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Dogs banned from Estuary under bylaw
The Star, January 23, 2025
Dogs are now banned from the
Estuary, including at the beach
around Southshore Spit Reserve
and near Shag Rock, as well as
parts of Styx Mill Conservation
Reserve.
The rule changes came into
effect The on Star, Monday, January 23, as 2025 part of
the city council’s updated dog
bylaw and policy.
New rules have also been
set for the Ōtākaro Avon River
Corridor and for Te Kuru
Wetlands in Halswell.
The rules aim to balance
wildlife The Star, protection January 23, and 2025
recreational access in these
developing areas, city council
animal management manager
Lionel Bridger said.
“Some areas across the
district are vital habitats
where birds roost, rest, breed
and/or The Star, feed, January and dogs 23, 2025 pose a
significant threat to them. This
is the case in estuary, wetland
and riverbank environments,
especially for ground-nesting
birds.
“We’ve listened to community
feedback that wildlife in these
areas need protection from
dogs – a lot of dog owners
shared that sentiment.”
The city council dog bylaw
and policy was reviewed during
2024 and 2025. It included public
consultation.
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The city council’s updated dog bylaw and policy came into effect on Monday. Under it, dogs are prohibited from Te Ihutai Avon Heathcote Estuary and parts of Styx Mill
Conservation Reserve.
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As a result some rules are exemption process for people so on. We also have more dogs An email outlining the rules
new, some haved stayed the who have the skills required to than ever before.
has been sent to registered dog
same, others changed and exercise multiple dogs safely, “The rules have been
owners and information on
others have been relaxed, and will have that ready in May tightened in some places to the city council’s website was
Bridger said.
2026,” Bridger said.
keep people, wildlife, stock, the updated on Monday.
Dogs must now be leashed on He said Christchurch has environment and dogs safe.” The city council is required by
paths in green spaces such as changed a lot over the past 10 He said the city has about law to update its dog bylaw and
parks. There is also a limit on years.
45,000 dogs registered to about policy at least every 10 years,
the number of dogs a person “We have more focus on 39,000 owners.
meaning it is likely the rules
can walk together in a public habitat restoration and wildlife “Per capita, that’s about one in place now will remain until
space – four dogs, with only two protection, and there are many dog for every nine people. about 2035.
off leash at a time in off-leash more paths and other areas “That is why we rely on people
areas, including dog parks. that are shared between people knowing the rules and doing the • Visit ccc.govt.nz/dogs for more
“We’re working on an
walking, biking, scooting and right thing,” Bridger said.
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Student sporting excellence on
​The Zonta Club of Christchurch
South’s secondary school sports
awards were held at the Hornby
Club last week, celebrating
students’ sporting success
MOST VALUED CONTRIBUTION TO A
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Girls’ winner – Hannah Jack
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Hannah celebrated 100 games
for Rolleston College’s senior A
netball side, a testament to her
loyalty and dedication.
Known as the glue that holds
her team together, she plays
with grace, sportsmanship, and
reliability. Her unselfish attitude
and commitment make her an
invaluable teammate and leader.
Boys’ winner – Blake Lewis
(Christ’s College)
Blake’s leadership with Christ’s
College’s second XV rugby team
has been outstanding both on and
off the field.
His maturity, positivity, and
resilience helped the team
finish their season strongly. By
fostering inclusivity, respect,
and team spirit, Blake ensured
his teammates created lasting
memories.
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Girls’ winner – Makayla Ruaiti
(Marian College)
Makayla is one of New
Zealand’s leading youth touch
Hannah Jack Blake Lewis Makayla Ruaiti Alexander Black Charlotte Murphy
Papanui High School cross country
rugby referees, ranked No 1 in
the country for female youth
referees, and earning selection
for the Asia Pacific Youth Cup.
Officiating at multiple national
finals, she has already built an
impressive refereeing record
and represents her school with
pride.
Boys’ winner – Alexander Black
(St Andrew’s College)
Alexander has excelled as
both a football referee and
softball umpire, appointed to
officiate at the highest levels of
competition nationally.
