Nor'West News: March 12, 2026

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BY GEOFF SLOAN
Two The Star, 8m-tall January artworks 23, 2025which
the Crusaders helped to weave
have been hung on the walls at
The Youth Hub Christchurch.
David Havili, Sevu Reece,
Will Jordan, Scott Barrett,
Codie Taylor and Tamaiti
Williams were among the
volunteers The Star, January who 23, helped 2025
handweave the giant panels.
The artworks were placed in
atrium of the Salisbury St hub,
which provides health, housing
and social services for
at-risk people aged 10-25.
The Crusaders joined volunteers
The Star, January from businesses,
23, 2025
retirement villages and
churches to create the traditional
woven panels
(tukutuku) using cross-stitches
to show the land, berries,
plants, birds and water.
Inspired by traditional Māori
patterns, they represent a
young person’s development.
Youth Hub Trust chair Dame
Sue Bagshaw said the artworks
were a community project.
“We wanted our supporters
to be able to leave a real mark
on the building.
“The care and pride people
put into weaving these panels
has been incredibly humbling
and seeing them finally
installed in the atrium was a
very special moment for us.”
Sevu Reece, Will Jordan and Scott Barrett hand-weaving one of the panels.
Right – Dame Sue Bagshaw and Jordan in front of one of the completed panels
at Youth Hub Christchurch.
The panels symbolise the
journey of learning, growth,
and achievement (poutama)
young people take at the hub.
“The poutama design speaks
about striving and growth –
climbing the steps towards
your potential,” Bagshaw said.
Fundraising to complete the
hub’s second wing of supported
housing and communal
spaces, including a café, is
continuing.
The hub’s 22 bedrooms
house more than 50 young
people and have been fully
occupied since they opened in
February last year.
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Far from home and fearing
A Kurdish woman living in
Christchurch fears for loved ones
in Iran as violence escalates and
communication lines collapse.
She talks to Dylan Smits
Farah keeps her phone nearby
with the ringtone turned up at
all hours, waiting for the rare
calls that might come from her
family in Iran.
Using only her first name out
of fear for her family’s safety,
she says the calls have become
even more precious as war and
unrest grip the country.
With an internet blackout and
phone calls into Iran shut down
by the regime, Farah can only
learn how her family is doing
when they are able to call her –
and even those connections are
unreliable.
“I hardly have news from
my relatives. My parents can
call me sometimes. I know my
city was bombed as well and
it was very stressful for me.
You know, if anyone was hurt
or died. My family is okay but
three civilians have been hurt
unfortunately.”
Her family’s calls carry risks
for them, so Farah carefully
avoids any political discussion
on the phone in case authorities
are monitoring.
“Sometimes my parents call
me at 1am and I just want to
make sure I am able to pick the
phone. I am so glad my job is
Farah has made a life for herself in Christchurch over the past 12 years but worries for her family who still live in Iran.
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so flexible, and I’ve got amazing
co-workers with me that are
really understanding if I need
to be on the phone.”
Farah, who has lived in
Christchurch since 2014, is
Kurdish and says her family has
long experienced oppression
under the Iranian regime.
Kurds make up about 10%
of Iran’s population and are
often targeted by authorities
“I was happy but I
wanted to cry at the
same time. It was
hard for me to believe.
He was exactly like
a dragon to his own
people, and the dragon
had to go.”
Farah, after learning of the
death of Iran’s Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei
for political and cultural
repression.
Her distrust of the government
hardened when she was a
teenager after her older brother
was imprisoned and tortured.
He had travelled to Turkey as
a young man and began military
training with the Kurdistan
Workers’ Party, commonly
known as the PKK.
The PKK is a controversial
guerrilla group fighting for an
independent Kurdistan and is
considered a terrorist organisation
by Iran, Turkey, Australia,
the European Union, the United
States, and New Zealand.
“He did not do any fighting,
just training, but when he
returned they put him in jail for
several weeks.
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for the safety of her family
“He came out with scars and
they burnt his body in many
different places, and he was
hanged upside down. He was
hurt a lot. It was a deep punishment
to make sure he’d never
forget,” Farah said.
In what was the toughest time
for the family, Farah’s father
begged local authorities not to
execute his son, pleading he
had been a naive young man
who did not know any better.
Seeing the effects of torture
on her brother shaped Farah’s
views of the regime.
Like many other Kurds in
Iran, Turkey, Syria and Iraq,
Farah dreams of an independent,
democratic Kurdish state.
