Nor'West News: December 18, 2025

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Polluted stream 

gets new life 

breathed into it 

The Addington Brook renewal 

project has been completed, 

marking a major step forward 

for one of the most polluted 

waterways in Christchurch. 

Spring and stormwater-fed 

Addington Brook winds through 

industrial land in the city’s southwest, 

before passing through 

South Hagley Park and flowing 

into the Ōtākaro-Avon River. 

Previously, The Star, January the brook 23, 2025 faced 

several challenges within the 

park including slumping banks, 

limited drainage capacity, poor 

biodiversity, and blockages 

caused by trees. 

In some areas, the narrow 

waterway was difficult to distinguish, 

The with Star, January a three-metre-high 

23, 2025 

drop creating a hazard for pedestrians 

and cyclists using the park. 

With the renewal now complete, 

the city council says 

ongoing benefits will include: 

• Flattened and stabilised 

banks that improve drainage, 

enhance The Star, waterway January 23, health, 2025 and 

increase park safety; 

• New native riparian strips 

which protect against erosion 

and filter contaminants; 

• New ecological habitat for 

eels and fish, providing shelter 

from predators and resting spots 

during storm flows; 

• 500 new trees which will 

allow for a range of tree species 

of various ages and heights along 

the waterway; 

• A renewed pathway along the 

top of the southern bank, perfect 

for walkers; 

• New access points to the 

waterway at select, gently sloped, 

grassed locations for easier identification 

and use; 

In two to three years, the 

area will be flourishing as 

trees and plants become more 

fully established, a city council 

spokesperson said. 

“The project team will continue 

monitoring and maintaining 

the site and will carry out additional 

planting during next year’s 

season to ensure the landscape 

thrives.” 


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Jenny Wright 

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Restoring history: Decades-long 

BY GEOFF SLOAN 

For 26 years, Dag Guest 

has poured time, skill and 

determination into restoring 

one of the rarest warbirds in 

existence – a World War 2 de 

Havilland Mosquito 98. 

“It’s a very historically significant 

aircraft,” he said. 

More than 7700 Mosquitos 

were built from 1940-1950, 

serving in multiple roles from 

fighters to bombers. Only about 

30 are left worldwide and just 

five are still capable of flying. 

Guest is one of about 30 

volunteers at the Ferrymead 

Aeronautical Society, a group 

dedicated to preserving New 

Zealand’s aviation history at 

Ferrymead Heritage Park. 

He leads a team of four volunteers 

to restore Mosquito 

HR339, the last surviving 

aircraft operated by No 487 

Squadron RNZAF and the only 

surviving Mosquito flown by an 

RNZAF squadron during WW2. 

The de Havilland Mk VI Mosquito 

flew 31 combat operations 

between December 1944 and 

May 1945. 

“It saw action over Germany, 

and it was severely damaged by 

flak while attacking a train during 

operation Clarion, forcing it 

to belly-land at an emergency 

airfield,” said Guest. 

After extensive repairs, 

HR339 returned to No 487 

Squadron in April 1945, continuing 

its service. 

Dag Guest with the fuselage of Mosquito NZ2328, which he is combining with the wings of Mosquito HR339 to form a single 

aircraft. Inset – NZ2328 in service with the No 75 Squadron RNZAF. 

In 1948, it was flown to 

RNZAF Ohakea near Palmerston 

North and later written off after 

it was involved in a taxiing accident 

at RNZAF Wigram. 

It was sold to a Banks Peninsula 

farmer in 1952, who cut it 

into pieces small enough to fit 

on his small truck and transported 

it back to his farm at 

Pigeon Bay. 

The remains were spotted 

by members of the Aviation 

Historical Society in 1972 and 

retrieved by Ferrymead Aeronautical 

Society volunteers. 

Guest is a former aircraft 

engineer and a furniture maker. 

Yet advice from around the 

world was there was no way the 

master craftsman could repair 

that much damage – and not to 

bother trying. 

“Well, that was like a red rag 

to a bull to me. I like a challenge,” 

said Guest. 

The restoration project combines 

the fuselage of another 

Mosquito, NZ2328, with the 

wings of HR339 to make a single 

aircraft to static display 

standard. 

“It’s taken me 26 years to 

repair the fuselage. It was very 

badly damaged, particularly 

around the starboard cockpit 

area,” said Guest. 

However, after more than a 

quarter of a century, the project 

doesn’t look like being completed 

anytime soon. 

“The structural repairs are 

extremely complicated. As far 

as we know, there’s only one 

other person in the world who's 

tackled wings as badly damaged 

as ours.” 