From football’s Canterbury
Premier League and National
League to national softball
tournaments, he has earned
respect as a consistent, reliable,
and skilled official.
​
MOST OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT WITH A DISABILITY
Individual winner – Charlotte Murphy
(Cashmere High School)
Charlotte is one of New
Zealand’s top para swimmers,
St Margaret’s College senior A volleyball
Eliza O’Meagher
breaking multiple national
records and winning gold at the
NZ Open Championships.
Internationally, she medalled
at the World Para Series in
Melbourne and captained the
New Zealand team at the Tri
Series. A consistent national
champion, she is a rising star in
para sport.
​Team winner – Papanui High School
cross country
Papanui High School’s AWD
senior cross country team
shone on the national stage,
securing first place overall in
the para team category at the
national secondary schools’
cross country championships,
highlighting their resilience and
excellence.
​
MOST OUTSTANDING
ACHIEVEMENT IN ONE SPORT
Girls’ winner – Eliza O’Meagher
(Cashmere High School)
Eliza, a coxswain, led the New
Zealand under 19 men’s eight to
sixth place at the World Rowing
Championships.
For Cashmere, she also coxed
the girls’ under 18 quad team to
gold at the Maadi Regatta.​
Boys’ winner – Cooper Moore
(St Bede’s College)
Cooper is a top young
golfer, having won multiple
regional titles and competed in
professional tournaments.
Internationally, he has
represented New Zealand
at the Asia Pacific Amateur
Championships in Dubai and
the Toyota World Cup in Japan,
ranking inside the world’s top
200 amateurs.
MOST OUTSTANDING SPORTS TEAM
Girls’ winner – St Margaret’s College
senior A volleyball
The St Margaret’s volleyball
team were national secondary
schools champions this year,
with four players named in the
tournament team including MVP
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show at awards
Their success reflects teamwork
and excellence at the highest
level.​
Boys’ winner – Shirley Boys’ High School
senior A basketball
Shirley’s basketball
team completed a clean
sweep of competitions this year,
winning the regional Thomson
Trophy and the South Island title,
before claiming their first-ever
national championship after
beating Christ’s College in the
final.
​
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Girls’ winner – Lulu Inglis
(St Margaret’s College)
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in both volleyball and netball,
earning the nickname 'Miss
Consistent' at the national
volleyball final.
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Black Fins, and canoe racing at
the junior world championships.
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part of the first under 18 K4 500m
team to make an A final at the
world championships.
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Lulu Inglis
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Winner – Burnside High School
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to be active through a student-led
after-school fitness programme.
Offering everything from
yoga to powerlifting, it removed
barriers of cost and transport
while building confidence,
connection, and wellbeing.
This innovative initiative
continues to grow as a space
where girls can thrive together.
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Exploring Antarctica
from the classroom
Students have been exploring
Antarctica’s rich history as they
test out a new virtual Minecraft
world.
The project was launched
on Monday as part of the
Antarctic Heritage Trust’s
inspiring explorers education
programme. Minecraft is a
virtual sandbox game that
allows players to build and
explore immersive 3D worlds
using digital blocks. It is a
powerful tool for education
which is increasingly used in
classrooms across the globe.
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St Andrew's College students
have been exploring Captain
Robert Falcon Scott’s Discovery
Hut, the first expedition base
built on Antarctica’s Ross
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Island more than 121 years ago.
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12 students from Shirley
Intermediate who helped build
the initial version of the hut.
Designed as a collaborative
classroom activity, the
students’ journey started
aboard Scott’s ship, RRS
Discovery, before going ashore
to meet early explorers and
learn about life on the ice. St
Andrew's College students
tested the Minecraft world in
small collaborative groups.
Shirley Intermediate
students were then the first to
explore the finished Minecraft
world when it was officially
launched.
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“It’s not about what the teachers
want, it’s about what the
students are asking for.”
That is the guiding philosophy
behind the one-of-a-kind
football institute, where Ao
Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery
school students combine academic
learning with a passion
for football.
The football-focused programme,
launched earlier
this year in partnership with
Christchurch United FC, allows
students to earn NCEA levels 1,
2 and 3 through English, PE and
tailored football training.