Despite the uncertainty
of what comes next in Iran,
she feels a sense of hope for
her people after the death of
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali
Khamenei in a US-Israeli strike.
“It was like a very mixed
emotion. I still remember I was
happy but I wanted to cry at the
same time. It was hard for me
to believe. He was exactly like a
dragon to his own people, and
the dragon had to go.”
But the violence has also
come at a heavy cost.
The bombing campaigns have
struck close to home, with civilians
injured in the city where
Farah grew up.
Several weeks ago, during
the crackdown on anti-government
protests, her best friend’s
brother was shot dead by
Smoke rises over Iran’s capital Tehran as US and Israeli aircraft continue to pound the city.
security forces – among an estimated
more than 30,000 killed.
“He was only doing Kurdish
dance in the street, just seeking
freedom. He had a little son,
a very beautiful family, a very
happy life.”
Farah left Iran to escape the
restrictive laws woman face
such as enforced hijab (the
headscarf worn by many Muslim
women), and for better job
opportunities which are not
always available to the Kurdish
minority.
Although her parents are
against enforced hijab, she
remembers they always made
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sure she wore it in public, otherwise
she could have been
questioned by police or even
arrested.
“Being Kurdish, we don’t
wear hijab at home or in our
culture, but we always had
to wear it and cover up when
on the street, at schools or
Kurdish women at a rally in Paris
celebrate the death of Iran’s Supreme
Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and senior
Iranian officials in Israeli-American
airstrikes.
at universities. It makes you
unhappy as a girl. You want to
live freely.”
Moving to Christchurch was,
she says, a breath of fresh air.
She started out studying mathematics
and physics, and is now
a New Zealand citizen.
“One of the first places I saw
was Hagley Park and the lovely
scenery there. Christchurch
actually reminds me a bit of
home because of the Port Hills
and the type of buildings.”
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“I had no choice but to adjust.
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Grant approval throws lifeline to historic tug
BY KEES CHALMERS
Mike Bruce’s dream of seeing
Tug Lyttelton out on the harbour
again is getting closer to being
realised after a $44,000 grant
was approved last week.
The historic tug has been
hauling ships and hosting
weddings since 1907, but a
broken boiler has kept it tied up
at the wharf for the past twoand-a-half
years. Repairs are
expected to cost at least $220,000.
The funding from Lotteries
NZ will go towards a feasibility
study to determine whether the
tug can operate sustainably in
the future.
Bruce, the Tug Lyttelton
Preservation Society president,
said the study was an important
step forward.
“It’s an
intermediary step,
which is very
essential to us.”
The study will
be carried out
by Recreation,
Sport, Leisure
Consultancy.
Bruce said the
timeline for its
assessment is not yet known.
He has been speaking with
Mike Bruce
potential funders but said many
were waiting for the results
of a feasibility study before
committing to the restoration.
“Without having the feasibility
study, no one would look at us,”
he said.
If the refit goes ahead, Bruce
believes the tug could continue
operating for another 50 years.
Tug Lyttelton has been tied up for the past two-and-a-half years due to a broken boiler which will cost at least $220,000 to fix.
He is confident the study will
show the vessel can remain
viable, pointing to the passing
down of knowledge among
current members, strong
community support and plans
to switch from coal to biofuel.
The society currently has
about $16,000 left in its account
for operational costs, mostly
leftover from charters during
SailGP in 2024.
Even while it remains tied up,
the society still spends about
$22,000 a year to keep the tug at
the wharf, covering insurance
and maritime fees.
Bruce said the past 15 to 20
years had been difficult for the
vessel, with the earthquakes,
Port Hills fires and Covid-19
limiting revenue.
Membership of the society
has halved while the boat has
been out of action, with about
100 members remaining.
“We lost income, we lost
opportunity, we lost a lot of
members,” he said.
Despite this, Bruce remains in
contact with former members
and is confident many will
return once the tug is operating
again.
The society has continued
working on the vessel while
it sits at the wharf, with 18
volunteers meeting every
Thursday to carry out any
maintenance.
It also sells Tug Lyttelton
merchandise, is preparing to
release a book and launched a
fundraising campaign late last
year encouraging 1000 people to
donate $10 a month.
Bruce said the campaign was
beginning to gain traction.
“I was about ready to pull the
plug on the society – either late
this year or very early next year
– when I looked at what was
coming up, what money we had
in hand.
“But now she’s got a potential
future.”
Bruce hopes to raise enough
money to repair the boiler and
get the tug back on the water by
late this year or early 2027.
