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kaupapa you would
be blessed in more ways than
Two community advocates
one’. It really resonated with
have joined forces to revitalise
me.”
a “boring” park.
Kjellberg envisions a space
Woolston YouthTown team
“outside of four walls” where
leader Roz Potter and Roimata
people of all generations can
Gardens volunteer advocate
come together and connect in
Sarah Kjellberg want to turn
person.
Radley Park into
She plans for
an intergen-
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the garden’s
erational space
large table to be
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that is valued by
used for food
young and old.
Woolston YouthTown is cleaning up and the surrounding
green
Radley Park
the dilapidated community gardens
near Ferry Rd
area at Radley Park.
space for outdoor
movies,
has the Heathcote
Expressway
Potter contacted city council harakeke weaving,
and arts and Sarah
Roz Potter cycle path run-
play advocate Lou Van Ton-
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Kjellberg
ning through it.
It has a children’s playground
and a dog park at the eastern
end, and the Roimata Community
Gardens on its western
side.
Potter said the seed of the
revitalisation project was
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planted by YouthTown, a
national not-for-profit that
works with children aged
11-24. Youthtown has a centre
on Ferry Rd, and during its
after-school and holiday programmes,
Potter sometimes
takes participants to the park.
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“They often say to me: ‘Man,
this park is so boring’,” Potter
said.
Young people told her
they were unimpressed with
the playground, which was
designed for much younger
children, and the grassy area
near the gardens had been
neglected.
Potter asked them what
they would put in the park.
The youths enthusiastically
suggested a climbing frame,
murals along the paths, solar
panelled or bike pedal-powered
charging stations, and a
pump track.
Potter said young people
need “risky” play. Having a
place that allows for the safe
taking of risks can channel
youth in the right direction,
and limit their involvement in
destructive behaviours.
geren, who visited the site and
talked with young people to
establish the next steps.
The Roimata Food Commons
area of the park was started in
2017 with the establishment
of an orchard and community
garden. The gardens have since
been neglected.
Kjellberg, who lives in
Woolston, takes her young
child and dog to the park. She
remembers the “beautiful
state” the gardens used to be
in and was inspired to act after
an interaction with another
woman at the park.
“She said something along
the lines of: ‘If you were to pick
crafts.
Potter and
Kjellberg met
through Facebook and bonded
over their common goal to
rejuvenate the park. They
attended a Waitai Coastal-
Burwood-Linwood Community
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Board meeting together and
spoke about their visions.
The next steps include
securing funding and
increasing community
involvement.
Said Kjellberg: “We are really
excited to get the word out
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there and reach like-minded
people who want to see change
happen too.”
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School bands set
​BY GEOFF SLOAN
Guitarists from Along the Current. The Burnside High School band was one of the
top 16 acts to secure a place in the regional final on Saturday.
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The next generation of
musicians will turn up the
volume at the Ngaio Marsh
Theatre on Saturday when 16
acts battle it out for a place
in the Smokefreerockquest
national final.
The Smokefreerockquest
provides a platform for young
musicians from schools across
the city to perform original
music in front of a live
audience.
The 16 bands in the final
made it through from last
month’s Canterbury regional
heats at the Aurora Centre,
which attracted 94 emerging
acts, ranging from first-timers
to annual performers.
The high-energy regional
showdown featured young
musicians competing for a
place in this weekend’s final.
Judge Ashy Bachelor praised
the standard of performances.
“The ever-growing youth
music scene is inspiring
to watch as the standard
continues to get higher every
year,” he said.
“The development of young
musicians is so important and
it is a credit to the dedicated
students, teachers, families and
team at Smokefreerockquest
that they have allowed such a
safe and important space for
artists and musicians to grow
and share their music.”
St Margaret’s College band The Spoons.
The top two solo/duo acts
and top two bands from
the regional final will need
to produce a video of their
performance to submit to
the judges who will pick the
national finalists. The national
finalists will then perform in
Wellington in September.
They will be judged on a
three-song performance video.
The top 35 bands will be
shortlisted before the industry
judges select the eight national
finalists.
The finalists will then be
invited to perform two songs
on stage in Wellington.
