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Sale yards village won’t be ‘shacks’ BY ANDREW KING
The developer behind the Addington sale yards housing project, says the planned village for rebuild workers and students, will not be a blight on the landscape. Director of Global Edge Properties Alan Edge said the “purposebuilt buildings� would be for students, rebuild workers or those
in need of low-cost housing. He said they would not be “shacks� as some feared but highquality houses that would help mend the city’s post-earthquake housing demands. Mr Edge said the village would also have a recreation area. The development, which has been included in the replacement district plan, went unnoticed by
local residents – until now. Some are worried at how the development may look. Riccarton-Wigram Community Board chairman Mike Mora said he was concerned over the quality of housing. “I’m really concerned that they could be putting relocated houses there. We are just not sure what the agenda is,� he said.
Deans Ave Precinct Society chairwoman Clare Mulcock said she would been keeping an eye on the development. “Assuming that the temporary accommodation is developed, we will keep a keen eye on it, and aim to ensure that it meets the required standards,� she said.
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BY GABRIELLE STUART Helping survivors escape damaged buildings during the February 2011 earthquake inspired Hei Hei resident Hamish Ward to quit the army and take on a building apprenticeship. On Thursday night, he was named the Central South Island’s Registered Master Builders Carters 2015 apprentice of the year.
The 26-year-old was set for a career in the army, but his experience during the earthquakes changed his perspective. He worked on the front lines after the earthquake, helping people out of damaged buildings. That was what motivated him to join the construction industry, he said. “I knew that with the army, I might have had to be overseas, but at the time the big job ahead of me was the rebuild of my hometown, Christchurch.”
He works for Leighs Construction and is studying towards a diploma in construction management. The judges said Mr Ward was a future industry leader who showed “passion and enthusiasm” for the building trade. “Hamish impressed us from the outset with his confidence and direct communication skills.” And he will now go on to compete at the national competition in Auckland in October, against winners from nine other regions. The winner is set to be announced on October 9. Jono Blakely from Kennedys Bush placed second in the competition. The 19-year-old was described by judges as having “a strong depth of experience in many available trade skills with high technical knowledge and is a strong and respectful communicator.” “Jono has been trained well in the housing sector, showing a good knowledge in building methods, materials and safety issues,” they said. WINNER: Winner of the Central South Island’s Registered Master Builders Carters 2015 apprentice of the year, Hamish Ward (right) with employer Anthony Leighs.
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Sale yards village won’t be ‘shacks’ From page 1 She said the group would not oppose the developmnet but if it had seen it in the replacement district plan it would have made a submission. “Our aim would also be to ensure that any issues that arise from an influx of temporary residents are managed so that their stay in the area is positive and enjoyable and does not adversely impact on others.” Mr Mora wanted local residents to be kept informed on future planning for the site. “If we want to be seen to be clear and transparent then that is what needs to happen,” he said.
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Police warn truck drivers BY ANDREW KING Police have issued a stern warning to truck drivers: they will be fined if they keep driving on a suburban Hornby street near a school. Seymour St is a no-go zone for heavy vehicles but it has not deterred them from rumbling past in breach of road signs. Between July 16 and 31 police warned 32 drivers who went down the street. Commercial Vehicle Investigation Unit Sergeant Mike Moloney said police had contacted about 12 transport
companies to tell them not to use Seymour St. He said truck drivers were unaware that they should not be using the street. “We would rather make drivers aware that they could not use the street rather than use enforcement action,” he said. South Hornby School has an entrance off Seymour St. Principal Simon Moriarty (above) said trucks down the street were an “on-going concern” for the school and parents.
“Because of the lights we have out there [on Shands Rd] we don’t have road patrol in place but there is supervision along Seymour St towards Shands Rd to help kids to and from school. “We are very aware of where we are and work with parents around safety,” he said. Wigram MP Megan Woods said drivers were ignoring the sign on the street that says no heavy vehicles. She did not want to see truck drivers fined, but said safety was the priority. “If they continue to use the road after they know not to, then
of course fines would have to be issued,” she said. Dr Woods said a balance between residential and industrial needs had to be found. “It is a place where people live as well as being adjacent to an industrial area so we need to find that balance of safe roads for kids to cross and go to school and movement for industrial action.” Dr Woods said she was working with the New Zealand Transport Agency to put up a more prominent sign and look at whether a bylaw would be effective.