Even if the study raises concerns,
he said the society would
not walk away from the vessel.
“We would address it and try
and overcome it and go back
again. You don’t just walk away,
not from a 120-year legacy,” he
said.
Bruce has been a member of
the preservation society since
1982 and has been president for
the last six years.
“It means everything. There’s
something about the ship and the
people it attracts that makes me
put in full-time hours as part of
the preservation society to get it
up and going again.
“You’re building a legacy for
future generations, built on
the skills and knowledge and
abilities of past generations.”
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Tastes like sunshine
As summer comes to an end,
celebrate the last of the season’s
berries and stone fruits with
simple yet elegant dishes, writes
Nigel Slater
BLACKCURRANT JELLY
A bright, tart and flavoursome
jelly, seasoned with nostalgial.
Frozen blackcurrants work
perfectly here.
Ingredients
Serves 4
250g blackcurrants
500ml water
80g caster sugar
3 small sheets gelatine
edible petals to decorate
(optional)
100g creme fraiche, to serve
Method
• Remove the stems from the
blackcurrants and put the fruit in
a stainless steel saucepan. Pour
in the water, add the sugar and
bring to the boil. Soak the sheets
of gelatine in a bowl of cold
water.
• Once the blackcurrants have
started to burst and the liquid
has become a deep purple syrup,
pour them into a sieve over a jug
and let them drip for 5 minutes.
Lift the softened gelatine from
the water and drop into the
hot syrup, stirring until it has
dissolved.
• Pour the syrup into 4 small
dishes or glasses (it looks
particularly good in the latter)
and leave to set in the fridge for
4 hours.
• The jelly is ready when it
quivers lightly when shaken. The
longer it spends in the fridge, the
firmer it will become.
• Should you wish, decorate the
jellies with a few edible petals
and offer a little creme fraiche to
go with them.
​
​
PEACH AND CREAM CHEESE TARTS
Crisp pastry and sweet,
luscious peaches – these work
well as a dessert or for tea.
Ingredients
Makes 6
200g full-fat cream cheese
50g ground almonds
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 Tbsp caster sugar
6 ripe peaches, each cut into 6
segments, stones removed
4 Tbsp fruit jelly (apple, apricot
or medlar)
For the pastry
200g plain flour
150g butter, chilled
½ tsp salt
50ml water, ice cold
1 egg, lightly beaten
Method
• You will need a large baking
sheet. First make the pastry. Put
the flour into the bowl of a food
mixer fitted with a flat, paddle
attachment. Chop the butter, add
it to the flour, mixing until you
have crumbs of differing sizes.
• Stir in the salt and water and
mix briefly to bring it to a firm,
ragged dough. Tip the dough on
to a floured board, then press in
a thick, squarish block, wrap in
greaseproof paper and rest it in
the fridge for 30 minutes.
• Roll the dough into a long
rectangle, about 15cm x 40cm.
Fold the bottom third up and the
top third down over it, as if you
were folding a letter.
Turn the dough one quarter
turn clockwise, then repeat the
rolling and folding. If you have
time, rest the dough again.
• Roll out the pastry into a
rectangle, about 30cm x 20cm.
Cut into 6 equal rectangles, then
place them, with space between,
on a baking sheet.
• Using the tip of a knife, score
a smaller rectangle 1cm in from
the edges of each piece. Leave in
the fridge to chill for 30 minutes.
• To make the filling, put the
cream cheese into a mixing bowl,
then add the ground almonds,
vanilla extract and sugar, and stir
until combined. Set the oven at
210°C fan and put a baking sheet
on the middle rack.
• Brush the outside rim of each
pastry rectangle with a little of
the beaten egg, taking care not to
let it drip down the edges (which
would stop the pastry rising).
Bake the chilled pastries for 15
minutes, or until pale gold.
• Remove the partly baked
pastries from the oven. Create a
slight hollow in the centre of each
one by pressing down the inner
scored square with the back of
a teaspoon. Fill the hollows with
the cream cheese mixture, then
return to the oven and bake for
a further 10 minutes, until the
surface of the filling is just set.
• Remove the pastries from the
oven and top each one with an
even number of the peach slices,
pressing them gently into the
cream cheese filling.
• Melt the fruit jelly in a small
saucepan, then brush it over the
top of the pastries and peaches.
Leave to cool. These are best
enjoyed on the same day.
​
RASPBERRY GRANITA
A cross between a sorbet and a
Japanese kakigori (shaved ice). I
make this raspberry one the most
often, but black- or redcurrants
in place of the berries are
refreshing too.