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to do battle
The bands performing on
Saturday are:
•Along the Current — Burnside
High School
•The Spoons — St Margaret’s
College
•Third Take — St Margaret’s
College
•The Hit Squad — Middleton
Grange School
•Juvee — Burnside High School
Fire Tiger — Hillmorton High
School
•Face First — Shirley Boys’ High
School
•Pretty When It Burns — St
Andrew’s College
•The Lost Haven — Lincoln High
School, Te Puna Wai o Waipapa —
Hagley College
•Human Resources — St Thomas
of Canterbury College
•CHARM — Cashmere High
School
•Full Metal Jacket — Christchurch
Boys’ High School, Christ’s
College
•Vertigo — Christchurch Boys’
High School, Christ’s College
•Flik 220 — Kaiapoi High School
•C.O.M.A — Christ’s College
•Mercury’s Hour — Villa Maria
College
Tickets for the Christchurch
regional final at the Ngaio
Marsh Theatre, 7-10pm,
are available at eventfinda.
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christchurch/tickets
St Margaret’s College band Third Take (above), Mental Joy from Hagley College and the drummer from The Lost Haven.
Reiss Fatani and Alex Gibson from Burnside High School performed as the duo
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Residents drive parking changes
BY MAIA TAURUA
Opawa residents living along a
slip road are expecting parking
restrictions to be added to their
residential street to improve
safety and property access.
The Waihoro Spreydon-
Cashmere-Heathcote Commuity
Board has approved the
changes to the Opawa Rd slip
road after years of residents’
complaints about blocked
driveways, service vehicle
access, and congestion caused
by commuter parking.
City council documents state
the parking restrictions are
expected to be implemented
within the current
financial year.
Heathcote Ward city
councillor and community
board member, Nathaniel Herz
Jardine, worked with residents
throughout the consultation
process, and supported the
proposal,
advocating
for measures to
improve safety
and access on the
slip road.
The approved
plan from the
board includes
new no-stopping Marie Fenton
restrictions along
sections of the slip road and
across residential driveways.
Four P120 parking spaces
and one P10 parking space will
be put in near Hillsborough
Park Domain, while up to 25
unrestricted parking spaces
will be removed. City council
staff said the changes are
intended to improve vehicle
manoeuvrability, maintain
access for emergency and
service vehicles, and reduce
safety risks for users of the
adjacent shared path.
Opawa resident Marie Fenton,
who led a petition supporting
the changes, has already
seen early markings appearing
in the area and expected the
work to be completed soon.
“I’ve noticed our driveways
are marked for yellow lines
already, so I expect all the
lines will be installed quite
soon,” she said. Fenton said the
changes come after years of
frustration on the narrow slip
road, where parked vehicles
regularly blocked access.
“It is ridiculous. Residents
cannot get out of their driveways,”
she said.
“There were multiple
times cars had to be towed.”
She said the issue has escalated
in recent years as
activity from nearby businesses
increased, causing more
commuters to park in the residential
street.
“At one point the rubbish
trucks had to wait because
there was no way they could get
through,” she said.
“There was a house fire two
Vehicles parked
on both sides
of the Opawa
Rd slip road.
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doors from me and the fire brigade
was not able to get in.”
Fenton said tensions had also
grown between residents and
some commuters using the area
for parking.
“If we said anything, we
would get abused,” she said.
During the consultation
process, staff from the social
service provider Emerge
Aotearoa, based on nearby Kennedy
Pl, raised concerns about
the impact of the changes on
the already limited parking in
the area.
City council documents show
Emerge Aotearoa and neighbouring
organisation, Mastery
Schools New Zealand, do not
have sufficient off-street parking
and rely on car parks along
the Opawa slip road.
Emerge Aotearoa’s David Taylor
told the community board
the organisation has been operating
from Kennedy Place for
a decade without prior complaints
about parking.
“We have been there 10 years
parking on that part of the road,
and we’ve never had a complaint,
or anything circulated
amongst our staff, so I’m a bit
confused as to why all of a
sudden it has become a problem,”
he said.
The community board
received a letter from Emerge
Aotearoa signed by 83 of its
150 staff opposing the changes,
raising concerns about reduced
parking access for workers in
the area.
Responding to consultation
feedback, city council
staff revised the original proposal
by reducing the number
of P120 parks from eight to
four and retaining additional
unrestricted parking near 298
Opawa Rd.
Fenton sympathised with the
workers affected by the decision,
but said residents have
been left with no option but to
push for restrictions to improve
safety and access.