Rangi Ruru Girls’ School have won the Litolff Cup in Tai Tapu on August 19. (Left to right) – Libby Vincent, Millie Mannering, Sarah McLeod and Ava Morrow have been through a year of rebuilding after losing the title to Christchurch Girls’ High School in 2014. The team won the 15km team time trial in convincing fashion, crossing the finish line 12sec ahead of rivals Villa Maria College. Rangi Ruru were back-to-back champions in 2012 and 2013. The team is now preparing for the National Secondary School’s Road Cycling Championships which will be held in the Manawatu from September 26-28.
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The Riccarton-Wigram Community Board has been recommended to decline the request to remove a common lime tree and an oriental plane tree affecting residents on Gladson Ave. The trees are on the Yaldhurst Rd frontage and hang into properties on Gladson Ave. A city council report was requested by the board as a result of a deputation made on December 18 by residents on Gladson Ave. City council staff recommended that the trees stay and be maintained to internationally recognised arboriculture standards.
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Herbie Agnew has applied for funding from the Riccarton-Wigram Community Board Youth Development Fund. The 24-year-old from Broomfield has been selected for the New Zealand Deaf Rugby Team to compete in a tournament to be held in Japan on November 14-21.
Rotary Club open home The Rotary Club of Hornby is still holding open homes for its charity house in Rolleston. Rotary Club member Stewart Ching said they have had a bit of interest in the property and hopefully that would translate into a sale.
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Teaching Mandarin: Preparing young PASSIONATE: Annelise Borger started her schooling at Middleton Grange and now works there as a Chinese Mandarin teacher.
Annelise Borger started off as a student at Middleton Grange, now she teaches Mandarin Chinese there. Next year she will teach it at three other schools and hopes to inspire fellow teachers to follow in her footsteps. Reporter Andrew King speaks with her
How long have you been teaching? This is my third year teaching Chinese (Mandarin) at Middleton Grange. This is my second year full time. The first year was just four hours a week. Where did you study? I did my Bachelor of Arts majoring in Chinese at Canterbury University. I then did my Graduate Diploma of teaching at Victoria, I didn’t go to Wellington for that I did it all online. What is your background with the Chinese language? Hmm, good question. I never learnt Chinese at school but had a lot of friends from Japan and Korea, so I knew that I worked well with international students. My sister encouraged me to do it mainly because she was living in
China at the time. She was teaching English over there. I soon realised that more Kiwis need to learn this language. Did you want to be a teacher when you were young? When I was young I said I didn’t want to become a teacher, but my mum is a teacher, so is my brother and my sister is too, I guess it is in the blood. So basically your whole family are teachers, what does your dad do? [Laughing] He is an engineer, not a teacher. So if you didn’t want to be a teacher what changed your mind? The increasing number in Chinese-speaking people in New Zealand means that for Kiwis, once they learn it, they can actually use it here, they don’t have to go overseas to use it. It’s really important for Kiwis to know there are so many opportunities on our back doorstep. It is a real language of the future and that made me want to teach it to people. What is your best memory from school? It wasn’t the academic side, even though I was pretty good at that. For me, it was all the extra stuff we used to do. I was always working with overseas students. The extracurricular activities were great too. I enjoyed the academic stuff but not as much as the sport, music and art stuff. Were there many Chinese-
speaking kids when you were at school? I went Middleton Grange, now I teach there, I loved it so much that I came back. We have an international college that had around 200 odd students before the earthquakes. It dropped down to about 100, but now it is coming back up which is great. What was it like learning a different language? I had only learnt French briefly up until year 10 I think. I thought I would be able to be fluent a lot quicker, but it’s really cool, getting your head around the characters and symbols. I learnt Spanish at uni as well but I find Chinese easier. I kept thinking about Spanish words as Chinese words so it all got pretty confusing there for a while. Were you born in Christchurch? Born in Auckland, moved to Australia for a couple of years then settled in Christchurch. What was it like growing up with your siblings? Because I was the youngest I was often left out by the others, I did a lot of playing by myself. Now we hang out a lot and get on, age doesn’t matter anymore. What was the last thing you all did together? We all go to the same church every weekend. We went to Castle Hill about a month ago for a weekend and caught up, went walking, hung out. It was good.