But that doesn’t faze the energetic 

73-year-old. 

Born in Bradford, England, 

Guest became known as ‘Dag’ 

after enlisting with the Royal 

Naval Reserve Air Branch at age 

17. 

“I walked into a Royal Navy 

mess with the initials D.A.G on 

my kitbag. Someone just said 

you must be Dag, and the name 

stuck.” 

It was used so much he had it 

changed to his legal name. 

Guest went on to train as an 

aircraft engineer with the Royal 

Navy. He left the navy in 1978 

after for 10 years. 

“After I left the navy, I worked 

for an American company in 

the Middle East. Unfortunately 

I got caught up in the January 

1979 Iranian Revolution and 

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effort to rebuild WW2 Mosquito 

The Iranian Revolution saw 

the US-backed shah overthrown 

and an Islamic Republic 

established, led by Ayatollah 

Khomeini, who had returned 

from exile. 

Guest said after he was evacuated 

to America, he retrained 

and got further qualifications 

and a job working on Bell 

helicopters. 

In December 1979, he came to 

New Zealand on holiday. 

“I was broke and needed to 

work, so I got a six-month work 

permit and got a job as an aircraft 

maintenance engineer at 

Christchurch Airport.” 

When his work permit ended, 

he applied for permanent 

residency. Two years later, he 

married a New Zealander. 

When asked how his wife 

Carol feels about the amount of 

time he devotes to his long-term 

labour of love, Guest said she 

was very supportive. 

“She puts up with it, and 

treats it as a good reason to 

send me out of the house.” 

In 1984, Guest changed 

careers and opened a handmade 

furniture business at 

Ferrymead Heritage Park. 

He joined the aeronautical 

society six years later. 

“I had my furniture business 

in the park, but when I moved 

it out I joined the aeronautical 

society so I could still have 

access to Ferrymead.” 

The park is home to a 

significant collection of 10 fixed 

A self-taught woodworker, Guest crafts high quality furniture when he is not working on rebuilding the largely wooden 

Mosquito fighter-bomber. 

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wing aircraft, ranging from a 

Vickers Viscount airliner with a 

94ft wingspan, to a de Havilland 

Vampire jet fighter and a 

Lockheed Hudson light bomber. 

The aircraft represent New 

Zealand’s civil and military 

history of aviation from WW2 

to the present day. The park 

also boasts one of the largest 

collections of helicopters in 

New Zealand, with seven 

complete or near-complete 

aircraft. 

The society welcomed the 

former aircraft engineer turned 

woodworker with open arms. 

Guest said it “gently nudged me 

towards the Mosquito”. 

It was an ideal fit, as the WW2 

de Havilland Mosquito was 

famously constructed primarily 

from wood, earning it the 

wartime nickname “Wooden 

Wonder”. 

It was constructed of plywood 

and balsa wood, along with 

spruce for spars and ash for 

framing, which minimised 

the use of metal which was a 

scarce commodity in wartime 

Britain. 

Guest said they could easily 

have sped up the restoration 

process by installing metal 

plates to repair the aircraft, 

“but that just wouldn’t look 

right.” 

He still runs his Halswellbased 

hand-made furniture 

business, but after semi-retiring 

earlier this year has been able 

to spend a lot more time on the 

Mosquito’s restoration. 

“With the progress we're 

making now, I would hope that 

the wing would be together in 

five years, but it may be more.” 

He said if all goes to plan, 

the Mosquito may be ready for 

public display in about 10 years. 

“Provided I don’t go 

doolally, I’d like to keep 

going until it’s finished 

. . . to get the airplane 

together and on display.” 

Dag Guest 

“But that all depends on if we 

get a new building.” 

He said a bigger display space 

would be needed when the 

wings are reunited with the 

Mosquito’s fuselage. 

“We’d like to be able to raise 

the money to house the Mosquito, 

along with the vampire 

and Lockheed Hudson – but 

that’s just a pipe dream at the 

moment.” 

He said the uncertain future 

of Ferrymead Heritage Park 

was also a worry for the society. 

However, he remains unfazed 

by the scale of the rebuild. 

“Provided I don’t go doolally, 

I’d like to keep going until it's 

finished. What we want to do is 

get the airplane together, and 

on display.” 

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or parts to help complete the 

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Creative dream for derelict stables 

BY KEES CHALMERS 

A plan to turn an abandoned historic 

building into a haven for artists is taking 

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Te Puna Auaha Trust chair Paul 

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“For Lyttelton, with such a strong arts 

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Desiree Moot’s Christmas and Lego House includes a cake and gingerbread 

themed kitchen and walk-through grotto. 