Residents now say they are
waiting for confirmation of
when the physical installation
will start.
Representatives from Emerge
Aotearoa were contacted for
comment but did not respond
before publication.
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Food to match
the season
Go for gold this autumn with piquant citrus cakes and succulent
baked squash, says Nigel Slater
PARCHMENT-BAKED PUMPKIN,
SPICED TOMATO SAUCE
I’m not sure it matters which
chilli paste you use here. I like the
deep blast of heat from Korean
gochujang, but otherwise just
use your favourite and adjust the
quantity accordingly.
Tweak the amounts to suit
your taste, bearing in mind that it
needs to balance the sweetness of
the pumpkin.
Ingredients
Serves 4
500g, peeled weight, pumpkin or
butternut squash
400g tomatoes
4 Tbsp olive oil
8 bay leaves
For the sauce:
400g cherry tomatoes
2 Tbsp olive oil
2 cloves garlic
2 tsp red chilli paste
2 Tbsp white wine or cider
vinegar
Method
• Set the oven to 200degC. Cut
4 pieces of baking parchment or
kitchen foil about 30cm x 30cm.
• Peel the pumpkin or squash.
Cut the flesh into cubes roughly
2cm square and put them in a
large mixing bowl. Roughly chop
the tomatoes and add them to the
pumpkin flesh with the olive oil,
bay leaves and a generous grinding
of salt and black pepper.
• Divide the mixture between
the sheets of baking parchment,
then pull the side edges in to
form a parcel. Secure the paper
with string or a paperclip. If you
are using foil scrunch the ends
together to seal and place on a
baking sheet.
• Bake for 50 minutes until the
pumpkin is soft and translucent.
• While the squash bakes, make
the sauce. Roughly chop the
cherry tomatoes. Heat the oil in
a wide, shallow pan over a high
heat, add the tomatoes and let
them cook until their skins soften
and juices flow. Peel and thinly
slice the garlic and stir into the
tomatoes together with a little
salt and a few twists of pepper.
• Continue cooking, with the
occasional stir, until the sauce is
thick, then stir in the chilli paste
and continue cooking for 5 minutes,
then stir in the vinegar and
check the seasoning. If you wish,
run it through the blender for a
silky finish.
• Take the parcels from the
oven, open each one at the table,
so the sweetly scented steam
wafts up and then spoon in some
of the tomato chilli sauce.
ORANGE AND POPPY SEED CAKES
These golden cakes have
wonderful sweet-sharp notes.
Ingredients
Serves 8
For the cake:
225g butter, softened
225g golden caster sugar
grated zest of 1 orange
grated zest of 1 lemon
110g plain flour
generous half tsp baking powder
115g ground almonds
4 eggs
20g poppy seeds
For the syrup:
50g crystallised orange peel
1 lemon
1 small orange
100g golden caster sugar
2 bay leaves
Method
• You will need a 12-hole bun or
muffin tin, each hole lined with
baking parchment. Set the oven
at 180degC.
• To make the cakes, put the
butter into the bowl of a food
mixer, add the sugar and cream
together until soft and fluffy.
Grate in the orange and lemon
zest.
• In a separate bowl, sieve
together the flour and baking
powder then stir in the ground
almonds. Break the eggs into a
small bowl and beat lightly.
• Slowly add the egg to the butter
and sugar. If it curdles slightly,
add a spoonful of the flour and
almond mixture. Continue
adding the flour mix until thoroughly
creamed then mix in the
poppy seeds.
• Transfer the mixture to the
lined cases. Put in the pre-heated
oven and bake for 20 minutes
until a skewer, inserted into one
of the little cakes, comes out
without any raw cake mixture
attached.
•While the cakes are baking,
make the syrup. Cut the
crystallised citrus peel into
matchstick-sized pieces. Finely
grate the remaining lemon.
Squeeze the lemon and the
orange into a small saucepan,
add the caster sugar and the bay
leaves and bring to the boil. Add
the strips of candied peel.
• Remove the cakes from the
oven. Still in their cases, pierce
them all over with a metal
skewer or fine knitting needle.
• Spoon the reserved orange
syrup and peel over the surface,
letting the syrup trickle though
the holes.
• Leave the cakes to cool and
remove from their cases.
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