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IN CLASS: Annelise Borger catches the attention of her class with Chinese characters. Next year she will have four different classes to teach.
Why work for Christian schools, are you religious? Yes, I’m a Christian. That’s why I wanted to work for Middleton. It has an awesome supportive environment. You get to teach what you believe and not what is just in your head but in your heart as well. How does that come into your teaching style? Here at Middleton we have a big focus on making people feel welcome, we don’t want to leave anyone out. By learning about different cultures we can make everyone feel more included. Some Chinese characters can point back to biblical times which give it a special little link for us. We want to tell other Christians the ‘good news’ so it is another way we can
share the gospel with them. Do the students respond well to that? Yes they do so we can make that instant connection. Share your cultures together so we can acknowledge that, making a bridge between the two cultures. The programme will have you moving around four schools, that will be difficult won’t it? I guess it will be. I am the only one that can do it at the moment. I don’t know many other people like me. I will be trying to train people up as I go. The other schools are only starting with an hour or two each week so it will be hard at the start. At the moment I have an assistant, he helps me out a lot. He makes sure I am
on the right track, teaching them proper Chinese. Are you married? Yeah, I got married at the end of 2013. My older sister in her early 30s got married in September that year, then it was me in December, then my brother in January. All three of you got married in a five-month period, were they all in Christchurch? They were all in Christchurch. I think our guests had to pick and chose which one they went to (laughing). Do you have any children of your own? I don’t have any kids myself – not while teaching. The principal said I can’t have any while I am teaching as well (laughing). Where do you see it taking you?
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I hope to build the programmes here at Middleton Grange through years 7-13. It is currently only for years 7-9 at the moment, but I hope to have that going by 2019. The other schools – Hillview Christian and Aidanfield Christian Schools will start next year and go from years 7-10 then hopefully they feed into Middleton Grange. Also I would like to take the years 11, 12 and 13 over to China for a class trip. Hopefully you can find another person in that class to help you teach Chinese to future students. Yeah, that would be great. I would love to be the inspiration that gets another teacher in Chinese – we need more of them in New Zealand.
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Students put construction skills on the line BY ANDREW KING
Playgroup in Aymes Rd and will be delivered soon. Middleton Grange teacher Martin McKee said it was a fantastic learning experience for all those involved. “The learning opportunities of engaging with a specific client group, taking on board their ideas and wishes and then negotiating with them towards a final design were great,” he said. “Specific skills and knowledge regarding the building of the playhouse and the materials used were demonstrated during the construction process, learning about materials that suit the
Middleton Grange and Riccarton High School are taking part in a nationwide building competition with both gunning for gold. The BCITO Build-Ability competition is for students who have an interest in construction. The competition requires teams to design and build a structure. The Middleton Grange team was Jayden Wilson, Cameron Webster, Zac Walker, Laurence Polderman-Charles and Shunya Susuki. The playhouse has been built for the Hornby Under 5s
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Riccarton High teacher Paul Johnson said they had a great team that worked well together and produced a good end result. “The teams are particularly aware they have learnt many skills including teamwork, attention to detail and the value of commitment,” he said. The winners will be awarded a $1000 voucher for their school’s technology department and individual prize packs for each of the team members. •Judging is from now until September 4. People can go online to vote at http://www. buildability.co.nz/vote-now/.
BEING BUILT: The Riccarton High entry had students use a wide variety of skills to make the project come to life.
COMPLETE: Riccarton High’s playground at Wharenui School which will be entered in this year’s BCITO Build-Ability competition.
THE FINAL RESULT: The group were directed in the design stage by the playgroup. The finished playhouse will be taken to the site after it has been seen by the Build-Ability team.