Christmas house sparkles for a good cause 

BY GEOFF SLOAN 

Desiree Moot has spent the past 

17 years transforming her home 

into a Christmas wonderland, 

opening the doors to the public 

each December to raise money 

for charity. 

This year, she is again fundraising 

for Hope Alive 

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supporting women living in 

poverty. 

Her oldest daughter is a nurse 

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said Moot. 

She is aiming to raise $5000 

for the non-profit charity. 

“We’ve never made that 

amount before. We raised $1500 

last year and $2500 the year 

before that to send to them.” 

The Casebrook resident 

said her Christmas decorating 

started off innocently enough. 

“It was a just small collection 

going down the hallway into 

one room, but each year it just 

kept getting bigger. Pretty much 

it’s the whole house and property 

now.” 

Moot said this year’s display 

is be the biggest yet, with a 

walk-through grotto, 10 Christmas 

trees, 11 different themed 

areas, a hallway covered in 

jigsaw puzzles, and a village 

with a train running through 

it. She said the kitchen is cake 

and gingerbread themed, while 

there will be photo opportunities 

among the teddy bears in 

the dining room. 

Moot’s Lego displays have 

proved popular over the past 

three to four years, she said. 

“That’s pretty much to draw 

the men in as well, and the children 

who naturally love Lego.” 

The Lego displays include a 

Harry Potter themed bedroom, 

and builds taking up the whole 

garage. 

“I leave it set up all year 

round. It’s too big a job to take it 

all down,” she said. 

Moot starts planning and setting 

up in October. 

“Every year, I make sure I 

rearrange everything and display 

it all different,” she said. 

“I love Christmas. I love 

colour.” 

The Christmas and Lego 

House at 11 Tullamore Pl, 

Casebrook, is open to the public 

from Friday until December 24, 

7.30-11.30pm. 

Entry is $2.50 a person, cash 

only. 

It’s beginning to look a lot like 

Christmas! 

I have enjoyed taking part in the usual 

Santa parades this month – it’s always 

good to see so many families turn out to 

support their local parade. Thanks to all 

those involved in organising these major 

community events, and well done to all 

the participants – there were some pretty 

impressive-looking floats and I’m sure a 

lot of work went into creating them. 

It was a privilege to be part of the official 

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resilience. After everything this city has 

been through, people deserve places that 

bring joy and opportunity. 

I took some time to visit the Potters 

Kitchen Christmas breakfast event 

outside the Redwood Library the other 

day. I am grateful to Robbie Drew and the 

team at Potters Kitchen for their hard work 

throughout the year, but especially at this 

time of year. 

Robbie and his team thoroughly deserved 

their recognition earlier this 

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Canterbury - they do an incredible job. 

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attend as many school prizegiving 

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those who have worked so hard 

throughout the academic year. 

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students and teaching staff around the 

electorate a well-deserved rest over the 

summer break. 

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electorate whenever possible, it’s been a 

busy year in Parliament with the 

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and youth offending, while the cell phone 

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to that tax relief, rates rebates for seniors 

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4. Uncommon (4) 

5. Summit (4) 

6. Platitude (6) 

7. Feverish (7) 

8. Boggy (6) 

9. Flaw (6) 

13. Legitimately (7) 

14. Law (7) 

15. Fractured (7) 

20. Financial (6) 

21. Seclude (7) 

23. Overshadow (7) 

24. Edible part of a nut (6) 

25. Die (6) 

26. Take back (6) 

29. Hades (4) 

30. Male deer (4) 

Crossword 

Across: 1. Colour, 5. Pacify, 10. Aviator, 11. Amiable, 12. Swivel, 15. Choice, 

16. Texture, 17. Yank, 18. Feat, 19. Tactics, 20. Fail, 22. Leak, 25. Platter, 27. 

Storey, 28. Dealer, 31. Avarice, 32. Trample, 33. Lethal, 34. Gunner. 

Down: 2. Opinion, 3. Outset, 4. Rare, 5. Peak, 6. Cliché, 7. Febrile, 8. Marshy, 

9. Defect, 13. Legally, 14. Statute, 15. Cracked, 20. Fiscal, 21. Isolate, 23. 

Eclipse, 24. Kernel, 25. Perish, 26. Regain, 29. Hell, 30. Stag. 

WordBuilder 

Demo, doe, dole, dome, due, duel, duo, eld, elm, emu, led, leu, lode, loud, 

ludo, meld, mod, mode, model, MODULE, mold, mole, moue, mould, mud, 

mule, ode, old. 

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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