Ingredients
Serves 4
200ml water
100g sugar
500g raspberries, plus extra to
serve
120 ml blackcurrant cordial
creme fraiche to serve (optional)
Method
• Put the water and sugar into
a small pan and bring to the boil.
Remove from the heat as soon as
the sugar has dissolved and allow
to cool. Put the fruit in a blender
or food processor and reduce to
a puree. Push the puree through
a sieve into a bowl to remove the
seeds.
• Stir the cordial and the cooled
syrup into the bowl of raspberry
puree, then pour into a freezer
container. Cover tightly with a
lid and freeze for about an hour
and a-half. Check the granita’s
progress regularly, stirring the
freezing edges into the middle.
• Continue freezing and stirring
in the edges every hour or so
until the mixture is frozen solid.
Draw the tines of a fork through
the granita to produce furrows of
ice crystals. It will keep like this
in the freezer for a day or two.
• Serve with creme fraiche and
extra raspberries, if you like.
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SUDOKU
Every row, column and box should
contain the digits 1 to 9.
WordBuilder
WORDBUILDER
U A R
M E N
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341 341
M E N
many words of three or more letters,
How
including
many
plurals,
words
can you
of
make
three
from
or
the
more
six
letters, using each letter only once? No foreign
How words or beginning with a capital are
from many
allowed.
the words
There's
six letters, of three
at least one
using or more
six-letter
each letters,
word.
only
including once? plurals, can you make from the six
TODAY
letters, Good using 19 each Very letter Good only 24 once? Excellent No 28 foreign
No words beginning with a capital are
words Solution or words 340: ben, beginning berk, bone, with boner, a capital bonk, bore, are
allowed. allowed. born, borne, There's There’s bro, broke, at least BROKEN, at one least six-letter ebon, one eon, six-letter word. ken,
word. keno, kerb, kern, knob, krone, neb, nob, nor, nork,
one, orb, ore, rob, robe, TODAY roe.
Good 19 Very Good 24 Excellent 28
Solution 340: ben, berk, bone, boner, bonk, bore,
born, borne, bro, broke, BROKEN, ebon, eon, ken,
keno, kerb, kern, knob, krone, neb, nob, nor, nork,
one, orb, ore, rob, robe, roe.
letters, including plurals, can you make
27 28
29 30
31 32
33 34
Across
1. Cadaver (6)
5. Accident (6)
10. Din (7)
11. Intimidate (7)
12. Linger (6)
15. Frustrate (6)
16. Need (7)
17. Shade (4)
18. Pace (4)
19. Immediate (7)
20. Smack (4)
22. Minor argument (4)
25. Block, frustrate (colloq) (7)
27. Skilled (6)
28. Natural ability (6)
31. Canonise (7)
32. Stupid and silly (7)
33. Agreement (6)
34. Type of ring (6)
Decoder
Down
2. Loud applause (7)
3. Appropriate (6)
4. British peer (4)
5. Heath (4)
6. Boil with anger (6)
7. Determined (7)
8. Shape (6)
9. Restrained or repressed (4-2)
13. Leftover (7)
14. Sell to the highest bid (7)
15. Cheap piece of jewellery (7)
20. Worn out, threadbare (6)
21. Debts (7)
23. Assumption (7)
24. Wobble (6)
25. Figure of speech (6)
26. Classification (6)
29. Abscess (4)
30. Prohibits (4)
Crossword
Across: 1. Corpse, 5. Mishap, 10. Clamour, 11. Overawe, 12. Loiter,
15. Thwart, 16. Require, 17. Tint, 18. Step, 19. Instant, 20. Slap, 22. Spat,
25. Snooker, 27. Adroit, 28. Talent, 31. Beatify, 32. Asinine, 33. Assent,
34. Signet.
Down: 2. Ovation, 3. Proper, 4. Earl, 5. Moor, 6. Seethe, 7. Adamant, 8.
Sculpt, 9. Pent-up, 13. Remnant, 14. Auction, 15. Trinket, 20. Shabby, 21.
Arrears, 23. Premise, 24. Totter, 25. Simile, 26. Rating, 29. Cyst, 30. Bars.
WordBuilder: amen, are, arm, arum, ear, earn, emu, era, man, mane,
MANURE, mar, mare, mean, men, menu, mun, name, namer, near, ram,
ran, ream, rue, rum, rumen, run, rune, unarm, urea, urn.
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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