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BY ANDREW KING Two Westburn School pupils have shown age means nothing when it comes to raising money for a cause. Logan Parker and Tom Withers, both aged 13, raised $1145 for Canteen and had their heads shaved in front of their peers by another pupil’s mother. Their associate principal Andrew Hardie donated his hair for the cause joining the boys on stage. “It was a good haircut,” Mr Hardie said. Logan came up with the idea and mentioned it to his mate Tom. The two set off collecting donations from around their school, and turned it into a bit of a competition as to which class could raise the most money. “Logan had the idea to shave, I asked to join and then we picked Canteen as our charity,” Tom said. They have continued to raise money by selling UV colour changing bracelets. “The community is quite supportive,” Mr Hardie said. “The boys did a lot of hard work to get that amount.” Regional manager at Canteen New Zealand Michelle Driffill was impressed with the effort shown by the two boys. “It was a phenomenal amount of money,” she said. “We get people who approach
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Just after I wrote last week’s column we saw a perfect example of the devastation that unattended cooking can cause. A Leicester Cres, Hoon Hay, house is now probably unrepairable and the occupants have lost nearly everything in a significant house fire. There were others less spectacular through the week. I know I’ve talked about this so many times I sound like a cracked record but it remains that too many of us leave the stove top cooking while we carry on with our busy lives. We just can’t seem to get through to people that you’re then at risk of making that busy life far more busy in a totally unwanted direction. Once upon a time household cooks would never dream of leaving the kitchen. You still need to stay right there, at the stove. On Friday last week a couple of people got caught in a lift in a Birmingham Drive business. One of them was quite distressed. That’s understandable but on this occasion the city rescue appliance crew were able to make entry with the special key they carry to quickly rescue the stuck occupants. Finally, a laboratory at ESR at the university had a steaming concentrated sulpuric acid incident on Monday where eight people were affected by the stinging fumes. Fire Service personnel donned protective gear and cleaned up. No lasting effects appear to have occurred.
AFTER: Pupil Logan Parker (left), associate principal Andrew Hardie and Tom Withers after they had their hair shaved for Canteen.
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Keep it moving with Physiotherapy Associates Did you know that recent studies suggest that as little as 150 minutes a week of medium to intense exercise affects your mortality? Yet many of us believe we aren’t able to exercise following injury or because we are getting older.
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“Being physically active creates a long list of benefits and enables people to stay independent as they grow older. However, many people consider themselves too old or worn out to exercise; that was something they did when they were young,” he explains. Yet regular exercise and physical activity can reduce the risk of developing
some diseases and disabilities and it can be an effective treatment for many chronic conditions. Studies show that people with arthritis, heart disease, or diabetes benefit from regular exercise. It also helps people with high blood pressure, balance problems, or who have difficulty walking. There are heaps of ways to keep active both in short spurts fitted in around other tasks, or at certain times set aside for exercise. Walking, gardening, even taking the stairs rather than the lift are all free, and local communities offer various exercise groups for all ages. He recommends starting slowly to build up stamina and strength and says it is never too late to start. Our bodies’ capacity to adapt and improve with regular exercise does not diminish much with age. However, when problems do occur, the team at Physiotherapy Associates can help with the diagnosis and treatment of muscle related concerns. Whether it is pain or
injury caused by an accident at work, on the road or playing sport, or because of occupational misuse, they will work to get you back to optimal movement so that you are back to work as soon as possible. Using tools like spinal manipulation, their aim is to return your body to what it should be doing, sometimes even better than it was before. They are highly regarded in their field with more than 50 years’ experience, teaching to post-graduate level and providing physiotherapy services to provincial and national sport teams. They also offer pilates rehabilitation on a one-to-one basis, breathing retraining to help with respiratory problems and ergonomic training out in industry to safeguard the wellness of employees.
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GRASSROOTS SPORT Christchurch Girls’ High School won the UC Cup last week, the top girl’s rugby competition in the city. They beat the Forward Foundation in the final, 37-31. The Western News was at Ilam Fields to capture the action. PHOTOS: GEOFF SLOAN
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his season, extra funding was made available by Tennis Canterbury to clubs, in the form of a rebate on their affiliation fees for the 2014/15 season. Clubs needed to submit both a strategic plan and details of project which has seen over $100,000 paid to clubs to support a number of initiatives. Among the recipient clubs, here are just some of projects funded: • Avonhead – New court lighting and a shade sail • Bishopdale – Repairs to their volleyboard • Burnside Park – New fencing • Bishopdale – AED defibrillator • Cashmere – Court lighting development and wheelchair access • Edgeware – Court lighting upgrade
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s well as plenty of Christchurch events successful junior tournaments in Nelson, Blenheim, the West Coast and Ashburton compliment the established Tennis Canterbury events held in each of the School Holidays and over holiday weekends. With Z Energy Wilding Park now having 18 courts playable major tournaments are now able to be held in just 1 venue after multiple venues had to be used since 2011. Despite this logistical challenge numbers involved in tournament play have now rebounded to above 2011 levels. 2015 will see Wilding Park host the prestigious Tennis New Zealand Junior Masters over Labour Weekend. This event was programmed for Christchurch in 2011 but had to be transferred to Blenheim after the quakes and this is only the second time since its inception that the event has been held in the South Island. The event will see 8 players in each of the boys 12’s, 14’s and 16’s age groups’ battle it out.