All of the students transferred
from other schools specifically to
join the institute – including one
who moved alone from Invercargill
to take part.
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pathway offered at Ao
Tawhiti. The Prosillo Dance
Academy provides students with
a route into professional dance,
while other specialist options
include the digital media special
programme and the senior
college of philosophy – each
designed around students’ interests
and aspirations.
While the school follows the
official New Zealand curriculum,
every student’s plan is individually
tailored to meet their
learning needs.
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advisor Steve Hunt said studentdriven
learning was at the heart
of the programme’s success.
“So to sustainably grow and
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Ao Tawhiti football academy students spend three days a week at the Christchurch United sports centre and then attend
school for the rest of the week.
PHOTO: CHRISTCHURCH UNITED​
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school
Ian Hayes
competition,” said Ao Tawhiti
senior leader Ian Hayes.
“The school, the club, and the
students themselves are saying,
this would be the next cool
progression.”
Hunt said
students were
initially wary
of taking on too
much but had
grown confident
in balancing their
commitments.
“Although the
students were Sam Sheppard​
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overloading themselves at the
beginning, they can now see that
they can make it happen.”
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would give players something
tangible to work toward.
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train for, something that will
drive us as players.”
Hayes said plans were already
forming for what might come
next.
“And then after that, what can
we do? Getting the boys out to do
internships at sporting facilities
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The never-ending joy of roast lamb
From a hot roast one day to a
never-ending joy of cold cuts,
lamb is a versatile special treat,
writes Nigel Slater
I rarely roast a shoulder or leg
of lamb – they are expensive –
but like any roast, it feels like a
celebration. A special treat not
only to eat warm, but for the
meals that follow.
​
ROAST LAMB
Serves 5-6. Ready in 2 hours
Slow cooking produces a
particularly tender result,
although it is unlikely to be pink
inside, as it would be with a cut
roasted at high temperature.
​
Ingredients
2kg lamb shoulder
a little olive oil
8 anchovy fillets
3 bushy rosemary sprigs
8 thyme sprigs
​200ml vegetable or chicken stock
or water
350g spring greens
250g shelled peas
​
Method
• Heat the oven to 180°C. Lay
the lamb in a large roasting tin,
then thoroughly rub all over with
olive oil.
• Season with sea salt and black
pepper. Pierce the fat in 15 or so
places, pushing 3-4cm deep into
the flesh.
• Finely chop the anchovies.
Pull the leaves from the rosemary
and thyme, then chop them
finely and mix with the chopped
anchovies. Push these down into
the slits in the lamb with your
fingers.
• Roast the lamb for an
hour and a half until the fat is
translucent, the colour of pale
honey.
• Remove the lamb from the tin
and set aside on a warm platter
to rest. I like to cover it with foil
at this point, to keep it nicely
warm.
• Trim and roughly chop the
stems of the greens, removing
the tender leaves and setting
them aside. (They will be used
later.) Place the roasting tin over
a moderate heat and pour in the
stock or water.
• Bring to the boil, then stir
with a wooden spatula or spoon
to dislodge all the roasted meat
juices from the pan, then add
the peas and stems of the greens
and cover the pan with foil to
allow the vegetables to cook in
their own steam. Leave for 4 or 5
minutes, turning once.
• Add the leaves of the greens
now, turning them in the hot
juices until they have wilted. Lift
all the vegetables on to a serving
dish.
• Turn up the heat under the
roasting tin and let it bubble for
a minute or two, then check the
seasoning. I like to add a little
red wine vinegar sometimes, or
perhaps a trickle of honey.
• Carve the lamb and serve
with the greens, peas and
roasting juices.
ROAST LAMB SANDWICHES WITH
CRUSHED PEAS AND WASABI
Enough for 4 open sandwiches
Lamb works very well when
eaten as a cold cut, but I think
it benefits from being used at
room temperature or, even
better, still slightly warm, rather
than fridge cold. So that will
make this a recipe for a Sunday
evening sandwich rather than
Monday night.
