 10. Measles, 11.<br />

Charade, 12. Sunset, 15.<br />

Strife, 16. Trellis, 17. Dare, 18.<br />

Unit, 19. Collect, 20. Slam, 22.<br />

Bass, 25. Perturb, 27. Avatar,<br />

28. Errata, 31. Crevice, 32.<br />

Minimal, 33. Bypass, 34.<br />

Steady.<br />

Down: 2. Spanner, 3. Helmet,<br />

4. Apse, 5. Arch, 6. Crafts, 7.<br />

Station, 8. Amused, 9. Behest,<br />

13. Trooper, 14. Ululate, 15.<br />

Sincere, 20. Snatch, 21.<br />

Academy, 23. Alarmed, 24.<br />

Stalls, 25. Patina, 26. Bronze,<br />

29. Hers, 30. Imps.<br />

WordBuilder<br />

cod, coo, coot, cor, cord, cot,<br />

DOCTOR, door, dot, orc,<br />

roc, rod, rood, root, rot, tod,<br />

too, tor, torc, trod.<br />

Sudoku<br />

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Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the<br />

given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out<br />

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