Players gained their spots by gaining points through tournament play with all sanctioned events counting and selected tournaments such as the Canterbury Champs and Nationals having additional points up for grabs. Canterbury regional players to gain automatic invitations include Burnside Park’s Taylor Nelson and Dylan Heap in the 16’s boys, Hagley Park’s Jamie Garbett and Te Kura’s William Schneideman in the 14’s Boys and in the 12’s Nick Schneideman from Te Kura and Shirley’s Jordan Edwards. Representation in the girls grades include Marlborough’s Otway twins Jade and Kyla in the 12’s with Ashburton’s Tessa McCann in the 14’s. Tennis Canterbury has received 3 of the 12 wildcards on offer with current New Zealand representatives Sydney based Valentina Ivanov (16’s Girls), and Naynay Homkrum from Shirley (14’s girls) receiving spots and Te Kura’s Jenner Johnson grabbing an opportunity in the Boys 12’s.
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fter narrowly missing out in 2014, this year the Cashmere Tennis Club were named in July Club of the Year at the Tennis New Zealand Awards, held in Christchurch, during the recent Davis Cup tie. As well as a highly successful men’s interclub team which again took out the ASB Premier Competition last season, the club has had a great last few years. Its facilities have been continually upgraded with the high quality hardcourts generously being utilised by Tennis
Canterbury as an additional tournament venue while the Z Energy Wilding Park courts came back online. A highly motivated coaching team has seen a big resurgence in junior numbers up from 120 immediately after the earthquakes to over 260, and its senior club members ensure the club hums along both on and off court. It is hoped that resource consent can be gained to light some of the club’s courts to allow for more playing and coaching time to be available. Tennis Canterbury congratulates Cashmere on its fine achievement.
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Julie Sugden
342 7753
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Janine tyler
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hanges to the rules governing ASB Senior Interclub, in conjunction with an improving player grading system, has seen continued growth in Senior Interclub teams over the last five years. From 89 teams in 2010/11, there are now over 110 teams playing in 15 different divisions of competition. As well as Men’s (one Premier and seven graded divisions) and Women’s (one Premier and three divisions), there are Mixed grades that play more doubles than singles. This year’s Premier grade will start in early
September to allow space for the Canterbury Open Tournament to be held at the end of November, with all other divisions starting in early October. There are normally 16 playing weeks in a season with divisional competitions culminating in finals held mid-March. Why not dust off your old racket and head to your local club to get involved in the action? There are grades for all abilities, or if you just want to play socially, most clubs have at least one club day per week and plenty of great social activities.
Why not dust off your old racket and head to your local club to get involved in the action? There are grades for all abilities, or if you just want to play socially, most clubs have at least one club day per week and plenty of great social activities.
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urrently, the Tennis Canterbury Schools Programme is delivering a taster of our sport to over 17,000 primary school students thought the Canterbury region. Enthusiastic coaches take modified equipment, including low compression balls into schools and, with the assistance of teachers, deliver a highly valuable series of lessons to eager youngsters.
Those who catch the “tennis bug” are then able to visit their local clubs and become involved in coaching and playing opportunities. Interschool competitions are continuing to be well supported with Primary and Intermediate teams events almost always oversubscribed, and secondary school tennis held regularly on a Wednesday during summer also giving players to play
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for their school midweek and their club over the weekends. New tournaments held in school time for secondary school students have proved an outstanding success, with the short formats used providing lots of quick-fire matches and introducing many players to playing “tournament tennis” with multiple games on a day rather than just the two matches that interclub and schools tennis provides. Many of these first time tournament players were enticed back to the more traditional tournaments held regularly throughout the year, playing normal formats of “best of three sets” with a match tie break to 10 for a third set for most grades, apart from main draw matches which stay as three traditional full sets.
Those who catch the “tennis bug” are then able to visit their local clubs and become involved in coaching and playing opportunities.