Ingredients
250g peas
1 tbsp wasabi paste
40g butter
4 thick slices sourdough bread
a little olive oil
salad leaves – mustard,
watercress, little gem lettuce
4 handfuls leftover roast lamb
roasting juices optional, but good
if you have some leftover
Method
• Put a saucepan with 100ml
water in it on to boil, salt it
lightly, then add the peas. Cook
until the peas are tender (3-4
minutes only if you are using
frozen peas, but 4-10 minutes if
using fresh, depending on their
age.)
• Drain the peas, add the
wasabi paste and butter, then
crush with a vegetable masher. I
like them to retain quite a bit of
texture, while others may prefer
to mash them to a smoother
consistency. Taste the mixture
and season if necessary.
• Toast the pieces of sourdough
bread lightly on both sides. I
have a preference for a few
charred edges on the crust.
• Sprinkle the surface of the
toast with a little olive oil, then
lay a few of the salad leaves on
each slice.
• Place a couple of spoonfuls
of the crushed pea mixture on
top of the leaves then add some
slices of the cold roast lamb.
• Salt the lamb generously,
then trickle over a few spoonfuls
of either olive oil or the delicious
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CROSSWORD
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7 8 9
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425
SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
E D E
G Y R
6
325 325
G Y R
words of three or more letters,
How many words of three or more
including plurals, can you make from the six
letters, using each letter only once? No foreign
How words or beginning with a capital are
from many the words six letters, of three using or more each letters, only
allowed. There's at least one six-letter word.
including once? plurals, can you make from the six
TODAY
letters, No Good words using 15 each beginning Very letter Good only 18 with once? Excellent a capital No 21 foreign are
words or words beginning with a capital are
allowed.
allowed. Solution There's 324: There’s aft, ate, least daft, at date, one
least deaf, six-letter
one DEFEAT, six-letter
word. deft,
word. eat, eft, eta, fad, fade, fat, fate, fated, feat, fed, fee,
feed, feet, feta, fête, TODAY fêted, tad, tea, ted, tee, teed.
Good 15 Very Good 18 Excellent 21
letters, including plurals, can you make
18
19 20 21 22
Solution 324: aft, ate, daft, date, deaf, DEFEAT, deft,
eat, eft, eta, fad, fade, fat, fate, fated, feat, fed, fee,
feed, feet, feta, fête, fêted, tad, tea, ted, tee, teed.
23 24
25 26
Across
7. Ready (8)
9. Agree (6)
10. Former Russian ruler (4)
11. Self belief (10)
12. Astrological diagram (6)
14. Pre dinner drink (8)
15. Made to look guilty (6)
16. Movement (6)
19. Put up with (8)
21. Small sailboat (6)
23. Rule (10)
24. Talk (4)
25. Stinging plant (6)
26. Innocuous (8)
Decoder
Down
1. Wall painting (6)
2. Box lightly, as in training (4)
3. Three-wheeler (8)
4. Writer (6)
5. Hesitancy (10)
6. Meeting point of two paths (8)
8. Refusal of a request (6)
13. Not sufficient (10)
15. Bloomed (8)
17. Unexceptional (8)
18. Die (6)
20. Astounded (6)
22. Funeral vehicle (6)
24. Pacify (4)
Crossword
Across: 7. Prepared, 9. Concur, 10. Tsar, 11. Confidence, 12. Zodiac, 14.
Aperitif, 15. Framed, 16. Motion, 19. Tolerate, 21. Dinghy, 23. Regulation,
24. Chat, 25. Nettle, 26. Harmless.
Down: 1. Fresco, 2. Spar, 3. Tricycle, 4. Scribe, 5. Indecision, 6. Junction,
8. Denial, 13. Inadequate, 15. Flowered, 17. Ordinary, 18. Perish, 20.
Amazed, 22. Hearse, 24. Calm.
WordBuilder
Deer, drey, dry, dye, dyer, edge, edger, edgy, ere, erg, eye, eyed, gee,
geed, greed, GREEDY, grey, GREYED, gyre, red, reed, reedy, rye.
DECODER
Each number represents a different letter of the alphabet. Write the
given letters into all squares with matching numbers. Now work out
which letters are represented by the other numbers.
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